I've covered development builds of Iron Meat a few times on the channel (because it's awesome), and this latest one features two brand new levels and one reworked level (all with big boss fights at the end of them). This vid also shows off some of the different skins you can have for your character (including a very silly looking dinosaur costume). :)

@flaetsbnort

Жыл бұрын

I liked Gritty Barney

@Th3_Sp4Ce_M0nK3y

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, if you got a skin in this unlocked via a secret or something I think that'd be really cool

@MoogMonster554

Жыл бұрын

​@@Th3_Sp4Ce_M0nK3y An Alpha Beta Gamer skin? That would be sweet!

@AntipaladinPedigri

Жыл бұрын

I misread that as "different ways you can skin a character"

@michaeltalpas

Жыл бұрын

Okay it’s a skin. I was kind of confused for a second there.

Personally, I really like the name of the train boss 'Carrionvoy', that's so clever, and it looks horrific and gross in such a great way. Major props to the graphics artists

@LostInTheFarmersMarket

Жыл бұрын

Except that the train cars that carry people in specific are called train carriages. They did good, but missed the target a little with the pun.

@ZoeMuller80

Жыл бұрын

@@LostInTheFarmersMarket how so

@KeksimusMaximus

Жыл бұрын

​@@LostInTheFarmersMarketyou're overthinking things

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

Carrion + convoy Yep, good

@LostInTheFarmersMarket

Жыл бұрын

@@ZoeMuller80 I already covered that.

I love it when games use this “effed up amalgamation of flesh and steel” concept.

@colonelrockrits9436

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Zombie army 4 dead war did it with undead war machines, now Iron meat comes along and its in full force with objects and machines included, not just vehicles heh...this concept got lots of potential.

@AgentofLADON

Жыл бұрын

Meat is murder. That's not a dietary statement. I mean, this meat is literally trying to murder the player. Midnight Meat Train 2, Meat Trainer.

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

It's like Daemons from Warhammer 40K with demonic flesh and metal fusing together Or Zerg corruption from Starcraft I love it so much. It's two opposite things fused in an unholy union

@giovanniamore7532

Жыл бұрын

...like the chaos in warhammer 40k

@thisimagecandescribethetru

Жыл бұрын

Then you should play R-Type

This game really encapsulates the old Shoot-em-ups of its era: having the detailed aesthetics of Metal Slug, the gameplay and power ups of Contra, and the soundtrack of Doom...

@deprecated8036

Жыл бұрын

This is Run and Gun. Shoot em ups are to ships and mechs in the sky above ground with no bottom or in space (primarily space).

@NeoBeelzemon

Жыл бұрын

Try also Super Cyborg. Also contralike.

@wowalamoiz9489

Жыл бұрын

This soundtrack is neither like old or new doom. It's much more generic. New doom has very good metal. Old doom had lots of good metal with many other kinds of music that people seem to forget about

@MagnitudePerson

Жыл бұрын

@@wowalamoiz9489 THIS MUSIC ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

@kyotra

Жыл бұрын

It's just Contra man, that's it - modernized, polished Super C.

References to soviet/post-soviet culture: - train is a stylised ER2 (ЭР2), passenger train you can still see on duty on post-soviet territory - ad «Martian apples» (Марсианские яблоки) on a fence - a reference to 1963 song "И на марсе будут яблони цвести" (Apple trees will bloom on Mars), in Russia you could still hear someone say this phrase - address panels on houses say «Savushkina street» (улица Савушкина) - real street in Saint Petersburg. For example, so called troll factory founded by infamous Prigozhin once was located on Savushkina street - in forest level Mi-24 helicopter could be seen in background - among flying cars you can see, I believe, Volga and police UAZ - basic weapon which player receives at level start and after death is I believe a reference to AK-12 or some other AK - concrete fence PO-2 (ПО-2), a very widespread construction in post-soviet countries is seen in city level Maybe there are more

@selamandreykum5844

11 ай бұрын

Info-mouse Prigozhin, lmao

@HorizonSniper__

3 ай бұрын

Volga flying cars, Tigr armored car

@shirokatatsu5886

2 ай бұрын

Yep the basic weapon is the Ak-12 prototype ver 2012

It works on a visual and aesthetic level, but the darker, more muted palette works on a *gameplay* level as well, since having bright enemy bullets means they're always going to "pop" against the background. It feels minor, but at the same time you can tell they knew what they were doing.

Big shoutout to Alpha. Who finds, plays, records, edits, and uploads so many videos for all of us to enjoy. I’m extremely lazy and older now, and I find watching video games more entertaining than playing. Dumb I know. Thanks for all your work!

