'We're going down' - calmest pilot in a crashing helicopter ever 😂

“5 Years ago, I lost 30,000 men in a blink of an eye.” -General Shepherd

One of the best moments in this game is when the pilots and Vasquez knew the risk they were taking, yet there was zero hesitation in the decision to go land and try to save the Cobra pilot.

I think both the original and remastered versions are extremely effective in what they convey. The original had that blood red tinge that was foreboding and the sense of being alone as the world around you crumbles. The remastered version shows the pure destructiveness of the nuke and the horror that was unleashed. Seeing the pilot that you risked your life for choke to death in front of you was horrifying and the cloud looked hauntingly beautiful.

This is probably the most chilling and nerve-wrecking scene in the CoD series. You thought you saved everyone, and now you die. You also crawl to your death in a foreign wasteland, seeing all your friends dead, you look up, and die.

when it shows the long list of names that gets me

I still think of this scene, it was the first time I ever imagined the horrors of war. And the NATO phonetic speak is such a great choice, it creeps you out surviving a nuclear heli crash, that everyone is trying to figure out what the hell happened, and you're hit with the realisation of dying as a number.

2:29 this line from command is honestly one of the most terrifying things in any game I’ve played. No jumpscare, no visuals, just a man talking to you through a radio telling you that a team found death in a can. Then the aftermath after you wake up and crawl out of the chopper while the wind blows is even scarier, with or without the other marines dying around you

Even today, this mission still gives me chills.

Man... Imagine being the NEST team at ground zero trying to defuse that nuke. They must have felt a lot of pressure when trying to defuse the bomb but it was inevitable anyway because it was remotely detonated

This is probably not the best time to go around rewatching great cutscenes of games....

I'll always appreciate how the game has literally been hinting at this moment since mission 1 and to top it off is so on the nose with the presentation of Shock and Awe. Yet you are so accustomed to being the hero you think you are going to win and the game smacks you in the face for it.

I love how Jackson sees the light, so you can tell he died.

somebody got 25 kills

1:35 that marine is a fucking savage bro 😂😂

5:15 I just love how the clouds and nuke mushroom looked like an eye. It's like a cruel powerful being looking down at the death and destruction it had created below.

2:42 Nuke hit so hard the guy was teleporting between dimensions

Yuri: “Thousands of souls extinguished, by the push of a button... This wasn’t war, it was madness...”

4:50 this is actually the most saddening scene ive seen so far. imagine being in this guys situation. you are extremely injured, you saw your comrade die, and you know you are next. you are just crawling to nowhere at that point,

Remember when COD used to show how brutal war is in a realistic, believable way? Man I miss those days

I noticed that a lot of the scenes in this game have some new animations, like al fulani's hands being bound, jackson loading the mk19, and jackson trying to save that guy in the helicopter during the nuke, jackson looking at his hands, etc. Gotta love the little details like that.

9 years later and we still can't save our nigga Lt. Volker

California be like “It’s a boy!”

2:10. The look on her face as she is smiling in gratitude at the rescue would at any other time make the rescue a moment of awesome and heartwarming.

Damn, the nuke scene is much more of hellscape than in the original.

Dude straight up looked at the nuke as it exploded, that's a lot of eye damage.

This whole scene shifted the focus for Call of Duty forever. Probably the best and most important scene in gaming history

4:04 on god it sounds like he’s hearing the screams of agony from the rest of the battalion squadron fleet, and then it’s only him, as compared to the original........ scary.

