Retrospective Review - Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II

[@Bruhx10]

Dad finally came back after getting some amasec

[@gonotgentleman]

Unfortunately now he’s gotta pop back around the corner for lho sticks.

[@Sir_Bucket]

Unlike the Emperor, this one does comes back

[@tylerulfmann4586]

Erutan Egaro The Emperor is always with us heretic and his glorious light will be restored

[@viyhexe131]

Looking forward to the Chaos Rising video in 2031!

[@nandorfarkas6885]

Kitten is back. PUSH ME DADDY, PUSH ME ON THE SWIIING

[@spartanx9293]

18:28 Got it see you in 6 years

[@pclone5019]

Yee.

[@jiado6893]

"We will reconvene in 84 years."

[@spartanx9293]

@@jiado6893 my feebal unaugmented form will not last that long

[@mr.m7592]

he was just playing dow 2 ;-;

[@casedistorted]

We are halfway there boys!

[@andrew_wow6892]

And when the world needed him the most... he returned... And then immedietly left again

[@ezekielhavoc9659]

I've been waiting for his dow3 review lol

[@WowBlankpage]

@@ezekielhavoc9659 I've been waiting for his dawn of war 2: chaos rising review lol

[@lizardmedia2257]

I’m back and better than ever! And I have to leave.

[@MrCh0o]

@@WowBlankpage I've been waiting for his review lol

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

@@WowBlankpage I'm waiting for Dawn of War 2: Retribution.

[@MandaloreGaming]

Great work my man. Crazy how natural this comes right off the back of seeing the retrospectives for 1.

[@Marinealver]

Mandy is here

[@turbo_chicken]

Hey hey, people. Chaos Space Marine here.

[@Addsomehappy]

Ended up rewatching the entirety of Kitten's Saga, including the Emperor's Finest

[@TemperusMaximusM41]

Hey hey people, saner persona here.

[@granzy4812]

Nani?!?

[@thaileinh9877]

"LITTLE KITTEN! YOU MUST UPLOAD MORE FREQUENTLY."

[@balticbvll2987]

tHIS COMMENT SURE MADE ME DIE

[@Bhaal299]

THIS IS NOT CANNON!?!

[@sirace8352]

OY VEY LITTLE KITTEN

[@ChiefCrewin]

Huh, I never realized he voiced THE custody

[@HuntersOfTheNorth1]

I DIDNT EVEN REALIZS

[@nebulahawk5895]

Fun fact: the guy that did the music for DoWII also composed for battlefleet gothic armada 1 and 2 and it shows, I love how well he captures the universe.

[@beemus1827]

Huh good to know never realized that funny enough cause dow2 and bfga2 are my most played games

[@BestCupid]

I can definitely hear it . Atmosphere wise Battlefleet 2 has the most amazing feeling both in sound and visual design

[@stormlordeternal7663]

Peak banger after peak banger. BFG2 is 40K incarnate.

[@alfabusa]

I am absolutely one of the people you can credit as preferring DOW II over its predecessor and yet I am happy to confirm this video did not make me GRRR MAD. I'm glad you gave it a fair review and didn't just dunk on it as can tend to be the case.

[@nadontcare9684]

Of course DOW II will get its fair treatment, because now we have a new whipping boy... _looks menacingly at DOW III_

[@sebastiannemeth-ramirez2160]

@@nadontcare9684 DOW 3 is like Soulstorm without memes to make it funny. It's so bad, it's not even worth memeing.

[@nadontcare9684]

@@sebastiannemeth-ramirez2160 I don't know man, what's more Soulstorm level meme than Jump-Good Terminator armor? Makes a Hundred Baneblades seem just a bit less out there, TBH.

[@alyssinclair8598]

@@nadontcare9684 only one thing could unite the eternal split between DOW1 and DOW 2 fans... and that was hate

[@dunmermage]

@@alyssinclair8598 They're all warhammer fans, was there EVER anything else that could unite them?

[@dantecote6763]

I can't wait for the next part in 5 years from now

[@peebins1238]

Year 1

[@heresy8384]

@@peebins1238 Year 2

[@biostar4]

Few more months and it will be year 3

[@GamerBravo7]

Tomorrow

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

@@GamerBravo7 Today. It was good.

