The reason why this trailer was so powerful, is because it perfectly captured what we all saw in our mind's eye when playing the tabletop game back in the day.
how do you even get into tabletop games? how did you learn about them back in the day, where did you get money to buy figurines and stuff, how did you find people to play with? i don't get it
@@blueshit199 my friends big brother had some minis and a book. I looked at them and was hooked. Then I spent the next 4 years asking for miniatures for christmas and my birthday because I could not afford many on my own (they were less expensive back then tho). So after a few years of collecting we could finally play some games, though most of the ”models” were proxies made from whatever we could pull together. For fabtasy battles we cut paper squares to represent units if we lacked the models.
@@blueshit199 I was in school and my brother's friend lent us the rulebooks after he heard us talking about the old Vengeance of the Blood Angels game for the Playstation 1. Absolutely devoured the rulebooks and became completely obsessed with the game, got the 2e starter box for christmas, and converted an old pool table into a wargames table that was permanently set up in my bedroom. Then set about getting my friends interested and playing games. When I went to Uni I started a wargames club and continued to play until I moved country. Now I'm back to starting from scratch by lending my armies to a friend to play and making my own terrain from scratch. I just love wargaming, it's such an absorbing hobby.
@@blueshit199 Walk into a model shop and see the models, if you were interested you could play in the same shop. It's not that difficult it's like asking how you'd get into football.
I'm probably late af, but I realised after all these years that the Dreadnought's explosion blew off the sarge's power backpack (1:30). Which is why he had such a clumpsy run going on top of that hill: he had to support the full weight of his armor and move it "manually".
And those wounds don’t look terribly deep (for an astartes) I wouldn’t be surprised if he collapsed at the end from exertion (and then entering that space marine hibernation state)
"A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins, he arrives precisely when he means to." And you did, because I never even noticed that amazing piece of brilliance!! It does fly off! Amazing....
This cinematic is a perfect "cinematic" represantation of Tabletop game. Orks had their turn, took the point, destroyed Predator in their shooting phase, then small squad charged Space Marine squad, but it was wiped due to Overwatch. Then it's Space Marine Turn, they move, advance, charge. All they need is to get close to the Victory point, to gain one last point. This is a space marine player sending his SM to cap a point to win the game. Everything depended on this move, and later on the dice rolls. You get a big melee fight in which Orks destroy Dred, it explodes on 6, killing most of the troops. Now comes the consolidation move for SM, he moves in, caps the point and the Player wins. :)
The battle even makes sense in more realistic point of view. Space marines are pinned down and use he predator to hold position till reinforcement arrive. Unfortunately the Orks have the means of destroying the predator giving them the opportunity to attack. Fortunately the reinforsment is here, and Grandpa dreadnought is PISSED! Knowing they can't hold their position and the fact that they have a dreadnough on their side the commander commands an assault which doesn't go exactly that well. Now that he the only one alive he uses the opportunity to put the banner granting his allies vision so they can bomb the ork base with Drop Pods. Just a like a true space marine player.
the magnificence of this trailer, that it had to have been clearly directed with a passion to reproduce the tabletop mechanics but still make a kickarse trailer featuring as much of the units in the actual game as possible. Honestly i don't know how it could have been done better, i have 0 criticisms, except i want it longer and more warriors on screen maybe lol.
@@Oscar-j6b The space marines had superior long range firepower and decided to ignore that and charge up a ridge with chainswords in toe against an enemy that had cover and the high ground.
I'll simp for a good chain gun spin up or heavy mech noises any day. This intro is proof that solid audio engineering and production can carry an animation, especially in 40k.
I know some people might rag on you, but same.... same... I always see the flag go up, the bullet holes go through it, and his hand slowly sliding down and i'm like "This is why Blood Ravens are badasses" lol
Don't know if anyone ever noticed but if you look at 1:30 you will notice this blood raven sergeant's power pack got blown off in the explosion. Meaning he lugged all that armor without the assistance of the powered limbs all the way up the hill.
As an old fan of 40k, I thought the intro was utter trash. An entire squad of marines, with both a dred and a predator, all taken out by boyz? If space marines were really this trash they'd have been wiped out millennia ago. Each marine represents decades if not centuries of fighting and winning. Their numbers per chapter are in the mere hundreds typically. Orks, meanwhile, are literally fungus that grows in caves and walks out sapient and ready to fight. Their numbers per Waaagh! are in the millions if not billions. Even Imperial Guard would have been expected to fare better against such a paltry force of ork boyz. Game wasn't bad though.
