Seriously, well put. For him, this series probably started out as a fun way to teach about history. And now it looks like we’re visibly aging the poor guy for our education and entertainment. From a fellow teacher - Hang in there man, you’re appreciated more than you know.
As iconic as the iconic weapons from throughout history which Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, reviews
This is Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history.
Feel like Jonathan was particularly savage in this episode. Love to see him not hold any punches when it comes to game designers fudging weapon styles like COD seems to have done in this episode
would love an episode of Firearms expert reacts Q and A, would love to see people just send him questions about guns or even him on his history with gaming and how he got interested in guns
Really hope Jonathan gets to see the guns of Killzone someday. Methinks he'd find them an interesting mix of real-world inspirations and futuristic sillyness.
Agreed and I am glad more people other than myself are requesting this. I love all of Jonathan's analyses of video game guns, but I am getting a bit tired of all the CoD videos.
@@Austin2tall97 that’s why they added seraph, from Black Ops 3. And Menendez. From 2. Like bruh. Seraph and menendez weren’t born in the 40’s. They did it for warzone
@@VyRl_Jetstream To be fair, Warzone also had; King Kong, Godzilla, zombies, Ghost Face, Leatherface, Billy from Jigsaw, Snoop Dog, T-800, and the T-1000 Just to name a few
When I saw the FFAR1, I instantly thought of a weird redesign of the Croatian VHS-2. However I can also see the Famas in this weapon's design as well. It doesn't look too bad compared to other cursed designs, still feels off though.
Agreed. I'm not a fan of the 'slightly off' look a lot of these guns have. Makes me wonder why they didn't just come up with all new designs if they weren't going to replicate the real thing
Agreed. Classy, sharp-witted, and knowledgeable. I used to loath "edutainment" but Jonathan has reversed that for me. If you read this, thank you for these appearances, Jonathan!
I’d love to see the guns of Enlisted. They pride themselves on as much real life accuracy as possible, so would be interesting to see if they falter anywhere. Also! Has multiple versions of the STG44, I’m sure Jonathan would have some input on those
I agree that it would be interesting to hear Mr. Ferguson talk about Enlisted's portrayal of WW2 guns, but I don't think they are specifically interested in "as much real life accuracy as possible". Post Scriptum would probably be better for that, Enlisted is far more arcadey when it comes to weapon handling and shooting in comparison.
Enlisted falter at lot things first is... the soldiers use way too many prototype weapons and guns which was made in small amount... so yeah enlisted should take that historical accuracy pride away
@@Nemxkolopx by "way too many" you mean one pro type weapon for one soldier with a golden ticket? Or the premium squads with weapons that actually had small production batches? Lol, doesn’t make the guns historically inaccurate because you can use one prototype weapon. They do focus on everything from accurate equipment to uniforms and vehicles. It’s like someone saying COD modern warfare 3 didn’t have accurate weapons because you could use the XM25, a prototype weapon that actually was used for field testing in Afghanistan, simply because it wasn’t in series production in large batches lol
This when from Jonathan just talking about the Tommy gun in different games in the first episode to deep dives into rare and unique weapons in history and why they were created. Best show on the internet.
"I'm struggling to find out why there's a directed energy weapon in a Call of Duty game" *Wait till Jonathan finds out there's a modernized F2000 in Vanguard* P.S. The EX1 was introduced as the EM1 in Advanced Warfare. Technically, not far off as to what Jonathan was saying, it's just being released anachronistically in the CoD lore.
Ah, I wondered if there was an Advanced Warfare connection. I never played much Advanced or Infinite Warfare but it seemed logical that they'd have reused it.
It definitely hits all the right (wrong?) buttons for me, especially as MW2019 felt quite grounded most of the time, so spotting issues with the guns did take me out of it a bit. Nothing like as bad as it became in Warzone though! But hey, it's an online FPS, most people don't care and that's fine :)
@@nagiaoe2434 Because they like to give the player a lot of options to make the weapon their own. You can make a weapon as cursed as you want it to. The MW weapons were done the best but Cold War and Vanguard just shat all over them, it was also around the time when I stopped playing Warzone because they messed up all the balance with all the weapons. Whoever played the game decided what to show Jonathan.
@@Gatorade69 No I get that, I meant more like, since they went out of their way to accurately model the AN94's weird muzzle device they might as well just make it part of the default weapon model
I knew he was going to mention the muzzle device on the AN-94 however the authentic device is in the gunsmith as a muzzle attachment and is unique to the AN-94
The AN-94 shown does have the particular muzzle break like the one shown on Jonathan's example, it just shows up as an unlockable muzzle attachment. Additionally, it also has the unlockable stock option of the club-esque stock that another version of the AN-94 has.
May we see Jonathon break down the Enlisted: Tunisia Campaign Weapons, more specifically some of the unique Italian ones that appear possibly for the first in a video game.
