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Also, Woods references being stuck in the “Hanoi Hilton”, one of if not the *worst* POW camp during the Vietnam War. It earned its name from the US soldiers imprisoned there who were treated incredibly inhumanely such as being chained in straining positions, being beaten upside down, and being confined to quarters too small for them while still in shackles. So Woods endured THAT, and *then* watched his men die of starvation one by one as he hung onto the thread of hate that kept him going. Woods is a *BEAST* and we love him for it.
Not only that, he endured six months of that before being shipped over to Da Nang, which, he says, "made the Hilton look good." Get yourself a chad like Woods.
And after all that, he shoots and (maybe) kills his best friend after being manipulated by the man he absolutely despises, then is promptly crippled for life by that said man. Even after all of this, he steps up and becomes a good adoptive father to David, dude surpasses the legend tier
Little fun fact about the man on fire, every Black Ops timeline game (including World at War) the first thing you see after the initial briefing/intro is fire. WaW: The Japanese officer's cigarette Black Ops: Mason's lighter Black Ops 2: The man on fire Black Ops 3: The downed plane Black Ops Cold War: Adler's cigarette The only one that doesn't do this is Black Ops 4's Specialist Story
2 things I also love about Harper's (potential) death scene. Is that he calls back at what he said the begging of the mission when he says, "no matter what happens out there, when the bullets start flying, you CANNOT blow your cover." And in that moment he calls Farid "Egghead" the nickname harper calls him through out the game. By saying "Do it, Egghead! Do your job!" he's trying to discreetly tell Farid to kill him and to keep his cover.
@@freeyourmind1529 there is nothing sad about it farid included because even with Harper survived we got NOTHING that ended my love and respect for this franchise and we were Lied too since the beginning
Yes!! My favorite CoD. I love how Black Ops 2 has decisions/events that literally alter the way the campaign plays out so much so that on one ending Menedez actually can win. And love the loadout customization before each mission
I will never not be angry that treyarch set this new standard for Call of Duty games….only for it to promptly be abandoned and never really come back again (except for Infinite warfare and Cold War to a more limited capacity)
@@TheMasterUnitycold war campaign was basically completely made by raven software to take some of the load off of treyarchs shoulders after being stretched so thin between so many different games and having to finish a game that sledgehammer was only like 30% done with while also working on their next game coming out in 2024. But yeah it was an awesome campaign.
I think a lot of us on the internet, especially now after a whole 10 years have passed since this game came out and we got older, all got to grow up in our early teens in the golden age of COD and COD youtube. And BO2 was not only the peak of that era, but the end of it too. I think thats why so many of us have such a strong connection to this game. I mean yeah it's straight up the best cod game thats come out ever even without all the nostalgia, but really i think this game encapsulates an era that we will never be able to go back to again, one that i think alot of us look back on as some of our best memories
I still remember playing this game when I was in Junior high and looking up the lawsuit from Jonas Savimbi’s family and Manuel Noriega’s appearance in the games and operation Just Cause. Thanks man for bringing back memories I hope it gets remastered.
18:60 It’s unfortunate that most people believe in the misconception that Hudson is truly a traitor when he’s actually loyal. He was pretty much grabbed by the balls by Mendendez and was forced in a lose lose situation. He had to chose the lesser of two evils, and weighed David’s life over Mason’s and even sacrificed HIS own life to spare Wood’s and David’s life.
Black Ops 2 was my first introduction (after Bad Company) in any kind of shooter. I sadly missed the MW2 & MW3 hype... but BO2 gave me so many good times especially with the Zombies mode. Seeing the Zombies cast say goodbye while tearing up after 10 years of story made it so emotional for me too.
"Keep firing at those damn gunboats" Are you sure you didn´t mean to say... "TAKE OUT THOSE FUCKING PT BOATS" I love that bit so much. I am glad that at least some people remember it. Such a great mission
This is the COD/game that REALLY got me into gaming, it was such an amaing game to me. Im so glad that you are doing this game. And even though I didn't play the campaign multiple times some mission stick to my mind, truly a great game.
One of my favorite parts about BO2 is how while there are choices, not all of them matter as much. Harper getting his face burned adds exactly one line of dialogue and changes his model, but that's it. Not shooting Kravchenko adds some dialogue as well, but doesn't actually affect anything. Meanwhile, assassinating Tian Zhao saves the U.S.S. Obama and nets you sniper support during the final mission (and these snipers will immediately kill any enemy snipers as well). Not shooting Harper as Farid indirectly gets both Chloe and Salazar killed. Some choices have much more impact, but all of them still affect some things, so they all still matter. (Also Strike Force missions were cool and I want them to come back)
Black ops 2 was the game i grew up on and at that time i didnt understand anything, but now replaying it the story and gameplay is far better than what i remember
one thing i wanna add is that the theme song for Savimbi is called "Savimbi's Pride". A group of lions is called pride, Savimbi is leading his army in the first mission. So Savimbi's Pride can also mean Savimbi's army
Actually Hudson was kidnapped and being forced to give false information. All was to keep little David alive bc if he don't Menendez will kill David. I honestly sad seeing how the old guys die out ( wood survived ).
I always forget how amazing the Campaign was, I always loved this game for the MP and Zombies. This is where I met my best friends I still talk with to this day, being 100% serious, Black Ops 2 changed my life. As corny as that sounds it's true, I made so many memories playing it, I don't think another game has had this much of an impact on me. If there was one time period I could experience all over again, it would easily be this game in its prime, I love the majority of the other COD's but absolutely nothing compares to this masterpiece.
