honestly, i think its cause of the length that it makes so much sense, i've watched like 30 minute videos and 3 hour videos and i never once heard half of the details that are in this
I've been listening to/watching it over the past few days while I play video games, and I gotta say it's the best way to earn the story. Just play your game or do whatever you're doin, while off handidly paying attention. You'll get the big details, and if there's a point you're particularly interested in, just pause for a few moments and pay more attention
Can't agree more. I've been following the story up to around Zetsubo No Shima. It became way to complex to follow along, with all of the twists and turns it took. But this video actually made me wrap my head around it all.
The full Zombies storyline is so intricate and impressive huge gratitude to all the writers that played a part in creating such an awesome story and storyline continuity.
Our buddy told us he was gonna sit through this whole video and made it about 30 minutes in and never finished it. I’ve been a huge zombies fan since world at war came out and even I thought this videos length was daunting. After he passed away a few years ago I made a habit of going back through things he told us to check out and trying to finish things he never got a chance to. I’ve now finished this video for the second time and see so many parallels between what we’ve been through and what the characters have been through. Thank you so much for making this video and giving me a chance to feel close to my best friend again.
Sorry about your best friend, I'm sure he appreciates your resilience to push forward not only through life but to uphold your wishes to do things your friend can't anymore or wish he had more time to do. I'm sure your friend is proud that he is friends with you.
Legit one of the most tragic stories for Richtofen. I grew up with this series and honestly watching the Blood of the dead easter egg cutscene still hits me in the fucking feels.
If the cod developers ever want to create a blockbuster game again, they should tell this story in a full length campaign, it would be phenomenal. Such a great analysis, great work!
@@brian7194Then what did you think was going on? I’m genuinely curious, I like hearing people own interpretations of events because often the story people come up with, is more spooky than the original. So if you did come up with your own interpretation, I like to hear it?
@@gameover9390 I just always assumed that the whole zombies thing and the lore behind it was simply, Germany trying to create super soldiers and instead trying to use dead soldiers as Super Soldiers. Then when Samantha got revealed I changed my opinion My belief prior to watching this video was literally just One big Evil god (Shadow man) and A good god (Monty) were having a huge ass battle and Earth and the rest of the universe just ended up getting caught in the middle
They're definitely gonna need to reintroduce all these story elements in a detail like this video again because the new era CoD players don't even know that much of a significance to Samantha being in the Dark Aether, or even the zombies eyes being yellow in MWZ.
Bro the game play was so much fun but I’ll be honest it was the story that held me on for over a decade it easily my favorite. Except for the ending, it felt so rushed
@TeamJella eddy is essentially just young rictofin reincarnated so picking up there would eventually have the same outcome as before I believe. Gotta pick up with russman and the crew in darkness is the only real option I see
@@eugeneberry9371 no? While yes, Eddy *is* Edward Richtofen, the events from before can't repeat themselves. For one, Eddy is much younger than Primis/Ultimis richtofen. Samantha is pretty young during the Cold War and she's older than Eddy, so we know Eddy couldn't be a big scientist for the Nazi party. Secondly, dude just play cold war and Vanguard, these games take place after BO4 and are still connected to the old timeline. We already know there's a connection to Eddy, if by nothing else, then at least through Samantha.
The fact that the concept of zombies, angels, monsters, extra-dimensional beings, dragons, giant robots, time travel, and weapons of unimaginable power all work in the same franchise is absolutely baffling, not to mention the fact that you grow such a deep connection to these characters and the stories they tell, this truly is one of the best games anyone can ever play.
It blows me away that the devs could build such an incredible story line from absolutely nothing and make it work so well in the background , thank you for the work on this video it’s amazing
It is weird how zelensky and blundell had a different vision for the story would’ve been cool to see how the story would’ve turned out if it didn’t change mid way through
It's hilarious how 3 hours after it was first mentioned in the video, Yena just admits to being a spy all along, it didn't move the story forward in any way but it was a pretty funny twist to reveal before killing him off, especially with him admitting that his passions are apple pie and baseball to hammer further on Richtofen's stereotypes.
Started dating a guy and his entire childhood was Zombies. He makes a lot of references to it, and even played one of the characters in a dnd campaign. I’ve been trying to learn about it but didn’t know where to start, and this is helping tremendously. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. :)
I love the small detail that doesn't seem to be talked about often: As time goes on, Richtofen's "Dear diary" entries become increasingly more high pitched, depicting his descent into madness.
it doesn’t get talked about because there’s no conversation to be and about it, we all know what it means that’s like saying the fact that there are zombies isn’t talked about
“We got more than we deserved” explains the whole zombie’s storyline evolution. Started off with no plans just a simple game mode, and grew into something a lot of us grew to love and created memories with others just like us which we will carry with us. So thankful for this franchise and community
He should be it was the gratest explanation video ever. Reliving all of those easter eggs and having it all put together in 7 hours lol it took me nearly a month to do every maps easter egg but i gotta add this because hes my favorite character but takeo's story to this day brings tears to my eyes
I love how on the timeline one entry states that Maxis is growing concerned of Richtofens erratic behaviour, only to place Samantha in his care on the very next entry.
it’s funny that it’s takes a near seven hours to make any sense of this story 😂 i personally preferred it before the cannon storyline poster came out i preferred the old theory days
Just finished watching this entire video with my dad. I can now proudly say he’s fully in tune with the full zombies storyline now and probably knows more than my friends honestly
Seller: so we got virus and reincarnation. Which one u buyin? Cod: we'll take theee....elder gods time travel extradimentional artifacts and possed children please? Seller: Uh sir you sure you want to- Cod: i said. We'll take it.
When Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen were talking he used their point colors from bo1. Dempsey was white, Nikolai was blue, Takeo was yellow, and Richtofen was green. Amazing job on this!
Would have been fucking cool as shit if the point colors mimic the color of the staffs and the characters who wield them, it makes sense why they didn’t but it would have been nice
Honestly I never realized just how beautiful (and crazy) the story of zombies was until this video. I had watched a couple other videos that tried to explain it but I never understood, not until I watched this. I didn’t think I would be so touched, but I guess that’s what every good media does. It catches you off guard and pushes into your deepest emotions. Thank you
I love the fact that the creation of the origins staffs turns out to be a causal paradox. Maxis believes hes creating replicas. When hes actually creating the originals.
I dont think so. I think they are replicas. Just like how richtofen was able to build a time machine during the great war. I kind of assumed with his knowledge and with element 115, richtofen built the staffs. But not sure i guess since then again the staffs were found in origins and the great war was the end. Im just wondering how they got there.
Other Zombie Games: Virus caused it all. Activision when making COD Zombies: Fuck it, lets make it Interdimensional Gods Demons, Timelines and evil rocks
Treyarch not Activision. Activision as every other publisher has no role in the creation of good thing, they are there just to make as much money as possible and ruin the game for us players.
@@mozeker0075 yeah, most of things treyarch gets blamed for in BO4 and CW were purely activision's fault, it's genuinely sad how good those games could've been
@@zachary6701 the main guy did go on to make most maps for BO 1 and 2 and I think some more after so they definitely kept them on and I hope they got that raise too
it would be great, a true masterpiece. but it took them 10 years to make it first- how long do you think it'd take to make a second in today's standards?
@@Grizzly1506 considering it’s not being made completely from scratch I doubt it take a decade but at the same time releasing it at the ten year anniversary of the Aether storyline’s end would probably be a pretty sicc way to celebrate it
@@esomber3961 why do you think nobody would buy it? Ten years out on the latest platform with the complete story and all the maps? Shit they could charge like 80-90 bucks for all the content that you’d be getting in just one game
Crazy I was 10-11 beating the world at war campaign with my friend in the middle of the night and then nacht happened and we were freaked out now here I am 15 years later watching a 6 hour video on the entire story while working and bored 😂
I can only imagine the sorrow Nikolai felt for Edward when he realized the truth. That Edward truly did his best to help and save them all but just couldn't accept admitting that he couldn't.
they can’t forgive him cuz of what he did with messing with the teleporter. He also used them in bo1 when he got his hands on the mpd n swap souls w Samantha that was his plan. Sadly his doom did come in a tragic way.
