MODERN WARFARE: How Call of Duty 4 Changed a Genre Forever

[@rt3455rr2]

I love how that guy in 2006 was complaining about Activision milking COD.

[@88porpoise]

That was certainly not a unique sentiment at the time. Keep in mind that there were two other console exclusive COD games, not made by IW, not mentioned here (Finest Hour and Big Red One) so when COD3 was coming out it was the fifth game in 3 years (plus the expansion for COD).

[@DenSvartaStjarnan]

​@@88porpoise All good games but I can see it's easier to say now. And it's funny he angrily predicted another WW2 game considering that World At War has the best campaign of all the WW2 CODs.

[@krono5el]

genz could never know.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

where is the lie? Im not seeing it

[@RAM-ez8ml]

We call this foreshadowing

[@derek_davidson]

"too often, too many" proved to be prophetic

[@TheRyman230]

I was thinking the same thing when I saw that comment in the video!

[@MarkiusFox]

But the shareholders will never be satisfied.

[@yjefecustom]

Not when it comes to Ahoy 😭

[@dplocksmith91]

​@@MarkiusFox indeed. Because for them, it's not enough to make all of the money in the world. They want you to make all of the money in the world *and then some* the next year, because that makes the stock price go up, and that's how they make *their* money.

[@sneek1015]

"I hope i'm wrong." Oh i am so, so sorry Borys

[@bmurry99]

“nobody cares about single player anymore, that’s old news! Booooooring” “the only gripe people had was regarding it’s seemingly short campaign” gamer moment lol

[@dyciefisk2535]

Titanfall took that same route. First game launched with no singleplayer, the story told through start-of-match chatter as to why this fight was happening, and you'd most likely experience it out of order. The lack of campaign was seen as a major detractor. Then there's Titanfall 2. With the servers being abandoned and players scrambling to fill the gaps, the standout campaign alone is the reason many still pick up the game to this day. So many memorable set pieces, and such fluid movement and gunplay through them.

[@CYXNIGHT]

"I fear the CoD franchise will go the Tony Hawk route - too often, too many I hope I'm wrong" You weren't Borys. You weren't ;-;

[@octaviusfooks7194]

"And you were right [Borys]. That must be a novel experience for you."

[@atifarshad7624]

Lets not forget how Busty saw the future after getting drunk 😂

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

it's ironic, since Neversoft was merged with what was left of infinity ward

[@catethps]

@@4T3hM4kr0n yep and they did the same thing with the people who made the 1+2 remaster, vicarious visions ended up just working on diablo 4 and CoD again

[@Jimiee26]

and yet it still makes millions

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

We’ve come full circle on this channel, started with MW2 weapon guides, and now we return to MW1

[@samharradence5689]

Are you going to improve your art or are we still stuck at flat 2D

[@kingnothing5678]

Return of the King. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw who posted.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

@@samharradence5689 I’m not a 3D artist . I don’t know what this means do you mean go digital .

[@eugeneescalona9478]

​@@samharradence5689 ...what does this even mean?

[@soulSSeekingbullet]

You call that art?

[@TheMrSark]

Sims really rocking 2003 dayum. Waddup Ahoy.

[@Preacherjonson]

Hope you're doing well, Sark. You salty sea dog.

[@TheGameScape]

You and your old crew are half the reason call of duty is as big as it is today. God bless you Sark

[@g1sunstreaker584]

Whoa, hey Sark! Fun to see you in the wild. You made a lot of memories for my generation of KZbin fans. Hope you're having a good week!

[@Muhammad_Ahmad.]

A wild Sark appears

[@jimjohn1740]

and don't forget command and conquer generals

[@CaleebTalib]

Shoutout to my late grandpa for getting me this for Christmas when I was little. Got me this game when I was like 10 because he asked the cashier guy what the best game was at the time, and told him call of duty 4. He fought in Vietnam so he didn’t care if it was too “mature” for me. Still blows my mind my grandpa who never even touched a video game introduced me to one of the greatest games ever! Legend!

[@idonthearnobell7362]

why ya lyin faaaah?

[@CaleebTalib]

@@idonthearnobell7362 He also used to say I was his number one grandson by giving me the middle finger and I would give it back and say he was my number one grandpa! Sorry your grandparents didn’t give you enough love buddy

[@juanquireyes6703]

@@CaleebTalib cook that fraud

[@Smaltese93]

What a Chad

[@valentinoesposito3614]

Awesome story your grandfather sounds like he was a great guy

[@TiomesTheOne]

"50,000 People Used to Live Here. Now It's a Ghost Town" Favorite mission of my teenage years. Unbelievable we didn't got loads of missions/games in that style.

[@ribenasquash]

Is this the series that had you murdering queuing passengers?

[@mercenarydelta7351]

​@@ribenasquashyes, albeit it's only in one mission in Modern Warfare 2. It's called No Russian.

[@ribenasquash]

@@mercenarydelta7351 I was thinking about the stories in this game and thinking they are not Tolstoy are they.

