Saving Every Space Marine in Dawn of War

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  • čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
  • THIS game is a genuinely god tier RTS where you slap angry british people in the grim darkness of space, all without losing a single unit
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    Intro Song: "BirdBrainz" - Otis McDonald
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    I used clips from the following:
    Dawn of War series.
    • Boreale & Diomedes - B...
    • Relaxing Grimdark - Mu...
    • Inquisitor (1996 movie...
    • Guardsman Joe Learns A...
    • Warhammer 40k: Dawn of...
    • Dawn of War - Old Friend
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:58 - Preamble
    2:54 - Rules
    4:39 - Planet Fall
    7:59 - Infiltration
    11:06 - Under Siege
    15:16 - Destroy The Xenos
    19:13 - A New Lead
    21:56 - Into The Maw
    26:32 - Sacrifice
    30:53 - The Chapel
    36:38 - Unholy Ceremony
    40:32 - Old Friend
    43:27 - All Out War
    49:00 - Ending
    51:10 - Outro
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Komentáře • 996

  • @nonya1366
    @nonya1366 Před rokem +3133

    Eldar: Kills two scouts
    Blood ravens: Butcher several hundred eldar in reprisal
    Eldar: Kill four more.
    Blood ravens: >:(

    • @sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667
      @sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667 Před rokem +216

      Also blood ravens: it is a shame the xeno filth didn't learn from their first mistake. Now we must quadruple the k/d ratio brothers. Imperium Invictus it is. Show no mercy. We take no prisoners. -Sips tea nonchalantly-

    • @nonya1366
      @nonya1366 Před rokem +129

      @@sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667 Blood ravens: "Ah, depopulated the eldar species by at least twelve eldar...Give or take a few extras."
      Scout: "Two more just died."
      Blood raven: "wh-"
      Scout: "Burned inside and out. ***The geneseed is unrecoverable.***"
      Alpha legion: "Do you hear somethin-" >Drop pod full of terminators lands

    • @sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667
      @sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667 Před rokem

      @@nonya1366 burned from the inside out you say? That sounds like heretic witchfire to me scout. They will know such furious rebuke that it shall make the blavk templars hatred for traitors appear as but a mild disagreement.
      *Drops teacup, dons sunglasses and lights cigar.* Prepare the drop pods and the fortunate sun playlist. The land raiders and their treads require a new paint job.

    • @Guardsman-from-Cadia
      @Guardsman-from-Cadia Před rokem +40

      Can't wait to see this man do the Order Campaign for Winter Assault. Try to save as many Eldar lives and as many Guardsmen lives as possible. That would be a challenge, for sure, lads.

    • @sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667
      @sircharlesvonpimpsmack7667 Před rokem +8

      @@Guardsman-from-Cadia Davey gunface did it deathless already. Go watch it.

  • @fenris-prime4921
    @fenris-prime4921 Před 11 měsíci +927

    Imperial Guard: "We're guardsmen, my lord. We're meant to be expendable."
    SaintJam: "Not to me."

    • @diabloterror6974
      @diabloterror6974 Před 7 měsíci +11

      Underrated comment💀💀💀

    • @diazinth
      @diazinth Před 6 měsíci +5

      now you can go be expendable somewhere else, which makes both of us happy

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Star Wars?

    • @fenris-prime4921
      @fenris-prime4921 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Sapphiregamer8605 Yup. More specifically, The Clone Wars cartoon.

    • @Polaf3456
      @Polaf3456 Před 5 měsíci +1

      No guardsman actually says they are expendable though.

  • @lukavmineav3489
    @lukavmineav3489 Před 10 měsíci +130

    Single handedly turning the 40k universe from "Grim-Dark" to "Pleasent Bright"

    • @LungsGone
      @LungsGone Před 10 měsíci +11

      One million greenskin corpses at a time!

    • @zaniatnik
      @zaniatnik Před 4 měsíci +6

      Noblebright at its finest.

  • @gremblo5895
    @gremblo5895 Před rokem +2806

    I had no idea you could save those two Chad Guardsmen on Into the Maw with the Librarian's ability, I was always so sad that they got immediately killed after showing us the Eldar webway gate, I'm definitely going to save those guys on my next playthrough.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +520

      It's so cathartic, those absolute legends deserve better, and now, we can give that to them 😄

    • @paolopesare3566
      @paolopesare3566 Před rokem +86

      Same!!!! I'm gonna try this 😍 Always protect the brave servants of the emperor 💪

    • @stoicatiberiu4600
      @stoicatiberiu4600 Před rokem +54

      Somehow I managed to save them by accidently body blocking them when I went towards the webway gate with my 5 full squeads of marines.

    • @Satugai
      @Satugai Před rokem +27

      In repeated playthroughs, I always made sure to bring extra squads to protect them immediately.

    • @tyjames3339
      @tyjames3339 Před rokem +74

      2 lone guardsmen surviving against Orcs, Eldar, and chaos forces for a week? these guys are main character level special, and I love it

  • @amusician644
    @amusician644 Před rokem +1337

    That turret defense truly makes Rogal Dorn proud. (Never have I seen that much turrets in unmodded dawn of war before)

    • @Satugai
      @Satugai Před rokem +145

      Original dow allowed unlimited turrets so long as you had the space for them. Relic implemented the 6 turret limit in the future expansions.

    • @dingusdean1905
      @dingusdean1905 Před rokem +102

      @@Satugai unless you’re playing the Guard, then (almost) every building can be a turret!

    • @RazorToaster
      @RazorToaster Před rokem +77

      ​@@dingusdean1905 or orks, where all buildings are turrets.

