The Entire Zombies Story in 26 Minutes (Beginning - Cold War)

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  • @thinix396
    @thinix396 3 роки тому +11183

    COD Zombies gameplay: "you open the door, you have the most money,"
    COD Zombies lore:

  • @schawangus
    @schawangus 3 роки тому +5104

    Bro. This all started from “Let’s make a WWII shooter game. People will have fun with that right?” I love it.

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 3 роки тому +128

      We do a little trolling

    • @ogracid9883
      @ogracid9883 3 роки тому +8

      @@comradekenobi6908 💀💀

    • @tristanlennon7429
      @tristanlennon7429 3 роки тому +84

      Honestly. You gotta have a creative ass mind to come up with this complex and connecting story

    • @tristanlennon7429
      @tristanlennon7429 2 роки тому +5

      @@katocs OK. But what more can you ask for in a KIDS GAME for KIDS

    • @tristanlennon7429
      @tristanlennon7429 2 роки тому +7

      Also, you only made a connection with the maps, the complexity behind the actual story takes a lot more brains then a couple kids in a room. I understand your point, but like I said, it is a kids game made to be entertaining to kids. Definitely more than just Alcatraz Moon Zombies 😂

  • @__burger917
    @__burger917 3 роки тому +7894

    If there are so many alternate dimensions in cod zombies, there’s a dimension where the story makes sense

  • @Jason10101
    @Jason10101 3 роки тому +1007

    "Keepers were seen as gods,"
    Then you play zombies just to one shot them

    • @DylanGary-c5d
      @DylanGary-c5d 7 місяців тому +9

      Just like every Fable final boss. 😅

    • @localmilfchaser6938
      @localmilfchaser6938 5 місяців тому

      Rip kenny

    • @moneyallday6524
      @moneyallday6524 4 місяці тому

      Nah worst stab them and they die immediately without even fighting back

    • @psilosighin
      @psilosighin Місяць тому

      In most religions gods aren’t immortal!

  • @kal8563
    @kal8563 3 роки тому +247

    I fucking love the fact that George Romero is a canonical character in call of duty

  • @coyote4326
    @coyote4326 3 роки тому +2312

    This is the most batshit insane plot to anything I've ever seen lol. It's like someone hit the "random page" link on Wikipedia 200 times, took all of the topics they came up with, threw them into a blender, and then gave them to some poor intern to somehow string together.

  • @jeremiahchandler2951
    @jeremiahchandler2951 3 роки тому +1362

    Gotta love when somebody understands a complicated storyline so well that they can dumb it down and make literally hours of information easily understandable in a 25 min video

    • @rsdillbot3646
      @rsdillbot3646 3 роки тому +59

      Someone made a 6 hour long video without the cold war stroy

    • @jeremiahchandler2951
      @jeremiahchandler2951 3 роки тому +23

      @@rsdillbot3646 guess what I’m going to go watch rn 💀💀

    • @Papa_Straight
      @Papa_Straight 3 роки тому +5

      @@jeremiahchandler2951 prn?

    • @frenchfries8122
      @frenchfries8122 2 роки тому +1

      @@rsdillbot3646 who? I’m tryna go watch it 💀

    • @pxercs
      @pxercs Рік тому +1

      @@rsdillbot3646I watched that all recently lol

  • @kcprewitt3270
    @kcprewitt3270 3 роки тому +3529

    What a video, way to condense multiple hours of lore into a concise video, seriously this is fantastic, I haven't seen a video going over the story without a stupid amount of detail, you did a really good job of deciding whats important and not, especially when the story gets unreal confusing in BO4.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +147

      Yes the story is hectic! I think that was the hardest part for me to get through.

    • @mmd3927
      @mmd3927 3 роки тому +11

      @@TheZigg what’s your activision name I want to play call of duty with you

    • @elijahgray4646
      @elijahgray4646 3 роки тому +6

      @@TheZigg you forgot about call of duty infinite warfare zombies

    • @Alex-Rogerszsss
      @Alex-Rogerszsss 3 роки тому +28

      @@elijahgray4646 IW, Exo and WWII Zombies are not considered "Treyarch Canon". The only way Zombies is classified as canon, is if it is developed by Treyarch. Hence why they are not canon as they were developed by different people.

    • @H4Jack
      @H4Jack 3 роки тому +4

      @@elijahgray4646 infinite warfare to me is meh and not Canon.

  • @friendlysperg1372
    @friendlysperg1372 Рік тому +904

    What they did to the story is the biggest example of "and then" storytelling.

    • @mike-n-ite735
      @mike-n-ite735 4 місяці тому +20

      They should’ve let it end after BO4

    • @Average.1JZ.Enjoyer
      @Average.1JZ.Enjoyer 3 місяці тому +21

      ​@@mike-n-ite735 *BO2
      The story became stupid after BO1, but after BO2 it's just complete garbage.

    • @NOTHiNG2CBRA
      @NOTHiNG2CBRA 2 місяці тому

      Lol storytelling is to this day top notch. Craig & his team are killin‘ since 2009.

    • @jamieboi11
      @jamieboi11 2 місяці тому +2

      The story is one of the best in gaming history…
      You clearly just haven’t followed it properly. It was absolutely fantastic.

  • @Agentkip1
    @Agentkip1 Рік тому +98

    "A meteor crashing in Imperial Japan contains an unknown element exploited by the 3rd Reich, eventually leading to the creation of zombies by a mysterious group of Nazi scientists" will always be a more engaging setting (to me). Sprinkle in some hidden audio recordings and let players tie it all together. With some cross-references between maps.
    Zombies used to have that creepy atmosphere where you didn't really know the exact story yet anyone could find and interpret pieces of the story.

    • @synysterwolf1289
      @synysterwolf1289 6 місяців тому +5

      Yes I'm with you on that. That's a million times better than the story we got haha

    • @The0rnate
      @The0rnate 27 днів тому

      Or there’s people like me that never knew any of the background story or lore because I wasn’t allowed to own the games. The flushed out story gives room for content creators to recap and more people get to enjoy.

