One of the best missions in CoD history. Not because of any crazy gameplay gimmick or revolutionary design change, but because it is brutal, tragic, and absolutely terrifying. It may not be realistic but it is haunting.
This is probably the most memorable COD mission of any COD game. You literally felt the fear and tension in fighting for your life in the heart of the nation
I remember playing this when I was young, I didn’t really pay attention to the plot, just running around killing the enemy. Now that I’ve grown up, I’m watching this and it’s really sad and depressing. This mission carries a lot of weight and infinity ward really made a masterpiece with this mission.
Negan The Savior I wasn’t learning about warfare at that age lol. I was just playing a video game, shooting at enemy soldiers, not caring about the story. I don’t think you have a clue.
At this moment a Russian plane Ruslan just landed in NY airport and brought humanitarian cargo for American citizens suffering from coronovirus. Again bad Russians?)
This scene hits differently when you have actually visited Washington DC in person, I recently visited DC over the summer for a family vacation. Seeing this scene especially after being in this same area where this chaotic scene takes place truly makes this a chilling scene.
I live in DC, work in DC near Capitol Hill. I have a mental map of the whole area. The idea of this happening, of the whole evacuation and firefight and all is surreal. The game got the distances between buildings a little of but in general it's pretty fricking close
I love the opening of "Of Their Own Accord" so much. You start out in the bunker, wounded around you, making your way out. You regroup with Sgt. Foley and get the SitRep, and then walk out into the trenches. And then... BAM. The reveal of the Washington Monument, and that this is Washington D.C. under fire. And only then does the mission text appear. It's such a beautiful and haunting moment that I just cannot help but gush about.
13:21 R.I.P Private Wade The way he died is just saddening.He saw Ramirez waking up and gave him a weapon,forcing himself to go out of cover.And then his last words were,"take this and stay down!!".Coincidently,he died just seconds after coming out of his cover.That comes to show how dedicated he is as a soldier.Taking care of his brothers and risking his life to save them.
It’s an important detail that I think is an attempt to motivate the player into neutralizing all in-game threats so that no friendlies are lost in the mission anymore
Ahh 2009, back when we used to think that russia could single-handedly invade half of europe, land troops on the continental us on BOTH coasts, and capture the us capital...
The details of the first mission is outstanding. The atmosphere,the battle,the soundtrack are all great. The only thing wrong about that mission was it was short. I just wish we could use m4 with acog sight/m203 more in here.
I don't know if they included it or not with remastered, but the original MW2 had cut dialogue from the Washington Monument evac site in which the radio operator got more and more desperate as their situation worsened (if you didn't provide support in time). It gets pretty chilling, which is probably why they cut it from the original.
@@ubernet5345 yeah I watched and it was so crazy. The guy used to say "enemy troops are inside the evac site repeat enemy troops are inside the evac site. We lost to civies nooo" when I heard it I was shocked.
Everything's Alright That one was horrifying. Though I imagine they removed it because players would never realistically take that long to finish the objective and see a fail state.
Go back to the start of this mission and even listen closely when you head to EVAC at the roof of the hotel, *_they put the deleted transmissions back in._* Shit is crazy. You can even hear the last of the chatter *_(the ones where everyone is officially pulling out of DC) as your boarding the chopper._* *_Absolutely chilling!_*
hellooooooo95 Gonna agree to disagree and say that I think the Red Army missions from WAW are slightly better, namely because the sheer brutality and vengeance of the Soviets. I still love MW2 Rangers, but they weren’t shown doing anything close to what most US soldiers would do if the US was invaded and civilians were targeted. I kinda liked seeing in WAW the reality that a lot of potential POWs get executed when they surrender in wars where civilians are purposely targeted. There’s no reason to spare a hostile soldier when he didn’t spare the defenseless family down the road, and I would’ve liked seeing that here or in MW3 at least
Or rotten milk the idea of Russia invading the east coast is more laughable the ever. They’re having supply issues invading a neighboring country imagine them try to supply forces in the middle of the US Capitol. That being said this mission is awesome and I loved it as a kid
@@snowman3029 I am so sick of the "aged like fine wine" comments, be more original and go outside for once. I don't see Fcing North Koreans shooting up Washington DC as it burns in total destruction, do you? My goodness the internet is dramatic and stupid.
It’s still unrealistic now, not WW3 though, just an attack on US soil, specifically Washington It would be extremely difficult for an enemy combatant to get on US soil with an army that massive
It did happen in 1814 when Canada burned down Waahington and gave the White House its name... And the Confederates in 1862 nearly manage to do the same in Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)...
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that *_Sgt. Foley is such a Chad?_* *_He wanted to play Chicken, in a Chopper going down, against an entire rooftop LITTERED with SAM Batteries._* *_"TAKE US UP! If we're going down, we're taking those SAM Sites with us!"_*
@@thomascoburn5481 Is *"dedication"* not a Chad State of Mind in of itself? Especially when you're doing things you're not even asked to do? Nearly *_everything_* Foley & Hunter 2-1 engage in after reaching The Fed Reserve are things that *_were not asked of them to be done_* and could've easily killed them and they did it anyway. That's a lot more than just simple *"dedication"*. Especially when what is essentially your superior telling you to safe yourself first and you choose not to.
Nobody who actually knows what they were talking about ever thought that. Not even during the height of the Cold War did they think that about the Soviet military, and then were a lot more competent and capable than the Russian army.
Nobody really ever believed that Russia could invade the US. We just didn't think that they were as incompetent as they turned out to be as demonstrated in Ukraine
Still my favorite mission in cod history. The atmosphere, music, and everything is just perfect. From waking up in the shelter of wounded, right up to the Washington square radio operator freaking out for help as you try and down as many helicopters and tanks that you can. Amazing mission
I never understood Russia managed to field such a huge army on American soil and threaten the capital directly.That's some blitzkrieg shit right there.
My thing is how did they get pass the navy and airforce so quickly and I understand that the Russians use lightning tactics, but goddamm......also I'm curious how many casualties there were.
