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If I had cash for every time early Call of Duty chose to copy Enemy at the Gates to avoid doing research/writing I would have a computer good enough to play something else.
@@enjoythedecline3616 I'll preface this by saying I'm drunk and interested. I want to play Far Cry 5 on my new TV. With headset and windows, I figure a full set up with a 3080 will be 1200, is this an incorrect assumption?
The Devs didn't just see Saving Private Ryan, the series was literally co-funded by Steven Spielberg, the lead director and producer of Saving Private Ryan.
@Spitfire_1940 yeah what happened actually was medal of honor was funded and created by Spielberg but some of the developers split off and made call of duty
Only played through this game once on veteran. The tank missions were actually a sigh of relief after playing an entire campaign with no health. I also really enjoyed the cute credits scene where you watch a guy run through all the campaign missions.
for someone younger than me, your knowledge on WWII, older classic movies, along with your appreciation for these older shooters that paved the way for the popular games of today, is beyond impressive. A good portion of the people in MY generation give 0 shits about these older games. Quake, 3D Realms, even POSTAL are all words that make my friend group scratch their head. Hats off to you sir
Thank you so much for educating about not only the penal battalions but the fact that soviet army didn’t send men into the war without weapons. Literally argued this point for years and feel like I’m just shouting into a void. Not a communist either, just believe you do a disservice to yourself by not knowing the truth when it comes to history.
Infinity Ward only made up to MW2. They then proceeded to basically all walk away after MW2 launch due to friction with Bobby Kotik. They go by Respawn now though. Love these reviews!
I was 7 playing this new and haven’t played it since I was probably 9ish, so many memories brought back here and you can really capture how well they tried to portray the invasion! Great vid with just the right amount of comedy!
Context: They were many instances of rifle shortages in WW1 in Russian Empire, and especially in the beginning of the war after major defeats of 1914. Mainly in 1915, sometimes soldiers were thrown into the no-man's land without any weapons in order to scavenge the rifles from dead bodies (friendly and enemy alike). The Russian government was forced to order as much rifles abroad as it could, and that's how "Winchester Nagant" came to be, a Winchester that used Nagant 7.62 clips.
Now imagine playing this game without knowing a shred of English which is what i did when when i played the game in in 2007 when i was 6-7 lmao, the fact that i got stuck in the training mission cause i didnt know what to do when you had to look at the posters i think says it all. But its good to see that someone sees this game the slightly nostalgic way i do.
Once again, appreciate you Elmo. The myth about how the Soviets treated their soldiers is one of the worst and recurring historical inaccuracies that remains in our heads. The Soviets were thrown into a struggle for their very survival, politically and as horrid as it sounds, racially. (The Nazis made it very clear that the Slavic peoples were just as bad as Jews.) The Soviet state deserves much criticism, but for the right regions. Their conduct in the early to mid war shouldn't be where that criticism lies.
People seem to not understand or appreciate that, as cheap and lazy as it is by today's standards, call of duty's recreation of scenes from movies and shows like Enemy at the Gates and Band of Brothers was done during a time back when the idea of a video game being able to faithfully recreate such scenes was a landmark innovation in game development and writing ability rather than just lazy... that and the belief that the Eastern Front WASN'T a meat grinder of unarmed troops charging machine guns wasn't common knowledge outside of historians. Remember, CoD's whole thing was to show that, unlike Medal of Honor, no soldier fights alone, that you (nearly) always have backup with you in some capacity. Besides, World at War also parrots Enemy at the Gates with its fountain sniping scene, and people don't complain about that quite as much.
That's because it didn't parrot the heavily criticised and proven to be historically inaccurate human wave tactics, just small fragments of fighting here and there. The original vision of CoD was to honour the death of soldiers in WW2 by faithfully recreate the grim and gritty fighting of the war, not making a goddamn Hollyweed movie. Remember, CoD 2 came out just 2 years after CoD 1 and was highly praised for its accuracies, especially in the Stalingrad campaign. Yes, the commissar still treated your soldier like dirt, but he cared enough to tell the poor sod to go get a PPSh-41 with full ammo in the armory before fighting the nutsze. That was what a commissar was supposed to do, inspire and guide the troops, not throwing unarmed soldiers into a meat grinder. Bonus point to commissar Markhov in World at War for his epic speeches and for fighting alongside his troops.
I loved medal of honor as a child. It was up there with SOCOM, metal gear, and the original Cod games as shooters I loved as a kid. Also it's crazy to think I'm watching youtubers who are my age, we were born the same year. I remember being 14 and thinking "man those RUclipsrs are so damn old" Also also: you should review the Army men games
@@elmosanchez Army men RTS was the shit on the ps2. I even have it on steam, I think you can still play the multiplayer too. That said, Sarge's heroes on the N64 was actually challanging i can't believe i played with those controls
This guy gives off major old school youtuber vibes like i'm watching in 2010 or something haha. Now do a video on COD 3 it has one of the greatest cod campaigns of all time, cheers!
I've played through the original cods so many times I can play through them entirely blindfolded, so I find it really interesting to see someone elses perspective on the way they play. Good stuff.
