People say BO2 has the best campaign cause of Menéndez. But something about the setting of BO1 makes it far better imo. The interrogation, the brainwashed mind of mason, reliving his past, the goddamn numbers, his delusional self thinking he was with someone the entire time when he wasn’t, The ending. An absolute mind fuck when everything unfolded and we found out the truth. This campaign was and still is legendary.
Yeah, I remember people saying that about BO2, but I never really understood why they felt that way. I think they're both great but BO1's story is much better. The writing was much tighter and built up to that amazing twist ending!
Now as an engineering student I can confidently say. The SR-71 mission planted the seed for an interest in aerospace. Definitely a core contribution to who I am today. It’s a shame to know this kind of passion in video games is so few and far between
I think the Kowloon city is pretty cool, it’s a real place and on Google you can see the spots that you fought through in the mission but in real life and it’s nice
Especially that "what the f*ck is wrong with you?" Coming from Swift in the rat tunnels is what made my friends and I really question wtf was going on 😂
41:40 the game also *never* reprimands you for friendly fire on him post Vorkuta. It doesn’t even try to stop you. You brought up details I didn’t even realize like the Oswald comment. Insanely well made, especially considering how tiny your channel is.
Oh wow I didn't know that about the friendly fire thing. I never tried it to be honest lol Yeah I didn't know about the Oswald comment either until this latest play through, and when I realized it it blew me away! Thank you for the kind words also!
I didn’t have that at all honestly. I was totally blindsided by the ending cause I believed everything Mason was saying until the truth was revealed lol
I might change my mind as I got through all these old games, but MW2 (2009) is up there for me personally lol Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it! :)
Someone with 350 subscribers does not need to be posting a video this high quality. I'm seriously impressed with this and mind blown about the Mason Oswald fact, I never knew about it and im speechless
Black Ops 1 has got to be my favorite COD game. It has influenced my taste in aesthetic and game design so much more than I might have initially realized. Everything from the campaign to the multiplayer and OH MY GOD the zombies were all just a chef's kiss that deserves 100% of the nostalgia I get from it. It's one of the deepest campaigns in the whole franchise and took so many risks but struck gold. You can tell the people who made this were insanely talented and knew exactly what their vision was and what risks were good to take for the franchise, not sacrificing it's quality. Great video, I'm excited to watch more from you 😄
I feel like developers have run out of goodwill with people in terms of multiplayer. Microtransactions and fomo but also just the fact that the basic formula for cod multiplayer hasn't changed for almost 17 years. Which is why i think so many are going back to singleplayer games and re-evaluating or re-experiencing campaigns from as an older and more artistically capable version of themselves. Imagine the feedback from the community if they were able to make a great game with a solid player base with NO microtransactions or $20 skin packs or $25 tracer packs...we'd all just be playing the game again. That'd be nice
i remember first playing this game on the wii, it was my first fps and i loved the hell out of it - it took me like a year to beat the campaign since i was learning how to play and what a quick time event was, and i remember i got stuck on the yamantau mission cus i didn't understand how to give orders to hide the soldiers lol i also remember being terrified of trying zombies, even up to black ops 2 until a friend got me to try it and hooked me into the mode for years
Also i wanna mention that the hyper-realistic mission cutscenes also make an appearance in MW3. The ones in the prior 2 games are pretty standard but for some reason infinity + sledgehammer went all out in mw3
@@majorcalzone Yesss and then do aretro on it honestly you should do retrospectives on all the cod games! Or whatever games you are into.The analysis and sharing anecdotes about your own experiences do be relatable and captivating. Viva la calzone
Black Ops 1 was a favorite of mine as a kid. I remember I played it at an older friend's house. I really wanted to be like him and my older brother by playing CoD. Though when he first got his 360 slim and BO1 they wouldn't let me in the room with them. I was born 02 so I would of been 8 at the time in December of 2010. Evntually the hype cooled down and I could play through the campaign on my own if I ever came over. I was blown away by everything. The intro, the main menu, how crazy the story was. Even to this day I still enjoy playing through the campaign. The story was so well done and it's a shame we haven't seen anything like it again. Cold War tried to follow BO1 and I did like some aspects of it. The jungle brain washing level was very interesting. But it lacked the coolness that BO1 had. I hope eventually down the line we can get a remaster of WaW through BO2 for one complete story with all the technical bells and whistle of modern tech
Great vid man, this cod just had something in its campaign that I feel no other cod has, it has such a compelling narrative and the twists make it feel so movie worthy.
