COD: Cold War Zombies is good, but it has ZERO personality

[@Bricky]

No sponsor technically today. So instead here is some bread. Treat yo self

[@z_t636]

Thank you, floating forehead.

[@tjones3520]

bricky do you eventually plan to go back to uploading daily?

[@sadpath1679]

Don't really play Zombies myself but I did enjoy the Dark Horse comics of it.

[@joeantolak4629]

Great vid , been playing since waw , hardcore lvl 1000’s high rounds etc, I agree 100 % zombies is so lazy now to attract fortnite kids . It lacks the darkness , look how bright the new maps are . You can literally stand in a horde for 30 seconds zombies is ridiculously op and people still suuuuck , you can craft self revives

[@Lamp37820]

Thank you! I can deal with easy maps, but they need to give us 4 dedicated, fully voiced characters. Half, and I mean HALF, of the excitement of a new map for myself, was getting to hear the new dialogue from the player characters. They should make weaver, grey and the other to voice over handlers, what ever they are, as the people you play as. They may not be super interesting, but it's better than the mostly voiceless operators we have to use.

[@OfficialGREENscout]

Title: ZERO personality Bricky: It has 1 ounce of personality Which one is it Bricky.

[@collectionofnames4536]

methimetic

[@chicofrio8074]

Jellyfish let’s fucking goooo

[@theofficialdoncheadleyoutu1616]

POV: Bricky has kidnapped you and starts ranting about zombies

[@TheSilverOne878]

To be honest... I wouldn't mind. In this case, I prefer "forced apprenticeship" rather than "kidnapped."

[@EduardoSevero]

I'd enjoy his passionate rant

[@mrcyberian9079]

Finally. Someone know what POV means

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

I must have died and went to heaven

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

Man gets his microphone out like "You gon be here for a while"

[@belinskiparadox7687]

The biggest issue with Cold War Zombies is that all the interesting characters are the ones you aren't playing as

[@user-ug7mq4zv9b]

gotta shove them microtransactions down everybodys urethra

[@lucas169]

The only semi interesting one is Samantha. The Radio crew makes me wanna go to sleep.

[@DuckyShrunks]

@@lucas169 Weaver is cool though, Struss is just there, Grey is meh, and forgot the other name but he's kinda intelligent.

[@OmegaRejectz]

I’d disagree. Even the characters that have dialogue and aren’t playable are incredibly boring. Nacht had more personality than anything CW Zombies

[@lucas169]

@@OmegaRejectz Depressing to think about but true.

[@mrcrazyjerry899]

As a German, you are forgiven Bricky. Please speak more in german, its hilarious

[@serralsneko4733]

except for Der Riese

[@PlayValiant]

@@serralsneko4733 Ich habe mich die ganze Zeit gefragt, was seine Aussprache davon heißen soll (bin kein CoD Spieler). Jetzt wo ich weiß tut es noch mehr weh... und ist noch lustiger.

[@Soldjaguy]

As a fellow German we found this video funny and informative, keep at it Bricky!

[@akramgimmini8165]

Ja einfach witzig xD

[@lukaslange6815]

yeah pleas i love it :D

[@lonewolf9578]

Really my only complaint about it is the lack of unique characters or dialogue They could have at least given the operators some unique lines for zombies when doing the different objectives or with the box, like the previous games

[@tannereastman4832]

I totally agree there, I wish the operators would at least make comments about getting a nuke or instakill, or even after drinking a perk as instead it's just silence and I personally hate that.

[@xurmaker]

@@tannereastman4832 they do have voice lines for zombies, some really cool ones too, esp with woods, park, the new op naga, ect

[@rignatetris4435]

@@xurmaker were talking about talking about perk drinking power ups, or talking with each other. especially the opposing faction voice lines they could have had.

[@Dylan-xx2tk]

@@xurmaker I play Woods' and my friend plays Park, honestly they only have like three or four lines they constantly and repeatedly cycle through, although my fav for Woods is the "New world record for meatheads smoked!" line lol. Maxis, however, has some seemingly high amount of voice lines, I think I've only one heard one or two repeated (but I've only played two games of Zombies since I've gotten her). Still though, would be nice for the Operator's to react to the world around them, like mentioning things about Perk tastes, ammo count, etc. I guess everyone just got used to how expressive the characters were in the past when interacting with nearly everything, since Black Ops 1 actually. It's just so jarring to take that away, y'know?

[@xurmaker]

@@Dylan-xx2tk oh yeah, there is obviously vast room for improvement, and it can make the world feel a bit empty, but I was just pointing out that there is some effort being put down. I think what a lot of people are failing to realize this year is that treyarch had to cover sledgehammers ass and save the floor from under them because they failed to put out a functioning product. They had to rush a lot of the entirety of the game, and I think in that context (aside from being an unfinished 60 dollar game with egregious microtransactions) is doing very well considering. I hope they take the time to get with the voice actors and have them do some simple stuff for environments, perks, ammo ect. but I also wanted to point out some good they did. like dude, just the other day I was playing as the new operator Naga and he got pissed cause he almost died and he says "YOU'RE DAMN LUCKY IM HERE, WEAVER" like, shit like that is what made me fall in love with zombies in the first place, and it's good seeing effort put into it.

[@troupemastergrimm703]

Perfectly valid opinion. Though however good the game plays, i personally would argue that Titanfall 2 is better

[@wyattsherwood4156]

A fact applicable to any situation

[@conq1273]

I can agree. I need speed

[@Bricky]

A completely irrelevant yet accurate fact

[@troupemastergrimm703]

It's numbers may not be as grand as they used to be, but much like Cadia. Titanfall 2 still stands

[@jotaros_dolphins2213]

This is actually Pink Methman's secret account, innit?

