@@icecold1805 what if civvie exist in a alternate dystopian world where everyone are prisoners? except for the elite of course. also in this alternate dystopian world the gov is owned by google so were obligated to make youtube content if we dont/refuse to make content or fail to please our algorithm robot overlord . . . . . well youve seen how they treat civvie if not go watch his other videos for context.
I love how Civvie occasionally changes Blake Stones name to things like "Dick Marble, Chad Feldspar, Nigel Basalt" it reminds me of the MST3K episode where they watch Space Mutiny and make up a dozen different macho names for the main character like "Smoke Manmuscle, Crud Bonemeal" etc. If this is some kind of reference to that then bravo Civvie, bravo :D
I wonder how many he came up with. Gordon Pebble Bertie Alabaster Derek Chalk St John Granite Benedict Obsidian Percy Pumice Quentin Quartzite Phillip Schist Danny Boulder Patrick Gneiss
I legit want a Blake Stone reboot. A shooter thats a call back to pulpy sci fi and spy thrillers would be honestly real awesome, there is some real potential there
The game was surprisingly fun, though I only played Planet Strike. Could not tolerate low res weapons and slightly worse lighting of the 1st game, even if it is apparently better. Music was good, atmosphere good, in general way more fun than Wolf3D.
There is very much a reason to go to floors you've already cleared - to pick up the ammo and, more importantly, health packs you'd left behind because you didn't need them at the time!
Doubling back to previously-beaten levels is such a unique feature that I haven't seen it duplicated in any other game, despite how strategically useful it is.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 It'd be a vacuous live service with Borderlands style randomized loot, a lifeless open world and terrible AI. Forgive me if I'm a little cynical about modern gaming. Although an indie boomer shooter reboot? That could be very interesting.
The shareware of Blake Stone is burned into the deep recesses of my brain. I didn't expect such a strong nostagia hit on a Sunday morning. Thanks Civvie!
I remember in the demo there was a jump scare with a big green alien in it that scared the shit out of me as a kid. And that's why I'll always remember Blake stone
@Conner The Dawn of War series was pretty fun from someone that doesn't even like RTS games. I mainly just enjoy the lore and bullshitting with my cousin about 40k events/ current events.
I'm surprised the level of restraint Civvie showed when he found the healing item literally called Raw Meat. The Gordan Ramsay clip for the R.apid A.ssault W.eapon absolutely had to happen though.
I did the Alan Grant “ohhh” from Event Horizon when I saw this post. Finally, Civie addresses the game that caused me so much pain, but brought me so much joy as a child.
The first FPS I ever played with my dad. He would be on the controls while I would mash spacebar as he hugged the walls searching for secrets. Love this game!
One thing I discovered during my playthrough is that there are sometimes electrified areas that can only be turned off by a switch on a higher floor, so then once you find the switch you can go back to the lower floor and collect the rewards!
I liked Blake Stone at the time; our 386 really struggled with doom (it was just barely playable with terrible settings), but wolf3d clones were no problem.
People forget how bad the typical PC would have been in those days. A lot of people lag on PSX Doom for its choppy frame rate and slow game play, but it would have been a masterpiece compared to playing on a typical PC at the time, despite the PSX's cripplingly low RAM.
I've been WAITING for this. There's only one more obscure ish shooter I need you to cover now. Island of the dead and you will have covered all of my "too poor for the mainstream" playlist.
The "hidden arenas" informant is not a typo. If you keep wall humping in that area, there's a teleporter to the secret level zero, which is called Weapons Testing Arenas (or something to that effect) and it absolutely is "arenas" not "areas," they are locking monster closets.
It's not a typo the first time you read the line (when the secret level is Security Training Arenas). Looks like the devs recycled it whenever an Informant is in a room with a secret door.
The comic is actually part of the original manual. I had a copy back it the 90's. It was nice of Apogee to include it given manuals were part of the experience back then.
