The Story of Mental Omega Pt.6 | Dawn & Dusk |
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2024
- Didn't really know what would be a fitting title for this chapter of the story so I just went with something I thought sounded cool and was still related to the chapter. As is always, my journey to find a consistent recording setup continues, so please excuse my scuffed voice at times :D
For those unaware, Mental Omega is a free unofficial expansion pack for Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge, just recently reaching the 10th anniversary of its version 3.0 release.
You can download and play this campaign now from their official website: mentalomega.com/
If you are feeling generous, I would love for you to check out my Patreon page I just set up: / psyminette
Link to the previous part: • The Story of Mental Om...
===== Music Used =====
Banished - Frank Klepacki
Industrial Ambient - Frank Klepacki
Mechanical Man (Frank Klepacki Original - GDI Bass Remix) - Pr0metheus
Mind Prison - Frank Klepacki
Inside Your Soul (BI9 Remix) - Black Ice 9
He Lives - Frank Klepacki
===== Outro Music =====
The Destroyer - World Beyond Soundtracks
===== Other =====
Remastered RA2 cutscene courtesy of MRZJL / @mrzjl505
Arabic captions generously provided by the C&C Arabian Community server: / discord - Ігри
Your presentation style alone makes me see the allies in a more grim state then what i usually remember from the MO lore
I'll say again that Mental Omega really presented us that, even in the original timeline, the Allies were just royally fucked without their chronosphere. In YR Soviet campaign, the moment they lost the tech and Einstein, they surrendered, because the Soviets still outnumber them more than 5:1 and super tech will only get them so far.
Hopefully it doesn't come across as too subjective on my part. I don't want to make the Allies seem like the de facto guys to root for in a multi-perspective story like MO. Painting the Allies as the underdog is kinda fun tho, and that is kind of the vibe so far in the story :p
@@Psyminette Don't worry, the Allies really were the underdogs before the Paradox Engine took flight, militarily speaking. But, they're not to be rooted for because they're the good guys, they're not, instead they are to be rooted for because the world really has no other choice, facing the End of Mind.
@@rara2ra2yrra3racjj2 Well in the end the Soviets were also important. Poor Krukov and Reznov.
they were, but not really. They got played, Yuri's life never mattered, and MO still got activated.@@p_serdiuk
Allied Commander: "I don't trust Euro Alliance and Pacific Front so much."
Soviet General: "Almost all Soviet High Command doubt me about the stolen of Stalin's Fist Prototype."
Yuri's Proselyte: "Nothing to worry, just follow order for the Great Yuri."
Volknet: being build in progress.
Rashidi: i had my own secret plans for now.
the proselyte has the best job security of them all
Yeah, Yuri and his proselyte have an unusual amount of trust in eachother when you put it that way.
@@xenotyphonMy assumption is that probably because like Rahn, Proselyte is made from the Cloning Vats with specific genvirus to perform as the main commanding force for the Epsilon. As such, loyalty for Yuri was already instilled within Proselyte from the creation of him.
But Yuri's trust towards Proselyte is mysterious, unless you considered the entire MO timeline where chances are, Yuri has foreseen his fate, that if truce were to be made between Allies and Comintern, they would overwhelm Epsilon HQ in Antarctica especially Mental Omega tower. Thus, in order to prevent that from happening, Yuri would be the martyr to distract the Comintern from discovering the existence of the tower and brought all of their forces into Moscow, away from Antarctica.
Since this decision will render Epsilon leaderless, Yuri entrusts Proselyte as his successor to Epsilon because he himself would not be alive to finally witness his master plan go into fruition.
I said this last video as well but I love the different POVs between the three factions and how their views of the levels of trust within factions is shown. It makes Mental Omega a very interesting story
It’s also funny that despite our World War 2 not happening in this timeline, UK and Australia were still the last places with strongholds against the enemy, only this time there was no U.S. stronghold either
I love how the US command gave so much trust and had so much fate for their allies just to get screwed up on the revealing truth of the silent betrayal by both allies factions.
Imagine being a US general sitting silencely in the joint-command centre in London, having nearly nothing left on his side. His already very small number of the army got shrunked into atom in the suicidal mission in Siberia, his Enterprise carriers got chrono shift uselessly into the nothingness, his best personel got captured after sacrificed herself for the cause. At least, Siegfried gladly helping him later on...
I'm glad for the fact that I saw it accidentally. But as Oogway master says, *"There is no accident"*
....A green mole, perhaps?
Allied Commander: European Alliance and Pacific Front betray us!
Soviet General: High Command wants to put me into Gulag.
Yuri's Prosolyte: My master apologizes for his mistakes.
