Final Liberation Intro Cut Scene

[rebate2011]

4 people never saw where the humies were going

[HardWarUK]

The cutscenes were so good there are no gameplay video's of this game on You Tube!

[MysteriousHu]

@HardWarUK The reason there are no game play videos is because it looked totally craptacular. It was sprite-based isometric - rather like early Command & Conquer - it was also turn based, like the tabletop version of 40k - the game was not very difficult but I really enjoyed playing it at the time. Dawn of War really doesn't seem to capture the grinding feel of 40k - too much micro management and resource gathering. If only one could get DoW graphics with Final Liberation style play - sweet

[igilistr]

Good music.

[AlexB4455]

odd something about the Ork's in this freak me out a little Heh

[brainlag90]

waaaaaaaaghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Moneor]

This is how Orks should sound like. In DoW they just sound like cockneys.

[pigobenis]

this shit used to get me in the mood

[PunkymickBlah]

when i was like 8 i think my dad got me into playing this war hammer horned rat and just all these games and fuck i miss good old games like this

[FreddeX91]

I wonder if you can your hands on a copy of this game somewhere, from what i have seen it seems pretty good.

[Frietbakkerclan]

this was war!

[8556732]

to me this game, and intro, will always be my memory of warhammer 40k

[Thargas0175]

this video combines two of my favorite things 40k and horrible live action cutscenes

[FireBladeBurn]

i still own an original copy of this game and a copy of warhammer: shadow of the hornet rat.

its kinda a predecessor of dark omen.

both in mint condition :)

[MysteriousHu]

I too own both of those games, along with Doom and Quake. Its terrible being old isn't it :P

[TheKarmesin]

@MysteriousHu

I remember that games very well .... good old times... and yes... its terrible being old ;)

[PINGASFIST]

@MysteriousHu No man, Old is where the best games were!

[Rappelzgamer23]

@MysteriousHu

nope the advanteges overweight 

[Rappelzgamer23]

@MysteriousHu

nope the advanteges overweight ;D

[HardWarUK]

@FireBladeBurn I own ALL the Warhammer games: Final Liberation, Shadow of the Horned rat, Rites of War, Space Hulk I and II, Chaos Gate, Dark Omen, Dawn of War and all the expansions. didn;t get Dawn of War II though and doubt they'll be another good Warhammer computer game! All my copies are in perfect condition, as I am a collector, not someone who treats gaming as a past time like today. Instead of a library room with books, I have a library room with 282 Big Box 1990's PC games!

[HardWarUK]

This is a very SERIOUS strategy game! If you're coming to this game from modern games, you WILL get your butt handed to you!!!

[meanmanturbo]

It is a simplified version of SSI:s old classsic Steel panthers more then anything, uses the same engine, and I got the feeling that it was using mostly Steel Panthers rules and not Epic 40K rules, but I could be wrong here, havent played any actual epic, but I have played a fair bit of Steel Panthers.

[HardWarUK]

@meanmanturbo I am sure it uses the 40K rules just by reading the manual, which has lots of stats. You see, I have every W40K computer game, even though I have never played the board games. I love games where the world(s) have lots of history to bring the game alive. It's why more games should be based on books, not films!

[meanmanturbo]

Oh, I know that the game used alot of stats. I did not say that it used the stats directly from Steel Panthers, I meant that I think the game translated Epic 40K stats into Steel Panther engine stats. But I could be wrong of course.

[CaptainHusky]

This is a very serious portrayal of the orks

[greenfaun]

Does this make anyone else think "WH40K as made by Troma"?

[MysteriousHu]

For really bad "acting" look at Final Liberation 3A - Tallarn Leman Russ. The difference between this and Troma is that these guys were trying to do the best they could, where Toma set out to be crap. Some of the cut scenes are toe-curling bad; but COMMISSAR Holt makes up for a lot :) Hopefully the new Spacemarine Movie will be made with the same straight-faced approach rather than some knowing, self referential tone - Yes the humans are genocidal Nazis; but they don't know it.

