The New Animations Of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare

In this exclusive Game Informer video, Ben Hanson interviews Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's animation director Mark Grigsby (who you might recognize as the original Modern Warfare's Sgt. Griggs) about the biggest changes to animation during gameplay and more. See more exclusive videos at gameinformer.com/modernwarfare

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[@jeffreysteele1418]

Game Informer there’s no blood in the game tell them put blood in the game

[@dewaalvandercolff251]

When are we going to see Campaign???????

[@kjevans09]

Hey ask them to put the AA 12 in the game please

[@kjevans09]

@@dewaalvandercolff251 I heard this weekend sometime

[@Flamish]

I wanne say the first time I saw gameplay of this call.of duty I was in love the animations are so brutal and realistic that I really was like instant buy and I skipped the game since advanced warfare

[@justinberry6160]

This guy truly loves his job

[@LAGaming117]

how could you not? lol best job ever

[@TasHikingAdventures]

if only he worked with treyarch lol

[@peterk9166]

@Nightmare00988 he means treyarch needs people like him... people who love their jobs

[@N00bStArDamuS]

@@deadlypedestrian he is, can look it up on CoD wiki callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Griggs

[@damienkun8786]

Which is a good thing.

[@pbgamer115]

He just sounds like he’s having fun making the game :)

[@liamduncan965]

Patrick Beard it’s because he can smell the money :)

[@justsimplegamer]

@@liamduncan965 Way to ruin mood, dude. We all know that microtransactions are inevitable disaster, but come on, let me enjoy the hype a little bit...

[@liamduncan965]

Poor Artist it’s perfectly ok to be hyped just remember this series history like you know reselling dlc maps for the modern warfare remaster and adding micro transactions to it

[@WolfAssasin34]

Liam Duncan the thing is though, infinity ward games had the best mtx. I don’t count mwr because that’s a remaster and not made by iw. Also this year the dlc is free so 🤷‍♂️

[@liamduncan965]

Fap Wizard so you have absolutely no concern about this game having bad mtx is betting they won’t be in the game on launch to garner good press then they will be added a couple weeks later and eventually progress onto locking guns behind them ala black ops4

[@joeyippel]

I could watch an hour of him talking about the finer details of the game, he’s so passionate about his craft

[@jackmulford6509]

Watch Activision ruin it all for him

[@benevolent2077]

@Lord Kekistan haha are you a fucking moron? developers talk out of there ass soo much. why do you think there are soo many shitty alpha beta games

[@LG-dr6kc]

jyjygjy yjfyjygj doesn’t mean all developers are like that. Besides, would you rather have him not be passionate about his work at all? How would that be better?

[@maxjohnson6917]

@@benevolent2077 hes an animator, developer is such a broad term. Brush up on your humanity before you call people something you wouldnt say in person.

[@BlackIce420]

@@maxjohnson6917 just so u know he is a developer. he developes animations....dude you need to stop criticizing. especially considering you are completely wrong. brush up on humanity lol. you are funny ill give you that

[@tamamabid4872]

Watching the Black Ops: Cold War MP reveal made me appreciate MW’s gorgeous animations so much more

[@Ps-kp6gc]

Yes

[@rendiarswendo4184]

Agreed

[@erik5645]

Tbh i'd take COD MW over this year's COD anyday for next gen

[@Thegooob95]

Yes, personally I feel like it’s a new standard for cod. How do you release a new cod without these aesthetics and animations. Makes Cold War feel mobile

[@xUseTheForks]

Meh these animations ain't even as good as everyone acts like they are and the sound design is terrible most of the time

[@themetalsheets7145]

3:53 "even though everyone in the world is not an animator, everyone is when it comes to human movement" I really liked this

[@Flapjack624]

ThatGameDev yes

[@thecrazygear4603]

I love this guy's opinion why do we not have them in other games where they don't listen to us

[@AzpecTProductionz]

Someone needs to tell this to the animation team for Mortal Kombat. We’ve been complaining about wonky animations for years.

[@follower9011]

I miss reading this Bone books 😂

[@Nukky_]

Literally the first comment I looked at he said word for word as I read lol

[@MrTheBritishness]

Can this guy be MWF spokesman? He's clearly in touch with the player base.

[@ElDiablo123]

Lol he was a character in the original cod modern warfare. His name was Sgt. Griggs

[@kristiann4346]

PsyVenatus what in the world makes you think he’s in touch with the player base lol. There’s no evidence of that in this video.

[@juiceboxzach]

ElDiablo holy shit whattt

[@slb2219]

@@kristiann4346 if you watch and listen to what he talk about regarding the animations, he knows what the players enjoy. Killin fools and feeling good while doing it

[@farhan70]

Meelow Avila probably modern war(fare) I’m guessing

[@yoloswag7483]

dude, the passion is dripping everywhere on this guy's face. he feels so proud of his work.

[@ItalianMetalHED]

yolo swag I like to shoot passion all over my girls face too lol

[@konungr2995]

@@ItalianMetalHED in your dreams

[@majik4890]

It's good he's proud, these animations are kick-ass!

[@dandrade9926]

Live2RIDE83 😂😂

[@Hur1caneAaron]

yolo swag too bad half of the cod fan base is gonna bash on this guy’s work lmfaoo

[@LightBrand]

This guy walks into BOCW studio, shakes his head then walks back out. "no can can touch these" and he's god damn right.

[@-goosemono-7293]

@Babayega Fuck off

[@Settiis]

@Babayega changing a health variable in code from 100; To 150; Is not as demanding as hand animating every weapon in the game😁

[@user-gm9zi1tp1g]

@Babayega but cold war is not fun at all

[@user-gm9zi1tp1g]

@Babayega I can ask you the same question

[@arkay4387]

@@Settiis Do you code?

[@tqnguy88]

So THIS is the legendary Sergeant Griggs and the brains behind the crispy gun mechanics in cod mw series??? 👏👏👏👏🤛🤛🤛

[@dannyred9094]

Tnguy I’m only 0:35 in the video and I thought he sounded familiar!!