I like to imagine a universe is out there somewhere where Maxis was impressed that Richtofen moved the walnut and he lives a very happy life with a famous instant walnut delivery service… “Richtofen’s walnut services”
Nah, that universe would be like... MAXIS: Doctor, do you think you could transport people with this device? Or war materials? RICHTOFEN: Maybe... With enough time and development, mein device could certainly make travel to anywhere in the world instantaneous.
This is the first ever video I have watched from the first to last second with intrigue of this length. This story will go down in history as one of the greatest gaming lore ever created and I just feel fortunate to have grown up in a time we all got to enjoy this together.
Great delivery. When alot of the conversations dont really sound like conversations this one is gold. By this I mean you can tell its multiple different takes between lines and they wait until the others lines are completely done
Yeah that line reminded me of the scene from megamind when minion ran out of knockout gas he hit Hal with a knockout stick that looked like a baseball bat
With all these video game adaptations coming out; THIS is the story they need to be adapting. It’s easy as fuck to have this casted for real humans or even animated(easier) and would totally take all TWD hype. PLUS it’s so easily makeable into a season show per map or even do multiple maps with the casts throughout the season.
Hearing all the Primis and Ultimis crew talk about what they wanted more than anything while Samantha and Eddy walked away was a surprising tear jerker.
@@DulfyBee tldr: there was no good ending to the 2 groups. They had to die in order for the universe and time to get back to normal, and the russian was the only one who could make the choice. He did, he killed them all and himself in one last goodbye party, universe and time got fixed to pre eather shenanigans, and Samantha and Edie (the doctor's soul) left to the new universe.
I find it amazing how the story behind zombies not only makes all of these crazy maps and features fit into a single story, but it even technically explains the fact these same people fight in the same locations over and over.
@@fightydragon3287what are you talking about? Cold war is not a stand alone zombies game and it's missing a lot of character and story development to really have a good story. I still liked it, it's fun to play with my friends who don't really play zombies because they can survive past round 20.
The BoTD easter egg broke something in me when I first did it with 3 other mates of mine. Seeing the sadistic, ruthless richthofen feeling betrayed and left to die when this whole cycle was created only because he wanted to save people who he felt close to that didnt even remember him was damn tragic.
My theory is that Richthofen didn't really die in that chair, he switched bodies with Eddie. That's why he says we won't remember. Because we never got to know him. There's even a German version of that Easter egg cutscene and it mentions dimension 2210 where Richthofen went to retrieve Eddie and bring him to the house. Rictofen was a pretty smart dude.
I'm a little under two hours in,, and I gotta say, the way the storyline was put together for this video is great. I've tried watching a number of videos to catch up on the lore, but they're always so convoluted and confusing. This video, however, has so far been very easy to follow. Great work
Gotta be at least doubt that mate. The amount of time put into editing, research, pulling almost every(if not all) audio file and conversation between characters, etc. has to be longer than the video actually is.
Ultimis and Primis guys interacting is warming my heart, a great fan-service indeed! Can't believe every choice they've made up until that moment led to that.. truly heartwarming.
Every time I try to find zombies lore breakdowns, they always seem unclear or boringly described. This one however Is amazing and exactly explains everything clearly and the pacing and emphasis makes it easy to follow. Thank you so much for this video. Excellent work.
The ending truly did break my heart, seeing what nikolai did not for the world but for his friends as he didn't want them to go through those pains again, it broke me. But it made sense, he chose the lesser of two evils and chose to end it all, he gave a new world a new hope but had to sacrafice what's closest to him to do so. That truly is heart breaking
Agreed...man, and to think we've been following these characters from the very beginning, growing our never-ending love for them and then for it all to end like that...now THAT'S an epic tale
It pisses me off so much that the dark aether story exists. They took all that pain and sacrifice and said fuck it we need another game to milk. Sure 115, the apothicons, the aether, etc are gone, but now we just have aetherium, and elder gods, and the dark aether. Sam and Eddie don’t even get to live good lives. It’s horrible.
@@peanutbutter6720 I don't really see what the problem is, their stories are done and if you despise the new story so much just pretend doesn't exist if it makes you that upset.
As a Mexican, I find this funny for some reason. A German who had a Russian, Japanese, and a Mexican for test subjects. Then he "killed" the Mexican and was replaced with an American. Seems pretty balanced to me
I came back to watch this video again and I realised, Nickolai never needed to die in the end he could've gone with the children because he still had a soul and wasn't on the path that created the loop, I believe he didn't want to go on because of what he'd just done and preferred to die with his friends.
I think maybe that because the four characters were bound together across all time lines because of the elemental shard made it necessary. Not sure tho
Watching this makes you realise Dempsey was the rock of the group. He cared about everyone and was surprisingly way more attentive and wise than we originally thought. How open he is with his mind to the others. Asking them *why* their motives and feelings are the way they are. Wondering *how* he can understand all of their viewpoints fairly. *trying* to strengthen the bonds between the group. Listening to it all like this kindof makes me emotional. He genuinely cared about their mental health and always asked about how they felt. Especially Nikolai.
haha its definitely that marine mentality, theyve gotta build rapport with their comrades or else there would be no reason to fight for one another! i love this story and these 4 characters so much and how they all have their own ways of showing their concern (except for richtofen he was clearly just a sociopath) lol 😭
No no no, Richthofen definitely cares the most. He didn't even need the four souls to make his plan but from all his failed attempts seeing the others die, he became attached and wanted them to be okay too. Dempsey was ignorant and while he cared, if Richthofen hadn't gone out of his way to make sure to collect their souls, none of them would have had an ending at all. Richthofen was the rock of the group bringing them together
@@smoothdooth8784 dude he literally could of just gotten tired of repeating over and over and thrown away the other 3 but he would do anything for the three of them he just wanted to be in the end with him
I have always wanted to learn the story of CoD Zombies, but no matter how many videos I watched, I could never really fully understand what was going on. This is a masterpiece. I loved watching every minute of it and will happily do it again. Tells the complete story in so much detail. Highly recommend. Thank you so much for doing this.
The best 7 hours I've spent in a long, long time. Even if not for how accurate, thorough, and well fricken done this video is, you deserve far more attention by gamers for the sheer amount of work I am SURE that went into this. Thank you
@@skeptica not even close lmao, the standard going rate is 0.01 cents for every 1000 views. This video has 600k views give or take so roughly 60 bucks over the course of 4 months for god knows how many dozens of hours worth of work
@@dirpyturtle69 i was saying like 1k at most because generally for a video with 1 million views you would get between 2k-4k, and this is about half that
Zombie richtofen actually answering with a solem sounding "I know and i am sorry" to russ and gang is the single moment of true sorrow expressed by ultimus richtofen and it hits different.
U Richthofen to a group of people who are the closest thing to friends he could ever hope for: “I did everything I have been accused of AND MORE… and I will not be apologizing for ANY OF IT!” U Richthofen to 4 randos that he has made a business out of fucking over: “you where secretly the real ones all along and I’m now going to show more remorse than I’ve ever felt before….. some”
This story is insane, and so heartbreaking as well. It's weird to me that by the end we considered the story "easter eggs". Even now my friends go "lets complete the x easter egg", like, it's so much more then that. The amount of thought that the developers put into making this storyline was insane and the fact it took so long to tell. All of us here are bound to these characters as much as they were bound to each other.
What hurts even more is that we wanted to see him achieve this better tomorrow. We wanted to be there with them as they achieved it. And to hear that that better tomorrow was never coming. I don't even know how to describe what that felt like. Their goals were our goals. Everything they fought for we fought for it with them. In the sea, all that hard work mean nothing in the end. It's truly shattering.