[@eSpyre]

@@ribenasquash It certainly isn't, the mission is about the shock value for sure. But to be clear it's a mission where a Russian terrorist organisation incites open conflict by masquerading as Americans and gunning down Russian civilians. Ending with the player, who's character is in fact an undercover American operative, being left for dead and this is what actually ties the whole act together. So a little more complex than 'shoot innocent people'. Assuming I remember it right.

[@vikeskie]

All Ghillied Up is indescribable

[@Invictus4318]

Being a 12 year old coming home from school in 2007 and firing up COD4 on the XBOX 360 to be greeted by literally every single male in the school all online and playing at the same time was peak childhood. COD4 paved the way and was like a rite of passage for my generation. I will always look back on the OG COD days (2007-2012) with the fondest of memories. Wish we could go back 😢

[@Dahajda]

It really was like that. All the classmates were on Xbox when you came home and you joined a Xbox Live party to start playing right away.

[@Invictus4318]

@@Dahajda the best times ever

[@KampzOnXbox]

I was always on Halo during this time, but almost everyone else at my school was on MW!

[@shira_yone]

@@KampzOnXbox sad

[@NistaDGB]

🫡

[@DHCR-core]

I like that the one guy that was bemoaning the Call of Duty franchise being "run into the ground" was spot-on, even his prediction of "another WW2 game 9-12 months after modern warfare" was accurate. However, what he didn't know at the time was that both Modern Warfare and World at War would become two of the most beloved FPS games in history.

[@Amanitaland]

It was the golden age of shooter games

[@DHCR-core]

@@Amanitaland Infinity Ward made a brilliant decision to kill off the "Halo Killer" project. Only one thing could kill Halo, and that was Halo itself. Anyone else that even attempted to encroach on its territory were lost and forgotten to time.

[@krono5el]

i dont know what world at war is but we all Loved Modern Warfare and its legendary.

[@PalindroneV2]

​@@krono5elWorld At War is Treyarch's last WW2 game. It's the birthplace of the zombies mode and it takes place in the black ops timeline.

[@kylemsguy_]

@@krono5el It's the best WWII shooter ever made. It's basically COD4, but WWII.

[@Rhomega]

Wow, 3 Ahoy videos in one year (so far). So awesome!

[@bigredjanie]

Ikr? And he's really going back to his roots here, he used to do COD videos (there's even footage of him at a live event, I believe celebrating MW3's release)

[@duffman18]

Yeah I feel like he must have been spending the months developing multiple videos at the same time so he could drop them all very close to each other. We're being spoiled for how many Ahoy documentaries we're getting

[@adenkyramud5005]

4 i think. G36, doom, poppy game and modern warfare.

[@SayakMajumder]

maybe he sorted out, whatever was troubling him, in his life?

[@danielholland3991]

You can't rush art.

[@Error-000]

Looking back at Modern Warfare 1 and 2, I totally get what my dad meant when he talked about the 80s and 90s, you just had to be there. I’ll never forget the MW2 announcement when was a teenager. I must’ve watched the trailers thousands of times, waited for the midnight release, grabbed the game, and went straight into the campaign. The moment that Modern Warfare 2 title screen came on, I couldn’t contain my excitement. Few games have recreated that feeling. Nowadays, I find myself saying, "You just had to be there in 2009" to understand how powerful COD was, even in its early days.

[@Vespyr_]

Was in Mosul, Iraq when this game was released getting ready to redeploy back home. So many of the boys got copies of this game for PC on laptop, and some of the CHUs even managed to set up lan play to do multiplayer with each other using ethernet (we were a Signal battalion lol). Was pretty wild to be playing a game like this while actively deployed, but it sure took the edge off during long waits in airfields, and back in Kuwait, while sitting in tents waiting for your unit to move. The Kuwaiti KBR tents used to have this installed on their PCs as well for troops spending leave in theater.

[@The_Faceless_No_Name_Stranger]

I bet there were soldiers who would find a character in the campaign with the name of a buddy and shout across the tent “Yo Pvt. Dipshit! You’re in the game!”

[@user-mg7wh8zq6v]

whats a chu

[@Vespyr_]

@@user-mg7wh8zq6v Contianerized Housing Unit. They were shipping containers converted with some insulation, and ac units to serve as housing for soldiers. They'd stack them side by side on wooden platforms along the sand, sometimes beneath camo netting and that would be the barracks with several bunks inside. Usually 2-6 people per unit depending on the size of the container. These were pretty standard in fobs during the latter half of the war for many branches in larger bases like Baghdad, Mosul, etc. My first deployment when the campaign started we lived in tent cities, if we were lucky hehe, so these were a lot better by the time CoD4 came out lol. Was nice to have a more reliable place to bunk down.

[@zmiecer]

@@user-mg7wh8zq6v Containerized Housing Unit

[@notsodeep1140]

​@@user-mg7wh8zq6v chu-mama

[@timothymclean]

2:30: Probably for the best. "2015" is a name that presumably sounded futuristic in 1997, but it would sound a lot less futuristic in (say) 2022.

