Been wanting to make a video covering old school Call of Duty, just was afraid of the interest in it. The "Golden Age" era of Call of Duty takes a back seat itself and has its own nostalgia aura, leaving an even further back era with the true classic Call of Duties. Often people will forget about them because they are drastically different from what we have today, but I appreciate them. They are in a catalogue of WWII games that have yet to be matched today by new standards. For you old folk, I'm 22, I can appreciate these classics and I am glad to have been around for this era. I have a soft spot for Big Red One, one of my first video games ever. Hope you all enjoyed the video.
Right on the same boat with you man 22 as well glad I got experience some of these old cods as well when I was younger like Cod Finest hour Cod 2 Cod Big Red one and a little bit of Cod 3
3:35 minor correction (yeah yeah, just like with Putin's half an hour wall of trivia, I'm Russian too after all) due to people often mistaking the numbers of *total* and _military_ losses: out of 27 million lost about 16 million were civilians. Nazis really wanted some "living space", so they just burned villages with the people. Or took anyone who could work and move them by train to Europe, where the new "Eastern Worker" would be worked to death. Oh, and after all workforce was extracted, the village would get burned down to ashes and chimneys. Tens of thousands of villages (which weren't just a small kind, one could've had a thousand or couple thousand people live in it) were forever removed from the map. Even a clearly caricature character such as Reznov is nowhere near as atrocious as Nazis and their lapdogs were. At least he murdered soldiers, you know. Also, in battle of Moscow they didn't send the barely trained recruits, they actually have sent about a half of whatever army was present in Far East, at the border with Japanese Empire. Said army was rushed to Moscow and they went to the front right from parade organised by Stalin in an attempt to lift up the morale of Moscow's population.
(circa) 5:10 yup, not only that part, but also soviets calling their enemy "fascists". And a lot more, I bet. Game of my childhood, really. Loved it back then, really wanted more, shame CoD3 was on consoles... Thanks for the vid btw
I was a kid when these games came out, my formative years and palate for video games were developed by these masterpieces. While graphically, they really pale to today's quality. They're lightyears ahead in story, character and life. Moreover, these games helped form a desire and love for Military History, which never died out. I'm 31, but I'm glad there's still youth who got to experience what I experienced as a kid, and see the same things I saw that brings a tear to my eye when I see them here on youtube. A bygone age of video games that shall never be again.
CoD UO and COD2 were my childhood. I miss logging into the BH (black hats) server. 20 years later I can remember the names of the guys I spent hundreds of hours playing search and destroy with. Miss you guys
Bro we are still there, CoD2 and CoD UO are still being played. Yeah the scenes are smaller and mostly organized around discord now. But even on UO (main game that I play) we have tournaments with like 16 teams signing up. vCoD and CoD2 are even bigger.
Played a shit ton of S+D with other clans. TAG clan, =W= clan and I even started my own clan s2k (shoot to kill) and made my own server and website. Good old days.
We might not ever get a remake of COD2, but those RTX Remix modders are doing some cool stuff with these old games. WaW and COD4 already have some nice looking projects out there. Might make for a cool playthrough.
Call of Duty 2 is so badass. Its my favorite CoD for sure. The Campaign is so cinematic for 2005, and still looks good today. Also, you can still find matches on Xbox, and some that play daily. No gimmicks, just guns, grenades, and wits. Other than the PPSH, it’s a pretty balanced multiplayer. CtF is such a blast. Big ups to posting a CoD2 video!!!
@F-18Super as someone who used to prefer 3 over 2 after replaying 3 I can say it's a little more clunky. The multi-player in 3 was fun with the tanks though
@@TheBestGamersifyWW2 is shit Calls itself WW2 and yet only represents 1st Infantry Division like COD 2 Big Red One No British, Soviets, Italy nor Japan
Old CODs: Focus on historical, heroic battles. Gives brutal and gritty feel of war from cinematic perspective. COD in 2020's: "play time is over when nicki drops in!"
Defending Hill 400 was one of the toughest mission's I can remember playing when it first came out and still stick with me to this day. Stuck with me to the point that I remember looking up the real life story of the battle itself. Just to appreciate it more after the fact
This highlights the fact that current Activision executives have absolutely no clue about what made Call of duty so popular in the first place. It used to be about storytelling from one soldier's perspective in a dark time, long before they've clownified war as a whole to catch on the Fortnite trend. I love your channel, keep on doing the good work!
I really hope the campaign in Six Days in Fallujah will feel like this. It has the brutally honest depiction of war. It plans to relay stories from real survivors of the battle including soldiers and civilians. It even has the quotes on victory and defeat screens.
1 thing, the Price family starts in COD 1, not 2. COD 1 was my first and I remember specifically being confused seeing a Captain Price in Modern Warfare
Even though I only ever played Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty Big Red One, I completely agree. Something about the older COD games has a certain touch and feel. Never gonna forget them.
oh my god dude you are a master at video transitions and keeping the watcher immersed great job. i also didnt expect you to pull hill 400 out as an example, most people when they talk about the game often ignore it and its my favorite mission for the same reasons you just stated, pretty much everything i wanted to say about this game that i couldnt put into words you said expertly. if someone asks me why i like cod2 i will just show them this video. well done you just earned a subscriber. also another great example is in the russian defence where you repel and counter attack after the germans yelling into the charge, and then you counter charge with an oorah so strong it sends shivers down my spine everytime, followed up by the music they really knew what they were doing to play with your feelings.
I’ve been playing WaW and black ops 1 again recently and I’ve been flooded with nostalgia and analysis type UA-cam videos on the series and I’m loving it. It’s great to take a step back and reflect on not only what COD was built on but to acknowledge the care the devs put into the classic titles in a time where greed has ruined the gaming industry. AAA developers really need to take a step back to reflect on there roots and make a game not for the money, but for the love of creating games. That’s why Indie developers are succeeding so much this day in age. Anyways, great video my man, you earned a sub today 🔥
CoD 2 Big Red One was the version released for the PS2 and a younger me didn't have a memory card. So every day id come home from school and play the entire campaign up to the B-24 mission and just play that one over and over. Brooklyn's death is still one of the most emotional moments in gaming history to me. I will always miss this era if gaming and im always glad when I play these games again.