[@fiddlemenuts7155]

I chuckle every time he says: “im so sorry germans“

[@seabass8193]

I actually was excited when Samantha came out of that dome. I thought maybe the story would actually start. Then I realized this is Activision and she's just a skin...

[@plushluigi298]

Samantha: "Sup, I'm relevant." Activision: DON'T FORGET TO BUY THE MAXIS OPERATOR BUNDLE, COMING TWO WEEKS AFTER THE LAUNCH OF SEASON TWO!! AREN'T YOU GUYS EXCITED?!

[@ziro9876]

however it is actually samatha from the ather story line

[@phdfloppa9397]

4 Samanthas saving samantha made me laugh for about 5 minutes

[@MultiPaco06]

I mean, while multiplayer isnt canon, the dark aether storyline is just beginning, think that it took them almost a decade to make sense of the original aether storyline so yeah, Sam coming out of that dome is the beginning of the story :)

[@ghost_1153]

yeah its a mess now, they should have left samantha and all the other characters where they should have at the end of bo4 story

[@Lynch2507]

'Are we Rise of Skywalker now" is so fuckin accurate

[@thetruestar6348]

so bad???

[@SilkKreep]

Rise Of Skywalker was abysmal, this game is "good"

[@oH_._]

@@thetruestar6348 More in terms that Personality is thrown out the window.

[@Lynch2507]

@@SilkKreep more in terms of "the action and fights are cool, but why they're happening is just references Nd nostalgia bait"

[@frankkennedy6388]

@@Lynch2507 I don't even remember any nostalgia bait in Rise of Skywalker.

[@VoermanIdiot]

"Veteran Zombies players like us." I've never touched Zombies, but I feel included.

[@lavellelee5734]

Same my man

[@EduardoSevero]

we Bricky fans are a tight community

[@alfonsocyrusjoshua9551]

@@EduardoSevero i wonder if nipnip actually ever saw bricky

[@waifuwaffles7697]

HA

[@ItsSupercat94]

you guys need to

[@davidkanas2272]

Bricky, I haven’t played zombies since BO2, but man I just love hearing you talk with such passion about everything. I can tell you really care. It makes me remember all the late nights with friends before we all left college and started working full time. Thank you for bringing those memories back up for a bit.

[@d4s0n282]

^ should at leasy try bo3, its a banger of a game,

[@boyeri3558]

@@d4s0n282 Bo3 overall was shit, only zombies was good

[@d4s0n282]

@@boyeri3558 I mean, the only bad thing about bo3 was really the sp, but what cod game these days has a decent sp anyway lol

[@boyeri3558]

@@d4s0n282 The mp was also shit, microtransactions and advanced movement, good mp died after Bo2

[@d4s0n282]

@@boyeri3558 I mean, microtranactions were not that bad compared to a LOT of other games, plus it was just different guns, not much better or worse, and whats wrong about advanced movement lol, only problem with it is that its being overused, the ultimate thing was fucking awesome

[@coffee0093]

Black Ops 3 to me felt like the last 'traditional' zombies experience, and the map variety means I always have it installed. I love Cold war zombies though, the gameplay and progression is great

[@d4s0n282]

I agree, but if zombies continues like this and dont give any personality, it feels for me the last zombie game that gave me that amazing personality and all would be black ops 4, like some of those maps are insanely good, although their mecanic was wildly different

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

I hqvent been able to play COD since launch because it constantly crashes on me.

[@coffee0093]

Ive had the same problem with blops 4 but not cold war

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

@deminator 32 Bo1 zombies is incredibly easy and simple compared to everything after BO2.

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

@deminator 32 those are things that no one else has ever said

[@StimmBehr]

Alright, let’s clear the story part up. Nikolai kills everyone, we know that, he destroys the multiverse and makes a new singular universe that ends up as the campaigns but with zombie outbreaks.

[@apexwild1179]

And the samantha at the end of Tag Der Toten is the same one as in Cold War I thought that was obvious

[@calumbarry1829]

Yeah the story does make sense, my issue is how GODDAMN BORING IT IS. (Obviously this is all my opinion) There are 0 fun or interesting characters, the only one that resembles sortve interesting is Sam and she is just as generic as the rest. Like cool she gets tossed into the dark aether and has the boys' stuff. She's just as much of "random military/scientist guy" as the rest, which is literally every singular character in this game. The coolest character we've gotten so far is FREAKING ORLOV! Just because he had a little emotional depth and redemption with his family and his sacrifice. The game is appealing to the larger COD community and it seems to be at the cost of some zombie vets, whether it ends up working for them I can't say but it sucks to see.

[@StimmBehr]

@@calumbarry1829 I get that, but remember we only have two maps and they added many more operator lines than there were at launch. This set things up, you know everyone, now they can expand upon them in the future maps. I suggest you be a bit patient and if it doesn’t get better, I’ll be complaining too.

[@calumbarry1829]

@@StimmBehr I can appreciate your optimism but I don't think it's anywhere near likely. Yeah I agree that maybe Weaver and Sam will get a little more personality but the rest will be left to dry, especially the operators. There extra lines are just "wall buy here, found speed cola, heavy enemy there" they won't get anything. If my character has no weight in the story other then being a mere vessel then I cant put myself into the game. Just imagine the story of bo3 where you hunt down the old ultimus characters, but instead it's just faceless operators. The Firebase Z cutscene is the perfect example, it's literally just GTA Online. They just sit by a helicopter or jump in a truck. I do have hope that by the next game it'll be better, but this games systems just won't allow what we're both hoping for.

