MODERN WARFARE: How Call of Duty 4 Changed a Genre Forever

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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
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    00:00 An Obsession with World War 2
    01:04 2015, Inc.
    02:54 Infinity Ward
    03:24 Call of Duty
    06:14 Call of Duty 2
    09:47 COD 4's Early Development
    14:46 COD 4 Marketing
    21:58 COD 4 Release
    24:33 The Legacy of Modern Warfare
    Bibliography:
    xboxahoy.com/biblio/modern-war...
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  • @derek_davidson
    @derek_davidson Před 2 dny +5975

    "too often, too many" proved to be prophetic

    • @TheRyman230
      @TheRyman230 Před 2 dny +94

      I was thinking the same thing when I saw that comment in the video!

    • @MarkiusFox
      @MarkiusFox Před 2 dny +147

      But the shareholders will never be satisfied.

    • @yjefecustom
      @yjefecustom Před 2 dny +29

      Not when it comes to Ahoy 😭

    • @dplocksmith91
      @dplocksmith91 Před 2 dny +88

      ​@@MarkiusFox indeed. Because for them, it's not enough to make all of the money in the world. They want you to make all of the money in the world *and then some* the next year, because that makes the stock price go up, and that's how they make *their* money.

    • @sneek1015
      @sneek1015 Před 2 dny +45

      "I hope i'm wrong." Oh i am so, so sorry Borys

  • @CYXNIGHT
    @CYXNIGHT Před 2 dny +4226

    "I fear the CoD franchise will go the Tony Hawk route - too often, too many
    I hope I'm wrong"
    You weren't Borys. You weren't ;-;

    • @octaviusfooks7194
      @octaviusfooks7194 Před 2 dny +54

      "And you were right [Borys]. That must be a novel experience for you."

    • @atifarshad7624
      @atifarshad7624 Před 2 dny +61

      Lets not forget how Busty saw the future after getting drunk 😂

    • @4T3hM4kr0n
      @4T3hM4kr0n Před 2 dny +16

      it's ironic, since Neversoft was merged with what was left of infinity ward

    • @TigerTigerson
      @TigerTigerson Před dnem +3

      *_PART 2_*
      czcams.com/video/l3l3BlDYpzo/video.html

    • @catethps
      @catethps Před dnem +8

      @@4T3hM4kr0n yep and they did the same thing with the people who made the 1+2 remaster, vicarious visions ended up just working on diablo 4 and CoD again

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 Před 2 dny +705

    We’ve come full circle on this channel, started with MW2 weapon guides, and now we return to MW1

    • @samharradence5689
      @samharradence5689 Před dnem +11

      Are you going to improve your art or are we still stuck at flat 2D

    • @kingnothing5678
      @kingnothing5678 Před 22 hodinami +7

      Return of the King. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw who posted.

    • @pajamapantsjack5874
      @pajamapantsjack5874 Před 22 hodinami +7

      @@samharradence5689 I’m not a 3D artist . I don’t know what this means do you mean go digital .

    • @eugeneescalona9478
      @eugeneescalona9478 Před 21 hodinou +5

      ​@@samharradence5689
      ...what does this even mean?

    • @soulSSeekingbullet
      @soulSSeekingbullet Před 17 hodinami

      You call that art?

  • @TiomesTheOne
    @TiomesTheOne Před 2 dny +367

    "50,000 People Used to Live Here. Now It's a Ghost Town"
    Favorite mission of my teenage years.
    Unbelievable we didn't got loads of missions/games in that style.

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain Před 2 dny

      Is this the series that had you murdering queuing passengers?

    • @mercenarydelta7351
      @mercenarydelta7351 Před 2 dny +14

      ​@@iwanttocomplainyes, albeit it's only in one mission in Modern Warfare 2. It's called No Russian.

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain Před 2 dny

      @@mercenarydelta7351 I was thinking about the stories in this game and thinking they are not Tolstoy are they.

    • @eSpyre
      @eSpyre Před dnem +22

      @@iwanttocomplain It certainly isn't, the mission is about the shock value for sure. But to be clear it's a mission where a Russian terrorist organisation incites open conflict by masquerading as Americans and gunning down Russian civilians. Ending with the player, who's character is in fact an undercover American operative, being left for dead and this is what actually ties the whole act together.
      So a little more complex than 'shoot innocent people'.
      Assuming I remember it right.

    • @jacobrohr5903
      @jacobrohr5903 Před dnem +4

      All Ghillied Up is indescribable

  • @rt3455rr2
    @rt3455rr2 Před 2 dny +3288

    I love how that guy in 2006 was complaining about Activision milking COD.

    • @88porpoise
      @88porpoise Před 2 dny +317

      That was certainly not a unique sentiment at the time. Keep in mind that there were two other console exclusive COD games, not made by IW, not mentioned here (Finest Hour and Big Red One) so when COD3 was coming out it was the fifth game in 3 years (plus the expansion for COD).

    • @DenSvartaStjarnan
      @DenSvartaStjarnan Před 2 dny +145

      ​@@88porpoise All good games but I can see it's easier to say now. And it's funny he angrily predicted another WW2 game considering that World At War has the best campaign of all the WW2 CODs.

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el Před 2 dny +14

      genz could never know.

