@@shaunkoerner752i think both alternatives are equally funny. If he did, like what the hell, dude, but if he didn’t it would still be a hilarious comment to make on something that has nothing to do with the substance of the comment.
I actually laughed out loud at 27:50. That flying garbage bin is a refference to an old Czechoslovakian movie called "Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule" ("Best regards from the Earth") that follows two aliens who pull Dr.Who at the very beggining of the film, and mask their spacecraft as one of those garbage bins.
The cooking recipes are of course a parody of the post-episode "story" texts in Doom and especially Quake. The ones that rather adorably try to pretend like the game has some kind of plot. They might as well have been replaced with lorem ipsum or something totally arbitrary, so that's what Spytihněv did.
It's not a great vid imo, he is intentionally misinterpreting the critique of socialism and saying that we're okay with socialism, but the only thing we don't like are the bolsheviks and the Soviet style communism. Which is an obvious and ideologically motivated lie, as we Czechs and most other Eastern Europeans are opposed to collectivist ideologies in general, as we know that they are inherently authoritarian and destructive.
The Putin on a pterodactyl is a reference to Quake, which in early stages of development was supposed to have been more fantasy inspired and would prominently feature dragons. Eventually ID software did put a dragon as a boss fight in one of the expansions packs
I played HROT a while ago, and adored it. the oppressive atmosphere througout the entire game kept me engaged, constantly looking forward for the next weird shit on my path. Excellent video on this, just subscribed
It's a good example of why so much media goes for an Eastern European aesthetic to depict oppressive environments. Much like with Nazi Germany the Soviet Empire was an aesthetic that was intentionally designed to be oppressive to people within it.
@asteroidrules Huh? That's moreso due to the neglect and worse conditions during the 80s and after the communist bloc fell. (And in the game seemingly because of the invasion as the video says) Brutalist architecture isn't inherently "opressive", unless you somehow think utilitarianism is opressive which sure, that could be a viewpoint.
@@blackjacka.5097 in the game it's also just oppresive due to all the bummer environments you travel through. bunkers, sewers, uranium mines, castles, etc etc are kinda hard to make less of a downer
As a czech, im really proud of how more recognition Hrot is getting in the more broad and international gaming scene. Great video, and good job, you even did very well on the pronounciation.
Im very glad you went into the guys other games, i always feel that covering stuff outside of the main topic is just always helpfull if anything for sake of the historiy, i didnt even know about Legion . I think looking into a developers history, singular or not is always important but for small / single developers i feel is makes it more important due to how personal the projects usually are since they can basically at anypoint go ''i am going to reffrence something personal or extremly niche'' which ties into their personality and culture And to note how much i love the creator with the creation of Shrot i learned of / discoverd Paranoia II and i LIVE for obscure RTS games and i didnt even know that game existed
Beef stroganoff pairs well with crunchy stuff. Here in Brazil we pair it with straw potatoes :) it works with crispy onion bits as well. Great video by the way! The algorithm sent it by my way and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Hrot isn't, precisely, "peak" or "apex" but more like "sharp tip for piercing (of a knife or needle or arrow etc.)". Aslo kudos for trying with the pronounciation, the H should be more voiced, like in f.e. "heavy" but it's fine :)
Hrot was my comfort game during a very sad part of my life. I'm so glad to see someone covering it with such respect. It provided me with a great escape, especially as a Latin American, immersing myself in someone else's foreign culture like this. You've done something truly wholesome with your video, and I'm a lifelong subscriber because of it. Keep up the great work!
HROT genuinely made me want to learn more about Czechia, someone from there even made a guide called Lost in Translation explaining all the details found in the game, mad props to that person.
adore HROT, jumped in for the 100% completion and kept coming back for each episode release. but holy FK!!!! I had to really dial in to earn that Nu Pogodi minigame achievement........
Thank you for this video! You really did understand the cultural influences and there are a lot of them in this game. So many of the locations, little stories, books, movies, iconography, historical references are represented in this game and for me as a Czech person it is really fun to explore all of this. Also it is really refreshing to hear that this game is not a soviet quake simulator like a lot of youtubers do.
