Why Black Ops Cold War is TERRIBLE and GREAT!
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- Why Black Ops Cold War is TERRIBLE and GREAT!
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0:00 Intro
2:44 The Crunch
13:12 Campaign
32:36 Multiplayer
43:15 Zombies
1:18:27 Closing Thoughts
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War full review and retrospective in 2023. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War was made by Treyarch in 2020 and had one of the more difficult developments ever. Today I will review the Black Ops Cold War full campaign, Cold War multiplayer maps and gameplay, and Cold War zombies all maps and modes including Outbreak and Onslaught. This is Black Ops Cold War reviewed in 2023. - Ігри
The best COD game of the last 5 years IMO. What a slammer. 80s theme, Campaign was great, MP was classic COD, and Zombies was awesome. Too bad we didn't get a true year 2 for this one.
*last 10 years
@@EnterTheSoundscape bro has never played bo3 or bo2 or bo4💀
@@WyaSlay Yeah I have, Cold War is better than all of those.
@@EnterTheSoundscape In terms of Zombies and Campaign, I can see Cold War being up there, but MP-wise, yeah, that thing isn't even better than BO4.
@@EnterTheSoundscape cold war is not better than any of them 💀🤡
Can we talk about how amazing the Cold War sound track was. Best ever imo. Not to mention the fact that they brought back all of the old Black Ops series tracks in the Battle Pass. Wish MW would do the same thing. Hearing 'Pentagon' from Black Ops 1 hits you right in the feels and gives you nostalgia overload ❤
Jack Wall man, Jack Wall
When Adrenaline starts i get a boner
I fuckin wish that a bunch of the BO1 soundtrack was locked behind the now unavailable battle pass
Definitely, that distinct first track still plays in my mind every time I think of this title. I’m humming it as I’m writing this comment lol
When cold war came out I was hooked on the multiplayer theme. I blasted it every morning on the way to work, made getting up at the ass crack of dawn bearable. Lol
The fact that I was able to play as Woods & Mason in zombies is what finally won me over. Aside from that, it was definitely one of the best CoD games I've ever played overall since BO2. As you said, I can still see myself playing this several years later. Top tier for me!
@@Talons97 Same! The Primis and Ultimis crew were memorable, but being able to play as the main campaign characters in Cold War was definitely a plus for me. I just wish they were able to interact with one another, just like previous zombies crews, or at least have voicelines unique between certain duos, much like Blackout from BO4.
@@Talons97 Couldn't have said it any better myself. So many missed opportunities!
raise your standards bro , cold war is treyarchs worst cod by far no hate , love treyarch still but cold war won’t it
@@wrongdoings2934 Yeah seriously! where is the thanos skin and balencia collab? stupid dumb game with no creative mode either, can’t wven play among us or creative! Fortnite is waaaay better than this dumb call of duty zombies, my 6ft 3 bodybuilder ex spec ops older brother told me that black ops has the best zombies, he is the coolest so i have to agree.
@@wrongdoings2934 So am I not allowed to enjoy the game more than previous CoD games simply because I have "low standards" in your eyes? That's a pretty ridiculous claim imo. I don't play CoD much for the same reasons that they all feel the same and lackluster in a lot of ways, but Cold War really hit me differently than others. Sure, it is objectively their worst game due to development issues, but the game had two year support post-launch, which made the game astronomically better than it already was.
I loved this game, and the fact that treyarch did get the short end of the stick and made this game in only a few months is crazy, I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite or one of the best but it’s definitely top 10 for me
stop using that cop out , i’d rather play no game than get a sub par game that i’ll eventually not play cus it’s so mid
@@wrongdoings2934 nah
@@richard-er6zn to each is own
@@wrongdoings2934 I think it's a fair copout. Treyarch did well with what they have, screw activision for making them have so little.
@@thatcooldudeisawesome876 if they put out a game on the same level as cw again with the time they have now the franchise is lost for sure
Cold War is a top 5 CoD for me. And the first CoD I got a platinum trophy on. The campaign was stellar, one of my favorite ever, the Zombies was the first Zombies installment that I really got into, and even the MP was good when reverse boosting.
