The art style definitely reminds me of Marathon, as well as the implied lore of artificial intelligence false gods. Tycho was one of the main A.I. characters in the Marathon Trilogy. The game also reminds me of Baroque, which involves a citadel tower and false angels. EDIT: Pattern buffers!
There was an old mod for Doom that was meant to turn into a Metal Slug total conversion, turned every hitscan enemy into projectile shooters and this felt alot like that. Especially the occasional reaction you get when you melt someone with the flamethrower.
While I genuinely enjoy this game, I've never seen or found a trailer for it online. The lack of attention could definitely stem from that. Thanks to Gman, I found out this existed.
I saw someone say that The Citadel could be likened to Brutal Doom meets H-Doom which, while discrediting the unique art and gameplay, seems accurate at a surface level
shame you didn't mention the effects of the flamethrower on the enemies. these screams are burned into my mind. also, regarding the soundtrack, there are links to almost every song in the readme file in the game's folder.
Do you know if this game has mods? The HUD sucks for me being vision impaired. Usually not an issue for these types of games because larger text to copy the style of games that inspire th double up as an accessibility feature.
This may be late, but there are options that allow you to make your hud larger. Not sure if it makes it big enough to work for you personally, but it does increase the size quite a bit.
Love the old school 90's anime style to it Also i will go ahead and say its based for being one of the rare games to have blood and guts apply to mostly women for a change ans not just just exclusively men
i always felt sad about the enemies, idk if it's intended but it always looked to me like the femininity of the enemies has to be hidden under weapons and armor, kinda forcing their self to be hidden until you brutalize them
I made this remark many times like it's some gotcha piece of trivia, but there are both male and female enemies. In this vision future humanity is androgynous. If anything they are infantile, with angels in a role of their corrupted parents.
I don't know about the "controversy" don't care either, I just really like the gunplay and art style. Seriously has my favorite guns in a retro shooter. They actually feel like ummm..... guns.
>DUDE WHAT IF ANGELS WERE ACTUALLY DEMONS AND DEMONS WERE ACTUALLY ANGELS LMAO It just wouldn't be a proper boomer shooter if you didn't combine fun gameplay and mechanics with a story/background that is little more than an afterthought.
This looks like a game that has lots of potential but could have benefited greatly from a proper, professional level designer (or even a phonecall to the Duke Nukem / Ion Fury map designers). The maps all look so seamlessly bland like hundreds of "this game didn't succeed" early 90's FPS clones. You can tell there are certain aspects with a TON of hard work on them (the guts explosions, the weapon handling, etc) and then huge blots of lack of effort. Like a painting that has entire sections with no ink. I mean look at that view. 4:27. That view is not 'artistic'. It's 'alpha'. So yeah, lots of potential if this guy works on the rest of his game. Otherwise, it looks very lopsided! Great review!
played this game. good experience, but the game end so bland and empty i felt the game wasn't complete... when i realized the game WAS the compelte version i felt so disapointed... would play again in the future, but i realy wished some updates for the game. maybe an expansion ou maybe the dev could at least do a continuation.
@@czarnakoza9697 not like it's bad if true (i think it is, even if unintentionally), but for some people (me included) lives a weird aftertaste. Some people can't play GTA cus' of pedestrians screams, same here
The art style definitely reminds me of Marathon, as well as the implied lore of artificial intelligence false gods. Tycho was one of the main A.I. characters in the Marathon Trilogy. The game also reminds me of Baroque, which involves a citadel tower and false angels. EDIT: Pattern buffers!
Baroque was the first thing that came to my mind when I played it.
I think he pitch shifted up some command and conquer death screams for the enemies.
I found that annoying.
It's nice to know that after that stupid initial controversy, the game is finally getting the attention it deserves.
There was an old mod for Doom that was meant to turn into a Metal Slug total conversion, turned every hitscan enemy into projectile shooters and this felt alot like that. Especially the occasional reaction you get when you melt someone with the flamethrower.
That sounds like a cool idea though.
While I genuinely enjoy this game, I've never seen or found a trailer for it online. The lack of attention could definitely stem from that.
Thanks to Gman, I found out this existed.
I saw someone say that The Citadel could be likened to Brutal Doom meets H-Doom which, while discrediting the unique art and gameplay, seems accurate at a surface level
This is one of my favorite games of 2020 and I insist every FPS fan play this.
Ooo this game looks sick. Definitely gonna check it out. Great video man.
shame you didn't mention the effects of the flamethrower on the enemies. these screams are burned into my mind.
also, regarding the soundtrack, there are links to almost every song in the readme file in the game's folder.
Do you know if this game has mods? The HUD sucks for me being vision impaired. Usually not an issue for these types of games because larger text to copy the style of games that inspire th double up as an accessibility feature.
