Thank you for this video, so well done and entertaining. I'm catching this late, but I was looking at levels I've worked on and found this. I'm one of level designers on this level (many designers helped make this one) and I'm so grateful that people enjoy it, and have fond memories playing with friends and family, it truly brings me joy to hear! We had a ton of fun making it and got to be creative with some off the wall designs. Thanks everyone for playing!
This was my absolute favorite map. The mechanic of the time bomb was epic and ground breaking . And who can forget Leroy! So fun man. THANK YOU We used to use it as a self revive/save point. Even when the game was years old I was one of those players that would jump online and escort noobies to a massive game. The only mechanic I loved equally in the games series was the hatchet on Mob. Mob was my #2 favourite map. #3 Was Moon. I loved Moon for the Lore mostly. It was so vast. The vril device was ahead of its time. Using conspiracy theories about element 115 before it was even an official isotope.
Have you ever made other games or maps. Massive respect to you guys. I made a map on DOOM 2016. Balancing co-op is trick af. I made a sprint mechanic with a detonation at the feet with green effects. This allowed a player pinned down by ai to get the space needed to escape a needless death by floors being "sticky" lol
Thank you for sharing, and for all your hard work! I can’t imagine how much goes into it on development side, but I can say you’ve absolutely helped make some magical memories for a lot of people. I love any glimpse I can get behind-the-scenes; really happy to hear you all were having as much fun making it as comes across in the finished product!
Buried was meant to be the end of the story. Origins was meant to start a whole new story entirely, but many original writers left. Treyarch decided to connect the story lines later on, and that's why it seems so awkward at times.
@@sillygoosexv6778 Looking back, the Ending of Zombies being Maxis or Richtofen destroying the world feels a little unsatisfying. I'm glad they continued the story the way they did.
@@WastedPotentiaI1 I didn't mind it. I see why people don't like it. I don't think it's a bad ending; it's just different. The bad part was it wasn't a 3D rendered cutscene.
They basically took what players had loved about zombies up until that point, camping with friends, doing wacky strategies, the horrors of all of you navigating the witches mansion, and just plain fun.
I rly wish they didn’t abandon this style so much, bo3 had some easier less complicated maps but there wasn’t much special about them (I don’t know much about bo4s design as I didn’t play it as much) and Cold War rly could have benefited from having some simpler maps, I think the rumoured nacht remake would have made its zombies experience feel much more complete (tho I also didn’t play 3rd map much and didn’t play the 4th at all, another obvious problem was how much resources went into outbreak which wasn’t that fun)
@@speedyfunzalaz You should really give the 3rd and 4th map for Cold War a chance I played through the 4th and 1st one’s and beat the Easter Egg’s but, with that being said I haven’t beaten the other’s though I’ve been trying to go back to older Cod Zombies and try my hand a older EE’s to give myself a challenge but, haven’t had any luck in beating them most of the time’s I’ll mess up doing something stupid of mess up a step and I consider myself an above average zombies player the closest one I got was Radioactive Thing without any Fate and Fortune card’s playing on solo. Blood of the Dead I was playing on solo doing the Morse Code step. The 3rd on was on Classified we’re I got to round 50 and gave up because I wasn’t going to waste my time getting to round 150 when I could have been playing other games at the time with my friend’s. I did beat The Giant on BO3 just not really an Easter Egg Guy I guess.
@@TheExtraordinarySaiyan0709 I would have played them more but the huge spaces between the map releases led to me losing interest by the time the 3rd map came out, I’ll try them some more some day but it’s just a huge hassle to download Cold War again
@@TheExtraordinarySaiyan0709 fr, and I unfortunately like playing mw19 so that shit takes up most of my space, I did get the Cold War cross gen bundle tho so if I ever get a ps5 I’m def gonna try it out again
It seems like a good way to encourage players to attempt the super Easter egg too. If the setup isn’t long, and it’s not hard to become overpowered, you’ll seek out another challenge. So, you’ll go play the older, more challenging, less popular maps, with the promise of a really fun challenge and reward on the new map.
Also, Revelations is basically the same idea. Except Rev isn’t nearly as creative in the ways it is “easy” or empowering. Buried tries new things and innovates to achieve its goal while Rev is explicitly a re-tread unfortunately
This is an amazing point! Obviously they had the idea from the start since the Nav Cards were always in the game, but it worked out perfectly to convince people to give those other maps a chance by promising them something on the new one, love this point!!
I don't know if it's just me, but I swear the mystery box on Buried has better odds of giving you a "good" weapon even beyond the wonder weapons. Pulling a Type 25 or War Machine feels way less common than pulling dual Five Sevens or a HAMR. And there's the perma-perk that disables Teddy Bears and increases the chance for better weapons on top of that.
One of the perma-perks was a teddy bear on top of the box. After a few "bad" guns in a row, you get the teddy bear, and you'll get a bunch of good guns for awhile. I think they had perma-Jug, and maybe perma-speed cola as well iirc. They werent quite as good as the perks themselves, but really helped with the sense of feeling overpowered
@@woofspider330 I mentioned that at the end of my comment. But both with and without that perk it seems like the box on Buried has better luck. I have a distinct memory of acquiring that perk on Die Rise and then my next spin giving me an RPG, meanwhile on Buried it's like "bad" weapons are taken out entirely with it active. Almost like the box luck with that perk active on other maps is the default luck on Buried, and then the having the perk on Buried pushes it even further or something.
Not to mention that it is literally almost impossible NOT to get the Raygun Mk. 2. Although I do understand that devs may have increased its spawn chance exponentially as the gun was one of the DLC’s main attraction features.
I miss Jimmy's style of zombies. Back when zombies was zombies Jason's style has never managed to sit with me with all the ridiculous mini bosses and the weird zombie variants, and the story telling. And now modern zombies aww... I can't even look at gameplay that's in cold war or Vanguard it's that bad..
