Black Ops 2: The Last GREAT Cod Campaign

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[@Noperare]

The Ipod ads, the 3D television, the old youtube layout, Skrillex dubstep, Avenged Sevenfold. This game is a 2012 time capsule.

[@pach6678]

It's crazy how fast a vision of the future can become obsolete.

[@kabbablabba4073]

the old twitter layout too

[@33Verst]

@@kabbablabba4073 No, no Twitter this time please

[@Tysandifer]

Good lord it's been that long already. ..

[@HonestObserver]

@@pach6678 War games has changed

[@TheMC1102]

Oboe is probably the only person in the whole world who plays the COD campaigns both ironically AND unironically.

[@quint3ssent1a]

Schrödinger's irony

[@xxdesertstorm]

nah mate currently playing every cod from the first to vanguard

[@user-tl3fv5ub6e]

@@bldontmatter5319 I’m scared for myself as well lmao

[@username1660]

@@bldontmatter5319 You say that like previous Call of Duty's required a significant amount of brain work. The series has always been mindless, action-y schlock, and there's nothing wrong with that.

[@therealmanguyman]

@@username1660 Are all the cod campaigns combined really not gonna be more than a 100 hours?

[@maineiacman]

"Does the giant statue die? Oh wow it even has its own explosion"- The Taliban

[@waltuh11121]

​@@babyonehunnid4302of course, they are taliban

[@Dorastrickland1993]

I am convinced in a parallel universe the XM8 was actually adopted and replaced the m4 and all those games that used it so often during those years came from a wormhole in time and space

[@user-njyzcip]

In the other universe, old games set in the future would have the M5 (yes it's a thing), and people would laugh at the devs who thought that rifle would be adopted

[@xxechoesxx420]

I've been saying this for years. Thank you sir.

[@galacticupfan7386]

@@user-njyzcip to be fair I’m still laughing at the XM5

[@68able2]

xm5 just got adopted, close enough

[@ksam3427]

@@68able2 not yet

[@gibletti]

holy shit it's the first ever black ops 2 campaign video it's such an honour to be here for this

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

i still vividly remember bo2’s launch because it’s one of the last times i bought a game release day and it actually met my expectations.

[@Wookienator]

That doesn't happen too often

[@Jormyyy]

Damn, your expectations must've been pretty low then huh?

[@ORLY911]

Last time that happened to me was probably Sonic Generations or Halo Reach

[@Existential_Robot]

@@ORLY911 Halo: Reach was such a hype launch. I did the midnight opening and everything. I miss those days.

[@rexedous3908]

Must not buy alot of games...

[@zayno16]

Actually, if you knew the zombies lore, you'd know that you can in fact pack-a-punch decomposing bodies.

[@Skiivin]

That’s pretty much how the Nazis came back from the dead right? That or teleportation mishaps. or both

[@victorleon67]

Yep, Jebediah Brown's mom got that treatment and turned into a cool ghost haunting a mansion

[@criticalfox1568]

The buried ghosts, right?

[@realhypnotic]

@@Skiivin who the hell told you that?

[@slasher7991]

​@@Skiivinno the zombies are from teleporters. Pap a dead body creates ghost

[@matthewmccoy7437]

that ending with avenged sevenfold unlocked memories i forgot i had. i just remember being so confused that that’s how the game ends

[@calvinlee8103]

Is that seriously real??? You're telling me that footage is actually from this game, and Oboe Shoes wasn't just posting some meme as a goof???

[@calvinlee8103]

That can't actually be the ending of this game, I'm being bamboozled.

[@711ramen3]

stuff like this is why BO 2 is the best COD. it doesn't take itself seriously.

