The Entire Zombies Story in 26 Minutes (Beginning - Cold War)

[@thinix396]

COD Zombies gameplay: "you open the door, you have the most money," COD Zombies lore:

[@TheZigg]

Pretty much lol

[@BananaRainbows]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dreamkiller3399]

Man. Ain’t that the truth man.

[@superbadbatmanyt5615]

@@BananaRainbows ?

[@adrianneff8490]

@TheZigg what’s your Activision name want to play Cold War or modern warfare

[@__burger917]

If there are so many alternate dimensions in cod zombies, there’s a dimension where the story makes sense

[@TheZigg]

Very true

[@RylzMunkister]

BO3 kinda pulled the pin

[@msekiller64]

no

[@slbmd-dupont1610]

I wanna be there

[@Bluesjet1234]

There’s a dimension where the REAL zombies community disapproves this pile of 💩

[@schawangus]

Bro. This all started from “Let’s make a WWII shooter game. People will have fun with that right?” I love it.

[@comradekenobi6908]

We do a little trolling

[@ogracid9883]

@@comradekenobi6908 💀💀

[@tristanlennon7429]

Honestly. You gotta have a creative ass mind to come up with this complex and connecting story

[@tristanlennon7429]

@@katocs OK. But what more can you ask for in a KIDS GAME for KIDS

[@tristanlennon7429]

Also, you only made a connection with the maps, the complexity behind the actual story takes a lot more brains then a couple kids in a room. I understand your point, but like I said, it is a kids game made to be entertaining to kids. Definitely more than just Alcatraz Moon Zombies 😂

[@kal8563]

I fucking love the fact that George Romero is a canonical character in call of duty

[@friendlysperg1372]

What they did to the story is the biggest example of "and then" storytelling.

[@mike-n-ite735]

They should’ve let it end after BO4

[@Average.1JZ.Enjoyer]

​@@mike-n-ite735 *BO2 The story became stupid after BO1, but after BO2 it's just complete garbage.

[@NOTHiNG2CBRA]

Lol storytelling is to this day top notch. Craig & his team are killin‘ since 2009.

[@jamieboi11]

The story is one of the best in gaming history… You clearly just haven’t followed it properly. It was absolutely fantastic.

[@coyote4326]

This is the most batshit insane plot to anything I've ever seen lol. It's like someone hit the "random page" link on Wikipedia 200 times, took all of the topics they came up with, threw them into a blender, and then gave them to some poor intern to somehow string together.

[@emmanuelnethery9498]

Yes

[@joshuaritter5110]

Yes

[@coyote4326]

Yes

[@good8619]

Yes

[@1020am]

Yes

[@Jason10101]

"Keepers were seen as gods," Then you play zombies just to one shot them

[@DylanGary-c5d]

Just like every Fable final boss. 😅

[@localmilfchaser6938]

Rip kenny

[@moneyallday6524]

Nah worst stab them and they die immediately without even fighting back

[@psilosighin]

In most religions gods aren’t immortal!

[@IKEscountryballs]

Well… You see the keepers that are not corrupted are seen as gods But the corrupted versions are basically them, but weak That’s why you can one shot them Margwav is basically the corrupted keepers but much stronger and evolved It’s just my theory

[@rileysimpson3543]

This is literally the most confusing story line Ive ever heard, I have no idea what any of this means lol

[@thecolorpurple4807]

In summary, We kill zombies but time passed on in this story to the point where we destroyed the multiverse and now Treyarc is trying to milk Black Ops Cold War with its zombies mode

[@emmanuelnethery9498]

@@thecolorpurple4807 👨🏽‍🍳

[@star_perks213]

i got lost at the 30sec mark

[@blueheaddude2065]

I understood everything about zombies up until they fucked with Cold War and it’s lore

[@kevinragsdale6256]

Its because its shit that they just threw together on the fly, it was never meant to have a story or anything. I remember when I was a wee lad and beat the campaign on world at war, then the first zombies map started. An eternity ago now, yet I feel like it was yesterday.

[@Agentkip1]

"A meteor crashing in Imperial Japan contains an unknown element exploited by the 3rd Reich, eventually leading to the creation of zombies by a mysterious group of Nazi scientists" will always be a more engaging setting (to me). Sprinkle in some hidden audio recordings and let players tie it all together. With some cross-references between maps. Zombies used to have that creepy atmosphere where you didn't really know the exact story yet anyone could find and interpret pieces of the story.

[@synysterwolf1289]

Yes I'm with you on that. That's a million times better than the story we got haha

[@The0rnate]

Or there’s people like me that never knew any of the background story or lore because I wasn’t allowed to own the games. The flushed out story gives room for content creators to recap and more people get to enjoy.

[@boooogles]

Ehh, not saying the one we got was necessarily the best, but I think a large part of why they moved beyond that was in order to justify more gameplay elements on more interesting maps.

[@udieunit]

FNAF and Cod zombies having a fight over who has the most confusing story to follow

[@Pablo_Lpzz]

Richthofen vs freddy

[@animalcrossingfan113]

mgs.