I just wanted to comment on what you mentioned about the Time Bomb being not utilized beyond messing with people: I distinctly remember the Time Bomb being one of the most clutch ways to revive everyone. On top of that, best way to get all the perks as you could effectively get 2 perks for free from the Witch due to how time manipulation + the drops worked.
Yea, dropped powerups didn't disappear when you went back in time so you placed a bomb before killing the last witch killed her go back in time and killed her again for a double up. Very neat.
Maybe saw time bombs used for revives a couple of times, hundreds of times for extra perk from witches but thousands of times for trolling. Used to be every few games someone would throw one down when you went to pack and as soon as u get back with your new weapons time bomb back so u have to do witches and get back again.
I've used it *so much* as a checkpoint, every time I got a max ammo I'd toss one down and if anyone got downed and lost their perks, I'd hit it and bam, all perks returned with zero money spent or rounds doing witches over and over for the extra perks.
Listen guys, the War Machine can be a Wonder Weapon if you think about it. For example, I WONDER how I got the absolute worst box luck and pulled the worst gun in the game when I was getting that footage!
Not every map can have this level of investment or players will get tired *Black ops 3 and black ops 4 are laughing in the corner* I was quite upset every map for those games was a blundell style map. No I don't really count zombie Chronicles and revelations. It's rehashed stuff.
@@theoneaboveall9930 Yo deadass who tf NERFED the balls off the SMR going from multi-player to Zombies mode? He needs a swift kick in the balls. The SMR was viable on Multi-player due to the lack of recoil and attachments leveling the playing field. Zombies the thing takes 4 hits to kill 1 zombie on round 2.
@@VioletSky115 i mean the smr was a literal troll. It got worse when double packed. One of the best weapons in multiplayer and yet one of the worst in zombies. They knew what they were doing.
“The zombies setup rounds are integral to the gameplay loop” This is so incredibly true. the older I get, the more I find myself really only enjoying the first 18-20 rounds. I love doing steps for Easter eggs and I love setting up, but as soon as it gets to the point where I’m just surviving, I instantly lose all fun. It’s like there’s nothing else to work towards besides training and watching your round go up I love when completing an Easter egg ends the map as well. It’s an amazing closure. You don’t feel like you “finally lost” or “quit” no, you beat the map.
Never played COD when I was younger but I vividly remember being obsessed with the zombies youtube scene. Everytime I saw gameplay of the witch house in buried it would scare the shit out of me and I would wonder if I would ever have the courage to play the map for myself.
@@irshman1845 there's like 4 training spots i can think of. People gotta stop overhating Die Rise. They complain about the verticality and slipping off the map, but if you play enough, that becomes a lot less of an issue. Some people don't use the Sliquifier just cause their gonna fall off the map. That's really just using it at the wrong place, at the wrong time. I think it was patched but i remember when everyone could get a Sliquifier; it only cost a few downs.
The map is so sweet For me, Paralyzer is what Jet Gun was supposed to be, but following the playerbase feedback But never have thought of the setting as goofy, well, I took many things at face value so no surprise.
Also a mention about how the ghost works, when she steals all your points and when you have 0 points the ghost begin to do damage to you which since they are in groups, they can overwhelm you.
I don’t know if you create these videos entirely yourself meaning what you have to say is original or whether you read off some summary of the map, but what you have to say is always so carefully crafted and well spoken. This channel best highlights the key pros & cons of a map and how it relates to Treyarch’s overall development. Each video is well thought out and I have to say, I’m impressed with the successful chronological development made in each video with respect to the maps features.
buried was my favorite map. played it so much. there was also a spot you could fly up onto with the paralyzer and not buy the door behind you. all the zombies would come from one direction infront of you. then just tapping the paralyzer it wouldn't over heat. I made it to round 68 before I got too bored and quit lol
Wow, this video was a real revelation. I felt an ascension happen when I clicked play, like I was in transit to another world. It’s amazing how your content can light up my day like a full moon. Keep up the great work, it’s always an origin of inspiration for me! I hope this comment doesnt get buried
YES! A little late to the party but its finally here. You totally hit it on the head with this video, Buried being such a versatile map is what truly makes it my favorite. Another great video, can't wait to see what's next
Not to mention it had Jug, upstairs in the saloon, the front ledge of the bank, and pack a punch which would have all been the best camping spots on most maps, especially in contrast to the map that came out after it which had nowhere to hide
1:40 it’s because it’s the original town that had found element 115 in a mine they were digging, one guy who was exposed to it was connected to the ether and the keepers told him how to build a pack a punch machine, and a powerful ether object, he put the powerful object into the pack a punch and so much energy was released when he did that it teleported the whole town into an underground cavern under Africa and the whole town was over run by zombies.
Arthur never had a name, but an achievement tied to him said "I'm your Huckleberry" so me and my friends always just called him Huckleberry. In my heart, that's still his name.
Real intriguing analysis! you’d never think to see analysis vids as everyone’s doing too 10 maps and speed run videos so it’s so refreshing and fun to come across a genuine analysis video on cod zombies
your vids have been my inner 13yr old's bedtime stories lately lmao thanks for the nostalgia trips, you always hit the nail on the head. keep up the content WCG
Fantastic video. Such a great recap of the map and made me realize a few things about it that I never thought of. Also learned a few new things as well which is crazy to me considering I've played the map dozens if not hundreds of times. Keep up the great work my man!
This was such a great analysis on the design of buried!! So many zombies commentaries just sound like dudebro-y regurgitations of info but you were very concise and made a clear point and I appreciate buried much more now :D
I dont know if it's the meth im on or what, but I have to say, these videos you're putting out are top quality. your flow is incredible, the way you talk about these maps makes me think you were a developer, i mean I feel like I'm listening to an 'A+ Olympus level' video essay. IDK what your life is like but I'll tell you this, you've got some serious fucking ability.
