Lore behind Strogg is limited, but that's what we know so far - originally Strogg were just normal species, in same manner humans are, but their excessive industrialization left their planet almost devoid of life. In attempt to avoid death from pollution, they began changing themselves with cybernetic implants, to absolutely insane degree. Eventually, birth rates dropped to zero, and their leader declared essentially war on universe - to keep Strogg alive, they would harvest biomass of entire planets. I did play Quake Wars, it's kind of like Battlefield - 5 classes from each side, armored vehicles, aircraft, objectives to hack/destroy, side objectives.
@@JadziaFil some form of a slipgate that runs on a specific fuel(energy source, etc). A fuel that doesnt exist in the quake universe, leaving them trapped, combing the universe for such a fuel. Just a theory tho
So multiplayer devs are wondering why their games are flopping...and they haven't though of making a Enemy Territory: Quake Wars 2...the universe and invasion time period are literally MADE for a faction vs. faction mass scale mp shooter. The first one was limited heavily by it's era (and not exactly the greatest map designs and performance issues), but with today's tech...could be something truly spectacular and the Quake name would sell it by itself.
the invasion of Stroggos was BRUTAL. It was a death world meat grinder loaded with killer cyborgs that would use your dead body to make more troopers or soup they would eat.
I didn't realize there was this much lore in Quake, but it is funny how similar the story is to Half-Life. It also reminds me of how using the Tesseract in the MCU "announced to the universe that humanity was ready for a higher kind of war".
I remember when I played Enemy Terrritory: Quake Wars, a long time ago, and as with most of these online games, I missed the opportunity to play when it was live. Living in Brazil, I didn't have true internet to play games until adulthood, and do I played it offline with bots. Even so, I had a lot of fun playing alone in all maps, imagining how it would be playing it with a bunch of people. The game had potential, and to this day, when I'm at work, watching the seconds to clocking out, I still say in the voice of the human announcer "thirty seconds" even so only I get the reference.
In my head-canon... Stroggos was a peaceful Earth-like world. Shub-Niggurath invades and a prolonged war ensues. The Strogg in a last desperate attempt mechanize and undergo Stroggification in order to fight back. The Strogg emerge victorious and cast Shub's forces off their world. Which, has been bled dry after how many years or decades of war. The Strogg venture into the Dreamlands to continue the fight. Hence why we see Strogg supply crates in Quake 1. The Dreamlands are decimated and the war enters a stalemate. The Strogg are stretched too thin and forced to retreat. However, they will return to finish the job. In order to replenish troop numbers. The Strogg invade many worlds including Earth for live bodies and other resources.
I love the Quake series! Thank you for uploading this. Looking at the onset of the Strogg conflict, it seems to me that our civilization had just reached Level 1 on the Kardashev scale during the 2060's, while the Strogg had been at Level 1 for quite some time before discovering our presence. Maybe even at the cusp of reaching Level 2. Even playing through Quake 4, the Strogg were depicted as having a noticable technological advantage, but we had two strengths they lacked: Adaptability and access to more untapped resources. In my opinion, those factors were key to our eventual victory.
Well crafted video!! Ur knowledge is unmatchable about the lore. And your Thumbnails are always so expressive. Can't resist watching your vid. Keep it going
You know I’ve played quake all throughout my life, but I never knew what the actual story and law was. I was just really good at killing everything in the game, but I never paid attention as a kid now I’m deeply interested. I wanna know what the heck is quake because to me, I thought it was kinda like doom. Let’s see pushing play now.
Saved to watch later for when I'm finished on the farm. Hell keen for this one!! Quake + Malice and Quake 2 were my favourite single player fps games when I was in my teens. Less fucken sketit
I've played all the quake games and other than Doom half life and halo I'd say that quake is by far one of my favourite games next to doom I'd love for you to cover the rest of the quake war from the second quake going onwards it really is cool and Cheers for the upload
Ik the strogg storyline isnt the most popular amongst quake fans but quake 2/4 are two of my favorite games and the storyline ia one of my favorites along with the half life story
The Strogg invasion of Earth is fascinating, my own speculation is that the Strogg were chiefly interested in the original slipgate complex from Quake 1, which would explain their invasion of Texas. I was going to mod the war on Earth as a strategy game although I could not complete that I managed to bring several of the vehicles to star alongside Quake 2 and Quake 4 models.