    • @hedonistic_goblin7390
      @hedonistic_goblin7390 Před rokem +25

      I want to see one side try to break through those defenses

    • @alexyoblick
      @alexyoblick Před rokem +12

      I actually did that throughout my play through of DOW1. During the Into The Maw mission for every listening post I built I would build as many turrets as I could fit by it.

  • @goodboy9318
    @goodboy9318 Před rokem +748

    This man is like an anti-thesis to all chaotic youtubers that put their allies in danger while playing

    • @justinstratford
      @justinstratford Před 9 měsíci +28

      that hyphen made me realize the relationship between thesis and antithesis.

    • @md.anisulislam3513
      @md.anisulislam3513 Před 9 měsíci +24

      Yes and that's why I like him.

    • @florijnvantill4422
      @florijnvantill4422 Před 8 měsíci +15

      you might say he's the anathoma to them

    • @victor_silva6142
      @victor_silva6142 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@florijnvantill4422ass in: Ana-thema

    • @Kyo-kf6jf
      @Kyo-kf6jf Před 4 měsíci +5

      ​@@justinstratfordBut what about the synthesis

  • @agreatmanlookingtotheright
    @agreatmanlookingtotheright Před rokem +217

    "Surrender human if not for you then for the Greater Good"
    "The Greater Good is coming at you from my bolter alien"
    "Do the lives of your men mean so little for you?"
    "You are right. It was foolish of me to sacrafice my men for something as insignificant as this. The Imperium needs us to protect it from dangers more pressing then this. We will retreat and leave you the base if you guarantee safe passage for evacuation"

    • @sturm9087
      @sturm9087 Před 10 měsíci +65

      The irony is the Tau would be more likely to agree to this compromise than the imperial commanders would

    • @marley7868
      @marley7868 Před 7 měsíci +25

      @@sturm9087 given the tau in context stole that world not a decade ago and are still trying to lay down roots not really unjustified I think thule had it right if you wanted you wanted to care about your mens lives ya shoulda thought of that months before you showed up

  • @BierBart12
    @BierBart12 Před rokem +374

    The way Gabriel says "Old... friend?" when Isador takes the Maledictum is still heartbreaking. One of the few times you can hear real sadness from a space marine

  • @kindlesstraitor5587
    @kindlesstraitor5587 Před rokem +289

    SaintJam is real life embodiment of a Winter Assault War Hero, General "Humanity: Fuck Yeah!" Sturnn. ThunderPsyker would be proud.

  • @crasher182
    @crasher182 Před rokem +679

    I love these kind of challanges. You were the sheild of the Emperror guarding the people of Tartarus. And i am sure every guardsman apreciates your consideration for them. I would love to see you play like this with other factions as well

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +146

      Absolutely. THAT is how it should be. His Angels of Death acting as the shield for the Guard, as they act as the shield for civilians. Ahaha it doesn't always go like that, but it's what we should all strive for. I'm certain those Guardsmen would go on to save others, and many; if not most of them would be evacuated in the end as the people of Tartarus are sent to a new planet.

    • @mud4309
      @mud4309 Před 8 měsíci +18

      @@Saint_Jam You’re a good man. As a wise Ogryn has said many-a times:
      “PROTECT THE LIL ‘UNS!!!!”

  • @cerebralcloud92
    @cerebralcloud92 Před rokem +205

    May the Emperor Protect.

  • @tunasandwich8049
    @tunasandwich8049 Před rokem +75

    My dad really loved playing imperial guards and he was like a reverse commisar
    He would set up gun emplacement and win the game with heavy artillery losing no man
    His games however would last like 5 to 6 hours

    • @damianwaga6357
      @damianwaga6357 Před 3 měsíci +10

      I know this is an old comment, but I unironically played most RTS games the same way. Why waste perfectly good resources on units that will die quickly, when you can just blow up everything miles away, and use those squishy units to defend those artillery guns and emplacements instead?
      Yes I spammed bunkers and siege tanks in Starcraft, as well as played British in Company of Heroes 2, how can you tell?

    • @baldmf6940
      @baldmf6940 Před 20 dny

      And i thought my battles taking up to a 1 hour 30 minutes were long (fuck drukhari and tau)

    • @noobsworld4217
      @noobsworld4217 Před 5 dny +2

      @@damianwaga6357yooo another UKF main!

  • @SNOUPS4
    @SNOUPS4 Před rokem +257

    I love how SaintJam, like me when I play, takes the game's narratives at face value, and goes into full "role-play" mode. That's what immersion, and ultimately the best fun, are about!
    It's great that the Half-Life and Warhammer 40000 universes happen to be two I love haha

  • @luckylarry71
    @luckylarry71 Před rokem +938

    I must say, your editing and narrative skills are truly remarkable. It's quite amazing how you are able to seemlessly intertwine the cutscenes from all DoW games, while introducing the viewer to the narrative in such a way, that even though everyone who already played the game, knows it very well, you still manage to bring in novelty and broader context to it.
    You are truly a gifted individual, sir.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +69

      Absolute legend! thank you man, ahaha I very much appreciate that; I love how the context adds so much more depth to the game so I just had to weave it in

    • @shegaft3566
      @shegaft3566 Před rokem +6

      hi sindri :) , this is sheg

    • @luckylarry71
      @luckylarry71 Před rokem +1

      @@shegaft3566 Yoooooo! OMG, it's an honor 😅You're a legend in DoW, and I've watched many of your replays on Astro's channel, lol.

