Complete Quake 4 Lore (Part 3) - Operation: Last Hope

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[@V.I.L.]

Honestly, you’ve done Quake’s storyline more justice than even the writers did with this series. Genuinely impressive stuff.

[@spacemansquid]

Honestly, he has. There’s so much about the quake lore I didn’t know, simply because the series is just a huge mess.

[@user-ie1hg5ov1m]

If they ever make another Quake game you need to be in the writers room

[@lechumqc7910]

I am not a writer. I do love to retell or adapt stories but I'm not good at creating original content. However, I appreciate the comment ☺

[@rainkidwell2467]

​@@lechumqc7910 you know, that may be true - but you seem to do an excellent job of fleshing out the details on existing work, and making it all come together coherently. That's arguably more valuable to the production of another Quake game than the ability to create original work. Just saying.

[@VexWerewolf]

"What's say we find out if your blood is still red?" "Why? You looking to donate some of yours?" Peak.

[@ffkingcat]

Yeah that exchange was getting me hyped for a fight!

[@KonigDesTodes]

You know, one thing that always bothered me about the stroggification is that Rhino squad rescues Kane, but does nothing - not even checks the vitals - of the soldiers in the line behind Kane. They could have had an *entire squad* of tacticals without activated neurocyte. These videos also make me wish the Quake protagonists weren't mute.

[@silversolitaire1519]

Same here, I hope that if they do a remake that Kane is voiced. He’s too notable to not be voiced. Also, I think the reason they didn’t check the other marines was because they either didn’t have the time to, (as they were deeply in enemy territory) or because there weren’t any other marines behind him as when the facility was attacked, the Strogg scuttled the facility and either killed the other marines so they could be recycled or had them moved to a different stroggification facility.

[@delphicdescant]

Yeah I noticed that too. Maybe there weren't any behind him, or maybe they were clearly mangled, or maybe they *had* to have the neurocyte to survive and there wasn't actually much room between the neurocyte implantation station and the activation station, meaning he was the last one to get one before the assembly line shut down... Idk, I can think of excuses lol.

[@Savagem8]

I thought the same thing years ago and looked. There is one or two behind him but they are just non-responsive in the tanks. They might've been assumed to have mentally broken or died, and the neurocyte would activate just enough of the brain to be controlled by the hive mind.​@@delphicdescant

[@lechumqc7910]

As one already mentioned, my explanation was that they didn't have time to stay and check the others, but I agree it's weird. Even more so because Kane was almost shot by Rhodes. It would have been logical to see him and shoot the other Strogg in the tubes.

[@ComradeStrogg]

24:30 I wish we had a similar scene in the actual game. Too bad they didn't show us what happened to Anderson. Maybe they wanted to save him for the Awakening DLC, but who knows.

[@BenieTheDragon]

"Kane... you have new orders. ... APRIL FOOLS!! There won't be a Quake 5!"

[@KonigDesTodes]

Still hoping Quake 4 gets a remaster (even something simple like Doom 3's BFG Edition) and gets that Awakening expansion, if simplified, as a proper conclusion to the strogg storyline.

[@SinbadNaiver]

@@KonigDesTodes i agree, and for the love of god, have an ATTACHED FLASHLIGHT TO EVERY WEAPON. -_- or have some sort of nightvision once you become stroggified.

[@danilonakazone386]

@@KonigDesTodes \I pray for a Quake full remake. Quake is as good as HL, if not better

[@garushkahn5857]

the time span between quake2 and quake4 was prty long so .. we never know.. i still have hopes for quake5 (when it comes to the story)

[@Savagem8]

Hope if quake 4 ever gets a remaster/rerelease, they finish the unreleased Awakening addon.

[@silversolitaire1519]

Whoever does the voice work for Kane in your videos is really good.

[@purebaldness]

AI

[@MrMisclick]

I was super hyped to see this uploaded! watching now. Your vids are really awesome by the way definitely underrated

[@lechumqc7910]

Glad you like them ☺️

[@khyronbradford]

My man grabbed a 10+ year old underrated shooter and made a fucking badass movie out of it. You sir are really a certified badass.

