I’m glad the story went the way it did in mw3. Sometimes a story just needs to end. Price smoking a cigar with Makorov hanging in the background was the way to end it.
Then years later they reboot and drag it on for multiple titles saying "Oh you thought he was the main villain who set it all up? ha it was always this guy who was always in charge."
I always assumed Price died ever since I finished the campaign in 2011. Just look at all that blood pooling after he hangs Makarov. One last Cuban before meeting his maker
soap was literally stabbed in the chest after falling from a waterfall in the middle of nowhere and was still going strong a game later lmao. we never really know half the time.
I thought this too. It’s like Price would not be able to find peace after everything he went through, despite it being all over. Him dying would be the only way to find that peace.
and the hook that causes Price to take up the G-Man's employment contract? Saving Soap through time travel shennanigans. Afterall, "Some believe that the fate of our universes is, inflexiable! My employers, disagree."
It's wild seeing this recovered ending. Does make me wonder if there's some paperwork about how a fourth game would've gone if they went with this ending.
@@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005well I think it’s the guy from federation day cuz the looks match up and it would make sense bcuz he could’ve been in Dubai to make a deal with makarov but since he died then Rorke wouldn’t have to worry about that
captain price... a game called fortnite will be released in the coming years... call of duty will become just like it in the early 2020s... this will be our downfall...
I heard from some people ghosts was originally supposed to be a Modern warfare game. If this theory was supposedly true.This would mean that if the cut ending was true, the ominous man at the end would probably either be the villain for the next game. Given that allegedly Ghosts was supposed to be A MW game we can suspect it to be Rorke (TO an extent). Another theory that could sort of make sense given that the asset used for the ominous man seems to be from the "Turbulence" mission. This could potentially mean that the ominous man is infact a FSO officer who was likely surveiling the entire mission,"Dust to dust", and only walked to the room only to confirm that Makarov is actually dead.
That wouldn't make any sense since MW3 took place in 2017 and Ghost's Odin Orbital Weapon fired on the U.S. in 2016, leading up to the present in 2026.
@@moizv4771 Had to actually look it up. Yeah, so im misremembering I guess. I feel bad since I have made this other comment on other threads. Oh well. Yeah so MW3 takes place early 2017, January, and Ghosts takes place in mid-2017. However, Odin wasn't built until 2017.. so if this universe was to be connected then this would violate SALT I and II treaties as well as a ban on space weapons which the U.S., USSR/Russia agreed to. This would make the U.S. an aggressor which is interesting. However, that leads me to ask.. why isn't this mentioned in Modern Warfare? Why isn't it mentioned that all the world's oil reserves started dwindling due to the oil field in the middle east drying up? It just makes no sense that these events suddenly happen in MW/Ghosts if they weren't mentioned prior. Plus, Infinite Warfare is canon within the Modern Warfare trilogy timeline so.. Ghosts makes no sense at that point since it would've taken years for the world to rebuild since The Federation was "the sole superpower" according to Ghosts. Either way, sure.. maybe the concept says they're connected.. but it's non-canon.
I'm wonder if Infinity Ward made this secret ending just in case they decided to make MW4. I bet they decided not to, to keep it a trilogy and not risk ruining the storyline and legacy with a 4th game. I think they made the right decision, but i bet a MW4 would have been amazing. I still play Ghosts to this day, and am not mad that was the game that followed MW3.
@gruntlife5055 "wish we would have gotten a sequel to cod ghosts" I wish people you would have defended the game back in 2013 instead of being like every other treyarch fanboy who's youtubers opinion ment law. You would have made that comment 10 years ago and if you still ment it, you'd be getting made fun of hard
I always thought that advanced warfare was a sequel to MW since in one of the maps there is a memorial about TF141 and perhaps WW3 would have been what motivated irons to do the things he did
_"Captain Price."_ _"In the flesh."_ _"I took the liberty of reliving you of your weapons."_ _"Most of them where govement property... anyway."_ _"As for the Cigar."_ _"I think you have earned it."_
From a writer’s perspective, this scene can only be speculated as an entirely new game’s storyline happening in the same universe, not called MW4. By this point, Soap, Yuri, Ghost, Price, Sandman, Shepherd, Makarov, and Zakhaev are all dead, the stakes have been settled. You can’t write an immediate buildup to another act in the same story without nullifying the just finished climax’s payoff. In the most rational sense, it could only be the continuation to CoD Ghost or something entirely separated from the original trilogy.
Or it was never supposed to be another story, just a scene to show that all 3 games was a set up it was all planned from the start, War investors and War is Big money
@parvisgaming1030 That's pretty dark, man. Millions of lives were lost. Including the hero price who died taking down makarov. I don't think investors would bank on a full-scale war in america. It hits too close to home.
Yea i was thinking the same. Maybe they've already planned back than to link up the MW and BO campaigns together and that shadow person was Hudson or Mason.
I think it's one of Makarov's henchmen during the "No Russian" attack on Zakhaev airport, because the suit looks exactly like the one's they we're wearing. It just popped into my head just now, and he was looking at the hanging corpse of Makarov and Price sitting their and just left unaffected by what he saw. He "could be" the last member of the Ultranationalist/Inner Circle organization, it's just my guess.