Top 10 fs. Idk bout top 5
@@aidanmonroe17 it's his opinion, not yours.
@@Lembobwaii and he’s giving his opinion dickhead
@Aidan Monroe "for me" but for me I rank it in top 10 to
It would probably be number 7 in my category. My top 5 are Black Ops trilogy, MW2, and MW19. Cold War is behind WW2 and in front of Cod 4.
Cold War has some of the best post Launch content such as the added perks, tier 5, easter eggs (for outbreak) new maps for outbreak, Patch updates, New Alt ammo, new tacticals and supports, super ee, rage inducer, new guns.
Wait they added alt ammos for guns????
@@Jefftarnish yeah shutter blast
New maps for outbreak? Ooohh you mean the multiplayer maps that were used as zombies maps.
Hey Chop, you may not see this but. Your longform content has been wonderful to listen to while doing other things. You've become one of my favorite youtubers. Cheers.
Same. I listen to this at work instead of watching it
Thanks so much
Same ur vids help me get through my 8 hour shift
@@Ch0pper you called yourself out as an overweight redditor lmao
You knows games can be delayed, right? Oh but you shill for them so they can make money. Also cod 17 cold war is a copy/paste of the last 14 cods, so no, they don’t need that extra time to make the same game they’ve already made.
Nothin but facts in this comment thread 🔥
Good video man! You’re one of the rare UA-camr that can do videos like these without getting annoyed of the voice/audio half way thru 🙏
There’s one mission in this game that I adore and believe that it’s one of the best missions ever in CoD. That’s the secret spy mission where you’re in the Russian building and you have to try and get Adler (and I think woods, probably belle). I remember playing this mission and the feeling of playing was amazing. The rest of the campaign is average but this is the diamond in the rough.
The campaign is great!!!
Agreed, I really liked that mission and the red door one. Rest of the campaign was solid but not anything special
CW scorestreaks worked for me because they reward you for more than just killing things. Disabling enemy streaks and specialist equipment, and capturing/playing objectives also gets you points that work towards your scorestreaks
I really liked how accessible Zombies was. I mean I’m married, I have 2 jobs, I’m a leader in my church. So for me to be able to come home and enjoy a game of zombies without having to grind for hours to figure out how to do everything was great. I loved that I could have fun and kill zombies without being extremely frustrated because “I don’t have time to get better.” It was a lot of fun for me. Maybe they can add a difficulty setting like in BO2 where you have easy for casual players and hard for streamers. Make the Easter Egg on the hard one so it’s more fun to search for.
That would require more dev time.
@@davidn.2555 personally I think lowering the amount of damage zombies do when they attack or making certain things cost less points would be a simple way of implementing an “easy” mode
@@erobbiep4778 Yeah, but to his point, CW is already the easy mode. Now they have to create a hard mode.
@David N. There Is a hard mode in zombies where u can make more zombies spawn and make faster and do more damage
Funny, I found it annoying having to spend so much time to unlock everything at full power - the difference betweeen first round and max power is insane. Thankfully im in my 20s so I have some free time, but I think that would bother me if my time was more limited.
Criminally underrated game. Genuinely my favourite COD since Black Ops 1.
I actually quite like the out of game progression of Cold War, it gave a good reward for high rounding - the ability to high round that little bit easier next time now that you can upgrade a perk or skill. One thing I will say though, there should be a hardcore option for the next installment; this hardcore mode should start you off with a set default weapon and have all perks set to like level 2 etc etc... Hardcore mode should also be the default for the leaderboards and scoreboards, whereas normal should be for casual fun or players who enjoy the newer features
Yeah being able to unlock stuff as you go along was a really cool idea and gave you something to work towards. Of course it didn’t take long for me to unlock everything but I really liked the zombies mechanics in general, it felt so satisfying to play. Outbreak was hit or miss and I wish the game got more support but the zombies is up there for me as one of my favorites.
