Can you imagine enduring centuries experiencing the same futility each day?
00:00 - Introduction
02:37 - The Sword And The Grain
09:15 - "A Creature of Chaos!"
12:08 - The Lemming Quandary
17:39 - Everything in this Game Looks The Goddamned Same
20:28 - "Eat Lead!"
22:48 - Sunrise
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Gotta respect grandpa. He went to a wedding with a single suitcase that is almost entirely filled up by the giant belt-fed machinegun. And he was right to bring it.
My grandpa did the same. Traveling was hard for him after 9/11.
"Going to my granddaughter's wedding? Better pack my Maxim gun!"
Toothbrush, machine gun, 700 rounds of ammo, uh... and 1 sock. I'll wing the rest of it.
Grandpa saw that shit coming from a mile away and might be related to Abraham Van Helsing. Too bad his bladder isn't what it used to be and got separated from his family while trying to find a bathroom.
Granpa after my own heart
24:45 Not often does an FPS actually acknowledge just how much shit you're carrying.
It's oddly comical and yet totally badass. Like, he is quite literally ARMED TO THE TEETH, and he used every single one of those weapons to save the day.
Only time i've seen a shot like that is from POed, and that was about a spaceship's chef waking up to find his crew killed by some incredibly delicious monsters.
For a second i thought it was Ash Williams.
@@AntonSlavik111 Nicholas Angel from Hot Fuzz
Yep, strong Evil Dead vibes. There is something good hidden in that pile of RAW.
Grandpa Frank is the most realistic character in this game. "Oh, you're getting married? In a castle named *MALACHI* ? I'm bringing the belt-fed machinegun then."
It's his emotional support machinegun. Shit got real in the war.
That's one badass grandpa.
"if theres one thing ive learned in the war, super natural beasts are all weak to one thing, hot, firey, LEAD!'
My thumbs up was the 666th one. 👌
@@zacharyschroeder2663 mine was the 667 one
I love how the rest of the family all but wet themselves when they hear a mouse fart. But Wilfred sees a malevolent being of death and darkness; his reaction is, "Yo square up bitch!"
He put on his fighting trousers before engaging in fisticuffsmanship.
His ancestry is showing
Inherited from grandpa, a true gigachad back in his day.
And his stance was on point, dude could be the protagonist in another dimension.
Greg will do that, too
I love how the game has all this scarcity and dramatic tension, then it just gives you a machinegun.
Eat leaden death, demon.
Grandpa don't fuck around.
Grandpa da best
Reminds me of metro 2033, most weapons are low capacity and slow to reload, assault rifle ammo is weak against monsters then you you get to the communist station and pick the 12ga machine gun... And monsters become a trivial threat....
The game does a great job at turning the tables on the monsters. At first you were afraid... well... you were supposed to be afraid of them. And after some help from ol' grandpa the monsters are now afraid of YOU.
11:18 FUN FLINTLOCK FACTS! Carrying multiple pistols in bandoliers was common practice for pirates back in the day. See, flintlocks weren't as reliable as modern firearms and took a long time to reload, so having a whole bunch of them was practical, in case one failed to fire or was just used. Using that as a gameplay mechanic is both cool and historically accurate. Love it.
Was going to comment precisely this. It was a real-life quickswitch mechanic
YAAR, REMEMBER LAD, SWITCHING TA YE SPARE FLINTLOCK IS ALWAYS FASTIN THEN RELOADIN'
Ya have a wonderful skill in splitting dat Watermelon, eh? Cap't Price Wanna see ya.
Cowboys did this too but with revolvers, I believe. This is basically where the idea of guns akimbo originally came from.
There was a strat in system shock 1 to get a bunch of laser weapons, set them all ro overload, and cycle between them
Weapons that can kill vampires: -Wooden stakes -Crucifixes -Machine guns
One would think garlic is the spice to defeat them with, but turns out peppering them works just as well.
Reminds me of Van Helsing.
Pretty sure even god would be ripped to shreds by a heavy machine gun
As Vampire the Masquerade taught me the best way to deal with a vampire is a shotgun to the head
Bullets are just small wooden stakes made of metal.