I find this New Ending a little bit unsettling, cause when y’all think about, if this “Shadow Man” is indeed a Villain, than there’s literally no one to stop him, at that point, as all the Villains and Heroes are dead. The World just came out of WW3, only for someone new to take the Demon’s Throne. 😣
Could the mysterious figure be Anatoly from MW2? The guy that picked up Makarov in the ambulance; also, on the evidence board in Back on the Grid, he is not marked as killed.
What stands out the most is that he was someone who knew Makarov like Makarov knew him because this man was dressed in a suit just like Makarov had. The other thing is that he stares a lot at Price until he leaves. Oh, brother. of the
Hmm, I mean, if Price passed away right after, could it just be the Grim Reaper? Checking on the man who has saved the world and made his dream come true (to avenge Soap), one last time.
All be it not officially confirmed, I just realized now that it’s heavily implied the captain Price more then likely passed away very shortly after his fight with Makarov. Maybe the cut scene is the grim reaper welcoming Price to the afterlife, hence why he drops his cigar right after. Idk, just a little theory.
This is insane, as a kid I always had a feeling playing this mission that someone was gonna appear outta the shadows, learning that was originally gonna happen blows my mind, kid me really knew what IW was thinking.
I was born back in 1995 and seeing this cutscene triggered my inner 16 year old after playing those campaigns over and over again. An MW4 would've been interesting
Hearing the shadowman sounds, I immediately imagined The GMan saying "Captain... Price.. **breathes** you've done a great job for our.. **breathes** bene... factors..."
I hope we get MW3 campaign remastered as this game would look good in next gen graphics , but besides that I always thought price died because of the blood
When I played through it, I actually never noticed the pool of blood under price, I'm only seeing it just now, I can't believe I missed that for so long
Yeah, and adding this scene with a close up of who he is, in theory, he could be the last member of Makarov's men that survived whom is a spy for the Russian government or him being a assassin sent by the Russian president before he died and him looking at Price as if he said, "Captain Price of Team 141, I.. was the one.. whom planned this all, Zakhaev and his bastard son is a pain in the ass.. Looks like you've gone yourself in a trap.. A trap.. tha will haunt you forever." And Price said, "Who.. the b-loody hell.. are you?.." and he said, "You will see soon enough."
That guy could be an anonymous benefactor, it was mentioned in original MW2 that makarov is "a mad dog that works for the highest bidder" could be that the shadow man was the one pulling the strings of Makarov to start WW3 and likely for profit, what's better to profit from a war than to get a psychopathic mercenary to Stoke the flames on your behalf? And another thing, dust to dust is set in dubai in a fancy hotel, where rich people often go to do their dealings.
I feel like if mw3 got a remaster this should be the new ending as it honestly just fits, all task force 141 gone, metal team gone and since billy Murray retired a few years back it would be a nice close on the casket for such a good franchise
Actually, it really does look like Rorke. If I could post a picture for comparison, I would, but I cut the video up and edited the lighting, and looking closer at his face in slow motion, it definitely looks like Rorke.
I think this "Shadowman" guy is the actual mastermind behind Makarov's terroristic actions, the one who comes up with the plans and tells Makarov what to do. The true secret leader that stays in the shadows, pulling the strings behind the curtain, with Makarov being the second-in-command, and would be the villian that you would hunt down in Modern Warfare 4 if it was actually made. I'm glad this was deleted and that MW4 wasn't made. Modern Warfare 3 wasn't perfect, but the ending was very satisfying and a great way to finish the story. Continuing it would just be very unnecessary.
Makarov was supposed to fulfill the roll of mastermind in the shadows behind zakhaev from COD 4. Wouldn't really make sense for there to be a mastermind behind the mastermind behind the original villian.
We already had the mastermind, and that was Makarov. No need to extend it any further, and I'm glad they didn't it, this ending is very satisfactory, which is something you can't say about many franchises out there
The new modern warfare trilogy is such a disgusting and extra shameful insult to the original trilogy. This took me back to my childhood and all memories of the OG trilogy. I wish we could get good games again. But thats an impossible task in the cesspool that is modern culture.
Ik it sounds stupid but what if it’s Nikolai since he was assisting Yuri and Price in that mission and it’s possible that he could be a double agent since he was spying on the Ultranationalists in previous games
You guys need to think of a character that is bald and wears sunglasses all the time and is an American CIA Agent working for the government. It has to be no other then Hudson.
It might actually be reboot Shepherd, he and the OG MW2 overlord have the same voice actor. Suddenly he's actually a villain also working with the Ultranationalists somewhat
In my opinion, I think this was supposed to be a connection to Ghosts since that game was already being storyboarded when MW3 released. I think this scene was meant to be a sort of torch-passing to the next new storyline, since this one was wrapped up with all of the major characters dead. The reason for it being scrapped is that Ghosts ended up being a completely separate timeline and so the connection would've been total nonsense. MW4 was never really a planned thing as there's literally nowhere the story could've gone after Dust to Dust, but having a scene to tease you for the next IW storyline would've made a lot more sense. Just my theory on the cutscene.