One of my best friends and I met from playing Buried. Many many 18hr nights just fucking wrecking shit until the game crashed or we got so tired no one could stay awake.
One thing I really look forward to in your vids is which part you'll choose to play from the EE song, and to see how early I can hear it. Great content.
Buried was so much fun for 13-14 year old me… this made me really remember how much fun I had on this game, I used to love to spawn trap on bike town in 1v1, and then there was the worm era (which I friggin LOVED).. I was going thru a very tough time in my life so I spent a lot of time on this game where I had friends, helped me remember why I have a bo2 poster in my room…
Dude you explain everything so perfectly I’d love to see a fully storyline breakdown from you cuz it would be a lot better than these other ones just going thru the motions
the point about specific mechanics taking an innovative way to solve a previous problem was mind blowing. I was young at the time that b02 came out, so i never recognized that the paralyzer was a buffed jet gun with a new name and model. I also never knew about leroy getting you a turbine to solve the issue of carrying multiple things problem. modern game devs, take some notes. this is how you solve problems in a way that adds immense amount of joy to players, as I still love buried as my favorite bo2 map.
The only thing I've found close to Arthur picking up a zombie to make doing Easter eggs easier is in Cold War Firebase Z. You could use the soul trap device thing that's part of the Easter egg to trap the last zombie without ending the round, thus giving you complete safety to smash through the Easter egg solo
@regilad_904 Was gonna say, the crawler plants were very very useful not only in Easter egg solo runs but just for getting pack a punch going, building a shield or even just opening up the map further.
Your content is so good. I was never very into the "zombies" community very much. I played 5his mapbwhen i was mucb younger and thought it was bad and too hard. Its very funny to see this now and go "yeah i was just bad" keep up the good work!
I think a true amazing challenge that didn’t get mentioned in the video was an achievement for pack a punching on round 1 without using the bank. Utilizing your map knowledge on all the best angles to send Arthur to get the most distance ran for the barrier points, because if you screwed up you have to buy more alcohol which could jeopardize your chances of completing it, also to know where all the chalk drawings are to claim all the bonus points given from those. And finally to test your reflexes in the witch mansion. Do you go with a cheap weak weapon to save on points if you get hit a few to many times to get the pap or buy a powerful weapon which can kill the witches much easier but you leave yourself with almost no opportunity to get hit and then have not enough points to pap. Such an amazing concept that feels fun and satisfying
I didn't play zombies or CoD much when I was younger, but my brother did. I would occasionally play with him and his friends and this map is the only one that really stands out in my mind. You nailed it by pointing out how great the design of Buried is for the non-initiated.
you either didnt know or completely forgot the BIGGEST reason you want the Time Bomb. you can go through the Mansion (while the lights are on) get to the Maze turn around and let the Witches come to you, Kill all but 1 of them, Throw the time bomb down, kill the Witch and pick up the Perk bottle, hit the time bomb to rewind to just before the final witch is killed, kill her again and youd actually get a second free Perk. and you could do this every 5 rounds so long as you got a Max Ammo in between mansion runs. so you could double up on the Perk gaining from that alone. me and my friends did it all the time, getting the time bomb was one of our biggest priority's early game.
It amazes me that these memories were formed over a decade ago, I remember the day that I came home and bought the dlc for buried, me and my buddy Steven always played that map together, those memories I will cherish for a lifetime, it was an amazing experience back then to get a new zombies map, I was so deeply entranced with the story and lore at the time, I remember watching ngtzombies, rofflewaffles, and therelaxingend always staying up to date on new map finds
Great video. You've earned a sub from me. One thing I will say as a passive enjoyer of COD Zombies, when talking about a perk or certain minor aspect for the first time, you mentioned something that you said was overpowered but didn't give any context as to why or what it was, and as someone who's not played every zombies, I had no idea what that was. Still, awesome work, I hope you go far on the platform :)
I came across your channel yesterday and I’ve already watched every one of your zombies retrospectives. I love your content please keep making these they are extremely helpful to me because I’ve been recently getting into zombies so thank you🙏
This is such a great love letter to Burried. And I appreciate it because is my favorite map in zombies history. Right now I'm enjoying BO6 but sometimes I play old maps because the old sandbox are fun
Honestly in retrospect, I think it was my favorite BO2 map. I just remember playing with my friends in 2013 and 14 and loving it! I pretty much played it up until the release of black ops three and when I didn’t love shadows of evil, I went back to it. Then in 2017 I moved on, but I still have extremely fond memories of coming home and playing it with people I knew.
Me and my cousin played this on release day and figured out all but the last couple steps of the Richtofen EE on our own without any guide videos... Good times.
I remember burried being one of my favorites because of how fun it is. I remember being a kid and whipping out a whole calculator so i could open the entire map and have a gun by round 1
Buried was my most replayed map in the time between BO2 and BO3, I loved camping in the courthouse upper floor by jumping in with the Trample Steam, good shit
idk as the one person who liked the direction zielinski took on BO2, Buried feels like a rejection of the things id liked about Die rise. All the cool lore was gone, the depressing amosphere was pretty much gone
The way how he perfectly summarizes the life of deception of a zombies player by mentining the possibility of getting a wonder weapon, just to soon see the war machine in the box...This guy is an artist, absolute genious
I bought buried like 6 months ago. Never played any bo2 DLC, I know the reputation but I bought buried first anyway. I don’t regret it in the slightest, the map is awesome. The map was very confusing and a lot more expansive then I’d ever imagine. Took a long time to figure out where everything is but I like the design despite at the time not understanding most of it. One thing of note is that didn’t know about what happens when you enter the witches house and it was pretty spooky the first few times through. The whole map’s aesthetic is great and eery and made me feel uncomfortable for a while. Especially the maze. I got so lost in the maze. I couldn’t figure out where pack was (or that I was even heading towards it). And I also didn’t know you had to go back in the house to get back to the main area. The whole maps vibe Was such a feeling of helplessness… that was until I started figuring out the map.. but it’s still great. But it’ll just never be as good as it was when I didn’t get the layout. But it’s still a lot of fun. It just feels like it got too easy after I started understanding everything
I love how it’s been years since I’ve heard that Easter egg song n that little sample of it at the end just flooded me with memories n nostalgia of the the zombies soundtrack. Funny how you could still sing something word for word without hearing it for years if it’s something that you loved at the time.
