Honestly? That’s kinda why I don’t like the first game. I grew up playing the other two (well, three, but we don’t talk about that one), and when the remaster was released, I thought it was all so boring, because neither of the factions have that much flavour
@@fietehermans9903 really like it as a stepping stone, how it all began. When Nod still tried to look legitimate in the modern world, Tiberium just arrived after all. They couldn’t just drop the whole act and just be an insane cult out of nowhere (to the onlookers). They had to build and prepare their stance and reputation.
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 That's why I really like the 'mecha gimpsuit' look Renegade went for. But I think the GLA from Generals is a perfect example of making a group look ragtag within the constraints of a realistic world. Because even when you start to get units like the stealth tank, the basic Nod units don't update their looks
It was always a weird moment for me. If you kill him your commander will go “WTF that was a civilian you killed!” While EVA also mentioned “civilian killed”. But doing nothing he just attacks you with, again, a FLAMETHROWER. Like “hey commander you see me kill a civilian but not that said civilian was using a FLAMETHROWER to BURN ME ALIVE?”.
Something I want to touch on in my C&C 3 is how the nod infantry in that game were a good reflection of the brotherhoods scale at that point - its more efficient for them to produce massed numbers of poorly equipped/trained hordes of yellowzoners over the well trained soldiers they fielded in tibsun.
Something I didn't mention in this video that you could mention in yours is the animations for the militants. Some of them will do things like looking down the barrel of there gun, randomly dropping it on the ground, and the fact that they fire it one handed, whereas GDI's Rifleman always hold there rifles with both hands. It just goes to further show the lack of training the militants have.
It's wickedly ingenious, really. Focus your resources to training a small elite core of soldiers, and back them up by hordes of bullet-soakers to distract GDI forces.
I kinda hated that, haha. Wasting lives and equipment when you've got the resources to train professional soldiers is not efficient. Usually when something like that is happening, it's because all you good soldiers are dead and you're desperately throwing bodies at the enemy. I think what actually happened was EA didn't understand how Nod worked in previous games and made them archetypical "militant religious fanatics", which in the modern context basically meant middle eastern rebels with poor training.
I don't mind the transition from trained to militants because even without the 'Blame EA' mentality. Timeline wise, Kane is in fact running out of time. People forget the planet is dying right before humanity's eyes. Even if ZOCOM succeeds somewhat in containing the infection, the fact is Tiberium has spread beneath the crust and is leaching from the mantle. People are getting more desparate and there's no way in hell he can go to the Forgotten. Besides, his plan is not to win the war to begin with. He just wants GDI to win and use the chaos of an alien invasion and Liquid T detonation to get his hands on one of the Towers.
So here’s a thing you may not know: In the Italy mission where the commando shoots the sabatour for questioning Kane, it is possible to stop her and secure that much needed Tiberium spike. When the mission starts move her away from the guy and spam S on your keyboard. When she’s far enough away command the sabatour to capture the spike. Mission is now 50% easier.
From "Acknowledged" To "THE TIME HAS COME, WARRIORS OF NOD!" Epic Soldier development. Also... "The Black hand is in Control!" If you're using the Black hand faction. Epic!
I love the attention to detail on the interior of the Hand of Nod in Renegade. It's not something you get a lot of in modern FPS games, but in the Golden Age of 3D FPS the worlds were full of details like that, from Half-Life to Deus Ex to GoldenEye, the devs really made sure that the environments had their own stories, and felt like real places we were exploring rather than just the shallow wallpaper around our linear experience.
@@getfreur2458 Actually Renegade take place in the 1st Tiberium War, in which NOD have a huge number of resources and influence, so luxury is not impossible to see.
If you read Peptuck's Tiberium Wars novelisation, it does shed light on why the Brotherhood, as a populist force, is so successful. To rephrase, the Brotherhood is less a religion but more a spiritual call for harmony, but more importantly optimism in trying times. It's messages that may seem filled with hate and bitterness at first, in reality, are more in line with spite and perseverance in the face of oppression both man-caused and natural. In a world of social injustice or apocalyptic circumstances, it allows the Brotherhood to thrive and even reach out to other faiths. One of the more potent moments in Peptuck's works is when we see the Nod commander's perspective of visiting a Nod medical center during the Nod Blue Zone offensive. The commander noted not just Nod formal priests, but also monks, Christian Priests and even Imams amongst the throng of people, and each were doing their best to soothe the injured and the dying. So, in an abstract sense, Nod does have merit, especially for the downtrodden and the ill-fated by giving them a sense of purpose. Only when you start going up the ranks do you begin to see the apparent manipulations at play. Even then, 'faith' plays a huge role in why people continue to follow Kane.
@@LINJ638Having read it myself to finish and looking for answers, I think someone mentioned he kinda lost steam at some point. Also, there was this serious imbalance between the GDI and Nod perspective. Yes, GDI suffered by the millions in the march to Sarajevo, but at the same time this isn't reflected in the narrative. There was an instance a Nod commando toyed with her prey and got capped by a sniper. Her prey was just a bunch of grunts. I also agree that while Nick Havoc is a great addition to the story, one of his later appearances sort of got hamfisted in. Also, Black Hand was starting to look like target practice and less like the wh40k Space Marines they were originally potrayed as. Early chapters had characters bricking themselves whenever they saw one. Later chapters have them getting oneshotted in almost bizarre ways.