I was there Day 1 for Zombies (literally… I finished the WAW campaign on launch day), and I’ll say that THIS game made me a zombies fan. I loved WAW zombies, liked BO 1 a lot, then Tranzit and Die Rise completely killed it for me. I checked back in for Shadows of Evil and thought it was obtuse, frustrating, and confusing. I bought Cold War close to a month ago on sale, booted up Zombies and just couldn’t put it down. Was it easy, sure, but it was what I needed to reignite the zombies fan in me. I loved that Outbreak and Onslaught were cool changes of pace from the round based maps. Also, the progression system gave me that extra incentive to play a lot more, and for once in my life, actually get good at zombies. So much so…. that I took my newfound talents to BO3 and pretty much never looked back. I finally understood the complexity and sense of adventure that BO2 and 3 maps offered. Cold War took me from dying on Round 7 saying “fuck this Beast bullshit” on SOE, to setting up PaP by round 6, then training zombies like a champ for hours. I’ll forever be indebted to Cold War Zombies for making me a believer.
See I’m on the opposite side of the fan base I feel like zombies was best when it was complex but I completely understand why u feel like that
That's awesome to hear and is exactly why Cold War exists. The entire reason why Cold War is the way it is gameplay and easter egg wise is because of the ever increasing complexity of the past titles, which lead to an eventual crash in BO4 where lots of people were just fed up with the unneeded complexity. I love Cold War and I love BO3 for their own reasons entirely so its cool to see someone get back into Zombies through Cold War when they wouldn't have otherwise through high barrier-to-entry games like BO3 or BO4.
I liked the out of game progression system too. It’s smart because it gives players another reason to play zombies along with trying out different different guns to get the zombie camos for it. The fact that you can use the zombies camos in Warzone on Rebirth Island was dope as hell too.
Shadows of Evil is one of the greatest maps ever.
@@Dylan-np4oy What’s funny is that once I played BO3 again I only went back to Cold War once in a blue moon. I feel like zombies always catered to and innovated based on what the Hardcore fans want, and I was gradually became more of an MP guy during that time. Zombies didn’t just feel difficult, but it felt difficult in two different ways simultaneously. The survival element was hard enough for me, but then the game asks you to go on this puzzle solving adventure. I was NOT used to this dynamic when BO3 was fresh, and it was overwhelming. But Cold War had enough forgiving mechanics and level design that I could finally get good at simply surviving. Once the movement/survival stuff became muscle memory, I could focus way more on the tasks at hand, at it all finally clicked. IMO BO3 has the best zombies experience, but Cold War is hands down the best way to introduce Zombies to someone.
I’m a total Cold War history buff, it’s arguably my favorite part of 20th century history to explore and learn about, the espionage and fear of all out nuclear war between the two powers, is so exciting to look into, and this game was absolutely a treat for someone like me and is easily my top 5 COD campaigns now.
Cold War is, in one word, promising. For a game that was made on a budget, both monetary and time wise, it’s genuinely solid, and gives me high hopes for what they’re cooking for the 2024 release, I genuinely think the next experience is going to be fantastic
I've learned my lesson with being too optimistic with this franchise, but I feel similar. Given the hellish conditions behind this game it came out remarkably good. Treyarch deserves all the time they need for their next one.
I think a lot of people missed that Alder is voiced by Master Chief
I think the reason the emblem editor doesn't exist anymore is because they want to sell you them instead and not for any other reason
I enjoyed the game a lot during its life cycle, my only gripes with it ever was the visual bugs throughout the UI and Friends list etc, that literally never got fixed. The zombies was good but felt barebone and honestly just different than the original black ops Zombie modes. MP was really good aside from the score streak system that just didnt reset upon death. Overall very underrated game and honestly the best game weve had in the past 4 years.