Wow, you play enlisted? I play it all the time but literally never hear people talk about it. The Tunisia campaign is definitely has the most challenging weapons and vehicles to use compared to the other campaigns.
@@Zekegedd I love the game and surprised as well you dont see alot of people talking about it. Tunisia is definitely one of my favorite campaigns in the game.
I hope Jonathan will one day get to react to the guns from the Crysis series. That way he'll get some great alternate-timeline weapons. Edit: That way he'll get to review the SCAR, where the S stands for superior, not special.
@@CPLAYZGAMEZ To be fair, the stock gun coming with the wrong device means it wouldn't work if it was real, so it's a good thing to show the likes of me to get me ranting :) And in many cases the guys don't know what would be correct/don't have the time to grind for the unlocks if they did.
Johnathan is so fortunate, doesn't realize that CoD HAS gone far enough into the future to have directed energy weapons. now we wait until we have him review the guns from Infinite Warfare or Advanced Warfare
Oh, I know - I was horrified :) I love sci-fi, I just didn't want CoD to go that way. So I pretty much ignored those games. I did play some multiplayer later on and it was quite fun, but Titanfall does it better.
I enjoyed IW weapons because they were for the most part just futuristic versions of modern weapon families on top of being pretty aesthetically clean and not having tons of random “futuristic” bits on them. Blops3 weapons were crazy though, like the SVG literally disassembling and reassembling itself every time it fires a round.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries The new CoD looks somewhat authentic and it’s also taken much more seriously than the latest CoDs. Guns feel great and have amazing sounds as well. Also there are some interesting details during inspections, like checking if the round is in the chamber and so on. Thank you for responding, I respect you so much!
Please Jonathan, made a video on *METAL GEAR SOLID 3* weapons. So many weapons in MGS3 to react and comment on like the Patriot's infinite ammo magazine, the EZ tranq gun, Snake's customized officer M1911A1, Snake whittling the pistol grip to use a knife for CQC, Ocelot's SAA juggling skills, The End's paratrooper tranquilizer Mosin Nagant, the Davey Crockett recoil-less nuclear launcher and Eva's chinese mauser clone. There are so many more other interesting trivias and weapons in MGS3 so please gamespot and Johnathan make a video for MGS3
With the opening points about the AN-94, I'd like to see Jonathan go through the weapons of past Call of Duty games, like Black Ops 2 (thinking about the AN and the front sight mention specifically) or Black Ops 1, and potentially even World at War. Still have to go with my standard "Break down Killzone's past/present/future hybrid weapons" above all else, though XD
If there are any other games, guns or mechanics that you guys would like to see Johnathan break down, let us know know in the comment section below, and if you would like to help out the Royal Armarys Musuem and continue to support Johnathans work, check out the links in the description of this video
The AN-94 has the correct muzzle break in the game, it's just an unlocked attachment. A few of them are like that; the stock parts IRL are locked behind attachments.
@17:26 Wow probably one of the closest things you are going to get to a final fantasy gunblade I didn't know this actually existed but now that I know it did it's quite awesome.
Would be really great to have jonathan react to Post Scriptum, a realistic WW2 game that paid really good attention to the guns, and they sound extremely good too
Hi Jonathan! I work as a freelance 3D artist in the games industry and didn't work on anything you're likely to look at, but have enough experience to give you some idea as to why some things change. I don't know how many visits my university, Futureworks, has made since I visited in 2013, but you've got plenty of contact with games folks professionally so this will definitely make sense to you. With things like the SCAR magazine's bumper being different, it's a mixture of making sure that you get the same quality on the normal map (a baked texture that alters how surfaces appear, used to fake detail) across the entire asset, and to make some details read better on screen anyway. You're well familiar with why iron sights are either totally different or exaggerated in games and it's essentially the same reason- some details just don't translate into games well. It's one of those emergent things you get a feel for once you've done enough art. Another great example would be the ribbing on an MP5SD's handguard; the authentic number of grooves might look at bit too noisy depending on display size, resolution, viewmodel position and so on, and sometimes it's either reduced to a realistic degree or put on the normal map (unless you're stylising a game you wouldn't do this for a first-person gun with the hardware most people play on now) In the case of there not being enough reference for something, we might run out of time to work on an asset or the original might have parts that don't read well on screen. It's a hard lesson I've had to teach myself about asset production that eventually, we have to just declare something done. An L1A1 I made for my current client doesn't have the full bolt assembly or breech because the carrier is so large you don't really see it at all, which is a good example of what I mean. It's on the other side of the gun, it's not on screen for long, a few other reasons why. My experience isn't *as* valuable as the people who work at Ryzin art (the studio that made the weapons for MW2019, at least), but I think it's worth a read anyway! Cheers. 😊
I feel bad for Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the royal armories museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousand of iconic weapons throughout history The amount of times he is introduced to massacred or cursed weapons is just too much for a normal human to handle
I would love to see Jonathan react to firearms from Generation Zero and its DLCs. Also his thoughts on using bullets versus armoured robots will be good to hear.
