Sir Daniels janky control and combat is actually thematically on point with his character whether by design or accidental i cant say. He was never a knight or a warrior. He gained his position by just telling tall tales and lies and somehow managed to convince the king he was some great warrior which explains why his combat is mostly spamming swings and even his lock-on isnt a guaranteed hit

This game was LITERALLY one of my first memories as a human being.

The fact that Dan's VA wore a bucket on his head when recording all of Dan's lines was so darn good. :D

I remember as a 6 year old dropping whatever I was doing to watch my mom play this, and my mom is not someone who has ever cared about video games but for some reason she would play this one randomly. Needless to say the game holds a special place in my heart

I have never heard someone talk so much about MediEvil for so long and not even hardly mention the *incredible* sound design and music.

This was one of my favourite games ever. Whilst I don't really disagree with any of your criticisms; it is UNFORGIVABLE that you did not mention the absolutely amazing soundtrack. This game has some of the best music of any game.

It's so interesting how the perspectives can differ so wildly. I personally loved the overall lack of repetition in the puzzles, everything was uniquely thought of for better or worse which kept me interested. It was just another layer of not taking itself seriously, just showing us a good time!

My parents had no interest in modern games but Medieval really stood out to them as a something that makes you realize "oh games can actually be pretty good art". The stained glass demon level was a highlight to them, especially how it fell to the floor and shattered when it died. The game had amazing atmosphere.

I personally like how most of the mechanics stayed in individual levels instead of being repeated and expanded upon. It allows for the levels containing them to feel fresh, but also keeps them short, so that when you replay them later they don't overstay their welcomes.

Always thought it was grossly unfair of everyone to mock Dan about his death. It's not like he chose to be shot with an arrow.

I got to admit, the voice actors meshing a bunch of different accents with a French one is pretty damn funny

Feels wrong to hear the complaints about life when he only have 5 life bottles. There should be 9 in total. Ten if you count the full healtbar. That's 3000 life points + 3 shields

Honestly a big part of the suspense in this game is the fact that every level is it’s on unique level filled with one off mechanics. You never know what’s going to come next until it happens and it’s up to you to figure out how to overcome and move on through the game. I loved that feeling as a child of never knowing what was going to happen and my imagination ran wild every time I was in a new level

Some notes for things you missed. You chocked Zarok not being able to relsease the shadow demons as video game logic. He needed the shadow artifact to release them but couldn't find it. Once you found it he then sent soldiers out to take it from you which you then kill. You referenced the dragon having a bad voice. It was a parody of Sean Conery as a reference to the movie Dragon Heart.

So, medievil is my favorite game ever, it was the first video game I've ever played, and every year at least 3/4 times I play it, it never gets boring. This year I have arrived at 66 times. I agree with some points such as the camera that is not always good, the controls that are a bit difficult but you can get used to it, but I disagree with the fact of the “wasted mechanics”. In my opinion there is no lost potential, having unique mechanics for each level is something I really appreciate. The fact that something happens maybe only once makes that level stuck with you more, and when you think about it you say (example): “wow how nice, do you remember that in the gardens there was the chess puzzle?”. That’s what I mean, these unique little mechanics don’t seem like wasted occasions, but things that make the level even more unique and memorable. I'm sorry for the long comment, but I still really appreciate the video, your opinions and the fact that it has so many views, I'm glad that people can remember or know this game, which in my opinion, no matter how many flaws it may have, remains perfect (along with 2). I must also say that I am pleasantly surprised by the comments, I did not expect so many points of view so disparate, but above all polite. That’s it for now, keep playing, and if so, thank you for “wasting time” reading my comment. Cheers from Italy :) 🇮🇹

Man this game looks charming as hell. We need more goofy Halloween type games

Personally I have no issue with the one-and-done mechanics or puzzles, which seems to account for most of our difference of opinion here. I do appreciate the discussion of layering and developing mechanics, but I like the variety Medievil offers, and I didn't ever really find myself wishing that certain specific puzzles or mechanics were re-used. I enjoyed them as they came up, and then moved on to the next one.

The charm of the characters and levels carries this game for me.

Losing your sword to imps is the true experience. Seeing my dude run around with basic daggers and the severed arm halfway into game is peak keks.

I think the looks of the game made it 90% nicer for me, i just love this goreish halloween horror looks. I also love that the game has a simple story and its not a very long game, my favorite game.