Fell asleep watching this but I honestly loved this and agree with what you've said up till I got knocked out lol. I love the overwhelming cutscenes between missions. And the story is briliantly crafted. I loved this game as a kid and even now as an adult. This game will forever hold a place in my heart!
Black ops 1 campaigns gameplay despite being kind of over the top, it never takes away from the serious tone of the story. The reveal/hinting of reznov being dead the whole time was great, but the real reason why I love this game is the fact that the game lets you interpret Mason’s gap in memory. Was he a Russian spy that whole time? Was he the infamous second shooter in JFK assassination? The storytelling is something you wouldn’t expect from a CoD as it is trippy and complex.
The nostalgia I have for this game is more than any others, even more than mw2. This game was beautifully crafted. Back when devs and the teams had passion. Great video my friend you earned a sub from me!
you articulated the passion and attention to detail in this game superbly. something you know a thing or two about haha. playing the black ops campaign over and over when i was younger n scouring the levels for little secrets and oddities was endlessly intriguing. really looking forward to your future videos and insight
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it! BO1 is really one of those games you really wanna dive into and find everything about it that you can. And the game rewards you for doing that too!
Great video bro, I lost my old Black ops game disc a few years ago but watching this video makes me wanna buy the game again to feel the nostalgia I felt years ago. Once again great video man!
While pretty much already understanding the story, watching this has somehow helped me understand it more on a deeper level and has made me appreciate this games story even more. Simply a masterpiece of gaming. Amazing job on the video! Subbed and excited for more! :)
I remember soloing fives back in the day with my stakeout and smg pack-a-punched, making it all the way to round 50. One of the top 10's in my collection
Very nice video! I think you should have talked about Victor Charlie and Crash Site though, i mean Victor Charlie has the goriest kills in the game but also the infamous tunnel section and Crash Site has one of the best section in the game with the opening on the boat and Sympathy for the Devil playing in the background,it was so fun.
I remember being so intrigued in this game and it got me into cod and zombies and it has a perfect score as well all so iconic it’s just such a great game covered by a great youtuber
I remember doing the mission where you go through the rat tunnels with Reznov and reznov disappearing and then just showing up outta nowhere right behind the main character. That’s the point when I relized something weird was going on Edit idk know if it was a glitch or if it was supposed to happen but it was still weird nonetheless
best cod campaign of all time in my opinion, treyarch just simply has better written stories than infinity ward has done with modern warfare. waw, bo1, cold war, bo2, bo3 all are some of the most interesting, thrilling and just honestly complex and layered stories call of duty has offered.
Unbelievable video, this needs so much more attention! Loved it personally cause I also played the campaign for the first time when I was around 11 and recently re-visited it and noticed all these small details and I agree its an incredible campaign. Can't wait to see more content like this!
Fun fact, when i was 13 i was grinding the black ops 1 campaign. Later that night i was having dinner with my family, my mother was pregnant at the time. My mother was thinking of baby names for my new baby brother. I brought up the name mason because of mason from campaign. My mom really liked that name. Four years later i have a baby brother mason thanks to black ops 1.
I watched this thinking it was some channel with Atleast half a million subs. The production quality is rad. Good job bro thank you this was awesome. Happily subscribed.
I remember this being one of the only cods that I got around release date, I was only 11 or 12 but I was enthralled by the story, more than any of the other campaigns, stayed up all night and beat it in one sitting.
Bro this video is amazing I hope you do it for all of the call of duties I thought these are better than choppers 2 hour retrospective since he doesn’t go into full detail like you did on this, it’s exquisite I subscribed and I’m looking forward to more amazing retrospectives just like this one. Right on Brother!!
I love these retrospctives. And I'm glad that I'm not alone feeling, that gaming isdustry is today about...trends, transactions, DLC's and...such stuff. Just to squeeze as much money from product as possible. You, mister, just earned a subscriber.