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Its nice to finally see someone with a level headed take on this game, most creators still say or perceive this game as if it was still in the state it was at launch
This was actually my very first cod. I never played as a kid, got into it now as a young adult. In spite of its problems, it’s now one of my all time favorite games ever. I loved the campaign (especially since I didn’t know about the whole BO1 mind twisting stuff), multiplayer I continue to insist is a lot of fun despite it getting so much hate, and zombies was incredible, even if clearly rushed. Treyarch put so much passion into this game and it really shows, despite the time crunch. This one game led me to go back and buy every previous black ops on sale to learn all about zombies as an entire series and have no regrets. I have both mastery camos on Cold War (nearly every weapon including DLC, just 3 more to go) and have almost finished Zombies Dark matter on BO4 and am master prestige 250 there.
However after Vangaurd came out (which i dont think is nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be but is still CLEARLY not a great entry) and, while I find it to be casual fun, didn’t quite hit the same marks I mostly stuck with CW. I never bought MW2, it doesn’t look interesting enough, didn’t have the most fun on the trial days, and no zombies. Maybe when its really cheap for a campaign run (i borrowed MW19 to play the campaign and its campaign was also awesome), but I want to avoid being caught up in the COD cycle. I’ll probably keep buying the Treyarch entries and skip the rest.
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@@YerdasSelzavon stay mad
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Bought cold war 2 days ago now, loving it after playing mw2 for the past few months. Found your channel the other day too and watched all these cod reviews. Loving them! I was wondering when the cold war episode was coming and I woke up today to find you had posted it a few hours before (: cheers dude ! Keep up the good work
You could really feel how the pandemic affected zombies and the campaign, but regardless I really loved Cold War. The events leading up to Cold War were great too; seeing the community come together to do something again was really cool.
Not a fan of this game, but respect it for what it is and how much time was given for this project and the fact that it had switched hands mid development.
I’d like to know, what puts you off on this game? Visuals, story, time period?
@@AceShadowbloodcivic Coming from MW19, the game felt really clunky. Animations, sound and general movement/aiming felt like a huge downgrade.
@@AceShadowbloodcivic unoriginallity, campaign characters in zombies, zombies in general
Cold war multiplayer was so much better than Vanguard & MWII. It was actually fun
Cold War was my first ever CoD game and after watching all of your other in depth reviews I've been eagerly awaiting this one! Wonderful as always sir!
I love your videos thanks for the amazing content hope to see you soon!
Cold war feels more like a real COD game then any thing released since black ops 4.
This is my absolute favorite MP of the New Gen CODs. Sure, it lacked content at launch and eventually filled that it with mostly remakes of old maps (begrudgingly understandable given the conditions of both production and post-launch support), but it played like a golden age COD. …and yah, the SBMM and disbanding lobbies was annoying, but you could say that about all of the other New Gen CODs, too
the vibes from this game are immaculate
If Cold War had an updated engine it would have been a top tier COD. Zombies was very good as was the campaign. Map and weapon variety was good in MP. The engine and game play just felt old in comparison to MW2019. At least we had map voting and dead silence as a perk
Yeah it felt a bit dated compared to mw19 but honestly after a few matches I didn’t notice anymore. It was a lot faster and the map flow was good
Even though I love Cold War and the way it looks visually with its colors, I have to agree with you. I would've loved to see how this game would look fully utilizing IW8 from MW2019 but considering COVID and the 12-18 months they had to make this game it makes sense they couldn't learn an entirely new engine in time. Thats why I'm even more excited for COD 2024 though because its fully on IW9, Treyarch game design with that photo realism tech is gonna look and play great.
In terms of operators, I think “zombie exclusive” operators would work well. You have a certain selection of operators that you can use in zombies- maybe the four canon crew members at first with certain fun unlockable or purchasable ones coming later (think the zombie from AW or Maxis/Ravenov). This solves the generic operator problem for the maps and storyline (giving us more story and more time with a new crew to hopefully enjoy them like the OGs, but also allows for the use of these operators in Warzone and MP, allowing for a curated zombies experience while keeping the MP and Warzone experience for every player.