[@enocescalona]

I really wonder if you'd speak about the possibility that the AI on the Neurocyte IS the Strogg. Basically puppeteering a biomechanical puppet. Using the benefits of the organic body like the digestive system, with the superiority of metal. But honestly, this stuff is freaking amazing. I love the work here and it makes me excited for other FPS analyses, again, i suggest the Unreal games next, at the very least UG, UT and UT 2004 would be for the best. But other than that, you done everything i would do for Quake. I genuinely CRAVE Id games to see this and notices you guys hard work. Also, i loved the bitchfest Kane had with the marine. I was like "bro, his hands are coated in metal, *forever.* are you REALLY willing to catch dem hands with your face?"

[@lechumqc7910]

It is an interesting thought. But if that were the case, Kane would have been fully Strogg even before the Neurocyte activation. I think the AI is there not only to help with the language but also to help manage the Strogg hardware attached to the stroggified subject.

[@Doomerguy1138]

I gotta say I’ve only played the Remastered versions of quake and quake 2 and these videos really make we wana play quake 4. Tha how much I’m enjoying these and really envious of not being able to experience the game myself

[@Valkyries733]

it's on steam

[@DuckPresident]

@@Valkyries733 and GOG

[@masrod94]

The amount of detail and effort put in to this is incredible. Quake 4 is one of those games that has been widely forgotten by the world, yet still has a very interesting world and lore. Thank you for fleshing out that lore in an incredible and entertaining way. You rock!!

[@vagelisvelegrakis1223]

Friday night plus Legendary Quake lore vid from LeChumQc ! Pure Awesomeness ! ! I am telling you, NO ONE DOES IT BETTER ! !

[@DarpaProperty]

Quake is something that shaped me who I am today. This is very refreshing and everything Quake needed, a good storytelling.

[@dahleozr5960]

The guardian creature appears to be the same species as the one ingesting raw stroyent on the putrification center. Great video!

[@aarlavaan]

I have played through this game at least a dozen times... and somehow I totally missed this.

[@zacharydelcollo2805]

Out of curiosity, will you cover the new expansion for quake 2 remaster, call of the machines?

[@pizzalord3n]

I like the part where Kane says EEUUUGHHH-AAAAGHH

[@DJGHOSH]

I've never seen people as calm as these Marines seeing the biomechanical horror that is their pal Cain, and how casual they are with their attitude with him 🤣

[@jankudahl2065]

You guys are AWESOME with all the quality you put into each video and deserves so much more subs. The only thing might be that you don't use the Hi-Def mod with Quake 4 or Doom 3, so most viewers is missing out how gorgeous Quake 4 can be in 2024, but you probably have your reasons. Keep it up.

[@purebaldness]

Guy* It's one guy using AI voices.

[@zindrozaan8752]

Your Work Is Amazing, Really Helping With A Roleplaying Setting I’m Running, Thank You For Your Hard Work

[@IrishJohn101]

The production value in these is through the roof. I always loved this game with the way it made you feel like a piece of a bigger picture with dialogue and radio chatter hinting at whats going on without you.

[@spicymint8317]

This lore movie is TOO freakin' CINEMA, bro! How is this video has such little views?!

[@GamingSpoiler]

How the hell do you only have 4.3 K subscribers? one of the best narrators I've ever seen, and if you wrote this script, then you're one of the best writers as well. It's like watching a movie !

[@lechumqc7910]

The voice is not mine, but I did create the script for the video based on the Quake 4 story. I appreciate your kind words, but I'm not a writer. I like to adapt stories but can't do much from scratch.

[@GamingSpoiler]

very well done. By the way, can you tell me the name of the soundtrack at 38:21 ?

[@lechumqc7910]

@@GamingSpoiler Don’t Leave By MDStockSound :)

[@RaptorSKA94]

i watched this whole series and the way you done everything is superb, I actually learned so much and didnt realise how much i missed after playing this game god knows how many times.. but, this is a spoiler for those watching so i'll be polite you cant just go all dead silent at the end god damnit with the good music, I felt abandoned by the Quake team again!