Blops 2 zombies was 60% of my college dorm life. My roommate and I played die rise and could never make it to round 20. We eventually scraped enough money to buy the other dlc and fell in love with Origins. It took us all semester and 4 hours, but we finally beat the EE. Blops 2 really was incredible
So in 2013 my Mom basically disappeared for a few months and left me to live at... some guy she knew's place. He barely came by either so for months, I had the place paid for and to myself. Mom would drop off like $20 for groceries... weekly? Biweekly? It was rare. And the only entertainment I had was the guy's TV and a PS3 with 'Skyrim', 'NFS: Hot Pursuit' and this. And I played 'Black Ops II' campaign literal dozens of times because of this. Going through this video is such a giant weird nostalgic flashback overload of mild depression but, this game will always be very cherished to me for helping me through that as a 15 year old.
I always liked how Menendez didn't kill Mason because he didn't have the need for revenge. Instead he uses him to cause woods pain and then kills Hudson as he was the one who stopped him from helping his sister. Just little details like that blow me away
19:27 I remember putting those pieces together when I was 12 as the game reminded me what kravchenko said and I realized this couldn't be Menendez since he's alive in the future. So I said out loud, "Then who is this?" I shot him in the leg and the scene played out but I was panicking. Then when I saw who it was, I still cried and got upset and kept wondering if there was something I missed. Once I finished the game and saw he was still alive I was realized. Something I always remember whenever I go back to play this game.
Bro I genuinely can’t explain the feeling off getting home from school kicking up the 360 and playing just having so much fun getting those levels and camos damn I miss this masterpiece still have it on my Xbox one cause I can’t depart from it I just love it too much but no one seems to play anymore
You are probably not going to read this but hearing the music not only gave me chills and a nasty dose of nostalgia but it reminded me of my brother who is working overseas i remembered all the memories made and all the games and fun we had together while he was here
The best part of the campaign (there's a ton of great moments in this game) is the part where you're playing as Menendez and you reach the burning house seweching for Josefina. The music, slow-mo of the grenade, the voice acting etc is just 🔥🔥🔥also Menendez is a badass bad guy
14:00 - This is one of the most iconic moments of the whole franchise, playing as the villain in full berserk mode, after some dudes did some unethical stuff with his sister, my god, this franchise used to be ballsy these days.
Fun Fact: The story of BO2 can change due to your actions and its actually possible to get a good ending for the game. For example, the first major decision with Alex Mason, you actually can make yourself NOT shoot Kravchenko and in order to get the best ending, these are the major ones: Major Choice #1: As Mason, you don't shoot Kravchenko to get the needed info. Major Choice #2: Save Karma, before she's taken away. Major Choice #3: During the Flashback scene where you play Menendez, when you control Mason, there's a room you can find Intel that will change the events of the story of Mason learning major secrets never been seen before. If you don't find them, you get the semi-good ending. Major Choice #4: Don't Kill Mason. Shoot him in his legs like you did. Major Choice #5: Sad as it is...as Farid, you have to kill Harper in order to get the good ending. Major Choice #6: Spare the admiral during the whole ship level (I forget the name of it. XD) Major Choice #7: You must make sure to complete all the side missions as if you don't, you will get the bad ending in doing so. And Major Choice #8: Spare Menendez. Which you already did and that's good. If you do these choices, you get the good ending and everyone is able to live a better life, save for Menendez who's furious and uh...shows his frustration. 😅
I love when woods describes what menendez did to him and his men. Especially the end where he progressively gets more mad talking about it, “so yeah the next time I saw him I Lost My shit, WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO!”
If you end up grabbing the CIA Intel folder in the Menedez Cartel Bunker on Time And Fate it’s actually revealed there is a real mole and I’m pretty sure it unlocks dialogue that reveals the mole is actually Hudson
I played through this a few weeks ago and loved it. IMO the custom loadout system in this is much better then the one in Black Ops III and IMO such a system should have been included in every COD campaign after this.
Here before all the this game was my childhood comments. Edit : this is a joke but even still reading like 30 comments from this video like 25 of them are saying the same thing.
@@IamaPERSON played campaign 5 times to see all the different cutscenes and endings. Got really really bored of tranzit, so i got the zombie dlc in 2020. And i used to grind multiplayer with my brother but you know hackers everywhere so not anymore. But if i have like 30 minutes to kill ill always replay a campaign mission. They are so fun and not too long or short.
Back when you could just pop the disc in and play the game immediately. You didn’t have to wait hours on end for it to install or have it take up half the storage on your console. The last great COD game.
@@freeyourmind1529 it’s because there is so much data for these games, that they can’t read it off the disk fast enough to make the games look as good as they do. So it gets put onto the actual system for faster transfer
Would love to see Final Fantasy XV next. It’s a great game for first-timers to the series, and I think you’d personally love the protagonists’ dynamic and chemistry with each other
"Playing this game as a 12-year old kid... it was my childhood." ..got me feeling old, bruh... I was 21 when this game released.... omw to 31.... As always, damn good job on your content. Stay cool, my guy. 😎
21:58 did you see Farid's finger twitch? His right hand, his TRIGGER finger. A subtle sign that killing the Americans stuck with him, like he's reliving the trauma of killing his friends.
20:18 this is the most realistic depiction of a villain right here. People always critique things because the villain could have done something that would've ensured their victory. But you gotta remember, to most of these villains it's just a game. They do these things to torture, something realistic that an audience just doesn't understand, which does go to show how different a mad man is from the normal man or the hero.
I've loved your reviews on the various COD games, they are awesome to see some of the references and things that we just don't always catch! It does suck a bit that you didn't go down each individual choice to win how they affected the story, or neat tidbits about them, would've been cool to see. Also, i hope you end up going back to do the zombies maps at some point, either way, here's to a awesome video!
This game had a lot of stuff I didn't expect from a cod game. It was the first time I gave more than half a shit about the villain and his motivations. I didnt bother with the strike missions either until recently because I hate RTS, but dipping and diving into first person made it playable. That combined with the fact that it actually changes the events of the subsequent missions made it kind of a breath of fresh air. Like I didn't know that by doing them you could save the Obama and make allies with the Chinese. The voice acting was on point. The gunplay was on point. I spent a lot of hours on that multiplayer and I still play the zombies to this day. Masterpiece m8
It's very interesting how the first game opens up with a small flame from a lighter while the second one opens up with a man burning to death. Really lets you know shit's about to get real
This game is definatly the last good Cod in the golden cod era. this was the last call of duty that i genuenly put alot of time and made memories in. This was the last cod in the cod golden age era im so glad to be borned and played these cod during the golden era.