It's like Kino, it's meant for beginners to get to know the game. But this expands on it by adding a lot of things (especially our good friend Leroy) and making it fun for pro's as well. The chill atmosphere makes this is the perfect map for being overpowered while having a good time. Also Vulture Aid's jingle is one of the best.
I did not know about Arthur being able to write the unused chalk on any wall! And I've had this dlc for about a year. So cool learning new things about a map
Dude, I remember when this map came out I got it first and my brother-in-law was staying with us and he had PlayStation so he had to watch a me play it and it was the best thing ever you’re making me want to go find black ops two and download this right now
Bro really said "you may not like it but this is peak zombies" and I couldn't agree more (outside of Origins and Mob ofc bc imo those are like.. a holy trinity of "these are absolutely perfect")
My friends and I would've loved this map if it had a way to get multiple Paralyzers, the fact that it was findable round one didn't help. Basically we raced to the box and as soon as anyone found it someone else would start to throw or try to get the guy who had found it to die, it was even more of an issue with randoms online. I wish we had stuck to it now that I see all this map had to offer.
this video is wonderful but i just wanted to say that buried wasn't the first instance of phd being back, it was back in motd with the grief mode where it had its perk machine
Never thought of this map as a final love letter from Jimmy Z, but couldn’t agree more with everything you said. From someone who grew up playing nazi zombies, you nailed this video mate. Hope everyone can come around to appreciate this final masterpiece left behind by Zelinski
I have done just about every type of gameplay on Buried as possible, I did the two easter eggs, I remember every glitch spot from the wall in the cave to using the purifier to left up the candy store ledge across from the mystery box spawn and the zombies could only come from one spot and having all perks with the witch house glitches and 3 PAP guns, mine were the Purifier, the Ray Gun MKII, and the AN-94 and then camping in the Jug hallway having traps setup, one of the hardest first room challenges. I spent more time on this map than any other zombies map and I haven’t played zombies since like Infinite Warfare and I didn’t even enjoy it that much, too convoluted. Same with BO4, it looked cool, but was just too non-casual friendly. This map is my all time though, that’s for sure and I think too many people hate on it for no reason.
Thank you for this video, so well done and entertaining. I'm catching this late, but I was looking at levels I've worked on and found this.
I'm one of level designers on this level (many designers helped make this one) and I'm so grateful that people enjoy it, and have fond memories playing with friends and family, it truly brings me joy to hear! We had a ton of fun making it and got to be creative with some off the wall designs. Thanks everyone for playing!
This was my absolute favorite map. The mechanic of the time bomb was epic and ground breaking . And who can forget Leroy! So fun man. THANK YOU
We used to use it as a self revive/save point. Even when the game was years old I was one of those players that would jump online and escort noobies to a massive game.
The only mechanic I loved equally in the games series was the hatchet on Mob.
Mob was my #2 favourite map.
#3 Was Moon. I loved Moon for the Lore mostly. It was so vast. The vril device was ahead of its time. Using conspiracy theories about element 115 before it was even an official isotope.
Buildable wonder weapons sucked. Too fragile.
Oh and I loved the maze
Have you ever made other games or maps. Massive respect to you guys. I made a map on DOOM 2016. Balancing co-op is trick af. I made a sprint mechanic with a detonation at the feet with green effects. This allowed a player pinned down by ai to get the space needed to escape a needless death by floors being "sticky" lol
Thank you for sharing, and for all your hard work! I can’t imagine how much goes into it on development side, but I can say you’ve absolutely helped make some magical memories for a lot of people.
I love any glimpse I can get behind-the-scenes; really happy to hear you all were having as much fun making it as comes across in the finished product!
Buried always seemed like the most creative map to me
Buried was meant to be the end of the story. Origins was meant to start a whole new story entirely, but many original writers left. Treyarch decided to connect the story lines later on, and that's why it seems so awkward at times.
@@sillygoosexv6778 Looking back, the Ending of Zombies being Maxis or Richtofen destroying the world feels a little unsatisfying. I'm glad they continued the story the way they did.
@@frankkennedy6388 only to give us an equally unsatisfying ending later on.
@@frankkennedy6388 Richthofen winning should’ve been the canon ending and he just rebuilds reality
@@WastedPotentiaI1 I didn't mind it. I see why people don't like it. I don't think it's a bad ending; it's just different. The bad part was it wasn't a 3D rendered cutscene.
I don’t care what his canonical name is, all the homies love Leroy 😤
The achievements also call him Huckleberry.
@@gamermanzeakeSomeone ain’t never seen Tombstone
Real
I love that the c.o.d. community calls Arthur, Leroy. 😂😂
Amen to that brother
They basically took what players had loved about zombies up until that point, camping with friends, doing wacky strategies, the horrors of all of you navigating the witches mansion, and just plain fun.
I rly wish they didn’t abandon this style so much, bo3 had some easier less complicated maps but there wasn’t much special about them (I don’t know much about bo4s design as I didn’t play it as much) and Cold War rly could have benefited from having some simpler maps, I think the rumoured nacht remake would have made its zombies experience feel much more complete (tho I also didn’t play 3rd map much and didn’t play the 4th at all, another obvious problem was how much resources went into outbreak which wasn’t that fun)
@@speedyfunzalaz You should really give the 3rd and 4th map for Cold War a chance I played through the 4th and 1st one’s and beat the Easter Egg’s but, with that being said I haven’t beaten the other’s though I’ve been trying to go back to older Cod Zombies and try my hand a older EE’s to give myself a challenge but, haven’t had any luck in beating them most of the time’s I’ll mess up doing something stupid of mess up a step and I consider myself an above average zombies player the closest one I got was Radioactive Thing without any Fate and Fortune card’s playing on solo. Blood of the Dead I was playing on solo doing the Morse Code step. The 3rd on was on Classified we’re I got to round 50 and gave up because I wasn’t going to waste my time getting to round 150 when I could have been playing other games at the time with my friend’s. I did beat The Giant on BO3 just not really an Easter Egg Guy I guess.
