I'm back to releasing videos btw! Been gone a lot this year for a variety of reasons, mostly personal, some of them for the same reason I ended up at the front in Ukraine. Really want to get back to releasing videos and streaming on a consistent schedule again, as I've been missing it hard, and I have a lot of videos I'd love to work on. Already have several videos ready in the backlog with more to edit. Enjoy! EDIT: Oh yeah, and I'm streaming over on Twitch because streaming on TH-cam was negatively affecting the channel, sadly.
Do you remember the name of the game you played some time relatively recently of Soviet partisans in WW2 and in the tutorial mission you shoot the mayor for collaborating?
Here's a (translated) exempt from a book by a White general-leutenant of Kolchak's army, Konstantin Sakharov: "After retreating to the backlines Czechs also begun accumulating their loot there. It was astounishing not only in quantity but also in diversity. ... Czechs even had no shame in claiming as their prize the library and laboratory of Perm's university. The exact value of stolen by Czechs is uncountable. By most conservative estimates this so called tribute costed russian people many hundreds of millions of golden rubles." - Сахаров К.В. "Белая Сибирь." Looks like your idealised view of Czechoslovakian Legion is just wrong if even sworn enemies of Bolsheviks say things like that.
The story of Czechoslovak Legion was so much sought out by people in interwar Czechoslovakia that it had created entire genre of literature called "Legionare literature" which we czechs count between classics of our literal history. Btw. Captain Langer character was inspired by real legionarie, František Langer who was later one of the authors of "Legionaire literature".
THE CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION IS A UNDEFEATED NAVAL POWER. The funny part is that it actually is, it had 1 naval battle on a siberian lake where it strapped a random artillery gun to a ship and blew up some red army vessels. Couldn't be prouder of my home 16:38 "Červená karkulka" easter egg
"Czechoslovak legionnaires captured the steamers Sibirjak, Burjat and Feodosia during the occupation of the Baikal ports. They armed them with four howitzers and used them to land in the enemy's rear." "Českoslovenští legionáři při obsazování bajkalských přístavů získali parníky Sibirjak, Burjat a Feodosia. Ty vyzbrojili čtyřmi houfnicemi a použili k výsadku do nepřátelského týlu."
I remember checking out the train (more like the recreation of it) in my town and I was instantly hooked, I started reading about the history and stuff that i didn't even know existed. So good to see it again in a game form.
@@bettonn I remember watching a video about history of the russian revolution. What side conquered what and it was hillarious to see Czechoslovakia conquering land from one side of Russia to the other during the conflict. Not exactly someone you would expect making drive through middle of Russia.
When there was the 100 year anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the train travelled across the country, vagons, equipment and reenactors included. I was working on WW1 high-school project, so I naturally went there as well.
@@thegeneralissimo470 The train? Pretty much the way you see it in the cutscene, and the interiors in the game seem to be modelled after it as well. Bunks, stoves, shooting positions, hospital, whatnot.
*Czech Official:* "Okay Captain, how goes your progress? Have you avoided war?" *Captain:* "Well, we encountered some Red soldiers attacking a village, so we had to kill them..." *Czecho Official:* "I guess, in such chaos, it can't be helped... and one squad of Reds won't matter that-" *Captain:* "...along with everyone at their army camp. It was on the way, so we figured, why not?" *Czech Official:* "..that...might...complicate future negotiations, yes, but we can probably blame the Whites, so maybe-" *Captain:* "Aaaaaaand-" *Czech Official:* _"Oh lord please no."_ *Captain:* "The capital of the Penza Oblast was in the way, so-" *Czech Official:* _Sob_
As a person from Siberia, I must say that this is simply an incredibly wild game, one of a kind, if i may say so. The formation of the independent Siberian Republic, which lasted only six months, was possible only due the uprising of this legion. So i'm REALLY looking forward to this game.
As many of the other Czech(or Slovak) people already said its so cool to see this story (basically one of the main reasons why Czechia and Slovakia exist) be made into a game. One of my relatives (my great grandfather) actually was brought back to Czechoslovakia via. a Legionary train and we actually got his diary somewhere.
Legion being reason those two exist, what? Western front participation, lobbying in US and allies not being huge fans of Germany or Hungary. I think they helped to reinforce national myth and persuade allied powers but Czechoslovakia would have happened anyway.
@@robertkalinic335 Czechoslovak legion definitely helped to picture us as nation which was on side of allies, not on Austrian-German side in WWI. Without legion, we would be seen just as any other part of Austria-Hungary and as a defeated nation.
@@Pidalin I remember there being other czechoslovak legions or units, my city literally has statue of guy who was if I remember correctly one of heads of csk military command or whatever was it at the time and he has nothing to do with legion, serving instead as pilot in France and Italy. Kind of material i saw about Czechoslovakia from ww1 presented in America didn't show anything about legion in the east, but trying to sell the idea of czechs and slovaks building democratic usa inspired nation by the people subjugated under austro hungarian monarchy. You dont even need eastern legion, americans would probably jump on that alone.