Foresaw who will win already.
Rashidi: let's play Yuri's order once again before become our own betrayal.
Foehn Revolt: Only when the world was united, could it have stood a chance against the Epsilon.
@@sergiomendoza251 to be fair Rashidi was loyal to Yuri up until that Psycho anime waifu showed up.
@@patricksusulin9335 Libra
"I have been waiting for this day"
-Rashidi
Man, the Americans really got screwed in the Mental Omega timeline considering they got lied to, abandoned, nuked, mentally subverted and sent on missions by their allies that lead to crippling losses.
Just wait until we got act 2 where they will get massive crippled in harimata
@@canon07 ...THIS IS STILL ACT ONE!?!
@@antitroller101 yes
@@antitroller101You would be absolutely mindblown by where this story takes you, and despite Psyminette's superb work on the 6 episode so far, yes, act one has NOT even ended yet lmao
@@antitroller101 Yuri hasn't even openly entered the stage yet. And you may notice that the tech tree didn't reach Tier 3 yet (Lab units).
This series is fantastic, Psyminette! You've outdone yourself on it.
I think the only real criticism (and it's not really a criticism so much as a suggestion) would be to maybe include a small nameplate in a corner or something that tells us which operations are being covered on the screen.
He sorta does that with his mention of Sunlight with the London defense.
But I do agree, for those who haven't played, it'd help with context.
This and built-in subtitles are frequently requested, and i hear you guys. Though I don't wanna just start it right now since I'm already half way through the story so far :p The plan is to compile everything into one video at the end, and that's where I'll be adding subtitles and mission names (among other QoL/inconsistency fixes). Hope you can understand
@@Psyminette Those of us who played/watched the playthrough kinda know this already, newcomers don't, but newcomers would HATE to be cliffhung at the end of each eposide anyway :P
@@Psyminette When or if you add them, it may be good to also give the missions' number, something like "MOAll01: Red Dawn Rising", because not everyone has the mission-names engraved into their memory :P
16:18 Proselyte can't have rest when with SC😂
Next on Mental Eggs and Beacon: We finally Nuked The Allies
The chinese when they betrayed the soviets.
And maybe Rashidi's betrayal to Epsilon's army.
@@sergiomendoza251 and yunru creating her own faction.
@@canon07 that is too much later
@@sergiomendoza251 Then Russia got power hungry.
As always, another great lore episode! Thank you for keeping this project going! Спасибо!👍👍👍
Here before this comment blow up
Thank you as always for the continued support! I'll do my best to keep delivering
I just love Mental Omega it takes itself as seriously as RA1, and is just a gritty as it as well. A true sequel and one of the most fascinating plots I ever had the pleasure to playthrough. This series I feel is necessary for those who don't have the patience nor time to to experience this story through the normal way. Nice Job
RA1 serious and gritty? Yeah right. Despite it being more serious tha RA2, It still feels like a cheesy B-movie. Mental Omega is still 10 time more serious and gritty than RA1.
I love the fact that we as the soviet general just have this 1 guy loyal to us that straight up risks his neck just to get our family and im still upset at the fact the allied commander lost most of their forces thanks to euro alliance and pacific front talk about incompetence
Colonel Reznov and Colonel Krukov also supporting Soviet General... They are not the member of high command tho.
Euro Alliance and Pacific Front place too much confident on their futuristic technology in development while using United State as the buffer state, underestimate the Soviet army and their very under developed technology. They also didn't know about the Yuri's technology... This reasons didn't make me hate them less btw.
This brought me to play MO. Epic mod, basically its own game. Great video
Glad to bring more attention to this awesome passion project!
These videos are nothing short of spectacular. It really feels like a war documentary of sorts, and the gameplay shows the utter chaos such a war would be.
Just a reminder that iirc we are still only in part 1 of the campaign. So it's going to be a very long run
At first when I played the MO mod and watching previous episodes of this series the lore didn't make sense.
Now after watching this one and rewatching the rest of the other episodes. I finally can make sense of the Mod's timeline.
playing campaign only leaves more question on how the hell we get to the next. and then there are coop mission which explains it. really wished that coop and special ops are part of the main campaign just so that the lore telling is consistent and clear.
Man, watching these has reminded me that the timeline for the Allied and Soviet missions in act 1 are pretty much back to back, but there's a significant amount of time between some of the Epsilon missions.
"The tunnel MYSTERIOUSLY collapsed"
A light-green termite APC
thats bascially rashidi right? giving yunru the warhead for some tech.
@@patricksusulin9335 Rashidi says during time capsule that his biggest mistake was to not have realized whom Yuri was before it was too late.
