Slayers X: Manchild Review Video: Dawn of the X-Slayer

[@Jetsetlemming]

My favorite joke in this game: You can examine one of the washing machines in the laundromat and Zane says "Why would I need to do laundry? My mom does that for me. ........oh"

[@chuckbuck5002]

Thank that’s just kinda sad to be honest

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

@@chuckbuck5002 The whole game is both a power fantasy for Zane but also a sad reminder of how shit his life turned out. I mean, dude literally made up a girlfriend in Hypnospace.

[@theangryfinger5795]

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 i completely forgot about that. Ty for reminding me.

[@13mungoman13]

I love that the entire game is implied to be a mod of Kataklysm, but then there's a level that's directly ripped off of Kataklysm, but then the game takes credit for it by saying they "coded it just for Zane"... but also Kataklysm is a fake game that doesn't exist, so they committed fictional, in-universe plagiraism

[@ThisHandleIsVeryCleverYepSure]

@@13mungoman13 that’s funny and I love that

[@spenceduggs]

What cracks me up is the voice acting, especially for Stephanie. The actress nails the "I'm only being a voice in your stupid game cause Mom told me to" tone of an older sister/paid acquaintance who would rather be anywhere but here.

[@Sorain1]

That is legitimately a tough task for a voice director to pull off, even with great voice talent.

[@taschritter]

Thanks! Recorded it on my phone in the car to really nail that crunchy audio quality hahaha

[@ZuluRomeo]

@@taschritter Brilliant work. Just perfect. 👌

[@SIGNOR-G]

​@@taschritter must have been a very bizzarre experience.

[@puffleperson]

Lol! I thought she was supposed to be an artificial TTS voice.

[@MrShambles]

The "Journey Into You're Butt Hole" segment made me think the whole game was going to turn out to be Zane trying to cope with a colon cancer diagnosis.

[@gremlinman9724]

cancer mouse shows up in the ride

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@gremlinman9724 "oh hey za-" *gets glass sharts to the face*

[@masonasaro2118]

nah, just losing his mom and no escape from his shitty stepdad… and his life not going anywhere between hypnospace and the release of the game (i have a feeling things will be looking up for him, angry programmer message aside)

[@TheOnlyRatDragon]

This video is the pure distilled energy of that time a juggalo threatened to stab my eyes out with a "toothpik" for commenting on his girlfriend's MySpace picture

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

why does everything have to trace back to juggalos, what is it with the icp in particular that makes them completely forgettable and an omnipresent occurrence at the same time

[@Trygon]

@@ConsarnitTokkori Probably something to do with magnets

[@Gatorade69]

@@Trygon How do they work ?

[@SanAntonioJoker]

​@@ConsarnitTokkori all roads lead back to the Big Clowns

[@CptJistuce]

​@@ConsarnitTokkori The ICP are actually the center of all creation. That's why everything seems to tie back to them.

[@reloadpsi]

I love how the typos in the subtitles are completely consistent with how people usually typed online back in 2000.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

This game definitely had people named "zero cool" playing tf out of it in a dimension where that was possible

[@Lord_Deimos]

They still do...

[@SyndicateOperative]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 zero cool was 2010s, definitely not 2000s. Zoomzoom term.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@SyndicateOperative name used by character in movie Hackers, circa 1990s

[@Gatorade69]

Was going to give you a thumbs up but your at 420 and that's the funny number.

[@bobthespam]

theres a section in Zanes' Mom's house where Zane sounds off-character realistically sad when thinking about his mom, i think the reason why Zane sounds so mad and or sad whenever his mom is mentioned is because canonically Zane is about 35(?) now, so his mom could possibly be dead IRL and adult Zane just cant keep up the cool edgy teen act whenever he thinks about his late mom.

[@DJL3G3ND]

yeah that was kinda weird, that made me think his actual mom could be dead but then would he really write it into the game too if that was the case?

[@bobthespam]

@@DJL3G3ND well he put his dad as the evil weed smoking bad boss villain, and a girl he "totally would've made out with if [she] didnt get turned into a werewolf" in the game. i assume Teen zane has been making this game throughout his teen years, so treat it like a Diary, a Doom mod a kid would make to deal with a crappy absent dad and the loss of a mother, all while assuring himself that he is *awesome* and can *save the world* and fix everything

[@DJL3G3ND]

@@bobthespam man thats insane. mevin was based on his dad? but in the game it was mikey

[@bobthespam]

@@DJL3G3ND of course he would fantasize that the Lead singer of his favorite Rock band is his biological dad

[@glorytothemotherland9556]

@@bobthespam I think Mevin’s actually Zane’s stepdad, which adds a whole new layer to this.

[@NemesisTWarlock]

I'm absolutely amazed Civvie didn't notice that Cancer Mouse got a bit part as one of the rats...

[@daniellalloyd1082]

i was braced for cancer mouse to show up tbh

[@The_Mothman_cometh]

Civvie’s just jealous that the only game he’s in lets you beat the shit out of him and piss on him

[@closecall1516]

Cancer Mouse is having it good! He’s in two games and a Netflix series!