[@MetaVizions]

@@animalcrossingfan113lol this one

[@thearchangel9948]

@@Pablo_Lpzz I need this, now!!

[@shaggy5911]

FNAF story actually makes sense these days. There is a 10 minute video explaining the whole thing up until security breach. COD zombies just went nowhere....

[@jeremiahchandler2951]

Gotta love when somebody understands a complicated storyline so well that they can dumb it down and make literally hours of information easily understandable in a 25 min video

[@rsdillbot3646]

Someone made a 6 hour long video without the cold war stroy

[@jeremiahchandler2951]

@@rsdillbot3646 guess what I’m going to go watch rn 💀💀

[@Papa_Straight]

@@jeremiahchandler2951 prn?

[@frenchfries8122]

@@rsdillbot3646 who? I’m tryna go watch it 💀

[@pxercs]

@@rsdillbot3646I watched that all recently lol

[@kcprewitt3270]

What a video, way to condense multiple hours of lore into a concise video, seriously this is fantastic, I haven't seen a video going over the story without a stupid amount of detail, you did a really good job of deciding whats important and not, especially when the story gets unreal confusing in BO4.

[@TheZigg]

Yes the story is hectic! I think that was the hardest part for me to get through.

[@mmd3927]

@@TheZigg what’s your activision name I want to play call of duty with you

[@elijahgray4646]

@@TheZigg you forgot about call of duty infinite warfare zombies

[@Alex-Rogerszsss]

@@elijahgray4646 IW, Exo and WWII Zombies are not considered "Treyarch Canon". The only way Zombies is classified as canon, is if it is developed by Treyarch. Hence why they are not canon as they were developed by different people.

[@H4Jack]

@@elijahgray4646 infinite warfare to me is meh and not Canon.

[@earljohnson6167]

I have not played COD zombies since transit, I had no clue the story changed this much. Thanks for the video it really cleared up the confusion I had.

[@TheZigg]

Yea the story can get pretty confusing. Glad I could help!

[@caprice5841]

u missed everything good about the series

[@dillanbe1007]

U missed everything then lol

[@ciguret]

U not serious right

[@Semilamist]

black ops 3 twisted and convuluted the story beyond recognition, i am glad they went for a straightforward storn in cold war

[@draconose]

I loved the cut of, "She is one psychotic" lmao it was so good

[@bigMzurythefantatic]

You guys remember the good ol days? When you get to that first zombies map after completing WAW. That was the Coolest thing.

[@kharnsagara]

I'm with you and probably one of very very few who remember W@W. A lot of people seem to believe that Black Ops was OG zombies or just completely forget about W@W where it all started. It seems to me like Treyarch is hopping on the "let's make zombies wild, THEN force the story around the gameplay" wagon. It's not a bad thing, it's cool they're trying to put some story into it but I'm just not a fan

[@boooogles]

@@kharnsagaraWaW is huuuge in the modded zombies community

[@kharnsagara]

@boooogles no one is talking about mods. Sorry I enjoy games the way they're intended

[@boooogles]

@@kharnsagara The point being that a lot of people have the game and actively know and play or have played the WaW maps. I got WaW on pc for modded and ended up playing more unmodded than not. Though I’m not sure what you’re getting at with your second point, the modding community is comprised of a fanbase that loves the original games, this goes for any modded community, but I guess what I’m saying doesn’t matter anyway if you’re trying to gatekeep you’ll find a reason to justify it

[@kharnsagara]

@boooogles lol I'm gatekeeping cause I play them vanilla? If that's what your take away is then you can feel offended about it. I was just saying i don't need mods to enjoy the game. Gate keeping would be more along the lines of "true fans don't need mods"

[@brrman4089]

The story is literally so complicated that even im still confused about this.

[@FWPLINK]

Me too

[@FWPLINK]

@@alidhyt6591 but it’s not as recent so no Cold War explanation

[@OGTiTan]

Mrroflwaffles recently made a video on the full story which is fleshed out a lot more and might be easier to follow

[@devinstallworth1558]

same

[@aarianzamora7627]

Anything related to time travel or dimension traveling is confusing as shit. Too many time loops and plot holes that come up and leaves nothing to be completed in the end.

[@2el1te4uftw7]

I feel bad for any casual zombie players 🤣

[@TheZigg]

They’ll catch up eventually

[@hexyoubeezy]

took em for a quick rollercoaster

[@Grifo8oz]

Yeah ive been playing cod for years but never paid attention to the zombies and im so confused

[@TheOriginalAfrican]

Look at how many likes we got on this post

[@Emperorofthemoon1]

I haven't touched COD in years. I thought the story back then in BO2 was confusing enough. Man have I missed a lot

[@kellendawson2510]

Best explanation video I've seen yet. I've been playing zombies since World at War and have watched it change and grow over the years. I've taken breaks here and there cause you know, life happens, so I've missed out on some stuff and tryna catch up has been kinda confusing at times and BO4 had many holes in the zombies plot. This video helped clear up what I missed and explain things supremely better on what I already knew while giving more insight. Salute my friend you outdid yourself with this top tier work✊🏽

[@TheZigg]

Wow! Thank you so much. Glad I could help!