Imma call BULLSHIT on that. Rashidi stockpiled metric fucktons of antipsychic drugs before he ever *HEARD* of Yuri. Rashidi hijacked a fucking *NUKE* from Yuri early on.
Rashidi's mistake was not to have ever bought the bullshit Yuri sold. His mistake was twofold:
Underestimate the scope of Yuri's plans and resources.
Be willing to Deal with the Devil to boot the Americans, and later on the Soviets, out of Africa.
He knew exactly whom he was dealing with from the get go. He even sabotaged some of his plans and stole "insurance" against Yuri. Rashidi had doubts well, *WELL* before he met Yuri. Say whatever else you want about Rashidi, but... He's an excellent judge of character, and only underestimated the sheer scope of Epsilon.
I've been so obsessed with this story since you started making these. It's so incredibly fascinating how much is going on on so many fronts. I'm so excited for the next parts.
8:45 Some love for OG missions from RA1. A bit late, but thank you for another material and sharing the greatness of Mental Omega with the world.
*_"Never underestimate the power of polish love for freedom!"_*
- spoken by OG Pole himself
Finally new video from my favourite C&C UA-camr, with 5:50 "Locate and rescue GDI prisoners" theme at his disposal
Renegade was quite the game :D
@@Psyminetteand Renegade X exists too
I watching yours Mental Omega lore videos almost every day. Thanks
for your amazing work.
This series is the only way in which I can experiance MO lore. Thank you.
Man this makes the war of the three powers look like a kids playground rock paper scissors match
Been recommending this series to my friends to get them into Mental Omega lore and they are lovin' it, fantastically done keep up the good work commander!
This series is better than anything Hollywood has ever produced in a long time. 😂 I'm always kept on edge when watching these videos.
No wonder why Sunlight was the last mission for the Allies cause after the SteinsTech Lab and the Chronosphere was destroyed in the Black Forest, the Allies were forced to flee to their last bastion in Great Britain with the Gladius Defense Systems after learning that not all MIDAS were destroyed making that as their last battle for Act 1
The Soviets on the other hand, so the reason why China betrayed them cause they have an agenda of their own so that explains the Psychic Beacon mission with Volkov and Chitzkoi where instead of thanking the Soviets they were demanding them instead about the Psychic Beacon plus in addition, China is also keeping all the tech for themselves and the Soviets find that out as also an act of betrayal too.
As for Yuri on the other hand, so the reason why he left the Kremlin and remained hiding cause they found out about his actions and the only way he can regain his trust to the Soviets is by protecting the last MIDAS, but ultimately failed in the end. So he ordered the Proselyte and his Psi-Corps buddies to remaining hiding as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong with this. Cause that was a lot in this part.
looks like you hit the mark
@@KUNAIfever what mark?
@@westomegawolf6073 Most of the present situation at the end.
The Allied retreated and nearly isolated until their technology was ready to retake the world from the Soviets who technically, became the world dominator during that peace time.
The Soviets won the war while its leader (Russian) remained the leader of the organization called the Soviets and started to flex its power across the world and gather forces and technology for itself and finally, eradicate the Allied once and for all. (Also pursue Yuri who becomes fugitive)
The followers of Yuri: It pains them that they were forced to separate from the Soviets too early as they anticipated, they suffered greatly from many setbacks caused by the Allied tenacity to survive at all costs. (it's very easy for them if the Allied lose the war. Because Yuri would easily control the Soviet HC and unleashed his master plan later on)
Yuri was forced into hiding with all Psicorp personals temporarily disbanded, hiding themselves from the Soviet hunting team. They remain in hiding with Yuri and they will reemerge again when they are ready.
I swear I can no longer unsee the Proselyte going to go "RASHIDI!!!!"
Also considering that for story reasons, let's just say that the Allied Commander has a huge preference for Thors, will the following missions just end up involving more Unit spams? Same applies to the Proselyte later on.
Another masterpiece. I really do think the Mental Omega Community needs the lore videos you produce. You do a great job at narration with matching visual demonstration. Great work!
Almost at the end of ACT 1
This series is truly fantastic.
Alright Act 1 is almost done! Next up is the more intense Act 2. Keep up the good stuff man
damn you just might finally get me to pick up this game again
Can’t wait to see purple in the world map
These are so, so well-edited. Good job, comrade!
Great work again! It just keeps getting better and better.
13:16 "Alive yet, to behold tomorrow's sunlight."
And the last mission of Allies Act 1 is Operation Sunlight.
Impressive, most impressive.