[@StimmBehr]

@@calumbarry1829 I don’t expect the ops to get characterization, just more lines. It’s pretty clear thought they’re setting up making Maxis, Weaver and the comm people way cooler.

[@purplelotus531]

They cared in making zombies a nice enjoyable experience for everyone, even someone who hasnt played zombies ever. Probably to attract people an extra inch to buy CW, however since zombies maps are free once you have the game, they didnt care in adding to much depth, since they are no selling dlc´s IMO.

[@calumbarry1829]

I'd agree with that sentiment but personally I'd say they sorta failed in that attempt and it isn't really their fault because it was inevitable. It's tough to try and appease both ends of the audience, that's being seen a little with zombie veterans not loving this game. (By veterans I don't mean youtubers and stuff because those guys shill everything Treyarch on the planet until everyone else dislikes it, then they'll hate on it, take bo4 for example.) I do hope it ends up working for them, I just hope they don't end up abandoning the roots and focusing entirely on this new player base because it seems to be going in that direction.

[@Crayveee]

@@calumbarry1829 So yeah... 2 years later in retrospect Cold War had a lot of potential but Outbreak managed to divert resources from round based to outbreak and it caused Activision to want more zombie content for more money so they brought Treyarch in for Vanguard and now Modern Warfare 333... The story Treyarch set up at the end for Cold War was a pretty decent prolouge but how tf are they supposed to actually start off strong if Activision keeps diverting them to other games as well... I just hope that this 4 year development is gonna be enough and that those other projects aren't gonna stop them from making actually good zombies in their own game

[@pixxelz2893]

I have a friend that to this day only ever wants to play Kino and Ascension. He's been like that for YEARS

[@vladmahas3590]

I like your friend

[@Poopfan101]

Option 1: Take Vlad Mahas side and take over the work by playing kino. Option 2: Take Poops Poops side and leave kino behind for the better of humanity. *Made by telltale games*

[@morgboat744]

@@Poopfan101 if i’m picking? well let’s just say... Vlad will remember that

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

​@@Poopfan101Yo, Rainworld pfp.

[@Poopfan101]

@@addison_v_ertisement1678 no its from hollow knight

[@supermutant963]

This is so true, I kept playing CW zombies and I kept wondering why was this game so... Bland, like the characters we play are stone-cold killers with a teaspoon of personality that are killing already dead people, Treyarch making zombies more simple for new players is what made it different from it's predecessor.

[@black0utpanzer864]

As a big fan of Cold War zombies because of how accesible it made zombies feel. I would really like if they were to do a zombies chronicles expansion onto the Cold War system. I think that would include the great stories and maps from the previous games onto the great gameplay experience that Cold War had to offer. I’m hoping they arch ends up doing this but with the way activision is heading right now who knows.

[@TheFlash-gj4to]

Treyarch during BO4: “Ok guys, let’s focus entirely on story” Treyarch during Cold War: “Ok so focusing on story didn’t work guys so, let’s focus on Gameplay in general.” Verdict: You can’t focus on one part and leave the other one as after thought. You have to have a balance between Good gameplay and Good story. Excellent gameplay with bad story will only keep you playing for so long. On the other hand, too much focus on Story with weak gameplay won’t keep you playing either.

[@riot9179]

Well, BO4 was better than CW in both Gameplay and Story, soo…

[@DarkysLPs]

2:23 You good. I hereby grant you the "German pronunciation" pass.

[@odetojoy1663]

I nutted when he said "Kino der Toten"

[@IsaacRodriguez-et8qb]

You can actually get more perks on origins without gobblegums all you need is a golden shovel and a zombie blood

[@ErensSmiledog]

@Source Dasher maybe 1 hour on origins

[@thebeatleswin1]

Ok? They haven’t released all the perks yet lol, so whats your point

[@thebeatleswin1]

@@kingatl4036 uhh yeah. I know. My point still stands.

[@thebeatleswin1]

@@kingatl4036 I said they haven’t released all the perks yet, Obviously I’m talking about cold war. Why would you even think I was talking about an older game when I mentioned the perks not being released YET? I fucked up thinking he meant origins has more perks then cold war does, But yeah man of course when I mention the perks not all being released I was talking about the current game.

[@bobbygbenson6898]

I agree with beatle, sry atl

[@itsaBoomer]

"Was I supposed to make Planters self-conscious with the sheer amount of nut"

[@kesha4380]

yes, and then pay $20 to play as her.

[@LoopcrateAudio]

I know people have been pulling the “it was made during a pandemic” and “they switched studios” cards for this game but I think the lack of personality in zombies is a perfect example of how that affected the development. Hopefully they can correct ship in the future as Activision is seeming to push to make zombies a whole separate experience like Warzone.

[@remastervoyage6687]

That's trash. They made it like that to bad players and noobs like it. For real zombies players Cold War is filth.

[@hpz2512]

this is so well explained, i agree with everythig. coldwar is a bit bland and boring when it comes to personality.

[@gurkensohn9401]

A bit?

[@alexbasha0508]

@@gurkensohn9401 VERY BLAND.

