DUSK Review
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- DUSK is a 90's retro style FPS taking cues from Doom, Blood, and Quake in battling cultists and Lovecraftian horrors from beyond the veils of time. Sounds like Halloween!
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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Game Premise
1:00 - Visuals
3:27 - Music & Sound Design
5:36 - Gameplay Mechanics
10:00 - Issues
11:12 - Modes, Multiplayer, & Conclusion
12:16 - Credits
13:22 - The Man at the End - Ігри
DUSK on GOG - gog.la/Quake2Fangame
THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
It may not be as gorgeous as the classic 2.5D games but man is it fun
WHERE IS SSETH ???
How do people suggest new games?
Do you got a Lets Play channel?
As for my Halloween Season game I like Darkest Dungeon. I know it is popular enough that it doesn't need a video.
now time for something obscure - Planet Alcatraz, Boling Point.. something that were not touched by anyone else
Who put PA on your list anyway? Where did you found info about that game?
Ty for the vid. Have u seen civvie11’s vids on Dusk?
"If more games had a weapon spin button we'd be in a better place"
*Memories of spinning lightsabers in KOTOR as I walked around the hubs.*
Deep Rock Galactic has a unique animation for every gun if you hit reload when the magazine is full, and it's great. Everything from flipping your shotgun or giving the minigun barrel a spin to pulling out one of the massive bullets for the autocannon and balancing it in hand. It's become second nature for me to reload and flip the engineer's shotgun after every kill. More games do need this feature.
ah, the fun of walking through manaan spinning your double bladed lightsaber like a boss.
It almost became meditative. If I was walking alone, I *had* to spin the sabers. Also something weird is if you hammer the key to spin, sometimes it would queue up the commands all at once before causing you to twitch violently as you spun the blades 5 times in a second.
I've never reclaimed the high of being and 8 year old and finding out I could spin my lightsaber in KOTOR.
*Dedicated* *meatspin* *button*
"then you find out that with the right timing you can deflect bullets."
OR... you don't, and you find out a year later watching a UA-cam video of a game you've already bought, played, and finished...
Yeah, didnt know that sickles could do that. You get the explanation with the sword though.
JcGross found that out completely at random^^
@Jay marlin found that one on accident lol
Don't you just hate that? There are 3 games I've played through without realizing that either: there was a cover system that made stealth and gun fights FAR easier, weapons had an alternative fire mode and or a charge shot, and last and definitely least, I once played through an entire melee centric game without realizing there was a block mechanic.... and a crouch button... and a dodge mechanic.
@@Mygg_Jeager its like the anecdote about a father beating all of COD then asking how to switch out of Colt or whatever pistol they had as base weapon.
The motivations of classic fps guys
Doomguy: they killed my rabbit
Kaleb: they killed my friends
Duskdude: I love goooooooold
Well I guess we know the size of Duskdude's hat...
**rubs hands in hebrew**
xXTrippleCrippleNippleFishXx hey hey people
Duke Nukem: "Nobody steals our chicks... and lives."
Lo Wang: "Revenge is dish best served raw." (or "You no mess with Lo Wang!")
postal dude: buttsauce
I mean really he shares the love of gold with Garrett
"These secrets are fairly obvious"
me playing Dusk: *am I disabled?*
0:16
"Forget reality surrender to your darkest dreams" - top right
"Make us whole" - middle left
"Mandalore gaming" - middle bottom
What about bottom text?
The spookiest is the middle bottom.
@@argetlam05 what about the comics sans power bottom up there?
Second is dead space. First is... Fffffffuck.
what alphabet is that?
“Where is save data located?”
“in the balls”
New Blood games community page is an endless source of memes
@@JeanMarceaux Dave Oshry is the CEO I aspire to be, failing that, Gabe Newell.
11:07 *sees blood red hurricane*
Mandalore: *shoots at it*
Flawless logic right there.
A shotgun is the ultimate key after all.
Says a lot about a person when they decide to shoot at the hurricane
I threw a soap bar at it...
imagine my despair when it didn't work
If it works for people Florida it'll work for him.
I've fought everything else that's not bolted to the floor if you think I'll stop at a weather anomaly you're sadly mistaken
The developer implemented a bar of soap. It one hits every enemy, including bosses.
Upon hearing how silly this was, they proceeded to make the bar of soap even stronger because it was funny.
How did they make an one-hit weapon even stronger? Does it kill every enemy twice?