Blake Stone was the first game I ever played so it has a special place in my heart. It always makes me sad to see how overshadowed it was by DOOM. DOOM was certainly the better game but like you pointed out Blake Stone had a lot going for it and was an amazing game that deserved more recognition.
I remember this game. I only ever played a demo of it, but the title screen has always stuck in mind. Even as a kid, I recognized that it was a bizarre fusion of Flash Gordon and James Bond.
Game is available on steam full version i picked it up afew years ago found it to be rather enjoyable after having only played the shareware version as a kid and teen honestly its a great game
this is by far one of the most rewatchable civie episodes. I've watched this episode 7 times. The cadence, the information and jokes, and the way they're presented. Its good stuff
I played the Shareware of this SO much when I was about 4 years old. It came on a CD with Corridor 7 and some other game I can't remember the name of. The gameplay and especially the music were so mind-blowing to me at the time! Thanks for covering this, one or my early favs!
I've never seen this game before but I actually love it. There's something about the colors and the hud that is just so charming, not to mention those cutscenes, damn!
I woke up feeling like crap. Immediately started watching this fraggin video, fell back asleep for 45 minutes, then i woke back up and rewound this video to the last thing I remembered before falling asleep
If I’m not mistaken, the silent pistol does extra damage to unaware enemies, meaning you can sneak up and oneshot a few basic guards without alerting enemies. Basic protostealth mechanics as well! Too bad there are precious few occasions to do this
Back in 93 my 386 was too shitty to run Doom. But you know what it could run...? Hell, yeah Blake Stone! Which cemented a love-hate relationship with the game as I remember having a lot of fun with it, but at the same time it was the game I was stuck with while everyone else was screaming how Doom was the best game of all time.
Civvie 11: "I admire your courage ms?" Katie: "Sixteen. Ms. Sixteen. I admire your sarcasm mr?" Civvie 11: "Eleven, Civvie Eleven" 3:28 - Sean Connery personation part 1 15:19 - Sean Connery personation part 2
Dude Blake Stone! I remember this one. Holy shit those sounds take me back. As a kid, whenever a new wolfenstein type sprite based shooter came out, it was always like Xmas morning. The blood and gore, colorful sprites, choice of weapons, groovy but simple music, hilarious sound effects, and the overall tongue in cheek feel that most games of the time had, were really a solid formula for an enjoyable and heavily addictive gaming experience.
I have been a fan since literally your first video, found you when you had like 1100 subs, and I've been asking for this game ever since. FINALLY. THANK YOU.
I remember watching my older brother play this back when it came out. Kind of forgot it even existed until I saw this video on my feed. Brings me back.
Kind of curious, wasn't it Civvie that coined the term 'Boomer Shooter'? If so it's kinda funny that the Boltgun trailer refers to itself as a 'Boomer Shooter', like Civvie has successfully invented a genre name.
Seeing Admiral Adama and John Crichton's pictures in the bit at the beginning was pretty sweet. I wonder if anyone will ever make a Brutal Blake Stone mod, or what it would be like if someone just made some Blake Stone levels in Doom (with the verticality and all that) kind of like they did with that Wolfenstein game
Blake Stone is seriously underrated and probably the best game to use the Wolf3D engine in its original pre-ROT form (what do we call that these days btw? IDtech0? IDtech1?). All those added touches do so much to make it feel immersive, and unlike a lot of Apogee titles it keeps throwing new things at you all the way through the 66 levels rather than giving us the best bits all in the Shareware episode. Things like Blake really underline how badly Capstone buggered up their use of the Wolfenstein engine because frankly there's plenty that can be done with it.
I remember playing Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold. So long ago. Not sure I played Planet Strike. Um, and I played Corridor Seven and the other one which won't be named. You've played it and have my condolences. Kudos.
Cool to finally see this one covered. I got mad nostalgia for this game and still had a good time playing it recently. Yeah, the hitscan mechanics are jank, and Planet Strike in particular can get a bit frustrating to navigate at times, but it was also kinda ahead of its time with its level design, and seeing stuff that would be commonplace in later shooters pulled off in such a primitive engine is still impressive.
