LUDICHRISTMAS II: THE REVENJANK

The Triad rises once more to birth the retro FPS renaissance.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
04:35 - The Music
05:49 - In The Thick of It Again
10:40 - Dipstick Huntpack
15:59 - Magic Bullets
20:37 - General Darian
21:39 - Into The Castle
23:00 - Big John: Origins
24:34 - The Room
27:06 - Krist Lives
28:38 - Robotricks
31:39 - Nu-Metal Enforcer
33:56 - It's All Monks Again
34:58 - Revenge of The Vomitoreum
36:40 - A Tomb With a View
37:35 - Oscuro's Last Dance
#GameReview #Christmas2021 #FreeCivvie

[@johnclawn8335]

"Do you remember when the enforcers say 'eat lead' and 'here catch?'" yes civvie, you made sure of that

[@ASpooneyBard]

"eat, eat, toast!"

[@Ribbons0121R121]

yeah can someone find taht song again

[@Mazaroth]

@@Ribbons0121R121 "Here, catch!" kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHrQe4SjrduqqMU Here's the original song kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6a0gIipnZyLg8U

[@xAxCx]

You're toast!

[@keithrichards8526]

Civie tends to have an even enough volume to watch while you drift off to sleep. His voice is clear enough to work at low volumes and he/"Katie" mix the game audio well enough to work... now. Wasn't so great before but newer videos?? Great job. So of course I hear that song at least once per night.

[@agabrield]

"You've destroyed my penis' reputation on the internet" - Civvie Please new blood add this quote to your next game

[@krullachief669]

Or just to their site in general.

[@Merjia]

Their next shirt.

[@TerrorLTZ]

oh... they will... and we gonna laught...

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

Idk, all I've learned about Civvie's penis is that I just gotta hand him a Steamdeck with some Amid Evil on it and I can just go as long as I want. Sounds like free PR to me.

[@Azazreal]

Yes yes and all the yes

[@Zilch616]

The fact that several members of the team that made this would go on to make Dusk is one of the most inspirational things I've ever heard

[@TheSpitefulSword]

Yeah, I was quite surprised, when I found out, that creators of Dusk and Amid Evil made this game. They did learn from their mistakes and they created a real Chrstmass Gifts!

[@citizenofvenus]

Not necessarily - Dusk was made by David Szymanski, whose background is in low budget indie psychological horror games. Dave Oshry served as producer and Andrew Hulshult as composer, but Dusk is almost entirely Szymanski's baby. Amid Evil was made by members of this team, true (Leon Zawada, Simon Rance, Daniel Hedjazi and Andrew Hulshult). There's a bunch more notable people. Grzegorz Zawadzki went on to do Ghostrunner. Fred Schreiber went on to be the producer for Ion Fury. Zach Ellsbury has since worked on CoD, and Mona Huang on Fortnite. Guilherme Carvalho went on to work on Total War: Warhammer and Horizon: Zero Dawn.

[@teejay9189]

@@citizenofvenus quite a lotta seemed to have gotten good jobs.

[@Xfade81]

nice downgrade

[@WTFisTingispingis]

@@citizenofvenus Woah, those are some serious glowups.

[@thekolonel5551]

"The Frame Killer" is a legit badass gun name, especially if it delivers on it's name like this game does. (fucking missle buck shot)

[@Darca1n]

I believe a game like Ultrakill can demonstrate perfectly how freaking awesome it is to have weapons be able to hit so bloody hard that the framerate drops for an instant and the sound gets all wonky.

[@socksleeve]

​@@Darca1n I've experienced plenty of this in ultrakill, usually with *its* explosive shotgun, lol

[@J.DeLaPoer]

Obviously the Doomstick was made by Torgue (I'm not sure if it's actually intended to be a nod to Borderlands, or just really weird/lazy development). Also, I gotta mention the decision to give the MP40 a horizontal magazine for some random, incomprehensible reason really irritates me. I know it's ROTT and not supposed to be serious or realistic, but "messing up" a gun as iconic and world-famous as the MP40 like that is just so jarringly _wrong._

[@lecapitaine1017]

Reminds me of the Flamethrower weapon in Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad. Whether through bad optimisation or just Neo Geo limitations, it wasn't uncommon for the weapon to cause slowdown. Which was funny, because that being a Japanese game full of Engrish voiceover, the pickup sound proudly announced: *FRAMESLOWER*

[@AVGNROCKS1996]

Seeing this game run above 10 FPS is truly a religious experience for me. I think my Laptops dead corpse can finally rest in peace knowing this wasn’t just malware.

[@finkamain1621]

Press F to pay respects

[@CleverCover05]

F

[@heliveruscalion9124]

F

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

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[@qty1315]

U

[@pagb666]

I love how after the first level, you can no longer damage the walls and chip out part of them.

[@claudiolluberes111]

Lmao I would imagine anyone getting tired of setting that up in every level.

