Wassup Chopper! I was wondering what are the names of the songs that you used in both of these videos? They sound awesome but unfortunately when I try to shazam them there's no result. th-cam.com/video/53aS8Z2pmE0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/vYbnVJuNsf4/w-d-xo.html
@@RevisedGames The game selling well has nothing to do with if the game is good or not and graphics aren't everything dude lmao. This is one of the worst era's of gaming
@@RevisedGames the social aspect of games is often lost nowadays, cod hiding their custom games behind multiple menus, disbanding lobbies after they end, and no forced game chat all really take away from the experience. i can see the argument that games are better nowadays but there is just too much corporate control taking away from the creativity of developers
To this day, I still stand by MW2 being the greatest COD of all time. Game came out in my senior year of high school and I grinded it to death with the boys after school. Crack a Full Throttle energy drink and steal some of my dads beers and I was all set. Never played a game that was more addicting and fun than MW2. Definitely miss 2009-2010. Life was simple
I agree. I loved Black Ops so much, especially for its zombies which I still think was zombies at its peak but MW2 was incredibly special and I think slightly better than BO1. I think what edges it out above BO1 is the music for me.
@@off_da_perc3039 you’re just a part of the new wave of players that cry if everything isn’t balanced. Almost every weapon in there was OP so it all evened out. Intervention, ACR, Akimbo Models, Raffickas, G18s, Rangers, UMP45, Noob tubes, commando tac knife pistols
This was THE game to play at the time. If you were a gamer no matter your age in 2009-2010 you were playing MW2, just walking on the street I'd hear others talking about it. I was 14 at the time and still had my 'squeaker' voice so I rarely talked on the mic because others were ruthless 🤣 I miss those days those where I had zero worry or care in the world other than playing with my friends from school and talking about the epic moments the next day.
‘’Modern Warfare 2 is top 10 the most influential modern media ever produced.’’ Exactly. In 2010, most uploaded video topic was MW2 on the whole TH-cam.
Funny you say that at the end me and my son spent months trying for 3 stars in spec ops on every mission and his 20 now were waiting for MW2 people critacised me because i was a young parent and let my son play these games he's a good genuine lad that still plays never harmed him and created some great memories
I remember getting 50/50 stars back in 2015-16 era and every achievement in the game, I’m replaying a few of the missions and it’s still some of the most fun I’ve had with gaming
same buddy! i was 21 when my kid was born. we grinded hard on COD 4, WaW, MW2 together when he was at moms, and i would watch him when he was with me. he says those are his fondest memories, i still watch him play, and we're still super tight!
Not only did it help battle its rival Halo but it kinda helped shape Cod and the community. Many memories playing this and its still a masterpiece to this day
Almost 22 years old now. This was my first cod when I was around 9-10. My pops and I would always fight over who got to play terminal. Great times man.
the day my cousin told me to put my ump 45 down and try an intervention was one of the biggest game changes I've eve had.. such a great feeling and memories.
Man who remembers the model 1887s when the game first dropped? The dual wielded version could literally kill from across the map. And the knifing was absolutely broken. Those times were amazing man. Miss those intermission moments as well.
I'm so thankful I was in 8th/9th grade during this games prime. It was a time to be alive and you're right, this game sparked alot of people discovering their passions.
This game was iconic. I think the variety of play styles and customization was truly what made it stand out. The maps are goated, the guns and kill streaks, just everything about it was top tier
I was in high school as a sophomore and brother half of my schools male population was missing when this game came out. My friends and I have some of our fondest gaming moments that we can still to this day remember. This game was special.
Awesome vid Chop. Watched the entire thing in 1 sitting. This was one of my favorites for sure. Going from getting dunked on to dunking on everyone by the end of the game,. Such good memories
This is my favorite call of duty multiplayer ever. This was the first game i ever truly obsessed about, had almost 50 days invested in it. This game had (imo) the biggest leap in innovation and new ideas from game to game and was truly amazing. Though there have been many other great cods since, this one always remains my top.
Made me cry all over again, good stuff, what a nostalgia trip! I hope this new MW2 is just as good. I always thought when I was younger that it was interesting that Shepard looked up at the last moment before you even throw the knife
I'm not sure anyone's pointed this out, but Sheppard used CIA connections to get him in with Makarov, but further Sheppard tipped Makarov off and gave Makarov an asset to start WW3. That's what leads into the safehouse mission and why he killed ghost and roach, it would've revealed that Sheppard helped Makarov start ww3 in the hopes of taking down the big "villain" and become a hero again because his reputation was tarnished due to the nuke in cod 4 decimating his men.
Woody, TmarTn, and KYR SP33DY will always have a place in my heart for MW2 and MW3. These people taught me how to get better and enjoy the countless hours I spent in these worlds. Great video, GGs
I swear TH-cam just knows! I just finished playing through the OG modern warfare trilogy. I was 6 at the time this came out, and thus I was too focused on the Wii to give a damn. I’ve been going back to give the rated M games I missed in the past a try, and am currently collecting a full set of Call of Duty games. Awesome video. Dropped a like and sub just for this!
Crazy how my experience with MW2 and WAW was pretty much the exact same as yours. Going over my next door neighbours house playing it for hours on end with my friend and his father. Honestly some of the most vivid and earliest memories I remember! Great video to bring back that nostalgia! Just hope MW2 2022 can live up to that legendary name
This game gives validity to my belief that the most enjoyable things in life have glaring problems. Friends, partners, games, movies, cars, music… etc. The most interesting and enjoyable experiences, not matter what medium they’re experienced through, often have GLARING issues that give them just enough character to permanently burn them into your mind.