[@3xta5y39]

i think the reason this game has no personality is that there’s no “crew” we got used to the likes of primis ultimus victus the chaos crew the mob crew and the shadows crew that there were a set 4 characters that had their own specific personalities and storylines unlike cold wars operators. it’s very difficult to give every single operator a specific personality since like before the personalities affected the story line that’s why i think treyarch didn’t put much in the personality trait in the operators

[@remastervoyage6687]

No music, no challenge, no atmosphere, bland and ugly maps, no weapon feels bad and many feel the same, nothing is special. It's not just the operators.

[@hyperspider198]

“The operators voice lines so blank and boring in Cold War zombies” “Me who plays woods knowing he has a potty mouth of a personality”

[@plutosmash6068]

*”DROP IT DOUCHEBAG BEFORE I DROP YOUUU”*

[@TokyD0069]

Woods really is the only one with the most personality out of the rest of the operators. To bad he's tied to multiplayer.

[@NyxTheNerd]

@@TokyD0069 Yeah. It really does suck. So far I've tried Park, Adler, the two default ones, and that one sniper dude. They all feel almost the same, with different VAs. At least in my opinion.

[@rossboyftw9216]

@@plutosmash6068 "I'M A GODDAMN ONION MASON"

[@TokyD0069]

@@NyxTheNerd I unlocked him and mostly only ever play as him and just recently started playing as Maxis

[@mattseeton4001]

This vid is so spot on, I always rant about this to my friends whenever we decide play zombies Cold War zombies, hope they add characters in the future or at least add more depth to the setting/theme

[@rampage7816]

Great video! I completely agree with everything you said. But I just like to point out that the story isn’t a reboot but it continues on from where BO4 left off. After Nikolai sacrificed his life and the crew to destroy all off the dimensions and fractured universes, a singular universe was created which Samantha and Eddie walked through. That new universe is where Cold War Zombies continues the story.

[@goncalopattenden7322]

17:40 i got chills when you started talking about the starting point in each of the best maps zombies has to offer. It's amazing to see someone with the same passion as me towards this game and i completely agree with you. The end of an era

[@lil_brwnduck9579]

I think you're right on the money with alot of points my guy, the only thing I'd say is. They're finding their footing on what will work, especially after the disaster during the black ops 4 season, it's nice to start over with small and work our way back to crazy. Although, the maps do need more personality past, "Base", and "Vietnam Base". If they can get Tranzit right, then imma fall in love with this mode all over again

[@dude231isheref8]

I feel like if they were to make new characters, even if they aren’t written well, it would be a better experience overall.

[@calumbarry1829]

I've never seen anyone prefer the operator system. Not one. I would take the Victis crew, I would take the chaos crew, I'd take the exo zombies crew, hell I'd even take a squad of 4 JACKIE FUCKIN VINCENT'S over this mess.

[@Nekiplex]

@@calumbarry1829 i dont prefer it, but i don't hate it. I dont mind having no set crew. The way the story has been set up makes sense as to why there isnt a set team. My only problem is that they don't interact enough. They have absolutely NO conversational quotes. With Alpha Omega, they did over 10,000 lines for the 8 characters. It shows that Treyarch can go to such lengths but they cant be asked to put the money into it.

[@calumbarry1829]

@@Nekiplex Yeah there are plenty who don't hate it, just doesn't seem to be anyone who prefers it. The thing about this system is they will literally never interact enough, don't hold out hope they'll do it later because they fundamentally cannot, use Alpha Omegas 10000 lines for example, obviously that was a RIDICULOUS amount. It was great to have and by no means the status quo but it's an example. These lines were split into 4 different voice actors, meaning 2500 for each. If you wanted this interaction in cold war, that would need to be 10000 lines for every voice actor they have and will ever have. (obviously I know that's not what you're asking for, just more then 10 would be nice) but you get my point. If they added in characters saying quotes during egg moments or something like that then every single operator would have to record that line. That's why I hate this system, the feign that it's freedom to choose who you want to play when it's really just stealing any soul from the characters. I mean who tf cares who you're playing as seeing as they're the exact same?

[@FlippyisSlippy]

@@calumbarry1829 I actually would prefer the operator system if they were more fleshed out.

[@calumbarry1829]

@@FlippyisSlippy thing is they can't be, if you want to do a system like this you can't flesh it out because of the sheer workload you would have on your hands. Every voiceline has to be recorded by at least 20 different people right now and every operator they'll ever add. It's either what they're doing right now or the classic crew system.

[@ronaldraygun3591]

13:37 if you watch the giant cutscene carefully you notice Primis Richtofen doesn’t actually collect the soul from Ultimis Richtofen. Eddie is already in the house at this part of the story and his soul comes from an innocent child version from dimension 2210. Primis Richtofen ruthlessly executed his Ultimis self because he had already betrayed and killed his innocent orphan self to collect the soul.

[@felix6815]

Yeah men, you explained it all perfecly, cw zombies it feels so empty and generic, i wish they bring back to zombies that essence and personality that zombies had before, maybe this can happen in that rumored Standalone Call of Duty Zombies.

[@g4rc1a_87]

We only had two maps and you talk as if the game is over and the story is over...

[@lljw7151]

@@g4rc1a_87 and the only other maps that seem to be coming out are remakes😐

[@g4rc1a_87]

@@smugplush were the first zombie maps that incredible? This is a story in the beginning, it needs to be established. There won't be any giant worms anytime soon.

[@g4rc1a_87]

@@lljw7151 Source? From what I follow the next map can take place in Berlin with a part of Kino, just like Die Maschine with Natch. This is not a remake.

