Timestamps: 1. The Look of War in Digital Age - 00:00 2. New Aesthetics - 3:02 2.1. Aesthetics of the New War - 5:02 2.2. Mechanics of the Old War - 07:58 2.3. Movement and Motion - 14:02 3. Style - 17:40 4. Setting - 22:07 5. Weapons - 24:38 5.1. Reload - 26:21 6. The Good Guys - 28:52 6.1. A Bit Gray - 32:36 7. Invention of an Antagonist - 33:37 9. Story and Themes - 35:16 9.1. The Thin Red Line & the Impersonal Killing - 38:14 10. The Heartbeats of the Story - 38:38 11. Subversions - 43:42 12. Fabric of War - 47:03 13. Missions - 49:49 13.1. F.N.G. - 51:54 13.2. Crew Expendable - 53:19 13.3. The Coup - 57:53 13.4. Blackout - 01:02:24 13.5. Hunted - 01:04:05 13.6. Charlie Don' Surf - 01:07:43 13.7. The Bog & War Pig - 01:08:55 13.8. Shock and Awe - 01:09:57 13.9. Aftermath - 01:11:19 13.10. Safehouse/Heat - 01:22:12 13.11. All Ghillied Up - 01:13:11 13.12. The Sins of the Father - 01:16:58 13.13. Ultimatum/All In/No Fighting in the War Room - 01:17:41 13.14. Game Over - 01:18:20 13.15 Mile High Club - 01:19:03 14. History of Two Hands and a Gun - 01:19:43 15. Afterimage of the Experience - 01:23:14 16. Influence - 01:25:45 17. Legacy - 01:27:50
@rigfordthebarbarian2895
4 жыл бұрын
Another great video!
@Mortablunt
4 жыл бұрын
Finally, the real fucking Modern Warfare.
@sethleoric2598
4 жыл бұрын
You have to do a Metal Gear Solid video one day,it seems right up your alley.
@bastionaudio
4 жыл бұрын
Two thugs dragging Al-Salani wear PRESS blue bulletproof vests, only these two
@Dadouf112
4 жыл бұрын
me explaining the ninjago lore
@kakizakichannel
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like I called you by accident in Metal Gear Solid and started a cutscene
@MMMeis
4 жыл бұрын
That's so spot on. You got me laughing hard
@BORN753
4 жыл бұрын
nice сlever analogy
@VagueLuminary
4 жыл бұрын
Aesthetics of Metal Gear Solid 2 when
@Osirius44
4 жыл бұрын
If he ever does MGS we're all gonna have doctorates by the end of the video
@jeckek9936
3 жыл бұрын
lmao
@mauromerconchini
4 жыл бұрын
This is the weirdest ratio of channel size to content quality I've ever seen, and in the best way possible. Great video :)
@TheBraltProject
4 жыл бұрын
I know right?!!?
@CcSmokecC
4 жыл бұрын
For real, I felt like I was watching a channel with 600k subs
@cantsneedgaming4591
4 жыл бұрын
@@CcSmokecC me too
@finkamain1621
4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, if he were a woman showing off her body in ASMR videos, he'd (She'd) have 1 million subs with maybe 10-15 videos of repeated content
@foxygramp_1973
4 жыл бұрын
He just sounds so pretentious sometimes. If I tones down that then he'll get 600k quick
@thegreatgoatking.kingofall4001
4 жыл бұрын
Constantly referring to Macmillan as a talking bush was fantastic
@danielg2009
4 жыл бұрын
Those cuts between war footage and wedding footage was so good.
@egec2116
4 жыл бұрын
This channel NEEDS more attention with content that is so high quality.
@Mars_Was_Taken
4 жыл бұрын
It'll get it, don't worry 👍
@danieladamczyk4024
4 жыл бұрын
Do you liked it? Subed? Send to your friends? Send to your foes?
@TheDrunkMunk
4 жыл бұрын
it will get the attention it deserves eventually
@academiacadejo3266
4 жыл бұрын
Damn you beat me to it
@Thfoxpz
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheDrunkMunk We were here PogU
@viktr2071
4 жыл бұрын
i need this guy to write me an essay i have due tomorrow
@MrRobotman
4 жыл бұрын
What's your essay about?
@viktr2071
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrRobotman computer science
@mosshunter4120
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think he makes these things that fast
@lesenfantsterribles2119
4 жыл бұрын
@@viktr2071 could help lol, Im a CS student
@harrier827
4 жыл бұрын
So, how'd the sa go?
@TheJackalxy
4 жыл бұрын
I thought this channel was dead, thanks god i was wrong. Hope everything is ok, I love your content hope the channel will get the attention that it deserves
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@jfp7752
4 жыл бұрын
When the no-color filter on games of the 7th generation of console was actually serving the artstyle.
@olzhas1one755
4 жыл бұрын
It has not aged well
@Skrenja
4 жыл бұрын
olzhas1one I’d argue otherwise. War games are way too colourful now. Bring me the Black Hawk Down/COD4 style back please.
