IRON MEAT - Full Game, No Deaths (Hard Mode)

[@danraz9435]

I really just love that the friendly NPS's interact with the player or environment in some way on occasion. Like the assimilated soldier giving you a pickup before blowing up. The cop car sweeping in to drop off another pack. Or even the small hold out synthesizing the antipode. Really cements you are part of the military despite being the super soldier- they try to fight on!

[@jocelantonettetenoc5996]

Unlike NPC's who just exist as Cannon fodder, they actually put an effort to help the MC and to stop the apocalypse.

[@user-zg4pw2nu8i]

Indeed! One of the greatest aspects of this game are the background details showing the full-scale of the infection's rampage. Especially that scene on the airship where the moon was assimilated too. That's just nuts.

[@newbaggett]

I like the nice little detail on the 3rd stage, where you see one solder who was assimilated completely by a spine monster and then another whose attached to one but still sane enough to help the Player and blow himself up, taking the monster he's attached to with it.

[@ornerylurker8296]

Truly, a supreme badass to the end.

[@SwordMasterTala]

when, time

[@오주환-b1n]

@@SwordMasterTala 15:02

[@obliviouswarrior875]

The three soldiers at the end of the credits scene on the train map are paying respects to the same soldier who blew themselves up 1:02:05

[@RohgishSun]

Great catch. 21 Salute.​@@obliviouswarrior875

[@trevordrakenor2063]

That end credit scene, that one train where the soldier were firing into the sky and the others salute. That was where the infected soldier blew himself up after giving the player his weapon. They remember his sacrifice.

[@TheDeceptiveMoss]

F in the chat is their literal response.

[@jocelantonettetenoc5996]

@@trevordrakenor2063 The MC told them about it and they payed their respects in return.

[@LynSain]

This and Super Cyborg are the true platinum of spiritual successors of Contra series. The world building in this game is beyond majestic. Some enemies spawn behind you to do absolutely nothing which is the abstract way to tell the player that you have been overwhelmingly outnumbered. But the game tells you that you are not alone, even the one that resisted infection til the last of his breath. Yeah that one giga chad at 15:00, he was like "I'm not going to become one of them. Here comrade, take my gun. удача" and kaboom. The player's character probably like "Even though I'm not the one in help, I feel like I've been destined to always say thank you." Also a very appropriate character to play for final stage. I can somehow hear the voice "It's payback time!"

[@chirris3527]

no blazing chrome?

[@LynSain]

​@@chirris3527 Looks like I need to mention that I talked about the ones made by Russian and as well composed by Darkman007 (Vladimir Tugay) which is why Blazing Chrome is irrelevant. While I do like Blazing Chrome, to me that game belongs to gold instead of platinum. Or maybe I like it because of Dominic Ninmark's music.

[@missxmettastars5740]

Yeah!! I love that you can hear part of their music in there ^^

[@paxhumana2015]

@@LynSain , et al, I smell racist bigots among you lot.

[@michaelfuria4775]

Didn't even think about how it was perfect cause I completely forgot fangs voiceline in hard corps

[@miguelignaciotovarpena9101]

I will admit this is the first game where Barnie the dinosaur helps to save the humanity against a viral infection.

[@colonelrockrits9436]

Or maybe it's his lost and unsung badass Russia cousin of him that was part of an entertainment program pre apocalypse

[@TheBlackPigeon]

Honestly, this feels like a job for a mystic box of fries, a wisecracking milkshake, and a middle-aged dirtbag from the South Jersey Shore. The perfect A-Team for meat run amok.

[@colonelrockrits9436]

@@TheBlackPigeon Pffft ha imagine that if Iron Meat was some animated show and these people were all canon to this...

[@chrisfalcon_vt]

And a viral infection caused by Homelander.

[@colonelrockrits9436]

@@chrisfalcon_vt Eh heh what?

[@geoffreyburr5378]

15:04, my respect for that soldier's blaze of glory.

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

RandomChild69420: "Aww maaan, the guy completed the entire game in an hour... It's such a short gaaame..." Iconoclast, his bloodshot eyes burning with power of a thousand suns: "You ain't got a fucking clue, kid."

[@gdvelasquez2570]

He erase his comment right?

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

@@gdvelasquez2570 no, I fabricated it all, there was no real conversation like that.

[@gdvelasquez2570]

@@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253i SEE, well if i remember a guy called the OST of Doom like "is just noices" and i think this will the same.

[@TeryJones]

I do love how "Iron Meat" isn't just a fancy description of what kind of game this is but is also the name of the final boss XD

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

8:15 You can tell these guys grasp the spirit of X-TREEEM shmups, by how you can blow up the "Stage Clear" sprite.

