The Oddities of World at War Zombies

Zombies had a very strong start, but it wasn't without a couple oddities. Today we'll look at ten of the more bizarre aspects of World at War's Zombies mode

[@gainz4dayz576]

The OG Nacht zombies sounded terrifying, I was scared to play sometimes when I was younger lol

[@alexfraserjones958]

Same dude , verruckt especially

[@rkSherpa]

i’m the 115 like. i feel special.

[@Travis-guy-247]

Funny because at the time everyone hated the original Nacht zombie sounds... I remember everyone laughing at them and saying they sounded like pigs/dogs. The change in sounds after Verruckt was welcomed by everyone.

[@Vaporewave]

@@Travis-guy-247 I found it scary

[@rebd113]

Beating the campaign and then getting Nacht after when you’re like 12 was definitely an experience.

[@n1njab0t78]

For anyone who didn't understand number 1, there was a glitch (possible easter egg) where touching Peter McCain's body after you knocked it down would kill you instantly. If I had to guess why this happens, it's probably because the game sees his body as an out-of-bounds object, so it kills you upon touching it

[@fliper975]

Was this patched? I felt like a psycho cause I KNEW it happened to me in an online lobby one time and I could never recreate it years later. None of my buddies knew about it

[@n1njab0t78]

@@fliper975 This glitch cannot occur in the black ops 1 version or the black ops 3 version. It's exclusive to WaW, and it's difficult to pull off because you have to get his feet to get stuck on the railing.

[@barple367]

It's for sure a glitch. What's happening here is that the physics on his body are flipping out when he's on the ground. So when you get too close to him in WaW, the "impact" of his body ends up killing you and will cause a campaign death in co-op mode. Not intended by any means as there's no code for peter to kill you.

[@fliper975]

@@n1njab0t78 I had tried a few times in BO1, but I figured it was exclusive to WaW. An out of bounds hitbox being in the playable area would insta-kill a player without godmode on. I've played a LOT of WaW on console and PC. Just not a lot of shi-no-numa, it's my least favorite map. Thanks for the clarification boss.

[@toadboydude5015]

The whole thing feels like an IRL creepypasta, the fact that he hops up and kills you instantly and ends the game on co-op as well is so fucking odd and terrifying I love it.

[@hardcorehalo117]

I really loved how the zombies in World at War Nacht Der Untoten sounded. Obviously because they were quickly thrown together sound effects but they sound really good. I love them.

[@woozydamfkingoat8162]

They gave a more horror movie vibe, nowadays the zombie mode on cods is more like rpg especially bc of the the healthbar in cold war

[@nickjohnson9919]

I agree, they should have stuck with the original zombie sounds

[@tobos8909]

​@@nickjohnson9919 Maybe, but it actually gives Nacht more identity now

[@DonaldDuck-s8v]

Ever since BO2, I always thought they sounded like robots. Especially new cods. I absolutely love Nacht noises man. THAT is what a zombie sounds like man.

[@hardcorehalo117]

@@DonaldDuck-s8v Exactly bro

[@godrick48]

One of the major problems with nacht was the zombie sound effects didn’t sound like it was coming from a specific zombie nor direction. They always sounded like they were on top of you. Like a surround sound almost

[@lobaandrade7172]

Which makes it even more terrifying

[@olimarfunk]

You mean mono sound? Surround sound suggests you WOULD be able to tell which direction they were coming from.

[@doom_guy1664]

Nacht zombie hoards sound absolutely terrifying Edit: I want part 2

[@theGODZILLA150]

I have considered doing “The Oddities of Black Ops” as a part 2, but I haven’t come up with enough good ones yet. I am open to suggestions though

[@doom_guy1664]

@@theGODZILLA150 Well it would be hard to do Bo1 oddities because it’s too polished for that kind of thing. While WaW on the other hand still has a lot more to uncover

[@tacomas9602]

@@theGODZILLA150 you can do it! subbed, found your channel just now

[@doom_guy1664]

