ATTENTION: It’s silly that I even have to say this, because it’s clear in the video. However, it appears as though a few of the classic smooth brain COD “purists” slipped through the cracks. I mean, the type of people that just cannot process information and instead write angry rebuttals to non-existent talking points. 1. Never once in this video do I claim that Black Ops is the BEST Call of Duty. The title is “There will NEVER be another Call of Duty like THIS…” not “This is the greatest Call of Duty.” There’s a huge difference. It’s possible to like one game without shitting on another. MW2 is literally my first cod and I don’t have an official ranking. That’s why I say top 3. 2. Before I say a single thing about Zombies, I say “in my opinion.” Which means I’m speaking from my POV and how I feel. Plus, it’s not even a main point, it’s literally a side bar. 3. This one is just a reminder that, your opinion is just an opinion. People say “you didn’t even mention the bad things…” Well, maybe that’s because they weren’t bad to me or the majority of people? The point of the video is to reminisce on Black Ops from a fan's POV. Okay, that’s it. 🤣
I don't even understand how people can be "purists" when almost ever COD back then was a banger, shit will never be the same sadly, new COD just feels like a cash grab at this point.
Nah but this is the greatest call of duty, everything you said in the video is correct, even the zombies point. It's not the best zombies mode obviously but it is 100% the most iconic and the game in which boosted the mode to literal mainstream popularly. Maps, game modes, customization, zombies, campaign, characters, camos, guns and more... This game did not miss with anything.
I kind of did and did not like I’ve been a regular in waw since 2015 but I could’ve been a regular a lot sooner around mid 2012 after I graduate high school if not, after that but partially playing the game at times, because of bo2 and mw3 then and other games that I’ve took interest in before 2015. I also wish that I played on high sensitivity a lot sooner years ago instead of sticking to two or three. Most of my life playing I play on six now and I could play a lot better against decent players if I can sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone but the reason why I kind of avoided world at war back then like I barely played every day was because of modders ruining it at one point around the mid 2010s or so we got people like randoms and regulars to report modders for ruining the game, and some of them actually got banned
@@davidherene6365 I’ll be honest, I never played WaW so I don’t know if it is, I was just basing it off my experience, so I might go play that at some point and see
Black ops 1 had the most iconic, deeply written story, with elements still referenced in memes to this day. It never deviated from it's theme, but still got creative with it's mechanics. Its menu was a game in itself which allowed you to break from the chair. It was the game where zombies found it's foundation to build upon in BO2 and 3, and the multiplayer was probably the most simple and balanced I've ever experienced. Everything about it was fueled with passion
Wager Matches was a genius move that complimented the COD point system. After I unlocked everything (I never prestiged because i wanted to keep everything), I just hit the wager matches to try and grow more cod points. There were many times I was salty that I lost a lot of points but it was such an addicting feature.
BO1 was truly legendary and is highly underrated. I was so disappointed that the CoD point/gambling system never came back to the game, High Roller matches had my 10 year old self white-knuckling the controller. I have so many good things to say about this game, but you pretty much covered all of them. My favorite memory from this game is when the 4th DLC, Rezurrection, dropped back when Xbox got the map packs a month early. Xbox got it on Aug 23rd, but when I checked the PS Store on my birthday (Sep 22) I saw that the pack went live and I played it all night long with my best friend. My child brain thought that the stars aligned and it was released a day early by mistake just for me LMAO. I have so many fond memories of this game, I'm sad that newer generations won't be able to experience it in its prime. The three-game run of MW2, BO1, and MW3, was easily peak CoD. BO2 was great, but IMO it marked the beginning of CoD's decline. Especially in the zombies mode, all of the new non-zombie enemies & the lore-shift in BO2 ruined the dark and gritty atmosphere that BO1 did so well. I will die on this hill.
I´ve never seen someone give so much love to Black Ops 1, truly one of the most underrated CODs to exist. Thankful for all the time I´ve spent in these lobbies!
The good old days. I met two of my dearest friends with Black Ops 1 that i sadly have no clue where are now in life. I even preferred the shotguns over everything and my combat record the top 5 guns in kills in order was Spas-12, Stakeout, HS10, Olympia & M60. God I miss those days so damm much.
This deserves way more views, this was an awesome watch, I completely forgot you could just outright buy gold for your guns and that there was even a face paint feature back then. Thinking of it now, this game was just so ahead of its time. Anyways thanks man!
If you got to play BO1 on steam in its prime, you've experienced something no one will ever experience again; Dedicated servers with rules (l96 qs only, nuke only, no camping snd, etc), and unranked servers like modded mp zombies. Fucking masterpiece
This COD does hold a special place in my heart. I played since COD 3 , but this was the first one where I got to play with my friends, it made my skin tougher when insults were thrown. I even met a few small youtubers and we played wager matches on weekends. I do miss those times
god damn.. these old MW2 and MW3 trickshot montages give me goosebumps all the time, i fucking miss these days. Simple COD Gameplay with the best community back then. Times will never be the same, sadly.
I always mention how amazing the black ops money (cod points) system was. It really existed at a perfect point in time (no microtransactions) and was so revolutionary at the time. I LOVED the wager matches, trolling people by just running around doing knifing/humiliations was the best.
