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I'm so excited for this one! This game left a great first impression on me, much of it is going to be very memorable. It does throw a lot of new surprises like the new strange supernatural enemies and a more horror-like atmosphere throughout. It sheds light on the way Walker behaves (and his reputation is known) in Afterglow. I can't wait to see my favorites, Maps 6 and 12, which have the more traditional action-packed gameplay of the rest of Ashes. Even though I greatly appreciate the devs' creativity with every map (for example, other highlights being the somber ending to map 3 and the atmosphere of maps 8 and 9)
I'm personally a huge sucker for 2 types of maps in FPS games (especially "Boomer Shooters" as they are classified today): 1) Mall maps 2) City maps And this newest episode has both!
I just cleared the game on survival, it'll be a pleasure seeing someone beat it on apocalypse while i try myself. This chapter is full of surprises and a lot of new mysteries, and i think it's the hardest ashes game to beat on apocalypse so far. Good luck man!
For sure the hardest entry yet! Mainly because of fights like the gym fight in this map and pretty much all of the Wendigo encounters in MAP05 (still you still aren't really that well-outfitted with ammo). But once you get the hang of things, it's not so bad. I found a tactic to use against those very Wendigos that works quite well I must say :D
2:15 I actually thought that is a Browning Hi Power at first (9mm being a clue). Turns out, it is a Smith & Wesson 5906, according to the sprite name (Some bit of fun fact: The gun is relatively new when the nukes fell off. It was made in 1989)
Oh yeah! Time to find all those secrets! This is very helpful; you sharing console commands. My game is dark, and it’s much better now. I don’t think the trash cans are random-I get the same stuff as you do from the same ones. As for the end fight, I tossed both bombs toward the exit to clear enough of them for me to escape. Also, congratulations on reaching 1k subscribers!
Thanks! And yeah I'm almost certain now that it is in fact not random (I make more comments about this in future videos in the series lol), so that's definitely the right move, since you'll want to purchase upgrades for your stuff in future settlement maps.
@@Chozo_Ghost But no infighting. Just because the lower enemies block players shots but not other monsters. So an ambush in more then one way. I say this because of different Laws of Physhics for different creatures in the Ashes Reset world. Plutonia level UV: So if you can't clear Plutonia on UV, maybe set Ashes Reset difficulty to a lower level. Or else Die a lot.
@Chozo_Ghost I'm pretty sure the "police pistol" is supposed to be a Smith & Wesson 5900 series (not sure exactly which model) 9mm pistol, and not a 1911. Though they look quite similar. :)
It's before the events of 2063, friend. It's the New Guard operation that went down 3 years before Scav went on his epic adventure to find Athena. It might be after Dead Man Walking though.
According to the Wiki, Hard Reset actually takes place three years before the events of Ashes 2063 in 2060. That was also the vibe I got from the lore revealed in 2063 and Afterglow, that it had been a year or more since the General and his military team tried to get into the Spire to disable the nuclear codes protocols for Athena to prevent anyone from using them and only barely got back out with some casualties. The brief secret Spire map in Afterglow had the bodies of some of the General's men and is where you get the military rifle early after all.
Yeah, I'm not sure if I finally figured out the timeline until after the recording was completed, and I felt like a complete dunce for not noticing it before XP
Yeah I've gotten a few comments on that so far LOL At the time of recording, I completely forgot that it actually shows the year 2060 in the ending cutscene. Then I saw it again during recording and internally was like "Oh yeah lmao"
If I have the time one day I might! In the meantime there are plenty of guides out there. I've been wanting to try Xim's Star Wars mod more. Tried it last year or so, but ended up getting stuck in Doom II's MAP08 because the Cyberdemon replacement was bugged and I couldn't beat it for some reason lol
I'm not sure if Apocalypse difficulty gives enemies innate damage reduction or if the Empties were nerfed in subsequent versions, but for me on Arcade regular Empties went down with one hard crowbar whack, and always without splitting into torsos when I sneak-attacked them. It was easy to stealth through the entire first half of the school.
You kinda missed seeing the list of book names (some of them humorous), and other signs. But anyways... Nice Alice Cooper reference! And The Warriors reference!
I hate to be that guy but, I'm pretty sure it's a Smith & Wesson 59 or 659. Its got a slide mounted safety and calling it the police pistol would make since because there was a time when damn near every police department in America issued them.
There's a link in the description that leads to it :> It's just a pk3 file, LevelInfo.pk3. It puts in a separate menu section for it in the GZDoom menu and you can customize it to your liking it terms of positioning, size, etc.