Not going to lie I love quake. t Thank You so much for the time and effort you put in making these videos. The next game I would love to hear you talk about is Wing Commander.
I loved quake wars online when i was 12! I never even played it online lol just the single player battles with bots. It was like battlefield but with teleporters to a different planet. Weird how it wasn't more popular
BUT!... Stroggs has ZERO emotions, just pure will to serve the Nexus, so maybe this could be a vantage over Combine, even if someone cuts contact with the Nexus, ther Stroggs will act on pure survival and dominatio instinct becvoming even more dangerous
really hope you cover the serious sam series. the fourth is the first in the timeline, then serious sam 3, then the first encounter, then the second encounter, then serious sam 2. maybe serious sam 5 will be set before ss 4?
literally looked this up a few days ago trying to find a copy to buy aside optical media. Sorta like if earlier battlefield (Vietnam,2, ect) and quake had a baby
@@spiked_palm3134 Yeah, but I'm saying I'd like to get a new game, a Quake 5 with a campaign to continue the story. Not just a storyless arena shooter.
I want a full remake of the series, with the before of the invasion, during the invasion, after, first invasion of stroggos, second invasion of stroggos, Operation Alien Overlord and the otherr operations in Stroggos. Maybe even an after where we persue every planet touched by strogg
I wonder at which point they decided for a hive mind. I understand the imperialism for survival but not the voluntary ending of individually. Or are just the "added" new Strogg becoming Hivies?
Are we on our way to be the Strogg? Edit: Wait! Portals being developed by companies? They're making contact with interdimensional horrors beyond their comprehension? Am I crazy enough to compare Black Mesa & Aperture to the Union Aerospace Corporation & Wendell Gilman? I love whatever I just found out is! VALVe and Id. Love 'em.
if I had a nickel for every time people messing with teleportation led to a bloody conflict with a race that engages in body horror with every race they get their hands on.... you know the rest
The guys that make these games clearly don't realise the military capability of the major militaries in our world, because the lore is just absurd, this is the same with the Half Life combine as well, we are expected to believe they defeated earth's armies, yet they are flying around in these comically slow dropships and their units are totally pathetic (and any modern military would destroy them). I think some video game creator needs to make a more realistic technological alien species, than mechanical bug creations that fly around and walk around, it's not believable that these could overthrow the world's militaries. I get that making it realistic might make it more boring and affect the gameplay negatively however, since you can't be running around making a big difference as a single man in a truly realistic setting, so they need to lower the realism so yourself running around and shooting silly robot men running around makes a big difference. This is why the only video games that can be fun, but also feel believable, are fantasy setting games, where the lore of the world is that humanity isn't that advanced, therefore monsters and such have to be defeated by swords and other things and it is believable that such a monster is quite the foe. But games that are more like science fiction horror and have some monster that you can shoot point blank in the head with a large calibre gun, and it doesn't do anything to it, that just is impossibly unrealistic and feels stupid quite frankly.
The strogg litterally didn’t understand humanity’s greed this war was only a meal for a species that loves learning and stealing tech 😂 the war slowly turned into a reverse uno card
Quake videos tend not to do too well with the algorithm but I love the lore.
Any interaction is appreciated!
What is the best Quake game?
Quake 1 and Enemy Territory Quake Wars :D
i have a feeling Quake is incomplete
Its ok man we appreciate your effort. My favorite definitely is Quake 4. This franchise deserves a second chance
quake 3 arena
i have yet to do deathless max xearo
im scared of that monster
Quake 2 all day long.
This is like if we won the seven hour war
@@Shieldzany Why not lot?
We did win the 7 hour war! We're part of the combine, now if that isn't a win I'll wear a headcrab 😂
@@captainteutonica5474civil protection wrote this comment lol
Who’s we ? We aren’t in any game and there has never been a 7 hour war my man
@@Rajesh-Koothrappali we… as the human race, it’s so easy to understand how did you not see that bro
Lore behind Strogg is limited, but that's what we know so far - originally Strogg were just normal species, in same manner humans are, but their excessive industrialization left their planet almost devoid of life. In attempt to avoid death from pollution, they began changing themselves with cybernetic implants, to absolutely insane degree. Eventually, birth rates dropped to zero, and their leader declared essentially war on universe - to keep Strogg alive, they would harvest biomass of entire planets.