@@TheExtraordinarySaiyan0709 I would have played them more but the huge spaces between the map releases led to me losing interest by the time the 3rd map came out, I’ll try them some more some day but it’s just a huge hassle to download Cold War again
@@speedyfunzalaz Yea especially if you don’t got a External Hard drive Call of Duty can eat up space even the newer one’s…
@@TheExtraordinarySaiyan0709 fr, and I unfortunately like playing mw19 so that shit takes up most of my space, I did get the Cold War cross gen bundle tho so if I ever get a ps5 I’m def gonna try it out again
It seems like a good way to encourage players to attempt the super Easter egg too. If the setup isn’t long, and it’s not hard to become overpowered, you’ll seek out another challenge. So, you’ll go play the older, more challenging, less popular maps, with the promise of a really fun challenge and reward on the new map.
Also, Revelations is basically the same idea. Except Rev isn’t nearly as creative in the ways it is “easy” or empowering. Buried tries new things and innovates to achieve its goal while Rev is explicitly a re-tread unfortunately
This is an amazing point! Obviously they had the idea from the start since the Nav Cards were always in the game, but it worked out perfectly to convince people to give those other maps a chance by promising them something on the new one, love this point!!
I literally did this haha
The super Easter egg is hard as fuck and it honestly doesn’t even work half the time😭
2:37 "Like a wonder weapon on round 1"
*Gets a war machine*
Growing up, My Dad and I would play Origins for a Challenge, and Buried for some relaxation after work.
Such nostalgia.
W Dad
My dad went to get milk
I actually love that sounds like a good night
@@keepingitfresh7104 did he come back?
@@mr.reaper8855 no
I don't know if it's just me, but I swear the mystery box on Buried has better odds of giving you a "good" weapon even beyond the wonder weapons.
Pulling a Type 25 or War Machine feels way less common than pulling dual Five Sevens or a HAMR. And there's the perma-perk that disables Teddy Bears and increases the chance for better weapons on top of that.
One of the perma-perks was a teddy bear on top of the box. After a few "bad" guns in a row, you get the teddy bear, and you'll get a bunch of good guns for awhile. I think they had perma-Jug, and maybe perma-speed cola as well iirc. They werent quite as good as the perks themselves, but really helped with the sense of feeling overpowered
@@woofspider330 I mentioned that at the end of my comment. But both with and without that perk it seems like the box on Buried has better luck.
I have a distinct memory of acquiring that perk on Die Rise and then my next spin giving me an RPG, meanwhile on Buried it's like "bad" weapons are taken out entirely with it active.
Almost like the box luck with that perk active on other maps is the default luck on Buried, and then the having the perk on Buried pushes it even further or something.
Not to mention that it is literally almost impossible NOT to get the Raygun Mk. 2.
Although I do understand that devs may have increased its spawn chance exponentially as the gun was one of the DLC’s main attraction features.
@@MocchiMoshi The Mark II is much more common on Buried than on any other map, yes
@@ClonedGamer001 and the only map all characters can get it
This is seriously an amazing analysis. I mean, really, people don't know how intricate Zombies features need to be to be fun.
Moon and Buried really solidify Jimmy as my favourite zombies director cause he was experimenting like crazy
I miss Jimmy's style of zombies.
Back when zombies was zombies
Jason's style has never managed to sit with me with all the ridiculous mini bosses and the weird zombie variants, and the story telling.
And now modern zombies aww... I can't even look at gameplay that's in cold war or Vanguard it's that bad..
Blundell makes mob and everyone and their dog cums in their pants, I never appreciated blundell because he ended "nazi zombies" as we know it.
@@BarrySmoother yeah bo4 was the start of zombies being bad (not everything about bo4 zombies was bad but most of the maps were bad)
@@BarrySmoother yeah legit moon for me is the peak
Honestly bo2 had signs of a decline
🦴🦴🍆🍆
I just wanted to comment on what you mentioned about the Time Bomb being not utilized beyond messing with people: I distinctly remember the Time Bomb being one of the most clutch ways to revive everyone. On top of that, best way to get all the perks as you could effectively get 2 perks for free from the Witch due to how time manipulation + the drops worked.
Yea, dropped powerups didn't disappear when you went back in time so you placed a bomb before killing the last witch killed her go back in time and killed her again for a double up. Very neat.
Maybe saw time bombs used for revives a couple of times, hundreds of times for extra perk from witches but thousands of times for trolling.
Used to be every few games someone would throw one down when you went to pack and as soon as u get back with your new weapons time bomb back so u have to do witches and get back again.
I've used it *so much* as a checkpoint, every time I got a max ammo I'd toss one down and if anyone got downed and lost their perks, I'd hit it and bam, all perks returned with zero money spent or rounds doing witches over and over for the extra perks.
@@AgentBacalhau this was also an amazing use for it
Not to mention duplicating money
Listen guys, the War Machine can be a Wonder Weapon if you think about it. For example, I WONDER how I got the absolute worst box luck and pulled the worst gun in the game when I was getting that footage!
Not every map can have this level of investment or players will get tired
*Black ops 3 and black ops 4 are laughing in the corner*
I was quite upset every map for those games was a blundell style map. No I don't really count zombie Chronicles and revelations. It's rehashed stuff.
Understandable, but the war machine wasn't the worst gun. The SMR is and always will be the worst.