[@SomeKindaSpy]

@@closecall1516 wait he's in a netflix series?

[@Supercohboy]

@@SomeKindaSpy Close Call's quoting a Civvie bit from one of his videos. Or at least...I thought it was a bit...?

[@KirkVanHoutensCarBed]

It’s like all the worst parts of being a teenager in 1999 distilled into a glorious piece of art.

[@alfalldoot6715]

*best

[@tabithasdumb-dumbs5890]

more like a piece of fart!

[@2009Andrew1]

You mean best

[@fuckiopussigetti453]

I need this and Daytime Drama to become physical so distill them into their purest essences and inject them into my bloodstream.

[@canman87]

As a resident of Boise, ID, I definitely remember when Zane's apartment was getting bombed by the Psyko Sindikate. What a wild time that was!

[@compmanio36]

Now those Psykos just moved out to Arco. You gotta give that place a wide berth.

[@mikeoxlong1395]

The only thing of note to happen in Boise, to be honest.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

@@compmanio36 Are they any worse or better than the Idaho Nazi epidemic?

[@estefencosta1835]

@@mikeoxlong1395 There's always potatoes. That's what I know about Idaho. Potatoes. I'm not sure if potatoes happened to Idaho or they were just there.

[@mikeoxlong1395]

@@estefencosta1835 Even before man, there was the potato. The ultimate produce waiting its ultimate consumer.

[@jasonblalock4429]

For the record: If you are old enough to have fond memories of the late-90s World Wide Web you **NEED** to play Hypnospace Outlaw. Don't read anything about it. All you need to know is that it's fundamentally an investigation game, and it's like going back in time. For best results it should be played after your bedtime on a CRT monitor, with a bag of pizza-pretzel Combos and a 2-liter Dew.

[@kakizakichannel]

I LOVE BEING A JANNY IN THE 90S! Great game

[@daemonspudguy]

No need to do the Combos dirty like that.

[@Dark.Shingo]

17:39 I can't get over the fact that Zane looks like one of those MTV stop motion commercials while the bad guy appears surprisingly well modeled.

[@Pho7on]

It's brilliant, right? It implies the bad guy was modeled off a real person while Zane was completely fabricated from imagination.

[@mike42192]

I was thinking the characters in this game look like they belong on Celebrity Deathmatch

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

I thought it was Robot Chicken at first.

[@BurnyToast]

His step dad straight up looks like a Xavier renegade angel character

[@warlockd]

Kind of makes me wonder. I have to look at the credits again. Like who was the fake in game people who did the voices.

[@crowdmagical0274]

As an Idahoan, this is game is actually a documentary piece of our lovely capital, including the real population of like 3 people and one restaurant

[@compmanio36]

Maybe in 1999.

[@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames]

Lol I lived there for 33 years, there’s way more than 3 people. There’s like 17.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

Three people, one restaurant, and the massive potato we drop onto the street every New Years.

[@reloadpsi]

Isn't the potato festival real as well?

[@pteroid11]

@@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames The scarecrows don't count, we've been over this.

[@SuperPerry1000]

I have to give the game credit, it sticks to its chosen theme like glue. It's not just "portraying" the 90's. It *is* the 90's.

[@just_matt214]

(It is also the X Slayer)

[@Flesh_Wizard]

It's a piece of the 90s cryogenically frozen and perfectly preserved to be released in the 20s

[@owner_mind]

this game is literally a sequel to a character (zane_rocks_14) from a game called hypnospace outlaw which is a satire of 90s internet

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

It's the kind of game that could only be made by people who truly *lived and loved* that turn-of-the-millennium zeitgeist

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

​@@Flesh_Wizardearly 2000's, actually i'm assuming mid 2002

[@pteroid11]

I love how Kevin was foreshadowed in Hypnospace as Zane’s stepdad that got him a headband to keep him distracted while did the ‘Happy slappy thing’ with Zane’s mom

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

I assumed that part was just Tim (the guy who hacked Zane's page) making a joke to fuck with Zane. Like, I don't know why Zane's parents would surrender that information to him and I doubt Zane would talk about it to anyone (or possibly even figure it out himself: Zane on his Twitter apparently has gone on record that he hates the enforcer who got him banned on Y2K; apparently unable to put 2 and 2 together and realize he would have died in the Y2K incident if he wasn't banned). Not that this _couldn't_ have been the case of course, I just don't see how Tim would have known that.

[@henrynelson9301]

@@LonelySpaceDetectivepretty much everything Tim says about Zane in that section of the hacked page is true, like how Zane’s mom works at a gas station and buys his shoes at the dollar store. (The part where he says Zane and Corey are boyfriends is obviously a joke tho)

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

​@@henrynelson9301 Dollar store shoes don't exist IRL so I'm not sure if that one's true either, I lean more towards fib than I do it being a trennis thing.

