Remembering Raven Software's First Person Shooters

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00:00 Intro
01:29 CyClones
06:04 Heretic
11:38 Hexen: Beyond Heretic
16:51 Hexen II
21:26 Soldier of Fortune
26:46 Star Trek Voyage: Elite Force
32:32 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
42:01 Soldier of Fortune II
49:03 Quake 4
54:37 Wolfenstein
1:00:33 Singularity
1:08:17 Closing Remarks
1:10:24 Amazing Patrons

[@TeddyOnTheSpot]

I still think it’s a shame that Raven aren’t working on original games anymore considering how creative, fun, and enjoyable their original games always were.

[@axa993]

The old crew is probably gone by now

[@S3r3nityNow]

Yeah people need to realize it’s not the company as much as the individuals behind them. That’s been the downfall of a lot of good franchises. Well that and upper management trying to monetize the fun out of gaming.

[@theblobconsumes4859]

@@axa993 Actually not; Quite a few of the people behind the Soldier of Fortune games still work there.

[@fgoogleinthea7475]

@@theblobconsumes4859 Surely they are on their deathbed by now?

[@theblobconsumes4859]

Their Black Ops Cold War campaign was pretty damn good, which makes sense considering some of the people who worked on it had previously worked on Soldier of Fortune.

[@peternatorrr]

Singularity was such a nice suprise the year it came out.

[@eduardosanchezbarrios5810]

Sadly Singularity and Wolfenstein don't sell well and Activision send them to the Call of Duty miles and looks like they will be there forever... until... Microsoft choose to shut them down

[@peternatorrr]

These titles deserve to be more well regarded fo sho

[@jaredadams620]

Very Underrated gem.

[@coralsss]

it was a cool idea but kind of lacking in execution imo , especially with all the bangers that released that year.

[@cenciende9401]

I didn't play it until a few years ago and it was still a surprise

[@AvalancheReviews]

Soldier of Fortune will ALWAYS be the GOAT. My first time was the Dreamcast port, and even with the 15 minute long load times, it was magical.

[@afd19850]

Yeah Nightdive needs to remaster it ASAP! Before we send Mullins round!

[@bsaintnyc]

love your channel too man

[@SandwichGlitch]

I always liked SiN more... Don't know why

[@SandwichGlitch]

I always liked SiN more... Don't know why

[@StoveToTheFace]

No game has come close to SoF2's dismemberment even to this day. I have been hoping for a remake of the first 2. The 3rd game was terrible.

[@Kenryo81]

Raven Software was also one of the best licensed games developer out there. Jedi Knight 2, X-Men Legends 1-2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and X-Men Origins Wolverine were all fantastic uses of their licenses

[@Pintheshadows]

Don't forget Elite Force.

[@Jack_The_Ripper-lb]

Funilly enough their Wolverine game ended up being better than the movie it's based off of, and still holds the crown of best Wolverine game, though it's not like there's much competition for them, maybe the Insomniac game could end up being better but who knows?

[@Guilherme-ms3ub]

Its going woke​@@Jack_The_Ripper-lb

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@Jack_The_Ripper-lbthe guy who wrote Spec Ops The Line is writing Insomniac’s Wolverine game so who knows?

[@Jack_The_Ripper-lb]

@@matteodelapaz1698 Funny, I just found out about that today. I wonder what comics will it be based off of? I wish Insomniac at least told us who'll end up being Wolverine's Voice Actor.

[@JohnVanRiper]

Raven Software used to be my "Oh this game is developed by Raven Software? Instant buy at release!", shame they were relegated to just another Call of Duty support team like Treyarch and Neversoft. :(

[@MirelRC]

Well, this time Raven and Treyarch are co-developing CoD BO6 and it looks good. I can't wait to see the finished product. Though I wish some revival of their old games‚ like Hexen and maybe a new Singularity game.

[@JonnyHorseman]

I think Neversoft got the short end of the stick regarding that. (Can't believe they were disbanded 10 years ago)

[@cenciende9401]

Treyarch isn't a support team, they literally made COD what it is today

[@mr.tyrone254]

​@@cenciende9401That was infinity ward

[@gtamike_TSGK]

Yes and because COD is too big AAA FPS games are gone. COD is just for the casuals who don't have the skills to play Counter Strike lol

[@jimdavies9354]

The addition of Raven working along side ID for Quake 4 was a match made in paradise. I think so anyway.

