Just thinking that over a decade ago, some playtester for WaW zombies could have been the very first human being to ever utter the phrase "Revive me bro, I have the Ray Gun" makes me so happy.
I took a break from the cod franchise. Last zombies I played was in BO2. I picked up bo6 because I thought the new movement and everything looked real tight. I first played zombies and got the ray gun on my first box spin in like a decade. Although I’m 25 now, I still got excited and cheered as if I were 14 again.
Bro absolutely COOKED. The ray gun is my favorite wonder weapon regardless of how bad they nerf it. The look is clean and beautiful and to quote you, absolutely fucking timeless. I love it so much.
I’ve always thought that one flaw of Infinite Warfare Zombies is that it didn’t have a Raygun equivalent. If there was just some kind of powerful weapon that was wholly unique to zombies and that you could get on any map without doing anything more complex than wheel spinning, it would do a lot for the mode from a more casual standpoint.
I agree. I like to hop on infinite warfare to play zombies, but I just like to shoot zombies. I don't ever craft any of the wonder weapons or do Easter eggs, I would've really appreciated something like that Also, same goes for WW2
@@CatCrossed Agreed the farthest I'll go is play modded with rotating perks and New Guns. I'll do a Hard Easter Egg like once. But never done stuff like Moon Easteregg Ending. Since it's damn near impossible without another person to lighten the load. Takes way too long and the steps are convoluted and quite luck based as well. Which sucks cause some Eggs like that are Awesome. Was thinking about Training to Get Cracked at Zombies on Different Gens. But I've seen the Speedrunners and Other Catagories and Dudes are Nuts.
@Thirteenloki117 It's not the worst however the complete luck you need since there are certain things you need out the Box to Complete the Egg. I bieleve more than 2 things if memory serves meaning without a Second Player. You need to do multiple point wasting Box Hits during different steps that makes it a pain in the ass. Not considering some steps are like 3 times harder without a Second Person. And the sheer number of steps make it painful. 4s Easter Eggs are Worse Solo. But I would argue it's is just as if not More Tedious. Origins in my opinion being right up there. If some of the parts weren't basically luck based I would have half as many complaints.
I always envisioned that this was the roll of the Cel-Cauterizer, even if it never lived up to the goat. And it didn’t get treated like it either, it didn’t feel like it had even a fraction of the legendary status
The Rayguns been with us since the start, when we didn’t get a thunder gun or Wunderwaffe? The Raygun comforted us. When we needed that boss or mini boss damage but couldn’t use the map specific wonder weapon for some reason? Raygun had our backs. When you had PHD and was trapped in a corner? Raygun, even if it didn’t do much past 50, had your back. This is why it’s so iconic to zombies since it’s been with us, from the beginning… it’s like our oldest friend we’ve hung out with, even when we got new Wonder Weapons, new powerful weapons… it didn’t get jealous.. it wished us well and always was there when the new Wonder Weapon either got nerfed or just stopped being viable.
7:39 and bo2’s raygun felt the most powerful to me. From what ive noticed ive if the reload time of the raygun loads both charges one at a time it suck, but if you slide in both in one go its better.
Having played Black Ops 6; whenever a Ray Gun is popped, everyone reacts with excitement. It's just a fun gun to use. Despite their being stronger guns in the game, the Ray Gun is still always reliable, and is great at dealing with the bosses. Though Sally is pretty strong herself which is nice.
@@ewisp7406 I think the best thing about the BO6 raygun is that it feels strong to use. I honestly prefer using it over the Jetgun just because it feels like you can obliterate a horde in seconds with it. Even with a ton of guns getting special pap treatment (explosive and buckshot snipers, auto fire shotguns etc) it feels the strongest
The one thing I'll remember about the reign is not just the design or the green laser bolts, but it's the satisfying sound of its reload animation that always gets to me goin and that sound is practically timeless.😌😌
I really loved the old ray guns, especially in bo1. It was colorful, shooting green shots and had the iconic red color. All the other guns, yes, even the thunder gun, were all drab, olive, black, and grey guns. It truly felt special, unique, and like a powerful weapon built by a secret government group or whatever. In the recent games, all the guns are bright colors, massively overpowered, and the raygun just generally feels less unique and powerful. Sure, I might be exited to get one, but I’d feel the same for the rocket launcher or some random shotgun. The old games tended to feel more hopeless also, everything was bleak, dark colors. Only the raygun and the perk machines were bright, neon colors. I may be overthinking this, but that’s my honest opinion.
@@thedomainofsealteamaqua crazy u get the same feeling getting the ray gun as anything else, even if I don’t get it I get excited cus it’s the ray gun it’s sick af
Fantastic video, right on time for BO6. As far as the Ray gun phenomenon goes, I have a perfect analogy to explain it. I'm a destiny player, so the term "power creep" has been burned into my brain. Old weapons of early destiny 1 felt completely insane for their time, but if we compare them to the exotics that release now, it's a joke. The ray gun has been power crept. It was infinitely valuable in WaW because all the other guns were average. It got less relevant in BO1 because the PaP machine made any gun special. Less again in BO2 compared to new shiny wonder weapons. Less again when the average guns in BO3 gained infinitely scaling damage mods. It's a clear line being drawn here, which is why Treyarch decided to finally give the ray gun enough power to BE a wonder weapon again. Fingers crossed they don't fall into the same problem later down the line!