Yeah Black ops 1 was the first call of duty I ever owned, and it has always been my favorite. I love the time period, The weapons, the zombies, and that it wasn't too complicated
this is super well made dude. as a fellow bo1 aficionado, you somehow hit every nail on the head. i have been a part of just about every sub community cod had to offer and you covered just about all of them in just a 16 minute video
I appreciate that, my guy! I’m glad it has been received well. Most of this video I made from just reminiscing. 🔥 Plus, I’m addicted to playing this game again. 😂
BO1 was my first ever cod. BO1 and BO2 are easily the 2 greatest cods of all time! The BO1 campaign is legendary and the memories I had in multiplayer and zombies will never be replicated. Getting home from school each day and hopping on with the boys lol. Good times. Wish I could go back and experience it all again.
The people who say BO2 was the best cod are the 6 year old squeakers who weren’t there for BO1. Bo1 lives on memes. “The numbers” “the main menu” “kino”. Peak!
100% agreed. Cod4-WaW got me turned on to FPS Mw2 got me straight up addicted to COD Black ops changed my life…. Lifelong friendships, mid night releases, and I haven’t put the series down since for better or worse.
I was more of an MW2 fan but I still have a lot of good memories of black ops. It was a good game and is up there as one of the best call of duty games
i´m 32 ... i never tought i would say this ... but i miss the Toxic Voice Chat in the OG Lobbys =) Gen Z would be so offended by the language everyone used back then ( i´m sorry my english is not so good - i´m from Italy )
wow, this was a great watch. can’t believe it was your first vid! expected to see a couple hundred k on there when the video ended and i clicked out. keep up the good work!
Such a well made game. I miss those days so watching this video was a whole lot of nostalgia I needed. Also, my wholesome boy hoodie is still my top favorite hoodie to this day.
Your video randomly showed up in my feed and now I am filled with nostalgia for simpler times. Black Ops 1 was all that 14 year old me cared about, will forever be one of my favorite games of all time
Cod black ops was my favourite. It was the 2nd cod game I played.. and the MLG/gamebattles and tournaments were so fun. Fariko , envy, optic, obey all those teams back then were awesome to play with. Being flown out to tournaments by our sponsors was the best feeling ever that this was all due to being good at a video game. I was a freshman in HS running home to scrim for tourneys and spending countless hours practicing strats and having to sit with the grub that was hired to find the best nade lineups, lines of sights, jump peeks etc.. good times
So nice to meet a fellow scholar who recognizes the goat status of bo1 zombies. Man those times were just special. Kino & Ascension have a special place in my heart.
Love how everybody was like "Treyarch does it right everytime!" and now Treyarch pretty much just follows Infinity Ward on how to create Call of Duty. I mean realistically, we've never had any 3-lane maps that played like Nuketown, Firing Range, Summit, or Havana. They give players the "illusion" of Three Lane maps except you don't stay within those three lanes. You can jump between windows or crouch under cover to swap between lanes.
Bo1 really was one of the greatest cods it added so much customization and replay ability, we had custom matches with so many settings we could tweak, we also got theatre mode which is something cod seems to be scared to add back and to top it all off the most memorable zombies map of all time, Bo1 really was the full package and even the dlc were straight bangers
mw2: gunplay & killstreaks were overpowered, and thats why it was awesome black ops: gunplay & killstreaks were underpowered, and thats why it was awesome both had stellar maps, which in my opinion is probably the next most important aspect of an FPS. both are tied at #1 for me.
I refuse to call this CoD “Black Ops 1” because it will always be the one and only Black Ops for me. I’ve never spent more time playing a CoD than with Black Ops. These 1.5 years were absolutely epic. Right after I finished assembling my first own PC, BO was installed and I went nuts. Every day online for at least 2 to 3 hours. My mother furiously stormed my room at 3 o’clock in the morning shouting why I’m still playing. Legendary times. Will always be kept in my heart.❤😢
Haha, that’s awesome. I feel the same, but it’s different when you’re making content. I wanted to be universal for more people outside of the community to understand. ❤️
To be fair every COD from BO1 - 3 elevated the zombie mode to another level compared to the game that came before. Just like it should be. Then it crashed and never recoverd.
There was a certain feeling to this era of gaming, a certain euphoria you would get when loading up the game and going through the menus till you reached multiplayer. It’s a feeling that my 11 year old self at the time has never been able to recapture after! The immersive serious nature while still being arcade like and goofy is something I don’t think we will ever see!
Black ops 1 is where I started my CoD journey, absolutely loved it, racked up so many hrs and in combat training too. Would be sitting at a close 2nd as my favourite cod of all time with the winner being BO2
“People weren’t taking games as serious as they are today.” You basically solved modern games with this line. I do humbly recall being a young lad playing BO1 and 2, Halo 3 and Reach whilst sitting on carpet flooring besides my friends and we just have fun being goobers. Nowadays, there feels as if there’s this higher emphasis on being the best player known to mankind. Sweating your ass off to ultimately just be in the same position as you started. None of this slide canceling nonsense, bunny hopping, 5 second gameplay. I remember a comment someone made in regards to CoD that i feel is practically almost every modern shooter today; “Don't expect to play this game for fun.... You can't. You come to sweat stress and mentally exhaust yourself.”