[@g4rc1a_87]

@@smugplush "terrible" LMAOOO ok👍

[@RECTALBURRITO]

My friends and i started playing zombies 13 years ago. We had a game called Beer Zombies (we were military aka alcoholics) where ever round you drink that many shots of beer. So after round 12 we would chug an entire beer. By game 2 we were gone. But it made us SUPER GREAT at zombies. Just reminiscing about good crazy zombie times.

[@Wakkawoo2]

Bro, the most phallic microphone on KZbin :D

[@americankid7782]

The only real COD Zombies map I really remember actually playing was Origins. As a kid (yes I am young enough to say that) my cousins and me would load up on Origins and just screw around. My favorite part of the map was the Giant Robots stomping around and we would trick each other into walking into their footprints and dying.

[@Jiggonomics]

Damn I really agree with 95% of what you said. Very well put together video. It's ironic that this follows the Apex video because personality is exactly what Apex does so well. Hopefully the standalone zombies game in the future will bring back the same magic that was BO2/3 zombies

[@neirco56]

The cold war zombies story is a continuation of Bo4. Essentially after Tag der Toten Nikolia destroyed the multiverse and sent everything to the dark aether (the place with the jellyfish in die maschine) and now there is a single universe in which Eddy (young Richthofen) and Samantha exist in as you see them walk to the light at the end of the Tag egg, the light being the new universe cleansed from the dark aether. But in Cold War, the Dark Aether has begun to leak into our world. Think of the dark aether as the upside-down from stranger thing, same universe different dimension in that universe.

[@malachiswedberg8367]

My god thank you for saying everything I've been thinking since release.

[@speakeroftheemojis8081]

I KNOW RIGHT, nobody's acknowledging it and it's so annoying becouse now they won't change anything and all future zombie games might be as bland as this one

[@user-ug7mq4zv9b]

Speaker of the emojis fr

[@ayywasup3958]

@@speakeroftheemojis8081 nobody lol, this was basically the main topic when the game launched on reddit and everywhere

[@speakeroftheemojis8081]

@@ayywasup3958 I'm more so talking about youtubers who have the main influence over the community, my bad I should have said that

[@remastervoyage6687]

@@ayywasup3958 Are you braindead? Look at any social media platform. Nobody is allowed to dislike Cold War on Treyarch's pages. This game is trash.

[@SarahStar246]

I never got into zombies the way some of my friends did and you lost me a bit in some parts-- (terms, character names) but you talk about this topic so concisely and passionately that I watched the entire video. I know when Bricky uploads its gonna be good

[@dwagin6315]

5:00 I remember when BO3 was ridiculed for being too complicated, and now its generally considered to be the best zombies experience lol

[@SirEvilestDeath]

4:30 Might want to “dig a bit more” on that fact. There are several ways outside of gobblegums to get more than 4 perks and always have been hint hint. Great video overall

[@criptic453]

Bricky: 15:34 Me: Yes, unfortunately, I do know

[@LaJohnYT]

Actually, there was a Treyarch Dev comment on why they made the easter eggs so much easier. Apparently, prior to Cold War Zombies, only ~2% of players actually did them, so they just figured it'd be better to invest in other areas rather than make an overly elaborate easter egg. With the exception of the easter eggs being too short, I agree with everything you said.

[@MrMirror]

I was literally thinking about this the other day although the gameplay works super well the maps just have no soul which is ironic considering it’s a game about resurrected souls

[@A-Rather-Dubious-Character]

Honestly when I saw the trailer for zombies I thought it would be a bit more horror based. Like, you're a Soviet soldier armed with a rifle and a flashlight attached to it, and you enter down into what could only be described as a horrifying hellhole. And yet what we got is a colorful arcade game. Not what I was expecting, personally. - Just feels like lost potential to do something unique or different. Seriously imagine that sort of zombies for a second. Pretty dark wherever you're at and you're armed with a rifle you probably don't even want to use but are stuck with it, and you have a flashlight being one of your only light sources. Could argue it's too big a gamble. But zombies feels... Stale. Being arcady and all that.

[@sawkmicoc4287]

Holy shit agreed, i was just thinking about how disappointed i was with zombies and when i truly thought about it it came down to atmosphere and personality alone.

[@CordateE]

Something people forget to mention when talking about shadows launch is that it was patched a lot to make the start up better, rutuals were made shorter and the parts were given a shared inventory when in the beginning the rituals took forever and if you could only hold one part at a time so it required so much running around between parts and minute long rituals

[@k00kyk3ls0]

this hit the nail on the head with how i feel about CW zombies. bo3 zombies almost felt like a completely different game

[@burnt_toast3917]

Congrats for getting featured on the lex variety channel, love the video

[@romanbellic810]

Personality is seen as dangerous for corporations these days.

[@BorisBrigadeDoesThings]

When he would mention that Cold War had a boring setting and story I thought he was talking about the campaign, so glad he meant zombies

[@gmify6490]

I literally made a video about this by comparing Die Maschine on release against SOE three months ago, would love to know your thoughts on the video because I feel like we covered VERY similar topics!!! So glad a big content creator is able to talk about this because it is exactly what I thought about the game too

[@therideneverends1697]

I absolutely love the gameplay changes and would love to see them port over all the old maps. as for new future maps, i can see what your saying, it almost went to realistic in tone.

[@miss_bec]

Hey thanks for reminding me of the short but sweet 6 month period when I was 14 where all I did was play Black Ops 2 Zombies for hours and days on end. Gonna go listen to Shepherd of Fire for 8 hours.

[@Firecrob]

Hey Bricky, have you ever considered to upload your "Videos" as podcasts on spotify or smth? The length and content is just perfect to listen to in the background and I would totally enjoy them as a form of video and as an "audio book". Hope you read this comment, great video as always 👌

[@averageheightmale1981]

Imagine being able to play zombies as Reagan.

