Why Call of Duty: Black Ops Understood Storytelling
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With the release of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War right around the corner, I recently revisited the campaign of 2010's original Call of Duty Black Ops. It's a game that many of us share fond memories of, and it's no surprise why. Black Ops perfectly executed the Call of Duty formula, while featuring so many elements that made its story unique: It relied heavily on real life events and history, gave us a relatable squad of characters like Mason, Woods and Reznov, and ended on a plot twist that blew our minds. In this video, we relive the story and its best moments one more time.
Edited by Josh Anderson - / josh_j_anderson - Hry
![The Story of Call of Duty: Black Ops [1945 - 2025]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5YweaEfNwMI/mqdefault.jpg)
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I love you man. ❤️👍 yes call of duty black ops Cold War feels like the first black ops and I’m glad I’m not the only one that feels like that. Whats your favorite call of duty campaign? Mine is black ops 2.
@@robertdurcan1629 I think Black Ops 1 is actually my favorite, but MW2 and BO2 are definitely up there too :)
@@RobinGaming yeah definitely modern warfare 2 and bop2. Looking forward to this campaign, hoping it delivers. Can’t wait to your next video. Hope you’re well.
Robin play gta 5 online
I would like to say the reznov part being dead is still iffy sometimes because we never see his body
Black Ops' story was legitimately great, until they started caring less and less about the campaign, shifting their focus to multiplayer
yeah by black ops 3 they didn't care about campaign anymore, but even if this games multiplayer and zombies suck (i really hope zombies is as good as bo3 and multiplayer isn't that bad) im sure the campaign will be great
@@culo234 yeah, just because he likes a certain thing he's considered pathetic. that makes sense
Honestly I thought the same after ghosts, AW and BO3 but infinite warfare and Modern warfare caught me by surprise. Sure they weren't as good as bo1 and 2 in my eyes but still pretty stellar campaigns.
Bo3 and bo4 are barely connected to the black ops game at all. The true black ops campaign trilogy is WaW, bo1, and bo2, while bo3 and bo4 are there to continue and finish the aether storyline in zombies (even if bo4 aether fell flat after botd)
@@glctcthnkr8059 Treyarch are simply playing it safe by carrying on the Black Ops name like pussies.
I hate how cold War has all different voice actors. Especially with Woods. The original actor for woods was able and wanted to do the role in this game and they didn't bring him back.
Yeah. The new VAs sound okay but it won’t be the same
@@mr_valor3903 New Woods actor sounds pretty good, but Mason's is eh. Haven't really heard enough from him yet. I don't really care about Hudson changing because he changed from BO1 to BO2 anyways. However, BO1 Hudson's VA was the best.
@@synysterbullett4166 both of Hudson's voice actors were actually famous actors, first Ed Harris then Michael Keaton. Ed Harris definitely left a stronger impression though. Intimidating and mysterious. Michael Keaton's Hudson just felt like a regular G-Man
SynysterBullett I agree. Woods and Hudson sound pretty damn good, but Mason is... eh. Mason is one of the only characters that can never change VAs. His accent and voice was so weird I can't even explain it.
@@pissy4476 thats cus he was voiced by Sam Worthington, an Australian putting on an American accent. I agree, its very unique and idk about their ability to make Mason feel at all similar without that same voice.
There’s a clue who the interrogator is before it is revealed. In the first mission, the interrogator says “give us what we want and we can guarantee your safety”. Hudson says the exact same thing whilst interrogating Clarke in Kowloon.
I was waiting for someone to say this lmao. I remembered watching the ending explained vid & no one commented about it
That’s so cool
I only caught that when I replayed the campaign, on your first playthrough, it's really hard to connect when you're invested in the story.
What about in the third mission when the interrogator says "I was in the Pentagon"?
@@ozziemahboi Yeah I forgot about that. Still, on your first play through you can’t be sure if it’s Hudson or anyone else in the pentagon, but it’s glaringly obvious if you connect the same phrase Hudson says at the start of the game and in Kowloon
Girls when school finishes early: Phew, finally out of that trash place
Boys: S T E P 8 F R E E D O M
☭
Step 1: secure the keys
Step 2: asend from darknes
Step 3: rain fire
Step 4; unleash the horde
Step 5: Skewer the Winged beast
Step 6: weidl a fist of iron
Step 7: Raise hell
Step 8: FREEDOM
"Betrayed. Forgoten. Abandoned. In Vorkuta, we are all brothers !".
