One of the things that made ROTT cool for me was the enemies occasionally going down on their knees and being all "please... don't kill me!" ... and the moment you spared the dude, he'd laugh triumphantly and try to pop a cap in you.

@JonGee420

5 жыл бұрын

I loved the creativity of the cheat codes. 86me would kill you.

@Heffsta02

5 жыл бұрын

How about the dudes that pretended to be dead? Fuck those guys.

"Unmatched Realism" there is a powerup that turns you into an invincible dog.

@MusicForTheBroken

4 жыл бұрын

My dog is fuckin invincible. Show some respect.

@JaredConnell

3 жыл бұрын

5:44

If you set off an explosion near some porridge it heats it up, and hot porridge gives you more health. Name another game with that level of detail from this era.

@miciso666

7 жыл бұрын

duke nukem u shot turkey and it became 2hp instead of 1hp :D

@deemster4249

6 жыл бұрын

In Ultima Underworld you could heat corn to make popcorn lol

@krustenhund

5 жыл бұрын

Priest Porrige in the pod nine days explodes

@kiddhkane

5 жыл бұрын

Advanced porridge physics

@planescaped

5 жыл бұрын

Games from that era sure as hell had a great deal of attention to small details and neat little minutiae. Games of this era... not so much. The Witcher 3 is the only one that springs to mind.

"letting you luxuriate in the loveliness of their logo-ness" i'm ludicrously in love with your lenghty alliterations

Shrooms Mode actually highlights secret push-wall blocks, so it's not a complete loss.

@SerathDarklands

4 жыл бұрын

@Bowwen I use this profile pic for two reasons - one, it's really easy to spot when scrolling through comments, and two, I love the colors.

@daverogers9476

2 жыл бұрын

All these years playing it and I never noticed that

@ideitbawxproductions1880

2 жыл бұрын

now that's using your 3rd eye

I appreciate the Aesthetic of showing the Commander Keen box after mentioning Tom Hall, than putting the box for Rise of the Triad in front, while Doom is still visible from the left...pretty artistic.

@LGR

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Those boxes are carefully chosen :)

@getsufuma2597

8 жыл бұрын

+Lazy Game Reviews Thanks for the reply, you have a fantastic channel and since I've found out about you a couple of weeks ago I watched at least one video a day. Keep up the good work.

@Colt45hatchback

7 жыл бұрын

any plans to do reviews of the terminator games for dos/pc?

@marcianoacuerda

7 жыл бұрын

I like this comment as much as the segment referenced in it. Awesome.

@matth5680

7 жыл бұрын

Ooh, Terminator Rampage. Sweet!

As the developers of the NEW Rise of the Triad, we wholeheartedly approve of this review. Nice work, LGR!

@coolbrotherf127

Жыл бұрын

Oh man did that turn out, interesting. At least we got Big John from it.

@ScarecrowShoots

Жыл бұрын

I played this on an old tandy and it was the coolest shooter i never got the full game of

@MasterSoto

Жыл бұрын

New Triad > Old Triad. Old Triad sucked.

@loganwollf8329

Жыл бұрын

​@@MasterSoto not great option

@Spezifischable

11 ай бұрын

Good thing nightdive is now responsible for the remake.

I've suffered from chronic headaches since I was a child. One of the side effects is that my memory doesn't work like for most people. I am prone to sudden flashbacks to things that may or may not have happened. One flashback I've gotten a LOT lately is of a game I played at my IT guru grandfather's house. Just a quick flash of a very particular sequence early on. I have for the past 2 years tried to figure out what game that is, and the flashback comes to me more and more frequently as time goes on, always unexpected, always unaccompanied by anything even remotely seeming like a trigger or common cause. Just sitting here, or laying in bed, or walking down the street, or picking up a pack of eggs at the local store, then BAM, I'm 8 years old, sitting in front of a CRT monitor, playing this game, then BAM, back again. The sequence lasts about 0.5 seconds, but it is so strong that it feels like more than a memory. And it has bugged me for years now, as I couldn't figure out what game it was. At 3:05 in this video, the exact sequence plays out and I realize it was Rise of the Triad I played as a kid. Thank you for confirming that I'm not crazy and that this very solid memory isn't false, like so many other flashbacks like this tends to be.

