In my first game through I had a orc named thrak I didn't know I could garrison my orcs and it would keep them back then and every day I remember the times he saved my life in the game
What I love most about this is that as we go back in time with each clip, we can see the more confused Brian looks compared to when he’s in the hospital.
@@OK-yy6qz. And his armor is brighter/less tarnished. Early in the video is quite blackened and it's a little hard to tell what Tribe he is, could be Mystic or Dark -- but when Brian saves Thrak it's clearly shiny gold Marauder Tribe armor. Thrak the Golden, Marauder Tracker, Overlord of Nurnen (guessing given the background)
@@Frank-im2ku Yes. He's not carrying a heavy weapon so he's a Warrior Tracker. (no shield or second weapon = warrior). Berzerkers, slayers or Tanks have more scars. Can't be a Marksman because no crossbow. Can't be a Beastmaster because they tend to wear pelts or bits of animals. Can't be a destroyer because destroyers tend to have burn marks, pustules or cursed skin depending on the element they wield that leaves Tracker, Assassin, Commander or Trickster, and I'm guessing tracker because tricksters don't tend to wear armor plate, Commanders tend to wear special armor with a banner on the back, and assassins tend to cover their face. As for tribes the Marauder tribe is the only one that uses golden armor. Easiest ID. loccation wise, There's too much sunlight on the map where his ass gets saved for it to be any map other than Nurnen (It could be Minas Ithil but you can never have orcs in Minas Ithil and it's never that bright when it becomes Minas Morgul and you can have orcs there. Could be Lithlad I suppose but the buildings in Lithlad look different and Lithlad wasn't out when the game was just released and wouldn't be part of the promotional materials. Interestingly, the background is from a particular sawmill just outside the keep in Nurnen, and it's obvious that Marauders are the overlords of Nurnen, since no one else gold-plates the walls of the keep like that.
Honestly, I kinda did as a kid, in the form of my cousin and the few real friends I had (I was pretty shy as a kid, so I had a hard time approaching people I wasn't familiar with). A bunch of bullies (there were probably around 12 of them) had me surrounded (and probably planned to beat me up simply because I was small and timid as a kid), and then my cousin and friends showed up and got them to back off. That one moment made a *huge* difference for me as a kid. Just knowing that I had people I could count on to watch my back when it really mattered made all the difference in the world.
this games enemy AI is perfect. in this game a simple archer who shot you in the back can go on to have a whole story. every single enemy you fight could have a character arc
Death: Time to go, Brian. Brian: Wait- Death: Listen, Brian, you've had plenty of ti- Brian: I want Thrak to come with me. Death: .... **[Sniffles and wipes away tear before clearing his throat]** O-okay, he can come. Thrak: Today, Brian. Brian: Yes, today, Thrak.
Shadow of War really nailed what they were setting out to do. I got plenty of Thrak-like moments in my playthrough. Had one guy, I beat him five times - his initial title was "The Unbreakable", but went through several changes across our battles; on the last, I knew I had to keep him even though he had Iron Will. True to his legacy, the one time he died during a takeover, he came right back.
With you there bud. I could've used more orc conquests and fortresses in place of the whole Nazgul stuff, but as it is, Shadow of War is great. I also had lots of moments with orcs similar to Thrak, one particular the guy I brought from Shadow of Mordor, "Goroth the Gentle" he was called. Ironically, he became one of the biggest badasses I had on command and I even made him Overlord as a reward for his loyalty. Saved my ass so many times as my bodyguard too. Then there was a guy called "the Serpent" who I had to break in a few times but he eventually became my good soldier too. Even helped me put down a betrayer, "the Butcher." Then there was that one time this game genuinely made me feel like a horrible person accidentally. I targeted an uruk named "Shaka the Hunter" and shamed him once to get him down to my level. Well that one shaming broke his mind and he became "Shaka the Ruined", only saying "I TRIED! CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH I TRIED?!" So I tried helping him out on a ghoul hunt to get him into my army and give him a better place, but not only did he get ambushed by THREE OTHER CAPTAINS while he was on his hunt, the saddest part is, while I was wading into battle against the three other assholes, intending to exact divine vengeance upon their ratfaces for bullying the poor guy when he's already so down, Shaka got killed and eaten by ghuls. Not going to lie it felt horrible, like I did something truly awful and dickish, even though I tried saving him. But the guilt just stayed, y'know?
I had someone like that-His name was “Nakra The Wrestler” He was the FIRST Orc I EVER got, And he was so freaking loyal he cheated death-5 TIMES-Don’t worry he is still alive.
@J M Heck yeah. There was a new feature added to Mordor with the advent of War being released. You get to choose to name your most loyal soldier who will actually follow you into War and the game will also track your fiercest rival who will actually appear as one of the first tough fights in War.
@@lawrencewidemouth in one of my playthroughs, I was battling an overlord, about to die, but then one of my guys saved me, made him overlord. He wasn't the strongest of my guys, but he earned it
Brian at 130 years old: "My time has come, I am the oldest person on ear-" Thrak: "They invented body transplant, now you can live in a robot body forever. Also.....not today brian :)"
Brian: *literally 10,000 years old and just a brain in a jar* Thrak, I've watched civilizations rise and fall, I'm no longer able to feel... Life is nothing... Please... Thrak: *evil grin* ...not today, Brian
@@lockerbuddy2039 Then in 40,000 when Brian is given a fully robotic body that allows him to learn and know and explore and do so much beyond his former form: "You were right. This was really worth the wait and the fight to get here. You were right all along. And all it took was you saying..." *gives a soft smile* Thrak: *gives a friendly smile and pats his closest friend's shoulder gently* "...not today, Brian."
Best part is, the trailer isn't exaggerating. Orcs CAN be this loyal. If you help them, protect them, and give them chances to win their battles, the will save your life if they can. Sometimes mine even give me treasure orcs and intel orcs because they want to help me. And more than once an orc has cheated death and stayed loyal for me. One such is current Overlord of Seregost.
@@hagamapamaI love this. And could elaborate on how? Because I wish to treat my Uruk army correctly for the bright goth. *looks at clothing* dark goth? Uhhh let's settle it in gray goth or gray lord
that same orc can kill you if you kill an orc that turns out to be his brother, really cool system, also sometimes orcs comeback from death as half machines to kill you lol
*"What do we say to the god of death?"* Thrak : *_"Not today, Brian"_* What a hero! _An Uruk is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to_
It's the best publicity I ever see, the essence of this game is this, you're suppose to hate orcs, but when your bodyguard save you two, three, or more times, you just want to preserve him and his loyaulty, even if it's just a mass of pixel in a game, you just want him to be by your side.
