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DUSK HD is a victory lap for the iconic FPS
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
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DUSK HD was developed by New Blood Interactive and developed by
David Szymanski. It is currently available for PC, PS4 and Switch.
Timecodes
00:00 Intro
1:24 What is DUSK HD? Half-Life HD.
3:48 Enhancements to levels.
6:16 Improvements to enemies.
9:55 Updates to the arsenal.
15:27 Dark Claw
16:10 Conclusion
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Whether it’s HD or not, one thing will always remain between versions: when you hear a Mama’s moan and her squeaking joints, it’s time to start panicking
Truth.
I love how the game now looks like it's from 2003-2004 instead of 1998. Glad that nothing is changed too much. I think maintaining the colour palette especially contributed to keeping the same feel, just like you said.
The HD update made the jump from looking like it's from 1996, to looking like it's from 1999.
@@CatsOverdriveIt's more high fidelity than 1999 for sure. It looks more like Quake III now than Quake 1.
@@rohitchaoji Oh i agree. i'm just being cheeky-pedantic.
@@rohitchaoji Quake 3 is literally a game from 1999.
@@GoodmansGhost Oh shit you're right. I was almost convinced it was from 2001. But that's when ID released the SDK for their idTech 3 engine so I mixed up the two.
There are many great boomer shooters on the market right now, but I think DUSK is still the absolute pinnacle of that sub-genre.
It's still my favorite of the bunch. Turbo Overkill is a close second for me.
Dude, HROT is right there.
Fuck yeah, love HROT.
@@KIRKCOLLECTSAbout as good an FPS released since Blood I reckon.
Dusk is probably my favorite out of the retro-revival FPS subgenre. Ion Fury & Amid Evil are very close tho
the amazing thing with the HD Version is, i have not played DUSK for a few years. and when i jumped back on to play the HD version it felt exactly like i was playing it from before. until you sit it side by side and notice the differences. They Stayed very true to the tone and feel of the game, just giving it a facelift.
Memory is a funny thing. I haven't played Dusk in a while and until you've shown it 1 to 1, I did not notice how much of an upgrade it was. I remembered the game being as good as the remaster showed it lol.
That right there is the sweet spot for remasters.
Honestly I think I still prefer the OG and that's the way I would recommend it to newcomers. I could also be an asswipe and nitpick on some changes like the cultists looking too clean and bright, but as an FREE optional update to celebrate 5y of Dusk? This is fantastic, can't knock it down.
One more reason to play dusk again sometime.
Now that the HD option has released, and clearly seeing how much the vibe changes, or fleshes out some aspects of the original artistic intent when it's enabled, I really wonder how Jacob McManamy is going to weave it into his artstyle for the remainder of the Dusk Comic (he most probably won't, seeing how it's own distinct identity developed from derivation of the original artstyle for Dusk)
The HD pack being optional does question the canonicity of the visual style in the game, but it's nice food for thought.
By the way, I do like the detail you are going into for this short retrospective. Worthy of a 5th anniversary, Kirk.
The devs and publishers from this subgenre continue to set such a good example of what a healthier game industry could look like, and I wish more people took notice of how things tend to be done around here
If they are charging money for this half assed glow up, then they are just as bad as the big guys
@@johndodo2062 it's literally a free update for the fans
@@johndodo2062 and half assed my ass! Literally every single asset in the entire game is new. Literally couldn't have done more work to the game without straight up just making a free sequel.
@@johndodo2062 i thought it was free.
"He was worthy you know, and he accomplished so much. But then... you came along. You, who were stronger. You, who were faster. You... I like... better!"
12:01 not going to lie, I love the new look of the weapons. That shotgun for one, looks great!
Spot on review!
I want to say the HD textures even match the animations and the existing physics engine of the game more, giving it an Unreal Engine vibe or something close to that era.
How did I just KNOW, as soon as I saw the Dark Claw in the trailer, that it was going to draw from your health as its ammo? I didn’t even see how it worked, I just knew it would do that.
Maybe because of all the inspiration Dusk takes from Blood, and that is me staff weapon that pulls from your life for ammo? I don’t know. I guess it was also pretty obvious that they weren’t going to go in and add a whole new ammo type to all the levels, that would just be too much.
There's just something naturally sinister about it I guess. When I first used it I thought "wow this is super OP, this kills the challenge" and then I noticed I was at 2 hp 😆
Your commentary/writing has come a long way, enjoyed the vid
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Can't wait to play this. I've been looking for an excuse to play Dusk again
Any excuse is a good excuse.
@@KIRKCOLLECTS can't argue that 😅
I appreciate the audio easter egg at 13:00 a lot
its weird to me how this game never got a expansion dlc.
Agreed, I always thought there would be a fourth episode.
@@KIRKCOLLECTS I recall hearing David say that, with regards to more Dusk material/a sequel, he felt he used up all the ideas that he really wanted to use, and wouldn't know what to do to extend it
make's sense, the story ended in quite a closed way.
great videos you deserve a lot more views!