@@theGODZILLA150 Suggestion for Bo1: on the WaW remasters, whenever someone is using a Double Barrel or Trench Gun, you can hear it from anywhere around the map

[@monkeboy121]

@@theGODZILLA150 I dont know about zombies because I only ever could play the launch maps so I played kino. but there is the knocking man and the dog glitch. For multiplayer on town if you noclip under the map the kitchens (at least on bo2 I haven't checked for bo1 tho) are duplicated and upside down. and they have physics

[@miguelgonzalez3028]

You can actually get negative points in another manner and i originally found it in shi no numa. Buy a perk like you said then activate the electric trap in any hut. Perks are really near the switches so you can get negative points on shi no numa. Pretty clutch for buying a perk with just enough points and getting the eletric trap to cover you during the animation🤘🏽 Great vid man🔥

[@jakey1894]

And there’s another way I know to get negative points on Shi no numa (the PS3 version at least). You buy a perk, then spin the box. I’ve tried it more recently on the PC version, but I don’t think it works there, so I’m not sure if it’s patched out, or specific to that version of the map

[@theGODZILLA150]

Good to know, I’m surprised I didn’t think of that lol

[@DamBaker95]

Nacht was scary back in the day. I turned 13 in december 2008 and i remember playing this with friends at their house after school. Split-screen gaming is nowadays a long lost glory

[@Suckit626]

Amen brother

[@assassinonprozac]

WAW zombies is still a little scary to me now, even with the insane amount of time I spent playing the game. WAW zombies, solo, with headphones is a better horror experience than the majority of actual horror games.

[@Suckit626]

It's best playing split screen with a friend

[@tacomas9602]

I didn’t know you could stack double points on WaW and I have many games through it!

[@theGODZILLA150]

It’s certainly rare, but very cool when it does happen

[@tacomas9602]

@@theGODZILLA150 this video learned me a handful of new things! *boots up Xbox Series X and plays WaW again*

[@joeykeilholz925]

i remember being mad when they changed it to not do that anymore in future maps

[@TheRealFlyingAnt]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED CHANNEL

[@michaelamos9674]

Why cos it shows cheats glitches and hacks ohh well amazing stuff woooo he deserves millions subscribers cos he knows cheats get a life ffs

[@asaurus2032]

@@michaelamos9674 He mean the video is nicely presented.

[@iMThatOnlyBeast13]

@@michaelamos9674 there’s always that one guy lmao

[@uhChainsaws]

Really great content! It feels so wrong to see like 5 views per video, considering the amazing quality of both audio/video and script/ideas

[@deathrow5261]

For people wondering about why to not touch Peter is because it will kill you instantly due to the fact he’s considered a “out of map entity”. In co-op if you do this it’ll just play the campaign restart

[@HIPPYdaHIPSTER]

Jug for vurruct and Shi no numa didn’t increase health, rather it jacked up the health regen

[@theGODZILLA150]

That’s pretty interesting, thanks for letting me know. I always knew Verruckt had it, but I never noticed that Shi no Numa had it too until just recently

[@HIPPYdaHIPSTER]

@@theGODZILLA150 that mechanic is one of the reasons jug is glitched in Der riese. The Waff doesn’t take away jug, rather it takes away health regen for the whole game

[@collinstrickland7565]

The quick regen is true, but jugg did boost your max health as well, albeit not as much as on the other maps.

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

It did increase the health. But only to 160. It was changed to 250 on der riese and after with normal health regen

[@max-rdj9741]

I always thought back when it came out Verrückt's zombie sounds were only gonna be for that map. I didn't like the change, but I figured it was meant to be in keeping with the Verrückt (meaning crazy) theme, with it being set in an asylum and all. I kinda hoped we'd get new sounds every map.

[@scottjs5207]

I think due to the corridors of Verruckt, it would've made sense to keep the sounds there. Shi No Numa and Der Reise, not so much due to them being out in the open for the most part where there would be way less echo.

[@PositivelyNegativeOfficial]

The zombies sound absolutely terrifying in Nacht. I really wish they would’ve kept those sound effects.

