This Changes EVERYTHING: Terminus Ending Explained (Black Ops 6 Zombies)

[@CMZWBC]

I just love how after years of being locked up and tortured, Raptor One’s first thought after escape was to exfil

[@Mr_toaster-hu7lg]

Weaver is calmly and quietly focusing on Eddie's name, Carver and grey are trying to keep themselves busy and distract themselves from the audio by working out, Strauss is losing his mind, and then theres raptor one who is simply chilling and killing time like if he was simply in detention or something lol.

[@Ermac43]

If nobody got me I know raptor 1 got me. Can I get an amen?

[@eliphas_vlka]

​@@Ermac43amen

[@9000Dogs]

​@@Ermac43Raptor One, my beloved. Please be an operator in the future 🙏

[@Artruvius]

@@Ermac43 Amen.

[@SystolicGem97]

This might be a big stretch but i smiled when Grey said, "Richtofen is no fool". It reminded me of the phrase he used to say in the old storyline, "I´m no fool, what I do, I do only to secure a better tomorrow".

[@eliphas_vlka]

same 😂 i though about it

[@MijnNaamIsBurger]

Yeah, I mean he is the same person and not at the same time?

[@deadlygamer1893]

@@MijnNaamIsBurgeryea yea true

[@loupoprocky3417]

It would be cool if Rictofen’s “evil” plan is just him trying to bring his friends back (Thanks everyone for the likes on this, I don’t have much knowledge of the story after Firebase Z, so I don’t really know how feasible this would even be. I’m just happy to see the story being interesting again!)

[@LSB44446]

If only...

[@leofricCZ]

i think its more and more likely they will be involved but im still so confident they'll never appear beyond name drops but i can hope

[@sethdunaway2407]

I mean cmon what else is he gonna do

[@MirageUchiha]

_Here's your 115th like. 👍🏾_ _Cuz that's what I think too! 💯_

[@samuelb66]

This is something I've been hoping for since we found out Richtofen was indeed the director. But, I think he's likely trying to bring back his wife and child. We already know there is something weird going on with Richtofens son Samuel, and we aren't sure how he corelate yet with Mr Peeks who also is now in charge of the Gobblegums. But no matter what direction they go in, I hope the writing team focuses more on these new characters learning about things from the past. Like neither Samantha or Richtofen have talked about what happened at Tag, nor the fact that they literally walked hand in hand into a brand new and fresh universe. I would love to hear the backstory and if Richtofen even remembers his friends.

[@Hydra92]

It's also funny that in Liberty Falls, there is a sort of meta comment written on a side of a truck "have faith in chaos" because a lot of people during bo4 hated the chaos story

[@loganwilson4625]

The chaos story is awful. It had better maps in bo4 cuz all Aether got was remakes that are worse then the originals. The chaos story is wack and people want dark Aether to be its own thing who was asking for the sentinel artifact or prima materia to come back

[@GoB1996]

@@loganwilson4625cry more bum

[@menacetosociety2033]

@@loganwilson4625idk if youre 14 or not but ive been playing since bo1. It’s always sick when they bring back something you think to be over, or completely nulled from the story. Richtofen returning and stealing the summoning key, victus returning in bo4, chaos returning in bo6… I honestly think we should be excited for where this can take the story, instead of ultimately praying on its downfall.

[@loganwilson4625]

@@menacetosociety2033 I am 23 and I just think chaos is a dumb story I personally don’t want Thor and Medusa in my zombies game

[@livestreamgaming420]

"Eddie is a liar" Seems pretty based

[@iamswitters]

The Boss Fight in DLC 1 is Jason Blundell

[@LU6TIE]

in the library of Alexandria

[@mcsqu1zzy317]

All while taunting you that you won't be able to solve his Ultimate Easter Egg

[@Slideslope]

Step one: upon the boss blinking enter the morse code when he blinks, step two: in shadows pap the wonder weapon , step three fog rolls in , the end cutscene is the reveal of chronicles 2

[@jupitergaming5146]

"To beat the game you must kill me, Jason Blundell"

[@DylanoLandman]

There is about 80 years between Chaos and Dark Aether.

[@FindMeAZomb1e]

Peck talking about the Warheads as much as he did this map resonates the same energy as the "My Cabbages" vendor from The Last Airbender.

[@lastwymsi]

MY INVERSION CABBAGES!

[@juancena4155]

N

[@galaxyworldwide3558]

Raffle waffles always looks like a creep

[@Gucci_Lou]

If Avalon is in the Mediterranean and Richtofen is looking for a Sentinel Artifact, then the most likely place Avalon is residing in is either Egypt (IX) or Delphi, Greece (Ancient Evil). However, Avalon was also the name used for the historical fictional location of the Legend of King Arthur, so it could also lead to England/Scotland area, which is where Dead of the Night takes place. I am now invested in where we go next.

