That opening cut to Modern Warfare is such a perfect scene I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that appreciates it

"We get dirty and the world stays clean. That's the mission." The best quote that everyone and every veteran can agree on.

One thing I like about the opening mission is that if you shoot the guards down at the rail yard before your given the okay, someone in your squat will say something like “damn, CIA has a 0 tolerance policy for these a$$holes” Same thing with not turning on your light when entering the wear house, Alex will say how he eats a lot of carrots

Here's a awesome little thing I learned in the MW "Piccadilly" mission. When you enter that 2 story library I think it is?? There's a dragonov sniper rifle on the second story by one of the windows. You'll hear over the radio chatter from a officer saying there's a crowd of civilians trapped by the water fountain/red bus pinned by gunfire. At that moment a terrorist comes around the corner of the bus and is about to slaughter all the civilians the radio operator called out. If you kill that terrorist before he opens fire, you'll get a another radio message from the operator saying "Whoever you are out there, bloody good shooting!!" Then another officer comes in gets the people out of the firefight. I loved finding that out.

Two things I feel are worth mentioning: 1 I remember some articles from around the game's launch about how IW had to cut out a lot of the more brutal stuff, obviously to appeal to investors and likely to avoid an AO rating or outright bans. Likely that the dialogue and cutscenes were done long before that and it'd be too expensive to reshoot, even then the more "graphic" scenes are a lot more poignant than in the old trilogy mostly because they're not juxtaposed with bombastic or cheesy hollywood styled action scenes. 2 The developers don't portray America as the absolute good guys; They use white phosphorous offensively which is a war crime, they fire into a Hospital with an attack helicopter despite clear markings, and overall they feel a lot more real than an army of genetic super soldiers. It's small deviances from the somewhat dickwaving behaviour of MW2 and 3 that humanise this game above a mindless corridor shooter.

Alex is one of my all time favorite COD characters, it's a shame he wasn't in MWII.

Honestly love "Soap" and "Roach" as nicknames for the player. Cause you either slippery and get away from/with everything, or you're just downright impossible to kill/get rid of.

They actually didn’t kill Alex off, the Story about Verdansk got continued in the Warzone Seasons and Spec Ops where in the End Price kills Zhakaev Jr. and we saw Alex and Ghost on a Mission together. He got out, but lost one leg and if I remember correctly one Eye too

7:35 They actually say “Outside the door!” But answer the door would’ve been hilarious

Damn 3 days later?! You are pumping out all of these episodes like a intervention player did 420 no scope back in the day!

The graphics for this game is insane. I just got done playing Modern Wafare 2 and sometimes when I'm not paying too close attention it looks so close to real life.

In "Wolf's Den", the compound you invade is very similar to Bin Laden's. The main house is missing a big peace of it, but it is almost an exact replica of a part, specifically the part of Bin laden resided in.

Price staying calm while the embassy worker gets Angry at him for not extracting them is so on point for someone like price

21:18 Actually Soap’s bio in MWII’s MP does tell us how he got the nickname. Won’t spoil it but I do think it fits.

The flare to see in the field mission is also strong references to 13 hours with John Krasinski, which is based on the Benghazi story as well. That's what I like about COD campaigns, when they give you missions inspired from real events or events in movies based on those events. I really liked COD 2019 campaign.

14:51 being in the middle of the Andor series, Cassian Andor is quickly becoming one of my favorite Star Wars characters, so I felt a special kind of happiness when you included that line of his

Idk what it was about using that white phosphorus in the campaign but it was one of the few times a cod kill streak really made me go “damn I really just did that” and then when you enter the base and see the effects it hits even harder

9:27 Did you know that sound is from the older COD games I'm talking Cod 1&2 old . Hearing that sound gave me flashbacks to COD2 and fighting Germans with Captain Price

Just a quick note, the flower fields you mentioned at 15:14 are actually full of poppies which I think is pretty cool symbolism

one thing i like about fara's first flashback misson is when you shoot one of the russians near the truck you can hear the other scream out in sadness of course because their friend is dead,i like this as even though it's one small bit it show the russian's aren't just the evil guys they too are humans

I would have liked to see more marine missions in MW2019, the hospital one was pretty fun, and they were among my favorites in the old games. Just having a big battlefield with a lot of friendlies and enemies is a nice change from the small squad stuff

Fun Fact: In the mission The Embassy, the helicopter pilot is the voice's actor of the OG Price. It's a little cameo that I didn't until I realize watching another playthrough and I love it so much.

