The COD that should have failed.

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is a game that should have never existed. Yet it did. Here is its story.
Intro 0:00
Chapter 1: A Rocky Development 0:38
Chapter 2: Where is the content 3:52
Chapter 3: Dividing Gameplay 6:06
Chapter 4: Breaking Warzone 7:17
Chapter 5: Skill based matchmaking 8:50
Chapter 6: The Slow Revival 10:50
Chapter 7: Classic Gameplay 13:01
Conclusion 14:03
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[@tdawgsmitty]

What would you rate Cold War?

[@Desimus]

honestly 10/10, my favourite cod title we're talking about here

[@Zuli02]

10/10 nice storyline

[@Bigbrollicblackdudenamedrequis]

If I was honest, I’d give it a solid 9.5/10. The campaign was good, but they turned woods into an onion and made the access ability crap. The multiplayer was fine but it had very strong SBMM. I remember this one time that I went against 6 LV1000s and my team was in the 100s range. Zombies is fucking beautiful.

[@WorryCard]

Out of the 3 cods that I have played (including this one) I'd give it a 9/10

[@NightDark_Films]

9.8/10 one of my fav with b01 and 2 and personally

[@nymphimaniac]

I’ve always said that Cold War is probably the most slept-on CoD games in recent history. It honestly had everything and it was legitimately fun. Treyarch really don’t miss 🙏

[@tdawgsmitty]

they really dont.

[@killerjaden0]

i really really agree with you bro

[@Yetha148]

bo4 was shit

[@Burdded]

Sbmm ruined the game

[@Kreezyouttahere]

yall the same mfs hating it now calling it good is crazy. cod players always hate themselves and their sourrounding lmfao. @@tdawgsmitty

[@switch64Lol]

no idea how controversial this is, but cold war is my favorite cod of all time.

[@tdawgsmitty]

I don't think its controversial at all

[@somepersonexsisting8519]

I agree with you

[@rolyshooter]

It’s the first COD I bought

[@Witchinghourl]

same@@rolyshooter

[@garbear2214]

@@rolyshooteri wish everyone experienced the bo2 hay day. it was genuinely unlike anything online gaming experience i’ve place besides halo reach

[@somepersonexsisting8519]

The most underrated feature in Cold War was the music player, you could have adrenaline from bo2 playing over your game whether it was mp or zombies.

[@tdawgsmitty]

Did you enjoy the soundtrack in the video used only cold War songs

[@somepersonexsisting8519]

@@tdawgsmitty yeah my favorite song from Cold War is Alone by Kevin Sherwood best zombies track I’ve heard I would play it on repeat in game

[@thatoneantoid51]

​@@tdawgsmittybro "I am Lost" with Maxis' VA doing the vocals of that song is peak and Dead Ops 3 was sooo good. How is it CW had the best zombies when it legit had to go through a pandemic when you compare it to Vanguard or MW3.

[@vev7]

The music in Cold war IS SO GOOD like the memerioes are just flooding in just loading into a match and have killer music and i wish thats a thing cod would bring back its just feels very campy cold war is my fav of recent years

[@GollumEnthusiast]

@@tdawgsmittyI listen to the OST frequently so yes😂

[@ITzMewtu]

Cold War will always have a soft spot in my heart. Not only was it the first CoD I owned myself but it helped me to not fall into depression during the pandemic.

[@ClanDomino]

Same. It’s crazy I actually prefer this game over mw2019 and the newer cods

[@tdawgsmitty]

Respect that!

[@fofpog4907]

that is so real

[@PepsiManX360]

Black Ops Cold War is amazing. The last great Call of Duty game that actually felt like Call of Duty and had an amazing story line.