[@aidenp6001]

@Calvin Lee. Oh it’s for real, buddy, it’s for real

[@TwistedExisted894]

@@calvinlee8103 that is 100% how it ended bucko. go buy it and play it for yourself very fond times drop shooting people with my kawaii mp7

[@SDanny19]

"Mason might have been your father, but he wasn't your daddy." - Harper

[@usadroopymeat1099]

Why just why sith happens1921

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

What makes this comment even better is that this quote is from Yondu, who’s played by Michael Rooker, who also voiced Harper. 😂

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

​@@beanieguitarguy4070like the person who posted that cokment didn't post it for that exact reason

[@crosseightyeight]

0:48 It's like the active camouflage elites from Halo. The ones carrying the big glowing swords.

[@eyiss7236]

that guy in the red beret was like “death to the mtv” or something

[@h_X_f-]

No it was "death to the ttv"

[@allopic3764]

DEATH TO THE MPLA!

[@argelisplanchart9438]

DEATH TO THE MPLA!

[@bruhman5829]

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[@KL4B]

Black Ops 2 was a great mix of future and present tech. Great characters coming back, Great Zombies, and a great Multiplayer. Black Ops 3 could have easily been up there as well but ended having nothing to do with the Black Ops series. I might also just be blinded by nostalgia but I’d still regard this as the last best COD.

[@usadroopymeat1099]

Despite the flaws it had to those characters and the campaign

[@KL4B]

@@usadroopymeat1099 Ngl them having Hudson killed was pretty lame as fuck.

[@usadroopymeat1099]

@@KL4B yes and that reminds me remember in retro cod games that took place in ww2 that show your comrades dying and your heart is pumping with adrenaline and your are sweating constantly and you felt and feared that you don’t end up like them you felt like you are in a real life war zone but in this game you saw and fight with some of your comrades and some of your comrades dying in the most stupid ways and repetitive ways which literally took the fun out of playing this game and at too some point at some point in every mission I always started with an access kit which allows me to get additional teammates or firepower to help me achieve my goals which was the only fun this game has you know yes but there’s like so many ways to complete this game but at the end of the day none of the endings except the best ending are polished and the things that the developer and publisher set up to do the rights choices are like most of them are cryptic and annoying and they are just terrible this campaign and it’s characters are terrible my friend I am sorry ladies and gentlemen who are watching this reply but it’s true but at least I had fun playing this campaign and finally got the best ending because if I don’t get the best ending so often I am just gonna be mad this games campaign and it’s characters are so average at first and I am disappointed and I am sorry to hear that

[@usadroopymeat1099]

@@bldontmatter5319 yeah I know but the campaign and is characters in this game is average and it has plenty of flaws

[@OlEgSaS32]

Except Menendez was a trash villain with trash motivation "USA Keel My Seester...time to deestory ENTIRE WORLD!!!", its a bit like nuking your entire home country as revenge for a drunk driver in your home town running over your dog

[@seanhennessy3968]

Fireball requires a reflex/dex save. Get his ass!

[@quint3ssent1a]

Don't be too harsh, dude is a CoD player 😏😏😏😏

[@remyrichardson8614]

DnD players when their “get a life” save fails:

[@Styner09]

I like how he always calls the main guy the name of the game. Lol

[@jonbaxter2254]

I enjoyed in this game how Cuba is apprently a super-state, where its soldiers pop up all over the world with high-tech gear.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

I laughed out loud at that first time playing. "hmm who are the baddies this time around" Cubans, elite rank, state of the art tech Me: wait...what? CUBANS?! HAHAHAHAH

[@gamerduck1598]

That's the future KZbin wanted to avoid, that's the real reason they removed dislike button.

[@CollinBuckman]

What I found funny is how in multiplayer the mercenaries were voiced by ppl from various Anglophone countries when in campaign they were clearly from across Latin America.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

That level is set in Angola during the Angolan Civil War. Irl the Cubans sent troops to help the communist faction. They didn't just make it up for this game. Its not a super state with high tech gear. All their stuff was given to them by the Soviets and its not even high tech so idk why you said that

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@bldontmatter5319 yeah seeing this comment really annoyed me

[@khinzaw77]

Blops 2 was such an epic surprise for me when I played through the campaign. Genuinely fantastic quality that I wasn't expecting from CoD.