[@Harigan]

You're missing the point that S.A.M is lying to everyone. She captured Richtofen in the liberty falls intro.

[@mac_loud97x40]

Everyone seems to forget this!

[@scooterj56]

The A.I might be separate from the actual Samantha

[@SolidHound871]

@@scooterj56 i think it's rogue AI.. and now "she" wants the Chaos artifact

[@canaanmorgan4323]

TREYARCH confirmed that Liberty falls took place like right after terminus, Milo talked about it in a video

[@edmonddantes6051]

​@@canaanmorgan4323No, these maps occur at the same time

[@D1andOnly]

with 115 being blue and prema materia being red make me think aetherium is 115 corrupted prema materia, which kinda explains the erratic incursions aetherium is known for, since prema materia could only corrupt when a sentinel artifact trial is active

[@tcfuzz]

11:00 its not me, i loved the choas story line, seeing this cutscene had my jaw on the floor

[@SolidHound871]

I don't trust S.A.M because on Liberty Falls trailer Cinematic, it was mentioned that this AI who cause the incursion

[@FNOstvn_Music]

Yeah, towards the end of the trailer, it seemed like Samantha maxis took over the AI (S.A.M) from the dark aether after she knocked richtofen out in the elevator but the thing is, the cinematics for liberty falls take place a couple hours after the events of terminus so when she was talking to the terminus crew about the "Sentinel artifact" and the "Prima materia" she was just an AI called S.A.M, but I presume that in the next story dlc for zombies the AI will actually be Samantha maxis controlling what the AI says and does, assuming that the dlc will take place after liberty falls ofc........You all caught up now buddy?? I'm pretty sure we will see a tease or a trailer for the next dlc within the next couple weeks maybe late November or whenever tf season 1 starts 😂

[@teaguyty]

I haven't had internet in weeks since Hurricane Milton hit my house, so I have to watch all the bo6 videos on my phone and sip my copium

[@Arkhamsilence95]

Hope you’re doing okay

[@Lenny177]

Damn hope you get it back soon

[@teaguyty]

I'm alright, just no internet. I pre-ordered the big boi edition of bo6 before the storm, and now I'm just watxhing everyone else have fun 😂🥲

[@elliekerstiens1916]

Wishing you well ❤

[@doomjoltfromflordia4069]

Hope you get everything back soon God bless you

[@Chavo2smooth]

I smell the birth of a multiversal chaos

[@scawfan75]

Prima Materia might be the reason Krafft is still alive in the 90s

[@GoldMike_]

Or possibly his connection to the dark aether. Maybe he's bonded(?) with one of the artifacts still and that kept him alive? Maybe he time travelled? Maybe one of the Dark Aether entities is keeping him alive? They didn't get killed during the Archon right? I don't remember because I was struggling to care about the storyline during vanguard. Played the hell out of Shi no numa tho. Gotta grind levels somehow 😅

[@Thearchon592]

@@scawfan75 yes but it may be aetherium experiments in mwz it is emphasized how ravenov has been operating since the Cold War yet he’s still in fighting shape in 2023 it’s crazy

[@jupitergaming5146]

could be a "Fountain of Youth" type of thing. It would be interesting if Prima Materia is actually the antithesis of Aetherium. Aetherium corrupting and Prima Materia purifying

[@cosmos37060]

I agree. In bo4 we see that the high order priest was alive since the roman empire

[@joshuacollins9316]

@@jupitergaming5146we see it currpt people during all the zombie outbreaks with the trials in BO4.

[@KEPA_]

According to the CoD wiki, in Vanguard's Shi No Numa, Gabriel Krafft mentioned that Alistair Rhodes was his personal hero. Alistair being the father of Scarlett in the Chaos storyline. There are probably other little things like this, it seems Treyarch's been laying the seeds for this for a while now.

[@spadesofpaintstudios1719]

I’ll be honest the chaos story was really cut short back in bo4 and that always bothered me ngl, so I’m glad they did bring it back

[@MijnNaamIsBurger]

Real, and now that is part of the Dark Aether storyline we pretty much will have an ending to it

[@wyrd7406]

YES STORY VIDEOS LETS GOOOOO!!!!!!

[@typicalperson6389]

WE’RE SO BACK

[@Giggleswet]

I don't think Milo is likely this story/game. I think the ski trip will be coming soon

[@wyrd7406]

@@Giggleswet what are you on about.

[@Giggleswet]

@@wyrd7406 he said on his short video that if you're a bo3 fan you won't like bo6. Milo is by far the biggest fan of bo6.

