Battle of Berlin - Call of Duty Vanguard

I miss the old Call of Duty. Where you were just a plain old soldier part of an army, rather than some one-liner spouting, hotshot super soldier taking on the nazis singlehandedly.

"Sniping your enemy is like hunting any other animal. Fire at the wrong moment and your chance will be forever lost" - Viktor Reznov

As these zoomer shinanigans are happening, somewhere in that city, are two Russian men ready to battle in the Reichstag and hoist the red banner on top of it.

Now I get it. Soviet army didnt took Berlin. 4 people took it alone with advanced weapons. They crashed German resistance in 23 minutes and Soviet army was just siting at Oder river with 3.000.000 men, 5000 tanks and waiting for this guys to clean Berlin. Then Stalin sent 8 soilders and man with camera to put flag on Reischtag.

Rip to all the historians who watched this

I have to say, this definitely doesn’t hold a candle to WAW’s Battle Of Berlin. It felt like the fall of an Empire, everything was coming to an end and the German’s felt desperate, it felt like they were fighting tooth and nail for every last scrap of Berlin, the screaming, the shouting, the German voice actors really sounded panicked, broadcasted voices impel the Germans to fight on, the hellish sound of Katyusha rockets. The colours were saturated and bleak, and the city was in utter ruins and a smoky haze had descended on the city, from the dust and destruction, there were hanged Germans who were hanged by their own for being cowards. The music was brilliant too, as with the entirety of COD WAW and the Eastern Front missions. It remains for me one of the greatest levels in gaming and COD. In Vanguard, instead of feeling like a single soldier in a massive army, a feeling which was aided by the massive scale chaos, sure you were still badass but your badassery felt almost eclipsed by what was going on around you. In this, you’re a hodgepodge of action badasses spouting quips and one-liners. There’s no real comment on the atrocities and war crimes that plagued Berlin in this, you don’t see the hanged Germans or at least can’t clearly, you don’t see Soviets executing prisoners, it only shows civilians getting caught up, what if the Russian lady saw some of her comrades executing prisoners and civilians, perhaps worse. What if there was a part where you enter a hallway, and there are Russian soldiers running down one end, and you have to go the other, and if you look to the right of you along the hallway looking into a small room, you find a naked woman, dead in the corner, it’s not shown what happened to her but there’s sure as hell an implication. Showing the ghastly horrors of war in a WW2 game, pffffff! Also, it’s far too bright, it’s downright near clear skied and the moon is clearly seen, unobstructed by any smoke or haze. There are also other things they could’ve done that WAW, what if they showed the Volkssturm? WAW didn’t do that and they were everywhere in the Battle of Berlin, civilians in or without uniforms wielding cheap shit and Panzerfausts. That’d be so cool, showing civilians being thrown into the meat grinder, alongside the new blood soldiers and grizzled veterans.

Ah. I remember clearly the battle of Berlin where an entire Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army couldn’t defeat 3 panzers, but 1 dude just running around clearing them all.

Developer: How inaccurate do you want this campaign to be? Treyarch: Yes

"As long as you live, the heart of this army can never be broken"

Would have preferred it if the mission was about stopping the generals from escaping to Argentina like in real life then creating a 4th Reich

Four people, each represent their country team up to together to defeat the evil nazi. One is born leader, One had incredible reflexes, One is deadeye(sharpshooter) and One is explosive Maniac. Why do i felt this more like a superhero mashup ww2 setup

Man , the COD developers are trying a way hard to make this game feel like marvel . Its a shame that triple A companies dont get why WAW was so memorable because it had a simpler plot and told a story of soldiers fighting tooth and nail to survive . (Its my personal opinion) the COD MW 2019 got the attention of the general community because of its brutality and gritty nature but then it became this season wise Verdansk shlock and the BO COLD WAR continued it . The problem is they started doing this multiplayer narrative which for me it doesn't work .

“These bastards have been plotting covert operations around the world” *CIA starts sweating nervously*

Freisinger: "To the Fourth Reich!" Me: "Slava! Slava! Slav... Ups wrong franchise..."

Ah, I miss the old days where you just play as a normal soldier participating as a member or a great operation, not like this super-hero-political-correct drama.

The entire story of this game sounds a lot like Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen and Inglorious Basterds. Not to mention games such as Medal of Honor and Sniper Elite

Someone give this guy an award for making such good videos

They need to make a Korean War Cod where we see mason, Hudson, and woods first combat experience since their all Korean War vets.

i love how they mention aether which is cold war and nova from blackops as well

I've come from getting goosebumps in the COD 2 Soviet campaign to cringing on these superheroes single-handedly saving the "world". Smh

Vanguard: going on WAW: hurry Dimitri you deserve the honor my friend as long as you live the heart of this army will never be broken

Of all the things that disappoints me about this game…the fact they traded legendary quotes from important historical figures for their own fictional character’s one liners disgusts me.

little did the team knew, they would going to split up and turn into enemies in couple of years….

