🎵Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff...🎵 Thanks for being patient with this. I became ill after the Overwatch video. Still ill now, but getting better. Definitely just a cold this time at least.
I'm fucking amazed how many people are still sleeping on Cultic. The bang-for-your-buck in this game is great, and it's just such a fun blend of frenetic shooting and actually decent tense horror moments. And hell, any FPS with a flamethrower that isn't just good but basically the BFG deserves a gold star. It's one of a very few games I've actually *bought* for fence-sitting friends because I think it really deserves it. Guess that puts me in the cult.
Haven't heard of Ionfury but love the others, will def have to check it out! The recent game Elderborn isn't really a shooter but it's brutal and awesome.
THIS is the blood 2 we should have gotten! Comparing Cultic to Blood, is like comparing DOOM 2 to DOOM, it takes everything the predecessor did, and shoots it up to 11, I LOVE IT
The boomer shooter renaissance coughed up as much crap as it has quality, but CULTIC and Ion Fury felt like the biggest breathes of fresh air. Just good old-fashioned chunky, tactile violence in rich, immersive environments, taking all the right cues from the best of the 90's Build Engine. I'm still waiting for somebody to make a right and proper successor to Heretic and Hexen.
I feel a lot of Boomer Shooters are at least Fun While many might not be as great as others, many are still special and at least fun to play through every now and then Maybe i've just not played the crappy ones, or i'm too nice about it But theres plently of great games to go around in this new Era of Boomer Shooters
I'm not entirely familiar with the "Boomer Shooter" genre but nonetheless this video was incredibly entertaining to watch. Keep up the high quality videos king 👍.
A boomer shooter is a style of game that is strongly focused on simple to perceive yet complex capacity of quick tactics in combat and levels designed to further add to the combat and the pacing. Many mistake it as brainless, but often it's due to the sheer speed those decisions take place are hard for people to register in mind.
My absolute favorite thing about Cultic is the *tension* it provides. There are SO many areas I unglued my pinky from the sprint key just to absorb the atmosphere because I was *genuinely uneasy* between the music and the visuals. It’s such a unique take on the genre that kept me engaged the entire way through.
Comments are either: “This game’s great!” Or “Definitely looking into this!” “Eh, not for me.” or “This doesn’t count as a ‘boomer shooter’ for me.” “ **Some comment about the term ‘boomer shooter’ not being accurate.** “ or “ **Angry about ‘boomer shooter’ being in the title.** “
Slow-mo on headshots, damn, reminds me of ZedTime from Killing Floor. I remember when Dread Templar used to have it, current version lacks this feature and I WANT IT BACK!
My only complaint is the default weapon hotkey, remapped that and was gold. Shotgun is always 3, machine gun on 4 Literally everything else was perfect
I played the demo recently on very hard, and it sure was very hard. I just don't like how enemies can spot an hit you from miles away, since I could barely make them out. I'd have to guess whether something was an object or an enemy at a distance. Maybe all of this is just cause I was playing on very hard.
Nah, the game apparently has the same thing with cultists in Blood, in which the second they see you they fire at you with hitscan weapons. And the art style can really screw with your perception (from what i’ve seen).
I'm pretty familiar with Boomer Shooters, but I think this is the one that made me have the distinction between Quake and Doom types, and I'm more a Quake fan. Still, extremely excellent game that is.
@@miaruuu8375 its just fps games that look like those 90's shooters, which "boomers" used to play. Though technically I don't think those people are old enough to be considered boomers, not that its a scientific term anyway (or not that i like the term :d).
Good job dude... I find myself eager to understand what the cult in cultic is and is up too .. I'm pining for the backstory of the action and I've never touched a button of the game... Maybe never will. You did your job well in this video
So Ive only watched four minutes of this review, got curious and saw that this is one of the gems that offer a demo version, so ofc I tried it. Its magnificent and I bet that the way I felt while playing it was exactly like the feeling my dad had when he played the old Doom
Dude, your reviews and playthroughs are so detailed, smooth and well done! You must be an excellent seller! 😂 Btw, are Shadow Warrior (1997) and Hexen II considered "Boomer Shooter" games too? 🤔
One of my all time favorites is Quake 1 for many reasons, but it's hard for me to find other games of that era and such that peak my interest. Quake 1 was an absolute gem. But look at this game. it's 10 bucks, and HAS A DEMO!!!