I think I remember a video from Military History Visualized that examined the myths about blocking detachments and found that the Heer executed more of their men than the Red Army did. Strafbat were also used by all major armed forces in WW2
I can HIGHLY recommend 'Ivans War' and 'Stalingrad' - Both authors had access to archives in Moscow, and have both been very acclaimed. If you want to know more about russians under ww2. Some of the things you state, are wrong compared to what they have to say. Nevertheless, surely the soviet campaign is overly done. As you rightly state.
The 507th PIR was at Camp Toccoa along 101st Airborne. It was attached to the 82nd at Normandy and then later attached to the 17th Airborne for Operation Varisty.
@@HiGlowieOld school battlefield? Bf3, 4 and 1 are easily the best in the series, they've got the most vehicles, guns, customization and the best maps, also they look great and play well too.
@@HiGlowiei’m just gonna say it, modern cod is overhated. Modern Warfare 2019 was an amazing game that reinvented the franchise and was truly a labor of love by the devs
I had played allied assault back then but cod was the first game that really felt like you weren't winning the war alone. You actually had teammates. And the mg42 sounded so good.
I'm gonna say it Infinite Warfare is probably one of the best CODs out there and one of the few that dare to take actual risks, the game was hated for no reason and basically gave PTSD to any of the COD developers about taking risks, doing new stuff and not nostalgia bait their audience
The allied airborne drops into Normandy were a disaster, but also a success. The German defenders, for varying reasons, were scrambling around everywhere trying to find these paratroopers, taking some defenders and equipment off the Atlantic wall and German soldiers further inland away from targets that the French resistance could hit. Keep in mind, they still believed D-Day was going to happen at Calais, so the Germans defending the coast of Normandy were fewer and less equipped than the soldiers in Calais. Not to say they were a pushover, Hitler did want the entire Atlantic wall up to strength despite believing in the Calais landing. But every soldier, gun, fuel can, and bandage misplaced, lost, broken, and used in fighting the paratroopers were not gonna be there for defending the beaches come D-Day.
Very few FPS games' campaigns can rival the feeling of being in a war, in a unit that you get in CoD 1 and 2. The soundtrack, the modest but epic set pieces (see: no 5 minutes of train exploding right next to you a-la CoD WW2) all make these games more immersive, even with their crusty-ass graphics, than any shiny FPS nowadays. Great video! But also Lazerpig is pretty cool :C
Yep, in general more people should know Operation Overlord was not just US thing. Few months ago i read article about canadians fightin in Italy. You guys deserve recognition in games and movies.
When COD first came out it was a perfect storm that people not around back then may not fully appreciate. Saving Private Ryan had completely changed the film landscape in the late 90s and Hollywood had paid attention by making WW2 films popular again (instead of milking the Vietnam cow) in a way which was still fresh in 2003 when COD came out. A month before the release of the game the WW2 film "Saints and Soldiers" came out, specifically it came out on the two year anniversary of 9/11 which leads me onto the next point. 9/11 had made the west desperate for a victory so people were looking back in time to the "glory days". For years media had been obsessed with Vietnam but that was a loss, and a tragedy to warn against. Now the media needed to do it's bit to help rally people to sign up to join the war on terror and displace the dictators of the Middle East just like Grandpa did in Europe. At the start of the year America lead a multi nation invasion of Iraq and it was still seen as a valiant thing and a great victory, not a costly forever war that was ultimately pointless like it is seen now. War was on everyone's mind and WW2 provided the perfect playground for those who wanted to cash in.
Interesting, though I kind of doubt the "media" was specifically trying to build support for Iraq. Patriotic fervor might have made people hungrier for stuff like this, but ultimately WW2 media has always been pretty popular, and there were other victories after WW2 like the Gulf War itself.
10:02 wait that guy saying Baker Company is that the same voice actor as in Company of heroes 1 (airborne missions)? the whole blocking detachment and no guns. from what I understand that was only at limited part of the front at the early stages of the war by stalingrad it was fixed (and there is also some notes about when they say there was no guns for the men) im not talking 100 men should have 90 rifles, 6 smg and 4 MG. what this front had was 100 rifles for 100 men and not a super lot of ammo (not as enemy of the gate or the game would portrait it 100 men 40 rifles, 5 smg and 5 pistols.
If you played CoD WWII and felt the common disappointment and disgust among those who have, then play Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. It's the game CoD: WWII wanted to be. In fact, in CoD 2 and 2 Big Red One, they casted several actors from Band of Brothers to do the voices. Frank John Hughes as Alvin Bloomfield is perfect. The entire squad actually interacts like a family. There's growth, there's depth, there's emotion.
Yeah. I like the little nod. Though it is a shame the specific callouts of the older games aren't being used anymore. Like in cod 2 where the npc's would say for example: enemy, by the ruined building, first floor
1:22 Man, i can remember that big CRT monitor, 640x480 resolution. Playing on my Dad's pc. Just after watching saving private Ryan. This mission was it. It was the magnum opus of ww2 missions.