This is INSANITY. My stepdad called this “kids doom” when I was a kid, and let us play it (and we watched him play real doom). I remembered all the sprites and artwork but decades later I went to search “kids doom” and only things like Chex Quest showed up. I’ve tried at least 6 times over the years to go down rabbitholes that could ring a bell and show me my memory was right and this wasn’t imaginary. You just unintentionally unlocked a whole treasure trove of childhood memories I thought I might never find. And no wonder, the title of this game is something I never ever ever could guess
Blake Stone sounds like the name of a Flintstones character. Also, did anyone else notice that Chasm: The Rift has made something of a comeback ever since Civvie's video? First, it popped up on GOG and Steam last year then it was announced that it was going to be ported to every system including the Switch. So now everyone can enjoy this weirdly loved old school piece of slav-jank.
This vid knocked loose a ton of memories of this game. The title Blake Stone didn't stick with me but as soon as I saw that gameplay it all came back to me.
Ah... my favorite Wolf3d engine game. And definitely in my top 3 "Boomer Shooters" (along with Blood and Heretic) I had no idea Planet Strike existed until recently and it's the first time in 10 years I'd felt excitement 😅 Srsly, just watching this review fills me with joy ❤🎉 Edit: I have the OST in mp3 format and listen to it regularly 😁
I always wondered if we'd get a good Blake Stone video from Civvie. Another old favorite from my dos era childhood. Shame it was killed off by Doom. It really had potential.
civvie dropping the mini farscape reference.... i knew you were my favourite but having an image of commander crichton in the first minute of the episode.. now that just makes me unbearably happy lolol
Finally, after years of waiting, the question is answered. I now know what a Blake Stone is, and my life is better because of it. Thank you Civvie, take this offering of engagement as a token of my gratitude.
Yay, you finally did Blake Stone! One of the main FPS games of my childhood. Wolf 3D (shareware), Blake Stone (shareware), Doom, Heretic, and Duke3D were my favorites, and I've been wondering when Blake Stone would make an appearance on your channel. Thanks for playing Blake Stone! I was 5 or 6 when I first played Blake Stone, and I'll tell you, the rooms with the infinite spawning plasma monsters terrified me. I would just run to the other door, my heart pounding the entire way through. 🤣
Katie is such a big help, I wish she wasn’t just a figment of my imagination.
I wish I could favorite comments 😂
Rather a fragment of Civvie's imagination.
Unless you are implying you are Civvie...
Are we all Civvie?
@@icecold1805civvie is actually been fragmented and imprisoned within the minds all of his subscribers, that's why he can't escape
@@icecold1805 what if civvie exist in a alternate dystopian world where everyone are prisoners? except for the elite of course. also in this alternate dystopian world the gov is owned by google so were obligated to make youtube content if we dont/refuse to make content or fail to please our algorithm robot overlord . . . . . well youve seen how they treat civvie if not go watch his other videos for context.
@@Kaarl_Mills hahahaha
Finally, the world now knows what the hell a "Blake stone" is.
It's Gex.
30 year old boomers already knew.
I played Blake Stone before I played wolfenstein
I still don’t
B-b-b-b-boss, we're *trying* to get Blake, it's not *my* fault he killed everyone including the informants!
You took down Goldfire. But did you have to blow up half the informants to do it?
@@ShallowVA yes absolutely
We all felt guilty that day😂
The informants:here blake take my
Health pack.
Evil informants:die die die!!!!
Blakestonium: the most valuable and trecherous thing in the universe
I love how Civvie occasionally changes Blake Stones name to things like "Dick Marble, Chad Feldspar, Nigel Basalt" it reminds me of the MST3K episode where they watch Space Mutiny and make up a dozen different macho names for the main character like "Smoke Manmuscle, Crud Bonemeal" etc. If this is some kind of reference to that then bravo Civvie, bravo :D
I wonder how many he came up with.
