Cold War Zombies The GOOD The BAD and The CRUNCH I Call of Duty Cold War Zombies Review

[@redlobster6714]

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[@AstralApparently]

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[@nyx8823]

Bargwa

[@Awesome-Aaron06]

Bargwa

[@spenexus5725]

Bargwa

[@stephensylvarwolf7940]

Баргва

[@cameronh225]

I’m super biased but Cold War zombies got me through a rough time. I acknowledge it didn’t have the depth and complexity of older games, but I feel that it was game that was needed

[@Blessed_V0id]

Your not the only one. Stay strong man, there arnt enough good people as it is

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

To me it's like... A good Aracde version of the mode. It's classic zombies but without all the complicated headache inducing puzzles and story, and a more casual and easy to jump in game.

[@waxmeltfan]

@@ashamefulgamer1578 exactly, turn your brain off, run around with a shatter blast smg and get to round infinity

[@YourFavoriteVampireSuccubus]

I'm with you too man, one of the hardest years of my life and this game really came to bring me some joy

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

@gslapster Yup. I do love myself a very complicated EE, but I also just like the possibility to go back to the very roots of this mode and just aim and shoot. Just a simple massacre without any enigmas if you want to get to high round. Like Call Of The Dead; Complicated EE but you don't need to do ANY STEPS OF IT to get round 50+.

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

I’ve actually had the mimic perk machine and due to its rarity, it is TERRIFYING when it actually does happen.

[@GaJ42]

rarity??

[@MichaelJohnson-uo3ef]

@@GaJ42 I have 14 days of zombies play time and Ive never seen a mimic turn into a perk machine

[@0mnijax966]

I have like 100 hours or so in this zombies alone, I didn't even know about this

[@professionalskitz0]

i have a week in cw it and ive only seen it once

[@arkivik]

I have 2 months of play, never seen that.

[@AiRsTrIkExXzZ]

For Cold War, the characters we play as could’ve just been 4 canon characters(characters that talk and interact with the map and other characters) that can then have different outfits that could be bought. This is sort of similar to how in BO4 there was the paint that could be put on the character’s faces. Also I mainly got Samantha because she’s the closest of all the operators to being a main character

[@waxmeltfan]

I play park cause she’s a mommy

[@MichaelJohnson-uo3ef]

The issue is activision doesnt want playable characters in zombies anymore because itll either be a random slot like bo3 or youll get a game of all the same character both limit the earning potential and operators could have worked if they never showed up in cutscenes because you get weird shit where Samantha is talking to Samantha or Ravenov is asking where she is but youre right in front of him playing as her.

[@xdCrispy-Crisss]

Personally, I would’ve liked to see the factions fleshed out more. The characters have unique lines instead of EKIA and maybe extra content around NATO Vs WARSAW.

[@redfawn6229]

I think they just wanted to let people pick who they played as so nobody would complain about new characters we got.

[@yomybutthurtzzz8051]

I also bought the same package she's my 2nd fav character of all time right behind dr. Rictofin

[@Samboy1135]

J Rizzo: finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

[@MrAjking808]

Cringe

[@texas8749]

@@MrAjking808 YOUR CRINGE!

[@variantgamer9885]

@@MrAjking808No u

[@LuvzToLol21]

I've deleted, rewrote and edited this comment multiple times. I personally really enjoyed playing BOCW zombies with my friends, and there were a few thoughts and things I really wanted to share but just couldn't think of the best way to express them. So here are some bullet points: - I feel it cannot be understated how important the change in DLC format is. This is the first ever Black Ops game which has free DLC maps, cross platform and cross generation multiplayer, and cross mode synced progression. Just speaking from personal experience, one of my friends played BOCW on a PS4 and another played on an old Xbox One, while I played on PC. The fact that we were all able to play zombies together without worrying about who owned which map was amazing, and I hope this becomes the standard going forward. - Exfil I feel is another very welcome addition. Let's be real, zombies games can take a very long time. For people who don't have the time, skill or desire to push for high rounds or complete the easter egg, now they have a way to end a game on their own terms while keeping all the exp they've earned. I hope Treyarch includes this feature back in future titles for those players who want it. - Around season 3 I think, Treyarch gave us the option to unlock weapons by completing challenges in zombies instead of in multiplayer/Warzone. Which personally, was a *godsend*. I know people who literally only play COD for the zombies mode and hardly ever touch multiplayer. - As you mentioned, Treyarch eventually gave us the ability to save custom blueprints and apply them to any guns we find in-game. Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand it's a huge quality of life improvement, but on the other hand I feel that this completely cannibalizes one of this game's big new features. In BOCW zombies, all guns in the game spawn with a few random attachments, and if you don't like the ones you got you can spend some salvage to reroll them. With this system though, you are handicapping yourself and playing suboptimally if you don't have a blueprint saved for each weapon in the game with the exact attachments you want and you waste salvage rerolling them. It feel like a bandaid solution to a problem which itself might not have an answer. - One thing I noticed a lot with anyone who reviews BOCW, whether it's you, Rizzo, etc. is that you review Outbreak as a finished product without paying much attention to how the mode changed and grew. I personally feel that this is a big part of it's identity. Like a map is sort of a one and done thing, whereas Outbreak was something that was continuously added to over BOCW's lifespan. I think that's part of the reason why the mode was so divisive, because Outbreak launched back in season 2 in a pretty rushed state. Compared to the 7 maps and 2 quests we had by the end of season 6, Outbreak at launch had only 3 maps and had no main quest whatsoever. The awe and wonder of Outbreak quickly faded once you realized that by the 3rd warp, you'd pretty much seen all that Outbreak had to offer already. There was no big quest to work through and nothing to really do besides trying to see how long you could survive, which quickly became a rather boring and repetitive affair. It felt like we were just playing an early access version of this mode at launch, and it wouldn't be until months later that we'd get more maps, easter eggs, and a main quest. It was like the criticism that Der Anfang in Vanguard received at launch, but the saving grace being that Outbreak's launch wasn't nearly as bad and there was still Die Maschine, Firebase Z and Onslaught available to play. But as they say you only get one chance at a first impression, and I think that many players took one look at the unfinished and rushed state that Outbreak launched in and never touched it again. - I really like the dynamic between the two main play areas in Firebase Z. The firebase itself is a fairly wide open and varied space. There's lots of room to move around and to train zombies if that's your thing. The village though is extremely claustrophobic, with lots of tight choke points, dead ends, and with the only semi-open area being the road and the courtyard. I think it's no coincidence that the Pack a Punch and Wunderfizz machines are located in some of the worst possible spots in the map where you can get surrounded in an instant, so you only have a split second to get in, grab your stuff, and get out. But there's nothing stopping you from trying to survive in the village if you want, in fact you can spend the whole game besides the assault rounds there. Actually, with the map's various choke points and camping spots, it feels like it was custom made for players to experiment with the toxic growth field order that was added around the time the map released. - The loot crates in Outbreak play a modified version of the Coalescence Corporation jingle from BO3 when you get close to them. That's just a nice touch :) - Can we just mention how Weaver and Kravchenko look and sound nothing like they did in the original Black Ops? Weaver lost his Russian accent and Kravchenko somehow looks 20 years younger than before.

