Shrine - Doom Mod Madness

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Damn, Scorn was downgraded quite a bit.

[@Wavehed]

Definite Scorn vibes off this wad. Interesting.

[@Kazmistrz1993]

Yeah, that was the first thing I noticed. It's like someone made an arcadey Scorn with Project Warlock visuals.

[@rickdice2444]

I was about to comment this same thing.

[@DarkDemonXR]

Well it seems everyone thought the same XD

[@kolorless-cat]

"It has Lovecraftian monsters" Me: Say no more.

[@PhycoKrusk]

Honestly, this mod almost looks as though it's _intended_ to be played on Nightmare. The mechanics are certainly set up for it; the fact that you get the most powerful weapons early on and the way that ammo pickups refill all weapons at once, especially.

[@Karina-winsmore]

I hated playing this mod to be honest. So much so that i resorted to speedrunning it, which i never do in games. Matriarch enemy will straight up one shot if you have 100 health and no armor. And there will be rooms full of them. And dear god, i hate Seraphims.

[@TheSteinin]

@@Karina-winsmore And the fucking respawning sinners which melee you for 60+ health. Uninstalled.

[@mewbusi]

"It looks as if the mapper was learning as he went" *Looks at all the non-lower unpegged door sides and the ones that are.* Seems about right..

[@Yarkoonian]

mewbusi unpegged, explain please?

[@mewbusi]

@@Yarkoonian Textures for the sides of doors can be unpegged meaning that they dont move with the door. Pretty much it makes the texture not be "pegged" to any other surface.

[@Yarkoonian]

mewbusi thanks

[@LinkZeraus]

The first weapons reminded me of Scorn. Damn I wish we'd have more news of that game

[@Haywood-Jablomi]

Holy shit man I could not remember the name of that game. It's exactly what I was thinking too.

[@galvanizeddreamer2051]

It's still around, the devs said they weren't dead about 3 months ago.

[@shogun2215]

Well, the future has some news for you!

[@starisma4215]

welp we got gameplay now

[@arbiter1er]

Release next month!

[@masterpiece8846]

This looks like a totally different game, I would've never thought it was simply a DOOM mod

[@richardhodgson6711]

Absolutely. I don't think I've seen another Doom mod that looks quite like this. It's quite refreshing to play.

[@AndroidFerret]

@@richardhodgson6711 look at total chaos, IXHOZ, total chaos, mighty knight, fears and harmony... All absolutely amazing m9ds.and really different to doom itself. JUST combine them with some cool addons. Cyberized movement for amazing slides and double jumps Bolognese 2.0 unofficial for absolutely amazing gore effects Slomo bullettime for max Payne like slowmotion Fast weapons and low gravity Spriteshadows You can find these mods all on the normal mod websites... I use them all the time and they enhance the Gameplay big time

[@tripodranger7873]

Try playing it. You'll realize most of the weapons are just slight variations on Doom 2 weapons, and many of the enemies are just slight variations of Doom 2 enemies, including having practically the same animations.

[@deltasbj77]

@@AndroidFerret harmony is not a mod. It has it's own iwad file. Total Chaos too, if I am not mistaken. I wonder why Shrine is not a standalone game as well.

[@AndroidFerret]

@@deltasbj77 oh ok... I only wanted suggest some cool totally different looking mods/wads. Also shrine isn't it's own thing I guess cause it's the first mod the modder done so far and it is mostly only a texture swap and a little bit of dehacked tinkering... Maybe he didn't knew it is a possibility to make it stand alone... I don't know

[@Redvox57]

Wow it shows how much shrine 2 improved all around

[@pagb666]

If you enjoyed the music just KZbin for "Filmmaker"

[@Aikisbest]

Holy fuck, I just did and while its a bit of a hit or miss sometimes, when they really get a good track going, it is amazing!

[@pagb666]

@@Aikisbest Yes, there are a few great tunes

[@CrimsonRivers1]

Nice

[@streamsofconsciousness8519]

I heard Filmmaker in the stain glass castle. This gains my approval

[@GoodmansGhost]

It's all Filmmaker music.

[@christiangottsacker6932]

That’s what I jam while I play doom mods

[@OldeVikingOriginal]

As every map starts our with an assortment of weapons, I believe that you're supposed to start every level fresh, without your previously acquired weapons. That's how I played and it was plenty challenging from start to finish.

[@bullrun2772]

That doesn’t happen to me

[@skraegorn7317]

Just played through Shrine II. It’s so much bigger and better. A lot more like Heretic than Doom with the powerup system.

[@mengo329]

Happy you liked it!

[@SWHmusic]

I've really been enjoying Shrine. I'm about half way through the 1st game right now.

[@richardhodgson6711]

I would agree about the difficulty and balance, that does need sorting. But, having played this the other day, I still really like it. The art style may not be to everyone's taste, but it works for the mod, and the music is really good.