Gordon Pebble
Bertie Alabaster
Derek Chalk
St John Granite
Benedict Obsidian
Percy Pumice
Quentin Quartzite
Phillip Schist
Danny Boulder
Patrick Gneiss
Jack Andesite is a personal favorite of mine
"BIG MCLARGEHUGE!" - Crow T. Robot
@@thepolarphantasm2319 "We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese!"
@@brandonobaza8610 "Rock Hard peck!"
You're my favorite game-reviewing schizophrenic hallucinatory byproduct of my dying subconscious, thanks Civvie. I can feel the walls closing in
I am overdosing on benadryl 👍
@@astagohai You are illiterate
@@kazmiller7820Say hello to the Hat Man for us
Without a sense of confidence, are you convinced that it’s just too much pressure to take?
For me, it is Ross Scott
I think we can all agree Katie is the editor every UA-camr wishes they had;
Knowledge, talent, and banter.
If she exists.
@@theylivewesleep.5139 She exists as any animated female does. As much as we want her to.
If only she was real😢
Truly what keeps this channel running
@@PrincessSunbutt So say we all.
I legit want a Blake Stone reboot. A shooter thats a call back to pulpy sci fi and spy thrillers would be honestly real awesome, there is some real potential there
The game was surprisingly fun, though I only played Planet Strike. Could not tolerate low res weapons and slightly worse lighting of the 1st game, even if it is apparently better. Music was good, atmosphere good, in general way more fun than Wolf3D.
Now I want that as well. Even better if it is tongue in cheek and campy. Not parody level silly, but self-aware.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Sign me up as well.
play nolf
And to deal with the probable low budget, the cutscenes can be comic books like max payne though more pulpy like a golden age super hero comic
There is very much a reason to go to floors you've already cleared - to pick up the ammo and, more importantly, health packs you'd left behind because you didn't need them at the time!
Doubling back to previously-beaten levels is such a unique feature that I haven't seen it duplicated in any other game, despite how strategically useful it is.
Yes. When I played this game I used to double back to levels all the time for ammo and health pickups
Not to mention certain switches disable barriers on different floors.
@@WakkoKakkoStrategically useful maybe but is it fun?
The intro is a perfect masterpiece
Agree and the title of this video too. GET FRAGGED
Picture this game today?
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 It'd be a vacuous live service with Borderlands style randomized loot, a lifeless open world and terrible AI.
Forgive me if I'm a little cynical about modern gaming. Although an indie boomer shooter reboot? That could be very interesting.
@@APsychicMonkey picture if
Bethesda got the rights?
May be little success.
The moment you see blake ripping
Heads off you know something is wrong.
@@APsychicMonkey your right
Respecting Katie for doing all the hard work like the editing, insightful examinations, and telling why Plasma Orbs are not your space doggo
We need more Katie content.
@@DukeOnkled thats a really broad sentence
@@flooku987 More content that fleshes her out as a character.
@@DukeOnkled k duke
total aside, but im a big fan of netronian chaos
First FPS I ever played. Special place in my heart, regardless of it’s forgotten status
Same.
what circumstances could possibly lead to THIS being your first FPS and not Wolf3D or DOOM?
@@nepdisc3722 I don't know mate, I was fucking 7.
My first was Duke 3D, but BS was second and I played it quite a lot, even if it was just the shareware demo for AoG.
First fps I played was halo CE
"I'm a video essayist" This is the hardest I've laughed in a Civvie video. It hit me so suddenly I think I may have injured myself.
The shareware of Blake Stone is burned into the deep recesses of my brain. I didn't expect such a strong nostagia hit on a Sunday morning. Thanks Civvie!
I remember in the demo there was a jump scare with a big green alien in it that scared the shit out of me as a kid.
And that's why I'll always remember Blake stone
I remember when the statue turns into a monster. That got me as a kid
I like the CV11 skits just slowly over the years getting more and more production
As a long time 40K fan, and knowing that Civvie's only knowledge of 40K is that it exists. I can't wait for his Boltgun video.