[@alerojas2952]

@@claudiolluberes111 on not in

[@pagb666]

@Aditya Kumar Mittal Hey! :)

[@GoodmansGhost]

Probably because the rest of the game is an asset flip while the first part had self-made environments. Just a guess but it sure looks like that's the case.

[@kohlerry]

Hey, just wanted to let you know, your videos really helped me UV MAX Eviternity. I would probably still be wallhumping today if it weren't for you.

[@CriticalNobody]

Listening to Civvie trace the history of Interceptor/Slipgate is like someone trying to explain NFTs to me. I’m lost and confused and I don’t know where I am anymore

[@jefverstraete8574]

MGS franchise video when ?

[@scottl.1568]

Or when folks try to explain cryptocurrency to me

[@ferdinand12390]

all i know is that nfts are scams for the hardcore cryptobros and modern money laundering

[@sofija1996]

@@ferdinand12390 That's about all you need to know, honestly. Add rampant art theft (and the fact that a certain large NFT platform as of now asks the artist trying to take down the stolen artwork to pass their personal information, including their IRL name and address, to the person trying to make money off of their art) and the impact this shit has on the environment since 90% of the time cryptomines are powered by cheaper coal power plants, and even if they use renewable energy sources they still burn through GPUs like crazy and these things aren't exactly made from grass and mud.

[@lkotro21]

Now watch his Serious Sam video.

[@striderreborn1467]

I actually knew Misti Dawn, She was a fun and pleasant individual during the time I spoke to her many years ago back when I was a member of "Burning Angel". It surprised me in a good way when I found out her look was used in a videogame. She kinda disappeared but I have nothing but good things to say about my experience interacting with her as a person. :)

[@asdgasdf9580]

You left out that she is a W H O R E

[@rockah12]

If you don't mind me asking, what was working with Burning Angel like as a whole?

[@Walczyk]

i’m so attracted to her

[@distroya_]

She may have disappeared from the adult scene, but it seems she's still active on social media. I managed to find her Instagram pretty easily

[@iwannaplayssbb6665]

Rise of the triad is actually a Christmas game, just like Die Hard is a Christmas movie, everyone knows this

[@uria3679]

I agree

[@RadicalGarry]

@Jojoforpres if Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then the song “Cabinet Man” by Lemon Demon/Neil Cicierega is a Christmas song. In the last few moments of the song, it is, in fact, Christmas Eve. As well, some teenagers break in to rob and deface the arcade, something that wouldn’t work most other days, therefore they had to do it on Christmas Eve. It has events that take place on Christmas, and wouldn’t really work at any other time. Therefore, Cabinet Man is a Christmas Song.

[@ChthonicCthulhu]

They do wear Santa hats if you play on Xmas....

[@underthepale]

Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.

[@slaughterchainsaw]

@Jojoforpres Hey! Me too!

[@shiba2ndworlder]

So basically, if ID never fired Tom Hall on that faithful day, we wouldn't have retro FPS games today.

[@Nergalsama01]

Ripples in time, kids. ;)

[@mito-pb8qg]

Maybe this IS the best timeline. Which is as nice as it is disconcerting.

[@johnnycruelty5195]

Pretty much kinda like how Metallica Kicked Dave Mustaine out

[@omni6982]

@@johnnycruelty5195 and then what

[@scooterdescooter4018]

@@omni6982 he went and formed Megadeth out of pure spite. and tbh Megadeth has aged waaaay better than 'tallica

[@guidestone1392]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1010">16:50</a> My guess would be the developers mistakenly made the arrow show the direction from the center of the player collider to the bullets point of impact instead of its point of origin, so a grazing shot would look like it came from the side.

[@MechWarrior894]

I thought the torch hurt him.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

This would actually explain a lot about why the shot taken arrow is so fucking jank in this game. You can stand still and take hits from one enemy and have that arrow jump all over the fucking place.

[@Rizimar]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="290">4:50</a> You always mention Andrew Hulshult but never ONCE have you mentioned that he was spawned into existence when John Carmack and John Romero accidentally entered into a slipgate at the same time while Romero was clutching his collection of heavy and hair metal CDs. The fact that his middle name is "Dokken" is not a coincidence.

[@NoahDaArk]

Actually TWO entities were created that day… The power of heavy metal fused with Carmack’s genius to create Mick Gordon, while the awesomeness of hair metal fused with Romero’s uncontrollable cool factor to create Andrew Hulshult

[@sorrenblitz805]

@@NoahDaArk nah Mick Gordon was spawned from a pile of Soviet era music equipment and homemade electronics.

[@NoahDaArk]

@@sorrenblitz805 Mick Gordon is a former Soviet super soldier project that tore down the USSR because he wanted to make awesome music

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Let them have it. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@jdbarker32]

I was part of the quality assurance team for this game post-release. You can see my name in the credits. In fact, at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1351">22:31</a>, I had Leon made it to where the dogs would kill you if you shot them enough. Originally, it did nothing. A fun Easter egg. Despite the game being jank, the team was very enthusiastic and it was some good times. EDIT: I originally called the game "shit", and while it does has some bad merits, I can't call it "shit". I edited to call it the true staple of this channel... jank.