Had Hrot on my wishlist since they've announced it. Watched Civvies run through it, but it was your video essay that made me finally buy it. For the price of a couple beers I get to relive some of my childhood memories. Especially looking forward to that "Nu Pogodi" minigame since I've lost my original console ages ago. Thank you for finally swaying me in the right direction and making the purchase. Goes without saying you've also gained yet another new sub.
3:30 to be fair Quake 1 didn't get OpenGL until post-release (and it wasn't the first hardware renderer for the game either, that was VQuake for the Verite Rendition) 9:30 I expect that Quake's limited color palette was that it was faster to render in 256 color using lookup tables for shading and transparency (remember, when Quake launched it only had software rendering) rather than a means of saving space
I love finding really well-made and passionately-made video essays and then realizing it's from an up-and-coming TH-camr with relatively few subscribers. The next generation of TH-cam videogame essayists is gonna be good. Subscribed!
Got this game when it was in Early Access back before the other episodes were added. As a bit of a nerd it immediately snagged me with the historical context absolutely dripping from HROT, even in small background things, secrets in the game were also a blast. The cookery is fantastic as a little reward too.
Holy shit, you brought me so many memories of my early teens haha. These games are great, especially if you understand the references. Also, War with the Newts is an insanely good SciFi novel. Yes, we do drink an insane amount of beer. And Hrot has a fuckton of references to various Czechoslovak commie time memes, so many that it is almost imposible to note them all. It is a bit of a reminder of something we Czechs universally share and perhaps do not realise how limited it is. Just how few people in the world get it and how precious and incredible that is.
Shoutouts to "Channels with only a few hundred/few thousand subscribers that have better editing and writing than some with a few million," gotta be one of my favorite genders (subscribed)
Everything good said about the video I sign under, genuinely great channel. Subscribed. And since no one has mentioned it - nice aim, seriously, you literally lock in with hitscan guns.
Oh hey, I live a short drive away from Jilemnice, it's a town with a beautiful historical chateau (turned into a museum), and one of the best steak restaurants in the country. It also played a crucial role in popularising skiing in Bohemia. Maybe I should play Legie. :D
Super interesting game, I remember seeing it for the first time and thinking "What the hell is this" then immediately fell in love with it, good video btw dude, keep it up
didn't spoil the ending for myself but honestly this video was a really ncie suprise from such a small channel, the production value with the 3d rendered sets at the start were fun too!
Got this video recommended.. these days game analysis channels are a dime a dozen, but I love your tone, your cadence and your writing, instead of focusing on memes and jump cuts. Eloquent, without never feeling boring. Subscribed!
Loved your channel hopefully you can continue creating more content and not getting stuck in your head. you can only go up from here man such solid content.
Fantastic video! The way you use 3d and talk about other related culture from that year is tasteful and very welcomed, I think youtube could really use a good video game culture essayist that doesnt only treat video games as video games but as an art medium as well. Congratulations, you could go very far with this level of quality. Subscribed.
Really cool video ! I remember having the same desire to discover a new culture with the Kingdom Come game. After playing it I went to visit Czech Republic and I really enjoyed discovering this country after having played the game !
the quality of the camera, the non-existent lighting and the half-life shirt at 18:15 make me think that this video was made in 1996 (even though Half life wouldn't come out till '98) Very well played. Very well played indeed :D
The HROT demo was one of the most striking demos to burn itself into my brain in the last decade. I just kept playing it over and over. This was before the full release. I'm ashamed of myself for not buying yet, so I'm going to after I finish this vid. It really feels like a classic that came out in the Quake era, and that's unique to modern boomer shooters. Just so good. I also remember the incredible Spytihněv Twitter account building my hype for this title to unprecidented heights. It's a shame how the frequency of game releases can completely distract me, causing a gem like this to fall through the cracks. I need a better way to keep track of releases.
Holy shit someone finally is talking about HROT!!! Playing through this game on the highest difficulty was so fucking fun. This is by far my favorite boomer shooter so thanks for covering it.