Chu Chow It was already a 1HKO. The dev updated the game so that it now does 100 million points of damage.
them: "game balance is a delicate art that requires great care and-"
me: "the soap does 100 million damage now because it's funny." That’s the tweet in its entirety.
@@net_imp Other options: "Make it pierce through enemies", "Make it restore your stuff", "Make it attract/deflect projectiles that are moving your way", "Make it generate a forcefield that reflects all incoming damage", "Make it absorb the projectiles it hit mid-air resulting in AoE hits instead of normal hits", "Make it throw multiple projectiles at the same time", "Make it leave a soapy puddle that dissolves any enemy that touches it", "Make it ricochet off the walls/objects", "Make it chain between enemies in sight".
Imagination is the limit.
lol I was wondering what was up with the soap in every level I didn't realize it was the most op weapon in the game
@@admiraltonydawning3847they did add the deflect explosion on their other game lol
"A long awaited trip to space."
We finally got that Elite Dangerous video bois
Wrong, Freespace may dude!
Space Citizen Controversy Pt.2
Freelancer.
@@yaldabaoth2 mmm yes please.
I wish that game had offline mode
Dat ending. The ending worthy of the King o' Limbo
I still have flashbacks to that King of Limbo song.
He's had his up his had his downs but I think we should crown him the king of limbo
"Not subpar work being called retro."
A thousand times this. Too many times "retro" is just an excuse to skip effort.
One example?
@@metaverse9883 Just browse through the backwater indies of Steam, you'll find plenty of examples
Mighty No. 9, for one.
@@metaverse9883 PS1 "Demakes" come into mind as well.
>Sees blood tornado.
>Shoots blood tornado.
Yep, that's Dusk.
"Killing is fun!" - Mandalore, 2k19.
Is he wrong tho?
He’s not lying
But only killing the bad men
Ever since that sbarro, he just can't stop
Well, we all need some stress relief.
Dusk lulls you in with a fun bombastic first act before transitioning into nightmare fuel. Those invisible bastards and long faced things that charge at you freaked me the hell out every time they popped up
The Wendigos and Horrors are probably the most effective bowel-clearers in the roster. Maybe the Bone Balls too.
11:08 "there is a blood tornado. i know how to solve this problem"
**fires shotgun**
Someone asked on the Steam forums where the save data was located. One of the devs replied "in the balls".
So excited that mandalore is starring in the new star wars movie
It's a show
Series
A shotgun is the ultimate guest key. - Mandalore, October 31st, 2019
"Melee weapons deflecting bullets is something dumb that I hope stays in video games forever"
One of the best quotes in video game review history.
Is it? Really? You must be 14.
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@@nathaniliescutotherescue6047 yes it is. people enjoy having fun
@@nathaniliescutotherescue6047 boomer identified
@@nathaniliescutotherescue6047 saying "you must be 14" is some real 14 year old shit
"What is he doing?"
"Hes beginning to believe."
Mandalore might just be a Rubric Marine, echoing the voice of some chaos sorcerer in the warp, as the intro suggests.
The sorcerer's name probably begins with 's' and ends with 'h'.
EXPLAINS WHY HE WORE GLOVES IN EMPIRE EARTH REVIEW!
Mandalore being a Kairos Fateweaver style Lord of Change with Sseth as his second head confirmed.
So, he and Sseth are not multiple personalities after all. They're a Rubric Marine and an african warlord stuck in a Rubric Marine sent to take over the Slaaneshi den of YT.
@@vantuz8264 That makes so much sense.
"swoocing right in"
don't think i didn't catch that
RaikohZX SWOOCE
What I wanna know is where's the caveman?
The malt shop!
Am I glad he's frozen in there and that we're out here!
RaikohZX No idea what that’s a reference to, but he mentioned Vanquish and that makes me happy
Mandalore sneaking in OH MY SHOULDER in his reviews is always a highlight to me
5:06 Was that Billy Herrington saying "Ah my shoulder!"?
Mandalore puts at least one gachimuchi reference in all of his videos.
YOU TORE MY FUCKIN PANTS
Guess you missed the strongest weapon in game, the piece of soap.
I wouldn’t dare tell people about the soap or crystals
@@MandaloreGaming Good, last time players complained about it the devs made the soap more powerful.
Mischief. Chaos. Soap.
Is this filthy gamers need hygiene joke?
