I got banned from Polygon. I'm proud.

BF1 includes woman and black people, people freak out because it's not enough diversity. CODWW2 has diversity, but now it's only marketing. Wow, just wow!

Social justice: "We want diversity!" *Game shows diversity* "They're just trying to check off the boxes. They don't really care about diversity!"

"Only the dead have seen the end of war" -Plato

I really wish failed journalism students would stay away from gaming.

feminazi's better not ruin this for me...

Another War quote:This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog. Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death. Napoleon Freaking Rule the World Bonaparte said this.

WaW was so well made. I get chills thinking about the ways the game makes every side look human and barbaric at the same time. Masterpiece that is underrated. April 30, 1945: When he first spoke of Dimitri, Reznov told tales of a hero, someone we should all aspire to be like. His merciless brutality defines him only as a savage, just like the rest of the Red Army. He is no hero. - Chernov

Every person I know who has been deployed, and has seen conflict, is not Pro-War. The guy who wrote that artical must have never gotten shot at.

I just wished we were able to play on the german front for ones

There is no limit to political correctness going mad... history may have been written by the victors, but it certainly won't rewritten by the whiners. If Sledgehammer still has time, they should add a cheat that reskins all the guns to look like Walkie-talkies, or a walkie-talkie joke weapon in Multiplayer, where wielding them lets you hear garbled rants about lack of women soldiers, racially-diverse units, and how one of the Germans you killed was a closet transvestite and should feel bad about it. That'd be the perfect "f##k you" to all these unhinged lunatics.

"Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies." -W. L. George "A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it." -Oscar Wilde "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." -Jose Narosky "For what can war, but endless war, still breed?" -John Milton "O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name." -Alexander Pope "War remains the decisive human failure." -John Kenneth Galbraith

i once saw an article that had this title "Call of Duty is about killing people, so lets not pretend that it isn't" I never got so mad at a person before.

There are not enough Kekistanis represented in this COD reveal.

Ya know there was a jet pack prototype in ww2. God help us all.

Mw1 one had a nuke where your character HAS TO DIE. WaW had soldiers watching their comrades deaths and being helpless to stop it MW2 had civilians slaughtered to be blame on the Americans . Betrayals of the higher ups your character put their hopes/trust into. The black ops series is all about psychological effects of brainwashing(and not just the ones by the enemy but conditioning by training) and trauma on soldiers MW3 shows what a effects on a war in civilian population. Also shows terrorist attacks on civilian populations (truck bomb). (SKIP ON GHOST, didn't play it/look like it) Advanced Warfare is about how the privatization of Military has changed and evolved, how they're better equipped and have more freedom (both good and bad kinds) of how they can act on the battlefield. As well as how our veterans aren't exactly treated well by the government. I can speak on IW because I haven't played it or watched people play it. But yeah if those aren't anti-war in some way.... I don't what are.

What the fuck polygon. You can ask any world war 2 veteran, how many women were in your platoon, and most will say 0. BECAUSE WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED IN COMBAT UNITS DURING WORLD WAR 2. of course this is leaving out russia because in russia everyone fights

I love your "no bullshit" about things with a dash of dry comedy and a pinch of sarcasm

Rags: "it received about as good as a csgo tournament" me: *about to punch the pc* Rags:"by the Amish" me: *bursts out laughing*

I hope we get to press "f" to pay respects.

I think the game will only be diverse with no white men.

Why the fuck would someone expect women, black men, and trans people in a WW2 game? wtf man grow up. But in all honesty it would be pretty cool if they included something about the Tuskegee Airmen in the new cod, I always found their story kind of interesting.

*Downloading adblock* *Disabeling adblock* sees shitty article title *activates adblock* *clicks*

"Wooooooow you can play as a female in multiplayer? Breaks the immersion! Sexism! Putting woman in harms way not men! In-humane! Patriarchy! For some reason is related to the wage gap!" -Modern Day Feminism

Grab your maxi pads people, we're going in deep.

28:54 "Oh... So you're a crazy person." Rags' realization there cracked me up.

Pre-order now to play as American war hero Ben Shapiro

I know some people may find this ... wrong or take it the wrong way but I hope we see the war through the eyes of a nazi, as most people in the German army in WW2 was forced to fight. I feel like being put into a situation of a 19-20 year old nazi soldier stood at the edge of a German city where it's pissing with rain just watching a mass soviet rush towards the city border. could really bring out a dark, fearful and new understanding of WW2 as most of the times the Nazi were portrayed as cold hearted killers that killed millions of innocent civilians but also had men fighting for that who probably didn't want to fight at all.

