Heresy was actually my favorite part of the act. Greed was insane in its scale and Wrath was sheer awe-inspiration, but Heresy… Heresy hits so well. After all the incredibly unique, almost non-hellish Hell the player experiences, all these varied environments with such interesting twists on the different layers of Dante’s Inferno, and then you enter Heresy, and suddenly, your senses are absolutely destroyed by the most intense classic hell of all time. Finally seeing the lakes of fire and waterfalls of blood and pentagrams of the Hell we all know and love sent chills through my core.

6-1 is the best level in the game, calling it forgettable because forgettable is really not saying anything

I personally love the way Heresy is depicted. In the Inferno Heresy is where Lower Hell begins, and it's one of the most classic fire and brimstone depictions of hell in the poem, with all the burning graves filled with heretics. Also, in the outside areas of 6-1 you can see a city in the horizon. That's Hakita depicting the City of Dis, the entrance of which is in Heresy. I love these lore references.

I mainly agree with everything you said, Heresy tho isn't forgeatable the level design are beautiful ( dropping after placing the red skull in 6-1) with probably one of the most fun arena to play in. Another thing you forgot to talk about is the music, Hakita outdone himself to bring bangers after bangers. Sill a really good review and enjoyed it fully can't wait for the new secret level as well as the new P door.

Honestly, Heresy was the most memorable because of the presentation. Starting from the dark, ominous rooms, then opening up that spire to the bright red firey depths of hell we know, with THAT GLORIOUS GODDAMNED MUSIC (Altars of Apostasy is probably one of my top 5 tracks in the game, plus hakita brang back castle vein and glory somehow) starting us off, it was beautiful. Not to mention I could make full use of rocket riding in that level, and the secrets in there. I totally get why it wouldn't stand out in your eyes since we already had a gauntlet style level before AND the fact it's another fire and brimstone type setting we're familiar with, but the shock of suddenly going from these very out there versions of hell's layers (which are excellently done btw) to the familiar designs of hell was just too awesome due to the execution. Certainly not standing out from every other hell based shooter, but damn was it memorable. Cheers Kirk.

6-1 is the best level of the game and one of the most memorable ones brother. Especially the final room that shits balling, heresy is a masterpiece

I found your videos recently, and you’ve quickly become my favorite channel on these games. The videos are always interesting and somehow always put me on to something new, whether it be the game covered or the inspiration mentions. I appreciate the quality and care you put in your reviews (: thanks

cool! I personally still find wrath to be my fav, especially because of it's atmosphere. And although 6-1 felt like another 3-1, I still love the presentation and challenge, especially at the end. surprises me that you haven't talked about the soundtrack, because I adore it.

Nice review, although kinda sadge that u didnt talk about the rocket launcher's aerial direct hit gimmick but it's understandable since it's somewhat situational but still incredibly useful in most cases due to the huge amounts of damage it can do (Hitting enemies who are in the air with a rocket will cause a red explosion almost equivalent to the size of a nuke that deals damage to all enemies, even ones immune to explosions, doing this with a frozen rocket causes an even bigger explosion)

Another great review Kirk! Hope all is well on your end.

6-1 is memorable as being like Glutony 4-1, a Gauntlet stage, it's most standing factor is giving ANOTHER TEST to see if the Player has solid foundations over EVERYTHING they should before engaging 6-2, just like 4-1 tested the Player to see if they had learnt ALL things Act I presented player wise before engaging 4-2. 6-1 isn't SUPERB compared to all other Layers, but it's certainly a Level worth taking your time to learn and try your best, because it's going to be a GREAT level to get your shit straight mechanics wise.

Ferryman being optional is suspicious to me. I think he might be used in the P-2 fight somehow. Maybe a legion of Ferrymen? Also smack talk on Heresy? Heresy. Real talk though, it’s possible you’ve played too much cybergrind? A lot of the waves in Heresy are new to the campaign but might remind you of cybergrind waves, such as the reuse of Swordsmachine and Hideous Masses, which we haven’t seen in a long time.

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Hard Damage and how it relates to the Whiplash. I play on Violent and had been relying on the Whiplash a lot, especially in The Cybergrind, so the big nerf really killed my playstyle. I was upset at first but it also forced me to change up how I played and "git gud-er" since the Whiplash was too much of a crutch for me since I could instantly refill health by staying airborne getting all that sweet blood sprayed on me at point-blank every time I yanked something

Can't wait for the later violence review

2:05 Mr. Nailgun appears for a cameo and pun, no word on his cousin.

Great video as always! Now, I don't know if it's something with my audio setup, but it felt like the volume balance between your voice and the game audo was worse than usual. Had to turn up my speakers a bit to hear you properly, but explosions from the game ended up being too loud instead.

In greed the stalkers gave me some trouble, In wrath during the levels where you were platforming around the river styx I had a hard time staying afloat, heresy was an absolute gauntlet but fun, I realize something just now that I had forgotten there is another P-rank door in act 2 though I could never find it, lastly the nailgun's replacement which I will simply refer to as the ripper based on my favorite weapon from the O.G unreal tournament was extremely fun to use though a bit tricky to get used to.

when i'm on my deathbed the last thing i'll remember isn't cherished memories of friends and family, it's gonna be RIDING THE LEVIATHAN WITH THE WHIPLASH YEAH BABY

I had a thought. The street cleaners can reflect the rockets as a reference to TF2’s pyro air blasting rockets back! Probably not the reason why, but It just seemed like a reason

Nice

1:30 - yeah gettong a second power up brings only a 3rd gun. To get 4x guns you need to get all 3 buffs on the stage. It's possible though.

