Why Is Call of Duty Vanguard SO BAD?!

Call of Duty Vanguard is apathetic, commercial diarrhea. Now here's my completely unnecessary 40minute review of it. Act Man Plushie's on SALE ➤ www.makeship.com/products/the...
Follow me on Twitch ➤ / theactingmale
Special Thanks to Doktor Skipper for editing the Zombies portion of this video ➤ / doktorskipper
Gamer's Outreach Charity ➤ gamersoutreach.org
___TIME STAMPS___
Introduction - 0:00
Charity & Plushie Promotion - 2:31
Zombies - 3:27
Operators & Lack of Style - 17:41
Multiplayer Gameplay - 27:38
Campaign & Conclusion - 34:26
✪ CONNECT WITH ME ✪
Subscribe ↪ kzbin.info?s...
Twitter ➤ / theactman_yt
Act Man TV ➤ bit.ly/2kPXk7f
Discord ➤ / discord
Instagram ➤ / theactman_yt
Xbox Live Gamertag ➤ The Act Man

[@TheActMan]

So you will do nothing, Sledgehammer? Apathy is death, worse than death. Because at least a rotting corpse feeds the beasts and insects. Act Man Plushie's on SALE ➤ www.makeship.com/products/the-act-man-plush Follow me on Twitch ➤ www.twitch.tv/theactingmale

[@lukestowe7052]

Do a BioShock Infinite review🔥

[@Mishikali]

I lov u

[@Lucky_9705]

It’s time for me to play something else or get my homework done. These are far more valueable things than sitting through another bare bones, microtransaction-infected COD game.

[@mtf5405]

Uncharted 4 review

[@Gliw0306]

tf

[@CriticalNobody]

Call of a Duty has finally broken the Act Man

[@big_sea]

yes

[@brandonpeel6497]

“They can’t keep getting away with thisssssss”

[@dredgendorchadas6770]

It was done doing that since after mw 2019

[@afrdzul9811]

Pretty much lol

[@thundageon5962]

Including gamers as a whole

[@edvard8449]

COD World at War: "This place once echoed with conversations of friends and lovers. No longer. Mark my words comrade, one day things will change. We will take the fight to their land, to their people, to their blood." COD Vanguard: "I shoot Nazis. They die. That's the plan."

[@creamery299]

The CHAD Call of duty world at war: Has memorable lines and quotes "TAKE OUT THOSE FUCKING PT BOATS" Good gameplay Honors the vets who died fight the unforgiving war The VIRGIN COD Vanguard: "I shoot Nazis. They die. That's the plan".

[@yesfiraswa]

@@creamery299 cod vanguard: "dO yOu sPeAk jApAneSe?"

[@shawklan27]

@@yesfiraswa "oui"

[@fokka6010]

Theres more to this character, some details that you can see from her flashback, but its so bad - it would've been better if she didn't have it at all.

[@CalixtoGarciaIniguez1898]

Call of duty have seen better days

[@darthidiot3861]

"No call of duty will be released in 2023" that aged like milk

[@andresperez7582]

truly

[@shadowofdread7018]

And it’s basically a $70 DLC with a shitty campaign according to reviews

[@zackince8803]

Can’t believe I wasted 70 bucks on a warzone ripoff and a story more soulless and confusing than vanguard’s.

[@babycarrotz32]

And y'know what? Vanguard was somehow better.

[@Minority119]

technically it's still true cause lol lmao MW3 aint no game

[@clicky101]

Forget building a bridge. They didn't even build a FUCKING GAME

[@Tony99_xx_]

Don’t hate on ww2

[@LateNightHalo]

Cod Vanguard is the gaming equivalent of sleeping pills

[@fernandomartin661]

That and eating a pufferfish.

[@dazzaMusic]

But with Sleeping pills you get your moneys worth…

[@Carlisho]

Melatonin about to go bankrupt

[@Akunai_]

@@Carlisho melatonin about to skyrocket

[@kushweiser]

The games quite fun, lol but you believe whatever this whiner says

[@hydrophilicchristopher9874]

The biggest turn off for me was when they brought out the “historically accurate” claim. That’s when I knew I had to bring out the popcorn and watch the shitstorm

[@George.did9.11]

Yeah , WITH ANIME SKINS 🤣

[@retonman7492]

The worst idea you can have is to have an sjw as a writer on a historical game.

[@brok56]

@@darthconquerus But were The germans Red, or soviets?

[@simplydawson1061]

Reminds me of Battlefield V

[@fredster594]

Hello Liquid Chris.

[@davestudios9271]

“Let’s go no game in 2023! Modern warfare 3 is behind me isn’t it.”

[@kristinarp526]

I hate cod vanguard as a historian. The STG44 firing mechanism is located in its stock, so how can you remove the stock and still fire the gun?! Gay German soldiers, heavy racism in the British army, and cursed weapons modification. It just insults history.

[@ashen9381]

Don't ask Activision what the Nazis did to the one LGBT progressive clinic in Germany.

[@MamaMia145]

Dont forget guns in the wrong theatres, like Japanese guns on german trains or German guns in the Pacific

[@AirsoftAlfonse]

F in chat for good zombie experience 😞

[@Crimson06]

F It hasn’t been really good since bo3

[@younglord161]

@@Crimson06 cold war zombies was fun imo

[@ezzahhh]

F But hopefully with the Microsoft acquisition they can restructure the company and may bring out a half decent COD for once. Either that or they will end up pulling a Rareware and self destruct. Could really go either way as far as I see it.

[@clockwerk35]

F

[@nightmare5510]

@@younglord161 I agree although it was my first zombie experience.

[@thegrandwizard1700]

The worst part about the campaign is that I didn’t even see the enemy build at least one bridge.

[@SifsBestFriend]

THEY’RE BUILDING A BRIDGE

[@emile7083]

Ok now its definitely not worth buying

[@TheActMan]

Bruh what a fucking scam, right?

[@The_Jetstream_Sam]

@@TheActMan I know bro

[@destructionduo1168]

@@TheActMan Would you have enjoyed it if the enemy had built that bridge?