    • @Kaarl_Mills
      @Kaarl_Mills Před 2 dny +9

      where is the lie? Im not seeing it

    • @RAM-ez8ml
      @RAM-ez8ml Před 2 dny +31

      We call this foreshadowing

  • @Failtuna
    @Failtuna Před 2 dny +2687

    Fastest click of my life

  • @Vespyr_
    @Vespyr_ Před dnem +128

    Was in Mosul, Iraq when this game was released getting ready to redeploy back home. So many of the boys got copies of this game for PC on laptop, and some of the CHUs even managed to set up lan play to do multiplayer with each other using ethernet (we were a Signal battalion lol). Was pretty wild to be playing a game like this while actively deployed, but it sure took the edge off during long waits in airfields, and back in Kuwait, while sitting in tents waiting for your unit to move. The Kuwaiti KBR tents used to have this installed on their PCs as well for troops spending leave in theater.

    • @The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger
      @The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger Před 22 hodinami

      I bet there were soldiers who would find a character in the campaign with the name of a buddy and shout across the tent “Yo Pvt. Dipshit! You’re in the game!”

    • @user-mg7wh8zq6v
      @user-mg7wh8zq6v Před 8 hodinami

      whats a chu

    • @Vespyr_
      @Vespyr_ Před 4 hodinami

      @@user-mg7wh8zq6v Contianerized Housing Unit. They were shipping containers converted with some insulation, and ac units to serve as housing for soldiers. They'd stack them side by side on wooden platforms along the sand, sometimes beneath camo netting and that would be the barracks with several bunks inside. Usually 2-6 people per unit depending on the size of the container. These were pretty standard in fobs during the latter half of the war for many branches in larger bases like Baghdad, Mosul, etc. My first deployment when the campaign started we lived in tent cities, if we were lucky hehe, so these were a lot better by the time CoD4 came out lol. Was nice to have a more reliable place to bunk down.

    • @zmiecer
      @zmiecer Před 22 minutami

      @@user-mg7wh8zq6v Containerized Housing Unit

    • @notsodeep1140
      @notsodeep1140 Před 20 minutami

      ​@@user-mg7wh8zq6v chu-mama

  • @VanessaKinbaby
    @VanessaKinbaby Před dnem +142

    As someone who used to watch you back in your Gun Guides days.
    This video mans a lot to me, feels oddly like a full circle moment. I appreciate this greatly, im glad your are still here.

    • @ecapsdira
      @ecapsdira Před dnem +13

      bot

    • @stickiedmin6508
      @stickiedmin6508 Před dnem +1

      ​@@ecapsdira
      No you aren't.

    • @kingnothing5678
      @kingnothing5678 Před 22 hodinami

      Yes. I remember a lot of people used the ACR in MW2 and I didn't know why until he explained how it had no recoil.

    • @PURENT
      @PURENT Před 21 hodinou +3

      @@stickiedmin6508 Literally a coomerbait bot account that ripped off someone else's comment.

  • @theskrill656
    @theskrill656 Před 2 dny +934

    Ahoy uploads, you click.
    He speaks, you listen.
    “Until next time, farewell.”

  • @aquapendulum
    @aquapendulum Před 2 dny +1656

    Infinity Ward cancelled the "Halo killer" to make Call of Duty 4. Little did they know Call of Duty 4 was the real Halo killer all along.

    • @Killerduck0213
      @Killerduck0213 Před 2 dny +215

      While I won't deny that Halo had run its course by that point, neither did Bungie. They knew it was time to move on so they did. It was Microsoft that couldn't, and after that point 343 has done more to kill Halo than any outside company ever did.

    • @Sketchy_2
      @Sketchy_2 Před 2 dny

      the real halo killer ended up being halo itself​@@Killerduck0213

    • @BaneOfXistence4
      @BaneOfXistence4 Před 2 dny +51

      Was the Halo Killer, Titanfall?

    • @CyanRooper
      @CyanRooper Před 2 dny +130

      ​@@Killerduck0213 Microsoft's problem is that they would much rather milk existing franchises to death than let their developers create new IPs. Halo should have ended with Reach but Microsoft wanted Halo to be like what Mario is to Nintendo.

    • @bakomusha
      @bakomusha Před 2 dny +12

      @@BaneOfXistence4 Yes.

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean Před dnem +79

    2:30: Probably for the best. "2015" is a name that presumably sounded futuristic in 1997, but it would sound a lot less futuristic in (say) 2022.

    • @QuilloManar
      @QuilloManar Před 17 hodinami +10

      But sure as hell feels nostalgic, imagine a studio named 2015 making retro indie games now, like a flip point on the timeline.

  • @TheWavys
    @TheWavys Před dnem +82

    This video actually made me a bit emotional lol. I was 13 when COD4 released and this video just brought back so much nostalgia and appreciation for that moment in my life. I remember seeing the multiplayer teasers showing the perks and was so incredibly excited to play. I signed up for the beta and when I got that email and was accepted I felt like the luckiest kid on earth. Finally, I played the beta ALL night and completely fell in love. Things like gaining XP, upgrading all your gear and adjusting perks were mind-blowing because I had never experienced anything like that before....In my second game I asked somebody "how do you get the red dot on your weapon" and they told me I can customize my weapon!?
    Simpler times back then, grateful to have experienced that era of gaming

    • @Arkiasis
      @Arkiasis Před 6 hodinami +3

      It's funny that even the forum comments make me feel nostalgic. Subreddits these days are terrible places to discuss games.

  • @DHCR-core
    @DHCR-core Před 2 dny +983

    I like that the one guy that was bemoaning the Call of Duty franchise being "run into the ground" was spot-on, even his prediction of "another WW2 game 9-12 months after modern warfare" was accurate. However, what he didn't know at the time was that both Modern Warfare and World at War would become two of the most beloved FPS games in history.

