Menendez is the best villain (Black Ops 2)

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Kazmord

Kazmord

2 жыл бұрын

Let me tell you why Raul Menendez from Black Ops 2 is the best villain in Call of Duty. He elevated the Black Ops 2 campaign to its legendary status - the story, the mood, the multiple endings - he made them all pop. Strap in for this Black Ops 2 retrospective.
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@jaxonrobertl1494
@jaxonrobertl1494 21 күн бұрын
Amazing take of mendenez he is truly a tragic character while also being a bad person RIP. Kamar de los Reyes
@The-Red-Menace
@The-Red-Menace 9 сағат бұрын
Brotha no just no😂😂😂
@Autiysm
@Autiysm 8 сағат бұрын
Wait the voice actor for mendenez passed alway?
@SergeantPerrawn
@SergeantPerrawn 4 сағат бұрын
@@The-Red-Menace men kisser detected
@zayneharring9570
@zayneharring9570 18 күн бұрын
Rest in peace Kamar de los Reyes. You've made so many childhoods better. You will always be our Raúl Menéndez, hopefully you've reunited with your family and Josefina ❤️...
@TigerTigerson
@TigerTigerson 5 күн бұрын
*_PART 2_* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJNdrLVqprDXj4E.html
@Eni-Incu
@Eni-Incu 7 ай бұрын
Honestly, if Menendez actually started his youtube channel irl. He would end up on SO many commentary channels with titles like "The disturbing truth about Xx_CordisDie_xX69".
@Kazmord
@Kazmord 7 ай бұрын
You know SunnyV2 would be hopping on that immediately
@yazidefirenze
@yazidefirenze 9 күн бұрын
Thumbnail saying "Terrorist Organisation" in a bold font, stylised Menendez face
@RedCerberus010
@RedCerberus010 6 күн бұрын
I think Menendez would like to fool them. To be one step ahead.
@TigerTigerson
@TigerTigerson 5 сағат бұрын
*_PART 2_* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJNdrLVqprDXj4E.html
@slugshell2901
@slugshell2901 3 күн бұрын
“Your life will be consumed by absolute loss, only then will you understand what you’ve done to me. “
@fluzukthenuzuk8331
@fluzukthenuzuk8331 3 күн бұрын
Menemdez survives a bullet to the eye/head, a grenade seconds after, then he survives an army simply fuelled by the rage for the safety of his sister just to then survive another grenade and to add salt to the wounds to get the good ending you must capture Menendez instead of killing him, he really is immortal
@dantheman5405
@dantheman5405 5 күн бұрын
The best part of saving mason is it isn’t just there because we know it’s mason. It’s possible woods is skeptical from Hudson’s communication, the CIA file, and dragoviches interrogation.
@demonslayer5122
@demonslayer5122 2 күн бұрын
"He even has people in the CIA"
@user_Z-
@user_Z- Жыл бұрын
Dude, I'm kinda speechless on how good this video was from a channel your size. I played the BO2 campaign as a kid and to me it was just shooting people with a story in the background but being older now and watching this with your in depth analysis gave me a larger appreciation for this game. The campaign mostly stuck with me this whole time due to the scale and gameplay but I always preferred the MW campaigns since they felt more like real war to me. Treyarch's first two entries in the BO series are nothing to sleep on though
@Kazmord
@Kazmord Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Yeah when the games came out we were just too young to appreciate some of the finer details, and it's been a blast looking back.
@Nooneishereonlyme
@Nooneishereonlyme Ай бұрын
No it's not and the BO campaign are not bad
@demonslayer5122
@demonslayer5122 2 күн бұрын
​@@Nooneishereonlyme He said it's the villains that were mediocre. Not the campaign in and of itself.
@THESKULL-jq9qj
@THESKULL-jq9qj 7 күн бұрын
HE WAS THE TRULY BROKEN VILLAN
@NOTHiNG2CBRA
@NOTHiNG2CBRA 2 күн бұрын
Awesome video, lad - totally agree on everything. I hope we get more of him next year. He was the best villain in any COD game. Right after Jonathan Irons
@Frank_Wood
@Frank_Wood 2 күн бұрын
BO3 it was "Train go boom" but back in my days we had "sister go boom"
@christaylor8912
@christaylor8912 2 күн бұрын
I actually saved Mason first try. Not because I felt something was off, but because 9 year old me was a lousy shot lol
@henrydoesstuff4260
@henrydoesstuff4260 Ай бұрын
how does this video barely got views omg it's so good
@Kazmord
@Kazmord Ай бұрын
Huh, this video is getting recommended to people 2 years later? Love the algorithm sometimes. Glad you liked it!
@stealln5909
@stealln5909 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video from the goat for real. I've only played the campaign once at release and I remember being so lost in the plot. It's funny to see that he had 2 billion followers, more than the entire population of China, yet he never made a Twitch channel. Absolute waste of his time, he could've gotten so many Twitch prime memberships. Sadge.
