Dread Templar review - Old school retro fps with a few new tricks

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Dread Templar Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/13...
Dread Templar is a fast, brutal retro fps taking all the best aspects of Quake and giving them some modern flair. Now, just in time for Realms Deep 2021 Dread Templar has come to early access. Is this bloody trek into the underworld worth your time? Find out in this Dread Templar review.
Dread Templar was developed by T19 Games and is being published 1C Entertainment and is currently available for Steam early access.
Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
1:41 What is Dread Templar? - Story
2:48 Presentation
5:00 Dread Templar gameplay
6:31 Arsenal
10:29 Level Design
13:20 Upgrades
17:20 Conclusion
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Written and edited by Kirk McLaughlin
Graphics by Steven Hilton - @stevenbydesign , stevenxdesign.com
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@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Dread Templar Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/13... Come join the Kirk.Collects Discord: discord.gg/XqQC8HQEwt Please follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/kirkcollects Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/kirkcollects Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 1:41 What is Dread Templar? - Story 2:48 Presentation 5:00 Dread Templar gameplay 6:31 Arsenal 10:29 Level Design 13:20 Upgrades 17:20 Conclusion

@Jarekthegamingdragon 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man I can not stress just how good this game is. THE MUSIC AAAA

@NattyNosyarg 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jarek!

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

It was so much fun, a really pleasant suprise.

@arkgaharandan5881 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Kokuyous3ki 3 жыл бұрын

This music is an instant win for me, I will get the game just for that already :) Edit: Past tense. Bought it like three minutes later. I mean it's like 13 eur... like... Ofc.I'm buying this. Damn, he made the music for Vomitoreum too?... well, not like I can run forever from that one either! :)

@JohnSWeekley 2 жыл бұрын

@edgelord3617 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the more unique boomer shooters I’ve seen so far. Just hope there are more terrifying enemy types in the future, like how you’d go “Oh shit!” when a Shambler appeared in Quake. Great review!

@Anuskasv0 2 жыл бұрын

This game is incredible! Great gameplay, love the graphics and music is fantastic, gives Hulshult a run for his money. Secrets are super satisfying too.

@MasterSoto 3 жыл бұрын

I have been following this badboy since the Hell Hunt demo and now it can finally take its place alongside the mighty Wrath, HROT and Ultrakill as one of the few absolute best retro killing games out there in early access that I can't wait for the full version of.

@markc9949 3 жыл бұрын

Been eyeing this one for a while, glad to see some coverage on it!

@Robocop_1987 3 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely buy it when it's closer to it's complete state .

@ThatTravGuy Жыл бұрын

Came here researching other KZfaqrs' opinions on the game -- Great stuff, man.

@KIRKCOLLECTS Жыл бұрын

Trav Guy! Thank you so much man! I enjoy your videos as well 😁

@danteburnside5421 3 жыл бұрын

Had my eye on this one for awhile, it looks great.

@Konacrusher 3 жыл бұрын

I was JUST looking for a review of Dread Templar... Thank you, Kirk!

@HighFunctioningMedium 3 жыл бұрын

been waiting on this for a moment. finally something thats not just a trendchasing going through the motions. but man the style and spectacle here is so pleasing to the eye.

@spring3281 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you covering these sorts of games, not a whole lot of good content on youtube that covers these gems :)

@FROSTB4NE 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely getting it right now, got burned out of the boomer shooter craze after dusk and many more but now i'm ready again, dusk was amazing btw just played too many after that. The games so cheap I usually wait till they're out of EA to not spoil the game but sure, what the hell, i'm off for a week nothing better to do xD

@HevonCZR 3 жыл бұрын

Played the demo a couple of months ago. It felt really good! Excited for this game!

@toadkiller6022 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, a lot has changed since the last time I played the demo. Need to try this again. Thanks for the video Kirk! Fun and informative as always!

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah definitely a lot of improvement since the demos.

@hawkevick9184 3 жыл бұрын

INstant buy, Also getting, dusk, Ultrakill and Maximum acion.

@user-stanrbm 3 жыл бұрын

Gunfire Reborn, Roboquest, Prodeus and Doombringer. Brutal Fate in development.