Can confirm was COD1, but before the Tripitz mission. His plane was shot down and he was captured by the jerry, you rescue him as the Americans alongside Major Ingram. He goes on a mission or two, such as the dam one, before succumbing to his fate defending you as you plant charges on the Tripitz
Yeah, Price (not always the same character) was a staple of all Infinity Ward games. Always a main commanding character in the story, but not the protagonist. It was only after Infinity Ward lost basically everyone there after MW2 that that really changed.
@@theWheezy yeah he was in CoD1 but that's the one game I can admit is not really aged that well. Except first two mission from each nation perspective it's heavily reminiscent of it's time and Medal of honor, I remember being frustrated being in some missions practicaly solo. it's expansion, United offensive tho, you should definitely try that one, that's Band of Brothers the game. American Campaing in UO is almost dirrect continuation of American campain from CoD1 tho so maybe run them together. And in case you really play and ever make video about this, I will mention something that nobody else ever mentions. In CoD1 you play as private(?) Martin. In UO you are playing as private Riley. In first mission of UO, defending the foxholes US lines around Bagstone, there is wounded character being pulled back by his comrade, he is called Sgt Martin. I always assumed that wounded Martin in UO is actually your main character from CoD1. Which is nice easter egg and enviromental story telling as that explains where Martin from CoD1 is.
I bought the most recent call of duty game. The new modern warfare. And the first screen I see after getting past the “press X to start” is an advertisement to spend more money That’s where the downfall of call of duty is
Cod 3 was my first cod ever. I know when it comes to the classics, it gets a lot of hate but i loved it and still do. It holds a special place in my heart. I'll admit I'm biased having not played 1 or 2, and 3 being my first one. But... I don't care. Also, one thing i love, that the new ganes just don't do amd outright refuse to do is is putting the player in the shoea of a soldier. I'm tired of playing some kind of specialist or operator. It's gotta stale. I miss just being a soldier, one amongst many, fighting a war on the front lines trying their best not to die. The new cods don't do this. The older games had a sort of "brothers in arms" feel that the new games don't have because they focus so much on you being some kind of specially trained operator that it feels almost unrelatable. I remember playing cod 3 and feeling like "these are my men, we fight and die together" i don't get that playing mw2-3 2022-23. I know it sounds ridiculous to some people but it's genuinely how i feel. I miss being a soldier. An actual soldier. Not some fake super hero the new games what you to be.
Cod 3 is a good game that suffered mainly from its rushed development. Despite this, it easily has the second best multiplayer of the era, behind only United Offensive.
CoD 3 has really bad aim down sights sentitivity issues. However, other than that, I like it. The weapon models were really amazing and made the weapons feel vary amazing to use.
I played the original Modern Warfare & WaW when I was 10 years old, and then I got and played the original COD and COD2. I didn't play any of the games beyond WaW. It feels funny to hear people talk about MW3 and BO2 with nostalgia and as the pinnacle of FPS gaming. I remember both these games (and actually MW2 too) not being very well received by older gamers at the time. I think a major part of the difference is the focus on the singleplayer part. The first two games have lengthy and quite challenging campaigns with a variety of maps and scenarios. Later entries in the series have shorter, more Hollywood style stories.
Desert campaing was the soul of this campain, something that have no seen before, and no after...a forgotten front that was essential to win the war and stop the Nazi potential... the control of the Suez Canal was the control of the Middle East, and its oil, with which Germany would have defeated the urss and keep its power in europe
Call of duty 2 on 360 was god tier. Played the demo and it was like I had just smoked crack. Spent an insane amount of hours on the campaign AND the multiplayer… crazy how different the multiplayer was compared to now yet it was still so fun. Man I’m getting old
I'm so glad you chose COD2 for this one. You focused to cover the more thematic and atmospheric aspect of the game, which of itself is indeed as great as you described, but there's another layer of greatness people don't realize in this game. The gameplay. None of the "Classic" ww2 cod games did what cod2 did with the gameplay. Well, besides waw but only because it was based on cod2. COD2 literally founded the gameplay mechanics that all COD campaigns based their gameplay on up to 2016. Regenerating health, 2 weapon slots + lethal and tactical grenades. And most importantly, it laid the foundation of the COD campaign AI system we all know and love and which is what made COD campaigns what they are in combination with everything else. COD2 isn't just a great classic title. It's the title that defined COD campaigns forever.
I'm playing Call of Duty Finest Hour on the Xbox, opening scene gave me goosebumps. I can say as much I have enjoyed some the 'newer' games such as ghosts and advanced warfare, nothing gave me quite the feeling Finest Hour did. Call of Duty 3 was fun as it showed so many views of the same conflict. World at War still remains one of my favorites, I wish they would do a graphical remaster.
I remember playing the CoD2 demo at walmart and was blown away by the graphics and sound. Begged my Dad to get it. On Christmas I got CoD2: BRO instead on my ps2. When I finally got an xbox 360 I bought CoD2 and CoD4 at the same time, taking turns on the levels on both campaigns.
I would love to see a video detailing each mission in CoD 2 and even 1. I played them so many times and am still awestruck at the little things and attention to detail. Each playthrough is slightly different because in many of the missions there are slightly different routes to take and you can complete objectives in any order.
IMO the "Classics" was peak Call of Duty. While I certainly don't mind the later ones like MW or Black Ops as their multiplayer was truly something to behold and a big loss that we no longer have that experience as everything needs to be monetized these days. The "classics" will always hold a dear spot in my heart and mind for introducing me to WW2 and opening my eyes to the history of the world. I played all of those older CoDs. I played Finest Hour and Big Red one on ps2. CoD 3 on ps3. And only 4 or so years ago I played the PC releases of these classics. For some reason the stories of these seem to grab me much more than a lot of the newer CoDs have. Maybe because as an essentially unknown grunt, with death all around I feel part of a bigger whole when storming the beaches, fighting street to street in Stalingrad and eating dust in the north of Africa. The classic CoDs are an art that Activision has lost and the likes of which they will probably never regain.
