He knew that he couldn’t get out alone so he sabotaged the brainwashing to make sure that his ultimate goal was accomplished by Mason (Killing Dragovich Kravchenko and Steiner). Reznov is a genius
snek lol are you saying IW, AW, and bo3 campaigns are better than mw1 ,mw2,mw3, cod waw, bo1 and bo2? The new ones are definitely not better.... i have played them and it was boring as shit except for ghosts
Fer DLC Yes im saying AW, IW, and BO3 are WAY fucking better. You are a complete dumbass if you think otherwise. The new ones get you abilities, better loadouts, character customization, gameplay is more fun, and the graphics are improved dramatically not to mention we got Kevin Spacey and that dude from game of thrones and christopher meloni as our villians in the 3. Mdw series is shit and boring no "Remaster" can change that trust me. They are shit, period. The black ops series outdid them. Infinity Ward sucks arab ballsack. The MDW series is gross and boring.
yup, you're a fucking moron. Just because i have a different opinion than you i'm a dumbass? you don't know me fool, determining my intelligence over the fact that i like certain games makes you the dumbass. What have you accomplished in your life that makes you any more smarter than me? I bet absolutely nothing. Get the fuck out of here you're a fucking joke
3:37 Chilling when you finally realize that Mason was most likely working with Oswald as sleeper agents to kill JFK which is why he says that Oswald has been compromised. Most likely Alex was the second shooter but Oswald was the one who got caught. And the reason why Alex didn’t even know he did it was because Hudson said that for a small period of time Mason went dark. So probably during that time his programming kicked in and he was like a machine following it’s orders without question
I just finished the game, but i doubt he is the second shooter, but probably the guy who command the real second shooter, because in the photo he dressed like some intel or president’s bodyguard.
@@gredinainggolan4010 I see where you’re coming from but remember, dragovich basically told Mason that he did when he said “tried?” in a very sarcastic tone with a smile on his face
To be fair, it’s him finally making sense of the numbers and breaking through his mind control/brainwashing. So it basically caused him a mental breakdown as his brainwashing was conflicting with Reznov’s sabotage, and his will to break through his brainwashing.
Honestly, I always get that CSI: Miami vibe whenever I see Hudson putting on those shades, all we need is that "YEEEEAAAAAA!" sound when he does it and viola!
“He is unusual , atypical , few men possess such will.” What a statement and it is very true Mason is one of the most special and resilient protagonists I have ever seen
It also clues in that Mason had been able to be resilient whilst given orders and torture from Dragovich, due to his imprisonment with Reznov and being constantly ingrained with orders from Dragovich
Therefore his mind/brain created a point of resistance and support for his will. It took the form of a Reznov figure. A kind of imaginary supportive friend. The whole Soviet Campain in WaW is Mason's fixation.
Hudson was so much better in BO1 Edit 2 years later: Well shit, a 5k liked comment that I literally don't even remember writing, but still agree with anyways.
This is when COD was good not because it was set in the past, not because you weren't a cyborg, it was because they actually gave a shit about they're games
This CoD, imo is the best CoD after WaW and CoD 4. This game full of classic cold war tension between USA and USSR, brainwashing, sleeper agents, everything you expected from cold war.
I don't think anybody has asked this, but where the fuck did weaver go, he was one of the characters involved in a couple of missions, besides I don't know why but he is my favourite B01 character.
Rumor has it, he died during Operation Charybdis. Look it up, it was an operation you can read about in one of the intel files, at some point in the 70's, Ryan Jackson believed Mason was a threat to National Security and put an assassination order on him, Hudson, and Weaver, and kept it Top Secret, since Hudson was well-liked in the CIA. They never officially had shown what happened during that Operation, but since Weaver didn't appear in Black Ops 2, its possible he was killed. Also made a reference to his sister being an agent with the KGB, and was under orders to seduce Mason. Might have been David's mother, but who knows?
they alluded that your character (Mason) was the assassin that shot JFK, remember how Hudson mentions there were many times Mason went "dark" and they couldnt track who and what he did when he was brainwashed
Yea I was supper happy when they brought in good old John F Kennedy. He’s a bit old but he managed to recreate his younger voice really well. That may be the first time a ex president voiced someone in a videogame
6:34 fucking love how Hudson’s voice goes more raspier and deeper all at once. Actor really tried to sell us a situation where he wants to drive home the the truth about Reznov. Legendary
"Proceed...To...Target" "Oswald....Comprised!" Mason Killed JFK This is even proven (kinda), in the final mission Mason: "You tried to make me kill my own president!" Dragovich: "Tried?!" So yeah, R.i.P JFK
Jayden Yen No it's only implied. The fact that Steiner states that his response to orders is sporadic tells us that it is only a possibility that Mason killed him, not a complete certainty.
Banzai Boy After the final mission, they show Kennedy in his Lincoln on the day of his assassination, and they pause on a moment where you can see Mason in the crowd. I think he still had something to do with it.
T Bush He did. However, Steiner saying that Mason's response to orders has been "sporadic" leaves the question open. He certainly went through the plan because he was in Dallas, but we don't know if he actually pulled a trigger or if he was able to briefly break free of the programming.
It's just implied. They never confirmed that he did indeed kill JFK. In BO2, McKnight asks Mason about and he replies that they gave it their best shot. He may have been involved in it but there's no direct answer.
@@blvck_drxps5087 thank you. I've seen no one talking about this 😂😂 I have no clue if you still use this UA-cam account, but I literally think I've buried the experience of playing this campaign in the inner recesses of my mind for over a decade because it's so traumatic. I played it when I was like 9-10. Now I'm reliving it, and it's made sense of why I hate certain things. I have difficulty trusting people. I hate getting put under for surgeries/procedures (to be fair, I think most people struggle with that). After reliving this as an adult, I'm so upset that I subjected myself to this content at such a young age. It was truly horrifying and far too psychologically dark to experience at that age. (At least in my opinion) don't get me wrong, it's certainly a compelling story that's well written, but reliving this is genuinely stress inducing. So I'm glad I'm not alone in experiencing it too young 😂
The feels when Reznov said to Mason: "We are brothers, Mason... We are the same." Sure Reznov used Mason to kill the three bad guys, but you can't deny that the two would of been unstoppable if Reznov survived.