I like them as much as the next man, but the militants and rocket ponchos are also cool in their own way. They also fit the timeline and circumstances of NOD in the 3rd Tiberium war.
Man.. this just really makes me want to track down a copy of Renegade so I can play it again. I remember my cousin showing me C&C 3 and getting me hooked, then he told me there was an FPS set in the same universe and I was in love. This universe is such an interesting setting
Michael Biehn was a very renown and popular 80’s actor in Aliens. That is probably where he gave the M41A pulse rifle idea away to Westwood Studios while serving as a dual-hatted role as a technical consultant and an actor on the set. All at the same moment, they were making the Command & Conquer video gaming universe with him taking charge of some aspect of the responsibility of the outlining of the storyboard.
@@dubuyajay9964 That is also true and you are probably right about the fact that he dug it up in unused backlot storage after Aliens was done with the filming.
Despite having what looks like full on body armor Nod militias are extremely squishy in terms of health as compared to GDI riflemen who looked like they only wear military uniforms
Lore wise, this is explained that these suits are dilapidated from Second Tiberium War and lacked any adequate maintenance. They are functionally just pale versions of themselves, more form then function. Which is kinda brilliant, fluff wise, if you ask me. Nod being a shadow of it’s former self, just trying to at least look the part it was in yesteryear. These new, fresh militants lacking any training essentially LARPing as formidable Nod warriors they adore.
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 Yeah, it's interesting to note that NOD had only made advances in their more estoric tech like stealth and energy weapons. On top of revolutionizing walker development. This fits in line with the lore, because it proves that Kane had only focused on using NOD as a way to weaken GDI enough so that the Scrin could effectively win. And that Kane never actually aimed for NOD to win the war at the end of the day.
That, and you also have to remember that since Nod recruits troopers in the thousands from Yellow Zones, Nod quartermasters probably have to cut costs here and there to ensure EVERYONE gets adequate gear to be sent into combat (and probably never return).
Same here, bud. There's a game called Tempest Rising that's coming out soon though that seems to be the spiritual successor of C&C... Might be worth checking out!
While C&C3:TW was a meager game, I really liked that they shifted from this jolly, GI Joe-like portrayal of GDI and Nod (always righteous knights in shining armors vs. evil for sake of being evil screwballs) into something more believable. GDI focused more on protecting the rich to keep their funding, and Nod taking an advantage of the dissent of all that masses living in Yellow Zones, largely ignored by those lucky to live in Blue ones, to fuel their war effort.
When I passed Renegade, I thought that there was something like instructions or prayers at the entrance to the Hand of Nod, but the list of dead also fits well. And speaking of those who should not be forgotten, why not make a video about the "Forgotten" and humanoid mutants generally?
NoStringsPrd has already done a video on the Forgotten, so I don't think there's really anything more I could add to the topic that he hasn't already covered in his own video.
Every time this guy posts a new video, my day gets a whole lot better! And then even almost 1 whole hour of c&c lore is just awesome! Keep it up my man, you're doing an absolutely great job!
My favorite iteration of Nod military is C&C 3. The contrast between the masses of militia soldiers and the few but professional elites and the even rarer cyborgs is super well done. GDI always felt boring as a faction compared to Nod, they look and feel too much like a generic sci fi military we've seen a thousand times.
I think that was intentional in designing the GDI. They were supposed to be grounded in reality and using well-known generic sci-fi designs (which are also based on realistic ideas) in order to highlight the contrast between them and the far more unique visuals of the Brotherhood of Nod, which choose form over function. The same way that wacky characters work best in stories when there's a straight man to contrast them against. When there's a generic-looking faction (which is on-brand for being the no-nonsense government-funded military institution) the esoteric style and design choices of the Cult faction they regularly fight against is noticed far more easily.
@@LazarultosI think the Scrin expanded on this contrast as well, with their units and structures all being biomechanical machines that literally bleed when damaged. Makes everything they build and deploy seem…alive.
Kinda makes me think Nod propoganda was too effective. They were getting more Red and Yellow zone residents on their side than they could equip to Tiberian Sun levels and had to split the difference between the Black Hand types and more scrappy lower tier troops. Also good motivation to do well and earn your black armour.
@@AgentofLADONThere was also the fact that people were just plain desparate. GDI had walled off the habitable zones and ZOCOM was off doing things in places that were most likely far from civilization. The average yellow zone human can only withstand so much suffering, and Nod took full advantage by offering some form of protection and society, many would join for a chance like that.
1:48 I can understand GDI using desert camo in the Nod Campaign in Africa but it just makes no sense for Nod to use urban camo in a desert or forest setting... Good thing Renegade set that issue straight... 13:05 *FIREWOOD!* (flamethrower noises) 40:25 *BURN THEM ALIVE!* (flamethrower noises) 49:49 Forgot to mention the Commando's loyalty to Kane is like the loyalty of the Sisters of Battle to the Emperor, *ETERNALLY* loyal... That includes killing fellow Nod soldiers the moment they question Kane's orders, as demonstrated by that unlucky Saboteur who started questioning Kane's orders to capture the Nerve Center in the Italian Hills within earshot of a Commando and got his brains vaporized by said Commando...