    • @boooogles
      @boooogles 25 днів тому

      Ehh, not saying the one we got was necessarily the best, but I think a large part of why they moved beyond that was in order to justify more gameplay elements on more interesting maps.

  • @rileysimpson3543
    @rileysimpson3543 3 роки тому +5774

    This is literally the most confusing story line Ive ever heard, I have no idea what any of this means lol

    • @thecolorpurple4807
      @thecolorpurple4807 3 роки тому +838

      In summary,
      We kill zombies but time passed on in this story to the point where we destroyed the multiverse and now Treyarc is trying to milk Black Ops Cold War with its zombies mode

    • @emmanuelnethery9498
      @emmanuelnethery9498 3 роки тому +38

      @@thecolorpurple4807 👨🏽‍🍳

    • @star_perks213
      @star_perks213 3 роки тому +143

      i got lost at the 30sec mark

    • @blueheaddude2065
      @blueheaddude2065 3 роки тому +178

      I understood everything about zombies up until they fucked with Cold War and it’s lore

    • @kevinragsdale6256
      @kevinragsdale6256 3 роки тому +188

      Its because its shit that they just threw together on the fly, it was never meant to have a story or anything. I remember when I was a wee lad and beat the campaign on world at war, then the first zombies map started. An eternity ago now, yet I feel like it was yesterday.

  • @earljohnson6167
    @earljohnson6167 3 роки тому +3016

    I have not played COD zombies since transit, I had no clue the story changed this much. Thanks for the video it really cleared up the confusion I had.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +125

      Yea the story can get pretty confusing. Glad I could help!

    • @caprice5841
      @caprice5841 3 роки тому +30

      u missed everything good about the series

    • @dillanbe1007
      @dillanbe1007 3 роки тому +22

      U missed everything then lol

    • @ciguret
      @ciguret 3 роки тому +4

      U not serious right

    • @Semilamist
      @Semilamist 3 роки тому +51

      black ops 3 twisted and convuluted the story beyond recognition, i am glad they went for a straightforward storn in cold war

  • @kellendawson2510
    @kellendawson2510 3 роки тому +1353

    Best explanation video I've seen yet. I've been playing zombies since World at War and have watched it change and grow over the years. I've taken breaks here and there cause you know, life happens, so I've missed out on some stuff and tryna catch up has been kinda confusing at times and BO4 had many holes in the zombies plot. This video helped clear up what I missed and explain things supremely better on what I already knew while giving more insight. Salute my friend you outdid yourself with this top tier work✊🏽

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +42

      Wow! Thank you so much. Glad I could help!

    • @juanfigueroa3348
      @juanfigueroa3348 3 роки тому +13

      Same iv been playing since world at war i loved zombies when if was so simple the story was simple life was simple, i feel like as they years went on and the story got longer and longer and more crazy it got too hard to keep track of it bit i will always love zombies , BEST EXPLANATION VIDEO YET

    • @kellendawson2510
      @kellendawson2510 3 роки тому +3

      @@juanfigueroa3348 You're right I miss the heyday of Zombies. Main goal was so simple.. survive. No primary objectives, no crazy bosses, just live. Loved it and played it countless and I mean countless times. As time passed it changed and so did the story. Kinda funny cause I wished for it to add some depth to the zombie game mode to give it an actual story and logic to the madness but with it birthed not just the story but the complexity of that story. Along with that came great characters, perks, new weapons, pack a punch (thank God for that) and many many more maps. I overall enjoy it and still is a great side game to the campaign and conventional multiplayer, just sometimes think they went overkill with making some of it so difficult to complete. I look forward to Vanguard, sort of like tracing back old roots from where it all began in a way but with a new twist considering the bosses and all. I guess time will tell with what we have in store ahead of us. As the old expression goes.. let the games begin.

    • @bigbrisk8423
      @bigbrisk8423 3 роки тому +1

      I also been playing since waw and this story is boring now they shoulda continued making chaos story from bo4 the maps were dope the story was good and it was a nice break away from the same characters n maps weve had for years. Remakes all over the place i stopped buying cod because of how bland tthe story is now. If i play zombies i go back and play infinite warfare now because that story is bomb and you get directors cut and the super easter egg which is great. Also the art style is nice

    • @Connor420ge
      @Connor420ge 3 роки тому +2

      Imagine this happening in real life and the some government deployed the virus all us pro gamers will all ready be prepared for the outbreak if u know u know Lets get it let's go 😏

  • @udieunit
    @udieunit Рік тому +209

    FNAF and Cod zombies having a fight over who has the most confusing story to follow

    • @balenciP
      @balenciP 4 місяці тому +9

      Richthofen vs freddy

    • @animalcrossingfan113
      @animalcrossingfan113 4 місяці тому +1

      mgs.

    • @MetaVizions
      @MetaVizions 4 місяці тому

      @@animalcrossingfan113lol this one

    • @thearchangel9948
      @thearchangel9948 3 місяці тому

      @@balenciP I need this, now!!

    • @shaggy5911
      @shaggy5911 2 місяці тому +6

      FNAF story actually makes sense these days. There is a 10 minute video explaining the whole thing up until security breach. COD zombies just went nowhere....

  • @bigMzurythefantatic
    @bigMzurythefantatic 3 роки тому +72

    You guys remember the good ol days? When you get to that first zombies map after completing WAW. That was the Coolest thing.

