I include MW3 and Black Ops 2 personally. MW3 had a great campaign, brilliant ending with its final mission in the trilogy. It had a great multiplayer compared to a lot of newer CoDs. No skill based matchmaking in that and BO2, and SBMM has turned countless people off the newer MP modes. BO2 has arguably the best and most balanced MP in the whole series, with a great campaign to boot.
Cod4 & Resistance fall of man were my first PS3 games...i said lemme try online and was blown away i was playing withbreal people then WAW which i would cut school just to play call day then black ops which blew my absolute balls off
I disagree so hard with so much of this ranking, but at the same time it was one of the most entertaining videos I have seen on RUclips in SO long. Like you say ITS A PARADOX
Almost everyone won’t align completely with the rankings but dude states his points well and video was unique and entertaining enough to hold my attention throughout. So I disagree😊
That ending with Reznov killing the german and you planting the flag as the Soviet Anthem rocks, that's absolute cinema. To this day nothing in the franchise comes close.
Thank you. This wasn't just a review of the Call of Duty games... This was a look into my childhood, my teenage years, and then adult years. As much as i moan about what CoD is today, i can't deny it has marked the passage of time and still stands tall as one of the best-selling franchises ever. Thank you for the trip into the past and the wonderful, painful memories it brought back. ❤
Yeah but his opinions on the games were kinda shit 😂 it was better when his biasedness wasn’t in the video. I like how he explained the story and weapons but when he says this one is better in terms of etc he losses ne
@@darkandevil9436I strongly disagree. Played through the campaign very recently and it holds up extremely well. Of course the graphics aren’t going to be as good as modern games, but in every other area it’s a standout game.
@@darkandevil943613 years old here, I played the game recently and my god it was good, the atmosphere was haunting, the game was actually scary and it makes you sad for the poor soldiers that went through it.
This right here has earned my subscription. Funny and entertaining individual, keep it up! Can’t believe I haven’t seen any of your videos up until now.
One of your best videos yet, man. Not as chaotic as your regular stuff which isn't good nor bad, it just fit the video perfectly. The production value, passion, obvious time and effort you put into this really shows, bravo.
@R3TR0J4N my personal is pretty much a toss up between all 3 modern warfare games (originals). I love the way tf141 carried over and that subplot remained, and the level design is just so damn good
It's good that people are mentioning MW2019 considering how recent it is. Goes to show Infinity Ward is the only thriving CoD dev team currently able to make a game comparable to the classics.
One of the most enjoyable videos I have watched this year! I'd actually love to see you do a video like this on the Assassin's Creed franchise but that might be a bit painful as some of the campaigns can be extremely long.
Bro, WaW was my childhood. My cousin and I would play zombies for days on end. Not only was it the first call of duty to have the zombies mode, it also introduced the ray gun and, interestingly, you could actually get it during the campaign. Black Ops had the same thing with the thunder gun, but it was far harder to get ahold of than the ray gun in WaW
Great vid, as someone who has pretty much played every cod game (apart from 1 and 2 and vanguard) I do agree with the rankings as far as the campaigns go but i think the earlier cods hold such a special place in our hearts because of the multiplayer experiences we shared with friends and strangers, for me it was black ops 2 that will forever top my list, I made so many friends on multiplayer and zombies unfortunately no cod will be able to recreate those memories, the harsh reality of life is that we grow up and cant spend those weeks and days of our school holiday doing nothing but throwing hours into a video game. I will forever miss those days, but I am still happy to be alive in the present.
This is genuinely outrageous. Ghosts above black ops 2 is crazy. And dont think i didint play both games. I played them so much i remember every part of both. Thats just crazy. Its a good entertaining video but i dont think most will agree with the final ranking
You sure you’re not letting multiplayer and zombies influence you? Because with those added into the criteria I’d definitely agree, but not on campaign alone.
I honestly thought that about a lot of his takes, but he gives his reasons and frankly I haven't played most of these games in 7+ years. I love parts of BO2 so it'd be super high in my head, but that campaign definitely had a lot of flaws that I'm shunning from my memory
and thats kevin spacey too, the man who invited other man to whatch saving private ryan on his private cinema in his house so he can masturbate and climax during the d-day omaha beach sequence while touching and leading said man to erotic action. damn i miss house of cards.
When actual gameplay becomes as realistic, is when I'll be impressed. Because you're just 'oohing and ahhing' over what are cutscenes. They could literally code in a cutscene from a movie if they wanted to.
@@Phantom-wu9su Yeah, but the fact that those cutscenes from a game that's 10 years old from 2014 look that good and look better than some modern AAA title games is what's impressive and also depressing at the same time
Absolutely excellent video. I didn't think COD stories were still going to be good. I played MW, MW2 and Black Ops back in the day and they were great but not played a COD since I played Black Ops 2.
The only correct list. MWII & MW19 were probably the best next gen cod we got that was closest to the original fundamentals of the franchise. And cant go wrong with the MW2/BO1 classics combo. Although id bring BO2 up more.
I mean, it definitely shouldn't be 12th place lol, but what he said about it in the video is true. The story is worse than Black Ops 1, some missions were straight up filler garbage, that prep before each mission is such a bad idea. But ranking it below Ghosts is just wrong lmao.