    • @Amanitaland
      @Amanitaland Před 2 dny +39

      It was the golden age of shooter games

    • @DHCR-core
      @DHCR-core Před 2 dny +97

      @@Amanitaland Infinity Ward made a brilliant decision to kill off the "Halo Killer" project. Only one thing could kill Halo, and that was Halo itself. Anyone else that even attempted to encroach on its territory were lost and forgotten to time.

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el Před 2 dny +1

      i dont know what world at war is but we all Loved Modern Warfare and its legendary.

    • @PalindroneV2
      @PalindroneV2 Před 2 dny +53

      ​@@krono5elWorld At War is Treyarch's last WW2 game. It's the birthplace of the zombies mode and it takes place in the black ops timeline.

    • @kylemsguy_
      @kylemsguy_ Před 2 dny +25

      @@krono5el It's the best WWII shooter ever made. It's basically COD4, but WWII.

  • @MapMonkey96
    @MapMonkey96 Před 2 dny +1612

    We're so back

    • @roby0414
      @roby0414 Před 2 dny +11

      You're all back

    • @self.medicate
      @self.medicate Před 2 dny +10

      Not that we went anywhere.

    • @thejohnjosh
      @thejohnjosh Před 2 dny +5

      SO. BACK.

    • @Finarvas
      @Finarvas Před 2 dny +10

      I hate zoomers

    • @MapMonkey96
      @MapMonkey96 Před 2 dny +14

      @@Finarvas I'm 27 and was trickshotting you with a bluetiger m40 at the end of every round, boohoo

  • @slayer45670
    @slayer45670 Před 2 dny +54

    Can’t believe I’ve been watching Ahoy videos for 12years!! How time flies. I remember being 14, freshman in high school watching their black ops 2 weapon breakdowns. Now I’m turning 26 in two weeks, still watching his CoD videos!

  • @AmericanDirectorOK
    @AmericanDirectorOK Před 2 dny +23

    Holy crap, it all comes full circle. What started as a series of COD game guides returns as a COD retrospective. Now that's hype!

  • @Rhomega
    @Rhomega Před 2 dny +1202

    Wow, 3 Ahoy videos in one year (so far). So awesome!

    • @bigredjanie
      @bigredjanie Před 2 dny +57

      Ikr? And he's really going back to his roots here, he used to do COD videos (there's even footage of him at a live event, I believe celebrating MW3's release)

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 Před 2 dny +30

      Yeah I feel like he must have been spending the months developing multiple videos at the same time so he could drop them all very close to each other. We're being spoiled for how many Ahoy documentaries we're getting

    • @adenkyramud5005
      @adenkyramud5005 Před 2 dny +23

      4 i think. G36, doom, poppy game and modern warfare.

    • @SayakMajumder
      @SayakMajumder Před 2 dny +15

      maybe he sorted out, whatever was troubling him, in his life?

    • @danielholland3991
      @danielholland3991 Před 2 dny +5

      You can't rush art.

  • @CaleebTalib
    @CaleebTalib Před 2 dny +605

    Shoutout to my late grandpa for getting me this for Christmas when I was little. Got me this game when I was like 10 because he asked the cashier guy what the best game was at the time, and told him call of duty 4. He fought in Vietnam so he didn’t care if it was too “mature” for me. Still blows my mind my grandpa who never even touched a video game introduced me to one of the greatest games ever! Legend!

    • @idonthearnobell7362
      @idonthearnobell7362 Před 2 dny +1

      why ya lyin faaaah?

    • @CaleebTalib
      @CaleebTalib Před 2 dny +86

      @@idonthearnobell7362 He also used to say I was his number one grandson by giving me the middle finger and I would give it back and say he was my number one grandpa! Sorry your grandparents didn’t give you enough love buddy

    • @juanquireyes6703
      @juanquireyes6703 Před 2 dny +12

      @@CaleebTalib cook that fraud

    • @Smaltese93
      @Smaltese93 Před 2 dny +6

      What a Chad

    • @valentinoesposito3614
      @valentinoesposito3614 Před dnem +7

      Awesome story your grandfather sounds like he was a great guy

  • @Zolbat
    @Zolbat Před 2 dny +9

    1:40 That bell hits and all the music and all the moments stream back into my head

  • @ThatDudeinBlue
    @ThatDudeinBlue Před 2 dny +339

    Some of the best of times were playing with a friend who would come over, and we would take turns each game until the sun came up. Was such an incredible time for FPS's.

    • @Adam-zi5se
      @Adam-zi5se Před 2 dny +6

      Nice to see you here man. Two goat content creators

    • @SecondSunofficial
      @SecondSunofficial Před 2 dny +3

      For real, OG MW1/2, Black Ops 1, and Halo 3 were the peak of video games

    • @VideoGameSmash12
      @VideoGameSmash12 Před 2 dny +2

      Call of Duty 4 really did set a standard for first person shooters to come, and quite honestly marked the beginning of Call of Duty's golden age. I can't tell you how many hours I ended up spending playing it and MW2 with friends over Xbox Live. Crazy times

    • @CyanRooper
      @CyanRooper Před 2 dny +6

      The sun came up when the 8th gen consoles arrived. Nothing can beat the FPS titles of the 2000s and early 2010s: Halo 1 through to Halo Reach, OG Modern Warfare trilogy, Black Ops 1 & 2, Half-life 2, F.E.A.R, Crysis 1, Battlefield 2 & 3 & the Bad Company games etc.

    • @mungojack
      @mungojack Před dnem

      Great times

  • @vilnaric3127
    @vilnaric3127 Před 2 dny +178

    In retrospect a lot of the older COD titles have a soul to them. Makes you wonder how the franchise would have progressed if the releases weren't made into annual cash grabs. And the teams had as much passion into it as the original.