    • @kharnsagara
      @kharnsagara 3 роки тому +7

      I'm with you and probably one of very very few who remember W@W. A lot of people seem to believe that Black Ops was OG zombies or just completely forget about W@W where it all started. It seems to me like Treyarch is hopping on the "let's make zombies wild, THEN force the story around the gameplay" wagon. It's not a bad thing, it's cool they're trying to put some story into it but I'm just not a fan

    • @boooogles
      @boooogles 25 днів тому

      @@kharnsagaraWaW is huuuge in the modded zombies community

    • @kharnsagara
      @kharnsagara 25 днів тому

      @boooogles no one is talking about mods. Sorry I enjoy games the way they're intended

    • @boooogles
      @boooogles 25 днів тому

      @@kharnsagara The point being that a lot of people have the game and actively know and play or have played the WaW maps. I got WaW on pc for modded and ended up playing more unmodded than not. Though I’m not sure what you’re getting at with your second point, the modding community is comprised of a fanbase that loves the original games, this goes for any modded community, but I guess what I’m saying doesn’t matter anyway if you’re trying to gatekeep you’ll find a reason to justify it

    • @kharnsagara
      @kharnsagara 24 дні тому

      @boooogles lol I'm gatekeeping cause I play them vanilla? If that's what your take away is then you can feel offended about it. I was just saying i don't need mods to enjoy the game. Gate keeping would be more along the lines of "true fans don't need mods"

  • @brrman4089
    @brrman4089 3 роки тому +1112

    The story is literally so complicated that even im still confused about this.

    • @FWPLINK
      @FWPLINK 3 роки тому +10

      Me too

    • @FWPLINK
      @FWPLINK 3 роки тому +22

      @@alidhyt6591 but it’s not as recent so no Cold War explanation

    • @OGTiTan
      @OGTiTan 3 роки тому +6

      Mrroflwaffles recently made a video on the full story which is fleshed out a lot more and might be easier to follow

    • @devinstallworth1558
      @devinstallworth1558 3 роки тому

      same

    • @aarianzamora7627
      @aarianzamora7627 3 роки тому +32

      Anything related to time travel or dimension traveling is confusing as shit. Too many time loops and plot holes that come up and leaves nothing to be completed in the end.

  • @2el1te4uftw7
    @2el1te4uftw7 3 роки тому +3084

    I feel bad for any casual zombie players 🤣

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +211

      They’ll catch up eventually

    • @hexyoubeezy
      @hexyoubeezy 3 роки тому +38

      took em for a quick rollercoaster

    • @Grifo8oz
      @Grifo8oz 3 роки тому +105

      Yeah ive been playing cod for years but never paid attention to the zombies and im so confused

    • @TheOriginalAfrican
      @TheOriginalAfrican 3 роки тому +4

      Look at how many likes we got on this post

    • @Emperorofthemoon1
      @Emperorofthemoon1 3 роки тому +29

      I haven't touched COD in years. I thought the story back then in BO2 was confusing enough. Man have I missed a lot

  • @precisionhaze6594
    @precisionhaze6594 3 роки тому +177

    I was just telling my buddy how I've done all the easter eggs but I was always so focused on beating them that I never followed the lore. This was definitely worth the watch

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +6

      Well now you can tell him about the lore lol. Glad you enjoyed the video

  • @erichsieh6596
    @erichsieh6596 3 роки тому +442

    If they make a standalone Call of Duty’s Zombies game with great storytelling, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
    And the game should include something like a story mode + classic zombies survival with all the maps.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +16

      Me too

    • @W0KUZ3PH
      @W0KUZ3PH 3 роки тому +7

      Underrated comment bro

    • @bossabassa364
      @bossabassa364 2 роки тому +7

      Yeah man they could do something cool with a zombie campaign along with the multiplayer

    • @frenchfries8122
      @frenchfries8122 2 роки тому +4

      And should also add something like what they had in bo3 for pc where people could make their own custom maps but for consoles too. That’d be awesome imo

    • @yonosapungga
      @yonosapungga Рік тому +7

      One day.
      MARK MY WORD !

  • @draconose
    @draconose 3 роки тому +124

    I loved the cut of, "She is one psychotic" lmao it was so good

  • @jcflyfishing5097
    @jcflyfishing5097 3 роки тому +53

    Bo1 zombies consumed years of my life. Ascension will always be my favorite map.

  • @pyr1412
    @pyr1412 3 роки тому +195

    Revelations was the best way to cap off the zombies storyline at least for me b/c I have not played BO4 (yes I saw the ending in tag der toten) and revelations was the map I replayed the shit out of over the summer of 2017 and I got to prestige master twice (main account got perma banned by trolls) and I would always wake up in the morning get on fire up a solo game of rev and then when I got my set up. Perkaholic, pack a punched thunder gun and the apothican servant, Arnies and grav spikes. I would run around the map hit all 3 teddy bears and go sit in the power room in Verruckt and just prepare to be sitting there from morning until night just firing the apothican in the middle of the room so it would suck up the zombies and then pull my thunder gun or my pack a punched mule kick gun when the shadowman decided to throw a margwa or Panzer in my face. Ah good times and this song made it even better and I never got tired of hearing it. Elenas voice is just god tier and very soothing. Zombies holds a special place in my heart b/c back when my friend and I finished the world at war co op campaign (my friend had already beaten it solo but he didn’t tell me until after the last mission) but anyways he told me that if we skip the credits we are gonna be thrown into a bonus mode and then when we spawned in Nacht. I remember asking my friend ok so where are the enemies do we have to clear this building out? And then I heard a moan and my friend told me to go find the source of the moaning and I had my first ever encounter w/ a zombie tearing down one of the wooden barriers (I knew what a zombie was thx to dead rising) and I remember being scared shitless that I ended up getting downed so I ended the game and did not touch zombies until BO1 came out. I then made some friends that wanted to play Kino and I slowly got used to zombies and then when moon came out. I loved the story and was starting to catch up on the current lore at the time then B02 came out and more lore and then BO3 and I remember I was playing Zetsubou w/ my best friend and he was like holy shit bro. You went from being scared of zombies to a badass zombie slayer that always takes the big risks (examples are taking a huge train of zombies in a small area, soloing Easter eggs b/c I did rev, DE and Zetsubous EEs solo after I did it w/ ppl and hell I would solo the rev and Zetsubou ees for my friends in co op as well) but yeah zombies has always cheered me up and I’m glad that I gave it a Second chance those many many years ago.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +22

      Ok wow! You almost made me cry reading through this. I’m glad to hear that someone else feels this way about zombies!