For real, it's odd that you can make a game where the same motherfucker that you wanna kill can also be the same motherfucker that you desperately want to stay by your side. What a fun damn time!
I kept the very first orc I ever recruited alive. He was there from the moment it began, and he was there for the last defense. Ghura the Golden will never be forgotten.
I miss mine, he was called Nazú the dark or Nazú the night I don't quite remember. He was dark tribe and worshipped Sauron, but stayed with me and I tried to keep him alive but one day we were fighting and he. Died.. I wish he had lived, he was supposed to live
In Shadow of Mordor. I had this weak orc enemy that I always humiliated, his name was "Krahkorn the Shadow". He was a grey orc, not a Uruk-hai or if he was, then he was a scrawny one. He was an archer, and I would always let him flee, this was early in the game. He had eventually gotten stronger, and gained a trait that gave him exploding arrows. He was in an ambush of five different Orc Captains. They all wanted to kill me, and Krahkorn was the only one who survived... It wasn't because I killed them, quite the contrary... Krahkorn shot one arrow... He shot one arrow, and it killed them all... Or it was one for each... I believe it was only one arrow, they all died, and he tried to fight me... I humiliated him yet again, and he fled as always, because I would always let him. It was the last time I got to see him flee... As usual, I would track him down and humiliate him, but a high cliff was where he fell... I was throwing him closer and closer to the edge, grabbing him and throwing him towards it as he was green... I never meant to throw him off and kill him... Or if he wasn't dead... Then what the hell was at the final battle..? Leading the charge... As the Orc Lord, that was had the battle speech and lead the Talons of Sauron, not as the leader, but as his own name... KRAHKORN THE SHADOW.... He couldn't be recurited, which I was planning to do since the beginning, but I had made the mistake and he fell to the abyss... To return as a Onii'... -Jack (He couldn't be recruited during the last battle, that then would be the final boss fight in Shadow of Mordor.)
I had an orc like this, turuk the fire slayer, saved me twice. But then during a betrayal was killed...the blood that was shed that day, was shed for him
I got an orc called Snafu the Wicked, saved me more than five times and to this day he still rules his fort in seregost after I ran out of ways to reward him
You’re probably confused as to why your 3 year old comment is getting replies now. That being said I agree with the others. Halo 3 believe is #1 and my personal #2 is gears of war mad world
I love this game, I'm still sad we haven't seen another. The nemesis system is so amazing and the things that happen within it. Fighting one Ork to be ambushed by another then to be attacked by a blood brother of the one that just ambushes you was wild
@@Mathew2190 read this when i searched about it ''However, Warner was eventually able to correct the patent and register it. The patent officially entered into force on February 23, 2021. The patent is expected to be valid until 2035.''
Well, I had them show up in my bloody dreams, which could technically be seen as a bridge between the game and the real world, even if only inside our own minds. Still, close enough.
Whoa you remember that one from GTA 5 feminist Buzzfeed let’s play.. actually something I think those ladies is in the wrong business.. they should work for marketing.. I mean how many of those quotes doesn’t not people remember.. they got a talent there.. they would could invent Got Milk commercial over and over again.. it’s a win win they can be condescending and arrogant as they like while being seen as strong intelligent people at the same time..
Still can't forget that time that i saved one of mine orcs during the battle and in that same battle he saved me from an orc with "no chance" a true hero.
I think i saw this back in the day but never bothered with the game. Y.T's algorithm is damn strange whit how it will randomly recommend random videos from years ago unpromted.
I had one bodyguard who stuck with me through to the end until my save got corrupted. His name was Ukbuk the Machine, and he saved my lives more time than I can count. Even killed Zog the Necromancer for me to save my dumb ass. Here's to you Blood-Brother. Hope we meet again on the next run.
There is a DLC of an Orc Slayer, in honor of a Shadow of War developer who's passed away. When the DLC is active, he might randomly show up and one-shot whatever Orc you're facing.
Brady Bunch I don't want it to come out. I'm enjoying all the streaming and great commercials. Heck even the community deserves some love. It's one of those times in life you wish could last forever. ;-;
Once it does come out, Just Josh, then it`s on us to keep the train rolling. And I`m as sure as Thrak`s loyalty here that the community will be able to do it.
James Godsall I can just imagine that the tark who killed az zlaar was like " it's time to daaanc-" But was just chucked away by a bodyguard like the doctor from 0:04 before he could activate the fire trap And then the bodyguard would be like "Not today az zlaar"
I have an orc like Thrak, his name is also Thrak and he said "Not today, my lord." When saving me, I immediately made him my bodyguard and made him legendary
@@mikhailorlov5768 you're both wrong that's an uruk-hai OR in human tounge a high orc. And the big ones are called Olog-hai which means high troll. They are like elves. We have normal elves, dark elves, wood elves, high elves and now we got high orcs and high trolls And before you ask there is a difference. In the LOTR lore, the first orcs the ones made by the first dark lord morgoth. Are a lot weaker as they are made by corrupting the elves. Turning them to orcs but they don't really have a way of reproduction so they just raped a ton of elves women. But then when morgoth fall and his armies scattered sauron rose to power and he immediately saw the weakness of the normal orcs so he make them better he made the uruks aka the high orcs the difference being that uruks are smarter, stronger and actually have emotions. And to support his armies he also make the Olog-hai which is a high troll. What different between an Olog-hai and a normal troll that is. A normal troll can't even move in sunlight. But an Olog-hai can, ologs also very smart as they can speak clearly atleast to a level that we can understand them Also sauron have respect for women so the uruks don't have to come from raped elves even the uruks are disgusted by this action the uruks and ologs are made in pools of an unknown substance called the vat pits this is where they are formed and they emerged from the pits fully formed adults and ready for battle
It's like a sign. Telling us that even though we've been through it all we should keep pushing forwards because there's always a macho orc watching over you
I have an orc that is like this, i save him twice and he save me twice, i was really san and angry when he die, just to came back from death to save me again. He appear once when two orc betrayed me to save me, he is just the best. Still my bodyguard and the best orc in my game.