[@SJ-di5zu]

I’m very mixed on Exfil. I’m not sure if it’s nostalgia, but I loved the vibe of BO1/2 where you know you’re gonna die no matter what you do. It added to the mystique of zombies, the mythical nature of high rounds, the feeling of no escape. Atmospherically it added so much for me. In Cold War, it feels like I’m just thinking, “if I decided to call a helicopter and spend 30 seconds shooting zombies, I can escape any time I want. This isn’t even life-or-death.” But again, it could’ve also just been the mystique of zombies when I was young. It’s hard to separate nostalgia from reality. But on the other hand, Exfil does seem to be a good addition. It works well with Cold War because it allows you to get more upgrade materials and stuff. It’s good for people who want to end the game early and still feel accomplished. And anyways, zombies hasn’t been a purely survival game since like BO2. In BO3 most Easter Eggs end the game, giving you a way to beat the game. In BO4 same thing. So there was always technically a way to “beat zombies” in those games (not that I really loved Easter Eggs in those games either). Zombies hasn’t been that mystical “you will die” since BO2. Overall, I’m completely split on Exfil. I can make arguments for it being good and bad. I will say though, it’s way too easy to do. I wish it was more difficult than just buying a chopper gunner or Death Machine and demolishing everything.

[@LuvzToLol21]

@@SJ-di5zu I tend to think of exfil as more of a quality of life sort of feature. It's there as an option, if you want to just survive as long as possible you can just do that. But I'm sure we all don't have as much free time now as adults than we did when we were kids back when Black Ops released. If you're getting tired or you have things to do or whatever, every 5 rounds you have another way to end the game besides all the other ways. I can kind of agree when people say that exfil should be more challenging. But on the other hand, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?

[@davidvulakh744]

John KZbin's surprise cameo is a glorious thing. Loved it.

[@shaneh1872]

Indeed

[@blaisewood150]

Cold War zombies is definitely heavily underrated

[@Fckituppp]

It’s not but ok it’s just loud mouths that always say it’s bad

[@overmon623]

Cold war is the second best cod zombies right behind bo3, I've play most zombies and love bo3 cold war and infinite warfare, so yes cold war is underrated

[@Fckituppp]

@@overmon623 yk yeah when looking how negative the community is it does feel underrated even if it was a big success with Casuals (also IW sucks)

[@acidrage5206]

@@Fckituppp casuals you mean people who dont care or realise theres a story. no1 likes cold war zombies lol everyone moans about it unless its outbreak ppl oved that idk why.

[@acidrage5206]

@@overmon623 lol the only thing that helped BO3 was the reimagined BO1-2 maps. otherwise it was clunky and bullshit bubblegums suck dick. WaW BO1 BO2 Cold war is the order of the games. The only reason people hold BO lower down is mechanics and the fact it was new now we have decent movement and more hits if you add the first 3 games maps on Cold War or Gulf War they would max out their sales. Der riese is still voted so highly moon - i dont like it but its a fav acension i did like all the first 3 games maps are my favourite... cold war had been my favourite zombies round based for a long time Mob of the Dea in BO2 probably the best or close too which is the first time we ever see the rebirth map before its name change from Alcatraz

[@dtk673]

"Why not just have the cannon crew plus operators" 17:08 THEY HEARD YOU!!!

[@sambesiili4698]

Canon*

[@dtk673]

@@sambesiili4698 Nah. We cannon like pirates

[@blooperboy22]

46:58 this aged like fine wine! (we are getting finally getting a set crew 🔥)

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

Seeing what Cold War did with budget and time constraints makes me so damn excited for the continuation of the dark aether story. I was SO invested in just collecting intel in cold wars life cycle and I’m very happy to hear the story will continue. Btw the dark aethers is thematically gorgeous too so I hope we see the return of it.

[@Adriiiiiiii1]

King

[@_playa_]

What do you think of mw3 zombies?

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

@@_playa_ it’s…alright. The gimmick of open world zombies wears off pretty damn fast, I wish there were more events where the whole 24 player count was utilised, kinda like raid bosses.

[@_playa_]

@@thicboibigsmoke7220 I completely agree. Especially with little content every month or so. Also you got your wish with the return of the dark aethers! Ready for bo6?

