Deadlink Early Access - This Game Is Ridiculous

[@Gggmanlives]

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[@dizzydwarf4317]

nice thanks for the deal

[@FilmTrekk]

Dank g

[@Invidente7]

Hey Gmanlives, could you please review Sonic Frontiers when it comes out?

[@johndodo2062]

prodeus is the best indie shooter right now.

[@carlofrancisco1501]

Can you do a review on a Half Life Mod called Entropy Zero please? (Both 1 and 2). It'll be much appreciate.

[@moosepotato4116]

I played the demo a while back and couldn't stop playing it. Incredibly fun game.

[@GeronimoPlaz]

God it's hideous though, holy crap

[@mediocri5y]

@@GeronimoPlaz how so?

[@Gortanckla]

@@GeronimoPlaz I like the style, but the enemy designs suck ass. Very bland, which is a problem consistent through out cyberpunk themed media

[@youngwindmillgang3239]

where can i get this game its not on steam or am i brain dead

[@GeronimoPlaz]

@@mediocri5y There's no discrepancy. Everything blurs into everything else, and the effects are too much. Not exactly what you want in a game requiring precise aim.

[@Chardansearavitriol]

That poor kid is already set up to recieve a ton of momma jokes. Congrats

[@MONKEY_BEAM]

Nah, once the kid watches enough of dad's vids, he's gonna be ready to verbally wreck any fool that crosses him on the playground.

[@OG_SayMoreHomie]

Bro, this looks so smooth. thanks for the recommendation and congrats on the kid!

[@DRPatrikVA]

Voice actor for both the Torantula and the Phoenix Apex here! Just wanted to say thank you for playing the game and please don't kill my characters so fast 😭

[@AndroidFerret]

No ;)

[@michaelblum4557]

Have you checked out Cultic yet? It absolutely blew me away. Stands apart from the boomer shooter renaissance IMO, feels special. Atmosphere, openness and ingenuity of level design, music, headshot and crunchiness of gunplay, animation style (voxel and 2D sprites and non-voxel 3D all combine really, really nicely, with various different kinds of shaders at work too, like cel-shading for certain assets, etc.). Just feels like a big labor of love by a really capable dev (made by one guy).

[@labtob]

Cultic is so good! Going through my 2nd playthrough now.

[@nomorenames5568]

Cultic is great. Check out HROT as well. It's a source/hl2 style boomer shooter that's crisp as hell

[@michaelblum4557]

@@nomorenames5568 Thanks, downloading the demo now.

[@willcunning22]

Cultic just came out, but I'm surprised to see no Gman review for "Forgive Me Father" which has a similar tone and came out in April. Both fantastic games.

[@MilkyMonstrosity]

yes he really should check out cultic, gman is a big fan of blood which is one of the games key inspirations, as well as resident evil 4.

[@Highlaw]

I'm just a minute into the video and I already feel colorblind. 10/10

[@LongPeter]

I was wondering if he has a colour blindness mode turned on or if that is just how the game looks. He has mentioned he's red/green colour blind a few times.

[@some.person]

the screenshots on steam are pretty colorful... i wonder if the footage is from an earlier version or if he indeed used some kind of color blind mode

[@LongPeter]

@@some.person Quite right.

[@anatomyG59]

Yeah I just played the game a bit ago and was wondering if something was wrong with this video. There’s plenty of color and blood and whatnot.

[@LongPeter]

@@anatomyG59 I just grabbed a screenshot out of Steam and looked at it in Photoshop with the colour blindness proofing options turned on. Looks pretty much exactly like the video, all blues and yellow.

[@Yervy]

I love FPS roguelites and the movements and shooting in this one look fantastic, looks like you can put together some fun builds

[@marlibeshaj1069]

If you like roguelite movement shooters with good guns check out gttod: get to the orange door

[@InsidePhil]

I put your mom together on my fun build

[@viledeg2569]

I watch your dbd vids, didn't expect to see you here

[@adrienturbanm8496]

Roboquest is EXTREMELY GOOD. The shooting is insanely satisfying and the movement very responsive and crisp.