[@moxty2795]

There are three things you should add to your FPS game : -Make Piano Noises when you shoot Him in His Keys - Scatter civilians all over the map for no reason -Possibility of slicing fruits

[@overtherenowaitthere]

i remember this being the last cod campaign I played and never finished, I remember being kinda freaked out by how every melee kill/dramatic finish had you looking into the dudes eyes as the life drained from their virtual bodies felt kinda gross

[@Jon_1996.]

They’re literally pixels on a screen bro they don’t have a soul

[@jonbaxter2254]

It was the last bloody and gory cod for sure.

[@overtherenowaitthere]

@@Jon_1996. no way

[@jesselarson1281]

@@Jon_1996. Yes, that's why none of us feel emotions due to reading books, watching movies, playing games, etc. Fiction is unable to affect us because it's not literally real.

[@68able2]

thats why i played it i felt the opposite of gross

[@LakesideAmusementPro]

Modern Warfare 2019 and Black Ops Cold War had great campaigns as well.

[@tentthegamer790]

Both weren’t nearly as good as infinite warfares

[@totaltryhard2151]

@@tentthegamer790 there all SUPER underrated. Even infinite warfares

[@nonixus661]

no

[@Klodhvig]

Cold war had a pretty cool and unique story but mw19's story had nothing memorable about it except for the clean house mission, modern warfare 2007 was so much better

[@sunshineskystar]

Mw and mw2 reboot campaign is shit, the only thing they have better is the gun play but the story is just utter borefest while you can defend burger king from Russian invasion in og mw2.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

3:44 he did better mario voice that chris pratt

[@Sentient6ix]

The avenged sevenfold bit is the best part of the game. Blackops 2 was my last foray into COD

[@profpuffofficial2]

Black Ops 2 was wild to play as a kid My dad fought in this war and he was on the forces we kill in the game I have friends who live in the areas it happened Weird

[@marcross52-95]

What country and areas?

[@kieru8106]

Honestly the guy who pitched the avenged sevenfold ending having complete creative control on call of duty would make the new titles more interesting

[@camh4656]

god i remember COD from COD 4: Modern warfare to black ops 2 was my favourite after school game..... i remember hitting max prestige in them all, i feel so old.

[@Samsonfs]

Oboe is a certified Jonas savimbi enjoyer

[@captainforrix956]

I remember being blown away that BLOPS 2 had a divergent storyline. Like, If you don't rescue hackerlady then shit gets worse. It was wild to me since up to that point the campaigns were good but predictable and linear

[@snapcount321]

This game was the last great 7th gen CoD - it had incredible multiplayer (most of the maps are back in 2021s Black Ops cold war) and zombies and the campaign was quite interesting following up from World at War and BlOps 1 before Blops 3 started tripping acid. This was the most fun, most value for money CoD I've ever owned and in my opinion this was when Treyarch was better than the post-Zampella/West Infinity Ward. Kudos!

[@connorWithTheReallyLongHandle]

For me it was IW (referring to best value COD). I loved the zombies (Director's Cut still the best end game ee), the campaign was great, and the multiplayer was... not terrible (pre-nerf Proteus anyone?) Oh and I didn't really like BO3

[@Sekei..]

Oboe being the one responsible for the destruction of the priceless Buddha statues in Afghanistan is the greatest plot twist ever.

[@wizardjenkins66]

Worst part of this game is having to do the real time strategy missions to not get the bad ending.

[@usadroopymeat1099]

Yeah those are one of the flaws in this campaign but very important to the campaign and one that I enjoyed

[@gamingandwhatevs]

I'm starting to think I'm the only one that actually enjoyed those.