2:38 I saw familiar things in the OG43 from other guns. There are the lines on the magazine hole similiar to MP40 and the shape of the barrel and trigger reminds me of a Walther MPL. This gun could be a early version of MPL and i see some german details. (It is just what i think) Thank you.
Even better than the Cold War weapons, they can't even animate the revolver animation, shotguns without doing the one-in-a-chamber and the M16 properly, even the indie animators can do better than CW's
One of the first unlocks for the AN-94 is the correct muzzle device A lot of games let you put on other muzzle devices and suppressors on the AN-94, though this a fair departure from reality.
9:15 It's hella weird seeing a gun version from a country that doesn't have an army (Costa Rica), it's actually pretty cool to see these kind of variety in weapons instead of having the same version in every other game.
Playing video games when I was younger gave me a genuine interest in real life firearms and the history associated. I wouldnt be the gun nerd I am without games.
The Sonic Brake is actually on the gun, as a muzzle attachment, due to the lack of any compatibility with muzzle attachments in the real world. It functions as a Muzzle Brake, and flattens the hyperburst for more consistent tap shots.
13:00 yeah, that comes from a game set in 2025, that also has wmds that can target specific individuals in a group, right down to specific members of a family.
2:38 i can only imagine trying to reload and getting a finger or a flap of skin stuck in the magazine well when you insert the new magazine (edit) only applicable if you reload it like most magazine in grip guns where you hold onto the grip and use your other hand to change the magazine
It's a good point - I presume the drill was to use your dominant hand to change magazines, but that does negate one of the advantages of this kind of design.
9:13 here we can observe a tiny part of Jonathan’s soul dying. I love these videos. To such a degree since binging them over last couple weeks I am now dead set, anytime someone mentions buying a cod game again, imma just send that money to the Royal armouries instead 😂
Haha, agreed, although some of the guns in that are actually somewhat accurate, at least compared to the bouncy castles made of flesh that you shoot with them
Hey jonathan, I realize this is a late comment but the reason for "legally different" weapon design comes from american politics. Can't speak on foreign arms manufacturers but American companies, after 911 and the rise of mas shootings, changed their stance on copyright inclusion to "We are ok with our copyrighted designs being in game, so long as they are being used by the 'good' guys". Some have pushed it further to "We don't want our copyrighted items included due to the rise in gun violence" It is sort of a complicated topic but that's the gist of it. Anyways, love your content, keep up the good work! Love seeing my favorite games being observed from an expert's eye!
2 things: 1 I think most of the time the Cod devs simply take the base shape and colour and then they do whatever they want with the details that a person that doesn't know a lot about firearms couldn't identify as a distinct difference between the real version and what the devs made. 2 I forgot to count the days for deep rock galactic. Would still like a video on that game.
Sometimes they do, but sometimes they seem to spend a lot of time getting some of it right. This time around (MWII) it looks like they've made some guns MORE correct whilst creating new 'errors' (which as you say aren't really errors, since they do it semi deliberately).
@@ramiere1412 That remains unclear. The names are altered for legal reasons, without doubt. However, the legal issues around design patents and likenesses is really unclear. The FAMAS for example - that has no standing design patent in the US and the chances of the French suing Activision for a 100% likeness are zero. Yet they still redesigned it with a gas piston system. Some designs, like the Not Glock X12/X13 are practically speaking identical to the Glock 17/18, so clearly they're not worried about that despite Glocks being wildly popular and quite likely protected under "trade dress" provisions. There's no consistency, hence it's unlikely that legal concerns are the main driver here.
If I recall correctly, the an94 in warzone has the proper muzzle device as an attachment, which enables the burst fire mode. Still not really realistic, but a cool way of having different muzzle device options that has some basis in the real world.
the energy rifle type gun was a gun in call of duty advanced warfare back in 2014 but it was called the EM1 idk why they changed the name considering I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the same gun it also didn't have ammo in the original version but would just overheat after a bit I didn't know they brought it back so that's cool I guess. But to answer the "why is it in call of duty" question it was from 2014 when call of duty was trying to be Titanfall until a lot of people got mad and they went back to making WW2 - modern time games, I think the EM1 was probably just a throwback/reference gun to advanced warfare
Funny enough, he mentions the differences in the muzzle devices on the an-94 when actually u can put on the cyclone muzzle device in game, dont know why it was shown without it, i feel like it wouldve been shown off better that way
It's got to be deliberate that they make the guns look different than in real life. The guns in game are as detailed as their real world counterparts, it's just that some details are wrong. I notice that in Modern Warfare 2019 and MW2, most of the guns have different names than the real version. The MP5 is called the 'Lachman sub' in MW2. I reckon it's either down to licensing issues or presenting a fictional version that is compatible with all the wacky gun customisation options in game.
