Cold War Zombies The GOOD The BAD and The CRUNCH I Call of Duty Cold War Zombies Review
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2024
- Hello there fellow Zombie Slayers! My name is Stanley557! From humble beginnings as a small side mode in World at War, to the expensive car crash known as Black Ops 4, back to humble beginnings, Cold War Zombies is a return to form for the experienced team at Treyarch. Will the game redefine what it means to be a zombies gamemode or will it crumble under its own weight and fail to regain its composure? Well I'm glad you've all stuck around with me thus far, so let's answer these questions and more as we go through my complete review of Call Duty Cold War Zombies: The Good The Bad and The Crunch!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:15 Prologue The Changes
25:20 Part 1 Die Maschine
59:10 Part 2 Firebase Z
1:29:16 Part 3 Outbreak
2:06:22 Part 4 Mauer der Toten
2:34:30 Part 5 Forsaken
3:05:58 Part 6 The Leftovers
3:18:31 Part 7 The Rewards
3:22:43 Part 8 Conclusion
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I’m super biased but Cold War zombies got me through a rough time. I acknowledge it didn’t have the depth and complexity of older games, but I feel that it was game that was needed
Your not the only one. Stay strong man, there arnt enough good people as it is
To me it's like... A good Aracde version of the mode. It's classic zombies but without all the complicated headache inducing puzzles and story, and a more casual and easy to jump in game.
@@ashamefulgamer1578 exactly, turn your brain off, run around with a shatter blast smg and get to round infinity
I'm with you too man, one of the hardest years of my life and this game really came to bring me some joy
@gslapster Yup. I do love myself a very complicated EE, but I also just like the possibility to go back to the very roots of this mode and just aim and shoot. Just a simple massacre without any enigmas if you want to get to high round. Like Call Of The Dead; Complicated EE but you don't need to do ANY STEPS OF IT to get round 50+.
I’ve actually had the mimic perk machine and due to its rarity, it is TERRIFYING when it actually does happen.
rarity??
@@GaJ42 I have 14 days of zombies play time and Ive never seen a mimic turn into a perk machine
I have like 100 hours or so in this zombies alone, I didn't even know about this
i have a week in cw it and ive only seen it once
Cold War zombies is definitely heavily underrated
It’s not but ok it’s just loud mouths that always say it’s bad
Cold war is the second best cod zombies right behind bo3, I've play most zombies and love bo3 cold war and infinite warfare, so yes cold war is underrated
@@overmon6234 yk yeah when looking how negative the community is it does feel underrated even if it was a big success with Casuals (also IW sucks)
@@Fckituppp casuals you mean people who dont care or realise theres a story. no1 likes cold war zombies lol everyone moans about it unless its outbreak ppl oved that idk why.
@@overmon6234 lol the only thing that helped BO3 was the reimagined BO1-2 maps. otherwise it was clunky and bullshit bubblegums suck dick.
WaW BO1 BO2 Cold war is the order of the games. The only reason people hold BO lower down is mechanics and the fact it was new now we have decent movement and more hits if you add the first 3 games maps on Cold War or Gulf War they would max out their sales.
Der riese is still voted so highly
moon - i dont like it but its a fav
acension i did like
all the first 3 games maps are my favourite... cold war had been my favourite zombies round based for a long time
Mob of the Dea in BO2 probably the best or close too which is the first time we ever see the rebirth map before its name change from Alcatraz
For Cold War, the characters we play as could’ve just been 4 canon characters(characters that talk and interact with the map and other characters) that can then have different outfits that could be bought. This is sort of similar to how in BO4 there was the paint that could be put on the character’s faces.
Also I mainly got Samantha because she’s the closest of all the operators to being a main character
I play park cause she’s a mommy
The issue is activision doesnt want playable characters in zombies anymore because itll either be a random slot like bo3 or youll get a game of all the same character both limit the earning potential and operators could have worked if they never showed up in cutscenes because you get weird shit where Samantha is talking to Samantha or Ravenov is asking where she is but youre right in front of him playing as her.
Personally, I would’ve liked to see the factions fleshed out more. The characters have unique lines instead of EKIA and maybe extra content around NATO Vs WARSAW.
I think they just wanted to let people pick who they played as so nobody would complain about new characters we got.
I also bought the same package she's my 2nd fav character of all time right behind dr. Rictofin
J Rizzo: finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!
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@@MrAjking808 YOUR CRINGE!
Only 20 minutes in, but I will say, aside from the armor repair and slowing enemies when used, Frenzied guard also pulls agro of all the zombies to you. So in a multiplayer zombies game, it’s really nice when your teammates need a breather. Slowing and pulling all the agro while also refilling your armor and repairing 10% of your armor per kill you get. It’s a pretty useful ability IMHO. And definitely my favorite.
Ah crab balls I forgot about that, that does make it useful
ay its all good brother just one little thing in an otherwise great video!
Keep up the good work!
Its objectively the best ability it does everything aether shroud does and more when fully upgraded
Infuriating your retrospectives/reviews don't get more views. I can't fathom the amount of time they must take. Outstanding job as always!
I really liked Cold War zombies, loved all the post launch maps and most of the new stuff. Will never be a fan of pack a punch multiple times to upgrade a weapon (it will never be as bad as Exo-Zombies but still) and some of the maps probably should've calmed down with the amount of special enemies they threw at you. Cold War to me is the ultimate casual zombie experience. If I just wanna chill out I'll play that (or maybe The Giant or IX).