I know this is late compared to the release. But this video got me to really relive this game for a moment and thank you. Unlike a lot of players, my best friend and I never really moved on past this game playing it right up to the CoD4 remaster as our go to CoD. Which by that point the game began to get over ran my "modders" with things like aim bot and permanent UVA. But as you mentioned the game gave you pretty much everything you could imagine for all situations. And we trolled modders for years through corny strategies. Finally we took out the discs for the final time I guess half a decade ago already with a final in-game time of 393Days. RIP to thee GOAT of CoDs. There will never be another one like you.
modern warfare 2 for me was just out during a really big moment in my life which is why i think it ended up being such a core memory for me, i'd just gone into secondary school (year 7 UK) in 2009 so big changes where happening at the time and new core friendships where forming around this time which so happened to intertwine with those friendship groups all playing this after school every single day but then slowly over the years the group chat just slowly dwindled and disbanded as we all grew onto different life paths.
the "Russia managed to get onto US soil easily" thing implies that the downed ACS module you retrieve in the Cliffhanger mission was decrypted or reverse-engineered and they used what they learned for the invasion, or at least that's what I took from it when suddenly paratroopers were over Washington
@@creativename3707 there is. Chopper doesn’t understand the campaign. Also doesn’t understand that Sheperd was makarov were connected to allow for WW3 boy parties wanted it, and that’s how Allen got in so easily with makarov
I disagree that video games were looked down upon, depending on the game. When Halo 2 became a global phenomenon nobody would bat an eye if you talked about it, but they might think you're a nerd if you played World of Warcraft.
Man, I remember first learning how to quick scope. Learning that the ump silenced didn’t need stopping power to 3 shot. Getting that first cross map throwing knife off spawn. Having my heart race as I built up to my first harrier jet without any other kill streaks before it to help. It started as getting smacked, to doing the smacking, and went up from there. I’d say I’ve matured cuz of age now as a gamer, but that time I was happiest
This game led to many years of good memories making new friends and going on to further call of duty games. Such a shame we will never live those moments again.
I was 15 when this game came out and I'm happy to see that the squeakers loved this game also my respects for surviving all the insults from the big boys 😂
This was such a beautiful video, thank you man. You managed to make me happy, sad, laugh and feel so thankful to have had experienced this classic gem. I cant wait for MW2!
Sorry for the second comment but I just finished the video. I have to say this hit in me the feels as I was in middle school when this came out and that’s all me and my friends did was play mw2. I remember the first time me and my uncle got 3 stars on ever spec ops mission after weeks and weeks of playing co op with each other. This game definitely molded the pathway for gaming today and it touched the lives of so many players. I hope the next modern warfare 2 is able to be talked about the same way in years to come. Thanks for the blast from the past this was a damn good video.
God it actually hurts listening to the soundtrack, like my stomach area is actually aching, my body remembers that point in time when everything was so magical for the lack of a better word.
i played this game as my first cod when it first came out with the console bundle it came in (RIP Mw2 special edition console, red ring) and loved it. it was my uncle’s shit so i would sneak sessions when he was away, he probably knew but didnt care. it was one of the few games along with halo 2 and 3 i played without my parents monitoring n honestly i loved it all to death. ive spent probably 3 months or more worth of time altogether, and ive enjoyed every moment. from the hateful roast battles of the day, to the amazing friendships i formed thru clans n groups i played with, i loved it all.
Random (non-skill-matched) matchmaking, one game you're surrounded by noobs crushing it, the next you're against a full team of Swedish semi-pros and you get a KD of 0.1
MW2 felt like a you had to be there moment. Almost the whole of youtube became call of duty. I'll always cherish those spec ops co-op days and I'll never forget my first Nuke. Camping it out in the bunker on wasterland in the middle with a thermal barrett, while my best friend sat on the couch waiting for me to die because we were swapping every life. Also while I will say that Stopping Power was always the most superior perk, Cold Blooded had a lot of uses and some of my easiest nukes were with cold blooded classes using smgs
That game was huge. It came out by my birthday. I was 23 years old. And by far my favorite call of duty ever I had alot of fun with my friends. It was like everybody wants to buy a PS3. just to play MW2 Even people that didn’t play video games wanted to play Mw2 I made a lot of friends in the game.
Your commentary on MW2 is spot on! Current COD games need more elements of MW2! No Buffs No Nerfs just good old fashioned skill! Thanks for the memories brother!
Great video man, you nailed it properly. Even though I was an adult playing this I can remember going into work & all us gamer guys were comparing our challenging levels on Spec Ops. I also remember me & my friend trying to beat the 15 Juggernaut oil rig level. I wish they bring it back the way that it was on MW2, I was so gutted when I played MW19’s take on the mode. All my mates now are all married & what not but MW2 has stayed with all of us as one of the best games ever. All you have to say is “Grenada” and it brings memories
There are actually quite a few fine details in MW2 that I really like, my favorite being the background radio chatter in "Of Their Own Accord" basically explaining the strategy behind the Russian invasion of DC and how it emphasizes how far gone DC is at that point.
I remember I got this game when I was 10 and was playing the campaign in my living room and my parents were sitting in there and then came the godlike No Russian mission😂 I was told to shut my PS3 off and take it upstairs lmfaooo Edit: Reading everyone’s comments is so wholesome, it’s insane how a single game can positively impact our lives
I'll be 42 this year and I have incredible memories of this game that I'll never forget. This was absolutely more than a game, and it put Call of Duty on the map in such a way that the franchise is now literally a part of the Western cultural lexicon. My mom knows what Call of Duty is and this is the same woman who still thinks all console games are Nintendo games. The franchise is referenced in movies, TV, music... That all started with this game. This was the game that officially snatched the console FPS crown from HALO. The impact this game had on both the franchise and the industry as a whole are undeniable, both for better and for worse.
They were at the time. Remember when the news was saying a game like COD would make kids shoot up schools? Or kids would start doing GTA in real life? I remember.
Looking back at it now, I think it would've been GAME CHANGING if the EMP was able to stop a nuke AFTER it's been called in. No one really ever bothered with going for an EMP at 15 kills BUT it you had the ability to stop a nuke with it, I think alot of people would've ran it and it would've been a complete game changer
Tbf lad WW1 started because of the death of one guy. A mass shooting in an airport would drive anyone to act irrationally no matter the position of power. They would always look for something to blame on response to a massive tragedy.