    • @shegaft3566
      @shegaft3566 Před rokem +2

      @@luckylarry71 lol you over react xD , i'm just a player

    • @luckylarry71
      @luckylarry71 Před rokem

      @@shegaft3566 I salute your modesty, good sir. Still, you give the game a good name in my book ;D

  • @veshchiypolyak
    @veshchiypolyak Před rokem +120

    The funny thing is that in most missions you actually can just suicide angelos until he kill everyone, because when angelos lose all health and "died" you can just resummon him again. So technically he not died just sent in shadow realm until resummon)

    • @TheEyez187
      @TheEyez187 Před rokem +16

      Kaldor Draigo mode!!

    • @user-oj5ko9ny7g
      @user-oj5ko9ny7g Před 4 měsíci

      he could be cloned, I read that the Imperium invented cloning

  • @UnhingedJessie
    @UnhingedJessie Před rokem +14

    "Humanity good. Alien bad."
    [Sound of angry reddit noises echoes in distance]
    Made the Emprah proud, brother.

  • @boywithcrackers3871
    @boywithcrackers3871 Před rokem +287

    I love stuff like this in rts or in any other game, it makes absolutely no difference to the ending and very time consuming, even bad for your points in game scoreboard but is very satisfying to the heart imagining how many more lives saved.

    • @andrewgreeb916
      @andrewgreeb916 Před rokem +20

      Dawn of war 1 is one of the worst games to do deathless, it's squad based and the pathfinding is not the best, so you need to be extra careful in your engagements, and some sections you will have to wait a long while for the pre-buff whirlwinds to bombard the enemy.
      At least you are space marines so you are rather robust.
      For winter assault the guard is actually kinda cracked for deathless, solid builder unit, you can put guardsmen into buildings where they shoot out and they can tunnel to other buildings, your apc is solid and you can load guardsmen into it to shoot out.
      eldar are not great, you have to rely on your farseer doing most of the work due to durability issues on the rest of your units.
      the disorder side has a mission where you really can't go deathless, unless you count cheesing the faction swap so all the deaths are on the ai controller...

    • @rokkraljkolesa9317
      @rokkraljkolesa9317 Před rokem +7

      @@andrewgreeb916 "disorder"? are we not allowed to say *choas* now?

    • @SynonamessBotchKevin
      @SynonamessBotchKevin Před rokem +22

      @@rokkraljkolesa9317 It's "Chaos", but Disorder is a better term because Orks aren't aligned with the in-setting concept of "Chaos"

    • @rokkraljkolesa9317
      @rokkraljkolesa9317 Před rokem +7

      @@SynonamessBotchKevin oh right, orks

  • @porger
    @porger Před 8 měsíci +10

    Eldar: Kills six scouts
    General SaintJam: *This is where the fun begins*

  • @nev9266
    @nev9266 Před rokem +52

    3:46 I'd forgotten about this gem
    It doesn't orbit the sun, it's marching around it on patrol

    • @martinpavlovski3251
      @martinpavlovski3251 Před rokem +1

      Whats the game called 3:46

    • @generalmanager4006
      @generalmanager4006 Před rokem +14

      @@martinpavlovski3251it’s a meme about there being so many guardsmen’s in the universe that they made a planet out of em and still have plenty left

    • @Myrkin
      @Myrkin Před rokem +4

      @@martinpavlovski3251 It's Chapter Master.

    • @dylantucker5374
      @dylantucker5374 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I just love how the summary says "Ork Presence: Tiny." *_"Tiny"_*
      This means that, on this planet, which has a guard presence _so large_ the sting of numbers goes completely off the screen, *_SOME ORKS ARE STILL ALIVE._*

  • @psi9000
    @psi9000 Před rokem +287

    You are a true Saint! Saving as many lives in as many games as you do, the Emperor himself would bless you!

    • @TheEyez187
      @TheEyez187 Před rokem +8

      ....as he munches on his 1'000th soul of the day!!

    • @MrVlad12340
      @MrVlad12340 Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@TheEyez187 to keep suffering agony beyond human understanding to keep literal hundreds if not thousands of billions humans alive and capable of traversing the Warp. I think its more than a fair deal, especially because he personally gets nothing out of it than more endless pain and agony.

    • @TheEyez187
      @TheEyez187 Před 9 měsíci

      @@MrVlad12340 Oh I know, I wasn't not condoning it. Live for the Emperor, not for yourself..... now die!! nom nom nom.
      Statisitcally God* requested/required more sacrifices and lives/blood taken/spilled. The number of sacrificial offerings should have equated to 000's of animals a year and not just any animals the first and best. and he was only Lording over and "Protecting a few hundred thousand followers". When you have to protect ten hundred thousand worlds worth of followers, such a minor animal genocide is not going to cut it!
      You get {to eat} Humans and not just any, the psyker and the witch! :D
      * and the Christians have the audacity to accuse Satanist's of animal sacrifice, esecially goats and Rams, and blood magic rituals and altars!! >XD
      That's why the Big E got rid of the religions, such practices would appease Khorne...... in the same way it seems to please God .... Blood for the Blood God.
      Wait is God Khorne!?
      Jesus Khorne have I stumbled on to the truths!?! >XD

  • @clan741
    @clan741 Před 11 měsíci +41

    What I love most is the overall space marine casualties at the end of this video is very typical after a campaign, 23 might not sound like a lot but thats a quarter of a company, and with the amount of time and resources it takes to produce a single marine those numbers won’t be replaced easily.

    • @sturm9087
      @sturm9087 Před 10 měsíci +13

      For a smaller engagement 23 marines is a lot but in the larger battles/campaigns/warzones in the setting losing an entire company or even a chapter in a single battle isn’t uncommon. On taros a marine chapter lost 80+ marines in the span of around 2 days while on the defensive in a city against the Tau.

    • @clan741
      @clan741 Před 9 měsíci +6

      ⁠@@sturm9087really does depend on a lot, (mostly the writers bias) but casualties do depend a lot on what they’re fighting and whether or not things have gone horribly wrong. I’d still call losing 80 marines a pyrrhic victory and not ideal.