I started right at the beginning with cod1 all those years ago when I was just a little kid. To me the old cods aren’t just good games, but something that reminds me of where I was when I first played them. And for that, they’ll always be special to me.
Older Call of Dutys were so much better. I wish that the upcoming, rumoured, Call of Duty: Black Ops - Gulf War is somehwhat like the older Call of Dutys. Just a not better knowingly Marine storming Falluhjah or Iraq for the first time (1991). With his small squad. But because it is the Black Ops series, it probably be another specialized and small group like campaign.
After Halo CE, my very first game as a kid, Dad and I played CoD Finest Hour. It was so hard but so worth it. When we finally beat the Germans at Remagen Bridge, Dad and I were literally shouting. Some of the best memories of my life. Cod2 got me through some rough times as a kid too. Great job on this video. I credit these games in part with my life long obsession with history.
Simultaneous with D Day was the invasion of Saipan by American forces in the Pacific, My friend Eugene Iconetti fought there with the 4th Marine Division as combat engineer and was a brutal battle just like Normandy in Europe
Man this brought back memories! I remember going to the fire station to hang out with my dad way back when these were popular and actively being released. Sitting there watching grown men in between calls play these CODs on the old play stations really got me into the franchise I now love. I remember even helping these guys finish the levels. Early to mid 2000s was a great time. Man I can almost smell the diesel fuel and the old leather recliners lol
Yeah, I remember many Call of Duty games from the PS2 back in the day, World at War - Final Fronts will always hold a special place in my heart, for sure. Even being so young, that starting with the flamethrowers just hit so hard.
I've also found COD 2's soundtrack to be incredibly powerful. Reminds me of John Williams' score of Saving Private Ryan. The somber blare of trumpets after victory on Hill 400 or the roaring orchestra after defending Stalingrad City Hall. Great stuff.
I still remember playing this game for the first time on 360 at the rec club on SOIW Camp Pendleton August 2006. We had just reported in and were cut loose but had to stay in the area and found myself there playing this game.
My first shooter. Because I was 10 years old the game was actually scary at times. I spend hours in Multiplayer sniping on maps like Toujane & Carentan. COD2, BO1 and MW3 will always be very special to me.
Man, I remember how hype these games were. My first Call of Duty was Big Red One. Gave me an appreciation for the sacrifices that were made almost a century ago. It made me want to play the rest of them, so I rented them from Blockbuster since I only got like 1 maybe 2 games a year.
Dream work interactive while under Spielberg and Lucas worked on the first military shooter in the modern era “medal of honor”. It coincided with the release of “Saving private ryan” and from the very beginning the military FPS was meant to educate the younger generations on the past struggles of Americans at war.
You are actually so radical for this. I still play Call of Duty United Offensive with the United Fronts mod, adds much more needed missions, I loved Call of Duty 2 and its ranger campaigns and Call of Duty 3's Campaigns were so cool with (almost) featuring all the Allies, my favorite campaign was Poland with Bohater
Cod 2 has always been my favorite, and among the very first video games I played as a kid. I revered WW2 history, and the brave guys that took part and CoD2 was so so respectful to the history. Hearing that Reagan speech at the end of the Du Hoch defense is cool, and what's really awesome is with the second disc seeing the interview with one of the actual Rangers that took part in the battle which is based upon Randall and Taylor. A part of me wonders what a remake might look like now, but it may not be so good, and it's probably not big enough for them anyway.
CoD 2 was my first CoD and was my favorite for a while. There was quite a lot of scrapped content that I wished was added as a DLC atleast but it was such a blast. Definitely one of the most memorable WW2 games for me and I still wish today Sergeant Randall returned
Good to see people still know about the classics, not just the PC games but the PS2 games too, its quite nostalgic to see that despite never actually playing them back in the day
I've been there since the beginning, baby, and even remember being a kid in Best Buy during the launch of CoD 3 playing it on a couch they had set up in their gaming area.
I find it funny hte mention of how "Price isn't the portagonist" for these classic games, but we forget that Price wasn't the main character in Modern Warfare 1 or 2 either. It was only when Infinity Ward was gutted by Acitvision after MW2 that the neo-Infinity Ward came in (with help from Sledgehammer) and simply misunderstood the Modern Warfare franchise. Soap was the protagonist, not Price.
From United Offensive, Finest Hour to Big Red One, COD2 and even COD3, all of these games defined my childhood. What was so good about these games is that you were one among the flock. You weren't this special operations guy carrying out impossible tasks and destroying the enemy in special missions. You are one man among thousands. You are not special. It felt like fighting a war, not watching an Hollywood scene.
Since January I had no internet, and to distract myself I looked for some files on my old PC, where I found Call of Duty 1 and the expansion, I decided to play it again but this time on the veteran difficulty, Call of Duty 1 has a health system first aid kit base, but on veteran difficulty there is NO first aid kit in all the campaigns, and to make myself suffer more I decided to do a no hit, it took me a week to finish the base game and I am playing the expansion also on veteran and no hit
hill 400 is the most overwhelmed ive ever felt in any game ive played, and that's why i think cod 2 is one of my favorite games ive played i had already beaten the modern warfare trilogy a dozen times before playing it, but after finishing the cod 2 campaign i cant see the newer games the same anymore
I played this game long time ago and had a blast, recently I decided to play it again and finish it since last time I left it unfinished. I was not sure which call of duty it was, so after some not thorough research I got call of duty world at war, I thought thats the one I played. I finished it anyways and honestly didn't enjoy it very much and I thought it would be the same for call of duty 2, I thought its just some type of pleasure that you only experience when you are a child and play the game for the first time. still I was curious to know which call of duty I played. finally I got call of duty 2 I instantly recognized it and realized how the graphics quality is lower compared to World at war. still I played the frist mission and suddenly I had the exact feeling that I had when I was a kid. THE IMMERSION, I don't know what is it about this game, but I feel like I am really in a frontline. the soldiers around you mean something to you when they get killed it upsets you. although the game is linear still it gives you some sense of freedom to you. the battlefields are bigger you can move around. and you are just a normal soldier like the others and the hero in the game is not going to constantly shout at you as if the others don't matter. you feel part of the group. but not the main part. the sound design in this game is amazing. you hear gun shots, enemy shouting, your commrads shouting. its hellish. and its amazing. already started my second run on veteran.