@KrzysiuNet

5 жыл бұрын

John Galt, there's a chance for you. Now, when psychedelic research is much easier, there might be drugs made out of psychedelics which would help you. Just please don't compare my words to preaching medical MJ - research took millions of dollars out of other researches (because scientific research often follow trends and MJ is now trendy) and proved nothing good so far - except a lot of pseudomedical creams and other sh.t. Psychedelics have bigger chances to be used, as they are single substance, many of them are early attempts of drug-design. And the main use of them is migraines and cluster headaches. Some drugs are already on the market - like triptan class. Also I'm sorry for your condition, morphman. But you've got an unique ability as a side effect. Being aware of false memories. Everybody has them, but most people takes their memories as something 100% sure. I know it's not very comforting, but that makes you very special person with one flaw less than most people.

@JonGee420

5 жыл бұрын

And all the memories clapped.....or did they

@Mrdest211

5 жыл бұрын

I know this is kind of an old comment but this comment was really interesting to me. I used to have really bad migraines and one of the things that they used to come with were false memories. My mind would wander and I'd "remember" these squences but they wouldn't end, like reading a book missing its last page. My brain would strain to remember the next piece but it couldn't, because those things never happened, but they felt so familiar. It was a bit like déjà vu where, as it's happening, you feel so sure that this happened before but then you stop to think about it and there's no possible context in the rest of your memory for that to have happened. The migraines would last hours or days during which I was never sure if what I was remembering was true. Really nteresting to hear of someone else who might have had similar experiences.

@sealinski

5 жыл бұрын

It's like a word on the tip of your tongue that comes to you later on out of nowhere. This seems like that, the universe seems to work that way.

@IgorAntarov

5 жыл бұрын

Is it stopped after that?

Fun fact: The groans your character makes while in "God Mode" are an imitation of John Romero making "god noises" when playing with cheats on in Wolf3D.

@morphman86

6 жыл бұрын

They were first gonna call it "The Hand of Oremor", but thought it would offend Romero before release, so they skipped that idea.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

5 жыл бұрын

It was during Doom's development he did that, he'd select the fist and walk around a level with noclip and godmode on, making noises like that while proclaiming he was an unstoppable god to the enemies in the game.

@MondySpartan

3 жыл бұрын

@@morphman86 Took until Doom Eternal for a game to finally have something named after John Romero.

@Original_Katros

2 жыл бұрын

@@MondySpartan Which is?

@MondySpartan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Original_Katros King Ormero. The first King of the Argenta.

Tom Hall got to use some of his original ideas for Doom in this game (most notably the character select)... and they were weird. The guy seemed to have ideas that were a bit too big for a single game of the time which is why this one probably ended up being so random and bloated with unnecessarily gigantic levels. Doom and Wolfenstein 3D before it both had initial plans for more ambitious, complicated mechanics that got cut down to simple and satisfying arcade style play. Rise of the Triad on the other hand takes the opposite approach to the design ideal that less, more polished gameplay is key and is completely unfettered insanity as a result. Got an idea? Throw it in there! It's madness. Tom Hall seems like the kind of guy who has brilliant ideas but needs somebody to tell them when enough is enough. But that's fine, because the world is enriched having something as freaking weird and contradictory as Rise of the Triad. It's so unique yet so familiar. It's a typical product of its time yet it's unlike anything else of its time. It's not a classic like some of its contemporaries, but it's remembered for being the curiosity it is and it certainly is fun as well. Also fuck TekWar.

When being the dog you could hold the fire key and the dog would perform a super bark that killed all people around you. The sound was like: wof wooof woooof WOOOOOOOF!

@TheAdatto

7 жыл бұрын

Carl Mahnke Dog the Dragonborn

@SoulKiller7Eternal

4 жыл бұрын

Also the Excalibat could shoot baseballs.

@pabloleon9884

3 жыл бұрын

Bolt before Bolt even existed!

Goddamn, I remember playing this game when I was a wee child. Somehow I got hold of it when it was still fresh, got it to work on DOS, fiddled with it, and was just struck by the eerie cult-feeling of the levels and enemies. For the longest time I forgot the name of it, and I still remember the game, trying to find just what this devilish mess was. Thanks for bringing back 20 or so year old memories, guy.