[@ntfoperative9432]

I can't believe they actually listened to extra credits

[@--Michael_Townley--]

Yea

[@dankdemon7291]

Tbh i forgot this game existed. 💀

[@JaCrispy3060]

The "not having iconic characters" thing shows just how detached the company really is from their franchise. Expect failure.

[@clownbaby3877]

Yea because when you make a new game every year, it’s easy to make iconic characters in each franchise. They can’t use task force 141 in every game homie

[@georgewhitworth9742]

@@clownbaby3877 The point was that they said COD has *NO* iconic characters. Who cares if they weren't in this COD.

[@Rawnblade13]

They are very detached BUT to be fair, Given the context that statement was said and they were comparing it to Master Chief, they're right. CoD has no one that even remotely compares to Master Chief when it comes to iconic. Every gamer on the planet, whether they've actually played Halo or not, knows who Master Chief is and what franchise he's from. CoD doesn't have anyone like that. You could show a non-CoD fan say...Captain Price and they'd have no idea who he is. He's just generic rugged soldier man number 1052.

[@mikegate6764]

@@Rawnblade13 Im not saying your wrong but I feel like captain price and his bravo six going dark is extremely iconic, same with mason and the numbers. The thing is going from older periods of war to advanced warfare then modern warfare, an just going back and forth with decades of war it’s hard to bring those iconic characters to every battle, that defeats the realism of the weapon mechanics and the storylines and all that. Master chief is known throughout each halo because it’s more fictional based. Also I think a lot of people are forgetting that when vanguard came out, they had those worker strikes right after, they were upset because the lower people were being let go, and they’re wages were being used to give the more critical workers higher revenue. But people got upset and said that’s not right, then we were left with more workers that weren’t willing to put maximum effort into it because they’re not getting paid enough. The problem with vanguard is that they actually did try to use the community feedback to help create the game and make it a better experience for everyone.

[@Rawnblade13]

@@mikegate6764 Iconic to a CoD fan, none of that reaches Master Chief levels of iconic though. Unfortunately for CoD, due to the realistic military setting, you can't really make a character with an iconic design and it's all just generic soldier stuff. Not to mention how due to constantly switching settings, CoD can't really establish someone as iconic as Master Chief. Which is probably why the devs on Vanguard went for some pseudo Avengers-style characters, even if it doesn't really work for WW2. Master Chief works and has become iconic because he's in almost every Halo, has a unique, distinct, and easily recognizable design, and it probably doesn't hurt that Halo games don't come out every year, so they don't all blur together.

[@morqus8169]

One thing people always forget about is that vanguard zombies doesn’t give you a reason to use certain attachments. Also, it will not let you use others

[@generalsavage4103]

Are you shroud

[@eval_is_evil]

W-what?? Holy Jesus on a bycicle trip... I didnt know honestly because I didnt buy this. Be honest this game was bought for you as a form of punishment

[@jdunn5128]

@@tobyconoley5511 i mean yes but for 26USD not the worst purchase, but never worth more than 30USD.

[@morqus8169]

@@tobyconoley5511 refunded

[@salvatori9852]

There’s been more effort put into this video than vanguard

[@TrainedArcTrooper]

I put more effort into typing this comment than in vanguard

[@tattalo2172]

There's been more effort put into me breathing than Vanguard.

[@unknowngamedev909]

@@tattalo2172 There's been more effort put into anyone existing than shitguard

[@Karimftw0.0]

There’s been more effort being put into vanguard than MWIII

[@DrUnfunny]

Me taking a sip of water is more complicated than the entire CoD franchise.

[@slendermansmoom]

This game is a straight insult to Gamers everywhere

[@Crom_Apsotle]

and historians as well

[@slendermansmoom]

@@Crom_Apsotle based

[@CrossfeetGaming]

The moment the writers said COD had no "iconic" characters yet. I was ACTIVELY rooting for this game to fail. I want it to fail just to spite the writers.

[@camarokidbb4347]

CoD has iconic characters, just not ✨iconic✨ characters.

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

@@camarokidbb4347 Soap trusted you, and Price thought he could too.

[@JOESMITH-qs8ue]

@@camarokidbb4347 They don't represent. They don't exist.

[@camarokidbb4347]

@@anonymousapproximation8549 Sarcasm is a bitch to portray in an online comment. >_

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

@@camarokidbb4347 Is that why Makarov knows you?

[@SealandGI]

“This game will teach an entire generation that grandpa stormed Normandy with a f-cking EOTech.” -Brandon Herrera Pretty much everything I hate about this game is summed up by this quote.

[@megami215]

You got other issues at hand if you get your facts from an Xbox game. Dumbest thing I ever heard

[@Eggboi3000]

Ayyy. Nice

[@S3SSioN_Solaris]

@@megami215 Most people don't even know what makes a fact, *a fact.*

[@jeffferguson69]

You forgot swastikas didn’t exist and there was black female nazis lol

[@incoherentrambling3139]

@@megami215 good thing misconceptions have never been spread through fictional books or movies, especially about ww2!

[@jinxysaberk]

It's crazy how something that was supposed to be cool for us and the devs by making us able to get more content just turned into "let's see the worst thing we can put out that people will still buy"

[@classicsteakZ096]

Activision 🤝 Game Freak

[@Sonichero151]

@@classicsteakZ096 Game Freak at least puts care into their games.... you might not notice cause you're too bust on your high fucking horse over Techinical issues that can always be fixed

[@theoneandonlyjim902]

@@Sonichero151 I mean, as of recent this is true. The story is always good, but it's everything else that feels bad to play.

[@SheerDruid81]

@@theoneandonlyjim902I played Pokémon violet and I can tell you that the main problem with the game is the performance. the gameplay is fun, the new Pokémons are good, and there’s a lot you can do in the game.

[@Random_Fanatic]

@@SheerDruid81 Performance? The voice acting or like the Switch not being able to handle the game play?

