Retrospective Review - Dawn of War: Winter Assault
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- The second part of my Retrospective of Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War looks at the first expansion pack to be made for the series, introducing gritty, frozen battlegrounds and a new playable race who are only human.
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Campaign
5:07 New Race & Units
7:40 Visuals
8:43 Sound
10:41 The Verdict - Ігри
Why do Kasrkin make bad bus drivers?
They stop for no-one.
+SargeWX I know its only been 2 hours but this is already an underrated comment
+ThunderPsyker Best response I've heard to it is:
Kasrkin don't care whether their food gets burnt or not.
They're honored by your crust.
Why you don't bring a Kasrkin Captain on a forge world? He'll raze the planet if he must.
Khorne berserker would kill him and then he would say: "We need a new driver, this one is dead." :D
Why do Chaos Marines make bad racers?
The warp always overtakes them.
"WITNESS YOUR DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!"
9:59
WE NEED A NEW DRIVER, THIS ONE'S DEAD
"Um boss? We'z gettin shot up!"
YOU DID IT DUNDER.
With this kind of quality, you are going places.
+Bruva Alfabusa Not college, but places.
Bruva Alfabusa hey it's Alfa
where the hell's the new TTS video
"quality" i.e. random shit every 3 minutes
Bruva Alfabusa I think he's going to Nocture
Spoilers from the he future. He didn’t really.
The Imperial Guard is definitely one of the more difficult but satisfying factions to play as. You spend a lot of your time just holding a few points as the enemy constantly batters you with their numbers, but eventually you start pushing them back with your fuckawesome tanks and Kasrkin squads. Their more familiar military aesthetic certainly gives them a more grounded feel than the others as well.
+Beefmeat and rapid fire Plasma Rifles via *BLAM!* spam
Field Marshal Fry
Put a Psyker in a Kasrkin squad and watch as you tear the shit out of a tank with just one squad.
huhuhuhuhuhu i LOVE those holdouts, makes me feels so HAPPY when i eventually run them over with my baneblade
I always took the imperial guards as aim short and aim very long no inbetween
I am a Turtler in RTS games and they fit my playstyle perfectly, a strong defence (defensive structures) while they build up an assault force (Armour) for a big push.
I remember the computer having a lot of psykers.
And it wouldn't stop screaming
"WITNESS YOUR DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMAH!"
constantly. It was fun.
"IT IS MY DUTY TO SERVE!"
Guard 4 life. General Sturnn made me into a 412th fanboy.
Great video btw.
Wow I didn't know Boreale served with the Imperial Guard before Soulstorm
M8, I love your boreale picture.
The 5 stages of Winter Assault
-Oh so the Titan is a weapon
-Sending a Landraider and a Baneblade? Hell of a weapon.
-The Titan is in this Cathedral fortress?
-It has a face. A good chunk of the map is the Titan....you'retellingmethiswalkson**legs**
-This thing just beat 4 relic unit sized vehicles called Monoliths with it's side weapons. What's the main gun like
*Dark Crusade intensifies*
Ya want to know what the main gun looms like?
The ultimate apocalypse mod for DOW soulstorm allows you to see for yourself.(not as cool as it should be but tech is bitch)
You ever wonder why they sent Cadians rather than a cold environment based regiment like the Valhallans?
Because brand recognition.
Cause the Imperium wanted to get the job done right
Valhallans were on a tea break.
Probably since they were nearby. Do not underestimate logistics.
Isn’t Cadia basically space Canada in terms of weather ? That planet would only be mildly cold by Cadian standard in that case
8.5 out of 10 "Too much Snow"
+Spaamesh STS I didn't know Slannesh was part of IGN...
+Spaamesh STS Seeing that you're slaanesh...does that mean it's bad or good?
She's the Goddess of Excess. Of course it's good, because videogames blessed by her (and by every other Chaos God).
Dr. Eggman *Deity of Excess
Essex Class God and deity are basically a synonyms.
Gotta say, i think the snow fits pretty good, with the guard, corpses tend to pile up a bit, which stand out pretty good in contrast to the white.
2:03 MULTILASERS? MULTILASERS!
+CaptainFedora Before I even Clicked the link, my first reaction to "Multilasers" is "C.S.GOTO!"
I always loved how despite the lack of backstory the dialogue makes me love the characters.
