Black Ops 3: A Campaign That Played Us All
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
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Black ops 3 writers,"Yeah nigga we did that you ain't even notice."
"Told them fools they could play in any order, but we only allowed it because it was out of order."
Jirehn IsJirehn i hated the first level. the first level is suppose to grab my attention and sitting there going through cameras trying to find who is being tortured in a dark room is just awful for letting people play the rest of it. awful have no clue what they were thinking
* Yay nee notice...
more like ,"Yeah nigga we did that and we didn't even notice."
@@platinumpineapple9943 what part of military don’t you understand in war people are going to be tortured of course stuff like that’s gonna be seen in the video game only a pussy complains about that
Me after finishing Black Ops 3: That was weird, but good?
Me after researching Black Ops 3: WHAAAAAAT????
same
Yeah. So amazing.
yeah right unless you dig it doesnt seem terrible, but seems extremely shallow and feels like it doesnt add up exactly
@@vulpix9210 It does I thought the same thing. Theres a story explanation on reddit.
Its really good and super in debt
Merkmusic needs to watch this.
YESS
David Howell Think you mean Melvin, just saying ;)
anyone know the outro song
RehviiZe
Yeah Nah - Tribe
Finally watched after all of this time. I knew about this information after doing some digging on Reddit after finishing the campaign. My issue is that the campaign doesn't directly pick up from Black Ops 2 or include any of the characters from BO1 or BO2. It lazily calls back to 'Cordis Die' and then just moves on with new characters and a new plot.
That being said, I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered the campaign was out of chronological order and followed alternate timelines from different perspectives. My initial assumption, which is why I was so mad about the campaign, is that it was a lazy, confusing mess that had nothing to with the original Black Ops series. Treyarch actually _did_ the opposite; they made it so intricate and well-thought-out that almost no one fully understands the complexity of the story on their first play through.
The BO3 campaign is proof that Treyarch has some brilliant writers, but they missed out on the opportunity to follow up BO2's campaign and create a story that's more palatable for the casual COD crowd. I applaud them and respect their decision to go above and beyond that though.
Also, this video was really well done, Ethos.
#TrainGoBoom
Apparently the campaign was actually meant to be an open world campaign but they realized they did not have enough time to do it so they had to crunch their story into a more linear type of thing instead.
A linear type in backwards u mean
That's on Treyarch for not realizing that the majority of their player base hadn't even finished reading Romeo and Juliet
LOL! Good one!
Abhimanyu Swami he’s saying that most of the people who play bo3 aren’t even in high school and just kids that don’t understand the complexity of the story
savior139 I guess that means you're one of them frankly I'm 14 and one of the only kids in my grade in my grade to look for deeper meaning
Whats a Juliet?
Cashden Clayton “yea I watch brick and mortar”
Imagine somewhere calm. Imagine somewhere safe. Imagine yourself in a frozen forest. You're standing in a clearing. Trees around you so tall, they touch the sky. Pure white snowflakes fall all around. You can feel them melt on your skin. You are not cold. It cannot overcome the warmth of your beating heart. Can you hear it? You only have to listen.
Can you hear it slowing? You're slowing it. You are in control. Calm. At peace.
James O'Morain Imagine yourself getting your ass kicked
cringe
James Image yourself, in a zombie apocalypse in the normal campaign...
STFU, damn! Dumbass campaign
Mother Russia Me when playing realistic campaign(TWO DAYS MOTHERF***ERS)
They still could have at least explained it in the end. In black ops one there was an big explanation for why mason still thought that Reznov was still alive and was doing crazy stuff which made it good, it gave the game a good sense of understanding towards the end, but in this Cod there was no explanation for anything, only in the loading screens which no one really noticed. It left everyone baffled; that was the problem. It was a nice campaign idea but it was poorly executed in my opinion
Timothy Pledger
well from a another perspective, which is probably what the bo3 writers thought, it's poor writing to just tell the plot twist. instead they wanted the audience to go "Ohhh.... OOOOHHHH SHIT I JUST REALIZED!!" a "mind go boom" experience if you will.
but I can see what you meant.
Timothy Pledger
well from a another perspective, which is probably what the bo3 writers thought, it's poor writing to just tell the plot twist. instead they wanted the audience to go "Ohhh.... OOOOHHHH SHIT I JUST REALIZED!!" a "mind go boom" experience if you will.
but I can see what you meant.
They so explain it to you at the end. That's the whole idea of the scrolling text...
SteelRazorBlade // AdamSRB lol black ops 3 campaign I think what they were going for was to make the player feel like mason or to get closer to mason and show how it feels to get brainwashed
Timothy Pledger it's the fact that nobody else wanted to take the time to put research into it
I'll admit. I was pretty upset that this plot had very little to do with the other Black Ops games, but it still mindfucks you just as hard as Black Ops 1--and even more so. Treyarch always makes the best plots in CoD.
Yeah. Although the fact that the Nova 6 gas was mentioned/seen used was pretty cool.