[@Oliver_Hallowee]

He's responsible for animating the gun mechanics but I don't know if he actually is in charge of the mechanics of the guns and their recoil and range and damage and projectile speed and all of that

[@dannyred9094]

Cale Denney He does a real good job nonetheless!

[@thepurpleshade486]

Cale Denney no hyper is

[@spaceman-pe5je]

@@thepurpleshade486 uh what hyper didnt decide the mechanics of the guns, he was an animator

[@Scott.E.H]

Found my favorite member of the team. Mark is such a chill dude and he knows what he's doing.

[@straightwhitemale6609]

69 likes

[@rahobarz2472]

I just gave u the one thousend like

[@liamtyson5561]

I gave you a like in the 1000 to 2000 range because it don't specify ❤️

[@jasonle9596]

Yes props to his passion, and the fact that he was also SSgt Griggs in the original modern warfare is quite surprising.

[@richardbriley8072]

For those that don't know, this guy played Sgt. Griggs from the original Modern Warfare.

[@billystrife7049]

Whaaaaat?! That’s freaking awesome!

[@trustsaylee8693]

No way!!!!!!!

[@FalseHoodx]

Wow Griggs was a beast, rocking the Saw lmg. Was sad when he died on the bridge trying to save you. It feels like forever ago now. I was like 10 playing that shit lol

[@dwagin6315]

I knew there was something familiar about him

[@ZapWires]

Score one for millitary intelli-gence. Hoo-rah.

[@IceCreamBuick]

I wish his animations were in Cold War. They are immaculate.

[@kivaHBRO_04]

Agreed

[@abeelplays9160]

@@stellr88 they need to stop being greedy and stop with the early releases

[@bellierobert108]

@comfymaxxing Wait, i Thought CoD 2021 is gonna be made by Sledgehammer

[@the_bat_turtle]

@@bellierobert108 Sledgehammer are out of the dev rotation, they're working on Cold War with Treyarch, and did some work on Modern Warfare 2019

[@callmegary2622]

@@bellierobert108 yea they were, but development was so fucked up it got switched to treyarch. Thats why its so similiar to bo4, its 3 games stitched together as one. Thats why sound design and animations are wack

[@eldadcohen6490]

after seeing Black Ops Cold War, it's obvious that despite Treyarch's best effort, what Mark Gribsby brought to MW2019 was something special.

[@alpharedhed4446]

i dont want to sound like a douche and mark did bring a huge load to the table but you should be thanking hyper, look at his animations these are his style

[@ryanreviews8566]

@@alpharedhed4446 whos that? Can you link some resources? I would love to know more cuz I appreciate this level of animation quality. Everybody does I'm sure.

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

@@ryanreviews8566 He has a youtube channel, used to upload meme animations until he was hired for triple A games like Cod

[@ryanreviews8566]

@@PieroMinayaRojas nice. Thanks! I just tweeted him and asked of he could make a reaction video for CW lol

[@alphabroncotwozero392]

@@alpharedhed4446 you realize it's a collective effort, why you praising a singular person like he's some god

[@ashrafahmed2720]

Using a pistol in the Alpha build just feels and looks SO good

[@thejoker8451]

AshrafAhmed the whole alpha just feels good

[@ashrafahmed2720]

@@thejoker8451 Yeah ofc

[@kateofone]

They made me get better with the pistol.

[@thejoker8451]

Kate Russell yea same,

[@Tommy-hq9ww]

Cos it's not an alpha lol. The games going to be released in 2 months. It's the finished game minus a week or two of work.

[@Courage_n_Honour]

Love this guys energy and passion. He really wants to make the game look spectacular, you could see the ambition in eyes

[@MrCholoPants3415]

Yeah it must be nice getting to do something fresh and unique after spending years rehashing the same bullshit over and over. Idk if he did anims for the other COD games though besides MW 1-2.

[@86Fallowcp]

@@MrCholoPants3415 he said at the beginning that he worked on MW2

[@MrCholoPants3415]

@@86Fallowcp Re-read my comment again, mate. I know he did.

[@86Fallowcp]

@@MrCholoPants3415 you are right, I skipped the "besides"

[@MrCholoPants3415]

@@86Fallowcp It happens. I didn't exactly word it very well either lol

[@humphreyegwangu7086]

"It's not all about how it looks, it 's about how it plays too"

[@LCraighead]

Same mindset Bungie had when developing Halo 1-3

[@xUseTheForks]

Yer mw multiplayer plays like ass

[@gschmarri2014]

@@xUseTheForks lol i don't think he was talking about the multiplayer as much as just the individual gun mechanics. Because while the multiplayer can be annoying because of sbmm and certain map designs, I think don't think its controversial at all to argue that the gun play in modern warfare is the best in the cod franchise

[@humphreyegwangu7086]

@@gschmarri2014 exactly man, i think this mw is now a standard benchmark for gunplay tbh.

[@alienzm1239]

And the game is playable in just two maps. If only all the people in the studio shared this man's philosophy

[@themanimal07]

I could watch so many videos with this guy. Get him a podcast!

[@jaywozere2466]

Smoove why? Because he’s black and he’s doing well, he needs recognition?

[@emanuelebernardini147]

@@jaywozere2466 why are you the way that you are?

[@themanimal07]

@@jaywozere2466 lol. You're a prick.

[@swagpriest6562]

@@jaywozere2466 Oh boi he liked his own comment 9 yrl old here

[@MrAWESOMEFACE37]

Jabril Wasuge why are you like this

[@eatlead130]

This game really feels like a Labor of love.

[@liamduncan965]

It is Activision love money

[@cristopher8186]

I feel like Infinity Ward put all their heart into this game, trying to make up for ghosts and infinite warfare lol

[@tbt714]

@@liamduncan965 can you like stop going around spurring your pointless hate. Let people enjoy the game god damn. Don't you have anything better to do?

[@b_f_d_d]

They're trying to redeem themselves from cod ghosts and infinite warfare .