[@QuilloManar]

But sure as hell feels nostalgic, imagine a studio named 2015 making retro indie games now, like a flip point on the timeline.

[@goldmastersimulations]

2015 in fact is the name of the studio that developed Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

[@elastichedgehog6339]

It's the year that Marty McFly travels to in Back to the Future 2. Unfortunately, no hoverboards yet.

[@timothymclean]

@@goldmastersimulations I know. But it presumably wasn't named that because it developed a WW2 game.

[@timothymclean]

@@elastichedgehog6339 Gravity is still pretty stubborn.

[@bloodcorer]

2007 "Who the hell cares about SP. We want MP" 2024 "I am not interested in MP. I want a descent SP"

[@frankblazer6377]

IKR!

[@spdfatomicstructure]

Not just a decent SP, but a decent ZM too. BO1 had the best National Socialist Zombies out of all the games that had National Socialist Zombies in them. BO3’s probably second-best in my opinion because of the BO1 map remasters and the custom maps on PC, but the maps made specifically for BO3 plus the underpinning lore are way too complicated

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

@@spdfatomicstructure You mean the thing that's a staple of Treyarch's CoD games and not Infinity Ward, which the video is about?

[@spdfatomicstructure]

@@Caffeinated-DaVinci IW did make a ZM for Infinite Warfare, which many consoder to be the only good part of the game. That was the slosest to MW National Socialist Zombies that we got

[@ThatDudeinBlue]

Some of the best of times were playing with a friend who would come over, and we would take turns each game until the sun came up. Was such an incredible time for FPS's.

[@Adam-zi5se]

Nice to see you here man. Two goat content creators

[@SecondSunofficial]

For real, OG MW1/2, Black Ops 1, and Halo 3 were the peak of video games

[@VideoGameSmash12]

Call of Duty 4 really did set a standard for first person shooters to come, and quite honestly marked the beginning of Call of Duty's golden age. I can't tell you how many hours I ended up spending playing it and MW2 with friends over Xbox Live. Crazy times

[@CyanRooper]

The sun came up when the 8th gen consoles arrived. Nothing can beat the FPS titles of the 2000s and early 2010s: Halo 1 through to Halo Reach, OG Modern Warfare trilogy, Black Ops 1 & 2, Half-life 2, F.E.A.R, Crysis 1, Battlefield 2 & 3 & the Bad Company games etc.

[@mungojack]

Great times

[@roc5291]

I’ll never forget buying my Xbox 360 and going into a game store and seeing Modern Warfare on the shelf. I had already heard the rumblings of how impressive it was from friends of mine so on a whim, I purchased it. 24 hrs later, most of my friends had the game as well as I would not stop talking about it. The graphics. The incredible multiplayer maps. The single player campaign with Soap and Price. I cannot possibly count the amount of memories of my friends and I going up against all odds at all hours of the night with this game. The close matches. The screaming into the microphone. This game will ALWAYS be one the cornerstones of my young adult years in the best possible way.

[@Xamantu]

100% this. CoD 4 will forever be my favorite game, not simply for the game itself, but for the whole experience. Nothing can surpass the 1600+ hours of multiplayer fun with friends. Untouchable memories.

[@youcallitacid]

Same here. I basically lived in this game for years.

[@PootieTang69]

Bro it was mid at best

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

For me that would be WWF no mercy and GoldenEye 007 👍

[@Drunde]

young adult with a mentality of a children, you aren't aware of saying that?

[@BradleyG01]

This makes me sad. Seems like this relatively small group of skilled, talented, and passionate developers was a key to why early COD games were so successful. That’s it’s just these mega studios that are hellbent on profits. We’ll never get the feeling of old COD again. If you were able to play it back in the day, you got to experience something truly special. I’m grateful that I was able to be a part of that.

[@Spliteyemoto]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

@@Spliteyemoto "That’s it’s" I could say it better tbh.

[@HLRaven]

"I didn't realize that being drunk gave me the power to see the future, beer FTW!!!!" 13:38 Get this man more beer

[@dense_and_dull]

LMAO what I was thinking

[@logc1921]

You owe him one.

[@theskrill656]

Ahoy uploads, you click. He speaks, you listen. “Until next time, farewell.”

[@nohurry]

Have a thumbs-up for the senko-san profile picture!

[@Analog-to-digital-cotinual]

Exactly also, Senko pfp :D

[@KoalaMarch77]

Goddamn weaboos

[@roopek.9511]

Bro talks in English Premium

[@ShadicTheChosenOne]

australians

[@cuyxjrplays]

Or captain price English

[@spacedoge6540]

@@ShadicTheChosenOne who's an Aussie?

[@t.c.bramblett617]

@@spacedoge6540 he's got a subtle Aussie accent even though it's RP. Honestly it could be a simulation, I hear Welsh inflections and northern UK.....