I wonder if the game is originally in hi-color with a 8-bit color filter on top, or if it was initially made with only 8-bit. Obviously this is their decision of style but i would prefer if it had just a slight bit more color. Then it would look about like Unreal (1998)
Actually the slow-mo on kills mechanic was done much earlier than AMC squad. Killing floor had the mechanic and it was originally released as a mod in 2005, with a standalone release in 2009.
@@ivanromanchenko459 Max Payne had you control the slow motion for the most part, and focused the camera on the enemy you killed, not kept the camera from your perspective.
....I'm embarrassed to say, but I only played this last Fall, and thought the first level that was all that was worked out. Looks like I owe it another go, if there was 10 whole levels so far! Loved Blood - at least the parts that don't annoy the daylights out of me. Cultists jabbering while I'm lighting them up was one of my favorite parts about it, and I've recently learned there's actually a mod that gives the cultists that same voice pack in Cultic.
Living in rural America is great! There are few (if any) people, but people from more urban areas just come in and treat us like we're a tourist attraction.
The only thing I'm not a fan is the color pallet. Sometimes it fucks up level design because it's so bland all around and you can't see where to go or what to do. Beside that, hell of a game! Boomer shooter finesse.
I hope this makes its way to Xbox. Would love to have Cultic, Quake, Quake 2, Duke Nukem, Boltgun and Prodeus all in one place. They need to get Blood onto Xbox as well.
Love this game, and I usually can't stand FPS games for over an hour or so. This I completed happily, just waiting for the episode 2 to come out one day. This game just looks, sounds and feels so damn good.
The sound of the video was so poorly mixed that I didn't notice any music in the background untill you mentioned it playing in the video and then still could not hear anything when trying to put my attention to it.
You made me aware of this game, and I think it might be one of thr best FPSs I've ever touched. The only thing that could possibly make it better was if it was as moddable as DOOM.
When you said that blood uses voxels, that’s not completely true, in the original blood many objects, especially environmental objects, did not, with the keys as an exception, blood fresh supply does give the option to turn them on though. Also I don’t mean for this to come off as antagonistic it’s just something I noticed.
"If you dont want spoilers, go to here!" *Proceeds to buy the game, plays it in its entirety, and comes back to the video* Me: "Spoilers? What spoilers?"
Honestly outside of the visuals and the atmosphere, this game is nothing like Blood. It’s more like a first person RE 4 imo. Either way it’s still stupidly good at being what it is.
The real question is, will Cultic follow the *true* boomer shooter route and front load the first 3rd of the game with all the good stuff, leaving the other 2/3rds kinda meh?
“30 year old boomer” meme, that’s where the term “boomer shooter” is derived comes from. No, the meme doesn’t literally lump older millennials and younger gen x’ers as part of the baby boomer generation, it’s more so about mentality, and in this case reminiscing about “the good old days” of first person shooters.
The creator of Cultic said on X that his influence was Resident Evil 4 and (for some reasons) Dark Forces 2. Protagonists` jacket and pistol, monsters, achievement names and other - all references to RE4. Why someone thinking of Blood? It has different tone and story and atmosphere then Cultic.
🎵Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff...🎵
Thanks for being patient with this. I became ill after the Overwatch video. Still ill now, but getting better. Definitely just a cold this time at least.
Grab a glass because there's going to be a flood.
Give em all that they can drink and it’ll never be enough!
overwatch tends to do that to people, yeah
They can fix me proper with a bit of luck!
Have you heard of Hexen?
"Building's haunted... Building's haunted! Gotta burn it down!"
I love how nonchalant and jovial that sounds.
Also, that Neko Arc was unexpected.
Its not everyday a one man passion project like this happens, but anytime it does its always a treat to play through.
"one man passion project" pfp checks out
I'm fucking amazed how many people are still sleeping on Cultic. The bang-for-your-buck in this game is great, and it's just such a fun blend of frenetic shooting and actually decent tense horror moments. And hell, any FPS with a flamethrower that isn't just good but basically the BFG deserves a gold star. It's one of a very few games I've actually *bought* for fence-sitting friends because I think it really deserves it. Guess that puts me in the cult.
Cultic for me joins the ranks of Ionfury, Dusk, Ultrakill and Amid Evil with regards to it's high quality.
Turbo overkill?
@@djanithegamersfm Haven't played it yet but have heard great things.
Haven't heard of Ionfury but love the others, will def have to check it out! The recent game Elderborn isn't really a shooter but it's brutal and awesome.
Ultrakill spotted neuron activated
@@wolfye_ now activating: dopamine injectors
THIS is the blood 2 we should have gotten!
