The Best Call of Duty: Black Ops Maps, According to the Devs

[@morte1176]

black ops 2 scoring the best multiplayer map by the devs

[@reryaa]

Rumor has it 2025's CoD is a black ops 1/2 remake.

[@morte1176]

@@reryaa hopefully, me and my friedn gruop aree to this playing 4 player split screen black ops 2 once a month

[@teaser2373]

Kinda sad how nearly every map is from the older ones. Shows how bad the decline has been

[@Miss-Foe]

im glad Satellite and Pines got mentioned. so many good memories on those maps during lockdown.

[@KCBudz]

Satellite was so good.

[@alexmiles2002]

1. Nuketown 2. Raid 3. Hijacked

[@dond9327]

@@alexmiles2002 wrong wrong wrong

[@alexmiles2002]

@@dond9327 oh dear

[@MrNoncomformist]

​@@alexmiles2002 oh dear oh dear My faves are Firing range summit WMD Nuketown Jungle I know they're pretty much black ops 1 maps but damn I just loved those maps

[@sbz3er098]

Hijacked

[@phlatz]

Raid is ass, the other two are noice

[@AC03115]

It's nice hearing Carrier get mentioned, that map was always one of my favorites from BO2. Of course everyone remembers it for trickshotting but even with other weapons Carrier was always so much fun

[@TheGreatJon]

Carrier was dope. Good balance of long range and close quarters. Hell BO2 was just a top shelf CoD game, the MP maps were almost all fantastc. BO3 was also a total goldmine for good maps.

[@AC03115]

@@TheGreatJon I totally agree with BO3 too, that game was the CoD I’ve sunk the most hours into and there were so many good maps on that game like Combine, Stronghold, Hunted, Fringe, etc.

[@SimiCantStandYaBits]

Kowloon is so iconic, they need to bring it back.

[@Styxz__]

They should’ve brought it back when we had wall running

[@FreshTillDeath56]

I thought it was the best of that map pack.

[@coleman1369]

Goat map for sure

[@28Melvyn]

💯💯💯

[@nathanramos9500]

Carrier is the first Cod map I dropped 40+ kills with the broken full auto FAL attachment. I’m 27 now but I will never forget that match or that absolute golden era of cod. I’m so glad I was there

[@Kiu_8]

Unlike other games which recycle locations from the campaign and add them into MP in the most bland way possible, these devs’ managed to cut parts and repurpose them in a fantastic way, to tweak something so well when its original intent was entirely different is a great display of competency and understanding of how the gameplay works. I personally always loved Kowloon, the aesthetic is amazing and very fitting for the game, the verticality is very fun, the zipline is gimmicky enough to feel fun but logical enough to make it work in the setting, the airplane flying so close to you was badass, etc.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Remember Zombie maps from World at War it was literally Campaign locations

[@UnchainedEruption]

The only game in CoD that re-used campaign levels for multiplayer was CoD 4 and even then it was only a couple of them. Every multiplayer has maps built for multiplayer. You have to have that for proper flow and balance.

[@Styxz__]

I always love seeing which campaign ideas and props are used to decorate and theme the maps made for launch

[@AngelofDeath-Y2K]

Also, Ground War matches on Cracked were so intense.. miss those days😢

[@thetruth604]

@@AngelofDeath-Y2K you just brought up a crazy amount of nostalgia with that one

[@LeReptar]

@@AngelofDeath-Y2K ground war cracked 🤕🤕🤕

[@UnchainedEruption]

Black Ops 1 Hardcore CTF servers on PC are always intense. Cracked is great for that, as are a lot of the other larger maps.

[@GAMEBRO]

Black ops 1 and 2 had so many good maps...

[@JustArry]

no summit is crazy

[@alkhoaja]

firing range, summit, slums, hijacked, raid, nuketown are some of the greatest maps

[@wrongdoings2934]

i’m glad slums finally got a mention but it deserves way more goat map i’d put it over raid tbh

[@alkhoaja]

@@wrongdoings2934 slums was a fun map for me

[@mfswylin]

Summit is a cool map plagued by one of the most notorious spawn traps in all of COD so yeah there’s plenty of people who hate it just for that

[@beyondcompare9526]

@@alkhoajagosh you name the best maps

[@raidedarts7111]

Nuketown really is a balanced map. Lotta open sightlines, close corners, and symmetrical designs. Better than Shipment, which is too easy to spawn kill, or Rust, which can be too campy.

[@garrett3726]

Super easy to spawn kill on Nuketown

[@CanabisWhiskeyAnanas]

IM ON THE TOILET!

