Alpha Omega - My Thoughts & Opinions [Black Ops 4 Zombies Review]

[@Jrrizzo]

Happy Holidays, everyone! I never thought I'd have to make this video, but I'm a man of my word. I hope you enjoy!

[@Bloodfury4270]

You are a wonderful human being and I hope you have a Merry *insert holiday*!

[@chuyperron2558]

❤

[@takrequiem5706]

Same to you John enjoy your break

[@Pogchamp57]

Happy holidays

[@orsonschuijers9865]

Happy Holidays Rizzman! Any leftovers coming to enlighten my life?

[@PTL2000]

Say what you will about this map, it forever remains my favorite due to Ultimis Richtofen’s line where he says “You answered the *crawl* of duty, wink wink”

[@Jrrizzo]

that one is super good!

[@Deathmare235]

I never got that line

[@zombies4evadude24]

@@Deathmare235you’re joking… right? Look at the name of this series…

[@conerconner1685]

@@zombies4evadude24 I believe he is saying that he never heard the line in game Why am I answering this, this video is a year old

[@loosh4654]

Doesn't that mean Richtofen is also aware that it's a game, like Dempsey, then?

[@CrowAtNight]

Now all we need is IX and Classified and we'll have a season-wide coverage of BO4!

[@tiggle5485]

I unironically want to see an IX review

[@bruhmoment552]

IX is a great map and arguably BO4's best map.(Not saying it is the best map cause AE exists but IX definetely can be debated on)

[@MooMoo-sl2th]

It's so refreshing to watch a video about Alpha/Omega and have it be fair and constructive.

[@space9545]

I noticed that at 16:17 the nova bomber buffed the entire horde even though it shot only two zombies. The best way nerf them imo is to let them affect only one or two. It's ridiculous that it can transform the entire horde into demons.

[@TotalCruiserBabe]

Aim for the head

[@space9545]

@@TotalCruiserBabe that don't really work in the later rounds when the weapons damage drops off

[@TotalCruiserBabe]

@@space9545 Continue to aim to the head

[@doctatofen2.089]

@@space9545 wraith fire

[@jaidynheadford4092]

16:31 And that Noise 😏.

[@omarvalente8376]

Imagine that the "more than friends" quote was added to the game only for Rizzo to be forced to make this review, and once we continue the dark aether story the first thing Samantha says is "Gray, you are more than a friend, you are like a sister to me." Great review btw.

[@duncanharrell5009]

That’d be hilarious

[@ActionJacksonVideos]

Doubt anyone will see this, but I played a match of this map this morning before work, and it was Primis Dempsey, and the rest of us were Ultimus. Nothing has felt more like a single brain cell wrangling cats than the dialogue of three deranged stereotypes and one serious man with zero patience. I loved it.

[@comradejack5376]

Dude I loved Rushmore. I had this idea for the Super EE rewards. I thought it would be so cool if for completing the Aether storyline you'd get Rushmore in an ADAM unit as a blackout character and for Chaos you'd get the High Priest of Chaos as a blackout character. Would have been awesome and way better than the literal nothing we did get.

[@Fragile_Media]

Your audio editing is absolutely on point here! It's one of the biggest things I look forward to with your reviews :)

[@KingOfHearts777]

3:56 I will never grow tired of Rizzo using Zack’s noises

[@Fragile_Media]

Alpha Omega is one of like 3 maps I pretty much exclusively play for the Easter Egg Quest. The vibe goes hard and the steps are genuinely a lot of fun (especially when you have that cheat sheet up for the clocks)

[@itzgoat0284]

Alpha Omega was one of my first Easter eggs, and it’s great for that

[@SaviorQuest618]

I did the Easter egg for this map 6 times the first couple weeks of release. It was the first quest I ever did solo

[@bruhmoment552]

Yeah a lot of people hate on AO but it has arguably the easiest solo EE and is almost entirely solo friendly, which is something i dont think people give it enough credit for.

[@GalaxyPolar]

16:00 the Nova bomber is EXACTLY what ruined this map for me and why I never got into it at ALL. It's the same scenario as the Vampires that ruin DOtN for me. Take these specials out of their maps and it can only improve the gameplay experience. I would get soooo annoyed when one of the valves would goo up and when cleaning them, I'd be ambushed by a whole horde of super sprinters in this tight area. I just wasn't having it with this one. Single handingly ruined the whole thing.

[@ryanbollinger1759]

The difference is that I love the vampires on DOTN. They add to the chaotic gameplay and the aesthetic of the map, plus they have perfectly balanced counters that the map gives you. They were also heavily nerfed in updates so that their spawn rates are balanced now. On top of that, they make you think differently while playing and can change the player’s priorities when running a horde. Nova Bombers though? That’s just artificial difficulty.

