Slayers X: Manchild Review Video: Dawn of the X-Slayer

[@MrShambles]

The "Journey Into You're Butt Hole" segment made me think the whole game was going to turn out to be Zane trying to cope with a colon cancer diagnosis.

[@gremlinman9724]

cancer mouse shows up in the ride

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@gremlinman9724 "oh hey za-" *gets glass sharts to the face*

[@masonasaro2118]

nah, just losing his mom and no escape from his shitty stepdad… and his life not going anywhere between hypnospace and the release of the game (i have a feeling things will be looking up for him, angry programmer message aside)

[@crowdmagical0274]

As an Idahoan, this is game is actually a documentary piece of our lovely capital, including the real population of like 3 people and one restaurant

[@compmanio36]

Maybe in 1999.

[@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames]

Lol I lived there for 33 years, there’s way more than 3 people. There’s like 17.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

Three people, one restaurant, and the massive potato we drop onto the street every New Years.

[@reloadpsi]

Isn't the potato festival real as well?

[@pteroid11]

@@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames The scarecrows don't count, we've been over this.

[@Dark.Shingo]

17:39 I can't get over the fact that Zane looks like one of those MTV stop motion commercials while the bad guy appears surprisingly well modeled.

[@Pho7on]

It's brilliant, right? It implies the bad guy was modeled off a real person while Zane was completely fabricated from imagination.

[@mike42192]

I was thinking the characters in this game look like they belong on Celebrity Deathmatch

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

I thought it was Robot Chicken at first.

[@BurnyToast]

His step dad straight up looks like a Xavier renegade angel character

[@warlockd]

Kind of makes me wonder. I have to look at the credits again. Like who was the fake in game people who did the voices.

[@Zombie1Boy]

I'm honestly surprised Zane didn't travel long distances using a skateboard.

[@Feasco]

do you see when he looks down at himself? I think he *is* a skateboard

[@daltonbecker4494]

Nah, Zane is a little above that sort of thing. Zane uses a *barely* street legal dirt bike to get around.

[@3van1993]

he needs a Razor scooter to be cool enough for this game

[@reloadpsi]

I love how the typos in the subtitles are completely consistent with how people usually typed online back in 2000.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

This game definitely had people named "zero cool" playing tf out of it in a dimension where that was possible

[@Lord_Deimos]

They still do...

[@SyndicateOperative]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 zero cool was 2010s, definitely not 2000s. Zoomzoom term.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@SyndicateOperative name used by character in movie Hackers, circa 1990s

[@Gatorade69]

Was going to give you a thumbs up but your at 420 and that's the funny number.

[@spenceduggs]

What cracks me up is the voice acting, especially for Stephanie. The actress nails the "I'm only being a voice in your stupid game cause Mom told me to" tone of an older sister/paid acquaintance who would rather be anywhere but here.

[@Sorain1]

That is legitimately a tough task for a voice director to pull off, even with great voice talent.

[@taschritter]

Thanks! Recorded it on my phone in the car to really nail that crunchy audio quality hahaha

[@ZuluRomeo]

@@taschritter Brilliant work. Just perfect. 👌

[@SIGNOR-G]

​@@taschritter must have been a very bizzarre experience.

[@puffleperson]

Lol! I thought she was supposed to be an artificial TTS voice.

[@NukerMunkyGames]

That hidden easter egg hurt my soul. You could genuinely feel that man's pain through the words written on the walls.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

It's not unlike Hypnospace. The guy Zane bullies is more successful, albeit just weird, while Zane is lonely and pathetic. He seeks validation from the crustiest circles of the internet and when they deny him that he handles it poorly. He has to invent a world in his comics and blogs where he is the most important man in the universe. This is just a further extension of that, of a life unfulfilled. We all had those periods. Some just never escaped.

[@InvadeNormandy]

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Even more deep than that, on top of that corey himself was a creepy "nice guy" of his own right if you looked more at the chat records and various other parts of it. But no one is painted to be 100 percent bad or irredeemably shit, but human and a product of their own a failings or the way the world around them is. Hypnospace is amazing in that it seems to not have any axe to grind against people as throwaway one notes even if the joke is one note behaviors, even a major dev admitted they hate "Irony poisoned" completely insincere writing.

[@pokehybridtrainer]

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Damn. That sure hits deep. A bunch of us know folks that never quite found themselves. A hero in their own mind. No one can live your life for you, always on the internet. If you want something to change then you have to do something about it.