I love that the ending cutscene reveals that yes, your character has actually been carrying your entire inventory on his back this whole time
Him, the brother who squares up with the monsters, and Grandpa Machine Gun are the hardest motherfuckers in this family.
I know, right? That image made me laugh.
@@shupasopni Jotaro and Jonathon. Who else is that ready to magdump a vampire? and has a grandson that can punch monsters and carry an infinite amount of weight on his back?
I love how grampa just casually brings a crew-operated machine gun to his granddaughter's wedding
Wait, is that something you're not supposed to do? Well, that explains a few things.
You don't automatically trust in-laws, man.
@@jorgamund07 who says the in-laws aren't the ones you're bringing it _for?_
Grandpa is actually Cotton Hill
He was a big game hunter, judging by the photos at the start. And he was right to bring it, that machine gun saved the world
"Thanks for rescuing me, Grandson. Its easy to see your ancestry." "Take the Machine Gun from my Trunk." Honestly this game have some good writing.
That's not good writing. That's just funny.
"It's Melissa, your friend, on her very last ride / Melissa just died" is incredible, I had to google to make sure Civvie wasn't quoting a metal song I'd never heard of
@@thejugernautkiller390 It's good writing if it was intentional!
@@Tube_Chaser No, it is bad writing. He's speaking out of character and breaking the immersion into an horror story. Thought is funny since he's acting different of what he's supposed to act like.
I mean the picture you have of him implies the guy was something of a badass.
"The footsteps may be slightly off-tempo but at least we won't attract a worm" *You cannot escape Shai'Hulud forever, Civvie*
Is that one worm or is there more than one?
@@dabeln1 *Y e s*
I totally missed that before I read this lmao
I always thought that this line is FatBoy Slim reference.
@@diardosmanfred7786 To be fair, a lot of the lyrics in "Weapon of Choice" are in fact Dune references. Some of them even reference David Lynch's adaptation of Dune, since the tone of voice and weapon of choice tie into the "Weirding Module", which was Lynch technologizing the Weirding Way since he wasn't keen on "kung fu on sand dunes". Incidentally, I do love the music video for Weapon of Choice. Christopher Walken put on a fantastic performance, as he usually does.
24:07 I'll give the game credit the way the statue unfolded into a monster like a Transformer was pretty cool.
"Transformers! Demons in Disguise!" XD
As janky as it looks, this game definitely has a lot of heart and soul
The brother is a total badass. He sees a shadowy demon thing and puts up his dukes and punches it. Props to him.
gotta respect that ride or die attitude he's got for the family
That man is a proper gentleman pugilist. He fights for the right reason with no hesitation and no fear. The only thing missing is him shouting something along the lines of “Right-o, a Shadow! A proper challenge! Bully!”
mans is literally shadowboxing
His hands are blessed by the Lord himself.
Him and the grandpa were ready to throw down in case things went bad
I love that the final cutscene shows the absurd number of weapons you're carrying. Most games don't include that sort of detail
I'd love to see a modern version of this with better roguelite implementation. This game is the definition of "underrealized potential".
There's kind of a spiritual successor (roguelite survival horror), but in the form of a Lovecraftian Roadtrip instead of a classic horror film rescue mission like this. It's called "The Consuming Shadow."
True, but I like the overwhelming jankiness of it all personally
@@greatness9428 this sounds intriguing
@@greatness9428 Games are really nothing alike aside from the rougelike elements and horror vibe.
I'd rather we see games like Wrath of Malachi get a second chance rather than a remake of already great games. Sure we have stuff like REmake and REmake 2 and 3, but then we get sloppy shit. Honestly a means to modernize classic games is preferable. And by that I mean just take the game and make it run better on current hardware, not whatever 'woke bullshit' you guys are thinking.
I absolutely lost it at the 17:00 mark. They ramp up the importance of this hot vampire boss lady with a cutscene, only for Civvie to annihilate her with one splash of holy water. LMFAO
I'm laughing at the slapping sound.
I was scrolling through the comments as soon as this happened haha
20:30 "The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty-thousand years! And grizzly ghouls from every tomb, Are closing in to seal our doom. But whatever happens, we have got the Maxim gun, and they have not."