    • @sturm9087
      @sturm9087 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@clan741 yeah writers bias can be a problem but this was in the imperium armor books which are some of the best and most accurate books out there written directly by the forgeworld team and not contracted out to freelance authors like black library does. If lore directly from games workshops internal team isn’t accurate idk what would be. These books also have everything from force org charts to technical specs for weapons and vehicles and even the standard kit of the different factions units. Most of what we know about 40k weapons and gear comes directly from these books.
      It also wasn’t a pyrrhic victory for the marines since they lost that battle and retreated. They sent in a company of marines (100+ a dreadnought) to assassinate a governor friendly to the Tau. While they were searching for him the Tau sent reinforcements to the local pdf and the marines tried to hold the palace and surrounding areas while searching for the governor. By day 2 the captain in charge realized the governor must have escaped and he had already lost 80% of his company and the dreadnought so he had his thunderhawks pull the remaining marines out under cover of darkness.

    • @calebbarnhouse496
      @calebbarnhouse496 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@@sturm9087 completely unrelated that but just reminds me of people that say things stupid like a single space marine marine chapter could wipe out the tau, like at there best performance 80 marines getting killed on a world they don't even hold

    • @sturm9087
      @sturm9087 Před 4 měsíci

      @@calebbarnhouse496 yeah people always say that the damocles gulf crusade almost wiped out the Tau but it didn’t even get through its first sept world before getting stopped in its tracks. That was back when the Tau didn’t have a military fleet, didn’t know how to fight the imperium, and were like 20% of the size they are now. If the imperium wanted to destroy the Tau it would be a warzone that makes armageddon look small and the imperium really can’t afford to start something that big right now

  • @KillerOrca
    @KillerOrca Před rokem +12

    The Administratum appreciates your devotion to ensuring the that the loss of Tartarus wasn't total. Those survivors will be put to work in the factoria of Meridian

  • @galacticheroman
    @galacticheroman Před rokem +288

    I have next to no knowledge of the warhammer 40k series. Nor am I much of a fan of RTS. But this was EXCELLENTLY done, sir, and I cannot wait to see more.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +42

      Oh Hell yeah! Ok THAT is exactly what I love to hear! I'm over joyed to hear that, showing off all these hobbies and interests to people who may have never seen them before is exactly what I love doing 😄 Thank you

    • @galacticheroman
      @galacticheroman Před rokem +21

      I'm a fan of Half Life, and I'm a sucker for keeping NPC allies in video games alive. It was almost like the two vids you made on that series were made specifically for me to see. So of course I'd stick around if you continued that effort elsewhere.
      Well, you shared this hobby and interest with me. I can toss one back to ya if you're interested.
      Ever heard of a series known as the Earth Defense Force / EDF? Third person shooters set in Japanese, Budgeted, Sci-Fi Military VS. Alien Invasion films? I think it's a series that you might enjoy, and it's got a lot of NPCs fighting alongside you. Though most entries are consoles only, there's two games on steam (besides spin-off titles): EDF 4.1 (remake of 4 to ps4 after a shoddy attempt at a ps3 release, re-released to steam soon after), and EDF 5.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +11

      @@galacticheroman AHHH YES! Yeah I loved EDF, I only played one of the games but I loved it to bits. Earth Defense Force 2017 on the 360
      Seriously 😄that was GOOD, and I have looked into the newer EDF games on steam, they look really good, I'll need to make the plunge into them one day for sure, ahh thanks for the suggestion bro
      and yeah i'm glad you enjoyed the video man! It's comments like these that inspire me, cheers!

    • @galacticheroman
      @galacticheroman Před rokem +3

      @@Saint_Jam You. I like you.
      Ya wanna play together? I've delved _way_ too many hours into BOTH of the steam games and sunk deep into the trenches of the (kinda small) sea of wikis. I'd be happy to chuck lore / headcanon knowledge at you if you wanna throw some Warhammer 40k lore at me. We'd be like monkeys throwing rocks at each other for fun.
      Also if you do pick 'em up, I'd recommend getting the Mission Pack DLCs for additional content. The other DLCs besides that are kinda useless, mostly some weeb stuff and weapons meant for the early game.

    • @galacticheroman
      @galacticheroman Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@Saint_Jam okay maybe the "throwing rocks at each other for fun" comment was a bit weird, sorry-

  • @NCR-Trooper-patrolling
    @NCR-Trooper-patrolling Před rokem +75

    This guy really is a saint. His username doesn’t lie.

  • @delta138_zam
    @delta138_zam Před rokem +106

    1:14 "Dawn of War takes place sometime before the Fall of Cadia" *I rapidly age to a granny in an instant at TFoC being used as a reference point*
    Also lol @ the Guardsman Planet reference

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +34

      I know the feeling all too well man. AHaha welllll it is a.. turning point in 40k, both for lore and the table top 😅

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 10 měsíci +6

      Before the *What* of Cadia? Yeah nah. That's the end of the setting to me the day that never comes.

    • @spandanganguli6903
      @spandanganguli6903 Před 4 měsíci

      Cadia Stands! ​@@DIEGhostfish

  • @Ray-bi3pk
    @Ray-bi3pk Před rokem +39

    This turned from a game challenge to a movie for me
    The way you narrate, show pictures, add some memes and arrange your soldiers with tactics while attacking and defending.
    I can say this is like the Canon Dawn of War experience for me.

  • @Philber22
    @Philber22 Před rokem +64

    I'm sorry you did WHAT!? You're a humanitarian madman. I love it. I love you. Haven't even watched the video yet but instantly impressed.