@@theoneaboveall9930 the Springfield is the worst in the entire series lol.
@@theoneaboveall9930 Yo deadass who tf NERFED the balls off the SMR going from multi-player to Zombies mode? He needs a swift kick in the balls. The SMR was viable on Multi-player due to the lack of recoil and attachments leveling the playing field. Zombies the thing takes 4 hits to kill 1 zombie on round 2.
@@VioletSky115 i mean the smr was a literal troll. It got worse when double packed. One of the best weapons in multiplayer and yet one of the worst in zombies. They knew what they were doing.
“The zombies setup rounds are integral to the gameplay loop”
This is so incredibly true. the older I get, the more I find myself really only enjoying the first 18-20 rounds. I love doing steps for Easter eggs and I love setting up, but as soon as it gets to the point where I’m just surviving, I instantly lose all fun. It’s like there’s nothing else to work towards besides training and watching your round go up
I love when completing an Easter egg ends the map as well. It’s an amazing closure. You don’t feel like you “finally lost” or “quit” no, you beat the map.
Fans: The witches horrified me as a kid! I had nightmares.
Me, a 25 year old man: Ye- yeah... only when I was a kid...
2:36 "something even better... like a wonder weapon 😏" *gets war machine*
So amazing to see a guy going from just a few subs to way over 10k and still being himself. I’m glad I stuck by.
Your comments have always been genuinely so encouraging, thanks for sticking around I really appreciate it!
It was horrifying enough as A kid. I was scared shitless thanks to the witches.
Never played COD when I was younger but I vividly remember being obsessed with the zombies youtube scene. Everytime I saw gameplay of the witch house in buried it would scare the shit out of me and I would wonder if I would ever have the courage to play the map for myself.
Went through the same thing with my friend at launch, we saw the witches in the windows and avoided it on the first couple of runs
Buried and Die Rise slap like none other. Genuinely make being OP feel fun as hell
I love Die Rise. I feel like people just don't like it because you can't train every where on the map lol.
@@irshman1845 there's like 4 training spots i can think of. People gotta stop overhating Die Rise. They complain about the verticality and slipping off the map, but if you play enough, that becomes a lot less of an issue. Some people don't use the Sliquifier just cause their gonna fall off the map. That's really just using it at the wrong place, at the wrong time.
I think it was patched but i remember when everyone could get a Sliquifier; it only cost a few downs.
Finally someone else who likes Die Rise!
YESSS SHOUTOUT TO DIE RISE
Insanely boring far too easy
The map is so sweet
For me, Paralyzer is what Jet Gun was supposed to be, but following the playerbase feedback
But never have thought of the setting as goofy, well, I took many things at face value so no surprise.
Also a mention about how the ghost works, when she steals all your points and when you have 0 points the ghost begin to do damage to you which since they are in groups, they can overwhelm you.
Those things always scared the bajeezus outta me. They still do actually. To this day I still hesitate to venture into the mansion. lol
I don’t know if you create these videos entirely yourself meaning what you have to say is original or whether you read off some summary of the map, but what you have to say is always so carefully crafted and well spoken.
This channel best highlights the key pros & cons of a map and how it relates to Treyarch’s overall development.
Each video is well thought out and I have to say, I’m impressed with the successful chronological development made in each video with respect to the maps features.
buried was my favorite map. played it so much. there was also a spot you could fly up onto with the paralyzer and not buy the door behind you. all the zombies would come from one direction infront of you. then just tapping the paralyzer it wouldn't over heat. I made it to round 68 before I got too bored and quit lol
Inside the courthouse?
@@chinchin3274 no infront of the bank, kiddy corner from the sheriff's office
This is such an amazing video! Thank you for taking the time to make this for all of us. I appreciate you.
Wow, this video was a real revelation. I felt an ascension happen when I clicked play, like I was in transit to another world. It’s amazing how your content can light up my day like a full moon. Keep up the great work, it’s always an origin of inspiration for me!
I hope this comment doesnt get buried
I just wanted to say I binged your whole channel the other day and I've been waiting for this one. Super excited to see more of these from you!
i second that. we're catching up to you like a herd 🧟♂️ vids are 🎉👏🏾
It’s like you were playing a custom zombies map in bo2 honestly ahead of its time
BO2 zombies in general was just a time to be alive, once in a lifetime gaming for sure.
YES! A little late to the party but its finally here. You totally hit it on the head with this video, Buried being such a versatile map is what truly makes it my favorite. Another great video, can't wait to see what's next
Not to mention it had Jug, upstairs in the saloon, the front ledge of the bank, and pack a punch which would have all been the best camping spots on most maps, especially in contrast to the map that came out after it which had nowhere to hide
1:40 it’s because it’s the original town that had found element 115 in a mine they were digging, one guy who was exposed to it was connected to the ether and the keepers told him how to build a pack a punch machine, and a powerful ether object, he put the powerful object into the pack a punch and so much energy was released when he did that it teleported the whole town into an underground cavern under Africa and the whole town was over run by zombies.
Dude thank you. For 11 years i have wondered why the intro scene shows them walking through the sahara, only to somehow be in an american town.
thank you so much for this series. opened my eyes to so much even after playing zombies since i was a kid. seriously such great content
just binge watched all the ones you've released, some damn good content, can’t wait for my favorite map’s video in origins
This is my favorite map of all time, I'm so happy you're covering it
Fantastic video as always!!!! Keep it up
Dude I'm so glad I found your channel, keep it up man you've got your own lane and you're killing it!
Arthur never had a name, but an achievement tied to him said "I'm your Huckleberry" so me and my friends always just called him Huckleberry.
In my heart, that's still his name.
I always called him Leroy but I used Huckleberry as a nickname for him just like that! Good times, thank you for the nostalgia!!
That is a quote from the movie tombstone. It basically means "I'm the man for the job."