@@albihysenaj5997i think it was suppose to set up ghosts,but remember rorke got brain wash for a full year since 2015 and started hunting since then and maybe he was trying to kill tf 141 members so they wont get in the away from killing the ghosts? Idk its just my theory
I think it may be a hallucination where the ghost of Yuri with his costume from the no Russian mission has finally come to realize his revenge or the ghost of Zakhaev who welcomes Price and Makarov to hell as Price said to Makarov the said on mw2.
The fact that Capt. Price was originally dead at the end of the series in the hidden post credit would give way to another potential MW4 but was eventually scrapped and left it as a Trilogy, made it looked like he survived as he pulled out his last smoke before the credits were rolled. For that cut content post credit to exist in the game files, clearly indicates a potential MW4 back in the day, but I think the devs decided to end it there or it was that year that the OG devs of the series were fired due to the conflict with the management and eventually having RESPAWN to be born few years later.
I might be mistaken but one of those sounds sound like one of the ominous sounds that was used in the mission in BO1 when Reznov talks about the mission project nova
Nikolai? I mean he’s the only main character who hasn’t died and was a big part of the trilogy. Checking up either on Price or to make sure makarov is dead.
Nikolai ain't bald he can be someone from either Russian agent or American or can be one of Ultranationalist who somehow survived the assault and knowing that all TF-141is dead the Ultranationalists can continue with their plans or can be just price's hallucination
That audio and someone appearing in the background tilting their head genuinely gave me chills. I would like to speculate it was ghost who survived as in a mission based in London, Sgt. WallCroft, is voiced by the same actor as ghost. I’ve always considered ghost was secretly out for revenge.
If the "Shadow Man" is someone who's already been shown previously, my mind goes to one of two people: 1. Anatoly (the ambulance driver at the end of "No Russian"). He is never seen afterwards and there is nothing to indicate he is dead. 2. Alejandro Rojas. Yes, the player has the option of executing him, but his ultimate fate is unknown. Perhaps keeping him alive was the canon option and he was saved by Brazilian Militia members after Task Force 141 left. Also, it would actually make sense for him to be there considering he was an arms dealer for Makarov.
This was lowkey a fitting end for Price.... He notices a ominous shadowy figure in his final moments that could possibly be another foe... but his conciousness fades as they leave... I could just imagine what Price is thinking in those moments as he relished his victory with one final smoke.... "Ah.... sod it.... Its someone else's problem now.... I got my pounds of flesh...."
If they were planning a different ending back in mw3 to continue to mw4 they should bring it back for to use today what it would have been continued make it mw4 for 2027 it seems they just wanted to end the series after this game based on those credits
I could be mistaken but it almost looks like the Shadowman has a moustache meaning it could possibly in fact be General Shepherd Himself who possibly survived his last encounter with Price and Soap in Afghanistan 5 Months ago.
The reason i believe they scrapped this is because not only would killing price another fan favourite character aswell as soap then teasing a supposed new villain would be like making a pokemon game without the pokemon
I can remind hearing rumours back then of possible campaign dlc, that would have covered Prices court trial.... Perhaps it would have been encompassed into mw4
Here's a few of my takes: It could be Zakhaev or his son, Victor. Hard to tell from the lighting but they share the same sorta hairstyle, or lack thereof. Perhaps they intended for the Victor that died in MW1 to be a body double at some point. It could be Shepard. I know he died in MW2 but there was speculation he might've survived. Not to mention, the knife to the eye was a good set up for him being reintroduced as somekinda eyepatch-toting supervillain. It could also be Rorke from Ghosts. We never see what he looks like without the bandana so him having a baldcut isn't unlikely. And CoD Ghosts was developed by IW, like the Modern Warfare games. Not to mention, Ghosts takes place in the not-so-distant future from MW3. There's no way to know for sure of course since they just re-used an already existing model but it's fun to think of what could've been.
I’m glad the story went the way it did in mw3. Sometimes a story just needs to end. Price smoking a cigar with Makorov hanging in the background was the way to end it.
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Same with dark souls
Then years later they reboot and drag it on for multiple titles saying "Oh you thought he was the main villain who set it all up? ha it was always this guy who was always in charge."
Exactly
Agreed
This is the what data miners should be doing. Not ruining future games but digging up the secrets of past games
I agree. There’s still so many unsolved mysteries and secrets to many games of the past that haven’t been solved or discovered in years.
ya i personally feel thats what makes most of the recent games dogshit is them spoiling everything then maybe they change certain things
I get upset learning stuff before I have to like the future skins coming. This is more important
Yea I feel
Care to elaborate “ruining future games”?
The og MW Trilogy will always be in my heart.
Yes bro
@@speedingthroughhell5939 🤝
It’s the greatest
@@notacat7127yea still play them today
its there for me too the new series hurts my soul
I always assumed Price died ever since I finished the campaign in 2011. Just look at all that blood pooling after he hangs Makarov. One last Cuban before meeting his maker
Yeah.
Looked better to cut away from Price and not let the scene play.
soap was literally stabbed in the chest after falling from a waterfall in the middle of nowhere and was still going strong a game later lmao. we never really know half the time.