I will never in my life forget the first time I played MW2. It was the first CoD I ever played and I wasn’t a big shooter fan at the time except Halo. My brother and his friends were playing and I was like “what is this?” They proceeded to train me yo and we played literally all weekend. This CoD is GOAT
There was a type of investigation in the lore, I guess from what was said by one of the developers is that Russia knew Makarov was behind the airport massacre, however they were under the impression that they were funded by the American government to carry it out. More specifically the CIA.
I remember intentionally disliking black ops and refusing to play it because I did not want the mw2 days to ever end. I got black ops midway through its lifecycle and reluctantly played it only to find it was also a great game. Mw2 is hands down my favorite cod followed closely by bo1 & bo2
The spec ops missions with the juggernauts is where it was at for me and my friend. Those were the unique tanks of spec ops and the strats we would use or create to take them down was what made it so fun
this game geniunely is a title that birthed so many fans. It truly was a media masterpiece, nothing at that time could touch it. The story was great and so immersive. The multiplayer was so slick and chaotic, the maps were well balanced. Eeverything about it was so good that i went through multiple discs over a 3 year span and mw2 never got replaced in my console.
15:22 they actually do explain how they got into America, theres a mission called Cliffhanger and the cutscene with Shepherd explaining it in a cutscene
I think what really made mw2 such a great game was atmosphere. You could tell it was a game made for a mature audience, no octopus or clown costumes. All weapons with realistic gun sounds were used typically in the military, and the campaign was the sauce. The absolute goat. Storytelling that is brought up years later, replayed to this day, a game much kept alive. Although I thought it was cool seeing the mw2 2022 trailer, I don’t think it will ever hit off like the original mw2 did.
17:10 omg this unlocked a memory. My cousins always thought it was ridiculous the things they asked Ramirez to do. We used to say things like “RAMIREZ. Take down that ac-130 with a hot dog”
Is it just me or did the broken kill streak play make it more fun? When someone was close to getting a nuke it was like a 6v1 man hunt, and added to the intensity.
This game was amazing I'm glad the campaign got remastered but I wish they remastered the multiplayer but glad they are doing a sequel for the 2019 modern warfare
Mw2019 was the real beginning of the end lmao. Especially for multiplayer. Everyone's just distracted by the graphics and "realism" dispite how objectively awful it is at its core as far as traditional cod multiplayer goes.
man i have vivid memories of this game from the first match on skidrow and using the mounted gun to my first nuke on favela. Not to mention literally everyone i knew no lifed this game.
Modern Warfare 2 / Black Ops. Cannot be topped IMO The map designs, guns, Single players, Zombies, the music and soundtracks, even the sounds when you levelled up or completed a challenge. The friends I made on there, the memories I had, the endless hours spent from trickshotting to S&D, trying to get nukes, split screen zombies, 1v1’s on Rust, waiting ecstatically for the DLC’s to release and them actually being amazing! Everything about those two games fill me with nostalgia and joy
hitting the red bell always creeped me out when i was a kid and i remember being so frightened when u hit the red bell when it clearly says for you not to
I miss Mw2, but I also miss the BO2/ Ghosts era a few years later. Ghosts because during that time was when I was able to get the DLC and had friends to play zombies with. These were the good days. Its just nostalgia for me, but still
Love this video, I was the exact same age as you playing this game. It was my first multiplayer game and my mind was blown. Me and my cousin loved the fall camo and we were so bad, that we were joining each other's games as enemies giving us headshots to get it :D Great game, great times and the best memories, wish to relive them again...
There was so much to cover from this game, more than today’s games but another thing that was unique for COD even though I didn’t enjoyed it was the ability to play multiplayer in 3rd person view.
Still have my Night Vision Google on the Head night stand it came with. And still works great since day 1 back in 2009. My father in law used to steal them to go hunting back in the day and be able to see in the wood at night. Sure, Its not and never will be like the real night vision google used in the army in comparison. But for the price and quality of the product even after almost 14 years and still wotking like day one. Still happy I've got the collector edition.
This game came out when for me I was a senior in High School. I remember being really into it. I was always pretty social at school, but it never really extended past being generally friendly and small talk. I'll never forget I had a final for speech class. Which involved me and 4 other guys that had to do it to pass. Two of the guys were on the football team. The other 2 were normal slackers. I always dressed punk or goth depending on the day. Our speeches took maybe 5mins each, the rest of the class (which was an hr longer for testing) was spent talking. I had planned on sleeping the rest of the time, but of course video games came up and we all got into it. MW2 was the thing we talked the most about. Close to the end one of the footballers who turned out to be the QB said "Huh, you guys are pretty cool. It's a shame we will probably never talk again." I shoot back with "That's just the way, it's not like we hang out at the same places. It's not like we're going to go out of our way to see each other. I'd say we could play a game, but I play on PC and I wouldn't want your 1.2 KDR lookin' ass dragging me down. You'd prolly feel the same way about me on the field."(I had a 5.2 at the time.)
Very thankful to have grown up playing this with friends. Sad you didn’t mention glitches, emergency air stop glitching, javelin glitching, elevator glitches etc. this game wasn’t fine tuned and you could do some shit that wasn’t intended. And they didn’t care. Was a great time for gaming.
On my XBox Museum it shows that MW2 is my most played game with 63 days. MW3 is second with 32 and surprisingly Advanced warfare is also in my top 10 most played games. None of the Treyarch games are there though, even though i loved WaW.
A right of passage for my generation. I was just about to turn 14 when MW2 dropped. You were spot on at the start when you said kids would play cod all night then catch up at school and talk about cod all day to then stay up all night playing cod again that night. The best times EVER. Think I had 35 days in game play time on multiplayer. The fondest of memories!!!
Playing that mission in the favelas of Rio became a core memory for me. I’m Brazilian so I had to play the campaign inside a LAN house because I didn’t have a decent PC or a console. The way they portrayed Brazil in the game, the blockbuster feeling, the characters, the story… This game is perfect for me.
@25:14 That was one of my favorite maps! Can't even tell you what the name was, but that was the first map I ever got a nuke on and I got it on hardcore with literally no kills streaks! I just used the revolver too! I literally rushed, with a revolver and got a friggin nuke! No camping, just running! It was brilliant! Loved that map!