[@mistermittens3533]

So for those who are wondering initially Vanguard was not going to feature a zombies bonus mode at all as Treyarch was thrown into development only 6 months before release, however due to Treyarchs reputation and Activision threatening higher ups they conceded only 10 weeks prior to release and developed a very shoddy zombies game mode. The kicker is due to Vanguards (for once) unique take on the engine Cold War could NOT be used as a basis and Zombies had to be made from the ground up in just 10 weeks. This is the reason for so many features missing in the mode.

[@fafanir82]

Source

[@mistermittens3533]

@@fafanir82 I am an employee at Treyarch :p

[@UNALLOYEDSLOP]

@@mistermittens3533real

[@slimey630]

"I'm surprised treyarch managed to even include a scoreboard" *Meanwhile in 2042....*

[@rerecycled7507]

You got the joke. Good job.

[@JinnYoungKim]

The only Treyarch games I play are World at War and Black Ops 1 and 2. And Battlefield 1943 is the best game.

[@Hexamath]

At least the “Zombies” name fits. No functioning organs; just skin.

[@TheActMan]

fucking gottem

[@zakkbrown9522]

“No new CoD in 2023” Well, fuck. That didn’t age well.

[@BorrelTrein]

aged like milk

[@MysticalHaloZ]

and its worse than vanguard

[@brendansage6876]

@@MysticalHaloZ Imagine telling a Call of Duty fan who's currently in the year 2011 that the undisputed worst game in the franchise will be a Modern Warfare game. He wouldn't believe you. I went in thinking that MWIII was going to be pretty good, on par with MWII, and then I got kicked in the teeth by this shoddy excuse for a _DLC_ that cost 70 clams. How far has CoD fallen that a Modern Warfare title is currently being lampooned as the worst game yet?

[@MissCosmosEdits]

​@@brendansage6876I am loving Cold War :)

[@Muhammad-lq7fu]

That's dlc

[@fridaythedeerfox2982]

There's a pretty anachronistic oversight in dialogue in one mission, during the Australian mission when an soldier yells "RPG!" Which wouldn't make sense because the term RPG wouldn't have been coined until the 60's when RPG's were actually invented, and Bazooka's in WW2 weren't even considered RPG's they were recoiless rifles.

[@D1gg3rX]

I mean a flashbang appeared in the beginning so……

[@rikoaries]

They didn't give a shit about anything when making Vanguard, did they?

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Ah yes, I remember my grandpa telling me about a guy who used 10000% aim assist to take down an entire Japanese battalion. History is so crazy like that.

[@anonymusmysterious5401]

That sucks. Frickin autoaim in the 40's. Hey, was your grandpa in my team of the enemy team?

[@connorhudock1950]

You can't tell me that the dentist who killed 90 Japanese soldiers so his friends could retreat, who was found dead Borimir style in a pile of corpses, wasn't using hacks

[@martmine4618]

And the dude was shot and stabbed by bayonets up to 26 times while still being alive.

[@rizonza5060]

This is not real "Aim assist" Is not a real thing. In real life you would have to aim weapon like with your eyes, not "aim assist"

[@donaldduck5358]

@@connorhudock1950 I remember it like it was yesterday. D-day.. Storming the beach was insane. The anime, the green blue and red bullets flying around that sand? Damn it was crazy. I was also the only white guy on my boat, rest were indian, russian and british women with these Japanese weapons. It was a day that I will never forget.

[@kaizermierkrazy6886]

honestly, with how powerful modern consoles are and the large budget these companies have, there's no reason we can't large scale, multi-front campaigns and multiplayer like WaW. Show us events gaming rarely does like the Chinese front or Soviet invasion of Finland. People aren't necessarily over ww2, they're over the low effort and generic depiction of it.

[@douglasemerson2694]

100% true. We're sick of seeing this cookie cutter type shit everytime there's a ww2 game released. Give us something unique and something unforgetable, something not taught in schools. More then anything, give us the fun that we've deprived for in the last couple years in the Call Of Duty franchise.

[@connorosullivan3500]

It’s out of laziness 100%, nothing to do with technical limitations of consoles/PC lol

[@ancientmachine9070]

Just look at fifa mate. Could have graphics like Ride 2 but they dont bother

[@sims2mw]

I would kill a man or 100 for a game set in the sino-japanese war

[@Mikeyski4]

Just play Hell Let Loose for your WW2 experience. Stop with this Call of Duty bullshit

[@ThatOneDudeNamedBob]

"no new 2023 cod game" HAHAHAHAHA

[@MontyJefferson]

There being no CoD in 2023 has not aged well

[@michaelmarlow6610]

The fact that ghosts is getting brought up is proof how badly this series has fallen yet again.

[@sjescone]

And still every year people seem to be hyped as fuck for the next one. That is until day 1 after launch, then it's shit again and you find urself playing a older cod instead of the one you were hyped about.

[@Sacciuiguai]

Yet again? Never recovered after ghosts to be honest

[@MrSp3ctre]

@@Sacciuiguai never recovered after mw3

[@SuperDarkHalo]

@@MrSp3ctre The disrespect to BO2.

[@ghostlegit]

@@MrSp3ctre modern warfare 3 was dogshit compared to black ops 1 2 and modern warfare 2

[@brian636]

I can truly say that the game has only gone down hill since we lost Verdansk... They have atleast cut down on some of the hackers in the Warzone lobbies... Well said brother.

[@mozan33r71]

1. It's been downhill since ghosts. 2. Hackers feel better than ever. You have even soft cheaters like Zlaner making a living. It's messed up. They made cheat makers and cheat players, millionaires...

[@xzero6850]

@@mozan33r71 they sure did.

[@masao2922]

since the cold war intergration

[@rvolmed74]

Source? "I made it up, bro"

[@mozan33r71]

@@rvolmed74 What's your agenda?

[@true_prussian_blue8236]

Vanguard=trash

[@yeetman3685]

The "I would rather play ghosts part" was actually censored for me by a low battery message on my headphones 💀

[@Lilnwise_CrispyTheScientistYT]

Ain't no way 💀💀💀

[@lightninggreninja4676]

Even your headphones couldn't believe their ears that's even possible to hear lol! "Vanguard worse than Ghost?! That's impossible!"😭😂

[@Easternboi6s9]

g o o d

[@sebastian1the1retard]

WW2: The most horrific, bloody conflict in human history. Activision: Haha anime skins go dab.