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS Před dnem +8

      COD players are delusionals (not as Valve fans), 60$ game every year, 60$ worth of DLC that were coincidentally published the same month every year... easy to say that when your parents used to buy your games

    • @fix0the0spade
      @fix0the0spade Před dnem +12

      The answer to that is Titanfall, Titanfall 2 and Respawn Entertainment, which is where most of the original Infinity Ward crew went after the Activision bust up. But then they sold up to EA so...

    • @themacintoshnerd
      @themacintoshnerd Před dnem +2

      @@fix0the0spade hm I never knew IW guys were behind Titanfall. Maybe I'll actually go and give call of duty a real shot for once.

    • @THEGODDAMNDINOSAUR
      @THEGODDAMNDINOSAUR Před 23 hodinami +1

      COD4 campaign has all the spectacle but theres a lot of little things that really makes it stand out.

    • @soulSSeekingbullet
      @soulSSeekingbullet Před 17 hodinami

      ​@@themacintoshnerdGive self-deletion a real and honest try. Most of your kind eventually end up doing it.

  • @PixelRatedGames
    @PixelRatedGames Před 2 dny +9

    Ahoy Hoy.
    Just when your Friday can't get any better, your boy drops this masterpiece all over your lucky faces.
    Much love.

  • @SATO_FD2R
    @SATO_FD2R Před 2 dny +6

    It’s crazy how many Ahoy videos have been coming out

    • @maddlarkin
      @maddlarkin Před 2 dny

      He's really spoiling us this month!

  • @roc5291
    @roc5291 Před 2 dny +271

    I’ll never forget buying my Xbox 360 and going into a game store and seeing Modern Warfare on the shelf. I had already heard the rumblings of how impressive it was from friends of mine so on a whim, I purchased it. 24 hrs later, most of my friends had the game as well as I would not stop talking about it. The graphics. The incredible multiplayer maps. The single player campaign with Soap and Price. I cannot possibly count the amount of memories of my friends and I going up against all odds at all hours of the night with this game. The close matches. The screaming into the microphone. This game will ALWAYS be one the cornerstones of my young adult years in the best possible way.

    • @Xamantu
      @Xamantu Před 2 dny +8

      100% this. CoD 4 will forever be my favorite game, not simply for the game itself, but for the whole experience. Nothing can surpass the 1600+ hours of multiplayer fun with friends. Untouchable memories.

    • @youcallitacid
      @youcallitacid Před 2 dny

      Same here. I basically lived in this game for years.

    • @PootieTang69
      @PootieTang69 Před dnem

      Bro it was mid at best

    • @thepolarphantasm2319
      @thepolarphantasm2319 Před dnem

      For me that would be WWF no mercy and GoldenEye 007 👍

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS Před dnem

      young adult with a mentality of a children, you aren't aware of saying that?

  • @SkillZgetKillZ
    @SkillZgetKillZ Před 2 dny +216

    damn that fucking punch of nostalgia with that logo parody

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS Před dnem

      is the game even good? all i see is zoomers bragging how these shit console shooters are nostalgic, probably not.

    • @PURENT
      @PURENT Před 22 hodinami

      @@DrundeFPS I don't think zoomers were the right age for this game. The oldest ones would have been about 11 when this came out, it was mainly just younger millennial teens. The sequel MW2 in 2009 was the one where the zoomers really got their hands on CoD, and then Black Ops 2 from 2012 was when it was dominated by the wider zoomer age range.
      The games were fine, simple and good fun, nothing complex to learn, basically the zoomer's equivalent to the millennials and Counter Strike.

  • @sunnysurfer101MA
    @sunnysurfer101MA Před 2 dny +2

    It's legitimately nice to see you still have at least a good amount of affection for this franchise, despite abandoning those weapon guides long ago. I haven't played COD since BO2, and I went through my "COD was always bad" phase, but looking back this is definitely an important franchise in FPS history.

  • @IRISnGEN
    @IRISnGEN Před 2 dny +2

    So glad to see the videos still rolling out!!!

  • @CT-yc4gd
    @CT-yc4gd Před 2 dny +173

    Christ. Its still difficult for me to comprehend that this game came out 17 years ago.

    • @camchun
      @camchun Před 2 dny +28

      I wish i didnt read this. I knew it came out a while ago but I made my brain not do the math so i could live in blissful ignorance

    • @H41030v3rki110ny0u
      @H41030v3rki110ny0u Před 2 dny +13

      incoming freshmen at college about to be younger than CoD 4.. feelin old now

    • @oliviersavard8676
      @oliviersavard8676 Před 2 dny +17

      GTA V came 11 years ago. some of the kids playing the game weren't even born when it came out.

    • @twitchy.mp3
      @twitchy.mp3 Před 2 dny +3

      Right? I was a newborn baby when it was released you guys from before its existence probably feel like dinosaurs

    • @vitoc8454
      @vitoc8454 Před 2 dny +4

      COD4 is about as old this year as the original Game Boy was when COD4 was released.

  • @fioredeutchmark
    @fioredeutchmark Před 2 dny +136

    It’s hard to articulate just how special the first Call of Duty was.
    I remember getting the demo with PC gamer the spring/summer of ‘03 and it just blew me away. The sounds of the guns, the visual effects when an explosion went off and the audio went muted, the cries of your squad mates as you cleared fields and buildings.
    The whole thing was just overwhelmingly amazing.