[@YakrifZee]

​@@t.c.bramblett617his accent is as British as fish and chips

[@Rudi4rius]

We're so back

[@roby0414]

You're all back

[@self.medicate]

Not that we went anywhere.

[@thejohnjosh]

SO. BACK.

[@Finarvas]

I hate zoomers

[@Rudi4rius]

@@Finarvas I'm 27 and was trickshotting you with a bluetiger m40 at the end of every round, boohoo

[@aquapendulum]

Infinity Ward cancelled the "Halo killer" to make Call of Duty 4. Little did they know Call of Duty 4 was the real Halo killer all along.

[@Killerduck0213]

While I won't deny that Halo had run its course by that point, neither did Bungie. They knew it was time to move on so they did. It was Microsoft that couldn't, and after that point 343 has done more to kill Halo than any outside company ever did.

[@Sketchy_2]

the real halo killer ended up being halo itself​@@Killerduck0213

[@BaneOfXistence4]

Was the Halo Killer, Titanfall?

[@CyanRooper]

​@@Killerduck0213 Microsoft's problem is that they would much rather milk existing franchises to death than let their developers create new IPs. Halo should have ended with Reach but Microsoft wanted Halo to be like what Mario is to Nintendo.

[@bakomusha]

@@BaneOfXistence4 Yes.

[@Chyrosran22]

Aw man, hit me in the feels here. I was right there from the start, lived all the highs, and saw it stoop below the lowest lows. I guess the real Call of Duty was the friends we made along the way - which I did, and still game with!

[@yopachi]

Made a best friend to this day playing MW2. We really used it as a platform for amateur improv comedy over the mic. The game was making other players laugh 🎮 🎤

[@azarolotl]

deep Voice man knows deep voice man. i love both of you guys. : )

[@TheWavys]

This video actually made me a bit emotional lol. I was 13 when COD4 released and this video just brought back so much nostalgia and appreciation for that moment in my life. I remember seeing the multiplayer teasers showing the perks and was so incredibly excited to play. I signed up for the beta and when I got that email and was accepted I felt like the luckiest kid on earth. Finally, I played the beta ALL night and completely fell in love. Things like gaining XP, upgrading all your gear and adjusting perks were mind-blowing because I had never experienced anything like that before....In my second game I asked somebody "how do you get the red dot on your weapon" and they told me I can customize my weapon!? Simpler times back then, grateful to have experienced that era of gaming

[@Arkiasis]

It's funny that even the forum comments make me feel nostalgic. Subreddits these days are terrible places to discuss games.

[@LaughingMan44]

Same here, CoD 4 was part of my childhood, spent way too many hours playing it. So many great games in that era, started getting a bit shit around 2008-2009 and onwards. I gave up playing CoD after Black Ops 1, felt like constant FOMO having friends move on to the next CoD every year.

[@seancorrigan_]

i was 13 as well. 2007 was the greatest year for gaming man. between cod4 halo 3 gears of war we really had it way too good. i definitely sunk the most time into cod 4 tho

[@paparoach007]

@@Arkiasis even the people who made comments back then are just as cynical as there are now 😆 these days its all just a toxic wasteland filled with humanities lowest IQ members. From 1996/7-2012 will always be my nostalgia years of gaming, from GTA > Halo > COD > Battlefield > Skyrim > The Fallout franchise and 100's more games played, I will always remember the fun times I had with friends and my family. Sometimes the nostalgia makes you realise how old you are becoming in life and give you certain emotions or feelings about it. Never forget the fun times you experienced gamers!

[@Voucher765]

Same I was 7 when it came out and I had it's sequel MW2

[@mohabexpert123]

My Dad used Allied Assualt, and it’s Breakthrough Expansion, to not only teach me about history, but to spend time with me. I’d use the keyboard to move and he’d shoot. We beat the entire game that way

[@visualizeme-tz3ng]

Lucky dude

[@jpmadison98]

Hey, Ahoy. Just wanted to say thanks and give some encouragement/praise for consistently putting out quality. It's refreshing to see videos so wonderfully written, concisely edited, and void of the usual fluff and nonsense. Your language and style is always to the point, brilliant, and informative. Who would've thought videos about Call of Duty could be so good? Well done.

[@gurtajchanna798]

The Medal of Honour: Airborne theme at the beginning brought a wave of nostalgia, great vid as always Ahoy

[@Cowboycomando54]

I always get chills hearing the MoH Theme. Something about that slow and sweet brass sound always hits home.

[@spyczech]

Airborne IMo was the zenith of ww2 shooters, a last call

[@MsTatakai]

@@spyczech Airborne was great! and european assault also was really good

[@jikemsa]

I didn't even recognize it and got the strongest chills I think I ever have just hearing it, lul.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

uhh I hate to burst your bubble, but that isn't the Airborne theme, it's the theme of the very first game in the series (Medal Of Honor) which Airborne simply borrowed for the intro cutscene.

