ACTUAL Spec Ops Reacts to Space Marine 2

Prepare for an EXPLOSIVE new Experts React video as former Green Beret and combat veteran Israel Wright unleashes his expert analysis on the intense warfare of Saber Interactive's Space Marine 2! Watch as this seasoned special forces operator breaks down the most brutal battles, dissects advanced combat techniques, and evaluates the authenticity of the Space Marines' tactics in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. From Captain Titus's devastating melee attacks to the strategic deployment of heavy weapons against Tyranid swarms, Israel will provide insider insights on how Space Marine 2 captures the essence of futuristic warfare.
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Don't miss this exclusive Gamology deep dive into the world of Space Marine 2! Israel Wright will examine the game's cutting-edge combat systems, discuss the evolution of iconic Warhammer 40,000 weapons, and explore how developers have translated tabletop warfare into a visceral third-person shooter experience. Drawing from his extensive special ops experience, Wright will analyze everything from squad formations to breach-and-clear operations, comparing them to real-world tactics. Whether you're a die-hard 40k fan, a military enthusiast, or just love seeing a real operator's perspective on sci-fi combat, this reaction video is a must-watch.
Israel Wright: / israelwrightofficial
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[@generaljimmies3429]

Fun Fact: Vulcan gives out the best hugs. They are as lethal as they are adorable. Also, he really wants to boop that snoot.

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

Vulcan Lives!

[@SnickeringSpy]

Unless you're a small Eldar child, then ur done, lol

[@TheLehi5]

@@SnickeringSpy Hey! its the night lords fault!

[@TheLehi5]

@@generaljimmies3429 dont boop the merry sucidal bomber frog!

[@DesroA41990]

VULCAN LIVES!!! **STOMP STOMP**

[@LitBoiLuke]

every time I see this guy i think about how much of a fkin savage he must be . I feel bad for anyone who breaks into his house, well I dont really

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

you should, pretty fucked up

[@vincewalter5206]

@@Ajc-ni3xnpretty fucked up to break into someones house, destroy their sense of security in their own home, to steal belongings or harm someone.

[@futuretrunks9257]

⁠@@Ajc-ni3xnwhy? Breaking into someone’s home where there’s family like your mother, father, sister, kids etc.. you asking for a ticket off of earth

[@kimtollefsen4078]

HE would rathero ffer you a coffee ands be nice. Izzy is a stand up lad

[@apanapandottir205]

He's actually a complete sweetheart and mega-nerd haha

[@marmaladearmadillo]

Nice to see Izzy again! Might start watching these again.

[@svsguru2000]

where is his roommate?

[@Donkeymaster9000]

M.I.A 😂 He’s having fun at other’s misfortune

[@_Cetarial]

Probably busy, or he’s not a WH40K guy.

[@SanDukey]

lol he's wearing one of his shirts

[@bobtehdinosaur]

@@_CetarialI’m pretty sure he was probably just busy

[@michalis75]

On a Netflix show

[@thedarkknight2221]

After the huge success of Space Marine 2 I feel like we’re gonna see a lot more Warhammer fans in the U.S. military. I’d love to see their reaction to learning about all the Space Marine legions and which one they would pick to serve. Me I’m choosing the Salamanders, not because of the flamethrowers, but because they are the closest to real U.S. marines in terms of putting the lives of civilians before themselves.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

IIRC, it's them and Wolves who are the best to have around/be fighting alongside if you're a civilian or Guardsman. The Dark Angels, on the other hand, may at any second catch wind of some dirty secret of theirs nearby and drop everything to chase and cover it up, leaving you blinking and confused. If they didn't kill you for accidentally discovering the existence of said secrets before dropping everything to chase.

[@armyfreak9389]

@@thomasjoychild4962 Also Blood Angels in your battle line could be a real problem if they give in to the Black Rage and just sprint off in mindless fury leaving your once well defended line not-so-well defended now.

[@57ham]

Hey let's not forget about raven guard, they also care about civilians​@@thomasjoychild4962

[@emanueletintori1229]

The codex astartes doesn't approve both these reckless actions and tactics, but we fans simply love it❤ So Leandros🤫🤡

[@thomasjoychild4962]

The codex doesn't approve, but Titus' new brothers ARE looking forward to it... :P

[@crustybomb115]

leandros is an annoying nerd lol

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@crustybomb115 I'm sure he's found an appropriate niche since Titus last saw him, somewhere his inflexible devotion is an asset.