    • @MidnightPlus1
      @MidnightPlus1 Před dnem +6

      For me, this was my experience with World at War. Despite being 5 years old at the time, my parents did let me play the game and I was absolutely mesmerized by the experience. It was so brutal, so visceral, and absolutely enthralled me in some sort of way. I swear, I remember every word of Reznov's speech to Dmitri in the Vendetta mission.
      Nothing could capture playing that mission, and the whole game if I'm being honest, for the first time. My first actual experience with the horrors of war, and once I saw that ending text - "60 million lives were lost as a result of World War II. It was the most destructive and deadly conflict in human history," it just shook me. It was very, very eye opening.

    • @WelRod-zo6zy
      @WelRod-zo6zy Před dnem

      @@MidnightPlus1 i have a very similar experience with it.

    • @anadthebarbarian
      @anadthebarbarian Před dnem +1

      Verbatim, me

    • @KiraSlith
      @KiraSlith Před dnem +1

      Yeah, nowadays it's impossible to have a game with semi-realistic guns without ADS unless it's a pure arcade shooter.

    • @nino89mb
      @nino89mb Před dnem +1

      so much nostalgia it hurts

  • @Metacritical_
    @Metacritical_ Před 2 dny +7

    Real Treat to see this channel being so active.
    Three high quality videos within 2 months from Ahoy is bliss.

  • @Wolfhnd
    @Wolfhnd Před dnem +1

    Again, an excellent video. Thanks for the great work, it was pleasant to watch !

  • @Mrgnome2
    @Mrgnome2 Před 2 dny +376

    Oh baby, AHOY IS BACK

    • @Igor369
      @Igor369 Před 2 dny +5

      He made last video just a month ago.

    • @HorrorUberAlles
      @HorrorUberAlles Před 2 dny +2

      _WE'RE SO FUCKING BACK, BOYS!!!!!!!_

    • @sniperheroes3082
      @sniperheroes3082 Před 2 dny +2

      @@Igor369 Well, it has been so long since the last time Ahoy released videos on a regular basis, eh?

    • @gazr290
      @gazr290 Před 2 dny +1

      Legit man I saw this video come up on my TV and started dancing in front of my girlfriend while trying to make her grasp how big a deal this is.

    • @VAIBHAVMALHOTRA19
      @VAIBHAVMALHOTRA19 Před hodinou

      ​@@Igor369he is talking about the OG Ahoy is back who used to talk about COD

  • @gurtajchanna798
    @gurtajchanna798 Před 2 dny +277

    The Medal of Honour: Airborne theme at the beginning brought a wave of nostalgia, great vid as always Ahoy

    • @Cowboycomando54
      @Cowboycomando54 Před 2 dny +15

      I always get chills hearing the MoH Theme. Something about that slow and sweet brass sound always hits home.

    • @spyczech
      @spyczech Před 2 dny +5

      Airborne IMo was the zenith of ww2 shooters, a last call

    • @MsTatakai
      @MsTatakai Před 2 dny +6

      @@spyczech Airborne was great! and european assault also was really good

    • @jikemsa
      @jikemsa Před 2 dny

      I didn't even recognize it and got the strongest chills I think I ever have just hearing it, lul.

    • @4T3hM4kr0n
      @4T3hM4kr0n Před 2 dny +3

      uhh I hate to burst your bubble, but that isn't the Airborne theme, it's the theme of the very first game in the series (Medal Of Honor) which Airborne simply borrowed for the intro cutscene.

  • @jamescampbell9992
    @jamescampbell9992 Před 2 dny +3

    always makes my day when Ahoy finally drops a new video

  • @bigredmarchingon3200
    @bigredmarchingon3200 Před dnem +2

    Great video as always thank you for the work.

  • @iamtigerjames9978
    @iamtigerjames9978 Před 2 dny +72

    Anyone that grew up playing Xbox 360 with a Gold membership was either playing CoD 4 or Halo 3, which came out just 2 months before Modern Warfare. Two of the best multiplayer games ever made, both released in the same year. I slept, went to school, did homework, ate, and played these 2 games, that was it. Even if I went for a sleepover at a friend's house I would take my Xbox so we could play online whilst in the same room. The nostalgia is hitting so hard right now, I wish I could go back

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS Před dnem

      You played this when you was a kid? Game filled with gen z kids.

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight Před 2 dny +42

    MW is just a masterpiece. The campaign, the atmosphere everything is just perfection
    Miss the day where you get the rewards from playing the game, not paying the game

  • @demonpal1402
    @demonpal1402 Před dnem +2

    Ahoy's been banging them out this year, and I am here for it.

  • @yoobinator
    @yoobinator Před 20 hodinami +2

    First Jacob Geller, now Ahoy. What a great time for CoD retrospectives

  • @londonisforeverblue1022
    @londonisforeverblue1022 Před 2 dny +262

    back when mutltiplayers were focused on being fun, and skins were rewarded based on your skills not on how big ur wallet was, getting a golden deagle meant you actually deserved it , but now u can get them for swipping a credit card such a shame people nowadays can't experience old school multiplayers

    • @bigchum3984
      @bigchum3984 Před 2 dny +14

      I loved this game so much that i got red tiger on EVERY single gun

    • @Cr3zant
      @Cr3zant Před 2 dny +7

      Camo grinds still exist bro, they didn't disappear.

    • @asschomp
      @asschomp Před 2 dny

      Oh boy another old good new bad comment typed through the lens of rose tinted glasses.

    • @londonisforeverblue1022
      @londonisforeverblue1022 Před 2 dny +21

      @@Cr3zant difference is there was never an incentive to buy skins instead of playing for it back they were achievable enough in its length but most importantly it was fun as hell.

