Another cool line I noticed: Anna: "Marshall James Anderson, buying perfume. This is history." James: "This is marriage." Only a true family man can say this 😊
I am probably the reason Apogee shut down their Aardwolf phone numbers when I first discovered the guide online in the mid-90s at like 5 years old. God of War on the PS2 also had a phone number you could call, if you beat the game on GOD of WAR mode and broke the statues of Ares and the Minotaur at the ending of the game, a message pops up asking you to call this number. When you do, Kratos answers and congratulates you on becoming the new God of War. It, unlike Aardwolf, is still up and you can call it even in 2022!
My dad said I could call the hint line for Primal Rage ONE TIME while he was at work - I thought we were charged per call. So I had the lady read every move for every character while I recorded it on my tape recorder. Pops was a bit upset.
As a gun collector with a few period arms, I find it amusing how the game has you loading cartridges into cap-and-ball guns; and the wonky reloads in general (revolvers with swing out cylinders that shouldn't have them). Videogames, movies and TV shows are hell for gun nerds.
I honestly kinda love how since Anderson's shooting arm is usually shown to be his left in the cut scenes it is made the same in-game as well. A strange but interesting little detail to help strengthen the connection between the character you play ingame and the one you see in cutscenes.
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 The lever action probably has it's loading gate on the right but anderson could probably just kinda flip it over a little to give his good arm an angle to load. In general though since most guns in the west were loaded manually and didn't eject any casings, shooting left handed was a bit more simple.
@@inkmime I have a top eject 30-30 with the loading gate on the right. You won't even think twice using it left handed, it's slightly easier for me. Don't need to reach across the gun or move my shooting hand. I was trained to keep the gun aimed when reloading if possible so having the loading gate on the right when shooting lefty makes more sense to me
@@inkmime I noticed the revolver was single action, not a swing out, so it has the same quality as the rifle in terms of the position of the loading gate being optimal for a left handed shooter with more modern habits
Damn, the cutscenes really are amazing, no doubts here! Love how the main villain is not an one-dimensional evil evil dickhead, who will shrug off any of their henchmen's mistakes because he's evil for the sake of it like they do in many movies. He's actually not happy with Dr. Death's misdeeds, and doesn't allow Bloody Mary to kill the child. Even if it's more for the political and business reasons, it still shows that he thinks rationally and isn't a violent psychopath that lacks enough brain capacity to figure that pissing off a retired marshal may not be the best idea. Kinda unexpected from the game of that time.
Yeah, but his plan was still pretty weak. Personally if I was him I would have Dr. Death tied up and bring him and the little girl to the Marshal with an Ultimatum: throw away all your weapons and promise to stay out of my hair from now on and you not only get your daughter back but you get to have your revenge on the man who killed your wife, and you don't even have to sell you property!
@@marcodragon4995 i think the idea was that while dr death did fuck up he was still one of his men and if he sold out one of his own to a rampaging gunman it would completely shatter any trust his men have in him
As a Deaf person, I just want to say thank you very much for the closed captioning on your videos! Heavily appreciated! And I love seeing these videos about old LucasArts shooter games! Huge throwback.
There is also an easter egg on the first map its in one of the port-a-johns outside theres a crack and you need a stick of dynamite thats secretly hidden in one of the houses. You blow it up and inside you see a bunch of aliens about to do an autopsy on a cow, it creeped me the hell out when i first saw it as a kid. There are a bunch of funny gags about cows in this game, like you can find another cow that is chilling underwater but you can only get there with cheats.
John de lancie also voiced eagleton in the animated series, so they had two members of the outlaws cast. Someone who worked on outlaws clearly liked themselves some batman the animated series.
Obligatory mention of "Bull" Shannon from Night Court, my favorite Richard Moll role... Honorable mention to the episode of Rockford Files where he played a biker named "Ludes".
Yeah, generally once you get someone who goes by "Doctor Death" involved in anything, you've kinda tossed the reins aside and said "fate, you're steering now".
First time I heard of this game was a year ago from the beautiful OST that got in my YT recommendation. Out of curiosity, downloaded the Steam version. No regerts.
Fun Fact: Spittin Jack Sanchez, the second boss of the town level appears in different spots on the level according to the difficulty. On "Good" difficulty he always shows up at the storehouse near the hotel to the west after killing 90% of the outlaws in the level. On "Bad" difficulty he will randomly appear on the map after killing half of the outlaws and lastly on "Ugly" difficulty he always spawns near the player. last time i played, he showed after i cleared out the saloon and was heading to the pharmacy when he showed up and one-shot me. scared the piss out of me!
Dude, the one-shot deaths from the bosses in this game were seriously no fucking joke. I always think of the boss from the first mission.. I’m just casually walking around, killing the bad guys without much trouble, all is well.. I open a door and *BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAM* Dead in an instant, mission is over, my 4 year-old pants have absolutely been shat from that experience. It was a hell of a jumpscare, no doubt. Just another part of what makes this game so legendary
Listen to Outlaws OST, in particular "The Last Gunfight", and then listen to Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold". The whole soundtrack is an homage to Ennio Morricone, and to Westerns in general. Perhaps one of the best soundtracks to ever be produced for a game (yeah, I really mean that, and there are some brilliant ones out there). It's an absolute gem of a game.
I’ve got the original game I played in the 90s and the game cd can be played in any cd player/stereo. That soundtrack helped cement my love of spaghetti westerns and amazing music!
I played Outlaws back when I was like, 5 on my dad's old computer. I regularly mention that Outlaws is a game that exists, and would deserve a remaster. "WHERE ARE YA, MARSHALL?" is going to be a line that sticks in my mind forever.
Damn that ending is actually really good, I wasn't expecting that from a game like this... Daughter taking the shot that her father couldn't... I need this game, lol.
The Ballad of Dr. Death is catchy as hell and is full of interesting motifs. I couldn't help but yip along every time I heard that palm muted riff in the video. Even if the level it's attached to was a dark maze filled with pain and misdirection.
