History TearJerker / CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar

While there aren't as many examples as previous entries, ''Black Ops Cold War'' still manages to pull at some heartstrings if you know where to look.

* 'End Of The Line' is a WhamEpisode all to itself, revealing that Perseus' endgame involves ''nuking Europe into oblivion and blaming it on the USA'', but it gets worse at the end, when Bell, Lazar and Park are wounded by an RPG and Bell has only enough time to save one of them. Regardless of which one Bell chooses to save, the other one's last words are a BigNo before being executed by Cuban soldiers just as Bell and the survivor are lifted to safety.

* To get the good ending, Bell must [[YouCantGoHomeAgain make a conscious decision to reject their old life and former comrades in Perseus.]] After a few congratulatory words that feel disturbingly like a good-bye, they gets rewarded by a shot to the face by Adler, their own handler. The only saving grace is that Bell manages to pull their own gun and fire back, so at the very least Bell went out fighting, which is a lot more than could be expected from someone in their position.

* Everything about Bell really. Bell is an IronWoobie who began their TraumaCongaLine by getting shot by their associate [[GreenEyedMonster Arash Kadivar]] for being Perseus's favourite. They then gets captured by [[UnscrupulousHero Adler]] and then subjected to MindRape and then brainwashing in order to gain access to his memories in order to prevent Europe from being nuked. Bell is brainwashed into thinking that they were friends with Adler and Sims for over a decade, starting with Vietnam; even though Bell was never really in Vietnam as far as we know. Bell makes good progress in stopping Perseus's plans until things go really wrong in Cuba where they are [[SadisticChoice forced to leave either of his friends Park or Lazar, or even both to die]]. Bell themselves gets badly injured in the process, to the point of being unable to walk on their own two feet, drugged into nightmarish flashbacks under Adler's control who had no choice but to do it since all leads were lost in Cuba. There, Bell learns about Adler's true nature. From Bell's POV, Adler goes from being {{a Father To His Men}} to him to threatening to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] him for the information. And things don't appear to look up for Bell in the Good Ending...

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* To get the good ending, Bell must [[YouCannotGoHomeAgain make a conscious decision to reject their old life and former comrades in Perseus.]] After a few congratulatory words that feel disturbingly like a good-bye, they gets rewarded by a shot to the face by Adler, their own handler. The only saving grace is that Bell manages to pull their own gun and fire back, so at the very least Bell went out fighting, which is a lot more than could be expected from someone in their position.

* To get the good ending, Bell must make a conscious decision to reject their old life and former comrades in Perseus. After a few congratulatory words that feel disturbingly like a good-bye, they gets rewarded by a shot to the face by Adler, their own handler. The only saving grace is that Bell manages to pull their own gun and fire back, so at the very least Bell went out fighting, which is a lot more than could be expected from someone in their position.

* At the end of 'Brick in the Wall', should you kill Volkov, the Stasi will do a number of sweeping raids that imprison and kill numerous innocent people.
* Everything about Bell really. Bell is an IronWoobie who began their TraumaCongaLine by getting shot by their associate [[GreenEyedMonster Arash Kadivar]] for being Perseus's favourite. They then gets captured by [[UnscrupulousHero Adler]] and then subjected to MindRape and then brainwashing in order to gain access to his memories in order to prevent Europe from being nuked. Bell is brainwashed into thinking that they were friends with Adler and Sims for over a decade, starting with Vietnam; even though Bell was never really in Vietnam as far as we know. Bell makes good progress in stopping Perseus's plans until things go really wrong in Cuba where they are [[SadisticChoice forced to leave either of his friends Park or Lazar, or even both to die]]. Bell themselves gets badly injured in the process, to the point of being unable to walk on their own two feet, drugged into nightmarish flashbacks under Adler's control who had no choice but to do it since all leads were lost in Cuba. There, Bell learns about Adler's true nature. From Bell's POV, Adler goes from being {{a Father To His Men}} to him to threatening to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] him for the information. And things don't appear to look up for Bell in the Good Ending...
* 'End Of The Line' is a WhamEpisode all to itself, revealing that Perseus' endgame involves ''nuking Europe into oblivion and blaming it on the USA'', but it gets worse at the end, when Bell, Lazar and Park are wounded by an RPG and Bell has only enough time to save one of them. Regardless of which one Bell chooses to save, the other one's last words are a BigNo before being executed by Cuban soldiers just as Bell and the survivor are lifted to safety.