[@spartanx9293]

"Kept you waiting huh"

[@Publixnoob]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@ferrusmanus4013]

You are WEAK

[@spartanx9293]

@@ferrusmanus4013 to qoute vulcan"shut your not face brain ghost ferrus you are not friend"

[@spartanx9293]

Must resist urge to acknowledge likes

[@stankobarabata2406]

@@ferrusmanus4013 "Look at him. Do you see his dumb little ghost face? He is like a skull-ghost. *A skost* "

[@Alex-ik7xb]

Thunders ability to go from sounding like a well versed scholar talking about mechanics to a manic gretchin screaming about Yakkety Sax is an absolute delight and testament to his VA prowess.

[@TeamOneDay]

Just as I read this all I hear is *"FUCKIN' CORRIN"* Missed this guy.

[@lonecolamarine]

Like Upisnotjump

[@TheOriginalArc858]

Everyone wondering when he’ll finish with Dow2’s expansions and Dow3 retrospectives but forget that he promised a Space Marine retrospective in his Winter Assault video.

[@gheorghenicolae]

What about the Mod video after retribution

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

@@gheorghenicolae yeah UA...

[@librarian5657]

2 things : - Great review - Youve managed to beat the inconsistency of soviet womble when it comes to space between videos, which is a peculiar sort of achievement, see you in 5 years.

[@tylerulfmann4586]

I tell yeah it’s hard to post videos on the old vox during all these warpstorms

[@Donsposts]

just like douchebagchocolate :/

[@twahtskie]

The Warp works in mysterious ways. We may just get a review on *Dawn of War 5: GurlyMan and his Big Titty Eldar GF* tomorrow The future truly is grim dark...

[@Marinealver]

@@twahtskie Given GW and their latest take, that is completely possible.

[@AAhmou]

Derpass Twahtskie OH NO... (We avoided that bolter bolt once)

[@ZoranTheBear]

The prophecy, I'm so proud of my boy

[@mediterraneanarhcitype4211]

Why you h

[@alfredashford5924]

2020: *Is God awful* Thunderpskyer: “Ah hell, I might as well come back with that milk, finally.”

[@jamesdow211]

He knew everyone would be ready for it being stuck inside. He is merely playing 4D chess on the level of the Emperor

[@echoesman3439]

@@jamesdow211 But doesn't the Emperor play 4-dimensional-chess-strip-poker-billiards?

[@k-leb4671]

@@echoesman3439 Yes and he can play a mean badminton game in the meanwhile.

[@FlSKMASTER]

@@echoesman3439 I think you mean Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker

[@vaniellys]

BigDickCheney is finally getting the recognition he deserves !

[@leothewhiteranger]

The man does the Emperors, Chaos Gods, Gork and Morks, Khaines and the Hive Fleet's work when it comes to DoW

[@patrik9328]

Vaniellis is nice

[@unspeakablemind260]

HAUHAUAHAUAHAUAHAU

[@karlmorgan8580]

Disclaimer: Review of Dawn of War II Chaos Rising will be released when Thunderpsyker returns from picking up milk again.

[@glassfruit7702]

More like once he returns from Mars.

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@glassfruit7702 Marsian milk is better, it has an after-taste of oil which truly makes the difference

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

@@Sir_Bucket WHEKELLL ACKHTUALLY: Its pronounced "Martian"

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@dilophosaurussk4333 *advice....* *DENIED*

[@aptspire]

Another couple of WH40k edition releases until then.

[@genericalias6307]

Fun Fact: The Force Commander’s canonical name is Aramus

[@tigran010]

I mean, he had his own voice in trailer

[@auhbean6572]

Aramus? Thats a weird way to spell captain hair gell.

[@maximososa8798]

@Tigran Abazyan FUCKING HORUS!?

[@carolineturingds]

"I only have five guys? How many died in Kaurava?!"

[@aaronlaughter6471]

Yes.

[@akrinornoname2769]

Kaurava was a mistake.

