Black Ops 3 is OUTSELLING 2024's Call of Duty.

[@euseuseus]

It's crazy how Black Ops III is a 10 year old game but maps like soe still manage to look better than current zombie maps lmao

[@derekbalfe1729]

Definite lmao

[@mauriziochirca8939]

That's why art direction has more impact on the player than the graphics

[@zombies4evadude24]

Custom maps as well.

[@overpowerdog]

a man can only dream of rtx bo3 maps imagine the lights on soe, shit would be amazing

[@Alexander-ct2hn]

@@mauriziochirca8939no Cold War and bo4 graphics are objectively terrible textures and everything. That simple

[@joshuajones589]

You see the issue is Activision sees black ops 3 at number ten, but they also see mw3 at the number one spot and that's all they needed to see to keep making the same garbage.

[@ZombieNausea]

:'(

[@Memeslayer-zu3cx]

True and people buying bundles I stopped playing cod since MWII and it's just heading down a steep decline especially since the game is mostly remakes vs any originality and getting killed by games like helldiver's 2 and fortnite

[@Huey111]

Shareholders not supporting last gen richtofen instead they like nikki minaj and 21 savage

[@burritoh]

@@Memeslayer-zu3cxsnoredivers 2

[@robertf.atrozskin3596]

​shut up, heretic

[@RandoManFPV]

Zombies has no future. Only a wonderful and nostalgic legacy

[@marcusstrymon693]

I mean it still lives. I love me some customs and I play origins speedruns every day. currently a 56:40 run

[@RandoManFPV]

@marcusstrymon693 facts. I still play regularly and watch videos about it all the time. Bo3 that is lol

[@andrewhp9754]

@@marcusstrymon693for real, after many years I’m working on doing all the EE for the first time. As well as working on getting a pc to play custom maps. I think it has more future than multiplayer at this point

[@marcusstrymon693]

@@andrewhp9754 Aaaaah I really am jealous of you. Just one thing: Enjoy doing them eggs for the first time, its truly a great experience. Especially origins and gorod

[@pandaboi1k]

@@marcusstrymon693 yoooooo I also speedrun ggs on the run

[@yurichtube1162]

BO3 is Jason Blundell's magnum opus. He truelly cared!

[@ohsee7]

In the end he was too ambitious

[@daviscrawford8452]

Me and my brother still to this day will only turn on our PS4’s when we are home just to play zombies together. Whether it’s a simple high round attempt or an Easter egg re-run. We also come back to bo3 zombies as our bonding moment game. I don’t see my brother all that often now, so when he’s home. It feels refreshing to know that bo3 can always bring us back together no matter how long and how far apart we’ve been. I hope to grow up and have a family one day, and me and him both randomly decide to pull out or PS4’s again to play bo3 zombies one last time.

[@William77_]

Im still playing BO3 over any other game

[@marcusstrymon693]

Origins is the GOAT of my life. No first time drug brought me as much of a high as the first time finishing origins EE in 2016

[@stylaremz2230]

No zombie map can beat origins!

[@marcusstrymon693]

@@stylaremz2230 None!! 2 days ago I acchieved a 52:37 easter egg speed run time 😍😍😍😍 Still grinding every day

[@ApieceofBloonBQ]

@@stylaremz2230 I can respect that opinion but I personally love shadows of evil and it's my personal favorite I wouldn't really call it "the best" because there are a few maps that beat it, but it's my personal favorite

[@MEKUM-]

@@ApieceofBloonBQthe round change music for soe…chef’s kiss🤌💋

[@marcusstrymon693]

@@ApieceofBloonBQ SOE is biblical as well. Thing for me is, on SOE the Pap is just too difficilt to unlock if you play it with 3 randoms I love playing with Randies and for some reason on origins it is kinda managable Given that no level 10 random has gums and I dont like using gums lol. But SOE is also like origins in terms of EE speedruns, being in my opinion really close to origins in terms of how great it is to speedrun and how much skill you need. Its kinda insane. Nah really love me some SOE, great map 🔥❤️

[@mobilenerd8854]

BO3 was the peak for me i believe we'll never get a zombies experience like it ever again

[@flashgordan4004]

Fax

[@daniloc8448]

No people were just sleeping or drinking milk while the real zombie was out. The real one is black ops 1. that is the real zombie. Bo3 is a remake of a wonderful game. I like it a lot but it is nothing compared to bo1

[@yoshi9706]

@@daniloc8448so you loved fighting monkeys that took your perks away? Only good maps were kino five and moon

[@bonzoluv]

​@@daniloc8448 dude this is just boomer talk. Bo3 has everything Bo1 does improved(with more content) besides Five and CotD.

