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Video of the Dead

Gameriel

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At long last! the Video Essay of the Dead!

I know this took a while but here's hoping that you enjoy it.

Play the Saga!
Road of the Dead
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/vie...

Road of the Dead 2
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/vie...

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Credit to:
MR. Noob: @mrnoob-wc3hv For Range of the Dead Footage
Symphony of Spectres: Undead Chase licensed from https://audiojungle.net/item/epic-bat...
Hinata
Mind Crossovers For the Freemans mind Crossover Footage

I still don't know what to put in these things, even after being on YT for 5 years.

00:00 Do you remember Adobe Flash?
01:50 Childhood Flash Games
02:15 The start of a Saga
02:43 The LORE!!!
04:11 Road of the Dead
6:07 Side Modes
07:06 Gameplay
10:05 Plot
17:20 Highway to Hell
17:38 Betrayal
19:00 Intermission (Lab and Range)
22:10 Road of the Dead 2
24:07 New Additions
28:12 Gameplay, Arsenal, & Upgrades
33:08 Strategy guide for nerds who only play the Roguelite once
37:19 Side Content
40:13 Plot
1:01:55 Post Game Content
1:02:26 Highway to Hell
1:04:26 The Bad News
1:05:35 Wrapping Things up

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20 Comments

@EvilDogProductions 2 years ago Pinned

Such a cool breakdown of our game! thanks!

@ragnarlmao 3 years ago

John Creasman's car could beat goku tbh

@phoenixmarktwo 2 years ago

The voice acting is absolutely perfect, but I have a favorite. It wasn't hard for me to pick.

"YES YOU CAN! WE DRIVE TO YOU! YOU FLY TO US! WE MEET IN THE MIDDLE!"

@YourLocalToaster999 2 years ago

I’ve always loved how whenever you upgrade your perception ability in ROTD 1, John says “I need to focus!”, implying that his ability to gain omnipotence of his surroundings is just him locking in.

@arandomperson7824 2 years ago

the utter joy you feel as a kid the second you see the mountain appear on the first game is just something everyone should experience hands down

@RabdoInternetGuy 2 years ago

"Forget about Creasman, we're cutting our losses and pulling put! Anyone still out there is now on his own!"

@ogcomingthrough9220 2 years ago

This game series really deserves a remaster from the ground up.

@celestialpeach 2 years ago (edited)

Ah... a time where devs actually gives effort to their games using flash that's supposed to be for simple animation yet pushed the boundaries of it and also doesn't put dating ads every button you click and microtrasactions

@Spooooooooks 2 years ago

I love the "Please hold" line. I'm fairly sure that's the same soldier from the first game who said something along the lines of "There's still civilians and personnel in the city. We can't do this!" and she's probably spent the past five minutes with endless calls for pickups from people who she can't possibly help.

@Ghost-pq8td 2 years ago

General Shep- Sherman: "Five years ago, I lost 30'000 men in the blink of an eye, and the world just fuckin' watched"

@WristWrangler-p4s 10 months ago (edited)

My favourite part of ROTD 2 is that mutants are canonically as strong as multiple men combined but diane and cochetta are able to shove them out of the car's window with a single punch because they're just that badass

@thatguy5391 3 years ago

The absolute insanity and intesity in both games, it actually feels insanely cool to see something sort of realistic, everyone panicked and the infection spread so quickly and the military was caught pants down with these enemies.

@MundaneCheeseSandwich 2 years ago

47:55 That fence did more than what the army could even do against Creaseman

@Hemeltijd 2 years ago (edited)

The interaction between John Creasman and Diane/Cocheta really makes me think of the No Russian mission in Modern Warfare 2, and how in Modern Warfare 3 Infinity Ward decided to add Yuri's POV to the MW2 mission trying to chase down and stop the protagonist you play as in the previous game before inevitably fainting with little to no result

@Blundabus1337 2 years ago

My favorite line is "Get off. My. Hood." in a very deep tone. Like, the sheer anger and annoyance in his tone is badass.

@KaiThatRobloxGuy 2 years ago

ah yes, my favorite character. "twink soldier" 💀52:41

@randomstranger_3 2 years ago

8:51 - "This is the best Heli Spawn line tbh"

Mine's the one where he says these line:
".... I'm not stopping, you hear me?!? I'M NOT STOPPING!!!"
Thinking about that line, I could hear and feel the RAW emotions flowing through the line.

@azurerougegaming56 2 years ago (edited)

The Brute Zombie looks like Walter White, the wiki even says so. Btw you can also shoot the mutant when they grappled the driver without pressing the spacebar if the gunner is not being grappled. I've tried it before

@TheSuepriorAgnesDigitalEnjoyer 2 years ago

Saga of the dead is unironically amazing, the storytelling of the game is amazing and the artstyle is surprisingly polished!!
2:55 KOBENI CAR: SPOTTED. CHAINSAW MAN FAN FRIENDSHIP: PROVIDED.
The "then we failed, son" line always hits hard... I miss this franchise..

@ObsidianHunter99 2 years ago (edited)

53:35 I always interpreted this bit as a random Civvie finding a radio at the old HQ after it had been abandoned by the soldiers and just picking it up and trying to respond but having no clue what to do.