Even Orks will sit still for a bit and keep lying in ambush even if there is something in front of it to fight, if you hold a big enough stick over their head under threat to whack their heads if they move too early.
Silverraptor especially if the WAAGGG! Is being lead by gazghull thraka who's name rhymes with dakka, prophet of gork and mork and arch nemesis to commissar yarrick the only none augmented human to ever gain the respect of orks
***** HAHA!! Epic lol. Everything from the music to the mood of the trailer was amazing. I liked how it built up steadily from fight to fight in scale. Just like this old cinematic! A lot more artistic though of course. Loved it. Here's to us getting back into the game. By the looks of it, the old school gameplay might return as well :).
I discovered Warhammer 40,000 with Dawn of War II, but then I went after the original and I played it for about as many hours or more. Damn a part of me still lives in the Kaurava sector, Kronus and Tartarus.
EXACTLY.... every time I kept Intro Play to give me MOOD to go to War and Defend EMPEROR Humanity! This is how music Hypes you and give you enjoyment for the Game you pushes start. Something have Mass effect and World of Warcraft Classic. It defines the atmosphere
"We were about to be overrun by the greensmins until a walking can of corned beef with a 30mm rotatory freedom dispenser showed up and started blasting"
this was the golden Age of Gaming. Where every intro every music every Menu was in Theme and preparing you for correct atmosphere to play. It gives you Unforgettable Experience :) And I am glad that I lived that time
Yeah, I keep going back to Dawn of War. Total War has it's appeal, and Dawn of War 2 has a certain charm, but I have more hours in Dawn of War Dark Crusade than almost any other video game. And I don't even play multiplayer.
This was perhaps the most awesome thing I had ever witnessed way back in 2004 when my dad brought this game home one day and I sat and watched on, an amazed 7 year old. I can remember leafing through the manual as the game went through the 3 CDs of installation and learning of the Space Marines. My mind was utterly blown to bits a second time only a few months later when I realised DoW was not just a video game, but was in-fact a small yet powerful representation of Warhammer 40,000. That fateful day nearly 17 years ago I discovered the tabletop game and it's miniatures...My wallet hasn't been safe since
I truly think Dawn of War is the definitive 40K game. Plenty of factions to introduce you to the universe, super fun gameplay that shares the vibe of the tabletop but in real time and the mods are incredible. This game got me into Warhammer big time.
i enjoy dawn of wars base game and expansions more than any of the sequels thats for sure, THQ got lightning in a bottle with it, a real tragedy that nothings come close to it since.
This was more about Relic than THQ. They nailed it with Dawn of War 1 and Homeworld 1. Then they started trying to experiment with the sequels and only got farther and farther away from made those first games great.
I love subtle detail where his powerpack is missing, forcing him to carry the full weight of his armor while running uphill to plant the chapter standard.
no, it's still cry "charge" and not scream sly Marbo. the space Marines are a good gain sound,so we hear the cry, sly Marbo P. S - this is just a guess
I mean, I didn't know how much damage a dreadnought could do - as they always looked liked top heavy clunky machines to me- until seeing that animation. That Minigun is just.. brutal.
Yep, that's an Assault Cannon, a weapon designed off the principle of "I have a bullet here with your name on it, and I'm going to keep firing until I find out which one". And while it's not shown here, the close combat weapon on it's other arm comes fitted with a Storm Bolter or Flamer as standard.
Does Assault Cannon shoot bolts ? I read it shoots bigger ammo, but less expansive, like regular 80mm explosive ammo (bolt is 50mm self propulsed and explosive adamantium head, heavy boltgun bolt must be 75mm).
@@Deathunter761 yeah it fires bolts there's 2 main stream solid projectile guns in the Imperium auto (think modern guns) and bolters space marines rarely use autos and i do mean rarely plasma is more commonly used.
it's amazing how this still looks amazing. I'd follow that sergeant's warcry even if it was a futile up-hill charge (trying to get out of that stuck-in position).