[@Daniel328DT]

Treyarch let us down

[@punkshotgun3421]

Ronald RAYgun

[@Nekiplex]

15:33 yes i do know. Samantha in Cold War IS the Samantha from the original Aether storyline, Nikolai killed the crew and then created the singular timeline. Because Primis and Ultimis had died that timelines connection with the Aether was severed so NO. THE MOON BLOWING UP NEVER HAPPENED. PRIMIS AND ULTIMIS DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. GRIFFIN STATION DOES NOT EXIST. not anymore, because the aethers connection isnt there the loop doesn't exist therefore it is a free timeline and will be different from every other one at that point NO

[@Manthis]

4:28 *Golden Shovel has left the chat*

[@TheGoldenCapMan]

For your question about samantha, its the original one from the end of tag der toten. Its shown that once everything was thrown in the dark aether Samantha and Eddie were the only ones that could escape into the new clean universe that nikolai has created. But because of experiments in WW2, there was an accident that managed to open a gateway to the dark aether and so this is theres zombies or the der einsendrach dragons or the mimics that look like apothicons mixed with humans or the perk machine . As for story, right now i feel like the intel and background lore is much more interesting than the story itself. The stranger, a man who talks about his life in the dark aether through messages, is a great example of interesting lore that you can find by playing the game. Heck, apparently the stranger is the man who fixed the pack a punch machine with scraps which explains why it looks like that in cold war. Another cool intel, is the fact that theres still pieces of the old maps scattered throughout the dark aether such as the origin robots or the castle from der eisendrach. So right now in terms of story, it somewhat feels like the WaW-Bo1 days were everything interesting was told through audio logs and little hints, but i must admit that i wish the main story of each map was as interesting as the hidden lore. Tldr: It is the original Samantha from Tag Der Toten, the story itself is kind boring right now, but the hidden lore surrounding it is really interesting (i still think they should add some of the lore ideas to the story itself though). And im too much into this stupid little game mode even though i dont really care about cod.

[@vermin9366]

This video summed up my thoughts on cold war exactly! You are 100 percent correct, they need to bring back some actual talking characters into this game or honestly we could be looking at the worst zombies experience yet!

[@K0n5tant]

Kinda loving the in-depth history of these maps that you hint at. Would love to watch more videos like that, where you go deep on some history of games that most people don't really know.

[@commandolevi]

wait until you see vanguard

[@badegg3089]

You can actually get extra perks in origins, if you have the golden shovel and zombie blood there are super rare glowing dig spots that have special spawns that when dug up give you an extra perk slot.

[@reesekronebusch2140]

Cold war isn't a reboot

[@andreyu5640]

You absolutely nailed it. There is no care put into it, it feels like a multiplayer mode because there is no atmosphere.

[@leonardopavaoborges]

One thing that I love about bricky is that he feels like that other nerd friend that like the same stuff as you instead of a content creator. I dont even care about COD and i loved the video

[@LuckySevens]

This video was spot on. I love the gameplay of Cold War a ton, but it does feel lifeless. I hope that Treyarch can get crazier with the maps and story as the DLC season goes on, but I honestly don’t think that’s going to be the case. Like, it wouldn’t make sense for us to play as the operators for the first few maps and then have an actual cast of characters for the last few. I know they did that with World at War but that’s different. I do think getting the gameplay right is top priority which is something Cold War has done well, but I really want to be invested in the story and characters like I was with BO3 and that’s just not happening. The story honestly drove the hype out the roof for new maps.

[@limlamlemlemons9093]

"I'm not a die hard zombies player" "But for a diehard player like me"

[@AiRsTrIkExXzZ]

I just want to say I was one of those people who liked shadows of evil when it first launched but that doesn’t mean I was one of the people who thought IX would be better than voyage of despair Also to explain how this new timeline works it’s basically this After tag der toten the multiverse was destroyed and everything in it was banished to the dark aether, then there was 1 singular timeline that was created with this “banishing”. This is where Sam and Eddie went to in the end of tag der toten. This new timeline is basically just a world without element 115, apothicans, keepers and 3 of the 4 main characters(Dempsey, Nikolai and Takeo). This Eddie isn’t even really the old richtofen(s) either considering he never joined a group that used 115 to help the war effort or went to other timelines and dimensions to cause calamities and chaos. This richtofen is practically a different person. This singular timeline that everything takes place in is basically just MW, vanguard and Cold War mixed together unlike the previous multiverse where they were in the same multiverse but not the same universe/timeline.

[@louvi5893]

Yeah, I agree with that. Especially when the new zombies mode just reuses stuff from past games to make you go "wow! I remember that!"

[@monkeyfeed908]

honestly the fact i can actually connect to a match and play a game and not lag out at round 28 means Cold War is 10000000x better than any other COD over released. plus there is progression which is amazing and we need more of that. For anyone wondering ive played on both Xbox, and playstation as well as PC. Ive been on PC for about 6 years now and COD 4 still has connection issues the entire time the game was out. either i couldnt connect or one of my friend couldnt connect. Or we would connect only to have the game crash round 20-30. I have been playing since WaW and own every DLC. I refused to get cold war until my friend showed me it wasnt a lagged pile of crap. You can argue all day long that the old maps were better but it will never change my mind as i spent about an hr every day for over 10 years trying to get my friends all connected only to have the game crash. If you have every heard of 'port forwarding' then you know my pain. those maps may have been good but i was hardly every able to play them due to the sheer dog crap servers COD had zombies setup on.

