i agree with this list war of the worlds tripods are the best its a shame i dont see too much talk or content on war of the worlds its just such a sci fi classic
War Horns are not much good in modern warfare, because on the "stealth" or "avoid detection" doctrine almost all militaries use these days. Besides most modern war horns are essentially the war machine flying or driving by, or firing their weapons. The A-10 Warthog does both. But a Fighter flying over head, especially a sonic boom, also counts.
@LoneWolf20213 I have always given AT-ATs the benefit of the doubt and say they are so tall to give their guns a better vantage. They are essentially near-indestructible walking fortresses for busting bunkers.
That Tripod Horn Sound always sent shivers down my spine... (Side note: I think it's also amazing how old the Tripods are by now, considering the book was published in 1898)
Book hold incredibly well, technology wise, considering the the time it was written. Note, that not only did the technology as described is mostly accurate by today's standards. The impressive part, is that when the book was written, science did not even know the possibility of making infrared rays (which was later changed to laser/plasma weapon in movies)
IIRC, they actually set out to replicate a similar warhorn for Reapers in Mass Effect 3, looking for something that sounded enough like an animal roaring to arouse old instincts. just thinking about it, it's actually frightening how similar Reaper Destroyers and Tripods are, actually.
I've always been a sucker for the super-light, infantry support walker like the AT-ST, the Warhammer 40K Imperial Guard Sentinel, or the AT-RT. A vehicle that can bring much needed firepower on a frame that won't slow your infantry down in environments where they work best. They just feel so practical, like they have a specific job rather than just trying to be a one-vehicle army... even if a walker like that probably wouldn't be that practical in a real-world combat situation.
Exactly! And if you put together an enture unit of super-light walkers, you practically have a highly maneuverable cavalry force. Perfect for hit and run or harassing tactics.
I mean as a gun platform and scout vehicle, they work exceptionally well, especially in very rough terrain, and the Adeptus Mechanics even have chicken walker mech cavalry with actual lances. it's just that most of that infantry support role is also somewhat better served by the bulk of an IFV like the Chimera, which can also serve as mobile cover for infantry.
if were talking 40k, imo the onager dunecrawler of the admech is the coolest walker. really like the idea of the deployable footing to turn it into a more stable weapons platform. And i just like the design
@@colinscutt5104 40K doesn't have a monopoly on foghorns, dude. I'm fairly sure it was chosen in this case because it resembles the _ULLA_ shout described in the novel as coming from the tripods.
@@aircraftcarrierwo-class have you seen the war of the worlds game gameplay videos that came out recently? One of them has a much more alien horn that sounds a lot like the OOOLAA from Jeff Waynes, but manages to make it absolutely terrifying
I've always loved how the Spielberg film version of the tripods took a few design elements from the original book. The long tentacle-like legs, the top having a slight overhang, and that one big central eye. It's definitely showing some inspiration while also having its own ideas, like having nearly everything in threes.
In a game full of ridiculously huge experimental units, the Monkeylord stood out. Just seemed more unique and more practical than the others. Sure, it could be vulnerable to a serious air attack, but what isn't in Supcom?
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds does not get enough props, I only discovered it recently but I absolutely love the "Thunder Child" song the most. Sensing victory was nearing, thinking fortune must have smiled, people started cheering, come on Thunder Child! Gives me chills each time I hear it.
Slowly disappearing, farewell Thunderchild! It might be my second favorite song from Jeff Wayne's work, after Forever Autumn (with Justin Hayward putting up amazing vocals). Or maybe it is my favorite. I can't make up my mind. As a Navy man, Thunderchild definitely gets my attention. That crew, sacrificing themselves to save the civilian steamship, that's how I'd want to go out.
So happy to see GitS and Tachikomas on the channel, please do a vid on the franchise! Though I find myself a tad disappoint none of the walker mechs from the "86 - Eighty-Six" series here. They'd fit in perfectly.
@@vipvip-tf9rw In the same way as Tachikoma's - which were counted because they weren't humanoid even if they carry a pilot. The Fido would definitely count - a small cargo-carrying scavenger walker.
I personally really liked the tripod from the Scrin. Clearly heavily inspired by war of the worlds, but it's still a design I have a lot of nostalgia for.
Oh, yeah, I've had a lot of fun with those. I like playing the Scrin because you could build up a stupidly impractical force made up of only one unit type and just lay waste to everything.
The Patlabor land crab you showed for a second is my favorite walked unit. Adding a discardable hover unit to the walker makes it very fast and maneuverable, and it has decent firepower with it machine, cannon, and missle launchers. Great unit, just remember to unplug the AI when not in use.
@ATruckCampbell VOTOMS is another series with fairly realistic is smaller mecha. If we ever do get bipedal mecha, it will probably be similar to VOTOMS. Hell, the Kuratos is basically a 4 legged VOTOMS mech, and it is/was commercial available for about 2 million dollars- and it actually fought an American mech too. But it lost.
I remember one scene in GitS:SAC where a group of them in chorus got downright creepy. It's been a long time, but they might have been channeling Daleks.
Oh! Sadly you missed the walkers from "Universe at War: Earth Assault". Many huge walkers stomping enemy units. A lot of fun. And also, very 60s feelings with some units.
The AT-TE will always be my favourite, with a few tweaks it would have been unbeatable for the Rebelion. There are also cool walkers in the Command&Conquer universe, like the Annihilator Tripod or the Titan Mk1
Always loved the Annihilator Tripod, but it probably borrowed too much inspiration from the 2005 WotW Tripod. That being said, that's fine since the Scrin are basically a mosh pit of ideas from Sci-fi legacy stuff at the time (Independence day with the Scrin Mothership and Stormriders for example)
I kinda really liked Heavy Gear for this when I first read that as well. plus Knightmare Frames from Code Geass did this a lot to outmanoeuvre Japanese Tanks before float drives.
Agreed, they take so much damn maintenance and can’t be as quick as a tracked or wheeled vehicle but, you know it’s about to go down when the artillery starts walking
@@zebulonalbers816 That's why I'm generally more of a fan of the light infantry support walker, basically a machine gun nest with legs. It just feels like if your infantry is going into a city with lots of abandoned vehicles blocking the roads, or a dense forest, a little 12-15 foot tall chicken walker with a heavy machine gun might actually be more practical than a wheeled or tracked vehicle... but at that point you might just be better served with a drone or a helicopter for infantry support.