Legit, probably one of the best cod stories. And one of the most original. No russian villain. Politically savvy story with consequences. Actually sensible villain motives.
Remember how many easter eggs B01 had that Reznov was alive, en he showed up here for a bit and then left again? He was pretty much confirmed alive. But then they never looked back at that ever again, wich is sad.
One of my favorite cod’s ever the hidden and obvious choices placed in the story and the customization! I love it all Probably why I also like infinite warfare’s campaign
I thought you meant the actual cod 3, not Black Ops 3. That campaign is the one of the worst in the black ops series (I don't know where Vanguard goes. I haven't played it, and don't plan to, but it must be the worst In cod history).
@@t-m-p-e-rthe only reason it's the worst is because it ditched all the characters that were built up over the course of 3 full games. It was a pretty good story actually
10:00 that's exactly why this was the best setting for BO2. tech was advanced but still felt plausible, and you could sit there and think "huh, they might actually have this stuff one day soon"
BO2 was my 1st cod (wasn't allowed to play MW or BO1 because of my parents) and I adored it. I was a console player so I really didn't know about the rts genre and fell in love with it, the multi-player was amazing dispite me being mostly terrible at it, and I likely have more hours on survival town than most games. The campaign was truly my favorite however. The rts was so much fun and having all the choices in how the story went blew my mind as a child. (I got the white house burning ending the 1st time because I was hyperfocused on killing Menendez and didn't think of the consequences.) BO2 really got me into the FPS genre and is likely why I became friends with 3 of my buddies. I'll always love this game and go back to it every so often to re live a part of my childhood.
This came out my sophomore year of high school and man do I have some FANTASTIC memories from that time. I wish they had kept this formula throughout the rest of CoD, only thing that came close was Cold War. I remember being skeptical about this game before it released as the futuristic stuff just isn’t my forte, and seeing horseback missions in the trailer threw me off. After playing it, it of course all made sense and is probably in my top 3 campaigns.
I'm so happy to hear you say IW is up there with the best. The campaign is one of the more underrated ones and I always have a blast playing through it!
During the ending where Menedez and Woods are doing the band concert performance you can see a moment where Mason is on the dance floor partying with Reznov, the camera will cut away for a bit and return to the two of them only to reveal Reznov is no longer there, with Mason looking around for him in confusion +1 Win
I played this campaign over and over and over and over maybe 100 times as a kid. it was my favorite thing ever and I just adored fighting menendez. once I found out you didn't have to kill mason I was totally shocked.
Gameplay-wise and Story-Wise, this game is phenomenal for a cod game. Im playing games for 9 years now and I already played all cod games (incl. Vanguard) and this game is so unique that its probably the only cod game that I will repeat again and again. The story is so great for a sequel even tho there's some weird dialogues, it still gets the job done. One thing is, the branching storylines and decision-based story is so unique and phenomenal for a cod game. Most of the features are unique and not just some copy paste from other game. This game became the structure-bone for the next cod games cuz they literally copy pasted the same formula of bo2 again and again. Multiplayer, the most fun in most of the cod games. All of the most iconic maps on multiplayer came from bo2 and we can see it being copy pasted on most of the new cod games. In zombies, I loved it. I hate complicated stuff and thats the reason why I didnt played transit that much but the rest of the maps is just amazing. The zombies here became the framework for bo3 zombies (which they enhanced the formula). For a cod game, I'll rate it 9/10. But for an fps game, its an 8.5/10.
18:10 there’s also another line you can get in the mission “Time and Fate”, when you’re down in the drug lab as Mason, you can find a CIA dossier where he mentions CIA being there. BO2 got these neat details that makes me miss the old activison and treyarch
this game was my introduction to avenged sevenfold which is still to this day my favorite band so watching the after credits scene of them backstage brings back so many great memories
Wow, there’s so much symbolism in this game I never realized existed until now. I didn’t expect a crash course in Greek poetry but now all I want is to listen to you analyze the symbolism in this campaign!!
And after 10 years and playing that campaign like..3 times, I discovered that you can burn Harper's face in this video. That's how cool the Black Ops series was, as you said, those little moments in gameplay that are details but make it more interesting.
GamingWins here something you may like to hear just for this very video you made. When I first got into COD guess which game title I played FIRST, that started it all for me. The one I will never forget.
I can't wait for BO3 it is one of my favorite and puts you through a whole rollercoaster of emotions and the ending is insane. Also Mason is alive only if you shoot him in the leg. If you shoot him in the head he doesn't come back. So thats what I love about this game. The different endings makes you want to make all the different choices each and every time.
I really like the big music video that ends the main campaign with all the major characters. Considering the next BO game had little to nothing to do with this one, that music video serves as a pretty fitting finale to the whole storyline.
Yeah, this game is goated with no doubt. And I don't know about he rest of yall, but the launch trailer with AC/DC's Back in Black *STILL GETS ME SO HYPE!*
I had always felt BO1 was a pretty weak story that built off of the cliche-driven World at War, so I was kind of blown away at how nuanced BO2 was. Definitely one of the best CoD campaigns out there.
@@Nothingforever192 Maybe that wasn't the best way of phrasing it, but I found WaW's characters to be pretty bland and the plot more or less non-existent. All the characters were pretty one-dimensional. The Americans were gung-ho, Japanese were perfidious, Russians were revenge driven. Pretty much everyone was screaming all the time, which didn't help individual characters sticking out. I think it says something about the quality of WaW's story when what most people would agree is the most memorable mission, Vendetta, was ripped almost line for line from Enemy at the Gates. BO2's story was much more personal and fun to think about. The multiple different endings was a fun addition that I wish we saw more of in CoD games, and the characters individually stuck out to me more. I can immediately pick out the difference between Farid and Harper compared to, say, Roebuck and Polonksy.