Be it ancient evil or an unspeakable thing The crawling chaos, or a yellow king A monster from the stars, or undead rot A demon from our hearts, or nightmarish thought No hellspawn creature of unholy dread Has yet proved immune to rapid fire lead.
@@emptank b.e.a.utiful work, excellent one
@@emptank Zombies, ghouls, vampires and more, a whole plethora of carnivores - The night is dark and full of terrors, but they all make the same one error. A high-speed bullet to the face will show them to their rightful place.
Undead ghouls and lycan beasts, Lords of darkness, their gruesome feasts Souls of hate, hearts of ash, Claws that sunder, fangs that gnash Something wicked this way comes, So rip and tear, ‘till it is done.
True poetry
"Can you imagine enduring centuries experiencing the same futility each day?" Kinda yes. 36 years so far.
It hurts man it hurts bad.
I am in this comment and I don't like it
20 years here and I already feel like overdosing on sleeping pills which I will do anyway as I don't see myself having any sort of foreseeable future or being a functioning adult
@@crylune For myself I guess I count as a functional adult but I have no personal life. I cannot connect to anyone. I will die alone. I see no way out.
Are you counting since the day of your birth or the first day of school?
This game goes from alone in the dark to doom on a span of one rescued grandpa. Gotta love it.
The image of your character holding the machine gun in one hand and the sword in another is so badass.
Dude's silhouette at the end looks more like what you'd expect from Ash Williams than some old-timey reluctant hero, with them guns strapped to the back, dual-wielding a sword and machine gun... I feel like this game's giving me mixed messages.
Well, to be fair, Ash didn't start off as a badass either.
ash williams is as reluctant as they come pretty much all of the movies focus around him not wanting to do whats necessary
I've got a lot of respect for Wilfred Puts up his dukes at the first sign of danger Against malevolent, powerful vampires XD
After seeing Dune I now understand the “not attracting the worm” reference and it has made my experience so much better
"At least we won't attract the worm" got me harder than it should have. Goddamn it Civvie.
Blessed the Maker and His water...
Well he was walking without rhythm.
But alas, he'll never learn.
Same. That fucking curve ball got me good.
@Red RumOnE as one should be
I like how the “player hurt” sound effect in this game, is the stock grunt sound effect that’s been used in 100’s of YTP’s.
And flash games lol
And Kingpin: Life of Crime
Isn't it from quake
@@TheTofuGod doom 3 used it too im pretty sure
What's ytp?
I gotta say the cinematics & writing here are pretty damn good. That shot of James with all the weapons on him at the end was the best ending I've seen to a game in at least a decade.
It's quite some crispy writing. Is funny but horrible.
It definitely has a lot of cheesy charm, I feel like the developers must've been pretty passionate about this game
14:55 Civvies Queens English dropped my jaw to the floor. It's not perfect but I would have never have guessed how good it would be!
I was really holding out for Jericho. We needed Civvie Barker again.
ferrets
@@partypooper737 I've been rescuing them for 20 years. They're awesome friends that will always make you laugh.
Clive Barker presents: Clive Barker's "Jericho" starring Clive Barker.
@@THEGRUMPTRUCK I have much better memories of that game than I should. It's terrible, but also amazing.
Well, there's always next year.
That transition from Civvie to PewDiePie’s gameplay at 9:59 is just perfect and amazing and also Katie deserves a pass to avoid the weekly shock therapy.
9:57
@@morkgin2459 ?
@@_pascalwittwer better timing
"The algorithm requires engagement" over CV11 losing his sanity over 99 Dragons has got "A man Chooses, a slave Obeys" energy all over it
CV11 would you kindly do a Drake of the 99 dragons video?
16:14 the quake jump sfx gets me every fucking time it’s so perfect
As someone who makes the Quake jump sound while jumping in other games, I deeply appreciate its use here
"This castle is a creature of chaos!" Dont think these SOTN references are getting past me civvie!
I'm pretty certain the music was from one of the Castlevania games too.
Wouldn’t be the first time Civvie had mentioned SOTN on this channel
SOTN?
@@doctorsmiles4530 Symphony of the Night.
DAHK MEDAMORPHATHITH
NGL, that Malachi transformation was pretty dope, much like the editing in this channel, it tickles my brain in a way that the social workers tell me not to share with strangers.