[@MrDarthtelos]

Dude, I’ve bought shoes at the dollar store. What do you mean?

[@fionaonline]

The S blade has a Hackblood charge

[@TheCrewExpendable]

Good to know! Glad when fellow gamers share tips!

[@callmeginga]

Owie!

[@Henderburn2]

Can’t believe it’s not the cool S

[@W4iteFlame]

Good to know

[@jacoblangobard4640]

Cool thanks.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

So according to Gianni, the dev of this game was absolutely 100 percent in-character the entire time when giving direction to the voice actors of this game, and it was the wildest shit ever. I wish I was a fly on the wall to see that.

[@jorts_master69]

That is fucking hilarious lmao

[@uthertheking]

21:06 I bet Seigi voiced Mikey so professionally the whole game in order to undercut the gravitas he had built up with "Boise Potato Festival". It's beautiful.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

delivering that line with complete seriousness and gravitas makes it perfect.

[@Kazmahu]

It's the kind of detail that shows the effort that went into this. That line fits the tone, but what makes it *funny* is the one guy doing decent voicework just delivers it dead seriously, and it becomes a masterpiece.

[@USSMariner]

I KNEW IT WAS SEIGIVA

[@WTFisTingispingis]

There's something about Boise that is inherently funny to me.

[@jbomb7867]

There's actually an idaho spud day festival. I went a few times as a kid.

[@toothyweasel2705]

They really, REALLY nailed the sound of an early 2000s band where everyone wanted to be the next Linkin Park / Limp Bizkit for a couple years

[@radhinkabagaskara5595]

The whole hypnospace OST is perfectly late 90s/early 00s across different genres. You should check it out.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

with a nice dash of Korn for good measure!

[@viscountrainbows2857]

​@@BirdmanDeuce26Pour a big ole Puddle Of Mudd into your Vayne through your Mushroomhead, and use plenty of Snot.

[@estefencosta1835]

@@BirdmanDeuce26 Korn walked so Linkin Park could run.

[@jaredstarr7826]

The wall easter egg was just, oh man, it put the entire game into a whole new context. Like just, chefs kiss, took the cringe up to a whole other level.

[@Exarian]

oddly enough I don't think it's meant to be fully condemned. Yeah it's cringey but the game's general attitude isn't really Cringe [judgmental.] I think it's more Tholen challenging the player to try empathizing with the sorta person who's usually the butt of the joke, even if in some ways he really has only himself to blame.

[@NukerMunkyGames]

That hidden easter egg hurt my soul. You could genuinely feel that man's pain through the words written on the walls.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

It's not unlike Hypnospace. The guy Zane bullies is more successful, albeit just weird, while Zane is lonely and pathetic. He seeks validation from the crustiest circles of the internet and when they deny him that he handles it poorly. He has to invent a world in his comics and blogs where he is the most important man in the universe. This is just a further extension of that, of a life unfulfilled. We all had those periods. Some just never escaped.

[@InvadeNormandy]

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Even more deep than that, on top of that corey himself was a creepy "nice guy" of his own right if you looked more at the chat records and various other parts of it. But no one is painted to be 100 percent bad or irredeemably shit, but human and a product of their own a failings or the way the world around them is. Hypnospace is amazing in that it seems to not have any axe to grind against people as throwaway one notes even if the joke is one note behaviors, even a major dev admitted they hate "Irony poisoned" completely insincere writing.

[@pokehybridtrainer]

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Damn. That sure hits deep. A bunch of us know folks that never quite found themselves. A hero in their own mind. No one can live your life for you, always on the internet. If you want something to change then you have to do something about it.

[@SuperLlama42]

@@InvadeNormandy Ye. Aside from the obvious fact that he loves his mom, it's been shown that he has a kid in the modern day and unlike HIS dad, he's sticking around and trying to be a good dad.

[@EnclavegovtofficialUSA]

Okay, but............................... Boise potato festival

[@aortaplatinum]

Usually I trash on these "retro aesthetic" style games for looking way too modern and having decent lighting effects and shading and skeletal animations and filtered textures, but God damn this one is spot on. Like holy shit down to the comedy and dialogue, the low color, the asset compression, it's all perfect

[@ZaneLofton]

thank u... this means allot

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

I can knock a few things, though one (arguably two)'s a nitpick and another I'm not sure about. The physics of the broken parts of the toilet boss would be _outrageous_ for a mid-90's FPS like this is visually modeled on, a widescreen presentation is pretty damn unusual for a '90s game and the reflective floors don't seem like something that would be present in an engine of this vintage (Build does have wall mirrors, but those are completely fucking ridiculous hacks that couldn't translate to reflective floors). That said, considering that within the game's universe this was finished 20 years after the fact and was mostly "programmed" by a friend of Real World Zane, I presume that the work done on the original in-universe mod was simply ported over to a newer engine that was more capable and easier to work with. Even the breaks from mid-90s technology can be justified!

