Now that the OG CoD servers are back up, I feel like everyone hearing the gunshots for the Intervention and (to a lesser extent) the Springfield again really drives home how important the sound design is for the feel of guns in FPS games. Pretty wild how much nostalgia I get just hearing the WaW gunfire and Kiefer Sutherland screaming at me. Sound guys deserve more credit.
My favorite sound design note in this game is the PTRS echoing after you fire. It just lingers for so long, it sounds like the cannon that it is. And yea, having Jack Bauer yell at you all game is fucking sick.
The sound guys go through INSANE effort to record the guns for cod (I sound engineer full time so this is right up my alley to explain it all) Recording a gunshot and having it reproduce in a faithful way when played back is extremelyyyy difficult. Because a gunshot is a shockwave, which is a single extremely fast high pressure impulse followed by an extremely fast low pressure impulse (atmospheric pressure being the median).. very different from typical sounds we hear (which are sustained oscillations). Most microphones respond extremely poorly to shockwaves because not only are they extremely loud, but the diaphragm can’t move in a way that can represent them electrically, on top of the fact most listening devices don’t have the low end and none have headroom to reproduce it how it’d be heard originally. So you need several mics capturing different areas around the firearm pointing in different directions + a microphone to capture the bolt in the action and to mix all the material together to create a usable sample for a game or movie. Recording vocals: easy. Recording drums: hard. Recording guns: almost impossible
It just goes to show there was always a large audience craving these old call of duty games but activision denied them by refusing to fix the servers, which as we know now, required practically zero effort on their part. They wanted these old servers broken so you were forced to move on to the newer CoDs.
WaW had the best voiceover announcers of any call of duty. Gary Oldman and Kiefer Sutherland! Nowadays all we get is Snoop Dogg. A product of it's time and absolutely slept on. I know I'm not the only one who remembers playing War until 3am with the classic dashboard, seeing those colored clan tags... For many people, WaW was the first game they played and sunk their teeth into as a kid, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. The soundtrack and art design still give me chills, that menu theme...brave soldat. Thanks for keeping this game alive buddy - and for the amazing content and effort!
I have been watching your channel for 3 years and ITS ABOUT TIME CALL OF DUTY IS BACK WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. All of your content is pure gold my guy! Keep doing you! Also can people on the Xbox 360 play against people on Xbox series X?
This was my first call of duty game too, and watching this throws me right back to 9th grade, hopping between this and Halo with my friends. Was it a simple game? Yes, and sometimes simple is good!
It's still beyond scummy by Activision to discount some game dlc's but not all. It's very confusing for the average consumer: Cod 4: dlc pack is free but the Cod 4 remastered dlc is $7.49 🤔 Cod WAW: No discount on any dlc, not even the dlc bundle ($25) 🤔 Cod MW2: the base game is $10 on sale but the dlc packs are each $10.49 (only 30% off wtf) 🤔 Cod Black ops 1: no discount on any dlc (4 different packs still $15 each) 🤔 Cod MW3: same as above, 4 packs still $15 each 🤔 Cod BLOPS 2: no dlc pack discounts but season pass is $15 (50% off) 🤔 Also Cod 2 and Cod 3 have no dlc discounts but regardless.....every dlc should be free at this point and Activision knows it 👎👎👎👎
I've gotten so used to playing sweaty overpopulated servers on the PC version of WaW, when fortunate set up in the widow on airfield I actually got really scared for a sec, that spot's a death sentence
I love old call of duty. A few days ago i ordered an xbox 360 and a few games (world at war, all black ops and all modern warfare) i want to spend a few days on each of these parts to feel like back in the day when the only worry was unfinished homework
To me, THIS is what a classic FPS is supposed to be. Nobody zooming around like crackheads carrying guns that aren’t realistic AT all. The newer CODs might work better for the tiktok generation because their attention spans are SHOT and need constant overstimulation to have meaning in life, but to me….this is what it’s all about. Excellent vid Fort!
So they aren't riddled with hackers flying through the air anymore? (That is the reason I quit way way back when I finally left WaW) The lobbies used to have nothing but people using the most idiotic hacks that had nothing to do with even winning or getting kills. It was just dumb. None of that is going on anymore?
COD should’ve kept this style and just upgraded the movement. This looks like a war game, love the sounds, love the way the bodies fall when killed. This game is beautiful, but the movement looks horrible
I downloaded this on my Xbox one and every once in a while, I’ll fire it up. It takes forever to get into a match but it’s worth the wait for the nostalgia
Fortunate playing WAW?!!! that is a big W to all of you OG COD players! WAW has a soft spot in my heart cuz that was literally my 1st COD game where i got hooked into. other than modders, this game is absolutely golden
I'm beyond happy they fixed the servers and that there aren't as many cheaters now but idk if anyone else is having really weird connection issues with WaW or its just me???
Loving the content lately with the OG CoDs growing up with these games was a treat and going back to them after all these years just brings back so many memories. Thought I’d ask too are you playing these Backwards Compatible or on the 360 as I’ve found with playing on a Series X the input delay is really bad
I’m going to genuinely buy Xbox live for my Xbox 360 if they actually fixed the hackers it’s a bit disappointing they didn’t fix the hackers with the servers when I feel like that would have made sense
Hopefully they'll get enough people to actually download the goddamn map packs. I mean seriously, for all the players returning, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT HAVE THE MAP PACKS DOWNLOADED?!?!
I hope Activison does what Blizzard did with World of Warcraft, and just begin remastering all their OG Fan favourite games. Remastered MW was great. Remastered WaW / mw2 / bo2 would be the greatest thing ever
This is absolutely amazing artwork and the game really good for the price I love the way that you can become a Japanese on multiplayer or a American soldier 🪖 and a Russian
Yeah I was playing SND when you were aswell, you were doing fine. But SND in waw is full of sweats who have modded controllers and are constantly snaking. Still fun but you have to try hard.
I buy xbox series x 2 days ago but it feels weird old COD have input lag i didnt know whats going on cuzi used to play ps4 and there i dont have something like that😢 someone know how to fix ??
I miss this game so much and have been wanting to play it again for years, unfortunately PC is a deathwish and I don't know if PS3 is populated enough to bother buying it again. I'm tempted to buy an old Xbox One or something right now, just to experience this absolute masterpiece again.
at lesst your not one of those snipers that have 2 other players following them around because they're scared to get challenged if the enemy gets too close and knows how to flank them. pretty much the most annoying crap with people on mp who use snipers the entire time cool dude you can only get me when you had a butt buddy to save you from near death
Man seeing bodies fly apart with explosives and heads fly with PTRS headshots felt brutal back in the day. D Day from Saving Private Ryan type stuff for a game