    • @jonnyDundead
      @jonnyDundead 3 роки тому +5

      Same here bro! Much love for zombies it's like watching a child grow up watching it evolve and finally having all the perks at once (without doing an Easter egg, which I always dreamed of) is like the pinnacle of zombie slaying. It's been a long road but we have finally made it.

    • @WhereisYunoGasai
      @WhereisYunoGasai 3 роки тому +2

      such a throwback

    • @shadewolf0075
      @shadewolf0075 3 роки тому +2

      To me tag was actually the best end for zombies. The only way to stop the cycle of pain and suffering was to ensure the ones responsible for the paradox (primis and ultimis) aren't a live to keep the cycle going. Not everyone gets the happy ending but at least the old crew did accomplish their goal. The children grew up in a world free from the undead free from the Aether's corruption. They faced the horrors of the dark aether as adults who unknowingly were living up to their predecessors by protecting their new home

    • @Spvceman333
      @Spvceman333 3 роки тому

      Imagine playing this much cod zombies

  • @derekrojas5255
    @derekrojas5255 3 роки тому +267

    Dude you voice of perfect for this I’ve been wanting to know the full story line in depth again keep it up mate :)

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +9

      Are you kidding I sound like a child I think my voice cracked in there a couple times haha. But thanks for the compliment man I appreciate that

    • @bradmagyor3546
      @bradmagyor3546 3 роки тому +2

      Dude you grammar bad. Keep it down mate.

    • @bradmagyor3546
      @bradmagyor3546 3 роки тому +1

      @common_legend __ clearly you guys didn’t get the joke. Or maybe. You joke didn’t get guys

  • @Deanie124
    @Deanie124 Рік тому +7

    You explained it the best anyone probably could but I'm still completely dazzled

  • @Nekiplex
    @Nekiplex Рік тому +16

    I know the more confusing side of the lore, so watching this was actually very easy to understand. I definitely applaud your ability to condense about ½ a days worth of information into ½ an hour.
    There were some things you missed, but you definitely had most if not everu significant story detail, so great work!

  • @domokilla9944
    @domokilla9944 3 роки тому +183

    The Ultimis/ Primis storyline will never be outperformed by these newer COD titles. What I loved the most about zombies (WaW- BO3) is that they included some historical truth, which really added to the scary factor! 🧟🧟🧟
    I can't get the same feeling with the new zombies...

    • @bl4ckdr4gontv93
      @bl4ckdr4gontv93 Рік тому +22

      I mean, from waw till bo2 zombies lore was just real life conspiracy theory which makes it 1000% better than what happens afterwards, imo

    • @MississippiKid96
      @MississippiKid96 Рік тому +12

      It’s cause one of the guys responsible for that story line left trey arch around bo3 bo4

    • @theelsanto32
      @theelsanto32 7 місяців тому +2

      Bo3 was officially the end of the storyline. But of course they had to extend it because activision

  • @SennuS_2904
    @SennuS_2904 3 роки тому +222

    Well i kinda followed the story line and i knew what was going al al these time. But this was by far the most understandable video at this date for me. Some parts in the storyline it self was a bit confusing but thanks to u i got it al cleared out now. Thanks m8 and please keep us up to date on the next zombies maps. 🙏🏻
    And of course u got my sub.. take it bcause u deserved it

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +6

      Wow! Best comment ever. I'm glad I could help. And I will try my best to update you guys. Thanks for the sub man!

    • @SennuS_2904
      @SennuS_2904 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheZigg your welcome my guy. I dont sub that quick to other yt channels but this was the first video i saw on your channel.🙏🏻❤️ i got u my guy

  • @Villain5546
    @Villain5546 3 роки тому +186

    its funny, I knew the aether storyline up until everything was banished to the dark aether, so i came here to see how the old storyline connects with the cold war one and ended up learning a lot. thanks for this great video

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +4

      Of course glad I could help!

    • @SpiderJit3
      @SpiderJit3 3 роки тому +1

      Cold wars is to much bro

    • @TannerrP
      @TannerrP 2 роки тому +1

      How does it connect to it I am confused

    • @mrkitloin
      @mrkitloin 2 роки тому +5

      @@SpiderJit3 bro how is cold wars too much it’s way easier to understand than the other ones with all the time travel and shit

    • @SpiderJit3
      @SpiderJit3 2 роки тому

      @@mrkitloin it's all way too complicated imo. Impossible to remember. U right tho lol. I just be tryna shoot zombies tho lol

  • @Equites279
    @Equites279 Рік тому +16

    I like how we're talking about Lovecraftian gods, different dimensions, magic, and alien technology in a CALL OF DUTY game that always made me laugh lol

  • @RedMenace0
    @RedMenace0 4 місяці тому +13

    i think its healthier to make your own canon for this story, because this is too complex. I wish they actually had written a set story from the start, not just keep adding stuff to the story from the dlcs with no thought whatsoever

  • @bullfrog521
    @bullfrog521 3 роки тому +422

    Wow, Cold War is my first COD Zombies, the whole story is insane, it seems like the story is a lot simpler now. Will COD Vanguard Zombies continue Cold War's Zombies story or it will have like a prequel zombie story?

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +101

      So vanguard is gonna be the prequel to cold war zombies. All the stuff that went down during ww2 with alexandra's dad and stuff we will most likely witness in vanguard zombies

    • @whatthehector1
      @whatthehector1 3 роки тому +18

      I thought Treyarch zombies is their own timeline. idk if Vanguard will continue that they might stick to their own zombies as they did in WW2

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +6

      @@whatthehector1 check this link: www.callofduty.com/blog/2021/08/Announcing-Call-of-Duty-Vanguard

    • @unknownvoid2321
      @unknownvoid2321 3 роки тому +20

      @@whatthehector1 treyarch is doing zombies in vanguard

    • @ErensSmiledog
      @ErensSmiledog 3 роки тому +6

      @@whatthehector1 Treyarch will make vanguard zombies and will be a prequel to cold war zombies

  • @unnameddude9325
    @unnameddude9325 3 роки тому +86

    This is the best telling of the zombies storyline I’ve seen, take my sub man. I hope to see more great content

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks man! More to come!