That voice acting man, it comes to something when an American trying to do a bad British accent does a better job than ACTUAL BRITISH VOICE ACTORS.
It's definitely a style of FPS that even though not done perfectly, I'd love to see more games try (a kind of hybrid resource management, adventure styled affair).
If I could make a game I want to make an over the top spaghetti western sandbox fps. Like if Postal 2 and Fallout NV had a janky baby. A lot like this. And if I can, make it multiplayer and vr compatible.
howd you get a hat on a ferret
Prey (the 2017 one) might be up your alley then.
@@averagegamingplayer That would be kinda amazing! There is so much you could do with western + supernatural elements.
@@partypooper737 sometimes he bites but it eventually works
The sword is giving me hard "low-level Morrowind with endless swordhacking into the void right in front of an enemy" vibes. I Iove it!
It ain't that bad if you know how to use it. Basically, the less stamina you have the worse it gets.
If you spam click using a weapon you're not proficient with while having no stamina, yeah, you're gonna have a bad time with Morrowind's combat.
@@khankhomrad8855 even with Stamina it's still pure RNG if you hit or not. MW's gameplay is trash and people only give it a free pass because of nostalgia
@@557deadpool it would be pure RNG if you the player had no influence on your hit probability, which you do, through raising skills, attributes, and using enchantments and alchemy.
@@TheKingOfJordan1 that still doesnt get rid of the RNG
Man, I used to love this game. Would start every run grabbing the secret revolver at start. Which kinda messed up the tension.
Wait there's a secret revolver???😮
@@yukishkabura688 Yeah, at the very start of the game, in one of the first rooms that always spawns in the East Wing, there's a part where you can parkour up some construction shelving, so you can grab a hidden revolver, letting you grab one basically at the start of the game.
@@darthvaderbutwayshittier7054 thanks! I'm starting to think I might have known this as a kid, but it's been years since I have last played lol
I love how in the outro they show your character carry like a century worth of arms development on his back lol
Seeing that this company made drake of the 99 dragons gave me pure dread
I knew Nosferatu before Drake and was genuinely confused about the quality of both games. I personally liked Nosferatu and its janky feel....as for Drake, I only heard dreadful things...
@@Javlin95 And everything you hear is true. After the fourth mission, everytime you die, you have to wait 10 seconds and get taunted by Drake's gods before the game will restart the mission, and every power you get is completely useless, like a time slow ability that slows you down too.
That game doesn't make you feel like you're in hell. You become Hell! Bad people die and ho into you!
@@ffffffffROTHY The more I, read about it, the more I think that that game is designed to be the most inconvenient game in the planet.
24:10 Cool transformation. I like how the kinda face on his body becomes the actual head of the beast, making his actual head that he was looking around with vestigial. That was neat.
I don't know what vesti-whatever means. Rewrite your comment so it would be easier for understanding
@@KeksimusMaximus You know what's amazing about the day and age we live in? It used to be that, if you came across the word you didn't know in a book you would need to get an entirely different book and look up that word to understand what the meaning is. But now you can use the same tool that you're reading this comment on to look up the meaning of the word you don't know and you learn a new word and grow and become smarter! Heck, I'm writing this comment with my voice! We're living in the future.
@@3dpprofessor dude I'm lazy and I barely even speak English, it's not my first language. And you're telling me to check what vesti-shmesti is by myself? Nah.
@@KeksimusMaximus I lament that your languorousness is proscribing the augmentation of your intellectual enlightenment, especially with the effortlessness afforded by the extant digital epoch that we find ourselves in. I am optimistic that you will ultimately overcome your unmitigated inertness. But in the interest of your own tutelage, let me google that for you: VES·TIG·I·AL (n) - (of an organ or part of the body) having become functionless in the course of evolution. Example: "The internet seems to have made your brain vestigial."
@@3dpprofessor Holy hell, and here I thought comment-chains couldn't have such a strong narrative thread going through each reply except in fiction.
I *JUST* played this today after watching someone play this game, i really enjoyed everything mind the banter being said over and over again, the idea of saving someone gave you some form of reward, while also losing someone ment the final boss gets harder, makes a sort of speedrun in it's own way. save everyone, let everyone die, etc. this game is very interesting for what it is.