The AT-TE will always be my favorite walker. It's a massive multi-role tank that can level hundreds of droids and dozens of tanks all on its own. Plus the 6 legged design and mass driver are just so cool.
Have you played Generation Zero? There's a bunch of really cool enemy robots in it, including two that could easily be considered walkers: the tank, and (my favorite) the harvester. The game itself is set in an alternate history 1989 in Sweden, and is a very fun experience - especially since it's currently one of PS Plus's monthly games.
The illustrator Keith Thompson has some really neat walker designs like 1940's battle mechs, and amphibious walking nuclear submarines. Nice to see the Tachikoma too. They are a person favourite because they are not just gear, they are full characters too.
The anime 86 has some really good walker designs that are interesting concepts, having 1-2 crew and showing off how bug designs can have crazy maneuverability
That show was amazing! The one episode that opens with the siege and no sound except music rate up on my list of most memorable moments in anime of all time. Edit: I hate that I always forget the ep number.
Re: #5 -- You forgot to mention that the Tachikomas are, one and all, insufferably CUTE! Imagine a mech with the mind (and manner) of an 8-year-old human, the disposition of a puppy, and the firepower of an APC, and you'll have a Tachikoma. Not for nothing do the little guys start singing at one point: Tachiko-Man, Tachiko-Man / does whatever a spider can ...
@@LoneWolf20213 mhm Also do to a function I forget the specifics of Being able to crash onto the ground while keeping the occupants inside fine Legit like, it has so many advantages to it compared to the AT AT Cause quite frankly as a transport the only way out is to repel and yes let's repel out of a very tall vehicle where we can easily get shot as we go down
I like that the GitS Spider Tank got an honorable mention. The episode that it first shows up on during Stand Alone Complex acts almost like a Spacedock breakdown of its capabilities and weaknesses.
I adore Admech Ironstriders from Warhammer! It's everything I love about the silliness of the setting combined with its absolute horror. In lore the guy who discovered the design died before telling anyone how to turn it off. So they just have them walk in loops around the ships at all times when not in use. As for the design itsekf it uses a lot body horror, at Its core there's a servitor with no hands or feet built into the structure itself who pilots it at all times. Until then radiation frombthe engine kills him and they swap him out (mid walk cycle of course) with a new guy sorta like a battery
Necromech from Warframe is another interesting one, its too small really to be a mech. And certainly has a unique means of operation given its done via transferrance and not "piloted" in the sense of being physically sat in.
I was reminded of the Megadoomer X-3 Combat Stealth Mech from Invader Zim. We didn't get to see much of it as it spent most of the episode invisible, it was still fun to see Zim trying to use it without its primary power source.
There was a set of young adult novels that were turned into a British TV serial in the 80s - The Tripods. They may look dated now, but I still think the design is cool and the show had a nicely oppressive atmosphere.
My personal list would certainly include ED-209 from the original Robocop movie. I kept building different version of it in Legos as a kid. Good times.
I appreciate the juggernauts from the anime Eighty-Six. They scamper on many legs like insects rather than walk like humans, which is a clever reflection the story's central premise that its pilots are conscripted, expendable ethnic minorities who the government doesn't consider human.
one super-niche walker that's still my favorite is the Arwing's Walker Form in Star Fox Zero. super clever to have the G-Diffusers flip down as legs and have the nose of the craft become a tail for counterbalance.
One walked, or rather a group of walkers, I weirdly never really liked were the titans from Warhammer 40k. They were somehow clumsy and obscene, especially compared to the more mecha like knights, which I always adored. But then I read the Titanicus by Dan Abnett and the titans basically became my number one walker over night. Not so much because of what they were (I still think most of them look sort of goofy) but the depiction of their function and the how the crews operate such a gargantuan machine. It's like a mixture of a tank crew and a war ship with crew maning their stations, bantering and working as a team, each with their own role and that depiction just made them feel so alive and real that it completely changed my opinion of the titans. The reaver and imperator are still kind of ugly tho.
I think the Protoss from starcraft have several iconic and awesome walkers. Between the Stalker, the Colossus and the legendary Immortals, its really cool.
My personal favorites come from this little game series called "resistance" I really like the stalker and gholiat units, specifically the gholiat in resistance 3, the gholiat just towers over you at 300 feet's tall and is literally unkillable as all weak points present in earlier games have been removed, also unlike the others games where he would deploy crawler pods full of bugs to spread the chimera virus the resistance 3 gholiat will just outright kill you, no mercy, no prisoners, also I like the sounds he makes, it reminds me of the tripod from war of the worlds, also the fact chimera mostly use biomechanical equipment always makes me question if the gholiat is a robot, a personel operated machine.... Or a creature encapsulated in a mechanical body.
Some of my favourites in terms of mechs in sci-fi would be the Zaku 2 from mobile suit gundam, that singular monoeye really just makes it cool to me,the AMP from Avatar, it looks so much like if they made an Ah64 Apache into a mech and I love, cool gun too, and any titan in the 40k universe, just guns galore, each with different variants for different ways of killing
Walkers with multiple legs are my favourite, and if they’re heavily armed it’s even better. This is why I love both the Spirit of Motherwill and the STRIDER from Armored Core (For Answer and Fires of Rubicon respectively). Yes, they’re both ridiculously massive, but that’s just part of their charm. And it never gets old watching them slowly appear on your screen in all their massive glory, unleashing waves of missiles and hypersonic death in your direction. Speaking of which, maybe you guys can do a video on Fires of Rubicon one of these days? Maybe a look at the Balteus, or even the Assault helicopter? Or maybe just a video on the Redguns or Rusty, who knows.
Propably depends on what kind of media ones consume, but I like the Scarab of Halo as well. And at least one walker of Command & Conquer could have deserved an honoable mention. But plenty of good choices tough.
Speaking of the 2005 Tripod design, I was going to bring up the Darkwalkers from Unreal Tournament 3. They obviously take heavy inspiration from the former. All of the Necris vehicles are cool, but none have the sheer _presence_ of the Darkwalker. Also I have to give honorable mentions to the chonky walkers of Battlefield 2142 and the less humanoid Vital Suits from the first Lost Planet game… (I haven't played the other games.) …Especially the GAB-25M Cakti, which can transform between a spider tank and a regular tank.