I *STILL* have my CD of the game, and I remember loving the fact that they let you listen to the soundtrack with the game disc in music CD players. That game was in my music disc book (REMEMBER THOSE KIDS?) for so long. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, Civvie.
i didn't think of it until i saw my old PC Tower a few days ago; but the old DISC drive had a play/skip button on it and remember being able to skip songs on the fly when i'd play games like Warcraft 2 and the like. miss those times too.
the thing is it keep increasing in severity with the aggravating remarks which would imply that him not getting any bitches is worse than him killing the man to create the biomechanical spine that would help people to walk
The thing that always struck me about this (like the first Dark Forces) is the way it merged a lot of genres. Nominally Outlaws is a FPS. It plays like an FPS. But there's this rich vein of Lucasarts' point-and-click adventures running through it, too.
This game has a striking resemblance to Call of Juarez: Gunslinger if you ever get to play that one. It's absolutely fantastic and has a similar reloading system to this
@@scarlet_phonavis6734 the whole thing with old guns is the fact that you can (usually) reload them only by one bullet at a time. Smh, just use a clip/magazine, lol
It also reminds me a lot of Fistful of Frags, a Source arena shooter that uses almost the exactly same reloading system as one of the core mechanics of its combat.
@@sekarmaltum1695 , it already has been old...just ask those that commit genocide of the unborn, innocent, and pure children that never got the chance to be born.
@@paxhumana2015 as far as i know, stalin and mao were mostly fine and hitler died in the 60s (if i remember correctly) in south america. So .. no. Karma is a lie and plenty of people who did things on the undesirable end of the morality spectrum, didnt necessarily suffer for it.~~Ask any major politician if you want.
God damn those cut scenes are great. The character designs, the animation, voice acting, music, it's all just so damn good. Something about the scene where Dr. Death loses his pistol just hits good.
opening a door and Max suddenly instakilling you is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on this channel Edit: since I have all this attention now, Pro Sam And Max when Civvie?
tears to my eyes... i remember playing the first level over and over again (i was five or six years old, don't think i ever got pass the first boss). It's probably the first thing my dad let me play by myself, and i'll never forget the feeling. Thanks for bringing back the memories Civvie. On gog we go!
The art style and 2D/3D blending reminds me of Full Throttle, and Doctor Death really makes me think of a younger Eustace Baggs. Thanks for showing off this game Civvie, I never knew it existed before, and never knew about that Max cameo either, gotta pick this one up now.
I'm super glad i'm not the only one that thought Doctor Death looked and was animated like Eustace Baggs. Fuck man it just has mouth movement and face look down.
Imagine if Disney made this a 2D theatrical animated film with ‘90s Disney levels of production values, effort and heart but at a more mature PG-13 audience.
"Where are you marshal?" Most under-rated voice acting line in history. But yeah classic game this, tis a shame it never got a sequel. Playing on ugly really made it feel like you were in a spaghetti western well and was good training on hit scanners
The character design has such a strong Full Throttle energy that I can't help but love!! Never really paid much attention to this game before, gotta change that now... pardner!
I wouldn't mind Nightdive getting their hands on this one. Looks like excellent fun and the next generation deserves to remember the lesser but just as lovely shooters or yesteryear.
I want to go frame by frame with every cutscene. It's so busy but smooth. Go to 18:12 and look at the motion of the scruff of hair he has on top going with the motion of him looking around just before Civvie switches back to the gameplay at 18:15. You get that kind of animation if you got people who know what they're doing with a pen and they love it.
Not gonna lie - that is some of the most stylistic, creative, and cleanly animated game cinematics I have seen - considering the time period and the risks they took with it.
I don't remember the air currents I knew the fly cheat from the beginning which makes levels like Bloody Mary's Marshall Training level super fun, but since I knew the cheat I just flew around in the canyon level.
God, this game was my childhood. I still remember playing it on my '95 for the first time all those years ago. God, its been too long. I need to play it again one day!
Steam sells old games and just doesn't bother patching them to run on modern hardware. It's ridiculous. GoG is where it's at for the olden days of gaming.
@@walnzell9328 Well it's the fault of windows in many cases, I remember having no problems playing Dark Forces on linux but when I tried it on win10...
But....wasn't the Dark Forces source port super inaccurate? I don't mean to shit talk the developers, that's just what I've heard. Then again, maybe Outlaws' SP will turn out better. I don't know, I'm just talking out my ass now.
There's something so satisfying about loading each individual round into old timey guns in video games. Each bullet feels meaningful. As a kid I hated the westerns my dad was always watching but games like Red Dead and Hunt: Showdown really turned that around. It's really cool to see that this gameplay mechanic has existed longer than I was aware. It's a shame I missed this when I was younger.
Having to contend with the limitations of such old guns is usually interesting in a game that actually thoughtfully incorporates it. I love Hunt:Showdown for it
@@harrybirchall3308 I never thought of it that way. i do appreciate you going to that much detail. I do love red dead, but the combat does feel pretty flat.
I'm not so sure about that. Having your aim and reloading get hampered whenever you get hit sounds "Tripping from Brawl" bad. I'd ditch that in exchange for a more traditional reloading system.
The expression work on the character's faces, especially Anderson, are insane. I don't usually feel much when I watch animated character facial expressions, but damn his makes my dead heart twitch just a bit.
Huh, in all of my years of watching UA-cam, I don't think I've ever seen "No Views" on a video from clicking on a video so quickly. Love your content as always Civvie 11.
Played the demo for years before I could convince my parents to buy it for me. Absolutely loved this game. The looks, the sounds, the smooth gameplay, it brings so much nostalgia. Back when Lucas Arts was just pumping out great games left and right.