[@ZaneLofton]

@@LonelySpaceDetective its the sKlysm 2.1 sorts port..... thats why we can do true 3D... reflection floors... & real physics

[@asteroidrules]

Really the only thing that isn't perfectly 90s is that the game and FMV cutscenes both seem to be working in modern resolutions.

[@cookechris28]

I love the sopping-wet goopy weird 3D claymation they use for the characters. It's incredible. It disgusts me but it's so satisfying to watch.

[@TVindustries5000]

"civvie only has 400,000 subscribers" honestly in my mind, Civvie's content always makes me feel he has over a million. iv been on youtube for over a decade and hes currently one of the only people i can look forward to post great videos

[@user-eo4ln2fp8q]

Civvie has 11 Civvillion suscribers wdym

[@roygad4303]

Super Best Friends Play never hit one million. Sometimes you're fine with whatcha got,

[@bahamutbbob]

Civvie puts out some of the best videos for sure. He does deserve more subscribers, if only the algorithm would make him more discoverable.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@bahamutbbob The issue is he really does almost exclusivly talks about boomer shooters. So his subject is niche making it harder to grow as a channel. (for example a random guy could make a high Hbomberguy like a hour long video on borderlans an get a million views.) at the same time though he has a distanct brand and a more hardore fanbase, which hopefully translates to a higher than average patron subscriber per fan.

[@Theonixco]

@@AL-lh2ht Well what else is he supposed to do, sseth does the fucked up crazy games, Mandalore does well everything and some niche adventure/point and click games.

[@vallytine]

I think this specific aesthetic extends beyond the 90s, because i remember being a kid in the mid 00s and thinking exactly like Zane does. I had my own Runescape X Slayers storyline in my head.

[@mantha6912]

yeah it's more like mid-90s to mid-2000s. It definitely did not end on January 1st, 2000 lol

[@MitridatedCarbon]

Felt like it continued up to the early 10s, that's when it died out and got replaced by other stuff, mainly that weird Tumblr/geek/funkopop/awesomepossum sphere.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

I wonder if Civvie is going to discuss Hypnospace Outlaw in this video, since it all ties into this game. Spoilers: yes.

[@teejay9189]

wait it DOES

[@limerslimer]

@@teejay9189 YEYEYE Zane grew old but didn't grow up

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wonder if he, if not MandaloreGaming or Sseth will review that game in due time.

[@nado1908]

​@@michaelandreipalon359 Really it's more of a Mandaloregaming type of game.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@nado1908 I'd say there's also a small Ross Scott possibility. Still want a Civvie/Ross crossover tho on some deranged jank.

[@splitreality8712]

Even looking back at this the thing that gets me about the cutscenes is the fact that the cutscenes look severely like someone who knows how to animate, being told to animate as bad as physically possible

[@XaviarCraig]

Thank you for covering this Civvie. I tried to send you a care package but I think they are blocking boxes with sharp objects, drugs, and loaded firearms.

[@OrionsTale]

Don't you think sending him those things will get the DSC on your back?

[@GetFvckedRecordz]

​@@OrionsTale he's in America, it's fine.

[@braydenh190]

They seemed to have installed a watch tower between the two cell blocks . Must be getting rough

[@datadavis]

yea that type of stuff has to be buttsmuggled duuhh

[@W4iteFlame]

Send the base components instead, he'll figure it out

[@geeko55]

Probably the best video game ever set in a fly-over state. As someone who grew up with cheap carnivals and knew friends that lived in trailer parks, there's an undeniable love and affection for the specific slice of living that is lower middle class podunk. Past all the juvenile humor, you can feel the love for the late 90's NuMetal teenager and an incredibly specific lifestyle, and it's honestly incredible. Plus, there's a model of what looks like the same shitty induction coil oven that I had in my first apartment, and maybe the only funnel cakes I've ever seen in a video game.

[@Rincewindl]

honestly, given the canon of hypnospace, im excited to see if he shows up in the sequel. also i cannot wait for civvies reaction to knowing more about zane in hypno.

[@mrMickio]

I think I recall Jay mentionning that zane dosent have a big part in the sequel like he did before.

[@tree_alone]

is hypnospace like hypnotube?

[@RevampedStone]

I believe Jay said that his household dipped from sleeptime computing after the mindcrash

[@tlckt0ck404]

@@tree_alone think being able to browse the internet while you sleep.

[@tree_alone]

@@tlckt0ck404 I do that I put keyboard at my feet

[@Zombie1Boy]

I'm honestly surprised Zane didn't travel long distances using a skateboard.

[@Feasco]

do you see when he looks down at himself? I think he *is* a skateboard

[@daltonbecker4494]

Nah, Zane is a little above that sort of thing. Zane uses a *barely* street legal dirt bike to get around.