Idk I’ve heard a lot of people refer to them as quests so you could also look at them as the “story mode” but my main problem with them is how random many of the steps can feel something like the simon says step for moon or placing each of the staves in the giants on origins
Because they started as easter eggs in WaW. Treyarch didn't start making a background story for Zombies until Der Riese, and didn't have a main easter egg until Ascension. The easter eggs were also pretty secretive early on, with most players not even realizing a complicated story connected the maps in Black Ops. Even though they evolved far beyond easter eggs, the community that has been solving them over the years is accustomed to calling them easter eggs because of their origins.
you’re telling me Richtofen literally says “pictures or it didn’t happen”??? I’m dead dead dead also, I grew up playing zombies and following the storyline. these games and these characters are near and dear to my heart. would do anything to go back to the era and experience it all first hand again ❤️ here’s to you, Aether storyline 🤝
5:26:39 That was so funny when Nikolai said “Why do u assume I know my way around? Just because I am russian? Draw me map of fckn Chicago! That had me in tears 😭
Yeah, I also love the parallels later when Dempsey says " Why do you think I know my way around? Just because I'm American? Draw me a map of fckn Stalingrad!"
@@Mattiks12 facts, and I've looked at other videos but there's nothing that holds up to this, nothing that accurately draws together everything that happens from cold war onwards
I've played the COD for a good decade now and only found out this year that there was actually a story to it. To say I was prepared to watch this 6 hours fully through is an understatement but now my heart is broke. I really enjoyed Nikolai as a bad ass but he really did have a big heart 😭😭
When not looking at the story, one might find Richtofen to be the best character. He has probably the funniest voice lines of all the characters (at least the ultimis version). But when you find out the actual story you will probably bounce around between different characters. Tank is the apple pie eating, baseball watching, all brawn peanut brain, Takeo is the humorless philosopher, Richtofen is the 500IQ sociopath and Nikolai is the drunken badass who will have to take on the responsibility as the hero of the story. That's at least my take on it.
I work 8 hour shifts, Monday through Friday. I have listened to this start to finish, at least 5 times in the last couple weeks while at work, for some reason it keeps me more focused lmao
I might be able to explain that! Your brain gets focused when absorbing new information, like when you're being taught something you find interesting! Even if you're focusing halfway on the vid your brain is still in focus mode, and later your brain basically just says "oh, this again?" And focuses on it trying to pull new info out
Took me 3 days to watch it but it was a great ride. Very well done dude can’t imagine how long this took to put together but you did the best job honestly thanks
@reeceselby2979lol the replier is probably on the spectrum but I mean we all just watched a 7 hour video on video game story so we might all be a little special
it hurt to see the futility in everything that the 4 did, no matter what they did they were destined to fail. Richthofen only wanted to save them. This story was truly a masterpiece.
I understand cod zombies is a limited audience but my gosh this deserves more then 11k likes. So much effort put into this and very well broken down. If you have the time to watch it it’s worth your time if your a zombies fan. Gives playing zombies a whole new meaning now!
Ahhh yes, one of the most convoluted stories in videos games. Up there with the souls series. That simply started out as a zombie survival side mode in WAW
@@wolfyeyepatch1971 Nah, to easy to understand. Souls - in other hand, you need understand strange rhymes and etc. Also - the most convoluted story after COD Zombies Storyline - is actually a "Kingdom Hearts" storyline.
As someone with no knowledge of this story, I was expecting it to begin with something like "Mad Nazi Science" or "A cold war project gone wrong." not "Alien beings creating reality".
Technically speaking it did start with mad nazi science. The alien stuff was born in BO2’s Origins map, along with Primus and that essentially took over the comparatively simple original plot. If you could even call the original ultimus plot of WAW and BO1 simple.
I absolutely loved this! Thank you so much for taking your time in making this! It's so easy to understand and using the actual voice lines is like icing on the 3 layer cake
I love how Nolan North not only voices Richtofen but also a bunch of other characters in this story. Such a talented voice actor but once you know his voice, you can easily tell its him manipulating it.
Man that bit at the near the end with all of them laughing and singing make me so happy. I’ve never been a huge fan of the ending, but I’m glad we got that at least
What a story! Thanks for putting this together. I listened to it most of the day today turning wrenches at work. I knew a bit about the story but this showed me i missed so much. Fook. At the end too. I'm not crying, you are!
THANK YOU for making such a detailed zombies storyline!!! ive watched this multiple times! im obsessed with zombies and the storyline and ive always wanted to see a video as detailed as this and im just happy to finally find it!!
I stopped playing COD around black ops 2 and was at a cliffhanger for the zombies storyline since then. But thanks to this detailed 6 hour video I’m finally all caught up.
3:33:00 wait, so does this explain the random astronauts chasing you around when playing on the Moon map? All them were like private Hastings, sent forwards in time to 2025 when the Ultimis characters were on Griffin station? If so, that's a crazy way for them to tie in an explanation.
@@randomdogma6744 even if then, doesn’t mean they can’t be temporally trapped like Brock and Gary were, not only that but if we’re to assume that it took Richtofen and gang to do the EE by round 25 according to nuketown gameplay, it would likely make sense that 4-5 spawn, not counting ultimus’ time in Area 51, right? Just a small theory
I was never good enough at zombies, nor did I have the games, but I’ve always been interested in the story. This is a monster of a video. And as someone who never got to experience the full story through playthrough, I thank you for your deep dive.
6:42:25 Genuinly has me sobbing. It’s just…the characters dreams all layed out, both Ultimis and Primis; what I think gets time the most though is Primis Nikolai’s story. As someone who lost their own SO I fell deep into depression and the only things that lifted me out were games, to be exact COD with my friends. At the time all the DLC for Black ops 3 Zombies had just finished releasing so my friends convinced me to play it with them, after catching me up on some of the events before this we went and had a blast. Eventually we got to Gorod Krovi. It took us a few tries but eventually we beat the Easter egg, when the cutscene played and Nikolai revealed his past about only having one wife who he lost. It hit home, I genuinly think that COD Zombies was one of the only things that helped me through my problems at the time. Now I can look back upon COD with a smile on my face, Primis Nikolai will always be one of my favourite characters in Gaming and I just thank whoever wrote COD zombies for his character as he helped me through so much at the time. Anyways that’s my sobbing rant over!
I try fighting the pain of realizing my childhood is over but it hurts even worse... how people ruined everything nowadays and game devs got greedy and turned something we did for fun into a cash grab mess of complex game mechanics and loot boxes... Screw humanity...
The fact they intertwined real world events with fantasy just shows how dedicated they were. Also how scary it is that these line up so well as if they were history. Incredible video you've made.
Oh boy, didn't see that coming today: over 6 hours of explaining a story that is so complex and complicated that it would took over a year to understand its entirety of its scale!
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In my opinion, this, despite its length, is the clearest and most easiest to understand version of the timeline and story I have found.
honestly, i think its cause of the length that it makes so much sense, i've watched like 30 minute videos and 3 hour videos and i never once heard half of the details that are in this
I've been listening to/watching it over the past few days while I play video games, and I gotta say it's the best way to earn the story. Just play your game or do whatever you're doin, while off handidly paying attention. You'll get the big details, and if there's a point you're particularly interested in, just pause for a few moments and pay more attention
@@TheRealIconG. That’s what I’m doing rn while the times I play GT7
Can't agree more. I've been following the story up to around Zetsubo No Shima. It became way to complex to follow along, with all of the twists and turns it took. But this video actually made me wrap my head around it all.
The length just a testament to how much effort was put into this universe
It's my sleepover, I get to pick the movie.
This movie is long enough to last 3 sleepovers. Those poor, I mean lucky friends
Awesome sleepover
W pfp also w taste
Someone said this exact same thing on the morrowind retrospective done by patriciantv
nice pfp, mf doom goat
The full Zombies storyline is so intricate and impressive huge gratitude to all the writers that played a part in creating such an awesome story and storyline continuity.