not czech but czechoslovakian flag. After the split of Czechoslovakia czechs took czechoslovakian flag as their own and their answer was around these words "well dear Slovakia, you got your nice flag, but since we are no longer Czechoslovakia and that rule was signed as Czechoslovakia then we take Czechoslovakian flag as our own" :D
@@urdnotwrex6969 it technically is the Czech flag as it is the official flag of the Czech region of Bohemia. Yeah, Czechoslovakia used the red n´ white flag from 1918 to like 1920. (Poland was created and we basically had the same flag lmao) Funnily enough, it almost became the Czech flag again in December 1992, when during the govermental debates about the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, a Slovak senator brought up an agreement, to which the slovak side agreed, that said something like: "Neither of the successor states should have the Czechoslovak flag, as Czechoslovakia will not exist anymore" and one of the quick Czech propositions was the exact red and white flag with the Český lev. But due to a Czech skill issue we still have our Czechoslovakian flag to the present day :D
čl. 3 odst. 2 ústavního zákona č. 542/1992 Sb., o zániku ČSFR - „Česká republika a Slovenská republika nesmějí po zániku České a Slovenské Federativní Republiky užívat státních symbolů České a Slovenské Federativní republiky.“@@urdnotwrex6969
@@ham_the_spam4423 Murmansk is unbelievably cold and barren they may even have to travel through St peters-berg which was in the midst of a total war complete with markVs and the like so no i don't think so
@@theess1275 , + if they went through Murmansk they could have had a fight with the Finnish Malma's group, but that is unlikely because militia led by Ivan Spiridonov held the frontline away from the railroad fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Malm
Another good Czech game. Its quite outstanding compared to AAA games nowdays. Glad to see another cool entry.... Arma, Dayz, Mafia, Kingdom Come, Space Engineers, Vietcong and now Last Train Home and Bulánci. When Arma 4 hits, I would like to see how it compares to other games in the shooter genre. And also the Enfusion engine by Bohemia... damn Im excited to use it EDIT: 16:40 - Is that a "Červená Karkulka" reference!?
Hello Rimmy. I'm glad you had so much fun in the demo. I played it too and had a blast. Although you could have left the Czech voices on. Just a humble brag, I will most likely attend the release party here in Prague. I will relay your enjoyment.
If you think about it, video games might be one of the most effective ways of teaching this kind of history: it's one thing to be TOLD about how much these soldiers had to endure, it's another to experience it, to actually make the difficult decisions, to become emotionally attached to each individual and to actually be responsible for their survival
My great great uncle was a member of the Michigan Polar Bears of the Michigan National Guard that were sent during the western allied intervention into the Russian civil war that tried breaking through to the Czechoslovak legion, the weather in Siberia fucked him up the rest of his life but he lived to be 90 years old
I'm so happy you are playing this game. I'm a quarter Czech and proud of it. These types of games I have trouble playing but I will struggle with playing it becuase of the story.
ČESKOSLOVENSKA LÉGIA JE NAJLEPŠIA!!! Greetings from slovakia! Thank you showing the world of the least talked about people! The soldiers who fight without a country!!! After being subscribed for a year I never expected this! ❤❤
As a dev, after years of hard work with all the passion and struggle to make it just right and on time - one is tired. I'd say "Glad you liked it" but that wouldn't quite carry the meaning. Reactions like this make all of it worth it and are like a pure energy directly into my veins. We're proud of the Train, and really fucking hyped to let you have at it. Just 7 days to go.
What an interesting interpretation of the beginning of the Czechoslovak Legion uprising. What really happened: From May 14 to May 17, 1918, two trains converged at the Chelyabinsk railway station - one with Hungarian prisoners of war who were repatriated to Austria-Hungary, the other with the Czechoslovak Regiment (one of the units of the Legion), which was sent to Vladivostok (i.e. across the country) at the request of the Entente, also to be returned, but to France (where the Czechoslovak government was located). When the train with Hungarians started to leave, Johann Malik came out of the last carriage, swore in Hungarian and threw a piece of cast iron stove at one of the Czechs, hitting Frantisek Duhacek in the head, the latter received a concussion and lost consciousness (he was wearing a helmet). The Czechs overtook the train, stopped it by force, took out 80 men, beat them severely, after which, having beaten the confession out of the prisoners, who did it, they gutted Malik with bayonets. The Chelyabinsk authorities set up a commission to investigate the incident, and detained 10 people suspected of being the instigators. the next day a Czech delegation came to them demanding the release of the suspects, threatening the authorities with weapons. They too were disarmed and taken into custody. The Czechs responded by seizing the city center, looting the central arsenal, and burning down the Chelyabinsk administration building. In parallel, two other towns in the area of the Chelyabinsk section of the railroad were also seized. On May 21, the legion command was arrested by the Bolsheviks and, under pressure, issued an order to disarm all Czechs. At this time, a congress of the commanders of the Legion units took place in Chelyabinsk, where an officers' council was elected to take command of the entire corps, after which this council sent telegrams to all other units ordering them not to surrender their weapons and to prepare for battle. A telegram was sent to the (now former) legion command in Moscow informing them that their orders would be ignored. Somehow, this doesn't sound very much like the heroes the game tries to portray the Czechoslovak Legion as. Rather, they are the bandits who started the Civil War, becoming at first the main source of weapons and the fighting backbone of the White Movement. Although, of course, the 20-25 million died in the Russian Civil War is nothing compared to one Czech getting hit in the head with a piece of cast iron.
Never thought a Rimmy video would greet me with my own language. I've always thought that this story of the Czechoslovak Legionnaires would make for a perfect game or a series and now it's finally happening. I'm really happy you're showing it to the world here and that you are enjoying it. I've played the demo myself and did a full stealth run. It took me forever and I had to reload the game a million times, but I did manage to get through the entire demo without any of my legionnaires taking a single hit. I probably wouldn't recommend playing the game like that but it is certainly an option :D
This looks incredible. From the cover art and promotional material I had seen, I assumed this was some sort of alternate history thing, kind of like Iron Harvest. I had never heard of the Czech Legion before, or their story of evacuating east through Russia. What an amazing story, and a very interesting setting for an RTS
A bloody amazing game it is. I binged the demo and made sure to have no losses. Characters feel just way too...full of character. Also respect for visiting the front line. I ended my deployment some time ago after weeks of fighting. You have BALLS man. Again great respect. And glad to have you back, I missed your content.