I haven't played this game for probably close to a decade and I can still instantly recognize the guns just from the iron-sights... Damn did I love this game... However I'm still salty that the Leaderboards on Xbox were a hackers nest that Activision just never bothered to do anything about, such a waste.
When he reviewed the campaign and he said "dosen't matter It's About the adventure" honestly its another way to say its a plot hole but he's too nostalgic to say its a plot hole.
I mean he’s to nostalgic I wonder if he actually replayed the campaign XD the ‘how did they invade’ bit was literally the whole point of shepherds betrayal. He gave them the code to slip past our system to create war and defeat them to create patriots in response to people not caring his men died to the nuke in mw1. The plot makes sense, he just didn’t care lol. I’ve seen this in his other vids, I’m trying to figure out if the thing is a bit where is more in line with most who play it won’t get it, or he just literally doesn’t care to try.
I was a sophomore in highschool when MW2 came out. I had a very small group of friends (we were the nerdy weirdo outcasts) and this game got me out of my shell so to speak, even brought me closer to my family members that I played multiplayer with. Hell I joined an MLG clan, remember MLG? MW2 and Bad Company 2 were my formative experiences and I cherish the memories I have of them. I hope the reboot sequel coming up is at least okay.
My parents never let me play cod when I was a kid so I never experienced the golden age of gaming and didn’t get into them until 2011 with Halo Reach. However different my entry to gaming was, I’m really glad I was still able to experience the joy of gaming and see how influential gaming was on my generation. I’ll never be able to experience the joy that was MW2 or black ops 1-2 when they were in their prime but I’m over all glad I at least got to see my friends play it.
mw2 prime was between 2009 - 2011 and even in the MW3 era lots of people still played MW2 so If you played mw2 between those years you really havent missed anything back then you just had a clear distinction between treyarch and infinity ward fans, now its all morfed together
Sometimes, nostalgia isn't bad when you go back. MW2 is still a pretty strong game. Just a shame the servers are dead. But the story is still very fun.
Just got off deployment a month before this game dropped. My entire barracks would log in and play this game until all hours of the night...so many awesome memories. Miss my mil bros.
When you said listening to the audio of the game just brings out the nostalgia, I felt that in my soul. I wish with 8 billion people in the world there was some what of a community on every game so we could play like the old days. Sadly those days are gone and we must look forward 😔 got in the feels a little thete hahaha
This is the first cod game I played multiplayer I went back and played the others online but man this game holds a spot in my heart forever. I feel so sad when I look at cod nowadays
(Long comment) My mom taught at the school I went to and I remember vividly that she had a meeting after work that day and I felt so bad asking if we could go the opposite direction of our house in rush hour traffic to get to GameStop and inevitably stand in line for eternity so I could get a copy of this game, but luckily she knew how important this game was and was willing to do all that. I have my own son now and so look forward to passing on that experience one day, whether it’s with gaming or any other hobby he has, and I swear I’ll always remember that day when he asks for something and I’m exhausted haha. Also not to get serious but a few weeks after the game came out I wound up in the hospital with a sinus infection that was entering my brain, I was in the hospital for two weeks and the ICU for about half of that time. My older brother and his friends would visit and we’d talk about MW2 a lot, and when I thankfully got out of there we played nonstop. This game is permanently etched into that time of my life (I was 12) as the thing I was able to come home and enjoy after probably the worst experience I’ve ever had in terms of like a legitimate life threatening crisis. Honestly so many memories came up watching this video, thank you for this series I’ve really been loving these vids!
It was a good time. I often think about it. Played it last time 3 years ago and then got banned by Steam VAC because i wanted to restore my online stats after they got deleted after I visited a hacked server by simply searching a FFA server.
So thankful I was 17 years old when I got this game, being in HS at the time and getting home to join all my friends playing MW2 are literally some of the most cherished memories of my life!!!! We would play hours and hours of MW2 then when we needed a break from multi player we would all jump on WAW for some zombies. You really had to be there, what a beautiful era of gaming. I'm so thankful I was there to witness COD during the golden years.
Ive been having so much fun with these, thank you all for supporting them, CoD Ghosts is next and after that Im gonna take a short break to recharge
Wassup Chopper! I was wondering what are the names of the songs that you used in both of these videos? They sound awesome but unfortunately when I try to shazam them there's no result.
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Keep on going man your channel will only rise and keep on rising 🙏🏽
If you haven’t yet the remastered modern warfare would make a good video as well.
these videos are amazing, keep up the great work!
good high effort stuff
I’m thankful to have grown up during this era of gaming, Truly wonderful.
@@RevisedGames Never seen a worse take.
I want to 3 star all spec ops missions
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@@RevisedGames Some ppl should be banned from the internet
@@RevisedGames The game selling well has nothing to do with if the game is good or not and graphics aren't everything dude lmao. This is one of the worst era's of gaming
@@RevisedGames the social aspect of games is often lost nowadays, cod hiding their custom games behind multiple menus, disbanding lobbies after they end, and no forced game chat all really take away from the experience. i can see the argument that games are better nowadays but there is just too much corporate control taking away from the creativity of developers
To this day, I still stand by MW2 being the greatest COD of all time. Game came out in my senior year of high school and I grinded it to death with the boys after school. Crack a Full Throttle energy drink and steal some of my dads beers and I was all set. Never played a game that was more addicting and fun than MW2. Definitely miss 2009-2010. Life was simple
i enjoyed the hell out of MW2, but its balancing on MP was horrendous. its definitely a great, but its not the best because of its balance issues
@@AtomicTheSniper the lack of balance is what made it fun and memorable. COD is the most fun when there’s a bunch of OP weapons to screw around with
I agree. I loved Black Ops so much, especially for its zombies which I still think was zombies at its peak but MW2 was incredibly special and I think slightly better than BO1. I think what edges it out above BO1 is the music for me.
@@captainkill21 op weapons where never fun, only if u used them to cheat-now how was that any fun??
@@off_da_perc3039 you’re just a part of the new wave of players that cry if everything isn’t balanced. Almost every weapon in there was OP so it all evened out. Intervention, ACR, Akimbo Models, Raffickas, G18s, Rangers, UMP45, Noob tubes, commando tac knife pistols
MW2 is still one of the most content-rich CoD games ever released. One of the best video games ever made.