@@brainwasher9876 Damn, I see what you mean. I think it’s my rose tinted glasses clouding my view. BO2 does a good job of having that conspiracy especially when paired that piano track. Everyone was screaming in that WAW! I feel like it captures the essence of what war may have felt like back in those times, so I always just focused on that. Explains why I didn’t feel any attachment when characters died. But having multiple endings in BO2 was cool! Maybe not my first time around when I got the worst one lol. I was just mad about the whole cliché comment so I said that BO2 had some, but I can’t really think of any now.
It’s funny you name drop Infinite Warfare. It will forever go down as one of the best and most underrated campaigns of COD. An incredible game that just came at the wrong time. After so many other futuristic type games COD pumped out, the audience felt the fatigue. And also being the bandwagon of the dislike button when the trailer came out and also competing with the more “boots on the ground” feel that BF1 had, that didn’t help either. The story, the graphics and most importantly the characters went way above my expectations. Characters that you care about. In a COD game that’s almost unheard of. Even though Kit Harrington’s character was honestly just to attract a certain audience and criminally underused. There’s a different vibe in almost every mission. And don’t get me started on the space battles. Sure the multiplayer wasn’t the best (a bit repetitive) but it was enjoyable even though for a short while. I guarantee you if COD didn’t make so many of the same games and started the new fresh futuristic feel with IW it would’ve gone gangbusters. Please do IW one day, I will defend this game until I leave this earth. You know what? I’m gonna download it again when I get home! Fingers crossed you shed some light on it one day. 🤞🏾Keep up the good work man!
Black Ops 2 was my first cod game ever. I had played with my friends always with the multiplayer and the endless nights playing zombies on transit and other maps. It was those moments I fully realize Video Games are fucking amazing.
This is no doubt my favourite call of duty but an unpopular opinion is I really enjoyed Bo3, they deviated from what we expect in a black ops and I enjoyed it
The mission as Menendez was epic! Great storyline. I also got the worst ending on my first play through. Definitely was not smart enough to put everything together at that age
yoo I'm a RA2 megafan over here! Love the callout I thought the same thing when I first played the game. You should cover the C&C series in the future.
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Will you make everything great about bioshock?
Hey gaming wins if you play Cold War play it on ps5 since the haptic feedback is amazing
The game looks like a family guy cutaway
2:29, looks familiar *hint hint COD4*
I still yell “Menedez!!!” When chasing people in games. I think this might be one of the best single players for cod just on uniqueness
Especially now, since Menendez is now in Warzone.
Josefina!!!!
Dude me and bro always do😭
In Warzone and Cold War I'll use the machete then scream Josephina at the top of my lungs
Same 😆
Also, Woods references being stuck in the “Hanoi Hilton”, one of if not the *worst* POW camp during the Vietnam War. It earned its name from the US soldiers imprisoned there who were treated incredibly inhumanely such as being chained in straining positions, being beaten upside down, and being confined to quarters too small for them while still in shackles.
So Woods endured THAT, and *then* watched his men die of starvation one by one as he hung onto the thread of hate that kept him going.
Woods is a *BEAST* and we love him for it.
Not only that, he endured six months of that before being shipped over to Da Nang, which, he says, "made the Hilton look good."
Get yourself a chad like Woods.
Legends can't die
the PTSD is strong In this one.
Woods is just HIM
And after all that, he shoots and (maybe) kills his best friend after being manipulated by the man he absolutely despises, then is promptly crippled for life by that said man.
Even after all of this, he steps up and becomes a good adoptive father to David, dude surpasses the legend tier
Little fun fact about the man on fire, every Black Ops timeline game (including World at War) the first thing you see after the initial briefing/intro is fire.
WaW: The Japanese officer's cigarette
Black Ops: Mason's lighter
Black Ops 2: The man on fire
Black Ops 3: The downed plane
Black Ops Cold War: Adler's cigarette
The only one that doesn't do this is Black Ops 4's Specialist Story
Yeah but no one cares about bo4
BO4? Never heard of it, nope
"If you're gonna fuck up, get it done early and out of the way" I literally have lived by that since I first heard it lmao
2 things I also love about Harper's (potential) death scene. Is that he calls back at what he said the begging of the mission when he says, "no matter what happens out there, when the bullets start flying, you CANNOT blow your cover." And in that moment he calls Farid "Egghead" the nickname harper calls him through out the game. By saying "Do it, Egghead! Do your job!" he's trying to discreetly tell Farid to kill him and to keep his cover.
Hurts when Farid chokes on his guilt after being forced to kill Harper and David doesn’t blame him for it.🥲
That death scene is the worst farid included because we were lied to since the beginning
@@freeyourmind1529 there is nothing sad about it farid included because even with Harper survived we got NOTHING that ended my love and respect for this franchise and we were Lied too since the beginning
Yes!! My favorite CoD.
I love how Black Ops 2 has decisions/events that literally alter the way the campaign plays out so much so that on one ending Menedez actually can win.
And love the loadout customization before each mission
still played them to this day at least once a year to replay the campaign, i dont recall any other campaign from cod that was like that
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That game single handed ended my love and respect for this franchise for many reasons okay
I will never not be angry that treyarch set this new standard for Call of Duty games….only for it to promptly be abandoned and never really come back again (except for Infinite warfare and Cold War to a more limited capacity)
@@TheMasterUnitycold war campaign was basically completely made by raven software to take some of the load off of treyarchs shoulders after being stretched so thin between so many different games and having to finish a game that sledgehammer was only like 30% done with while also working on their next game coming out in 2024. But yeah it was an awesome campaign.