This looks amazing, I just hope it doesn’t focus squarely on the reds, it has a great chance to explore the Russian civil war and also there’s a lot of wild Czechoslovak legion stories with almost every faction in the civil war (reds, whites, greens and even the Japanese iirc). I just hope it’s not all "fighting the dirty reds" "we’ll show them there’s an alternative to the reds" and hopefully we’ll see more of the whites and things like the greens the further east the game progresses. (Basically hopefully more then 1 enemy, cus there’s a lot to the Russian civil war more then "reds bad")
I agree, the civil war had many parties, but Czechoslovak legion fought almost exclusively against the reds, since they were those who wanted to either dismantle or forcibly conscript the legionaries. Since the journey takes us to the east, I am afraid that we will probably only meet reds, whites and other nationalities, while greens operated (correct me if I am wrong) mostly on the other side of the Ural, where was greater population density and where populace resisted war communism (looting and forced conscription).
@@szylaj Japanese and American troops invaded Vladivostok in the "Siberian Intervention", I don't quite know what the Americans wanted to accomplish but the Japanese wanted to control Siberia, and this is the inspiration of the whole Transmur thing in Kaiserreich
Never heard of Czechoslovak legion but to see the story presented in this way is really cool. Will definitely be doing some more research later. On top of that the game seems amazing, heres to hoping it gets a good full release someday!
This game looks like it was made with love and passion. I am 100% getting this game on release. The Czechoslovak Legion have such a fascinating story and I can't wait to explore it in this game.
Native language? Yay Vzhůru hlavy drazí kamarádi... (translation: Heads up, dear friends - beginning of a legionaire song) Edit: 12:22 Yes, its called Legoivlak, and its a moving museum of Legionaires.
This game look SO DAMN SPECTECULAR, I just found out about it and everything about it seems to hit the spot right on the head for me. One of my favorite games is dawn of war 2 because i love comanding small specialized troops and making squads fit for every situation, I love the logistical aspect which this game is handeling VERY well so far and as a fan of the Guardsmen in warhammer whom are based on this era so that strikes a cord with me too. This project is a passion driven game which definitely shows. I will be buying this game on release, that is something i don't normally do with games from lesser known developers but after this they will get my faith that they know what they are doing.
Loved the video @RimmyDownunder! Can't wait for the next video man! Last Train Home looks like it's done by the same People who made Iron Harvest back in 2018.
i am czech and i had the privilidge of being able to visit one of the real legionary trains its certainly an experience that makes me proud of my nations history
i'm sorry to stop watching this video halfway through, but after that opening act I knew I HAD to play this game and experience it for myself. Thanks for the stellar content as always RimmyJerryBeansMan
I absolutely loved the story of the Czechoslovak Legion and their desperate journey by train across Russia to return to their beloved homeland. I'm so happy to see Rimmy play this game as I'm really wanting to play it myself. This game is so beautiful and I love it! And my goodness I love the use of Czeck language in this game.
This game just _oozes_ charm in every single way, I'm absolutely going to play it when it comes out. The fact its inspired by a neat part of history i'd not heard of until now just makes it cooler. I may have actually read something inspired by the legion in hindsight, maybe. Would Alistair McLean's Partisans count?
Love the story and the idea. Went to the Czechoslovak museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa one year and they had a whole VR experience about the war train and the legion’s journey through Russia.
NGL I've been looking forward to this game for ages. The military game genre has a noticeable lack of Russian civil war content, despite the scope and variety of the conflict.
I saw adverts for this and I was *hoping you would play this* I'm not even a huge on war sims, but the concept was so intriguing that I actually *watched* the advertisement lol
To me. The march of the Czechoslovak legion to me is by far the greatest military march of all time. To truly understand how far they went. They started in Eastern Europe (primarily the Volga river) and they managed to make it ALL THE WAY TO A PORT IN VLADIVOSTOK! By TRAIN during a violent and bloody civil war so they could by the end take a boat all the way around the world to get back home. That is literally over 9000 kilometers of distance that was needed to be achieved with a Train.
At first I thought this was gonna be train management with events and dialog options popping up every now and then and I was already intrigued. But then they added full on tactical combat section on top of that and now I'm just impressed
TBH I'm not in love with a game about Czech legions, because the victims have a very different story of what Czech legions march was like. In short, Czechs were hated by absolutely all factions of the Russian civil war, and arguably both bear most of the blame for starting it and are guilty of most war crimes per member (if we don't count small crazy bands like Baron Ungern and such). OTOH, it's nice to see some East Euro history wargames, even if it's a very whitewashed story.
This is quite a lot caused by Russians needed to blame it all on someone. Communists hate the Legion for obvious reasons and Whites because the Legion "betrayed" Kolchak. Calming the situation between both parties by blaming it all on 3rd party from different country seems like perfect opportunity. But really, "arguably both bear most of the blame for starting it"?
Except bolshevik propaganda doesnt make for good history. Every claim of crime that the legion supposedly committed can be easily disproved by actual czech historians.
