The Simpler Era in COD Zombies

[@TheDigitalApple]

Back before Zombies made Metal Gear’s timeline seem easy to follow.

[@ThatMyth1cVA]

lmfao true

[@blank1873]

because it is easy to follow.... 3, PW, 5, MG1, MG2, 1, 2, 4 in that order

[@TheMirksta]

​@@blank1873 I've never played metal gear but that timeline looks like a great example of one that is weird lol

[@orlandofurioso7329]

@@TheMirksta Because MGS should never be played chronologically, whoever tells you the opposite already understood the story and made a second run

[@thechugg4372]

@@orlandofurioso7329 This. It is easy to follow because you just follow it from 1 to 5, add peace walker in there right before 5 for context that's it. Also compared to Zombies you see everything that happens, no Great War or weird events like wunderwaffe overlaoding teleporters happening completely offscreen

[@cole9083]

I liked when zombies was “surviving first, Easter egg second” as a thought of the game devs. Now it’s “Easter egg first, game second”

[@JoshuaGrunge2000]

No it’s Easter Egg first, nothing else matters according to the game developers

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Sums up how I feel. I think BO3 was the first to change this. Not make it entirely inaccessible for basic survival enjoyment, but making it more split between simply surviving and then going on the entire adventure. As someone who enjoys the adventure and has plenty of great memories with BO3 (it was my first main Zombies that I picked up from release), I appreciate that inclusion, and I enjoy being able to complete the maps solo and with friends. But it’s also somewhat saddening, feeling as though you’re sort of ripped out of playing survival just to be able to accomplish a lot of these EE steps, especially considering how forward focused the EE’s were in each map (and the game overall). That’s why I prefer Town, because it’s the formula I most enjoy for basic survival (also first real game I played in the series), and then Origins (I play on BO3 for it now, but I don’t usually play with gums), because it perfected the EE formula for an adventure that works as an evolution of the map and the gameplay, and especially because it finished off the map (something you rarely got in any map in any Zombies game up to the point).

[@rage3100]

I still get chills when I play zombies alone, but man nothing really puts the fear in you like playing nacht at 2am and just listening to the ambience as you try to survive

[@theWheezy]

Nacht just had a different level of fear to it

[@frankkennedy6388]

Ah yes, Nacht's ambiance. Nothing like the nonstop screaming to put fear in you!

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

Agreed

[@metaldevil_6667]

that map was so good it definately set a good horror scene

[@mattandrews8528]

Did ya know that some of the zombie screaming is actually real demonic possession sounds that Activision changed slightly then kept in. I heard the original recording and it gave me some serious flashbacks to the original WaW zombies. There’s more going on to mess with our heads than we initially realized…

[@orlandofurioso7329]

You know, despite BO3 being my favourite game in the series i agree with the anxiety part. I remember rolling my eyes every time a Zombies youtuber would start a new map only to get perkaholic at the start

[@Tommydawg-8187]

Sorry you’re bad

[@theWheezy]

I think he's going against the easier gameplay in BO3, as in he wants it to be harder

[@orlandofurioso7329]

@@theWheezy I think the gums took away from great map features like the whole plant system in Zetsubou or the challenges in Gorod Krovi

[@X4ZYLE]

​@@orlandofurioso7329not like you have to use the gobblegums

[@orlandofurioso7329]

@@X4ZYLE Yeah right, why should i use a tool the game encourages me to use?

[@HellsFury-fu3qk]

I miss when zombies was apocalyptic rather than fantastical.

[@Shiggy_]

Classic zombie is still the only zombies I play. The theme of your doom slowly approaching is really reflected in the music Easter eggs. The new ones look so goofy with cartoonish villains and making the OG characters good guys. I liked when they were their own brand of evil, and the idea that they deserved this, but also “fuck you I refuse to die” motif.

[@Peterphoskytos]

That's the main reason I had that same feeling on MotD. Suddenly we weren't main characters. We were prisoners who simply said FY and refused to go down without a fight. Them dying in the cutscene rlly adds to the "this is a last performance before they die" and I'd imagine the cutscene. Yes there was the afterlife thing but I kind of just ignored it. At the end of the day, we were stuck there doomed to die. It wasn't the same atmosphere, but it was a good reminder of that og feeling zombies gave me

[@Shiggy_]

@@Peterphoskytos ya they should’ve kept going with that. I understand you can’t just keep making it about the OG characters. But having different types of bad guys to play would’ve kept the theme. Like maybe a North Korean reeducation camp, Vietnam war or even an Iraq war themed one. Make the characters the worst people from both sides. Just like they did with WAW. I mean in the OG waw. Tank actually did collect Japanese body parts (which was a problem among American soldiers), Nikolai really did murder his wives when he got bored of them, and Takeo and Richofen don’t need much explaining lol.