[@SuperLlama42]

@@InvadeNormandy Ye. Aside from the obvious fact that he loves his mom, it's been shown that he has a kid in the modern day and unlike HIS dad, he's sticking around and trying to be a good dad.

[@EnclavegovtofficialUSA]

Okay, but............................... Boise potato festival

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

I wonder if Civvie is going to discuss Hypnospace Outlaw in this video, since it all ties into this game. Spoilers: yes.

[@teejay9189]

wait it DOES

[@limerslimer]

@@teejay9189 YEYEYE Zane grew old but didn't grow up

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wonder if he, if not MandaloreGaming or Sseth will review that game in due time.

[@nado1908]

​@@michaelandreipalon359 Really it's more of a Mandaloregaming type of game.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@nado1908 I'd say there's also a small Ross Scott possibility. Still want a Civvie/Ross crossover tho on some deranged jank.

[@doomthedemonhedgehog]

for anyone wondering what Boise is famous for its stately capitol building, the Broncos blue turf football field, and the Boise Greenbelt. It is also known for its large collection of parks and greenspaces in the city center

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Is it famous for attempted smoking through one's turd hole or do i have to go to nepal and get a sherpa to master such treachery?

[@kohlerry]

And for having the most overvalued housing market in the country. People are so pushed out by the housing rush here I've seen people get their tires slashed for having California plates. But mainly we're famous for the Potato Festival and Zane's mom's apartment.

[@julian0451]

more like blue turd football field

[@arandompasserby7940]

@@kohlerry "I've seen people get their tires slashed for having California plates" That's honestly a perfectly respectable thing to do to Californians tbh

[@EnclavegovtofficialUSA]

​@@arandompasserby7940 true that, my man.

[@bothatguyyoudontknow]

As a 90's kid whos 32, this game speaks volumes about the generation i grew up in. I love the janky animations that are almost WB style, the 90's style insults and the reminder that i myself am getting old. L

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

millenials are all in the 30's maybe 40's if you consider the 80's... I wish Doc had made it with his delorean to take me out of here...

[@TheOblivionMan]

This feels like a game made by someone who, if the chance arose, would absolutely tell you all about how Insane Clown Posse got too mainstream and they liked their old albums better.

[@Gatorade69]

Personally I'm more of an Anarchist Vampire fan. Dumb B*tch, should have known I was a hatchet Ryda.

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

Ok but to be fair...

[@AlphaCarinae]

Okay, but Riddle Box and The Great Milenko are their best albums

[@xotl2780]

That hypothetical opinion you just posited is completely valid btw.

[@nobody4248]

19:34 This is just like Gorbino's quest. This is the Gorbino's quest of life.

[@Mister_Clean]

"This just in, Psychos blew up Zane's mom" 3 seconds later Zane: **sheds a single tear** "I must revenge her" This is beautiful

[@FYGUnkleUrple]

Gianni cameos will never cease to bring a shit eating grin to my face.

[@BloodRedFox2008]

As someone who is also in their 30s, damn this aesthetic is hitting all the nostalgic buttons of someone who grew up during the age when numetal was in fact "new."

[@lawoftsunami]

i wonder if there's going to be games made about the 2010's and 2020's internet eras now that you word it this way

[@crispybottom]

@@lawoftsunami 100%, it's pretty much inevitable.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

​@@crispybottomI wonder in which genre that will be done.

[@Ominiumshadow24]

30s here I miss that era. This is awesome

[@magicalgirl1296]

His sword being in the shape of an S is amazing. This game is full of stuff like this.

[@yy-hj4br]

Oh my god. It is scary how right Civvie is about this game if you're the right age bracket.

[@clintkarklus5523]

Im 34 and i felt all of it.

[@ProsecutorValentine]

@@clintkarklus5523 Amen.

[@Aequitas887]

36 and not about it. The video is entertaining though

[@SirDankleberry]

I'm turning 30 in a few months and I'm just vibing to discount Linkin Park.

[@USSMariner]

​@@Aequitas887you had to be there

[@CoralCopperHead]

I'm always happy when someone is able to honestly say "it's like Redneck Rampage" so I can instantly backpedal out of the room.