@@ondrejsedlar7003 Lol yeah like every war crime IRA committed can be disproved by Irish historians, amirite? Czechs started their path of destruction by overthrowing the local governments, i.e. mass executions of local Soviet sympathizers (reminder Soviets were the majority ruling party with no effective opposition up to this point), as well as executing anyone who looked funny or had something worth stealing. After some rear action, Bolshevik armies organized against the Czech threat and the legion was not interested in fighting actual army units rather than village militias. So they spent next couple years away from the frontline in "rearguard duties", AKA executing and robbing unarmed peasants. Oh, they were also very busy running away and betraying the whites when it was convenient.
Yeah buddy i'm gonna exit on the "czech historians" part, like yeah there is NO WAY CZECH historians wouldn't lie about atrocities that their sub-human people done to victims @@ondrejsedlar7003
I do like the fact that the train is modeled with both a former Austro-Hungarian loco which is then swapped to a Russian one due to the gauge change (and also it being blown up).
God-dayum... And knowing whats ahead for the czech people historically... It kind of hurts the soul. Beautiful game, absolutely oozes respect and love and adoration.
I'm back to releasing videos btw! Been gone a lot this year for a variety of reasons, mostly personal, some of them for the same reason I ended up at the front in Ukraine. Really want to get back to releasing videos and streaming on a consistent schedule again, as I've been missing it hard, and I have a lot of videos I'd love to work on. Already have several videos ready in the backlog with more to edit. Enjoy! EDIT: Oh yeah, and I'm streaming over on Twitch because streaming on TH-cam was negatively affecting the channel, sadly.
Do you remember the name of the game you played some time relatively recently of Soviet partisans in WW2 and in the tutorial mission you shoot the mayor for collaborating?
Wait, you've been at the front in Ukraine? You gonna show us?
@@spaceman8935 Partisans 1941, although I'd recommend waiting for this game as Partisans felt like they've run out of budget at the end
Here's a (translated) exempt from a book by a White general-leutenant of Kolchak's army, Konstantin Sakharov:
"After retreating to the backlines Czechs also begun accumulating their loot there. It was astounishing not only in quantity but also in diversity. ... Czechs even had no shame in claiming as their prize the library and laboratory of Perm's university. The exact value of stolen by Czechs is uncountable. By most conservative estimates this so called tribute costed russian people many hundreds of millions of golden rubles." - Сахаров К.В. "Белая Сибирь."
Looks like your idealised view of Czechoslovakian Legion is just wrong if even sworn enemies of Bolsheviks say things like that.
@@vantuz8264 skill issue
The story of Czechoslovak Legion was so much sought out by people in interwar Czechoslovakia that it had created entire genre of literature called "Legionare literature" which we czechs count between classics of our literal history.
Btw. Captain Langer character was inspired by real legionarie, František Langer who was later one of the authors of "Legionaire literature".
That is actually so frickin' cool.
That makes sense, considering all the bullshit the legion have to go through just so they can go home.
I...might have to see what of it there is in English.
do you have any suggestions for the best novels from this genre that have been translated into english?
Please share any titles translated to english, now I want to see how that became classic.
> tries to bayonet charge machine guns
> surprised at it failing
Rimmy did you learn NOTHING from WW1?
Merely an issue of wanting it bad enough
@@Freekymoho Luigi Cadorna, how did you get a youtube account?
@@BarFlyLS20Athat's the funniest ww1 general reference I've ever heard
He also put a lone man out to try to grenade an entire squad...when they already saw him. Rimmy ain't the brightest
He got drunk from the power of the bayonet charge, like alot of leaders actually.
THE CZECHOSLOVAK LEGION IS A UNDEFEATED NAVAL POWER. The funny part is that it actually is, it had 1 naval battle on a siberian lake where it strapped a random artillery gun to a ship and blew up some red army vessels. Couldn't be prouder of my home
16:38 "Červená karkulka" easter egg
I believe it was lake baikal if I’m remembering correctly
"Czechoslovak legionnaires captured the steamers Sibirjak, Burjat and Feodosia during the occupation of the Baikal ports. They armed them with four howitzers and used them to land in the enemy's rear."
"Českoslovenští legionáři při obsazování bajkalských přístavů získali parníky Sibirjak, Burjat a Feodosia. Ty vyzbrojili čtyřmi houfnicemi a použili k výsadku do nepřátelského týlu."
@@Linki8uu You are indeed remembering correctly
if that's true, I feel like that says a lot about the red army. I mean... really?
ti si cygan?
As Czech, this is such a wild experience to see Czech language in games. Czechoslovak legion were bunch of badasses.
I remember checking out the train (more like the recreation of it) in my town and I was instantly hooked, I started reading about the history and stuff that i didn't even know existed. So good to see it again in a game form.
@@bettonn I remember watching a video about history of the russian revolution. What side conquered what and it was hillarious to see Czechoslovakia conquering land from one side of Russia to the other during the conflict.
Not exactly someone you would expect making drive through middle of Russia.
Same here. Makes me really proud to see someone who isn't Czechian play our games.
When there was the 100 year anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the train travelled across the country, vagons, equipment and reenactors included. I was working on WW1 high-school project, so I naturally went there as well.
What was it like?
@@thegeneralissimo470 The train? Pretty much the way you see it in the cutscene, and the interiors in the game seem to be modelled after it as well. Bunks, stoves, shooting positions, hospital, whatnot.
@@fantasy9917must be one hell of an experience
*Czech Official:* "Okay Captain, how goes your progress? Have you avoided war?"
*Captain:* "Well, we encountered some Red soldiers attacking a village, so we had to kill them..."
