Harold Halibut Review

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Күн бұрын

Harold Halibut reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PC. Also available on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.
"It may take place at the bottom of the ocean on a distant alien planet, but Harold Halibut’s story is an entirely human one, both in terms of its carefully handmade environments and its strong emphasis on empathy towards its eccentric cast of characters. While I wish that there was a little more interactivity to be found throughout its subaquatic setting, and Harold’s shuffling run could have been boosted to a sprint to reduce the time spent repeatedly schlepping from one end of its levels to the other, I nonetheless remained captivated by his whimsical quest to unite his community and explore the spectacular surroundings of his sunken home. Consistently funny and full of surprises, Harold Halibut is a wholesome, handcrafted adventure with plenty of heart."

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@gringote1783 Ай бұрын

finally an Adrien Brody simulator

@FF-ch9nr Ай бұрын

a BRODYQUEST, if you will.

@paulv9833 Ай бұрын

more like Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. lol

@Rhade15 Ай бұрын

Wes Anderson’s Bioshock

@Philosophical24 Ай бұрын

We were supposed to get Guillermo del Toro’s Bioshock but I’ll settle for Wes Anderson 😂

@synthetiCore Ай бұрын

Nailed it.

@ajdnitro123 Ай бұрын

The reviewer mentions that. Definitely gives Fantastic Mr Fox vibes

@rhinocort1184 Ай бұрын

Wow, that’s like, exactly what the reviewer says. What a coincidence!

@julesy6922 Ай бұрын

the bioshock movie adaptation has been drafted up and then put back on ice several times over the past decade or more but honestly this is the secret ingredient to get the ball rolling into production, attach wes anderson to direct the bioshock movie

@techwizard9699 Ай бұрын

This game just made it to my list of ever increasing backlogs.

@user-lm3nr1yc2t Ай бұрын

Same buddy same

@michaelschneider1365 Ай бұрын

me to and case if benedict fox

@robertwatson5104 Ай бұрын

Same here. I’m a collector more than a player 😊

@michaelschneider1365 Ай бұрын

@@robertwatson5104 what does that mean

@BarsMar Ай бұрын

Please share said list. 🙏 I'd like to start mine over it 😊

@YoshMaster Ай бұрын

Not sure I’ll ever play it but I’ll buy it just for the principle of encouraging such an amazing art style!!

@Phil_Official Ай бұрын

I´m buying Stellar Blade for the exact same reason lol

@thelemon5069 Ай бұрын

@@Phil_Officialstellar blade looks samey to me

@ItsameMatt Ай бұрын

It's on GamePass today, just FYI

@the15thprofessor Ай бұрын

I'd also give Truberbrook a try. It didn't get a lot of media attention but it did this art style years before this game.

@NoHateLikeChristianLove Ай бұрын

@@the15thprofessorWhat kinda game is it, and what’s it for? Got XB1, Switch, and a laptop that can only run things like Total Warhammer 2 passably.

@scott_itall8638 Ай бұрын

A horror survival in this format would be great.

@zanerinsane1574 Ай бұрын

I’ve been saying this. People are sleeping on the potential.

@c.a.6636 Ай бұрын

Little nightmares is prob the closest we have to it currently

@chrismcpherson7582 Ай бұрын

Barotrauma

@scott_itall8638 Ай бұрын

@@chrismcpherson7582 Tried that on PC, just didnt click with me.

@guidorussoheck2100 Ай бұрын

too expensive. This game was made by stop motion technique and then 3D scanned.

@rogerpiero Ай бұрын

Am feeding my eyes with this visual delicacy

@RexMckinnis Ай бұрын

I've been waiting YEARS for this! I'm excited!

@arkadiuszmazur5386 Ай бұрын

Same!

@jjw4646 Ай бұрын

lol really? I’ve 100% it and it’s a very average game

@arkadiuszmazur5386 Ай бұрын

@@jjw4646 And even though it's average, you wanted to go through it 100%. Yes, it makes sense........😁

@jjw4646 Ай бұрын

@@arkadiuszmazur5386 Considering it’s been in development for years.. yes it’s average lol.

@ttghhgg1918 Ай бұрын

@@jjw4646it’s a masterpiece

@gleekthemonkey4570 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I’m buying this just because of the art style alone. Lol

@OnlyMyOpinionMatters Ай бұрын

Sheep

@adiddy911 Ай бұрын

@@OnlyMyOpinionMattersall of your comments are so negative.. stay miserable 💀💀💀

@conkerlive101 Ай бұрын

More creative games like this please!