My first COD was finest hour. I remember seeing the commercial for COD2 Big Red One and it was all i could play after i got it for christmas that year. I think it was 2005/2006 when big red one came out?
The soundtrack made these earlier games. Spielberg was very insistent that it be a big part of the game in the early MOH games. It passed over to the early CODs but after Modern Warfare it wasn’t the same.
I named my first dog after the american character in CoD 2; Taylor. That was ages ago; he has since grown old and is no longer with us. Goes to show how time flies, huh?
4:55 female soldiers have been in the game since Finest Hour and no one complained, butVanguard came out and had you playing as a female russian sniper people were mad lol they never played Medal of Honor Underground (yes Mannon was French I know)
I think i played my first old cod in the bo4 days. I loved it. So much fun and a good challenge. Severly underated and underappreciated for what they ultimately paved the way for.
gosh.. i remember CoD 2. if my memory serves me right, I had to put 6 different CDs to install the game. I still remember the time I was listening to the music while the installation was going on. Since Saving Ryan Private and Band of Brothers, there were so many WW2 games in early-mid 2000s. Too bad I didn't have financial independence like now.
call of duty big red one was absolutely amazing on ps2, games will never be the same to the ones back then, i remember i literally cried when sgt kelly died you watch them through the whole game go from pvt to sgt in many crazy battles then get killed by a bloody land mine.
Early CoD's had a unique feel to them. So many great memories with those games. Unlike anything they would put out later. You truly feel like a small cog in a huge war machine. The desperation of the Soviet campaign, the overwhelming odds of the British campaign, and the amazing set pieces for the American campaign are what I remember most. They just don't make games like that anymore. The attention to detail was next level and they cared about educating the player about how awful the war truly was.
The only problem COD2 has for me is that each campaign was just a little too short I would've absolutely loved missions based of the Operation Bagration, Market Garden, and the Ardennes Offensive
I've replayed some old cod games on the ps2 this month and I'm surprised by how well they've stood the test of time. Specially world at war, never has a game made me feel so tense with frenetic action from start to finish. COD 3 is also really good.
That slow eerie main menu them for CoD2 is so nostalgic for me. Beat the campaign like 4 times when I was just 8 years old. 26 now.. the multiplayer is still awesome cause it’s OG
To me, cod4 and above can go to hell and i dont miss them. CoD1-2 is basically the true "boots on the ground" and "You are nothing but common soldier" games. Not even CoD WaW came close cuz u feel like u treated special.
"These are potatos Commander Commisar! why are we using potatoes instead of real guns?" "Because real grenades are valuable! in fact, they are worth a lot more than you are!"
The original Call of Duty was my introduction to the series. It's unfortunate how painfully bad how the series strayed so far from it's humble beginnings. Stories eventually focused on dude bro pseudo tacticool settings with individual characters instead of a grander more macro perspective.
Here I am still remembering when the first Call of Duty was advertised as being made by people who worked on the Medal of Honor games - a fact that's more obvious in the earlier games
Been wanting to make a video covering old school Call of Duty, just was afraid of the interest in it. The "Golden Age" era of Call of Duty takes a back seat itself and has its own nostalgia aura, leaving an even further back era with the true classic Call of Duties. Often people will forget about them because they are drastically different from what we have today, but I appreciate them. They are in a catalogue of WWII games that have yet to be matched today by new standards.
For you old folk, I'm 22, I can appreciate these classics and I am glad to have been around for this era. I have a soft spot for Big Red One, one of my first video games ever. Hope you all enjoyed the video.
Right on the same boat with you man 22 as well glad I got experience some of these old cods as well when I was younger like Cod Finest hour Cod 2 Cod Big Red one and a little bit of Cod 3
3:35 minor correction (yeah yeah, just like with Putin's half an hour wall of trivia, I'm Russian too after all) due to people often mistaking the numbers of *total* and _military_ losses: out of 27 million lost about 16 million were civilians. Nazis really wanted some "living space", so they just burned villages with the people. Or took anyone who could work and move them by train to Europe, where the new "Eastern Worker" would be worked to death. Oh, and after all workforce was extracted, the village would get burned down to ashes and chimneys. Tens of thousands of villages (which weren't just a small kind, one could've had a thousand or couple thousand people live in it) were forever removed from the map. Even a clearly caricature character such as Reznov is nowhere near as atrocious as Nazis and their lapdogs were. At least he murdered soldiers, you know.
Also, in battle of Moscow they didn't send the barely trained recruits, they actually have sent about a half of whatever army was present in Far East, at the border with Japanese Empire. Said army was rushed to Moscow and they went to the front right from parade organised by Stalin in an attempt to lift up the morale of Moscow's population.
(circa) 5:10 yup, not only that part, but also soviets calling their enemy "fascists". And a lot more, I bet. Game of my childhood, really. Loved it back then, really wanted more, shame CoD3 was on consoles...
Thanks for the vid btw
I was a kid when these games came out, my formative years and palate for video games were developed by these masterpieces.
While graphically, they really pale to today's quality. They're lightyears ahead in story, character and life.
Moreover, these games helped form a desire and love for Military History, which never died out. I'm 31, but I'm glad there's still youth who got to experience what I experienced as a kid, and see the same things I saw that brings a tear to my eye when I see them here on youtube.
A bygone age of video games that shall never be again.
Do United offensive..come on do it. No regrets I promise.
CoD UO and COD2 were my childhood. I miss logging into the BH (black hats) server. 20 years later I can remember the names of the guys I spent hundreds of hours playing search and destroy with. Miss you guys
Bro we are still there, CoD2 and CoD UO are still being played. Yeah the scenes are smaller and mostly organized around discord now. But even on UO (main game that I play) we have tournaments with like 16 teams signing up. vCoD and CoD2 are even bigger.