[@jadenalvarado4912]

The maps are the biggest drawback to this Zombies. I fully understand Treyarch did the best with what they had with the situation they were in. It's gonna be a long painful wait until 2024. I don't even consider Vanguard as Treyarch zombies😂It's already been in a year without Treyarch zombies in my book.

[@tarekcat1]

bruh, Vanguard story has almost nothing to do with the rest of the story, you don't even have to consider it as a prequel to Cold war,or MW

[@Someone_1994]

at least treyarch got time to do better at least

[@gingerale9723]

And no characters

[@SJ-di5zu]

Definitely. The maps are mediocre, settings kinda uninspired, and don’t have the soul of the older maps. Really hope they find that inspiration again for 2024. BO1-4 and even WaW were so inspired and full of soul and detail.

[@lileofficial4273]

@@SJ-di5zu remember back when entire conspiracy theories that relate to the lore on random ass blackboard and walls for no real reason??? Now it's just intel radios.

[@an_ancient_architect2889]

It feels so obvious on how to handle the operators and the main crew. Rushin and you have both pointed towards WWII’s handling of them before I could even think of it. The way I was going to handle it in my videos was completely nuanced and over complicated. So I thank the both of you for helping me with that.

[@Stanley557]

Haha thanks

[@loosh4654]

Personally I'd like to see one that follows the system Borderlands has. Where there's these windows for characters to give their opinions, react to events and respond to Weaver and company. I mean, we know that Naga is not only used to absolute brutality, but we also know he is prone to violence, rage and even "Hear voices" according to the Halloween Event. So, having him mention how seeing those corpses in Die Maschine isn't shocking to him. he's essentially our very own (not as over the top) Ultimis richtofen. Having lines like "Better than sex" and finding the monkey bomb to be amusing. Or for instance, we know Antonov was forced to join the army so he wouldn't go to jail for being part of the Russian Mafia. therefore having to follow orders and even be in this situation is frustrating to him, he feels locked. Wasted opportunity, honestly. It'd let Treyarch develop these operators that only have their bio as character development.

[@GeneralSouthParkFan]

​@@loosh4654 The Pre-Sequel was easily the best in the department of unique dialogue interactions in the main-series (barring Aurelia, who wasn't able to receive any unique interactions from other characters as she was originally planned to be a base character in place of Claptrap). Damn shame that BL3 later fumbled the bag as hard as it did in everything barring gameplay. If Treyarch could have a character dialogue system a la TPS & make the operators system comparable to WWII Zombies in functionality, I'd be a happy boy.

[@loosh4654]

@@GeneralSouthParkFan Finally found someone who acknowledges that! So, hi, fellow TPS appreciator lmao And yeah, sadly they just use a "stock" interaction for Aurelia, where it's vague and she's referred to as Vault Hunter/Vaulter But even with that limitation she's easily one of the deepest and most developed characters in the whole franchise (And then BL3 retcons her whole character arc and a lot of details but oh well lol I just suppress that game out of my head)

[@JAS50X]

@@Stanley557hhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@rsdillbot3646]

I hope next time we get a central crew. Cold War is so fun but just needs that extra character

[@SyalpMelog.]

Fun Fact: While not actually confirmed; The Bargwa is most like a "spawn" of the Margwa (Margwas combined with humans), as the Abomination is an aetherium corrupted Margwa.

[@FPSTyler1Clips]

I feel like Strauss, Carver, Weaver and Grey should have been the default playable characters, or at least in the sequel to Cold War maybe? Would be pretty smart considering we'd actually care for them since Cold War gave them the most backstory out of any characters and operators feel lifeless.

[@lm_slayer1]

Well, you just predicted the cast for BO6. Outside of strauss, you’re bang on

[@friddlefries1140]

Congrats 🎉 😂

[@Pigpen_YT]

Infuriating your retrospectives/reviews don't get more views. I can't fathom the amount of time they must take. Outstanding job as always! I really liked Cold War zombies, loved all the post launch maps and most of the new stuff. Will never be a fan of pack a punch multiple times to upgrade a weapon (it will never be as bad as Exo-Zombies but still) and some of the maps probably should've calmed down with the amount of special enemies they threw at you. Cold War to me is the ultimate casual zombie experience. If I just wanna chill out I'll play that (or maybe The Giant or IX).

[@Stanley557]

Haha thanks! These videos take a ton of time but they're always worth it to make no matter what. I make them because it's fun, not to get an insane amount of views

[@d4s0n282]

@@Stanley557 fr, I watched a few of your really old ones when they came out then I kinda dropped zombies for a few years, im holy surprised you only have 5k subs, is so sad for how quality the vids I have seen

[@Danny328DT]

Not sure how many views it had before, but it's at 1.2m views, so the video got a lot of attention.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

@Stanley557 - Superb video and very complete! One small note... on Forsaken, you weren't softlocked. There are more orange crystals up top. You gotta climb the ladders on both sides to get to them. Pretty sure I saw one in the upper-right corner of your footage. You can also bug out Klaus on Maur, preventing the EE from being completed. At the very end, when Klaus is carrying the nuke, throw Kazamir portal grenades in front if him. He'll stop and will not move forward, even after the Kazamir is gone. That's it.... game is stuck there. It's happened to me 2 or 3 times. I still play Cold War and hope Gulf War is solid in 2024. I don't think Microsoft will improve CoD after that, but we'll see.

[@kaidensstuff5766]

I was playing a game when this started playing, i listened for 15 minutes thinking it was a sponsorship and asking myself "damn, how much content is in here?"