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

except in this case, it seems to have been more like "it's like redneck rampage but the gameplay is berable"

[@bababooey5402]

​@@ConsarnitTokkori Redneck Rampage but its actually fucking good

[@ZuluRomeo]

"Redneck Rampage but that's part of the joke"

[@dopey473]

God this game just resonates with me so much, I might be a zoomer but you have to be in mind I'm Bosnian so childhood for me was a weird mix of 3 different decades. Playing 90s shooter on a 90s pc listening to 2000s music in 2013 and I thought I was hot shit. It's like this game was made for me specifically.

[@Adagm]

Radical

[@michaelgraham9774]

Older zoomers have a fairly strong understanding of at least the 2000s decade and it's general aesthetic and vibes. We all had older cousins or siblings growing up alongside us who embodied that time period and made it seem cool

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

F*ck, dude, 90's was war for you. I hope you and your family went through that sh!t unscathed

[@0Synergy]

@@michaelgraham9774 Yea their are two very distinct zoomers those born before 7th gen consoles and those born after its a very large distinction.

[@AeriDjGk]

I'm sorry for your loss. I can only try and sympathize with how painful it must have been being born a Bosnian.

[@madcat789]

Zane is like a fusion of Beavis and Butthead who was raised in 90s/2000s edge.

[@garrettsattem4799]

He kind of sounds like them, too.

[@Scufflegrit]

One time this cool older kid on the bus told me he could trade my puka shell necklace to get us some Hackblood. Then he got his own car and never talked to me again. It was sweet as hell, I got it at that kiosk in the mall next to the one that sold the cool Nokia faceplates. Just realized my necklace may have been stolen. Thanks, Civvie.

[@salokin3087]

Didn't expect a video of an actual FPS stemming from Hypnospace Outlaw after the Kickstarter several years ago, but here we are.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

This game is art with a capital F. No notes.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Thass in the bible

[@uthertheking]

17:17 That's Trennis. Beefbrain must be hitting you hard, BWL.

[@terribleduelist4433]

Actually the reason we don't have strangely curved blades anymore one is guns rendered swords obsolete two is because shields and armor fell out of favor so we stop needing to reach around them This has been the joke I took seriously thank you

[@wesellclams8657]

I love X Slayers because I was born in 2003 when this sort of style was at its peak, so I have these fractured memories of seeing stuff similar to this that made it fascinating. Besides being funny, this game is like half nostalgia half being able to actually experience memories I barely retain

[@LordOfCrabz]

So this must be the pre Pro Painkiller video? Another job well done!

[@MrTheMasterX]

Civvie is fully embracing the hyper-juvenile humor makes this video 200% more awesome-r.

[@SerathDarklands]

I feel like Zane is what a young Duke Nukem could be in a dystopian alternate universe.

[@LtnCorrsk]

Slayers X is a game for real Boise. (It's also the first time a game gave me radiation poisoning.)

[@ccda3324]

Fallout didn't give you radiation poisoning?

[@L11ghtman]

It’s so impressive to do anti-humor well. This game does a good job doing anti-humor, and anti-FPS game, and somehow it’s both fun and funny without becoming annoying. It’s incredibly well done.

[@guyvizard549]

"There's such a fine line between stupid and clever." -David St. Hubbins

[@mvrk4044]

I knew something was familiar about this. To learn that this is an indirect sequel to Hynospace Outlaw just rocketed it straight to the top of my MUST PLAY LIST (1 of 1).

[@jesusisntanoption]

I've said it before but your closed captions guy deserves a medal

[@AliaImmortalis]

👍

[@funkmastaC]

A perfect time capsule of a bygone era.

[@HarrySashimi420]

I'm glad the subtitle guy got some respect. He's the best!

[@AliaImmortalis]

👍

[@ZuluRomeo]

Honestly, the subtitles on civvie's videos have always been entertaining and essential viewing.

[@TheZero092]

Civvie11 is just pumping out awesome content keep it up man.

[@BadyearOakarus]

shoutouts to this video for being the one that let me know that there were custom subtitles on civvie vids

[@AliaImmortalis]

😏

[@nickmiller4430]

The level of discourse has been elevated! Fukuyama would be pissed! 😂

[@FUBARGunpla]

HACK THE PLANET!! ..... yeah this brought back memories lol this felt like a glorious love letter to late 90s gaming. i loved every minute lol

[@ExanRev]

the most dated thing in this game is the pricing at that burger joint

[@humanemulator6880]

This is much better than boltgun, thank you civvie

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

"We're Americans who live in the Middle of Nowhere so we haven't seen any Jon Wu movies yet" Damn. Way to call me out, Civvie. Edit - "Known for their" ...what? WHAT?!! What are we known for, Civvie? What punch line are you keeping fro-oh wait that's the joke, okay, tha'ts fair.