His femoral artery was cut by the glass when he hit the ground
He lives because he writes in Soaps journal that "We got him"
Yeah
The state of CoD is so sad we are getting excited watching cut content from a 13 year old game.
Og mw3 which was Way Better than the New Mw3.
Sads to see there is a possible timeline in universes where we get to see / have Modern Warfare 4 but we're not on it.
The modern games have nothing to be exited about
We'll probably never get back those old CoD times
Not me. I love cut content of games. Old and new
I only thought it was a hallucination of the deceased Imran Zakhaev as Price slowly draws his end or passes out.
yeah I thought so at first but he does not have any beard like Zakhaev had so it's kinda out plus he has left arm.
I thought this too. It’s like Price would not be able to find peace after everything he went through, despite it being all over. Him dying would be the only way to find that peace.
TBH I would still think it’s him because maybe in hallucinations he could’ve regrown his arm
Same
Looks more like his son.
It's the G-man offering employment to Price.
SUBJECT: JOHN PRICE
STATUS: HIRED
AWAITING ASSIGNMENT
Or maybe he was just teleporting around and all of a sudden noticed he is in a wrong universe.
imagine half life:modern warfare
and the hook that causes Price to take up the G-Man's employment contract? Saving Soap through time travel shennanigans. Afterall, "Some believe that the fate of our universes is, inflexiable! My employers, disagree."
“Wake up, Captain Price, and smell the ashes.”
John Price, in the flesh. Or rather, in the bomb suit.
Would be funny if it was just the building manager
“What did you to my hotel ? I’m gonna be losing a lot of business thanks you to. The British ruin our things once again. **Arabic guy noises**”
I’m dead 😭
It’s not funny but I can confirm it looks like Hudson from far away. He is the only character to have sun glasses on all the time. It has to be him!
@dylnchannelofficial nah man I agree with OP it would definitely be funny.
Bro trying to see if the place can still be saved
Man I couldn’t be the only person back in 2011 who thought there would be mw4 and that the story would continue somehow
Pretty delusional bud
No no, you were the one person back in 2011 who thought that a sequel to a game could be possible.
The likes say otherwise though@@JustapErson
MW4 was always rumoured, just sucks they never went through with it.
I always thought the og mw trilogy and blacks ops was connected and it was setting up a crossover with nick and maybe yuri.
It’s probably nick fury wanting to ask captain price to join the avengers 😂
That was my first thought
hahahahha😂
Nooooo, it’s Ghost!
that was funny
Corny
It's wild seeing this recovered ending. Does make me wonder if there's some paperwork about how a fourth game would've gone if they went with this ending.
Ghosts was supposed to be MW4 and that was most likely Gabriel Rorke
@@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005 Ohhh
What would Rorke be doing in Dubai tho? 💀@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005
@@someguy475idk but the timeline adds up
@@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005well I think it’s the guy from federation day cuz the looks match up and it would make sense bcuz he could’ve been in Dubai to make a deal with makarov but since he died then Rorke wouldn’t have to worry about that
Its a guy from the future trying to warn about future cod games
captain price... a game called fortnite will be released in the coming years... call of duty will become just like it in the early 2020s... this will be our downfall...
Our marketing is based on deception...
@@RandomRUclipsUser717 they'll add fallout Power Armor to fortnite and we'll be left with stupid looking vault suits that dont fit properly
"13 years ago, I lost an alternate ending in the blink of an eye & the world just f**king watched!"
W
They say truth is matter of perspective
Bro forgot yuri was literally shot in the head lol
Maybe he initially wasn't and that's why it got scrapped
Yuri: *"I wasn't in that **-tank-** head"*
@@shikikankillzone4239 I hate that plot twist so much
Transferred his consciousness to his nuts like Attack on Titan
@@accent1666 I hate MW2022 as a whole, it's so bad.
I heard from some people ghosts was originally supposed to be a Modern warfare game. If this theory was supposedly true.This would mean that if the cut ending was true, the ominous man at the end would probably either be the villain for the next game. Given that allegedly Ghosts was supposed to be A MW game we can suspect it to be Rorke (TO an extent).
Another theory that could sort of make sense given that the asset used for the ominous man seems to be from the "Turbulence" mission. This could potentially mean that the ominous man is infact a FSO officer who was likely surveiling the entire mission,"Dust to dust", and only walked to the room only to confirm that Makarov is actually dead.
That wouldn't make any sense since MW3 took place in 2017 and Ghost's Odin Orbital Weapon fired on the U.S. in 2016, leading up to the present in 2026.
@@Mercer2024 it was 2017 I'm pretty sure?
@@Mercer2024 plus I'm talking of the concept. Originally in the early stages ghost was supposed to be a mw game
@@moizv4771 Had to actually look it up.
Yeah, so im misremembering I guess. I feel bad since I have made this other comment on other threads. Oh well.
Yeah so MW3 takes place early 2017, January, and Ghosts takes place in mid-2017. However, Odin wasn't built until 2017.. so if this universe was to be connected then this would violate SALT I and II treaties as well as a ban on space weapons which the U.S., USSR/Russia agreed to. This would make the U.S. an aggressor which is interesting. However, that leads me to ask.. why isn't this mentioned in Modern Warfare? Why isn't it mentioned that all the world's oil reserves started dwindling due to the oil field in the middle east drying up?
