The Complete Unabridged Timeline of Call of Duty Zombies (World At War - Black Ops 4)
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2024
- I've wanted to make this video for a long time now. It is one of my favorite stories I've followed since nearly it's beginning. So I decided I finally recap and deliver a complete unabridged timline of the Call of Duty Zombies Aether Storyline.
0:00 Intro
1:11 The Beginning
7:13 Buried
21:08 Group 935
31:59 Richtofen's Journey Begins
38:05 Nazi Funding / Griffin Station
44:49 Maxis' Tests at Kino
51:00 Siberian Facility & 3 Test Subjects
1:15:28 Moon Pyramid Device
1:18:29 Richtofen's Deal With America/Russia
1:21:51 Richtofen's Betrayal & Group 935 Downfall
1:33:37 Ultimis Formed
1:36:33 Ascension
1:56:23 Americas 935 Research
2:06:42 Pernell Establishes Broken Arrow
2:19:31 Ultimis Visit Ascension
2:20:49 Call of the Dead / Shangri La
2:28:52 Richtofen's Grand Scheme
2:33:49 Five
2:36:47 Camp Edward
3:03:06 Apothicon Blood
3:07:51 Russman & Broken Arrow
3:13:04 2025 & Destroyed Earth
3:19:06 Victis
3:29:57 Original Timeline Ending
3:37:34 Dimension 63 / Origins
3:46:39 Mob of the Dead
4:08:14 Kronorium Retrieved / Recruiting Victis
4:11:36 Zombie Richtofen Returns Soul
4:14:27 The Shadowman & The Reporter
4:19:55 Shadows of Evil
4:40:45 Richtofen's Soul
4:43:49 The Giant
4:54:54 Dempsey's Soul / Der Eisendrache
5:06:26 Takeo's Soul / Zetsubou No Shima
5:19:12 Blood Vials
5:19:24 Nikolai's Soul / Gorod Krovi
5:32:36 Revelations
5:47:02 The Cycle
5:50:18 The Broken Cycle / Blood of the Dead
6:05:22 Richtofen's Sacrifice
6:10:40 Nikolai Becomes Leader & Recruits Ultimis
6:12:54 Alpha Omega
6:16:34 Primis & Ultimis Bond
6:30:52 Victis Collect Agarthan Device & Help Pablo
6:31:28 Securing A Better Future
6:44:30 Outro
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Normal zombie stories: virus
CoD: we'll take elder gods, time travel, extradimentional artefacts and possesed children...
True
🧟💁♀️
AND MONKEE
thats what makes it so good, and opens potential for more creativity during map making process
Seller: so we got virus and reincarnation. Which one u buyin?
Cod: we'll take theee....elder gods time travel extradimentional artifacts and possed children please?
Seller: Uh sir you sure you want to-
Cod: i said. We'll take it.
In my opinion, this, despite its length, is the clearest and most easiest to understand version of the timeline and story I have found.
honestly, i think its cause of the length that it makes so much sense, i've watched like 30 minute videos and 3 hour videos and i never once heard half of the details that are in this
I've been listening to/watching it over the past few days while I play video games, and I gotta say it's the best way to earn the story. Just play your game or do whatever you're doin, while off handidly paying attention. You'll get the big details, and if there's a point you're particularly interested in, just pause for a few moments and pay more attention
@@TheRealIconG. That’s what I’m doing rn while the times I play GT7
Can't agree more. I've been following the story up to around Zetsubo No Shima. It became way to complex to follow along, with all of the twists and turns it took. But this video actually made me wrap my head around it all.
The length just a testament to how much effort was put into this universe
The fact that i was able to watch this for almost 7 hours straight without getting bored shows how incredibly good this story is
As of me replying to this comment it has, coincidentally, 115 likes
It is weird how zelensky and blundell had a different vision for the story would’ve been cool to see how the story would’ve turned out if it didn’t change mid way through
Proof?
Yeah... it's good. REALLY good
Also speaks to the quality of this video.
If the cod developers ever want to create a blockbuster game again, they should tell this story in a full length campaign, it would be phenomenal. Such a great analysis, great work!
That would be awesome. I never understood the maps until watching this.
@@brian7194Then what did you think was going on? I’m genuinely curious, I like hearing people own interpretations of events because often the story people come up with, is more spooky than the original. So if you did come up with your own interpretation, I like to hear it?
@@gameover9390 I just always assumed that the whole zombies thing and the lore behind it was simply, Germany trying to create super soldiers and instead trying to use dead soldiers as Super Soldiers. Then when Samantha got revealed I changed my opinion
My belief prior to watching this video was literally just One big Evil god (Shadow man) and A good god (Monty) were having a huge ass battle and Earth and the rest of the universe just ended up getting caught in the middle
The song is called never coming back by Evan call
they have to make a show at this point with all the content
JFK: has a whole arsenal of weapons
Player: starts with a pistol
JFK decided to give the zombies a slight chance. After all, nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedy's!