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

I always thought it was purgatory for your characters and the only way to break the cycle was to come to turn to the horrors you've done to survive

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

I don’t dislike story modes changing, and I think the important thing is to know whether it was an appropriate gradual shift, which I believe it was. I don’t think, especially by BO4, it was handled perfectly (we never got a Great War map), but there was still inclusion of all prior content and a reason for everything (even if convoluted). The Kronorium helped add so much to everything. And I think that’s how it should work. Hero vs Villain, or Good vs Bad, to some degree. Even if not everyone preferred the more heroic nature of Primus, you still were left following this great adventure they all went on, and how their personalities clashed and they went about fixing problems they started or were involved in. That’s true for WW2, basically true for AW, and I think true for IW (I really didn’t play that game). New Zombies has operators and soulless entities, not merely in basic survival maps like Nacht, Town, or Nuketown, but as a part of their flesh and blood throughout every single story element. Goddamn campaign characters are there just to spice it up.

[@BLACKPEOPLELOVECHICKEN]

they made zombies too easy. took away the satisfaction of making it to higher rounds. bring back the simpler times

[@theWheezy]

I love COD zombies with all my heart, it's a very special mode to me and the idea behind this video came from the differences between what I thought was the simpler era (WAW, BO1, and some of BO2) and the more flourishing era where zombies became much more mainstream and started tinkering with the core foundations. Black Ops 2 and 3 is where that started to change for me, and I very much still love those eras and will gladly make a video on them too if this one does well.

[@kutsumiru]

You really put my feelings about the golden era into words so well I think zombies has been stepping in a better direction with treyarch’s later releases, but to this day I just can’t play bo3. The bo3 experience almost feels like a betrayal of everything that zombies was supposed to be

[@theWheezy]

@@kutsumiru I'm glad I could do that for you. My fun started falling off real fast after BO3. I actually really do love BO3, but I do see where too much change could've turned people away.

[@Tommydawg-8187]

Bro just say you’re bad at Easter eggs the best maps are in bo2 and bo3 outside of Giant, Call of the dead, and moon

[@kutsumiru]

@@Tommydawg-8187 I don’t think I’m bad I just really don’t like the direction bo3 took things

[@Tommydawg-8187]

@@kutsumiru cope bo3 best u bad

[@TankTUI]

I think once blundell fully took over zombies the mode began to fall drastically, despite it starting strong with Origins it’s what ultimately began the downfall of zombies as a whole with the unnecessary reboot of the timeline and it being more story focused than gameplay focused which was a big disappointment to me with the way it was handled, which ultimately led to me giving up playing any newer zombies mode past Bo2.

[@grennings]

so shadows of evil and gorod krovi don't exist?

[@cardboard_shaft]

@@grennings🥱

[@makutakretta7516]

Gorod Krovi was horrible

[@makutakretta7516]

Shadows of evil was pretty solid.

[@BigPundo]

Playing zombies during world at wars lifecycle is still one of my favourite gaming experiences.

[@AerYdmyg]

When they censored everything I stopped following the new games and went back to wAw bo1 & bo2. Agartha was something the Nazis were desperately looking for, so it disgusted me when the devs got rid of the swastika bc “it’s offensive” but made “agartha” Heaven instead of some underground utopia like it is in folklore Really showing their true colors. Love channels keeping the love with the old games❤️

[@orlandofurioso7329]

What really bugs me is that Germany wanted the censorship, freaking Germany, you'd think they would study that part well to not repeat history.