Especially Gorgutz.
That plan stupid bit especially
I always found it funny they called it Winter Assault, and the game never mentions anything about the winter. There is no blizzard level or anything else you normally see in a game that takes place in a snow environment (like keep your troops inside when its to cold, low sight range because its snowing)which is fairly surprising they stayed focused on the fighting.
+Hippie629 To be honest I think the snow covers enough of the 'winter' aspect, though I'm very happy they provide the 'assault' in absolute spades.
I love the Imperial Guard!
This time last year I was saying Thank You for 500 subscribers; Now i've got to say thank you for well over 1500!
I'm sorry about the wait for this kind of stuff: on top of being pretty lazy, I started University in September and that's put a lot of my attention elsewhere.
Dark Crusade's video is already in production however!...ish...I've got a lot of footage for it and vague script ideas. Progress!
+ThunderPsyker it's quite alright that you have a lot on the place. this video was grand, Thunderpsyker! good review. i can't wait to hear what you have to say about Dark Crusade and eventually Soulstorm.
+ThunderPsyker Hey man take your time, work as good as this is not rushed. Lay back and form the ideas, smoke some weed if it helps. Don't talk to Karl though he may just start giving you his form of "motivation" :3
Though I will say I am excited for your funny and detailed take on the Dark Crusade and "that" game which came afterwards.
ThunderPsyker
Put the damn armor on Kitten!
oh youre sorry for making us waot half a decade oh thund how very thoughtful of you
Back when developers actually TRIED to make engaging games.
Nice work bibi
Boy I can't wait for thunder to continue reviewing. It'll be like The Price is Right, he'll get up to the top and go over with soulstorm and we'll get the Price is Right meme horn.
+Earndil Slartibartfast I can't wait to become that one kid that got Retsupuraed after making a Transformers for MSX "review"
Then I'll truly become the Livid Media Critic
+ThunderPsyker Dude if you get riffed by Retsupurae you'll probably become as well known as Alfa. That's something to look forward to, not dread.
Earndil Slartibartfast If only they still did those. Fucking UA-cam takedown strikes...
Yes. He's reviews are actually pretty good.
Durp. *His
When I transitioned for DoW to DoW: Winter Assault, I was really taken back. The difficulty got cranked up to 11 and every mission was really hard to complete. But then, isn't that WH40k is all about? Spending 30 mins maintaining a defense so that you could muster enough forces to make the final push? Damn, DoW 2 should've followed this formula
It was an amazing experience and the story was awesome too. I enjoyed the snowy environment too
Dark Crusade’s Necrons kicked my ass after I steamrolled the original campaign
02:53 FUKIN ELVES!!!
Man, had to rewatch your DoW reviews, just because you nail your "storytelling" tone perfectly when you give us the story of the games
Your reviews are among the most entertaining I've seen. You have a future as a prominent UA-camr!
Needing to destroy the convoy during the Disorder campaign is the hardest damn thing I've had to do in like forever. Makes me feel like I'm actually earning my victory.
You need to come back and review all the other ones RETURN TO US!
He has returned, after 4 long years
2:52 I GOT THE REFERENCE !!! Hurrah for the genocidal cyborg from the future who is not from 40k!
I tried typing "fucking elves" on google. I think I made a mistake...
I used to love replaying the defense mission where you had to set up defenses and build up your forces in order to protect the eldar from the orks and hold out until the baneblade arrives for backup. My old computer used to overheat quite often because of it too ^^;
One of my favorite memories is wrapping up in my blanket on a snow day and playing winter assault
Still one of my favorite games of all time. So much fun.
I love these reviews! You're the first one I've seen to use so many and so good blink-and-you'll-miss messages and moments in your videos. They all make me laugh.
The Imperial Guard were definitely my favourite faction, especially the tanks.
Just finished DOW1 last night, and WA tonight, as the Imperial Guard. I thought the last two missions were… absolutely ridiculous. Mission 4 wasn’t AS bad if you just spam Ogryn squads and stick by the convoy, but I had to basically rely on the Baneblade for all of Mission 5, first to destroy all the Ork and Chaos bases, then to almost solo the monoliths. I didn’t even realize you had to click and manually fire the Titan Weapons, but that certainly made things better
Honestly, the kaskin's audio of screaming "Stop for No-one" is basically how i played these games. Commander tells me to hold the line, but i'm already out of there and gone blowing up the enemy base XD
Great video, man. Hard to believe this is only your second review of this kind. Can't wait till Dark Crusade.