You forget both the zaku and the gundam. The gundam because it's a super advanced Walker design. The zaku because it is a relatively cheap produced. Yet still adequately armed and armored Walker. That can be piloted by one individual. Quantity has a quality all its own.
In my professional opinion: the difference between walkers and mechs is that one only has legs and basically operates as a tank while the others comes with both legs and arms and can suited for multiple roles.
An honorable mention from me goes to the Avatar from Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars/Kane’s Wrath. It’s one of the few Brotherhood of Nod vehicles that isn’t made of paper mache and is highly adaptable with its ability to commandeer technology from other Nod vehicles. You can give it stealth capabilities, stealth detection, extra firepower, and even a flamethrower.
there are tons of good walker designs... the real difference between a walker and mech though in most cases is the crew... walkers tend to have multiple crew. Mechs tend to be a single crew. That said... Macross has a few amazing walker... Such as the VB-6 König Monster, seeing that thing burst through the clouds dwarfing the VF-1's. the Human walkers in war of the worlds Goliath were amazing... PatLabor's UN walkers were great.
Most of the Destroids in SDF Macross are beautiful machines. I'm particularly fond of the original non-transforming Monster artillery piece and the Tomahawk, which is basically "what if main battle tanks had legs?"
@@CptJistuce *Coughs* non transforming monster... Look up the VB-6 König Monster. It actually does transform. Something about that thing coming in hot as a shuttle, transforming into its artillery mode hitting the deck of a ship. Skidding along the deck then firing 4 Nuclear warheads into an enemy cruiser.
I could talk about the vehicles in supreme commander for hours, and the walkers are a very peculiar area where the cybrans have many of the coolest in any sci-fi universe while nobody else has much of any of them. One thing of note is that the monkeylord, as a "spiderbot," can climb hills that most units cannot, though you need custom maps for this ability to be useful. It also has stealth, and is the cheapest experimental unit, and has the highest dps once in range. I am among the many who were disappointed that the Fatboy wasn't in your tanks video, as the original "rolling factory" from the first game is probably my overall favorite vehicle of any type from any universe. Such a cool and unique unit - with plenty of nostalgia as well.
I feel like classifying the Fatboy does it a disservice, it's in a class of its own compared to the vehicles I did mention in that video. - hoojiwana from Spacedock
I am infinitely happy that you gave the AT-XT a shout. Undoubtedly my favorite walker for Star Wars. Infinite regenerating ammo on the mortars, the heavy cannons, and the rechargeable ray shield that projects this cool looking bubble around it. What isn’t there to love?
Not sure if it counts, but I love the Regult from macross. Distinctive egg-shaped hull, and with versatility with regards to potential load outs. Admittedly it has jump-jets and ‘flies’ in zero g, but it’s a walker when introduced
Some examples that were sorely missed. - The ARM Spider Tank from Total Annihilation. - The Mammoth Tank II from Tiberian Sun. - The Tripods from the BBC adaptation of John Christopher's novels 'The White Mountains' and 'The City of Fire and Lead'. - The Chaos Defiler form Warhammer 40K
Good call on the Defiler they are monstrous. The commander from total annihilation to. I’d add the Imperial guard sentinels (40k’ ST-AT) although perhaps they are a bit small, also most factions that have titans as they are walkers to or are they to big.
@Spacedock Ullaaa! Nice list but I am surprised there was no mention of the command and conquer walkers I personally love the 2nd and third tiberium war designs like the Titan and juggernaut and who can forget the Scrin tripods for that war of the world's look!
I heard it the first time the same night I discovered hallucinogens. Then I watched my cat have kittens, interesting night to be sure. Found the LPs years later but lacked the cash to buy it, but at least I realized I hadn't dreamed the music up. The kitties went to good homes and had good lives from what I was told. That was a long time ago and cats don't live that many years. I'm sure they're all gone now.
the Reginleif from 86 has to be my favorite walker/mech, fast and low to the ground skittering across the battlefield, its beautiful watching them jump around buildings or on the legion. All the variants of it are great too
I'm surprised the Chimeran Stalker and/or Goliath from the Resistance games wasn't included on this list. I'm gonna talk about the first game's Stalker here since I think its the coolest looking and its the only one that I can really call a Walker, the ones after the first game are remote drones and don't really count anymore. Honestly its such a brilliant vehicle and fits the Chimera's adaptive combat tactics to a tee. Its main function is as an Anti-air vehicle, a job that its so good at, that the humans don't bother sending air support if just one is confirmed on the battlefield. However its shown to function pretty well as a normal tank, its Autocannon and turreted machine gun make short work of most infantry and its missiles are just as useful against tanks as they are against aircraft. In one mission a captured Stalker is used to take down its big brother the Goliath, so its no slouch in ground combat either. Its not well armoured and its power core is exposed on its backside, making it vulnerable to being flanked, but thats hard to do as its surprisingly quick and agile for its size, able to change direction on a dime, an great advantage it enjoys thanks to it being a legged tank. Plus its introduction by a confused soldier just solidified it as a dangerous enemy for me: "Able Company to Command. We've found the anti-aircraft. You're not going to believe this. It's some sort of walking tank!" That line, along with these being one of, if not the scariest thing in the game makes this such a badass walker.
One of the best things about the walkers in Speilberg's War of the Worlds is how when the leg comes down in the reveal we see it's three toes... only for the camera to go up and show that those are the toes of a much bigger leg
I have watched War of the World MANY times. when that horn blows off first time, I still get this terrified, yet somehow ecstatic and curious feeling, that I wasn't able to verbalize for over 15 years. 👀
Great video 👍🏻 👍🏻 The Tachikoma were a welcome suprise and well they are tankettes to spider tanks so close enough. As for the 2005 War of the Worlds machines I've always interpreted them as tunneling to their assigned locations. And the drivers being clones but that's another video. Cheers!
While the AT-TE is obviously better from a combat perspective, there is something so cool about troops riding in the open air on the AT-OT that make it my favourite walker
The AT-OT needs more love. It gives the smae sort of vibes as the armored transports used in WWII, not intended for direct combat, but rather transporting troops and supplies around the edges of the battle.
