The "Horrors of War" hits a bit differently when the horror in question is written by Clive Barker. And the war part by Michael Bay.

This game gave me the most severe tonal whiplash I've ever had. It's like a 12 year old with a very hyperactive mind just going ham on a keyboard and trying to make a story about war, vampires, dragons and demons and trying to make it all work out. What a wild trip.

The game starts with you fighting a gruesome trench war, and two levels later has you driving a dieselpunk mech suit into French Stonehenge against a gigantic scorpion robot piloted by a necromancer wielding a magic gauntlet created by vampires to fight demons. Just *describing* this game is a fever dream, let alone playing it. EDIT: Also worth noting is that the machine gun is the Maxim MG 08/15, a water-cooled weapon which weighs over 45 pounds fully loaded, and he's *dual wielding them*.

I just love the huge contrast between the message of "War is hell" and COMBO SYSTEM!

With this, we're officially one step closer for Civvie's inevitable Painkiller video and for one I cannot wait.

This plot of this game and it’s prequel are like the videogame equivalent of trying to explain a really sick dream you had a few days ago

I really enjoy the painkiller series. Morphine and opium were great, as well as the sequel, ketamine.

This game has a high degree of historical accuracy. There was a reason attacking infantry on dragonback was banned by the Geneva Convention- the inaccuracy meant a lot of civilian casualties.

"Just toss some Skaven in there, nobody will notice."

You know, I could totally imagine a cool survival horror game that starts in WW1 and ends up in hell. But it would not have mechs, dragons and a friggen JRR Tolkien cameo.

"This level is more of a 'Hot Topic'-themed train station" is such a great line.

The kick being above the weapon is not a bug, he's just very flexible

This might be one of the most out of pocket games Civvie has ever played, and he's played the Postal series.

Just want to appreciate how at 27:41 interrupting the reload with a sprint makes the character then resume it where it was left off instead of starting again, which is not something you see often.

Ok when the face appeared in the sky I just busted out laughing. This game is like some sort of prank.

J. R. R. Tolkien and vampires in a World War 1 FPS game is not something I was expecting to see

I feel like both halves of NecroVision - gritty WW1 shooter, and demon-slaying Painkiller clone - were each originally planned to be the full game at one point. Then something happened during development and the two were stitched together with an insane plot. It's like the game is Frankenstein's monster, and the story is the lightning that brought life to them.

From Medal of Honor to Old World Blues in less than an hour, the tone of this game is CRAZY!

...and in this video, Civvie sees the sun again for the first time in at least six years.

World War 1, duel wielding, zombies, mages, vampires, dragons and a battle with the devil himself. God bless the batshit crazy overambition of janky 2000's shooters.

How do you think this came about: did they start wanting to make a grim WWI shooter and they fell back to a supernatural plot when that got too hard to pull off, or did they start with a story about killing the devil and WWI happened to come up?

Man, I love these Slav-jank videos. The ludicrous shlock story treated as if it were a profound philosophical statement, the amusing bugs and the kernel of something actually kind of cool. Thanks for another great one.

Lost Company was an interesting prequel, given that you play as the man himself - Zimmerman. Also, the collector's edition came with a wooden german grenade with the name of the game etched and burned into it. I have two, because I ordered one, then won a graphics competition on the semi-official forums. Good times.

I literally rewatched Mandalore gaming's old Necrovision video yesterday and thought to myself, "I'd like to see civvie play through necrovision and see how he feels about this crazy coked up ww1 shooter." I don't know what kind of pre-cognitive power I tapped into but it scares me. Tbh, i'd love to see you do a video on Platinum games Vanquish too. But great content as always Civvie!

Finally, now I can see if this game is good after 14 years

Good choice. I was thinking you should cover this. Strange fact: American’s joined up voluntarily to assist the British before America officially joined the war. Bonus fact: the battle of the Somme is the most brutal battles of all time. Historians also haven’t been able to establish if it any appreciable outcome on the war, and the strategic value of capturing one side of the Somme over the other.

