Angel’s Gear: An Apocalyptic Horror Metroidvania Where a Mechanical Disease Has Infected the Planet!

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Note: this game is by Scumhead, creator of the Shrine games, Vomitoreum and Lycanthorne, so as you can imagine, things get pretty weird! :)

[@turbochad69]

Damn, that sounds awesome lol.

[@The-Zer0th-Law]

Also worth noting that, despite nothing NSFW actually happening, his games MAY contain NSFW imagery, like a vagina demon of sorts. I'm not kidding.

[@morkgin2459]

Makes sense why it will get released in 14th Feb then :)

[@ledraco4820]

Did the devs give ya a beta key?

[@DukeOnkled]

Oh fuck, I loved Vomitoreum. Definitely getting this.

[@redlightu]

Wasn't expecting a giant demonic but friendly blacksmith girl. I feel like the pacing in the beginning is a bit quick, you meet quite the cast of characters and get lots of upgrades pretty early. But I really love the mecha HR Giger aesthetic.

[@redlightu]

@WendySupremacy She said her name was Milly, and she does kinda have that "country girl" accent.

[@hoangang6365]

as least she's not a giant flesh monster

[@Bllurr1]

That opening sequence upon hitting the beach is insane. The entire moon shatters, giant demon-birds that roar loud enough to shake the world, and an angel for good measure. Sound effects were on-point.

[@mattmatter5643]

When it roared I wasn’t expecting that noise, but I was ok with it.

[@deadinside8891]

Milly is 10/10 best creature

[@shadyone6620]

What about Charlie the Immortal Bell-end?

[@hieioni3354]

Agreed. She's adorable :D

[@hieioni3354]

@@shadyone6620 Charlie is okay haha

[@sewdryandeuneo2358]

I would die for Milly

[@thesadseal2electricboogalo597]

My name is also Charlie, and it made me happy when he was saved

[@arktesla2875]

The aesthetic of this game is so cool

[@BirdRaiserE]

Looks like HR Geiger mixed with Beserk and WWI and a bit of WWII at the beginning

[@bingolos9063]

Scumhead (the artist and author of the game) also made a couple of games. A Doom total conversion called shrine 1 and 2 are free if you like to try

[@waltervoidbringer4491]

@@bingolos9063 Don't forget about Lycanthorn 1 & 2.

[@cosmicparsec9463]

Shatterhand

[@UniDeathRaven]

@@bingolos9063 Shrine is what I thought about this game. Now I understand why it looks like this

[@RichterBelmont2235]

We have: Top Gear Metal Gear Symphogear Guilty Gear Now we have, Angel's Gear

[@jacextreme6432]

Don’t forget Gears of War

[@markosimunic4770]

TONIGHT on Angle Gear James Fight the symptoms of the gear. Richard loses his Id. And I fight a dragon.

[@CBRN-115]

Ancient Gear from Yu-gi-oh

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

How did you forget XENOGEARS yes there’s an s at the end but still RICH STILL 😤

[@RichterBelmont2235]

@@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003 Because I'm not a JRPG fan 😤

[@barrelracer318]

The Scyth dude plays a Hurdy Gurdy. That is awesome. Shame the dev didnt kind of mimic one in the music. This game is so unique. I am going to have to go back an look into the other works. Oh. An thumbs up for Milly.

[@hieioni3354]

Milly is awesome :D

[@dhwwiiexpert]

“‘Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Came singing songs of love Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Came singing songs of love”

[@fantomas1770]

this is how you make games this is how you make demos this is how you hook the sh!t outta players instant classic

[@twitteremployee6564]

This is a underrated comment

[@peterc504]

Where is the demo? I cant seem to find it so I can check it out?

[@fantomas1770]

@@peterc504 it's out in 2 days so i guess the demo was removed

[@vortolex]

Maaan classic feeling of true meaning of demos and full enjoyment of complete game with full demo-games suspense. Love it 😊. I’m feeling I’m back in the 90’s era I cannot wait for more game such as this one I’m a true psychopath in love with this kind of games… many on steam to play and enjoy ☺️.

[@lordsosa9383]

this is how you smack somebody boom plow i just slapped you in the mouth boy

[@AzzRushman]

So glad the dialog continued after you accidentally left the scene. I find this game weirdly cute in a way.

[@slh8505]

That jump dive mid dialog looked like you shared a hug with the grub, that was weirdly touching

[@cmanhanks1]

so im not the only one who saw that!

[@NevTheDeranged]

wait was that not on purpose???

[@SeymourDisapproves]

I know, I thought it looked so sweet lol

[@zoewalker2064]

Can someone timestamp it

[@MSOGameShow]

20:21 - I think he actually Is hugging him. The jump sprite is different than the one shown during the hug.

