I was oblivious, but I remember my friend being like, "Have they acknowledged the Russian guy... Like at all?" Me being a little kid was like "Yeah multiple times." 😅
Remember, Reznov right trigger finger was blown off in Vendetta, that was the reason he couldn’t snipe anymore and was a submachine gunner to the rest of WAW, all of his hallucinations in BO1 and the one in BO2 still have that trigger finger attached so it’s obvious it isn’t him that saved him
@@babykdotyt It depends, does he have his right trigger finger in Vorkuta? Because that was real, so if he does have it there then it is something forgotten by treyarch
BO1 still fascinates me to this day. I know at its core it’s a pretty simple arcade shooter but the themes it tackles makes it seem so much deeper than it actually is. At almost 15 years old I still feel like I’m going to uncover something hidden in the game.
Enjoy your childhood and friends while it’s all still around. Good to see the generation after mine is into the hood CoD games and older games in general. I replayed Black Ops about a week ago and there was so much I missed when I first played it at 13. Hope you replay this amazing game when you’re older too, it’ll give you a new perspective on it
Reznov's right index finger was blown off in Stalingrad back in WAW. That's why he gave his sniper rifle to Petrenko because he could no longer use it. However every time Mason hallucinates seeing Reznov, including in Afghanistan, he has all 10 fingers.
That could've been an easily overlooked mistake by leaving it on his hand though imagine the complexity of writing a story like this and keeping everything canon or not contradictory
Sometimes I feel like the Mason living ending was a last minute decision or was never 100% intended by Treyarch. Everything about it is so coincidental and strange, like Woods choosing not to shoot (who he believes to be) Menendez and Mason just being missing for 30 years with zero explanation. I think the Woods and David at Mason's grave cutscene at the end adds just the right amount of melancholy to a mostly good ending, and highlights the losses and sacrifices war brings. I think "this is the price we pay for what we do" and David choosing to walk away from being a soldier is a stronger ending than Mason just appearing and cracking a joke with Woods and talking to his son about the time he fell off a tree.
true, but it is intended as a secret ending, because you are not supposed to think that you can do anything but shoot menendez in the head it's just an extra fan service ending
Even if you managed to resist killing kravchenko and collect the CIA document (both of which later will give you hints of not trusting hudson in panama), it still feels weird that both the player and woods could guess that Hudson betrayed them and especially that Mason was about to die in a first playthrough. This is the kind of choice you'd only find out on RUclips or by accident The Mason living ending is sweet and all but him dying feels more canon and impactful
the thing about about Mason being put back into service after Vorkuta is explained in e-mails between Hudson and another guy (cant remember his name) but I can say that many people of the CIA where definitely not happy about Mason being back alive and put into service, Mason also got several warning due to his paranoid behaviour regarding the numbers, Reznov and Dragovich specifically. Mason suffered greatly after coming back into service. The only reason we see mason in "stable" condition is because every mission is about hunting the 3 new targets, Dragovich, Krevchenko, Steiner and only then can Mason actually focus because he is following the number sequence. The numbers that are played while Mason sees Reznov can also be translated into information/lore
the recent cod nostalgia wave is my favorite thing on youtube rn. i learned about cod in 2010 as an 8 year old during the lead up to bo1 and i thought it was the most insane game i ever seen. still kinda feel that way. graphics still hold up too
Or Mason's programming kicks in due to seeing Kravchenko earlier, which caused him to hallucinate Reznov in a near death experience. When in reality, he somehow undid his ties and helped the others. But like you said, it doesn't explain where the canteen comes from though.
@channel45853 That's true. But the screen did turn a red hue and time seemed to speed up when they all were passed out. Sure, it could be from Mason being beaten, choked, and thrown into the sand dehydrated. It just doesn't make sense for their saviors to be random travelers. Why would non military people be riding through what was an active warzone not a few hours ago? Presumably the Russians were there for some time prior to CIA/Chinese intervention
@@channel45853But you have to remember, he was in the middle of a desert, so if it isn't the number, it could very much be the heat and exhaustion compund with his PTSD.
bo1 + bo2 have SUCH a great storyline. i think these unsolved mysteries really make the stories more interesting but i do need some closure.. great vid !!