Thats how we feel when we graduate.
Girls: Omg maths is so boring...
Boys: THE NUMBERS MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN??
Probably the best meme that came out of CoD and still is as funny as it was back then.
math*
@@John-X shuttup American
@@solidsnake9898 NOOO SHUTUP BRIT
@@solidsnake9898 don’t make us throw your tea in the harbor again 🇺🇸
On the mission “crash site” bowman actually acknowledges mason whispering to himself like reznov but didn’t hear exactly what he said, so he doesn’t really question it
Reznov: I feel it, Kravchenko is near
Bowman: say again?
Mason: Kravchenko. He must be near
I remember that scene amd I actually never noticed that, thank you
nice EVA pfp
Also in the mission "tunnel rat" when you're following swift in the tunnels, you encounter Reznov and quickly exchange words, but before continuing swift asks wtf is wrong with you.
@@Cegr1997 When I experienced that scene for the first time (when I was like a wee little baby), I interpreted Swift being pissed at Mason for speaking with Reznov that they might have given away their position, which was only reinforced on me when Swift got merced. I know that isn't probably the case, but that's just what I remember.
Mason: Kravchenko, he must die
Bowman: ... okay mason.
2007 - 2012 really was a golden era for this franchise man, like we got MW1, WaW, MW2, BO1, MW3 and BO2 back to back it's insane, BO1 will always remain my personal favourite as well, I remember my 8 year old mind being fully blown at the reznov twist
For me it was the first Modern Warfare and BO2 that really stood out for me, I must have spent hundreds of hours playing the multiplayer with friends
I love how much bo1 resonated with all of us. I was 15/16 at the time and it blew my mind, amazing campaign. Great multiplayer, and a zombies mode that to this day has been unrivaled. Best call of duty for sure, although that may just be my nostalgia speaking haha
I personally loved the series from the original ww2 cod 2 in 2005 all the way to advanced warfare. When the supply drops started to get really annoying 2 months into advanced warfare I gave up out of frustration
Personally it was 2007 - 2013 for me
WaW, MW2 and BO1 are my top CODs. They were actually so good
10:48 The man dying in the gas chamber with Dragovich's sick experiment is not just Reznov's friend- it's Petrenko, one of the two protagonists of World at War, so the emotional impact this scene has on the player is just amazing, another reason to nail home how much of a heartless villain Dragovich is, killing a character you played and loved for an entire game just like that. MW3 would do the same with Soap a year later.
At least Soap died fighting for what he cared about and helped bring down Makarov.
@@DellKaGor Man, *cough* Petrenko helped bring down almost an entire regime
@@ravindradatt5262 okay but he wasn’t Australian or hot so
Soap died fighting what he believed in, Petrenko died like a test rat. Like what Reznov said: he wished Petrenko died in Berlin - hailed as a hero, instead of in the ship - just another test rat
@@DellKaGorwho's Australian?
I was too young and dumb to realize what was happening in the story when I originally played it, but looking back that was a pretty cool story
The Game is aged like fine wine
@@kishenkoolskills90 10 years later and *Black Ops* remains inferior to *Modern Warfare*
Same, and I thought cold war woyld be pretty cool, but nope! Another brainwash oh no what will we do? The only woah moment for me was the good ending and (spoiler) adler and bell shooting each other. Dont get me wrong I like the game but its just so eh
@@cottonballs185 No.
@@cottonballs185 Modern Warfare is just as good as Black Ops 🤦♂️
The Black Ops trilogy was so damn good.
And by trilogy, I mean World At War, Black Ops 1, and Black Ops 2.
Funny how lots of people still don't realize WaW is a part of the black ops series and are surprised when they find out Reznov first appeared in it LOL
WaW and BO1 were so awesome. Every game mode was incredible
@@Sketchy_2 It's why I consider it part of the series more than Black Ops 3.
WaW has Reznov's entire backstory, while BO3 just has a single line of dialogue referencing BO2.
@@cytorakdemon I was so fucking annoyed by the BO3 campaign. I got the game because the extra mobility looked neat and it was part of the BO franchise. I had heard the story is amazing in the series, and thought I'd jump in from BO3.