[@tylerwardle2475]

@@daniloc8448bo1 was a solid game but hard and not as much replay ability

[@waze7456]

Zombies will never be the same I hate Activision

[@benbyer1]

I bet you $100 you still bought Cold War and played zombies. y’all do this to urseves

[@EricAndruchek]

@@benbyer1never bought another one after bo4 and I played bo4 one time ever waste of 100 bucks

[@jakeeeeeessas]

@@benbyer1cold war zombies was fun

[@benkramich1356]

we say that but tbh i bet when this new cod gets announced they’ll announce the return of round based zombies

[@waze7456]

@@benkramich1356 what I mean is it will lack character and personality but it could change

[@cuyxjrplays]

Black ops 3 is so close to us but so far at the same time the game was ahead of its time for the time it came out in 2015 and the graphics still hold up in 2024 with games like rdrd2 and cyber punk imo

[@cam9759]

I just bought Bo3 on steam a few weeks ago for a mix of nostalgia, and i saw the updated video for transit remastered. Bo3 was the last CoD game i played and i hadn't touched it since 2016. From everything ive seen lately about newer CoD im glad i stopped at Bo3.

[@B-rad2324]

the love just isnt there like it was with jason blundell and his dev team were making zombies.....

[@Hammudiii]

Or Jimmy and his. Both probably the same team, just different heads (Blundell and Zielinski).

[@jasonbravoperez498]

@@Hammudiiirealize that the devs that made waw, bo1, bo2, bo3 don’t work there anymore.

[@imillusion492]

@@jasonbravoperez498are you slow?

[@TheLEE16884]

​@@jasonbravoperez498 its sad but i bought a pc and downloaded all of them. Now i can stay in my bubble. ALSO TRY Sker Ritual its a solid take on cod zombies

[@isaacfaith9369]

Round based is great because a game can be anything once you spawn in. You can play it how you want. Starter room challenges, speedruns, round 100, set up shop at unconventional locations etc. it's so much fun. Another important part is the progression curve. You can luck out on the box and skip the progression but no matter what you feel your power grow in-game and that is just so addicting. I have thousands of hours on Origins alone because of the progression. One game I mix it up and stick to Lightning Staff, others I go for Ice Staff for easy round 80s. The choice is mine. So fun!

[@silentD4d]

People still want call of duty- They’ve just stopped making it.

[@iLoveMiIfs]

I don’t get why they change zombies so much and don’t stick with the regular zombies formula but make some changes I don’t get wats in there brain I wish we could sit down with these ppl and ask them why.

[@AdamantWind2071]

Same dude, hopefully "Gulf war" will actually have round based zombies if that will be the next game.

[@connor6883]

I don’t think they have the talent to pull off what they did in the past…. I feel like they know this look at how low effort/skill mw3 zombies is…

[@connor6883]

Plus treyarch does everything for every other studio… how can they invest in there own games if they are making zombies & ranked play for every other studio

[@DanielMeraki]

@@connor6883 Well gulf war will be the longest cod ever in development that treyarch is leading and they actually were able to hone in on this one so we'll see how this pans out

[@connor6883]

@@DanielMeraki praying with ya brotha

[@michaelol]

Black ops 3 perfected zombies, why did they change the formula in future games we will never understand.

[@seanmahoney379]

black ops 3 just had the sauce and still looks as good ten years later as brand new games

[@benjamindevaney5489]

Honestly, after finishing the camo grind for Cold War, there really was no point to keep playing

[@16mrmoose]

Facts. I was on the grind for weeks at launch to get it in MP and maybe used it like three times cause I quit right after 😂

[@AoD4Hire]

Emblems, Community, Zombies, No SBMM pubs, SBMM in Arena w/lovable rewards.

[@roderickmaria2588]

They don’t use skill based matchmaking, they use “EOMM” which is way worse.