Solo Nexus Menedez was mentioned
Kevin Huang actually your wrong your thinking about it in the wrong way I imagine the same way that The dying soldier felt is the same way that Alex mason felt it makes the player feel closer to Alex to feel his pain and struggle it's actually a easy connection to make you just gotta think outside the box
U think they make good stories for campaign? U should try out zombies
Kevin Huang Bo3 story doesn’t mind fuck you as hard as Bo1. Bo1 actually told you the twist while Bo3 has you connect abunch of puzzles so you can find the twist.
In soviet russia game plays *YOU*
What completely contradicts this comment is that this game was developed in America.
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TRAIN GO BOOM
@a retarded salesmanGood
Sameeee
Brain go boom
MCossack “took the ground team 6 hours to get that intel. Took you six minutes. Outcome? *Train go boom.* “
I still don't like it, it never connected to the previous series which had a lot of things to clean up. It referenced Menedez like once
Alex Kujda takes place after the huge war
Cause it only has to once. It explains everything if you play the campaign and just think for a second
Lol what? That is not true at all. Black Ops 2 was very connected to the original game. Did you forget all of the returning original characters?
Alex Kujda it did
Mason French the main character of bo2 was literally the son of Alex Mason
Most underrated campaign ever. Good cinematography, artwork, voice, dialogue, story gist. Id even go as far as to say its just barely as good as MW2s campaign in a different sense of course.
comparing this to mw2 will land you a nice spot in hell
@@ivardehaas8894 Thats why I said in a different aspect. Lmao you made your profile on here like 6 years ago your a bo2/ghosts new gen. And if you did infact play any cod before that it probably wasnt on your console and on your dads.
@@Slurpified doesn't matter when my account was made, if you defend the diarrhea that was the bo3 campaign you are not long for this world
@@ivardehaas8894 Guess it was too complicated and advanced for your brain to handle. This campaign had the most twist and turns out of most story modes for any game last gen. I got 30k hours into cod over the course of 14 years dude whats going on? I know what makes a decent shooter game in every aspect. Dont even comment you ps4 17 yr old.
@@Slurpified most twists and turns because it is incomprehensible and senseless, lacking of all originality and just being the result of drug abuse by the developers. not gonna bother arguing though you just have bad taste w/e
That also explains why they said you can play the campaign in any order you want...bruh I'll give my props to Treyarch thy are by far the best when it comes to making Call of Duty games
OMG just realized that, props to Treyarch, them tricky bastards
Lone Lion I wouldn't say best COD games but they always make the best stories ( zombies being their best story line ever). If all three studios worked together on one game they would probably make the best FPS in an entire generation. But that will never happen :/
Lone Lion nah. they have 3 great games but I'd still play Infinity Ward as a package more often than anyone else. 4 and Mod 2 crushed the standard
Ethan Hoffart no nigga activisions best partner is treyarch that's faxx
singingchef23 infinity wards low key makes Michel Bay video games and has no real story and that's just faxx...
I'm supposed to be studying for finals. This just fucked me up sooo much.
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Precipice the #s mason
Soldier: What's your name?
Player: JEFF
The first missions is the ending!?
I've already seen it remember Battlefield 3 campaign?
"How we got here" type stories are not uncommon but not as a twist generally.
SuperAsian it pretty much was but you have to admit, it did have some pretty bad ass missions
Black ops 3 does not even connect with Black ops 1 or Black ops 2 because its nearly 40-50 years in the future atleast you could have gotten Mason's grand child
the Nova 6 in the last mission explained the 300,000 deaths in Singapore
Cole Kimes yeah a reference you know how 1 and 2 are like one huge game, this just felt like it took the black ops title for a cash grab
PrototypeTheGamingHell the reference to Menendez and nova 6 were pitiful.
PrototypeTheGamingHell true. That's the reason why I despise bo3. It has NO connection with Mason or Woods. Neither their families.
How does that matter niggah
People said that Black Ops 3’s Campaign was "too complex" even though with other Call of Duty games, they say that the campaigns were "not complex enough" can't impress anyone can you? Smh
Most complex is Black Ops hands down. There are still many unsolved questions from that first Black Ops like wtf happened to Reznov to wether or not the campaign is connected to the Zombies story.
+Kevin Lopez Reznov died at the prison
+Dominique Hill The Easter egg says that's not true.
+Kevin Lopez oh ok haven't seen that. I will look it up. thanks ;)
+Dominique Hill well he probably got killed on the bike after they escaped
I usually love the campaigns to all the COD games, but this is the one I actually didn't finish. Something about it didn't grab me like the others.
Because others were straight forward. I didn’t mind this campaign but nothing about it stands out and this is the only Treyarch campaign that I didn’t bother to replay. If you have friends play with then it’s fun since there’s no story to follow but other than that, meh.
Mc Bon-Bons If you invest into the story its actually an amazing story, but its too different from the other Call of Duty stories, which turns most people away (futuristic setting doesnt help either). I can see where your coming from and its perfectly understandable.
Mc Bon-Bons BO3’s campaign actually didn’t make any sense..they only mentioned Menendez in one mission and then they put a out of place WW2 and Zombies section in it.