  • @arftrooper2057
    @arftrooper2057 Před 10 měsíci +8

    “Humanity good alien bad”
    That is uh… sometimes accurate in 40k

  • @sparrowsbewertungen6930
    @sparrowsbewertungen6930 Před 11 měsíci +18

    Finally, lore accurate space marines

  • @Doctor_Devil
    @Doctor_Devil Před 10 měsíci +4

    you know your commander is gonna take ZERO shit from anything when he outfits a bridge's ruins to the brim with turrets in case the orks feel like repairing it

  • @DustyTheKitty
    @DustyTheKitty Před rokem +5

    Guardsmen: We held out for a week...
    Eldar: Sneak attack, kill them both, focus fire.
    SaintJam: *Not on my watch.*

  • @crasterlongshanks4284
    @crasterlongshanks4284 Před rokem +21

    I can't believe that you were able to turn those few fallen brothers into dreadnoughts so quickly

  • @teefleck3774
    @teefleck3774 Před rokem +37

    I love how you took this a step further and made your extended story more ,real, by for example fortifying Magna Bonum. You're doing good story telling and it's very entertaining.

  • @xx_cherrymxbrownenjoyer_xx6527

    Shipping out to USMC Bootcamp tomorrow night, no better way to spend what little of my time as a civie left than to watch another masterpiece, thanks for the amazing vids SJam, you a real one

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +31

      Thank you, very much and congratulations man, that news is exciting! I wish you the absolute best of luck man, your gonna make it

    • @cool1234220
      @cool1234220 Před rokem

      Gonna have a really shitty 13 weeks bud lmao have fun screaming aye sir

    • @LexYeen
      @LexYeen Před rokem +13

      Good luck in the meat grinder. May you make it through your service in one piece.

    • @cool1234220
      @cool1234220 Před rokem +5

      @@LexYeen Too bad nobody does

    • @sierra4actual
      @sierra4actual Před rokem +2

      good luck, greatest of sirs

  • @ineedmoreflavour1955
    @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před rokem +39

    It is immeasurably satisfying to see somebody put as much time and effort into the old Dawn of War games as I once did. Indeed, back in 2019 I played through the entire series 'canonically', playing as the canon victor factions in all the games campaigns, with minimal casualties, and coming up with lore rationale to explain stuff. Lovely to see a content creator with as much talent as you doing the same.
    Well done man, you've got another loyal sub.

  • @RandoFromMars
    @RandoFromMars Před rokem +22

    7:15 I always loved when I played a 4x game to try to think what I could do (with building placement, distribution of troops, etc) to leave the level area in the best shape possible for future inhabitants/forces. I got a tickle from seeing you do something similar there with the barracks placement.

  • @craftysmithkeith3653
    @craftysmithkeith3653 Před rokem +9

    Those eldar not telling the blood ravens that very important tidbit even as they’re gathered around the demon stone about to smash it open truly were just straight up throwing

  • @purplebatdragon
    @purplebatdragon Před rokem +43

    Best series I've seen on CZcams in a while. This is exactly what I try to do in pretty much every game I play, and yet it's never discussed or covered by even weird speedrunners.

  • @Alex-lt5ho
    @Alex-lt5ho Před rokem +48

    Just as a reference I definitely always tried to save the elder in the last mission. I feel like at that point Gabriel would have realized they could have retreated but instead still fight chaos. With even the guardsmen either evacuated or quickly being overrun he would take any allies he could get. Honestly I think he should’ve garnered a friendship with the elder by the end of this after fighting alongside them and against them so much.

    • @hanchiman
      @hanchiman Před rokem +7

      Dunno if you into the novelization of Warhammer 40k, but there were at least 2 novels set between DOW1 and DOW2 where Gabriel encounter the Eldars again and they had to do a temporary alliance against the Chaos Space Marines

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 10 měsíci +7

      @@hanchiman Dear god please don't bring up the Goto novels. Please.

    • @mazdrpan4099
      @mazdrpan4099 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yes Inquisitor, this comment right here.

  • @narsil4669
    @narsil4669 Před rokem +11

    This dude saves as many people as he can, where survival would be 0%
    *he is truly a saint*

  • @thefoxyokai5030
    @thefoxyokai5030 Před rokem +144

    Another incredible video, I am honestly surprised there are so many games where you can choose to save people. Leave it to the Genius Saint Jam to find such realistic masterpiece's. I hope you will have a fantastic day, lad

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +20

      I couldn't agree more, and the thing is, especially under Gabriel Angelos. The Blood Ravens actually on MANY occasions go out of their way to help the ordinary men, women and children. For me, that is why the Space Marines exist in the first place, or at least that's their purpose now. Protecting Humanity, some just do it better then others lmao. It's why they're my favourite Chapter honestly.

    • @thefoxyokai5030
      @thefoxyokai5030 Před rokem +1

      @@Saint_Jam I see, my favorite chapter is the Salamander’s for the very same reason.

    • @natesiress1057
      @natesiress1057 Před rokem +8

      "only Salamanders do"
      *Cries in Lamenters*

    • @thefoxyokai5030
      @thefoxyokai5030 Před rokem

      @@natesiress1057 Oh right, sorry lad. Whenever I think of Space Marines I just think of the 20 legions.

    • @TheD736
      @TheD736 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@Saint_Jam "Fury of a thousand suns"
      You're one of *those* blood ravens fans
      I fucking adore that

  • @shaydguy
    @shaydguy Před 11 měsíci +5

    Man playing as a blood raven with a salamander mindset

    • @mahbuddykeith1124
      @mahbuddykeith1124 Před 6 měsíci

      All these guardsmen will make excellent “gifts” to the chapter.