@ZZ-hb1ho 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-stanrbm doombringer is underrated the art isn’t my favorite but the level design on multiplayer are top notch.

@lrfts_GHIGHI 3 жыл бұрын

This game is really cool, I hope the dev will do a great work on future updates

@monkeytube138 3 жыл бұрын

Just picked up the early access. Still getting in to it but right now the controls are tight, the gameplay is super satisfying, the level design is great, the music is perfect, everything so far is damn good and I do not regret getting the early access.

@Custer_X_Of_The_DAU 3 жыл бұрын

You should look at one of my favorite video games of all time Bulletstorm. It is such an underrated FPS game.

@monkeytube138 3 жыл бұрын

I just picked that up and it's really satisfying to play.

@gregsmith7541 3 жыл бұрын

Its so nice to have a new wave boomer shooter where the weapons just arent the same old doom formula, melee pistol, shotgun, maybe another shotgun, hitscan auto weapon, explosive projectile weapon , fast firing possible plasma projectile weapon, super bfg like weapon, etc. I was really pleasantly surprised with the recharging bow and the electrical stun bombs.

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Same, both felt useful and well thought out. I’m looking forward to seeing if there will be more weapon variations through the upgrade screen like the Hellscreams.

@TheUltimateZMAN 3 жыл бұрын

The Realms Deep trailer for this game samples the opening to 2016 At Doom’s Gate wtaf

@lonew0lfclaw859 3 жыл бұрын

Great review man. This is shaping up to be a great boomer shooter. Now i know its a boomer shooter and its graphics are the way they are because of that, but im sorta trying to imagine it running on the doom 2016 engine. Fuck that would be awesome. May be in another reality perhaps.

@Darkest_matter 3 жыл бұрын

my intel atom would LOVE these retro games.

@Helljumper237 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Kirk, what are you looking forward to at RD2021?

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m hoping for release dates on everything announced last year.

@Helljumper237 3 жыл бұрын

So am I on wrath and prodeus mostly and excited to see some new stuff.

@ReadyAimFire_ 2 жыл бұрын

I didnt like it at first, but when it clicks- its becomes awesome shooter (especially quickswap is so fuckin sweet). Highly recommended.

@Bibi_effin_Blocksberg 3 жыл бұрын

Pew pew pew!

@ct2586 2 жыл бұрын

Such a under rated youtuber, seriously subscribe everyone!!! Love the video

@Lord_Deimos 3 жыл бұрын

You had me at 'fisting the undead'

@TalkingRaven_ 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man would you mind taking a look at Trepang 2? It's basically a F.E.A.R. inspired FPS, it's currently early access, but from what I've played, it's turning out to be a better sequel for F.E.A.R. than F.E.A.R. 2 and F.3.A.R.

@JohnSWeekley 3 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong about the caffeine...

@KIRKCOLLECTS 3 жыл бұрын

Knew it. Excellent work man!

@monkeytube138 3 жыл бұрын

You *nailed* that soundtrack. Top quality stuff.

@JohnSWeekley 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, guys!! ❤❤

@keanmccracken7638 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no I'm too poor for this... why do I like the looks of literally every single retro styled fps that releases

@ZZ-hb1ho 3 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m syaing

@poppin7744 2 жыл бұрын

Please someone I need to know that intro song

@Krondon-SSR 3 жыл бұрын

I hate that all these retro games are being released as EA. Guess i'll wait xd

@FROSTB4NE 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a little annoying but if they released in full without community driven feedback they could turn out bad so I think the wait is worth it.

@Krondon-SSR 3 жыл бұрын

@@FROSTB4NE if people wanna betatest for a year sure. I wont cuz i would burn out on the game

@monkeytube138 3 жыл бұрын

Ordinarily I wouldn't mess with EA titles, but in this case it's so much fun that I don't even care. Hopefully the rest is out within a year.