@prateekpanwar646
4 жыл бұрын
@@Skrenja Now after watching Battlefield 5. It doesn't feel like 1940s. It feels like a year/month ago
@user-go1sl6rd7u
4 жыл бұрын
@@prateekpanwar646 tbh we had a lot of gritty colorless WW2 games, I guess BF5 tried to mix up things. Too bad that it was a shit game with only graphics as it's reedeming value.
@arcticst6327
3 жыл бұрын
@@Skrenja Yeah the COD4 style was great, but to be fair, the muted brown and grey pallete was extremely overused and became generic around the late 7th gen. A ton of games like Medal of Honor 2010 and later COD games like Ghosts used the same pallete and artstyle, but didn't have the aesthetics to make it work like COD4 era games did so people really grew tired of it.
@Dakurar
4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to add something: A theme that I believe you missed was the transition of Old to New war. As you said, the marine campaign represented the series as it was, showing big battles with many men fighting towards something, but that drastically changed, much like the series itself, the moment the nuclear weapon went off and killed the marines. It shows that the future doesn't hold big battles and heroes, and that much like the weapons have changed from the 20th-21st centuries, so too has the nature of warfare. This is where the SAS and other Special Forces come in, they fight quietly, showing the change from using the military as a hammer to using it as a scalpel. anyway, I love your videos and cheers from a big fan in canada Love, Bucc.
@iamwill_s_t
Жыл бұрын
Nice reference to MI6, Fallout.
@SovernGaming
4 жыл бұрын
It sucks that content like this doesn't get more exposure likely just because of the upload schedule. Quality takes time.
@aPol.01
4 жыл бұрын
I subbed a week ago expecting to never see another video Then this brilliance comes out holy shit
@bigboss-wr5hb
4 жыл бұрын
same lmao
@genetictavi2451
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I subbed like 2 days ago and then this comes out 2 hours after I submitted my last uni assignment for the semester
@richardvillalba5515
4 жыл бұрын
Subbed yesterday after watching Farcry 2 video ( I was bored of STALKER and searching for something similar )
@aniruddhadas1011
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardvillalba5515 Man,I am waiting for a stalker video tho.
@Jim-lg8sf
4 жыл бұрын
same
@amantureu
4 жыл бұрын
"Wars are changed Wars are same" Damn, that's deep
@ryszakowy
4 жыл бұрын
in the end war never changes
@pepsimanv6124
4 жыл бұрын
war has changed from marksmanship to sheer volume of fire power
@midnightram8706
4 жыл бұрын
Ты кто по национальности ?
@OwnedEpicStyle
4 жыл бұрын
PepsimanV6 truth
@ridhosamudro2199
4 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the opening of Duty Calls
@DarshanBhambhani
4 жыл бұрын
just finished binging all your other vids today and was immediately granted a new vid thank you dad
@pulse7755
4 жыл бұрын
I just finished his Far Cry 3 video and went to make breakfast. I sat down and then the video popped up
@bfFAN221
4 жыл бұрын
Literally the same here! Finished Blood Dragon yesterday and was thinking "Mmmmm, I'll give it a month or more for a new vid, no rush." HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOboi, what a surprise :,3
@jayvanx154
4 жыл бұрын
That's exactly me! I just watched all his videos yesterday
@itsTapseeTheNative
3 жыл бұрын
Lol "Congratulations, you unlocked more content!"
@aeraaureliawashereonce
4 жыл бұрын
Ayyyy, he's back to make me feel like I never look at my games hard enough. And also to talk about hands.
@jbbelenkokoro2673
7 ай бұрын
I really love how you showcased how the developers made Modern Warfare from its presentation to its details and themes. It makes me miss the older games and how each game was made with time and love.
@MrAdiqman1
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, where have you emerged from? We, as a community of gaiming esthetes, needed something like this. I just hope your contend will get the attention it deserves.
@robertnogva
4 жыл бұрын
ya hooked me with the far cry 2. I'm in for the long haul man, you did good and deserve way more views
@skylarkesselring6075
4 жыл бұрын
I really loved your explanation of the Death from Above mission. I have never been able to articulate why I find that part so fucked up, but you were able to perfectly. I feel actual fear when I imagine living somewhere where I'm at risk of a foreign country executing me at their own discretion with no repercussions for being wrong.
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
I agree, it's really bizarre that you could be in someone's sights without even knowing it
@chubbyGrimblr
4 ай бұрын
@@FaceFullofEyes Thank you so much for sharing the footage you did at the end of that segment; I had never seen this before. Terrifying and evil.