Love the RussianBadger reference at 11:00, "if you aim this way, you wont miss due to fear of losing fingers."

ah yes the sequel of Inglorious Bastards

25:01 dang, didn't expect BO1 reference to be here

Interesting concept, but still kinda underwhelming. I do like the concept of an Allied Nexus Squad in WW2, but that was barely involved at all. Just the backstories, then bam! They’re a team of people that suddenly started working together. They all had their moments, but i think they all needed more development. The world traveling via flashbacks and the ending with the teases for what happens in the future was cool, tho. I just wish this simply wasn’t just a Warzone hype up. Let’s pour one out to: Novak: the silent guy who made it to the elite team who got beat to death by a chair on the first day And Richard: The guy who didn’t get a backstory(though, tbf, he was like Arthur’s right hand)

Meanwhile, Reznov and co. are floating somewhere in a flooded U-Bahn nearby

It's weird how a know-no-nobody is apparently going to be the figure head of every nazi zombies and black ops lore of whatever this 4th reich shenanigans, also freisinger is still a corporal and somehow he got lieutenant collar badge, and he dies the lamest way possible

I unironically think the issue with most COD games at the point is the graphics. In particular the artstyle. Everything is way to bright for a WW2 game. WaW got it right with just constant desaturated environments that really just emphasized on how shitty war was.

The “Vanguard” don't hold a candle to the elite 3rd shock army

23:23 Loose ends but its the good guys.

dunno, this feels underwhelming even to BFV War Stories which were also weak (minus Tirailleur and The Last Tiger for me) let alone WWII campaign. WWII campaign isn't inspirational but passable and even then this feels weaker. cutscene feels cringey too. maybe game environment could give that WWII impression so let this be my initial judgement

Kind of funny how they never had to dodge any Russian aircraft trying to shoot them down as they try to fly out of Berlin.

I am loving the unanimous love cod fans are showing for WAW over this travesty of a campaign

11:16 that's an interesting way to hold a pistol

I still remember playing old COD with plain looking soldiers where other soldiers know your name while you don't know who they are😂

8:46 pretty sure Lucas got vaporized right there lmao.

Battle of the Reichstag in WAW is more immersive than this entire game

Wish we can plays as other factions in ww2, like chinese, finnish, greek, hell maybe even italian or japanese, not the usual soviets and american bs. maybe campaign revolving around them too, that would be something new.

25:01 Considering that, this is probably the night before Demetri and Resnov storm the Reichstag!

I love how they add that white line on the t-34 turret, it is used to identificate them as soviet tanks when the berlin assault begun

A Heroes a Return Russian Embrace ! - Sgt Viktor Reznov And Dimitri Petrenko Staying Left Side -

Mostly everyone else is praising this but allow to become THAT one guy. Firstly, Medal Of Honor Frontline had more NPCs on screen and that game came out on PS2 in 2002. Second, the weapons in """Berlin""" are oddly like that of CoD WW2 with the Japenese Type 100 being a German weapon in Europe which makes no sense (don't even get me started on the tanks). Thirdly, great message to send in the end. Lowering yourself to the same lows of the SS by burning a man alive, by submitting to blatant manipulation. You have given into the same level of evil as those you're fighting against. Also, what if Freisinger would have had information on a group of other high ranking SS who were going to conduct further attacks against the Allies after the war was over that wasn't written down in those terribly convenient German documents. Guess that's gonna come as a rude shock when the bodies starting stacking up. The worst part is that this could have been a semi competent plot line with some atleast decent attempts at trying to be remotely historical and logical but nope. Seems like most AAA WW2 games want some of the WW2 visuals but not actual WW2. Welp, consider me warned.

I appreciate it that they tried making a spin-off with some fictional stuff, but Vanguard just doesn't cut it.

This Campaign for this game was not bad at all for a fictional story, it was kinda like watching a Hollywood Action movie based on WW2, the concept of a team of soldiers from the UK, Australia, Soviet Union, and America, going covert to foil a secret sinister and evil Nazi plan, lots of blood n guts and explosions n shooting, lots of dialogue, everyone has a heroic yet always very intense backstory, then everyone at the end kills the bad guy and saves the day. If this was a Netflix movie or tv show I would watch it n give it 5 stars, but the thing is it is supposed to be a WW2 game based on actual WW2 fighting, like old CoD. But the ending has got me wondering something, since there are Black Ops and Cold war references does this mean that these guys after they find that shit load of Nazi gold n intel, start the events of Nazi Zombies? Like the first people in Nacht der Untoten was US Marine and Soviet Red Army soldier, so could the actual event be this plane going down with wade and Polina or a comrade of hers? And if so, does this mean that the events of CoD WW2 zombies be where the zombie outbreak happened to cause Nacht der Toten? They said at the end in the plane that there are more missions they will partake in the future then he said they were the Vanguard, is this the team that kills the zombies hence the player's characters in zombies? Or is the Vanguard present when Mason, Woods, and Hudson tries to stop the soviets in Black Ops? The ending makes me wonder this. Would be very cool if everything was Linked together in the storylines.