My favorite is and will always be the World at War Ray Gun. Something about getting a toy laser gun in such a dark entry in the COD series with all this real life footage of WW2 and nazis everywhere feels so weird yet so right
Wow! Super cool video man. Expected you to be a big RUclipsr from the quality and script. You deserve the growth, keep the great content coming! :) I'm new to Zombies, Cold War was my very first mode, and i only played Vanguard for like 10hrs and MWZ i just got the Borealis camo. I remember using the CW Raygun a tooon, as you mentioned it was a TREAT. Vanguard i don't even remember if i ever used it lol. MWZ it's solid, don't see myself using a lotta wonderweapons anyways.
I'm not sure your Quick Revive logic is airtight. Having QR with the Raygun doesn't benefit you while you're downed. It would be beneficial if your teammate had QR but getting downed with the Raygun is the same whether you HAD Quick Revive before going down or not....
On bo2 woth no dlc best weapon to pair with the raygun. Galil, Hamr, RPD, and the MTAR. If you have buried dlc’s you have another raygun to choose from.
The headshot multiplier in bo4 and beyond is actually a mechanic, when you shoot a zombie in the head with a raygun it always pops their head off no matter the round because of the health cap
My fav is between Cold War and MWZ's Rayguns I love how genuinely powerful it feels and the beautiful animation in the newer games really rubs off on the raygun and makes it really satisfying to use My fav actually might move over to Bo6's from what I've seen so far but I won't know for sure until I use it myself
It's so weird that the RayGun was statistically buffed in Bo4, I always considered it the worst variation of the weapon as if felt like it did little damage compared to everything else.
The ray gun in warzone is hilarious when you obliterate no lifers in 2 shots, hearing them confused they got killed with a gun from zombies. I’m a bit biased, but I like the bo3 ray gun because of the reload. I will say that no matter what zombies you play (except MWZ), getting a ray gun always feels great.
For almost 2 decades I didn’t realize the ray guns up to bo3, were statistically pretty much the same. I was told the bo3 raygun was bad, and have been spreading that misinformation as well since then. Bo2 ray gun is also my fav 8D
I'm personally a fan of all the Ray Gun designs, but if i had to choose one over the rest, its definitely the Mk.II I'd also like to point out that in BOCW, the Gallo shotgun has a Ray Gun blueprint, and while it doesn't have the reactive ammo or tracer packs to change how the bullets look or work, the Ray Shotgun has an epic design, and i hope to see it return with some actual Ray Gun functionality in a future title
@CatCrossed this is a fantastic video. Brings a lot of light to the ray gun. An instant classic for a lot of people. But my favorite ray gun is Cold War. Obviously bo6 is out now and it’s pretty cool. Pre patch CW was unbeatable. But also the ray gun is full auto. Not semiauto
When it comes down to the feel of the ray gun I think it really depends on the games mechanics, and in particular which game you're playing. In the newer CODs the ray gun feels choppy in my opinion because of all the crazy movements you can do, some of the gun animations start looking a little odd. But in the older CODs, since it was all boots on the ground and fairly simple, the ray gun felt more fluid to shoot and run around with. No crazy slide and dive mechanics that would interrupt you shooting your ray gun.
@@Whatismusic123 oh boohoo nigga cold war zombies was the 2nd most played mode during it's life period, coming right behind multiplayer and staying on top over warzone
@@Whatismusic123 so we gonna forget fixing tombstone, mulekick, dead shot, carpenter and quick revive(multiplayer) being actually useful and not a waste of a perk slot/power up
For me it's not only regular guns getting as or more powerful than the raygun but there's also almost always a wonder weapon that dwarfs the ray gun. There the bows in Der eisendrache, the apothecans servant, etc. That can killed a horde of zombies in one shot no matter the round.
When i learned about the Ray Gun in BO1, i absolutely loved it and it helped me get to round 45 on Kino before i decided i needed sleep. I honestly don't understand why ppl hate it even if splash damage is the reason for it. It's really not that hard to just not shoot the floor, and i feel like some ppl just don't understand the idea of run away til you're a few meters from the zombies then shoot with the Ray Gun, but i guess it is hard to understand so idk.
As much as I love the OG Ray Gun, its aura never quite felt the same to me once they added the Mark II. The Mark II is just so (pun unintended) markedly better in almost every case. That said nothing matches the aura of getting the ray gun in BO1 (and WAW, but BO1 is my favorite zombies in general). I forget if the Mark 2 was in Cold War but it’s not in BO6 thus far and the lack of a Mark 2 has restored that aura.