[@nathaniellucero2443]

I’ve been playing old cods, trying to figure out what the new games are missing. It’s not the people or hell not even the times. Call of Duty had the formula back then. If they stuck to it. Gave us a good campaign, survival round based modes (NOT JUST ZOMBIES) Old school Mw2, and 3 had amazing fun survival modes ! This formula lasted until Advanced Warfare. Then everything started going downhill I feel like. Battle Passes and WarZone( Battle Royale) have taken over the entire gaming industry. We’re tired of gaming industries copying other gaming industries! Stick to what you know and what you fans pay you to play!!!

[@gazwilliams-nc7jp]

I literally switched from 360 to Ps4 to preorder black ops 3 Because I had so much faith in it, and after it, I expected nothing but improvements in future zombies, I didn't think it would be the pinnacle

[@ZombieNausea]

of COURSE they can see it... they just WON'T look.

[@noiburg8866]

Activision seriously needs to create a zombies standalone game with all the maps. I feel like that’s been wanted by a lot since bo3

[@Loopy636]

Lex you gave me the lex curse and I’m not happy. I’ve died in the 80s 4 times in a row on DE in the last week and I blame you.

[@nfltradesonig]

see how the new cod is still on top. They know they can get away with putting out bad games simply because of loyal fans and the strong COD brand

[@GreySoul935]

The only time I reinstall cold war is for the guns, but then get bored of the same 4 maps.

[@LandonMoore-y2h]

I’m not listening to the community anymore. Its annoying to see people be ungrateful for shit. I’d rather enjoy COD the way I like it.

[@FadedLightXx]

I remember watching you play so many maps and it is clear you want your voice to be heard. your intro has changed. and you truly just want this stuff to do well again. stay strong man

[@16mrmoose]

I’ve actually started playing zombies again. Did DE & revelations EE solo for the first time ever. Kinda bittersweet cause it’s just not the same as its prime. Been slowly downloading all the other black ops games to do those zombies too.

[@dishonestdemon]

Think another thing is that people really dislike the be online at all times system for zombies since it just kills the gameplay going from a good round or run and then connection on whatever platform disconnects you and all progression is gone

[@Enderking394]

Mega hot take, I’ve played every treyarch zombie entry and I enjoy Cold War the most, so I don’t mind them copying it.

[@cryptorican]

I agree 100% with you brother. I recently got this game also for my son and it was mainly because of Zombies, he was 5 months or less when I got it now he is 8 years old so the Nostalgia is there in both ways. I even play some of the multiplayer and it was fun but Zombies are the way. I cant wait for them to bring Zombies back like the classic way.

[@juicyjay999]

Ill never be sick of a game i spent my childhood playing get those feelings Everytime i load in with my brother or friends

[@thelastofitskind3034]

Black ops 2 and 3 are stilll my favorite until this day something about those 2 that makes call of duty a really great game the zombies are just amazing

[@OldTimerOfficial]

Bo3 was the last of the greats. Fortnite could’ve joined but it integrated the battle pass system into modern gaming…ruined everything else as a result

[@itzdom2553]

Crazy how they treat the zombie community

[@TKO-zz1rx]

I still have bo3 installed never deleting it zombies still a big part of my life

[@pt5728]

Black ops 3 is quite literally my favourite COD game and arguably favourite game ever. Multiplayer and Zombies are awesome, people will dog on the multiplayer but it was still great and fun af

[@EconomicPenny53]

80 Canadian dollars is crazy. I was at gamestop and a used bo3 disc was only 16 bucks. Sure it's used, but 16 bucks is crazy for an 80 dollar game

[@thomasprigge6635]

I love BO3 zombies, but I would rather play BO2 because it has a better multiplayer and campaign with a great zombies mode.

[@frime_]

what if they had classic characters for each map, but you can buy crazy pink anime skins for them, so they can have their microtransactions and we can have our characters :)

[@noahroche6704]

Bought gorod krovi dlc to play for the first time last week

[@TheLegend-do6nd]

Fire?