You fight the Balrog by yourself, when the Balrog is about to kill you, Thrak swoop’s in like the runaway five and punch the thing in the shin so hard, it collapses to the floor and begins to roll around in agony while Thrak delivers his classic one-liner he said to you dozen’s of time’s over the years, never failing to bring a smile to your face.
Thrak has the unwavering loyalty special Meaning no matter what he won’t betray and even has a good chance of coming back to life just to serve if he dies
There was this uruk that I had saved from an execution this one time, really I just branded him cause he was already green (was the executee) but then we bonded over the course of the game, through curse, poison and fire we went together and became blood brothers. One day we attacked a fort, we were slightly under leveled but I believed in us... maybe a little too much in myself as I had gotten myself surrounded by four warchiefs deep behind enemy lines and went down; there were no saves. As I was prepared to face my death by flaming bolt and a failed siege a body slammed into me taking the shot instead. Armor dented, singed and full of arrows there he was my bodyguard. He looked at me (well talion) in the eyes, "Not today brother." And went down as I stood back up. Despite trying desperately to revive him the overwhelming amount of archers prevented me from doing so and he fell to the ground a weak whisper leaking out, "Live." I tearfully retreated from the battle our army battered and broken. After assassinating every warchief and raising a large army enough to be called overkill I went back and we destroyed every last enemy uruk in the place and as I came out from the overlord fight I stood at the very spot that my blood brother had saved my life one last time, and paused to reminisce about our time together (for about 15 mins real time), unfortunately due to mechanical constraints I wasn't able to build a statue but he would always have a place in my heart. A couple days later real time I was being sieged by Helm Hammerhand at that same fort. I was confident the fort wouldn't fall. I had gear, defenses and plenty of high level uruks but little did I know. As soon as the conversation was done my bodyguard and the top two warchiefs in my army turned traitor and killed my overlord. A battle that was a sure victory quickly turned into a massacre as the very uruks I power leveled became my enemy and with desperate concentration I managed to take them out however there was still Helm. As I lay there waiting for the hammer to fall down (used the two down chances on the damned traitors) a rusty broken spear was suddenly thrust through helm's chest and threw him aside and I saw him... Scarred, burned and with patched up armor here and there but it was truly him. He held out his hand as he grinned down at me "Not today brother, not today." As I took his hand and stood up I saw an army, tattered and ill equipped but burning with fierce morale they charged in and retook the fort. I resolved that day that together we would take down sauron and never again would I let him fall. P.S. A complete work of fiction, but monolith make this happen!
Give this person a bloody mention in your streams and make this scenario a possibility to happen, Monolith, or we`ll gonna slap you hard where it hurts the most!
@@MrJhound4 Wow thanks XD wasn't expecting a comment on this after 3 years. In fact I actually kind of forgot about this, was good to reread this after so long.
mark markson im pretty sure those are lies the lootboxs give you runes and urks both things you get easily in the game so there wont be any "terrible grind"s or at least thats what i think i know some one will say some thing else to me
Kleiny-ku Then why are they removing loot boxes and saying that it undermines the Nemesis System now? Even they knew it was bullshit, and people like you bought into it.
God, knowing what happened to one of the developers... that beginning of the trailer hit heavier than I anticipated. "Your day will come, Ranger. But not today."
0:04 I like how in this scene everything is all futuristic, implying that Brian is immortal and Thrak won't let him die, putting Brian in a never-ending loop of pain and suffering as Thrak tears away the sweet embrace of death from Brian's cold, fragile, elderly hands.
I love how you cam see the orc also get older too (or younger I suppose) It's just nice added detail for a commercial that totally wasn't necessary and not even super obvious
This made me remember an orc I have Pûg the angel, he's saved me more times then i could possibly count, he'd show up every time i started to get overwhelmed by orcs, was my first orc that I turned to an ally, he's died twice and still helps me to this day. He is truly an orc of honor and deserving of his title
Bro this reminds me when one of my most loyal and fav orcs died and mid battle as I was getting finished off he cheated death and saved me tbh I cried happiness after that and made him overlord
Thrak, our hero.
there goes my hero
Not today Brian not today.
Maarten Burger Nice try, but no one is gonna replace Az-Laar
Maarten Burger shut yo sensitive ass up
Never mind i just cried
Brian almost clicks to buy micro-transaction. Thrak stops him.
"Not today Brian."
Brian: Hm. Maybe I'll go watch the remake of Cats.
Thrak: *after burning down every theater * Not today, Brian.
That's a true hero
IM THE 1K LIKE YOU CANT STOO ME!!!
Thrak is the true comrade
Because that's not how you're suppose to play the game
"Not today, Brian"
"Not today, Thrak, not today"
Damn that shit hit me in the feels
me too
500th like I am
Same
Me too and i never played this game.
In my first game through I had a orc named thrak I didn't know I could garrison my orcs and it would keep them back then and every day I remember the times he saved my life in the game
3 years later, Thrak is still a Overlord worthy uruk.
yup
Mhm
Agreed and I miss shadow of war so much
@@urb44n ok
@@urb44n You can replay it. I do it all the time personally
What I love most about this is that as we go back in time with each clip, we can see the more confused Brian looks compared to when he’s in the hospital.
wow just noticed that ,such a small cool detail
Also thrak is clearly younger as the video goes on
@@OK-yy6qz. And his armor is brighter/less tarnished. Early in the video is quite blackened and it's a little hard to tell what Tribe he is, could be Mystic or Dark -- but when Brian saves Thrak it's clearly shiny gold Marauder Tribe armor.
Thrak the Golden, Marauder Tracker, Overlord of Nurnen (guessing given the background)
@@hagamapamahow did you got all that info, is the game so much detailed? If so is damn amazing!
@@Frank-im2ku Yes. He's not carrying a heavy weapon so he's a Warrior Tracker. (no shield or second weapon = warrior). Berzerkers, slayers or Tanks have more scars. Can't be a Marksman because no crossbow. Can't be a Beastmaster because they tend to wear pelts or bits of animals. Can't be a destroyer because destroyers tend to have burn marks, pustules or cursed skin depending on the element they wield
that leaves Tracker, Assassin, Commander or Trickster, and I'm guessing tracker because tricksters don't tend to wear armor plate, Commanders tend to wear special armor with a banner on the back, and assassins tend to cover their face.