[@RI-KU-OH]

I can’t believe they removed our precious Nazis.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Yeah it was dumb. But, they still went with their main story that they had been developing. It wasn’t wholly censored just because of that specific thing, and moreso, BO4 fell flat because they didn’t get the time to actually develop the game and spend their time on it all

[@ChromeCowboy_]

Black Ops 1 was peak gaming for me! Still play zombies to this day and never got bored its awesome, best CoD ever imo

[@saller_ar]

Never thought my shangri-la video would get this far. Thanks for the credits, and great video

[@theWheezy]

Of course! I give credit where it is due, yours was the best that I searched up :)

[@spazysmalls]

Kino der toten will forever hold a special place in my heart

[@WestbustahSaucedo]

world at war zombies and black ops 1 have badass zombies, the atmosphere is scarier and realistic while the others are just goofy looking

[@callumthomas7260]

I always think to myself they completely over complicated zombies , it could have been so simple instead of being left with quite a dissatisfying ending with bo4 after a story line that no one understood … don’t get me wrong the story line bough some great maps , DE , GK , SOE ETC , I just think a bit more simplicity within the story could have been so much bigger

[@theWheezy]

The simplicity to me was what was so complex and interesting. People had many crazy theories that could actually work, that was the fun part for me. Our imagination was in charge of filling in the gaps.

[@broken_arrow_1179]

It’s not that complicated, maybe chronologically it was a little complicated but it was bo1, then bo2, then BO3, then ended with BO4, BO3 was about making Bo1 not happen, and BO4 ended it

[@jt123993]

They killed zombies after bo2 for me. Bo3 and 4 were steamy shit.

[@WaynerTheGamer]

​@@broken_arrow_1179 na BO3 & was so bad it released "BO Chronicles" vs Annoying EE's & other crap majority casual players never gonna do.

[@superiorsoldier57]

Yeah, Tag Der Toten and Blood of the Dead were such a joke.

[@jakatak744]

I still remember the first time I played zombies. As a kid I was normally behind when it came to consoles and games, I still had a ps2 in 2009 and didn't even know the ps3 had come out yet. It wasn't until my older brother's friend stayed the night I got to get a glimpse at a call of duty game, what would be my first call of duty, world at war. I waited for months until Christmas and there were only two things on my list that year a ps3 and call of duty world at war. Once I had gotten them I stayed up every night for days playing through the campaign enthralled by just how cool it was and how much it truly felt like playing through a blockbuster WWII movie like saving private ryan or band of brothers. Once I had completed the campaign and planted that flag next to Reznov I already knew this would be a defining experience in my life. But once the credits rolled and that cutscene played I thought to myself, "there's more?!?! It's not over?!?" I saw the crashed plane and the multiple figures in the distance and tried to think of some way it related to the campaign, how this could be the true conclusion to the story, maybe it was a special epilogue level for those that sat through the credits or maybe a secret ending that I somehow unlocked without knowing. But no, I knew exactly what it was the second I saw it. "Nazi Zombies" plastered on the screen, oozing with blood like an open wound. The amount of dread ifelt as I was dropped into nacht with no objective or guidance will always be with me. Then I saw the zombies coming, got scared when they broke through the barriers and promptly closed the game.

[@Yeshua_is-Cool]

World at war did the same thing to me what the fuck but it was my 3 one

[@c6s7]

oh my god.. that was the greatest vid that has to do with zombies that ive ever seen.. i can see that u put your soul into this vid and it really turned out great. thanks for the content dude

[@HankTheCone-A239]

I remember playing with my cousins all the time. One time I was alone playing on my cousins xbox and the fear of play alone really hits and the part that i remember was playing alone really gets you paying attention to the environment which really puts in fear. And thar Call of Duty zombies piano really hits different

[@zwoptf]

this got me reminiscing bro😔💯we can never go back and experience this for the first time.. no matter how many games come out in the future or how many times we go back to play this.. we never gonna feel that feeling we felt when ww2-bo2 zombies maps were coming out.. the season pass.. everyone so excited to see what would happen in the new map.. sheesh bro. what a ride

[@rocker2349]

grew up with this stuff...seeing waw given its due diligence (especially after mw3's...questionable zombies mode) puts a smile on my face. how i do so miss these days of waiting for the next map..and setting records. verruckt was my first map. my first sprinter..my first double digit round..man. all these firsts. loved this era..and will never forget the times ive spent on waw. thank you waw, you'll always be remembered by me. perfect video my friend, perfect video indeed.

[@jt123993]

God i wish i could go back to playing waw and bo1 maps for the first time. Staying up till midnight to start the downloads and hoping it would be done when you woke up. 💔 Well never get an experience like these amazing yet simple games.

[@airslashe9375]

thats what happens when a franchise keep growing, you can't change that fact. but tbh as much of a zombies fan as i am i never cared about the lore only the gameplay.

[@theWheezy]

I will obviously always be cool with the growth, I just hated the direction they took with BO4 and beyond. It removed what made it fun for me. I also played mainly for the gameplay, but binged the story outside of the game.