The Ray Gun with PHD Flopper in Black Ops 1 is the highest margin the ray gun holds over other weapons. The reason it doesn’t feel the same in BO2 and BO3 is because there are multiple options that either are more effective, or are more user friendly
The fast inspect thing in cold war is caused by Speed Cola. You can do it with every weapon. I believe the glitch is if you sprint and then immediately inspect, the animation plays fast, although the sounds are still at normal speed.
Black Ops 1 was where the Ray Gun hit the peak. Same game feel and utility as World at War and PhD was available in almost half the maps. Was good in BO2 but was shelved when the Mark 2 came out and then everybody just threw it back in the box in hopes of getting it instead. Then, like you mentioned, BO3 was just sad. AAT rendered the Ray Gun obsolete and the strange trails it leaves behind just look bad. I've never once heard someone say they're hitting the box for the Ray Gun in BO3. Can't speak for the others, though, since I refused to buy any more CoD after that.
It would need to be tested but i feel like part of what makes the raygun feel better/worse in different games is the zombies themselves. The stats of the gun could be identical from game to game but if they tweak the zombie health or health scaling as rounds go on it can indirectly nerf or buff the raygun
Black ops 3's i think mainly fell due to unreliably. The AoE hit detection was very wonky, making it just not work sometimes and that's the last thing you want on this thing where the ground kinda just eats your shot. I think this effect also carries to direct hita since not properly registering means a loss in damage, making it even worse compared to bullets.
Hey man just letting you know because I only found this out a few weeks ago but buying speedcola increases inspect animation time on Cold War great video though just sharing some knowledge
I was expecting some kind of mental theory that I would have not thought about, but I got the most textbook game balancing theory. The ray gun feels worse because other guns are objectively better. In Bo6 normal guns aren’t as proficient, so the ray gun is better, but if the normal guns are insane it’s obvious you won’t want the ray gun over it.
I remember playing waw at my best friends house literally racing to get the ray gun. We were like 8-10 playing nacht for hours struggling to get to round 10. Then the map packs came out First game i ever played online was waw split screen on der reise with a guy named "jamesgotlaid". That bastard is why i couldnt get xbox live for the next few years. But i will always remember just getting the browning/mg/trench gun,waffle, or the ray gun and camping catwalk. Ray gun on top, if you have a wall weapon and spin the box and get it its damn near mandatory that you at least take it and shoot it a couple times to hear the boing and reload sounds.
The best ray gun by far is cold war pre patch because it almost did infinite damage since the health capped at round 55 and the zombies had 55k health it was the first time the ray gun actually felt powerful like it was meant to be. So my favorite ray gun is cold war. But nothing beats getting off the box back in bo1 and WAW.
i believe it’s snyder doing that got it into zombies (i read his blog about the creation of zombies in waw) while porter ofc created it (hence pap name porters x2) however porter was the one that snuck it into the little resistance mission
I agree with the phenomenon. I’m playing Black Ops 6 and in comparison to the other guns in the game being able to upgrade the rarity to gold, being able to pack 3 and adding ammo mods with augments the ray gun doesn’t feel worth it to me to have when all guns do relative damage and the ammo is literally half, not to mention you get more of it. I will say it feels the strongest in the 40s-50 next to the knife. I think the knife is the most op weapon in the game ironically. I’m a big hater in black ops 6 of the raygun
I never cared for the ray gun in any iteration of zombies, purely because of how the points system works. You can't get headshot kills with it, and explosive kills were worth half as much as a headshot + the higher damage per shot meant less shots per zombies therefore even less point per zombie, so you were easily getting more than twice as many points using a different gun, in all versions of zombies up until I think BO6.
My guess is that as we all got older, the magic of the Ray Gun wore off as we all got better at the game and approached the game from a strictly different angle. Having thought about it during the video, I really and truly don’t remember actually *having* a Ray Gun as I got better and better at Zombies and played more of it. Once I got to be better, I imagine it really was a matter of “there are better things than this out there”. And that, unfortunately, is growing up.
It's highs and lows and clearly a mix of the surrounding weapons and mechanics, but also its own quality. Even with the Mk II and no phd, it was still really good most of the time for bo2. Meanwhile bo3 hit a point were a lot of normal guns are the better options sometimes, and bo4 despite a better ray gun and most normal guns being meh, select weapons, plus general mechanics, the Ray Gun wasn't the play usually. Plus again, Mk II was back, and these were only on half the maps. Cold War, most weapons were viable, but the Ray Gun itself was buffed to literally just be insane, yet somehow still balanced. Say what you want of Vanguard, it missing from a treyarc zombies felt wrong. Come MWZ, it was still pretty good power, but also got a strange niche in being able to annihilate mercenary stuff, including helecopters and the warlords go down in record time. Overall, not counting Mk II and III, Cold War has my favourite version. And it's never been terrible, more accurately just the spotlight shifted a few times and it was hit or miss being able to stay in it.