[@fioredeutchmark]

It’s hard to articulate just how special the first Call of Duty was. I remember getting the demo with PC gamer the spring/summer of ‘03 and it just blew me away. The sounds of the guns, the visual effects when an explosion went off and the audio went muted, the cries of your squad mates as you cleared fields and buildings. The whole thing was just overwhelmingly amazing.

[@MidnightPlus1]

For me, this was my experience with World at War. Despite being 5 years old at the time, my parents did let me play the game and I was absolutely mesmerized by the experience. It was so brutal, so visceral, and absolutely enthralled me in some sort of way. I swear, I remember every word of Reznov's speech to Dmitri in the Vendetta mission. Nothing could capture playing that mission, and the whole game if I'm being honest, for the first time. My first actual experience with the horrors of war, and once I saw that ending text - "60 million lives were lost as a result of World War II. It was the most destructive and deadly conflict in human history," it just shook me. It was very, very eye opening.

[@walesbkb]

@@MidnightPlus1 i have a very similar experience with it.

[@anadthebarbarian]

Verbatim, me

[@KiraSlith]

Yeah, nowadays it's impossible to have a game with semi-realistic guns without ADS unless it's a pure arcade shooter.

[@nino89mb]

so much nostalgia it hurts

[@FaZeScp]

Great video. Too many people nowadays don’t give COD4 the respect it deserves. The real ones know

[@Failtuna]

Fastest click of my life

[@adamsturges7067]

Yeah mine too!

[@DieErsteKartoffel]

Same

[@7654321asdq]

A tap for me

[@duffman18]

I clicked it faster than I click away from porn when someone enters the room

[@taxevasion3206]

Same here

[@slayer45670]

Can’t believe I’ve been watching Ahoy videos for 12years!! How time flies. I remember being 14, freshman in high school watching their black ops 2 weapon breakdowns. Now I’m turning 26 in two weeks, still watching his CoD videos!

[@therougechipmunk8058]

Same bro, crazy they remained to stay relevant and even more popular as time has gone on.

[@ZappBranniglenn]

I like this channel's renewed focus on primary sources in games media, to give us an impression of what earlier generations felt about these games. Yes even the forum comments lol

[@SkillZgetKillZ]

damn that fucking punch of nostalgia with that logo parody

[@Drunde]

is the game even good? all i see is zoomers bragging how these shit console shooters are nostalgic, probably not.

[@PURENT]

@@Drunde I don't think zoomers were the right age for this game. The oldest ones would have been about 11 when this came out, it was mainly just younger millennial teens. The sequel MW2 in 2009 was the one where the zoomers really got their hands on CoD, and then Black Ops 2 from 2012 was when it was dominated by the wider zoomer age range. The games were fine, simple and good fun, nothing complex to learn, basically the zoomer's equivalent to the millennials and Counter Strike.

[@replexity]

@@Drunde It’s the human condition. I’m sure you hold something near & dear from your formative years that isn’t exactly worth the love & praise you give it. Every single generation thinks theirs is the best.

[@danielegglord]

@@Drundebait

[@Drunde]

@@danielegglord learned what the word "bait" means? everyone been using in recent days.

[@iamtigerjames9978]

Anyone that grew up playing Xbox 360 with a Gold membership was either playing CoD 4 or Halo 3, which came out just 2 months before Modern Warfare. Two of the best multiplayer games ever made, both released in the same year. I slept, went to school, did homework, ate, and played these 2 games, that was it. Even if I went for a sleepover at a friend's house I would take my Xbox so we could play online whilst in the same room. The nostalgia is hitting so hard right now, I wish I could go back

[@Drunde]

You played this when you was a kid? Game filled with gen z kids.

[@unownnnn]

Nice to see you back regular, Ahoy! So many good memories as a teenager playing Call of Duty and watching your videos. Now I'm almost 30! I liked looking back on this and learnt something new. Haven't played CoD since Black Ops 3

[@Mrgnome2]

Oh baby, AHOY IS BACK

[@Igor369]

He made last video just a month ago.

[@VladTepesVEVO]

_WE'RE SO FUCKING BACK, BOYS!!!!!!!_

[@sniperheroes3082]

@@Igor369 Well, it has been so long since the last time Ahoy released videos on a regular basis, eh?

[@spazmoids]

Legit man I saw this video come up on my TV and started dancing in front of my girlfriend while trying to make her grasp how big a deal this is.

[@VAIBHAVMALHOTRA19]

​@@Igor369he is talking about the OG Ahoy is back who used to talk about COD

[@CT-yc4gd]

Christ. Its still difficult for me to comprehend that this game came out 17 years ago.

[@camchun]

I wish i didnt read this. I knew it came out a while ago but I made my brain not do the math so i could live in blissful ignorance

[@H41030v3rki110ny0u]

incoming freshmen at college about to be younger than CoD 4.. feelin old now

[@oliviersavard8676]

GTA V came 11 years ago. some of the kids playing the game weren't even born when it came out.

[@twitchy.mp3]

Right? I was a newborn baby when it was released you guys from before its existence probably feel like dinosaurs

[@vitoc8454]

COD4 is about as old this year as the original Game Boy was when COD4 was released.

