remember SIR . . you are a WEAPONS master NOT a spy . . ill have you know that in russia they literally built towns with newspapers that circulated real stories and had milkshake spots and the entire town operated with russian spies that trained in these villages or towns with surveillance equipment they installed and to practice and so they would know about the latest movies and stuff when they arrived in north america . . so sorry . . .your WRONG and those training towns DO and DID exist and DO EXIST TO THIS VERY DAY . . . good day to you sir . .
and if you ever watched a cold war training video from cia or mi6 they specifically refer to these towns so sorry sir but you are dead WRONG . . good day to you
the barret 50 cal wasnt made by a giant weapon company like H&K IT WAS actually made by 1 man . . and only was put into production for cia in the 90s so ya . . the very first one was used in sweden special forces in 1991 . . .and yeah . . .cia didnt get them for awhile after that . .. but anyways. .. carry on . . btw i do like you sir .. . your funny and you taught me alot . . you failed to mention the 74u being the predecesor to the modern draco . . and also many guns were altered to fit different stocks and barrelswere switched out to use drum clips . . .anyways . . carry on . .
It's obvious this guy is not only is a firearms expert, but has a ton of experience with games based on all his references and clever jokes. Bring him back for more.
He’s really great. I came into this expecting some old dude who wouldn’t shut up about “Oh, well this and that isn’t realistic,” when the thing they’re talking about wouldn’t be plausible in a video game. This guy took me off guard, he seems to have an unprecedented understanding of video game balance.
The fact that he took into account that weapon balancing in multiplayer was a probably reason why that one rifle wasn’t able to switch fire rates was impressive. I would assume the normal old geezers that attempts to critique guns in games would never actually think that misrepresentations might actually be for the game. They just think it’s game designers being lazy or trying to be Hollywood.
He knows what he's talking about, he knows games and game culture, and he isn't overly cynical about everything. Definitely worthy of many more episodes like this.
@@FirstnameLastname-wo2zq Care to provide an example? I'm by no means an expert but I love my guns and he seem pretty on point to me. I hate when people just make a statement with nothjing to back it up.
Most of the x expert reacts to x game do normally say “they understand why games have to balance things but this is to review realism” to be fair to them
Half of the world population played video games at one moment or another in their lives. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to find someone who does not have "a surprisingly good grasp on game design/balancing".
Yeah, basically he is not only firearms expert, but also videogames expert...mentioning every particular weapons in campaign is quite remarkable researching! Gamespot really chose right professional for review.
Spoiler alert in this comment. Don’t click “Read More” if you don’t want spoilers. The weapons shipment of black market 1911s Arash was authorizing may have been bound for that base in Ukraine. Just a thought.
@@mrshady8111 This is just in case some people haven’t played the campaign at all. I know most people reading the comments have probably played through it, but this is just as a precaution.
@@Oppen1945 no he’s not, obviously it was just funny to him as a guns expert, but at some point he even pointed out why some things are unrealistic for the sake of balancing etc
I was so surprised with this dude.. super frickin smart, lot of knowledge and doesn't come across as an arrogant know-it-all. Also seems like he might dabble in some games and understands why games are made a certain way instead of bashing everything unrealistic. He got a channel?
I'm surprised that he didn't mention that the SPAS-12 was pump action in call of duty mw2 and mw3. But he is accurate in saying that it's both pump action and semi auto
@@AlexDreemurr wear all the armor you want, 50cal don't care. It was designed and created to PIERCE AND ENGINE BLOCK OF A VEHICLE. Stop and think about that.
@@brentdecker4458 right, but video game logic. You can't expect an annual release to simulate realistic ballistics. It's simplified: armored baddies take more damage.
@@AlexDreemurrI understand that, but thats why I don't like the BO series. They want you to believe in a "what if" story grounded in air quote realism, but its not even Michael Bay realism its like insanity. And worse, the vast majority of their fan base is die hard about how gritty and realistic this series is. Kinda kills me a little inside. But I will cede to that fact that its game logic haha
“Recoil is a bit light for a magnum” Well this dude was just firing a 50 cal from the shoulder repeatedly while hurdling obstacles, so we can assume he is nearly superhuman.
Pistols are my biggest issues in this game because they only have 3 but they ignored so many designs from that era. TT33, Makarov and CZ75 should be all in the game as well as Walther PPK, Browning , and many others.
Hudson M9 Union Jack Livery in RICO on Switch/PS4. 2 Player Co-op with Silly Things like Slide Tackles, Ridiculous Ragdoll Physics and of Course Tracers. Lockdown DLC adds New Weapon Set at Lower Cost in Completion Points
Welcome to Call of Duty? LOL. I saw that happening 11 years ago in BF: Bad Company 2, and later in every newer BF game, while the first time I saw it in CoD was in Black ops 3 which came out in 2018.
This video just made me realize that Treyarch totally skipped including a Soviet pistol in the game. So much so that they had a Soviet guard armed with a 1911....
Yep. They could have had the Scorpion vz. 61 as a machine pistol instead of the Raffica, it would have fufilled the soviet firearm as well as the automatic pistol archetype. Hopefully they add a soviet secondary in the upcoming seasons. The game really shipped in a half-assed state for firearm representation.
The game definitely looks good but I’d prefer to see him go over Modern Warfare 2019. The animations and graphics on the guns are much better looking imo
I have both Cold War is like modern warfare with more content only reason modern warfare seems better is bc they made the recoil on guns waaaaaYYYYY more realistic and the guns junp EVERYWHERE as where Cold War took recoil back too the original black ops style which is my favorite IMO
They messed up with the fire selectors in cod 2019. You can only switch from semi to full on like the first mission and after that its all full auto. In real life you don’t use full auto unless you have a machine gun, and your suppressing the enemy so people can move. They got some small details of the guns wrong as well. Overall way better than any other cod before it.
@Brandon M QBZ83 doesn't exist. The QBZ naming system didn't come into use until the mid/late 90's and the weapon depicted in the game wasn't in the hands of soldiers until the early 2000's. During the cold war period when the game is set, chinese forces would be equipped with either an AK or SKS variant.