No friggin' way! Just yesterday I was like "Man, Civvie should review Outlaws..." and here it is! I loved, loved, loooooved this game! First FPS I played, on my uncle's PC...the Morricone's inspired OST, the sound design, the cutscenes...great game, underrated and something which made me fall in love with Italian spaghetti western (despite the story not being like that of a spaghetti western, tbh). P.s.: taking note on the music selection playing in the background, Civvie too loved "the Ballad of Dr. Death": it is an ecleptic and amazing piece of music, and I suggest all of you folks give it a listen; it moves from baroque and Renaissance music to a slapping banjo tune, then adds a choir and ends up in a slower tempo. It is fitting of the character and the level, which shows a descent into a dark mine, with molten lava too at one point.
I do believe is due to his admiration for those games and their interactivity, and maybe because it gives a bit of a "build vibe" to him. In a sense, he's explicitly voicing his implicit 'bias' (not in a bad way) when it comes to old 2.5 dimensions FPSs, which, to me, it's a show of his honesty. This is how I see it, but I could be wrong.
Man this game was my entire childhood, it's what led me down the path of loving old timey westerns.. I'd like to thank my grandpa for having gotten this game for my 4th birthday
I really like the dialogue in the cut scenes. it's back and forth and slightly quippy especially with the doctor, but not to the point of being insufferable and terrified of coming off as genuine.
*"You never killed an innocent man Marshall"* *"I never met an innocent man"* What a badass line 😂 RIP Stephen Ash. Ironic when Doctor Death only have one thing left to do... Die Guess the takeaway from this story is always kill the children...? I wish games are like this, creative because of limitations. A lot of love poured into this game
@@AnimatedTerror You are either creative or not, limitations are just hindrance, limitations don't make you more productive if anything would stop you from achieving your true potential. to prove that just look at some of the greatest sequels in gaming history, like Half-Life 2.
@@AnimatedTerror there are some games that have been good despite their limitations, my favourite for this is Silent Hill 2 which had a short draw distance but disguised it with a fog that was perfectly in keeping with and enhanced the creepy ass nature of stuff. The thing is those limitations don't make the game great, what made it great was how they overcame them without compromising their artistic vision which is the main difference these days where you have studious forced to release basically unfinished products because the producer figures they can patch it later or they just don't care. Aliens Colonial Marines had plenty of limitations but that sucked because ultimately no one really cared.
This game has what I consider the best smoke effects of any DOS-era title. Especially the muzzle-flashes in the weapons. They are of extremely high resolution (for the time).
You'd think having to mash R to reload every single bullet/shell would be absolutely awful, but it surprisingly feels really good. Only other game I can recall that does it is "The Citadel". It's rough, janky, and has questionable level design, but goes all in with the gun mechanics while keeping the speed high. It's just so satisfying to play.
Can you confirm for me if hitting r once reloads two bullets in the revolver? People are saying it's 1 per tap. And I'm having issues with the shooting controls not being reliable. It makes me think it's polling too fast, causing it to take my one input as two or more .
What annoys me about modern mil shooters - among other things - is that you always play the biggest, saltiest, grittiest, meanest, most battle-hardenedest of Special Operations Operational Operators, yet you still reload like a 17-year-old in boot camp picking up a rifle for the first time. Yeah, sure. Fifteen seconds to drop a mag and plug in a new one.
Interestingly, weapon sprites from this game were used for Pirate Doom total conversion, which was inspired by Monkey Island, another Lucas Arts game. It's also very fun and I recommend it to everyone.
"Oh everyone's always on about the _children._ I've _tried_ leaving them alive, but nine times out of ten, they either grow up under my rule or dedicate the rest of their pathetic lives to revenge. ...Usually both. Honestly, killing them is a kindness! I could retract that question -- but _then_ who's the real monster?" "...You are. Still." "I- No, that was a rhetorical question." "And I gave you a rhetorical answer." *Audible silence*
Holy fucking shit I LOVE the animations in this game. It's a damn shame there aren't more and that you don't see stuff like this as often anymore. The folks over at Lucasarts were damn talented artists and animators as well as game crafters. First time commenting on one of your videos and I gotta say I love your stuff, Civvie. I love everything about your videos from the random dungeon bits to your humor and especially learning about some games like this I've never heard of before. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you have a great day!
Love this game. Absolutely massive open levels that still leave you scratching your head as to where to go next. The reloading system is dope and the alien easter-egg scared the shit out of me. That whole shoot out on top of the train and the ability to use scopes was also mind-blowing. Didn't know it had music, though. Still have the CD lying around somewhere.
A great western FPS, and the best western game before Red Dead Redemption. Shame not more was ever done with it, and Disney of all companies has ownership over it. Maybe they'll get Night Dive to remaster it since that's in vogue these days.
I highly doubt that Disney even knows this game exists. Besides, I’d rather not have the company that managed to kill Star Wars be in charge of, well, anything, really.
20:17. The marshal missions came with the original game. It was a great addition if you wanted to play a little less linear. When they released the addon they grouped the marshal missions under the "histrorical missions" label. Edit: Also, the game is 2.5D just like Doom and Duke 3D. The geometry is a bit more complex though. To make roofs, pltaforms and room on top of rooms, they intersected sector height - To make a platform in the editor, you drew a rectangle, then made the roof height lower than the floor height. The engine then only draws the intersected sections. I hope this makes sense, don't really know how else to explain it.
Jesus, looking at the shots firing at 2:03 you can just feel the quality and effort in this game. The smoke, animation, and subtle screen shake provide such an amazing feel just watching it.
Just played through this game again earlier this year! First time since i originally played it not long after it originally came out. So fun and great homage to spaghetti westerns
I still love this game, the atmosphere and creativity, and music are unmatched. Unloading a roaring 6-shooter into a group of enemies, glass breaking and bullets hitting sounds amazing to this day. The sound of the single barreled shotgun was my fav. The weapons FELT powerfull too, that's rare.
I'm really glad you did an episode on this one. One of my favorite UA-cam moments. Played this in 1997, and the aliens in the sewers under the outhouse on the first level scared the crap out of me back then hahah
The first game who made me loved Cowboys and Wild West stuff. Also bring me into loving games like Call of Juarez series(especially Gunslinger) and Red Dead Revolver.