@Mektek19 Ай бұрын

Now this is next gen.

@Otis151 Ай бұрын

Looks gorgeous. Thanks for the review!

@darron13 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful and standout art style

@AmaymonF Ай бұрын

Narrator, have you ever noticed that you change your pitch (or intonation, idk what it is called) at the end of every sentence.

@RCqe76 Ай бұрын

It’s hard for me to listen to his reviews.

@SENATORPAIN1 Ай бұрын

It’s because he is Australian.

@keithws2779 Ай бұрын

If a sentence has two parts the end of the first goes UP, and then the following part will end by going down.

@jerodsrivera Ай бұрын

THIS

@hyiping5926 Ай бұрын

If anyone were this dedicated to what they do, we would have flying cars, teleportation machines and what not, incredible work and incredible dedication.

@DaBuffNerd Ай бұрын

This is on Gamepass too.

@sligacheese6470 Ай бұрын

It’s worth playing

@Bionicbeat84 Ай бұрын

The Life Aquatic with Harold Halibut

@rcmatheus02 Ай бұрын

They gave it a 8.

@nuclearbeeberman Ай бұрын

looks great :)

@flavbo5899 Ай бұрын

Definitely on my list!

@Thomasw04 Ай бұрын

Lovely characters, smart worldbuilding, touches you in the feel. Beautiful made game with lots of attention to details. Walking sim though.

@taskintaskiran2806 Ай бұрын

It has a very unique art style and great music. However, the game side of it is too slim, you only go from point 1 to point 2 and push A and watch what happens. Maybe it should have been produced as TV series rather than a video game?

@johnlawful2272 18 күн бұрын

It's a visual novel

@007ptb007 8 күн бұрын

So true really wish there was more of a broken sword style system

@007ptb007 8 күн бұрын

@@johnlawful2272should have been a point and click, it would have been amazing

@randomatorPHD Ай бұрын

From what I’m seeing in the b roll here, this is motion captured, not stop motion. Not saying either is better than the other, just that there is a difference.

@Ellzyboy Ай бұрын

You are correct

@SENATORPAIN1 Ай бұрын

What is the difference?

@Ellzyboy Ай бұрын

@@SENATORPAIN1 the difference is motion capture a living actor is filmed moving and then put onto the character in game. Stop motion is when a character is moved a tiny bit and then a still image is taken (frame) for example 1 second of movement is roughly 25 separate images put together so it looks like its moving.

@BitBlink Ай бұрын

This is incredible

@PotatoJonson Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to speedrun this.

@nooneeey Ай бұрын

Loved the demo, will absolutely enjoy this gem of a game

@AndrewWms Ай бұрын

Harold looks like anton chigurh in no country for old men.

@jstratus4 Ай бұрын

This game looks absolutely beautiful

@leeviheiskanen1271 Ай бұрын

Kinda unique art style for a game

@RyanRakowski Ай бұрын

This game was so close to being full on stop motion.

@LuciusAugustusRex Ай бұрын

This is also on Game Pass btw.

@endrosaprian1761 Ай бұрын

The npc has no manners <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="241">4:01</a>

@triple_thrice Ай бұрын

Anyone who digs this look should watch the short Madame Tutli-Putli

@amirhm6459 Ай бұрын

Super cool!!!

@user-po4kb2lw5t Ай бұрын

8/10 = Great.

@sappfire6086 Ай бұрын

Would love horror coraline style game like this

@Thomasw04 Ай бұрын

yeah like little nightmare but then with stop motion.

@XWXS2 Ай бұрын

Playing it on gamepass great game people should buy it.

@joji105 Ай бұрын

You buy it 😂

@TheTopazChannel Ай бұрын

YOU CAN RUN!?!?!?

@yuyutubee8435 Ай бұрын

Sounds like it needs some environmental interactivity DLC.

@minbari73 Ай бұрын

Hope it has framegen

@taskintaskiran2806 Ай бұрын

It sure does

@yd2468 Ай бұрын

Whimsical

@heavyrain4485 Ай бұрын

Would it have physical version in someday?

@coletrainhetrick 10 күн бұрын

No. Because the vast majority of video games do not. You even have games pretending to be physical release when you still have to install it all on the console just for people like you so desperate to pretend physical media still exists.

@notanothercomedian Ай бұрын

So glad it's on the the switch. Next payday is gonna be lit.

