Why Shrine II is the best DOOM mod you haven't played yet

[@scumhead0]

Wow! Thanks so much for playing! Shrine 2 is a project very near and dear to my heart, it was pure chaos- two dudes just throwing shit at the wall trying to make a fun game. Warts and all, making it was fun as hell and it's very flattering that you put so much effort into making this video. Watching this I realized just how much I had forgotten about the game, I'm constantly working on games so it was neat to reminisce and remember some of the work Mengo and I did. Again, thanks so much for playing and making this awesome video! It's an honor.

[@adamlach6572]

Man, Shrine 2 is one of the very best TC/games made in Doom, and you have to know what a high praise this is! And personally it's by far the most asthetically pleasing mod in doom. It's this unholy mixture of 8bit colors, elements, with eldritch horror. And the sirenhead inclusion was brilliant - you are the only one who seemed to understand how to capture it's unsettling nature without making it a cheap scp-like enemy. Shrine II is in my top 5 total conversions in Doom, which by extension places it really high on my favourite FPS list :) Congrats and than you!!!

[@Garrette63]

I've played a few of your projects and they're excellent. Thank you for your time and effort.

[@aliatef7203]

I just got the trailer for mohrta recommended to me couple days ago, Amazing working, I can only hope I can get to that level someday

[@theredpill7511]

I love the game. I might have some opportunities for you. Reply if you are interest. Thx!

[@torinsmith9867]

Thank you scumhead, for having hope to contrast the desperation and loss. It makes everything feel worth fighting for.

[@o_ter]

The fact Mengo never told me about this video is a crime, Shrine II is what got me to really like these games and got me doing fanart. That's how I landed doing the art and story for Shrine III before it got cancelled which I'm still sad about, luckily I can at least do something with the story when I have the free time from my projects currently chaining me

[@georgedotexe]

@o_ter wow, your story is an interesting one. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I'm exceptionally proud of it, and I'm absolutely chuffed to bits that I got the opportunity to make it and glaze my favourite game for an hour lol

[@o_ter]

⁠@georgedotexeYeah!! It was definitely a troubled time since it was just me and Mengo for a long time, Scum didn’t wanna do 3 but Mengo did so I essentially had to fill a similar spot (except I can’t code lol) and it was so weird. I’ll for sure have to write about it as an afterword when I do that thing Mengo gave me clearance to do lol

[@Ghxstlands]

I didn't realize I stumbled upon a small channel until I had watched it through. Your commentary was very concise and your passion for the game is clear. I wouldn't have heard about this aesthetic gem unless the algorithm blessed me with it. This review was top-notch. Great upload, George.

[@georgedotexe]

This actually means the world to me, thank you so much I'm glad you enjoyed

[@mengo329]

Sorry it took me so long to check out this video! Happy to see you enjoyed it so much and I'm sad to see other people agree on various parts of the game LOL And about S3... Shrine 3 is in a very odd state rn, it's a thing that I'd rather cook up behind the scenes if at all, but i think in it's current state i want to downscale it a good bit and maybe rework a lot of Shrine 3 since I've realized it's kinda strayed a ton from what i liked so much about my work on Shrine 2. A.K.A. Shrine 3 is Tusk Nukem Forever A.K.A. play Pandora's Wrath instead because i stole S3 mechanics for Pandora's Wrath LOL

[@lxw6657]

The classic doom hate is wild tho, it looks great for the arts type, the gameplay is fine. It's COOL to not be able to look up and hit enemies, you're basically just playing a racing game too. The shit is insanely good and timeless.

[@SlimedBR222]

Such a good video, I loved it. That entire year you spent working on this video was worth it, hope you do more videos like this!

[@georgedotexe]

I absolutely plan on it, thank you so much for the comment!

[@dannyd4339]

One more addition to my never ending list of gzdoom mods. All games on that engine are so fun. Pair that up with an ai map generator and the fun is quite literally endless. I have made maps that are 50mbs in size. If you know anything about gzdoom maps is that the maps are pretty small in size. But i made the levels so large that it would take me around an hour of exploring, gathering keys, avoiding random traps and playing minigames for loot, etc to get to the end.

[@slowpnir]

2:20 - The hypothesis is right, universe is a computer simulation. - But can it run doom? - It does.

