Such a breath of fresh air seeing a slower paced cod. No sliding and cracked out movement. In addition, no goofy skins, no complicated menus. Everyone used guns they wanted to use instead of metas
This game gets me so emotional man. The memories and the feelings I had playing it as a kid. Feel like I’ve been chasing that high ever since. My life took a dark turn after 2013 and these prime cod games were like the last phase of innocent childhood I ever had. My life has gotten a lot better since and I have a bright future ahead of me now but I barely have anything left from that period of my life. All my childhood friends are gone for one reason or another. I sold my original ps3 for drugs and lost all the countless memories I had attached to it. No matter how much time goes by I feel like a piece of me can’t let go of this time. It’s like life branched off into an alternate timeline and I wonder where I’d be if I could go back to 2010-2011 and do it all over again. I felt like this was the right video to vent this and thanks to anyone who took the time to read this. I’m not usually a person who lives in the past but I think it’s okay to look back every now and then.
i do have these emotions with other childhood games, can‘t let go. used to listen to those soundtracks over and over again just to chase that moment of innocence and good mood as. child
It couldn't have been written better. I feel the same way about that time. Sometimes it's heartbreaking when you think about the carefree time of 2010... I'll never forget that moment when it snowed so much here in Germany in December 2010 that our bus couldn't go to school and we all had to go home and I immediately turned on the Xbox 360 and went straight to the party with two friends. First game on firing range, team deathmatch that day - I even remember it. Can we please rewind for a moment and be 13 again?
@ I felt that one brother. I could take your experience and think back seeing myself in my moms old apartment I had a lot of precious memories as a buck there playing bo1 and bo2. The days bro the days.
I was 11 when BO1 came out. Everyday, I'd come home from school and my buddies were already online. Take those times for granted when we played with no care, no responsibilities. Now im 25 and gaming just doesn't feel the same anymore
It is absolutely the greatest cod of all time. Everything about it was novel and fresh, simple and ideal. I can't believe I had the priviledge to experience this as my first COD.
@@therezdarts6526 MW2 easily would’ve been at the top if they just patched noobtubes/OMA/danger close. It’s a shame bc I think the game still has the best graphics and sound design of any COD before or after. BO1 is the one I enjoyed most though between multiplayer and zombies
Greatest CoD of them all. 2010, seems like forever ago and at the same time like it was last week. So much has changed but nothing hits like that multiplayer main screen music takes me straight back to a better time.
I remember my first year in college, driving to the midnight release and racing home to download it to my PS3. The download still took well over an hour and servers were super laggy that night, but the hype was unreal. Those were the times man. Simpler times.
Love this channel! As a 31 year old that was a Senior in high school when this game came out, I can relate so much to your content! So many good memories with BO 1, 2 MW 1,2,3. Not sure if you ever feel this way, but there’s times I’ll be driving in the car and just trying to replay memories from the peak of COD and man sometimes it just really hurts, other times it’s euphoric. Your content is a breath of fresh air.
I'm not crying, you're crying.. wow. I appreciate the message at the end. This video brought me back. I remember taking turns with my roommates in college. Going from this to BO2 and turning my brother onto Duty. I remember the girl I was with, the condo we had, the cats.. man I haven't been there in years. Most special were the nights my brother and I would stay up soooo late drinking beers and playing Duty. Waiting for Kim to finish her night shift at the hospital. Golly things were different then. He's since passed away. Kim's long gone. I don't even live remotely close to there. But it all still comes back to this stuff. Last night my good friend talked me into getting BO6 and we stayed up until 1 lastnight tearing up zombies. Doing the thing. Responsibly Irresponsible.
Bro I shit you not, the night Ascension dropped, few hours before, my mom came in telling me the school called saying we were having a 2hr late start for snow so I could stay up later. Waited til 1 or whenever for it to drop, immediately hopped on ascension and played w 2 of my other friends from school who also stayed up to wait for release. Woke up early to play the new multiplayer maps and mom said the school called school off for the snow. God I miss those days. I was 11/12yrs old not knowing how peak everything was. Hearing you talk about playing ascension because you had a snow day unlocked peak nostalgia, we probably got hit by the same storm🤣
It's quite something we all have in common. Most of us watching have the age of 25-30 I assume, and most of us long back to our childhood times, we all go through the same phase. Somehow when I think back at these times (2008-2011) I'm also thinking about the COD games I enjoyed, it's the first thing that comes to mind when thinking. It's stupid how quickly the time has passed. It feels like it was yesterday when I was saving up to even buy Black ops 1 en play the sh*t out of it with my old friends I don't speak to anymore. Oh man I do mis it. Sometimes nostalgia makes me more sad than nostalgic. It's just something you can't grab, and you will never be able to go back to those times. The only thing we can do is to create new core memories and move on and enjoy life. 14 years later I'm still playing CoD and yes.. those new cod games are not nearly as good as the old ones. But what I do realise is that it's not only the games that makes us feel a certain way, it's also the people you play and have played the games with. It makes you remind people you used to talk to back in the day. Well, I'm just mumbling on and on, thought I shared some of my idea on it
I love watching old footage of when XBOX Live dropped the Avatar update and just seeing the video of making and avatar for the first time was hard to watch. The music all of the old dashboard sound effects, that was peak online gaming for me. Even though I have had a PC ever since 2013, and I played Xbox live from 2019 - 2013, that era was something else.