What clans are still playing?@@Valleybucker
Entire UO is a great game, i love it and yes, very nostalgic! :)
Played a shit ton of S+D with other clans. TAG clan, =W= clan and I even started my own clan s2k (shoot to kill) and made my own server and website. Good old days.
Going through CoD2 Campaign is a yearly thing for my friends and me.
Cod 2 is the goat
We might not ever get a remake of COD2, but those RTX Remix modders are doing some cool stuff with these old games. WaW and COD4 already have some nice looking projects out there. Might make for a cool playthrough.
That's awesome af that you got friends to go through such an old masterpiece to this day!
I grew up on cod 2
same here
Call of Duty 2 is so badass. Its my favorite CoD for sure. The Campaign is so cinematic for 2005, and still looks good today. Also, you can still find matches on Xbox, and some that play daily. No gimmicks, just guns, grenades, and wits. Other than the PPSH, it’s a pretty balanced multiplayer. CtF is such a blast.
Big ups to posting a CoD2 video!!!
I see it on sale for 10 dollars right now
I just don’t get why everyone overlooks COD 3. Take everything good about COD2, refine it and make it cinematic and boom COD3
@F-18Super as someone who used to prefer 3 over 2 after replaying 3 I can say it's a little more clunky. The multi-player in 3 was fun with the tanks though
@@F-18Super cod 3 doesnt have a PC version so audience is a bit smaller atleast.
indeed ^_^
Remember when Call of Duty was a military war drama action?
I missed the old Call of Duty.
If you want that again, try call of duty worl war 2
@@TheBestGamersifyWW2 is shit
Calls itself WW2 and yet only represents 1st Infantry Division like COD 2 Big Red One
No British, Soviets, Italy nor Japan
Old CODs: Focus on historical, heroic battles. Gives brutal and gritty feel of war from cinematic perspective.
COD in 2020's: "play time is over when nicki drops in!"
The SFX are unmatched, especially the artillery, it’s loud and piercing, unlike the soulless quite artillery SFX in the most recent COD WW2 entry
Defending Hill 400 was one of the toughest mission's I can remember playing when it first came out and still stick with me to this day. Stuck with me to the point that I remember looking up the real life story of the battle itself. Just to appreciate it more after the fact
Same here man.
Great job showcasing the details and storytelling in the old Call of Duty games! Also, I really like the soundtrack the music is spot on!
This is why I still have the Old Call of Duty Trilogy.
Would like to see a Remaster or a Revival of WWII Call of Duty.
This highlights the fact that current Activision executives have absolutely no clue about what made Call of duty so popular in the first place.
It used to be about storytelling from one soldier's perspective in a dark time, long before they've clownified war as a whole to catch on the Fortnite trend.
I love your channel, keep on doing the good work!
Thats all AAA titles. Passion went away, and they embraced greed.
I really hope the campaign in Six Days in Fallujah will feel like this. It has the brutally honest depiction of war. It plans to relay stories from real survivors of the battle including soldiers and civilians. It even has the quotes on victory and defeat screens.
Like COD 3 had, on death screens it had famous quotes from famous leaders
That sounds promising but that game is brutal and probably will never feel like CoD.
Even a missed shots will make the player character too shooked up until they checked that they aren't hit at all
1 thing, the Price family starts in COD 1, not 2. COD 1 was my first and I remember specifically being confused seeing a Captain Price in Modern Warfare
some, brother
Yeah, it started on a CoD United Offensive mission where you meet Cpt. Price commanding a SAS Patrol while playing a downed pilot.
@@Gearparadummies no that's other guy you save from camp in CoD1, major Ingram
@@martind5653 Maybe. It's been 20 years and I wasn't a kid when I played it so...
price appears in COD 1 you save him from a Castle in Austria and then he is in all the british campaign
Even though I only ever played Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty Big Red One, I completely agree. Something about the older COD games has a certain touch and feel. Never gonna forget them.
oh my god dude you are a master at video transitions and keeping the watcher immersed great job. i also didnt expect you to pull hill 400 out as an example, most people when they talk about the game often ignore it and its my favorite mission for the same reasons you just stated, pretty much everything i wanted to say about this game that i couldnt put into words you said expertly. if someone asks me why i like cod2 i will just show them this video. well done you just earned a subscriber. also another great example is in the russian defence where you repel and counter attack after the germans yelling into the charge, and then you counter charge with an oorah so strong it sends shivers down my spine everytime, followed up by the music they really knew what they were doing to play with your feelings.
I’ve been playing WaW and black ops 1 again recently and I’ve been flooded with nostalgia and analysis type UA-cam videos on the series and I’m loving it. It’s great to take a step back and reflect on not only what COD was built on but to acknowledge the care the devs put into the classic titles in a time where greed has ruined the gaming industry. AAA developers really need to take a step back to reflect on there roots and make a game not for the money, but for the love of creating games. That’s why Indie developers are succeeding so much this day in age. Anyways, great video my man, you earned a sub today 🔥
CoD 2 Big Red One was the version released for the PS2 and a younger me didn't have a memory card. So every day id come home from school and play the entire campaign up to the B-24 mission and just play that one over and over. Brooklyn's death is still one of the most emotional moments in gaming history to me. I will always miss this era if gaming and im always glad when I play these games again.
I blood boils when someone says old campaigns were bad
7:07 - But Price was introduced in CoD1 (Chateau mission)
Crap really? I haven't ran through COD1 since being a child probably should've researched that instead of going off memory :(
Can confirm was COD1, but before the Tripitz mission. His plane was shot down and he was captured by the jerry, you rescue him as the Americans alongside Major Ingram. He goes on a mission or two, such as the dam one, before succumbing to his fate defending you as you plant charges on the Tripitz
Yeah, Price (not always the same character) was a staple of all Infinity Ward games. Always a main commanding character in the story, but not the protagonist. It was only after Infinity Ward lost basically everyone there after MW2 that that really changed.