Absolutely amazing editing and commentary! I can't believe you aren't bigger! Black Ops was the first COD I played without any help from my older brother or cousins. Good memories learning to play the game and exploring it on my own. This video is fire
great video, I think that russian roulette scene, it wasn't that much they had luck with bullet and stuff, because you can clearly see where bullet is, so that Woods: FUUUUUCKK is just playing scene for them, that's why he says to Mason: do it, do it now. because he know bullet is right there :D Also ending is cheesy on purpose ''yeah merica fuck yeah we won'', so that scene after with Mason implying he killed Kennedy is real scary ending that makes that cheesy win perfect. Also I love that ''YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME KILL MY OWN PRESIDENT!'' ''TRIED?'' Btw I was one day curious if Treyarch just picked random guy in that Kennedy footage at the end and made Mason after him, and sadly no, they edited him in :D I think it would be really cool if that guy was actually there and they model Mason after him
Ahhh I never thought of that for the russian roulette scene, that's awesome! That is true! The bombastic, "FUCK YEAH MURICA" ending does contrast very nicely with the haunting one with JFK. Nice catch! Man, I was hoping he wasn't edited in, but I'm not surprised to hear that either lol Thank you for the wonderful comment!
I’ve been playing bo1 a lot again recently and looking up videos about it. I was very glad this video came into my feed. This was by far the best recap and explanation of the campaign that I’ve ever seen. You pointed out multiple things I’ve missed over the years. You definitely deserve more subscribers
What I also like about the Russian Roulette Sequence is it’s a reference to the movie “The Deer Hunter” where american POWs escape their Vietnamese captors by using the pistol to kill them
@@majorcalzone it’s a good movie overall imo since it’s less of a war movie and more of what happens to vets after they come home type movie and how war messes people up mentally
Anyone else notice at the beginning when Mason says "we all got killed" he sounds like he said it with a Russian accent? I feel like that was a clue on Mason having DID in the game with Rezov being his alter
ooooooo that's an interesting take! I never thought about it like that but now that I've listened to it again it really does have a bit of russian in it!
Here is one thing I noticed when playing multiplayer.. The American flags in multiplayer maps like Firing Range, Hangar, etc.. turn into the Stars and Bars when you go far away from it
This video is so amazing I love listening to call of duty videos while driving and especially when its my favorite video game! This video has so much passion and potential my guy keep up the good work🎉
Hey man, found and watched your BO2 vid yesterday and I’ve been looking forward to watching this one today! Here’s hoping you do vid essays for all the COD games 😎
@@majorcalzone watched the Black Ops vid earlier. I haven’t replayed since Warzone so I was super surprised that Steiner was killed on Rebirth Island. That’s crazy haha
Black Ops was the first COD I played. I always thought of the Call of Duty franchise as nothing more than mindless "pew pew" games with no substance. Nothing that would interest me. How unbelievably wrong I felt when I played this one. An incredibly rich storyline, a great Fight Club-esque plot-twist, with an amazing voice cast. All of the hallmarks and a great game.
That scene where Bowman is killed by that Dr. Mindbender lookin mother fucker always gets me... And I don't have any proof of this, but it will always be my headcannon that Mason was the one who shot and killed Dr. Clarke. Like somewhere on another roof a couple blocks away, Mason was there with a sniper rifle under the control of the numbers, and he shoots among that hail of bullets whizzing past Weaver and Hudson, killing Clarke, but making it LOOK like it was a random stray shot.
From what I know about the Zombies story line (which isn't much, mind you) the maps Five and Ascension take place at the same time. So maybe there's a connection there? I don't know for sure though
22:16 This is wrong. When the shots are fired, you hear two revolver shots. That means that mason spammed the trigger until the bullet shot, not just relied on the bullet being in the chamber.
People say BO2 has the best campaign cause of Menéndez. But something about the setting of BO1 makes it far better imo. The interrogation, the brainwashed mind of mason, reliving his past, the goddamn numbers, his delusional self thinking he was with someone the entire time when he wasn’t, The ending. An absolute mind fuck when everything unfolded and we found out the truth. This campaign was and still is legendary.