@@Sketchy_2 people also didn’t realize that the level where you play as Reznov, his friend that dies is the Russian character you play as in WaW.
HS History teacher: we're gonna talk about the cold war.
Me: *Starts seeing numbers*
Dragovich. Kravchenko. Steiner. All must die
Then your teacher tell you "the numbers what they mean"
69
@@TFCM15 Rusalka
Note how the Military code names at the beginning of most missions (I think there’s multiple in certain missions) spell out REZNOV IS DEAD.
For example:
ROMEO
ECHO
ZULU
NOVEMBER
OSCAR
VICTOR
INDIA
SIERRA
DELTA
ECHO
ALPHA
DELTA
Times where this doesn't fit are present in things like the first mission, where Mason wasn't brainwashed and Reznov wasn't present.
Also, when you attack Reznov, you don't get a Friendly Fire alert or reset.
I’ve played BO1 for years and didn’t know that, thats awesome, thanks!
Just like Dead Space 1 (for those who know what I mean)
So what would happen if you attacked Reznov? I was never fucked up enough to ever try to attack him lol
@@mattjones2003 I would shoot him just to see if he was truly there because it didn’t make sense why he’d be in Vietnam with Mason. It felt off, knowing how Woods and Bowman are, could they have just automatically trusted Reznov? Hopefully what I just said makes sense, anyways nothing much would happen, sometimes blood would show or they’d go right through him.(anyone’s free to correct me if I’m wrong, it’s been a while since I’ve played)
If I remember someone's video correctly, the designation numbers also spell something out. Can't find that video though.
Scratch that. Found it:
czcams.com/video/2Sc1cN7KT_4/video.html&ab_channel=MaverickTen
In the mission "Revelations" when Mason is walking around the hallways you can hear him yell, "Oswald, COMPROMISED!" Just a little gravy on the conspiracy potatoes.
mmmm gravy
Also he says 'you tried to make me kill my own president' and then Dragovich smirks 'Tried..?'
Mason killed Kennedy😅
@@scott19087 I always wondered what dragovich ment by that and plus when you meet JFK theres a scene where Mason pulls a pistol out but I think that scene was just in his head
@@ShivolusWankstain That scene was definitely in his head, it's more or less trying to portray how fucked up he was, especially with the words Kennedy was speaking that were triggering mini-episodes in him.
And the fact that Mason says in the ending 6.5mm, referencing the 6.5mm carcano rifle used in the jfk assassination
Why RobinGaming understands great content
agreed
He doesn't understand how words are censored in classified documents though.
@@Eeveefall Ah he got the gist
@@niconachozstudio1952 He understands Gameplay
He doesn’t understand the new story in this game
Why Karel Leet understands big rock better than small rock
Like many psychological mystery movies that needs a few rewatch, Black Ops is the only one that made me restart the whole champagne right after I finish it.
and then repeating it again and again
Bruh thats too much champagne
Dam two bottles of champagne? That's alot in one go
Mr. Chopsticks i’m more of a beer guy
Stop it. You're drunk.
It's always been interesting how no matter how much you shoot at reznov, you never get a mission fail for killing a friendly
Why didn’t i try XD
Because he never exists
Another thing to add. In the ending scene about JFK, one of the numbers we hear is 6.5. This is significant because the bullet that shot JFK was the 6.5x52mm Carcano.
1 yr old comment but god damn this game is just amazing the details,the story everything
Man I wonder what those number stations mean in real life.
Another cool thing in the menu that you didn't mention, when you switch to the zombies mode the interrogators are replaced by zombies trying to break through the glass.
I think the best moment in this game is the look on Steiner's face when Mason impersonates Reznov. It was like in that moment it all clicked and he put it all together. Why Mason was there, why he was saying that. He put two and two together and made sense of why their attempt at MK Ultra went wrong and that Reznov had manipulated the brainwashing for himself. And it was perfect.