@@heavyweaponsgabe6445 ooof
Yeahh that's never made much sense to me
Uses China lake
Go back to Cold War foo
Absolutely no one:
Richtofen: DEEEEEEAR diary,
my fav part of all zombie
dEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAr diary, I've gone insane.
Hit him again vith zhe shtick!
I fucking love that so much
@@abegodsent4977 so true
It's hilarious how 3 hours after it was first mentioned in the video, Yena just admits to being a spy all along, it didn't move the story forward in any way but it was a pretty funny twist to reveal before killing him off, especially with him admitting that his passions are apple pie and baseball to hammer further on Richtofen's stereotypes.
Tbf it's been 20 or so years since Yena hasn't seen Richtofen and he was alone while recording his entry, so it's fine to say it out loud
Americans with their APPLE PIE and BASEBALL
I legit cackle when he mentioned how he missed American pie and baseball 😂😂
@@DogeickBatemanas an American I love my apple pie and baseball 🤣
His ability to explain things concisely while still maintaining a sense of mystery is astounding
He is a amazing storyteller, that is for sure.
“Concisely” is so funny because it’s a 7 hour video hahaha
I just wanna say that voice acting for radios that 90% of players won't even listen to is amazing. Gersh is my favorite of the bunch.
I prefer Schuster, since he voices admiral Yularen in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars show.
@@s1l3nc3d7 Holy Shit! Didn't Know That!
Yuri when he was being interrogated was probably my favorite. His acting was good as fuck
All of it is great and that’s I have literally memories most of the dialogue.
Schuster’s voice actor is the same as Takeo Masaki
I love how on the timeline one entry states that Maxis is growing concerned of Richtofens erratic behaviour, only to place Samantha in his care on the very next entry.
Well, it was said that he wasn’t a good father and neglected her
dude i was attempting round 100 die rise and was like time to take break intervals and learn more about the timeline.
it’s funny that it’s takes a near seven hours to make any sense of this story 😂 i personally preferred it before the cannon storyline poster came out i preferred the old theory days
@@matteooliveira1168 a Return to Das Herrenhause situation would've been much better
😂
Zombie richtofen actually answering with a solem sounding "I know and i am sorry" to russ and gang is the single moment of true sorrow expressed by ultimus richtofen and it hits different.
U Richthofen to a group of people who are the closest thing to friends he could ever hope for: “I did everything I have been accused of AND MORE… and I will not be apologizing for ANY OF IT!”
U Richthofen to 4 randos that he has made a business out of fucking over: “you where secretly the real ones all along and I’m now going to show more remorse than I’ve ever felt before….. some”
@@augustdice3914 I Believe that's because after being revived the aether poisoning on his mind was gone.
@@augustdice3914 Also not to mention he never had an exact hand in making them corrupted as well, they were still pure in the way of the universe.
“We got more than we deserved” explains the whole zombie’s storyline evolution. Started off with no plans just a simple game mode, and grew into something a lot of us grew to love and created memories with others just like us which we will carry with us. So thankful for this franchise and community
Thank you Jebadiah Brown for crafting the thing that has single handedly saved everyone's asses.
Nah fuck jebadiah why the gun be disappearing???
AND WHY TF IS IT 5000
@@Reeminmotioncuz yes
@@Contemplatingspiderimagine playing with no guns
@@20piecemcnuggets27 POV the one person that likes playing with the ballistic knife
And **ck you Clive farnsworth for messing with things you don’t understand
I love the high notes Richthofen hits whenever he says “Dear Diary” 💀
“Deeeeear DIary”
It's the best^_^
mf sounds like doofenscmhirtz
lmao so funny
@@DJDAntoine ikr 😐
i just love richtophens logs, the high pitched "deeeeeeeaRR DIARY" always gets me
I find it amazing how the story behind zombies not only makes all of these crazy maps and features fit into a single story, but it even technically explains the fact these same people fight in the same locations over and over.
crazy how a little side game that the devs worked on in free time, years later has a 7 hour storyline
Bro the game play was so much fun but I’ll be honest it was the story that held me on for over a decade it easily my favorite. Except for the ending, it felt so rushed
@@matt3608 technically it still hasn't ended given how Eddy and Samantha are still alive
@TeamJella eddy is essentially just young rictofin reincarnated so picking up there would eventually have the same outcome as before I believe. Gotta pick up with russman and the crew in darkness is the only real option I see
@@eugeneberry9371 no? While yes, Eddy *is* Edward Richtofen, the events from before can't repeat themselves. For one, Eddy is much younger than Primis/Ultimis richtofen. Samantha is pretty young during the Cold War and she's older than Eddy, so we know Eddy couldn't be a big scientist for the Nazi party.