[@juanfigueroa3348]

Same iv been playing since world at war i loved zombies when if was so simple the story was simple life was simple, i feel like as they years went on and the story got longer and longer and more crazy it got too hard to keep track of it bit i will always love zombies , BEST EXPLANATION VIDEO YET

[@kellendawson2510]

@@juanfigueroa3348 You're right I miss the heyday of Zombies. Main goal was so simple.. survive. No primary objectives, no crazy bosses, just live. Loved it and played it countless and I mean countless times. As time passed it changed and so did the story. Kinda funny cause I wished for it to add some depth to the zombie game mode to give it an actual story and logic to the madness but with it birthed not just the story but the complexity of that story. Along with that came great characters, perks, new weapons, pack a punch (thank God for that) and many many more maps. I overall enjoy it and still is a great side game to the campaign and conventional multiplayer, just sometimes think they went overkill with making some of it so difficult to complete. I look forward to Vanguard, sort of like tracing back old roots from where it all began in a way but with a new twist considering the bosses and all. I guess time will tell with what we have in store ahead of us. As the old expression goes.. let the games begin.

[@bigbrisk8423]

I also been playing since waw and this story is boring now they shoulda continued making chaos story from bo4 the maps were dope the story was good and it was a nice break away from the same characters n maps weve had for years. Remakes all over the place i stopped buying cod because of how bland tthe story is now. If i play zombies i go back and play infinite warfare now because that story is bomb and you get directors cut and the super easter egg which is great. Also the art style is nice

[@Connor420ge]

Imagine this happening in real life and the some government deployed the virus all us pro gamers will all ready be prepared for the outbreak if u know u know Lets get it let's go 😏

[@erichsieh6596]

If they make a standalone Call of Duty’s Zombies game with great storytelling, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. And the game should include something like a story mode + classic zombies survival with all the maps.

[@TheZigg]

Me too

[@W0KUZ3PH]

Underrated comment bro

[@bossabassa364]

Yeah man they could do something cool with a zombie campaign along with the multiplayer

[@frenchfries8122]

And should also add something like what they had in bo3 for pc where people could make their own custom maps but for consoles too. That’d be awesome imo

[@yonosapungga]

One day. MARK MY WORD !

[@Equites279]

I like how we're talking about Lovecraftian gods, different dimensions, magic, and alien technology in a CALL OF DUTY game that always made me laugh lol

[@precisionhaze6594]

I was just telling my buddy how I've done all the easter eggs but I was always so focused on beating them that I never followed the lore. This was definitely worth the watch

[@TheZigg]

Well now you can tell him about the lore lol. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@jcflyfishing5097]

Bo1 zombies consumed years of my life. Ascension will always be my favorite map.

[@derekrojas5255]

Dude you voice of perfect for this I’ve been wanting to know the full story line in depth again keep it up mate :)

[@TheZigg]

Are you kidding I sound like a child I think my voice cracked in there a couple times haha. But thanks for the compliment man I appreciate that

[@bradmagyor3546]

Dude you grammar bad. Keep it down mate.

[@bradmagyor3546]

@common_legend __ clearly you guys didn’t get the joke. Or maybe. You joke didn’t get guys

[@Solid_Gravy]

COD Zombies in 2016: Oh cool so the whole timline is connected a loop, how neat! 2 years later: So about that time loop, scratch that, some mobster just did something different for once.

[@Nekiplex]

I know the more confusing side of the lore, so watching this was actually very easy to understand. I definitely applaud your ability to condense about ½ a days worth of information into ½ an hour. There were some things you missed, but you definitely had most if not everu significant story detail, so great work!

[@SennuS_2904]

Well i kinda followed the story line and i knew what was going al al these time. But this was by far the most understandable video at this date for me. Some parts in the storyline it self was a bit confusing but thanks to u i got it al cleared out now. Thanks m8 and please keep us up to date on the next zombies maps. 🙏🏻 And of course u got my sub.. take it bcause u deserved it

[@TheZigg]

Wow! Best comment ever. I'm glad I could help. And I will try my best to update you guys. Thanks for the sub man!