Wish more games tried this type of gameplay.
it'd definately be cool. have some characters be super easy to save, but it's randomized as to what or who needs to be saved by what thing just to keep the game fresh.
This game gives me nostalgic memories I never had. Everything wrong with this game makes it so right and only adds to the charm. Criminally under appreciated game.
Exactly
This game is surprisingly fun to run through jank and all, especially since it's dirt cheap. In fact, that’s probably why so many find it fun. Hard to complain about a game that costs as much as a large soda.
With a large soda, you drink it. With a jank game, it drinks your sanity.
lol did you make this game? Be honest.
You could do worse, but for the same price, maybe even lesser, you can do better. Definitely recommend Blood and Bacon over this.
crapm where do you live that soda will cost you 3 USD :(
@@BitestheStuff That bullet sponge mess? no
Since this game is set in 1912 it would make perfect sense for the main character to whip out a 1911 and that keeps making me laugh for some reason.
I honestly would like a revival of this game, lots of cool ideas.
Your fists are actually really effective against lone enemies at the start via stunlocking, even better than the cane sword, just wailing on them FotNS style is hilarious, and even with your stamina at max you're only limited by how fast you can tap
Dune refernce was so quick that if you were not keeping up you would miss it. Well done Civvie.
It's topical!
THE SAND WALK
so about as much material from the book as the movie covered?
When Civvie trick-or-treats in your neighborhood, be sure to give him a carton of his favorite smokes. Otherwise, he'll egg your house with cancer mouse clones.
It burns but it's so fuzzy...
*makes notes* sooo, what's his brand?
@@andeluvianspeeddemon4528 If you have to ask, it's already too late for you. Sorry, bub.
As a 36 year old these references make me feel like I'm about 200, way to go Civvie 11
22:30 Just a bit of shadow boxing to keep fit! DOHOHOHOHOHO!
this game is weird but kinda fun it's also quite possibly the loudest fucking thing ever created
Yes, it is good Sir.
🎶 If your Waveform becomes a solid wall, it's time to fucking start over again! 🎶
I got this game for free once as a addition to a gaming magazine I bought, then tried it during halloween with my mates and had a blast. It's conncept is quite unique and although janky it's still very much fun.
Same. Got my copy from magazine in Poland. Despite all the jank it was quite fun to play.
I just noticed the final line from civvie is technically a pun since a vicar is a member of the church and the Vickers was a ww1 machine gun. Both pronounced basically the same way
Ok so we need a vampire game with a protag that is a vicar wielding a vickers
Based on the model it's actually a German MG08, which was a Maxim derivative (Vickers was a Maxim derivative gun too) used across the Central Powers during the WW1 era. You can tell because the MG08 has a smooth water jacket around the barrel and a big conical muzzle device as modeled in-game, while a Vickers had a ribbed jacket and no cone. Just saying.
“Is the footsteps tempo off temp? Ya but at least we won’t attract the worm” Nice dune reference
Not that we don't have enough fast paced FPS games centred around hunting monsters and/or vampires, but someone should make a new version of this game but make it more intense, more visceral, more bloody and not jank. Someone get 3D Realms on the phone to make that happen.
Anyone have Dave's number? Szymanski or Oshry, it doesn't matter.
So witchhunt? Granted that game is jank as hell too, but visceral and fast paced it can be.
we do multiple ones are in development.
Well, there is this: kzhead.info/sun/gqakZK2epKeFaIU/bejne.html
does 3drealms do good old fps games anymore?
Ironically I assumed it would be Ross Scott who would review this game, for Halloween this year. He’s also on a vampire kick.
It's Possible Ross may do Original Blood Omen. He did promise more vampires.
He promised another game with vampire on the title and tbh his last reciew was just not worth It. I hope we get Masquerade or Redemption.
@@arciks11 Good Lord that'd be awesome.
The Patreons among us got a Ross Scott and Civvie video on the same evening
I'm hoping for Elvira on amiga but that might not be his style...
I just love the implication that Grandpa Frank just carries a fucking Maxim wherever he goes.