[@Ted300BlkOut]

Verukt was super cool because it was the only map that had zombies start out in the morning sun rise. Gave it a very cool, hopeful, yet terrifying aesthetic for me as a kid.

[@jockringer6437]

WaW was really special. The multiplayer was my first ever COD multiplayer. Der Riese was so good especially from 2011-2014 because you’re either playing with some OG guys who love the game or a modder who is going to do some crazy stuff. Such thrilling times for a 14 year old me.

[@chrisdabell1232]

Kids now will never know how terrified we were in 2008

[@Real_RUBB3R]

Just from watching the first couple seconds of the video I'll say this: I'm primarily a BO2 player. It was my first experience with COD zombies and I'll cherish the game forever honestly, it has some of my favorite maps to date. Just recently though, I went back to play World at War. It can be very clunky and obviously outdated at times, but a lot of the time with old games such as this, there's some sort of almost nostalgic feel to them, even if you have never played the game before. Despite it's clunkyness, it can be a very enjoyable experience, and specifically Der Riese reminds me of when I used to watch my older brother and his friends play Zombies. I don't think they played the WaW version, I'm pretty sure it was the BO1 version, but it still reminds me of those good times. Another thing is that the Trench Gun has to be one of my favorite weapons in the game, especially when packed. Most shotguns in BO1 and BO2 feel like peashooters to me, especially when you're anywhere past round 8 or something. But the Trench Gun is honestly one of the most satisfying guns to use in my experience, even when un-packed it's pretty good until at least round 15. And when you pack-a-punch it, it's effectiveness is increased tenfold, and has a lot more ammo in a single clip. It may not be nearly as powerful as some other guns, like The Reaper or even the Spatz, but boy oh boy is is way more satisfying to just mow through a horde of zombies with it. And better yet, it works pretty much the exact same way in BO1 as it does in WaW. BO1 is the superior version simply because of the bug with Jug and the Wunderwaffe, but if you aren't using the Wunderwaffe you don't need to worry about that. I feel like the reason I like World at War is at least similar to the reason why myself and many others enjoy older games like Super Mario 64, they've just got this charm to them. Something else I want to add about the negative points glitch: It isn't specific to Verruckt, and isn't even specific to the bouncing betties. It's just due to the fact that perk machines will only take your points upon you finishing the drinking animation, so you could do this with doors or traps as well, so long as there's a perk machine close enough. It doesn't work on Der Riese because they changed the way perks work, and for obvious reasons this doesn't work on Nacht. But this sort of thing also works on Shi No Numa, if you buy a perk from the Comm Room and quickly activate the electric trap you can achieve this same effect. I have a feeling this same thing would work on Nacht if it had any perk machines though

[@heavenspace3441]

Loved this video! I think the nacht zombie sounds always sounded the best to me, they truly sounded undead. And Peter always was the creepiest thing when shi no Numa was first out

[@Diabolicalserum]

I loved the nacht deer untoten sounds because it made zombies scary

[@TheKoshtex]

Nice video, old zombies is making a comeback in 2022

[@MountainDewVoltage1]

This video makes me feel old when he said none of you have probably played this, when in fact every person I knew was playing this game religiously when it came out

[@goldenwaffle5672]

Not gonna lie I prefer the Nacht zombie sounds. They’re just so much more creepy, and not as annoying as 3 zombies sounding like a horde of 300

[@martymcfly4654]

I love natch DER untoten cause there's no revives or any other perks which makes it even more fucking scarier

[@porkfreegaming5278]

Zombies in WaW was a "last minute" addition to the game, so I am guessing like you did and used those "weird zombie sounds" because they put it together quickly

[@danieldietrich9969]

I thought knocking Peter down was a commonly known thing. When I used to play it back in the day, a bunch of matches started with everyone throwing their grenades at him to knock him down.

[@Thelonewanderer12e]

Hearing the nacht zombie sounds bring back so many memories

[@chrisc767]

Nacht sound effects is what made the game super scary!