Medievil was one of my favorite game growing up, and while I respect your opinions on the games you cover, I think you were being a little harsh on Medievil. Yes, it's entirely true that the game often only uses it's set-pieces/mechanics once, but I do not see that as a bad thing. If anything, I see it as not making the game stale or repetitive by using the same thing/gimmick over and over again. As for Zarok being a mad scientist, yes he is, but he is also a sorcerer, so you are wrong when you say that he isn't. I think that the only reason that the gargoyle head calls "science" a form of sorcery is because it does not understand what science is, and therefore assumes that it has to be some form of magic. I also do not find it strange that Zarok is using science alongside magic. If you read Zarok's diary in his library (the same room where you find the book with the "Card Tricks" joke), you'll learn that he was doing scientific experiments already 100 years earlier (as he mentions that Dan was a snooping busybody), so Zarok using science doesn't come out of nowhere, and this whole time machine that he has made is as far as I can tell not completed yet (and that's why we don't see any time traveling shenanigans). While I would agree that the camera is a bit of a pain in the ass, please keep in mind that Medievil was the team in questions first 3D title, so they didn't quite know how to get the camera right (a problem that was quite common back in the day). I must also point out that you missed out on the "Good" ending of the game, since you didn't collect all 20 of the chalices. I'm not saying that you HAD to do that for this video if you didn't have the time/energy for it, but just throwing in a line about how there is a "Good" ending if you collect all 20 would have been quite nice.

Not even mentioning the fantastic soundtrack, this game had oddly good voice acting for it's time. The voices of Zarok, the gargoyles, and Tim have stuck with me through the years since I played as a young kid. Voice acting wasn't really a big deal in video games until Metal Gear Solid, which coincidentally also came out the same year

You skipped over a LOT in the ant caves. Aside from it being an endless maze that nobody liked, those fairies were EXTREMELY important. Freeing each fairy will give you a small amount towards your chalice, freeing all of them will give you the full 100%. And each fairy freed gives you one extra ambient light, each a different color. I should also mention, this is the only chalice you get without killing anything. Ants don't give you chalice progression, and it is very important to have this chalice, as it is needed for the full 9 life bottles and making the final fight easier.

Medievil is a gem. Beautiful game. I've spent so much time on it, replaying it over and over.

Man I'm just sitting here thinking," this dude really went almost half the entire game with just an arm, a club and some daggers." Then you even found a way to get more gold and still refused to buy your sword back lol. Pretty bold move, I like it.

I dont understand the issues with one and done mechanics. It means the devs legitimately had enough ideas to make every level distinct from another. And the whole backtrack system really is only present in two levels. I adore this game, this was my legend of Zelda. The music, the theme. Games a classic that just got overshadowed by other games. Besides bad camera and controls were basically staples for games back in those days. I mean look at super Mario 64.

Seeing Josh go into the Scarecrow Fields level with only his basic arm equipped made me shed a tear for the poor man. He set himself up for a tremendously difficult time lol, that level is hard even with all the chalices up to that point

What a fabulous game! Given the amount of real-life inspiration I had to chuckle at Josh’s comment at 24:08 that it was a “bit random” to “encounter the snake spirit on a farm”... while it is indeed random to find a _large chest_ in the middle of a harvested field, encountering a snake most certainly is not! (Edit:) Some feedback… the context of this game being a 1998 release seems to have gotten a bit lost here, and some of the criticism seems a bit unfair. For example, at 44:05 you talk about how the game has no stealth mechanics such as noise meters, radar, etc.... then _“but seeing as this game came out in 1998 - the same year as Metal Gear Solid - a shoe-horned-in suggestion of stealth with no mechanics attached to it probably wasn’t the wisest of choices”_ and link it to the single use of mechanics throughout the game. Games released in the same year were obviously worked on simultaneously, and new mechanics aren't generally shared between dev teams since they are going to be a game's big selling point. These are also games in different genres, with different budgets, dev sizes, etc… I doubt the Medievil devs even knew about Metal Gear Solid's stealth mechanics with the time to be able to build it in as a joke. Having grown up on Space Quest, Super Mario, LucasArts, etc, this struck me as another classic 90's fun, puzzle-filled game with witty & sarcastic lines throughout for the benefit of more mature players. In-game references to stealth feel more like stand-alone sarcasm _a la_ Monkey Island. Similarly, I’d guess that mechanics were only used once because they were fresh to gamers in ’98 & puzzles didn’t need to be as intricate as today. It's like criticising Mario Kart for not using the driving physics of Gran Turismo... the context is really important. I enjoyed this video, but several comments just really stood out to me because your commentary is usually a lot more contextual than this particular case. Cheers!