@Kazmord
@Kazmord 2 жыл бұрын
My man coulda been the Ludwig of his time
@ThatSlayerguy
@ThatSlayerguy Ай бұрын
He is already pretty rich through smuggling weapons so it wouldnt matter 🤷‍♂️
@jdamian0247
@jdamian0247 Күн бұрын
Menendez is a man who is too angry to die, and I was all there for it back then. You know what? No. I'm here for it *now* too! I think I'm gonna replay BO2 soon now. Thanks for this.
@crisn565
@crisn565 2 күн бұрын
I forgot he died last year.. rip 🥺
@jhonshephard921
@jhonshephard921 10 күн бұрын
you removed the entire political background behind the whole thing and made it completely personal. Yes that is a big part of it but remember the factory owner who first scarred Josifina was American and the dictator they suffered under was US-backed, then a US-backed Noriega captured him. The countries he rallies are all ones affected by American imperialism.
@Kazmord
@Kazmord 10 күн бұрын
That's fair. If I ever went back to COD videos I would acknowledge the political aspect more, as I'm more aware of/comfortable with these topics now than I was 2 years ago. COD's politics aren't super deep but I appreciate Treyarch for giving so much dimension to a character who is a villain because of US imperialism. BO2 is a story about revenge first and foremost but the political dimension is something I would look at if I ever redid this video. Thanks for the comment.
@adachiandmarie6024
@adachiandmarie6024 Күн бұрын
One thing to give dragovich is that he laughed as mason was strangling him at the end of bo1 😂
@Bazinguh
@Bazinguh Ай бұрын
This is a pleasant reccomendation
@nightcrawler763
@nightcrawler763 8 күн бұрын
A neat little detail that you didn't mention is that during the mission where you're in Afghanistan, if you manage to not kill kravchenko, he'll tell you Menendez: "Even has friends within the C.I.A." implying he started to deal within the governments ranks Subtly long before the events of BO2. Which also ends up correlating with the twist where you have the choice of shooting Mason or sparing his life; I also believe he's mentioned only once in BO3, but it doesn't provide much information other that he's dead. And that because of the attacks during the finale of BO2, the world created a new defense systems.
@Kazmord
@Kazmord 8 күн бұрын
That's also cool because it's basically a reward for sparing Kravchenko in the form of a hint - the quote will echo when you're about to shoot Mason, basically warning you "Don't listen to Hudson, Menendez has compromised him." It's a neat full circle moment where Mason can potentially save his own life by saving someone else's (and resisting the temptation of revenge).
@nightcrawler763
@nightcrawler763 7 күн бұрын
@Kazmord Precisely why Menendez character is so threatening and frightening. He has the charm and resources as you said to make stuff happen, a shame they haven't touched his story again or created a character with the same caliber.
@inferno3054
@inferno3054 5 күн бұрын
There's also the CIA intel you can gather in the drug lab during the mission where you search Menendez's compound.
@rigfordthebarbarian2895
@rigfordthebarbarian2895 3 күн бұрын
That youtube cordis die thumbnail was so fucking funny. Great channel, subbing.
@thatsom7714
@thatsom7714 5 күн бұрын
Great video man, the quality is really very high for a channel of your size. You analyzed one of the games that I played and loved most in my childhood very well. I hope you can make your way! keep it up
@stalkerentertainment3671
@stalkerentertainment3671 Күн бұрын
The only Villain in COD you could empathize with, especially when you yourself are a brother and understand his actions through it.
@SLIPOFFABRIDGE
@SLIPOFFABRIDGE 8 сағат бұрын
Incredible video bro. Very well made and edited!
@mutecanvas3509
@mutecanvas3509 4 күн бұрын
Fantastic video man
@OrochiJr97
@OrochiJr97 4 күн бұрын
Raul Menendez is one of the greatest villains of all time in any media!
@SDS2017
@SDS2017 15 сағат бұрын
14:06 recently it has been confirmed that Alex Mason has been KIA by the hands of woods. Just wanted to put that out there
@jesseashton6163
@jesseashton6163 3 күн бұрын
That intro is hard asf
@adibkahatt7400
@adibkahatt7400 12 сағат бұрын
Great video bro!
@elperrodelautumo7511
@elperrodelautumo7511 3 күн бұрын
This is why Vladimir Makarov never would turn on Menendez. Because he has a fiery temper when betrayal occurs against him. In the gta verse, Makarov was suppressed of his emotions when he senses a traitor in his mist. Like Joseph Allen. Only because Shepherd leaked the info of a traitor in his circle. Menendez discovers a traitor, he’s emotional and punishes the traitor severely. Like no mercy. Years later, Julian Kostov knew that Farid was a CIA agent, told Menendez about a double agent within his inner circle, and when Farid decided to shoot Harper in the head, as a reward, Kostov shot Farid in the head as he was a loose end to him and to Menendez he discovered him to be a CIA agent. Truly double murder in his presence. It’s why people felt bad when Harper was shot and when Farid was killed, no one cared for him. Showing what the audience shock matters to? The victim or the perpetrator.