Haha thanks! These videos take a ton of time but they're always worth it to make no matter what. I make them because it's fun, not to get an insane amount of views
@@Stanley557 fr, I watched a few of your really old ones when they came out then I kinda dropped zombies for a few years, im holy surprised you only have 5k subs, is so sad for how quality the vids I have seen
Not sure how many views it had before, but it's at 1.2m views, so the video got a lot of attention.
@Stanley557 - Superb video and very complete! One small note... on Forsaken, you weren't softlocked. There are more orange crystals up top. You gotta climb the ladders on both sides to get to them. Pretty sure I saw one in the upper-right corner of your footage. You can also bug out Klaus on Maur, preventing the EE from being completed. At the very end, when Klaus is carrying the nuke, throw Kazamir portal grenades in front if him. He'll stop and will not move forward, even after the Kazamir is gone. That's it.... game is stuck there. It's happened to me 2 or 3 times. I still play Cold War and hope Gulf War is solid in 2024. I don't think Microsoft will improve CoD after that, but we'll see.
I've deleted, rewrote and edited this comment multiple times. I personally really enjoyed playing BOCW zombies with my friends, and there were a few thoughts and things I really wanted to share but just couldn't think of the best way to express them. So here are some bullet points:
- I feel it cannot be understated how important the change in DLC format is. This is the first ever Black Ops game which has free DLC maps, cross platform and cross generation multiplayer, and cross mode synced progression. Just speaking from personal experience, one of my friends played BOCW on a PS4 and another played on an old Xbox One, while I played on PC. The fact that we were all able to play zombies together without worrying about who owned which map was amazing, and I hope this becomes the standard going forward.
- Exfil I feel is another very welcome addition. Let's be real, zombies games can take a very long time. For people who don't have the time, skill or desire to push for high rounds or complete the easter egg, now they have a way to end a game on their own terms while keeping all the exp they've earned. I hope Treyarch includes this feature back in future titles for those players who want it.
- Around season 3 I think, Treyarch gave us the option to unlock weapons by completing challenges in zombies instead of in multiplayer/Warzone. Which personally, was a *godsend*. I know people who literally only play COD for the zombies mode and hardly ever touch multiplayer.
- As you mentioned, Treyarch eventually gave us the ability to save custom blueprints and apply them to any guns we find in-game. Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand it's a huge quality of life improvement, but on the other hand I feel that this completely cannibalizes one of this game's big new features. In BOCW zombies, all guns in the game spawn with a few random attachments, and if you don't like the ones you got you can spend some salvage to reroll them. With this system though, you are handicapping yourself and playing suboptimally if you don't have a blueprint saved for each weapon in the game with the exact attachments you want and you waste salvage rerolling them. It feel like a bandaid solution to a problem which itself might not have an answer.
- One thing I noticed a lot with anyone who reviews BOCW, whether it's you, Rizzo, etc. is that you review Outbreak as a finished product without paying much attention to how the mode changed and grew. I personally feel that this is a big part of it's identity. Like a map is sort of a one and done thing, whereas Outbreak was something that was continuously added to over BOCW's lifespan. I think that's part of the reason why the mode was so divisive, because Outbreak launched back in season 2 in a pretty rushed state. Compared to the 7 maps and 2 quests we had by the end of season 6, Outbreak at launch had only 3 maps and had no main quest whatsoever. The awe and wonder of Outbreak quickly faded once you realized that by the 3rd warp, you'd pretty much seen all that Outbreak had to offer already. There was no big quest to work through and nothing to really do besides trying to see how long you could survive, which quickly became a rather boring and repetitive affair. It felt like we were just playing an early access version of this mode at launch, and it wouldn't be until months later that we'd get more maps, easter eggs, and a main quest. It was like the criticism that Der Anfang in Vanguard received at launch, but the saving grace being that Outbreak's launch wasn't nearly as bad and there was still Die Maschine, Firebase Z and Onslaught available to play. But as they say you only get one chance at a first impression, and I think that many players took one look at the unfinished and rushed state that Outbreak launched in and never touched it again.
- I really like the dynamic between the two main play areas in Firebase Z. The firebase itself is a fairly wide open and varied space. There's lots of room to move around and to train zombies if that's your thing. The village though is extremely claustrophobic, with lots of tight choke points, dead ends, and with the only semi-open area being the road and the courtyard. I think it's no coincidence that the Pack a Punch and Wunderfizz machines are located in some of the worst possible spots in the map where you can get surrounded in an instant, so you only have a split second to get in, grab your stuff, and get out. But there's nothing stopping you from trying to survive in the village if you want, in fact you can spend the whole game besides the assault rounds there. Actually, with the map's various choke points and camping spots, it feels like it was custom made for players to experiment with the toxic growth field order that was added around the time the map released.
- The loot crates in Outbreak play a modified version of the Coalescence Corporation jingle from BO3 when you get close to them. That's just a nice touch :)
- Can we just mention how Weaver and Kravchenko look and sound nothing like they did in the original Black Ops? Weaver lost his Russian accent and Kravchenko somehow looks 20 years younger than before.