I think a lot of us on the internet, especially now after a whole 10 years have passed since this game came out and we got older, all got to grow up in our early teens in the golden age of COD and COD youtube. And BO2 was not only the peak of that era, but the end of it too. I think thats why so many of us have such a strong connection to this game. I mean yeah it's straight up the best cod game thats come out ever even without all the nostalgia, but really i think this game encapsulates an era that we will never be able to go back to again, one that i think alot of us look back on as some of our best memories
Couldn’t have said it better I was still playing it in 2017 other people were too ffa sniping
@@mesbe hey man I still have a few friends who will come over and play zombies. It’s truly a timeless classic.
I was 6 years old when I played black ops 2
I still remember playing this game when I was in Junior high and looking up the lawsuit from Jonas Savimbi’s family and Manuel Noriega’s appearance in the games and operation Just Cause. Thanks man for bringing back memories I hope it gets remastered.
18:60 It’s unfortunate that most people believe in the misconception that Hudson is truly a traitor when he’s actually loyal. He was pretty much grabbed by the balls by Mendendez and was forced in a lose lose situation. He had to chose the lesser of two evils, and weighed David’s life over Mason’s and even sacrificed HIS own life to spare Wood’s and David’s life.
Raúl Manendez, one of the best COD antagonist in their entire history.
Until i play bo1 and 2,im saying shepard then makarov,and zakhaev. Started bo1 today btw,great game so far!
Nah, Mendendez is mid at best
I strongly disagree
@@Dimis7 like i said,still have to play bo1 and 2.
@@Dimis7 opinion rejected
Black Ops 2 was my first introduction (after Bad Company) in any kind of shooter.
I sadly missed the MW2 & MW3 hype... but BO2 gave me so many good times especially with the Zombies mode.
Seeing the Zombies cast say goodbye while tearing up after 10 years of story made it so emotional for me too.
"Keep firing at those damn gunboats"
Are you sure you didn´t mean to say...
"TAKE OUT THOSE FUCKING PT BOATS"
I love that bit so much. I am glad that at least some people remember it.
Such a great mission
This is the COD/game that REALLY got me into gaming, it was such an amaing game to me. Im so glad that you are doing this game. And even though I didn't play the campaign multiple times some mission stick to my mind, truly a great game.
One of my favorite parts about BO2 is how while there are choices, not all of them matter as much. Harper getting his face burned adds exactly one line of dialogue and changes his model, but that's it. Not shooting Kravchenko adds some dialogue as well, but doesn't actually affect anything.
Meanwhile, assassinating Tian Zhao saves the U.S.S. Obama and nets you sniper support during the final mission (and these snipers will immediately kill any enemy snipers as well). Not shooting Harper as Farid indirectly gets both Chloe and Salazar killed. Some choices have much more impact, but all of them still affect some things, so they all still matter.
(Also Strike Force missions were cool and I want them to come back)
Not shooting Krevchanko and collecting the CIA document in Menendez’s compound help to guide the player into not killing Mason
Black ops 2 was the game i grew up on and at that time i didnt understand anything, but now replaying it the story and gameplay is far better than what i remember
one thing i wanna add is that the theme song for Savimbi is called "Savimbi's Pride". A group of lions is called pride, Savimbi is leading his army in the first mission. So Savimbi's Pride can also mean Savimbi's army
Actually Hudson was kidnapped and being forced to give false information. All was to keep little David alive bc if he don't Menendez will kill David. I honestly sad seeing how the old guys die out ( wood survived ).
I always forget how amazing the Campaign was, I always loved this game for the MP and Zombies. This is where I met my best friends I still talk with to this day, being 100% serious, Black Ops 2 changed my life. As corny as that sounds it's true, I made so many memories playing it, I don't think another game has had this much of an impact on me. If there was one time period I could experience all over again, it would easily be this game in its prime, I love the majority of the other COD's but absolutely nothing compares to this masterpiece.
No it is an amazing game
Blops 2 zombies was 60% of my college dorm life. My roommate and I played die rise and could never make it to round 20. We eventually scraped enough money to buy the other dlc and fell in love with Origins. It took us all semester and 4 hours, but we finally beat the EE. Blops 2 really was incredible
So in 2013 my Mom basically disappeared for a few months and left me to live at... some guy she knew's place. He barely came by either so for months, I had the place paid for and to myself. Mom would drop off like $20 for groceries... weekly? Biweekly? It was rare.
And the only entertainment I had was the guy's TV and a PS3 with 'Skyrim', 'NFS: Hot Pursuit' and this. And I played 'Black Ops II' campaign literal dozens of times because of this.
Going through this video is such a giant weird nostalgic flashback overload of mild depression but, this game will always be very cherished to me for helping me through that as a 15 year old.
The Bo2 main theme will forever be the best cod theme for life, it’s just so 🥲🤌🏾
I always liked how Menendez didn't kill Mason because he didn't have the need for revenge. Instead he uses him to cause woods pain and then kills Hudson as he was the one who stopped him from helping his sister. Just little details like that blow me away
I cannot tell you how much 8 year old me (Now 17) Loved This Game On The PS3. It was simply an amazing game that will never be topped
19:27 I remember putting those pieces together when I was 12 as the game reminded me what kravchenko said and I realized this couldn't be Menendez since he's alive in the future. So I said out loud, "Then who is this?" I shot him in the leg and the scene played out but I was panicking. Then when I saw who it was, I still cried and got upset and kept wondering if there was something I missed. Once I finished the game and saw he was still alive I was realized. Something I always remember whenever I go back to play this game.
I also questioned that first time
"But he's alive In the future?"