0:24 this is true for me too, I remember my friends cousin bringing over the game when it came out and we spent a few hours watching him play through the campaign. When we played multiplayer I tried saving my friend by dolphin diving in front of him, the bullets suspended me in the air and went trough my body, killing both of us. Whilst my friends cousin had to explain what “Taking a bullet” was to my friend. I miss 2012 lol
Please for the love of god can i finally see someone who understands using lean is required for this game. Instead of blinding standing in the open like a brain dead console peasant. **holds breathe proceeds to watch video**
33:33 yup trash player complaining about enemies but proceeds to play game incorrectly. The point here is to quickly lean out of cover take a shot, then return to cover. Run from cover to cover not blindly in the open.
Well to be fair, and this is coming from someone who's grandfather actually participated in the War in a way - by fleeing after the long siege and the freezing winter came to Stalingrad. The amount of people who actually perished is quite big, and from what i understand most of those fresh conscripts really DIDN"T have weapons most of the time, being told to geniueny find one off a corpse if they wanted to live. Order 227 WAS actually in effect and people WERE executed tho not as often as portrayed. Mostly 227 was enacted on NKVD officers that FAILED in their duties, of failing to keep soviet technology out of german hands by any means necessary. With the fear of death on every officer looming above their heads, they had to enact their own draconian rules on their squads and platoons, to dissuade their own men from running away by executing them on the spot themselves. The soviet approach, really was ruthless in a way - tossing bodies onto the enemy, hoping their would run out of bullets faster than the human wave tactics would succeed. Hell they kept doing it with penal battalions in order to cut down on important losses of their elite troops.
Shoutout to Lieutenant Nora Selter, Her real name is Jamie Grey Hyder. What a women, an Angel, her performance in the infinite war so gripping, honestly I'd fight front lines in space for her. When Isreal invades Lebanon, I'm leading the charge just for her.
I played the demo over and over and over for this game before I bought my first gaming PC in 2006 and bought the entire series. I still have the discs. I'm old.
Ah yes, this game. The game that first introduced me to the FPS genre, alongside COD4, COD 6: MW2, L4D1 and 2, CS 1.6, and Crossfire. All of them being played on few internet cafes that had some of those games in some computers.
In all my 23 years living on this earth, I have never played the PC port of the original Call of Duty 1, 2, and 3. I've only played Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Big Red One on the PS2. 😅 I feel like I missed out on some of my childhood gaming experiences.
Who would've guessed the inaccurate depiction of Order 227 and the Russian human wave tactics were just around 80 years too early and for the wrong war. And who would've guessed ES would point out the inaccuracy of this depiction, but not that Pavlov's House probably didn't even happen.
2:54 I liked Ghosts campaign. The levels have a lot of the MW trilogy DNA in them. That's why it's good. Sure it lacks some stuff but hey, it's not terrible to go through imo. 4:06 Glad to see people understand how revolutionary COD AI was. Especially in COD2. 15:12 There is no evidence connecting the two characters storyline wise. 17:50 Sure the weakest of the 3 but it's still not bad! Come on! Also Cod Ghosts and Ep1 fan? We agree on many things. 20:47 I get the dam being boring, but man... even the chase? That was one of the highlights of the game for me! Idk maybe im nostalgia blinded... 22:00 I dont really hate it, i like the concept a lot, but it gets quite hard at times and i get why one wouldn't like it. Can't say the same for the truck chase, that thing was badass and idk how you found it boring. 28:34 Again, there's no real connection between the games. It's probably just names the devs liked and re-used in later games. The name Borodin from the first Stalingrad level, also makes its appearance in MW2. It's the fake name Allen has while with Makarov. See how it doesn't mean anything? 30:00 Gotta say, this has to be one of the biggest challenges in COD on veteran. Infamous level. 33:50 There are plenty of flanks in this level. All you gotta do is explore. It's a pretty open and unique level. I don't get the hate on this one either. I guess you just hate british levels xD 34:00 I can say the same for the Berlin level. There's tons of MGs all over and barely any flank for them. But it didn't seem to bother you there. But sure, the theme alone in this one makes it special. Good vid though! Glad to see classic COD enjoyers around!
What i don't get about the Austrian Alps missions is how exactly did the Americans get out? Helicopters were still in experimental stages, so did they just bail to Switzerland? It's ironic saying that CoD plagarized early US missions from Band of Brothers considering that Stephen Ambrose, the writer of the book, was a massive plagarizer
Loved this! Do you have any plans on making a video on the medal of honour franchise? would love to see some stuff on frontline or the other games. also verry accurate comment on the average Latvian traffic conditions :D .
Call of Duty: Ghost's Multiplayer was great, its "Zombies" Co-op mode was good, and its campaign story was okay. But most importantly to Ghost's reputation, was how its presentation and advertisement was absolutely TERRIBLE, and likely plays the most significant part as to why people remember it so poorly.
fun fact: the studio that made medal of honor allied assault broke off from EA and went on to become infinity ward and make call of duty. Edit: Also yes, Call of duty ghosts is under rated. I hated it when it first came out but it's actually good if you go back and play it now when in comparison to the recent releases.