JimOriginal all in the games. Realistically the Russian Navy would have been entirely destroyed before leaving Europe. It would have had to pass by several NATO countries which field navies capable of crippling or annihilating Russia’s Atlantic Squadron. Even if they survived they would only have the capacity to transport about 50,000 troops after a several week round trip. Those 50,000 men would never be able to establish a beachhead and last until reinforcements arrive. All this is also assuming the US does nothing but considering the largest naval base in the world is in Virginia Russia would not come close to US soil
Could you imagine being a wartime general and being told you have a blank check? With the US Military? The absolute power in reality wielded by that man is lacking respect described just with words.
SavageChewBaka a blank check has no value on it meaning that whoever gets it can use ANYTHING from whoever writes the check. In this case it’s the US government giving Shepherd whatever he needs to kill Makarov. Essentially everything the government has is his from military to intel
@@justsomeguy6240 compared with the hundreds of injuries and deaths in the "mostly peaceful" BLM "protests" yeah, the capital hill "storming" was indeed, mostly peaceful
The flare sequence at the end is a reference to the climax of the movie The Rock in that the protagonist must launch a flare to abort an incoming air strike.
@Christopher Alvarez Actually, broken arrow refers to an accident involving nuclear weapons/supplies (losing a nuclear warhead, a nuke going off accidentally, etc)
Harry Proctor that is the official meaning of “broken arrow,” but in pop culture it seems to have evolved into a distress call to scramble all available air assets for a unit about to be overrun, and I have no idea where that came from
I was kind of hoping hoping that they would give the SEALs their own unique models for this remaster. They still share the same randomly generated models of the Rangers in their UCP uniforms.
I guesa they used the same Game Codes to genwrate models albeit they're better this time. The thing is, the same game code means they can't just add new mods without finding the respective scripts and adding new ones.
The proof that the sound design and atmosphere is so perfect, is I can literally listen to this at work while I type in numbers on a spreadsheet and be able to fully picture the scene. Granted, I’ve played this mission so many times, but still it’s a test to how important music, effects, dialogue, and atmosphere ambience really are.
4:35 In the original MW2 that line was never subtitled but and you can still hear it in the original just not that loud. What surprises me the most is the additional animations which greatly adds detail and pieces of dialogue that we may have heard before in the original MW2
@@MrOccyc not really. Even back then, it was wishful thinking that they'd invade all of Europe alone, considering they would be left woefully outnumbered. France and Britain also have first-strike nuclear use for that exact scenario. They would have been stopped before France. The second the US got involved, they would have lost all air superiority which means easy pickings .
@@MacTac141not somehow, the Russian government were seized by ultranationalist in cod4 who developed the country into a global superpower with a stable economy, non corrupt military force and advanced equipment, while the U.S lost influence around the world and patriotism was at an all time low
@@codexsage Ya but that’s just writing fantasy. The most skilled politicians in history couldn’t fix all of Russia’s problems in the 5 years between MW 1 & 2. Eliminating corruption, fixing all the of its existential issues in the Russian military, somehow building the worlds largest military while also developing the economy substantially. Like its as ludicrous as imagining Argentina launching a revenge invasion in the UK mainland. Launching a simultaneous invasion of all the strongest NATO members is just…😂 It’s a video game so it doesn’t have to be all that realistic, but at the same time it’s so unrealistic it might as well be Vatnik fanfic lmao
@@MacTac141once again missing the point, the Russian federation in cod was not nearly as corrupt as in real life, learn to separate and make definitive distinction from reality to fantasy
Imagine this was your first time playing MW2, after a bombastic escape from a gulag, you’re suddenly caught off guard by a very realistic EBS message, you start wondering what’s going on. The screen fades back and you’re in some dark and dingy bunker, the muffled sound of explosions shake the place every few seconds, you see dozens of American soldiers in the same bunker as you, some injured while some quietly focused in their work. You eventually get up to the surface and the first thing you see is a very damaged Washington Monument, and suddenly the realisation kicks in as to where you are. And then the usual mission title finally appears, as if to confirm your assumptions. You’re in the capital city of the United States, and it’s in a state of complete chaos. God I love that short moment
Even worse: Imagine getting this in your recommended list on RUclips and you've never played MW2. your just scrolling through and you see "battle of Washington DC"
What’s funny is that people are calling it an insurrection which is definitely political grandstanding. Republicans definitely own the majority of guns and if that was their purpose it would’ve been a lot bloodier.
@@User-nu6km So does that automatically suggest that they have sound economic policies and fair tax practices? There’s a reason people are fleeing California and New York in record numbers. Once the fuck up southern states it’s on to Wyoming or Idaho.
These few missions where america was invaded and you just played the normal army fighting back another army were the best missions cod has ever done by a mile. I really wish cod just had a really nice gritty war focus no magical spec ops teams who destroy a million enemies with 4 guys just give me a cod campaign full of missions like this
@@DoomGuy69420 Every regiment has their own operations it doesn't make them a spec ops team. Big difference between a group defending or attacking certain parts of the country under high command and a team off the grid most times in different countries going behind the lines to take out specific targets or on espionage assignments. Then again why am I explaining obvious military differences to someone who likes his own comment (A sign of a 10 year old who needs validation in anything he ever says)
@@DoomGuy69420 Yeah someone was looking at my 2 month old comment that's buried under 4000 other comments to like your reply 30 seconds after it was posted 😆😆😆 Don't be embarrassed no shame in being a kid, I am sure I liked my own comments when I was 10 too no shame.
With the way MW 2022 is going, we can expect they redone this in the new timeline. Maybe not a full blown war but something like Russian incursion in Alaska as a revenge for something the US was blamed for which it did not do. The post credit scene in MWII confirmed Makarov as the next villain so this even more likely
Probably my favorite section of the campaign, didn’t appreciate them as a 9 year old but now as a 22 year old I think they’re what made the game special. Took Activision a lot of balls to put that into the game, which is why the scaled it back in mw3.
I’m not an anti american or anything like that but imagine if they made a game like this but you’re an Iraqi soldier or something, imagine how terrified they must have felt knowing the american war machine was gonna get them
This level, more than any other one, made this game for me. I remember the awe when you run up the ramp and find out that it's the capital being shot to sh.t. I still, years later have to have my mind right to play COD:MW II because the feel of the levels and the story just hard hitting and realistic. Who ever wrote for this needed to be awarded. I was really impacted by this game. It's kinda the "Empire Strikes Back" of the trilogy for me...lol (arguably of course).