[@crustybomb115]

@@thomasjoychild4962 nah, the codex is meant to be flexible and work as a set of recommendations on what to do out on the battlefield... its not the god damn bible or something, and leandros's zeal on having to follow the codex reminds me more of the friggin word bearers instead of the ultramarines... sure him being suspicious of quite literally ANYTHING THAT BREATHES might be a good thing, but as all things are, too much is also a problem.

[@thomasjoychild4962]

@@crustybomb115 You know that and I know that and Rowboat Gillman absolutely intended that, but the Imperium's got a major trend of guidelines becoming hard doctrine over the millenia without the authors/originators being around to re-assert that they're meant to be flexible. All part of the fun Grimdark, but also part of why it's interesting now, Robot Gorillaman is around again.

[@RebelCannonClub74]

My biggest pet peeve with the living tank super solider is that they can climb stairs and clamber into vehicles despite weighting half or more of a ton. The cool thing about Warhammer is that the tech priests design everything, and a tech-priest can also weigh several tons. That being said, Titus and Co should be taking hover tanks or bikes through the swamp or risk sinking up to their necks in mud.

[@vincewalter5206]

OH SHIT! I didn’t know the boy was so versed in Warhammer lore, I knew I like him.

[@rgmusic4769]

same here I was like "oh wow he knows his lore he's a man of cultural"

[@brettevans278]

Salamanders, Ultramarines, Space Wolves, Lamenters, Imperial Fists. First five "good guy" chapters I can think of. 😁

[@grimreminder5038]

Only missing Crimson Fists, their Chapter Master's a good man

[@AFanOfCinema]

And technically the Blood Angels. Apparently whenever they can control the Red Thirst and when they're not having a Black Rage hallucination they can be really nice

[@jeddpires]

@@AFanOfCinema Heck, one of the traumas of their Chapter Master was killing civilians because of the Red Thirst (the book Dante has this event). Resulted into him swearing not to drink blood, until the events of Baal. As for the Black Rage, the Blood Angels Chaplains make it a point to ensure the Death Company DO NOT harm civilians (as seen in Devastation of Baal)

[@NamelessDestruction1]

Raven Guard as well. They do what they can to minimize casualties

[@deanospimoniful]

Good to see you back, Izzy.

[@taliawtf6944]

Ironically the Tyranids inspired both the Zerg and the Terminids.

[@Delnorei]

Fairly sure Terminids (and helldivers in general) are inspired by Starship Troopers, which pre-dates Warhammer 40k by several decades (the Novel was first published in 1959). Agreed on the zerg though for sure

[@theguycisterninoyelledat6272]

the entirety of Starcraft was supposed to be a 40k game but they ran into some publishing issues or something (i'm sure someone with better knowledge will correct me) so thats why Starcraft and Warhammer seem so similar.

[@armyfreak9389]

@@Delnorei The book bugs are nothing like the movie (and consequently Helldivers) inspiration. The book had the bugs capable of spaceflight advanced tactics and ranged weaponry. The movie pulled from other inspirations (probably Aliens and maybe even something like 40k.)

[@kgb85MD]

He's 200 years of active service 50 years for each golden stud

[@aidanthornton173]

Space Marines are the personification of a quote from *Pacific Rim.* *"To Fight Monsters, We Built Monsters Of Our Own."*

[@khylerbane4523]

Space Marines don’t *need* cover because they *are* the cover.

[@Natureman1234]

The Lamenters chapter is also very geared towards protecting others. Their battle cry is "For those we cherish, we die in glory!"

[@Sockosan]

Nice to see him again!!

[@mushroomhedges]

You can tell he's special forces. Did his homework on the subject at hand

[@ethanemerson4862]

(10:41 ) the “Good” guys would be the Salamanders, as you have stated, as well as the Tau Empire.

[@Deuzen_FIN]

*grumpy Farsight noises*

[@thomascranor2668]

The taught empire? Nah. The Farsight Enclave, I could see, but the empire actively seeks to covertly sterilize and slowly wipe out the humans on the world's that join the Tau. Not good guy behavior.

[@BionicDirector117]

Not so much anymore with the Tau. Their lore was modified to be that most of them are essentially under mind control and have no free will.

[@ethanemerson4862]

@@Deuzen_FIN technically he’s part of Tau faction gameplay wise. But yes, his group is a bit better than the empire itself.