The ATOT is exactly what you want to transport units behind your lines, armored enough that the only way to ambush them is to use high ground terrain, which is fixed by not going near that kind of terrain, and since they have the high ground clone fighters in the rear can keep from being exposed and fire back accurately, sure it lacks a main cannon, but tanks don't really get into the backlines all that often
Happy to not only see one, but two War of the Worlds tripod adaptions on the top of the list! Some of the designs on the early book covers are amazing as well though, some of them reminiscent of that Wild Wild West spider.
The AT-AT has two methods of troop disembarkment one method being repelling down with ropes (source: Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections) the other method is that the AT-AT can "kneel down" to 3 meters off the ground at which point the boarding hatches on the sides of the side open up and extend a boarding ramp the rest of the way down (source: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels)
@@hoojiwanajet troopers would work, but the empire doesn't like to make use of mobility as much as they like slow heavy firepower, with the fact the troops being deployed are often to take over a base, aka fighting inside a building, it does make sense that a jetpack wouldn't be very useful after they land
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actually the strider isnt the strongest combine unit. the chopper takes more hits to kill but the strider is definetively the one that hits harder.
i agree with this list war of the worlds tripods are the best its a shame i dont see too much talk or content on war of the worlds its just such a sci fi classic
So, what IS the difference between a Mech and a Walker?
@@bladerunner3314 there is no real difference tbh. basicaly mech is the japanese term for a walker.
@@Irobert1115HD I know, like mecha basically encompasses everything. Thought he'd made some meaningful destinction.
War horns are profoundly underrated. Every major piece of military equipment needs one
The one thing 40k titans get right. Having a war horn
Now give it bagpipes laddie!
War Horns are not much good in modern warfare, because on the "stealth" or "avoid detection" doctrine almost all militaries use these days.
Besides most modern war horns are essentially the war machine flying or driving by, or firing their weapons. The A-10 Warthog does both. But a Fighter flying over head, especially a sonic boom, also counts.
_Every_ piece of military equipment. I want to hear that horn blast every time I open an MRE.
Cherno Alpha had one.
One I'd add is the Halo Scarab or Locust I like the idea of locust scattering around while a massive Scarab storms through fortifications
Yeah, I'd have preferred that to having four AT-models.
@@RorikH And 2 martian tripods (plus one more very clearly based on it)
@@gearandalthefirst7027 yeah, probably would have just gone with one of the martian tripods considering how iconic the Scarab is, but it isn't my list
"What about that Scarab?"
Scarabs really raise the classification question though. They could easily be considered lekgolo mechs. 🤔
Nothing can beat the AT-TE being used to lay an ambush in an asteroid field- or literally board an enemy ship!
The ATTE is so flexible in combat due to its design, it seems perfect as a sci-fi walker in Star Wars, I only wish they had energy shields
The AT-TE will always be my favorite over the AT-AT
@@isaackim7675 the ATAT doesn't even make sense, functionally or propose wise
@LoneWolf20213 I have always given AT-ATs the benefit of the doubt and say they are so tall to give their guns a better vantage. They are essentially near-indestructible walking fortresses for busting bunkers.
"WE have no ships , how are we boarding them?!" Looks at the AT-TE intensivelly.
That Tripod Horn Sound always sent shivers down my spine...
(Side note: I think it's also amazing how old the Tripods are by now, considering the book was published in 1898)
A testament of how fascinating they are I suppose?
@@alecdeter1999 Indeed
Book hold incredibly well, technology wise, considering the the time it was written.
Note, that not only did the technology as described is mostly accurate by today's standards. The impressive part, is that when the book was written, science did not even know the possibility of making infrared rays (which was later changed to laser/plasma weapon in movies)
The heck with the tripods, Let's hear it for HMS Thunderchild!
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Yeah, I have the wall poster by Drachinfel...
IIRC, they actually set out to replicate a similar warhorn for Reapers in Mass Effect 3, looking for something that sounded enough like an animal roaring to arouse old instincts.
just thinking about it, it's actually frightening how similar Reaper Destroyers and Tripods are, actually.
I've always been a sucker for the super-light, infantry support walker like the AT-ST, the Warhammer 40K Imperial Guard Sentinel, or the AT-RT. A vehicle that can bring much needed firepower on a frame that won't slow your infantry down in environments where they work best. They just feel so practical, like they have a specific job rather than just trying to be a one-vehicle army... even if a walker like that probably wouldn't be that practical in a real-world combat situation.
Beats dragging a towed las cannon through the jungle bush to fight xenomorphs, thats for sure!
Exactly! And if you put together an enture unit of super-light walkers, you practically have a highly maneuverable cavalry force. Perfect for hit and run or harassing tactics.
The IG Sentinels: Specifically made for any Guardsman that doesn't feel like the usual job is nearly suicidal enough. 😓
I mean as a gun platform and scout vehicle, they work exceptionally well, especially in very rough terrain, and the Adeptus Mechanics even have chicken walker mech cavalry with actual lances.
it's just that most of that infantry support role is also somewhat better served by the bulk of an IFV like the Chimera, which can also serve as mobile cover for infantry.
if were talking 40k, imo the onager dunecrawler of the admech is the coolest walker. really like the idea of the deployable footing to turn it into a more stable weapons platform. And i just like the design
100% agree with the 2005 War of the Worlds tripods. Absolutely iconic
agree , even if they did steal the warhorn from WH40k Imperial titans
@@colinscutt5104 40K doesn't have a monopoly on foghorns, dude.
I'm fairly sure it was chosen in this case because it resembles the _ULLA_ shout described in the novel as coming from the tripods.
@@colinscutt510440k fans on there way of accusing God of ripping off holy writings and texts
@@aircraftcarrierwo-class have you seen the war of the worlds game gameplay videos that came out recently? One of them has a much more alien horn that sounds a lot like the OOOLAA from Jeff Waynes, but manages to make it absolutely terrifying
@@aircraftcarrierwo-class maybe it should have the monopoly 😄
I've always loved how the Spielberg film version of the tripods took a few design elements from the original book.
The long tentacle-like legs, the top having a slight overhang, and that one big central eye.
It's definitely showing some inspiration while also having its own ideas, like having nearly everything in threes.
Have you ever heard of the BBC show Tripods or the novels it's based on? Sadly the show got cancelled ...