Shit him in the leg and was still shocked and gasped
Bro I genuinely can’t explain the feeling off getting home from school kicking up the 360 and playing just having so much fun getting those levels and camos damn I miss this masterpiece still have it on my Xbox one cause I can’t depart from it I just love it too much but no one seems to play anymore
You are probably not going to read this but hearing the music not only gave me chills and a nasty dose of nostalgia but it reminded me of my brother who is working overseas i remembered all the memories made and all the games and fun we had together while he was here
I hope to see an “everything GREAT about Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare”. It’s such an underrated game
Yes please! I love the campaign for infinite warfare
Me to
zombies there are forgotten but waw they where lit
He did it
Train go boom
Please do cod infinite warfare, the game didn't deserve the hate it got coming from future cod bad. The game is great campaign and zombies included.
I will forever die on the Hill that Infinite Warfare is among the best of the story campaign CoD has ever had.
@@sativa-sloth6099 one of the only cods to actually make me feel something and it wasn’t even for a human.
@@rangerghost2474 we love you E3N
Campaign was definitely good. Not the best of the cods, but still a good one. Zombies was great.
Fax, the campaign was phenomenal. The final Mars charge earned its emotion and impact althroughout.
The best part of the campaign (there's a ton of great moments in this game) is the part where you're playing as Menendez and you reach the burning house seweching for Josefina. The music, slow-mo of the grenade, the voice acting etc is just 🔥🔥🔥also Menendez is a badass bad guy
14:00 - This is one of the most iconic moments of the whole franchise, playing as the villain in full berserk mode, after some dudes did some unethical stuff with his sister, my god, this franchise used to be ballsy these days.
Fun Fact: The story of BO2 can change due to your actions and its actually possible to get a good ending for the game.
For example, the first major decision with Alex Mason, you actually can make yourself NOT shoot Kravchenko and in order to get the best ending, these are the major ones:
Major Choice #1: As Mason, you don't shoot Kravchenko to get the needed info.
Major Choice #2: Save Karma, before she's taken away.
Major Choice #3: During the Flashback scene where you play Menendez, when you control Mason, there's a room you can find Intel that will change the events of the story of Mason learning major secrets never been seen before. If you don't find them, you get the semi-good ending.
Major Choice #4: Don't Kill Mason. Shoot him in his legs like you did.
Major Choice #5: Sad as it is...as Farid, you have to kill Harper in order to get the good ending.
Major Choice #6: Spare the admiral during the whole ship level (I forget the name of it. XD)
Major Choice #7: You must make sure to complete all the side missions as if you don't, you will get the bad ending in doing so.
And Major Choice #8: Spare Menendez. Which you already did and that's good.
If you do these choices, you get the good ending and everyone is able to live a better life, save for Menendez who's furious and uh...shows his frustration. 😅
Hell yeah dude! BO2 is by FAR my fav of the black ops games right next to black ops 3 hope to see you cover it soon! :3
bo3 is the second worst next to bo4
@@lb2kxx better than vanguard, BO4, and cold war and i mainly mean the zombies is why its my fav lmao
@@Yujiboygaemingid say worst (campaign wise) vanguard, mw23, and og mw2
I love when woods describes what menendez did to him and his men. Especially the end where he progressively gets more mad talking about it, “so yeah the next time I saw him I Lost My shit, WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO!”
I can hear that quote
If you end up grabbing the CIA Intel folder in the Menedez Cartel Bunker on Time And Fate it’s actually revealed there is a real mole and I’m pretty sure it unlocks dialogue that reveals the mole is actually Hudson
I played through this a few weeks ago and loved it. IMO the custom loadout system in this is much better then the one in Black Ops III and IMO such a system should have been included in every COD campaign after this.
Here before all the this game was my childhood comments.
Edit : this is a joke but even still reading like 30 comments from this video like 25 of them are saying the same thing.
BUT IT WAS DAMNIT! Lol one of the few CODs that I actually played alot of the multiplayer of
@@Eon233 yeah same. But im so tired of seeing the same comments in every video he makes
@@qui-gonjinn8350 i don’t blame you, tbh. What did you like about the game?
@@IamaPERSON played campaign 5 times to see all the different cutscenes and endings. Got really really bored of tranzit, so i got the zombie dlc in 2020.
And i used to grind multiplayer with my brother but you know hackers everywhere so not anymore. But if i have like 30 minutes to kill ill always replay a campaign mission. They are so fun and not too long or short.
@@qui-gonjinn8350 cool
Back when you could just pop the disc in and play the game immediately. You didn’t have to wait hours on end for it to install or have it take up half the storage on your console.
The last great COD game.
Ahhhh, sweet times.
Why the fuck did they remove such an amazing feature in new gen consoles 😔
@@freeyourmind1529 it’s because there is so much data for these games, that they can’t read it off the disk fast enough to make the games look as good as they do. So it gets put onto the actual system for faster transfer
@@joshuaedler7041thank you, finally someone understands it, it's literally a "suffering from success" example
Would love to see Final Fantasy XV next. It’s a great game for first-timers to the series, and I think you’d personally love the protagonists’ dynamic and chemistry with each other
One of the best cod games made and great multiplayer and zombies, also the nightclub mission was the best.
"Playing this game as a 12-year old kid... it was my childhood." ..got me feeling old, bruh... I was 21 when this game released.... omw to 31....
As always, damn good job on your content. Stay cool, my guy. 😎
21:58 did you see Farid's finger twitch? His right hand, his TRIGGER finger. A subtle sign that killing the Americans stuck with him, like he's reliving the trauma of killing his friends.
20:18 this is the most realistic depiction of a villain right here. People always critique things because the villain could have done something that would've ensured their victory. But you gotta remember, to most of these villains it's just a game. They do these things to torture, something realistic that an audience just doesn't understand, which does go to show how different a mad man is from the normal man or the hero.
I've loved your reviews on the various COD games, they are awesome to see some of the references and things that we just don't always catch! It does suck a bit that you didn't go down each individual choice to win how they affected the story, or neat tidbits about them, would've been cool to see. Also, i hope you end up going back to do the zombies maps at some point, either way, here's to a awesome video!