[@Dimondboy-bf8qn]

@Sakkra1993 bruh

[@Dimondboy-bf8qn]

@Sakkra1993 I thought you hated the game because of the game play or collaborations or just the simple "fortnite bad". Not the legacy that it left behind

[@RudoMike21]

@Sakkra1993 I blame Minecraft Hunger games for creating the genre only for the name to be created in 3 years that is H1Z1

[@gekoh.]

B-b-but they make money!

[@blitzstrk0]

@@RudoMike21 A very young person made this comment.

[@rindykins8360]

"how did these get passed quality assurance?" Simple Activision fired them asking for raises so the playerbase have become the testers 😂

[@Blackhawks19_xx]

I sincerely believe that they haven’t had a quality assurance department for at least a decade.

[@calahoon22]

As someone who works in QA I bet any money they were logged by QA but was considered "not blocking release" or put as "will fix after launch".

[@kyotheman69]

plus they know game will sell regardless because there is stupid people out there, i tapped out of COD ages ago because games are same thing over and over again, they get lazy each time

[@Ifrumnoj]

They have no QA department

[@erodrioits1234]

I had a friend who did QA for the game, he told them about the issue and they ignored it.

[@danielwelch8781]

No new for 2023 huh?

[@CoderJohnny]

The “shoot nazi, they die” kind of lines sound like the writer actually thinks that wars are fought by just shooting the other side. No battle plans or strategic placement of assets. Just two sides with guns unloading magazines on each other…

[@hamishmay7122]

The being offended gag was hilarious "the nazis should be called the enemy team" - A+

[@mozan33r71]

Didn't think we will defend Nazis but here we are in this day of age. I guess we can't call them enemies of the free world.

[@metalmaster1224]

One of my closest friends is actually a curator at the museum the Vanguard devs went to for their "research". He told me he had prepped an entire lineup of different variations of weapons and such, but the devs told him word for word "we just want what looks cool". They blew off almost an entire tour, took a handful of pictures, and left. The lack of respect for history really shows in the game.

[@zachcanter3279]

They could have just used google. But, SHG is the dumbest studio that acts as deadweight like a mother views their baby before throwing it in a dumpster because it was too late for abortion. That is SHG. Axe the studio microsoft

[@xephronzz9585]

unless there is any proof other than your word, this comment is baseless.

[@Frozen_Death_Knight]

Explains a lot as to why the game looks the way it does. Man, we were so darn spoiled back in the 90s and 2000s with all those World War shooters that made honest attempts at capturing the authenticity of the time period.

[@hamburgerfatso]

Sounds made up lmao

[@albertsmyk8685]

Up. The lack of respect. This is so sad and unbelievable.

[@camera2178]

My brother bought a cod vanguard jacket. He got made fun of when he wore it to school

[@CoderJohnny]

“No new Call Of Duty for 2023!” Yeah… about that, here’s a little project we been doing in our spare time: MW3

[@Lucky_9705]

Activision needs to give this franchise a break. They can’t milk their cash cow any drier than this.

[@arttulindroos6686]

Imo they should just remaster cods from waw to bo2

[@joshhollands7504]

Apparently there is no cod coming out next year. Hopefully that means we get a finished game the year after.

[@Lucky_9705]

@@joshhollands7504 Hopefully

[@Gliw0306]

what

[@Kurama420]

Title: Why is Vanguard so bad Me: hmm yes.... the floor is made of floor

[@TundraDude37]

I like how the zombies portal isn't even unique, it's straight up just a re-colored version of the one from Cold War

[@B2washere]

Thats not sledge hammers fault. Thats treyarches.

[@eclipsegst9419]

Wanna know something cool? There are still assets from COD2 in Black Ops 3, and probably Vanguard as well. Every COD game they share the new stuff with the other studios their library is insanely huge at this point. COD1 used some Return to Castle Wolfenstein assets but then with COD2 they forked the idtech 3 engine and put all their own assets. Oh here's another one- You know when you go to a door in Zombies and it says "This door is opened elsewhere..."? That script is leftover in the engine all the way back from Quake 1 circa 1996

[@bozo6018]

its true

[@BoxOfCurryos]

Yeah and that animation is actually from BO3. They really need to chill with the teleporting shit in zombies, it was cool when it was only between two related locations, not two random areas like a german city and shi no numa??

[@rustyshakleford1445]

B2 , he never said shg was to blame or that. He just made an observation. Pretty simple.

[@grubskies4221]

After two matches of vanguard zombies I closed and deleted the application, and hopped on some der eisendrache

[@mkittheinker112]

"Heres a sentence that i will never be saying again: i'd rather play Ghosts" MW3 2023: say it again

[@Fernando-Rodriguez]

This was more fun than playing the actual game. Thanks for the amount of effort you put into this.

[@CG-bu3uk]

Ripping your toenails out and dipping them in salt would be more fun than playing this game.

[@killre-kr5pj]

I agree to this . Luckily I get rid of this piece of s*** .

[@ratchet2505]

I absolutely agree

[@pathfinder8360]

Yes daddy your right

[@Dynamic0NE]

Man you guys are pathetic

[@trionically]

I remember when my grandpa told me about the horrors of World War 2, people getting stabbed with sledgehammers, the conflict between My Team, and Enemy Team, fighting against Attack on Titan characters, drum mag Garands, and other horrifying things.

[@howtohow8686]

And not forget about the red dots

[@thegermangal9120]

Mine told me about the demons he worked with to stop an angry German guy and another demon

[@nocturnaliism]

@@howtohow8686 and don’t forget about the guys who were *BUILDING THE BRIDGE!!!*

[@Spanishdog17]

At least he was led by the great General Snoop Dogg.