@@apex_xd8907 Black ops 2-4 isn’t because of its futuristic/sci-fi setting. With Black Ops 1 they were somehow on point with a few anachronisms. Casual or not, you shouldn’t take too many liberties, you should be on point and not be lazy, I mean Weapons that I haven’t seen before were even invented purposely for this game. There were also some anachronisms, weapons that are at least 10 years in advance. What also shocked me, was seeing RUSSIAN troops, armed with NATO weapons.
@@jbk19xx57 bruh idk bout u but i dont play games to look for communists using american guns, sure its kinda dumb when u think about it, but saying that they took too many liberties implies that it diminishes the game's value. It honestly really doesnt matter
@@jbk19xx57 think you're being abit biased to BO1 there. If Cold War took too many liberties to you then BO1 should be just as guilty: having optical sights on SMGs in the '60s, majority of the guns being anachronistic, even things like the US hadn't lost the war in Vietnam at that point like Hudson states in the campaign as it was still very much ongoing..
You can very clearly tell this guy not only loves his job, but is also understanding of mistakes that people may make about guns. Too often you see a gun expert review a game and they're like "well 5.56 ballistics are very balanced into one direction made to completely bounce around any impact point on a tango target and taking them out so hitting someone more than 1 time is unrealistic" This guy understands what games are, and understands that games sometimes have to be unrealistic, and even very obviously plays games himself.
@@elijahvelasco8963 seals used to use revolvers until GWOT for over the beach operations because they where more reliable than semi autos but other than that wheel guns have gone the way of the dodo
As an American who has carried a gun professionally and owns many of these fine firearms, it is wonderful to see someone who knows what they are talking about. Thank you for this.
Yes, as an American I am proud to be an American the gentle in the film was from England. I live in one of the only countries in the freaking world in which I could own anyone of the weapons in that game but the explosives, so yes as an AMERICAN 🇺🇲
i feel like with the spas-12, it makes sense that they aren't using the pump action aspect, because that is usually reserved for shells that dont release enough pressure to cycle the receiver in its automatic function
@@JustSumGuy01 The Vietnam scene is fake, you're character is living fake memories due to MK Ultra, so it does kinda make sense, but at the same time I'm fairly sure Treyarch didn't mean for that to be a nod to that and are just lazy lol
I’d love to see experts react to the cursed attachments for the guns, obvious example suppressed magnum and its 12 round cylinder even tho it had 6 holes
Well suppressing a revolver isn't impossible.. Just hard xD the only one I know of where they've done it successfully is with the nagant m1895 and that's because it has a 2 step action, the first being it presses the cylinder up close and tight against the barrel sealing the gap that usually is what makes suppressing a revolver hard. I'm sure they've come up with other ways in modern times, like the revolvers that looks just like your typical semi auto pistol but actually has a cylinder magazine on the "underbelly" of the pistol hidden by a hatch-ish mechanism, allowing it to be Supressed. It is a revolver, however not your classical one :P The 12rnds in a 6rnd cylinder however.. Jeez.. Never been much for alot of the CoD games.. The ones I've actually played are the "older" ones with a real solid story line, such as the first Black ops :P
@@Pre.C_King yea, I am aware of that particular revolver. But it has never been in a cod where you can attach a suppressor to it as far as I’m aware. It is curious that no modern revolvers have the same mechanism to seal the cylinder gap. Probably cause they want to keep it simple.
I hate that shit. They had the chance to put in a period accurate Colt 727 but of course just throw in an M4 with a modern rail and optics despite the gun not entering service until the mid 90's. Why do developers make period games just to toss in modern weaponry?
@@heypeter6476 It is a standard practice to deactivate firearms that are on display in museums. Since the presenter is from the UK, that would certainly be the case.
I know this is an old video, but I'm just letting it written that this is officially one of my MOST FAVORITE series on the whole internet, Sir Jonathan in an absolute treasure of a man.
Treyarch on the Krig 6 Designer 1: "Ah a 1980s rifle named 'Ak 5' " Designer 2: "It's a Swedish gun, we should..." Designer 1: "Let's make it a Soviet gun because it has AK on it" Designer 2: "But, Sweden is a...." Designer 1: "Did I stutter? I SAID LET'S MAKE IT A SOVIET GUN!" Designer 2: "ok... Imma rename it so they wouldn't notice...."
The krig 6 is based on the first version of the Swedish Ak 5. The green colour and the fire selection having a P for semi automatic (stands for patronvis) give it away. There are also the 5.56 flashguard and the raider stock that are based on the updated version of the ak5 (ak5c).
I feel like the US town training course is an actual thing from Russia right? I've seen it in multiple games and films. Also yea the fact he actually play through the games deserves respect!
There were a couple of mock American towns built for KGB use, the most notable being Vinnytsia, in use from '54 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
I like how this guy isn't aiming for the low hanging fruit like "Oh wow he didn't get killed in one or two shots, that's unrealistic." No, he recognizes this is a shooter game and instead inspects the areas of weapon realism that work or don't regardless of the inherent unrealistic quality of the gunplay.
I honestly appreciate how this guy is genuine and does his job perfectly without being an arse,it's a informative video because he explains it through instead of being those who would just be like "no no no that's incorrect,wrong,blah blah blah"
I can really appreciate the guy considering game balance and comparing to real life. Some professionals don't mention it or have a game to reference. Definitely a great person to have for this video.
The more important bit about the AKs-74u with a drum: the Russians never even produced a drum in 5.45, not even for the RPK-74, and tuck to extended 45-round magazines. Cause they realized drums were cumbersome and unreliable. And speaking of the revolvers, the only modern military use of revolvers (or the most well known at least) was by the GIGN. They used both scoped and unscoped .357 magnum revolvers in their operations.
DesertAvenger Actually you're wrong. The RPK-16 has a 95 or 96 drum (5.45x39mm) created by Izhmash (Kalashnikov Concern in present day) in 2018. But you're correct about no drum was created or even planned by the Soviet during the days of AK-74 and RPK-74.
Isn’t that restricting as it can only carry 6 rounds and might not withstand the requirements of today’s urban conflicts which exchange of gun fire can last for 30 minutes if not hours and multiple rounds would be needed?
@@1anre that's because the GIGN often gets into situations where multiple rounds are not a possibility, like hostage situations, etc. where one well placed shot is all they have. Plus, they no longer actively use the revolvers in their operations.