[@C1tyYT]

Yeah. Vanguard mw2 and mw3 just lost the plot entirely. I can forgive mw3 for the short notice and the still pretty decent multiplayer but mw2 and vanguard were just disgusting excuses for a cod game

[@tdawgsmitty]

I need to replay the campaign asap

[@MasterclassEdits]

​@@C1tyYTi tgought mw3 was excellent,but i know nothing as this is my first campaign ,i only playec warzome a bit before and i played cod movile since release

[@perocigla4425]

Vanguard was a decent game, idk why people hate it so much. @@C1tyYT

[@C1tyYT]

@@perocigla4425 waste of time and a cash grab, nobody asked for a new ww game

[@alexatrr7089]

It’s crazy how a game that was quite rushed and came out during the pandemic is better than most game in recent years.

[@phillipjay1799]

I honestly can't stop playing Cold War. I made so many memories and met so many people on the Cold War . Cold War will always have a special spot in my heart. Sadly, all my friends moved on to new games, and I am still playing Cold War to this day. Yes, I was there since day one, and yes, I did say Cold War wasn't a good game, but 3 years later, I've can't stop playing this game I absolutely love Cold War. It's a legend game. I'll never forget

[@vev7]

the music made the memories even better

[@flamer38544]

Make it so that all music plays in the lobby, gives you more varity to listen while waiting or creating classes.

[@tdawgsmitty]

How are the lobbies now?

[@vev7]

@@tdawgsmitty i havnt played in the month but its pretty sweaty most people who stick playing are ppl who who have been playing but if u like the game it will be fun either ways

[@mattez4990]

I've heard that there are dangerous hackers in that game nowadays, i would play it but im too scared to get hacked

[@localretard5409]

Such an underrated game, its so sad to see another game get taken over by hackers and Activision doing nothing about it

[@Kevin-cb7fb]

Playing it almost every day and I never run into hackers

[@keaflord]

@@Kevin-cb7fbI tried to play hardcore search and destroy just a day or two ago and it had 3 hackers. Honestly sucked so bad, I didn’t expect it either but damn.

[@thedonzhorzh]

Loved everything about Cold War. The campaign, the characters, the weapons, skins, zombies, game modes. CAN WE PLEASE GET PROP HUNT IN THE NEW CODS??!! Best call of duty for the last 10 years for me.

[@tdawgsmitty]

PROP HUNT PLEASE

[@tdawgsmitty]

Dude the skins. Holy crap so good

[@creeper-sp5vg]

​@@tdawgsmittylets not forget about multiplayer lobby's theme music. Such a banger

[@user-nu5fp2sp5l]

Black ops 2 and 3 are better

[@NeoJeb1030]

@user-nu5fp2sp5l Yeah, probably, but cold war was still fun

[@CPreds]

Cold War truly was a gem. Great video T

[@IamAmatus]

Yo cpreds I didn’t know you watched Tdawgsmitty!

[@Marcus-Fenix-Cog]

Sup CPreds!

[@tdawgsmitty]

thank you brotha!

[@theGamerBoyM]

Cold War deserved more, I played this game more than any other cod and was the first cod that I ever got the mastery camo (because of zombies). 8/10

[@Apollo5752353]

Honestly, I think with Activision taking a backseat on the creative side and not being able to interfere with Treyarch's development, is why Cold War is the best modern CoD we have

[@Deezweinermen2000]

This game is legendary had the best experience playing it of all time it’s kinda becoming a Christmas tradition to play cause idk y it just reminds me of knishmas cause that’s when I first played it was around the season in 2020

[@tdawgsmitty]

I love this so much

[@flamemello9400]

no fr tho I think its cause a lot of us like myself got it for christmas that year and man the nostalgia and christmas vibes are so good

[@bulldogboy2529]

The fact that Treyarch can make a good COD game even under a short period of time and despite a world virus just shows how good Treyarch is with making cods. Can't wait for the next 2 Black Ops!

[@the.sketch.projekt8851]

Some of my most fond memories with my friends during high school was playing Cold War zombies or multiplayer. I’m so upset that I can’t find my copy anymore because I genuinely miss playing Cold War.