Honestly, somehow, that screech during the vision Mason has about pointing a 1911 at Kennedy is one of the creepiest noises ever
I've got the same feeling when I see it, it's so damn disturbing
they need to do a remaster for the next gen of consoles man that was be amazing
@rabid that's fine idc much about improving much I just wanna play it on current gen bcoz I don't have old gen anymore, if they could do it with mafia and MW2 I'm pretty sure they can with atleast bo2 if not bo1
@@tsgrapiidz6970 xbox and pc plays be laughing rn
10:50 fun fact, that friend who died by the gas is the playable character of WAW
I actually liked Dmitri such a badass in WaW only to die by nova 6... My head canon is that he never died
@ILikeDoomAndBlood aka Mr Wolfy 2.0 what year is the mission set in
@ILikeDoomAndBlood aka Mr Wolfy 2.0 how old did dmitri look like because dmitri died in the 60’s
@ILikeDoomAndBlood aka Mr Wolfy 2.0 or maybe they have it as an Easter egg
@@FreezyPop dimitri died at 21 years old around 2 years after the battle of stalingrad
How about world at war? That game to me is so pure, the gritty old tone with great dialogue is beyond words.
WaW, BO and MW2 the best CODs imo
@@Walamonga1313 Those, along with the original and the first MW, are my favorites
@@Walamonga1313 add bo2 and I'll agree
xx D3V xx world at war is kind of a bo1 prequel but it's still amazing
The absolute best
Knowing Reznov’s plans, it seems like his relationship between Alex was less genuine.
Sort of the point. You kind of realise he was just using you as a means to an end.
@warystatue33 I think its BECAUSE of the brainwashing that Mason still veiws Reznov as a freind.
@warystatue33 didn't Woods call Reznov a "Tricky Vic"?
@warystatue33 oh, yeah... That's weird. I guess that was Mandela effect
No, no, no, I believe Reznov and Mason were like brothers. Reznov cared for Mason and saw him as the only one capable of killing Dragovich. Reznov did not USE Mason; there was simply no other way. Besides, Reznov did the US a favor (or perhaps not, we will never know for sure) by wiping off Dragovich's program for Mason.
In the mission where you kill Drakovich .Mason says. “YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME KILL MY PRESIDENT “!Drakovich says “ Tried?” So boom
I’m convinced no one can ever say “Steiner” ever again without pronouncing it as “Schteinah” after playing this game
Yes
“Dragovich, Kravchenko, *SCHTEINAH.”*
@@DeeJame they all... MUST DIE
@@DeeJame “All must die…”
Downfall parodies
That haunting echo at 10:03 is so powerful and always triggers the goosebumps. Absolute masterpiece of a game.
They should add back the fact that you automatically load into a solo zombies after the campaign to scare the shit out of all the fortnite kids
they shoud get back to making war not for kids instead of what the fuck is happening today
"the fortnite kids" so you're like 15 right
2:07 I definately feel this, I felt the same about zombies when it was more linked to the real life Nazi occultism and secret projects, I hope CW lives up to the first game.
It did.
It REALLY did.
What's this about the nazi occultism did this actually happen!?
It doesn't at all
@@SnailSnail-lo4pm It didn't
I feel you on the Zombies. That's why I was SO heavily invested in playing it. Years of my life. It actually got me researching all about the crazy experiments the Germans and Russians did during that time. And all the conspiracy theories. It was so interesting! It was so disappointing when Origins came out and when they started going too crazy with the story. I gave up in it completely. Lost interest and never got BO3 til recently, and hated it.
I did end up trying BO4 zombies and was so surprised. The Chaos story gave me this same feeling about zombies again, got me researching different mythologies around the world, which I never had an interest in. Yet everyone hated on it, and now will likely never be finished. And now I have no reason to buy a Call of Duty ever again.
The fact that we can clearly see Mason in REAL footage just before JFK's assassination just shows how great and how creative the writers are, and it shows that they can make a really epic and deep story that ties into real life.
The plot twist is really well foreshadowed, everytime Reznov conviniently appears the numbers play, which gives him a really sinister vibe and let's you know his appearances aren't as convinirnt as you thought
Or hudson saying the same line as the interrogator : "give us what we want and we'll garantee your safety"
This is why it's still my favorite campaign in the series and I really don't think it got the credit it deserved
Fast fact: BO1&2 stories are written by David S. Goyer who wrote Nolan's Batman trilogy.
I like how BO blended the hollywood action with crazy cold war conspiracies and real events but sometime I felt that the story was out of place a little bit (maybe I read too much history) and a lot of futuristic weapons in 1960s setting was very jarring for me. I personally think Treyarch got better at storytelling and gameplay in BO2 like failable and secret objectives that effect main story, semi-non linear missions and memorable characters.