I think the implication is that mason did kill jfk due to the numbers but didnt align himself with the russians due to his will. Steiner says that his will is too strong to be fully indoctrinated into the numbers and dragovich just leaves him at vorkuta bc hes too unpredictable. Thats why reznov was able to manipulate the numbers into new targets. So mason carried out the numbers programming like dragovich wanted but didnt get fully brainwashed (he didnt even learn that there were other projects like nova 6 and the russians had sleeper agents embedded in the US.
@lookatmyzombies9377 as well as the OP's reply, Stalin himself was known for exiling and or jailing war hero's like the Marshall Zhukov to frame himself as the primary war hero of the Soviet regime and further build the media cult around him known as the 'cult of stalin'
@@babykdotytReznov also made a comment about how the Soviet government believed soldiers who made it to Berlin weren't loyal no more so they were tossed into the camps.
In the second to last mission of BO1, the one where Mason finally pieces everything together, one of his lines is "proceed to target, Oswald compromised". Oswald being lee Harvey Oswald, and the target would have to be JFK. For me, this line has always confirmed it that Mason killed jfk.
Its worth noting the cutscene at the end isnt the only hint towards Mason killing Kennedy, he also mentions Oswald and says "second shooter" while recounting HIS own memories during revelations
It's amazing seeing the theories still flowing out of the game so many years later. I got a theory of my own that there may originally been more characters who were brainwashed before the total number got cut down.
You put into words EXACTLY what I feel about the BO series. BO1 hooked me and is my personal favorite COD to date, but the storyline and plot that started in the first BO never reconciled as I expected. BO2 was such a weird sequel that it went parallel halfway through and did a whole future warfare arc with another villain. Again when BOCW rolled around, it went and did its own thing, rarely addressing the multiple mysteries surrounding BO1. There were teases throughout the sequels, but it was always the Mason and Reznov story that intrigued me. I feel like there's a whole chunk of game missing in between the events of BO1 and BO2 that should tie up the loose ends.
He is alive, but the Soviet’s used Reznov as a scapegoat to make him kill the president. It worked, but it backfired so now Mason was after them. Reznov survived, but he wasn’t really there physically.
what i found to be the most compelling for the "reznov is still alive theory" is that there was no real evidence for reznov having died during the escape at all. it's absolutely plausible that he was simply re-captured, only to escape again at some point later, eventually leading up to him freeing mason and the crew in afghanistan in black ops 2.
Just replayed black ops 1 campaign on steam This year again since the PS3/360 days and I gotta say it still hits HARD. Makes me want to play WAW again.
I always forget what an absolute beast Menendez is this dude nearly kills Alex Mason in hand to hand combat (an insanely impressive feat) gets shot in the face! Only survives because his men were so fanatically loyal to him that they jumped on the grenade that he pulled the pin on! LOYALTY! Menendez was a genuine monster.
The original modern warfare series and the black ops series will never be overshadowed for their story telling abilities. Cried when ghost was shot, developed ptsd from nam anytime I see numbers for some reason. 10/10 would enlist again.
Amazing video, definitely my favourite cod game of all time, such an interesting story that actually has personality compared to most military shooters Also on a separate note, a few years ago an official call of duty mobile comic book came out to coincide with an in game event. In the comic it’s revealed that reznov was alive and found in a cell by captain price. I doubt and hope it’s not canon but regardless still interesting
Also when Woods is talking about Reznov rescuing them in the desert he says no to David guessing tricky vic saying he’s just like his old man but doesn’t say no when David says just Reznov. I’ve always assumed that “tricky vic” was the fake Reznov that’s in Masons head and Reznov was the real Viktor Reznov. So Woods believes that it was really Reznov but is confused why he didn’t stick around
I’m pretty sure Alex didn’t come out of hiding because Menendez had a massive army now and a vendetta against him and woods. I also think that Reznov survived because there’s way too much proof for it, I think that he was supposed to have some sort of importance in BO3 before that became whatever that story is about
Such a Simple Fun Game I Love Black Ops Using Ingenious Tact Themes to Exponentially up It’s Vibe Beautiful piece of History With tons of History Trivia Much more than most give It Credit Awesome
Archetype? Revive to a previous bodily state? 115! I'm putting my money on the zombie first leaking into the main campaign first, cuz it's basically already doing that in Modern warfare 3, and the Russians are trying to recreate Richtofen's work. Reznov must have been a test subject before he ever had a chance to escape. I've heard of something like this happening in the CoD mobile comics, but I did not expect them to bring this to the main campaign universe.