[@SennuS_2904]

@@TheZigg your welcome my guy. I dont sub that quick to other yt channels but this was the first video i saw on your channel.🙏🏻❤️ i got u my guy

[@pyr1412]

Revelations was the best way to cap off the zombies storyline at least for me b/c I have not played BO4 (yes I saw the ending in tag der toten) and revelations was the map I replayed the shit out of over the summer of 2017 and I got to prestige master twice (main account got perma banned by trolls) and I would always wake up in the morning get on fire up a solo game of rev and then when I got my set up. Perkaholic, pack a punched thunder gun and the apothican servant, Arnies and grav spikes. I would run around the map hit all 3 teddy bears and go sit in the power room in Verruckt and just prepare to be sitting there from morning until night just firing the apothican in the middle of the room so it would suck up the zombies and then pull my thunder gun or my pack a punched mule kick gun when the shadowman decided to throw a margwa or Panzer in my face. Ah good times and this song made it even better and I never got tired of hearing it. Elenas voice is just god tier and very soothing. Zombies holds a special place in my heart b/c back when my friend and I finished the world at war co op campaign (my friend had already beaten it solo but he didn’t tell me until after the last mission) but anyways he told me that if we skip the credits we are gonna be thrown into a bonus mode and then when we spawned in Nacht. I remember asking my friend ok so where are the enemies do we have to clear this building out? And then I heard a moan and my friend told me to go find the source of the moaning and I had my first ever encounter w/ a zombie tearing down one of the wooden barriers (I knew what a zombie was thx to dead rising) and I remember being scared shitless that I ended up getting downed so I ended the game and did not touch zombies until BO1 came out. I then made some friends that wanted to play Kino and I slowly got used to zombies and then when moon came out. I loved the story and was starting to catch up on the current lore at the time then B02 came out and more lore and then BO3 and I remember I was playing Zetsubou w/ my best friend and he was like holy shit bro. You went from being scared of zombies to a badass zombie slayer that always takes the big risks (examples are taking a huge train of zombies in a small area, soloing Easter eggs b/c I did rev, DE and Zetsubous EEs solo after I did it w/ ppl and hell I would solo the rev and Zetsubou ees for my friends in co op as well) but yeah zombies has always cheered me up and I’m glad that I gave it a Second chance those many many years ago.

[@TheZigg]

Ok wow! You almost made me cry reading through this. I’m glad to hear that someone else feels this way about zombies!

[@jonnyDundead]

Same here bro! Much love for zombies it's like watching a child grow up watching it evolve and finally having all the perks at once (without doing an Easter egg, which I always dreamed of) is like the pinnacle of zombie slaying. It's been a long road but we have finally made it.

[@WhereisYunoGasai]

such a throwback

[@shadewolf0075]

To me tag was actually the best end for zombies. The only way to stop the cycle of pain and suffering was to ensure the ones responsible for the paradox (primis and ultimis) aren't a live to keep the cycle going. Not everyone gets the happy ending but at least the old crew did accomplish their goal. The children grew up in a world free from the undead free from the Aether's corruption. They faced the horrors of the dark aether as adults who unknowingly were living up to their predecessors by protecting their new home

[@Spvceman333]

Imagine playing this much cod zombies

[@bullfrog521]

Wow, Cold War is my first COD Zombies, the whole story is insane, it seems like the story is a lot simpler now. Will COD Vanguard Zombies continue Cold War's Zombies story or it will have like a prequel zombie story?

[@TheZigg]

So vanguard is gonna be the prequel to cold war zombies. All the stuff that went down during ww2 with alexandra's dad and stuff we will most likely witness in vanguard zombies

[@whatthehector1]

I thought Treyarch zombies is their own timeline. idk if Vanguard will continue that they might stick to their own zombies as they did in WW2

[@TheZigg]

@@whatthehector1 check this link: www.callofduty.com/blog/2021/08/Announcing-Call-of-Duty-Vanguard

[@unknownvoid2321]

@@whatthehector1 treyarch is doing zombies in vanguard

[@ErensSmiledog]

@@whatthehector1 Treyarch will make vanguard zombies and will be a prequel to cold war zombies

[@bjorngardson]

Ngl up until BO3 zombies was the only thing drawing me back, but it got too burdensome. This just went to provide me with everything I missed. I feel as though even had I wasted my life playing the games to discover *THIS* level of depth is way beyond me. Good job, I hope this video, the comment, and my new sub helps pay the bills.

[@TheZigg]

Lol I appreciate that

[@iiiiii7680]

This is why I like zombies because of the mystery and the story, not just because of the game mode itself

[@Villain5546]

its funny, I knew the aether storyline up until everything was banished to the dark aether, so i came here to see how the old storyline connects with the cold war one and ended up learning a lot. thanks for this great video

[@TheZigg]

Of course glad I could help!

[@SpiderJit3]

Cold wars is to much bro

[@TannerrP]

How does it connect to it I am confused

[@mrkitloin]

@@SpiderJit3 bro how is cold wars too much it’s way easier to understand than the other ones with all the time travel and shit

[@SpiderJit3]

@@mrkitloin it's all way too complicated imo. Impossible to remember. U right tho lol. I just be tryna shoot zombies tho lol

[@domokilla9944]

The Ultimis/ Primis storyline will never be outperformed by these newer COD titles. What I loved the most about zombies (WaW- BO3) is that they included some historical truth, which really added to the scary factor! 🧟🧟🧟 I can't get the same feeling with the new zombies...

