[OLD VERSION] What is Tiberium? - Command & Conquer Lore

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2019
  • Remastered version of this video: • What is Tiberium? REMA...
    A comprehensive essay on the history of Tiberium, the alien crystal at the centre of the Command & Conquer series.
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    Renegade X artwork "The End" by Renx-Killa
    Footage from Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun, Firestorm, Renegade, Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath - Westwood Studios, EALA
    Music by Frank Klepacki, Jarrid Mendelson, Steve Jablonsky and Tevor Morris
    With thanks to KeybladeWXV for his help with production
    #cnc #commandandconquer #tiberium
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  • @mertamez
    @mertamez 5 років тому +999

    Kane’s Shiny Head Reflected The Ion Cannon

    • @SentientKhrushchyovka
      @SentientKhrushchyovka 4 роки тому +38

      Best comment, top kek

    • @computerproduceman1280
      @computerproduceman1280 4 роки тому +3

      You are kek as you are now

    • @MrScorpionov
      @MrScorpionov 4 роки тому +11

      they say his shiny head was the basis of nods obelisks of light

    • @Cracker_Smacker
      @Cracker_Smacker 4 роки тому

      The truth is GDi fire Ion canon on Decoy Temple

    • @FrankCastle-tq9bz
      @FrankCastle-tq9bz 3 роки тому +2

      @@Cracker_Smacker No - they hit the right temple and Kane was badly injured. But he lived because he’s not truly human: he is many thousands of years old and was apparently known to the Scrin before the came to earth - unfortunately, that’s all we can really be certain of regarding his background...

  • @TheIzroda
    @TheIzroda 5 років тому +3904

    I like how you excluded the events from C&C4. This video deserves a ton of views!

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +1069

      There was a C&C4? Never heard of it! Sounds to me like it doesn't exist

    • @Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan
      @Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan 5 років тому +415

      I once heard a man say C&C4 was his favorite command and conquer. I killed that man.

    • @dantheman5034
      @dantheman5034 5 років тому +138

      @@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan CnC4 doesnt exist and so doesnt that man.

    • @ezroid7791
      @ezroid7791 5 років тому +59

      Can you put cnc4 on toast? Is it food? Can I eat it?

    • @yourallygod8261
      @yourallygod8261 5 років тому +64

      @@ezroid7791 ya might get poisoned if ya do :v

  • @jejethejeplalq821
    @jejethejeplalq821 5 років тому +863

    I'm just glad C&C content is trending in 2019.

    • @Shrooblord
      @Shrooblord 5 років тому +11

      Yes! Wtf! I'm happy YT recommended this to me; I was super surprised and happy that someone's still willing to write stories on and dive into this franchise. So good!!

    • @manynukes11
      @manynukes11 4 роки тому +11

      C&C, Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert and being remastered!

    • @Shrooblord
      @Shrooblord 4 роки тому +2

      @@manynukes11 They are??? Well that's just freaking amazing.
      www.ea.com/en-gb/news/details-command-and-conquer-remastered
      Here's the news in case anyone's interested.

    • @jesustakethebong5187
      @jesustakethebong5187 4 роки тому +5

      I wouldn’t be to exited, it’s EA after all. Hopefully optimistic

    • @rockk9753
      @rockk9753 4 роки тому

      It's an awesome story that could easily be made into a movie

  • @CSGhostAnimation
    @CSGhostAnimation 5 років тому +210

    "The Earth proved herself a challenge for which the invaders, a contingent of collectors and not conquers, were ill prepared." My favorite sentence :D

    • @kobra6660
      @kobra6660 5 років тому +8

      That all changed when the scrin nation attacked

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 4 роки тому +22

      @@kobra6660 Earth: *GIT OFFA MAH PROPERTY!!!*

    • @scottm8292
      @scottm8292 4 роки тому +13

      Anything Sci Fi will prove that Humans are stubborn bois

    • @commmander64
      @commmander64 4 роки тому +8

      @@scottm8292 imagine humanity in space. We would just be impossible to kill then. Tiberium be damned.

    • @FroggyMosh
      @FroggyMosh 4 роки тому +7

      @@commmander64 I imagine humans in space, and I feel like _we_ are the scourge. Steadily surviving, adapting. Colonizing planets, Forming them into our habitats. Surviving. Endlessly moving on.
      *We did it to the bears back home, We'll do it to you alien bears out here.*
      _We don't have to outrun you. We'll catch up when you're out of breath._

  • @Sherwoodnt
    @Sherwoodnt 5 років тому +789

    The Tiberium attack was definitely an attempt to terraform the planet while also "mining" almost all available resources. This has probably happened thousands or millions of times already, leaving some really strange and eternally useless planets behind. Luckily, the Tiberium explosion at Sarajevo totally screwed the Scrin as they expected to come and see a ball of Tiberium ripe for the picking. Instead they met an intelligent species (probably first contact for them, the weapons are most likely used for inter-fleet competition) that was in the process of exploiting Tiberium without being mastered by it. At this point we had steadily been increasing our mastery over the miracle substance, even beginning to contain it, ignoring the damaging properties while using the quick and easy mining ability to enter a second industrial era, the Tiberium Age. It is actually possible that the Scrin may have never invaded, as the Tiberium may have been fully mastered and exploited before it reached critical levels and tripped whatever sensors the Scrin had on us.
    We'll never know for sure, because sadly this video covers all existing content on the subject. Period. I'm so mad. This was a good story and it just ended in the middle.
    P.S. Thanks for putting out some good C&C content, it shouldn't feel like winning the lottery but it does.

    • @ezroid7791
      @ezroid7791 5 років тому +17

      I enjoyed your comment but after the scrin campaign this was a scouting/mining force and that they have a invasion force and they were going to invade/destroy earth so o do belive that the scrin has much more to show than there first force but I have no confirmation of this so its just a theory I have

    • @TricksterPoi
      @TricksterPoi 5 років тому +38

      Well to be in fact, it is likely Kane wage war is to able humanity had better and superior weaponry and tactics by the time he Scrin arrived.
      Just look that the GDI manage to wipe both NOD and Scrin both despite they had a bad start.