Jones on you Johnathan! There IS a video of a guy doing run-and-gun with a PTRS. It's a very short video and you can tell her struggles with it but there is a video so technically it's plausible
Isn't the C58 the spanish version of the G3? Here in Norway, we have our own version aswell, called AG3, and was based on the A3G3. Used in Norwegian army from 1960 to 2021. We used the MP5 and AG3. From 2007, we slowly started changing the weapons, and are now using MP7, HK416 and HK417.
Please do part 2 on HLL. There is still scoped FG-42, some handguns, Browning, MG42, SVD + scoped variant, Springfield with scope and flare guns, Panzerschreck and Bazooka, Anti tank guns, and grenades (3 variants for germans and 2 for USA).
Jonathan really carrying the "disappointed teacher" energy through the video 😂 someone get the man his emotional support sturmgewehr!
Haha, yes, I felt that way whilst recording it. "You've let me down, you've let the players down, but most of all, you've let your*self* down..."
I grabbed my emotional support M95
@@JerryKosloski Mannlicher or Barrett? :D
For when there are too many cursed guns for a Sturmgewher alone, we now also have the emotional support Sa 25.
Seriously, well put. For him, this series probably started out as a fun way to teach about history. And now it looks like we’re visibly aging the poor guy for our education and entertainment.
From a fellow teacher - Hang in there man, you’re appreciated more than you know.
This series is iconic
As iconic as the iconic weapons from throughout history which Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, reviews
@@Tr4wnet i've read it in intro guy's voice
What is it an icon of?
This is Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history.
clicks tongue nice 🙂👍
Think the subtitles guy got the box mixed up with the comments 😂
I was wondering who this guy was and what he’s doing in this video
Your profile pic is perfect. Parrot
I heard the intro when I read this
Feel like Jonathan was particularly savage in this episode. Love to see him not hold any punches when it comes to game designers fudging weapon styles like COD seems to have done in this episode
It kindled 15:37 Jonathan's inner _H A U G H T Y_
Who cares about historical accuracy when we built our past three games around another game - Activision
The "drunken firearms designer" line for the FFAR 1 had me cackling.
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would love an episode of Firearms expert reacts Q and A, would love to see people just send him questions about guns or even him on his history with gaming and how he got interested in guns
Perhaps along with images and clips from games submitted by the viewers
Really hope Jonathan gets to see the guns of Killzone someday. Methinks he'd find them an interesting mix of real-world inspirations and futuristic sillyness.
Resistance and Gears of War guns, anyone? I want to see Jonathan keep a straight face at the CHAINSAW BAYONET.
That would be a great choice of weapons for him to see
@@KwadDamyj yes like god resistance fall of man is such a good game
Agreed and I am glad more people other than myself are requesting this.
I love all of Jonathan's analyses of video game guns, but I am getting a bit tired of all the CoD videos.
@@KwadDamyj you laugh but underbarrel chainsaws are now a thing that you can buy.
The laser weapon is from Advanced Warfare. And they added it into Vangaurd. The WW2 game. Makes so much sense to me.
Time travel
@@Austin2tall97 that’s why they added seraph, from Black Ops 3. And Menendez. From 2. Like bruh. Seraph and menendez weren’t born in the 40’s. They did it for warzone
@@VyRl_Jetstream black ops Cold War took place in the 1980s
Yeah the EM1 looked so good.
@@VyRl_Jetstream To be fair, Warzone also had; King Kong, Godzilla, zombies, Ghost Face, Leatherface, Billy from Jigsaw, Snoop Dog, T-800, and the T-1000
Just to name a few
When I saw the FFAR1, I instantly thought of a weird redesign of the Croatian VHS-2. However I can also see the Famas in this weapon's design as well. It doesn't look too bad compared to other cursed designs, still feels off though.
but then again, the VHS-2 started as a FAMAS copy 😀
Agreed. I'm not a fan of the 'slightly off' look a lot of these guns have. Makes me wonder why they didn't just come up with all new designs if they weren't going to replicate the real thing
@@M4xFr4gg technically, it started as a bullpup AK.
Idk, for me it looks much like FAMAS F1 Félin, if i don't have them both in front of my eyes i could not spot the difference
@@gn4128 that's a good call. that's exactly what it looks like. with a couple minor changes to presumably dodge legal.
another episode of Jonathan looking at the abominations that Gamespot provides with a look of "look how they massacred my boy" on his face
This man continues to be one of my favorite people
Thank you!
Agreed. Classy, sharp-witted, and knowledgeable. I used to loath "edutainment" but Jonathan has reversed that for me. If you read this, thank you for these appearances, Jonathan!
@@ZombieRommel That's very kind of you to say, thank you!
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries Of course, sir! :]
I’d love to see the guns of Enlisted. They pride themselves on as much real life accuracy as possible, so would be interesting to see if they falter anywhere.