I remember my dad going to get this game after I preordered it he worked next to a GameStop I was 11 and he never questioned what games I wanted to play he watched me play this entire campaign in the living room of our house bo1 holds a very special place in my heart my favorite cod of all time
I'm excited for BO6 but the real world conspiracy tie in with the CIA regarding the assassination is what made the original so incredible imo. Like it takes balls to make such a metal end credits scene implying the main character murdered the president is metal af.
Man I would love to make a video explaining what I think probably happened with Reznov and Alex Mason, but I’m going to try to explain it here. So from a storytelling perspective, usually we cannot say a character dies until we see that character actually die. Think about times in movies or shows where we are told that a character has seemingly died, only for them to reappear. I think this could very well apply to Reznov as we never do see him die. Now let’s discuss him showing up in the desert. So from WaW to BO2 (and possibly BO3, but I do not remember) revenge is a reoccurring theme in the stories of those games. I believe that Reznov serves as a symbol of revenge or a need for revenge. Reznov appears in BO1 because Mason still believes that the three antagonists from BO1 are alive. Reznov must have his revenge. This is why we see him in BO2. Once Alex Mason sees that Kravchenko is still alive he starts to hallucinate again and see numbers. Once Kravchenko is killed the numbers go away and we can assume that Mason should no longer hallucinate. Now you might be asking, “Well how can he be hallucinating Reznov in the desert if he sees that Kravchenko is dead?” And the answer is that he isn’t hallucinating that. That is truly Reznov. There is no reason for Mason to see Reznov anymore with the death of all three antagonists. Now why is Reznov out there? We will probably never know. It all depends on what the writers decide. And to touch on where Alex had gone after he is shot by Woods. This is more theory based, but I believe that either Reznov or someone else took him from Panama or wherever Mason’s unconscious body might’ve ended up. Someone else who could’ve taken Mason is a character that is noticeably absent from BO2: Weaver. Now I know that people are going to say that he shows up in Cold War and all that, but keep in mind that the people who wrote for Cold War did not write the story for BO1 and BO2. They just decided to use a left over asset and make up their own story. For this theory I’m excluding anything post BO2. Now it’s possible there might be a connection between Mason’s two Russian allies and they form an alliance. I’m not sure what their plan was, but they decided Mason was going to be a part of it. Now where did Mason actually go and what did he do during BO2. I firmly believe that if the writers for BO3 wanted to write the story they wanted to write, they would’ve went over what happened to Mason during BO2. I think BO3 might have the same theme of revenge in that game’s campaign, but I don’t think it’s a natural continuation of BO2. Also in BO2 the campaign has multiple endings. I don’t think the developers/writers would want to take anything away the choices that many players had made. They would more likely have left the ending up to each individual (hence why they would’ve just made a story surrounding the events before BO2 and not after). While I’m not sure exactly what the writers would’ve wrote for that hypothetical BO3 game, I’m sure they would’ve done something along the lines of Mason playing the long game with Menendez. Keep in mind that Menendez had his plan in full motion starting in the 1980’s all the way up to 2025 where he ultimately failed/succeeded depending on the players decisions. Whatever Alex Mason would’ve done during that time would probably have been something that would ensure that Menendez went through that plan. Or more likely that Mason wanted Menendez to go through with his plan so Mason stayed in the shadows. And that is my theory on everything. Awesome video by the way. I didn’t know about those John Trent emails. Super interesting stuff that I could probably go on about forever. Also one last thing. In relation to Reznov being a symbol of revenge, the AK-47 pack a punched on Mob of the Dead turns into Reznov’s Revenge. And this is more vague in my mind but I believe there is something written somewhere in the BO3 zombies map Gorod Krovi that states something about Reznov wanting revenge. I could go into more detail about Reznov and revenge but I will end it here. Thank you.
Reznov was always my favorite character in waw. i felt so connected with him once in a wii campaign session that i shouted “DONT WORRY REZNOV, WE WILL GET THE GERMANS AFTER THE TRASH GOES OUT”. i was 8 and he needed me to keep those bastards off him. please bring the man back.
Another thing ive wanted to know (this might be nothing) When I played advanced warfare for the first time, during the opening scene I saw the back of a mans head as he gears up. The hair looked so much like David Masons and I was convinced it was for the longest but i have no idea. I dont even know if they take place in the same universe.