[@Harigan]

Just wanted to clarify, the Kravchenko death scene from BO1 was a hallucination from Mason. Kravchenko is perfectly fine in BO2

[@Stanley557]

Well dang, must've misremembered it. Also hey you're that guy from the sub reddit

[@Harigan]

@@Stanley557 Yeah, not sure if that's a good reputation, but hey! Quite enjoyed the video :)

[@Stanley557]

@@Harigan haha, glad you enjoyed it though!

[@LuvzToLol21]

Yeah, in BO2 it's explained that through the sheer power of main character bullshit, Woods was able to knock the grenade Kravchenko was holding out of his hands in midair, so they they both survived the jump out the window and the explosion.

[@SkizzumZ7]

fun fact about outbreak: a very early version of the mode can be played in a leaked pre alpha build, featuring unfinished manglers

[@camerondethlefs]

Last Gen’s thumbnail game is on point

[@Jerrycourtney]

This essay is a banger. I know I’m late to the party. I think _Cold War_ is objectively the best CoD since _Black Ops 2._ The zombies were the reboot we *needed.* Was it lacking? Of course- but I think the mechanics laid out in this game set the stage for an excellent future entry. The mechanics of this game are second-to-none, & the Dark Aether set/settings has so much potential. I skipped out on _MW3,_ but here’s hoping to _Gulf War_ or whatever the heck we get here in 2024. Stay frosty, y’all.

[@Plorpusbazinga]

This is my favorite Cold War video since Tim Hansens retrospective on the game

[@alpacasmafia9265]

This is without a doubt the best breakdown of Cold War Zombies I've ever seen you did such a fantastic job!!

[@funnyman3030]

47:00 predicting the black ops 6 terminus crew 2 years earlier is crazy

[@Stanley557]

@@funnyman3030 it just made sense

[@FormalGibble]

Everytime you said train go boom it triggered my fight or flight instinct.

[@Stanley557]

Then my work here is done

[@123headphone]

Wanted to drop this comment even though it's a year late since I'm just now getting into zombies. Not only is this a super details, well thought-out review but man you have to be one of the most charismatic long-form content creators I've seen in a while. Super, super engaging video essay, it's really refreshing! Great stuff, I will keep a look out for for anything else you post!

[@Stanley557]

@@123headphone thank you!!!!!!!! That means so much! I hope you enjoy my other reviews!

[@Cyann33andaThird]

the change from epic as the highest and legendary to the second highest to the other way around is for a pretty simple reason. In most games, epic is the second highest, with legendary being the highest (or third and second highest, plus whatever bonus rarities they decide to throw in afterwards.) the prevailing popularity of rarities in gaming these days made this kind of necessary to avoid confusion. Pink/purple is also usually the colour for epic rarity, with orange being legendary, and gold for the one above (which doesnt have a commonly agreed upon name, but usually is something like Exotic, Mythic, or Unique, but it would probably mean Wonderweapon, or simply Wonderful here.)

[@wertyfrom4237]

I am already in love. And then I’m gonna watch it multiple times

[@elliesteele2107]

Brother I dunno why you don't have more viewers or subscribers. Whether I'm genuinely watching your videos or just putting them up in the background to listen to and glance at while playing NMS (farming materials gets boring, lmao), I have remained entertained since I subscribed. Well worth the free button press. I will never financially recover, but I do not care.

[@dphylan]

Man, VERY underrated channel right here! Awesome work, Stanley!

[@Stanley557]

Haha glad you enjoyed it!

[@Doxlet]

Epic Video Time

[@Salty_C.J.]

i really enjoy everything they added to cold war, all it needs is a few more good maps. i hope they build on cold war zombies for future entries and not the garbage that came after it

[@Crayveee]

Rarities, salvage, crafting system, and maybe even armor system is what needs to return in the next entries I hope they'll be able to pull of the fun gameplay loop in cold war and expand on it with better easter eggs and more climactic maps like Mauer der Toten which was probably the longest they worked on for a cold war map

[@Salty_C.J.]

@@Crayveee imagine if level 2 and 3 armor had a quest to get it in every map, like things do in the older games

[@d4s0n282]

@@Salty_C.J. personally I like shields more since it gave a lot more personality, its a big issue I have with this zombies, it lacks way too much personaility, from the personas of who you play, to having a cool ass shield on your back compared to just having "armour"

[@alexbasha0508]

@@Crayveee In game salvage and crafting is just doesn’t belong in zombies. Making equipment, lethals, EVEN KILL STREAKS?! Just doesn’t belong in the game…

[@Crayveee]

@@alexbasha0508 I can agree with crafting like chopper gunner or a strafe run or just some really op scorestreaks but I think that with normal equipment it's fine And imo salvage isn't that bad It's a fun idea but it needs to get balanced how much you get it in the higher rounds

[@ShyerFox]

That Legion boss fight was actually stupid hard, so it taking more than a year to finally beat is a feeling I relate to in my heart of hearts.

[@Stanley557]

haha nice glad you felt so accomplished for beating it! Trying to complete it pre-nerf use to be way too difficult, where they have him now is perfect

[@wayneigoe6722]

The movie operators have different lines than normal operators. Their lines are usually ripped right out of their respective movie. And while its cool, if you're a bit of an audiophile like me, their lines bug the hell out of you because they are in their original format, and they sound bad. If it were up to me, I'd have had the actors come in and re-record the lines for the game, but oh well.

[@Stanley557]

Yeah! Whenever I watched Mauer speed runs I think it was Smart Guy using the John McClain skin and his audio lines sounded AWFUL

[@wayneigoe6722]

@@Stanley557 I only hope the terminator ones from Vanguard sound better.