despite not being official, i'd love to know your thoughts on custom rayguns made by the bo3 modding community, some examples being: ray5k, spas12 ray, dual wield ray gun, MK-X Dark Ray Gun & my favourite of all time, the Dark Ray Gun from the custom map Ameliorama (its literally full auto and purple)
I actually thought about including those in the video but ended up not The only one I've used is Spas12 Ray Gun (the one that's the bundle skin from Cold War) and I thought it was pretty cool. I've been thinking of maybe doing a video on the mod that adds all the different ray guns
When I play with my best fryend of over fifteen years, in every iteration of zombies we call the the Ray Gun "The Ronald" haha and we started that joke while playing BO2
All the zombies In world at war have slightly lower health after a dog round (the game skips the dog round for increasing zombie health), which is probably why. That's the same reason why the Bowie Knife is a 1 hit kill until Round 11 in World at War instead of 10 like usual
20:58 the WaW ray gun feels more powerful because the health scaling in WaW is different than bo1 and later. I watched a video about the health systems of waw-bo3 and normally zombies health starts off at 150 on round 1,and increases by 100 up until round 9 in which it is at 950 HP, on round 10 and every round after it simply increases by 10% every round, this is consistent with all the zombies games I mentioned expect for WaW, as for some reason dog rounds on shi no numa and Der riese don't increase the HP of zombies, when in the later games it does, so if you're on round 25 and you've had 4 dog rounds on der riese it's actually round 21 health zombies compared to the other games, that's why the ray gun feels stronger. I also agree with the notion that the bo2 version feels the best to use, it's the cleanest design of the ray guns while still feeling like the classic ones and bo2 still using the old physics engine. The bo3 one feels weak just based on the visuals and sound, there isn't as much impact using that one as there was with the first 3 games, that's also why I dislike the bo3 ray gun, and I feel like it actually is probably one of the worst ray guns even if statically the same as always, the bo3 system probably treats it the worst with AAT's being so broken and the zombies moving so fast that they can easily get in your face.
You can see the Waw health scaling really well if you buy the Bowie knife on der riese. Chances are, it's a one hit kill until round 12 instead of 10 like normal
What's your favorite Ray Gun?
Bo1
BO1 woth phd was crazy
Cw
The multiple ray guns on Alfamega, which is kind of stupid
bo1>>>>>>>>>>
Just thinking that over a decade ago, some playtester for WaW zombies could have been the very first human being to ever utter the phrase "Revive me bro, I have the Ray Gun" makes me so happy.
“Revive me I have raygun” is such a catnip meme, I’ll always love it
I took a break from the cod franchise. Last zombies I played was in BO2. I picked up bo6 because I thought the new movement and everything looked real tight. I first played zombies and got the ray gun on my first box spin in like a decade. Although I’m 25 now, I still got excited and cheered as if I were 14 again.
@@beatle7809 thats so real, although im 16 i wish i could go back to being an 8 year old again
Bro absolutely COOKED. The ray gun is my favorite wonder weapon regardless of how bad they nerf it. The look is clean and beautiful and to quote you, absolutely fucking timeless. I love it so much.
Zombies made we want 2 guns In particularly the m1911 and a raygun
I’ve always thought that one flaw of Infinite Warfare Zombies is that it didn’t have a Raygun equivalent. If there was just some kind of powerful weapon that was wholly unique to zombies and that you could get on any map without doing anything more complex than wheel spinning, it would do a lot for the mode from a more casual standpoint.
I agree. I like to hop on infinite warfare to play zombies, but I just like to shoot zombies. I don't ever craft any of the wonder weapons or do Easter eggs, I would've really appreciated something like that
Also, same goes for WW2
@@CatCrossed Agreed the farthest I'll go is play modded with rotating perks and New Guns. I'll do a Hard Easter Egg like once. But never done stuff like Moon Easteregg Ending. Since it's damn near impossible without another person to lighten the load. Takes way too long and the steps are convoluted and quite luck based as well. Which sucks cause some Eggs like that are Awesome. Was thinking about Training to Get Cracked at Zombies on Different Gens. But I've seen the Speedrunners and Other Catagories and Dudes are Nuts.
@@dr.dylansgame5583 Moon ee Is not too bad solo, the Bo4 easter eggs on the other hand...
@Thirteenloki117 It's not the worst however the complete luck you need since there are certain things you need out the Box to Complete the Egg. I bieleve more than 2 things if memory serves meaning without a Second Player. You need to do multiple point wasting Box Hits during different steps that makes it a pain in the ass.
Not considering some steps are like 3 times harder without a Second Person. And the sheer number of steps make it painful. 4s Easter Eggs are Worse Solo. But I would argue it's is just as if not More Tedious. Origins in my opinion being right up there. If some of the parts weren't basically luck based I would have half as many complaints.
I always envisioned that this was the roll of the Cel-Cauterizer, even if it never lived up to the goat. And it didn’t get treated like it either, it didn’t feel like it had even a fraction of the legendary status
The Raygun’s inspect animation in CW is only sped up if you have speed cola.
No clue why, I don’t think it affects any other gun.
