The Might Be The Scariest Strategy Game Ever?!

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  • Ever wondered what might happen if the whole world decided to nuke each other? Wonder no longer with Defcon, it might be the scariest strategy game ever!
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  • @AlextheRambler
    @AlextheRambler  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1471

    *Pls give me nuclear codes*

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2509

    This is my kind of game. Sounds fun

    • @berys76
      @berys76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Gib nuke to Lithuania

    • @anubis9692
      @anubis9692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      AUF DER HEIDE

    • @Jarmint
      @Jarmint 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@berys76 why are we singing nazi songs again?

    • @berys76
      @berys76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Jarmint the gas is cheap

    • @Jarmint
      @Jarmint 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@berys76 ok

  • @bobolobo9487
    @bobolobo9487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1236

    as a Canadian, I can confirm that Canada only has one city, and that is North York

    • @luisitocomunista546
      @luisitocomunista546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LUNAR BLOODDROP You kidding?! That’s China! Capitalist pig...

    • @KittycatKye
      @KittycatKye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @R Lipinski Actually, we do exist. We just all live on Antarctica.

    • @pierre-philipper.-gauthier2146
      @pierre-philipper.-gauthier2146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @R Lipinski quiet mate we must stay hidden

    • @danialhalal
      @danialhalal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      NORTH??? IT'S NEW

    • @jamesleung8208
      @jamesleung8208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Also live in Canada and I can confirm that North York is the only city in the country

  • @DrewDurnil
    @DrewDurnil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    I feel personally attacked 1:28

    • @totalanarchy-yt
      @totalanarchy-yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Drew can you swap the USSR eith the USA in hoi4 I would like to see what happens?

    • @mrchang2144
      @mrchang2144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Observations only

    • @finlandball735
      @finlandball735 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @memegod4674
      @memegod4674 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oof

    • @GlitchedBlox
      @GlitchedBlox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      drew!

  • @mrboombastic8421
    @mrboombastic8421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    Used to love this game, really needs more attention and people playing multiplayer

    • @mtfcadet7569
      @mtfcadet7569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It really is great

    • @nine552
      @nine552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      100% agree

    • @Deim0s_
      @Deim0s_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Good Question*

    • @apexwar_
      @apexwar_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine this, some sort of Chess+Defcon hybrid
      th-cam.com/video/Ecy5QYPOLtA/w-d-xo.html

    • @indycole396
      @indycole396 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait, it’s multiplayer

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +628

    Scariest strategy game...Spooktober came early for Alex

    • @sjael6923
      @sjael6923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      damn we meet again

  • @OkaBridge
    @OkaBridge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    "Oh god, I don't want a spectator."
    "Thank goodness he left."
    *Is a TH-camr*

  • @dsyum4099
    @dsyum4099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    8:26 i can feel the out of context version coming (no pun intended)

  • @dylanp7817
    @dylanp7817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    Now all we need is isp, Alex and drew to kill each other in this game

    • @samhill487
      @samhill487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Now all we need is isp, Alex and drew to kill each other -in this game-

    • @Kjajo
      @Kjajo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@samhill487 All we need is isp, Alex and drew to kill -each other-

    • @alexking7523
      @alexking7523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      All we need is ISP and Alex to kill each other in the game and Drew to watch.

    • @uncomfysapphic8415
      @uncomfysapphic8415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And Bokoen1

    • @FernandoSegovia701
      @FernandoSegovia701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And bokoen1 and rimmy to fill up

  • @carltonleboss
    @carltonleboss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Fun fact: the US nuclear code between 1960 and 1977 was 00000000

    • @airgolf3847
      @airgolf3847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I believe it was for Minuteman missile. General were scaried that codes take time to found and to ne entered in case of attack
      Search 1983 alert or something like : russians were very nervous because a big American nuclear exercice was too much realistic
      Fortunately, 1 alert officier russian didn't follow their protocol ...
      An us officier thought too : do at least somebody tell russians that it is an exercice ? He didn't follow the protocol too ...