As for tribes the Marauder tribe is the only one that uses golden armor. Easiest ID.
loccation wise, There's too much sunlight on the map where his ass gets saved for it to be any map other than Nurnen (It could be Minas Ithil but you can never have orcs in Minas Ithil and it's never that bright when it becomes Minas Morgul and you can have orcs there.
Could be Lithlad I suppose but the buildings in Lithlad look different and Lithlad wasn't out when the game was just released and wouldn't be part of the promotional materials.
Interestingly, the background is from a particular sawmill just outside the keep in Nurnen, and it's obvious that Marauders are the overlords of Nurnen, since no one else gold-plates the walls of the keep like that.
“What do we say to the God of Death?”
Thrak: Not today, Brian
;à
Thrak has helped Brian *cheat death* multiple times
Loving the GoT reference
I love the implication that the God of Death is named Brian in your microsetting.
🤢🤮
*LOOKS LIKE COMPASSION AND RESPECT IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS*
Venom Snake RAAAH!!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAHG!!!
Wait... dats da wrog franchize...
@@matthewyeldig4608 zog, ya mangy git.
@@Nugnugnug Oi! Youz in dis comment seksion too!
WWOOOOAAAAAAA
The lesson this teaches is we all need a Thrak
Or Prak....
Михаил Пашковский prak jaws prak jaws!
Honestly, I kinda did as a kid, in the form of my cousin and the few real friends I had (I was pretty shy as a kid, so I had a hard time approaching people I wasn't familiar with). A bunch of bullies (there were probably around 12 of them) had me surrounded (and probably planned to beat me up simply because I was small and timid as a kid), and then my cousin and friends showed up and got them to back off. That one moment made a *huge* difference for me as a kid. Just knowing that I had people I could count on to watch my back when it really mattered made all the difference in the world.
gamester512 Damn bro thats deep and im glad to hear your cousin and your friend had your back bro u had more than one thrak
I think the lesson is that first you have to become a Brian to deserve a Thrak.
this games enemy AI is perfect. in this game a simple archer who shot you in the back can go on to have a whole story. every single enemy you fight could have a character arc
The power of the Shadow of series and the nemesis system!
@@dj11o9er yes
It's been a bit since I played the sequel. One dude has become such an unstoppable trap master I actively feared his arrival.
@@dj11o9er kinda wish they didn't copyright it so we could have many more games with the nemesis system
@@NeoBlitz13 😂
Everybody gangsta until thrak says
"Today, Brian" and betrays you.
Dude wtf that's such an underrated comment 😂😂😂😂😂
biggest OUF-moment ever!
And then Brian has to decapitate Thrak like a little bitch.
Hahaha damn that is stone cold 😂😂😂
killed his blood-brother
The dark part is the fact they were going to pull the plug on a guy who was conscious.
Bust your ass working to provide for your kids and they will do that to ya.
I kinda assume that Brian just woke up to see his friend one last time.
@@R41Ryan Yeah Thrak woke him up with his presence.
Not today Brian.
Guarding angel
The best part in this is how Thrak uses Brian’s exact line, just to bring back the memory of how he is grateful and forever loyal for what he’s done
Here is your thousandths like. Excellent comment
thank you for explaining the the joke
@@alirezahabadi3320thanks for being a dick no one needed it.
@@alirezahabadi3320 Where do I put my baseball bat?
Congrats that was the entire fucking point of the advert
I wish a woman loved me like Threk loved Brian...
"Not today Josh"
Yeah no sex for you...you asked for it
That's Depressing
Do you mean "as a friend"...?
No shit!
th-cam.com/video/gwpDe3iaQ_A/w-d-xo.html
_Three year old game_
TH-cam: "Wanna see an advertisement?""
Well no....but yes
it's kinda good though ngl
Yeah, what the heck hahaha, I"m not complaining though!
Cowon ThePlane it's my favourite game, and trust me I've played a lot, over 64 to be exact
*Yep that’s what happened to me.*
"Its time to go Brian" *gently but firmly holds pillow on his face
COME ON BRIAN NO STRUGGLING!
"Today, Brian."
It’s been a long time since a TH-cam comment made me laugh out loud but that one did it. Well done
Death: Time to go, Brian.
Brian: Wait-
Death: Listen, Brian, you've had plenty of ti-
Brian: I want Thrak to come with me.
Death: .... **[Sniffles and wipes away tear before clearing his throat]** O-okay, he can come.
Thrak: Today, Brian.
Brian: Yes, today, Thrak.
New title " Thrak Pillow smotherer"
Shadow of War really nailed what they were setting out to do. I got plenty of Thrak-like moments in my playthrough. Had one guy, I beat him five times - his initial title was "The Unbreakable", but went through several changes across our battles; on the last, I knew I had to keep him even though he had Iron Will. True to his legacy, the one time he died during a takeover, he came right back.
With you there bud. I could've used more orc conquests and fortresses in place of the whole Nazgul stuff, but as it is, Shadow of War is great.
I also had lots of moments with orcs similar to Thrak, one particular the guy I brought from Shadow of Mordor, "Goroth the Gentle" he was called. Ironically, he became one of the biggest badasses I had on command and I even made him Overlord as a reward for his loyalty. Saved my ass so many times as my bodyguard too. Then there was a guy called "the Serpent" who I had to break in a few times but he eventually became my good soldier too. Even helped me put down a betrayer, "the Butcher."
Then there was that one time this game genuinely made me feel like a horrible person accidentally. I targeted an uruk named "Shaka the Hunter" and shamed him once to get him down to my level. Well that one shaming broke his mind and he became "Shaka the Ruined", only saying "I TRIED! CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH I TRIED?!" So I tried helping him out on a ghoul hunt to get him into my army and give him a better place, but not only did he get ambushed by THREE OTHER CAPTAINS while he was on his hunt, the saddest part is, while I was wading into battle against the three other assholes, intending to exact divine vengeance upon their ratfaces for bullying the poor guy when he's already so down, Shaka got killed and eaten by ghuls. Not going to lie it felt horrible, like I did something truly awful and dickish, even though I tried saving him. But the guilt just stayed, y'know?
I had someone like that-His name was “Nakra The Wrestler” He was the FIRST Orc I EVER got, And he was so freaking loyal he cheated death-5 TIMES-Don’t worry he is still alive.