This may be late, but there are options that allow you to make your hud larger. Not sure if it makes it big enough to work for you personally, but it does increase the size quite a bit.
@@combatcorncob6334 oh I moved on from this game ages ago. My eyes are pretty fucked. No need to worry.
By far my favourite indie game. Looking forward to the sequel
This game is sick AF. The sequel looks good as hell also.
Holy shit first time some one said “kino” outside of 4 chan
Love the old school 90's anime style to it
Also i will go ahead and say its based for being one of the rare games to have blood and guts apply to mostly women for a change ans not just just exclusively men
I think the technical problems might be on your end mine has been running just fine
i always felt sad about the enemies, idk if it's intended but it always looked to me like the femininity of the enemies has to be hidden under weapons and armor, kinda forcing their self to be hidden until you brutalize them
I made this remark many times like it's some gotcha piece of trivia, but there are both male and female enemies. In this vision future humanity is androgynous. If anything they are infantile, with angels in a role of their corrupted parents.
Great review, finally a great anime FPS.
I would like to recommend checking out a game called "Lunacid".
Thanks, I will!
which is the full name of the anime in the moment 3:52
Legend of galactic heroes
What did you say the Axe was a homage to?
Legend Of The Galactic Heroes Grenadiers
@@dogus4728 Oh, yeah! One of many Japanese Sci-Fi properties that came in the wake of the TV show Space Battleship Yamato.
Lotgh is one of the goat anime
Thank you Marathon man, very cool.
There is something very unsettling about this game, but I love it still.
Nice vid, is your channel name too cool for 'Sekwah' at the end now that you're a famous youtuber? ;)
Famous? Hardly. Thanks tho
I remember trying demo mutu back and then getting in sale this week i im going to play this more when hell diver two nit running.
i think i've played the demo of this one but never checked out the full release
Like the mech parts... Wish there were a full doom style mech game 🙁
Check out "Mekkablood"
How did you get this game to work?
Didnt play the original but playing trough the sequel right now
its pretty good
Also im pretty sure tycho is a reference to marathon
Any chance of doing OF:Red River?
Nah
@@salokin3087 Okay, fair enough.
I don't know about the "controversy" don't care either, I just really like the gunplay and art style. Seriously has my favorite guns in a retro shooter. They actually feel like ummm..... guns.
>DUDE WHAT IF ANGELS WERE ACTUALLY DEMONS AND DEMONS WERE ACTUALLY ANGELS LMAO
It just wouldn't be a proper boomer shooter if you didn't combine fun gameplay and mechanics with a story/background that is little more than an afterthought.
to be faaaiir demons are fallen angels
Am I the only one who got heavy SHOGO MAD vibe from this game?
Aight this convinced me ima buy this game
Wasnt this game basically made by one man?
This looks like a game that has lots of potential but could have benefited greatly from a proper, professional level designer (or even a phonecall to the Duke Nukem / Ion Fury map designers). The maps all look so seamlessly bland like hundreds of "this game didn't succeed" early 90's FPS clones. You can tell there are certain aspects with a TON of hard work on them (the guts explosions, the weapon handling, etc) and then huge blots of lack of effort. Like a painting that has entire sections with no ink. I mean look at that view. 4:27. That view is not 'artistic'. It's 'alpha'.
So yeah, lots of potential if this guy works on the rest of his game. Otherwise, it looks very lopsided!
Great review!
Was it just taken down and re-uploaded?
Minor editing issues and censoring, as well as crediting Doeku properly
@@salokin3087 Ah, fair. Good video. I heard about that game before, but it looks kinda to stiff for me to play.
No sound
For whatever reason, this game didnt grab me. I think the blocky level design didnt help. Good review.
Glad you liked the vidya
Nice
played this game. good experience, but the game end so bland and empty i felt the game wasn't complete... when i realized the game WAS the compelte version i felt so disapointed...
would play again in the future, but i realy wished some updates for the game. maybe an expansion ou maybe the dev could at least do a continuation.
Good news.
@Duamerthrax yeah i know! I can't be more happy!
Game is obvious guroshit. Idk why everone pretends like its not.
It is and that's what makes it enjoyable
@@czarnakoza9697 dude, it's clearly fetishised in this game, you need to be blind to not notice this
@@czarnakoza9697 i mean, there is people like that
@@czarnakoza9697 not like it's bad if true (i think it is, even if unintentionally), but for some people (me included) lives a weird aftertaste. Some people can't play GTA cus' of pedestrians screams, same here
And that's a good thing, it's a horror game you're meant to feel uncomfortable that's the entire point
I bought the game and the sequel, funny thing I can't get either to run.