Anytime I watch old footage, not only do I compare the gameplay to how I play now but I also think deeper into it. Since you're also a programmer you can think of this like a SQL database. This old gameplay is just a row inside of a table of a database. This footage is also a snapshot of yourself in the fabric of time. Something you can never go back to but you can think of what was going on in your life at this moment in time. Your, experiences, friends, school, sports, etc are all tables within the database of your life. You can pull the records (memories) but you can never relive them. It's both sad and bittersweet.
came across your vid and man i def felt the nostalgia watching this. i remember i had a snow day and played all day long, just couldnt get enough of this game. hurts me deep to know that there will never be another call of duty even close to this one. everything is a money grab, as long as the skins are cool and sbmm is catering to bad players we'll never get back to this
Words cannot describe just how much I appreciate the content you’re putting out brother 🙏 I’m in a similar season of life and find your videos really insightful, thought out and genuine. Not many people on TH-cam like you. Keep up the great work 🔥
The boys stayed. The best part of the early youtube n these games were the commentaries just kickin back gaming n not having to face constant responsibilities. Mw2 was toxic but bo1 brought such a love back
When you talked about going to bed at 3 am because of your mom I got massive nostalgia. I was at the midnight release for MW3 and I literally could not stop thinking about the game at school. I could not wait to get back home and play all evening. Unfortunately I got banned from playing after school, only weekends. But man I miss having that motivation to game. Now I don't feel the same way getting home from work. I think it's just the excitement kids get but when you're an adult it goes away. Maybe thats why Mom and Dad never felt that excited to come. It all feels dull as an adult.
This game holds a special place in my heart man, honestly everything about this game was just there for me, I never thought it was peak until the recent cods had come out.
Out experience is identical. I was a Christmas noob for mw2 but for black ops I was 14 and in eighth grade and convinced my parents to take me to my first midnight release. Crazy how time flies, I’ve lived another 14 years since then.
Nostalgic OVERLOAD! WaW & MW2 were my first CoDs that I got in the summer of 2010 and they were my introduction into the CoD franchise. BO1 was the first CoD I got at GameStop Midnight Release. I’ll never forget that memory, I was 15.
I’ve been watching a lot of these BOPS1 & WaW cod nostalgic videos & I see the popularity coming back around. But just wanted to say your commentary over this & reminiscing really adds the extra feel to it. Those were great times.. especially that snow day after release haha but wish CoD still made quality games like this. I look back very appreciative of the memories & games that at that time a lot of us weren’t truly appreciative of. Today the new generation of gamers look forward to the next same old black ops year after year and Fortnite. They’ll never grasp the feels of those midnight drops & countless hours spent on these games with friends. (Especially those long zombie matches looking to beat the records) Good f’n times
Nostalgia levels were dangerously high after this video. Just got the results back from my doctors. They say I'll live, but if my levels continue to rise to try and watch some current day politics to balance it out.
The comfort zone thing really speaks to me. I have a steady job that lets me work from home whenever I want, and I own my own place. I feel no pressure at all to push myself out of my comfort zone but if I don't life will pass me by and I'll end up old and alone. Working on getting into shape right now and then I'll start going to the office more often and find a better job.
@@madeabstract I do data science in financial services. I know it sounds like I'm complaining about my solid gold shoes being too tight but shows that money doesn't guarantee happiness. Self improvement is most important.
Why this game was the shit 1. Clan tags could be etched on to guns (fkn awesome) 2. Had in game store system that playing would unlock everything in the game 3. Custom face paints you knew high level sweats had not some asshole spending 20$ on a skin 4. Gun sounds were amazing you can distinctly tell them apart 5. Best zombies, maybe not of all time, but many countless memories surrounding these maps at launch 6. Wager and Party game modes 7. Back when COD would make variations of enemy's based on map 8. Wide variety of items to use in game, flamethrower attatchement, spy camera, signal jammer 9. Cool maps that had elements to them like Berlin, cross a certain path and you get mowed down and many more that I'm glad I got to play this in it's prime with my friends, I know on Xbox Microsoft is trying to revive these legacy games, I think. Bo6 does kinda feel like OG black ops sometimes but it just isn't the same with all the micro dlc they throw in every year and throw off the aesthetic of the game. They don't realize adding back Woods isn't what people want, I haven't given a shit about him and mason since the OG voice actors left in BO4.
At the time of the game , this game frustrated me because coming right after mw2. The damage and kill streaks were lack luster , but looking back - how amazing the game was , how amazing the custom matches were , how amazing the gun games were , how amazing the times were like you said on snow days and over holidays and weekends, and the zombies man … we were all addicted to a nazi killing regime
Wow I’m glad there’s people out there that feel the same way I do about this game it was so good and now look what we have. Black ops is still #1 for me then mw2!
The amount of time and memories I have on this is unmatched. This was the first COD game where i was addicted to grinding. Got to 15th prestige and unlocked all pro perks and gold guns. Did every single easter egg for zombies on this game. So many memories and late nights with friends from different schools. Everyone was online playing this. Only thing I wish this game had was crossplay between Xbox360 and PS3. That wouodve settled the debates back then.