Me: Takes a bite out of a burger All the toppings on the other side: 2:49

no commentary, no loud intros, no moving the camera like a maniac, and a high quality video and best scene i cod history, nice

1:04 It showed real valor that they went back for the pilot despite being told the consequence. Even the imminent threat of nuclear annihilation is no excuse to leave a man behind. And even though they all still died, they did so as a team

*"Outlaw be advised we have a situation here. Over."* any playthrough after you've already played this game once, this line is spine chilling.

imagine the fear in his eyes seeing that cloud knowing he's not going to make it home.that shit is what gives me chills and sorrow a bit

That guy who got 25 kill streak before it was popular

0:32 the way she says "were going down" you can just tell she knows its over

2:35 My friend: The firework did not explode? Im gonna che-

Still one of the most intense scenes I have ever experienced in a game. I wish Call of Duty could bring back that intensity in their campaigns. Or in BO4’s case, have a campaign.

The cost of a single javelin missile is $80,000,

Honestly one of the most flawlessly directed moments in any video game. Endlessly haunting and just fucking terrifying, the lack of music really helps the absolute nightmare that is portrayed here.

“Older men declare war. but it is the youth that must fight and die” -Herbert Hoover

**wakes up** “Hey, you’re finally awake. “

Sad part. Even if you do survive a nuke, its the radiation that will kill you.

Nobody: California gender reveal parties: 2:37

i'll admit: i'm not big into playing games(occasionally get into them but in spurts and I'm terrible anyway) and have NO interest in COD but read about this scene in some article and looked it up and was stunned by how immersive it is. Despite being a game and not 100% true to life visually like maybe a movie or television, I was moved at how effective it was portrayed. Chilling and incredible.

"5 years ago I lost 30000 men in the blink of an eye, and the world just fuckin' watched"

2:38 Makarov: see that yuri... Thats just the beggining

2:38 the blast was so intense it made him teleport

Captain Price: "Remember Beirut? You're with us.""

At least that pilot won't be dying alone. However I'd rather be shot than die of radiation.

I guess the NEST team cut the wrong wire

One of the most powerful and terryfing moments in gaming history

This was one of the most "HOLY CRAP" scenes in all of video gaming.

this is how a pilot killed 30,000 men in the blink of and eye, and Shepherd just fuckin' watched

When you get a text message at 3am and the light is at 100% 2:38

2:37 When you turn on light mode on discord

Now imagine if the rebooted MW had a nuke scene like this. How jaw dropping would it be?

Holy shit, the goosebumps are coming back.

30,000 men died in a blink of an eye and the world just FUCKING watched.

It's been 17 years since I first saw that nuke scene in the first and original Modern Warfare game. Now that I see what a nuke bomb can do is kind of scary.

This MW remastered was the first of the classic CODs I ever played and I have to say this was and still is the most breathtaking thing I have ever seen from a video game.

2:36 Nuke was so bad my man glitched out of existence

*When you realize that if the nuke was never dropped, Ghost and Roach would still be alive*

By far the best single scene in the game. My jaw dropped back in 2007 when I played the campaign the first time.

When Putin said “you’ll feel a wraith you’ve never felt before” this is what he meant

"He cant die, he is a playable character" , me 2007 Edit: the fuck? Where did those likes come from?

Aaaaah I miss the old days where I used to think that Private Jackson and Soap were the same person lol I was a kid that time... weird

2:37 gives me chills every single time.

It`s 2022 and I´m afraid.

Lieutenant Vasquez is such a badass. He’s the only marine besides the player to get up and walk after the nuke went off. When I saw him fall to the ground my heart sank. He was probably the reason I liked playing as the marines more than the SAS

0:33 "we're going down~" the voice acting when the helicopter crashed is like nothing is wrong~ they accepted their death

When one of the boys sprays AXE in the changing room 5:00

That cobra pilot said "We're going down" in the calmest way possible while the copter was spinning and flailing violently.

Lt. Vasquez has like the most over the top gruff army guy voice. "EVERYONE HANG ON!" *Freedom intensifies*

2:27 guy at the left got shot in the knee and didn't even flinch, what a champ

I really like how the remaster added in sounds of the survivors of the crash slowly dying, and you even see the Cobra pilot you just saved die right in front for you. Those details weren't there in the original and it makes this scene so much more horrifying.