* Everything about Bell really. Bell is an IronWoobie who began their TraumaCongaLine by getting shot by their associate [[GreenEyedMonster Arash Kadivar]] for being Perseus's favourite. They then gets captured by [[UnscrupulousHero Adler]] and then subjected to MindRape and then brainwashing in order to gain access to his memories in order to prevent Europe from being nuked. Bell is brainwashed into thinking that they were friends with Adler and Sims for over a decade, starting with Vietnam; even though Bell was never really in Vietnam as far as we know. Bell makes good progress in stopping Perseus's plans until things go really wrong in Cuba where they are [[SadisticChoice forced to leave either of his friends Park or Lazar, or even both to die]]. Bell themselves gets badly injured in the process, to the point of being unable to walk on their own two feet, drugged into nightmarish flashbacks under Adler's control who had no choice but to do it since all leads were lost in Cuba. There, Bell learns about Adler's true nature. From Bell's POV, Adler goes from being {{a Father To His Men}} to him to threatening to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] him for the information. And things don't appear to look up for Bell in the Good Ending...

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** From the same final mission, if Bell refrains from summoning Soviet troops to ambush Adler's team in, Adler expresses genuine, honest disappointment in Bell's decision to turn on the group, before executing them. If present, Lazar looks away right before Adler kills Bell, unable to watch the death of someone who he worked alongside throughout the story. Then, as Bell lies dying, Adler and company discuss what to do with Bell's body, and then decide to leave it there. All of Bell's efforts throughout the story, and they die alone, their body left forgotten about in the middle of nowhere.

** [[spoiler: To get the good ending, Bell must make a conscious decision to reject his old life and former comrades in Perseus. After a few congratulatory words that feel disturbingly like a good-bye, he gets rewarded by a shot to the face by Adler, his own handler. The only saving grace is that Bell manages to pull their own gun and fire back, so at the very least Bell went out fighting, which is a lot more than could be expected from someone in their position.]]
** [[spoiler: Even while you're slaughtering your former team on behalf of a group that wants to nuke Europe in 'Ashes to Ashes', Park or Lazar beg you to stop and reconsider your actions. This idealism is in stark contrast to the futile threats made by Woods and Mason, both of whom are clearly aghast at being betrayed by Bell, who they have fought alongside throughout the campaign, especially since Woods literally saved Bell's life earlier on, only to be repaid like this.]]
*** [[spoiler: If Bell refrains from summoning Soviet troops to ambush Adler's team in 'Ashes to Ashes', Adler expresses genuine, honest disappointment in Bell's decision to turn on the group, before executing them. If present, Lazar looks away right before Adler kills Bell, unable to watch the death of someone who he worked alongside throughout the story. Then, as Bell lies dying, Adler and company discuss what to do with Bell's body, and then decide to leave it there. All of Bell's efforts throughout the story...and they die alone, their body left forgotten about in the middle of nowhere.]]
** [[spoiler: If you kill Volkov, the Stasi will do a number of sweeping raids that imprison and kill numerous innocent people.]]
** [[spoiler: Everything about Bell really. Bell is an IronWoobie who began his TraumaCongaLine by getting shot by his associate [[GreenEyedMonster Arash Kadivar]] for being Perseus's favourite. He then gets captured by [[UnscrupulousHero Adler]] and then subjected to Nightmarish Torture and then Brainwashing in order to gain access to his memories in order to prevent Europe from being nuked. Bell is brainwashed into thinking that he was friends with Adler and Sims for over a decade, starting with Vietnam even though Bell was never really in Vietnam as far as we know. Bell makes good progress in stopping Perseus's plans until things go really wrong in Cuba where he is [[SadisticChoice forced to leave either of his friends Park or Lazar to die]]. Bell himself gets badly injured in the process, to the point of being unable to walk on their own two feet, drugged into nightmarish flashbacks under Adler's control who had no choice but to do it since all leads were lost in Cuba. There Bell learns about Adler's true nature. From Bell's POV, Adler goes from being {{a Father To His Men}} to him to threatening to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] him for the information. And things don't appear to look up for Bell in the Good Ending...]]