Looking back at this… Activision and other game companies are literally trying to put Avengers in this game.

This brings back memories from the old modern warfare two days because when you get outside it looks like Washington

Inaccuracies I saw: 0:00 - I'll assume that Freisinger's pocket badge, apart from the Wound Badge, was the NSDAP Golden Party Badge which was given to Nazi Party Members who were already registered as of 9 November 1933 and had unbroken Party membership. Of course, this badge should portray the Sw4stika instead of the Iron Cross. 0:01 - The CoD Vanguard wikia states that Freisinger's rank is an SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer or a Colonel-General. However, he is portrayed in the game as a lowly SS-Untersturmführer or Second Lieutenant 0:06 - Given that Freisinger is a Gestapo officer, there should be an epaulette on his right shoulder of his black Allgemeine-SS uniform. 0:19 - The officer in the center of the shot also lacks the same right shoulder epaulette in his uniform. 0:46 - Another SS officer in his black Allgemeine officer uniform lacks the right shoulder epaulette. 1:07 - There seems to be no arabesque on the Wehrmacht General's collar. Additionally, given that he belongs to the Wehrmacht, the Wehrmachtsadler or the eagle emblem should only be on the breast since the arm eagle was only exclusive to the SS. 1:46 - Richter is a SS-Hauptmann or Captain as indicated in his collar, however shoulder tabs indicate his rank as a Standartenführer or Colonel. Additionally, he's also attached to the Sicherheitsdienst or SD so his uniform piping should be colored poison green, not white which is for the infantry. 4:03 - More of an inconsistency but in the cutscene, Arthur carries the MP40 whereas the transition towards the gameplay phase has you carrying the Bren. 4:38 - In the wikia, Lucas ranks as a Second Lieutenant but is shown here as a Corporal. 7:48 - Wade still has the harness from his pilot parachute. 8:23 - It is unclear what exact date but it can be safe to assume that fighting still took place by 1 May 1945 because the day after was when the commander of the Berlin Defence Force, General Helmuth Weidling ordered a cease-fire. 8:55 - The Gewehr 43, despite having a box magazine, was intended to be loaded with 5-round stripper clips, which were a cheaper alternative to the box magazines. 10:25 - The MG42 turret is faced in the opposite direction. 10:43 - Tempelhof Airport fell under Soviet control by April 28-29 so the prospect of Nazi officers escaping there by May 1945 is unthinkable. Plus, Nazi banners would ought to be replaced by the Red Army banners since the Soviets already have control of the airport at this point. 11:20 - Arthur now carries a Sten, which was not his preliminary weapon in the cutscene nor at the start of the mission. 11:37 - The two-handed pistol grip technique (aka modern technique) was developed beginning in the 1950s. Thus, the practice of holding a pistol with two hands is hardly prominent back in WW2. 11:41 - Not an issue but the average Soviet infantryman carried PPSH-41s fitted with the iconic 71-round drum magazine. 13:22 - Despite efforts to make a WW2-era Juggernaut, use of body armor was evident only in British and Soviet units. Additionally, the Flammenwerfer 43 was notably used by sturmpionieres or assault pioneers who assisted infantry in offensive operations. 14:29 - The STG 44 never had drum magazines. It only used 30-round box magazines. 14:47 - Inserting a Panzerschreck rocket like that would cause the warhead itself to fall through the tube. It was generally recommended that using a Panzerschreck was a two-man job, requiring a gunner and a loader. 15:54 - That seems awfully small for a Panzerschreck. 16:06 - Wade carries a Japanese Type 100 SMG which is idiotic considering that 8x22 Nambu ammunition is a rarity (or rather non existent) in Germany at this point. 19:04 - And just magically Arthur's Sten transforms into a Bren. 20:52 - There were no 10.0x Telescopic sights on Kar98Ks; only 4x, 6x, and 8x. 21:22 - The Luger is named Klauser.

I loved the part when she talked about the project aether and the zombies

I’m going to take an educated guess and say I’m not the only one who could think about World at War’s ending while watching this.

How wonderfull is to realise WaW still is in our hearts and that these politically correct, semi science fiction, high definition remakes are not as good.

The way the stuck the knife in the poor bastard I kind of thought it was funny!