    • @ezroid7791
      @ezroid7791 5 років тому +3

      @@TricksterPoi well the what we know about the scrin is so limited we can really only guess there motives/strongest units/what they want/and why they want what they want (tiberium and most likely energy or they need it to live) so really I'm just assuming that scrin has a very powerful invasion force that even gdi could not win against but you know opinions and theories and such

    • @ezroid7791
      @ezroid7791 5 років тому +5

      @@TricksterPoi one last thing we mustn't forget the scrin tower it could blow up the earth or take all of the tiberium and power...something with the energy like a superweapon so powerful it could be devastating to earth like a mothership the size of america

    • @isaackleiner6175
      @isaackleiner6175 5 років тому

      @Artuurs Z. thats the joke 4 is shit and disowned need it be explained?

  • @formdusktilldeath
    @formdusktilldeath 5 років тому +851

    "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
    -Kane

    • @Ake-TL
      @Ake-TL 5 років тому +7

      spec ops reference?

    • @DrJDX
      @DrJDX 5 років тому +20

      "Once again, the world is quick to bury me."

    • @stephenhughes1449
      @stephenhughes1449 4 роки тому +6

      You can't kill Kane. He shrugged off a direct iron cannon blast to his body. He is indestructible

    • @bloodangels2900
      @bloodangels2900 4 роки тому +1

      Merto-man

    • @keithklassen5320
      @keithklassen5320 4 роки тому +6

      @@Ake-TL It's a common quote, originally by Mark Twain.

  • @KriegMarshal94
    @KriegMarshal94 5 років тому +254

    I don't know if anyone else caught it, but...
    "Across the gulf of space ... envious eyes" - Dude, GREAT War of the Worlds reference!

  • @grease_monkey6078
    @grease_monkey6078 4 роки тому +26

    Dude, you sound so professional , this could be aired on the Discovery channel and people would think its a real documentary. 10/10

  • @hermaeusmora345
    @hermaeusmora345 5 років тому +684

    "Beautiful Glow"
    - NOD Harvester Operator.

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +71

      That Nod Harvester was all I could hear in my head when I was getting the Kane's Wrath flybys, it's so beautiful

    • @ezroid7791
      @ezroid7791 5 років тому +41

      "Dont let them touch the crystals!"

    • @AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange
      @AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange 5 років тому +23

      Hermaeus Mora The wonderful glow! Can you not see it, general?

    • @eagleandy1
      @eagleandy1 5 років тому +18

      @@NoStringsPrd 'The Crystals are Calling' I wonder if that was metaphor of if the driver had auditory hallucinations?

    • @minoxiothethird
      @minoxiothethird 5 років тому +10

      @@eagleandy1 Or if they truly were psychically calling to their harvesters....

  • @magicalpencil
    @magicalpencil 5 років тому +619

    "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TIBERIUM?!?" - one concerned harvester boi

    • @rtx_____
      @rtx_____ 5 років тому +60

      Tiberium will set us free

    • @CommanderM117
      @CommanderM117 5 років тому +31

      @@rtx_____ i feel the glow

    • @badwolfkorko1153
      @badwolfkorko1153 5 років тому +66

      We must have more!
      There is never enough!
      Yes, more Tiberium!
      This land grows rich!
      We need more!
      harvester bois have the best lines!

    • @badwolfkorko1153
      @badwolfkorko1153 5 років тому +20

      @twinblade98 Dangerous cargo!These air filters working? These are the most memorable lines from gdi`s harvesters,at least for me 😊

    • @TheDAZ1001
      @TheDAZ1001 5 років тому +20

      Fields of green!

  • @codyhoward7640
    @codyhoward7640 5 років тому +248

    Thanks for making this. C&C lore doesn't get enough love. Tiberium is one of the most terrifying substances in ScFi.

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +62

      It really is! It's such a simple concept but makes for a fascinating world and conflict, and it ties in so elegantly with the gameplay

    • @BroadwayRonMexico
      @BroadwayRonMexico 4 роки тому +5

      Phazon from Metroid Prime is basically Tiberium plus a central hive mind (which is a living planet). And seems to be capable of spawning nigh-immortal, intelligent, Phazon-based clones of things it's assimilated (such as Metroids of various types, as well as Samus herself). And it can even corrupt ghosts

    • @boa_firebrand
      @boa_firebrand 4 роки тому +8

      @@BroadwayRonMexico Phazon, Tiberium, Grey Goo, and all those alien parasite races that eat planets worth of resources to replicate themselves are all scary for about the same reasons.

    • @BroadwayRonMexico
      @BroadwayRonMexico 4 роки тому +4

      @Cole Park Infection forms of Flood at least give you an instant conversion, and spore infestation doesnt seem to affect potential targets 100% of the time (we see some people survive spore exposure without infection). By contrast, Phazon gives a slow, agonizing transformation in all cases and can infect via radiation that's well above Chernobyl levels. And the biggest thing that makes phazon scarier than the Flood is that it even corrupts *ghosts*

    • @Cracker_Smacker
      @Cracker_Smacker 4 роки тому +3

      Man this can be a movie
      A great one if they don't put hollywood bullshit in it

  • @dimasrahadian
    @dimasrahadian 5 років тому +231

    Natgeo quality tiberium documentary

  • @nikicagrgic9956
    @nikicagrgic9956 5 років тому +1280

    23:08 Kane: You can't kill the Messiah
    EA: Hold my beer

    • @seongwookhong6608
      @seongwookhong6608 5 років тому +56

      Kane lives in death!

    • @marcosolano6612
      @marcosolano6612 5 років тому +58

      EA killed the game, couldn't kill the Messiah ;)

    • @dontblameme9468
      @dontblameme9468 5 років тому +35

      EA fools, don't you know you can't kill the Messiah?
      Kane lives in Mods!