Loved the video. Just seeing winter assault again fills me with an amazing feeling of nostalgia.
2:53 that Pelinal Whitestrake killed me of laughter. Well played, good sir.
2:46 Let me add a little something:
"And Taldeer would later starr one of the most beloved fanfics of the 40K fandom"
oh what is it?
@@Jumikana Love Can Bloom, a Vindicare assasin is sent to kill her but falls for her instead.
@@Jumikana extra heresy
Just a friendly reminder: you could actually BUILD Imperator-class Titan in Ultimate Apocalypse mod!
Just enable "Legio Titanicus" win condition
I rewatch this whole series every day because quarantine gives me WAAAAAAAAAY too much time.
Yeah you earned a sub.
Press F for that Space Marine video
F
I personally LOVE the Space Marines, but for some reason, I just adore to play as the Imperial Guard!
You deserve so many more subscribers than you got right now man. Hope you'll get regonized way more soon.
This game is just about trying to get a titan for your army off ebay.
Change my mind.
The reason i never surrendered a multiplayer match in WA: MUSIC...it's just screaming DIE FOR THE EMPEROR OR DIE TRYING!
Playing Darktide as a Smite Psyker I still yell “WITNESS YOUR DOOOOOOOOOOM!!!” When I cast it into a swarm.
Another great game that's admittedly in my "very hard RTS campaigns" list, alongside C&C: Tiberium Wars (though that's mostly the faulty of wonky patches) and Company of Heroes 2.
I am so sad I find you now, not 2y ago. You are awasome and that review was so ahead of time !
Great work, very entertaining. also kinda funny that I commented on your first review yesterday asking for an update on when this was coming out. Anyways with these reviews you will build a sub base quickly in my opinion :) thanks for the video.
What it lacked in campaign length, it made up for with frustratingly hard missions. But it was enjoyable. The best in the series was Dark crusade though.
Keep em coming! These are GREAT!
Update to the thumbnail. It's a sign boys!
Just came here from SaintJam's new video on DOW:WA.
I have to thank you TP for establishing the title of my childhood's favorite hero - General "Humanity: Fuck Yeah" Stern.
YES! Finally. This is some high quality stuff right here.
Nothing quite like rolling over the enemy with a giant tank. Solid and Fascinating review, Thunder.
Wonderful :D Can't wait for your next video!
6:12 glorious blow
Such good sound in these games and such good voice work. I will never forget the basilisk voice line.
"Main gun ready! Fire!"
I actually thought the unit said "Main *battery,* FIRE!!!" back in the day.
+ThunderPsyker Great video man, you are like one of the only one who makes videos about Warhammer ( not to mention that you make good videos). Keep up the great work! :D
I really enjoy this guys Videos wish he still made them.
IT IS THE BANEBLADE!
I love dawn of war, soul storm even becomes playable with ultimate apocalypse (which is FUCKING EPIC)
You're here too!
Enjoy your second review good insight on the campaign.
I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT!!!!
Taldeer actually spawned some of the most beloved fanfic and fanfic characters of 40k
8:05 you are not the only one. i dislike when a game gives you no choice in colors by forcing you to play as either one faction,one character that his colours are mostly grey and black (most games.) or (though that last one might be just me) don't allow me to chose colors of friend and foe to see them both as i want.
god i love these videos so much
I am pretty sure this is the voice actor for Little Kitten, am i right? :D
HannibalTheSnowman Yup
Whenever I have the mood for it, I'll play a dawn of war game of imperial guard vs imperial guard. Its a fun time as the bodies pile up on both sides, leaving whole fields covered in guardsman corpses. One of my favorite images I saved was a point captured, where in front of it were the bodies of fallen units that had fought for it.