Yeah, I remember people saying that about BO2, but I never really understood why they felt that way. I think they're both great but BO1's story is much better. The writing was much tighter and built up to that amazing twist ending!
Trust me that last scene will send shivers up your spine after completing veteran difficulty.
It definitely did for me. I was in shock
Now as an engineering student I can confidently say. The SR-71 mission planted the seed for an interest in aerospace. Definitely a core contribution to who I am today. It’s a shame to know this kind of passion in video games is so few and far between
Wow that's crazy! It's awesome how a game had such an impact on your life/career.
It is a shame, but it is still there. You just gotta look for it :)
That’s awesome bro. I also got my life inspiration from COD ever since the no Russian mission I knew what I wanted to be.
What did you want to be after No Russian??
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That is awesome!
I think the Kowloon city is pretty cool, it’s a real place and on Google you can see the spots that you fought through in the mission but in real life and it’s nice
We are witnessing the origin of a 1m+ youtuber. 1 more sub well earned. Great video, black ops is one of my favorites
Gee man, thanks! I’m glad you liked the vid and subbed. Hopefully one day I’ll make it to 1m+ :)
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Especially that "what the f*ck is wrong with you?" Coming from Swift in the rat tunnels is what made my friends and I really question wtf was going on 😂
41:40 the game also *never* reprimands you for friendly fire on him post Vorkuta. It doesn’t even try to stop you.
You brought up details I didn’t even realize like the Oswald comment. Insanely well made, especially considering how tiny your channel is.
Oh wow I didn't know that about the friendly fire thing. I never tried it to be honest lol
Yeah I didn't know about the Oswald comment either until this latest play through, and when I realized it it blew me away!
Thank you for the kind words also!
I just remember feeling like I was going crazy while playing the campaign until the ending blew my mind
I didn’t have that at all honestly. I was totally blindsided by the ending cause I believed everything Mason was saying until the truth was revealed lol
Black Ops 1 is still my favorite campaign to this day, great video man!
I might change my mind as I got through all these old games, but MW2 (2009) is up there for me personally lol
Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it! :)
@@majorcalzone Ohh yeah that one’s up there for me as well. The older CoD games really had some banger campaigns
@@majorcalzoneRamirez, save Burger Town!
Someone with 350 subscribers does not need to be posting a video this high quality. I'm seriously impressed with this and mind blown about the Mason Oswald fact, I never knew about it and im speechless
Thanks for the kind words my man! Glad you enjoyed the video and also glad I could blow your mind a lil bit lol
@majorcalzone of course man u deserve the sub great work, can't wait for the next one
Black Ops 1 has got to be my favorite COD game. It has influenced my taste in aesthetic and game design so much more than I might have initially realized. Everything from the campaign to the multiplayer and OH MY GOD the zombies were all just a chef's kiss that deserves 100% of the nostalgia I get from it.
It's one of the deepest campaigns in the whole franchise and took so many risks but struck gold. You can tell the people who made this were insanely talented and knew exactly what their vision was and what risks were good to take for the franchise, not sacrificing it's quality.
Great video, I'm excited to watch more from you 😄
Loved this! The nostalgia of coming home from school and grinding and being excited for new CODs being released is a feeling I definitely miss 😢
Yep. Sad to see where we are today compared to then :/
I feel like developers have run out of goodwill with people in terms of multiplayer. Microtransactions and fomo but also just the fact that the basic formula for cod multiplayer hasn't changed for almost 17 years. Which is why i think so many are going back to singleplayer games and re-evaluating or re-experiencing campaigns from as an older and more artistically capable version of themselves. Imagine the feedback from the community if they were able to make a great game with a solid player base with NO microtransactions or $20 skin packs or $25 tracer packs...we'd all just be playing the game again. That'd be nice
I don't know that the CoD formula has necessarily gone stale, but I do agree that the microtransactions are too much. Especially for a $60-$70 game.
i remember first playing this game on the wii, it was my first fps and i loved the hell out of it - it took me like a year to beat the campaign since i was learning how to play and what a quick time event was, and i remember i got stuck on the yamantau mission cus i didn't understand how to give orders to hide the soldiers lol
i also remember being terrified of trying zombies, even up to black ops 2 until a friend got me to try it and hooked me into the mode for years
I love playing the campaign! COD online is fun but any great game needs a great campaign as well.