I played this mission for the first time yesterday. I had no Idea it existed before this so when I load in the game and look to see the white house burning I was like. “I just can’t escape reality”
@@BackwoodsTruther God didn't say shit to you don't hide behind him. And I called you dumb because what you said was freaking stupid, Russia is a paper tiger, China as well, and Iran and North Korea got me thinking your special ed.
Played this mission as a kid for several years ago, I have no any sense about it. But today, watching this walk through give me the feeling how intense and depress it is.
When I first played this mission the music dropped as soon as I turned and saw the Washington monument. I was in complete awe. Then something randomly exploded near me as the second music drop happened and I felt the intensity. Best COD ever.
I used to spend hours replaying this campaign over and over again. The first mission and this one especially. I’d just run around, see what people were doing and what their names were. So many easily missed detail in this game
Looking back at this mission... Price really knew what he was doing (even though I thought it was a huge gamble). Creating an EMP effect would've disabled both US and RU equipment. It would have affected especially the US medevac air vehicles, which would've gone down too presumably. Scary if you think about it, kinda like in CoD4 where the USMC helos went down due to Al-Asad's nuke. But, a few medevac casualties were worth the price, maybe? Since the US eventually got the upper hand because of home-field advantage? (Plus a guy named Ramirez and the invincible Foley and Dunn, hahaha)
Thomas Coburn He was a dick only to Shepard. Shepard wanted to be seen as the war hero. He needed DC destroyed and the Americans defeated there to get the whole nation rallied under him. Price saving what’s left of DC with the EMP kinda screw it up.
So your saying that the whole situation was fucked no matter what if Shepard was planning to get DC to fall so he can later look like the hero for the US big comeback? So Price did what he can do with the EMP so the American's can have a fighting chance to repeal the RU forces without retreat?
@Harry Proctor Sgt. Foley didn't say that statement at 12:19. It's clearly from the radio traffic, specifically an unknown soldier calling the rest of his men to abandon their posts.
@@TheResilient5689 That wasn’t a coup lmao. A bunch of nuts running into a building and taking shit from it isn’t near the amount of destruction and casualties a coup would cause.
@@tomislavtomic6402 well you have to realize it was detonated over space way out of range to do any harm on the earth. Well other than knocking out the whole eastern seaboard ability to use electronics.
@@kourtbowen7131 it's true, both are right, but everyone thought Russia will wipe out Ukraine in weeks, maybe less than six months, but the help was quickly for their defense
@@Emigdiosbackgod I hate the term “whataboutism”. It’s so easy to dismiss a valid argument just by using some retarded internet term. How can you deny the logic behind this statement is beyond me. Just like US in Vietnam, Russia underestimated the enemy, over-relied on technological superiority and failed to account for the support of other nations. I think that recent history of armed conflicts (both the US and Russia’s) showed that no military in the world can guarantee its success just by having a higher military budget. Army is only as good as the tactics/strategy involved in its operation.
It wasn’t an estimation, it was a completely different universe where Russia became a global superpower and The U.S weakened after the events of cod4. Learn to separate fiction from reality
@@lalallama171 well too bad because in the game russian infantry are literally opening fire on american civilians, russian tanks shooting HE on a crowded civilian evac site sooo...I don't think both sides are going help each other in this situation
2:06 Small detail I never noticed in my several campaign playthroughs, you can see the SEALs Overlord was informing you about ziplining into the building on the top right corner.
Ramirez carrying the entire US defence force on his back
Sorry but Ramirez is in Burger Town, because I need a Cheeseburger NOW.
Zero 7 RAMIREZ, GET TO BURGER TOWN AND GET A ME DOUBLE CHEESE BURGER WITH LARGE FRIES AND A MEDUIM COCA-COLA.
Luke Hahn MAKE THAT A EXTRA LARGE FRY SIR
Ramirez repair every burgertown in this state
@@J0hnHenrySNEEDen I hope so. 🍔🍟
When Overlord said “ RPG teams at the WW2 memorial” I was like great now they are gonna have to make more space for the WW3 memorial
Emi Montey well, since DC got the Berlin treatment you’ll have plenty of space to reconfigure
Just waiting for President Trump to bomb China. Now I'm infected and my parents are freaking out.
@Donald Trump I'm still alive. I can't die before FF7 comes out.
@Donald Trump OMG ITS TRUMP
You gonna drop two nukes on China? Because they deserve it. Let's wipe them off the map.
StarwindAmada1 i’m honestly waiting for the punchline
One of the best missions in CoD history. Not because of any crazy gameplay gimmick or revolutionary design change, but because it is brutal, tragic, and absolutely terrifying. It may not be realistic but it is haunting.
Powerful as well
This is most likely the most realistic mission ever since this may happen
@@Site13. Russians launching a surprise invasion of the East Coast? Not likely…
i know this is a year old comment, but the battle in berlin in cod world at war also similar to this too, both was brutal and show the horror of war
this mission is the modern version 1814 british invasion of the washington
This is probably the most memorable COD mission of any COD game. You literally felt the fear and tension in fighting for your life in the heart of the nation
Dude, that’s kinda sad you know - it’s a video game.
@@dieu5041 so?
I remember playing this when I was young, I didn’t really pay attention to the plot, just running around killing the enemy. Now that I’ve grown up, I’m watching this and it’s really sad and depressing. This mission carries a lot of weight and infinity ward really made a masterpiece with this mission.
You know it would be so great if that would happen
Negan The Savior dude I was like 7 years old lmao
Negan The Savior I wasn’t learning about warfare at that age lol. I was just playing a video game, shooting at enemy soldiers, not caring about the story. I don’t think you have a clue.
@Negan The Savior U r dumb wtf
@Negan The Savior ok boomer
"When are we going to Moscow"
"Not soon enough, man. But I know we're gonna burn it down when we get there."
At this moment a Russian plane Ruslan just landed in NY airport and brought humanitarian cargo for American citizens suffering from coronovirus. Again bad Russians?)
and they never did go to moscow as the war ended lol
@@aliscander92 Just a game bro
@@aliscander92 Its a game lol, chill
@@alien1051 Game is also cultural propaganda, just saying
This scene hits differently when you have actually visited Washington DC in person, I recently visited DC over the summer for a family vacation. Seeing this scene especially after being in this same area where this chaotic scene takes place truly makes this a chilling scene.