  • @Guardsman-from-Cadia
    @Guardsman-from-Cadia Před rokem +16

    In the mission "Destroy the Xenos," when it came down to fighting the Squiggoth and the remaining Orks, I used a combination of infiltrated scouts, whirlwinds, and dreadnoughts to wipe them out. Slow, tedious, yet safe, so long as you keep your scouts safe and out of the blast zone. Can't kill what they never saw coming, am I right?

  • @anneliaim6155
    @anneliaim6155 Před rokem +6

    Thank you now the family table doesn’t have a empty seat.

  • @184thearchitect2
    @184thearchitect2 Před 10 měsíci +3

    you missed te fact that humanity is also comically evil, every faction is, that's the whole point.

  • @Raven_Frame
    @Raven_Frame Před rokem +18

    Loved this video.
    Something about saving as many lives as possible and *fortifying* just hits the brain right.
    And the final words in the end, that is exactly why I love this setting.

  • @Deadly-cute-bot
    @Deadly-cute-bot Před 11 měsíci +4

    I like how he also thinks of like the future like establishing a new base for local militarily to use.

  • @ignatusrailslayer
    @ignatusrailslayer Před rokem +19

    This is simply amazing, thanks for your work, brother, but your duty is not over yet.
    There are... 7 more games to go through, good luck in Winter Assault.
    And may the Emperor bless your crusade.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +11

      I have no doubt and in the end the Emperor Protects

    • @bilbobagend8155
      @bilbobagend8155 Před rokem +1

      Sure, but I don't know how viable Dark Crusade and Soulstorm would actually be in this format. The Strongholds missions are interesting, but everything else is just annihilation battles against the AI on generic multiplayer maps.

    • @calebbarnhouse496
      @calebbarnhouse496 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@bilbobagend8155that's kinda what makes it the most interesting ones to do, the fact they are so free-form makes a deathless run incredibly difficult, let alone for each race

  • @StrategicJordan
    @StrategicJordan Před rokem +10

    well remember, just because a marine falls in battle doesn't mean he is dead, a lot of them if the battle is won, can be recovered and healed up. that could be who reinforces the AI squads

  • @squishymusic9723
    @squishymusic9723 Před rokem +15

    Saving the guard is what I always tried to do, and your infiltration playthrough is identical to my own!

  • @victor227
    @victor227 Před rokem +8

    You've got an excellent attitude regarding the setting! While there's always an eternal conflict, that doesn't mean that heroic and preservative actions don't have any impact. If anything it makes them even more impactful. Every civilian saved will go on to produce more for the Imperium, every Guardsman and Space Marine will go on to tip the scales in other conflicts, creating a domino effect of benefits. Interested in seeing if you'll do Dark Crusade, where base-building is persistent on maps, making all that fortification a good preparation for foiling counter-attacks.

  • @boartank
    @boartank Před 11 měsíci +14

    What really got me into 40k, I suppose, is every marine, IG, or cultist has something they believe in and are willing to lay down their lives for it. So much purpose so much emotion. As a wage slave I don't have that fire. My dreams died a long time ago. So I latch on these fictional stories of heroes I can never be. What I'd give to die for Sanguinius at the Eternity Gate.

  • @PownzerX
    @PownzerX Před rokem +11

    Very fun video! appreciated the narrative focus and additions, especially the last bit at the end going over extra lore in DOW2, the scrutiny is extra appreciated, and kinda takes me back to being a kid and making my own story through arbitrary goals I give meaning, which makes it special. TBH, its kinda inspiring me to do some playthroughs with such intent on my own. Thanks for the video!

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před rokem +3

      Cheers! Yeah I love adding in and bringing all this information together, to give the most comprehensive understanding of what happened. Which yeah 😁 considering Dawn Of War just throws you in the middle with 0 context, I think it was great piecing together the backstory leading up to the campaign. And I hope you go on to save many boys in your own play through's!

  • @matthewsmith4710
    @matthewsmith4710 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I love how much lore and roleplay you put into this challenge run, such a fun way to change it up

  • @TheHolyGopnikCrusader
    @TheHolyGopnikCrusader Před rokem +2

    It’s funny how if the Eldar just weren’t mysterious losers and were honest then so much of the Dawn of War franchise wouldn’t have happened

  • @zekenotech
    @zekenotech Před rokem +2

    "Hey Sindri, what fruit do you want from the Fruit Market?"
    "DIS PEAAAR"

  • @gmodplayerxd6886
    @gmodplayerxd6886 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Saving every rebel and civilian life in half life 2 would be epic!

  • @coldcyan6933
    @coldcyan6933 Před rokem +5

    Unfathomably based and Loyalist pilled

  • @Sevness
    @Sevness Před rokem +2

    One thing to remember too, just because a Space Marine was felled, doesn't mean they died, but were taken out of the fight for a tie. Meaning they may not be dead-dead, but gravely injured, some of them may be healed, augmented, parts replace, whole others if they are so badly wounded in turn can be put into a Drednaught, and they would suvive. Sadly, the scouts are as good as dead, since as I remember, Scouts are basically not full Marines with the extra organs and upgrades, yet, but full blown Marines are made of tougher stuff both in armor and fortitude.

  • @sturm9087
    @sturm9087 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Losing 60 marines in a battle isnt at all uncommon. On Taros the Tau killed 80ish marines in the span of about a day and a half. This was also with the Tau fighting against marines on the defensive in close quarters urban combat. In an open field like we see in game against other astartes forces losing 60 marines is pretty unsurprising.

  • @MrJaySoN777
    @MrJaySoN777 Před rokem +8

    I thought it was over after the HL videos. Yet here you are with another fresh challenge that is both unique and right up my alley.
    Thatnk you again for all the work you put into this

  • @RabbyBabu
    @RabbyBabu Před rokem +3

    Vulkan is smiling down upon you brother Salamander!!

