People say BO2 has the best campaign cause of Menéndez. But something about the setting of BO1 makes it far better imo. The interrogation, the brainwashed mind of mason, reliving his past, the goddamn numbers, his delusional self thinking he was with someone the entire time when he wasn’t, The ending. An absolute mind fuck when everything unfolded and we found out the truth. This campaign was and still is legendary.

Trust me that last scene will send shivers up your spine after completing veteran difficulty.

Now as an engineering student I can confidently say. The SR-71 mission planted the seed for an interest in aerospace. Definitely a core contribution to who I am today. It’s a shame to know this kind of passion in video games is so few and far between

I just remember feeling like I was going crazy while playing the campaign until the ending blew my mind

I think the Kowloon city is pretty cool, it’s a real place and on Google you can see the spots that you fought through in the mission but in real life and it’s nice

We are witnessing the origin of a 1m+ youtuber. 1 more sub well earned. Great video, black ops is one of my favorites

41:40 the game also *never* reprimands you for friendly fire on him post Vorkuta. It doesn’t even try to stop you. You brought up details I didn’t even realize like the Oswald comment. Insanely well made, especially considering how tiny your channel is.

Black Ops 1 is still my favorite campaign to this day, great video man!

Especially that "what the f*ck is wrong with you?" Coming from Swift in the rat tunnels is what made my friends and I really question wtf was going on 😂

Finally more people are now realizing just how BADASS this game is

I feel like developers have run out of goodwill with people in terms of multiplayer. Microtransactions and fomo but also just the fact that the basic formula for cod multiplayer hasn't changed for almost 17 years. Which is why i think so many are going back to singleplayer games and re-evaluating or re-experiencing campaigns from as an older and more artistically capable version of themselves. Imagine the feedback from the community if they were able to make a great game with a solid player base with NO microtransactions or $20 skin packs or $25 tracer packs...we'd all just be playing the game again. That'd be nice

Someone with 350 subscribers does not need to be posting a video this high quality. I'm seriously impressed with this and mind blown about the Mason Oswald fact, I never knew about it and im speechless

Loved this! The nostalgia of coming home from school and grinding and being excited for new CODs being released is a feeling I definitely miss 😢

I love playing the campaign! COD online is fun but any great game needs a great campaign as well.

Black Ops 1 has got to be my favorite COD game. It has influenced my taste in aesthetic and game design so much more than I might have initially realized. Everything from the campaign to the multiplayer and OH MY GOD the zombies were all just a chef's kiss that deserves 100% of the nostalgia I get from it. It's one of the deepest campaigns in the whole franchise and took so many risks but struck gold. You can tell the people who made this were insanely talented and knew exactly what their vision was and what risks were good to take for the franchise, not sacrificing it's quality. Great video, I'm excited to watch more from you 😄

i remember first playing this game on the wii, it was my first fps and i loved the hell out of it - it took me like a year to beat the campaign since i was learning how to play and what a quick time event was, and i remember i got stuck on the yamantau mission cus i didn't understand how to give orders to hide the soldiers lol i also remember being terrified of trying zombies, even up to black ops 2 until a friend got me to try it and hooked me into the mode for years

Also i wanna mention that the hyper-realistic mission cutscenes also make an appearance in MW3. The ones in the prior 2 games are pretty standard but for some reason infinity + sledgehammer went all out in mw3

While pretty much already understanding the story, watching this has somehow helped me understand it more on a deeper level and has made me appreciate this games story even more. Simply a masterpiece of gaming. Amazing job on the video! Subbed and excited for more! :)

Fun fact: Reznov is the only teammate you can shoot in campaign without failing the mission

This was amazing

Unbelievable video, this needs so much more attention! Loved it personally cause I also played the campaign for the first time when I was around 11 and recently re-visited it and noticed all these small details and I agree its an incredible campaign. Can't wait to see more content like this!

Great vid man, this cod just had something in its campaign that I feel no other cod has, it has such a compelling narrative and the twists make it feel so movie worthy.

I remember doing the mission where you go through the rat tunnels with Reznov and reznov disappearing and then just showing up outta nowhere right behind the main character. That’s the point when I relized something weird was going on Edit idk know if it was a glitch or if it was supposed to happen but it was still weird nonetheless

Man, the first two Black Ops games and World At War are great games. They have a lot of great set pieces, atmosphere and balls.

The nostalgia I have for this game is more than any others, even more than mw2. This game was beautifully crafted. Back when devs and the teams had passion. Great video my friend you earned a sub from me!

good content this campaign was the best for me i never knew i could get attached to a story until i played this game back in the day

you articulated the passion and attention to detail in this game superbly. something you know a thing or two about haha. playing the black ops campaign over and over when i was younger n scouring the levels for little secrets and oddities was endlessly intriguing. really looking forward to your future videos and insight

Fell asleep watching this but I honestly loved this and agree with what you've said up till I got knocked out lol. I love the overwhelming cutscenes between missions. And the story is briliantly crafted. I loved this game as a kid and even now as an adult. This game will forever hold a place in my heart!