[@Dyno-z1j]

nice to see you back

[@SergeantGadriel]

Each studs are actually 50 years so he's 200 years old now

[@LeVeLs404]

Lore is not totally precise about that, but often I read if they are silver it’s like 50 years, gold is 100 years so 400 years of service for Titus I would say

[@suburbantimewaster9620]

I haven’t played this game but love hearing your thoughts.

[@RedX2033]

Warhammer 40k would feel like a Military soldier Hobby when they are off duty.

[@LaDeCR]

Israel! Love your Shift Fire channel , bud - great to see you love the 40K lore and world :D

[@timstephens5893]

They're not on the shift fire channel anymore. Him and Cam have their own podcast channel. I just can't remember what it's called.

[@03254504]

Should do one on the martial arts in black myth wukong

[@gamester512]

From what little I understand about the 40K universe, the "nicest" and most "noble" Space Marine chapters as far as caring for civilians and guardsmen's lives go, I believe Salamanders & Space Wolves top the list. I've heard that Ultramarines also care, but they are far more pragmatic and logical about things as well, so while they won't like seeing civilians and guardsmen die, they will accept it if they deem it as being necessary to achieve victory. But Salamanders will 100% go out of their way and even lay down their lives to protect civilians. If you're ever in a situation where you need to trust a Space Marine from another chapter to get something done, a Salamander would top that list. Like when the duo of Sa'kan (a Primaris Salamander) and Brutus (a Primaris Ultramarine Apothecary) were attempting to return home with the gene-seeds of fallen Ultramarines, Brutus was crippled when a Necron Gauss Rifle destroyed the power pack for his power armor, Brutus gave the Ultramarine gene-seeds to Sa'kan, trusting him to return them to the Ultramarine chapter while Brutus did what he could to delay the pursuing Necrons as long as possible so that Sa'kan could escape. It's also worth noting that Sa'kan was 100% ready and willing to fight and die alongside Brutus and would never have left Brutus behind if not for the fact that saving the Ultramarine gene-seeds was a far higher priority than trying to save Brutus or to die alongside him. And on top of that, Sa'kan was also badly wounded at the time, and yet he was still 100% willing to fight and die by Brutus' side without hesitation.

[@evilbabai7083]

No offense, but the scale is as follows: PDF = army Imperial Guards = marines Ordo Tempestus = special forces Space Marines = super special forces Grey Knights = super super special forces Custodes = super³ special forces

[@MyHappySelf]

XD

[@armyfreak9389]

PDF = National Guard Astra Militarum = literally the Army (A well trained organization that depends more on the overwhelming pressure of numbers rather than exemplary training, while still having a number of highly trained units in it like Rangers, Green Berets, 160 SOAR etc.) Ordo Tempestus = the US Marines (a highly trained department of a larger organisation that relies on exemplary training over mass quantities of troops)((Tempestus belong to the Adeptus Administratum while Marines are a Department of the Navy)) Space Marines = are the Delta Force of the Imperium (will take the best and brightest from anywhere and put them through the hardest training and only accept the finest) Agree on all other accounts though.

[@justin_isaac_rada44]

What about an actual military personnel alongside with this Spec Op to react and view the Astra Militarum and it’s regiments?

[@g.herbert3810]

Hey Man, thought you was AOL or worse. Good to see you 'Up an About!' Where is Fath, or is that 'NonYa?'😅

[@armyfreak9389]

Were you worried he was NetZero?

[@goingnative5814]

Space Marines don't need cover.. They ARE cover

[@josemoreu5038]

the fucking legend is back

[@TheLehi5]

I know one more "good guys" SM, the lamenters!

[@darkxaur]

Those poor buggers.

[@TheLehi5]

@@darkxaur best boys.

[@crustybomb115]

the poor bastards never stood a chance...

[@BionicDirector117]

The Lamenters are legitimately the most loyal space marines in the Empirium. Seriously, entire chapters have turned to Chaos for less than half of the crap those marines have had to endure.

[@TheLehi5]

@@BionicDirector117 yup

[@ultramanfan3757]

Heavy weapons combat is my thing

[@Haplo699g]

Bring back Shift Fire.

[@afiDaveykerr]

There's so many things to react to, but they don't on this channel

[@YukitoOnline]

Wait till he reads about the Raptors Chapter..

[@MyHappySelf]

Goes to read about Raptors Chapter XD

[@OneMeanDragon]

Salamanders is a good choice lol

[@derrickhaggard]

This video was awesome

[@kaungkyilin5538]

Haven't seen him in a while

[@nevanV12]

Ayo izzy's back?!