[@LeonardJackson]

Ya, they just need more enemies tho. There's only 3 or 4 different enemy types. Unless they've added more, I haven't played in a few months

[@TheSrbBrownBear]

@@LeonardJackson they did add a couple enemy types, a new boss and two new wepons, keep in mind tho there is one more major update and then come next year the game comes out as version 1.0.0 , so far its still in beta, the last boss , story and maybe more enemies+ 1 more character will be all added by the start of next year.

[@adrienturbanm8496]

@@LeonardJackson They've added like 10 recently iirc

[@scoobscott]

@@LeonardJackson they're up to around 20-25 now

[@randomdudeman4782]

Ditto. Been playing it for a long time as it's been developing. THE single most underrated rogue-like shooter out there, the mechanics blow everything else away. Just needs a bit more content and they're adding it, slowly.

[@loudnoises8197]

>Lets us listen to the soundtrack >Plays a clip with so many sound effects and gun sounds you can barely hear any fucking thing great work homie

[@MilkyMonstrosity]

Really cool how you recorded this with the colors you can see, as I understand you are red green colorblind thus only being able to see yellow and blue, and that the game actually has many more colors, that or im just super high. Not sure if it was intentional or if anyone else caught this.

[@jaroslavpohoral1897]

Been looking forward to this game for a long time. It's super addictive and fun.

[@RsKnDR0991]

@don't be surprised report this for spam guys

[@Dethmeister]

15:41 Both areas have a blue and yellow palette.

[@bigdaddysatan8075]

Out of all the independent FPS games that have came out the last few years Dusk is still my favorite! I don't know why but I really love that game!

[@deninpaul7509]

have u tried ULTRAKILL

[@MatadorShifter]

Clearly inspired by its ancestor Unreal Tournament with RPG elements added. Love the Halo Infinite hook too

[@underthemayo]

I love how excited you sound in this review. If Deadlink weren't an early access title, it would be my game of the year. Just a fantastic game, and shockingly good for this small studio's first effort. Let's give them all the support they can get. And Dexter season 3 is top tier. Edit: Why does the game look like that though? Did you use color blind mode?

[@BlueZirnitra]

Ukraine mode more like. Never played it but I'm guessing the colours are editable.

[@minerkey682]

yep it looks like a colour-blind mode, anything blue is probably red when unfiltered. I believe he mentioned having Deuteranopia recently

[@copyrightstrike4666]

Yeah he's colourblind afaik

[@ScileSc]

@@copyrightstrike4666 Looks pretty cool actually.

[@gg.naisu.]

Watching Gman's take on the game and reading your comment on it is like walking into a beautiful restaurant and realizing that you stepped in dog ***. Loved the video Gman!!!

[@BenjaminAnibalReyna]

I thought the game was just yellow and blue, which I really liked as a pallette, and then realized that is on somekind of "daltonic-friendly" mode. great video!

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

This reminded me of the Trailer for that "WH40K: Boltgun" game, where you probably play a Space Marine called Brother-Sargent Badass-Guy, the 1st, I guess

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

I had no idea it went into early access. Thank you for this video

[@RyanSmith-ug6bx]

This looks fun! I've been playing the hell out of Cultic recently. Basically a true successor to Blood!

[@revolverDOOMGUY]

Love the aestetich. Let's give the premise that Indie game of course cannot afford to have the "ultra-realistic" graphics, nor i really expect/want them to because i don't care that much, first because i dont put on the same level "realism" and good visuals, second because i play indie games for innovation, fun gameplay or interesting stories, so it's fine if sometimes graphic is not the strong point of an indie. Still, what indie devs can do, like in this case, is to have good art direction and style. Sometimes they just lazily trow a borderland filter and call it a day, sometimes they make stuff like this that is actually nice to lock at and you must give them credit even if it's not you cup of tea. Devolver digital for example can have really god art direction that make games actually interesting without needing a EA level of budget. Honestly i wish the industry altoghether moved closer to style over realism, not that i don't appriciate things like Uncharted 4 because there is a lot of effort and sweat put in those artworks.