[@HeyItsJonny]

Quack 4 kinda sucked at release when I played it for Xbox 360. It's alright on pc though.

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

Quake 4's awesome, I never got why some people didn't like it. The only things I don't like are the vehicle sections kind of sucking and the outdoor environments looking pretty lackluster. Everything else was solid, still holds up today even imo, I especially love that IDtech 4 atmosphere.

[@qcdoomqc]

Quake 4 is my favorite FPS campaign of all time :( DOOM 3 with a squad. Sign me the f*** up

[@mariorad529]

@@qcdoomqc amen to that brother

[@kinghoodofmousekind2906]

I liked Q4. It had some weak elements (the vehicle sections, for instance), but the gameplay and gunplay were on point. Wish it went a bit more into the story side of things, but there were a few notable moments in the plot to make it interesting enough.

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Ah classic Raven was on of the undisputed kings of gamings back in the 2000's. Now they're just another developer absorbed into making COD games for eternity

[@afd19850]

Well Phil Spencer was rocking his Hexen/heretic shirt so I imagine he wants another much like us! This year’s Call of duty was started before the buy out so there is hope for future true Raven games.

[@Nobody-dl4tm]

its sad really

[@JonnyHorseman]

​@@afd19850Phil Spencer is not your friend. Stop putting so much faith and hopes into him, when he can barely run his studios

[@GorGob]

I get it all of them now have a mansion and a golden rich life.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

The 2000s? That's literally the decade that their CoD fate was sealed. I know the Wolverine game, Raven-Wolfenstein and Singularity are looked on nostalgically by Xbox kids but they were bizarre marketing blunders. A licensed game based on a pile of shit (X-Men Origins), a reboot (Wolfenstein) of a reboot (Return to Castle Wolfenstein) of a reboot (Wolfenstein 3D) of an ancient game (Castle Wolfenstein), and a 3-year johnny-come-lately STALKER thing - and that after STALKER's repeated delays. I too think they came out way better than anyone could have expected, reading this on paper, but these things were all very rote and desperate compared to when they actually did stuff they wanted to work on in the 1990s.

[@Treebsquire]

Jedi Outcast in VR is absolutely amazing. One of the best VR mods ever made and is so much fun. Especially the fact that you can actually physically block enemy fire and lightsaber attacks, as well as motion controlled force powers.

[@cadwang_621]

Ready player one?

[@kelteel]

Agree, i didn't know it existed until yesterday. I almost finished return to castle wolfenstein VR which is a blast but i also just installed Jedi Outcast on the quest 3. All those classics in VR are done so well.

[@Calculon1712]

I hope they do Elite Force in VR

[@0GuruCS]

Raven being sent to purgatory, i.e. the Call of Duty mines, is the biggest middle finger ever lol

[@diamondhamster4320]

No, Singularity 2 and Quake 5 - sad 😥

[@shawklan27]

Totally

[@nonexistent4177]

Could not have said it better myself. But at this point, I am used to disappointment. 🥲

[@nn99nn99]

Nah they're a totally different team now so it's just a name

[@arnox4554]

The biggest one by far though that I've ever seen in the games industry though still has to be the one given to Free Radical Design. They rivaled old school Bungie in terms of how damn amazing they were, but after Timesplitters: Future Perfect came out, they were heavily abused and passed around like a hooker at a frat boy party by a bunch of """AAA""" publishers until finally, there was nothing left of them. I will never forget what happened to them...

[@zach--m]

Soldier of Fortune 2 on PC in the early 2000’s was amazing…. The online community thrived for many many years

[@brianschwartz3407]

Wolfenstein '09 was such a kickass game. The gunplay was some of the best in that era of shooters. I hate that its not easily available to play.

[@PhriekshoTV]

Hexen was one of my favorite childhood games. Spiked Gauntlets are still one of the coolest weapons ever made

[@rekware9320]

John Remero basically told the guys at Raven when they licensed the engine to not mess around with the weapons, and just use the originals as an analogue for their own weapons. Keeps it simple.

[@graysaltine6035]

wandering around aimlessly for an hour only to find a switch and get excited to only then be greeted with the words "one ninth of the puzzle has been solved" is the most fleeting joy in videogaming, thanks Hexen.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

A "friend" "lost" my copy of Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force for PS2 that I loaned him. About 20 years later I'm still mad about that.