This game had a lot of stuff I didn't expect from a cod game. It was the first time I gave more than half a shit about the villain and his motivations. I didnt bother with the strike missions either until recently because I hate RTS, but dipping and diving into first person made it playable. That combined with the fact that it actually changes the events of the subsequent missions made it kind of a breath of fresh air. Like I didn't know that by doing them you could save the Obama and make allies with the Chinese. The voice acting was on point. The gunplay was on point. I spent a lot of hours on that multiplayer and I still play the zombies to this day. Masterpiece m8
It's very interesting how the first game opens up with a small flame from a lighter while the second one opens up with a man burning to death. Really lets you know shit's about to get real
@22:09 the AN-94 is a real weapon that was VERY briefly in service by Russia, it was scrapped by them after it proved to be way too expensive
This game is definatly the last good Cod in the golden cod era. this was the last call of duty that i genuenly put alot of time and made memories in. This was the last cod in the cod golden age era im so glad to be borned and played these cod during the golden era.
“MENENDEZ!!!” - Some guy who wasn’t going to die in a fucking swamp!
Legit, probably one of the best cod stories. And one of the most original. No russian villain. Politically savvy story with consequences. Actually sensible villain motives.
I love Sam Worthington, his voice as mason is awesome. If it weren’t for soap he’d be my favorite cod character.
I grew up on Bo2 so this brings back all kinds of nostalgia watching it! Big W
Remember how many easter eggs B01 had that Reznov was alive, en he showed up here for a bit and then left again? He was pretty much confirmed alive. But then they never looked back at that ever again, wich is sad.
God, when Woods realized that it was Mason coming to rescue him, you can almost see him shed a tear.
I was hoping that you would keep going with the COD series!
I've been waiting for this since GamingWins' video on the original Black Ops. Thank you for covering a huge chunk of my childhood.
How could you leave out woods yelling “MENENDEEEEZ” after he shot Mason
This was my second or third game I ever played on the PS3 and it was absolutely awesome, definitely one the most memorable cod campaigns for me
One of my favorite cod’s ever the hidden and obvious choices placed in the story and the customization!
I love it all
Probably why I also like infinite warfare’s campaign
My father looked after Jonas savimbi for a time
Although many people didn't like Cod 3, I personally loved it and can't wait to see the next video! Remember: "Imagine yourself in a frozen forest"!
Check out DXfan619's video on it, "chasing white rabbit" it really is a phenomenal story
I thought you meant the actual cod 3, not Black Ops 3. That campaign is the one of the worst in the black ops series (I don't know where Vanguard goes. I haven't played it, and don't plan to, but it must be the worst In cod history).
@@t-m-p-e-r Vanguard is yet another standalone, not in any group. Unless you count WW2 shooters in cod as a group
@@t-m-p-e-rthe only reason it's the worst is because it ditched all the characters that were built up over the course of 3 full games. It was a pretty good story actually
@@Glenn_Quagmire Train goes boom.
10:00 that's exactly why this was the best setting for BO2. tech was advanced but still felt plausible, and you could sit there and think "huh, they might actually have this stuff one day soon"
BO2 was my 1st cod (wasn't allowed to play MW or BO1 because of my parents) and I adored it. I was a console player so I really didn't know about the rts genre and fell in love with it, the multi-player was amazing dispite me being mostly terrible at it, and I likely have more hours on survival town than most games. The campaign was truly my favorite however. The rts was so much fun and having all the choices in how the story went blew my mind as a child. (I got the white house burning ending the 1st time because I was hyperfocused on killing Menendez and didn't think of the consequences.) BO2 really got me into the FPS genre and is likely why I became friends with 3 of my buddies. I'll always love this game and go back to it every so often to re live a part of my childhood.
This campaign is a masterpiece. Everything in it was awesome! I loved this campaign, and I still love it.
The ending of this game was just so absurd that it's hilarious, this was one of my farvorite COD games other than the Modern Warfare trilogy..
This came out my sophomore year of high school and man do I have some FANTASTIC memories from that time. I wish they had kept this formula throughout the rest of CoD, only thing that came close was Cold War.
I remember being skeptical about this game before it released as the futuristic stuff just isn’t my forte, and seeing horseback missions in the trailer threw me off. After playing it, it of course all made sense and is probably in my top 3 campaigns.
The story of this game is just perfect
I'm so happy to hear you say IW is up there with the best. The campaign is one of the more underrated ones and I always have a blast playing through it!
During the ending where Menedez and Woods are doing the band concert performance you can see a moment where Mason is on the dance floor partying with Reznov, the camera will cut away for a bit and return to the two of them only to reveal Reznov is no longer there, with Mason looking around for him in confusion
+1 Win
I played this campaign over and over and over and over maybe 100 times as a kid. it was my favorite thing ever and I just adored fighting menendez. once I found out you didn't have to kill mason I was totally shocked.
If you get the CIA letter at the "Time and Fate" mission, you can make it a more precise assumption there is a mole at the CIA.
I just found your channel from these CoD videos and I love them, way more analytical than I'd expect from the format!
8:18, "It's all about money nowadays."
Always was.
BAAM!!
This game was my childhood, endless hours on multiplayer and zombies and hands down top 3 best cod campaigns ever. 10/10 game
This game and black ops 1 are just some of the best cods we’ve had. Love the games, so much. The music, gunplay, everything, was perfect.
Gameplay-wise and Story-Wise, this game is phenomenal for a cod game. Im playing games for 9 years now and I already played all cod games (incl. Vanguard) and this game is so unique that its probably the only cod game that I will repeat again and again. The story is so great for a sequel even tho there's some weird dialogues, it still gets the job done. One thing is, the branching storylines and decision-based story is so unique and phenomenal for a cod game. Most of the features are unique and not just some copy paste from other game. This game became the structure-bone for the next cod games cuz they literally copy pasted the same formula of bo2 again and again. Multiplayer, the most fun in most of the cod games. All of the most iconic maps on multiplayer came from bo2 and we can see it being copy pasted on most of the new cod games. In zombies, I loved it. I hate complicated stuff and thats the reason why I didnt played transit that much but the rest of the maps is just amazing. The zombies here became the framework for bo3 zombies (which they enhanced the formula). For a cod game, I'll rate it 9/10. But for an fps game, its an 8.5/10.