  • @midgetydeath
    @midgetydeath Před 8 měsíci +2

    The thing about the Imperium, perhaps what truly humanizes them, is that it _does_ care about its civilians and even its soldiers and takes action to save both even at great difficulty. It just also is very pragmatic and so, if it knows it can't save people without putting even more at risk, it will let them go.

  • @swaggaming2564
    @swaggaming2564 Před rokem +4

    banging video, luv me emperor, luv me cadia, luv me regiment

  • @Enforcingfern48
    @Enforcingfern48 Před 11 měsíci +3

    bro is a salamander main

  • @intuendaecivilization9365
    @intuendaecivilization9365 Před 11 měsíci +3

    You use actual space marine tactics. It is like reading a Warhammer 40k novel!

  • @saschaberger3212
    @saschaberger3212 Před rokem +8

    Got it installed since release, never left my drive. Awesome game

  • @synka5922
    @synka5922 Před rokem +2

    Dawn of war is the single best RTS ever made and I so wish we had gotten another wh40k game like it, with modern visuals, a scale not unlike wargame: red dragon and more factions

  • @AlexTheFish05
    @AlexTheFish05 Před 11 měsíci +4

    ill be honest when i saw this uploaded i didnt really know warhammer 40k that much, i liked what i knew but didnt really take part, but on my 18th birthday a few days ago, my dad got me a warhammer starter kit, and i loved building the minis, it was really nice and fun, i didnt really understand why and i still dont really understand but i love it anyway, and me and my dad even started playing dawn of war II, we just beat the Chaos dlc just like half an hour ago, and i found it really fun, then i found this video again and watched it knowing a lot more about warhammer then i did before
    and i gotta say its a great video, it must be hard to try to save every Person and make sure the place is safe for them but man i respect it! gotta say the Half-life ones is where i found ur channel and i loved those videos!! keep up the good work man!!

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  Před 10 měsíci +1

      I'm so glad you've had a genuine blast with these videos, and that I've been able to introduce something like this to new people. Ahaha happy birthday man, I hope you had a good one with your old man 😄
      I've got plenty more stuff I want to make and show that I know you boys will love, but yeah in the meantime have a good one with the starter kit! Painting them is the challenging but fun part

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Před 11 měsíci +7

    I find the story here to be the best part. Trying to fortify the planet and save everyone on it before the warpstorm devours it all was just amazing.
    Shame you won't be able to do it for Winter Assault, it's literally impossible to keep everyone alive there even outside the cutscenes.
    I myself really only focus on preserving squads over individual soldiers, it's easier to reinforce a squad rather than retrain and re-equip a brand new one. Though I try to keep my allies alive, even saving the Eldar on my first ever run and using my infantry to act as an unbreakable wall of hate and missiles against the Chaos forces.

    • @Echoe-14
      @Echoe-14 Před měsícem +1

      Au contraire mon ami, check his vid on winter assault

    • @inductivegrunt94
      @inductivegrunt94 Před měsícem +1

      @Echoe-14 Implying I haven't already done that when it was released. Check the video and you'll find my comment there as well.

    • @Echoe-14
      @Echoe-14 Před měsícem +1

      @@inductivegrunt94 Ah, sorry

  • @pwnagepanther5857
    @pwnagepanther5857 Před rokem +1

    I cant believe you turned one of my favorite RTS games into such a beautiful video, especially that part at the end. I have weirdos on twitter always shit talking my love for the emperor, but it is truly remarkable to give everything you have and to know that tomorrow and everyday after will suck, but maybe those five minutes you bought your friends will eventually culminate into a future worth dying for.

  • @firefker
    @firefker Před 9 měsíci +2

    Eager to see a Winter Assault video next. Always a pleasure to see a fan who can see what the 40k franchise is truly about, absolutely fantastic stuff!

  • @Mastersab2
    @Mastersab2 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Rogal Dorn and the Salamander would be proud of you Brother

  • @nicenice6468
    @nicenice6468 Před rokem +3

    Normally I don’t comment on a lot of videos but I really like your content dude! You’re extremely underrated and the editing you put into these videos are top notch!

  • @Average_Yandere
    @Average_Yandere Před rokem +1

    “You held this position? For a Week?” “Yes, my lord” *chad face*

  • @barabbabaruffa9289
    @barabbabaruffa9289 Před rokem

    Great work man! Truly impressive from the beginning to the end. The final segment was brilliant. Good job.

  • @fredhiggins4363
    @fredhiggins4363 Před rokem +3

    absolutely love your content man, keep it up :)

  • @TechPriestLovesToasters
    @TechPriestLovesToasters Před 11 měsíci +3

    He played as Salamanders

  • @RYPM_WD
    @RYPM_WD Před dnem

    The final speech you did got me good in the feels, it was like warm hug in the middle of a storm.

  • @trailbreakertv8918
    @trailbreakertv8918 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Your love to save as many of your men in every video u make is really respectable and i cant wait to see more videos like it

  • @Bunker-Nines
    @Bunker-Nines Před rokem +4

    Hell yeah man these are awesome! For the Emperor and the Golden Throne!

  • @btycoon8133
    @btycoon8133 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Saving every marine in halo CE

  • @stalwort1692
    @stalwort1692 Před rokem +2

    "Twenty-four marines killed?! These losses are entirely unrealistic and outrageous for a mere trench. No, it seems much more likely that we lost FOUR brave souls, defending HUMANITY from IMMINENT DESTRUCTION at the hands of the RUINOUS POWERS!"
    I find these statistical rationalizations to be extremely lore-friendly.