The era is a great point, and would be higher on my list. Everyone wasn’t trying to be a streamer and a “CoD GOD.” You could literally meet cool people who worked or went to school and just liked to have fun trying to get kills on the game in their spare time.Also, people who did have mics weren’t always in private chat like Discord or Party Chat, so sometimes you’d get a lot of the competitive trash talk in pregame lobbies after an intense match. Then you could do it all over again until you made them back out.
Besides the gameplay bo1 was just straight interesting in every aspect. The campaign explored proxy wars of the 60s, had lots of references to real life events, great original characters, an amazing story, mp maps on unique locations, the zombies mode was reaching new hights, it had good gun sounds (they were not realistic as such, but far superior to those of mw2 and were simply appealing). It just had its own identity within the franchise and the rest of the game unlike today that cod is a generic BR platform to sell skins and advertisements for other media like movies. The devs back then genuinly had passion for their games
I always say MW2 is my favorite, but hearing you out definitely brought back some memories. I got Black Ops on Christmas and played all winter break. Still playing Kino to this day.
man i thought i was watching a channel with at LEAST 100k subs. its a matter of time till you start to hit it real big if you keep on staying consistent and improving your formula brother i wish you the best
Another reason thats underrated was the perk system in the game. To get "Pro" on a perk you had to do different challenges and it was tough. I remember for marathon pro you had to capture a flag 15 times.
Man I reached 15th prestige on 2 diff accounts and had to do this challenge SO many times. I think you also had to run a certain distance as well as capturing the flags. I always ran Ghost, Slight of hand and Marathon :)
I was a sophomore in HS when it released, gameplay is subjective but my favorite by far. I believe it was the peak of COD culturally, and I agree that UA-cam had a significant impact on that.
Imo Bo1, Bo2 and Cod4 were just so fun. Bo1 and Cod4 especially. But Bo1 just started everything. Good multiplayer, created a hardcore zombies fanbase, custom kill streaks came into the game, and it started many other skills and other things that we do know. Bo1 was probably the best all around game.
in my opinion, BO3 is the GOAT, had the best zombies experience, and the multiplayer had a good skill gap with the thrusters and that didn’t promote a camping play style. MW3, BO2 were also really good too
I agree with you man. That jetpack just added that much more skill for the good players, and like you said it deincentivized camping. Man what a good game
Im totally with you on this!! I played almost all of the cods back then but black ops 1 is still my favourite to this day! I share lot of the reasons you said in the video and honestly this campaign+zombies+multiplayer combo was the best in my opinion.
Hands down. Black Ops. Was my favorite, literally the only CoD I always had a full team for search. Met a kid getting picked on that game, SkullCrusher hope you well son.
Omfg tmartn, seananners, Ali-a, xjaws etc so many memories from back in the days those were the golden ages of call of duty. The classic days that sadly will never ever comeback 😢
eh, this is almost perfect except the zombies. when it comes to zombies, they are all the best. it depends on what kind of zombies you want to play and what maps you feel like. i switch between all of them all the time.
I only was able to play COD campaign, and BO1 was my first online COD. First and only game to do wager matches, zombies, cool campaign, Easter eggs, etc. My favorite COD
The Rc-xd. The minigames. Split Screen Co op. This game was innovative, it brought the franchise forward. I'll always remember unlocking and getting to use the crossbow for the first time.
Awesome video man, there seems to be a resurgence of old COD video essays right now and I love it. Also, hearing Chris Smoove clip was something else, I was always sad he left COD and went to just sports games. He was one of my favourites
I remember going to game stop at 12 a.m to buy black ops 1 when it came out .man I was 14 years old I remember my dad took me and they had a brand new Jeep wrangler black ops addition, what a truly special time .
Great vid, nice to relive some nostalgia. Still remember getting BO1 on pc only to realise my laptop couldn't run the game as it was weak af. Few weeks later, I had convinced my parents to get me a PS3 under the guise of "I can make money sending videos to a company called Machinima."
Ghillie in the Mist on Mw2 and the first mission on Bo1 were truly iconic. Unfortunately didn't get to play WAW until the hackers got ahold of it. Couldn't find a single game without 5 people flying through the air and aim botting from across the map. Could definitely tell it was good in its prime though
It's still crazy to me that such a staple as cod has changed so much, even BF and Halo they all had it right and now not so much. Nothing has filled that hole either, which is kinda sad. Scenes like sniping, trickshotting, montages, trolling, team houses with vlogs etc, all of that disappeared
Perhaps it might never be as it was. Thus making it far more special because of the life experiences we had only time will tell but I think the kids playing cod 2024 will reminisce the same way we are rn
i’m remember doing the swimming glitch on Launch. running the stakeout, ballistic knife and tomahawks on nuketown. and making people view this one picture in theater mode that logged you out of PSN. so many good memories 😂
Imo nothing will ever beat BO2. Coming from germany I felt like Call of Duty franchise was at the absolute peak at that time, while during Mw2/Bo1/Mw3 it was slowly steadily climbing up to that point. So many youtubers here in Germany that are still big nowadays started their career with BO2 aswell. And after BO2 there was a permanent slight decrease of how good and hyped the games were (until Warzone released)
Im sure many have forgotten over time, but there was a time during Black Ops 2 where it felt like the whole world hated a man named David Vanderhaar lol.