Probably the reason this game didn't sell well because it had legendary competition. MediEvil came out in 1998, but do you know what ELSE released that year? Ocarina of Time, Banjo Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot 3, Half Life, etc etc. The game might have been decent, but it was never going to realistically compete against titles like that.

its strange that your negative was using alot of one use puzzles to figure out, which is literally one reason why I at least loved Medievil, it doesn't get boring or repeative when there's new stuff around every corner to figure out.

The Italian voices are worth the whole game by itself 🤩 The heroes in the hall are connected also to each other, the Magic sword one diss the golden shield guy. For example.

I get your point about combining puzzles/ideas for a new encounter BUT i don’t think lots of unique puzzles is necessary a bad thing.

“Zarok being a mad scientist never comes up in his boss battle”, ten minutes later, “Zarok turns into a robot dragon”

I completely disagree on the arm as a weapon bit. Not being able to use a shield makes complete sense. Not only can you not physically hold one, but it's punishment (or perhaps 'encouragement' is a better term) for not having another weapon. Sure you still have a way to attack, but if you want to defend, stop using your arm and get a real weapon

Even if it was the same voice actor for every thing, he did SO WELL

This game is really interesting and I’ve never played it. The level design and some of the mechanics that are only used once, make it so unique. I think I want to play it now

I'm a bit surprised that you didn't get all the chalices, or at least that you didn't mention that it unlocked a slightly different ending where Dan joins the Hall of Heroes, it's not much but I like that Was it good is usually a really thorough format. Still a great video, looking forward to the next one!

That part about the Graveyard having 2 levels.. one before and one after the stained glass demon. That is so you can see the diferences from how the world changes from what you did. Like the water going down, and other enemies coming in. Also it makes it easier to make the stages use less resources. Since you then have half the level be removed. SO you can another half of the level added. As well as make it so you can go back to the old level and get the challice. Since the second time you go back. You have another one.

i love how well the side missions are integrated to the main story

I know it isn't a perfect game, but the charm it holds and the meaning this game has for me will always make it my favorite game ever.

Every level having different mechanics that are suitable for it is one of the best things about this game in my opinion. Feels so fresh and unique. I cannot express the love I have for this game and the only minor issue in my eyes is the camera in some places.

Great review but I would disagree on the one-off mechanics necessarily being a bad design. If you have enough of these mechanics to fill the whole game so each level has something new and unique, I see this as a positive

This game has been in forgotten hidden pocket of my brain and I would have probably never remembered it ever existed or all the the great time I had playing this game if it wasn't for this video to pop up on my list. Thank you sir.

Just discovered this channel, and the in-depth PS1 analysis is just top notch. Loving it dude!

I don't think one-off mechanics are a bad thing inherently. I haven't played the game but it seems like they are there simply to change things up and introduce fun ideas. Where it would become a problem is if the player is given a unique way to interact with those mechanics but they are never repeated. For example, if you needed a lantern to light the way in a cave, but after the cave there are no other dark areas in the game. Now the lantern is useless aside from any secondary of combat effects it has. Zelda games do this a lot. I don't think that is the case here because most of the unique mechanics are tied to platforming and puzzles and don't have any interaction with the player's items. It's certainly a shame that they were not fleshed out as much as they could have been, but personally I don't hold it against the game.

What a masterpiece. Talking about redemption, I see that you didnt get the "good ending", when you get all the calixes Daniel finally is welcom into the galey of heroes and obtains his own statue, becoming a true hero of gallowmere.

I remembering loving this game as a kid, great review, made me nostalgic

In a game completely full of unique and cool mechanics, you're mad that they didn't use them over and over. It's not repetitive, they are not bad mechanics, and you always have something new to look for.

So I think the "not reusing mechanics" thing is more the developers trying to keep you thinking, to keep puzzles fresh and not feel like you're just doing the same thing over and over. I actually really appreciate that because sometimes you have to stop and think "okay, how do I approach this" instead of "oh, I've seen this before, I'll do the same thing and blaze through this". For them to come up with so many per-level gimmicks really highlights the effort that was put into this game, to make every area look and feel unique.

The once-used mechanics are often better left used once. They make those moment more memorable within the level they are in, even if they may get forgotten about. But to combine them in different ways for new challenges? Some of them would become very annoying and a pain to complete.

I played medievil resurrection on the PSP as a kid and loved it. I fell in love with Dan as a character, selling himself as a hero and actually being a buffoon, the aesthetic, the weapons. After that I played the original on ps1 and my love for the series grew exponentially. It makes me sad to know how this series will never see a Medievil 3, Medievil 2 is fantastic and the PS4 remake made me feel like a kid again! Medievil might not be perfect, but I think that just makes me love these games even more

So glad you made this video. Medievil I&II where my favorite games as a kid. Was absolutely obsessed with playing both on my busted PlayStation 1 that had to have a matchbook under one side and a book on top to even get it to read a game

An absolute classic. Fun gameplay, fantastic music, interesting artstyle and a hilarious story. What else could you ask from a video game.