The Goliath from StarCraft is a personal favorite as it can deal with air and land threats. Also, in terms of size it’s shockingly reasonable.
Just don't have it walk down a ramp... *shudder*
@@Gloriath1 I'll do you one better, stairs.
The Protoss Colossus deserves a mention as well.
@@Stile4aly Dragoons as well.
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Warhound Titan from 40k and King Crab from Battletech are my personal faves!
I do love Warhound Titans. Conveying genuinely lupine character in a bipedal walker is no mean feat.
Honestly so much respect for including the Monkeylord in this list, one of my favourite units in any rts game I’ve ever played
In a game full of ridiculously huge experimental units, the Monkeylord stood out. Just seemed more unique and more practical than the others. Sure, it could be vulnerable to a serious air attack, but what isn't in Supcom?
@@reliantncc1864At least it is not the Colossus so it can pretend to have an AA suite.
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds does not get enough props, I only discovered it recently but I absolutely love the "Thunder Child" song the most. Sensing victory was nearing, thinking fortune must have smiled, people started cheering, come on Thunder Child! Gives me chills each time I hear it.
Slowly disappearing, farewell Thunderchild! It might be my second favorite song from Jeff Wayne's work, after Forever Autumn (with Justin Hayward putting up amazing vocals). Or maybe it is my favorite. I can't make up my mind. As a Navy man, Thunderchild definitely gets my attention. That crew, sacrificing themselves to save the civilian steamship, that's how I'd want to go out.
It's so nice to see some war of the worlds appreciation. Thunder Child is such an emotional song
So happy to see GitS and Tachikomas on the channel, please do a vid on the franchise! Though I find myself a tad disappoint none of the walker mechs from the "86 - Eighty-Six" series here. They'd fit in perfectly.
no they are mechs
@@vipvip-tf9rw In the same way as Tachikoma's - which were counted because they weren't humanoid even if they carry a pilot. The Fido would definitely count - a small cargo-carrying scavenger walker.
I personally really liked the tripod from the Scrin. Clearly heavily inspired by war of the worlds, but it's still a design I have a lot of nostalgia for.
Oh, yeah, I've had a lot of fun with those. I like playing the Scrin because you could build up a stupidly impractical force made up of only one unit type and just lay waste to everything.
Scrin have such a great estetic over all.
The Patlabor land crab you showed for a second is my favorite walked unit. Adding a discardable hover unit to the walker makes it very fast and maneuverable, and it has decent firepower with it machine, cannon, and missle launchers. Great unit, just remember to unplug the AI when not in use.
I prefer the six-legged IFV from the Patlabor 2 intro.
@HYDRAdude that whole series is great and a textbook for great and mostly realistic mecha design.
@@Scudboy17 As well as Gasaraki, those ones (except the ancient one) are very realistic.
@@ATruckCampbell yes- just leave out the bits with Noh theatre lol
@ATruckCampbell VOTOMS is another series with fairly realistic is smaller mecha. If we ever do get bipedal mecha, it will probably be similar to VOTOMS. Hell, the Kuratos is basically a 4 legged VOTOMS mech, and it is/was commercial available for about 2 million dollars- and it actually fought an American mech too. But it lost.
Solid video and I love seeing the Tachikomas listed! Little disappointed that the Covenant Scarab didn't make the list.
It should have at least been in honorable mentions.
"What about that Scarab?"
I have to mention an unrated walker, the Helghast MAWLR from Killzone 3. I always love seeing it, it looks like an oil rig came to life
was shocked it wasn't here
Tachikomas finally made it to SpaceDock!
I love those little guys. Their antics almost remind me of Battle Droids, but dialed up to 11.
I remember one scene in GitS:SAC where a group of them in chorus got downright creepy.
It's been a long time, but they might have been channeling Daleks.
Oh! Sadly you missed the walkers from "Universe at War: Earth Assault". Many huge walkers stomping enemy units. A lot of fun. And also, very 60s feelings with some units.
The AT-TE will always be my favourite, with a few tweaks it would have been unbeatable for the Rebelion. There are also cool walkers in the Command&Conquer universe, like the Annihilator Tripod or the Titan Mk1
Always loved the Annihilator Tripod, but it probably borrowed too much inspiration from the 2005 WotW Tripod.
That being said, that's fine since the Scrin are basically a mosh pit of ideas from Sci-fi legacy stuff at the time (Independence day with the Scrin Mothership and Stormriders for example)
Not sure the rebellion had much need for walkers, though it would be cool.
@@silentdrew7636 I mean the Rebelion would have had a lot more trouble if the Empire would have kept them
Talking about the Tachikomas just reminds me how weird that more mechas don't use wheels for bursts of speeds.
What's funny is that anime like GitS and Votoms originally added wheels to the mechs not for realism but to make them easier to animate.
always wondered where those were from they were in this old map in halo custom edition quicky tanks that had a cloaking device.
I kinda really liked Heavy Gear for this when I first read that as well.
plus Knightmare Frames from Code Geass did this a lot to outmanoeuvre Japanese Tanks before float drives.
@@HYDRAdudeTachikomas have wheels because they're modified from the original manga's fuchikomas, and fuchikomas have wheels.
Best feature of the tachikomas is their personality, actually
Walkers are honestly a flex on the battlefield
Agreed, they take so much damn maintenance and can’t be as quick as a tracked or wheeled vehicle but, you know it’s about to go down when the artillery starts walking
@@zebulonalbers816 That's why I'm generally more of a fan of the light infantry support walker, basically a machine gun nest with legs. It just feels like if your infantry is going into a city with lots of abandoned vehicles blocking the roads, or a dense forest, a little 12-15 foot tall chicken walker with a heavy machine gun might actually be more practical than a wheeled or tracked vehicle... but at that point you might just be better served with a drone or a helicopter for infantry support.
@@kevingriffith6011 Gasaraki is an anime with mechs JUST like that, go watch it.
The AT-TE will always be my favorite walker. It's a massive multi-role tank that can level hundreds of droids and dozens of tanks all on its own. Plus the 6 legged design and mass driver are just so cool.
Have you played Generation Zero? There's a bunch of really cool enemy robots in it, including two that could easily be considered walkers: the tank, and (my favorite) the harvester. The game itself is set in an alternate history 1989 in Sweden, and is a very fun experience - especially since it's currently one of PS Plus's monthly games.