[@AphidOs]

Gread vid kept me entertained throughout the entire hour which is amazing with the adhd brain. Amazing takes on the shrine lore and good job staying on task to make this video :)))))

[@georgedotexe]

babe just say you love me smh

[@AphidOs]

@@georgedotexe damn

[@lemontree-n7i]

Biopunk surrealism... I was orgasming with my eyes, ears and brain while playing it

[@VehementisEaVeritas]

So glad you reviewed this game. For a free one it's really obscure and deserves more love, same with the other games by Scumhead. Never knew about the secret museum, that's really amazing. I do recommend you go through the game and discover more secrets, there's alot of them. I hope you did pick up the funny yet powerful powerup that you can find 2 (or maybe more, I'm not sure) times in the game.

[@torinsmith9867]

This is ART. It makes you FEEL. Feels wierd, disgusting sometimes, very strange, but it's Potent. I love it.

[@JerryNason-lj8zc]

I got and played through this game and am so happy to hear someone else enjoyed it

[@nahla_nee]

great video! actually convinced me to give the shrine games a shot :]

[@danteburnside5421]

Glad more people are talking about Shrine, scumhead is one of my all-time favorite developers! 55:43 Also, not to be 'that guy' but in Dante's Inferno, the layer of Wrath actually IS the River Styx! The punishment for the inhabitants of Wrath is that they're doomed to forever fight each other and drown in the River.

[@georgedotexe]

oh cool I didn't know that, also fr you should ALWAYS "be that guy" I know something I never would've before also SO REAL SCUMHEAD SLAPS

[@magnusm4]

The first attack is a meelee but the secondary lounges you forward. "It's gonna be fun to watch speedrunners use this" - Civvie 11. Speaking of- Oh _CIVVIE_ got another good one for the boom shoot tube for you!

[@pizzaham7219]

I found this video while just putting something on the tv in the background, I was trying to pick up around my room but I found myself listening in more to the video and eventually sat down and started watching it around the 10 minute mark. At that point I sat there and watched till the end. I then quickly went to my computer to sub and leave a comment on how neat the video was. I am now sitting here, wondering how you have so little subs, while writing out this comment. Mate, I hope for your quick growth on this platform. You deserve it truthfully. Have a wonderful day/night. I have a room to clean still sadly lol.

[@gog3219]

Great video bro and lovely production, i subbed because of this video and hope you make similar ones in future!

[@georgedotexe]

oh I plan on it, not making promises tho haha, don't want to end up with another situation where it takes me far too long to put out a video

[@xycord2770]

8:44 That is a target. Shooting the one in this level unlocks a soul secret (they're harder to find than normal secrets).

[@nekomaru856]

Theory time, Chapter 5 fits in perfectly thematically, Azathoth is the blind idiot god, all powerful yet also dangerously unpredictable and insane by even the standards of the other Lovecraftian gods, as such the reason I believe he is using the eldritch hoard to corrupt the realms is the same one he filled the cosmos with random crap and carnivals and shit, I think he is a divine being of incredible power with the mind of a board child just kind of trying to entertain himself by making toys and messing with ants; and the slap dash nature of chapter 5 perfectly reflects that. Also forgot to mention but I think the eclipse you see throughout the game is his eye watching you. edit here: I also personally think the ophanim was being used by Azathoth, not the other way around.

[@georgedotexe]

THEORY CRAFTING WOOOOOO I love theories so much and it's so welcome

[@Thyrork]

Dang what a good video. Shrine 2 is just fantastic. Glad to see you do it. Any other of the children of GZDoom on your "ehhh maybe a future vid." list? Hedon perhaps?

[@CsyeCokTheSolly]

OI. I love this game. This was the 1st GZDoom-powered game, and gave me hope to finish my first mod (for another fast-paced videogame). I recommend playing Vomitoreum, another one of Scumhead's games (don't forget my name for the credits) Glory to Casing Collective's (My modding and translation team) Hero Scumhead!

[@IscariotHeartwork]

the introduction is a bit silly, if someone hasn't played doom they're not gonna be watching this

[@Merivio]

I never played doom, but I did play shrine II thanks to George. To me the introduction was welcome

[@umbaupause]

Okay, one thing I will deduct many points for. Trashing doom's looks. While showing that garbage texture filtered source port look. Yes, THAT looks awful my guy.

