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"You wanna hear about the vehicles." I mean I do.. but I wanna hear stories about the bots and their revenge killing quests aswell!

and btw the EU and PAC don't use nukes because they don't want to destroy the land, (bcuz it's one of the last warm and habitable places on earth)

Make a practical futuristic tank design

I love how the complaint for the L5 Riesig (literally "gigantic" in german) is that its too big.

One thing I really liked about 2142's take on the 'Walker' design was it's ability to literally walk over tank traps. Most games with the walker design don't really have any practical usage but 2142, like many things about the game, have actual purpose and utility with their designs. It makes sense and immerses you into the universe. 2142 was truly a masterpiece.

2:02 You mentioned that you can't access the ammo boxes because the hips are in the way, you can just turn the turret to the side to make the ammo boxes accessible.

Man i wish they remake this battlefield

Fun fact: „Rieseg“ translates to Huge, so there‘s your explanation for the size I guess. Germans and their Wunderwaffen...

You know. For all the crying about future setting FPS that player always cry about, Battlefield 2142, at least imo, *have one of the most down to earth* future element in a future war FPS. Yes, it have mech. Yes, it have hover tank, energy shield, etc.... but nearly everything else is down to earth and not far from what we are using today. ( Both side still use conventional weapon that is not differ much from today stuff) And oh, unlike the other Futuristic FPS out there, Battlefield 2142, or specifically it's setting, is very interestin, because *it's very, very dark* . The war between EU and PAC isn't because of the clash of global influent, but *pure survival* , due to the Ice age and it's consequense. ;)

The crew can bail out of the mechs just fine as long as they do a parachute landing fall.

I always thought that, as a design, the devs kinda treated the L5 Reisig more like an attack helicopter aesthetically than a tank. Everything about it screams "can be useful if you don't expect to actually get hit", and the way the cannons are loaded is a lot more similar to how crews load 20mms on modern fighter jets and helicopters. The same goes for its ability to squat. It's kinda like how Apaches are expected to dip just above and then below terrain. L5 Reisig is a fire support vehicle, intended to kill a whole lot of infantry and then use its shields to survive ambush and then squat and survive. Not very practical, but it does kinda make sense, at least aesthetically.

dude theres still a multiplayer communtiy alive if you want ill link you some discord servers

To the nekomata's credit, a casemate design makes WAY more sense on a hover tank than on a tracked vehicle. Casemate designs eliminate the substantial added weight (especially important on a hover tank) and mechanical failure points that a turret adds, substantially reduce the height of the vehicle, as well as allow for much more effective distribution of armor for its weight since you can invest almost all of it on the front face of the vehicle, and it makes combining crew positions a bit more sensible since the gun's always facing the same direction as the driver. Meanwhile, a hover tank's ability to move in any direction independent of its facing eliminates the most significant drawback of a casemate design- the Nekomata can still effectively engage while maneuvering. That doesn't necessarily mean the nekomata's a good design, but for a hover tank, it's actually pretty good. Its main issues are really just the offset cannon and poor handling.

“Mantlets are made small for maximum armour protection and weight” I guess Stalin missed the memo (Kv-1, Kv-2, T-34/85, Is-2, Is-1, *all t-34s before 85*)

honestly a fusion reactor would make sense as we are close to making right now meaning that in 2142 they're probably severely scaled down and they can't melt down like conventional reactors also they don't create any nuclear waste

How about "The 5 best Sci-Fi tanks" or "5 actually good Sci-Fi tanks" ?

what i loved about the mechs, and everything in 2142 in gerneral, was that they feel grounded. you take a quick look at it and, yeah this looks like it would be possible especially the EUs stuff, with their sharp edges and corners and i still want a SCAR 11 or Baur HAR

"The L5 RIESIG is too big" - its literally called "huge"

Me: its 3am I should get some sleep Spookston: *Upload video* Me: *O H B O Y*

Absolutely love seeing 2142 get more recognition anywhere, so great pick and great video! Another interesting vehicle to look out might have been the T36 Hachimoto from the Northern Strike maps, it's a hovercraft FAV that fires TV Missiles. Also, any thoughts on the HT-95 Levkov in Battlefield 4, as It's supposed to be the predecessor of the Nekomata?