  • @Muvious45
    @Muvious45 Рік тому +11

    This is way better than a 6 hour documentary , you really summed up the story well

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  Рік тому +1

      Glad you liked it

    • @obedvilla9194
      @obedvilla9194 11 місяців тому

      😂😂😂 fr I was like gmfu

  • @grantgardson
    @grantgardson 2 роки тому +16

    Ngl up until BO3 zombies was the only thing drawing me back, but it got too burdensome. This just went to provide me with everything I missed. I feel as though even had I wasted my life playing the games to discover *THIS* level of depth is way beyond me.
    Good job, I hope this video, the comment, and my new sub helps pay the bills.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  2 роки тому +1

      Lol I appreciate that

  • @Solid_Gravy
    @Solid_Gravy 8 місяців тому +46

    COD Zombies in 2016: Oh cool so the whole timline is connected a loop, how neat!
    2 years later: So about that time loop, scratch that, some mobster just did something different for once.

  • @ShotByAlan
    @ShotByAlan 3 роки тому +36

    The Aether zombies story line is honestly one of the coolest video game stories aesthetically. The issue I have with it is it feels like they tried too hard to tie gameplay elements into the story. It feels like a cop out when the explanation for literally everything is inter dimensional demons and time travel.

    • @Hxllysis
      @Hxllysis 3 роки тому +3

      & fog rolling in

  • @Dioslux
    @Dioslux 3 роки тому +13

    26:04 love how 3 Price’s from 2018 and a yellow biker suit Portnova from 1981 are fighting Valentina in 1985.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому

      Who knows anymore lol. Time travel right

  • @Rick-jf2ig
    @Rick-jf2ig 3 роки тому +34

    Still can't believe the original group are gone forever, I'm hoping they'll include them in the next zombies maps, seeing as how they were banished to the dark aether, and Sam seems to be able to traverse there safely

    • @domesticdragonwaffle
      @domesticdragonwaffle Рік тому +1

      Richtofen isn't though, his child self was the only other one to survive with Sam and Richtofen himself became the director of Requiem in Cold War

  • @iiiiii7680
    @iiiiii7680 3 роки тому +11

    This is why I like zombies because of the mystery and the story, not just because of the game mode itself

  • @Alex-rx6ls
    @Alex-rx6ls 3 роки тому +13

    Bro this is a perfect story. Every other story I’ve heard abt zombies story line is trash and makes no sense but this one, is perfect

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому

      Glad you enjoyed it! I think a lot of those other videos are a couple years old and not all the info was available so most of the time they would just go off theories that were agreed upon in reddit and other zombie forums

  • @gylesdoolan1116
    @gylesdoolan1116 3 роки тому +87

    It would've been pretty neat to know which stories came from which game, I'm new in Cold War and this is intriguing

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +32

      Thank you for not bashing me for it. I'm writing that down right now so I remember it for my next video.

    • @Dreamer-ii2zd
      @Dreamer-ii2zd 3 роки тому +17

      I'll help you here
      So to understand before I explain, I'll explain which locations are from which game
      World at Waw: The only storyline map was Der Reise
      Black ops 1: Kino Der Toten, Ascension, Call of the dead, Shangri-la and Moon
      Black ops 2: Nuketown Zombies, Tranzit, Die Rise, Mob of the dead, Buried and Origins
      Black ops 3: Shadows of evil, Der Eisendrache, Zetsubo No Shima, Gorod Krovi and Revelations
      Black ops 4: Blood of the dead, Alpha Omega and Tag der Toten
      And then of course the cold war maps
      So the early stuff with the apothicans and keepers are from Black ops 3.
      Most of the stuff involving ultimus happen in world at war and black ops 1
      Nuketown (bo2) and Moon (bo1) happen simultaneously
      Then victus group, aside from being waken by Nikolai from being frozen, their whole story happens in Black ops 2, being woke up in black ops 4.
      The documented region discovering 115 and opening the gateway to agartha all happen in the final map of black ops 2.
      Primus taking the souls of themselves all happens in Black ops 3
      The battle on agartha against the apothicans and the paradox happen on the final map of black ops 3 Revelations
      Then the confusing stuff with Primus and Ultimus joining forces and Nikolai destroying the summoning key leaving just one universe, that all happens in Black ops 4
      Hope this helps :)

    • @donaldotrump9966
      @donaldotrump9966 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dreamer-ii2zd it actually helped me alot too bro thanks man

  • @shadowzeroone
    @shadowzeroone 3 роки тому +10

    In between these beautiful events someone decides to have 3 captain prices at the same time.

  • @asiris.8748
    @asiris.8748 Рік тому +1

    Call of duty zombies lore is probably the most complicated i've ever listened at to this day

  • @anbutrippy8938
    @anbutrippy8938 25 днів тому +1

    I’ve always avoided zombies. It’s never really been for me, but my boy has gotten me into the BO6 zombies (terminus) the more he talks about Easter eggs and old games it got me interested. Now I’m using my precious sleep time to soak in all zombie knowledge

    • @deytonybarra7499
      @deytonybarra7499 19 днів тому +1

      BIG UP BRO!!🤣
      i just did the Liberty Falls EE- tryna catch up! Haven't done eastereggs since Orgins on Bo2

    • @anbutrippy8938
      @anbutrippy8938 19 днів тому +1

      @ the terminus one is the first EE I’ve ever done (been playing since WaW) shit is so fun

    • @deytonybarra7499
      @deytonybarra7499 19 днів тому

      @@anbutrippy8938 Good Times, crazy how time flies.. right?