Well.. I remember in 2003, when I was 4 years old, and my dad brought a PC in home with this game on it. Man-o man... I spended so many hours on this game, I didn't even know what were the objectives, I just shot the bad guys. So much fun and good memories. Good times. Sad we don't get them now.
Another banger of a video and good on you for tackling the Wehraboo blocking battalion 40k commissar meme. Rants that are usually written by guys with an unhealthy knowledge of the Tiger tank engine schematics and who definitely did not storm the Capitol building on Jan 6th.
3:35 idk man. In half life 2 the combine soldiers will suppress your position while their shotgun guy comes rushing in, or they will flank you from all sides, and if one of them is retreating they will provide covering fire and it's not scripted.. I don't think cod 1's AI has aged well, only reason why I think that they're smart in some areas is because they have pixel perfect accuracy, especially their machine guns.
To your complaints about the British missions I can say, Skill Issue! It is meant to test your capability and to annoy all the blokes that do not tread with caution. But on a serious note, I still remember playing the campaign when I was like 7 and being scared shitless of the dam and boat mission because there where no friendly npcs to guide and cover for me.
Those stealth mission which are like third of the game. Actually like half because half of russians missons feels that way too, are so anti-early cod to me. That's what I love about United offensive it feels like actual battles and british campaing feels much better desinged too with natural bombardment-resistance-SO mission story. Even "stealth" missions in UO give you more allies. First cod mission feels so uncanny and eary when you are suddenly alone.
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I cant wait for BO2 in 2025
I play enlisted a lot, I guarantee you it sucks
@@pempotfoy6206 but we love it anyway. haha. Although just 4k silver? what a joke :x
no
@@pempotfoy6206It sucks so bad I play it just about everyday 😂
If I had cash for every time early Call of Duty chose to copy Enemy at the Gates to avoid doing research/writing I would have a computer good enough to play something else.
Russian Human wave without enough guns and NKVD behind goes brrrr.
You can do it. Save your money. Get a pc for about 1000 (not a laptop), and you can play any game you want. THINK IT DREAM IT DO IT.
@@enjoythedecline3616 I'll preface this by saying I'm drunk and interested.
I want to play Far Cry 5 on my new TV. With headset and windows, I figure a full set up with a 3080 will be 1200, is this an incorrect assumption?
I would think the same before I watched 2022/2023 happening.
@@PaulRudd1941you can make a really good pc for about £600, and what ever you do build it yourself, the markup on prebuilt pc's is fucking ridiculous
The Devs didn't just see Saving Private Ryan, the series was literally co-funded by Steven Spielberg, the lead director and producer of Saving Private Ryan.
I thought that was medal of honor.
@Spitfire_1940 yeah what happened actually was medal of honor was funded and created by Spielberg but some of the developers split off and made call of duty
@@almightysamwhich4203 Yeah I was referring to Medal of Honor, just for clarification
@@360Nomad oh my bad g
He also did work on Band of Brothers and The Pacific
Only played through this game once on veteran. The tank missions were actually a sigh of relief after playing an entire campaign with no health. I also really enjoyed the cute credits scene where you watch a guy run through all the campaign missions.
CoD 1 to 2 should be replayed at least once every 2 years. AI on veteran is a true test of skills.
The actual hardest call of duty Cod 1/united offensive veteran
COD 3 as well, tbh
Console only games die earlier. They should have made it a PC game as well.@@sharpie3811
Cod 2 was a bitch but at least it had health regeneration
Hell yeah brother
I remember playing THIS game new. Now THAT'S existential
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for someone younger than me, your knowledge on WWII, older classic movies, along with your appreciation for these older shooters that paved the way for the popular games of today, is beyond impressive. A good portion of the people in MY generation give 0 shits about these older games. Quake, 3D Realms, even POSTAL are all words that make my friend group scratch their head. Hats off to you sir
Thank you so much for educating about not only the penal battalions but the fact that soviet army didn’t send men into the war without weapons. Literally argued this point for years and feel like I’m just shouting into a void. Not a communist either, just believe you do a disservice to yourself by not knowing the truth when it comes to history.
History is written by the victors
Infinity Ward only made up to MW2. They then proceeded to basically all walk away after MW2 launch due to friction with Bobby Kotik. They go by Respawn now though. Love these reviews!
Deez nuts
And now they're basically dice at this point. Most of infinity wards old leadership took over dice after the failure of 2042
I can't be the only one who reloaded his save files so that Private Elder survives the fighting
No you are not. I also tried to get thru first mission without any paratrooper dying😅
Well he is in UO so no worries. Wait, that was Enders..
Being Polish, I greatly enjoy the little "joke" about Poland being "liberated" by the USSR. Cheers for that.
Was hoping for that. Lol
Well, considering the Germand were going to kill 90% of all Poles as part of Generalplan Ost, the Soviets did indeed liberate Poland from that.
More like under new management
I was 7 playing this new and haven’t played it since I was probably 9ish, so many memories brought back here and you can really capture how well they tried to portray the invasion!
Great vid with just the right amount of comedy!
I second all of what you said. This game is basically my childhood and the nostalgia is hitting me hard with this video.