I never had a console to play these games for myself. But i use to go to my neighbours house to play it. We use to play multi-player spilt screen 😂. Our favourite game mode was domination. And Zombies were so scary. I'm glad I experienced the era. I loved being thay Shot gun & Rocket launcher guy as soon as i saw a enemy
@@zombie-yellow I respect it. I was too young to truly appreciate those games. I think I played waw twice and bf2 once at friends houses. They’re definitely good but personally can’t say they’re great bc I didn’t experience it in its prime
@@zombie-yellow Battlefield 2 is a different kind of era i'd say. At that time it was amazing and I've definitely had countless hours of fun but now looking back at both titles i can't say it was better than Battlefield 3. Battlefield 2 is for sure the most nostalgic one though, always will be. That's where Battlefield started for me. Can't agree on MW though. Again for the time we had it it was amazing but i'd even put COD2 and WaW over 4. Black Ops 1 and the original MW3 were the best ones of both those series imo though.
While I played modern warfare 2 more, I do think that the significance and innovation brought by Black ops. 1 is incredible! Really great video man. I didn't think about how important BO1 was before this. Thank you! I miss the old days!
ATTENTION: It’s silly that I even have to say this, because it’s clear in the video.
However, it appears as though a few of the classic smooth brain COD “purists” slipped through the cracks. I mean, the type of people that just cannot process information and instead write angry rebuttals to non-existent talking points.
1. Never once in this video do I claim that Black Ops is the BEST Call of Duty. The title is “There will NEVER be another Call of Duty like THIS…” not “This is the greatest Call of Duty.” There’s a huge difference. It’s possible to like one game without shitting on another. MW2 is literally my first cod and I don’t have an official ranking. That’s why I say top 3.
2. Before I say a single thing about Zombies, I say “in my opinion.” Which means I’m speaking from my POV and how I feel. Plus, it’s not even a main point, it’s literally a side bar.
3. This one is just a reminder that, your opinion is just an opinion. People say “you didn’t even mention the bad things…” Well, maybe that’s because they weren’t bad to me or the majority of people?
The point of the video is to reminisce on Black Ops from a fan's POV.
Okay, that’s it. 🤣
I don't even understand how people can be "purists" when almost ever COD back then was a banger, shit will never be the same sadly, new COD just feels like a cash grab at this point.
PREACH BROTHER!
Nah but this is the greatest call of duty, everything you said in the video is correct, even the zombies point. It's not the best zombies mode obviously but it is 100% the most iconic and the game in which boosted the mode to literal mainstream popularly. Maps, game modes, customization, zombies, campaign, characters, camos, guns and more... This game did not miss with anything.
Yeah pretty sad you always gotta break something down to atleast one rotted out individual
I'm sad cod will never be like this again, but then again, I'm glad I got to experience it's prime
Same!!
I kind of did and did not like I’ve been a regular in waw since 2015 but I could’ve been a regular a lot sooner around mid 2012 after I graduate high school if not, after that but partially playing the game at times, because of bo2 and mw3 then and other games that I’ve took interest in before 2015. I also wish that I played on high sensitivity a lot sooner years ago instead of sticking to two or three. Most of my life playing I play on six now and I could play a lot better against decent players if I can sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone but the reason why I kind of avoided world at war back then like I barely played every day was because of modders ruining it at one point around the mid 2010s or so we got people like randoms and regulars to report modders for ruining the game, and some of them actually got banned
I remember my mom got me Black ops when I was 11, it's good to reminisce on times that were simpler
so true. the kids of today wont understand
@@WarVeteran213bro what. Ramble much ?
Nothing will top BO1. Perfect campaign, Perfect multiplayer, Perfect zombies
Too true! 🔥
WaW is better imo, Black Ops has a a masterpiece of a story but the thing is that WaW is just different, and WaW birthed Black Ops
And bo6 went into the opposite direction
@@davidherene6365 I’ll be honest, I never played WaW so I don’t know if it is, I was just basing it off my experience, so I might go play that at some point and see
@@swift6347WAW is literally just a precursor to BO1 nothing about it is better besides historical significance in the campaign
You never know what you have until it’s gone.
Too true… :(
I was crawling back to black ops 1 asking for forgiveness
“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days, before you’ve actually left them.” - Andy Bernard
Lmao at you dudes with like 5 yr old youtube accounts talking about tHe dAyZ
yea bo1 was truly something special from start to finish. a pure hit of nostalgia in every game mode.
1000000% agree!
They made a Black Ops edition Jeep Wrangler. It was that big. I cant think of any other video game that did that.🤔
rip hella sketchy
@@user-ne9sd4ow1o halo 2/3 had a bigger launch. Way more hype
One in the chamber - BANGER
Gun Game - BANGER
Ground war 9v9 - BANGER
Zombies - BANGER
Cod Points instead of microtransactions - BANGER
Black ops dlc maps went so hard
All hits!
