THE NIGHTMARE CHILD
Added 2025-03-28 13:49:14 +0000 UTCOhhhhhhhhh we got weird early 00's shooters back, kids! A rare throwback shooter that existed before Serious Sam, licensed with KISS, made by... wait, WHAT?!
The rabbit hole on this one went a bit deeper than I expected. But you can skip right to Hour One if you want, because there's so much to talk about with this one. I read comic books.
Lithtech, Romero involvement (sort of) and Doom-ish ambitions? Yeah, I don't know why I've never played this before either.
Oh, yeah, because KISS.
I don't even hate KISS but who could possibly expect a band-licensed game to be any good? The devs say they were working hard to make something that wasn't like Ed Hunter, Iron Maiden's weird rail shooter. They certainly succeeded, I'd play this game over that any day.
For a few hours.
gl;hf,
-Civvie
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Comments
Seeing the septiceye playing Cryostasis, and i'm like haha Civvie did it better XD
Kaljaktun
2025-04-10 21:47:10 +0000 UTCHey Civvie.... did you see Randy in the Nintendo Direct video????? Hah. Thanks for this video, it was great.
Tripp Andre
2025-04-03 04:16:24 +0000 UTCHell yeah!!! One of the best... Collectors edition boxes I've ever owned...
Uncoolest_Evar
2025-04-02 03:25:54 +0000 UTCAmazing video. Left me with one remaining thought. What your thoughts on Cheez-its are. Hopefully this question will be answered one day.
Cody Thacker
2025-04-01 16:56:31 +0000 UTCHey you know how people make new ("boomer shooter", a term I despise) games with the Quake 1 engine? And new games with the Half-Life engine? I wonder what a new game using Lithtech would be like. Probably shi. But still, we can only imagine lmao
Fallout Zombie
2025-03-31 17:57:38 +0000 UTCFuck Gene Simmons! ICP FOR LIFE YO! WOOP WOOP
Fallout Zombie
2025-03-31 17:53:59 +0000 UTCOk but I have played Ed Hunter, like 20 years ago, and didn’t really get into it because it wasn’t a very interesting rail shooter. iirc Third Law said in an interview that they wanted to avoid making a game like Ed Hunter.
Civvie
2025-03-31 17:45:40 +0000 UTCThe moment I saw this, my first question was "has Civvie played Ed Hunter?" I'm almost sad we may never see that, but then I remember playing Ed Hunter 😬😬
Glenn Davidson
2025-03-31 17:44:25 +0000 UTCLove NIN. I only discovered Peter Murphey and Gary Numan was because of NIN.
Shawn Grant
2025-03-30 06:25:42 +0000 UTCI disagree, I love this game! (nah never even heard of it. great video!)
Martin Tepper
2025-03-29 18:08:09 +0000 UTCOh... what a nice surprise of a game! TEDIOUS, but clearly has some solid points.
PowerDuDe_DK
2025-03-29 10:16:43 +0000 UTCI remember distinctly getting a big box copy of this game, playing it pretty much endlessly for a while and then somehow the big box and my interest in the game just vanished without a trace. Yeah you straight up proved why.
Alyxx the Rat
2025-03-29 09:12:30 +0000 UTCLMAO you know how when yo’re a kid you play shitty games and for some reason you love them to bits and years later you find out they’re really shitty and everyone hates them? That happened to me with Blood 2 and Shogo, I played them for hours and hours and i Ioved them both, thats how I discovered you civvie, with your blood 2 video and I couldn’t belive how shitty it actually was, still love litech 1 games but oh boy now I have another game to look for, and play, thanks civvie! Love your work and been a fan for years! Hope to have you around for many more!
Marco Carbajal Vargas
2025-03-28 23:53:04 +0000 UTCI ran into one of the developers in the pit of a NIN show in Houston, just before I graduated high school. He seemed nice!
Hasturtium
2025-03-28 23:24:52 +0000 UTCWhat a nice surprise. Thanks Civvie. Lost 3 out of 5 duck eggs in the incubator today.