He is alive i saw him in the game
I saw him outside my window
Ay really well made vid good shi
@@babykdotyt
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he is alive i saw him at walmart
@@fahmo_ dollar tree
This game was too much for my 10 year old mind to comprehend but it was the best
My son is 47 years old and he can’t understand the story
Because it was not meant to be played by a 10 years old.
Played on my wii at 10. Waw and bo1. Took me quite a few play throughs to really get it. Probably years.
Shit I was 13 and it took me a couple play throughs..
lol I was the same age when it came out. Replaying the campaign as an adult, it’s STILL so damn good 🔥
alex mason faking his death because he's a deadbeat dad is easily my new favorite fan theory
your welcome
@@babykdotytgotta avoid child support somehow!
Lmaooo i love that
“This is your dad”
What a woods way to introduce you to your father that was “dead” since the fucking cold war
don't forget he then called david a broad for being in shock after seeing his father for the first time in like three decades 😭@@DoktorSwag69
Before I knew Reznov wasn’t there, I always thought it was weird how Woods and Bowman was chill with some random ass guy helping them
My African brother
I figured that woods and bowman trusted mason enough to trust anyone that mason vouches for.
I was oblivious, but I remember my friend being like, "Have they acknowledged the Russian guy... Like at all?" Me being a little kid was like "Yeah multiple times." 😅
Remember, Reznov right trigger finger was blown off in Vendetta, that was the reason he couldn’t snipe anymore and was a submachine gunner to the rest of WAW, all of his hallucinations in BO1 and the one in BO2 still have that trigger finger attached so it’s obvious it isn’t him that saved him
could maybe be lazy design by treyarch
@@babykdotyt It depends, does he have his right trigger finger in Vorkuta? Because that was real, so if he does have it there then it is something forgotten by treyarch
@@babykdotyt Nope because in vorkuta he still doesn't have the trigger finger though
@babykdotyt if it were just the case in BO1, I'd buy that, but since it's in both games, I think it's deliberate
Not in every hallucination… check the scene when he opens the helicopter door…
Honestly bo1 has the best story ever in cod history
BO2 is on the same level
original mw2 and mw3 up there too
Best in the series alongside World at War
@@jasperclipz5067black ops blows MW out of the water. No comparison
@@jasperclipz5067 honestly mw2 2009 is my fav cod game and I love the campaign but black ops wins no diff
BO1 still fascinates me to this day. I know at its core it’s a pretty simple arcade shooter but the themes it tackles makes it seem so much deeper than it actually is. At almost 15 years old I still feel like I’m going to uncover something hidden in the game.
Yeah bro it’s insane one of the best games ever made
same
@@babykdotyt agreed. Been playing it since it released and I still love it just as much as I did back in 2010
If its deeper than it “actually” is than how is it not just deep
Enjoy your childhood and friends while it’s all still around. Good to see the generation after mine is into the hood CoD games and older games in general. I replayed Black Ops about a week ago and there was so much I missed when I first played it at 13. Hope you replay this amazing game when you’re older too, it’ll give you a new perspective on it
Reznov's right index finger was blown off in Stalingrad back in WAW. That's why he gave his sniper rifle to Petrenko because he could no longer use it. However every time Mason hallucinates seeing Reznov, including in Afghanistan, he has all 10 fingers.
That could've been an easily overlooked mistake by leaving it on his hand though imagine the complexity of writing a story like this and keeping everything canon or not contradictory
Check when he opens the crashed helicopter in nam…. When he’s a NPC with you in a mission… they may have just not been consistent across the game
@@rubegoldberg6476 when in vorkuta his right trigger finger is missing, i'm not sure about bo2 sighting tho
@@seanrafabagassI am talking about BOI.. I was just saying it’s not consistent… idk about BO2
Actually in the entire game Reznov’s finger is still missing it’s only Bo2 where he has all 10 fingers
In the Revelations mission you can hear Mason scream “Oswald comprised!”, suggesting he was working with Oswald or knew who Oswald was
“Oswald compromised; proceed to target” chilled me to the bone when I first heard it in Black Ops.