I’m very mixed on Exfil. I’m not sure if it’s nostalgia, but I loved the vibe of BO1/2 where you know you’re gonna die no matter what you do. It added to the mystique of zombies, the mythical nature of high rounds, the feeling of no escape. Atmospherically it added so much for me. In Cold War, it feels like I’m just thinking, “if I decided to call a helicopter and spend 30 seconds shooting zombies, I can escape any time I want. This isn’t even life-or-death.” But again, it could’ve also just been the mystique of zombies when I was young. It’s hard to separate nostalgia from reality.
But on the other hand, Exfil does seem to be a good addition. It works well with Cold War because it allows you to get more upgrade materials and stuff. It’s good for people who want to end the game early and still feel accomplished. And anyways, zombies hasn’t been a purely survival game since like BO2. In BO3 most Easter Eggs end the game, giving you a way to beat the game. In BO4 same thing. So there was always technically a way to “beat zombies” in those games (not that I really loved Easter Eggs in those games either). Zombies hasn’t been that mystical “you will die” since BO2.
Overall, I’m completely split on Exfil. I can make arguments for it being good and bad. I will say though, it’s way too easy to do. I wish it was more difficult than just buying a chopper gunner or Death Machine and demolishing everything.
@@SJ-di5zu I tend to think of exfil as more of a quality of life sort of feature. It's there as an option, if you want to just survive as long as possible you can just do that. But I'm sure we all don't have as much free time now as adults than we did when we were kids back when Black Ops released. If you're getting tired or you have things to do or whatever, every 5 rounds you have another way to end the game besides all the other ways. I can kind of agree when people say that exfil should be more challenging. But on the other hand, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?
The maps are the biggest drawback to this Zombies. I fully understand Treyarch did the best with what they had with the situation they were in. It's gonna be a long painful wait until 2024. I don't even consider Vanguard as Treyarch zombies😂It's already been in a year without Treyarch zombies in my book.
bruh, Vanguard story has almost nothing to do with the rest of the story, you don't even have to consider it as a prequel to Cold war,or MW
at least treyarch got time to do better at least
And no characters
Definitely. The maps are mediocre, settings kinda uninspired, and don’t have the soul of the older maps. Really hope they find that inspiration again for 2024. BO1-4 and even WaW were so inspired and full of soul and detail.
@@SJ-di5zu remember back when entire conspiracy theories that relate to the lore on random ass blackboard and walls for no real reason??? Now it's just intel radios.
John CZcams's surprise cameo is a glorious thing. Loved it.
Indeed
Seeing what Cold War did with budget and time constraints makes me so damn excited for the continuation of the dark aether story. I was SO invested in just collecting intel in cold wars life cycle and I’m very happy to hear the story will continue. Btw the dark aethers is thematically gorgeous too so I hope we see the return of it.
King
What do you think of mw3 zombies?
I feel like Strauss, Carver, Weaver and Grey should have been the default playable characters, or at least in the sequel to Cold War maybe? Would be pretty smart considering we'd actually care for them since Cold War gave them the most backstory out of any characters and operators feel lifeless.
I hope next time we get a central crew. Cold War is so fun but just needs that extra character
It feels so obvious on how to handle the operators and the main crew. Rushin and you have both pointed towards WWII’s handling of them before I could even think of it. The way I was going to handle it in my videos was completely nuanced and over complicated. So I thank the both of you for helping me with that.
Haha thanks
Personally I'd like to see one that follows the system Borderlands has.
Where there's these windows for characters to give their opinions, react to events and respond to Weaver and company.
I mean, we know that Naga is not only used to absolute brutality, but we also know he is prone to violence, rage and even "Hear voices" according to the Halloween Event.
So, having him mention how seeing those corpses in Die Maschine isn't shocking to him. he's essentially our very own (not as over the top) Ultimis richtofen. Having lines like "Better than sex" and finding the monkey bomb to be amusing.
Or for instance, we know Antonov was forced to join the army so he wouldn't go to jail for being part of the Russian Mafia.
therefore having to follow orders and even be in this situation is frustrating to him, he feels locked.
Wasted opportunity, honestly. It'd let Treyarch develop these operators that only have their bio as character development.
@@loosh4654 The Pre-Sequel was easily the best in the department of unique dialogue interactions in the main-series (barring Aurelia, who wasn't able to receive any unique interactions from other characters as she was originally planned to be a base character in place of Claptrap). Damn shame that BL3 later fumbled the bag as hard as it did in everything barring gameplay.
If Treyarch could have a character dialogue system a la TPS & make the operators system comparable to WWII Zombies in functionality, I'd be a happy boy.
@@GeneralSouthParkFan Finally found someone who acknowledges that! So, hi, fellow TPS appreciator lmao
And yeah, sadly they just use a "stock" interaction for Aurelia, where it's vague and she's referred to as Vault Hunter/Vaulter
But even with that limitation she's easily one of the deepest and most developed characters in the whole franchise (And then BL3 retcons her whole character arc and a lot of details but oh well lol I just suppress that game out of my head)
@@Stanley557hhhhhhhhhhhhh
Cold War is easily the zombies mode I find myself the most mixed on. I really enjoyed BO4 and hated Vanguard, this is somewhere in between. Mimic and Abomination were great new enemies for me that felt fair and not fat bullet sponges. The wonder weapons are also pretty meh with some being amazing to me like the Crystal gun in Forsaken and the ray-k while also hating half the variants for Cerberus and Shockwave. I think if I knew this game was gonna have free maps, I would have played it much sooner. Also I really wish we had more Dark Aether enemies instead of the manglers and Panzer. Those Aether Jellyfish really deserved a spot as an enemy. I will say Vanguard makes this game look like Mona Lisa in comparison.