[@thiago4santos]

Israel is deep on W40k, nice.

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

Well yeah there is always some sort of "bug" humanity faces in these games, because they all took the idea from Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers and the Arachnoids that were an allegory for communism. It also is why there was a shift from Alien to Aliens as the 70s Alien was some sort of reproductive organ looking thing to a hive-minded bioweapon as James Cameron took inspiration from Starship Troopers. That is also why there is power armor in all these series, why there are always orbital drops, etc. Starship Troopers is to Science Fiction what Lord of the Rings is to Fantasy and Dune is to Science Fantasy.

[@TheAussieBlue]

Except Dune and Lord of the Rings were actually good, and Starship Troopers made me so angry I wanted to throw my copy out the window.

[@armyfreak9389]

@@TheAussieBlue Starship Troopers is less Science Fiction than it is Heinlein's thinly veiled political philosophy rant. 80% of the book is people just standing around spouting exposition about the benefits of a deeply authoritarian regime.

[@TheAussieBlue]

@@armyfreak9389 that's not the bit that made me angry. What disgusted me was the opening scene, an attack on a skinnies city explicity called, in book, a "terror raid" designed to destroy civillian infrastructure and displace millions. What horrified me was the bootcamp where three cadets died and it was normalized, and considering that training also consisted of leaving recruits with nothing but sweatpants, a shirt, and a pair of underwear (no shoes even) to survive two weeks in the wilderness alone I'm amazed there weren't more. But what angred me was when they said that youth crime was solved by tying children to posts and publicly flogging them with whips if they did so much as steal a chocolate bar, even at the age of ten. That was my breaking point.

[@derheadbanger9039]

An expert who actually knows the IP?!

[@khanghua966]

I still confused about few sources says that titus now is in service for 200 years and some other sources says he’s in service for 400 years (Well i heard that the silver ones are 50 years count each and the gold ones are 100 years each but since many people also confuse the pins on titus’s skull if it was silver or gold)

[@LeVeLs404]

Well 400 makes sense, for the decade of service in the deathwatch and also his time as an captain so 4 golden ones standing for 400 years makes sense, but the lore is not totally clear on that subject, sometimes between chapters they handle it differently

[@armyfreak9389]

Considering in Space Marine he only had 2 service studs, and in Space Marine II he now has 4 studs, but it has Canonically only been 100 years since the events of the first game (his service in Deathwatch was only a century) it makes more sense that he is repping the silver 50 year studs. Giving us a grand total of 200 years of active service.

[@LeVeLs404]

@@armyfreak9389 with that in mind your absolutely correct

[@kenthart7519]

Tactical class would be more his jam im thinking

[@TJVBernal]

seeing the jetpack at 1:30, if hands are required for the other two thrusters, they could use the same balancing thing that the eco mobile had? then again't that just means adding more computing parts on an already heavy piece of equipment. which would then have you be required to use the exo legs that helps carry back packs. that's ALOT of batteries which is also, MORE weight

[@rgabi91]

"Ye I would like to have Space Marine power armor!" Ye nope. Those who know would not realy want it xD.

[@johnathanderosa7769]

This guy looks like a space marine

[@Danceofmasks]

Ah yes. "Captain" Titus

[@thomasjoychild4962]

He's great whatever rank he is :P and at least the 2nd company isn't captained by Cato anymore by the time of the game :P

[@rangerniik7862]

Where's your battle brother??

[@MyHappySelf]

Haha! He's got a Netflix show called Toughest Forces on Earth that's really fun. We also have companion BTS videos for each of his episodes on Pop Culture Field Manual. Good stuff.

[@Leith_Crowther]

For anyone confused, Fort Liberty was until recently known as Fort Bragg, until they finally realized it was kind of weird to name an American military base after a national traitor.

[@comradestarbucks2726]

That feels… reductive.

[@Leith_Crowther]

I’m sure it feels that way to a lot of people. Facts don’t care about their feelings.

[@comradestarbucks2726]

@Leith_Crowther Americans have only ever had one civil war and their country is younger than the average European village. They lack perspective.

[@Leith_Crowther]

@@comradestarbucks2726OK, Boomer.

[@comradestarbucks2726]

@Leith_Crowther Oh, you’re one of THOSE people. Holding the mentally impaired to the same standard is cruel, so I’ll stop. Goodbye.