Context: They were many instances of rifle shortages in WW1 in Russian Empire, and especially in the beginning of the war after major defeats of 1914. Mainly in 1915, sometimes soldiers were thrown into the no-man's land without any weapons in order to scavenge the rifles from dead bodies (friendly and enemy alike). The Russian government was forced to order as much rifles abroad as it could, and that's how "Winchester Nagant" came to be, a Winchester that used Nagant 7.62 clips.
Different war but cool info. Is today really any different?
theres also the federov avtomat which is chambered in japanese Arisaka rifle cartridges.
@@4T3hM4kr0n There are no photographic evidence of its use past 1940.
I remember my uncle giving me this for our family pc back in 2003. It was the only game our pc could run properly 💀
2003* this game came out in 2003
@@pchtommy1268 2003* thank you for the correction
Now imagine playing this game without knowing a shred of English which is what i did when when i played the game in in 2007 when i was 6-7 lmao, the fact that i got stuck in the training mission cause i didnt know what to do when you had to look at the posters i think says it all. But its good to see that someone sees this game the slightly nostalgic way i do.
Once again, appreciate you Elmo. The myth about how the Soviets treated their soldiers is one of the worst and recurring historical inaccuracies that remains in our heads. The Soviets were thrown into a struggle for their very survival, politically and as horrid as it sounds, racially. (The Nazis made it very clear that the Slavic peoples were just as bad as Jews.) The Soviet state deserves much criticism, but for the right regions. Their conduct in the early to mid war shouldn't be where that criticism lies.
"if the devs watched Saving private Ryan" well the first Medal of honor was directed by Spielberg
Ghost, Advanced warfare, and Infinite warfare were great
What if the duty doesn't call?
@@siradia9543the red one won't be big
@@TheAcidStormFanThe offensive will not be united 😔
@@gordoncordon9779 the warfare wont be modern
Ops won,t be black@@animationfanatic2133
@@animationfanatic2133 so is the warfare not being advanced or infinite
People seem to not understand or appreciate that, as cheap and lazy as it is by today's standards, call of duty's recreation of scenes from movies and shows like Enemy at the Gates and Band of Brothers was done during a time back when the idea of a video game being able to faithfully recreate such scenes was a landmark innovation in game development and writing ability rather than just lazy... that and the belief that the Eastern Front WASN'T a meat grinder of unarmed troops charging machine guns wasn't common knowledge outside of historians. Remember, CoD's whole thing was to show that, unlike Medal of Honor, no soldier fights alone, that you (nearly) always have backup with you in some capacity.
Besides, World at War also parrots Enemy at the Gates with its fountain sniping scene, and people don't complain about that quite as much.
Because the fountain sniping was true, lots of snipers at stalingrad
the whole "muh asian hordes" is nothing more than a nazi propaganda myth
That's because it didn't parrot the heavily criticised and proven to be historically inaccurate human wave tactics, just small fragments of fighting here and there. The original vision of CoD was to honour the death of soldiers in WW2 by faithfully recreate the grim and gritty fighting of the war, not making a goddamn Hollyweed movie.
Remember, CoD 2 came out just 2 years after CoD 1 and was highly praised for its accuracies, especially in the Stalingrad campaign. Yes, the commissar still treated your soldier like dirt, but he cared enough to tell the poor sod to go get a PPSh-41 with full ammo in the armory before fighting the nutsze. That was what a commissar was supposed to do, inspire and guide the troops, not throwing unarmed soldiers into a meat grinder. Bonus point to commissar Markhov in World at War for his epic speeches and for fighting alongside his troops.
I loved medal of honor as a child. It was up there with SOCOM, metal gear, and the original Cod games as shooters I loved as a kid.
Also it's crazy to think I'm watching youtubers who are my age, we were born the same year. I remember being 14 and thinking "man those RUclipsrs are so damn old"
Also also: you should review the Army men games
Damn, other people know Army Men exists? Lol
@@elmosanchez Army men RTS was the shit on the ps2. I even have it on steam, I think you can still play the multiplayer too.
That said, Sarge's heroes on the N64 was actually challanging i can't believe i played with those controls
Even the biggest Star Wars prequel apologist would never say sw1 was the best of the trilogy, that’s just heresy
Can confirm as a prequel apologist
This guy gives off major old school youtuber vibes like i'm watching in 2010 or something haha. Now do a video on COD 3 it has one of the greatest cod campaigns of all time, cheers!
I always thought cod 3 was the worst of the original trilogy
I love how the tagline is, no one fights alone, and yet you assault eder dam all by yourself pretty much 🤣
Meanwhile Waters and Price chill in the truck :)
I've played through the original cods so many times I can play through them entirely blindfolded, so I find it really interesting to see someone elses perspective on the way they play. Good stuff.
"hell bent on blowing you to hell" this is the type of high quality writing all aspire to XD
Didn't expect the Ozzy No Rest for The Wicked reference, good job man
I think I remember a video from Military History Visualized that examined the myths about blocking detachments and found that the Heer executed more of their men than the Red Army did. Strafbat were also used by all major armed forces in WW2
Did the US use penal battalions? I can't find much about them online.