Also! Has multiple versions of the STG44, I’m sure Jonathan would have some input on those
I agree that it would be interesting to hear Mr. Ferguson talk about Enlisted's portrayal of WW2 guns, but I don't think they are specifically interested in "as much real life accuracy as possible". Post Scriptum would probably be better for that, Enlisted is far more arcadey when it comes to weapon handling and shooting in comparison.
Enlisted falter at lot things first is... the soldiers use way too many prototype weapons and guns which was made in small amount...
so yeah enlisted should take that historical accuracy pride away
I'd prefer it if they didn't promote those horribly predatory pay-to-win games.
@@Nemxkolopx using a lot of them, yes. To say they didn’t exist and aren’t accurate to the real versions, is false
@@Nemxkolopx by "way too many" you mean one pro type weapon for one soldier with a golden ticket? Or the premium squads with weapons that actually had small production batches? Lol, doesn’t make the guns historically inaccurate because you can use one prototype weapon. They do focus on everything from accurate equipment to uniforms and vehicles. It’s like someone saying COD modern warfare 3 didn’t have accurate weapons because you could use the XM25, a prototype weapon that actually was used for field testing in Afghanistan, simply because it wasn’t in series production in large batches lol
“No no that’s not right”
Johnathan cried loading up the replica,
“Fix it now.”
He continued; pointing the replica at the television screen.
This when from Jonathan just talking about the Tommy gun in different games in the first episode to deep dives into rare and unique weapons in history and why they were created. Best show on the internet.
Thanks for staying with us along the way :)
"I'm struggling to find out why there's a directed energy weapon in a Call of Duty game"
*Wait till Jonathan finds out there's a modernized F2000 in Vanguard*
P.S. The EX1 was introduced as the EM1 in Advanced Warfare. Technically, not far off as to what Jonathan was saying, it's just being released anachronistically in the CoD lore.
Ah, I wondered if there was an Advanced Warfare connection. I never played much Advanced or Infinite Warfare but it seemed logical that they'd have reused it.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries I thought you were a scammer for a while almost reported you due to one dude spamming you win a prize.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries I also wonder how you will react to the Bullfrog and KF5/MP5 from that game.
I'm surprised he did not question why the need for an energy weapon to have recoil or reciprocating action
@@Cat-zj8bd Ha, fair point. This was at the end of a difficult recording session though (technical issues).
15:37 missed opportunity for him to say "This is pretty F-FAR removed from a F-FAMAS"
If I remember correctly the laser gun appeared in advanced warfare. It was a solid beam instead of a full auto though.
I believe these guns have finally defeated Jonathan’s moral
It definitely hits all the right (wrong?) buttons for me, especially as MW2019 felt quite grounded most of the time, so spotting issues with the guns did take me out of it a bit. Nothing like as bad as it became in Warzone though! But hey, it's an online FPS, most people don't care and that's fine :)
I know he has gone over Warhammer 40k games before, but the new Darktide has some good looking sci-fi guns
Love watching someone who is so knowledgeable in what they love talk about what they love! So much fascinating knowledge to be learned! thank you!
The an94 muzzle device is actually an attachment so you can make it as real as you can
Indeed. Although as I mentioned (if it made the edit?) the gun needs that muzzle device to function.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries correct 👍
I don't understand why they wouldn't just have it equipped by default
@@nagiaoe2434 Because they like to give the player a lot of options to make the weapon their own. You can make a weapon as cursed as you want it to. The MW weapons were done the best but Cold War and Vanguard just shat all over them, it was also around the time when I stopped playing Warzone because they messed up all the balance with all the weapons.
Whoever played the game decided what to show Jonathan.
@@Gatorade69 No I get that, I meant more like, since they went out of their way to accurately model the AN94's weird muzzle device they might as well just make it part of the default weapon model
I knew he was going to mention the muzzle device on the AN-94 however the authentic device is in the gunsmith as a muzzle attachment and is unique to the AN-94
The AN-94 shown does have the particular muzzle break like the one shown on Jonathan's example, it just shows up as an unlockable muzzle attachment.
Additionally, it also has the unlockable stock option of the club-esque stock that another version of the AN-94 has.
May we see Jonathon break down the Enlisted: Tunisia Campaign Weapons, more specifically some of the unique Italian ones that appear possibly for the first in a video game.
Wow, you play enlisted? I play it all the time but literally never hear people talk about it. The Tunisia campaign is definitely has the most challenging weapons and vehicles to use compared to the other campaigns.
@@Zekegedd I love the game and surprised as well you dont see alot of people talking about it. Tunisia is definitely one of my favorite campaigns in the game.
I hope Jonathan will one day get to react to the guns from the Crysis series. That way he'll get some great alternate-timeline weapons.
Edit: That way he'll get to review the SCAR, where the S stands for superior, not special.
Warzone's AN-94 does indeed have the two chamber muzzle device. However it is an unlock.