I would like your comment but the number of likes is perfect
Our buddy told us he was gonna sit through this whole video and made it about 30 minutes in and never finished it. I’ve been a huge zombies fan since world at war came out and even I thought this videos length was daunting. After he passed away a few years ago I made a habit of going back through things he told us to check out and trying to finish things he never got a chance to. I’ve now finished this video for the second time and see so many parallels between what we’ve been through and what the characters have been through. Thank you so much for making this video and giving me a chance to feel close to my best friend again.
Sorry about your best friend, I'm sure he appreciates your resilience to push forward not only through life but to uphold your wishes to do things your friend can't anymore or wish he had more time to do. I'm sure your friend is proud that he is friends with you.
Rip to bro. I’m so sorry. Glad you found something that you enjoyed.
Rest In Peace.
may his soul rest in eternal comfort
I just wanna say that voice acting for radios that 90% of players won't even listen to is amazing. Gersh is my favorite of the bunch.
I prefer Schuster, since he voices admiral Yularen in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars show.
@@s1l3nc3d7 Holy Shit! Didn't Know That!
Yuri when he was being interrogated was probably my favorite. His acting was good as fuck
All of it is great and that’s I have literally memories most of the dialogue.
Schuster’s voice actor is the same as Takeo Masaki
Thank you Jebadiah Brown for crafting the thing that has single handedly saved everyone's asses.
Nah fuck jebadiah why the gun be disappearing???
AND WHY TF IS IT 5000
@@Reeminmotioncuz yes
@@Contemplatingspiderimagine playing with no guns
@@20piecemcnuggets27 POV the one person that likes playing with the ballistic knife
And **ck you Clive farnsworth for messing with things you don’t understand
What a fantastic breakdown. Thank you
Wendi, what on earth are you doing here?
A man of true culture
I see you every where I go. I like that.
Wendigoon, how did you get here?XD
B-based?
I’ve watched this video so many times and I’m not stopping any time soon
Legit one of the most tragic stories for Richtofen. I grew up with this series and honestly watching the Blood of the dead easter egg cutscene still hits me in the fucking feels.
Blood of the Dead ee hurts me to do , for more than that it’s a bad ee
its sad that blood of the dead Richtofen died feeling betrayed and alone. My homie deserved better
That map broke me.
That’s not bo3 rictofine. If you look at that cutscene rictofine does not have his scar from bo3. Have a look
@@User-ds6zk it’s still our boy
If the cod developers ever want to create a blockbuster game again, they should tell this story in a full length campaign, it would be phenomenal. Such a great analysis, great work!
That would be awesome. I never understood the maps until watching this.
@@brian7194Then what did you think was going on? I’m genuinely curious, I like hearing people own interpretations of events because often the story people come up with, is more spooky than the original. So if you did come up with your own interpretation, I like to hear it?
@@gameover9390 I just always assumed that the whole zombies thing and the lore behind it was simply, Germany trying to create super soldiers and instead trying to use dead soldiers as Super Soldiers. Then when Samantha got revealed I changed my opinion
My belief prior to watching this video was literally just One big Evil god (Shadow man) and A good god (Monty) were having a huge ass battle and Earth and the rest of the universe just ended up getting caught in the middle
they have to make a show at this point with all the content
They're definitely gonna need to reintroduce all these story elements in a detail like this video again because the new era CoD players don't even know that much of a significance to Samantha being in the Dark Aether, or even the zombies eyes being yellow in MWZ.
crazy how a little side game that the devs worked on in free time, years later has a 7 hour storyline
Bro the game play was so much fun but I’ll be honest it was the story that held me on for over a decade it easily my favorite. Except for the ending, it felt so rushed
@@matt3608 technically it still hasn't ended given how Eddy and Samantha are still alive
@TeamJella eddy is essentially just young rictofin reincarnated so picking up there would eventually have the same outcome as before I believe. Gotta pick up with russman and the crew in darkness is the only real option I see
@@eugeneberry9371 no? While yes, Eddy *is* Edward Richtofen, the events from before can't repeat themselves. For one, Eddy is much younger than Primis/Ultimis richtofen. Samantha is pretty young during the Cold War and she's older than Eddy, so we know Eddy couldn't be a big scientist for the Nazi party.
Secondly, dude just play cold war and Vanguard, these games take place after BO4 and are still connected to the old timeline. We already know there's a connection to Eddy, if by nothing else, then at least through Samantha.
@@TeamJella honestly? Vanguard is meh, but Cold War is good.
The fact that the concept of zombies, angels, monsters, extra-dimensional beings, dragons, giant robots, time travel, and weapons of unimaginable power all work in the same franchise is absolutely baffling, not to mention the fact that you grow such a deep connection to these characters and the stories they tell, this truly is one of the best games anyone can ever play.
It blows me away that the devs could build such an incredible story line from absolutely nothing and make it work so well in the background , thank you for the work on this video it’s amazing
I wonder when they first made the zombies game mode if they knew this storyline the whole time
@@bobocheesy5830 the storyline is so sparratic it was definitely made up as they went on
@@derekisludicrous9203 But since Craig Houston wrote them all, he can make it feel seamless
The game mode was supposed to be a one off Easter egg/ challenge mode, but here we are with a two hour lore video
@@who_is_Isaac bro it's almost 7 hours
The fact that i was able to watch this for almost 7 hours straight without getting bored shows how incredibly good this story is
As of me replying to this comment it has, coincidentally, 115 likes
It is weird how zelensky and blundell had a different vision for the story would’ve been cool to see how the story would’ve turned out if it didn’t change mid way through
Proof?
Yeah... it's good. REALLY good
Also speaks to the quality of this video.
It's hilarious how 3 hours after it was first mentioned in the video, Yena just admits to being a spy all along, it didn't move the story forward in any way but it was a pretty funny twist to reveal before killing him off, especially with him admitting that his passions are apple pie and baseball to hammer further on Richtofen's stereotypes.
Tbf it's been 20 or so years since Yena hasn't seen Richtofen and he was alone while recording his entry, so it's fine to say it out loud
Americans with their APPLE PIE and BASEBALL
I legit cackle when he mentioned how he missed American pie and baseball 😂😂
@@DogeickBatemanas an American I love my apple pie and baseball 🤣
I didn't even catch that lol
Started dating a guy and his entire childhood was Zombies. He makes a lot of references to it, and even played one of the characters in a dnd campaign. I’ve been trying to learn about it but didn’t know where to start, and this is helping tremendously. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. :)
You might not see this comment but which character in DND, I really just want to put it in perspective
@@Drabow06 now I need to know 🙏🙏😭
Are yall still together?
@@Akac3sh probably over discord, probably over
@@joyboy6752 literally what
I love the small detail that doesn't seem to be talked about often: As time goes on, Richtofen's "Dear diary" entries become increasingly more high pitched, depicting his descent into madness.
It makes me laugh so much I love it
"deeeeeyeeerrr diary"
it doesn’t get talked about because there’s no conversation to be and about it, we all know what it means that’s like saying the fact that there are zombies isn’t talked about
@@vfd10 boooooooooo boooooooo lame booooooooo
W profile pic
Absolutely no one:
Richtofen: DEEEEEEAR diary,
my fav part of all zombie
dEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAr diary, I've gone insane.
Hit him again vith zhe shtick!
I fucking love that so much
@@abegodsent4977 so true
“We got more than we deserved” explains the whole zombie’s storyline evolution. Started off with no plans just a simple game mode, and grew into something a lot of us grew to love and created memories with others just like us which we will carry with us. So thankful for this franchise and community
The fact people in 2024 are watching this and talking about this mode so many years later speaks volumes
Who else listening to this at work 🤣
Me right now as I have 6hrs left on my shift lol.
duuuude same🤣
@@beartrap8625 started 45 mins into work and after lunch finished it almost at end of day
@@robbieshaw3338 hell yeah my friend I just finished my shift and I feel all caught up on the story now haha
it’s getting me through the day 😂
His ability to explain things concisely while still maintaining a sense of mystery is astounding
He is a amazing storyteller, that is for sure.