Bro Price was in probably all British missions even before Triptitz. You even save him from being held as prisoner by Germans in American mission.
@@theWheezy yeah he was in CoD1 but that's the one game I can admit is not really aged that well. Except first two mission from each nation perspective it's heavily reminiscent of it's time and Medal of honor, I remember being frustrated being in some missions practicaly solo. it's expansion, United offensive tho, you should definitely try that one, that's Band of Brothers the game.
American Campaing in UO is almost dirrect continuation of American campain from CoD1 tho so maybe run them together. And in case you really play and ever make video about this, I will mention something that nobody else ever mentions. In CoD1 you play as private(?) Martin. In UO you are playing as private Riley. In first mission of UO, defending the foxholes US lines around Bagstone, there is wounded character being pulled back by his comrade, he is called Sgt Martin. I always assumed that wounded Martin in UO is actually your main character from CoD1. Which is nice easter egg and enviromental story telling as that explains where Martin from CoD1 is.
I bought the most recent call of duty game. The new modern warfare. And the first screen I see after getting past the “press X to start” is an advertisement to spend more money
That’s where the downfall of call of duty is
i will forever be grateful i had the chance to experience great games without microtransactions. RIP old school gaming...
Cod 3 was my first cod ever.
I know when it comes to the classics, it gets a lot of hate but i loved it and still do. It holds a special place in my heart. I'll admit I'm biased having not played 1 or 2, and 3 being my first one. But... I don't care.
Also, one thing i love, that the new ganes just don't do amd outright refuse to do is is putting the player in the shoea of a soldier. I'm tired of playing some kind of specialist or operator. It's gotta stale. I miss just being a soldier, one amongst many, fighting a war on the front lines trying their best not to die. The new cods don't do this. The older games had a sort of "brothers in arms" feel that the new games don't have because they focus so much on you being some kind of specially trained operator that it feels almost unrelatable. I remember playing cod 3 and feeling like "these are my men, we fight and die together" i don't get that playing mw2-3 2022-23.
I know it sounds ridiculous to some people but it's genuinely how i feel.
I miss being a soldier. An actual soldier. Not some fake super hero the new games what you to be.
Cod 3 is a good game that suffered mainly from its rushed development. Despite this, it easily has the second best multiplayer of the era, behind only United Offensive.
CoD 3 has really bad aim down sights sentitivity issues. However, other than that, I like it. The weapon models were really amazing and made the weapons feel vary amazing to use.
I played the original Modern Warfare & WaW when I was 10 years old, and then I got and played the original COD and COD2. I didn't play any of the games beyond WaW. It feels funny to hear people talk about MW3 and BO2 with nostalgia and as the pinnacle of FPS gaming. I remember both these games (and actually MW2 too) not being very well received by older gamers at the time.
I think a major part of the difference is the focus on the singleplayer part. The first two games have lengthy and quite challenging campaigns with a variety of maps and scenarios. Later entries in the series have shorter, more Hollywood style stories.
Desert campaing was the soul of this campain, something that have no seen before, and no after...a forgotten front that was essential to win the war and stop the Nazi potential... the control of the Suez Canal was the control of the Middle East, and its oil, with which Germany would have defeated the urss and keep its power in europe
Call of duty 2 on 360 was god tier. Played the demo and it was like I had just smoked crack. Spent an insane amount of hours on the campaign AND the multiplayer… crazy how different the multiplayer was compared to now yet it was still so fun. Man I’m getting old
I'm so glad you chose COD2 for this one. You focused to cover the more thematic and atmospheric aspect of the game, which of itself is indeed as great as you described, but there's another layer of greatness people don't realize in this game. The gameplay. None of the "Classic" ww2 cod games did what cod2 did with the gameplay. Well, besides waw but only because it was based on cod2. COD2 literally founded the gameplay mechanics that all COD campaigns based their gameplay on up to 2016. Regenerating health, 2 weapon slots + lethal and tactical grenades. And most importantly, it laid the foundation of the COD campaign AI system we all know and love and which is what made COD campaigns what they are in combination with everything else. COD2 isn't just a great classic title. It's the title that defined COD campaigns forever.
That pipeline mission - so much nostalgia...
"Choose your next words very carefully guardsman" "hmmmm... your words are satisfied me enough good day"
I'm playing Call of Duty Finest Hour on the Xbox, opening scene gave me goosebumps. I can say as much I have enjoyed some the 'newer' games such as ghosts and advanced warfare, nothing gave me quite the feeling Finest Hour did. Call of Duty 3 was fun as it showed so many views of the same conflict. World at War still remains one of my favorites, I wish they would do a graphical remaster.
I remember playing the CoD2 demo at walmart and was blown away by the graphics and sound. Begged my Dad to get it. On Christmas I got CoD2: BRO instead on my ps2. When I finally got an xbox 360 I bought CoD2 and CoD4 at the same time, taking turns on the levels on both campaigns.
One thing I always wished that CoD had done with older games is included the axis as a playable part of the campaign to show their side of things.
Oh man… I would’ve killed to see that. That would’ve opened up so many opportunities to show how morally grey each army was.
I would love to see a video detailing each mission in CoD 2 and even 1. I played them so many times and am still awestruck at the little things and attention to detail. Each playthrough is slightly different because in many of the missions there are slightly different routes to take and you can complete objectives in any order.
IMO the "Classics" was peak Call of Duty. While I certainly don't mind the later ones like MW or Black Ops as their multiplayer was truly something to behold and a big loss that we no longer have that experience as everything needs to be monetized these days. The "classics" will always hold a dear spot in my heart and mind for introducing me to WW2 and opening my eyes to the history of the world.
I played all of those older CoDs. I played Finest Hour and Big Red one on ps2. CoD 3 on ps3. And only 4 or so years ago I played the PC releases of these classics. For some reason the stories of these seem to grab me much more than a lot of the newer CoDs have. Maybe because as an essentially unknown grunt, with death all around I feel part of a bigger whole when storming the beaches, fighting street to street in Stalingrad and eating dust in the north of Africa. The classic CoDs are an art that Activision has lost and the likes of which they will probably never regain.
