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@tahnadana54352 ай бұрын
they have great character texturing, if only they just make a cinematic platformer like flashback
@designator74022 ай бұрын
I love how the protagonist is able to play the flute, an instrument that all but requires 10 fingers to play, despite being down 2 fingers on each hand.
@Loardofalltacos2 ай бұрын
Cyber Flute.
@designator740217 күн бұрын
@@Loardofalltacos no, that's just a normal ass silver flute.
@AvalancheReviews2 ай бұрын
This wild man actually did it....
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
You're both same guy and everybody knows it. That fact occurred to me while I was lathering my body in the shower with only the finest organic body wash.
@EissaBader2 ай бұрын
@@lucascoval828 hahaha
@CatsOverdrive2 ай бұрын
@@lucascoval828i got this weird belief where, they're separated aspects of one person. And they shouldn't physically get in close and visible proximity with each other, or else they would violently merge ala Martian Gothic.
@Wolf10media2 ай бұрын
Hey Jarrod (spellcheck) . Huge Fan.
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
@@CatsOverdrive Or a grotesque merge from the critically-acclaimed blockbuster hit, Timecop.
@Tenchigumi2 ай бұрын
I remember at the end of the first Deadly Premonition, York tried to entice Zach into a new adventure by describing strange events in New Orleans, including people who only walked backwards. Perhap those people were simply trying to bypass clunky tank controls.
@Lord_Deimos2 ай бұрын
The first thing that attracted me to Bioforge was the minimalistic cover art and the great graphics. Magazines back in the day would classify it as an adventure game and it's an accurate description. For some reason Time Commando's clunky combat always reminded me of Bioforge's.
@hzzzvv66712 ай бұрын
One of those 90s obscure games that deserves solid remake (Bad Mojo and Interstate 76 anyone?). Controls are ****, but the atmosphere and overall style is unmatched!
@cirescythe2 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree. The vibe was so unique.
@misterkefir2 ай бұрын
I feel like the modern remake would destroy the unique vibe this game has though.
@hzzzvv66712 ай бұрын
@@misterkefir I was thinking more about controls than anything else, when talking about remake. And when it comes to visuals - if they would be enhanced, why not to include "classic" graphic option? Something like Grim Fandango did.
@misterkefir2 ай бұрын
@@hzzzvv6671 Yeah, I guess that sounds good. I'm pretty sure it will never come to fruition, though.
@MultiNonymous2 ай бұрын
One thing that must be admitted about the alien rival is that his persistent will to live is admirable.
@Gui_Sieg2 ай бұрын
the backflips got me, best game 10/10
@rustyshackleford65342 ай бұрын
If you're looking for more obscure 90s tank control games that aren't survival horror, check out Dark Earth. The game mechanics remind me a lot of it.
@BoulderPunch2 ай бұрын
I do plan on covering it.
@CatsOverdrive2 ай бұрын
Since you gave emphasis on them giving emphasis that the game was revolutionary for using mocap at the time. Seeing the cyberraptor's animation, I'm getting this hilarious suspicion that the cyberraptor was also mocapped. Using some dude wearing that inflatable dino suit.
@BoulderPunch2 ай бұрын
That's what they did.
@MegaCygnusX12 ай бұрын
"Bioware" is just a name EA has retained for marketing purposes. Anyone who had anything to do with Bioware during their heyday already departed, years ago now.
@RootVegetabIe2 ай бұрын
No. That's just how company names work. It's not some nefarious EA scheme.
@kozlorog2 ай бұрын
Every game company is the ship of Theseus. They are never the same; they constantly evolve. The more time passes, the more the only familiar thing that remains is the company's name. Even if all developers remain the same throughout the years, those would not be the same developers when the company just started or when a specific game was produced. Just like companies, humans change. Such is the nature of life. Company name is always for marketing purposes. It suggests familiarity. You are right to point out that everyone from the original Bioware has being replaced. Yet, even if they were to come together, the original Bioware would not have being restored. Such is life, the most beautiful and fleeting phenomenon in the Universe!
@Alkal1nes2 ай бұрын
Ecstatica video would be interesting. Another forgotten horror from the same era.