It just makes no sense that these events suddenly happen in MW/Ghosts if they weren't mentioned prior.
Plus, Infinite Warfare is canon within the Modern Warfare trilogy timeline so.. Ghosts makes no sense at that point since it would've taken years for the world to rebuild since The Federation was "the sole superpower" according to Ghosts.
Either way, sure.. maybe the concept says they're connected.. but it's non-canon.
@@Mercer2024 nah dw abt it bro
I'm wonder if Infinity Ward made this secret ending just in case they decided to make MW4. I bet they decided not to, to keep it a trilogy and not risk ruining the storyline and legacy with a 4th game. I think they made the right decision, but i bet a MW4 would have been amazing. I still play Ghosts to this day, and am not mad that was the game that followed MW3.
MW4 never existed.
I agree ghosts was a good follow up game, great campaign, I wish we would’ve have gotten the sequel for ghosts though
@@catholic3dod790 Wait no way
@gruntlife5055 "wish we would have gotten a sequel to cod ghosts"
I wish people you would have defended the game back in 2013 instead of being like every other treyarch fanboy who's youtubers opinion ment law.
You would have made that comment 10 years ago and if you still ment it, you'd be getting made fun of hard
I always thought that advanced warfare was a sequel to MW since in one of the maps there is a memorial about TF141 and perhaps WW3 would have been what motivated irons to do the things he did
I missed when CoD used to have good campaign
Reevaluate what you just said
Yeah man The last good one was oh wait last year, Wonder what you guys are playing
and good music, maaaaaaaaaaan the older CODS had Great Musics
What last one? MW2?@@Texas-FINALMIX-
and good multiplayer included at the same time
9:12 I feel like it can be a government agent looking at price dying
I could totally see that being a CIA spook.
Dunno y it looks like Hudson mind very far fetched theory but idk
@@Jackwatson108 i thought it was Dragovich at first lmao. but then i realized bro died in like the 60's according to COD canon.
_"Captain Price."_
_"In the flesh."_
_"I took the liberty of reliving you of your weapons."_
_"Most of them where govement property... anyway."_
_"As for the Cigar."_
_"I think you have earned it."_
It definitely does not look like Yuri. Yuri got shot in the face, and the clothes are completely different
From a writer’s perspective, this scene can only be speculated as an entirely new game’s storyline happening in the same universe, not called MW4. By this point, Soap, Yuri, Ghost, Price, Sandman, Shepherd, Makarov, and Zakhaev are all dead, the stakes have been settled. You can’t write an immediate buildup to another act in the same story without nullifying the just finished climax’s payoff. In the most rational sense, it could only be the continuation to CoD Ghost or something entirely separated from the original trilogy.
Damn, so the bald guy is probably rorke
Or it was never supposed to be another story, just a scene to show that all 3 games was a set up it was all planned from the start, War investors and War is Big money
It's Nikolai I guess
@parvisgaming1030
That's pretty dark, man. Millions of lives were lost. Including the hero price who died taking down makarov.
I don't think investors would bank on a full-scale war in america. It hits too close to home.
@@Sleepyleviyes they absolutely would they love money more than people’s lives
He look like he wore Hudson's dark shades
I got Hudson / mason vibes from the close up of it
Yes.. im also feels like that.. they both look almost similar
Yea i was thinking the same. Maybe they've already planned back than to link up the MW and BO campaigns together and that shadow person was Hudson or Mason.
@@SirBacon8180 In COD BO Cold War there was this character named Jon Price in the 70s-80s, so it might be connected
The numbers mason
Hudson made his way into modern warfare
LMAO
He died
That guy was a fuckin' icecube...
@@bigbadtthat was later
@@Influential1blisgame wise yes but in terms of the year that mw3 was set and when Hudson died in BO2 it’s like 15-20 years difference at most
6:28 your welcome
This video did not have to be 10 minutes long. Scr3w these youtubers milking their videos.
4:25 not even close to be the creepiest bro cod world at war had plenty of scary noises on there
I think it's one of Makarov's henchmen during the "No Russian" attack on Zakhaev airport, because the suit looks exactly like the one's they we're wearing. It just popped into my head just now, and he was looking at the hanging corpse of Makarov and Price sitting their and just left unaffected by what he saw.
He "could be" the last member of the Ultranationalist/Inner Circle organization, it's just my guess.
They all died tho
One of the two guys in the ambulance maybe, Anatoly or even the driver.
@@deixos2224 He didn't look like EMS to me.
@@oakularoregon6623 I meant the ambulance who comes pick you up in no Russian, you know, where you get shot.
@@deixos2224 Oh I see, one of his affiliates you mean?
I find this New Ending a little bit unsettling, cause when y’all think about, if this “Shadow Man” is indeed a Villain, than there’s literally no one to stop him, at that point, as all the Villains and Heroes are dead. The World just came out of WW3, only for someone new to take the Demon’s Throne. 😣
The USA Rangers are Still Alive that we Played as in Mw2.