[@3van1993]

he needs a Razor scooter to be cool enough for this game

[@alpacafursona3128]

if every pair of JNCOs came with a demo disc, it'd have this on it, with a sneak preview of Queen of the Damned and a Static X single

[@rejectclone4504]

I’m so glad that people are loving this game, and as a HUGE Hypnospace Outlaw fan, I’m absolutely over the moon with all of the clever references they sneaked into the game, that do make sense considered how Zane was exposed to all of it when he was younger! The hidden Squisherz secret, the Grey’s Peak soda machines, the trennis court, the Gumshoe Gouper parody at the potato festival, and even the faux t-nub drug hoax is represented through Cheetos puffs 🤣 I sincerely do hope as more people play this game, they’ll get into Hypnospace Outlaw as well and get much more invested into the super fascinating world building!!!

[@IDONTKNOW1072]

I like how the game keeps confusing the word "yield" when it means to say "wield"

[@Phil_597]

And with that I wield back.

[@zulubunsen9067]

I cringe everytime they use "of" instead of "have" after could/should, but to be fair to them, they consistently and confidently pronounce it that way too.

[@Match.1611]

@@zulubunsen9067 its almost like thats the joke

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, getting some major Real Ultimate Power vibes from this.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Do you yield villain?

[@MrSharkswith]

As someone who lived in Boise for a number of years, it's pretty accurate, down to the weird potato obsession (They drop a potato instead of a ball on new years.), the trailer parks exploding, and also being perpetually stuck twenty years in the past.

[@SuperMookles]

I can confidently state, without a trace of hyperbole, that this will be the most entertaining video of the coming week.

[@jrizzle1222]

it is

[@Flesh_Wizard]

The video is so good I can feel the hackblood coming inside me

[@dollenrm]

True and real

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@Flesh_Wizard Did... did it buy you dinner first?

[@Riley-nq3tc]

This is such a specific vibe that makes me feel like I'm wearing camo cargo shorts and an oversized Digimon shirt at my friends place way too hyped on mountain dew

[@reloadpsi]

Nobody gonna talk about how at 4:24 Steffanie uses her ring finger to throw the bird?

[@OniLibery]

Yeah everybody does that. You have a secret hidden key bind to do it in gameplay too

[@reloadpsi]

@@OniLibery Man, I was a bit socially reclusive in the year 2000 but I can't believe I missed that was the way people were flipping people off back then.

[@newendoria1232]

​@@reloadpsi maybe he means everyone in the game?

[@DamnedSilly]

@@newendoria1232 Yeah, pretty sure it's just another way no one ever quite swears in the game.

[@Ramdileo_sys]

9:25 Hey that menu reminds me off on the hamburgers from my Home Town Restaurant 🤔 ....-... we use to call them "in and out cheeseburger" 🤨 ..... the laxative properties of the thing were legendary 😧 ...

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Until you mentioned hypno space outlaw I wasn’t entirely sure this wasn’t from the early 2000’s and that’s a real accomplishment

[@Mechazaurus]

Personally I loved every moment of Slayers X and desperately hope they make that teased sequel. Hell, I want a Slayers X franchise! I want a whole of slew sequel games, comic books drawn by Jim Lee, Slayers X action figures by Todd McFarlane an animated series by Bruce Timm. I would even watch a dreary, humorless Slayers X live action reboot film that's 4 hours long and directed by Zach Snyder! Just gimme more Zane, I promise I'll buy it all!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Bruce timm is still making cartoons?

[@psykomancer4420]

I'll take no less than Rob Liefeld for the Slayers X comic book aeries.

[@Noperare]

Exactly, Jim Lee has a lot of 90's edge, but in a cool way. Liefeld is the god of 90's edge trash that perfectly matches X slayer.

[@flat-seventh]

I’d fucking love to write for a zane graphic novel because imagine a well illustrated novel with this exact kind of style of story because Zane mortgaged his house or something

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

Yee

[@hypethekomodo6495]

I love the extremes it goes to tie into Zack's character, to the impracticality (but coolness) of the S-Blade to the spelling errors to the overall message of "fuk u stepdad". A shitpost that's legitimately fun to play. I can dig it.

[@bothatguyyoudontknow]

As a 90's kid whos 32, this game speaks volumes about the generation i grew up in. I love the janky animations that are almost WB style, the 90's style insults and the reminder that i myself am getting old. L

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

millenials are all in the 30's maybe 40's if you consider the 80's... I wish Doc had made it with his delorean to take me out of here...

[@hexxerman7656]

You gotta love how incredibly niave and clean all of Zane's dialog is. Most boomer shooter mcs say the most morbid shit ever and now we have this manchild guy refusing to cuss. Pretty great.

[@garrettsattem4799]

The best part is, despite being in his mid-30s, he still has the mind of an angsty 8th grader.

[@guyvizard549]

There's a period of time in your late teens, where you have such a specific level of creativity and naivety, that you could create something so GoodBad it would change the world. Like when I found an old script I wrote at 17: An Evil-Dead inspired coming of age high-school story a-la Breakfast Club.