Been waiting for this! thanks so much!!
mw3 was my favorite multiplayer, could fast reload and fast aim down sights with rpg, and if they had flak jacket a direct hit would still kill. recent cod games launchers are trash
My favorite COD. I loved the zombie maps and grinding guns in Nuketown. I know Chopper is trying to just focus on the game itself but another perspective is the impact it had on Warzone. I played way more Rebirth Island than Coldwar during the time it was out, and I can say that the Cold War guns were way better than the MW and Vanguard ones. The optics, feel, blueprints, and camos were all the best. Not to mention the collabs they did with operators the Donny Darko, Rocky and Scream were awesome
cold war good because it is a €60 game that sells pop culture bundles for €25 a piece? cod players deserve to get exploited
@@Emuruh. Ouch.
@@Emuruh. They had good free operators and blueprints that were earned through challenges too so I disagree. Warzone was free and let you use your operators from cold war in it so if you bought a bundle to use in both games its not that bad. Personally I didnt spend a lot of money in the store so I cant say I feel exploited. Plus zombie camos you earned could be used in Warzone as well not just Cold War so even more of an incentive to not have to buy from the store.
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I watched this entire video and hardly noticed it was over an hour. Instant sub.
I’ve been searching for a brand new vid about cold war anything at all. i absolutely love this game and still putting in hours on both zombies and multi. it’s not perfect but damn is it addicting. thanks ch0pper entertaining and everything true
I have Cold War in a special place in my heart got me through 2021
I still love the zombies in this game, I love the savage mechanic and the revamped packapunch, the perks, the only thing I dislike was the maps in round based sadly for me, the first map was the best and most fun
Faxxxx!!!!!!!!! Die Machine was literally the best map on Cold War Zombies!!!🧟♂️, and honestly, I didn’t understand why they didn’t drop round based maps every new season of the game😭😂🙏, which would’ve been basically a New Zombies Map every two months🔥
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As usual another banger vid
i’ve been playing cold war zombies for the past two weeks and have been watching a ton of ur old videos 😅😅😂
Respect for chopper keeping us well informed on dental health products
i loved this game, played it all during covid and got me through some hard times
I played with my testicles during covid
mauer der toten easter egg is exactly the difficulty level I want to have when attempting a solo easter egg run.
Great job!
Is that Geoff Ramsey in the Colgate ad doing a bad accent? That's precious and I love it, if that's the case
Zombies was dope, the potential of OUTBREAK really opened my mind to the possibilities of a stand alone zombies game. Imagine black ops Cold War zombies X GTA or something of that nature, true open world COD zombies, shit would be dope 🤞
I honestly like this game a lot. I feel that it would’ve been 200x better if didn’t happen and they actually had more time to work on it
How did you know I just started playing Cold War zombies again papa choppa 😳
Great video!
Just one quick thing I noticed though, you said that Treyarch did the campaign but it was actually Raven Software that was the lead developer for the campaign.
Cold War got me back into zombies. The upgrades gave me something to grind for and gradually getting those was pretty fun, it’s something I loved about Extinction. Treyarch should take a page from extinction and give XP bonuses or crystals for using modifiers that make the game harder.
The EEs are my favorite part of Cold War and what puts it so high up for me. These were the first ones I’ve ever been able to do with randoms first try 😅
Because it’s literally holding your hand… way too easy.
@@alexbasha0508 no it’s called I got home from doing pre-calculus at school I don’t want to go home and stress over rocket science and watch 4,000 tutorials
I will come back later to watch this its 1 am and i got work at 11
This Call of Duty was the most fun I had with CoD since MWR. The Zombies mode had me coming back to grind so much it's a shame we didn't get at least one more map.
I have played all of the Black Ops games and this one is my favorite. I got over 2k hours on the game and got dark matter and aether on almost every weapon in the game. I wish this game got more years of updates
Bro the launchers in multi are so miserable for that camo grind 😭😭😭
This game is shit
I love cold war, favorite cod since bo2. I just love treyarch cods though. Main issue I had with CW was the free streak system. Other than that it's a top tier cod.
