Just a reminder, Treyarch devs built a wooden 1:1 scale model Catalina inside their studio just to get the motion capture right for when you switch turrets. Their dedication to this game was honestly amazing.
Fuze Legend LAUGHLIN, YOUR NUMBER TWO ENGINE IS A BALL OF FIRE! SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT IT DOWN! Laughlin: I CANT THE CONTROLS ARE SHOT TO HELL!! *zeros close in* *radio chatter* HARRINGTON!!! Damn it! We lost hammerhead!
I remember black cats being the first mission I successfully completed on veteran, to this day I can't get that trophy, and I've been playing world at war since 08
Seriously I got that achievement in one go. But then again I had a mind set of the Japanese had weak armor and leading my shots and I was on regular mode.
x1 Rear Mounted .30 Cal Machine Gun x2 Waist Blister .50 Cal Machine Guns x2 Bug-eye Turret .30 Cal Machine Guns x2 Nose Turret 20mm. Cannons *What kind of firefight am i running into...*
What I also liked about this mission was that it showed a part of WWII in the Pacific theater that isn't really covered all that much, even in documentaries. Treyarch could've easily have gone with a typical fighter or bomber role of some sort, but went with a recon, attack, and rescue mission with a plane that gets far less attention than the usual pacific contenders like the Zero, Oscar, Wildcat, Hellcat, Avenger, Dauntless, Corsair, and such. It was thanks to men like these that many sailors and such survived when out deeper in the ocean.
Must not be reading my entire post... Watch a bunch of WWII documentaries, play other WWII games, and whatnot. A majority of the time, any sort of aerial-related thing in the Pacific theater is largely just dogfights (mostly the Hellcat, Corsair, and Zero) or bombing missions (Avenger, Dauntless, B-29, etc.). The search and rescue aspects of the Consolidated PBY Catalina are hardly ever talked about in documentaries or played in games (along with submarines and such) when the fact is that it's thanks to crews of the Catalina that many stranded sailors and downed airmen survived out deeper in the ocean. "Although slow and ungainly, Catalinas distinguished themselves in World War II. Allied forces used them successfully in a wide variety of roles for which the aircraft was never intended. They are remembered for their rescue role, in which they saved the lives of thousands of aircrew downed over water. Catalina airmen called their aircraft the "Cat" on combat missions and "Dumbo" in air-sea rescue service." I'd say that lingering around and duking it out with PT Boats and strafing Zeros was not how it was intended to be used. Of course, other things aren't as widely talked about in the Pacific theater, like the B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51 Mustang and such, probably because they're seen as more symbolic of the European theater, but P-51s did escort B-29s.
HalfDemonInuyasha okay I'm following you, but I will say this in agreement to your comment: the Army Air Corps is sorely under represented in the Pacific theater, they're seen as more of an influence in the European vs the Pacific
+HalfDemonInuyasha Youve obviously never Watched Victory at sea. I love the Catalina,but this mission on veteran was no fun,imagine what it really was like. Literal hell.
"We're on our own... Okay people, the fleet still needs our help. Anyone want to back out? _(silence)_ Didn't think so." My favorite bit of the dialogue in all of World at War. The crew of the Catalina you're on has only one response to learning the fleet is being attacked: they dive _into_ the warzone to pick up survivors and try to protect the fleet, landing on the ocean in the middle of the hellish firestorm and rain of kamikaze pilots to pluck sailors out of the water, knowing any second a kamikaze could take them out. It takes an amazing amount of guts and daring to pull off a job like that, and for the Catalina operators in real life, that was _routine._
@@redsnoof there’s be too many allies to list if you had to name all of them. 2 ones important in the Pacific Theater were Australia and Nationalist China
xXx_C4n4d14n_B4c0n33r_xXX Ok people. The fleet still needs our help. Anyone wanna back out? Didn’t think so. We’re going into a hot zone, I want everyone sharp and ready for anything. Bastards wiped out most of our ships!
@@ls200076 Fully upgraded the turret crew in one of my slots and 60% the all pilot slots. Let me say this play low teir fly high and you can decimate bombers for some reason.
