@@KIRKCOLLECTS ahah. I had to double check when I didn't find any result on steam. That game looks really special and I don't want to miss it. Thanks for the recap. Those events are a bit too big for my tiny brain :)
I hope that Agent 64 is popular enough to get a console release, because going through that entire game in co-op on a TV, will send me straight back to when I used to play TimeSplitters. Because TimeSplitters is awesome, and this is basically as close as I'm going to get to having another one. Of course if it doesn't get a console release, I don't mind hooking up a laptop to a TV. Also that Core Decay looks awesome. I just hope that there's an option to turn on bi-linear filtering for the textures. The game already looks really nice as is, but my preference is always bi-linear filtering (what can I say, I prefer smears to blocks), even more so once you realize bi-linear filtering is always on for the games that's it's taking inspiration from such as Thief and Deus Ex. If you're going to play on my nostalgia, you can't half-ass it by shoehorning in modern preferences.
Another top notch video from Kirk! I added a couple of games to my wishlist. But honestly, I'm getting a little bit tired of all those games releasing in Early Access or after a loooooong delay. I actually cringed when I saw "Delay fit for a king" in Ion Fury Aftershock trailer. So instead right now I decided to play some free mods for retro shooters. I finished "Marrow" episode for Blood, and it was so good I wanted to play some more Blood. So I decided to check "Fleshed Out" mod, and OH MY GOD, it is superb. Recommended for any Blood fan. I also downloaded "Venturous" TC for Doom, but only played one level, and it's also good as far as I saw.
Great one Kirk, ty. Nice to hear Aftershock made it and that Core Decay may get in reach. Kingpin leaves me with a little question mark over my head but Selaco will definitely rock.
funny thing about the kingpin remaster footage they showed where they were comparing the remaster to the original game both videos were of the remaster and not the og pc game lol
The show was so big this time....omph. Bought Blood West 1 Day before, downloaded the Cultic Bonusmap instantly and bought the Iron Fury DLC instantly when it came out. Think i am busy for the next 2 weeks xD. A lot of the stuff in the show looked interesting, i think core decay and retrospace might turn into some interesting gems if they get them right.
I kind of appreciate the positivity because I pretty much buried PF after 5 minutes but I just don't see how the overall direction of that game is good. They seem to be heavily relying on the notion that Duke Nukem Forever style, more elaborate interactivity is something that people enjoy while in general that just doesn't seem to be the case for an FPS. When it comes to shooters unsurprisingly I like shooting stuff, navigating the environment, experimenting with my movement options or searching for secrets. Playing minigames, engaging in crane puzzles and turret sections are not in my top 100 preferred activities in a shooter so focusing on those while compromising things like levels design doesn't seem like a very solid pitch to me. It's just hard to imagine a DNF clone not being dead on arrival nowadays when there are so many more exciting options in the retro FPS scene, not to mention getting away from things like strictly linear level design being a fairly important part of the retro shooter "mission statement" in general.
Selaco support for steamdeck is something I want to see, but also seeing how the demo is suuuuper heavy and unplayable on the steamdeck they will have to do a lot of work to make it run smoothly. We seen this where a title gets “steamdeck compatible” badge, but most people don’t know that it doesn’t mean “runs well” it just means “it works”. Valve should really rethink how they use that verification as we got a looot (a lot lot) games that are 20fps stutterfest, but are “verified”.
By what metric is our current demo 'suuuuuper heavy and unplayable' on a Steam Deck? What version did you play? Because we have yet to receive complaints about the game being unplayable on a Deck. Most reports mention 40-45 FPS and that's in a build that's a year old.
Was given Aftershock as a gift recently 😊😊 Going through the original again, then the new campaign and arrange mode. Loving it so far, game feels great. Yep best one yet , Jared drinking the spoiled milk lol Looking forward to Project Warlock ch 2 and 3, the lost chapters and the full Forgive Me Father 2. Oh Core Decay and Graven too. Realms Deep 2023 was awesome 😎
Whenever I see that trailer for Wizordrum and that charging fireball in between the character's hands I think it looks like a small rotating cheese pizza.