Secondly, dude just play cold war and Vanguard, these games take place after BO4 and are still connected to the old timeline. We already know there's a connection to Eddy, if by nothing else, then at least through Samantha.
@@TeamJella honestly? Vanguard is meh, but Cold War is good.
"Hit him again with the stick!" was unreasonably funny and I don't know why.
same reaction here
We all know someone that needs be hit again with the "stick"
1:07:43
Same 😂
I imagine Richtophen is throwing his head back and pointing at Dempsey.
**sips Monster Zero Ultra** See, back in my day, there weren't any "Apothicons" or "Shadow Man." **sips** There were the Vril, Samantha, and that was that.
What a fine day and age, I wish I got experience it, though I am happy with or without it
Alright grampa/ma *gives you your walking cane* Let's get you to bed.
I love the irony of Samantha and Richthofen becoming the good guys as the years went on to the point they made them start out again in a new universe with a clean slate. I wonder if the Primus crew will make a return in Gulf War this fall, or at least be referenced when Eddie/Richthofen and Samantha inevitably reunite.
It's my sleepover, I get to pick the movie.
This movie is long enough to last 3 sleepovers. Those poor, I mean lucky friends
Awesome sleepover
W pfp also w taste
Someone said this exact same thing on the morrowind retrospective done by patriciantv
nice pfp, mf doom goat
Imagine creating an extra mode after you complete a campaign and seeing it uncontrollably spiral into a cult phenomenon
I hope that group of people got significant raises
@@zachary6701 the main guy did go on to make most maps for BO 1 and 2 and I think some more after so they definitely kept them on and I hope they got that raise too
All this because of a reward for finishing a campaign. Amazing ain’t it?
Seeing the intro video to Nacht Der Untoten gives me goosebumps to this day.
"Nein! Drop that! That's my spleen! Mine!" will always be my favorite Dr. Richtofen line
"HIT HIM WITH THE STICK!" competes with that
You’ve bought an insane amount of joy to this 32 year old with this video. Thank you!
Joy? how so? & what’s the relevance with your age?
The guy posts a positive comment and you question three parts of it smh @@CampingComrade.
@@reeceselby2979lol the replier is probably on the spectrum but I mean we all just watched a 7 hour video on video game story so we might all be a little special
@@CampingComrade.let the man be god dayum😭
I did it. I watched the entire thing and the best line out of it all was "Draw me fucking Chicago."
Nikolai is hilarious. That part cracked me up
Yes it was my favorite part
"Pictures Dempsey, pictures! Or it didn't happen." was my favorite.
5:26:44
I know somebody will ask one day
Took me 5 and a half hours to understand this joke
Legit one of the most tragic stories for Richtofen. I grew up with this series and honestly watching the Blood of the dead easter egg cutscene still hits me in the fucking feels.
Blood of the Dead ee hurts me to do , for more than that it’s a bad ee
its sad that blood of the dead Richtofen died feeling betrayed and alone. My homie deserved better
That map broke me.
That’s not bo3 rictofine. If you look at that cutscene rictofine does not have his scar from bo3. Have a look
@@User-ds6zk it’s still our boy
The greatest story ever made was the zombies story what the devs were able to do and tell through a game is absolutely incredible as sad as it is it had to come to an end, with every great story there’s a great ending and this is it
I still wanted to participate in the great war. Maybe we could have had a different ending.
But maybe in another timelime.
After all, there's still another Edward alive. And the transit crew is still alive.
So there's a possibility.
if you think im goin to sit here for 6 hours and 45 minutes ... You are absolutely correct💀
I love the small detail that doesn't seem to be talked about often: As time goes on, Richtofen's "Dear diary" entries become increasingly more high pitched, depicting his descent into madness.
It makes me laugh so much I love it
"deeeeeyeeerrr diary"
it doesn’t get talked about because there’s no conversation to be and about it, we all know what it means that’s like saying the fact that there are zombies isn’t talked about
@@vfd10 boooooooooo boooooooo lame booooooooo
W profile pic
5:26:39 That was so funny when Nikolai said “Why do u assume I know my way around? Just because I am russian? Draw me map of fckn Chicago! That had me in tears 😭
Dude I absolutely love this quote thanks for timestamping it and finding it funny as well
ONG
@@opshark6075 I love that quote
Yeah, I also love the parallels later when Dempsey says " Why do you think I know my way around? Just because I'm American? Draw me a map of fckn Stalingrad!"
@@adenhudson4832 He says that quote?
This era of COD: Zombies will always be held close to my heart. Its what I grew up on. Its what I spent countless hours with my friends having a good time, laughing, and yelling at one another for messing up an easter egg step. When I first finished the very last egg that ended off this storyline and Nikolai perished alongside everyone else I damn near cried. This video makes me want to go back and play through all my old favorite maps as an adult which I think I might just do. Much love you for making this masterpiece of a video!