Yes, yes. I'm pretty sure all lot of this particular soundtrack tries to create a sense of the things you are doing in the level. Such as that warship-like alarm going off in the background of this song. And the soft background ambience of 1:44 gives a sense of the wavy ocean, perhaps?
I swear to god, COD 5 is probably one of the best Call Of Duties out there. The music, the adrenaline, and the action, no wonder why I played this when I was like 9 years old.
+Redsauce my fav was bo1, just the zombies was done perfectly and the campaign was a cool one with a really nice twist! i really liked the multiplayer aswell and nuketown :P
Attention: a message to the port-side gunner of this Consolidated B-24J-1-FO Liberator aircraft. Upon touching down upon the water to rescue our distressed comrades of the United States Navy, we have begun taking fire from torpedo-outfitted patrol motorboats employed by the Japanese Navy for use as escort ships. I advise you to return fire upon their patrol motorboats until they are disabled or sunk so that they may no longer present threat to our Liberator aircraft and we may continue our mission with minimal danger. Translation: TAKE OUT THOSE FUCKING PT BOATS
Ha. Try saying that back then. Everyone shat on it cuz of MW2. People bitched because they went back to WW2. I remember wanting to play this and none of my friends went back with me. I ended up going back by myself. Honestly it’s kinda weird how everyone is now realizing how good this game was lol.
MW2 is just a fake propaganda kind of game. Plus like most CODs it praised war making it look fun. WaW is the only game I know of that pictures war as it should be, a brutal nightmare with men suffering and dying
This mission had the most replay value for being an on rails mission. Mostly because of this track. This shit slaps so hard it put Harrison in the water
This mission... I don't think I could take the blood pressure anymore. The music makes it sound like something's rattling the hull of the plane and it could fall apart at any moment. Plus the ever-decreasing effectiveness of the craft, as you run out of ammo and you've got to balance rescuing sailors and shooting the boats. And in those last few seconds, you've only got a few shots left and... Just at the last second, reinforcements arrive, ending quite possibly one of the best COD missions to date.
I prefer the Liberator mission from Big Red One. I felt like that one was even cooler, especially when you think of the limited resources they had to work with. A shame that they were forced/chose to go back on their word of making WWII games (In the premium edition of BRO, there were mini videos, and one of the things they mentioned that they wouldn't stop making WWII games)
Anyone else still hearing the kamakazis' diving and crashing, the sailors cry for help, and the shouting between your crew mates during the second half of this music?
The music design of this mission is amazing. They use Japanese percussion instruments to sound like anti air fire while you are in each turret. The design of the soundtrack is literally interpreting Japanese firing towards your ship. GOD I LOVE THIS GAME!!! Every bit of this game has a fucking purpose to enhance your experience.
Look at this comment session, this is the REAL Call of Duty, that inspire people, not that trash that they invented today. I miss those good old days :/
Hammerhead: I think it will hold as long as we don't run into any trouble with the enemy *Distress call* *Zero sound* Hammerhead: SH*T YOU HEAR THAT? Booth: ZEROS COMIN IN FAST
-Sir! -What's the problem, Pvt. Adams? -We are gonna fight japanese boats and zeros. -How the hell do you know it, soldier? -I can hear the WaW music from here, sir..... ಠ_ಠ
