Modern Warfare 2 - Campaign - Of Their Own Accord

[@Chettybrocciler]

Walking out of a bunker to a view of a smoldering Washington monument, realizing where you are and then slowly turning right to view the White House under siege was probably one of the most powerful video game moments I've ever experienced.

[@verynice167]

That's the department of commerce

[@_essence_07]

Coolest thing ever is fighting to regain the white house. So epic

[@CDeeez94]

You aren't kidding. Seriously bad-ass moment!

[@LazyBrainsuh]

True Coolest thing was hearing the radio message and then deploying the green flares on the roof of the white house

[@Nxtl68]

@Mmnn Steemy same here, I live 20 mins away from DC and when I walked out of the bunker the first time I legit started crying.

[@Seralious]

The most powerful atmosphere in any FPS mission I've ever played. Hate on CoD all you want, this was good stuff.

[@Seralious]

Well said. Infinity Ward really nailed it with this mission; in fact, I believe that this was CoD's peak. I don't think we'll see anything like this again until CoD shifts away from this futuristic crap that they've been riding on since 2012. I just can't imagine a grand battle taking place on a fictitious location with fictitious weapons/gear (though I commend them for their creativity) having quite the same awe-inspiring impact that this mission in particular had.

[@UberPanzerhund]

Good taste.

[@CC-ve7rt]

+Clementin[e] only few hated on this game b/c this was when cod was good. Now, it (current cod games) deserves all the hate b/c it sucks.

[@Ashoingbob]

+Jeff H The current CoDs aren't that bad, but they aren't that great

[@EstratosVarios]

Best COD ever. Period.

[@FlyJonat]

Back when campaigns were epic and people did not buy a game only for the multiplayer.

[@vidalzazueta4678]

FlyJonat Honestly, I remember when games were chosen specifically for their campaign. A good multiplayer was also great but back then there was more passion into making campaigns than today.

[@JAYB1688]

FlyJonat amen to that

[@MrVuckFiacom]

Makes me sad that even Battlefield has pretty much given up on making full campaigns anymore. I like to give COD a lot of shit, but if it was like the old games, then I'd still have respect for the series.

[@solid5502]

@@MrVuckFiacom I love the COD campaigns cuz it always had a great war feeling. The multiplayer didn't feel like that to me. The minute I switched to Battlefield 3 in 2013, I never looked back cuz the multiplayer captured that war simulating feel and that's what i look for in a military game.

[@mooheadummm9414]

@@MrVuckFiacom Battlefield never made actual campaigns at all.

[@iKillerZombie]

For what some people consider to be a generic FPS, this is some powerful stuff, seeing Washington DC in flames is already a powerful visual but it's greatly complimented by Hans Zimmer's score

[@woodwyrm]

eh Modern Warfare only became generic with MW3 in my opinion.

[@ErnieTheGreatest]

MW2 was the best, but the series died after MW3.

[@AKspears47]

I agree with iKillerZombie. This was a pretty intense mission/chapter... enhanced even more by Hans Zimmer's soundtrack.

[@panzerrjcb]

***** Not really... Mw3 has more "sense of war" than Mw2... For example in the first mission you can see the Russian fleet battling the U.S fleet. Then the game switches to a full invasion in Hamburg with a massive battle with all kinds of vehicles. And the other mission in Berlin were the city is destroyed you see massive battles too... That epic moments were better than Mw2

[@ErnieTheGreatest]

panzer rjcb198724 MW2 was all about betrayal and the beginnings of a war. MW3 is the war MW2 started.

[@DuhMythic]

The 2 Navy SEALS covering you on the roof are true heroes. Seconds later you see them about to get swarmed by the enemy.

[@DEEZ_N4T]

When I stayed a little longer since when you set foot on the roof the timer stops I see that one SEAL guarding being an absolute marksman anyone who was climbing gets shot at the head immediately

[@onekill31]

This maybe sounds as exaggeration but those SFs are built as killing machines. A single personnel of a SEAL can kill hundreds of regular troopers.

[@jeffcarroll1990shock]

Truly dead heroes

[@oxide2319]

i dont understand why they are wearing ranger uniforms i guess iw forgot to put the actual seal's uniforms.

[@Deathmare235]

oxide 231 they even have them as a faction

[@LongClawzHidden]

There has never been a more apocalyptic and 'it's the end' feeling that I've felt than this moment right here. The music, the monument.. even the bloody moon in the distance. Sends chills down your spine.

[@SirHenryMaximo]

Even the timing of the subtitles saying where the mission is taking place. Masterful game.

[@justafanoftk1092]

It has that "Olympus Has Fallen" vibe to me.

[@willk9276]

Just a Fan of TK no not at all

[@masashiiino6914]

It's a combination of battle los angeles and olympus has fallen vibes for me.