[@PrestoHobbies]

@@CanabisWhiskeyAnanas go ahead and just call me out like that 😭😭

[@YaBoy25pg]

@@CanabisWhiskeyAnanas we’re all living the same life 😂😂

[@Boocat94]

And you think we care?

[@blue-vo1sb]

I like taking shitz to

[@Karma_Sans]

Twinning frfr 😂

[@PotentTom]

They mention black ops 2 so much you would think they’d want to support it a little bit from hackers and keep the game alive

[@winter.3026]

@@PotentTom smooth brain developers

[@leviking564]

it’s not cost effective.

[@Spikezillian_]

That's not really a developers choice, that's an Activision problem

[@UnchainedEruption]

Plutonium already exists. And I don't see hackers even on Steam servers.

[@Spikezillian_]

@@UnchainedEruption unfortunately it's been known for a long time even if you play solo zombies, people have learned it is unsafe to play most CoD games on steam servers without patches from the community (like BO3 for example). You don't have to be in lobby with them for them to hack you

[@DudesRockCoalition]

Yemen was such an underrated map

[@Mrblickyplays]

Basically bo2 was the best game ever. We need a remaster

[@Nobody11111]

@@Mrblickyplays it deserved it more than the modern warfare games

[@Snoze385]

No, they will ruin the game with sbmm so nobody except the noobs can enjoy the game

[@deez0690]

best cod game ever*

[@saudf5921]

@@Mrblickyplays BO1 is better

[@drunkhusband6257]

@@Snoze385 Or people with actual lives who don't play games 10 hours a day....

[@randompillow5146]

I’m glad Carrier got mentioned. One of the best maps that hasn’t ever been remade.

[@quinnyscoco]

@@randompillow5146 valid

[@Will_Smiley]

Nuketown, Jungle, Summit, Firing Range, Launch, WMD, Hazard, Berlin Wall, Hotel, Stadium, Zoo, Hangar 18, Silo, Convoy, Discovery, Kowloon, Hanoi

[@Sandgrr]

Array, Cracked, Crisis, Grid, Havana, Radiation, Stockpile, Villa

[@Vapidoutdoors]

Jungle was the shit. Hardhat from MW3 though. Best search map ever

[@tyshawndubois1245]

Nuketown:went from just an idea to a classic 🔥🔥🔥

[@DeepApnea]

It’s strange that they don’t talk about new maps. This show how old maps changed COD and how those were good to play. Now we are having something different

[@Boocat94]

Because the new maps are trash.

[@UFC93]

Because it went from a passion project to mass production

[@dom3048]

Crazy how they literally bring up 3 cold war maps

[@InsomniacSpartan]

Both Cold War and BO6 maps were mentioned. How were new maps not mentioned?

[@AnEyeRacky]

@@InsomniacSpartan how can anyone say a new bo6 map is one of the best...the game isn't out yet lol

[@georgejohnson7602]

love watching the older footage and seeing no slide cancels or movement gods

[@JimmyJr_7]

Kowloon and hotel were great, felt like something new was in each one of those map packs back in black ops 1, like the elevator or the zipline.

[@WeasyMTG]

@JimmyJr_7 Kowloon was really good. A lot of black ops 1 maps were pretty good. The map packs had some dope maps

[@AnktDVD]

Imagine your resume saying-“ I created Nuketown”. That’s so cool lol

[@FREAKYTURK1903]

Not mentioning Summit is a cardinal sin..

[@wrongdoings2934]

only mentioning slums once is a sin

[@121Denz]

How have they gone from these to these crappy tiny maps we have in bo6

[@Styxz__]

Because most people like small maps like me Ffs the most popular map by both 3arc and IW are small maps (nuketown and shipment)

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

⁠@@Styxz__well thanks your small attention span killed cod! 😊

[@MannyyJr]

They’re waiting to add the classic remastered maps for later in the cycle. I’m sure most of the maps they mentioned here are gonna be added into BO6

[@mitchelkvedar674]

Agreed

[@whothou]

It's not that their small but they just suck.

[@BeastyBoyXD]

Wow, it's nice to see Cracked get a little bit of love. Weirdly, it's my favourite ever map, always managed to get some good games on that one.

[@JustArry]

kowloon was amazing

[@AngelValentinRivera]

The entire DLC was amazing

[@alonzor.2912]

Raid is perfection.