Rise was the first 3d shooter I experienced back in the 90's. It was what turned me on to getting a new computer (I had been languishing with an old Leading Edge model from the late 80's) and join the Pentium revolution, so to speak. Best move I ever made, all because R.O.T.T. blew my mind. Then of course I found DOOM and later came Duke3D. Life changing games if you had a PC back in the 90's.

One of the only PC games I actually bought with my own money back in school. I still remember bringing it home from Media Play and installing it. I was so happy that the shareware episode was completely different content from anything in the full game!

@sealinski

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Goza MEDIAPLAY! I loved that place

Well, it's what I enjoy above all else, as a hobby and passion of mine. It's nostalgia mixed with the pure gameplay bliss of many of these older games that just keeps me intrigued and wanting to share with people. Plus, this channel pretty much started out that way, so it's just established as such by this point.

This game was, and still is, one of my favorite "Old School" PC shooters, I also love Wolfenstien 3D, and Blake Stone.

fun fact, in the Death Row level of Duke Nukem 3d, the hanging monk in the chapel is from this game

@ryandevan2793

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, that's one doomed space marine! :)

I only ever played the shareware version, but I remember the best part of ROTT being the music. You don’t hear anyone else using fusion music unironically in a game.

Games not taking themselves seriously have led to some of my most memorable gaming moments. I feel the same way about music, I can appreciate a good silly song that exists just to exist.

@Thequillss

3 жыл бұрын

Squiggs 【Glitches - ROM Hacks - Speedruns】 Green Jellÿ - three little pigs maybe? 😏

I was working at an internet Cafe in the UK (one of the first outside of London) When this came out, Had it running constantly in Multiplayer mode, where this game truly shined. Something very satisfying about using these weapons at your friends.

Ian Paul Freeley...I miss the 90s.

Ahh... my childhood. I remember getting this game at a local computer expo, where GPUs were called VGA Video Cards.

What are your reasons? Because other than a few minor technical issues, I think the remake is fantastic and I'm having a ton of fun with it!

Fantastic review. Back in '95 this was my first introduction into FPS games. I'd never seen anything like it and we used to play it every lunch time on the college computers. Happy memories spent pausing the game just as a disembodied eyeball flies toward you :)

I've spent all my childhood playing this game! Thanks for the review! Brings back so many memories!!

"Goin' Down the Fast Way" is still one of my favorite level themes ever.

@runningeagle1826

4 жыл бұрын

Hello there

glas to see ya back reviewing great old games, perfect timing too on RoTT. Keep up the awesome work, we missed ya!

We played this over the LAN at work, some of the best stupid FPS fun i've ever had, who doesn't love drunk missiles!

As ever, great video. Your uploads are pleasant and easy to listen to; perfect background "noise" to doing homework or cleaning the house. Plus they're super nostalgic!

I played this game many times back in the 90's, yet didn't realize all the ceilings actually do have the same height until you pointed it out.....

In ROTT I really like how they did the sprites, e.g. the platforms that change according to perspective that make them look like 3D. I think the engine is quite clever.

Best part of this game was roasting people alive, then the xylophone noise plays as their charred skeleton collapses into a heap

@alanp3334

7 жыл бұрын

The Flame Wall turned the game into easy mode. After awhile, you just used that, and reflexively shooting in front of your feet to clear the entire room.

@Dawwwg

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, the game wasn't as good as FPS shooters using a modern shooter (it was kind of late to the game), but the killing was just so satisfying, it was very fun to play :)

@lookoutforchris

7 жыл бұрын

sharkheadism my favorite thing was when a wall of blades would just goreify a whole bunch of enemy dudes. The flying organs and eyeballs were pretty sweet.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

5 жыл бұрын

sharkheadism Absurd and exaggerated cartoon gore and violence like that, juxtaposed with the otherwise photorealistic digitized graphics, really lent Rise Of The Triad a great tone and charm, similar to Mortal Kombat.

I remember at 6 years old when I found this game in a copy of Duke Nukem 3D as a shareware. I think it only came with 1 episode but was such a blast. It was the most unique game I found at the time and when I showed it to my mom (who was a Doom and Quake fan) we quickly went out to the store and got a copy! With the 2013 version this is one of my favorite PC shooters.

