There are a whopping 23 mainline Name of Obligation video games, and 22 of them have campaigns. (We do not discuss Black Ops 4 deciding to go with out.) From the long-running adventures of Captain Value and co. within the Trendy Warfare collection to Mason, Woods, and Reznov in Black Ops; to not point out the assorted standalone video games akin to Vanguard, Superior Warfare, and WWII — a lot of them are packed stuffed with epic, memorable moments.
So with out additional ado, listed below are all 22 Name of Obligation campaigns ranked, from absolutely the dregs of the collection to the terrific excessive factors.
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Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7
Citing the rear on this checklist is 2025’s Black Ops 7, which made among the most questionable selections the franchise has ever seen. A lot of the marketing campaign is spent below the affect of hallucinogenic substances. This contains boss fights in opposition to enemies higher suited to a Dungeons & Dragons marketing campaign, such because the ten-story-tall multi-headed contaminated piranha plant surrounded by a horde of bipedal demons. Your entire narrative is nonsensical, the open-world Avalon-set missions are flat and lifeless, and it is pushed closely as a co-op marketing campaign, which makes enjoying it solo much more devoid of something fascinating.
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Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 3 (2023)
The rebooted Trendy Warfare collection acquired off to a powerful begin in 2019, however by the point the third sport rolled round 4 years later, the staff had seemingly forgotten all the pieces that made its two predecessors nice. Modern Warfare 3’s largest crime was the introduction of “open fight missions,” which felt like directionless sandboxes. Name of Obligation has at all times thrived while you’ve been a part of a squad, however while you’re left to do most missions solo, Rambo-style, as Captain Value for the primary time, it is also an extremely lonely sport. Whereas it was a step ahead technically with some gorgeous environments, there was little to actually take pleasure in.
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Name of Obligation: Black Ops 3
Futuristic Name of Obligation video games have traditionally been very hit-and-miss, and Black Ops 3 is an instance of the worst of them. The collection as a complete is at its greatest when it feels grounded and at the very least considerably plausible, however that is the alternative of that. A lot of the marketing campaign is about combating robots and augmented super-soldiers, and it introduces a variety of skills which are there merely to pair it with the multiplayer expertise. That goes double for the ability tree upgrades, which aren’t vital within the slightest for a linear marketing campaign.
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Name of Obligation
The sport that began all of it. In 2003, Name of Obligation was going head-to-head with Medal of Honor and Brothers in Arms. Whereas debate was wholesome and justified on the time, as a result of all three had been nice World Struggle 2 FPS video games, it is apparent which one has come out on high since. (This is not a rating of all 22 Medal of Honor campaigns, in any case.) The marketing campaign was break up in three: American, British, and Soviet, and it was a quintessential expertise for any FPS fan on the time. In comparison with the modern-day collection, it had a a lot heavier deal with that traditional squad-based trench warfare. The one drawback? It actually hasn’t aged in addition to you’d hope, so it is a robust suggestion in 2026.
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Name of Obligation: Ghosts
Ghosts was the primary sport to divert from the alternating Trendy Warfare-Black Ops annual releases, nevertheless it did little or no to distinguish itself. It is extensively thought of to be the beginning of Name of Obligation’s downhill trajectory, because it was adopted by six years of very mediocre entries. It follows the story of the ‘Ghosts,’ a staff of US spec ops troopers. Whereas Riley the canine is a standout character, and Logan and Hesh Walker’s story acts as an emotional hook, the entire package deal is underwhelming.
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Name of Obligation: Infinite Warfare
Putting Infinite Warfare so low will little doubt be controversial as a result of it has legions of followers, nevertheless it’s one other instance of how giving the participant extra selection and making an attempt to make a much less linear expertise backfired. Infinite Warfare introduces a hub world within the type of the Retribution house provider, the place gamers can determine the order they sort out missions. Setting-wise, the sci-fi take might be Name of Obligation’s greatest method to a futuristic sport, however its construction, to not point out a half-assed solid efficiency, let it down.
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Name of Obligation 2
Very similar to the primary sport, Name of Obligation 2’s marketing campaign was additionally break up between Soviet, British, and American approaches, and on the time, it was extremely effectively obtained. In right this moment’s period of Name of Obligation, it does not do something notably spectacular. However the place the 2003 launch is just a little ropey today, its sequel holds up higher. That is very true in setpiece moments like taking down two German tanks throughout the closing mission, and throughout the British marketing campaign, which spans Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.
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Name of Obligation: Superior Warfare
Trying again, Superior Warfare may very well be seen as one thing of a trial run for Infinite Warfare. Each video games are set within the distant future, and each supply the participant numerous upgrades through ability factors. Superior Warfare was the beginning of Name of Obligation’s “jetpack period,” which divided followers significantly, versus the “boots on the bottom” method the collection had taken up up to now. It was the sport that birthed the “press F to pay respects” meme, and although it prominently options controversial actor Kevin Spacey because the antagonist, it was the collection’ greatest try at tackling this new, futuristic period of COD.
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Name of Obligation 3
Name of Obligation 3 was the primary Treyarch-developed sport within the collection, and it was the third consecutive sport set throughout World Struggle 2. It was additionally the primary to introduce other ways of finishing the identical goal, akin to flanking by buildings or dealing with the enemy head on. It tells the story of 4 completely different views throughout the Battle of Normandy: American, British/French, Canadian, and Polish. It additionally options the perfect tank gameplay the collection had seen to this point, and the power to throw grenades again at enemies, which is now a collection staple.
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Name of Obligation: Black Ops 2
Black Ops 2 is, as you’d anticipate, the continuation of the Black Ops storyline. Mechanically, it is one of many tightest Name of Obligation video games there may be; gun really feel and motion are each magnificent. Structurally, it does one thing fascinating with its “Strike Power” missions, as relying on which of them the participant picks, it alters occasions all through the sport, together with the ending. Nonetheless, the leaping timeline between the previous and the longer term turns into convoluted, and the Strike Power missions themselves are poorly designed.