[@flamingscar5263]

Cold War is my favorite Zombies game hands down, unless we include customs for BO3 which in that case BO3 takes it, but for me its just down to the gameplay being so good, but the problems hold it back and its why I am so excited for BO6, particularly my big 2 issues are no cannon crew and the maps being at best good but none being S tier, its funny to me that if I were doing a tier list of all Zombies games, Cold War would be in S, but if it was of all maps, not a single Cold War map goes in S, it really just showcases how good Cold Wars base gameplay is, I've been praying that one day someone makes a mod for BO3 that adds in all of Cold Wars additions, someone made a BO2 mod that is very polished for how basic BO2s mod tools are that adds in a lot of Cold Wars features and it is probably the most fun I have ever had in Zombies, it really made it painfully obvious how much Cold War could have been even better if we had maps on the level of Mob or Origins heres to hoping BO6 can bring Cold Wars to the level it would have been if Activision didn't screw Treyarch over with that time crunch

[@jasonblue7220]

I never knew why but onslaught was always my guilty plesure, if im not in the mood of playing normal zombies i always turn to onslaught

[@golemofwill4728]

Cold War is easily the zombies mode I find myself the most mixed on. I really enjoyed BO4 and hated Vanguard, this is somewhere in between. Mimic and Abomination were great new enemies for me that felt fair and not fat bullet sponges. The wonder weapons are also pretty meh with some being amazing to me like the Crystal gun in Forsaken and the ray-k while also hating half the variants for Cerberus and Shockwave. I think if I knew this game was gonna have free maps, I would have played it much sooner. Also I really wish we had more Dark Aether enemies instead of the manglers and Panzer. Those Aether Jellyfish really deserved a spot as an enemy. I will say Vanguard makes this game look like Mona Lisa in comparison.

[@SJ-di5zu]

I agree with this. Cold War feels like an arcade style of zombies. You have to have a different mindset while playing it than BO1-4. It’s extremely easy; so dying really isn’t an issue you have to worry about for most of the game. You’re not focused on survival anymore, but more just becoming as overpowered as physically possible. It’s more casual, brainless fun than the other games, except BO3 at times which can get extremely easy too. I have a ton of criticisms for Cold War. The map designs just aren’t as creative or involved as BO1-4 or even WaW. The military feel only made this problem more pronounced, as zombies felt more like an extension of multiplayer than its own universe. While the weapon rarity is interesting and added a bit to the mystery box and gunplay, I despise what it did to the game. You’re heavily incentivized to use the same weapon the whole game, as you spawn in with a pretty good weapon, upgrade its tiers, and then you don’t want to let go of it because it would take forever to level up a new weapon. In the older games, I’d switch out weapons constantly just for fun. The out of game upgrade system definitely incentivized you to play more, which was good. But it also made your character incredibly overpowered. Having 10 perks that are all broken beyond belief is the most overpowered thing possible. But Cold War is good for certain things. For one, having a ton of different abilities really lets you switch up how you want to kill zombies. You have so many weapons in your arsenal that when you’re new to the game, you might even forget about some of them. The gunplay is better than BO3 and 4, just based on how the weapons feel. The wonder weapons are mostly fun and not too overpowered. And Outbreak can be a fun changeup, although I don’t think it has much replay value due to the limited amount of objectives and maps. Overall, Cold War is something I need to be in a specific mood to play. It can be a ton of fun, but I’d still put it below each of the 4 Black Ops games. The game being devoid of any challenge just isn’t ideal for replayability, and makes it only worth playing when I want to shut my brain off. At least in BO3, the maps were big and creative, giving me something to explore and distracting me from the lack of difficulty. And in BO4, you can scale the difficulty to your liking. In Cold War that’s not the case. It’s not a bad game mode; but I find I’d rather play any of the first 4 BO games over it, and maybe even WaW.

[@Henry-iz7iv]

Babe wake up, new Stanley557 review just dropped

[@recoraccoon]

well, from other games I've seen: White = Common Green = Uncommon Blue = Rare Purple = Epic Orange/Gold/Yellow = Legendary

[@Kirobsi]

nice profile picture :o

[@xanderlockard1718]

How does this guy have 6k? This is probably some of the best zombies content i’ve ever seen

[@ethanhawkins3391]

I love how you’ve truly crafted your own style out of the John Rizzo style CoD Zombies analysis videos. These are truly excellent & I’m really glad you decided to make a feature length film for Cold War. Please continue to make quality zombies content!

[@Stanley557]

Thanks my dude! Glad you enjoyed it

[@mandomango3253]

stannley sorry for pestering you on xbox so much to finish the review but you did such a grate job I couldn't have been happier keep up the grate work

[@flunksprite313]

Just finished watching the vid. I love it, feel like I can’t talk about Cold War anymore with 2 really good retrospectives out now

[@Stanley557]

Haha, don't feel like there isn't something you can't say, i made all of these reviews regardless of what people like Rizzo said before me. Trust me there's always something to add to the conversation because at the end of the day it's your experience!

[@flunksprite313]

@@Stanley557 thanks, also suprised you got jhon youtube to collab with you

[@Stanley557]

@@flunksprite313 right?