I would be down for a part 2 where james and his grandpa frank hunt down classic monsters with old-timey guns.
While it may be a bad game it has a lot more character, soul, and effort put in it than most modern games.
Weird to see a non-RPG rougelike released before Spelunky and Binding of Issac. Love the fact that the music just goes apeshit during combat.
20:20 is the most magical moment I've had all October. I hope in the future, game devs will shoehorn more automatic weapons into settings they don't belong.
Machine gun belongs to the setting. Maxim was used in Russia japanese war in 1910
@@kamikazoo6599 Oh. In that case, I hope more machineguns exist in games regardless.
@@thepacman2yeah if anything having this many flintlocks is weird! We already had smokeless, repeating rifles for almost 25 years
Hey, can we sit back for a moment and notice that, that MG should not be able to fire. I tried to figure out which MG this one and came to the conclusion that its supposed to be a MG 08/15 (even though the game takes place in 1912 and the MG 08/15 wasn't made until 1915), the other similar MGs to it never had a LMG model and, in the case of the Maxim and Vickers, were mostly feed ammo from the right side instead of the left like the MG 08/15, also the 08/15 had the smooth barrel cover thing while most of the other contenders had bumps or ridges, but the weapon is almost the same exact shape as the MG 08/15 its just missing the bipod and the fact that the barrel is above the receiver (which is the reason it shouldn't be able to fire)
Nah.
Looks like the artists tried to model a generic ol timey machine gun without much gun knowledge. That, or grandpa made it in his workshop. We're talking a wealthy Englishman in the 1910's here, this sort of things was not out of the ordinary.
@@arnantphongsatha7906 grandpa knew thay shit will go down, so he had to hire a gunsmith to make an abomination of a machine gun.
@@magosexploratoradeon6409 I love the implication he had it made specifically for the wedding
So, in case you haven’t heard the news Civvie… Randy Pitchford has recently stepped down as president of Gearbox Software.
He's still in charge so nothing has really changed
That's a lot of grease that's gonna have to be cleaned off. I feel bad for Gearbox's janitorial staff.
"Eat Lead!" is the best part of the video due to the music alone.
This is a track from Doom, but I forgot the title and do not know whose cover is this. Anyone?
On the hunt by Andrew Hulshult
@@ErickGarcia-le8pt Thank you
"atleast we wont attract the worm" took me couple rewatch to catch that dune ref, this is why civvie is such a genius
Is that a quote from dune? I knew it as 'weapon of choice - Fatboy slim' probably where the samples from
@@Guitar-Dog oh yeah, you're right it was fatboy slim just watched dune couple days before, so i thought he was referring to that
@@altpudding4776 the sample could he from dune, I've never saw the movie (want to watch the old one)
The algorithm requires engagement
Didn't expect Civvie to bust out a Fatboy Slim song reference early on in the video. Also obligatory "Play Halo CE, Civvie" comment.
Bump
The classic version for PC even.
I want him to play Halo CE just so I can hear his explanation on why he hates it so much lol
@@TheNucaKola Knowing Civvie, it'll probably boil down to a re-wording of Mayo's "halo ruined fps," with a smattering of "This game is TNT bad," and topped off with "lamelo bad, go back to acturdvision, bungo" with the latter two being stated entirely out of hate/spite.
@@expendableround6186 I mean...Halo CE _is_ bungus to be fair, plus it _really did_ start a bunch of trends that other devs would fail to implement properly for years. For me, Halo CE is fun up until The Library. Then after that anus punting it has the balls to say "you should play the whole game backwards but with added space zombies." And it kinda loses it's charm. I dont think it would've been better without those levels but you never hear anyone say anything good about 'em. I have a full playthrough on my channel, though it is heavily edited for comedy, but it still shows the mental decline that happens during the average CE playthrough.
Using an Andrew Hulshult song when getting the machine gun was a nice touch, especially a Doom song.
I played this for the first time as a young lad and have loved it ever since. Granted, I'm used to jankiness, but nevertheless this game seldom fails to make me tense, especially with the premise that if you take your jolly sweet time the family members will be killed. This game will forever have a special place in my heart.
I genuinely loved this game on my childhood , one of the best games I have ever played .
