Call of Duty: BLACK OPS 1 Explained - Full Campaign Summary

[@CakeyC]

Hello everyone, I want to express my sincere gratitude for the support you've shown to this video. It's been nearly four years since its release, and witnessing it surpass 100,000 views has allowed me to contemplate my journey. In the past six months, I've shifted my focus to new projects and haven't been active on this channel. But without this particular video, none of my other projects would have taken shape. I hope you continue to enjoy the storytelling of the Black Ops franchise, and perhaps, in the future, I'll provide summaries for Black Ops 2, 3, and beyond. Only time will tell. Thank you!

[@odeo5691]

I love how Reznov was just a figment after the escape. Essentially helping Mason do things he would probably think impossible alone by being there with him even if he was never there in the first place and it was all mason

[@KurtisKathutet]

Does anyone else think about how Mason infiltrated an entire base by himself and killed Steiner is pretty badass?

[@CakeyC]

Yeah the guy is pretty awesome 🚀

[@michigan_media4970]

Yea

[@selfactualizer2099]

Isnt that the point of call of duty stories

[@KurtisKathutet]

@@selfactualizer2099 yes, but since the brainwashing like reznov was there helping, is false, he was secretly by himself and had no idea. That's why it's so b a d a s s. (also because if he was alone he has plot armor as reznov.)

[@riot7695]

Nope, mason infiltrated the base yes, but he didn't take it all by himself. Most of the army on Rebirth was occupied with hudson and weaver's infiltration team.

[@JAK-oi2wu]

19:35 A really cool detail is the bullet actually wasn’t chambered, mason just spammed the trigger.

[@EvanCzimback-zw4xx]

I was 10 when i first beat this campaign... i cried when i realized reznov was dead...

[@EvanCzimback-zw4xx]

Oh did I enjoy killing dragovich tho....

[@ahmadnoweir7302]

Bro theres a small detail that no one noticed but its brilliant. In the scenes that Reznov and the others are supposedly together, Reznov never made direct contact to them. He only contacted Mason. The idea that Reznov was inside Mason's head was so brilliantly done by the way that no one acknowledges Reznov. For example, Reznov never talked to Woods during their time together and he would constantly get interrupted by the others as if he was never there which ofcourse he wasn't, or when Swift would question Mason's actions during the rat tunnels. You won't even notice this unless you find out the truth about it

[@CakeyC]

That’s true I didn’t even notice that they don’t make contact with him, they just make it feel the character of Reznov seem so natural! the story telling in this campaign is some of the greatest as far as video games go!

[@tommyg9719]

i thought people were rude as hell to Reznov hahaha. hed be talking and woods would interrupt him and im like “damn that’s rude”

[@c1dtl39]

@@tommyg9719yeah I thought they were deliberately talking over Reznov for being from another country lol

[@Provibin]

they did make contact in the defector mission Reznov gives mason a hand getting up then hands him a file, mason probably grabbed the file himself and thought it as if Reznov did u feel me? i think mason speaks as Reznov out loud then replies as himself, that’s why everyones like what’s wrong with u mason

[@alexn7726]

I love how mason is shown to be such an untrustworthy narrator as you realize none of what he’s saying can be accurate because Reznov never got out of the compound

[@CakeyC]

Yeah! Some really really good story telling 👌🏻

[@waterbottlephilosopher4124]

This was my first call of duty game, even though I sorta stopped playing the series after black ops 2 or ghosts, I remember this game always had the best story and multiplayer IMO. Hearing you explain the summary reminds me just how many interesting details I missed playing through this game as a young teen.

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the comment! They don’t make games like this any for that’s for sure! 🚀

[@concavekimono8036]

I remember playing the campaign for the first time and when I first noticed you could shoot Reznov I always thought it was a glitch. After finishing the story I realised he was never there...