[@synthgal1090]

@@kylekomicbro1836 was that really necessary to scream at the QA guy? like, what was your goal here

[@OMGmyFACE]

​@@kylekomicbro1836 Seriously, calm down a little bit.

[@De-M-oN]

The game itself is ok. The problem is: - Many, many bugs - The performance is unbelievable poor. Surprising to see on Unreal Engine. The episode 4 levels were amazing in design, but only 2 types of enemies in episode 4 might be true to the original, but gets repetitive. Why not introducing new enemies? Wouldve helped a lot. A somewhat smarter ai wouldnt have hurt either. final boss I either didnt understand the mechanics of final stage, or it was a bit overpowered. I had to troll it. There was a rock in the lava and there was a little hole where I could snipe mp40 bullets through. That helped me out lol.

[@Tuulos]

How did you feel seeing all that jank?

[@VileLasagna]

A game made impossible for cops to finish

[@kabob0077]

I'm convinced that Andrew Hulshult is some sort of Eldritch God of Music and doing anything in a retro style summons him to this realm.

[@CheeseOfMasters]

That could be easily tested if we made a fake retro throwback fps project.

[@endig4501]

@@CheeseOfMasters He would see right through your deception, for he is beyond our reckoning.

[@doctorbepperisvods4536]

Are you implying that Andrew hulshult may be on the same level as “reality shattering given true form” John carmack?

[@gustavrider5561]

He also did the soundtrack for Doom Eternal Dlc recently, sadly it was environmental stuff, high quality material but I might be alone on this but just like Quake, when you have Andrew or NIN, having them do atmospheric stuff is kind of a let down.

[@julianlocileno2968]

@@gustavrider5561 Well for NIN's situation, it was Reznor's idea to make it atmospheric gloomy music, but I wholeheartedly agree with the Hulshult assessment

[@SteveElOtaku]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2495">41:35</a> The return of Civvie's Caleb laugh brought the biggest grin to my face. I had just gotten back from a funeral, and hearing it made me smile for the first time today.

[@HQ_Default]

I am convinced Randy Pitchford has some personal vendetta against Duke Nukem. At first I thought it was maybe he though DNF ruined his reputation, but apparently the whole "choking the life out of the Duke Nukem franchise for literally no fucking reason" started even before that.

[@OpenMawProductions]

At the time, it was about brand control. Duke Reloaded wasn't really anything impressive, and he had to know DNF wasn't going to be well received. Hence why they tried SO HARD with the advertisement with DNF.

[@asteroidrules]

I hate to sound like I'm defending the greasemeister, but I think it's more just that DNF was such a disaster that they decided the franchise was better off dead. Honestly I kind of agree, as Civvie quoted from Stephen King: sometimes dead is better. A few people have pointed out how companies have ransacked the identities of classic games or ran them into the ground, Devolver Digital just parodied that phenomenon in their Devolver Direct. Sure in the right hands Duke could make a comeback, but we know for a fact that it's not in the right hands, it's in Randy's congealed grease appendages, and frankly doing absolutely nothing with it is the best I could ever expect of him.

[@GreatFox42]

@@asteroidrules I agree and I hate living in a world that I have to.

[@Maniacman2030]

​@@asteroidrulesI hate to say it, but DNF should never have been made. It's better to end at your highest than crash at rock bottom. Problem being, you can't have a game with any sort of masculinity or machismo in it these days, even if it's satire. Especially with Duke's penchant for loose Women and Strippers. The best you could probably do is a satire of DN, with a slightly different name, but similar themes. Too bad you'd probably need the help of a Copyright Lawyer to make sure it's _just different enough_ so they can't sue you. I really wish I knew how to code, then I'd grab a UE5 license and go hardcore making a spiritual successor to the Duke.

[@bucknasty69]

@@Maniacman2030I think an honest to goodness Duke Nukem game would sell. There’s enough demand for something with some testosterone that’s not totally emasculated. Sure, the usual suspects would cry about it, but fuck em. I introduced my high school aged nephew and his friends to Duke Nukem 3D, and they love it for the very reasons the powers that be don’t like it.

[@cjbouldin7967]

Christmas Jank, truly the greatest time of the year.

[@unnamedx2]

Don't you mean jankmas?

[@licka]

I worked on this game as a weapon artist back in the day. Great seeing you cover it Civvie!

[@pontiusporcius8430]

Why is the magazine on the mp40 different when the player holds it vs cutscenes?

[@cubeflinger]

@@pontiusporcius8430 came to ask the same thing

[@licka]

@@pontiusporcius8430 Just an oversight most likely. The comic cutscenes were made by a different artist later on in development.