  • @brendonshort847
    @brendonshort847 3 роки тому +40

    I love “and she is one psychotic-“ and then it’s cuts to another scene xD

  • @SniperDog5
    @SniperDog5 3 роки тому +27

    Do you plan on covering Forsaken and the upcoming Vanguard zombies storyline? I hope so because I finally understood the storyline thanks to your video.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +8

      That's the plan!

  • @ynhgravestne1356
    @ynhgravestne1356 3 роки тому +33

    Bro this shit is amazing. I’ve always just played the game not caring for story and u just opened my eyes with this shit like I never knew any of that shit was happening

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +2

      Yea its a crazy storyline! Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @brickedupgranny
    @brickedupgranny Рік тому +2

    mane black ops 1 2 and 3 will forever hold a special place in my heart.

  • @kylemccoy7249
    @kylemccoy7249 3 роки тому +24

    Its awesome to see the work you put together. Great job. Hope to see more content.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому

      Thanks man!

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому

      I’ll make sure to deliver

  • @lol-ot6ss
    @lol-ot6ss 3 роки тому +32

    I thought you would have million of subscribers bc it seems like you put in a lot of effort in this video

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +5

      Maybe someday. Thank you !

    • @Stiddo
      @Stiddo 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheZigg deserved definitely

  • @generalgreevus8773
    @generalgreevus8773 3 роки тому +4

    I lost interest in COD games like 6 years ago and up until this video I had no idea they actually built an entire lore around how the zombies appeared. This video is awesome I might have to get the next COD game. Zombies was what I enjoyed the most.

  • @Queefersutherland97
    @Queefersutherland97 2 роки тому +1

    I like how the story for call of duty zombies didn’t have to be this complex and convoluted but it just is because

  • @opslocked8597
    @opslocked8597 3 роки тому +3

    So basically this is a story with a lot of "but wait!" I remember I kept up with it and than just got to lost. Also I loved that all this stories stuff started off in the beginning as some Easter eggs in a side zombie game, just.. well growing up with codblack ops I'm just amazed because I remember the beginning of it all. It was like oh cool this game has a zombie game with it and it's multi-player, time for split screen and late night gaming with your friends just to see how long you can survive. Than you discovered some small Easter eggs from youtube back when there wasn't so much ads and rules. And it slowly grows into a more detailed big story with time traveling and other dimension as more games come out while the game still tells another story with woods and everything. Like... just wow.

  • @sfish6
    @sfish6 2 роки тому +4

    I honestly never liked the lovecraftian direction of the stories after shadows of evil and feel like zombies could've ended at origins, but this was a great background video thank you

    • @VilaToro64
      @VilaToro64 9 місяців тому

      Me neither I feel it could have ended at buried you either help maxis or richtofen but at the end of it all everyone is screwed consequences of man tampering with stuff curiosity killed the cat if you may

  • @ummmhelp
    @ummmhelp 3 роки тому +3

    I mean this is a really effective cost saving measure just walk into the nearest mental hospital and use whatevers written on the cell walls

  • @calamityoblivion301
    @calamityoblivion301 3 роки тому +78

    I feel like you could be a very good professor/teacher or an actual historian (if you aren't already), because this is summed up very well, and you go back to previous information when people forget stuff. You also have the perfect voice for it, and good visuals on screen. Do you know if Burgertown from Infection in exozombies is related at all in terms of story to the one in Forsaken?

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +6

      I'm majoring in programming right now lol but hey maybe I'll think about changing majors.

    • @crispycrunch4326
      @crispycrunch4326 3 роки тому

      @@TheZigg yoooo i want to major in that too, I'm currently 15, how's it like ?

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +5

      @@crispycrunch4326 Oh you wanna major in programming? Its a great field man. It allows you to be really creative when solving problems. Especially when you write code and it doesn't work the first 23 times lol. It can be frustrating at times but when I figure out the answer I laugh at myself like duhhh. And its super satisfying.

    • @crispycrunch4326
      @crispycrunch4326 3 роки тому

      @@TheZigg I can already imagine, hope you accomplish each and all of your dreams man! You truly deserve it

  • @RSN_Rubber_Ducky
    @RSN_Rubber_Ducky Рік тому +2

    My god this is more complicated than it needs to be..
    thank you for putting it all together!

  • @brainiestben
    @brainiestben 2 роки тому +2

    I’m 10 mins in and I’ve already had 3 strokes

  • @silentgamer1997
    @silentgamer1997 3 роки тому +40

    I like it when it used to be Zombies and Zombies only, back in the day where there was mystery about the Zombies Story, the Story was actually made by the fanbase which Treyarch took it to fruition

    • @stephenloughnane8533
      @stephenloughnane8533 3 роки тому +6

      Just play the game an don’t do any ee I’ve never understood why ppl say this like your forced to do the ee

  • @phillipa2346
    @phillipa2346 3 роки тому +4

    Remember when we all played the first zombies for the first time and that’s all it was, just shooting zombies for no reason

  • @txbluj2846
    @txbluj2846 3 роки тому +5

    You’re underrated man, this must have taken weeks or months! Good job!

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +2

      Aww man thank you so much. It did take a few months but I'm glad I committed to it.

  • @Funkenst8in1
    @Funkenst8in1 Рік тому +1

    Dang I never knew COD Zombies was that deep. My friends always just love coming home from school playing Black ops 1 zombies just for the heck of it

  • @Grandmas_Favorite
    @Grandmas_Favorite 2 роки тому

    It’s December 27th and I’ve found my #1 “video I never would have searched for that I randomly came across, and gladly watched in its entirety” for the year

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  2 роки тому

      Haha thats great to hear. I really appreciate that

  • @idkcouldntpickaname7380
    @idkcouldntpickaname7380 Рік тому +20

    Everything was fine before for Cold War

  • @nicolasl881
    @nicolasl881 Рік тому +4

    Congrats on putting together this story that actually doesnt make any sense

  • @redbullsuper9559
    @redbullsuper9559 2 роки тому +1

    Shout out to you bro I’ve watched 100 of these videos and 5 mins in I’m lost and don’t care anymore but your explained it so well and precise I understand fully now, thank you.