“I’m not a 40K nerd,” he says.
Yet.
Neither am i once i saw the game i was sold
@@Poodlestroop fittingly ominous
Wait is it now already fan-made Doom wads that already 40K out before BOLTGUN.
@Conner The Dawn of War series was pretty fun from someone that doesn't even like RTS games. I mainly just enjoy the lore and bullshitting with my cousin about 40k events/ current events.
The production value here is getting really really high. Don't burn out Civvie, we need you.
True, you can be lazy as shit and we'll still like your humor.
spoken like a true content vulture❤
@@KingLich451 I require more content
I'm surprised the level of restraint Civvie showed when he found the healing item literally called Raw Meat. The Gordan Ramsay clip for the R.apid A.ssault W.eapon absolutely had to happen though.
I did the Alan Grant “ohhh” from Event Horizon when I saw this post. Finally, Civie addresses the game that caused me so much pain, but brought me so much joy as a child.
Don't you mean Alan Grant from Hunt for the Red October?
Don't you mean Alan Grant from The Piano?
Does anyone actually remember his Christian name, or is he just Alan Grant. Childhood dinosaur hero.
Don’t I mean Alan Grant from that terrible dinosaur movie Jurassic park 3?
@@heybrandon88 I remember a guy named "Sam Neill" that was in an NBC miniseries called "Merlin", once.
The first FPS I ever played with my dad. He would be on the controls while I would mash spacebar as he hugged the walls searching for secrets. Love this game!
A half-hour Civvie video? Perfect to watch while ironing the clothes.
Haha, I always hated ironing. Hope the video makes it somewhat better
it's double EXP weekend on runescape so having some long form content makes the grind that much easier :P
Glad I'm not the only one who does that.
Nothing makes me want to flatten linen more
Why iron?
It is a testament to the power of cv11 that I went from having never heard of Blake stone to it being one of my most hoped for episode.
Damn, that Sean Connery impersonation was pretty spot on! Good job Civvie!
Saber!
I lost it at these ROFL
Shatner's cameo in this made me very happy. Bravo, CV-11, bravo.
The Pinnacle of Online Shatner Cameo Entertainment™
Loving the MST3K Space Mutiny-style different names for the protagonist.
"Thick McRunFast"
"We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese !"
BigMclargehuge
"Dirk Hardpeck !"
Bob Johnson! Oh, wait...
Gristle McThornbody!
One thing I discovered during my playthrough is that there are sometimes electrified areas that can only be turned off by a switch on a higher floor, so then once you find the switch you can go back to the lower floor and collect the rewards!
Releasing Blake Stone so close to Doom was just such an astronomical mistake in hindsight. Like filling a zepellin with hydrogen.
Or releasing D&D a week before Super Mario.
Oh, the humanity!
Well given they couldn't release it earlier, it was either that or cancelling it when it was 100% complete.
@@txcforever they could have just held on to it??
hydrogen doom vs coughing blake
the colours, the monster designs, the gun designs, the sounds, as a toddler they all captivated me in 1993 and was hooked on this game
I liked Blake Stone at the time; our 386 really struggled with doom (it was just barely playable with terrible settings), but wolf3d clones were no problem.
Really puts into perspective how far computing power has come in 30 years, when DOOM can run on copy machines and lawnmowers these days.
People forget how bad the typical PC would have been in those days. A lot of people lag on PSX Doom for its choppy frame rate and slow game play, but it would have been a masterpiece compared to playing on a typical PC at the time, despite the PSX's cripplingly low RAM.
It's so cool learning about all these older games I never knew existed. Seeing how far they could push things on such limited engines is really neat.
In the words of Civvie, "What the hell's a Blake Stone?", today we find out.
AKA Totally Not Buck Rogers.
I believe it was actually "What the fuck is a Blake Stone?"
@@Jasmine__135 Yelled that at the top of my lungs the second i saw the notif
My thought in the earlier days of GOG.
