At a space funeral, no one can hear you mourn...

To me, MOON is an allegory for someone who uses RPG maker, and finds that any kind of asset he tries to add to the default tileset looks wrong and sticks out horribly, so he makes everything into a mess so that everything will blend. Or someone who tries to ape oldschool rpgs and isn't able to recreate them, eitherway that seems to be the point of the ending, where that one leftover head shows up. In his own words: "Better to reign in Hell" = Better to use your own, bad but original style of art "than serve in Heaven" = than to use a great, but bland and limiting art style "...motherfuckerrrrrrr!" = motherfuckerrrrrrr

so, this is considered a scary game? i had a lot of fun with it, it felt that the game was self aware of how ridiculous it was

Most games without jumpscares use more surreal themes to scare people. I like horror games like that.

I don't even feel like this is even a horror game. It feels more like if 90's MTV became it's own game perhaps a little more stoned than that.

Dracula: "I like to drink the blood... and smoke the weed! Ha ha!"

Dracula is, hands down, the best side character in all of Space Funeral.

This game is pretty much a reverse Cerebrus Syndrome: It starts out serious and horrifying, but gradually turns silly and outlandish! But yeah, that Blood Cavern music can be pretty unsettling! ^-^

Help, I can't stop binge watching Nitro Rad's RPG Maker reviews.

DAD: Leave. Radom person in corner: EAT YOUR VEGGIES KIDS!11!!1 YOU'LL GROW BIG AND STRONG

Space Funeral is not a horror game, it's a parody/pastiche of the JRPG genre. The mecanics are the same, the esthetics are completely different, which is the whole point of the game. Everything is made absurd and obscene by intent. Philip walkcycle is funny to me, he's not sad because of some backstory thingy, it's the form he has now. There is replayability as well, little well thought game design stuff, like how someone in scum village hints you at something you can do in lion village way later in the game, or the legend that talks about a mysterious thing called PURPLE DRANK, and there is actually a way to get it. ( I liked the game so much I had to find it)

I WAS NOT EXPECTING REALITY TO LOOK SO...normal.

"The enemies in this game are either terrifying or unsettling." Space Funeral: **b o m b d o g**

>tries to not spoil anything for us >spoils the ending and the overall gist of the story seeming a little confused there nitro

I never thought I'd see an actual review of this game.

the idea of the 'Perfect City' and the 'City of Forms' seems to draw a lot from Plato's theory of forms

I thought Leghorse was a bleeding amalgamation of macaroni

Off is a pretty amazing RPG maker game, definitely one off my favorites.

This. is not. a horror game. This is a parody of a horror game.

Nitro you should do a review on Space Funeral the legend of earth birth! Its a fan game that the creator liked so much he deemed it cannon

I like the games art style a lot, but I feel nauseous while playing this game too long, and the music, while also good, doesn't help my nausea.

I don't necessarily agree with your interpretation of the story, but that's okay. Interesting to hear a new perspective on a story for a game I love so much. It's even inspired me to work on a similar style of game.

Back in 2014 you looked older than you do now, have you discovered the secret of reverse aging?

emo nitrorad be like im not telling you spoilers, now i'll tell you the end of the game

I loved this game, the pokemon like battles with the criminals, the music, the humor and the art style were perfect. my only problem was that I had a glitch that made the font nearly unreadable, so I played through the entire game struggling to read the text

I've heard nothing about Space Funeral, but I see the name every once in a while. I'm going to download it and play it right now, completely blind, and post an update when I'm done. I paused this video before it even started. Here I go.

I gotta say, while you've definitely improved the quality of your videos, old NitroRad is still charming and entertaining as ever :D

"We are born of the blood; Made men by the blood; Undone by the blood; Fear the old blood" Sorry. Not sorry.

Something was pouring from his mouth. He examined his sleeve. Blood? Blood. Crimson, copper-smelling blood. His blood. Blood. Blood. Blood. And bits of sick.

The developer mentioned having been inspired by the 1989 NES game Monster Party but it also reminds me of this game released in the 80s on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum called Soft and Cuddly. Being the developer's Irish I wouldn't doubt that he had a ZX Spectrum as a kid (as they were very popular in Europe and especially in the UK and adjacent countries) and was inspired by it. They both have a sort of surreal and gruesome artstyle. I really like it.