That's probably the most ignorant comment I've heard today. So you're basically telling me that a story can only be good if it's only telling the viewer what's happening instead of testing their minds and figuring it out by themselves. So technically, you want all storytelling games to act like kids games because they don't test the ability to problem solve. Somebody hasn't played nor watched any masterful stories that tests the patience of people.
MuddaAsian I mean it was just my opinion. I just really was confused on where the story even ties with any past games, except it mentioned a past villian, and I think it also mentions Nova 6 and even shows it in the game from what I remembered. (It’s been forever since I last played the campaign, but I will admit it was a lot of fun.) I did although think it was interesting showing how the character you play as goes through surgery to get his robotic body after a robot tearing the fuck out of him, and that psychological warfare was introduced in the game and how it was used. I’m not saying I hate the campaign for Black Ops 3, but in some places it really left me confused.
When I think of Black Ops, I didn't think about the action scenes, the characters, and what most COD fans think. I always thought of how the series pushes itself into the idea of how the game plays the player instead of how the player plays the game in terms of twists and deep thinking.
BO1 gives off a good plot twist as the story progresses, BO2 lets you choose a path in every decision you take which results to different endings, and BO3 lets you dig deeper in its plot to get the idea of what the story is all about.
BO3 may not have its connections with BO1 or BO2, but the plot and characters are a welcome addition to the Black Ops series. Especially how these characters met their fates as the story progresses. The idea of how technology, though it makes life easier, can toy with us with every complication it has.
Exactly this. I feel like every other cod game campaign is really straight forward and in your face. BO3 requires more thinking and putting the pieces together. Understanding the meaning with technology being a big help, but also a part of the downfall of things was a super cool idea.
It kind of sucks people are mad simply cause you have to use your head
Yeah. No wonder games have usualy dumb storylines - Most of the audience is too dumb to understand everything else.
All I'm mad about is Reznov which he was in the trailer and the villain they advertised for the game wasn't in the game.
Aleksander Olbrych honestly stuff like this makes me wonder if the the developers should even try
Young Knight I have the exact same feelings. So often good games were frowned upon because of a bad name or stupid controversy (or just people too dumb to understand the plotlines) that I am wondering if there's any point in trying anymore.
Look at Batman v Superman: The critic consensus was that the movie was bad (and it was), but fans loved it anyway.
So what's the point of trying if you can just give the fans what they want and be done with it? "Want shit? Eat shit if that's what you want".
Aleksander Olbrych like honestly this makes me scared to work on games cause I want to make smart stories but communities like this make me hesitant.
As someone who knew all this from the beginning it just makes me pissed when people disregard this campaign because all the info wasn't given to you outright. It loved the digging needed to understand this one.
It's still waaaaay too obtuse. Fucking scroll text dialogue? Why not try something different, like typos in parts of the game, mismatched parts of the world, stuff that doesnt even make any sense in the context of said world. Stuff that would draw your attention. Say, an unusually bright light in a part of the level geometry. Like a crack. And, when you look through it, you see...an operating room. That would make for the first clue on what the hell is going on. Then, you start seeing typos in the mission descriptions. Put them together, and you get a word. In this example, they would spell out "FRAUD & FEAR". It seems random. But, think about what BO3 is about. You're not really living. That's fraud. In the context of the world being a lie. Fear. You're scared. You're seeing things that are, quite frankly, impossible. And, tie it in to the frozen forest being a metaphor for the final layer of hell. Fraud. The place that the DNI is making those who pass on, have to endure. To test their willpower. They're liars, cheats, men and women who are being lied to, and are lying to themselves and everyone around. The frozen forest could be a visual metaphor for the cold grip of the grave. Perhaps a form of purgatory. But, have it not be told to us. Use imagery. For example, I'd hide a verse from dante's inferno. Kids dont really know that kind of stuff. But, it's a clue. Another would be hidden medical equipment, in places where frankly, it shouldnt be. Another clue. Tie the story into things that are both semi-logical, but also unusual. Hell, hide some pieces in the fucking loadout menu! Its not like that's something youd expect to find a secret to the story in! And, it would add to the mindfuckery!
I love deep and complicated stories like this.
@@Zynet_Eseled Wow that's a lot of words. Too bad I'm not reading 'em.
@@neonrelmsproductions4224 ironic...
@@BOBAFETT25882 Just because I read all of the lore in BO3 doesn't mean I'm reading all of that.
*Thank GOD I'm not the only one who enjoyed this campaign!*
SteelRazorBlade // AdamSRB ikr? I don't get the haters. For the first time you have more abillities and more freedom. And it has a nice plot.
Passion Pain & Demon Slayin' why?
SteelRazorBlade // AdamSRB I didn't understand it at first, but it's pretty good
I don't get people saying it was shit, either. I personally really liked it. Didn't see that big-ass plot twist till this video, but I did notice the smaller things like Khalil and the revolt being 'backwards' and the character being referred to as Taylor in the narrative. One thing that irked me were the texts before the missions. I really like to read things like that and it saddened me they went by so fast.
marc7425 I tried to read them too. Hell you barely had enough time to read the highlighted texts for the mission info.
