He is alive i saw him in the game

This game was too much for my 10 year old mind to comprehend but it was the best

alex mason faking his death because he's a deadbeat dad is easily my new favorite fan theory

Before I knew Reznov wasn’t there, I always thought it was weird how Woods and Bowman was chill with some random ass guy helping them

Honestly bo1 has the best story ever in cod history

Remember, Reznov right trigger finger was blown off in Vendetta, that was the reason he couldn’t snipe anymore and was a submachine gunner to the rest of WAW, all of his hallucinations in BO1 and the one in BO2 still have that trigger finger attached so it’s obvious it isn’t him that saved him

Reznov's right index finger was blown off in Stalingrad back in WAW. That's why he gave his sniper rifle to Petrenko because he could no longer use it. However every time Mason hallucinates seeing Reznov, including in Afghanistan, he has all 10 fingers.

In the Revelations mission you can hear Mason scream “Oswald comprised!”, suggesting he was working with Oswald or knew who Oswald was

I love that people are still making videos about this game 14 years later

BO1 still fascinates me to this day. I know at its core it’s a pretty simple arcade shooter but the themes it tackles makes it seem so much deeper than it actually is. At almost 15 years old I still feel like I’m going to uncover something hidden in the game.

Dont mind me, just blessing this video with the algorithm

Fun fact: the cia was angry that JFK was planning either getting rid of them or masssively defunding them due to the failure of the bay of pigs.

Also the person in charge of JFK’s protection detail was promoted to director afterwards.

Sometimes I feel like the Mason living ending was a last minute decision or was never 100% intended by Treyarch. Everything about it is so coincidental and strange, like Woods choosing not to shoot (who he believes to be) Menendez and Mason just being missing for 30 years with zero explanation. I think the Woods and David at Mason's grave cutscene at the end adds just the right amount of melancholy to a mostly good ending, and highlights the losses and sacrifices war brings. I think "this is the price we pay for what we do" and David choosing to walk away from being a soldier is a stronger ending than Mason just appearing and cracking a joke with Woods and talking to his son about the time he fell off a tree.

“Oh yeah, I’ll watch a nostalgic video before bed why not”

I haven’t felt stressed about this since I was 11 years old.

the thing about about Mason being put back into service after Vorkuta is explained in e-mails between Hudson and another guy (cant remember his name) but I can say that many people of the CIA where definitely not happy about Mason being back alive and put into service, Mason also got several warning due to his paranoid behaviour regarding the numbers, Reznov and Dragovich specifically. Mason suffered greatly after coming back into service. The only reason we see mason in "stable" condition is because every mission is about hunting the 3 new targets, Dragovich, Krevchenko, Steiner and only then can Mason actually focus because he is following the number sequence.

The numbers that are played while Mason sees Reznov can also be translated into information/lore

I always assumed if Reznov didnt rescue the crew from dying in the desert, it was either CIA or Zhao's people.

Its worth noting the cutscene at the end isnt the only hint towards Mason killing Kennedy, he also mentions Oswald and says "second shooter" while recounting HIS own memories during revelations

The numbers, Mason, what do they mean?

In the french version of the game, when Mason kills Dragovich, he said after "Tried" : "You sure you didn't do it ?"

6:35 that entire segment with JFK was insane. The effects used in the hallucinations are insane