[@jyapp4489]

It’s honestly really fascinating how they’ve been towing the line between bringing elements of Chaos in very slowly but not breaking the promise from a long time ago that Aether and Chaos wouldn’t be connected. I imagine it will eventually be broken, but in theory that promise won’t ever really be broken since the Aether story technically ended with Tag der Toten, and this is the Dark Aether story.

[@Thearchon592]

True buuut that promise was made by blundell I feel like the story team is just taking the chaos story and doing something with it otherwise it would’ve just faded into obscurity

[@flamingscar5263]

@@Thearchon592 it wasn't just made by Blundell but many other members of the story team, many still at treyarch

[@benleppi3177]

Good point! I think they can easily be connected. The whole idea of the dark aether, OG aether, and chaos are that they all take place in different dimesions. So one dimension finding another dimensions reason for having zombies in their dimension (sentinel artifact) works!! Not sure what it means at this point but just that it’s easy for all of them to become one story ultimately

[@mykelmellen2378]

It can't be both "kind of connected" and "not at all connected". They're creatively bankrupt, and this is their best attempt to get people to care at all.

[@Napzie]

​@@mykelmellen2378Blundell is always specific. By this logic they'd pick up Infinite Warfares storyline if theyre bankrupt. He said Chaos is not related to Aether. Will this is Dark Aether. He did spins like this before

[@pixis6675]

14:06 Milo I think you need some sleep this is going too far bro 😭

[@TwoStepCowboys]

Fr he coulda just said the fourth wall break once 😭

[@LordWaterFarts]

Fr wtf is he on about

[@niconepni1821]

I really hope with Chaos now being associated we start seeing mythological based stuff again, even in just small amounts. Also would be nice to see more information on the ending of ancient evil and the chaos characters

[@ii_wav_ii3629]

No. it’s zombies not a game about cryptics, although bo4 did a great job balancing it out I doubt the new studio now will be able to pull off half of what they did in bo4.

[@johnromero6315]

​@@ii_wav_ii3629 I don't care either way if they do cryptids again, but I'd definitely like to see more mythology based locations. The underground city of Delphi was a cool area, and there's lots of cool/creepy aesthetics they can pull from other myths.

[@ii_wav_ii3629]

@@johnromero6315 oh yeah map wise of course, I still want an Atlantis map. I jus doubt this new studio can pull it off, mostly every dev from the old games up to 4 left.

[@eldwarf034]

​@@ii_wav_ii3629 because dragons, tree monsters, wraiths and eldritch beasts are very zombies right?

[@ii_wav_ii3629]

@@eldwarf034 Did they take away focus from the zombies? No, U still fought 300 zombies while 1 or 2 Wargwa’s or Tree monsters spawned. And monsters being on each map in general from I remembered were there to give a little challenge and immerse you into the theme of map. And the demon looking dudes and aliens looked sick. The aliens played no role in game and the Demons only come out threw scripted events or events that involve the story, if u cared about beating the map for the story.

[@cosmos37060]

Kraft might be alive because prima materia keeps him from aging. The same way that the high order priest has been alive since the roman empire

[@D1andOnly]

further representing chaos is bitter sweet since that never got the closure it needed and doing all this makes that more and more likely. personally i think ascension would be a cool map for them to revisit with this crew, since thats were weaver lost his eye in Bo1

[@constipatedcats474]

18:26 now I'm no scientist but the video on screen says "Free Ray Gun Easter Egg + 20 More Tips I With I Knew Sooner"

[@myedits4679]

I am 100% down for zombies returning to multi-versal bullshittery. It’s chaotic but enjoyable.

[@SpingotGoomer]

Ngl even with the knowledge in mind that Chaos was never supposed to be connected, when I saw the Sentinel Artifact I legit popped off lol Chaos deserved better than the cliffhanger ending they were given

[@ThatWarlockBoi]

Also need to remember that the chaos story was hinted at during vanguard in one of the radios with the mention of Allistair Rhoades(I don’t know how to spell his name lol)

[@jordanz900who]

I find it interesting that S.A.M is saying to go get an artifact in Avalon, all while in the intro to liberty falls shows richtofen being captured and teleported somewhere- unknown (which is all based only hours before/after terminus). I believe shes playing on our teams emotions and using them since theyve been locked up and the 4 characters all keep mentioning their interrogations and possibly going crazy throughout being on an island with that same AI unit. Im super interested in the fact that the sentinel artifact is also pictured in an origins style/chronorium stylized illustration. Maybe ‘origins’ is being re-written in this time line/universe. Maybe we will go back to ancient evil style map for the artifact! Im actually so impressed with the story so far

[@cristhianmontoya6648]

Here hoping we will see scarlet , Diego, Bruno and Shaw again. Chaos story deserves a continuation!