I love that people are still making videos about this game 14 years later
14 years jus shook my soul
Shows how bad modern games are
cuz its an actually good game unlike the slop theyve been putting out
I refuse to believe it came out 14 years ago
Dont mind me, just blessing this video with the algorithm
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its working 🤝
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Sometimes I feel like the Mason living ending was a last minute decision or was never 100% intended by Treyarch. Everything about it is so coincidental and strange, like Woods choosing not to shoot (who he believes to be) Menendez and Mason just being missing for 30 years with zero explanation. I think the Woods and David at Mason's grave cutscene at the end adds just the right amount of melancholy to a mostly good ending, and highlights the losses and sacrifices war brings. I think "this is the price we pay for what we do" and David choosing to walk away from being a soldier is a stronger ending than Mason just appearing and cracking a joke with Woods and talking to his son about the time he fell off a tree.
true, but it is intended as a secret ending, because you are not supposed to think that you can do anything but shoot menendez in the head
it's just an extra fan service ending
Even if you managed to resist killing kravchenko and collect the CIA document (both of which later will give you hints of not trusting hudson in panama), it still feels weird that both the player and woods could guess that Hudson betrayed them and especially that Mason was about to die in a first playthrough. This is the kind of choice you'd only find out on RUclips or by accident
The Mason living ending is sweet and all but him dying feels more canon and impactful
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the thing about about Mason being put back into service after Vorkuta is explained in e-mails between Hudson and another guy (cant remember his name) but I can say that many people of the CIA where definitely not happy about Mason being back alive and put into service, Mason also got several warning due to his paranoid behaviour regarding the numbers, Reznov and Dragovich specifically. Mason suffered greatly after coming back into service. The only reason we see mason in "stable" condition is because every mission is about hunting the 3 new targets, Dragovich, Krevchenko, Steiner and only then can Mason actually focus because he is following the number sequence.
The numbers that are played while Mason sees Reznov can also be translated into information/lore
Interesting.
Mason was given therapy after Vorkuta, but he would still be on edge and give that “look around the room” because of his brainwashing
don't some people think the guy he was emailing is reznov?
@@Greenhawk4 yea its because the things John Trent (the name) says are reminiscient of Reznov and he says things only Reznov could know
the recent cod nostalgia wave is my favorite thing on youtube rn. i learned about cod in 2010 as an 8 year old during the lead up to bo1 and i thought it was the most insane game i ever seen. still kinda feel that way. graphics still hold up too
best game ever
“Oh yeah, I’ll watch a nostalgic video before bed why not”
I haven’t felt stressed about this since I was 11 years old.
Get used to it Johnny
facts, it’s 12 at night and i got work in the morning😅
@@jorgeduran4511 remember frank woods when you go to work
Never forget that COD Black Ops II takes place next year
2025 :D
immense political division and the eve of drone warfare on a massive scale? yep, it's cordis die time.
Oh
Ohh....
It’s wild bc 12 years ago I thought the technology was too far fetched, but we are literally damn near there.
I always assumed if Reznov didnt rescue the crew from dying in the desert, it was either CIA or Zhao's people.
Or Mason's programming kicks in due to seeing Kravchenko earlier, which caused him to hallucinate Reznov in a near death experience. When in reality, he somehow undid his ties and helped the others. But like you said, it doesn't explain where the canteen comes from though.
@@reaperblaster8291 there was no numbers though, from what I remember, that's usually the sign he is hallucinating
@channel45853 That's true. But the screen did turn a red hue and time seemed to speed up when they all were passed out. Sure, it could be from Mason being beaten, choked, and thrown into the sand dehydrated. It just doesn't make sense for their saviors to be random travelers. Why would non military people be riding through what was an active warzone not a few hours ago? Presumably the Russians were there for some time prior to CIA/Chinese intervention
@@channel45853But you have to remember, he was in the middle of a desert, so if it isn't the number, it could very much be the heat and exhaustion compund with his PTSD.
@@mercce6750 true
Intro goes hard
I’m down in vietnam
In the french version of the game, when Mason kills Dragovich, he said after "Tried" : "You sure you didn't do it ?"
Nice to know.
bo1 + bo2 have SUCH a great storyline. i think these unsolved mysteries really make the stories more interesting but i do need some closure.. great vid !!
Kendrick Lamar is in black ops 6
I think the implication is that mason did kill jfk due to the numbers but didnt align himself with the russians due to his will. Steiner says that his will is too strong to be fully indoctrinated into the numbers and dragovich just leaves him at vorkuta bc hes too unpredictable. Thats why reznov was able to manipulate the numbers into new targets. So mason carried out the numbers programming like dragovich wanted but didnt get fully brainwashed (he didnt even learn that there were other projects like nova 6 and the russians had sleeper agents embedded in the US.