[@AAhmou]

This: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppzReIGMet1opNE

[@guy_incognito___5480]

Absolutely no one died in Kaurava. Everything else is heretic talk. As you know. "And if we die this deh we die in gloareh, we die heroes' deffs, but we shall not die, no! It is the enemeh who will tehste deff and defeat! As you know’’ - Force Commander Bowling Ball.

[@a_loyal_kiwi88]

i refuse to believe boreale died there, or that the campaign was a failure, infact, i believe that due to the warp storms interference, commander boreale's tactic of using multiple simultaneous and devastating defensive deep strikes (the codex astartes names this the "STEEHL REHN" maneuver) resulted in many of the battel bruthas being sent deep into the warp! and with them went boreale, he is out there somewhere, fighting the enemies of mankind, bring unto those who should be so bawld and so fewlish to defy the emprah a swift def! he is a spehss mehreen! and when the chapter needs him most, he shall return! he shall overwhelm our enemies and he shall leave none alive!

[@sebastiancherubin9786]

ThunderPsyker Lives *STOMP* ThunderPsyker Lives *STOMP*

[@ash12181987]

*Vuvuzela sounds*

[@firezilla1]

Homie really showed up. Left a fire review and then left again.

[@IAmDoctorable]

After three years in development, it was worth the wait.

[@AJPDing]

More than two years, less than four years

[@lordinquisitorsec7532]

Oh boy, Kitten has returned. Thank the Omnissiah

[@fealtyknight1015]

Wait he voices kitten??? O.o

[@ferrusmanus4013]

You are WEAK

[@sorcererberoll4641]

FealtyKnight 101 he sounds like it now he says it

[@joaoprudente3704]

O.o

[@lordinquisitorsec7532]

@@ferrusmanus4013 Shut your notface brainghost Ferrus. You are not friend.

[@thebluephanto7655]

Nobody is going to talk about "A sign in change has ocurred"?

[@OzMediaOfficial]

FINALLY. HE RETURNS.

[@catnipflowers5803]

Wow, I'm surprised to see you here Oz.

[@gamerz1172]

damn waht you doing here

[@bug_stonkin_wess1221]

This guy has been in my sub list for years without an upload. And oh yeah psycker is a good KZbinr too I guess

[@OzMediaOfficial]

@@catnipflowers5803 What I'm a huge warhammer fan. I've been waiting for this for what feels like almost 4 years.

[@mediterraneanarhcitype4211]

H

[@General_Fuck_Yeah_AnimeTitties]

Thunder really be out here acting like he didn't just leave for five years after making the best reviews on dawn of war

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

Almost 4 years...Christ.

[@scurrystopthat9985]

probaly cause he's be doing kitten stuff

[@hugmynutus]

warp travel messes with time.

[@MediaGhost_]

That's what you get when you go on a journey with a giant red chicken through warp space

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

This must be how a Custodes would feel if the God Emperor just randomly got up, stretched and yawned, then said "Alright, naps over... Where was I?"

[@igorthelight]

True! :-)

[@thedoom523]

The thing I can respect most about ThunderPsyker is he puts all the songs and artists into his videos. Also it's been a fucking year, please do Chaos Rising!

[@TacticaImperialis]

And with a little over 7 hours to spare! Great video with a lot of quality jokes or references - honestly, if you showed someone the DoW1 Soulstorm video and then this one back-to-back I doubt they'd believe they were made so far apart, so bonus points for maintaining the quality and style!

[@elvastan]

7 hours to what?

[@christofferthorsson7657]

@@elvastan Last time thunder was on adeptus podcastus he promised that this video would be done by episode 100, which is the next one.

[@franciscorui]

"Thunder LIVES! *STOMP STOMP*"

[@ralphthefanboy]

Four more years lads!

[@Donmegamuffin]

2016: "And schedule DoWII review for next week..." *slips and hits 2020 in year box*

[@Sir_Bucket]

*gets a cyclop girlfriend*

[@bobross9581]

@@Sir_Bucket Stop.

[@mantha6912]

I think you had a typo there, you must've meant 2021...maybe even meant to type 2022- you know what, he's slow. It's beyond jokes, he's fuckin' slow. Love you ThunderPsyker.