@AlphaBetaGamer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Glad you like the vids and thanks for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated! :)

@Atolm4

Жыл бұрын

I wonder about this often. Do you think it's because as we age and play more, less games and concepts feel fresh and exciting? Though I still enjoy and play a lot, there's no way I'd have the time or will to discover so much of what I'm into without this channel.

@circle4602

Жыл бұрын

​@@Atolm4 Probably because the longer we play, we start expecting the unexpected, feeling less of that charm that our video games had, and there's only so much niche genres and innovation to keep that charm up.

@donttakeitpersonal1

Жыл бұрын

Not dumb at all. Im the same way, its a combination of laziness, other life obligations and back-catalog decision paralysis.

@X3MCTZN

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club my passions for games had been extinguished! Id rather enjoy a nice video than playing it myself!

I want to give an added kudos to whoever decided to add the purple dinosaur-ish character as a playable soldier.

@franzicoy

Жыл бұрын

They may have been a Barney fan 😂

@Andrecio64

5 ай бұрын

Barney got tired of give love and decided to give lead sintead

When I turned on the video and saw the Soviet ВЛ80 locomotive in it, the thought “What? did the Russians make this?” immediately flashed through my head. Again, great attention to detail and the spirit of the old console games from the 80s and 90s spoke in favor of this. After I went to the game's community page and saw that Darkman007, aka Vladimir Tugai, whom I personally know, made the music for it, all doubts about Russian developers were dispelled - this is definitely a Russian game)

@i.c.wiener6776

Жыл бұрын

кругломордая электричка

@user-cc3hu4dm7k

Жыл бұрын

а как же летающие ментовские "бобики"? )))

@user-ld8uk2cs3u

Жыл бұрын

А как же босс ожившая хрущёвка и мини босс ожившая буханка?)

@user-ld8uk2cs3u

Жыл бұрын

Не говоря уж об очень узнаваемом антураже города, эти заборы квадратные, машины, здания)

@Just-a-mexican-guy.

Жыл бұрын

In 6:49 there was a mil mi 24, a russian atack helicopter

A DRAGON made out of a train?!?! That’s SO GODAMN COOL!!!

@ГотаБГ

Жыл бұрын

More like snake, than dragon.

@ThatOne6uy

7 ай бұрын

@@ГотаБГcould be an eastern dragon

The video is perfectly edited, just great. Your videos have done so much for the game that I will mention you in the credits in the "special thanks" section Thank you very much! 🥩🥩🥩

@AlphaBetaGamer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Absolutely love this game. It just keeps getting better and better. Really psyched for the full release! Great work! :)

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

When I first saw the trailer, I saw great potential Now, I can't wait to see the final product

@Monolitvennik

Жыл бұрын

Я видел тебя вконтакте ×)))

@Razzved4ikIvan

Жыл бұрын

У меня там целая группа по игре есть, если что)

The enemies changing outfits to match the allies/civilians that would be present in the level area is a nice little touch of detail. The visual style is very much like someone injected a bit of Splatterhouse into Super Contra.

Hats off to the artist for this game, its so amazing when artists get this level of detail in their work

@bubbanstix2536

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the train itself is beautiful.

@ItsPizzaTime.

Жыл бұрын

Not to forget that the non-pixelated animations look like they were done by JamieR

Can we give a applause tot hose cabbies or cops that keep dropping power ups for the hero? I feel like everyone is forgettign they are flying through almost literal hell to help that one commando.

@Lazarultos

Жыл бұрын

I know right? Almost makes ya feel bad if you don't pick up what they delivered. Like you're telling them their risk-taking was pointless

@LostInTheFarmersMarket

Жыл бұрын

@@Lazarultos Exactly!

This looks like designed in Eastern Europe. Especially the level with train. Train-boss looks like something fresh. Like this part much more than demos introduced before

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

A Russian team made this

@Alexey_Litvinov

Жыл бұрын

Yep, first boss is a mutated electric train model "ЭР-2". Such trains were manufacturing in USSR, partuculary in Riga, RVR factory and was ecspluatating until 2000-s all over Russia and nearest pespublics. I spent a lot of time in ЭР-2 traveling to the suburbs)

@Just-a-mexican-guy.

Жыл бұрын

In 6:49 there was a mil mi 24, a russian atack helicopter

12:01 Летающий ментовский бобик улыбнул! :) Музыка на высшем уровне! Да, и, вообще, CONTRAподобные игры мне всегда нравились!

@viktormaneev4429

7 ай бұрын

15:50 как тебе улица Савушкина ?)