@ehyehasherehyeh33042 ай бұрын
Yes, yes!
@cikame2 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting the Giant Bomb segment but i too will link them forever with this game, the people who mattered got out relatively unscathed, but what it's become isn't something i want any part in. The Bioforge playthrough was a magical time.
@Exigentable2 ай бұрын
Agreed. I think fondly of those days. Current GiantBomb is sad, like watching the reanimated corpse of your favorite uncle.
@sate28012 ай бұрын
I kept following jeff and nextlander and kinda forgot about gb after the splitup was surprise and sad things goes this bad when I saw that clip circling around on twitter
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
I stopped following them after they ran cover for Allison Rapp.
@TheLetsRead2 ай бұрын
@@lucascoval828oh my god let it go
@Fahrenheit382 ай бұрын
Remember when giant bomb covered this and Vinny had this little back flip flute playing ritual when he killed a bad guy
@ebonhawken5742 ай бұрын
So true about Giant Bomb, thanks for talking about it and explaining what happened.
@sleepalaska2 ай бұрын
welcome to the bioforge..................................retrospective.
@jayceneal52732 ай бұрын
To me these are the games that should be remade, old forgotten titles with alot of potential. Whats the point of remaking classics that more often than not hold up really well anyway? The visual style is awesome and the setup seems quite intriguing, if you adapted it to a more modern gameplay style, adventure game, fps, rpg, whatever, but kept the aesthetic and plot, I think it could turn out to be a really cool game
@greglongmore6503Ай бұрын
15:24 - I'm in my 40's, so I often get up in the middle of the night to "drain a coolant down the shaft" as well. Usually it's first thing in the morning though. -EDIT- There usually aren't any raptors.
@WillBallForSoup2 ай бұрын
The commentary on giant bomb is so spot on
@TrinSpin2 ай бұрын
Any chance of covering Project Firestart? It was one of the first survival horrors; you need to emulate a C64 but it's well worth the hassle IMO.
@DieHardjagged2 ай бұрын
Interesting fact since someone went that far to test it, if you dont help Dane to die and instead come back to him way later to show him the photo of the Women, he will say "Who´s she?"
@RetroEmulationArchive2 ай бұрын
this reminds me of kalisto's Dark Earth somehow
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
Not too far off. Different settings but similar charm.
@devingunnels32512 ай бұрын
Press F to pay respects (the F stands for Flute)
@Atrahasis72 ай бұрын
Visually the game looks super cool. I also miss adventure gaming mechanics, like the little details of seeing your face on the screen, commenting on the world and objects...
@thewholecircus2 ай бұрын
Hm, needs more *flute*
@DieHardjagged2 ай бұрын
No wonder you died after planting the bomb, since you are supposed to run and not walk backwards since thats faster.
@Ivyzord2 ай бұрын
Conan had an episode of clueless games with Bill Hader?? I know what I’m watching next! I find both of those guys so funny and talented.
@Blazbaros20 күн бұрын
I remember my dad had a copy of this when I was released, I think it came bundled with a PC. I tried it a few times but lost interest due the controls so I never saw anything past the fork.
@Ikuruga2 ай бұрын
immediately holds the flute wrong
@HoxMouse16 күн бұрын
7:10 Nah, Voidburger's cool
@casanovafunkenstein50902 ай бұрын
I wonder if you could design a combat system that took this concept from this game of having full body control and went for a turn based approach. You and the opponent move simultaneously and it's up to the player to anticipate what kind of attacks will be coming based on the way that the opponent is posed at the end of the turn (so you'd have variations for standing and crouching and wind ups for each limb, as well as stunned states, so you would pick the action that best fits what you expect them to do. The depth would come from feinting where you or the opponent can bluff the next move to bait out a chosen response and then hit with a perfect counter, such as prepping a sweeping kick, but as they jump to avoid it you do an anti air instead for extra damage) I'd say that you could input a stance change or movement, plus one combat action per round (with feints being a full action but rewarding a successful bluff by giving you the next round unopposed for a free hit and a potential combo.)