[@Deathmare235]

It’s not apocalyptic but more a great war

[@slvrcobra1337]

The US Army portion of this game was amazing. I love how it started out with the US finishing the war from CoD 4, America fighting across the waters, the killing happening in a faraway land. Then over time, the Russian invasion happens and America slowly turns to Hell on Earth. This level conveys the despair and hopelessness of a losing fight on our own soil, and the only way to save America was to destroy it. Too bad this was not much further explored in MW3 though...

[@DrAnimePhD]

It couldn't be helped. It was going to be explored more in MW3, but then Activision decided to fire the original team behind Call of Duty and the Modern Warfare series. (That team now works at EA making the Titanfall series.) Due to the complications, development for MW3 was extremely skewed. With a tight deadline of less then half a year they had to get Sledgehammer to help with a large portion of the game, with a little help from Treyarch. If it wasn't for Sledgehammer, MW3 would've been just like CoD: Ghosts. And now...we have Call of Duty in space.

[@issacflores2010]

DrScaphandre I loved Modern Warfare 3, but it isn't as dramatic as Modern Warfare 2.

[@douglas_fir]

issac flores Really you think so? I really liked it. I think they could have done slightly better with handling ghosts death but overall it had it's fair of shocking moments and rewarding ones as well.

[@therant311]

issac flores I didn't like mw3 nearly as much as the others

[@MrOiram46]

Yeah, I wanted to play as Ramirez again with his squad, but it didn’t happen :/

[@lashdlo]

"Goliath, Goliath..." I always loved that quote.

[@GamezforNoobz]

"This is Stalker 2-1 stand by for report..."

[@jordancardenas7564]

"This is Hunter 2-1 actual be advise you got an enemy chopper headed for your direction" "Overlord copy"

[@farahahmedkarim377]

@@jordancardenas7564 2-1, 2-3! 2-2 is down I repeat 2-2 is down!!!!

[@ausbiscuit]

"Atlas 2-3, 2-4 and 2-5 are all away. Ground units at LZ 4, fall back now." I accidentally nutted my pants first time I heard that

[@shahriarsyeed8202]

@@ausbiscuit Can relate. ❤️

[@SwaggerBrother]

I live in Prince George's county so the emergency broadcast warning scared the shit out of me the first time I played this

[@newnamesameperson397]

Chimpus i lived in prince William at the time, this game took place close to where i lived and i thought that was eerie but cool. They really nailed the look of the suburbs tho

[@JAYB1688]

I got family out there

[@coolmichael0000]

Same

[@TheGamingKiller242]

@@JAYB1688 well, if you've got family there, it's your lucky day. We're heading there to save them.

[@JAYB1688]

@@TheGamingKiller242 thanks. I'm coming too.

[@lost_legion_army9002]

I was eleven when I played this, I never realised how much of a realistic atmosphere this mission created until I watched this video now. An invasion on home territory, fighting in the streets that many of the men walked daily before they joined the military, the aftermath of the invasion, this is the most eye opening scene in any cod since it accurately depicts what an invasion would be like.

[@markh3885]

An invasion on US would prove a very costly one for its invaders. A good percentage of americans own weapons, so it would be mass skirmish in the streets if Russian invaders decided to parachute into home land soil. There would be heavy resistance and loss for the invading side since we know our territory. The only successful way of taking a place now is by nuclear arms, or destroying it completely.

[@therant311]

Lost_legion _army I was 11 and I played this crying 😂

[@samuelefesoa7317]

Lost_legion _army World War 3 is out. Hope they release it soon. Wish they can add a storyline as well.

[@ahmadhaziq3358]

same here

[@spyrothelegendarypurpledra8786]

@Vice TOLUCT Well no fucking shit! Next you're going to tell me that its a video game!

[@JACCO20082012]

Man, turning that corner out of the trench and seeing the Washington Monument about to fall down is one of those gaming moments I will always remember seeing for the first time. What a powerful image. It's up there with the first encounter with the Flood in Halo 1 as one of my all time top gaming moments.

[@Godzilla691138MW3]

I loved how it showed the washington monument still there are it shows that the americans were not going down without a fight and they showed that and they did it......Hooah

[@Godzilla691138MW3]

***** yeah true. Also if we ever get invaded, we have a powerful military thats not to be reckoned with and if that fails...the enemy has now to deal with the whole U.S population that's almost every civilian having some guns in they're house that they wint give up without a fight. Then if not that and if the government's missle silos are still active and some government power still left...then they should be launching "Peacekeepers" all over the U.S destroying any threat that's on american soil, sadly anyone good in the ground wouldn't sruvive, most would have been killed by the enemy already, and if you survive...then its a fallout, all some peacekeepers would be launched at the enemies home land too making them a glowing radioactive goo land.

[@davidterrance9912]

+godzilla691138MW3 put it this way. Russia would need to get pass Europe in order to make it into the Alantic then would have to find a way to get all of their soldiers across safely. By then America would have countered the offensive and eliminate them. The Chinese would need to get the U.S. Pacific fleet plus all ASEAN members to get to the U.S homeland. Also American forces are in Australia which gives them a huge advantage point for bomber and ballistic missiles. The only open target would be Alaska but I'm sure the U.S. Army has that covered with Canada.