“Concisely” is so funny because it’s a 7 hour video hahaha
Does it bring you immense pride at how many people watched this almost 7 hour master piece in it’s entirety
He should be it was the gratest explanation video ever. Reliving all of those easter eggs and having it all put together in 7 hours lol it took me nearly a month to do every maps easter egg but i gotta add this because hes my favorite character but takeo's story to this day brings tears to my eyes
I’m going to watch it while building legos
Yes
I have probably watched this about a dozen times, idk if it's because the effort, the story or the explanation but it's just great
@@WhiteFyreLeo i use this video as background noise while im doing stuff, it makes stuff fly by so fast
I love how on the timeline one entry states that Maxis is growing concerned of Richtofens erratic behaviour, only to place Samantha in his care on the very next entry.
Well, it was said that he wasn’t a good father and neglected her
dude i was attempting round 100 die rise and was like time to take break intervals and learn more about the timeline.
it’s funny that it’s takes a near seven hours to make any sense of this story 😂 i personally preferred it before the cannon storyline poster came out i preferred the old theory days
@@matteooliveira1168 a Return to Das Herrenhause situation would've been much better
😂
Just finished watching this entire video with my dad. I can now proudly say he’s fully in tune with the full zombies storyline now and probably knows more than my friends honestly
Normal zombie stories: virus
CoD: we'll take elder gods, time travel, extradimentional artefacts and possesed children...
True
🧟💁♀️
AND MONKEE
thats what makes it so good, and opens potential for more creativity during map making process
Seller: so we got virus and reincarnation. Which one u buyin?
Cod: we'll take theee....elder gods time travel extradimentional artifacts and possed children please?
Seller: Uh sir you sure you want to-
Cod: i said. We'll take it.
When Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen were talking he used their point colors from bo1. Dempsey was white, Nikolai was blue, Takeo was yellow, and Richtofen was green. Amazing job on this!
Fucking Takeo was yellow that is gold
@@The_Gamebuster or the fact that his subject number is N3WB. Poor guy.
@@The_Gamebuster those were the point colors for ultimus up until moon, then it was random for every map from moon till now
Would have been fucking cool as shit if the point colors mimic the color of the staffs and the characters who wield them, it makes sense why they didn’t but it would have been nice
@@The_Gamebuster lol I don't think anyone got it
JFK: has a whole arsenal of weapons
Player: starts with a pistol
JFK decided to give the zombies a slight chance. After all, nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedy's!
@@heavyweaponsgabe6445 ooof
Yeahh that's never made much sense to me
Uses China lake
Go back to Cold War foo
Honestly I never realized just how beautiful (and crazy) the story of zombies was until this video. I had watched a couple other videos that tried to explain it but I never understood, not until I watched this. I didn’t think I would be so touched, but I guess that’s what every good media does. It catches you off guard and pushes into your deepest emotions. Thank you
Yeah, it went from a niche/fun minigame in WaW to basically a fully fleshed out story
"Hit him again with the stick!" was unreasonably funny and I don't know why.
same reaction here
We all know someone that needs be hit again with the "stick"
1:07:43
Same 😂
I imagine Richtophen is throwing his head back and pointing at Dempsey.
I love the high notes Richthofen hits whenever he says “Dear Diary” 💀
“Deeeeear DIary”
It's the best^_^
mf sounds like doofenscmhirtz
lmao so funny
@@DJDAntoine ikr 😐
I love the fact that the creation of the origins staffs turns out to be a causal paradox. Maxis believes hes creating replicas. When hes actually creating the originals.
So do they keep the staves after origins and then Monty sends them back with them when he sends them to the og Great War?
@@ryland3011 I believe both instances are technically the originals. I'm unsure exactly how tho.
I dont think so. I think they are replicas. Just like how richtofen was able to build a time machine during the great war. I kind of assumed with his knowledge and with element 115, richtofen built the staffs. But not sure i guess since then again the staffs were found in origins and the great war was the end. Im just wondering how they got there.
@@ryland3011Richtofen creates replicas that would be replicated
No they are replicas, biased off the OG ones
“DRAW ME A MAP OF FUCKING CHICAGO” - Nikolai
That was hilarious 😂😂 and so true at the same time
Me: give me a piece of paper and pen and give 15 minutes.
Other Zombie Games: Virus caused it all.
Activision when making COD Zombies: Fuck it, lets make it Interdimensional Gods Demons, Timelines and evil rocks
Treyarch not Activision. Activision as every other publisher has no role in the creation of good thing, they are there just to make as much money as possible and ruin the game for us players.
@@mattiadece8573 while developers get hate too for no reason
@@mozeker0075 yeah, most of things treyarch gets blamed for in BO4 and CW were purely activision's fault, it's genuinely sad how good those games could've been
Meanwhile, The Last Of Us: Shrooms go BRRRRR!
@@stealthmailman9025 they dont create the decisions
Imagine creating an extra mode after you complete a campaign and seeing it uncontrollably spiral into a cult phenomenon
I hope that group of people got significant raises
@@zachary6701 the main guy did go on to make most maps for BO 1 and 2 and I think some more after so they definitely kept them on and I hope they got that raise too
All this because of a reward for finishing a campaign. Amazing ain’t it?
Seeing the intro video to Nacht Der Untoten gives me goosebumps to this day.
Ngl I wouldn’t mind a separate remaster of the entire Aether story line in a standalone game.
That would be amazing. I would 100% it 😂
it would be great, a true masterpiece. but it took them 10 years to make it first- how long do you think it'd take to make a second in today's standards?
@@Grizzly1506 considering it’s not being made completely from scratch I doubt it take a decade but at the same time releasing it at the ten year anniversary of the Aether storyline’s end would probably be a pretty sicc way to celebrate it
@@Grizzly1506 If they just updated the pre-existing maps to a modern engine, I think they could do it in a year or less.
@@esomber3961 why do you think nobody would buy it? Ten years out on the latest platform with the complete story and all the maps? Shit they could charge like 80-90 bucks for all the content that you’d be getting in just one game
Crazy I was 10-11 beating the world at war campaign with my friend in the middle of the night and then nacht happened and we were freaked out now here I am 15 years later watching a 6 hour video on the entire story while working and bored 😂
I can only imagine the sorrow Nikolai felt for Edward when he realized the truth. That Edward truly did his best to help and save them all but just couldn't accept admitting that he couldn't.
Dang dude this was so deep wow
Was so deep he stopped drinking.
they can’t forgive him cuz of what he did with messing with the teleporter. He also used them in bo1 when he got his hands on the mpd n swap souls w Samantha that was his plan. Sadly his doom did come in a tragic way.
Jesus loves you
@@braxtonpayne9093 couldn't care less
The fact that it took him 1 and 1/2 Hours to get to the actual game says everything. This story is amazing.
Huh? The map Buried is talked about in the first 10 minutes 🤦♂️
@@thenextgen1able but you don't play as that guy who lived there in like the 19. Century Idiot.
amazingly lacking in narrative direction yes
@@seanmac1793 Most maps were still good
@@thenextgen1able hjbn gnjnjh BB
I like to imagine a universe is out there somewhere where Maxis was impressed that Richtofen moved the walnut and he lives a very happy life with a famous instant walnut delivery service… “Richtofen’s walnut services”
We can only hope
@@nman551 would be nice…
This was the best comment
Nah, that universe would be like...
MAXIS: Doctor, do you think you could transport people with this device? Or war materials?
RICHTOFEN: Maybe... With enough time and development, mein device could certainly make travel to anywhere in the world instantaneous.
In the war the Nazis had instant walnuts for food
This is the first ever video I have watched from the first to last second with intrigue of this length. This story will go down in history as one of the greatest gaming lore ever created and I just feel fortunate to have grown up in a time we all got to enjoy this together.