[@Ryan-gn8qf]

I’ve been watching a couple of your videos for the past couple of weeks and you deserve so many more views for the work and effort you put into these videos

[@Stanley557]

Haha thanks, words like that mean a lot and I'm glad you enjoy them! If only I could produce them faster 🙃

[@JohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnny]

How am I already nostalgic for cold war

[@Stanley557]

What having two bad games in a row does to an mf

[@semmesoort4941]

As someone who is terrible at zombies this was an installment I could enjoy while also being challenged 😊

[@realzerometro]

47:03 quite literally the crew in bo6 besides Strauss being maya

[@Stanley557]

@@realzerometro tee hee

[@loosh4654]

My biggest issue, one that JrRizzo666_yt shares, is how Maxis was shoved to the side. while it's realistic she'd instantly be undertaken, I created this little headcanon: Curious as to how the Dark Aether affected her, specially after Firebase Z's transmissions, the director decides to let her lead the team, motivated by her ardent desire to fight back. but, seeing her performance and noticing some strange things, he eventually orders her to be locked up. This allows for a (fairly small, but still) little window of time where it makes sense for her to be an operator, and gives her the opportunity to have a bit more weight. Now, the reason she's upset about not being in the field, isn't just because she wants to, but because this was taken from her. Maybe let it be canon that the reason why she can still, somehow, communicate with Ravenov was some device he gave her. (which is eventually taken away) Maybe have some Intel explaining that she already suspects something is wrong, due to her traumatizing, PTSD inducing time in the Dark Aether, and in her journeys through the outbreak zone, she eventually found something that led her to find out about the Inversion Warheads, but hid it from the rest of the team due to her paranoia. I think this even helps add some more tragedy to her arc. Ravenov promised her she could be fixed, things could go back to normal, and so, one would expect the script to follow that path. Having it seemingly do so, but suddenly take this turn would feel... like it's insult to injury for her, instead of feeling like just a throwaway line. Quick correction! It's not that the crossbow or ballistic knife don't scale properly. It's that they used to be EXTREMELY OP against Orda, so Treyarch nerfed them into being actually useless cus no fun allowed. Also, Klaus's mustache is explained through Intel. One of the agents of that CIA hideout was making fun of Klaus and drew that, and then one day, Klaus simply choked him to death for it. also, bit of a shame you didn't bring up Mauer's exfil event! it's actually really unique!

[@bluespidergaming7719]

Maxis? i thought he wasnt in the story at all since bo4?

[@loosh4654]

@@bluespidergaming7719 Oh, no no,, I meant Samantha Maxis lol, she's referred to as Maxis in the operator area so I go with that Guess I could've been cleared

[@josephtucker7181]

Fun fact you can land on the omega helicopter and hauer or Spaz is really good to take it out. Yes you can still do it. Just get on a jump pad near the helicopter not too close but once in the air try to land on it while it is going up and land on the back half to avoid falling off or taking damage.

[@Stanley557]

Huh good to know, hadn't thought of that

[@Tokito935]

Also, using any sniper with the cavalry lancer barrel shoots them down in 1-2 shots

[@josephtucker7181]

@@Tokito935 thanks good to know

[@rudydaberry122]

I experienced an extremely traumatic event in October 2020 and left me utterly broken and at my lowest and Cold War helped me through it and gave me something to look forward to and helped me alot

[@SainiRohan]

The fact this video doesn’t have many views is outrageous

[@Stanley557]

Haha thank you! Comments like these always mean a lot

[@YeezusGhoul]

Orlov just... Such character and everything! But could they NOT make him sound like space Gollum lol

[@samueltc1716]

i love u and rizzo ,keep up the great work

[@sillypope]

i love the intel, not really a fan of the story but i find it fun and exciting whenever i randomly decide to go radio hunting and i find some

[@PalindroneV2]

Frenzied Guard refills your armor completely so that's extremely useful in solo if you're not nearby an armor station

[@angrylundy4862]

Last time i played zombies it was transit and gotta say im loveing cold war

[@redlobster6714]

Interesting take on Spaceland! Personally I like the part at 4:32:14 and found it very intriguing and I agree with what you have said here. Well done. Can't wait for the next video!

[@sml2k186]

I absolutely love Cold War zombies. Even now I’m still coming back just for the fun of it

[@sml2k186]

Also rare rizzo collab so automatic W

[@CallMeAmateur]

Right now I'm writing an essay and this is perfect background noise 👌

[@charleswaggoner9467]

As I said I’m biased towards Cold War. I can see your ratings but I differ on where I rate mine. Outbreak is where 50% of my time is maybe more. Then it’s mauer, die Maschine, forsaken, onslaught, then Firebase z. I can see the reason for the mangler but him being in every map from Firebase z on is tiresome at times. I struggle to play mauer sometimes because of this. And the same goes for every other enemy type that shows up in a different map aside from the needed zombies haha. I wish special zombies were specific to one map and had 2 max and spawned every 4-5 rounds to make it feel like I’m facing zombies and not an army. The armor stand, workbench, and pap additions seemed like a chore in the beginning but if you don’t do an item it feels like your lacking, and I like it. I can see the map complaints not being out there or needing personality and seeming lackluster at times, and that’s why a set crew was needed more than ever. The reward is by far my favorite item that I’ve received and doesn’t make it too op when the game starts. I just wish people would stop calling IW zombies as the ultimate ee reward as your given it for playing such a shit game and quest, and comparing it to Cold War as it’s not good enough or should’ve been like IW’s. I understand that’s makes me a shill for treyarch, but at least they didn’t deliver shit for me to play. All in all Cold War is by far my fav zombies as it’s “handing me a crutch” so to speak and I’m not stupid op like bo3.

[@TheMysticalTank]

Cold War’s first two maps were fantastic! The atmosphere was great and the bosses weren’t overpowered. The core of Cold War was fun with friends but boring on its own. Perks being unlimited was fantastic. The bad was the loss of “upgraded” weapons. Some weapons in pervious games had a unique identity to them when packed, ie, Mustang and Sally, the penetrator, the monkey crossbow, and ballistic knives. The point system is something I didn’t like but I understand the reason behind it. Outbreak was great the first few times but it so boring even with the EE. The In-between: The story wasn’t bad but the lack of 4 core characters limited the dialogue and player interactions.