[@Godzilla691138MW3]

Awesome...

[@JoseHernandez-xv2bt]

Arthur Morgan bbb

[@santiagoandreslabuchaga1811]

RPG Teams at The World War 2 memorial.... put that trigger till they don't get up. It's a great irony.......

[@jaydenzel8819]

Santyss 12 I might sound dumb for asking, but what exactly is the irony? I mean yeah it’s the US destroying the memorial but is that it?

[@guardiadecivil6777]

Ja3k D3an his probably implying the irony of both russia and us working together to defeat the axis in ww2 to only end up fighting each other at the ww2 memorial

[@constellation1986]

too sad asf....Ruskies maybe don't know it's a remembrance of the US and their heroism..

[@broadhurst69]

@@guardiadecivil6777 axis was world war 1

[@Fulllife3.2]

@@broadhurst69 No.....The sides in WW1 were the Entente and the Central Powers.

[@skytheannur6168]

Funny thing, it took my Dad a second to realize this was just a game with the loading Screen. However the level itself is heart wrenching...

[@PanzaFax]

lol same here

[@coltonfarrell9593]

I remember I tricked my whole family into thinking it was real and they started panicking lol. Epic stuff

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

Colton Farrell edgy douchebag 😂😂😂

[@goapkodi1586]

Skythe Annur even if they are not exposed to video games still who would fall for that😂 How the character moves gun sounds, no close ups, everything

[@jaybeeonyt]

@@goapkodi1586 They mean the emergency broadcast.

[@savage7882]

Watching the americans and the russians fighting over the world war 2 memorial is some heavy symbolism

[@farahahmedkarim377]

And also ironic

[@dirkve]

Goosebumps with the music

[@vitamemec4708]

dirk v.e The score and visuals really made it top notch.

[@crusadascrib3949]

People aren't talking enough about how much of an absolute legend Foley is, when the Nation as he knows it is close to being gone he still never loses courage, he even was just like that willing to give his life to take down those sam turret's, people need to praise this man more for how much of a bloody hero he is

[@marksantiago9841]

Well yea, because he has ramirez, who does all the work for him.

[@Matt-yy1jv]

My god. I still get tears in my eyes when I see my homeland destroyed. They nailed the emotional appeal

[@davidterrance9912]

Looking Glass Knight its gonna happen eventually in real life.

[@Matt-yy1jv]

David Terrance​ Nope. We would just get nuked. There is no purpose in invading the United States.

[@davidterrance9912]

Also Im Australian and seeing DC under seize gets to me. Personally if America was under attack I would defend it to my last breath. America is what hold s the world together. It goes against dictatorships like China and Russia.

[@Matt-yy1jv]

***** It happens, and it'll keep happening. Generalizations will be made until these extremist that abuse the religion are gone. Till then, it's gonna keep happening. The middle eastern people are quite happy that we're assisting them in counterterrorism, because they and their children are in fear of being beheaded for being a Shiite.

[@Matt-yy1jv]

***** What if I don't care how a bunch of people in a different nation are at war?

[@Legendaryvenomz]

Please remaster this game next.

[@reimei84]

And don't make us buy a game just to get it

[@aerrow9821]

You say that like Infinite Warfare is a bad game, and if you've played it, you'll realise it's genuinely a good game.

[@reimei84]

Steve Burrisson I'm not saying it's a shitty game. I'm saying that the company holding a game hostage because you need to fulfill a prerequisite is a shitty move

[@aerrow9821]

You're looking at it wrong. Modern Warfare Remastered is a pre-order bonus with Infinite Warfare, meaning it will be released on standalone eventually. But, as promotion for Infinity Ward, you can get Modern Warfare Remastered early with Infinite Warfare.

[@xXDJ_BennieXx]

they need to remaster this and MW3. This had the BEST story mode in an FPS besides HALO in my opinion

[@Hippieninja__]

The golden age for the COD series quality campaign story worth playing and a damn near perfect multiplayer.

[@tsenret2116]

@10:20 Those 2 covering the chopper on the roof were heros.

[@DrAnimePhD]

Ernest Tam They gave their lives so we could live.

[@nogisonoko5409]

Ernest Tam Their death is not in vain.

[@GooninRaccoonin]

Every one of these rangers were heros

[@harveyjamyrcagomoc4300]

And one guy brought down a heli.

[@guardiadecivil6777]

they were SEALs

[@shoukatsukai]

5:39 "That's the freaking Capitol Building man..."

[@ZFanz]

IS THAT THE VOICE OF THE PLAYABLE CHARACTER? I NEVER HEAR THE VOICE OF PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN THE CODMW SERIES

[@jungeezy]

Zulfan Falah No, it’s one of your squad members who says that. The playable characters never spoke until Black Ops 1

[@dillonc7955]

@@ZFanz Nope it was Cpl. Dunn saying that. Ramirez is mute.