[@abramelinomago516]

All weapons using the same ammo is a bad idea. Weapons need some tweaks and a lot of rebalancing. Bosses need to be reworked. Hope they can fix some of the problems this mod has, because I really liked a lot of the ideas in it. It definitely stands out.

[@ablationer]

The ammo thing can work if you heavily rebalance the pool for each gun. Like that bfg thing, if instead of regaining 30 rounds per pickup it only gave you 5, and instead of being capped at 300 it was capped at 100, that sorta thing. Then it could be kept as a very strong but very short-lived "oh shit" gun when you need it most, and then taking a while to rebuild its ammo stock.

[@metalvideos1961]

the only weapon that you really need is the super shotgun. i havnt died once first playthrough on almost the highest difficulty. easy mod. but its fun to play through

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

Shrine 2 fixes that, don't worry.

[@SpecShadow]

Someone made DLC to Ashes 2063 because he couldn't wait any longer for new episode. Someone made this mod because Scourn was still far from release. Both have killer soundtracks. 6:16 looks like that flying monster from Doom3 RoE and 8:18 looks like final boss from Quake

[@EATABAGOFHELL]

As far as i can tell the ammo isn't ACTUALLY universal. There are 4 different types, it's just that each ammo pickup acts kind of like a mini-backpack and gives you a few shots of each ammo type. So you can run out of ammo for your... brain grenades? and still have a bunch of shots left for your... screaming goat skeleton? and your laser centipede? Anyway it incentivizes you to try and use all the different weapons about equally since you need some empty space in all 4 ammo reserves to avoid wasting it when you pick it up.

[@trustnoone81]

Enemies have the higher ground? Damn you gotta give up in those cases. Don't do it, Anakin.

[@jdredalert]

I paused the video and started looking for a comment like this. I knew someone would do it lol

[@agentvx8320]

Wow, that is some really excellent art.

[@flipkiller8521]

Demons vs Eldtrich Abominations is a very awesome idea.

[@aceyagami1398]

i love the look of this mod! and the organic looking weapons are super cool, i wish more games did stuff like this

[@cretin6305]

I fucking love this, for a free game shrine is amazing. The games update brought more difficulty and causes you to think on your feet more. And the guns are really fun to use. I enjoyed all of the levels and the art style. And think this mod deserves alot more praise.

[@equidistanthoneyjoy7600]

Interesting that the BFG type is designed after the *original* BFG. For those that don't know, the BFG was originally meant to fire out a whole swarm of projectiles just like that, but they had to remove it because tracking all those projectiles at once was too much for computers at the time.

[@fetzher3711]

i dont understand why it features centered and angled sprites

[@FembyTy]

Ikr, it feels weird

[@boofkoosher2631]

The goal is to create a whole new game running on zdoom or zandronum engine

[@MidnightWanderer00]

@@stayskeptic3923 Centered sprites are sprites that are facing the center of the screen and are positioned in the center. Angled sprites are sprites that are positioned at the side of the screen and are facing at the screen with an angle.

[@DisemboweII]

Everything seems to be "traced" to some degree, meaning they can use the original programming with original sprites that still fit instead of making brand new weapons every time. Compare the reload animation of the double shotgun at 3:59 to Blood's double shotgun; essentially the same.

[@MidnightWanderer00]

@@DisemboweII The double shotgun even looks a bit similar to the one from blood.

[@Dondlo46]

Wow,this SHRek mod is awesome

[@WarLeopard]

The idea of a mod that's a little easier than most, is more my cup-of-tea. I'll have to try this one out.

[@FairyRat]

Yeah it's just a chill mod for soaking in the atmosphere. Not every wad has to be a masterclass of balancing and gamedesign, sometimes nice visuals and music is enough to be worthwhile imo.

[@sreya9663]

The bfg was nerfed to hell in this mod.

[@slackerdenile8836]

Would it hurt the mapper to use lower unpegged on the sides of the doors?

[@GeneralPotatoSalad]

Oh goodness that after the third or so it was getting on my nerves so much I was paying attention only to that. I had to stop looking at the screen just to hear the review.

[@IllusionaryBorder]

I don't get it, what;s wrong with doors?

[@GeneralPotatoSalad]

2:47 - Opens door, doors slides up but the rock walls adjacent to it don't move. This is logical. 3:08 3:13 3:17 - Opens door, door slides up and the stone walls of the door frame slide with it. Bricks don't work like that.

[@IllusionaryBorder]

@@GeneralPotatoSalad Surprised to see people paying so much attention to that. Haven't even noticed until you (and others) wrote about it.

[@jarlnicholl1478]

He was clearly a complete begginer. I'm guessing that he was too shy/afraid to seek help over at doomworld or zdoom forums which is a huge shame, as he was really in need of it.