Very weird
1:09 OMG PORTER?? that's actually so cool, I assume that's where porter x2 raygun packapunch name comes from. That's a neat lil detail:)
@@Khadeeen also an in game character
ugh man the shiny look of the raygun on Bo1 is sooooo iconic and why are there soo many great zombies creators with less than 1k subs
I think a lot of people forget that originally the Raygun didn't do more damage when PaPed, it just carried more ammo and was red instead of green
The Rayguns been with us since the start, when we didn’t get a thunder gun or Wunderwaffe? The Raygun comforted us. When we needed that boss or mini boss damage but couldn’t use the map specific wonder weapon for some reason? Raygun had our backs. When you had PHD and was trapped in a corner? Raygun, even if it didn’t do much past 50, had your back. This is why it’s so iconic to zombies since it’s been with us, from the beginning… it’s like our oldest friend we’ve hung out with, even when we got new Wonder Weapons, new powerful weapons… it didn’t get jealous.. it wished us well and always was there when the new Wonder Weapon either got nerfed or just stopped being viable.
For me personally that look, sound, and feeling of the BO1 Raygun is my favorite. Always get excited when I see it in the box
Raygun ???? Lex's EX u mean
All I hear now is "Reagan" 😭
Nah, we’re talking about that Olympic breakdancer lol
still wild how the zombies community got destroyed by a girl named ray gun
Yea the minor
@@Daiyamaruu how ? Lex was dating a minor that’s his fault
7:39 and bo2’s raygun felt the most powerful to me. From what ive noticed ive if the reload time of the raygun loads both charges one at a time it suck, but if you slide in both in one go its better.
I worked really hard on this video, I hope you guys all enjoy it :)
Having played Black Ops 6; whenever a Ray Gun is popped, everyone reacts with excitement. It's just a fun gun to use. Despite their being stronger guns in the game, the Ray Gun is still always reliable, and is great at dealing with the bosses.
Though Sally is pretty strong herself which is nice.
@@ewisp7406 I think the best thing about the BO6 raygun is that it feels strong to use. I honestly prefer using it over the Jetgun just because it feels like you can obliterate a horde in seconds with it. Even with a ton of guns getting special pap treatment (explosive and buckshot snipers, auto fire shotguns etc) it feels the strongest
The one thing I'll remember about the reign is not just the design or the green laser bolts, but it's the satisfying sound of its reload animation that always gets to me goin and that sound is practically timeless.😌😌
I'm surprised about your sub count, confident and clear narration, no annoying edits, good mic, we need more :D
nothing will ever look as cool as the raygun does in zombies... except maybe the wunderwaffe reload animation, so clean....
I really loved the old ray guns, especially in bo1. It was colorful, shooting green shots and had the iconic red color. All the other guns, yes, even the thunder gun, were all drab, olive, black, and grey guns. It truly felt special, unique, and like a powerful weapon built by a secret government group or whatever.
In the recent games, all the guns are bright colors, massively overpowered, and the raygun just generally feels less unique and powerful. Sure, I might be exited to get one, but I’d feel the same for the rocket launcher or some random shotgun.
The old games tended to feel more hopeless also, everything was bleak, dark colors. Only the raygun and the perk machines were bright, neon colors.
I may be overthinking this, but that’s my honest opinion.
True. The BO1 Ray gun was so shiny and bright, like the M1911 was. Stands out really well
@@CatCrossed the pap m1911 also happens
to be the best gun in the game except wonder weapons so
@@thedomainofsealteamaqua crazy u get the same feeling getting the ray gun as anything else, even if I don’t get it I get excited cus it’s the ray gun it’s sick af
Fantastic video, right on time for BO6. As far as the Ray gun phenomenon goes, I have a perfect analogy to explain it. I'm a destiny player, so the term "power creep" has been burned into my brain. Old weapons of early destiny 1 felt completely insane for their time, but if we compare them to the exotics that release now, it's a joke. The ray gun has been power crept. It was infinitely valuable in WaW because all the other guns were average. It got less relevant in BO1 because the PaP machine made any gun special. Less again in BO2 compared to new shiny wonder weapons. Less again when the average guns in BO3 gained infinitely scaling damage mods. It's a clear line being drawn here, which is why Treyarch decided to finally give the ray gun enough power to BE a wonder weapon again. Fingers crossed they don't fall into the same problem later down the line!
Thank you :)
Ray gun still has a place in BO3 for spamming at Margwa heads!
My favorite is and will always be the World at War Ray Gun. Something about getting a toy laser gun in such a dark entry in the COD series with all this real life footage of WW2 and nazis everywhere feels so weird yet so right
I feel like why the inspection button didn't work on bo4 zombies was because it's a re-used button for people on console for elixirs
That's true for controller, but on PC the keybind is 7. 7 doesn't do anything else, the inspect Is literally just disabled in the zombies mode :(
Wow! Super cool video man. Expected you to be a big RUclipsr from the quality and script. You deserve the growth, keep the great content coming! :)
I'm new to Zombies, Cold War was my very first mode, and i only played Vanguard for like 10hrs and MWZ i just got the Borealis camo.
I remember using the CW Raygun a tooon, as you mentioned it was a TREAT.
Vanguard i don't even remember if i ever used it lol.
MWZ it's solid, don't see myself using a lotta wonderweapons anyways.
