HROT Episode 1 - CZ Meltdown

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• HO

  @howlydodat · 1 year ago

  WHERES THE REST OF HROT CIVVIE

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• DJ

  @djc6535 · 5 years ago

  The term you're looking for is Zombunists.

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• LA

  @LautrecOfCarim · 5 years ago

  "The boss of episode one is the reanimated corpse of Czechoslovakian Communist leader Klement Gottwald on spider legs" might be my new favorite out-of-context quote from these videos.

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• GO

  @GoodRogue · 5 years ago

  "Hrot" means something like "tip", as in "tip of an iceberg", but I feel like "spearhead" would work too.

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• SE

  @Serious_Ludd · 5 years ago

  The Romero's face slowly appearing in the background is always something i'll be fond of.

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• VO

  @Volkov0792 · 5 years ago

  After Civvie graciously covered so much Slav jank, he got rewarded with a game entirely taking place in a sewer.

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• FA

  @Fancysaurus · 5 years ago

  Alternative title: Oops! All Sewers!

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• CZ

  @CZpersi · 3 years ago (edited)

  The color scheme is not only a reference to Quake-engine games, but also a cultural reference to the period of Communist regime in the 1970s and 1980s, referred to as &quot;Normalization&quot;. This period is usually remembered as devoid of spirit, grey and depressing. The inscriptions and signs are also cultural references to existing places or to propaganda signs that used to be put on every corner during that time.<br><br>Couple of notes:<br>- What you call a &quot;table&quot; is actually a public ash tray. This used to be a common feature in many public spaces.<br>- That gym scene is a reference to compulsory gymnastics classes in schools, hated by many.<br>- I cannot really find an explanation for so many sewers. In fact, 95 percent of sewers in Czechoslovakia were just narrow pipes, not walkable tunnels like in New York. I suspect that the developers made this deliberately to tease retro-game players, who like to make &quot;sewer level&quot; jokes.

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• SO

  @SonofAtom2000 · 5 years ago

  “Remember our friend the Gas Mask Horse?”, Civvie asked as reality itself began to fizzle and break around us

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• LE

  @leoncvrtila3995 · 5 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKWMfNtceI&amp;t=690">11:30</a> Yeah that&apos;s actually an ashtray. They were absolutely everywhere back in the day because everyone in Eastern Europe smoked so much tobacco their organisms evolved to synthesize nutrients straight outta nicotine.

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• GE

  @gestaltengine6369 · 5 years ago

  A Czechoslovakian shotgun that violates Pauli exclusion principle sounds like a badass weapon from another game.

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• AL

  @Alex13501 · 5 years ago

  As a czech citizen i asked my grandfather and yes, everything in this game is 100% true, especially the color scheme, this is how things looked like back then.

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