@@hurricane7727 *RAMIREZ*
@@hurricane7727But they are too busy Defending Burger Town
There are more soldier in the world
Not just our main characters
Frost is still alive.
Could the mysterious figure be Anatoly from MW2? The guy that picked up Makarov in the ambulance; also, on the evidence board in Back on the Grid, he is not marked as killed.
i thought my headset was broken LOL
scrolled way to long to see this comment :DD
Same here. It's also VERY bassy.
Hotel manager coming to see the damage.
Just finished playing this mission MINUTES AGO without even knowing this cut scene existed. So crazy.
Yeah MW3 is my favorite cod and this just adds onto it lol
If played on veteran i feel sorry for anyone
What stands out the most is that he was someone who knew Makarov like Makarov knew him because this man was dressed in a suit just like Makarov had. The other thing is that he stares a lot at Price until he leaves. Oh, brother. of the
Idk secrets like this just upset me feels pointless to know about them sense we'll never know or see any continuation of it
Yea me too. Just a random guy looking at price and leaves…. WE NEED TO KNOW MORE
For me,in this story,I am happy that this wasnt the final ending.
I think the writers behind this scene can tell why they did this.
It gives me a sense of closure after all these years since this is where cpt Price died...
@@balloonsdraws fair
Hmm, I mean, if Price passed away right after, could it just be the Grim Reaper? Checking on the man who has saved the world and made his dream come true (to avenge Soap), one last time.
Or the devil himself.
No? Since when has modern warfare delved into the paranormal or supernatural? It ain't zombies my guy
All be it not officially confirmed, I just realized now that it’s heavily implied the captain Price more then likely passed away very shortly after his fight with Makarov. Maybe the cut scene is the grim reaper welcoming Price to the afterlife, hence why he drops his cigar right after. Idk, just a little theory.
This is insane, as a kid I always had a feeling playing this mission that someone was gonna appear outta the shadows, learning that was originally gonna happen blows my mind, kid me really knew what IW was thinking.
My right ear really enjoyed this video 😂
Love ya Dalek!
good game
Good times
I thought I was going deaf Lol
I thought it was just my headphones 😂
I was born back in 1995 and seeing this cutscene triggered my inner 16 year old after playing those campaigns over and over again. An MW4 would've been interesting
Seeing this for the first time was so shocking how do we miss a secret ending 13 years later?
it isn't a seceret ending you can just access by playing the game. it had to be data mined and more. he said so in the video.
@@riotousomen1773 That's means it's secret. And probably was hard to find
@@riotousomen1773bruh
@@hurricane7727He’s talking like we’re able to access this in Mw3.
@@hurricane7727 its like you didnt even watch the video
Taking a trilogy this good and trying to reboot it is so disrespectful.
hi terrible panda
@@HurbTheSympathetic hello my good sir
Fscts they really couldve just called it something else
@@CynicalChicken661or just make a new trilogy
Reboot 2019 was not disrespectful
The rest were disrespectful and a disappointment
Just look how much insane depth the old games went to. It's just mind-blowing.
Hearing the shadowman sounds, I immediately imagined The GMan saying "Captain... Price.. **breathes** you've done a great job for our.. **breathes** bene... factors..."
Plot twist : Shadowman is actually a sales agent and wants to talk to price about his car extended warranty.
I hope we get MW3 campaign remastered as this game would look good in next gen graphics , but besides that I always thought price died because of the blood
When I played through it, I actually never noticed the pool of blood under price, I'm only seeing it just now, I can't believe I missed that for so long
@@jakeyerzik2973over a decade passed, and I also just realized that Price probably didn't make it. Man.
Yeah, and adding this scene with a close up of who he is, in theory, he could be the last member of Makarov's men that survived whom is a spy for the Russian government or him being a assassin sent by the Russian president before he died and him looking at Price as if he said, "Captain Price of Team 141, I.. was the one.. whom planned this all, Zakhaev and his bastard son is a pain in the ass.. Looks like you've gone yourself in a trap.. A trap.. tha will haunt you forever." And Price said, "Who.. the b-loody hell.. are you?.." and he said, "You will see soon enough."
This whole thing is actually pretty crazy especially Captain Price dying it’s also creepy like the helicopter creaking and everything
This is beautiful. I wish we could get these gems more often. Restoring Cut Content is absolutely insane amount of work
Idk why but the model kinda looks like zakahev
Thats what I was thinking
@@DOM0216 yea creepy isn't it
It can't be, because Zhakaev was missing a hand. That guy had his left arm (both) left.
Maybe someone at IW felt lazy and just reused the asset and forgot to do some changes
@@KuchBhi-xs5oehahaha it's mean you don't know either
Just realized Dr Disrespect’s name was on the credits as soon as they rolled lol. Thought he only worked on Advanced Warfare - Pretty cool!
oh no
Oh no
LMAOOOOOO
you won’t be seeing him in anymore end credits from here on out
LOL
That guy could be an anonymous benefactor, it was mentioned in original MW2 that makarov is "a mad dog that works for the highest bidder" could be that the shadow man was the one pulling the strings of Makarov to start WW3 and likely for profit, what's better to profit from a war than to get a psychopathic mercenary to Stoke the flames on your behalf? And another thing, dust to dust is set in dubai in a fancy hotel, where rich people often go to do their dealings.