Who else listening to this at work 🤣
Me right now as I have 6hrs left on my shift lol.
duuuude same🤣
@@beartrap8625 started 45 mins into work and after lunch finished it almost at end of day
@@robbieshaw3338 hell yeah my friend I just finished my shift and I feel all caught up on the story now haha
it’s getting me through the day 😂
When Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen were talking he used their point colors from bo1. Dempsey was white, Nikolai was blue, Takeo was yellow, and Richtofen was green. Amazing job on this!
Fucking Takeo was yellow that is gold
@@The_Gamebuster or the fact that his subject number is N3WB. Poor guy.
@@The_Gamebuster those were the point colors for ultimus up until moon, then it was random for every map from moon till now
Would have been fucking cool as shit if the point colors mimic the color of the staffs and the characters who wield them, it makes sense why they didn’t but it would have been nice
@@The_Gamebuster lol I don't think anyone got it
It blows me away that the devs could build such an incredible story line from absolutely nothing and make it work so well in the background , thank you for the work on this video it’s amazing
I wonder when they first made the zombies game mode if they knew this storyline the whole time
@@bobocheesy5830 the storyline is so sparratic it was definitely made up as they went on
@@derekisludicrous9203 But since Craig Houston wrote them all, he can make it feel seamless
The game mode was supposed to be a one off Easter egg/ challenge mode, but here we are with a two hour lore video
@@who_is_Isaac bro it's almost 7 hours
I’ve literally listened to this several times at this point and I’m still not sick of it. It’s crazy that even after knowing the timeline it’s still fun to theorize about the mysteries that go unsolved.
This might be the longest video on CZcams I will watch in its entirety.
I like to imagine a universe is out there somewhere where Maxis was impressed that Richtofen moved the walnut and he lives a very happy life with a famous instant walnut delivery service… “Richtofen’s walnut services”
We can only hope
@@nman551 would be nice…
This was the best comment
Nah, that universe would be like...
MAXIS: Doctor, do you think you could transport people with this device? Or war materials?
RICHTOFEN: Maybe... With enough time and development, mein device could certainly make travel to anywhere in the world instantaneous.
In the war the Nazis had instant walnuts for food
Ngl I wouldn’t mind a separate remaster of the entire Aether story line in a standalone game.
That would be amazing. I would 100% it 😂
it would be great, a true masterpiece. but it took them 10 years to make it first- how long do you think it'd take to make a second in today's standards?
@@Grizzly1506 considering it’s not being made completely from scratch I doubt it take a decade but at the same time releasing it at the ten year anniversary of the Aether storyline’s end would probably be a pretty sicc way to celebrate it
@@Grizzly1506 If they just updated the pre-existing maps to a modern engine, I think they could do it in a year or less.
@@esomber3961 why do you think nobody would buy it? Ten years out on the latest platform with the complete story and all the maps? Shit they could charge like 80-90 bucks for all the content that you’d be getting in just one game
Ive lost count of how many times ive watched this video. But im happy to give you the watch time, every time i watch this, it brings back so many wonderful memories. God, i loved the call of duty zombies series. I was never deep into the lore of the franchise, nor did i ever do all of the easter eggs. But this is hands down, the best franchise i have ever been a part of, and nothing else will ever beat it. Man, i remember the surprise at the end of the world at war campaign, making it to round 3 and dying to a zombie. Absolute trip. Been here since the start!
This was truly the greatest video I have ever seen. It so clearly presents the entire story in the easiest way to understand despite its length. If I could like this video a million times I would. Call of Duty zombies truly holds a special place in so many people's hearts including mine, and taking so much time and effort to create this video is the biggest favor to all of us. Thank you
Does it bring you immense pride at how many people watched this almost 7 hour master piece in it’s entirety
He should be it was the gratest explanation video ever. Reliving all of those easter eggs and having it all put together in 7 hours lol it took me nearly a month to do every maps easter egg but i gotta add this because hes my favorite character but takeo's story to this day brings tears to my eyes
I’m going to watch it while building legos
Yes
I have probably watched this about a dozen times, idk if it's because the effort, the story or the explanation but it's just great
@@WhiteFyreLeo i use this video as background noise while im doing stuff, it makes stuff fly by so fast
Ahh yes the crew we all remember, Richthofen, Nikolai, Takio, and Pablo
Pablo solos
imagine how much more badass the group would be if they added a mexican
@@zomb1eezless then it is now 😂
@@thepackattack4941agree
As a Mexican, I find this funny for some reason.
A German who had a Russian, Japanese, and a Mexican for test subjects. Then he "killed" the Mexican and was replaced with an American. Seems pretty balanced to me
"D E E E A A A A A R diary :D" - Richtofen
I love the fact that the creation of the origins staffs turns out to be a causal paradox. Maxis believes hes creating replicas. When hes actually creating the originals.
So do they keep the staves after origins and then Monty sends them back with them when he sends them to the og Great War?