I can HIGHLY recommend 'Ivans War' and 'Stalingrad' - Both authors had access to archives in Moscow, and have both been very acclaimed. If you want to know more about russians under ww2. Some of the things you state, are wrong compared to what they have to say.
Nevertheless, surely the soviet campaign is overly done. As you rightly state.
Waiter waiter more call of duty mini documentary’s please!
The 507th PIR was at Camp Toccoa along 101st Airborne. It was attached to the 82nd at Normandy and then later attached to the 17th Airborne for Operation Varisty.
You cant just put dross in there like we wouldn't notice
Dross?
@@raseli4066 nsfw femboy artist
Call of duty is honestly a great game.
agreed
It got old after they kept repackaging the same game and passing it off as new.
Old school Battlefield was far more fun than CoD.
@@HiGlowieOld school battlefield? Bf3, 4 and 1 are easily the best in the series, they've got the most vehicles, guns, customization and the best maps, also they look great and play well too.
@@HiGlowiei’m just gonna say it, modern cod is overhated. Modern Warfare 2019 was an amazing game that reinvented the franchise and was truly a labor of love by the devs
I had played allied assault back then but cod was the first game that really felt like you weren't winning the war alone. You actually had teammates.
And the mg42 sounded so good.
thank you fellow about to be 22 year old for reminding me im aging
i really didn't need that, i remember well enough on my own
The missions where you have teammates are great. The ones where they die and you have to go solo suck.
I'm gonna say it
Infinite Warfare is probably one of the best CODs out there and one of the few that dare to take actual risks, the game was hated for no reason and basically gave PTSD to any of the COD developers about taking risks, doing new stuff and not nostalgia bait their audience
xD i love when troops use sarcasm, they just put on a Canadian ascent
The allied airborne drops into Normandy were a disaster, but also a success. The German defenders, for varying reasons, were scrambling around everywhere trying to find these paratroopers, taking some defenders and equipment off the Atlantic wall and German soldiers further inland away from targets that the French resistance could hit.
Keep in mind, they still believed D-Day was going to happen at Calais, so the Germans defending the coast of Normandy were fewer and less equipped than the soldiers in Calais. Not to say they were a pushover, Hitler did want the entire Atlantic wall up to strength despite believing in the Calais landing. But every soldier, gun, fuel can, and bandage misplaced, lost, broken, and used in fighting the paratroopers were not gonna be there for defending the beaches come D-Day.
Am binging your videos and loving them. Also, you look cute af in the face reveal, you go girl!
Very few FPS games' campaigns can rival the feeling of being in a war, in a unit that you get in CoD 1 and 2. The soundtrack, the modest but epic set pieces (see: no 5 minutes of train exploding right next to you a-la CoD WW2) all make these games more immersive, even with their crusty-ass graphics, than any shiny FPS nowadays.
Great video!
But also Lazerpig is pretty cool :C
The should add Canada, we are pretty much never represented in game and or documentaries, we did alot more than people would think and know.
Yep, in general more people should know Operation Overlord was not just US thing. Few months ago i read article about canadians fightin in Italy. You guys deserve recognition in games and movies.
I did not expect the Finnish/Estonian national anthem. Well played kid.
PERKELE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@elmosanchezsatane perkele vito
When COD first came out it was a perfect storm that people not around back then may not fully appreciate. Saving Private Ryan had completely changed the film landscape in the late 90s and Hollywood had paid attention by making WW2 films popular again (instead of milking the Vietnam cow) in a way which was still fresh in 2003 when COD came out. A month before the release of the game the WW2 film "Saints and Soldiers" came out, specifically it came out on the two year anniversary of 9/11 which leads me onto the next point. 9/11 had made the west desperate for a victory so people were looking back in time to the "glory days". For years media had been obsessed with Vietnam but that was a loss, and a tragedy to warn against. Now the media needed to do it's bit to help rally people to sign up to join the war on terror and displace the dictators of the Middle East just like Grandpa did in Europe. At the start of the year America lead a multi nation invasion of Iraq and it was still seen as a valiant thing and a great victory, not a costly forever war that was ultimately pointless like it is seen now. War was on everyone's mind and WW2 provided the perfect playground for those who wanted to cash in.
Interesting, though I kind of doubt the "media" was specifically trying to build support for Iraq. Patriotic fervor might have made people hungrier for stuff like this, but ultimately WW2 media has always been pretty popular, and there were other victories after WW2 like the Gulf War itself.
10:02 wait that guy saying Baker Company is that the same voice actor as in Company of heroes 1 (airborne missions)?
the whole blocking detachment and no guns.
from what I understand that was only at limited part of the front at the early stages of the war by stalingrad it was fixed
(and there is also some notes about when they say there was no guns for the men)
im not talking 100 men should have 90 rifles, 6 smg and 4 MG. what this front had was 100 rifles for 100 men and not a super lot of ammo (not as enemy of the gate or the game would portrait it 100 men 40 rifles, 5 smg and 5 pistols.
Now you got to do the Last Gen trilogy.