My old gamertag when I played Black Ops was Ramones47. I was a big fan of the band the Ramones, and the 47 was a reference to Agent 47 from Hitman since I was a big Hitman fan at the time.
the memories this game conjures up are actually priceless, not a worry in the world just gaming with the boys… we have all come such a long way brothers! Everyone keep up the great work love you all 🫡
That’s it. My fandom has come to an end. Despite resonating with every single one of your videos at a personal level, this one has done it. I can’t be subscribed anymore. MW2 may be my favorite game of all time and I may have already liked all of your videos, but I can’t let this slide anymore. How did I not realize sooner? Wisconsin… it was right in front of me all along… a Packers fan. Sincerely, a delusional Cowboys fan (jk love your videos and am happy we also share an interest in the NFL. Bummer the Packers always find a way to knock us out of the playoffs though haha. Keep it up man!)
So many similarities with you! I was 13 when this game came out and in 7th grade. I remember my friends talking about it at lunch time the day after release and telling a story of the "mistake we're made" in the kill feed. My brothers birthday was in November so he got a lot of the call of dutys every year. I still remember us going upstairs to our theater room after opening his presents downstairs and watching his first game on Havana. We were actually kinda underwhelmed at first, especially with the graphics, but it became a game and time that was so much fun. He would always say the dumbest and funniest things while playing, especially playing sticks snd stones, and a lot are engrained in my memory. I've always struggled a lot with nostalgia too, even from a very young age. I never wanted to grow up and I knew how great those times were going to be when I was in them, but you can only do so much and they'll eventually pass. I was literally just watching my BO2 gameplays last night. Really cool to go back and see exactly what you did over 12 years ago. 2009 - 2013 and COD was such a great time and I'm so glad I got to experience it.
@@whylearntech Yeah, especially coming from MW2. I think my brother even said like "So, this is black ops?😂 But the graphics kinda became a staple of the BO1 feel and what made it so great and memorable in a way
Nothing beats the simplicity of that violin when I boot up the PS3. Great video WhyLearn, I liked the more chill and laid back vibe. Also I do hope the Packers can beat the Bears as well, because screw the Bears!
I miss this game...I had a squad we went undefeated for 100 wins we all rocked the G-11 or AK-47 this game was so complete it had so many fun game modes like sticks and stones wager matches gun game and even had a great story campaign and ZOMBIES its the GOAT #1 in my rank.
Damn I got hit with a wave of nostalgia hearing you talk about this game. I also got this game at the midnight release(also attended halo and gears), something that was a fun and wild thing to do that I don't think kids these days will experience or understand. What a time that was and I miss those simpler days.
I was 20 when this game came out .. I’m 34 now completely different world back then .. wish i could go back to the good old days which you never know they are the good old days when you’re living them, you only realize it after the fact a few years later
They used to put their soul and effort into games back then, not only with bo1. They dont do that anymore, its all about making quick cash and hitting deadlines
It was nice to hear your thoughts. To this day I have a close friend that also love these days of COD, but we never had an Opportunity to play together (which is because we had one copy of COD4 borrowed from some guy that we shared between 3 people xD) and now we have opportunity to finally play together for the first time, and we Waited 10 years for this to happen; by this situation i kinda feel your passion towards this Game and it was nice to hear all this familiar feelings towards this Games
Just hit the 700th like button.. poetic. Lucky number 7 Great video.. nostalgic.. miss those days.. excellent gameplay esp that tomahawk double... right in the schnux!! Ouch! 😂 😂
I swear i’m not joking, it was at think moment 3:05 that it clicked for me that 2010 was 15 years ago… absolutely crazy how time goes by so fast… yet those days feel like yesterday 😔
Wow this was an insane video this brought back so much memories I enjoyed every second of this video especially from 9:30 that part killed me I was 11 years old when this game came out and now turning 25 YTB FROM SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
i was like 11 when the game dropped it was my favorite game on xbox at the time. me and the homies used to play game for hours on end it was the most fun era of gaming for me kinda wish i had that feeling again no work no politics just fun video games rock on!
I got back from deployment summer of 2010. Unfortunately Got divorced and now had all this time during the week so I got a PS3 and played the shit out of this game. My kids played too. Mostly against the bots. We just fired it up a couple months ago and played and were blown away about the memories it brought back.
I actually went to Best Buy for the release last minute. They had a 1v1 tournament on the game. No one knew the maps. I won the tournament and won a copy of the collectors edition of the game. I think I actually bought a 32 inch flat screen for this game too.