[@navi-charlotte]

I am so amazed that people keep creating this awesome works of art even after almost 30 years from the advent of the original DOOM. Simply awesome. And as always, a great review by Mr. Icarus c:

[@alexrexaros9837]

I just finished the wad. And watching Pagb666's playthrough. I'm not saying you're spying on me, but I'm thinking it.

[@object_unit7144]

The Soundtrack of this specific wad has most of its songs taken from FILMMAKER's albums, at around 8:20 i recognized the song from their album SPECTRAL's first song "Faceless Regime". Hope that helps.

[@Tycholarfero]

i really liked this mod a lot, yea i agree its far too easy and some visuals are inconsistant, but this scratched a big stylistic itch i haven't had in a long time. the aesthetic design makes me coom

[@jadayaindigo7696]

Looks like a chill mode to play

[@uncledeath2246]

The songs are made by an artist named Filmmaker. Not sure if they have anything else to do with the mod, but they make damn good music.

[@dotapark]

Okay this is looking promising. I will try it definitely.

[@saimori7372]

Beautiful. I love the look.

[@Mech4]

I liked my playthrough of Shrine. As a first attempt at modding it was a really nice result. I would have liked to see a bit more uniqueness to the weapons and, while I agree with the simplistic style, some more variation in the wall textures and bricks would have helped combat sameness and tiling. I had much more difficulty on the last boss then you did. I didn't have enough ammo for more than 1 1/2 shots of the BFG so I had to use the shotgun. Those homing shots punted me off the platform so many times. The demo of Shrine 2 looks like it's really improving on what was there. More different weapons, more different enemies, more complex level design. Well done mod maker.

[@mengo329]

Thanks! Though I'm not the creator of either SHRINE, I'm the programmer for SHRINE II, and I hope you'll like the final product!

[@Mech4]

@@mengo329 I enjoyed my playthrough of the demo of Shrine II. Thank you for your hard work. I have videos of the gameplay on my channel if they'll help.

[@Terensworth]

No secrets, no switches, short levels, easy but volatile encounters... Aesthetic is through the roof with this one and the soundtrack is unreal but yeah, the gameplay took a backseat, not that it was bad, mind you, it was just... kind of a formality, really. I have to appreciate the weird repeating flying... vajeene with a halo boss's death sound though; just a legit organ chord, that's just funny.

[@badnewsbruner]

Man, whoever made this is a huge fan of Scorn.

[@Ninjat126]

Played through Shrine pretty much the day it came out on the ZDoom forums and had a lot of fun, but the universal ammo and simple levels made it kinda trivial even for a Doom noob like myself. That said, it was a hell of a lot of fun to blaze through, between the visuals and the music and the damn cool soundwork on the enemies and weapons. Play it if you get the chance!

[@quasarulas3968]

1:05 MAN ALIVE! dat shambler got back!

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

I am so unbelievably done, I struggled so much with the final boss when I could have just nuked him into next week

[@QuakedoomNukem]

Weapons are all actually resprites of R667 weapons, so are the monsters, but then again, it's the modder's first mod. But the modder is working on another lovecraftian mod with a lot more original content, check their Twitter for progress on it, if interested.

[@Hispanic_at_the_disco717]

I'm colourblind to the few colours in this mod

[@themrfives]

I swear the health and armor pickup noise sounds like the metal gear solid codec ringtone.

[@Sestze]

timbler reference, A+

[@KennethDPedersen]

The Color Palette and Style Really Reminded me of Project Warlock.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

10:37 A recolored that awkwardly shoots BFG projectiles was the final boss?

[@bung20]

this mod was actually released on steam

[@3volution636]

Oh damn!! I recognize that music! It's from the artist Filmmaker! Good stuff.

[@Dracologist]

As others said before... SCORN is that you?

[@spartan3924]

That bfg is just straight up the guy's scary face in Beetlegeuse

[@Mure_nos]

The Darkest Chex Quest

[@FairyRat]

The BFG is so cute!

[@robotface74]

i think its not done yet. i enjoyed it but i agree its a tad too easy. the guy who made it is still actively working on it.

[@1412497129489rr]

I'm pretty sure the plasma rifle firing noise is gizmo singing lolokol

[@bigbruhtheorphan9070]

9:11 look at the health :)

[@AndroidFerret]

This mod is made by one guy in 2 or 3 month.. And it was his first one.. So it's absolutely normal that it's not the bestmod you've ever seen. If. You think it's to easy play on ultra hard and switch on fast monsters...and if you like use 10times more monsters the addon

[@klvnforsaki]

Nice vid, despite me not even watching it yet

[@thepiratedoggo1996]

that hallway... jesus XD awesome mod though, need to check it out

[@themrfives]

Hell vs lovecraft? Nice.

[@lhfirex]

Now Icarus needs to play okuplok!