@andrew09021977

7 ай бұрын

@@viktormaneev4429 Странные занавески в окнах на этой улице! :D Фига ты глазастый, раз смог в этом пиксельном мясе рассмотреть отечественный текст! :D

@homyaktrain228

5 ай бұрын

Вы смотрели на поезд это эр 2

Command: *hey, our Russian base is under attack by chaos, what assets do we have?* Colonel: *some spartans, MP's, one hind-d and a purple dinosaur* Command: 😐

I'm struggling to think of an actual Contra game that's better than this.

@NIGHTSHADE31401

Жыл бұрын

Contra 1 is still the goat for inspiring stuff like this.

@GameTimeWhy

Жыл бұрын

​@@Padlock_Steve correct answer. Also with the added knuckles cartridge.

@wowalamoiz9489

Жыл бұрын

Are you joking? Haven't ever played Hard Corps?

@quad4machine769

Жыл бұрын

@@wowalamoiz9489 Yeah, or contra the alien wars, shattered soldier is very good thoo

@wowalamoiz9489

Жыл бұрын

@@quad4machine769 All those are good, but they don't capture the batshit insanity like Hard Corps does

This really does feel like something straight outta the arcade.

If only we could suplex the train

@deprecated8036

Жыл бұрын

Wrong game genre, still would've been cool

@MK-fi4cd

Жыл бұрын

Haha I see what you did there!

Очень грамотный ритм игры и звуковое оформление тоже идеально передаёт дух девяностых

this odd mixture of living objects and military weaponry trying to defeat you makes such great games

Can confirm, Saint Petersburg in Russia really looks like this. But at least they still have commuter trains running, right? :D

Создатель этого гений! 😄 Тут на высоте всё. Идея, оформление, музыка и, конечно же, дань традициям старой Contra.

I am honestly interested in the lore of this world and based on the level settings and what is going on in the background one can guess that the virus spread so quickly that you are not years into the crisis but merely days if not hours into it.

@jimboydejuan7869

Жыл бұрын

Basically Dead space and Warhammer 40k combined this but worse. 💀

@DVXDemetrivs

Жыл бұрын

if you want, you can ask the creator. He is quite active in the vk group

@Vaquix000

Жыл бұрын

I really tire of seeing "lore" all the time when describing a games story. Never used to see it now everyone loves tossing it all over the place, it's just overused. That being said, good observation

@Just-a-mexican-guy.

Жыл бұрын

I think that those are demons or something like that

@lucyxchan6808

Жыл бұрын

​@@jimboydejuan7869Nurgel's backyard...

I'd love an animated series based off the cutaways, that's magnificent.

0:25 это электропоезд пассажирский модель ЭР1. На таких каждые выходные в пригород катаюсь. Спасибо за ещё одну фобию...

Man I love this music!!! Whoever they got to do this knocked the soundtrack outta the park!!! I'm legitimately going to just rewatch this over and over again so I can just hear the music 😂

As if the contra inspiration wasn’t enough of a selling point, the direction of flesh-metal based amalgamations and a kick ass soundtrack really make this look like a fun, badass romp! Looking forward to the official release.

The beat is insanely catchy.

босс файт с поездом напомнил мне один из моих детских кошмаров. тогда мы с родителями гуляли вдоль ЖД'шки и тут один из поездов отрывается от рельс и пытается пикировать на меня и так несколько раз пока не проснулся. Стоит ли говорить, что через двадцать пять лет этот кошмар меня нашёл.

@magmaxqgd

4 ай бұрын

Блин,я сейчас представил,а если ещё и не знать что это сон то будет очень даже страшно

cleanest pixel artstyle ive seen in like forever, i love how detailed the biomechanical contraptions are, my fave so far is the Meat Train

Imagine going back in time to when the first Contra game was released and showing them this

OK thats good the dinosaur is a skin. I was watching it and then it was suddenly all goofy looking and I was like this doesn't seem to fit with how cool it looked in the first level lol

Okay, hear me out; an imperial guardsman and his mutant dinosaur companion, fight Chaos.

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

The maps look like a demon world

Glad to see you back with this underrated gem. I hope this game gets enough traction and let's players to grow a fanbase because I really love the concept of machines/vehicles/objects infected with flesh making them look zombie-like crude cyborgs of sorts like Zombie army 4 dead war. Just lot of potential fan designs and fanart of meat metal monsters to be had. And the soundtrack freakin' slaps hard, specially the City theme which is my favorite. Very good for remixs. Train theme really captures the theme of being on a speeding train or chase very well.