[@romanaamirkhan2060]

The quake 4 I really good game I saw video game on KZbin

[@amuroray9115]

How much time has passed since Quake 2 and Quake 4? I think you covered it already.

[@lechumqc7910]

My guess was hour's if not minutes.

[@amuroray9115]

@@lechumqc7910 oh dang. For some reason I thought Bitterman was long dead. Lol. I do wish we’d get a new Quake like Doom Eternal or something

[@ireneparkin3360]

Question, what's that creature at the end of the video? I've played Quake 4 a bunch of times and I've never seen them in the game.

[@lechumqc7910]

The unreleased expansion pack "Awakening" 😔

[@ireneparkin3360]

@@lechumqc7910 oh thanks.

[@IAmBlaston]

This is Quake 4 how I remember it. This video series is a nod to my childhood. Thank You! Masterful work!

[@TallManFromDenmark]

HELL YEAH!! LET'S GO!!!

[@PineView80]

Been looking forward to this every day since the last video. I've always been a huge Doom 3 fan but your videos made me appreciate Quake 4 and the rest of the series just as much. I love having these videos play in the background as I do all sorts of stuff. This is a professional level of quality and polish. I think you could find work in the industry with this on your resume if you're inclined to do so.

[@MsKuler]

Would be cool to see series in Doom 3 engine

[@D--FENS]

Ordinarily, I only listen to KZbin, regardless of the subject material. Yours is the only channel for which I wait until I have time to devote my full attention to a video. You've done a fantastic job not only with visuals, but combining the entirety of the original experience of a game into a cohesive cinematic presentation with its own artistic merit.

[@Madd_o]

29:57 that scene was bloody brilliant!

[@lechumqc7910]

I wanted to show that Kane was beaten and on the edge. He is a badass, but still, he had to see Bidwell impaled in front of him, was cut into pieces and on the brink of becoming a Strogg, witnessed Anderson being killed in front of him, and then Voss, the man who brought him into Rhino, having to kill him himself. I don't know any man who would go through this without being affected somehow. Having him respond to the marines after all that, I thought was a fitting way to show that Kane is human after all.

[@Gerdbro]

Still waiting for Blood lore part 3…

[@cwp24]

A very fitting end, thanks for making this!

[@leisfbk]

Thank you very much once again, for another episode of this documentary that I respect very much. A great honor to have made a small contribution to your work in the form of art. Take care my friend. I wish you success, always!

[@lechumqc7910]

You did way more than a small contribution. You helped me discover many things that I used to create the videos. The Sikkmod, the FOV settings, the g_stoptime command, and much more. I really thank you for this and your support with the donations. If you would like to collaborate sometime, let me know. It would be fun to create something around Quake 4 or Doom 3. :)

[@leisfbk]

@@lechumqc7910 you made good use of everything, I just feel happy about it (the talent is all yours!) And sure! I'll let you know if I ever have a creative idea that crosses my mind around Quake 4 or Doom 3. Thanks! ʕ◠ᴥ◠ʔﾉ

[@chickenpowder9273]

Thanks for this. You are awesome.

[@Karti200]

Great montage, each next part is just 🤌

[@PandoraKin564]

Honestly I love this presentation, so in love with the style. Completely got the understanding down for the story now. I am also loving the dramtisation of Kane, and the little added details of cut dialogue and other little easter eggs and tid-bits. I did find the Anderson stuff a bit on the nose as there is nothing in game to susgest his fate unless I missed something, but yeah those Zombie-Like transfers are like resisting the urge to kill us and seem to be reaching out gasping rather than going for the kill compeltely, plus their eyes are yellow or blue instead of the orange/red of full units. Just thinking of the ungodly dysphoria/dysmorphia Kane would be feeling. I am trans and experience gender dysphoria which leads to some dysmorphia and pain at certain parts of me if I don't take action to "fix" it. It is crippling if I or someone else, triggers it. That would be ungodly torture in of itself, not to mention the pain around open wounds and fresh nerve endings in those new limbs. Could also be experiencing Borg-Like collective Chatter which would be overwhelming as well. So much disturbing stuff.