[@jamescor6610]

The aesthetic is nice and the characters interesting enough, but the pacing feels fast with how quickly we went from "I just woke up" to "Heres the big-bad we saw at the start".

[@Madcat1331]

It's a demo, and seems out of chronological order at that... How did we kill Deus-Vain when we only acquired the Id, not to mention fight Deus-Vain the very next moment? Odd that. Hope the full game has proper pacing. EDIT: After looking through the comments apparently ABG triggered a bug which skipped a whole bunch of the game LOL

[@yemm442]

The characters are endearing, the plot is fabulous. The bosses are a little two-dimensional, but that is to be expected from a metroidvania. I want to pet the grub-man, and hug him too! :) Also, ABG, if you don't cover the full release of the game, I don't know if I could live with the suspense. xD (Please cover this gem of a game!)

[@raticus79]

21:20 Did you time that dash to get the hug? Well done

[@dhwwiiexpert]

I’m pretty sure that is an actual hug. The character teleports forward some pixels.

[@e_buffturtle]

That jump diving mechanic looks so fun and satisfying. It reminds me of the Helldivers jump dive system. Speed runners are gonna love that!

[@X3MCTZN]

Reloading: Opens stratagem, lands on co-op player by accident: the enitre team starts laughing ^^

[@selamandreykum5844]

This game reminds me of both the "Blame!" and "Berserk" mangas, which makes it instantly good in my book. Also, Natya is just a top-tier waifu material right here!👌

[@discordinmymind6565]

The soldier's movement and expressions remind me of metal slug soldier movement. If they were stuck in some crazy horror land

[@ElvenRaptor]

"If they were stuck in some crazy horror land." So... the Metal Slug setting? ;)

[@fadillah6014]

@@ElvenRaptor well let's see Zombies ✔ Mummies ✔ Carnivore Plant ✔ Mutated Fauna ✔ Mutated Soldiers ✔ Martian Alien ✔ Accient God Instrument ✔ Clone zombified army ✔ Cult Army ✔ A behemoth from another world ✔ Carnivore Invader Alien ✔ Yeah Metal Slug pretty full with desolate crazy horror land with I realized.

[@ElvenRaptor]

@@fadillah6014 All wrapped up in a nice, catoony bow.

[@fadillah6014]

@@ElvenRaptor well the stage theme managed make me give for sometime, especially when I can't safe the civilian in there.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

02:30 is rather funny between the sheer obliteration that should be "realistically" caused both by a moon being destroyed and then the ludicrous speed of the descent *and* landing of Deus-Vain right next to the player character. The realism of 11:55 with the Soldier's little freaked out reaction to the surprise first use of the radio by Natya is still far funnier though.

[@mavericktitan7874]

Ah sweet! Bio-mechanical Eldritch horrors beyond my comprehension!

[@malawisupasoldier7478]

Milly is wholesome for such an apocalyptic game

[@haonsuni8146]

That intro music hits just too good man. You can just FEEL the passion in it

[@Madcat1331]

I know right?? The moment I heard it I was like: "Ohhh. Things gonna get real."

[@magmafeline8239]

I like how the beast is like hu maby I should just scare this guy off and not kill him a little mercy to a giant beast

[@bananatarakota]

Kinda looks like old metroid, but with dialogs and dismemberment I like it

[@Consural]

The audio-visual atmosphere is on point. Hope this game has a demo in the coming steam next fest.

[@DigitalCoffee08]

This game is now on my wishlist. I NEED more of it, it’s so dark and fascinating!

[@gmakerc1]

This game has really great sound design, with the glaring exception of the grating overlapping footstep sound. It's made even more obvious by the lack of any real background music.

[@HappyAspid]

Really liked both visuals and audio. Too early to judge the story, but everything else is worth keeping an eye out for it.

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

2:23 protag: "maybe if I pretend to be a dog just taking a stroll at the beach the gun towers won't see me?"

[@meliasnahtony2951]

This is something I not only look forward to, but something I actively anticipate playing

[@BarbarossaSC2]

careless whisper at the 26:08 boss battle lol

[@AstraOG]

26:00 that music is definitely an alternate version of the sexy saxophone thing

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Isaac Clarke gets transported into H.R. Giger's dimension... Weird combination but effective...

[@sambrazil9770]

Kalameet at the beginning and the Dead Space stomp, this guy wears his influences on his sleeves, doesn't he?

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Be real. Kalameet is pretty cosmic horror. Psychokinetic flying psuedo reptile that is definitely smart enough to communicate but just refuses to give you more of its time than what it takes to make cinders of you. Might as well be be soaring between planets.

[@sambrazil9770]

@@jacobfreeman5444 I'm not sure I'm reading this correctly, but it looks like you think we disagree. We don't.

[@tristenandtessaXD]

When the dragon went ***THQ*** I felt that.