[@Donmegamuffin]

@@mantha6912 ...? This is the DoWII review though, which did come out in 2020? After the previous DoW 1 review being uploaded in 2016?

[@mantha6912]

@@Donmegamuffin Oh, I misread that, I thought you were talking about the Chaos Rising review. I was watching this while super sleepy at 4am lol.

[@jackcavanagh4041]

Wow, glad to hear Relic were able to take the Dawn of War franchise to new and exciting places with the sequel. It’s a real shame they never made a third game for the series

[@JaesWasTaken]

But they di- *REDACTED BY ORDER OF THE INQUISITION*

[@evileagal3241]

Even the forces of chaos don't speak of that hersy

[@Cadigan1]

Top tier comment

[@juliocesarsuyomamani4351]

Codex Astartes does not support DoW 3

[@finnheisenheim8274]

Orks are smart enough to avoid this topic, and they consider jumping into a warp storm as a fun way to get around faster

[@wise1477]

This man really came back, only to vanish again in a flash.

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

0:58 "MAKE THEM SUPPER!" *"A L I E N B E A N S !"*

[@metaldragon8632]

“STAND BACK ILL SHOW YOU HOW ITS DONE” *stabs can and yeets the beans out of it* “OVER THE PROVERBIAL RIDGE!”

[@DrLanky]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

*B E A N Z

[@Donnerbalken28]

Oh Man, Alfabusa stuff before TTS, it's just great.

[@TheReapergod36]

I see you've returned brother... "But did you have, 'unholy' assistance?"

[@Marinealver]

KZbin detects non-advertiser friendly content. Purging measures shall commence immediately!

[@ryon5174]

I dunno, looting from enemies isn't something a Space Marine typically does but I'm pretty sure this is a natural Blood Raven thing

[@artyomsaveli9681]

Maybe last ditch, if munitions are low.

[@ryon5174]

@@artyomsaveli9681 or again, it’s natural Blood Ravens do that due to their alleged klepto behavior Though it’s strange they do take items from other chapters too, lol

[@marley7868]

@@ryon5174 my favorite two are a bolt pistol you find near a corpse that is straight up stated the stole it from his corpse and the smoking snakes chapters heraldery they recovered it

[@paulmooney4654]

Retribution is gonna be sick, I wonder if our cat overlord played through all the campaigns.

[@Donnerbalken28]

Ork and Space Marine campaigns are by far the best. Bluddflagg is sooooo balls breakingly awesome.

[@Hattastuff]

@@Donnerbalken28 Ork campaign is utterly hilarious. You can do all sorts of wacky things, like make Spookums blow himself up and fly away. I remember that it was somehow pretty hard in the beginning compared to some other factions, but it cought up later. I also loved IG campaign. Lord Commissar Bern is amazing, he can beat the shit out of wraith lords with a power fist while protected by a shield and tanking all the shots.

[@meteorsr2339]

@Edge Lord McCringe MK-3000 Playing XCOM 2?

[@kacperprzysiezny3185]

,,We Have enough churches to make Polish blush" I felt that!!

[@R3GARnator]

You should see mid-west American villages. Often one church for each christian denomination.

[@lego1168]

only 4 more years gents till another video.

[@ІлляВетров-й2д]

at this point the chances of getting a nuclear Armageddon are higher than the chances of getting another review...

[@lego1168]

@@ІлляВетров-й2д verry true

[@Kiwithe3rd]

An interesting thing that was said during one of the early/pre-release pieces of the game was that Relic found that a lot of people who favored single player content either never or extremely rarely played the multiplayer content and vice versa which was a factor in why they made the campaign the strategy RPG hybrid it has going on instead of a more traditional RTS style campaign, which for a number of games, tended to play more like glorified tutorials. It's an experiment and certainly a very interesting one that ultimately worked out. Experimenting and trying new things is just kinda relic's thing and you can see it across their library. They experiment within a specific game's confines via expansions and then when they make the next game it seems like they just go in a different direction. We didn't really get a straight forward sequel from Relic until Company of Heroes 2. Speaking of Company of heroes, it's a little disappointing you didn't go into CoH's thing as it relates to DoW2 at all as it's the game that introduced a lot of mechanics that made it into Dawn of War 2, that aren't the campaign specific stuff. Going from DoW1 to 2 it's a lot of "Where the fuck did this come from?" But factoring in CoH as in between these two, the evolution seems a lot less out of left field.