So since we’re in Antarctica, I assume the next episode will be about John Carpenters horror classic. Ghosts of Mars.

From WW1 shooter that shifts between Medal of Honor then to COD Zombies then to Wolfenstein that transforms into Edgelord FPS where you play as Spawn riding a dragon is wild.

This has to be the new gold standard of Jank, even beating out You Are Empty for sheer inexplicable twists

i remember playing this when it came out, i actually didn't hate it. it was weird and janky but in a kinda charming way

I really like the mechanic of the Challenge Room, it would be cool if more games with story campaigns had something like that

10/10 on Castle Jankenstein

Ahh a new civvie11 video perfect thing to watch while I cough up my lungs with a chest infection

God, I’m just as excited to share this with my friends now that it’s off the Patreon episode. The algorithm requires engagement after all.

"Oh yes please, give me more one liners" There's a dedicated button for that, Civvie. Kinda surprised he didn't run into the "softlock" with the second mech section.

This game has two wolves inside of it: "War is Hell...." "War is Hell!!! 😎😎"

This is one of those games that occupies that exact grey area of being well-known enough that I've heard other youtubers talk about it, but obscure enough that I never would have expected Civvie to do a video on it. The result? Pleasant surprise.

You know it's a good day when Civvie uploads an almost 40 minute long video.

Love the genuine shocked laugh from Civvie after he got a combo from that guy unaliving himself

Really love the antartica ambience, a nice change of pace from the dank underground dungeons

I first played this game inspired by Civvie to try weird jank, and now, here he is, 74 years later, to play it. Circle of life, man.

A lot of games have the gun take up like 1/4 of the screen Its impressive to find a magazine that thakes up almost 1/3.

I actually almost died on "you gotta license for that bloomin' accent"

This game missed the opportunity to make Hell a sewer level. Besides that the dragon, mechs, vampire beasts, wizards and J.R.R. Tolkien writing about Middle Earth in a German prison were fairly historically accurate for the Great War.

A classic i found out exists from mandalore. Going to enjoy this one.

New to the Channel and I don't play video games much but I've watched almost every episode, the commentary cracks me up and the editing is top notch.

The floating demon head is giving me real "We're going to candy mountain" vibes.

Finally Civvie discovers NecroVision, I absolutely loved this game! It was one of the first games going back to the classical shooters.

Great choice for Halloween! I was about to make my annual complaints about you not playing Jericho, but this is great too!

I wish I could understand the mind of Civvie like Katie does

"Castle Jankenstein" I love you. This is one of the most wild and crazy things you've made in a while, I just love everything about this. I don't have any dumb joke comments I just really love this one a lot, it's awesome and hilarious and great.

4:22 I wonder if there would be any Blackadder Goes Forth jokes. 11:44 DAMN YOU MERASMUS! YOU'RE THE WORST ROOMMATE 19:05 The lobotomite has reached the forbidden zone, I guess. P.s. nope, no Blackadder

Another time both Civvie and Mandalore have checked the same game. No wonder i like both channels.

The editing on this Episode is masterful!

I just wanted to say that I genuinely love your channel, and that your videos keep getting better 🤘

Sweet! I've been looking forward to Civvie's Christmas 2022 video.

Just when I needed a Civvie video most, he delivers!

Cant wait for the unavoidable 5 nights at civvies

Omg, that Xmas intro nearly gutted me! Now THAT was a jump scare! 😅 also, I think the second half of the game is trying to be Warhammer, what with that “my guns never tire” quote and the flamethrower rats.

Happy this video came out on my birthday, Thanks Civvi!!

The timing! I was literally playing this for my wwi themed halloween this year! with all the new wwi horror games this felt right at home ^^

While probably a bit too slow-paced for Civvie to do a video, I did enjoy Farm 51's "Deadfall Adventures," which is basically a first-person Indiana Jones simulator. Quite a nice little B-game, and I hadn't even heard of it until I stumbled onto it a few months ago.

Good stuff. Always a great day when Civvie uploads one of these longer-form videos.