[@Stop_arguing_with_strangers]

At the time BO2 looked so advanced from BO1 but now they look oh so similar

[@connorlawrence1884]

I loved the choices you can make in this campaign and the different endings you can get

[@usadroopymeat1099]

But at the end of the day nothing is polished

[@usadroopymeat1099]

@@bldontmatter5319 look it’s just it has plenty of flaws to the campaign and it’s characters

[@Ikcatcher]

Treyarch literally could’ve stopped here and we would’ve a coherent timeline. But now we have Black Ops 3, Black Ops 4, Cold War, the entire Modern Warfare reboot, Vanguard and Warzone all in the same damn timeline

[@ghostassassin3918]

bo3 its have the best zombies, best multiplayer, but bo1 has the best campaing

[@Ava6581]

Oh, the XM8❤ you were too beautiful for this world.

[@bttrl8thnspncr]

"Remember, switching to your Woods is always faster than reloading" GOD TIER COMEDY

[@evanjones8474]

0:28 Fun fact in zombies lore some guy actually pack a punched his dead mother so you can indeed pack a punch corpses

[@raptorsquad2223]

Dude Infinite Warfare was the last great cod campaign. It was the last call of duty to deliver an original, compelling story filled with a decent plot, addictive game play, and a cast of original characters that didn't just feed off of fan base nostalgia. Seriously, that game needs more credit

[@forresttilghman1098]

Well yes but I would argue ww2 as well.

[@forresttilghman1098]

Though mw1 has good level design or tension.. to be fair on that game

[@agustintrivino9365]

Man that ending introduced me to Avenged Sevenfold God bless it

[@CoolSmoovie]

They named the good robot Brutus to foreshadow the robots turning evil.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@OnyxJaguar]

There is an alternate dimension where the gaming press doesnt shit on 2012 as it was the the last year that absolute bangers came out in the action genre. It's like they ignore the fact that Far Cry 3, Max Payne 3, World at War 3 and other 3s came out that year. Binary Domain was sweet to

[@kyototheegamer7433]

Did you know that in the PC version of this game, there are keybinds for leaning left and right?

[@Norseman991]

ARE YOU SERIOUS ? 👁️👄👁️

[@kyototheegamer7433]

@@Norseman991 Yes,

[@kyototheegamer7433]

Two.

[@UnchainedEruption]

Yeah they were in all the previous Treyarch games as well as CoD 4 and earlier.

[@AWESOME2715]

"Decomposing bodies? I can't Pack-a-Punch these!" Jebediah Brown would beg to differ.

[@Evanz111]

How to tell me you’ve never played Infinite Warfare’s campaign without telling me you haven’t played Infinite Warfare’s campaign

[@BlackAce3617]

Harper the real mvp

[@usadroopymeat1099]

Ladies and gentlemen I am gonna level with you okay this guy only gets 3 levels in the entire game and this character had none of the e3 trailers rough charm the iconic familiarity between the protagonists is not here this poor guy felt like he was rushed grossly unfairly developed and ill considered only to culminate into the biggest F you death scene since 2012 no not the complete 180 bad death scenes in other good movies and games where you scream like a maniac or you are just scratching your head and go to your nearby laptop or whatever to try and figure out what the heck is going on nope this one had the audacity to just say screw it for real characters dead thanks for the money losers which ending did you get we don’t know and who cares we got your money already what are you gonna do about it huh just play the multiplayer and zombies we carried over from the last game

[@rorynicol961]

"I dont care, ill kill him"-obeshoes in refrence to a wounded freindly

[@JohnnyBurnes]

RIP good CoD games. DON'T press that key to pay respects. That meme's from a bad CoD game.

[@aidenp6001]

Dude, press f isn’t just a cod meme, it’s for all the internet, for all pop culture, so I’m going to pay my respects to the cod games of old and press F Feel free to join me, other people

[@username1660]

@@aidenp6001 'Press F to pay respects' is *_from_* Call of Duty. The reason it extends beyond that into wider culture is because it's such a lazy, insincere, tactless, and laughably bad way of expressing a genuine sentiment. Boiling the emotional turbulence that is human experience of grief into a single button press was seen as unintentional comedy more than anything else. 'F to pay respects' as a meme started as an _insult_ , and it's no surprise the Terminally Online took it as a genuine form of consolation.