I had a pretty good experience with Winter Assault. Until the final level where I nearly steam rolled the Chaos and Ork forces with a massive guard push, only to have a massive swarm of enemies big enough to literally turn a quarter of the map red appeared from equally literally no where (I saw them spawn in from the edge of the map) and completely annihilate the army
omg it's finally here o.o it's like christmas in february! Great job Thunder Dood =)
HOLY FUCK!!! This video just triggered an honest to god flashback to this things demo, which i played when i was just a stupid kid. It was incredible, i must have tried the same mission over and over again, watching the beautiful carnage happen among the snow. I had no idea what was going on at the time, but it stuck with me as some of the best experiences in gaming i've ever had. I 100% need to purchase this game now, there's no way i'm letting myself forget about it like i've done for all these years.
Fucking elves, picture of Pelnial Whitestrake. I love you baby, he is my favourite time travelling genocide cyborg.
+EbonyBrotherhood There's so many people in my Uni course who only played Skyrim and will never discover Pelinal; that fact saddens me more with every passing day
+ThunderPsyker
Yeah, I have that problem too. Too many people think The Elder Scrolls is just a regular Fantasy setting, and they will never know about the bullshit that is what I like to call the 'secret club' part of the setting, involving time travel, nuclear magic bombs, space travel and pseudo-lovecraftian bullshit.
+ThunderPsyker Yeah, especially because Pelinal and KoTN would have fit in perfectly into the plot of Skyrim. At the very least, the KoTN book in the game should have at least _mentioned_ the events of KoTN.
Chaotic Khajiit
Nice Prequel pic.
And yes, master of all that is 'Fuck Elves' should of been mentioned in 'Fuck Elves, the Vidya'
EbonyBrotherhood ENCHANTMEN
2:08 Warboss Gorgutz (who first appeared in WA) has survived WA, DC, SS and DOW 3 and according to the wiki "he is almost certain to make yet another appearance".
"WE NEED A NEW DRIVER! THIS ONE IS DEAD!" Gets me every fucking time
oh my FUCKING GOD IT'S HERE. thunderpsyker may not be the emperor, but im gonna praise him as if he was.
+1 for that Quorn reference :D
"We are the IMPERIAL GUARD, and it's time we started acting like it!"
Nice video !
"In a later video" that aged like dead cheese
I want all the Baneblade and Leman Russ variants ingame for DoW3. I desperately want to try out the Stormlord and Glaive in particular.
The first game and its expansions are absolute classics and still hold up to this day
WA will always have a special place in my heart as i was in the most watched replay of the expansion and it stayed that way all the way until the next one :)
When it zoomed in on C.S Goto with the screaming in the background I literally choked on my bagel
1:58 C.S. Goto [beat] "AAAAAA.....!!!"
That one made me burst out laughing.
3:52 That grin, that sinister grin...
I was NOT expecting an Action Man reference!
It was this game that made me fall in love with the eldar. Also the fact the eldar ending is the cannon ending is b b b based.
Taldeer is probs my my fav farseer in the universe simply because of her voice actor in this game and the cool lines from dark crusade like "let our enemies fight themselves". Such a cool faction.
technically the ending is a bodgepodge cause the guard beat the necrons the eldar juiced the titans guns when the guard wasn't looking thus damaging them and gazgulil beat up crull and took his skull
@@marley7868 Crull was such a forgettable khronate warlord even by World Eater standards.
Quality fucking work, I like it.
6:11
WE'LL FLATTEN ANYTHIN' STANDING IN OUR WAY!
I like your videos, make more of them.
it was a step up, it looked so cold on that damn planet too and it was also more difficult than the first game
I can’t unhear kittens voice!
I cried at "kendathlu drop"
Fuck me that was hillarious!
WITNESS YUR DOOOOMMM--AH
And we slowly come to my personal favorite of the series, Dark Crusade. There was just something about watching your commander banter with the commander of the faction you were invading that just helped make invading an enemy stronghold worth it, you know?
Fuck, has it been 4 years already?
Promise delivered thunder! Thank you! :D
Now please come back to the forums some time
3:52 I played that laugh for times than I can count.
God dammit I love the IG Psyker voice lines.
I like winter assault as well, however I wish I could get past one of the holdout missions... and the textures on some of the things in the game weren't so screwed up.
Can't wait to see what he says about Dark Crusade, that one was one of my favorites.
And I want to see him talk about Tau. Cause I enjoy Tau and that'll be fun.
Guys, HE IS BACK!
Sturnn made this game for me easily. I’d follow him through the eye of terror
The trash talking between Crull and Gorgutz was hilarious.