[WB2RM]

@MysteriousHu

Haha, excellent description, they're genocidal nazis; they just don't know it.

[primepm]

@greenfaun Shit, with the music, it makes me think it's Heavy Metal sans the tits

[minisquigy]

Would be epic to see a trilogy or quadrilogy about the Horus Heresy books as that was the greatest part of 40k history

[ymorky]

haha why does this remind me of the classic 70's movie

[R3dp055um]

I loved Final Liberation, but I can't get it to run on XP :(

Any suggestions?

[MysteriousHu]

I recently had it running on XP Pro - I think I might have used compatability mode; but I can't remember for sure.

Right click on the desktop icon.

Select the Compatabiltiy Tab.

Tick "Run this programme in compatability mode for".

Select Windows 95 from the drop-down menu.

I don't promise anything, however, that might work.

[R3dp055um]

Doh, I tried that :)

I tried all the different compatibility modes when this problem first occurred, thanks.

Frustrating, though, since XP Pro is exactly what I have.

[HeartBreak1x]

Is it just me or is the commisar guy also the guy who narrates dawn of war 2?

[RS250Squid]

Have you tried using DOSBox yet? :-).

I love this game too, I had it running with no problems (with outside help) a while ago.

Damned if I can remember how though :(.

[Henners1991]

I'm not exactly sure if I understand what's being done to the human by the Ork?

[MysteriousHu]

Whatever it is - it ain't pleasant.

[liljohnnotbigjohn]

oooo well put. ;)

[Frietbakkerclan]

this game rocks!

[Feralfight]

What the Fuck!!?!?!?!! is this a movie!?

[tehpevis]

Video Game cutscenes

[Luciferdesrea]

Wow, old game but good game

[stormyandcold]

i would love to see a proper 40k film starting with the 20 primarchs, but, specifically following Leman Russ and his space wolves.

At least a 3 part epic right there!

[Sniffer194]

I love the music in this scene - they fucked in later games, putting boring instrumentals instead of this pure ROCK!

[Noahandtheark7]

How long ago was this made?

[MysteriousHu]

It was made in 1997

[WolfseerWoW]

1997? It stuns me how far video gaming has come

[Symos]

Any idea if these cinimatics were done by the same crew and studio that did that inquistor film?

[SnakeOnAPlane]

Not just the same screw, the exact same CGI sequences recycled!

[JamesGayEmo]

Meeb missed theyz kina gamz

[TeamFortressHeavy]

i prefer how the orks sound in dawn of war.

"this tank makes da laadest boom!"

"this is my wartrukk! prit'E Noice,huh?"

i know that isn't how the words are spelt but that is how they say them.

[kwok888]

People how want to be able to play this fine game on XP machines there is a solution which worked for me! [Options] MusicVol=100 FX_Volume=127 MV_Volume=127 UseGrid=0 DoVideo=0 WatchAI=0 AutoSave=1 ...just open notepad and copy and paste the above, save the file as ""epic.ini"" (make sure it doesn't end up as epic.ini.txt) and place it in the game's main directory. And the game should work. Good Luck!

[MysteriousHu]

:):):) - Shame you have to turn off the video to get the game to run. Still, thanks for the advice. Its a laugh to play Final Lib again after 10 years of gathering dust on the shelf.

[kwok888]

yeh i know, but the loss of the videos is a small price to pay for the privilege of playing FL once again! we'll just watch the videos here again on youtube!

[BioClone]

if you download aTub Catcher, you can download and convert movies from youtube to avi or mpg.

[kwok888]

you can do the same with Real Player! which is what I got and I now have pretty much all the cutscenes saved! I still remember the 'warnings' I get from Commissar whenever I lose an ork counter-attack!

[BioClone]

Yeah, only was an example, but thanks i will try Real Player, i have heard a lot of with comments about this!