[@david_aug_1017]

This is the most accurate 90's throwback fps because the last 2 levels suck ass and feature unnecessary platforming sections the game wasn't built for, and end with a final boss that also kind of sucks. There's no way that wasn't intentional.

[@potatophantom9717]

OMFG the commentary in this video had me friggin rolling!!! Fantastic job

[@thecandlemaker1329]

3:46 Cutscene brought to you by Quentin Tarantino.

[@ElSandwich777]

The game this comes from, Hypnospace Outlaw, is also really cool. But for a bunch of different reasons.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

10:48 Can't wait for you to fully cover Ultrakill.

[@toto3777]

Every edgy thought an "XTREEMMEE" kid in the late 90s had coalesced into a game. Mac from Always Sunny did it for the 80s, Zane did it for the late 90s, early 00s.

[@votkiskoc]

14:17 It's Johnathan Davis from KoRn, and its trying to be an homage to the song called 'Twist'. thats what he tries to slurpes and gurgle

[@stproducciones9140]

i absolutely adore how this game satirizes that whole late 90s early 2000s edgy teen vibe. its relentless and very accurate. its like a Korn geocities fanpage, sonic fan comic or newgrounds power fantasy self insert animation turned into a game. its not a boomer shooter, its a young milennial shooter/old zoomer shooter.

[@NinjaHigh]

Civvie, that you can go from the cutting sarcasm needed for Thief II to sardonically recapping Blake Stone to... whatever one might call this review is why I think supporting your Patreon is some of the best money I spend monthly. #FreeCivvie

[@edhero4515]

"After seeing that, I think it's okay that the boltgun video won't come until next time." Roboute Guilliman, lord commander of the imperium

[@ColeCapone]

I saw this on my recommended while going through my KZbin homepage and the moment I saw it I went "oooooooh!" like an inbred chimpanzee. Civvie, I want you to know that distance makes the heart grow fonder, and every time I see one of your videos come out I feel a deep sense of primordial joy.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

If you told me this game originally came out in the late 90s/ early 00s I'd believe you. I honestly can't tell if this is a nostalgic throwback or if the developer froze himself at 16 and unfroze himself just to make this game.

[@warlockd]

Makes me wonder about the ingame lore if he really did make money from this mod and get him "out of his job as the manager of the dollar store" Honestly, the older Zane, should be thinking about his kid. Its one thing to have a step dad, its another thing to release THIS thing out and his dad, proudly, telling your friends, "I made this!"

[@alphaw0lfenvt]

That interview is hilarious I found it funny he actually got Zane to speak to him lol.

[@collinnewberry]

I was just thinking today how today would be great day for a new Civvie video. With an AVGN joke embedded in it. The gods are good.

[@teodorofdez252]

Oh. A lot of this is flying over my head, but it must be nostalgic for that kind of boys I knew who had the polygonal GTAs in spite of being around twelve and liked playing them a little too much. ... Oh god I have a disturbingly clear image of young Civvie now 😅.

[@RamadaArtist]

5:33 Audio: "If the yielder has 95 or more hackblood" Subtitle: "IF THE YELDER HAS 95 OR MORE HACKBLOOD" Actual English: "If the wielder has 95 or more hackblood" Fucking... perfection.

[@fmsyntheses]

This is the manifestation of where David Foster Wallace feared that 90s irony would lead us

[@marts4169]

The turning your girlfriend into a monster you have to fight is surely a reference to Prey 2006. (#ReleasePrey2)

[@firstlettersecondpower]

when i first viewed this i actually thought this was a game from the 90s, then i click on the steam page and “THIS YEAR!?”

[@leonardogsperin]

It's like a Beavis Doom

[@remyrichardson8614]

18:52 Exactly why werewolves are the best romantic partners. They're somebody for you to love normally, and if they can control not violently ripping you apart on a full moon, somebody big and fuzzy to snuggle with on those harsh, cold nights.

[@aaroncabrera8949]

Dude when this game released I KNEW Civvie would put out a banger on it. Great video Civvie!

[@AFarmerCalledChicken]

Okay why does the villain look like one of those humanoid robots from Japan when he talks?