[@Unapologeticweeb]

mixing roguelikes with procedural generation(my favourite genre) and shooters(my second favorite genre) feels like something i would very much like and yes likely not much to do right now but thats the thing with early access roguelikes roguelikes live or die with updates(minus cult of the lamb)

[@IonMario94]

You’re gonna love Nightmare Reaper!

[@streetlove11]

youd probably like Gunfire Reborn he mentioned it in this video. Kinda lacking in the procedural generation tho but its a good roguelike fps.

[@marlibeshaj1069]

Gttod: get to the orange door is a rouguelite shooter with random level orders in the main campaign. Its 15$ on steam but it has a free demo of one of the endless levels and its so fun and addictive

[@thecoltonboogie]

man, your kid is gonna grow up with a wicked taste in games

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

I see there's a colorblind option in the game? cool

[@daman8492]

"Soundtrack slaps." Shuts up so audience can hear the soundtrack. Me: "What music?" Legit, was there meant to be music playing in that section, because I didn't hear shit. xD

[@Ghosttea]

Game is ridiculously good

[@L_Train]

It looks horrible to me. I wouldn't let you pay me to play it

[@ScileSc]

@@TuriGamer I don´t think there is anything really similar to dead link out there.

[@Arxyn3974]

@@ScileSc play ultrakill

[@ScileSc]

@@Arxyn3974 I´m already doing for a long time. The only thing they have in common are the grappling hook.

[@gahagahabahaga1289]

@@ScileSc they are literally the same games

[@ryon5174]

Hey this game is way better now since it came out of early access

[@urb8936]

Congrats on the Nvidia sponsorship. Well deserved!

[@nERVEcenter117]

Given some people complained that Doom Eternal had too big a focus on glory kills, this game looks like exactly how you'd refocus the combat primarily around gunplay.

[@wes8723]

Are there going to be reviews for Prodeus and Cultic?

[@unit2a766]

>wanted to show soundtrack >it's just guns and explosions

[@creamboyfuengshwei]

... is that a colorblind mode?

[@HeavyStiefel]

yeah, i was thinking the same

[@ridleyscheuerman]

I haven't played it yet, but the whole thing kind of reminds me of that DLC from Dishonored called City of dunwall or something where there was this mini game called back Alley brawl where you could go endlessly and just killed people however you pleased

[@FearMonarch]

Im so here for a good fps roguelike Binding, Gungeon, Hades, all that stuff is heaven and i can only imagine what kinda fun someone can make with a design like this in the future

[@lordfriedrick7911]

I can see that the authors of this game know about the good points of a frenetic FPS... Quick and easy to understand information (like a feedback when you finish an enemy and you can switch targets), how to keep mobile the player (tiny quantity of ammo and ammo pickups in the level) and so on... I bet when they will finish the game it will be of good quality without a doubt...

[@TheSWATmanjack]

All good points, but I think the best one is your Quarantine profile pic.

[@rmir0]

1:09 congrats, what did you name him?

[@Gggmanlives]

BJ.

[@AyBee9725]

This is a very strange color palette for a game like this. They’re usually shades of fire and brimstone, not blue and ochre.

[@letskissnow987]

ggman is actually colorblind so he must have the game set on colorblind mode, im surprised he didnt mention this though. The actual game is much more varied in palette

[@BlueZirnitra]

Not the natural pallette. I didnt know about his coliurblindness and thought. That he was doing a ukraine support reference.

[@DudeMcGuybro]

Sold, as soon as he compared it to Gunfire Reborn I immediately sought it out and purchased it. Gunfire Reborn is crack and any new flavor is bonus points for me man.

[@nightsmusicuk]

outside of gunfire reborn, roboquest, is there any other roguelite/like fps games similar to this?

[@michael3795]

Hey congrats on the little Gman, man!

[@jaytravis2487]

This month's HOT WORD is "DECIMATE". You hear it in commercials, news reports, your favorite pod cast guests, and NOW G-MAN says it! I gotta admit that ' decimate ' is just one of those great sounding words. Sounds like 'detonate' and might be just as devestating! Great word! Give it up for the word of the month: DECIMATE!!!

