The Sad Story of John “SOAP” MacTavish (Modern Warfare 3 Story)
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2023
- The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 campaign had many twists and turns and as we do on the channel we are diving deeper into the Modern Warfare Story. In this video we are going to look at the full story of John SOAP MacTavish. In all games Modern Warfare, MW2 and MW3. This is The Sad Story of John “SOAP” MacTavish. I hope you enjoy!
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Did anyone else feel a touch of emotion in Ghost's voice when he said "Rest in Peace Johnny", or was that just me?
I did😞
Me honestly no. I was pretty disappointed in how they handled that. It felt to lazy.
I thought it was more emotionally sad even after he died on the spot, Ghost was still compelled to go to Soap even after he died😢
Ghost secretly hated Soap, he was just glad that Soap was dead
So as I do and now Ghost is broken hearted rightnow
The sad story of Soap is that his death was nothing compared to the original. This felt like something they needed a death for the sake of it.
It wasn’t cinematic but it definitely was realistic
@@adrianreyes8688Honestly it was neither realistic nor saddening. Plot armor kind of killed the entire realism argument.
@@wootska exactly
Bro got shot twice in the head realism CTSFO are also very very well trained soldiers and should not be being killed and soap also failed to over power a man that had been to the gulag for 4 years and should be in an unhealthy state as well as him being SAS
They should have made it where Gaz died. That would be emotional because he is a good character.
19:42 “Remember, no one fights alone.” And then the classic MW3 soundtrack just hits more hard.. rest in peace Johnny..
Blue lies matter 🗑️
His death was an absolute shocker, completely unexpected. Honestly they shouldn't have killed him off this early.
Fr bro and if you asked me he is the one of the only ones who always showed his personality who was a fighter,damn
@@Guillermo648 that's the very reason why Soap was my fav character, in the reboot and og trilogy
@@ButtersStotch849 literally mine too man,its really sad ,and you know what sucks they killed him in both mw3s🤦
They did him dirty, god damn you sledgehammer
how was it unexpected lol.. if you were a cod veteran youll know he was going to die lol.. plus the way he died in the new mw3 was a joke.. the og version was way better you actually felt it
Soap's death just really broke my heart he was shot by Makarov for not shooting him or tackle him down they shouldn't have killed him off
seriously tho, like i knew he would probably die but i wasn’t expecting it to happen the way it did
If price would have let soap kill makarov at that helicopter 🚁 in 2019 and before mw1 came out he would still be alive and the only thing they would dealt with is just taking out general barkov, fighting Al qatala, taking urzikstan back and dealing with Hassan and the Mexican cartel and shadow company that’s it there would have not been a mw3
"There's a clocktower in Hereford where the names of the dead were inscribed. We try to honor their deeds even as their faces fade from our memory. Those memories are all that's left, when the bastards have taken everything else."
that hit hard
"What happened ?"
19:05 You know what really hit more me than Soap's death? *_The fact that Ghost was the one to scatter his ashes._*
Now the question is who's gonna kill Makarov: Price or Ghost?
Speaking of the devil: can't wait to watch video about him, kinda curious how you'll show his character Ink.
I would mean a lot more if Ghost kills him (assuming no one else dies)
I want it to be ghost
Would’ve been cooler if it was price to scatter his ashes
Maybe Gaz
Ghost will 100% kill Makarov
I honestly think it would’ve been more tragic had MW3’s story been DLC, imagine getting attached to this version of Soap and his dynamic with Ghost then the DLC drops and kills him, the same game we met and accepted this iteration would’ve been the same that killed him, at least with MW3 being a “Sequel” Soap had more time to be alive even if it was a little
Would’ve been worse too
I think i gotta disagree a bit. Yeah killing off soap in a dlc update of mw2 and ending it there would’ve been kinda lazy and frustrating, but If mw3s campaign was a different fully developed story, they could’ve made the plot of price hunting and getting that revenge back on makarov for soap. I think it would’ve made the mw3 story a lot more interesting
what a dumb fucking take
@@TheeSantiit would be ghost hunting Makarov this time around
I think that it would have been more impactful if we didn’t have so many characters in the story. The story has way too many characters, and playable characters. Where we are splitting up the teams and not actually getting much time with many of them. Just a bit of time with all of them, which I think is the issue. No time to get to like them. Think for that stealth mission in MW2 imagine we had more moments of the characters getting to know each other. Too many characters is a minus, I feel like that’s why Alex got done so dirty, he went from a playable main character to a side characters side character. With too many characters no one gets to shine
I’m gonna be honest, his death caught me by surprise. MW3s campaign isn’t the greatest and it was super short. But it had some good moments. His death left me stunned just sitting there staring at the screen. I felt that hard
Wait there are good moments in that game?