[@brightsuperstition]

The title of the video made me immediately open Steam and check the game page, as it led me to believe the game had already come out. Well, at least it seems like the game is going to be solid, judging by your video description. Hopefully the game will iron out the scoring and lives-related kinks you listed before release. Can't wait for the full game next month. I played many runs of the demo and loved it.

[@zakkymiftahurrahman1665]

Hehe, "iron" out

[@Bad_animationz]

Yes indeed!

[@jacktheripper2408]

Man...the game it's not that Good anyway

[@CrudeBuster]

i bet it'll be meaty

[@sirhektur7879]

Judging by the look of cars, buildings and roads on level 6, I can 100% surely say that this level is Chelyabinsk, and it hasn't changed a bit

[@Nilakanthanataraja]

This game is freaking game of the year material. One of the best soundtracks I ever heard.

[@Jyli777]

13:15 when P. O. W finally got a firearm

[@TheRoboKitty]

HEAVY MASHEEN GUN

[@HazzardousEco]

THANK YOU!

[@ARandomTank7]

**pickup sound** ROCKET LAUNCHER

[@hantubelaung]

Hyakutarou but with HEAVY MACHINE GUN

[@CrudeBuster]

i thought he was about to fire hadoukens honestly but it seems he's not Lt. Hyakutaro.

[@rocketpunchgo1]

*Hits blunt* "Hey bro... what if DOOM and CONTRA had a baby." Friend: "I'm already creating a Kickstarter page bro."

[@rocketpunchgo1]

Also, I absolutely love when a game' developer give the soundtrack as much love as the game's visuals. This music f*cking slaps so hard.

[@CrudeBuster]

contra, probotector, metal slug, geostorm, ghosts 'n' goblins, alienstorm, the orgy was tense

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

One of my favorite things about settings like this is when we get to zoom out and see how its affecting Earth from orbit. Like you can see from orbit that sh/t is going down.

[@jp32123]

the amount of respect that they showed the fallen soldier at the end was so admirable

[@user-nn9qg7or2y]

On epilogue, everyone celebrate win against Iron Meat Aliens that almost taken over rest of Earth! Victory!

[@matiasrojas8002]

I was always gonna buy this game. The Metal Slug POW skin made sure i do it on day 1

[@sarojhmaffle7104]

What a absolutely visually stunning game. Goodness gracious I love these games that do so well with Pixel art and design.

[@sdgamer1860]

1:07 They have a literal Guerrilla Soldier Skin, lmao. Also when i look at the steam page they have a Crusader in Space Marine Armor as a skin

[@alvaroplacido7210]

Another deathless run. Congratulations. Gotta admit that the games in pixel arts ARE quite impressive this year. Power Rangers, karate kid, toxic crusaders (demo available), gi joe Wrath of cobra (too bad they removed the demo) and many others

[@Eismann1]

Amazing theme and pixel art, Retroware! Playthrough videos like this one are really nice to have. You can just stop and admire the aesthetics of the game's atrocities. Gameplaywise, the first three stages yield a very strong arc, but I must say that the "base" stage is quite long and the "sky" level feels similar to the "train" level. Some variation in the colour scheme and events during "sky" might do the trick and complete the arc of suspense until the end of the game.

[@hammermandan8264]

….okay, so, I know there was no other choice, but with the moon gone, isn’t the planet completely screwed regardless?

[@ornerylurker8296]

Realistically if it didn’t the moon would just kinda be a giant rotting meatball by then. And any fallout would unironically help expedite the clean up. Now, the red haze in the sky from all that crap in orbit, ruined tides, etcetera are another matter entirely but I imagine most of the biosphere that would have been affected are probably already extinct,…

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

That's why Humanity made its move into MEGADOMES, administered by a benevolent AI Neural Matrix that could never possibly be corrupted, in case you were worried.

[@TeryJones]

Nah nah it's cool we'll just get the Dragon Balls and wish it back no problem!

[@fadillah6014]

What if they make artificial moon with asteroid?

[@michaelfuria4775]

@@ornerylurker8296 kzbin.info/www/bejne/maeyYpmflrp4las

[@blountman747]

2024 contra. This is amazing I hope this game gets all the recognition the developers and everybody that made it incredible job with the pixels and everything music gameplay wow what a game holy crap great job everybody

[@colonelrockrits9436]

Yeah! Like the meat itself. we must spread the word and give this game a nice star recognition like the other indie horrors out there. maybe ask the other tubers like 8 bit ryan or others to maybe give it a try, or markiplier!