@@rylandfields3388 I believe both instances are technically the originals. I'm unsure exactly how tho.
I dont think so. I think they are replicas. Just like how richtofen was able to build a time machine during the great war. I kind of assumed with his knowledge and with element 115, richtofen built the staffs. But not sure i guess since then again the staffs were found in origins and the great war was the end. Im just wondering how they got there.
@@rylandfields3388Richtofen creates replicas that would be replicated
No they are replicas, biased off the OG ones
1:07:40 "hit him again with the shtick!" I love that line so much
Great delivery. When alot of the conversations dont really sound like conversations this one is gold. By this I mean you can tell its multiple different takes between lines and they wait until the others lines are completely done
“Deeeeer diary”
Yeah that line reminded me of the scene from megamind when minion ran out of knockout gas he hit Hal with a knockout stick that looked like a baseball bat
"Unlike the the other test subjects he keeps breaking his restraints" 😂
Pure Comedy😂
The fact that Takeo is literally called patient N3wb by Richtofen is hilarious
I’ve watched this video so many times and I’m not stopping any time soon
What a fantastic breakdown. Thank you
Wendi, what on earth are you doing here?
A man of true culture
I see you every where I go. I like that.
Wendigoon, how did you get here?XD
B-based?
I love how Rictofen just casually yoinks the most powerful relic in existence. Away from one of the most powerful creatures in existence.
Classic Rictofen.
Classic Rictofen.
Classic Richtofen.
Classic rictofen
Classic Richthofen.
The fact that you put movie footage of the actors from Mob but in their actual movies is genius! This is like a visual audio story and im soo hooked. Been a fan of The Aether storyline. I'll probably listen to this multiple times. Even my gf is interested. You did so good!!!!!
Thank you for taking the time to put this together man. Zombies was a big part of my childhood and I always wondered how the story ended.
I can only imagine the sorrow Nikolai felt for Edward when he realized the truth. That Edward truly did his best to help and save them all but just couldn't accept admitting that he couldn't.
Dang dude this was so deep wow
Was so deep he stopped drinking.
they can’t forgive him cuz of what he did with messing with the teleporter. He also used them in bo1 when he got his hands on the mpd n swap souls w Samantha that was his plan. Sadly his doom did come in a tragic way.
Jesus loves you
@@braxtonpayne9093 couldn't care less
We really need a stand alone zombies game. Fully fleshed out story and progression
Story mode
Need a Richthofen game no lie
Yer
Damb, that's wild, ever heard of cold war?
@@fightydragon3287what are you talking about? Cold war is not a stand alone zombies game and it's missing a lot of character and story development to really have a good story. I still liked it, it's fun to play with my friends who don't really play zombies because they can survive past round 20.
Thank you so much for the passion and dedication of this video. At the end and some parts of the middle lmao put me on tears and at the very end I was more tears than face. There were details I did not know because I lost track on BO4 since it was more difficult to do the easter eggs, and school and such. But this is, and I can speak for everyone that saw this video, you as well, this story has a very space in our hearts
I absolutely loved this! Thank you so much for taking your time in making this! It's so easy to understand and using the actual voice lines is like icing on the 3 layer cake
You can literally hear Richthofen’s slow decent into madness. It’s quite beautiful. And also disturbing.
Yeah I think it’s really interesting to hear just how different he talks once he is fully crazy
It’s nice that after all the craziness, the Richthofen mellowed out and saw things clearly
It's the Dear, Deear, Deeeear, and Deeeeeeeear levels of the recordings
@@GloopyAstrology deeeeeeeeeeeeeear diary, the day is November 16, 18 hundred sixty four. I took a dump today. Hee hee ha hoo end log
Abraham Lincoln?
Hearing all the Primis and Ultimis crew talk about what they wanted more than anything while Samantha and Eddy walked away was a surprising tear jerker.
I still don't fully understand what all happened at the end 😭
@@DulfyBee tldr: there was no good ending to the 2 groups. They had to die in order for the universe and time to get back to normal, and the russian was the only one who could make the choice. He did, he killed them all and himself in one last goodbye party, universe and time got fixed to pre eather shenanigans, and Samantha and Edie (the doctor's soul) left to the new universe.
@@valeriusohterus2315 Gotcha, gotcha. Thanks!
The end of the story literally gave me chills, this is probably one of the best if not the best CZcams videos I’ve ever seen
This was exceptional. Thanks for putting this together. It brought tears to my eyes, like the first time I saw Blood of the Dead. It was a pleasure watching and listening to this, so good.
4:52:10
Dempsey: "Can I trust you Nikolai? Last time I checked we were enemies."
Nikolai: "When did you last check? We were allies in all three world wars!"
Ok, why the fuck did you do that
thats fucking sick id love to be in arms with them
@@TheKrogy ?