Thank you! All of those are on my "want to do someday" list, along with so very many others, so we shall see what the future brings.

The one thing that always stands out in my mind about this game was the unique (back then) thing where you shot a certain enemy and they would beg 'no, don't kill me' before suddenly trying to kill you again. Memorable game.

It loved this game back in the day. I had so many games, the Doom and Duke Nukem collections, Blood, Heretic, Wolfenstein, and that's what I remember. Rise of the Triad stood out for me because of how unique it was. It was like they pulled out all the stops and instead of picking a few good ideas they just threw everything in. I remember getting lost in playing this game for hours, as well as the other games I mentioned, playing over and over harder and harder. And then having fun in my favorite areas with cheat codes and just have fun. Great review, really brought me back, as always. Keep up the great work.

thanks for making all these videos about our gamingChildhood! i really appreciate all the work :) have a awesome christmas Sir LGR and all the others :) bye.

Thank you very much, 'tis an honor! Highly anticipating the new game, looks ludicrously good so far.

I'm not sure if I'll do a full review of it, but I'll certainly do an LGR Plays.

There is, I just don't know when I'll get around to it. It's a big game, and getting it out in one week would be tough.

Tom Hall left ID because he did not like the more violent direction DOOM was taking and he leaves only to later work on RotT. Go figure...

@DuckReconMajor

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't have a problem with the violence, just that his complex lore and ideas got ignored at id in favor of the "just shoot stuff" attitude the core id folks were pursuing. As another comment here points out, this is a game where Hall's ideas went absolutely wild, to mixed effect.

Loved this game back in the day. Extremely confusing, but satisfying. Oddly enough, this was also my first VR experience. They had a VR setup in the mall, and this game was one of the main demos. It was VERY weird to turn, look around and shoot with your body instead of a keyboard. Crazyness.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

5 жыл бұрын

Kzero I've heard of VR setups with Rise Of The Triad before, I recall one description where there was some sort of malfunction, and the player's view tilted over to the side, and it was like was walking around the level with a broken neck. I'm assuming that was some kind of hardware problem with the VR headset's sensors, and not the game itself (though one wonders what they did to it exactly to let the game accept headtracking from the device), but one wonders just how suitable a game like ROTT would be for that. The game gets pretty damn wild at places, I mean can you picture Shrooms Mode in VR?

@sealinski

5 жыл бұрын

Crazy they had VR sets back then. How did they read your body?

@IgorAntarov

5 жыл бұрын

@@sealinski Google for VFX 1. It was a dream to own one.

Awesome review mate! This was loaded onto the class room PC when I was in year 2!

YES! I played ROTT against friends on my high school's PC network in the mid-90's and it was awesome, far better multiplayer than Doom IMHO. Nothing gets your pulse pounding like a swarm of drunk missiles barreling toward you as you frantically try to jump-pad out of the way. Highly recommended!

I remember having a demo of one of these. It was awesome! I think there was a power-down that just shrunk you. Or they might have been that made me giant and I could get out of certain spots until I shrank back down. I loved that it felt like a platform game in first person. That really invigorated it for me

You have the greatest commentary voice I've ever heard man. Love your videos.

Amazing review, ROTT will always be one of my favorite games of all time, no doubt. The split missile was a bit clunky, but did you know that you could choose when to split them? By holding the fire button after you shoot, the missiles will fly straight foward, like a regular missile. Once you let go the button, they will split and become homing missiles. Still clunky, but it makes things a bit easier sometimes.

I played this all the time as a kid, glad you reviewed it. Love your vids LGR.

Wow. Thank you. I’ve not thought about this game in such a long time. Great video.

Ahhh , the good old days !

At 2:50mins in, that screen with them all standing there - I bought this on CD ROM in the 90s and at Christmas time, that screen was snowing and they all had Christmas hats on.