Introducing new mechanics consistently in an 8 hour long game seems like a good way to keep it interesting rather than a negative.

What happened to getting all the Charlices? The ending proves you didn't get all of them.

Here's a tip for you. In the areas where you have the thieveing imps, equip the arm before you take them on. The arm is the only weapon the imps cannot steal from you. Yes lower defence but if you want to not have to splurge on getting your sword back in the early game, this is a nessecary tip. I know this as this happened to me and I experimented when playing this game many moons ago.

This game holds up to me. Personally I don't mind the variations in mechanics you highlight as gimmicky, I found it fun and it contributed to each level having its own character.

I find it hard to see a game always doing something different as a bad thing. SO many games just pound the same mechanics down your throat ad nauseum and I remember loving that this game didn't do that.

It was a masterpiece. The atmosphere, the music, the variety of weapons, the enemies, just delicious

I've been obsessed with watching through all of these. So addictive

This goofy-ass game is my favorite of all time. The music is top notch, the janky art style is great, and the subtle humor throughout is swag as shit. I've got Sir Dan tattooed on my shoulder, and go back at least once a year to give it another play through. I've been waiting and hoping for you to cover Medievil, and you, Mr. Hayes, are a pimp for doing it. You're the man, thanks for giving some attention to these old classics.

such a cool game with a unique style. the odd angled environments were a great way to work with the warping on PS1. Not recycling mechanics keeps the gameplay fresh. funny writing, too.

Funny thing about the german version: For some reason, Sony seemed to have only this one team of german voice actors to do the voices for pretty much every major PS1 release, that was completely localized, including this one. It made things really funny, because you were hearing all of the same voices throughout completely different themed games. When I played Metal Gear Solid for the first time, I couldn't stop laughing at Liquid Snake, because he was voiced by the same guy who did Dr Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot games (and Ocelot had the same voice as Uka Uka) and he had a really goofy sounding voice, wich made it pretty hard to take him seriously. You basically had the same people voicing MGS, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Medievil among others. When I replayed Medievil after a decade or so, I totally forgot, that it also had these voice actors and when I entered the Hall of Heroes for the first time, just to hear the german voice of Otacon from MGS at the first statue, I couldn't help but smile. These voice actors weren't exactly great, their performances ranged from okay to shitty, but they were also really charming and I feel extremely nostalgic when I hear them

One of my all time personal favorites. Awesome vid as usual dude🤘

I feel like Josh missed the mark a lot in this video, the most egregious being "Zarok being a mad scientist is never brought up again" followed within a minute or 2 with the line "Zarok uses magic to turn himself into a MECHA." It's a goofy game that doesn't take itself seriously so who cares that you go to a ghost ship? Each chalice gives a weapon that enemies are weak to in the very next level. Daniel is redeemed by going to the hall of heroes if you collect all the chalices. Josh never enchanted his broadsword. There's just such a lack of effort shown its off putting

Just for reference, the dragon chase FMV was actually part of a cut 'chase sequence' level that would'e bridged the gap between the Ruins and Ghost Ship perhaps a little more logically.

Man, the memories... The PS1 era will always hold a special place in my heart. Especially now that modern emulation has made it so damn easy to check out all those titles you either missed back then or that were never released in your region. There simply are some aspects to that era's approach to game design that have been lost to the ages and that are not only flavourful, but in some regards even superior to their modern equivalents. As for Medievil - something about the clash between the happy-go-lucky atmosphere and the horror aesthetics really freaked me out and almost made me feel queasy after playing this game back when I was a kid. This, alongside the cutscene accompanying the first zombie encounter in Resident Evil and Treasures of the Deep (that goddamn giant eel...) dominated my nightmares for a while.

Medievil was one of my all time favorite during the ps1 time. and i was very sad, that the sequel never came to germany (i think) but i heard it was not as good as the first one. and after hearing, there will be a remaster, i was so happy.

Watching the opening here. The PS4 version is not the first time it got a remake, the PSP had it's own remake of the game too when it launched.

Now, if the same mechanics were re-used on multiple levels, it might be criticized for being too copy paste, clearly a lot of thought went into creating 8 hours worth of unique mechanics. I played the full version of this game on PS1, and it was one of my favorites. The clown puzzle in which you had to get all 5 faces to look at the clown shrub was the bane of my existence.