[@Darkreaper1982]

The shotgun in Solider of Fortune sounded like it could have been used as anti-aircraft artillery!

[@Quarantineism]

Hands down. It's the best shotgun sound in any shooter. So powerful.

[@SL-gh5pe]

Heck there is a Russian shotgun made from leftover AAA barrels.

[@haarisajmeri9811]

they are also the dev's of the underrated X-Men Origins Wolveriene game

[@TurboNutterBastard]

*overrated

[@cenciende9401]

Yeah he mentioned that in the video

[@haarisajmeri9811]

@@cenciende9401 yep

[@GTAFranchise69]

Heretic and Hexen were probably the most accomplished Doom engine shooters.

[@CraaaaaabPeople]

Strife was pretty amazing too tbh.

[@sebastiankulche]

To be honest i like Heretic and Hexen more than Doom 2 and just a bit less than Doom 1.

[@Nooberman]

I really liked Singularity. I have an oddly specific memory about the ending when you could choose which person to shoot. After I shot the bad guy, noticing I still had the gun I decided to shoot the other person as well and was pleasantly surprised to find the devs had accounted for that, giving myself a different ending entirely.

[@marcellosilva9286]

And in my opinion, that's the best ending, because in the others, you get fucked over! Better to just become the shadow ruler of the world instead!

[@Phileosophos]

I've been a huge fan of Raven Software since their earliest days. I got to meet Ben Gokey and some of the other staff decades ago at a conference when they were at the very top of their form, and all of them absolutely lived up to their reputation. They were such a great and talented crew it's practically a crime that Raven is no more. I've played every one of these games and love nearly all of them, so it was really great taking a trip into the wayback machine courtesy of your video. Thanks for the retrospective!

[@shammy8703]

Playing Solider of Fortune when it was first came out as a 12 year old was the most fun month of gaming I've ever had!

[@fgoogleinthea7475]

I used the knife a little bit more than I should have lol.. game was solid.

[@shammy8703]

@fgoogleinthea7475 yeh I just talked my dad into upgrading the PC to a pentium 3 666mhz with a voodoo 3 agp card. Went from playing games like Duke Nukem to SOF and Unreal Tournament. I was fucking amazed as a kid. Walking into that metro with the shotgun

[@StillTheVoid]

Say what you will about Raven Software, but these cats deserve MAD respect within the game industry. What is very consistent about their legacy...is how badass their games are! 😤 Thank you Gmanlives for reminding younger viewers where they came from. 👊👊

[@cursedwon2910]

Wolfenstein 2009 and Singularity are two of my all-time favorite shooters. Love your work mate. Oh, and my mum says 'hi'...

[@BlusViews]

No way! Over an hour gman retrospective about Raven Software?! Let's go!!! 🎉

[@eziostone1109]

1:46 THAT WOMAN 🤣 3:20 And if it wasn't enough 🤣

[@CarnagedZaraki]

It's funny how he mentions that Heretic is Medieval Doom when the newest Doom coming out is basically Medieval Doom. Comes full circle

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

Yeah, the circle of Heretic being totally forgotten and the new Doom not actually being Medieval at all other than the demonic weapons not using military-style bullets.

[@josephcastrodale3288]

Don’t stop making these long-form retrospective videos! Great stuff.

[@Nobody-dl4tm]

I adore Raven's work. Huge fan of Soldier of Fortune 1-2... I played those for countless hours

[@huru2guru]

What I like about early era (up to HeXen II) of Raven games is that they have their own very distinct visual style (and vibe). Take look at one sprite/texture and you just know that it is Raven quality. Similar thing to how Capcom had its very distinct 2D style. :)

[@redzeckez3346]

fun fact about singularity: if you replay the campaing after finishing one and keeping a save file, the US army wear soviet symbol on them and the chopper too.

[@Elvisbackpack]

Soldier of Fortune 2 is one I still play regularly to this day. Raven were masters back then, and I wish they'd be allowed to do original stuff again instead of being a backup COD team.

[@Voytaz1985]

Singularity is a gem and one of my favourite fps games ever

[@GuitarAnthony]

Loved Soldier Of Fortune. Let us also remember that Raven made the awesome dungeon crawler BLACK CRYPT.

[@Groaznic]

Id used to make the engines that mattered, Raven used to take them and make the games that mattered. Raven and Monolith, legends of fun and originality. Rest in pepperonis Raven and Monolith.