Honestly, only the creepy ass poetry in the boat song (have to wait a lot for this one) and the blood cavern were the only scary things, most of this game seemed like one giant black comedy comic book and I honestly find the horror kind of enjoyable and funny. :p Lots of surrealism in rpg maker horror games... some are typical supernatural stuff, but many are just... odd. :p Off, Hello Charlotte, White Sky, Yume Nikki, End Roll (the last two being justified with dream worlds. :p), this game, etc... Anyways, the music and aesthetic are my favorite parts of the game, it's too short and easy otherwise, and I don't really understand the plot. :p

I actually LOVE the music in the blood cavern!

Just finished it, really satisfying to play for some reason

Damn, Nitro looked badass back in the day.

4:48 AND WE ARE BACK WITH COMPETITIVE NOVEL WRITING, HERE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL! I'm you'r host, McNippelson.

Wow man, I have been watching all of your videos on RPG Maker horror games and I have to say these are brilliantly done and edited! Keep up the good work!

s stands for: Smile Sweet Sister Sadistic Suprise Service Space Funeral

3:19 That's funny considering the song is about boredom.

Take a shot every time he says “blood”

speaking of Horror RPGs made in RPG Maker. Porterminus. You might want to have a look at it.

Still waiting for the Witch's House review.

This game creeps me the hell out, I don't think I could take it lol.

You've sold me! I'll give this a play when I get moment.

I like how this game decided to use Les Railles Denudes in the soundtrack. If anybody knows about the band let’s just say it has some fascinating lore behind it especially the bassist of the band.

Good as always,keep it up!

Honestly this review format from back in the day is in a way perfect for a parody horror game, such as being done as a serious review compared to something as joyful and full of effort as we have nowadays, and in a way it fits. I'm saying this aged well. It's very interesting!

4:32 Mafia Town from a Hat in Time looks great

One-Eighty-One is by far one of my favorite battle themes.

Rewatching some of our boy Nitro's older videos, he sure has improved a lot over the years.

I know the game might be short, but i think an updated video of this would be awesome in your new recording style! 😁 loved it either way!

More than anything, I feel like Space Funeral is a meta-commentary on the RPGMaker community (and apparently this isn't the first game like this by this author). The sprites are almost comically simple and jumpy, with little attention given to color composition or adherence to any sort of preexisting fiction. It kinda just does its own thing, and as you get closer to the source of the corruption, this style becomes more and more obvious. This isn't a jab at the game itself, though, and the artstyle feels deliberately rough and simplistic. As you approach the City of Forms, the style of the game further devolves, with clashing tilesets donning bright and discordant colors, and it climaxes with MOON. Not only is MOON's boss "arena" simply a series of colored stripes, but the sprite itself is extremely jumpy and displays clashing simple colors, much like Phillip in battle. Once MOON is defeated, the world returns to "normal", and the corruption is warded off for good. But what exactly did Phillip just do? Although the new world is described as "perfect", it's simply the default RPG Maker 2003 tileset. The unprofessional and unique tileset has been shrugged off in favor of the perfectly generic default. This feels very deliberate, and seems like a jab against the RPG Maker community for shaming those who use the default tiles, and calling into question how much better those custom tiles and animations would be compared to the original sprites. It's not a very deep argument, but the execution of Space Funeral as a satirical work is extremely clean.

Holy crap. Fantomah is in this game. For those who don't know fantomah is the floating blue skull with blond hair and she is a golden age female superhero made by Fletcher Hanks and comenly associated with another Fletcher Hanks creation stardust the super wizard. On top of that she the first female super hero of the golden age and the second strongest superhero of the golden age tied with the eye and the most powerful hero is stardust

i'm waiting for them to finally bring in *a r m h o r s e*

Ay this was the first NR video I saw and I gotta say I'm happy that NR has gotten so successful since now.