I feel like if mw3 got a remaster this should be the new ending as it honestly just fits, all task force 141 gone, metal team gone and since billy Murray retired a few years back it would be a nice close on the casket for such a good franchise
Actually, it really does look like Rorke. If I could post a picture for comparison, I would, but I cut the video up and edited the lighting, and looking closer at his face in slow motion, it definitely looks like Rorke.
I think this "Shadowman" guy is the actual mastermind behind Makarov's terroristic actions, the one who comes up with the plans and tells Makarov what to do. The true secret leader that stays in the shadows, pulling the strings behind the curtain, with Makarov being the second-in-command, and would be the villian that you would hunt down in Modern Warfare 4 if it was actually made. I'm glad this was deleted and that MW4 wasn't made. Modern Warfare 3 wasn't perfect, but the ending was very satisfying and a great way to finish the story. Continuing it would just be very unnecessary.
Makarov was supposed to fulfill the roll of mastermind in the shadows behind zakhaev from COD 4. Wouldn't really make sense for there to be a mastermind behind the mastermind behind the original villian.
We already had the mastermind, and that was Makarov.
No need to extend it any further, and I'm glad they didn't it, this ending is very satisfactory, which is something you can't say about many franchises out there
@@brett9382 Yeah, good point.
The new modern warfare trilogy is such a disgusting and extra shameful insult to the original trilogy. This took me back to my childhood and all memories of the OG trilogy. I wish we could get good games again. But thats an impossible task in the cesspool that is modern culture.
Ik it sounds stupid but what if it’s Nikolai since he was assisting Yuri and Price in that mission and it’s possible that he could be a double agent since he was spying on the Ultranationalists in previous games
Nikolai is not bald
You guys need to think of a character that is bald and wears sunglasses all the time and is an American CIA Agent working for the government. It has to be no other then Hudson.
@@dylnchannelofficial bloody hell you are right, i just found a image of him with a coat
@@dylnchannelofficialWhy is everyone forgetting that Hudson died in the 80s
@@youknowit8713wait when is MWIII set
Back when they could write a playable campaign
And good story
When they did an unplayable campaign?
@@Arturo-jx4ffmw3 2023
@@Gabriel-ki7uj i played it, so it's not unplayable. Unplayable means you couldn't play because of it's programing
@@Arturo-jx4ffno
Bro, the camera getting so still and the cigar still burning, gives me goosebumps. Not only i was sad for the others who died, now i am sad for Price
It actually might be OVERLORD, coming to check to see if Kingfish was done and over.
It might actually be reboot Shepherd, he and the OG MW2 overlord have the same voice actor. Suddenly he's actually a villain also working with the Ultranationalists somewhat
In my opinion, I think this was supposed to be a connection to Ghosts since that game was already being storyboarded when MW3 released. I think this scene was meant to be a sort of torch-passing to the next new storyline, since this one was wrapped up with all of the major characters dead. The reason for it being scrapped is that Ghosts ended up being a completely separate timeline and so the connection would've been total nonsense. MW4 was never really a planned thing as there's literally nowhere the story could've gone after Dust to Dust, but having a scene to tease you for the next IW storyline would've made a lot more sense. Just my theory on the cutscene.
THE OG COD CAMPAIGNS WRRE LEGENDARY NEVER AGAIN WILL WE HAVE SUCH CINEMATIC GREATNESS COUPLED W THE WORK OF HANS ZIMMER THE GOAT
Hans Zimmer only did one of the themes in MW2 I think Bryan Tyler and Sarah Schanchner did MW3 2011, Sarah later on did IW and MW 2019 and MWII
This could be Rorke from ghost since it's ghost takes place on 2017 - 2027
Cod ghost in its own timeline not same timeline as mw
@@albihysenaj5997Only not to the old MW but the new MW
@@albihysenaj5997 cod ghosts was initially an mw game
@@albihysenaj5997i think it was suppose to set up ghosts,but remember rorke got brain wash for a full year since 2015 and started hunting since then and maybe he was trying to kill tf 141 members so they wont get in the away from killing the ghosts? Idk its just my theory
Why tho
Should’ve stayed as the ending instead of being cut form the game
I think it may be a hallucination where the ghost of Yuri with his costume from the no Russian mission has finally come to realize his revenge or the ghost of Zakhaev who welcomes Price and Makarov to hell as Price said to Makarov the said on mw2.
The fact that Capt. Price was originally dead at the end of the series in the hidden post credit would give way to another potential MW4 but was eventually scrapped and left it as a Trilogy, made it looked like he survived as he pulled out his last smoke before the credits were rolled.
For that cut content post credit to exist in the game files, clearly indicates a potential MW4 back in the day, but I think the devs decided to end it there or it was that year that the OG devs of the series were fired due to the conflict with the management and eventually having RESPAWN to be born few years later.
I might be mistaken but one of those sounds sound like one of the ominous sounds that was used in the mission in BO1 when Reznov talks about the mission project nova
Just glad to know that what I always thought happened with price smoking his last cigar is truly how MW3 ended.