honestly the fact that there are fewer setpieces in the campaign and more opportunities to engage with the characters at your own pace between missions was a huge boon for the campaign imo, it fully accomodates the player that wants to blast through in a sitting and the player who wants to indulge in the character interactions
it was probably a happy accident but replaying some of the older campaigns recently has me remembering how tedious it can be sitting around as things happen in front of, to and around you and its not something i can always set my patience aside for personally
I love that you make these videos cause it really points out things that was good and ppl overlooked. CW was good for what it had and if it had more time like MW19 it would be the best cod since bo3
The killstreak system I think isn't really all that unnecessary or confusing. It's just a good way to compensate for the sbmm. In which you might die a lot but even then, you end up with couple of low grade streaks
I think on paper I see where you're coming from, the problem is though is that nothing ever punishes you. After playing some matches of Cold War MP then switching off to another COD's MP you are immediately reminded that you have to go and earn the streak you want rather than its just going to happen either way making it less rewarding when you just randomly get a streak. Its definitely more casual leaning which isn't a bad thing, but it hurts the match by match experience because you get in knowing you're going to get your big streaks 99% of the time and there isn't much that is going to change that.
@@Ermac43 that is true 👍
@@Ermac43 this isnt true, its hard to get the big streaks if you die constantly because the multiplier keeps resetting.
The fact that the odds were damn near completely stacked against Treyarch with this game (not being their game and having to clean up the mess that SHG and Raven made, global pandemic and having to work from home, limited development time) and it still ended up being a fun game, shows you how dedicated this team is to making games.
Meanwhile, the developers who actually did have the time and man power can't fucking get it right and fuck up at almost every turn, embarrassing themselves in the process.
I loved that level with the red door, I got the zombies easter egg too 😄
The way they put nacht on die machine was so good. And it reminds me of how in bo2 on Tranzit, Nacht was just there and when I played it with my friends for the first time and one of them mentioned it and the rest of us were just like “okay 😐” cause it felt so cut and pasted in. With firebase Z i feel like there should’ve been a time limit on the orda boss fight. Me, who is just a casual zombies player who likes to so easter eggs, and my friend, who sucks at the game, did the easter egg first try.
I was just so disgusted by the lack of empathy the CoD community’s showing when this game first release, everyone was calling this game a scam, the fact that it’s on the old engine got it a lotta hate, ppl are saying Treyarch has fallen, and constantly comparing it to MW19 to shit on the game, I know it’s a fact that MW19 is more complete and overall “better” in a technical point of view, but that’s because IW have all the time they need and wasn’t pulled away to assist other projects like Treyarch did, Treyarch was brought on board to so many projects along with their own game development, it’s a miracle this game even came out, and in that whole year as well you just constantly heard ppl saying they’re waiting for IW to bring them the next MW, saying that they’re the only competent devs of CoD, I always get so triggered by these comments, ppl who say these things have no idea what they’re talking about, these statement, I’m getting a little radical here, but they are simply wrong, it’s not a matter of opinion or preference when your opinions are just wrong, and just to be clear I’m not an IW hater at all, I not saying they’re incompetent devs, I actively enjoy MWII and am excited for the upcoming season, I enjoyed MW19 when it’s around as well, I’m just so sick of Treyarch getting so many unreasonable criticism, I feel like the whole thing is just wrong
I agree
I love the multiplayer in Cold War, it’s so much fun than the rest of the games
Completely appreciate and love these videos!
I personally loved cold war for multiplayer and zombies. Can't wait to see what's next! I appreciate the lack of dev time they had and cant believe it came out this good considering everything that went during the time
do you still play zombie on cw?
@Shail Patel I played multiplayer yesterday and going to play some zombies today
Do you still play?
Great video. To everyone invovled in making this game, you all are the True MVPs. Thank You🥇🏆
I really enjoyed the theming and style of the campaign, baring a silent protagonist which I will forever despise and argue against. The side quests were fun and the story was solid
Honestly this kind of random, but if Vanguard never would’ve came out, & Black Ops ColdWar would’ve lasted two years as a game, ColdWar would’ve been so much better, because we all know for a fact that Vanguard was a flop and was not really a good game, & like I said if ColdWar lasted for two years they could’ve done so much more with it!!! But is MW2 better then ColdWar IDK???🤔, But IK for a fact MW2 isa Tuff GAME🤩😎🔥
I’m one of the weirdos that liked Vanguard. Lol!