Whats the point of this comment
@@challenjour7907 what's the point of you living
Other Zombie Games: Virus caused it all.
Activision when making COD Zombies: Fuck it, lets make it Interdimensional Gods Demons, Timelines and evil rocks
Treyarch not Activision. Activision as every other publisher has no role in the creation of good thing, they are there just to make as much money as possible and ruin the game for us players.
@@mattiadece8573 while developers get hate too for no reason
@@mozeker0075 yeah, most of things treyarch gets blamed for in BO4 and CW were purely activision's fault, it's genuinely sad how good those games could've been
Meanwhile, The Last Of Us: Shrooms go BRRRRR!
@@stealthmailman9025 they dont create the decisions
Absolutely LOVELY video my friend. I can't imagine how long this took to make but you deserve everything you got, get, and will get from it if anything. Absolutely WONDERFUL.
Here's me just wanting something in the background while I do something else, and thinking, "Hey, I never did get the full story of CoD:Z. Maybe I'll give that a shot. It'll be interesting to find out and I don't even have to pay full attention to it."
I ended up so engrossed by the end of it and I'm still in tears over that ending. Thank you for putting this video together.
The BoTD easter egg broke something in me when I first did it with 3 other mates of mine. Seeing the sadistic, ruthless richthofen feeling betrayed and left to die when this whole cycle was created only because he wanted to save people who he felt close to that didnt even remember him was damn tragic.
My theory is that Richthofen didn't really die in that chair, he switched bodies with Eddie. That's why he says we won't remember. Because we never got to know him. There's even a German version of that Easter egg cutscene and it mentions dimension 2210 where Richthofen went to retrieve Eddie and bring him to the house. Rictofen was a pretty smart dude.
@@GooGz would also explain why richthofen in the new zombies games is the hidden big bad in the last cutscene
@Ashley Kneebone can you tell me which game? I can't remember. (Specifically the game and its map, so that I can look it up)
@@KingSpriggan129 Cold War, I believe it was forsaken? Never played Cold War so I could be wrong on the map
@@alfiecollard1459 yeah it was Cold War me and my mate completed that Easter egg last night
Did I just watch the entire zombies storyline in one sitting?
Yes.
Is it 5am and I'm probably going to fall asleep at work today?
Yes.
Do I regret it?
Not a damn bit.
Did you fall asleep at work
@@BigBearNLittleBearhe died at work
I’ve been watching this to get me through my shifts lmao I’ve watched this at least 12 times 😭
@@ItzFuguetoss his body in the Pack a Punch...
@@User69TeeHeeI’m sure his employers would hate that, no one wants a ghost haunting their building, especially if that ghost is one of your ex employees
Years later, this still my all times favorite work on CZcams. Dear Creator, I Love You So Much ❤
man seeing the ending…now i realize why it was so gut wrenching for the voice actors as well when it came to a close… what a tale…
The fact that it took him 1 and 1/2 Hours to get to the actual game says everything. This story is amazing.
Huh? The map Buried is talked about in the first 10 minutes 🤦♂️
@@thenextgen1able but you don't play as that guy who lived there in like the 19. Century Idiot.
amazingly lacking in narrative direction yes
@@seanmac1793 Most maps were still good
@@thenextgen1able hjbn gnjnjh BB
Am I the only one who feels bad for doctor Schuster every time he starts his research somebody goes insane and ruins everything
Man just wanted to make stable and safe teleportation.
Edward's Walnut Transportation Would've Been The Best Ending.
Im commenting to bump this, as this is by far the least confusing telling of the tale of cod zombies. May that multiverse forever be remembered.
Every time I try to find zombies lore breakdowns, they always seem unclear or boringly described. This one however Is amazing and exactly explains everything clearly and the pacing and emphasis makes it easy to follow. Thank you so much for this video. Excellent work.
Yeah this guy is awesome
Drbi
Most other breakdowns will just read word for word from the timeline they released for zombies chronicles, this video does a much better job
@@7Luck7 I agree
So u watched the entire 6 hours in one sitting?
The ending truly did break my heart, seeing what nikolai did not for the world but for his friends as he didn't want them to go through those pains again, it broke me. But it made sense, he chose the lesser of two evils and chose to end it all, he gave a new world a new hope but had to sacrafice what's closest to him to do so. That truly is heart breaking
Agreed...man, and to think we've been following these characters from the very beginning, growing our never-ending love for them and then for it all to end like that...now THAT'S an epic tale
Ehh still feels like a lazy cop out. Underwhelming though because of the love for these characters it still hits in the feels a little
@@blyatmanmike1816 so glad i had the privilege to grow up with these characters. watching the story go on as i do.
It pisses me off so much that the dark aether story exists. They took all that pain and sacrifice and said fuck it we need another game to milk. Sure 115, the apothicons, the aether, etc are gone, but now we just have aetherium, and elder gods, and the dark aether. Sam and Eddie don’t even get to live good lives. It’s horrible.