Thats kinda sad
I like that I managed to finish this game more than 3 times at 10 years old without getting lost or noticing half of the problems he is whining about
I wondered what Malachi were up to after Children of the Corn.
He who walks behind the rows...
This game is a guilty pleasure of mine. I'd say given the random nature of it, it does feel like a predecessor of rogue-lite games that are popular now.
I would give that 'predecessor' title to... well, an actual roguelike, like Castle of the Winds or... I don't know, Rogue maybe. Personally I'd give it to CotW, it was the first I can recall with 'save anywhere' rules instead of 'save to leave, delete on death' rules.
@@CoralCopperHead The thing is, roguelikes were all, well roguelikes: top-down, ASCII, [stereo]typical fantasy settings. You rarely, if *ever *, seen a RLike done in other setting, in other form, since most of them rather rigidly followed The Berlin Interpretation and not many - if *any* - developers were applying RLike formula to other genres or modes of presentation. Nosferatu WotM was in a way an experiment that whilst failing to produce a successful result itself, it showed the way to other developers two things: 1) that RLike can be used to enrich other genres and 2) other genres can be used to enrich RLike genre. Kornel Kisielewicz, author of Doom: The RogueLike (later remade as Jupiter Hell), Aliens: The RogueLike, Castlevania: The RogueLike and Metroid: The RogueLike (titles which influenced the RogueLITE creators) expressly stated that the idea of creating Doom as a RogueLike game was *inspired by Nosferatu WotM*
@@psychodrummer1567 wait, does bracketing a piece of text on either side with asterisks *do this* Yes it does, kick ass
The editing (especially the sound mixing!) Has improved sooooo much :) Congrats on that, 10/10 vid all and all
honestly nah, I appreciate you doing the spooky game first. it got me in the halloween mood early. it's always been my favorite time of the year, but I kinda lost faith in this year after being half way into october and it being like 90 degrees outside with mosquitos the size of moths. wasn't summer, but that wasn't winter either. 'll tell you what that was, that was bullshit, but then I saw that video and right at the point where you said "I dunno, let's ask robin ourselves." sent goosebumps man, that was great. faith restored. happy holidays, Civvie.
Ah, the king returns. I mean Gordon Ramsay, of course. BTW; Grandpa is a badass. He brought a freakin' WWI machinegun to a wedding. That's the kind of man I want to become when I grow old.
I love how the games starts with realistic mechanics and ends with the player hip firing a ww1 era machine gun.
You can start this game punching Vampires to death, and it's weirdly more effective.
They were already around, Vickers was an upgrade of late XIX century Maxim machine gun. Historically, Vickers officially entered British service in late 1912 (year the game happens), so unless grandpa had some really big friends in military, I doubt he would get his hand on one of these and casually keep in his trunk.
Haven't heard "defenestrate" used in a long time, and I am proud of you Civvie. My favorite English word.
I do like the idea of a crazy family with a cocky punk grandson and a crazy prepared grandpa going to a wedding and trapped by vampires, then you show them they mess with the wrong clan as you rescue your equally kooky family members one by one. I think that concept alone'd be worth a remake
Malachi-"Nooo , mere mortals cannot defeat me. I am evil incarnate." James-"Haha, machine gun go brrrr."
Nothing is immune to the 'chunky salsa rule'
Brr shit is getting old.
@@swordofdanu brrrrr
There is no problem you cannot solve with the application of More Dakka
@@swordofdanu"Haha, brrrr joke go brrrr!"
Not sure why, but the thriller reference has me crying with laughter
Back when we were kids finding new games was a real rarity. So when my brother and I found this game on one of those 4 in 1 pirated game discs, and it was not one of the games on the cover, we were obsessed with it. We played this so much, we essentially speedran this janky mess of a game. And as luck would have it, that same brother is visiting today! Thank you for finding this for us , Civvie.
I will say this. I've played this game back in 2005 and quite frankly, even putting aside the nostalgia lens, despite what Civvie says, I think this is a pretty darn ambitious game. It isn't that bad, especially when procedural generation goes right. The Ai is janky, that much is sure, but overall.. the atmosphere, the music, writing and cinematics? Pretty darn good. I love the choppy animations too, even after Quake and Half-Life it's charming.