[@PickleManDylBoy]

Btw one of the soldiers that died from the gas in the Reznov flashback was dimitri, the main character in WAW

[@CakeyC]

No way! I had no idea! Thanks for the comment dude 🚀🚀

[@orton3541]

I don't know why but, the biggest mindfuck of the game to me is that fact that the entire campaign took place over the course of one month and Mason only spent a few hours being interrogated before the U.S. made a move on the Rusalka.

[@luke2892]

as a 15 year old having not played the bo1 campaign in at least 7 years, rewatching campaign is truly amazing, being an 8 year old boy who referred to the games as “army games” I really didn’t care about the story, now coming back to get a true feel for it, its a whole new experience.

[@XxEvanxX97]

What lmao you were like 3 when the game came out then

[@beaverboii61]

I cant believe such an amazing and well-planned video only has 800 views. U deserve a lot more bro keep up the good work this vid was amazing

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate the kind words, it’s so great to have such encouraging messages, the grind continues!

[@lilarch1214]

It's crazy how u don't have more attention this is a really good quality vid also just about to play the campaign and it really helped as a recap

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear people are enjoying it

[@Eminnsener]

I played Black ops 1 when I was 7 or 8 years old. I never completely understood the story as a kid, but I loved playing it repeatedly because I sucked at multiplayer. I stopped playing video games a long time ago, but watching this video at 19 years old and finally understanding what the story was about is cool! Thank you!

[@rayhan6290]

bro i was the same i didnt know what was goin on but it was fun😂

[@bbjj0909]

i know the steiner mission confused the shit outta me. as mason you see reznov kill steiner and then hudson sees that mason is the one who killed steiner

[@i382006]

That was me playing any story mode game as a kid lmao didn’t know what was going on I just wanted to fight or shoot something 😂

[@CakeyC]

Who's ready to continue to Black Ops story with Cold War??

[@Victor.Reznov]

i’m not dead

[@John_on_the_mountain]

Best COD campaign by far. I really wish there were more games set in the 60s-70s Cold War era and featured SOG in Vietnam. Incredibly underused themes

[@Jwit94]

This is exactly what I’ve been waiting to watch before starting the Cold War campaign. Thank you very much for putting in the hard work!

[@CakeyC]

My pleasure :)

[@Lance3015]

those days setting your alarm to 4am just to get some hours of black ops 1 before school without your mom noticing xD thats the best fps game ever. still played it a decade later.

[@levionmymeat]

exactly

[@SETTHENIGHTONFIYAHH]

Fun fact: BO1 might be connected to zombies because there are monkeys in rebirth, and they are being expiremented on since they are in cages, acension is a soviet zombie map and has space monkeys, so possibly it might be WMD or Executive order because the acension group was mentioned in the campaign, my guesses are that during the cold war the soviet union found 115 and expiremented on the monkeys.

[@CakeyC]

That’s so interesting! 🧐 Thanks for the comment! 👍🏻

[@aiden6540]

Probably the best cod campaign ever.

[@CakeyC]

100% agree with you on that one!

[@realOmegasMovie]

True man!, what a Awesome story 😄

[@lexif.5463]

I remember the scene where you zipping through the glass on the rocket mission because it's what gave me the courage to try ziplining for the first time

[@CakeyC]

What’s zip lining like my brother? 💸

[@lexif.5463]

@@CakeyC it's like the feeling where you're stomach drops on a roller coaster but constantly, real fun tho would do it again

[@xtheczar]

Hello, this is pretty lengthy but I just wrote a paper almost as long as your script for my war and revolution class at Michigan state. We were asked to show how war in video games tends to be romanticized and to look at Black Ops campaign to find some example and further analyze the game. Your video highlighted so many of the main points and let me enjoy the campaign without worrying about taking notes. Basically, you really helped me out with this video. I’ve already liked the video, but I’ll make sure I subscribe because you need more attention. Great work👍

[@CakeyC]

Wow dude that’s amazing! Hope you do well on the paper, such an interesting topic! Thanks so much for the support and the comment! I’m really glad you enjoyed and it helped you. Stay safe stay frosty my dude 🚀

[@nahmaj5086]

I might be late to this video but man when I tell you the most nostalgic and emotional wave I just had i never knew the lore for black ops just loved playing the game and to think reznov was never real kinda hurts cause he was one of my favs and to think they brainwashed him man 10/10 campaign imo just love how it all correlates in the end W vid man👏🏽👏🏽

[@DrHurricaneA115]

When I first played this game, I remember Swift saying "what the fuck's wrong with you?" To Mason and thinking to myself "what does he mean by that? Can he not hear Reznov?" Then it clicked.