[@jameswolf3302]

@@howtohow8686 wait wait wait, wait a moment, no, that can't be right, there are no red dots in this game, there are only............. Y E L L O W D O T S

[@crazyguy5115]

It's funny that Wolfenstein the new collossus is more historically accurate than this and they don't censor swastika for no reason

[@usadroopymeat1099]

Just don’t mention the game okay for everyone’s sake including mine

[@IamFrost]

1:35 this didn't age well

[@starsjosephfrost]

CoD Devs: "there are no Remembered / good characters" Reznov: "we've been forgotten, abandoned in Vorkuta (CoD studio's desk that nobody has touch since CoD BO2) but we will be remember, by those who know us."

[@Jules279]

"Though the flags may be different, the methods are still the same."

[@starsjosephfrost]

@@Jules279 lol respect +

[@Jules279]

@@starsjosephfrost Who knew he would predict every cod after BO2 and even AW?

[@starsjosephfrost]

@@Jules279 I have no idea (maybe he's from the future, the twist)

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

[Petrenko, Reznov, Soap, Price, Ghost, Shepherd, Makarov, Menendez, Woods, and Mason hated that.]

[@Kianmacca1]

the “My Team” and “Enemy Team” thing genuinely makes me laugh. the more i think about how stupid it is, the more it makes me laugh. it’s comedically awful

[@Oreca2005]

When cod mobile at least have squad names

[@bobbykuhn4582]

They literally threw out Historical context and just went with generic tribalism.

[@acethemain7776]

@@bobbykuhn4582 sounds like real life right now

[@MistahJay7]

I don't get it thought. They have the Nazis in the main campaign already but can't in multiplayer? Kind of sense does that make lol

[@AuroraAce.]

@@MistahJay7 I think its because you can play as Nazis, which somebody somewhere at some point got upset about

[@lexnatortheghostman621]

"no new call of duty game for 2023?!" yeah, that aged perfectly like milk after 6 months

[@kazuma7232]

1:38 So that was a fucking lie.

[@lord_razur]

I'd like to add something onto this, Vanguard's "new" KotH-type mode was already done in DOOM 2016's multiplayer and there it was called Warpath, they legitimately just pulled it out of a better game.

[@jmccann6735]

Halo 5 had Roaming King as well by 2016

[@poeskey]

gears of war has had koth, and its been one of its most popular game modes, since its inception back in 2005.

[@jmccann6735]

@@poeskey but did the hill move? Combat Evolved had KoTH in 2001 👀

[@broadside1713]

Ha! I was wondering if anyone else thought of that!

[@wetfloo]

man doom's multiplayer is fun, I've enjoyed it alot. unless of course you come across some script kiddie who spams their rocket launcher at 600 RPM

[@SomeUsrr]

In the campaign, when you were in the train, looking at the box and they threw a flash bang at you. Flash bangs weren’t invented until the 1960s by the British

[@Esitaro3670]

Activisiom/Sledgehammer/Treyarch: "Yes, you see, everytime you see details like that, a wizard did it"

[@penguinpal1793]

neither did red dots that didn't stop them

[@johnnyg4mer764]

And, thanks to MGS3, I know that the Flashbang was made to be a "training grenade". Once the S.A.S. realized the uses of "Stun Grenades", they started to spam the fuck out of it. And they still do it! And so does every other country's special forces.

[@pyromancer1109]

yeah that would probably be a grenade and everyone would have been dead by then

[@funnimonkibdog]

@@johnnyg4mer764 god I love that game

[@g.mendes0482]

“Call of duty’s game design is based on addiction, not enjoyment”… I couldn’t agree more, which is why I kicked the habit a couple years ago.

[@Tactilepig]

1:40 No COD 2023... Well that aged well...

[@alpha-1fanatic]

and it is somehow way worse than Vanguard... god. what is Activision's next plan to milk their studios into force them to develop another entry that will somehow make it WAY worse than MW3 reboot? it's like they are sucking out the developers' creativity and only follow those that are up to Activision's illogical writing on the campaign and/or reusing assets from previous titles. hell, maybe there might be no campaign at all like BO4 and will continue to screw up the multiplayer even worse than BO4 itself.

[@Tactilepig]

@@alpha-1fanatic good to see someone venting in a random yt comment section. Hope you have a good day after letting your anger out :)

[@alpha-1fanatic]

@@Tactilepig eh, at least i'm not paying for a "DLC" anyway. a lot of times people buy newer CODs not for campaign, but for multiplayer or Warzone. perhaps it's their time to come up with something, but i doubt it since they're probably ran out of ideas. what's next? all i want from them is a sequel to the other CODs unrelated to the MW or BO series (Advanced Warfare, WaW, Ghosts, etc).

[@Tactilepig]

I barely play Cod so I don't have much experience. Also new cod sucks and I don't think its good.@@alpha-1fanatic

[@Aquatic-Male]

I can just imagine a grandfather talking to his grandson like “We were pinned down by the enemy, we didn’t know what they looked like why they were fighting or even who they were, but none of that mattered because we were pretty sure they might possibly have been the enemy AND THAT’S ALL WE NEEDED TO KNOW

[@Mr_Bunk]

This idea that video games are a direct substitute for historical education is a fucking stupid one, and I just wish people would cut it out. This game will never harm historical education, no matter how shitty it is.

[@Jasonhoods]

@@Mr_Bunk I agree with you. It's a fucking game

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

So basically every war but especially this one? Everyone gets called a nazi

[@Aquatic-Male]

Oh I’m Sowwy for hurting your freewings by twying to be funny here I’ll give you a special snowflake award, I’m not sure if you understand the concept of humour I’m literally pointing out the fact that a game set in the Second World War lacked enough confidence to even have countries fighting each other, It was never stated that this would be harmful to historical education nor was it implied So next time think before you type you inept Troglodyte

[@boxingmaster2663]

@@Aquatic-Male man this looks like a big cringe post hahahahaha bro take your adderall

[@quackster8295]

I'm so glad that they got the historical accuracy on point for this COD game. I remember reading in history textbooks that the guy from Attack on Titan was witnessed t-bagging soldiers on the beaches of Normondy.