@@Jasmine__135 it was actually "What the fuck is a Blake Rock?" From the nightmare reaper videos
HE FINALLY DID IT. HE DID BLAKE STONE. MY LIFE IS COMPLEAT
This game holds the extra special distinction for me of being the very first FPS game I ever played. Happy to see it again...
Really loving the firstperson perspective dungeon animations you've been doing.
I've been WAITING for this. There's only one more obscure ish shooter I need you to cover now. Island of the dead and you will have covered all of my "too poor for the mainstream" playlist.
I feel like nightmare 3d house of horrors is a place he needs to visit too.
Isle of the Dead is low hanging fruit, but yes, I agree, he should eviscerate the fuck out of it.
The "hidden arenas" informant is not a typo. If you keep wall humping in that area, there's a teleporter to the secret level zero, which is called Weapons Testing Arenas (or something to that effect) and it absolutely is "arenas" not "areas," they are locking monster closets.
As Einstein once brilliantly put it, don't blindly believe everything you read on the Internet.
It's not a typo the first time you read the line (when the secret level is Security Training Arenas). Looks like the devs recycled it whenever an Informant is in a room with a secret door.
"those" are
Everybody: Pro Blake Stone when Civvie?
Civvie: NOW.
The comic is actually part of the original manual. I had a copy back it the 90's. It was nice of Apogee to include it given manuals were part of the experience back then.
Civvie 11 knows he's a "Content Monkey". And that's EXACTLY why we love him.
So true
Ok, now back to watching ads you "freewilled" ant
He's a content monkey with PRINCIPLES, damn it!
No no. He's a "video essayist"
This is such a treasured game from my younger years.
Thank you, Civvie.
Dang this takes me back. Just the name 'Blake Stone' alone takes me back.
Blake Stone was the first game I ever played so it has a special place in my heart. It always makes me sad to see how overshadowed it was by DOOM. DOOM was certainly the better game but like you pointed out Blake Stone had a lot going for it and was an amazing game that deserved more recognition.
oh man, what a treat this video was. the nostalgia for this game is through the roof and it's one of the holy trinity games of big box PC games for me
I remember this game. I only ever played a demo of it, but the title screen has always stuck in mind. Even as a kid, I recognized that it was a bizarre fusion of Flash Gordon and James Bond.
Game is available on steam full version i picked it up afew years ago found it to be rather enjoyable after having only played the shareware version as a kid and teen honestly its a great game
Oh boy, now those jokes you made years ago will make sense to me!
this is by far one of the most rewatchable civie episodes.
I've watched this episode 7 times.
The cadence, the information and jokes, and the way they're presented.
Its good stuff
And the Connery impressions
By the name of Pyrus W. Goldfire... ive been waiting for this since the damn Corridor 7 episode 😍
Youngest Civvie11 viewer
@@Jasmine__135 You serve in the TekWar, kid? No?
Then go back to Fortnite 👍
@@thepolarphantasm2319 I was there for the single digit sewer counts
@@Jasmine__135 yeah you right 👍
I played the Shareware of this SO much when I was about 4 years old. It came on a CD with Corridor 7 and some other game I can't remember the name of. The gameplay and especially the music were so mind-blowing to me at the time! Thanks for covering this, one or my early favs!
All these years, and finally. Tell me Civvie, what IS. a Blake Stone?
That Connery impression was way better than it had any right to be, nice work.
A new Civvie video is a perfect excuse to drop whatever productive thing you were doing at the time.
True but I always save it for the evening.
I know right, I could be sleeping right now (I got the flu) but I had to get up to watch Civvie and make a sandwich.
I've never seen this game before but I actually love it. There's something about the colors and the hud that is just so charming, not to mention those cutscenes, damn!
Always a good day when civvie uploads
I woke up feeling like crap. Immediately started watching this fraggin video, fell back asleep for 45 minutes, then i woke back up and rewound this video to the last thing I remembered before falling asleep
Ever since I stumbled upon Civvie a couple years ago, I was hoping to see Blake Stone. Thank you for doing your service Civvie.