I live near DC and go there all the time. The mission was surreal when I was a kid.
I went down there too
Hahaha
Real DC’s not much better than it’s portrayed here lol
I live in DC, work in DC near Capitol Hill. I have a mental map of the whole area. The idea of this happening, of the whole evacuation and firefight and all is surreal. The game got the distances between buildings a little of but in general it's pretty fricking close
7:53 The execution of that line gives me chills...
I love how you pulled the pin on the grenade so we can clearly see the whole view of the situation without the presence of your gun
No no it was for thumbnail purposes
I'm just thinking of what that looks like from the AIs perspective lol
it was a flashbang not a grenade
@@somerandominternetuser5730 A soldier holding a flashbang in his hands backwards, as if he's gonna shove it into your face any second
If it was a grenade this video wouldn't exist
Me: This year cant get worse.
May 2020:
Looks like my birthday is going to be pretty lit this year.
FirstName LastName
oof
What's happening in may?
Muhammad. S. M
economy collapsing
Theres already a recession hopefullh 2021 things get better
I love the opening of "Of Their Own Accord" so much. You start out in the bunker, wounded around you, making your way out. You regroup with Sgt. Foley and get the SitRep, and then walk out into the trenches. And then... BAM. The reveal of the Washington Monument, and that this is Washington D.C. under fire. And only then does the mission text appear. It's such a beautiful and haunting moment that I just cannot help but gush about.
Didn't even think of all that tbh, nice detail
MW2 taught how effective the javelin is against rusky armor over a decade ago.
could be used as a Ukrainian training video
Too bad it failed
Teacher: We are going to Washington DC!
Girls: YAAAYY!
Bois: On your feet, we’re Oscar Mike!
Orellote Odeon what does Oscar mike mean?
Juan Chavez go ask him 0:40
@@stopreadingmyusernamebroth9090 it's jargon of American soldiers, Oscar Mike means on the move
Comment of the year
As I was reading this comment the guy said what you put
13:21 R.I.P Private Wade
The way he died is just saddening.He saw Ramirez waking up and gave him a weapon,forcing himself to go out of cover.And then his last words were,"take this and stay down!!".Coincidently,he died just seconds after coming out of his cover.That comes to show how dedicated he is as a soldier.Taking care of his brothers and risking his life to save them.
It’s an important detail that I think is an attempt to motivate the player into neutralizing all in-game threats so that no friendlies are lost in the mission anymore
It's funny in 2009 he is replaced to random soldier lol i really believe his death was canon at all
He is the real hero in this mission. He died twice for us the player
RIP
@@BreadCroissant It isn't a random soldier. The subtitles just say 'Ranger' but it is Wade every time
“That was the freaking capitol building man” - Cpl Dunn
Ahh 2009, back when we used to think that russia could single-handedly invade half of europe, land troops on the continental us on BOTH coasts, and capture the us capital...
COD and other video games are Military Industrial Complex propaganda. What did you expect.
Honestly even back in 2009 nobody believed this could potentially happen.
@@nonameman7114 and all it took was somethign different to storm the capitol
@@christopherlng753 A bunch of mongoloids
And what the us can do ?brainwashed American
The details of the first mission is outstanding. The atmosphere,the battle,the soundtrack are all great. The only thing wrong about that mission was it was short. I just wish we could use m4 with acog sight/m203 more in here.
Its because composed by Hans Zimmer called "Of Their Own Accord" 1:04 and this is most saddest OST in world war 3
@@axtonganha It's by Lorne Balfe
Hans Zimmer only did tge main theme
@@gamertriggered4396 Yeah they did work together
I don't know if they included it or not with remastered, but the original MW2 had cut dialogue from the Washington Monument evac site in which the radio operator got more and more desperate as their situation worsened (if you didn't provide support in time). It gets pretty chilling, which is probably why they cut it from the original.
@@ubernet5345 yeah I watched and it was so crazy. The guy used to say "enemy troops are inside the evac site repeat enemy troops are inside the evac site. We lost to civies nooo" when I heard it I was shocked.
RUclips’s algorithm has a sick sense of humor lol
Yeah man
No kidding! Can't believe this just popped up.
Classic level by the way.
Hahahaha ya no shit the full Military is already there
Yeah, just one from Olympus Has Fallen with the AC-130 attacking Washington DC
@@Sisko1500 Check Out Shattered Union Trailer Now that’s More Accurate.
Back here after watching Civil War (A24).
At least this game had more of a point than civil war lol!
Watching A24’s Civil War and coming back to this
Yeeeeeah 😄😄😄
i still get chills thinking of the deleted dialogue at the defending the washington monument section. generalkidd uploaded the lines...chilling af
Everything's Alright. Thought i was the only one noticing it
Everything's Alright That one was horrifying. Though I imagine they removed it because players would never realistically take that long to finish the objective and see a fail state.
Go back to the start of this mission and even listen closely when you head to EVAC at the roof of the hotel, *_they put the deleted transmissions back in._* Shit is crazy. You can even hear the last of the chatter *_(the ones where everyone is officially pulling out of DC) as your boarding the chopper._*
*_Absolutely chilling!_*
I never heard it what did it say
Yeah I was hopping it'd be here
Oh man, this aged like fine wine
indeed
I predicted this on tiktok, unfortunately tiktok is soft af and banned me cause I used this and it’s apparently violent
@@bigmanchungie8685 Tik tok suck ass
@@bigmanchungie8685 i mean, it kinda is violent, it shows people being shot and some disturbing radio logs
ok
Can't stop coming back to 29:45. That soldier is a badass
Trying to Naruto run 🏃♀️
how I imagined the battles in the Civil War movie were gonna be like
So much potential wasted
Damn, I didn't know this was happening in the East coast, meanwhile, I'm stuck here in the west coast.
Think its happening both but in different time.
I think its invasion on the whole America
Oh then just wait 5 more years man. For Cordis Die.
[141]Nedek it just the east coast
Yeah they see a bunch of bogies in the west coast but that's a ruse to mask the real invasion in the east coast
These were always my favorite missions in the game
Same here, the atmosphere was just amazing, even though it was a video game it made me feel patriotic.
Same. I like Corporal Dunn.😏
Hes my man.