    • @darnedghost2008
      @darnedghost2008 Před 2 dny +4

      still it was awful alot of complains back then cod fans has never been happy

  • @DrGrove
    @DrGrove Před 2 dny +101

    Any time Ahoy uploads its an event

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain Před 2 dny

      Unless it's a celebration of the blandest worst ip in the industry. DLC or whatever aside. This is the same game as the original utterly uninventive fps shooting game as vanilla as Halo. I wouldn't even notice if it disappeared forever. In fact, I think the air might seem a bit cleaner.

    • @_Bife
      @_Bife Před 2 dny +2

      ​@@iwanttocomplain quiet, child

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain Před 2 dny

      @@_Bife if I was I wouldn't be complaining would I. Unless I played an fps and found it ok but really annoying because it amounts to the game of watching your 6 just like every game rendered from a 3d perspective.

    • @yumsoup3377
      @yumsoup3377 Před dnem +2

      ​@@iwanttocomplain sounds like you just want to complain man

    • @lazermaster1243
      @lazermaster1243 Před dnem

      We have been summoned

  • @CollaateraL
    @CollaateraL Před dnem

    Such great quality. Thank you so much for these amazing videos!

  • @redetermine
    @redetermine Před 2 dny

    I'm glad i was there and I'm glad that i am here! Great video as always Stuart, well done!

  • @MNIceMan44
    @MNIceMan44 Před 2 dny +29

    This channel could spend an hour explaining the differences in drywall textures in video games and you better believe I'll watch it 3+ times

    • @wtfduud
      @wtfduud Před dnem

      This isn't even a joke. I absolutely would,

  • @crazekatt3361
    @crazekatt3361 Před 2 dny +46

    A legend posting, a documentary over a legendary game. It’s an honor to view this video.

  • @Chyrosran22
    @Chyrosran22 Před 2 hodinami

    Aw man, hit me in the feels here. I was right there from the start, lived all the highs, and saw it stoop below the lowest lows. I guess the real Call of Duty was the friends we made along the way - which I did, and still game with!

  • @txcrix9236
    @txcrix9236 Před 2 dny

    Great to have Ahoy back! Excellent documentary. 👍👍

  • @Innocentcailyn
    @Innocentcailyn Před 2 dny +228

    In 2020, 14 year old me was in a Goodwill and found a CD copy of COD4 MW. It even had the original Walmart receipt in the case. I had never played a COD game in my life, and took it home to pop into my PC. The campaign helped grow my love for story-driven games that I have today.

  • @Maggi9909
    @Maggi9909 Před 2 dny +54

    2007 pleb "no1 cares about singleplayer anymore"
    Infinity ward and Treyarc
    procedes to make some of the best SP campaigns ever back to back*

    • @peterdermeter7044
      @peterdermeter7044 Před dnem

      ...just to follow it up with the most generic and forgettable campaigns in the decade to come. So did any other FPS franchise. Dude wasn't wrong. Just a year early.

    • @comrade_commissar3794
      @comrade_commissar3794 Před dnem +4

      @@peterdermeter7044Modern warfare 2, 3 and Black Ops are not forgettable campaigns. You take that back

    • @ABritishguy2006
      @ABritishguy2006 Před dnem

      @@peterdermeter7044well yes the other COD games after this one had over the top moments, but also had great, well written and memorable moments and sequences, also let’s not forget WAW which came after COD4, and while WAW wasn’t historically accurate, it was at least historically authentic to WW2, but if you mean the COD games post 2012 then yeah.

    • @slaqualquercoisamemo5117
      @slaqualquercoisamemo5117 Před dnem

      ​@@comrade_commissar3794 back to back to back to back to back to back*

    • @comrade_commissar3794
      @comrade_commissar3794 Před 21 hodinou

      @@slaqualquercoisamemo5117 What

  • @jpmadison98
    @jpmadison98 Před 4 hodinami

    Hey, Ahoy. Just wanted to say thanks and give some encouragement/praise for consistently putting out quality. It's refreshing to see videos so wonderfully written, concisely edited, and void of the usual fluff and nonsense. Your language and style is always to the point, brilliant, and informative.
    Who would've thought videos about Call of Duty could be so good? Well done.

  • @discgolfwes
    @discgolfwes Před dnem +3

    You somehow made me emotionally invested in a franchise I've long despised. Well done Ahoy!

  • @cbt.connoisseur
    @cbt.connoisseur Před 2 dny +42

    4 vids in a year, what a time to be alive

  • @maxiguntstain
    @maxiguntstain Před 2 dny +36

    I know you don’t do it anymore, and I can’t say that I blame you, but your gun guide series fills me with so much nostalgia. Thanks for the memories Stu. Big part of my teenage years

  • @HLRaven
    @HLRaven Před dnem +2

    "I didn't realize that being drunk gave me the power to see the future, beer FTW!!!!"
    13:38
    Get this man more beer

  • @Fahrvernuggen
    @Fahrvernuggen Před 23 hodinami

    What a great surprise to see this pop up today. Another excellent video, as usual. Well done.

  • @TheVengefulVadam
    @TheVengefulVadam Před 2 dny +20

    12:05 Borys was a prophet, holy shit. Awesome video as always, Ahoy!

    • @charlesburns7391
      @charlesburns7391 Před 2 dny +1

      " we don't want to do another WW2 shooter"
      Cod 3
      World at War
      WW2
      Vanguard

    • @Nuttineerr
      @Nuttineerr Před 2 dny +1

      @@charlesburns7391 none of those were Infinity Ward.