[@zachpack422]

@@liamduncan965 seems like you deeply hate call of duty cause you're scared it's gonna shit on your favorite fps...yes activision needs to be stopped with their mtx but don't act like we don't have on our hands one of the best fps to release this gen...so keep trying to rain on everyone's parade, you're only fooling yourself...i see you :)

[@Bingu21]

The game industry needs more people like this guy, his passion for the game is coming through the screen..

[@ahmadrifai826]

the industry would take advantage of his passion to the game by giving him $10 an hour and 50+hours without overtime pay, and would remind you that this is your passion and you should continue working for them

[@WhiteHazelnut]

Bingu21 smd idk bout the game but he loves real life animation, bring animation alive

[@bigtime9597]

@@ahmadrifai826 Entry level animators make about $49,000 a year, which is pretty good for a single person. That's a little over $4,000 a month. At 50 hours a week, you're looking at a little over $20/hr. So, you're off there. Experienced animators make around $85,000 a year, which is about $7,100 a month. For 50 hours a week, that's about $36/hr, so you're even farther off. Veteran animators (talking maybe 10+ years) make about $107,000 a year. That's $8,750 a month, or $43.75 an hour for a 50 hour work week, which means you're no longer in the same ball park.

[@tylercouture216]

yes needs more black guys we are the best when we harness whats inside us

[@TheJayson8899]

How do you know this isn’t normal? Jackass

[@sxpersav1710]

This guy was probly on vacation when infinite warfare was made

[@cdjwmusic]

HecticVERSACE 17 I found animations to be pretty smooth

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

Actually the animations in IW are some of the best. Even the Volk reloads just like an AK it's awesome.

[@IIRomoII]

Infinie Warfare it's not a great CoD but the animations are better than any previous CoD and i would Say better than Black Ops 4 even

[@mycelia_ow]

@@IIRomoII I disagree. IW is on par with Bo3

[@ruper0]

The only thing that sucks in infinite warfare is its so futuristic and no one likes futuristic cod

[@lennon2683]

Damn, Grigsby did the cod 4 animations almost 12 years ago and now he is doing the animations for a reboot of cod 4

[@Potato.69420]

VIPgaming not a reboot but yup

[@ItsTobi-.-]

That's lit

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

POTATO Its a Reboot

[@kungfukenny8098]

Edward Kenway its a standalone game

[@jackerdor]

Kung fu Kenny Well no shit its a standalone game

[@toecurlersupreme]

"these... no one can touch these" boy is he fucking right even a year later

[@xiRePeNTx]

Im so happy 2021 cod will use mw engine 😍

[@joshimura1995]

2 years

[@oreghonatsumi153]

@@xiRePeNTx so... How's your thought about Vanguard (the 2021 CoD)?

[@xiRePeNTx]

@@oreghonatsumi153 its kinda meh tbh i kinda regret pre ordering i like the game that its using mw engine but the gun sounds awful ingame plus I don't really enjoy World War era game :(

[@L3RNA3AN]

Make that two years.

[@thickenstrips]

He did the COD4 credits rap...still fire till this day🔥💀

[@jluca5]

This guy alone is better than the entire animation department in Treyarch lmao

[@icarus9980]

really, you gonna do my girl Lara like that lol

[@randonispagoni]

Nah hyper is best

[@fbgchichitm]

Sergent griggs is the best that's why

[@trashcompactorYT]

@@icarus9980 yes

[@SLAD3]

Idk sully animations are pretty good

[@thebigbort]

He was also an animator for Titanfall, which makes so much sense EDIT: he was AN animator not THE animator. There were multiple other animators that should be credited including Hyper for Titanfall 2

[@ffff832]

OG Borat well there you go

[@MrCholoPants3415]

Talented bastard right there.

[@goodolboy5200]

Titanfall 2, one of the most underrated games ever.

[@christoperaranda8626]

@@goodolboy5200 I loved every aspect of that game And man The animations were so freaking smooth

[@Garupan]

So is that Hyper?

[@curbyour____9506]

Wish they brought this guy over for Cold War. “When someone says something looks off, you can’t say ‘aw screw you, I do it my way’.”

[@zs2563]

You do realise hes working for infinity ward and not treyarch right?

[@curbyour____9506]

@@zs2563 I think that's pretty obvious but ok

[@zs2563]

@@curbyour____9506 ahah yea but like i was tryna say they cant jus bring him over and change companies. But yea u can wish

[@curbyour____9506]

@@zs2563 they can, game companies do it all the time for supervisors or help 🤦. How do you think they're going to cross MW's Warzone with this game's Warzone.

[@zs2563]

@@curbyour____9506 ah i see i forgot abt that

[@Only_Killy]

Props to Briggs he’s got passion and I’m excited about the game

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

NarkyOYT Griggs

[@Only_Killy]

Edward Kenway autocorrect my bad

[@AdamSandal83]

@@foxtrotsierraproductions8626 Grigsby

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

@@AdamSandal83 oopsie daisy

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

Briggs is from BO2 lol

[@DerptekofGoochland]

And now that I know Hyper did a lot of these anims I love this game even more.

[@BigDeepz]

I also came to this video after seeing Hyper's

[@midnightman3918]

Same

[@worm4475]

Yea

[@jetblackvelvet1425]

Hyper kinda be the deity of animation doe

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

these are hot!

[@cultxlv9848]

Cool dude. It's nice hearing positive ways of thinking more often too.

[@-yourandyoureare2different612]

999th Like!

[@CoD4Disturbed]

Mark Grigsby is awesome! This is what genuine passion looks like. You can tell he loves what he does!

[@bushdiverantuntun4674]

I think he is the guy that voiced ssgt. Griggs in mw1 and made the rap song in the end credits

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Love him!

[@WarpHype]

This is one likable individual! Great video!

[@ivebeenjamin]

had to come back here to appreciate the art of smooth hand keyed animation after cold war reveal.