A lot of these design decisions can be summed up with "looks cool to average observer"

For the T39-Bogatyr I remember that you can see an escape trap between the legs

2142. I miss those days. Good times.

I'm sry. Every time you say "Riesig" in your very wrong way, I cringe. "Riesig" would be prounanced like "reesig".

I mean, to be fair, the tiger in this game is definitely the most realistic tank of all the ones you have reviewed so far in this series

When the walkers aren't manned they retract into an idle pose, the L5 may have a better time of reloading when it's stood up. Also find it curious you covered the tanks' MG turret but not the walkers' AA components... or looked at the precursors to these in BF4's "Final Stand".

EA right now: should we make another ww2 game or make another battlefield 4.... Battlefield future boi: am I a joke to you?

I would assume that by 2100 you would have working Fusion, not fission reactors. and more to the point, these fusion reactors would be about the size of a V-8 engine. Fusion reactors immediately lose containment and thus temperature containment and control and just cool instantly. This it the opposite of "Aliens" where the fusion reactor explodes like Castle Bravo. Due to long standing rules concerning any form of nuclear power, the radiation emblem is used. Plus when the game"2142" was made common knowledge about Nuclear fusion was not available. Nor was information on weapons we don't fret much about being in the future like LAWs, LASERs, and advanced robotics.

I feel like some of the design faults are a result of the ongoing resource wars, simply put they couldn't afford to make it better because that would take time and materials they weren't willing to spare.

"manlets are made as small as possible for maximum armor protection while also keeping the weight down" "having a massive manlet would make it very weak and also slow to elevate"

Orkz tanks when

Can you do a video on the ground vehicles of the Rebels, Galactic Empire, and the Zann Consortium from Star Wars Empire at war Forces of Corruption?

My fav part is where he gripes a tank cannot be controlled by one person only, as he sits there with a controller in hand, scoring kills in a _hover-tank._

Hey Spooks I’m curious to what kind of future tank you’d like to see. If you want I can draw up something with specifications you give me. I’ll send you some examples of what I can do via direct message if you want

Spookston, can you make a Supreme Commander video?

Hey talking about Mechs why don’t you try out Vehicles from the Leviathan Book Series?

I've been really enjoying these videos so far mate, keep up the great work! They are really interesting and are quite informative :) I would love to see you do a video on some Starcraft vehicles such as the Terran Siege Tank and Goliath. That would be absolutely epic to watch and they are gonna get ripped apart, lol!

always spoiling us

L5 RYE-ZISH. Rye-zig also works but the first on is more favorable. That's just how German is.

I ignore the "1 crew" thing, it's a gameplay concession.

So here's a fun story! I used this video for reference when 3D-printing and painting a huge L5 Riesig. I spent months studying this thing... and now it turns out, my new colleague is *the guy* who designed it! I asked about how you get into it - while I forgot to ask about the specifics, it seems the top is designed to fold open and reveal the interior. I think the L5 could crouch pretty low, so maybe you climb in that way? That, or a step-stool 😅

From memory the way _to get into a Riesig_ is to sprint for it as soon as the match starts, unless you're PAC. Then you keep spamming EMP Nades and run up next to it, making the pilot think you're about to C4 it. And when they bail out you jump in and use its guns on them.

The L5 Riesig (or Reissig, as you called it) translated to giant or huge, so maybe that’s why it’s so tall

I showed this video to our curator that takes care of our armored vehicles. He really enjoys your series. In case you ever need more material...Other tanks/walkers you can look at - The Geth Walker and Mako Tank from the Mess Effect Series - Warhammer 40k has tones of walkers (Tau, Eldar, Orks, Impreium all use walkers) - The walkers from Iron Harvest - The vehicles from Planetside 2 (they also have some powersuits) - The Walkers from HAWKEN (they are take a different approach to walkers. Instead of being slow lumbering mechs, they are actually quick and nimble). - The vehicles from the starcraft series. Another idea is to take a popular video game series where a real historical or modern tank is used in the game, and cover what is right and wrong in the game. You have already been kind of doing this in some of your videos. Lastly, maybe you can make a video of what would be the most practical and ideal walker. Or maybe top 10 most practical vehicles you have covered. I know top 10 videos are rather over done, but I am just spitting out ideas. Anyway, keep up the great work! I work at a museum storage facility, and I like to listen to your vidoes as I work.