I know this is a SUPER late comment. But, beforehand. I just wanted to say, I love your channel! I’ve seen you grow from just a handful of subscribers to 1m now! Just wanted to congratulate you on the super good job you do with this channel! Anywho, there’s a mod called wolfenstein 3D rise of the triad edition I believe that’s what it’s called. I’ve played it, and it’s awesome! All the ROTT Arsenal is present, plus some of the enemies. It’s been a minute since I played it. Like I mentioned earlier, I know this comment is old, but if your reading this, please do a review! But much love to your channel! Thanks for keeping me and your fans entertained for all these years! Keep it up my friend!

Flew under my radar for years! Maybe not the name, but the game-play. Thanks for reviewing on your channel....

Gotta love a game that turns a known bug into a silly easter egg :D

It's crazy the amount of customization and content these old 90s FPS games had.

Clint, I love this casual reviews about not-so-great games. I'd love to see more of this! Greetings :)

I've been waiting for this, I hoped you're gonna review this sometimes. This is really a game that stuck into my mind as a little boy.. at first it was freaking weird but I couldn't stop playing, RotT will always be one of the best fps in my life.

The split missile launcher actually has a feature that as long as you keep pressing down the fire button, the two missiles will fly straight ahead. It is only when you release the button that they separate and start turning. This was handy for shooting missiles around corners.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it just great that the majority of the game's arsenal are a bunch of rocket launchers of various flavors?

I remember playing this back in the day - on Christmas Day and everyone had Xmas hats on and had a crazy Xmas vibe! Then the next day... gone - mind blown!!!!!!!

ROTT was my jam as a kid. It was just so over the top and I loved it. I had no idea what a magic mushroom was (and wouldn't until high school), but the mode cracked me up. I loved ROTT so much.

There were some fun holiday easter eggs on the load screen for ROTT too. I still remember using the -dipstick parameter to launch the game. and /EKG to turn on "Ludicrous GIBS" mode to watch the guts, arms, and eyeballs fly!

I remember playing this quite a bit with my friends, but I mostly remember playing Doom more because even back in the mid 90s 90 degree walls were getting a bit old looking. I do remember being impressed with the way you could walk under things in ROTT though. It made it feel more 3D.

Well, it's not out yet and I haven't played it, so I can't say with 100% certainty that it is. However, from all the footage of it I've seen so far, and hearing the devs talk about what they're doing with it, it looks to be pretty freaking fantastic. Expect my viewpoints on it after it releases.

I used to love this game when i was younger, especially the music! I continue to play with this one sometimes!

i was a child when this game came out. i my dad had the shareware version of the game and this video just brought back some old memories. thanks for the video.

Oh I just recognized, that the menu layout and style is the same as apogees raptor -> you should make a video ´bout raptor, damn I loved that shoot´em up! keep up the great work! cheer from germany

i used to play this one with friends and it was soooooo much fun. My fav coop mode (yeah i'm not into PvP much, so no deathmatch), was the hunt game where you had to track down a triad logo moving "thing" and blast it off to get score. Or the "tag you're it" game was so incredible, when it was me, i was alwayse like "ok i follow you and maybe it's that guy over there" and when the count down was almost up, touched my friend and ran off like crazy, hoping not to be tagged.

I used to love the crap or of this game back in the 90s. I had the shareware version of it. This was an extremely nostalgic video for me. Almost all of your videos are really. Thanks Clint!!!!

We had A ROT tournament my junior year of high school. This really brings back memories. The multiplayer mode was truly great.

Ha. It'd be so tempting, if there were a sound clip of that in the game to exploit! This one's more along the lines of my ongoing "REAL" statements from the Cyclemania review :)

I did play COMM-BAT games. In the 90s I worked for a certain correspondence school that had, in then recent years, advertised a lot. I was working nights and we had 486 PCs attached to a token ring network. It was occasionally possible to get a heat seeking missile into an infinite loop if there was a torch behind a central "island." Also, there were little details that I loved. For example, if you were near enough to the enemies immolated by the flamewall you'd hear quick, quiet xylophone riff as the skeleton collapsed.

Bless your heart for recalling Animorphs.

The split missile launcher worked the way that when you release the fire button, the missiles split. So by holding the fire button you could use it as a regular rocket launcher.

Great video! Only one question When are we going to have a Trek War video?

Played this at a friend's place around 1996. Never played it again. Forgot the name. Finally figured it out 25 years later. Thanx

I love the old-school ROTT music that the video ends with, although I remember that tune sounding way better on my Win 95 rig.