[@airslashe9375]

@@theWheezy i'd be lying if i said i wasnt interested in the lore but i gave up on it the moment octopus being began appearing in bo3

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

⁠@@airslashe9375 You’re missing out on some good stuff. Granted, it’s complicated, but so much with the entire timeline and especially WAW-BO2 Ultimus/Victus events are cool as shit. They really expand the maps, and make the radios actually a cool story intrigue, instead of just side objects. There’s a lot more fantastical and mythological events after that, but there is some story to it, and for the most part, it all connects well I would say. But definitely WAW-BO2, there’s really great stuff, and BO3 on there’s a lot of love and passion put into it, if you’re ok following along with the story. I wouldn’t care nearly as much if all these great YT “documentary” and explanation videos didn’t exist

[@ethanhawkins3391]

Stumbled upon your channel and was surprised to see a wide variety of videos. Will definitely be binging through as this one has me hooked! Keep it up man

[@alexgrayisaligman]

Just found you on KZbin and really enjoying your content

[@Nicolas-wp4fk]

Rictofin:Hey dempsy your so big. dempsy: hey let go of my hand grenade

[@AlecKeaneDUB]

Great video, this is by far the greatest era of zombies and will always hold a special place in my heart. Wish they'd dial it back a bit and get back to the roots of Zombies

[@chuexsy672]

I’ve always been a huge Halo fan and I gotta say WAW and BO1 zombies were the greatest horde modes ever to come out of that late 00’s early 2010’s era. I wouldn’t even use GOW horde mode or Halo’s firefight in the same sentence as classic COD zombies. Truly one of the greatest gaming experiences ever.

[@danskiiii]

Good vid u explained everything to an exact tea, relating and wishing I had the old days back of split screen w the boys after school

[@laminateshark91]

so underrated man! Remember me when you get famous lmao. Everything you said in here was 100 percent true especially with the call of the dead example and gobblegums I recently tried out call of the dead and oh my god being chased by the movie director had me screaming and shaking until I made it to the water lmaooo

[@HumdrumAnt]

I agree heavily with the simplicity point, going from WaW to Bo2 as a kid I never knew how anyone was meant to figure out how to build stuff without trial and error. Like many I learnt from my friends who learnt from the internet.

[@anthonyefimoff7228]

Yeah, the purpose of the maps (to build stuff and complete easter eggs) took over the design, so it felt like the areas weren't designed as well as before. Instead of a tight, engaging obstacle course, it was just paths to get you to the next area so you could complete some secret objective that you would never figure out without dedicated trial and error.

[@Bonerbreath1016]

Admit we all purchased WAW quick revive on solo because seeing the bright blue logo on our screen made us feel safer

[@Coey04]

I’d love to feel the anxiety and helplessness of old zombies in the modern games, yet honestly I have no clue how to make that work

[@ThatKidCarnage.]

WaW & BO1 Zombies was so good

[@kendallbonner732]

Yoo i really love ur zombie videos, ur awesome

[@Hypo98]

1:23 that Time Machine sound is nostalgic

[@JoshuaGrunge2000]

Teleporter not Time Machine

[@dg23457]

WAW and BO1 are the best zombies experiences by far! Simple, anxiety inducing, unmatched atmosphere, mystery, Easter eggs were there but not as complex as BO3, just all around the most fun I had in any zombies modes!

[@Gewehr_36]

I love old school cod zombie it’s simple but still fun

[@CrNcHyFROG5]

I miss the simple era of CoD Zombies... Wish they would just put some time aside and give us 3-4 new maps just like these ones. Environmental storytelling, more grounded, with simple gameplay elements. Sure it won't be one-upping the map before, but sometimes "more of the same" is exactly what we want. Like adding another verse to your favorite song that always seems to end too quickly.

[@iammrksmom7896]

You need more subs bro. Your videos are high quality and you narrate super well.