[@fish7598]

Good god I've love a good retrospective series on company of heroes, I'm a massive DoW fan but company of heroes is my favorite RTS of all time, holds up phenomenally for something that came out in 2006

[@Donnerbalken28]

@@fish7598 CoH2 even has a active, if very small e-sport community. And that is remarkable for a game that came out in 2013 and its publisher going under in the meantime.

[@williamaitken7533]

I'm going to raise my hand as one of those people who prefers single player strategy games and generally never touches the multiplayer. DOW2 and all of its expansions were AWESOME to me for this very reason. I got some cool tactical strategy games with light RPG elements in one of my favorite settings. What more could I ask for?

[@fish7598]

@@williamaitken7533 Honestly relics RTS games have a strong history of being remarkably strong single player experiences. Homeworld had a fantastic campaign, as did dawn of war 1 & 2, and the variety of play styles offered by the different companies in CoH made skirmish matches highly re-playable even against AI due how different each one could feel.

[@NinjaAO42]

Yeah. CoH introduced a lot of mechanics that were carried over to DOW2, whilst being of a scale closer to DOW

[@Xalerdane]

My prediction for DoW3 is just several minutes of Kitten curled up in the corner and weeping.

[@RockyX123]

Just a reminder, it' took 4 years between soulstorm and this Dawn of War 2. So it's likely we'll get Chaos Rising around the time of the heat death of the universe.

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

Why, Kitten, you finally got your life back together and uploaded the DoWII retrospective we've all been waiting for. Safe to assume you got back together with Shadowsun?

[@Snipergod1024]

THAT'S NOT FUCKING CANON!!!!

[@MagnumReaper666]

Eliphas finishes Behemoth, and ThunderPsyker comes back to resume his DoW retrospective. And they say 2020 is full of nothing but bad things.

[@alekjanowski9847]

Emperor has sent us the ray of hope!

[@potatolord8444]

Well its been another year and I came to visit. Anyone else around?

[@kevinwismer9457]

Yeah, we're still around. I'm hoping we'll get a DoW II: Chaos Rising review in 2023 or 2024. But it will be well wroth the wait :D

[@hovis1st]

How has it only just clicked with me that ThunderPsyker is Kitten in TTSD, wtf. Welcome back my guy, hope this isn't just a one off video and that there are more coming.

[@zackeryh.8838]

you just blew my mind.

[@pohja4552]

@@zackeryh.8838 same for me wtf

[@marshallpaulikens5017]

I knew he sounded familiar I just couldn't place it!!!

[@captainpanic3616]

WAIT WHAT?!

[@DiagonalByte]

YOU JINXED IT.

[@CynicalReviews]

Excellent video, mate. Glad to have you back.

[@0er069]

I see you changed the thumbnail. Glad to see you're still active. Hope you're doing well!

[@AnEnormousNerd]

I love how there's absolutely no acknowledgement of how long it was in between this episode and the previous one. Just nothing. It's delightful.

[@IPFreelly604]

it has to look smooth in the playlist.

[@poprostudas3947]

Me: sees the notification Also me: VULKAN LIVES

[@ferrusmanus4013]

You are WEAK

[@Marinealver]

@@ferrusmanus4013 What is this, a Ghost, a Skull, A Skull Ghost, A Skhost?

[@gingainfinity1034]

@@ferrusmanus4013 shut your not face brain ghost ferrus you are not friend

[@AbadabaForever]

*STOMP STOMP*

[@sanguinius6815]

See you in five years, can't wait!

[@jaghataicarp9664]

no one: thunderpsyker: uploads video everyone: RETURN OF THE KING

[@bouldy2]

that is so accurate, haha!

[@ewblacksheep]

I like how you claimed you'd come out with videos "sooner" at the end of your Soulstorm video, only to finally release this video THREE YEARS LATER. In any case, FINALLY it's finally out. I hope you're back for good, now.

[@SImpleMistakeWoT]

H a hahahahah a h...