I have the DLC installed on Xbox and have been getting into lobbies easily every night. Usually at least 5 different TDMs happening at one time if not more. I've got to play plenty of Stadium, Kowloon, Drive Thru and all those other nostalgic maps. So fucking amazing.....I recommend everyone gets back on if you want to, it's still alive!
this game came out when I was still an ignorant middle schooler who hated anything not made by Nintendo. I didn't actually try it until like 2015 when my friend gave me his old 360. this was basically my first shooter that wasn't GoldenEye on N64. I didn't get home internet until like 2021 so multiplayer was out of the question, but I vividly remember wanting to give it a fair shot so I went into campaign and for the life of me could not get past like the 2nd or 3rd mission where you have to run to a big airplane while avoiding fire. I died about 50 times before I gave up. things didn't go much better in Zombies, I couldn't get past round 3, mainly because I had no idea what to do at all lol. So that experience kinda turned me off from FPS games as a whole. fast forward to this year and I decided to give the BO6 beta a try and instantly fell in love, but now I really wish I would've stuck with the first one with how positively people talk about this. I missed out on a lot as a kid lol
It's funny, my gamertag at the time of this game was "lukeman711", not because of batman ironically, but Bart Simpson calling himself Bartman. The 7, 11 being a reference to back to the future 3, where Marty hits a bunch of targets on one of those shooting games and the guy asks, "where'd you learn to shoot like that?" Marty responds with, "7-11". As an Aussie we don't have 7-11's in my state, but I thought it was the coolest place in the world for some reason haha
Great video, so nostalgic on these times. You say you're from Wisconsin, I am too. Which part of the state are you from? I'm from 30 minutes outside of Madison, small town - Waterloo
Greatest Maps in FPS history. Iconic kill streaks/Guns. More balanced than MW2 OG (still an elite experience btw), the greatest zombies mode ever - and that multiplayer menu music (I listened to it for an hour one day and was hit with the worst nostalgia overdose ever). BLOPS1 was the winding down of the GOAT online era (07-12’) and we didn’t know it.
Making me feel old. I was 27 when the game came out. My best gaming days of COD were BLOPS and BLOPS2. I was legitimately decent. I was camping out with friends for the release for most of the COD games. I miss those days too. Now I just buy it online and pre-download it. No fun.
I gotta ask what region you are from in the US? I remember waking up the day that the ascension DLC came out and it was a snow day in western Pennsylvania. My buddies and I played all day. I will never forget that, middle school snow days on black ops 1.
i remember a different game al the people with silienced ar's and ghost or ninja perks camping in the corner.than the people crying because they killed sniping as a whole or they couldnt quick scope anymore.i was 20 yrs old at the time this game came out and i remember getting a flat in my car after i got the game around 2 in the morning
They used to put a certain amount of effort and passion in these games that just is no longer present in modern COD games. They also used to put effort in creating and maintaining a great atmosphere and theme that added character and soul to the game including the multiplayer. Modern gaming completely killed this in all new games because of dumb anime skins, crossovers that have nothing to do with it being a shooter and just straightup ridiculous content. MP maps being stripped from a large Warzone map for the sake of efficiency and cost effectiveness despite the game having 4 years of development and earning billions while also killing the uniqueness and variety in the multiplayer maps because of the same boring Warzone aesthetic on those maps.
Such a breath of fresh air seeing a slower paced cod. No sliding and cracked out movement. In addition, no goofy skins, no complicated menus. Everyone used guns they wanted to use instead of metas
When cod was at it’s best
Amen @@dylaneuzarraga322
So basically MW19
@@GAMIR_SFM Every game since MW19 actually lol
This is what turned me off to Cod. I’m 31. I hate that twitchy sliding BS.
This game gets me so emotional man. The memories and the feelings I had playing it as a kid. Feel like I’ve been chasing that high ever since. My life took a dark turn after 2013 and these prime cod games were like the last phase of innocent childhood I ever had. My life has gotten a lot better since and I have a bright future ahead of me now but I barely have anything left from that period of my life. All my childhood friends are gone for one reason or another. I sold my original ps3 for drugs and lost all the countless memories I had attached to it. No matter how much time goes by I feel like a piece of me can’t let go of this time. It’s like life branched off into an alternate timeline and I wonder where I’d be if I could go back to 2010-2011 and do it all over again. I felt like this was the right video to vent this and thanks to anyone who took the time to read this. I’m not usually a person who lives in the past but I think it’s okay to look back every now and then.
I feel the same bro. Funny world we live in.
i do have these emotions with other childhood games, can‘t let go. used to listen to those soundtracks over and over again just to chase that moment of innocence and good mood as. child
It couldn't have been written better. I feel the same way about that time. Sometimes it's heartbreaking when you think about the carefree time of 2010... I'll never forget that moment when it snowed so much here in Germany in December 2010 that our bus couldn't go to school and we all had to go home and I immediately turned on the Xbox 360 and went straight to the party with two friends. First game on firing range, team deathmatch that day - I even remember it. Can we please rewind for a moment and be 13 again?
@ I felt that one brother. I could take your experience and think back seeing myself in my moms old apartment I had a lot of precious memories as a buck there playing bo1 and bo2. The days bro the days.
You explained exactly how I feel omg. I can’t let this time period go 😢
I was 11 when BO1 came out. Everyday, I'd come home from school and my buddies were already online. Take those times for granted when we played with no care, no responsibilities. Now im 25 and gaming just doesn't feel the same anymore
Yup I remember coming home and deciding to play MW2 or BO1, good times fs
I was 20 somethin dude it wasn't just the age u were it was way cooler then
It is absolutely the greatest cod of all time. Everything about it was novel and fresh, simple and ideal.
I can't believe I had the priviledge to experience this as my first COD.