4 Dlc back to back bangers
The only time I bought map packs were all for black ops games bc they actually went hard🤌.bo4 had the worse I would say
Silo went crazy
+ cod ghosts
Black ops 1 had the most iconic, deeply written story, with elements still referenced in memes to this day. It never deviated from it's theme, but still got creative with it's mechanics. Its menu was a game in itself which allowed you to break from the chair. It was the game where zombies found it's foundation to build upon in BO2 and 3, and the multiplayer was probably the most simple and balanced I've ever experienced. Everything about it was fueled with passion
Wager Matches was a genius move that complimented the COD point system. After I unlocked everything (I never prestiged because i wanted to keep everything), I just hit the wager matches to try and grow more cod points.
There were many times I was salty that I lost a lot of points but it was such an addicting feature.
Amazing video. Black Ops 1 is the first game that truly got me obsessed with video games. What a perfect game that came out in just the perfect era
I appreciate that! ❤️
Bro BO1 was my first and favorite COD game ever. The multiplayer, zombies and Campaign was very good. Treyarch was cooking a five star meal back then
Fr fr 😂🔥
BO1 was truly legendary and is highly underrated. I was so disappointed that the CoD point/gambling system never came back to the game, High Roller matches had my 10 year old self white-knuckling the controller. I have so many good things to say about this game, but you pretty much covered all of them. My favorite memory from this game is when the 4th DLC, Rezurrection, dropped back when Xbox got the map packs a month early. Xbox got it on Aug 23rd, but when I checked the PS Store on my birthday (Sep 22) I saw that the pack went live and I played it all night long with my best friend. My child brain thought that the stars aligned and it was released a day early by mistake just for me LMAO. I have so many fond memories of this game, I'm sad that newer generations won't be able to experience it in its prime. The three-game run of MW2, BO1, and MW3, was easily peak CoD. BO2 was great, but IMO it marked the beginning of CoD's decline. Especially in the zombies mode, all of the new non-zombie enemies & the lore-shift in BO2 ruined the dark and gritty atmosphere that BO1 did so well. I will die on this hill.
I agree! Thanks for sharing! ❤️🔥
i too will die on this hill.
so true my Brother in LAN
lol
Right there with you man
I´ve never seen someone give so much love to Black Ops 1, truly one of the most underrated CODs to exist. Thankful for all the time I´ve spent in these lobbies!
The good old days. I met two of my dearest friends with Black Ops 1 that i sadly have no clue where are now in life. I even preferred the shotguns over everything and my combat record the top 5 guns in kills in order was Spas-12, Stakeout, HS10, Olympia & M60. God I miss those days so damm much.
Me too, brother.. ❤️
This deserves way more views, this was an awesome watch, I completely forgot you could just outright buy gold for your guns and that there was even a face paint feature back then. Thinking of it now, this game was just so ahead of its time. Anyways thanks man!
I really appreciate that, brother! ❤️ And I know, even though I loved the game back then, I still took it all for granted. 😭
Why does almost every single video on UA-cam have a comment like this
7:09 I just exploded due to too much nostalgia jesus christ
my dad loved b01 zombies, it was the only game he played since he was a kid. it was so fun playing with my dad, nothing will beat that
Love it!
Ur dad was a kid in 2010??
glad the algorithm brought this video to me, i love bo1 and that era as much as you do
It was a special time! 🫡
If you got to play BO1 on steam in its prime, you've experienced something no one will ever experience again;
Dedicated servers with rules (l96 qs only, nuke only, no camping snd, etc), and unranked servers like modded mp zombies.
Fucking masterpiece
This COD does hold a special place in my heart. I played since COD 3 , but this was the first one where I got to play with my friends, it made my skin tougher when insults were thrown. I even met a few small youtubers and we played wager matches on weekends. I do miss those times
god damn.. these old MW2 and MW3 trickshot montages give me goosebumps all the time, i fucking miss these days. Simple COD Gameplay with the best community back then. Times will never be the same, sadly.
100% Agree
That’s why COD4 was the best.. team tactical 3v3 only uav airstrike and chopper.. that’s it. Game was so grounded and so damn fun
I always mention how amazing the black ops money (cod points) system was. It really existed at a perfect point in time (no microtransactions) and was so revolutionary at the time. I LOVED the wager matches, trolling people by just running around doing knifing/humiliations was the best.
I agree! 🔥
Yeah Black ops 1 was the first call of duty I ever owned, and it has always been my favorite. I love the time period, The weapons, the zombies, and that it wasn't too complicated
this is super well made dude. as a fellow bo1 aficionado, you somehow hit every nail on the head. i have been a part of just about every sub community cod had to offer and you covered just about all of them in just a 16 minute video
I appreciate that, my guy! I’m glad it has been received well. Most of this video I made from just reminiscing. 🔥 Plus, I’m addicted to playing this game again. 😂
Release day was insane. It was super popular, servers were full to the brim and everyone was having a blast. Great times
BO1 was my first ever cod. BO1 and BO2 are easily the 2 greatest cods of all time! The BO1 campaign is legendary and the memories I had in multiplayer and zombies will never be replicated. Getting home from school each day and hopping on with the boys lol. Good times. Wish I could go back and experience it all again.