[@Chipscashman]

The forum quotes are so cool bc I feel like it takes the place of in person interviews in an effective way that still gives the same impact

[@-LOTO-]

This feels like the first half of a larger video. There's a lot of really good info here about its history, development, and the leadup to its release, but the video just ends before the question of how Call of Duty 4 changed the genre actually gets answered. I would have liked to see its game design discussed in a more substantive form.

[@snoodles224]

Agree, I would love to see one as well!

[@sancer1781]

Agreed. For as much as its interesting to hear about the public's view on the game's development, I feel like the video's missing a deeper look into it all and the actual changes made to the experience other than setting.

[@jackkelly9781]

Play the game bro

[@CrNcHyFROG5]

I agree! I was waiting for this to be a really deep retrospective on what made CoD4 great. Don't get me wrong, amazing video overall, but feels like the "intro" to the true subject matter.

[@CyanRooper]

@@-LOTO- There's a retrospective video on Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 1 made by Raycevick which looks at the impact of COD4 on the gaming landscape 12 years later which also contains a section dedicated to the buildup and release of the game. Highly recommend giving it a watch as it has exactly what you are looking for.

[@vilnaric3127]

In retrospect a lot of the older COD titles have a soul to them. Makes you wonder how the franchise would have progressed if the releases weren't made into annual cash grabs. And the teams had as much passion into it as the original.

[@Drunde]

COD players are delusionals (not as Valve fans), 60$ game every year, 60$ worth of DLC that were coincidentally published the same month every year... easy to say that when your parents used to buy your games

[@fix0the0spade]

The answer to that is Titanfall, Titanfall 2 and Respawn Entertainment, which is where most of the original Infinity Ward crew went after the Activision bust up. But then they sold up to EA so...

[@themacintoshnerd]

@@fix0the0spade hm I never knew IW guys were behind Titanfall. Maybe I'll actually go and give call of duty a real shot for once.

[@THEGODDAMNDINOSAUR]

COD4 campaign has all the spectacle but theres a lot of little things that really makes it stand out.

[@soulSSeekingbullet]

​@@themacintoshnerdGive self-deletion a real and honest try. Most of your kind eventually end up doing it.

[@newkeyo]

You're such a good storyteller ahoy , I feel like going through the nitty-gritty of video game history is the perfect next step for your content.

[@AmericanDirectorOK]

Holy crap, it all comes full circle. What started as a series of COD game guides returns as a COD retrospective. Now that's hype!

[@AnnihilateTheHeaven]

As someone who used to watch you back in your Gun Guides days. This video mans a lot to me, feels oddly like a full circle moment. I appreciate this greatly, im glad your are still here.

[@LD666x]

Nice to hear you again Ahoy. Been a fan since the Black Ops 1 Weapon Guides.

[@maxiguntstain]

I know you don’t do it anymore, and I can’t say that I blame you, but your gun guide series fills me with so much nostalgia. Thanks for the memories Stu. Big part of my teenage years

[@DrGrove]

Any time Ahoy uploads its an event

[@ribenasquash]

Unless it's a celebration of the blandest worst ip in the industry. DLC or whatever aside. This is the same game as the original utterly uninventive fps shooting game as vanilla as Halo. I wouldn't even notice if it disappeared forever. In fact, I think the air might seem a bit cleaner.

[@_Bife]

​@@ribenasquash quiet, child

[@ribenasquash]

@@_Bife if I was I wouldn't be complaining would I. Unless I played an fps and found it ok but really annoying because it amounts to the game of watching your 6 just like every game rendered from a 3d perspective.

[@yumsoup3377]

​@@ribenasquash sounds like you just want to complain man

[@lazermaster1243]

We have been summoned

[@julian23561]

I honestly do really miss this era of gaming. Reading up on forums, getting 'news' from the rumor mill, actually getting excited for video games-- an actual feeling of excitement, do I miss it so.

[@its3amagain.]

so true :(

[@cbt.connoisseur]

4 vids in a year, what a time to be alive

[@DosKumaks]

Great work on making this. You brought me back in time to when the game came out and the feeling of playing it for the first time, it was special.

[@-Raylight]

MW is just a masterpiece. The campaign, the atmosphere everything is just perfection Miss the day where you get the rewards from playing the game, not paying the game

[@crazekatt3361]

A legend posting, a documentary over a legendary game. It’s an honor to view this video.

[@erikdiehl6584]

This is cathartic. From the old MW2 weapons guides to this. Thanks for the amazing videos you always put out Ahoy. From, an American fan.

[@NandR]

That CoD4 menu music is just pure heroin. I was 20 years old. I was waiting to leave for basic training. I had 6 months, my buddy’s PS3, and CoD4. I couldn’t get enough. The silenced M4 was my jam. I prestiged several times on PS3. After basic I got an Xbox 360 Elite and CoD4. Prestiged several times on there. MW2 and 3 were great. But nothing hit like the glory days of MW. Those maps are ingrained in my memory. Especially Chinatown since it was new version of a CoD2 map that I loved. Great video.