@leebarbs7176 Ай бұрын

- me, two days after payday

@user-ih6oe9ny3j Ай бұрын

Who lied to you? It's certainly not on the Switch.

@SpartX7 Ай бұрын

@@user-ih6oe9ny3j It's mentioned in the video description. Although it's not on the eShop.

@user-ih6oe9ny3j Ай бұрын

@@SpartX7 don't trust IGN bud. you won't find it on the switch, nor does their website show mention a switch version

@MASTERCRAFT938 Ай бұрын

Hello there,. :D

@onespeedbicycles Ай бұрын

Reminds me of the neverhood.

@LinuxIsBeter Ай бұрын

Amazing game ! So original 👍👍👍

@FirebreathXIII Ай бұрын

I'm getting so many Neverhood vibes, and that's an amazing thing!!

@Ellzyboy Ай бұрын

Only the Neverhood was actually stopmotion unlike this.

@wesleyzimmerman94 4 күн бұрын

@@Ellzyboy It's not actually stop-motion. They took scans of 3D models made to look like that and blended it with a bit of motion capture to make the movements look smoother

@SpartX7 Ай бұрын

Why can't I find it on Nintendo Switch anywhere?

@sindelmybelle2215 Ай бұрын

The video shows thats its pc, xbox, ps. Dang.

@elidagdagan2780 Ай бұрын

Stop Motion has certainly come a long way.

@Ellzyboy Ай бұрын

This isnt stopmotion

@HighLanderPonyYT 21 күн бұрын

Should've been a movie or series.

@sub-jec-tiv Ай бұрын

Krikey the model environments are gorgeous.

@123adamhewitt Ай бұрын

Before you see the whimsical new animated feature from your barista's favorite director,, revisit all his meticulously crafted awkward family fables that make you kinda happy, kinda sad and kinda unsure when you're supposed to laugh or not.

@Ennarmreal Ай бұрын

In my opinion, the motion capture animation makes it look crazy cheap and undoes the handcrafted feel for me.

@IamKnucks Ай бұрын

Spoiler shield

@KoalaMarch77 Ай бұрын

Can't wait to watch the game :]

@arisozerah Ай бұрын

So unique 🎉🎉🎉

@VideoGameAnimationStudy Ай бұрын

This isn't technically stop motion as it was animated in a computer.

@coreycasciano3255 Ай бұрын

☝️🤓

@kswooper Ай бұрын

This game is great

@Ellzyboy Ай бұрын

No. This isnt literally stop motion. Why say it is when it isnt?

@michaelhergenreter2752 Ай бұрын

You can run?!

@beetknot Ай бұрын

Is the archer?

@Ahmed_Masroor_Zaman Ай бұрын

Chigurh??????

@paultheviewer Ай бұрын

......call it.

@leebarbs7176 Ай бұрын

His afterlife went in an unexpected direction after the events of NCfOM

@apimb1396 Ай бұрын

Welcome to my library of "I'll get to it " Harold. ....super cool ....thanks Game Pass !🔥

@idealmodernsystems Ай бұрын

This is not stop motion, this is CGI. It was made in a computer. The character models were scanned and animated in a computer. *Not* stop motion.

@jeremychong8541 Ай бұрын

It's on game pass! Yaaaaaasss!

@saturknight Ай бұрын

They gave it an 8

@BucklingSwashes Ай бұрын

This baby is on Game Pass! Absolutely starting this today.

@paulmenzie4177 Ай бұрын

Well it comes out tomorrow though

@BucklingSwashes Ай бұрын

@@paulmenzie4177 Dammit.

@CreedM8 Ай бұрын

It looks as though there’s a lack of actual playing and just walking and talking… art style is cool though

@Thomasw04 Ай бұрын

its a walking sim / interactive movie.

@wesleyzimmerman94 4 күн бұрын

It's listed online as a Graphic Adventure

@Vurt72 Ай бұрын

The first trailers they had for this were really cool, but the stop motion it had was either fake or they removed it, i'm guessing it was faked because it looked exactly like real stop motion which kind of amazed me, really looked like it was filmed. now it just looks like a generic computer game.

@innocentrage1 Ай бұрын

Looks like robot chicken but elon musk just bought it.

@Buckdawg Ай бұрын

There's no way this was all handmade. Maybe a few models and movements, but those are CLEARLY computer animated models. Either way, it looks gorgeous, and has been on my radar for YEARS. Absolutely gobsmacked it's now free on Gamepass 😮

@pramanabudiman9761 Ай бұрын

No they handmaded the models with clay and then scanned it to the computer. It's just the motion capture of the characters' movement that put you off.