Super cool video idea and done amazingly! I particularly liked how you treated all the games the same way, they all had the chance to shine and show what they did good 👍 It really puts things in perspective when seeing the whole series this way
@@wolololer they literally changed the combat system plus been changing the open world too, just because COD has new skins on their characters doesn't = MuH InNovAtIOn 😵💫
ranton should definitely do a video on yakuza games considering the huge focus it has on hand to hand combat. kinda funny how the only yakuza game he did is fist of the north star
@@ayushsinghchauhan9558 to be fair, a lot of the games reuses and even recycles entire systems like the combat. The switch that like a dragon did was massive. I love the games, but this is just true.
Campaign-wise I don’t disagree with him though. The love and popularity for BO2 over all other cods is both its multiplayer and zombies, not really the campaign.
What a video dude. Insane how it hooked me for the entirety. I didn't even realise before watching how many games I had played, borrowing from friends etc in the past. I have in that way lived through the evolution. It has "only" 409K views today but it'll be millions in the future. Jackie Chan is right with his quote here; he will be very proud to see you applying his idea. Kudos to you from nl. now i watch Black Ops 6 video bye
I find it so interesting how, both Modern Warfare games (COD 4, and MW 2019), ended up being revolutionary and influential for their respective time periods. A lot of other fps games nowadays try to capture the feel of the current MW games just the same as other fps games did back in the days of the original MW games. Kind of a cool thing to witness, almost akin to history repeating itself.
41:38, Mathematician here: Median is not exactly the term you re looking for, instead I'd say the range is lower (both bounds are lower than their counterparts). Also if range is lower and average is higher, it is very likely, that the median is higher too.
@@Oblivion9873 It'd be the opposite no? Averages are more sensitive to tails, so more low points would bring the average down, whereas the median would stay relatively similar.
@@Titangrille Ranton said both that the maximum is lower and that the minimum is lower. The higher average he mentions makes it more likely, that there is a small range on the higher end, where most points fall into. This would make a lower variance and a higher median way more probable. But that doesn't have to be or at least it is not obvious to me, why that would be a logical consequence. For the median I was able to construct both an example with a lower and a higher median, given a higher average, but lower bounds.
If you’re gonna play any of them, MW 2019 is worth it. It’s my favorite in the franchise and has the best writing. Easily the best example of how to write a woman leader too.
Basically same. CoD3 was my intro to the series. I went back and ended up playing every game through Advanced Warfare, then I guess I skipped two years to WW2. Haven't touched the franchise since.
Advanced Warfare multiplayer made me stop playing call of duty. It was terrible. I only returned with MW2019, same to other comments, MW2019 is a stand out, and you can basically treat it like a standalone game.
One of your best videos hands down, amazing work dude, plus i disagree with some of the rankings but most of them are spot on placed as i did go through buncha cod games lately, im glad you enjoyed ww2 because that game is actually amazing
The pacing of this video is perfect. Just the right amount of time summarising the games that you remember playing them yourself without lingering and repeating points.
One of your best if not your best video to date Ranton, watched (like actually, on my first monitor) from the first minute to the last glued to the screen. I noticed the lower amount of skits or jokes this time around and honestly, I think that enhanced the focus of the video? It's good, I like it. Would've bloated the video to an hour honestly and that'd be bad.
I've always been very conscious that COD has consistently been a good single player game with a few Vanguards in between. It's just the campaign gets overshadowed by zombies and MP so much that when those 2 modes don't meet expectations they trash the •Solo Experience• just because is in the same bundle. Thanks for the video Anthony, I'll share it with my mom and my grandma.
Never seen anyone go back through the campaigns but your rankings seem quite fair from a modern perspective, I remember at the time loving COD4 and playing MW2, I have a lot of criticism for the MP but based purely on SP (and map design/art/ux) MW2 was amazing, I was so sad the campaign took me under 4 hours.
Two things First, the production quality of this video is absolutely top tier Second, in my list Cod 4 is a little higher, it easily reaches top 3 or at least gets very close, I believe it set a new standard for COD games, and its relevance still prevails today. Cod 4 was the first cod that I played and thought "That was amazing!" after completing it. Yes it happened again a few times with other CoDs, but that was the first time.
I dead ass remember getting my PS3 and having my cousin tell me to play "Call of Duty 4" and I was like the "the World War 2 game?". I remember the first time playing it and he took me to Shipment on multiplayer. The controls were still somewhat new to me - I was used to playing Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid, the idea that I could sprint was insane t me. And that with a single button could fucking knife someone, i didn't have to go to a menu to click "knife" or press one button to grab my knife and another to swing it with choppy controls - just a single click of the analog stick and knife, done. And that the bullets could penetrate walls? I had never played a game with gunplay as good as Modern Warfare at the time, it was genuinely mind-blowing to 12 year old me. Was absolutely hooked. I'm glad my childhood was the golden age of CoD.
regenerating health was such a contested thing back in the day. hit points have a time and place and shooters greatly benefit from regen or a "half regen" system. my all time favourite is ArmA where basically 1 shot = you're dead, and if not you may as well be
Literally not a single campaign mission since has gripped me as much as All ghillied Up. From start to end it was meticulously put together and arguably alongside the M1911 slide at the end of the game were the big moments that solidified modern CoD. Without moments like that it would've been just another first person shooter. They need to focus that again, and less on whether or not the characters swallow/spit, and are willing to be pegged.
I’m so happy that Black Ops ranked so highly on your list! It’s my favorite CoD, as while I think others deliver better individual experiences (MW2’s MP is incredible and BOIII’s Zombies has stood and I think will continue to stand the test of time), BO has the most rounded package, with all of its modes being great! After watching this video, though, it really makes me want to go back and play these campaigns myself, so your video succeeded on that front! Can’t wait to see what you think of BO6!