Comparing Cultic to Blood, is like comparing DOOM 2 to DOOM, it takes everything the predecessor did, and shoots it up to 11, I LOVE IT
i think blood was better. but agreed.
Hah, shoots
The boomer shooter renaissance coughed up as much crap as it has quality, but CULTIC and Ion Fury felt like the biggest breathes of fresh air. Just good old-fashioned chunky, tactile violence in rich, immersive environments, taking all the right cues from the best of the 90's Build Engine.
I'm still waiting for somebody to make a right and proper successor to Heretic and Hexen.
Dread Templar is pretty good too. As for Heretic/Hexen I guess for now Amid Evil is the closest you gonna get.
Besides amid evil, Hedon is extremely good fantasy-themed boomer shooter with really nice maps.
I feel a lot of Boomer Shooters are at least Fun
While many might not be as great as others, many are still special and at least fun to play through every now and then
Maybe i've just not played the crappy ones, or i'm too nice about it
But theres plently of great games to go around in this new Era of Boomer Shooters
@@UselessDischarge Hedon 2 is Hexen's Labyrinthian design to the core. It is somehow also striding that line of frustrating and enamoring.
Have you played Prodeus?
I'm not entirely familiar with the "Boomer Shooter" genre but nonetheless this video was incredibly entertaining to watch. Keep up the high quality videos king 👍.
go fast kill demons
He meant Doom Clone
A boomer shooter is a style of game that is strongly focused on simple to perceive yet complex capacity of quick tactics in combat and levels designed to further add to the combat and the pacing. Many mistake it as brainless, but often it's due to the sheer speed those decisions take place are hard for people to register in mind.
@@necrosteel5013 The people who write these games off as "brainless" wouldn't survive the first level of Blood
@@LouSipher ah yes, doom, the wolfenstein clone
17:22 That mess of typing showing up on the paper is pretty cool.
My absolute favorite thing about Cultic is the *tension* it provides. There are SO many areas I unglued my pinky from the sprint key just to absorb the atmosphere because I was *genuinely uneasy* between the music and the visuals. It’s such a unique take on the genre that kept me engaged the entire way through.
i like that CulticGuy has leons jacket from re4 :)
So _that's_ where it went.
Comments are either:
“This game’s great!” Or “Definitely looking into this!”
“Eh, not for me.” or “This doesn’t count as a ‘boomer shooter’ for me.”
“ **Some comment about the term ‘boomer shooter’ not being accurate.** “ or “ **Angry about ‘boomer shooter’ being in the title.** “
I’ve replied to so many of the very latter many a time, believe me. Having to explain the “30 year old boomer” meme is tiring, but it’s a habit.
That skybox tho...so beautiful.
Slow-mo on headshots, damn, reminds me of ZedTime from Killing Floor.
I remember when Dread Templar used to have it, current version lacks this feature and I WANT IT BACK!
The option to disable the music slowdown is brilliant
* Pretentious 🤓☝ comment about the semantics of Boomer Shooter *
My only complaint is the default weapon hotkey, remapped that and was gold.
Shotgun is always 3, machine gun on 4
Literally everything else was perfect
I played the demo recently on very hard, and it sure was very hard. I just don't like how enemies can spot an hit you from miles away, since I could barely make them out. I'd have to guess whether something was an object or an enemy at a distance. Maybe all of this is just cause I was playing on very hard.
Nah, the game apparently has the same thing with cultists in Blood, in which the second they see you they fire at you with hitscan weapons. And the art style can really screw with your perception (from what i’ve seen).
@@Dr.Oofers Enemies do not fire hitscans and I never had this problem of them seeing you before you do.
I'm pretty familiar with Boomer Shooters, but I think this is the one that made me have the distinction between Quake and Doom types, and I'm more a Quake fan.
Still, extremely excellent game that is.
What exactly makes a boomer shooter "boomer"?
@@miaruuu8375 imo i think a boomer shooter a game that looks a plays like a classic fps
@@bigimp3018
so games that reminisce doom and quake that encapsulates the retro style gameplay and nostalgia factor that it brings?
@@miaruuu8375 yeah pretty much but thats just what i think makes a boomer shooter well, boomer
@@miaruuu8375 its just fps games that look like those 90's shooters, which "boomers" used to play. Though technically I don't think those people are old enough to be considered boomers, not that its a scientific term anyway (or not that i like the term :d).