Nikolai? I mean he’s the only main character who hasn’t died and was a big part of the trilogy. Checking up either on Price or to make sure makarov is dead.
Nikolai ain't bald he can be someone from either Russian agent or American or can be one of Ultranationalist who somehow survived the assault and knowing that all TF-141is dead the Ultranationalists can continue with their plans or can be just price's hallucination
13 years later is crazy…
New versions could look back at this…
That audio and someone appearing in the background tilting their head genuinely gave me chills. I would like to speculate it was ghost who survived as in a mission based in London, Sgt. WallCroft, is voiced by the same actor as ghost. I’ve always considered ghost was secretly out for revenge.
If the "Shadow Man" is someone who's already been shown previously, my mind goes to one of two people:
1. Anatoly (the ambulance driver at the end of "No Russian"). He is never seen afterwards and there is nothing to indicate he is dead.
2. Alejandro Rojas. Yes, the player has the option of executing him, but his ultimate fate is unknown. Perhaps keeping him alive was the canon option and he was saved by Brazilian Militia members after Task Force 141 left. Also, it would actually make sense for him to be there considering he was an arms dealer for Makarov.
It really make sense that Anatoly was the one there. Afterall he save Makarov ass back in MW2
absolutely INSANEEE!!!! Makes you wonder what else we havent found yet...
they cut it along with lack of SBMM in MW3 no wonder the game was so good although i still have PTSD over the garbage lag comp that was in that game
MW3 had SBMM and also it wasn't half the game COD 4/ MW2 was
In your opinion
it was just as good maybe MW2 was more fun but I had a lot of fun on MW3 as well @@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005
@@ELIZABETHMARLONE2005 I’ll agree mw3 was cheeks especially the lag comp
Seeing Price dropping the cigar at the end was quite sad 😢
I swear that is rork from cod ghosts
This all feels so surreal. As if its something we were never supposed to see.
A mw3 ending from an alternate universe where mw4 happened.
Video starts at 6:12
😂😂
This was lowkey a fitting end for Price.... He notices a ominous shadowy figure in his final moments that could possibly be another foe... but his conciousness fades as they leave... I could just imagine what Price is thinking in those moments as he relished his victory with one final smoke.... "Ah.... sod it.... Its someone else's problem now.... I got my pounds of flesh...."
It may have been a placeholder character model as you can’t see him anyway other than mods
Wow rest in peace captain price. That was probably the saddest ending I never wanted to see.
6:36 Price had a SAW IV moment that shock was enough to kill him he recognized shadowman someone who couldnt believe dangerous as Makarov
Totally makes me view even the cannon ending way differently. What an amazing find!
Captain price killed a double, and that's the real Makarav walking away
Super cool video. Thanks for sharing. As an old cod fan, this means alot to me.
It couldn’t have been yuri. It legit showed him getting shot in the fkn head 😂
"Ah.... Captain Price, in the flesh... I took the liberty of removing your cigar, as this is a... Non-smoking establishment."
This ending is so cool and ereey, Such a shame it got cut
this finally confirms my suspicions that price doesn’t make it out of the hotel been thing this for years
If they were planning a different ending back in mw3 to continue to mw4 they should bring it back for to use today what it would have been continued make it mw4 for 2027 it seems they just wanted to end the series after this game based on those credits
Or 26
Price: "Who are you?!"
Shadow Man: "Call me Bond... James Bond."
“Captain Price, in the flesh…”
2:20 he said that quote way too joyfully 😂
Cpt price's femoral artery was cut and he bled out
I could be mistaken but it almost looks like the Shadowman has a moustache meaning it could possibly in fact be General Shepherd Himself who possibly survived his last encounter with Price and Soap in Afghanistan 5 Months ago.
Where would we be without data miners. Hardcore shout out to them all and you Dalek🤙🤙
Honestly, it was probably a retcon as there were no loose ends within the MW story that could fill it. I'm glad they didn't.
i always had a feeling ghosts was the continuation of mw3
The reason i believe they scrapped this is because not only would killing price another fan favourite character aswell as soap then teasing a supposed new villain would be like making a pokemon game without the pokemon
I can remind hearing rumours back then of possible campaign dlc, that would have covered Prices court trial.... Perhaps it would have been encompassed into mw4
Here's a few of my takes:
It could be Zakhaev or his son, Victor. Hard to tell from the lighting but they share the same sorta hairstyle, or lack thereof. Perhaps they intended for the Victor that died in MW1 to be a body double at some point.
It could be Shepard. I know he died in MW2 but there was speculation he might've survived. Not to mention, the knife to the eye was a good set up for him being reintroduced as somekinda eyepatch-toting supervillain.
It could also be Rorke from Ghosts. We never see what he looks like without the bandana so him having a baldcut isn't unlikely. And CoD Ghosts was developed by IW, like the Modern Warfare games. Not to mention, Ghosts takes place in the not-so-distant future from MW3.
There's no way to know for sure of course since they just re-used an already existing model but it's fun to think of what could've been.
How did you stretch this to 10 minutes?!
Had to milk it out for revenue bro
It's kinda like finding Easter eggs years later down the line. i swear bro these games hold more than we think
Bro Yuri got shot in the head how could it be him?