[@GeneralSouthParkFan]

@@ryanbollinger1759 The Nova Bombers really are just a worse version of the Ice Catalysts. Kind of a weird example of a gameplay issue that isn't present in Chaos but is in Aether, like with the atrocious fast travel times/location in Blood vs Voyage's excellent locations/fast travel times

[@commander_eaa2862]

I won't lie, Alpha Omega has my favorite atmosphere of any zombies map, it feels so chaotic 24/7 with its bright colors mixed in with all the fire and blood and plants, toped off with the electricity and the incoming storm. Even the zombie designs draw me in

[@cloverandanais]

"After a 5 year hiatus, the galvaknuckles FINALLY made their return." And they made me fuckin NUT. I dearly missed my babies. 🍀

[@burdrrr]

The chimney throw is one of my greatest enemies

[@agentcoffee3722]

Is nobody gonna talk about at 14:39 and 18:23 and yet again at 20:14 then 30 seconds later at 20:34 and makes another brief cameo at 25:23 and 26:30 and for a final time at 26:53 John uses a CHAOS field upgrade in a aether map is that an Easter egg that I don’t know about or am I imagining things my mind is going crazy

[@justinhawes1593]

2 years later I need answers!!

[@jonasahlquist63]

One of my favorite maps no cap. Can't beleave he didn't mention manikin round. You can beat the valves by turning them once, then dispatching the small horde, then nothing can wipe you out for the rest of the valve. The insane buff zombies are a unique and fun challenge.

[@aliataye720]

Honestly rizzo you are literally one of the youtubers that got me into zombies. I always now look forward to your analysis since you have a very non bias take on them and you make me realize things I would not really look into. Thank you great video

[@yunix2396]

Nice to know you spent years saying you would never talk about Alpha Omega only to cave in at the end. This is the best Christmas present.

[@JoeGamin3]

I have a lot of issues with this map but holy shit that round transition music is the best in all of zombies and I stand by that

[@belinskiparadox7687]

I think my favorite things in these reviews is when you put Zach's funny lil gremlin screams over Zombies and Special enemies

[@devinurenda5229]

it cannot be overstated how much i love your zombies reviews. they’re perfectly unbiased, talking in great detail about all the good AND all the bad. by far my favorite cod zombies videos of all time, keep up the great work :)

[@messedupet1875]

Im not ashamed to admit this map is the reason I bought BO4 on sale years after release.

[@yumithehunter6292]

Back in ww2 rizzo almost quit… now he finished Cold War and we soon will get a persona 3 retrospective…. God speed rizzo! Good luck next year!🍾🍾🍾🍾

[@a7s_kosmos310]

Gotta be honest, I love your reviws. The quality of the videos and how you state your opinions is simply great

[@theowaheo]

Loved the video, well put together and edited as always! Major respect for keeping your word ;)

[@Stanley557]

Babe wake up new Jr. Rizzo video just dropped

[@burnoutmeme7898]

Love the video, especially the part complalining about busy work in zombies.

[@keegster1433]

I clapped, I clapped when I saw Peter McCain fall in Gorod Krovi

[@Mattyp24]

I enjoy going back and rewatching your videos bro. You're the most fair and intelligent zombie KZbinr there is. The gold standard in my opinion when it comes to zombie content.

[@dice9270]

Love this map Gotta say, as you've mentioned before the little things really help, and all these silly little edits you add make me smile so much

[@RiotSRetro]

I know a lot of people don't like this map but I've always loved it since I played it when it came to PC. I really like the more chaotic gameplay when it came to training or playing more close to zombies spawn. Which is why I love Voyage and not really IX because I feel there are some fatal missteps they took with the special zombies. Overall great review and hope you review tag some day

[@RiotSRetro]

You already did tag I just forgot lol my bad

[@chasek6495]

I genuinely love every single one of these reviews

[@parsakoolaji2222]

I love your map reviews rizzo. The way you talk about the maps really makes me to just sit and just listen. Plus with your amazing voice, it just makes it much better.

[@Afterlife_Podcast]

Wow. Dennis Prager is even creepier than I thought.

[@carterbergland9264]

I’ve always found alpha omega extremely underrated. I’ve found most of the problems people have had with the map can be fixed by just playing custom mutations.

[@madmonty4761]

Its nuketown for the 200th time no new enemys no new wonder weapon just basic

[@Daniel-lr6yz]

@@madmonty4761 We’ve only got Nuketown once before on zombies

[@madmonty4761]

@@Daniel-lr6yz both zombie and pvp

[@Daniel-lr6yz]

@@madmonty4761 Yeah but they’re very different experiences

[@madmonty4761]

@@Daniel-lr6yz but still its nuketown you know what nuketown is

[@Solid-PK]

Thank you Rizzo I've been waiting for the one mediocre map to be reviewed

[@belinskiparadox7687]

Based John Rizzo actually keeping his promises

[@FlansterTheFilm]

Keeping it 100, the OneyPlays audios/memes are funny as well and really greatly implemented when it can be easy to have them feel forced, caught me off guard the first time, love this shit

[@Veymex]

I love this map so much. Great and Fair Review!