[@OhBlivEUn]

Cracked was low key great, never seen those clamber spots! I wish they showed the BO2 Firing Range remake aka Studio

[@Styxz__]

From trearch games Micro and hazard are my two favorite (I say hazard over cliffside because i like the golf-course look better than the grey and brown of WaW)

[@shrederman9838]

1. NukeTown 2. Firing range 3. Grind 4. Turbine 5. Summit

[@robbie4787]

Shoutout scump the king 👑

[@rando8831]

Standoff is my favorite treyarch map ever made, highrise is my favorite IW map

[@YouSausage-fq8nd]

@@rando8831 only person to remember standoff lol top map

[@g-wizzle6111]

Summit, Jungle, Radiation, Grid, Hijacked

[@NZealandese]

Bo1: Nuketown, Jungle, Firing Range Bo2: Raid, Standoff, Slums Bo3: Stronghold, Hunted, Combine Bo4: Grind, Gridlock, Hacienda

[@messimagic2961]

Forgetting summit, wmd from bo1, from bo2 your missing hijacked, grind (its from bo2), bo3 needs fringe on there, then its a w

[@Snoze385]

???? You know that grind is a dlc bo2 map??!!

[@dx-dragon4399]

@@NZealandese grind is bo2 not 4

[@UnchainedEruption]

Grind was originally a BO2 map I'm pretty sure.

[@NZealandese]

@@UnchainedEruptionyea I didn't have space in it for a top3 on bo2 so I put it in bo4😂

[@Lazer245]

Oh man the nostalgia hits hard! I hope some of these make a comeback in bo6, especially firing range and carrier

[@MattYellows]

Calloon is such a good answer. The zip line in the Asian city was so fun for a dlc map

[@jacobharley7117]

Oh hey, I’m in this.

[@guy543215]

Everything he said about Evac is spot on. I think it might be the best map to utilize BO3’s movement mechanics. If you mastered the movement you can pull off some crazy things on that map it was amazing

[@shaykindopp1506]

I just loved seeing all the black ops 2 clips, a time where life was simple. Everybody had mics, no streaming and current "meta" weapons everything was viable to have fun. Ahh good times.

[@amiciprocul8501]

I'm jonesin' for some omnimovement, Friday can't come soon enough.

[@Salazar-Gameing]

Thought it was just me 😂the need to jump like max Payne is bad

[@ricardoloza-hernandez5706]

Chaos needs to check this out

[@ck_carpenter]

7:39 wtf is this gameplay lmao

[@kaleballard240]

The guy playing definitely didn’t know how to wall run or combo anything 😂

[@AnEyeRacky]

That's their head dev lol

[@kaleballard240]

@@AnEyeRacky it’s definitely just some ign scrub

[@mostoriginal3897]

thank you lmfao

[@haydenbiggs4728]

a video game "journalist" attempting to play a video game

[@RuTo94]

Firing Range hands down my favorite black ops map small map for a lot of kills 😂

[@lukajjang12]

Love the Kowloon mention, it's easily a top 5 map for me in CoD history, if not even higher

[@UnchainedEruption]

Neat story. Never heard the story behind the design of Nuketown before.

[@Maury_Productions]

I didn't know you could parkour like that on Cracked! :O

[@KCBudz]

Some of the maps they should bring back in bo6: Yemen, satellite, Moscow, carrier, turbine, militia, hacienda.

[@thedarkfloyd7517]

Kowloon should come back. So iconic!

[@AngelValentinRivera]

No Summit or WMD 😱😖 I guess non of them likes cold weather, they didn’t mention any snow map.

[@Pac_2o12]

Black Ops 4 not getting mentioned is embarrassing just shows how forgettable it was

[@webbs371]

nah bo4 had some good maps

[@TheraginSage]

This is the best content from Activision since Black Ops 3

[@Kramtos]

BO1 had the best maps

[@UnchainedEruption]

Was hoping BO 1's Crisis would get a mention. That was my favorite map from that game.

[@Tyoxy]

Lot of great picks!

[@FullyR3D]

As a cod vet let’s take it back to WAW I’ll see you on Makin!

[@elismightyplays1282]

@@FullyR3Dhaven't heard of that map for ages! Loved it and pretty much any night time map treyarch have ever done.

[@hazeman1986]

@@FullyR3D day or night? 😂 Loved that map.

[@meek6380]

Nightfire and Upheaval from WaW will always be at the top of my list!

[@rajakhaliq8549]

Bring back 4 player split-screen 🎮🎮 🎮🎮

[@quintennn]

The amount of times BO2 was mentioned is a testament to how brilliant that game was.

[@jordananthony3910]

Imagine playing on carrier back in the day and jumping on a downed jet and shooting it

[@Thecottinghammer]

Will always remember the map cracked cracking out on me with the bright pink/yellow pixels

[@oscarachea1655]

I’m surprised maps like mission, lockdown, plaza and piaza haven’t returned

[@danbeforetime]

I've wanted to see a Carrier and Kowloon remake for so long. Hopefully B06 DLC!