One CoD i miss to this day is CoD3, that hill defence as the Poles just stick with me, or working with French resistance doing drive by
Good video bro! I remember playing these old ones in your room on that old rocking game chair haha.
lol I am just seeing this now. That rocking chair was so low to the ground, couldn't ever imagine playing on that 😂
@@theWheezy you’re too tall now haha.
I started right at the beginning with cod1 all those years ago when I was just a little kid. To me the old cods aren’t just good games, but something that reminds me of where I was when I first played them. And for that, they’ll always be special to me.
Older Call of Dutys were so much better. I wish that the upcoming, rumoured, Call of Duty: Black Ops - Gulf War is somehwhat like the older Call of Dutys. Just a not better knowingly Marine storming Falluhjah or Iraq for the first time (1991). With his small squad. But because it is the Black Ops series, it probably be another specialized and small group like campaign.
Finest Hour is what got me into shooter games, it’s my absolute fave COD to this day
It's crazy to think that COD 1's intro began with "war is not won by one man but by the lives of many"
After Halo CE, my very first game as a kid, Dad and I played CoD Finest Hour. It was so hard but so worth it. When we finally beat the Germans at Remagen Bridge, Dad and I were literally shouting. Some of the best memories of my life. Cod2 got me through some rough times as a kid too. Great job on this video. I credit these games in part with my life long obsession with history.
Simultaneous with D Day was the invasion of Saipan by American forces in the Pacific, My friend Eugene Iconetti fought there with the 4th Marine Division as combat engineer and was a brutal battle just like Normandy in Europe
Man this brought back memories! I remember going to the fire station to hang out with my dad way back when these were popular and actively being released. Sitting there watching grown men in between calls play these CODs on the old play stations really got me into the franchise I now love. I remember even helping these guys finish the levels. Early to mid 2000s was a great time. Man I can almost smell the diesel fuel and the old leather recliners lol
Yeah, I remember many Call of Duty games from the PS2 back in the day, World at War - Final Fronts will always hold a special place in my heart, for sure. Even being so young, that starting with the flamethrowers just hit so hard.
HILL 400 was my favorite one. Enjoyed of watching this video man. Thanks for bringing my good memories back
Cod legit gave me chills as a little towel, medal of honor too especially rising sun, miss this era loads feel lucky i grew up in it
I've also found COD 2's soundtrack to be incredibly powerful. Reminds me of John Williams' score of Saving Private Ryan. The somber blare of trumpets after victory on Hill 400 or the roaring orchestra after defending Stalingrad City Hall. Great stuff.
I still remember playing this game for the first time on 360 at the rec club on SOIW Camp Pendleton August 2006. We had just reported in and were cut loose but had to stay in the area and found myself there playing this game.
My first shooter. Because I was 10 years old the game was actually scary at times. I spend hours in Multiplayer sniping on maps like Toujane & Carentan. COD2, BO1 and MW3 will always be very special to me.
Man, I remember how hype these games were. My first Call of Duty was Big Red One. Gave me an appreciation for the sacrifices that were made almost a century ago. It made me want to play the rest of them, so I rented them from Blockbuster since I only got like 1 maybe 2 games a year.
Dream work interactive while under Spielberg and Lucas worked on the first military shooter in the modern era “medal of honor”. It coincided with the release of “Saving private ryan” and from the very beginning the military FPS was meant to educate the younger generations on the past struggles of Americans at war.
You are actually so radical for this. I still play Call of Duty United Offensive with the United Fronts mod, adds much more needed missions, I loved Call of Duty 2 and its ranger campaigns and Call of Duty 3's Campaigns were so cool with (almost) featuring all the Allies, my favorite campaign was Poland with Bohater
i remember hearing the line in CoD2 "TIGER TANK" as a kid, and being absolutely terrified. good times
Cod 2 has always been my favorite, and among the very first video games I played as a kid. I revered WW2 history, and the brave guys that took part and CoD2 was so so respectful to the history. Hearing that Reagan speech at the end of the Du Hoch defense is cool, and what's really awesome is with the second disc seeing the interview with one of the actual Rangers that took part in the battle which is based upon Randall and Taylor.
A part of me wonders what a remake might look like now, but it may not be so good, and it's probably not big enough for them anyway.
CoD 2 was my first CoD and was my favorite for a while.
There was quite a lot of scrapped content that I wished was added as a DLC atleast but it was such a blast.
Definitely one of the most memorable WW2 games for me and I still wish today Sergeant Randall returned
Good to see people still know about the classics, not just the PC games but the PS2 games too, its quite nostalgic to see that despite never actually playing them back in the day
First time seeing your channel, but loved that it's this video to introduce me. Great video
Not sure if it counts, but one of my earliest gaming memories is taking cover behind an M5 Stuart in COD 3.
I've been there since the beginning, baby, and even remember being a kid in Best Buy during the launch of CoD 3 playing it on a couch they had set up in their gaming area.
Something about the atmosphere really immerses me. It’s like everything about the game is made to keep you in the character.
keep them coming im here for all of it!!!!LOve the vids bro
I find it funny hte mention of how "Price isn't the portagonist" for these classic games, but we forget that Price wasn't the main character in Modern Warfare 1 or 2 either. It was only when Infinity Ward was gutted by Acitvision after MW2 that the neo-Infinity Ward came in (with help from Sledgehammer) and simply misunderstood the Modern Warfare franchise. Soap was the protagonist, not Price.
From United Offensive, Finest Hour to Big Red One, COD2 and even COD3, all of these games defined my childhood. What was so good about these games is that you were one among the flock. You weren't this special operations guy carrying out impossible tasks and destroying the enemy in special missions. You are one man among thousands. You are not special. It felt like fighting a war, not watching an Hollywood scene.
Who said old cod sucks? Is this the fledgling cod community’s newest strawman?
Another amazing video keep up the good work we all really enjoy it
CoD: 2 Big Red One, my beloved.