[@ComradeBender]

I still remember how my father installed Hexen 1 and called me to play. I was playing, he stayed behind. 5 minutes after he asked "Do you know what this game has, that none other FPS had? You can JUMP in this game". That was such an incredible feeling. I remember how with each new game i payed extra attention to new mechanics. It felt like you are witnessing the evolution infront of you. Heretic added inventory. Hexen - jumps. Build engine trio added alot of enviorment interactions and talking protags e.t.c. That being said - i am not sure if i love Hexen. Spent too much time not knowing where is "THIS" switch i need to find. The worst aspect for me - weapons. Each class has only 4 and thats just not it. Paladin - all weapons are fine, but nothing incredible. Cleric - horrible mace, fine staff, okay-ish fire spell (cuz it takes like 4-5 hits to take down a single centaur) and PHENOMINAL 4th weapon. Mage - fine rod, horrible ice spell (weak, short range, creates an obstacle), PHENOMINAL lightning spell (my favorite weapon in the game... probably all games, and weak unrelyable 4th weapon. I have no clue how much dmg it does and will it actually hit the target.

[@Wickedmadman366]

Dark Forces had jumping and a talking protag first.

[@ComradeBender]

@@Wickedmadman366 True, but i was talking about my experience. For me and my father Hexen was the first 1. Didn't mean to spread misinformation.

[@CyberWolf755]

I fondly remember Jedi outcast and Star Trek games. Never knew they were made by Raven.

[@Chozo_Ghost]

One thing I find really interesting about Hexen's ultimate weapons is that their strengths and weaknesses differ from each other: 1) Baratus' ultimate weapon, Quietus, is the most effective against bosses, as Quietus' fireballs explode on impact, and is also really good on groups of enemies, provided they're directly in front of you. 2) Parias' Wraithverge is undoubtedly the best of three on groups of enemies, however it's completely useless against bosses, as the wraiths that the weapon shoots out will not attack the same enemy twice in a row; they need to seek out another target, at which point they will then go back to the boss (if there are no other enemies around). 3) Daedolon's Bloodscourge is kind of a mixture of the two. It's pretty good against groups of enemies (but not as much as Wraithverge) and is effective enough against bosses (though nowhere near as much so as Quietus).

[@arnox4554]

One thing that always bugged me about Hexen by FAR though was how limited the weapon selection was. Only a grand total of four weapons (per character) for the entirety of the game's run-time? Really? And maybe I wouldn't care nearly so much if the weapons were all more complex, like, for example, they could all block attacks with varying levels of effectiveness and etc, but they all pretty much boiled down to damaging melee and projectile weapons with a small exception being perhaps the Wraithverge. If you're really going to go for a 4-weapon-only roster per character, then each individual weapon better be really in-depth and fun to use or else you're just going to make your combat incredibly simple and boring for no reason.

[@pistool1]

Randomscourge is better word for that thing : -) The balls tend to wander arbitrarely.

[@MrMightyZ]

1:05 “We’ve discovered the enemies weakness, they’re powerless without their heads!”

[@nogoodgreen3274]

Raven were like Jesus, they werent around long but put out some genuine miracles.

[@teriases]

Amen

[@DLiotine]

They were around very long, instead, this vid reminds us of that

[@Moji55a]

They're still around tbh, unlike Looking Glass or Ion Storm lol.

[@cenciende9401]

Considering that evil cult fairy tale character wasn't around at all because they never existed, bad analogy

[@captainfreedom3649]

​@@cenciende9401imagine getting mad at someone who wasn't around at all because they never existed

[@thomasivey4608]

Played quake four a couple of a years ago and it was genuinely awesome, i can’t believe they didn’t have a sequel along the same lines to continue the series

[@pheenmachine]

Been replaying Xmen Legends 1 and II and the original Ultimate Alliance. Raven kicked ass in any genre .

[@indy2277]

In terms of Soldier of Fortune 2, i heard recently but never tested, that there is a weapon setting in the option menu that reduces weapon kickback and inaccuracy if you keep shooting, making it more in line with Soldier of Fortune 1

[@garbagegnome2045]

My god, Star Trek Elite Force is so slept on.