[@BAITOfficial]

But the gameplay on modern warfare was pretty poor so I think treyarch focus on things that actually matter

[@hermannthefisherman2960]

@@BAITOfficial You mean the guns don't matter?

[@persistent1033]

@@BAITOfficial we can have no reloads you say?

[@persistent1033]

@True Roman Agreed, i prefer the classic 3 lane maps

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@BAITOfficial LMAO not even close. The game plays amazing and it feels outstanding. All the devs did an amazing job. Modern warfare is still an engaging experience throughout!

[@hemicshark3958]

Hand keyed animations !!!!! Daaaaaaamn.. do you people know how hard that is ?! Their team is truly skilled.

[@hemicshark3958]

the missing link Motion capture relies on the movement of the actor and it’s “easier” Hand keyed animations relies on the imagination and talent / skill of the animator He has to key frame every movement by hand and it’s must look smooth and fluid That’s just a simple explanation though.

[@Samirxkhan]

@the missing link everything is done by hand. This is just an example. But Motion Capture is like tracing a drawing. It's like recording someone reloading a gun and copying their movement into a 3D software like Maya. It doesn't take too long but every animator will refine the movement because Motion Capture is not always perfect because it has clipping. Hand-keyed is moving every single limb yourself and correctly placing the key frames so it looks believable and realistic. It's more time consuming but it's worth it.

[@otoyoto7153]

Master Khan I don’t really get why mocap isn’t better than hand keyed though, like wouldn’t a really well refined mocap animation be better than a really refined hand keyed animation because the mocap is literally capturing real movements?

[@RealNi48a]

@@otoyoto7153 Wanna know that too

[@Samirxkhan]

@@otoyoto7153 Motion Capture is better... For Face and Body. Modern Warfare mocapped their actors body and face for the campaign so it looks realistic. They also Mocapped regular movements like running, sprinting and going prone for Multiplayer so they look realistic too. But yeah, like I said... They're only good for the body and face. They're really, really bad for hands and feet. In this case, animating the View-Model for the weapons is better to animate by hand than to mocap it. Naughty Dog have hand motion capture but it's only used for little movement. You can see it in action in The Last of Us Part 2 reveal trailer where Ellie is strumming the Guitar.

[@WuwuandNillump]

“Do we not need any reloads at all” In my head thinking about advanced warfares laser guns😂

[@dave-jb6rr]

Doom

[@wiceorc5105]

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[@doge2629]

AW i was a good next gen COD game. (2014)

[@WuwuandNillump]

Wice Orc good gameplay

[@WuwuandNillump]

SaggyTiitties yeah really 😂

[@spitfire219]

I HOPE this guy will be involved in Modern Warfare's II development! Very talented person, he clearly loves his work!

[@fehllyy]

all the view model animators are still with Infinity Ward, there are even some new people :)

[@Munnwort]

Confirmed!

[@Flashbangs_]

He is

[@Nemesisforce2]

He still is the Director of Animations, so we will still get this great Animations

[@sanjefff]

Watch the new video showing off the new animations! He’s back

[@HULKHOGAN1]

This man’s name is Mark Grigsby. He played Sgt Griggs in the COD 4 campaign (2007). He also did the ‘Deep and Hard’ post-credit rap. They need to give him executive development control with all the resources he wants.

[@narwhalski1989]

Well now he's the Studio Head of Infinity Ward... Let's hope he can pull off another MW2019.

[@DrThebussen]

I loved the way he described the way he takes criticism as an animator and why. He's a smart guy.

[@HULKHOGAN1]

He also seems very kind hearted and genuine. You don't meet people like that every day. Infinity Ward need to keep him around!

[@hsehovic63]

I JUST NOTICED THAT THE SECOND HAND OF THE WATCH ON THE WRIST MOVES. HOLY SHIT. It is actually animated and it keeps time

[@Gawghels]

Yep, its also linked to your real world timezone!

[@hsehovic63]

@@Gawghels DAMN, I didn't know that. Awesome. First COD that I'm actually excited about

[@Gawghels]

@@hsehovic63 its been awesome, even though the alpha is only 2v2 I cant put it down!

[@hsehovic63]

@@Gawghels I still don't have a next gen console (i have a PS3) but for this COD and The Last of Us 2 with RDR 2 and Bully 2, I might just buy a PS4

[@BalthazarB2]

@@hsehovic63 You may want to get a PC or atleast wait for the PS5 then, investing into a PS4 now isn't the best idea, especially seeing how the trend of console exclusives coming to PC has been rising. Also, Bosnian? Greetings from Croatia. :p

[@Peas3D]

Handmade animation. This is the shit that inspires me to do my best as an animator who dislikes mocap. I love this, a CoD i'm actually excited for. This is a first in years.

[@jspantonio8807]

mocap is only good on games that tell heavy stories like MGS4 or Uncharted ETC...

[@Peas3D]

@Milktank ™ I never said it's more efficient. Mocap has its place but there's so many instances of it absolutely ruining my immersion in a stylized game that just looks so bad because it's all Mocap garbage with no enthusiasm or expression

[@woahblow4127]

Peas It has it's place

[@Peas3D]

@@woahblow4127 I literally said in my reply it has its place lmao

[@woahblow4127]

Peas why would I read all your replies lol

[@GeniXDude]

It's almost 5 years since MW2019, and still NOONE can touch MW2019's animations

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Ok, but who’s the genius behind the fish AI?

[@Samirxkhan]

According to an interview. Even Infinity Ward was confused by the Fish AI thing. They had brought in someone to direct a video for the Ghosts reveal and the director insisted they talk about the Fish reacting because he had never seen it in a game before and thought it was worth talking about

[@trashcompactorYT]

@@Samirxkhan BRO WHAT DO YOU MEAN CONFUSED THE FISH FUCKING MOVE WHEN YOU SWIM IT'S GROUNDBREAKING /s

[@johnlennon2752]

@@Samirxkhan i liked the fish

[@dl5fse990]

Master Khan Do you have a source for that? If it’s true that’s a damn shame on the IW team who got embarrassed

[@Samirxkhan]

@@dl5fse990 Yep! Theres a video that's exclusive to this article too which explains it ↓ www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/09/13/ghosts-dogs-and-fish-the-story-behind-the-memes.aspx

[@FourDozenEggs]

I absolutely love his enthusiasm. You can tell this is a man who loves his job and that's always a good thing to see in video game development.