[@fiftyfive5459]

this game is 9/10 for me. I like the way they tell story that other have a role and fight too not just a little group of protagonist save the world. and ending is very full fill.

[@HipomosJ]

Yeah I love that too, especially how humanity is trying to fight against the invasion

[@MattSipka]

So what keeps it from being 10/10?

[@CrudeBuster]

@@MattSipka probably his meat was very ironic about the game

[@jacobchavez6635]

purple dinosaur ,thats it im convinced , im buying this game now

[@colonelrockrits9436]

Aka Barney's long lost actually likeable and badass russian cousin.

[@jeremyriley1238]

That, and the stage 2 skin, which looks like the relative to B1 and B2 they don't talk about because he once tried to go postal on Rat in a Hat.

[@colonelrockrits9436]

@@jeremyriley1238 Ohhh yeah...like some edgier or creepypasta version of Banana pajama, or more of an anti-hero of sorts.

[@jeremyriley1238]

8:40 Now that is one banana wearing pajamas that the teddy bears would avoid at all costs.

[@SensatoKuro]

Won't be looking at your run right now, but I'm excited for this release! Thanks for your impressions!

[@Revys_Husband343]

This game feels like a love letter to the Contra franchise since there are a lot of similarities between this game and Contra but heck this game had my curiosity, now it definitely has my undivided attention.

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Iron Meat looks like Contra plus Doom vs Carrion game. If you didn't played Carrion then in that game you play as a meat monster, who broke out of the lab and decided to escape to freedom, killing everyone on his path.

[@CrudeBuster]

and revealed that his final form was the most deadly animal ever, the human being

[@maximk9964]

Man, this game goes hard! Love the art in this one and music. Very accurate simulator of an average Tuesday on a Russian train

[@TheRetroVoyager]

This almost feels like a sequel to the game Carrion. The creature expanded and now the human race is fighting back. Definitely a game I want to play, being such a great throw back to Contra (I have beaten that twice in my 38 years of living. We don't speak of the rage I felt though)

[@user-on1tz5no8i]

final boss is terminator

[@Cynder2251]

Now that you mention it the beginning of the final boss theme sounds similar to the terminator theme

[@TheDeceptiveMoss]

Always has been. 🔫 😐

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Oh damn they got JaimeR to do the animated intro, I recognize that guys goopy style anywhere!

[@shinobixa4]

The train stage music rocks!😆

[@thecowboy2]

35:04 After a while, crocodile.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

It ll be really interesting to compare this game to operation galuga

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Contra by H.R. Giger., make-up and practical FX by Rob Bottin and Stan Winston...

[@daserfomalhaut9809]

Cute that you can blow out the level clear for more points. Feel like I've only seen that in Sonic.

[@skyhunt9595]

15:00 f for this dude

[@Razzved4ikIvan]

1:02:05

[@davigamer4569]

F

[@Exozealots]

Went out like a true Lad. He doesn't care if he dies, so long he can be some sort of help.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*F*

[@Kimmie68]

This looks like a BAD ASS Contra Clone. Pretty cool if you ask me.

[@patrickvasconcelos3001]

A fenomenal work. ^^ I hope they can make a sequel or another game like this. Great video.

[@Razzved4ikIvan]

Damn, that was fast. Impressive!

[@BeAsT1x5]

I’m jelly af that you got an early key, but realistically… you’re the best candidate for this one

[@Skarrier]

40:22 - so, the city this level takes place is St. Petersburg, because the sign in russian states "Shaverma", and the only city this dish is called like that is St. Petersburg. The rest are calling it "Shaurma" XD

[@CrudeBuster]

is it uh... a meat dish?

[@Skarrier]

@@CrudeBuster yeah, its name literally translates from Arabic as "fried meat". It's like burrito, but with either chicken or lamb, a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers and a sourcream-garlic sauce.

[@lobstrosity7163]

They have shawarma in Russia? Must've gotten it from the mujahideen.

[@Skarrier]

@@lobstrosity7163 And it's a really popular dish here. Also, it's one of my personal favourite dishes overall)

[@lobstrosity7163]

@@Skarrier I've eaten it but in my country the difference from kebab or gyros is unclear. Good stuff though.

[@Daniel100Benner]

59:30 Elvis has left the building!

[@douglasmiguel3539]

55:12 An Screaming Terminator Reference with the music theme and everything else.

[@MegaYoYo]

Good stuff my man! I enjoyed this a lot as well. Not a fan of the tracking bullets but the boss fights are quite excellent

[@Axpo25]

53:35 Nice TMNT NES reference.