    • @yuripantyhose4973
      @yuripantyhose4973 5 років тому +4

      @@seongwookhong6608 Thank God for OpenRa

    • @yuripantyhose4973
      @yuripantyhose4973 5 років тому +11

      @@alwaysangry2232 moron, Kane defines the Tiberium series, and he is not a Gary Stu because he fails every freaking time unlike for example Rey or Captain marvel, l2p n00b before using terms u don't understand.

  • @xbacurix
    @xbacurix 5 років тому +1629

    I love how you completely disregard C&C 4, that atrocity should have never happened. Kane's Wrath ending is still the cannon ending for me, as Legion awakens the dormant cyborgs from Tib Sun and recover the Tacitus.

    • @Sunnysideanyway
      @Sunnysideanyway 5 років тому +61

      I wish that the ending of Kane's Wrath was explained better. Kane obtains the tacitus again, and then what? All of it is obscure.

    • @Sunnysideanyway
      @Sunnysideanyway 5 років тому +36

      Plus, that final mission was really anticlimactic. It could've been made better. Other than that, the expansion is pretty good.

    • @justanothercommenter7301
      @justanothercommenter7301 5 років тому +4

      Preach it brother 🙌

    • @kkmanman4
      @kkmanman4 5 років тому +28

      Once the tower is completely built, it is not destructible.
      However, Kane does need to learn more about the visitors(Scrin) and what he needs to prepare for Ascension. He somehow knows the tacitus is related to the visitors and only Legion can translate the secret of Scrin, leading to the first step before Ascension. :)
      Let's guess whether Kane can ascend. :-)

    • @DarkKnight52365
      @DarkKnight52365 5 років тому +53

      the "4th game" was never ment to be since it it was meant to be a spin off for tablets but after EA found out that it wasnt going to sell very well they decided to port it to PC to try and squeeze what little money they could from it

  • @PedroGomes-mt3iz
    @PedroGomes-mt3iz 5 років тому +105

    3:14 This is has to be the most savage introduction to a new character ever. You gotta love Kane for this alone Lol

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 5 років тому +8

      Its what most of us grew up with, and its a defining moment for Kane, Nod and C&C

    • @nichsa8984
      @nichsa8984 4 роки тому

      @@sjonnieplayfull5859 tiberium just based nanotechnology claytronic alien

    • @jamesperkins191
      @jamesperkins191 4 роки тому

      Seth, what an idiot!

    • @Gielderst
      @Gielderst 3 роки тому

      Kane casually just popped em

  • @Jrez
    @Jrez 5 років тому +32

    It is a rare occurrence to come across a video I didn't know I have been waiting for my entire life.

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 3 роки тому

      fictional substance is can growing quickly

  • @MrAzkhare
    @MrAzkhare 5 років тому +189

    Thank you for covering the most unjustly forgotten RTS sagas of all time. Today it's all StarCraft, and, while good, and even great, it's no C&C.
    Peace through power, brother!

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +24

      Thanks for watching dude, Kane lives in death!

    • @Terminate1783
      @Terminate1783 5 років тому +1

      @tlessmo
      There is video where some dude said that EA is remaking these older c&c n prob bringing new ones and that some of the old westwood studios ppl r in it too

    • @spasjt
      @spasjt 5 років тому +2

      @@Terminate1783 I hope that is so, but given EA's track record I doubt it would be very good unless some serious overhaul occurs in their corporate HQ. Even if another company wanted to they wouldn't dare sell the rights to this series to them. If old employees get in on it, they'd at least have to change its title.

    • @Terminate1783
      @Terminate1783 5 років тому +2

      @@spasjt
      ua-cam.com/video/MlMLEIDdIn0/v-deo.html
      This short video bout it

    • @Terminate1783
      @Terminate1783 5 років тому +1

      Video is by EA but i dont h8 them anymore they made apex many ppl like it ive tried it and it was fun n no p2w so maybe they can make c&c comeback...

  • @commanderwookiecopc806
    @commanderwookiecopc806 5 років тому +361

    Command and Conquer LORE! Yes!

  • @T3rm3nator
    @T3rm3nator 4 роки тому +67

    Watching this after Covid 19 Pandamic makes it even darker and believable.

    • @B.CREAT1
      @B.CREAT1 3 роки тому +1

      😇

    • @hoangnguyenbui4614
      @hoangnguyenbui4614 3 роки тому

      @@B.CREAT1 Until cnc 4 ending showed up

    • @TheCaptainCrack
      @TheCaptainCrack 3 роки тому

      @@hoangnguyenbui4614
      WAIT there is a CnC 4?!

    • @DemoniteBL
      @DemoniteBL 2 роки тому

      Not really? Covid 19 is nothing like Tiberium.

  • @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon
    @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon 5 років тому +51

    Tiberian Sun is and always will be one of the finest created RTS games ever. And I love Westwood for creating one of my most beloved game genres.

    • @applepoop10
      @applepoop10 4 роки тому +2

      Let's not forget Tiberian sun Firestorm. ☺️

    • @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon
      @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon 4 роки тому +1

      Not sure. Niche added DLC units that serve no real purpose, imbalanced and sometimes broken tib mutation mutants, and not a whole lot of extra campaign missions, even with less interesting story videos. Tiberian Sun didn't need the expansion. Im happy it's there, but it didn't need it. Only thing that is nice, is the skirmish random map options to include the new mutant/tib overgrow textures AND the ion storm. Funfact, even today, online Tibsun overshadows online play compared to Firestorm. To sum it up, it's nice that it's there, but it's pretty useless. And no, I didn't forget about it. I just don't find it worth mentioning. But alas, I did now with this comment.

  • @dachers1238
    @dachers1238 5 років тому +238

    Oh man this channel seriously needs to be bigger. I love that even people that didn't grow up around the franchise can understand how it shaped an entire generation now.