Thank you Ranton for the hard work you've put into this video. I always take your reviews seriously because you care a lot about gaming and you don't sugarcoat things, you say it like it is and most of the time you are right. So keep giving us these fun reviews.
God damn! For a few days, I was thinking about replaying some of CoD games and was hoping I'd find a video that rates them - a good video. This is brilliant. Thank you so much!
The last COD I've ever played was the very first Black Ops. After watching this, gotta say, I don't feel like I've missed out on anything. BUT watching this really made me feel nostalgic. Maybe I'll replay the first Black Ops and the original Modern Warfare 2. Can't believe it's been nearly 15 years.
THE MW1 and 2 remakes are pretty solid IMO, you can skip MW3 both OG and remake, I heard pretty good things about Cold War and ZI jsut beat BO6 on Veteran which was pretty fun. IMO BO1 is still the best COD out there though.
The best for me: Call of Duty World At War (2008). It combines historical authenticity from CoD 2 with the more realistic engine of CoD 4, and adds some extra harsh brutality of war on top...
two notes. one, yeah ghost in the new mw2 gets even worse when you actually realize his gear is completely impractical and wouldn't be worn by an operator and he would NEVER be allowed to wear that fucking mask, and 2, federation day from ghosts is a criminally underated mission. rappelling down the side of that tower is so fucking cool
i basically agree with your whole list except black ops 2, that game holds a special place in my heart, Menendez was one of the best villains COD has ever came up with. thank you for this trip down memory lane, shit really took me back. AMAZING WORK as always from the youtube G.O.A.T.
Incredible video, it's clear how much effort went into this :) Surprised there was no mention of the silent protagonist in Black Ops: Cold War, something they've related with Black Ops 6. I know there's text dialogue options but having a completely silent protagonist again after so many years really broke immersion for me.
Really good list Rantoni Pepperoni!! Personally think Cold War is a bit high, MW3 over WaW is a little questionable but I don't hate it. Glad Advanced Warfare got some love, basically the only enjoyable of the futuristic games. Black Ops II ranking is dead on, that campaign is overrated...
You know its a good video when you have no investment in the subject, but the viewer's enthusiasm and passion bleeds over and makes you care. I dont care about CoD at all, but your editing is so energetic and your passion is so genuine, it makes it fun to watch a long video about it anyways. Well done Ranton, always love your gaming vids.
Never played BO3 campaign but the reason it sold so much was because of it’s multiplayer ofc. Imo it was the most innovative COD after MW1 and 2. The fast paced shooting was an awesome change and much better than whatever advanced warfare tried to do.
I legit love the BO3 campaign, felt like the most fleshed out gameplay-wise with upgrades, progression, bossfights etc, and the story was really great and moody but you had to think about it - And thinking about what they're seeing is not something CoD fanbase is known for. I think BO3 campaign was better than CoD has any right to be and I will die on this hill. Probably alone. I am 100% convinced that if that game came out under a different title and was played by a different playerbase with different expectations it would be a cult classic today.
I’m more of a fighter player than I am a fan of FPS games, but black ops 1 and 2 were my first COD games and since then I’ve had a love of zombies forever 😂😂😂 I don’t really have an opinion on the list but I mean whenever I see Anton upload I have to watch 🤷🏽♂️😂
Black ops 2 was my personal favorite, the gunplay and maps just hit right. Yeah the campaign wasn't the greatest but the multiplayer was orgasmic, it was the last call of duty I ever managed to get into and I often times find myself coming back to play it.
@@Circuroseexactly, it has great replay value that I can see myself playing the campaign many times for the challenges, secrets or story choices unlike mw3 or ghosts which is a one and done thing
I will defend the WW2 train scene to my last breath. I don’t care how unrealistic it is, I don’t care how drawn out it is. It’s fucking awesome. You crash a goddamn train and it’s just this humungous unstoppable force that tears apart the area for a solid 40 seconds and I LOVE IT
MW2 sums up being the amalgamation of MW1 and WoW, adding a rollercoaster of big set cinematic pieces where highs were action packed and lows are theatrical storytelling complimented by Hans Zimmer.
This must've taken SUCH A LONG TIME to make, but it was absolutely worth it! Incredibly entertaining while still clearly explaining your opinions and getting your points across. The editing also deserves a round of applause of course!
i get that this ranking is campaign only but seeing black ops 3 treated like that broke my heart because with multiplayer and zombies it’s one of the best cods
My favorite Chinese guy’s ADHD made him unable to appreciate Peakfinite Warfare campaign. That game died on marketing, but the Campaign is the BEST since original Warfare Trilogy.
As far as the ones I’ve played, it feels like you perfectly explain why each game is so great and then you go into the ranking and you lose me. Great video tho
Fucking great video ranton, the most well edited and masterfully put together dive into the cod campaigns, this video did not feel 47 minutes at all, perfect seemless watch. videos like this is art and your channel will never die
I finished Black Ops 6...
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Keep it up DONT STOP i love seing you every day no homo
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Keep it up!!!
@@RealRanton Play the Yakuza series
Best video by Farrrr 💦💦💦
The run from Cod 4 -> World at War -> MW2 -> Black Ops was generational. Such a great time
Completely agree, that’s the exact 4 game sequence that stands out to me too.