I mean, MW2 still the best because of moments like this
@King Crimson I know, but I like cpl. Dunn as well mate. He's kind of funny in this mission.
hellooooooo95
Gonna agree to disagree and say that I think the Red Army missions from WAW are slightly better, namely because the sheer brutality and vengeance of the Soviets. I still love MW2 Rangers, but they weren’t shown doing anything close to what most US soldiers would do if the US was invaded and civilians were targeted. I kinda liked seeing in WAW the reality that a lot of potential POWs get executed when they surrender in wars where civilians are purposely targeted. There’s no reason to spare a hostile soldier when he didn’t spare the defenseless family down the road, and I would’ve liked seeing that here or in MW3 at least
Is anyone else here after that new Civil War movie
Age like fine wine in 2022. Making us ready all along.
Or rotten milk the idea of Russia invading the east coast is more laughable the ever. They’re having supply issues invading a neighboring country imagine them try to supply forces in the middle of the US Capitol. That being said this mission is awesome and I loved it as a kid
@A nope. Not at all. Complimented the game on the first sentence, and grimly gave an expression that it might have matched our reality today.
It aged poorly the Russian army is hilariously bad at actually doing things my dude.
@@snowman3029 I am so sick of the "aged like fine wine" comments, be more original and go outside for once. I don't see Fcing North Koreans shooting up Washington DC as it burns in total destruction, do you? My goodness the internet is dramatic and stupid.
@@ayylmao575How are things in Afghanistan? Did you defeat the farmers for whom the pinnacle of military equipment is a Toyota with a machine gun?
Remember how unrealistic this all seemed back in the day? Welcome to the 2020s
Yea. This time it won’t be Russian troops in dc though. It’s just gonna be some very very angry people with guns.
It’s still unrealistic now, not WW3 though, just an attack on US soil, specifically Washington
It would be extremely difficult for an enemy combatant to get on US soil with an army that massive
It did happen in 1814 when Canada burned down Waahington and gave the White House its name... And the Confederates in 1862 nearly manage to do the same in Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)...
The facts they they got in so easily makes you wonder about how bad the security all the people, could a mob of foreign agents do the same.
Ikr lol. This decade is going to be very interesting.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that *_Sgt. Foley is such a Chad?_* *_He wanted to play Chicken, in a Chopper going down, against an entire rooftop LITTERED with SAM Batteries._*
*_"TAKE US UP! If we're going down, we're taking those SAM Sites with us!"_*
No it's called dedication
i don’t think you know what a chad means lmfao
@@thomascoburn5481 Is *"dedication"* not a Chad State of Mind in of itself? Especially when you're doing things you're not even asked to do? Nearly *_everything_* Foley & Hunter 2-1 engage in after reaching The Fed Reserve are things that *_were not asked of them to be done_* and could've easily killed them and they did it anyway. That's a lot more than just simple *"dedication"*. Especially when what is essentially your superior telling you to safe yourself first and you choose not to.
when he said "we're going down, we're taking those SAM Sites with us!" he meant: "Ramirez is going down and he will take those SAM Sites with him"
@@mariano98ify With only a Butter Knife
Fun fact: the sights on the M9 still glow because they're not electric, they're naturally glowing tritium
Just don't lick the paint
Good times, when we all thought the Russian military was competent and skilled enough to invade the US
Nobody who actually knows what they were talking about ever thought that. Not even during the height of the Cold War did they think that about the Soviet military, and then were a lot more competent and capable than the Russian army.
Nobody really ever believed that Russia could invade the US. We just didn't think that they were as incompetent as they turned out to be as demonstrated in Ukraine
@@Brendissimo1Only reason we werent curbstomping the commies in CW was cause they had nukes
Shut the fuck up brainwashed American russia is taking half of Ukraine while yall talking shit
Stop copypasting this shit, kiddo.
RAMIREZ, WE NEED TO GET THOSE SENATORS OUT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING!
lol
Thank you for attaching your GoPro for this footage today.
Still my favorite mission in cod history. The atmosphere, music, and everything is just perfect. From waking up in the shelter of wounded, right up to the Washington square radio operator freaking out for help as you try and down as many helicopters and tanks that you can. Amazing mission
POV : You are defending the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, 2022.
Too soon
SLAVA UKRAINE
I never understood Russia managed to field such a huge army on American soil and threaten the capital directly.That's some blitzkrieg shit right there.
My thing is how did they get pass the navy and airforce so quickly and I understand that the Russians use lightning tactics, but goddamm......also I'm curious how many casualties there were.
JimOriginal all in the games. Realistically the Russian Navy would have been entirely destroyed before leaving Europe. It would have had to pass by several NATO countries which field navies capable of crippling or annihilating Russia’s Atlantic Squadron. Even if they survived they would only have the capacity to transport about 50,000 troops after a several week round trip. Those 50,000 men would never be able to establish a beachhead and last until reinforcements arrive. All this is also assuming the US does nothing but considering the largest naval base in the world is in Virginia Russia would not come close to US soil
Jullian Cole it would never happen it’s a fictional universe not at all based on reality
@@alexalbrecht5768 true, just want to analyze a bit that all.
Alex Albrecht
2020: I’m going to stop you right there.
Could you imagine being a wartime general and being told you have a blank check? With the US Military? The absolute power in reality wielded by that man is lacking respect described just with words.
Whats a blank check
@@FMJ1400 General Sheppard has the entire US Military at his disposal.
SavageChewBaka a blank check has no value on it meaning that whoever gets it can use ANYTHING from whoever writes the check. In this case it’s the US government giving Shepherd whatever he needs to kill Makarov. Essentially everything the government has is his from military to intel
SumGuy123456789 Meaning, he could rape Russia with nukes if he wanted to.
Dick Cheney has a lot of experience
2009: Americans vs Russians
2024: Americans vs Americans
This mission is 10 times better than the 3 reboots combined.
I dunno what y'all are talking about, it was a mostly peaceful protest.
Damm finally we got the real life version I've waited for so damm long
Someone’s dead of a gunshot wound, but mostly peaceful.
Well....are you sure???
@@justsomeguy6240 compared with the hundreds of injuries and deaths in the "mostly peaceful" BLM "protests" yeah, the capital hill "storming" was indeed, mostly peaceful
@@justsomeguy6240 he's kinda right if you think about it
The flare sequence at the end is a reference to the climax of the movie The Rock in that the protagonist must launch a flare to abort an incoming air strike.