My favorite call of duty and campaign. Covered beautifully. Sub earned.

best cod campaign of all time in my opinion, treyarch just simply has better written stories than infinity ward has done with modern warfare. waw, bo1, cold war, bo2, bo3 all are some of the most interesting, thrilling and just honestly complex and layered stories call of duty has offered.

I love these retrospctives. And I'm glad that I'm not alone feeling, that gaming isdustry is today about...trends, transactions, DLC's and...such stuff. Just to squeeze as much money from product as possible. You, mister, just earned a subscriber.

I literally was just thinking Black Ops 1 needs a good long form video, you’re on your way! 🎉

I already know the answer to this video essays blew up specifically retrospectives but how is this not blowing up this is such a well made video essay

Absolutely amazing editing and commentary! I can't believe you aren't bigger! Black Ops was the first COD I played without any help from my older brother or cousins. Good memories learning to play the game and exploring it on my own. This video is fire

Earned a sub, love these kinds vids n will be watching more of yours. Excited to see future ones!

contragulations, your video was chosen to be the video i go to sleep watching. this IS a compliment btw. great video and keep it up

Great video bro, I lost my old Black ops game disc a few years ago but watching this video makes me wanna buy the game again to feel the nostalgia I felt years ago. Once again great video man!

Very nice video! I think you should have talked about Victor Charlie and Crash Site though, i mean Victor Charlie has the goriest kills in the game but also the infamous tunnel section and Crash Site has one of the best section in the game with the opening on the boat and Sympathy for the Devil playing in the background,it was so fun.

I’ve been playing bo1 a lot again recently and looking up videos about it. I was very glad this video came into my feed. This was by far the best recap and explanation of the campaign that I’ve ever seen. You pointed out multiple things I’ve missed over the years. You definitely deserve more subscribers

Great video! Keep them coming!

great video, I think that russian roulette scene, it wasn't that much they had luck with bullet and stuff, because you can clearly see where bullet is, so that Woods: FUUUUUCKK is just playing scene for them, that's why he says to Mason: do it, do it now. because he know bullet is right there :D Also ending is cheesy on purpose ''yeah merica fuck yeah we won'', so that scene after with Mason implying he killed Kennedy is real scary ending that makes that cheesy win perfect. Also I love that ''YOU TRIED TO MAKE ME KILL MY OWN PRESIDENT!'' ''TRIED?'' Btw I was one day curious if Treyarch just picked random guy in that Kennedy footage at the end and made Mason after him, and sadly no, they edited him in :D I think it would be really cool if that guy was actually there and they model Mason after him

Bro this video is amazing I hope you do it for all of the call of duties I thought these are better than choppers 2 hour retrospective since he doesn’t go into full detail like you did on this, it’s exquisite I subscribed and I’m looking forward to more amazing retrospectives just like this one. Right on Brother!!

Great video, man. You're bound to blow up.

Supporting the hell out of this channel. Good luck!

Lol i can finally say i played a game back when it was in its prime Black ops was and still is my go to game

I remember soloing fives back in the day with my stakeout and smg pack-a-punched, making it all the way to round 50. One of the top 10's in my collection

great video my guy

COD BLOPS took me back to Nam when I was there in ‘67

34:58: I think we're more than a few to find the timing of the theme comedic with the sunglasses thing by Hudson.

Keep this up man. Great video and definitely a good recommendation video

What I also like about the Russian Roulette Sequence is it’s a reference to the movie “The Deer Hunter” where american POWs escape their Vietnamese captors by using the pistol to kill them

Totally just earned a sub

This video is so amazing I love listening to call of duty videos while driving and especially when its my favorite video game! This video has so much passion and potential my guy keep up the good work🎉

Great video man

Shoutout to any text adventure nerds that also played the entirety of Zork on that computer in the main menu with a 360 chatpad 🤣🤣🤣

I remember this being one of the only cods that I got around release date, I was only 11 or 12 but I was enthralled by the story, more than any of the other campaigns, stayed up all night and beat it in one sitting.

I watched this thinking it was some channel with Atleast half a million subs. The production quality is rad. Good job bro thank you this was awesome. Happily subscribed.

That scene where Bowman is killed by that Dr. Mindbender lookin mother fucker always gets me... And I don't have any proof of this, but it will always be my headcannon that Mason was the one who shot and killed Dr. Clarke. Like somewhere on another roof a couple blocks away, Mason was there with a sniper rifle under the control of the numbers, and he shoots among that hail of bullets whizzing past Weaver and Hudson, killing Clarke, but making it LOOK like it was a random stray shot.

Fun fact, when i was 13 i was grinding the black ops 1 campaign. Later that night i was having dinner with my family, my mother was pregnant at the time. My mother was thinking of baby names for my new baby brother. I brought up the name mason because of mason from campaign. My mom really liked that name. Four years later i have a baby brother mason thanks to black ops 1.