Please bring this guy back! As somebody who really loves firearms and video games it’s good to see somebody that actually understands both so fluently! Made my day :)
They don’t want to make everything real intentionally, it is not a Sim, it’s a videogame. Trust with the kind of $Billion dollar budget they have, they can employ Armory historians with Phds all over the world like this chap to advice them properly on the period correct models of weapons used in those times. But they don’t want that, hence the reason they made some not so perfect inclusion of weapons in the game.
That “Super Villain” looking building in the beginning is what it looks to be an early warning ground based radar. Used for the detection of Ballistic Missiles.
Well, it ain't. Just another weird, up-scaled Chernobyl's nuclear sarcophagus. Only this of the pyramid size. Ridiculous, "Utter Villain," I would say.
Tho when u consider the colt m4 exists as an xm4 experimental rifle The plausible reason is that blops agents are using experimental stuff to test out their effectiveness. Same with the kgb as seen with the weapons on display here.
Have this guy react to the +400 realistic firearms in Hotdogs horseshoes and Hand grenades. This actually simulates the Spas-12 switching between pump and semi-auto.
@Daniel Wong EFT literally has the most accurate ballistics and ammunition system of any current FPS. The health system however is not, for balancing reasons. It would be a bit shit if every time your armor tanked a 7.62 round your ribs broke and you're as good as dead anyway.
@@G-Mastah-Fash Not how game design works at all. Gameplay should be the primary concern. Realism always comes after gameplay, even in games that aim to be as realistic as possible.
@Daniel Wong Ah okay, so taking a painkiller to fix a broken leg is realistic in your book I take it. Stop bullshitting. Also the ballistics are correct, a lot of chestplates will stop rifle rounds, breaking your ribs in the process but they'll be stopped. The fact that in the game you can just carry on after such an event is attributed to the health system, which I already addressed. I'm personally fine with the health system as is as it makes the game realistically playable.
The lack of pistols in the game is really getting under my skin. And I know they are just holding back on them to put in later to cater to this “Games Service” model. Even though it’s not under a season pass, you need to have it right up front like MW2.
I wish the Stoner 63 had more customizations Eugene Stoner made the receiver of the Stoner 63 to be a universal firearm from belt fed to bren to magazine fed carben and finally remote control turret I wish some one would start making civilian models again
It's neat that Jonathan is an expert on guns but he's also clearly well versed in video games. He seems willing to let some realism slide if it means you get a game that's more fun it.
Jonathan seems like the type of guy i could sit down with and chat about guns with for hours. He demands your presence with his very articulate style and presentation. Well done
This just makes you appreciate how good the weapon selection was in the first BO... even if there were a few Anachronist ones, it had some really representantive Cold War ones like the Uzi, Mac, RPK, HK21, FAL and even the rare G11.
Nothing sums up the Call of Duty experience quite like an APC exploding after a few LMG shots while a soldier survives a SAM exploding inches from his face.
So funny the multiple .50bmg rounds to the head part. He puts it very lightly that there would be factors other than penetration like his head snapping back, what he meant to say was the force from the round would decapitate the victim if the helmet somehow withstood the round.
That armor the enemy is wearing is op, one guy took a 50 bmg to the head and it just stunned him, and the other guy took a direct hit with an anti-aircraft missile and was also just stunned.
Another inaccuracy with BOCW is the use of holographic sights which didn’t come around until the 90s. 1996 was when the first holographic sight was made by I believe EOTech
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remember SIR . . you are a WEAPONS master NOT a spy . . ill have you know that in russia they literally built towns with newspapers that circulated real stories and had milkshake spots and the entire town operated with russian spies that trained in these villages or towns with surveillance equipment they installed and to practice and so they would know about the latest movies and stuff when they arrived in north america . . so sorry . . .your WRONG and those training towns DO and DID exist and DO EXIST TO THIS VERY DAY . . . good day to you sir . .
and if you ever watched a cold war training video from cia or mi6 they specifically refer to these towns so sorry sir but you are dead WRONG . . good day to you
the barret 50 cal wasnt made by a giant weapon company like H&K IT WAS actually made by 1 man . . and only was put into production for cia in the 90s so ya . . the very first one was used in sweden special forces in 1991 . . .and yeah . . .cia didnt get them for awhile after that . .. but anyways. .. carry on . . btw i do like you sir .. . your funny and you taught me alot . . you failed to mention the 74u being the predecesor to the modern draco . . and also many guns were altered to fit different stocks and barrelswere switched out to use drum clips . . .anyways . . carry on . .
Jayeden Dunahee I agree with u 💯 but calm down bruh lol
Can we get csgo
It's obvious this guy is not only is a firearms expert, but has a ton of experience with games based on all his references and clever jokes. Bring him back for more.
He’s really great. I came into this expecting some old dude who wouldn’t shut up about “Oh, well this and that isn’t realistic,” when the thing they’re talking about wouldn’t be plausible in a video game. This guy took me off guard, he seems to have an unprecedented understanding of video game balance.
always nice to see when experts get that games go for a bit more flare than would be real..
Well, he's a younger guy that does a "nerdy" thing for his job so I'd bet money that he probably plays video games quite a bit in his free time.
Bootsy, you are so right
The fact that he took into account that weapon balancing in multiplayer was a probably reason why that one rifle wasn’t able to switch fire rates was impressive. I would assume the normal old geezers that attempts to critique guns in games would never actually think that misrepresentations might actually be for the game. They just think it’s game designers being lazy or trying to be Hollywood.
I like this guy. He actually gets how games work and doesn't focus on the things that had to be changed for gameplay purposes.
He points them out for educational and entertainment purposes but doesn't dwell on them
@@cezerelecrucio9717 exactly! Love the videos with him.
I like this guy. He is British and still likes guns.
He's a great guy, he's aware of why games depict some functions differently because he also plays FPS games including CoD.
the only thing is he said that a 357 has a lot of recoil
*Gets hit by an anti-aircraft missile*
“Tis but a scratch”
well, they ARE russian
@@AwkwardHypernerd413
Indeed Comrade,I have Been shot many times by Anti-aircraft missile.
ДЛЯ РОДИНЫ!