A scene so iconic, every CoD after would desperately try to one up it in a vain attempt to recapture the shock value.

2:20 "Today, we show the world our true strength. Perhaps it will give you some as well." 2:30 "Is everything ready?" 2:34 "Do it."

"5 years ago, 30,000 men died in a blink of an eye. And the world just fuckin' watched"

When you don't think shit can get this real, you're living a fantasy. Yes, It can get this damn real!

2007: damm cool game 2022: Jesus Christ, its documentary

in the original version, the chopper soldier next to you just falls and you look at him like "gudbai my fren :)"

"Do you know what a nuclear bomb looks like up close, Ernie? It's like looking at the light of a thousand dead stars vaporizing everything and everyone, those who are unfortunate enough to cross it's path. Look away from the initial flash, and you can almost convince yourself that a cloud has pass through the sun bringing sunlight back into the world, that optimism will soon shatter you once you start to hear the deafening, glass shattering explosion, destroying everything in it's path. When the sound fades, and if you are lucky enough to keep your vision for these last few moments, you can see the fiery portal to hell, releasing 1000's of tiny imps falling from the crimson sky, covering the demolished terrain into untouchable objects. As I stared into the portal of hell, I wondered how I survived, I was badly wounded, yet wondered how my body was being pierced by the gamma radiation, being badly wounded by the helicopter crash, the intense heat which felt like my blood was boiling, but none of that bothered me, I watched as my men and women in arms succumb to their untimely demise, that didn't bother me. I was found by a rescue team and brought me back to a nearby military base to treat my wounds. They told me that I would have between now and 15 years maximum to live due to the extreme radiation sickness, in the end, it wasn't the bomb, the people, the silence, nor the destruction that haunts me, Ernie, What haunts me the most, was mankind going out of it's way to open up the gates of hell itself to fight their wars for them. It was greed, Ernie, it was greed." -Pvt Burt.

The chatter on the radio as you crawl out the helicopter gives me chills everytime

Modern Warfare and Ace Combat Zero introduce me to the horrors of nuclear war. Still gives me chills even to this day.

Everyone is repeating that that helicopter is going down in such a satisfied and cool tone

Pvt. Ramirez would have disabled it. On Sgt. Foley's orders of course

Most memorable moment, I barely played modern warfare when I was younger but I can never forget this scene

Back when video ganes came finished and the stories were actually good af

When I was little I was crying and i wanted Jackson survive the nuke explosion. When Jackson was crawling out the chopper I wanted a soldier to save him but no one was there. He died slow painful death. This mission was so sad. 😭😢

Jackson was originally gonna survive in this mission because of file with objectives saying get radiation equipment and find commanding officer

Having multiple people survive the crash, especially the cobra pilot you just saved gives this scene so much more impact than crawling around alone like in the original.

With the shit going on in Ukraine right now, this is the ONE thing I'd rather not see be given a live-action remake.

"EVERYONE HANG ON" sound Hopeless. Sad to hear

R.I.P LT. Vasquez R.I.P Sgt. Paul Jackson You will be remembered

that "You will not be at a safe distance" line is unironically one of the scariest pieces of foreshadowing in gaming history, IMHO.

“Copy 2-5 be advised, you will not be at a safe distance if that nuke goes off. Do you understand?” “Roger that, we know what we’re getting into” We in fact did not know what we we’re getting into

I remember as a kid I didn’t understand radiation so I was like oh he’s fine just really banged up by the crash and when he died I just thought it was due to the crash

''Possible nuclear device at *Al-Asad's palace to the west* " well...

The thing that haunts me the most was those soldiers wouldve survived the crash, they were killed by something they couldn’t even see…

I'm not a huge fan of some of the art changes, but I think the nuke scene is just gorgeous. The painterly look of the mushroom cloud, the way it parts the cloud cover, it's so hauntingly beautiful and dramatic in a way that truly conveys the otherworldly horror. The explosion in the original always fell a little flat to me.