@Doc-Glock2 ай бұрын
This sounds close to Hybrid Heaven. It's a fairly obscure N64 RPG with a turn-based battle system focusing mostly on melee that isn't far off at all from what you described. Hybrid Heaven is not without flaws, but I appreciate that there are few other games like it. Might make for a good video.
@discountfeces2 ай бұрын
there was a pvp game I used to play like that called toribash
@nia75582 ай бұрын
Toribash
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
Legend of Legaia for the Playstation One. I never had the pleasure of playing Hybrid Heaven but I love its concept.
@TheTiredTortoise2 ай бұрын
Never heard of this one before, what an awesome discovery Cheers b
@EarthboundX2 ай бұрын
Oh, I forgot Dan Ryckert left Gameinformer for Giant Bomb to do mostly video stuff. Did he do similar stuff at Giant Bomb he did at Gameinformer? Things like the real bad game Super Replays that I miss very much? Gameinformer is a complete shell of its former self now sadly, feels like they are barely hanging on. There's just no need for game magazines that will have weeks or even months old info in them anymore. I think Kyle Hilliard is the only one left at Gameinformer that I would consider to have been part of the classic Replay crew. Kinda weird to think Dan is a streamer now.
@sukamadik59832 ай бұрын
I read the video title, I listened to your explanation and I watched your footage. After doing so I have but one question. What the hell is even that 👀?!?! Seriously you've covered some weird games before but this felt like a fever dream in the most unique way possible. I guess I'll be rewatching this one later today since I just woke up 30 minutes ago 😅
@OuhPii2 ай бұрын
What an interesting game. Is the GOG version any good?
@bornon182 ай бұрын
2:39 That blue dude totally sounds like Kingpin from the Daredevil series.
@mypocketshurt6462 ай бұрын
Man try Ecstatica. Similar vibes as this game but much MUCH more well done.
@torquetheprisoner2 ай бұрын
the thing i liked about silent hills tank controles were that you were not planted to the spot during combat
@clemdelaclem2 ай бұрын
I am commenting to increase engagement metrics
@schvyler2 ай бұрын
I am engaging
@misterkefir2 ай бұрын
@@schvyler Engagement doubled.
@cobra47932 ай бұрын
Quadruple
@villingsАй бұрын
I have no idea what that segment in the middle was sorry, you lost me nice first 5 minutes tho
@OuhPii2 ай бұрын
Weird that they didn't port it to PS1 after ResidentEvil's success.
@SugarEnthusiast2 ай бұрын
I played a shareware version of this when I was 11 and it freaked me out. A severed arm.
@Cristopher.C2 ай бұрын
26:05 HAHAHAH
@3L_B4R7O2 ай бұрын
The game itself is interesting, but when the gameplay is to painful. I know that there were different standards in the past, but you could have made it a point and click, that would have been more pleasant for everyone involved.
@nifftbatuff6762 ай бұрын
He best game made by the human race.
@placer74122 ай бұрын
I don’t care about giant bomb
@stizanley39872 ай бұрын
Great video
@wattson2 ай бұрын
Figured Giant Bomb would come up, surprised there was a whole detour. As someone who’s kept up with them, I’ll actually go to bat for the current line up. There was a rough transition in the early pandemic when they lost their identity of having an office/studio and became just a bunch of at-home streamers like everyone else on the internet, but they’ve got top tier chemistry with the current line-up of Dan, Jan, Jeff, and Mike. Not saying it’s the same as the old days, but it’s a different flavor of similar highs.
@rickybobbyracing9106Күн бұрын
Giant Bomb lost me when they got insanely progressive. Get woke go broke
@woldemunster92442 ай бұрын
Yup. This game, full box, my brother kept it safe all these years. I bought it at release but it was almost impossible for 13yr old me. Because i didn't see any cool locations, the game was so ugly i almost forgot it even existed.
@LaceyFilm2 ай бұрын
What does giant bomb have to do with anything?
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
Side rant.
@KarlTheExpert2 ай бұрын
Nothing, just random low quality ramblings to pad out the video's runtime. Boulder has gotten real lazy, there's good background info about this game available, yet that's what we have to sift through.