*Czecho Official:* "I guess, in such chaos, it can't be helped... and one squad of Reds won't matter that-"
*Captain:* "...along with everyone at their army camp. It was on the way, so we figured, why not?"
*Czech Official:* "..that...might...complicate future negotiations, yes, but we can probably blame the Whites, so maybe-"
*Captain:* "Aaaaaaand-"
*Czech Official:* _"Oh lord please no."_
*Captain:* "The capital of the Penza Oblast was in the way, so-"
*Czech Official:* _Sob_
Captain: "We also made off with the Russian Imperial Gold Reserve"
@@firestorm165Al-Hamr: Who said you would run away? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@firestorm165 Which, unfortunately, didnt happen.
@@ondrejsedlar7003 it did actually, shortly after the execution of the Tsar
"We wanted to get home. They refused to let us go home. We made sure they stopped refusing us to go home."
This entire video can be summed up as: "Rimmy making happy boy noises for 24 minutes"
And we love it!
The pinnacle of "train autism"
hi gary
This game looks like it was put together with love
They invited a lot of different historians on it, too. They made sure the game is as good as it can.
Reminds me of how stories were told in COH1 and it's DLC's
My only thing would be renaming troops or direct control like men of war or call to arms
Exactly the word that came to mind before two minutes had passed. Even the completion banner at 4:35 had love embroidered in.
Well, apparently some of the devs literally had family in that conflict among the legionnaires. So it seems the whole thing was rather personal...
As a person from Siberia, I must say that this is simply an incredibly wild game, one of a kind, if i may say so. The formation of the independent Siberian Republic, which lasted only six months, was possible only due the uprising of this legion. So i'm REALLY looking forward to this game.
the independent siberian republic? interesting, never heard of that, that's kinda funny that it somehow appeared for whatever reason
@@Someone-lr6guthere were many republics that aroused between 1918-1920
@@АлпамысРустембек well yeah, but i've never heard of the siberian republic
сибирский олень
That's it... making a Czech Legion documentary now.
HELL YEAHH
As many of the other Czech(or Slovak) people already said its so cool to see this story (basically one of the main reasons why Czechia and Slovakia exist) be made into a game. One of my relatives (my great grandfather) actually was brought back to Czechoslovakia via. a Legionary train and we actually got his diary somewhere.
Legion being reason those two exist, what?
Western front participation, lobbying in US and allies not being huge fans of Germany or Hungary.
I think they helped to reinforce national myth and persuade allied powers but Czechoslovakia would have happened anyway.
@@robertkalinic335 Czechoslovak legion definitely helped to picture us as nation which was on side of allies, not on Austrian-German side in WWI. Without legion, we would be seen just as any other part of Austria-Hungary and as a defeated nation.
@@Pidalin I remember there being other czechoslovak legions or units, my city literally has statue of guy who was if I remember correctly one of heads of csk military command or whatever was it at the time and he has nothing to do with legion, serving instead as pilot in France and Italy.
Kind of material i saw about Czechoslovakia from ww1 presented in America didn't show anything about legion in the east, but trying to sell the idea of czechs and slovaks building democratic usa inspired nation by the people subjugated under austro hungarian monarchy.
You dont even need eastern legion, americans would probably jump on that alone.
I love that they have the old red and white Czech flags in the train. Very nice detail
not czech but czechoslovakian flag. After the split of Czechoslovakia czechs took czechoslovakian flag as their own and their answer was around these words "well dear Slovakia, you got your nice flag, but since we are no longer Czechoslovakia and that rule was signed as Czechoslovakia then we take Czechoslovakian flag as our own" :D
@@urdnotwrex6969 it technically is the Czech flag as it is the official flag of the Czech region of Bohemia. Yeah, Czechoslovakia used the red n´ white flag from 1918 to like 1920. (Poland was created and we basically had the same flag lmao) Funnily enough, it almost became the Czech flag again in December 1992, when during the govermental debates about the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, a Slovak senator brought up an agreement, to which the slovak side agreed, that said something like: "Neither of the successor states should have the Czechoslovak flag, as Czechoslovakia will not exist anymore" and one of the quick Czech propositions was the exact red and white flag with the Český lev. But due to a Czech skill issue we still have our Czechoslovakian flag to the present day :D
čl. 3 odst. 2 ústavního zákona č. 542/1992 Sb., o zániku ČSFR - „Česká republika a Slovenská republika nesmějí po zániku České a Slovenské Federativní Republiky užívat státních symbolů České a Slovenské Federativní republiky.“@@urdnotwrex6969
imagine how many lives would have been saved if the legion was simply sent trough Murmansk.
would that have been a faster and safer route?
@@ham_the_spam4423 Murmansk is unbelievably cold and barren they may even have to travel through St peters-berg which was in the midst of a total war complete with markVs and the like so no i don't think so
Good point... but ice exists.
@@TheArklyte , Kola peninsula's nearby seas do not freeze, you can probably get to another developed railway in Norway by traveling near shore
@@theess1275 , + if they went through Murmansk they could have had a fight with the Finnish Malma's group, but that is unlikely because militia led by Ivan Spiridonov held the frontline away from the railroad
fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Malm
"I didn't fix that fence just to watch it burn" is a big mood.
17:23 THAT'S a SPACING moment.
Dear god an entire squad with ONE explosive. This already has me hyped.
Another good Czech game.
Its quite outstanding compared to AAA games nowdays. Glad to see another cool entry.... Arma, Dayz, Mafia, Kingdom Come, Space Engineers, Vietcong and now Last Train Home and Bulánci.