[@Andr-EL01-GG]

One of the most underrated COD of the franchise

[@joshuacarlisle4986]

Best cod in recent times no campers great maps and balanced guns

[@tdawgsmitty]

I agree

[@nojii]

there were campers everywhere

[@tdawgsmitty]

The maps got better overtime. The launch I was iffy with them

[@majorchaos5000]

After they released the 6v6 small map moshpit it became my favourite cod, the zombies and the campaign were some of the best since bo2 and despite its development struggles they managed to bring something special

[@DarkCronicles]

This is crazy considering I absolutely loved Cold war through it’s whole lifecycle, I just wish I kept playing instead of leaving after vanguard came out

[@taylorcox4592]

Out of the past few years. Cold War is by far my favorite. 8/10.

[@tdawgsmitty]

W

[@GASPARTHEGHOST1]

Bro your videos are super awesome well made quality, excelent facts and direct speech i honestly enjoy them all , a very nice out loud mouth the best of the best of COD content

[@tdawgsmitty]

I appreciate the words my friend!

[@melee_abuse]

Ok I’m not gonna lie I LOVED the soundtrack from this game and I’m taking about both sides I love the zombies easter egg songs. One of my personal favorites is ALONE by Kevin Sherwood and Clark S. Nova. All I can say is the team that was tasked with making the soundtrack did a fantastic job.

[@tdawgsmitty]

Amazing soundtrack

[@YourLocalEnglishBloke]

Honestly when I got Cold War on Christmas 2020, I didn’t really care honestly it’s a cod that me and my friend played all day and I don’t regret those days

[@brianchivumo7623]

Its so impressive how they where under so much pressure and where still able to make such a good story and multiplayer has been so fun for me honestly almost said its better than vanguard but that depends but honestly cod cw is a really good game❤❤❤

[@tdawgsmitty]

def better then vanguard for me

[@Atonam_real]

I remember going through the campaign right as we were learning Cold War in my history class. It was so cool!

[@tdawgsmitty]

I need to replay the campaign

[@Atonam_real]

@@tdawgsmitty same. In fact imma do it today

[@dawgz_09]

Cold War is my favorite cod (in my opinion)❤❤❤,thnx for the video 😊😊😊

[@tdawgsmitty]

You are welcome

[@johnnylangley3869]

Love these new youtube videos you’ve been making!!🔥

[@blootbloot8310]

Great breakdown T! I personally enjoyed the Zombies (Outbreak) and Campaign in Cold War, and the MP wasn’t too bad either.

[@tdawgsmitty]

campaign walkthrough soon 👀

[@blootbloot8310]

@@tdawgsmitty we need this.

[@DALLAS_1985]

Cold war has one of my favourite campaings of all time, also loved the new faces like Lazar, Adler, Sims, Park. Overall it was a great campaign. The multiplayer despite some glitches, i liked it too, i remember playing this game everyday during the pandamic (god the nostalgia). im just sad how this game was forgotten so quickly and how today if you get into a match, you have the risk of your info being stolen by hackers

[@Cinchgaming]

How do you not have 10 Million subs yet? Seriously, we loved the video man. You are on the Up and Up! God Bless , - Stick Drift Daddy

[@tdawgsmitty]

I love this so much from you

[@OfficialItalianCookie]

The first cod I ever played, this campaign is something else

[@jokerrican7352]

Considering the development journey, it could've been worse. It has solid visuals and sound design. Strong voice acting too. I think the limited content is no different from what we are seeing with MW3 now. That in itself speaks to the need to stop the rushed development of COD titles. Might be time to stop the annual release schedule.