[@GreenTengu97]

Nicely done with this video! Seeing it in my timeline actually reminded me to check the games out for myself, and I enjoyed myself with 2 a lot. You REALLY missed out not catching that secret level. That shark thing you get from the bonus level REALLY helps with the tankier enemies. It really feels like most of the encounters after you pick it up are balanced around having it, as it doesn't even break the game per say. Like every point where you mention struggling against a forced encounter with a tanky enemy, I got through far more easily thanks to the shark. Of the levels in the game from Hell forward, the only one that really bothered me was that one with the playing cards. (I DO think that the carnival at least plays well into the theming. Its out of place and absurd in a way that feels like a sort of nonsequitur. Like the universe itself trends toward madness in the face of what Azathoth represents and the weird circus is like, symptomatic of a corner of the universe giving into that madness. Trying to escape what that means in this carnie attraction right outside a confusing labyrinth of terrifying shadow). I had a fascinating go of the game starting from the Ophanim fight, where I was pretty consistently low on health and needing to pull out all the stops to keep myself in the game. The bonus boss that gives you the shark gun (A version of Tusk from the first game that I think represents Wrath)? I NEEDED to break out items for the first time in the game to beat him. I could not take him in a straight fight without the dogs drawing fire at the level of HP I was at. I legit think the balancing issues you noted would have ruined the experience if I didn't grab the shark gun, but because I did? There was a REALLY interesting balance to all of these proceedings where it was the thing tipping the scales enough to let me win. (Also oh my God, same on the Azathoth fight's lag at the end. Literally the only way that fight was remotely surmountable was to have my powered up attack at the ready to kill him as quick as possible before that could be used. I'm glad I'm not the only one who ran into that.)

[@Merivio]

This a damn good video. Kept me hooked the entire time 👍

[@georgedotexe]

Thank you buddy, I'm so glad you enjoyed

[@invaderHUNK]

Fantastic video, very solid! Thanks Danny Brown!

[@fallenplays]

I've greatly enjoyed their other wads, I'll get to playing Shrine before long. Need to clear a few games first!

[@Scaevola9449]

Shrine 2 is great, though it's fairly obvious that it's one of Scumhead's earliest works

[@jess648]

i was not expecting project borealis music in the intro

[@georgedotexe]

WE LOVE PROJECT BOREALIS HERE

[@coliimusic]

My algorithm remembered I like DOOM

[@RetroDead]

so happy to see someone talking about such a gem of a game. love shrine II a whole lot

[@vodun270]

Played these two gems back in 2020. Was hoping someone would make a video about them. Really underrated vid

[@vaiyt]

Joke's on you, I already finished Shrine 2 long ago.

[@hanselmanryanjames]

Pretty sure you can get the "shotgun" weapon in the 2nd level if you find the secret.

[@pavlorky]

you can get the goreblaster in level 1

[@noremorseproductions]

Great video, great game! Hope to see more 😎🤘

[@wizlockfnordfinder]

I have Shrine 2, Loplight, Vomitorium, and Angel Gears. I didn't go looking for them, they just popped up in my steam recommendations. ... Weird.

[@dougrobinson1171]

Thank you algorithm

[@r.k.5031]

DOOM! _waWAwaWAwaWAwaWAetc_ Oh it's so fucking on.

[@pavlorky]

Hell yeah brother

[@ToxikBox]

Ha. I actually HAVE played Shrine 2, get owned

[@georgedotexe]

I HAVE TO CHANGE THE TITLE NOW ;(

[@rafaelromerocastaneda1563]

Great video about one of the most impressive Doom TC's Adding some interesting things, there is a Hidden difficulty, where you play with only the weapons of Shrine 1 There is also an Addon that makes all the weapons golden, that is very cool and adds a coat of paint to the game There is a lot of stuff in this game thas is awesome

[@jeffreypeters5578]

More mature source port would be JizzyDoom

[@georgedotexe]

Real adults know its called COOM

[@v2withnofriends]

I have played it before I watched this video so I know it's good

[@georgedotexe]

IT SLAPS

[@theredpill7511]

I beat both shrine 1&2 but I didnt pick up on so much detail.

[@raesluder4260]

Engagement

[@LoganRed-fu2ks]

Bruh FINALLY! Is free on steam and pretty original

[@DearAnem0ia]

I think this mod is overall great, but man, do I disagree with your opinion on the final boss. The first and second phase are very good, well balanced attacks and a killer soundtrack, but once he takes you to the final arena, it all goes down to shit. A lot of his attacks are nearly undodgeable, and there's so much shit going on that it's actually painful to look at, let alone find the fucker in the clusterfuck of projectiles. And of course, there's also the lag. Jesus Christ, the lag. Scumhead must have the best fucking computer in the world if they playtested the boss and found the battle to be in a playable state, because I have a decent computer myself and GZDoom should _not_ lag that bad, even with the projectile amount. Overall, a really good mod with a very shitty conclusion. But yeah, still one of the best Doom mods out there, for sure.