"Good thing Renegade set that issue straight" My brother in Kane, Renegade made the whole thing worse with Nod's using TibSun's bright red+black colors :P On a serious note, I have my own headcanon with that: the Brotherhood is supposed to be a terr0rist group who fights a lot inside of cities (as seen in the cinematics) so it makes sense they use urban camo. Or it could be related to the Brotherhood's disorganization, cuz' despite all their tech and influence, Nod is still a mix of Third world countries' armies, ragtag fanatics and paramilitary/mercenaries (like Carlos Mendoza) so I doubt they even think about changing uniforms based on the setting, they probably throw their armies as cannon fodder while most specialized groups (chemwarriors, flame & stealth tanks) took care of things, just like in TibWars with the militants & black hand/etc. In the case of GDI, I guess it's just a matter of style, real UN has its peacekeepers wearing blue helmets and berets that don't really fit in any setting, so
A toolbox...huh. Makes more sense than the briefcase I always thought they were carrying, I suppose. Have you ever considered doing unit videos for stuff like Mental Omega or that one TibSun mod that I can't remember the name of?
1 hour of god-tier C&C Lore? Thank you Jethild! Would also love to see, maybe in the future, some lore about Starcraft or Warcraft. Keep up the good work!
I want to see what an actual Scrin military force looks like. The ones we see in 3 are just a mining fleet that were expecting light, scattered resistance, if any at all
At the near end of the video with the Nod Trooper concept art for the future, I am filled with a burning, seething rage for the cancellation of Tiberium by EA. An honest to goodness official sequel of Renegade needs to be made. And since we played a GDI commando with a sarcastic 80s styled action hero attitude with a sardonic sense of humor in the first one, I demand we play for Nod in the sequel. I'd love to work for Kane.
So let me get this straight. Instead of telling the geeky Saboteurs to go jogging so they'd move a little faster, Nod kmstead decided to just chop their legs off and put robot ones on? I don't know if that's stupid or genius.
everytime i see C&C renegade. my heart rate rises and i remember back when i was (Probably too young to be) playing and when these simple ai and map designs were a real challange. and now adult me replays it once or twice a year on max difficulty with no issues. Fun memories
Kane: Man I love your aesthetic, mind if I borrow it? Cobra Commander: What? Sure... what ever, just change some things so it isn't Obvious. Precentor Aziz (Word of Blake): Hey Kane, don't go to far with those notes
1 thing I wonder in NOD's lore. Shadow Team are the elite soldiers of NOD army. We could say that they're the lesser version of commando with best equipment including personal stealth generator much like Black Hand's stealth trooper in the first war. But yet, they are not The Black Hand.
@@Mglue3 for the balance it can be understand. Even remove the stealth like Spector and commando. But again. In lore, Commando are training by Black Hand and yet with vanilla's and Mark of Kane's commandos are using personal stealth generator. Which modern Black Hand consider to be coward. Then why Shadow Team aren't the Black Hand? This bother me alot.😢
another exelent briefing as always Intelligence Officer Jethild word around the base is you've impressed the big man himself Kane so much so he's declared you off limits in my experience that means something keep up the good work 👍
Got back into making custom figures. First wave has been 4 inch figs. Done a disc thrower, jump jet trooper, and medic. Also a nod light infantry figure. Working on a nod cyborg commando at the moment. I love me some CnC
The contrast between Tiberium Dawn and Renegade Nod troops reminds me of the GI Joe comic by Larry Hama. In one of the flashback panels we see an early Cobra squad of militia types wearing Cobra bandanas as face masks before they had a larger funding base to afford the Viper uniforms.
I always loved how the Black Hand were always seen as a major presence while on the field. The organisation itself may have started as covert operations, its own brand of special forces but they also knew that they would need to be seen occasionally, be feared and looked upon with awe from the Brotherhood itself, to be what the newer or regular members should aspire to be, so their outfits were never too out there but still recognisable so that the regular troops of both factions would know of them if they ever laid their eyes on those armours to bring about justified fear in the hearts of GDI and inspiration to the NOD troopers. And in C&C3, they became even more of a presence thanks to Marcion's own battlefield experience, to hell with covert operations, let the world see what is left in our wake, what happens to those who suffer Kane's wrath.
I really love how even in the Tiberian Sun design, the Hand of Nod has its fingers digging into the ground, so it is technically still grasping the earth.
31:31 i never noticed this! Is it just with the hand of nod or can any ither buikding do that? Also one unmentioned feture you might want to cover in the gdi ir scrin counterpart video is the cover system of c&c3/kanes wrath, garasoning helps when you have a building capable of it but do you know your troops will take xover around buidings and map debris? They spread out to reduce splash damage as well as get a straight uo damage reduction when doing this, its a super cool detail that not even many modern RTS have, also coreect me if im wrong but cant tib infused troops also heal in tib fields?
Awesome video, basically a lore wiki deep dive but in audio format lol. All the footage is very much appreciated as well! I used to play C&C but forgot how cool that world was.
More than 50 min of lore on the infantry of Nod, nice ! A great and informative video. I have always loved learning about the command and conquer univers and its hidden secrets. I hope one day to see a video on the construction yard because still today for me it remains the greatest enigma from a logiciel and realistic point of view. Just like a power plant that can give energy to a building or defense structure at the other end of a map without problem... 😅 In any case, your videos are well worked ! We feel the passion all along. Keep it up. Waiting for the future video on the infantry of the GDI et Forgotten. Ps : The second Nod uniform soldier is clearly the best.