[@crocsarethepurestformofwea3122]

Another banger from the disembodied voice of Raventofen. Good vid, my friend.

[@Lordran_Penance]

I preferred to use healing aura and frenzied guard. And maybe sometimes aether shroud, especially after I got the ability to launch myself a certain distance. I also loved some of the lines the operators said while fighting the undead. My favorite operator was probably Naga. He had some really funny/sus lines that always made me crack up. Mason was up there too, the dialogue was just always funny for all the characters, or cool.

[@GreySoul935]

I feel like Die Machine and Der Toten were the strongest of the maps in Cold War. It would have been so cool if a Dark Aether map copy of each map was available after completing the Easter eggs, kinda like a alternative play style as well. But, a crew is deeply needed.

[@MazeMaker4Life]

Personally firebase z is my go to map to play for grinding etc. It feels balanced imo. Only 2 special zombies compared to the spam in der toten and forsaken, and the megaton is just meh with 3 health bars. EDIT: I agree with needing a crew. Operators are boring AF, and ruined what made original zombies unique. They need to f off and stop trying to monetize zombies.

[@GreySoul935]

@@MazeMaker4Life I think it's well balanced as well, tho I struggle with orda not really because of his health but I tend to run low on ammo when killing it. But, I like to train in the helipad area since it's nice and open. I just feel it's slightly not as unique to zombies as Die Machine and Maur is, especially since Forsaken is ALMOST, a reskin. But Fire base Z is just pure fun with little challenge every few rounds

[@aliceinbunnyland]

if cold war didnt have operators and changed some of the balancing of certain things, it would have easily been remembered up there with black ops 3 in my opinion.

[@Stanley557]

I agree

[@timmothiasjohnsanos]

Watching this for the first time right now, already knowing that weaver, carver, and grey are BO6 zombies main characters.

[@Stanley557]

How does it feel to be from the future?

[@timmothiasjohnsanos]

@@Stanley557 Stellar

[@WayToGoChamp]

Anyone else do Operation Inversia before they made it easier? It was absolute hell. I ended up having to solo it since my multiplayer friends would crash too often

[@undertheeclipse8531]

Thanks! Been waiting for this review for a while and I have to say it's probably my favorite review you've made so far and it's clear to see the hard work you put into it so thanks for the great video and keep up the good work weird bird man 😎

[@Stanley557]

oh my goodness thank you so much! I really don't know what to say but I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@callumcranstoun9067]

It’s crazy you got under 6k subs considering you’re easily the best zombies content creator on the platform at the moment (including the big ones) Please sub to this guy!

[@Stanley557]

Haha I'm glad you love the videos so much! Hope you're having a good day!

[@LittleBigBwner]

Oh wow, the Cerberus spoke? I had no idea, I had dialogue audio off the whole time cuz everyone talked all the time and was super annoying

[@Stanley557]

Yeah its such a cool feature would recommend next time you play

[@manfredvonrichtofen3863]

Stanley557 and Jrrizzo, I am in heaven :D

[@Mr-Wonderful]

Came here from the Wendigoon streams, and wow you really did a great job on this video! You definitely deserve a lot more subs; Keep up the good work!

[@aliataye1415]

I loved this video, took me a few sittings to finish but it was absolutely worth it. I also think you have gotten way better at taking time to speak which has made the videos way more enjoyable. Keep it up much love, loved the rizzo cameo

[@Stanley557]

Glad you enjoyed it! I'm a terribly fast speaker and often stumble over my own words, even when reading a script I wrote. These videos have given me the opportunity to speak more eloquently but there's always room for improvement!

[@azurablitz5349]

watched the full video while playing cold war. W video!

[@Stanley557]

@@azurablitz5349 thank you!

[@patchwilliamson]

I like how big the Outbreak maps are cause it makes it feel like an actual zombie apocalypse

[@aiidankhan]

ngl the lack of dark aether versions of the maps later in the game felt a lot like "oh wait this is actually a lot more work than we thought." i don't really blame the devs a ton though because activision just wanted them to pump out a map and move on

[@IamBoge]

Anyways else wake up to this and spend the first hour of their day watching this?

[@Stanley557]

What an honor

[@an_evil_mushroom1864]

Finally! Can’t wait to binge this, love these longer videos Stanley, keep it up :)

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Stanley557 is Norm McDonald

[@DannyDukeKaboom]

I fucking love this! I was going to make a video like this but you beat me to this! A BIG VIDEO to watch with microwave popcorn and soda! Thank you!! Cheers my guy!!!! 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🧟‍♂️

[@Stanley557]

Glad you enjoyed it! Easily one of my best projects yet!

[@DannyDukeKaboom]

@@Stanley557 yes it is, you did a fantastic job with this!!! ITS MY FAVORITE VIDEO NOW!!! 👍🏻🤘🍻

[@thundagathejolteon4076]

While I do agree the operators are mostly generic, I'd argue that Maxis has a lot more personality compared to the other operators. I think a big fix for the issue isn't so much a canon team as it is Strike Team having no personality. If say, Primis was unlockable as operators, I feel like it would negate a lot of the issues so long as they actually implemented new or reused lines. Be honest Richtofen is gonna have a lot more personality than Vargas

[@wreepwreep]

I love your reviews, man. I’ve always wanted to start my own channel, but I’m not skilled in editing like you are haha I’ll keep watching and looking forward to watching you grow as a content provider

[@Stanley557]

Haha thanks! Trust me I didn't think I was cut out for it either but I'll let you in on a little secret: your writing and commentary is the most important part, for editing you can just slap clips that show what you're talking about

[@wreepwreep]

Do you think you could recommend editing software to familiarize myself with making videos?