['Black Cats'] [April 3, 1945] [South of Okinawa] [Petty Officer Locke] [Black Cat Squadron VPB-54] Harrington: (over radio) Boats, coming over them now. Booth: Yeah, I see 'em. Landry! Open up comms! Major Gordon... Vessels are now in visual range. Unmarked Japanese merchant fleet, designation unknown. Gordon: (over radio) They're probably re-supplying the enemy on Okinawa. Booth: Legitimate targets? Gordon: (over radio) Affirmative. They're part of the enemy war machine. Permission to engage. Over and out. Booth: Roger that. Laughlin, Locke! Get to your stations! Start picking targets! Booth: Open fire!!! Keep it up!! Laughlin: WHOOAAHH!!! You see that shit blow?!!! After Mantaray passes the first merchant boat. Booth: Get on the rear gun! Taking MG fire on our six!!! Landry: Good job, Locke! Laughlin: Booom!!! Damn right they're resupplying the enemy! Decks are loaded with ammunition! After passing the second merchant boat, Harrington can be seen flying by. Harrington: (over radio) HEY!... Watch your fire there! Mantaray comes across the third merchant boat. Harrington: We got infantry on deck... Laughlin: Take 'em out. Booth: PT boat sunk. Nice shooting! Mantaray passes the third merchant ship. Booth: We're going in for another run. Harrington: (over radio) Echo that. Mantaray makes a turn to the right. Laughlin: Shit!!! Anyone see flak guns on that first pass?!!! Booth: Taking evasive action!... Everyone hold on! Booth: Damn that was close! Locke?!!! Shit! Tell me we've not lost our gunner! Landry: He's okay... Laughlin: What the fuck are merchant ships doing with that much firepower?! Booth: That must be some pretty important cargo they're carrying. Laughlin: We need to get below the flak! I can't line up a decent shot! Booth: I hear you... We got MG fire all around. Take out those fucking PT Boats! They're our biggest threat right now! Harrington: (over radio) This is getting too risky! Should we abort? Booth: Negative. We can do this. Landry: (If something breached in their plane) We've got a hull breach right above me! Laughlin: Engine number one is smoking! We got smoke coming from our number two engine! Booth: Takin' her down low! Locke, Laughlin, keep on them... Shoot out those damn spotlights! You put a lotta holes in that PT Boat. Laughlin: Much more of this and we'll lose that engine! That's a hit! Booth: Japanese PT boats! 9 o'clock! Get on the left turret! Laughlin: You got it! Come here, ya little shit! Booth: Pick your targets, Locke! Mantaray passes the third merchant ship. Laughlin: Shit. I think we disabled them, but they're still afloat. Booth: I'll take us as close as we can... But we need to wrap this up! This is our last pass. Harrington: (over radio) I think we got 'em all. Laughlin: Oh, yeah... They're going down. Booth: Good work, Locke. You've saved a lot of lives on Okinawa. We're done here... Get some altitude. Headin' back to base. Harrington: (over radio) Echo that. We got pretty roughed up on that last run, Booth. Landry: Confirmed, Hammerhead... You got smoke comin' from your number two engine. Harrington: (over radio) Gauges ain't hitting red... We should be able to hold her... As long as we don't run into any more trouble with the enemy. Landry: Oh hell... Captain... Distress call coming in... The fleet's been hit en route to Okinawa. Landry: Air support's too far out... At least one Infantry transport ship has already gone down. Booth: Okay... Locke, seal the ventral hatch. We'll be putting down on the ocean... Let's go get our men. Harrington: SHIT! You hear that? Booth: Zeroes! Right below us! Shit! Take down as many of those damn planes as you can! Get firing, Locke! Radio the fleet! Tell them Tojo's headed right at them! We've got Zeroes! Coming in fast! Mantaray and Hammerhead go into battle. Booth: 11 o'clock! Low! Laughlin: 9 o'clock! Booth: 3 o'clock! Laughlin: '10 o'clock! High! Booth: 12 o'clock! Laughlin: 6 o'clock! Hammerhead begins to smoke. Harrington: (over radio) We're hit! Booth: Your number two engine is a ball of fire! Shut it down! Shut it down! Harrington: (over radio) I am trying! The controls are shot to hell! Booth: Hold it together, HARRINGTON! HOLD IT TOGETHER! Harrington: (over radio) Mayday! Mayday! We are going down, I say again we are going... Hammerhead's damaged engine explodes, sending the PBY Catalina corkscrewing towards the water below after the wing is sheared off by the blast. Booth: HARRINGTON!!! DAMN IT... We lost Hammerhead! We're on our own... Okay, people... the fleet still needs our help... Anyone want to back out? Didn't think so... We're going into a hot zone. I want everyone sharp and ready for anything. Bastards wiped out most of our ships. Laughlin: Holy shit... Do you think anyone's gonna be alive down there? Booth: Well, I-I see multiple casualties in the water. Laughlin: Shit... Poor bastards... Landry: We better not be the only ones responding to this distress call. We ain't got room for all of them. Booth: We'll do what we can... Taking us down. Mantaray drops to the water, and begins floating towards the destroyed American fleet. Laughlin: Kamikazes! 