@piggosalternateaccount4917
4 жыл бұрын
So just finished the video, first of all "Vicious beauty" is a great short way to summarize what someone can love about military fiction and media. Secondly, your point about graphics and people preferring MWR in the future. I agree that its depressing, especially since I believe that older graphics have a specific place and sometimes a unique vision of all their own and i'm not referring to ps1 style minialism. I mean STALKER's mix of beautiful lighting and low poly very sharp textured models, COD4's crispy visuals and sharpened edges, F.E.A.R's extremely clean visual style. Older graphics look dated but that age can sometimes bring beauty of its own. COD4 is a MILF basically
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
Yup, no need to reshoot all those movies from the '70s and '80s just because we have digital now. They're find as they are, and I think the same goes for video games as well.
@piggosalternateaccount4917
4 жыл бұрын
@@FaceFullofEyes Exactly Now, a film can be remastered just as a game can, but MWR was practically a re-make but thats a rabbit hole of defintions and debate on what that means
@existenceworking1527
4 жыл бұрын
'CoD4 is a milf' was not the hot take I was expecting to see today but I'm glad I did.
@HughMansonMD
4 жыл бұрын
@@FaceFullofEyes that's a great point. Theres something charming about dated graphics. I always looked at dated music and movie production, dated graphics, and the recent, intentional uses of them as being similar to something like expressionist paint strokes. Beyond that, style goes a lot farther than graphics does. In a couple years no one will be talking about the new Modern Welfare's graphics, but people will still be talking about Quake 1's style. And why try to make art constantly look like life when the point of a lot of art is to take us somewhere else, anyway?
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
@@HughMansonMD I'm so glad you get it
@fightfortrump3905
4 жыл бұрын
Could you do "Aesthetics of GTA: Vice City"? I think it's one of the games with strongest atmosphere and a very distinct image, being a representation of not just a real era, but of a fictional outlook on the eighties, a myth, a legend of a bygone "Golden Age". The atmosphere so strong that it in my opinion (the game) responsible among a few other sources for the creation of an entire subgenre, what many call "Cassete punk", retro-wave aesthetics of pseudo-80's "futurism". I'd be glad to discuss the topic since I'm a big fan of Cold War era and the aformentioned stylistic choices. Anyway, keep doing the great work!
@Comuzzy
4 жыл бұрын
Man, as long as he keeps on with this quality I don't care what games he shows
@serialdeltarune
4 жыл бұрын
My childhood games are Far Cry 2, COD: MW and GTA: Vice City. If he does vice city imma nutt
@prateekpanwar646
4 жыл бұрын
I just realized I never played a true retro futuristic game. I want to play one with flying cars not like cyberpunk but like vice city, Specially music of Blue Monday, daft punk... Neon flashy lights, Night races, Back to the future vibes. I wish some company made it
@fightfortrump3905
4 жыл бұрын
@@prateekpanwar646 Exactly - no one seems to get the idea better then Rockstar did, everyutime someone tries to replicate the atmosphere it looks either like a parody (Blood Dragon, Hotline Miami) or as "I-Phone era punk with neon", Retrosynthwave instead of classic New-Wave/Synthpop.
@Raul_Menendez
4 жыл бұрын
GTA IV is also great to do. I feel like the aesthetic of GTA IV feels much better than GTA V
@z0mbi381
10 ай бұрын
I remember playing the remaster and seeing this, I dont remember if it was in the original, but on the Coup, at some point a car starts tailing you. After a while of the car following yours an infantry transport has soldiers unload and stop the car behind you. Its crazy cause its so easy to not notice it but it has such big implications. It could have been someone coming to try and rescue you, maybe just seeing where they were taking you or planning on trying to help you escape, or it could have just been some random person driving and following you by mistake, only to be stopped by a dozen armed guards. The subtle world building was kind of crazy for its time, even if that particular moment wasn't in the original it still had plenty of it.
@MRdrPROkeithSR
2 жыл бұрын
"2003 was a year where weddings and combat have the same look" Holy shit that line really hit me for some reason
@TheRazePlayz
4 жыл бұрын
I think you've mentioned it before but I would love to see an "aesthetics of" for New Vegas or Spec Ops, I love your style and structure and am kind of shocked you only have 15k subscribers when you're putting out content more polished than 80% of channels out there.
@BioshockChicken
4 жыл бұрын
You know a game is legendary when someone posts a video discussing its aesthetics that’s a quarter of the length of the game itself... 13 years after its release. Excellent video as always.
@JC06NJ
4 жыл бұрын
Classics will outlive is intended time
@BeanMann
10 ай бұрын
CoD 4 for me was me first time playing an Actual PC game that wasn't a flash game and it left a profound effect on me. I Remember it must have been 2013, i used be excited to go to my friends house, because he had cod 4 on mac book. I would play the same missions over and over. The sounds and visuals made me feel like i was playing something truly special, and i was immersed in the world. It was so striking while also being fun that it likely planted planted the seed for my love of fps that persists to this day.
@Kaceydotme
3 жыл бұрын
Would love to see your take on the aesthetics of Half-Life 2. I have feelings for that game's look and feel that I can't find words for.