[@Stanley557]

@@wreepwreep absolutely! I believe Sony Vegas is the easiest to learn, sadly all actual editing softwares are expensive. I'd recommend, if you can, get a cracked version of like Vegas 16 or 17. That's what I started and see how you like it. If you do I'd recommend buying the official updated version if you don't like it then no harm no foul. No one should have to spend 300+ dollars just to TRY actually editing

[@Theytook-Hi-awayFromMe]

Cold War zombies was amazing, the skill gap was perfect, some stuff was hard but easy to understand and I loved that

[@Questie71]

I recently got Cold War on sale and have been playing the fuck out of it. I've only played Die Machine and Outbreak so far, but it has got me hooked. It feels like there's always something to do. Maybe my opinion will change one I unlock everything, but so far I think I'm enjoying Cold War more than I enjoyed BO3 during it's life cycle. There's no pesky in your face micro transactions that alter gameplay, every map is free, and there's just so much to do and unlock, I just can't put the game down and I haven't even moved onto the other maps yet and I've been playing this game for over a week. It's been a very enjoyable experience and the most fun I've had with Zombies since Bo2. Yeah, the atmosphere and map design isn't the best, but that comes 2nd to gameplay for me and the gameplay is phenomenal, so I can easily look past the lack of character

[@britishpie7665]

One thing I do wanna mention about the characterisations about requiem when discussing your ideal crew, it wouldn't be likely for Carver to be suspicious of Weaver since he was born in the US and he must've known about his role during the events of bo1 (also his "relationship with Kravchenko lol) and for Strauss...? Can't say I'm properly educated about how he feels about him but I'm pretty sure they just genuinely find each other annoying because they're on complete opposites of how they work, but I might be wrong (plus can make some good cocky back and forths lol) However your ideal way of him thinking isn't wrong. Cause he IS constantly suspicious of the director. He goes on about how he knows nothing about him, except from stuff like how he overheard him speak Russian. And given how Weaver constantly talks about orders from the director, Carver would definitely up most question about them. Also quests like Firebase Z with Ravenov would've been really fitting too.

[@Stanley557]

That's a good point, my point of view was Carver is a born and raised in America and Weaver, despite having former missions where he aided the US, was born in Russian, during the Cold War even the most trusted Russians were to be monitored, granted it just my own little silly theory crafting hope you enjoyed the video!

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

I played a shitload of that first Cold War map when it came out, I loved the big gameplay changes. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the way it went post-shangri la (those maps are cool I just suck at them). So this sorta hybrid where they went back to an old map but way bigger, with significant new gameplay for no reason, really hit for me. It all worked for me except exfil, I wasn’t into that. Despite this I was unaware that it had additional maps besides outbreak lol

[@Stanley557]

Well hey now you have three new maps to play

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

@@Stanley557 ahahaha true! I might actually reinstall Cold War after this. I’m easily convinced by 2+ hour analysis videos

[@domlewis9259]

2:04:23 Sorry Stanley But you should’ve seen this coming before hand “Ahem” MAKING THE MOTHER OF ALL OMELETTES HERE JACK CANT FRET OVER EVERY EGG

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

49:00 I would love hearing Weaver making subtle reference to BO1 campaign. Maybe on Mauer Der Toten the crew could have Weaver and Kravchenko, and they would constantly be taunting one another. This would have been really interesting and a good bit of subtle nostalgia for those who knew these characters since their very first appearance.

[@Stanley557]

In forsaken the characters actually do have some partial interaction. In the map's set up there's a chance for Weaver to say "tell me Colonel which is your better eye"

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

Oh. Well I would probably have realised it if I wasn't busy looking around for parts or throwing rocks down the weird fucking dog's throat.

[@Stanley557]

@@ashamefulgamer1578 its a quote you get after leaving spawn 🤨

[@ashamefulgamer1578]

Oh

[@blakebever2104]

Stanley*records with friends* that one friend "dude s SHUT UP!"

[@jankemjunkie6564]

I had SO much fun with Cold War zombies, it was the first zombies experience I got to duo Easter eggs with my brother.

[@Stanley557]

@@jankemjunkie6564 I'm glad to hear! I know the devs would like that story

[@johnalddrumph456]

Outbreak is very conflicting for me, on one hand I've always wanted to be able to play zombies on multiplayer maps but when it comes to the maps themselves they're way too open with far too much dead space (no pun intended)

[@AstralApparently]

I forgot my popcorn...

[@thelawlessone666]

Firebase z is my favorite zombies map. I’ve been playing religiously since bo1 and i think firebase has the most variety. Good camping spots, good training spots. I can feasibly run around the entire map the whole time, amazing wonder weapon, balanced heavy enemies (imo they’re not too hard but a fun mix up), and the horde waves with the boss fight is always fun to me. I can use lmgs to gun down the horde during the defense rounds or run in with a melee weapon is a pap element. It’s always so fun to me

[@scrubyt2668]

me finding out years later that Cold War doesn't have a perk limit because the game never tells you

[@Stanley557]

Well you know now

[@Compredeye]

I miss the Bowie knife

[@TheeAshen_One]

Hey Stanley, just wanted to let you know that in the outbreak survival mode, you can actually use the health stims as another means of healing!

[@Stanley557]

Huh, surprised I didn't think of that. Fair point

[@TheeAshen_One]

Yeah, when I first touched the mode I just guessed that it might work. It kinda functions as a full heal. Of course it comes at the problem of not having any other tactical.

[@Calais-dn5bl]

When the street sweeper shotgun first came out with FirebaseZ, it was so overpowered I 4 shot the orda boss during the final boss. I was like, "Wait, what happened?"

[@bignoodle935]

Love the inclusion of pvz garden warfare

[@JoelO999]

"JOE" lmao that took me off guard