Call of Duty references a lot of films and tv shows in their levels.
Is think the "broken arrow, broken arrow!" is a reference to the movie "We Were Soldiers".
But that's just a theory, a Game Theory.
@Christopher Alvarez Actually, broken arrow refers to an accident involving nuclear weapons/supplies (losing a nuclear warhead, a nuke going off accidentally, etc)
Harry Proctor that is the official meaning of “broken arrow,” but in pop culture it seems to have evolved into a distress call to scramble all available air assets for a unit about to be overrun, and I have no idea where that came from
The Rock starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage? Fucking legendary movie.
The first 45seconds of this is actually what it would be like in Russia if NATO invaded.
Who else here after Civil War?
Yup 🤙🏼
No
@@joenine2013 Cool input bro
Wish it was as bad ass as this
@@user-tq8po9vp5e Same man. Thinking back on it, some of the decisions in that scene in the movie seemed a bit too nonsensical.
I was kind of hoping hoping that they would give the SEALs their own unique models for this remaster. They still share the same randomly generated models of the Rangers in their UCP uniforms.
yeah, i was hoping also
yeah i was hoping they would change the models of seal's. like giving them a badass beards
I also wanted this.
I guesa they used the same Game Codes to genwrate models albeit they're better this time. The thing is, the same game code means they can't just add new mods without finding the respective scripts and adding new ones.
I think There was a mod for that for the original mw2...
Man I definitely did not comprehend how heavy this campaign got as a kid
The proof that the sound design and atmosphere is so perfect, is I can literally listen to this at work while I type in numbers on a spreadsheet and be able to fully picture the scene. Granted, I’ve played this mission so many times, but still it’s a test to how important music, effects, dialogue, and atmosphere ambience really are.
Gotta love getting recommended this youtuber
So is anyone here because of current events?
Think we might have to do “Hammer down”
You are not alone
Yup lol
Pretty scary this popped up. I didn’t search for this.
Jan 20, 2021
4:35 In the original MW2 that line was never subtitled but and you can still hear it in the original just not that loud. What surprises me the most is the additional animations which greatly adds detail and pieces of dialogue that we may have heard before in the original MW2
Same with Team Player where the rangers are talking which building is about to get bomb
It’s so sad if it’s in real life. Deserving of Medal of Valor.
Remember when people thought the Russian military was actually capable of an invasion like this? 🤣
They’d get lost and probably wind up in Canada looking for fuel.
@@gabrielquinto-dangelo1266 their aircraft would fall into the ocean and they would drown miles before reaching America haha
There’s a big difference between the Soviet Red Army and the modern day Russian army.
@@MrOccycyeah the red Army was actually a threat. It was too big.
After they beat the Nazis they learned alot
@@MrOccyc not really. Even back then, it was wishful thinking that they'd invade all of Europe alone, considering they would be left woefully outnumbered. France and Britain also have first-strike nuclear use for that exact scenario. They would have been stopped before France.
The second the US got involved, they would have lost all air superiority which means easy pickings .
Apparently we overrated the Russian army
Then again they didn't expect any resistance from Ukraine like the Kharkiv Counteroffensive
God knows what'll happen if they invade the US
Lmao by a LOT!
Somehow in the MW universe Russia in 10 times stronger than in ours
@@MacTac141not somehow, the Russian government were seized by ultranationalist in cod4 who developed the country into a global superpower with a stable economy, non corrupt military force and advanced equipment, while the U.S lost influence around the world and patriotism was at an all time low
@@codexsage Ya but that’s just writing fantasy. The most skilled politicians in history couldn’t fix all of Russia’s problems in the 5 years between MW 1 & 2. Eliminating corruption, fixing all the of its existential issues in the Russian military, somehow building the worlds largest military while also developing the economy substantially. Like its as ludicrous as imagining Argentina launching a revenge invasion in the UK mainland. Launching a simultaneous invasion of all the strongest NATO members is just…😂
It’s a video game so it doesn’t have to be all that realistic, but at the same time it’s so unrealistic it might as well be Vatnik fanfic lmao
@@MacTac141once again missing the point, the Russian federation in cod was not nearly as corrupt as in real life, learn to separate and make definitive distinction from reality to fantasy
Imagine this was your first time playing MW2, after a bombastic escape from a gulag, you’re suddenly caught off guard by a very realistic EBS message, you start wondering what’s going on. The screen fades back and you’re in some dark and dingy bunker, the muffled sound of explosions shake the place every few seconds, you see dozens of American soldiers in the same bunker as you, some injured while some quietly focused in their work. You eventually get up to the surface and the first thing you see is a very damaged Washington Monument, and suddenly the realisation kicks in as to where you are. And then the usual mission title finally appears, as if to confirm your assumptions. You’re in the capital city of the United States, and it’s in a state of complete chaos.
God I love that short moment
Even worse:
Imagine getting this in your recommended list on RUclips and you've never played MW2. your just scrolling through and you see "battle of Washington DC"
yep this is my first time im playing the remastered and it is top ten all time gaming moments
How Germans felt in 1945
@@acatthatlookslikehitler1277 More like what Russians felt in Stalingrad.
They set this 5 years early.
What’s funny is that people are calling it an insurrection which is definitely political grandstanding. Republicans definitely own the majority of guns and if that was their purpose it would’ve been a lot bloodier.
@@TexasTeaHTX liberals are responsible for most of the country’s GDP so even if the conservatives win they would inherit an empty shell.
@@User-nu6km So does that automatically suggest that they have sound economic policies and fair tax practices? There’s a reason people are fleeing California and New York in record numbers. Once the fuck up southern states it’s on to Wyoming or Idaho.
@@TexasTeaHTX I’m from Ohio, but if I lived in Texas I’d be pissed about Liberals trying to turn it into another California.
@@User-nu6km yet the blue states (Democrat) are always needing the Government to bail them out of debt.
Just happened with the last stimulus.
The game aged like fine wine. The realism aged like fine milk
This’ll be a common theme of most remastered games in the future i’m afraid
This’ll be a common theme of most remastered games in the future i’m afraid
They were like
The crew: How realistic you want this to be?
The creator: yes
@@sticks_studiosHQ When i said realism, i was referring to how the Russian military performed in a real war.