@A.Martinez152
Жыл бұрын
I just realised the paralelism between Al-Fulani's execution, tied up and unarmed; and Al-Asad's death, who also dies executed while tied-up. Main difference is one was done public and the other was more clandestine. Quite an ironic twist of fate on Al-Asad
@Greentea-im2oo
4 жыл бұрын
I already know this is gonna be a great video.
@TheCrystalEverglow
4 жыл бұрын
If I overlook all the praise you got about quality and dedication, I still can command many things. The thing I love about your vids are that you are able to tell exactly what you mean without using complicated words or confusing word phrases. You content is clear, understandable, easily consumable and I remember your points even after I stop watching. Keep up the good work dude.
@Efishrocket102
4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who looks at COD as more than just dumb fun. I love your channel and have watched your videos multiple times. Thank you
@TROY2048
4 жыл бұрын
for me Modern Warfare and World at War stand out the most among COD games, so it's great to see so much attention and care put in this video, really great job mr. eyes!
@matteobrunello8067
4 жыл бұрын
i have a small critique: you say a lot of beautiful and deep concepts, so much that me as a viewer felt overwhelmed: there's no time for the things you say to sink in and think about it while watching the images, if i, as a mr. nobody, could give u a suggestion it would be to insert more pauses and speak more slowly and if that stretches the time too much i think it would be cool to do like a mini series of like three episodes on a game. i felt like i could concentrate on the visual or the audio separatetly because of too much content. Said that your work is staggering, the quality here is at the top, you have a great great talent and all your videos are a beautiful blend of documentary and art to the point that i can feel that all of your videos are like your sons. You are doing great!
@arforafro5523
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with this man, the content is fantastic but slowing down the pace would help out tremendously for the viewers to digest everything being shown. A simple comparison I can think about is listening to an album compared to a CD of greatest hits, where the greatest hits has constant spectacular pieces its hard to drawn all of them together compared to an album that has a few outliers along with more grounded songs. This video too touched many different subjects and explored them very eloquently however by the time I was watching the second half I would have trouble recalling what was mentioned in the first half simply because my short term memory was being saturated at that point, breaking the video down into multiple pieces would probably work well, seeing how you could easily cut this video into an introduction talking about the artstyle and inspirations followed by the mission by mission breakdown of the entire campaing and finally the remaster and influence of the game. I'll keep an eye out for future videos and try to get up to speed with your previous content, this was a great watch even if the length seemed a bit daunting at first.
@alshabib5849
4 жыл бұрын
Nah dont slow down. No mercy for brainlets
@mikebiff
4 жыл бұрын
I mean that could turn this into a 3 hour video you know, maybe watch at reduced speed or pause throughout? For some people this is too slow and they are watching at increased playback speed so. Doing like 3 separate episodes for something like this though is a good idea
@alshabib5849
4 жыл бұрын
@Manek Iridius The weak should fear the strong
@joec5680
4 жыл бұрын
I personally agree. I think the pace is very fast and looking at the illustrations while trying to keep up with the commentary is overwhelming. For me, it needs to be slower. One KZitemr who I think does this very well in his documentaries is Ahoy. His style is slow and allows you to take in the information in time. Other than that, great job man!
@MW-iy4qc
4 жыл бұрын
Love your channel so much. Reminds me of Mark Fisher in a way, in depth, academic analysis of what most academics would turn their nose up at and call "low culture". It really is impressive just how much can be strained out of a game most people play as a way to turn off their mind and hold down the trigger for a few hours. Especially impressive since the MW series has/had almost no grand point, unlike the Farcry series which, at least in the second entry, has a uniformity of aesthetics all meant to illustrate the nature of the UAC.
@daytonbell2930
4 жыл бұрын
"... Face Full of Eyes's latest aesthetics analysis is an absolute masterpiece, and [his] best work yet." - New York Times Utterly astounding work, will be sharing this with everyone I know. You are a master craftsman when it comes to the in-depth analyses. Just know that these do not go unappreciated. Cheers.
@skipfighter
3 жыл бұрын
When is the next one coming out man. These video’s really are something else.
@FaceFullofEyes
3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully soon, life's kinda busy at the moment
@skipfighter
3 жыл бұрын
@@FaceFullofEyes Alright. Well good luck man. Im sure the wait will be worth it in the end
@tarandamalcheruvu4712
4 жыл бұрын
The comparisons to Bioshock here really gets he interested on what an aesthetic analysis of it would look like. Probably like 3 goddamn hours but it would be the best video essay I'd ever watch that's for certain
@CalderonCore
4 жыл бұрын
Definetly one of the most underrated gaming channels out there.
@BORN753
4 жыл бұрын
I'd say it just needs time to grow big. People love this channel as we all can see from the comment section.
@sneezebiscuits7239
4 жыл бұрын
"Underrated"? No. Not by the people that found it. Keep in mind, the channel is only about 1 year old. It will grow, with time.