Black ops 1 campaign sits with me forever
I include MW3 and Black Ops 2 personally.
MW3 had a great campaign, brilliant ending with its final mission in the trilogy. It had a great multiplayer compared to a lot of newer CoDs.
No skill based matchmaking in that and BO2, and SBMM has turned countless people off the newer MP modes. BO2 has arguably the best and most balanced MP in the whole series, with a great campaign to boot.
hands down the best games! always get lost in BO2s shadow
Cod4 & Resistance fall of man were my first PS3 games...i said lemme try online and was blown away i was playing withbreal people then WAW which i would cut school just to play call day then black ops which blew my absolute balls off
The production quality of this video... Chef's kiss!
Thank you 🥹
@@RealRanton don't stress yourself out it's the last thing us viewers want is to see you stress out and go bald😂
Production quality, ahhaa. He did not even play the PS2 and Mobile spin offs.
motion template?
@@Puxi"ahhaa" 🤓
I disagree so hard with so much of this ranking, but at the same time it was one of the most entertaining videos I have seen on RUclips in SO long. Like you say ITS A PARADOX
At least he put Vanguard at the bottom.
You better not disagree with MW2 being at the top, though. You better not >:(
@@joaosantos5503I’m split 50/50 between bo2 and mw2
@@joaosantos5503 For me its BO1 but I can't argue with MW2 :)
Almost everyone won’t align completely with the rankings but dude states his points well and video was unique and entertaining enough to hold my attention throughout. So I disagree😊
Uploading on both channels 🤯
i love my boi rantoni
What's the other channel?
@l30mireles54 Rantwo
@@l30mireles54it’s Rantwo
also streaming
That ending with Reznov killing the german and you planting the flag as the Soviet Anthem rocks, that's absolute cinema. To this day nothing in the franchise comes close.
Black ops Reznov is also goated. Step 8 Reznov, freedom!
For you, Mason! Not for me.
Yeah I loved the Russian campaign as a kid, one of the tracks used is actually sampled in a Ludacris song I listened to a lot at the time as well
@@GhostwalkerSparrowMY NAME. IS VICTOR. REZNOV
@@PewPewShootEmUpwhat song
@@acanuck4life coming 2 America
Honestly one of the best gaming videos ever made, please do more.
Thank you. This wasn't just a review of the Call of Duty games... This was a look into my childhood, my teenage years, and then adult years. As much as i moan about what CoD is today, i can't deny it has marked the passage of time and still stands tall as one of the best-selling franchises ever.
Thank you for the trip into the past and the wonderful, painful memories it brought back. ❤
Man actually put a ton of effort in this vid, give him a like and a sub. Well deserved. I also completely agree with the ranking.
I thought your profile picture was Buck from Far cry 3.
@@joakimberg7897 idk who that is but thanks, I guess?
@herding-electrons his name is buck and he likes to f....
@@silicon-shaman his name is Buck and he likes to f...
Yeah but his opinions on the games were kinda shit 😂 it was better when his biasedness wasn’t in the video. I like how he explained the story and weapons but when he says this one is better in terms of etc he losses ne
The DEDICATION. Such an amazing video and analysis. As always the editing is incredible, you're the best
World at War in one words sums up "Atmosphere"
Its good but severely nostalgia based and people realize flaws in other games in the cod series but doesn't realize the cluster of them in this game
@@darkandevil9436I disagree, every time I replay the WaW campaign I still have a blast, particularly in the eastern front campaign
@@darkandevil9436I strongly disagree. Played through the campaign very recently and it holds up extremely well. Of course the graphics aren’t going to be as good as modern games, but in every other area it’s a standout game.
@@darkandevil9436L Take holy shit
@@darkandevil943613 years old here, I played the game recently and my god it was good, the atmosphere was haunting, the game was actually scary and it makes you sad for the poor soldiers that went through it.
The most honest most amazing most hard working reviewer I've ever seen. You deserve way much more
Appreciate that
This right here has earned my subscription. Funny and entertaining individual, keep it up! Can’t believe I haven’t seen any of your videos up until now.
I disagree a lot on your black ops 2 opinion, and ghost was crap. But hey this is your opinion.
One of your best videos yet, man.
Not as chaotic as your regular stuff which isn't good nor bad, it just fit the video perfectly.
The production value, passion, obvious time and effort you put into this really shows, bravo.
absolute BANGER of an idea, super excited. as of now, I'm either guessing modern warfare 2 (2009) or MW 2019
@R3TR0J4N my personal is pretty much a toss up between all 3 modern warfare games (originals). I love the way tf141 carried over and that subplot remained, and the level design is just so damn good
It's good that people are mentioning MW2019 considering how recent it is. Goes to show Infinity Ward is the only thriving CoD dev team currently able to make a game comparable to the classics.
MW 2019 is easily bottom 5 code of all time fucking disgrace
Black ops 6
@@slywolf2025 huh
One of the most enjoyable videos I have watched this year!
I'd actually love to see you do a video like this on the Assassin's Creed franchise but that might be a bit painful as some of the campaigns can be extremely long.
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One was a big highlight in my Xbox era. Preferred that over the original COD 2 but no one ever mentions the game anymore.
with you there brother, I had it on Ps2. one of if not thee most underrated COD game! the main theme still makes me smile.
Big Red One is one of my favourites as well.