@@MandaloreGaming Civvie 11 told most of us already.
Loooking at the intro. Mandalore is a member of Ruinous Powers! Heretic!
Nurgle all the way
randomlenny he is obviously tzeench champion and his alternate personality is a mix of tzeench and slaneesh.
manh phuc intelligent organ harvesting
We should have known
By the Emperor, destroy this thread
"The Quake 2 we never got" is an incredibly good compliment
Heard that and subscribed to this channel. A perfect description of this game, maybe also “the Blood 2 we never got”.
@@chrishargreaves7911 This is NOT the quake 2 we didn't get not by a long shot
For me, it's the Quake 4 and Painkiller 2 we almost never got.
The Stephan Weyte at the end was perfect.
I can already hear Civvie creaming his pants before the tazers come out.
He already has xD
5:08 I HEARD IT GachiBass Clap
One of my all time favorite games! The movement the leveldesign with it's environmental storytelling.. just an overall exceptional shooter
Edit: Forgot the fantastic music!
"The Middleschool S" is the absolute perfect name for that symbol. Wow was that off the cuff?
The game looks cool. They should make a Dusk 2 that's based off of the 2000's.
That idea sounds like id from Quake 1 to Quake 2
Sure, why not
"They should make a Dusk 2 that's based off of the 2000's" uhm so Serious Sam and Painkiller? NO THANKS. What made those 90's shooters so great was their intricate level design, the 2000's ruined that.
@@Cosmic_Cretin both of these were amazing. I've known an architect absolutely stan Painkiller for the level design
@@martinkrauser4029 how a level looks and how great it is from an architectural standpoint has nothing to do with the level design. At the end of the day games like Serious Sam and Painkiller are just a linear sequence of arenas that throw waves of enemies at you, and that is a serious downgrade from the free flowing map based design of the 90s.
@@Cosmic_Cretin While I fully admit serious Sam's levels are very linear, and it is just waves of enemies, those are _exactly the reasons_ people play serious sam. You dont play it for the level design, you play it to get the feeling after getting into a 1 vs 500 fight and coming out on top.
i love how the "Assault rifle" is clearly an M60 machine gun
I knew we were in for a treat when I saw Andrew Hulshult's name on the credits.
his metal rendition of E1M1 is, in my book, the definitive edition
Hmm Sseth hasn’t uploaded yet
You tempt the Devil!
Whatcha mean? 'Es right 'ere
He uploaded a week ago
Accidental double upload to this channel
Hilarious and original.
>Massive blood tornado of horror moving towards him
>Shoots at it with shotgun
My man.
The horror part of this game really caught me off guard.
Who did you expect at the end of all this? God? The Devil, perhaps? No... it's just... me.
I love the wendigos and that little scare chord that plays when they get decloaked. I don't know how but they made it unnerving without being annoying.
“The basement door opens”
Let's just say I never want to play Crypt of the Flesh ever again.
@@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 "my pants need changing."
"At the speed of a Su-37"
This one of the most specific and most fitting explanations i've ever heard.
The most important part of any Mandalore video: listening for the gachi.
"You can strafe-hop and flip around at the speed of a Su-37"
That gives me a very vivid mental image...
3:53 man is duel wielding shotguns while climbing a ladder I love it
Mate, I love your work. I've watched everything you've done on this channel at least 3 dozen times. I know you might not see this but I just want to say thank you.
Damn, Mandalore's on a row.
*roll
@@DraconisMarchVII
I mean Mandalore could be on a row for all we know.
Bandage4u Honey
Do you think Civvie 11 is his neighbor
I swear his voice sounds like that guy who blew up a Sbarro in Philliy in '07
10:05 That crossbow reminds me of the one from heretic
11:08 Everyone shoot the tornado on their first run.
I threw the soap at it, then noped TF out.
@@Deadsnake989 if the almighty soap cant stop it,nothing can
You gotta be kidding me, this has got to be my best day ever! I just bought Dusk like an hour or 2 ago and started playing it and then MandaloreGaming uploaded a video about Dusk. Haven't watch the video but It's gonna be really good. Thanks! :D
Oh you are in for a ride, Dusk is an experience.
6:44 "As a bonus there's a crouch slide. This is perfect for swoocing right in under obstacles..."
really
subscribed
Amazing content always. Greatful for your uploads.
I knew this review was coming since the last video ended with " you are worthy " .