Campaigns in FPS are often nameless. Cod brings those names and characters to the front of the mind. Makes us feel our actions and consequences. MWII has done a great job with this as well. Super excited to see your take on the sequel.

There’s only one thing in iffy one is the theme of “getting dirty so the world stay clean” because when anyone else but the main characters do it it’s always wrong no matter the context. I don’t agree with what hadir does but it’s actually understandable having been fighting since being a child, and I don’t think he wanted to do it again or only use it against the Russians (the gas the Russians themselves used on civilians) I think Jacob geller does a fantastic video about this and explains it way better than I can. I mean next game spoilers Shepard does the exact same thing they’d do

No credit for how unceremoniously the wolf dies? Don’t get me wrong I loved makarov’s epic hanging but something about “oh there’s the guy we’ve been told to kill” *pop* and then continuing on with the mission felt so professional and sleek.

I can praise MW19 for at least pushing the envelope a little bit. The game doesn't punish you if one or two civilians enter your line of fire mid-combat, because that's an unfortunate but 'acceptable' risk, and the uncomfortable nature of the interrogation scene was a bit chilling. MW22 on the other hand kicks you back to checkpoint if a single civilian dies by your hand, even if it was completely unintentional. So that's a step back.

The revolver in MW is a .357 magnum, based off of a Colt revolver, not a .44 magnum, however even with it being a smaller and lighter caliber a 6 year old would still STRUGGLE with handling the recoil from it

In regards of wanting a game to "take the gloves off," I highly recommend Spec Ops the line. One of the most finely crafted stories in a video game. It's based on heart of darkness, and doesn't pull any punches about the horrors of war and the game isnt afraid to show you.

I really like Jacob Geller's video about the politics of MW 2019. Bringing up how this game cannot be apolitical, especially basing it on real life military action. The developers attempts to say "we just want to show how grey war is now" are entirely hollow.

The sergeant in Clean House that gets hit was moving towards the door to clear it, but at that moment you hear a bump on the next floor and it distracts him. Sub optimal, but realistically a mistake that could happen.

21:17 "They really are never gonna tell us how boy got his call sign" Well this has aged pretty well.

I'm surprised you didn't have more to say about the embassy mission, one of the longer ones and honestly just as, if not moreso, memorable as Clean House (certainly one I always replay any time I get a MW2019 itch)

“We are LEAVING!” Was a callback to COD 4, which in turn was a reference to Hicks in Aliens. Worth another win.

What you say during the video about "geting dirty and real" reminds me of Spec Ops The Line

You really cut to the waterboarding when you said "Drink some water" lol Props for that

Clean house is certainly godlike, but Going Dark is on same level for me as missions go in this campaign, love how you can do Going Dark anyway you want, any house clear as first etc

A little note in the reboot is that Price is now forming 141 while in the OG it was Shepherd who formed 141, when you get to The Pit Cpl. Dunn will say something like “Shepherd’s watching something about selecting for his Task Force”

"No more jumping giant snow chasms or ramping boats" *Me looking over nervously towards Graves in MW2 (2022)*

I also played this one for the first time recently and I ultimately got to the end of the game with a positive experience. I missed all the discussion surrounding the game when it came out, and only knew I was going into a visually stunning reboot of a trilogy I loved. I enjoyed the direction they took the story, but felt it was pretty short. The cutscene they tagged on the end about 141 got me hyped for the sequel that would be out in a few weeks. Everything I liked about MW was improved upon for MWII and I can’t wait to watch the next video!!

Not to misrepresent, war still sucks, but the line delivery of "Warheads on foreheads, baby! Get some!" makes me smile every time, and I've caught myself saying it with every indirect fire strike I see across all media.

One of my favorite parts of this game is the sound of lifting up, pulling back, and shoving forward the bolt of the HDR sniper. It's such an addicting sound and it sounds so cool

One of the best parts about Clean House when I played it is that I instinctually when and shot through the door. I had no clue he would normally die until I watched this. That's amazing. Edit: also should add, I was playing the game through realism all the time, which was so much fun and difficult. It took me a while to do a lot of stuff because I had no directions.