Everyone always forgets it whenever another RUclipsr decides to replay every cod but imo one of the best campaigns of all time. RIP Brooklyn
I played that game so much as a kid that my cousin scratched up the bottom side of the game disc so that I could never play it again
I forgot about that one. I loved Finest Hour
Black ops two is so good I cried when I completed it. And you put ghost above it I could strangle you
It’s called a opinion Billy
@@Watermeloncatendorser we'll strangle you too
I would cry too for being wrong.
Never been a COD fan but its very cool to see how the franchise changed over the years. Amazing work on this video! ♥
Bro, WaW was my childhood. My cousin and I would play zombies for days on end. Not only was it the first call of duty to have the zombies mode, it also introduced the ray gun and, interestingly, you could actually get it during the campaign. Black Ops had the same thing with the thunder gun, but it was far harder to get ahold of than the ray gun in WaW
WaW zombie gadamn a survival horror w/o the pack-a-punch and vending machines
This was awesome man
I though all of cod was just the same like the multiplayer. But this explains why they are so loved
the campaign is the reason why i look forward to each entry
@@RealRantonplease do Halo next
Rarely does a video capture my attention enough to watch the whole way through, great video, man!
Great vid, as someone who has pretty much played every cod game (apart from 1 and 2 and vanguard) I do agree with the rankings as far as the campaigns go but i think the earlier cods hold such a special place in our hearts because of the multiplayer experiences we shared with friends and strangers, for me it was black ops 2 that will forever top my list, I made so many friends on multiplayer and zombies unfortunately no cod will be able to recreate those memories, the harsh reality of life is that we grow up and cant spend those weeks and days of our school holiday doing nothing but throwing hours into a video game. I will forever miss those days, but I am still happy to be alive in the present.
Ranton really out here putting himself through CoD for us 😭
Unreal motion graphics - love the video Ranton!
This is genuinely outrageous. Ghosts above black ops 2 is crazy. And dont think i didint play both games. I played them so much i remember every part of both. Thats just crazy. Its a good entertaining video but i dont think most will agree with the final ranking
Big if true
nah the strike force missions were criminal its like playing valkyrie profile
You sure you’re not letting multiplayer and zombies influence you? Because with those added into the criteria I’d definitely agree, but not on campaign alone.
Agreed
I honestly thought that about a lot of his takes, but he gives his reasons and frankly I haven't played most of these games in 7+ years. I love parts of BO2 so it'd be super high in my head, but that campaign definitely had a lot of flaws that I'm shunning from my memory
26:30 you wanna tell me that's from 2014?!?!?! WHATTTTT?
I can't fathom it. Impossible.
Bro, if you played Diablo 2 back in the days, you'd know that pre rendered cutscenes are just next level 😆
and thats kevin spacey too, the man who invited other man to whatch saving private ryan on his private cinema in his house so he can masturbate and climax during the d-day omaha beach sequence while touching and leading said man to erotic action. damn i miss house of cards.
When actual gameplay becomes as realistic, is when I'll be impressed. Because you're just 'oohing and ahhing' over what are cutscenes. They could literally code in a cutscene from a movie if they wanted to.
@@Phantom-wu9su But they didn't, and that wouldn't be as impressive, you know that right, you're not this retarded right?
@@Phantom-wu9su Yeah, but the fact that those cutscenes from a game that's 10 years old from 2014 look that good and look better than some modern AAA title games is what's impressive and also depressing at the same time
Great video man! Impressive effort, editing, and jokes.
Rantwo upload into Ranone uload!! what even is today?? I wasn't ready
Absolutely excellent video.
I didn't think COD stories were still going to be good. I played MW, MW2 and Black Ops back in the day and they were great but not played a COD since I played Black Ops 2.
The only correct list. MWII & MW19 were probably the best next gen cod we got that was closest to the original fundamentals of the franchise. And cant go wrong with the MW2/BO1 classics combo. Although id bring BO2 up more.
BO2 campaign ranking 12th in this list is criminal
Arrest me 😈
Yeah bro that was crazy but i guess to each their own
I mean, it definitely shouldn't be 12th place lol, but what he said about it in the video is true. The story is worse than Black Ops 1, some missions were straight up filler garbage, that prep before each mission is such a bad idea. But ranking it below Ghosts is just wrong lmao.
BO2 Zombies/Multiplayer is where it really shined y'all. Only good part of the campaign was Michael Rooker & Menéndez 😁
That's true. BO2 was really good with multiplayer and zombies but campaign never really interested me that much.
Super cool video idea and done amazingly! I particularly liked how you treated all the games the same way, they all had the chance to shine and show what they did good 👍
It really puts things in perspective when seeing the whole series this way
This is my first video I've seen of bros, instant fan mans funny asf
45:58 The Yakuza/LAD franchise has a yearly release cycle where every game feels very different and they work on a single studio
Very different games
@@dampkingbut very same logic
@@wolololer they literally changed the combat system plus been changing the open world too, just because COD has new skins on their characters doesn't = MuH InNovAtIOn 😵💫
ranton should definitely do a video on yakuza games considering the huge focus it has on hand to hand combat. kinda funny how the only yakuza game he did is fist of the north star
@@ayushsinghchauhan9558 to be fair, a lot of the games reuses and even recycles entire systems like the combat. The switch that like a dragon did was massive. I love the games, but this is just true.
black ops 2 this low is a crime, and deserved a longer segment, but an opinion is an opinion in the end of the day
Campaign-wise I don’t disagree with him though. The love and popularity for BO2 over all other cods is both its multiplayer and zombies, not really the campaign.