I did play Quake Wars, it's kind of like Battlefield - 5 classes from each side, armored vehicles, aircraft, objectives to hack/destroy, side objectives.
I had a fan teory that they where a parallel universe earth that was where the first quake starts
@@anuvisraa5786 question remains how they traveled from one universe to another
@@JadziaFil some form of a slipgate that runs on a specific fuel(energy source, etc). A fuel that doesnt exist in the quake universe, leaving them trapped, combing the universe for such a fuel. Just a theory tho
I love that even for how formidable and fearsome the Strogg are, they aren't invincible but are resourceful to a creepy degree.
So multiplayer devs are wondering why their games are flopping...and they haven't though of making a Enemy Territory: Quake Wars 2...the universe and invasion time period are literally MADE for a faction vs. faction mass scale mp shooter. The first one was limited heavily by it's era (and not exactly the greatest map designs and performance issues), but with today's tech...could be something truly spectacular and the Quake name would sell it by itself.
the invasion of Stroggos was BRUTAL. It was a death world meat grinder loaded with killer cyborgs that would use your dead body to make more troopers or soup they would eat.
I didn't realize there was this much lore in Quake, but it is funny how similar the story is to Half-Life. It also reminds me of how using the Tesseract in the MCU "announced to the universe that humanity was ready for a higher kind of war".
My beloved Quake. Beautiful to see, I hope we get a new release soon.
I remember when I played Enemy Terrritory: Quake Wars, a long time ago, and as with most of these online games, I missed the opportunity to play when it was live. Living in Brazil, I didn't have true internet to play games until adulthood, and do I played it offline with bots. Even so, I had a lot of fun playing alone in all maps, imagining how it would be playing it with a bunch of people. The game had potential, and to this day, when I'm at work, watching the seconds to clocking out, I still say in the voice of the human announcer "thirty seconds" even so only I get the reference.
I am so excited to see you cover this series. I have memories of being cut in pieces and turned into part strogg
In my head-canon...
Stroggos was a peaceful Earth-like world.
Shub-Niggurath invades and a prolonged war ensues.
The Strogg in a last desperate attempt mechanize and undergo Stroggification in order to fight back.
The Strogg emerge victorious and cast Shub's forces off their world. Which, has been bled dry after how many years or decades of war.
The Strogg venture into the Dreamlands to continue the fight. Hence why we see Strogg supply crates in Quake 1.
The Dreamlands are decimated and the war enters a stalemate.
The Strogg are stretched too thin and forced to retreat. However, they will return to finish the job.
In order to replenish troop numbers. The Strogg invade many worlds including Earth for live bodies and other resources.
Nice
Hmm, i wonder what a clash between the strogg and combine empires would turn out?
They seem like the kind of factions that would try to out war crime each other. Now strogg versus Galactic Empire would be entertaining to watch.
@@karenbaldwin2867 how about combine OR strogg vs the DOOM hell-dimension?
@@suprlitewould be interesting to watch
Combine would probably win
The Combine are multiversal empire and the Stroggs are just some dudes with planets here and there
I love the Quake series! Thank you for uploading this.
Looking at the onset of the Strogg conflict, it seems to me that our civilization had just reached Level 1 on the Kardashev scale during the 2060's, while the Strogg had been at Level 1 for quite some time before discovering our presence. Maybe even at the cusp of reaching Level 2.
Even playing through Quake 4, the Strogg were depicted as having a noticable technological advantage, but we had two strengths they lacked: Adaptability and access to more untapped resources. In my opinion, those factors were key to our eventual victory.
Damn, I've never been this early. Refreshed the home page and this video showed up right on time.
Well crafted video!! Ur knowledge is unmatchable about the lore. And your Thumbnails are always so expressive. Can't resist watching your vid. Keep it going
I wanna see a Quake game that revolves around a 3 way battle between Earth, the Strogg, and Doom's demons.
I love ids multiverse.
I have waited soo long for this video thanks 😊
You know I’ve played quake all throughout my life, but I never knew what the actual story and law was. I was just really good at killing everything in the game, but I never paid attention as a kid now I’m deeply interested. I wanna know what the heck is quake because to me, I thought it was kinda like doom. Let’s see pushing play now.