[@SanAntonioJoker]

there's a sonichu in all of us, just waiting to bust out

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

As long as Molly Ringwald becomes the Deadite queen and young ash have trouble relieving himself with his chainsaw hand... I'd totally watch this in the cinema

[@guyvizard549]

@@ruffusgoodman4137 I've said too much, already.

[@rustyfisher2081]

Post

[@pillowmint4622]

@@SanAntonioJoker I feel that...

[@lawoftsunami]

There's something genuine about seeing Zane sticking to his kayfabe so much, that it's easy to tell what he's trying to say, how OOC or IC they are, and so on. And to also make sure it's not grating on folks. Much love to Zane, genuinely hope other devs Get It like you do and keep up the good work :) /genuine

[@TheMC1102]

On first glance, this game looks like a bizzare amalgamation of Redneck Rampage and Cruelty Squad. Also, Wrought Flesh when, Civvie?

[@just_matt214]

probably when it's done, the final area is getting updated this summer i hear.

[@jamatlock]

Miziziziz is working on the updates and expansion for his current game, Endoparasitic, but is planning on expanding the last level of Wrought Flesh sometime this year. However, only time will tell if that really happens since making Endoparasitic bigger and better is his current priority. In reality, Wrought Flesh is done. It doesn't need to be any bigger. Civvie could cover it whenever.

[@just_matt214]

@@jamatlock Actually the last snow area kinda sucks, and from what we've seen of the makeover it would bookend it really well.

[@kungfuskull]

​@@jamatlock huh, thanks for introducing me to a game i'd otherwise heard nothing about, which is odd since I really do pretty enthusiastic steam dumpster diving. Just missed this one somehow, but it looks like a fun concept at least

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

I’m starting to think civvi is actually imprisoned the speed he puts these out, what a hero.

[@doomthedemonhedgehog]

for anyone wondering what Boise is famous for its stately capitol building, the Broncos blue turf football field, and the Boise Greenbelt. It is also known for its large collection of parks and greenspaces in the city center

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Is it famous for attempted smoking through one's turd hole or do i have to go to nepal and get a sherpa to master such treachery?

[@kohlerry]

And for having the most overvalued housing market in the country. People are so pushed out by the housing rush here I've seen people get their tires slashed for having California plates. But mainly we're famous for the Potato Festival and Zane's mom's apartment.

[@julian0451]

more like blue turd football field

[@arandompasserby7940]

@@kohlerry "I've seen people get their tires slashed for having California plates" That's honestly a perfectly respectable thing to do to Californians tbh

[@EnclavegovtofficialUSA]

​@@arandompasserby7940 true that, my man.

[@ThatTravGuy]

Stopping at 11:52 because you've sold me on the game. Damn you, Civvie.

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

Love how Civvie is always completely honest about his experience with a game, makes every vid feel have a raw and natural vibe despite being scripted

[@ryballs4569]

Fucking raw vibe

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

I’m interested to see if he’ll find boltgun to be pretty mid.

[@maelstromg8767]

This game reminds me of the late 90's early 2000's edgy alt rock and industrial metal music videos. Static-X, System of a Down, Linkin Park, Fuel, Adema.... ahh the good ol' days. I would have unironically loved everything back in my teen years. Zane would be my Duke.

[@Germania9]

Civvie genuinely laughing his ass off is just wholesome.

[@ZuluRomeo]

It's a most wonderful sound. Also, CHEEEEEESE!

[@RebelTaxi]

This is game and writing of the year material

[@drakenforge4276]

Damn rebel taxi I didn't know you explore this side of the internet! I thought you would stick to your side. But since you are here, can you do a STALKER video?

[@TheOblivionMan]

This feels like a game made by someone who, if the chance arose, would absolutely tell you all about how Insane Clown Posse got too mainstream and they liked their old albums better.

[@Gatorade69]

Personally I'm more of an Anarchist Vampire fan. Dumb B*tch, should have known I was a hatchet Ryda.

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

Ok but to be fair...

[@AlphaCarinae]

Okay, but Riddle Box and The Great Milenko are their best albums

[@xotl2780]

That hypothetical opinion you just posited is completely valid btw.

[@upnorthreloading2214]

This one hit a hit a bit too close to home for me - the millennial existential dread, that is. I'm going to need a couple days to absorb this, and reflect on things. You're a prophet of your time, Civvie.

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

That f*cking secret room, man... I speak to my high-school friend to this day and we never finished or fighting game with the guys from our classroom. One of them died already

[@thealkymyst]

Get to it.

[@moondodger5952]

This is it. This’ll fulfill my Nu Metal fantasy that I never got to live because I was too young (more like, not nü enough) when it peaked. Thank you devs, may your terdholes forever be clean and never smoked out of.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

18:53 "Ok, but hear me out, If she's a werewolf, doesn't that mean that she spends most of her time in human form? There's only a full moon like once a month, right?" Yeah. The only real downside to dating a werewolf is that she has two "times of the month." For one of them, she turns bloodthirsty and savage, and during the other one she turns into a werewolf.