One of the few CoDs I ever replayed, the campaign was good, never touched multiplayer and zombies
@@nickvolkov3422 Zombies was amazing I would recommend still
@@Calvin-r93 Who are you talking to? None of these comments are unreadable?
He's right about the guns, they're weird and not memorable at all
What a video dude. Insane how it hooked me for the entirety. I didn't even realise before watching how many games I had played, borrowing from friends etc in the past. I have in that way lived through the evolution. It has "only" 409K views today but it'll be millions in the future. Jackie Chan is right with his quote here; he will be very proud to see you applying his idea. Kudos to you from nl. now i watch Black Ops 6 video bye
I find it so interesting how, both Modern Warfare games (COD 4, and MW 2019), ended up being revolutionary and influential for their respective time periods. A lot of other fps games nowadays try to capture the feel of the current MW games just the same as other fps games did back in the days of the original MW games. Kind of a cool thing to witness, almost akin to history repeating itself.
41:38, Mathematician here: Median is not exactly the term you re looking for, instead I'd say the range is lower (both bounds are lower than their counterparts). Also if range is lower and average is higher, it is very likely, that the median is higher too.
Generally the phenomenon discussed would typically be true of a lower median higher average too. I.e. its more peaky but less consistent
@@Oblivion9873 It'd be the opposite no? Averages are more sensitive to tails, so more low points would bring the average down, whereas the median would stay relatively similar.
wouldn't it be "smaller variance"? Range would only look at the extremes.
@@Titangrille Ranton said both that the maximum is lower and that the minimum is lower. The higher average he mentions makes it more likely, that there is a small range on the higher end, where most points fall into. This would make a lower variance and a higher median way more probable. But that doesn't have to be or at least it is not obvious to me, why that would be a logical consequence. For the median I was able to construct both an example with a lower and a higher median, given a higher average, but lower bounds.
@@MasterM23 makes sense given what ranton said. thanks for explaining.
Advanced Warfare was the last one I played. Thanks for the summaries. Funny stuff dude
If you’re gonna play any of them, MW 2019 is worth it. It’s my favorite in the franchise and has the best writing. Easily the best example of how to write a woman leader too.
Basically same. CoD3 was my intro to the series. I went back and ended up playing every game through Advanced Warfare, then I guess I skipped two years to WW2. Haven't touched the franchise since.
Advanced Warfare multiplayer made me stop playing call of duty. It was terrible. I only returned with MW2019, same to other comments, MW2019 is a stand out, and you can basically treat it like a standalone game.
One of your best videos hands down, amazing work dude, plus i disagree with some of the rankings but most of them are spot on placed as i did go through buncha cod games lately, im glad you enjoyed ww2 because that game is actually amazing
Thanks bro
The pacing of this video is perfect. Just the right amount of time summarising the games that you remember playing them yourself without lingering and repeating points.
This is so SO much better than 95% of gaming content good god
Thanks so much
@@RealRantongreat video, earned my sub. Want to see what's next ...
There was a span of time where I stopped playing cod. I stopped after mw3. Came back for MW 2019. There were some rough ones in between them.
Ahhh, Ranton am Freitag Abend. Das schmeckt.
Sein Englisch hört sich so deutsch an xD ist er deutscher? Bzw hat er in Deutschland gewohnt?😅😅
Ranton ist ne kartoffel 😄@@SvennevS94
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Halb Deutsch halb Chinese glaub ich. Er hat auf jeden Fall ein paar Jahre in Deutschland gewohnt.
@@requiemlul3140 könnte gut sein weil seine deutsche harte klare aussprache lernst du nicht mal kurz im ausland ...
@@SvennevS94er ist deutscher
The German words are making this video even better
World at war is the best COD then modern warfare 2
One of your best if not your best video to date Ranton, watched (like actually, on my first monitor) from the first minute to the last glued to the screen. I noticed the lower amount of skits or jokes this time around and honestly, I think that enhanced the focus of the video? It's good, I like it. Would've bloated the video to an hour honestly and that'd be bad.
Every time I keep watching this video i just can’t comprehend how you even edited and made all these visual elements. Amazing quality man.
Thank you so much
I've always been very conscious that COD has consistently been a good single player game with a few Vanguards in between.
It's just the campaign gets overshadowed by zombies and MP so much that when those 2 modes don't meet expectations they trash the •Solo Experience• just because is in the same bundle.
Thanks for the video Anthony, I'll share it with my mom and my grandma.
Never seen anyone go back through the campaigns but your rankings seem quite fair from a modern perspective, I remember at the time loving COD4 and playing MW2, I have a lot of criticism for the MP but based purely on SP (and map design/art/ux) MW2 was amazing, I was so sad the campaign took me under 4 hours.
appreciate theyve invested Black Ops 2 players choice on Cold War.
Unironically the most dedicated and hardworking game reviewer out here up there with MandaloreGaming and a few others. Love you Ranton! 🙉
What a beautiful video my man, it even prompts me to buy and play them all as I never played them
0:30 Bro wtf thats clean
He has always been really good at editing.
Actually sick edit
For anyone who's wondering, the Song is titled: "KALIM - SKRR (feat. Ufo361)"
Bravo sex
Man this guy works hard on his videos, hope this blows up
Thanks dude. Share it with your friends and grandma
@RealRanton my grandma is dead, I'll share it with my friends tho
Two things
First, the production quality of this video is absolutely top tier
Second, in my list Cod 4 is a little higher, it easily reaches top 3 or at least gets very close, I believe it set a new standard for COD games, and its relevance still prevails today. Cod 4 was the first cod that I played and thought "That was amazing!" after completing it. Yes it happened again a few times with other CoDs, but that was the first time.