@elbarto6668 2 жыл бұрын

*Sorry if I'm annoying, but can someone tell me what equipment I need to play the game? Because I have a 4 year old HP-office toaster, not a normal gaming PC.* *It's not that bad, I can play Amit Evil, Turok 1 Remaster & Pain Killer without any problems.* *I would be very grateful for honest answers.*

@KIRKCOLLECTS 2 жыл бұрын

No worries. If you pop over to the Dread Templar Steam page they will have the system requirements towards the bottom before the customer reviews. I would say if you're able to run Amid Evil you should be able to run Dread, it's not too graphically demanding. At the time I reviewed it on my old rig that I bought back in 2017. It wasn't much of a gaming PC either. Worst case scenario if it doesn't run you can refund it on steam within 14 days. Hope that helps!

@elbarto6668 2 жыл бұрын

@@KIRKCOLLECTS Cool thanks :D

@tomsko863 3 жыл бұрын

2:39 - This reference is killing me. Who is this and why? I can't even figure out how to spell his name: Steven Wait, Stephen Waite, Stephan Weight??? Argh! That is not cool. You can't do this to me!

@keanmccracken7638 3 жыл бұрын

He voiced Caleb in blood and the end boss in dusk, probably other stuff I just forget too

@tomsko863 3 жыл бұрын

@@keanmccracken7638 Do you know how to spell him name?

@keanmccracken7638 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomsko863 yeah, here it is: stephan weyte

@tomsko863 3 жыл бұрын

@@keanmccracken7638 Thank you. Yes, that's the bastard! He's voiced alot of games I see.

@elektrodemongaming 3 жыл бұрын

The problem with almost all boomer shooters is early access. There's maybe a few fully finished games like Dusk, Ion Fury and Amid Evil but the rest are just early access trash. Some games are even in early access for more then 3 years. I never understood why people play early access games.

@arkgaharandan5881 3 жыл бұрын

wrath of ruin was gonna come out but coid happened. You can play vomitorium for now.

@morkgin2459 3 жыл бұрын

Same! Finally someone talking about early access

@xNachtmahRx 3 жыл бұрын

I often report early access games to steam and flag them as scam tbh

@Krondon-SSR 3 жыл бұрын

@@xNachtmahRx Based

@monkeytube138 3 жыл бұрын

I usually dodge those ones like the plague, but this one is already so fun I don't even care that I'm waiting for the rest of it.

@SPL1NGYDUDE 3 жыл бұрын

No cap I thought by the cover art that the mc was a female (or at least, was assigned that at birth)

@johndodo2062 Жыл бұрын

I don't get sometimes why the retro shooters need to be hideous on purpose. Cultic looks like actual trash and this thing is so purple I can't even look at it for more than a minute. You can have primitive graphics that actually look like real items and normal colors. But no, we get this kind of design. They'd sell allot more copies if they would just put a bit more effort into colors

@FerrariDragQueen 2 жыл бұрын

it looks suspiciously like unreal engine 1 if it is, i'll have to sue you.

@FerrariDragQueen 2 жыл бұрын

aka (GET YOUR OWN FUCKING IDEAS)

@morkgin2459 2 жыл бұрын

This guy didn't make the game

@garretwoeller7669 3 жыл бұрын

I love seeing 45's getting rep in boomer shooters but Jesus Christ that shotgun looks awful

@FerrariDragQueen 2 жыл бұрын

kirk collected a thumbs down, i've had about enough of guys copying my trends/styles to the point where i end up quitting. not this time around, you guys can crash in planes, or get hit in a 25 car pile up on the highway, etc.

@TheRckeiser 2 жыл бұрын

:’(

@lastburning 3 жыл бұрын

I hate the word "boomer shooter" because it wasn't boomers who played the old school shooters. That's a wrong generation god damnit.

@jdfray338 2 жыл бұрын

Boomer shooter? Really ? Game looks great. But im tired of all the extra labels people have to make up. My father was born in the baby boom which is where the term is from. You guys just loosely use any term.

@FerrariDragQueen 2 жыл бұрын

i see a pile of copyright violations, just look at all the usage of moves from so many other games nothing to see here besides a lawsuit waiting to happen.

@FerrariDragQueen 2 жыл бұрын

*take it from me if you make a million dollars* you'll have more debt waiting for you, on all those copyright violations.

@FerrariDragQueen 2 жыл бұрын

this game won't see a cent from me, also there are no overlays on anything, it's all one layer player... LOL boring.