@@ProSkye59 LOL. Man, that's so true.
My hot take on Soap’s death is that like most I agree his death was untimely and undeserved based on how this continuity went from 2019 and onward. Story wise for MW3 its not only the death I had issue with but the story overall. Again like most you can see that this was rushed poorly and that they wanted to give us a heroism story to lead into something deeper but the execution wasn’t exactly there. Most people are banking on the idea of Gaz dying which is a good idea but we’re missing the key objective that Makarov had in mind which was taking over Urzikstan like Barkov did. He wanted world terror by taking what the “Real Russia” failed to achieve. I think if they do keep all of the actual things in the campaign and have Soap knocked down by his wound and Makarov critically injuring Price as he retreats from Gaz and Ghost with then Soap and Gaz defusing said bomb in Trojan Horse, this could’ve lead to something much worse because now that TF 141 is out of the way he can focus on the main objective which would lead to Farah’s death with that being the final mission naming it a Loose End as you have a pov of Farah meeting her end and cutting the scene to black giving us a chilling ending of a real threat taking down what most would consider Price’s surrogate daughter since his rescuing and support of her have been very admit throughout this timeline. Then lead into two after credits scenes of Ghost ending Shepherd for his betrayal of TF 141 as a direct order of the Government and another of Alex, Graves and Kamarov with possibly Yuri getting ready for a WW against Konni group and Makarov showing them in the backfoot of Konni destroying Urzikstan like how the Spetsnaz attacked Washington DC in OG MW2.
They did his death so fucking dirty, it’s actually unreal.
It's so sad I feel bad for Ghost
Yeah, his death was so mid in this game, they did a way better job in the original
I definitely agree, but it kinda makes it more realistic in my opinion. In war shit can go down at any moment, your card could get punched literally at any time. However the og is still miles better
@@dumbdarylYeah, I do agree with the realistic part. I just wish he had more of a cinematic death, but eh, it is what it is.
@@dumbdarylIt’s now how he died for me, it’s the fact that he died this early. They just brought him back in the previous game.
I really liked the explanation for how Soap got his nickname.
He’s really good at the “Clean the House” Challenge the SAS do for recruits 😉- he cleans the house really good, so he must be SOAP
I enjoy these longer videos because I drive semi trucks so it’s perfect to listen to in the background while working.
he died in the stupidest way Makarov just came out of nowhere and after that he gets ran over by a train and somehow escapes
Honestly what would’ve been cool is if Price had died (or depending on if the fans whined abt it just critically injured) and instead of Price Vs Makarov like The OG trilogy The new trilogy would’ve been Soap and Makarov’s hatred for each other, especially after the flashback mission and the helicopter scene it could’ve worked, shame it didn’t happen it could’ve been a cool twist for the reboot
Maybe Price dying was a good idea because we can see his POV how he die, and could be more "impressive"
soaps death in mw3 2023 made me cry, I didn't expect him to die. And the funeral and how close price, gaz, and ghost were and how each said goodbye to him
lmao the original was better
Not Gaz though, he should’ve never been in the funeral should’ve been someone else like graves or Alejandro
@@specialopssoldier1Prefer this soap ngl
@@FrostedTips233 Same tbh
@@Deathmare235Alejandro I can see, but Graves shouldn't have been
The whole ghost and John (soap) story is awesome and the way it ends is so sad and puts me to tears
I don’t think MWIII’s was awful or even bad. But killing off Soap (who was my favorite character in this trilogy) PISSED me off.
yeah I’m the exact same, ever since I bought. MWII, I always had Soap as my SpeccGru operator and still to this day I haven’t taken him off
lol i laughed... the original og was better when you actually felt it
Soap has always been my favorite too. I feel exactly the same as you. I was also having decent fun with the campaign, until that bs death happened and it made feel a bit empty. Both this and OG soap were my favorites and having this one killed off like this was just stupid
@@specialopssoldier1I felt this
Like those Hollywood wankers killing James Bond
"You think I'll live that long" "probably not" those 2 lines got taken literally in mw2023
Good video Ink. I did like Soaps arc in this series & his death was unexpected. I felt some emotions when Ghost said "Rest in peace, Johnny..."