[bloodknight1996]

i love this intro and the game is like a old movie for the cinimitics wen i mean old like 90s the black and white movies but not that old

[freemind62]

Loving the rockn' MIDI intro music

[Mahbu]

God. Where can I find this game? Do they still sell it? Better yet, can it be downloaded somewhere? I must have it!

[Elsiar]

I found my copy in a flea market somewhere (Doesn't run anymore though :( ) I know when Home of the Underdogs was still up they had it, but I guess you're gonna have to google some abandonware

[Mahbu]

Abandonware. D:

[Elsiar]

What's the problem with ze abandonware?

Bad viruschecker? :P

[DarkSarafan]

Could anyone tell what would be the difference between this Epic 40,000 and the usual 40,000 we're used to?

[MysteriousHu]

Epic uses 6mm figures rather than 28mm figures so you are able to get larger frmations on to the table (like a super-sized game of Apocalypse). The rules were diferent, treating squads as a single unit rather than individual troops. You can still get Epic via Gameswrokshops Specialist Games section on their website. The background was more or less the same (allowing for GW's not infrequent retroactive continuity). The Final Liberation game was more "epic" in feel than say Chaos Gate's 40k feel.

[kwok888]

epic is used to play larger units, for example titans! imagine 40k as the little footsoldiers and epic as the massive war machines. even the huge baneblades of 40k are scaled down to the size of a regular imperial guard model!

[raignsites]

Lol they really could probably make a 40k movie xD

[MysteriousHu]

They did - it was called Cronicles of Riddick :) The necromongers are straight 40k.

[freemind62]

I was watching the Judge Dread movie the other day and thought how easy it would be to make it 40K. Even with some good editing and voice overs you could make it work

[viperste23]

i cant find any game play fotage for this game unless it realy was a movie

[MysteriousHu]

The game was an early isometric sprite based game. The graphics were about the same as early Command & Conquer. The game play was nothing exceptional. However, it was 40k and the cut scenes were cheesie and great. Holt is the best cut scene character ever :)

[Plodda1]

I wish they'd used the Orc's voice actor for Dawn of War, he would've been awesome giving the boys some gob!

[JustSumdude01]

Yea wouldnt it be nice if they had built a time machine and imported actors that wouldnt be around for another decade. Really short sighted on GW's part,

[orest1s94]

can some1 tell me how many MB the game was (if any1 remembers of course) cause i found it for download ziped in 93,7 KB and i want to ensure that it isn't virus or something dangerous

[strategus999]

It was one of the first games released on CD so obviusly it's a lot bigger than 93,7 KB which is standart for viruses BTW. My wersion even without the cool cutsenes had circa 120 MB.

[orest1s94]

120 MB huh? so i did good and didn't DL.

a 652,2kb zip i sappose isn't what i'm looking for too right?

[agj9]

i want to get this game!

[MysteriousHu]

10 Years old turn based wargame. Probably available on download from some file sharing site. However I think it runs in DOS Mode so you may have problems getting it to run on XP or Vista :(

[agj9]

SHIT

[MysteriousHu]

Maybe some nice person would cobble together a Dawn of War Campaign recreating Final Liberation and integrating the cutscenes from the older game - ah, what joy that would be :)

[Grimskull44]

I'm not sure about the cutscenes(as it played no intro, and none of the first 3 in-game cutscenes, might just be my one though), but i've tried just running Final Liberation on XP with SP2 and it's fine.

I refuse to trust Vista for anything yet though, so i don't have it to test with. So if you have XP Pro with SP2(As thats all i have) it should run without even needing Compatability mode.

[MysteriousHu]

Cool - I may even blow the dust off my copy and take the Lord Commander for a spin for old time sake :)

[rcheng30]

AAHH shield ur eyes against the light of warp! or u will go insane.

[MysteriousHu]

lol - too late m8

[etbass85]

cső látom magyar vagy..hallod ez frankón sorozat vagy miez? ütősebb harcjelenetek is vannak benne?miről szól és mért vannak usenkában a gárdisták?=D

és én erről mért nem tudtam eddig?