never thought i would see plato's theory of forms in an rpg maker horror game

thank god you put the link in the description, i couldnt find it

i flat out hate how it was spoiled but an amazing review for a fine game

You probably played it since it's kind of famous (it was featured on Extra Credits once), but OFF is very good and unsettling. It's French but they released an english translation for free so, if you haven't seen it, here we go: forum.starmen.net/forum/Fan/Games/OFF-by-Mortis-Ghost

whew this game looks like total ass i love it

I'm not gonna lie, space funeral blew black specks of my soul off. I have no regrets, except everything that met me

This game creepy af.

that flowers of evil ruth white song is how I found Nitrorad, so I'm glad it was in here.

i know this video is ancient and the chances of you seeing this comment are virtually nil, but have you heard of anthology of the killer? it's the newest series by thecatamites which is entirely focused on horror this time around! it's incredibly charming, unique, funny as hell and is now one of my favorite series of video games ever. i feel like it'd make a great fit for the channel + i think it deserves more of an audience :o)

When they talk about a "perfect world" and a "city of forms" it makes me think of plato's allegory of the cave.

The music at 3:30 sounds like it's from anatomy

i forgot how "snotty" nitro rad sounded

6.14 looks like something out of a zx spectrum... I love it

My favorite video game of all time.

dude, your beard looks fuckin awesome.

Me, while calling every good spirit that exist from God to Odin: okay, lets play

3:30 Charles Baudelaire hated rainy days

"Their cigarette smoke spells out the word 'Crime'..." Great. Now you got ME laughing. 😆

This game and another game called Five Nights at Fuckboy's share some of the same music.

The threat of grand wizards is real, it good this game brings that to light

I really like that old intro and outro. Fucking ambient.

What happened to your Mogeko Castle video?

yeah ruth white is a pioneer and all her flowers of evil album is very creepy but amazing if you're into experimental electronica.

3:19 Aesop Rock uses that sample at the end of his song Pizza Alley that same sample I didn’t get scared instead screamed from excitement lmao

Maybe you already played this, but well, I write them anyway XD IB The Crooked Man Mad Father The Witch House To the Moon; is not a Horror game but, it's really well done. I'm not sure all the ones I mentioned above are from RPG Maker...but they're definetely worth the try :)

Yo imagine having your funeral in space like this guy

It's not a SONG per se, but rather an acted reading for the poem Spleen by Baudelaire

Great episode. I'll be checking out this game

i came back to watch this video after i saw there was this game on GameJolt called "Super Space Funeral 4 Deluxe Blood Red Version & Bubsy". ...kind of a mouthful, huh? It's still a demo though... Anyways, if there's 3.5(?) games in the series can you review the other 2 please? and when SF4 comes out can you review that one?

Will you check out any of the Space Funeral Fangames or any of thecatamites other games?

3:14 gigas theme: am I a joke to y- oh no thats diabolical!what the herll is this theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme

When I played this, I used mystery and instantly got mystery punch (an attack that does like 600 damage to all enemies and costs no mp to use) and it probably took away from the experience... Also, there is a raft you can get on to the right of the first village, and there is a boss in a cave that gives you pretty good stuff.

oh my god i didnt know nitrorad's videos went far this much, he sounds like he's doing a fake snotty nerd voice haha

Moon’s character sprite is just a glitch mixed up version of many spirts of the game. if you look at the bottom of MOON you will see the dog enemy’s legs and puddle of blood and rest is so glitched I just don’t know :/ Edit: the hands of MOON are crab legs!

Does any here the voice at the start saying Nitro frad instead of Nitro rad?

4:50 No! Not religion, my only weakness!

See you later space leg boy...

The Spleen seems to be based on the poem by Baudelair of the same title, at least as I look at it's english translation from French.

Hey Nitro, what do you think of revisiting this + it’s fangames? There’s two new fangames called Of Rubies and Gold

So you probably weren't aware of this but juts about every song in the game is BBC public domain songs

Awh i wish you didn't spoil that ending, that would've definately caught me by surprise.

Recommend a game called i have no mouth and i must scream would probably be up your ally

HEY HOLD ON WAS YOUR OLD INTRO THE OPENING TO A RENARD SONG

Rubles are Russian currency

Take a shot every time he says “blood”.

What was the music you played in your final description of space funeral. Before the end card.