[@commissarkruber7205]

A year later

[@Master-Bait]

3:13 "I never got why humanity and the eldar never just-" BECAUSE AROUND (space)ELVES YOU WATCH YOURSELVES

[@Marinealver]

Well welcome to new 40k lore and now they get along just fine, also the Tau joined the alliance.

[@Donnerbalken28]

@@Marinealver Define "get along fine". The alliance between the Ynnari and Guilliman was one of convinience and there are still lots of factions on both sides that didn't agree with it. Doesn't help that both sides are super racist.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@@Donnerbalken28 They aren't really racist,they are xenophobic if you really want to use the right term you dirty pleb,its just that any contact they had between themselves went badly over and over again so its understandable why they dont get along. Also its the eldar's fault that they dont get along and also that they are dying.

[@Oscar-j6b]

@@mojewjewjew4420 also the imperium and eldar are, you know, racist. Eldar believe in their superiority over the other factions of the settings and also amongst themselves. Because even Eldar need to be flexed on by other Eldars about how inferior they are. And the imperium hunts down certain minority groups believing them tainted. Like people with physical mutations are believed to be tainted by chaos or lower life forms then the average human and are generally treated badly which in turn make them defect to chaos. The bitter irony. Also whole dare he assume that the totalitarian regimes with superiority complexs that purge everyone else who is not like them with buring passion to be racist.

[@majormajorasic]

@@mojewjewjew4420 Xenophobia is racism my dude.

[@BlazeCoil]

16:24 so DOWII is a bowl of rice krispies.

[@mountaindoge141]

Ok, who else now wants to genuinely see a "warp's kitchen" series?

[@michaelwalters4249]

This is like your dad coming home after he went out to the store for cigarettes six years ago

[@Neront90]

And act like nothing happen

[@kudir42]

And then leaves again saying he's gonna buy some more cigs.

[@AegisHyperon]

I loved how tactical this game was, it's more like chess - completely losing a squad is a significant setback and forces you to think more about how you position them and what engagements you try to fight.

[@sturm9087]

I thought that was kinda weird since you would expect losing entire squads to be a common occurrence in 40k

[@yakamao91]

@@sturm9087 Not that much when it comes to space marines

[@sturm9087]

@@yakamao91 its not as uncommon as you think. In the taros campaign a company of marines got surprised by the Tau and lost like half their men in a couple days before they eventually pulled out under cover of darkness. It was something like 120 marines in 3 days.

[@Avenger85438]

Best Dawn of War characters in no particular order. Gabriel Angelos. A war weary but indomitable commander. General Sturnn. A man you would be glad to die standing beside. Gorgutz. As tuff 'n cunnin' as Gork 'n Mork. Eliphas (Dark Crusade). A calm and witty Dark Apostle. Avitus. He realized the terrible truth, that it is the 41st Millennium, and there is only war. Shas 'O Kais. One of the few sensible commanders, and likely the Tau's equivalent of Doomguy. Thomas Macabee: The reason Periah's should come back, with his chilling response's to the living. Ronahn: One of the few Eldar whose ballsy enough to namedrop Slaanesh without reprisals.

[@chickentendies5215]

Indrick Boreale: Wisest commander in the imperium, possibly the galaxy

[@GaldirEonai]

Kaptn Bluddflagg's Krew has them all beat.

[@clawmb]

O MY GOD HE'S BACK I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LOOOONG TIME

[@mojewjewjew4420]

You mean I CATO SICARIUS THE BEST SWORDSMAN IN GALAXY AND PRIDE OF GIRLYMAN HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LOOOOONG TIME

[@trentwhite2640]

Sir I detect heretics in this comments section

[@clawmb]

@@mojewjewjew4420 I, CATO SICARIUS, THE NOBLEST AND MOST SKILLED OF THE SONS OF ULTRAMAR IS GLAD THAT I, CATO SICARIUS FOUND SOMEONE WHO CLEARLY RECOGNIZES THE COURAGE AND HONOR OF I, CATO SICARIUS AND THUS I, CATO SICARIUS WILL BLESS YOU WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT YOU WERE HOPING FOR, IMPERIAL CITIZEN

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@@clawmb *PRAISED BE THE EMPEROR* !