[@comradebusman3]

Is there any specific reason the mp40 magazine is sticking out the side and not the bottom?

[@licka]

@Denam Yeah, pretty much!

[@xenosmoke8915]

“Do it now, kill me” needs a song of its own Civvie.

[@TheDownrankTrain]

Most of the flaws with this game boil down to modern engines requiring too much time and money to work with for a small team with limited resources. I feel like it was this realization that has led to the rise of New Blood and the Retro FPS genre of indie developers taking old engines and seeing just how much crazy shit they can pull off now that they have modern hardware to work with.

[@vladalexan]

The guys at new blood still use new engines, like Unity and UE4 (Indefatigable mostly), thing is newer engines got a lot more user friendly, compared to UE3 which was a dumpster fire. Other indies have done wonders with source ports of old engines, like Zan using GZDoom to make Hedon, or the Void point guys using EDuke 32 for Ion Fury

[@SableDrakon]

Except NB isn't using old engines. They're running mostly Unity and a little UE4. If you want old engines? Play Ion Fury (eDuke32) or Wrath: Aeon of Ruin (Darkplaces).

[@deathsyth8888]

"EAT LEAD CIVVIE! And also, happy holidays." From yours truly, El Oscuro and The Order of the Triad.

[@Ranandandall]

While this isn’t the Gorbino’s Quest of Life, it is a suitable substitute. Thank you, Civvie. Hope your Xmas is fine.

[@qty1315]

Fun fact: Someone probably refers to their genitals as Gorbino.

[@Ranandandall]

@@qty1315 It’s probably me.

[@Logan-xo9uc]

This is like the gorbinos quest of life!

[@CrimeFighterFrog]

@@qty1315 Thats me. Im someone

[@arbiter1er]

Gorbino's Quest is so good, I own it on 45 different platforms! Heavily recommend it, I finished it 5 times for the true ending on every system too.

[@lordhood117]

Having El Oscuro quote goddamn Frieza caught me off guard, and it was wonderful. The devs put their trash-meme hearts and souls in RoT13, for better or worse, and it makes me so happy. I’m a week early, but fuck it. Merry Christmas, Civvie.

[@gustavrider5561]

It was a famous 4chan meme at the time.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

in the end; a good chunk of the people that made this went off to make greater things; where this game probobly made them happy or made them with they could do better; they sure got the wish of champions with what most of them have put out there now.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

MEEEEEEEEEEMES

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

It's CHEEEESE, Gromit!

[@shorty1k]

When this came out, I managed to beat it with Loralei on hard. The whole game felt like a nice home-cooked meal with a pinch too much jank, but it was so fucking welcome. Still love this game.

[@krullachief669]

Time for Andrew Hushult to get another point for Civvie's who's who of references. Some day he might even match with Gordon for the amounts of mentions or references.

[@tee918]

Doubtful after blood 2 haha

[@krullachief669]

@@tee918 Blood 2 did catapult Gordon into an early lead, but I'm certain that as long as modern retro FPS games exist, Andrew Hushult will find a way.

[@wallyhackenslacker]

At this point Andrw Hushult deserves his own special galaxy-brain-style introductions like John Carmack or memey "love-you-but-it's-fun-to-take-potshots-at-you" appearances like Romero, imho.

[@skupipup]

This game is an exercise in patience. Reinstalled a couple of times, never finished. Now I know what I've been missing out on.

[@85wastedyears]

Same here.

[@IDHLEB]

Same here with DNF. I never finished it because of the cringe.

[@CamiloSinger]

@@IDHLEB I can relate to both games. I actually did finish DNF but with cheats (my patience was drained in the underwater sections). RoTT though, didn't even bother. Absolute jank.

[@Smilephile]

I gotta say I had some fun with ROTT, maybe i was in the right headspace to forgive the fact that it is in many ways a dumpster fire but I liked some of those levels

[@jordanklinski8944]

pretty much nothing.

[@KrinkelsNG]

I had no idea how important ROTT2013 was. Fucking bless that game.

[@OnyeNacho]

Fun fact, I was originally employed to work on Duke Nukem 3D Reloaded with Interceptor Entertainment in 2013 due to performance on my fan game (and freelance work). For reasons still unclear, they canceled the contract before I could even start work on DN3DR. For years, I was left in fog and I had no way of finding out why until the Gearbox legal ordeal with them. I'd say its a shame that the remake never saw light of day, but with what I have witness come of the gaming industry (and including 3D Realms, drastic transformation...), I no longer miss anything from 3D Realms anymore, let alone Duke Nukem related or even gaming industry related. So much disappointment in this joke of an industry...

[@-Raylight]

"This is Ludichristmas" "Dear GOD" *"There's more"* *_"NO"_*

[@DeadPollo]

well, now i know what the bucket contained: it was *CHEESE*

[@DILLIGER90]

I love you for making that refrence

[@NolifeD1]

What are you referencing?