[@bl4ckdr4gontv93]

I mean, from waw till bo2 zombies lore was just real life conspiracy theory which makes it 1000% better than what happens afterwards, imo

[@MississippiKid96]

It’s cause one of the guys responsible for that story line left trey arch around bo3 bo4

[@theelsanto32]

Bo3 was officially the end of the storyline. But of course they had to extend it because activision

[@unnameddude9325]

This is the best telling of the zombies storyline I’ve seen, take my sub man. I hope to see more great content

[@TheZigg]

Thanks man! More to come!

[@Muvious45]

This is way better than a 6 hour documentary , you really summed up the story well

[@TheZigg]

Glad you liked it

[@obedvilla9194]

😂😂😂 fr I was like gmfu

[@RedMenace0]

i think its healthier to make your own canon for this story, because this is too complex. I wish they actually had written a set story from the start, not just keep adding stuff to the story from the dlcs with no thought whatsoever

[@ShotByAlan]

The Aether zombies story line is honestly one of the coolest video game stories aesthetically. The issue I have with it is it feels like they tried too hard to tie gameplay elements into the story. It feels like a cop out when the explanation for literally everything is inter dimensional demons and time travel.

[@Hxllysis]

& fog rolling in

[@Dioslux]

26:04 love how 3 Price’s from 2018 and a yellow biker suit Portnova from 1981 are fighting Valentina in 1985.

[@TheZigg]

Who knows anymore lol. Time travel right

[@shadowzeroone]

In between these beautiful events someone decides to have 3 captain prices at the same time.

[@Deanie124]

You explained it the best anyone probably could but I'm still completely dazzled

[@brendonshort847]

I love “and she is one psychotic-“ and then it’s cuts to another scene xD

[@TheZigg]

haha

[@WhereisYunoGasai]

😂😂

[@Alex-rx6ls]

Bro this is a perfect story. Every other story I’ve heard abt zombies story line is trash and makes no sense but this one, is perfect

[@TheZigg]

Glad you enjoyed it! I think a lot of those other videos are a couple years old and not all the info was available so most of the time they would just go off theories that were agreed upon in reddit and other zombie forums

[@SilentGAMER-c9r]

I like it when it used to be Zombies and Zombies only, back in the day where there was mystery about the Zombies Story, the Story was actually made by the fanbase which Treyarch took it to fruition

[@stephenloughnane8533]

Just play the game an don’t do any ee I’ve never understood why ppl say this like your forced to do the ee

[@terrestrialtoker]

Ima just gonna say it all ends at 16:36 and call it a day. As confusing as the timeline is with so many dimensions and copies of people, it still has cohesion. Whatever was happening after that just doesnt make sense, my head cannon stops there.

[@ummmhelp]

I mean this is a really effective cost saving measure just walk into the nearest mental hospital and use whatevers written on the cell walls

[@gylesdoolan1116]

It would've been pretty neat to know which stories came from which game, I'm new in Cold War and this is intriguing

[@TheZigg]

Thank you for not bashing me for it. I'm writing that down right now so I remember it for my next video.

[@Dreamer-ii2zd]

I'll help you here So to understand before I explain, I'll explain which locations are from which game World at Waw: The only storyline map was Der Reise Black ops 1: Kino Der Toten, Ascension, Call of the dead, Shangri-la and Moon Black ops 2: Nuketown Zombies, Tranzit, Die Rise, Mob of the dead, Buried and Origins Black ops 3: Shadows of evil, Der Eisendrache, Zetsubo No Shima, Gorod Krovi and Revelations Black ops 4: Blood of the dead, Alpha Omega and Tag der Toten And then of course the cold war maps So the early stuff with the apothicans and keepers are from Black ops 3. Most of the stuff involving ultimus happen in world at war and black ops 1 Nuketown (bo2) and Moon (bo1) happen simultaneously Then victus group, aside from being waken by Nikolai from being frozen, their whole story happens in Black ops 2, being woke up in black ops 4. The documented region discovering 115 and opening the gateway to agartha all happen in the final map of black ops 2. Primus taking the souls of themselves all happens in Black ops 3 The battle on agartha against the apothicans and the paradox happen on the final map of black ops 3 Revelations Then the confusing stuff with Primus and Ultimus joining forces and Nikolai destroying the summoning key leaving just one universe, that all happens in Black ops 4 Hope this helps :)

[@donaldotrump9966]

@@Dreamer-ii2zd it actually helped me alot too bro thanks man

[@Rick-jf2ig]

Still can't believe the original group are gone forever, I'm hoping they'll include them in the next zombies maps, seeing as how they were banished to the dark aether, and Sam seems to be able to traverse there safely

[@domesticdragonwaffle]

Richtofen isn't though, his child self was the only other one to survive with Sam and Richtofen himself became the director of Requiem in Cold War

[@ynhgravestne1356]

Bro this shit is amazing. I’ve always just played the game not caring for story and u just opened my eyes with this shit like I never knew any of that shit was happening

[@TheZigg]

Yea its a crazy storyline! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@puresnowball965]

5:10 it is May 13th, 2023 that i’m writing this, so Rictofen’s diary entry was supposedly 105 years ago today. that’s insane.