[@fitzgerald6466]

Dillon C I always loved Duun

[@hawksgoated3613]

yep it is

[@rileyollhoff]

6:38, you can hear the radio chatter say “broken arrow” which means that their defenses have been over run and to initiate all air power to completely level their position... this whole mission is chilling...

[@farahahmedkarim377]

6:18 "Gator 2-6, Gator 2-5! We are pulling out of DC! BCT 4 has taken 90% losses! Our position is untenable! We are outta here! I repeat: WE ARE GETTING THE F*CK OUT OF DODGE!!!!"

[@giovannicervantes2053]

There was a major that called a hammer down strike on his position the guy on the radio said major it's been an honor

[@Willie_Pete_Was_Here]

It's a shame that MW3 didn't have the same magic that MW2 and CoD4 missions had.

[@cameronbridges6777]

They really missed a great opportunity with the New York missions

[@futureflyboy0066]

+MBr WHat's wrong with MW3?

[@Willie_Pete_Was_Here]

It doesn't feel like the same passion that went into CoD4 and MW2 went into MW3. The Washington invasion missions were better than any of the other city missions in MW3.

[@futureflyboy0066]

personally, I hate all of the invasion levels in MW2, except for Of their own accord.

[@marcusantonius4121]

In all fairness MW3 had a pretty messed up development

[@wafi1822]

hell. if u didnt defend the monument. the radio is pure horror...

[@MIRKY-fe4yg]

Yes it will start to calm, worry, scared, and terrified it scares me that the operator said the civilians are arming themselves but they are not trained the last when the operator said THE CIVIES NOOOOOOOOOOOOO the scares me a lot

[@ragaputra3958]

@@MIRKY-fe4yg what is that "nooo" refers to? I know the radio msg, it was fckin horror

[@zerohijacker9644]

The shits been removed in the final build how the fuck are you guys getting it

[@Gregl337]

Omniversal Americaball there’s a video online showing it. I don’t have the link but it’s easily found. It is horrifying to listen to especially when they say “Civilians are picking up weapons and aren’t trained to use them”

[@Fr0st1989]

@@ragaputra3958 if you wait too long the Russians breach the bunker thing and start killing everyone inside

[@MCEsBeats1]

This level is tha most epic part of tha game. It left me in awe, ect...It still gives me chills to this day.

[@seanbrower6738]

IKR? The Emergency Broadcast/Alert System as the intro, giving you a look at the unfolding crisis from a civilian's point of view is scary enough. To then walk through that bunker filled with radio chatter and body bags gives you a real sense of dread. But nothing compares to the moment when you walk out and see that World War III is being fought not only in your country, but in the heart of its capital, fills you with a emotions of unyielding awe, horror, grief, and anger, as you realize that the United States of America, as you knew it, is gone forever.

[@Devo57]

I'm still relatively new to COD, as I've only really played the Black Ops Games, so it is interesting to see the others but this, this has the atmosphere that none of the Black Ops games have ever pulled off. The intro with the EBS, the setting seeing DC is ruins, the music that makes it even more dramatic, and the Background sounds, like the radio chatter, background gunfire from helicopters and such. It's just awesome

[@crdy5316]

Yeah the modern warfare is better at actually making you feel like your in a war. Black ops has better gun play in my opinion though

[@RetroFan]

Play the original Call of Duty. Came out in 2003.

[@titou1384]

Yeah, its music is also awesome. And it is really accurate historically.

[@itsrobby3487]

That-B if you want you should look up the MW2 radio chatter. It shows how much time and effort that they put into the cod games that they don’t put in now. They used to care about the games and now it takes them 4 months to put out a hot fix.

[@itsrobby3487]

Please Leave how is that host migration?

[@nihilisticpancake308]

Love how Foley is all calmed the whole time.

[@toddhoward8773]

Cool heads prevail

[@spyrothelegendarypurpledra8786]

Well he has to be. If Foley lost his cool or even showed the smallest hint of weakness or hopelessness, it would be damaging to morale. And in war, Morale plays a very important role. Low morale can get your troops killed.

[@verruckter360]

@@spyrothelegendarypurpledra8786 That's a nice take on morale, thanks Spyro, the legendary purple dragon

[@junotwithat3118]

He's trying. I was young when I played this, and even I could see Foley's fear and trauma from his shaking voice.

[@ijustlookyou]

mw2 was dark amd deep game... i love it. miss those times when this was new game

[@ArkhamKratos]

+MrSpiceNinja thisis my favorite mission of modern warfare 2

[@ijustlookyou]

+sWooZieGaming same, i liked the u.s army rangers missions most

[@lenardregencia]

2020: Resident Evil 6 2021: Call of Duty: MW2

[@CHURCHTUARY]

This is the best stage in all video game story. Period.

[@CHURCHTUARY]

Addendum: No, your Halo fantardism and that flood bullshit will not freeze someone's spine below the zero point.

[@Alex-lg8oo]

MoppyPuppy Yeah and Michael Salvitori and Marty isn't good? fuck off.