This is not a connection of classic games from old call of duty ww2 (1, 2, 3) series and call of duty ww2 2017 even world at war... This is connection of two games were warzone was made... Mw 2019 is not connected to mw trilogy, Black Ops Cold War is not connected to Black Ops series, Vanguard is fictional history that connects to two games and warzone which why warzone pacific trailer reveal secrets in Verdansk since 1984 (BOCW Season 6)... Which is confusing that ending says Project: Nova, Aether, some other secrets... I'm gonna wait the first season of Vanguard in Warzone...

Rommel never liked the SS so why would an SS madman mention him like a tragic loss. Probably because they lost the use of him. Edit: also I see they are not censoring correct ww2 imagery…we haven’t seen that since World at War.

No matter how good the graphics are the story wont be as good as the older cod games

...I gotta admit. I really like the relationship and dialogue with the 4 leads here. Like even though we don't get a lot of gameplay with all of them together when they are it does feel like we got a group of comrades who have been through a lot together and trust each other well

Even if Freisinger's plane did take off, the Red Air Force would just shoot it down.

Its amazing to see the similarities of this battleground with battlefield 5 "operation underground"

Cod could be great again if they actually would put all the work in the Game mechanics , make it historical accurate , depression of war, instead making with full of endless cut scenes feels like they were making movie with hot shot Hollywood actor with smooth skin and perfect haircut, instead of game. COD WW2 soundtrack , story of simple soldier in war, depression sadness of war death's that game was Greatest SP story i ever played in my life.

Damn that ending was ruthless!!😳😬

what the hell is this haha? Call of duty has abandoned all historical accuracy

Friendly fire award for this guy X3.

Polina Petrova is one of the good things coming out for Rule 34, and of course. The Aussie character!

12:44 Vendetta from COD World at War 23:08 Loose Ends from COD Modern Warfare 2 25:02 Nova 6 from COD Black Ops Any other References that I miss?

Patiently waiting for the day COD or Battlefield release a WW2 game even half as good as World at War. Although I don’t think it’ll ever happen. The game was way ahead of its time.

The projects they found on the plane “nova” and the one on revived. Both of those are black ops owned story lines they were hinted in as a Easter egg at the end... that was cool in my opinion only thing cool about the game in my opinion

War does not create what it cannot destroy. Man can only provide the chaos or the peace that endures all possibilities.

21:40 they really gonna pull the emperor’s theme from Star Wars on this guy? 😂

wait.... a team liberate berlin instead the soviets?? i miss call of duty waw

I thought bf1 war stories were ridiculous with one man army but this is just pure comical

"YOU'RE LUCKY BUGGER!" careful there mate, 2 missed words and we go home.

No wonder the Brits knew about Projekt Nova and went to the North Pole where Renzov and Dmitry were but wasn't Dr.Steiner had to be the only one who kept the documents about Projekt Nova? Wasn't the plan supposed to be classified?

I'm worried what will happen to the Vanguard once the Cold War starts.

It’s like in the famous photo of The Soviet soldier raised the flag at the battle of Berlin in 1945

The Vanguard campaign kind of has an Inglorious Bastards feel unlike the other COD games set on WW2

Looks like they got balls to put a swatiska

Bruh. It's literally inglorious Bastards the game

the chase part reminded me of cod mw3 when you are in london

Fun fact: The vests worn by the German soldiers here appear to be the Italian "Samurai" mag carrier vest...

I don't know if I am the only one but, why nowadays gunshots and explosion sounds on videogames sound less powerful than before? They have like a weird filter on it that make them sound each of them almost the same.

In 2025 is the 80 anniversary of the end of WW2

13:43 This part reminds me of playing Sniper Elite lol

God this is so fundamentally stupid but also funny. Thanks for the upload!

This look so good cant say the same about the multiplayer

How tf were those SS officers casually drinking if Berlin was completely leveled by air raids and Soviet artillery? It's like Vanguard skipped the Battle of Berlin entirely lmao

This is like a high-budget remake of Sword of Agony. Complete with airport and everything. Except Sword of Agony is badass.

And you are literally separated from the Soviet army by an invisible wall!🤣

World at war really aged well

If a company makes a historically accurate ww2 game with a generic ass campaign where you invade beaches and fight in French countryside I would pay 100$.

Old mate is acting mighty cheeky for being just a Sturmfuhrer (2Lt) going by his collar patches

I guess in 1945 Berlin the fallschirmjäger was still being dropped in late war with full early war kit. lol

Why can't they just speak actual German in the cutscenes?

Why did Call of Duty always make stupid missions?

Hit markers in the campaign 😂, I’ve never wanted to die so much

Amazing video

11:09 lmao, the guy in the jacket has a japanese smg and the woman is holding the pistol like a rifle

basically overwatch but ww2

Damn son!! look that those graphics and details..

1st cut scene he has a German smg. A MP40 game play he has a bren and the 2nd cut scene he has a sten somehow