If I’m not mistaken, the silent pistol does extra damage to unaware enemies, meaning you can sneak up and oneshot a few basic guards without alerting enemies. Basic protostealth mechanics as well! Too bad there are precious few occasions to do this
This was my childhood. But the fact that this came out 1 week before doom just shows HOW far ahead doom really was at the time.
Finally, a CIVVIELISED video about Blake Stone.
This was the first game I ever played. I'm OOOOLD
Back in 93 my 386 was too shitty to run Doom. But you know what it could run...? Hell, yeah Blake Stone!
Which cemented a love-hate relationship with the game as I remember having a lot of fun with it, but at the same time it was the game I was stuck with while everyone else was screaming how Doom was the best game of all time.
Another bang up job by CV-11. Great work Mr. Video Essayist.
Civvie 11: "I admire your courage ms?"
Katie: "Sixteen. Ms. Sixteen. I admire your sarcasm mr?"
Civvie 11: "Eleven, Civvie Eleven"
3:28 - Sean Connery personation part 1
15:19 - Sean Connery personation part 2
I've been waiting SO LONG for ANYONE to cover this, thank you, Mr. Civvie
This is one of those games that I'd completely forgotten about, but loved as a kid. Was hit with a wave of nostalgia upon seeing it.
The enemies sprites looks really interesting and not repetitive like in other games. That's so nice. Good job!
Dude Blake Stone! I remember this one. Holy shit those sounds take me back. As a kid, whenever a new wolfenstein type sprite based shooter came out, it was always like Xmas morning. The blood and gore, colorful sprites, choice of weapons, groovy but simple music, hilarious sound effects, and the overall tongue in cheek feel that most games of the time had, were really a solid formula for an enjoyable and heavily addictive gaming experience.
Oh boy. He finally did it.
I have been a fan since literally your first video, found you when you had like 1100 subs, and I've been asking for this game ever since. FINALLY. THANK YOU.
Its Hilarious, with John Carmack in the news for Basedcon, the amount of people who use your descriptors of him is just amazing.
aka "MyWifeLeftMeCon" 😜
I used to love this game as a kid, happy to see it's getting some coverage. When I was a kid, I used to call the basic pistol the "plop gun" lmao
Civvie like his games boomy, not janked.
I remember watching my older brother play this back when it came out. Kind of forgot it even existed until I saw this video on my feed. Brings me back.
"UA-cam wouldnt like it if I put F-bomb in the title"
It would be cool if YT created this app called YT kids instead of restricting swearing
fr, we learned nothing from the PMRC debacle and have only regressed from there in terms of censorship
The pendulum swings, wait another decade and we're all either going to be swearing up a storm or get fined and jailed for saying "fuck".
The algorithm requires a family reunion anecdote.
Blake Stone was the first FPS I ever played, thanks for the trip down memory lane Civvie.
Civvie is a boomer shooter historian
I still say theyre GenX
I remember playing the BS series on my 386 at back in 93 young teen
486 sorry
@@TjM1978 No one cares, boomer...
Kind of curious, wasn't it Civvie that coined the term 'Boomer Shooter'? If so it's kinda funny that the Boltgun trailer refers to itself as a 'Boomer Shooter', like Civvie has successfully invented a genre name.
I had a demo of this game when I was a kid and totally forgot the title, thanks for this video. So nostalgic.
Seeing Admiral Adama and John Crichton's pictures in the bit at the beginning was pretty sweet. I wonder if anyone will ever make a Brutal Blake Stone mod, or what it would be like if someone just made some Blake Stone levels in Doom (with the verticality and all that) kind of like they did with that Wolfenstein game
Blake Stone is seriously underrated and probably the best game to use the Wolf3D engine in its original pre-ROT form (what do we call that these days btw? IDtech0? IDtech1?). All those added touches do so much to make it feel immersive, and unlike a lot of Apogee titles it keeps throwing new things at you all the way through the 66 levels rather than giving us the best bits all in the Shareware episode. Things like Blake really underline how badly Capstone buggered up their use of the Wolfenstein engine because frankly there's plenty that can be done with it.