[@Carpediem357]

Shaw would be dead by the 90s

[@cosmos37060]

Theyre dead

[@ProdLucio]

@@Carpediem357this is a fantasy story about zombies they could figure it out

[@jakecampbell9517]

Kraft literally should be dead too. But hes alive. I think theres some time travel at play here

[@cristhianmontoya6648]

@@Carpediem357 maybe we will see the scepter of ra again. Had the power to bring back the dead.

[@wattsvanes4613]

Hey, do we think that the SAM AI really doesn’t know where Richthofen is or do you think it’s lying, because in the liberty falls cutscene which happens at the same time as terminus, there’s some sort of Sam-esk entity that supposedly takes Richthofen into the dark aether

[@lileofficial4273]

Thats the real sam manipulating the real world afaik. The A.I. is just making calculated predictions

[@phantomsanic3604]

@@lileofficial4273 here's my theory, if I remember in Forsaken, Samantha sacrifices herself to contain the Forsaken right. He’s not dead. If she is contained with the Forsaken, are we sure she's fully sane anymore?

[@49HEALTH]

@@lileofficial4273 Everyone was calling her “Sam” and they even said that “something is wrong with Sam.” On top of this, she was some kind of machine. 1. Everyone was calling her Sam in the liberty falls cutscene. They named the AI “Sam” when her real full name is Samantha. This is just the first sign that AI Sam did that. 2. They were saying “something is wrong with Sam” as if Sam was a project they were working on or something. So, that’s another sign that this is in fact the AI they are talking about. 3. She was a literal machine… This is what I’m thinking. I think the real Sam corrupted the AI Sam and now she’s manipulating weavers team to get her the sentinel artifact. That’s why the outbreaks happened as soon as they broke out. Why does she want the artifact? Who knows. To free herself from the dark aether or something.

[@lileofficial4273]

@49HEALTH that makes sence to me

[@VeryScarySmile]

11:00 maybe that's you, I'm absolutely ecstatic that Chaos and Dark Aether are connected. Also, we kinda knew this would happen since Vanguard, though I can't blame you for not knowing since you played it like once. It also introduces A LOT of cool canon, such as Mjolnir in BO2's campaign. That could damn well be canon now because of Chaos.

[@smoke4brains52]

What's Vanguard?

[@coolbloominer]

Jason Blundell said Chaos would never be connected to Aether story.. He never said it wont be connected to the Dark Aether story 🤔

[@dwminerals]

And he’s also not a part of Treyarch anymore. So he doesn’t have creative control.

[@redwiltshire1816]

That’s like saying “Todd Howard said the next game will work”

[@RecluseBootsy]

Aether *is* Dark Aether. 😂 there is no real separation. One universe ended and birthed the next with two remaining souls surviving.

[@johnsmlp4470]

Maya and Nathan little storyline kinda brings back to me memories from "the first Reich" in WWll zombies With all, the brother and sister thing

[@TheSinorax]

Let me tell you. I have been asking for Chaos to return. I was really interested in that story and was disappointed that it ended. This may not be a full revival, only time will tell. However, even seeing the Sentinel Artifact in this story line is a huge step that got me hyped when I finished the EE

[@nrgao]

Man what an excellent breakdown. At 36, I appreciate this type of reflective story where they subtlety tell the journey and struggles of the studio within the lore. We give these guys shit, but the writers are giving it their absolute best and it was evident here. Also, I’ve always hoped they would tie all zombies lore together because WW2 and chaos both had some strengths that added to the original lore and world. Who are we to say something is or isnt possible in their created fantasy world. If they can make this work, this will be a creative achievement for this team to hang their hats on. Thanks to Milo and the devs for helping get this community back hype.

[@majorcarver3504]

We’re so back 😭 🙏Praying we see my boy Diego n Scarlet again 🙏

[@adhumbla1153]

They most likely ... Ded!😏

[@zzirJesus]

@@adhumbla1153no not really likely I can’t wait to see them again !!!!!

[@cosmos37060]

1910s to 1990s. I doubt it

[@lm_slayer1]

@@cosmos37060this is a story about zombies and alternate dimensions. They can figure some shit out, time travel aint out of the question here 💀

[@Kix3333ee]

@@zzirJesusthey are

[@Joshbob567]

Nathan ? like the hot dog guy? can’t wait to see how the dlc story goes, so happy chaos is back , great vid :)

[@Sir_Slimbread]

I do agree that it's highly likely that Chaos was also pulled into the Dark Aether at the end of Tag der Toten, and was rebooted along with Aether, but I also think it's possible that Chaos hasn't been affected in any way. Chaos could be retconned to have always taken place in the Dark Aether Storyline. It could work, because the Vanguard Dark Aether is very similar to Chaos(especially looking at Ancient Evil). The Chaos Story starts right before World War 1, so it doesn't overlap or contradict with the Dark Aether Story in any way, and since we didn't get to see where Chaos went after Ancient Evil, the entire situation could've been resolved before we get anywhere near the events of Vanguard during World War 2.