[@DILLIGER90]

@@NolifeD1 tf2 - expiration date, "this, is a bucket."

[@Brogboolius_Maximus]

Oh man, I left a critical review of this game back around launch, mentioning most of what you do here (the "you got shot" arrow seems to point to where on your body you got hit, not where the shot came from, which is completely useless), and one of the devs was not having it. They were arguing with me in the comments.

[@cosseybomb]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@FightingForceSoulless]

You know how John Carmack is the ultimate AI sentient overlord mastermind of the universe and other things, that have been said about him on this programme? You should make something for Andrew Hulshult. Seriously, how many times has he showed up now, he's everywhere. Whether it's dank jank, or a masterpiece, as long as it's retro, he's there, and he's brilliant. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@BigWheel.]

His name requires no introduction

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

He's omnipresent like the Endless.

[@sorrenblitz805]

Jon St John too. Dude shows up in close to 50% of civvie's videos. They're even in the same game together now.

[@timidhobgoblin207]

"it is a broken, punishing, evil creation made of the kind of blind, destructive ambition that created the atomic bomb" This is quite possibly the best quote I've ever heard regarding a badly designed and hair pullingly unfair level in a game :'D

[@crispyblindead2413]

Truly a Christmas miracle. Uncle Civvie blesses us with a gift from the experimental max security artificial intelligence-run underground prison complex. God bless us, everyone.

[@kairumustdie]

"Except Wrack, apparently." Wrack always had a leg up on this game for me since it could actually fucking run on my computer back in the day.

[@pagb666]

...or Hard Reset

[@Zaranell]

Not to mention it was *way* smoother to actually play and had some nice cel-shaded visuals. It had its own flaws and was light on content, but it had charm and I'm surprised it's still as overlooked as it is even during this retro FPS revival. It definitely deserved more attention.

[@kungfuskull]

Does anyone know if it's still available to get somewhere? I missed that one back in the day, now wishingI had grabbed it. Edit: huh it's 1$ on steam right now. Grabbing that!

[@kungfuskull]

@@pagb666 also, I LOVED that game. I'd kill for a bigger badder sequel

[@Not_Astrocat]

If you, for some reason, play this game and try to beat the "Escape From The Vomitorium" level, you will have to enable Vsync to make the jumpad make you reach the ledge as it seems physics are FPS dependent

[@kabob0077]

Excuse me, _what?_

[@lionocyborg6030]

@@kabob0077 I was surprised too: I learned about the slide bug fix when I posted about it in the ROTT 2013 forums. I think it was the devs who told me the solution but I can’t remember, it was so long ago. This wouldn’t be the last time I’d run into bugs due to physics/gameplay being tied to the FPS: Tomb Raider Legend & Anniversary have bugs like this too, the latter of which is absolutely loaded with them. Prince of Persia: Two Thrones is literally unwinnable if the FPS is too high as it causes certain climbing chains or wall runs to bug out and get you stuck on them. The only way to fix the Tomb Raider & POP ones I found was to cap the frame rate for each in the NVIDA control panel to about 30 or 60 FPS, the former to be on the safe side.

[@AreYouOKAni]

@@lionocyborg6030 Fuck me, I just figured out why my Anniversary playthrough was hair-pulling levels of jank. I knew I am not crazy! Thanks so much!

[@lionocyborg6030]

@@AreYouOKAni Glad to help.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Fooking RAW!

[@chriswolfe351]

I didn't expect Civvie of all people to make me feel good, Christmassy feelings at the end of a vaguely Christmas themed video, but here we are. You truly are the best of us.

[@PsychoJosh]

A giant dopefish also appears at the end of vomitorum and swallows the entire level.

[@EmoLevelDesigner]

Apparently checkpoints that isolate parts of levels from each other were done due to time constraints, not engine limitations. It only saves player position and inventory, everything else must be put in place manually by scripts. Look at Extreme Chase: same game, same engine, and an open location. Jump pads physics get inprecise if you play above 60fps. It gets most noticeable in Vomitorium (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2144">35:44</a>), I had this bug with Lorelei and turning Vsync on fixed it. I completed Vomitorium to the end btw, took few hours. Doug Wendt is slow, and that makes platforming harder than it should be. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2649">44:09</a> - I failed this jump many times before deciding it's unplayable with Doug and changed character.

[@PSEUDOSOPHER]

God, that “ITS CHEEEEEEESE!” bit is legendary

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

He sounded like Wallace.

[@ryxtan]

"You just killed everyone in LA" As a former California resident, how is this the bad ending?

[@haerfgvbag7050]

lol

[@zoot_the_axolotl8095]

Former!? Fuckin lucky

[@Ghorum]

Its sincerely wild seeing somebody else using the FRR emblem as their icon

[@ryxtan]

@@Ghorum I mean, it's the best Inner Sphere faction

[@Morningstar91939]

*Keep God Out of California intensifies*

[@vtmarik]

And compliments of the season to you Civvie. May your halls be decked with the Ludicrous Gibs of your enemies on your way out the door of the detention center.