I think the Juggernaut or the legions from 86 deserves a place on this list
Definitely. Especially the literal crewed tank version used by the Federation(?)
Absolutely. The Lowe units are absolutely insane, and the Dinosauria's are ridiculous. It's also so easy to forget how big the Vehicles in 86 are.
The illustrator Keith Thompson has some really neat walker designs like 1940's battle mechs, and amphibious walking nuclear submarines.
Nice to see the Tachikoma too. They are a person favourite because they are not just gear, they are full characters too.
The horn is iconic. send chills down my spine everytime.
The anime 86 has some really good walker designs that are interesting concepts, having 1-2 crew and showing off how bug designs can have crazy maneuverability
That show was amazing! The one episode that opens with the siege and no sound except music rate up on my list of most memorable moments in anime of all time.
Edit: I hate that I always forget the ep number.
@@russelljacob7955 That was a great moment. And Lena's Speech the previous EP really hyped it up perfectly.
I completely agree, cool and very emotional as well.
Re: #5 -- You forgot to mention that the Tachikomas are, one and all, insufferably CUTE! Imagine a mech with the mind (and manner) of an 8-year-old human, the disposition of a puppy, and the firepower of an APC, and you'll have a Tachikoma. Not for nothing do the little guys start singing at one point: Tachiko-Man, Tachiko-Man / does whatever a spider can ...
The ATTE will always be my favorite sci fi walker, hands down
Such a good and versatile one
Plus also
It can hide behind things better then an AT AT can
@@omega13whitelucario95 oh defenitly
@@LoneWolf20213 also it has a other advantage
Being able to go around corners easier because of that middle section
@@omega13whitelucario95 and being able to scale vertical surfaces
@@LoneWolf20213 mhm
Also do to a function I forget the specifics of
Being able to crash onto the ground while keeping the occupants inside fine
Legit like, it has so many advantages to it compared to the AT AT
Cause quite frankly as a transport the only way out is to repel and yes let's repel out of a very tall vehicle where we can easily get shot as we go down
I like that the GitS Spider Tank got an honorable mention. The episode that it first shows up on during Stand Alone Complex acts almost like a Spacedock breakdown of its capabilities and weaknesses.
I adore Admech Ironstriders from Warhammer! It's everything I love about the silliness of the setting combined with its absolute horror.
In lore the guy who discovered the design died before telling anyone how to turn it off. So they just have them walk in loops around the ships at all times when not in use. As for the design itsekf it uses a lot body horror, at Its core there's a servitor with no hands or feet built into the structure itself who pilots it at all times. Until then radiation frombthe engine kills him and they swap him out (mid walk cycle of course) with a new guy sorta like a battery
The M1A4 Juggernaut, the M4A3 Vánagandr, & the XM2 Reginleif from 86 Eighty-Six are honestly my favourite walker designs.
Necromech from Warframe is another interesting one, its too small really to be a mech. And certainly has a unique means of operation given its done via transferrance and not "piloted" in the sense of being physically sat in.
So like a drone but it walks instead of fly?
I prefer the emporer class titan of 40k since if you don't go to church, the church goes to you armed with weapons that can level cities.
I was reminded of the Megadoomer X-3 Combat Stealth Mech from Invader Zim. We didn't get to see much of it as it spent most of the episode invisible, it was still fun to see Zim trying to use it without its primary power source.
There was a set of young adult novels that were turned into a British TV serial in the 80s - The Tripods. They may look dated now, but I still think the design is cool and the show had a nicely oppressive atmosphere.
My personal list would certainly include ED-209 from the original Robocop movie. I kept building different version of it in Legos as a kid. Good times.
I'm surprised that there isn't any Battletech walkers, like the Atlas or Mad Cat.
I appreciate the juggernauts from the anime Eighty-Six. They scamper on many legs like insects rather than walk like humans, which is a clever reflection the story's central premise that its pilots are conscripted, expendable ethnic minorities who the government doesn't consider human.
I may be Halo biased but I'm surprised no Scarab even as an honorable mention
My favorite is the CET-OPS Crabsuit from Avatar 2.
Love the design and how it can transition from mech suit to mini-sub.
I love the tachikoma is recognized in somebody's list. I love those little things. They are such a versatile machine in GITS. Thank you.
one super-niche walker that's still my favorite is the Arwing's Walker Form in Star Fox Zero. super clever to have the G-Diffusers flip down as legs and have the nose of the craft become a tail for counterbalance.
One walked, or rather a group of walkers, I weirdly never really liked were the titans from Warhammer 40k. They were somehow clumsy and obscene, especially compared to the more mecha like knights, which I always adored. But then I read the Titanicus by Dan Abnett and the titans basically became my number one walker over night. Not so much because of what they were (I still think most of them look sort of goofy) but the depiction of their function and the how the crews operate such a gargantuan machine. It's like a mixture of a tank crew and a war ship with crew maning their stations, bantering and working as a team, each with their own role and that depiction just made them feel so alive and real that it completely changed my opinion of the titans. The reaver and imperator are still kind of ugly tho.
I think the Protoss from starcraft have several iconic and awesome walkers. Between the Stalker, the Colossus and the legendary Immortals, its really cool.
My personal favorites come from this little game series called "resistance" I really like the stalker and gholiat units, specifically the gholiat in resistance 3, the gholiat just towers over you at 300 feet's tall and is literally unkillable as all weak points present in earlier games have been removed, also unlike the others games where he would deploy crawler pods full of bugs to spread the chimera virus the resistance 3 gholiat will just outright kill you, no mercy, no prisoners, also I like the sounds he makes, it reminds me of the tripod from war of the worlds, also the fact chimera mostly use biomechanical equipment always makes me question if the gholiat is a robot, a personel operated machine.... Or a creature encapsulated in a mechanical body.
The AT series of walkers had so many cool designs the AT-AA. The AT-PT which has multiple meanings. The AT-OT is interesting.