Not quite the part with the Allies' thing yet, but soon... 📆
3:46 They Chronoshifted a Carrier in the middle of Russia? Man, I don't remember that part. 🛬🎇🌏
8:20 Who's that Pokemon? ⚫❔
13:13 Their finest hour. ❌🏳
Yuri is no longer Kremlin? ❌🏛(18:09, 25:26)
Let's just say... Yuri is on ice with his fellow Soviets.
yep sucks for the allied commander dudes in a den of snakes soviet commander atleast has people he can actually trust
Yuri is no longer Kremlin :(
I captured that carrier using yuri clone for my disposal.
Never thought I would be looking forward for such a video!
Always enjoy with this excellent work. I will watch until the last ep. Keep it up bro.
Once again, great video mate. Passion projects like this are truely the best content on youtube. You really motivate me to finally start mine ☺️
Perfect timing. I literally just rewatched this the other day ❤
Dude, please keep making these, they're absolutely amazing!
This! This series compelled me to play Mental Omega Once again. Love your presentation bro. 💓💓
I binge watched these locked IN, PLEASE keep doing these, BEST VIDEOS EVER
....So far, yuri has allied tech re-engineered at least 30%. Shout-out to rashidi doing the hard carry to make it possible. Pyrotechies are now online and the coomer archers are now training in the -basements- "psicorp" labs.
what are these nicknames LMFAO
coomer archers lmao
Didn’t realize I missed an episode, had to go back and watch it then this
I love the series, thanks for making it!!!!
Something tells me that the last Midas warhead will be prominent in the far future story.
Oh lovely these are amazing, glad to see another.
These series is so good bruv
i started watching and playing this today, thank you!!!! :)
Another day another great video
Amazing love your work
25:00 I know it's a spoiler, so please do not read further unless you want to be spoiled:
Still here? Well, I warned you.
Can we appreciate the fact that Rashidi is pretty much the *ONE* guy in the storyline who managed to outsmart FUCKING YURI of all people?
Let's just say the Chinese have *very* good reasons to believe the MIDAS is out of Soviet hands...
Edit: slightly wrong timestamp, now it's the right one.
25:00, you mean.
Spoiler:
it was yunru. as we will learn during soviet mission 20 "siege of dread".
though rashidi also does steal a topol-M platform (this one has no midas) from yuri during epsilon mission 13 "the conqueror", he fully betrays yuri at around mission 21 "obsidian sands" though i dont know exactly why.
@@thefool8224 Isn't coming in with Driller APCs, dismantling something important, and leaving before anyone has any clue WTF happened kinda-sorta Rashidi's and Scorpion Cell's trademark? And with the tunnel's collapse, no one would ever know WTF happened...
The events simulated in Time Capsule took place at some point during the war, and let's be honest: neither Rashidi nor Malver ever really trusted Yuri at any point. I mean, it's not like Rashidi has somehow stockpiled metric fucktons of neurotoxins that just so happen to counter the psi-corps tricks before he ever heard of Yuri or the psi-corps or anything...
I don't remember if Yunru met Malver or Rashidi first. But these two trusted Yunru a lot more than they ever trusted Yuri.
Edit: double checked the ending of time capsule. Rashidi and Malver stold the MIDAS and then gave it to Yunru. Malver was the first to have made contact with Yunru.
@@ElodieHiras i only know who had the midas at the end, not sure who helped who to get it. that part is unclear
@@thefool8224 That part is explained in Time Capsule, a Foehn Special Ops mission. After Yunru's rescue from Yuri's underground base, she was contacted by Malver who had suspicions that Yuri had been experimenting on some of Scorpion Cell's soldiers.
While Rashidi will claim to have not seen through Yuri's lies until it was much too late, the metric fuckton of neurotoxins he stockpiled *before he even met Yuri* and the fact Malver had been going behind Yuri's back to find out what the hell was going on say otherwise. If anything, Rashidi needed Yuri to kick the Americans and then the Soviets out of Africa and was willing to take the risk more than anything else, which explains why Rashidi sent a team to steal that MIDAS warhead as insurance.
Still, in the hands of Scorpion Cell, that MIDAS warhead was effectively nothing more than the biggest, most expensive, most criminally hot paperweight ever to exist, as Empty Quivers are kind of a big deal. Using it on anyone or anything would attract heat from *everyone* on SC, and holding onto it while working for Yuri would create a big risk for Yuri to find it.