@yuyureishinoshojo
10 ай бұрын
im so glad u covered the reloads. the reloads for cod4 has to be favorites out of all the series. specially theat uzi. oh that uzi. I also really really enjoy the music for this game unironically listening to it a lot more than i should haha.
@axtoncrane2155
4 жыл бұрын
Seriously cannot state how impressed I am, such a well thought out and in depth analysis of a game that is seemingly just a modernistic adaptation of an old formula. I didn’t realize until I watched this how much of the “fat” Modern Warfare cut with the fluidity of game play...
@vbluercruz5815
4 жыл бұрын
DUDE I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHING YOUR FAR CRY 2 VIDEO 2 MINUTES AGO BEFORE CHECKING YOUR CHANNEL TO SEE THAT YOU JUST UPLOADED THIS. THIS WAS A SURPRISE! Keep up the good work!
@ValoTheBrute
4 жыл бұрын
i would love to see a athletics of bioshock or spec ops the line. whenever this channel uploads it can turn a bad day to a good day
@davidfabella1
4 жыл бұрын
I loved Modern Warfare's G3, your comment on the charging handle was so good I just had to sub
@HBSDU54
4 жыл бұрын
The aesthetic of GTA IV is required now. Well, do what you like, because you do great videos! +1 sub
@bk_nreynolds3278
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely phenomenal deep dive into the mechanics and style of one of the greatest first person shooters of all time. I was absolutely floored at the quality of the video, excellent work, keep it up!
@shmeautiful
2 жыл бұрын
Something the SAS missions did absolutely flawlessly was make the player feel like they weren't moving quite fast enough. Every one of the euro missions feels like there isn't enough time in the world to complete those impossible objectives, outnumbered and outgunned by a wide margin each time. This video, along with all your other videos, is excellent. I'll be here for whatever you plan on creating
@Donker_Dank
4 жыл бұрын
Idk how but you've made an hour and a half video of quality entertainment and education which makes me appreciate cod4 in a new life. This is some quality work. I'm happy to be a new subscriber
@jakethe2094
4 жыл бұрын
That Bioshock mention got me thinking; please God tell me you’re doing a Bioshock video at some point? Awesome video!
@a-troubleshooting4761
4 жыл бұрын
Man, Bioshock has a very good storyline, combined with this dude's narrative and analysis would be a thing to watch out for !
@CalebNorman
3 жыл бұрын
This video is amazing in the breadth and depth of its content! Love your whole channel man, it reminds me a great deal of Retroahoy
@ss10baby
4 жыл бұрын
Your points about the AC130 level ring very true. Honestly its so similar to actual footage (and even potential control) of drone warfare that the level kind of forces you to to acknowledge the evil disconnect going on in your mind. At least knowing the reality of this type of warfare now, not as we knew it back then.
@ffaakkuunnddoo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this, I feel better after watching this video. I think there is a lot of value in this content.
@acetrigger1337
3 жыл бұрын
so... Call of Duty is been saying the same phrase every year: "War never changes, it just gets worst."
@pineapplepeter7442
4 жыл бұрын
We're all been waiting for this, this channel needs more popularity brought to it
@FadeIn2Obscurity
3 жыл бұрын
The speed at which you describe things give me goosebumps. Your flow from little details to larger set pieces perfectly matches the tone and speed of the game. This is a phenomenal video. Know that you made me buy this game and play it again after years.
@chrisbessey358
4 жыл бұрын
I think you must seriously consider “Aesthetics of Metal Gear Solid”, unless you haven’t already.
@danielmarkovic1107
3 жыл бұрын
These videos are so good, hopefully one day I get to see Aesthetics of Killing Floor 2/Insurgemcy. Keep up the good work, my guy!
@TheSkullshoter
3 жыл бұрын
Insurgency is kinda the same as modern warfare like, green palettes and dust, but... still amazing
@pug-aloentertainment3801
4 жыл бұрын
Me: *[watches all videos and subs]* Face Full of Eyes: *[new video with 1.5 hours length]* It will be almost a midnight when I finish watching it and I'm still down to it, despite I have no experience with CoD whatsoever
@tiagogarcia50
4 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for when you get around to that bioshock vid! Such insightful stuff, I love how holistic and oddly poetic your approach to aesthetics is.
@odell191
4 жыл бұрын
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Move over Raycevick.