[@MxNSTR]

I have played it and did had hella fun with it

[@-Soulsound-]

Anyone else feel weirded out by doom guy's hand skin flap?

[@xycord2770]

Doomguy wears leather gloves...

[@-Soulsound-]

@@xycord2770 so that's what it is

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Played both Shrines (and Vomitorium, for that matter), didn't like 'em. 😒 Now, I'm not saying the dev(s) did a bad job, just that it's not my thing.

[@Ev3rm00n]

10:04 skibidi

[@pavlorky]

this is my favourite internet comment. thumb up to you!

[@Combineboy]

No

[@UltimatePerfection]

You're wrong. I have played it, 3 weeks ago.

[@jakeparkinson8929]

doom on that calculator is literally just wolf3d, the pregnacy test wasnt actually running doom: it was just displaying the ouptput from a raspberry pi. I can list these ports off the top of my head, snes, sega saturn, dreamcast, n64, psx, ps2, gba, ds, 3ds, gmod(yes a partial source port inside of gmod/source engine), psp, as a j2me applet, 3do, sega 32x, symbian, literally to javascript and flash, and then the billion other source ports for mac, linux, and pc,

[@Coffeemancer]

doom 2 doesn't look bad, you are bad at looking

[@georgedotexe]

kind of real

[@phatphonie257]

@@georgedotexe Why in the fuck are posting with trilinear filtering? No wonder. Cause that does look like shit.

[@matydrum]

I use GZ and had a blast for two years now replaying the originals doom 1 and two official release. Ultimate doom and some of the most popular mega wads old and recent but man leaving mouse aim ok why not ... But crouching and especially jumping breaks a ton of map! Because you find yourself able to teach places before you should! And I dunno to me it's not doom. GZ doom has great game where you can but for me when I play a doom 2 méga wad 1 st thing I do (and they are all in a row in the option is turn off:mouse aim, crouch and jump. Then go.

[@KyleMortPowers]

I actually have! It's good :)

[@georgedotexe]

SO REAL FOR THAT

[@3L_B4R7O]

Nice

[@voyagerrock1137]

Why did you disable auto-generated captions???

[@georgedotexe]

WAIT THEY'RE DISABLED?

[@georgedotexe]

Ah so I just went searching, I haven't disabled them youtube just refuses to auto generate them, I assume because the video is too long. I could try and find another way to auto generate them but I don't really know what I'm doing I'm so sorry

[@voyagerrock1137]

@@georgedotexe very weird, i swear i've seen longer videos that they were generated for

[@UltimatePerfection]

Brb, porting Doom to Neuralink.

[@nerfpup3089]

This video is pretty good but the beginning is a little... Listen I know everyone is saying that but he's further purpitrating the idea the old = bad and new = good and I don't really like that

[@von_nobody]

There where two John and two Carmack :>

[@patches3527]

loved this video 🥰

[@am_knuz]

YOU WAITED TWELVE FUCKING MINUTES TO TELL ME THIS GAME IS _FREE?_

[@georgedotexe]

I initially planned to have it in the title haha but it just looked odd so I left it out I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I did

[@adamkrzeslak4326]

just wait till you play vomitoreum from the same creator (u might've mentioned it, I haven't watched the video yet lmao)

[@adamkrzeslak4326]

6 minutes in and you did lmao, but I'm glad you're bringing spotlight on the creator as a whole not just their one game

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

It's weird hearing someone say "G Zee Doom" instead of GZDoom.

[@CUTIE_POXX]

I always said it like that lol

[@kyon813]

What do you call it? "Jizz" Doom?

[@Silverthesonic]

Jizzdoom

[@tkman2718]

I heard a KZbinr call it G Zed Doom once

[@Ev3rm00n]

gonna say geezdoom from now on

[@rayg8792]

Nicw GZ mod

[@panthekirb7561]

Nah, I haven't played better

[@ultrakai7639]

The mod is good. but it is not for me

[@cwbintn8949]

Less talking, more gameplay.

[@georgedotexe]

Dude, this video is arguing my point from the title, not a gameplay video If you came for gameplay you misread the situation

[@thealarm7057]

Great video, but the generic youtuber voice is not very unique and boring

[@sandytrunks]

blah blah blah... blah blah blah... blah blah... blah blah blah.... Should'a added "FULL HOUR LONG COMMENTARY" in the title. 🤮

[@georgedotexe]

Dude, you clicked on the video essay. It's not my fault you're concussed and can't pick up on what the title is trying to signal to you, and you apparently have cataracts and can't see the videos runtime. Maybe if you used your brain, you wouldn't leave such a stupid comment