Apogee, takes me back. Loved this game.

Oh man I used to love this game, I played it over the modem a few times with my cousin, the multiplayer was hilarious, I think there was even hotkey taunts in it, unless I'm thinking of another game. Glad to see this one reviewed!

Of all the old-school FPSes this was always my favourite!

I can still remember exactly when I bought the full version of the game from us in Germany in 95, I was totally happy. Because 1 month later the game was indexed in Germany, and since I was 15 at the time, I could not have bought it. You had Doom1 & 2 and Wolfenstein anyway and besides Blakestone these were the shooters that I ran on my Msdos at the time. When Darforces came out it was really exciting again

"where are you?", "over here"

@meanmole3212

6 жыл бұрын

Haha! BEHIND YOU! Oh man, I used to play the collector mode alone and spam those taunts to myself since I did not have internet connection as a kid.

As an on-and-off Wolf3d player, I'm really intrigued by Rise of the Triad, so will definitely check it out. Awesome review, as always! Even your older videos are still well documented and written and always enjoyable to watch. And rewatch. Ahem! That dog mode sounds pretty cool! But seriously now... is the priest porridge made with real priests? And even more seriously... the last character's initials are pretty much I P Freeley. You're right, the game really doesn't take itself too seriously and I think that's pretty cool!

You forgot about the Fish Polka. That was the best music of any game, PERIOD!!!! :D

2:50 You got the 4th of July loading screen! :)

@Strongit

6 жыл бұрын

That was such a cool easter egg. The game read your computer's calendar and either changed the loading screen or music depending on the day. If you played it on christmas the music changed to "god rest ye merry gentleman" for the first level.

@Trpa047

4 жыл бұрын

Yup and enemies had christmas hats on

@brianbarker2551

3 жыл бұрын

@@Trpa047 And Cinqo de Mayo mode!

wow! back to my heyday. Remember only ever having played the shareware version of this. blood n guts and eyeballs flying all over the screen.

Totally forgot about Animorphs until the reference thank you 🙏🙃

I had fun with this game back in the day. It had it's own personality and this video brought back good fuzzy memories.

I remember driving to every single game store in NY when this came out and finally seeing that GLORIOUS BIG WHITE BOX at FUNCOLAND of all places.

Ah, Rise of the Triad, one of my favorites. I remember clamoring to my parents as a kid to buy the full version of this game after playing the shareware version off of my Duke Nukem 3d disc. I like the remake/new ROTT that Interceptor put out.

I played this game so much as a child. the sound effects are seared into my brain.

The SplitMissle is one a the more powerful weapons ^^ Hold the fire-key to fire both missles infront the enemies - or just release the fire-key instanly after u fired the weapon and it will "split" - also hold the fire-key when u are in dog-mode for a powerful bark ^^

@Strongit

6 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone would mention the bark in dog mode. It destroyed everything in front of you when unleashed including glass, lamps and those collectible coins.

There was a standing VR arcade unit with this game in it. I played it at Adventureworld (back before it became Six Flags). I was really interested in VR back then, so when I saw it, I had to play it, and then when I actually put my face into the thing I immediately recognized the game. It was pretty awesome for the time.

@LGR - The PC game "Heretic" also comes to mind during the 1990's (it was more of an challenge to complete than any Doom game for me back then).

I must have played this game to death back in the 90's!

Rise or the triad was a fantastic game. I still have the original disks here somewhere. At one time I played it almost non stop.

The soundtrack both original and 2013 one are majestic.

Hey man this game is one of my favorite games of the mid 90s! and it was so bizarre in its time considering the great games of the time (a plumber stomping teletrasportandose fungi and other worlds). I played at the time with great jewels (Duke 3D, Shadow Warrior, Doom, Descent) and I'm loving him as if time had not passed. Greetings from Argentina

That commander keen box 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Loved this game. I still recall spending countless hours exploring this game to find hidden areas.

I remember playing rott via dialup multi-player with my friend Justin.k back in the day from 10pm-1am when I was in elementary. We played heretic and Hexen as well during this time. I think there was command and conquer red alert or warcraft 1-2 and also dune games.. this 386-486dx era was probbaly one of the best in computer history