[@hansdavis7335]

Looks and feels like what a hardcore Doom Eternal and Killing floor gamer decided to make a game and recently played Cyberpunk 2077

[@CaptainMumpitz]

looks interesting, but the visual style to me is somewhere inbetween "pretty awesome" and "needs more detail". not sure if this is based on the levels or will be similar throughout the whole game

[@johnathan5807]

1:09 Congrats on having a baby!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@forma2518]

Got a question: Are You colorblind by chance? Because I see that in this video the game looks like it has a colorblind mode on (for protanopia) and imo it looks better this way.

[@pissblaster1]

I was wondering the same thing more or less as the store page has all kinds of different colors in it's videos and screenshots.

[@Nate_the_Nobody]

You absolutely need to try S.T.A.L.K.E.R. anomoly mod with gamma, especially since you've played the old games, you'll be blown away how much shit they stuff into call of pripyat

[@aryudsoh]

I was literally about to suggest you cover this game but looks like you're on top of things.

[@Ghostsitus]

Great game, If you like DOOM Eternal and understand its way of getting you into the "fun zone", you'll love Deadlink. As Roguelike each game feels different, thanks to the various abilities you get game after game. My complaint with this game is that it needs more content such as more playable areas, enemies, bosses, and selectable characters, but this is something that is going to be added with a view to its development. DOOM Eternal created a new path forward for FPS, a path that thanks to the indie community, will make the genre we love so much continue to live forever.

[@ninochaosdrache3189]

"DOOM Eternal created a new path forward for FPS, a path that thanks to the indie community, will make the genre we love so much continue to live forever." God I hope not. Doom Eternal is far too restrictive to be enjoyable.

[@CricetoFunni]

"The blue and yellow palette" ...Because you have a colorblind mode turned on.

[@carlosceluriantorreblanca4244]

Many Kudos for the Quake 3 Arena Reference..... I instantly got PTSD out of that sound clip.

[@superGGcom]

Gman reviews are the best ones! 🤘❤

[@sleepybones5726]

What was that movie at the start? I've tried googling the quote but can't find anything...

[@AxTROUSRxMISSLE]

First thing I noticed was that its blue and yellow colors, would be really cool to be able to change the colors to other opposites

[@ScileSc]

He is playing color blind mode.

[@AxTROUSRxMISSLE]

@@ScileSc I can't tell if you're serious or not

[@ScileSc]

@@AxTROUSRxMISSLE I am.

[@DerUberBrot]

I love synthwave, I love cyberpunk and I love video game violence. Most games that feature these three usually have my attention.

[@inkeddecker9964]

I mean sitting in a room as you pilot a death machine was my old job. I'll be set for this

[@filip000]

Oh shit, last time I was this early, the channel's name was GGGmanlives.

[@theMrD1231]

Congrats on the baby

[@Zeroflax]

The art style is better than all the other games you mentioned too. Looks sick. Cant wait to try it on game pass.

[@jackdaw3822]

Could you review Prodeus? Im interested to see your take on it after it had a full release

[@durkhurker6268]

I just checked in after a little while of not watching, congrats on your new kid! :D Watching my backlog rn

[@light819]

Had way more fun with the demo then i expected everything felt impactful

[@OdysseyHome-Gaming]

I think the failure to click was it was like Halo. Bit slow, 2 guns, nade n punch. But it clicked when you start using those abilities in Doom eternal Combos. And that it was faster than Halo.

[@gobbins8366]

Reverb fart at 4:09

[@Boyahda]

I just realized that the blue and yellow aesthetic of the game is Gman playing on color blind mode lol

[@AgonizedCandle]

Gman's got his finger on the pulse with that Will SMith joke

[@cigODoggo]

Congrats on the sponsors bro :)

[@twin2TV]

Love the Dexter opening lol

[@wuvwarrior]

definitely have to try Ziggurat 2. Both games seems to have similar mechanics.