No way. CoD4 & MW2 are way better
@@therezdarts6526 MW2 easily would’ve been at the top if they just patched noobtubes/OMA/danger close. It’s a shame bc I think the game still has the best graphics and sound design of any COD before or after. BO1 is the one I enjoyed most though between multiplayer and zombies
Greatest CoD of them all. 2010, seems like forever ago and at the same time like it was last week. So much has changed but nothing hits like that multiplayer main screen music takes me straight back to a better time.
COD 4 & MW2 are better
your subtle reality check about using our 20's -30's to get out of comfort zones was out of left field but much needed man, thanks!
I remember my first year in college, driving to the midnight release and racing home to download it to my PS3. The download still took well over an hour and servers were super laggy that night, but the hype was unreal. Those were the times man. Simpler times.
Love this channel!
As a 31 year old that was a Senior in high school when this game came out, I can relate so much to your content! So many good memories with BO 1, 2 MW 1,2,3.
Not sure if you ever feel this way, but there’s times I’ll be driving in the car and just trying to replay memories from the peak of COD and man sometimes it just really hurts, other times it’s euphoric. Your content is a breath of fresh air.
I'm not crying, you're crying.. wow. I appreciate the message at the end. This video brought me back. I remember taking turns with my roommates in college. Going from this to BO2 and turning my brother onto Duty. I remember the girl I was with, the condo we had, the cats.. man I haven't been there in years. Most special were the nights my brother and I would stay up soooo late drinking beers and playing Duty. Waiting for Kim to finish her night shift at the hospital. Golly things were different then. He's since passed away. Kim's long gone. I don't even live remotely close to there. But it all still comes back to this stuff. Last night my good friend talked me into getting BO6 and we stayed up until 1 lastnight tearing up zombies. Doing the thing. Responsibly Irresponsible.
Bro I shit you not, the night Ascension dropped, few hours before, my mom came in telling me the school called saying we were having a 2hr late start for snow so I could stay up later. Waited til 1 or whenever for it to drop, immediately hopped on ascension and played w 2 of my other friends from school who also stayed up to wait for release. Woke up early to play the new multiplayer maps and mom said the school called school off for the snow.
God I miss those days. I was 11/12yrs old not knowing how peak everything was. Hearing you talk about playing ascension because you had a snow day unlocked peak nostalgia, we probably got hit by the same storm🤣
I can't believe so many people had a snow day on ascension!
It's quite something we all have in common. Most of us watching have the age of 25-30 I assume, and most of us long back to our childhood times, we all go through the same phase. Somehow when I think back at these times (2008-2011) I'm also thinking about the COD games I enjoyed, it's the first thing that comes to mind when thinking. It's stupid how quickly the time has passed. It feels like it was yesterday when I was saving up to even buy Black ops 1 en play the sh*t out of it with my old friends I don't speak to anymore. Oh man I do mis it. Sometimes nostalgia makes me more sad than nostalgic. It's just something you can't grab, and you will never be able to go back to those times. The only thing we can do is to create new core memories and move on and enjoy life. 14 years later I'm still playing CoD and yes.. those new cod games are not nearly as good as the old ones. But what I do realise is that it's not only the games that makes us feel a certain way, it's also the people you play and have played the games with. It makes you remind people you used to talk to back in the day. Well, I'm just mumbling on and on, thought I shared some of my idea on it
I love watching old footage of when XBOX Live dropped the Avatar update and just seeing the video of making and avatar for the first time was hard to watch. The music all of the old dashboard sound effects, that was peak online gaming for me.
Even though I have had a PC ever since 2013, and I played Xbox live from 2019 - 2013, that era was something else.
I was 22. Loved this game. Last time life was good. Thx for posting this. Gave me good feeling from better times .
The lobby music and sound design are second to none. Up there with MW3 as my top 2 COD's of all time.
Everything that I wasn’t expecting to see today. This hit me right in the feelings, thank you for sharing. What a trip down memory lane
Anytime I watch old footage, not only do I compare the gameplay to how I play now but I also think deeper into it. Since you're also a programmer you can think of this like a SQL database. This old gameplay is just a row inside of a table of a database. This footage is also a snapshot of yourself in the fabric of time. Something you can never go back to but you can think of what was going on in your life at this moment in time. Your, experiences, friends, school, sports, etc are all tables within the database of your life. You can pull the records (memories) but you can never relive them. It's both sad and bittersweet.
The objects are IMMUTABLE
came across your vid and man i def felt the nostalgia watching this. i remember i had a snow day and played all day long, just couldnt get enough of this game. hurts me deep to know that there will never be another call of duty even close to this one. everything is a money grab, as long as the skins are cool and sbmm is catering to bad players we'll never get back to this
Words cannot describe just how much I appreciate the content you’re putting out brother 🙏 I’m in a similar season of life and find your videos really insightful, thought out and genuine. Not many people on TH-cam like you. Keep up the great work 🔥
The boys stayed. The best part of the early youtube n these games were the commentaries just kickin back gaming n not having to face constant responsibilities. Mw2 was toxic but bo1 brought such a love back
the era that we experienced this game in made it special too
Man, taking me back. This was my first COD as well, and I was 14 as well when it released!