[@tdawgsmitty]

It could have been way worse lol

[@jokerrican7352]

@@tdawgsmitty without a doubt and can you imagine what that would’ve have been like 😂

[@mysteries_117]

Funny how Cold War remained more polished than MW3

[@Scimitar620]

honestly this game has undoubtedly hit the nail on the head for atmosphere, fr it def feels like the last cod they tried on, it felt immersive and full, there were a lot of flaws but i found it to be a shell or a silhouette of a good game

[@GamingwithKris2007]

Imagine living in a apartment complex and cold war is just being produced in right nextdoor

[@BWarehime69]

I couldn’t agree more on your point

[@Pearloryx]

It's impressive that this game is so solid even though it was developed remotely. Technology is evolving.

[@tdawgsmitty]

100%

[@REAPER72686]

Cold War was one of my first call of duty’s and my favorites

[@tdawgsmitty]

It really was amazing

[@RedicL]

One of my favorite COD games!!! I still play it to this day :D

[@Raltzoi]

Goes to show that Treyarch is THE BEST cod devs that actually know what the Cod Franchise is supposed to be like.

[@Addonzs]

I loved cod Cold War, wished they kept the same voice actors 😢

[@AnOddlyFortune]

I think they would’ve brought them back if they considered Cold War as being part of the lore with the rest of the treyarch series to begin with.

[@tdawgsmitty]

agreed :(

[@radioactiveassassin5218]

For a moment there I thought you're gonna talk about this years CoD. You know, that one. The one that shall not be named.

[@prestongoh1886]

Cold War was my first cod and is by far my fav, Bell being the Russian spy caught me off guard

[@RageCookie1428]

I will always remember the teaser for this in Warzone, shit came straight from bo1 and i LOVED IT!

[@tdawgsmitty]

red doooorsss

[@DuragDul]

I saw the potential in cold war since day one and defended up until it actually got better, if cold war had the time and resources it probably would’ve felt like bo2 and everyone loves bo2 idk if it was me but I felt like playing bo2 from the campaign to multiplayer

[@Raltzoi]

I get you in the multiplayer aspect but not the campaign. Not to be undertold Cold War had a very solid campaign that I absolutely loved playing, but nothing can top the dramatic atmosphere of the bo2 campaign. And I both adore bo2 and Cold War multiplayer.

[@Gusg220998]

The best call of duty game since Black Ops 2. Post launch support was unmatched.

[@TERMINATORZ7]

My favorite cod game after not playing cod for almost 10 years I still play it today and I really enjoy it Sbmm is still there but there’s a few less good players

[@tinybot777]

Best modern cod hands down don't care what anyone else says banner video man!!

[@tdawgsmitty]

totally respect that!

[@IamAmatus]

Although Cold War was fun I’m a mw guy. But Cold War always stuck with the arcadey like gameplay all the other BO games had. But for me it was a 6/10. Even though that seems low it was WAY better than MW22 which I ended up trading in my copy of MW2 and just kept playing MW19. (Also great job Tdawg keep up the great work this another amazing video. You always seem to deliver when making quality content.)

[@OddEyeGuy]

Cold War zombies was some of the best zombies they ever released. I didn’t play much of the multiplayer, but the zombies was incredible. One of the features they had in zombies was that any weapon you got off the wall or from the box you could go into your Pause menu and equip any of your blueprints to those sad guns, which I wish they would implement into MWZ.

[@juniorgreed1]

I been loving Cold War playing multiplayer and zombies I enjoy it a lot

[@MrSlavenj]

The campaign 9/10 The multiplayer 7/10 Zombies was just too much fun 10/10 😂 Loved everything about the game. ❤

[@RayyDogggizm559]

My favorite cod for multiplayer zombies and campaign

[@TrueGamester]

Despite the backlash by some of the community during the release of Cold War, I will say, the “red door” is something I will always remember.

[@Enderking394]

I’ve always defending Cold War, I love how it plays, the zombies, and the multiplayer are just amazing expirences.