Exactly idk why they don't put the attachments properly on them before showing him
@@CPLAYZGAMEZ To be fair, the stock gun coming with the wrong device means it wouldn't work if it was real, so it's a good thing to show the likes of me to get me ranting :) And in many cases the guys don't know what would be correct/don't have the time to grind for the unlocks if they did.
I kinda wish you showed him that the hyperburst device for the AN-94 is a customization option. It woulda been interesting to see his opinion on it
Johnathan is so fortunate, doesn't realize that CoD HAS gone far enough into the future to have directed energy weapons. now we wait until we have him review the guns from Infinite Warfare or Advanced Warfare
Oh, I know - I was horrified :) I love sci-fi, I just didn't want CoD to go that way. So I pretty much ignored those games. I did play some multiplayer later on and it was quite fun, but Titanfall does it better.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries Not only a great museum curator, but great taste in gaming too. Titanfall was an amazing game.
I enjoyed IW weapons because they were for the most part just futuristic versions of modern weapon families on top of being pretty aesthetically clean and not having tons of random “futuristic” bits on them.
Blops3 weapons were crazy though, like the SVG literally disassembling and reassembling itself every time it fires a round.
@@h1tsc4n40 I agree completely
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouriesso does that mean we will never get an Infinite Warfare react video?
Definitely would love to see Jonathans reaction on new CoD:MW2 weapons once it's fully out...
I'm not sure that I would...
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries Just wait until you see the fun names they came up with for all the weapons. Spoiler: it ain't called the MP5
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries The new CoD looks somewhat authentic and it’s also taken much more seriously than the latest CoDs. Guns feel great and have amazing sounds as well. Also there are some interesting details during inspections, like checking if the round is in the chamber and so on. Thank you for responding, I respect you so much!
Seing jonathan going crazy is a good way to spend time during my quarantine
would love see the guns on the new mw2 campaign
The special muzzle brake for the AN94 is in the game. Just not on the base design so you can add stuff like suppressors.
Can’t wait for the new load out series.
I don't know if im the only one but I find the sound of a gun being chambered to be extremely satisfying.
Please Jonathan, made a video on *METAL GEAR SOLID 3* weapons.
So many weapons in MGS3 to react and comment on like the Patriot's infinite ammo magazine, the EZ tranq gun, Snake's customized officer M1911A1, Snake whittling the pistol grip to use a knife for CQC, Ocelot's SAA juggling skills, The End's paratrooper tranquilizer Mosin Nagant, the Davey Crockett recoil-less nuclear launcher and Eva's chinese mauser clone.
There are so many more other interesting trivias and weapons in MGS3 so please gamespot and Johnathan make a video for MGS3
you should get Jonathan to look at the guns in 7 days to die!! i'd love to watch him react to the MP5 with a Energy Drink can suppressor
15:48
"It's the FN-SCAR"
*que applause from audience as sitcom music rolls in*
there is an attachement for the AN94 in warzone that's called hypersonic brake that resembles the missing part
With the opening points about the AN-94, I'd like to see Jonathan go through the weapons of past Call of Duty games, like Black Ops 2 (thinking about the AN and the front sight mention specifically) or Black Ops 1, and potentially even World at War. Still have to go with my standard "Break down Killzone's past/present/future hybrid weapons" above all else, though XD
I believe that the L96 is actually very rare to see these days since most of them were cut up and dumped into the ocean after their service.
They were sold on the civilian market as well. I know of one that is owned privately here in the UK, for deer culling.
Those FFARs have changed a lot since they used to hang under the wings of Harriers.
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The AN-94 has the correct muzzle break in the game, it's just an unlocked attachment. A few of them are like that; the stock parts IRL are locked behind attachments.
Jonathan's resigned, "I guess that's why they call it a Fuh-FAR and not a "Fuh-FAMAS" had me laughing. :D
From what I can find, Johnathan hasn't reacted to the guns from Receiver 2 yet. I feel like that's right up his alley.
Can’t wait to see him go through the new MW2 campaign weapons!
@17:26 Wow probably one of the closest things you are going to get to a final fantasy gunblade I didn't know this actually existed but now that I know it did it's quite awesome.
I appreciate the extra effort of putting Jonathan's monogram on the ultra-hateful "Cooper"
Petition to get the Jonathan a better webcam, would be nice to see the details of the firearms he shows off.
I’d love to hear Jonathan’s take on Gunfire Reborn’s stylized and wacky guns
A tiny lizard you slap on the tummy to reload exploding fireballs, might not be something the royal armory has lying around
Please show him Bioshock! Theres a lot of really cool guns there and I think he'd get a kick out of it
that muzzle for the AN-94 is a separate attachment i think, it’s the muzzle brake, W video tho, love to see how accurate these games are
2:19 That Muzzle Brake is available as an attachment in the muzzle category!
Would be really great to have jonathan react to Post Scriptum, a realistic WW2 game that paid really good attention to the guns, and they sound extremely good too
didn't they do that one already?