The song used in the beginning is VVITCH - Creation of Earth [which samples the song Thomas Bergersen - Creation of Earth (Sun)]
In case anyone is wondering :)
It's a shame that 90% of players don't even try to understand BO3's campaign.
They just hate it for being different and complain about it.
AC OMEGA you probably didn't even understand it eather
Not at first, no.
But at least I looked it up on youtube.
We hate it because it used the Black Ops name for a shameless cash grab. The few shoehorned references could have been removed completely and the game would not change whatsoever...
I just hated it for mostly making me slow down the intro text in EVERY mission to understand the story better.
I thought I understood, I played it again, my thoughts changed, I then looked up the real meaning and I was wrong. Horribly wrong.
why the hell does this guy not have over 100k subs yet contents CLEAAAAN !!
Ya asked, I deliver. Intro song: Dead Priest - The Creation Of Earth
What about the intro song for you review? Would be appreciated :)
doughnuts by offbeatninja
also it would be great to know the outro song? its really good! :D
***** Yeah I had him on sound cloud
song at the end??
I'm pissed that my character is dead throughout the story,it's kinda depressing knowing that you relived Taylors memories and you passed away shortly afterwards
I think the character does die at the end, the ironically title mission life was all about closure and acceptance of the minds fate.
The memories kind of act as some kind of purgatory.
HOLY COW, I never made the link between Khalil getting compromised in Lotus Tower and the first mission of the game! That is insane!
I think the most glaring question about this game will always be why didn’t they just add on to the story of BO2 or BO1?? That’s probably why the majority didn’t give the campaign a chance (including myself) because it ended up being not what most were expecting. There are so many directions they could have went with the Black Ops story, maybe a prequel of how Mason got to meet Woods, Bowman, & Hudson kinda like what CoD4 did with Soap or they could have even continued the story with David Mason in the future which would’ve been really relevant to the futuristic theme of this game
I really wish they made the campaign more in line with one of the first teasers the game had. It was super cool it was all about how technology would be the downfall and how it had evolved to such a point that they were putting chips in soldiers heads and doing voluntary limb replacement and stuff. It kinda alluded to it but if they just made a campaign with a story that went along with that it would have been great imo.
@@jagerfromgsg945that’s exactly what they did?
because BO2 had multiple endings I'm guessing, while there's a comfirmed canon one NOW, at the time of writing the campaign its possible they didn't want to break the illusion of the choice you had in BO2.
@@craig2196 I don’t care what anyone says, it’s canon Mason survives.
@@ProGamer-lk9qw Now, I don't think there is a canon ending. Which is good. It lets you pick your outcome.
Black ops 1 was the best campaign by a mile.
Pi bo2 I think was
And Black Ops 2 has the best campaign by a marathon.
I mean seriously? You get to pick your own ending!
Pi Fr
STALKER953 I agree fully. I still enjoyed BO2 (definitely more than BO3) but Black Ops 1 destroys it.
Story-wise, I liked BO1's more, but I did like how BO2 had branching story paths based on ya decisions and the strike force missions, plus being able to choose weapons before missions(took'em longer to feature that than it should've).
I still did not enjoy the campaign. And having to have it explained to me doesn't help me respect it.
Trevor Coyle if you care about the story they expect you to dive deep into the lore to figure out things for yourself, just like in zombies. The story is really only there if u want to find it.
Austin Williamson it still wasn't an enjoyable experience to play
Jubameep Stavron True but the overall story was actually pretty good
Jubameep Stavron quite the opposite. First campaign in awhile that you could play with your friends as well as cool new additions made it a blast to play through
It only makes you look stupid
But it still doesn't explain why Hendricks has the cybernetic enhancement when he died during surgery and there was no survivors. yet if you go back through the campaign Hendricks has robotic arms but on the first mission he doesn't.
he gets the enhancements after the first mission. Hendricks was part of another team as you saw he was able to make it to the chopper so he didnt die. He decided on getting the augs as a way of support for his friend taylor.
+Ethos But you said the first mission is really the very last mission of the whole campaign. That's why Hendricks and Taylor had that back story conversation in the beginning. In my opinion that's the only plot whole cause the memories are in the past and in that past Hendricks has enhancements but in the present which is the first mission he doesn't have any.
taylors memories occurred during the time your player was in the coma that's why Hendricks has his robotic limbs when you relive Taylors memories
In real life, Hencricks never actually got the upgrades, I think that is just another thing the player made up, like the player made up the Corvus and stuff.
SteelRazorBlade // AdamSRB Hendricks did get the enhancements in mission 2. mission 11 life takes place in reality though.
We didn’t play the game,the game played us
Ngl, that ending when you walk among the dead people with "White Rabbit" playing in the background was kinda dope.
I've been telling everyone i know that the black ops series is untouchable lol
AJ!zzL3D at least from Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer . . . in my opinion Titanfall 2 is killing it :P
World at War is also part of the Black Ops storyline and it has big open battles.