[@lechumqc7910]

From the first time I played this game 16 years ago, I always thought Anderson was not given a proper end. I was originally going to do a scene where Kane sees him being used as a torso unit, but then I talked with someone who gave the idea of encountering him in the waste processing facility as a failed transfer. So, no, it's not in the game, but I found that idea to be a good way to end his story.

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Another amazing production... ❤

[@bloodysimile4893]

In the name of Kane. "Kane lives in death." In the name of Kane. "Techology of peace." In the name of Kane. Matthew Kane: "KANE LIVES!"

[@belstone1370]

Sorry I’m late! Today is my bday and I wanted to treat myself so I saved watching until today. Thanks for the wonderful gift.🎉

[@lechumqc7910]

🥳 Hope you enjoyed!

[@belstone1370]

@@lechumqc7910 I always do

[@JobeStroud]

Great video again! You are killing it with these.

[@DONG-502]

You deserve more Subs!

[@clausburgos771]

This is so impressive!!!

[@megacide84]

To me, the Stroyent Processing Creature looks like something that was captured and brought back to Stroggos from a Strogg expedition into the DreamLands.

[@Wushaaa]

Quake 4 will always be my favourite. I wish their was more around this games setting and lore, its just beautiful (and horrifying of course)

[@labibliotecadejedehon5534]

I love all your videos man!. You do a better job telling the story than the developers.

[@lechumqc7910]

We do still need to give them credit for what they've done. Without it, I wouldn't be able to retell the story.😊

[@rainkidwell2467]

​@@lechumqc7910 it's quite clear that your appreciation of and respect for the series is on par with the devs - you REALLY need to be in the writer's room. You say you aren't good at creating original IP, but you're REALLY good at fleshing out the details behind existing media and keeping it all coherent and consistent. That's exactly what the Quake series needs after all these years

[@uryuloquen4054]

This is so DAMN GOOD!

[@Mestari1Gaming]

Another high quality lore video with wonderful animations! Good work and good ending for the story for now. Hopefully we will eventually get Quake 5 with more strogg warfare.

[@GeneralCalavera]

I've watched all the parts and I'm so impressed! The edits, the acting and it feels like a movie! Subbed!

[@Savagem8]

After playing call of the machine in Q2, I do wonder if the main character of the expansion is actually suppose to be Kane, given the callsign to the marine sent to destroy the stroggmaker was nicknamed "The Machine" according to his pod which seems appropriate for what others would call Kane after the events of Q4. Perhaps those were the orders given to him at the end by Harper.

[@jimmcctheabsolutemoron746]

Finally someone who explained quake one two and four without making me fall asleep Is good❤

[@danteinferno7661]

Half man half tec satans perfect solider😂 no wonder Cain killed the strog demon, he become one demons Kain also means he has to wander forever. Kane and able

[@-CrimsoN-]

I love every single one of these videos. Thank you for making this!!

[@nikolabokanic245]

YOU ARE AMAZING HOW MANY EFFORT YOU PUN IN THIS IS CRAZY THANK YOU FOR ALL BROTHER

[@malfadan4455]

29:57 Bro....💀💀💀💀

[@Dandywise]

outstanding work!

[@HellsAsylum]

Quake 4 really ramps up the body horror aspect of the Strogg and you really did it justice along with the psychological impact of seeing your fellow humans torn apart in such a gruesome way. A great conlcusion to a great series. Here's hoping for a Quake sequel or reboot someday.