Apparently the mechs where made to be tanks that can walk through the snow and sand that cover earth in 2142

id like to see a video on the mako and hammerhead tanks from mass effect

I just wanna say I've been really enjoying your videos a lot, I found when you did your war thunder vids and im glad you branched out and did other topics, it's really cool to see keep up the great work.

On the L5 I believe you could load and unload the belt boxes from the inside of the turret and perhaps the straps are made of a metal of some kind. Still wouldn't explain why there isn't armor covering the ammo boxes though. As for the MG on the A8, i believe that the belt could be fed through the turret if you compressed it down enough, however it would make reloading unwieldy.

I’m newer to War Thunder (Xbox) and was wondering if you had any advice on the M4A3 105mm? Specifically the way to play it in realistic mode :)

planetside 2 is a big one. Vanguard looks like a good tank just lacking a coaxial mg and its only crewed by one person. Also 150mm gun is overkill but thats what I like in my tanks oorah

NGL I'd love to see you do a video or series of videos on games that actually have good fictional vehicle design.

I'd like to see a review on the HT-95 Levkov from BF4 :) Also, it'd be cool to hear your take on some of the vehicles in Arma 3.

Also something that I think it's worth noting the A8 Tiger seems to have really high ground pressure

I miss playing BF2 and BF2142 back when Project Revive was still in operation. But then EA threatened them with legal action so they had to shut it all down. The time that Project Revive was in operation were the happiest years of my life. There’s actually a video that BlueDrake42 did on the BF2142 that has me playing with him.

Good video, love it then you talk about multiple vehicles! And now I am interested in the game!

Can’t believe you referenced the ADATS. God I loved that thing.

I love your way of explaining things in a lightly fun way, makes the video so much more fun and not boring :D Also BF2142 has been my favourite game, used to play it a lot a decade ago thanks a lot for this vid!

All in all a very solid video (as always), but I'd like to point something out. You mentioned that you couldn't see any access ports on the L-5 Riesig, although it actually has one. Look from the underside between its legs, it is quite visible. Combined with the fact that the walkers can crouch down, I don't think entering the vehicle is much of an issue. You also positively mentioned the Bogatyr's two optic sensors. Tho only the bottom one serves the pilot, while the top one serves the gunner. (the L-5 has the gunners optics mounted directly to the guns)

>the turret is much more likely to get hit than the hull. That is statistically false.

"riesig" literally means "giant" in german

Now i wanna see Spookston do the Steel Battalion Heavy Armor game with the kinect.

I wouldn't really count the crew section for the tanks. It would most likely be more than 1 person in the tank but for gameplay reasons reduced it down to one driver and a gunner like in BF3 & 4.

Nice video on 2142, good to always see some fresh content

Love your content! I wonder what you would say about the vehicles found in the killzone series.

EA said that conventional bullets have better physicality for the combat versus energy weapons. Judging by the sounds and muzzle flash, they're probably using a futuristic propellent of sorts (my guess is plasma?), except for the EU's classic smokeless cartridge revolver.

Cool video! Did you make reference to battle on the ice at 8:39? and if yes am i the only one who spotted it lol, couldn't find anyone else talking about it

hey if you want to do a video on smaller mechs, try the ones in the los planet series. The game with the most mech variety are in Lost Planet 2. In that game, mechs also have a variety of guns. In addition, most of them they are operated by 1 man crew.

I actually think they could've put proper microreactors in the mechs, especially with 120 years to play, I think that downsizing nuclear power would not be too difficult, given that there are airlift-capable reactors (vSMR) being conceptualized already. Plus, those mechs need what? Some 1500kW of power? Not that difficult to cool off, really, the cold air all around them would be beneficial for that.