Maaann I love your videos, you should make some of them longer I like to listen to them as I do stuff. Great content 🙏
Since January I had no internet, and to distract myself I looked for some files on my old PC, where I found Call of Duty 1 and the expansion, I decided to play it again but this time on the veteran difficulty, Call of Duty 1 has a health system first aid kit base, but on veteran difficulty there is NO first aid kit in all the campaigns, and to make myself suffer more I decided to do a no hit, it took me a week to finish the base game and I am playing the expansion also on veteran and no hit
CoD2 was my first multiplayer game back in 2006 and still remains as favourite CoD
hill 400 is the most overwhelmed ive ever felt in any game ive played, and that's why i think cod 2 is one of my favorite games ive played
i had already beaten the modern warfare trilogy a dozen times before playing it, but after finishing the cod 2 campaign i cant see the newer games the same anymore
I played this game long time ago and had a blast, recently I decided to play it again and finish it since last time I left it unfinished. I was not sure which call of duty it was, so after some not thorough research I got call of duty world at war, I thought thats the one I played. I finished it anyways and honestly didn't enjoy it very much and I thought it would be the same for call of duty 2, I thought its just some type of pleasure that you only experience when you are a child and play the game for the first time. still I was curious to know which call of duty I played. finally I got call of duty 2 I instantly recognized it and realized how the graphics quality is lower compared to World at war. still I played the frist mission and suddenly I had the exact feeling that I had when I was a kid. THE IMMERSION, I don't know what is it about this game, but I feel like I am really in a frontline. the soldiers around you mean something to you when they get killed it upsets you. although the game is linear still it gives you some sense of freedom to you. the battlefields are bigger you can move around. and you are just a normal soldier like the others and the hero in the game is not going to constantly shout at you as if the others don't matter. you feel part of the group. but not the main part. the sound design in this game is amazing. you hear gun shots, enemy shouting, your commrads shouting. its hellish. and its amazing. already started my second run on veteran.
My first COD was finest hour. I remember seeing the commercial for COD2 Big Red One and it was all i could play after i got it for christmas that year. I think it was 2005/2006 when big red one came out?
COD1 was my childhood, the main theme song is just beautiful
The soundtrack made these earlier games. Spielberg was very insistent that it be a big part of the game in the early MOH games. It passed over to the early CODs but after Modern Warfare it wasn’t the same.
I named my first dog after the american character in CoD 2; Taylor. That was ages ago; he has since grown old and is no longer with us. Goes to show how time flies, huh?
i remember my older cousins. and brothers-in-law playing these games. im playing them now on my windows 11
4:55 female soldiers have been in the game since Finest Hour and no one complained, butVanguard came out and had you playing as a female russian sniper people were mad lol
they never played Medal of Honor Underground (yes Mannon was French I know)
Call Of Duty 2 was first COD game I played when I was 6-7 years old, The graphics looked amazing for their time
Who can say that old CoDs sucks man.....WHO!
I think i played my first old cod in the bo4 days. I loved it. So much fun and a good challenge. Severly underated and underappreciated for what they ultimately paved the way for.
cod 2 was my first cod and i seriously loved it. i just recently finished replaying cod2 and seeing a cod2 review is a blessing to me.
That hill 400 montage felt brutal. The ending is really cool too
gosh.. i remember CoD 2. if my memory serves me right, I had to put 6 different CDs to install the game. I still remember the time I was listening to the music while the installation was going on.
Since Saving Ryan Private and Band of Brothers, there were so many WW2 games in early-mid 2000s. Too bad I didn't have financial independence like now.
call of duty big red one was absolutely amazing on ps2, games will never be the same to the ones back then, i remember i literally cried when sgt kelly died you watch them through the whole game go from pvt to sgt in many crazy battles then get killed by a bloody land mine.
Early CoD's had a unique feel to them. So many great memories with those games. Unlike anything they would put out later. You truly feel like a small cog in a huge war machine. The desperation of the Soviet campaign, the overwhelming odds of the British campaign, and the amazing set pieces for the American campaign are what I remember most. They just don't make games like that anymore. The attention to detail was next level and they cared about educating the player about how awful the war truly was.
9:27 is it just me or is the squad leader in D-Day the exact same one that voiced him in Medal of Honor: Frontline?
The legendary Nolan North voiced Sgt. Randall in Call of Duty 2, I believe it’s a different voice actor in Frontlines
The only problem COD2 has for me is that each campaign was just a little too short
I would've absolutely loved missions based of the Operation Bagration, Market Garden, and the Ardennes Offensive
I've replayed some old cod games on the ps2 this month and I'm surprised by how well they've stood the test of time. Specially world at war, never has a game made me feel so tense with frenetic action from start to finish. COD 3 is also really good.
That slow eerie main menu them for CoD2 is so nostalgic for me. Beat the campaign like 4 times when I was just 8 years old. 26 now.. the multiplayer is still awesome cause it’s OG
"Big Red One" fue mi entrada a la franquicia.
To me, cod4 and above can go to hell and i dont miss them. CoD1-2 is basically the true "boots on the ground" and "You are nothing but common soldier" games. Not even CoD WaW came close cuz u feel like u treated special.
Sounds like a you problem, chief.
Cpt. Price in COD 4 "Look at this muppet" - me "easy there mate, I fought the bloody bosch with your grandad yea"
"These are potatos Commander Commisar! why are we using potatoes instead of real guns?"
"Because real grenades are valuable! in fact, they are worth a lot more than you are!"
Your videos are so high quality
Next year COD2 will be 20 years old man I feel old .
The original Call of Duty was my introduction to the series. It's unfortunate how painfully bad how the series strayed so far from it's humble beginnings. Stories eventually focused on dude bro pseudo tacticool settings with individual characters instead of a grander more macro perspective.
Here I am still remembering when the first Call of Duty was advertised as being made by people who worked on the Medal of Honor games - a fact that's more obvious in the earlier games
I recently replayed the entirety of COD 2 and honestly it still holds up fantastically, it is unequivocally better than Vanguard
What about call of duty finest hour and call of duty two big red one?
I fondly remember playing cod 2 on my 360 when I was about 7-8 years old
Call Of Duty 3 will forever and always be my favorite COD