[@winch2342]

This reminds me of simpler times

[@ElectrikStatik900]

I miss old-school zombies :(

[@Group-935]

Really... I miss the simplicity. I have been trying to get into WWII Zombies, IW, and BO4. And in these games there have been times where I had literally no other choice but to Google what to do. I wasn't even looking to do anything crazy, I just wanted PaP. But they made it so convoluted and random, that I sometimes have no choice but to Google what to do. I hate having to do that, but these newer games leave you with no choice. It also makes me wonder how anyone figured out what to do in the first place. Or am I really just that dumb. In the case of WWII zombies, on the final map. When trying to get PaP unlocked I ended up doing some of the Easter egg just screwing around. When all that was needed to unlock PaP was to just take 3 separate teleporters. It's crazy... But, with Cold War and such, they thankfully made it much simpler to get through basic map progression. Well... That's my piece, peace.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Yeah man. I love Custom Zombies because you can really expand upon the classic formulas without it necessitating all this crazy complexity

[@Group-935]

@@Jonathan-A.C. Yeah, same. I agree.

[@Allosauruairsoft]

I think another thing that makes zombies less scary are the graphical upgrades, zombies was scary because it looked partially real but not really. With todays games and the way they look it’s kinda hard to make it scary because they’re just so visually stunning and they try to show us this with colorful, smooth, and bright textures. Something which the old ones did not have.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

I think WW2 nailed it. AW was good, but they also had jet packs. WW2 legitimately was about a marvel of scientific and magical engineering during the Nazi age, and that shit was cool

[@davidaguirre9769]

Excellently edited video

[@Localhero727]

Beautifully put

[@Driftking859]

Zombies used to be great because it was a simple pick up and play thing till round 30 and unlock Easter eggs if you wanted. Now you need a full lobby of players, unlock 10 Easter eggs to open a portal to use the pack-a-punch with 15 perks on your player while avoiding 3 boss zombies and it's herd all by round 10

[@seankavanagh4447]

"In BO3 where you can just pop a gobblegum and feel much safer from the start" *pops Always Done Swiftly* I'm sorry but I laughed at that wayyyy harder than I should've, ah yes, my favourite failsafe, not perkaholic, not shopping free, none of those. Always Done Swiftly

[@justink8549]

I remember as a 10 yo kid I always thought you could escape Kino der Toten through the ladder in the middle of the backstage as an secret easteregg, it was a hole different time and experience compared to the following games

[@deejayycx]

man i miss this shit 😢

[@notappplicable5776]

This is a very late comment but I gotta say, you make very high quality and entertaining videos sir! I wish you the best success on your journey!

[@FiddlinWithYourCerebellum]

It’s like a first person dead ops arcade now.

[@Bobsagget144]

I love these videos man. You really know how to bring back the nostalgia. I’ve been dying to play WaW and Bo2 zombies so bad lately cause of these videos

[@jeremiahwilting5056]

I remember being the only person who actually liked call of the dead and same for mob of the dead. Strange how they became cult classics despite being hated on release

[@CerberusGenesis]

I sometimes return to the older games to play the campaign and some zombies if that game has it. I haven't played any cod game past Ghosts.

[@jbroz_tv0138]

Bo3 was the peak of the mode imo. Cold War is alright too though.

[@Yeeterora]

Amazing intro!

[@Bluewah96]

I miss simple zombies from b02 and before those are still the best

[@mattandrews8528]

Did ya know that some of the zombie screaming is actually real demonic possession sounds that Activision changed slightly then kept in. I heard the original recording and it gave me some serious flashbacks to the original WaW zombies. There’s more going on to mess with our heads than we initially realized…

[@anastasiaaax]

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

[@TheMirksta]

The one thing about zombies that I really don't like is the story. I understand why it's so fragmented and retcon-y, but it's just weird to look back at now and think about how much better it could've been. The best stories in zombies are ironically on 'isolated' maps that don't have too much to do with the main cast like Shadows and Mob.

[@lrn5152]

Old Zombies tapped into horror themes MUCH more and the only comedy relief were the unhinged characters who had good reasons to be caricatures through lore. Aside from Origins and MotD (in fact, I think Mob is the best map) every map after BO1 has suffered from being far too goofy, colorful, objective-heavy, and full of overly complex lore changes. Zombies should've NEVER went Cthonic/Lovecraftian. Existential/occult horror is great but they did an absolutely trash job at implementing it later on. The best part was how supernatural the mode was early on and was amplified by Mob taking place in purgatory. Even still, they could've drip fed us with obscure lore but they went and made a cinematic multiverse. Knowing about the end of Zombies and how the timelines converged/diverged actually killed a lot of my opinions of the old map stories. It's like they couldn't think of anything cool besides "shadowy guy whose basically Satan/God has been pulling the strings this whole time!" When I was just fine learning about the Illuminati's involvement of the Moon project and creepy shit like that back in the day.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

The old school way of introducing lore was definitely special. I wanna get back to a lot of it

[@dimitri-petrenko]

I like to think we inspired the Zombie mode in World at War with our Zombie servers in Call of Duty 2 multiplayer. Starting with a few player controlled zombies slowly killing off the survivors which turned zombie once killed, the goal is to survive even if you are alone. If everyone was turned zombie the zombies won. That is for me the beginning.