First rocket: I'm okay
Second rocket: less okay
Getting hit by a 50cal three times:
*slowly falls down after 3rd shot straight to the head*
"A scratch!?"
"Keeper of firearms and artillary"
Thats the most badass title ive ever heard
Yet he calls a M3 Carl Gustav a anti-aircraft missile :/
@@Zedonhia it’s not a M3 Carl Gustav it’s a FIM 43 Redeye which is a predecessor to the Stinger
@@Zedonhia Yeah...looks nothing like the gustav
Come to America and you can have the same title
@Top Noodle a Forsworn from Skyrim
He knows what he's talking about, he knows games and game culture, and he isn't overly cynical about everything. Definitely worthy of many more episodes like this.
He doesn't know what hes talking about
@@FirstnameLastname-wo2zq Care to provide an example? I'm by no means an expert but I love my guns and he seem pretty on point to me. I hate when people just make a statement with nothjing to back it up.
@@FirstnameLastname-wo2zq you have no idea what you’re talking about pal
@@babycola9151 only if u was smart enough to know pal
@@FirstnameLastname-wo2zq give me a list of everything he said wrong
_"Multiple 50 calibre machine gun rounds, to the head, would be problematic"_
Jonathan Ferguson.
The British art of making a big deal sound like it's not that much of a big deal
this guy has a surprisingly good grasp on game design/balancing
He could play games in his free time or maybe he used to.
Most of the x expert reacts to x game do normally say “they understand why games have to balance things but this is to review realism” to be fair to them
@@stardust_2339 I don't think its a "could" he clearly seems to be pretty well cultured in FPS as well
@Char Aznable many people enjoy simulators
Half of the world population played video games at one moment or another in their lives. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to find someone who does not have "a surprisingly good grasp on game design/balancing".
The Russian who got the 1911: “That damn mailman mixed up our shipments again!”
the mailman is going to gulag
That Russian may keep it as a war souvenir if he had lived.
Fun fact: russian had their 1911
They have the model for the makarov in their holsters
When you send your gun to St. Petersburg, Florida
“Nobody is running around with an optical sight in the 80’s”
Wait until he sees vanguard.
@@panbo_ read up on how common nydar sights were outside of aircrafts
@@panbo_ congratulations on doing the bare minimum of research I give you a D plus.
Yeah...
@@panbo_ facepalm
@@panbo_ surely my grandfathers went into the war with technology that even modern days has trouble producing it.
* mentions Half-Life, and it’s tradition of magic SPAS’ *
Me: Ah yes, a man of culture.
@Waifu Hunter thank
He also mentioned Press X to not die
ADMINISTRATOR? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I thought you were transfered to another host after the fall of the Citadel
A man of Culture indeed.
that off-hand comment made me wish i could double like the video
9:47
He’s now my favorite person
Yeah, basically he is not only firearms expert, but also videogames expert...mentioning every particular weapons in campaign is quite remarkable researching!
Gamespot really chose right professional for review.
half life
Half-Life didn't have a scoped magnum.
@@TheSonic497 with mods xddd
@@cgndnm You can fire a UMD rocket out of a PSP with mods, what's your point?
"There's no way a russian would have this clearly super american M1911"
"BUT"
that was actually a cool segment!
Spoiler alert in this comment. Don’t click “Read More” if you don’t want spoilers.
The weapons shipment of black market 1911s Arash was authorizing may have been bound for that base in Ukraine. Just a thought.
@@prmafrozt2943 How is that even a spoiler? You deal with Arash in like the first mission and this doesnt contain any info about the plot
@@mrshady8111 This is just in case some people haven’t played the campaign at all. I know most people reading the comments have probably played through it, but this is just as a precaution.
the russians clearly took it from the character u play as before he took it back n killed them
@Cho Chi the player drops a suppressed 1911 and picks it up after the lil cutscene
You had me at “The Berreta is the Gucci” of handguns.
It's a 93r, very rare select fire pistol (and a properly modelled one in CW that is) so it definitely deserves that title
To be fair, it is. Also the tactical firearms community describe expensive high end gear and weapons as Gucci.
It's ironic since Beretta and Gucci are both from Italy.
@@RCDW that’s not irony
beniS H&K is way more Gucci there guns are over priced as hell
He's really clever, and I love that he has video game knowledge as well. Good one guys
ye
@@Oppen1945 no he’s not, obviously it was just funny to him as a guns expert, but at some point he even pointed out why some things are unrealistic for the sake of balancing etc
@@Oppen1945you must be really fun at parties... I'm not even sure what you're arguing about tbh, maybe find someone to talk to
@@Oppen1945 bro who hurt you
@@Oppen1945 Do you need a number for somebody to talk to? You seem very angry at the world.
I was so surprised with this dude.. super frickin smart, lot of knowledge and doesn't come across as an arrogant know-it-all. Also seems like he might dabble in some games and understands why games are made a certain way instead of bashing everything unrealistic. He got a channel?
No but he does appear on the Royal Armories YT channel
He has his own channel, but I believe he mainly posts on the Royal Armories channel.
I'm surprised that he didn't mention that the SPAS-12 was pump action in call of duty mw2 and mw3. But he is accurate in saying that it's both pump action and semi auto
@@jobRobbemond what’s his channel name
@@skyninjaslayer337 I'm assuming you've found it now, but just in case you haven't, his channel name is his name. Jonathan Ferguson.
Magnum: One hit kill.
50 Cal: 3....
Anti-aircraft: ..........
Good spoting.
To be fair the rocket launcher and 50. caliber sniper rifle were used on juggernaut heavily armored enemies and the revolver was used on a normal guy.
@@AlexDreemurr wear all the armor you want, 50cal don't care. It was designed and created to PIERCE AND ENGINE BLOCK OF A VEHICLE. Stop and think about that.
@@brentdecker4458 right, but video game logic. You can't expect an annual release to simulate realistic ballistics. It's simplified: armored baddies take more damage.
@@AlexDreemurrI understand that, but thats why I don't like the BO series. They want you to believe in a "what if" story grounded in air quote realism, but its not even Michael Bay realism its like insanity. And worse, the vast majority of their fan base is die hard about how gritty and realistic this series is. Kinda kills me a little inside. But I will cede to that fact that its game logic haha
“Recoil is a bit light for a magnum”
Well this dude was just firing a 50 cal from the shoulder repeatedly while hurdling obstacles, so we can assume he is nearly superhuman.