I really like the reprises in heresy’s soundtrack

Question for Kirk, will you be reviewing the P-Doors as a separate video on them or just not doing it at all?

nice

1:46 Meet the Pyro

The stalkers are also a shout-out to the Wrath creatures from devil may cry 3, all the fodder enemies in that game were made of sand as well and therefore did not bleed. ;)

what's with the lightness filter an all the footage?

to be honest, seeing the comments gush about the music in Heresy is currently a broken record, but i wanna just give a special shoutout to my two favorite tracks of Heresy. yes, Hakita bundles them as one in the official soundtrack, but in the game they're basically two different songs. after the droning noise of Heresy's brief prelude/warmup, having the true theme (IMO) of Heresy, Altars of Apostasy, quite literally drop with you made it hit me like a truck. it's a depressing but blood pumping tune that pulls out ALL the audio callbacks or 'leitmotifs' as music nerds would have me call it... and then after a moment of Gabriel calling to you, challenging you to meet him and fight him, you get treated to what is basically Castle Vein's revenge, the Halls of Sacrilegious Remains, making what should of merely of been a cybergrindy retreading a lot more hype when slammed with these tracks. to think the latter bit was inspired by of all things, a person beta testing the mod tools for Ultrakill using Castle Vein to hype up the player for a big fight. when the community learned of it during the offical release stream of Ultrakill's Act II OST, i noticed a fair number of folks thanking this unknown tester for this. and to be frank, i was there with them. 6-1 was made even better because of that guy even if all he or she or they did was inspire Hakita themselves.

11:11 guy called me out so hard

Tbh I might be going mentally insane but I think Heresy should've had 5 to 6 levels, which tbh might be way too much work for hakita (he does most of the work) tho a new enemy could've been great, I really wanna know how to come up with a good ultrakill enemy

i wish they kept the weapon switching the alternate revolver were so fun to use really hoping they make it at least an option

Idk, 6-1 is my favourite level in the game tbh. The soundtrack of that level alone makes it a standout already, but you also forgot that this is the level Swordsmachine finally became a common enemy. It is also the first time in the game that we have to fight such a large quantity of enemies at the same time. And Armboy is there too, he's the best part.

The rocket launcher looks like the one from Quake 3.

can someone notice the pattern here??? limbo: go arround do some spooky secret stuff on the levels to discover how to get an alternate version of a weapon and then on 1-4 get the weapon and bully v2 greed: go arround do some spooky secret stuff on the levels to discover how to get an alternate version of a weapon and then on 4-4 get the weapon and bully v2 lust: go around in a layer that somewhat looks civilized and at the end destroy a giant enemy controlling the layer wrath: go around in a layer that somewhat looks civilized and at the end destroy a giant enemy controlling the layer gluttony: your all in one challenge for the climax fight a lot of your previous enemies as a last push to fight gabriel, then fight gabriel and beat his holy ass heressy: your all in one challenge for the climax fight a lot of your previous enemies as a last push to fight gabriel, then fight gabriel and beat his not-so-holy ass the only problem is that v2 is now dead. so i think the pattern is broken for act 3.

I enjoyed the video, but hot damn I'm glad I played before watching you spoil everything! This shouldn't be for people who don't own the game. Though regarding the game... Act 2 is very strong, I may have a different perspective as I've played act 1 and 2 in one go having just bought it. Really fun, creative fights and great additions, it's great, can't wait for act 3! It's gonna be wild!

hey i just wanted to say some things: frist-the rocket launcher was many mechanics that you didnt mention(probably because you didnt know but thats not your fault), if a enemy is falling and you hit it with a rocket the damage and doubled and the explosion radius is doubled too, not only that but the rokcet will track down any enemy that have a magnet from the nailgun second-you didnt mention the sawblade launcher that is a alternate weapon of the nailgun(and can be found in 4-4 in a secret room) third-i think heresy is the best layer in the game,6-1 is the best arena level and soundtrack in the game(in my opnion),and 6-2 has a awesome presentation and great bossfight, and it is going to get the p-2 that seems very promissing

you can give the ferryman a coin and not 'have to fight him

Didnt hakita say he never read dantes inferno or am I mistaken?

I personally think that Greed is definitely one of the strongest but I also think that Heresy is second to it in act 2

BUT THE CASTLE VEIN REMIX IN HERESY THO???

I think you forgot to talk about the Final boss of act 2, unless you didn't want to spoil it.

100% disagree with what you said about Heresy, it was the highlight of Act 2 for me, the soundtrack was phenomenal, the visuals were stunning and striking, the difficulty was just right, the boss fight was great and the fun was high!

I had a quick playthrough of ultrakill act 2 and god, I'd say the most fun and annoying area was Greed, Wrath was fun, albeit the sentries gave me trouble, I did not enjoy heresy that much same with Gluttony outside of the final boss and his magnificent voice acting of course.

slab marksman slab marksman

i agree with everything besides for your take on the ferry man, i dont really see how it resembles swordsmachine at all

getting 2 double weapon power ups makes you have 3 weapons not 4

I didnt enjoy heresy that much. Mainly because its remixed Guts and Glory from gluttony. ANd wouldnt you guess it, its for me the best music in game. Heresys remix doesnt hit as hard for me. What does is wrath. I really like the entirety of it, except the ferryman not being really unique and the leviathan being a bit too easy.

Opinion revoked, you use alternate marksman

nice video. however, slab markman

this guy does not know how to use a different weapon than slab marksman