When Arma 4 hits, I would like to see how it compares to other games in the shooter genre. And also the Enfusion engine by Bohemia... damn Im excited to use it
EDIT: 16:40 - Is that a "Červená Karkulka" reference!?
Dun forget about Hidden and Dangerous 2 my guy.
@@leshifty1999 Cant name em all chief
@@leshifty1999 you have just unlocked a core memory, thank you so much. I fucking loved that game so much
@@tacham227 still the best WW 2 game there is.
@@leshifty1999 thats debatable but okay.
Hello Rimmy. I'm glad you had so much fun in the demo. I played it too and had a blast. Although you could have left the Czech voices on.
Just a humble brag, I will most likely attend the release party here in Prague. I will relay your enjoyment.
Nečekal jsem že u tohoto kanálu narazim na dalšího čehuna, a ještě k tomu soudruha z Tarcaidy. :D Nazdar, vole, rád tě tu vidim. :D
If you think about it, video games might be one of the most effective ways of teaching this kind of history: it's one thing to be TOLD about how much these soldiers had to endure, it's another to experience it, to actually make the difficult decisions, to become emotionally attached to each individual and to actually be responsible for their survival
or propaganda
After the machine gun woopsy, I got whiplash when the female legionary yelled ''For the Republic''. I got transported back to 2005. Love it!
My great great uncle was a member of the Michigan Polar Bears of the Michigan National Guard that were sent during the western allied intervention into the Russian civil war that tried breaking through to the Czechoslovak legion, the weather in Siberia fucked him up the rest of his life but he lived to be 90 years old
As a czech I'm happy that you play it
If you want some fun fact : Czechoslovak legion once occupied territory longer then Europe it self.
Rimmy is confirmed Czechoslovak.
I'm so happy you are playing this game. I'm a quarter Czech and proud of it. These types of games I have trouble playing but I will struggle with playing it becuase of the story.
ČESKOSLOVENSKA LÉGIA JE NAJLEPŠIA!!! Greetings from slovakia! Thank you showing the world of the least talked about people! The soldiers who fight without a country!!! After being subscribed for a year I never expected this! ❤❤
As a dev, after years of hard work with all the passion and struggle to make it just right and on time - one is tired. I'd say "Glad you liked it" but that wouldn't quite carry the meaning. Reactions like this make all of it worth it and are like a pure energy directly into my veins. We're proud of the Train, and really fucking hyped to let you have at it. Just 7 days to go.
Já tě vidím! 😂
I just played the demo and really loved the gameplay, but why is the Red army portrayed as moustache twirling evil, its very silly.
Ask car an his family
23:11 he actually did it... iconic.
What an interesting interpretation of the beginning of the Czechoslovak Legion uprising. What really happened:
From May 14 to May 17, 1918, two trains converged at the Chelyabinsk railway station - one with Hungarian prisoners of war who were repatriated to Austria-Hungary, the other with the Czechoslovak Regiment (one of the units of the Legion), which was sent to Vladivostok (i.e. across the country) at the request of the Entente, also to be returned, but to France (where the Czechoslovak government was located). When the train with Hungarians started to leave, Johann Malik came out of the last carriage, swore in Hungarian and threw a piece of cast iron stove at one of the Czechs, hitting Frantisek Duhacek in the head, the latter received a concussion and lost consciousness (he was wearing a helmet). The Czechs overtook the train, stopped it by force, took out 80 men, beat them severely, after which, having beaten the confession out of the prisoners, who did it, they gutted Malik with bayonets. The Chelyabinsk authorities set up a commission to investigate the incident, and detained 10 people suspected of being the instigators. the next day a Czech delegation came to them demanding the release of the suspects, threatening the authorities with weapons. They too were disarmed and taken into custody. The Czechs responded by seizing the city center, looting the central arsenal, and burning down the Chelyabinsk administration building. In parallel, two other towns in the area of the Chelyabinsk section of the railroad were also seized.
On May 21, the legion command was arrested by the Bolsheviks and, under pressure, issued an order to disarm all Czechs. At this time, a congress of the commanders of the Legion units took place in Chelyabinsk, where an officers' council was elected to take command of the entire corps, after which this council sent telegrams to all other units ordering them not to surrender their weapons and to prepare for battle. A telegram was sent to the (now former) legion command in Moscow informing them that their orders would be ignored.
Somehow, this doesn't sound very much like the heroes the game tries to portray the Czechoslovak Legion as. Rather, they are the bandits who started the Civil War, becoming at first the main source of weapons and the fighting backbone of the White Movement.
Although, of course, the 20-25 million died in the Russian Civil War is nothing compared to one Czech getting hit in the head with a piece of cast iron.
It's so nice to have a game reviewer for strategy titles. With TB dead and gone it was so hit and miss. Thanks for the videos.
The mention of Valkyria: Chronicles gave me some fond memories of playing that game
Hey Rimmy. Your gameplay inspired me to get this Game and now I’m having a blast with it. Thank you for fueling my next addiction.
if Kaluga is a village, then so is Prague.
Yes, it could not be called city, more like town, but definitely not village. .
Never thought a Rimmy video would greet me with my own language. I've always thought that this story of the Czechoslovak Legionnaires would make for a perfect game or a series and now it's finally happening. I'm really happy you're showing it to the world here and that you are enjoying it.