@@mash2481 I mean hey if u like it you allowed to have your own opinion🙏, don’t get me wrong I thought the game was Fun ash at 1st, then the last time I played it was January 5th, 2022 and I realized, what did I spend my money on!!!, Because to me it just seemed like a complete waste of $60💰🤣😂👌
I think a way to draw back out of game progression would be to allow perk. upgrades to remain, but you have to rebuy the perk to access in game. You could do the same with weapons allowing saved custom attachments at the weapons bench.
Cold War had a more arcade feel to it, more pick up an play in terms of their multiplayer and I loved that about it and their Campaign was wicked as well, I also loved that the mind games that the black ops series carried with it carried on as well
Cold War was the best COD since Black Ops 2, yes I said that...
I guess you skipped a lot of cods then 😂😂
Nah he's right@ololadin91
@@FlyinggMushroom BO3 was better BO4 was better and especially WW2 (After the mp revamp) was waaay better (not if it comes to Zombies ofcourse- talking about MP in this case).
BUT - Coldwar had by far the best campaign out of these. I give you that
As an OG COD player, and someone I love with world at bar and the OG black op, along with my love of the 80’s. I absolutely loved this game. It was so good, I wanted more of it!
I never played Zombies before Cold War. Now, I only load it to play Outbreak. I'm so excited for 2.0!
Cold war is absolutely a top 3 cod
Awesome video
Only difference in opinion I have is, that treyarch should go back to old gunsmithing. I like being able to see what my gun looks like, different attachments, maybe 7 max.
Honestly Ch0pper, I couldn't have said any of this better myself. Great Video and love to see someone appreciate cold war for the gem that it is. Also, you are finally someone who can agree that onslaught wasn't bad. I personally love to play it from time to time cos it's a great change, considering I've played all the maps quite a bit, and it's great that there's finally a good content creator that can agree with my opinion on the game
The worst part about Cold Wars campaign is that we didn't get more of it. Its easily my favorite campaign for the current/last generation and it sucks that it ends so fast.
The addition of dialogue choices, intel, mission planning and free roam areas like the Lubyanka building is something I absolutely loved. I can see why some people didn’t like it (especially given the demographic) but as a big RPG player I hope they continue that trend and keep weaving these story elements into gameplay.
I have an alpha build of this game from all the way back from June 2020 and its crazy to see what they had completed in such a short time.
As someone that was too young to play the classic CODs because of my strict parents I really loved that I had a chance to play faithful remakes of all time great maps
Loved the video but what I find curious is that you used the Vangaurd zombies theme for it lmao that was the only thing good from Vangaurd. But Cold War will always be my fav zombies game it was so good
29:12 Not sure about all of the possible reasons for the scar. But for two of them Adler says he got the scar in ‘73 or ‘75, so he wouldn’t have had it then. But then again one of the other ones says he got it as a young man. He was born in 37’ so if he got it before he was say 21, then a scar that’s developed like the one he has makes more sense for being over 20 years old as opposed to 6-10 with the other years.
Additionally I kinda wish that the KGB insider guy Dmitri Belikov had a different name and that “Bell” was actually the soldier named Belikov, idk just think it would’ve been fun.
Great video
Great video! I still play Cold War on a very regular basis (almost as much during its cycle).
I thoroughly enjoy the Campaign, I've never been much of a MP player but still have fun when I do, and Treyarc Zombies is the reason I pre-ordered.
I've seen many people trash Outbreak but its my favorite mode in the game and I revisit it often.
The pandemic did a number on the production of Cold War and it shows but hopefully we'll get the full potential on Treyarc's next go.
that liamftw cameo caught me off guard, funny stuff
Great video.
I fully agree that MdT, Outbreak and Onslaught should be the blueprint for Treyarch's next game. I just want the next game to have a more vivid colour palette, like BO3 and BO4.