[@NeroAshtalia]

I have been waiting for black ops video documentary on how the stories went again because I'm too lazy to replay the whole campaign, this was sooo well made but the character list on the sides was kinda distracting but it would be cool if it was only shown whenever a new influential character was introduced but overall I loved the entire video, you deserve so much love for this keep up the great work

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the feedback! I’m currently working on a story summary for Cold War, so I will take that forward and improve it! Thanks so much! Hope you enjoyed it :)

[@swilliams0507]

dude this needs way more views than it has. this is a gem. just finished the BO1 campaign and am now planning on going on to BO2, BO3 and Cold War. Thanks for this!

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the support and the kind words! Ahh that’s awesome dude hope you enjoy them! I’ve recently played through Cold War so I’ll be making a summary of that soon and then into W.A.W and BO2/3 exciting times🚀

[@swilliams0507]

@@CakeyC sounds good, i’ll be looking out for them!

[@eXecu7or]

My theory is: Kennedy never asked Mason to kill Dragovich. It was the Reznov programming that kicked in. What supports this theory is that the rest of SOG in Executive Order didn't even consider killing Dragovich in a first place. The target was a rocket and the Ascension group.

[@itsrevenge227]

I finished bo3 campaign today and the zombie part scared me so much I can still hear them roaring and yelling

[@CakeyC]

Oh god that’s not good! What did you think of the campaign?

[@landon_baileyy359]

Bro thank you so much I needed to understand this to play but I didn’t want to spend money on the game and your the only one who really explains it

[@CakeyC]

Thanks dude - that’s what the video is for! Glad you found it useful 🚀

[@zagorxy8090]

I've just finished playing BO and wanted to recap the entire story and it was very well explained. quite sad that your channel ain't got the attention it deserves or perhaps it's just the unpopular COD content, but the W franchise, especially Black Ops.

[@CakeyC]

Thanks man! Views are views but what makes me happy is that people are enjoying the video and finding it useful! Thanks for the comment dude 👌🏻

[@normalhuman6962]

Man i just love that they brought back rezonv from waw it just feels like the whole story is connected together

[@kidyugi1]

Remember when black ops 1 mulitplayer first trailer came out and it showed the reticle sight change.

[@Mich-jk2ze]

cray how Reznov cracking codes and gunning people down and opening strong doors and searching files is really just Mason doing it. Mason is ridiculously powerful when you remember all those missions where Reznov “helped” it was just Mason doing the work of two people.

[@creamed_2505]

You are such an under-rated content creator, you explain the plot and summarize the entire game with great detail

[@CakeyC]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words 😎

[@moayad80]

Duude... Honestly your work is highly appreciated! Thank you so much, this was exactly what i was looking for before playing COD black ops cold war

[@CakeyC]

Thanks dude!!! I appreciate the feedback - glad you found it helpful 🚀🚀

[@spencersholden]

I remember watching my dad playthrough this game as a kid. Now I can finally get the full story.

[@Idk-yu3nu]

I played the whole call of duty campaign already and I never knew what it's about but this actually helped me

[@CakeyC]

Glad it helped!