Why was Reznov in the gulag when he was a war hero?
@@lookatmyzombies9377 this is because of the mission we play where dimirti dies and reznov sabatoged nova 6
@lookatmyzombies9377 as well as the OP's reply, Stalin himself was known for exiling and or jailing war hero's like the Marshall Zhukov to frame himself as the primary war hero of the Soviet regime and further build the media cult around him known as the 'cult of stalin'
@@babykdotytReznov also made a comment about how the Soviet government believed soldiers who made it to Berlin weren't loyal no more so they were tossed into the camps.
In the second to last mission of BO1, the one where Mason finally pieces everything together, one of his lines is "proceed to target, Oswald compromised". Oswald being lee Harvey Oswald, and the target would have to be JFK. For me, this line has always confirmed it that Mason killed jfk.
Its worth noting the cutscene at the end isnt the only hint towards Mason killing Kennedy, he also mentions Oswald and says "second shooter" while recounting HIS own memories during revelations
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@@babykdotyt frfr🙏
Bro is about to be chased by CIA
The problem with Mason spending 30 years in a Soviet Labor camp is that by the time of his supposed death, the USSR would've collapsed.
It's amazing seeing the theories still flowing out of the game so many years later.
I got a theory of my own that there may originally been more characters who were brainwashed before the total number got cut down.
Theory time.
What if Reznov was already dead DURING the escape, not after. Mason just misremembered the events and was hallucinating.
but like how would the truck you guys take be driven if mason was on the machine gun.
Love the effort you put into this and the comedy sprinkled in . Glad the algorithm recommended this lol 🙏🏼
Just popping in to say that the thumbnail goes cosmically hard
You put into words EXACTLY what I feel about the BO series. BO1 hooked me and is my personal favorite COD to date, but the storyline and plot that started in the first BO never reconciled as I expected. BO2 was such a weird sequel that it went parallel halfway through and did a whole future warfare arc with another villain. Again when BOCW rolled around, it went and did its own thing, rarely addressing the multiple mysteries surrounding BO1. There were teases throughout the sequels, but it was always the Mason and Reznov story that intrigued me. I feel like there's a whole chunk of game missing in between the events of BO1 and BO2 that should tie up the loose ends.
He is alive, but the Soviet’s used Reznov as a scapegoat to make him kill the president. It worked, but it backfired so now Mason was after them. Reznov survived, but he wasn’t really there physically.
This is the content I want in my recommended feed 🙏
"he even has people in the CIA, Hehehhe"
Masons's voice actor was in hacksaw ridge, he could and should still play mason in a movie based on this games storyline
Alex Mason is my favorite video game protagonist of any franchise. Great video!
Thanks bro
what i found to be the most compelling for the "reznov is still alive theory" is that there was no real evidence for reznov having died during the escape at all. it's absolutely plausible that he was simply re-captured, only to escape again at some point later, eventually leading up to him freeing mason and the crew in afghanistan in black ops 2.
Just replayed black ops 1 campaign on steam
This year again since the PS3/360 days and I gotta say it still hits HARD. Makes me want to play WAW again.
I always forget what an absolute beast Menendez is this dude nearly kills Alex Mason in hand to hand combat (an insanely impressive feat) gets shot in the face! Only survives because his men were so fanatically loyal to him that they jumped on the grenade that he pulled the pin on! LOYALTY! Menendez was a genuine monster.
The original modern warfare series and the black ops series will never be overshadowed for their story telling abilities. Cried when ghost was shot, developed ptsd from nam anytime I see numbers for some reason. 10/10 would enlist again.
Can’t forget about vanguard
The numbers, Mason, what do they mean?
Reznov appearing to woods in black ops 6 would be the greatest twist in call of duty history. 12 year setup.
Best black ops video i seen in a while 👍
Thanks bro ❤️
Amazing video, definitely my favourite cod game of all time, such an interesting story that actually has personality compared to most military shooters
Also on a separate note, a few years ago an official call of duty mobile comic book came out to coincide with an in game event. In the comic it’s revealed that reznov was alive and found in a cell by captain price. I doubt and hope it’s not canon but regardless still interesting
Reznov is still alive, I saw him with Tupac and Elvis Presley.