[@Optive_Link]

I hope we get a sequel for this. It's rad as hell.

[@Bluerage98]

civvie releasing this right as vinny uploads his playthrough is really great timing for me, good week

[@chadwickjdillon]

I like "introspective moment" civvie. He knows he did it to himself.

[@du0lol]

This game is kinda cringy in this "made by a 16 years old" kinda way, but if there's one thing it absolutely nails is how it makes you feel cool sometimes. Like, when you first get the talismen and starts farting out energy beams and obliterating psykos as you start floating, it just feels so awesome.

[@outerfroggy1]

This game tickled a long dormant pile of neurons in the back of my brain. Its 1999, I'm 15 years old. Me and my buddies just finished watching beavis and butthead and one of them is playing shadow warrior before we go outside and shoot each other with pellet guns

[@Thobeian]

I figured it out: the Is game’s cutscenes have the same awkward edgelord energy as some of the cutscenes from Blood 1

[@pokehybridtrainer]

Oh my god that introduction was my childhood. Good god. Props to this dude to get this teenage dream to not die though. ...wait was the inner monologue very Squall-like? Fuck me. Love this game.

[@galaxycamerata]

" [Inaudible stupid question] " - my subtitles for most of highschool, fittingly enough. Legit though my favorite visual gag is seeing a weird billiards setup in the stepdad's house, then in the backyard you see him practicing in his Trennis court, a sport that is established in the Hypnospace universe as a contrived, arbitrary butchering of Tennis. And then you realize the same goddamn thing that happened with billiards. And who knows how many other fucked up sports and games.

[@Jishere232]

I think this game did a great job as a follow-up to Hypnospace Outlaw. It's a fun game with hints of soul crushing reality scattered throughout. Lol

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

This game may be an elaborate shitpost but it is sincere in it's approach. Like Cruelty Squad, this game is like something dug out of an attic covered in dust, cobwebs and congealed Hackblood.

[@kingtimmy88]

This is my favorite Civvie11 video.

[@CatTheRoundEarther]

You know, I've been waiting for the movie Hackers to become culturally relevant again. I think it just has so much potential as it's basically one long shitpost.

[@discipleofsound4565]

This makes me want to revisit my teenage creative output and piece them together.

[@combo_banana3534]

Just started playing this over the weekend when it hit gamepass. I'm having a great time with it and it definitely has alot of charm. I was a 90s kid too. It plays so well, like very build engine blood. Great video as always!

[@theredpill7511]

This just came out and you are doing a video on it? Wow, bravo! I havent even played it yet.

[@AndreGreeff]

not sure if it's just me, but the Rat King's opening line kinda made me think of the Monty Python's "Knights of Ni"... (:

[@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal]

Its literally just "the 90's" a game.

[@MasterChibi]

The sheer joy in how you said *CHEESE* made cry from laughter.

[@AngelWolf12]

I'm not worried about Boltgun Civvie. Love it or hate it, its gonna be a funny video and I'm just excited Warhammer is getting more mainstream appeal. That's right Civvie. I called you mainstream!

[@nono9543]

THE OPENING MUSIC! WHAT THE EARLY 2000s IS GOING ON?

[@nightcoal3558]

15:32 he said the title, now i can cry 😢

[@cyberzombie038]

A game so late 90s that it reminds you that Jnco jeans were a thing.

[@MitridatedCarbon]

I still don't understand why there's a glitch on the first Melvin cutescene where for a second the writing on the funhouse sign turns Italian. I saw it on multiple playthroughs.

[@monkshoodable]

The pause sound reminds me of the pause sound from Battletoads

[@nandorszabo2354]

This one made me feel out of this world Civvie

[@asphyxianone]

This is so rad it shoots right past cringe back to rad again.

[@Group-935]

The music in this game is an Instant hit in my eyes. I am definitely going to listen to the soundtrack after this.

[@mugwump7049]

Gotta love the infinite string of questions fading out into the end credits music...

[@ltlu2875]

I live in boise and that just nailed me like a flashbang.

[@Majvfb]

This is... not what I expected But is most cerntainly welcome

[@ashtmslf2315]

17:49 subtitle guy did indeed leave a message

[@AliaImmortalis]

😏

[@musicman243]

God this is the most Nu-Metal video game i've seen in a while

[@Ninjaswithipods]

11:38 "god I'm old" is the most real review I have for this game.