[@henrysiemers5972]

amazing video!! very well edited, this deserves more attention

[@CakeyC]

Thanks so much

[@silverback_rook5110]

Man, you should have way more subscribers. You should be proud bro

[@CakeyC]

Thanks so much for the comment! The grind continues, maybe one day 🤘🏻🚀

[@TomRubicon5949]

I(ve always been an avid COD fan since playing the first as a wee 12 year old. Only now am I discovering the black ops line of games. Thanks for that! Great summary

[@realOmegasMovie]

Wow, this video was really well put together. And you didn't rush the story In any way. you explained it in a Good tempo. So I could understand the story. Because when I played the game, I couldn't. Really understand what was going on. But thanks to your video. I understand this epic story now, so thank you so much. And continue with the good work man.😉👌👌

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate it ✨

[@user-wl8zm2gl5r]

30 min in depth vid only 700 subs? You deserve way more recognition

[@CakeyC]

Thanks dude!

[@MrPetersCyka]

Very good content, very informative and clean scriptwriting. Keep up the good work, much appreciated.

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the comments! Much appreciated ❄️

[@aaaawubadugh8054]

Wow this was a great video very good editing too. Shame this channel hasn’t received more attention

[@CakeyC]

Every comment and like always helps! The grind continues, thanks for the comment 🚀

[@HENDRIX2099]

It suppose just to be another fps game, but went down one the most action packed history channel episode.

[@CakeyC]

If you enjoyed the Black Ops 1 story don’t forget to smash that like button down below to get help get this video out to more people in our community ❤️🎉

[@Autobotmatt428]

Its pronounced Way city not hu. Its spelled Hue but pronounced Way

[@mrunitforge]

I know this video is old now but this game is so full of detail. If you collect all the intel you can piece together that mason being in active duty after Vorkuta is extremely controversial due to his time in Vorkuta. A specific person, Ryan Jackson to be specific does not want Mason in active duty. The final intel reveals that Ryan Jackson have suggested a cooperative action with MI-6 to kill Weaver, Hudson and Mason because Jackson believes that they are a threat to national security. Also the belief that Reznov replaced JFK with Dragovich, Krevchenko and Steiner is false, Reznov just made 3 new additions to the list EDIT: Also every time that you see reznov you can hear the numbers much more clearly and these numbers are actually translateble. Ascension is instructions, Echeleon is information

[@bolobalaman]

Thanks. There’s a official CoD wiki page explained how the number work

[@saibot1246]

21:37 Old woods: You can't kill me.

[@WarZoneClipz1102]

Woods survives he’s in bo2

[@realpokemontrainer5566]

One of the best games due to the year and the weapons are more realistic than the other games

[@CakeyC]

Yeah for sure, simpler times

[@jjplays3156]

Amazing video man really enjoyed it was surprised to see you only have 3k subs I thought you would have a lot more and I played the campaign when I was like 6 or 7 so I didn’t really know what was going on but know I do also really liked how you had the people on the sides of the screens and if they were dead and what not and amazing video man keep up the good work

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the comment dude! Really appreciate the support, glad you found it useful! Did you play the other Black Ops games? I’ve been meaning to run through 2/3 🎖️🪖

[@scarecrow3403]

I love how it had a fight club ending.

[@smartfella7914]

somethin i just realised with the vorkuta mission is im pretty sure the entire reason is so that mason can escape, reznov brainwashed him into wanting to kill steiner, krevchenko and dragovich. thats the whole reason why he sacrifices himself at the end, so mason can go and kill em all. maybe even the whole reason for wanting to escape the prison too

[@thejudgefrom69]

Grew up on these games ❤ can’t believe I’m still here in 2024!

[@TheLordOmega777]

This is truly amazing to see. I always liked cod bo 1 campaign it was my favorite. Back in the day i only played campaign and less zombies. But since i watch this video i understood the story

[@TheLordOmega777]

Wow you are fast to heart and like comments!