I dead ass remember getting my PS3 and having my cousin tell me to play "Call of Duty 4" and I was like the "the World War 2 game?". I remember the first time playing it and he took me to Shipment on multiplayer. The controls were still somewhat new to me - I was used to playing Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid, the idea that I could sprint was insane t me. And that with a single button could fucking knife someone, i didn't have to go to a menu to click "knife" or press one button to grab my knife and another to swing it with choppy controls - just a single click of the analog stick and knife, done. And that the bullets could penetrate walls? I had never played a game with gunplay as good as Modern Warfare at the time, it was genuinely mind-blowing to 12 year old me. Was absolutely hooked.
I'm glad my childhood was the golden age of CoD.
regenerating health was such a contested thing back in the day. hit points have a time and place and shooters greatly benefit from regen or a "half regen" system. my all time favourite is ArmA where basically 1 shot = you're dead, and if not you may as well be
MW3 over World at War is crazy
Yea kinda. But not really
REPLAY THEM THEN SPEAK AGAIN I'M SWEAR AUF GOD
I did love the trilogy but I agree
I agree. For me, WAW > MW3 any place, any time.
The one that shocked me, was how he put mw3 above bo2.
damn so many long high quality videos recently. respect!
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will always be my favorite Call of Duty personally, great game.
the way they just birthed the modern warfare aesthetic and genre is just so legendary
Literally not a single campaign mission since has gripped me as much as All ghillied Up. From start to end it was meticulously put together and arguably alongside the M1911 slide at the end of the game were the big moments that solidified modern CoD. Without moments like that it would've been just another first person shooter. They need to focus that again, and less on whether or not the characters swallow/spit, and are willing to be pegged.
yuuus
I'm a fan of OG Modern Warfare trilogy but World at War is unbeatable.
I’m so happy that Black Ops ranked so highly on your list! It’s my favorite CoD, as while I think others deliver better individual experiences (MW2’s MP is incredible and BOIII’s Zombies has stood and I think will continue to stand the test of time), BO has the most rounded package, with all of its modes being great! After watching this video, though, it really makes me want to go back and play these campaigns myself, so your video succeeded on that front! Can’t wait to see what you think of BO6!
love you play! love you fight! and love you yelling ''jaywalking OROSPU!!!''
Ah yes, CoD4 takes me back. Scrimming with clans while talking on Ventrilo with your mates. Good times.
Thank you Ranton for the hard work you've put into this video. I always take your reviews seriously because you care a lot about gaming and you don't sugarcoat things, you say it like it is and most of the time you are right. So keep giving us these fun reviews.
1. BO1 ❤
2. World at War
3. Modern Warfare 2
Which mw2?
@@soviete2142 which do you think 🤣
@@Galasso-1 I’m hoping it’s the og mw2…. If not we’re gonna have to have a talk with him
@@soviete2142yes… the OG😁
1. BO2
2. BO1
3. Ghosts
4. Infinite Warfare....
Bro, Black Ops 2 is like top 3 campaign.
Lol no? Top 3 are the OG MW trilogy
@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk MW3 is shit compared to MW1&2, how can you put it in the same basket?
@@pffpffovich2398 how can OP put bo2 in the top 3? Easily just as bad as bo3’s campaign if you ask me.
@@HunterAnsorge-ok9jkFor some reason I always feel iW fanboys have the lowest iQs in the CoD player base.
God damn! For a few days, I was thinking about replaying some of CoD games and was hoping I'd find a video that rates them - a good video. This is brilliant. Thank you so much!
The last COD I've ever played was the very first Black Ops. After watching this, gotta say, I don't feel like I've missed out on anything.
BUT watching this really made me feel nostalgic. Maybe I'll replay the first Black Ops and the original Modern Warfare 2. Can't believe it's been nearly 15 years.
THE MW1 and 2 remakes are pretty solid IMO, you can skip MW3 both OG and remake, I heard pretty good things about Cold War and ZI jsut beat BO6 on Veteran which was pretty fun. IMO BO1 is still the best COD out there though.
try black ops 2. this guy really missed the mark on how good the game was
@@gaming.golden The game was good, just not great IMO.
You've missed a LOT on BO2 and BO3 multi-player and zombies..
@@estebanod not really. Haven't cared about multiplayer shooters since I was a teen. Don't have the eyesight for them anyway.
The best for me: Call of Duty World At War (2008).
It combines historical authenticity from CoD 2 with the more realistic engine of CoD 4, and adds some extra harsh brutality of war on top...
I like this video and I like it when big youtube channels reflect on the cod series. Even when the channels aren't even always gaming related.
10:36 I agree, IT IS مصخرة
two notes. one, yeah ghost in the new mw2 gets even worse when you actually realize his gear is completely impractical and wouldn't be worn by an operator and he would NEVER be allowed to wear that fucking mask, and 2, federation day from ghosts is a criminally underated mission. rappelling down the side of that tower is so fucking cool
I havent played a CoD game since 2011, but I was glued to the screen watching this video the whole time regardless. Awesome video, man. Love this
i basically agree with your whole list except black ops 2, that game holds a special place in my heart, Menendez was one of the best villains COD has ever came up with. thank you for this trip down memory lane, shit really took me back. AMAZING WORK as always from the youtube G.O.A.T.