[@ryazs3292]

Cw is the only modern cod I play, I grew up with bo1 and cw was my callback for cod after mw2019, i still play cw mp to this day after it came out my senior year of high school, w 21 days played, both dm camo’s unlocked and almost at 100,000 total kills and a 1.41 k/d i love it

[@jiitt]

you cant blame them they had the hardest release in cod history and they had to do it all from their home

[@thebucketofcringeWolfyboy756]

Cold wars zombies is actually very fun. And to anyone that complained about it being "too easy", if they removed the armour and gave back the 4 perk system, this would have been one of the hardest zombies.

[@Enderking394]

Fr, the zombies where so agressive and fast in Cold War, the armor and perks are the only thing making it easy

[@thebucketofcringeWolfyboy756]

@@Enderking394 especially once you get to round 55 where it's super sprinters where you have no choice but need stamina up. Another thing is that juggernaut on higher rounds will only save you from 3 hits without armour

[@nateg7942]

Just the music of the game brings back memories and gets me excited

[@Superglitchym]

It was good for me at start because my buddies on pc and I were able to play cross platform. It brought us together during our sophomore and jr year of high school

[@Savage-Henry]

I bought it on disc and then bought a series s. That pissed me right off. This one was my favourite. The whole pandemic thing and whatever was fine it was fun playing it during covid

[@olliewill4792]

cold war was my first COD

[@kyletheflameseeker2877]

I think one of the reasons as to why Zombies only came with one map is possibly because of the newest mechanic that was super underrated. Being able to go onto objects without breaking the game. The "Five" table tricks to stop zombies from attacking you from BO1 would be 100% obsolete in Cold War. If "Five" were in Cold War, you wouldn't have to do tricks to get on the table, you'd be able to climb right on it, but so would the zombies. (I only mention "Five" because it's one of the most well-known examples of being able to get on something to break the game)

[@sayan-4971]

Its like treyarch always does the dirty difficult job for activision like an actual black ops team...pretty meta

[@bonkers2011]

If you played on realism it wasn’t as short, love your vids man 💙 I’ve went back to the 360 titles S&D, can’t justify buying MWIII and OG MW2 is still great, deleted MWII & Warzone due to the update size for MWIII

[@metal8940]

Cold War is one of the cods I like because of the zombies

[@tufguy-zn3nw]

I always loved it,cod bocw will always have a special place in my heart

[@tdawgsmitty]

Agreed

[@markplayer2618]

Same bro

[@spartazomb_yt]

I loved this game since day one, The campaign, Multiplayer and zombies was a perfect trio, along with rebirth island added to warzone.

[@deathtrooper2048]

There's a few things I feel like you missed, Cold War was when COD had the highest population (don't remember if it was on Warzone and Cold War or just warzone), the scorestreak system worked with a multiplyer so if you got 1 kill and died each time you couldn't just get any streak, Cold war overall had a bigger skill gap than mw 2019 (slower TTK, better visibility, less safe spaces, quieter footsteps, and shotguns couldn't cross map you), you could've mentioned fire team dirty bomb (which was somewhat hyped up before launch) and combined arms (Cold War's replacement for MW 2019's ground war), and how activision replaced the voice actor fornclassic characters like Woods.

[@HelpLifeAlert]

Incredibly fascinating 🔥

[@tdawgsmitty]

GO dominate!

[@1OffGabagool]

I like these types of videos

[@tdawgsmitty]

W

[@backwoodblasto7333]

Bro cod Cold War is way better than what we been getting and we all know how rush the game was and it still did better tbh

[@marcoma6837]

Great vid papa!!

[@tdawgsmitty]

thank you !

[@fishwithglasses]

Your videos are underrated

[@tdawgsmitty]

appreciate you

[@aranerem5569]

The campaign of the game was awesome

[@johnsherby9130]

I liked it from the get go, it just pissed me off when the game crashed every 4 minutes and would glitch like crazy. Cold War after a few months was one of my favorites ever

[@tdawgsmitty]

yeah for sure

[@maxthebabe]

Black Ops 4 and Cold War were the last cods to feel like an original cod

[@noregrets360_]

Bo4 did not feel like an original COD you can tell the game came out around when Overwatch was popular because how much they wanted the game to be like it.