[@Goofy-G]

ITS THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL, HE HAS RETURNED

[@Tracer_Krieg]

That Tremors skit. I've rewatched this whole thing a dozen times just to watch it again. Frickin' genius.

[@durandol]

I can see why it took so long to get this out to us. You had to go all the way to Mars to find a cogitator capable of possessing this piece of archeotech.

[@tomm.8531]

"Once I cover Chaos Rising..." Famous last words. Hope this guy comes back. His content was sick af. Genuinely entertaining creator.

[@dirtfrosting]

he did!

[@bipolarmadness5075]

OUR LORD VAMPIRE HUNTER CUSTODES KITTEN HAS RETURN!

[@Storming360]

It's 2020 and relic games still look amazing after a decade.

[@maudon3010]

Legends says he is still making Dawn Of War III video

[@pakornwattanavrangkul2550]

Do my eyes deceive me? What time line are we in? I almost didnt click on the video until I saw the channel name.

[@Marinealver]

Praise the Emperor I can see the stats again. Receiving distress beacons, the sector is alight with them. Lord Admiral, according to these timestamps the year is 020M2, we have been lost in the Warp for 4 years.

[@OrcaArcana]

Holy fuck the thumbnails changed WE HAVE ACTIVITY

[@Prince__Teclis]

I like how in Chaos Rising, you can get the actual Primarch weapon Forgebreaker.

[@gorbashsmash2155]

I cannot lie that when I randomly saw this recommended to me when I used to remember watching your previous review DoW review videos. I had a bit of a fangirl scream.

[@onewingedangel2479]

"Enough churches to make the Polish blush." Hot damn, I'm using that one.

[@miller619619ify]

I miss this guy

[@Skyscraper125]

OOOOOOH. ThunderPsyker is the voice of Kitten... I knew I recognized that voice somehow and it was killing me.

[@BeeWaifu]

Dawn of War 2 is a RTT. I remember seeing the cover of Dawn of War 2 when I was still in school on a PC magazine. I got it instantly and instantly loved the Tyranids. Those reptilian monstrosities are awesome.

[@StrikerUSS]

Coming back after re-watching it I'm going to give my take on Dawn of War 1, expansions and DoW2 with expansions. I love both games for being exactly that. Different. If I want to have big battles with armies clashing, bodies in hundreds, conquests - first game is the way to go. Dawn of War 1 was my introduction to 40k and I still love it (I swear to gods, I will have my tabletop armies in the future, in Poland they're expensive af considering the money people make). I fell in love with the lore, different factions, tactics, units - there's so much content to sink into. Dawn of War 2 is something completely different. You have a much more fleshed out plot of the game, characters have much deeper backstories, it is 40k seen through the eyes of your not-so-regular Space Marines. I love the tacticality (or cheese) of the combat here, ways you can tackle an objective every single time, different squads and loadouts that you can fit into your playstyle. Now for the similarities - both games had their last expansion being kind of a fuckup. Soulstorm was a buggy, mangled mess of a game, with campaign being really boring aside from a couple strongholds. Retribution was just one campaign played almost exactly the same by all of the factions in the game, which made finishing it once with one faction - you know what you get with others, really. But Soulstorm gave us the platform for many tasty mods like Ultimate Apocalypse, while Retribution's The Last Stand is the most refined experience with very different characters and playstyles. DoW1 and 2 are similar to each other, just not in a way people expect.

[@RicardoMenson]

3 years in the making, finally, in the hardest of times, THE NEW VIDEO HAVE ARRIVED!

[@Powoga]

I always found the intro a bit unintentionally hilarious, with the random slow motion banshees and both sides seemingly taking turns when it comes to killing each other.

[@Marinealver]

Funny enough, someone said the same thing about the first game when looking at the orks.

[@thechazz3230]

Can't wait for the Chaos Rising review in two years. Then retribution 4 years after that. All the mini dlc for retribution 4 years after that. Then dawn of War 3 4 years after that. The promised Space Marine review 4 years after that. Finally ending it off with a Space Marine 2 review in 2044 broadcast over a ham radio into the post apocalyptic desert wasteland for his surviving 11 & 1/3rd fans.