[@johnsoapmactavish9921]

@@Mr_Bunk I found the joke to be funny, so you're entire comment is debunked you bozo.. You're so triggered and mad lmaoo

[@grigss3027]

@@Mr_Bunk found the guy who makes college history textbooks

[@coloneldoggo]

@@Mr_Bunk Seething so hard right now

[@GiygasStarman]

@@Mr_Bunk Okay, oh great speaker of truth.

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@Mr_Bunk *r/wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh*

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

Full disclosure I don't play FPS games. My only experience is with RPGs. But I watched this entire video. I didn't understand all the terminology 100% of the time but I honestly found this fascinating and very entertaining. Apparently more entertaining than the actual game lol. Thank you for all your hard work Act man, you are so passionate and I appreciate your dedication to gaming! Newbie sub!

[@WolfTenguMomiji]

Late question but do you play JRPGs like Final Fantasy or Western RPGs like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout? I like both JRPGs and Western RPGs, hell Fallout 3 is my favorite game of all time IMO

[@fireflythe7]

A good starting FPS game is Call of Duty World at War, The Half Life series or maybe Team Fortress 2.

[@stormcast056]

One cashgrabby method they used is weapon blueprints. Like Act Man said, the attachments give you a severe advantage against other players. So blueprints basically say: “would you rather grind 10 hours for good attachments or spend your hard earned money” it also takes away the feeling that you at least earned that attachment you wanted and grinned for.

[@_paczki]

The vanguard grenade emote where the guy has his hands on his head is the exact same emote from Junkrat. They are not only recycling shit from older cods but they are also recycling from their other games.

[@joju5849]

i wish they'd at least draw inspiration from their GOOD games

[@knrz2562]

😆 🤣 😂 😹 🤣

[@SplendidCoffee0]

What a fall from grace. This and BF2042 really did break my heart.

[@arandomcommenter8395]

@Melanie🦋 Shut tf up bot

[@SplendidCoffee0]

@@arandomcommenter8395 I wish a Hank Hill out there could kick every bot’s ass

[@qu1253]

This, Battlefield 2042, and Halo Infinite pretty much sapped all of my enthusiasm for gaming and had me on the verge of selling my PC and my consoles, but thankfully Elden Ring brought me back.

[@thekiller7994]

@@qu1253 don’t sell you’re PC and gaming consoles, just play older games like I do

[@SplendidCoffee0]

@@qu1253 I agree with The Killer. There are so many incredible older games on the PC. The first Deus Ex is $7, and it’s one of my all time favorites.

[@RonaldoGoated_7]

How do you fuck up a war that you have been making games about since your company was very first made and probably your second newest game just ruins it

[@BawsEnturt4inment]

that "no new call of duty in 2023" aged like left out cheese

[@Healthandwealth9422]

Activison CEO: looks like they like it Fans: we hate it CEO: they like it

[@naenaemister5048]

explains the sexual assault

[@spectroelectro3772]

@@naenaemister5048 r/cursedcomments

[@mq-r3apz291]

The fact that of all things they recycle they dont recycle wonder weapons LOL

[@randomperson6004]

@@spectroelectro3772 this ain't reddit

[@spectroelectro3772]

@@randomperson6004 r/yes

[@VanLupen]

The long awaited sequel to “Why is COD WW2 so BAD?!”

[@CalixtoGarciaIniguez1898]

At least cod ww2 is playable and fun. Yeah it’s so bad but it’s nowhere near vanguard standards. Cod ww2 is better than vanguard.

[@Nebulasecura]

@@CalixtoGarciaIniguez1898 yeah at least that game was somewhat playable. This is fucking boring af

[@CalixtoGarciaIniguez1898]

@@Nebulasecura literally. Nazi Zombies in cod ww2 is ten times better than vanguard zombies.

[@VanLupen]

@@CalixtoGarciaIniguez1898 We thought we had it bad back then 🤣

[@CalixtoGarciaIniguez1898]

@@VanLupen for real lmao

[@HelpIdkAGoodUser301]

As a British, I can confirm that it was not just us in WW2

[@Karlach_]

As a American, I can confirm that it was not just us in WW2

[@BLOODHOUND427]

As a Japanese, I can confirm that it was not just us in WW2

[@daveywaveypavey]

As a Polish, I can confirm it was not just us in WW2

[@SergeantLouisWalters]

​@@daveywaveypaveyas a finnish I can confirm it was just us and USSR in winter war

[@spakentruth]

It was Our team

[@lowlife1368]

Fun fact: the recoil spring in the STG 44 continues into the butt stock removing the butt stock in anyway will make the STG 44 unable to fire

[@jackcausey1449]

Hugo Schmeisser: look how they massacred my boy

[@janbornowski1267]

Wouldn't it be have to be manually cocked?

[@gotohyoshihisa3971]

My great grandfather was one of the few veteran Japanese soldiers who survived the Pacific war. Only reason how he was able to live was because he had to be decommissioned and sent to a physiatric ward due to PTSD when he saw his commander issuing his squad STG44s, MG42s and antique shotguns. His last words were: *Not the reflex sights...* Edit:I could say that my grandfather fought on My team, the enemy of the enemy team, but that would be too confusing

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

Must be those freight ships that turn out to have guns on them

[@MemeControlyt]

I thought you were being legit for a second lol

[@MA78yt]

I can't tell if this is true or not. Cuz, the last words seems way too ridiculous to be true. Like, if this is true, your great grandfather had a good point.

[@usalty6010]

@@MA78yt ofc it's a joke

[@acrobatstar]

Can't believe bombers were bombing in the game

[@itstroy4145]

“Call of Duty’s base design is based on addiction, not enjoyment.” Bro, You couldn’t have said that any better

[@wisdumcube]

Literally a perfect summary of the situation.

[@whenshekeepssucking6916]

Yeah… And honestly most AAA games nowadays. With the loot boxes of old being replaced with something else…

[@samuelault4723]

This is so true, I remember going back to MW19 after a 5month break and I felt dirty. It felt like a relapse

[@MidniteMeatBus]

@@samuelault4723 lmfao

[@jam5287]

Well yes but addicting things are usually fun.. call of duty has been neither addicting nor fun since black ops 3. That was the last decent cod spite the futuristic stuff.