[@dillydraws]

I love this "new" crew. I'm happy they are able to be fleshed out more. Strauss is still my favourite while Carver is my least favourite.

[@jacknoone3990]

Well well well

[@HoraceKock]

Just beat Terminus with my friends and we all agreed that this is the first time in a long time where zombies is genuinely fun. Great map + EE Treyarch

[@jacobharmer4061]

i would love a “complete cod zombies storyline” from you. You explain these lores so well 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@gibbings5534]

If we dont get richtophen as an operator by the end of the year ill riot

[@TrenchCrow]

I think he likes bo6 zombies.

[@shadows-xn3ed]

If this game fails he loses potential income. I’m not saying he doesn’t genuinely like the game but he does have an incentive to slightly over sell his positive attitude on it

[@chickenwar1]

​@@shadows-xn3edsame goes for MWZ and vanguard zombies and he still openly said how he didn't like this shit so I don't think he'd just act like he likes bo6 if he doesn't really like it

[@49HEALTH]

@@chickenwar1well, vanguard and MW3 weren’t the mainline games so they didn’t have much going on in them. Not many videos he could make off of them even if they were decent.

[@eotto4752]

can't help but wonder if by trying to bring his son samuel back, things will somehow get complicated and spit out stuhlinger instead. richtofen and stuhlinger were heavily connected in the original timeline after all, so its maybe not out of the realm of possibility for the dark aether or sentinel artifact or whatever richtofen ends up using, to pick up on his connection to victis samuel over son samuel. stuhlinger had alluded to being in contact with more richtofens than just ultimis or primis if i remember right. some quote about the "other other richtofen" i believe? if that came to be, it'd be interesting if richtofen ACTUALLY thought stuhlinger was his son too, believing he had just been aged up to 50/60/however old stuhlinger is due to some dark aether time manipulation. could see the two teaming up as part of a 4 man crew in a future map and having some sort of weird father/son dynamic while stuhlinger is just confused out of his mind in reality, its not something i expect to happen, but it'd be interesting if richtofen's son being named samuel turned out to be more than just a throwaway homage to stuhlinger

[@thanosfarmer8304]

I’m more excited by the gameplay implications of chaos returning rather then story. They can reuse some of the chaos assets again and perhaps bring those cancelled maps too good use?

[@threehermans15]

It’s so nice hearing the dialog thru character quotes now! SO SO good!

[@jamesperrott1]

People keep saying Samantha is lying to our crew, cause she captured richtoften. But the one that captured richtofen is clearly the REAL samantha hence the dark aether energy, this AI samantha were with is made off of samantha from years ago too. She is entirely separate to the Samantha in the dark aether

[@PatStaru]

You’re the last and only person i watch for zombies content, thank you for being here

[@dudelove5551]

I seen the sentinal artifact outline on the rock on one of the islands and was like oh my god bring back chaos please.

[@pasttense69]

I love that chaos is now cannon to the story. My nostalgia receptors would be so happy if we get to see victus next somewhere in the dark ether.

[@lukesanford9026]

Chaos is back :))))

[@khalifornyia8501]

Mayas shirt is an Easter egg reference to “Dead Again” where there’s a lyric that goes “a creeping shadow spire will bleed into the sky”

[@cwdii]

Honestly, bringing in Chaos is the best thing the devs could do to continue the Dark Aether story. There was so much untapped potential being left on the table with that universe and im so glad we're getting a continuation of that story. More critically, it means Treyarch has realised that Dark Aether is NOT the Aether story. Different universe, different characters doing different shit, its entirely possible that Sam and Eddie walking into the unknown at the end of Tag der Toten took them into the same universe Chaos took place in, albeit somewhat retconned.

[@ii_wav_ii3629]

Hell no they’re the most uninteresting of all the crews I don’t even remember a single voice line that stuck wit me n I played it relentlessly. I mean jus look at the comparison to the other crews, chaos has the typical playboy, a typically hot women, a typical smart old man, and a classic meathead it’s like a garbage movie cast of cliché characters. Now compare that to a Asian swords man, a russian solider who fought and survived in Berlin, a mad scientist, and corporal world war solider. Now let’s compare it to the SOA crew u got a boxer who cheats his fights, a corrupt cop, a stripper who murders men, and a magician who practices black magic.

[@ii_wav_ii3629]

Bo4 zombies slapped tho but the crew hell no. But I’ll take the chaos crew over weavers group any day like seriously tf is weaver doing in zombies😭 who’s idea was this.

[@mykelmellen2378]

Shoving the Chaos story into this game was their only hope of it not being a huge flop.