This was a fantastic review. It reminded me just how much I love video games. And that's one of the highest praises I can give because I love video games insanely much. And the only other thing that reminds me so well of how much I like video games is playing video games. I like how you tried to capture the feel of what the game wants to showcase. Its love for its inspirations and culture. Which in turn inspires me to continue making games and showing off the things that I love. What I put into games is certainly very different than HROT. I like bright fantastical things a lot more. But what you showed of HROT here does remind me of the love for inspirations and makes me strive to look more into things that I like. Those playfull secrets like the model.train are glorious (and I'll probably steal the recipes as rewards thing). I think I'll end it like this: There's a few books I feel I would REALLY like. So I should get to reading them sometime to find more inspiration on what I do.
hrot is my fav indie boomer shooter, cant wait to watch this edit: such a good vid, you've gained a new sub. It's rly refreshing to see someone reviewing something else than just the game and its gameplay, love the small history/context bits. Great vid and good research please keep it up
Wow really happy I finally clicked this after it being recommended to me. I love these kinds of informative deep dive videos and you seem extremely knowledgeable and a cool dude in general. A weird thing I always get annoyed with is when people suck at the games they show off or play. I LOVE Civvie but oh man does he suck ass sometimes so watching someone who is actually skillful is a nice change! Your grenade kicks are on point haha. Instant sub when I saw you mention Frogmonster, I love that game and developer. Looking forward to watching your other videos and upcoming ones!
Fun fact, Karl Capek who wrote War With The Newts is the same guy who coined the term "robot" and the whole concept of a robot revolt in his play RUR. Strongly recommend reading both if you can get your hands on them.
have you ever heard of brazilian drug dealer 3 : i opened a portal to hell trying to revive mit aia I need to close it? it's inspired by brazilian bootleg games
i have! i have it wishlisted on steam bc i thought it looked batshit crazy, planning on checking it out one day to show one of my friends who lives in são paulo. i noticed youve got the same username as the dev, so if youre the same person, i just wanna say that i hope the development goes smoothly!
@@Yeij Thanks :D it's a honor to know you're interested in my game :) My game is basically a game as culture too, the main objective is make a homage to brazilian bootlegs of the 2000s and the culture of my country, hope you like it, i'm putting my heart into it, hope ur friend like it too :D and thank you so much, development is going great :) Cheers!
I really liked the video but I have to disagree on one thing. The portrayal of soviet figures is not meant to make them look like tragic and they are certainly not there to be sympatized with. The stuff you see everywhere where Lenin and such are praised are real life propaganda that was plastered everywhere back then. I can assure you that Spytihněv is very much anti-communist and basically 98% of both Czechs and Slovaks are too because of what soviets did back in the last century and even couple of years back. Other than that I really enjoyed the video and you've made a really unique analysis. After watching this I will give Legie a try for sure. Thanks.
@@honzzz_ by tragic i was meaning more as in how despite some earnestly good intentions, the socialist experiments in eastern europe didnt really pan out. also, has spytihněv posted/said that they’re anti-communist? i’d like to see that because that would make my interpretation of the story more interesting imo. again, i’d need to read more about lenin and soviet history to have a properly formed opinion, so im sorry that i may have come off as sympathetic to certain aspects of soviet leadership. thanks for watching though, i appreciate the comment.
@@YeijYes, he is anti-communist. The problem is that this game is full of references and people who haven't lived in such countries simply wont understand. I am from Slovakia and my Austrian friend had like half the fun I did. Great video btw.
@@Wormopera No, it is not one dimensional. I'm Czech too and we don't share the American/British millenial fascination of marxism, we think very differently as a whole, because we know that socialism and all other collectivist ideologies are inherently authoritarian and destructive. Not a single person I've ever met in Czechia and Eastern Europe in general was sympathetic towards marxism, but it seems that it's sadly the opposite in Western Europe and some American states.
I made a comment and then deleted it purely because it highlighted my own ignorance. You have been making videos for years, and the quality of this one really does show it. Hrot is a banger of a shooter, played it ages ago when it first came out. Might just have to play it again
Found you on the suggestions while watching a Grimbeard video. Took 30 seconds to get a sub. Articulate, high production value, and, after checking your twitter, not a weird racist of some type. Good enough for me.