[@gr8st2323]

@MoppyPuppy hans is the mvp for sure but idk about the game being nothing without him

[@SpanishDio]

This is why one of the most important things in CoD Games it's the atmosphere, and MW2 had the best of the entire franchies... the Favelas in Rio de Janeiro is another good example of the awesome atmosphere of this incredible game

[@HeIIfire2073]

There’s cut dialogue from the Washington monument in this level. When you got to the crows nest and didn’t assist the troops below, you would get radio transmissions from your fellow soldiers at the Washington monument telling you that their combat effectiveness is dropping. You will begin to hear the desperation and fear in the soldiers voice increase over time and eventually their combat effectiveness will reach ineffective levels and they will be all killed. This dialogue is very disturbing and I don’t recommend listening to it..

[@MEXUS.]

Chicken Fingers "I don't recommend listening to it" Well shit, I have to now.

[@sebastianlaborde6238]

I heared, sorry. Yeah it was kinda scary

[@ragaputra3958]

I already heard that, it makes me can't sleep, when they scream nooooo

[@farahahmedkarim377]

"Combat personnel are mostly dead! They're coming in at ANY SECOND NOW! ENEMY TROOPS ARE INSIDE THE EVAC SITE!!!! WE LOST THE CIVVIES! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@SuperSimputer]

A few years late, but I came and watched the rest of this mission after learning about that audio and listening to it. Kind of a shame that it didn’t make the cut because whoever voiced the radio operator did an incredible job with it. Might have even done too well and stopped it from getting into the game because it was just that disturbing.

[@GasMaskGopher]

"Pull that trigger till they dont get up"

[@Celestial_Wing]

This is how Call of Duty should be.

[@ArkhamKratos]

+One Winged Ice Angel i agree

[@DrAnimePhD]

And yet they're setting it in space now. Fuck you Activision.

[@Celestial_Wing]

DrScaphandre Call of Duty and Halo are doing a crossover game! :O

[@DrAnimePhD]

One Winged Ice Angel Activision, do the world a favor. Just cancel Infinite Warfare, release Modern Warfare Remastered standalone, and make Call of Duty: Online worldwide.

[@Celestial_Wing]

DrScaphandre An MMO RPG version of CoD?

[@ryanschons8924]

This game had such an impact on me growing up, I took a trip to DC several months ago and all I had to do was close my eyes and I was in MW2 again.. one of the few games that transcends the medium and becomes an EXPERIENCE...

[@vitamemec4708]

Ryan Schons I took a trip to DC too last year. I remember staring at the Washington Monument and seeing "how i had been here before" but in a different atmosphere.

[@shreejashrisal7124]

Ryan Schons I live 45 min away from DC so I can’t imagine this kind of thing happening right next to me

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

I used to despise the Russians in this mission but after going into the backstory i felt bad for both sides as United States and Russia both have a madman in a position of power Shepherd in the U.S, Makarov in Russia both sides want more power and both are willing to start a war with civillian and military lives meaning little to either of them.

[@VT-mw2zb]

Play or watch the game World in Conflict, complete edition. It tells a story of a Soviet Invasion from both sides.

[@Deathmare235]

The Faceless Gamer Shepard didn’t want to kill people hear me out he wanted to start a war between US and Russia to see how strong the US was and didn’t want interference cough EMP he wanted US casualties a minimum but wanted them to win fairly but he’s still a shitty guy and is a villain when you know him more than just a traitor (well he’s still a traitor but still hasn’t got exposed) although he only became evil cause of the nuke and was a good guy

[@bilpaparigormoetis5020]

@@Deathmare235 he was never a good guy to begin with.

[@bilpaparigormoetis5020]

@@garysanderson5015 Stalin wasn't evil like makarov

[@martinlawrence1744]

@@Deathmare235 wrongo. He started the war so that he can atleast become a war hero by winning the war than carrying the cross of those 30,000 men he failed to evacuate.

[@gr8st2323]

Just about all the voice acting was stellar. especially the radio stuff

[@SurferCaliSoca]

Agreed👍👍

[@NKN1602]

1:45 always gets me in the feels

[@gallian9778]

Feels sad.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Civil War has a battle scene that made me think of this mission

[@HurricaneHomer9]

1:43 is so powerful. The music and running through that field and everybody dieing really shows that your losing.

[@noelrubalcava3794]

HurricaneHomer9 the USA won tho

[@HurricaneHomer9]

Not exactly, but at the time they were losing.

[@noelrubalcava3794]

HurricaneHomer9 yah, they took back the white house, than in mw3 Russia put all their troops in New York, lost that battle, than Russia abandoned and left USA(stopped invading)

[@HurricaneHomer9]

True

[@djboss302]

@@noelrubalcava3794 russia actually invaded different parts of the country in the game, but after the losses at DC and New York they pulled out and invaded Europe for whatever reason

[@Legendaryvenomz]

The music at 10:20 onwards and this scene gives me goosebumps everytime I play it. I haven't felt like that in a long time, I'll miss you MW2.

[@drax1152]

For whatever reason, I always thought the music that played was The Cranberries - Zombie

[@3xtreme.]