[@leewhitehead6460]

Whenever I reload that shotgun I be forever thinking, " who's next" in that guy's voice. :)

[@Ellaineix]

😂 yahh

[@Ares_gaming_117]

Look up Emile's death scene halo reach. Emile blasts an elite with a shotgun and racks the pump-action back and says "who's next?!" exactly like him, even both with the same deep black guy voice lol

[@nanako2924]

Prophet Ares “I’m ready! How about you?”

[@Sandwich420]

Then why does it pump out a clean shell after reloading? Can you all tell you are looking at uneducated crap?

[@leewhitehead6460]

@@Sandwich420You do know it's game right?

[@sajidahmed0451]

Give this guy a raise! We need more people like him lmao!

[@batowner1]

2 raises

[@Spider-Too-Too]

if iw fired him, we riot

[@fernandocontreras4981]

This dude needs a KZbin channel. I would watch him 24/7

[@tokirak]

No he doesn't, he's making bank working at a job he loves

[@boyo24511]

Mr.M not all people do KZbin for money surprise surprise

[@Deezsirrer]

No one even watch animator animate on youtube, they just want finish project

[@Deezsirrer]

@@pgWave. well do you even see any guy livestream animated get many views??????

[@Deezsirrer]

@@pgWave. and no one watch it, happy?

[@fakeuchiha1177]

2:06 Me when I find that one camper...

[@Navi_Ichigou]

😂😂

[@هانياحسان-س9ص]

i hope u will forgive me i can only like ur comment once

[@yasserhma440]

🤣

[@RamonIsHim]

“One camper” Ahhhh if only that was the case with this game 😪😢

[@josephdocherty7919]

2:34 Me after I've found that one camper...

[@yerobalogun6896]

I haven’t been this excited for a cod game since Bo2 been a long time coming boys

[@davidsoap90]

I'm still tryna keep my expectations low, but it really does seem promising

[@112188Francisco]

When i first saw the bo2 trailer i hated it because it looked futuristic but after playing it it became my favorite cod and i still play it. I played mw alfa and i can say that this game looks extremely promising

[@Keezy59]

🤦‍♂️ BO2? U was excited about that?

[@crabmachine858]

David Soap Did you play the Gunfight Alpha last weekend? It was amazing, completely blew my expectations out of the water.

[@anthonyshepherd265]

K. Taylor what’s the problem? It’s a good game.

[@Wolfie_2045]

This game actually is a masterpiece in my opinion. They did so many good things right it doesn’t even feel like a COD. Like a breathe of fresh air.

[@TheHulk1850]

It's almost like Call of Duty was a respectable video game franchise once and can be again, crazy I know!!

[@HULKHOGAN1]

COD's reputation was boosted by 800% because of Modern Warfare 2019. Then they took a shit on it by rebranding it warzone and following with lazy ass cold war

[@sakshamrao6581]

Yeah , only mad rage quitters complaint who can't tolerate campers

[@vingasoline5068]

@@sakshamrao6581campers were fucking ridiculous in this game tho. So was SBMM. And the shitty maps. But other than that you could tell they truly were trying to make something special, and I’d say they definitely did with the campaign, sound design and attention to detail. I still love this game despite its flaws

[@prudentiusinvader6652]

It looks promising, might bring me back to COD after a very long time.

[@bcnicholas123]

Same bro

[@stpbasss3773]

Me too been since BO2 for me

[@bigsmoke1787]

I didn't play cod over 13 years maybe this time I will play again

[@jimmyboyz126]

Me too

[@teamscottpro]

PrudentiusInvader yeah

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

This guy seems incredibly genuine, and what he said about animation really does ring true. Even with stuff like drawing, you don’t need to be an expert to know something looks incorrect. We watch people every day.

[@eddieg4802]

just by playing the alpha. this game looks to be on the right path. long as we dont get a bs supply system and big dlc maps. this can be a legendary game

[@iNSANELYSMART409]

Supply drops will definitely return, but they might actually be cosmetic only this time. They did say that the maps will be for free this time around though.

[@eddieg4802]

@@iNSANELYSMART409 i know it will happen. if they are added they better have it like how iw and ww2 system did on supply drops.

[@jobmarsman1718]

eddie g Yes those systems were way more reasonable than Bo3, and Bo4

[@eddieg4802]

@@jobmarsman1718 or have us be able to straight buy it

[@abc12369]

THE GUY lmao remember when they said that about bo4

[@marcusduck]

0:20 "these, no one can touch these". The man's about to be right for 3 years straight. The only person who can top the animation is himself when he does Modern Warfare II

[@spidi500]

It's not just one guy that makes animations dude, it's their entire animation team, you know, Ranon Sarono (Hyper), Khoa Le, Troy Irving, Him of course, and others...

[@rustybazooka929]

Facts

[@barkley8285]

@@spidi500 hes the head though, and he was one of the main guys on cod4 so hes an og

[@spidi500]

@@barkley8285 yeah i know, but the OP's comment made it seem like he's the only one in the animation team, you know when he said "the only person who can top the animation is himself when he does Modern Warfare II".

[@sakihealthbars1341]

@@spidi500 none of those guys are gonna fuck you for knowing their names

[@215ILLicit]

The smoke effect makes it so much more believable rather than that movie muzzle flash.

[@aaronsmith7143]

Movie muzzle flash?

[@Chackus]

@@aaronsmith7143 He means it's just over the top, exaggerated, not realistic to guns at all.

[@AFTERSHOCK-bh7hh]

Some guns do definitely have a muzzle flash...