  • @dr.brackman5990
    @dr.brackman5990 Před 11 měsíci +2

    This was my first video on your channel and yes I’m making this a personal comment. The intro was too awesome for words. I’ve seen another CZcams short for saving those scientists but I need to say that these intros are definitely unique. Don’t stop what you’re doing because it is top content.

  • @SaintBrokenDay316
    @SaintBrokenDay316 Před rokem +2

    In this cannon the Blood Ravens are Salamander successors

  • @lazerfluxxy7370
    @lazerfluxxy7370 Před rokem +6

    For the Emperor and For the Greater good , SaintJam!
    Absolutely love your videos.
    Honestly , your videos are absolutely fantastic. And this video in particular does give me some hope for the Imperium,that maybe ,just maybe , one day , they can be the force of good that you do your best to make a reality. Keep up the good work.
    The Tau Empire supports this message and this video.

  • @spytf2buthesduck356
    @spytf2buthesduck356 Před 10 měsíci

    I absolutely love this video from the editing style to the intro and narrative it is truly great

  • @Bigb-rj5om
    @Bigb-rj5om Před rokem +2

    This man is a true salamander in keep saving civilians and brothers my brother in green

  • @xenia_mkII
    @xenia_mkII Před rokem +4

    great video! i really enjoyed how you were managing to save every guardsman possible
    though i gotta say that that was an extremely rosy description of the struggle in 40k. i agree with the real message that a better future is worth fighting for but the grim darkness of the far future is truly literally doomed

    • @Demicleas
      @Demicleas Před rokem +3

      Not as doomed as fantasy lol. And that was slightly less grimdark that 40k.

    • @VeryPeeved
      @VeryPeeved Před rokem +4

      The only ones who benefit from accepting defeat and failure as "inevitable" are the ones you are fighting. Guard your mind from doubt as you would a fortress from saboteurs.

    • @brynnyon7293
      @brynnyon7293 Před rokem +1

      You're right.
      "To be a man in such times is to be one amongst untold billions. It is to live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable. These are the tales of those times. Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned. Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war. There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods."
      The people in this comment section and the creator are completely misunderstanding the setting. Hell, the video starts with him saying "humanity good, alien bad." People who genuinely believe that's what 40K is about are morons, and are perpetuating the pretty-problematic notion that the Imperium is somehow the "good guys" of the setting.

    • @VeryPeeved
      @VeryPeeved Před rokem +1

      @@brynnyon7293 the term "problematic" used unironically, opinion disregarded.

  • @Litany_of_Fury
    @Litany_of_Fury Před rokem +2

    The Eldar are not allies, they're lesser enemies.

  • @jordinagel1184
    @jordinagel1184 Před rokem +1

    “The only survivors are seven guardsmen and their commander, general Bron”
    Santodes: “DID SOMEBODY SAY… BRAWN!?!?!?!?”

  • @leonmwangi4943
    @leonmwangi4943 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I come back to this video every month for the intro cause you did such an amazing job with it

  • @Shrek40K
    @Shrek40K Před rokem +3

    That intro 😍😍😍😍😍

    • @ironduke5058
      @ironduke5058 Před rokem

      Do you have any idea where that speech is from?

    • @Shrek40K
      @Shrek40K Před rokem

      @@ironduke5058 nope :(

  • @generalyapyap
    @generalyapyap Před rokem +3

    For the Emperor

  • @TheHalflingLad
    @TheHalflingLad Před rokem

    I love this so much! I had no idea other people played DoW with the same obsessive attention to detail I have. I often get the urge to roleplay in my RTS games, meta be damned, and this really hits that same spot.

  • @javiermercado1996
    @javiermercado1996 Před rokem +2

    LONG LIVE COMMANDER SAINT JAM
    FOR THE EMPEROR!!
    FOR HUMANITY!!

  • @ONIMOT100
    @ONIMOT100 Před rokem +8

    Gonna be a 🤓 for a quick sec
    It ain't "humanity good, alien bad"
    Its very much "humanity bad, alien bad"

    • @Alex13501
      @Alex13501 Před rokem

      I have to ask, for i have seen quite few comments like this in the last days. Were people like you always here, but just learned to write? Or did you watched something about 40k on twitter and then had need to grace us with your wisdom?
      In short, you and all the comments with "imperium = bad, its fascist, its nazi, its whatever" yea thanks, we all know. Thats the whole point of 40k, humanity has to be all those things, or was forced in to them, to justify their existence in the crazy unforgiving world, that 40k.
      Bruh, its the same with people, who seen movie Starship Troopers and now feels compelled to tell us all about it.
      "Those who scale the pinnacles of glory have the furthest to plunge into the abyss."

    • @malroktheiii1510
      @malroktheiii1510 Před rokem

      Humanity bad, alien worse.

    • @ONIMOT100
      @ONIMOT100 Před rokem +1

      @@malroktheiii1510 Considering T'au are managing pretty good (Farsight Enclaves especially) "alien worse" ist not necessarily always the case

  • @Blundabus1337
    @Blundabus1337 Před 10 měsíci +4

    "basically, humanity good alien bad"
    Don't say that too loud, such a take really pisses off some people.

  • @MrLeoTheAsian
    @MrLeoTheAsian Před 10 měsíci

    This series of saving everyone possible, including being proactive in the protection of others is so cathartic to me, a positive impact, even in violent worlds and universes. If I feel sad, I watch these videos, because I know that you’ll work your damndest to save everyone, and that gives me hope.
    Thank you for these videos, and I hope I get to see more soon.

  • @REEDSOF9
    @REEDSOF9 Před rokem +1

    I really enjoyed this. It brought me so much nostalgia. I'm redownloading again to save those 2 guardsmen. I hope you do the entire series of games.