Great video, I'll have to watch the other ones you've made ! I had a similar reaction to HROT : no other game made me read Wikipedia articles or hyped me to read a novel (War with the newts looks great) ! Love from France ! edit: You've got a new subscriber
As good as this video it's (it's really good) the thing I appreciate the most is you not pretending that it's funny to stumble over the names. I worry my eyes will eventually fall out from rolling them so hard.
This video actually got a _ton_ of views compared to all his other uploads, and it will most likely get way more in the next few days/weeks, since the algorithm seems to have picked it up.
I played all of Hrot, beat it, and loved it. I haven't played all of Prodeus. It's not that it's bad, it's that it didn't keep my interest as much as the deep horror of fighting the mutant creatures in the midst of a Slavic country, drinking wine and eating bags of skim milk to get by moment to moment. Getting jumpscared never felt so good.
yea i didnt mean to come off as a prodeus hater or to make the game look bad, i actually enjoyed it enough to finish it. imo it's overrated but admittedly has some pretty good level design towards the end game. despite not being as flashy as a lot of boomer shooters, hrot's too special and full of character to not be considered one of the best in its genre.
Thank you youtube algorithm Actually insightful essay you clearly did your research and have stuff to say You deserve way more views unlike some 30h retrospectives that have nothing to say and just summ up entirety of the game also "hrot" is a slang term for drama
you still robbed my momma back in high school, I remember.
@@Stonedsquash nah buddy, this tells me everything I need to know
That sounds like a skill issue on your momma's part
Huh what do you mean did he actually do that
The fact you don't know about the bullying tragedy of '89 tells us everything we need to know about you SMH @@shaunkoerner752
@@shaunkoerner752i think both alternatives are equally funny. If he did, like what the hell, dude, but if he didn’t it would still be a hilarious comment to make on something that has nothing to do with the substance of the comment.
I live in Prague, so HROT had an added layer of enjoyment for me due to all the "Damn, I know this landmark" moments hahah
I actually laughed out loud at 27:50.
That flying garbage bin is a refference to an old Czechoslovakian movie called "Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule" ("Best regards from the Earth") that follows two aliens who pull Dr.Who at the very beggining of the film, and mask their spacecraft as one of those garbage bins.
As a czech citizen i must say, HROT is closest as it gets to experience czech republic as a native
😂 tyvole!
Waiting for someone other than Civvie to talk about this.
Still waiting for him to make a PRO HROT vid.
Why do I feel like this is gonna get Civvie some mandatory electrocution
The cooking recipes are of course a parody of the post-episode "story" texts in Doom and especially Quake. The ones that rather adorably try to pretend like the game has some kind of plot. They might as well have been replaced with lorem ipsum or something totally arbitrary, so that's what Spytihněv did.
Boris of "Life of Boris" is also a foodie.
"sorry to any Czechs watching"
It's okay dude. It's a great vid.
It's not a great vid imo, he is intentionally misinterpreting the critique of socialism and saying that we're okay with socialism, but the only thing we don't like are the bolsheviks and the Soviet style communism. Which is an obvious and ideologically motivated lie, as we Czechs and most other Eastern Europeans are opposed to collectivist ideologies in general, as we know that they are inherently authoritarian and destructive.
@@commie_removerYeah, if there’s anything I know for certain, it’s that former Soviet Bloc countries despise socialism & communism.
The Putin on a pterodactyl is a reference to Quake, which in early stages of development was supposed to have been more fantasy inspired and would prominently feature dragons. Eventually ID software did put a dragon as a boss fight in one of the expansions packs
ohhh yea i see that now. the putin fight's just so insane that i never thought about dissolution of eternity lol. thanks for sharing!
@@Yeij Thank YOU, dude! Thanks to you I learned that HROT means PEAK. My buddy and I are still laughing 😆! Definitely subscribing for more
I played HROT a while ago, and adored it. the oppressive atmosphere througout the entire game kept me engaged, constantly looking forward for the next weird shit on my path. Excellent video on this, just subscribed
It's a good example of why so much media goes for an Eastern European aesthetic to depict oppressive environments. Much like with Nazi Germany the Soviet Empire was an aesthetic that was intentionally designed to be oppressive to people within it.