I agree with this. Cold War feels like an arcade style of zombies. You have to have a different mindset while playing it than BO1-4. It’s extremely easy; so dying really isn’t an issue you have to worry about for most of the game. You’re not focused on survival anymore, but more just becoming as overpowered as physically possible. It’s more casual, brainless fun than the other games, except BO3 at times which can get extremely easy too.
I have a ton of criticisms for Cold War. The map designs just aren’t as creative or involved as BO1-4 or even WaW. The military feel only made this problem more pronounced, as zombies felt more like an extension of multiplayer than its own universe. While the weapon rarity is interesting and added a bit to the mystery box and gunplay, I despise what it did to the game. You’re heavily incentivized to use the same weapon the whole game, as you spawn in with a pretty good weapon, upgrade its tiers, and then you don’t want to let go of it because it would take forever to level up a new weapon. In the older games, I’d switch out weapons constantly just for fun.
The out of game upgrade system definitely incentivized you to play more, which was good. But it also made your character incredibly overpowered. Having 10 perks that are all broken beyond belief is the most overpowered thing possible.
But Cold War is good for certain things. For one, having a ton of different abilities really lets you switch up how you want to kill zombies. You have so many weapons in your arsenal that when you’re new to the game, you might even forget about some of them. The gunplay is better than BO3 and 4, just based on how the weapons feel. The wonder weapons are mostly fun and not too overpowered. And Outbreak can be a fun changeup, although I don’t think it has much replay value due to the limited amount of objectives and maps.
Overall, Cold War is something I need to be in a specific mood to play. It can be a ton of fun, but I’d still put it below each of the 4 Black Ops games. The game being devoid of any challenge just isn’t ideal for replayability, and makes it only worth playing when I want to shut my brain off. At least in BO3, the maps were big and creative, giving me something to explore and distracting me from the lack of difficulty. And in BO4, you can scale the difficulty to your liking. In Cold War that’s not the case. It’s not a bad game mode; but I find I’d rather play any of the first 4 BO games over it, and maybe even WaW.
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I left Deviation games. *"Get Deviated, Bítch"*
Last Gen’s thumbnail game is on point
The movie operators have different lines than normal operators. Their lines are usually ripped right out of their respective movie. And while its cool, if you're a bit of an audiophile like me, their lines bug the hell out of you because they are in their original format, and they sound bad. If it were up to me, I'd have had the actors come in and re-record the lines for the game, but oh well.
Yeah! Whenever I watched Mauer speed runs I think it was Smart Guy using the John McClain skin and his audio lines sounded AWFUL
@@Stanley557 I only hope the terminator ones from Vanguard sound better.
My biggest issue, one that JrRizzo666_yt shares, is how Maxis was shoved to the side. while it's realistic she'd instantly be undertaken, I created this little headcanon: Curious as to how the Dark Aether affected her, specially after Firebase Z's transmissions, the director decides to let her lead the team, motivated by her ardent desire to fight back.
but, seeing her performance and noticing some strange things, he eventually orders her to be locked up.
This allows for a (fairly small, but still) little window of time where it makes sense for her to be an operator, and gives her the opportunity to have a bit more weight. Now, the reason she's upset about not being in the field, isn't just because she wants to, but because this was taken from her. Maybe let it be canon that the reason why she can still, somehow, communicate with Ravenov was some device he gave her. (which is eventually taken away)
Maybe have some Intel explaining that she already suspects something is wrong, due to her traumatizing, PTSD inducing time in the Dark Aether, and in her journeys through the outbreak zone, she eventually found something that led her to find out about the Inversion Warheads, but hid it from the rest of the team due to her paranoia.
I think this even helps add some more tragedy to her arc. Ravenov promised her she could be fixed, things could go back to normal, and so, one would expect the script to follow that path. Having it seemingly do so, but suddenly take this turn would feel... like it's insult to injury for her, instead of feeling like just a throwaway line.
Quick correction! It's not that the crossbow or ballistic knife don't scale properly. It's that they used to be EXTREMELY OP against Orda, so Treyarch nerfed them into being actually useless cus no fun allowed.
Also, Klaus's mustache is explained through Intel. One of the agents of that CIA hideout was making fun of Klaus and drew that, and then one day, Klaus simply choked him to death for it.
also, bit of a shame you didn't bring up Mauer's exfil event! it's actually really unique!
Maxis? i thought he wasnt in the story at all since bo4?
@@bluespidergaming7719 Oh, no no,, I meant Samantha Maxis lol, she's referred to as Maxis in the operator area so I go with that
Guess I could've been cleared
Just wanted to clarify, the Kravchenko death scene from BO1 was a hallucination from Mason. Kravchenko is perfectly fine in BO2
Well dang, must've misremembered it. Also hey you're that guy from the sub reddit
@@Stanley557 Yeah, not sure if that's a good reputation, but hey! Quite enjoyed the video :)
@@Harigan haha, glad you enjoyed it though!
Yeah, in BO2 it's explained that through the sheer power of main character bullshit, Woods was able to knock the grenade Kravchenko was holding out of his hands in midair, so they they both survived the jump out the window and the explosion.
This is without a doubt the best breakdown of Cold War Zombies I've ever seen you did such a fantastic job!!