“You never shot an innocent man”
“I never met an innocent man” that was pretty fuckin cool lol
Another cool line I noticed:
Anna: "Marshall James Anderson, buying perfume. This is history."
James: "This is marriage."
Only a true family man can say this 😊
Sounds like the thing a US cop would say today.
"There is no such thing as innocence; only degrees of guilt."
That feels like a line straight out of Blood Meridian
It sounds cool, except when you realize it's advocating for the murder of every man on the planet.
Played this when I was a kid so my mom had to block the Lucas Arts helpline 900 phone number. It was like $5 a min & I was unsupervised
At least you weren't calling those _other_ 900 numbers.
Oh my god, I phoned the helpline for Little Big Adventure back in the day and ran up over £100 phone bill. I was in so much trouble
Oh god.
I am probably the reason Apogee shut down their Aardwolf phone numbers when I first discovered the guide online in the mid-90s at like 5 years old.
God of War on the PS2 also had a phone number you could call, if you beat the game on GOD of WAR mode and broke the statues of Ares and the Minotaur at the ending of the game, a message pops up asking you to call this number. When you do, Kratos answers and congratulates you on becoming the new God of War. It, unlike Aardwolf, is still up and you can call it even in 2022!
My dad said I could call the hint line for Primal Rage ONE TIME while he was at work - I thought we were charged per call. So I had the lady read every move for every character while I recorded it on my tape recorder. Pops was a bit upset.
I swear, the way how they model the revolvers during the cutscenes would make Marty Robbins shed a tear of joy.
Agreed, the six gun in this game is worthy of the title big iron.
As a gun collector with a few period arms, I find it amusing how the game has you loading cartridges into cap-and-ball guns; and the wonky reloads in general (revolvers with swing out cylinders that shouldn't have them). Videogames, movies and TV shows are hell for gun nerds.
~~Big iron on his hiiiiiiiiiip~~
@@J.DeLaPoer Yeah same, but also sometimes we just gotta ignore it. I mean look at the sergio leone movies.
Or Alec Baldwin's trigger finger itch. Too soon?
"Outlaws is an immersive sim, which is why it is barely remembered and has a dedicated cult following"
-Civvie 1138
I mean now that I think about it. Lots of old games are like this, and movies
It’s just like my other favorite immersive sim, Half Life
I don't know what he's talking about because this game is nothing like The Sims wtf
@@RootVegetabIe good one, you actually made me think you were serious for a brief second
The cutscenes remind me of Captain Claw.
15:49 I can't stop replaying this part. The animation of him jumping onto the train and spinning his revolver before the level starts is so good.
Bro same
The animation is surprisingly good
Seriously why didn't Lucas art made an animated movie?
@@ahmadmalaki8364More money in Star Wars slopjank
I love the final far-away _“dammit”_ from Dr Death right before he hits the bottom of the mine shaft. It’s just good comedic timing
I honestly kinda love how since Anderson's shooting arm is usually shown to be his left in the cut scenes it is made the same in-game as well. A strange but interesting little detail to help strengthen the connection between the character you play ingame and the one you see in cutscenes.
I didn't even notice that, what's more, these cowboy guns are ambidextrous, except the revolver maybe.
@@kimkillillasfuq8212 The lever action probably has it's loading gate on the right but anderson could probably just kinda flip it over a little to give his good arm an angle to load. In general though since most guns in the west were loaded manually and didn't eject any casings, shooting left handed was a bit more simple.
@@inkmime I have a top eject 30-30 with the loading gate on the right. You won't even think twice using it left handed, it's slightly easier for me. Don't need to reach across the gun or move my shooting hand. I was trained to keep the gun aimed when reloading if possible so having the loading gate on the right when shooting lefty makes more sense to me
The bygone era of immersion.
@@inkmime I noticed the revolver was single action, not a swing out, so it has the same quality as the rifle in terms of the position of the loading gate being optimal for a left handed shooter with more modern habits
Damn, the cutscenes really are amazing, no doubts here!
Love how the main villain is not an one-dimensional evil evil dickhead, who will shrug off any of their henchmen's mistakes because he's evil for the sake of it like they do in many movies. He's actually not happy with Dr. Death's misdeeds, and doesn't allow Bloody Mary to kill the child. Even if it's more for the political and business reasons, it still shows that he thinks rationally and isn't a violent psychopath that lacks enough brain capacity to figure that pissing off a retired marshal may not be the best idea. Kinda unexpected from the game of that time.
Indeed. He's surprisingly well-written for a bad guy in a 90's shooter. Though I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since this was a LucasArts game.
Yeah, but his plan was still pretty weak. Personally if I was him I would have Dr. Death tied up and bring him and the little girl to the Marshal with an Ultimatum: throw away all your weapons and promise to stay out of my hair from now on and you not only get your daughter back but you get to have your revenge on the man who killed your wife, and you don't even have to sell you property!
@@marcodragon4995 i think the idea was that while dr death did fuck up he was still one of his men and if he sold out one of his own to a rampaging gunman it would completely shatter any trust his men have in him
@@lolihitler4198 ngl that would make a kind of interesting twist
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That may not be a bad thing. By making an example of Doc, he'd weed out the shitheads.
The marshall being quiet in gameplay is really cool; it's like he's completely focused on fighting his way through these goons.
As a Deaf person, I just want to say thank you very much for the closed captioning on your videos! Heavily appreciated! And I love seeing these videos about old LucasArts shooter games! Huge throwback.
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Damn man... sorry for your loss. How comes tho?
@@mentelgen3274 people can be born deaf
Right?
@@mentelgen3274 1. That's a pretty rude question to ask people 2. You don't know that he wasn't born deaf.
