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MONSTERS OF THE WEEK
NOCTURNE (1999): RESURRECTING A FORGOTTEN SURVIVAL HORROR CLASSIC
#NocturneReview #SurvivalHorror
Nocturne is the epitome of a horror game that’s impossible to boil down into a 2-digit number intended to quantify how “objectively” good it is. Released in 1999 and developed by Terminal Reality, it was technically so impressive that barely any computer could run it remotely smoothly at the time. It’s an incredibly atmospheric horror gaming gem in the truest sense of the metaphor, highly overlooked, neglected and dropped from distribution into obscure abandonware state, that – no matter how you end up feeling about it – will leave an impression on you.
And it’s one that I keep being bummed about that it never received a proper sequel.
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How to Get Nocturne Running on Modern Systems:
https://www.tumblr.com/ragnarrox/725720420628758528/how-to-get-nocturne-running-on-modern-systems
Check out The Collection Chamber
https://collectionchamber.blogspot.com/
I can also highly recommend @GrimBeard’s video on Nocturne in case you want to hear more about it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIcFGF2w2dQ
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
06:18 Sponsor
08:43 Part 1: Of Men and Monsters
26:04 Part 2: How I Learned to Stop Worrying (and love the Jank)
35:36 Part 3: Tales from the Spookhouse
38:33 Part 4: Technical Shenanigans
41:06 Epilogue & Credits’
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Captions (en):
@miraprime474, Ragnar Ulricson
Music
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Using excerpts from
Nocturne soundtrack (included in the Collection Chamber package of the game)
Silent Hill 4 OST by Akira Yamaoka
Turrican OST by Chris Hülsbeck
Chopin Nocturnes Op.9 No.2, performed by gballx
Chopin Nocturnes Op.9 No.20, performed by Manriquedelara
Blood OST by Daniel Bernstein & Guy Whitmore
X-Files OST by Mark Snow
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, performed by Orchestralis
Nocturne of Noir Town, Deserted & Dark Velvet Jazz by Crypt-of-Insomnia
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Footage Credits:
@LGR | Unreal Tournament 22 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRF06DpQE0c
@SvalPlay | Blair Witch Volume I: Rustin Parr | Full Game | Longplay Walkthrough No Commentary | [PC]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdoKoZl4LAE
@SvalPlay | Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock | Full Game | Longplay Walkthrough No Commentary PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6B3qqJIjQ
@SHNSurvivalHorrorNetwork | Blair Witch Volume III: The Elly Kedward Tale | Walkthrough Gameplay No Commentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=didoZWvXjyg
source
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Also while we’re here, here are the resources mentioned in the video:
How to Get Nocturne Running on Modern Systems:
https://www.tumblr.com/ragnarrox/725720420628758528/how-to-get-nocturne-running-on-modern-systems
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Bought it in 2000 with my b-day money after seeing a review of it on Gamespot TV rerun. Was blown away by the game since it was before I knew Resident Evil had PC ports, even though I played it on a shitty a Celeron office pc it was a fucking amazing experience. It hit all the notes rights. Was pleasantly surprised that Bloodrayne was originally suppose to be a spinoff of Nocturne back in the day.
I have my Blair Witch Nocturne case out for some reason and this vid arrived. It ran like trash on my trash pc at the time and I always got shanked by werewolves at start of game because of my wonderful 5-10 fps.
Played Scorm?
Thank you for giving attention to one of my favorite I.P's love your coverage and Grimbeards.
what is the quote from the start form? from the game?
fantastic game
Thank you for always making captions for your videos. I have audio processing issues so they’re always a big help.
I remember reading about the Blair Witch games in a magazine when I was a kid. I would LOVE to hear about it from your perspective.
The perfect candidate for a Nightdive Studios remaster. The German version had the voice over actor of Bruce Willis doing stranger.
Blair Witch Vol. 1 was the first horror game I've played. I was about 9yo and that game was one of the main reasons that I have become huge horror nerd. It would be awesome to see your analysis of the whole trilogy!