I feel that this game will either save or destroy cod

I love how some Battlefield fans are saying this is a rip-off of Battlefield 1 even though Call of Duty WWII was in development for over 2 years.

Press "Y" to change gender

why don't they have a character who identifies as a pair of boots?! that's racist!!!

I've never met a Brit that says "controversies" or "advertisement" like that lol (coming from a Brit)

7.5K views and only 6 dislikes....wow...

One of the quotes that stuck with me all these years from COD. "There's nothing friendly about friendly-fire."

"Throw the Grenade not the Pin" -(Dude from CoD 1)

Still wish they would have had the balls to to a german storyline. I'm sick and tired of american heroes of freedoms vs big evil demon nazi ww2 storys.

im not interested in this game due to Activision's awful business practices, not because of diversity issues. that's how it should work.

"Video games dont generate empathy"...Anyone else feel a bit of empathy for the soldier who got his eye stabbed out with a cigar? in WAW? Or how about the soldier who bursts through the door on fire during the first mission? Or how about right near the end when you get shot and are unable to put the russian flag back up until you are helped?

0:00 Everytime a Rags video is out, I am glad to see that smiling doggo face that punches reality and fun into the video. 6:42 Yes, yes, yes! I loved reading those quotes. I'd see them often playing on Veteran. I guess those quotes keep me sane, haha. 9:25 Because yes, God forbid Sledgehammer went back to WW2 because of their shit games they were making. Wake up, Tyler. 36:46 Rags, our laughs echoed through my house. Oh my fucking god X'D An intersting point on WW2 I'd like to add is, a lot of the Nazi and Whermacht soldiers weren't fascist. They were brainwashed into fascism by HItler and believing they are the superior race, that Jews and their religion are to blame. When (majority) the German army and people found out, they hated and despised Hitler immidiately. The Nazi Party was attractive to the majority of the German people because Hitler and his party proposed a solution to nearly every problem that was facing the various segments of the population. Thus led to German people becoming loyal to Nazism. For example, the Party agenda addressed the problem of Germany’s loss of WWI. The Nazis exploited the popular myth that Germany’s army was “stabbed in the back” by the Weimar Republic’s first politicians. In this way they seduced the German people into associating the loss of the war with Democracy. Hitler pushed the idea that the Treaty of Versailles was used to attack the German people by the Jewish International exchange capitol. Warsaw. The Nazi party promised to abolish the Treaty of Versailles that was putting Germany into a great depression of their own. Germany was a nation with a damaged pride and a very unhealthy economy. The Nazis were virtuoso propagandists and opportunists and they seized the nation while it was at its most vulnerable. Yet if it were possible to take away any of these elements that made up the Holocaust, it still could have happened through overcompensation in another area. However, if Germany’s deep hatred of the Jews after the proposal made by the Nazi party was removed from the equation, the Holocaust could never have happened. I now have to let my fingers and brain rest, I hope I gave you some insight on what happened to the German people when the Nazi party took their innocence.

when there is literally the entirety of human history to pull a war from for a theme, we always seem to land on 3 can we get a little Korea? of how about the revolutionary war? or *anything* else for that matter?

I love how the Trailer for COD WWII played just before this video...

do they know what year it is? it's 1940 nineteen-fucking-forty

A slightly different example of education through media: I watched Hacksaw Ridge recently. I spent 3 or 4 hours in the middle of the night, after, researching the Battle of Okinawa. I learned a LOT and better understood whole parts of WWII I hadn't really considered before. I understood the motivation to drop the nuclear bombs, and learned about the hatred between Americans and Japanese and how they exhibited those feelings through war crimes. I discovered just how horrible the Imperial Japanese Army really was and why Japan barely has any military presence at all, and why we have so much military presence in Japan. These are things I didn't get a chance to explore in grade school. In fact, I really didn't have that much interest in it back then. But when I saw a movie and was presented with a dramatic telling of one amazing soldier's efforts, suddenly the entire conflict became more fascinating and I wanted to know more, and so I learned more. Not just about the soldier and the importance and nobility of the conflict, but also about the horrible experiences of war and the numerous death tolls. Movies like Saving Private Ryan and Hacksaw Ridge, and video games like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor, can tell a story and be provocative. The only people who care about checking off politically correct checkboxes are likely the same people complaining about the "hollow" sincerity of this new game's developers.