[@Pintheshadows]

I really like 2 as well, but I am a fucking nerd.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

Isn't that funny how Raven made licensed games for both Star Trek and Star Wars at just about the exact time they both became completely terrible

[@TheAbysswalker]

Voyager Elite Force was my jam, feeling like a kid again 😅

[@TheSpidersider]

53:36 Man, i remember coming across the Stroggification scene randomly when i was little, it was a very traumatizing experience.

[@SimonMoreal]

Quake 4 was the first and only game in the series I've ever played and finished. 12 y.o me was NOT ready for that scene lmao.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

"They can't saw my legs off, I'm the good guy"

[@marcellosilva9286]

I feel vindicated in being a Quake 4 defender, that game is awesome and personally, I like it a lot more than Doom 3, which I never touched again after my first playthrough, while I replayed Q4 a bunch of times. As for Singularity, man, that game is good, damn good in fact, but after I found out what their original plans were for that, and some weird design choices (like the 2-weapon limit, the game allows you to carry ammo for weapons you're not carrying, which is obviously because you were originally meant to be able to carry them all), it became apparent to me that the game gets so close to greatness, and yet never gets there, just like me. It could've been Raven's Bioshock, man, with a longer and more ambitious campaign it could've become an all-time classic known by everyone, just like Bioshock, instead of just being a cult hit.

[@MightyPoo64]

1:09:55 That's Phil not Pete!

[@kamenanew9867]

Kick ass video man. Raven has so many memorable fps games. This was fun to watch.

[@waltermisery451]

Wolfenstein (2009) is an incredibly underrated gem. Everything about it felt very rewarding and the combat was something to behold, it was loads of fun. The auto-healing made it tons easier but it doesn't excuse the epic challenge it provides.

[@Alex-pk1iy]

Wish it was still available on steam. I had the PS3 version but sold it as it was janky as hell :/

[@Danny-he4hi]

I first played Hexen in junior high as the Mage and finished it on the hardest difficulty. I looked up the online walkthrough twice while playing it, for two instances in a level after midway in the game. Hexen and Thief are my two favourite PC games! In high school I started to play Hexen 2 with the Necromancer and got to Egypt. I do not remember consulting a walkthrough for this one, though I am not entirely sure. Even though I have not played Hexen 2 since then I shall pick it up again and finally complete it! I don't actually remember any of the puzzles except for a bit at Blackmarsh. Have to do this on hardest difficulty without consulting any guides or tips. This is why everytime i watch a Gmanlives Hexen review i always revert my gaze whenever there's Eidolon footage. One day I shall finally komplete Hexen 2 on hardest with the Necromancer! Yes! 🔮🪬🗡⚔️🛡🏹💀👹 🔥🔥🔥⚡️🤘😬🤟⚡️🔥🔥🔥

[@ince55ant]

Heretic also had same cheats as Doom like IDKFA

[@ashuggtube]

Yes… and no 🤣

[@johannlabertaler6095]

By god, that intro was intense. I've played every last one of them and even if they clearly weren't perfect I loved most of them...

[@joshuaalexis8398]

I hope one day Nightdive studios can give the remake treatment to soldier of Fortune one and two the same exact way they did for system shock remake

[@chillhour6155]

System shock 2 remaster would go hard

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

People keep beating their meat over Nightdive doing remakes of x or y or z game but it will be a god damned miracle if they ever do another remake, period. If you get lobotomized and have all your memories of its development removed, the System Shock remake seems like a kinda middling-good indie game from 2013 or 2014. Unfortunately it's a sprawling train wreck that took 9 years to make, still hasn't delivered backer rewards from 2016 and added and subtracted random bullshit to and from the game willy-nilly. There is not a chance in hell these amateurs are ever doing that again.

[@IronicTonic8]

I love Soldier of Fortune. My friends and I played this game at LANs. The campaign was great too.

[@sohail4287]

For SoF2 I also recommend turning off weapon inaccuracy too

[@russellbelew2604]

The way I look at the Soldier of Fortune games are this: The first one has the superior campaign, the second one had an amazing multiplayer and online community. I was balls deep in the multiplayer clan matches and I really have never found a multiplayer shooter I love as much as I loved SOF2

[@duncetheman]

Wish you at least mentioned heretic 2. I know it's not an fps but its the final game in the hexen series and the incredible lightsaber combat in jedi outcast builds right off of it.