Reznov used Mason for a good reason, those 3 planned to unleash a deadly gas attack all over the U.S and without Reznov sabotaging the brainwashing at Vorkuta who knows what happens, maybe the CIA captures Steiner at Rebirth Island without Mason killing him but we’ll never know for sure.
@@maxoconnor5087 "the flag maybe different but the method is the same" - Reznov I think Reznov want to kill Steiner to make sure no one get the Nova-6, neither the US or the USSR
I love how cod epically mixed real history with the treyarc twist consisting of sleeper agents and plot twists and a ending that leaves the players with the idea of that on conspiracy theory that there were two shooters in the JFK assassination. An absolute masterpiece
Since Reznov was an imaginary creation of Mason's mind,it took Hudson an entire team to infiltrate the facility while Mason infiltrated all by himself and even managed to kill the scientist,that makes him a beast 😎
Yeah, driven by the monster that was Reznov's revenge. It's a shame since Reznov became no better than what Dragovich, Steiner, and Kravchenko had done to him, and he would have let the world burn just to get it, considering the kind of convictions he had in World at War.
@@BryonYoungblood well Reznov is one of war hero in cod waw but he been abandon by his own country, his squad been killed for test nova 6 project and he send to vorkuta. Of course he want revenge againts dragovic, kravchenko and steiner
World at War- the one that started it all Black Ops- Perfect Black Ops Cold War- Similar story to Black Ops 1 but still great BO2: Great BO3: Train Go Boom BO4: You know what’s a campaign is?
“We have to get to the bunker! We’re at DEFCON 2...you’ve tried everything....” I think this line is more terrifying than people realise...particularly I’m sure for those who grew up in the Cold War. Man there was so much tension in this game.
@@zaer-ezart It goes from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, 5 means the U.S army are chilling and 1 means they're ready for an immediate nuclear war with soldiers everywhere in the country.
Mason did take part in the Assassination. Mason defies his numbers orders, but whenever his object is near, he does follow suit. That’s why he had the vision in the pentagon. He was there in 1963 but for what purpose? He just got his orders to deal with one of the worst men in the world from JFK himself. He wouldn’t be in Texas, he’s be planning with Hudson to take out the real bad guy. Mason would have never said the word ‘compromised’ if he wasn’t apart of the hit. There would have been no use for the word. Lastly, Hudson says he has gaps in his memory while he was MIA. Even Hudson didn’t know where Mason was during certain events and he was his handler. But since Hudson says that all his memories will come back since the brainwashing has been broken, that’s why he went into hiding for 30 years, realizing what he had done and to have a child to carry on his name as a normal person. His kid David Mason mentions how Alex promised to not join again. Alex knew he couldn’t join, but the news about Woods forced him to join again. Bonus: I think the climbing of the tree in BO2 was to show that Alex was teaching David some stealth to stay hidden, alluding to his son needing to be ready for what was to come if it came to it.
@@Andy_b0y12 I'm a year late here as well. But to be perfectly honest with you. They have nearly no connections. Bocw is basically its own contained story. As if tried to connect with the other two. It would have major plot holes. Thus I'd say cold war is its own side story that's completely unrelated to bo1 and 2.
@@mr.moonman5303 actually it is heavily connected, remember in Black Ops II when David says that Alex promised him he wasnt gonna re-up? I think the line was "You said you're never gonna go back to the military, you PROMISED me." This was before Mason went to find Woods, and as we know, Cold War is supposed to take place between 1 and 2, David was probably kicking around during Cold War and then Mason came back from the military and that's when we get the scene of David falling from the tree, Mason hears about Woods and then we lead into BO2
@@IMNTV That line wasn't before mason went to find woods. If i remember correctly, Alex is told that woods is still alive. And that's when David says that line. Also cold war took place in the 1980's. The problem with that is that would've been around the same time in bo2. Where they try to capture Menendez. But only accomplish getting wood's knees blown off, Hudson killed, (And technically mason as well.) That's why i say it has no real connections. As story wise, it wouldn't make any real sense for woods to have his knees again, or for dead characters to be alive again. It would be a major plot hole. Which is why I count it as it's own contained alternate story. (I could always be wrong about the dates. As I'm going off of very old memories.)
If the player decodes the phonetic alphabet code names (X-ray, Sierra etc.) in the beginning of each level of Call of Duty: Black Ops into their first letters, changes the serial numbers into letters (A-1, B-2), and removes all the Xs, the player will get this message: "Reznov is dead, or is he dead, there was no body, is he who he says he is".
Máté Ambrus actually this is true because if you go to the PC and tyre a code (I don't remember) you can see an email from Reznov which was sent 5 years after his "death" and says how thankful he is (he says and something else but I don't remember)
ilias tredi boy He says a lot of quotes that Reznov has said like "Victory cannot be achieved without Sacrifice" and "A Single Step". Then he says in a message to Hudson, "tell Mason one thing, this time it's freedom for both of us". So, Reznov most likely didn't die in Vorkuta. In this messages, he was the one who told Mason about the breakout when there really wasn't anyone else who could've told him that unless they were there which had to be Reznov.
Glad it's still getting attention/has a loyal fanbase ay? Man wish I could get a discreet shirt with ascension followed by the numbers in that classic red font so fans like you and me can identify each other without looking like a nerd lol.
Hawkmoon Slaya the way he says "the pain oh my god" was brutal. It makes it seem like he's actually getting tortured and in horrific amounts of pain. It makes it sound so real. Masons actor was fucking amazing.
@Roniixx but menendez thought that mason was dead. Cordis die was launched due to the failure of Karma (the system analyst girl). If was dead, mason was alive, but menendez was alive then cordis die was launched. Keeping mason alive was the optional to prevent cordis die. You just need to stop menendez.
@@zgama6511 he was forced because menendez is gonna kill mason's son, david. He even sacrificed himself so woods and david would survive. And he literally helped mason achieve victory throughout the black ops 1 campaign, how could you hate him at this point?
The psychological effects this story has on me is something no other story can compare to. The story and all the things that Mason experiences just scared the shit out of me.
Same. Man I played this game when I was little and it legit scared me. Getting lost in your own mind and questioning what’s real and what’s not is one of the most horrifying things a person can experience.