34:58: I think we're more than a few to find the timing of the theme comedic with the sunglasses thing by Hudson.
Also i wanna mention that the hyper-realistic mission cutscenes also make an appearance in MW3. The ones in the prior 2 games are pretty standard but for some reason infinity + sledgehammer went all out in mw3
Huh. Guess I don't remember that. I'll have to remember to look out for them when I replay that game. Thanks!
@@majorcalzone Yesss and then do aretro on it honestly you should do retrospectives on all the cod games! Or whatever games you are into.The analysis and sharing anecdotes about your own experiences do be relatable and captivating. Viva la calzone
@@majorcalzone the ones with price and gang are pretty sick but the OPCON cutscenes with the US military are butt standard
Man, the first two Black Ops games and World At War are great games. They have a lot of great set pieces, atmosphere and balls.
My favorite call of duty and campaign. Covered beautifully. Sub earned.
Thanks!
I already know the answer to this video essays blew up specifically retrospectives but how is this not blowing up this is such a well made video essay
Haha thank you my man. By my standards it has blown up quite a bit so I’m very happy with how it’s done so far :)
Black Ops 1 was a favorite of mine as a kid. I remember I played it at an older friend's house. I really wanted to be like him and my older brother by playing CoD. Though when he first got his 360 slim and BO1 they wouldn't let me in the room with them. I was born 02 so I would of been 8 at the time in December of 2010.
Evntually the hype cooled down and I could play through the campaign on my own if I ever came over. I was blown away by everything. The intro, the main menu, how crazy the story was. Even to this day I still enjoy playing through the campaign. The story was so well done and it's a shame we haven't seen anything like it again. Cold War tried to follow BO1 and I did like some aspects of it. The jungle brain washing level was very interesting. But it lacked the coolness that BO1 had. I hope eventually down the line we can get a remaster of WaW through BO2 for one complete story with all the technical bells and whistle of modern tech
Great vid man, this cod just had something in its campaign that I feel no other cod has, it has such a compelling narrative and the twists make it feel so
movie worthy.
Thank you, I couldn’t agree more with ya lol
Fell asleep watching this but I honestly loved this and agree with what you've said up till I got knocked out lol. I love the overwhelming cutscenes between missions. And the story is briliantly crafted. I loved this game as a kid and even now as an adult. This game will forever hold a place in my heart!
Black ops 1 campaigns gameplay despite being kind of over the top, it never takes away from the serious tone of the story. The reveal/hinting of reznov being dead the whole time was great, but the real reason why I love this game is the fact that the game lets you interpret Mason’s gap in memory. Was he a Russian spy that whole time? Was he the infamous second shooter in JFK assassination? The storytelling is something you wouldn’t expect from a CoD as it is trippy and complex.
The nostalgia I have for this game is more than any others, even more than mw2. This game was beautifully crafted. Back when devs and the teams had passion. Great video my friend you earned a sub from me!
Couldn't agree with you more my friend. Thank you for the sub and kind words!
you articulated the passion and attention to detail in this game superbly. something you know a thing or two about haha. playing the black ops campaign over and over when i was younger n scouring the levels for little secrets and oddities was endlessly intriguing. really looking forward to your future videos and insight
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it! BO1 is really one of those games you really wanna dive into and find everything about it that you can. And the game rewards you for doing that too!
Great video bro, I lost my old Black ops game disc a few years ago but watching this video makes me wanna buy the game again to feel the nostalgia I felt years ago. Once again great video man!