Finest Hour, Big Red One, and Roads to Victory
If you played CoD WWII and felt the common disappointment and disgust among those who have, then play Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. It's the game CoD: WWII wanted to be.
In fact, in CoD 2 and 2 Big Red One, they casted several actors from Band of Brothers to do the voices. Frank John Hughes as Alvin Bloomfield is perfect.
The entire squad actually interacts like a family. There's growth, there's depth, there's emotion.
nice video bro, I remember playing call of duty on an old ass laptop, that was so good :)))
Something I found interesting was that in most ww2 cod games after cod 1 the random npc German soldier lines are still reused I think even in vanguard
Yeah. I like the little nod. Though it is a shame the specific callouts of the older games aren't being used anymore. Like in cod 2 where the npc's would say for example: enemy, by the ruined building, first floor
I can still hear the intro music. I also miss the online game, the custom community levels tended to be soooo good.
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Man, i can remember that big CRT monitor, 640x480 resolution.
Playing on my Dad's pc. Just after watching saving private Ryan.
This mission was it. It was the magnum opus of ww2 missions.
my favorite albanian youtuber finally posted another vid about the boomer shooter era of COD 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
Ghosts and Infinite Warfare were good, so I'm right there with you.
just watched your last 2 old cod vids perfect timing
congrats on your first sponsorship! Love your CoD videos!
0:24 this is true for me too, I remember my friends cousin bringing over the game when it came out and we spent a few hours watching him play through the campaign.
When we played multiplayer I tried saving my friend by dolphin diving in front of him, the bullets suspended me in the air and went trough my body, killing both of us. Whilst my friends cousin had to explain what “Taking a bullet” was to my friend. I miss 2012 lol
COD 1 is the GOAT.
And the OST was so awesome.
Medal of honor allied assault was actually worked on by some of the saving private ryan crew and was deliberately meant to be inspired by it
Please for the love of god can i finally see someone who understands using lean is required for this game. Instead of blinding standing in the open like a brain dead console peasant. **holds breathe proceeds to watch video**
The MG-42 Gunner still sees you tho
33:33 yup trash player complaining about enemies but proceeds to play game incorrectly.
The point here is to quickly lean out of cover take a shot, then return to cover. Run from cover to cover not blindly in the open.
Yayyy!!! Daddy has uploaded :3 time to watch it before going to bed
Well to be fair, and this is coming from someone who's grandfather actually participated in the War in a way - by fleeing after the long siege and the freezing winter came to Stalingrad. The amount of people who actually perished is quite big, and from what i understand most of those fresh conscripts really DIDN"T have weapons most of the time, being told to geniueny find one off a corpse if they wanted to live. Order 227 WAS actually in effect and people WERE executed tho not as often as portrayed. Mostly 227 was enacted on NKVD officers that FAILED in their duties, of failing to keep soviet technology out of german hands by any means necessary. With the fear of death on every officer looming above their heads, they had to enact their own draconian rules on their squads and platoons, to dissuade their own men from running away by executing them on the spot themselves.
The soviet approach, really was ruthless in a way - tossing bodies onto the enemy, hoping their would run out of bullets faster than the human wave tactics would succeed. Hell they kept doing it with penal battalions in order to cut down on important losses of their elite troops.
Shoutout to Lieutenant Nora Selter, Her real name is Jamie Grey Hyder. What a women, an Angel, her performance in the infinite war so gripping, honestly I'd fight front lines in space for her. When Isreal invades Lebanon, I'm leading the charge just for her.
I recently heard the church bells in one of the many churches in my town playing "Red Square" from this game's soundtrack.
I played the demo over and over and over for this game before I bought my first gaming PC in 2006 and bought the entire series. I still have the discs. I'm old.
Tirpitz was such a fun multiplayer level, I used to play it with my mates at school.
Bro really played through the entire game with the brightness bug without fixing it, and then also didn't up the gamma in post production lmao
I still remember doing everything in my power to get a rifle at the start of the enemy at the gates mission.
The funny thing about the Dam Truck mission is how much of it was recycled into CoD4 final mission
Man, i wouldn't have thought it was possible to enjoy that damn bridge defense level.
fitting that in the year 2025, theres allegedly gonna be a direct BO2 sequal
15:15 Ingram wasn't in Finest Hour.
Ah yes, this game. The game that first introduced me to the FPS genre, alongside COD4, COD 6: MW2, L4D1 and 2, CS 1.6, and Crossfire. All of them being played on few internet cafes that had some of those games in some computers.
In all my 23 years living on this earth, I have never played the PC port of the original Call of Duty 1, 2, and 3. I've only played Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Big Red One on the PS2. 😅 I feel like I missed out on some of my childhood gaming experiences.
CoD 3 never got a PC port lol
Holy shit, you got an Enlisted sponsorship, that's rad as hell
Who would've guessed the inaccurate depiction of Order 227 and the Russian human wave tactics were just around 80 years too early and for the wrong war.
And who would've guessed ES would point out the inaccuracy of this depiction, but not that Pavlov's House probably didn't even happen.