[Fradika]

Ez egy 1997-ben kiadott körökre osztott stratégiai játék. Elég jó volt, bár nem kapott különösebben nagy publicitást.

[greenghost2008]

where can i get the music

[GUNFLASH22]

Yes the music is awesome and I have the soundtrack :-)

[mistformsquirrel]

WAAAGH!!

[MysteriousHu]

Im afraid you missed the unasperated "H" in your spelling of "WHAAAAGH!" a common mistake among none native speakers of Orkish.

[RainHikami]

Actually, it IS "WAAAAAGH"!

[Echelon030]

I thought the official spelling was "WAAAGH", with 3 H's and no first H.

[Echelon030]

3 A's rather.

[MysteriousHu]

Ah, it was ever thus among the novices of xeno-linguistics. You must remember that the structure of the Orkish vocal system differs in many respects from that of the human - the Orks treble-cleft pallet for instance that adds a subnasal "phnung" to the beginning of so many Orkish words and leads to the so called Orkish sound "glrk"; normally transcribed in standard as "ll" and achieved by a human only through suppressing a sneeze at the appropriate moment.

[Warewolf943]

The Xenobiologists of Terra have confirmed it is "Waaagh!" not "Whaagh!"

Zog off!

[evilknevil666]

HERETIC!!!

I hereby Decleare you excommuniate tratoris due to Heretical trafficing of xenos artifacts and The Study Of Forbidden xenos languages!

*Bolt Pistol Shot*

[chaostainted]

oh shut up

[evilknevil666]

HERETIC!!!

I hereby Decleare you excommuniate tratoris due to Heretical trafficing of xenos artifacts and The Study Of Forbidden xenos languages!

*Bolt Pistol Shot*

[Fruitcakeme]

it the feeling that counts

[eljeasel]

this music is so excellent. its almost like duke nukem

[Duckgiz49]

the orks look wierd

[MysteriousHu]

They are basically guys in Halloween costumes - not that Games Workshops designs work much better as CGI - I think they are best suited to static poses as miniatures and paintings, making them move seems to highlight their awkward (or should that be orkward) anatomy.

Anyhow - orks look weird - but I ain't brave enough to walk up to one and tell him ;)

[warpVfeind]

Is this game any gd, cos i love warhammer pc games and im not sure if i gonna get it or not

[FjelloRosello]

one of the best multiplyer games when i was a kid ^^

[MysteriousHu]

This is a very old game and ran on DOS in Windows - it will most likely not run on XP and almost certainly not on Vista (the spawn of Khaos that it is; bloated and insane) - it was turn based and used rough, 2D graphics. Personnally I prefer it to the click frenzy of "RTS"; its a shame Dawn of War does not offer a turn-based mode for old wargamers like myself.

[MattWolfStack]

How old is this game?

[Araxmas]

8-10 years

[usd8wlr]

i just beat the campaign today :-)

[ScorpionHUT]

Warhammer 40k + bad 80s porno film + every other RTS from the era= this.

[MysteriousHu]

That was the "genius" of Final Lib'; it was a turn based game, with no resource management. It had rubbish graphics, zero AI and was great!

[Araxmas]

This music sums up 40k in my opinion.

[MysteriousHu]

The music is quite restful - which was just as well as it continued though out the entire game; anything more violent would have quickly outlived its welcome.

What is suitable 40k Music? Wagner springs to mind; though most fan stuff on Utube seems to feature the like of Ramstein.

[kakalunga]

Wagner?! HA! Thats a LAUGH!!!

[xylaphonemaster]

It depends really, Bolt Thrower are very heavy, and have written a lot of 40k oriented songs, they even had the RTB01 box cover as album art for one of their earlier albums.

[FearlessSon]

I cannot really say that I care for the music in this video, I do not think that it fits well with the 40K setting.

[DeusMortemEst]

40k + Live action = pwnage!