Hell yeah man I'm glad I could make you feel the feels lol If you can definitely go pick up the game yourself! It's a trip going back lol
@@majorcalzone Sure is
I would like to thank COD Black Ops and Assassin's Creed 2 for kickstarting my love of history in high school
Broooooo Assassin’s Creed did the same thing for me as a kid lol more so AC3 than anything but still
I literally was just thinking Black Ops 1 needs a good long form video, you’re on your way! 🎉
While pretty much already understanding the story, watching this has somehow helped me understand it more on a deeper level and has made me appreciate this games story even more. Simply a masterpiece of gaming. Amazing job on the video! Subbed and excited for more! :)
I remember soloing fives back in the day with my stakeout and smg pack-a-punched, making it all the way to round 50. One of the top 10's in my collection
Lol i can finally say i played a game back when it was in its prime
Black ops was and still is my go to game
Same here man. It’s a shame what’s happened to the multiplayer these days ;-;
Very nice video! I think you should have talked about Victor Charlie and Crash Site though, i mean Victor Charlie has the goriest kills in the game but also the infamous tunnel section and Crash Site has one of the best section in the game with the opening on the boat and Sympathy for the Devil playing in the background,it was so fun.
I remember being so intrigued in this game and it got me into cod and zombies and it has a perfect score as well all so iconic it’s just such a great game covered by a great youtuber
Same here man. BO1 had me by the neck for the whole year it was out lol
Thank you for the kind words!
@@majorcalzone of course man I bet you will get famous soon enough you deserve it
@@majorcalzone YOU HAVE 1K ALREADY YOU ARE GROWING SO FAST CONGRATULATIONS BRO
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@@majorcalzoneyou have gotten over 500 subs in a day you will be big bro soon if it continues to grow like this🙌
Great video, man. You're bound to blow up.
Thanks man! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I appreciate the kind words :)
I remember doing the mission where you go through the rat tunnels with Reznov and reznov disappearing and then just showing up outta nowhere right behind the main character. That’s the point when I relized something weird was going on
Edit idk know if it was a glitch or if it was supposed to happen but it was still weird nonetheless
Yeah that level was definitely a highlight for me too! Not sure why I didn't cover it more in the video.
best cod campaign of all time in my opinion, treyarch just simply has better written stories than infinity ward has done with modern warfare. waw, bo1, cold war, bo2, bo3 all are some of the most interesting, thrilling and just honestly complex and layered stories call of duty has offered.
Unbelievable video, this needs so much more attention! Loved it personally cause I also played the campaign for the first time when I was around 11 and recently re-visited it and noticed all these small details and I agree its an incredible campaign. Can't wait to see more content like this!
Thanks a bunch! I can't wait to bring you more content like this :)
Fun fact, when i was 13 i was grinding the black ops 1 campaign. Later that night i was having dinner with my family, my mother was pregnant at the time. My mother was thinking of baby names for my new baby brother. I brought up the name mason because of mason from campaign. My mom really liked that name. Four years later i have a baby brother mason thanks to black ops 1.
contragulations, your video was chosen to be the video i go to sleep watching. this IS a compliment btw. great video and keep it up
I watched this thinking it was some channel with Atleast half a million subs. The production quality is rad. Good job bro thank you this was awesome. Happily subscribed.
I remember this being one of the only cods that I got around release date, I was only 11 or 12 but I was enthralled by the story, more than any of the other campaigns, stayed up all night and beat it in one sitting.
Fun fact: Reznov is the only teammate you can shoot in campaign without failing the mission
This was amazing
good content this campaign was the best for me i never knew i could get attached to a story until i played this game back in the day
Bro this video is amazing I hope you do it for all of the call of duties I thought these are better than choppers 2 hour retrospective since he doesn’t go into full detail like you did on this, it’s exquisite I subscribed and I’m looking forward to more amazing retrospectives just like this one. Right on Brother!!
COD BLOPS took me back to Nam when I was there in ‘67
I love these retrospctives. And I'm glad that I'm not alone feeling, that gaming isdustry is today about...trends, transactions, DLC's and...such stuff. Just to squeeze as much money from product as possible. You, mister, just earned a subscriber.
Absolutely amazing editing and commentary! I can't believe you aren't bigger! Black Ops was the first COD I played without any help from my older brother or cousins. Good memories learning to play the game and exploring it on my own. This video is fire
Haha thanks man!
great video, I think that russian roulette scene, it wasn't that much they had luck with bullet and stuff, because you can clearly see where bullet is, so that Woods: FUUUUUCKK is just playing scene for them, that's why he says to Mason: do it, do it now. because he know bullet is right there :D
Also ending is cheesy on purpose ''yeah merica fuck yeah we won'', so that scene after with Mason implying he killed Kennedy is real scary ending that makes that cheesy win perfect.