[@ghostdgee9017]

Man you definitely need more subs this is amazing

[@benhicksbass]

Bruh hearing original the Nachct zombies just now sounded so cursed that it made me light headed and feel sick like I was gonna pass out. That's terrifying

[@Rempai420]

What a hecking heck of a hecking video, my favourite hecking part is when you said it's hecking time, and hecked everywhere.

[@theGODZILLA150]

Heck

[@bigboiz8414]

Never knew about the Verruckt fountain blowing up. But have you seen the deployable weapon glitch for Verruckt?

[@dietznutz1]

Nacht had the best sounding zombies, actually scary

[@uliveulearnandregret]

for #2 the [REDACTED] it's in Black Ops 3 if you use a mod menu to give yourself the weapon, but it is heavily broken compared to it's waw counterpart in fact it looks disgusting your fingers are all mangled and the damage is reduced to that of the waw Colt... also this video came out on my birthday wasn't there to see it tho

[@mrkrills8839]

I noticed the zombie sounds are a little different through the other three maps as well. Same effect but I think there was a few additional screams or grunts

[@dalton608]

great video man, I think there's a lot of value in playing the original maps, playing a waw map with everyone using gobblegums on bo3 just doesnt feel the same as playing waw maps on the original engine with all of its quirks

[@Paseoman]

I currently still make custom maps for this game in 2022. The zombies game mode is very much still alive.

[@dubtraction5743]

Fun/odd fact, the Natch Der Untoten zombie sounds are still used by another group. On Roblox (call me cringe/a child, idrc-), MMC Zombies has a Natch map. In this map, it includes things like perks and even Pack, but even included the original Natch zombie sounds

[@deixos2224]

5:27 that really cracked me up for some reason

[@Justrun7989]

I remember hearing the devs were going to cut the zombie mode entirely but chose to keep it maybe that’s why for the zombie noises too. Nacht was a metaphorical and physical testing ground map then from there they went here you go 3 more map packs for you

[@mikeypoop]

I have deep, deep nostalgia for the Nacht zombie sounds

[@JBShady]

They actually fixed #9 in Der Riese. It's pretty funny, all they did was change one character in the code. Instead of multiplying points scale (which is 1) by 2 ( *=2 ) they set it to 2 ( ==2 )

[@Binglitpawn]

another interesting glitch. If you are playing multiplayer on der riese and bleed out and die you'll respawn with no perks or guns. However if you have enough points to do so upon respawing you can pack a punch the starting weapon but the developers didn't consider the possibility of the player having no gun so they give you a second default m1911 as soon as you start pack a punching the first

[@aaronjoseph952]

Hope your channel blows up. Great video!

[@nightwing_fan7034]

I have recently gotten all the world at war dlcs just for zombies and I don’t regret it I love the weapons and the challenge and everything about world at war

[@inter-vals_9484]

It always was creepy to me how that soldier kills you when you stand by him for too long

[@smgeezus7186]

Ahoy lad, the algorithm has collected you and you shall now be thrust into greatness, ready or not. Take my subscription.

[@jbroz_tv0138]

Waw was my introduction into the cod series when I was only 3 or 4. My Uncle thought it'd be funny to let two toddlers play nacht all by themselves without much context. I don't remember really being afraid though I was more confused. Like I knew the zombies we're forcing their way in to get me and I had to fend them off with guns because I saw my Uncle play in his living room a few times before, but it still felt strange to me. When I was around that age I had a brief moment of peace in my life cause I wasn't particularly afraid of anything not even the dark bothered me when I had to go to bed. I obviously wasn't a baby by then but I hadn't started school either and didn't go many places besides a few of my relatives homes and was oblivious to a lot of things around me.

[@Itz_K1ll]

There's also a rare instance where buying grenades on the wall in nacht could put you into negative points, I had it happen once and could never recreate it

[@gow9476]

the pause when peter fell made me laugh

[@math_hammer]

Little fact about the REDACTED(default weapon), it was also in cod4 and mw2(which came out later), probably used as test weapon and how to implement them into the game, chances are in WaW it's just a carry over from cod4 since both use the same engine, and treyarch had to rush the game out the door

[@JV2789]

Underrated channel, these zombies vids are so good!