    • @AmalekIsComing
      @AmalekIsComing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      bro do you even english

    • @maybach5787
      @maybach5787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      reminds me of the meet the spy where soldier was putting in the code to the intel

    • @krazypotatofiend6933
      @krazypotatofiend6933 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@airgolf3847 Bro can you fucking use proper grammar thnx
      Also stop derailing the story so much fs

    • @antikytheramechanism1138
      @antikytheramechanism1138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@AmalekIsComing dont be a dick, non-native speakers of a language should have some slack cut for them, you absolute living cesspool of human degeneracy

  • @tjb_6203
    @tjb_6203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    Alex:“You can‘t play as Greenland, Mongolia or Australia“
    Also Alex: **Totally forgets Kazakstan“
    **Sad Kazak noises**

  • @thenotsodemocraticrepublic7731
    @thenotsodemocraticrepublic7731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    DEFCON: *has some of the scariest music*
    Alex: *plays happy go lucky music*

  • @derkach7907
    @derkach7907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    1:34
    "a new spectator has joined the game"
    But everyone knows:
    Drew is on observing mode.

  • @m48a5patton
    @m48a5patton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

    • @taylorford1689
      @taylorford1689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      How about a nice game of chess?

    • @SentryWill
      @SentryWill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Israel has reduced their nuclear arsenal am I right FSFH people

    • @ursoj1235
      @ursoj1235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@SentryWill lmaooo true every fucking game

    • @brandonproductions8401
      @brandonproductions8401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I get that reference

    • @sebastianlodge7549
      @sebastianlodge7549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      m48a5patton
      Good reference.

  • @HistorianOfThings
    @HistorianOfThings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Title: "This might be the scariest strategy game ever"
    Rambler: *sets jaunty background music*

  • @folkloristofthefuture8152
    @folkloristofthefuture8152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I see you watched the Polygon video on how this is a scary game.

  • @jonipotato9763
    @jonipotato9763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    4:05 Alex: I would quite like to nuke Argentina
    Me, an Argentinian: *PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION*

  • @dalel3608
    @dalel3608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "They're shooting me down over my own airspace, the gits" ~ Alex
    Have you never heard of the S-400 and S-500 IAD Systems?

  • @FUKKENSTOOPID1
    @FUKKENSTOOPID1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:04, as a former argeninian, that hit hard

  • @zacherywhite9338
    @zacherywhite9338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Everyone: "This is the scariest and most depressing game i've ever played!
    Alex: "7:50"

  • @bubbabluehorn
    @bubbabluehorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    “ Really casual and relaxed “
    This is the game that gives you anxiety

    • @Max-xf1mw
      @Max-xf1mw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Relaxing for psychopaths 😪 I mean how is this game fun if you know it's 100% loss?

    • @KlynerKaiOffical
      @KlynerKaiOffical 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Max-xf1mw It makes big booms so I get higher scores 👍👍👍

  • @simonsenaviev7541
    @simonsenaviev7541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:00 Nuke Argentina? Every Brazilian in a 50 light year radius is happy now

  • @TheGlowingBeansGuy
    @TheGlowingBeansGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Defcon 5: Chill preperations
    Defcon 1: *You have lost life privilages*

  • @thomasturner6980
    @thomasturner6980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    10:01, that's what she said

  • @GreyshotProductions
    @GreyshotProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Last time I played the goal was to nuke Santa for Steam Trading Cards. What a time we live in.

  • @spaghettisqaudvol2440
    @spaghettisqaudvol2440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:27 Warsaw just big chillin'

  • @SergioValentino
    @SergioValentino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Bald is Best"
    Alex, 2019

  • @alexiosviapokios3057
    @alexiosviapokios3057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You can always expect the meme crew: ISP and alex, to turn a scary game into a comedy

  • @LogicalMan6
    @LogicalMan6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this game. Great example of simplicity being not just entertaining but also chilling.

  • @nikolaytsankov9066
    @nikolaytsankov9066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    There's a hoi4 to defcon converter

    • @f4llen489
      @f4llen489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wait, really? Another title added to the megacampaign list!

    • @101jir
      @101jir 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I need to check into that. Link?
      lol, need like HOI4 -> DEFCON -> Fallout (the ones that are actually good)

  • @TheAnticapitalist1
    @TheAnticapitalist1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:52 That jumpscare got me

  • @DeathDefiant
    @DeathDefiant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've had this game for years, good to see a resurgence

  • @chrisgaming9567
    @chrisgaming9567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:19 Turkey, Kazakhstan and Antarctica: Am I a joke to you?

    • @intern1020
      @intern1020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indonesia: why am i just get forgotten by the world :(

  • @Bighawkeye46
    @Bighawkeye46 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played this game back when I was a sophomore in high school (2006)! What an awesome throwback!

  • @samvortex2802
    @samvortex2802 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I heard of this game yesterday and now you make a video about it??? PERFECT!!!