It's just a joke but it's fun to think that modern smartphones and AI stuff that's put into them is kinda respinsible for the Dark Age of Technology and the grim future of humanity in 40k universe. Sure, not a cellphone is sight but they're living that moment because smartphones in the past helped to start all that AI shit that turned their lives into endless war 😂
kills me inside how this is still one of the best RTS intros I know of.. just goes to show the level of passion put into this game. Gave me goosebumps as a kid and still does now over a decade later
This intro is the reason for my interest in PC gaming. Absolutely blew my mind. Pretty sure I never skipped it in all the times I fired the game up to play, and that was a looooot of times.
It just hit me that this game really did come out TWENTY FREAKING YEARS AGO. God damn I feel old now. Excuse me while I got play some Fallout 2 and SMAC to cheer myself up.
I remember my first time entering a Games Workshop in the local mall back in 2002 when I was roughly 6 years old. I was literally in awe, I was already a big 'green vs tan' plastic soldier kid but then seeing all of these emaculately painted figures set up in these massive battles. Seeing (pretty sure Black Templars) go up against Tyrranids on this beautifully handmade landscape, it was like discovering a new religion. The manager was cool enough to let me play a battle. Every Saturday they ran the pre set table matches for new people to come and try out the game and I begged my mom to take me to the mall so I could chill there while she shopped. Granted, I didn't start an army til I was 11, but I was just so immersed in the universe. I feel kind of bad for dropping the hobby in high school, but Dawn of War brings me back to those times. Maybe I'll pick up the hobby again some day but it'll probably depend on how the wife feels about it. lol
My most favorite one out of all Dawn of War trailers, so much nostalgia and soul, and still looks so good, freaking year 2004! I smile so wide when dreadnought appears with his music, so damn inspirational! One of my most favorite cinematics ever!
After just finishing book 5 in the Horus Hersey, and being a decades-long fan of 40k, this intro still brings tears of passionate joy to my eyes. I feel out of any 40k movie/animation this one perfectly captures the eseence of 40k.
If I remember right, when you started the game for the very first time this intro was unskippable. Got you in the mood for violence right away. The sound of the Ork getting snapped in half at 1:10 always made me wince.
Best game cinematic ever made! The dreadnought's arrival unleashing a cover barrage followed by the charge still gives me goosebumps after 18 years :')
Dawn of War and its expansions (yes, even soulstorm) will always have a special place in my steam library. DoW2 just couldn't achieve the same heights for me and 3 is well.. whatever that was.
as a kid seeing this was the best thing ever. Nothing is as cool as this right here so well made and so grounded to show what 40K is to someone new. i will never forget this and always love 40K because of it.
It has been so many years. Everytime I come back to this gem its just an incredible trip down memory lane. Still gives me goosebumps when I watch it. It captures the essence of 40K so well: eternal war on an epic scale, ultimate sacrifice and general badassery.
I've played pretty much every genre of PC game since the mid 90's....... The Dreadnought stomping out of the smoke and chewing up the hillside is still THE best game trailer / FMV ever made. For the Emperor
I remember seeing that back in 2004 when the game just came out and it left me completely speechless. Hell, even in 2020. 16 years later, everything about this intro is still amazing and holds up: the graphics, the animations, the atmosphere... still my favorite game cinematic out there.
Absolute masterpiece. When Mister Dread appears, does his thing, and they charge . . . I made my aged mother watch this, and she cried. She cried for the Emperor.
its a captivating and beautifully intense trailer, you don't need to know a damn thing about 40k to appreciate it either, it's honestly soo close to perfection it's disturbing, i have shown it to multiple randoms who know nothing about 40k and they were all blown away over the years by it.
I do enjoy the fact that the Sergeant got to see the drop pods coming in in his last seconds of Life, now he needs to be a Dreadnought so he can broadcast that scream 🤣
The fiction needs to show them dying a bit more, like it used to. Yes they were always the poster child but they could still die. On the old GW website there were several short stories where the marines were wiped out to the last, even in the old codex I remember one marine and his squad getting wiped by a mortar. They were superhuman, but still soldiers that could be killed.
"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear." - The Emperor of Mankind
This trailer has the best quotes, such as *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH* And *WAAAAAAAGH!!!*
Expecially "WAAAAAAAGHHH !!"
this comment made me laugh hard
i thought it was because the Imperium and Orks were at war to see who had the best war cry
Yes, my lord!
Man this comment got me :-D
After all these years, this is still one of the most awesome trailers ever made!
There is even an Ork throwing a rock or something to the captain!
Here 3 years later, still true!
@@shuatastic WOW
@@Valiant1977 I think it's a grenade Because a few seconds later there is an explosion behind him 1:37
Even now, true dat.