@driptopher72222 ай бұрын
@@KarlTheExpert completely agree. I hate having to sit through/skip around random asides that let me know Boulder is one of those militant anti-kotaku/polygon people. These pieces sound like the result of a long term echo chamber that has him convinced people at large relate and want this stuff in the middle of a game review. I barely know anything about this mini culture war but seeing footage of women with dyed hair and tattoos with a voiceover implying that their involvement is somehow an obvious death knell to something he liked with no further elaboration is a bad look.
@cirescythe2 ай бұрын
Whats with the whining in the comments? He did explain where he saw the game and learned about it.
@cirescythe2 ай бұрын
@@driptopher7222complains about rant. Starts weird rant of his own. Tips fedora frantically and sputters ma lady over and over whilst stroking his mercante photo.
@jacobwood19142 ай бұрын
thats a cyber t-rex, not a cyberraptor -- LIES
@dieyng2 ай бұрын
That Mercante rant was so frigging cringe. She's basically all that is wrong with gaming journalism. Her political agenda is more important than anything, she spends seemingly half her time insulting and aggravating male gamers and of course she's too afraid to actually back up her statements from her rant, regarding being willing to fight KZfaqrs who are on the other side of the divide. She even blocked one of the women who wanted to take her on.
@sukamadik59832 ай бұрын
Seeing Elyssa Mercante at 7:23 in the video confused the hell out of me because that monster's design looked too cheap and uninspired when compared to the rest of the game. I figured it was just an extra boss fight thrown in at the end of development but from what I've heard every time you accept the monster's challenge it just runs away and blocks you on Twitter. Oh well, I guess it's for the best since she probably smells as bad as she looks. Thanks for the great video to start my weekend with and Happy Father's Day.
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
Maybe she got overzealous with her character creation? She didn't need the hardware to the face.
@Lord_Deimos2 ай бұрын
Even DSP is more likeable than Alyssa Mercante and that says volumes. I wonder how long will she be failing upwards without facing any real consequences.
@cirescythe2 ай бұрын
She was a boss fight until vara dark took her up on the challenge. Then she cancelled the bossfight, took her healthbar and went into hiding.
@TimmyTurner4212 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Kotor
@Shenaldrac2 ай бұрын
"But, back to ranting about BioForge." Do you have to? Can we rant about Shenmue some more instead? Fucking go find me some sailors, Boulder Punch! You can't? Why didn't you just go to the one bar in the town that _isn't on the fucking town map?_ That's where they are, it's so obvious! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD That clip has serious only gotten better with age, with the absolute train wreck that Shenmue 3 turned out to be.
@nowthatswhaticallmusicccxx65482 ай бұрын
7:13 "insufferable personalities" i.e. the only woman. boooooo
@stitchfan932 ай бұрын
Leave that like sub comment watch time to support 😅❤
@TheLetsRead2 ай бұрын
the giant bomb blathering actually soured this video and gave it a manbaby screech stink. weird, sorry to see it
@PabloGonzalez-ic1udАй бұрын
Sorry you were born in the first place. What were your parents thinking?
@TheLetsReadАй бұрын
@@PabloGonzalez-ic1ud lol
@casanovafunkenstein50902 ай бұрын
I'm not accusing you of anything, but when your criticisms of Giant Bomb's change of personnel is accompanied exclusively by footage that focuses on cast members who aren't men it doesn't look great. I haven't seen any of the stuff with those people and I respect that you can have a negative opinion on someone without it being rooted in prejudices, but when it's placed in juxtaposition with a period of really high quality output where all of the presenters are male it comes across in a way that resembles the kind of reactionary narratives about diversity hiring that create hostility towards certain people being visible in these sorts of roles. I feel like there may have been an opportunity to call out the corporate influence on who gets hired, encouraging the hiring of people who are 'good for the brand' over the earlier period where it was more focused on getting people who had done good work elsewhere to sign up in a more targeted fashion. The latter has its own issues, because if the industry is mostly made up of a certain demographic of people any hires within that pool are going to fit that existing mold and people outside of that dominant social group who don't already have success will be denied an opportunity to develop in a space where they generally aren't represented. I believe that there could have been a middle ground where people from outside the circle of traditional games media and revolving door of aspiring TV personalities could have been approached based on the merits of their own independent work with less focus on whether said person was going to be compliant with the owners' plan to maintain a cohesive and non controversial brand identity that would play well with the big game publishers. The issue is very clearly not diversity, it's that business interests are causing Giant Bomb to repeat the same profit driven decisions that led to its creation in the first place.