[@lolita19711]

dont understand how ppl not played waw and always play these lame remasters of these maps

[@octogorb9853]

World at War was my first introduction to CoD Zombies and i loved it since. This is nice sknce it gives some insight.

[@Christianthemagician_]

Very cool video, WAW will always be my number 1

[@VincentiusTheSecond]

Great vid! 🫡 Also 4:54 was my favorite part of modded lobbies back in the day lol

[@roope.t.5251]

here before this channel blows up in popularity.

[@pedroplaza1334]

This video make me happy, lot of nostalgia :) (also your voice is very relaxing to listen) new subscriber¡

[@BigPundo]

The zombie hiss was great. Terrifying also.

[@scottjs5207]

I always loved how the zombie sounds echoed through Nacht. I feel like later maps really lost the scaling of the threat effect by changing out the zombie sounds. Though it really only would've worked for Verrukt or Kino seeing that both were also almost exclusively indoors.

[@CyborgNinja4444]

your videos are really good man seriously !

[@ClipFactory069]

The zombie sounds from the original Nacht were warped/edited versions of the wounded German soldier sound effects from the campaign

[@micahcampbell3758]

Played so much WaW when I was younger and never new abt the Thompson thing on Nacht

[@portalmaster2]

Why does no one ever talk about how loose change in WaW says it gives you 25 points but gives you 30 or the opposite can’t remember

[@theGODZILLA150]

That would have been a good one to bring up. I saw a video about it recently, apparently it your points appear to go up by 30, but you only actually gain 25, meaning you have 5 less points than what it shows. So if you try to buy something with the exact amount of points, you won’t be able to. If I find that video I’ll include the link

[@theGODZILLA150]

This one kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2K1d4SFg9djjKM

[@filmfanatic4633]

It's also possible to get more than 2 weapons. On Shi No Numa if you pick up a weapon from the box while drinking a perk you get the weapon without losing your other weapon

[@ShaDOWDoG667]

Remember how you could spam Y or ∆ on Nacht Der Untoten as the map was loading and you would get a third person camera view

[@inkmime]

The fountain water effect looks like it might be the result of reusing water stuff related to it's use in the campaign where I assume they coded it to display a certain particle effect if certain explosives were detonated within it, just because the splash is large enough to look like it's for one of the missions set on a beach. That's just my guess though, looks cool regardless.

[@TheGamingTree]

So the dude falling down, I thought no one knew about it cause evertime I looked it up couldn't find anything everytime I'd talk about it no one knew. What strange (this was done on 360) Is when you knocked him down you could walk up to him and he'd down you. If you were solo and started the game back up you'd spawn there and the screen would be rainbow and you wouldn't take damage and zombies would just pile up in front of you. If you were playing with others they could revive you and the same thing would happen. I thought you'd talk about that but maybe its not on the PC version cause I've never been able to do it on PC Something else with WAW you can glitch out of the map over in Hut I believe the one with the Flopper and go swiming out of bounds. Its interesting cause there is a Swiming animation and everything. There is also getting more then one weapon on any map. You have to grab a perk and then grab a weapon from the box before finishing the animation of drinking. I think it can be done on BO1 as well. Then there is my fav glitch of zoomed in sights another thing no one seems to remember. You need a Death card from one of the last campaign missions. Its call Berserk you get three kills which was easiest to do on the third mission in the campaign the one with the downed plane and ambush. Once the Card is active you leave the mission and go into Zombie and your ADS is super zoomed in so you'll see the end of the barrel inside of the back of the slide, was really great on the browning.

[@Silvervette96]

I think one of the coolest things in WAW zombies is being able to glitch yourself every weapon in the box. Literally holding 14 guns.