Before full NOD standardization in the ladder half of the 1st Tiberium War, id like to think NOD forces differed in competence,organization & weaponry. From NOD backed Local Warlord Militias, Dictatorial Government Conscript Armies outfitted with aging soviet export weapons/vehicles to Private PMCs & Special Forces Groups equipped with the latest in military hardware/possibly experimental vehicles. It would definitely be an army that varied vastly in appearance.
I love how NOD went from looking like a regular military to full on cult
It was always a cult
Honestly? That’s kinda why I don’t like the first game. I grew up playing the other two (well, three, but we don’t talk about that one), and when the remaster was released, I thought it was all so boring, because neither of the factions have that much flavour
@@fietehermans9903 really like it as a stepping stone, how it all began. When Nod still tried to look legitimate in the modern world, Tiberium just arrived after all. They couldn’t just drop the whole act and just be an insane cult out of nowhere (to the onlookers). They had to build and prepare their stance and reputation.
“What makes a good terrorist organization? Brand recognition.”
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 That's why I really like the 'mecha gimpsuit' look Renegade went for. But I think the GLA from Generals is a perfect example of making a group look ragtag within the constraints of a realistic world. Because even when you start to get units like the stealth tank, the basic Nod units don't update their looks
I like the idea of a chef just randomly having a flamethrower as a self defense weapon.
"RED TEAM! THIS LAMB CHOP IS _RAW!!!_ " *Fwoosh*
@@TheEDFLegacy LOL!!!!!
It was always a weird moment for me. If you kill him your commander will go “WTF that was a civilian you killed!” While EVA also mentioned “civilian killed”. But doing nothing he just attacks you with, again, a FLAMETHROWER. Like “hey commander you see me kill a civilian but not that said civilian was using a FLAMETHROWER to BURN ME ALIVE?”.
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Something I want to touch on in my C&C 3 is how the nod infantry in that game were a good reflection of the brotherhoods scale at that point - its more efficient for them to produce massed numbers of poorly equipped/trained hordes of yellowzoners over the well trained soldiers they fielded in tibsun.
Something I didn't mention in this video that you could mention in yours is the animations for the militants. Some of them will do things like looking down the barrel of there gun, randomly dropping it on the ground, and the fact that they fire it one handed, whereas GDI's Rifleman always hold there rifles with both hands. It just goes to further show the lack of training the militants have.
It's wickedly ingenious, really. Focus your resources to training a small elite core of soldiers, and back them up by hordes of bullet-soakers to distract GDI forces.
I kinda hated that, haha. Wasting lives and equipment when you've got the resources to train professional soldiers is not efficient. Usually when something like that is happening, it's because all you good soldiers are dead and you're desperately throwing bodies at the enemy.
I think what actually happened was EA didn't understand how Nod worked in previous games and made them archetypical "militant religious fanatics", which in the modern context basically meant middle eastern rebels with poor training.
@@Jethild Don't forget the fact that some of them will outright try to play baseball with their gun and a rock.
I don't mind the transition from trained to militants because even without the 'Blame EA' mentality. Timeline wise, Kane is in fact running out of time.
People forget the planet is dying right before humanity's eyes. Even if ZOCOM succeeds somewhat in containing the infection, the fact is Tiberium has spread beneath the crust and is leaching from the mantle. People are getting more desparate and there's no way in hell he can go to the Forgotten.
Besides, his plan is not to win the war to begin with. He just wants GDI to win and use the chaos of an alien invasion and Liquid T detonation to get his hands on one of the Towers.
So here’s a thing you may not know:
In the Italy mission where the commando shoots the sabatour for questioning Kane, it is possible to stop her and secure that much needed Tiberium spike. When the mission starts move her away from the guy and spam S on your keyboard. When she’s far enough away command the sabatour to capture the spike. Mission is now 50% easier.
From "Acknowledged"
To "THE TIME HAS COME, WARRIORS OF NOD!"
Epic Soldier development.
Also... "The Black hand is in Control!" If you're using the Black hand faction. Epic!
I love the attention to detail on the interior of the Hand of Nod in Renegade. It's not something you get a lot of in modern FPS games, but in the Golden Age of 3D FPS the worlds were full of details like that, from Half-Life to Deus Ex to GoldenEye, the devs really made sure that the environments had their own stories, and felt like real places we were exploring rather than just the shallow wallpaper around our linear experience.
Not only that, but for a military barracks it's a extremely luxurious place.
@@getfreur2458 Actually Renegade take place in the 1st Tiberium War, in which NOD have a huge number of resources and influence, so luxury is not impossible to see.
@@Unjustlce Ah, i forgot Seth had his own command centre.
I really like the memorial quote. Gives the Brotherhood alot of character.
It also helps make them scarier. Since they aren't just blind Cultist but one with a clear vision and ever drive.
One Vision, One Purpose.
@@Sid_Streams Technology of Peace!
Peace Through Power!
I almost skipped past it :O
Peace through Power ✊
Female assassin with red hair, eyepatch, a tight uniform, and Russian accent.
Yeah, the design team watched Venture Brothers.
Nearly 1 hour of pure C&C lore. Awesome!
Longest he has done so far. Wonder if it be the same for GDI Infantry.