The people who say BO2 was the best cod are the 6 year old squeakers who weren’t there for BO1.
Bo1 lives on memes. “The numbers” “the main menu” “kino”. Peak!
Quick scoping is done & Logic is considered a corn ball. I’m getting old 😂
4:30 is the most Documentary bit ever
LMAO, once I edited this part and played it back, I thought the same thing 😂😂
Black ops 1 and mw3 ruled my early gaming experience, I just remember coming home from middle school and getting straight on cod
Midnight launches was great. Now everyone just sits on their screens waiting for the game to unlock
This game had so much charm. The theme and storytelling was top notch. The multiplayer and zombies felt streamlined with the campaign.
Thanks for this video man, straight reminiscing throughout your whole commentary 💔 sad we’ll never see these days again
I appreciate the watch!
The comment at the end really made me happy considering that we enjoyed this moment in its reality
cod games released between 2007 and 2012 is just pure gold
Actually true!
100% agreed.
Cod4-WaW got me turned on to FPS
Mw2 got me straight up addicted to COD
Black ops changed my life…. Lifelong friendships, mid night releases, and I haven’t put the series down since for better or worse.
I was more of an MW2 fan but I still have a lot of good memories of black ops. It was a good game and is up there as one of the best call of duty games
i´m 32 ... i never tought i would say this ... but i miss the Toxic Voice Chat in the OG Lobbys =) Gen Z would be so offended by the language everyone used back then ( i´m sorry my english is not so good - i´m from Italy )
LMFAO, I think in someways… all of us do. 😂
this was an awesome video man. Bo1 has a very special place in my heart it was my first cod and i just feel like i could never get bored of it.
Thank you, man!
wow, this was a great watch. can’t believe it was your first vid! expected to see a couple hundred k on there when the video ended and i clicked out. keep up the good work!
Haha, I appreciate that a ton! ❤️
Great to see people still appreciating my favorite cod game to this day.
Such a well made game. I miss those days so watching this video was a whole lot of nostalgia I needed.
Also, my wholesome boy hoodie is still my top favorite hoodie to this day.
@@xNoxxie FACTS!
Your video randomly showed up in my feed and now I am filled with nostalgia for simpler times. Black Ops 1 was all that 14 year old me cared about, will forever be one of my favorite games of all time
This was my first cod and I feel like it had the most soul out of all the cods. Perfect campaign, multiplayer, and zombies
Cod black ops was my favourite. It was the 2nd cod game I played.. and the MLG/gamebattles and tournaments were so fun. Fariko , envy, optic, obey all those teams back then were awesome to play with. Being flown out to tournaments by our sponsors was the best feeling ever that this was all due to being good at a video game. I was a freshman in HS running home to scrim for tourneys and spending countless hours practicing strats and having to sit with the grub that was hired to find the best nade lineups, lines of sights, jump peeks etc.. good times
So nice to meet a fellow scholar who recognizes the goat status of bo1 zombies. Man those times were just special. Kino & Ascension have a special place in my heart.
Love how everybody was like "Treyarch does it right everytime!" and now Treyarch pretty much just follows Infinity Ward on how to create Call of Duty. I mean realistically, we've never had any 3-lane maps that played like Nuketown, Firing Range, Summit, or Havana.
They give players the "illusion" of Three Lane maps except you don't stay within those three lanes. You can jump between windows or crouch under cover to swap between lanes.
Sledgehammer is the best right now, imo!
Bo1 really was one of the greatest cods it added so much customization and replay ability, we had custom matches with so many settings we could tweak, we also got theatre mode which is something cod seems to be scared to add back and to top it all off the most memorable zombies map of all time, Bo1 really was the full package and even the dlc were straight bangers
mw2: gunplay & killstreaks were overpowered, and thats why it was awesome
black ops: gunplay & killstreaks were underpowered, and thats why it was awesome
both had stellar maps, which in my opinion is probably the next most important aspect of an FPS. both are tied at #1 for me.
I completely agree! 🔥
MW2 was better
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amazing video
I appreciate you! ❤️
I refuse to call this CoD “Black Ops 1” because it will always be the one and only Black Ops for me. I’ve never spent more time playing a CoD than with Black Ops. These 1.5 years were absolutely epic. Right after I finished assembling my first own PC, BO was installed and I went nuts. Every day online for at least 2 to 3 hours. My mother furiously stormed my room at 3 o’clock in the morning shouting why I’m still playing.
Legendary times. Will always be kept in my heart.❤😢
Haha, that’s awesome. I feel the same, but it’s different when you’re making content. I wanted to be universal for more people outside of the community to understand. ❤️
To be fair every COD from BO1 - 3 elevated the zombie mode to another level compared to the game that came before. Just like it should be. Then it crashed and never recoverd.
There was a certain feeling to this era of gaming, a certain euphoria you would get when loading up the game and going through the menus till you reached multiplayer. It’s a feeling that my 11 year old self at the time has never been able to recapture after! The immersive serious nature while still being arcade like and goofy is something I don’t think we will ever see!
I don’t know why but the pewdiepie clip gave me goosebumps, black ops was a genuine og
He only had 100 subs around that time... wild.