I remember when I used to buy the PC Gamer Magazine. When I used to go on their website and respect their opinion. Now they are nothing more than Polygon 2.0. RIP Gaming journalism.

Rags: "I'm gonna edit that part out." Rags: *leaves it in anyway*

Speaking of Ww2 controversies.. *Mg42 vs Bren* The ultimate ww2 shitstorm.

But WWII was a white man's war... Only around 700 African-Americans died in the war. The rest of the casualties in the European Theater were primarily Soviets, Germans, Hungarians, Romanians, British, etc...

Lots of black people moved to Europe to fight in World War One, so it is historically accurate. the first black pilot served for the French military in the early 1900s

In MW2, when you start up in the US capital and first walk outside, you see the destruction. For an American, seeing DC turned into a war zone is depressing. Sure the music helps but just watching the destruction, the death of Americans defending your homeland. That's what made MW2 so memorable to me.

I don't think these people actually believe the tripe they write. It's likely that they're just collecting a pay cheque and write whatever will get the most attention. At least I hope so. It would be pretty sad if they were serious.

No empathy??? Remember when you're fighting for the Russians in WaW and the grunt dude who wrote the book dies right in front of you by surprise as you're about to win the battle? I was like 12 when I last played that game but that part stuck with me. Poor, spooked, innocent dude was brutally murdered right as he reached the light at the end of the tunnel. CoD can be touching

Ahh. I remember the Stalingrad assault in Call of Duty 1 and how impressed I was by it. Until then I knew about what Stalingrad was, but I didnt quite realize what a massacre it would be. *Also, if the young plebs dont wanna read, then mock them. Not reading books is degenerate behavior. :P The elder art form is still king, silly gamers.

It is said that if you come extremely quickly to a new video papa rags responds

I like that you leave your small mess-ups in your videos, it makes you seem more like a person and less of a carefully crafted character/persona. It is refreshing.

5:20 wasn't edited out. #TRIGGERED

I just saw a video on the right side titled 'Video games were a mistake' by Harmful Opions. Rags, kill.

Europeans who fought in ww2 still remain honorable to me, they mostly defended their country, familly and people, they fought for their children s future to not collapse and thanks to them i have a decent life today, so did my parents and their parents before.. The cause may not be noble overseas, but i would not forget those ou protected themselves, including most of germans soldiers, who just fought for the same reasons, were part of the army and had obligations and duties, they were not all ss or nazies..

Boy these devs need to be like Bethesda in the new Wolfenstein game they had a nazi and a kkk member hanging out.

I'll give it game of the year if it adds an Inglorious Basterds DLC

pointe du hoc was a fantastic mission in cod 2. keep in mind that this part of operation overlord did happen. (not exactly like how the game depicts, but they did climb the cliff) the pointe du hoc mission is my favorite mission in call of duty. period, I hope that CoD ww2 has a fantastic dday mission

The 34 minute mark of this video marks the point where Rags just lost it.

Also the part where I say some of them are italian. The reason why I say that because I vaguely remember my dad one or two relatives on his side of the family fought in world war2. And his side of the family is Italian.

First time visiting your channel: wasn't expecting to sit here watch an hour long video but glad that I stuck around. I love the way how you articulate your points

Brothers in Arms -- this would be more elaborate but I'm drunk. Cheers. Go Top Hats.

World at war: Remastered

watch them somehow figure out how to add some magic hitlers levitation pack with Nazi's jumping all over the place like the last 3 games

Well, being anti-capitalist doesn't necessarily mean pro-socialist. We don't live in a truly capitalistic economy. We live in more of a competitive econony, which is a hybrid of both (although been leaning more and more towards capitalism in the past 40 years). Pure socialism doesn't work because it explicitly denies people their individuality. Pure capitalism doesn't work because it explicitly denies people their equality. Either eventually will cause collapse.

We all know by now that Polygon aren't being sincere, and they manufacture drama. Drama is clicks, clicks are ad revenue.

28 minutes in and I'm can still bare it >Polygon Oh Jesus no

I knew this video was coming, and have been waiting patiently for it for the past 2 weeks. I must say that it is definitely the most scathing and worthwhile expense of 50 minutes I've spent in a while. Well done, as always, good sir!