[@eschketi]

Veymex

[@agentcoffee3722]

Same I’m glad we share an opinion veymex

[@Nandermonium]

Wow, this is like a genuine Christmas gift! Wonderful review, as always dude

[@Roadkill-Films]

20:10 Fun call back to: "W-What are you? Gay? It's like you're begging me to hate you." *insert Big D with distorted zombie scream*

[@Harigan]

Great thoughts as always Rizzo. One question: if you were to play on custom mutations and disable the nova crawlers, would this be one of your favorite maps? When I ask this I don't mean to defend the map at all and say "why don't you just play custom mutations lol", I'm just genuinely curious. As far as I know disabling pests would disable nova bombers and the valves clogging up since its caused by them.

[@ccmemes5898]

I rember in an old video he says he likes playing the game as intended

[@Harigan]

@@ccmemes5898 Yes, like I said, I'm not saying the map is better because you can change the rules of how its meant to be played, its just a theoretical question.

[@TheWalkingMem3]

Happy holidays. Love your content and every time I see one of these masterpieces it makes me want to make reviews of my own. Solid work as always

[@Demising]

Not related to the map, but I'm super happy that you mentioned both Raven and Sledgehammer at 22:50 when talking about COD 2020. The amount of times I've told people that it was both developers, only to be called an idiot, dumbass, or them just not knowing is baffling.

[@mario-mx9dm]

The gods have finally graced us with the Alpha Omega review. Nice work on the editing, might edit when I actually finish the video to share my thoughts.

[@orsonschuijers9865]

Wake up babe, Rizzo just posted (i will not wake her up for another 5 months)

[@peacekeeper3154]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR SO LONG!

[@actionjaxtion455]

Yo let’s go merry Christmas rizzo

[@brando8408]

What’s sad is that if you remove the bo4 UI and put these maps in BO3 or cold wars system most of them would be fan favorites

[@Jrrizzo]

Yep. The actual maps in BO4 are really good, but the core gameplay systems let them down super hard.

[@zarquiqui5620]

Rizzo upload! It’s a Christmas miracle!

[@Ace_2O2]

WOOOOOOO, YEAH BABYYYYY! This is what i’ve been waiting for, this is what it’s all about! WOOOOOOOOO

[@legacyrift3079]

Honestly I really liked Alpha Omega, it's probably in my top 5 if not top 10 maps. I just love the vibes, the easter egg not being too hard or too easy, the elemental ray guns. I just love it all so much, however I 100% understand all the points you made for hating it and will admit I'm not a fan either but I'm one of the people that can get past it lol

[@mhill__2283]

It’s a top 10 for me aswell

[@MrFusion]

Not top 10 for me, but I still think it's better than people think. It's one I can just vibe on and turn my brain off.

[@kirotinamikaze3992]

Whooooo! Much love man!!! Haven’t seen the video yet but ik it’s too tier!

[@Kyledoggs]

I LOVE the graphics on this map, it has such a cool happy jolly vibe to it and when you hear the round start music, it gets disturbing and you can tell that messed up things happened at this peaceful town. The maniquins having their own thoughts and killing everyone there

[@Samurai_Edd]

Amazing review!! Absolutely loved it. Keep up the amazing work!

[@SgtTankDempsey]

18:23 that's a Chaos story specialist weapon

[@fabianmaiolo3543]

I was not ready for the Zach Hadel scream at 3:56

[@isaaccadena8624]

Thank you Rizzo for the vid as a present to us 🎁 Merry Xmas to you and those close to you. Stay safe

[@Scorched_earth404]

Our Christmas gift thank you Rizzo

[@Whatsit_Tuyah]

AO is a weird one for me, I love rounds 1-25 but any round after that is an annoying nightmare that would put me off the map for weeks until I got an itch for it. Damn I might re-download BO4 brb.

[@MrFusion]

I could say that about most BO4 maps tbh

[@deansartorel5570]

Good job with the review, quality as always

[@thomasweyand7954]

The round change music is great though

[@Night_Terrors]

SHEEEEESH you actually delivered! Hell yeah.

[@therhymingturtle5577]

Amazing editing and b-roll as always, Rizzo!

[@HenryStudebaker]

I'm always excited for one of your videos, Rizzo, as they're just so, so well created and thought out that they're an absolute pleasure to watch! Plus, that Eric Andre clip of Nick Cannon was simply perfect there, and it made me cackle in joy! Thanks for an amazing video, sir, I hope your knee is healing along nicely, and I hope you have a Happy Holiday season, too! Take care!