When my brother came back from his vacation in the UK that opening scene, as well as the Piccadilly mission, creeped the hell out of him when he first played it. So much so that during the mission he would show me where he went out for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I FUCKING LOVE this game, I agree with your points on how some lines just land as hollow but it’s just a genuinely enjoyable game, I sunk hours into this game trying to get all the skins in MP

The moment where the butchers son is at gunpoint and he says "hes nothing to do with it" and prices answer "tell that the boy from the embassy" That hit. Hits every time

15:03 That's not a flower field... that's a poppy farm.

the only issue i have with this game is how the new gaz looks, just because i think he looks like lewis hamilton, and everytime he opens his mouth, i think he is going to say either #blessed or complain about dead tyres. fr tho, i like the redesign for all the main characters, both in this game and in MW2022

That modern warfare opening felt like the movie “nope” in a way

This video helped me realize, I actually miss Alex from MW2, since he's canonically alive.

oh I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time!!! Cannot wait to dive into it!

7:39 In the MP, the M13 (SIG MCX) is fully-automatic which as stated is exclusively semi-automatic here. This is good attention to detail because in British firearms guidelines for armed police or military units that are operating with live rounds (army exercises on training grounds don't count because they use blanks), you must not use fully-automatic fire for a number of different reasons but one of them is accuracy concerns, and another is damage concerns. If you look at a UK police G36C for example - a rifle that in German military usage has fully-automatic capabilities, you will notice they don't have a "fun switch".

I was on the fence about buying the game when it came out and debated waiting till a big sale but Prices line at 16:27 made me buy it 😂

Remember when a cut scene's graphics were far superior to actual gameplay? Damn, it's a good time to be a gamer. I was so impressed with the PS5, I bought one for a friend who doesn't have the same resources as me. Both were purchased second hand and I paid more for both than sticker, but was well worth his reaction and getting texts where his mind is blown over and over. I made sure to buy him some accessories and a copy of Horizon Forbidden West, which was the main reason I upgraded.

They actually revealed why the called him soap in his mw2 2022 bio, its because he "cleaned house" the fastest in training which itself is a reference to how fast you can beat the training course in the OG mw

The new MW2 explains that Soap got his name from his ability to "clean" houses very quickly as a breaching and clearing expert

In the new MW2, the operator skin bios actually tell you how Soap got his name. It was from how well he would "clean house" in their exercises.

3:09 I honestly got so confused at this sentence and thought the simulation had crashed lmao

Soap (in the reboot universe at least) got his nickname from how quickly and effectively he cleaned houses. Hence: Soap. Pretty badass if you ask me.

In mwII we learn that soap gets his name from being slippery and swift when cleaning house fast, as it earned him that nickname which is thankfully a lot better than hearing classified and assuming he dropped the soap in military school💀💀💀

Clean House and Wolves Den were so great. I get why people were upset there wasn’t a mission like this in MW2 but it was a different war I guess but I hope it returns in 3. I love 19. Price and Gaz were so greatly remade for this take on Modern Warfare. I loved seeing Griggs too I hope he returns.

I know everyone talks about Soap and Ghost in MWII as the peak character dynamic in the reboot trilogy but i really love the dynamic between Alex and Farah. You can never really tell whether they are just Brother and Sister in Arms or if they are romantically involved and the game never pushes it one way or the other because it doesn't have to. 12:30 I appreciate scenes that like too, it calls back to a story my brother told me. He was deployed to Afghanistan and during a patrol his platoon got ambushed, the pointman nearly got hit by an RPG, narrowly dodged a snipers bullet and sprinted through a hail of MG fire. He ducked into an alleyway, collapses to the ground and starts laughing hysterically, his mind couldnt even begin to comprehend the absurdity of the situation.

One of these days a Modern Warfare campaign rundown is going to have 141 wins, I can feel it.

The opening mission is all about how the bad guys are using Chemical weapons, while just drop white phosphorus on them (a chemical weapon)

I for some reason have not played this game ever since it got announced for some weird reason lol. I just might....one day

I've been waiting for this for ages, IT'S FINALLY HERE LET'S GOOOOOOOO MODERN WARFARE!

I haven't played modern warfare yet and I never realised just how incredibly realistic everything they did was, ye there's some artistic liberties that were taken for dramas sense but God damn I can see why everyone loves it especially the house clearing

3:10 you uh having a little trouble with that line😅

I had something of a different experience with MW2019. I wasn’t disappointed because I paid almost zero attention to the marketing, and instead borrowed it off my little brothers account almost a year after it came out.