I love how much of a "lightning in a bottle" situation this was to have the one campaign with the most amount of writing end up being the one with the most potential for worldbuilding; the cold war scenario and the espionage, backstabbing, moles, all this has so much potential and I fear they'd squander it all if this was a regular campaign just being made like all the other cods with just shooting gallery missions with no real weight
bought this last black Friday and it's now in my top 5 cods it's like a black ops greatest hits mixed with it's new 80s aesthetic
Man alone that Vtol,naplam strike and air petrol sounds is unbelievable scary
They should bring back the WW2 zombies quest, you have a casual easter egg/main mission that walks you through it, you only get half the story, while having a hardcore easter egg that gives the complete story.
I haven’t seen anyone write this but there is another reason why people are reminded of bo1 when playing the campaign besides brainwashed main character and the “Cold War” setting. Both main characters have the information needed to find the location of the main villain. Mason knows what the numbers mean and where to go to stop dragovich and stop Nova 6 from being released, and belle knows the location of Perseus and the nuclear warhead. For anyone who ever reads this comment if I got anything wrong, please feel free to correct me as I haven’t played bo1 in about 5 years and the Cold War campaign I rushed through a bit
Another thing I loved that this game introduced is no perk limit
I have loved this Cod in every game mode it has, safe to say this a huge revival for the zombies community and campaign lovers
Cold War Zombies was getting genuinely the best Zombies for me in a long time. I can respect the work done in BO3 and 4, but I was never really into the involved Easter eggs and pack a punch stuff. I appreciated how pick up and play Cold War was, it was fun to hop in and exfil when I just wanna play a quick round of zombies. The upgrade and crafting systems were awesome, it's nice to have choice with equipment, extra armor and weapon damage tiers. Also loved the integration of weapon progression between multiplayer and zombies, it was way less gruelling unlocking new guns in Zombies.
Also despite the cobbled up recycled nature of outbreak, I just loved the idea so much and it's so damn fun. Come to think of it I think Cold War's strengths ironically enough were the new things it tried to compensate for the little time they had making it.
Just bought Cold War yesterday
Upgrading from black ops 4
Only thing I hate is SBMM , takes longer to find matches , feels a bit isolating to keep playing with new people everytime
What u said abt Cold War not having an identity and relying on nostalgia actually applies way more to Bo4 ngl cuz at least Cold War had a completely different style and feel
See when cold war first came out I was not a fan of going back to classic style cod after the upgrade that was mw but after all the season and content came out it actually grew on me. Adding all the party modes that aren't serious at all was a bonus to my enjoyment factor
instant sub!!!!
Personally I do like out of game progression in zombies, that’s just me, but like the Easter egg and operators, there is a middle ground. First, make it so you can’t have a loud out besides default and leveled perks are disabled either for like the first few weeks on a specific map when there released or until you finish the main quest once. Also, make it so you can disable any of your upgrades so people can make challenge run videos or races or just for fun, along with a que in playlist for that with random people who might be interested. Have it give extra weapon exp for the ones you randomly get or buy off walls. There are so many ways to have cake and eat it for that system.
You can say Corona nowadays in your YT video without being censored.
I actually really enjoyed this one’s campaign too I hope they do this again!
The BO1/BO3 comparison was genius, i genuinely thought i was the only one who noticed this. I also thought it pulled from BO2 as well in terms of the branching choices (although not as in-depth) since you choose whether or not to save Park/Lazar & whether or not to side with Adler/Perseus. I loved every single Black Ops campaign & Cold War felt like what i feel like a reboot SHOULD be like, pulling the best parts of each game & attempting to form a final, definitive product, hell it even uses the BO4 engine to my understanding so it literally is a combination of the whole sub-series. It makes the pandemic suck even more as we ended up getting sort of a beta version of that & it just makes you wonder, how great could the next Black Ops be if they build upon all of this? Add in create-a-class from BO3, co-op/splitscreen campaign from 3, more branching storylines like 2, more of the tone from 1. I'm so excited for the next BO because if THIS is the result of a pandemic & a change in development entirely, it means the next game has the makings of being perhaps the greatest CoD in terms of campaign.