[@strake3484]

Call of duty cold war is the first cod I bought and idk why people gave it hate. It was basically a masterpiece for how little time they had

[@sam_loper7]

Great video T

[@tdawgsmitty]

thank ya brother!

[@webuygolfclubs8229]

Who remembers when armada strike was in the map rotation 😢

[@phantomroy08]

Feels like every cod development cycle receives less investment than the last

[@Afxn7]

That is such a miracle

[@tdawgsmitty]

ITS A MIRACLEEEEEEEE

[@therealboza]

Nobody knew that there was going to be a new black ops , even I thought it was all over, but when the trailer came out it was great

[@GreenMilk1944]

I quit and didn’t go back in the beginning of the game, and I wish I went back knowing this.

[@Haruka-nr3vs]

To be honest Cold War is one of my favorite call of duty’s of all time, I got the game on launch and it was some of the most fun I had. I had so much fun with it that I actually think it’s one of the very few cods where I have actually grinded into 4 prestige’s in one season. I wish that this game lasted 2 or 3 years instead of one, because the era of it the feel and gameplay was so great.

[@leowindecker8597]

I love this game. I startet cod With bo3 and liked it best since then. It is also the game i Played the most by far. However since playing cold war i think it might be even slightly better than bo3. I love grinding zombies with friends after a long day for dark aether camo and the seasonal calling cards and it does not get boring. But me playing this huge amount of zombies does not mean i dont like the multiplayer. It is great by all means and feels fair and amazing Overall. Its just grinding dark aether which is why i play zombies the most. Still i played many hours of the multiplayer and think it is just well done and great. Cold war is way Too underrated and at least since bo3 the best zombies.

[@londonthepup3625]

its a really good cod game, i slept on it and installed it on the black friday sale. happy to say its still active and easy to find a game

[@GoingDarkPodcast]

Can’t beat a sale!

[@bonkers2011]

Love to see a vanguard one if you haven’t already done one as that also was apparently rushed

[@tdawgsmitty]

I haven't but I plan to do every cod eventually

[@Neverlose001]

Cold War is literally like a 10 page essay you forgot about for a month then did it all in one night. MWIII had all the time it needed but still turned out to be lazy and repetitive.

[@nedac1336]

To be fair, it didn’t have much time. It also had very little time as it wasn’t even planned to be a full game until a few months prior to its release

[@reebs3609]

It was the first cod I played a lot of and I really enjoyed the multiplayer and zombies and it had the best warzone.

[@tdawgsmitty]

I loved Cold War warzone (after they fixed stuff)

[@reebs3609]

@@tdawgsmitty at its peak it was the best version of Warzone we have had

[@Tahir-wz9rb]

Great video

[@IrREZistible]

That shit was Dope. One of the first this Gen games.

[@speed-uh6qx]

Cold war needs more love

[@raiden3335]

You are the best storyteller

[@tdawgsmitty]

[@raiden3335]

@@tdawgsmitty Thanks For The

[@jamonbrooks7887]

My self i started on mw2 back in the day but when black ops 1 came out i been a treyarch fan since 2010

[@matthewcordeiro2073]

I was born in 81. It was cool to play in that era.

[@user-og6ei8pr7b]

9/10 3rd fav cod oat

[@slurricanesenpai7157]

This makes me want to get back Cold War and have some fun since I don’t got MW3 😂

[@r-rudx8288]

I suggest you not to buy it, is not fun at all, the maps are designed to camp and snipers, also the maps are really confusing you get shot from all over the angles

[@caseycameron5370]

Don't get the new one trust me cold wars way better

[@Stewiegriffin124]

How does this guy not have 100 million subs

[@tdawgsmitty]

we keep working and one day well get there