The reason why this trailer was so powerful, is because it perfectly captured what we all saw in our mind's eye when playing the tabletop game back in the day.
how do you even get into tabletop games? how did you learn about them back in the day, where did you get money to buy figurines and stuff, how did you find people to play with? i don't get it
@@blueshit199 my friends big brother had some minis and a book. I looked at them and was hooked. Then I spent the next 4 years asking for miniatures for christmas and my birthday because I could not afford many on my own (they were less expensive back then tho).
So after a few years of collecting we could finally play some games, though most of the ”models” were proxies made from whatever we could pull together. For fabtasy battles we cut paper squares to represent units if we lacked the models.
@@blueshit199 I was in school and my brother's friend lent us the rulebooks after he heard us talking about the old Vengeance of the Blood Angels game for the Playstation 1. Absolutely devoured the rulebooks and became completely obsessed with the game, got the 2e starter box for christmas, and converted an old pool table into a wargames table that was permanently set up in my bedroom. Then set about getting my friends interested and playing games.
When I went to Uni I started a wargames club and continued to play until I moved country. Now I'm back to starting from scratch by lending my armies to a friend to play and making my own terrain from scratch.
I just love wargaming, it's such an absorbing hobby.
@@blueshit199 Walk into a model shop and see the models, if you were interested you could play in the same shop. It's not that difficult it's like asking how you'd get into football.
Still is.
I'm probably late af, but I realised after all these years that the Dreadnought's explosion blew off the sarge's power backpack (1:30).
Which is why he had such a clumpsy run going on top of that hill: he had to support the full weight of his armor and move it "manually".
Only now do these wretched eyes of mine see the truth you uncovered.
And those wounds don’t look terribly deep (for an astartes) I wouldn’t be surprised if he collapsed at the end from exertion (and then entering that space marine hibernation state)
You can even see the powerback fly off if you go frame-by-frame!
"A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins, he arrives precisely when he means to." And you did, because I never even noticed that amazing piece of brilliance!! It does fly off! Amazing....
Pretty badass, until you realize that all he accomplished was planting a flag which the Orks will instantly take down.
This cinematic is a perfect "cinematic" represantation of Tabletop game. Orks had their turn, took the point, destroyed Predator in their shooting phase, then small squad charged Space Marine squad, but it was wiped due to Overwatch. Then it's Space Marine Turn, they move, advance, charge. All they need is to get close to the Victory point, to gain one last point. This is a space marine player sending his SM to cap a point to win the game. Everything depended on this move, and later on the dice rolls. You get a big melee fight in which Orks destroy Dred, it explodes on 6, killing most of the troops. Now comes the consolidation move for SM, he moves in, caps the point and the Player wins. :)
Then he deep strikes his reserve units to clear the Orks and get an auto win
The battle even makes sense in more realistic point of view.
Space marines are pinned down and use he predator to hold position till reinforcement arrive.
Unfortunately the Orks have the means of destroying the predator giving them the opportunity to attack.
Fortunately the reinforsment is here, and Grandpa dreadnought is PISSED!
Knowing they can't hold their position and the fact that they have a dreadnough on their side the commander commands an assault which doesn't go exactly that well.
Now that he the only one alive he uses the opportunity to put the banner granting his allies vision so they can bomb the ork base with Drop Pods.
Just a like a true space marine player.
I really hope that more people appreciate this comment
the magnificence of this trailer, that it had to have been clearly directed with a passion to reproduce the tabletop mechanics but still make a kickarse trailer featuring as much of the units in the actual game as possible. Honestly i don't know how it could have been done better, i have 0 criticisms, except i want it longer and more warriors on screen maybe lol.
@@Oscar-j6b The space marines had superior long range firepower and decided to ignore that and charge up a ridge with chainswords in toe against an enemy that had cover and the high ground.
0:43 and thus a Legend was born.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I cant even speak his name else i may die.
@@NeddicusSLY MARBO!
i dare you wuss for the emperor
That scene of the Dreadnought sweeping its chaingun across the hill has stuck with me as one of the sweetest shots ever for nearly 20 years.
When it shows up I'm like
FUCK YEAH
FACTS !!!!
Trueeeeeee
I'll simp for a good chain gun spin up or heavy mech noises any day. This intro is proof that solid audio engineering and production can carry an animation, especially in 40k.
0:38
Hell yeah.