Black Ops 1 encouraged me to research about history, namely the Cold War. In year 9 of secondary school I was learning about the Vietnam War with my class and a lot of real-world elements from that war reminded me of the campaign missions (Khe Sanh, The TET Offensive - even the Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis & the Space Race).
The TVs in the main menu/interrogation room playing back historical archived footage makes me feel like I’m making the history that’s already been written. Whether it’s boots-on-the-ground combat or on-the-rails vehicle segments, the action never gets boring as you feel like you’re shaping history as we know it. Hearing the songs “Fortunate Son” in the beginning and end of “S.O.G” & “Sympathy for the devil” during “Crash Site” in the background felt kickass! If that isn’t enough, hearing the soundtrack “Blood and Iron” from COD WAW play in the mission “Project Nova” was a fantastic callback to that game, as well as following WAW’s Russian protagonist (Dimitri Petrenko) whilst playing as Reznov (who you followed and fought alongside as Petrenko). It’s such a shame these two characters perished under unfortunate circumstances.
The story, action and characters in it keep me engaged constantly. Mason (to me) is an intelligent and resilient character, always thinking on his feet and putting himself first in the most dire situations (solving the numbers’ broadcast nearing the story’s climax, after constant torture and mental torment, carries out JFK’s request to kill Dragovich) His frustration about the numbers throughout his captivity extended to me, as I was as clueless as he is and wanted to know what exactly his captors wanted.
I wasn’t able to understand the plot until I replayed the last missions “Rebirth”, “Revelations” and “Redemption”. The twist of Reznov being a figment in Mason’s mind after his escape from Vorkuta is both staggering and emotional. I love how everything eventually comes full-circle in “Revelations”, which I always thought was a ‘walking simulator’ and a time waster. I love how each set piece are flashbacks to Mason’s past (his brainwashing process in Vorkuta, meeting with/failing to assassinate JFK, seeing the Soyuz rocket take off - which in reality he successfully sabotaged).
I’ll never forget how much I became interested in history after playing this game and doing my school homework. Unlike the current COD games, this is one of the few that paints a gritty picture of war and make you feel like you’re really in the thick of it. No super-advanced technology or a mediocre story (cough cough, BO3).
Thank you for making this video 👏🏽
He states that he was 16 and made him be interested in history.
Me who's 16 rn and is having the same effect: I'm the successor
I was 11 and it sparked my interest
I was 7 and I still wanna commit Reznov aka die
1:44 "they betrayed and ruthlessly murdered their own soldiers, including one of Reznov's dear friends."
... Also, fun fact, one of the protagonists of World at War who you play as on the Russian's side.
If you played the previous game, you not only felt bad because "poor Reznov", you where right there to watch the two take on the Nazi forces all the way from their lowest point, hiding amongst the dead bodies in a fountain in Stalingrad, right up until the two of them, wounded and bloodied, raised the soviet flat above the Reichstag.
... And then you watch these three jackasses throw your old character into a room to die horrifically, choking on a bio-weapon that basically liquifies the respiratory system, for the sake of an experiment, and throw Reznov into a gulag to suffer for kicks.
... Needless to say, "Dragovich... Kravchenko... Steiner... These three must die!" rung pretty darn hard in me at the time lol
Oh... Right, and if you think Black Ops had gore... Oh boy, it's prequel was something else
A forming memory of my first playthrough of blackops is taking an m60 on a the level where your repelling the attack on the airfield and moving out of cover while crouching and holding down the trigger while a dude rushed me, and his entire groin was removed
World at War had the most gore in the franchise and I agree there. Like the detail was insane in campaign and it was even more detailed in multiplayer with the inclusion of "Bouncing Betties". Those Traps tore off entire legs, pieces of flesh, etc.
4:39 The bottom book on the woman’s desk is JFK’s “Profiles In Courage”
This was such a great underrated campaign! Played it multiple times and was really at the edge of my seat back then.
For a long time I thought I was kind of in the minority for liking Black Ops best, but more recently everybody seems to be expressing similar feelings for it. Great to see! It's as flawless a package as CoD ever got.