[@InFiNiTeO7]

when i saw the punch, stomp, and the shoot, my first thought was; "Yup, this guy is a Dead Space fan".

[@bladesofseven]

>coming Valentine's day Ah yes, of course, the perfect gift for your eldritch significant other, I'm sure.

[@C4pungMaster]

Even before the games is fully out, Natya is best girl 💀. Also felt bad for charlie... The art is really cool and Im into platformer shooter games like this. Might pick it up later

[@chipity]

The puns at the start always get me lol.

[@bighatastrea]

The sound design is so amazing. Feels very unsettling, gritty and similar to old 80's or 90's games, something modern photorealistic apocalyptic horror can't scratch.

[@john.infinite78]

This, makes me remember of how "I and a few of my friends at the time" how We, Imagined the game Nosferatu would be on the SNES. But thats not what we got.. I like this game. Like to see more games posted from A.B.G. on SWITCH+XBOX!!!

[@mateuszbanaszak4671]

46:31 I realy like that "credits" scene. Its funny and references said game.

[@onikoneko]

It's a testament to Scumhead's style that I can immediately pin one of their games in half a second or less

[@Stage-Fryte]

So I may be stupid, the whole time I was thinking “this must be inspired by vomitoreum, it must be.” And I go over to dev’s channel and I see they made vomitoreum.

[@BionicAir]

Looking good! wishlisting this now. Also love that running jump animation where you just splat face first into the ground :D

[@lordraptor5042]

" Festinating " That chin stroking animation cracked me up. Im gonna have to start copying that around my kids.

[@HypaTaiga]

This and you made me want to play metroidvania games again it just looks interesting

[@Mike14264]

Poor guy at the start must've been like "...I don't remember having eaten those shrooms before the trip..."

[@iyos7709]

Can't Agree more the soundtrack was very cool!

[@ijansk]

There should be more creepy 2D video games. I love this genre. Someone should create a 2D Hellraiser video game where the main character plays with the puzzle box and is dragged into Leviathan's hell, the maze where the cenobite reside and you have to re-find the puzzle box so you can get out of hell. The cenobites could be like the bosses at the end of a section of the maze and stuff.

[@bushfire4302]

man the outro is the golden part of the vid 🤣

[@Charlie.G506]

2:47 ooooo the haunter in the dark.

[@bryandedon7459]

The machine gunners were assholes. Everybody on the beach was dead and they still kept firing. That is the best latter animation I have ever seen. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

[@durakeno5575]

oh man I love the sound effects. From the heavy footsteps to the ambience of howling winds and the classic drip drops in cave/sewer areas... I've loved hearing this in old classic RE games.

[@burstingolem8023]

34:49 ABG let the inner gamer come out for a sec there

[@WittyUsername816]

Just started and the music is already real damn good. I have a bad feeling that helping Milly will turn out in tragedy.

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

Pretty cool game concept!

[@Pholiage]

Proof that these videos help sell games. Adding it to my cart on Steam. I mean that intro music alone warrants a buy

[@scumitarop6707]

This so legit so good. Soooo good.

[@kuuly3334]

Pixel Black Dragon Kalameet is not real, he can't hurt you. Pixel Black Dragon Kalameet: 2:43

[@thegamingaristocrat7615]

Loving the sound design on this one.

[@dwilliams21]

This seems like BLASPHEMOUS but actually bonkers and I am here for it. Michael Bay WISHES his movies had the oomph that intro sequence has!! I think the Angel's sprite looks amateurish/toony next to the dragon's sprite and I agree with other commenters here that the animations could be better...but still. I am INTRIGUED!

[@theodorehodbor5080]

Frankly I feel like the best criticism a game can have is that it is too short. What is here is really, really good, but at the same time it leaves me wanting more (especially with how it ends.) Really hope there's a continuation to it of some kind in the future, either as an update, DLC, or an outright sequel.

[@davidbaigorria5847]

Yggy looks a lot like the tree from UMK3 ¿? I dig it

[@Devilhand21]

I was truly invested into watching this game, only for it to be a demo. It reminds me of classic Metroid so much where we don't know who the protagonist exactly is, but they are capable of doing so much and their identity is thoroughly hidden.

[@kingmadding4894]

The dragon roars in BASE DROP!!!

