The Most Important Map In Zombies' History...

[@evanf1997]

Would you like to see another Easter Egg hunt of this scale? Or is too much? 🤔

[@MijnNaamIsBurger]

Personally, no, cause I care more about the story than the ee itself, so Waiting an extra time just to know what's up ain't something I like

[@kingneqzy3965]

Y please🎉

[@dylanstacey3514]

Keep em coming brother. Every video has a place, every video has a purpose.

[@AdamW051]

Yes the only time they went overboard with it was in bo4 with blood of the dead that took almost 2 weeks to solve. Granted lots of steps were misinterpreted for years and easier ways to figure certain puzzles out were found out years later

[@sinistersurfer9249]

I'll watch any zombies video you release. Every single one is very well done. Thanks for your effort

[@captainkian5249]

An additional reason I loved origins so much was for its badass opening cutscene with music and showing the Dempsey, Nikolai and takeo absolutely slaying zombies

[@FalseIDDNTY]

Made me look into a7x . Shepard of fire is so fucking hard for no reason

[@PhonyFox_A]

It literally what got me into zombie lore lmao

[@understanding77]

Idk why but that cutscene always makes me tear up. The feeling I got from zombies back then is unlike anything else

[@LowLifeDust]

I would let play out fully....EVERY TIME

[@pisou1438]

bro who could forget "the Dempsey" best gun ever XD

[@bradenabbott5024]

the reason that the vorkuta escape steps are also the main steps of the origins ee is because it was the campaign team that made the map :)

[@arctic1915]

“It’s truly a work of art” that phrase to me sums up the zombies experience as a whole especially waw to bo3. There are flaws and issues sure but at the center of it all is a beautiful story with wild twists and turns. Zombies is truly a work of art

[@axelbitch7164]

fully agreed my fellow gentleman, like any artwork, there are flaws, and like in any artwork, some if not sometimes most of those flaws are turned into pseudo-qualities. The creativity, artistic direction coherence and depth, and adventurous and passionate developers are just not there in Treyarch anymore, and no Acti isnt the boogeyman, but the full on reason and culprit.

[@dylanstacey3514]

Man oh man where do I begin? My favorite map of all time. The good, the bad, the ugly. I love it all. My favorite wonder weapons, my favorite aesthetic, my favorite EE (I love Sam’s directions and instructions), my favorite everything. I won’t say how it compares to other maps, those opinions are personal, but I will say it is my favorite. Thanks for making this video!

[@evanf1997]

Thank you for watching!

[@planet_machine]

Been waiting for you to get to this map. Me and 3 other highschool friends spent many hours into the night playing couch coop on this map. We never finished the easter egg, but to this day it is still a core memory for all of us. I miss those days.

[@ilovemakoto]

I completed this EE a few days ago after many failed attempts, definitely my favorite zombies map of all time lol.

[@evanf1997]

I can see why! what’s your favorite part of the map?

[@Imbatmanubatman]

@@evanf1997can u actually play and do a vid on gorod ik it’s hated on but i personally sped run that map since it came out lol and the ee is little ring fr

[@Tre__Flip]

Homie forgot world at war was the first zombies and it was a treyarch game

[@tylersherratt4466]

So disrespectful

[@Azarath415]

And you forgot to read the title I guess

[@jaysonhessel1037]

@@Azarath415what does that have to do with creator not getting something right?

[@awesome123306]

Some times I wonder if anyone even remembers the importance of der reise was/is to zombies. 🤷 This guy sadly doesn't

[@evanf1997]

I’m aware World at War came first. I was referring as 2010 being the start of the BLACK OPS zombies mode/franchise, as this is by far the most successful - Sorry for not being super clear with my words! 😊

[@jayjohnson6207]

never been this quick befor to watch a vid, this map was revolutionary

[@evanf1997]

It really was, do you think we will see anything like it again?

[@jayjohnson6207]

@@evanf1997i hope so it, zombies seems to be heading in a great direction atm so im hopeful, heres to hoping treyarch can pull a bungie and create a forsaken expansion and revolutionise the dark aether story

[@SWOL]

I miss the days when most maps had their own unique “boss zombies”. Pentagon thief on five, George on call of the dead, shriekers and Napalm for Shang, margwa on shadows, etc. In BO6, every map pulls from the same group of 5 boss zombies and nothing feels original anymore in that aspect.

[@LowLifeDust]

I now remember why I only ever went for the ice staff when playing alone, I forgot how in depth the crafting really was! im 28 now and crazy to think origins was so long ago🤯

[@louiewag9343]

The fact that the steps of the easter egg were the Vorkuta steps solidified this map as the goat for me.