[@dankmctwist6575]

Every time I watch this review I never fail to laugh at “The green cumulon”

[@karolclark791]

14:38 what the fuq? That specialist shouldn't be usable on an Aether map

[@bombthing]

I am the well is one of the best Easter egg songs storywise. It literally spoils the ending of the aether storyline a map before it happens. Kevin Sherwood hid that by making that his most cryptic song yet.

[@Nirvana_115]

At 18:24 how are able to use the viper and dragon on a aether map? It's been a minute since I played BO4 but I'm confused

[@commander_in_kief]

I was also wondering the same thing lol

[@officialmrfifty]

One hell of a Christmas present, thanks Rizzo.

[@zachasnacks7036]

The day when Rizzo makes his last zombies review will be a very sad one. Some of my favorite videos in all of KZbin!

[@NoBrakes219]

I swear i heard a pychicpebbles scream earlier, but now that you brought up green cumulon I’m convinced lmfao

[@JulianNeraom-jb1lm]

20:17 how are you using a chaos special weapon in an aethear map?

[@landonsmith7057]

He's just really good at the game

[@Nico-om7bl]

oh yeah baby another banger by rizzo lets GOOOOOO

[@The_One_Called_J]

I've been waiting for this!

[@thecommentor3845]

"Sophia but epic" We all love Rushmore

[@thedogefox8939]

I laughed when you said in your Twitter that you would only review AO if GreyxSam was canonized, only for Forsaken's intel to exist.

[@UncannyEXP]

It's debatable if it's canon, and remember Activision usually does these things to make controversy blow over

[@me-eat-book_7780]

A'll say alpha omega is like a dumbdown origins.

[@Zippien.m]

Rizzo did, infact, end up covering origins

[@Al3ksandrOrlov]

Haha, Rizzo, you did review Origins, and it was an excellent review as per usual

[@amscarpi]

How are you using viper and dragon at 4:50 what did you do

[@mcelroy5587]

The point that I dislike the most about bo4 is that to make eastereggs is that you must necessarily have the ps plus active, if u don't then just doesn't work.

[@starset4life175]

I’m more proud that you put the rock raising his eyebrow clip in this review

[@darken2185]

I cant find anyone mentioning this, but how is Rizzo using the Chaos special weapons on a Aether map? Great video BTW, editing is amazing as always.

[@doctatofen2.089]

They zoomed in the mark 2 iron sights and made them bigger in AO after a while lol

[@Mosk314]

Always loved this map, honestly it would be easily fixed by allowing me to input codes into Rushmore without being raped by zombies. (Like they did in Mauer der Toten for rhe Cerberus safe). I agree with the nova bombers being total assholes though, but I would stand that issue if they fixed the ee problem I mentioned

[@Fckituppp]

💀

[@MegablanchardStrangerThings]

John: Der Anfang is a good mo… “Enraged Eleven screaming noises”

[@ylwluv8556]

i love how long the echo on the Fart Shield lasts

[@QuoteIzkewl]

Wait a second How the hell'd you get Viper and Dragon on Alpha Omega? That's a Chaos specialist

[@XlBlackGryphonlX]

4:58 I personally like being Saraxis's Plaything and even Vercanna's Seedling, though I don't mind being Bellekar's Pupil either.

[@friddlefries1140]

This is so much fucking funnier knowing that you made this video because they made GreySam canon. I agree that the mixed cast was such a good idea, they didn’t keep them separated and we did get some gold from that

[@mk3butitsasupersecretaccou963]

Always love the vids. Keep up the good work, in whatever you do

[@LuvzToLol21]

Really, really looking forward to the Thoughts on Outbreak video

[@junitamaro759]

*Master_assist18* just got all my camos, operators unlocked and max level my account his very cheap and legit

[@junitamaro759]

He’s at Instagram….

[@danskrr]

How are you using Vipor & Dragon on an Aether map? 20:13

[@mikethemarine115]

9:30 it explains what Russman's role was in the comics

[@Wiitigo_X]

Every time rizzo says he thinks of a character differently because quotes or something Blundell wrote I just picture Jason’s evil laugh being like HA THATS WHAT I WANTED TO HAPPEN because we all know that’s what blundell loves doing changing one thing or adding one thing and seeing us end up changing our whole view

[@0Stark24]

I didn't believe this day would come

[@quietone2856]

Just what I wanted for Christmas! A John Rizzo review. I bet my left kidney that there will be a fart SFX

[@ccmemes5898]

15 10 your kidney is safe for annother day

[@Pyotr-j7e]

i gotta say i found the ray gun wonder weapons really fun