[@aaronsmith7143]

@@AFTERSHOCK-bh7hh What guns don't? Im trying to figure this out. I've shot everything from simple handguns to high caliber rifles and machine guns and they consistently have flash lol. The smoke in this footage is exaggerated if anything. Guns smoke but these guns just spew smoke like a kyle with his vape

[@Chackus]

@@aaronsmith7143 I've shot guns anywhere from, AR15s to AKs, there IS muzzle flash but its fairly small even without a muzzle modifications.

[@officialcritz4554]

This will be a game we can finally look back like bo2 or the old days and say, “damn that game was amazing.”

[@zacharyward171]

Leo ailva BRUDA!

[@officialcritz4554]

Zachary Ward 💀💀💀

[@tuta123seb]

Bo2 was the shit

[@gargantuanblunt]

I agree, I thought I lost all hope for call of duty after Ghosts and countless disappointing games but this actually looks fun and well made. I think they’ve finally realized that they need to return to their roots

[@percept1onist]

@@tuta123seb I thought you said "Bo2 was shit" I was bout to get real butthurt🤣🤣

[@rafihardadi8002]

We need Griggs in MW 2019 sending off the cast in the credits. Would be just as hype as CoD 4's credits sequence.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

I loved World at War's credit sequence: let's you know that war's not a game.

[@HULKHOGAN1]

This guy's so passionate! I love how descriptive he is. He really feels what he's doing and cares about it

[@THEW0LFB0Y]

This dude is hella passionate about his work, I give major props

[@PSNZAC315]

I hope this man spits bars at the end of modern warfare again

[@VydeoGramesJunk]

Never thought I’d say this again, but I am excited for a CoD game! Wtf..

[@sukahollow]

S B this is what people say every year once they see the next CoD game...

[@187BURNZY]

@@sukahollow not like this , this is COD4 vibes

[@thelumbaginator9605]

Hollow I haven’t seen a single person this hyped on a cod in a while especially on the recent games like cod WW2, infinite warfare or black ops 4, so I don’t know what people you’re talking about

[@Burstify]

@@thelumbaginator9605 I actually seen people hyped when CoD WW2 came out, because it was back on "boots on the ground"

[@youtubevleisureaccount545]

@@sukahollow no most of the actual old cod players hated the last what... 4 games? Bo2 was the last good one.

[@saber_2_6]

It seems that Treyarch didn't touched Infinity Ward's animation afterall

[@chinesecovidanalswabs4752]

They could have improved on it.

[@almalone3282]

@@chinesecovidanalswabs4752 I played the alpha They did not

[@MacenW]

@@almalone3282 what tf are u on

[@almalone3282]

@@MacenW I'm not saying cold war is a bad game I actually like it with the satellite map being my favorite But the sounds and animations are not that great compared to MW

[@capnmoby9295]

@@almalone3282 true, especially the shotguns and sniper rifles, they sound like pu$$ies

[@krish_Thapa1999]

I really think he was born just to make games🔥💯😂🤷🏼‍♂️

[@bigsmoke1787]

Also known as talent

[@TheEpicAB]

He doesn't "make" games. He animates characters and other assets for a game.

[@krish_Thapa1999]

AB Animation for the games ain’t it?

[@polinttalu7102]

@@TheEpicAB still part of making a videogame/multimedia project

[@sacredxgeometry]

I guess *genuine* _passion_ is back in the gaming industry, and it's in one of the most popular development studios. This is huge. Loving it!

[@cybrace]

Yes but the companies take advantage of this passion ... usually by a dark practice called crunching Google it

[@Drake00000010]

There is passion but they are not in the public spotlight and don't make the decisions. Its the executives

[@stpbasss3773]

People are gonna bitch no matter what, I agree this is very promising and as an old cod fan that hasn't played since BO2 I'm exited.

[@-yourandyoureare2different612]

Most popular?

[@neurobunker9263]

He said one of the most popular not the most popular. And yes Activision is definitely one of the most popular & successful gaming oriented company’s in the world, how could you not think that?

[@PugzofSteel]

Haven't played a CoD since Black Ops. I may pick this one up.

[@ai8079]

"may" don't lie

[@quantx5517]

E M They can’t really put micros into the game because of gambling and such things plus have you played this new cod because I have and it won’t disappoint

[@solomon1491]

@E M No one forgot about the microtransitions bro. Other people still like the game and hope for great things to come. If you don't want to buy it then don't buy it. Idk why you're watching this vid tbh.

[@dylanhinkel3548]

Future Yajirobe this game is so beyond micros at this point, it looks like it was made with genuine pride. it feels like it’s going to be the best cod game ever made, and a better battlefield than the past 2 battlefields. i’m a battlefield fanboy and i’m definitely buying this, because i didn’t buy BFV because it’s garbage

[@JBzucc]

I'd still end up waiting a month or so to see if Activision comes in and ruins the game microtransactions like BO4, to be honest if anyone thinks the microtransactions are not bad just give it a couple of years when you allow them to get more and more seedie with them, you let them have the benifit of the doubt they will inch by slowly inch get worse and worse as they have over the last decade, you may not care now but you will when it starts impacting the parts of games you like

[@ryanreviews8566]

We wanna KNOW what he thinks of the "Cold War" animations. Cuz... that needs some discussions lol 0:22 also. DAMN RIGHT no one can touch em. They're B-E-A-UTIFUL but please lend them to cold war lol

[@FiddaDraws]

@Crumb Dosage do you have to be an asshole about it Yeah he probably wont be heard, do you have to put it in such a bad way tho

[@Qwertmant]

@Crumb Dosage Same with you, but here's a fuck you.

[@pankhanafis818]

@@Qwertmant lol

[@kulatoid]

"These weren't mo-capped" goddamn that's impressive

[@mohammadal1725]

Daniel Rodriguez Motion capture. Basically having a real person shoot the weapon and the computer generates the same movement.

[@Nanman10]

Almost all first person animation is hand key'd :)

[@Jacgren]

It's really impressive on their part, but I wonder why they didn't mocap it. The animations could be more realistic, while saving the studio time. And if they didn't have the over the top flair they wanted by using mocap I assume it could easily be added in manually afterwards

[@Nanman10]

@@Jacgren Mocapped first person anims don't look great. It's always better hand done.