@@ENDRICK916 wow
@J M Heck yeah. There was a new feature added to Mordor with the advent of War being released. You get to choose to name your most loyal soldier who will actually follow you into War and the game will also track your fiercest rival who will actually appear as one of the first tough fights in War.
@J M You go do that, friend! Have fun!
If a single orc tells me "not today my lord" and saves me I will flip out!!!!!
George Lanadar I will love that and have him be my right hand man.
George Lanadar these guys are Urks! Not orcs
George Lanadar i was saved by one of my uruks who Said not today boss i instantly made him overlord
His happened to me, a sniper:"not today Bright lord"
@@lawrencewidemouth in one of my playthroughs, I was battling an overlord, about to die, but then one of my guys saved me, made him overlord. He wasn't the strongest of my guys, but he earned it
Brian at 130 years old: "My time has come, I am the oldest person on ear-"
Thrak: "They invented body transplant, now you can live in a robot body forever. Also.....not today brian :)"
Wow, I remember that movie.
"They invented"? Hah! Thrak himself invented it specifically for this reason!
i love living on ear
Brian: *literally 10,000 years old and just a brain in a jar* Thrak, I've watched civilizations rise and fall, I'm no longer able to feel... Life is nothing... Please...
Thrak: *evil grin* ...not today, Brian
@@lockerbuddy2039 Then in 40,000 when Brian is given a fully robotic body that allows him to learn and know and explore and do so much beyond his former form: "You were right. This was really worth the wait and the fight to get here. You were right all along. And all it took was you saying..." *gives a soft smile*
Thrak: *gives a friendly smile and pats his closest friend's shoulder gently* "...not today, Brian."
Grim Reaper: Brian, it is time for you to--
*gets thrown out of the window*
Greg: Not today, Brian.
Yeah it surely is an orc called Greg
Yes
@@DjangoCaron I didn't realized it what you meant window of the window until I looked back at my comment lol. 😂
Greg
Thrak not to day Brian
Brian not be thrak
They both die
The end
Bro-tier uruks
Yes. I need a bro-tier uruk in my life.
Rob Majito Brourk Hai
Shoutout to those who have a friend with bro-tier Uruk relationships
Never realised how good this trailer was until playing the game.
Best part is, the trailer isn't exaggerating. Orcs CAN be this loyal. If you help them, protect them, and give them chances to win their battles, the will save your life if they can. Sometimes mine even give me treasure orcs and intel orcs because they want to help me. And more than once an orc has cheated death and stayed loyal for me. One such is current Overlord of Seregost.
@@hagamapamaI love this. And could elaborate on how? Because I wish to treat my Uruk army correctly for the bright goth. *looks at clothing* dark goth? Uhhh let's settle it in gray goth or gray lord
is a good game?
that same orc can kill you if you kill an orc that turns out to be his brother, really cool system, also sometimes orcs comeback from death as half machines to kill you lol
_Not today, my friend_
ironic since this is the opposite of the meme.
Stealthyhunter no its not, Thrak was dominated and is in Brians army
No I mean theres a meme that goes along the lines of looking at a noose and saying "Not today, my friend" because of something.
Oh, my bad
It's from the Simpsons, Moe says "not today, my old friend" while looking at a noose in his bar
This is the most emotional game ad I've ever seen
So it would've seen
you didnt see halo 3 than
And what's wrong with it? Soulful advertisement.
@@horrorinthevoid9461 nothing, just nothing till now beats halo 3 in my book. Believe campaign was great
@@beregondibram2985 remember reach too
*"What do we say to the god of death?"*
Thrak : *_"Not today, Brian"_*
What a hero! _An Uruk is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to_
Thanks, orc Gandalf!
Not fair. Bryan got to play shadow of war early
Catafalcers He also aged quite fast.
He might be a time traveler
Of this was shot in reverse at times where the great peril demands a true Uruk saviour.
Catafalcers i know 😭
I'm starting to feel that Monolith wants us to feel jelly
Channel your inner Thrak guys, together we can make the world a better place.
Potates love your content
"Not Today Potates"😌
HELL TO THAT! CHANNEL YOUR INNER HATRED AND JOIN THE DAR- I MEAN THE NORUK CLAN!!!
Inner thrak, Inner Thrak
Potates HI 😁
It's the best publicity I ever see, the essence of this game is this, you're suppose to hate orcs, but when your bodyguard save you two, three, or more times, you just want to preserve him and his loyaulty, even if it's just a mass of pixel in a game, you just want him to be by your side.
For real, it's odd that you can make a game where the same motherfucker that you wanna kill can also be the same motherfucker that you desperately want to stay by your side. What a fun damn time!
I kept the very first orc I ever recruited alive. He was there from the moment it began, and he was there for the last defense. Ghura the Golden will never be forgotten.
@@hagamapamaThat’s honestly a really badass name
I miss mine, he was called Nazú the dark or Nazú the night I don't quite remember. He was dark tribe and worshipped Sauron, but stayed with me and I tried to keep him alive but one day we were fighting and he. Died.. I wish he had lived, he was supposed to live
In Shadow of Mordor. I had this weak orc enemy that I always humiliated, his name was "Krahkorn the Shadow". He was a grey orc, not a Uruk-hai or if he was, then he was a scrawny one. He was an archer, and I would always let him flee, this was early in the game. He had eventually gotten stronger, and gained a trait that gave him exploding arrows. He was in an ambush of five different Orc Captains. They all wanted to kill me, and Krahkorn was the only one who survived...
It wasn't because I killed them, quite the contrary...
Krahkorn shot one arrow...
He shot one arrow, and it killed them all... Or it was one for each...
I believe it was only one arrow, they all died, and he tried to fight me...
I humiliated him yet again, and he fled as always, because I would always let him.
It was the last time I got to see him flee...
As usual, I would track him down and humiliate him, but a high cliff was where he fell...
I was throwing him closer and closer to the edge, grabbing him and throwing him towards it as he was green... I never meant to throw him off and kill him...
Or if he wasn't dead...
Then what the hell was at the final battle..? Leading the charge... As the Orc Lord, that was had the battle speech and lead the Talons of Sauron, not as the leader, but as his own name...
KRAHKORN THE SHADOW....