18:10 there’s also another line you can get in the mission “Time and Fate”, when you’re down in the drug lab as Mason, you can find a CIA dossier where he mentions CIA being there. BO2 got these neat details that makes me miss the old activison and treyarch
this game was my introduction to avenged sevenfold which is still to this day my favorite band so watching the after credits scene of them backstage brings back so many great memories
One thing that I love is that if you spare Menendez, the music is heroic and victorious, but if you kill him, the music is somber and grim
Wow, there’s so much symbolism in this game I never realized existed until now. I didn’t expect a crash course in Greek poetry but now all I want is to listen to you analyze the symbolism in this campaign!!
This game gave me chills multiple times and I love this game played it 14 times and enjoyed every time it’s so great 10/10
And after 10 years and playing that campaign like..3 times, I discovered that you can burn Harper's face in this video.
That's how cool the Black Ops series was, as you said, those little moments in gameplay that are details but make it more interesting.
9:24 ‘Bosworth did it’ 💀💀💀
GamingWins here something you may like to hear just for this very video you made. When I first got into COD guess which game title I played FIRST, that started it all for me. The one I will never forget.
RIP to Kamar de los Reyes AKA Raul Menendez
I can't wait for BO3 it is one of my favorite and puts you through a whole rollercoaster of emotions and the ending is insane. Also Mason is alive only if you shoot him in the leg. If you shoot him in the head he doesn't come back. So thats what I love about this game. The different endings makes you want to make all the different choices each and every time.
I really like the big music video that ends the main campaign with all the major characters. Considering the next BO game had little to nothing to do with this one, that music video serves as a pretty fitting finale to the whole storyline.
My head cannon for the A7X concert at the end is just the actors celebrating a fabulously well done film while the player is the director.
Impossible to believe BO2 and BO4 are in the same universe
For black ops 3 I highly recommend looking up the real meaning behind the story, it’s something that we all kinda missed
Yeah, this game is goated with no doubt. And I don't know about he rest of yall, but the launch trailer with AC/DC's Back in Black *STILL GETS ME SO HYPE!*
I had always felt BO1 was a pretty weak story that built off of the cliche-driven World at War, so I was kind of blown away at how nuanced BO2 was. Definitely one of the best CoD campaigns out there.
How in any way is world at war “cliche-driven”? BO2 had way more clichés lol
@@Nothingforever192 Maybe that wasn't the best way of phrasing it, but I found WaW's characters to be pretty bland and the plot more or less non-existent. All the characters were pretty one-dimensional. The Americans were gung-ho, Japanese were perfidious, Russians were revenge driven. Pretty much everyone was screaming all the time, which didn't help individual characters sticking out. I think it says something about the quality of WaW's story when what most people would agree is the most memorable mission, Vendetta, was ripped almost line for line from Enemy at the Gates.
BO2's story was much more personal and fun to think about. The multiple different endings was a fun addition that I wish we saw more of in CoD games, and the characters individually stuck out to me more. I can immediately pick out the difference between Farid and Harper compared to, say, Roebuck and Polonksy.
@@brainwasher9876 Damn, I see what you mean. I think it’s my rose tinted glasses clouding my view. BO2 does a good job of having that conspiracy especially when paired that piano track. Everyone was screaming in that WAW! I feel like it captures the essence of what war may have felt like back in those times, so I always just focused on that. Explains why I didn’t feel any attachment when characters died. But having multiple endings in BO2 was cool! Maybe not my first time around when I got the worst one lol. I was just mad about the whole cliché comment so I said that BO2 had some, but I can’t really think of any now.
Fun fact: that theme you love when you shoot Mason was composed by Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails fame.
It’s funny you name drop Infinite Warfare. It will forever go down as one of the best and most underrated campaigns of COD. An incredible game that just came at the wrong time. After so many other futuristic type games COD pumped out, the audience felt the fatigue. And also being the bandwagon of the dislike button when the trailer came out and also competing with the more “boots on the ground” feel that BF1 had, that didn’t help either. The story, the graphics and most importantly the characters went way above my expectations. Characters that you care about. In a COD game that’s almost unheard of. Even though Kit Harrington’s character was honestly just to attract a certain audience and criminally underused. There’s a different vibe in almost every mission. And don’t get me started on the space battles. Sure the multiplayer wasn’t the best (a bit repetitive) but it was enjoyable even though for a short while. I guarantee you if COD didn’t make so many of the same games and started the new fresh futuristic feel with IW it would’ve gone gangbusters. Please do IW one day, I will defend this game until I leave this earth. You know what? I’m gonna download it again when I get home! Fingers crossed you shed some light on it one day. 🤞🏾Keep up the good work man!
I bought this game on pc and replayed it for the first time in 5 years still one of my top 5 favourite games of all timr
Black Ops 2 was my first cod game ever. I had played with my friends always with the multiplayer and the endless nights playing zombies on transit and other maps. It was those moments I fully realize Video Games are fucking amazing.
This is no doubt my favourite call of duty but an unpopular opinion is I really enjoyed Bo3, they deviated from what we expect in a black ops and I enjoyed it
The mission as Menendez was epic! Great storyline. I also got the worst ending on my first play through. Definitely was not smart enough to put everything together at that age
Something I wished other CODs would incorporate is choosing your own weapons for the campaign- it was such a cool feature.
Every time savimbi yelled I retorted with
"URAAAA"
WAW and Vorkuta were stuck in my head for so long
yoo I'm a RA2 megafan over here! Love the callout I thought the same thing when I first played the game. You should cover the C&C series in the future.