[@M0rshu64]

@@Nanman10 can't they edit mo capped animations by hand afterwards?

[@Unamedsoldier26]

Legends saying that this guy is Sgt.Griggs from CoD 4: Modern Warfare

[@foxtrotsierraproductions8626]

Unknown Soldier He also wrote and performed the credit rap in CoD 4

[@Unamedsoldier26]

@@foxtrotsierraproductions8626 Oh shit! That was him? I loved to hear that rap track back then. It was lit as hell.

[@QueasyNurples]

Look in the description...

[@oneshotbwurii7355]

Read the description of the video yes its Griggs....

[@gravewalker34]

Fun fact hes one of original creators of cod and titanfall franchise.

[@intoxicatedpandaboss6151]

So much better than Cold War

[@-xh4rq]

The animation team from Infinity ward are better than the ones from treyarch but i think BOCW is going to be better Edit: I was wrong... MW is way better.

[@intoxicatedpandaboss6151]

@ShooterHub I mean, is it too much to ask for both?

[@__-hb8in]

IntoxicatedPandaBoss honestly that’s what I’m saying they have the technology it just feels like they are lazy

[@Emil62003]

•__• they had a fucking year to do this game and in half of it was in quarantine as well smh

[@bastbo3225]

Osama Been Lagging Well then maybe don’t release a half assed game? (Gameplay looks fine animation looks ass)

[@derekisazombie39]

Having just played a bit of the Gunfight Beta, I can see Infinity Ward is NOT fucking around this game. It's insanely good so far.

[@zacksal2269]

@@ShminkR6 realistic is boring.

[@ethanaf1151]

@@zacksal2269 arcade shooters where guns have no recoil and you run around at break neck speed is boring

[@veloxica6774]

@@ethanaf1151 try the new cod then, it feels extremely grounded. many of the guns have extreme recoil and sight sway as they should. I've played every cod every year and have just about hated it all dating back to BO2. This feels much more realistic, the sound design is far superior, the guns feels more powerful and realistic. free alpha, just give it a shot. this is coming from someone who absolutely despised CoD after it's downfall from MW3 onwards.

[@strictlypineapple9308]

Shmink it’s realistic and unrealistic at the same time so it feels like you are holding a gun and shooting it but it’s also fast where you can have fun

[@w1nch3ster1]

@@veloxica6774 It really does. I think the way I'd describe it is guns have that heavy feeling like Killzone did. So for me, it's a mix of CoD4 and Killzone 2. Which is a big damn compliment in my opinion. The game looks and plays great.

[@spoodurmin9742]

Lol @ everyone who hasn’t realized that this is Mark Grigsby, also SSgt. Griggs in MW1.

[@MrZampo123]

Lebbz i was 7 lmao feels like a lifetime ago for me already so i can only imagine how it feels for older players

[@ca5ualm3dia]

come on bro thats lil ai fish stuff right there

[@HadoCS_]

Damn guys look at him, he knows about an animator/actor in a video game. SOMEONE GIVE HIM A 1ST PLACE MEDAL

[@spoodurmin9742]

HadoCS Don’t be a dick.

[@SmokeyOwOs]

@@HadoCS_ calm down anime pfp.

[@hampterhunter1989]

He foreshadowed about the animation that no one can touch these, even cold war, the next COD, have worse animation, nobody can touch MW Animation, even the next COD.

[@trexvvgfplays4230]

completely agreed came back to this video to see who else noticed

[@faceripper77]

I think he was talking about video games in general. This game is going to be played for a long time. They just did everything so right.

[@mas3504]

Actually, the next cod’s animations are gonna be 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻, this guy, falco blockland does animations for this years cod. the call of duty vanguard animations. he said in his latest video he’s been working for sledgehammer games, and his animations are really pog

[@hampterhunter1989]

@@mas3504 Falco Blockland, the Roblox FPS Animator lol

[@mas3504]

@@hampterhunter1989 yes he is god at roblox animations

[@papakatsudon]

SSGT Griggs-if you know, you know

[@StarwindAmada1]

URAMESHI

[@toast8851]

*SGT Griggs For some reason he’s only a sergeant in the new game

[@MultiJuanito5]

hiitoast242 cuz its a prequel

[@toast8851]

Jamf18 It’s a reboot MW1 takes place in 2011 MW (2019) takes place in 2019

[@MultiJuanito5]

hiitoast242 i know but at the same time its a prequel cuz that end making the task force 141

[@jod_hates_it_here6895]

MW’s animations are untouchable as of now.

[@davidharrison5246]

i hate when people try to compare Escape from Tarkov and Insurgency Sandstorm to MW19 level of animation. the animation in those games are all about aesthetics and trying to get the player to look at how pretty the animations look (thats why they're slow). MW19 is just fuck you, straight to the point, but somehow make it looks sooooooo damn fucking good at the same time.

[@Xolerys]

@@davidharrison5246 amen

[@heyyou9472]

Shoutout to the man hyper.

[@PsYDaniel]

This animation team and this guy in particular have set the standards so fucking high that literally every single FPS game since MW2019 tries to copy it's reload animations. Good job Infinity Ward and good job to you Mark!

[@Byronh1204]

Painful coming back here after the Cold War reveal

[@HULKHOGAN1]

Modern Warfare raised the standard for the ENTIRE INDUSTRY. Then Sledgehammer come around and take 10 steps backwards. What a disappointing studio.

[@theioncow18]

@@HULKHOGAN1 You mean Treyarch? Sledgehammer’s doing this year.

[@HULKHOGAN1]

@@theioncow18 Who cares which studio is responsible for whatever garbage WW2 game they’re crapping out this year. BF2042 is set to utterly obliterate COD this year.