Hi Jonathan! I work as a freelance 3D artist in the games industry and didn't work on anything you're likely to look at, but have enough experience to give you some idea as to why some things change. I don't know how many visits my university, Futureworks, has made since I visited in 2013, but you've got plenty of contact with games folks professionally so this will definitely make sense to you.
With things like the SCAR magazine's bumper being different, it's a mixture of making sure that you get the same quality on the normal map (a baked texture that alters how surfaces appear, used to fake detail) across the entire asset, and to make some details read better on screen anyway. You're well familiar with why iron sights are either totally different or exaggerated in games and it's essentially the same reason- some details just don't translate into games well. It's one of those emergent things you get a feel for once you've done enough art. Another great example would be the ribbing on an MP5SD's handguard; the authentic number of grooves might look at bit too noisy depending on display size, resolution, viewmodel position and so on, and sometimes it's either reduced to a realistic degree or put on the normal map (unless you're stylising a game you wouldn't do this for a first-person gun with the hardware most people play on now)
In the case of there not being enough reference for something, we might run out of time to work on an asset or the original might have parts that don't read well on screen. It's a hard lesson I've had to teach myself about asset production that eventually, we have to just declare something done. An L1A1 I made for my current client doesn't have the full bolt assembly or breech because the carrier is so large you don't really see it at all, which is a good example of what I mean. It's on the other side of the gun, it's not on screen for long, a few other reasons why.
My experience isn't *as* valuable as the people who work at Ryzin art (the studio that made the weapons for MW2019, at least), but I think it's worth a read anyway! Cheers. 😊
Very excited for more Loadout!
I feel bad for Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the royal armories museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousand of iconic weapons throughout history
The amount of times he is introduced to massacred or cursed weapons is just too much for a normal human to handle
This show, is the only reason I watch this channel. love John!
13:13 probably my favorite Jonathan reaction so far
After Jonathan’s reaction to the EM1 we need him to react to Advanced Warfare’s guns!
I would love to see Jonathan react to firearms from Generation Zero and its DLCs. Also his thoughts on using bullets versus armoured robots will be good to hear.
2:38 I saw familiar things in the OG43 from other guns. There are the lines on the magazine hole similiar to MP40 and the shape of the barrel and trigger reminds me of a Walther MPL. This gun could be a early version of MPL and i see some german details.
(It is just what i think)
Thank you.
Modern warfare weapon customization is better than the curse vanguard because pretty realistic.
Even better than the Cold War weapons, they can't even animate the revolver animation, shotguns without doing the one-in-a-chamber and the M16 properly, even the indie animators can do better than CW's
Johnathan had a tough go with this episode, valiant effort mate!
One of the first unlocks for the AN-94 is the correct muzzle device
A lot of games let you put on other muzzle devices and suppressors on the AN-94, though this a fair departure from reality.
Really like your nerdy and enthusiasm Jonathan 😂😂
3:30 huh, that reminds me a lot of the MP5, in its longer variants anyway
9:15
It's hella weird seeing a gun version from a country that doesn't have an army (Costa Rica), it's actually pretty cool to see these kind of variety in weapons instead of having the same version in every other game.
Playing video games when I was younger gave me a genuine interest in real life firearms and the history associated. I wouldnt be the gun nerd I am without games.
One of these days Jonathan is going to be so offended by some monstrosity that he's going to just go "Why must you purposefully hurt me?"
I love how Jonathan, restrained the sheer disgust he was experiencing, and instead allowed nothing more than righteous disdain to show :D
Also someone should show Jonathan the video of the man firing the PTRS from the shoulder while standing. Dude was a unit
The Sonic Brake is actually on the gun, as a muzzle attachment, due to the lack of any compatibility with muzzle attachments in the real world. It functions as a Muzzle Brake, and flattens the hyperburst for more consistent tap shots.
13:00 yeah, that comes from a game set in 2025, that also has wmds that can target specific individuals in a group, right down to specific members of a family.
2:38 i can only imagine trying to reload and getting a finger or a flap of skin stuck in the magazine well when you insert the new magazine
(edit) only applicable if you reload it like most magazine in grip guns where you hold onto the grip and use your other hand to change the magazine
It's a good point - I presume the drill was to use your dominant hand to change magazines, but that does negate one of the advantages of this kind of design.
@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries especially since you are holding a big heavy gun with your non dominant hand very far from its center of gravity
9:13 here we can observe a tiny part of Jonathan’s soul dying.
I love these videos. To such a degree since binging them over last couple weeks I am now dead set, anytime someone mentions buying a cod game again, imma just send that money to the Royal armouries instead 😂
If y'all wanna show Jonathan some really cursed guns show him Cruelty Squad
Did I wake you up from your depression nap?