I remember my friends always wondered how I'd never get lost in the maze. Now that I'm older, it may have been because of my asbergers
Real intriguing analysis! you’d never think to see analysis vids as everyone’s doing too 10 maps and speed run videos so it’s so refreshing and fun to come across a genuine analysis video on cod zombies
“You can spin the box and get something even better like a wonder weapon on round 1!”
2 seconds later - ahhh yes, the warmachine
your vids have been my inner 13yr old's bedtime stories lately lmao thanks for the nostalgia trips, you always hit the nail on the head. keep up the content WCG
Bro I have been anticipating this so much, I love this series+ buried is one of my favorite maps
buried was always my favourite zombies map. I spent a ton of time playing it splitscreen with my brothers. good times
Man you’re one of the best new zombies channels!
Fantastic video. Such a great recap of the map and made me realize a few things about it that I never thought of. Also learned a few new things as well which is crazy to me considering I've played the map dozens if not hundreds of times. Keep up the great work my man!
This was such a great analysis on the design of buried!! So many zombies commentaries just sound like dudebro-y regurgitations of info but you were very concise and made a clear point and I appreciate buried much more now :D
I dont know if it's the meth im on or what, but I have to say, these videos you're putting out are top quality. your flow is incredible, the way you talk about these maps makes me think you were a developer, i mean I feel like I'm listening to an 'A+ Olympus level' video essay. IDK what your life is like but I'll tell you this, you've got some serious fucking ability.
One of my best friends and I met from playing Buried. Many many 18hr nights just fucking wrecking shit until the game crashed or we got so tired no one could stay awake.
Ahhh, a new video from you is like a breath of fresh air. Please keep it up 🙌
4:50 that’s wrong actually, PHD returned as a full fledged perk in mob grief!
One thing I really look forward to in your vids is which part you'll choose to play from the EE song, and to see how early I can hear it.
Great content.
Buried was so much fun for 13-14 year old me… this made me really remember how much fun I had on this game, I used to love to spawn trap on bike town in 1v1, and then there was the worm era (which I friggin LOVED).. I was going thru a very tough time in my life so I spent a lot of time on this game where I had friends, helped me remember why I have a bo2 poster in my room…
I think the algorithm is really appericating you right now because you've been all over my feed. Well deserved. Cheers
Dude you explain everything so perfectly I’d love to see a fully storyline breakdown from you cuz it would be a lot better than these other ones just going thru the motions
the point about specific mechanics taking an innovative way to solve a previous problem was mind blowing. I was young at the time that b02 came out, so i never recognized that the paralyzer was a buffed jet gun with a new name and model. I also never knew about leroy getting you a turbine to solve the issue of carrying multiple things problem.
modern game devs, take some notes. this is how you solve problems in a way that adds immense amount of joy to players, as I still love buried as my favorite bo2 map.
God this is one of the greatest UA-cam series I’ve ever watched
buried is my most played map on bo2. this is a great video, as i’ve never thought about the reasons why i enjoyed it so much. very well done analysis.
This dude is the Summoning Salt of COD Zombies
The only thing I've found close to Arthur picking up a zombie to make doing Easter eggs easier is in Cold War Firebase Z. You could use the soul trap device thing that's part of the Easter egg to trap the last zombie without ending the round, thus giving you complete safety to smash through the Easter egg solo
@regilad_904 Was gonna say, the crawler plants were very very useful not only in Easter egg solo runs but just for getting pack a punch going, building a shield or even just opening up the map further.
I think you summarized this so well and gave appreciation to the thing me and my friends would stay up late doing :D
Your content is so good. I was never very into the "zombies" community very much. I played 5his mapbwhen i was mucb younger and thought it was bad and too hard. Its very funny to see this now and go "yeah i was just bad" keep up the good work!
I think a true amazing challenge that didn’t get mentioned in the video was an achievement for pack a punching on round 1 without using the bank. Utilizing your map knowledge on all the best angles to send Arthur to get the most distance ran for the barrier points, because if you screwed up you have to buy more alcohol which could jeopardize your chances of completing it, also to know where all the chalk drawings are to claim all the bonus points given from those. And finally to test your reflexes in the witch mansion. Do you go with a cheap weak weapon to save on points if you get hit a few to many times to get the pap or buy a powerful weapon which can kill the witches much easier but you leave yourself with almost no opportunity to get hit and then have not enough points to pap. Such an amazing concept that feels fun and satisfying
I didn't play zombies or CoD much when I was younger, but my brother did. I would occasionally play with him and his friends and this map is the only one that really stands out in my mind. You nailed it by pointing out how great the design of Buried is for the non-initiated.
His name will forever be learoy
I loved Buried, my old buddy and I had so much fun messing around on this map. Miss this kind of zombies
Honey, it's time to watch a new White Cliff zombies map analysis
you either didnt know or completely forgot the BIGGEST reason you want the Time Bomb.
you can go through the Mansion (while the lights are on) get to the Maze turn around and let the Witches come to you, Kill all but 1 of them, Throw the time bomb down, kill the Witch and pick up the Perk bottle, hit the time bomb to rewind to just before the final witch is killed, kill her again and youd actually get a second free Perk.
and you could do this every 5 rounds so long as you got a Max Ammo in between mansion runs. so you could double up on the Perk gaining from that alone.
me and my friends did it all the time, getting the time bomb was one of our biggest priority's early game.
It amazes me that these memories were formed over a decade ago, I remember the day that I came home and bought the dlc for buried, me and my buddy Steven always played that map together, those memories I will cherish for a lifetime, it was an amazing experience back then to get a new zombies map, I was so deeply entranced with the story and lore at the time, I remember watching ngtzombies, rofflewaffles, and therelaxingend always staying up to date on new map finds
Great video. You've earned a sub from me.
One thing I will say as a passive enjoyer of COD Zombies, when talking about a perk or certain minor aspect for the first time, you mentioned something that you said was overpowered but didn't give any context as to why or what it was, and as someone who's not played every zombies, I had no idea what that was.
