How Buried Made Being Overpowered Engaging
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Published 2022-10-13
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Mob of the Dead and Origins set the blueprint for what Zombies would become. But, in between them, there was one more map that released for Black Ops 2. Instead of looking forward like its neighbours, Buried instead took a look back at everything that made Zombies great up until now.
"A Zombies Retrospective" is a series in which I play through each Call of Duty Treyarch Zombies map chronologically, and analyze its place in the series.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Buried - "Always Running" Trailer
Soren Johnson - Designer Notes: www.designer-notes.com/game-developer-column-17-wa…
"Midnight Tale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Sardana" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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All Comments (21)
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Listen guys, the War Machine can be a Wonder Weapon if you think about it. For example, I WONDER how I got the absolute worst box luck and pulled the worst gun in the game when I was getting that footage!
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Buried always seemed like the most creative map to me
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They basically took what players had loved about zombies up until that point, camping with friends, doing wacky strategies, the horrors of all of you navigating the witches mansion, and just plain fun.
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Growing up, My Dad and I would play Origins for a Challenge, and Buried for some relaxation after work. Such nostalgia.
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It seems like a good way to encourage players to attempt the super Easter egg too. If the setup isn’t long, and it’s not hard to become overpowered, you’ll seek out another challenge. So, you’ll go play the older, more challenging, less popular maps, with the promise of a really fun challenge and reward on the new map.
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I don't know if it's just me, but I swear the mystery box on Buried has better odds of giving you a "good" weapon even beyond the wonder weapons. Pulling a Type 25 or War Machine feels way less common than pulling dual Five Sevens or a HAMR. And there's the perma-perk that disables Teddy Bears and increases the chance for better weapons on top of that.
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Moon and Buried really solidify Jimmy as my favourite zombies director cause he was experimenting like crazy
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I just wanted to comment on what you mentioned about the Time Bomb being not utilized beyond messing with people: I distinctly remember the Time Bomb being one of the most clutch ways to revive everyone. On top of that, best way to get all the perks as you could effectively get 2 perks for free from the Witch due to how time manipulation + the drops worked.
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This is seriously an amazing analysis. I mean, really, people don't know how intricate Zombies features need to be to be fun.
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Buried and Die Rise slap like none other. Genuinely make being OP feel fun as hell
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It was horrifying enough as A kid. I was scared shitless thanks to the witches.
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buried was my favorite map. played it so much. there was also a spot you could fly up onto with the paralyzer and not buy the door behind you. all the zombies would come from one direction infront of you. then just tapping the paralyzer it wouldn't over heat. I made it to round 68 before I got too bored and quit lol
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So amazing to see a guy going from just a few subs to way over 10k and still being himself. I’m glad I stuck by.
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The map is so sweet For me, Paralyzer is what Jet Gun was supposed to be, but following the playerbase feedback But never have thought of the setting as goofy, well, I took many things at face value so no surprise.
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Also a mention about how the ghost works, when she steals all your points and when you have 0 points the ghost begin to do damage to you which since they are in groups, they can overwhelm you.
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2:37 "Like a wonder weapon on round 1" Gets a war machine
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I don’t know if you create these videos entirely yourself meaning what you have to say is original or whether you read off some summary of the map, but what you have to say is always so carefully crafted and well spoken. This channel best highlights the key pros & cons of a map and how it relates to Treyarch’s overall development. Each video is well thought out and I have to say, I’m impressed with the successful chronological development made in each video with respect to the maps features.
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I don’t care what his canonical name is, all the homies love Leroy 😤
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I just wanted to say I binged your whole channel the other day and I've been waiting for this one. Super excited to see more of these from you!
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This is such an amazing video! Thank you for taking the time to make this for all of us. I appreciate you.