1:07:40 "hit him again with the shtick!" I love that line so much
Great delivery. When alot of the conversations dont really sound like conversations this one is gold. By this I mean you can tell its multiple different takes between lines and they wait until the others lines are completely done
“Deeeeer diary”
Yeah that line reminded me of the scene from megamind when minion ran out of knockout gas he hit Hal with a knockout stick that looked like a baseball bat
"Unlike the the other test subjects he keeps breaking his restraints" 😂
Pure Comedy😂
I love how Rictofen just casually yoinks the most powerful relic in existence. Away from one of the most powerful creatures in existence.
Classic Rictofen.
Classic Rictofen.
Classic Richtofen.
Classic rictofen
Classic Richthofen.
i just love richtophens logs, the high pitched "deeeeeeeaRR DIARY" always gets me
With all these video game adaptations coming out; THIS is the story they need to be adapting. It’s easy as fuck to have this casted for real humans or even animated(easier) and would totally take all TWD hype. PLUS it’s so easily makeable into a season show per map or even do multiple maps with the casts throughout the season.
Hearing all the Primis and Ultimis crew talk about what they wanted more than anything while Samantha and Eddy walked away was a surprising tear jerker.
I still don't fully understand what all happened at the end 😭
@@DulfyBee tldr: there was no good ending to the 2 groups. They had to die in order for the universe and time to get back to normal, and the russian was the only one who could make the choice. He did, he killed them all and himself in one last goodbye party, universe and time got fixed to pre eather shenanigans, and Samantha and Edie (the doctor's soul) left to the new universe.
@@valeriusohterus2315 Gotcha, gotcha. Thanks!
I find it amazing how the story behind zombies not only makes all of these crazy maps and features fit into a single story, but it even technically explains the fact these same people fight in the same locations over and over.
I did it. I watched the entire thing and the best line out of it all was "Draw me fucking Chicago."
Nikolai is hilarious. That part cracked me up
Yes it was my favorite part
"Pictures Dempsey, pictures! Or it didn't happen." was my favorite.
5:26:44
I know somebody will ask one day
Took me 5 and a half hours to understand this joke
I’ve just watched this for the 12th time while working. I freaking love the Aether Storyline. I’m so glad I’ve been blessed enough to be apart of it
Just watched it for the first time cuz I love playing zombies but just found out there was a storyline. Already want to rewatch it
@@woozii.capalot The story is FANTASTIC. And the characters have so much depth and the world design in each map is so unique and different
We really need a stand alone zombies game. Fully fleshed out story and progression
Story mode
Need a Richthofen game no lie
Yer
Damb, that's wild, ever heard of cold war?
@@fightydragon3287what are you talking about? Cold war is not a stand alone zombies game and it's missing a lot of character and story development to really have a good story. I still liked it, it's fun to play with my friends who don't really play zombies because they can survive past round 20.
The BoTD easter egg broke something in me when I first did it with 3 other mates of mine. Seeing the sadistic, ruthless richthofen feeling betrayed and left to die when this whole cycle was created only because he wanted to save people who he felt close to that didnt even remember him was damn tragic.
My theory is that Richthofen didn't really die in that chair, he switched bodies with Eddie. That's why he says we won't remember. Because we never got to know him. There's even a German version of that Easter egg cutscene and it mentions dimension 2210 where Richthofen went to retrieve Eddie and bring him to the house. Rictofen was a pretty smart dude.
@@GooGz would also explain why richthofen in the new zombies games is the hidden big bad in the last cutscene
@Ashley Kneebone can you tell me which game? I can't remember. (Specifically the game and its map, so that I can look it up)
@@KingSpriggan129 Cold War, I believe it was forsaken? Never played Cold War so I could be wrong on the map
@@alfiecollard1459 yeah it was Cold War me and my mate completed that Easter egg last night
I'm a little under two hours in,, and I gotta say, the way the storyline was put together for this video is great. I've tried watching a number of videos to catch up on the lore, but they're always so convoluted and confusing. This video, however, has so far been very easy to follow. Great work
The radios make parts really elongated, but they provide SO much more than “this happened” does.
@@Richerodt exactly!!!
Give it four more hours xD
fr
There is so much lore there really should be a movie made about this story.
This is the movie
Not just a move. A whole series. There is certainly way too much to be packed in one movie, or even three, for that matter.
You can literally hear Richthofen’s slow decent into madness. It’s quite beautiful. And also disturbing.
Yeah I think it’s really interesting to hear just how different he talks once he is fully crazy
It’s nice that after all the craziness, the Richthofen mellowed out and saw things clearly
It's the Dear, Deear, Deeeear, and Deeeeeeeear levels of the recordings
@@GloopyAstrology deeeeeeeeeeeeeear diary, the day is November 16, 18 hundred sixty four. I took a dump today. Hee hee ha hoo end log
Abraham Lincoln?
The amount of hours this man probably put into this project is remarkable, thank you
yeah I was reading a lot of the wiki and then just decided to look if someone made a video on the entire timeline
At least 7 hrs
Gotta be at least doubt that mate. The amount of time put into editing, research, pulling almost every(if not all) audio file and conversation between characters, etc. has to be longer than the video actually is.
Ultimis and Primis guys interacting is warming my heart, a great fan-service indeed! Can't believe every choice they've made up until that moment led to that.. truly heartwarming.
Yeah that was cool. Sucks it was so short
Every time I try to find zombies lore breakdowns, they always seem unclear or boringly described. This one however Is amazing and exactly explains everything clearly and the pacing and emphasis makes it easy to follow. Thank you so much for this video. Excellent work.
Yeah this guy is awesome
Drbi
Most other breakdowns will just read word for word from the timeline they released for zombies chronicles, this video does a much better job
@@Supermac97451 I agree
So u watched the entire 6 hours in one sitting?
The ending truly did break my heart, seeing what nikolai did not for the world but for his friends as he didn't want them to go through those pains again, it broke me. But it made sense, he chose the lesser of two evils and chose to end it all, he gave a new world a new hope but had to sacrafice what's closest to him to do so. That truly is heart breaking
Agreed...man, and to think we've been following these characters from the very beginning, growing our never-ending love for them and then for it all to end like that...now THAT'S an epic tale
Ehh still feels like a lazy cop out. Underwhelming though because of the love for these characters it still hits in the feels a little
@@blyatmanmike1816 so glad i had the privilege to grow up with these characters. watching the story go on as i do.
It pisses me off so much that the dark aether story exists. They took all that pain and sacrifice and said fuck it we need another game to milk. Sure 115, the apothicons, the aether, etc are gone, but now we just have aetherium, and elder gods, and the dark aether. Sam and Eddie don’t even get to live good lives. It’s horrible.
@@peanutbutter6720 I don't really see what the problem is, their stories are done and if you despise the new story so much just pretend doesn't exist if it makes you that upset.
Ahh yes the crew we all remember, Richthofen, Nikolai, Takio, and Pablo
Pablo solos
imagine how much more badass the group would be if they added a mexican
@@zomb1eezless then it is now 😂
@@thepackattack3909agree
As a Mexican, I find this funny for some reason.
A German who had a Russian, Japanese, and a Mexican for test subjects. Then he "killed" the Mexican and was replaced with an American. Seems pretty balanced to me
This is one of my favorite youtube videos of all time, I watch it about twice a year!
I came back to watch this video again and I realised, Nickolai never needed to die in the end he could've gone with the children because he still had a soul and wasn't on the path that created the loop, I believe he didn't want to go on because of what he'd just done and preferred to die with his friends.
I think maybe that because the four characters were bound together across all time lines because of the elemental shard made it necessary. Not sure tho
@@theninjachicken8625 it certainly would make sense
Samantha and Eddie were both pure souls thanks to Dr. Monty. Nikolai was not. He still had 115 corruption in him due to exposure and teleportation
He was bounded to the shard so i still think he had to die
No he still had to die.