Yunru, on the other hand, was the perfect recipient for the warhead. Yuri was pretty much a loose cannon with an unknowable end goal, a fact Rashidi caught on to very quickly, even if he though Yuri was his best shot at success. Yunru is an idealist who strongly believes in free will despite being a citizen of the PRC (y'know, the same guys who actually made a secret deal with Yuri to brainwash political dissidents, the people who even *coined* the term "brainwashing" to begin with, and who otherwise have refined social control to an art form?), so her and Yuri are basically antitheses, plus, just like Rashidi wasn't exactly thrilled to work with Yuri but felt like he needed something drastic to turn the tide on the Allied and then Soviet occupiers, Yunru wasn't exactly willing to work for the PRC but they held a gun to her family's head, while both of them are talented engineers in their own domains of expertise, so in psychological term, I wouldn't be surprised if Rashidi actually saw a bit of himself in Yunru.
thanks for this awesome upload again! 🎉
Very cool as always 🔥🔥
Cant wait for Act 2!!!
Thank you for this, I really love that
como siempre un increible trabajo amigo
Love the videos man, if there is one thing I would suggest however it would be this: basically add a little graphic maybe in one if the corners that tells the viewer which mission is being discussed incase someone wants to do a play through following along with this series otherwise keep up the brilliant work as this series is kinda something Ive wanted to see for a while and your willingness to make jokes makes these videos unique and fun to watch so keep it up man
Great editing!
Oh my gawd I havent even watched the video yet but I know its going to be spectacularly good and amazing my eyes will ball out from this masterpiece
Amazing content! Keep going!
allied commander: "OH SO NOW YOU WANT TO JOIN US!!!"
soviet commander: "oh god, if I fuck up they'll send me to a gulag... FUUUUUUUU-"
yuri's proselyte: "yuri told me that if I joined him, he'll give me a yandere waifu."
The excellence never stops.
Mom, wake up. @ette uploaded another Mental Omega banger. Thx my man.
Great Episode !
Always wondered why clone and psychic tech disappeared from the soviet all of a sudden during dragon storm, now I know, cool....
Man this is awesome
Please continue on doing this videos they are amazing
Finnally!.Thank U Brother❤
we are so close to finish the act 1. i can´t wait!
It's so funny about the transitioning the lore from one to another specially about doing reports on Rashidi lmao
Rashidi is great making false loyalty to Yuri hehe
I think he lost his loyalty after Yuri brought his hivemind chick from space, before it he was pretty loyal@@sergiomendoza251
@@sergiomendoza251 If it was Kane instead of Yuri he would have been executed the moment his faith was shaken during the cross-African expidition before he hid in his palace
@@johndexterzarate6663 like in RA1?
@@sergiomendoza251 Most likely.
This to me is like watching anime episodes every week can't wait for more! And after that alternate universe... Or using Flipped Missions mod.
that's you voicing Yuri? great stuff honestly i love it
Finally I'm waiting for this day🎉
lets go, new lore video
Great now I need to wait for part 7.
I wonder if Speeder or anyone else on the Mental Omega team is watching all these videos, because this is insanely good content.
5:45 this is gives me dunkirk vibes
I just realized that the Foehn can use the buried MIDAS
Wait and see come Act 2.
I love you for this
Cool. Thing are going messier and messier. Everything as in irl :))
Waited for this
Another great job, you do a real nice one stringing everything into how they actually happen one after another, which even for me was getting confusing, especially with the additions of new side missions (coop, covert ops, etc)!
Also, did you use AI for those art pieces of Soviet commanders and Tanya captured, or did you get AI to output that?
Thanks again for watching! The art pieces are indeed AI generated. Still quite new to them so the quality is not as consistent. Eventually, I hope to git gud enough at drawing that I can feed my own line art to the AI to help narrow down the composition of the images.
And Just like that, Yuri is no longer Kremlin.
Awesome
Another banger
Keep em comin'
amazing
I legit feel bad for Yuri for having to deal with rashidi's stupid ass 😂
Love ur vids man, like, really, appreciate how you take the effort to put up such an amazing narrative on the lore of this mod, it's so good, thank you, been watching it all today lmaoo
I really enjoy your Mental Omega series. It really is the only way to enjoy it,as my PC isn't capable of running old games like Red Alert.
I’ll do my best to deliver a faithful retelling!
Can't wait for a new ep
Great story recap, even tho i passed MO story multiple times, constant jumps and gaps split between singleplayer, coop and specops can be hard to fully understand story if not played in chronological order.
man with AI voicing the entire Mental omega announcers can finally say things like warning about foehn super weapons and other support powers like mercury strike. EMP and more.
Psyminette, you got a shoutout from the Mental Omega devs!
We are approaching the intermissions between the acts of a tale of a greater war...
Its HERE!!!!
What I hate of these videos is when I must wait like a month for the next one 😢