Black ops 1 is where I started my CoD journey, absolutely loved it, racked up so many hrs and in combat training too. Would be sitting at a close 2nd as my favourite cod of all time with the winner being BO2
Dude used to sleep outside game stop for the new COD.
Who stands a chance against a human like that 🤣🤣🤣
Lmaoooooo
“People weren’t taking games as serious as they are today.”
You basically solved modern games with this line. I do humbly recall being a young lad playing BO1 and 2, Halo 3 and Reach whilst sitting on carpet flooring besides my friends and we just have fun being goobers. Nowadays, there feels as if there’s this higher emphasis on being the best player known to mankind. Sweating your ass off to ultimately just be in the same position as you started. None of this slide canceling nonsense, bunny hopping, 5 second gameplay.
I remember a comment someone made in regards to CoD that i feel is practically almost every modern shooter today;
“Don't expect to play this game for fun.... You can't. You come to sweat stress and mentally exhaust yourself.”
The era is a great point, and would be higher on my list. Everyone wasn’t trying to be a streamer and a “CoD GOD.” You could literally meet cool people who worked or went to school and just liked to have fun trying to get kills on the game in their spare time.Also, people who did have mics weren’t always in private chat like Discord or Party Chat, so sometimes you’d get a lot of the competitive trash talk in pregame lobbies after an intense match. Then you could do it all over again until you made them back out.
Damn dawg this video is special and belongs in museum, the world was a different place back then, bless all who got to know what that was like
Haha, thanks my guy! 🔥
Besides the gameplay bo1 was just straight interesting in every aspect. The campaign explored proxy wars of the 60s, had lots of references to real life events, great original characters, an amazing story, mp maps on unique locations, the zombies mode was reaching new hights, it had good gun sounds (they were not realistic as such, but far superior to those of mw2 and were simply appealing). It just had its own identity within the franchise and the rest of the game unlike today that cod is a generic BR platform to sell skins and advertisements for other media like movies. The devs back then genuinly had passion for their games
I always say MW2 is my favorite, but hearing you out definitely brought back some memories. I got Black Ops on Christmas and played all winter break. Still playing Kino to this day.
man i thought i was watching a channel with at LEAST 100k subs. its a matter of time till you start to hit it real big if you keep on staying consistent and improving your formula brother i wish you the best
100% agree with you. BO1 is my GOAT when it comes to CoD. I still play it on a weekly basis to this day.
Yes there will, when they inevitably remake it.
Touchè 😂
Another reason thats underrated was the perk system in the game. To get "Pro" on a perk you had to do different challenges and it was tough. I remember for marathon pro you had to capture a flag 15 times.
Man I reached 15th prestige on 2 diff accounts and had to do this challenge SO many times. I think you also had to run a certain distance as well as capturing the flags. I always ran Ghost, Slight of hand and Marathon :)
I was a sophomore in HS when it released, gameplay is subjective but my favorite by far. I believe it was the peak of COD culturally, and I agree that UA-cam had a significant impact on that.
this brought back so much nostalgia, i think it would be cool if you made a video like this for bo2 as well. great video either way
So proud of you for saying it!…BLACK OPS 1 is 100% my FAVE🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Imo Bo1, Bo2 and Cod4 were just so fun. Bo1 and Cod4 especially. But Bo1 just started everything. Good multiplayer, created a hardcore zombies fanbase, custom kill streaks came into the game, and it started many other skills and other things that we do know.
Bo1 was probably the best all around game.
in my opinion, BO3 is the GOAT, had the best zombies experience, and the multiplayer had a good skill gap with the thrusters and that didn’t promote a camping play style. MW3, BO2 were also really good too
A lot of people like BO3. I never understood it. I really tried liking that game, but couldn’t. 😂
I agree with you man. That jetpack just added that much more skill for the good players, and like you said it deincentivized camping.
Man what a good game
My brother, that hits right in the feelings. Great video and thank you !
I'm glad. I appreciate you watching!!
Im totally with you on this!! I played almost all of the cods back then but black ops 1 is still my favourite to this day! I share lot of the reasons you said in the video and honestly this campaign+zombies+multiplayer combo was the best in my opinion.
Hands down. Black Ops. Was my favorite, literally the only CoD I always had a full team for search. Met a kid getting picked on that game, SkullCrusher hope you well son.
Chris Smoove “SplAaaAshh” 😭😭
Omfg tmartn, seananners, Ali-a, xjaws etc so many memories from back in the days those were the golden ages of call of duty. The classic days that sadly will never ever comeback 😢
I know 😭
BO1 - best campaign
BO2 - best multiplayer
BO3 - best zombies
mw2, bo1, 2019 mw, cod 4 all the best.
BO4 best microtransactions
LMAO
eh, this is almost perfect except the zombies. when it comes to zombies, they are all the best. it depends on what kind of zombies you want to play and what maps you feel like. i switch between all of them all the time.
@@ImNotFine44 Agreed 100%. I just think BO3 is the most polished zombies has ever been.
true.. I never thought i would say this back then... but I wish we could go back to the old cod days (Cod 4)
I only was able to play COD campaign, and BO1 was my first online COD. First and only game to do wager matches, zombies, cool campaign, Easter eggs, etc.