[@opslocked8597]

So basically this is a story with a lot of "but wait!" I remember I kept up with it and than just got to lost. Also I loved that all this stories stuff started off in the beginning as some Easter eggs in a side zombie game, just.. well growing up with codblack ops I'm just amazed because I remember the beginning of it all. It was like oh cool this game has a zombie game with it and it's multi-player, time for split screen and late night gaming with your friends just to see how long you can survive. Than you discovered some small Easter eggs from youtube back when there wasn't so much ads and rules. And it slowly grows into a more detailed big story with time traveling and other dimension as more games come out while the game still tells another story with woods and everything. Like... just wow.

[@SniperDog5]

Do you plan on covering Forsaken and the upcoming Vanguard zombies storyline? I hope so because I finally understood the storyline thanks to your video.

[@TheZigg]

That's the plan!

[@kylemccoy7249]

Its awesome to see the work you put together. Great job. Hope to see more content.

[@TheZigg]

Thanks man!

[@TheZigg]

I’ll make sure to deliver

[@lol-ot6ss]

I thought you would have million of subscribers bc it seems like you put in a lot of effort in this video

[@TheZigg]

Maybe someday. Thank you !

[@Stiddo]

@@TheZigg deserved definitely

[@sfish6]

I honestly never liked the lovecraftian direction of the stories after shadows of evil and feel like zombies could've ended at origins, but this was a great background video thank you

[@VilaToro64]

Me neither I feel it could have ended at buried you either help maxis or richtofen but at the end of it all everyone is screwed consequences of man tampering with stuff curiosity killed the cat if you may

[@anbutrippy8938]

I’ve always avoided zombies. It’s never really been for me, but my boy has gotten me into the BO6 zombies (terminus) the more he talks about Easter eggs and old games it got me interested. Now I’m using my precious sleep time to soak in all zombie knowledge

[@deytonybarra7499]

BIG UP BRO!!🤣 i just did the Liberty Falls EE- tryna catch up! Haven't done eastereggs since Orgins on Bo2

[@anbutrippy8938]

@ the terminus one is the first EE I’ve ever done (been playing since WaW) shit is so fun

[@deytonybarra7499]

@@anbutrippy8938 Good Times, crazy how time flies.. right?

[@txbluj2846]

You’re underrated man, this must have taken weeks or months! Good job!

[@TheZigg]

Aww man thank you so much. It did take a few months but I'm glad I committed to it.

[@generalgreevus8773]

I lost interest in COD games like 6 years ago and up until this video I had no idea they actually built an entire lore around how the zombies appeared. This video is awesome I might have to get the next COD game. Zombies was what I enjoyed the most.

[@asiris.8748]

Call of duty zombies lore is probably the most complicated i've ever listened at to this day

[@buddyfett1341]

Perfect of example of not keeping it simple. Call of Duty Zombies should just be, soldiers fighting zombies.

[@calamityoblivion301]

I feel like you could be a very good professor/teacher or an actual historian (if you aren't already), because this is summed up very well, and you go back to previous information when people forget stuff. You also have the perfect voice for it, and good visuals on screen. Do you know if Burgertown from Infection in exozombies is related at all in terms of story to the one in Forsaken?

[@TheZigg]

I'm majoring in programming right now lol but hey maybe I'll think about changing majors.

[@crispycrunch4326]

@@TheZigg yoooo i want to major in that too, I'm currently 15, how's it like ?

[@TheZigg]

@@crispycrunch4326 Oh you wanna major in programming? Its a great field man. It allows you to be really creative when solving problems. Especially when you write code and it doesn't work the first 23 times lol. It can be frustrating at times but when I figure out the answer I laugh at myself like duhhh. And its super satisfying.

[@crispycrunch4326]

@@TheZigg I can already imagine, hope you accomplish each and all of your dreams man! You truly deserve it

[@kakacake8752]

dont forget the alien dinosaurs was alied to the apothicons aswell but then then mr. peterson lost a bet to dr. monty and the had to fuck a dinosaur , then his wife found out so he had to get rid of the evidence and deleted the dinos form existance. but shadow man was watching all this and was about to tell his wife. after monty found out he went to war with the shadow realm. really important lore found in a cipher in zetsubo no shitima. i hope it all makes sense now

[@DrChris1]

Cod zombies lore is comparable to how confusing/long fnaf lore is.

[@nicolasl881]

Congrats on putting together this story that actually doesnt make any sense

[@phillipa2346]

Remember when we all played the first zombies for the first time and that’s all it was, just shooting zombies for no reason

[@idkcouldntpickaname7380]

Everything was fine before for Cold War

[@mercifulmoff]

Just to clear up a bit of a ‘plotline’. The reason Maxis in Agartha frees the Shadow Man from the Summoning Key is because when he was reborn by Monty he lacked his soul and only had his brain. Without a soul, he couldn’t resist the Shadow Man’s temptations due to being an empty husk, which manipulated him.