@l0rd0f5k33p
@l0rd0f5k33p 15 күн бұрын
Handsome Jack clears, I’m sorry
@HELMBREAKER47
@HELMBREAKER47 Күн бұрын
I think Menéndez wanted to make Woods suffer for what he did to his sister. Took his legs and his best friend, for 30yrs
@HokutoShinkenSuccessor
@HokutoShinkenSuccessor 6 күн бұрын
Man does the algorithm cook some times
@deitchj003
@deitchj003 Күн бұрын
Ding ding. You got a new subscriber
@RazorToaster
@RazorToaster 2 күн бұрын
I'm mad they made killing mason canon
@AaronJohnson-rs1vm
@AaronJohnson-rs1vm 5 сағат бұрын
He could 100% be alive. Dead or alive Mason has zero impact on any time except 2025
@arsala.a
@arsala.a 18 сағат бұрын
Maturing is realising Menendez was not the bad guy.
@aidhanroberts9028
@aidhanroberts9028 11 сағат бұрын
What haha?? Yeah the Americans were dirty and wrong but have you heard of proportional response? Making a global civil war and killing millions in return for a family member dying. Makes no sense as a justification
@Cryo_games
@Cryo_games 8 сағат бұрын
8:51 woods trick shot Mendez’s sister
@spookydonutghosthouse8483
@spookydonutghosthouse8483 Күн бұрын
RIP Kamar De Los Reyes
@satotheDD
@satotheDD 2 жыл бұрын
Let's goooooo
@jackmajor2392
@jackmajor2392 4 күн бұрын
I prefer Markov but menendez is still a great villain.
@dankastd4289
@dankastd4289 Күн бұрын
I saved mason first try lmao, I just kinda shot him without listening to hudson to get him in the head and got a trophy on my ps3 right after called "Family Reunion" no idea what it was until that cutscene with old Alex
@martinjuniorbalbihurtado9599
@martinjuniorbalbihurtado9599 5 күн бұрын
most call of duties have a sense of victory at the end except for black ops 2 and on a special note Ghost (where you actually didn't win)
@UrAverageFR_Teen
@UrAverageFR_Teen 2 күн бұрын
I'm also thinking about CoD 4, at the end everything that happened was covered up so basically many of our boys (like Gaz) just died for nothing
@horrorfanandy4647
@horrorfanandy4647 11 сағат бұрын
⁠@@UrAverageFR_TeenCOD 4 is very bittersweet. All of the original MW games end on what I would call a satisfying downer. MW3’s in particular is cathartic but depressing when you realise what it took to get to that point. No one but Price left, and Makarov swaying in the air like a string puppet. It’s haunting.
@ismurfather88
@ismurfather88 21 күн бұрын
I know this is random, but you think they should bring back Joseph Bowman?
@Kazmord
@Kazmord 18 күн бұрын
Like... from the dead?
@The-Red-Menace
@The-Red-Menace 9 сағат бұрын
This guy I swear 😅😅😅
@erenaslan21
@erenaslan21 6 күн бұрын
3:57
@TheGuyInThe109F-1
@TheGuyInThe109F-1 2 күн бұрын
Enendez was right,farid's life is worth nothing.
@onionbrotm570
@onionbrotm570 2 күн бұрын
Eh, I may lack taste in characters, but I think they made this guy too cool for his own good. Reznov was cool too, very cool actually, but I don't see him going "you don't want to see my dark side, you don't want me seeing red" he is just a russian dude at the end of it. I didn't like the guy the moment I saw his smug confident sass, amazing voice actor, but they gave him too much importance. He gets caught, he escapes, it's like he is a weekly villain.
@mrwacky4599
@mrwacky4599 17 күн бұрын
do rorke next plz
@ChukedIII
@ChukedIII 8 күн бұрын
Bro ghosts pales in comparison to BO2
@alexm.a.d892
@alexm.a.d892 5 күн бұрын
He's ass, barely has any screen time and extremely generic
@TheeWolfiee1
@TheeWolfiee1 4 күн бұрын
@@ChukedIIIL take… ghosts story was good. Multiplayer not so much..
@ChukedIII
@ChukedIII 4 күн бұрын
@@TheeWolfiee1 replay Ghosts, you will realize how incoherent and botched and pointless the story is
@IsmPatriot
@IsmPatriot 3 күн бұрын
you met menendez on Nicaragua not angola
@UrAverageFR_Teen
@UrAverageFR_Teen 2 күн бұрын
It is in Angola, Nicaragua is where Woods kills his sister by accident
@mohammadmohsen2097
@mohammadmohsen2097 2 күн бұрын
Best cod games are : bo1 bo2 world at war
@UrAverageFR_Teen
@UrAverageFR_Teen 2 күн бұрын
Basically Treyarch at its best
@bydlakbolszewik847
@bydlakbolszewik847 4 күн бұрын
How did you get your FOV so high?
@Kazmord
@Kazmord 4 күн бұрын
Gameplay isn't mine. Peep the description for sources
@Youllneverfindmezx
@Youllneverfindmezx 4 күн бұрын
This video is amazing. I love the America sucks joke on YT. Cordis Die with 2.1 billion subscribers, probably made a video titled how I converted mr beast to a cult.
@swoosh1420
@swoosh1420 4 күн бұрын
No he ain’t
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