He got the Hollywood perk
The pistol was a Nagant M1895 revolver.
Cold War superman who can survive a .50 BMG without any problem.
He can hold it but can’t aim fast enough 🤨
@@michaelmckinnon1591 with a flip-out cylinder
Getting hit with a nuke: “i am completely winded.”
Super Villains when thet get hit by it
Oof ouch my bones.
Just a flesh wound
Tis’ but a scratch!
The fact that the game did not include neither the TT33 or the Makarov, both are iconic Russian guns is a sin
A Makarov would also just be a fun little reference to the series
They will probably add loads of gun with every new season.. so i'm sure they will come.
@@StabYourBrain For multiplayer. I'm talking about single player with all the mix up weapons
Pistols are my biggest issues in this game because they only have 3 but they ignored so many designs from that era. TT33, Makarov and CZ75 should be all in the game as well as Walther PPK, Browning , and many others.
@@emiramick5305 there are plenty of S&W autos like the hushpuppy
When no one mentions that Gamespot messed up the bleep to censor "Hudson's got a shit ton of explaining to do"
*beep* shit
they got *beep* shit ton of explaining to do
Hudson M9 Union Jack Livery in RICO on Switch/PS4. 2 Player Co-op with Silly Things like Slide Tackles, Ridiculous Ragdoll Physics and of Course Tracers. Lockdown DLC adds New Weapon Set at Lower Cost in Completion Points
@@luislongoria6621 good to know
"hit with an anti aircraft missile and just shakes it off"
welcome to call of duty pal :D
Agreed
I shot a dude up close with an rpg I die but he doesn't
@@joshualukevisser7354 thats what happens if you use something like a RPG like a complete douche.
@@moffarazor1 Yep, you don't even need Blast Shield to survive it nowadays.
put the song from taylor swift under it :-P
Welcome to Call of Duty? LOL. I saw that happening 11 years ago in BF: Bad Company 2, and later in every newer BF game, while the first time I saw it in CoD was in Black ops 3 which came out in 2018.
The joy on his face when he said "It's a SPAS-12, what do ya want?" It's actually pretty cool that you reached out to a professional.
This video just made me realize that Treyarch totally skipped including a Soviet pistol in the game. So much so that they had a Soviet guard armed with a 1911....
Yep. They could have had the Scorpion vz. 61 as a machine pistol instead of the Raffica, it would have fufilled the soviet firearm as well as the automatic pistol archetype.
Hopefully they add a soviet secondary in the upcoming seasons. The game really shipped in a half-assed state for firearm representation.
@@SkyNinja759 hopping for a Makarov soon
An interesting detail in game is that in the Vietnam sections of the game the AK 47’s weapon model switches to a Chinese type 56 AK
This guy has the best job in the world
exactly, imagine having a job like that 😍 would actually looking forward to going to work everyday
I have a job like that. There’s a lot of excel and forms.
It'll probably be like being a warehouse/inventory manager except for guns.
Yikes
ye
The game definitely looks good but I’d prefer to see him go over Modern Warfare 2019. The animations and graphics on the guns are much better looking imo
YES PLEASE
I have both Cold War is like modern warfare with more content only reason modern warfare seems better is bc they made the recoil on guns waaaaaYYYYY more realistic and the guns junp EVERYWHERE as where Cold War took recoil back too the original black ops style which is my favorite IMO
They messed up with the fire selectors in cod 2019. You can only switch from semi to full on like the first mission and after that its all full auto. In real life you don’t use full auto unless you have a machine gun, and your suppressing the enemy so people can move. They got some small details of the guns wrong as well. Overall way better than any other cod before it.
Its also because different studios made modern warfare and cold war
@@islas357 just switch it to semi then, i did that in realism mode
11:47
"If you get killed, walk it off."
-Captain America
They didn't show him the part where the QBZ-95 was in the game, a gun made in the mid-90's set in a game that takes place in 1981.
I have 4 words. Call of duty logic.
or the pp bizon (bullfrog is the in game name) submachine gun with the helical round mag, the bizon didn't exist until 1993
Or the Ksp which is an UMP also made in the 90s.
It wasn't even fielded until the early 2000's.
@Brandon M QBZ83 doesn't exist. The QBZ naming system didn't come into use until the mid/late 90's and the weapon depicted in the game wasn't in the hands of soldiers until the early 2000's.
During the cold war period when the game is set, chinese forces would be equipped with either an AK or SKS variant.
Indeed, for a Cold War themed game, they took TOO many liberties with this game.
casual people arent gonna realize these things, besides its not as if black ops is known for its realism
@@apex_xd8907
Black ops 2-4 isn’t because of its futuristic/sci-fi setting.
With Black Ops 1 they were somehow on point with a few anachronisms.
Casual or not, you shouldn’t take too many liberties, you should be on point and not be lazy, I mean Weapons that I haven’t seen before were even invented purposely for this game. There were also some anachronisms, weapons that are at least 10 years in advance. What also shocked me, was seeing RUSSIAN troops, armed with NATO weapons.
@@jbk19xx57 bruh idk bout u but i dont play games to look for communists using american guns, sure its kinda dumb when u think about it, but saying that they took too many liberties implies that it diminishes the game's value. It honestly really doesnt matter
You do realize it’s a game it can take liberties
@@jbk19xx57 think you're being abit biased to BO1 there. If Cold War took too many liberties to you then BO1 should be just as guilty: having optical sights on SMGs in the '60s, majority of the guns being anachronistic, even things like the US hadn't lost the war in Vietnam at that point like Hudson states in the campaign as it was still very much ongoing..
You can very clearly tell this guy not only loves his job, but is also understanding of mistakes that people may make about guns.
Too often you see a gun expert review a game and they're like "well 5.56 ballistics are very balanced into one direction made to completely bounce around any impact point on a tango target and taking them out so hitting someone more than 1 time is unrealistic"
This guy understands what games are, and understands that games sometimes have to be unrealistic, and even very obviously plays games himself.