    • @KeybladeWielderXV
      @KeybladeWielderXV 5 років тому +9

      David Seitz It really is a fascinating series. I always struggled to get Tib Dawn/Sun working for years, so I missed out a lot on the Westwood games. Joined at Tib Wars and always wanted to go back and play it’s predecessors as Tib Wars was just so great and interesting

    • @scrubdub4792
      @scrubdub4792 5 років тому +1

      David Seitz im 13 years old and i would wish i lived in the times of this game

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 4 роки тому +1

      @@scrubdub4792 Times were so much better back then...

  • @serinahighcomasi2248
    @serinahighcomasi2248 5 років тому +134

    With the self-replicating nature of the second stage of Tiberium, the most likely trigger of a Liquid Tiberium explosion as Tiberium spreads throughout the planetary crust, would be contact with the Earth’s superheated mantle.
    Given the devastation caused by the relatively small 2047 Temple Prime detonation, it is highly likely, perhaps even inevitable, that humanity’s inhabitable time on Earth is limited.
    And one day, it will come to a brief, violent end.
    Perhaps it is no wonder GDI has spread into space.

    • @dontblameme9468
      @dontblameme9468 5 років тому +8

      except that you can actually survive in a Tiberium covered planet.
      (Project Regenesis and World Altering Missile)

    • @sockshandle
      @sockshandle 5 років тому +1

      @@dontblameme9468 Not if liquid Tiberium Exploded on the scale to Destroy the planet

    • @robber233
      @robber233 4 роки тому +15

      I guess tim curry was right all along.

    • @odyseehasdislikesyoutubesu1892
      @odyseehasdislikesyoutubesu1892 2 роки тому

      that makes sense.

    • @odyseehasdislikesyoutubesu1892
      @odyseehasdislikesyoutubesu1892 2 роки тому

      @@robber233 Too bad space will now be corrupted by what he hates the most.

  • @tnerbtnerb5136
    @tnerbtnerb5136 4 роки тому +20

    I see you're acting as though C&C 4 didn't happen.
    Good man.

  • @zaori2785
    @zaori2785 5 років тому +44

    finally a worthy documentary of the fascinating tiberium!

  • @airman1943
    @airman1943 5 років тому +87

    I'll add my praise for just forgetting about 4, it doesn't deserve to exist. Good job on the vid!

    • @jamesschultz2039
      @jamesschultz2039 4 роки тому +1

      Why don't you like Command and Conquer 4 so much? I'm not trying to troll or scoff, I'm just curious. Personally, I liked the Command and Conquer 4. Yes, now it’s impossible to build bases, but on the other hand, you don’t have to fear that some kind of homosexual bastard will smash your base with a huge crowd of mammoth tanks. Now the emphasis is on tactics and strategy.
      The only trouble, from my point of view, is the dependence of the game on the Internet, and the need to register on the Electronic Arts website.

    • @Halcyon_games
      @Halcyon_games 4 роки тому +2

      @@jamesschultz2039 because its a cash grab that changed all the core aspects of C&C I mean it was meant to be a game called C&C Arena if I remember right but EA quickly said "nope slap a campaign in and ship it out" all it was meant to be was a cash grab.

  • @carlodidonna1478
    @carlodidonna1478 5 років тому +268

    Your Documentary videos are like Poetry in action

  • @janiksla334
    @janiksla334 5 років тому +92

    I think Tiberium is more interesting twist on Spice from Dune.
    KANE LIVES!

  • @Laternater
    @Laternater 5 років тому +34

    Man.. I love it when Command & Conquer lore is explained and expanded. Doesn't seem to be nearly enough of that for this game. Subbed! It was interesting to see how much the Earth changed over time ever since Tiberium made first landfall.

  • @franezenic1180
    @franezenic1180 5 років тому +23

    Kane wrath had such a build up of what was supposed to happen. Translating the scrin symbols at the ending cinematic, revealed that the Earth warp gate is open and the 2nd phase begins invasion. To bad EA threw all that away well at least we will see with what is gonna happen with the remasters...

  • @tiberiaanorlondo4438
    @tiberiaanorlondo4438 5 років тому +89

    I'm very impressed, great video. As a C&C veteran, you sir deserve a medal.

    • @adrienlalonde6069
      @adrienlalonde6069 5 років тому +3

      Don't forget a campaign ribbon.

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 4 роки тому

      "Great shot"

    • @Andrey.U
      @Andrey.U 4 роки тому

      Мерзкий Мутант. 😎🖖

  • @stonexl
    @stonexl 4 роки тому +2

    I freaking love documentary style videos on fictional stories like this. They can be so immersive if done right, especially in the lore-filled Tiberium universe. And this one was absolutely done right.

  • @spasjt
    @spasjt 5 років тому +43

    Seriously, thank you. C&C was and still remains the best sci-fi action RTS series out there. The last game was a disgrace and a shitty attempt by EA to cap off the series so it could focus on its other projects, which became rejects anyway. BUT - Your video proves that the intrigue, scope and depth of this Tiberium Universe is still as engrossing and entertaining as when we first saw the green crystal in the 90s. Perhaps EA will go bankrupt (a very likely possibility) in 10 years and someone will restore Kane's Vision and bring about a lasting Peace through Power.

    • @quocvietophu1627
      @quocvietophu1627 4 роки тому +1

      God I fucking hate EA

    • @spasjt
      @spasjt 4 роки тому

      @@quocvietophu1627 Hopefully, with the awesome remaster released June 5th of this year of C&C Red Alert and Tiberium Dawn they can, at long last, redeem themselves.

  • @Anonymouzor
    @Anonymouzor 5 років тому +38

    this is the first time i have had someone explain to me the true nature of Tiberium. I knew a lot about its mutating and toxic properties, that it mines minerals and is generally mysterious, but never that it mutated plant-life and that the early stages were basically pods with roots

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 4 роки тому +6

      I still wonder about the visceroids, though. Are they sentient?