Great Video!

Earned a sub playa great video

I really enjoyed this video and your Black ops 2 video but I’d love to see a video like this on the Halo games too

Dude you are amazing at this. You kept me invested every second, you are definitely going places with this channel.

Love the vid

I remember being so intrigued in this game and it got me into cod and zombies and it has a perfect score as well all so iconic it’s just such a great game covered by a great youtuber

I don't know if you caught at the end when Dragovich is being beat up by Mason, Mason says "you tried to make me kill my own president!" And Dragovich demonically says "Tried?" With a strong smurk on his face, probably from knowing that his brainwashing will work in strides beyond his death. 37:03 I really hope you make a part 2 of this for the second black ops game as well, as even if this is my favorite CoD of all time specifically campaign wise and growing up with it during one of the worst times in my life- the Second game and its continuation or this story as a sequel is amazing and id love to hear your point of view. Edit: just subbed to you and looked at your channel to see you made a sequel. Going to watch it now! Keep up the hard work.

Ur content slaps bro watched all ur retrospectives in the last week. Keep on grinding ur bound to blow up soon

Black Ops 1 was a favorite of mine as a kid. I remember I played it at an older friend's house. I really wanted to be like him and my older brother by playing CoD. Though when he first got his 360 slim and BO1 they wouldn't let me in the room with them. I was born 02 so I would of been 8 at the time in December of 2010. Evntually the hype cooled down and I could play through the campaign on my own if I ever came over. I was blown away by everything. The intro, the main menu, how crazy the story was. Even to this day I still enjoy playing through the campaign. The story was so well done and it's a shame we haven't seen anything like it again. Cold War tried to follow BO1 and I did like some aspects of it. The jungle brain washing level was very interesting. But it lacked the coolness that BO1 had. I hope eventually down the line we can get a remaster of WaW through BO2 for one complete story with all the technical bells and whistle of modern tech

Just noticed the Kennedy “Profiles of Courage” book during the scene where the woman recites the numbers. Interesting.

Anyone else notice at the beginning when Mason says "we all got killed" he sounds like he said it with a Russian accent? I feel like that was a clue on Mason having DID in the game with Rezov being his alter

Subbed at 1.2k see ya later at a Million my guy 😎

How u don’t get way more views kills me

you unintentionally showed me how to do that level in the beginning

When I saw you had 600 subs I was very surprised. Good shit and keep it up👌🏼👌🏼

Here is one thing I noticed when playing multiplayer.. The American flags in multiplayer maps like Firing Range, Hangar, etc.. turn into the Stars and Bars when you go far away from it

Black ops 1 campaigns gameplay despite being kind of over the top, it never takes away from the serious tone of the story. The reveal/hinting of reznov being dead the whole time was great, but the real reason why I love this game is the fact that the game lets you interpret Mason’s gap in memory. Was he a Russian spy that whole time? Was he the infamous second shooter in JFK assassination? The storytelling is something you wouldn’t expect from a CoD as it is trippy and complex.

Holy crap.. u deserve so many more subs bro. Keep up the GREAT WORK!

Bo1 and OG MW2 are peak gaming.

You’re gonna go far on KZfaq I can see it

My all time fav game

Side note: you cannot fail to friendly fire by shooting reznov, since y'know... He ain't there

I would like to thank COD Black Ops and Assassin's Creed 2 for kickstarting my love of history in high school

I’m a PlayStation player born and raised, but I’m about to pick up a series s to play these old cods campaigns again

Hey man, found and watched your BO2 vid yesterday and I’ve been looking forward to watching this one today! Here’s hoping you do vid essays for all the COD games 😎

Campaigning is always worth it

Based tactical button layout

Don’t comment much but great video mate, please do more and definitely Black ops 2

Best campaign ever

I hope we see more multiplayer content about the classics, now that the servers are live again

Black Ops was the first COD I played. I always thought of the Call of Duty franchise as nothing more than mindless "pew pew" games with no substance. Nothing that would interest me. How unbelievably wrong I felt when I played this one. An incredibly rich storyline, a great Fight Club-esque plot-twist, with an amazing voice cast. All of the hallmarks and a great game.

You see that youtube video.....we're gonna watch it

Here before she blows up

Funny thing is. I just found your channel and now I’m just browsing and commenting. So don’t mind me lol

I rented this game from blockbuster on that day and beat it

no idea how I just found you at 476 subs but, yeah I'm #447 and you're definitely going somewhere bro, keep it up!

Umm how in the blue hell do you only have 426 subs? Underrated as fuck

I remember Bo1 campaign was hard even on the low level well I guess I'm that much if a bot lol

The stories from cod 4- Ghosts are elite. I know ghosts multiplayer gets flak but I’m talking about STORY MODE

Mane I was 8 when this dropped I remember my unkle told me this was dropping

27:17 yo is that spiderman