Dusk revived my entire interest in PC gaming, and later, Switch gaming when it had a physical release.
NEW KIRK VIDEO!
NEW HYACSHO COMMENT!
Appreciate you man!
you've been dominating this month friend! Here I'm taking a break, you're just turning things to 11!! Digging it! @@KIRKCOLLECTS
Steam Deck tip: if you have the game on the deck, the game by def uses the linux build - that build doesn't support the HD remke. You need the windows version. Do use it - just turn on your proton to experimental and it will trigger the windows version and pop up the window to pick the HD version.
thanks
Played this for the first time a couple months and man was it a fun ride. Perfect balance of scary and action
11:08 Considering the memes Dave always throws in they're also now YC-9s. Aka Yeet Cannons, because on brand memes.
I feel the same way about MIDI vs. CD audio personally. It just depends on my mood.
Everything just feels and looks better in the HD update, it really is the perfect "remaster".
I love Dusk. I've had it since Day 1 early access, but I barely could play it in my shitty laptop at the time. I still haven't beat the game, but I will one day.
Man I wish I could beat it for the first time again. The third episode is really creative and cool.
First I was afraid that the HD update would only be exclusive to the Steam version. But no, GOG release now has the remaster option as well. Finished it just about last week. And it's still as awesome as it was five years ago.
The assault rifle is definitely a huge improvement imo. The original assault rifle always looked more like a paper mache model of a gun to me than an actual gun
The big boys would have sold this as DLC. Looks like not everyone is driven by greed. 🤑
Another reason to play though dusk again.
13:00 - Heard something that reminded me of Terminator 2 for some reason...
The best part about the remaster is the animations, the models are great but the extra animations help smooth them out and add a bunch of character to the enemies.
My favorite addition is the slight "wobbling" that Priestesses do while they hover.
I think DUSK would benefit greatly by allowing mods and having Steam Workshop support. I can see lots of talented creators making expansions, custom levels and other things
i think that came along side the hd pack.
It has workshop support now
I'm ironically new to this game, so I'll give HD a try. Glad to see that there weren't any reasons NOT to use it like with HL.
I was wondering why the scientists in Dusk reminded me so much of the ones in Black Mesa...
I hope someone makes a mod that turns this into a slow modern military shooter.
It would be really fucking funny.
RAAAAGHHHH I LOVE DUSK
bro was I the only one who got the claw of death and thought it had unlimited ammo and took waaay to long to realize it was draining my health
Haha naw man I realized late too, all of the sudden I was like “wait, what hurt me!?”
@@KIRKCOLLECTS I was on like 7 hp when I noticed
One sad bug: achievements do not work with this mod installed 😢
One of the best shooters.
Now its almost worth playing
The comments about the improved animations at around 09:30 are semi-nullified by the still-janky kill animations. Which were the precisely the animations I wanted to see improved.
After 2 years since announcement they gave us Dusk HD. xd
Dusk is very good. If you haven’t played it, you should
Funny how this game as you playing as an invisible man yet because you're still holding weapons the enemies can still easily see you XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD
I'm not entirely a fan of the new HD pistol. The whole aesthetics echo old, first half of the 20th century sort of feel, and the new pistol is just a High-Point, which is a relatively new firearm. Something like a Colt model 1903 pocket hammerless would've had a similar shape to the old pistol while also having the old, rustic feel to it.
Any tips for not quitting when the grand wizards fire ball turns around 180 degrees to kill you? 😂
hahahaha take a shot and keep trucking 😂 🤷🏻♂️
Jokes aside, you can deflect those with your sickles! By default they are mapped to clicking the mouse wheel.
Practice your strafe jumping, you can outrun them and guide them into other enemies. That enemy will start attacking the wizard with the homing fireballs and draw its attention while you finish it off.
On The Whisperer in Darkness, you can abuse the teleport when you jump off the platform to pull all the existing homing projectiles into the floor.
Or just crack two rivets into them as soon as you see them
The balls are hella slow and since spamming sickles deflects 80% wizard projectiles, it should deflect 100% of these ones
I didnt know you could deflect them.. thanks!
Dude, your audio sounds better than ever here
I'm a little disappointed that the crossbow's arms still don't flex and release when firing, and I think the BAR would have been a better fit for the assault rifle's fire rate. Still looks stellar, though.
Dusk is my favorite shooter of the decade.
perhaps now i should finally play the game
Do it!!!!!
Would be so funny if the sword was changed to the Linked Sword from old school Roblox
Dusk HD does look great though 👌
the only real problem i have with dusk hd is the super shotgun the og dusk made it super slim which was cool and it fell really powerfull but the hd version is big and bulky but with less punch overall is still really love dusk hd
i really hope this comes to xbox
The original riveter didn't feel like metal straps but steel poles welded together to hold the barrel. That made it feel much heavier and solid thus more powerful.
The HD remake is great but it highlights what I hated with early 2000 games. They tried adding lighting and more detailed textures with shine. But the reflecting was off putting, the lighting very bare and worst was that no baked shading or lighting meant bland blank textures. It was Unity assets. Best example is Quake 2 vs ray tracing. Flat boring surfaces and bleak look compared to stylized and hard drawn shadows giving it a style. I take a bad WoW clone over 10 good asian bland looking MMOs just for the colorful art style any day.