He couldn't be recurited, which I was planning to do since the beginning, but I had made the mistake and he fell to the abyss... To return as a Onii'... -Jack
(He couldn't be recruited during the last battle, that then would be the final boss fight in Shadow of Mordor.)
The Marketing campaign is absolutely insane! Good job!
Just hope they aren't putting money in marketing that should've been put into development... big risk with AAA games
They litteraly pushed back the release date for better development, that shows that they're deicated to giving us a good game doesn't it?
Litteraly didn't expect people to like my comment haha, but hey if your Marketing Department is looking for intern :D (just sayin)
It is the best kind of torture
I mean look at those masks, id say they cost what maybe $75 at most.
I had an orc like this, turuk the fire slayer, saved me twice. But then during a betrayal was killed...the blood that was shed that day, was shed for him
That's... that's beautiful. It's enough to make a grown man cry... and that's okay.
But not this man, get back in there tear!
I got an orc called Snafu the Wicked, saved me more than five times and to this day he still rules his fort in seregost after I ran out of ways to reward him
Brian: you always got my back, brother.
Thrak: For Family, I'll do anything, no matter what, Brian.
*See You Again started playing*
bandoleiro starts playing*
I don't have friends, I have family.
When a medic saves you once in battlefield
That actually is me saying it all the time to my team
Guys I know he half a kilometre away but, I got an hyperfixation to save that guy so here's my medic crate and ima go revive them.
OH NO YOU DONT! DONT YOU DARE DIE ON ME!!-a dedicated medic player since bf3
@@greyman7605 or a newbie like me who just plays bf1
Medic gang rise up, and catch your battle buddies as they fall
Can we just take a moment to grant this the title of greatest game ad of all time?
I'd love to but the Halo 3 diorama advert will always be number one.
“To Michael.”
Incorrect, the believe series of tv spots for halo 3 is always the best
You’re probably confused as to why your 3 year old comment is getting replies now. That being said I agree with the others. Halo 3 believe is #1 and my personal #2 is gears of war mad world
@@DrFranklynAnderson "Omaha!! Pinned down on that God forsaken beach......"
Five years on and this commercial still hits us in the feels.
I like how on his deathbed the equipment is futuristic
Bro it's because he plays the game in the present, so he dies in the future. How genius
Luiz Guilherme
Bro, we all figured that out. It's painfully obvious. It doesn't need you to explain it.
@@thebalder9634 i know, but i just wanted to say, it's a cool detail
@@thebalder9634 You should chill.
Chef
Yeah. I hear you. I debated on whether or not say anything but I couldn't help it.
Not today Brian
Anthonie Santic not today Brian
Anthonie Santic my name is Brian
Better love story than twilight.
(No homo)
Just Josh thats so true tho😂
Anthonie Santic 666th like
God, where did all the creativity go? Ads like this were the freaking best.
Mysterious savior
Thrak the bodyguard: level 56
"Not today,Brian."
;)
I love you man #nohomo
#AllTheHomo
#BackToCloset
Gamekeeper #idontgiveashitandjustwantedtocomment
vvAv3 #closetmachinebroke
i love you guys
I love this game, I'm still sad we haven't seen another. The nemesis system is so amazing and the things that happen within it. Fighting one Ork to be ambushed by another then to be attacked by a blood brother of the one that just ambushes you was wild
Blame the devs they copy righted the system no ones allowed to make a similar game
@@theduke9292 oh I know they did, but the copyright should be expiring soon, unless they reapply it.
@@Mathew2190 I think the patent ends in 2035 or somethjng
@@Mathew2190 read this when i searched about it
''However, Warner was eventually able to correct the patent and register it. The patent officially entered into force on February 23, 2021. The patent is expected to be valid until 2035.''
Lesson of the day folks be good to your Uruks and by some magical way they will appear irl and be your best friend forever
Well, I had them show up in my bloody dreams, which could technically be seen as a bridge between the game and the real world, even if only inside our own minds. Still, close enough.
If only the Orks like in your profile pic were the same lol
“This is why I hate video games. Because this is what it does, it appeals to the male fantasy”
The male fantasy:
Best friend ork always there to save you
Whoa you remember that one from GTA 5 feminist Buzzfeed let’s play.. actually something I think those ladies is in the wrong business.. they should work for marketing.. I mean how many of those quotes doesn’t not people remember.. they got a talent there.. they would could invent Got Milk commercial over and over again.. it’s a win win they can be condescending and arrogant as they like while being seen as strong intelligent people at the same time..
Had it on recommended too huh?
@@bacht4799 I know right?
@@Dimitrovitsm Yep
The Hero we don't deserve. Just the one we need right now.
Brian's family: "Dammit Thrak, you're already getting the house and car! What more do you want? Just let the old man die!"
Lmao 😂😂
Thrak:not today
Brian: Thrak, now you’re also getting whatever else I promised to give my kids.
@@aqworldszero109 not today brian
Blood vengeance ensues.
Still can't forget that time that i saved one of mine orcs during the battle and in that same battle he saved me from an orc with "no chance" a true hero.
Still one of the greatest ads of all time.
True, true.
I even forget that Warner irritates me when I see it.
Doctor: is about to pull the plug
Thrak: *guess you wanna find out what flying feels like*
You like Israel? Maybe you should visit Israel!
@@thedemonshield8652 what?
@@figo3554 search up the rock-Obama
@@thedemonshield8652 *_nah visit brazil_*
*_or brazil will force you to visit them_*
Thrak: It's time for your sky-diving lesson. Today, you're gonna learn about free-falling.
Why is this suddenly being recommended to me and why have I never seen it before?!
You and me
same, same
Welcome to the club.
I think i saw this back in the day but never bothered with the game. Y.T's algorithm is damn strange whit how it will randomly recommend random videos from years ago unpromted.
Why am I in the same boat as you? I specifically asked for a private boat.
The throwing of the doctor to the whisper is both the funniest and sweetest thing I have ever heard
I had one bodyguard who stuck with me through to the end until my save got corrupted. His name was Ukbuk the Machine, and he saved my lives more time than I can count. Even killed Zog the Necromancer for me to save my dumb ass.
Here's to you Blood-Brother. Hope we meet again on the next run.
Oh great, now I'm going to be saying "not today" a lot is this game
Same here hah
The Gamingtrain not today Zugu the destroyer
holy shit i just came back to this video and see i got a lot of likes.