Civvie coming through with a new video, making my lame work day a million times better. You're the man, CV.
#FreeCivvie
I had a great laugh at 17:35 when the "Price is Right" theme started playing. Thank You Civvie.
Man I have so many fond memories of staying up late and playing the Blake Stone shareware with friends.
I remember playing Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold.
So long ago.
Not sure I played Planet Strike.
Um, and I played Corridor Seven and the other one which won't be named.
You've played it and have my condolences.
Kudos.
Civvie is the perfect guy for going down into the DOS-era rabbit hole.
Cool to finally see this one covered. I got mad nostalgia for this game and still had a good time playing it recently. Yeah, the hitscan mechanics are jank, and Planet Strike in particular can get a bit frustrating to navigate at times, but it was also kinda ahead of its time with its level design, and seeing stuff that would be commonplace in later shooters pulled off in such a primitive engine is still impressive.
Have to hand it to Civvie, that James Bond homage is just top-tier stylish.
This is INSANITY. My stepdad called this “kids doom” when I was a kid, and let us play it (and we watched him play real doom). I remembered all the sprites and artwork but decades later I went to search “kids doom” and only things like Chex Quest showed up. I’ve tried at least 6 times over the years to go down rabbitholes that could ring a bell and show me my memory was right and this wasn’t imaginary.
You just unintentionally unlocked a whole treasure trove of childhood memories I thought I might never find.
And no wonder, the title of this game is something I never ever ever could guess
I played this so much as a kid. Damn, the memories. I played this even more than Doom for a while.
Blake Stone sounds like the name of a Flintstones character. Also, did anyone else notice that Chasm: The Rift has made something of a comeback ever since Civvie's video? First, it popped up on GOG and Steam last year then it was announced that it was going to be ported to every system including the Switch. So now everyone can enjoy this weirdly loved old school piece of slav-jank.
"This game is hiding more secrets than the CIA!" Accurate
More than MI6 indeed
This vid knocked loose a ton of memories of this game. The title Blake Stone didn't stick with me but as soon as I saw that gameplay it all came back to me.
Ah... my favorite Wolf3d engine game. And definitely in my top 3 "Boomer Shooters" (along with Blood and Heretic)
I had no idea Planet Strike existed until recently and it's the first time in 10 years I'd felt excitement 😅
Srsly, just watching this review fills me with joy ❤🎉
Edit: I have the OST in mp3 format and listen to it regularly 😁
Hell yea!!! Apogee hours for the win
Have been waiting to see when you'd finally cover Blake Stone. Thanks a ton, love it!
I always wondered if we'd get a good Blake Stone video from Civvie. Another old favorite from my dos era childhood. Shame it was killed off by Doom. It really had potential.
civvie dropping the mini farscape reference.... i knew you were my favourite but having an image of commander crichton in the first minute of the episode.. now that just makes me unbearably happy lolol
So Civvie will finally answer what the hell is a Blake Stone
Dude, I was just re-watching your videos, and you dropped a new one ... awesome 🎉
the outrageous damage of the plasma balls might be due to the game running at higher fps than intended
Finally, after years of waiting, the question is answered. I now know what a Blake Stone is, and my life is better because of it.
Thank you Civvie, take this offering of engagement as a token of my gratitude.
We need a new blake stone.
Someone make it happen.
Yay, you finally did Blake Stone! One of the main FPS games of my childhood. Wolf 3D (shareware), Blake Stone (shareware), Doom, Heretic, and Duke3D were my favorites, and I've been wondering when Blake Stone would make an appearance on your channel. Thanks for playing Blake Stone!
I was 5 or 6 when I first played Blake Stone, and I'll tell you, the rooms with the infinite spawning plasma monsters terrified me. I would just run to the other door, my heart pounding the entire way through. 🤣
What the fuck is a Blake Stone?