Thanks!
It’s like the ryno from ratchet and clank being the same but different in every game….. love those games
I really just want that bo2 ray gun one handed animation I miss it every time
I'm not sure your Quick Revive logic is airtight. Having QR with the Raygun doesn't benefit you while you're downed. It would be beneficial if your teammate had QR but getting downed with the Raygun is the same whether you HAD Quick Revive before going down or not....
You're totally right lmao that went right over my head
I love how the most replayed is when he said they changed the raygun sight, we all went back and looked.
7:30 I almost feel bad for this zombie. That execution was both cruel and unusual
The feeling of the Black Ops 1 Ray Gun is unmatched
I completed Liberty Falls just yesterday and the Raygun was a main part of it. I owe it my life
On bo2 woth no dlc best weapon to pair with the raygun. Galil, Hamr, RPD, and the MTAR. If you have buried dlc’s you have another raygun to choose from.
Black ops 6 raygun is amazing
The headshot multiplier in bo4 and beyond is actually a mechanic, when you shoot a zombie in the head with a raygun it always pops their head off no matter the round because of the health cap
My fav is between Cold War and MWZ's Rayguns
I love how genuinely powerful it feels and the beautiful animation in the newer games really rubs off on the raygun and makes it really satisfying to use
My fav actually might move over to Bo6's from what I've seen so far but I won't know for sure until I use it myself
Cold War is the best raygun. By far, i liked how it looks and feels, and bo3 raygun, i actually replaced it with a wall weapon most of the time.
It's so weird that the RayGun was statistically buffed in Bo4, I always considered it the worst variation of the weapon as if felt like it did little damage compared to everything else.
6:48 I love this vanoss reference with the pizza
Now that bo6 is out now, this version is so astronomically good, it feels right and kinda feels like the waw version all over again
The ray gun in warzone is hilarious when you obliterate no lifers in 2 shots, hearing them confused they got killed with a gun from zombies.
I’m a bit biased, but I like the bo3 ray gun because of the reload. I will say that no matter what zombies you play (except MWZ), getting a ray gun always feels great.
For almost 2 decades I didn’t realize the ray guns up to bo3, were statistically pretty much the same. I was told the bo3 raygun was bad, and have been spreading that misinformation as well since then. Bo2 ray gun is also my fav 8D
I'm personally a fan of all the Ray Gun designs, but if i had to choose one over the rest, its definitely the Mk.II
I'd also like to point out that in BOCW, the Gallo shotgun has a Ray Gun blueprint, and while it doesn't have the reactive ammo or tracer packs to change how the bullets look or work, the Ray Shotgun has an epic design, and i hope to see it return with some actual Ray Gun functionality in a future title
Awesome vid! Just subscribed
@CatCrossed this is a fantastic video. Brings a lot of light to the ray gun. An instant classic for a lot of people. But my favorite ray gun is Cold War. Obviously bo6 is out now and it’s pretty cool. Pre patch CW was unbeatable. But also the ray gun is full auto. Not semiauto
When it comes down to the feel of the ray gun I think it really depends on the games mechanics, and in particular which game you're playing. In the newer CODs the ray gun feels choppy in my opinion because of all the crazy movements you can do, some of the gun animations start looking a little odd. But in the older CODs, since it was all boots on the ground and fairly simple, the ray gun felt more fluid to shoot and run around with. No crazy slide and dive mechanics that would interrupt you shooting your ray gun.
Cold war brought the ray gun back to it's former glory.
While ruining everything else
@@Whatismusic123 oh boohoo nigga cold war zombies was the 2nd most played mode during it's life period, coming right behind multiplayer and staying on top over warzone
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@@Whatismusic123 so we gonna forget fixing tombstone, mulekick, dead shot, carpenter and quick revive(multiplayer) being actually useful and not a waste of a perk slot/power up
I don't know who you are, but you absolutely killed it on this video! Very well done!
Thank you!
I understand that part of the community said that Black OPS 1 was the most broken, in Cold War it was also super broken until they nerfed it.
For me it's not only regular guns getting as or more powerful than the raygun but there's also almost always a wonder weapon that dwarfs the ray gun. There the bows in Der eisendrache, the apothecans servant, etc. That can killed a horde of zombies in one shot no matter the round.
When i learned about the Ray Gun in BO1, i absolutely loved it and it helped me get to round 45 on Kino before i decided i needed sleep. I honestly don't understand why ppl hate it even if splash damage is the reason for it. It's really not that hard to just not shoot the floor, and i feel like some ppl just don't understand the idea of run away til you're a few meters from the zombies then shoot with the Ray Gun, but i guess it is hard to understand so idk.
@@Azarath415 the issue is when you get trapped and shoot to escape you can accidently end your game
As much as I love the OG Ray Gun, its aura never quite felt the same to me once they added the Mark II. The Mark II is just so (pun unintended) markedly better in almost every case. That said nothing matches the aura of getting the ray gun in BO1 (and WAW, but BO1 is my favorite zombies in general). I forget if the Mark 2 was in Cold War but it’s not in BO6 thus far and the lack of a Mark 2 has restored that aura.