[@Zolbat]

1:40 That bell hits and all the music and all the moments stream back into my head

[@Hadi_AK92]

You channel came to my mind all the sudden. Man i have followed you year and years back since the first videos. All i remember back then was an iconic voice for a commentator with detailed and out of the box games reviews. Glad that ur still here with new videos mate 🫶🏻

[@londonisforeverblue1022]

back when mutltiplayers were focused on being fun, and skins were rewarded based on your skills not on how big ur wallet was, getting a golden deagle meant you actually deserved it , but now u can get them for swipping a credit card such a shame people nowadays can't experience old school multiplayers

[@bigchum3984]

I loved this game so much that i got red tiger on EVERY single gun

[@Cr3zant]

Camo grinds still exist bro, they didn't disappear.

[@asschomp]

Oh boy another old good new bad comment typed through the lens of rose tinted glasses.

[@londonisforeverblue1022]

@@Cr3zant difference is there was never an incentive to buy skins instead of playing for it back they were achievable enough in its length but most importantly it was fun as hell.

[@darnedghost2008]

still it was awful alot of complains back then cod fans has never been happy

[@TheVengefulVadam]

12:05 Borys was a prophet, holy shit. Awesome video as always, Ahoy!

[@charlesburns7391]

" we don't want to do another WW2 shooter" Cod 3 World at War WW2 Vanguard

[@Nuttineerr]

@@charlesburns7391 none of those were Infinity Ward.

[@mercenarydelta7351]

​@@charlesburns7391 COD 3 and WAW - Treyarch WW2 and Vanguard - Sledgehammer Infintity Ward did stand by their claim of not making another WW2 shooter.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

holy crap it's vengeful vadam!

[@Badwolf7789]

Ahoy, Thank you for your Professional Content, been following you for years and your videos although uploaded rarely - are at of the highest quality!

[@SaladTasteNice]

Ahoy is coming back to his roots!!

[@vitoc8454]

Yep, he's a disembodied Price voice that crawled out of the game and started a KZbin channel

[@sporter527]

​@@vitoc8454 real

[@prezentoappr1171]

​@@vitoc8454this get me a chuckle, maybe price stream from the SAS clock tower

[@ImLojac]

It’s been 11 years since Ahoy last made a video about Call of Duty. It’s glad to see everyone’s happy for this to come back. Amazing video ❤️

[@trevor5933]

Always a treat to find a new ahoy video. Top notch as always.

[@MNIceMan44]

This channel could spend an hour explaining the differences in drywall textures in video games and you better believe I'll watch it 3+ times

[@wtfduud]

This isn't even a joke. I absolutely would,

[@fidelio9301]

Me too.

[@Metacritical_]

Real Treat to see this channel being so active. Three high quality videos within 2 months from Ahoy is bliss.

[@sentero1856]

It made me happy to see you're still doing vids. You and sark, ogs

[@jdizzy01]

I remember playing the Bog Demo, it was my first real experience with PC Gaming, 14 year old me was blown away by how real it felt. The NODS, the comms, it was amazing to me

[@Maggi9909]

2007 pleb "no1 cares about singleplayer anymore" Infinity ward and Treyarc procedes to make some of the best SP campaigns ever back to back*

[@peterdermeter7044]

...just to follow it up with the most generic and forgettable campaigns in the decade to come. So did any other FPS franchise. Dude wasn't wrong. Just a year early.

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@peterdermeter7044Modern warfare 2, 3 and Black Ops are not forgettable campaigns. You take that back

[@slaqualquercoisamemo5117]

​@@comrade_commissar3794 back to back to back to back to back to back*

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@slaqualquercoisamemo5117 What

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

And the original DOOM still plays better than all of em

[@hellogoodbye388]

Glad to see you are ok ahoy. Your videos and voice helped me get through a tough time in life

[@AffenKloPutzer]

Holy shit, Ahoy is cooking! Glad to see so much content

[@rngsus69]

I teared up, remembering all these years of playing call of duty on a friend's xbox360 cod 4 and then having my own PS3 with modern warfare 2. One of those things that cannot be replicated ever again

[@thomasbarasinski5135]

Always a pleasure to have a look at your videos.

[@discgolfwes]

You somehow made me emotionally invested in a franchise I've long despised. Well done Ahoy!

[@PixelRatedGames]

Ahoy Hoy. Just when your Friday can't get any better, your boy drops this masterpiece all over your lucky faces. Much love.

[@CrNcHyFROG5]

CoD4 will go down as one of my favorite games ever. The memories I made playing it, the years of my childhood, it will all be burned into my brain for as long as I live. Life, and the gaming industry as a whole, was a much simpler place back then. I could type entire pages here describing my love for the game, but I'll sum it up with Andy's quote from The Office 'I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.'

[@SATO_FD2R]

It’s crazy how many Ahoy videos have been coming out

[@maddlarkin]

He's really spoiling us this month!