Do you have any videos analysing other walking combat units, like mechwarrior online? Sadly can't climb out of them still has a 3rd person view (but they're like 8 meters high for the light mechs and 17-18 meters high for the assault class, just to get a rough idea) That would be fun to see

Having a turretless design isn't entirely bad. It reduces the weight and profile of the tank. Turrets and all the parts associated with them add a lot of weight and forces the tank's design to be taller and more conspicuous than it otherwise would be. You can do a lot with the saved weight that comes with forgoing a turret; say improve ammo capacity, extra armor, a bigger main gun, or just do nothing with the weight savings and enjoy the better mobility and fuel efficiency. Because it's a hover tank the reduced weight is desirable because it means you don't need as beefy of a propulsion system for the same mobility, plus, the weight of a turret shifting around as it rotates and the recoil sending it in different directions would cause problems for a hover tank, lest the thing just rolls over and disables itself because it fired while the gunner and the driver weren't on the same page. If this hover tank had a turret, the chassis would have to be considerably wider to deal with those issues, which comes with its own issues (inability to fit in places, more weight, harder to transport, bigger target, etc). In the case of a tracked tank, the reduced profile makes it easier to camouflage allowing for better ambushes. As well it eases manufacturing and reduces the costs of manufacturing and maintaining the tank due to the reduction of sensitive moving parts. Not to say that it doesn't have its downsides, they're terrible against a guerrilla opponent, but the improved protection of not having a turret and the logistics benefits of lower cost, easier maintenance, more simplistic construction, lighter weight and ease of transportation are all pretty significant things to take into account. You could field more of them for the same cost and have an easier time getting them onto the field in the first place, against a conventional army that's huge.

I would like to see spookston designing a futuristic tank himself, that would be interesting!

Hey at the end of the year could you have a best to worse of the Sci Fi vehicles you covered in this "Everything wrong with" series you're doing?

Oh man. Great to see this game being played. Excellent video my dood.

Would you mind having a look at the tanks in Generation zero? the robot and/or the actual tanks around the map

What would you think about doing Frontlines: fuel of war’s vehicle design?

I feel that the C&C mark 1 Wolverine is the most practical in terms of mechs since it’s almost the same size of a human and is used as a squad support vehicle

So because I stumbled upon the video, if you find mecha impractical would you care to explain why and what do you think would be a good alternative? Should military vehicles stick with tanks, heli's, jets, etc. only?

Visual sensors cannot actually be miniaturized much more with technology because it's based on light collection of a sensor. Currently webcams on laptops are about as small as they can practically get while maintaining performance. Especially for military vehicles you'd want a larger visual sensor to aquire more detail and color depth. This as well as lensing so you can zoom without having to deal with quality loss of digital zoom

Gunna do Imperial Knights or Titans from 40k?

"Right-o"

There’s a fan run server for this game, by the way. Looks to me like the magazine is loaded my rotating the torso 90 degrees to either side.

I'd like to see you take a look at the Type-2 and MK1 Titans in the game (available in Multiplayer), they are kinda the main selling point of 2142 and explore the idea of having an airborne carrier in the future. Maybe alongside the other air vehicles.

loved this game, especially the mode with the base hovering in the sky

what do you think is best to go troth soft terrain, augers, legs or tracks?

Did you know that mechs actually duck down in 2142, you could still fire from that position.

If you haven't done anything on Planetside 2 I'd recommend taking a look at that. Magrider Prowler and Vanguard would all be interesting, and ripping into the Lightning light tank's iffy design would be cool too

Do the Planetside 2 Tanks. You will love them

You know, this makes me wonder what you'd think of the Vital Suits from the Lost Planet games. You'd have to do it as a multi-parter or something, though; there's a /lot/ of them.

I kind of want to see you do a video on metal slug vehicles, since most are absolutely ridiculous, over-gunned, and very tiny. In a way, they're almost the opposite to most fictional tanks, though far from realistic.

I'd love to hear your take on the vehicles in Dark Reign.

Finally a video on bf2142 glad it still gets vids on it

I still had a CRT when I was playing this game.

Any chance we could get an “Everything wrong with Mjolnir Powered Assault armor?” I know it’s not necessarily a vehicle, but I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the practicality of its design.

Ya know I kinda want you to make a video on the Siege tank from Starcraft namely the second. Although I doubt that you'd look at the lore and just the tank model itself.

Awesome video!

The concept that you can eject out of your APC in this game is pretty interesting

Hi. Do you play other games online? What about Doom 1-2, Heretic, Hexen?

Any chance you’d be interested in doing an episode like this for Planetside 2? There are tons of really cool armored vehicles in that game, for you to analyze

You should have covered the Titans, those are just atrocious from a design stand point. Four naval twin-gun turrets could have been a lot more useful if they are not pointing directly downward at the ground. Just build a bombing bay, does the same thing with a lot less maintenance to worry about.