Honestly given the terrifying situation it’s entirely plausible that your family members will have janky ai.
I would like to see a game like this in the future, being armed with steel, faith, and gunpowder ffighting Vampires in the late 18th century in gothic locations.
Darkwatch is calling your name
@@duderitoz6953 Im pc guy, I cant aim with a controller, but yeah I'd love a pc port for that game too
How about Witch Hunt? As far as I know I ain’t got no machine gun, but the rest should be just what you’re looking for.
@@013wolfwarrior im suprised to hear it doesnt have a pc port. Its definitely a diamond in the rough.
the thing I remember about this is that it's entirely possible to generate an impossible castle with the keys you need not being accessible such as being behind the doors you need them for.
Another great vid. And that split second Zucc shot during the sacrifice montage? *chef kiss*
I played this almost twenty years ago. I vaguely remember enjoying it. I seem to recall that it felt fresh to me because it didn't play like most other shooters from around 2003.
I played it just last yeah for the first time on steam and it’s really very good.
I would love to see if Nightdive can get the rights to the game so they can work their magic on it for a remaster. If there's anyone who can fully cook this *R A W* steak of a game, it's them
That game and Chasm the Rift are games that Nightdive would be perfect to Remaster
NightDive pls fix
I'm still holding on them to remaster the first two Thief games.
im waiting eagerly for their powerslave remaster
@@TheCrimsonElite666 Maybe after the System Shock remake is done. Can't have one without the other!
The joy in your voice when you said "MACHINE GUN?!" was amazing.
Civvie put so much effort into this =D great as always
This video really shows how much your humor and pacing have improved, keep up the good work.
Some how "The algorithm CV-11" is more messed up than "What is the time CV-11?"
The professional “defenestrator”. Solid gold. Maybe 10 people will get that.
0/10 he didn't land in a heap of horse manure.
Wouldn't defenestrator be someone doing the defenestration, though (as opposed to being defenestrated)?
The quake 2 jump sound made me so happy
You're last line in the video is one of the best lines I've ever heard when it comes to spooky things.
To this day, I wonder why *anyone* calls it "realistic" reloading when the character dumps perfectly good ammo to the ground. It's probably the least realistic kind of reloading.
In a very intense and immediate situation (like say, in the middle of combat), it does kinda make sense that you wouldn't bother trying to keep all the ammunition, but in any other case it does seem a bit strange. I liked how SWAT 4 did it, where the reload button essentially has you swap between magazines that themselves can't be reloaded.
It's relatively realistic compared to most games, where you do just that, but don't actually waste any ammo in the process.
Condemned used R button to check how much ammo you had in magazine.
Escape from Tarkov does the best. You can cycle through your loaded magazines, you can dump a half-loaded magazine to the ground for a bit quickier reload (and you're able to pick that magazine up later). Once you don't have full magazines you can manually load them with spare ammo. Or you can just toss a single bullet into the weapon reciever. Damn. I don't think every game needs such extensive shooting mechanics but EFT is the richest game in that regard
@@KeksimusMaximus I'm only loosely aware of Tarkov, but you're making it sound kinda rad just with that comment. I should look it up sometime.
One last scare before the end of the month. Let's see what Civvie has cooked up for us.
I remember playing that game like back in 2003 or smth. It was actually pretty good and scary. Glad they re-released in on Steam.
Civvie, this has been a wonderful week for me on your channel! First was Scratches which I've never played but owned since I was a kid, and then this, which Same Deal except I recently re-bought it on either steam of GoG idr which, because I remembered nearly nothing of it and wanted to play it and see the ending. That was several months ago and I've beaten the first boss so far. Long story short you're inadvertantly replaying my childhood (fuck, you started off doing that, I played Land of the Dead years before I'd even seen Night of the Living) and I love you for this random chance. Oh also also I've been watching since sometime in Season 2, and I had been missing the old Dungeon bits, the story pieces usually at the start and end of vids, and I really enjoyed the intro section to this one. Basically I loved what yuo've been doing but had a nitpick and you pretty much satisfied my nitpick so great job.
If Count Orlok is not the big bad, this game is fookin' RAW!
Malachi is his first name!