[UKJohnUK]

I have this game, must see if I can get it working in XP> Hopefully DOSBox will come to the rescue again. If not, I still have my Win98SE partition for emergencies! (Too many old games in my collection to get rid of it, even though DOSBox means I don't use it as much! :)

[Mullahgrrl]

Thats what C&C needed, orks

[Hillgrave]

Me too. I would love to get a copy. Thank's

[GUNFLASH22]

Anyone interested, I have the whole Final Liberation soundtrack, message me if you want a link to download all the songs. All compatible with Windows Media Player.

[Freebird1068]

Count me in.Thx.

[Drogmir]

really now? I would love to get a copy

[kookbook]

I would like a copy of the whole Liberation soundtrack.

Thanks in advance

[redbullkoalaguy]

dude please, i have wanted the samsara project stuff for 8 years!!

[DamoFez]

What is the actual song? ive been trying to find out who does it for ages! can any1 tell me plz? ive been searching for years now!

[chucksmoove]

search for " the samara project - song1"

[MysteriousHu]

The game features final cutscenes for Imperial Victory, Imperial Total Victory and Imperial Defeat. Good old FMV cutscenes :)

[banzaicharge2]

So do the Imps loose?

[MysteriousHu]

The ones I posted go something like this:

Final Liberation Intro Cutscene

Final Liberation Scene 01

Final Liberation Cutscene 02

Final Liberation Astrotelecomniconconcon

Final Liberation Poor Leadership

Final Liberation Relieved of Duty

There are some others out there in the aether posted by other folk :)

[MysteriousHu]

There is no real solid story line as these are cutscens from a game. I didn't post the whole lot here as I was posting to answer a question on a forum - soz

[Rohv]

Damn it! wat is da arrangement of the videos? i want to watch it as it is in the storyline

[dlpriest]

Apache, he says.

"All humies die, we go to this place, we make good fight, IZZA WAAAAAAAAAAAR"

All humans die, we'll go to this place (The one seen by scanning the brain of the inquistion person), "we make good fight" = We'll fight, we'll fine, and IZZA WAR is It's a war.

[Echelon030]

Don't you mean, WAAAGH?

[HellBENt85]

I just love the music!!! Brings back memories. When I got this game a long way back I didn't even know about the Warhammer 40k universe.

[ApacheCobra]

What does the ork guy say in the beginning when the music starts? so many years and i still never found out

[Tekrhen]

Sounded like "Okay humie, let's see where you was goin. What we needs is a fight. A WAAGH"

[ApacheCobra]

that only clears up a small portion of it. Thanks though

[PrinceDamien]

I think it is:

"Ok Humie, Lets see where he was going. All humies die! We go diz place, we make good fight, its a Waaagh!" (or maybe 'Waar' instead of Waaagh)

[PrinceDamien]

Maybe its "Where you was going" anyways. ^^ dont know, when u listen to it many times u get confused. =P

[ApacheCobra]

Yeah i think I got it.

OK humie, lets see where you was goin.

All humies die. We brought to disgrace. We need a good fight. Its a waaaaar

[ApacheCobra]

but who knows

[Araxmas]

This game was the fucking best

[ragerancher]

Nice tune.

[ichmen]

ARGH DAMN YOU WIN XP i want to play my FL again >_<' stupid windows error not letting me play Y_Y' old school games have the wicked game music unlike todays games which suck with music :(

[Durgey]

idk, DoW had some pretty good music, imo of course

[ichmen]

oh that i know ^^ i got all 3 DoW sets :P

but nothing can beat old school games like Final Lib :/

[Durgey]

i want to play it, but i dont know where to get it, *sigh*

[ichmen]

cant really get it anymore. its pretty old now, and to play it on Xp you have to disable the videos :/ other wise it doesnt load kind of sucks

[TheShad0w]

thanks for posting the vids, ive been waiting for ages

[MysteriousHu]

There you go Mr dlpriest :)

[dlpriest]

Finally someone posted this shit, change the name to intro so more people can find it.

[ragerancher]

It is easy to find. Just type Final Liberation and you have it.

[Vangelis2006]

Kick ass!