Next level : Of Their Own Accord Game : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Character : Pvt. James Ramirez Team : U.S. Army Rangers, Navy SEALs Place : Washington, D.C., United States of America Date : Day 5 (August 14th), 2016 - 18:34:20 Elements of the US Army, including the 75th Ranger Regiment are recuperating in an evacuation center, which is beneath the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, the site has come under attack by Russian forces that are advancing into Washington, D.C. and the site itself must be evacuated by the helicopter group Reaper Two. The Russians have captured many buildings in the capital, erecting SAM sites and pillboxes with caches of captured anti-vehicle weapons in the northern half of the city. After retaking the Department of Commerce building, Ramirez and the rest of Foley's squad halt the Russian advance on the Washington Monument by utilizing re-captured Javelins. Despite their efforts, the squad is overrun and forced to evacuate via a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Manning the minigun, Ramirez is able to buy the evacuating forces some time, but the helicopter takes numerous hits from SAM missiles and crashes. Making a desperate last stand, the Rangers are about to be overrun by Russian troops as a searchlight passes over Ramirez, blinding him. edited by 3XtrEmE August 14th, 2017 - 21:46:00 (9:46 P.M.)

[@rogerscott8211]

very awesome

[@F-14VF1Wolfpack]

So Nice

[@farahahmedkarim377]

Sup Captain

[@mileshuang8532]

The Rangers campaign is probably my favorite in the whole series.

[@Burner-ck7sh]

One of the best and most moving missions in COD history I was a loss for breath and words when I first saw the Washington Monument like that

[@Raul_Menendez]

Mission took place in 2016... This is what really scares me now.

[@metromannyc6033]

+Azhari Azhar (Zack) It's just a game.....

[@UberPanzerhund]

+Yan Andrukhov Deus Ex predicted 9/11 so idk lol

[@nonanimeprofilepic]

+Azhari Azhar (Zack) this will happen if trump becomes president

[@UberPanzerhund]

Bryan Schafer Can't imagine what it must be like to be brainwashed so hard lmao

[@UberPanzerhund]

Bryan Schafer Lol nice "retort" :^)

[@EscaLaid27PS3]

Sgt. Foley: Take us up! If we're going down were taking those SAM sites with us! *Only takes out 1* Sgt. Foley: If you don't end up hitting the damn thing it makes you look like an ass.

[@RB-ce1hj]

EscaLaid27 underrated comment

[@leviemerick6736]

I can't imagine how hard it would be for most citizens in the U.S. To see if this happened in real life

[@0neofthem]

Any citizen in any country would be heartbroken if they saw their nations capital being destroyed.

[@toolitchris]

True but we got one of the strongest army's

[@secondpath5148]

It was heart-wrenching to see in-game. In real life, most citizens would be in hysterics.

[@crispwhitesheets2175]

@@secondpath5148 Me i'd be pissed and grabbing as many guns as possible. Even if i die im gonna fight and take a few with me.

[@kkkkkk9671]

@@toolitchris so do the RUSSIANS

[@ItsVega94]

Nothing beats that score hitting as you step out of the bunker and realize the utter chaos you’re stepping into. Seeing DC in ruins as evacuations and air support scream by overhead. To this day it still gives me chills

[@Knight2001loco]

Now this is a call of duty game not the stupid bullshit we have now maybe next year activision will get it right

[@PublicEnemy04]

"We can't take any more people, we're gonna have to leave some of them behind" Poor civies. A lot of those choppers must have crashed after the EMP.

[@ellismichigan4338]

The EMP was released after Ramirez's copter was shot down. There would be a lot of time between the stoppage of evacuation and the EMP. Most of the Black Hawks would've gotten out of range.

[@PublicEnemy04]

Ellis Michigan That's true.

[@metro-hb8mz]

MoppyPuppy They did? I couldn't hear it.

[@PublicEnemy04]

He's right. Around the time where they're just in sight of the Department of Justice, there's a brief line over the radio that mentions Civilian casualties.

[@dipdop9734]

@@ellismichigan4338 If you look at the US when the EMP goes off, it affects everywhere from Maine to Southern Georgia. ALL AIRCRAFT on the Eastern seaboard plummeted to the ground when it went off.

[@DragonActual]

Just realized, almost the whole missions takes place in a single building.

[@mesner5x]

This mission was directed so perfectly, a shot of an FOB with injured and demoralized soldiers, then a seamless musical build up to finally revealed Washington DC on fire

[@StarWolf_88]

It literally brought tears to my eyes playing it but It also made me pissed off enough to get into the mission...you don't attack us without a very bad defense..

[@e5gar452]

Who knew the people would do it

[@buckyfish91]

Modern Warfare 2 in 2009: Russia could totally invade the continental United States and lay siege to D.C. itself! Me in 2022: Lol. Lmao.

[@3xtreme.]