I love Quake history. The Lore is so deep, know even more with Quake 1 and 2 being linked. I want more Quake lore please!
And Quake is also in the same universe as Doom, Commander Keen, and Wolfenstein so lore goes so deep
Maaan, enemy territory had such a cool concept then we pretty much never got any story content.
Tha ks for all the hard work
Saved to watch later for when I'm finished on the farm. Hell keen for this one!! Quake + Malice and Quake 2 were my favourite single player fps games when I was in my teens. Less fucken sketit
I've played all the quake games and other than Doom half life and halo I'd say that quake is by far one of my favourite games next to doom I'd love for you to cover the rest of the quake war from the second quake going onwards it really is cool and Cheers for the upload
Ik the strogg storyline isnt the most popular amongst quake fans but quake 2/4 are two of my favorite games and the storyline ia one of my favorites along with the half life story
Did you do a little homage to The Storyteller in this video?
I smiled a huge smile when you said “that’s a story for another time” :)
Thank you for the upload🔥🔥🔥
By far one of the best games! Both Quake I,II, IV and Wars
I hate so much that we dont have a continuation for Quake 4 ):
FOR THE MAKRON!!!
-Some crazy Oppressor with a laser designator probably
FOR THE MACARONI!!!
- Some crazy Italian Oppressor
"GRENADE!!!! GRENADE!!!! GRENADE!!!!"
And without penis
The Strogg invasion of Earth is fascinating, my own speculation is that the Strogg were chiefly interested in the original slipgate complex from Quake 1, which would explain their invasion of Texas. I was going to mod the war on Earth as a strategy game although I could not complete that I managed to bring several of the vehicles to star alongside Quake 2 and Quake 4 models.
Awesome Video! More Quake Lore please!!!
Not going to lie I love quake. t
Thank You so much for the time and effort you put in making these videos. The next game I would love to hear you talk about is Wing Commander.
I love this, thank you. Has some parallels to the Borg, but creepier and in some ways more scary. So cool.
What's your process of learning, researching, and developing for these videos? I'm always beyond impressed.
Strogg reminds me of Tyrranids from W40k but mechanized.
I loved quake wars online when i was 12! I never even played it online lol just the single player battles with bots. It was like battlefield but with teleporters to a different planet. Weird how it wasn't more popular
Never knew there was a story in quake XD
I completely forgot about quake wars i might pick that game up again loved it when i was younger
Why is it so hard to find quake lore. Can't wait to see this later
Combine vs The Strogg
I want to bet on Strogg but Combine showed more technology, more weapons, and have more soldiers
BUT!... Stroggs has ZERO emotions, just pure will to serve the Nexus, so maybe this could be a vantage over Combine, even if someone cuts contact with the Nexus, ther Stroggs will act on pure survival and dominatio instinct becvoming even more dangerous
@@danilonakazone386Combine also have almost no emotion
sweet more Quake lore
Finaly, more quake lore.
really hope you cover the serious sam series. the fourth is the first in the timeline, then serious sam 3, then the first encounter, then the second encounter, then serious sam 2. maybe serious sam 5 will be set before ss 4?
Quake my beloved.
Love ET Quake Wars!!! Back in the day, play'ed it four years straight! Needs to be republished !!!!
Nice video
neat
I had no idea the quake lore could be this rich
(I only played the first game.. all the way back in 96 or 97)
We really need a video about Strogg vs Combine
His channel revolves around lore
what quake games were used for this video?
literally looked this up a few days ago trying to find a copy to buy aside optical media. Sorta like if earlier battlefield (Vietnam,2, ect) and quake had a baby
QUAKE WARS 💪💪💪💪
Ok just how many games have a telerportation scientific research that results in a invasion as plot
It was the style at the time.
Half life.
The Combine.
The good ones
Mario
I loved Quake Wars and Quake 4
Same
Quake wars could get a engine remaster + few new maps and it would be good title filling void after currently half dead battlefield.
Shub-Niggurath manipulated the Strogg and Gilman so they "met" in the dreamscape. This was first contact and began the inevitable confrontation.
Damn, GDI even fought the strogg too!!
Would be great if the master chief or the doom slayer be able to come through an alternative gate
It would be if we get Quake 5 one day.