  • @proxy4620
    @proxy4620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "I dont want spectators"
    He says as he records footage to post on TH-cam for all to see

  • @mastrorick
    @mastrorick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nuke goes to London
    Alex: please go to an island or something
    The nuke: I was already doing that

  • @lecooldude
    @lecooldude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video man!

  • @user-si3gu8pm6j
    @user-si3gu8pm6j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “North York? Shouldn’t that be Toronto?” (In Lee Trevino) North York IS Toronto

  • @swimmanhi2167
    @swimmanhi2167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    More of this please

  • @Nothing-1w3
    @Nothing-1w3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Me before 9:38 : nuclear war was not so bad really
    Me after 9:38 : ○_○

  • @hopin8krzys
    @hopin8krzys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I havent played Defcon for years and now I really want to do it

  • @kubortthedane9487
    @kubortthedane9487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude, I was thinking about my memories about this game yesterday.

  • @brasilball353
    @brasilball353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any game: *Has nuclear weapons*
    Valefisk: Ah shit negro, that's all you had to say

  • @obliteron
    @obliteron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey! Defcon! Thanks for showing off this classic gem.

  • @ralphsaavedra2326
    @ralphsaavedra2326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Let's turn off people, we don't need to worry about that for now"

  • @theoddster830
    @theoddster830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Indonesia: bruv whats going on?
    the Philippines: idk but its seem chaotic
    Australia: idk too but it looks lit

  • @justaman1578
    @justaman1578 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:20 "Voronezh hit, 1.3m dead". Best crossover ever - my favorite youtuber obliterates my home city.

  • @Brickyard4738
    @Brickyard4738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Had me laughing nonstop!! 😁

  • @jrobbins707
    @jrobbins707 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was fun. I'd watch you play it again.

  • @benjaminheimall8727
    @benjaminheimall8727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    DEFCON was the first game I purchased on Steam...
    Man those games were nuts when it first came out. It's probably far too meta for me to get back in though.

  • @aurel724
    @aurel724 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    FINALLY! GOOD DEFCON CONTENT!
    Edit: Also, for Canadian cities, turn on "Big World" mode in the game setup.

  • @theortheo2401
    @theortheo2401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    not scariest, but unsettling, or oppressive. but in no way scary. well I mean a nuclear war is scary in itself but you get the idea :p

    • @ZeloticMemes
      @ZeloticMemes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its pretty scary especially because we are closer to a nuclear war then ever

    • @theortheo2401
      @theortheo2401 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ZeloticMemes as I said, this game has it's own way of generating a unsettling feeling.

    • @carlost856
      @carlost856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ZeloticMemes closer than the missile Cuban crisis? Don't think so.

    • @maplerosez
      @maplerosez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean Kim is now ignoring the nuclear deal and said that they will upgrade their arms.. (sry I know this is unrelated but Iran has nuclear arms so i think its relevant sorta) and the situation with Iran is getting worse since the US killed their top military general that lead to protests with some people burning a bulding (I forgot what kind of bulding)

    • @kubli365
      @kubli365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maplerosez stfu trump is best and a nuclear apocalypse is a small price to pay to have him as a president

  • @romualdassuchankas390
    @romualdassuchankas390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Play roblox Rise Of Nations and have fun playing walmart hoi4

  • @TheRealChrisLopez
    @TheRealChrisLopez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how Alex zooms in on his face just enough to exclude his receding hairline.

  • @mnmfreak502
    @mnmfreak502 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta love the ol' scoutarooni.

  • @ognoders
    @ognoders 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    in game music would probably have set the mood better I felt like i was watching a ragtime production of the apocalypses XD

  • @nguyensonbinh8621
    @nguyensonbinh8621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is this pop up my recommendation after US and Iran launching missile at each other?

  • @Fulllife3.2
    @Fulllife3.2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Play Rise of Nations on Roblox. You promised a Roblox video a long time ago and we want it damn it!

    • @hotdogguy623
      @hotdogguy623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Roblox Hoi4 > Normal Hoi4

    • @janostollar7389
      @janostollar7389 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HotDogGuy623 Yes I’ve Played

    • @AdmiralRamenNoodles
      @AdmiralRamenNoodles 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the closest I can get to hoi4 without paying for it

    • @Violetenist
      @Violetenist 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kaljamaha22 the game was fun then it got boring. the meta is just tank and troop spam, and china or usa always wins the world with occasionally a good player being any other country

    • @ansel2236
      @ansel2236 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a good game

  • @NathanWhite22
    @NathanWhite22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The soundtrack in this game is top notch

  • @chiefconstituent
    @chiefconstituent 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally, Alex played this game.