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad there's another person who likes this specific niche thing The machine and flesh amalgamation

@user-gu7yo5yn9g

Жыл бұрын

If you like that just look up chaos marine vehicles dedicated to nurgle you'd probably love it

@colonelrockrits9436

Жыл бұрын

@@user-gu7yo5yn9g Oh, yeah I remember that too.

I think you gain a really good understanding of what happening once you start to see skulls floating from a fiery abyss.

@janpribyla9817

Жыл бұрын

nah, I still don't get it

@CBRN-115

Жыл бұрын

Demonic invasion?

@ThatOne6uy

3 ай бұрын

As in, “you’re f**ked?”

это наверно лучшее продолжение контры что я видел

now THIS!!! is the contra i wanted for so loooooooong!!!! heavy metal music, stage clear animation and it looks like the soldier from The messenger.

это настолько эпично, что теперь я не смогу спокойно смотреть на электричку)))

This looks sweet as hell and the music is fantastic. Good job watching and keeping us updated!

The complete version PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

4:30 That part was badass! The way how the meat train sneaks in the dark forward and back around the whole screen while hearing that mysterious alien rock theme!

Сразу видно русскую игру! 🙌🇷🇺 Молодцы, круто! ❤

О-о-о!!! Просто восчудительно! Хороший графон и антураж - дело как бы в России далёкого будущего происходит, что не может не радовать... Я как буд-то бы вспомнил 2003 год: купленная и подаренная нам с братом в марте приставка SEGA, трофейный картридж из Астаны с Contra: Hard Corps на русском языке (достать такой в наших широтах было практически невозможно), лето, каникулы и... Как в той легендарной цитате, имевшей на то время вес и значение: "Вся жизнь впереди!"... Спасибо, Автор! Лойс поставил, пойду пущу скупую мужскую...

Fucking hell, the soundtrack alone sold me! I cant wait for the full release!

блин, не лупил в такое безумие под такое замечательное музло (( буду наверствывать!

I love that this game has a co-op, you don't see it so often these days and I appreciate it a lot, playing splitscreen/co-op games with someone else in the same room is really fun.

When Contra, Metal Slug, and Resident Evil had 3some

Holy moly ive been checking on Iron Meat for ages. Glad to see its got more released.

This is going to sound weird, but I like the genre of "inorganic-organic horror" if that makes any sense. Basically something looks cool to me but just gross enough when something inorganic is essentially taken over by organic matter. The only other example I can think of where this is done great is the vehicle bosses in Zombie Army 4 I think (the tank, apc's, etc.).

@colonelrockrits9436

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. That's what I was thinking as we really need more of this subject cause its underrated, who knows, we could have another zombie game with both human, animals and vehicles infested by flesh and distorted into crude cyborgs to possibly fight. Would be epic. Just Iron meat has limitless potential with its setting with how the Meat could graft into and make into hybrid-monsters. Same goes for Zombie Army 4...hope in 5 the Zombie vehicle concept is more expanded upon with new types of bio-mechanical abominations to snipe and take down...maybe even the upper half of a zombie with the lower half of a cart powered by flesh rotating the axles.

@902100101

Жыл бұрын

@@colonelrockrits9436 Man I'd love a ZA 5 as well. I'd love "_____ zombie problem has popped up in russia, japan, America, south America, etc." just expanding on the gross zombie formula anywhere in WW2 earth would be awesome Heck, what if we fought japanese flesh-steel "zombies" and one of the bosses is a giant aircraft carrier/whatever covered in zombie bits (gotta fight it in a plane or something else)

Theory: The creator(s) read the Clive Barker story, Midnight Meat Train, and were disappointed it wasn't more literal. So they decided to make this.

This is absolutely glorious and everything I love in a platform shooter. Everything just clicks.

I recoginize JaimeR style anywhere! cutscene animations made by a major talent! Check him out guys

@Kyrkby

Жыл бұрын

Recognised it as well, was a pleasant surprise to say the least.

Loved the little dad joke at the end

Really enjoyed this one. Cutscenes and 2d animations are also excellent

The stage graphics are very well done. The background is beautifully muted, the platforms are bright and so are the bullets and enemies -- even for the viewer the action is clearly visible and pops out!

hehehe, I recognize that beginning animation from anywhere ( 0:07 ) that's JaimeR, god I love his nasty art style, its gorgeous!

God this game did such a glow up, i remember watching omneof the first beta versions a year ago.