Watching this makes you realise Dempsey was the rock of the group. He cared about everyone and was surprisingly way more attentive and wise than we originally thought. How open he is with his mind to the others. Asking them *why* their motives and feelings are the way they are. Wondering *how* he can understand all of their viewpoints fairly. *trying* to strengthen the bonds between the group. Listening to it all like this kindof makes me emotional. He genuinely cared about their mental health and always asked about how they felt. Especially Nikolai.
Dempsey is literally my favorite character
haha its definitely that marine mentality, theyve gotta build rapport with their comrades or else there would be no reason to fight for one another! i love this story and these 4 characters so much and how they all have their own ways of showing their concern (except for richtofen he was clearly just a sociopath) lol 😭
No no no, Richthofen definitely cares the most. He didn't even need the four souls to make his plan but from all his failed attempts seeing the others die, he became attached and wanted them to be okay too. Dempsey was ignorant and while he cared, if Richthofen hadn't gone out of his way to make sure to collect their souls, none of them would have had an ending at all. Richthofen was the rock of the group bringing them together
@@ALynn127 I'd say Dempsey was the rock keeping them together, but Richtofen was the brain keeping them alive and going
@@smoothdooth8784 dude he literally could of just gotten tired of repeating over and over and thrown away the other 3 but he would do anything for the three of them he just wanted to be in the end with him
I have always wanted to learn the story of CoD Zombies, but no matter how many videos I watched, I could never really fully understand what was going on. This is a masterpiece. I loved watching every minute of it and will happily do it again. Tells the complete story in so much detail. Highly recommend. Thank you so much for doing this.
Bet I was looking through comments to see if it's worth the watch.
“Company over country” is unsettling.
The best 7 hours I've spent in a long, long time. Even if not for how accurate, thorough, and well fricken done this video is, you deserve far more attention by gamers for the sheer amount of work I am SURE that went into this. Thank you
can u imagine how much this guy is making off one video 🤯
Probably like 1k at most because TH-cam sucks
@@skeptica not even close lmao, the standard going rate is 0.01 cents for every 1000 views.
This video has 600k views give or take so roughly 60 bucks over the course of 4 months for god knows how many dozens of hours worth of work
@@dirpyturtle69 1 cent per 1000 views is like 600 cents or 6 dollars, what
@@dirpyturtle69 i was saying like 1k at most because generally for a video with 1 million views you would get between 2k-4k, and this is about half that
Still immensely disappointed there was never a Great War map, would’ve been so cool to play as Primis in a giant war using the staffs
dude frrrr
with apothicons flying around
It would’ve just been another origins remake
@@niko_4228 Would take that over the Call of the Dead remake we ended up getting
Dude so true
Zombie richtofen actually answering with a solem sounding "I know and i am sorry" to russ and gang is the single moment of true sorrow expressed by ultimus richtofen and it hits different.
U Richthofen to a group of people who are the closest thing to friends he could ever hope for: “I did everything I have been accused of AND MORE… and I will not be apologizing for ANY OF IT!”
U Richthofen to 4 randos that he has made a business out of fucking over: “you where secretly the real ones all along and I’m now going to show more remorse than I’ve ever felt before….. some”
@@Gus-n9u I Believe that's because after being revived the aether poisoning on his mind was gone.
@@Gus-n9u Also not to mention he never had an exact hand in making them corrupted as well, they were still pure in the way of the universe.
Every couple months I come back and rewatch this video. I love it
This story is insane, and so heartbreaking as well. It's weird to me that by the end we considered the story "easter eggs". Even now my friends go "lets complete the x easter egg", like, it's so much more then that. The amount of thought that the developers put into making this storyline was insane and the fact it took so long to tell. All of us here are bound to these characters as much as they were bound to each other.
What hurts even more is that we wanted to see him achieve this better tomorrow. We wanted to be there with them as they achieved it.
And to hear that that better tomorrow was never coming. I don't even know how to describe what that felt like.
Their goals were our goals. Everything they fought for we fought for it with them.
In the sea, all that hard work mean nothing in the end.
It's truly shattering.
Idk I’ve heard a lot of people refer to them as quests so you could also look at them as the “story mode” but my main problem with them is how random many of the steps can feel something like the simon says step for moon or placing each of the staves in the giants on origins
@@cancerouscorndog6425i think thats just for the sake of gameplay. It does feel random but just cause it makes the gameplay better.
Because they started as easter eggs in WaW. Treyarch didn't start making a background story for Zombies until Der Riese, and didn't have a main easter egg until Ascension. The easter eggs were also pretty secretive early on, with most players not even realizing a complicated story connected the maps in Black Ops.
Even though they evolved far beyond easter eggs, the community that has been solving them over the years is accustomed to calling them easter eggs because of their origins.
you’re telling me Richtofen literally says “pictures or it didn’t happen”??? I’m dead dead dead
also, I grew up playing zombies and following the storyline. these games and these characters are near and dear to my heart. would do anything to go back to the era and experience it all first hand again ❤️ here’s to you, Aether storyline 🤝
Same back with the z house
Did you listen the radios
I'm really hoping for a good cinematic universe
Hell yeah 😂😂😂
What? When?
5:26:39 That was so funny when Nikolai said “Why do u assume I know my way around? Just because I am russian? Draw me map of fckn Chicago! That had me in tears 😭
Dude I absolutely love this quote thanks for timestamping it and finding it funny as well
ONG
@@opshark6075 I love that quote
Yeah, I also love the parallels later when Dempsey says " Why do you think I know my way around? Just because I'm American? Draw me a map of fckn Stalingrad!"
@@adenhudson4832 He says that quote?
Now do one for the dark aether storyline, your style of work is unparalleled and i dont think anyone elses attempt would hold up to yours
agreed, this was the BEST zombie story video. the rest got their own theories but this ain’t nun but facts
@@Mattiks12 facts, and I've looked at other videos but there's nothing that holds up to this, nothing that accurately draws together everything that happens from cold war onwards
I've played the COD for a good decade now and only found out this year that there was actually a story to it. To say I was prepared to watch this 6 hours fully through is an understatement but now my heart is broke. I really enjoyed Nikolai as a bad ass but he really did have a big heart 😭😭
When not looking at the story, one might find Richtofen to be the best character. He has probably the funniest voice lines of all the characters (at least the ultimis version). But when you find out the actual story you will probably bounce around between different characters. Tank is the apple pie eating, baseball watching, all brawn peanut brain, Takeo is the humorless philosopher, Richtofen is the 500IQ sociopath and Nikolai is the drunken badass who will have to take on the responsibility as the hero of the story.
That's at least my take on it.
Am I the only one who feels bad for doctor Schuster every time he starts his research somebody goes insane and ruins everything
Man just wanted to make stable and safe teleportation.
Edward's Walnut Transportation Would've Been The Best Ending.
It's nice that Nikola finally learned that Ritchofen was trying to save them the whole time.
I work 8 hour shifts, Monday through Friday. I have listened to this start to finish, at least 5 times in the last couple weeks while at work, for some reason it keeps me more focused lmao
I might be able to explain that!
Your brain gets focused when absorbing new information, like when you're being taught something you find interesting!
Even if you're focusing halfway on the vid your brain is still in focus mode, and later your brain basically just says "oh, this again?" And focuses on it trying to pull new info out
Took me 3 days to watch it but it was a great ride. Very well done dude can’t imagine how long this took to put together but you did the best job honestly thanks
U ever gonna do a nuzlocke?
Yo watch you're vida
Took me 2
i'm doing this in one sitting, life is boring
Took me 3 days to watch too lol
The story of Buried alone would make an amazing movie or miniseries.
i loved the buried story
Not really
Fr that was one of the best parts
@@squidman2425 how not? 🤡
@@squidman2425 🤡🤡🤡
Absolutely love Richthofen. The way he opens his Diary logs.. Dear Diary, his voice is amazing
DEEeAr diary
He's definitely laying on his belly over the foot of his bed, kicking his feet in the air with the polished boots still on
@@TheCompleteMental thanm you for putting that image in my head
@@kiptenlockhart4514 fr🤣🤣
Gets teleported into a cave with a weird Pyramide that zapps him the first time he touches it.