The art style of technically limited games often tried to squeeze as much visual fidelity out of their limited means as possible. The result often was a simple, yet well done style. Quake is a great example of this. Or Silent Hill 2.
"Retro" shooters often think that you need to make something purposely look bad, and the design shows this: They did not approach this from a point of "I have 80 polygons for this object, how can I model this as well as possible? Can I use texture work to obfuscate my lack of polys?" - instead, they come at it from the reverse angle: "This object needs to look as crude as possible - let us showcase just how few polys we used for this."
Dusk understood the difference in approaches, and that is why it looks like a homage, while a lot of others look like crap.
Well the crossbow firing green bolts was done first in a game called "Heretic"
@SonofEyeaboveall Effoff Yeah I'm doing a play through of Hexen again now, never finished it when I was a kid when I first played it. Loved Heretic as well, tried Heretic 2 but didn't get far, I have Hexen 2 so I'm keen to try that after Hexen 1. Much easier to understand the puzzles as an adult :P Big difference from Wolfenstein style key hunting
@SonofEyeaboveall Effoff I also noticed each Hero you can play as has slightly different monster placements/compositions. Have you played it with a source app like GZDoom or something or just played the dos version?
@SonofEyeaboveall Effoff Ill have to check out Legacy of the Serpent Riders. I never heard of the later two, but they do sound interesting. Have you tried "Chocolate/Crispy Doom" launcher? Thats meant to be more for legacy mods than modern scripted mod Wads. I had Doom 3 on Xbox unfortunately so I had to buy the BFG edition to play on PC. It feels strange with the torch being removed completely but the game wasn't changed too much. I would have liked the option to at least still use the torch the way it was in the first release. Seems too easy peaking into corners with the shotgun, its loses some of the tense atmosphere.
Good jobs, Mandalore. Thanks for the video and Happy Halloween
0:19 The (seth)tzeentchian one looks good on you
I was waiting for this comment.
6:45 Watch Mandalore SWOOCE right in
This was a really fun review to watch, thanks for making it!
I'm happy to see some many new videos of yours for the last month, your reviews are really nice. Also, I've bought Cultist Simulator and Darkwood because of your reviews
The thing I love most about this channel is the gems I discover because of it, and the in depth analysis that helps me decide if it’s worth my time to visit them at all!❤️😁
It's a good time to get Dusk, it's on sale right now, and the co-op/SDK release is coming along hopefully soon.
Will certainly check it out when I’m home tonight, thanks for letting me know!
Dr. Spog Zallagi will the coop be an update to the original game with no added price?
It's a good source for soundtracks and/or musicians I normally wouldn't be privy to.
I was actually playing this when I got the notification. Creepy.
Me too Haha!
Me too...
What?
7:57 Holy shit, I never realised that room, is constantinus's rubrics cube-like room! That's a noice homage
"serum of blistering heat"
That's pretty funny
This is the first crossover between the videos of Mandalore and Civvie.
That;s all I came to say.
Nah there’s also Shogo
I want a Power Rangers esque crossover between Civvie, Ross Scott, Mandalore, Sseth, and LGR.
Actually, that'd be one hot mess... of awesome.
Second*
Shogo was the first one
@@planescaped About same but with Mandalore, Civvie, Tehsnakerer, Kreal and Shammy
@@planescaped fund it
"...Additionally there's a crouch slide, ideal for swoosing right in.." Ah, a man of culture I see
I appreciate that you put the track titles for the music in the captions
Thank you for reviewing this, dusk is one of my favorite games of all time and it’s good to see someone dissect it and talk about its brilliant inner workings
"If you get the timing right"
Proceeds to spam and deflect everything.
Even the Emerald Splash?
Wasn't the last review like a week ago mandalore?
Am I dreaming now?
Am I in my Guilt Cycles?
I don't want to leave!
How are your legs?
Let’s Rock’N’Roll Baby!!!
Who knew the cycles of guilt could be so much fun.
Such a great video. Whenever you show me something that you like. I always buy it and play it through. Thanks for being so awesome.
No one could have fucking prepared me for the sheer spectacle that was Mandy as a Thousand Sons Rubric Marine. Godspeed you wonderful man.
Haven’t played it but I REALLY want to. If Quake is my favorite retro shooter, then Dusk is probably going to become my favorite modern retro shooter.
Highly recommended. Quake is one of my all-time favorites too, and after episode three, Dusk is a new addition to my list.
But what will be your favorite retro modern shooter?