@@peanutbutter6720 I don't really see what the problem is, their stories are done and if you despise the new story so much just pretend doesn't exist if it makes you that upset.
Just watched this in honor of Halloween. You do a phenomenal job of piecing together a very convoluted storyline. Thank you for putting in the work and sharing this with us
What a story! Thanks for putting this together. I listened to it most of the day today turning wrenches at work. I knew a bit about the story but this showed me i missed so much. Fook. At the end too. I'm not crying, you are!
The amount of hours this man probably put into this project is remarkable, thank you
yeah I was reading a lot of the wiki and then just decided to look if someone made a video on the entire timeline
At least 7 hrs
Gotta be at least doubt that mate. The amount of time put into editing, research, pulling almost every(if not all) audio file and conversation between characters, etc. has to be longer than the video actually is.
"Deeeear Diary"
Gets me every time 😂
It got me so off guard xD i just didn't expect that from a phsycopath.
I'm just glad I finally found someone in the comments acknowledging how Richtofen would say it!
1:07:43
*HIT HIM AGAIN WITH ZE SHTICK!*
Amazing story telling, enunciating words properly, chronological order. Great job
I think this is a masterpiece of CZcams. I have watch it all week and today I have finally end it. And so, a chapter of my life with it. Thanks for this video my friend.
I came back to watch this video again and I realised, Nickolai never needed to die in the end he could've gone with the children because he still had a soul and wasn't on the path that created the loop, I believe he didn't want to go on because of what he'd just done and preferred to die with his friends.
I think maybe that because the four characters were bound together across all time lines because of the elemental shard made it necessary. Not sure tho
@@theninjachicken8625 it certainly would make sense
Samantha and Eddie were both pure souls thanks to Dr. Monty. Nikolai was not. He still had 115 corruption in him due to exposure and teleportation
He was bounded to the shard so i still think he had to die
No he still had to die.
you’re telling me Richtofen literally says “pictures or it didn’t happen”??? I’m dead dead dead
also, I grew up playing zombies and following the storyline. these games and these characters are near and dear to my heart. would do anything to go back to the era and experience it all first hand again ❤️ here’s to you, Aether storyline 🤝
Same back with the z house
Did you listen the radios
I'm really hoping for a good cinematic universe
Hell yeah 😂😂😂
What? When?
My man you’re the goat for making this video. I’ve already seen it twice and I can’t wait to come back to it in a couple years. Thank you!!!
I think what is happening at die rise 03:26:00 is the same thing that happened to the woman looking for answers in Shangri-La about the cast of Call of the Dead. She gets trapped in a time loop but it seems like she has retained some memories or feelings that it happened before like Stoolinger mentioned "Have we been here before?" This calls to me that Richtofen is trying to set up a 'loop' to keep them alive while forcing them to set up the spire in his favor. He is able to stop attempts of them setting up the spire in Maxis's favor, resetting all progress and starting from the beginning to try it again, by sending the hoards to kill the group and repeat the cycle. He gives up on this direction for buried since it did not work at die rise as they were able to set it in Maxis's Favor, and opted for another solution.
The story of Buried alone would make an amazing movie or miniseries.
i loved the buried story
Not really
Fr that was one of the best parts
@@squidman2425 how not? 🤡
@@squidman2425 🤡🤡🤡
New drinking game: take a shot everytime someone gets corrupted by prolonged exposure to Element 115.
I'll die of alcohol poisoning not even 1 hour in!
@@EliWJ23 better then 115 poisoning
@@bug_stonkin_wess1221 🧢
You may as well turn into Nikolai after that much alcohol
Take shot when you hear deeeeeear diary! 🤣
You've done the world and those of us who love long content a great service with this. Mustve taken a TON of work. Thank you!
Honestly I never realized just how beautiful (and crazy) the story of zombies was until this video. I had watched a couple other videos that tried to explain it but I never understood, not until I watched this. I didn’t think I would be so touched, but I guess that’s what every good media does. It catches you off guard and pushes into your deepest emotions. Thank you
Yeah, it went from a niche/fun minigame in WaW to basically a fully fleshed out story
As someone with no knowledge of this story, I was expecting it to begin with something like "Mad Nazi Science" or "A cold war project gone wrong." not "Alien beings creating reality".
Technically speaking it did start with mad nazi science. The alien stuff was born in BO2’s Origins map, along with Primus and that essentially took over the comparatively simple original plot.
If you could even call the original ultimus plot of WAW and BO1 simple.
Ahhh yes, one of the most convoluted stories in videos games. Up there with the souls series.
That simply started out as a zombie survival side mode in WAW
what about FNAF? that should be up there too.
@@wolfyeyepatch1971 Nah, to easy to understand. Souls - in other hand, you need understand strange rhymes and etc.