  • @rpviper666
    @rpviper666 5 років тому +17

    I never played this game, nor did I even really knew it existed, this video though hooked me up, like I was there, in the Tiberium wars myself.

  • @europajupiter3007
    @europajupiter3007 5 років тому +15

    Oh dear... When I realised you just excuded C&C4 from your video I felt soooooo relieved. Good. This way great vid remains great from begining to the end! :)

    • @europajupiter3007
      @europajupiter3007 5 років тому

      ​@Michaelle Green We don't know that for sure, though I personally tend to agree with it... On baisis that ANYTHING would be better then C&C4 was. Though actually I might yet be surprised, so maybe I should watch out what I am writing here...

  • @henrichkaminski9674
    @henrichkaminski9674 5 років тому +4

    C and C is my childhood

  • @thejejend27
    @thejejend27 5 років тому +136

    oh my god i love this video
    awesome editing and it even disregards cnc4 as a cnc game and ends where cnc3 leaves off
    at this point, the FPS Tiberium was supposed to continue the story, but sadly (for us fans anyway) it looks like the Scrin may never return after all
    it's 2019 but the Tiberium universe still holds its appeal

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +12

      Thanks dude, very glad you enjoyed it!
      I read the C&C3 novel recently, the game Tiberium was set to draw significantly from it, more a tie-in to the novel than the games. It wasn't really all that good, I kind of feel like we're probably not missing much with that game not coming out tbh, it could have been great but looks like it probably wouldn't have been.
      The Tiberium world is a fascinating world. I found out when making this how the Scrin mutate themselves with Tiberium to fill certain roles. What if Tiberium and the Scrin aren't even from the same planet? The Scrin need Tiberium to live, it's not just a resource to them, it's life or death. What if the Scrin are their planet's Forgotten, after Tiberium wiped out all non-Tiberium-based life. Obviously this is conjecture, but I can't help but see links between the Scrin and the Forgotten, that given enough time the Forgotten would become the dominant life on Earth, fully dependent on Tiberium to live. It's fascinating stuff.

    • @DrDrystal
      @DrDrystal 5 років тому +1

      EA is releasing a C&C remake..mainly because Blizzard is working on WarCraft 3 Reforged. So EA still remembers that C&C exists..maybe they will do something with it..altough i honestly hope not, if they keep making it shit like that elusive C&C4

    • @WackGloony
      @WackGloony 5 років тому +1

      They are actually working with a lot of the old Westwood team on it though.Even Frank Klepacki is back for the music!
      I think EA knows it has messed up and finally wants to do a project the right way. Google it and see for yourself the Petroglyph team is releasing updates on Reddit fairly often!

    • @warmachine5835
      @warmachine5835 5 років тому +2

      @@WackGloony I have zero faith in EA to learn from their mistakes. But on a less glum note, I always knew about C&C, but I grew up playing Starcraft, so it never really took off with me. I knew about Tiberium through cultural osmosis, but it wasn't until I played a certain mod for Rimworld that I really started to dig in and appreciate the C&C universe.
      Life has a strange way of doing business.

    • @zombieguyproducion
      @zombieguyproducion 5 років тому

      @@WackGloony Looking at how EA has treated other franchises (Star Wars Battlefront, Sim City etc.) I really have my doubts that they realized they've "messed up" because they generally just don't care

  • @justanothercommenter7301
    @justanothercommenter7301 5 років тому +52

    This was fantastic, narrated and produced to the quality of some of the best UA-camrs out there, you should be extremely proud of your work
    11/10

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +4

      Thank you for the kind comment, it really made my day, you have yourself a good one!

  • @Xenodotus
    @Xenodotus 5 років тому +15

    I never played any C&C but this video was very comprehensive and entertaining. I have no clue to how much time you invested in this but I love this video so much. I like your choice of words and even how you "tell the story" of what happened. Like you would record it for the humans in a few decades. It is so good. Please make more of this and continue this great great work!

  • @Sanzaru123
    @Sanzaru123 5 років тому +91

    Blueballed by some rare lore right there
    Subbed

  • @urielacosta2329
    @urielacosta2329 5 років тому +545

    My classmates thought i was watching school stuff

  • @zaidhijazi5365
    @zaidhijazi5365 4 роки тому +4

    I've played C&C since I was maybe around 12 years old (23 now and still playing) and I simply cannot believe how amazingly beautiful and intense the lore of the game is, I never realized it! Your narrating and hard work on the video deserve so much credit by all C&C and Sci-Fi fans alike, very very good job.

  • @ecsTAZypop
    @ecsTAZypop 4 роки тому +5

    Covid 19: "Ok, I tried, I give up"

  • @twistedtonestudio3716
    @twistedtonestudio3716 5 років тому +5

    I love how you did this. it's like watching a documentary on the history channel

  • @LordRunty
    @LordRunty 5 років тому +52

    All the scientists that originally researched Tiberium all concluded that it wasn't dangerous. That would be a very strange conclusion if there were blossom trees, as it would indicate a clear mutagenic property of the substance. Each game showed Tiberium as progressively more and more dangerous as well, in C&C 95, troops could stand in Tiberium for a long time, while by C&C 3, death would occur quickly.
    Which leads me to think that's a purposeful part of Tiberium's 'evolution.' First it's seeded on a planet. Depending on how the asteroid breaks up, it's likely to very limited in area it'll be seeded. If an indigenous species detects it and finds it's as dangerous as it is in C&C 3, they're much more likely to attempt to eradicate it there and then. But if it appears safe? They'll likely study it, discover it's a useful method of extracting resources, and deliberately spread it themselves; something we see occur in C&C. After a certain period of time, it undergoes a small change, allowing it affect native life, particularly in a manner that facilitates its growth. By this time, either the native species has spread the Tiberium itself, or there's no native life in the area able to suppress the Tiberium.
    As Tiberium spreads further, its main objective is no longer simply propagation, but also somewhat eradication of native life, and this may also be triggered if it detects an attempt to limit or destroy the Tiberium as seen when GDI decontaminated the atmosphere. It changes again, toxic gases and its characteristic radiation increase. Presumably, there may have been a few more stages, as we know liquid Tiberium was starting to naturally appear.