[@iLoveMiIfs]

@@TheLegend-do6ndyes it’s hard tho super close quarters but it’s fun and it’s super cool with the drangons and probably had the best pack camo ever

[@OG-97]

If you're on PC an want to attempt EE reply to me, I need to do gorod an zets to finish them all

[@HorrendousCaliber]

@@OG-97 zets is easy tho, gorod is hardr but can be still achieved by using the right gobbies

[@OG-97]

@@HorrendousCaliber thanks for your input on your opinion of the difficulties. Not what I asked 👍

[@gotcha1248]

Back ops 3 is one of those games I'll always go back to. DEVS wake the f up

[@Jacob-jg6cd]

Man, a Blacks Ops collection with functioning multiplayer and zombies for all four games would slap.

[@matheusmelisguerrapeixe2330]

5:53 That is to strange for the warzone player base, in their eyes at least.

[@superdman2276]

No matter how you look at this, and no matter how much hope you have. The company just don’t care, they fallowed a gaming trend that kilt their franchise and they still spend their time spitting in the players faces with lies. And they get rich for it and the never learn and they don’t want to learn. It’s gonna be the same game every single year until they go broke. That’s the hard reality of it. But we had a great run and our amazing community is keeping this game alive and bo3 is the last goated cod and their will never be another cod anywhere near bo3.

[@ZombieNausea]

ALSO getting less and less excited for Zombies '24. Every new leak suggest we're getting MWZ re-skinned. Even if it's 10x better, that's not good enough for most of us.

[@Hammudiii]

We want WaW to BO3 art style, gameplay and philosophy. BO4 also kinda still hit that itch art style wise but Cold War straight up deviated way too far away from every single aspect. And now they copy paste CW all the time even tho it’s soulless.

[@Kazou_Yashiki]

just bought black ops 3 yesterday to go down on a nostalgic trip with the old zombie maps and the ones released on black ops 3. safe to say it's my favorite as usual but still irks me i can't play five again haha.

[@MrMortaf]

they need to put a soul back into zombies because at the moment zombies is more dead than the zombies it self which is sad

[@joshmaltais5322]

I’m not surprised. BO3 was the last good cod title. I own all black ops games and 3 is by far the greatest

[@pt5728]

Black ops 3 is by far my favourite.

[@filipstrawberry]

BO3 is here to stay, I dont expect anything different from Gulf War than what we had in CW, and if 2025 CoD turns ou to be just a remaster... well we will have pretty much every BO2 map on BO3 customs by then so no point in buying

[@Kingalien20]

They need to make a remastered bo2 everyone would buy that

[@JuanMiron-j3s]

BLACK OPS 3 ZOMBIES is the best one. It sucks they haven't made a good zombies mode since then, i mean everything since then as been dog shit. If you want it to be better, don't buy the new shit. I haven't since cold war. Vanguard was a fuck you to the community and so was MW3, I have doubts with the new black ops crap they'll come out with the mod tools alone make it worth it for new players. and the main reason it's selling so well on PC is the deck. the steam deck can run the game on low @ 90FPS. it's my dream come true legit mobile zombies. crazy that it's so high on the normie console shit, since they don't even get the plethora of custom maps. and nobody buys that shit for 80 bucks on steam. people only buy it on sale unless they're impatient or ignorant.

[@daniloc8448]

Lot of zombies but the best will always be black ops 1. Heres my top 5 zombies/aliens cods: Black ops 1 the best and it will always be. Almost perfect. Ghosts (for me one of the best multiplayer ever made and extinction is still wonderful in 2024) Aw (harder than what it looks like) Infinity warfare (amazing and different) Bo3 #(could be the best but they put gums and divinium, cool but destroyed the gameplay for me) Number 6 is ww2 (ok but nothing special) Number 7 waw (just because it is laggy even offline for some reason) Number 8 black ops 2 (well done but boring and slow) Other zombies contain zombies but the gameplay is horrible and without any sense. Vanguard is the worst zombies ever made. Cold war is trash Zombies on warzone is literally not zombies wtf that is trash

[@BotchuLeeSim]

Zombies may never be this good again… I’m just hoping for them to make zombie chronicles 2

[@HolyRaincloud]

Im a new player and the reason why i bought black ops 3, it’s pure moddability, having workshop integration makes it really accessible for people to download maps and mods

[@blksheepramirez]

Mr. Jason B was the key reason. He actually loved the whole concept of Zombies. Now that he’s gone, it’s only made to make money

[@saulsaul2039]

i like bo3 becouse of the zombies too revalations or kino de toten is my fav probably the best sombie maps out the also the gaint and the dragon map

[@deacon6221]

They had a perfect formula from bo1-bo3. Even some of the maps of bo4. I don’t know why they just stick to that OG formula. It works. Just keep building the lore, make creative ideas but not overly complicated and boom.