The best. The marine sacrificing himself to plant the flag on the hill still brings tears to my eyes.
That's Sergeant Gabriel Angelos--he lives, don't worry.
@@commissarchristopherjohnso4745 WHAT? no fucking way its Gabriel, where did you get that info?:D
Mee too dude
@@commissarchristopherjohnso4745 No, that's just a random sergeant. Gabriel was a Force Commander in DoW1
I know some people might rag on you, but same.... same... I always see the flag go up, the bullet holes go through it, and his hand slowly sliding down and i'm like "This is why Blood Ravens are badasses" lol
Don't know if anyone ever noticed but if you look at 1:30 you will notice this blood raven sergeant's power pack got blown off in the explosion. Meaning he lugged all that armor without the assistance of the powered limbs all the way up the hill.
This was my entry to the Warhamer 40k universe, so I can only imagine how awesome it was for old fans to finally see some epic Space Marines vs Orks.
As an old fan of 40k, I thought the intro was utter trash. An entire squad of marines, with both a dred and a predator, all taken out by boyz? If space marines were really this trash they'd have been wiped out millennia ago. Each marine represents decades if not centuries of fighting and winning. Their numbers per chapter are in the mere hundreds typically. Orks, meanwhile, are literally fungus that grows in caves and walks out sapient and ready to fight. Their numbers per Waaagh! are in the millions if not billions. Even Imperial Guard would have been expected to fare better against such a paltry force of ork boyz.
Game wasn't bad though.
I think that if not for this trailer and Dawn of war, then Warhammer would never have become popular.
@@BigMikeMcBastard my thought on this particular situation was the Mekboy made some extra strong bombs.
@@BigMikeMcBastard I always did hate this aspect of the trailer!
@@BigMikeMcBastard It's an animated version of a tabletop game, I'm pretty sure. Makes a lot more sense that way.
Seems a bit unbelievable, Greenskins waiting for a right moment to attack. Twice.
+Steelbound Probably Blood Axes ;)
DEZ BOYZ IS KUNNIN BUT BRUTAL, NOT BRUTAL BUT KUNNIN.
Even Orks will sit still for a bit and keep lying in ambush even if there is something in front of it to fight, if you hold a big enough stick over their head under threat to whack their heads if they move too early.
Silverraptor especially if the WAAGGG! Is being lead by gazghull thraka who's name rhymes with dakka, prophet of gork and mork and arch nemesis to commissar yarrick the only none augmented human to ever gain the respect of orks
ALL OV DEM BOYZ AR GORKERZ !
the dreadnought walking through the smoke then unloading its assault cannon is one of my favourite moments
in loving memory of THQ
+Jorge Rodriguez Damn straight dude...
ICON Machines THQ?
Now we got Sega running the show ugggggggh the world is a terrible place.
F
THQ, we didn't deserve you....
one of the best, if not THE best intro to a game
+Turbulence King dude, watch Heart Of The Swarm intro
+phoimer That is an amazing trailer
+phoimer I am not really a starcraft fan, but I have to give blizzard credit for the heart of the swarm trailer, it looks beyond amazing.
+nooneherebutme a problems is they doing only cinematic video and animation in games for nowadays, not games itself
+Turbulence King I've always remembered this intro, IT is the best.
The whole reason why I bought the game. And boy did it deliver too! Thus began an obsession to last a lifetime!
***** OMFG!! Dawn of War 3! Its happening :D
***** HAHA!! Epic lol. Everything from the music to the mood of the trailer was amazing. I liked how it built up steadily from fight to fight in scale. Just like this old cinematic! A lot more artistic though of course. Loved it. Here's to us getting back into the game. By the looks of it, the old school gameplay might return as well :).
***** You know what? I think I'll do the same, give the old games another go myself :).
I discovered Warhammer 40,000 with Dawn of War II, but then I went after the original and I played it for about as many hours or more. Damn a part of me still lives in the Kaurava sector, Kronus and Tartarus.
undeny oof DoW III
Such a masterpiece of an opening cinematic. It perfectly captures the essence of the game, and thus, War.
EXACTLY....
every time I kept Intro Play to give me MOOD to go to War and Defend EMPEROR Humanity!
This is how music Hypes you and give you enjoyment for the Game you pushes start.
Something have Mass effect and World of Warcraft Classic.
It defines the atmosphere
This is perfect opening video. It always brings smile to my face when Dreadnought appears. That music, aaah.