@asteroidrules Huh? That's moreso due to the neglect and worse conditions during the 80s and after the communist bloc fell. (And in the game seemingly because of the invasion as the video says)
Brutalist architecture isn't inherently "opressive", unless you somehow think utilitarianism is opressive which sure, that could be a viewpoint.
@@blackjacka.5097 in the game it's also just oppresive due to all the bummer environments you travel through. bunkers, sewers, uranium mines, castles, etc etc are kinda hard to make less of a downer
0:24 MY EYES, IT'S SPINNING BACKWARDS
ignore that lol i realized it too late after rendering the animation
As a czech, im really proud of how more recognition Hrot is getting in the more broad and international gaming scene. Great video, and good job, you even did very well on the pronounciation.
Im very glad you went into the guys other games, i always feel that covering stuff outside of the main topic is just always helpfull if anything for sake of the historiy, i didnt even know about Legion .
I think looking into a developers history, singular or not is always important but for small / single developers i feel is makes it more important due to how personal the projects usually are since they can basically at anypoint go ''i am going to reffrence something personal or extremly niche'' which ties into their personality and culture
And to note how much i love the creator with the creation of Shrot i learned of / discoverd Paranoia II and i LIVE for obscure RTS games and i didnt even know that game existed
26:29 I'm glad you made that exception, MandaloreGaming's videos about the trilogy and Pathways Into Darkness made my head spin around
You going into Putin's mouth and blowing up his heart is actually a reference to the final boss of Chasm, the Time Judge.
holy shit youre so right. first played it years ago but have been meaning to finish a second playthrough
Beef stroganoff pairs well with crunchy stuff. Here in Brazil we pair it with straw potatoes :) it works with crispy onion bits as well.
Great video by the way! The algorithm sent it by my way and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Hrot isn't, precisely, "peak" or "apex" but more like "sharp tip for piercing (of a knife or needle or arrow etc.)". Aslo kudos for trying with the pronounciation, the H should be more voiced, like in f.e. "heavy" but it's fine :)
Hrot was my comfort game during a very sad part of my life. I'm so glad to see someone covering it with such respect. It provided me with a great escape, especially as a Latin American, immersing myself in someone else's foreign culture like this. You've done something truly wholesome with your video, and I'm a lifelong subscriber because of it. Keep up the great work!
12:13
Dat feeling when you finished hrot multiple times and didn't know you can kick back grenades.
really good video, definitely deserves more views. Seeing the meals being cooked reaaaaally made me crave some stroganoff lol
Drinking to regain your health ?
I can see this is a Czech dev alright
HROT genuinely made me want to learn more about Czechia, someone from there even made a guide called Lost in Translation explaining all the details found in the game, mad props to that person.
adore HROT, jumped in for the 100% completion and kept coming back for each episode release. but holy FK!!!! I had to really dial in to earn that Nu Pogodi minigame achievement........
Thank you for this video! You really did understand the cultural influences and there are a lot of them in this game. So many of the locations, little stories, books, movies, iconography, historical references are represented in this game and for me as a Czech person it is really fun to explore all of this. Also it is really refreshing to hear that this game is not a soviet quake simulator like a lot of youtubers do.
Had Hrot on my wishlist since they've announced it. Watched Civvies run through it, but it was your video essay that made me finally buy it. For the price of a couple beers I get to relive some of my childhood memories. Especially looking forward to that "Nu Pogodi" minigame since I've lost my original console ages ago. Thank you for finally swaying me in the right direction and making the purchase. Goes without saying you've also gained yet another new sub.
3:30 to be fair Quake 1 didn't get OpenGL until post-release (and it wasn't the first hardware renderer for the game either, that was VQuake for the Verite Rendition)
9:30 I expect that Quake's limited color palette was that it was faster to render in 256 color using lookup tables for shading and transparency (remember, when Quake launched it only had software rendering) rather than a means of saving space
I must say, thanks to this video, this was one of the best games I've ever played.
I love finding really well-made and passionately-made video essays and then realizing it's from an up-and-coming TH-camr with relatively few subscribers. The next generation of TH-cam videogame essayists is gonna be good.