[@gtazocker312]

35:20 made me crack up🤣

[@-your-ordinary-skunk-7925]

And of course the most notable would be Reznov lol. He is in like 5 different games lol. WaW, bo1, bo2 and one of the archetypes

[@hx20games77]

​@@-your-ordinary-skunk-7925 yeah without Reznov theres no BO1

[@jaryncovell2538]

The prophecy's failed. MW3 comes out in a month

[@Cfreezy12]

Props to you for sitting through a game that doesn’t deserve anyones time

[@TheJoviLovi]

Honestly I enjoy cold war more lol I take no shame in putting so many hours into it

[@arandomcommenter8395]

Hopefully the revenue from this video can heal the pain he went through

[@anthonyfuentes1836]

@@TheJoviLovi it’s fun compared to the newer cods but sometimes sweats can ruin the game

[@Elend002]

I’d rather watch the Dragonball live action than play through this game.

[@jdawg8487]

If the Act Man didn't make a review on this game, I honestly wouldn't be mad. I haven't played it but the footage I've seen convinces me I made the right call.

[@JBrotsis1]

I don’t even play Vanguard. I’m just here because I love Act Man’s humor when he critiques a game’s quality. Edit: wow…1k+ likes and a heart from Acting Male himself…I can die a happy man at this point. Edit: heart got removed. I can’t die happily.

[@JefflezZz]

I played 20 mins of it and I thought "Oh Act Mans gonna have alot to say"

[@arandomcommenter8395]

I would assume most of us are doing the same

[@megarhombus7532]

I watched this to see what the hell Activision fucked up this time

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

Same

[@jaedengarrett9246]

Same

[@allosaurusgaming8892]

1:34 Well, this aged badly...

[@JellyWhopper]

The fact nobody knew that captain price was the most og character in the series is sad, especially when he was in the first cod game ever.

[@trillatrilogyyshorts3859]

gaming is the only industry where selling an unfinished product is considered "normal"

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

It's like serving burgers laced with E.coli halfway cooked before it's even finished.

[@badasscrusader]

I wouldn't call it normal,but it is accepted and that's worse

[@chrislewis2720]

@@badasscrusader i woudn't even consider it accepted. people are just, for lack of better words, desperate enough to buy the new game since it's new and something to play, only to learn that it's terrible. problem is the companies already made their money, so to them, everything is fine since the met their sale numbers. theeen they learn people will buy anything, so the least amount of effort is put in knowing it'll sell because people want the newest installment. then the cycle repeats itself.

[@shadestrider1033]

Movies also kinda fall into this. Just take a look at Justice League. Clearly unfinished.

[@badasscrusader]

@ERROR 422 yea that's not a good thing Fallout 76 is good now,years after its release.it should have been like this at release

[@spacewizard9092]

The flash bang they got hit by shouldn’t have existed in WW2. It didn’t get developed until the 60’s and wasn’t officially used until the 70’s so the technological inaccuracies go beyond intentional. Either that or they were too lazy to think of an alternate scenario.

[@andrewgallegos290]

I don't play games for historical accuracy but either way this game is boring ahahaha

[@LaggingDuck-]

I didn’t play the campaign but that seemed like a very one way area Just cover that area, or kill them with a frag

[@hd5783]

There’s also holographic sights LMAO

[@SERROT598]

@@andrewgallegos290 i agree that a game does'nt have to be 100% historical accurate , but at leaste they need to be beliavable ,and vanguard isnt beliavable.

[@SERROT598]

@@hd5783 a revolver shotgun with detachable mags lmao.

[@Eldritch_Spawn]

adding comment from the future. Activision lied and there is a MW3 remake in 2023.

[@Fuzz-Buster]

With the elf shooting end game animations I said the same thing before you played the “what the fuck was that?” mp3

[@TheRealArtimusKnight]

Here’s a cool idea for a game mode: Air Raid, one team plays as planes like fighters/bombers, the other plays as the airbase defences, like flak cannons and AA guns, the goal is to capture the airbase by getting C47 style paratroopers for the plane team, and wait for air support for the defence team

[@heistingcrusader_ad3223]

Treyach: No cause that would be fun, and we hate FUN

[@ryannhoops]

That’s a good idea

[@xCOBRAxVENOMx]

💯💯

[@garbearfar1394]

COD could never. Battlefield does need this tho that'd be a cool mode

[@Lucky-sh1dm]

@@garbearfar1394 you really think Dice with battlefield is gonna try to put something fun in their game? Got some water to sell you in the Sahara pal

[@D00Mll]

That interview with the lady saying CoD has no memorable characters is just a sad reminder that the people who make important design decisions in games don't actually play them... which more often than not just translates to a game that is just out of touch with what made the series great originally, trend/profit chasing, and just disappoints existing fans entirely

[@thesimpledude186]

Not only that, they don't care about the history, the entire story isn't even accurate, the "bloodiest war" isn't even shown to be bloody, the characters too are bland, no historical figures also shown.

[@D3M0MAN912]

Even as someone whose experience with CoD is only with WaW and BO3, I can say that she's just wrong. Price and Reznov come to mind.

[@flammenwaffle7976]

*frank woods crying in a corner for "not being memorable"*

[@lewis5794]

I haven't played a CoD campaign since BLOPS 1 and I can still remember at least 4-5 standout characters from MW1, MW2 and Black Ops 1. My cheeks are there no memorable characters lmao

[@EmenussGOamazing]

Man even ghosts had Roarke

[@DRGEngineer]

1:36 well that aged poorly

[@CeeHoff]

1:32 Well, that was a big fucking lie.

[@thestranger5911]

Understatement of the year

[@SeanBodine]

Two things I learned after watching this video. 1: Apathy is death. 2: THE ENEMY IS BUILDING A BRIDGE!!!1!1!