We need boots on the ground but I will explain them the history in a quick 1 hour
-a nod commander
The memorial certainly made them seem more human.
If you read Peptuck's Tiberium Wars novelisation, it does shed light on why the Brotherhood, as a populist force, is so successful.
To rephrase, the Brotherhood is less a religion but more a spiritual call for harmony, but more importantly optimism in trying times. It's messages that may seem filled with hate and bitterness at first, in reality, are more in line with spite and perseverance in the face of oppression both man-caused and natural.
In a world of social injustice or apocalyptic circumstances, it allows the Brotherhood to thrive and even reach out to other faiths. One of the more potent moments in Peptuck's works is when we see the Nod commander's perspective of visiting a Nod medical center during the Nod Blue Zone offensive. The commander noted not just Nod formal priests, but also monks, Christian Priests and even Imams amongst the throng of people, and each were doing their best to soothe the injured and the dying.
So, in an abstract sense, Nod does have merit, especially for the downtrodden and the ill-fated by giving them a sense of purpose. Only when you start going up the ranks do you begin to see the apparent manipulations at play. Even then, 'faith' plays a huge role in why people continue to follow Kane.
Too bad it is incomplete. Fucking sucks.
@@TheNapster153 I feel Peptuck's spectacular work does not get nearly enough love it deserves. Thumbs up for spreading the message!
@@gorthuar I wonder why he did not bother completing the novel???
@@LINJ638Having read it myself to finish and looking for answers, I think someone mentioned he kinda lost steam at some point.
Also, there was this serious imbalance between the GDI and Nod perspective. Yes, GDI suffered by the millions in the march to Sarajevo, but at the same time this isn't reflected in the narrative.
There was an instance a Nod commando toyed with her prey and got capped by a sniper. Her prey was just a bunch of grunts.
I also agree that while Nick Havoc is a great addition to the story, one of his later appearances sort of got hamfisted in.
Also, Black Hand was starting to look like target practice and less like the wh40k Space Marines they were originally potrayed as. Early chapters had characters bricking themselves whenever they saw one. Later chapters have them getting oneshotted in almost bizarre ways.
tibsun nod armour is the best it ever looked. those suits have evil stormtrooper energy
Though the helmets instantly make me quote "This Is The Way"
@@weldonwin
"tiss the way"
"through unity"
@@weldonwin mandalore themed helmets
@@GunRunner106 peace through power, this is the way
I like them as much as the next man, but the militants and rocket ponchos are also cool in their own way. They also fit the timeline and circumstances of NOD in the 3rd Tiberium war.
Man.. this just really makes me want to track down a copy of Renegade so I can play it again. I remember my cousin showing me C&C 3 and getting me hooked, then he told me there was an FPS set in the same universe and I was in love. This universe is such an interesting setting
look for the totem arts launcher. Has a remake of renegade for free.
The entire C&C franchise is on steam now
6:17 you forgot to mention the paint bucket to repaint captured buildings
Nanopainters, son! They awaken in response to USB insertion.
Like the Monks in Age of Empires and the chemical launchers of Dune.
@@reuvenpolonskiy2544The effects of Deviator Gas is temporary and the less we explain how *WOLOLO!* works, the better for our sanity...
Michael Biehn was a very renown and popular 80’s actor in Aliens. That is probably where he gave the M41A pulse rifle idea away to Westwood Studios while serving as a dual-hatted role as a technical consultant and an actor on the set. All at the same moment, they were making the Command & Conquer video gaming universe with him taking charge of some aspect of the responsibility of the outlining of the storyboard.
Neat!
@@TheEDFLegacy That is just my two cents on him, maybe not true.
He probably found some in storage somewhere. Hollywood reuses props...alot.
@@dubuyajay9964 That is also true and you are probably right about the fact that he dug it up in unused backlot storage after Aliens was done with the filming.
Despite having what looks like full on body armor Nod militias are extremely squishy in terms of health as compared to GDI riflemen who looked like they only wear military uniforms
Nod militias use old second Tiberium era Nod uniforms
Well, it is only a reskin in KW.
Lore wise, this is explained that these suits are dilapidated from Second Tiberium War and lacked any adequate maintenance. They are functionally just pale versions of themselves, more form then function. Which is kinda brilliant, fluff wise, if you ask me. Nod being a shadow of it’s former self, just trying to at least look the part it was in yesteryear. These new, fresh militants lacking any training essentially LARPing as formidable Nod warriors they adore.
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 Yeah, it's interesting to note that NOD had only made advances in their more estoric tech like stealth and energy weapons. On top of revolutionizing walker development. This fits in line with the lore, because it proves that Kane had only focused on using NOD as a way to weaken GDI enough so that the Scrin could effectively win. And that Kane never actually aimed for NOD to win the war at the end of the day.
That, and you also have to remember that since Nod recruits troopers in the thousands from Yellow Zones, Nod quartermasters probably have to cut costs here and there to ensure EVERYONE gets adequate gear to be sent into combat (and probably never return).
"Fighters, arm up!"
RISE UP
DOWN WITH GDI
We FIGHT for Nod!
Make them suffer!!!
We've got the rockets!
Thank you for doing such great work. Makes me wish C&C still as big as it was 20 years ago.
The excellent remaster really help with that. Hopefully that means we will see a new game in the future.