2 o'clock! High! The kamikaze planes crash themselves into the American ships. Booth: INCOMING! RIGHT SIDE! Landry: Sink those damn PT boats before they rip our men to shreds! Booth: Zeroes! Laughlin: 3 o'clock! High! Booth: Shit... More PT Boats! 5 o'clock! Landry: This is Black Cat Mantaray 54... The fleet is down. Repeat, the fleet is down! We have multiple casualties in the water! Taking heavy fire from enemy aircraft. Requesting immediate support! Booth: Landry! Any word on that air support? Landry: I'm getting nothing on the radio. Booth: Keep trying... We better pray that they show up! INCOMING! LEFT SIDE! That was close! Booth: 9 o'clock! Take out those fucking PT Boats! Laughlin: Where the hell's that support? Landry: There's no response! Laughlin: Shit! We gotta go! Booth: Not yet, Laughlin. We can't abandon our men! Laughlin: Sons of bitches! 9 o'clock! 7 o'clock! 10 o'clock! Booth: INCOMING! LEFT SIDE! Take out those fucking PT Boats! Mantaray shakes violently. Booth: DAMN! We're hit! Laughlin! Make sure we're not taking water! Laughlin: I'm on it! Booth: Locke! Take his place on the dual 30. Laughlin: Port side's pretty torn up, but we're holding! Booth: Zeroes! Landry: They're all around! Booth: Keep 'em off what's left of the fleet! Locke! You need to take out some of those Zeroes before I can take us up! Stay on that trigger. It's all on you... Zeroes begin to fly by. Booth: 1 o'clock! Laughlin: Shit! Ammo's running low! Right 50 Cal.'s almost out! Landry: That ain't good! Laughlin: Shit... Our right wing's torn up! 1 o'clock! Booth: 1 o'clock! Laughlin: Dammit! I'm out! Right turret's out of ammo! Left 50's almost out! Laughlin: We got fire in the engine! Shit! We're out! Left turret's out of ammo! Booth, we gotta get out of here! Booth: There's too many Zeroes! Let's hope there's enough left on the front! Locke! Make those shots count! 12 o'clock! We got Zeroes! Coming in fast! Three Zeroes fly towards Mantaray. Locke's turret runs out of ammo, and the Zeroes close in for the kill on Mantaray, but in slow motion, they explode and fall into the ocean. Three American F4U Corsair planes pass over Mantaray, having shot the Zeroes down in an ambush with their own .50-caliber machine guns. Corsair Pilot: (over radio) Black Cat Mantaray 54. Havok 26, coming over you now. We'll take it from here... Get yourselves back to base... Booth: Landry, prep for takeoff! Laughlin, patch us up as best you can. Okay... Taking her up... Booth: How did we do? Landry's answer to Booth's question depends on how many men the player saved. Landry: We struck out! Just get us out of here. Landry: We only got one... Let's pray he makes it. Landry: We just got two, and they're in a bad way. Landry: There were too many damn Zeroes... We only got three. Landry: Locke did pretty good, we got four. Landry: We pulled five men on board. Good job, Locke. Landry: Bunks are full. Thanks to Locke, we got six men. Booth: Okay... Taking us home. Laughlin: Halle-fucking-lujah...
I think it says a lot about how good the presentation of World at War was that one of the best missions in the game is basically just one big on rails turret level. But it doesn't feel like it, yeah? It's so intense.
Really captures the essence of what was happening in game. It was a suicidal run to save as many lives as possible. The Cats went in knowing they would likely never go home, but it isn't presented as a hopeless endeavor. They fly in like winged horrors, ready to spill their own blood.
When I first played WAW I didn’t really pay attention to the soundtracks but when I started replaying missions I listened to black cats I literally had chills 😂
6:56 I really like this part of the song since it brings plays the theme of Sullivan's death/the music that plays during the pearl harbor part in the opening, almost like the music is trying to remind you why you're fighting
God I’ll never forget this mission. This game made you feel desperate, not for yourself but desperate to save those around you. This game makes you feel like a soldier, not a hero, and I love it for that.