@brown-eyedcheese5440
10 ай бұрын
your writing is so perfect
@carlostaffanelly418
4 жыл бұрын
Now this was unexpected. You've definitely made my day
@xanaxodgrindcorelover9191
4 жыл бұрын
i suggest you follow his twitter, he posted a teaser for it a few weeks ago
@IrrationalDelusion
4 жыл бұрын
@@xanaxodgrindcorelover9191 @Face Full of Eyes should include links to all ways to support him and social media in the video description
@NicolasLima-q8u
4 жыл бұрын
1:25:02 "The technology behind a work becomes part of it's aesthetic, there's no need to change it every time there are advancements" God dammit you just put my exact thoughts into words
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
:)
@kalashnikovdevil
3 жыл бұрын
I don't have the deep thoughts for this one I had for your Far Cry videos. I do have some technical notes and general thoughts. As a kid, Charlie Don't Surf was cool, modernly it actually kinda annoys me, because I'm a Marine... and they could have done a slightly better job, whether you want to cast us as heroes, villains or shades of grey, which I can tell you Marines most certainly are in. I'm reminded of the Hound in ASOIF/Game of Thrones. "What do you think a knight is for, girl? You think it's all taking favors from ladies and looking fine in gold plate? Knights are for killing." I met all sorts in the Marines. Broken men. Would be heroes. Villains waiting for their moment on the stage. Actual heroes... who'd curse the term and throw away every honor and medal for one person back who didn't survive when they did. Most of all I knew dudes man... just dudes, to paraphrase a favorite book. Warriors all. Not a pretty reality. Hard to depict. Setting the people aside, the tactics and strategies of assaults are hard, but the one depicted in Charlie Don't Surf would actually be more exciting if it was more realistic to Marine tactics... and draw some more direct parallels to the legendary Normandy Beach/Saving Private Ryan cold open that every WW2 FPS set vaguely near the Western Front jumps on with both boots. Six Days in Fallujah would have gotten a lot closer to my beloved Corps, and to the Marines I knew, which is why it's such a shame that it never took to the stage to show the world the story of Marines in Iraq, if reduced purely to one battle. With Marines who'd lived through the Second Battle of Fallujah actively consulting what was proposed more as a Survival Horror game than a modern FPS. Purely on the technical side which grates on me for reasons unknown to my conscious mind, the Marine Corps doesn't use Black Hawks. In it's role we have the legendary Huey still to this day, now modernly incarnated as "The Venom", with it's counterpart the Cobra attack helicopter now duly rechristened "Viper". The CH-46 Sea Knights later on are period correct, though going out of service now. Kinda interesting platform to be in service for so long. There was a fourth generation Sea Knight pilot before they stopped training new pilots for the CH-46. The tip I always heard from older Marines is if you get into a Sea Knight and it's not leaking some sort of fluid... immediately get out, because that bird's about to crash.
@coltrigun9186
4 жыл бұрын
I discover this Chanel yesterday and OMG I WOULD LIKE TO DISCOVER THIS BEAUTY SOONER
@kawauchi2918
4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you do Battlefield 3 someday - in many ways it's a a foil to COD MW series with more ambitious technical goals and stronger visual filters (I wouldn't blame anyone for making jokes about the blue/orange color palette), but I do think it's a game worth analyzing even though it occupies the same space as the COD series. BF3's single player campaign presents a very different experience compared to the MW franchise, with a more authentic depiction of the world's biggest militaries. Although it got a few things hilariously wrong - the like F/A-18 mission losing its impact on me after I watched CW Lemoine's analysis of it - there are also things that BF3 has done that no other modern military FPS aimed at the wider mainstream market did, like Russia spec ops units appropriately armed with 5.45x39mm/9x39mm specialized weapon systems instead of the same old wooden furniture AK. Or American MBTs constantly stopping and going as they make their way through enemy resistance, first through the Middle Eastern desert against older T-72s, then on the highway with the threat of SVBIEDs. Even the geopolitics in the background of BF3's single player campaign mirrors reality better than COD MW - COD MW's depiction of Russia is that of a country still finding its footing after the dissolution of the USSR. It's an alternate history of continued violent infighting within that country, with one of its key players - radical ultranationalists Zakhaev and Makarov - reaching out to various black market connections, and also having considerable influence over the Russian military itself. BF3 portrays Russia as a country with a real military-industrial complex of its own, a military that answers the call of the higher government and nobody else. A sovereign that can and will fight tooth and nail with the USA if someone is mad enough to spark a real war between both of them - and that someone is Solomon, supposedly a CIA asset but has ideas of his own. Complicated by a Spetsnaz operator and a member of a USMC QRF unit running into each other. If COD MW is a story of heroes, BF3 is a story of their masters - the world powers they serve for. BF3 has a much different feel from the COD MW games despite being aimed at roughly the same market and tackling the same themes, and I would love to see you do this game justice. Although COD MW1 came first and was the one that set the standard for future military FPS titles, said standard even BF3 even had to adhere to, I personally feel that BF3 has done a good enough job to forge its own path as well and create its own unique take from a wave COD MW1 started.