[@DJYunkHank]

Nuketown is such a unique map coz it actually changes layout based on the mode

[@The-GameBurrow]

I feel like not making this single player story focused was a missed opportunity tbh

[@MadLadDillon]

Since seeing him on the pod Miles is a legend

[@dstunnax]

I honestly love every map from black ops 1,2, and 3

[@The_GenXennial]

Can’t say I share the same opinions on maps.

[@paulmaloney4387]

Raid, Nuketown, Firing Range, Castle, etc... Treyarch has always been the goats

[@DMPLAYER1000]

BO2 competitive was really something else

[@rexzombiesbrasil]

BO1 and BO2 were powerhouses of great maps

[@Noseyy]

“Puts glass in his mouth and punches him” and I still can’t say bad words in multiplayer lmao. Lord have mercy.

[@reryaa]

Rumor has it 2025's CoD is a black ops 1/2 remake.

[@kjak94]

For bo3 being such a huge change in gameplay, I do think those BO3 base maps are second best in the Treyarch series, second only to BO1. That game was Treyarch map design at its peak.

[@hobej5847]

Raid is basically like dust 2 and mirage and inferno for cod competitive

[@mricardo96]

Kowloon would be so great to see again

[@chrisdonald14]

Nuketown, the OG Spawn-trapping map

[@VampireVole]

Favourite map from every Black Ops & World At War: WaW: Castle 🏯 BO1: Summit ❄️ BO2: Grind 🛹 BO3: Hunted 🌲 BO4: Contraband 🌊 BOCW: Nuketown ‘84 🎨

[@JCFlyingV98]

No disrespect but saying that the fans “loved” Deprogram is wildly inaccurate. Was one of the most hated maps in CW and actually got removed from rotation later in the game so that Satellite and Armada could come back

[@TheeAaron]

BO2, BO3, and BO4 All Had Great Maps

[@i_amChrisJxmes]

Redwoods, Aquarium, shipment. Extra fun map: splash.

[@dx-dragon4399]

Shipment I doubt it was very fun to build and make it's small and simple

[@DeadHeister]

No Hijacked is insane

[@xKraYzii3x]

1. Nuketown 2. Hijacked 3. Express 4. Slums 5. Standoff

[@FreshTillDeath56]

1 - Crash 2 - Summit 3 - Carrier 4 - Atlas Superstore 5 - Kowloon My votes for the top 5 maps. 🎉

[@Chubby722]

Nuketown-Black Ops Firing Range- Black Ops Hijack-Black Ops 2

[@Jonathan46825]

Black Ops 3 Nuketown was 🔥

[@retoraxe76]

summit / firing range / Frost / yemen / Berlin wall et mention spécial pour Miami et Moscow pour leurs esthétique incroyable

[@TheKz97]

Express from bo2 is so underrated

[@BlessVibez]

Nuketown, firing range, hijacked, terminal and rust are top 5 without a doubt

[@drunkhusband6257]

Nuketown is one of the worst maps in cod history......

[@UnchainedEruption]

Top 5 overplayed maps

[@jchikn]

dawg terminal n rust ain’t even black ops 😭😭

[@BlessVibez]

@ lowe the mandem

[@squidMB]

Hydro and magma are underrated maps from bo2

[@playc.holder6432]

Oh man I forgot how great Kowloon was

[@Baltimoredummy]

I pray they remaster hanoi from bo1 and dome again from world at war

[@UnchainedEruption]

Please no more remasters they ruin the game. MW 2019 had amazing maps on launch and they ruined it by bringing back 10 recycled old maps.

[@CanabisWhiskeyAnanas]

IM ON THE TOILET RN!

[@Dennisvdijk]

It just hurts to see this , how much fun we had back then. Sbmm joined the party ...

[@harmzyz0682]

@@Dennisvdijk you just got worse

[@UnchainedEruption]

Yeah you still got your ass kicked by better players in older games. SBMM is just a scapegoat for people when they rage.

[@Ninjazombantor]

No hijacked is crazy

[@onmars0058]

The black ops series definitely has the best maps in cod. Black ops 6 is gonna be a great time

[@lukario26]

I think the second guy likes challenging himself

[@goldjellyfish2452]

Diesel

[@Vapidoutdoors]

RIP HARDHAT!! Best MW3 Map one of the goats

[@couchpotato2two7]

Bro just leaked what the new nuke town map is gunna look like it’s gunna look like the original nuke town that kinda cool