[@johnromero6315]

I've always thought it was tragic that they gave up on the chaos story just as I was beginning to think it had real potential.

[@alexlolli2325]

@@ii_wav_ii3629nah chaos slapped to

[@RockStar-ry6ce]

With the intro of liberty falls, it could be suggested that richtofen was taken either to the dark aether OR Avalon to seek the sentinel artifact by SAM. This AI isn’t benevolent because there’s no way it could’ve caused the outbreak without a plan it’s own

[@joshseraphim3902]

“A little bit of this, a little bit of that.” Ahh storyline Fr tho this is crazy that they’re just blending the chaos story into this

[@CrossTheFirst]

This is such prime Milo, I’ve missed this so much. Thanks Milo for all the new videos I’m loving it

[@joescrewball]

The gods from the Chaos maps are all just Dark Aether creatures, calling it now🙏🙏

[@shdanko]

This is what I’ve been waiting for ever since watching you complete the EE live. Man I am so excited to see where this goes.

[@antonfergus1732]

The chaos storyline now being canon is just gojng to make things wacky now will be interesting to see how they write it in I assume they added because it genuinely ends in a cliff hanger and the current story has definitely been lacking to say the least b06 looks promising but still some things that could be better

[@itsHadeHD]

There was a quote during the EE or just a random quote that mentioned 'the gods' and you see the artifact on the stone. And chaos played heavily into multiple gods so we can see a bring back or....Vanguard lmaooo

[@austinteed3248]

I still would like to think that Sam and Eddie are playing games on the floor in that house. BO 1/2/3 was Sams turn. Now it's Eddie's turn.

[@cosmos37060]

Eddie controlled the zombies in bo2

[@Knightsking917]

@@cosmos37060regardless who’s turn it’s a good way to look at it

[@thechosenone5924]

Hey Milo my friend and I after 13 years of playing zombies actually completed both Easter eggs thanks to your no nonsense guide thanks bro 🙏🏻

[@Lex-oy8pe]

In my head cannon the dark either Gods/ entities from Vanguard are the same or at least connected to the chaos Gods now. But that’s just my opinion.

[@MijnNaamIsBurger]

Ya got it there, it's confirmed Kortifex was Anubis or Ra, one of those-Saraxis a weird Japanese god- Belekar the Q-something god of Mexico-Inviktor was Ares- Norticus Odin. So yeah it's pretty possible

[@joescrewball]

My theory too

[@lappome]

14:38 the myth. the legend!!! ITS THE JONKLER HIMSELF. JARED MORBIUS LETO

[@middy5284]

took 1 day to figure out the easter egg. at least thats better than mw3 zombies which took 45 minutes to figure out (not meming)

[@JuliusNovak_]

Wasn't a full day, LF took 1hr, Terminus took 4ish hours

[@tylerrandall05]

Did not take a day😂

[@Daddy-Saxon]

Easter eggs will never last more than 2 days max anymore. Data mining pretty much prevents that if a hunt ever exceeded that mark

[@chasebishop309]

also i’m pretty sure every map in cw took less than 2 or 3 hours to solve

[@DrewB7777]

@@Daddy-SaxonI miss the days where people actually had to solve everything through trial and error. Data mining ruined the experience.

[@crazybrain1572]

I just finished the easter egg and I was MIND BLOWN by the mention of the Chaos story artifact and I actually love it! I didn't play much of the chaos story but I think didn't think it was bad and I'm excited to see how treyarch is going to make this fit into the dark aether story

[@elle.mack.wednesday]

That endcard gotta be wrong. Saying there’s a video about lore while the link is to build and upgrade JETGUN by ROUND 5 no gobbles is crazy

[@Josue-wj2uf]

he hasnt made the video he was referring yet, he’ll prob link it when its out

[@Volkx07]

The end card is step up as most recent video instead of a specific video so at the time of this video it was right but since then he has uploaded new videos and it has changed

[@brendapope5449]

I love the fact that theyre bringing chaos story back, and theyre bringing back the classic richtofen vs sam beef that was in bo1 and bo2. Feels very og cod with them leading from the shadows but being against each other

[@Rhenkei]

Bro is pushing the treyarch defense really hard lmao

[@billymays5175]

He's trying almost too hard, bordering on copium.

[@ptxc1639]

This is why i love treyarchs writting for the overall universe they manage to actually connect the story.

[@OldHeadRogers]

Just bring back the Primis crew thats all we need

[@itsTragicMike]

Great breakdown. I love love love the indirect message for fans old and new to come together especially after the divide over the last few months

[@imtakk9943]

With them bringing in chaos I felt i should note that maya kind of looks like Scarlett, and Strauss kind of looks like Shaw. It’s definitely a stretch but what if they are alternate versions of those characters.