AX3 saying “you get no bitches” at the end of the emotional destabilization bit caught me off guard, bravo
Glad someone caught that as well 😂
That had Lamar level energy to it too
There is also an easter egg on the first map its in one of the port-a-johns outside theres a crack and you need a stick of dynamite thats secretly hidden in one of the houses. You blow it up and inside you see a bunch of aliens about to do an autopsy on a cow, it creeped me the hell out when i first saw it as a kid. There are a bunch of funny gags about cows in this game, like you can find another cow that is chilling underwater but you can only get there with cheats.
@nemo pouncey He's also found on a roof-top singing an R-rated song.
Richard Moll is a class act. He also voiced Two Face in Batman the Animated series
I feel like Civvie deliberately avoided mentioning this just to trigger people.
John de lancie also voiced eagleton in the animated series, so they had two members of the outlaws cast. Someone who worked on outlaws clearly liked themselves some batman the animated series.
Don't forget "Norman" from Mighty Max!!!!
@@ShadesMan thats the one!
Obligatory mention of "Bull" Shannon from Night Court, my favorite Richard Moll role...
Honorable mention to the episode of Rockford Files where he played a biker named "Ludes".
I'm amazed that this game has a moving skybox.
Some modern games don't even do that anymore.
Yeah, generally once you get someone who goes by "Doctor Death" involved in anything, you've kinda tossed the reins aside and said "fate, you're steering now".
Lucifer take the wheel if you may.
An absolute gem that doesn’t get enough attention
a game I only played 2 times and I remember it and usually watch any videos on it
yea i got gifted this game for my Bday last year and really happy i found this, happy to see civvie review this :D
First time I heard of this game was a year ago from the beautiful OST that got in my YT recommendation.
Out of curiosity, downloaded the Steam version. No regerts.
What the Criag doing?
and outlaws is pretty good too!
The rule of Outlaws is: The more teeth you have in your mouth, the more evil you are.
Dr. Death has them _on the sides,_ that's terrifying.
Fun Fact: Spittin Jack Sanchez, the second boss of the town level appears in different spots on the level according to the difficulty. On "Good" difficulty he always shows up at the storehouse near the hotel to the west after killing 90% of the outlaws in the level. On "Bad" difficulty he will randomly appear on the map after killing half of the outlaws and lastly on "Ugly" difficulty he always spawns near the player. last time i played, he showed after i cleared out the saloon and was heading to the pharmacy when he showed up and one-shot me. scared the piss out of me!
One-shot*
@LabRat Knatz Aw man, ol' Jack is really getting sentimental these days, adding the ... right before he hits enter!
Dude, the one-shot deaths from the bosses in this game were seriously no fucking joke. I always think of the boss from the first mission.. I’m just casually walking around, killing the bad guys without much trouble, all is well.. I open a door and *BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAM* Dead in an instant, mission is over, my 4 year-old pants have absolutely been shat from that experience. It was a hell of a jumpscare, no doubt. Just another part of what makes this game so legendary
Do you think he got that nickname from spitting up blood because he constantly got shot?
Listen to Outlaws OST, in particular "The Last Gunfight", and then listen to Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold".
The whole soundtrack is an homage to Ennio Morricone, and to Westerns in general.
Perhaps one of the best soundtracks to ever be produced for a game (yeah, I really mean that, and there are some brilliant ones out there).
It's an absolute gem of a game.
Based as fuck
I’ve got the original game I played in the 90s and the game cd can be played in any cd player/stereo. That soundtrack helped cement my love of spaghetti westerns and amazing music!
I played Outlaws back when I was like, 5 on my dad's old computer. I regularly mention that Outlaws is a game that exists, and would deserve a remaster.
"WHERE ARE YA, MARSHALL?" is going to be a line that sticks in my mind forever.
Damn that ending is actually really good, I wasn't expecting that from a game like this... Daughter taking the shot that her father couldn't... I need this game, lol.
I grew up on this game it's awesome the soundtrack is UNREAL.
@@TexasGreed For those curious, that fantastic soundtrack (my personal best soundtrack of ANY game) is here:
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@@TexasGreed best soundtrack in any game
Well, she already lost one parent...guess she REALLY didn't want to be an orphan.
@@cartooncritique6625 lol 😂
The Ballad of Dr. Death is catchy as hell and is full of interesting motifs. I couldn't help but yip along every time I heard that palm muted riff in the video. Even if the level it's attached to was a dark maze filled with pain and misdirection.
Yes
"Don't be a fool, Marshal!"
Always remembered the bad guys saying that line for some reason.
We all remember that line because we heard it 1,000 times during the game. 🙂
Where are you Marshall was the one that stuck with me cause I was always like "Right here boy come get some!"
WHERE ARE YA MARSHAL!?
"Hey, mister, I seen better shootin' at the county fair!"
I *STILL* have my CD of the game, and I remember loving the fact that they let you listen to the soundtrack with the game disc in music CD players. That game was in my music disc book (REMEMBER THOSE KIDS?) for so long. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, Civvie.
same :D the music is excellent
My dad had a few of those. This was back in the early 2000s
I have plenty of those music disc books filled with CDs and DVDs I burned. Some I burned as recent as a few months ago.
I am a 2000 zoomer.
i didn't think of it until i saw my old PC Tower a few days ago; but the old DISC drive had a play/skip button on it and remember being able to skip songs on the fly when i'd play games like Warcraft 2 and the like. miss those times too.
Absolutely adored this game as a kid. Those early LucasArts games were really special Grim Fandango, Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. Great memories
The "you get no bitches" line got me. I wasn't expecting that.
the thing is it keep increasing in severity with the aggravating remarks which would imply that him not getting any bitches is worse than him killing the man to create the biomechanical spine that would help people to walk
@@Arkuzian I mean, it is
It technically makes this a Lore episode of civvies dungeon
That shit was gold
Didnt Civvie reference having sex before and having been in at least one relationship? His bitches count must be at least okay
That "Max, dearest of all my friends!" quote from Max Payne hit me. Pro Max Payne when, Civvie?
Imagine if he did the whole trilogy in one video.
It's rather appropriate given how much of a Max Payne vibe this game has, before Max Payne even existed.
Yes! Pro Max Payne - Payne to the Max!