[@ianespinoza9594]

Nah, Nacht zombie sounds was way scarier then what we have now 💀

[@AVeryOldLady4397]

The negative points also works on doors. It's actually kinda useful that way

[@Seawolf.Gaming]

You can also do negative points on Nacht I have a clip of it saved from a few years ago

[@Manuel-Anthony]

Awesome video man! Subscribed

[@animeswitch]

the hanging man from shino litterally shocked me when it ended the game haha. You could troll so many people with that.

[@i_ruby]

Glad to see you still come back replying to comments

[@theGODZILLA150]

I do what I can

[@grouch_gaming]

To answer your intro question; I play World at War still cause my PC is a toaster and (at least on Steam) the DLC maps come with it.~

[@METALLIFY16]

The fact that there are zombies fans who haven't played world at war zombies makes me feel old as fuck lol. I remember buy World at war opening night and playing nthe campaign all the way through in kne sitting and then got to the "secret bonus level" nacht der untoten lol. Back in the day when thats all we had it was revolutionary. If youre an OG you remember the few glitches that made you invincible in Nacht.

[@yournamelessfriend1184]

Maybe nacht der un toten and die machina are the "origin" zombies for those worlds like they were the first zombies so that's how they sounded when recently turned?

[@Krypt708]

I played this game for a long time a very long time and got some nice tid bits from this video!!

[@bjornzek]

i wish they kept the nacht der untoten world at war zombie sounds. those have always been my all time favorite zombie sounds

[@deslardesslok]

1:37 Yeah that's something I always noticed with the quad points, I would have rather they had kept it though for future games 1:01p.m. 6/30/2023

[@anicewarmblanket]

OG Nacht Der Untoten zombies are arguably the most spooky, could just be the first zombies game I ever played but they aren’t really screaming at you? Just kinda wobblin at ya 😅

[@RZ_2K]

i remember touching fallen mccain would result in a death, and you couldnt even be revived

[@Christianthemagician_]

Nacht sounds were my favorite

[@S200.]

for those who don't know peter will end your game but it will end slightly different than usual.

[@pyroparagon8945]

I remember Nacht Der Untoten zombies barking, that was earie and cool

[@johnmcdaid7975]

The first time I played World at War Zombies I fell in love... 😍😍😍😍

[@theanalogkid3763]

The Nacht Der Untoten sounds were also different in the bonus mode trailer. They were altered for the final game. They sound very creepy in the trailer. It seems like it was toned down for the final game.

[@TheScarletBoi]

They should've kept the zombie sounds from nacht. It is much better than what we currently have

[@judegrittofstraya2965]

Incase anyone was wondering spoilers for steve He kills you if you touch him. You just insta die. This can screw you if your on round 20

[@UnknownUser-nk2df]

Are y'all really just ignoring the fact #2 got completely redacted and he skipped over what happens if you touch #1? I gotta know but I don't wanna buy another 360 pro and waw again just to find out. We need ANSWERS.

[@hurtbillybobjoe21]

If someone does find an answer to these two questions I would love to know. I noticed those same things when watching this.

[@jthablaidd]

For the nauct sound effects, I still hear the “constipated” zombie.”uuuuuhg”

[@frogerzard6606]

My favorite thing is that you can get more than 2 guns on every map besides nacht

[@Skyline_r3496]

I thought I was the only one I noticed the zombies sounded different in nacht der untoten

[@ImCarpet]

There's something about W@W Zombies that is just ominous and creepy. No other game in the series has this feeling.. I also have fond memories of getting in games with hackers and just being fascinated by it because I never really encountered hacks like that in games before on console.

[@Clubs_88]

I never knew about the fountain thing, interesting.

[@IsThatSpaceCowBoy]

Could do an iceberg or just your favorite Easter eggs in every zombies games now that’s a lot of videos there so many cod zombie games

[@aribadanchi]

you can get negative points on nacht der toten at the grenades upstairs you have to have 200 points buy them and you'll drop down to -50 and you can keep going into the negatives

[@SlickRick-YT]

This brings me back to those xbox 360 days 😭

[@Cr1msnF4dger]

Fun Fact: If you watched Army of Darkness, the scene where Bad Ash is getting cut into pieces, his scream almost sounds similar to the Zombies