[@lucycarr6065]

@@username1660 F

[@username1660]

@@lucycarr6065 Eff

[@Familyguyfunnymoments_]

@@username1660 it's not that deep lmao

[@Therealfazol121]

The dungeons and dragons reference at 3:55 is pure gold

[@_cyber_doge_1702]

Very Nice video Just like always oboe. Truly the best humor on youtube.

[@eyiss7236]

the video was released 3 minutes ago

[@_cyber_doge_1702]

@@eyiss7236 your point?

[@sniperforyou1392]

I actually loved the advanced warfare campaign, had great villains, a variety of different locations, good storytelling and a conclusive ending

[@quint3ssent1a]

Joke about human centipede is the last thing I had expected... congrats, Oboes always gets us when we don't expect it.

[@IvanVKlik]

Not-Hillary-Clinton being the president in every game and movie from that time was actually pretty good foresight on their part, because whoever the president is at any given time, it'll always be not hillary clinton lmao

[@noplace4akitty047]

Literally haven't played a cod since 2013. So this was a nice surprise to see an actual campaign.

[@Kenfuy]

The party rocker dsr is permanently engrained in my mind

[@SCPKing1835]

0:18 fun fact: this is the Croatian EAS alarm from 1996 which I have actually heard being broadcasted because of a large fire

[@thisonedude678]

Great video jayvee as always

[@machina_spirit]

Really digging how the random rock band at the end had invisible guitar straps lmao. Could the engine just not handle rendering some straps for a cutscene or did the devs just say screw it?

[@stevemc6010]

IW engine never had slings, numerous guns float around that way

[@realyopikechannel]

this was the first video game i played not on a wii when i was at a friends house for a sleep over. shit opened my eyes to what gaming really was. insane how 10 years later you can download plutonium and do matchmaking with over 1k people and do zombies with over 500 people. game is still relatively alive, ive never had a problem finding a multiplayer or zombies game

[@ryanabbott4162]

The dubstep night club scene is the best thing to ever happen in a call of duty game

[@Wolfgang_0712]

After I found your channel, I have one, enjoyed your content. And two, suppressing a urge to start buying bionicles.

[@Acostapus]

I play the new campaigns ironically but these old ones are amazing

[@Ricekrispy10]

Do you let Activision and your bank account know you don't actually want to spend your money and were just buying stuff ironically

[@Familyguyfunnymoments_]

@@Ricekrispy10 "you don't get it man! I only pre-ordered modern warfare 2 ironically!"

[@fusionfountain]

I finally got my joke into an Oboe video and I couldn’t be happier As soon as I heard him reading my comment about “giving the A7X guy creative control of COD” I KNEW right away I just got the ending joke to an Oboeshoes video

[@shanewhitbread60]

Thanks for the free laughs mate ,cheers !

[@nguyenbaokhiem6728]

This was my childhood

[@usadroopymeat1099]

Until we finally realised the flaws the campaign and it’s characters have

[@freezinfire]

Too beautiful for a game, and so is the video.

[@matthewmiller1101]

I played this when I was like 7 and I loved the opening scene for some reason

[@curiousm1681]

Seeing Woods and Mendoza playing with Avenged Sevenfold was ridiculous but damn does that song go hard. Same with the Skrillex song that plays in the club, this game definitely had some bangers

[@scribeslendy595]

My next door neighbor is literally just old man Woods and he's the best.

[@devintariel3769]

1:40 Achievement unlocked...Pre Taliban Paradox

[@joeblow8982]

"Take that history!" 🤣

[@urlocalguapo]

when he mentioned that the pistol with camoflauge looks like GoldenEye, thats so true

[@Ace-pd1lp]

I love this game so much.