Subscribed!
Got this game when it was in Early Access back before the other episodes were added. As a bit of a nerd it immediately snagged me with the historical context absolutely dripping from HROT, even in small background things, secrets in the game were also a blast. The cookery is fantastic as a little reward too.
Holy shit, you brought me so many memories of my early teens haha. These games are great, especially if you understand the references.
Also, War with the Newts is an insanely good SciFi novel. Yes, we do drink an insane amount of beer. And Hrot has a fuckton of references to various Czechoslovak commie time memes, so many that it is almost imposible to note them all. It is a bit of a reminder of something we Czechs universally share and perhaps do not realise how limited it is. Just how few people in the world get it and how precious and incredible that is.
Shoutouts to "Channels with only a few hundred/few thousand subscribers that have better editing and writing than some with a few million," gotta be one of my favorite genders (subscribed)
Only stopping the video because I think you’ve sold me on HROT and don’t wanna spoil any more than I have to.
This video is punching way above it's weight for someone with less than 1500 followers. Hell yeah, can't wait to see what comes along!
Everything good said about the video I sign under, genuinely great channel.
Subscribed.
And since no one has mentioned it - nice aim, seriously, you literally lock in with hitscan guns.
Oh hey, I live a short drive away from Jilemnice, it's a town with a beautiful historical chateau (turned into a museum), and one of the best steak restaurants in the country. It also played a crucial role in popularising skiing in Bohemia. Maybe I should play Legie. :D
This is a super thoughtful video on this game. I'm glad to see something like this out there for it, nicely done.
Awesome video, man! I love the way this game looks, and I'm going to have to pick it up when I can.
"two Fishmans albums" YES BLESS 🎉🔥
Excellent production values
Fantastic video and commentary. Looking forward to the next one!
Super interesting game, I remember seeing it for the first time and thinking "What the hell is this" then immediately fell in love with it, good video btw dude, keep it up
I hear you with that Hedon background music. I hear you. Quality.
God bless TH-cam for recommending me this video. AMAZING work brother, seriously, phenomenal knowledge on videogame history. You got a new sub mate.
didn't spoil the ending for myself but honestly this video was a really ncie suprise from such a small channel, the production value with the 3d rendered sets at the start were fun too!
This is actually really good! Keep up the good work man!
Holy shit man your underrated as hell and I watched your HROT review and dude your a gem
seeing swans namedropped on a video about Hrot got an immediate sub outta me. im stayin tuned
Got this video recommended.. these days game analysis channels are a dime a dozen, but I love your tone, your cadence and your writing, instead of focusing on memes and jump cuts. Eloquent, without never feeling boring. Subscribed!
When you look at the patch notes for HROT from around February 2022 then the final boss makes A LOT more sense. Massive respect for the dev.
I was scrolling through these comments and thought for a second that I had commented but we just have the same pfp
@@aaronryan1259
Loved your channel hopefully you can continue creating more content and not getting stuck in your head. you can only go up from here man such solid content.
10 minutes into the video, i installed HROT myself. about to play it
honestly, found this video late one night, and as the video unfolded i bought it. no matter what you say i need to experience this for myself.
Hrot is a masterpiece, amazing video!
Fantastic video! The way you use 3d and talk about other related culture from that year is tasteful and very welcomed, I think youtube could really use a good video game culture essayist that doesnt only treat video games as video games but as an art medium as well. Congratulations, you could go very far with this level of quality. Subscribed.
love the video style man great editing and audio definitely deserves more views and I'll be here when u blow up 🔥
I love it when youtube actually recommends me good content from a small channel
Fishmans mention, immediately subscribed
Great vid! Especially that you get into the cultural background and even cooked a meal for the video!
one of the greatest things I experienced this month. It always feel awesome to find a very high quality video on a small youtube channel
i'm at only 1min of the video and the montage is so incredible, great great job man
Really well done video. Love this game .
THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!?
INSTANT SUBSCRIBE!!!!!! will probably check this game out.