I've played the demo myself and did a full stealth run. It took me forever and I had to reload the game a million times, but I did manage to get through the entire demo without any of my legionnaires taking a single hit. I probably wouldn't recommend playing the game like that but it is certainly an option :D
It's funny, I saw an ad for this game and thought, "Rimmy would love this game, it looks like something he would play" and here we are now lol
This looks incredible. From the cover art and promotional material I had seen, I assumed this was some sort of alternate history thing, kind of like Iron Harvest. I had never heard of the Czech Legion before, or their story of evacuating east through Russia. What an amazing story, and a very interesting setting for an RTS
Lindybeige here on TH-cam has a fantastic vid on the subject, highly recommend
@@firestorm165 thank you for the recommendation. I watched it and was totally fascinated. What a very interesting piece of history
@@davidhopley2661 Absolutely, the way I describe the Czechoslovak legion to my friends is "Anzacs with rabies", glad you enjoyed the vid
A bloody amazing game it is. I binged the demo and made sure to have no losses. Characters feel just way too...full of character. Also respect for visiting the front line. I ended my deployment some time ago after weeks of fighting. You have BALLS man. Again great respect. And glad to have you back, I missed your content.
This looks amazing, I just hope it doesn’t focus squarely on the reds, it has a great chance to explore the Russian civil war and also there’s a lot of wild Czechoslovak legion stories with almost every faction in the civil war (reds, whites, greens and even the Japanese iirc).
I just hope it’s not all "fighting the dirty reds" "we’ll show them there’s an alternative to the reds" and hopefully we’ll see more of the whites and things like the greens the further east the game progresses.
(Basically hopefully more then 1 enemy, cus there’s a lot to the Russian civil war more then "reds bad")
I agree, the civil war had many parties, but Czechoslovak legion fought almost exclusively against the reds, since they were those who wanted to either dismantle or forcibly conscript the legionaries. Since the journey takes us to the east, I am afraid that we will probably only meet reds, whites and other nationalities, while greens operated (correct me if I am wrong) mostly on the other side of the Ural, where was greater population density and where populace resisted war communism (looting and forced conscription).
Yep. Our legion even got into skirmishes with chinese bandits in Manchuria.
ok, what is the Japanese story
Tbf, the reds were bad, they were actually quite evil during and after the civil war.
@@szylaj Japanese and American troops invaded Vladivostok in the "Siberian Intervention", I don't quite know what the Americans wanted to accomplish but the Japanese wanted to control Siberia, and this is the inspiration of the whole Transmur thing in Kaiserreich
This game honestly looks so fun, it combines a bunch of my favourite gameplay into a single package. Cannot wait for the full release.
such an amazing historical event, im sp happy its been made into a game that looks this good.
It makes me so happy to hear you excited about this game.
Seeing you gush over a game is something we needed for morale boost
Never heard of Czechoslovak legion but to see the story presented in this way is really cool. Will definitely be doing some more research later. On top of that the game seems amazing, heres to hoping it gets a good full release someday!
8 days. The game is coming out in 8 days. On 28th of November.
A really fresh video. Time for me to watch. Thanks!
I’ll be mad if this doesn’t become a full series
This game looks like it was made with love and passion. I am 100% getting this game on release. The Czechoslovak Legion have such a fascinating story and I can't wait to explore it in this game.
Native language? Yay
Vzhůru hlavy drazí kamarádi... (translation: Heads up, dear friends - beginning of a legionaire song)
Edit: 12:22 Yes, its called Legoivlak, and its a moving museum of Legionaires.
This game look SO DAMN SPECTECULAR, I just found out about it and everything about it seems to hit the spot right on the head for me. One of my favorite games is dawn of war 2 because i love comanding small specialized troops and making squads fit for every situation, I love the logistical aspect which this game is handeling VERY well so far and as a fan of the Guardsmen in warhammer whom are based on this era so that strikes a cord with me too. This project is a passion driven game which definitely shows. I will be buying this game on release, that is something i don't normally do with games from lesser known developers but after this they will get my faith that they know what they are doing.
Rimmy, the absolute whiplash I had when I heard spoken czech at the start of the video
Loved the video @RimmyDownunder! Can't wait for the next video man! Last Train Home looks like it's done by the same People who made Iron Harvest back in 2018.
Nice video, nice to see a game made out of it!
Ive seen ads for the game and wasnt too sure about it, but after getting a good look at it with your video just wow this rts is amazing
As a Czech, this is absolutely wild to see this story get more popular attention worldwide :)
i am czech and i had the privilidge of being able to visit one of the real legionary trains its certainly an experience that makes me proud of my nations history
As a Slovak and a History Fanatic i absolutely adore this game thanks to this video i discovered it and i am very greatful :)
I don't think I've ever seen Rimmy this happy. Also, I've never heard of the Legion before. Always happy to learn more history
Thank you for making this review. It made me purchase the game. Looking forward to more videos.
I've been following this game for ages - such a good concept and based on the legion's great journey east !
This is an incredible looking game, the depth is amazing. props to the devs! Can't wait to play
i'm sorry to stop watching this video halfway through, but after that opening act I knew I HAD to play this game and experience it for myself. Thanks for the stellar content as always RimmyJerryBeansMan
I absolutely loved the story of the Czechoslovak Legion and their desperate journey by train across Russia to return to their beloved homeland. I'm so happy to see Rimmy play this game as I'm really wanting to play it myself. This game is so beautiful and I love it! And my goodness I love the use of Czeck language in this game.
This game just _oozes_ charm in every single way, I'm absolutely going to play it when it comes out. The fact its inspired by a neat part of history i'd not heard of until now just makes it cooler.
I may have actually read something inspired by the legion in hindsight, maybe. Would Alistair McLean's Partisans count?