[@ferchotorrico8032]

3:01 treyarch had some mercy on those wo'ormelons

[@RexMiseriae]

This is my favorite cod

[@Kankill4u]

I think this is only game to have the Spaz 12 with the stock unfolded 😂

[@sygyzy0933]

1:36 Napoleon in Egypt shooting cannons at the sphinx

[@rafaelalodio5116]

This game was sick, the campaign, multiplayer and zombies were all cool af.

[@jamesonbarkley9975]

I remember beating this game in one sitting on the night it came out when I was 13

[@alexanderhikel2350]

This is the first call of duty I’ve seen where the AK actually has its real rate of fire lol

[@puglord87lol55]

I love this game

[@PonkingtonHeights]

I’m pretty sure burning Harper’s face is actually a requirement for the best ending for Bo2

[@faceless2302]

it's crazy to think it's almost the 10 year anniversary since CoD was good

[@zombiewarrior225]

Avenged Sevenfold is canon in the Black Ops universe. That's why M Shadows is in Black Ops 4

[@MuharremHYlmaz]

You are awesome

[@Norseman991]

*SWITCHING TO YOUR WOODS IS FASTER THAN RELOADING*

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

“Decomposing bodies? I can’t pack a punch these” Well actually-

[@-pROvAK]

The club mission is 10/10

[@naomegumi5048]

You got canon ending and alternate ending too

[@gimmiebanana5560]

If it took more than one shot, you weren’t shooting Noriega.

[@Jahsizzl9]

“Et tu Excuse me Brutus” Based Oboe

[@illegal.anglo88]

The Taliban actually blew up that dame statue IRL lmao

[@tacticaljuggernaut4866]

Im pretty sure the guy who wanted A7x at the end did work on all the black ops, as A7x are in every one of them in some way but cold war lmao Fun fact! They actually have four songs written for the series!

[@cannagame3933]

I would have taken the drifting horse on the far left at @1:40 into battle lmao

[@killerwhale2419]

While definitely an interesting move I didn’t mind the bo3 campaign as well.

[@glibchubik4090]

The story and presentation in BO3 were batshit insane, wish the true story wasn't presented though the text before missions

[@usadroopymeat1099]

It’s because bo3 and bo4 are like reboots

[@glibchubik4090]

@@usadroopymeat1099 nah they both are continuations of BO2, albeit either with minor appearances (BO3) or batshit insane ones (BO4)

[@usadroopymeat1099]

@@glibchubik4090 yeah but still they look like reboots or soft reboots and a fresh and new start and doesn’t care about the last black ops 1 and 2

[@lordtrollage2819]

Bo3 campaign had damn good lore, sucks that the way it was handled to us sucked

[@raze_]

Lmao it is actually skrillex and alvin risk. Ima try it out was a banger. It also played the entire time in the mp version of that map.

[@my__dsm_8_u248]

I still have my first gen iPhone with World at War zombies and Bad Company 2 on it.

[@bill9068]

The title says it all.

[@bryanjohns9247]

Bro his gun glitched in the camouflage mission 😂

[@matthewspeakman8715]

anything is possible with courage

[@danielcoombs1087]

When this came out though, well good

[@darianthescorpion1132]

Back then I thought all of the cool futuristic stuff in Black Ops 2 would be a reality once we actually reached 2025. Sadly, my dreams aged poorly as I was a stupid and naive kid. No holographic computers. No wrist mounted grenade launchers. No nano gloves. The KAP-40 which is the KRISS KARD in real life has seemingly disappeared, as it hasn’t proceeded past the prototype phase. Hilary Clinton lost the election which I believe was a good thing, but is ironic for me to say since the President in Black Ops 2 looks so much like her. Los Angelas hasn’t been destroyed by a swarm of rogue drones, which is actually a good thing. The M8A1 which is the XM8, hasn’t ever resurfaced since the project was abandoned over a decade ago. And there isn’t an Aircraft Carrier in active service called the USS Obama.

[@kadebass6187]

“I haven’t seen the old KZbin in like ten years” BO2 release date Nov 11th 2012, ten years ago