[@macullysnyder3801]

My first COD experience. The golden days are over, but man were they great. MW,WAW,MW2 rip.

[@divinecomedian2]

BO was great too. I stopped after Ghosts because that one just kinda killed it for me. I did get MW2019 though and that one was alright but was already riddled with stupid cosmetics and micro transactions. It really took you out of the setting.

[@codycordeiro9772]

I’m just glad I got to experience the original modern warfare trilogy still growing up in its glory. COD 4 was my first COD and it blew my mind. It was amazing and MW2 was even better! Loading up the games after school was something real special. Great memories and still cherish them today. Didn’t realize how good it was then. Thank you original Modern Warfare team for a once in a generation game and trilogy/series. The passion was 100% appreciated. Thank you!!

[@jaderabbit898]

It's been so long since his Ghosts days. It's good to see him return for a bit.

[@StereoBucket]

I am not used to this many ahoy videos within such a short timespan. Good Stuff!

[@LilMissMurder3409]

Another great production, Ahoy. I dig the new logo!

[@demonpal1402]

Ahoy's been banging them out this year, and I am here for it.

[@Apheleion]

glad to see ya again Ahoy

[@4029ki-ey]

You keep making videos and I will keep watching. Much love!

[@DanTheGamingDad]

dude hands down, you are KING of these retrospectives. This is already tickling my fancy!

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

Jeez, Stu. You have really been spoiling us in the last few months with the videos we have been getting. Going back to your own roots, I suppose. Either way, I'm all for it to have more from you. Thank you again for making an awesome weekend!

[@UnfeelingMonster]

Love this style of video, tracking how public perception changed over time, but also looking into the inner workings. Very much giving me Secret Base “The Prism” vibes. Love it and hope to see more!

[@WhatsThisOwO]

I like how he used "Exploiting" when talking about EA acquiring Medal of Honor

[@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva]

Thanks I hate the name and profile pic.

[@fensoxx]

It really sucks because MoH could have been great. It was great. They let it wither and die.

[@brdgamemaster]

11:31 You know, it's funny that that came from a guy named Mandark. I even imagined his iconic laugh after that comment was read.

[@raffym29]

I remember the first ahoy or 'xboxahoy' video I watched was the modern warfare 2 'SCAR-H' video from decades ago And since then, its been a pleasure to watch every video since then Thank you for your incredibly informative and detailed videos. Such an easy watch.

[@billtree52]

The guy from the Gvmers channel and the guy from Ahoy should have a video game documentary voiceover contest.

[@ChadMugustust]

I didn't know Ahoy could post 2-videos within a month.

[@luimuvideos8080]

Thank you for uploading this video! This is really nostalgic. I didn't have much money for games back in those days when i was a teenager but I had COD4 and BF2. Oh boy little i knew that those were the best FPS games of all time and I sure smacked hours into those!

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

the reviewer from 5:04 and the NeoGAF member from 12:03 must be time travelers 💀

[@robertfurr4678]

In 2020, 14 year old me was in a Goodwill and found a CD copy of COD4 MW. It even had the original Walmart receipt in the case. I had never played a COD game in my life, and took it home to pop into my PC. The campaign helped grow my love for story-driven games that I have today.

[@Mariana-sauce]

You just made me realize that people who were 14 in 2020 are now 18... and I'm not sure how to feel about that...

[@S28426]

Love the accent he puts on when reading forum comments

[@Salouis2006]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare changed the game forever and will always will. The golden age would've never happen without Call of Duty 4. End of story.

[@pseudonayme7717]

lol. The golden age had been in full swing for 10/15 years when MW was released. It's a great game, but it didn't kickstart anything. It may however have been one of the last titles before excessive monetization became a thing, so I fondly remember it for that.

[@CaleebTalib]

@@pseudonayme7717 Almost no mainline games had a storyline and multiplayer to that level at the time besides maybe halo. It still stands alone to this day as the most influential game of the 21st century bar none!

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@CaleebTalib Could not disagree more. I prefer COD World at War. Better storyline, better characters, better voice acting and a longer, more challenging campaign. I know however that I'm an outlier in that regard.😄

[@CaleebTalib]

@@pseudonayme7717 World at war campaign has its moments but it doesn’t really register that it’s supposed to portraying the bloodiest war of all time besides maybe the intro scene. COD 4 shows us the devastation of modern war in the blink of an eye and doesn’t portray the U.S. as the ultimate good guys which back then was pretty controversial. The only reason world at war is remembered fondly is because of zombies period.

[@krono5el]

@@pseudonayme7717 was that the one with tanks in mp? totally forgettable.

[@cas_tiger_glitcher]

Cod 4 will never be topped

[@christianteam3470]

You deserve a billion likes for this video, this was amazing, I don't usually leave comments but this video really deserved one...amazing video seriously.

[@YeTism]

COD 4 to BO2 has to be the greatest run in history. All hits, no misses.

[@AB-bg7os]

Ahoy is on a kino spree