All these missions from MW2 and MW3 were took place from 2016 to 2017. SSDD mission starts in August 10 2016 at Afghanistan 3:30 pm

[@3xtreme.]

places*

[@9965paul]

3XtrEmE well atleast it's all over now

[@PanzaFax]

SIDA yeah

[@ak47toh]

The year 2016 doesn't mean real life AD 2016. Its just a symbol denoting future times since the game never explicitly states which year exactly took place. But yes I get your point, all Modern Warfare series are not just typical games, but prophecies for our real life future politics. For instance, COD4 will predict new revolution in Russia against Kremlin oligarchs who betrayed their people as well as Saudi Arabian monarchy will be overthrown and turns into republic. MW2 predicts USA will be isolated geopolitically and she will lose all traditional allies especially in Europe. MW3 predicts WW3 and the West will no longer be world superpower.

[@farahahmedkarim377]

CAPTAIN HOW TF DO I KEEP RUNNING INTO YOU

[@BlueWindSSK]

OMG, the Emergency Alert System sound has to be the most irritating thing that i have ever heard, damn thing scared the hell out of me so many times when i was little😠😠 but at least here it's doing its job, in a video game lol :p

[@Devo57]

RRRRRR RRRRRRR RRRRRR BWEEEEEEEEE

[@spyrothelegendarypurpledra8786]

@@Devo57 And then that disembodied voice that tells you just how fucked you are.

[@normalcontent1415]

I like the beginning. I like how it warns you.

[@joman66]

Sgt. Foley went from being an Army Sargent in Modern Warfare II to being the President in Rick and Morty! LOL!

[@PegAsi_]

i have to say, this mission brought such chills to me back then and even now... back before this game came out, i think right after the first (CoD: Waw DLC came out) i went on a middle school trip to D.C. for a week. After loving it there and getting to know everything there. MW2 hits me with this. this mission made me mad and sad. (in a good way of course.) this is probably my favorite mission on MW2 and just the atmosphere created for this is just tear jerking. Hans Zimmer is Godlike at this so im not surprised xD

[@frickolis2531]

I had the same reaction, but different order. I played this mission, never been to D.C., and said "cool" because it looked really cool and sad. When I went, I loved D.C., and I would love to go back there. Now when I play the mission, I try to see the locations of where I was at in game, like the Hotel I was staying at. I feel like the scene where you had to do sniper support was either at the building next to my room or the actual room I stayed at was where they were doing the sniper support. Seeing the destruction of these landmarks makes me so sad and mad, like you, and I almost cried seeing the great locations of where I was at.

[@slvrcobra1337]

By the way, I didn't think about this while I was playing, but now I see these guys at 10:20 sacrificed themselves so you could escape D':

[@anthonyburdick1388]

slvrcobra1337 yea i just realised that, this is such a powerful mission

[@vidalzazueta4678]

Best attention to detail.

[@maddhattergaming6863]

well one of them was CPL Dunn but then you see him at the crash site in second sun

[@onekill31]

Maybe they were evacuated too after that clash.

[@AndresLopez-wn8lt]

Justine Jalober No you can see a Russian come and start shooting right as they leave

[@xanoverse]

and now this is happening fr lmao

[@error_1412]

10:51 is my favorite mainly because the pilot he just acts calm

[@zacharyrigby4597]

At first, when the player gets on the sniper rifle in the enemy 'crow's nest' and aims at targets south of the Washington Monument, I thought the Russians were destroying the Washington Monument itself. Turns out, they were destroying the vehicles at the evac site at the Washington Monument.

[@HDZombieSlayerTV]

That helicopter ride is the best moment in any video game, period.

[@Arizzo97]

This I think was the greatest mission Call of Duty ever produced in terms of atmosphere, emotion, and overall quality

[@BlessedWarrior]

Lmao got killed one time by that heli at 10:15 didnt know it was goin to land LOL

[@dancorado3769]

lol same

[@farahahmedkarim377]

10:01 "I've got a major hydraulic leak! We're barely gonna make it over the MSR! We gotta touch down! We gotta la-" R.I.P.

[@MeecosMeh]

a lot of people don't even know why this level is called "Of Their Own Accord"

[@hpmlucci7553]

Why?

[@MeecosMeh]

+Co Lio the Rangers in MW2 were apart of the 75th Ranger Regiment, their motto "Sua Sponte", is Latin for "Of Their Own Accord".

[@hpmlucci7553]

Oooh thanks bro I was just curious because this is my favorite mission

[@MeecosMeh]

Co Lio mine as well

[@ProjectUnsoundDineen]

+M E E C O S mine aswell

[@lordofligma]

Man, these protests are getting out of hand.

[@s1xto]

After all these years this level is still a cinematic masterpiece...both in setting and music.

[@samuelyeo5450]

I suspect it's evening, since the next mission chronologically is Second Sun, and the whole place is dark, and the following mission, Whiskey Hotel, shows a brighter setting, most likely dawn, though that's just what I think. Also, this has to be the most climatic levels I've played on MW2, and possibly the most in the whole Modern Warfare series in COD, especially the starting :/

[@JACCO20082012]

The time at the beginning says 18:35, so yes. It's in the evening.