[@Vanessa80808]

See you guys in 4 years

[@leothewhiteranger]

Thunder, I will admit, I love how you nailed what works about the RPG system. Personally from my view, the greatest extent of it is in Chaos Rising because of the system it adds. To me it's the greatest form of morality in a game series. Also if you have GOTY edition or play DOW2 through Chaos Rising, you get some Chaos Rising equipment.

[@Marinealver]

I sort of wish they put in all the MP heroes in the Last Stand and include all the wargear.

[@viatka1966]

How can a man get to a 46k subs, drop this banger of a review, get 400k views on it, even get a comment from Mandalore, and then just disappear. I swear, if he had continued with his reviews with regular uploads, he would be a rich and famous youtuber by now. Oh well. P.s. Jesus, even Alfabusa commented on the vid goddamn.

[@rena8215]

Being the Captain-General of the Custodes is draining.

[@lumiel777]

Commander VanillaIce. Emperor save my soul.

[@MrAceofspades627]

Dear Emperor, he lives. This must be the doing of that thrice damned Tech-Priest Mandalore.

[@ashraffhashrin4196]

For anyone rewatching this video.. pls let us have a moment of silence for the death of a beloved character and a halted series out of the tyranny that was GW.... let us... cherish these memories... *_shall we?_*

[@AcertifiedBAMF]

Dude dropped this video, teased the next, and fucking died

[@PlanetSparkler]

its 2021 where is the chaos rising video

[@HORUS2939]

waiting for his dawn of war 2: chaos rising review . BRING IT MATE DO IT!

[@fotppd1475]

9:53 i would even prefer the Grot that carries Ghazghkull Thraka's Banner around than all of the *MILLION BLASTED GUE'LA ANIME SWORD FIGHTERS* they putted.

[@scarlettnovella]

Fantastic video, See you in six years thunder

[@oliverallen5324]

The space marine, "AAAH" is iconic across platforms.

[@drakenel]

Three words you used in this video, I feel, perfectly encapsulate why warhammer is so compelling. "Defiance of terror". The concept that mankind as a whole, though not individually for obvious reasons, will face every horror both material and not and rather than panic, perish and scatter... we resist. Roaring in defiance that every last second of consciousness would be spent fighting back, no matter what.

[@Hallenborgir]

5 Guys: Eldar & Orcs with a side of Tyrannids.

[@CoolSmoovie]

Holy Emperor he’s back!?!? Like we haven’t been waiting years!?!?!? AND A SEQUEL TEASE?!?!? Eh, not complaining worth the wait

[@mountaindoge141]

Well, that was fun. See you guys in 2024 when he releases the next video.

[@Zenturio331]

Dawn of War 2 in a nutshell: "Knockback immunity times 50" - gets knocked around like a hackey sack

[@Oblivius33]

Jokes on you. You've actually sold me on visiting Norvich.

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

Me three years ago: i’m Looking forward for his dawn of war 2 review. Me three years later: Scream Mixed with happiness, anger and agony.

[@225Palmer]

liked the video before I even watched it..... welcome back ThunderPsyker!

[@khalaenas8208]

“And at the turn of the tide, he returns with counsel for us lost souls.”

[@gmanlolloso]

Quick thing about the morale thing, explained at 4:30 They didn't really got rid of it, it works differently now. Before, if a squad would break, it would take significantly more damage and be less effective in combat. The "New" system was called "Courage" and it's an hidden stats that determines how much time it takes for a specific squad to get suppressed, when this happens, the squad has a longer cooldown on their shots and take significantly more damage, the more they're close to the suppression team. The retreat option, in fact, was worked around this mechanic, as when retreating the unit becomes resistant to all types of damage except: Melee(any infantry/commander with no upgrades) Power Melee(Power swords/catachan fighters for the IG) and Inferno damage (CSM'S Mark of tzeench) Anyway great video, I watched all of em before this one, like this is some kind of dessert, I've waited so long and i've been so satisfied. Keep up the good work

[@MrCh0o]

Morale break, at least in DC/SS, only drastically reduced unit's accuracy, except Horrors who'd not get accuracy penalty but would take more damage