@trager8933
3 жыл бұрын
You saying codmw1 Is bad ? It had great mission desing and Intresting set pices. I agree that bf3 has great mp but the singleplayer feels empty compared to cod games like mw1,black ops 1. Battlefield 3 story Is ok but the characters dont have uniqe lines and moments so that you can feel something for them. The characters that you play as are ok but the rest of the cast kinda feels lame,like cod ghosts level of boring. The bigest problem for me Is that the gameplay formula feels like they copy/pasted the mp level desing and aplied that for singleplayer. Even on easy difficulty most of the enemies can kill you with 3 or 4 hits. There Is not much cover for you to not get hit. Its a great military shooter In terms of authentic weapons and tactics. But the story feels half baked and the gameplay drags on basicly repeating the same in every level besides the jet one and the tank one. Shoot a bunch of guys In this room,have a quick mele fight qte with one of the enemies,go to the next room,kill the soldiers. It could be better as military combat scenario training than for a game. Bad Company 2 was kinda the same but It had much better writing and cast of characters. Even tho It was basicly a parody of cod games I still liked It. You could get Invested In the story and not get bored by the first half. I wont talk about BF4. I respect your opinion but this Is my take on the battlefield singleplayer.
@koeh07
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly Battlefield 3 is one of my favorite campaigns along Modern Warfare, though of course the latter in my opinion is better, from many reasons and alongside the reasons from this video, but its still there for me, to add more onto your comment the soundtrack is amazing, from the simple menu ambience to Vladimir's death is phenomenal. My favorite mission moments gotta be the initial invasion of iran/iraq (don't remember which country it was to be honest), with the 1 minute pause and then charge to take over the mortar house, it's a shame when you reach the city theres barely any troops, i'm sure they weren't limited by engine to place more, a big problem Battlefield 3 has is the immersion it fails to give in some great moments, like the VDV vs USMC, though it still works to a extent, and on that note is something I love is how they treat a clash between US and RUS, both NCOs and HRs on both sides have no idea what to do, because it's not some big showdown or operation, no one knew both sides would meet eachother, the abrams mission is probably one of the best tank missions and I love the fact they show how true modern tank engagements have become, far away, intense in the fact that you don't know where they are and fast movement when the clash is over, and of course all of the RUS missions, they're great and the variety of paths and ways to take over the mansion made me replay those missions so many times. Though I belive the ending was kinda of ''meh'', though the world building is done to a great extent like you mentioned, the actual plot itself, Blackburn and his Squad kinda of fail to create such a interest compared to something like Bravo Team and Force Recon, still it's a pretty good game and I support the idea of a Aesthetic of Battlefield 3 video!
@SMG516
4 жыл бұрын
the way you piece words together paragraph, after paragraph, describing how this game takes from real life is an absolute work of art! Regardless that you're voice is rather monotone through out the vid, your sentence formation is pure poetry my guy.
@tommchale2346
4 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see your breakdown of MW 2019
@coffeeplease47
4 жыл бұрын
I binged watched all your videos two days ago and ordered Farcry 2 just to replay it. I had to do a double take when I saw this on my feed. I haven't even watched this video and I already know its gonna be amazing. This channel is gonna blow up!
@Luuncho
4 жыл бұрын
I love that you’re exploring visuals like this, videogames are an art form and are too often judged only at face value
@everybodyhatesgresh
3 жыл бұрын
This whole video explains why cod 4 is still to me the best cod game, and one of my favorite games ever made.
@BennyTheBuff
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, in the remaster version what surprised me was the aftermath mission. In the original game you’re all alone, yet in the remastered version of the mission there are marines around you, slowly dying with you, interesting change.
@TRIP_B
4 жыл бұрын
This is quality content that needs more attention. keep up the amazing work! here’s some recommendations for future videos: GTA, Red dead, fallout, Elder scrolls, doom, wolfenstein, resident evil, evil within, assassins creed, battlefield, medal of honor, Max payne, bioshock, dead rising, dishonored, Prey, devil may cry, metal gear, death stranding, dying light, mafia, metro, watch dogs, the witcher, tomb raider, spec ops the line.... the list goes on and on
@kk44444
9 ай бұрын
The chapter on movement and motion really resonated with me. I remember playing CoD4 in middle school and being mesmerized by the choreographed movement from the NPCs in the OG MW series. I never got through to doing it but I remember feeling extremely immersed and compelled to be a part of this choreography as much as I could while I played through the campaigns. They really nailed it back then. Timeless classics just like Black Hawk Down, Band of Brothers, etc.
@angmordagnithil7127
4 жыл бұрын
I've never subscribed to a channel so fast. Your editing style and your content is top-notch, and brings some amazing new layers to my enjoyment of videogames. I would love to see you cover Fallout 3 in this way. I know that it is derided by many hardcore fans of the series, but I personally considering it to be the most aesthetically striking of the entire Fallout lexicon, and I'd love to hear your take on it.
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :) I like Fallout 3 and have a lot of dear memories of my original playthrough. The whole series is definitely on my list.
@captntargaryen9219
4 жыл бұрын
I went from "never heard of this channel" to #Recommending everyone i know about this channel# real fast. Aesthetics of Far Cry 2 did that! What did Palpatine once say? Yes. "And you, young Skywalker. We will watch your career with great interest." ;)
@captntargaryen
4 жыл бұрын
agreed
@TravisRyley
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely terrifying being able to finally put a voice to ashley's character.. it was spot on very well done
@user-cl8on1sy1g
4 жыл бұрын
The level of description throughout the entire video, whereas some would just describe the game as a “shoot em up”
@terbentur2943
4 жыл бұрын
Ohhh nice another one Where have you been all these years Face. Your stuff is simply amazing to watch.