Still, awesome work, I hope you go far on the platform :)
As always, this video was worth the wait.
One of my favorite maps… ashamed that I never completed the Easter egg on this map. Wish we had zombies like this now days.
Same. Makes me sad. I could never get anyone to play with me.
I came across your channel yesterday and I’ve already watched every one of your zombies retrospectives. I love your content please keep making these they are extremely helpful to me because I’ve been recently getting into zombies so thank you🙏
This is such a great love letter to Burried. And I appreciate it because is my favorite map in zombies history. Right now I'm enjoying BO6 but sometimes I play old maps because the old sandbox are fun
Holy shit this video gave Buried and Zielinski the flowers they deserved. Can’t wait for you future videos and best of luck on your channel growth
Honestly in retrospect, I think it was my favorite BO2 map. I just remember playing with my friends in 2013 and 14 and loving it! I pretty much played it up until the release of black ops three and when I didn’t love shadows of evil, I went back to it. Then in 2017 I moved on, but I still have extremely fond memories of coming home and playing it with people I knew.
There is no better feeling than seeing you post a new video
Me and my cousin played this on release day and figured out all but the last couple steps of the Richtofen EE on our own without any guide videos...
Good times.
I remember burried being one of my favorites because of how fun it is. I remember being a kid and whipping out a whole calculator so i could open the entire map and have a gun by round 1
Map ain’t thematically scary until you get jumpscared every 5 rounds by a witch.
Been waiting to hear your take on this one for a while! Super excited to watch!
Buried was my most replayed map in the time between BO2 and BO3, I loved camping in the courthouse upper floor by jumping in with the Trample Steam, good shit
This legitimately is a great retrospective video on Buried
idk as the one person who liked the direction zielinski took on BO2, Buried feels like a rejection of the things id liked about Die rise. All the cool lore was gone, the depressing amosphere was pretty much gone
2:42 „You can spin it right away to get something better like a wonder weapon“
GETS WAR MACHINE HAHAHAHAHA
you earned my sub with this video, i have never looked at buried this way, even tho its one of my favorites, great video!
The way how he perfectly summarizes the life of deception of a zombies player by mentining the possibility of getting a wonder weapon, just to soon see the war machine in the box...This guy is an artist, absolute genious
Buried sits around top being one the best maps ever
I bought buried like 6 months ago. Never played any bo2 DLC, I know the reputation but I bought buried first anyway. I don’t regret it in the slightest, the map is awesome. The map was very confusing and a lot more expansive then I’d ever imagine. Took a long time to figure out where everything is but I like the design despite at the time not understanding most of it. One thing of note is that didn’t know about what happens when you enter the witches house and it was pretty spooky the first few times through. The whole map’s aesthetic is great and eery and made me feel uncomfortable for a while. Especially the maze. I got so lost in the maze. I couldn’t figure out where pack was (or that I was even heading towards it). And I also didn’t know you had to go back in the house to get back to the main area. The whole maps vibe Was such a feeling of helplessness… that was until I started figuring out the map.. but it’s still great. But it’ll just never be as good as it was when I didn’t get the layout. But it’s still a lot of fun. It just feels like it got too easy after I started understanding everything
I love how it’s been years since I’ve heard that Easter egg song n that little sample of it at the end just flooded me with memories n nostalgia of the the zombies soundtrack. Funny how you could still sing something word for word without hearing it for years if it’s something that you loved at the time.
It's like Kino, it's meant for beginners to get to know the game. But this expands on it by adding a lot of things (especially our good friend Leroy) and making it fun for pro's as well. The chill atmosphere makes this is the perfect map for being overpowered while having a good time. Also Vulture Aid's jingle is one of the best.
I did not know about Arthur being able to write the unused chalk on any wall! And I've had this dlc for about a year. So cool learning new things about a map
Cannot wait for the next installment of this series.
Incredible work once again. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the rest of the series!
Dude, I remember when this map came out I got it first and my brother-in-law was staying with us and he had PlayStation so he had to watch a me play it and it was the best thing ever you’re making me want to go find black ops two and download this right now
Best memories come from Buried and then Tranzit. Tranzit as my girst map, and Buried as my favorite and my siblings' favorite
one of the biggest crimes against zombies was not bringing vulture aid back
Bro really said "you may not like it but this is peak zombies" and I couldn't agree more (outside of Origins and Mob ofc bc imo those are like.. a holy trinity of "these are absolutely perfect")
My friends and I would've loved this map if it had a way to get multiple Paralyzers, the fact that it was findable round one didn't help. Basically we raced to the box and as soon as anyone found it someone else would start to throw or try to get the guy who had found it to die, it was even more of an issue with randoms online.
I wish we had stuck to it now that I see all this map had to offer.
this video is wonderful but i just wanted to say that buried wasn't the first instance of phd being back, it was back in motd with the grief mode where it had its perk machine
Arthur picking up a crawler is so adorable. it's like a little angry cat
Never thought of this map as a final love letter from Jimmy Z, but couldn’t agree more with everything you said. From someone who grew up playing nazi zombies, you nailed this video mate. Hope everyone can come around to appreciate this final masterpiece left behind by Zelinski
I have done just about every type of gameplay on Buried as possible, I did the two easter eggs, I remember every glitch spot from the wall in the cave to using the purifier to left up the candy store ledge across from the mystery box spawn and the zombies could only come from one spot and having all perks with the witch house glitches and 3 PAP guns, mine were the Purifier, the Ray Gun MKII, and the AN-94 and then camping in the Jug hallway having traps setup, one of the hardest first room challenges. I spent more time on this map than any other zombies map and I haven’t played zombies since like Infinite Warfare and I didn’t even enjoy it that much, too convoluted. Same with BO4, it looked cool, but was just too non-casual friendly. This map is my all time though, that’s for sure and I think too many people hate on it for no reason.