TheMarvel Joe it gives me chills whenever it shows mason saying "my name is Victor Reznov and I will have my revenge!" I was so shocked the first time this revealed
TheMarvel Joe it’s crazy because u see him alive and his prime in waw with him and Dimitri but in black ops he shined bright for another part of him but most of that were hallucinations of him like in dead space with Isaac and Nicole for example the same relation with mason and reznov
Yes except they used LSD which is much less interesting and dangerous than Nova 6 or brainwashing machines/surgery (I forget exactly how they brainwashed Mason)
I just realized that at 0:20 there's a frame where Reznov becomes a skeleton, possibly foreshadowing that he was already dead way before we are told he didn't make it past Vorkuta. Really interesting detail.
It’s lowkey sad to hear Mason crying out to Reznov hoping he is still out there. He really believed Reznov had escaped and still fought by his side to help stop project nova. Once Hudson tells him the truth about what happened in vorkuta when mason is at gun point. When mason finally comes to his senses he says “I trusted him” with such pain in his voice too. Imagine you thinking you escaped from some crazy work prison camp with your friend, who you split up with during the escape. Thinking he is still alive just to have them actually be dead for years. It would be heartbreaking to know what you saw wasn’t them.
Realistically his fate is unknown. Emails on the terminal in BO1 hint he survived and took the alias John Trent. The only thing that is certain is that him and Mason did not interact since Vorkuta.
@@nuclear_war_games The computer behind the chair you're in in the main menu. It lets you read emails between characters, unlock zombies maps, hell you can even play Zork.
Not necessarily. Already in WaW you can see that something is wrong in Soviet Campain - just like Tiger II in Stalingrad street. Although this is a twist, it perfectly explains that Reznov and Petrenko's ''adventures'' in WaW are simply Mason's fantasy - a mix of brainwashing and what he knew about the Second World War.
There was so much going on with this campaign. The story was sinister and complex, and the characters had depth to them. The whole thing was just so dramatic and cool. To think that Black Ops 4 isn't even going to HAVE a single player campaign is fucking sad.
I know this comment is over a year old, but damn. It is true. It didn't help either that BO III completely chucked whatever potential it had for a good story out the window. All that remains of even the slightest hints of the past I've found were the Nova 6 gas and Menendez.
I always love this call of duty due to the supernatural like nature of it, it wasn’t just action, there was story, twists, characters that felt like brothers in arms, there are so many more words for this.
If the player decodes the phonetic alphabet code names (X-ray, Sierra etc.) in the beginning of each level of Call of Duty: Black Ops into their first letters, changes the serial numbers into letters (A-1, B-2), and removes all the Xs, the player will get this message: "Reznov is dead, or is he dead, there was no body, is he who he says he is".
Hudson : "Where ?"
Mason : *Cuba*
Hudson : 🕶
Thats why I started calling him shades in BO2
Finally ! We Gottem !
😳 🕶🤏 😎 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Yes
😎 It's time to go Mason
That weird moment when a CoD game actually has an interesting story and a good plot twist.
Tommy Vercetti keep in mind this was made when cod games were good, plus this game is considered the best cod game to exist
Interesting story, good plot twist = bo3,2,1,waw campaign(s)
@@normanbestboi9117 remove bo3
@@tomYT_FR no BO3 is not that bad, it's actually interesting
@@normanbestboi9117 bo3? The biggest pile of shit campaign ever nvm cod
"Step eight, Reznov - Freedom!"
"For you Mason not for me"
Saddest part in the game
Captain John Price nnnnj
He knew that he couldn’t get out alone so he sabotaged the brainwashing to make sure that his ultimate goal was accomplished by Mason (Killing Dragovich Kravchenko and Steiner). Reznov is a genius
I still miss him.
The ultimate I gotchu homie moment.
I wonder what would’ve happened if they kept Reznov alive with woods and all them
"Tell me...What is left to believe in, when you are betrayed by your own?"
That quote is so true it hurts
Dragutin the Slav- Veliki I love that part. Especially his voice acting
lunt senio Gary Oldman believe it or not
But Reznov betrayed Mason
@@FoxyChariot He didn't... He was not real
True
i fucking miss when cod campaigns were good as hell with characters that you actually cared about
Fer DLC Your not playing the new ones the new ones are actually better
snek lol are you saying IW, AW, and bo3 campaigns are better than mw1 ,mw2,mw3, cod waw, bo1 and bo2? The new ones are definitely not better.... i have played them and it was boring as shit except for ghosts
Fer DLC Yes im saying AW, IW, and BO3 are WAY fucking better. You are a complete dumbass if you think otherwise. The new ones get you abilities, better loadouts, character customization, gameplay is more fun, and the graphics are improved dramatically not to mention we got Kevin Spacey and that dude from game of thrones and christopher meloni as our villians in the 3. Mdw series is shit and boring no "Remaster" can change that trust me. They are shit, period. The black ops series outdid them. Infinity Ward sucks arab ballsack. The MDW series is gross and boring.
yup, you're a fucking moron. Just because i have a different opinion than you i'm a dumbass? you don't know me fool, determining my intelligence over the fact that i like certain games makes you the dumbass. What have you accomplished in your life that makes you any more smarter than me? I bet absolutely nothing. Get the fuck out of here you're a fucking joke
Fer DLC Yeah have fun playing old gen roblox level of graphics cod
3:37 Chilling when you finally realize that Mason was most likely working with Oswald as sleeper agents to kill JFK which is why he says that Oswald has been compromised. Most likely Alex was the second shooter but Oswald was the one who got caught. And the reason why Alex didn’t even know he did it was because Hudson said that for a small period of time Mason went dark. So probably during that time his programming kicked in and he was like a machine following it’s orders without question
I just finished the game, but i doubt he is the second shooter, but probably the guy who command the real second shooter, because in the photo he dressed like some intel or president’s bodyguard.
@@gredinainggolan4010 I see where you’re coming from but remember, dragovich basically told Mason that he did when he said “tried?” in a very sarcastic tone with a smile on his face
@@angelob2375 yep, i’m aware of that thing he said to Mason, it’s still 50:50 to me, but it sure does confirms his involvement in that event.
some winter soldier stuff, nice
I think Mason did it alone and framed Oswald, Hudson most likely knew and covered it up because of their friendship.