[@chadeddie]

My main complaints are that it’s just too easy and the maps are bland. The maps taking place during the day kills the vibe of the maps as well. The gameplay is fun enough, but it just gets boring. The lack of maps hurts as well.

[@lucasgoncalves2038]

Completly agree, just re installed to try it out and died of boredom in 5 min. Feels like there is no purpose and Its so easy you can do basicaly whatever and not think about what you re doing, Its braindead

[@K.thai18]

You be suprised how many people get double digit downs by round 20

[@cas9564]

Strictly gameplay-wise, one other major benefit for someone like me is that Cold War's Zombies mode actually plays very well with how COD's current progression system works and with weapon attachments With SBMM kinda turning MP and Warzone into something akin to a willing hell, it actually makes it very easy to rank up weapons and get the attachments that I want without having to deal with an MP experience that can actively get worse for me the better that I perform in a match. There's also that progression now carries over across both Cold War and MW/WZ, so I can actually make progress in the Battle Pass and rank up and even earn a free tier skip or 2 thanks to the new Prestige system. Cold War's Zombies mode also gave a place for normally underused or outright avoided attachments to work. The kinda pointless barrels that did more vehicle damage now have far more viability and utility thanks to the fact that they boost armor damage in Zombies, which can absolutely shred any normal or even special zombie that's wearing armor. Alternatively, attachments that hurt ADS time or Sprint-To-Fire time or sometimes effective damage range suddenly don't really have an egregiously bad downsides because those kinds of stats don't really matter either because they're not important in the first place or the perk cans can quickly make up for those negatives. Cold War's Zombies mode opened up my eyes to how much I missed out with the Zombies mode in all the past games, to the point that I'm willing to rebuy them again on Steam just so I can go back with the new knowledge that the mode gave me. But even with my limited knowledge of how the original Zombies mode story was, it was still more than enough to know just how...bland and lifeless the current storyline is, even moreso because there's genuinely a lot a room for there to be an interesting story in which the Cold War turns from a nuclear arms race to a race to fight both zombies and the dimension that the new powers come from. It's so damn lifeless that the most fun I've had storywise is just from being in random lobbies with people and using the gesture system to communicate and interact and help whoever I match with. *For fuck's sake, we have WEAVER, WHO WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE ORIGINAL BLACK OPS BACK IN 2010* I'm really happy with the way that Zombies mode plays, even moreso because it's more friendly towards everyone while still maintaining a lot of depth for those like me who end up wanting to further their survivability in the mode. Now it needs to improve on it's story and personality like you said. Also, this showed up in my recommendations so now I'm subbed!

[@TheCrazzyGuy11]

I can’t lie even transit can be fun as hell

[@reelgesh51]

I enjoyed it I just didn't like the fog I don't mind the idea of zo bie monies jumping on my face if I go into a certain area and lava slowing me down in this areas but the fog was a little annoying and the fire near jug was also annoying too it didn't feel like it added to the game

[@TOKYO_SLIME]

God I fucking love all of these new Bricky Videos. You’re entering the realm of the greats, my man. Keep up the good work. It’s probably really tough, but man, the quality is there.

[@voidbow9964]

The Dead of the night crew is so underrated ffs, they have such a good chemistry

[@d4s0n282]

totally, it was really enjoyable playing that 2nd crew imo

[@speakeroftheemojis8081]

Dead of the night gets way t o much shit, the mini bosses were annoying at launch but were fixed quickly yet everyone still brings them up. And everyone's shutting on the crews annoying dialogue yet no one mentions the annoying random people on cold war who hav ed a giant pitchure taking up the screen and repea tg the same lines every game every time you turn on power, pack a punch, mini bosses, wonder weapon I mean it's so much worse than dead of the night

[@incognitoman4066]

@@speakeroftheemojis8081 Dead of the Night isn’t a bad map . It suffers because it is on Bo4 . The Bo4 engine ruins it and most of the maps in Bo4 .

[@ErensSmiledog]

@@incognitoman4066 bo4 engine is good man, probably one of the best, the perk system was great

[@incognitoman4066]

@@ErensSmiledog Choosing a perk doesn’t really matter anymore since they all are kinda bland and not that useful . There is no progression since you start off with 200 health and a OP specialist . The HUD is terrible , unnecessary changes were made like the points system , the way zombies move , perks . Also the graphics look worse than BO3 . Then again it is all my opinion so feel free to disagree with me . (Except for the BO3 graphics being better than BO4 , that’s a fact )

[@Daniel328DT]

Bricky you noob, Samantha Maxis was a little girl in World at War who got corrupted by the MPD after snooping around looking for her doggo and Richtofen trapping them in a teleporter. She's got some sort of Zombie mind control powers and Maxis wanted to save her daughter as a robot to send her to Agartha. Monty didn't like crazy Maxis trying to mess up the world, so he removed him and now Samantha is trapped in Agartha asking to be freed by alternate versions of the Ultimus characters. Then Samantha gets freed and Monty gives her innocence temporarily to live in peace in his world. Samantha didn't know Monty wanted her dead when the Primis found out about the cycle, so Maxis from the Origins dimension Richtofen sent through a robotic drone when freeing Samantha ended up trying to save Samantha and the innocent soul of Eddie from when Richtofen was innocent to the teleporter so Monty couldn't stop them. Nikolai closes the loop and ends off his life by Samantha and she is able to escape in the new world free from Aether corruption and hence why she's in Cold War all grown up. It's not that hard bro