I want to 3 star all spec ops missions
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Absolutely, MW2 and Bo1 are the best
Would argue that black ops 3 and mw3 are more content rich than mw2 by miles
@@Paper323 I think you missed the "one of" portion of his comment
Not super content rich really, but great gameplay.
This was THE game to play at the time. If you were a gamer no matter your age in 2009-2010 you were playing MW2, just walking on the street I'd hear others talking about it.
I was 14 at the time and still had my 'squeaker' voice so I rarely talked on the mic because others were ruthless 🤣 I miss those days those where I had zero worry or care in the world other than playing with my friends from school and talking about the epic moments the next day.
‘’Modern Warfare 2 is top 10 the most influential modern media ever produced.’’ Exactly. In 2010, most uploaded video topic was MW2 on the whole TH-cam.
Funny you say that at the end me and my son spent months trying for 3 stars in spec ops on every mission and his 20 now were waiting for MW2 people critacised me because i was a young parent and let my son play these games he's a good genuine lad that still plays never harmed him and created some great memories
I remember getting 50/50 stars back in 2015-16 era and every achievement in the game, I’m replaying a few of the missions and it’s still some of the most fun I’ve had with gaming
That comment put a smile on my face, so many good memories playing with my dad 😅 good for you and your kid!
same buddy! i was 21 when my kid was born. we grinded hard on COD 4, WaW, MW2 together when he was at moms, and i would watch him when he was with me. he says those are his fondest memories, i still watch him play, and we're still super tight!
Not only did it help battle its rival Halo but it kinda helped shape Cod and the community. Many memories playing this and its still a masterpiece to this day
Almost 22 years old now. This was my first cod when I was around 9-10. My pops and I would always fight over who got to play terminal. Great times man.
😂 your dads a cool dude
@@lucasvarela9632 he has his moments 🤣
damn I'm really fuckin old... you folks are still young.. I was drinking a splashed 7up when playing COD4 before you guys were even born
@@davidherene6365 maths not mathing. a 22 year old in 2023 would have been 7 when cod 4 came out. lmao "not born"
the day my cousin told me to put my ump 45 down and try an intervention was one of the biggest game changes I've eve had.. such a great feeling and memories.
Man who remembers the model 1887s when the game first dropped? The dual wielded version could literally kill from across the map. And the knifing was absolutely broken. Those times were amazing man. Miss those intermission moments as well.
Yea I miss the care package glitch as well cuz people get so mad
the akimbos? yeah that shit in duals were broken
I'm so thankful I was in 8th/9th grade during this games prime. It was a time to be alive and you're right, this game sparked alot of people discovering their passions.
This game was iconic. I think the variety of play styles and customization was truly what made it stand out. The maps are goated, the guns and kill streaks, just everything about it was top tier
I was in high school as a sophomore and brother half of my schools male population was missing when this game came out. My friends and I have some of our fondest gaming moments that we can still to this day remember. This game was special.
Awesome vid Chop. Watched the entire thing in 1 sitting. This was one of my favorites for sure. Going from getting dunked on to dunking on everyone by the end of the game,. Such good memories
This is my favorite call of duty multiplayer ever. This was the first game i ever truly obsessed about, had almost 50 days invested in it. This game had (imo) the biggest leap in innovation and new ideas from game to game and was truly amazing. Though there have been many other great cods since, this one always remains my top.
Made me cry all over again, good stuff, what a nostalgia trip! I hope this new MW2 is just as good. I always thought when I was younger that it was interesting that Shepard looked up at the last moment before you even throw the knife
I'm not sure anyone's pointed this out, but Sheppard used CIA connections to get him in with Makarov, but further Sheppard tipped Makarov off and gave Makarov an asset to start WW3. That's what leads into the safehouse mission and why he killed ghost and roach, it would've revealed that Sheppard helped Makarov start ww3 in the hopes of taking down the big "villain" and become a hero again because his reputation was tarnished due to the nuke in cod 4 decimating his men.
Woody, TmarTn, and KYR SP33DY will always have a place in my heart for MW2 and MW3. These people taught me how to get better and enjoy the countless hours I spent in these worlds. Great video, GGs
Ew tmartn
Speedy was my favorite
Can't forget xjawz and whiteboy7thst
@@AlexCruz-us2sx facts
@@AlexCruz-us2sx omg holy shit xJawz 😮 I used to watch that guy. He fell faster than a rock
I swear TH-cam just knows! I just finished playing through the OG modern warfare trilogy. I was 6 at the time this came out, and thus I was too focused on the Wii to give a damn. I’ve been going back to give the rated M games I missed in the past a try, and am currently collecting a full set of Call of Duty games. Awesome video. Dropped a like and sub just for this!
Crazy how my experience with MW2 and WAW was pretty much the exact same as yours.
Going over my next door neighbours house playing it for hours on end with my friend and his father. Honestly some of the most vivid and earliest memories I remember! Great video to bring back that nostalgia! Just hope MW2 2022 can live up to that legendary name
This game gives validity to my belief that the most enjoyable things in life have glaring problems. Friends, partners, games, movies, cars, music… etc. The most interesting and enjoyable experiences, not matter what medium they’re experienced through, often have GLARING issues that give them just enough character to permanently burn them into your mind.
I know this is late compared to the release. But this video got me to really relive this game for a moment and thank you. Unlike a lot of players, my best friend and I never really moved on past this game playing it right up to the CoD4 remaster as our go to CoD. Which by that point the game began to get over ran my "modders" with things like aim bot and permanent UVA. But as you mentioned the game gave you pretty much everything you could imagine for all situations. And we trolled modders for years through corny strategies. Finally we took out the discs for the final time I guess half a decade ago already with a final in-game time of 393Days.