[@eldwarf034]

Ravenov also looks like Bruno and at the very least Weaver would sort of act like Diego, interesting if they get out Gray and Carver

[@djibalio]

Small correction: Rictofen is the director of Requirim group and project Janus was enacted at the end of cold war zombies

[@YODA88YODA]

8:16 Teeeeeechnically they aren’t, because this is the Dark Aether story and not the Ether story

[@sirfrostymugs]

glad someone said it

[@Knightsking917]

Of course the stories can’t be connected because they have different names right 😂

[@joshuacollins9316]

The Aether story is connected to the Dark Aether story , so technically they are connected to Chaos now.

[@kdlco]

i believe that this is the best thing that they can do for the story, it gives the story more depth and connects the old style of trayarch's story telling to their new style and i think i like it.

[@samuelb66]

I'm not sure how I feel about this yet. I'm one of those rare people that actually really liked and was interested in the Chaos story back during bo4, but idk about it coming back within the dark aether storyline. Ik we got some Easter eggs and references of Chaos in the Vanguard Zombies, but it is now becoming a key feature within the storyline. Chaos was Blundells baby, and I know Blundell doesn't own the Chaos story or any of the elements within it, but it just feels weird rn seeing it continue on without his guidance and expertise.

[@majorcarver3504]

The lead writer Craig Houston is still there. It was his baby too.

[@samuelb66]

@majorcarver3504 that is true, but the story and quests have taken a bit of a nose dive since Blundell left. Blundell was the man who made almost every single cipher in the game. We also know Blundell was super hands on with creating the easter eggs. Zombies lost something with him. It lost its sense of Wonder and adventure. Not to say the mode is bad now, but it's very different than what it was from bo2-bo4 (prime blundell years). He was the director of zombies after all. Craig may be a lead writer, but he's more or less one of many cooks in the kitchen. Blundell was the head chef.

[@threehermans15]

Craig Houston was the writer not Blundell. And Craig Houston is writing this. He wrote the chaos and Arther story and he is still writing the dark Aether story. They are all HIS babies. Blundell has influence. But he was not a writer like Craig is

[@LSB44446]

My main gripe is Avalon being mentioned, I hope map 1 isn't outbreak. And zombies being canon to campaign means we won't get the crazy shit like Medusa, time travel, dragons, etc because they're keeping it semigrounded :/

[@GoB1996]

I understand that but god I would love to see them revisit mythology and folk lore again. Those were some of my favorite maps, the most original ones we’ve gotten since then honestly.

[@TheAthenian97]

I think it’s most likely Kraft is also an AI or robot by this point. Surely a massive mob wouldn’t have trouble torturing an old man. However hacking an advanced AI might give them some trouble.

[@ennlosss]

I think your playing into the whole idea that treyarch is speaking to old fans in this cutscene, I think the gameplay is great but the EE's are lackluster at best and that's what i personally miss from the old black ops storylines you had to actually figure shit out (both maps were solved way too fast imo) i feel people miss that feeling of uncovering an actual story, i will admit seeing chaos artifact was cool but it still seems like trick to reel people in only to be let down again

[@aHumanBeing97]

But what Treyarch see’s is people actually bothering to do EE’s these days. And that’s what they’d prefer to focus on. The high rounds are still there if you want them. The EE’s are still there on the side if you’d rather do that. Do what you want, let others do what they want. If you want EE’s like you’d find in BO3, Go play BO3. It’s still super easily accessible currently. Abuse that.

[@ennlosss]

@@aHumanBeing97 look no game is perfect and while theres nothing stopping me or anyone else from booting up BO3 that doesn't really solve the problem, im not saying people should play or not play im saying personally it's not for me and that's ok people are gonna like it or do what they wanna do and they should, however i will try to the dlc's and maybe that will change my outlook on things it is early days after all

[@solartyrant9049]

This is the video I've been waiting for. I love the EE hunts and watching the boss fight, but I'm most invested in the actual lore, how the implications of what happens in each map affect the broader story. Would love a breakdown of each map and how they play into the plot. Also is there any cool stuff buried inside the intel system?

[@Ultimateman]

Map was cool story was mid. And I think its due to us being shown whats happening instead of us as the characters exploring thru the story via gameplay. Just my opinion tho, Terminus really fun in slaying wise 😎🔥

[@threehermans15]

People asked for character quotes and less physical intel like Cold War. So they listened to exactly what we wanted

[@TNKTheMonstah]

My boy waffles is back in action! Multiple new videos dropping every other day!

[@owentypebeat2449]

Really wish they were better at telling the story, cause there actually is a lot of potential with certain things, but god it’s all talk talk talk and it spells everything out and it’s so uninteresting. Especially the characters. I hope if Chaos gets properly brought back, they try to present the story in a similar way to how it was in Black Ops 4.