Ya why can't I play as Rosie the Riveter? You know, work at a factory for 2 weeks, then quit because it's too hard.

well it's unusual to watch a video this early

I'm literally staring at your sheath the whole video.

I remember when I played World At War. I don't remember the age, I think I was approximately 10 years old at the time, but I cried at one point. I think that I had gotten to Berlin in the Russian campaign, and at one point, a group of German Soldiers were surrendering. Instead of letting them live, the NPC that was your friend shot and killed them. The justification was that the Nazis hadn't shown any mercy to the Russians that had surrendered. I remember that I cried after that.

I love these hour long videos for when I frequently make my long drives back to my hometown. It's honestly a lot better than music.

hopefully they don't use just two tanks again, so many bootiful tanks of the ww2 era why just use sherman and a slightly off looking tiger

I can't believe I'm commenting on this video, but dose no one remember the female soldiers npc in cod 2 or that one French resistance fighter character in cod 3. Seriously people need to not have a melt down over the dumbest things, whether it be not enough diversity in a game or that there is any to being with

"We want it to be respectful." d o e s n t s h o w s w a s t i k a s

I love this channel. I'm glad these videos are so long because I could listen to this guy for hours. He should have a podcast lol

I don't read comics, what was the Social Justice thing Rags mentioned?

let's be real, most people play call of duty for zombies

I've learned something from MWR's campaign. when the pin is pulled, Mr. grenade is no longer our friend

World at War was probably one of the best representations at war. It was hard to watch, you'd watch your fellow PBY get blown up by Zeros as you hear their dying yells. the Russians burned surrendering soldiers alive with molotov cocktails. the first thing you see in the entire campaign is the Japenese beheading POWs. it really showed that war was horrible.

Thanks for giving me something to watch rags :)

I learned a lot about WWI from Battlefield 1. Best thing that came out of that game for me.

Another thing I like is that in the campaign, you are clearly playing as a member of "the big red one" and they were a very famous unit. There is an amazing movie about them made by a member of the division. If the game is anything like actual unit's story, it will certainly be an anti-war game, but an epic story nonetheless. The big red one fought in a number of battles in Africa and Europe, and they have an impressive record that will work well with the game

CODWWII: rhis game will be historicly very accurate, kids will learn from it. KID AT SCHOOL: nazis had black soliders TEACHER: F, sit down

i have a feeling that call of duty nowadays are getting hate just because of its franchise name

I wouldn't mind seeing a World War II game from the prospect of the German there's an entire ocean of titles from the Allies perspective how about we get one from the axis

I went to Afghan as I am in the british airforce. I wasn't a front line soldier, I am a technician. Even though I was behind the walls we still got mortered, rocket attacked and bombed, and it was terrifying. It's good that they are trying to portray war as serious as it is. Countless people have died fighting, and as time goes on people tend to forget. I have been to remembrance parades and when partaking in the 2 minutes silence have seen teenagers making noise and pushing each other around and acting like dickheads. Ironically these are the people that then go home and play CoD and tell you they've fucked your mom. I respect what the dev's are doing and the approach they take. CoD will probably always be trash, but the message behind it is good.

I get so damned tired of SJWs and the controversies that they pull out of their asses.

We need a good CoD PC port!

I'm not buying the game unless all the tanks have black paint on them and instead of the long cannon they use to shoot things it's instead a big flat hole

Wow, you have really grown as a youtuber. Been here since around 50k, stay up brother

At seven years old. I was playing CoD 3 (WWII), watching Saving private Ryan. And listening to my fathers War stories. Today, I am 14, and Saving Private Ryan is still my favorite movie, CoD 3 still my favorite Game.

*"Putting women in the game is telling the story wrong"* But here is the thing, the multiplayer itself isn't supposed to tell the story. That is the job of the campaign. Personally, I probably won't even touch the multiplayer of call of duties anymore since they are so bland and repetitive. The campaign on the other hand, I believe needs to be historically accurate to the dot, no exceptions. And I'm glad they seem to be aiming for that. As for the multiplayer, since it isn't telling a story, and they probably aren't even aiming to make it historically accurate, and the fact that I'm probably not even going to be playing it, I couldn't care less what they put into it.

last time i was this early, charlie jenner was still a guy.

"pass me some ammo bro" "did you just assume my gender?!?! No ammo for you mister"

the D-DAY scene in that cod game sticks with me, and I was very young, maybe 1st or second grade, I'm in 9th now, as soon as you said that scene, I immediately remembered playing that mission