Some of my favourites in terms of mechs in sci-fi would be the Zaku 2 from mobile suit gundam, that singular monoeye really just makes it cool to me,the AMP from Avatar, it looks so much like if they made an Ah64 Apache into a mech and I love, cool gun too, and any titan in the 40k universe, just guns galore, each with different variants for different ways of killing
Walkers with multiple legs are my favourite, and if they’re heavily armed it’s even better. This is why I love both the Spirit of Motherwill and the STRIDER from Armored Core (For Answer and Fires of Rubicon respectively). Yes, they’re both ridiculously massive, but that’s just part of their charm. And it never gets old watching them slowly appear on your screen in all their massive glory, unleashing waves of missiles and hypersonic death in your direction.
Speaking of which, maybe you guys can do a video on Fires of Rubicon one of these days? Maybe a look at the Balteus, or even the Assault helicopter? Or maybe just a video on the Redguns or Rusty, who knows.
All walkers have multiple legs.
@@darrenmizzi6072 I meant walkers with more than the usual one or two sets.
I looove the ‘02 Clone Wars game! The Tank was the coolest speeder/tank hybrid.
Hm, no Scarab from Halo? The fight in Halo 2 against the Scarab was absolutely peak cool.
A bit sad none of the Corvid or Spacer mechs from Brigador showed up here. Those are some incredible designs, even if they aren’t too well known
I love how the top two are the two best versions of the War of the Worlds tripods ever.
Propably depends on what kind of media ones consume, but I like the Scarab of Halo as well. And at least one walker of Command & Conquer could have deserved an honoable mention.
But plenty of good choices tough.
Key to success for your walkers. Have them huge and give them a big horn to blast before charging in.
The horn is important.
- hoojiwana from Spacedock
Speaking of the 2005 Tripod design, I was going to bring up the Darkwalkers from Unreal Tournament 3. They obviously take heavy inspiration from the former. All of the Necris vehicles are cool, but none have the sheer _presence_ of the Darkwalker.
Also I have to give honorable mentions to the chonky walkers of Battlefield 2142 and the less humanoid Vital Suits from the first Lost Planet game… (I haven't played the other games.) …Especially the GAB-25M Cakti, which can transform between a spider tank and a regular tank.
I was a huge fan on the crab suits from Avatar 2 they were just so maneuverable and amphibious. Not highly armed but still super cool imo
You forget both the zaku and the gundam.
The gundam because it's a super advanced Walker design. The zaku because it is a relatively cheap produced. Yet still adequately armed and armored Walker. That can be piloted by one individual. Quantity has a quality all its own.
In my professional opinion: the difference between walkers and mechs is that one only has legs and basically operates as a tank while the others comes with both legs and arms and can suited for multiple roles.
An honorable mention from me goes to the Avatar from Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars/Kane’s Wrath. It’s one of the few Brotherhood of Nod vehicles that isn’t made of paper mache and is highly adaptable with its ability to commandeer technology from other Nod vehicles. You can give it stealth capabilities, stealth detection, extra firepower, and even a flamethrower.
I absolutely love Wild Wild West 😁😁
I'm glad you include the spider tanks from GiTS.
there are tons of good walker designs... the real difference between a walker and mech though in most cases is the crew... walkers tend to have multiple crew. Mechs tend to be a single crew.
That said... Macross has a few amazing walker... Such as the VB-6 König Monster, seeing that thing burst through the clouds dwarfing the VF-1's.
the Human walkers in war of the worlds Goliath were amazing...
PatLabor's UN walkers were great.
Most of the Destroids in SDF Macross are beautiful machines. I'm particularly fond of the original non-transforming Monster artillery piece and the Tomahawk, which is basically "what if main battle tanks had legs?"
@@CptJistuce *Coughs* non transforming monster...
Look up the VB-6 König Monster.
It actually does transform. Something about that thing coming in hot as a shuttle, transforming into its artillery mode hitting the deck of a ship. Skidding along the deck then firing 4 Nuclear warheads into an enemy cruiser.
@@jenniferstewarts4851 I like the regular Monster better than the Konig. What can I say, I'm oldschool.
I could talk about the vehicles in supreme commander for hours, and the walkers are a very peculiar area where the cybrans have many of the coolest in any sci-fi universe while nobody else has much of any of them. One thing of note is that the monkeylord, as a "spiderbot," can climb hills that most units cannot, though you need custom maps for this ability to be useful. It also has stealth, and is the cheapest experimental unit, and has the highest dps once in range.
I am among the many who were disappointed that the Fatboy wasn't in your tanks video, as the original "rolling factory" from the first game is probably my overall favorite vehicle of any type from any universe. Such a cool and unique unit - with plenty of nostalgia as well.
I feel like classifying the Fatboy does it a disservice, it's in a class of its own compared to the vehicles I did mention in that video.
- hoojiwana from Spacedock
@@hoojiwana breakdown in the future perhaps?
wait a second, are we getting a proper video on "top ten 'Mechs?"
i will be very disappointed if nothing from Battletech makes a showing!
I love the MAWLR from Killzone, it's design is cool, and it's just comically huge at 280m tall.
Why the Atlas from BattleTech is not mentioned, is beyond me.
because it's a mech, not a walker
@@enisra_bowman The AT-ST is a bipedal walker, why is the Atlas any different? The Atlas is a bipedal walker.
Difference between mech and walker?
I am infinitely happy that you gave the AT-XT a shout. Undoubtedly my favorite walker for Star Wars. Infinite regenerating ammo on the mortars, the heavy cannons, and the rechargeable ray shield that projects this cool looking bubble around it. What isn’t there to love?
Not sure if it counts, but I love the Regult from macross. Distinctive egg-shaped hull, and with versatility with regards to potential load outs.
Admittedly it has jump-jets and ‘flies’ in zero g, but it’s a walker when introduced
Oh, that's definitely a good pick.
Some examples that were sorely missed.
- The ARM Spider Tank from Total Annihilation.
- The Mammoth Tank II from Tiberian Sun.
- The Tripods from the BBC adaptation of John Christopher's novels 'The White Mountains' and 'The City of Fire and Lead'.
- The Chaos Defiler form Warhammer 40K
Good call on the Defiler they are monstrous.
The commander from total annihilation to.
I’d add the Imperial guard sentinels (40k’ ST-AT) although perhaps they are a bit small, also most factions that have titans as they are walkers to or are they to big.
Can’t even call the defiler a walker. It’s a demon
@@CMTechnica It's a mechanical walker that is piloted by a daemon.