[@Byronh1204]

@@HULKHOGAN1 Oof lol 2042 and vanguard were both duds

[@HULKHOGAN1]

@@Byronh1204 That comment didn’t age well lol. Cold War, Vanguard and Battlefield 2042 were are pieces of shit. I’m hopeful that Infinity Ward will deliver again with COD 2022 since their last game saw mega success

[@rodiculous9464]

this was cool to watch, interesting that they keep it old school doing frame by frame instead of mocap. im getting more and more excited for this game to come out

[@theatfshotmydog8224]

First COD game i've played since MW3 and I've already broken one controller playing the Alpha on PS4, Feels good to be back!!!

[@nameisnotdan]

It'll be the first I've played one since MW3. It's been awhile since I've felt this excited for a CoD game haha

[@legend_creed8083]

WitcherGerd damn man. Good to have u back soldier

[@guts-141]

Yo calm down with the gameplay lol

[@utikxs3278]

Is it ps4 exclusive

[@HisNameIsRobertPaulson01]

Meanwhile, back at DICE... Should next week's TOW reward be a gas mask or knife?

[@jessegm1]

I think this aswell sometimes but 5 bucks says they're all working on the next battlefield already. And maybe a hand full of people still work on bfV

[@ElValiente213]

@@jessegm1 something terrible is going on at dice right now..... I hope they get their shit together for the next battlefield or its game over and i dont want to see my favorite franchise go down.

[@HisNameIsRobertPaulson01]

@@jessegm1 What if BFV could be the beta for the live-service model that they want to have perfected for the next Battlefield game, especially if they want to release the next game to coincide exclusively with the next-gen consoles. With the criticism of this release being this bad, imagine how it would unfold if it were bundled with a new console release and having to answer to Microsoft and Sony on why the game is performing so badly and why sales of the machines are down. Say bye -bye to that sweet Microsoft and Sony money.

[@Garupan]

DICE's animation and sound team are still on point. Just everything else is still shit.

[@aaronsmith7143]

You say that like cod hasn't been doing that dumb shit the past 10 years lol

[@KommandoKenny]

Going on 5 years later and these still haven’t been beat

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

He was right, no one (not even Cold War) can surpass these animations

[@Galaxydragon24]

"no one can touch these" man did that age well after looking at COD CW

[@MmmJonathan]

"No one can touch these" He wasn't lying

[@sainbayars]

I keep coming back to this video because I still love modern warfare 2019.

[@bioches]

He’s not wrong. These animations still haven’t been surpassed 3/4 years later

[@gunnarm2396]

This guy might be just the thing that saves COD, wow he is amazing

[@HoloScope]

Dude give credit to pat too

[@TheJayson8899]

Yes this one guy, the only guy from the team you’ve seen, who only does animations, will single-handedly save Call of Duty, even though he’s been working on it for years and years... You’re a fucking idiot.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Too bad supply drops killed it

[@gunnarm2396]

Trixmay 988 he got so much passion and it only takes one person to really make a difference so we will see😉

[@BrwrFan806]

just look at the passion he had here. where did everything go wrong with mw2?

[@Yukikaze617]

Just looked this dude up and he was the original Griggs in CoD 4. He left Infinity Ward in 2010 to join Respawn, and then came back to IW to work on the latest Modern Warfares!

[@fuzzy3383]

I definitely get that satisfaction when killin someone. “Who’s next” definitely pops into my mind when reloading my deagle after doming someone in the face for that one tap.

[@EnterTheSoundscape]

This guy single handedly brought new life to the franchise. Modern Warfare has the best looking and feeling shooting mechanics in any game yet

[@spaceshark9999]

black ops cold war has no where near this amount of quality

[@AB-ke6kg]

Yeah sadly not. They had less development time though so nothing they can do about.

[@chillguynamedwan1034]

@@AB-ke6kg pluz they are Treyarch.Realism is almost never exist Ppl demanding "We wAnT oLd CoD bAcK!" "GaMePlaY iS bEtTeR tHaN aNiMaTiOn!"

[@lilibra6224]

@@chillguynamedwan1034 yes its i never play mw bec its boring only and campers i always play bo4 bec its enjoyable you play game for enjoyment not for details kiddo you get that?😉

[@chillguynamedwan1034]

And I never touched BO since BO2

[@igoroliveira3807]

For some reason, this is one of the only interviews that I will never forget, and always come back to.

[@Maximizing]

LOVE behind the scene stuff like this for game development, wish we'd get to see more stuff like this from more stuidos and more games!

[@otvertka1337x]

They really did something special with this game that unfortunately will never be replicated now, I think.

[@DD-zh3jj]

this guy is so cool. any project that pass through his hand i'm buying those no question asked

[@AngryBulldogGaming]

everyone who works on cod is cool except for Michael condrey because he got jealous and salty at infinity ward for no reason, and I don't know why because cod ww2 was amazing

[@ares1469]

Angry Bulldog Gaming what’s the story on him? If there’s a possible link somewhere

[@peterk9166]

@@ares1469 he was the studio head of sledge hammer games, and then got fired because of the lack of content and focus on microtransactions. ever since he left cod world war 2 was getting constant updates and got way better.

[@ares1469]

Peter k thanks!

[@peterk9166]

@@ares1469 you're welcome mate

[@XOFghosts5685]

this right here is the game that changed FPS games forever

[@Crip99763]

Those reloads animations looks really Satisfying 30/31 [R]

[@reahs4815]

Look at Escape from tarkov's animations 99/100

[@Archivist42]

After playing the Alpha, the quality animations really stood out to me and its nice to see the passion behind that

[@DarshanBhambhani]

I love how video game gun animation went from functional (early 2000s) to full gun porn (late 2000s) to functional again (early 2010s) back to full gun porn again now

[@gon4455]

This is then only game that cod has come up with anything like this!

[@stevenbobbybills]

Killing Floor 2 is the only mid 2010s game I can name where the reloads still have that flair to them where possible. Most weapons have fast and slow versions of the animation, too. Payday 2 had a mixture of functional and flashy.

[@AdamsS12345]

U guys heard of escape from tarkov?