[@toraakashik2506]

FOR RUSS AND THE ALLFATHER

[@Zugginh]

You should get a martial artist to react to combat gods

[@IRLJojo]

YES BRING IN MORE NERDY COMMENTERS LIKE THIS! Love it!

[@eryfkradthebarbarian5187]

The Emperor protects.

[@rileythefoxx6770]

WHERE HAS IZZY AND MY MAN BEEN

[@liimnok2538]

MyHappySelf on Twitch streaming.

[@badfoody]

wait, they back?

[@brettevans278]

Subscribed to see your review. 😅

[@LordHayabusa85]

It would be so cool if you and your Ranger buddy voiced a couple of characters for a story I’m working on called “Black and White”, it’s about some futuristic sci-fi soldiers called Black Berets and Space Rangers.

[@WopJr]

when did Joe Burrow become spec ops?

[@MyHappySelf]

I'll take it.

[@WopJr]

@@MyHappySelf seriously though the resemblance is uncanny

[@AntiKritical]

if the states started a supersoldier program, i'd reenlist and lat move to Space force. just so i can become a real Space marine..

[@armyfreak9389]

You would end up a super soldier checking ID's at a gate.

[@Autobotmatt428]

Titus is over 200

[@joshhitxoriginal9367]

Deus vult brothers! Glory to the imperium, glory to God emperor, glory to mankind. Oh and VULKAN LIVES *STOMPSTOMP*

[@MxCheefah]

You do stippy stamps

[@Troupe_Master]

If you said Deus vult in 40k you would be executed for Heresy...

[@joshhitxoriginal9367]

@@Troupe_Master shhh, I have to piss off as many people as I pull in.

[@sigma.wr8]

Izzy, what happened to your channel?

[@MyHappySelf]

Which one lol? Our time on Shift Fire ended a while ago. We have Pop Culture Field Manual YT if you want to check that out. That'll be where new stuff comes out. I've got my Twitch stream and YT of the same name MyHappySelf. Also a horror gaming channel called the Iz-Files. Tons of stuff just no Shift Fire anymore.

[@sigma.wr8]

@@MyHappySelf Huge thanks for your reply. It is sad that Shift Fire ended, but I am already a subscriber of your other channels! Love u.

[@TheAussieBlue]

Perhaps the worst thing about WH40K is THAT side of the fandom. You know the one.

[@Dxco31]

Next do former nazi play space marine 2 in German dub

[@DinoKaijiu]

Why can't they just let him play the game?

[@MyHappySelf]

I've been playing this on my Twitch channel MyHappySelf. Drop in sometime!

[@atcera8714]

Cinematic Assault = ☠ Actual in-game Assault = 💩

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

I love how this game is driving the woke people crazy.

[@pyeitme508]

Wow 😂

[@genefrisby5578]

Delicious likes love and care for you awe.

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

least propaganda riddled military youtube comment section

[@bigmonkeking9067]

No

[@floop5002]

First

[@ERRATAS0707]

Tbh these "spec ops" guys wouldn't even pass the Cadian military training.

[@apanapandottir205]

He was a Green Beret.

[@ERRATAS0707]

@@apanapandottir205 still not enough to be a Krieg soldier.

[@apanapandottir205]

@@ERRATAS0707 Hahah, I misread the first comment as "Canadian military training" lmao

[@ERRATAS0707]

@@apanapandottir205 nothing in our timeline will pass it, we're all gonna be servitors at best. 😂

[@armyfreak9389]

@@ERRATAS0707 the Death Korps is much harder than Cadian training. Both are exemplary units but the Death Korps of Krieg are who you call when something absolutely positively must be destroyed by sundown, regardless of the losses. Cadia is the epitome of stalwart defiance. The Death Korps literally nuked their entire planet to oblivion to purge heretics they then engaged in grinding trench warfare for centuries, until such time as they had served penance for their dishonor.

[@TAFR224]

Thanks 4 bringing Izzy back Gamology! 🥳🥳🥳🪖🪖🪖

[@SanDukey]

lol wtf was that clip around 5:26?

[@MyHappySelf]

Wait....was that Garand Thumb???

[@SanDukey]

@@MyHappySelf wait, WAS IT?!?!? (P.S. if this is actually Israel, you're freaking awesome dude!)

[@IsraelWright]

@@SanDukeyNo, you! Haha, it’s me I swear xD

[@snakecharly7]

May the God Emperor Bless you