    • @mateuszslawinski1990
      @mateuszslawinski1990 5 років тому +1

      Still theis means that these scientists were plain stupid: initially - "OK, this green crystal desolates the soil and is toxic to humans, but nothing to worry about"; later - "in mutates the foliage into indestructible toxic trees and causes various mutations in human and animal tissue, we don't know how to deal with it".

    • @LordRunty
      @LordRunty 5 років тому +5

      Mateusz Sławiński That's why I think that the initial tiberium that landed didn't affect the local flora or fauna. It sucked up minerals, but didn't release any gases or infiltrate into any living organisms. It may have even avoided carbon altogether.
      Thus, humans find the tiberium, play around with it, find nothing wrong but that it is rich with all sorts of goodies. It seems to be all positives. Then the tiberium undergoes its first change as it's no longer in that super vulnerable initial infection stage. It infects stationary organisms and converting them to spread the tiberium via the air.
      That's where C&C95 starts off, with most of the scientists having already looked at it and determining it doesn't affect organics, but it very, very clearly is now (blossom trees don't appear on any of the early maps as far as I remember, and the early videos on tiberium are largely positive, focusing on how they're a great resource). As the game progresses, the dangers of tiberium are being brought to the forefront, as can be seen by the videos on tiberium changing tone on it being less of a 'easy mining system' and more of a toxic, ecological disaster.

    • @mateuszslawinski1990
      @mateuszslawinski1990 5 років тому +1

      @@LordRunty Actually, even if juvenile T "just" sucked minerals, scientists should get suspicious as it could potentially devastate soil (which happened later anywhere). Well, meybe research staff was full of optimism and didn't care about side effects.

    • @LordRunty
      @LordRunty 5 років тому +1

      @@mateuszslawinski1990 That's certainly true, but compared to conventional mining, it might just be seen as win all around.
      I vaguely seem to recall it being touted as a method for extracting materials from already devastated soils from mines in one of the videos or the manual, but I'm probably just confusing it with something else.

  • @HragFarraGaming
    @HragFarraGaming 5 років тому +10

    12 years later and the short teaser, for C&C3, still gives me chills. I remember being overwhelmed with emotions and happiness knowing C&C was back! It still is too.. community is strong in Kane's Wrath from watching Green_Zero's videos on youtube.

  • @davemilton1587
    @davemilton1587 4 роки тому +2

    This is incredible. I cannot believe the effort you went to chronologically sorting it out wonderfully. very very nice.

  • @MunahLies
    @MunahLies 5 років тому +4

    I just have to say, C&C is one of my favorite video games series and this video did it so much justice. All of this well researched and put together in an interesting way with a great narrative. Props for not even acknowledging the existence of C&C 4.

  • @95ellington
    @95ellington 5 років тому +25

    Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform damaged. Please shut down all non-essential operations.
    I will never forget this.

    • @spasjt
      @spasjt 5 років тому +4

      *Intruder alert. Alert canceled. Intruder alert. Alert canceled. Intruder alert. Intruder canceled. All intruders, please report to the detention facility.*

    • @dontblameme9468
      @dontblameme9468 5 років тому +2

      *ATTENTION! Nuclear missile sequence initiated.*

  • @dubreygaligly4943
    @dubreygaligly4943 5 років тому +7

    Tiberium Sun, such a good game. You had editors and the likes, everything you needed to make the perfect mission.

  • @Luckysquirrel1256
    @Luckysquirrel1256 5 років тому +6

    You should do a video on just Kane alone based on your theories. Why do the Scrin have records of him, and how is he impossible to kill. I hope one day we get the real answers, but would love a video talking about these topics.

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +2

      Funny thing, a biopic on Kane will indeed be the next video! It's been recorded and is in early editing. I'll need a little time to polish it off, but I hope you'll enjoy it when it comes out!
      I'm kind of trying to make these lor videos more satisfactory closure than what actually happened with C&C4. I'm not sure if we'll ever get an official continuation and 4 butchered the finale, but I reckon there's enough in the canon games to form a satisfactory conclusion

    • @Luckysquirrel1256
      @Luckysquirrel1256 5 років тому +2

      @@NoStringsPrd Sweet, can't wait to see it!

  • @blackcomet2nd950
    @blackcomet2nd950 5 років тому +5

    I must say I absolutely love this video, it makes me realize how good of a story command and conquer has with tiberium and everything.

  • @adamthompson6669
    @adamthompson6669 4 роки тому +3

    Love this channel 2020 c and c will always be relevant. Loving the remaster and I’m learning so much on this channel amazing work

  • @technology2598
    @technology2598 5 років тому +4

    Beautiful just beautiful and leaving out the mess that was C&C 4 has earned you a sub!

  • @Prasto5
    @Prasto5 5 років тому +8

    > A great video filled with love for one of the most iconic franchise in the gaming history
    > only 8k subscribers.
    The world sucks

  • @bradypostma5167
    @bradypostma5167 4 роки тому +2

    I played the original Command & Conquer, and I liked it so much that I'm watching a video about it's lore 25 years later.
    And that's still the only C&C game I've ever played. And it was only a borrowed copy. I never even owned a copy.

  • @BBBHuey
    @BBBHuey 4 роки тому +4

    I sure hope that one day, the C&C conclusion we were wrongfully denied to us, will finally be written. And that a proper game will be made of it.

  • @-na-nomad6247
    @-na-nomad6247 5 років тому +5

    "The crowd goes bananas" is enough of a reason for me to subscribe.