[@dallin4992]

My brother and I would run this over and over and over again. The first time we completed the EE was euphoric to say the least. Surprisingly, the replayability and amount of fun we had didn't fall off. This map is so well designed and challenging. This map holds a special place in my heart and reminds me what is truly important in this short, wild ride called life. FAMILY

[@Ferox115]

Damn man I didn’t realize I’d need to do order of operations just to upgrade a staff 😂

[@RadicalSlayerQc]

I remember when this came out, having a hard time to get 3 friends to join and try to crack the easter egg on our own. When we finally did it, it was only one of the two EE i ever beat apart from mob of the dead a few weeks before. In 2023, on BO3, i managed to beat it by myself. A true test of patience and resolve. Step 6 is HARD solo, made trivial with the right gobblegum. The pure adrenaline trip and the satisfaction of succeeding is so worth it. My personal favorite map of all time.

[@Telixion]

While yes it was brute forcing. I would say a large portion of the hunting community were doing a good job understanding the puzzles. We were solving it with the information we knew, and grasping a better understanding as we continued to play. Perhaps the FIRST person to figure it out stumbled upon it in brute force style. But to say that is how things were solved might not be giving enough credit for the time spent on things. Great video by the way. Origins was something really great. I remember hearing one of my teammates saying the ending cutscene got posted. I didn't want anyone watching it. We were going to experience it for ourselves. The idea of people ruining this experience for views really rubbed me the wrong the way. And the best way to combat it was to not entertain it.... But viewers gonna view. And now its a very unfortunate standard for zombies today.

[@keiroppi2250]

as a completely casual teenager at the time what made me replay the map over and over was building and upgrading the staves with my friends and listening to the easter egg song

[@willgrintjes3378]

The moment you started making zombies world first videos I waited paitently for the origins video. Thanks again evan for a banger. Best zombies map of all time

[@Maexs115]

Those Origins moments were truly amazing

[@zachasnacks7036]

Bro I LOVE your videos like these. PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING.

[@evanf1997]

Got to cover all the Black Ops 3 maps next!

[@victorpilares8014]

Mylo is such an incredible soul. You can feel his love for the game. A gem in the community♡

[@Sapu5m]

Keep making these videos pls, i put them on while driving long drives and would love to keep having something to listen too forever 😂

[@evanf1997]

Will do! We've got the BO3 maps next... thanks for watching:)

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Interesting. I do some trophy hunting so since Black Ops II is impossible to 100% (damn you, Big Leagues trophy), I think I will play the BO3 version of this map, which does require you to do the Little Lost Girl and Overachiever trophies. Should be fun(?).

[@glazedtenders3585]

Thank you for explaining how the easter egg steps are meant to be discovered. I have always wondered how they intended us to solve these staff upgrade puzzles

[@glazedtenders3585]

Maybe you could make a new playlist: How Treyarch Intended the Easter Eggs To Be Solved Correct me if I’m wrong, but the other videos in this series don’t explicitly explain each step like this video Amazing work as always! Appreciate all the time you put into these

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

Fantastic video. Dunno why my breathing was heavy watching this video but that's probably cuz I love this map that much.

[@DAcubsfan2]

i remember dropping anything i was doing to watch those ngtzombies videos when they would post. still the best map imo

[@thecowking24601]

New Evan zombies vid?!? These are always bangers!!! Can't wait till Zombies Zone!!!

[@d.moltisanti836]

Facts he doesn’t miss

[@PrismHeartOfficial]

Der Rise will ALWAYS be my favorite, my personal choice for most important map, and it kick-started EVERYTHING that we know of Zombies these days. Bigger Easter-Egg's, teleporters, Samantha finally showing up, and a perfect size. Origins coming out felt like Zombies was being "fortnite-ified"

[@juanpablobecerra2779]

When the trailer for the map was released back in August 2013 it absoluletly blew both me and my friends minds how could a single map be packed with so much content while bringing back the original crew. To this day I think it’s my favorite map of all time.

[@vikingmyguy]

At 1:44 the radio looks super happy! 😊😂

[@-freakz-gameplays4794]

Watching you kill this cod content is beautiful man. I was recommended your ‘untold secrets’ the day it was up and now I regularly check to see if you’ve uploaded

[@shaun_the_sheip2775]

Jason blundell worked on the bo1 campaign, so it makes sense that he would make the easter egg steps in orgins a nod to the vorkuta escape plan.