[@bababooey5402]

OH MY *GOD*

[@MrDarthtelos]

What happens if they sync up?

[@Quickdrawingartist]

​@@MrDarthtelosPray to whatever god you believe in.

[@zachb8012]

Boise is actually a pretty cool city. There's a river running through the middle of the town, it's not too crowded, there's a university there. The thing that sucks most about it is actually all the people from out of state trying to move there, making it one of the least affordable places in the nation relative to the income of its average working citizen.

[@michaelhulcy6680]

The beginning was perfect. This game represents us middle and younger aged 90s millennials so truthfully. Now Civvie, I’m gonna return to your moms house, she misses my HIVvie.

[@uria3679]

The most 90s and 2000s fps game ever

[@NKWittmann]

Finally a 1337 game for true haxx0rs

[@dileepvr]

Zane really should release scans of the original design docs from when he was 16. The creation story of this game is the most masculine thing I have ever heard of.

[@yy-hj4br]

Oh my god. It is scary how right Civvie is about this game if you're the right age bracket.

[@clintkarklus5523]

Im 34 and i felt all of it.

[@ProsecutorValentine]

@@clintkarklus5523 Amen.

[@Aequitas887]

36 and not about it. The video is entertaining though

[@SirDankleberry]

I'm turning 30 in a few months and I'm just vibing to discount Linkin Park.

[@USSMariner]

​@@Aequitas887you had to be there

[@i69GrzzlyBears]

"I must.. revenge her." I cry everytime.

[@TimeBomb014X]

Pure cinema, eat your heart out Neil

[@skazkatzroy3444]

This reminds me not of my own childhood but of other kids around me who had bigger houses with "computer rooms" and like carpet in their bedrooms and central air and shit. I don't know, I was playing Resident Evil 2 on the N64 and reading library books for the sex and violence.

[@Suiseisexy]

Same, though his perception of a store manager who would be making like 80-100k in 2023 dollars as "really rich" tickles something special in my 37 year old brain. Like...remember thinking your civil servant aunt who made 50k and lived alone had a cool life? Maaaan.

[@dopey473]

God this game just resonates with me so much, I might be a zoomer but you have to be in mind I'm Bosnian so childhood for me was a weird mix of 3 different decades. Playing 90s shooter on a 90s pc listening to 2000s music in 2013 and I thought I was hot shit. It's like this game was made for me specifically.

[@Adagm]

Radical

[@michaelgraham9774]

Older zoomers have a fairly strong understanding of at least the 2000s decade and it's general aesthetic and vibes. We all had older cousins or siblings growing up alongside us who embodied that time period and made it seem cool

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

F*ck, dude, 90's was war for you. I hope you and your family went through that sh!t unscathed

[@0Synergy]

@@michaelgraham9774 Yea their are two very distinct zoomers those born before 7th gen consoles and those born after its a very large distinction.

[@AeriDjGk]

I'm sorry for your loss. I can only try and sympathize with how painful it must have been being born a Bosnian.

[@ryanzhu546]

18:52 Hey look on the bright side Zane least she turned into a awesome monster like a werewolf rather then something lame like a vampire.

[@ZaneLofton]

true

[@mikeoxlong1395]

Dracula wants to know your location... you jit.

[@USSMariner]

The reflective meta commentary sprinkled throughout the video at inane intervals...I see what you're doing. Very early 2000s.

[@YamiVT]

i really need more Zane. The character is so lovable in the best of cringy ways

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

This game is art with a capital F. No notes.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Thass in the bible

[@SpungleGrundle]

It could be because Civvie was given an early review copy so they weren't included, but after beating the game you unlock some bonus levels that give some more of Zane's backstory.

[@Scufflegrit]

One time this cool older kid on the bus told me he could trade my puka shell necklace to get us some Hackblood. Then he got his own car and never talked to me again. It was sweet as hell, I got it at that kiosk in the mall next to the one that sold the cool Nokia faceplates. Just realized my necklace may have been stolen. Thanks, Civvie.

[@nobody4248]

19:34 This is just like Gorbino's quest. This is the Gorbino's quest of life.

[@corruleumblue3317]

Great video, and I'd like to thank your subtitler as well for doing such an amazing job (especially under these... conditions).

[@AliaImmortalis]

Thanks. 👍

[@TheLucidChiba]

Great video. Side note for a couple things you struggled with platforming wise, the chain gun has lift if you shoot downwards.

[@RahanPlays]

I’m about as hype for this as I was for the CRUELTY SQUAD review awww yeah

[@salokin3087]

Didn't expect a video of an actual FPS stemming from Hypnospace Outlaw after the Kickstarter several years ago, but here we are.

[@chris92945]

Cruelty Squad if it was late 90's edgyness on overdrive. So a perfect game for Civvie.

[@ShallowVA]

This looks like the Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff of videogames.

[@moomby3572]

"This gig economy thing is like if a terd pooped out of its bunghole"

[@magicalgirl1296]

His sword being in the shape of an S is amazing. This game is full of stuff like this.