Yeah buts it kind of sad when it dies
"We were about to be overrun by the greensmins until a walking can of corned beef with a 30mm rotatory freedom dispenser showed up and started blasting"
16 years old and still one of the best cinematics for any game.
Ah yes, from the moment I saw this intro I fell in love with the game. Can't believe it's been so long.
this was the golden Age of Gaming.
Where every intro every music every Menu was in Theme and preparing you for correct atmosphere to play.
It gives you Unforgettable Experience :)
And I am glad that I lived that time
Yes brother that too is when I loved dawn of war
When I always play this game
I never skipped the intro
It's just awesome 😎
This game is almost twenty years old... And it still can mop the floor with the vast majority of modern titles
Yeah, I keep going back to Dawn of War. Total War has it's appeal, and Dawn of War 2 has a certain charm, but I have more hours in Dawn of War Dark Crusade than almost any other video game. And I don't even play multiplayer.
@@johnnybigbones4955 Same
This was perhaps the most awesome thing I had ever witnessed way back in 2004 when my dad brought this game home one day and I sat and watched on, an amazed 7 year old. I can remember leafing through the manual as the game went through the 3 CDs of installation and learning of the Space Marines.
My mind was utterly blown to bits a second time only a few months later when I realised DoW was not just a video game, but was in-fact a small yet powerful representation of Warhammer 40,000. That fateful day nearly 17 years ago I discovered the tabletop game and it's miniatures...My wallet hasn't been safe since
0:43
Now I know where they got Sly Marbo from
sly marbo would've taken that hill! alone! with his bare hands! in his sleep!
@@hund7458 Just by shouting
Sly Marbo was the voice actor for DOW.
I still get the goosebumps when i see it :)))
same here)
The guy who directed this is trailer is also the one who is doing that Space Marine 2 animation on Secret Level
really? Where did you learn that?
@@snailmusk9468 Warhammer Community Page, they posted from NYCC
I truly think Dawn of War is the definitive 40K game. Plenty of factions to introduce you to the universe, super fun gameplay that shares the vibe of the tabletop but in real time and the mods are incredible. This game got me into Warhammer big time.
2020 and still an incredible trailer, apart for me the best game in the series with its expansions.
i enjoy dawn of wars base game and expansions more than any of the sequels thats for sure, THQ got lightning in a bottle with it, a real tragedy that nothings come close to it since.
Except Soul Storm, that one shouldn't count.
@@meliksahyldrm5486 I like Soulstorm it has more variety with the factions.
This was more about Relic than THQ. They nailed it with Dawn of War 1 and Homeworld 1. Then they started trying to experiment with the sequels and only got farther and farther away from made those first games great.
that warhammer fps is like unholy mess in warhammer games ...this is how real warhammer looks like
God i remember being 11 years old getting this game and playing every single day because of how awesome it was. Still playing Soulstorm to this day.
0:43 - A legend is born.
1:30 The Marines power pack is missing. Which means he was carrying all that armour weight with his own bodily strength. 😎
One of the best intro I've ever seen.
Twelve years and this is still the most awesome thing I've ever seen.
I love subtle detail where his powerpack is missing, forcing him to carry the full weight of his armor while running uphill to plant the chapter standard.
0:44 for Sly Marbo's scream.
no, it's still cry "charge" and not scream sly Marbo. the space Marines are a good gain sound,so we hear the cry, sly Marbo
P. S - this is just a guess
Glad the guy that directed this is back for the new Warhammer Animated Series on Prime.
I mean, I didn't know how much damage a dreadnought could do - as they always looked liked top heavy clunky machines to me- until seeing that animation. That Minigun is just.. brutal.
Yeah, even one bolter round is scary, 50 bolter rounds per second is insane
Yep, that's an Assault Cannon, a weapon designed off the principle of "I have a bullet here with your name on it, and I'm going to keep firing until I find out which one".
And while it's not shown here, the close combat weapon on it's other arm comes fitted with a Storm Bolter or Flamer as standard.
Does Assault Cannon shoot bolts ? I read it shoots bigger ammo, but less expansive, like regular 80mm explosive ammo (bolt is 50mm self propulsed and explosive adamantium head, heavy boltgun bolt must be 75mm).
@@Deathunter761 yeah it fires bolts there's 2 main stream solid projectile guns in the Imperium auto (think modern guns) and bolters space marines rarely use autos and i do mean rarely plasma is more commonly used.