Also I love that ''YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME KILL MY OWN PRESIDENT!'' ''TRIED?''
Btw I was one day curious if Treyarch just picked random guy in that Kennedy footage at the end and made Mason after him, and sadly no, they edited him in :D I think it would be really cool if that guy was actually there and they model Mason after him
Ahhh I never thought of that for the russian roulette scene, that's awesome!
That is true! The bombastic, "FUCK YEAH MURICA" ending does contrast very nicely with the haunting one with JFK. Nice catch!
Man, I was hoping he wasn't edited in, but I'm not surprised to hear that either lol
Thank you for the wonderful comment!
I’ve been playing bo1 a lot again recently and looking up videos about it. I was very glad this video came into my feed. This was by far the best recap and explanation of the campaign that I’ve ever seen. You pointed out multiple things I’ve missed over the years. You definitely deserve more subscribers
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the vid :)
Dude you are amazing at this. You kept me invested every second, you are definitely going places with this channel.
Thank you!
Supporting the hell out of this channel. Good luck!
Thank you! I appreciate it a ton!
Keep this up man. Great video and definitely a good recommendation video
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it :)
Just noticed the Kennedy “Profiles of Courage” book during the scene where the woman recites the numbers. Interesting.
Bo1 and OG MW2 are peak gaming.
Great video! Keep them coming!
Thank you! I fully intend to :)
What I also like about the Russian Roulette Sequence is it’s a reference to the movie “The Deer Hunter” where american POWs escape their Vietnamese captors by using the pistol to kill them
Oh wow, really? That's awesome I never knew that!
@@majorcalzone it’s a good movie overall imo since it’s less of a war movie and more of what happens to vets after they come home type movie and how war messes people up mentally
I’m a PlayStation player born and raised, but I’m about to pick up a series s to play these old cods campaigns again
Anyone else notice at the beginning when Mason says "we all got killed" he sounds like he said it with a Russian accent? I feel like that was a clue on Mason having DID in the game with Rezov being his alter
ooooooo that's an interesting take! I never thought about it like that but now that I've listened to it again it really does have a bit of russian in it!
great video my guy
Thanks man, I’m glad you enjoyed it :)
Earned a sub, love these kinds vids n will be watching more of yours. Excited to see future ones!
Here is one thing I noticed when playing multiplayer.. The American flags in multiplayer maps like Firing Range, Hangar, etc.. turn into the Stars and Bars when you go far away from it
Holy crap.. u deserve so many more subs bro. Keep up the GREAT WORK!
Thanks a bunch homie, I appreciate the love!
This video is so amazing I love listening to call of duty videos while driving and especially when its my favorite video game! This video has so much passion and potential my guy keep up the good work🎉
Thanks a lot my man! Glad you enjoyed the video lol
When I saw you had 600 subs I was very surprised. Good shit and keep it up👌🏼👌🏼
Thank you!!
Hey man, found and watched your BO2 vid yesterday and I’ve been looking forward to watching this one today!
Here’s hoping you do vid essays for all the COD games 😎
Glad you liked the vids my guy! I absolutely will be covering all the CoD games in the future :)
@@majorcalzone fantastic, I look forward to it. Congrats on getting to 1.5k from 300 in three days, you’re really blowing up
@@thelawbringer4125 Thank you! It's been unreal how quickly things have been growing lately lol
@@majorcalzone watched the Black Ops vid earlier. I haven’t replayed since Warzone so I was super surprised that Steiner was killed on Rebirth Island. That’s crazy haha
Campaigning is always worth it
Ur content slaps bro watched all ur retrospectives in the last week. Keep on grinding ur bound to blow up soon
Thanks man I’m glad you enjoyed them! There’s plenty more to come :)
Shoutout to any text adventure nerds that also played the entirety of Zork on that computer in the main menu with a 360 chatpad 🤣🤣🤣
Brooooo I never did that but it's crazy that some people did lmao shout out to y'all for real
Black Ops was the first COD I played.