[@Baby-carrot777]

Any OG zombie player knows your first time playing on console compared to PC is like a different universe. You can’t comprehend how good it feels on PC when playing on console.

[@remarkableatlus935]

I released a mod called La Lumiere back in Halloween 2024 and it turned into my most successful map, gaining more than ten times the subscriptions of my last few maps. My goal will be to go back to create a true Origins styled map that recreates the cut village from the beta version of the map.

[@cloak9516]

Burnout from D2 grind, ur video got me into zombie (it’s my first time playing zombies). Im having a blast.

[@evanf1997]

❤️ I love hearing this

[@OpticHamster69]

what game you playing for zombies?

[@cloak9516]

@@OpticHamster69 atm BO6 and BO3 prob gon buy BO4 when it went sale.

[@OpticHamster69]

@cloak9516 oh nice nice what do you play zombies for? High rounds? Easter eggs? Etc.

[@cloak9516]

@ I would say both but kinda depends what game I was on if I feel like wanna do high rounds I’m hop on BO6 for gobblegum grind, if i was on BO3 I do the EE. I’ve beat 4 maps on BO3 but with Perkaholic, right now I’m trying to do the EE with no gobblegum, it’s hard but it’s fun.

[@rsGasha]

For the Ice staff I never actually memorised any of the solutions. I like to do the math in my head while training the zombies. The way I do it is slightly differently though. So instead of turning the pads into base 4 I divide the base 3 wall with 4, get the integer and the remainder, and use that to decode the pads. Example: Step 1: Turn into base 3. 1 0 0 → 1x9 + 0x3 + 0x1 = 9 (base 3) Step 2: Divide by 4 9/4 = 2 and 1 remains Step 3: Match the result with the symbols. 0 = triangle 1 = I 2 = L 3 = F (upside down) For this example, we got 2|1, so the solution is LI (2=L, 1=l). I don't know which method is easier but this is the one I got used to.

[@jus__gra]

CrashPower, damn. Thats a channel name i havent thought of in ages. Used to blast his video's trying my best to do the origins ee solo. It never worked out. Blastfromthepast!

[@haroldparsons9727]

This map was so much fun. I still have my old cheat sheet for all the staff puzzles. Its covered in tea stains. Lol

[@reek3685]

Shout out your progress on the weight loss! Looking great dude

[@SOD1224]

Ive done the ee solo twice on bo3, thats how much i love this goddamn map

[@evanf1997]

damnn good job!

[@RadicalSlayerQc]

Which step do you think is the hardest ? For me, it was waiting for the right robots at the right time

[@SOD1224]

Hardest part was hitting the g strike spot perfect.

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

I would strongly recommend u try the bo2 version. As an origins simp, I think bo3 origins is a gimped, inferior version of the map.

[@SOD1224]

@@LastGenRichtofenn yeah helps with skipping staff placement step too, def a goat

[@dylanfaye7014]

Just found your channel this past week, and have been binging all your zombies vids. Love how in detail everything is keep up the great work man

[@dylanfaye7014]

Also ZOMBIE BLOOD

[@evanf1997]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@yeetergriffin7679]

Origins was too much fun. Never gets old

[@jacksonlawson1025]

The call back to vorkuta and Reznov is great, when you also have to remember that at the end of black ops one campaign, Mason says ascension after most likely killing jfk and that is also the name of the first zombie map with a real Easter egg

[@averylr32]

Something I’ve consistently noticed with these older Easter eggs is that they are damn near impossible as a solo player. I don’t have anyone to play with and as much as I would love to do the origins egg I can’t becuase I have no one to play with. Directed mode in black ops 6 is such a great idea in that regard even though I do complete the Easter eggs without using it and before it comes out for the maps it’s great to have for people who may not have friends to do the egg with

[@ssfgsfgs2]

the g-strike joke was funny 😂

[@caseydale5862]

This map really opened my eyes to what zombies could be. Blundell"s ambition on huge quest maps, and storytelling, was something i really enjoyed. I loved this, and the entirety of Black Ops 3 because of how he pushed the standard of zombies, its so different compared to what we see in WaW/Black Ops 1. I know some didnt like it, but it's what i came to love

[@tommeliahub2235]

ready for the tomb

[@Ragebait..beware]

ready for more bugs😂

[@mannymushies5241]

@@Ragebait..bewareI've been playing bo6 since the day it came out and I've not experienced a single bug while playing the game which is surprising. Only bug I've experienced is a wierd glitch in the main menu where my character disappears but other than that it's ran flawlessly for me.