Gamespot: Scoped revolvers don't exist
GIGN: *Am I a joke to you?*
I was gonna say didn't they have one with a bipod and scope for close quarters precision shooting with hostage situations?
@@brentlacey5 That wouldn't be for close quarters combat...
Also, one thing to note is that the GIGN is most likely the only unit who uses that type of revolver
@@elijahvelasco8963 seals used to use revolvers until GWOT for over the beach operations because they where more reliable than semi autos but other than that wheel guns have gone the way of the dodo
I mean, there are people who'll put scopes on their revolvers and hunt with them for an extra challenge.
As an American who has carried a gun professionally and owns many of these fine firearms, it is wonderful to see someone who knows what they are talking about. Thank you for this.
I thought the same thing... I guess an American was too expensive 🤣
As an American
as an American
Yes, as an American I am proud to be an American the gentle in the film was from England. I live in one of the only countries in the freaking world in which I could own anyone of the weapons in that game but the explosives, so yes as an AMERICAN 🇺🇲
@@TexasBorn1835 I actually was wondering as I watched this video if the host was actually allowed to fire these weapons, or if they are display only?
09:55 GIGN actually Has/Had A Scoped revolver in their armory with a bipod back in the days, It Was A Manurhin MR73 with an 8 inch barrel
Since Beretta purchased Chapuis-Manurhin, they've promised to introduce the MR73 8" model for civilian sales and international export.
He knows and talks to Ian but doesn't forgotten weapons.
@@bobdrooples or maybe he just wanted to anoy French viewers
"This is a Chinese type 63, I actually have one" I think you have a lot of guns sir
He would be a welcome addition to America
I mean he does work for a GUN MUSEUM, id imagine he has access to one the biggest armories in the UK aside from the military
"Multiple .50 Cal rounds to the head would be problematic." LOL
That's when you know the guy is British.
i feel like with the spas-12, it makes sense that they aren't using the pump action aspect, because that is usually reserved for shells that dont release enough pressure to cycle the receiver in its automatic function
I’d love to see Ian McCollum do stuff like this
He kind of has. He did some stuff for bf1.
Tbh, its essentially the same group, royal armouries works pretty close with forgotten weapons
He once did a video with total biscuit talking about the guns in BF 1
I remember seeing a comment on his mag7 video suggesting he doesnt really care about games, i could be wrong tho just a memory
I completely agree although i could see ian as being a bit grumpier and not as just chill about the things
Best episode, this guy actually knows what he's talking about
Yup, Barrett makes .50 cal suppressors in house too
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good joke bro
i still can't believe how this single video about "experts react" became such a big deal great series so far! this video kickstarted it all!
Did anyone also tell him that the 20 round magazine for the M16A1 holds 30 rounds in the game instead of 20? Treyarch really half assed this game.
Or that we found an AKS-74U in Vietnam
How about the non-empty shotgun reload animation? Y'know... where he pumps it, despite having an unused shell in the chamber.
Or a cobra sight on the m16
@@Journey_to_who_knows or a Cobra sight existing at all
@@JustSumGuy01 The Vietnam scene is fake, you're character is living fake memories due to MK Ultra, so it does kinda make sense, but at the same time I'm fairly sure Treyarch didn't mean for that to be a nod to that and are just lazy lol
We should get a “Clever Girl” achievement for getting a certain amount of kills with the spas 12
I’d love to see experts react to the cursed attachments for the guns, obvious example suppressed magnum and its 12 round cylinder even tho it had 6 holes
Well suppressing a revolver isn't impossible.. Just hard xD the only one I know of where they've done it successfully is with the nagant m1895 and that's because it has a 2 step action, the first being it presses the cylinder up close and tight against the barrel sealing the gap that usually is what makes suppressing a revolver hard. I'm sure they've come up with other ways in modern times, like the revolvers that looks just like your typical semi auto pistol but actually has a cylinder magazine on the "underbelly" of the pistol hidden by a hatch-ish mechanism, allowing it to be Supressed. It is a revolver, however not your classical one :P
The 12rnds in a 6rnd cylinder however.. Jeez.. Never been much for alot of the CoD games.. The ones I've actually played are the "older" ones with a real solid story line, such as the first Black ops :P
@@Pre.C_King yea, I am aware of that particular revolver. But it has never been in a cod where you can attach a suppressor to it as far as I’m aware. It is curious that no modern revolvers have the same mechanism to seal the cylinder gap. Probably cause they want to keep it simple.
Everybody: Interested in COD Cold War
Me: *wondering why soviets had famas as a main firearm in COD BO 1 campaign*
Alternate reality.
The French surrendered them...
This guy is subtly hilarious, so many “experts react” the expert is usually way too critical and unfunny
@Gibbon no, reddit mods actually try
After just watching him talk about the type 63, it's nice he understands the balance between realism and game balance
After what he said about the type 63 i know he knows nothing about realism and you don't to
@@FirstnameLastname-wo2zq too*
I think u need to do your research
@@FirstnameLastname-wo2zq It's a modified SKS, and hardly a good sniper rifle. But can be a nice marksman weapon of sorts)
@@xxxnyanthecatxxx ok.....
Interesting stuff, he's an author as well of a book on British bullpup guns.
Yeah, I thought I recognized him in the thumbnail since he appeared frequently on Forgotten Weapons during his book's Kickstarter campaign.
Here in November 2024 to rewatch Johnathan's episodes, as there won't be any new episodes :(
Remember what was taken from us
This guy should react to Insurgency: Sandstorm
Yes please!
One of my favorite games I cant run 🙃
YES
Or Squad
Y E S
Don’t forget the stupid modern rails
also modern scope reticles in the cold war era, that got me, ngl
@@get_rektm8501 Black Ops 1 had fucking M4 Spectres and SPAS-12s in the goddamn 60s, with the North Vietnamese using FALs in Hue City.
@@lhongdicc5705 and spas 12 too lol
I hate that shit. They had the chance to put in a period accurate Colt 727 but of course just throw in an M4 with a modern rail and optics despite the gun not entering service until the mid 90's. Why do developers make period games just to toss in modern weaponry?
@@lhongdicc5705 the XM177 colt commando rifle was in Vietnam, although it saw very little use S.O.G did use them
The KSP-45 would’ve been a real head scratcher.