The game is full of things I remember from being a little kid that aren't around anymore, it's fucking cool
Really cool video ! I remember having the same desire to discover a new culture with the Kingdom Come game. After playing it I went to visit Czech Republic and I really enjoyed discovering this country after having played the game !
Holy shit I havent heard anyone reference UGK for like 2 decades now almost forgot it existed, banger artists.
the quality of the camera, the non-existent lighting and the half-life shirt at 18:15 make me think that this video was made in 1996 (even though Half life wouldn't come out till '98)
Very well played. Very well played indeed :D
Awesome video! Instantly suscribed
modest mouse!!! instant masterpiece of a video
The HROT demo was one of the most striking demos to burn itself into my brain in the last decade. I just kept playing it over and over. This was before the full release. I'm ashamed of myself for not buying yet, so I'm going to after I finish this vid. It really feels like a classic that came out in the Quake era, and that's unique to modern boomer shooters. Just so good.
I also remember the incredible Spytihněv Twitter account building my hype for this title to unprecidented heights. It's a shame how the frequency of game releases can completely distract me, causing a gem like this to fall through the cracks. I need a better way to keep track of releases.
If it wasn’t for the fact I played Dusk recently before Hrot’s release, I would’ve been all over it.
Holy shit someone finally is talking about HROT!!! Playing through this game on the highest difficulty was so fucking fun. This is by far my favorite boomer shooter so thanks for covering it.
Dude, nice montage
-Why should I even be interested in this game?
-You fight Putin mounted on bear
-Say no more, I'm in. They know my secret desires
This was a fantastic review.
It reminded me just how much I love video games. And that's one of the highest praises I can give because I love video games insanely much. And the only other thing that reminds me so well of how much I like video games is playing video games.
I like how you tried to capture the feel of what the game wants to showcase. Its love for its inspirations and culture.
Which in turn inspires me to continue making games and showing off the things that I love.
What I put into games is certainly very different than HROT. I like bright fantastical things a lot more.
But what you showed of HROT here does remind me of the love for inspirations and makes me strive to look more into things that I like. Those playfull secrets like the model.train are glorious (and I'll probably steal the recipes as rewards thing).
I think I'll end it like this:
There's a few books I feel I would REALLY like. So I should get to reading them sometime to find more inspiration on what I do.
20:57 “Sběrač hopsinek” 😂😂😂
hrot is my fav indie boomer shooter, cant wait to watch this
edit: such a good vid, you've gained a new sub. It's rly refreshing to see someone reviewing something else than just the game and its gameplay, love the small history/context bits. Great vid and good research please keep it up
great video man. I absolutly love it❤
He's back baybe!!
Very good video! One might even say peak. Thanks!
Bro only 600 views??? you deserve way more! good job
glad to find this video and see it doing well. the more people are aware of these easily missable gems the better. OP, go play Ashes 2063 next!
Excellent, you sound like you may become one of my go-to youtubers, like Accursed Farms, Grim Beard, Logan from Earth, Majuular, One shot eye.
being compared to ross scott or grim beard is one of the highest honors i could receive. thank you, that means a lot!
Wow really happy I finally clicked this after it being recommended to me. I love these kinds of informative deep dive videos and you seem extremely knowledgeable and a cool dude in general. A weird thing I always get annoyed with is when people suck at the games they show off or play. I LOVE Civvie but oh man does he suck ass sometimes so watching someone who is actually skillful is a nice change! Your grenade kicks are on point haha. Instant sub when I saw you mention Frogmonster, I love that game and developer. Looking forward to watching your other videos and upcoming ones!
Holy shit, the editing is ON POINT! How are you not WAY more popular?! the vibe is *IMMACULATE*
Fun fact, Karl Capek who wrote War With The Newts is the same guy who coined the term "robot" and the whole concept of a robot revolt in his play RUR. Strongly recommend reading both if you can get your hands on them.
have you ever heard of brazilian drug dealer 3 : i opened a portal to hell trying to revive mit aia I need to close it? it's inspired by brazilian bootleg games
i have! i have it wishlisted on steam bc i thought it looked batshit crazy, planning on checking it out one day to show one of my friends who lives in são paulo. i noticed youve got the same username as the dev, so if youre the same person, i just wanna say that i hope the development goes smoothly!