Good job dude... I find myself eager to understand what the cult in cultic is and is up too .. I'm pining for the backstory of the action and I've never touched a button of the game... Maybe never will. You did your job well in this video
So Ive only watched four minutes of this review, got curious and saw that this is one of the gems that offer a demo version, so ofc I tried it.
Its magnificent and I bet that the way I felt while playing it was exactly like the feeling my dad had when he played the old Doom
LOL, THE FUCKING "I LIVE AGAIN" FROM BLOOD :DDDDDD
11:40 is the bane of my existence
I think my favorite part of Cultic was the intro, I'm not sure why though.
How come this video has only 37K views and this channel only 90K subs?! Epic content!!!
Dude, your reviews and playthroughs are so detailed, smooth and well done! You must be an excellent seller! 😂
Btw, are Shadow Warrior (1997) and Hexen II considered "Boomer Shooter" games too? 🤔
yes
Yup les go another video on
great-games-with-retro-graphics-which-I-definitely-should-buy-it-on-steam-summer-sale
One of my all time favorites is Quake 1 for many reasons, but it's hard for me to find other games of that era and such that peak my interest. Quake 1 was an absolute gem. But look at this game. it's 10 bucks, and HAS A DEMO!!!
I gotta finish Quake 1.
@@Dr.Oofers they remastered it recently, plus the 2 DLC, plus 2 new map-packs, so that's pretty great!
I would love something like this in VR and Co-op!
I think the developer is working on a co-op mode, you can watch his devlogs if you want.
Cultic really is Bloods child (that Blood is super proud of)
I wonder if the game is originally in hi-color with a 8-bit color filter on top, or if it was initially made with only 8-bit. Obviously this is their decision of style but i would prefer if it had just a slight bit more color. Then it would look about like Unreal (1998)
Isn’t that the exact opening of Blood? Rising from the grave while saying I live again?
I don't think he actually says that in Cultic. It was a reference though :)
I feel like I should note that the AMC Squad did the 'health items go into field kit' mechanic first. The 'slow-mo upon kills' mechanic too.
AMC Squad? i wasn`t stayed tuned for a long time, since the third episode release, does it contains AMC TC Episodes 1-3?
Actually the slow-mo on kills mechanic was done much earlier than AMC squad. Killing floor had the mechanic and it was originally released as a mod in 2005, with a standalone release in 2009.
@@Gorpmeat also max payne, fallout
@@ivanromanchenko459 Max Payne had you control the slow motion for the most part, and focused the camera on the enemy you killed, not kept the camera from your perspective.
@ivanromanchenko459 the 4th episode was actually released in October last year along with a lot of new updates and the like.
"Gotta burn it down"
Yeah thats valid.
Looks awesome, the color pallette tho, can't see anything at all D:
Take influences from so many places, helps creating something new. At this point you can't even see what the orginal was.
....I'm embarrassed to say, but I only played this last Fall, and thought the first level that was all that was worked out. Looks like I owe it another go, if there was 10 whole levels so far! Loved Blood - at least the parts that don't annoy the daylights out of me. Cultists jabbering while I'm lighting them up was one of my favorite parts about it, and I've recently learned there's actually a mod that gives the cultists that same voice pack in Cultic.
That's literally the Blood intro ... If anyone remember that game.
Not even 3 minutes and this comment didn't age well :D
blood 🔛🔝
Living in rural America is great! There are few (if any) people, but people from more urban areas just come in and treat us like we're a tourist attraction.
I wish a company would make an open world rpg in this aesthetic 😢
Ive been planning to do that. In the meantime, you might want to try Daggerfall (though its a bit clumsy for todays standards) :D
@@heikkiaho6605 daggerfall kinda lacks that modern polish im looking for it makes me crave for more
@@dragonslaya16 yeah i totally get that :d
a boomer shooter that isnt a generic arena shooter where you jump around? fucking finally.
try blood, shadow warrior, duke nukem
hell, even redneck rampage
"I like it so much, I want to get better at it." Welcome to Dark Souls.
The only thing I'm not a fan is the color pallet. Sometimes it fucks up level design because it's so bland all around and you can't see where to go or what to do.
Beside that, hell of a game! Boomer shooter finesse.
I hope this makes its way to Xbox. Would love to have Cultic, Quake, Quake 2, Duke Nukem, Boltgun and Prodeus all in one place.
They need to get Blood onto Xbox as well.
Love this game, and I usually can't stand FPS games for over an hour or so. This I completed happily, just waiting for the episode 2 to come out one day. This game just looks, sounds and feels so damn good.