[@rafaelgarcia1435]

This is the more complex and over explained origins tutorial, my friends are training the zombies for hours😭😭

[@snake1759]

I remember the Lightning staff, because Spiderbite’s son played Piano and helped solve it

[@hanibalking7841]

Got my kids to do the ee last year. Took us 3 runs before they picked it up and took off. Of all the zombies maps with an ee it's the only one they got but it's the best one

[@ZombieNausea]

Yay!! I love when Classic Zombies gets love!

[@mackboulianne6457]

I remember struggling with my friends so badly to do the origins easter egg, good times back on bo2

[@niconepni1821]

25:19 just to confirm, wasn't it the Ice staff that removed the fires for the free zombie blood? unless i'm recalling incorrectly

[@chris6lair]

The ice staff is how I’ve always done it, never tried it with the wind staff personally

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

it is ice. no other staff works.

[@laffjon]

Ive been on bo2 origins for the past month or 2 weeks and still havent built the staffs they really changed how i play the game with this map

[@Bunsense_Gaming]

Spiderbite clip sent me back. I havent heard from this guy since bo3..

[@sotovido7808]

2010?! I forget how long ago this stuff was. I was just a lil toddler 😂

[@thepooaprinciple5144]

Shangri la was the most important actually. the achievement for completing the easter egg was called "Time Travel Will Tell"....which became a major thing richtofen would need to be able to accomplish in order to fulfill his ultimate goal.

[@kandihustty5610]

Origins is legitimately 1 of the 3 zombies maps i actually enjoyed playing, and it's #1 in my heart.

[@RDGamer321]

Looking at how the staff puzzled were intended to be solved and how I always remember how to solve them is insane to me. Dev: Okay, we need you to learn how to play a piano by reading out key positions and then taking these symbols to transcribe the notes we want you to play. Me: 1, 3, 6...3, 5, 7...2, 4, 6

[@thesun5275]

Piano is incredibly easy to read at a base level. Play is a different story but reading music is real easy.

[@SMKurama]

Damn... NGT huh... What a throwback!

[@ProjectFraz]

Ikr? They don't upload anymore. I miss it.

[@Between_thetacklesLIVE]

Today, I just remember the wind staff as “F . (Dot) L I”

[@ncrudgington]

4:12 this is cod zombies alternative of closing a conductor

[@christianvaldes1040]

I stopped at BO2 and pick it back up on BO6 ive missed so much ive been watching these videos to catch up

[@michaelblack8564]

Bo3 was the begging of the end...bo3 was around with advanced warfare and ghosts don't forget everyone. That whole three year period was the start of garbage games then fortnight came out and they managed to keep themselves alive but by this stage they loved microtransactions and the adaptation of the battle pass further fuelled the dumpster fire and now we have what we have today.

[@cobho]

Another day, another banger by EvanFNineteenNinetySeven. Also origins is goated and the ending was wild.

[@ButterWolf117]

I love Origins, but I think Mob of the Dead deserves its own video from you that doesn’t focus on just the Easter egg!!

[@evanf1997]

I made a video on mob though!

[@toocoleyt]

lmaoo i just made a whole video just like this last week. love the origins love

[@n21twn34]

I really hope the tomb is going to match it or set the lore up for even better map

[@Cyrukyen_Backup]

0:45 Tbh i love bo4 the most but i don't play for ee i play for getting camos I like having something to do and go back into the maps for and bo4 suits that perfectly

[@gridiron1707]

how did i even solve this as a kid lmao i had the staffs down to a tee😂😂

[@britanimations2002]

I don't blame the community for brute forcing. Being real here, fuck having to do a bunch of maths in a PVE mode with very little downtime. It's amazing that now we have cheat sheets to look up the upgrades, and even that is annoying to look up mid match

[@toohighh4826]

I know this video boutta be fire ur the goat evan

[@Toophaded503]

I feel like treyach was showing us little by little how zombies was going to grow like first map was just a bunker on waw last map leading us to perks and pak and bo1 they picked up were they left of

[@BKILLERBEE88]

This was my favorite map. But the EE ending pissed me off. I honestly thought at the time it was all just two kids playing a game...

[@derekaquino6113]

The one reason why bo3 wasnt my favorite for zombies is because of how the story went from element 115 and the vril and all that good stuff, to alien demons? Dont get me wrong I had fun but the shift in story was weird to me not how I thought it was going to progress.