Same here, bud. There's a game called Tempest Rising that's coming out soon though that seems to be the spiritual successor of C&C... Might be worth checking out!
@@Fledermausmann ...Kane lives? 😳
@@TheEDFLegacy As close to it as possible. Urge you to watch some game play!
While C&C3:TW was a meager game, I really liked that they shifted from this jolly, GI Joe-like portrayal of GDI and Nod (always righteous knights in shining armors vs. evil for sake of being evil screwballs) into something more believable. GDI focused more on protecting the rich to keep their funding, and Nod taking an advantage of the dissent of all that masses living in Yellow Zones, largely ignored by those lucky to live in Blue ones, to fuel their war effort.
I honestly really loved Command and Conquer 3 (though the lack of Frank Klepacki REALLY hurt it). The storyline was extremely good in my opinion.
@@TheEDFLegacy surely was way better than the game which shall not be named...
@@XYZ-eo8um What game?
😅
@@TheEDFLegacy C&C 4 Tiberium Twilight
@@XYZ-eo8um Never heard of it. Not at all. Nope. Never.
😵💫
24:24 GDI having that gun made so much sense after i watched Aliens for the first time, that and Michael Biehn is McNeil
When I passed Renegade, I thought that there was something like instructions or prayers at the entrance to the Hand of Nod, but the list of dead also fits well. And speaking of those who should not be forgotten, why not make a video about the "Forgotten" and humanoid mutants generally?
NoStringsPrd has already done a video on the Forgotten, so I don't think there's really anything more I could add to the topic that he hasn't already covered in his own video.
@@JethildI think he also meant the mod game where you can play as forgotten in tw3.
Every time this guy posts a new video, my day gets a whole lot better! And then even almost 1 whole hour of c&c lore is just awesome! Keep it up my man, you're doing an absolutely great job!
My favorite iteration of Nod military is C&C 3. The contrast between the masses of militia soldiers and the few but professional elites and the even rarer cyborgs is super well done. GDI always felt boring as a faction compared to Nod, they look and feel too much like a generic sci fi military we've seen a thousand times.
I think that was intentional in designing the GDI. They were supposed to be grounded in reality and using well-known generic sci-fi designs (which are also based on realistic ideas) in order to highlight the contrast between them and the far more unique visuals of the Brotherhood of Nod, which choose form over function. The same way that wacky characters work best in stories when there's a straight man to contrast them against. When there's a generic-looking faction (which is on-brand for being the no-nonsense government-funded military institution) the esoteric style and design choices of the Cult faction they regularly fight against is noticed far more easily.
@@LazarultosI think the Scrin expanded on this contrast as well, with their units and structures all being biomechanical machines that literally bleed when damaged. Makes everything they build and deploy seem…alive.
Kinda makes me think Nod propoganda was too effective. They were getting more Red and Yellow zone residents on their side than they could equip to Tiberian Sun levels and had to split the difference between the Black Hand types and more scrappy lower tier troops. Also good motivation to do well and earn your black armour.
@@AgentofLADONThere was also the fact that people were just plain desparate. GDI had walled off the habitable zones and ZOCOM was off doing things in places that were most likely far from civilization.
The average yellow zone human can only withstand so much suffering, and Nod took full advantage by offering some form of protection and society, many would join for a chance like that.
Sonic guns are far from generic.
1:48 I can understand GDI using desert camo in the Nod Campaign in Africa but it just makes no sense for Nod to use urban camo in a desert or forest setting...
Good thing Renegade set that issue straight...
13:05 *FIREWOOD!* (flamethrower noises)
40:25 *BURN THEM ALIVE!* (flamethrower noises)
49:49 Forgot to mention the Commando's loyalty to Kane is like the loyalty of the Sisters of Battle to the Emperor, *ETERNALLY* loyal... That includes killing fellow Nod soldiers the moment they question Kane's orders, as demonstrated by that unlucky Saboteur who started questioning Kane's orders to capture the Nerve Center in the Italian Hills within earshot of a Commando and got his brains vaporized by said Commando...
Lmao a lot of Nod fans find themselves on the side of the Emperor
@@cinder1667 Well, Kane being an immortal superhuman from the dawn of time, the paralells write themselves XD
Grey was very stylish during the early stages of the war
"Good thing Renegade set that issue straight"
My brother in Kane, Renegade made the whole thing worse with Nod's using TibSun's bright red+black colors :P
On a serious note, I have my own headcanon with that: the Brotherhood is supposed to be a terr0rist group who fights a lot inside of cities (as seen in the cinematics) so it makes sense they use urban camo.
Or it could be related to the Brotherhood's disorganization, cuz' despite all their tech and influence, Nod is still a mix of Third world countries' armies, ragtag fanatics and paramilitary/mercenaries (like Carlos Mendoza) so I doubt they even think about changing uniforms based on the setting, they probably throw their armies as cannon fodder while most specialized groups (chemwarriors, flame & stealth tanks) took care of things, just like in TibWars with the militants & black hand/etc.
In the case of GDI, I guess it's just a matter of style, real UN has its peacekeepers wearing blue helmets and berets that don't really fit in any setting, so
> New Jethild video
> Instant watch
A toolbox...huh. Makes more sense than the briefcase I always thought they were carrying, I suppose.
Have you ever considered doing unit videos for stuff like Mental Omega or that one TibSun mod that I can't remember the name of?