@@darnit1944 In reality they would be trash
These few missions where america was invaded and you just played the normal army fighting back another army were the best missions cod has ever done by a mile. I really wish cod just had a really nice gritty war focus no magical spec ops teams who destroy a million enemies with 4 guys just give me a cod campaign full of missions like this
@@DoomGuy69420 Every regiment has their own operations it doesn't make them a spec ops team. Big difference between a group defending or attacking certain parts of the country under high command and a team off the grid most times in different countries going behind the lines to take out specific targets or on espionage assignments.
Then again why am I explaining obvious military differences to someone who likes his own comment (A sign of a 10 year old who needs validation in anything he ever says)
@@DoomGuy69420 Yeah someone was looking at my 2 month old comment that's buried under 4000 other comments to like your reply 30 seconds after it was posted 😆😆😆
Don't be embarrassed no shame in being a kid, I am sure I liked my own comments when I was 10 too no shame.
With the way MW 2022 is going, we can expect they redone this in the new timeline. Maybe not a full blown war but something like Russian incursion in Alaska as a revenge for something the US was blamed for which it did not do. The post credit scene in MWII confirmed Makarov as the next villain so this even more likely
Probably my favorite section of the campaign, didn’t appreciate them as a 9 year old but now as a 22 year old I think they’re what made the game special. Took Activision a lot of balls to put that into the game, which is why the scaled it back in mw3.
@@bolobalaman
they had the chance and they messed it all up. Such a shame
Acog would totally still work in an emp situation. It runs of tritium and fiber optics not batteries
I'm also sure most things would be faraday caged as well.
@@SaltineChipsTrue most military stuff is shielded against EMP
True. Some models are powered by solar energy. And then can run without it as well. (the thin red line on top of the optic is the sensor)
Yes, but the red dots and even EOtechs some had would actually fail
When my hologramphic sight weapon for m4 doesnt have the sight : i say what the hell happen on my weapon
God, this mission was so sad. I was felt bad for the injured soldiers, even if they're just in a video game.
I’m not an anti american or anything like that but imagine if they made a game like this but you’re an Iraqi soldier or something, imagine how terrified they must have felt knowing the american war machine was gonna get them
@@maximilianodelrio Interesting thought.
No matter what i lool at this as a wake up call. Protect our 2nd is important.
@@rocdaneweracap Amen. I hope to God something like this never happens. But if it does, I will defend my country to the max.
I felt sad for the astronaut
That moment when the battle for Washington suddenly turns into f*cking D-Day lol
This level, more than any other one, made this game for me. I remember the awe when you run up the ramp and find out that it's the capital being shot to sh.t. I still, years later have to have my mind right to play COD:MW II because the feel of the levels and the story just hard hitting and realistic. Who ever wrote for this needed to be awarded. I was really impacted by this game. It's kinda the "Empire Strikes Back" of the trilogy for me...lol (arguably of course).
I played this mission for the first time yesterday. I had no Idea it existed before this so when I load in the game and look to see the white house burning I was like. “I just can’t escape reality”
Better get ready for a future war. Idk who we gonna be fighting but I know it's not gonna be pretty and it will probably be worst then WW2 and 1.
who are the americans fighting in this mission
@@KuKluxSlider Ultranationalist and Russian forces
Probably China
@@woodrowwilson4815 probably Russia
Yo imagine if this were to happen in real life
Funny you say that......
30k troops in Washington at the moment yeah it might just happen..
@@BackwoodsTruther Sorry, we've already been invaded by China. Democrats and the fake Republicans have allowed it
@@BackwoodsTruther Dumbass
@@BackwoodsTruther God didn't say shit to you don't hide behind him. And I called you dumb because what you said was freaking stupid, Russia is a paper tiger, China as well, and Iran and North Korea got me thinking your special ed.
God how much we used to overstate the Russian military...
Creo que la gente tambien exagera al ejercito de EE.UU. digo no pudieron con Vietnan y ahora su ejercito esta lleno de qeers jaja
@@DA-VINC1 puede estar sobreestimado pero su cohesión y ventaja tecnológica frente a los rusos es tan grande como el Atlántico
Played this mission as a kid for several years ago, I have no any sense about it. But today, watching this walk through give me the feeling how intense and depress it is.
When America invades America.
america-ception?
I use america to destroy america
@@railgun9992 to rebuild a new america
thats been happening since BLM riots
Or when america realises theres oil in america
5:50 my man just said "GG Bruhhh" after getting shot.
bruh
bruh
bruh
Bruh
bruh
When I first played this mission the music dropped as soon as I turned and saw the Washington monument. I was in complete awe. Then something randomly exploded near me as the second music drop happened and I felt the intensity. Best COD ever.
I used to spend hours replaying this campaign over and over again. The first mission and this one especially. I’d just run around, see what people were doing and what their names were. So many easily missed detail in this game
Looking back at this mission... Price really knew what he was doing (even though I thought it was a huge gamble). Creating an EMP effect would've disabled both US and RU equipment. It would have affected especially the US medevac air vehicles, which would've gone down too presumably. Scary if you think about it, kinda like in CoD4 where the USMC helos went down due to Al-Asad's nuke. But, a few medevac casualties were worth the price, maybe? Since the US eventually got the upper hand because of home-field advantage? (Plus a guy named Ramirez and the invincible Foley and Dunn, hahaha)
No he didn't he was a Dick for launching that Emp and that's why Shepherd betrayed him
Thomas Coburn He was a dick only to Shepard. Shepard wanted to be seen as the war hero. He needed DC destroyed and the Americans defeated there to get the whole nation rallied under him. Price saving what’s left of DC with the EMP kinda screw it up.
So your saying that the whole situation was fucked no matter what if Shepard was planning to get DC to fall so he can later look like the hero for the US big comeback? So Price did what he can do with the EMP so the American's can have a fighting chance to repeal the RU forces without retreat?
@@ARuiz-eu3hk Mhm, that's pretty much what he's saying, yes.
@@omegaentertainment01 Great! Just looking for a clarification here.
29:55 That pop sound.
damn that sound is pristine
Once you pop (the signal flares) the fun don't stop!
You're about to recommended this once A24 Civil War comes out.
Edit: Yeah A24 Civil War was pretty good.