Lincoln Haldorsen and
Lincoln Haldorsen waw was awesome those big open battles were amazing
The WaW campaign has more to do with the Bo1 and Bo2 campaigns than this game does.
Train go boom
Ocityle I was looking for this comment
Train go yeah yeah
I thought something was up before the end. when you tenderly caress Kane's cheek and the way she looks at you saying Taylor in an exasperated tone. the way your character reacts when she dies of Nova-6.
After watching this it makes me appreciate the campaign more
I played the campaign solo without friends and it still honestly doesn't make scene and it just wasn't that interesting compared to the last 2 black ops games
same bro i played alone (no friends) and i still didnt get it
I think it's complex and deep to a point where only the most dedicated will figure it out; I didn't figure it out either. Perhaps they could've simplified it to where it's deep enough to be enjoyable but not too deep that your average player can't make sense of it.
Aaron Tyus used spelled sense wrong no wonder you didn't understand it
the amount of people iv heard say "this campaign was garbage" i was like "how the fuck man" it just takes longer to understand but holy hell i love mind fuck plot twists like this
+MURICA And this is why psychological will always be my favorite genre, ESPECIALLY in anime.
+C Ziggy ^^^^ Im mad they choose of all cods to add coop to is this one. This is definitely one you need to play by yourself.
The campaign is very weirdly done, but I'm loving it more than ever. New World mission is in my top 10 tutorial levels in video games history right now
I've beaten campaign on Realistic mode. Trust me, you'll appreciate the campaign hella a lot more.
Because it's a COD game so of course people will diss on the smarty written story. Damn ignorant numbnuts
tl;dr - The story may be great underneath everything, but it is still too convoluted for the type of game that CoD is.
I understand that the BO3 story is much better than it appears on the surface, but part of what makes a great story is how well it is understood by the audience and how well it fits its medium.
Even now that I've watched this video and went to your references that you provided, I still feel like this story is far too convoluted. The player shouldn't have to do tons of research after completing a game to understand what the hell they just played.
I would also like to mention that this story fits very poorly with the style of the game. In a game like CoD, the player is constantly in a sort of dazed state due to the copious amount of fast-paced action going on. Perhaps if this were the story of a much slower-paced game, then it wouldn't appear to be so convoluted and hard to understand.
But even with the difference of opinion, your video has certainly cleared up more than a few question I still had about the story, and was entertaining to listen to. Great video Ethos.
+DaBigMike27 Best story telling requires deeper thinking and attention to details.
I pretty much agree with your opinion and view. My entire problem with this game was how convoluted it was.
+EmpReb couldn't have said it any better
I'm an author, and can tell you if someone writes a story that's perceived as too convoluted, that's the creator's fault for not communicating it properly.
There's no such story as "too complicated," only not communicated well enough.
@@EmpReb That is aiming at a specific audience and there is a difference between you have to do CSI shit to find out about the story vs comprehending the story while playing it.
Most games are played by an average user, someone that doesn't do deep thinking and a keen eye to details.
This is by far the best COD narrative.
Honestly my favourite part of the campaign was the Egyptian army & the NRC conflict. I myself am very interested in knowing more about their conflict. I even love the design of the armours of both factions.
To me it seems like the current Cold War between Egypt and Ethiopia turned hot
@@british35 Very hot.
Like spicy hot.
Very
Bo3 world building was fantastic
@@british35Looking back now, it wasn’t really a Cold War since it was between the CDP and Winslow Accord. Like USSR vs USA.
The Egypt vs Ethiopia happened because the Nile River Coalition (Ethiopia is the leader) constructed dams across the Nile River and it lead to a drop in river flows in Egypt.
Unsurprisingly and rightfully, this pissed off the Egyptians and the Egyptian Government which declared war only to fall after the NRC was supplied by the CDP. Essentially the CDP made this a proxy war where they were winning as the NRC invaded Egypt with equipment given to them by the CDP.
In comedic terms, the CDP basically injected the NRC with a large chunk of coke and made the NRC batshit crazy from not only stopping Egypt from destroying the dams, but by also invading the country. A very clear act of aggression. The purpose of the invasion is likely to forcefully assimilate Egypt into the coalition as said by their general in his speech in “Lotus Towers” and said “Anyone who seeks assisting the Egyptian Army will be put down! This is your chance. Join us! And fight for your future!”
I played this campaign and it was good in plot twists and stuff, but it doesn't truly deserve to be called Black Ops III. I loved black ops 1 and 2 for great character stories and for being badass, but in this game there is very little to no character development... Hell, even the character you play as is called PLAYER. Like what the fuck was Treyarch thinking? There was also only 2 direct links to previous black ops, talking about Menendez on Nova 6 briefly. I also really wanted to see if Reznov actually lived because there was evidence that he didn't die in Vorkuta: There was a quote that there was no body found, you actually didn't see him die only pulled over in the truck, and Reznov apparently sent letters to Hudson (under alias John Trent) and in 1968 Febuary 27 a message from John Trent told Hudson to tell mason that "This time it's freedom for both of us". So, in all it was a good game, but it should not be a black ops and they really should have gave us a brief scene with Reznov and Woods and Mason.