RIP to thee GOAT of CoDs. There will never be another one like you.
modern warfare 2 for me was just out during a really big moment in my life which is why i think it ended up being such a core memory for me, i'd just gone into secondary school (year 7 UK) in 2009 so big changes where happening at the time and new core friendships where forming around this time which so happened to intertwine with those friendship groups all playing this after school every single day but then slowly over the years the group chat just slowly dwindled and disbanded as we all grew onto different life paths.
the "Russia managed to get onto US soil easily" thing implies that the downed ACS module you retrieve in the Cliffhanger mission was decrypted or reverse-engineered and they used what they learned for the invasion, or at least that's what I took from it when suddenly paratroopers were over Washington
isn't there a dialogue that goes something like: "we thought we recovered the acs before the russians could crack it, we were wrong"?
@@creativename3707 there is. Chopper doesn’t understand the campaign. Also doesn’t understand that Sheperd was makarov were connected to allow for WW3 boy parties wanted it, and that’s how Allen got in so easily with makarov
I disagree that video games were looked down upon, depending on the game. When Halo 2 became a global phenomenon nobody would bat an eye if you talked about it, but they might think you're a nerd if you played World of Warcraft.
Man, I remember first learning how to quick scope. Learning that the ump silenced didn’t need stopping power to 3 shot. Getting that first cross map throwing knife off spawn. Having my heart race as I built up to my first harrier jet without any other kill streaks before it to help. It started as getting smacked, to doing the smacking, and went up from there. I’d say I’ve matured cuz of age now as a gamer, but that time I was happiest
This game led to many years of good memories making new friends and going on to further call of duty games. Such a shame we will never live those moments again.
I was 15 when this game came out and I'm happy to see that the squeakers loved this game also my respects for surviving all the insults from the big boys 😂
This was such a beautiful video, thank you man. You managed to make me happy, sad, laugh and feel so thankful to have had experienced this classic gem. I cant wait for MW2!
I had to pause multiple times during the multiplayer part because the nostalgia was making me cry.
@yadig you sound like you didn't have a lot of amazing times on that game. It clearly didn't help you thru a lot of problems like most other people.
Both MW2 and Black Ops are absolutely astounding titles and I have fond memories of playing them with the boys
Sorry for the second comment but I just finished the video. I have to say this hit in me the feels as I was in middle school when this came out and that’s all me and my friends did was play mw2. I remember the first time me and my uncle got 3 stars on ever spec ops mission after weeks and weeks of playing co op with each other. This game definitely molded the pathway for gaming today and it touched the lives of so
many players. I hope the next modern warfare 2 is able to be talked about the same way in years to come. Thanks for the blast from the past this was a damn good video.
God it actually hurts listening to the soundtrack, like my stomach area is actually aching, my body remembers that point in time when everything was so magical for the lack of a better word.
I'm so glad I grew up with this game. It has never been the same since. The amount friends, nukes, 1v1, funny matches omg I miss all of it
Servers are officially back online for all CODS on Xbox.
hell yea
i played this game as my first cod when it first came out with the console bundle it came in (RIP Mw2 special edition console, red ring) and loved it. it was my uncle’s shit so i would sneak sessions when he was away, he probably knew but didnt care. it was one of the few games along with halo 2 and 3 i played without my parents monitoring n honestly i loved it all to death. ive spent probably 3 months or more worth of time altogether, and ive enjoyed every moment. from the hateful roast battles of the day, to the amazing friendships i formed thru clans n groups i played with, i loved it all.
The game that defined an era and practically raised a generation. Damn I miss MW2...
Random (non-skill-matched) matchmaking, one game you're surrounded by noobs crushing it, the next you're against a full team of Swedish semi-pros and you get a KD of 0.1
MW2 felt like a you had to be there moment. Almost the whole of youtube became call of duty. I'll always cherish those spec ops co-op days and I'll never forget my first Nuke. Camping it out in the bunker on wasterland in the middle with a thermal barrett, while my best friend sat on the couch waiting for me to die because we were swapping every life.
Also while I will say that Stopping Power was always the most superior perk, Cold Blooded had a lot of uses and some of my easiest nukes were with cold blooded classes using smgs
Somehow I’m back here. I will forever miss this fucking game man why can’t they hit like this anymore
That game was huge. It came out by my birthday. I was 23 years old. And by far my favorite call of duty ever I had alot of fun with my friends. It was like everybody wants to buy a PS3. just to play MW2 Even people that didn’t play video games wanted to play Mw2 I made a lot of friends in the game.
Your commentary on MW2 is spot on! Current COD games need more elements of MW2! No Buffs No Nerfs just good old fashioned skill! Thanks for the memories brother!
Great video man, you nailed it properly. Even though I was an adult playing this I can remember going into work & all us gamer guys were comparing our challenging levels on Spec Ops. I also remember me & my friend trying to beat the 15 Juggernaut oil rig level. I wish they bring it back the way that it was on MW2, I was so gutted when I played MW19’s take on the mode.
All my mates now are all married & what not but MW2 has stayed with all of us as one of the best games ever.
All you have to say is “Grenada” and it brings memories
There are actually quite a few fine details in MW2 that I really like, my favorite being the background radio chatter in "Of Their Own Accord" basically explaining the strategy behind the Russian invasion of DC and how it emphasizes how far gone DC is at that point.
MW2 has decided the course of my life, it goes deep.
I remember I got this game when I was 10 and was playing the campaign in my living room and my parents were sitting in there and then came the godlike No Russian mission😂 I was told to shut my PS3 off and take it upstairs lmfaooo
Edit: Reading everyone’s comments is so wholesome, it’s insane how a single game can positively impact our lives
This game changed my life. And as you said at the end. I am truly grateful to have just been there
I'll be 42 this year and I have incredible memories of this game that I'll never forget. This was absolutely more than a game, and it put Call of Duty on the map in such a way that the franchise is now literally a part of the Western cultural lexicon. My mom knows what Call of Duty is and this is the same woman who still thinks all console games are Nintendo games. The franchise is referenced in movies, TV, music... That all started with this game. This was the game that officially snatched the console FPS crown from HALO. The impact this game had on both the franchise and the industry as a whole are undeniable, both for better and for worse.
I’ll be 40 in January and I love COD
Video games were frowned upon? The last iteration was world changing? Damn dude youve got a twisted sense of the world.