@@ronkan1369 You are playing standalone version probably. I think you can edit "Play Hard Reset.bat" with notepad by adding the names of those .pk3 mods at the end of line and it will load the mods. Make backups of .BATs before trying.
I would say this map and MAP05 are the most punishing ones: This one because you have a metric crap ton of Empties and a fair amount of Withered with not a lot of ammo to spare, and MAP05 because of the overly-tanky Wendigos. Fortunately, in the most current build (v1.00a) Wendigos' health has been nerfed... however, in exchange, they are now faster and dole out even MORE damage o.o
Amazing video! Too bad you have to do the "too big to go through the door" trick on the highest difficulty, makes it a different experience in my opinion, but I just love you commenting on everything with your beautiful American accent. Can't believe you do 2-3 playthroughs before the video recording one. I guess it's necessary to make the videos shorter. Do you really find every secret by yourself btw? None of that pagb666 vids cheating? ;)
Totally not a combination of that and some minor IDDT usage... none at all ;p (I just don't really have the time nowadays to find things like that myself without some help lol)
Unless, they are as obvious as the Doom IWAD secrets. How can it be cheating? Unless you are lucky enough to Know the Dev and how they think, you will hump a lot of walls. ( I have played a few PWADS in my time. The MAP MAKER GIVES VERY LITTLE INDICATION about secrets.) So gotta be aware that 2 hours of wall humping is not entertaining to watch or play.
@@Chozo_Ghost I like your humor, and your voice isn't irritating like some of the other youtube video commentators. Yours is one of the few voiced game playthroughs I actually enjoy, as I usually prefer gameplay videos with no commentary.
@@Scorched-ww2nf In the Ashes series there usually is some kind of clue, like a different-textured wall, or a high ledge with boxes nearby that you can climb to access a vent, a hidden switch, etc. Some secrets are harder to find than others though. In Ashes Hard Reset there is at least one secret in a later level that is bugged or broken though. The devs usually address such problems with the game fairly quickly.
@@Redflacket I agree, these mapmakers are usually pretty good at giving clues. But playing and recording a Video or Vod is seperating your attention between the game and the recoring quality. Some PWADS you end up humping walls for a long time if you want all secrets. Not fun to do or watch,(For Me.) So I don't consider IDDT as cheating in some cases. Unless you have ,"Blind Playthrough", in your Title.
Yep! He was the NPC that the Scav ran into at the old church in "The Flooded District", who gave out the instructions for checking out an old apartment as part of your objectives in "The Gap"
7:21ish. Not a good game if the money,(Scrap), is random.. Something out of players control, so they wouldn't be able to get certain mods based on RNG, or Luck. So hopefully there is a set amount.
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Radiation going through walls is probably a bug but it makes sense IRL school walls aren't made of lead.
I've been waiting on this! Watched some other walkthroughs but they couldn't compare to yours!
I'm so excited for this one! This game left a great first impression on me, much of it is going to be very memorable. It does throw a lot of new surprises like the new strange supernatural enemies and a more horror-like atmosphere throughout. It sheds light on the way Walker behaves (and his reputation is known) in Afterglow. I can't wait to see my favorites, Maps 6 and 12, which have the more traditional action-packed gameplay of the rest of Ashes. Even though I greatly appreciate the devs' creativity with every map (for example, other highlights being the somber ending to map 3 and the atmosphere of maps 8 and 9)
I'm personally a huge sucker for 2 types of maps in FPS games (especially "Boomer Shooters" as they are classified today):
1) Mall maps
2) City maps
And this newest episode has both!
On it like a car bonnet as we say here .knew it wouldn’t take you long to get this out 👍
I just cleared the game on survival, it'll be a pleasure seeing someone beat it on apocalypse while i try myself.
This chapter is full of surprises and a lot of new mysteries, and i think it's the hardest ashes game to beat on apocalypse so far.
Good luck man!
For sure the hardest entry yet! Mainly because of fights like the gym fight in this map and pretty much all of the Wendigo encounters in MAP05 (still you still aren't really that well-outfitted with ammo). But once you get the hang of things, it's not so bad.
I found a tactic to use against those very Wendigos that works quite well I must say :D
2:15 I actually thought that is a Browning Hi Power at first (9mm being a clue).
Turns out, it is a Smith & Wesson 5906, according to the sprite name
(Some bit of fun fact: The gun is relatively new when the nukes fell off. It was made in 1989)
Yeah I asked Vostyok about that because I was curious too; saw a lot of different guesses in the comments and my curiosity got the better of me lol
Yessss) here we go))
Hype!