[@lechumqc7910]

Me to. I really wish for a Strogg and Dreamland Quake mix 😊

[@stifnex9092]

I need the music from the hanibal attack scene please :)

[@Mel-si3ux]

Thank you for the very good video. I'm from Germany and played Quake 4 for the first time in 2005. At the time, the game released extremel censored, which made the story very incomprehensible. Unfortunately my English isn't that good but with the automatically generated subtitles I was still able to understand a lot. The cutscenes turned out very well and you can tell that this video took a lot of time. Thank you very much for your efforts. Would it perhaps still be possible to add multilingual subtitles? And what else I asked myself: The USS Hannibal often communicates with a female voice. Is there a woman sitting in the cockpit or is the voice generated on the Hannibal's computer? And what happened to the earth? I did not quite understand. Was this taken over by the Strogg or just areas of it? Greetings from Germany :)

[@lechumqc7910]

OMG, thank you so much! Subtitles could be a good idea, but I don't have much time to take care of that at the moment. As for Earth, we don't really know a lot about it after the invasion. It must be in the process of reconstruction. If I remember correctly, I think I read somewhere that while the TCM was out fighting the Strogg on Stroggos, Earth would have been left without any major power to control it, making smaller forces fight for dominance over its territories.

[@d3tach3d]

amazing work. thank you for this

[@phantomhurricane666]

notice how the strogg infantry use marine weaponry?

[@Templarofsteel88]

Wish we would get a Quake 5 instead of a arena shooter again.

[@SplotchTheCatThing]

I always wondered about a third theory for the network guardian's origin... could it have been a human or a human-like alien, with its growth to that massive size induced artificially as part of its stroggification process? It does seem like something the strogg might be capable of doing, and only makes them more frightening if they can. Also interesting that it doesn't look entirely unlike that stroyent processing creature. If the network guardian was just a member of a species that's naturally huge, could they have been the same species?

[@lechumqc7910]

It could be that the Guardian was built to be massive, its different parts made from multiple others. It and the processing creature might come from the same world, the difference being the one in the Stroyent processing facility has been cut off from any light source, restrained and unable to move, explaining the difference in their skin and shape. I also like to believe that the giant heart and the brain that was the Nexus come from an even bigger entity.😱

[@АлексеевМаксим-р2ь]

That's positively incredible

[@mortara79]

I'm glad you're dusting off that game

[@xanterz2000]

Will you make a video on quake 4 awakening?

[@c4ns3r53]

I forgive you because is a nice video, I felt like Kane when they started to shame for the new strogg body, why forgive you? Because is Eagle Squad, not Raven.

[@lechumqc7910]

Oh! Good catch!

[@usamazahid3882]

I cant wait for Doom lore in this style.

[@xanterz2000]

quake 4 awakening?

[@lechumqc7910]

Yes 😢

[@angusmitchell4026]

it was supposed to be a story dlc for quake 4 and sequel but got cancelled

[@daysgoneby3527]

Really liked this small series. Love how you expanded onto the story by adding a more in depth description through the narration. The marine units and characters really helped add a positive side to the feel of the otherwise morbid nature and environments of the game. It’s a shame they never continued this properly, it’s been like 20 years.. hard to believe.. even if they did a movie or series adaptation, as enemy territory had decent graphics but left out the elements of horror environments and character development of IV. Personally I’d like to see a 5, where it starts off with something like Kane, still on stroggos is having to shut down a few more parts of their infrastructure, development or production to stop them from making a comeback while backed up by a second invasion fleet to help the remaining ones., then the second half or 2 thirds being back on earth, Kane retiring due to a well earned rest, and overseeing parts of the earth war as more of an adviser who makes a few appearances and has a couple of player levels , but the rest be another marine who deals with the both semi front line and facility shut down for the rest of the earth fight. I dunno just my idea I guess. But I wish they did something..

[@DeadEyeDonnyTheDealer]

They made the tram section look fun and badass. I never thought I’d see the day! Real talk it’s impressive how well you told Quake’s story through these vids. Can’t wait for more.

[@docmarons3782]

Your videos are like a 40 minute cinematic. Please keep doing what you're doing as long as you're doing it out of passion. You don't have the views you deserve yet, but as soon as the algorithm blesses you with exposure, the sheer quality of your content should snowball past-video views as well as whatever hits.

[@NitroMike87]

Please, never stop creating content like this. I didn't give a shit about quake before (played that multiplayer game based on enemy territory back in the days, thats it). And with your narrative craft you turned this into one of my favourite lores. Your love for quake is felt and seeps through all the way with your story telling ❤

[@Hyperion-5744]

It'll be nice if we get a quake 4 remaster for the series x, good video by the way.