Prodeus is a really well made shooter but i have to admit - i never finished it too. At the moment we entered the prodeus dimension the maps turned out so......weird for my taste that i lost interest in finishing it, instead i played 3 times through up to this point. Great to see that they turned away from the prodeus dimension into a completly new, more attractive setting.
As per usual, I find your takes to be some of the more balanced out there and less prone to over-excited hype or getting too "angry gamer" at things that disappointed *cough Phantom Fury cough*. I'll agree on the runtime being off. Every year I've found Realms Deep to be a bit of a crapshoot when it comes to run times. Is it over 2 days and 2 hours each? 3 days with varying lengths? One mammoth day at 4 hours? You never know beforehand and I ended up clock watching after the 2 hour mark. There is only so long you can hold the attention of aging folks who had one can of Monster for the memes before they start to think "I'm flagging. I have work in the morning. It's 1 am and I need to sleep."
Than you! I like to keep things entertaining and constructive, I’m glad it’s coming across that way. I’m curious to see what they do next year, I think it’s a good problem to have, it’s be fun to see it evolve into a big multi day event, like an indie E3 sort of thing.
But these games really show that you don't need cutting edge graphics to have a good time. If anything, low tier graphics just make it so that more people can play these games as most of them seem to be able to run on a potato.
Think the very first mod for Selaco I will either download or just make myself if no one else does it, will be a red blood mod. I'm just not a fan of the pink blood at all.
I am looking forward to KINGPIN, not because I will play it....I finished it 4 or 5 times. I bombarded 3D Realms on Twitter for years and I am sure that project will be delayed. Even if it comes out it looks like there is not much of a revamp going on there. GRAVEN looks good but the only game I am really interested in is SELACO. This boomer shooter thing isn't my cup of tea and not because I don't like them. It is over saturated with mediocre titles like Ion Fury etc. I played enough of them in the 90''s and 2000's ;)
Lot of cool trailers, but sadly lots of old shit is still unfinished. It is not a good sign, I understood that 3D Realms want to be publisher for those cool projects, but they lack actual milestones and management.
Wow there’s a bunch there for me. Wizordum, Agent64, and Twisted Tower. So many boomers seem chaotic, I don’t need hoards, just some class level design and quirky things. I can’t stand linear story games like COD etc where you’re trapped into a sequence of play out mechanisms where nothing else works. And trying other things sometimes even glitch. Visuals over gameplay is a bad recipe developers have hunted for the last decade or more.
The only thing that bothers me is that these games take 3+ years to produce, and there are constant delays, yet 25 years ago a few sweaty nerds could make a game like this under a year.
The perma death ruined project warlock 1 for me, turns each life into a fraction of your true health in what is just a roguelike where each chapter is a game. And considering how poorly designed the bosses are. Its like it doesnt want to ne played. A shame considering how pretty it is
What do you call "original"?! The last time I checked, the last thing gamers want is "originality". Every year they buy the same FIFA, the same COD, the same Assassin's Creed... Their definition of "a good atmosphere" is basically anything that looks ugly and dark. And as for gameplay... one button for light attack, one for heavy attack, a parry, a dodge roll and they'll sell their mom for a 7th sequel... So... What's your definition of "originality"? Another Dark Souls clone? Or a Doom Eternal clone in pixel art?
Selaco is still my most anticipated game
Thank you for your kind words, it means a lot! And bonus points for pronouncing Selaco correctly.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Can’t wait to play it!
Thank you for featuring Wizordum and for the kind words!! 🧙♂🔥
Of course! Sorry I mispronounced it!
@@KIRKCOLLECTS ahah. I had to double check when I didn't find any result on steam. That game looks really special and I don't want to miss it.