[@-ygb-voltage6244]

They haven’t made a good zombies since then that’s why, I say good loosely yes some have been fun but not I’ll play it for 10 years fun

[@Ceomuerta]

Black ops 3 was the last traditional type zombies we all love, take that combined with the large number of maps on console and endless customs on pc bo3 lowkey became the goat when it comes to cod zombies that’s how I see it.

[@freshasspineapple3258]

I’ve been playing bo2 and 3 for like a month now I completely abandoned mw3 after getting interstellar 😭

[@TaylorDatruth]

Bo3 might be a hot steamy pile of shit but 2024 cods make it look like a golden turd

[@danielcrisp8410]

Bruh they need to release a free to play zombies round based game zombies chronicals 2 as dlc and 4 maps that are only playable on a weekly rotation or even every 48 hours , this way when you search 🔎 youre not only playing kino der toten

[@TPGUY123]

Hes speaking facts, i havent bought any of the cods after black ops 3, it just had that level of care and detail that made it stand out that we havent seen in the years after it. Bring something similar to it🔥

[@gamewithadam7235]

Make a zombies only game and campaign people will actually buy it for £60. They already showed they can have 8 people in zombies at once, maybe even 16 possibly. Could be like left 4 dead versus. Let you play the specials while the other zombies go normally.

[@tobiasd.brimstone4659]

Literally bought BO3 just for the zombie chronicles on ps4. Taking my time learning all the EE’s before i invest in a steam deck just to get BO3 for the custom maps. Never gonna touch any other COD game

[@inspxct7483]

I love Bo3 multiplayer on Xbox has a new anti cheat so there is minimal hackers

[@McColin43]

It’s a shame when huge developers and publishers don’t know (or care) what their community actually likes/wants, and so they just keep shilling out garbage, thinking “They’ll buy it anyway.”

[@willzhao5889]

What game is being shown on screen?

[@TakezoMushashi]

It truly is insanity that Activision keeps neglecting the success of B03 zombies. It's what people want and they refuse to make it.

[@P_er23]

Hey lex, have you ever considered making any Resident Evil 4 Remake videos? If you never played it watching you play it in a playthrough would be amazing

[@hajj5032]

Unpopular opinion Cold War zombies is pretty fun

[@KeepTheAngerFlowing]

I agree.

[@lilshoes8700]

If BO1 is still worth going back to for Call of the Dead, and BO2 for Mob, I imagine I'll probably be playing BO3 my entire life.

[@godish_tv8623]

Jason Blundell NEEDS to make his own zombies experience shit would sell like hot cakes

[@AJJJ-co2vd]

I'd like a patch so it runs at 120fps

[@zjwolf3877]

Mixed with just being a really put together video game for zombies and the amount of content available for it alone with custom zombie maps, Maybe something like the halo sandbox but a map creator for the new black ops could make it god tier, black ops 2 was almost perfect for its time and black ops 3 is the number 1 successor to it, hopfully these years for the new ops is good to the production

[@LethalBrawler]

Happy Easter Lex! GOD BLESS

[@AMNL-Editz]

Yeah I stopped playing zombies after Cold War that was the lastest zombies mode I’ve played - I go back and play the old ones all the time - the new zombies is just 💩

[@novanitynormn7207]

i mean to be fair it's the oldest game basically that anyone can get on psn consoles like bo2 bo1 etc

[@Apolly0]

I literally just got back into couple days ago and I’m having so much fun only issue is there’s no one playing public lobbies apart from the usual kino and shadows but I’m tryna do the other Easter eggs but my mates ain’t built like that lol

[@Strawbewwyss]

1:00 is this a kf2 mod? cus that’s actually really cool

[@Jdasnake]

I have COD WAW (THROUGH)- COD Cold War and stopped playing zombies after Firebase Z because I love the Ray K but genuinely everything lost any creativity and soul like the old games had with time after that map