@@Yeij Thanks :D it's a honor to know you're interested in my game :) My game is basically a game as culture too, the main objective is make a homage to brazilian bootlegs of the 2000s and the culture of my country, hope you like it, i'm putting my heart into it, hope ur friend like it too :D and thank you so much, development is going great :) Cheers!
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I really liked the video but I have to disagree on one thing. The portrayal of soviet figures is not meant to make them look like tragic and they are certainly not there to be sympatized with. The stuff you see everywhere where Lenin and such are praised are real life propaganda that was plastered everywhere back then. I can assure you that Spytihněv is very much anti-communist and basically 98% of both Czechs and Slovaks are too because of what soviets did back in the last century and even couple of years back. Other than that I really enjoyed the video and you've made a really unique analysis. After watching this I will give Legie a try for sure. Thanks.
@@honzzz_ by tragic i was meaning more as in how despite some earnestly good intentions, the socialist experiments in eastern europe didnt really pan out. also, has spytihněv posted/said that they’re anti-communist? i’d like to see that because that would make my interpretation of the story more interesting imo. again, i’d need to read more about lenin and soviet history to have a properly formed opinion, so im sorry that i may have come off as sympathetic to certain aspects of soviet leadership. thanks for watching though, i appreciate the comment.
@@Yeij The fact that these are the conversations being had shows what an amazing job you did on this video
@@YeijYes, he is anti-communist. The problem is that this game is full of references and people who haven't lived in such countries simply wont understand. I am from Slovakia and my Austrian friend had like half the fun I did. Great video btw.
someone being Czech or Slovakian being 98% more likely to hate soviets is, to say the least a very one dimensional way of looking at people
@@Wormopera No, it is not one dimensional. I'm Czech too and we don't share the American/British millenial fascination of marxism, we think very differently as a whole, because we know that socialism and all other collectivist ideologies are inherently authoritarian and destructive. Not a single person I've ever met in Czechia and Eastern Europe in general was sympathetic towards marxism, but it seems that it's sadly the opposite in Western Europe and some American states.
I was not expecting the Soundtracks for the Blind shoutout at the beginning.
I made a comment and then deleted it purely because it highlighted my own ignorance. You have been making videos for years, and the quality of this one really does show it. Hrot is a banger of a shooter, played it ages ago when it first came out. Might just have to play it again
Found you on the suggestions while watching a Grimbeard video. Took 30 seconds to get a sub. Articulate, high production value, and, after checking your twitter, not a weird racist of some type. Good enough for me.
Cool video, I'll give it a play.
Great video.👍
21:04 Clumsy Kaiju mention 💪
algo blessed me w this one
Great video, I'll have to watch the other ones you've made !
I had a similar reaction to HROT : no other game made me read Wikipedia articles or hyped me to read a novel (War with the newts looks great) !
Love from France !
edit: You've got a new subscriber
As good as this video it's (it's really good) the thing I appreciate the most is you not pretending that it's funny to stumble over the names. I worry my eyes will eventually fall out from rolling them so hard.
Great vid, cant believe you dont get more views
This video actually got a _ton_ of views compared to all his other uploads, and it will most likely get way more in the next few days/weeks, since the algorithm seems to have picked it up.
I played all of Hrot, beat it, and loved it. I haven't played all of Prodeus. It's not that it's bad, it's that it didn't keep my interest as much as the deep horror of fighting the mutant creatures in the midst of a Slavic country, drinking wine and eating bags of skim milk to get by moment to moment.
Getting jumpscared never felt so good.
yea i didnt mean to come off as a prodeus hater or to make the game look bad, i actually enjoyed it enough to finish it. imo it's overrated but admittedly has some pretty good level design towards the end game. despite not being as flashy as a lot of boomer shooters, hrot's too special and full of character to not be considered one of the best in its genre.
Thank you youtube algorithm
Actually insightful essay
you clearly did your research and have stuff to say
You deserve way more views
unlike some 30h retrospectives that have nothing to say and just summ up entirety of the game
also "hrot" is a slang term for drama
Damn good video mate