Quake needs a new game with a story campaign.
Didn't quake 4 have one?
@@spiked_palm3134 Yeah, but I'm saying I'd like to get a new game, a Quake 5 with a campaign to continue the story. Not just a storyless arena shooter.
I want a full remake of the series, with the before of the invasion, during the invasion, after, first invasion of stroggos, second invasion of stroggos, Operation Alien Overlord and the otherr operations in Stroggos. Maybe even an after where we persue every planet touched by strogg
@@danilonakazone386 "Maybe even an after where we pursue every planet touched by Strogg."
Quake 4X
I feel like playing ETQW again after watching this video.
I wish they brought Quake Wars back on consoles. It was such a cool game, but it feels like ID abandoned Quake altogether after Quake Champions.
Strogg also known as Borg
the Strogg are one of the factions in video games I'm honestly afraid of.
Can you talk about T.o.o.l from old mobile game Called gun bros
This game was previously widely popular before it disappeared.
2:50 unforeseen consequence. I see what you did there
I wonder at which point they decided for a hive mind. I understand the imperialism for survival but not the voluntary ending of individually. Or are just the "added" new Strogg becoming Hivies?
You say Strogg I say combine
You say nexus I say overwatch
You say Breen I say Makron
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU
Did Dr. Gilman.... Prepare for Unforseen Consequences?
Just for this mankind number one baby 😅
imaging if the combine encountered the strogg?
The strogg also basically just the imperium of man from Warhammer 40k 😅
Are we on our way to be the Strogg?
Edit:
Wait!
Portals being developed by companies? They're making contact with interdimensional horrors beyond their comprehension?
Am I crazy enough to compare Black Mesa & Aperture to the Union Aerospace Corporation & Wendell Gilman?
I love whatever I just found out is!
VALVe and Id. Love 'em.
Bring back Quake. I always preffered it to Doom.
They are in the same universe anyway
Who asked?
🐐
No fucking way that's why it's called quake
I love that
I would do myself a favor before I get captured by the Strogg 😂
basically they are the borg
The nexus sounds like skynet
QW:ET was SO fun. Shame it died so quickly :(
The Eastern Front on steroids.
if I had a nickel for every time people messing with teleportation led to a bloody conflict with a race that engages in body horror with every race they get their hands on.... you know the rest
Half-Life and Quake
Beef Strogganoff
And chad Combine, the best duo in the Omniverse
❤😂🎉🎉😢😢😮😅😅
Half life
C&C tiberium Sun
Halo
Warha 40k
Resistance
Xcom
Doom
Recipe:
Put the ingredients into a Mixer..
😂😅❤
Love Humanity fuck yeah stories
*beep boop* not stroggafied
“INVASIQN”
I dont see any difference with our version of Paris.
Why does Quake look so much better than Half Life 1?
Because a lot of the footage is either from Quake 4 or Enemy Territory -Quake Wars, which were released nearly a decade after Half Life 1
@@l0rf oh ok
invasiqn
Quake 4 is the shit.
Who asked?
The guys that make these games clearly don't realise the military capability of the major militaries in our world, because the lore is just absurd, this is the same with the Half Life combine as well, we are expected to believe they defeated earth's armies, yet they are flying around in these comically slow dropships and their units are totally pathetic (and any modern military would destroy them).
I think some video game creator needs to make a more realistic technological alien species, than mechanical bug creations that fly around and walk around, it's not believable that these could overthrow the world's militaries.
I get that making it realistic might make it more boring and affect the gameplay negatively however, since you can't be running around making a big difference as a single man in a truly realistic setting, so they need to lower the realism so yourself running around and shooting silly robot men running around makes a big difference.
This is why the only video games that can be fun, but also feel believable, are fantasy setting games, where the lore of the world is that humanity isn't that advanced, therefore monsters and such have to be defeated by swords and other things and it is believable that such a monster is quite the foe.
But games that are more like science fiction horror and have some monster that you can shoot point blank in the head with a large calibre gun, and it doesn't do anything to it, that just is impossibly unrealistic and feels stupid quite frankly.
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The strogg litterally didn’t understand humanity’s greed this war was only a meal for a species that loves learning and stealing tech 😂 the war slowly turned into a reverse uno card
4:19 the Strogg are French confirmed