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So concludes Episode 1! For a first episode, I think it's genuinely impressive. There's quite a bit of visual variation between levels, the weapons are all great, each level provides a surprising amount of challenge, and overall I had a great time doing these recordings!

E1M6 - Ghost Town: For sure one of the longer levels on offer, and so far it's the only level where I actually had to look up a guide because I was consistently missing enemies every time I beat it and had no clue where they were (shoutout to twilightsoul1 for the guide btw, would have never known about the Golden Chaingun or where the enemies were without you!). Issues finding enemies aside I had a blast with this one and the final fight is very intense.

E1M7 - Burning Core: Another difficulty spike featuring loads of deadly arenas and monsters, but still super satisfying to play.

E1M8 - Deathmatch: No secrets, just loads of killing. I also thoroughly enjoyed the small bit of humor through the text as well.

Weapon Breakdown (last one btw, I'm kind of sad cuz I could talk about how awesome these weapons are all day):

The Flamethrower does exactly what you'd expect & the secondary shoots out a burst of fireballs that do okay damage. This weapon is mainly good against big groups of fodder enemies, but then again so is anything else. I only really find myself wanting to use it when there's nothing else to use or if I just feel like experimenting with it. Also, unlike the Blaster, enemies lit on fire by it don't stay on fire for some reason... Who'd of thought the weapon meant to light shit on fire is less effective at it than the starting pistol?

The Chaingun, or in this case Golden Chaingun, is imo one of the single greatest chainguns I've ever used in any FPS game. Dare I say it even gives the Minigun in Serious Sam a run for its money! It has an insanely fast fire rate, can stun big enemies, and will turn most fodder into red mist. If that wasn't enough, pressing the secondary attack key will swap out your chaingun barrels for 6 mortar barrels, enabling it to fire out walls of micro incendiary grenades. Truly one of the most amazing crowd control weapons in the game, and it sits up there with the best Chainguns in FPS history.

The Soul Reaper is a melee weapon that will automatically resurrect enemies killed by it to fight for you for a short period of time. The secondary uses electric ammo to resurrect corpses you're aiming at, or can be shot anywhere at the ground to summon a skeleton to fight alongside you for a bit. It's also the third and final weapon to feature a special attack, and I'll be honest, I haven't the slightest clue what it does. I've tested it and have come to the conclusion that the summoning circle it creates will automatically reanimate any corpses inside it as well as turn any living fodder enemy into an ally, but really idk... What I do know is like the runeblade it automatically drops you to 20 health which is already enough for me to forget the special attack even exists. Special attack aside, the Soul Reaper is insanely good. Being able to finish off a big enemy with a few melee strikes to have them fight alongside you for free and being able to resurrect corpses and summon skeletons during battles is a game changer.

Thanks again for watching and as always, stay Serious!

Herald Of Havoc on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1963510/Herald_of_Havoc/

100% Achievement Guide by twilightsoul1 - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984193259