Propayne and propayne accessories
@@frankuraku5622 3rd game was... not worth it imo. Maybe I'll replay it someday and find it to be enjoyable but until then...
Civvie cut my favorite line from the opening.
"You never killed an innocent man Marshall"
"I never met an innocent man."
I felt bad about that too...
So I put it later in the video.
@@Civvie11 Shows me for commenting before I finish!
It's in there
@@Civvie11 it fits even better there
12:50
The thing that always struck me about this (like the first Dark Forces) is the way it merged a lot of genres. Nominally Outlaws is a FPS. It plays like an FPS. But there's this rich vein of Lucasarts' point-and-click adventures running through it, too.
Civvie proves he ain't a fool.
Remember: Quitting will just make the cowboys mock you harder.
This game has a striking resemblance to Call of Juarez: Gunslinger if you ever get to play that one. It's absolutely fantastic and has a similar reloading system to this
One could argue that game is directly inspired by this one
Funny how I was thinking about that game constantly during the entire review
@@scarlet_phonavis6734 the whole thing with old guns is the fact that you can (usually) reload them only by one bullet at a time. Smh, just use a clip/magazine, lol
God I love that game. Such a unique game
It also reminds me a lot of Fistful of Frags, a Source arena shooter that uses almost the exactly same reloading system as one of the core mechanics of its combat.
Cheers to you, Stephen Ash. Thanks for all the hours we spent in some truly amazing games. And Daikatana.
Cant leave without my buddy -Supefly- Stephen
“Always kill the children”, well this game didn’t learn but atleast anakin got it right
This comment will never get old, just like the younglings.
@@sekarmaltum1695 Also like Batmans parents.
Ahahah ouch...
@@sekarmaltum1695 , it already has been old...just ask those that commit genocide of the unborn, innocent, and pure children that never got the chance to be born.
@@paxhumana2015 as far as i know, stalin and mao were mostly fine and hitler died in the 60s (if i remember correctly) in south america. So .. no. Karma is a lie and plenty of people who did things on the undesirable end of the morality spectrum, didnt necessarily suffer for it.~~Ask any major politician if you want.
I love when Civvie randomly drops film history deep cuts. Man’s a scholar.
His taste in movies is awesome.
God damn those cut scenes are great. The character designs, the animation, voice acting, music, it's all just so damn good. Something about the scene where Dr. Death loses his pistol just hits good.
opening a door and Max suddenly instakilling you is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on this channel
Edit: since I have all this attention now, Pro Sam And Max when Civvie?
Better then opening the door and having the door kill you 🤣😆
You crack me up, little buddy
And he had time to throw in a perfectly placed Max Payne reference.
@@vinesauceobscurities I had to hit the like button as soon as I heard it lol
I'm more of a "nice fuckin model honk honk" man
tears to my eyes... i remember playing the first level over and over again (i was five or six years old, don't think i ever got pass the first boss). It's probably the first thing my dad let me play by myself, and i'll never forget the feeling. Thanks for bringing back the memories Civvie.
On gog we go!
The art style and 2D/3D blending reminds me of Full Throttle, and Doctor Death really makes me think of a younger Eustace Baggs. Thanks for showing off this game Civvie, I never knew it existed before, and never knew about that Max cameo either, gotta pick this one up now.
I'm super glad i'm not the only one that thought Doctor Death looked and was animated like Eustace Baggs. Fuck man it just has mouth movement and face look down.
I think he looks like Hugo Strange
@@ronnickels5193 I also thought Hugo Strange, but I can see Eustace as well.
@@omegadeku3790 "Stupid Marshal! Ya made me look bad!"
I would love to see the original 2D animation team do a show for this. The style choices are ridiculously good looking
Imagine if Disney made this a 2D theatrical animated film with ‘90s Disney levels of production values, effort and heart but at a more mature PG-13 audience.
@@HydraSpectre1138 Woulda been a helluva lot better than _Home on the Range_ and that's for sure
"Where are you marshal?"
Most under-rated voice acting line in history.
But yeah classic game this, tis a shame it never got a sequel. Playing on ugly really made it feel like you were in a spaghetti western well and was good training on hit scanners
"You're outnumbered!"
"Hey, mister, I seen better shooting at the county fair!"
I still fondly remember booting this thing up in 97, and even my 12-year-old ass was blown away by those cutscenes. Style for days.
Same here.
Even today they have more style and personality than any FPS.
Man, I heard of this game before but I never knew it had animated cutscenes THAT good.
@@smugplush Fullthrottle is pure bliss, one of my favorite games.
The character design has such a strong Full Throttle energy that I can't help but love!! Never really paid much attention to this game before, gotta change that now...
pardner!
@LabRat Knatz Explain the bullshit you have just shat from your fingers onto a comment.
I've still got my copy. There's a very good reason I've been collecting physical media for over two decades. The soundtrack is absolutely fabulous!
I wouldn't mind Nightdive getting their hands on this one. Looks like excellent fun and the next generation deserves to remember the lesser but just as lovely shooters or yesteryear.
I want to go frame by frame with every cutscene. It's so busy but smooth.
Go to 18:12 and look at the motion of the scruff of hair he has on top going with the motion of him looking around just before Civvie switches back to the gameplay at 18:15.
You get that kind of animation if you got people who know what they're doing with a pen and they love it.
Yeah a lot of care went into making this game.
I played this game when it came out. I was 10 years old. Man, this brings me back.
yeah good ´ol times
xxD Cheers
Game of my childhood. The "where are you marshal" line haunts me to this day.
Yeah
DON'T BE A FOOL MARSHALL
Give it up MARSHALL!
You're outnumbered!
Damn you and the horse you road in on!
Thankful my father brought me Outlaws, Doom, Witchaven, Dark Forces and many other gems of the decade! You were the best, dad!
Did he give you TekWar?
Not gonna lie - that is some of the most stylistic, creative, and cleanly animated game cinematics I have seen - considering the time period and the risks they took with it.