[@lloydstressman3130]

Agreed. This cutscene is essentially just one big exposition dump, how interesting 🙄. It’s as if the treyarch writers have never heard of the phrase “show don’t tell”.

[@PalindroneV2]

​@@lloydstressman3130its not a hard rule. Sometimes you need characters to sit/stand around and talk to move the plot around. How would you have preferred for this info to be delivered to the player?

[@owentypebeat2449]

@@PalindroneV2 Exposition isn’t always a bad thing, it just depends on how it gets presented. I feel as if every single part of Dark Aether has been ‘telling you what is happening and how the characters feel right now’ without any slight hint at nuance or anything of the sort. The more this story goes on the more it feels like modern CoD stories (unbelievably bad). Zombies is supposed to be the artistic reprieve from that.

[@jamesperrott1]

Im really curious as to when an Aether character is going to finally show up in this story, we all know Victis is alive and will return at some point. Arent the Shadow Man AND Doctor Monty and all keepers/apothicons just straight up here too? what even was the goal in Tag der toten if we just brought those with us too though, but it doesnt seem like they were killed or "left behind"

[@danielsiemers5704]

Black ops 6 zombies is already top 5 zombies game. And we haven’t even had DLC 1 yet.

[@sspectre8217]

Like I get what you’re trying to say but if you think about it it would mean it’s mid at best lol

[@OstrichWarlord]

It's mid as hell and has no personality. Id put ww2 and AW zombies over it

[@JoblessJimmy]

​@WigneyR you must be a child because Gen Z is 1997-2012

[@rafascurls]

Top 3

[@sspectre8217]

@@WigneyR who’s gonna tell him there’s zoomers with medical degrees and stuff

[@dapperblack3509]

Strauss' whole reaction is the zombies community seeing the chaos story returning

[@LSB44446]

But they HAD to mention Avalon🤦‍♂️ I don't care about Warzone, I don't want to play Warzone, please stop mentioning Warzone lol

[@uarelikeme]

I literally have no idea what you’re talking about in this video - but thank you for explaining everything. I’m glad the zombie community are getting more lore and interesting content

[@user-iq3qj5uk6i]

I hope this eventually goes somewhere because so far this story telling is ass. The terminus intro is the cringiest zombies content we’ve ever had

[@ssmakisaki69]

I wish that Richthofen is constantly plagued with dreams/visions of the aether story line, and his goal is to find and reunite with this universe’s versions of those who he sees in his dreams……reuniting with Takeo, Dempsey, and Nikolai…. Probably won’t happen because Takeo VA is retired…. But a man can hope!

[@AJ_77602]

1:15 sooo she’s an Indian…

[@garfield8811]

Go back to 4chan

[@YoutubeKing2772]

That's crazy 💀

[@sneedler5993]

Hahahaha

[@nattybohman]

Sooooooo Kamala Harris ……

[@jaydendavidson1406]

I snorted when I read this

[@DrThic]

Avalon is also where the Pantheon is based out of. Atleast that's what Jane Harrow says. There's also a whole mission about the bio weapon (literal zombies in campaign lol), but it never says exactly what it is. It could be connected to this story in some way.

[@eldwarf034]

Well that was hallucinations tho

[@theoneandonly9775]

I like how they rry to tie everything together. In vanguard, where krafft is from, there where already a few notes about the chaos story. So its cool that all comes together, i hope they make a cool thing here

[@thegreenergrass66]

I hope he makes a video talking more about Krafft and Vanguard Zombies might tie in because I completely skipped that game thinking it wouldn't ever be relevant.

[@Darren112-]

Can i just say, i noticed back when terminus first dropped (prior to main ee) there was a chalk sketch of the sentinel artifact on some stone on one of the islands, eluding to the significance of this particular artifact, i thought it was cool :)

[@austinzitterich3416]

my theory is that they are going to make the entire chaos story universe just take place within the dark aether story universe. They're going to make it so they were never two separate universes at all. This would mean at the end of Tag Der Toten, we technically sent Eddie & Sam into the Chaos universe. I imagine later down the line we'll learn more about maybe how Prima Materia & Aetherium are connected. My guess is that they are going to be two different manifestations of the same thing, or something along those lines.

[@theequalizer694]

Strauss has been through so much B.S in his life I don't blame him for immediately trying to bail out.

[@encoder4d801]

I love the chaos maps so much, praying for any type of return

[@ComradeInspector]

It’ll be interesting to see if “Pantheon” gets involved in the zombies storyline since they were such a big story point in the campaign and now (most likely) warzone. I wouldn’t be surprised.

[@Captainprice129]

Holy shit your actually insane now you just carried that projection on the whole scene bro😂

[@PriestlyBlock67]

Your breakdown made me look at this in such a completely and meta way