Right now I'm writing an essay and this is perfect background noise 👌
2:04:23
Sorry Stanley
But you should’ve seen this coming before hand
“Ahem”
MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL OMELETTES HERE JACK
CANT FRET OVER EVERY EGG
As I said I’m biased towards Cold War. I can see your ratings but I differ on where I rate mine. Outbreak is where 50% of my time is maybe more. Then it’s mauer, die Maschine, forsaken, onslaught, then Firebase z. I can see the reason for the mangler but him being in every map from Firebase z on is tiresome at times. I struggle to play mauer sometimes because of this. And the same goes for every other enemy type that shows up in a different map aside from the needed zombies haha. I wish special zombies were specific to one map and had 2 max and spawned every 4-5 rounds to make it feel like I’m facing zombies and not an army. The armor stand, workbench, and pap additions seemed like a chore in the beginning but if you don’t do an item it feels like your lacking, and I like it. I can see the map complaints not being out there or needing personality and seeming lackluster at times, and that’s why a set crew was needed more than ever. The reward is by far my favorite item that I’ve received and doesn’t make it too op when the game starts. I just wish people would stop calling IW zombies as the ultimate ee reward as your given it for playing such a shit game and quest, and comparing it to Cold War as it’s not good enough or should’ve been like IW’s. I understand that’s makes me a shill for treyarch, but at least they didn’t deliver shit for me to play. All in all Cold War is by far my fav zombies as it’s “handing me a crutch” so to speak and I’m not stupid op like bo3.
stannley sorry for pestering you on xbox so much to finish the review but you did such a grate job I couldn't have been happier keep up the grate work
Oh wow, the Cerberus spoke? I had no idea, I had dialogue audio off the whole time cuz everyone talked all the time and was super annoying
Yeah its such a cool feature would recommend next time you play
Stanley557 is Norm McDonald
i really enjoy everything they added to cold war, all it needs is a few more good maps. i hope they build on cold war zombies for future entries and not the garbage that came after it
Rarities, salvage, crafting system, and maybe even armor system is what needs to return in the next entries
I hope they'll be able to pull of the fun gameplay loop in cold war and expand on it with better easter eggs and more climactic maps like Mauer der Toten which was probably the longest they worked on for a cold war map
@@Crayveee imagine if level 2 and 3 armor had a quest to get it in every map, like things do in the older games
@@Salty_C.J. personally I like shields more since it gave a lot more personality, its a big issue I have with this zombies, it lacks way too much personaility, from the personas of who you play, to having a cool ass shield on your back compared to just having "armour"
@@Crayveee In game salvage and crafting is just doesn’t belong in zombies. Making equipment, lethals, EVEN KILL STREAKS?! Just doesn’t belong in the game…
@@alexbasha0508 I can agree with crafting like chopper gunner or a strafe run or just some really op scorestreaks but I think that with normal equipment it's fine
And imo salvage isn't that bad
It's a fun idea but it needs to get balanced how much you get it in the higher rounds
This is my favorite Cold War video since Tim Hansens retrospective on the game
Before I upgraded to the ps5, I actually started playing Call Of Duty Cold War on my ps4 Pro, and it was actually lit! The cod felt like a remastered, especially in NukeTown zombies mode!
Finally! Can’t wait to binge this, love these longer videos Stanley, keep it up :)
This essay is a banger. I know I’m late to the party. I think _Cold War_ is objectively the best CoD since _Black Ops 2._ The zombies were the reboot we *needed.* Was it lacking? Of course- but I think the mechanics laid out in this game set the stage for an excellent future entry. The mechanics of this game are second-to-none, & the Dark Aether set/settings has so much potential.
I skipped out on _MW3,_ but here’s hoping to _Gulf War_ or whatever the heck we get here in 2024.
Stay frosty, y’all.
well, from other games I've seen:
White = Common
Green = Uncommon
Blue = Rare
Purple = Epic
Orange/Gold/Yellow = Legendary
nice profile picture :o
I am already in love. And then I’m gonna watch it multiple times
Everytime you said train go boom it triggered my fight or flight instinct.
Then my work here is done
Just finished watching the vid. I love it, feel like I can’t talk about Cold War anymore with 2 really good retrospectives out now
Haha, don't feel like there isn't something you can't say, i made all of these reviews regardless of what people like Rizzo said before me. Trust me there's always something to add to the conversation because at the end of the day it's your experience!
@@Stanley557 thanks, also suprised you got jhon youtube to collab with you
@@flunksprite313 right?
I fucking love this! I was going to make a video like this but you beat me to this! A BIG VIDEO to watch with microwave popcorn and soda! Thank you!! Cheers my guy!!!! 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🧟♂️
Glad you enjoyed it! Easily one of my best projects yet!
@@Stanley557 yes it is, you did a fantastic job with this!!! ITS MY FAVORITE VIDEO NOW!!! 👍🏻🤘🍻
I love how you’ve truly crafted your own style out of the John Rizzo style CoD Zombies analysis videos. These are truly excellent & I’m really glad you decided to make a feature length film for Cold War. Please continue to make quality zombies content!
Thanks my dude! Glad you enjoyed it
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SHUT UP!"
Stanley557 and Jrrizzo, I am in heaven :D
I forgot my popcorn...
i love u and rizzo ,keep up the great work
Fun fact you can land on the omega helicopter and hauer or Spaz is really good to take it out. Yes you can still do it. Just get on a jump pad near the helicopter not too close but once in the air try to land on it while it is going up and land on the back half to avoid falling off or taking damage.