[@someguy9654]

This man gets it.

[@Bonerbreath1016]

Quick question at 1:54 how did you get that sound of the echo when blasting your shotgun? Is that in game or video editing. Very cool!

[@spencergravatt3172]

That wasn’t very quick

[@nicollettesingleton444]

Good video!

[@Deadforge]

The good ole days!

[@JustAGigolo1985]

What's more is even on BO3 maps that force no gobblegums, you won't feel that anxiety. I personally just never found BO3 terrifying or at the very least as scary as OG COD:Z.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Shadows and probably The Giant feel the most terrifying, and they’re not the same as older games, especially WAW. A couple parts here and there for different games, and Gorod can be for specific thrilling aspects of that map, but for the most part, you are seperated out from it. Granted, that’s sort of for a reason, as it’s a big storybook adventure you’re going on, but it also is so different than old maps

[@copper4648]

I love old zombies, its scary

[@BungieStudios]

I lost interest during Black Ops 2. Black Ops 1 will forever be my favorite, with WaW being appreciated for its missed weapons.

[@xlonely_goatx4623]

My zombie killing childhood started with black ops zombies on nach de untoten *sorry if i butchered the name* I still hear the loading screen music as im searching for games to join

[@itscs1175]

Just missing 2 letter but you were pretty close. Waw nacht was my start

[@LeonTalksALot]

You either die stealing thumbnails or live long enough to see your thumbnails get stolen Glad I could contribute to the cycle :D Still, thanks for the @ in the description!

[@theWheezy]

The cycle continues

[@SpideyShelf]

This aged well

[@WaynerTheGamer]

I Remember from Playstation side of things; 360 DLC'S would always come out 1st. Zombies Hype died BO3; them DLC'S was hyped but didn't enjoy them. Thankfully BO Chronicles released, its end of 2023 an i still randomly play KINO or the Factory for FUN & Level up guns.

[@juultrooper1016]

I would say the only zombies that you wouldn’t use yt for was waw bc the love of the Easter eggs

[@Daimo83]

I just liked the house level, and I played some of the one with a bus. Other than that I have no idea what zombies is lol.

[@hawkcybergear]

CoD is dead(R.I.P. CoD 2003-2015) #ReviveBlackOpsll #BlackOpsllOriginalRemaster2025 Respect to the real Call of duty players.

[@Amy-gf7je]

Goat

[@viol3nce23]

WAW- Environment and lack of information Uncanny Bo1- Ambience and Fear factor Bo2- Great zombies Maps and easter eggs Bo3- Wonder weapons and easter eggs cutscenes and a bigger environment

[@Disappearit]

CooD WAW Zombies are the best and only ones I play! The OG zombies!

[@achilles2095]

Yeah i had more anxiety losing my 50+ raindrops/round Robbin

[@GirlsUndPanzerFan98]

I feel like gobblegums only exist for game journos.

[@MK-it7wk]

OG zombies was dark, gritty, spooky. The newer releases felt childish, with their magical elements, bright colours and ridiculous weapons.

[@ajaxmaxbitch]

Yes because the thundergun isn't ridiculous

[@Bushido1389]

I can say with no doubt that BO1 is the best zombies game on an objective and subjective level. I never quite got to enjoy waw zombies (due to censorship) but i def. will someday since i still love it! However BO1 innovated so much and had such a vast map variety, good guns with good sounds and feeling to them. Easter eggs werent easy but not something you'd need to do ridiculous amounts of research for. BO2 was also pretty good in my opinion and came in with one of the best zombie maps ever (MOTD). BO3 zombies was better than i thought it was going to be at first but it feels off to me, crackhead zombies running at double the speed are not anxiety inducing but just annoying, the zombie speed and damage from earlier games was def. better, alongside the things that the video mentioned and a few others it simply can not hold up with previous titles in my book. What came after BO3 is not even worth mentioning if you ask me.