  • @cvltist.
    @cvltist. 5 років тому +121

    This is Ahoy-Tier. Just sayin.

  • @demiray8286
    @demiray8286 5 років тому +11

    6:07 , every guy stared at the same point of the screen...

  • @johnrosales2056
    @johnrosales2056 5 років тому +58

    Holy shit dude! This is like watching a real documentary lol. I love it!

    • @dustbustr91
      @dustbustr91 4 роки тому +2

      John Rosales kane shames you. this IS a real documentay

  • @hxcktt1402
    @hxcktt1402 4 роки тому +3

    This is by far one of the best videos i have ever seen. For you to be able to fit so much lore into one 20 min video is amazing.

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  4 роки тому

      Thank you for your kind comment, I'm very glad you enjoyed it!

  • @larryswanson7663
    @larryswanson7663 4 роки тому +11

    15:59
    "I used the stones to destroy the stones"

  • @alexanderross8462
    @alexanderross8462 4 роки тому +3

    Fun fact about GDI general James Solomon at 11:09. The guy who plays James Solomon is James Earl Jones. And if his voice sounds a bit familiar he is infact the person who voiced Darth Vader from Star Wars.

  • @SommersetStriker
    @SommersetStriker 5 років тому +116

    One Vision. One Purpose.

  • @toadacus3145
    @toadacus3145 5 років тому +5

    Fantastic video! Command and Conquer is my favorite gaming series of all time, and it brings me a lot of joy to see that people still care about it. I'm sad though that you didn't continue on the history of tiberium past that.... um. 4th game.... and talk about the TCN nodes and tiberiums eventual end. but all in all thank you for keeping this amazing series alive.

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +3

      Glad you enjoyed it dude! I skipped all the TCN stuff because the story from the one we don't talk about is really just bad, and doesn't fit in with the other games, so I consider it non-canon. The TCN itself isn't very well explained, all the Tiebrium is now gone, and it's really contrived to allow for the zone capture gameplay. We just pretend C&C4 didn't happen.

    • @KeybladeWielderXV
      @KeybladeWielderXV 5 років тому

      Toadacus31 Unfortunately there’s not a whole lot you can say. The world is ending, so we built some Hubs and sent most of the tib to the tower to power it up. There’s not a whole lot of depth behind the TCN

  • @jimoftehgray
    @jimoftehgray 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for this video my dude! Really opened up a lot of missing info about Tiberium. Admittedly I was young when I first played the early C&C games, only cos my Dad got it and he was obsessed with it too, then later years as Tib Sun came out and Tib Wars + Kane’s Wrath, I questioned Tiberium’s existence and meaning. Such an amazing lore this story has! Side note, my Dad is impressed how much the story continues.

  • @HoHhoch
    @HoHhoch 3 роки тому +4

    The thing I appreciate about C&C, and what makes Tiberium so scary compared to other SciFi all consuming beings/materials, is how agonizingly slow the stuff is. And it's not invincible. It's not something like the flood where "a single spore can destroy an entire species". Or the Tyranids and Zerg. Tiberium feels like something that could potentially exist in our world. It has very real weaknesses. It can be dealt with. Shoot, GDI started to contain it and beat it back before Nod intervened. The fact that it feels more real to me, makes it so much scarier.

  • @pianistisweird
    @pianistisweird 4 роки тому +3

    10:37 "The crowd goes absolutely bananas" I am loving your subtle humour!

  • @orangebottle9657
    @orangebottle9657 5 років тому +8

    I've never even played C&C and I can't stop watching

    • @Val.Kyrie.
      @Val.Kyrie. 4 роки тому

      Luke Alley play it. I picked it back up about a month ago. I’ve loved it since I first played it on N64 as a kid 😬

  • @powerofanime1
    @powerofanime1 5 років тому +4

    This really is like a documentary. Wonderfully made.

  • @TheSvs1
    @TheSvs1 5 років тому +35

    You should narrate for audio books.

  • @Vednier
    @Vednier 5 років тому +7

    To some degree Tiberium seems similar to Phazon from Metroid. They both is alien, both introduced by metheors (intentionally), both have very strong mutagenic and radioactive properties, both can be used as weapong and enegry source, both slowly converts planet and its life into something alien.
    Only difference is that Phazon look more organic, while Tiberium is crystalline.

  • @Ningengio
    @Ningengio 5 років тому +13

    Damn. This is very well made man. Probs to you for researching the game this well. The old awesome cinematics and your explanation all builds up to a very interesting video. Thanks!

  • @nodsoldier5802
    @nodsoldier5802 4 роки тому +2

    I don't know why I like rewatching this your are the only one I know who has done a video on tib

  • @marshalza4379
    @marshalza4379 5 років тому +4

    An amazing documentary on my favorite game. I never thought it is possible to make one like you just did. Thank you so much!

  • @doompaul7315
    @doompaul7315 5 років тому +4

    Thanks for your work, dude. You did true justice to the franchise. There's room for lots of material (fan-made or otherwise).

  • @lfr5546
    @lfr5546 4 роки тому +4

    I watched this like 5 times

  • @Treizez34
    @Treizez34 4 роки тому +1

    I'm amazed that an Amazon series hasn't been started off this Lore. Well done video!

  • @SuperBolt7
    @SuperBolt7 5 років тому +2

    This was so cool! So detailed and interesting. I loved how you structured the video and kept throwing in cut scenes. It all fit into place at just the right time. The effort shows!

  • @TheOnogar
    @TheOnogar 5 років тому +5

    i can't stop watching this, i come back way too often. i think i watched this 12 times now.

  • @Ole_Rasmussen
    @Ole_Rasmussen 5 років тому +6

    I grew up on this game series and this video was amazing.