[@obbscur2]

Sure reminds me a lot of scorn, is that game even gonna come out anymore?

[@deltasbj77]

I don't think it will be good tbh. Looks more like a horror game, not an actual FPS.

[@kungfuskull]

@@deltasbj77 thats not necessarily a bad thing. It still has epic art direction. Fuck id play a walking simulator in that world.

[@Tycholarfero]

yea apparently it's 2x as big now and the team working on it expanded

[@deltasbj77]

@@kungfuskull Quantum Theory and Inner Chains had epic art direction too. Good art direction ≠ good game. Though it's fair to say that it's very hard to screw up gameplay in a walking simulator.

[@GirlypopShotgun]

the thing that angers me the most about this mod is that most of the doors have their side textures pegged

[@TheSteelkeeper0]

i want a brutal doom mod for this

[@MDK-fo7jw]

This mod plays like it was made for speedrunners, and that's about it. Also, this was not ultra violence, that plasmarifle does no damage whatsoever on my end.

[@jong2359]

I really wish the modder would have texture mapped the ceiling with something offset from the walls, doesn't happen everywhere - but it happens a lot.

[@007bistromath]

Project Warlock energy

[@DaberuzJuega]

Maybe try reviewing The Ultimate Torment and Torture, by Tormento667. It's and old wad, but I think it stands strong even today.

[@obbscur2]

@ ICARUSLIV3S I downloaded a new version of GZdoom and fucked up my presets, do you have your presets up to download somewhere? yours look nice.

[@Horrorfreak106]

Can you look at the AMAZING mod Zrift? It puts Chasm the Abyss enemies and weapons in DOOM.

[@r0tt1ng]

Early organic weapons look Cronenberg-inspired.

[@BobsRevenge]

I blame ICARUSLIV3S for this mod being way harder now Great shit though

[@lztn1183]

Sick

[@GamerFreak-jf3qq]

New sub here and its finally good to see a good channel among the crap heap know as KZbin.

[@meisam9592]

Where are the DMM T-shirts?

[@hummfh]

I played this on normal difficulty with fast monster on (gameplay option on zdoom), seems to be the perfect intensity to me. Hard with fast monster is too overwhelming for me and nightmare mode is just insanity with the constant monster respawns.

[@MegapiemanPHD]

This mod looks neat but really needs some difficulty balance.

[@HPalternetive]

Fucking hell me getting into doom moding is getting into a free whole world

[@WTFisTingispingis]

This looks like Scorn but if it was a Doom clone.

[@血の神]

Doom eternal looking good

[@maxwellweaver197]

I like this but in needs a difficulty buff

[@hummfh]

Agree. But, I played this on normal difficulty with fast monster on, seems to be the perfect intensity for me. Kinda turned it into a bullet hell game. Made the most basic monster with hitscan attack a first priority target.

[@mengo329]

Shrine II is gonna be really hard

[@bordwithasword]

Shrine and Shrine II are better with always run turned off (except in boss fights). And the steam standalone of shrine fixes this. The final boss becomes much much harder (at least in my experience) and the baron's (called matriarchs) are much more powerful.

[@Ryan432120]

Try LegenDoom, its a cool doom mod.

[@dushanbrown4844]

0:25 bro uses gilette pro

[@hannahcrawford9198]

The pickup sound sounds a lot like the phone in metal gear solid...

[@hazardouslydumb9639]

Why does the item pickup sound like the metal gear incoming call sound effect?

[@Tucher97]

So Text to Doom when? also serious Scorn Vibes for some of the early weapons, but I hope that game turn out to be good and not a disappointment of agony

[@mengo329]

Hey, co-dev here, I've come to tell you guys the demo of SHRINE II is out!

[@todpolle]

Has a similar art style to Soulscape

[@introspectivetinkerer1687]

Have you considered the idea that you just have an unreasonable expectation of difficulty in every mod?

[@tristenknight1988]

Wait, shamblers have hair?

[@mikereinst1103]

looks like the things from Zelda XD

[@yoshi314]

hold on, shotgun has separate ammo pool. i thought ammo was universal?

[@tripodranger7873]

Icarus was a bit vague with the explanation. Basically, ammo pickups refill all weapons at once, so while they each have their own pool of ammo, all the pools are filled by the same source.

[@mengo329]

Ammo pickups refill all weapons, which have their own ammo. It's wierd

[@duyas1628]

This mod like it's in a very beta stage of development.

[@neolukas3683]

Mr. Icarus can you cover the "doom slayer rampage" mod? Thanks in advance

[@terriblecertainity]

when using GZdoom, does anyone else encounter weird graphic glitches in this mod? especially in wide open spaces?

[@nonyabiz9487]

Have you done Revenant Bus yet?

[@garoeperezizquierdo4080]

I smell scorn

[@Senior666]

Looks more like a beefed up hell knight rather than a Shambler 🤔.