[@Gggmanlives]

I did mention it.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

**walks backward only to do a long unbroken string of back handsprings**

[@ShadesMan]

4:05 - reusing sounds from Heretic, just as Mageslayer used a hexen serpent syaff remix. 😅

[@BugsBunns]

Where's Necrodome? That game was severely underated!

[@Alex-cd3lr]

I love hexen: bh hand sprites so much, I don't even know why

[@MirelRC]

"Hexen II is Hexen on meth" got me rofl. Also, I hope they will get a chance for a new Hexen game with the latest and greatest iD Tech engine. And maybe Xbox will think of a revival for Quake too... (it doesn't matter if a new Quake game will be made by Raven or not‚ I just want a new Quake game).

[@MarkCurtis-u6o]

Raven was really something special. In the days of less internet, if I saw their logo on a PC game in the store, I just assumed it was good. Our family didn't have the best computer for a long time, but I loved just looking at big box games.

[@insertusername9755]

Kinda sad that Heretic 2 or Wolfenstein 2009 still dont have digital purchase avaivability :/

[@brunooliverio521]

This is a great video, it’s also sad in the way it makes me remember so many fond memories of playin Raven Games, and the fact that they don’t exist anymore as they used to…

[@augustvalek]

A shame really, Heretic should be getting the DOOM treatment, modernized and more metal than ever, on the other hand I'm not sure on how could they implement obscure puzzles without bringing the pase to a crawl, maybe in a similar way Uncharted does it, with exploration sections between bombastic and fast paced combat arenas.

[@paparoxo3606]

I don't know if the same people who work at the company back then are still at Raven, but they are (or were) very talented people, and they developed two of my favorite games, X-Men Legends 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. The love and care that they had for these two games was amazing, and until this day they are two of the best superhero games ever made.

[@officegossip]

That’s a lot of commas.

[@paparoxo3606]

@@officegossip Fixed.

[@Nigel222]

Singularity was great

[@carneirouece]

Man, 1997 was Quake 2. Duke was 1996, like Quake. But I remember that in some reviews people said that they prefer The aesthetic of hexen2 instead of Quake 2. Thanks for the video.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

Yeah, the problem is not that it was being compared to Quake or Duke Nukem 3D (which came out over a year before each) or Blood or Shadow Warrior (which it blew out of the water graphically), but just because a million sales was a mind-blowingly huge figure back then and this was a satellite studio. I have no doubt that the majority of the viewers of this channel almost exclusively dedicated to "boomer shooters" were hardly even alive in 1997 and probably played most of the Raven games on the console. The market for Duke Nukem 3D was in cartoon characters saying the movie lines and watching scripted events and the market for Quake was deathmatch tryhards. There's no room for Hexen 2 here.

[@ptrcrispy]

Just in time before the BO6 reveal

[@Zontar82]

who gives a shit?

[@ImInAgonyLOL]

:(

[@BigStupidJellyfish3]

I'd rather not be reminded of what Raven has been forced to become. Raven died in 2010.

[@apexpredator8395]

Star Terk:Elite Force and SW Jedi Knight 2:Jedi Outcast;It has become one of the unforgettable games for me.

[@senseicorey9979]

Soldier of fortune has the best shotgun of all time

[@K3NnY_G]

21:57 - Criminally underrated shotgun, on the sound alone.

[@craskpillord]

Singularity is so underrated, would love to see Raven come up with a new FPS again.

[@Hoboken90]

When i was a 12 year old kid in the 2002 i was obsessed with SOF II, Gta III Max payne and Mafia. Those where the only PC games i had and needed

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

the flesh of fallen angels

[@ActualPie]

12:41 reverb fart

[@gobbins]

don't steal my bit, nerd

[@kaktus2872]

@@gobbins what's your problem?

[@officegossip]

Always the funniest running gag.

[@PsychopathicSavior]

I used to have heretic as a kid and man I miss that game

[@sqw33k]

20:36 Quake 1 was released in -96. Quake 2 was released in -97. :)

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Nonsense. The Romans didn’t have the technology to build a computer back then

[@arnox4554]

@@j.a.weishaupt1748 It was aliens.

[@huru2guru]

And Duke Nukem 3D was released in 1996. But whatever, it is not main point of video...

[@terrylandess6072]

I would occasionally play the Voyager Bot arenas just to hear the characters trash talking. Chakotay was my favorite.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Your use of memes is comedic perfection

[@rusbell2981]

I spent more time playing Elite Force than just about any game, i still play it every once in awhile and there are still atleast 8 other people who are still playing it today. It was so special.