    • @mercenarydelta7351
      @mercenarydelta7351 Před 2 dny +5

      ​@@charlesburns7391
      COD 3 and WAW - Treyarch
      WW2 and Vanguard - Sledgehammer
      Infintity Ward did stand by their claim of not making another WW2 shooter.

    • @4T3hM4kr0n
      @4T3hM4kr0n Před 2 dny

      holy crap it's vengeful vadam!

  • @SaladTasteNice
    @SaladTasteNice Před 2 dny +50

    Ahoy is coming back to his roots!!

    • @vitoc8454
      @vitoc8454 Před 2 dny +5

      Yep, he's a disembodied Price voice that crawled out of the game and started a CZcams channel

    • @sporter527
      @sporter527 Před dnem

      ​@@vitoc8454 real

  • @respecttheyoshi
    @respecttheyoshi Před 2 dny

    Heck yeah, everyone's dropping great new vids today, always happy to see more Ahoy

  • @erikdiehl6584
    @erikdiehl6584 Před 14 hodinami

    This is cathartic. From the old MW2 weapons guides to this. Thanks for the amazing videos you always put out Ahoy. From, an American fan.

  • @L0jacIsBack
    @L0jacIsBack Před 2 dny +14

    It’s been 11 years since Ahoy last made a video about Call of Duty. It’s glad to see everyone’s happy for this to come back. Amazing video ❤️

  • @WhatsThisOwO
    @WhatsThisOwO Před 2 dny +31

    I like how he used "Exploiting" when talking about EA acquiring Medal of Honor

    • @HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva
      @HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva Před dnem +1

      Thanks I hate the name and profile pic.

    • @fensoxx
      @fensoxx Před 21 hodinou

      It really sucks because MoH could have been great. It was great. They let it wither and die.

  • @wentoneisendon6502
    @wentoneisendon6502 Před dnem

    Brilliant breakdown of the excitement at the time. Cheers, ahoy

  • @Mate_Antal_Zoltan
    @Mate_Antal_Zoltan Před 2 dny +13

    the reviewer from 5:04 and the NeoGAF member from 12:03 must be time travelers 💀

  • @jdizzy01
    @jdizzy01 Před 2 dny +11

    I remember playing the Bog Demo, it was my first real experience with PC Gaming, 14 year old me was blown away by how real it felt. The NODS, the comms, it was amazing to me

  • @DanTheGamingDad
    @DanTheGamingDad Před 2 dny +3

    dude hands down, you are KING of these retrospectives. This is already tickling my fancy!

  • @IsKor06
    @IsKor06 Před 2 dny

    Man I LOVE your work. As always, stellar vid, thanks!!

  • @SalouYTOfficial
    @SalouYTOfficial Před 2 dny +82

    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare changed the game forever and will always will. The golden age would've never happen without Call of Duty 4. End of story.

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Před 2 dny +9

      lol. The golden age had been in full swing for 10/15 years when MW was released. It's a great game, but it didn't kickstart anything.
      It may however have been one of the last titles before excessive monetization became a thing, so I fondly remember it for that.

    • @CaleebTalib
      @CaleebTalib Před 2 dny +1

      @@pseudonayme7717 Almost no mainline games had a storyline and multiplayer to that level at the time besides maybe halo. It still stands alone to this day as the most influential game of the 21st century bar none!

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 Před 2 dny +4

      @@CaleebTalib Could not disagree more. I prefer COD World at War. Better storyline, better characters, better voice acting and a longer, more challenging campaign.
      I know however that I'm an outlier in that regard.😄

    • @CaleebTalib
      @CaleebTalib Před 2 dny +2

      @@pseudonayme7717 World at war campaign has its moments but it doesn’t really register that it’s supposed to portraying the bloodiest war of all time besides maybe the intro scene. COD 4 shows us the devastation of modern war in the blink of an eye and doesn’t portray the U.S. as the ultimate good guys which back then was pretty controversial. The only reason world at war is remembered fondly is because of zombies period.

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el Před 2 dny

      @@pseudonayme7717 was that the one with tanks in mp? totally forgettable.

  • @kerlongsjorlejov1945
    @kerlongsjorlejov1945 Před 2 dny +7

    Jeez, Stu. You have really been spoiling us in the last few months with the videos we have been getting. Going back to your own roots, I suppose. Either way, I'm all for it to have more from you. Thank you again for making an awesome weekend!

  • @NandR
    @NandR Před 2 dny +1

    That CoD4 menu music is just pure heroin. I was 20 years old. I was waiting to leave for basic training. I had 6 months, my buddy’s PS3, and CoD4. I couldn’t get enough. The silenced M4 was my jam. I prestiged several times on PS3. After basic I got an Xbox 360 Elite and CoD4. Prestiged several times on there. MW2 and 3 were great. But nothing hit like the glory days of MW. Those maps are ingrained in my memory. Especially Chinatown since it was new version of a CoD2 map that I loved. Great video.

  • @JustinMaurice
    @JustinMaurice Před dnem

    Well done, you guys should make more of these type of documentaries

  • @rngsus69
    @rngsus69 Před 2 dny +4

    I teared up, remembering all these years of playing call of duty on a friend's xbox360 cod 4 and then having my own PS3 with modern warfare 2. One of those things that cannot be replicated ever again

  • @AffenKloPutzer
    @AffenKloPutzer Před 2 dny +11

    Holy shit, Ahoy is cooking! Glad to see so much content

  • @englishteatime5205
    @englishteatime5205 Před dnem +1

    So good to see you again Ahoy! I insta-clicked this notification! Thankful for the Bell on YT 🙏🏼🙌🏼

  • @JisMortal
    @JisMortal Před 2 dny +1

    on a great positive note from my childhood, the intro scene in the Stalingrad assault in CoD: Finest Hour is cemented in my memory. To this day I'll go back and watch playthroughs. its insane

  • @bronwaith
    @bronwaith Před 2 dny +3

    I just want to say, the sound mixing in your videos are always amazing. They are never tiring to the ear. Great job!