This and Prodeus are great. Cultic just needs a complete release with many many more missions.
The sound of the video was so poorly mixed that I didn't notice any music in the background untill you mentioned it playing in the video and then still could not hear anything when trying to put my attention to it.
You can't just hit me with that burunyuu. It's almost midnight, I'm trying to be quiet!
I wonder if you've played Iconoclasts and what you think of it.
Absolute favorite boomer shooter, hands down. So good, that it even supplanted the original Blood in my top list of games. Can't wait for episode 2
You made me aware of this game, and I think it might be one of thr best FPSs I've ever touched. The only thing that could possibly make it better was if it was as moddable as DOOM.
I have no interest in playing boomer shooters but I love watching videos about them. Thank you for the great videos.
Not the Tekwar jokes. I wish someone would remake that game the right way.
I bought this game on your recommendation. Loved the hell out of it. Really hope Jason makes an Episode 2
I remember the developer stating RE4 was his primary influence. What a great game.
Living in rural America is pretty sweet nowadays...but oof, back before we got widespread decent internet access it was rough buddy.
This is a certified Civvie moment
Back in the demo there was no slide cool down so you could slide at the speed of light (I don’t know if this is still a feature)
Had to comment even if it’s late, jebus mcreebus this game looks good, like visually it looks so cool
beautiful game flawless looking
You should play Selaco.
jason🤝hakita
single handedly developing some of the best boomer shooters of the entire renaissance the genre is having by themselves
When you said that blood uses voxels, that’s not completely true, in the original blood many objects, especially environmental objects, did not, with the keys as an exception, blood fresh supply does give the option to turn them on though.
Also I don’t mean for this to come off as antagonistic it’s just something I noticed.
I just now realized that the detective is wearing a bomber jacket.
I want this to come to consoles already 😢
Please tell me this will be on console?
Reminds me of hunt showdown too
Only boomer shooter I've beat so far, loved it
"If you dont want spoilers, go to here!"
*Proceeds to buy the game, plays it in its entirety, and comes back to the video*
Me: "Spoilers? What spoilers?"
Is this a Blood spin-off?
Honestly outside of the visuals and the atmosphere, this game is nothing like Blood. It’s more like a first person RE 4 imo. Either way it’s still stupidly good at being what it is.
Lol I also delighted at seeing my horrible typing skills on the paper
If doom/quake style shooters are boomer shooters are battle royales like fortnite and apex Gen Z shooters? 🤔
Seems like it.
Cringe Shooters
now if only if it got a switch port
What do you mean Blood 3 ? There was no Blood 2. No, you're wrong, there wasn't... There wasn't...
Looks just like outlaws to me
I just bought this game because of this video, and holy shit it is fucking awesome
Have you played ultrakill
But the first FPS games were made by Gen X......Who came up with "boomer shooter"?
It’s derived from the “30 year old boomer” meme.
Wish I had a pc to play these games.
oh my god i want episode 2 so bad
How is the battle pass?
This reminds me of Hexen..
I'm sold. Great analysis.
"Doom Inspired"
Is this out for the PS5?
Pra mim o Dev tá cobrando barato ele tem que cobrar mais por essa gema.
The real question is, will Cultic follow the *true* boomer shooter route and front load the first 3rd of the game with all the good stuff, leaving the other 2/3rds kinda meh?
you don't need to finish your dead space 3 review.....i never bothered to finish the game
Cultic is the goat 🐐🐐🐐
Immersive sim vibes. oOo
So before we had a resurgence of 2d platformers. Now we are getting boomer shooters
Sold!
Oi what about prodeus
This is basically blood
The whole game has quality written all over it, but that skybox is gorgeous! Just had to mention it.
Can confirm that living in rural America sucks. Send help.
"boomer shooter" has got to be one of the worst "modern genre rename" Ive ever heard of. Boomers didn't even play "boomer shooters". Millenials did.
True.
“30 year old boomer” meme, that’s where the term “boomer shooter” is derived comes from. No, the meme doesn’t literally lump older millennials and younger gen x’ers as part of the baby boomer generation, it’s more so about mentality, and in this case reminiscing about “the good old days” of first person shooters.
The creator of Cultic said on X that his influence was Resident Evil 4 and (for some reasons) Dark Forces 2. Protagonists` jacket and pistol, monsters, achievement names and other - all references to RE4. Why someone thinking of Blood? It has different tone and story and atmosphere then Cultic.
Well, time to play another game lol