Oh yeah! Time to find all those secrets! This is very helpful; you sharing console commands.
My game is dark, and it’s much better now. I don’t think the trash cans are random-I get the same stuff as you do from the same ones.
As for the end fight, I tossed both bombs toward the exit to clear enough of them for me to escape.
Also, congratulations on reaching 1k subscribers!
Thanks!
And yeah I'm almost certain now that it is in fact not random (I make more comments about this in future videos in the series lol), so that's definitely the right move, since you'll want to purchase upgrades for your stuff in future settlement maps.
30:42 I think, that due to the gym, the difficulty is Plutonia UV, not Doom II UV.
At least there aren't any Chaingunners or Revenants in that case :o
@@Chozo_Ghost But no infighting. Just because the lower enemies block players shots but not other monsters. So an ambush in more then one way. I say this because of different Laws of Physhics for different creatures in the Ashes Reset world.
Plutonia level UV: So if you can't clear Plutonia on UV, maybe set Ashes Reset difficulty to a lower level. Or else Die a lot.
@Chozo_Ghost I'm pretty sure the "police pistol" is supposed to be a Smith & Wesson 5900 series (not sure exactly which model) 9mm pistol, and not a 1911. Though they look quite similar. :)
Time to consult with Vostyok himself so I can correct what I put for Hard Reset on the Doom Wiki LOL
Half-empties? I prefer to think of them as Half-full
:D
(very excited for this series!)
It's before the events of 2063, friend. It's the New Guard operation that went down 3 years before Scav went on his epic adventure to find Athena. It might be after Dead Man Walking though.
Yes, 2060, as in credits.
I kept forgetting that detail until I saw it again before the credits... then it hit me internally LOL
According to the Wiki, Hard Reset actually takes place three years before the events of Ashes 2063 in 2060.
That was also the vibe I got from the lore revealed in 2063 and Afterglow, that it had been a year or more since the General and his military team tried to get into the Spire to disable the nuclear codes protocols for Athena to prevent anyone from using them and only barely got back out with some casualties. The brief secret Spire map in Afterglow had the bodies of some of the General's men and is where you get the military rifle early after all.
Yeah, I'm not sure if I finally figured out the timeline until after the recording was completed, and I felt like a complete dunce for not noticing it before XP
It has been so long since I heard this beautiful, beautiful music. ♥
Ashes music OP OP. Primeval is the man.
I really want to hear your opinion on this chapter, especially the second half.
Oh trust me, you'll hear plenty of it!
30+ subs gained in 2 weeks. That's pretty awesome!
Thanks!
I guess crossing the 1k mark has its perks LOL
Is Empties is the result of Background Despair? for example like in the bad ending of Michone Circle in Afterglow are they gonna become this thing?
I'm curious to know more about those things, too!
@@Chozo_Ghost if that's true then that will be the best zombie apocalypse i've ever seen since the flood from halo
BTW, Hard Reset takes place 3 years before 2063, in 2060.
Not sure if anyone's already told you this but I hope It's useful,
Yeah I've gotten a few comments on that so far LOL At the time of recording, I completely forgot that it actually shows the year 2060 in the ending cutscene. Then I saw it again during recording and internally was like "Oh yeah lmao"
6:32 missed some potential loot drops in those cardboard boxes (haven't finished the video yet, in case you go back). :P
That's not even the first time I've missed those boxes either XD Damn. Ah well, didn't hurt me in the end :P
3 clean shotgun blast which deal full 84dmg each will kill a wither. Shooting a wither with shotgun in the face can cancel its attack.
Yeah baby ! humm sorry..
can you make a video how to instal this ? im interesting for Xims Star Wars too
If I have the time one day I might! In the meantime there are plenty of guides out there. I've been wanting to try Xim's Star Wars mod more. Tried it last year or so, but ended up getting stuck in Doom II's MAP08 because the Cyberdemon replacement was bugged and I couldn't beat it for some reason lol
Nice playthrough though! You are the best when it comes to Ashes playthroughs! (Don't tell pabg666!) ;)
Haha, thanks!
And don't worry, I won't tell ;p
I'm not sure if Apocalypse difficulty gives enemies innate damage reduction or if the Empties were nerfed in subsequent versions, but for me on Arcade regular Empties went down with one hard crowbar whack, and always without splitting into torsos when I sneak-attacked them. It was easy to stealth through the entire first half of the school.