Thanks for the recap. Those events are a bit too big for my tiny brain :)
Looks absolutely fun and something to be immersed in.
Hope it arrives on PS. Or Mac at a push.
Every time you make one of these, my steam wishlist gets larger and my bank account gets emptier. Bless you, Kirk
Your welcome? Lol
08:37 Incision, you forgot to put this in the description.
thank you!
I hope that Agent 64 is popular enough to get a console release, because going through that entire game in co-op on a TV, will send me straight back to when I used to play TimeSplitters. Because TimeSplitters is awesome, and this is basically as close as I'm going to get to having another one.
Of course if it doesn't get a console release, I don't mind hooking up a laptop to a TV.
Also that Core Decay looks awesome. I just hope that there's an option to turn on bi-linear filtering for the textures. The game already looks really nice as is, but my preference is always bi-linear filtering (what can I say, I prefer smears to blocks), even more so once you realize bi-linear filtering is always on for the games that's it's taking inspiration from such as Thief and Deus Ex. If you're going to play on my nostalgia, you can't half-ass it by shoehorning in modern preferences.
Glad to see the Wrath dev speak up, thought that was dead in the water.
Just letting you know that Retro Space isn't time stamped in the video or the description it starts at 3:56
Appreciate you!
Retro Space in particular looks like a ton of fun to me
New golden age of old-school FPS games
I think 1.5 hours should be the MAX length, definitely breaking into 3 days would be amazing
I am not paying anything for 1.5 hours lmao. And im romanian too
Fantastic content as always Kirk. I DEFINITELY want to check out Twisted Tower. Also can't wait for more Dusk
nice video! I'm currently hyped for Graven, Selaco and Core Decay
the graphics style of core decay look a lot like 90's arcade lightgun games but gritty. Reminds me a liiiiittle bit of Due Process and I love it
Good to see You alive, Kirk.
Thank you for putting out these kinds of videos! Watching the 4-hour stream is a bit much for me lol
Babe wake up, KIRK COLLECTS just uploaded a new video
Another top notch video from Kirk! I added a couple of games to my wishlist. But honestly, I'm getting a little bit tired of all those games releasing in Early Access or after a loooooong delay. I actually cringed when I saw "Delay fit for a king" in Ion Fury Aftershock trailer.
So instead right now I decided to play some free mods for retro shooters. I finished "Marrow" episode for Blood, and it was so good I wanted to play some more Blood. So I decided to check "Fleshed Out" mod, and OH MY GOD, it is superb. Recommended for any Blood fan. I also downloaded "Venturous" TC for Doom, but only played one level, and it's also good as far as I saw.
I like Kirk Collects.
Thanks for the Recap :)
Great rundown
Thank you!
Great one Kirk, ty. Nice to hear Aftershock made it and that Core Decay may get in reach. Kingpin leaves me with a little question mark over my head but Selaco will definitely rock.
thanks for making this.
Thanks for watching!
Gracias por el resumen, youre a master!
thx for the list!
thas was very interesting video! thanks! Spasibo!
Ive never seen a games reveal meetup where i know im gonna buy 25%, and this one? Im gonna buy 70% of the games
the army of darkness chof killed me
funny thing about the kingpin remaster footage they showed where they were comparing the remaster to the original game
both videos were of the remaster and not the og pc game lol
Been waiting for your summarized videos, thanks Kirk!
The show was so big this time....omph. Bought Blood West 1 Day before, downloaded the Cultic Bonusmap instantly and bought the Iron Fury DLC instantly when it came out. Think i am busy for the next 2 weeks xD. A lot of the stuff in the show looked interesting, i think core decay and retrospace might turn into some interesting gems if they get them right.
Good work sir
Thanks!
As always, great State of Boom!