I mean, it kinda looks like UMP had unprotected sex with a Kiparis
@@seanwallcroft6272 if you customise the KSP a certain way it becomes a Spectre.
I live 20 mins away from this museum. It's free and full of weapons.
are they all deactiveted
@@heypeter6476 It is a standard practice to deactivate firearms that are on display in museums. Since the presenter is from the UK, that would certainly be the case.
Ok
@@CatAT0N1_C Im pretty sure atleast most of the royal armouries weapons are functional, because they also shoot some of the guns
everyone cares
everyone cares
7:51
Jerry Miculek put 6 rounds on target in a second with the Barret 50. Absolutely insane.
@Dylan klebold maybe with some practice. I'm sure he didn't do it just first try
I know this is an old video, but I'm just letting it written that this is officially one of my MOST FAVORITE series on the whole internet, Sir Jonathan in an absolute treasure of a man.
Treyarch on the Krig 6
Designer 1: "Ah a 1980s rifle named 'Ak 5' "
Designer 2: "It's a Swedish gun, we should..."
Designer 1: "Let's make it a Soviet gun because it has AK on it"
Designer 2: "But, Sweden is a...."
Designer 1: "Did I stutter? I SAID LET'S MAKE IT A SOVIET GUN!"
Designer 2: "ok... Imma rename it so they wouldn't notice...."
Belgian FN FNC.
@@stardust_2339 Can be both, since the Ak 5 was derived from the FNC
@@stardust_2339 it is an AK 5 although the FNC would have made much more sense since the AK 5 started production in 1986
@@stardust_2339 it's a mix of both
The krig 6 is based on the first version of the Swedish Ak 5. The green colour and the fire selection having a P for semi automatic (stands for patronvis) give it away. There are also the 5.56 flashguard and the raider stock that are based on the updated version of the ak5 (ak5c).
Not only does he know his guns, he knows his video games also.
Please get this guy to do more videos like this !
I feel like the US town training course is an actual thing from Russia right? I've seen it in multiple games and films.
Also yea the fact he actually play through the games deserves respect!
I think i saw it in a james bond movie too
There were a couple of mock American towns built for KGB use, the most notable being Vinnytsia, in use from '54 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
I like how this guy isn't aiming for the low hanging fruit like "Oh wow he didn't get killed in one or two shots, that's unrealistic." No, he recognizes this is a shooter game and instead inspects the areas of weapon realism that work or don't regardless of the inherent unrealistic quality of the gunplay.
@Daniel Wong yea there is a video of a cop shooting 7 rounds into a guy with a pistol going around the internet
@Daniel Wong ima be honest through, u get shot in the head with any bullet shape or form without a helmet ur probably going to die
Matt from Demoranch had a suppressor for his Barrett, it's almost as big as the gun itself
The biggest at least you tried award.
I honestly appreciate how this guy is genuine and does his job perfectly without being an arse,it's a informative video because he explains it through instead of being those who would just be like "no no no that's incorrect,wrong,blah blah blah"
wow a reviewer that actually knows about video games and not just subject they’re comparing!
I can really appreciate the guy considering game balance and comparing to real life.
Some professionals don't mention it or have a game to reference.
Definitely a great person to have for this video.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good joke
i love how happy he looks whenever he picks up a gun, its clear he loves doing this stuff
With that gloves and all the guns around, he looks like a character from Payday2
The more important bit about the AKs-74u with a drum: the Russians never even produced a drum in 5.45, not even for the RPK-74, and tuck to extended 45-round magazines. Cause they realized drums were cumbersome and unreliable.
And speaking of the revolvers, the only modern military use of revolvers (or the most well known at least) was by the GIGN. They used both scoped and unscoped .357 magnum revolvers in their operations.
DesertAvenger Actually you're wrong. The RPK-16 has a 95 or 96 drum (5.45x39mm) created by Izhmash (Kalashnikov Concern in present day) in 2018. But you're correct about no drum was created or even planned by the Soviet during the days of AK-74 and RPK-74.
@@aguynamedstetchkov4690 that's what I meant, when I said "the Russians" I should've said "the Soviets". Thanks for the correction.
Isn’t that restricting as it can only carry 6 rounds and might not withstand the requirements of today’s urban conflicts which exchange of gun fire can last for 30 minutes if not hours and multiple rounds would be needed?
@@1anre that's because the GIGN often gets into situations where multiple rounds are not a possibility, like hostage situations, etc. where one well placed shot is all they have. Plus, they no longer actively use the revolvers in their operations.
@@1anre they can customize their revolvers to meet different challenges.
Please bring this guy back! As somebody who really loves firearms and video games it’s good to see somebody that actually understands both so fluently! Made my day :)
Haha Anti aircraft round “He just shakes it off” 😂😂😂😂
That was my favorite part lol
Sounds like Multiplayer
neaxtech360 are you also trying to grind launchers to max level?
I know it's a video game but I think the devs need to do research when making games based on real events lol
Yea but they aslo take liberties
To be fair just about nothing in this game’s campaign is real
@@S1deshowRob or is it?
The slogan for the game is “know your history” guess Treyarch and Activision don’t know theirs lmao
They don’t want to make everything real intentionally, it is not a Sim, it’s a videogame.
Trust with the kind of $Billion dollar budget they have, they can employ Armory historians with Phds all over the world like this chap to advice them properly on the period correct models of weapons used in those times.
But they don’t want that, hence the reason they made some not so perfect inclusion of weapons in the game.
I love this guy he's just such a nerd and has so much fun with these
That “Super Villain” looking building in the beginning is what it looks to be an early warning ground based radar. Used for the detection of Ballistic Missiles.
Well, it ain't. Just another weird, up-scaled Chernobyl's nuclear sarcophagus. Only this of the pyramid size. Ridiculous, "Utter Villain," I would say.
I think it is the DON radar
Its the jedi temple
'Metions lack of reflex optics in the '80's'
Me: THANK YOU!
Tho when u consider the colt m4 exists as an xm4 experimental rifle
The plausible reason is that blops agents are using experimental stuff to test out their effectiveness.
Same with the kgb as seen with the weapons on display here.