[@misterbones5981]

My personal honest opinion but I felt like Shadows of Evil should've gotten a Tommy Gun instead of the Sten but oh well other than that SOE is good

[@RAVENKING26]

I'm very late to answer this, but the reason Samantha Maxis (and other things from the previous storyline) exist is cause this is a soft-reboot so to speak. It is a continuation of the original storyline, set in the universe that Nikolai created at the very end of Tag Der Toten Every point you've made in this video I 100% agree with! (except maybe the plot being bad, I kinda like some of the stuff they're doing with the plot)

[@ShadowTheSanta]

The characters were half of the fun in zombies, so yeah having operators as playable characters is just dog shit in comparison

[@Sebastianbaraj5]

Dude, this video sums up how I feel about zombies. I too am "HARD" for zombies. I'll add one thing though. All of BO4 and some of BO3 maps, the easter eggs feel like they are made specifically for youtubers. The youtubers that love to speedrun it on the first day to push out a tutorial. I HATE THAT, because the "EE's" are incredibly hard ESPECIALLY as a solo player as myself which some require a full squad. But this video was very necessary and I appreciate you bricky.

[@Joey4444a]

The way he summed up Cold War zombies was perfect. Treyarch needs to see this video because they really think Cold War zombies is so bad ass but in reality there’s somethings just missing, and this guys explains exactly what’s missing.

[@alexbaker5017]

Lack of personality is EXACTLY the way I’ve felt about it. The old story and feeling of the other maps was so memorable but the new game has you play as generic nobodies or at best someone from campaign and it barely feels like there’s much of a story here. The gameplay is great I like Cold War zombies a lot actually but the old ones are better

[@jlsmithy]

Oh I've been looking forward to this

[@joncross8483]

You’re absolutely right here. Not the most memorable zombies or the best vibe by a longshot, but when you do play it, it’s always a blast

[@tiredinside]

About the reboot bricky I'm pretty sure it's not since they said the games between 1 and 2

[@bernadettan6732]

100% agree, I've been grinding out a lot of Cold War Zombies recently, and while I absolutely adore the gameplay changes, I can already tell that having to hear "Another zombie KIA" 500x on a high-round is going to be SIGNIFICANTLY more boring and annoying than hearing the Primis crew spout their lines on repeat on Rev and Eisen

[@JustGavinBennett]

Get trapped in a corner, specialist abilty, wait or chopper gunner, wait or cruise missle, wait or infinite self revives, wait or... ITS TOO EASY THIS YEAR. I've got a wall in my room dedicated to zombies, and been playing sine Nacht in WaW but Cold War is just not good

[@reaper8264]

4:40 you actually can get more than 5 if you have the golden shovel and get zombie blood if you're lucky if you're in the right location you get an empty perk bottle which adds 1 perk capacity and you can get up to 6 or 7 slots then you can get double tap 2.0 and have all of them.

[@mistermomon9020]

Talking about too many special zombies play high rounds on outbreak

[@kylelegarvier172]

Well at least they have counters to them and can be worked around but the megaton spam can get annoying

[@remastervoyage6687]

@@kylelegarvier172 Seems like your special weapon in BO4 is bugged then.

[@KingDetonation]

Bricky talking about the stuff you can do in Origins made me think "Wow... that sounds incredibly overloaded and not fun"

[@speakeroftheemojis8081]

Yeah but it's completely optional, if you want you can just turn on power and pack a punch which is easy

[@lorkieborkie2537]

This kinda reminds me of Borderlands 3, Zombies is flawed in similar fashion. It's the kind of flawed that leaves you empty, if not a little irritated, instead of making you want more...

[@andreivaldez2929]

I'd like to see him dig into that if he hasn't already.

[@DefCatofficial]

really loved the video bricc, as a long time zombie fan, this was an awesome watch

[@KonohaMike]

Him not understanding the timeline when talking about the story was my only issue cause he clearly kept taking different bits of the story and mashing them together when the story is quite clear

[@Br-kc2jy]

Thank you. It's not a bloody reboot, in fact, he's overcomplicating the story, when they're making simpler. Although I agree that the operators are a shitty idea. But I think it's temporary, when the story gets really going, they'll make a crew with Samantha and some other three guys. Siento haberte contado mi vida sin que me preguntaras...

[@danello2367]

Never knew bricky was a old school zombies fan. Good to have you in the team my guy!

[@MentallyLatent]

Die Rise worst map? :( that was one of my favorites lmao I'm not a diehard zombies guy, at all

[@incognitoman4066]

Been playing for a more than a decade now and Die Rise was a really fun map . I never got the massive hate for it .

[@incognitoman4066]

@@smugplush Your speaking straight facts . I honestly used to be one of those guys that shitted on Transit 6 years because TSP shitted on it and after thinking about it , Transit isn’t as bad as everyone says it is , it can be a fun map . It’s all about the bandwagon .

[@ayywasup3958]

@@smugplush I don't think so, tranzit and die rise are bad maps by default. Tranzit has the annoying fog, denizens, avogrado, shitty power, shitty layout, with terrible pace. Die rise is the same, a map where you can die more to fall damage than zombies is itself a big problem. Just look at the other maps and you will see that both of these maps just sucks ass

[@bobtheman832]

I found you're channel from this video and I've been hooked on it since

[@landonfrigault8096]

Hot take, cold wars more realistic practical, mission based story was cool because it was more believable. But I agree on the playable character point. I really wish the playables were more interesting.

[@thebigawesome]

As someone who knows nothing about zombies, I could listen to you talk about zombies for hours