Ork:no full auto in the building
Dreadnought: where outside
When you realise the sergeant's backpack had been blown off and he was powering his armour with sheer badassery as he charged up the hill
it's amazing how this still looks amazing. I'd follow that sergeant's warcry even if it was a futile up-hill charge (trying to get out of that stuck-in position).
Not a cellphone in sight just people living in the moment
It's just a joke but it's fun to think that modern smartphones and AI stuff that's put into them is kinda respinsible for the Dark Age of Technology and the grim future of humanity in 40k universe. Sure, not a cellphone is sight but they're living that moment because smartphones in the past helped to start all that AI shit that turned their lives into endless war 😂
Man i remember seeing this as a kid, thinking this was the hardest shit ever, still is!
0:43 even in 40k century, there's something primal in that warcry.
kills me inside how this is still one of the best RTS intros I know of.. just goes to show the level of passion put into this game. Gave me goosebumps as a kid and still does now over a decade later
INCOOOOOOOMIIIIING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Goosebumps. I remember watching this a long time ago. Those it was crazy good. Still feel the same. That battle charge
This intro is the reason for my interest in PC gaming. Absolutely blew my mind. Pretty sure I never skipped it in all the times I fired the game up to play, and that was a looooot of times.
"reinforcements are enroute!"
**Distant Sly Marbo noises**
0:44
It just hit me that this game really did come out TWENTY FREAKING YEARS AGO.
God damn I feel old now.
Excuse me while I got play some Fallout 2 and SMAC to cheer myself up.
Orks: "Aw crap, da 'umie planted the flag. Pack it up boyz! We'll get 'em next time!"
What an intro. I miss this era of gaming.
You really did a miss a GREAT Era...
I lived it, and it was Glorious.
But I have now only memories and sadness for what we live now
@@RagnokRaven Make Terra Glorious Again
That purifying thick cable of bullets from the dreadnought is so satisfying
I watched that intro every time I started game, so like couple hundreds ^^
DOW 1 Soulstorm is still holding on in 2024. Awesome RTS
1:31 Running without a powerpack. Fucking Chad
I remember my first time entering a Games Workshop in the local mall back in 2002 when I was roughly 6 years old. I was literally in awe, I was already a big 'green vs tan' plastic soldier kid but then seeing all of these emaculately painted figures set up in these massive battles. Seeing (pretty sure Black Templars) go up against Tyrranids on this beautifully handmade landscape, it was like discovering a new religion. The manager was cool enough to let me play a battle. Every Saturday they ran the pre set table matches for new people to come and try out the game and I begged my mom to take me to the mall so I could chill there while she shopped. Granted, I didn't start an army til I was 11, but I was just so immersed in the universe. I feel kind of bad for dropping the hobby in high school, but Dawn of War brings me back to those times. Maybe I'll pick up the hobby again some day but it'll probably depend on how the wife feels about it. lol
Now playing a Blood Raven in Space Marines 2, i had to come back here to remember where it all started for me.
same here
Likewise Brothers!!
The game came out 20 years ago and is still amazing
0:44 This is the Marine that would one day get the honor of getting upgraded into the Jungle fighter know as Sly Marbo
Oooh, this in 720p? This Dawn of War revival thingie is just getting better and better!
This changed RTS for me.
Шедеврально! Есть игры, сделанные с любовью. Любовь эта чувствуется с самого первого ролика. Лучший ролик по Warhammer 40000.
Жаль что он такой глупый с точки зрения поступков космодесанта)
Но без этого он не был бы таким эпичным)
best cinematic intro of any game of all time forever, no contest
0:43 so that's where Sly Marbo's scream came from.
After all these year... this trailer was one of the best i ever saw. dawn of war 2 was even better incredible...
Ты также прекрасен, как и в первый раз, что я тебя увидел, 20 лет назад.
This intro will always encapsulate Warhammer 40K for me...
It's not nostalgia. It's the oringinal essence of warhammer here. I fell that this essence is now lost
space marine 2 does not capture it at all. this intro is fucking ridiculous but so much fun!
My most favorite one out of all Dawn of War trailers, so much nostalgia and soul, and still looks so good, freaking year 2004! I smile so wide when dreadnought appears with his music, so damn inspirational! One of my most favorite cinematics ever!