Black ops 1 is still played till this day xD i tend to stream from time to time and know the usual in lobbies
Looking behind the scenes, because they had to ship it in a year, we basically got half of what the directors wanted to make. Sane with basically every cod game.
That's the truth. A full package is what BO1 was and that's why it remains my favorite
Loved how bloody and rough bo1 was. The graphics were perfect.
2:34 best aircraft ever made the SR-71 Blackbird a Supersonic stealth recconasance spy plane and it is My second Favorite aircraft. Idk why I did this I just wanted to point out look hey it's a Blackbird
Reznov’s dear friend was the playable character on the Russian side of the world at war campaign, which I thought added so much depth to reznovs motivations
I’ll always have the line
“Step 1 secure the keys!”
Stuck inside my head
ASCEND FROM DARKNESS
My man you are the only CZcamsr I’m subscribed to who I watch every video you upload instantly and I’m never disappointed, congrats and keep up the good work my dude!
Black ops is one of my favoritr COD’s, loved the story. The Resnov reveal had me reeling until you find out you probably shot JFK. Mind blowing! Great vid, Robin!
When he forgets that "reznov's friend" is Dimitri (the person you play as in the waw campaign) (10:40)
Is his name dimitri? For some reason I have a feeling his name is something else
Yeah so I checked his name is dimitri my bad
I didn't even know what a sleeper agent was until I played this.
God, you just made me wanna play black ops 1 now! Seeing all this footage brings a feeling of nostalgia down my spine.. miss those days! Great vid btw as always
My favorite COD of all time. So pumped for Cold War!
@Adolfthejewbaka _ ok? And? Lmao
@A Bloke hey the IW campaign was great and i got to agree with comment above, you’re part of the minority that only buys for single player not the “many”
@A Bloke ok man ya don’t have to be mad, it’s just a game...
@@MajinBuu91 Many /= most
UseYourIllusion I'm also pumped for CW. I don't want to play MW anymore.
That's crazy I was just watching a mission from BO1 and you upload this video lmao. I didn't realized back then, but man I miss those old COD 10 years later :(
Thats a really great video robin.
In my opinion Black Ops 2 presented a really interesting sequel and story that is as good as Black ops story. They tried a new approach by having multiple endings depending on your actions but I think they actually did it great.
The way of doing missions in the past and missions in the future and how they connect them together is awesome in my opinion and the storytelling was great.
The endings depends on some crucial actions you take through the campaign, and if i remember correctly i think even there was optional missions or mission that make the story change if you actually did them.
And the characters were great. In addition for the original characters we have new people in the future like Mason's son and a villain that is present in both timelines: Raul Menendez. Also the soundtracks are good and i remember them until this day.
I suggest you give BO2 a try and see what you think of it now
:) :)
Best cod imo
It really bothers me that infinite warfare didn’t have choices like black ops 2, I mean infinite warfare is about being captain of a fleet and captains make choices, HOW DID THEY NOT DO THAT!!??
I don’t know if anyone will see this but, this is sort of depressing for me. I had an accident occur to me that’s scarred my well being ever since, one of the many things it did to me. Was causing me to forget almost all of my childhood. Except the bad parts. Bits and pieces of playing black ops with my childhood friends is about all I can ever remember of them. And while knowing this game was a part of my childhood, I’ll never be able to remember it.
Edit/ point of comment.
Always be grateful for what you have, even if it’s just memories. My family is wealthy, but the only thing I want most in this world are my memories, because the only ones I can remember are the bad ones.
What happened
Robin I don't know if you knew Shambala is a hidden city in Shangri-la.
Shambala is on Mars confirmed
Correction; Shambhala is another name for Shangri-La
I've always loved those cutscenes when you could look around and where still in first person
Also those cool scenes where your playing and the npcs fight
I love the way he edited the video and how he actually respects the style of the game,
For me cod games are the actual games that Taught me history and other important things I have to never forget in life
Consistent Uploading from Robin? Well shit you love to see it
Glad to see you're uploading again Robin. Great vid keep it up!
Huh, I'm lucky for being a chicken wing, not a nugget.
the mission "revelations" mason also confirms/hints that you killed jfk. mason has some lines like "oswald, compromised!" and a few other nods to details from the real world event.