@colonelrockrits9436

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I remember seeing those super old videos where first it was a generic looking run and gun with human enemies and normal vehicles. Then it had meat but it was severely underutilized with only some being the tentacle heads but that's it...somewhat teamed with humans and had normal vehicles, there was those wall mouths but that was it. Then more meat showed up, infected replacing humans gradually and more quality improvements and art later, we are here in its true well-done creative glory. Been a long road.

I've always liked the old Arcadian style, but most of all I liked the flying police uazike (UAZ)!

I love how this one sticks to a contra mechanic but also adds a lil bit of metal slug into it pretty impressive stuff right here!

5:06 to think, the whole level, you were fighting atop this thing’s back

Great work as always, Alpha!

Carrion and The Thing meet Contra with some heavy metal thrown in for extra OOMPH.

17:54 lol the monster is doing the dark Toby McGuire Spiderman street dance with his face hands where he spins them like he's reeling in a fish

18:48 damn! i love the Chopper idea! terrifying and badass to me

I hope this does well enough for a console release one day.

I wouldn't be surprised if Lumpy Touch helped on making the sprites

Meat train that would make a great live action movie concept

The soundtrack is AWESOME!!

Как там говорится... ШадАп энд тэйк май мани!

Would love to see more of this. Especially Vehicle-Mutation monster. Because im a big fan of Contra alien boss design.

Man, this game looks astounding! I love that you can see the carrion train in the background in the city level - such amazing detail!

@TheSandwhichman108

Жыл бұрын

I think that’s a different train but yeah I see what you mean.

I like that the fire rate syncs up with the music

God, I love these Contra homages. The pixel artwork in this game is crazy good. If anything, this is up there with Metal Slug. Also, wishlisted it! Only gripes with it, is that they should leave the option to remove the "white flashes" when hitting targets, it's rather irksome, when you can't see the pixel artwork in its glory while shooting at it.

@cps1247

10 ай бұрын

it's to indicate you're hitting the enemy, most run and guns do this

Wow, i met this game when your uploaded the demo, can't believe it's already out. I'm gonna buy it now 😊

Oh my...this looks AMAZING!!!

thats not just iron, thats metal af

This looks metal as hell.

"Get off my train." ~Caleb Of all the Contra games, Iron Meat seems to draw most of its Giger/Cronenberg influence from Contra: Hard Corps. The boss intros are reminiscent of Darius Twin. The purple dragon/kobold character could be the older brother of Susie from Deltarune (comparable to Brad Fang the cyborg werewolf from Hard Corps). And of course, the soundtrack rawks.

The aesthetics is astounding, atmosphere creepy and amazing vibes, music is top notch giving that retro vibes of being an actual arcade shooter game, sounds of the enemies of death and random effects are satisfying

(2m) Damn, I was vibing for a few minutes from how funky this music is. XD

This game is awesome, the sprite work is fantastic (my favorite sprite is ne of the mooks running with a finger gun) as well the backgrounds and the soundtrack is full of 16bit charm but modernized. This is what pixel art games have to look like instead of the low effort approach we been seeing so many times.

Every time i come back to this channel the intro get more and more epic

I love the music!

Never knew I needed dollar store Barney fighting a biomechanical tank, but here we are!

I love this and that BGM is a chef kiss! (was not expecting Barney's badass brother to jump in this!)

Очень нравится визуал, музыка и разнообразность проджектайлов в игре, contra hard corps одна из любимейших игр моего детства

Wait is that a real quote by GRRM?

@AlphaBetaGamer

Жыл бұрын

Hi! Yeah, it's from A Dance with Dragons. :)

@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319

Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaBetaGamer Oh, cool!

These people surpassed anything I've ever seen!!! My God you are too much 👏👏👏👏👏!!! I'm already a fan of this work of art you created, congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻!!!!

You weren't lying about the contra-inspired part. F'n loved that game.

THat feels like someone made it who is a great Contra and Turrican fan, I love it

Life is so bizzarely circumstantial, making this exciting and meaningful for me to just indirectly bumble and stumble into. Such consistently well made / quality showcases and reccomendations . I've come to love it. You rock. 👍

Oh dude, gonna love hearing 8-bit drummer jam out to this sound track

love both the music from the train boss figth as well as the way it is animated ,having large portion of its body circle around trugh foreground and then background before head appears in the front to attack ryly shows how damm massive this thing is and having it constanly move around as the boss attacks gives weight ot its movements .

The gameplay and the retro graphic looks fire! Especially the soundtrack!!!

You had me at giant living meat train.

That is one of the coolest fucking boss designs I have ever seen

That dinosaur costume throws off the sense of what your character's hitbox is

Wow. So detailed. This was someone's passion project.