[@urabus986]

PlayStation boot sound 😁

[@discordiacreates6669]

This game is... Weirdly charming. A mechanical virus in a Metroidvania with some Deadspace inspiration and I'm sure a mix of other stuff I'm not familar with has made something quite strange but endearing imo, that's really the best way I can describe it. The whole time I'll admit I was confused but it was still fun to watch- except the flesh wall area, few things creep me out or make me uncomfortable and that's one of them, just how wrong and unnerving that area is really fits into the horror genre quite well. Characters are all likeable as well, though the player character has some janky animation, especially with climbing ladders lol. I'll allow that though, though it's unfortunate that things clearly got triggered outta order so the ending is a bit hard to follow, as if the names of stuff and world lore wasn't already confusing. I will say though that I wasn't entirely a fan of the player character's walk animation because he kinda just seems to be barely shambling along, but I suppose that actually makes sense with the ending of the video, even though that seems like it was supposed to be more around the middle if things hadn't gotten a bit messed up, guy kinda actually was hardly alive by the looks of things so they must be built different or something ^^' Overall enjoyed watching this and thank the algorithm for this view because I didn't know this channel existed a week ago and dude, what is with your intros? Never change lmao, I hate that you made me laugh at your dumb jokes >:)

[@TheSandwhichman108]

This reminds me of iron blood a bit. Anyone else reminded of it when they saw the monsters?

[@KratKrit]

God I'm so pleased to see your growth dude.

[@giorgioreshkaf8496]

I really love the jokes you crack in your intros and outros, this humour is right up my alley

[@Kitten202021]

I smiled every time you flopped onto the ground from doing a long jump. Great animation.

This game looks amazing, thank you introducing it to me!

[@thedemonslayer51]

I love these characters so much. I wanna comfort Charlie, Milly's precious, and Nat's literally me. They're all gonna meet horrible fates when I play this, won't they?

[@thetreyh1994]

Anybody else hear Careless Whisper in one of the boss themes??

[@Blazuchan]

I can't unseen Natya as Neco Arc especially with the facial expressions, tho ngl im interested with this game.

[@jimmyjenkins1907]

neco arc giger neco arc giger

[@InternetHydra]

People are saying Giger in comments but I'm getting more of a 80s/early90s anime vibe, the ultraviolent biomechanical stuff with a dash of Angel's Egg thrown in. Also I love how you're programmed at this point, like so many that play these kind of games, to avoid contact with any falling water drops.

[@razmatazz9310]

I see a lot of Darkseed inspiration here, which uses Giger's art. Also some strong influence from Ecco the Dolphin.

[@shipsabeach]

Loved this game more than I thought I would (usually don't like this style for some personal taste reasons), and your gameplay was awesome to see as usual! I'm sure many agree that you're one of the best no commentary let's players around! You probably get comments like this a nauseating amount, but seriously loving these new little animation additions too! Huge props to you, the game creator, and if someone else is creating/helping to create those fun animations!!

[@MurkonTrow]

21:27 literally yeets himself out of a conversation.

[@NemesistheBoss]

wooaawww ... great concept. thx

[@PuppyLuvU2]

Reject thy flesh, embrace the steel my brother.

[@crisolideespinal5188]

The sound in this game is absolutely amazing 👏👏👏

[@yueshijoorya601]

Either there was recently a pixel-art platformer game jam, or Bobbert found out he's good at these grim ones.

[@mysteryromanticgamer3336]

I thought of a game based on BLAME! or Biomega with Killy navigating a cybermaze and facing abominations.

[@redsnowleopard]

Snake: What do you know about Angel Gear?

[@hayseshouhda5730]

great looking game, some of the animations are a little rough looking, like climbing ladders. i will keep an eye on this game.

[@roomix1822]

I absolutely love this one. It's arts and stories and settings are very interesting.

[@mikewhitmore9191]

This is the history of the Gear Wars that people have been waiting for! ⚙️ ⚙️ ⚙️

[@Fruckert]

That dragon speaks PS1 intro.

[@meliasnahtony2951]

Finally, a good conversationalist

[@RedWingPixy]

"Stump dead creature or monster will get u loot" - tips from dead space series

[@blackcitadel37]

That checkpoint bone totem animation is awesome.

[@beyondfossil]

Cool. Very Amiga like graphics.

[@jackfennell4348]

I like the references to Dead Space.

[@armandowillem]

Yo THAT OPENING SONG! I'm hyped just cuz of THAT!

[@nathanielpullig932]

Inner Id’s battle song sounds very familiar doesn’t it.

[@starry-p]

I be love when games put explanation’s of why you restart/ come back to life if you die. 6:38

[@rubyflareon136]

Neat, a new video!

[@imdead7913]

I feel like everything is normal metroidvania mechanics, except that "The lower the health, the more aggresive the enemies become" that feels and sounds cool

[@danielorrego6428]

Interesting

[@Maggot-Milk]

Dude, I LOVE scumhead. It's good to see their games on here!

[@The_Cosmic_Navigator]

I always loved Scumheads artstyle. Way back to his Zdoom forums days with Shrine.

[@roblb7305]

A lot of people here talk about Millie. But to me Natya is the real best girl fo this title

[@DrownedInExile]

Getting vibes of Axiom Verge and Blasphemous here.

[@stravvman]

Dragon that breathes BWAAA from the trailers?