[@ahriman46]

Dierise was the peak with black ops 2

[@ajaxmaxbitch]

Hell no

[@kompst_tu]

I have always said this, but I think Origins is what destroyed the original simplicity of zombies. It started immediately with the same cast we're familiar with, but from a different universe. I believe it all went downhill from here. I did not like Origins at all. It didn't feel like a classic zombies map. I felt pressured to do the complicated easter egg, and when I tried, there were just too many steps to follow. I understand Origins by itself is a great map, and I do like it, but it's just not a classic for me and it really upsets the balance in my opinion. From there it was a constant mess of multiple dimensions, rewriting history, trying to make stuff cannon that was previously just done for fun (original 4 in the waw maps in bo1 instead of generic soldiers)

[@Jesse25841]

The problem with games these days can be summed up in one word; money. Game developers used to care about the games they made. Now they know they can pump out trash and make just as much money so there is no reason to spend more time on it then they have too. I think the future of actually GOOD games lies in smaller passionate studios.

[@deacon6221]

Call me an old man but I genuinely stopped enjoying zombies at Black Ops 3. I get it was the peak for many but once maps started requiring you to watch 4 hours of guides before playing them I gave up. I still play zombies from time to time but the newest I’ll go is Bo2.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

How I sort of feel, but my cutoff would be around BO3-WW2, and I wanna play BO4 when I get the time for it, especially since most of the launch issues it had are resolved, and I can just enjoy it for what it is

[@SETTHENIGHTONFIYAHH]

What is the song in the intro?

[@Chillin24Seven]

For me the downfall started with mob of the dead.

[@Just-A-Bit]

As good and or interesting the black ops 3 maps were, the game ruined the lore or at least started the downfall when it moved away from shady shadow governments, conspiracy theories, and light mysticism. Actually bo2 origins might have started the downfall for the story

[@kyleholloway3470]

BO1 zombies will always be my favourite. I played BO2 zombies, but didn't enjoy it as much. I gave up on BO3 zombies. I wanted to enjoy it, but I just couldn't. Too much of a focus on complex Easter eggs and a silly, complex to follow story. Plus the maps and mechanics themselves got too complex for my liking.

[@drunkstepdadproductions7857]

If it wasn't for mods in Black ops III, WaW would easily have the best zombies with barley competition because It is the truest zombie game. It's none of the maps (except der riese) are about the story It's about survival and the most about horror Nacht and Vurruct or however you spell it are still scare me. It's so simple that anyone can play and understand, I hate games that are so complex you need to go to youtube and watch a movie length video on the basics ( cough cough Hearts of iron IV) I think that's why people like beta Minecraft or chapter 1 Fortnite or WaW/BO1 zombies because it's so simple unlike their successors. Im sorry for the giant rant but in summary WaW zombies good

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Customs is also on WAW

[@WaynerTheGamer]

Zombies Big KZbinrs Ruined COD = They Asked for them 💩 Changes, they just as at Fault for unfun zombies. Same happened in BO3 multiplayer "Blackhats" are basically Useless because of them complaining. Definitely a Pattern

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Can’t blame YTers for everything. People played and continue to play BO3 just as many do with prior titles Edit: Also, I’m pretty sure Blackhats were overpowered. A lot of balancing changes come for a reason

[@bluemutt9964]

Going with generic shitty lovecraft tentacle monsters because of one map ruined the rest of the series and the story they spent two games building

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

Jimmy Zielinski did drop the ball on Tranzit and Die Rise, and it switched to Blundell for a reason. They both had high ambitions, but Blundell was able to deliver and nailed it on things a lot of people love. It wasn’t really just for one map, it was for what he could do and what had in his mind for plans.

[@camptube7621]

Great video and agree completely. They did what they often do, try and fix something that wasn’t broke. The original simplicity is what made the game perfect. Gobblegum was just a way of getting money from the fanbase.

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

Before easter eggs. I hate easter eggs. I hate black ops 2, it's literally unplayable unless you do easter eggs.

[@bschlude]

how such a good simple story could turn so impossibly and tiredly complex is beyond me. loved early zombies. but it will always be a let down to me with how the story went. i played origins and decided I had to let go of the hope the story would ever make any sense at all…that in my mind was their chance to make things make sense, and all we got was more confusion. the zombies were toys? its all a child’s game? the simpler era and all its possibilities will always be my favorite.

[@aaron6431]

The new Cod Zombies is just a mess.

[@hiphip4808]

This is underrated, but Sliding made zombies real easy too

[@RyuusanFT86]

I missed when it was just Nazi Zombies and not hentai monsters and cartoony ass themes.