[@justinwang3294]

Did Bitterman get Stroggified or die? Edit: Or did he survive as a human in the last video?

[@jet2135]

Some believe the torso unit attached to the makron's body is Bitterman, but it's not confirmed

[@KonigDesTodes]

@@jet2135 According to the Quake 3 Prima Guide, it seems that Bitterman survived the experiments and returned to Earth before ending up in the Arena Eternal. To quote: "What happens to a war hero badly mutated in the service of humanity? If that hero is Bitterman, he buries the past as deep as he can. On Stroggos, Bitterman released a demon inside himself and rained destruction on the Stroggs. There, Bitterman's demon within brought revenge and retribution. On Earth, it would bring pain and horror. In the Arena Eternal, it brings victory." Of course that could be a hypothetical "it would have caused" rather than a factual "it did cause".

[@jet2135]

@@KonigDesTodes Yeah but do the events of Q3 really take place in the same universe? It looks more like a medley of old Quake and Doom iterations. Personally, I find it hard imagining the Strogg co-exist with Demons within a single universe

[@trippyulyanov2012]

​@@jet2135Quake 3 does happen its just on another plane of reality where the Quake multiverse and the Doom multiverse happen to overlap...

[@Savagem8]

Likely Bitterman is stuck fighting in the arenas

[@DONG-502]

You should do Crisis series

[@eduardo163]

What a masterpiece! ❤

[@DONG-502]

32:34 Doom reference

[@Venomousbugatti]

Thanks! Amazing job as always!!!

[@lechumqc7910]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.☺

[@xanterz2000]

Ну мужик красавец

[@nervniparen]

LETS GOOO

[@ВадімКуриляк]

Will be more quake's lore videos or it's last one?

[@lechumqc7910]

There will be more but with a different main voice-over :)

[@ВадімКуриляк]

@@lechumqc7910 nice

[@DONG-502]

Who are characters on The End?

[@lechumqc7910]

It comes from the unreleased Quake 4 expansion: Awakening. It was said to be called Valkaryne. I'm making a video about it soon to explain what it could have been :)

[@danilonakazone386]

Is there a next part to this?

[@lechumqc7910]

I will be doing a video that looks at what could have been the unreleased expansion pack. But this is the last video of the Quake lore series I will be doing. My future videos will have a different narrator as well, but at least I was able to close the main Quake lore. Just a bit sad I didn't get time to do the Quake 1 expansion

[@johannstrauss1049]

YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!

[@johannstrauss1049]

Love the voice for Strauss at the beginning. Super adorable

[@Zayshy]

Did you remake this ?

[@BlackTorrent]

What where those 3 strogg that was shown at the end? I've never seen those before.

[@lechumqc7910]

The unreleased expansion "Awakening" 😢

[@jet2135]

Finally...

[@garthhancock3373]

Awwww yeah!

[@deepwashington499]

Nice

[@jackofallshade]

.... ALIENS

[@viciouswolfe8420]

WOOOOOOO

[@wilhelmwagner3353]

thats so good man

[@lechumqc7910]

Thank you! 😊

[@larasynthwave5052]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS SO MUCH THEY ARE AWESOME!! TOO BAD YOU LIKE QUAKE CHAMPIONS BECAUSE ITS A DISGRACE TO QUAKE BUT THESE VIDEOS ARE 10/10 GOOD JOB!

[@lechumqc7910]

I find the lore within the game more appealing than the gameplay itself ^^ not a huge fan of multiplayer focus game.

[@larasynthwave5052]

@@lechumqc7910 Oh, in that case, yes, i like Quake Champions for that too!! The lore is really neat, especially for Sorlag!! Keep up the good work these videos are so amazing!!!!

[@JeffSkilling69]

I've been waiting for someone to make a thorough lore video on the Quake series. Thank you

[@heinrichfletcher6954]

Woah. I love these a little too much!