[@KamrenMCOC]

Im a multiplayer guy and i downloaded bo3 a couple months ago to play zombies with my friends since i never really played zombies much growing up

[@Bennybey123]

I just bought it on PC after dumping thousands of hours into bo3 alone on the ps4…. Let alone all the cod zombies titles since, excluding vanguard lol….. I was so disappointed with mw3 zombies and for £70 I was so happy to finally get on the customs after all these years

[@Cethio]

i dont understand why us as players can come together, and just not buy/play the game to cost activision hundreds of thousands of dollars so they are forced to change everything from the quality of their games, communication with the communitiy, and listen to the player base.

[@spideyquip9957]

I'm guessing the reason why Call of Duty Zombies is still going in the direction it is, no matter how well BO3 is still selling is because Operators and Bundles still sell more and make Activision more money.

[@ChildishKevino]

I really cannot agree enough. Cold war was fine but seriously I would 100x rather play something more bare bones and made with care like the original BO1 - BO3. Changing round based rules and gameplay just made the game feel weirder and weirder. Removing playable story characters to replace with micro-transaction operators was just a punch in the face. Unfortunately Activision is blinded by money and greed and will never return to their old roots.

[@MrFaleh1129]

9:27 wtf bro!!! Stop talking , if they leave then the game is going to be dead and custom zombies just started hitting their peak , I don’t think they even made full potential of the tools they have It started to cock and now you want them to ditch the mode hell naaaah!!!

[@advancegeo2986]

custom zombies did not just reach its peak its been top tier and one of the main drivers to the game for a whole decade

[@MrFaleh1129]

@@advancegeo2986 I would have to disagree, before we were getting small jank maps only recently have we got quality maps that are AAA quality like nightmare , water park zombies among other things coming up So that what makes me thing that community developers have only just getting started to know the tools (I hope so at least this way there can be more good things to come by and more potential)

[@advancegeo2986]

@@MrFaleh1129youre just misinformed people have been making extremely large detailed maps for years with features like easter eggs custom huds and boss fights yes water park zombies is good yes vae victis is good but that doesnt mean people havent been putting out good maps consistently maps like town reimagined or maps like minecraft mysteries or endalen or pokemon celadon city kyassaru there are literal hundreds of great maps youre looking over and just downplaying how good they are

[@klovor]

me and my friend just bought bo3 just for zombies it’s cheap enough on sale where i can buy it just for zombies and not care. my idea for cod would be to remake the entire zombies storyline the main one with richtofen n maxis make the storyline more clear n just remaster the maps

[@andrewmarshall687]

I been waiting for a good round base zombies for so long I have given up hope

[@haydenjohnson1520]

Call of duty went downhill when they started crossing over companies (sledgehammer treyarch, infinity ward.) to get the game out in time… It makes the game completely unidentifiable as we were used to. There will no longer be “treyarch zombies” because it’s not a priority anymore and because the company’s intertwine ideas

[@Futureyeti3]

I honestly believe if BO4 or even BOCW had custom mod tools it would help sales dramatically

[@Shloob1]

In my opinion, zombies was perfected with Black ops 3. Any new iteration of the mode will always just feel like an imitation of the past, fixing things that were never broken. As much as I'd love a new "good" zombies mode I'm totally fine with playing the old stuff. It all still holds up.

[@GUSSYAVO]

“If it’s not black ops, I don’t want it”, that’s how many ppl think and I do too, they have managed to disappoint me with every single cod they have sold after bo3, I’m telling you, advance warfare was hated at the time but at least it was good (unlike infinite warfare). I hate to hate this franchise because I loved them before but right now… I’m just hoping they remake/remaster old black ops games.

[@dorbzs]

I bought black ops 3 for ps4 on realse date I still play it

[@kawallygaming7372]

Zombies has become the mode where u can rank up ur guns for Warzone and Multiplayer, which is sad cause when Zombies was at its highest point the content coming out was amazing.

[@Ethanhulbert]

crazy how they have the perfect formula and still manage to fumble the bag

[@LAZZAMCPE]

Hope Kino is back in next cod 😊

[@seanmahoney379]

Zombies and blackout are epic and lowkey the zombies are its own game it’s huge and there’s a formula they left behind in this game