They were at the time. Remember when the news was saying a game like COD would make kids shoot up schools? Or kids would start doing GTA in real life? I remember.
Those early MW2 multiplayer lobbies were brutal. It was like how Kenobi described Mos Eisley space port
This multiplayer deserves a remaster…
Looking back at it now, I think it would've been GAME CHANGING if the EMP was able to stop a nuke AFTER it's been called in. No one really ever bothered with going for an EMP at 15 kills BUT it you had the ability to stop a nuke with it, I think alot of people would've ran it and it would've been a complete game changer
Tbf lad WW1 started because of the death of one guy. A mass shooting in an airport would drive anyone to act irrationally no matter the position of power. They would always look for something to blame on response to a massive tragedy.
I will never in my life forget the first time I played MW2. It was the first CoD I ever played and I wasn’t a big shooter fan at the time except Halo. My brother and his friends were playing and I was like “what is this?” They proceeded to train me yo and we played literally all weekend. This CoD is GOAT
there are kids in middle school now that were not even alive when this game dropped
There was a type of investigation in the lore, I guess from what was said by one of the developers is that Russia knew Makarov was behind the airport massacre, however they were under the impression that they were funded by the American government to carry it out. More specifically the CIA.
I remember intentionally disliking black ops and refusing to play it because I did not want the mw2 days to ever end. I got black ops midway through its lifecycle and reluctantly played it only to find it was also a great game. Mw2 is hands down my favorite cod followed closely by bo1 & bo2
The spec ops missions with the juggernauts is where it was at for me and my friend. Those were the unique tanks of spec ops and the strats we would use or create to take them down was what made it so fun
this game geniunely is a title that birthed so many fans. It truly was a media masterpiece, nothing at that time could touch it. The story was great and so immersive. The multiplayer was so slick and chaotic, the maps were well balanced. Eeverything about it was so good that i went through multiple discs over a 3 year span and mw2 never got replaced in my console.
15:22 they actually do explain how they got into America, theres a mission called Cliffhanger and the cutscene with Shepherd explaining it in a cutscene
I think what really made mw2 such a great game was atmosphere. You could tell it was a game made for a mature audience, no octopus or clown costumes. All weapons with realistic gun sounds were used typically in the military, and the campaign was the sauce. The absolute goat. Storytelling that is brought up years later, replayed to this day, a game much kept alive. Although I thought it was cool seeing the mw2 2022 trailer, I don’t think it will ever hit off like the original mw2 did.
Well said
17:10 omg this unlocked a memory. My cousins always thought it was ridiculous the things they asked Ramirez to do. We used to say things like “RAMIREZ. Take down that ac-130 with a hot dog”
Is it just me or did the broken kill streak play make it more fun? When someone was close to getting a nuke it was like a 6v1 man hunt, and added to the intensity.
This game was amazing I'm glad the campaign got remastered but I wish they remastered the multiplayer but glad they are doing a sequel for the 2019 modern warfare
They did remaster the multiplayer lol, its just no one plays it so hard to find lobbied
@@imAgamingApple no they didn't, and that was the main complain of the remaster
Mw2019 was the real beginning of the end lmao. Especially for multiplayer. Everyone's just distracted by the graphics and "realism" dispite how objectively awful it is at its core as far as traditional cod multiplayer goes.
And if they had remastered the multiplayer the new cods would die off, they know this.
@@Trahzy wdym? getting spawn massacred is so much fun!!!1!111
man i have vivid memories of this game from the first match on skidrow and using the mounted gun to my first nuke on favela. Not to mention literally everyone i knew no lifed this game.
Modern Warfare 2 / Black Ops. Cannot be topped IMO
The map designs, guns, Single players, Zombies, the music and soundtracks, even the sounds when you levelled up or completed a challenge. The friends I made on there, the memories I had, the endless hours spent from trickshotting to S&D, trying to get nukes, split screen zombies, 1v1’s on Rust, waiting ecstatically for the DLC’s to release and them actually being amazing!
Everything about those two games fill me with nostalgia and joy
hitting the red bell always creeped me out when i was a kid and i remember being so frightened when u hit the red bell when it clearly says for you not to
I miss Mw2, but I also miss the BO2/ Ghosts era a few years later. Ghosts because during that time was when I was able to get the DLC and had friends to play zombies with. These were the good days. Its just nostalgia for me, but still
Love this video, I was the exact same age as you playing this game. It was my first multiplayer game and my mind was blown. Me and my cousin loved the fall camo and we were so bad, that we were joining each other's games as enemies giving us headshots to get it :D Great game, great times and the best memories, wish to relive them again...
There was so much to cover from this game, more than today’s games but another thing that was unique for COD even though I didn’t enjoyed it was the ability to play multiplayer in 3rd person view.
Bro i closed my eyes and almost cried when the menu music started playing haha
8:00 “social friendly gaming experiences at the time” yea okay
Still have my Night Vision Google on the Head night stand it came with. And still works great since day 1 back in 2009. My father in law used to steal them to go hunting back in the day and be able to see in the wood at night. Sure, Its not and never will be like the real night vision google used in the army in comparison. But for the price and quality of the product even after almost 14 years and still wotking like day one. Still happy I've got the collector edition.
It's ridiculous that games are still being scapegoated by people trying to blame everything but the actual problem
8:00, "Was one of the most social friendly game experiences at the time." Did you not ever get into the crazy game lobbies?? hahaha
This game came out when for me I was a senior in High School. I remember being really into it. I was always pretty social at school, but it never really extended past being generally friendly and small talk. I'll never forget I had a final for speech class. Which involved me and 4 other guys that had to do it to pass. Two of the guys were on the football team. The other 2 were normal slackers. I always dressed punk or goth depending on the day. Our speeches took maybe 5mins each, the rest of the class (which was an hr longer for testing) was spent talking. I had planned on sleeping the rest of the time, but of course video games came up and we all got into it. MW2 was the thing we talked the most about. Close to the end one of the footballers who turned out to be the QB said "Huh, you guys are pretty cool. It's a shame we will probably never talk again." I shoot back with "That's just the way, it's not like we hang out at the same places. It's not like we're going to go out of our way to see each other. I'd say we could play a game, but I play on PC and I wouldn't want your 1.2 KDR lookin' ass dragging me down. You'd prolly feel the same way about me on the field."(I had a 5.2 at the time.)