"Kill of Medal of honor, a.k.a Call of duty. later on one of the best shooter game"
That outro threw me back. Waiting on that CoD 3 video which probably might be the most underrated mainline cod title to date
2:54 I liked Ghosts campaign. The levels have a lot of the MW trilogy DNA in them. That's why it's good. Sure it lacks some stuff but hey, it's not terrible to go through imo.
4:06 Glad to see people understand how revolutionary COD AI was. Especially in COD2.
15:12 There is no evidence connecting the two characters storyline wise.
17:50 Sure the weakest of the 3 but it's still not bad! Come on! Also Cod Ghosts and Ep1 fan? We agree on many things.
20:47 I get the dam being boring, but man... even the chase? That was one of the highlights of the game for me! Idk maybe im nostalgia blinded...
22:00 I dont really hate it, i like the concept a lot, but it gets quite hard at times and i get why one wouldn't like it. Can't say the same for the truck chase, that thing was badass and idk how you found it boring.
28:34 Again, there's no real connection between the games. It's probably just names the devs liked and re-used in later games. The name Borodin from the first Stalingrad level, also makes its appearance in MW2. It's the fake name Allen has while with Makarov. See how it doesn't mean anything?
30:00 Gotta say, this has to be one of the biggest challenges in COD on veteran. Infamous level.
33:50 There are plenty of flanks in this level. All you gotta do is explore. It's a pretty open and unique level. I don't get the hate on this one either. I guess you just hate british levels xD
34:00 I can say the same for the Berlin level. There's tons of MGs all over and barely any flank for them. But it didn't seem to bother you there. But sure, the theme alone in this one makes it special.
Good vid though! Glad to see classic COD enjoyers around!
What i don't get about the Austrian Alps missions is how exactly did the Americans get out? Helicopters were still in experimental stages, so did they just bail to Switzerland?
It's ironic saying that CoD plagarized early US missions from Band of Brothers considering that Stephen Ambrose, the writer of the book, was a massive plagarizer
Loved this! Do you have any plans on making a video on the medal of honour franchise? would love to see some stuff on frontline or the other games. also verry accurate comment on the average Latvian traffic conditions :D .
Definitely the hardest campaign to beat on veteran
I still get goose bumps when I hear “FOR MOTHER RUSSIA COMRADES, DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON HER! VICTORY OR DEATH!”
If you want to talk of the existential crisis of ageing, I was 15 years old when this very first CoD came out!
Call of Duty: Ghost's Multiplayer was great, its "Zombies" Co-op mode was good, and its campaign story was okay. But most importantly to Ghost's reputation, was how its presentation and advertisement was absolutely TERRIBLE, and likely plays the most significant part as to why people remember it so poorly.
fun fact: the studio that made medal of honor allied assault broke off from EA and went on to become infinity ward and make call of duty.
Edit: Also yes, Call of duty ghosts is under rated. I hated it when it first came out but it's actually good if you go back and play it now when in comparison to the recent releases.
Ngl, Enlisted plays like these old cod campaigns but with actual player thrown in the mix. Very fun and its free to play.
Well.. I remember in 2003, when I was 4 years old, and my dad brought a PC in home with this game on it. Man-o man... I spended so many hours on this game, I didn't even know what were the objectives, I just shot the bad guys. So much fun and good memories. Good times. Sad we don't get them now.
Another banger of a video and good on you for tackling the Wehraboo blocking battalion 40k commissar meme.
Rants that are usually written by guys with an unhealthy knowledge of the Tiger tank engine schematics and who definitely did not storm the Capitol building on Jan 6th.
Your videos are kino, please do more.
Ghosts was awesome. It had THE BEST hit detection and I never saw anyone praise that.
3:35 idk man. In half life 2 the combine soldiers will suppress your position while their shotgun guy comes rushing in, or they will flank you from all sides, and if one of them is retreating they will provide covering fire and it's not scripted.. I don't think cod 1's AI has aged well, only reason why I think that they're smart in some areas is because they have pixel perfect accuracy, especially their machine guns.
To your complaints about the British missions I can say, Skill Issue! It is meant to test your capability and to annoy all the blokes that do not tread with caution.
But on a serious note, I still remember playing the campaign when I was like 7 and being scared shitless of the dam and boat mission because there where no friendly npcs to guide and cover for me.
Those stealth mission which are like third of the game. Actually like half because half of russians missons feels that way too, are so anti-early cod to me. That's what I love about United offensive it feels like actual battles and british campaing feels much better desinged too with natural bombardment-resistance-SO mission story. Even "stealth" missions in UO give you more allies. First cod mission feels so uncanny and eary when you are suddenly alone.
I am that one other Ghosts enjoyer.
We need more Call of Duty campaigns that are just cartoonishly ridiculous.
Finally another COD Ghosts enjoyer
Ghost and infinite warfares campaigns absolutely slapped
cod2 is still the best title in the franchise
The heck? Tank missions were the best thing in early cod
Fun fact: Captain price also appears in call of duty 2.
But I wonder how that works when he died in the first game.
@@johannr2658 the missions hes in in cod2 take place before his cod1 missions.
My PC REFUSED to launch this game until I got a NOCD file.
It's insane how well this game holds up.