[@TBRACKET]

I can't believe they put the funny Dusk boss in ROTT 2013 this man oshry really is a step futher than us

[@purplebatdragon]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2491">41:31</a> Civvie's maniacal laughter is the best gift I could ever ask for. Merry Christmas.

[@Tekisasubakani]

"Back, and to the right" You had me cracking up with that bit, nice job mate!

[@ericviale7429]

I cannot believe I had to scroll this far down to find a comment about the JFK joke. 👍🏻

[@dimbaZLO]

THE game to launch a renaissance of retro-like games. Brings back memories, mostly good ones despite all the jank. Also reminds me of the old days of community mapping, lots and lots of multiplayer stuff, some singleplayer levels (shameless self plug: I've made E1A1 and E1A2 from ROTT: Dark War into this remake/reboot, done some memey multiplayer stuff as well). Good times.

[@lionocyborg6030]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2288">38:08</a> "Ancient spirits of evil. transform this decayed form to EL OSCURO: THE EVER LIVING!"

[@expendableround6186]

"Oscuro is now a giant spider."

[@thathatguy1151]

The designer of “the room”: Sorry, guess I’m feelin’ a little PSYCHOTIC today.

[@ihatestairs9034]

Ah yes the remake of Rise of the Triad, back when the biggest classic style FPS games we had at the time were Serious Sam 3, Shadow Warrior 2013 and this. Dark times.

[@MrTheil]

Leave it to Civvie to make mornings infinitely more awesome with uploads like this

[@Estolcles]

Anyone remember video game soundtracks BEFORE Andrew Hulshult? He is seriously doing either the lord or the Devil's work. He found a way to turn gold (classic FPS soundtracks) into Platinum (ROTT Soundtrack, IDKFA, Doom Eternal Soundtrack, etc. etc.).

[@resserection1]

One thing I've always felt from this is that it feels like a really advanced Postal 2 mod, for better or worse

[@magicalgirl1296]

"This room is the result of the same blind, destructive ambition that created the atomic bomb." This is my new favorite Civvie line.

[@Urist_Mythrilforged]

My boy Big John shows up and his stardom starts.

[@Xsanaty]

"It's cheeeeeeeeeeeeese" Is probably my new favorite joke on this channel

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

It's cheeeeese Grommit!

[@glowing_purple_girl]

This was a really nice one. Civvie’s original rott vid got me to go listen to the ost and now I have like 3 songs of it that are on my D&D battle playlist. All the stories on the channel about how these devs made the things we play has put me in touch with how there are people behind the pieces of software that I kill afternoons with. I dunno…. Can’t believe I got emotional over this video of a game where you’re an elite military assassin and there’s a power up to turn you into a dog and you kill a robot with a baseball bat

[@Brawlatron]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1084">18:04</a> The music choice for Spot the Enemy is perfect, well done to whoever picked that

[@loo4285]

new civvie video to watch while i hide in the bathroom from my family? truly a christmas week's gift

[@jackblack3718]

I truly respect this game for kickstarting the throwback FPS genre and then allowing modern shooter games to start moving back to some of the elements that make retro shooters fun. But it plays like ass and if it were released any other time that the great dark period it'd be unacceptable in the state it's in.

[@ghoulsarefree]

Wolfenstein New Order brought them back though... that one was actually *successful*. RotT13 just failed earlier

[@BigWheel.]

This wasn't even acceptable back then. I don't remember anyone liking this very much, occasionally I'd mistake it for call of duty waw in youtube thumbnails. It just sort of languished as something not quite popular, not quite fun or finished but it looked intriguing.

[@jackblack3718]

@@BigWheel. I remember one dude on /v/ saying it completely turned him off to "retro" style shooters. Of course, that was a decade ago. I wonder if he feels differently about the subgenre now.

[@Kinzokugia]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2000">33:20</a> - Great now I can't think of anything but pissing on robots and "Ugh, did you eat asparagus?"

[@---Rin---]

Hell yes. Nothing makes me happier these days than seeing a new Civvie video uploaded. And its 45 minutes long! I really enjoyed last years xmas grab bag video so I'm looking forward to this one.

[@TheMC1102]

It took me a moment to get the joke. Civvie gets the cheese, then proceeds to CHEESE the boss.

[@DTDSasquatch]

Well, that was big of you to admit it.

[@Jerkfaceman]

@Denam Hey we've all had those moments.

[@ParleLeVu]

I got the joke instantly, but I would also excuse you 100% for not getting it. Some of Civvie's comments just seems like random jibberish sometimes. After I while I started assuming nothing is random and that it is a reference I'm not getting. And after a couple of times jumping into a rabbit hole and googling things until I found out, I found it was best just to let some things fly over my head.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1738">28:58</a> Why yes, Doctor The Who is also my favourite fictional program of the science.