I love that this mission is literally Mason having a mental breakdown
HAHAHAH
To be fair, it’s him finally making sense of the numbers and breaking through his mind control/brainwashing. So it basically caused him a mental breakdown as his brainwashing was conflicting with Reznov’s sabotage, and his will to break through his brainwashing.
He's breaking his brainwashing. It's not an easy or pleasant process.
It's more that 5 years of memories came flooding back and yeah... It's not a pleasant process
Veteran difficulty: bro, i'm out of here
"I know you! You're not a traitor!"
*Knocks out with one punch*
Lmao...
It was for the shock treatment they kept giving him
The most ironic thing is he betrays mason lowkey kinda
@@WarVeteran213 in bo2 he was the rat in the cia
シImTheLilyloli I thought he was forced to betray them in bo2 by Menéndez
The voice acting is superb. You can really feel the confusion and the pain in Mason's voice. It really just makes the game so much better.
“The pain… Oh my god!!!”
one of the best acted lines I have ever heard
It's a game,genius. Of course it's fictional
Sam Worthington is great
Idk what happened in BO2,bur they changed the actor and now he sounds bad
Whenever people say Sam Worthington is a bad actor because of Avatar, I always think about his performance here and in BO2. Highly underrated.
BO1 Campaign: Awesome
BO2 Campaign: Brilliant
BO3 Campaign: .....Just....WTF?
TRAIN GO BOOM
BO3 THE TREE MUST DIE
BO 4 Campaign: What campaign?
@@godlikecat are you playing bo 1
Rarely, on my ps3
I remember it’s the Rusalka.
Where?
Cuba.
*dramatic music plays and Hudson put on sunglasses*
best scene ever
kiwiz rams suck
kiwiz looks like we're going to... Smoke some Cubans!
Harrison Grittman i never understood why ed harris wasnt in bo2 maybe ed was bussy with run all night
Honestly, I always get that CSI: Miami vibe whenever I see Hudson putting on those shades, all we need is that "YEEEEAAAAAA!" sound when he does it and viola!
Yeah.... Mr. Shades.... Fucking Ice Cube...
“He is unusual , atypical , few men possess such will.” What a statement and it is very true Mason is one of the most special and resilient protagonists I have ever seen
It also clues in that Mason had been able to be resilient whilst given orders and torture from Dragovich, due to his imprisonment with Reznov and being constantly ingrained with orders from Dragovich
Therefore his mind/brain created a point of resistance and support for his will. It took the form of a Reznov figure. A kind of imaginary supportive friend. The whole Soviet Campain in WaW is Mason's fixation.
He didn't resist tho. He killed Kennedy
Hudson was so much better in BO1
Edit 2 years later: Well shit, a 5k liked comment that I literally don't even remember writing, but still agree with anyways.
I agree.
Pack Ops until his new voice actor in BO2
brickfighter 14 more like until he ratted out his team and led them into a trap, and getting himself killed.
They did switch actors
Did Ed Harris voice him in BO1?
in my opinion bo1 had the best campaign
ii Dubzz totally agree
same
without a doubt
ii Dubzz
And the saddest.
WaW is defintely a close second. At least in the top 3.
MW2
3:30 The way he delivers this line is so raw and brutal.
Great voice acting from Sam Worthington.
I felt the pain.
You also feel that pain too when Alex said “I trusted him.” to Hudson as he started to come back to his senses
Duh he's an actor
@@Dannymart_88445 Bad actors exist, you know
no idea why they replaced him in cold war
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN,REZNOV!!!!!!!
For you, Smoke, not for me!
THATS OUR GAME!
facts i cried for like a hour when i found out reznov died in vorkuta
Lmao
Jvhg Bbvg
😂😂😂
This is when COD was good not because it was set in the past, not because you weren't a cyborg, it was because they actually gave a shit about they're games
Cedric Moise W
IW's campaign isn't half bad. Characters you can give a shit about, and meaningful scenes. Its multiplayer is where things are mega ass
Josh Wells no it isn’t compared to these types
It should have stayed set during the Cold War like BO1, there is a ton of stuff it could have been set during
I only like BO 1 plot twist not BO 3 plot twist with the character were bland in BO 1 characters are BADASS
2:03 bo1 players playing waw for the 1st time
Lmao fr
Lmfaoooo
"Reznov?... Where are you?... Re- Reznov"
@@jadalomer1295 *RE...REZNOV!*
That was me I was wondering where the fuck Reznov was at 😂
This CoD, imo is the best CoD after WaW and CoD 4. This game full of classic cold war tension between USA and USSR, brainwashing, sleeper agents, everything you expected from cold war.
KoeSee
+Supreme Tv
how about you go fuck yourself
I don't think anybody has asked this, but where the fuck did weaver go, he was one of the characters involved in a couple of missions, besides I don't know why but he is my favourite B01 character.
Rumor has it, he died during Operation Charybdis. Look it up, it was an operation you can read about in one of the intel files, at some point in the 70's, Ryan Jackson believed Mason was a threat to National Security and put an assassination order on him, Hudson, and Weaver, and kept it Top Secret, since Hudson was well-liked in the CIA. They never officially had shown what happened during that Operation, but since Weaver didn't appear in Black Ops 2, its possible he was killed. Also made a reference to his sister being an agent with the KGB, and was under orders to seduce Mason. Might have been David's mother, but who knows?
Stephen Kent Didn't Weaver die in the Black Ops campaign? I think I remember he dying in Kowloon.
you have to admit it was so awesome that kenndedy was in this game
Caleb Hyde was... till he got shot
Agent Smith Texas
Imperial Watch end credits
they alluded that your character (Mason) was the assassin that shot JFK, remember how Hudson mentions there were many times Mason went "dark" and they couldnt track who and what he did when he was brainwashed
Yea I was supper happy when they brought in good old John F Kennedy. He’s a bit old but he managed to recreate his younger voice really well. That may be the first time a ex president voiced someone in a videogame
6:34 fucking love how Hudson’s voice goes more raspier and deeper all at once. Actor really tried to sell us a situation where he wants to drive home the the truth about Reznov. Legendary
Yeah, Ed Harris, the guy who plays Hudson, is a really great actor, and he shows it here too with his acting and motion capturing work with this.