Huh good to know, hadn't thought of that
Also, using any sniper with the cavalry lancer barrel shoots them down in 1-2 shots
@@Tokito935 thanks good to know
Brother I dunno why you don't have more viewers or subscribers. Whether I'm genuinely watching your videos or just putting them up in the background to listen to and glance at while playing NMS (farming materials gets boring, lmao), I have remained entertained since I subscribed.
Well worth the free button press. I will never financially recover, but I do not care.
I’ve been watching a couple of your videos for the past couple of weeks and you deserve so many more views for the work and effort you put into these videos
Haha thanks, words like that mean a lot and I'm glad you enjoy them! If only I could produce them faster 🙃
Interesting take on Spaceland! Personally I like the part at 4:32:14 and found it very intriguing and I agree with what you have said here. Well done. Can't wait for the next video!
Thanks! Been waiting for this review for a while and I have to say it's probably my favorite review you've made so far and it's clear to see the hard work you put into it so thanks for the great video and keep up the good work weird bird man 😎
oh my goodness thank you so much! I really don't know what to say but I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I loved this video, took me a few sittings to finish but it was absolutely worth it. I also think you have gotten way better at taking time to speak which has made the videos way more enjoyable. Keep it up much love, loved the rizzo cameo
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm a terribly fast speaker and often stumble over my own words, even when reading a script I wrote. These videos have given me the opportunity to speak more eloquently but there's always room for improvement!
Man, VERY underrated channel right here! Awesome work, Stanley!
Haha glad you enjoyed it!
Babe wake up, new Stanley557 review just dropped
That Legion boss fight was actually stupid hard, so it taking more than a year to finally beat is a feeling I relate to in my heart of hearts.
haha nice glad you felt so accomplished for beating it! Trying to complete it pre-nerf use to be way too difficult, where they have him now is perfect
Cold War’s first two maps were fantastic! The atmosphere was great and the bosses weren’t overpowered. The core of Cold War was fun with friends but boring on its own. Perks being unlimited was fantastic.
The bad was the loss of “upgraded” weapons. Some weapons in pervious games had a unique identity to them when packed, ie, Mustang and Sally, the penetrator, the monkey crossbow, and ballistic knives. The point system is something I didn’t like but I understand the reason behind it. Outbreak was great the first few times but it so boring even with the EE.
The In-between: The story wasn’t bad but the lack of 4 core characters limited the dialogue and player interactions.
Last time i played zombies it was transit and gotta say im loveing cold war
While I do agree the operators are mostly generic, I'd argue that Maxis has a lot more personality compared to the other operators.
I think a big fix for the issue isn't so much a canon team as it is Strike Team having no personality. If say, Primis was unlockable as operators, I feel like it would negate a lot of the issues so long as they actually implemented new or reused lines.
Be honest Richtofen is gonna have a lot more personality than Vargas
I feel like Die Machine and Der Toten were the strongest of the maps in Cold War. It would have been so cool if a Dark Aether map copy of each map was available after completing the Easter eggs, kinda like a alternative play style as well. But, a crew is deeply needed.
Personally firebase z is my go to map to play for grinding etc. It feels balanced imo. Only 2 special zombies compared to the spam in der toten and forsaken, and the megaton is just meh with 3 health bars.
EDIT: I agree with needing a crew. Operators are boring AF, and ruined what made original zombies unique. They need to f off and stop trying to monetize zombies.
@@MazeMaker4Life I think it's well balanced as well, tho I struggle with orda not really because of his health but I tend to run low on ammo when killing it. But, I like to train in the helipad area since it's nice and open. I just feel it's slightly not as unique to zombies as Die Machine and Maur is, especially since Forsaken is ALMOST, a reskin. But Fire base Z is just pure fun with little challenge every few rounds
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I would love hearing Weaver making subtle reference to BO1 campaign. Maybe on Mauer Der Toten the crew could have Weaver and Kravchenko, and they would constantly be taunting one another. This would have been really interesting and a good bit of subtle nostalgia for those who knew these characters since their very first appearance.
In forsaken the characters actually do have some partial interaction. In the map's set up there's a chance for Weaver to say "tell me Colonel which is your better eye"
Oh. Well I would probably have realised it if I wasn't busy looking around for parts or throwing rocks down the weird fucking dog's throat.
@@ashamefulgamer1578 its a quote you get after leaving spawn 🤨
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"JOE" lmao that took me off guard
Another banger from the disembodied voice of Raventofen. Good vid, my friend.
How does this guy have 6k? This is probably some of the best zombies content i’ve ever seen
I never knew why but onslaught was always my guilty plesure, if im not in the mood of playing normal zombies i always turn to onslaught
One thing I do wanna mention about the characterisations about requiem when discussing your ideal crew, it wouldn't be likely for Carver to be suspicious of Weaver since he was born in the US and he must've known about his role during the events of bo1 (also his "relationship with Kravchenko lol) and for Strauss...? Can't say I'm properly educated about how he feels about him but I'm pretty sure they just genuinely find each other annoying because they're on complete opposites of how they work, but I might be wrong (plus can make some good cocky back and forths lol)
However your ideal way of him thinking isn't wrong. Cause he IS constantly suspicious of the director. He goes on about how he knows nothing about him, except from stuff like how he overheard him speak Russian. And given how Weaver constantly talks about orders from the director, Carver would definitely up most question about them. Also quests like Firebase Z with Ravenov would've been really fitting too.