Twisted Insurrection?
@@Hunter-ze3my That sounds right!
1 hour of god-tier C&C Lore? Thank you Jethild! Would also love to see, maybe in the future, some lore about Starcraft or Warcraft. Keep up the good work!
fantastic work as always
you inspired me to buy the whole series
The series is great except C&C 4. That game forget what made Command and Conquer fun.
@@orangesilver4568 What is this C&C4 you speak off? Sounds like heresy.
I wonder what a forth tiberium war between these 2 would be like.
I want to see what an actual Scrin military force looks like. The ones we see in 3 are just a mining fleet that were expecting light, scattered resistance, if any at all
I love how everyone refuses to acknowledge Comman & Conquer 4's existence. It deserves to be forgotten and not considered canon.
@@orangesilver4568 What's a "Command & Conquer 4"? The series ended with 3. I know we're hopeful, but you shouldnt just go around making stuff up...
We'll never know...
@@orangesilver4568 C&C4 was a traitor to the cause so it had to be terminated and erased from history.
What does not exist never existed !
The wait is over.Finally.Amazing content and effort as always.
At the near end of the video with the Nod Trooper concept art for the future, I am filled with a burning, seething rage for the cancellation of Tiberium by EA. An honest to goodness official sequel of Renegade needs to be made. And since we played a GDI commando with a sarcastic 80s styled action hero attitude with a sardonic sense of humor in the first one, I demand we play for Nod in the sequel. I'd love to work for Kane.
Ahh, comando... The soldier that uses a left-hand wielded sniper shotgun that sounds lile a silenced pistol...
When you think you've heard it all, something new pops up! Great job!
Welcome back commander!
So let me get this straight. Instead of telling the geeky Saboteurs to go jogging so they'd move a little faster, Nod kmstead decided to just chop their legs off and put robot ones on? I don't know if that's stupid or genius.
I mean it works faster 🤷
Can't wait to see how the soldiers evolve in C&C 4!
C&C is forever dead and gone EA made sure of that
@@ReZel80657 C&C 4 is already released... (Its a horrible game, but the lore is there).
@@GaratghDeloi That game does not exist
@@GaratghDeloi Don’t know what you’re talking about.
@shilka123456789 oh it exists its just a hollowed out dried husk
Finally something new to enjoy
I didn't realize I was waiting for this video, but I very much was.
You are one of the best documentary videos about Command and Conquer on youtube, congratulations.
Greetings from Colombia.
Remember: switching to your sidearm is faster than reloading.
An hour long C&C lore vid, hell yeah!
Welcome back Commander! 🫡
_"We need more men! Train them from THE HAND OF NOD!!!"_
Yup i didnt get any sleep its already 4 in the morning, cant stop binge watching this channel vids
everytime i see C&C renegade. my heart rate rises and i remember back when i was (Probably too young to be) playing and when these simple ai and map designs were a real challange. and now adult me replays it once or twice a year on max difficulty with no issues. Fun memories
Man i really love this 1 hour long lore videos, makes my day everytime i see a new one uploaded in the feed box, thanks a lot for making them!
Thank you so much for the Lore Videos, as a CNC fan, I love going through them.
31:30 Jethild again teaching me something new that I didn't know with every video
Me in class: I sleep
Me when i see a 1 hour video about Nod infantry by Jethild: REAL SHIT
The second tiberium war has to be my favourite, its atmosphere was pulled of amazingly.
I’d never thought i’d see the day where you and a video on infantry thank you @jethild
I always loved the NOD trooper look in Tiberian Sun the most.
In the name of Kane !
We all just love this channel
I’ve played KW since the year it was released and just learned the Hand of Nod can be deadly
EEEEY! New post, love to see it! Thoroughly enjoy your vids. :)
I stop evreything just for watch, so good job !
Kane: Man I love your aesthetic, mind if I borrow it?
Cobra Commander: What? Sure... what ever, just change some things so it isn't Obvious.
Precentor Aziz (Word of Blake): Hey Kane, don't go to far with those notes
Nod is always so much more fun to play than gdi
ZOCOM: Please allow me to introduce myself.
I will forever be a Nod boi at heart, but…
Consider tank and, more importantly, mech columns.
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888
GDI mechs: gun chicken
Nod mechs: cryptid
@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 He has already done tanks such as Mammoth MKII and also Mechanized walkers.
How about scrin @FeralBunnyDonut
A bug from starship troopers but more cool 😎
another great video dropped by jethlid great content
almost an hour of Nod lore? i see someone likes me xD. great work mate, keep it up!
Im glad i was there for original command and conquer. Loved that game
The game footage at 7:00 is my main exposure to the Tiberium series, an FPS called Renegade. Was pretty good as a kid
1 thing I wonder in NOD's lore. Shadow Team are the elite soldiers of NOD army. We could say that they're the lesser version of commando with best equipment including personal stealth generator much like Black Hand's stealth trooper in the first war.
But yet, they are not The Black Hand.
Outside prob balance issues. In universe, its probably a pride thing. The Black Hand and Shadow teams probably consider themselves seperate.
@@Mglue3 for the balance it can be understand. Even remove the stealth like Spector and commando.
But again. In lore, Commando are training by Black Hand and yet with vanilla's and Mark of Kane's commandos are using personal stealth generator. Which modern Black Hand consider to be coward.