  • @billywilliam7747
    @billywilliam7747 4 роки тому +2

    Hi Stefan, this is awesome! I love the clip. Thanks for the great narrative and carefully selected of the clips resulted from painstaking work! People still love to play all series of Dune, and Command & Conquer until today. The games live forever

  • @Amanoob105
    @Amanoob105 5 років тому +11

    Very well done and a fun video. One....Little thing though.....
    You didn't mention how the tiberium veins could move on their own enough to attack and destroy any vehicles, either too slow or just too big to avoid them.

  • @takashikamiyama4607
    @takashikamiyama4607 4 роки тому +10

    nice little war of the worlds reference there at around 18:30

  • @geraltgrey-mane695
    @geraltgrey-mane695 5 років тому +7

    this gave me chills at many points :D amazing work !!!

  • @Ikuconodule
    @Ikuconodule 5 років тому +2

    This is some next level depth research my man. Beautiful script and delivery.

  • @VilkarinSalvokath
    @VilkarinSalvokath 5 років тому +1

    The way you set up every clip, put music in the background, and even narrated this gave me the feeling of not just watching a documentary, but brought back pleasant memories of what was almost my entire childhood in gaming and my entry into RTS. I was four years old when my grandparents, ignorant to the rating system, bought me Command and Conquer Tiberium Dawn for Nintendo 64 and I grew up a fan. Since I hardly had access to internet and such, it was not until my mid teens nearly a decade later that I learned many sequels were made and I had the pleasure of eventually getting the complete collection and I enjoyed every game, and yes because of the story I enjoyed Tiberium Twilight but I absolutely hated the gameplay as it was a complete departure from what I grew up with. Thank you for not only making a video on this piece of lore, but also bringing back so many memories. Nowadays Act on Instinct and Airstrike are tracks I listen to for a dose of nostalgic flashbacks to when I was a child, running into my room to see if I could finally finish the final Nod mission when I was nine. I found the GDI missions easy, beating it at only age five a year after getting it and to this day I savor the moment I seen the end of the game. I am subscribed and hope to see more content from you, my friend!
    Also if you see this comment, have you ever played any of the fan made mods and games? Tiberium Insurrection is a what if game and is my favorite as it takes place in an alternate timeline where Nod won and the White House was the target of the hacked Ion Cannon. I highly recommend it to you and your viewers, the creators of the game are absolute geniuses!

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +1

      I haven't played much in the way of mods, but I'm dabbling. I've got Twisted Insurrection to play at some point, that was a huge effort project
      Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

    • @VilkarinSalvokath
      @VilkarinSalvokath 5 років тому

      No Strings Prd I ain't played any of the games or fan projects in a while myself and I just started playing Kane's Wrath the other day when I got my new laptop. Keep up the good work on your videos, I will be eagerly awaiting more content!

  • @cmdrmcmadman6349
    @cmdrmcmadman6349 5 років тому +8

    Yet another stellar video! The production quality, narration and insight yet again top notch. I sure am glad I subscribed.

    • @NoStringsPrd
      @NoStringsPrd  5 років тому +1

      This was a tough one to make, I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

    • @cmdrmcmadman6349
      @cmdrmcmadman6349 5 років тому +1

      @@NoStringsPrd It was worth it! Keep up the good work. I hope you'll gain more subs and views in the future which you totally deserve!

  • @Codoloco1
    @Codoloco1 5 років тому +12

    This is sooo awesome, rewatching!

  • @TheIshikawaRin
    @TheIshikawaRin 4 роки тому +2

    I miss Command & Conquer so much and this video just makes me want more.

  • @alexanderross8462
    @alexanderross8462 4 роки тому +19

    2:24 "Of the SECOND WORLD WAR"
    When he mean second world war. He is not talking about the real WW2 where the allies fought against the axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). He means the Red Alert universe WW2 where the Allies fight the Soviet Union.

    • @Delicious_Oreoz
      @Delicious_Oreoz 4 роки тому +1

      Wait so Red Alert is connected to this Universe?

    • @ismaelsantos5378
      @ismaelsantos5378 4 роки тому +2

      @@Delicious_Oreoz Kane shows up in Command and Conquer: Red Alert, which came a year after Tiberian Dawn.
      It was intended that RA would be a prequel to TD, but when they made Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 they went separate ways. They still share a lot of code, to the point you can import elements or maps from one game to another.

    • @rallyecars7449
      @rallyecars7449 4 роки тому

      @@Delicious_Oreoz no they are not

    • @rallyecars7449
      @rallyecars7449 4 роки тому +1

      @@ismaelsantos5378 devs said red alert is AU

    • @Delicious_Oreoz
      @Delicious_Oreoz 4 роки тому +2

      @@rallyecars7449 tf is AU

  • @tiberiumresurrection6214
    @tiberiumresurrection6214 5 років тому +7

    WOW! I am surprised, that someone still makes full-blown videos about this game in 2019. Keep em coming!

  • @Shrooblord
    @Shrooblord 5 років тому +13

    Yyyup, this is awesome. As a long-time fan of the series, I had most of these events playing in my head already. But having them all layed out in this nice, concise, well-scripted manner is awesome. Also, kudos for covering the entire Tiberium Trilogy! I do wonder if we'll ever get a fourth installment to close the franchise out. Perhaps it could be called "Tiberium Dusk" to parallel the "Tiberium Dawn" this series started on.

  • @WispyWoodsman
    @WispyWoodsman 5 років тому +2

    That was well put together and very compelling. Excellent job.

  • @thelitepredator
    @thelitepredator 4 роки тому +2

    my soul pours with love when i see clips from tib sun

  • @MIH1230
    @MIH1230 5 років тому +3

    OMG man, really well done video, i could watch Hours of this!!! Great Quality man! thank you!

  • @raikensmasher
    @raikensmasher 5 років тому +33

    6:08 we need more tv news broadcasters like that

  • @alexblack8634
    @alexblack8634 5 років тому +2

    Beautiful work with the telling of this lore.

  • @Tclans
    @Tclans 4 роки тому +2

    This is an amazing script, I just enjoyed it very much. So thanks for your knowledge and great story telling.