@@BryonYoungblood shame he didn't voiced hudson on bo2
@@Marik7453 I agree.
@@Marik7453 I honestly wonder why he didn't come back
@@afistfuloflambsauce2641 because he's an actor and he was probably busy with something else
this is me in math class....
Lol foreal
Dan Smith so true
+Jesse Alcantar so you sayin that you imagine a russian man everytime when you go to a math class
and numbers from a code to a Russian Ship?
+Marksman yes lol :D
Jesse Alcantar
me too man, i love how reznov appears as my
teacher everytime
"Proceed...To...Target"
"Oswald....Comprised!"
Mason Killed JFK
This is even proven (kinda), in the final mission
Mason: "You tried to make me kill my own president!"
Dragovich: "Tried?!"
So yeah, R.i.P JFK
After many years........THATS WHAT HE MEANT WHEN HE SAID THAT..........8 FUCKING YEARS
Jayden Yen No it's only implied. The fact that Steiner states that his response to orders is sporadic tells us that it is only a possibility that Mason killed him, not a complete certainty.
Banzai Boy After the final mission, they show Kennedy in his Lincoln on the day of his assassination, and they pause on a moment where you can see Mason in the crowd. I think he still had something to do with it.
T Bush He did. However, Steiner saying that Mason's response to orders has been "sporadic" leaves the question open. He certainly went through the plan because he was in Dallas, but we don't know if he actually pulled a trigger or if he was able to briefly break free of the programming.
It's just implied. They never confirmed that he did indeed kill JFK. In BO2, McKnight asks Mason about and he replies that they gave it their best shot. He may have been involved in it but there's no direct answer.
We need to acknowledge how good the voice acting is.
That what you get from Ed harris, Gary old man and Sam worthington
It’s great. But the sound design is so janky.
We should acknowledge the sound design for the guns, they sounded absolutely amazing
These are hollywood level actors they managed to bring in......good acting was guaranteed.
@@bloodharvest5225 Ice Cube: am I a joke to you?
It's still amazing how clever they put this story together.
I played the campaign when i was 7 and it really fucked with my mind
This is my all time favorite Cod campaign and probably my 2nd favorite game story of all time, only losing to Resident Evil 4.
@@blvck_drxps5087 thank you. I've seen no one talking about this 😂😂 I have no clue if you still use this UA-cam account, but I literally think I've buried the experience of playing this campaign in the inner recesses of my mind for over a decade because it's so traumatic. I played it when I was like 9-10. Now I'm reliving it, and it's made sense of why I hate certain things. I have difficulty trusting people. I hate getting put under for surgeries/procedures (to be fair, I think most people struggle with that). After reliving this as an adult, I'm so upset that I subjected myself to this content at such a young age. It was truly horrifying and far too psychologically dark to experience at that age. (At least in my opinion) don't get me wrong, it's certainly a compelling story that's well written, but reliving this is genuinely stress inducing. So I'm glad I'm not alone in experiencing it too young 😂
Funny thing is in my highschool we had a math teacher named Mason and nobody liked how he taught math
*[Students]* The numbers, Mr. Mason, what do they mean?!
I CANT GET THESE FUCKING NUMBERS OUT OF MY HEAD
I'm imagining a teacher strapping you guys to tables and mumbling number sequences at. Maybe like a math class taught by Eric Andre
After lesson... I keep hearing the fucking numbers!!!
Where is the derivatives station?!
The feels when Reznov said to Mason: "We are brothers, Mason... We are the same."
Sure Reznov used Mason to kill the three bad guys, but you can't deny that the two would of been unstoppable if Reznov survived.
Reznov used Mason for a good reason, those 3 planned to unleash a deadly gas attack all over the U.S and without Reznov sabotaging the brainwashing at Vorkuta who knows what happens, maybe the CIA captures Steiner at Rebirth Island without Mason killing him but we’ll never know for sure.
@@maxoconnor5087 "the flag maybe different but the method is the same" - Reznov
I think Reznov want to kill Steiner to make sure no one get the Nova-6, neither the US or the USSR
@@mohammadsadisanjaya1121 oh yeah forgot about that too bad he failed literally everyone has nova 6
@@Deathmare235 no one had it after
@@MidnightIX who didn’t have it after
I always get goosebumps when I play this mission
+MrGoaway300 Numbers and Revelations are my favorite BO1 missions.
Weegee300 Mason truly has a shocking revelation
Weegee300 extreme goosebumps
Same
Absolutely. Especially that "he was never in the rat tunnels" part. Such a cool game
"proceed... to... target!"
"Oswald... Compromised!!!!"
Instant chills
Basically confirmed that Mason kills Kennedy, yeah?
How did they get Oswald?
@@emersonmcnerney7695 I mean this bo1 basically a timeline where Oswald failed to assassinate Kennedy
@@proxpaider3618 I wonder where the shot came from in this TL?
@@proxpaider3618 I believe there were several assassins that day, maybe 6? Mason was one of them in the game world
I love how cod epically mixed real history with the treyarc twist consisting of sleeper agents and plot twists and a ending that leaves the players with the idea of that on conspiracy theory that there were two shooters in the JFK assassination. An absolute masterpiece
@@zgama6511???
Same here, while it may hasn't been 100% historically accurate. It was still historically plausible
There was. Timberwolf
George HW Bush
Look at the new trailer.
The Truth Lies
@@OperatorMax1993its a game, not every part of it is gonna try to be historically accurate🗿
Since Reznov was an imaginary creation of Mason's mind,it took Hudson an entire team to infiltrate the facility while Mason infiltrated all by himself and even managed to kill the scientist,that makes him a beast 😎
Yeah, driven by the monster that was Reznov's revenge. It's a shame since Reznov became no better than what Dragovich, Steiner, and Kravchenko had done to him, and he would have let the world burn just to get it, considering the kind of convictions he had in World at War.
@@BryonYoungblood tbf he wasn’t really that bad he was kind of a hero and he definitely wasn’t a hero when I played waw I learnt he wasn’t a hero
@@BryonYoungblood well Reznov is one of war hero in cod waw but he been abandon by his own country, his squad been killed for test nova 6 project and he send to vorkuta. Of course he want revenge againts dragovic, kravchenko and steiner
@@marktrevor7754 I'm not denying it, it just is sad how far he fell because of his bitterness at feeling betrayed so much.