Haha, agreed, although some of the guns in that are actually somewhat accurate, at least compared to the bouncy castles made of flesh that you shoot with them
Hey jonathan, I realize this is a late comment but the reason for "legally different" weapon design comes from american politics. Can't speak on foreign arms manufacturers but American companies, after 911 and the rise of mas shootings, changed their stance on copyright inclusion to "We are ok with our copyrighted designs being in game, so long as they are being used by the 'good' guys". Some have pushed it further to "We don't want our copyrighted items included due to the rise in gun violence" It is sort of a complicated topic but that's the gist of it. Anyways, love your content, keep up the good work! Love seeing my favorite games being observed from an expert's eye!
I’m a fan of the uniquely British indignation with which he delivers “I guess that’s why they call it the Fafar and not the Fafamas.”
2 things:
1 I think most of the time the Cod devs simply take the base shape and colour and then they do whatever they want with the details that a person that doesn't know a lot about firearms couldn't identify as a distinct difference between the real version and what the devs made.
2 I forgot to count the days for deep rock galactic. Would still like a video on that game.
Sometimes they do, but sometimes they seem to spend a lot of time getting some of it right. This time around (MWII) it looks like they've made some guns MORE correct whilst creating new 'errors' (which as you say aren't really errors, since they do it semi deliberately).
they make them different so they dont have to pay to use the weapon in game. same reason they use burger town instead of burger king
@@ramiere1412 That remains unclear. The names are altered for legal reasons, without doubt. However, the legal issues around design patents and likenesses is really unclear. The FAMAS for example - that has no standing design patent in the US and the chances of the French suing Activision for a 100% likeness are zero. Yet they still redesigned it with a gas piston system. Some designs, like the Not Glock X12/X13 are practically speaking identical to the Glock 17/18, so clearly they're not worried about that despite Glocks being wildly popular and quite likely protected under "trade dress" provisions. There's no consistency, hence it's unlikely that legal concerns are the main driver here.
Man, I feel like Jonathan deserves to see a game that faithfully replicates guns in the next episode after this one.
The muzzle of an94 is in warzone, the sonic break
If I recall correctly, the an94 in warzone has the proper muzzle device as an attachment, which enables the burst fire mode. Still not really realistic, but a cool way of having different muzzle device options that has some basis in the real world.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the laser rifle was also added into Vanguard. The WW2 shooter.
That game just gets better and better for Jon.
Hope you can do another Resident Evil game this month for something spooky.
the energy rifle type gun was a gun in call of duty advanced warfare back in 2014 but it was called the EM1 idk why they changed the name considering I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the same gun it also didn't have ammo in the original version but would just overheat after a bit I didn't know they brought it back so that's cool I guess. But to answer the "why is it in call of duty" question it was from 2014 when call of duty was trying to be Titanfall until a lot of people got mad and they went back to making WW2 - modern time games, I think the EM1 was probably just a throwback/reference gun to advanced warfare
I kinda want Jonathan react to random reload animations in cutscene or TH-cam reload animation. Specifically the Shadow the Hedgehog pump action mp5
You gotta show him Advanced Warfare Guns now cause that “we haven’t gone that far into the future as the best to my knowledge” got me 😂
Funny enough, he mentions the differences in the muzzle devices on the an-94 when actually u can put on the cyclone muzzle device in game, dont know why it was shown without it, i feel like it wouldve been shown off better that way
I believe Mr Ferguson would get a kick out of the Sword Art Alternative GGO anime, because a pink P90 takes center stage in that show.
Would love to see some of the weapons from metal gear series.
I never thought I would hear Jonathan say "daddy'' 😂💯
Now that you’ve had him react to the laser gun, have him react to Advanced Warfare weapons.
It's got to be deliberate that they make the guns look different than in real life. The guns in game are as detailed as their real world counterparts, it's just that some details are wrong.
I notice that in Modern Warfare 2019 and MW2, most of the guns have different names than the real version. The MP5 is called the 'Lachman sub' in MW2. I reckon it's either down to licensing issues or presenting a fictional version that is compatible with all the wacky gun customisation options in game.
when the burgertown classic came up, that face tells one thing to the poor gun in hand: I will lay down my life sooner than to let that happen to you.
14:02 god that sound was eargasmic
My man was ready to give up when the burger town classic showed up
Jones on you Johnathan! There IS a video of a guy doing run-and-gun with a PTRS. It's a very short video and you can tell her struggles with it but there is a video so technically it's plausible
Isn't the C58 the spanish version of the G3? Here in Norway, we have our own version aswell, called AG3, and was based on the A3G3. Used in Norwegian army from 1960 to 2021. We used the MP5 and AG3. From 2007, we slowly started changing the weapons, and are now using MP7, HK416 and HK417.
That muzzle device you showed for the an 94 is in the game.
Please do part 2 on HLL. There is still scoped FG-42, some handguns, Browning, MG42, SVD + scoped variant, Springfield with scope and flare guns, Panzerschreck and Bazooka, Anti tank guns, and grenades (3 variants for germans and 2 for USA).