Call of Duty: Black Ops in 5 Minutes (Sort of)

Just in time for Black Ops 2

Before you pick up Black Ops 2, catch up on the characters and events of the first game (you just might need it).

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Call of Duty: Black Ops in 5 Minutes (Sort of)

[MylesMarrero]

If we're being honest, Black Ops 1 had the best plot of any of the Call of Duty games.

[kazuhiramiller]

This game should have been a movie instead

[nateurbina]

Freedom, Reznov!
For you Mason, not for me!....
....I'm heartbroken

[curranhoxie]

Who’s here for a recap to be ready for Cold War?

[Energysunn]

People in 2012: campaigns back in the day were legendary, still good now tho

People in 2015: campaigns back in the day were so good, wtf is this bo3 bullshit campaign

People in 2018: at least they had a campaign in 2015

People in 2021: what’s a campaign?

[infamousian]

I find it hilarious how a guy in bo1 gets brutally stabbed in the eye and lives and starts fighting minutes later like nothing happened and meanwhile in mw2 the general dies instantly.

[bneless]

They need to remaster black ops for next gen

[stlmyshow]

Even though CoD is a repetitive franchise, the black ops (1 and 2) are pretty complex and not bad storyline

[dereksmith]

Reznov is from world at war. it was weird there was no mention of it

[waveoblivion]

The phrase is "Gosh that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet".

[TommyTLC]

Back when COD had a fantastic campaign :, ( I remember that I used to buy Call Of Duty only for this

[Synk]

I remember this game having a lot of plot twists. It was a fun campaign, I just thought it was slightly unbelievable.

[mohammednalg]

"Woods and Mason re-enact the scene from the Deer Hunter" LOL

[TheJRod]

here’s a simple mistake Treyarch made.. in the mission “Crash Site”, while you’re driving the boat, there’s a song that plays.. the song is called Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones. NOTE: the mission date was February 11th, 1968.. BUT, the song did not release until December 6th, 1968.. whoopsie daisy Treyarch lmao. oh and here’s another mistake Treyarch made, Black Ops 3 & 4.

[KousthubhaKumar]

Great story, hats off to the game developers. Great description of the events in the video, actually felt like crossing through the whole game in 5 mins, cant wait for black ops 2, black ops hands down the best FPS game Ive ever played!!

[Bladebreaker]

And the cod haters said that cod is simple and never complicated...

[iitzYaBoii]

I just remembered how epic the older cod (mw2, black ops and mw3) stories were and all the plot twists within.

[Unboxings]

Best COD story ever. And MW2 is the best COD multiplayer!

[TheSlayerOfTranzit]

If anyone noticed, Dimitri, the friend of Reznov that is killed by nova 6, is the guy you play as in Call of Duty-World at War. remember that sniper mission where they met? That mission where he dies was very sad, but made this storyline AMAZING!

[benjaminhoyos]

I played a bit of black ops 1 and 2 all I have to say was the story was confusing but memorable 
MW3 story was simple and forgetable