After Captain America Civil War playing with giant Futura font word on location setting reveal, then this type of opening....man, i want another thing like this in movies

honestly Gaz is my favorite character in the Modern Warfare reboot timeline. of course i like everyone else and Soap is always gonna be a favorite, but Gaz is THE favorite to me, and it's weird to me that he isn't as popular. he's considerably younger than the other members of the 141 (his official bio states he joined the military at 16 and has been serving 8 years, meaning that he's only 21 in 2019 when the game takes place, and only 24 in MWII). his age makes him very interesting because it's said he's still just as efficient at what he does as the original Gaz, and i like to imagine him and Soap still have a playful rivalry over it in this timeline as Soap's journal implies in the original. Gaz is just. so interesting. but making him so young compared to not just everyone, but especially Price, gives them a more mentor-mentee relationship that i like, and also gives even more weight to his discomfort with the things Price is having him do, like with the Butcher's family. yes, he is a trained soldier, for a very long time at that point. but underneath all that, Gaz is still just a kid compared to everyone around him. he's just. he's such an interesting character to me!! and Farah too. i could do pages on Farah. i think this game's true strength is in the strength of their character's. although i have my favorites, every character is very well written and interesting

Best part of 2019 was when they made everyone believe Alex died but instead lived and they forgot about him in the second game

Wish I still had my copy

I *love* Modern Warfare.. but the flamethrower segment in World at War will always be my favourite moment in any COD game!

WHOOOOOW HAHAH i am laughing more about your excited WHOOS's and your general excitment then the video itself besides that i really liked this one keep it up man im really enjoying your videos

The cutscenes were so good when it first came out. Played at school for a bit, friends thought I was watching a movie

I guess Alex and Ghost share a sense of humor. Both are punsters.

One of the things I liked was the safe house you defend with the Mortar flares and laser designater is very similar to the movie 13 hours.

the way Price nods Norris away and glares him down as he leaves 🥵

The one mission I always think about when thinking of call of duty is vendetta from world at war. The cat and mouse game play and the only mission in stalingrad considered one of the most important battles of world War 2 for the russians

That whole embassy mission reminded me of the movie 13 hours which is based off of a true event where soldiers defending a CIA safehouse and needing to save a US representative

I’m so happy you saw the similarities to zero dark thirty. Especially the shooting the guy on the star case happens in the game and the movie, and in real life per interviews with the seals

I think the civilian challenges need to be recognised as well. You can get through all missions with no civilian casualties including london.

Cant believe you didnt give a win at that part where Nikolai said “truth serum” to Garrick at the van with Buther’s family

10:28 fun fact. The VA for the heli pilot is actually the original VA for Captain Price

“You know I got to win the sauce” Me: HE CSNT STOP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!!

Bro, I caught the drink some water and the quick cut to the water boarding scene. That's dirty...

Can we just agree that Soap is called "Soap" because he's a wetworks operator. He's on a team that's constantly cleaning up someone else's mess. Which would be reason to give anyone on his team the code name "Soap", but perhaps that's all he's known for. He's never really seen on recon, he's usually part of the action.

The mortar part is actually a reference to bengazhi and the movie about that event thought it was pretty cool little nod to real life

Love your vids

Note about 21:16 - They actually do tell us how he gets his name in MW2 (2022)! "He earned the nickname "Soap" for cleaning house with remarkable speed and accuracy in room clearance techniques and urban warfare tactics."

"This scene really shows you that the AQ are human too." *guy with bomb vest steps out of van in populated area*

That thriving flower field is a poppy field, for making Opium. I'm sure that adds another layer of something there.

13:15 OH MY GOODNESS THIS GAME HAS BEEN OUT FOR 3 YEARS AND NOW I FINALLY GET IT

I had a crush on Farah when I first played this, I love a strong woman wielding a gun

that threw me off seeing a house of the dragon reference without checking the date I assumed this video was a couple of years old. Very Strong

Alex actually doesn't die he comes back in the story set by the multiplayer along with ghost and soap

19:32 Ok, when you said Church my mind went to Red vs Blue.

The helicopter pilot on the embassy siege mission was the original voice actor for captain price

9:30 the deamon dogs shoutout should also be a win

15:12 That field of flowers are popys, and knowing the region they aren't there for beauty.