+VaconeerTM watch the video again. the whole game is literally a homage to black ops 1 mind control. You yourself go through exactly what mason goes through. Black ops 3 wanted to pay homage to the 2. There's more links than you think.
+Ethos I'm talking about direct links. Also, if you notice in the campaign it was a whole different tactic of mind control. In black ops 1 the soviets used number patterns to control. In this they connect directly to the brain and warp their thinking process. Related, but not linked in my opinion.
yeah again its not exactly bo1 simply homage to the psychological theme of bo1 which was nice to see at least.
Yeah but they definitely under did it I kind of really hoped to see flash backs like all the previous black ops and see like where mason was in the timeline where he didn't get killed by woods.
+VaconeerTM It really feels like Mass Effect 3 all over again. BO2 was a waste of time. Guess I got Michael Rooker killed for no reason. I thought it would input the prevulious file for a special campaign for everyone but they just don't have the dedication to take it to that extent not to mention the whole Easter eggs that did for the release of the game meant nothing in the end. I was also disappointed with the games lag issues and the fact that it's not truly a next gen game.
If you check your computers inside of HQ you can piece it together more by seeing the deceased and active record
100% correct, the campaign was THE BEST cod ever had.
Fantastic storyline.
Sure buddy
Yeah you’ve lost your marbles bud
What the fuck
What storyline?
@Miche1234vlogsthe fact that they could put so much meaning into 1 line is golden
I swear every cod game makes us feel betrayed or like a hero
No it still sucks putting the main strory in scrolling text is just lazy. The worst part is it doesn't deserve the title Black Ops because besides one mention of Mendez and nova gas that was quickly thrown in, there is no connection to bo1 & 2
^This guy knows. It's very much connected.
guilmon981 thank you for being intelligent and not so fucking closed minded
Tyler Granville also it gets kind of the same story beats as bo1
Tyler Granville there is alot of connection u find em
It wasn't lazy it was smart it hid things from us on purpose to make us theorize the campaign...pray for bo4 campaign and hope it connects with bo3, bo2 ,and bo1...I said and BO3
This video was freaking awesome. I was really confused at the end of the bo3 campaign but I knew there had to be more to it. It's a shame how so many people diss this game only because they didn't understand the story. Thanks for giving a great explanation.
Introdouche yourself I thought having those bosses like the tank and thing that required missiles to be taken out were pretty cool and I wish they would've made more of those but I can agree to some extent that the campaign got repetitive and boring at times though
A tree fell and the internet was out for 3 days. Im looking around to see which games i could play and BO3 was staring at me, so i played it. Blown away on how good the story was (lil ticked somethings tho) All-in-all the story was good, but i had a problem connecting all the dots. Remembered this video. GG
The story was so unique... I finished third time then understand all...
That ending in the video gave me goose bumps, holy shit. If they had that music at the end of the actual campaign, that would've been fucking awesome too.
COD is an interesting game series because it is able to take more diverse genres of games, like tactical shooters, puzzle games, etc, take aspects from them, and make them palatable for a general audience that otherwise might have never been exposed to those games before. MW2019 likely caused a rise in popularity among tactical shooters, and Black Ops managed to make RPG dialogue options and branching story paths interesting and streamlined in a way that I actually liked them. BO3 though... while maybe a fun mystery for people who play ARGs often, 99% of players will miss the underlying story because it wasn't made accessible to them. Additionally it also isn't connected to the first two games in any way, leading to a little bit extra added frustration.
I liked the black ops series up until black ops 3.
Me 2
Y tho
I loved the campaign. Had a very inception-like ending... But you know what I'm gonna say. Same outcome. Train go boom.
Sucks
I watched a very small bit of the video around up until you mentioned missing the big twist at that point I went through the rest of the game trying my hardest not to miss anything and once I beat it finally I came back to this video to see if I had got the twist . I honestly thought I did for a minute and then the whole shit just gets flipped on top of my head in a mind fuck that I will not forget . Best CoD campaign to date hands down .
Blvck Light i agree
I Only Really Stream no
i have never had so many tingles from a beat drop in my life
When you load into the safehouse theres a data vault near you and when you open it then open the codex you will be on the cia website then open the bookmarks and scroll down and click one of the book marks and you will find 12 mission logs that Taylor recorded you can listen to them and get the same conclusion except the wall of text at the start of each mission us more detailed than the voice recordings
I know about vault, but there are no Taylor's Logs in vault?