When you talked about going to bed at 3 am because of your mom I got massive nostalgia. I was at the midnight release for MW3 and I literally could not stop thinking about the game at school. I could not wait to get back home and play all evening. Unfortunately I got banned from playing after school, only weekends. But man I miss having that motivation to game. Now I don't feel the same way getting home from work. I think it's just the excitement kids get but when you're an adult it goes away. Maybe thats why Mom and Dad never felt that excited to come. It all feels dull as an adult.
The AK74u produced such a unique sound it was such a fun gun to use at the time.
This bringing back so many memories. I can’t watch without getting teary eyes.
This game holds a special place in my heart man, honestly everything about this game was just there for me, I never thought it was peak until the recent cods had come out.
Out experience is identical. I was a Christmas noob for mw2 but for black ops I was 14 and in eighth grade and convinced my parents to take me to my first midnight release.
Crazy how time flies, I’ve lived another 14 years since then.
Edit: I posted this comment too soon. Ascension was also a snow day for me!
What an amazing time
Nostalgic OVERLOAD!
WaW & MW2 were my first CoDs that I got in the summer of 2010 and they were my introduction into the CoD franchise.
BO1 was the first CoD I got at GameStop Midnight Release.
I’ll never forget that memory, I was 15.
I’ve been watching a lot of these BOPS1 & WaW cod nostalgic videos & I see the popularity coming back around. But just wanted to say your commentary over this & reminiscing really adds the extra feel to it.
Those were great times.. especially that snow day after release haha but wish CoD still made quality games like this.
I look back very appreciative of the memories & games that at that time a lot of us weren’t truly appreciative of. Today the new generation of gamers look forward to the next same old black ops year after year and Fortnite.
They’ll never grasp the feels of those midnight drops & countless hours spent on these games with friends. (Especially those long zombie matches looking to beat the records)
Good f’n times
I appreciate this. Many people feel the same way. I can't believe so many other people had a snow day haha
Nah that tomahawk clip is wild
i will never hit anything like that ever again
Nostalgia levels were dangerously high after this video. Just got the results back from my doctors. They say I'll live, but if my levels continue to rise to try and watch some current day politics to balance it out.
My favourite COD still to this day.
Life felt simpler back then. Easier to follow, none of those battle pass bullshit.
The comfort zone thing really speaks to me. I have a steady job that lets me work from home whenever I want, and I own my own place. I feel no pressure at all to push myself out of my comfort zone but if I don't life will pass me by and I'll end up old and alone. Working on getting into shape right now and then I'll start going to the office more often and find a better job.
What do you do for work? I'm tired of retail 😭
@@madeabstract I do data science in financial services. I know it sounds like I'm complaining about my solid gold shoes being too tight but shows that money doesn't guarantee happiness. Self improvement is most important.
Why this game was the shit
1. Clan tags could be etched on to guns (fkn awesome)
2. Had in game store system that playing would unlock everything in the game
3. Custom face paints you knew high level sweats had not some asshole spending 20$ on a skin
4. Gun sounds were amazing you can distinctly tell them apart
5. Best zombies, maybe not of all time, but many countless memories surrounding these maps at launch
6. Wager and Party game modes
7. Back when COD would make variations of enemy's based on map
8. Wide variety of items to use in game, flamethrower attatchement, spy camera, signal jammer
9. Cool maps that had elements to them like Berlin, cross a certain path and you get mowed down
and many more that I'm glad I got to play this in it's prime with my friends, I know on Xbox Microsoft is trying to revive these legacy games, I think. Bo6 does kinda feel like OG black ops sometimes but it just isn't the same with all the micro dlc they throw in every year and throw off the aesthetic of the game. They don't realize adding back Woods isn't what people want, I haven't given a shit about him and mason since the OG voice actors left in BO4.
Loved this. Took me back to playing with my bro. Simpler times.
Best cod 2007 to 2012
To think something so unhinged and unfiltered like the custom emblems will never come back, sad
At the time of the game , this game frustrated me because coming right after mw2. The damage and kill streaks were lack luster , but looking back - how amazing the game was , how amazing the custom matches were , how amazing the gun games were , how amazing the times were like you said on snow days and over holidays and weekends, and the zombies man … we were all addicted to a nazi killing regime
Wow I’m glad there’s people out there that feel the same way I do about this game it was so good and now look what we have. Black ops is still #1 for me then mw2!
The amount of time and memories I have on this is unmatched. This was the first COD game where i was addicted to grinding. Got to 15th prestige and unlocked all pro perks and gold guns. Did every single easter egg for zombies on this game. So many memories and late nights with friends from different schools. Everyone was online playing this. Only thing I wish this game had was crossplay between Xbox360 and PS3. That wouodve settled the debates back then.
My old gamertag when I played Black Ops was Ramones47. I was a big fan of the band the Ramones, and the 47 was a reference to Agent 47 from Hitman since I was a big Hitman fan at the time.
the memories this game conjures up are actually priceless, not a worry in the world just gaming with the boys… we have all come such a long way brothers! Everyone keep up the great work love you all 🫡
That’s it. My fandom has come to an end. Despite resonating with every single one of your videos at a personal level, this one has done it. I can’t be subscribed anymore. MW2 may be my favorite game of all time and I may have already liked all of your videos, but I can’t let this slide anymore. How did I not realize sooner? Wisconsin… it was right in front of me all along… a Packers fan.