“This air current nonsense.” That was a solid chuckle for an hour.
I don't remember the air currents I knew the fly cheat from the beginning which makes levels like Bloody Mary's Marshall Training level super fun, but since I knew the cheat I just flew around in the canyon level.
God, this game was my childhood. I still remember playing it on my '95 for the first time all those years ago. God, its been too long. I need to play it again one day!
This is one of those underrated games that I'm really glad GoG has made available again. It's not perfect, but it is still really worth playing.
GOG does put out games that are old and make it available for modern PC’s
Steam sells old games and just doesn't bother patching them to run on modern hardware.
It's ridiculous.
GoG is where it's at for the olden days of gaming.
@@walnzell9328 this is not valve's game though, it's Mickey's job to update his products
@@walnzell9328 Well it's the fault of windows in many cases, I remember having no problems playing Dark Forces on linux but when I tried it on win10...
absolutely got nothing but fond memories watching my dad play this game. such a classic title
Omfg the Brisco County Jr. footage at 00:10 I already love the vid Civvie
Friendly reminder: A souce port for this is coming soon(tm)... As soon as The Force Engine is done with Dark Forces support.
But....wasn't the Dark Forces source port super inaccurate? I don't mean to shit talk the developers, that's just what I've heard. Then again, maybe Outlaws' SP will turn out better.
I don't know, I'm just talking out my ass now.
@@marcellosilva9286 That's why they've started over from scratch
@@pagb666
Here I am 2 years later.
Still waiting for this release!
There's something so satisfying about loading each individual round into old timey guns in video games. Each bullet feels meaningful. As a kid I hated the westerns my dad was always watching but games like Red Dead and Hunt: Showdown really turned that around. It's really cool to see that this gameplay mechanic has existed longer than I was aware. It's a shame I missed this when I was younger.
Having to contend with the limitations of such old guns is usually interesting in a game that actually thoughtfully incorporates it. I love Hunt:Showdown for it
I’m curious, what’s wrong with rdr2’s guns?
@@harrybirchall3308 I never thought of it that way. i do appreciate you going to that much detail. I do love red dead, but the combat does feel pretty flat.
I'm not so sure about that. Having your aim and reloading get hampered whenever you get hit sounds "Tripping from Brawl" bad. I'd ditch that in exchange for a more traditional reloading system.
The expression work on the character's faces, especially Anderson, are insane. I don't usually feel much when I watch animated character facial expressions, but damn his makes my dead heart twitch just a bit.
Damn Doc Venture is terrifying in this.
Huh, in all of my years of watching UA-cam, I don't think I've ever seen "No Views" on a video from clicking on a video so quickly. Love your content as always Civvie 11.
You’re a casual
Maybe notifcations just took longer to be sent to ya
Played the demo for years before I could convince my parents to buy it for me. Absolutely loved this game. The looks, the sounds, the smooth gameplay, it brings so much nostalgia. Back when Lucas Arts was just pumping out great games left and right.
No friggin' way! Just yesterday I was like "Man, Civvie should review Outlaws..." and here it is!
I loved, loved, loooooved this game! First FPS I played, on my uncle's PC...the Morricone's inspired OST, the sound design, the cutscenes...great game, underrated and something which made me fall in love with Italian spaghetti western (despite the story not being like that of a spaghetti western, tbh).
P.s.: taking note on the music selection playing in the background, Civvie too loved "the Ballad of Dr. Death": it is an ecleptic and amazing piece of music, and I suggest all of you folks give it a listen; it moves from baroque and Renaissance music to a slapping banjo tune, then adds a choir and ends up in a slower tempo. It is fitting of the character and the level, which shows a descent into a dark mine, with molten lava too at one point.
Why does Civvie keep comparing the game to build engine games though? I'm confused when this game has a totally different engine and is much older...
I do believe is due to his admiration for those games and their interactivity, and maybe because it gives a bit of a "build vibe" to him. In a sense, he's explicitly voicing his implicit 'bias' (not in a bad way) when it comes to old 2.5 dimensions FPSs, which, to me, it's a show of his honesty.
This is how I see it, but I could be wrong.
Man this game was my entire childhood, it's what led me down the path of loving old timey westerns.. I'd like to thank my grandpa for having gotten this game for my 4th birthday
I really like the dialogue in the cut scenes. it's back and forth and slightly quippy especially with the doctor, but not to the point of being insufferable and terrified of coming off as genuine.
Never heard of this game but Civvie is always classic
*"You never killed an innocent man Marshall"*
*"I never met an innocent man"*
What a badass line 😂
RIP Stephen Ash.
Ironic when Doctor Death only have one thing left to do... Die
Guess the takeaway from this story is always kill the children...?
I wish games are like this, creative because of limitations. A lot of love poured into this game
Limitations doesn't bring out creativity, but creativity helps overcome limitations.
@@pyramidhead7780s nah, I’d say it’s more like “limitations brings out creativity and it’s creativity that overcomes limitations.”
@@AnimatedTerror You are either creative or not, limitations are just hindrance, limitations don't make you more productive if anything would stop you from achieving your true potential. to prove that just look at some of the greatest sequels in gaming history, like Half-Life 2.
@@AnimatedTerror there are some games that have been good despite their limitations, my favourite for this is Silent Hill 2 which had a short draw distance but disguised it with a fog that was perfectly in keeping with and enhanced the creepy ass nature of stuff. The thing is those limitations don't make the game great, what made it great was how they overcame them without compromising their artistic vision which is the main difference these days where you have studious forced to release basically unfinished products because the producer figures they can patch it later or they just don't care. Aliens Colonial Marines had plenty of limitations but that sucked because ultimately no one really cared.
This game has what I consider the best smoke effects of any DOS-era title. Especially the muzzle-flashes in the weapons. They are of extremely high resolution (for the time).