OK forget everything else, I had crystals in my ear ONCE and I can't even go on a merry-go-round any more.
You have 100% my sympathies for the yarking vertigo and lack of balance.
Also I thought Nocturne was pretty cool.
I owe one of the biggest scares in my life to a certain moment from the voodoo chapter in this game, when a zombie broke the window from the outside while i was exploring this murky wooden creaky house .I was not prepared how loud & crisp that sound was & remember flailing with my arms for a few seconds, almost falling backwards on the floor. I tried Nocturne again few years back and for me the biggest issue still is the damn controls and how the movement feels. But man, what an ambitious cool game, mixing several classic horror settings pretty seamlessly while creating cool world building. The gaming magazines in my country actually gave it pretty high scores, but the main problem they listed was this game was a system hog at launch. Few years later Terminal Reality took some of Nocturne's DNA and made Blood Rayne 1 – the moody environments, engine, cloth physics, dismemberment and blood effects , even the main character up to a point, but fixed the controls and movement.
You're objectively wrong about objectivity.
You can't compare pathologic to god of war there two vastly different games that makes no sense
I just love Nocturne. I still have my original big box copy and and also think it looks impressive for today standards.
Nocturne is Masterpiece!
Gracias por pelear contea la censura
"this game need a REMAKE" should be exchanged with "this game need a RELAUNCH" imo
Oh, so that's what the Mysterious Stranger was doing before the nuclear apocalypse.
easily the most in-depth look back at a forgotten landmark… and yet you didn't even ONCE show the optional first-person perspective through the Stranger's goggles…? :')
Thank you, Ragnar! I've been waiting patiently for another of your awesome videos on horror games. I've found so many cool games thanks to you.
I used to play this on yahoo games rental service of people remember that. It’s stuck with me for years and this is a really good video on it
The moment I set eyes on this game, the first thing that popped up in my mind is Remedy’s Control and Alan Wake. If it ever get a remake, it’s have to be Remedy
Core Memory Recovered.
Loved this when I was a kid. I thought graphics couldn’t get any better than this game at the time haha
is it just me or did gillian anderson get hotter when she aged? also, this games' tone could quite easily be hated by the wrong reviewer – even hated just on account of catching them on a bad day…
Never heard of this game but it honestly looks awesome despite the jank
I was just thinking about your channel, too bad I missed this one on release. Ever consider doing the manhunt series
damn imagine if The Stranger just rocked up to the Blair Witch movie and just shot the ghost (which obviously didnt happen)
guess the filmmakers in The Blair Witch were just unlucky that The Stranger was too busy killing zombie mobsters across America
Played this and the Blair Witch games because there were demos of it back in the day that came with my PC Gamer magazine… and I could never wrap my head around the controls or get it to run well. So it was quite interesting to revist these games and see what I missed out on, even if that now also makes me sad that I did miss out on such an interesting title.
I have the CD Rom for Nocturne
didnt know you still post
Had never heard of this and it's exactly my kinda game. So cool!
Id love to see you play Odium
remember this game and still looks great
Can you please review shin megami tensei iii: Nocturne❤
From Nocturne to Blair Witch Project trilogy to Bloodrayne… what a ride.
Great vid.
This is great stuff! And the unexpected shout-out towards the end was a real surprise!
As a brief note regarding limiting the FPS of the game, you don't have to go into the NVidia control panel. DDrawCompat can do this easily (though I must've missed it in my package).
While the game is playing, press Shift-F11 to enter the DDrawCompat config menu and change the "FPSLimiter" to "flipstart(30)". Change the number using the slider. Then click Export to save, and a new config file will appear in the install folder! Alternatively, I've also added a patch in the download link.
This game is also the reason to why Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne was relabeled as Lucifer's Call in Europe.
Omg amazing. I would absolutely love to see you cover more about the Blair Witch games – there's not a lot of content out there about them and they were so bonkers