Sincerely, a delusional Cowboys fan
(jk love your videos and am happy we also share an interest in the NFL. Bummer the Packers always find a way to knock us out of the playoffs though haha. Keep it up man!)
Really good video man! Love the realness! The things you said are on point.
So many similarities with you! I was 13 when this game came out and in 7th grade. I remember my friends talking about it at lunch time the day after release and telling a story of the "mistake we're made" in the kill feed. My brothers birthday was in November so he got a lot of the call of dutys every year. I still remember us going upstairs to our theater room after opening his presents downstairs and watching his first game on Havana. We were actually kinda underwhelmed at first, especially with the graphics, but it became a game and time that was so much fun. He would always say the dumbest and funniest things while playing, especially playing sticks snd stones, and a lot are engrained in my memory. I've always struggled a lot with nostalgia too, even from a very young age. I never wanted to grow up and I knew how great those times were going to be when I was in them, but you can only do so much and they'll eventually pass. I was literally just watching my BO2 gameplays last night. Really cool to go back and see exactly what you did over 12 years ago. 2009 - 2013 and COD was such a great time and I'm so glad I got to experience it.
dude i thought the same thing! i thought the mw2 graphics were better than the black ops ones. this is a time capsul
@@whylearntech Yeah, especially coming from MW2. I think my brother even said like "So, this is black ops?😂 But the graphics kinda became a staple of the BO1 feel and what made it so great and memorable in a way
Nobody gonna talk about the pig and the rabbit picture? xD
Nothing beats the simplicity of that violin when I boot up the PS3. Great video WhyLearn, I liked the more chill and laid back vibe. Also I do hope the Packers can beat the Bears as well, because screw the Bears!
we beat them(barely), don't worry haha
to this day i still hop on Black Ops 1 zombies that atmosphere and vibe is unmatched and the new games cant capture that
I miss this game...I had a squad we went undefeated for 100 wins we all rocked the G-11 or AK-47 this game was so complete it had so many fun game modes like sticks and stones wager matches gun game and even had a great story campaign and ZOMBIES its the GOAT #1 in my rank.
Damn I got hit with a wave of nostalgia hearing you talk about this game. I also got this game at the midnight release(also attended halo and gears), something that was a fun and wild thing to do that I don't think kids these days will experience or understand. What a time that was and I miss those simpler days.
midnight release was an EXPERIENCE
I was 20 when this game came out .. I’m 34 now completely different world back then .. wish i could go back to the good old days which you never know they are the good old days when you’re living them, you only realize it after the fact a few years later
They used to put their soul and effort into games back then, not only with bo1. They dont do that anymore, its all about making quick cash and hitting deadlines
Love this game, such a nostalgic feel playing it today - the menu was iconic
Watched this last night and literally dreamed I was playing domination firing range . Such good times
It was nice to hear your thoughts. To this day I have a close friend that also love these days of COD, but we never had an Opportunity to play together (which is because we had one copy of COD4 borrowed from some guy that we shared between 3 people xD) and now we have opportunity to finally play together for the first time, and we Waited 10 years for this to happen; by this situation i kinda feel your passion towards this Game and it was nice to hear all this familiar feelings towards this Games
What got me was when he said Ascension dropped and they had a snow day. New map, no school the next day, everyone is on. Wow we had it good!
i can't believe so many other people had a snow day!
I started with bo1 and loved it!
Golden Area of CoD!!
I had a snow day when the ascension map pack came out also, we played it all night… those were the days
This one is gonna hit for me, thanks brother
Just hit the 700th like button.. poetic. Lucky number 7 Great video.. nostalgic.. miss those days.. excellent gameplay esp that tomahawk double... right in the schnux!! Ouch! 😂 😂
Also from Wisconsin. I remember the snow day when Ascension came out. What a memory. Also had a snow day when Die Rise in BO2 came out.
Yeah most milwaukee area schools called it off that day. Best day ever to wake up to that and see our school name go across the screen
I swear i’m not joking, it was at think moment 3:05 that it clicked for me that 2010 was 15 years ago… absolutely crazy how time goes by so fast… yet those days feel like yesterday 😔
We’re getting a bit older but we can do it don’t get discouraged y’all. Love your videos. The numbers
Wow this was an insane video this brought back so much memories I enjoyed every second of this video especially from 9:30 that part killed me I was 11 years old when this game came out and now turning 25 YTB FROM SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
The funny thing is, Black Ops 1's theatre mode is better than black ops 6's theatre mode
Crazy to think that this was the last CoD game I played online, and it's getting to be kinda ancient now.
@DXR4488 yes indeed lol
i was like 11 when the game dropped it was my favorite game on xbox at the time. me and the homies used to play game for hours on end it was the most fun era of gaming for me kinda wish i had that feeling again no work no politics just fun video games rock on!
BO1 isn’t my favorite COD but I’d say that 2009 was the best year of my life so it holds a special place in my heart
It came out in 2010
@ You’re right. Idk why I keep thinking it came out in 09. Regardless, WaW/MW2 was quite the combo too
@@Tibstradamus Agreed. I think I played MW2 well into 2014 at least
I remember that exact snow day back in grade 9 😂
I got back from deployment summer of 2010. Unfortunately Got divorced and now had all this time during the week so I got a PS3 and played the shit out of this game. My kids played too. Mostly against the bots. We just fired it up a couple months ago and played and were blown away about the memories it brought back.