[@CakeyC]

Yeah dude, currently stuck in work 💀 glad you found the video helpful 😎

[@siraphobatamakoolsri3596]

13:20 Laos is its own country not a part of Vietnam

[@CakeyC]

Thanks dude! I never had any geography lessons about Asia in school, good to know! 👍🏻

[@ayowattt]

love this game was literally my childhood now i understand the story gives me such a nostalgic feeling had t buy a ps3 just to play this game will never be another game like black ops got me emotional man😂

[@mixejuice]

Crazy story and great game. Great video as well :) ❤

[@mohammedaliraqi3062]

amazing content man, keep up the good work and thank you so much 👏🙏

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for kind words! Stay safe stay frosty 🚀

[@moskillz76]

I have played almost all the COD campaigns and Black Ops 1 has got to be my favorite of all of them. I hope one day they do a remastered version with updated graphics.

[@LuCii-chan]

Great video u r the most underrated youtuber I know about keep it coming

[@CakeyC]

Thanks so much! The grind continues! Stay safe stay frosty 🥶

[@Khyrid]

Thanks, there are so many CoD games, I can't remember which ones I've played already

[@dillon5930]

Great video! Just subscribed

[@CakeyC]

Thank you and thanks for the support! The grind never stops 🚀🚀

[@kingcrumble8267]

23:54 dude started spitting some bars😂

[@CakeyC]

😂😂

[@Internet-Driller]

This is far and away the best cod ever made single player story and multiplayer

[@nasseralsharif1357]

Great video my friend you’ve done an awesome job in summarizing an amazing game of the cod series

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the comment dude, thanks for the support 👑

[@ZaWorldStar]

Best cod storyline, then comes the modern warfare’s story

[@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635]

And after disguising themselves as Russian guards, Mason blew their cover five times in a row because my controller likes shooting on its own randomly

[@otherworldlyfoe6074]

now I see how much I missed out about the story, thank you for your research and thank you for sharing it here. it's sad that the video has so little amount of views and the amount of subscribers you have is even worse. anyways, great video :)

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it, the grind continues 🔥🚀

[@bradenpetty3828]

Best cod in the franchise and Alex Mason is one of the coolest protagonists of all time

[@devingrant2357]

Great job on this vid! Very detailed and very well made!

[@CakeyC]

Thank you dude! Glad you enjoyed it 😄

[@LuisBuenoLopez]

Give this man more subs for the work he does

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the kind comment!!!

[@Fede_uyz]

THE NUMBERS MASON!

[@eXecu7or]

fun fact: Gulag is actually the name of the whole directorate of the labor camps (GULag, Glavnoye Upravlienye Lagerey, Main Directorate of Work Camps, excuse my russian->english please, the name is much longer but it's the main part), and it's often used incorrectly as a description of a labor camp.

[@Pitti323]

Fun fact + spoiler: frank woods survived the explosion and kravchenko The target kravchenko woke up from the explosion first and put frank woods in angola in a container with all his men all his men died but he was still alive and Hudson and mason saved frank woods and they go to the communication center and try to kill raul menendez but he pulls a bomb he gets out the room and they die so he thought so they leave angola

[@fortunetella8086]

Thank you I have been so confused on this hole plot

[@maurolocchi]

Thank you so much. I saw online that Bo Cold War is the sequel (according to the timeline) of bo1 and I wanted to buy it, the problem was that I played bo1 when I was 10 and at the time I didn’t understand anything about the story (ignoring dialogues, skipping cutscenes, you know, typical kiddo things). Now I understood everything and I’m ready to play Bo Cold War. Thank you.

[@popbottles229]

Okay.. but 1 thing.. mason jumping off the plane to blow up the guns at the end of the runway.. they would still be there.. after you blow them up it’s not like they just vanish. They are still in the way lol

[@u5k7]

Has anyone noticed how he wears krevcheinkos outfit after vorkuta

[@CakeyC]

Wooohh, I did not notice that, nice dude!

[@exactly9099]

I wish you would do another video explaining Black Ops 2 in the same way. How did Woods survive the grenade with Kravchenko? We know that Woods made it to an old age, so he obviously did. And the same thing with the whole plot in Angola in BO2. I never quite understood why Woods was even there. Extra explanation would be great.