Also - the most convoluted story after COD Zombies Storyline - is actually a "Kingdom Hearts" storyline.
@@user-ss6co6vj5f the kindom hearts i agree with
Also Mortal Kombat, not AS convoluted but still pretty convoluted
You guys are also forgetting the Zelda series. It has multiple timelines and in the end, all of them are combined into one with Breath of the Wild.
Excellent job! Best video I've watched on the zombies story in a looong time. Well done!
"Look... Away Eddy..." jesus fucking christ that hits harder than ever. No child should suffer at the hands of evil. so innocent yet so vulnerable...
We miss you, primis, ultimus... Victis too... You guys were my childhood... rip 😢
Can you please continue with the Cold War story, genuinely the best video I’ve ever seen in regards to explaining the very confusing and convoluted timeline. I would really like to see more content revolving around the zombies storyline!
Still immensely disappointed there was never a Great War map, would’ve been so cool to play as Primis in a giant war using the staffs
dude frrrr
with apothicons flying around
It would’ve just been another origins remake
@@niko_4228 Would take that over the Call of the Dead remake we ended up getting
Dude so true
Watching this makes you realise Dempsey was the rock of the group. He cared about everyone and was surprisingly way more attentive and wise than we originally thought. How open he is with his mind to the others. Asking them *why* their motives and feelings are the way they are. Wondering *how* he can understand all of their viewpoints fairly. *trying* to strengthen the bonds between the group. Listening to it all like this kindof makes me emotional. He genuinely cared about their mental health and always asked about how they felt. Especially Nikolai.
Dempsey is literally my favorite character
haha its definitely that marine mentality, theyve gotta build rapport with their comrades or else there would be no reason to fight for one another! i love this story and these 4 characters so much and how they all have their own ways of showing their concern (except for richtofen he was clearly just a sociopath) lol 😭
No no no, Richthofen definitely cares the most. He didn't even need the four souls to make his plan but from all his failed attempts seeing the others die, he became attached and wanted them to be okay too. Dempsey was ignorant and while he cared, if Richthofen hadn't gone out of his way to make sure to collect their souls, none of them would have had an ending at all. Richthofen was the rock of the group bringing them together
@@ALynn127 I'd say Dempsey was the rock keeping them together, but Richtofen was the brain keeping them alive and going
@@smoothdooth8784 dude he literally could of just gotten tired of repeating over and over and thrown away the other 3 but he would do anything for the three of them he just wanted to be in the end with him
Best movie I've watched in a long time; huge props to you for taking the time to do this for a game franchise with such a long, amazing, and complex story.
This is one of my favorite youtube videos of all time, I watch it about twice a year!
This story is insane, and so heartbreaking as well. It's weird to me that by the end we considered the story "easter eggs". Even now my friends go "lets complete the x easter egg", like, it's so much more then that. The amount of thought that the developers put into making this storyline was insane and the fact it took so long to tell. All of us here are bound to these characters as much as they were bound to each other.
What hurts even more is that we wanted to see him achieve this better tomorrow. We wanted to be there with them as they achieved it.
And to hear that that better tomorrow was never coming. I don't even know how to describe what that felt like.
Their goals were our goals. Everything they fought for we fought for it with them.
In the sea, all that hard work mean nothing in the end.
It's truly shattering.
Idk I’ve heard a lot of people refer to them as quests so you could also look at them as the “story mode” but my main problem with them is how random many of the steps can feel something like the simon says step for moon or placing each of the staves in the giants on origins
@@cancerouscorndog6425i think thats just for the sake of gameplay. It does feel random but just cause it makes the gameplay better.
Because they started as easter eggs in WaW. Treyarch didn't start making a background story for Zombies until Der Riese, and didn't have a main easter egg until Ascension. The easter eggs were also pretty secretive early on, with most players not even realizing a complicated story connected the maps in Black Ops.
Even though they evolved far beyond easter eggs, the community that has been solving them over the years is accustomed to calling them easter eggs because of their origins.
It's nice that Nikola finally learned that Ritchofen was trying to save them the whole time.
Dude this was amazing I'm not even half way through and so many dots are connecting a lot of characters I was like who TF is this but this video has given me such a better insight on zombies I absolutely love how much lore is in this and how the dots connect 🙏
just finished watching and I loved it! i had a good idea of the storyline but watching this makes you appreciate some of the maps so much more
I love how Nolan North not only voices Richtofen but also a bunch of other characters in this story. Such a talented voice actor but once you know his voice, you can easily tell its him manipulating it.
I literally pointed it out multiple times too lol. He is probably my favorite voice actor. Nathan Drake and Dr Edward Rictofen
If he is voicing the characters is he also making up lore?
He is my literal favorite VA and I’m always happy to hear him.
@@spiderpig7241 Nooo... the voice actors don't make the lore.
Ricktoften Was Nolan? Been playing since WaW! Damn that's range!