I can't remember for sure, but I think Empties' HP got reduced in a patch, similar to the Wendigo's lol
You missed a Red Dawn reference in the secret behind the bookshelf 😂
Oh there's likely tons that I didn't catch :P
You kinda missed seeing the list of book names (some of them humorous), and other signs. But anyways... Nice Alice Cooper reference! And The Warriors reference!
Oh I never even realized those had names LOL, I'll have to go back and check them next time I play through!
Actually this takes place 3 years before 2063.
Just to be that one pedantic guy, the pistol is not a 1911 but a Browning HP.
Sorry🤣
*hides face* I am much embarrass
LOL
I hate to be that guy but, I'm pretty sure it's a Smith & Wesson 59 or 659. Its got a slide mounted safety and calling it the police pistol would make since because there was a time when damn near every police department in America issued them.
To me it looks more like the S&W 5900 series, specifically the 5906. I guess we have to ask Vostyok himself to clarify this matter.
FINALLY
and you got rid of that damn texture filtering thank goodness.
Btw how do you get those game stats in the corner?
There's a link in the description that leads to it :> It's just a pk3 file, LevelInfo.pk3. It puts in a separate menu section for it in the GZDoom menu and you can customize it to your liking it terms of positioning, size, etc.
@@Chozo_Ghost thx dude.
how do install it? i tried dragging it to the hard reset launcher but it won't show up.
@@ronkan1369 You are playing standalone version probably. I think you can edit "Play Hard Reset.bat" with notepad by adding the names of those .pk3 mods at the end of line and it will load the mods. Make backups of .BATs before trying.
This map and enemies remind me of Dying Light
you must that insane to try to beat this mod on apocalypse difficulty
I would say this map and MAP05 are the most punishing ones: This one because you have a metric crap ton of Empties and a fair amount of Withered with not a lot of ammo to spare, and MAP05 because of the overly-tanky Wendigos.
Fortunately, in the most current build (v1.00a) Wendigos' health has been nerfed... however, in exchange, they are now faster and dole out even MORE damage o.o
Amazing video! Too bad you have to do the "too big to go through the door" trick on the highest difficulty, makes it a different experience in my opinion, but I just love you commenting on everything with your beautiful American accent. Can't believe you do 2-3 playthroughs before the video recording one. I guess it's necessary to make the videos shorter. Do you really find every secret by yourself btw? None of that pagb666 vids cheating? ;)
Totally not a combination of that and some minor IDDT usage... none at all
;p
(I just don't really have the time nowadays to find things like that myself without some help lol)
Unless, they are as obvious as the Doom IWAD secrets. How can it be cheating? Unless you are lucky enough to Know the Dev and how they think, you will hump a lot of walls. ( I have played a few PWADS in my time. The MAP MAKER GIVES VERY LITTLE INDICATION about secrets.) So gotta be aware that 2 hours of wall humping is not entertaining to watch or play.
@@Chozo_Ghost I like your humor, and your voice isn't irritating like some of the other youtube video commentators. Yours is one of the few voiced game playthroughs I actually enjoy, as I usually prefer gameplay videos with no commentary.
@@Scorched-ww2nf In the Ashes series there usually is some kind of clue, like a different-textured wall, or a high ledge with boxes nearby that you can climb to access a vent, a hidden switch, etc. Some secrets are harder to find than others though. In Ashes Hard Reset there is at least one secret in a later level that is bugged or broken though. The devs usually address such problems with the game fairly quickly.
@@Redflacket I agree, these mapmakers are usually pretty good at giving clues. But playing and recording a Video or Vod is seperating your attention between the game and the recoring quality. Some PWADS you end up humping walls for a long time if you want all secrets. Not fun to do or watch,(For Me.) So I don't consider IDDT as cheating in some cases. Unless you have ,"Blind Playthrough", in your Title.
Sorry to disturb you again but where did we find Walker in the previous Ashes ? The scav in the church maybe ?
Yep! He was the NPC that the Scav ran into at the old church in "The Flooded District", who gave out the instructions for checking out an old apartment as part of your objectives in "The Gap"
@@Chozo_Ghost ookkk thanks you dude this game have a pretty good lore !
7:21ish. Not a good game if the money,(Scrap), is random.. Something out of players control, so they wouldn't be able to get certain mods based on RNG, or Luck. So hopefully there is a set amount.
I'm about 99.9% sure it's not random, after going through the levels again on recording. Definitely the right move imo lol