Man if nostalgia was a chemical like adrenaline. Then DUSK would have OD'd me on Quake nostalgia the moment I figured out you can strafe jump. The game is well worth the $20 I paid for it.
@@Deadsnake989 Strafe jumping is great, except some of the levels are too small for me to constantly strafe jump around. I really miss QW strafe jumping.
13:40
Too spooky.
_Shake a leg, Briggsy!_
lol just started watching your videos. loving the intros w/ the goosebumps theme lmao.
Your comment on pyro’s video brought me. Subscribed! Great analysis!
I loved every second of this game. Honestly even kind of enjoyed it more than Doom 2016.
Had to settle for Quake instead but it's on my list coming up
That jumpscare in the end, tho
lmao that ending i love you mandalore
i love halloween becuase mandalore uploads more this month than the rest of the whole year
This gun has full auto: drrrrrrraa
And fuller auto: *drrrrarrrrrarararrrrrraaaa*
EYE: Divine Cybermacy
Hey hey people.
Seth Here!
Overused joke here
reddit here
I made Sseth a page on TVTropes a while back for cataloging stuff. Should I make one for Mandy as well?
@@denseaf1582 Why would you make him two pages?
3 Videos in one month? Great job, keep it up bro
Another wonderful review, Sseth.
they need to make more arcade style games like this more often. games like this have so much personality.
This was one of my first PC games ever. It was a great intro to PC gaming. Love this game. After this one I bought Amid Evil by the same people that made Dusk. Another great game I spent hours on.
wow! i got this on your recommendation, and just completed my first playthrough. what a blast!
mandalore reviews 3 weeks in a row, my heart can’t take this.
Considering that remark about an Su-37 at 6:34
when are you going to make a video about the Ace Combat series?
Panzerfan93 I often wonder if it’s obscure enough. Especially since 7’s out now.
I just don’t know how much he’d have to talk about. A couple years back I emailed him some info about the cut content in 3 as well as the english subs patch for AC3 JP.
But as a whole the series tends to have contrived or dumb stories (outside of AC04) with amazing soundtracks and solid gameplay.
@@IntrusiveThot420 There's plenty to talk about with the series. Stuff like how Ace Combat 4 only has an English audio track or Ace Combat 5's hidden polar bears. Also should note that Ace Combat 4 is on The List.
It's on THE LIST. And he wants to talk about the full Ace Combat 3 no less.
Mandalore is a man of highest culture.
This is what we have missed from fps. It's the speed of it. I loved the realistic guns from many of the shooters but so many slow games. My biggest disappointment is not seeing the reload sequence for the double barrel. Think of Doom 2 vs Quake. Love the reload sequence for Doom.
love you man! enoy all your stuff :-)
Happy Halloween Mandanurgle.
You're shooting out new videos faster than I can watch the last one
that's adderall for ya
You can't find 20-30 minutes over the course of an entire week to watch a youtube video? You must have an incredibly busy schedule.
It's your fault I listened to the cha cha slide ten times today
This review is particularly hilarious. I definitely want to pick this game up, thanks Mandalore!
I loved the fuller auto meme. I first found your channel through that clip on some random Instagram page. Love E.Y.E, love funny reviews. What can I say I'm a simple man. Have a nice day, thank you
I’ve watched most of your reviews and I understand that wholly endorsing a game isn’t something you usually do, but with this review that feeling comes across very well. I’m no fan of shooters in general, much less the rooty-tooty-point-and-clock-adventure-game-modern-shooty.
This though, I’m hooked.
Much like the other indie, obscure and just plain forgotten games you and your fellow reviewers cover, this is a prime example of what you reviewers can do when the normal channels of communication get clogged with ads or just hype for something that is worth hyping about.
Keep it up and thank you for your work.
Seriously one of my favorite retro style shooters. We need more quake-likes, everything has become too CoD-like, or TF2-like class based shooters. I miss fast movement with insane jump physics, and finding the gun you like just on the floor instead of having to grind for it
Hearing mandalore being/getting excited about stuff in a games never gets old for me
Got this on your recommendation, and god DAMN am I satisfied with this one. Thanks for the review Mandy
Honestly I blew milk out of my nose that I was drinking from the limbo ref. At the end
9:15, don't think I didn't notice that you where shooting to the battlefield theme.
Now you have to do battlefield 1942 and 1943.
Good catch
I love the more frequent content!