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks bro. Glad I could help

  • @callofdutyUS
    @callofdutyUS 2 місяці тому

    I came from your newer tiktoks and this is the first time I had an idea of the complete story. Thanks so much for your work and time. God bless you bro 🙏🏽

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  2 місяці тому +1

      @callofdutyUS I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks God Bless you too man!

  • @isaacgonzo
    @isaacgonzo 3 роки тому +5

    No matter how many times i learn about the timeline and lore, im always lost in the end

  • @buddyfett1341
    @buddyfett1341 3 роки тому +6

    Perfect of example of not keeping it simple. Call of Duty Zombies should just be, soldiers fighting zombies.

  • @thegcqexperience6282
    @thegcqexperience6282 3 роки тому +4

    This is the most comprehensive storyline vid ive seen so far

  • @zachhenon
    @zachhenon 4 місяці тому +2

    This will probably get buried, but for some clarity:
    This is a very abridged (but still great) summary of the story that can’t capture many of the nuances and small details. For example: Group 935 was founded to be a group without borders dedicated to mankind’s betterment. They turned to Germany for the war because of the funding. Most of the different universes also have names.
    Along with that, there are still a handful of unsolved ciphers years later. It’s crazy.
    Development is also an issue. Black Ops 4 saw much of the zombies funding put towards the Chaos story to attract newer audiences. Cold War was originally supposed to be a Sledgehammer title, who backed out and threw it onto Treyarch. That’s why Treyarch did Cold War AND Vanguard (we don’t talk about this one) back-to-back. Other than that, there was lots of exchanging hands and differing visions in Black Ops 1-3. The story seems cobbled together sometimes because it literally was.
    Lastly, there are multi-hour storyline videos that exist and really lay out every detail from black ops 1 to black ops 4, skipping over the chaos story. If you liked this video, you’d like one of those too.

  • @Jacob-zv7xw
    @Jacob-zv7xw 4 місяці тому +2

    i clicked on the video bc it was only 26 minutes and when he said "okay the end" i laughed thinking there was gonna be another five mutes to finish it up and then saw i was only 7 mins in lol bro squeezed so much info in here

  • @zxwoodzy
    @zxwoodzy 2 роки тому +4

    Great video. Really helped me grasp an understanding of the video game series i used to love as a kid. I kinda only knew the story up until bo3 if im honest, after that it went a lil too confusing but this video helped me see what was made of the story afterwards. Thanks

  • @fl4mingaming359
    @fl4mingaming359 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you so much for this it was very helpful to get a refresh of the whole storyline

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +1

      You're very welcome!

  • @terrestrialtoker
    @terrestrialtoker Рік тому +4

    Ima just gonna say it all ends at 16:36 and call it a day. As confusing as the timeline is with so many dimensions and copies of people, it still has cohesion. Whatever was happening after that just doesnt make sense, my head cannon stops there.

  • @chrisdelagarza8048
    @chrisdelagarza8048 3 роки тому +2

    I can only process this one minute at a time. So it’s literally going to take me 26 hours to watch this.

  • @a_z_771
    @a_z_771 3 роки тому +1

    11 year old me back in 2010 would’ve never thought this zombies lore is really that deep. I mean, i was familiar with Samantha and element 115 and Maxis but holy shit.

  • @DrChris1
    @DrChris1 3 роки тому +10

    Cod zombies lore is comparable to how confusing/long fnaf lore is.

  • @VivaLaFamous
    @VivaLaFamous 5 місяців тому +8

    The quickest way to completely ruin a story/ plot is to add in different universes, dimensions, and timelines! They started out great! and then everything became complicated and weird. Not even enjoyable anymore.

  • @mercifulmoff
    @mercifulmoff 3 роки тому +11

    Just to clear up a bit of a ‘plotline’. The reason Maxis in Agartha frees the Shadow Man from the Summoning Key is because when he was reborn by Monty he lacked his soul and only had his brain.
    Without a soul, he couldn’t resist the Shadow Man’s temptations due to being an empty husk, which manipulated him.

  • @NicoTheProtogen
    @NicoTheProtogen 11 місяців тому +1

    A long long long long time ago in a galaxy far far far far away a very good person delivered us a video on cod zombies explaining the lore that isn’t two and a half hours long thank you

  • @plutolunaplays
    @plutolunaplays 3 місяці тому +2

    feel like they should have made Cold War a lot clearer after ending the storyline in BO4. Dark Aether didn’t need to exist, they could have just made a new storyline like in Exo Zombies or Infinite Warfare

  • @straw6759
    @straw6759 3 роки тому +29

    COD zombies has a better story than any COD campaign 😭

    • @milannikolic3215
      @milannikolic3215 Рік тому +10

      Overcomplicated doesnt mean better

    • @enestris
      @enestris Рік тому +3

      ⁠@@milannikolic3215cut out everything past bo3 and the unnecessary complicated stuff is gone too. The early plot was expansive not over complicated tho. Like literally middle school level understanding necessary.

    • @MississippiKid96
      @MississippiKid96 Рік тому +1

      The og (WAW-alpha omega ) storyline does

  • @kakacake8752
    @kakacake8752 Рік тому +3

    dont forget the alien dinosaurs was alied to the apothicons aswell but then then mr. peterson lost a bet to dr. monty and the had to fuck a dinosaur , then his wife found out so he had to get rid of the evidence and deleted the dinos form existance. but shadow man was watching all this and was about to tell his wife. after monty found out he went to war with the shadow realm. really important lore found in a cipher in zetsubo no shitima. i hope it all makes sense now

  • @unknownvoid2321
    @unknownvoid2321 3 роки тому +15

    Waw-bo1 (perfect story)
    Bo2-bo4 (detailed/amazing story)
    CW (boring)

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +1

      Yea they could've done better with cold war. Hopefully treyarch makes up for it in Vanguard zombies

    • @Schregger
      @Schregger 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheZigg I think the issue was making CW zombies use the MP operators, instead of having a dedicated cast for zombies. Half of the zombies story is in the characters, and as much as we may like McClain and Rambo for getting killstreaks in MP, they have nothing to add to the story in zombies.