That's a good point, my point of view was Carver is a born and raised in America and Weaver, despite having former missions where he aided the US, was born in Russian, during the Cold War even the most trusted Russians were to be monitored, granted it just my own little silly theory crafting hope you enjoyed the video!
This was really awesome. Thanks. 🤓👍🏽
What an amazing video brother! I would love to see this with every Zombies game. Your going places with this kind of content my man
Glad you enjoyed it! If you liked this I'd highly recommend my own reviews!
i love the intel, not really a fan of the story but i find it fun and exciting whenever i randomly decide to go radio hunting and i find some
Outbreak is very conflicting for me, on one hand I've always wanted to be able to play zombies on multiplayer maps but when it comes to the maps themselves they're way too open with far too much dead space (no pun intended)
Stanley Da🐐No 🧢
I haven't played zombies in a few months, I pray my sin will be forgiven.
I love your reviews, man. I’ve always wanted to start my own channel, but I’m not skilled in editing like you are haha I’ll keep watching and looking forward to watching you grow as a content provider
Haha thanks! Trust me I didn't think I was cut out for it either but I'll let you in on a little secret: your writing and commentary is the most important part, for editing you can just slap clips that show what you're talking about
Do you think you could recommend editing software to familiarize myself with making videos?
@@wreepwreep absolutely! I believe Sony Vegas is the easiest to learn, sadly all actual editing softwares are expensive. I'd recommend, if you can, get a cracked version of like Vegas 16 or 17. That's what I started and see how you like it. If you do I'd recommend buying the official updated version if you don't like it then no harm no foul. No one should have to spend 300+ dollars just to TRY actually editing
Firebase z is my favorite zombies map. I’ve been playing religiously since bo1 and i think firebase has the most variety. Good camping spots, good training spots. I can feasibly run around the entire map the whole time, amazing wonder weapon, balanced heavy enemies (imo they’re not too hard but a fun mix up), and the horde waves with the boss fight is always fun to me. I can use lmgs to gun down the horde during the defense rounds or run in with a melee weapon is a pap element. It’s always so fun to me
Really good video man, watching it for the second time, your point about Operators is totally correct too, I'm shocked they didn't do a operator pack with the original 4 (both Primus & Ultimus), even if it'd have confused the story, they could've just said "it's not cannon" & they'd have made so much cash
Haha that's an extremely high praise I'm glad you really like the video! Yeah WWII did the system really well with a cannon crew plus unlockable non cannon skins. Activision wants their monetary gains somehow
I played a shitload of that first Cold War map when it came out, I loved the big gameplay changes. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the way it went post-shangri la (those maps are cool I just suck at them). So this sorta hybrid where they went back to an old map but way bigger, with significant new gameplay for no reason, really hit for me. It all worked for me except exfil, I wasn’t into that. Despite this I was unaware that it had additional maps besides outbreak lol
Well hey now you have three new maps to play
@@Stanley557 ahahaha true! I might actually reinstall Cold War after this. I’m easily convinced by 2+ hour analysis videos
Came here from the Wendigoon streams, and wow you really did a great job on this video! You definitely deserve a lot more subs; Keep up the good work!
FINALLY!!!!😂😂😂😂😎 a shout out Aaron tho bro I feel you homie Al go laff but the only ee I've done is sanitarium 😂😂
Cold War zombies was amazing, the skill gap was perfect, some stuff was hard but easy to understand and I loved that
I will say, I slightly disagree about the Operators feeling generic and boring; many of the paid Operators do have genuinely funny and clever dialogue, even implying how and why some of them would work for Requiem (I.E Naga and Wraith are implied to be hired guns/mercenaries, Hudson, Woods and Mason just pulling a favor for Weaver by being in the strike team, which is explained by Weaver stating to have hand-picked the operators) now, while none of the Operators are canon, it does at least show that Craig wanted to give reason and explanation for why this *could* be possible, which I think is a nice touch!
I think the best operator that shines in terms of dialogue is Hudson, who has 4 specific quotes that showcase the care that went into the quality for his lines;
If you Ping/Tag a special enemy, he’ll sometimes say “Ugly, stupid, and loud. Kinda reminds me of Woods.”
If you kill 10 or more enemies rapidly, he’ll sometimes say “Hey, Mason! How do ya like these numbers?”
Getting multiple rapid Toxic Growth kills will lead him to say “Jesus, what kind of fucked up Operation are you running, Weaver?”
And if you get a Ray Gun from the box, he’ll have a chance to say “Hm. Wonder if Omega has access to this tech.”
Now, a set crew would have been MUCH better for dynamic lore interactions and world-building, but I don’t think all of the Operators are just generic and boring (you just have to jump through hoops and paywalls to hear the fun quotes, which is, not at all okay, but at least the lines are there)
You lost me when you said "paid Operators"
Love the inclusion of pvz garden warfare
The reason why Clause has a German accent is because he takes the personality of the Director, aka Ricky Toffin
me finding out years later that Cold War doesn't have a perk limit because the game never tells you
Well you know now
It’s crazy you got under 6k subs considering you’re easily the best zombies content creator on the platform at the moment (including the big ones)
Please sub to this guy!
Haha I'm glad you love the videos so much! Hope you're having a good day!