  • @jaderabbit898
    @jaderabbit898 Před 2 dny +7

    It's been so long since his Ghosts days. It's good to see him return for a bit.

  • @ihateweetabix8829
    @ihateweetabix8829 Před dnem

    Such a good video. CZcams needs more quality videos like ahoy makes.

  • @laxanopoiosOG
    @laxanopoiosOG Před 2 dny

    Excellent video as always, and what a nostalgia trip on COD4!

  • @Apheleion
    @Apheleion Před 2 dny +7

    glad to see ya again Ahoy

  • @ChadMugustust
    @ChadMugustust Před 2 dny +6

    I didn't know Ahoy could post 2-videos within a month.

  • @StewHeisenberg
    @StewHeisenberg Před 2 dny +1

    Seeing Ahoy upload a COD video after such a long time is insane, literally peak 10/10 chef’s kiss content right here.

  • @kemoni221
    @kemoni221 Před dnem

    Great video, as always. Cheers Ahoy

  • @brdgamemaster
    @brdgamemaster Před 2 dny +9

    11:31 You know, it's funny that that came from a guy named Mandark. I even imagined his iconic laugh after that comment was read.

  • @sheacorduroy5565
    @sheacorduroy5565 Před 2 dny +21

    This is still objectively the best CoD game. Not in terms of one single moment, or even balance, but in terms of objective, raw quality.
    The game can be measured by both its incredible well-made gameplay, concisely written story, and the gargantuan impact it left behind by creating the first legitimate CoD multiplayer system.
    Oh yeah, and rip OG Gaz, you will be missed, brother.

    • @imooumoo4
      @imooumoo4 Před 2 dny +3

      Thats subjective to your opinion of it

    • @LucasCunhaRocha
      @LucasCunhaRocha Před 2 dny +1

      The multiplayer was incredibly fun, MW2 was so bad compared to it, the maps were cramped, the spawns were stupid and there were too many useless perks and guns. It was too consolized, they showed that they didn't care for PC anymore when they dropped support for dedicated servers;
      cod4 was peak in the series, when they tried to add more it ruined the experience.

    • @chantier24
      @chantier24 Před 10 hodinami

      @@LucasCunhaRochaamen

  • @Daniel-wr7yh
    @Daniel-wr7yh Před dnem +1

    I remember playing the Xbox 360 campaign demo with the javelin launcher section and it absolutely blew my mind. Leading the projectile felt space age and I couldn't believe such a device actually existed.
    My dad was also very excited for COD 4 and sold off a third or more of our pristine original Xbox library (Hulk Ultimate Destruction, Republic Commando, Bafflefront 1 & 2, Amazing(?) Spiderman, and some others) to GameStop in order to buy COD 4 used for $50.

  • @Warzx13
    @Warzx13 Před 4 hodinami

    Saw the title, heard the audio, instant sub. Well done

  • @StereoBucket
    @StereoBucket Před 2 dny +3

    I am not used to this many ahoy videos within such a short timespan.
    Good Stuff!

  • @poodymeiner3125
    @poodymeiner3125 Před dnem

    I watched your gun videos a decade ago. Good to see you’re still around

  • @DCBpsycho17
    @DCBpsycho17 Před dnem

    Another fantastic video Ahoy

  • @AB-bg7os
    @AB-bg7os Před 2 dny +12

    Ahoy is on a kino spree

  • @DarkenedMortal
    @DarkenedMortal Před 2 dny +8

    When Ahoy drops a new vid and truly hits you with true nostalgia, especially with the one game I first played and owned on the Xbox 360, whilst my brother also got Halo 3 that same year. And I truly agree, the original Modern Warfare trilogy, and the first Black Ops, were all absolute SOLID TITLES. I still remember how shocked and blown away I was the first time playing all those games. True Shock and Awe indeed. Thank you again very much Ahoy, for reminding us all of a time in gaming history, when Call of Duty truly went deep, and went hard, and for the better.

  • @TheGamingHornet
    @TheGamingHornet Před 2 dny

    This is a stroll down memory lane love these types of videos

  • @Cheezime
    @Cheezime Před dnem +2

    I'm surprised we haven't got an Ahoy retrospective on the original Rainbow Six, considering the channel's focus on modern firearms in games.
    How the game came to be and its development are pretty interesting imo. Not to mention the way it pioneered the tac shooter genre and ofc the franchise's resulting modern legacy.

  • @IzzGoobyTime
    @IzzGoobyTime Před 2 dny +9

    Why do I see an Ahoy upload? Is it Christmas already?

  • @RMC136a1blu
    @RMC136a1blu Před 2 dny +11

    AGHHHHHH HE POSTED

  • @Sugarmasters
    @Sugarmasters Před dnem

    Your videos are always masterfully made and very entertaining.

  • @ComradeLuxemburg
    @ComradeLuxemburg Před 2 dny

    This kind of high effort content has to be rewarded. Keep it up Stu!

  • @Thenameless1
    @Thenameless1 Před 2 dny +3

    Oh Damn, we're finally here.

  • @TresPro
    @TresPro Před 2 dny +6

    Cod 4 was the reason my dad let me get an Xbox 360

  • @macullysnyder3801
    @macullysnyder3801 Před dnem +2

    My first COD experience. The golden days are over, but man were they great. MW,WAW,MW2 rip.