Imo BO3 is my favorite version of the Ray Gun just because of the reload animation I know its a stupid reason but I just love that reload animation
The Ray Gun with PHD Flopper in Black Ops 1 is the highest margin the ray gun holds over other weapons. The reason it doesn’t feel the same in BO2 and BO3 is because there are multiple options that either are more effective, or are more user friendly
dude your FOV during the where it began part actually makes me want to bleach my eyes.
90 FOV but cropped because I left MSI Afterburner on 😅
visuals and audio play into the feel as well
The fast inspect thing in cold war is caused by Speed Cola. You can do it with every weapon. I believe the glitch is if you sprint and then immediately inspect, the animation plays fast, although the sounds are still at normal speed.
Black Ops 1 was where the Ray Gun hit the peak. Same game feel and utility as World at War and PhD was available in almost half the maps. Was good in BO2 but was shelved when the Mark 2 came out and then everybody just threw it back in the box in hopes of getting it instead. Then, like you mentioned, BO3 was just sad. AAT rendered the Ray Gun obsolete and the strange trails it leaves behind just look bad. I've never once heard someone say they're hitting the box for the Ray Gun in BO3. Can't speak for the others, though, since I refused to buy any more CoD after that.
bo6 max upgrade ray gun is fucking amazing. Idk if it’s the best, But the OG good ray gun is back
10:00 Not semi-auto! The normal ray gun has always been fully automatic, even back in World at War!
Fun fact, the Ray Gun's inspect animation is affected by Speed Cola in Cold War. And if I'm not mistaken, it's the only weapon that has this bug.
Cold War did the Ray gun justice. Best version for sure. Bo3 and Bo4 raygun melted bosses, so I always use the raygun no matter what game.
For me it's the black ops 1/2 ray gun that tops the other because of a very precise detail, the smoke when you shoot
It would need to be tested but i feel like part of what makes the raygun feel better/worse in different games is the zombies themselves. The stats of the gun could be identical from game to game but if they tweak the zombie health or health scaling as rounds go on it can indirectly nerf or buff the raygun
Really like how you changed which version of damned played based on the game!
Black ops 3's i think mainly fell due to unreliably. The AoE hit detection was very wonky, making it just not work sometimes and that's the last thing you want on this thing where the ground kinda just eats your shot. I think this effect also carries to direct hita since not properly registering means a loss in damage, making it even worse compared to bullets.
When the whole squad in a game of Der Riese gets the Ray Gun. Round 30 is the most chaotic shit ever.
Chilling on a Tuesday night watching the mf raygun history. Hell yeah.
Hell yeah
Hey man just letting you know because I only found this out a few weeks ago but buying speedcola increases inspect animation time on Cold War great video though just sharing some knowledge
I was expecting some kind of mental theory that I would have not thought about, but I got the most textbook game balancing theory. The ray gun feels worse because other guns are objectively better. In Bo6 normal guns aren’t as proficient, so the ray gun is better, but if the normal guns are insane it’s obvious you won’t want the ray gun over it.
youtube recommendations cooked with this one, very nice video
I remember playing waw at my best friends house literally racing to get the ray gun. We were like 8-10 playing nacht for hours struggling to get to round 10.
Then the map packs came out
First game i ever played online was waw split screen on der reise with a guy named "jamesgotlaid".
That bastard is why i couldnt get xbox live for the next few years. But i will always remember just getting the browning/mg/trench gun,waffle, or the ray gun and camping catwalk.
Ray gun on top, if you have a wall weapon and spin the box and get it its damn near mandatory that you at least take it and shoot it a couple times to hear the boing and reload sounds.
The best ray gun by far is cold war pre patch because it almost did infinite damage since the health capped at round 55 and the zombies had 55k health it was the first time the ray gun actually felt powerful like it was meant to be. So my favorite ray gun is cold war. But nothing beats getting off the box back in bo1 and WAW.
i believe it’s snyder doing that got it into zombies (i read his blog about the creation of zombies in waw) while porter ofc created it (hence pap name porters x2) however porter was the one that snuck it into the little resistance mission
Raygun Mk.2 from bo2 is peak raygun, don’t argue with me
24:46 it’s still in we can also pack a punch up to 10 times in endless game mode as well
As someone who had cod mobile I can tell you the Tatum used to be spectacular. But the recent version can’t kill in less than three shots….on round 3
double tap also started shooting double bullets in Bo2 so that helped make it feel more broken
Geez you deserve more subs man
Good video man, I look forward to seeing more from you.
Thank you!
I agree with the phenomenon. I’m playing Black Ops 6 and in comparison to the other guns in the game being able to upgrade the rarity to gold, being able to pack 3 and adding ammo mods with augments the ray gun doesn’t feel worth it to me to have when all guns do relative damage and the ammo is literally half, not to mention you get more of it. I will say it feels the strongest in the 40s-50 next to the knife. I think the knife is the most op weapon in the game ironically. I’m a big hater in black ops 6 of the raygun
17:05 you can also get the bocw raygun from crystals in the dark aether. Very nice when it happens while youre unlocking the Die Machine elements.