I loved this video, alot of great games coming. Just wish 3D realms would do a crossover game with Duke Nukem and Lo Wang (shadow warrior)
I kind of appreciate the positivity because I pretty much buried PF after 5 minutes but I just don't see how the overall direction of that game is good. They seem to be heavily relying on the notion that Duke Nukem Forever style, more elaborate interactivity is something that people enjoy while in general that just doesn't seem to be the case for an FPS. When it comes to shooters unsurprisingly I like shooting stuff, navigating the environment, experimenting with my movement options or searching for secrets. Playing minigames, engaging in crane puzzles and turret sections are not in my top 100 preferred activities in a shooter so focusing on those while compromising things like levels design doesn't seem like a very solid pitch to me.
It's just hard to imagine a DNF clone not being dead on arrival nowadays when there are so many more exciting options in the retro FPS scene, not to mention getting away from things like strictly linear level design being a fairly important part of the retro shooter "mission statement" in general.
After recently beating Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (twice), I'm really looking forward to Core Decay.
Side note: the Phantom Fury demo is abysmal.
Yeah the demo was a bummer, but its still a work in progress, I'm optimistic.
Yeah, it was, but they announced it only a year ago. I believe, it will come 2025 maybe, so they got plenty of time.
Selaco support for steamdeck is something I want to see, but also seeing how the demo is suuuuper heavy and unplayable on the steamdeck they will have to do a lot of work to make it run smoothly. We seen this where a title gets “steamdeck compatible” badge, but most people don’t know that it doesn’t mean “runs well” it just means “it works”. Valve should really rethink how they use that verification as we got a looot (a lot lot) games that are 20fps stutterfest, but are “verified”.
By what metric is our current demo 'suuuuuper heavy and unplayable' on a Steam Deck? What version did you play? Because we have yet to receive complaints about the game being unplayable on a Deck. Most reports mention 40-45 FPS and that's in a build that's a year old.
Is the Core Decay protagonist not big into books? Or maybe his vision is augumented?
Phantom Fury's chunkiness is delicious
Isn´t it Wizordum? Anyway, very good summary, as always.
Yeah an extra 'r' snuck into the title, whoopsie!
Love this channel. May boomer shooters live on forever
I want Soldier of Fortune remaster or remake. (
Hell yeah brother!
Was given Aftershock as a gift recently 😊😊
Going through the original again, then the new campaign and arrange mode. Loving it so far, game feels great. Yep best one yet , Jared drinking the spoiled milk lol
Looking forward to Project Warlock ch 2 and 3, the lost chapters and the full Forgive Me Father 2. Oh Core Decay and Graven too.
Realms Deep 2023 was awesome 😎
Whenever I see that trailer for Wizordrum and that charging fireball in between the character's hands I think it looks like a small rotating cheese pizza.
Pizza magic!
should check out friends vs friends a comp boomer shooter for sure. Its almost a disguised boomer shooter
Im just hoping a few are on console...with motion control support.
Not sure about Macabre
Since it's on a saturday and I'm a married boomer, I very much prefer the 4 hours show. Just get me some snacks and enjoy the show
What's the song at the beginning of the video?
I never finished prodeus after the 1.0 release wiped my progress....
But DAMN that DLC looks gorgeous. I think I'll just play that instead
Prodeus is a really well made shooter but i have to admit - i never finished it too. At the moment we entered the prodeus dimension the maps turned out so......weird for my taste that i lost interest in finishing it, instead i played 3 times through up to this point. Great to see that they turned away from the prodeus dimension into a completly new, more attractive setting.
same here, it's not a bad game but there's "something" missing. I played 3 or 4 hours and basically forgot I even had it.
DUSK HD BABY
You misspelled duskdevs last name tho. Cmon now gotta respect the artists. Can't be takin out whole ass letter Zs for convenience
Aw damn, that’s my bad. Dave knows I love him tho.
Edit: he just had a baby! Go wish him congrats!
Funny you didn't mention Age of Hell... do you really know something no one else but me knows about Hellforge Studios? HMMM?
As per usual, I find your takes to be some of the more balanced out there and less prone to over-excited hype or getting too "angry gamer" at things that disappointed *cough Phantom Fury cough*.