Ghost didn't just lose a friend. He lost a brother 😔
The foreshadowing of Soap saying “Think I’ll live that long?” & Ghost said “Probably not” @ 11:55 😞
So when did soap and ghost meet? They were on the mission at the stadium in 2019 but at the start of MW2 in 2022 they make it seem like they’re just meeting then?
I do find it funny Price said Soap was a sniper yet don't think we ever snipe with him in the campaigns
To quote my favorite line in CoD history: NO NO NO SOAP!
Anyone think they might have switched soap and ghosts death around ? They were both killed with a bullet to the head directly before general shepherd was killed at the end of both games.
As a Scotsman I am proud enough to say I shed a tear at the ending of the campaign 🏴
I appreciate all the work you put in for these videos, I love all the story videos
Ghost will hunt Makarov until he’s dead.
@ 11:54 I feel like when Soap asked ghost if he'd live as long to be better than ghost and ghost said he wouldn't was like foreshadowing what happened in MW3
Rest in Peace Johnny 🌹
I can’t wait to see a no mercy Price Gaz and Ghost
Do you guys remember the cinematic scene in the mission “ Frozen Tundra “ when all of task force 141 was surrounding general shepherd on the ice and Soap mentions to shepherd that he has the option to have a warm ride home or that he may “ freeze to death “.
Then ghost says “ That’s the one I’m partial too “ with a straight dead look on his face.
I think that this is a nice little cameo back to Mw2 when Ghost is shot and killed by shepherd, kind of hinting that it was sentimental personal grudge that ghost held against shepherd giving it a nice little cameo to the og series.
I'm pissed off that they killed him off again. My favorite character I had to watch get killed twice in two different story lines.
you got me crying at the end ngl
Honestly i think we needed a snap moment for ghost here. Just like price in the old mw3 when soap died. That gave the moment such more pain
Very well done.....Great work
Can’t believe how the did Soap dirty in MWIII. Zero emotion in his death scene that happens on the blink of an eye. Like they just threw it in there just because they remembered they had to do it at the last minute
I wonder if they'll lead into the "ghosts" storyline, especially with them mentioning the illegal strike on the cartel with General Shepard. We could play as roach in the next game, but leading up to the game (assuming we get more story based cutscenes from mw3), they could show us more about ghosts back story, the missions he did before etc... with elias walker and possibly even rourke, eventually recruiting them to help in the present day to kill makarov.
Ultimately, this would all be revealed at a good pace between seasons until the last season, at which it'd probably end with them finally having recruited walker and rourke (maybe more ghosts?). The way the campaign ended, it seems they're setting up Makarov to use the mexican cartels to fight against 141 now that farah can't be false flagged.
With how abruptly it ended (soap dying, etc), it seems perfect for them to lead into maybe tensions rising with mexico since the information of a 4 star general allowing bombings to take place in mexico was publicly released. Then we go back and forth from ghosts back story to the present day, until we get to the end point, which would lead to the start of mw4 (which we won't get until 2026).
Since they're so keen on merging the IW and BO universe, its possible they could bring up South American issues Mason and woods had with Menendez in the next black ops game. This could allow for David Mason to be included in mw4 apart of TF141 since he'd be a navy seal, and the main issue of the game could possibly be between the US and mexico/makarov.
Both kinda thought out and simple, but it's the only way I'd really enjoy the direction of the story after the abrupt and terrible ending to mw3. Could finally end MW with the 4th game officially combining the universe', possibly making a GOOD reboot to ghosts, including all our favorite characters (except soap, rip...maybe even price will die in the 4th game).
Since Microsoft will be in charge, it's possible they'll commit to the 2 year plan with treyarch, meaning no new game in 2025, just an ACTUAL dlc update to the game. Mw4 then being the last game to be worked on separately, whereas every game after will release 2 years, maybe even 3, with all studios working together with a CLEAR VISION of what needs to happen.
This would allow for both a proper spec ops (like the og mw2 and mw3) and zombies mode to both thrive on the same game, increasing the amount of "content" in each game released. Increasing the quality as well, since random dev teams wont be getting pulled from their own projects to fix other ones. It's a win-win for the devs and us. They make more money off micro transactions from the increase in content in each game , and we get fully complete games day 1, with unmatched support over time.