[@FYGUnkleUrple]

Gianni cameos will never cease to bring a shit eating grin to my face.

[@timothyfinn3619]

This game feels like on of those early 2010's movie review story arcs, anybody remember those?

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Oh God I do now...

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Fuck do I remember those.

[@CaptWolfy]

It looks a bit like Steffanie flipped him off with her ring finger, which would actually be a mildly impressive display of flexibility.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Imagine what else she could do with those fingers... if only she didn't get dog-pilled and turned into a werewolf...

[@TacticalFanBoy]

She does, as is clear in a portrait of the 3 X Slayers that can be found in-game. And Zane also uses his ring finger to flip off enemies with a key command. It’s hilarious.

[@yurifairy2969]

hey i can do that, am i a freak?

[@CaptWolfy]

Yes. Embrace the freakitude.

[@JanusClockwork93]

That's how all the kids flipped each other off when I was in elementary school. Guess we were all freaks 😔

[@jforce321]

14:16 those noises make me think of Twist from Korn lol. As a person turning 33 in a couple months I totally agree with everything you said in this video.

[@jbc00per]

Timing on this i was playing the demo last night, its incredibly fun. Also picking up ammo from smashed windows for the glass cannon/shotgun is a very cool touch

[@Mister_Clean]

"This just in, Psychos blew up Zane's mom" 3 seconds later Zane: **sheds a single tear** "I must revenge her" This is beautiful

[@Canada407]

Civvie getting first crack at something. Keeps moving up in the world

[@akuaku9252]

Of course Civvie has first crack, have you seen his PRO-Postal vids?

[@talon12020]

Well he already had first crack at your mom.

[@flooku987]

@@akuaku9252 i wanna believe everyone subbed to this channel has seen his prostal vids

[@Canada407]

I haven't missed a single one of his videos & I've rewatched them more times than I should admit too lol

[@LordOfCrabz]

So this must be the pre Pro Painkiller video? Another job well done!

[@ZuluRomeo]

I'm sorry but whoever voiced Steffanie in this game was hilarious. The highlight is 18:20

[@taschritter]

:)

[@ZuluRomeo]

@@taschritter Brilliant 😀😂👍

[@oneyedjohn]

This game take me back to when I was in middle/high school. That is going it take me a while to process all this shame, edge, cringe, and angst.

[@samv2023]

"Kids, do not smoke through your turd hole, you can't do that. However you can soak a tampon in vodka and ..." - has to be my favourite Civvie line of all time

[@TheApollo90]

I love how in the reality of hypno space this game was made by a 30 something year old man.

[@olliezoop]

This game is genuinely a piece of modern art in the same way that Sonic Dreams Collection was

[@ZhaojuEphastine]

21:45 => The first Quake, Dimension of the Machine extension had one of its levels start with a platforming bit with void falls and you'd lose some HP while being teleported back to the beginning of the trial. Or its end if you had already been there. It also reminds me of 2006's Prey die mechanic, even if it's totally different.

[@magepumpkin]

dimension of the machine came out in 2021 lol

[@ZhaojuEphastine]

@@magepumpkin Welp, that explains why it's there! xD Then it was made for the 25th anniversary of the game, correct? It's a really cool expansion!

[@L11ghtman]

It’s so impressive to do anti-humor well. This game does a good job doing anti-humor, and anti-FPS game, and somehow it’s both fun and funny without becoming annoying. It’s incredibly well done.

[@mvrk4044]

I knew something was familiar about this. To learn that this is an indirect sequel to Hynospace Outlaw just rocketed it straight to the top of my MUST PLAY LIST (1 of 1).

[@madcat789]

Zane is like a fusion of Beavis and Butthead who was raised in 90s/2000s edge.

[@garrettsattem4799]

He kind of sounds like them, too.

[@mumpetwombat822]

I literally saw this in my steam discovery que an hour ago and though “I bet civvie will do a video on this”. Was not disappointed, now I just gotta wait for civvie to play Stalker shadow of Chernobyl

[@terribleduelist4433]

Actually the reason we don't have strangely curved blades anymore one is guns rendered swords obsolete two is because shields and armor fell out of favor so we stop needing to reach around them This has been the joke I took seriously thank you

[@jackknifevideoworks]

I don't think it's a coincidence that Zane looks like blonde Postal Dude.

[@wesellclams8657]

I love X Slayers because I was born in 2003 when this sort of style was at its peak, so I have these fractured memories of seeing stuff similar to this that made it fascinating. Besides being funny, this game is like half nostalgia half being able to actually experience memories I barely retain

[@LtnCorrsk]

Slayers X is a game for real Boise. (It's also the first time a game gave me radiation poisoning.)

[@ccda3324]

Fallout didn't give you radiation poisoning?

[@ZeoHidra]

14:03 "As dedicated as the creator was to....this, you do have to make the game fun too." I'm not pointing this out because of recent internet drama that might get a certain rodent involved, just some good general advice.