Mason infiltrated, Hudson launched a full frontal asault, not the same
World at War- the one that started it all
Black Ops- Perfect
Black Ops Cold War- Similar story to Black Ops 1 but still great
BO2: Great
BO3: Train Go Boom
BO4: You know what’s a campaign is?
Дилан Ванчовски on BO4 I thought it would be like a sequel to BO2
Дилан Ванчовски lost interest in zombies when I played bo4 zombies
Waw:LEGENDARY
People forget that world at war is apart of the black ops series
@Дилан Ванчовски Same
“Proceed...to...target...”
“Oswald...Compromised!”
Never fucking noticed this as a kid holy fuck I’m mind fucked....
If you watch the credits it spells it out for you lol
Please explain it to me, i don't get it.
Is it America related?
Oh ok I get it, it's a JFK assassination reference
@@p_filippouz yep, the implication is that Lee Harvey Oswald was one of the sleeper agents alongside Mason, and that’s kinda spooky.
@@p_filippouz yeah it is RIP JFK
“We have to get to the bunker! We’re at DEFCON 2...you’ve tried everything....”
I think this line is more terrifying than people realise...particularly I’m sure for those who grew up in the Cold War.
Man there was so much tension in this game.
What does DEFCON 2 mean?
@@zaer-ezart It goes from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1, 5 means the U.S army are chilling and 1 means they're ready for an immediate nuclear war with soldiers everywhere in the country.
Teacher : What is the integral of 2x + 3
Me: the numbers what are they ?!
lol
x^2+3x
3
Ajit More what is the square roof of 7 over 10 + mc+b times if 7 is an imaginary number.
teacher: what is the integral of 2x + 3
me: 3:30
Mason did take part in the Assassination. Mason defies his numbers orders, but whenever his object is near, he does follow suit. That’s why he had the vision in the pentagon. He was there in 1963 but for what purpose? He just got his orders to deal with one of the worst men in the world from JFK himself. He wouldn’t be in Texas, he’s be planning with Hudson to take out the real bad guy. Mason would have never said the word ‘compromised’ if he wasn’t apart of the hit. There would have been no use for the word. Lastly, Hudson says he has gaps in his memory while he was MIA. Even Hudson didn’t know where Mason was during certain events and he was his handler. But since Hudson says that all his memories will come back since the brainwashing has been broken, that’s why he went into hiding for 30 years, realizing what he had done and to have a child to carry on his name as a normal person. His kid David Mason mentions how Alex promised to not join again. Alex knew he couldn’t join, but the news about Woods forced him to join again. Bonus: I think the climbing of the tree in BO2 was to show that Alex was teaching David some stealth to stay hidden, alluding to his son needing to be ready for what was to come if it came to it.
I’m a year late but I’m curious, can you explain this explanation with the connections of BO Cold War?
@@Andy_b0y12 I'm a year late here as well. But to be perfectly honest with you. They have nearly no connections. Bocw is basically its own contained story. As if tried to connect with the other two. It would have major plot holes. Thus I'd say cold war is its own side story that's completely unrelated to bo1 and 2.
@@mr.moonman5303 actually it is heavily connected, remember in Black Ops II when David says that Alex promised him he wasnt gonna re-up? I think the line was "You said you're never gonna go back to the military, you PROMISED me." This was before Mason went to find Woods, and as we know, Cold War is supposed to take place between 1 and 2, David was probably kicking around during Cold War and then Mason came back from the military and that's when we get the scene of David falling from the tree, Mason hears about Woods and then we lead into BO2
@@IMNTV That line wasn't before mason went to find woods. If i remember correctly, Alex is told that woods is still alive. And that's when David says that line. Also cold war took place in the 1980's. The problem with that is that would've been around the same time in bo2. Where they try to capture Menendez. But only accomplish getting wood's knees blown off, Hudson killed, (And technically mason as well.) That's why i say it has no real connections. As story wise, it wouldn't make any real sense for woods to have his knees again, or for dead characters to be alive again. It would be a major plot hole. Which is why I count it as it's own contained alternate story. (I could always be wrong about the dates. As I'm going off of very old memories.)
If you pause and look at the objectives while playing this mission it shows the number broadcast
They've been decoded by some people :)
If the player decodes the phonetic alphabet code names (X-ray, Sierra etc.) in the beginning of each level of Call of Duty: Black Ops into their first letters, changes the serial numbers into letters (A-1, B-2), and removes all the Xs, the player will get this message: "Reznov is dead, or is he dead, there was no body, is he who he says he is".
Máté Ambrus holy shit...my mind is blown by that...
Máté Ambrus actually this is true because if you go to the PC and tyre a code (I don't remember) you can see an email from Reznov which was sent 5 years after his "death" and says how thankful he is (he says and something else but I don't remember)
ilias tredi boy He says a lot of quotes that Reznov has said like "Victory cannot be achieved without Sacrifice" and "A Single Step". Then he says in a message to Hudson, "tell Mason one thing, this time it's freedom for both of us". So, Reznov most likely didn't die in Vorkuta. In this messages, he was the one who told Mason about the breakout when there really wasn't anyone else who could've told him that unless they were there which had to be Reznov.
"we're out of time" he sounds like Arnold schwarzenegger lol
True
nah,he sounds like Ed Harris
Lol I hear it
Bet you had to look up the last name
He sounds like someone with a bad russian accent. Not at all arnold
Sam Worthington’s acting was so good. I still get chills from this mission.
This game was so....Perfect
Wish I could turn back time to experience this gem again for the first time.
yungm1lfhUnt3r *Jschlatt's bf* agreed
A N I M E
N
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Kotonoha Katsura yes
Chris no u
6:58
That moment when you find out Reznov's been dead the entire time 😢
Spoiler alert cmon man
thefreshprincer My dude, this game has been out for almost ten years, you should’ve at least known by now.
@@sykes776 I'm just joking around haha
thefreshprincer Oof, my bad 💀
@@sykes776 you're alright haha
9:52 The coolest moment in COD history
most definitely.