Very excited and hopeful for a campaign critique of cold war, just watched the one for MW and loved it ❤️
Black ops is for me the best overall CoD ever released and in terms of storytelling quality only Black ops 2 comes close to it. Black ops 2 might actually have even better campaign thanks to the decisions you make, two periods the story takes places in and probably best villain in CoD history. Althought Black ops 2 was the last CoD game I bought, I am very excited for Cold War´s (atleast) campaign and wonder if they can bring back the quality of black ops storytelling.
BO2 was when everything peaked by then. MW3 had released a year prior and wrapped up that Trilogy. I held on afterwards with Ghosts and Advanced Warfare and you didn't miss much. I got Cold War thinking I could recapture old times and I was wrong. What a waste of money. I thought that maybe I was older and that was the issue, but no. I went back recently and got Platinum in World At War and Black Ops 1. Still masterpieces. Won't be buying another COD game unless it is a remake of the classic Treyarch games, W@W, BO1, and BO2
BO3: A campaign made by high people
You gotta be on so many LSD's and Drugs in order to understand the first level of the Bo3 Campaign.
@@smuggaming3730 Then every drug for the next levels
@@belt2269 you literally have to be Overdosing on Ketamine in order to fully understand.
i feel weird for understanding it now
@@smuggaming3730 basically you have to be ozzy osbourne to understand it
This was the perfect video to help me re write the story of my videogame, I always thought it was too similar, and that's probably because I love this video game to much, and can't help to pick some points from black ops and place them into mine.
1:54
The second I heard the first note I got chills😭
I love the first black ops game so much and nothing will ever be better to me unless of course they remastered it
I love the Black Ops story, eventhough I am more Modern Warfare guy. I really really hope Cold War will not be as bad as BO3
Bo3 wasn’t bad besides campaign which was the worst in the series possibly
@@miles6256 it is the worst in black ops
@@fwightweacts868 no bo4 is
@@beanhighway9759 I meant the bo3 campaign is the worst
@@miles6256 ok let's be honest the only good thing in that game was zombies.
I mean, zombies was in the top 3 in the entire series (up there with B02 and CW for me) but everything else is straight fortnite quality
I’d love to hear more time period specific music in CoD CW. Really hoping to hear some classic metal like Black Sabbath or maybe if we’re really lucky some lesser known stuff like Diamond Head.
dude I love the use of blue monday at the beginning of the vid
Yooo i never realized this but the first mission in the Bo1 Campaign is called Bay of Pigs or thats the location and for the event in warzone woods gives you a weapon called "Bay of Pigs" it all makes sense now.
I know its late but after all the games we had black ops is still a standout. On replaying it you can notice key things. For example when I replayed it I noticed no other characters ever interact with Reznov out of Mason's team. Which is an early hint that he was never there in the first place. The idea of the story missions being the retelling of a brainwashed man was unique. Even the fact he is positive it happened exactly as he says. You even at one point hear the interrogators emphasise the words "no one else made it out" in frustration at Mason who as adamant Reznov was with him. I always loved the combat training especially the fact the bots can take names from your friend list
I love JFK conspiracy theories
Your content never disappoints Robin! Thanks for all your work.
@4:36 when the girl is reading off the numbers, there is a book on the counter called Profiles in Courage by JFK. It won a Pulitzer Prize. Love those little details.
I’m so glad they’re bringing back this setting for Cold War dude
But black ops one is set in the ViEtNaMwAr
@@ANHR1 You are right BUT it also plays in the cold war because the cold war started in 1947 and ended in 1991.
@@chiggen_wings5703 i know that it started before that I was simply making a joke about a common misconception
They have to get the storytelling of Black Ops 1, as Call of Duty in the past has sold less, MW 2019 was their major success
I loved BLOPS1 overall. The story was engaging and repayable. I loved the Black Bird Mission and then going into multiplayer and using that same plane as a killstreak to light up the enemy team and them was nothing they could do to counter. I was like, well you should have killed me, now I know your position.