Also when Woods is talking about Reznov rescuing them in the desert he says no to David guessing tricky vic saying he’s just like his old man but doesn’t say no when David says just Reznov. I’ve always assumed that “tricky vic” was the fake Reznov that’s in Masons head and Reznov was the real Viktor Reznov. So Woods believes that it was really Reznov but is confused why he didn’t stick around
I’m pretty sure Alex didn’t come out of hiding because Menendez had a massive army now and a vendetta against him and woods. I also think that Reznov survived because there’s way too much proof for it, I think that he was supposed to have some sort of importance in BO3 before that became whatever that story is about
7:52 "So I dont know if there's any blind people WATCHING the video" 💀💀
gotta be inclusive
7:43 is it just me or I see mason put his hand down like his about to pull out a sidearm
Really like that
intro was cold af
Bro legit the best campaign in the series
The thumbnail reference is wild
those emails on the terminal are crazy i didin't even know about them
Well Treyarch confirmed that mason died and that Woods killed him in 89’
This game is the GOAT.
I wish they kept making good call of dutys after black ops 2.
I’m so glad someone else loves black ops as much as I do
I played this when I was 5 when I played this. I loved this.
Black Ops Series is one of the best series in gaming history
crash out-baby kia
That’s offensive
Such a Simple Fun Game
I Love Black Ops
Using Ingenious Tact Themes to Exponentially up It’s Vibe
Beautiful piece of History
With tons of History Trivia
Much more than most give It Credit
Awesome
Archetype? Revive to a previous bodily state? 115!
I'm putting my money on the zombie first leaking into the main campaign first, cuz it's basically already doing that in Modern warfare 3, and the Russians are trying to recreate Richtofen's work. Reznov must have been a test subject before he ever had a chance to escape. I've heard of something like this happening in the CoD mobile comics, but I did not expect them to bring this to the main campaign universe.
Interesting theory 🤔
The thing is. The bo4 and classic mw trilogy was the old multiverse that primus desotryed, so none of that carries over to the new universe
115, Keepers, Apothicons, Shadowman, Dr. Monty, Ultimis/Primis/Victis, the entire multiverse was destroyed by Nikolai and bashed to Dark Aether.
It is such a missed opportunity in Cold War that Perseus wasn’t Reznov
Also the score when Hudson is telling you about reznov is fire 🔥🔥
Awesome video man
thank you bro
The thumbnail made me stay calling Alex mason a crash out 😭😭😭😭‼️🔥
Bro is off a Percy
I know I'm late for the party but I'm glad you're back making Call of duty videos
Whaaat never knew the messages from the first game existed!
2:56 Hey VSauce. Michael here.
reznovs alive in bo4 as part of a cloning process connected to blackout
I remember somewhere in the campaign that it was mentioned that Lee Harvey Oswald was compromised. I forgot where
I remember my dad going to get this game after I preordered it he worked next to a GameStop I was 11 and he never questioned what games I wanted to play he watched me play this entire campaign in the living room of our house bo1 holds a very special place in my heart my favorite cod of all time
Great video fella, you’ll make it
if the lord wills it
Great video bro keep ot up
@@simonefalancia4446 thanks bro 💜
Reznov is not that old, if you look at his dogtags, he is born in 1913, wich means that he had 49 years during the escape from vorkuta.
Aye yo that Gunna joke took me out lmao
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You need to make this into a series
Great video!!! Miss the BO theories from back in the day
Love this video. I hope black ops six has this story
The “hallucinations” is dressed up as Hudson… AHEM
I'm excited for BO6 but the real world conspiracy tie in with the CIA regarding the assassination is what made the original so incredible imo.
Like it takes balls to make such a metal end credits scene implying the main character murdered the president is metal af.
since bo6 confirmed mason is dead, it made me realize that it makes sense that he is
thank you for this entertainment 🗿
Dude I thought you were sernando for a second🤣 I’m so sorryyy
3:11 I didn't know you could get out of the chair when set to the zombies menu.
Man I would love to make a video explaining what I think probably happened with Reznov and Alex Mason, but I’m going to try to explain it here.