The multiple shots in the heavy sodier's helmet killed me hasahajshjahja
The M16 but the A1 and the A2 seen in the game is animated with the 20 round magazine but ammo counts it as 30
And the 30 round mag makes it 45.
Pretty sure that's a tradition on the Black Ops games.
Don't forget the 50 round fast reload mag on XM4 is a regular old 30 round STANAG mag xD
In Britain “I need gloves to touch this AR-15”
Americans: literally shoot beer cans out of their AR-15s
Museum pieces.
@@Mike-hc3nn in america they would be toys though, incase you missed the point
@@samshide611 you missed the point of the man working at the museum and the weapons not being his. Probably a different country too
@@samshide611 Indeed, kids in America even bring these toys to school to play with their friends, they can only do it once though.
@@brunovazquez1 way too far, even if it's sarcasm. That is not a joking matter.
5:10 Spas 12 in Payday 2 has changeable ammo and depending on the load it's either pump or semi.
I’ve never played Pay Day 2 but that’s probably the closest depiction of the spas in any game
Have this guy react to the +400 realistic firearms in Hotdogs horseshoes and Hand grenades. This actually simulates the Spas-12 switching between pump and semi-auto.
Yup, and after 400 hours I still cant switch back from pump consistently...
@@marcusborderlands6177 true
Make sure to show him the “9 round magazine” revolver attachment in mp. I’d love to see his thoughts and how and why that’s wrong on so many levels
Wait, what? I googled, but couldn't find it. What is it called? I'm very curious.
What caliber is it? S&W have a 7 shot 357 and multiple 9shot 9mm revolvers for competition
@@brendanmarriott661 There also have been belt fed revolvers in the past. Albeit not really widespread^^
@@marcwittkowski5146 my examples are widespread available, even Taurus has 7 shot revolvers
@@brendanmarriott661 I'm not disagreeing with you, I just wanted to mention other examples.
The US actually did send weapons including thompson smg, 1911 etc to USSR as part of the lend lease
So CoD basically went from 80% realism to like, 25% lol
because modern warfare is 80% realistic? wtf do you mean, you do know the marines dont slide over 10 meters when in a firefight right?
@@Moreauger He's talking about guns.
uhmmm different studio
@@nguyenbaohuy8638 shouldn’t matter what studio. Take some time to research the material. Simple🤷🏾♂️
@@416kingkhufu you dont understand my point
This guy should definitely do a review of Modern Warfare (2019)
well lucky you they posted a video 15 hours ago 🤣
Man you absolutely rule!!!! I've literally spent 3 and a bit hours watching everything you've done ✔thank you
this guy would love the weapons customization in Escape from Tarkov
Yus
@Daniel Wong EFT literally has the most accurate ballistics and ammunition system of any current FPS. The health system however is not, for balancing reasons. It would be a bit shit if every time your armor tanked a 7.62 round your ribs broke and you're as good as dead anyway.
@@modernmaster55 The armor is way too strong in Tarkov, especially the helmets. No helmet can just tank rifle rounds like they do in game.
@@G-Mastah-Fash Not how game design works at all. Gameplay should be the primary concern. Realism always comes after gameplay, even in games that aim to be as realistic as possible.
@Daniel Wong Ah okay, so taking a painkiller to fix a broken leg is realistic in your book I take it. Stop bullshitting. Also the ballistics are correct, a lot of chestplates will stop rifle rounds, breaking your ribs in the process but they'll be stopped. The fact that in the game you can just carry on after such an event is attributed to the health system, which I already addressed. I'm personally fine with the health system as is as it makes the game realistically playable.
Looks like he’s in some random American’s house.
Linus gun Tips
@Spain ball Damn you must be pretty rich. Care to send me something?
@Spain ball Hey mine too!
@@Conscrpt 😂😂😂😂😂
I got like 20 guns In my house rn 😳
The lack of pistols in the game is really getting under my skin. And I know they are just holding back on them to put in later to cater to this “Games Service” model. Even though it’s not under a season pass, you need to have it right up front like MW2.
I wish the Stoner 63 had more customizations Eugene Stoner made the receiver of the Stoner 63 to be a universal firearm from belt fed to bren to magazine fed carben and finally remote control turret I wish some one would start making civilian models again
It's neat that Jonathan is an expert on guns but he's also clearly well versed in video games. He seems willing to let some realism slide if it means you get a game that's more fun it.
Jonathan seems like the type of guy i could sit down with and chat about guns with for hours. He demands your presence with his very articulate style and presentation. Well done
This just makes you appreciate how good the weapon selection was in the first BO... even if there were a few Anachronist ones, it had some really representantive Cold War ones like the Uzi, Mac, RPK, HK21, FAL and even the rare G11.
Should get him to react to Modern Warfare 2019's weapons and compare the two games
They actually did a lot of research on that time period that’s why it’s better
Lol i want to see how black ops fanboys react and defend their game logic
@@farhanaliazhar5078 “We’re black ops, so we test all the new stuff”
He just did, they uploaded the video today
@@mcnalga and if you watch it, you'll notice my comment was featured :P
Nothing sums up the Call of Duty experience quite like an APC exploding after a few LMG shots while a soldier survives a SAM exploding inches from his face.
Oh my gawd he’s got my baby in the background, a Stoner-63
I'm loving the Stoner 63 in the background.
So funny the multiple .50bmg rounds to the head part. He puts it very lightly that there would be factors other than penetration like his head snapping back, what he meant to say was the force from the round would decapitate the victim if the helmet somehow withstood the round.
That was weirdly very relaxing.. dude seems like a very cool guy, good job on this one GameStop! I like the idea of it
The Dshk fires the 12.7×108mm anti-material cartridge. very capable of chewing threw the (comparatively light) armour of armoured fighting vehicles.
i love how happy Jonathan looks doing these
That armor the enemy is wearing is op, one guy took a 50 bmg to the head and it just stunned him, and the other guy took a direct hit with an anti-aircraft missile and was also just stunned.
The classic cod juggernaut soldier
But spetsnaz flavor.
Please bring this guy back every year
Another inaccuracy with BOCW is the use of holographic sights which didn’t come around until the 90s. 1996 was when the first holographic sight was made by I believe EOTech
Yeah it was made by EOTech
Oh the irony, the creators does know their history.