Love dusk
Dusk is awesome
Nobody recognizes the runes on the sword T_T
🫢🫢🫢
honestly this is a great idea, if you are using a stupidly over sized ultra wide... [peers at the 49 inch one on desk for sim racing] the low poly games are hard to play i found... not that i don't love them but when you have it running on a 4k monitor it just felt wonky and too jank for me, which hurt so much! the HD pack makes it feel smother on modern monitors at least for me.
i really need a good 15 inch monitor for old school jank
I just play both, original first then hd looking for secrets :p
Apart from the accent, the other sure fire way to detect an American is how nerdy they get about guns lmao.
As on OG Half-Life player I'm gonna stick up for the HD models. I think they're better than the original, and never play without them enabled, but to each their own. Now Half-Life: Source...we can unite on that being a giant whale dump.
Oh yeah Source can go right in the dumpster.
It pisses me off that there are so few playthroughs of this online. This game is so fun to watch.
EDIT: CREEPY CUTE DEER BOIS uwu 🦌💖
i love these updates but i miss the style. I think that style is his calling card
Is the Claw of Flesh available im the original? Or is it only in HD? I have yet to check it out
This modelpack is in every way perfect, except for one thing.
The position of the hunting rifle SUUUUCKS. It's way too far ahead and looks really out of place.
i prefer the look of the old version
old shotguns were ugly but at least the lever moved
Still waiting for the xbox port 😭
If you want to support something really great, go buy Cultic. That game is amazing and the dev needs your support.
PS I am in no way related to, nor do I have sex with the dev 🤷🏼♂️
I won't lie, the thing I liked least about DUSK was the actual texture work. It wasn't bad but considering how amazing the other game aspects were, I found this was the weakest aspect. DUSK HD fixes this aspect and puts it on par with the rest. DUSK HD > DUSK original.
The pistol is also completely different here, which I'm almost 100% sure was intentional as a joke.
The pistol is also changed to a Hi-Point, one of the worst pistols of all-time. Definitely intended as a joke on HL1HD.
Nice that's retro boomer shooters already start getting remakes ;)
Nothing can escape the trend 😆
What cigar S symbol is he referring to?
the level action shotgun is legit nowhere near a winchester 1887, its a totally different winchester, not an expert on them but its the 357 magnum or similar ones, basically a rifle and not a shotgun. kinda annoying to me but whatever.
damm still no hands on weapons
Not a fan of changing weapons models already established in games. Better resolution is one thing, but changing the entire look (like hunting rifle) is pretty lame.
Said model was a grey tube. Not much to update
Dusk original visuals were too off-putting for me, now i can enjoy it
Please God can we get dusk released on a real console, once I played quake on the full tv I'm never going back. But the only port is for Nintendos lil dinosaur turd
It’s on PS4 as well. No Xbox port yet tho.
Why is it so fast? Are you on a hover board or something?
Swaps an M60 for a Stoner 63….still calls it an Assault “Rifle”. Narp!
hahaha the mysteries of creative decisions
In my opinion most of the new models detract from the atmosphere. Some of the texture upgrades are nice, and I also like the smooth tunnels but other than that, I’m sticking with classic
Reminds me of painkiller, does this have m.p
It does, it’s called “Duskworld”
@@KIRKCOLLECTS cool I'll deff give it a run, I grew up on quake, ut, painkiller and half life dm.
Nice! You are the prime audience for this. Also same!
I'm not the only one who think the HD mages look kind of like the kkk?
they alway's did, i think that was the point, it was probably an ironic think because, well, you know.
Normally I loved graphical updates to my favourite games but really not a fan of thr updates.
Totally loses its quake 1 style feel to well not that, like someone else's version.
The kinda updates they did to the models to the quake 2 remaster would.of been better imo.
Still a brilliant game.
firstt
Eyyyyy!
that machine gun loses the atmosphere completely
og look is better
Original looks a lot better.
The whole thing looks pretty lazy actually. I hope it's free
I will still never understand the hype about this game. The non-story, the shitty-feeling weapons against overly tanky enemies, the GODAWFUL original graphics that somehow still looks better than the remake cause it's more faithful to that retro look at least.. I could go on. That game and Amid Evil are absolute trash tier to me, someone who has played every damn boomer shooter back when they were first a thing, so not someone who "doesn't get it." I am really not trying to be having a hot take or get outrage comments or whatever, I am genuinely baffled here.
The game is basically a poor man's Blood, and Blood would be my 2nd most overrated boomer shooter ever, I guess that's what it is. But seriously, it isn't even close to Blood, for that matter. Not by a long shot. Games like Prodeus, Ion Fury, WH40k Boltgun, Ultrakill, Cultic, Turbo Overkill... these are all INFINITELY better and more fun than Dusk. What is the deal, seriously?
DUSK is a meh game. Only meh.