@optimalsettings Ай бұрын

Running form A to B listen to Dialogue. Vice Versa

@leftovernoise Ай бұрын

Woah you mean like... It's using an interactive medium to tell a story? That's crazy dawg.

@optimalsettings Ай бұрын

@@leftovernoise 😀. ok you are right. but 50% of walking is useless for the story

@himmelektronik Ай бұрын

@@optimalsettings you'd prefer it if Harold just fast-travelled around for every story beat?

@optimalsettings Ай бұрын

@@himmelektronik no butv50% of gameplay could be enough.

@aidarisrodriguez2507 Ай бұрын

Jijuh

@Memelord2020 Ай бұрын

8/10

@matthewhayes5909 Ай бұрын

It’s an 8.

@Hyp3MAnn Ай бұрын

It’s a 8

@MaxxKoggen Ай бұрын

The review reads like a 7. Maybe it's coz people now assume a 7 is not worth their time.

@lankymario7189 Ай бұрын

sounds like it will be better served as a tv series than a game

@beazyb Ай бұрын

This looks so amazing I'm going to buy it just from the love that's been put into it

@IamKnucks Ай бұрын

Why?

@kotor610 Ай бұрын

@@IamKnucksyou're mainly walking from interaction to interaction.

@_Cetarial Ай бұрын

⁠@@kotor610So, like most walking simulators.

@mikeuk666 Ай бұрын

@kotor610 welcome to point and click adventures kid

@superrazor7617 Ай бұрын

Its a great 8 :)

@emelkeskin5127 Ай бұрын

🍀🧿🎬👏🏼🎉

@benw3029 Ай бұрын

Wish it was horror

@gameon71 Ай бұрын

This probably could've just been a movie instead of a game.

@Y0uTubeCommentPoster Ай бұрын

you could've been an ejaculation instead of a person, but you don't hear us complaining about it.

@XWXS2 Ай бұрын

Well if you understand the Process of this game it was 14 years in work and was a side project of passionate that worked properly in that industry everything you see is handmade crafted and scanned in with motion capture in that game it's a great game with passion and love behind it.

@neilmallick20 Ай бұрын

@@XWXS2 what does that have to do with what he said?

@futurepastself2777 4 күн бұрын

Looks boring but I'll try it

@EVERYDAYGames00 Ай бұрын

His he a fish or can he talk to fish which one is it😂

@BigWrangler Ай бұрын

Love the art. But this looks pretty boring and tedious. Artstyle alone wont carry a dull game.

@nikkoflo23 Ай бұрын

@virtuallypresent9918 Ай бұрын

they gave it an 8

@flipadoodles8677 Ай бұрын

IGN reviewers are so afraid of anything original they say some nonsense like at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="141">2:21</a> which makes no sense to someone who hasnt played bioshock, hasnt watched a wes anderson movie in ages, and no bloody idea who ken levin is.

@tripleL78 Ай бұрын

It’s an 8. There saved you some time

@samuelloveless4637 Ай бұрын

Could be something but now it's just the frame

@bjedo3 Ай бұрын

Damn. Spoiler Alert for the story lol

@deanwhite1972 Ай бұрын

THAT IS NOT STOP MOTION

@brojoe130 Ай бұрын

If you have lots of time on your hands maybe give a go but it is as boring as it looks lol

@codycarter9906 Ай бұрын

played the demo, found the game painfully boring even for a walking sim. there's literally no gameplay besides slowly meandering from one dialogue to another and on a RARE occasion a tedious "minigame" with no way to lose, like literally just "unscrew these 10 screws slowly". some writing is great, some is so-so. very inconsistent. be prepared if you're looking for this: its basically a poorly paced movie with inconsistent writing. when a game brags about how long it took to make (13 years) thats always a read flag for me

@Happy-295 Ай бұрын

Harold Halitosis

@sturdyblock Ай бұрын

Initially visually intriguing. 15 minutes of gameplay mechanics nulls further investigation. Great premise, dated interaction, slow & clunky 'on rails' story development.

@mikeuk666 Ай бұрын

Just finished it after 13.5hrs and enjoyed it

@sturdyblock Ай бұрын

@@mikeuk666 13.5 actual hours?

@CHICKENSANDWHICH781 Ай бұрын

⁠@@sturdyblockas opposed to fictional hours?

@sturdyblock Ай бұрын

@@CHICKENSANDWHICH781 Don't know which is worse.