This some duke nukem moment 🤣
we definitely need bo1 remastered 🙂
mihael L hopefully they add more gore and the ability to shoot dead bodies
Why? It’s backwards compatible and it looks good graphically even to this day. A remaster would be a pointless money grab
Ivan Bagley not on ps4
Tempest The Slayer then get a PS3 or Xbox,
Leroy Pillay i wish i could but those are a lot of dollars
1:19 My reaction to BO4.
07:00
Me realizing when playing bo4
Sil Ver 😂😂😂 “DAMMIT”
Sil Ver lmao more like me to treyarch why can’t they remember how to make a good game
1:40 my reaction.
DAMMIT VONDY
3:30 that’s some amazing voice acting, I felt his pain
agreed
so surprised when I found at it was Hudson and Weaver
I knew that it was Hudson from the beginning. but didn't know the other was Weaver.
Jeivon Rogers I mean you could see it coming since the interrogator and Hudson both said "give us what we want and we'll guarantee your safety"
Jeivon Rogers Resnov never being there was more shocking to me
I was young so I honestly didn't think
You can tell it was Hudson as you play missions as him so it wouldn't make sense why the person told the story from Hudson's pov
Mate this campaign was sooo ahead of its time, better than any cod campaign it's so unique with a complex storyline
Glad it's still getting attention/has a loyal fanbase ay? Man wish I could get a discreet shirt with ascension followed by the numbers in that classic red font so fans like you and me can identify each other without looking like a nerd lol.
Anyone else binge watching bo1 before Cold War drops 🤚
I’m glad that we would see Hudson and mason and woods
F.B.I O facts
Mr Respectable yes sir
Mr Respectable im excited but the voice actor for hudson aint it 🤮
Binge watch? Dude I played the entire blops 1 campaign in one day while cold war was downloading in the background lol
3:30 to 3:36 best voice actor in the series
sam worthing
Hawkmoon Slaya the way he says "the pain oh my god" was brutal. It makes it seem like he's actually getting tortured and in horrific amounts of pain. It makes it sound so real. Masons actor was fucking amazing.
Hawkmoon Slaya Sam Worington
Holy shit... 30 (31, just liked) likes bro on a reply 😂
The word "Pain" especially. It sounds whispered through his teeth.
“I know you, you’re not a traitor”
Punches Hudson
@Roniixx fuck hudson man I've always hated his character. He's the reason mason wasn't in the second half of bo2
@Roniixx thx god people like you know what going on
@Roniixx but menendez thought that mason was dead. Cordis die was launched due to the failure of Karma (the system analyst girl). If was dead, mason was alive, but menendez was alive then cordis die was launched. Keeping mason alive was the optional to prevent cordis die. You just need to stop menendez.
@Roniixx ohho, come on man...i forgot that kid...Thanks
@@zgama6511 he was forced because menendez is gonna kill mason's son, david. He even sacrificed himself so woods and david would survive. And he literally helped mason achieve victory throughout the black ops 1 campaign, how could you hate him at this point?
This makes me cry seeing how amazing COD use to be. This story was one of the best stories I've ever played in my life.
Boring
“Why are you gay?”
“Who says I’m gay?”
2:28
😂
Lmfao
Lmfao I can't unhear it now
"You tried to make me gay"
"Tried?"
@@2-7_4-bet
Lmfao
My name is Viktor Reznov and I will have my revenge.
13 .. 41...15
No your name is Petar Petrov.
Your responses are sporadic... You are unusual, atypical
Petar Petrov MASON NO!!!
Mayor! Mayor! Intruder is in our base!
Boy: Babe, are you alone?
Girl: Yeah, Why?
Boy: 9:55
😂
LOL this is funny 😆
Me getting ready to pound some pussy
The Who: YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Meet the new boss
SAME AS THE OLD BOSS
Hhhhh lucu banget anjim 🤣
Dimitri dies, the guy you play as in WaW
yep.
Christian Vidal nova 6 kills him
but in black ops
My favorite character imo I know I like him more than reznov also because my uncle names Dimitri but we’re greek lol
MASON: The numbers...what...are they saying?...
MASON: I keep hearing the fucking numbers!
INTERROGATOR: The numbers, Mason. What do they mean?
pencil sharpener cj
pencil sharpener at least mason actually followed the DAMN TRAIN CJ, ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TO FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ
Neil Four
Mom: Are you ready to go to Toys R Us?
6 year old me: 9:55
RIP Toys R Us :(
Super Smash Revan wdym
i love how at the end
Hudson just threw on his sunglasses
i have that is bug or i miss some think?
Psycho he trys to be cool
"In honour of our new relationship" "In honour of our new relationship" "In honour of our new rela-..."
Chris Jericho Fuck Castro
You.....we killed you
No, you killed a double
The psychological effects this story has on me is something no other story can compare to. The story and all the things that Mason experiences just scared the shit out of me.
Same. Man I played this game when I was little and it legit scared me. Getting lost in your own mind and questioning what’s real and what’s not is one of the most horrifying things a person can experience.
I wanna have a cool guitar riff play whenever I put on glasses too.
This plot twist still shock me
TheMarvel Joe it gives me chills whenever it shows mason saying "my name is Victor Reznov and I will have my revenge!" I was so shocked the first time this revealed
TheMarvel Joe it’s crazy because u see him alive and his prime in waw with him and Dimitri but in black ops he shined bright for another part of him but most of that were hallucinations of him like in dead space with Isaac and Nicole for example the same relation with mason and reznov
8:16 when you try your hardest to remember the things you've forgotten in the last few minutes of an exam
lol
Best COD ever (at least among all black ops series)
Hudson freak AGREED
Mw2 is still on the throne.
I think it was a mistake how Black Ops 2 went into the future, it should have stayed set during the Cold War like BO1
Keon K. No it’s not
I’m glad I bought cod bo1 like 20 dollar in steam during the sales wish cod bo2 drop 60 to 40 dollars
6:58 gives me chills every time
Kennedy
He's the one that gives me chills
1:35 Hudson: your not a traitor!
*Mason pulls a pro gamer move*
2:03 Mason’s quote gave me goosebumps! This really brings memories in 2010.
The MK-Ultra was a real thing
CIA top secret brainwasher machine.