[@fuvet]

BO2 is peak zombies, IMO. Mob of the Dead, Origins, and Buried (to a much lesser extent) are some of the best maps they would ever make

[@Sirtristepan]

man, wish I could play these without the risk of gettin hacked

[@MTBMeech]

You absolutely can

[@mini_6-50]

Just play it on bo3

[@omacshot-3419]

u can. search T7 patch and use that if ur afraid of getting malware or whatever

[@evanf1997]

Plutonium! BO3 T7 patch

[@brotherbrod]

Origins was the downfall of zombies. Really it was MOTD first, but that was like its own thing at the time. Origins completely changed the formula and was a soft reboot that made the mode more about the easter eggs and less about the actual gameplay.

[@evanf1997]

What makes you feel that way? Imo innovation is what would continue to happen for both the Easter eggs and the maps for years beyond origins

[@brotherbrod]

@ im of the opinion that zombies peaked in BO1. My top 5 maps are: Der Riese, Ascension, Shang, Moon, and Kino. Good simple map design. Skill focused. No gobble gums or double PaP to help bad players achieve high rounds. Innovation is good, but only when it's done correctly. Give us new perks, cool new traps, sick new wonder weapons that aren't just some version of elemental god relics like staffs or bows. Hell I'll even give credit to Shadows and MOtD even though the most useful wonder weapons are a tomahawk and a sword that you have to do side quests in order to upgrade and then never have to worry about trading them out because they're infinite. The "innovation" we got in zombies was making it easier so that more people could complete the easter eggs and become invested in that watered down multiverse story.

[@CaliJose209]

​@@evanf1997 bro were you not into zombies at that time? People started disliking zombies in bo3 because it become tedious and about boss battles and side things. I swear everything and anything that was hated back then is now all of a sudden the greatest things ever.

[@user-cf3so7mi2o]

i'd argue the most important map was der riese/ the giant. Classic intro to a game mode

[@zeno3385]

A true Symphony

[@b4n3c4t]

4:01 that was creepy af. Don’t please yourself during videos. I’m a long time fan of zombies, but that was creepy

[@PC_principal188]

Like that your doing different game's instead of just destiny keep it up

[@evanf1997]

That's the plan! I want to commit to a bunch of games this year! Quality of the videos will hold strong!

[@ConnorJarvis-e2l]

I was playing mob and Shepard of fire came on Spotify all I could see was northern France, 1918 And all I could hear was Samantha yapping

[@juliusnovachrono4370]

Origins was peak. This video was also peak.

[@evanf1997]

This comment was also peak.

[@oukeith]

On the battlefields of the Great War

[@SweatyTesty]

The Tomb “Origins spiritual successor” did not age well

[@Ikozepandagamer]

SoFloAntonio the pranster!?!?!? haven't heard about this guy since years ago

[@jamesbraithwaite100]

Watching this video the day after the disappointing release of The Tomb. That map is definitely not a spiritual successor to Orgins at all in my opinion. It feels like a throwback to Revelations. Citadelle was more of a Origins successor to me. Besides that great job on the video man.

[@goobergoon6177]

Mob of the Dead - Ancient Evil was the golden era

[@SniperQueen1950]

WAW BO1 BO2 GREAT BO3 being good is crazy more like the nose dive of the series

[@name1585]

I don’t know if you realize this, but zombies didn’t start with Black ops, it started with world at war, just a small correction.

[@oozzyman9657]

God i miss spider bite he carried zombies at one point

[@Guesswhoswatching2]

Bo3 custom zombies is peak zombies.

[@opticalbeast4947]

BOCW and BO6 zombies is just as good.

[@joeasyclap]

8:24 must… pop… purple pod

[@Capt-Chaos]

Fun fact, rhe statues from excavation site are reused in bo6 citadelle des morts

[@Capt-Chaos]

Staffs statue and swords statue

[@nickrouse2795]

Oh man as much as I love origins now I remember hating it because of the ending cutscene back in the day. It felt like such an FU to the player base at the time lol.

[@angelodegiule1753]

I see why i never finished this Easter egg

[@victor1440]

HONEY!!!! EVANF POSTED A NEW ZOMBIES VIDEO!!!

[@hunt6811]

BO2 zombies will always be the peak, guns we’re great, maps provided endless fun and were great to just go for high rounds, and no gums/choosing starting weapon. I compare every zombies to it and bo3 was good but many of the maps weren’t as replayable. Bo6 is just a mess because it’s made it easier but way more grinding just gets mediocre. I just don’t understand some of the decisions to change the points mechanics, even worse why over the years change to make perks more expensive almost as bad as inflation.