Then why Shadow Team aren't the Black Hand? This bother me alot.😢
Black Hand is more of the brute force direct assault type so they just give a stiff 🖕 to subtlety...
another exelent briefing as always Intelligence Officer Jethild word around the base is you've impressed the big man himself Kane so much so he's declared you off limits in my experience that means something keep up the good work 👍
41:33 *General! The black napalm upgrade is complete!*
Got back into making custom figures. First wave has been 4 inch figs. Done a disc thrower, jump jet trooper, and medic. Also a nod light infantry figure. Working on a nod cyborg commando at the moment. I love me some CnC
I love that in 9:30 room they use the minigunners background xD
The contrast between Tiberium Dawn and Renegade Nod troops reminds me of the GI Joe comic by Larry Hama. In one of the flashback panels we see an early Cobra squad of militia types wearing Cobra bandanas as face masks before they had a larger funding base to afford the Viper uniforms.
Excellent video! Since the beginning I found Nod the most entertaining faction to play with.
Whenever you post a video it is a great day ^^. I love how in depth your videos are, I reallty like the TBW lore it has so much stuff to be explored!
I always loved how the Black Hand were always seen as a major presence while on the field. The organisation itself may have started as covert operations, its own brand of special forces but they also knew that they would need to be seen occasionally, be feared and looked upon with awe from the Brotherhood itself, to be what the newer or regular members should aspire to be, so their outfits were never too out there but still recognisable so that the regular troops of both factions would know of them if they ever laid their eyes on those armours to bring about justified fear in the hearts of GDI and inspiration to the NOD troopers.
And in C&C3, they became even more of a presence thanks to Marcion's own battlefield experience, to hell with covert operations, let the world see what is left in our wake, what happens to those who suffer Kane's wrath.
Nice video!
Welcome Back. Declassified briefings continued.
Welcome back Commander.
Nearly an hour of C&C lore?!
Hell yeah! Peace through Power!!!
Nice video, I love so much the brotherhood of Nod
As always, exceptional work. An hour long video as Kane demands, he is pleased
I really love how even in the Tiberian Sun design, the Hand of Nod has its fingers digging into the ground, so it is technically still grasping the earth.
And i was wondering what to do with my life, at 00.00
Thanks Jet. I really like your videos
Love these vids! These games were a staple of my childhood and to see this kind of background/lore is just awesome
This has to be your best video yet. Thank you for all your hard work into making these!
31:31 i never noticed this! Is it just with the hand of nod or can any ither buikding do that? Also one unmentioned feture you might want to cover in the gdi ir scrin counterpart video is the cover system of c&c3/kanes wrath, garasoning helps when you have a building capable of it but do you know your troops will take xover around buidings and map debris? They spread out to reduce splash damage as well as get a straight uo damage reduction when doing this, its a super cool detail that not even many modern RTS have, also coreect me if im wrong but cant tib infused troops also heal in tib fields?
Awesome video, basically a lore wiki deep dive but in audio format lol. All the footage is very much appreciated as well! I used to play C&C but forgot how cool that world was.
30:30 That's an interesting detail I never noticed in all the time i spent playing C&C3 Tiberium Wars!
Fantastic vid! What a treat. Loved the ending bit with Kane's voice.
Nice work
Yes it finally happened the "Analysis about evolution of soldier uniform" i ask over year ago. !!!!!
ONE VISION!
ONE PROPOSE!
PEACE THROUGH POWER!
Awesome prefer the lengthy vids👌🔥
Millitia! Hold your weapons high! Peace through Power!
*giggles while in a Titan that turns the nod militant into a red paste under foot*
NOD infantry: Where are we marching to?
Another NOD Infantry: For the glory of Kane.
NOD infantry: of course. Silly question.
Absolutely love the "G.I. Joe bad guy" look of the Nod Infantry in Renegade.
The Tiberian dawn storyline would make an awesome TV series! I mean the franchise as a whole would make a great series.
Love infantry videos. So much ground to cover. Heh, keep em coming.
The Brotherhood of Nod are my fave Faction this is going to be good.
FOR KAAANE.
Respect and keep up the epic work 🦂.
More than 50 min of lore on the infantry of Nod, nice !
A great and informative video. I have always loved learning about the command and conquer univers and its hidden secrets.
I hope one day to see a video on the construction yard because still today for me it remains the greatest enigma from a logiciel and realistic point of view. Just like a power plant that can give energy to a building or defense structure at the other end of a map without problem... 😅
In any case, your videos are well worked ! We feel the passion all along. Keep it up.
Waiting for the future video on the infantry of the GDI et Forgotten.
Ps : The second Nod uniform soldier is clearly the best.
I'm glad you went in detail of the confessor's AK as well. I love that thing.
THE HEROES OF THE TIBERIUM UNIVERSE!
When will we see any videos on red alert? We want to know about the Allied and Soviet infantry, naval, and air forces.
Before full NOD standardization in the ladder half of the 1st Tiberium War, id like to think NOD forces differed in competence,organization & weaponry. From NOD backed Local Warlord Militias, Dictatorial Government Conscript Armies outfitted with aging soviet export weapons/vehicles to Private PMCs & Special Forces Groups equipped with the latest in military hardware/possibly experimental vehicles. It would definitely be an army that varied vastly in appearance.
This video is awesome.