Shawn Grant
2025-03-28 23:07:37 +0000 UTCThe production values just get higher each time I say to myself "THIS is top tier Civvie shit". It's like you keep one-upping just to make me continue to say it, ya crazy bastard! Never heard of this game despite being more than old enough to have played it. But now I don't have to face the spawners to enjoy it!
Nachts
2025-03-28 22:06:34 +0000 UTCThat warning itself is worth the monthly subscription Civvie, thank you
Mateusz Bartoszek
2025-03-28 20:49:41 +0000 UTCFuck yes
JOE MOTHERFUCKING TREEFELNER
2025-03-28 18:09:32 +0000 UTCWell that sure was something. Never apologize for the long lead-ins, they're half the fun, especially for something as weird as this.
Valora Inverse
2025-03-28 17:25:55 +0000 UTCI remember playing the demo version of this on a game magazine cover CD. It also had a couple of tracks from the game in MP3 form included.
Jezebel
2025-03-28 17:14:27 +0000 UTCThank you for playing this game so others may not. Praise be the sewer count.
prozax
2025-03-28 17:04:43 +0000 UTCKiss did alot of wierd shit at this time. Anything to cash in. Atta boy civvie
Dick Kickem
2025-03-28 16:27:18 +0000 UTCThat's amazing. Great work!
Axel Hunter
2025-03-28 16:04:14 +0000 UTCIt is indeed!
Civvie
2025-03-28 15:49:20 +0000 UTCWere the audio clips near the end from Psycho IV? If I'm right, I don't think I'd have caught it if I hadn't rewatched the RLM video about the franchise last night, lol.
Axel Hunter
2025-03-28 15:48:49 +0000 UTCif you can point your finger on anything feel free to DM me because I have been obsessing over trying to get the VO to sound better for months.
Civvie
2025-03-28 15:19:42 +0000 UTCI promise it wasn’t. It was the same thing I’ve been using, although I’ve removed some of the lower end noise. It doesn’t sound that different from the last one.
Civvie
2025-03-28 15:15:45 +0000 UTCThere is something odd about voice over audio. I cannot put my finger on what but it sounds “wrong”. Like it was recorded on a laptops built In microphone.
Zig Kusnierz
2025-03-28 15:14:58 +0000 UTCThis is a childhood surprise, fuck yes!
Psychedelic Carrie
2025-03-28 15:05:36 +0000 UTCHappy you're covering this one, I actually grew up with it
The Worst
2025-03-28 14:31:23 +0000 UTCI wanted to do an April Fool's vid but I didn't have a good idea or a way to fit it into the schedule.
Civvie
2025-03-28 14:07:57 +0000 UTCWow I thought for sure this was a April Fool's patreon early access thing..
SoupsGoodFood
2025-03-28 14:07:02 +0000 UTCI barely remember playing this game on my old Sega Dreamcast way back in the 2000's, what a trip back to the past.
Raul Campos
2025-03-28 14:06:37 +0000 UTC🍻lol thanks man!
Suckerpunch5000
2025-03-28 13:59:00 +0000 UTCI left a like for the day off work, not the colonoscopy, good luck man
Civvie
2025-03-28 13:56:37 +0000 UTCLol, i was just asking about this game under previous post. Im totally not stalking you, i promise.
Paskudne
2025-03-28 13:55:50 +0000 UTCHell yeah dude
Starkweather
2025-03-28 13:55:17 +0000 UTCOh good the Psycho Circus! Apropos of nothing, I've got the day off work prepping for my colonoscopy tomorrow.
Suckerpunch5000
2025-03-28 13:54:38 +0000 UTCI am going to choose to believe that this is a direct result of a post I made on reddit suggesting this game like 2 years ago
Muteleight
2025-03-28 13:51:01 +0000 UTCToday is a blessed day! So excited to watch. Love ya Civvie, keep up the awesome work.
Nic Bergstrom
2025-03-28 13:50:59 +0000 UTCHell yeah, new Civvie video
Karol Kowalski
2025-03-28 13:50:38 +0000 UTCAwesome! I love Alice: Madness Returns
Kyron Meza
2025-03-28 13:50:28 +0000 UTCneat
Flash Allan
2025-03-28 13:49:56 +0000 UTC