Every video you put out is pure gold!

i bet you'd have fun exploring your cycles of guilt playing EYE: Divine Cybermancy

23:03 a masterclass in tonal dissonance

And another great video. Also good to see the change of scenery. You can even see the sky over there

only civvie can perfectly describe and commentate something as insane as this, great video

It’s a shame that World War One isn’t a popular setting for video games. The setting is so fucked up that anything from action shooters to full horror games would fit perfectly

I think at 13:40 is the hardest I've heard Civvie laugh non maniacally or otherwise. Gotta love absurd shit

3:27 has to be one of the best bits in a Civvie video I've seen in a while. You know you're onto something truly special when the game looks truly nauseating through horrendous bloom.

Been waiting for this one since Mandalore did it

This game feels like if someone took the last level from Painkiller and made an entire videogame out of it

Way to put yourself through the wringer for us! Thank you, Civvie!

ah Civvie back in full form - these kinds of videos of his are my favourites - pretty much laughed my ass off non-stop

The scariest thing about this video is that we got to hear what I believe is Civvie's natural laugh at 13:40

It took me a while to recognize her voice, but the VA of the blue light was also in Unreal Tournament 2004, it was the voice narrating various events, such as when you must draft your team and then frag them for them to accept you as their leader.

“Damn”😂😂😂 gets me every time. Another great vid Civvie11

Love the little snippets of history there, Civvie.

8:13 An adjustable firing rate is a feature of the Maxim gun. This one is set to "falling toolchest".

Maybe the real horror was the friends we made along the way

Your videos are getting better. already 10/10

An interesting fact that is probably unintentional: Mephisto is also the name of a German A7V tank, one of only 20 built during WWI, which was captured and is now the only one in existence, being on display in the Australian War Museum.

I need to finally try this game out. It's in my GOG library. Edit: Oooooh. That OMD reference still hurts.

Only Civvie wishes merry Christmas on Spooktober, absolute mad lad

I feel like this game was a collective fever dream we all had and subsequently forgot.

Every single time i decide to get out of bed, another Civvie video pops out

I hope being in the frozen hellwaste of the north means you'll be doing the Thing game at some point.

The fact that Civvie recommends MandaloreGaming proves that he is a man of culture.

I did not expect a One More Day reference in a Civvie video! Wow!

A new Civvie video?! Christmas did come early! XD

I remember buying this when it first came out. I was so pumped for a horror game set in WW1! Then I saw the combo system and realized that I had made a terrible purchasing decision.

A "History of the World, Part 1" reference? Civvie11 out here doing God's work 😊

Civvie is the only person I will permit to celebrate Christmas early

Man I love this channel so damn much.

As a huge NecroVisioN fan and master of the game engine and glitches I found it disappointing you didn't find the slamfire glitch, the ammo save on finisher glitch (or at least didn't show case it) and of course the infamous, flying and out of bound glitch, that can be used to showcase what happens after checkpoint to the world behind you, and boy is it scary and pretty at the same time. A shame you decided to not bother with NVN: Lost Company, it's better than original, includes more guns, more combos, more enemies, but I guess if you don't want to touch painkiller, you wouldn't probably want to touch the prequel. Suffice to say as a game made by Polish company, most of the good dialogue and jokes were top to mid at best in polish, however some of the knack and fun got lost in translation. I don't want to go into the detail of Serious Uncle Sam final challenge as it's both hard, but also a very satisfying show of combat, especially if you know what to do and knew a variety of combos to go through, as a reward you get a cool Shadowhand mechanic that grants you the powers from the trailer / first chapter video with the barbed wire shadow hand and acid rain spell, those are top tier fun. Anyway, good vid an all;

This game still takes war more seriously than the recent CoD and BF titles.

I just bought Necrovision yesterday and Civvie put out another blessing

I really do not know what I just watched but Civvie's commentary kept me sane.

putting J.R Token in this game is one of the weirdest take they've ever made by these guys. I know that the guy served during WW1, but never thought he'll be in world filled with monsters in the trenches during that time period.