  • @jeronimoadames6624
    @jeronimoadames6624 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You gotta play this some more this is epic

  • @matthewmcneany
    @matthewmcneany 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can change the score settings so that it only gives you points for survivors - which is the correct way to score the game

  • @eliasziad7864
    @eliasziad7864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Detroit gone"
    ...and nothing of value was lost.

  • @krustygaming5887
    @krustygaming5887 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s as Joshua from the movie wargames said “the only winning move is not to play”

  • @strikes_again
    @strikes_again 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "kill as many civilians as you can" Alex 2019

  • @dg-7273
    @dg-7273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Annnd with the intro he is immediatly on every countries hit list

  • @scorpionarthur
    @scorpionarthur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A game that should make you terified about nuclear war...
    But then there was an Alex and his funny background music 😱😂

  • @Apollo_Tsakiris
    @Apollo_Tsakiris 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Took you long enough, but now I am happy

  • @pipmeno
    @pipmeno 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    -Game about annihilation of humankind.
    -Silly royalty-free music playing in the background xD

  • @math3000
    @math3000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:40
    Spiffing Heretic: "DIE HERETIC!"

  • @muharremyagzturk1570
    @muharremyagzturk1570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At last defcon is seen as a game !

  • @user-gp3vg3by9n
    @user-gp3vg3by9n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Let's put happy laughy music over nuclear warfare! That's such a good idea! That totally doesn't mess with the fact nuclear warfare is super scary!

  • @zachiahcannizzaro6987
    @zachiahcannizzaro6987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aussie spider intensified

  • @thepsychicspoon5984
    @thepsychicspoon5984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As Cleveland from family guy would say:
    "Oh you don't really win, you just do a little better each time".

  • @bluedrink5928
    @bluedrink5928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You may fire when ready

  • @copyrightclaim3541
    @copyrightclaim3541 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That closeup gave me a raging,
    hard...
    mouse button to click that like button!

  • @a05odst62
    @a05odst62 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    To think this could have happened is actually terrifying...

  • @Bighawkeye46
    @Bighawkeye46 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m at 5:56 in the video and my anxiety is coming back with memories of switching to defcon 1 haha

  • @-caesarian-6078
    @-caesarian-6078 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this game being played by the yogscast like 6 years ago
    This is giving me flashbacks

  • @WERTYUIO821
    @WERTYUIO821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I hope he doesnt lose any hair from being scared...
    Sorry...

  • @dudingregbirdius2631
    @dudingregbirdius2631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "...except Greenland, Mongolia, and Australia."
    Kazakhstan: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @_HONK
    @_HONK 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    bouta download this game and speedrun it

  • @robtoe10
    @robtoe10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wasn't expecting that lol

  • @wolfuofs
    @wolfuofs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Play Command HQ. It's one of the earliest military strategy games with nukes.

  • @Canada1994
    @Canada1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    FYI Toronto was called York during the War of 1812

  • @joehaisman
    @joehaisman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HES FINALLY PLAYING DEFCON

  • @narayasuiryoku1397
    @narayasuiryoku1397 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    stellaris : are you challenging me ?

  • @inexperiencedhistorian1194
    @inexperiencedhistorian1194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Alex the ram fam where you at

  • @101jir
    @101jir 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:05 The people of Detroit thank you.

  • @L_mattox
    @L_mattox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Strange game... the only winning move is not to play.

  • @chewylord
    @chewylord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Kaboom! All you here in this game.

  • @maltem.2225
    @maltem.2225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didn’t suspect the sexy face

  • @ImStevan
    @ImStevan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:16 Kazakhstan: am I a joke to you

  • @williammurdoch9839
    @williammurdoch9839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    World: being destroyed
    Australia and Greenland: "Do you hear something?"

  • @georgemorley1029
    @georgemorley1029 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:40 A sight for sore ears, that's what you meant to say...I'm sure.

  • @stephenparker445
    @stephenparker445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What if Alex the bald rambler win a ww3 ?

  • @unnamedchannel1237
    @unnamedchannel1237 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alex the Ram? I'll just go get my Velcro gloves.

  • @fluffyplayery3017
    @fluffyplayery3017 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well I doubt there are many scary strategy games to compete with

  • @jderasmus7708
    @jderasmus7708 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    rambler's main goal- to make everyone in defcon bald