Very thankful to have grown up playing this with friends. Sad you didn’t mention glitches, emergency air stop glitching, javelin glitching, elevator glitches etc. this game wasn’t fine tuned and you could do some shit that wasn’t intended. And they didn’t care. Was a great time for gaming.
On my XBox Museum it shows that MW2 is my most played game with 63 days. MW3 is second with 32 and surprisingly Advanced warfare is also in my top 10 most played games. None of the Treyarch games are there though, even though i loved WaW.
A right of passage for my generation. I was just about to turn 14 when MW2 dropped. You were spot on at the start when you said kids would play cod all night then catch up at school and talk about cod all day to then stay up all night playing cod again that night. The best times EVER. Think I had 35 days in game play time on multiplayer. The fondest of memories!!!
I was 23 when this game was out.. Ahhh good times... Well best of times really :(
Playing that mission in the favelas of Rio became a core memory for me.
I’m Brazilian so I had to play the campaign inside a LAN house because I didn’t have a decent PC or a console.
The way they portrayed Brazil in the game, the blockbuster feeling, the characters, the story…
This game is perfect for me.
@25:14 That was one of my favorite maps! Can't even tell you what the name was, but that was the first map I ever got a nuke on and I got it on hardcore with literally no kills streaks! I just used the revolver too! I literally rushed, with a revolver and got a friggin nuke! No camping, just running! It was brilliant! Loved that map!
I haven't played this game for probably close to a decade and I can still instantly recognize the guns just from the iron-sights... Damn did I love this game... However I'm still salty that the Leaderboards on Xbox were a hackers nest that Activision just never bothered to do anything about, such a waste.
35:10 I still have that as a text tone for one of my friends, makes me smile to this day.
The dopamine I got as a 9-10 year old on this game was outstanding. It felt and looked so good and I miss those days.
When he reviewed the campaign and he said "dosen't matter It's About the adventure" honestly its another way to say its a plot hole but he's too nostalgic to say its a plot hole.
I mean he’s to nostalgic I wonder if he actually replayed the campaign XD the ‘how did they invade’ bit was literally the whole point of shepherds betrayal. He gave them the code to slip past our system to create war and defeat them to create patriots in response to people not caring his men died to the nuke in mw1. The plot makes sense, he just didn’t care lol. I’ve seen this in his other vids, I’m trying to figure out if the thing is a bit where is more in line with most who play it won’t get it, or he just literally doesn’t care to try.
this cod was so great i knew a guy who stopped playing hs football to play this game because he was addicted to it
I was a sophomore in highschool when MW2 came out. I had a very small group of friends (we were the nerdy weirdo outcasts) and this game got me out of my shell so to speak, even brought me closer to my family members that I played multiplayer with. Hell I joined an MLG clan, remember MLG? MW2 and Bad Company 2 were my formative experiences and I cherish the memories I have of them. I hope the reboot sequel coming up is at least okay.
My parents never let me play cod when I was a kid so I never experienced the golden age of gaming and didn’t get into them until 2011 with Halo Reach. However different my entry to gaming was, I’m really glad I was still able to experience the joy of gaming and see how influential gaming was on my generation. I’ll never be able to experience the joy that was MW2 or black ops 1-2 when they were in their prime but I’m over all glad I at least got to see my friends play it.
mw2 prime was between 2009 - 2011 and even in the MW3 era lots of people still played MW2
so If you played mw2 between those years you really havent missed anything
back then you just had a clear distinction between treyarch and infinity ward fans, now its all morfed together
Lol
Sometimes, nostalgia isn't bad when you go back. MW2 is still a pretty strong game. Just a shame the servers are dead. But the story is still very fun.
Just got off deployment a month before this game dropped. My entire barracks would log in and play this game until all hours of the night...so many awesome memories. Miss my mil bros.
4:22 "massive juggernaut" 🧠
When you said listening to the audio of the game just brings out the nostalgia, I felt that in my soul. I wish with 8 billion people in the world there was some what of a community on every game so we could play like the old days. Sadly those days are gone and we must look forward 😔 got in the feels a little thete hahaha
Havnt even finished the video yet but this is so well made and thought out. I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into this. Earned a sub!
This is the first cod game I played multiplayer I went back and played the others online but man this game holds a spot in my heart forever. I feel so sad when I look at cod nowadays
(Long comment) My mom taught at the school I went to and I remember vividly that she had a meeting after work that day and I felt so bad asking if we could go the opposite direction of our house in rush hour traffic to get to GameStop and inevitably stand in line for eternity so I could get a copy of this game, but luckily she knew how important this game was and was willing to do all that. I have my own son now and so look forward to passing on that experience one day, whether it’s with gaming or any other hobby he has, and I swear I’ll always remember that day when he asks for something and I’m exhausted haha.
Also not to get serious but a few weeks after the game came out I wound up in the hospital with a sinus infection that was entering my brain, I was in the hospital for two weeks and the ICU for about half of that time. My older brother and his friends would visit and we’d talk about MW2 a lot, and when I thankfully got out of there we played nonstop. This game is permanently etched into that time of my life (I was 12) as the thing I was able to come home and enjoy after probably the worst experience I’ve ever had in terms of like a legitimate life threatening crisis. Honestly so many memories came up watching this video, thank you for this series I’ve really been loving these vids!
It was a good time. I often think about it. Played it last time 3 years ago and then got banned by Steam VAC because i wanted to restore my online stats after they got deleted after I visited a hacked server by simply searching a FFA server.
Great video. Subbed. MW2 was so original and crazy back in the day.
So thankful I was 17 years old when I got this game, being in HS at the time and getting home to join all my friends playing MW2 are literally some of the most cherished memories of my life!!!! We would play hours and hours of MW2 then when we needed a break from multi player we would all jump on WAW for some zombies. You really had to be there, what a beautiful era of gaming. I'm so thankful I was there to witness COD during the golden years.
Ahhh man the good days