I'll agree on the runtime being off. Every year I've found Realms Deep to be a bit of a crapshoot when it comes to run times. Is it over 2 days and 2 hours each? 3 days with varying lengths? One mammoth day at 4 hours? You never know beforehand and I ended up clock watching after the 2 hour mark. There is only so long you can hold the attention of aging folks who had one can of Monster for the memes before they start to think "I'm flagging. I have work in the morning. It's 1 am and I need to sleep."
Than you! I like to keep things entertaining and constructive, I’m glad it’s coming across that way.
I’m curious to see what they do next year, I think it’s a good problem to have, it’s be fun to see it evolve into a big multi day event, like an indie E3 sort of thing.
I seen the title and kind of got worried another channel has a thing called the Realm lmao but now I see its a sale.
Whew.
I'm hoping for a PS5 release of Dusk and Cultic. I want em real bad.
Me too, I want Dusk on everything. The Switch port was great.
Think you missed Retrowave '84?
But these games really show that you don't need cutting edge graphics to have a good time. If anything, low tier graphics just make it so that more people can play these games as most of them seem to be able to run on a potato.
4 hours is like work, what you never play civ_
You weren't interested in Agent 64?
Agent64 is in there towards the end, I goofed and didn't put the timecode in 😅 Thanks for pointing it out!
Edit: 10:43
Think the very first mod for Selaco I will either download or just make myself if no one else does it, will be a red blood mod. I'm just not a fan of the pink blood at all.
I am looking forward to KINGPIN, not because I will play it....I finished it 4 or 5 times. I bombarded 3D Realms on Twitter for years and I am sure that project will be delayed. Even if it comes out it looks like there is not much of a revamp going on there. GRAVEN looks good but the only game I am really interested in is SELACO. This boomer shooter thing isn't my cup of tea and not because I don't like them. It is over saturated with mediocre titles like Ion Fury etc. I played enough of them in the 90''s and 2000's ;)
"JC Denton?" Don't you mean Adam Jensen?
Nope.
I thought you hated ion fury.
You should watch the full review.
Lot of cool trailers, but sadly lots of old shit is still unfinished. It is not a good sign, I understood that 3D Realms want to be publisher for those cool projects, but they lack actual milestones and management.
Personally steam shooters kinda blend together when you start playing them back to back tbh and they start to feel boring.
Wow there’s a bunch there for me. Wizordum, Agent64, and Twisted Tower.
So many boomers seem chaotic, I don’t need hoards, just some class level design and quirky things.
I can’t stand linear story games like COD etc where you’re trapped into a sequence of play out mechanisms where nothing else works. And trying other things sometimes even glitch. Visuals over gameplay is a bad recipe developers have hunted for the last decade or more.
The only thing that bothers me is that these games take 3+ years to produce, and there are constant delays, yet 25 years ago a few sweaty nerds could make a game like this under a year.
Most of these games are made by one guy. And standards are higher than they were before.
The perma death ruined project warlock 1 for me, turns each life into a fraction of your true health in what is just a roguelike where each chapter is a game. And considering how poorly designed the bosses are. Its like it doesnt want to ne played. A shame considering how pretty it is
Lol dusk HD
wtf
Is it a prerequisite to look 90% exactly like the games that inspired you..
Most of the games look awful and unoriginal outside of the games we already knew about
What do you call "original"?! The last time I checked, the last thing gamers want is "originality". Every year they buy the same FIFA, the same COD, the same Assassin's Creed...
Their definition of "a good atmosphere" is basically anything that looks ugly and dark. And as for gameplay... one button for light attack, one for heavy attack, a parry, a dodge roll and they'll sell their mom for a 7th sequel... So... What's your definition of "originality"? Another Dark Souls clone? Or a Doom Eternal clone in pixel art?
happy new year Kirk. Christmas came early
Just in time for halloween, happy thanksgiving to you!