@burgerbro6753
4 жыл бұрын
When this guy does battlefield 1, my life will be complete
@FaceFullofEyes
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, the horrors of the great war
@michaelbreault3825
4 жыл бұрын
I like how you look at things, you are obviously skilled in seeing the individual aspects of art. The concept is useful in many other fields.
@53gaDr34mc4st
2 жыл бұрын
I think one of the best aesthetics things about Captain Price are those muttonchops of his, they really make a good statement about his character, I think. About how quintessentially British he is, and how professional of a soldier he is. He wouldn't look out of place marching with Wellington against Napoleon in Iberia, entrenched in the frozen Crimean wasteland, in the prim and proper and well pressed red tunic and white pith helmet of Queen Victoria's army in Africa or India, or tightly gripping a Webley in the filthy trenches of the Somme before blowing his whistle and going over the top.
@TheBraltProject
4 жыл бұрын
This is top notch content about my favourite games, I always searched for this type of long essays and not those 10 minute short ones but ones that really go deep on the topics. Thank you for that!!
@jackal_9791
3 жыл бұрын
1:10:33 There is a citizen hiding inside of the left dumpster. I could play The Coup 1000 times and notice something new every time.
@philipjohnsson2676
3 жыл бұрын
this dude is a straight up poet sometimes
@aramislima902
3 жыл бұрын
In the COD:WOW video, he's just flexing his writing skills, it's impressive
@thenardoabides1502
4 жыл бұрын
Ok i just finished watching the whole damn thing and i'm gonna comment again, with one advice: let us poor viewers take a breath now and then. It's the only thing that really needs to be improved imho, because especially for someone that doesn't speak english like me, there are tons of informations and concepts that are all packed up together really fast, and sometimes i needed to stop the video to get clearly what you were saying. Basically, i would just add some short pauses here and there, for example by showing a title or a quote for a couple more seconds. Other than that, I congratulate you again, for you managed to keep me awake til 4 am. I also believe that your work is extremely important, because this critical analysis and "process of consciousness" (hoping that it makes any sense) of videogames and popular culture is fundamental, if we dont want to become just consumers that are force-fed anything that the entertainment industry delivers to us. This "comprehension of aesthetic" may sound a little "tumblr" at first view but is definetly important in this complicated age of ours. Thnx man
@JamesMBC
4 жыл бұрын
Man, this video was so good! It's very interesting and I think captures what is special about Modern Warfare.
@ahhaha5435
4 жыл бұрын
spec ops: the line next, i have a feeling you’ll love it
@pta519
4 жыл бұрын
I like how this guy sounds like rod Serling on the twilight zone
@jetmemesam5712
3 жыл бұрын
I love you channel so much, your videos are well made, high quality, well researched, and well written. Great job! Keep going
@FaceFullofEyes
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Morellen
3 жыл бұрын
Came back to this video because I realized I hadn't seen you pop up in my sub box in a long while... good to see you are still working on the next video though and haven't left the channel !
@amantureu
4 жыл бұрын
I subscribed, clicked the bell and share with my friends just to make your channel grow Love your content
@scphdaxc
Жыл бұрын
I’m gonna have a blast watching these videos, it’s like a movie. These are absolutely fan-fucking-tastic
@isi0805
3 жыл бұрын
Can’t get enough of how well articulated and coherent his discussion topics are.
@ulyssesklaeue
3 жыл бұрын
Until the WAW video drops, im gonna see the other 4 videos to please mi anxiety for new content. You inspire me a lot in how to structure essays, and fucking adore how you make points! Good luck from Venezuela, man!
@FaceFullofEyes
3 жыл бұрын
It's almost finished... Hope things are ok in Venezuela. Cheers!
@kettujabamiesukkeliukko
4 ай бұрын
"to get the shell out" Never actually noticed that mistake back in the day. GP-25 doesn't use a shell, and in that animation it even has the grenade in it lol
@brenmazzz
4 жыл бұрын
Man, your writing is far better than most of documentaries! Hope you make a living out of your channel and make a lot of $, you truly deserve it bro!
@FreshCurly
3 жыл бұрын
well it looks like the algorithm finally noticed the weird disparity in your quality of content to sub ratio
@blackrav3n659
10 ай бұрын
Bro im glad you brought up metal slug i never find people who play that game!!
@pscyokilla
4 жыл бұрын
Oh Lord I wasn't expecting this so soon. Time to add to my watch later list and watch it at 3am with a bowl of cereal
@dceasedtbc
4 жыл бұрын
Yo I really appreciate the amount of effort you put into this video. I can tell it took a shit ton of time and preparation. Thank you for this
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