I only finally played through this game a year ago and as an entire package it's pretty damn good game(although it's way overpriced considering it's age even when on sale) while it may not be my favorite call of duty campaign I can definitely say it's by far one of the most interesting concepts for a story I've ever experienced. Yes it does get very convoluted and let's be real the combat is an absolute ballbuster when you're playing on harder difficulties but I really got to give credit to treyarch for writing a very unique story. Obviously the multiplayer kicks ass and the zombies is by far the highlight of this game but you got to give some credit where credit is due. The story from the campaign is reminiscent of Philip K Dicks novel Ubik and the fact that it makes me think that is very impressive.
they played us like a damn fiddle
Taco Time kazuhira miller reference
The way I understand it, the last mission where Hendricks holds Krueger hostage actually happened, after the main player died. The players death was at Krueger hand, he cut off life support since we werent as good as he wanted. That, mixed with Hendricks losing Taylor after they finished the stone hunt-down and Taylor agreed to augment, he was pissed. He spent the whole mission against stones team expressing sympathy, and everyone else dying or converting drove him over the edge so Hendricks went after Krueger to finish the job that Stone set out on. NOW. Corvus was real as well, and was a feature now included in the DNI that went into the Player’s head. When Taylor linked with us, Corvus made the jump into his. Corvus was made to catalog the User’s memories and we came over with Corvus, that’s why we started seeing Taylor’s memories. Corvus also wanted to still make that peaceful afterlife, which is why we were seeing Taylor’s memories as our own. Corvus was keeping us around, but was still looking for the frozen forest. Every memory Corvus was seeing though, from black ops personnel, was death and destruction though so it was becoming distraught. Back to it though, when the DNI is purged after we kill Hendricks and shoot ourselves, and then IDing as Taylor, is because we were experiencing Hendricks trying to finish Stones mission as it happened. Since Corvus was holding onto us in Taylor’s mind, when the DNI purged, it deleted both Corvus and the Player, Hence how we become Taylor at the end.
Black Ops 3 is my favourite CoD campaign along with Modern Warfare and the original Black Ops. The story is just sublime and thought-provoking like something out of Deus Ex or Blade Runner. Treyarch has managed to create a compelling side story in the Black Ops universe without relying on any of its already established characters. Hell, even the multiplayer has its own narrative.
The beat drop gave me an explosion of tingles in my head, and took me out of my body for a split second
Can someone answer me this? If you are playing as taylor the whole time, at the end when you shoot yourself, go inside the purgatory of cervis, is any of that real? Is Cervis even real because the whole point is to "find and stop taylor" but taylor is really some other un named guy, whats the point of the campaign then?
+Zachary Battles Corvus never existed to begin with. The entire rogue Artificial Intelligence plot line was something your character's dying mind dreamed up as it slowly shut down and stopped thinking rationally, much like how the WWII segment inexplicably ended with zombies on account of what's her name no longer thinking rationally due to her brain breaking down as she died.
You, my man, are a genius. Thanks
"Me, personally, I LOVE this game. Very cool, Very cool."
I honestly like it too. But I agree with a few people that it could've been a separate COD game.
The problem is that 90% of gamers dismissed Bo3 as another shit story but in reality they either didnt play it or were to fucking stupid to understand the theories or plots behind it. They played it like they assumed you played cod and shot sprayed and moved forward when the plot of this game was to stop and look back.
Why do we have to sit here and fucking peice together the story like a puzzle? Why can't it be a story like bo1 or bo2 where the story is easy to follow and plot twists make sense? We shouldn't have to go out of our way to put in work to make this story make sense.
@@comedyastral9437 There are many pieces of media where the story is hard to understand and the viewer needs to put in effort to understand it. These types of stories are often done on purpose, to challenge the viewer's mind.
@@johnderat2652 Is this a black ops game or a fucking dark souls game? Never before had we have to put so much effort in to finding out the story of a cod game and because of this the campaign sucks.
@@comedyastral9437 That's what makes the campaign interesting, we have to actively look back on it to understand it. To me it's more memorable that way
@@johnderat2652 that's what made the campaign horrible and forgettable.
This is one of my favorite campaigns ever.
I have completed this game today and after spending a lot of time now i get the story. Also i have to say that the black ops series is totally worth it, best of cod series
The black ops games (WaW, BO1, BOII AND BOIII) are undoubtedly the best Call of Duty games. The gameplay, story, visuals, music and just about everything is better than what has been made by Infinity Ward.
BUT THE ZOMBIES, THE ZOMBIES IS THE BEST BIT. THE ZOMBIES GAMEMODE WAS MY LIFE. ZOMBIES HAS BEING DOING THE HIDDEN MIND BLOWING STORY SINCE 2009. ZOMBIES IS FUCKING AMAZING.
GlitchyShadow Such a massive story yet absolutely hidden from the casual player.
GlitchyShadow I JUST FUCKING REALIZED, JASON BLUNDELL WORKS ON BOTH STORY-LINES!!!!
Personally I think the campaign story should be easily to understand and that the deeper story and such should be buried in clever ways so those who search are rewarded at no expense to the average casual player.
GlitchyShadow That would've been good, but when 11 out of the 12 missions relies on the plot twist, it is practically impossible to clear up events without giving it away. That's why they drop massive, obvious hints at the last mission. Seeing Taylor in the mirror and hearing the player calling himself Taylor should make anyone suspect that things may not be as they seem. The path they chose is inherently hardcore and anti-casual, which is a ballsy move on Treyarch's part
Yousif Osama They've could've explained it or given out the pieces to figure most of it out without revealing everything so those who search are rewarded.