[@ZappasMudshark]

This is one of the funniest videos you’ve done. Editing and delivery just hand in hand perfect. That back and to the left part had me in tears thanks for the videos man.

[@abrahamdrinkin6550]

Civvie appreciates a solid bassline and thats what I likes about Civvie.

[@garstank]

"You killed everyone in L.A." Sounds like the good ending.

[@FoulMouthActual]

*Based*

[@stirnersretrowave5094]

Bill Hicks definitely approves of that ending.

[@seanhall8686]

Tool wrote a whole song about that.

[@sorrenblitz805]

"Sure you put a stop to El Obscuro but you made LA look like a warzone. I don't like having to wash the blood of innocents of my hands."

[@marley7868]

@@sorrenblitz805 good keep it there with pride

[@LaNoLaCola]

Civvie covering Rise of the Triad in December? Anyone else getting a sense of Déjà Vu?

[@krullachief669]

See a lot of these videos are copied and pasted. Whole segments, gags, so it gets a little confusing.

[@starshipwaters]

yep, el oscuro on ludicrous difficulty is absurd, and while i'm sure there are some players talented enough to beat him in the intended way, cheesing is what i'd recommend

[@deananderson6896]

A great video. A wonderful gift to the fps fans. Duke, Triads, Awesome music, and Shatner. Thank you Civvie 11. I wish you and all your supporters a very Merry Christmas.

[@irreliventable]

"I'm not actually going to say anything else about it because New Blood keeps putting up quotes about my dick on the store page." This just brightened my day. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="272">4:32</a>

[@CyprusLLama]

Me: *anticipates remastered "How'd I Do" with end credits* Civvie: *subverts expectations* Me: *surprised pikachu face*

[@Roxor128]

Kind of wish he'd used "You Suck" for this one. It would have been fitting.

[@kingdomrains]

I remember playing this on launch, I also remember quitting at The Room. Thanks for playing this Civvie, I never had any desire to go back.

[@thegreatgoatking.kingofall4001]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="654">10:54</a> Actual Civvie those are Walter PPKs. What you’re thinking of is the CZ-52 which is a pistol in similar appearance to the PPK but not exact. No I don’t know why I felt compelled to say this 3 weeks after the videos already been posted.

[@lucasgartley9603]

KD-11 is an editing master.

[@christopherwall2121]

Katie's number is CV-16, for reference.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

This game is so fun. I can't remember the last time I felt such unbridled joy while playing a shooter. Too bad I couldn't finish it because of how unbelievably unstable it is.

[@TheMentalgen]

Let 'em have it. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@kennethschlegel870]

"Pentagon Wars" music while describing the sordid backstory, subtle but brilliant.

[@socksleeve]

I find it funny that you mention Gears of War, because while the campaign definitely is a stop and pop affair, Gears multiplayer comes closer to emulating classic FPS multiplayer than most modern FPS games. The speed, the skill needed to master the movement, the gore, the overwhelming amount of SHOTGUN. I've had people complain because using cover in Gears multiplayer is a death sentence since someone is just going to wallbounce into your face and then barrel stuff you with a Gnasher. Some of my favorite console multiplayer ever

[@NoahDaArk]

I can’t wait for Civvie to review Warhammer 40K SpaceMarine, the odd man out of the “stop and pop” third person shooters of the late 2000s/early 2010s. It was basically doing Doom Eternal roughly nine years before Doom Eternal came out

[@woadblue]

My immediate thought also. Personally, gears multiplayer is some of the most gratifying and frustrating gameplay to be enjoyed/endured out there.

[@triplecastsleep1924]

The later games also did a much better job of mixing up the cover system. In gears 3, stop and pop is a fantasic way to be blown up by a ticker, or a digger, or a mortar, or beaten to death by a wretch, or hacked to bits with a sword, or sniped - and this is assuming you could even do this because a lot of fights destroy cover, or at least punch holes in it. While gears is definately the progenitor of a lot of awful garbage in the shooter genre, it's not particularly guilty of those problems itself. Kind of like how half-life is the origin of the hyperlinear, story-focused, cinematic/graphics focused shooter.

[@socksleeve]

@@woadblue "enjoyed/endured" that's too damn accurate. Being matched against sweaty Gears players is honestly terrifying, makes it feel like there's nothing you can do

[@woadblue]

@@socksleeve lmao I hear ya. Just gotta grind grind grind!

[@Kaptain8964]

Yes! I have been waiting so long for this, Thank you Civ11!

[@annastasciafiramari8384]

It took me a while to get that "Cheese" bit. I was racking my brain trying to see the relationship between the cheese and the game. Then it hit me, like a stink from a really good cheese. Anyway, Merry Christmas, Civvie. Glad you hate/love/fuck the game. ROTT 2k13 roll so that others can surf on him.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

it's mostly because the phrase is used when you find a way to make a hard fight into an easy one.