@@hybrid9mm I think that knights, titans and dreadnaughts probably count as mechs.
@@chrisbingley i guess so to be honest I’ve never really given it much thought.
Surprised by the lack of Covenant Scarab in this list.
@Spacedock
Ullaaa! Nice list but I am surprised there was no mention of the command and conquer walkers I personally love the 2nd and third tiberium war designs like the Titan and juggernaut and who can forget the Scrin tripods for that war of the world's look!
The Clone Wars on PS2 was one of my favorite Star Wars games growing up, always happy to see others remember it fondly.
Agreed on WotW tripods, that 50s version blew my mind as a kid and I watched the newer ones in honor of that. What great sound design on that HORN!
I love Jeff Wayne's war of the worlds. It delighted/traumatised as a child by that album
I heard it the first time the same night I discovered hallucinogens. Then I watched my cat have kittens, interesting night to be sure.
Found the LPs years later but lacked the cash to buy it, but at least I realized I hadn't dreamed the music up.
The kitties went to good homes and had good lives from what I was told. That was a long time ago and cats don't live that many years. I'm sure they're all gone now.
One of my favorite walkers is Appleseed's Mobile Fortress- huge and bristling with guns!
First one that came to mind for me as well.
the Reginleif from 86 has to be my favorite walker/mech, fast and low to the ground skittering across the battlefield, its beautiful watching them jump around buildings or on the legion. All the variants of it are great too
I don't know if it counts as a mech or a walker, but The Gekko from Metal Gear Solid deserves a mention.
This list needed to include the Scarab from the Halo franchise. In some capacity.
I'm surprised the Chimeran Stalker and/or Goliath from the Resistance games wasn't included on this list. I'm gonna talk about the first game's Stalker here since I think its the coolest looking and its the only one that I can really call a Walker, the ones after the first game are remote drones and don't really count anymore.
Honestly its such a brilliant vehicle and fits the Chimera's adaptive combat tactics to a tee. Its main function is as an Anti-air vehicle, a job that its so good at, that the humans don't bother sending air support if just one is confirmed on the battlefield. However its shown to function pretty well as a normal tank, its Autocannon and turreted machine gun make short work of most infantry and its missiles are just as useful against tanks as they are against aircraft. In one mission a captured Stalker is used to take down its big brother the Goliath, so its no slouch in ground combat either.
Its not well armoured and its power core is exposed on its backside, making it vulnerable to being flanked, but thats hard to do as its surprisingly quick and agile for its size, able to change direction on a dime, an great advantage it enjoys thanks to it being a legged tank. Plus its introduction by a confused soldier just solidified it as a dangerous enemy for me:
"Able Company to Command. We've found the anti-aircraft. You're not going to believe this. It's some sort of walking tank!"
That line, along with these being one of, if not the scariest thing in the game makes this such a badass walker.
I know that this probably isn't a "walker" but I love the "Tall Boys" from Dishonored!
Tachikoma beloved, also that was a bit of a tease with the Patlabor walker as you introduce first place lol
I'm really surprised that the Scarab from Halo was not mentioned
One of the best things about the walkers in Speilberg's War of the Worlds is how when the leg comes down in the reveal we see it's three toes... only for the camera to go up and show that those are the toes of a much bigger leg
I'm so happy that you mentioned the Tachikomas from GiTS. They are such a wonderful piece of design and they are so goram cute!
The 2005 tripod legit gave me nightmares when I was in highschool.
I have watched War of the World MANY times.
when that horn blows off first time, I still get this terrified, yet somehow ecstatic and curious feeling, that I wasn't able to verbalize for over 15 years. 👀
Great video 👍🏻 👍🏻
The Tachikoma were a welcome suprise and well they are tankettes to spider tanks so close enough.
As for the 2005 War of the Worlds machines I've always interpreted them as tunneling to their assigned locations. And the drivers being clones but that's another video.
Cheers!
While the AT-TE is obviously better from a combat perspective, there is something so cool about troops riding in the open air on the AT-OT that make it my favourite walker
The AT-OT needs more love. It gives the smae sort of vibes as the armored transports used in WWII, not intended for direct combat, but rather transporting troops and supplies around the edges of the battle.
The ATOT is exactly what you want to transport units behind your lines, armored enough that the only way to ambush them is to use high ground terrain, which is fixed by not going near that kind of terrain, and since they have the high ground clone fighters in the rear can keep from being exposed and fire back accurately, sure it lacks a main cannon, but tanks don't really get into the backlines all that often
I am happy that Wild Wild West is getting some respect. That spider was pretty cool.
I not agree with the most of list but I appreciate the opinion and work put into this clip by its creator.
Would have been great to see some love for the Scarabs. Still pleasant surprise to see the Tachikomas
Scarab from Halo should’ve gotten an honorable mention
Happy to not only see one, but two War of the Worlds tripod adaptions on the top of the list! Some of the designs on the early book covers are amazing as well though, some of them reminiscent of that Wild Wild West spider.
The Tachikomas were very, very good robots. *wipes away a tear*
You guys missed BattleTech!
Although, I wonder if mechs count as walkers.
Probably not, but it'd be nice to see them somewhere.
It would be nice to see them somewhere, not sure what category they would fall under.
Would the difference between mechas and walkers be how closely humanoid the form?
@@revolverswitch Probably, I would assume something like an Urbanmech or a Locust would be a walker, while an Atlas or Warhammer would be a mech.
Nice list, but I would have liked to see the Scarab from Halo 2, the Gekko from MGS IV and the Fallen Walker from Destiny.
The AT-AT has two methods of troop disembarkment one method being repelling down with ropes (source: Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections) the other method is that the AT-AT can "kneel down" to 3 meters off the ground at which point the boarding hatches on the sides of the side open up and extend a boarding ramp the rest of the way down (source: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels)
How are neither of those things deploying troops with jet packs?!
- hoojiwana from Spacedock
@@hoojiwanajet troopers would work, but the empire doesn't like to make use of mobility as much as they like slow heavy firepower, with the fact the troops being deployed are often to take over a base, aka fighting inside a building, it does make sense that a jetpack wouldn't be very useful after they land
That Spielberg tripod horn is the stuff of nightmares. Warhorns on their own are scary, but those ones are on another plain of terror.