    • @sillykot9970
      @sillykot9970 3 роки тому

      @@Schregger I kinda like the operators rather than the actual characters I like the feeling of just being a soldier working for an organization and watching it all unfold around me and before you try to invalides my opinion no cold war isnt my first zombies game my first zombies game was WaW

    • @savirahye
      @savirahye 3 роки тому

      @@sillykot9970 i respectively disagree. They should’ve added more voice lines for the operators if they wanted to use them. It would’ve added so much to the immersion and the maps just feel empty without it which is really sad as Cold War zombies was the point I lost interest in the story sadly.

    • @sillykot9970
      @sillykot9970 3 роки тому

      @@savirahye I completely agree if they recorded enough voicelines for the cutscene for each character and give them voice lines for specific maps and situations would be great

  • @Goldarlives
    @Goldarlives 3 місяці тому +2

    2009: “Haha I wonder what happened to that guy hanging from his parachute”
    Now:

  • @SikeNoYacht
    @SikeNoYacht День тому

    Great video on such a complicated storyline honestly the best explanation of it in such a short video, insane to play through the progress of this story through out the years

  • @swiggityswagunion1223
    @swiggityswagunion1223 3 роки тому +4

    Damn. I didn’t even realize how connected all the games are.

  • @kekidakid
    @kekidakid 2 роки тому +3

    Who remembers where the lore was just 2 German scientist discovering an element capable of creating zombies

  • @nickm5647
    @nickm5647 3 роки тому +48

    So what I got out of this video is just confirming my belief that all the lore add-ons past BO2 are actual dogshit and ruin the story on top of bringing it to the point of being overly convoluted in the worst sense as well as outright telling you the story instead of letting you figure it out through tiny pieces of info and clues well hidden throughout the different levels and Easter eggs.
    They should have just ended the first storyline with the original cast and the BO2 cast at the end of BO2 like they originally did and started a whole new thing for BO3 and continued with the cool 20’s noir and eldritch horror aspects which I was totally hooked on until I saw the ending of the Easter egg and was left scratching my head thinking “what the fuck is this bullshit, your story’s fucking over”. Likewise they should have kept the new Black Ops separate as well instead of also shoehorning the continuation of the story into it making it even more convoluted and dragged out. It’s the definition of milking a story long after it should have ended like most TV shows run longer than they should so you see it sour and get bad instead of leaving off at a much more natural and satisfying point while it’s still good and only facing a little bit of drop off.

    • @TongueCutOutByYoutube
      @TongueCutOutByYoutube 3 роки тому

      RIP COD WAW

    • @MrAnon00
      @MrAnon00 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah they should've stopped at that ending or the one where they're reborn as kids... But they just had to fuck everything up, pull some stupid twist that fucks with characters, and then basically say "ok fuck it, we're done." And fucking kills/erases everything that was built up over the past decade. Such a stupid betrayal of an ending.

  • @assie_ie5532
    @assie_ie5532 11 місяців тому +1

    This story remains great. Really love that they went all out with story.

  • @tesstickle2840
    @tesstickle2840 8 місяців тому +1

    I’m so happy to see an old Syndicate Zombies clip in here 😂

  • @TheDarkAztek
    @TheDarkAztek 3 роки тому +7

    Maaaaan... the work and time put in to this... great vid!! You got a new sub =)

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +1

      Well thank you bro! That means the world to me! I appreciate ya!

  • @Champion919Games
    @Champion919Games 3 роки тому +4

    At the very end you say “Janus” as in “Jay-ness” but it’s actually pronounced “Ya-noose”, like the Roman god of gates, time, beginnings, doorways, transitions, passages, and endings. Seems pretty fitting for such a teleportation and time travel heavy story, no?

  • @yooGrito
    @yooGrito 3 роки тому +7

    There’s a lot of boring to get and go over intel that’s really important in Cold War lore like about the one, maxis interrogations from the director that are very similar to the one with Hudson and mason having the director be in a room above her like Hudson shocking maxis like mason and they even have some conversations that mason and Hudson had word for word

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому

      Im only guessing bit I think hudson is the director. He's the only one I know that wore a watch and a suit like that. Would be pretty cool if I'm right. Also I didn't want to go too in depth on samantha because it made my script pretty confusing. I may dedicate a video to her story

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому

      Yes. There is a lot of intel that’s been added since I made this video. And I was wrong. Eddie Richthofen is the director

  • @tkts8782
    @tkts8782 3 роки тому +1

    This is so well made I didn't even notice 25 minutes passed

  • @kreslwtf
    @kreslwtf 3 роки тому

    bro i just love cod zombies. its actually amazing. god i had so many times playing these fantastic games over the years. i just love the graphics and everything about the game. Every single zombie is just so cool and so unique and i love enemies you fight, the characters, weapons, THE MAPS AHHH. Just a masterpiece

  • @itznukeey
    @itznukeey 3 роки тому +16

    21:15 I legit thought you said mining Ethereum 😂. Peck is truly a visionaire

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +1

      Lol that would be pretty funny if he did. Way ahead of his time! But no I'm talkin aethereum as in the purple glowy stuff from the dark aether

  • @simdog16
    @simdog16 3 роки тому +25

    I've seen your videos on tik tok just wanted to say keep it up my man

    • @TheZigg
      @TheZigg  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks man that means a lot to me

  • @14thbattlegroupcommander
    @14thbattlegroupcommander Рік тому +2

    Absolutely incomprehensible, have a nice day 👍