So from a storytelling perspective, usually we cannot say a character dies until we see that character actually die. Think about times in movies or shows where we are told that a character has seemingly died, only for them to reappear. I think this could very well apply to Reznov as we never do see him die. Now let’s discuss him showing up in the desert. So from WaW to BO2 (and possibly BO3, but I do not remember) revenge is a reoccurring theme in the stories of those games. I believe that Reznov serves as a symbol of revenge or a need for revenge. Reznov appears in BO1 because Mason still believes that the three antagonists from BO1 are alive. Reznov must have his revenge. This is why we see him in BO2. Once Alex Mason sees that Kravchenko is still alive he starts to hallucinate again and see numbers. Once Kravchenko is killed the numbers go away and we can assume that Mason should no longer hallucinate. Now you might be asking, “Well how can he be hallucinating Reznov in the desert if he sees that Kravchenko is dead?” And the answer is that he isn’t hallucinating that. That is truly Reznov. There is no reason for Mason to see Reznov anymore with the death of all three antagonists. Now why is Reznov out there? We will probably never know. It all depends on what the writers decide.
And to touch on where Alex had gone after he is shot by Woods. This is more theory based, but I believe that either Reznov or someone else took him from Panama or wherever Mason’s unconscious body might’ve ended up. Someone else who could’ve taken Mason is a character that is noticeably absent from BO2: Weaver. Now I know that people are going to say that he shows up in Cold War and all that, but keep in mind that the people who wrote for Cold War did not write the story for BO1 and BO2. They just decided to use a left over asset and make up their own story. For this theory I’m excluding anything post BO2. Now it’s possible there might be a connection between Mason’s two Russian allies and they form an alliance. I’m not sure what their plan was, but they decided Mason was going to be a part of it. Now where did Mason actually go and what did he do during BO2. I firmly believe that if the writers for BO3 wanted to write the story they wanted to write, they would’ve went over what happened to Mason during BO2. I think BO3 might have the same theme of revenge in that game’s campaign, but I don’t think it’s a natural continuation of BO2. Also in BO2 the campaign has multiple endings. I don’t think the developers/writers would want to take anything away the choices that many players had made. They would more likely have left the ending up to each individual (hence why they would’ve just made a story surrounding the events before BO2 and not after). While I’m not sure exactly what the writers would’ve wrote for that hypothetical BO3 game, I’m sure they would’ve done something along the lines of Mason playing the long game with Menendez. Keep in mind that Menendez had his plan in full motion starting in the 1980’s all the way up to 2025 where he ultimately failed/succeeded depending on the players decisions. Whatever Alex Mason would’ve done during that time would probably have been something that would ensure that Menendez went through that plan. Or more likely that Mason wanted Menendez to go through with his plan so Mason stayed in the shadows.
And that is my theory on everything. Awesome video by the way. I didn’t know about those John Trent emails. Super interesting stuff that I could probably go on about forever.
Also one last thing. In relation to Reznov being a symbol of revenge, the AK-47 pack a punched on Mob of the Dead turns into Reznov’s Revenge. And this is more vague in my mind but I believe there is something written somewhere in the BO3 zombies map Gorod Krovi that states something about Reznov wanting revenge. I could go into more detail about Reznov and revenge but I will end it here. Thank you.
Just found the channel and really enjoy all the content I’ve seen so far 🙌
I think those emails from john trent alone confirms that reznov is alive..
Reznov was always my favorite character in waw. i felt so connected with him once in a wii campaign session that i shouted “DONT WORRY REZNOV, WE WILL GET THE GERMANS AFTER THE TRASH GOES OUT”. i was 8 and he needed me to keep those bastards off him. please bring the man back.
“MimiCry” “ArkanSaws”
God. This really is the best first person shooter to ever exist. The black ops lore is just 💯
Awesome video love me some old school CoD lore lol.
4:54
CIA: yeah.... Who could've known?
Step 1 secure the keys
Step 2 ascend from
Step 3 rain fite
Step 5 unleash the hoard
Step 6 wield the fist of iron
Step 7 raise hell
Step 8 freedom
That ending cutscene blew my mind when I first saw it.
Another thing ive wanted to know (this might be nothing)
When I played advanced warfare for the first time, during the opening scene I saw the back of a mans head as he gears up.
The hair looked so much like David Masons and I was convinced it was for the longest but i have no idea. I dont even know if they take place in the same universe.
Hope you become super mega successful 🙏
Means a lot bro ❤️🙏
@@babykdotyt BRO keep this quality up!! I fucking love this video
One thing usolved thing in black ops 1 is how was mason wearing kravchanko clothes
Love the series a lot, good video mate
Thanks bro 🙏❤️
Nah, we didn't see Reznov actually dying, ergo he is alive.
Video game logic 101
THE TERMINAL IN THE MENU SCREEN!!! SOMEONE FINALLY SOLVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell yeah brother