I always thought of the Call of Duty franchise as nothing more than mindless "pew pew" games with no substance. Nothing that would interest me.
How unbelievably wrong I felt when I played this one.
An incredibly rich storyline, a great Fight Club-esque plot-twist, with an amazing voice cast.
All of the hallmarks and a great game.
I really enjoyed this video and your Black ops 2 video but I’d love to see a video like this on the Halo games too
Best campaign ever
My all time fav game
you unintentionally showed me how to do that level in the beginning
You see that youtube video.....we're gonna watch it
That scene where Bowman is killed by that Dr. Mindbender lookin mother fucker always gets me...
And I don't have any proof of this, but it will always be my headcannon that Mason was the one who shot and killed Dr. Clarke. Like somewhere on another roof a couple blocks away, Mason was there with a sniper rifle under the control of the numbers, and he shoots among that hail of bullets whizzing past Weaver and Hudson, killing Clarke, but making it LOOK like it was a random stray shot.
Earned a sub playa great video
Thank you! I’m happy you liked the vid :)
Side note: you cannot fail to friendly fire by shooting reznov, since y'know... He ain't there
Never knew that until people pointed it out to me in the comments here. Such a cool detail!
I hope we see more multiplayer content about the classics, now that the servers are live again
no idea how I just found you at 476 subs but, yeah I'm #447 and you're definitely going somewhere bro, keep it up!
Haha thank you! I'm glad you liked the video my guy :)
@@majorcalzone the black ops 2 one was just as amazing if not better!
You’re gonna go far on TH-cam I can see it
Thank you! I hope so :)
Funny thing is. I just found your channel and now I’m just browsing and commenting. So don’t mind me lol
Also. I’m excited for the zombies video wooooooooooo!!!!
Sweeeeeeeet! Glad you’re enjoying the content my man!
@@majorcalzone Yaaaaa
Don’t comment much but great video mate, please do more and definitely Black ops 2
Thank you! I will definitely do more and I actually have done BO2 lol check my channel!
How u don’t get way more
views kills me
Haha thanks man, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video man
Appreciate it
Totally just earned a sub
39:06 does anyone else know why the music in this scene sound like the nes round sound in zombies as Mason says ascension
I read that he was talking about the numbers in this scene , but it's still weird why the music sounds like the new round sound, d
Does Kennedy have to do with ascension in zombies because I don't know what the music means
From what I know about the Zombies story line (which isn't much, mind you) the maps Five and Ascension take place at the same time. So maybe there's a connection there? I don't know for sure though
Thank you
The stories from cod 4- Ghosts are elite. I know ghosts multiplayer gets flak but I’m talking about STORY MODE
Subbed at 1.2k see ya later at a Million my guy 😎
Welcome aboard! I can only dream of a million lol but thanks for having confidence in me :)
27:18 Yuri Lowenthal line, you love to see it
I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIM!! Lmao
Wasn’t sure if I should’ve pointed it out or not, and I was too lazy to look it up 😂
Great Video!
Thank you!
I rented this game from blockbuster on that day and beat it
The clip at 8:25 ! Glad I wasn’t the only 1 to take out the guards with the grenade launcher on the AK 😅
It’s definitely the best way to take them out lol
Mane I was 8 when this dropped I remember my unkle told me this was dropping
W uncle
@@majorcalzone Naa Fr
I remember Bo1 campaign was hard even on the low level well I guess I'm that much if a bot lol
Nahh you ain't a bot fam. Just gotta practice a bit :)
@@majorcalzone well im a lot better now pc improved my aim a lot
22:16 This is wrong. When the shots are fired, you hear two revolver shots. That means that mason spammed the trigger until the bullet shot, not just relied on the bullet being in the chamber.
Huh. Guess I never noticed. Thanks for pointing this out, definitely clarifies that scene lol
Umm how in the blue hell do you only have 426 subs? Underrated as fuck
Haha thanks man. We're growing steadily though!
they only hold their breath for like 25 seconds
black ops 1 and 2 multiplayer is still decently playable tbh