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

Hi Civvie, Doug Wendt's right hand tattoo reads "FACE", and his left hand tattoo reads "PAIN". "FACE PAIN". A perfect description of what playing every ROTT game is like. Made a video of how I found this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGSyl6JviamIfK8

[@TheWanderingMaster]

Long time coming but thank you for figuring this out

[@Rafinhaguitar]

The andrew hulshutt rott music is so good that it became my official workout music

[@zombieplasticclock]

I'll be honest, for all this game's flaws, I'd still mark out if Oshry announces Extreme RoTT Remake or something

[@IDHLEB]

The original ROTT is broken beyond repair. They should make ROTT Remake Reboot

[@uria3679]

@@IDHLEB maybe when they finish what they are currently making first

[@sevenproxies4255]

Merry Christmas Civvie. Thank you for playing through all the games I don't have enough time for to do myself.

[@Metaretru]

I like that Civvie always attract New Blood wherever he go like its his personal demon or some shit. Merry Christmas Civvie, while i don't celebrate them but i share the passion and may less janky games come into your cell door!

[@ohuckabee]

Speaking of jank, wasn't the Dark Staff's damage tied to FPS?

[@funybirbman3813]

Marvelous

[@konversion]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="55">0:55</a> I recently replayed Bulletstorm on the Nintendo Switch. That game still fucking rules even if it wasn't on PC and even if Randy Pitchford's grubby hands didn't dirtied it all up. Absolutely over-the-top and didn't take itself too serious... then there wasn't a sequel 😫

[@rolandsodakin2354]

Bulletstorn was on PC

[@konversion]

@@rolandsodakin2354 indeed it was. Played it for the first time in like 2012 after having foot surgery and was bedridden, doped-up on Percocet for a week. Super fun time. I was just saying, the lack of frames on the Switch didn't kill the good time.

[@rolandsodakin2354]

@@konversion oh I see I misread what you're saying makes sense

[@konversion]

@@rolandsodakin2354 haha, no worries, my friend; lots can be misinterpreted via text on the internet 🙃 but yeah, sentiment remains, Bulletstorm is still a damn fun game.

[@rolandsodakin2354]

@@konversion yea only reason replaying the game sucked was because you usually had to fiddle with games for windows live for an hour before it would work

[@jimmyashtray7665]

Merry Christmas Civvie! Love your content, you're one of my favourite content creators on this godforsaken platform. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@otacon6566]

Merry Christmas Civvie. Been watching you for a while now since I found your Doom talks & absolutely love your humor. Can't wait for the next one.

[@cbassplissken]

The multiplayer on this game was fricken awesome. For a good while there was a small but dedicated group of us maybe 20ish that would set our clocks for Saturday night rott. Not a sniper rifle in sight my friends. And with all the rocket weapons, Excalibat and dog mode it was ludicrous.

[@atarijaguarfan7893]

update to that rott remaster: its no longer being developed by destructive creations and is being handled by new blood and nightdive

[@yurifairy2969]

update: its out, and its really good

[@nickdirienzo2849]

That bronze key was the size of a fucking baseball bat!

[@Tallcat_TV]

Great video. I really like that when the Civvie character looks around his cell it's mouselook. I don't know if that was intentional, but it's really cool to me. Merry Xmas :)

[@Trakesh]

I just finished the introduction and I think my brain melted out of my ears.

[@rubberducky784]

The Misty Dawn bit; "oh, that's what that looks like", I laughed hard 😂😂 Good shit Civvie! 👍

[@lutherheggs451]

Well that was before she clearly had some plastic surgery and kinda looks like a different person now due to having too much done.....IF she didn't have some surgeries, then she somehow morphed into a different looking person who just happens to have all the same tattoos.

[@Crunchymunchys]

I had to google it and uh yeah, same boat as civvie lmao

[@rubberducky784]

@@Crunchymunchys yeah same, hahaha 😂😂

[@Smeghead76]

@@rubberducky784 Try "Misti Dawn" instead

[@suNn.K.O]

May or may not have found the video that Katie blurred for us. :^)

[@shalashaska68]

Loved it, nice vid, just in time for Xmas. Looking forward to more vids in 2022!

[@robertshelton3796]

Best ending ever. By far. Well done Civvie 11

[@sickcxnt9444]

After watching the video, my conclusion derived from it's visual and auditary content is: Sidemag MP40 > Regular MP40

[@blackshinigami2117]

Hope you have a great Christmas too Civvie, your content is awesome and I always look forward to watching your next video.

[@NaruneWatercrest]

Merry Christmas, Civvie. Your videos really helped me stay sane during the pandemic.

[@Pinhead891]

Great vid as usual! Have a merry Christmas and happy new year civvie and chat too! (Looking forward to the inevitable postal 4 Friday update vid as well)