12:56 I dont know why but there's something so "Civvie" about this moment that has me dying laughing
You'd think having to mash R to reload every single bullet/shell would be absolutely awful, but it surprisingly feels really good. Only other game I can recall that does it is "The Citadel". It's rough, janky, and has questionable level design, but goes all in with the gun mechanics while keeping the speed high. It's just so satisfying to play.
Can you confirm for me if hitting r once reloads two bullets in the revolver? People are saying it's 1 per tap. And I'm having issues with the shooting controls not being reliable. It makes me think it's polling too fast, causing it to take my one input as two or more .
What annoys me about modern mil shooters - among other things - is that you always play the biggest, saltiest, grittiest, meanest, most battle-hardenedest of Special Operations Operational Operators, yet you still reload like a 17-year-old in boot camp picking up a rifle for the first time. Yeah, sure. Fifteen seconds to drop a mag and plug in a new one.
Interestingly, weapon sprites from this game were used for Pirate Doom total conversion, which was inspired by Monkey Island, another Lucas Arts game. It's also very fun and I recommend it to everyone.
"Oh everyone's always on about the _children._ I've _tried_ leaving them alive, but nine times out of ten, they either grow up under my rule or dedicate the rest of their pathetic lives to revenge. ...Usually both. Honestly, killing them is a kindness! I could retract that question -- but _then_ who's the real monster?"
"...You are. Still."
"I- No, that was a rhetorical question."
"And I gave you a rhetorical answer."
*Audible silence*
I understood that refference.
@@Veellinn shut up, Nappa
I traded Vegeta for this
Wait wrong line of Freiza slowly going insane.
I literally just rebought a copy of Castlevania:SOTN last week so I'm absolutely loving the disc sitting there on the counter
SOTN is my favourite game of all time, I hope Civvie does an episode on it some day.
@@marcellosilva9286 same here dude. I'd be curious to see how he tackles it compared to the normal FPS videos he makes but I know it'd be amazing
Holy fucking shit I LOVE the animations in this game. It's a damn shame there aren't more and that you don't see stuff like this as often anymore. The folks over at Lucasarts were damn talented artists and animators as well as game crafters.
First time commenting on one of your videos and I gotta say I love your stuff, Civvie. I love everything about your videos from the random dungeon bits to your humor and especially learning about some games like this I've never heard of before. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you have a great day!
Civvie I am shocked that you only mentioned the soundtrack in one sentence. This is one of the greatest soundtracks in all of gaming.
Love this game. Absolutely massive open levels that still leave you scratching your head as to where to go next. The reloading system is dope and the alien easter-egg scared the shit out of me. That whole shoot out on top of the train and the ability to use scopes was also mind-blowing. Didn't know it had music, though. Still have the CD lying around somewhere.
When I left the comment that I wanted Civvie to do Outlaws, I never expected him to do it. I am glad to have been wrong :)
I did too, several months ago
This game forever holds a place in my heart. I remember playing this so much that I can whistle the first level theme really well.
I also remember playing this game a lot with my dad as well.
This is a childhood core memory of mine, you making a video on this game has made me so incredibly happy.
5:16 great casting, did not expect to see Q cropping up in this thing
WHERE ARE YA MARSHALL??
Once again, Civvie’s bringing back a Classic Lucas Arts game from my childhood.
21:04 IT’S MAX!
Max, dearest of all my friends - Vladimir Lem / Max Payne 2
A great western FPS, and the best western game before Red Dead Redemption. Shame not more was ever done with it, and Disney of all companies has ownership over it. Maybe they'll get Night Dive to remaster it since that's in vogue these days.
It'd be nice to have a version where the backspace works.
I highly doubt that Disney even knows this game exists. Besides, I’d rather not have the company that managed to kill Star Wars be in charge of, well, anything, really.
@@karlgoodman9194 I feel like with Disney there's a 50/50 chance it would either be great or be complete shit.
20:17. The marshal missions came with the original game. It was a great addition if you wanted to play a little less linear. When they released the addon they grouped the marshal missions under the "histrorical missions" label.
Edit: Also, the game is 2.5D just like Doom and Duke 3D. The geometry is a bit more complex though. To make roofs, pltaforms and room on top of rooms, they intersected sector height - To make a platform in the editor, you drew a rectangle, then made the roof height lower than the floor height. The engine then only draws the intersected sections. I hope this makes sense, don't really know how else to explain it.
Fantastic 90s FPS. The Revolver is my favourite gun in the game, its just so satisfying to use the alt fire.
Had to cancel my dialysis because I didn't expect new Civvie to drop today
Priorities
Oh my, it's finally happened!
Fantastic game, a timeless classic, in the same league with "Star Wars: Dark Forces" and "Thief: The Dark Project".
Can't believe it took civvie this long to cover this absolute masterpiece.
Jesus, looking at the shots firing at 2:03 you can just feel the quality and effort in this game. The smoke, animation, and subtle screen shake provide such an amazing feel just watching it.
Just played through this game again earlier this year! First time since i originally played it not long after it originally came out. So fun and great homage to spaghetti westerns
Nothing like a new Civvie video in the morning to start my day.
A great classic. Absolutely brilliant animation and music. One of my favourites as a child
Thank you for covering this hidden gem! This is my childhood, right here!
I still love this game, the atmosphere and creativity, and music are unmatched. Unloading a roaring 6-shooter into a group of enemies, glass breaking and bullets hitting sounds amazing to this day. The sound of the single barreled shotgun was my fav. The weapons FELT powerfull too, that's rare.
25:04 "YOU GET NO BITCHES"
I'm really glad you did an episode on this one. One of my favorite UA-cam moments. Played this in 1997, and the aliens in the sewers under the outhouse on the first level scared the crap out of me back then hahah
finally, love this game so much
Fun fact: John De Lancie, who voiced Dr Death, would go on to voice Discord in My Little Pony.
John de Lancie is criminally underrated.
He voiced the angel Trias in Planescape Torment.
The first game who made me loved Cowboys and Wild West stuff. Also bring me into loving games like Call of Juarez series(especially Gunslinger) and Red Dead Revolver.