The cod points was a great system to unlock the best gear right away. The music was bone chilling and something I love to listen to. I remember playing the story mode at least 2nor 3 times to pick up on those mind blowing moments and also experiment with how the games story would be if I changed how I acted
One thing I only partially noticed the first time I played, and really paid attention to later, is the fact that illusionary Reznov has his right index finger intact for most of the game, with the exception of rebirth (might be other times where I didn’t notice), this was strange due to the fact that when we first meet Reznov in WAW, the whole reason he gives Dimitri his rifle in the first place was because his right index finger was blown off
This is exactly the sort of thing I've been craving lately! Subscribed
I wonder if you would consider a more broad critique on Call of Duty campaigns in general - for instance, discussing the 'limitations' you mention in this video, what you believe makes a good CoD campaign overall, what element of storytelling each CoD campaign does best, and to what degree a CoD story can stand as its own compared the types of stories told in other FPS games, or those of other genres of videogames, or even other forms of media. I don't know of anybody else who has really delved into a topic from this 'meta' angle and it's something I'd love to hear a long take on
Never have I felt truly horrible from a videogame, except when Dmitri Petrenko died the way he did. I had played WaW’s singleplayer over and over and over. When this happened... damn
The goat returns boyz
That songs love it like the very detailed video. Keep it coming
Loved the video, I totally had forgotten how good this game was. It was a lot of fun to go back memory lane and hear about your opinions on it, made me want to revisit it in the future sometime :) I'm not planning on getting the new cod though, I feel like I have to wait and see how good it is (I usually only play the singleplayer). Keep up the great work! :DD
Have you ever read 11 22 63 by Stephen King? You'll like it if you're interested in the Kennedy Assassination
I haven't but someone else brought it up too. Maybe something to look into!
@@RobinGaming i highly recommend the show as well
Great video again robin , cod used to be so great back in the day. I remember being blown away by Black Ops's campaign... It ended up being so iconic and I never really understood why they never attempted anything like that again.
Playing the BOCW beta just makes me miss these old games, it's pretty terrible imo
Also, this is where I became a huge fan of zombies, which i ended up loving until BO3.. after that it sucked
I loved seeing a callback to the numbers when you see that picture on steiner
Can't wait to see you review cold war!
Weird fact: COD Declassified is considered canon.
Its scary and pretty cool at the same time
What was it about again?
@@therealsteel1634 you kill raul mendez dad and you seem raul leave and let him go
@@damienfields1503 wait so when does it take place?
@@therealsteel1634 idk
Because they hired someone who knew how to write I.e. the dude who did Dark Knight for the 1st one. I think the 1st one is still the best when it comes to story.
Do you mean Batman Begins, Dark Knight is the sequel
@@kishenkoolskills90 he wrote both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight .
Playing World at War, a gritty call back to the roots, how limbs blew off, the amazing portrayal of those fronts, then going into the spy thriller style of Black Ops, amazing times. I still love both, but growing up with Big Red One, World at War was my favorite.
Cool that you played blue Monday in the beginning. I doubt anyone even knew that song.
I hope the new one will be as amazing if not even better 🙏
The zombies mode in bo3 made that game immortal to me
Agreed
Zombies was terrible after black ops 1
@@HugoStiglitz88 buried der eisendrache gorod krovi????
When that high pitched scream in the pentagon played scared the shit out of me as a kid
This and BO3 are the only 2 I beat on the hardest difficulty and the onl one o speedrun. I love it so much
Just finished the Cold War storyline.
What? Were you expecting a review?
nah, we know it's washed out trash
@@ryszakowy it was good just short
*Reads Title*
*Black Ops 3* : Imma ruin this storylines career 😈
This made me look up real footage of his assasination, and I have to say.
It's by far the most dark thing I've come to witness. I thought I knew an "impactful death" but this changes it completley.
One of the hardest yo best too. Fighting the NVA was hell
In cold war youre not even a soldier anymore i dont like all the multiple choices and the change in voice actors, ill still buy it though
You're right, you're not a soldier.
You're a...
Uhhh...
The hell are you?
Guess that's kinda the point of it but still
That moment where u point a gun at jfk with the screeching it will always make me feel super uncomfortable and give me chills
Holy shit, I just realized this was the same guy who made that fuckin' beast montage back in the Uncharted TV days. Subbed.
Miss those days so bad. The Cold War beta is bad and the SBMM is not fun
They improved a lot of things compared to MW, it's not as campy and you can do good when you rush whereas it was way harder in MW because the game rewarded so much playing slow and camping at windows. But yeah the SBMM gets all really quick, it gets really boring to play all the time against tryhards who jumpshot at every corner and play like their life is on the line
@@mordor1779 true