I think gaz’s line is the saddest..
“ see you down range brother, we’ll take it from here”
It was the waver in ghost's voice when he said "rest in peace johnny" that did it for me
He shouldn’t of even been there
I love how they killed him and let wrapped up the game it like 2 minutes flat. In mw3 he got like a 10 minute long send off, in this one he gets capped in the head and Makarov buggers off
Am I the only one thinking about how the frick did Makarov run towards the sunset after starting a gunfight, getting stabbed in the neck by Soap and then killing him like nothing happened?
To be fair, even in the OG MW series Makarov survives a lot of stuff that doesn't make any sense.
Rest In Peace Johny
you should just do another video on him anyways besides the likes cuz your the only one I trust to explain the COD story's. you know your good at it cuz you even know what's going to happen before it even happens all the time.
I just realized that ghost predicted soaps death in the line "think live that long" and ghost say "probably not"😢🕊️
it’s absolutely insane how hard i cried and how long i paused my game registering what just happened
I still can’t believe he died a Sergeant instead of a Captain like the original Mw3
Fun fact, soap operator in MP appears as "active" whereas makarov appears as "inactive"
I noticed that too but maybe the mp is before the campaign or something so makarov would be inactive because he would be in the gulag still but it gave me some hope that they might bring him back
@@Drickster007no it’s after
My guess is Makarov has gone off the grid meanwhile for soap they’re basing it on his mwll status hence he’s still active
CUZ HES IN THE ZOMBIES ALIVE WHILE MAKOROV IS IN THE GULAG
As I am MW fan for 17 years I never knew why is Soap called Soap XD
The OG MW reason is way better than this one hahaha
@@GearandaGlass What's the OG one?
He’s called soap because he cleans house
In the OG trilogy you can get his "journal" as a collectors edition bonus. He brought soap on a rope during SAS selection.
I like at 1:03 the like button flashes. Amazing!!
This soap def has more character and he was actually a really good reboot character im not gonna lie,the original was and will always be the best,the reboot soap really grew on alot of us because of his character humour and everything,his death scene was really realistic and fast and unpredicted which i think was a cool death scene bit the aftermath ,just letting makarov go like that and not even making his death so emotional like the original but that was realistic
This campaign was alright it isnt the worst campaign of altime but alot of things was really dumb,the weapons free was so dumb and notneeded,also alot of missions werent so special anf memorable
The emotion in ghosts voice hit hard
i wasn't ready to see Soap's death again,i cryied,just like the original mw 3,rest in peace
No one:
Ink every 5 seconds* none other
Also butchering every foreign name/word
Hearing loose ends soundtrack gave me PTSD back
His death did nothing to change the story of mw3
- kill soap
- revive graves
- kill shepherd in cutscene.
Who’s making these decisions ? 💀
All the sadness comes back again from the OG MW3
How dare they kill my boy again! Soap is by far the best character in the series!
soap could be alive, they might have not been soap, maybe someone acting as soap, as his new skin isnt called soap but Hector and his description says "Well, i wasn't in that tunnel" Just like graves said "I wasnt in that tank" this could be possible but unlikely
Plz do a comparison between both versions of Soap. Would love to see that video.
I’m still shocked he died, I didn’t id expect to be this shocked over a call of duty campaign death but just seeing how soaps character developed in such a short time and his friendship with ghost became it was just sad seeing him die 🫤
RIP soap aka John MacTavish 1996-2023 see you down range soldier
While soap Mactavish was being born and already at the hospital 🏥 in the year 1996 cpt price and Macmillan were in Ukraine taking out zakheav. It’s crazy how soap was born the same year while price was on a mission with Macmillan
In the new timeline all Ghillied up still happened but it didn’t take place in 1996 price is a lot younger in this timeline.
I steamed it on my twitch 5 days ago I cried bro
Am I the only one that finds it a little funny that price and soap are both named John?
Out for revenge in mw4 and I'm here for it
11:49 greatest dialogue of the decade
Soap was brought in Modern Warfare *Again* to be killed *Again*, Nice
The way ghost says johnny when he gets killed was crazy
I would love to see a vid comparing the og Soap story to the 2023 version
It would be interesting if we got a DLC about either ghost/price try to hunt down Makarov and either they found out his next plan or they got caught and waiting for the next game for them to be rescue
From Soap's death, Price kills Shepherd and then TF141 get disavowed.