[@zachhenon]

This will probably get buried, but for some clarity: This is a very abridged (but still great) summary of the story that can’t capture many of the nuances and small details. For example: Group 935 was founded to be a group without borders dedicated to mankind’s betterment. They turned to Germany for the war because of the funding. Most of the different universes also have names. Along with that, there are still a handful of unsolved ciphers years later. It’s crazy. Development is also an issue. Black Ops 4 saw much of the zombies funding put towards the Chaos story to attract newer audiences. Cold War was originally supposed to be a Sledgehammer title, who backed out and threw it onto Treyarch. That’s why Treyarch did Cold War AND Vanguard (we don’t talk about this one) back-to-back. Other than that, there was lots of exchanging hands and differing visions in Black Ops 1-3. The story seems cobbled together sometimes because it literally was. Lastly, there are multi-hour storyline videos that exist and really lay out every detail from black ops 1 to black ops 4, skipping over the chaos story. If you liked this video, you’d like one of those too.

[@NomadQuinn]

Just got recommended this after the Black Ops 6 Zombies Trailer, and honestly I still have no idea what’s going on

[@straw6759]

COD zombies has a better story than any COD campaign 😭

[@milannikolic3215]

Overcomplicated doesnt mean better

[@enestris]

⁠@@milannikolic3215cut out everything past bo3 and the unnecessary complicated stuff is gone too. The early plot was expansive not over complicated tho. Like literally middle school level understanding necessary.

[@MississippiKid96]

The og (WAW-alpha omega ) storyline does

[@nickm5647]

So what I got out of this video is just confirming my belief that all the lore add-ons past BO2 are actual dogshit and ruin the story on top of bringing it to the point of being overly convoluted in the worst sense as well as outright telling you the story instead of letting you figure it out through tiny pieces of info and clues well hidden throughout the different levels and Easter eggs. They should have just ended the first storyline with the original cast and the BO2 cast at the end of BO2 like they originally did and started a whole new thing for BO3 and continued with the cool 20’s noir and eldritch horror aspects which I was totally hooked on until I saw the ending of the Easter egg and was left scratching my head thinking “what the fuck is this bullshit, your story’s fucking over”. Likewise they should have kept the new Black Ops separate as well instead of also shoehorning the continuation of the story into it making it even more convoluted and dragged out. It’s the definition of milking a story long after it should have ended like most TV shows run longer than they should so you see it sour and get bad instead of leaving off at a much more natural and satisfying point while it’s still good and only facing a little bit of drop off.

[@TongueCutOutByYoutube]

RIP COD WAW

[@MrAnon00]

Yeah they should've stopped at that ending or the one where they're reborn as kids... But they just had to fuck everything up, pull some stupid twist that fucks with characters, and then basically say "ok fuck it, we're done." And fucking kills/erases everything that was built up over the past decade. Such a stupid betrayal of an ending.

[@thegcqexperience6282]

This is the most comprehensive storyline vid ive seen so far

[@SikeNoYacht]

Great video on such a complicated storyline honestly the best explanation of it in such a short video, insane to play through the progress of this story through out the years

[@Jacob-zv7xw]

i clicked on the video bc it was only 26 minutes and when he said "okay the end" i laughed thinking there was gonna be another five mutes to finish it up and then saw i was only 7 mins in lol bro squeezed so much info in here

[@SunsetChicken]

Thank you so much for this! I used to be incredibly deep into the lore but stopped at black ops 3 because I kinda lost interest in zombies, I’m picking it back up now and this video caught me up to speed in a very concise and well written manner! Just one question, does that titanic map come in to play in the story at all? I played that titanic map at launch but didn’t give it any thought, and also that one map in black ops 4 where its this kinda like a greek arena type of thing? Do those not matter in the story?

[@TheZigg]

Glad I could help! Both the Titanic map (Voyage of Despair) and the arena (IX) are from the chaos storyline. Treyarch was gonna make a spin off and it didn't work out

[@erickf0xxx1]

Are people still playing zombies

[@oddy12346]

@@erickf0xxx1 yes even in bo3

[@simdog16]

I've seen your videos on tik tok just wanted to say keep it up my man

[@TheZigg]

Thanks man that means a lot to me

[@kekidakid]

Who remembers where the lore was just 2 German scientist discovering an element capable of creating zombies

[@PersonaofWill]

Peak zombies

[@brickedupgranny]

mane black ops 1 2 and 3 will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@Goldarlives]

2009: “Haha I wonder what happened to that guy hanging from his parachute” Now:

[@zxwoodzy]

Great video. Really helped me grasp an understanding of the video game series i used to love as a kid. I kinda only knew the story up until bo3 if im honest, after that it went a lil too confusing but this video helped me see what was made of the story afterwards. Thanks

[@itznukeey]

21:15 I legit thought you said mining Ethereum 😂. Peck is truly a visionaire

[@TheZigg]

Lol that would be pretty funny if he did. Way ahead of his time! But no I'm talkin aethereum as in the purple glowy stuff from the dark aether

[@noapoleon_]

0:11 is that the "hide the pain" meme?