[@soratheorangejuicemascot5809]

I shall call iconoclast as "arcade king"

[@namisama4550]

47:00 I like how the boss toys with the player, make the land dead zone but still gives player 5 platforms made from soldiers corpses to stand on

[@michaelmogensen5354]

I've been waiting for this to release since I saw it at a convention over 2 years ago. Every update, demo, or video keeps looking better and better.

[@blukmage19typeR]

59:09 Mars (МАРС) and Earth (ЗЕМЛЯ/Zemlya) in English and Russian

[@talhajaved9265]

And on a plus note, maybe a hint to a sequel

[@LynSain]

@@talhajaved9265 Mars... If it's true, then it will be a Contra version of DOOM 2016.

[@MikazukiKai]

the infection Escape to Mars... oh shyte, Sequel time!!!!!

[@CrudeBuster]

no shit brozinsky

[@TheKiller1922]

13:13 to 19:53 is just a regular train ride from Moscow to Chelyabinsk in Russia

[@witherannouncer]

Bosses 7:18 11:41 17:55 27:16 32:54 40:25 45:36 51:18 55:13 ending 1:02:22

[@ChaoticaChaosControl]

23:54 Resident evil mobile reference

[@michaelfuria4775]

Everything about this game is just perfect from the way everything tells a story. To how the background npc's are just as much of badass's as you are. Little confusing what the main scientist antagonist was about but I think that's on purpose to leave it up to interpretation whether or not he was just a host of the meat who was taken over because he had powers or he was given powers and joined it's all just so fun to speculate about all the stuff in this game.

[@CrudeBuster]

the meat got excited and invaded him, isn't that obvious?

[@Jake14211]

Been looking forward to this. Hopefully there's a hardcore mode or something in there without the lives restock. I've been having fun with G-Warrior, a recent contra-like run n' gun from the GanaBlade developer, there are some very cool shmup-influenced stage sections.

[@iconoclast575]

I hadn't heard of G-Warrior, it looks interesting!

[@Hitagara]

Хой жив? За ОДВ? Савушкина? ))) Бос Шаверма )))

[@ShardDeVir]

А для кого-то Юрий Хой жив. Не все же в восторге от Цоя, кому-то и Сектор Газа больше по нраву.

[@MegaKnuckles777]

"Yuri Markov" I wonder if that's a DDLC reference.

[@Razzved4ikIvan]

He also has purple hair * Winks *

[@justysilverman]

@@Razzved4ikIvan only monica

[@Razzved4ikIvan]

@@justysilverman Yuri >:(

[@colonelrockrits9436]

Well time to get some commission fanart of ddlc Yuri cosplaying as iron meat Yuri...time to get a fandom rolling.

[@ShardDeVir]

Yeah, like Yuri from Command& Conquer: Red Alert 2 - very big reference to DDLC.

[@ZenithalPoint]

They say if you have no idea how to do what, just copy from proven working. They also said you can be redeemed by "doing it properly" And this game looks like a fine example of it.

[@chrisihg2253]

And really nice that you show different Avatars ;)

[@ornerylurker8296]

The dolphin/shark skin is clearly superior. What uncivilized savage could resist the allure of a stylish bubble helmet!

[@missxmettastars5740]

The train part has some of the contra music part in there that's very epic not only that was had to focus on the play while looking at the background too I like that in games when they got something going on back there lol great game play :D

[@davigamer4569]

Can't wait for them to release the soundtrack

[@colonelrockrits9436]

I do hope to see Fan remixes and even maybe a FNF mod of the games soundtrack once the game fully releases too. Maybe even Retrospecter might remix a stage them like the Train.

[@leo9826]

I was not expecting a whole anime type beat opening for this game my goodness.

[@user-zl9oo6hq2x]

Fun Fact: The Playable Character In Stage 3 In This Video Is One Of Metal Slug Characters And Called *"Prisoner"* Or *"Slave"* One Of Them Gives You When You Free Him Weapons Or Rewards points Or He Can And Another Who Is Very Rare When You Play Metal Slug Series Helps You To Fight Enemies That If You Still Alive Until The End Of Mission

[@vladimirkrivoshlykov6023]

"УВБ-67"😂😂😂 Игра, - огнище!!!❤❤❤

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great playing. Game looks great. Been waiting for this one.

[@SophiaXiaoyuAralaCran]

Soundtrack was already awesome on the demo version and now it got even heavier! I'm getting more anxious to get this game soon! XD

[@MegaMrJIN]

Feeling the hardcore sweet CONTRA vibes with this one. It's like CONTRA EVOLUTION, I LOVE IT. THE SOUNDTRACK IS BADASS.