[@Xbxbbxbdbdxbxbbx]

sToP tHe eNemy FROM BUILDING THAT BRIDGEEEEE

[@SeanBodine]

Haha 😆

[@nathandei1674]

@@Xbxbbxbdbdxbxbbx THEY’RE BUILDING A BRIDGE!!!!!111!1!!!1!1!!1

[@RicardoHernandez-do6ns]

Worse than death

[@lukakamberovic6486]

And War

[@heitorkrammel2783]

Definitely one of the worst regimes in history, the enemy team, is really well portrayed in this game by showing the atrocities committed against the my team

[@MangoMayhem1785]

It really shows great respect to the victims of the war crimes of Enemy Leader and Enemy Team

[@hewhobattles8869]

Yeah. Those guys make Team Evil look like a joke

[@itshappyhyrda3970]

Luckily we have my leader who can lead us to my team’s victory.

[@inspecthergadget4503]

Anyone who got a problem with my team is a racist bigot.

[@jcrofficial4309]

It's weird, I need answers. In multiplayer, it's my team versus enemy team, but in single player, I'm playing as enemy team. So... is it supposed to be symbolic that we are all the same? That war... War never changes?

[@Shadowgamer51005]

1:34 well well well

[@Colecruzin]

I completely agree I never bought it but my cousin did we played it and we were on such a high round but it was so boring we got off and never played again lmao

[@illkissyourightnow]

As someone who’s been playing since “CoD 3” i’ve played vanguard zombies *one, single, time,* and that was one too many. it was the most dead and hollow zombies experience of all time

[@majorblitz3846]

It's so dead that even zombies in original sound more alive than player.

[@ragekid2423]

I miss the Bo2 and Bo3 days

[@sicthemutt]

imagine even playing the game to begin with

[@BxPanda7]

@@N-GinAndTonicTM The only thing you're showing anyone by playing this trash heap is to Activision that what they're doing is perfectly fine because people will still play the game regardless, thus you keep the cycle going. Sometimes it's just better to let things crash and burn as they should.

[@ken.7019]

I like how the campaign's death quotes are from the in game characters, making said quotes meaningless

[@shamoonmarwat9840]

I think I'll just play [PROTOTYPE] . It's another Activision franchise which I think you should to try.

[@qasimishtiaq8930]

What you on about? Polina saying "ppl die" is the most inspirational shit in COD history

[@forrandomsites3336]

@@shamoonmarwat9840 best part of prototype, you don't even need a pc from heaven to run it.

[@totallydivine4997]

Activision should bring back Prototype and make Prototype 3

[@Sgt.Peanut16]

"We are out of Nazis" Wow when I saw this quote, I laugh so hard. It is hilariously so bad like bruh this woman is trying to act like Blazkowicz

[@georgemccartney8906]

It didn't have a... pause feature? W-what? I don't understand, my brain is actually malfunctioned. Does not compute ---ERR 404 item not found---

[@Rufusdadoofus]

Your honor i didn't do it...... You have been sentenced to 24 hours of playing vanguard zombies. OH GOD NOOOOOOOO SAVE ME

[@deltacommand8053]

Brandon Herrera’s “cursed guns of COD Vanguard” is sooo damn accurate. You can legit turn a weapon into a completely different weapon…just by using the attachments…

[@dragonace119]

When Jonathan Ferguson of the British Royal Armories did a video on the weapons, I think the poor guy nearly had an aneurysm.

[@NotKameron]

@@dragonace119 please give me a link to that vid

[@dragonace119]

@@NotKameron Look up Gamespot : "Firearms Expert Reacts To Call Of Duty: Vanguard’s Guns" he's a very frequent guest on that channel but he also part of the channel "Royal Armories" where he and other meusem staff show off and go over the history of certain weapons.

[@NotKameron]

@@dragonace119 thanks

[@dragonace119]

@@NotKameron No problemo.

[@howdoichangemyusername9802]

It’s hilarious that people want Activision to stop making CoD an annual release when it’s clear that it makes them more money not to do that. CoD isn’t the cash cow, the customers are.

[@justcallmpeter]

People are just so goddamn stupid sometimes. It's the same thing over and over again Dumbass: gets excited about the new cod Buys cod on release date Gets angry because it's trash Gets excited about to cod again Buys cod again on release date Gets angry because its trash Gets excited about cod again Like WHY DO YOU KEEP BUYING IT THEN!!!

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

That’s the funny thing, NONE OF THESE MODERN GREEDY BUSINESS PRACTICES WERE EVER NEEDED!! They became legends because they put TIME and CARE into the classics, and guess what? THEY STILL MADE BIG BUCKS!! It’s almost like these greedy pigs don’t need every penny on the planet or something! Heck I’ll double down and say that they could pay their employees…and get ready for this crazy idea…a living wage :0!!!

[@organicleaf]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 a living wage?! do you want the ceo's to sell their yachts you monster?!

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

@@organicleaf Oh yeah, and I’ll make them have to buy million dollar mansions instead of billion dollar mansions too! Muahahahahahaaaaa!!

[@joseantoniovargas6548]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 You monster! what next??? Are you gonna build a bridge to their houses?! You are a devil

[@joshuabennett723]

Cod 4 to bo2 was the peak of call of duty

[@razrodriguez328]

1:38 until mw3 trailer

[@bluesapphire6446]

Spend 40 min. watching The Act Man talking about this game is far more enjoyable than playing an actual game.

[@Jay410S]

This video honestly has more replay value than the actual game 😂😂 and that’s facts

[@doctorbusiness8771]

fuck man, at least I feel something by watching the video

[@sengiko]

Same here, The Last Jedi and The Last of Us Part 2 have given me more entertainment value from video essays about how bad they are than they have by themselves

[@devinsethna1287]

Same with blame truth’s videos

[@yesfiraswa]

the thumbnail is also funny and more enjoyable than the actual game lmao

[@JB00GIE22]

I mean this as a dig at Activision and not The Act Man: It was genuinely hard to finish this video because at certain points I couldn't stand to listen and see some things that aren't/are in my once beloved Call of Duty

[@sadmcguire3481]

I had to come back 3 different times just cause the zombies and multi-player were so mind numbing

[@JB00GIE22]

@Gabriel Contreras definitely not. Dead means you literally can’t find a lobby.

[@aspinnycracker]

"No New Call of Duty for 2023" Well that news article ages poorly