Mauer should've been a 9/10 smh. Anyways jokes aside fantastic job and I can't wait to comment later about the actual video!
Edit: I just finished the video, and honestly? It's probably my favorite video from you. I love how you actually paid attention to the dark aether storyline, and didn't just go "I really don't care about the story lmao", and actively gave the game a chance and didn't blindly hate it. I hope to see more amazing reviews like this from you!
The thumbnail was visibly inspired
I'm surprised that there was no mention about it being nacht der untoten, it was remade in the best way in Die Maschine
I'm glad cold war tried to claw back what bo4 lost but oh my goodness the excessive particle effects colours and crap on the screen like zombie health bars just makes it hurt to play for more than an hour or so
That's understandable, the medals are rather annoying to always have on screen
@@Stanley557 that's and everything else like the Zombie killed all the time, and every wonder weapon exploding over the screen with just jarring colour and light changes. Really appreciate your in depth coverage that half doubles as Easter egg guide that aren't particularly oh this Is kind of the idea but work the rest out yourself.
richtofen default dancing is hilarious
I actually liked black ops 4 but I didn’t find myself addicted to it (aside from DOTN and Ancient evil). I couldn’t figure out why until Cold War zombies came around. PROGRESSION and Experimentation. I’ve never been able to experiment with different play styles in black ops 4 and hell even black ops 3 because the status quo was get wonder weapon, gun go boom, and other weapons had a cap off in earlier rounds. I dig the tier systems, and how each perk has their own modifier slot. I think it’s the best perk system we’ve ever gotten tbh. While I do love Cold War zombies, it did lack a bit of the personality of previous games, even black ops 4 for all its faults had such style and personality that gave the game charm. I only got that in Mauer Der Toten which is why it’s my favorite map in the game. Regardless, I’m more of a gameplay guy, and it doesn’t matter how good the maps are if the gameplay is flawed (black ops 4), then it’s going to suffer.
I kind of like the operators and I really feel like it could work if you give them personality like in overwatch, like how you can choose two characters in the match and they talk to each other in game and give unique voice lines during the match and I really hope they do this next game as I would love to see Mason and wood (if they are in the next game :/) interact with the map and each other
Honestly, Die Machine is an amazing map when you think about it, mostly because it's a return to form type of map all because you start outside of the first map of all of zombies.
Great video man, the rizzo cameo was top tier. I always wondered what It would be like to have an actual crew on these maps and how it would change the gameplay, I like the operator system in some ways but the fact that there are only a handful of quotes for every operator is laughable and they’re all generic quotes about killing zombies (besides some of the quotes about the perk machines). The intel creates a great background for storytelling but they never translate it to the player through quotes in games like we used to get so if you don’t know the intel you’ll get lost if you’re trying to follow the story
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hearing the dead ops arcade music was a great background music choice. Its a pretty chill soundtrack.
Indeed it is, I mainly used it in the intro and the changes portion because to be honest you don't really need to set the mood while discussing how this game differs from its predecessors
The tier naming change makes sense, as nearly every game that uses the color system (mmos basically) have legendary at orange
Ah that's a good point, I don't play MMOs so I was unaware of this. Thanks!
@@Stanley557 it's actually because warzone and cold war multiplayer uses the orange as legendary system
The only reason I bothered to play zombies was battlepass XP. The fact extracting at round 30 was 2 tiers was nice. It got better once outbreak come out. But as i played I honestly enjoyed the zombies And even having a camo grind and mastery was a nice seeing the dark aether camo was worth it
I appreciate the effort you put into this video. I'm currently rewatching it because it's so good. I did disagree with some of your opinions, but it's more not picks on my side cos I'm a cynical bastard. XD
GG mate. I appreciate the vid a ton. Awesome to see.
Have you done similar vids for previous zombie games too?
Indeed I have! I've done reviews for IW, AW, WWII, and Bo4s IX.i wouldn't say they're as up to par as this but still really good in my book
@@Stanley557 I only just got a notification of your response, and don't worry I binge watched them all too 😂
I really fell off of Cold War right around when Outbreak came out, but I went back and did all the Easter eggs a week or so ago and the game has really grown on me. I agree that Mauer is probably the best map in the game, I think it might be one of my favorites. Also cool, It didn’t click for me that Peck was looking for the missiles at the end of the end cutscene. Since Peck was in Japan, I assumed that they were teasing Some kind of new take on Division 9, and that he was looking for some Zetsubou-Esque island lab. I learned a lot of cool story details from this video, and it has me really eager to dig into all the intel I’ve been collecting. This was a really fun watch!
Extremely kind of you to say. I'm super glad you enjoyed the video!
Fucking love these long vids and the progression system kept me coming back over and over again the perk upgrades the abilities the camos the unlockable weapons it was so good when I got into it I even master prestiged every season but the last
The fact this video doesn’t have many views is outrageous
Haha thank you! Comments like these always mean a lot
keep it up bro.problem is playing with randoms as they get bored on 20-30 and i am only just getting started.
Thats fair, playing with random doesn't offer the most reward, I'd recommend playing solo and making the goal completing eggs and getting to higher rounds, try to push your skill
@@Stanley557 done it all. i want more content :) not more guns from store. was waiting for chronicles 2 but that got scammed so I'm enjoying playing till the next zombie event. plus a rank zombie play would be nice so im not playing against day 1 people all the time etc. solo gets to 100 quick too
+1 subscriber, excellent review man
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done!