[@justinstronger5146]

Side scroller dead space.

[@Bob-b7x6v]

I liked it when you fed Dr. Weir from Event Horizon into his own portal generator.

[@Mathenaut]

26:11 One of the cleanest dodges I've seen

[@d.l.j.vanturnhout2344]

This game looks good and the music in every stage slaps.

[@andrehooker3229]

I would've been terrified playing the game as a child

[@88amona]

Awesome gameplay. Awesome walk-through. Awesome ending. Exactly how id spend my time and where id spend it after a victory. 🤙

[@kingbeef66]

I love how you can change your character from a soldier to Barney, to even Bananas in Pajamas.

[@faust8569]

Looks like a fun game The soundtrack is AWESOME thank you kindly for sharing this experience

[@aryn32]

This is a really pretty Contra. Nice.

[@GarthTheDestroyer]

"The auxiliary forces have failed! I prayed it would never come to this.... Call in the Bananas in Pajamas." "But, sir, the BNPJ is too great a risk! We could end up destroying the country..." "DAMMIT, MAN, JUST DO IT!! And may god have mercy on us all."

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Contra: The Thing

[@samuraiawesome3421]

Wow, this is great.

[@christopherlng753]

Shame about the moon. Wonder if they will build another one if they got the tech to do it

[@CrudeBuster]

just use dragon balls and ask shenlong to do it dummy

[@WhiteLight_31]

The flesh that hates with many extra steps fr, it's a great game regardless

[@fadillah6014]

I more thinking this more like DMC or Serious Sam and Starcraft infested troop since they still keep their shape and had simple infection method, Flesh That Hate was more similar Flood since they changed whole environment instead just fill it with substances like this game.

[@namisama4550]

55:23 ah, big fuzz, my old friend

[@wraith0025]

This would make a hell of a manga/anime series

[@Edboy2k22]

Did anyone else notice the sequel tease at the end?

[@fadillah6014]

Mars?

[@CrudeBuster]

@@fadillah6014 iron meat 2: red meat

[@DragonKing9500]

Monster house is a Shawarma place...lol

[@SaviourV]

Wait, what?

[@DragonKing9500]

@@SaviourV Look at the name over the mouth

[@SaviourV]

@@DragonKing9500 I think it's in Russian, though; didn't quite recognize what it meant.

[@ShardDeVir]

​@@SaviourV it is misspelled shawerma (шаверма): grilled meat, chopped onion, cucumber, tomato with mayonnaise and ketchup, wrapped in thin lavash (type of bread). Better eat while it is hot. Tasty as hell.

[@SaviourV]

@@ShardDeVir I know what the dish is, but I'm afraid I don't know any Russian. Unfortunately, in this case, rather than people eating meat, this boss is a case of *THE MEAT **_EATING_** PEOPLE.* 😆

[@yagamijubei28]

I wonder how the aliens felt that were defeated by a Goodest Boi?

[@CrudeBuster]

they could see the meaty irony

[@andresmarrero8666]

Well they are going to need a new moon fast and Mars probably as well. Also well the planet's ecosystem is screwed so expect Earth to be nearly unrecognizable in the next few generations.

[@Don_Ricardo]

If this shit ever happens we need you to deal with insane reactions made this feel like movie

[@samohenigman3628]

Oh Man you are fast...allready finished the game on hard and its not even out. 👍⭐😁😎

[@cps1247]

Pretty much every replay video by iconoclast ha

[@samohenigman3628]

​@@cps1247 Yeah...he s a Master alright. 😁😎👍

[@QPLAYS010]

Looks great, i think the boss warning & results screen design could be reworked and improved a bit, especially the typo to keep the retro pixel art style.

[@TheWarGiraffe1000]

The transition intro is so smooth

[@GavalasShootingKing]

I can't wait till the 26th when this releases on Nintendo Switch i been salivating wanting to play this must of watched this four times already what a life huh 😂

[@Kenoji8]

I JUST WANT THIS SOUNDTRACK!!!!! I LOVE THIS MUSIC SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Svoorhout85]

This game reminds me of a toy car I had when I was little. It was a monster truck and if you press down the tow hitch on the back, the hood would open revealing a maw full of sharp teeth. Edit: I just googled it and it was a McDonalds happy meal toy from 1993.

[@darkcodes6482]

I get the vibes of it having a second game

[@Bob-b7x6v]

Lol, Prudence the Monster House. Your Easter eggs are good, Tovaresh...

[@urmomgae577]

1:01:13 saving private ryan reference