BO2 is easily the best Call of Duty ever made.
45:57 Need for Speed maybe?
Incredible video, it's clear how much effort went into this :) Surprised there was no mention of the silent protagonist in Black Ops: Cold War, something they've related with Black Ops 6. I know there's text dialogue options but having a completely silent protagonist again after so many years really broke immersion for me.
Really good list Rantoni Pepperoni!! Personally think Cold War is a bit high, MW3 over WaW is a little questionable but I don't hate it. Glad Advanced Warfare got some love, basically the only enjoyable of the futuristic games. Black Ops II ranking is dead on, that campaign is overrated...
Not mentioning Zombies for WaW is criminal. But I suppose this video is about the campaigns only
The simple classic WaW zombies is probably my solid second choice. First choice is BO2 zombies.
@@MidnightToker24I’m a bo1 enjoyer personally. It’s my favourite cod all around
You suppose? He says so. Lmao.
@@MidnightToker24 Zombies hasn’t been good since Ascension in BO1
You know its a good video when you have no investment in the subject, but the viewer's enthusiasm and passion bleeds over and makes you care. I dont care about CoD at all, but your editing is so energetic and your passion is so genuine, it makes it fun to watch a long video about it anyways. Well done Ranton, always love your gaming vids.
Thanks bro
Never played BO3 campaign but the reason it sold so much was because of it’s multiplayer ofc. Imo it was the most innovative COD after MW1 and 2. The fast paced shooting was an awesome change and much better than whatever advanced warfare tried to do.
not even to mention the fact that it has one of the best Zombies of all time
ohhh yes, dear BO3 mp and zombies... i wont forget you
The zombies scene in this game was incredible, amazing maps, story, EE and the community felt great.
I legit love the BO3 campaign, felt like the most fleshed out gameplay-wise with upgrades, progression, bossfights etc, and the story was really great and moody but you had to think about it - And thinking about what they're seeing is not something CoD fanbase is known for. I think BO3 campaign was better than CoD has any right to be and I will die on this hill. Probably alone.
I am 100% convinced that if that game came out under a different title and was played by a different playerbase with different expectations it would be a cult classic today.
@@aleksanderolbrych9157 nah you're cooking man, BO3 campaign is peak
You didn't played the first COD expansion pack called United Offensive, it was great too.
I’m more of a fighter player than I am a fan of FPS games, but black ops 1 and 2 were my first COD games and since then I’ve had a love of zombies forever 😂😂😂
I don’t really have an opinion on the list but I mean whenever I see Anton upload I have to watch 🤷🏽♂️😂
Black ops 2 was my personal favorite, the gunplay and maps just hit right. Yeah the campaign wasn't the greatest but the multiplayer was orgasmic, it was the last call of duty I ever managed to get into and I often times find myself coming back to play it.
The campaign was the greatest tho
The choices and consequences make Black Ops 2 one of the greatest campaigns.
@@Circuroseexactly, it has great replay value that I can see myself playing the campaign many times for the challenges, secrets or story choices unlike mw3 or ghosts which is a one and done thing
Black Ops 1: cream of the crop
Black Ops 3: cream of the crap
Top notch effort and delivers as usual, good sheet Rantoni!
I will defend the WW2 train scene to my last breath. I don’t care how unrealistic it is, I don’t care how drawn out it is. It’s fucking awesome. You crash a goddamn train and it’s just this humungous unstoppable force that tears apart the area for a solid 40 seconds and I LOVE IT
Shit made me laugh so hard, it's hilarious and memorable, even if for the wrong reasons.
Some of the best unintentional comedy i have ever seen
MW2 sums up being the amalgamation of MW1 and WoW, adding a rollercoaster of big set cinematic pieces where highs were action packed and lows are theatrical storytelling complimented by Hans Zimmer.
This must've taken SUCH A LONG TIME to make, but it was absolutely worth it! Incredibly entertaining while still clearly explaining your opinions and getting your points across. The editing also deserves a round of applause of course!
0:54 I have dieded
These edits kill me every time. Great vid
It’s either Black Ops or the OG MW2. There is no other answer
Mw2 was kinda mid
@@dreamlessking9yeah the modern one was not the OG though
@@AccursedHawkthe story was so uninteresting
@@dreamlessking9The story is only bland compared to black ops.
Just in time to make my shity day better
You missed Call of Duty: Finest Hour. I loved that game!
Yeah that game was amazing! The music! The characters.. amazing
i get that this ranking is campaign only but seeing black ops 3 treated like that broke my heart because with multiplayer and zombies it’s one of the best cods
My favorite Chinese guy’s ADHD made him unable to appreciate Peakfinite Warfare campaign.
That game died on marketing, but the Campaign is the BEST since original Warfare Trilogy.
Lol, I have adhd and didn't appreciate it either. 😅
MW3 was worse than MW2 in every way.
As far as the ones I’ve played, it feels like you perfectly explain why each game is so great and then you go into the ranking and you lose me. Great video tho
26:19 1 (it hurt a little)
2
3
1 (tickled my gooch a little)
Mw2 to Bo3 was literally peak cod and that 7 year era will NEVER be topped.
Fucking great video ranton, the most well edited and masterfully put together dive into the cod campaigns, this video did not feel 47 minutes at all, perfect seemless watch.
videos like this is art and your channel will never die
who out here Blackin they Ops till they 6?