And as the snippet shown in MWII, when regular authorities are chasing TF141, they ultimately become Ghost team. This time, this Ghost team will not only be lead by the will to make a greater world but essentially by vengeance coming from Soap's death.
They will fight according to the ideals of Soaps in this new unit : 1st: As a team like Soap taught Ghost and 2nd with no mercy towards the enemy as Soap taught Price.
So in other words, Soap's death will trigger the creation of the rebooted Ghost team.
I almost cried when they scattered hi ashes
I also think this makes me realise how perfect the mw2 2022 campaign was
I was excited when I heard their names back in mw2019 and now I'm disappointed for what happened to soap I thought they would redeem themselves but no
When soap was threatening to kill Makarov the pilots were just so chill also zombies is supposedly in a different timeline
With Soap's death, I see this as a good way for them to bring in Roach. Not sure how, but it doesn't really feel right with A, Soap now being dead, and B, Roach still not introduced yet
I never played COD, but i knew soap died in the OG MW3. However, from my experience watching MW 2019 and 2 i honestly though they wouldn't kill him off in 3, maybe in 4 but not in 3. he seemed like such a new and fresh character that they were building up that it was jarring to see him be offed like that. if anyone should have died, I was leaning towards Laswell because she is the connection between all the players and the one holding the peace between TF141 and shepard and shadow company. They could have done an internal conflict with those two groups and have them be pitted against each other while Makarov is watching it unfold and using it to his advantage and then plus adding more discourse in Farha's case. And then, a second death should have ended the game, either be Farha or Gaz. Gaz because he seems to be closer to Price in this series than the OG and would have hurt Price. Or Farha because then her resistant team would have fallen into chaos.
the part in the mission where ghost says bloody hell then the way he says johnny you can hear it in his voice he just broke
when ghost said to soap when he asked will i live that long and then ghost said probably not. in a way ghost jynxed soaps death
the betrayal and the mission “alone” in mwii feels like so much foreshadow now…
Favourite COD character. JOHNNY.
Bro I knew sun was gonna happen to him after he said “I’ll be seeing you again mactavish”
Soap's death in the original MW3 had meaning, his death in the new one is just a cop out because it is a hastily put together mess.
I am never recovering, soap should have not died and not like that 😭😭 I am a mess because of a fictional character
Another thing I have noticed is that the words on creast for the mactavish clan is don't forget me after death is this telling that soap fate is to die i don't know he is my favorite character and he didn't get a big bad guy kill under his belt before they killed him hack we baley had him for a year
R.I.P John “Soap” Mactavish🫡
I would like to see a comparison video
Never thought ide get SAD playing a game lol
FOAP. TELL PRICE THAT SHEPARD IS A STINKY WINKY!!
You should try to cover ravenov from the dark aether story.
They did my boy dirty and I'm still salty about it...the OG MW3 was head and shoulders better
One thing is still bothering me, both Soap AND Samara are still alive in the multiplayer. He got shot in the head, and Samara died in an explosion. If they are alive, that would mean that the multiplayer takes place some time around 2021, probably before or after deadbolt. But if that’s the case, then how is Makarov free? Either Soap and Samara miraculously survived, or Makarov escaped sometime in 2021. Or sledgehammer just wanted to include them in multiplayer.
Multiplayer isnt part of the story. Like Zombies is on a different timeline
Will we ever get a raid esque style missions for Ghost seeing that was gonna be the plan mid-MW2?
pissed bro they gave him a side character death it feels like. Feels like he wasnt even important to the story. Made me mad as a soap fan as i loved the connection i grew to the new soap in mw2 just for him to get killed the next game
I feel the same way 💔💔💔
You can here ghost almost crying 😢
for story reasons it makes way much more sense to kill off gaz than soap
Yeah because gaz has been with price the longest since MW 2019
I was really thinking Gaz was going to go bro. If he did that would've been crazy dude and made more sense to me. I feel like they went with Soap just because of the OLD game
Zombies is cannon to Campaign & Warzone. This is what Soap was doing during the WZ storyline.
The MW3 zombies continues the Dark Aether story that started w/ Cold War and had events that tied in in WZ. We also see Revnov, a character from CW zombies, working w/ Soap.
Rn the MW Reboots (MW1,2,3), All of the Black Ops games (BO1,2,3,4,CW), and Vangaurd are all in the same universe that is connected through Camoaign, WZ, Multiplayer, and Zombies.