[@chrls.1093]

7:28 "Starts with D and ends in oom Eternal" 😂

[@Xyabra]

4:05 What is that cartoon? Looks like Rashi made it

[@GettingRekt1]

is the merme at the start from dexter? i cant find the original

[@moomoocupcakes]

Yes

[@1234matthewjohnson]

mine isnt blue and yellow, i guess he had colour blind mode on or something?

[@RadioZonde]

no sacrifices [that i can legally admit to] its just that most of us that aim for storefronts really do not have much of a margin of error like the bigger more mainstream studios get. We couldn't pull a 'Umbrella Corps' and live long enough to do a DMC5

[@winKoneR]

Why is Gman's game only blue & yellow? I thought I'm at wrong page when I looked up the game on Steam storefront :)

[@csl110]

Sounds like the action roguelike version of system shock

[@dpc4548]

I don't get it. If you can only decimate a room, what's the fun? It looks like you can kill everyone, not just decimate them.

[@ZAWFUL]

I remember making a meme for that clip at the beginning so long ago. Such a classic meem

[@Z0ZO]

This style is giving me Risk of Rain 2 vibes for some reason.

[@Cedar77]

What's the game at 5:07? Does anyone know?

[@andrewkirk6452]

I know fps roguelites are a dime a dozen these days, but you should check out one called Force Reboot, its dirt cheap at 3$ us and its flown under the radar for a lot of people and it really deserves more attention!

[@Tentacl]

I was on the fence, you convinced me to buy it. 8 hours sounds like a really good value proposition if it's FUN.

[@AceFalken]

This looks pretty good. Makes me want a first person SYNTHETIK with all its wack its got going.

[@snwmn9192]

gotta review the full thing now!

[@theeternal2734]

Gamer Man Lives

[@mattsmokes2505]

The amount of high-quality Contant you put out and never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for all the entertainment over the years. Your the GOAT on KZbin

[@Nugget_Bucket]

bro I didnt even watxh the vid, the thumbnail sold the game for me lol, keep it up

[@jazz4794]

Now let's see Paul Allen's review.

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

There's a similar looking game with a different asthetic, similar combat, weapons, and abilities too. Only you're fighting robots. Wish I could remember the name.

[@IamaPERSON]

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[@QCI99]

2:50

[@Havelinakyle]

Congrats daddy Gman!

[@0thers1d3]

Looks perfect for the Steam Deck. Any idea if it's compatible?

[@dipanjanghosal1662]

A multiplayer for this would do wonders

[@johndodo2062]

prodeus is better and has multilayer and a map maker

[@winKoneR]

@@johndodo2062 Prodeus is not rogue-lite.

[@Agrinddandi]

Congratulations on "various reasons". I feel you brother

[@DoomRater]

Okay but listen: this concept, but you 1v1 another player on a similar number of upgrades as you every half a dozen or so rooms, after which you can choose to swap their perks with yours as you please when you win

[@Moostar95]

Robo quest rules. Can't wait until is finished

[@billtree52]

See? They need to make a 40k game like this where you're up against Tyranids, so you're ridiculously over powered but it's still a survival horror because you know, TYRANIDS

[@petrlazar5240]

C-gulls? Sea Balls? I AM VERY CONFUSED!

[@ek.s.3140]

have you seen that it's finally out?? i'm so looking forward to your review

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

This looks really cool, but a lot of these new indie FPS games just seem so overwhelming to me in these reviews. I can run, jump and shoot while keeping track of health, ammo and armor. Adding dashing, grappling hooks, targeting, special abilities and upgrades is a bit much for me though (even in games like DN3D I just ignore all items except the portable med kit). Are there any of these slick-looking, fast moving, music pumping neo retro FPS games that are a bit more minimal? There are so many now that I realize I can actually be picky.

[@urgamecshk]

Doom?

[@ScileSc]

Dusk, Amid Evil, Cultic, Wrath Aeons of Ruin, Force Reboot, Post Void, Devil Daggers, Incision, Exophobia. Cultic is more strategic and methodical but there aren´t that many interlocking systems at play.

[@bentarelli-anka1649]

That intro caught me off guard, I nearly spit out my lunch lmao

[@TorQueMoD]

"Have a sound track that slaps harder than Will Smith". I love it :)