@lorecow882 ай бұрын
Acting like women are somehow above criticism, or that criticizing them is inherently bad, is the real bad look.
@SKS2K92 ай бұрын
Yeah I was very confused with the aside; thank you for articulating my thoughts.
@casanovafunkenstein50902 ай бұрын
@@lorecow88 are you accusing me of that when I made a point to say that I don't believe that women shouldn't be subject to criticism on an individual level? I was just suggesting that a bit of additional context about the business side of things, or some different editing decisions, would have dispelled any sense that the negative things he was saying about the newer content from Giant Bomb had something to do with there being more women in visible positions. I'm not even making any accusations. I don't think that it's fair to infer that from a brief part of the video with only a few different bits of footage, especially when it's incidental to the actual subject of the video and to go into more detail could have killed the pacing. I just feel like it could have been made clearer that the root cause of the issue is more to do with the decisions being made behind the scenes than it is the inevitable result of women being allowed to give their opinions on videogames. There are far too many people who fail to make that distinction.
@three_seashells2 ай бұрын
Idk if it counts for anything, but I'm a woman and I didn't notice the clip as singling out gender or anything. Sometimes women are just annoying. But, your comment is very fair and logical and I agree with mostly everything that you said. As someone who knows absolutely nothing about Giant Bomb, I guess when I see an individual shoehorned in to talk about something they're not knowledgeable on or genuinely passionate about, I just automatically take it as a granted fact that someone at marketing or at the corporate level has demanded they be there.
@themeangene2 ай бұрын
Corporate culture, forced diversity and cringe far left politics are all baked together. I for one am grateful Boulder is mocking modern day gaming politics. We need more creators to call out people like this. You can't distill away one aspect. I especially appreciate he doesn't make this the subject of his videos. It's treated as a self evident side tangent. Nobody opposes diversity arising from legitimate merit. That's so clearly not what's happening. Mercante openly mocks people for being part of the original gaming demos - straight young men. She deserves no sympathy for being the bigot she claims to oppose. It's truly sad these activists made our hobby more toxic than ever. I look forward to the day these grifters are finally laid off so we can go back to marketing quality or innovative games over ESG scores. Boulder has previously recognized female innovators in the gaming community who arose during the 90s so I think anyone who is a fan of his knows he's coming from a good place.
@galehound2 ай бұрын
"insufferable personalities" while showing a clip of someone who isn't insufferable I might be reaching here, but if you were hurt by those changes but you honestly need to sit with the grief of no longer seeing the faces you used to for gb (of course this is also before the implosion of it altogether). Nothing lasts forever.
@khalira12 ай бұрын
Warframe ver 0.000001
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
Except there's an actual guy in a "suit."
@BearInTheWoods2 ай бұрын
Big OOF when you went on your Giantbomb tangent - sure, give credit to them for making you aware of this game but dude, keep the GG-esque commentary out of these videos. It’s really weird and alienating to some of your viewers. Stick to talking about old games - please. I don’t want to be reminded of terrible stuff the internet has churned out. If this was just something you were testing out and gauging feedback on, then here is mine. Thanks for making great videos otherwise. Take care.
@masterblaster8312 ай бұрын
Do we not like women on this channel or something? What's with all this?
@anjetto12 ай бұрын
Never heard of giant bomb. Dont care enough to look it up. Anyway care to tell me what it was?
@AntonioPerez19902 ай бұрын
no
@lucascoval8282 ай бұрын
Well, there was this fine young lady named Allison Rapp......
@2HeadedHero2 ай бұрын
Vaguely remember this ancient demo from way back in the DOS days. Pretty good overview here. Also, definitely miss physical manuals 🥲🥲
@redargylesocks2 ай бұрын
I’ve been wondering about this game ever since I played that demo as a kid.