It's the best futuristic COD campaign but nobody in the community seems to be ready for that conversation
Naw, that be Infinite Warfare, a true space opera.
@@wargames2195IW and BO3, I both like.
This should go viral Ethos as it helps the people that just runs n guns and skip the cutscenes better understand the storyline and plot twist. People say that this was the most dissapointing cod campaign since ghosts but i think they just pulled one of the greatest and most shady plot twists in gaming history. Definitely a good mind twist now that i understand it well.
I always wondered why a game with such an elaborate TV Tropes page would have so many detractors. I now understand it perfectly.
Thr male VA is waaaay better ngl
the best under rated campaign was the ghosts campaign.
loved it
Spoopi Boi that one was too straight forward IMO
i hated it, sorry
This game is quite literally a soap opera just with guns
The only thing i heard from bo3 that is related bo serie is when hendricks says menendez when they where in egypt after going out from the big house.
Gabe wait what how?
Yeah I remember that
Once you get past the fact it’s not at all a bo1 or Bo2 sequel it’s actually a really badass and complex storyline
Actually made me replay the campaign and enjoy it immensely
The campaign sucks and how do you replay this trash?
Frank Woods yeah, you totally get the concept of different opinions.....
@@solidslfy2879 It’s called an opinion. You harass and even threatened to rape & kill a guy and his family over liking something you do not like. You’re not a hero, you’re just being a douchebag.
So is Taylor like reznov but just not explained in a mission
No
ExoticBerry what the fuck do you mean ‘no’ have you never played any of the fucking Black Ops games? I’ve played all four and to answer your question CORRECTLY unlike this dumbass, yes that’s exactly what it is.
I was joking and you made a full essay.
I have played all the black ops games, and reznov in fact was my favourite
Kinda yeah
What mic do you use!? I love the quality, I have a Blue Usb Mic right now but i'm looking to upgrade
Wow that's some damn good story telling, especially for a video game. My only question is, if the last level was not real but in fact a dream, then did Hendricks not get driven insane by the Corvus influence and remained one of the good guys?
This is mind blowing. Even two years later it still surprises me.
There's still plot holes like Hendricks being cybernetic in all but the "last mission" and Kane's death not affecting Taylor when asked about her by Hendricks in again the supposed "last mission"
I never hated the story, I just didn't understand it fully and I chose not to hate it because of that reason. If anything the story was amazing with it's themes about humanity and what exactly does it mean to be a human.
Actually, Black Ops 3 is my fav COD campaign. Even on first playthrough my jaw dropped all the way to the floor. Yeah, I played every COD campaign before and after. But this exact campaign somehow felt so stylish, psychological, exciting. I even loved frozen forest therapy first time I heard it. I rarely play the same game multiple times, but I've already had about 10 playthroughs at different difficulties, coop and single. For me personally it's a lot of reruns. :) I simply happy this game came out.
Just picked up the game, mind freakin BLOWN!!!!!
Campaign wise, this is the Halo 5 of Call of Duty. They throw you in a story with hardly any explanation to a large portion of details and story beats and hides that information in a friggin’ book.
My mind exploded, holy crap that makes so much sense
6:56 the funny thing is that I watched that video before I watched this one
Funny thing is I saw a reddit post explaining the whole thing
my head hurts, but this is awesome
This isn't a mindfuck, news sources were covering this when the game first came out. Its also in the little computer in between missions under someones bio.
Micah Tucker Real Shit?
Black ops 3 campaign was directed by Jason Blundel who is also the director of BO zombies and just like zombies storyline, Jason does not like to give you direct results and answer of the plot and this is something you really have to to look at at the small details.
This video basically summed up how I felt about the game. Anger towards and then respect to the campaign
God damn Ethos. Would the campaign still be worth playing with everything you just told me? Kinda makes me wanna play it.
fuck it play it. im sure there is even more hidden
I don't get why a lot of people don't like this campaign it was good I loved it
it was just really wierd and it got wierder as the story progressed
Yeah i agree its a really good game
Yeah I loved every mission it was really fun and black ops 3 is my all time favorite cod
I'm so fucking lost right now and I don't even know what's going on
Mr Unicorn "Unicorn, Are you what happens what a narwhal makes sweet ,sweet love to a horse?"
Treyarch tries to pull a belic Ghost In The Shell, except that the storytelling ranges between loosely tied up and a massive clusterfuck. Basically, it's the equivalent to the fan-theories that go like HE'S DEAD THE ENTIRE TIME LMOA
Mr Unicorn of course you don’t, you’re a gay horse
Let's put it simple, you're reliving the events of another person
Basically,
Your character died in mission 1, the rest of the game is your mind imagining everything before you die.
if you look at all the quincidences,you can see your corvis(both test subjects and anyone else with dni),corvis is made of thoughts and emotions through peoples dni,he obsorbs them.
Thank you so much for praising the treyarch campaign for trying to actually put effort into its stories.