My favorite COD
It was so good!
The Rc-xd. The minigames. Split Screen Co op. This game was innovative, it brought the franchise forward. I'll always remember unlocking and getting to use the crossbow for the first time.
Dude…. The RC-XD was on my list to mention and I forgot… 😭
I think BO3 did this with zombies. The graphics, the vibrancy, the movement. Everything felt so clean
I could never get into that game, but many people say the same thing, so I believe it. 🔥
Awesome video man, there seems to be a resurgence of old COD video essays right now and I love it. Also, hearing Chris Smoove clip was something else, I was always sad he left COD and went to just sports games. He was one of my favourites
Thanks brother! I miss Chris Smoove playing COD too. 😂
6:44 fun fact: Kino der Toten was supposed to be the last DLC for World at War but they ended up developing the new game and putting it in Black Ops 1
I remember going to game stop at 12 a.m to buy black ops 1 when it came out .man I was 14 years old I remember my dad took me and they had a brand new Jeep wrangler black ops addition, what a truly special time .
My first cod. I played before avidly, even as a small kid, but this game got me into video games properly.
Kind of forgot how big mw2, bo1 and youtube was for me during my childhood.
I am glad to have experienced that era/game. It's truly sad that the kids these days will not experience what we experienced .
It’s much more digital now, that’s for sure! Kids will still look back fondly on their times though. 🔥
Great vid, nice to relive some nostalgia. Still remember getting BO1 on pc only to realise my laptop couldn't run the game as it was weak af. Few weeks later, I had convinced my parents to get me a PS3 under the guise of "I can make money sending videos to a company called Machinima."
Nice 😂😂😂
How does this fella only have 2k subs. Like wtf, this one of the best put together video I’ve ever watched
I appreciate that my guy! The 2K subs is from super old videos no longer on my channel. 😂 This is my first decent video uploaded to be honest.
@@Soberse well you did an excellent job my man! Definitely earned another one and keep up the good work, I’m sure you’ll blow up fast
Ghillie in the Mist on Mw2 and the first mission on Bo1 were truly iconic. Unfortunately didn't get to play WAW until the hackers got ahold of it. Couldn't find a single game without 5 people flying through the air and aim botting from across the map. Could definitely tell it was good in its prime though
It's still crazy to me that such a staple as cod has changed so much, even BF and Halo they all had it right and now not so much. Nothing has filled that hole either, which is kinda sad. Scenes like sniping, trickshotting, montages, trolling, team houses with vlogs etc, all of that disappeared
for real :(
EOMM baby
Perhaps it might never be as it was. Thus making it far more special because of the life experiences we had only time will tell but I think the kids playing cod 2024 will reminisce the same way we are rn
It's true. We're old.
i’m remember doing the swimming glitch on Launch. running the stakeout, ballistic knife and tomahawks on nuketown. and making people view this one picture in theater mode that logged you out of PSN. so many good memories 😂
Imo nothing will ever beat BO2. Coming from germany I felt like Call of Duty franchise was at the absolute peak at that time, while during Mw2/Bo1/Mw3 it was slowly steadily climbing up to that point. So many youtubers here in Germany that are still big nowadays started their career with BO2 aswell. And after BO2 there was a permanent slight decrease of how good and hyped the games were (until Warzone released)
Im sure many have forgotten over time, but there was a time during Black Ops 2 where it felt like the whole world hated a man named David Vanderhaar lol.
People have always hated that guy. 😂
Beautiful Video. I am most definetly grateful to experience it when I was 12-13 years old
Yup, it was a prime time. Glad it was part of my childhood, good times.
Same. 🔥
I never had a console to play these games for myself. But i use to go to my neighbours house to play it. We use to play multi-player spilt screen 😂. Our favourite game mode was domination. And Zombies were so scary. I'm glad I experienced the era.
I loved being thay Shot gun & Rocket launcher guy as soon as i saw a enemy
You just brought me back to my childhood😭 liked and subbed.
I appreciate you!
The best COD and the best Battlefield both came out in 2011. What a year.
FACT BF3 and Bo1 best fps shooter of all time
The best Battlefield was Battlefield 2 in 2005 and the best CoD was Call of Duty 4 in 2007, sorry ;)
@@zombie-yellow I respect it. I was too young to truly appreciate those games. I think I played waw twice and bf2 once at friends houses. They’re definitely good but personally can’t say they’re great bc I didn’t experience it in its prime
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Battlefield 2 is a different kind of era i'd say. At that time it was amazing and I've definitely had countless hours of fun but now looking back at both titles i can't say it was better than Battlefield 3. Battlefield 2 is for sure the most nostalgic one though, always will be. That's where Battlefield started for me.
Can't agree on MW though. Again for the time we had it it was amazing but i'd even put COD2 and WaW over 4. Black Ops 1 and the original MW3 were the best ones of both those series imo though.
While I played modern warfare 2 more, I do think that the significance and innovation brought by Black ops. 1 is incredible! Really great video man. I didn't think about how important BO1 was before this.
Thank you! I miss the old days!
I appreciate that brother! I miss them too
I started gaming and ended gaming with black ops 1 best time and core memories