I never expected for rimmy to play a game about and from our big brothers. The game looks really good.
as a Czech, i approve of this
Big fan of yalls pistols lol
Love the story and the idea. Went to the Czechoslovak museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa one year and they had a whole VR experience about the war train and the legion’s journey through Russia.
Frick... I wondered what happened when I heard my home language in a video, thanks for makeing this Rimmy.
It's cool that a game's been made about the Czechoslovak Legions' journey across Russia. Game being made about it is a nice surprise.
i didnt expect czech voice acting on the start, amazing.
When the artillery piece got the close up I thought "damn, that reminds me of Valkyria Chronicles", only for RD to say the same thing.
Amazing game. Great work of art, great story, very good attention to details. Great job from the devs !! Highly recomended.
This seems like a genuinely amazing game and is exactly what I’ve been looking for I seriously hope it comes out on xbox
I had heard of this game being developed, but somehow I forgot to wishlist it. Thank you for reminding me, Rimmy.
rimmy doin the little happy claps was adorable
I saw this game on a trailer and was immediately hooked.
Seeing this? It's now on the definite buying list.
NGL I've been looking forward to this game for ages. The military game genre has a noticeable lack of Russian civil war content, despite the scope and variety of the conflict.
From what this game looks like, it looks like a more indepth game based around the train mission of Iron Harvest, I can't wait to get this
I would love to see this as a series and episodes of this. From your moral choices, this would be pretty interesting to see.
love that the grenades have a realistic radius, overall this game is fucking amazing!
Love how he called a Dráp Drip!
Lol greatvideo!
A WWI era game focusing on a really cool group that I wish was talked about more? And has an armored train?! Sign me up!
I saw adverts for this and I was *hoping you would play this*
I'm not even a huge on war sims, but the concept was so intriguing that I actually *watched* the advertisement lol
The amount of quality on display is fucking wild, definitely gotta take a look at this game when it's out
I guess it's not just the brits who fall in love with trains when they get old...
Damn it, Rimmy, stop having such good taste in games, my steam wishlist is already way too long! :P
fan fact: the Czechoslovak legionnaires at one point controlled an area longer than Europe
To me.
The march of the Czechoslovak legion to me is by far the greatest military march of all time.
To truly understand how far they went.
They started in Eastern Europe (primarily the Volga river) and they managed to make it ALL THE WAY TO A PORT IN VLADIVOSTOK! By TRAIN during a violent and bloody civil war so they could by the end take a boat all the way around the world to get back home.
That is literally over 9000 kilometers of distance that was needed to be achieved with a Train.
To put that into perspective the journey from the Shire to Mordor was less than half that distance, and that's only counting their trek to Vladivostok
Please do a play through of this when it launches. It was a lot of fun to watch.
Ok. I did not expect to see the first gameplay of this game by Rimmy. I love your pronunciation of Czechoslovak names😂 It makes it so much funnier.
No idea why this is the fist notification I’ve gotten since armored core lol good to see ya again
At first I thought this was gonna be train management with events and dialog options popping up every now and then and I was already intrigued. But then they added full on tactical combat section on top of that and now I'm just impressed
Always nice to see Rimmy this excited about something.
this is such an underrated part of history
TBH I'm not in love with a game about Czech legions, because the victims have a very different story of what Czech legions march was like. In short, Czechs were hated by absolutely all factions of the Russian civil war, and arguably both bear most of the blame for starting it and are guilty of most war crimes per member (if we don't count small crazy bands like Baron Ungern and such).
OTOH, it's nice to see some East Euro history wargames, even if it's a very whitewashed story.
This is quite a lot caused by Russians needed to blame it all on someone. Communists hate the Legion for obvious reasons and Whites because the Legion "betrayed" Kolchak. Calming the situation between both parties by blaming it all on 3rd party from different country seems like perfect opportunity. But really, "arguably both bear most of the blame for starting it"?
Except bolshevik propaganda doesnt make for good history. Every claim of crime that the legion supposedly committed can be easily disproved by actual czech historians.
@@ondrejsedlar7003 Lol yeah like every war crime IRA committed can be disproved by Irish historians, amirite?
Czechs started their path of destruction by overthrowing the local governments, i.e. mass executions of local Soviet sympathizers (reminder Soviets were the majority ruling party with no effective opposition up to this point), as well as executing anyone who looked funny or had something worth stealing.
After some rear action, Bolshevik armies organized against the Czech threat and the legion was not interested in fighting actual army units rather than village militias. So they spent next couple years away from the frontline in "rearguard duties", AKA executing and robbing unarmed peasants. Oh, they were also very busy running away and betraying the whites when it was convenient.
Yeah buddy i'm gonna exit on the "czech historians" part, like yeah there is NO WAY CZECH historians wouldn't lie about atrocities that their sub-human people done to victims @@ondrejsedlar7003
I like that a grenade is less alarming than an alarm bell.
I do like the fact that the train is modeled with both a former Austro-Hungarian loco which is then swapped to a Russian one due to the gauge change (and also it being blown up).
I knew you would love this game. I played the demo during demofest on steam and it was awesome
That thumbnail is just the UN in a nutshell lmaoo
i don't think this game is historically accurate
God-dayum... And knowing whats ahead for the czech people historically... It kind of hurts the soul. Beautiful game, absolutely oozes respect and love and adoration.
games featuring armored trains is more needed i love this def wishlisting
Man games set during the interwar period are quite rare. This one seems like a banger tho! Reminds me of xcom.