Cold war was mk ultra in a nutshell
Yes except they used LSD which is much less interesting and dangerous than Nova 6 or brainwashing machines/surgery (I forget exactly how they brainwashed Mason)
@@AnthonyDoesUA-cam bro they f#cked his brain up
@@AnthonyDoesUA-cam Oh MK-Ultra used a lot more than just LSD
I learned more about the 60s, MK-Ultra, CIA activity and the cold war in the campaign than I did in 12 years of school.
"We wanted Steiner alive. Why do you have to kill him?"
"Because the numbers DON'T LIE, AND THEY SPELL DISASTER FOR YOU AT SACRIFICE."
Every part of the story makes sense now that I’m an adult. I regret skipping every cutscene as a child.
7:17 love how this is just the 1911 draw animation
yes lol
One of the best plot twists in my life. ever. I truly grow to appreciate some of these games as I get older.
I just realized that at 0:20 there's a frame where Reznov becomes a skeleton, possibly foreshadowing that he was already dead way before we are told he didn't make it past Vorkuta.
Really interesting detail.
1:20 my math teacher after explaining the problem to me 83 times
💀💀💀
1:20 the algebra teacher trying to explain why anything in algebra matters
"Steiner was there... We had to kill Steiner" I have rememberd this quote when i first played bo1 6 years ago
@Jase Will hahahahahahaha
It’s lowkey sad to hear Mason crying out to Reznov hoping he is still out there. He really believed Reznov had escaped and still fought by his side to help stop project nova. Once Hudson tells him the truth about what happened in vorkuta when mason is at gun point. When mason finally comes to his senses he says “I trusted him” with such pain in his voice too. Imagine you thinking you escaped from some crazy work prison camp with your friend, who you split up with during the escape. Thinking he is still alive just to have them actually be dead for years. It would be heartbreaking to know what you saw wasn’t them.
1:13 idk why but the monitor covered with reznov's face on it kills me everytime
💀
For me it’s how stretched and out of place it looks lol
Mason says “I trusted him” with a voice of a little kid who didn’t get his chocolate and felt betrayed.
The way Mason imitates JFK in brainwashed state, "You are the best of us" is very creepy.
This raw "Why" at 3:05 always kills me I don’t know why 😂
me too lol
As someone who has also played World At War, finding out Viktor Reznov was dead the whole time made me both sad and mind blown
Realistically his fate is unknown. Emails on the terminal in BO1 hint he survived and took the alias John Trent.
The only thing that is certain is that him and Mason did not interact since Vorkuta.
@@TheStrikeofGod what's the terminal?
@@nuclear_war_games The computer behind the chair you're in in the main menu.
It lets you read emails between characters, unlock zombies maps, hell you can even play Zork.
@@TheStrikeofGod Holy fuck, I have played Black Ops 1 for so long, How did I not know that?! This game still continues to amaze
Not necessarily. Already in WaW you can see that something is wrong in Soviet Campain - just like Tiger II in Stalingrad street. Although this is a twist, it perfectly explains that Reznov and Petrenko's ''adventures'' in WaW are simply Mason's fantasy - a mix of brainwashing and what he knew about the Second World War.
1:20 my teacher when I can't remember multiplying mixed numbers
You mean 1:23
This was a year ago but ok
1:39 when your math teacher refuses to round your test from a 14% to a 100%
1:39 when your coworker asks that one question on a bad day
There was so much going on with this campaign. The story was sinister and complex, and the characters had depth to them. The whole thing was just so dramatic and cool. To think that Black Ops 4 isn't even going to HAVE a single player campaign is fucking sad.
I know this comment is over a year old, but damn. It is true.
It didn't help either that BO III completely chucked whatever potential it had for a good story out the window. All that remains of even the slightest hints of the past I've found were the Nova 6 gas and Menendez.
Seven years ago.... In my honest opinion, Black Ops was the best Call Of Duty game.
Mopar Missile13 you ever played mw2? I don't think you have.
SunnyDee yeah and still like b01 better
SunnyDee MW2’s storyline was poor. They only thing it’s remembered for is it’s insane multiplayer.
Keon K. Have you ever heard of different options?! I don't think you do. Search it up. And my opinion bo1 has a better campaign than mw2
@@brad-laa5082 Poor? Hardly, it had memorable moments
One of the best missions is just a man having a mental breakdown about what he went through and experienced
Older sibling:”I barley hit you”
The hit: 5:28
3:30 this one too
1:40 more like
I always love this call of duty due to the supernatural like nature of it, it wasn’t just action, there was story, twists, characters that felt like brothers in arms, there are so many more words for this.
“Oswald compromised”
Gives me chills to this day.
2:40 me in 2050 when my children tell me about the game about the funny astronauts that kill each other
Girls: God I hate math class.
Boys:
Boys:the numbers, what.... Are they saying?
Stop with these memes,I'm a boy.
Sam Worthington's ability to portray Mason losing his mind is Oscar-worthy
3:30 How a 9-year-old kid who plays Fortnite expects me to react when he calls me gay.
The fact that the the voice acting is so good people are just making fun out of it but in a good way.
9:44 Put the view more high, thats the very best part of all the entire mission and we just can see his shirt..?!?!? Please!!!
Underrated comment
LeoDX 677 nice ass white tshirt
Its bug
@@blvck_drxps5087 huh?
@Imran Khan lol that's hilarious.
"We are brothers, mason...we are the same".
...that quote gets me everytime...
5:45
same
i NEED TO DECODE THAT PAUSE SCREEN
What pause screen ?
If the player decodes the phonetic alphabet code names (X-ray, Sierra etc.) in the beginning of each level of Call of Duty: Black Ops into their first letters, changes the serial numbers into letters (A-1, B-2), and removes all the Xs, the player will get this message: "Reznov is dead, or is he dead, there was no body, is he who he says he is".
Seriously? Man Black Ops was truly the best COD all around
ya i agree bro.... :)
cod4 is objectively the best one.
3:29 Now that is top notch voice acting.
“Get out of here, Weaver. Tell them I failed.”
"You want to die with him? Your choice."
This campaign went so hard. I remember like being so sad that woods died and then when BO2 dropped I was like “helllll yaaaa we back in this bitch!”
"Besides from the fact that I'm still alive, none of this surprises me"
I was surprised as fuck to see him alive
If you watch his voice actors video on it he explains why woods is alive you can even see it in the first game