After just finishing book 5 in the Horus Hersey, and being a decades-long fan of 40k, this intro still brings tears of passionate joy to my eyes. I feel out of any 40k movie/animation this one perfectly captures the eseence of 40k.
0:44 birth of Sly Marbo scream
If I remember right, when you started the game for the very first time this intro was unskippable. Got you in the mood for violence right away.
The sound of the Ork getting snapped in half at 1:10 always made me wince.
Best game cinematic ever made!
The dreadnought's arrival unleashing a cover barrage followed by the charge still gives me goosebumps after 18 years :')
Cant believe this game came out about 20 years ago now.
I like to imagine this specific sgt has survived all the dawn of war games
There will never be such a good war cry like this one
The first Dawn of War is still my favorite. I'd pay cash money for a Warhammer 40k CGI movie it it was like this.
me too, their attempt at making their own blew chunks, terrible cgi, bad director
@@Vihara2 Still better than Hammer and Bolter
Dawn of War and its expansions (yes, even soulstorm) will always have a special place in my steam library. DoW2 just couldn't achieve the same heights for me and 3 is well.. whatever that was.
as a kid seeing this was the best thing ever. Nothing is as cool as this right here so well made and so grounded to show what 40K is to someone new. i will never forget this and always love 40K because of it.
0:43 Oh so that’s where Sly Marbo’s scream came from.
One day and ten years ago this video was released. And it itself came out ten years after the trailer was released. How times flies.
Still one of the best game trailer I have ever witnessed until these days
That "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" at 0:52 still gives me chills to this day ^^
Best Dawn of War game ever! ^^
2023 and still loving this
It has been so many years. Everytime I come back to this gem its just an incredible trip down memory lane. Still gives me goosebumps when I watch it. It captures the essence of 40K so well: eternal war on an epic scale, ultimate sacrifice and general badassery.
I've played pretty much every genre of PC game since the mid 90's....... The Dreadnought stomping out of the smoke and chewing up the hillside is still THE best game trailer / FMV ever made. For the Emperor
I remember seeing that back in 2004 when the game just came out and it left me completely speechless. Hell, even in 2020. 16 years later, everything about this intro is still amazing and holds up: the graphics, the animations, the atmosphere... still my favorite game cinematic out there.
Has a heavy bolter
Runs into melee
Against Orks
1:31 The feat was repeated by Probe 13 years later in StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
Absolute masterpiece. When Mister Dread appears, does his thing, and they charge . . . I made my aged mother watch this, and she cried. She cried for the Emperor.
its a captivating and beautifully intense trailer, you don't need to know a damn thing about 40k to appreciate it either, it's honestly soo close to perfection it's disturbing, i have shown it to multiple randoms who know nothing about 40k and they were all blown away over the years by it.
LMAO
Amazing cinematic, I came back to this after watching the opening cinematics for 2 & 3. You can't improve perfection.
One of the best trailer and it shows how the game works.
Kill and capture points
I do enjoy the fact that the Sergeant got to see the drop pods coming in in his last seconds of Life, now he needs to be a Dreadnought so he can broadcast that scream 🤣
still blows my mind how this, and every cg cutscene from this era, looks so good
Make do with what you got. Look at the car producers of yesterday, they far exceeded expectations. Turbine engines in the 1950's
Incredibly good second-by-second attention-gripper of an intro. Just absolutely perfect!
He gave his life to allow multiple simultaneous offensive deep strikes.
Still one of the few times you can see space marines losing on screen.
The fiction needs to show them dying a bit more, like it used to. Yes they were always the poster child but they could still die. On the old GW website there were several short stories where the marines were wiped out to the last, even in the old codex I remember one marine and his squad getting wiped by a mortar. They were superhuman, but still soldiers that could be killed.
Maybe the best trailer ever released. Many years later, I still feel the chills !
am i the only one tear up when the deep strike force arrived?
"reinforcements are en route."
"It's just am RTS based on a pretty niche universe, no need to go so hard with the intro"
Relic Entertenment:
"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me.
Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them.
They will be of iron will and steely muscle.
In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed.
They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them.
They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle.
They are my bulwark against the Terror.
They are the Defenders of Humanity.
They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear." - The Emperor of Mankind
This is one of the best Intros. I don't think after all of these years there is nothing quite like it.
the massive clanging balls of this intro vid
When he puts down the flag and you're like "charming, but futile", and then you see those pods.
Those orks are fucked.