[@Pyronite1]

I hope I'm not the only one who beat this game on the wii

[@CakeyC]

What an achievement good effort 🚀🚀

[@Pyronite1]

@@CakeyC just did it yesterday and if you look the other side on the low poly models it's not that bad

[@CakeyC]

😭😂 Great stuff

[@thetruewoodstylesage6049]

this was my favorite fucking game of all the call of dutys

[@cjramirez2078]

Is the nova-6 gas the cause of the zombies? Because after the campaign ends you automatically enter a FIVE zombies match and someone mentions something about “sleeping agents” or something

[@CakeyC]

Ooh I’m not quite sure? That could be a possibility though, I’ve never looked into it! 🤘🏻

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

Brilliant video. Excellent work.

[@CakeyC]

Thanks so much!

[@chisosa7462]

Wow I've been playing Rebirth island on warzone for over 2 years and completely forgot about chapter 13 where you to the damn island...BO1 has the best storyline of any COD hands down so much depth to this game!

[@CakeyC]

I agree man! Just finished MW2, campaign was dope but the storytelling in BO1 is crazy good

[@chisosa7462]

@@CakeyC yes actually loved the new mw2 campaign as well they did a great job. That’s what sparked me to look up some lore on my fav cod campaigns, thank you for this awesome vid my man keep striving.

[@larrythelemon2913]

The video was good but y’all have too understand how good this campaign actually is we some more cod like this fr

[@fortius3361]

Thank you for recapping Bo1, I'm now gonna save up for an Xbox 360 just to buy Bo1 to relive the memories. The game is just amazing.

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the great comment dude! I played it through on the PC, with I could have done it on the 360 for old times same! it was so much fun 🤘🏻🚀

[@fortius3361]

​@@CakeyC Maybe this time I can play Bo1 with my dad again. I miss 2010 I was just 9 at the time, me and my dad would always play Bo1 together, now the guy is 50. Thank you for making this video, and I hope you do well in the future.

[@CakeyC]

@@fortius3361 Wow dude, thanks so much for the comment and the support! I hope you and your dad get around to that, that would be amazing! I was 14 when this game was released so I know how you feel, that was a great time in my life and I had this game to join me on the journey! Thanks again for the support, all the best to you and your family

[@fortius3361]

@@CakeyC Thank you for saying that mate, I do hope that your family gets past these bad times. And you're also welcome.

[@MajerHawk]

Playing waw and black ops back to back they did reznov dirty imo and it would’ve been nice to get roebuck back for something as well. But I can dream

[@ekrixiii]

Hello Also thank you

[@Deprived.drifter]

Amazing video!

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the comment dude!

[@vp_wrld]

The amount of people in these comments that were playing this campaign at like 6 years old is wild

[@ryd1kulous619]

this guy deserves more subs

[@CakeyC]

Thanks dude! Every comment and like helps the algorithm, the grind continues thanks for the support 🚀👑

[@Muslimman570]

Very good video

[@EmpGG]

You deserve so much more

[@CakeyC]

Thanks so much! One day maybe 🤘🏻🚀

[@bronzey332]

The first time I saw mason in the jfk film I just got sick to my stomach thinking that all this really happened

[@CakeyC]

Yes sir! What an ending 🚀

[@mightycat761]

Dudes mental strength is great

[@CakeyC]

@@mightycat761 for sure!

[@dayton1760]

yo this is fucking great man holy

[@CakeyC]

Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate it 🚀

[@samkaffinsky]

I love this game, but that final scene with all the destructors and plans it has to be one of the cheesiest things I have ever seen in a video game 😂

[@HardyOh]

WVFRM Podcast led me here.

[@CakeyC]

Interesting! How come?

[@HardyOh]

@@CakeyC Sorry I had saved another video that WVFRM podcast recommended and I saved all my videos on my Watch Later. Somehow I accidentally commented on this video instead of the other one.