Thank you TH-cam for reminding me of this gem, I'm gonna go visit some old friends
"Not today threk" *His character being slaughtered in the backround because he has his hands off the buttons* "not today"
Lmao yes
I think that’s a stealth kill and the enemy captain dies in one stealth hit
@@pogggaming4470 it’s a regular warrior class Uruk I think so yeah instant
freaking love this
I want an orc who'd save me whenever I needed him.
Let me tell you, if that Orc is your Follower from SoM, then it`s even better! :D
Noah Taylor hopefully, that will happen in shadow of war, I'm looking forward to that
Noah Taylor then your nemesis from SoM kills your follower from SoM . Damn the potential for storyline is real
Noah Taylor Hey, wait a minute. YOUR RIGHT!!!
There is a DLC of an Orc Slayer, in honor of a Shadow of War developer who's passed away. When the DLC is active, he might randomly show up and one-shot whatever Orc you're facing.
5 years later and still the peak of advertisements.
Imagine having sex. And the condom somehow breaking. And this giant uruk appears and drags you back. ''Not today, Brian.''.
Shiru Daina Not the hero we deserve but the one we need
Shiru Daina I was about to write that. Well done
Shiru Daina that what I was thinking
Lol
Don't act like it wouldn't be Brian and Thrak having sex.
Some really good promotions from you guys lately, Keep it up! I feel like a junkie waiting on his next hit.. I WANT THIS GAME
Brady Bunch ha same
Brady Bunch I don't want it to come out. I'm enjoying all the streaming and great commercials. Heck even the community deserves some love.
It's one of those times in life you wish could last forever. ;-;
Once it does come out, Just Josh, then it`s on us to keep the train rolling. And I`m as sure as Thrak`s loyalty here that the community will be able to do it.
You and me both bro. Thrak the brouruk-hai is strong with this one
You made something so moving, with only 4 words, im impressed
If only my man Az-zlaar the demolisher had someone like Thrak😭. RIP
James Godsall
I can just imagine that the tark who killed az zlaar was like
" it's time to daaanc-"
But was just chucked away by a bodyguard like the doctor from 0:04 before he could activate the fire trap
And then the bodyguard would be like
"Not today az zlaar"
James Godsall he did he just wasnt there that day
James Godsall ,😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 to soon man to soon
rip
God damnit Monotlith.
You make the best trailers!
Im not crying, shut up!
man this is a great commercial i tear up for that faithfulness and come back to see thrak stopping brians death
No one will ever love you like Thrak. It hurts.
Or any Uruk pal you`ll meet, even.
Who's cutting onions!
Damn these onion cutting ninjas, they're everywhere
Damn these onion cutting ninjas, they're everywhere
I hope this is found in like 2040 randomly and everyone starts looking into this game again
I have an orc like Thrak, his name is also Thrak and he said "Not today, my lord." When saving me, I immediately made him my bodyguard and made him legendary
Can't wait for this to be recommended to me again in 5 years
3 years for me. I even found my comment from when this first aired lol
I'm gonna watch it everyday anyway
This commercial has more character development than the last three Star Wars movies combined 💀
Imagine your troll friend is looking at you drowning in a pool and says, “Today, Brian.”
What, but you been saying not today brian, but today you are saying today Brian, I thought we were friends
That's an orc
@@LupeSunglass a troll orc?
@@mikhailorlov5768 you're both wrong that's an uruk-hai OR in human tounge a high orc. And the big ones are called Olog-hai which means high troll. They are like elves. We have normal elves, dark elves, wood elves, high elves and now we got high orcs and high trolls
And before you ask there is a difference. In the LOTR lore, the first orcs the ones made by the first dark lord morgoth. Are a lot weaker as they are made by corrupting the elves. Turning them to orcs but they don't really have a way of reproduction so they just raped a ton of elves women. But then when morgoth fall and his armies scattered sauron rose to power and he immediately saw the weakness of the normal orcs so he make them better he made the uruks aka the high orcs the difference being that uruks are smarter, stronger and actually have emotions. And to support his armies he also make the Olog-hai which is a high troll. What different between an Olog-hai and a normal troll that is. A normal troll can't even move in sunlight. But an Olog-hai can, ologs also very smart as they can speak clearly atleast to a level that we can understand them
Also sauron have respect for women so the uruks don't have to come from raped elves even the uruks are disgusted by this action the uruks and ologs are made in pools of an unknown substance called the vat pits this is where they are formed and they emerged from the pits fully formed adults and ready for battle
@@amirhaikal8304 no, no. You got me wrong. I meant a trolling orc. ,,Troll" orc.
We got Az-Laar, Bruz, Forthog, Prak, Ratbag, and now we have Thrak.
(Edit) Thrak and Naruk are the same guys from the Friend or Foe trailer btw.
Idk who Prak is, but what about Mogg from the interactive trailer?
@@stormpants1638 prak is the chosen one from the dark lord, just look up Tear of Grace Prak
When you find the coolest edition to your army then he's finally broken and... IRON WILL
If you can't crack open a cold one with your orc boys I don't even see the point of this game
When you survived 2020 and got this in January 2021 in your recommendations.
It's like a sign. Telling us that even though we've been through it all we should keep pushing forwards because there's always a macho orc watching over you
after three years, youube has judged it to be the right time to recommend this game.
He's not letting him die, that's Brian's curse, not dying.
I smell an SCP.
Immortality is neither it's just what matters what the user does with this ability
The ring prevents his mortal years from catching up to him, I crafted the ring to do so
@@Darkmoon67 is that supposed to be a lord of the rings reference
Is he talion irl?
What do we say to the god of death??
Art Of NghiaReaper Not today.
Not today
Not Today Brian.
Next season, when the writers feel like.
Do you like apples?
Classic tearjerking commercial. Who ever came up with this is special.
Wonder how it ends in the hospital is thrak fighting off doctors and security from pulling the plug
I have an orc that is like this, i save him twice and he save me twice, i was really san and angry when he die, just to came back from death to save me again.
He appear once when two orc betrayed me to save me, he is just the best.
Still my bodyguard and the best orc in my game.
Brian, is that you?
Your right
Mom: So, if Thrak decides to fight a Balrog, you gonna fight it too?
Me: Damn right... that's my homie.