[@Agent789_0]

I wish Microsoft would give Raven the chance to work on a new Heretic/Hexen game.

[@PatrickBellWebDev]

Although Doom: The Dark Ages looks awesome, I was hoping it was a new Heretic/Hexen game more.

[@Moji55a]

After the recent debacles of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, I would not trust Microsoft with a ten feet pole. Certain "how do you do fellow kids" energy coming from Phil and the rest of it's executives.

[@archiemisc]

Amid Evil is the best you're gonna get and way better than anything Microsoft would put out

[@ViktorBrech]

SoF and Heretic 2 some of my all-time favorites. Long meant to play Jedi Knight 2 but never find the time... so DELIGHTED to learn about Singularity's short runtime. Will check it out!

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

You're gonna need a shitload of time to navigate the Jedi Knight 2 levels that's for sure, although I guess if you beat Heretic 2 it's not beyond the realm of possibility at least

[@BlondeMcGuinn]

I bought Wolfenstein 2009 for my 360 in its release week. It was so good! Surreal and bizarre in the best way. Its boss fights were terrible though. Singularity was another one I bought as soon as it came out. My marriage at the time was falling apart but Singularity and Bioshock 2 (which released a few months prior) gave me some escape from a situation I felt like I couldn’t do much about. I’ve always enjoyed Raven games and I’m grateful for this video. Big Ups!

[@chiggn7456]

Every Single Games was a Hit. Every Single Game we had a great Time and Every Single Game i Still play today now and then and i love them. Salute to Raven

[@sc0ner783]

SOF 2 had a banging multiplayer scene, thats why I'll always love it

[@jonbourgoin182]

I know we say this with each passing generation but it really is crazy how the graphics of the 360/PS3 era are starting to show their age, mostly in character models and motions aside from environments, but it is starting to happen. Though some games might be immune from it.

[@MadamMafia2]

I loved the open world style wolfenstein, it felt different, and fun. I mean if you think about it, the classic wolfensteins were kind of open world too with numerous rooms and floors.

[@Xeoah]

I want raven games back. So much potential in singularity, honestly topped doom 3 and the Wolfenstein reboot first entry for me.

[@EmberheartGames]

Thank you for mentioning Wizordum! 🧙‍♂🔥 That might be obvious but a lot of inspiration came from Raven titles (Hexen, Heretic, and even Shadowcaster).

[@georgeagathangelou5303]

Thank goodness Amid Evil came along to realise the potential of heretic/hexens premise

[@SlyTanuki]

Heretic was my first FPS. Then Doom and Hexen. Heretic, Hexen, and Blood remain some of my favorite games that I have ever played.

[@plastichairball]

I'm glad you covered Cyclones, that game doesn't get enough recognition. The fact that you upgraded yourself as you went through tue campaign, that you could jump(!) and have mouse aim made it imo ahead of its time.

[@Punisher6791]

Heretic is still one of my all time favorites of Raven software. it turns 30 in September. wish it would get remade. but i guess Amid Evil is as close as we will ever get.

[@antonlouthander7748]

My favorite underrated developer. Thank you for this wonderful retrospective.

[@metalspoon69]

Singularity is pretty underrated. You can usually get it for like 7$, well worth it in my humble opinion.

[@Ricky_Grade10]

I remember buying the cord so you could hook your xbox 360 to a PC monitor. Seeing Quake 4 in glorious 720p for the first time blew my mind.

[@GDPanda69]

Man, with all these classics in here, I was really hoping for a "sonny Jim" throw back as well! Great stuff!!!

[@LongPeter]

I still quote Strauss’s “How I hate to wait for elevators.” line. Bloody hell I played a lot of Q4Max.

[@boomheadshot75]

Wolfenstein 2009 is such a gem that I regularly play every few years and Singularity never got the love it deserved. Never knew Jedi Outcast was Raven however!

[@PANNARALEJ]

Singularity may have been their last game, but it was originally an unplayable mess of an Alpha when their Publisher pulled the plug and shut them down. A group of devs got together, worked on it in their free time for 10 months, and released the game in its current state. It honestly shows that when the devs are not bound by publisher demands, are left to do what they want, they can deliver an experience worth remembering, even if short. I want to see the Call of Duty chains taken off, and let them make something without restrictions.