[@farahahmedkarim377]

@@JACCO20082012 fun fact: if you stay in the bunker for a couple minutes the time will change

[@Caverman1234]

You know why you're back here

[@skyler1887]

WE know why WE're back here

[@skyler1887]

(no communism)

[@padfoot1178]

Dagger Two-one: We're losing attitude control! Sgt foley: take us up! if we're goin' down we're taking those SAM sites with us!

[@jackashmore]

Out of all the missions in the mw trilogy, this one hit the deepest

[@ReichLife]

That one minute walk after leaving bunker is timeless masterpiece.

[@ggarzagarcia]

Hans Zimmer is the man, knows how to write music. and that track when you get in the chopper... "it's about to get heavy!"

[@lordPain7]

The best COD mission ever by far....nothing compares with the emotion, visual, music,effects and everything that this mission has...10/10

[@TheChinchillaArmy]

The 75th ranger regiment missions alone were so worth buying this again.

[@yaseen157]

The helicopter gun run at the end of this mission has to be my favourite moment in all of cod. The immensity of the situation, I think I remember being able to take out at least 3 or 4 of the SAM batteries are the DoJ before getting shot down

[@starpaladinnelaj]

"Day 5" man if only the protest happened 1 day earlier, lmfao

[@skyler1887]

Ikr

[@nikhilshetty6533]

1:45 That score. I'm shivering goddamnit

[@うんち-g3b]

What happened now, Call of Duty...

[@Devo57]

Nowadays its Futuristic crap. Thrusters, space battles, it just doesn't work. Those games will never be as powerful and atmospheric as they used to.

[@Ashoingbob]

+Mister Zero Because Titanfall invented futuristic

[@うんち-g3b]

Jacket's Piece They use the same mechanics.

[@sirmonkeys422]

Zoan guess who worked on titanfall? The guys who did cod 4 and mw2 before they got fired

[@vidalzazueta4678]

Sir Monkeys Yeah, the team that gave us 2 of the best video games in history were fired and created Respawn Entertainment which is where they created Titanfall. I actually remember reading this on an old game informer magazine and someone told me that COD will never be the same. They were right sadly.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

How much you wanna bet the boys at the Capitol are thinking, "I've done this before..."

[@mbridges6348]

Yeah literally what I’m thinking right now here, thanks for reading my mind

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

@@mbridges6348 no prob. What's the sitrep over there?

[@mbridges6348]

@@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 going home now, but basically barricades, lots of people, what you see on tv but not as exaggerated

[@orange3023]

arguably the most powerful and moving first two minutes of any call of duty game.

[@bobbyhill5067]

best mission in history of Call of Duty, gives me goosebumps still

[@Freedombringer1776]

"pull that trigger till' they don't get up"

[@darksniper171]

Bruh the US Capitol in 2021 hahahhaha

[@dirtymikentheboys5817]

I was actually in D.C. when this game came out. And my grown up 22 year old ass, actually called my mother. I'm a idiot.lol.

[@andrealugo841]

1:30 tf was that shout from those other rangers lol Foley: Hooah? Rangers: O O A A A !

[@CoolEliteSquad]

Probably the best turret section I’ve ever experienced in a video game ever

[@nickrchav]

Life imitates art

[@hectorthe3485]

This level was simply the best.

[@HeIIfire2073]

I actually played the last part of the level, the part where your in the chopper in surround sound and it was a magnificent experience. The music blaring along with all the combat below you, the missiles whizzing by your little bird, your fellow soldiers screaming for help over the radio and your minigun shooting is perfect. I highly recommend it

[@alexandropacheco7473]

i remember this shit, the funny thing was that i live in virginia and i work in prince george county, when i saw this i was like holly shit what the fuck happened, it took me a minute to realize it was part of the game. this moment was epic i will never forget it. COD I LIKE YOU WHEN YOU ARE LIKE THIS.

[@vincentbillings6907]

I like that there's no mission briefing, it's just an emergency broadcast. Sets the tone of the mission so well!

[@ReadableDreamz]

Everyone else here get those chills the moment they leave the underground bunker and see apaches flying over and the Washington memorial destroyed? Every time I watch it I do, and I lived right outside D.C.

[@Nite-me1di]

so did I, this level killed me emotionally when I played it

[@Wadiyatalkinabeet_]

I live about two hours away from Washington D.C, and this mission always hit different for me as a kid. This could very well happen in my lifetime, whether from a civil or a world war conflict, and not too far away from everything I’ve ever been around and everything I’ve ever known in my life. It’s a thought that invokes many deep feelings for me, for being a video game.

[@Jcorella]

2021 lookin kinda wack.

[@GoGoTomoko]

only 6 days in too......

[@elycarbonell3244]

One of the best scenes in Call of duty I played. Plus the great orchestral music background makes it stand out among others

[@joshhouston3443]

Here after the events in Washington DC

[@DominatorPlayer]

i get the chills doing this mission. Greatest mission ever.

[@Voucher765]

It was playing through a Tom Clancy novel