Cold war one of my fav builds was the china lake and the ray gun with slider. I got to a point were id uselly quite over dieing...
Your paradolia outro was very nice
Paradolia on top 🔥
I never cared for the ray gun in any iteration of zombies, purely because of how the points system works. You can't get headshot kills with it, and explosive kills were worth half as much as a headshot + the higher damage per shot meant less shots per zombies therefore even less point per zombie, so you were easily getting more than twice as many points using a different gun, in all versions of zombies up until I think BO6.
My guess is that as we all got older, the magic of the Ray Gun wore off as we all got better at the game and approached the game from a strictly different angle. Having thought about it during the video, I really and truly don’t remember actually *having* a Ray Gun as I got better and better at Zombies and played more of it. Once I got to be better, I imagine it really was a matter of “there are better things than this out there”. And that, unfortunately, is growing up.
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Creator of that ray gun reskin got COOKED
Bo2 is the best to me especially the buried redesign it just looks so cool
ahhhh yes. the crawlermaker 5000
used to be good in waw and bo1
became a crawler maker in bo2 3 and 4
now its good in cold war again
It's highs and lows and clearly a mix of the surrounding weapons and mechanics, but also its own quality. Even with the Mk II and no phd, it was still really good most of the time for bo2. Meanwhile bo3 hit a point were a lot of normal guns are the better options sometimes, and bo4 despite a better ray gun and most normal guns being meh, select weapons, plus general mechanics, the Ray Gun wasn't the play usually. Plus again, Mk II was back, and these were only on half the maps. Cold War, most weapons were viable, but the Ray Gun itself was buffed to literally just be insane, yet somehow still balanced. Say what you want of Vanguard, it missing from a treyarc zombies felt wrong. Come MWZ, it was still pretty good power, but also got a strange niche in being able to annihilate mercenary stuff, including helecopters and the warlords go down in record time. Overall, not counting Mk II and III, Cold War has my favourite version. And it's never been terrible, more accurately just the spotlight shifted a few times and it was hit or miss being able to stay in it.
i really like the version from mwz
the explosive area feels soooo good
13:10 why am i an unc at 16
The mobile der riese ray gun was basically infinite damage. It was one shotting at rounds 70+ back when I played it
TLDR: The Raygun got powercrept out of relevancy and then they buffed it to make it feel important again.
You’re not weird for not getting used to the reticle change in BO2 it was still the ray gun but that little color change added so much character
despite not being official, i'd love to know your thoughts on custom rayguns made by the bo3 modding community, some examples being:
ray5k, spas12 ray, dual wield ray gun, MK-X Dark Ray Gun & my favourite of all time, the Dark Ray Gun from the custom map Ameliorama (its literally full auto and purple)
I actually thought about including those in the video but ended up not
The only one I've used is Spas12 Ray Gun (the one that's the bundle skin from Cold War) and I thought it was pretty cool. I've been thinking of maybe doing a video on the mod that adds all the different ray guns
@@CatCrossed hell yea
When I play with my best fryend of over fifteen years, in every iteration of zombies we call the the Ray Gun "The Ronald" haha and we started that joke while playing BO2
21:05 actually the Waw ray gun did have slightly more damage when upgraded but it only helped be better in one higher round than the BO1 ray gun
All the zombies In world at war have slightly lower health after a dog round (the game skips the dog round for increasing zombie health), which is probably why.
That's the same reason why the Bowie Knife is a 1 hit kill until Round 11 in World at War instead of 10 like usual
20:58 the WaW ray gun feels more powerful because the health scaling in WaW is different than bo1 and later. I watched a video about the health systems of waw-bo3 and normally zombies health starts off at 150 on round 1,and increases by 100 up until round 9 in which it is at 950 HP, on round 10 and every round after it simply increases by 10% every round, this is consistent with all the zombies games I mentioned expect for WaW, as for some reason dog rounds on shi no numa and Der riese don't increase the HP of zombies, when in the later games it does, so if you're on round 25 and you've had 4 dog rounds on der riese it's actually round 21 health zombies compared to the other games, that's why the ray gun feels stronger.
I also agree with the notion that the bo2 version feels the best to use, it's the cleanest design of the ray guns while still feeling like the classic ones and bo2 still using the old physics engine. The bo3 one feels weak just based on the visuals and sound, there isn't as much impact using that one as there was with the first 3 games, that's also why I dislike the bo3 ray gun, and I feel like it actually is probably one of the worst ray guns even if statically the same as always, the bo3 system probably treats it the worst with AAT's being so broken and the zombies moving so fast that they can easily get in your face.
You can see the Waw health scaling really well if you buy the Bowie knife on der riese. Chances are, it's a one hit kill until round 12 instead of 10 like normal
The WW in zombies in spacelamd are just ray guns let’s be real. They are also the best ray guns ever made imo the shredder for sure
The Raygun is the Godfather of Wonder Weapons.🔥🔥🔥😎😎