Yes, it's incredibile close to
Once again RUclips’s algorithm has brought me here
Now when I hear Sgt Foley all I can hear is the president on Rick and Morty
Or arbiter from halo
Jeremy Willins I was waiting for him to say were it so easy
man i just hear spawn
Captain Anderson from Mass Effect, same voice actor.
I'm mf Arbiter
at 12:19 when Sgt Foley said “We are leaving” I freakin heard Price saying it
That wasn't Sergeant Foley.
@Harry Proctor Sgt. Foley didn't say that statement at 12:19. It's clearly from the radio traffic, specifically an unknown soldier calling the rest of his men to abandon their posts.
Washington In 1812: DESTROYED
Washington in modern year : ah, shit here we go again.
Russia in COD: Invaded and took over USA and Western Europe
Russia IRL: Can't even took an ex-Soviet country in less than 1 year
trumpers took over capitol in 1 hour , if only we could ship them to ukraine
We can easily invade russia
Russia is losing in Real life because of NATO
@@Lenar508 Well that and because their army is divided into a bunch of PMCs rather than a proper unified army like the army in CoD.
Russia fighting 20 countries at once bruh.....
@@Lenar508 i mean russia is definetly not losing its just tking them a long time
It's still the famous battle after all these years now
Who’s here after the capitol building was stormed
Me
I'm pretty sure many people are.
I am, guess I'm joining the gang
call it the Uprising Arc
Can you believe you typed that? 2021 everyone
Well... Bloody Hel Here We Go again
I love the music playing in the background during the last run to the finish.
Me playing this as a kid: Dang can you imagine this in real life?
Me, an adult watching the protest today: Having flashbacks to modern warfare.
imagine having been a part of it
Are you talking about the attempted coup on January 6th? Just for the record.
bro this game out 2009. more than 10 years ago
@@TheResilient5689 That wasn’t a coup lmao. A bunch of nuts running into a building and taking shit from it isn’t near the amount of destruction and casualties a coup would cause.
Riots
I wonder when WAW will be remastered
Bro stop, imagine vendetta remastered?!?
Mw3
@@mcod99 is it bad that I never liked MW2? I don't know why. Maybe it was because of the MLG trend at the time.
I would pay for that in a heartbeat just for the mission Black Cats.
I would pay for that in a heartbeat just for the mission Black Cats.
The beginning of this mission always gave me chills even to this day there was always something super dark about it
Fun fact: a marine who worked with Sgt. Paul “Jackson” can be seen at the beginning of this level and he even got a promotion too
Thats what i heard at least or thats what i like to think
29:35 - 1 minute to weapons release
29:44 - 30 secs
wat
IKR
Logic
These are CoD seconds we are talking about here. They are shorter than normal seconds as the game requires. 😜
17:17 did anyone get chills from that
R6 IQ Main everytime
The breathing is a great addition to the original. Deepens the feeling of dread from the astronaut.
Houston this is ISS control uh... beeeeeeeeep
I did at 17:40
@@tomislavtomic6402 well you have to realize it was detonated over space way out of range to do any harm on the earth. Well other than knocking out the whole eastern seaboard ability to use electronics.
Back when we thought Russia could do this
Because every military analyst actually believed that Russia was a military superpower, when in Reality they couldn't overrun a country of farmers.
@@Emigdiosback. Countries of Farmers??? Ummm What about the US in Vietnam, who was the US fighting in that war? And how did that turn out?
@@kourtbowen7131 also, great use of "whataboutism". The adults are talking about Russia lying about how strong they are.
@@kourtbowen7131 it's true, both are right, but everyone thought Russia will wipe out Ukraine in weeks, maybe less than six months, but the help was quickly for their defense
@@Emigdiosbackgod I hate the term “whataboutism”. It’s so easy to dismiss a valid argument just by using some retarded internet term. How can you deny the logic behind this statement is beyond me. Just like US in Vietnam, Russia underestimated the enemy, over-relied on technological superiority and failed to account for the support of other nations. I think that recent history of armed conflicts (both the US and Russia’s) showed that no military in the world can guarantee its success just by having a higher military budget. Army is only as good as the tactics/strategy involved in its operation.
I think that from what we know now, the chances of Russia mounting an effective offensive operation against any major city is highly improbable. lol
More than impossible when it is one ocean away
Here because of today’s events.
Same
Same here
Yep
They’re ANTIFA’s agents.
@@Kong_HK416 that makes zero sense but ok.
Holy shit these riots are getting out Control
Uhh
Uhh
Sabaton: Then "Back in Control"
Ughhhhh
Uh oh
The space scene really captured the panic and reality, you're gonna drift away into space forever with no hope of survival
Back when we thought the Russian Federation was an actual threat
2021 will be better than 2020!!
January 2021 this day :
What happened anyway?
The atmosphere look awesome Just like the original.
These games definitely overestimated the capabilities of Russia
It wasn’t an estimation, it was a completely different universe where Russia became a global superpower and The U.S weakened after the events of cod4. Learn to separate fiction from reality
Thas what i call dedication, the guy has held a grenade the whole intro, so the gun is not in the way, what a LEGEND!
22:20 It's quite sad once you realize those guys were trying to help out the crew trapped inside the BTR.
Not really sad since they’re russians
Yeah
@@oogabooga9546 still, I’ve heard stories of medics helping wounded enemy soldiers
@@lalallama171 well too bad because in the game russian infantry are literally opening fire on american civilians, russian tanks shooting HE on a crowded civilian evac site sooo...I don't think both sides are going help each other in this situation
But to be fair none of this shit would've happened if Fackarov Didn't do a Airport shooting
They don’t make missions like this anymore. This was definitely one of the best missions in mw2
MW 2019 is like the only cod today that SORT OF comes close to it., the embassy mission almost gives off the same vibes
Have you seen Vanguard lol, absolute shit.
@@Epsilon-18vanguard is one of the best ones on the series lmao mw2 from 2009 is trash
@@exquerl0x252nice sarcasm man ngl
@@Celestial_Warrior glad you noticed it m8
2:06
Small detail I never noticed in my several campaign playthroughs, you can see the SEALs Overlord was informing you about ziplining into the building on the top right corner.
Don't mind me, just checking back on this realistic game, after some recent "special" world events...... 😑
Ukraine Russia crisis