The Profound Disappointment of Black Ops Cold War

The latest Call of Duty Black Ops game represents an archetypical Call of Duty game: failing to live up to its premise because of its Call of Duty baggage. Here, I discuss the writing and gameplay of Black Ops: Cold War in detail and examine its origins and missed opportunities.
Turns out I DID take a year to make the next video ;)

[@bullet4346]

YT algorithm, please bless this video.

[@patrickbrown897]

Seems like you missed some of the park/Lazar dialogue, they have a thing due to having a mutual enemy, actually some decent character building if you talk to the characters during the safehouse segments.

[@arvinkhoshboresh]

I actually didn't miss that dialogue; I had a paragraph about that in the script that was cut out of the final version. Can't cover everything sadly. Arguably, I think that the connection between Lazar and Park is still pretty lazily written; I wouldn't even say that they have a mutual enemy... "Madam Shell", the villain that cut Park's neck, has no connection to Lazar, except the fact that he hunts her down and cuts her neck in revenge for Park. How does Lazar know about Park's past? Did these characters know each other before they are united by Adler? And... why does Lazar care so much about Park to go hunt down her secret enemy BEFORE they meet/are reunited by Adler? Notably, none of these characters, including Madame Shell, appear anywhere in the series outside of Cold War, as far as I can tell. Its weird that they came up with all that detail for a character that doesn't ever appear, right? Maybe a part of those different plans for Park I speculated about. Admittedly, I doubt I have seen EVERYTHING in the game; and I'm sure I've missed some of the character dialogue, so Its possible that I missed the answers to some of these questions.

[@Nooneishereonlyme]

​@@arvinkhoshboreshwell I disagree with you because it's not lazily written

[@MiseryDuke69]

Very well made video. Haver played this game since release. I enjoyed the story but the fact that nothing really had any impact bothered me then too

[@yes2462]

You should do this for black ops one this was a great video

[@Crwzn]

Here before this video blows up. I hope you find success on youtube, these videos are great. All the best!

[@Halfandhalf32536]

Great video, commenting for the algorithm.

[@joebhoyy]

interesting video 😄

[@connor7396]

20 Minute Viideo my ass

[@rfkkw]

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[@arvinkhoshboresh]

I'm sorry if my face does not match with your exacting specifications :( I know we all expected Chad the Adonis given my voice.

[@AugustRx]

​@@arvinkhoshboreshDidn't think u were a dude

[@arvinkhoshboresh]

explain to me what "macsepticeye" means pls

[@lucas_au]

Love your content mate. Keep it up!

[@AugustRx]

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[@honzakopp6993]

how empty and meaningless life must be for a man to spend hours or days in preparation for a video, just to complain about some video game...

[@localsnek]

how empty and meaningless life must be for a man to spend seconds or minutes in writing a comment, just to complain about some video essay...

[@3DCommando]

welcome to the video essay community

[@connor7396]

@@localsnek Holy shit, radio'd