[@Queefersutherland97]

I like how the story for call of duty zombies didn’t have to be this complex and convoluted but it just is because

[@brainiestben]

I’m 10 mins in and I’ve already had 3 strokes

[@isaacgonzo]

No matter how many times i learn about the timeline and lore, im always lost in the end

[@fl4mingaming359]

Thank you so much for this it was very helpful to get a refresh of the whole storyline

[@TheZigg]

You're very welcome!

[@NicoTheProtogen]

A long long long long time ago in a galaxy far far far far away a very good person delivered us a video on cod zombies explaining the lore that isn’t two and a half hours long thank you

[@plutolunaplays]

feel like they should have made Cold War a lot clearer after ending the storyline in BO4. Dark Aether didn’t need to exist, they could have just made a new storyline like in Exo Zombies or Infinite Warfare

[@yooGrito]

There’s a lot of boring to get and go over intel that’s really important in Cold War lore like about the one, maxis interrogations from the director that are very similar to the one with Hudson and mason having the director be in a room above her like Hudson shocking maxis like mason and they even have some conversations that mason and Hudson had word for word

[@TheZigg]

Im only guessing bit I think hudson is the director. He's the only one I know that wore a watch and a suit like that. Would be pretty cool if I'm right. Also I didn't want to go too in depth on samantha because it made my script pretty confusing. I may dedicate a video to her story

[@TheZigg]

Yes. There is a lot of intel that’s been added since I made this video. And I was wrong. Eddie Richthofen is the director

[@hannahgascoigne9201]

This is like the “zombie story line over simplified” 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheZigg]

Yea. All the little details and side easter eggs I could've included probably woulda put me in an insane asylum. it makes the storyline way more confusing

[@hannahgascoigne9201]

@@TheZigg meh no sweat. It’s too much for any 1 person to fully explain anyways lol

[@TheDarkAztek]

Maaaaan... the work and time put in to this... great vid!! You got a new sub =)

[@TheZigg]

Well thank you bro! That means the world to me! I appreciate ya!

[@RSN_Rubber_Ducky]

My god this is more complicated than it needs to be.. thank you for putting it all together!

[@14thbattlegroupcommander]

Absolutely incomprehensible, have a nice day 👍

[@swiggityswagunion1223]

Damn. I didn’t even realize how connected all the games are.

[@DeNihility]

How it began: "Hey, let's make an endless survival horde mode where the player fights nazi zombies." How it ended up: "H.P Lovecraft in FPS form"

[@jamesfloyd6693]

How else do you explain endless hoardes? Lovecraftian BS.

[@TheZigg]

Pretty much.

[@VivaLaFamous]

The quickest way to completely ruin a story/ plot is to add in different universes, dimensions, and timelines! They started out great! and then everything became complicated and weird. Not even enjoyable anymore.

[@Benimaru33]

Dunno what you mean I liked it actually

[@nd_kui1772]

COD WAW LORE: SAM! COD now: You need the blood of AN ELDER GOD

[@a_z_771]

11 year old me back in 2010 would’ve never thought this zombies lore is really that deep. I mean, i was familiar with Samantha and element 115 and Maxis but holy shit.

[@Champion919Games]

At the very end you say “Janus” as in “Jay-ness” but it’s actually pronounced “Ya-noose”, like the Roman god of gates, time, beginnings, doorways, transitions, passages, and endings. Seems pretty fitting for such a teleportation and time travel heavy story, no?

[@unknownvoid2321]

Waw-bo1 (perfect story) Bo2-bo4 (detailed/amazing story) CW (boring)

[@TheZigg]

Yea they could've done better with cold war. Hopefully treyarch makes up for it in Vanguard zombies

[@Schregger]

@@TheZigg I think the issue was making CW zombies use the MP operators, instead of having a dedicated cast for zombies. Half of the zombies story is in the characters, and as much as we may like McClain and Rambo for getting killstreaks in MP, they have nothing to add to the story in zombies.

[@sillykot9970]

@@Schregger I kinda like the operators rather than the actual characters I like the feeling of just being a soldier working for an organization and watching it all unfold around me and before you try to invalides my opinion no cold war isnt my first zombies game my first zombies game was WaW

[@savirahye]

@@sillykot9970 i respectively disagree. They should’ve added more voice lines for the operators if they wanted to use them. It would’ve added so much to the immersion and the maps just feel empty without it which is really sad as Cold War zombies was the point I lost interest in the story sadly.

[@sillykot9970]

@@savirahye I completely agree if they recorded enough voicelines for the cutscene for each character and give them voice lines for specific maps and situations would be great

[@curtislemke4378]

i feel like a grandfather who's grandchildren are explaining the newest generational book series

[@redbullsuper9559]

Shout out to you bro I’ve watched 100 of these videos and 5 mins in I’m lost and don’t care anymore but your explained it so well and precise I understand fully now, thank you.

[@TheZigg]

Thanks bro. Glad I could help