Summit was my first map on black ops 1. Ascension is still to this day my favorite map. Round 44 solo
I actually went to Best Buy for the release last minute. They had a 1v1 tournament on the game. No one knew the maps. I won the tournament and won a copy of the collectors edition of the game.
I think I actually bought a 32 inch flat screen for this game too.
I was in the same camp, I got mw2 for Christmas and got b01 at midnight. I still remember opening mw2 on Christmas morning I mustve been in 6th grade
I have the DLC installed on Xbox and have been getting into lobbies easily every night. Usually at least 5 different TDMs happening at one time if not more. I've got to play plenty of Stadium, Kowloon, Drive Thru and all those other nostalgic maps. So fucking amazing.....I recommend everyone gets back on if you want to, it's still alive!
this game came out when I was still an ignorant middle schooler who hated anything not made by Nintendo. I didn't actually try it until like 2015 when my friend gave me his old 360. this was basically my first shooter that wasn't GoldenEye on N64. I didn't get home internet until like 2021 so multiplayer was out of the question, but I vividly remember wanting to give it a fair shot so I went into campaign and for the life of me could not get past like the 2nd or 3rd mission where you have to run to a big airplane while avoiding fire. I died about 50 times before I gave up. things didn't go much better in Zombies, I couldn't get past round 3, mainly because I had no idea what to do at all lol. So that experience kinda turned me off from FPS games as a whole. fast forward to this year and I decided to give the BO6 beta a try and instantly fell in love, but now I really wish I would've stuck with the first one with how positively people talk about this. I missed out on a lot as a kid lol
First one here - love from the UK mate !
Great video man, very replay-able
A remember getting Modern Warfare 2 in the mail a day early. All my friends at school were so jealous the next day.
Such a fun video man. Great trip down memory lane.
BO1 was just such a vibe, hoping we can play some bo1 or mw2 matches soon
i say this everytime man, bo1 one of my favorite and the best cods ever man i swear, played on the 360 and the ps3...
Best old times i had a 360 and played every cod from 08 to 14
It's funny, my gamertag at the time of this game was "lukeman711", not because of batman ironically, but Bart Simpson calling himself Bartman. The 7, 11 being a reference to back to the future 3, where Marty hits a bunch of targets on one of those shooting games and the guy asks, "where'd you learn to shoot like that?" Marty responds with, "7-11". As an Aussie we don't have 7-11's in my state, but I thought it was the coolest place in the world for some reason haha
This was fun, thx for uploading
“You’re living the best times of your life, and you don’t even know it”
crazy to think about how i was 4 years old playing games like this and mw2 😂
not rlly crazy
great video man. took me back to 7 years old
W video. My favorite Call of Duty! Thinking of buying a PS3 to play it!
Awesome video man. Reminds me of my older brother
Great video, so nostalgic on these times. You say you're from Wisconsin, I am too. Which part of the state are you from? I'm from 30 minutes outside of Madison, small town - Waterloo
Ascension was also a snow day for me and I played all day long
Gun game on the map Launch was my first game on BO1
One of the greatest CODs of all time 🔥 the game that started it all for me.
yeah i remember! unfortunately you missed out on most of MW2
I used to launch spawn tubes in bo1 before they'd detonate and could impact kill. I have a snd spawn kill on launch that was just crazy
Great video brother. Thank you
Next to no SBMM. Its beautiful
Nice video brother, I thought the file share was broken? How are you loading the videos lol
Greatest Maps in FPS history. Iconic kill streaks/Guns. More balanced than MW2 OG (still an elite experience btw), the greatest zombies mode ever - and that multiplayer menu music (I listened to it for an hour one day and was hit with the worst nostalgia overdose ever). BLOPS1 was the winding down of the GOAT online era (07-12’) and we didn’t know it.
Making me feel old. I was 27 when the game came out. My best gaming days of COD were BLOPS and BLOPS2. I was legitimately decent.
I was camping out with friends for the release for most of the COD games. I miss those days too. Now I just buy it online and pre-download it. No fun.
I gotta ask what region you are from in the US? I remember waking up the day that the ascension DLC came out and it was a snow day in western Pennsylvania. My buddies and I played all day. I will never forget that, middle school snow days on black ops 1.
i remember a different game al the people with silienced ar's and ghost or ninja perks camping in the corner.than the people crying because they killed sniping as a whole or they couldnt quick scope anymore.i was 20 yrs old at the time this game came out and i remember getting a flat in my car after i got the game around 2 in the morning
They used to put a certain amount of effort and passion in these games that just is no longer present in modern COD games. They also used to put effort in creating and maintaining a great atmosphere and theme that added character and soul to the game including the multiplayer. Modern gaming completely killed this in all new games because of dumb anime skins, crossovers that have nothing to do with it being a shooter and just straightup ridiculous content. MP maps being stripped from a large Warzone map for the sake of efficiency and cost effectiveness despite the game having 4 years of development and earning billions while also killing the uniqueness and variety in the multiplayer maps because of the same boring Warzone aesthetic on those maps.
Golden Age Of Online Gaming