Immediately proceeds to slap it :D
I am patiently awaiting an update on the story & timeline throughout Black Ops 6 Zombies. Can’t wait 😇
You’ve bought an insane amount of joy to this 32 year old with this video. Thank you!
Joy? how so? & what’s the relevance with your age?
@reeceselby2979lol the replier is probably on the spectrum but I mean we all just watched a 7 hour video on video game story so we might all be a little special
@@CampingComrade.let the man be god dayum😭
it hurt to see the futility in everything that the 4 did, no matter what they did they were destined to fail. Richthofen only wanted to save them. This story was truly a masterpiece.
I understand cod zombies is a limited audience but my gosh this deserves more then 11k likes. So much effort put into this and very well broken down. If you have the time to watch it it’s worth your time if your a zombies fan. Gives playing zombies a whole new meaning now!
Check out the views Now
So true !!!
132k now
Ive watched this like 10 times. Thank you sir. I've cried at the end each time. It's a shame that a story like this might never happen agian.
It was truly a masterpiece 😢
It’s a shame it ended so abruptly, I feel like the peak was when the cycle ended. Hell Monty didn’t even get voice lines😔
Plot twist, Black Ops 6
@@Oscar-b5b4x yeah I definitely think it shouldn’t have ended so quickly as it did, I was itching for more then it just stopped😢
The fucking music holy shit. No one talks about it enough, its incredible
thats why cw sucks man, the old games had so much personality and aura to them. now zombies is stale.
@@rowenlampe7426 yo for real the state of CW zombie makes me depressed
@@nikeonnk super depressing 😞
@@rowenlampe7426 all you people do is complain jesus christ, from bo3 all the way until now, it just never stops
@@kanddyy these people actually care about the state of call of duty, the game gets worse and worse every year and their just pointing it out.
Ahhh yes, one of the most convoluted stories in videos games. Up there with the souls series.
That simply started out as a zombie survival side mode in WAW
what about FNAF? that should be up there too.
@@wolfyeyepatch1971 Nah, to easy to understand. Souls - in other hand, you need understand strange rhymes and etc.
Also - the most convoluted story after COD Zombies Storyline - is actually a "Kingdom Hearts" storyline.
@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и the kindom hearts i agree with
Also Mortal Kombat, not AS convoluted but still pretty convoluted
You guys are also forgetting the Zelda series. It has multiple timelines and in the end, all of them are combined into one with Breath of the Wild.
As someone with no knowledge of this story, I was expecting it to begin with something like "Mad Nazi Science" or "A cold war project gone wrong." not "Alien beings creating reality".
Technically speaking it did start with mad nazi science. The alien stuff was born in BO2’s Origins map, along with Primus and that essentially took over the comparatively simple original plot.
If you could even call the original ultimus plot of WAW and BO1 simple.
I absolutely loved this! Thank you so much for taking your time in making this! It's so easy to understand and using the actual voice lines is like icing on the 3 layer cake
I love how Nolan North not only voices Richtofen but also a bunch of other characters in this story. Such a talented voice actor but once you know his voice, you can easily tell its him manipulating it.
I literally pointed it out multiple times too lol. He is probably my favorite voice actor. Nathan Drake and Dr Edward Rictofen
If he is voicing the characters is he also making up lore?
He is my literal favorite VA and I’m always happy to hear him.
@@spiderpig7241 Nooo... the voice actors don't make the lore.
Ricktoften Was Nolan? Been playing since WaW! Damn that's range!
Man that bit at the near the end with all of them laughing and singing make me so happy. I’ve never been a huge fan of the ending, but I’m glad we got that at least
The zombies storyline deserves its own TV show or movie series
No way
No it doesn’t
While I love the story, I feel like it wouldn't fit that format very well
A novel or a shonnen anime is kindalike it
I wanna see the zombie storyline but its just one several hour long movie and sticks to the original material to a TEA.
What a story! Thanks for putting this together. I listened to it most of the day today turning wrenches at work. I knew a bit about the story but this showed me i missed so much. Fook. At the end too. I'm not crying, you are!
Who else had no intention to watch all 6 hours but ended up getting hooked and doing it anyways 😂
Me. Background noise but also kinda interesting
It is 5am for me right now so yes
5 hours in
Facts lol
I had full intention to watch it all but I wanted to watch it in parts. Now I'm 4 and a half hours in and I'm not stopping now.
THANK YOU for making such a detailed zombies storyline!!! ive watched this multiple times! im obsessed with zombies and the storyline and ive always wanted to see a video as detailed as this and im just happy to finally find it!!
I had no idea donation comments existed until I saw yours
@@pacg1801 they added it like awhile ago. It's an option to put it for ur vids that u upload!
You actually love zombies so much you spent 50$ to say it. The real gigachad here folks
@@xxbigironxx9889 thing is hope the person who made this vid actually gets the money instead of the money just going to nobody.😂🙃
Donation comment? Wierd.
"Nein! Drop that! That's my spleen! Mine!" will always be my favorite Dr. Richtofen line
"HIT HIM WITH THE STICK!" competes with that
@@austinfowler2707I could hear him in my head
I thought I was the only one
"I bet it would hurt soooooo good if I put my hand in there"
1:03:43
I stopped playing COD around black ops 2 and was at a cliffhanger for the zombies storyline since then. But thanks to this detailed 6 hour video I’m finally all caught up.
3:33:00 wait, so does this explain the random astronauts chasing you around when playing on the Moon map? All them were like private Hastings, sent forwards in time to 2025 when the Ultimis characters were on Griffin station? If so, that's a crazy way for them to tie in an explanation.
That kinda makes sense if it’s true
Yep, it makes sense that they don’t appear every round after death, they’re on some sort of respawn timer I believe
He said there were 5 test subjects no?
@@randomdogma6744 even if then, doesn’t mean they can’t be temporally trapped like Brock and Gary were, not only that but if we’re to assume that it took Richtofen and gang to do the EE by round 25 according to nuketown gameplay, it would likely make sense that 4-5 spawn, not counting ultimus’ time in Area 51, right? Just a small theory
I was never good enough at zombies, nor did I have the games, but I’ve always been interested in the story. This is a monster of a video. And as someone who never got to experience the full story through playthrough, I thank you for your deep dive.
6:42:25
Genuinly has me sobbing. It’s just…the characters dreams all layed out, both Ultimis and Primis; what I think gets time the most though is Primis Nikolai’s story. As someone who lost their own SO I fell deep into depression and the only things that lifted me out were games, to be exact COD with my friends.
At the time all the DLC for Black ops 3 Zombies had just finished releasing so my friends convinced me to play it with them, after catching me up on some of the events before this we went and had a blast. Eventually we got to Gorod Krovi. It took us a few tries but eventually we beat the Easter egg, when the cutscene played and Nikolai revealed his past about only having one wife who he lost. It hit home, I genuinly think that COD Zombies was one of the only things that helped me through my problems at the time. Now I can look back upon COD with a smile on my face, Primis Nikolai will always be one of my favourite characters in Gaming and I just thank whoever wrote COD zombies for his character as he helped me through so much at the time.
Anyways that’s my sobbing rant over!
I’m proud of you overcoming a great tragedy. And your friends are the kind of people to keep by your side. Stay happy :)
All hail Craig Houston
I'm not crying, my eyes are just moist
I try fighting the pain of realizing my childhood is over but it hurts even worse... how people ruined everything nowadays and game devs got greedy and turned something we did for fun into a cash grab mess of complex game mechanics and loot boxes... Screw humanity...
The fact they intertwined real world events with fantasy just shows how dedicated they were. Also how scary it is that these line up so well as if they were history. Incredible video you've made.
Oh boy, didn't see that coming today: over 6 hours of explaining a story that is so complex and complicated that it would took over a year to understand its entirety of its scale!