Thrak: 😢
You fight the Balrog by yourself, when the Balrog is about to kill you, Thrak swoop’s in like the runaway five and punch the thing in the shin so hard, it collapses to the floor and begins to roll around in agony while Thrak delivers his classic one-liner he said to you dozen’s of time’s over the years, never failing to bring a smile to your face.
@@commanderblackheart5856 The we kill it go out drinking.
About to kill a keep boss.
Thrak: (betrayal) “today Brian”
Thrak has the unwavering loyalty special
Meaning no matter what he won’t betray and even has a good chance of coming back to life just to serve if he dies
There was this uruk that I had saved from an execution this one time, really I just branded him cause he was already green (was the executee) but then we bonded over the course of the game, through curse, poison and fire we went together and became blood brothers. One day we attacked a fort, we were slightly under leveled but I believed in us... maybe a little too much in myself as I had gotten myself surrounded by four warchiefs deep behind enemy lines and went down; there were no saves. As I was prepared to face my death by flaming bolt and a failed siege a body slammed into me taking the shot instead. Armor dented, singed and full of arrows there he was my bodyguard. He looked at me (well talion) in the eyes, "Not today brother." And went down as I stood back up. Despite trying desperately to revive him the overwhelming amount of archers prevented me from doing so and he fell to the ground a weak whisper leaking out, "Live." I tearfully retreated from the battle our army battered and broken. After assassinating every warchief and raising a large army enough to be called overkill I went back and we destroyed every last enemy uruk in the place and as I came out from the overlord fight I stood at the very spot that my blood brother had saved my life one last time, and paused to reminisce about our time together (for about 15 mins real time), unfortunately due to mechanical constraints I wasn't able to build a statue but he would always have a place in my heart.
A couple days later real time I was being sieged by Helm Hammerhand at that same fort. I was confident the fort wouldn't fall. I had gear, defenses and plenty of high level uruks but little did I know. As soon as the conversation was done my bodyguard and the top two warchiefs in my army turned traitor and killed my overlord. A battle that was a sure victory quickly turned into a massacre as the very uruks I power leveled became my enemy and with desperate concentration I managed to take them out however there was still Helm. As I lay there waiting for the hammer to fall down (used the two down chances on the damned traitors) a rusty broken spear was suddenly thrust through helm's chest and threw him aside and I saw him... Scarred, burned and with patched up armor here and there but it was truly him. He held out his hand as he grinned down at me "Not today brother, not today." As I took his hand and stood up I saw an army, tattered and ill equipped but burning with fierce morale they charged in and retook the fort. I resolved that day that together we would take down sauron and never again would I let him fall.
P.S. A complete work of fiction, but monolith make this happen!
Give this person a bloody mention in your streams and make this scenario a possibility to happen, Monolith, or we`ll gonna slap you hard where it hurts the most!
That shit was good. I was really feeling the emotion.
@@MrJhound4 Wow thanks XD wasn't expecting a comment on this after 3 years. In fact I actually kind of forgot about this, was good to reread this after so long.
@@yansky9646 I really enjoy that brotherhood, fire-forged friends aspect.
Dude they really need a DLC of this i can see it so clearly
Honestly the most wholesome game ad I've seen and I've been around for long enough to see plenty.
- Will you buy my loot boxes(microtransactions)?
- Not today WB
Anton Polchenko of course you wont buy them today the game isnt out yet!
*when you don't even need to buy loot boxes to experience the full game yet people complain like little bitches anyway*
I am not goin'g to buy this game at all, please it's your choice to feed greedy people
mark markson im pretty sure those are lies the lootboxs give you runes and urks both things you get easily in the game so there wont be any "terrible grind"s or at least thats what i think i know some one will say some thing else to me
Kleiny-ku Then why are they removing loot boxes and saying that it undermines the Nemesis System now? Even they knew it was bullshit, and people like you bought into it.
"What do we say to Death?"
"Not today, Brian"
@@Shitposting_IHMN who tf cares, lmao
@@Shitposting_IHMN lmao
I love when this video recycles back into my feed every other year
This was one of the best ad campaigns ngl
Honestly it still surprises me how often video game ads can be so creative
More creative than mobile game ads I’ll tell you that much
I miss late 2000s and 2010s game tv spots and trailers
God, knowing what happened to one of the developers... that beginning of the trailer hit heavier than I anticipated.
"Your day will come, Ranger. But not today."
Lads, find yourself a homie like Thrak. If not, be the Thrak in someone else's life.
"Nothing will be forgotten" Except the oath of loyalty this Uruk swore to me a minute ago!
Uruk: "Now i have the high ground"
Thrak: *decapitates him*
We all need someone like Thrak in our life.
0:04 I like how in this scene everything is all futuristic, implying that Brian is immortal and Thrak won't let him die, putting Brian in a never-ending loop of pain and suffering as Thrak tears away the sweet embrace of death from Brian's cold, fragile, elderly hands.
I think that's just the Future from now
Brian is young today and that's him in the future, but in a normal aging rate
That is a possibility but I like mine more.
Thrak is the Gravewalker.
Brian is a Level 5 Uruk Captain
What if Brain wanted go die buy Thrak was just like constantly stopping him just to piss him off
I love how you cam see the orc also get older too (or younger I suppose)
It's just nice added detail for a commercial that totally wasn't necessary and not even super obvious
To be honest, even now'a'days the nemesis system and that stuff still is pretty awesome and is the main reason why I still play it
THATS FUCKING LOYALTY RIGHT THERE WHY CAN'T PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH BE AS LOYAL AS A URUK WHO SAVES HIS MASTER
Probably because they give all their loyalty to their pets.
Julian Molina there are people like that...only they give their loyalty to the wrong f*cking people.
This made me remember an orc I have Pûg the angel, he's saved me more times then i could possibly count, he'd show up every time i started to get overwhelmed by orcs, was my first orc that I turned to an ally, he's died twice and still helps me to this day. He is truly an orc of honor and deserving of his title
I love how friendship is now a mechanic, freaking friendship, it really does make it feel all the more personal.
Thrak looked so happy when brian saved him.... after all that kindness i teared up
Bro this reminds me when one of my most loyal and fav orcs died and mid battle as I was getting finished off he cheated death and saved me tbh I cried happiness after that and made him overlord
This makes me literally hang around and care for my loyal followers in shadow of mordor virtual hugs to allllllllllll