I never played the first game and instead was introduced to the sequel. I was 6 years old and was scared shitless of that game but now it's one of the most nostalgic things in my memory. Every time I hear the museum music it takes me back to my childhood.

The Pizza hut demo was top tier. Played the hell out of that cd.

I'm sorry but how is using cool unique mechanics only once bad, when they keep on putting out one cool mechanic after another? Doesn't that make it less repetitive and engaging since you keep waiting to see what they can pull off next? It sounds like a reverse Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile case..Or even TLoU ladders. While I do think building upon certain mechanics / adding stuff to it to spice things up is valid, so is adding new, one use mechanics.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the secret good ending for getting all the chalices. Adore the Crystal Caves music I still listen to it, to this day. Love the series Josh I think we had similar gaming experiences growing up so keep on keeping on, much appreciated.

I played this game again after so many years on a ps2, it was still really good and snappy. The dark and gritty atmosphere (like a lot of ps1 games) is unmatchable

I remember playing Medievil as a little child on my psp, I always referred to the game as ‘Szkieletorek’ (I am polish; it’s basically skelly) and I was obsessed with it, it brang me so much joy.

The arrow scream is also in dungeon keeper. Torturing heroes in the torture chamber.

I'd love to see you play Spyro 1 or Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. Ripto's Rage has more mechanics and unique interactions, but Spyro 1 is viewed as a classic.

such an entertaining channel, i cannot believe this is free. thank you man i appreciate you,

I'd love to see a run of Medievil 2. It's the one I find more memorable for some reason and it'd be interesting to see how the series progressed between the two.

I actually like when mechanics are used only once, DKC2 has every level be a gimmick and if you happen to not like the levels gimmick you can be relieved that in future it won't be reused. (unless you're going for 102%)

Weirdly in the remake the shield doesn't seem to actually do much, most enemies seem to knock your health down as they damage the shield.

Excellent video, thank you so much for warning about strobe.

This is from the era when games were properly translated and the Czech translation is ABSOLUTELY amazing. Good yet hilarious

I played this game so many times I knew the best path to take to always have the best weapon for each stage. BTW: -in return to the graveyard, in the bridge, you can fall on the top of a coffin to reach a secret area -You can reach the castle stage with the lightning. Use it to easily kill the demons and save the farmers. Now run after them to receive items from them -The final boss can be easily deleted with the Dragon Breath. It's so overpowered you can one-shot him if you get a good hit -If you get all chalices, during your final visit to the Hall of Heroes, you can see a statue for you there. And you'll unlock the extended ending

Honestly this video format is so good. It's like a review and a lets play all rolled into the perfect length video. Can't wait for you to review [literally every game ever].

I love everything about your videos ahhhh

Probably someone said it before, but the dinosaur is called "the jabberwocky." There was originally going to be a level in the game where he is chasing Daniel, much like in the boulder levels of Crash Bandicoot. Unfortunately, it didn't make it into the final product, so they rendered a cutscene for the ghost ship level to make sense.

I don't really comment on KZfaq videos and criticizing a critic makes as much sense as heckling a comedian but here goes: I like these reviews but it definitely feels like there's a disconnect between your retro review of this and a game you actually played when you were younger (Tenchu). Medievil's camera has issues but in an era where 3D movement was coupled with an interesting 3D world was notoriously hard to do this is a nitpick. Arguably you could say between Mario64 and Spyro the Dragon no game got this entirely right and both of those had issues but in an era that was defined by innovation and Medievil combines moving camera, static camera and controllable camera to make the best use of it's limitations. You mention that the levels are short but then complain that there's no map. This makes no sense because the levels that are based around exploration and puzzle solving don't need them as you can visually see whats blocking you and the linear levels are...linear. In short a map would be pointless. You point out that there are many mechanics used once which is somewhat accurate but this is a game with 20(ish) levels where reusing too many things would be lazy and would not add to the experience. BUT there are a fair few things reused: The club/hammer smashing walls/barriers, the club being set on fire and used for light puzzles and killing enemies. The witches' talisman which nets you the dragon fight. 'Un-killable' enemies that can be killed in a few different ways (magic weapons, friendly chest dragon. The knock-back mechanic is used a few times also to either defeat foes or solve puzzles. The bosses only being vulnerable in certain states. You say the combat is boring and of course it doesn't stand up to games made a decade or more later but you have a dozen weapons to experiment and have fun with and which are more/less useful in different situations and also still used in puzzles. Also the arm exists in a game where you may need a ranged attack to progress and in a game where you can lose your weapons; this is a great mechanic because it means you can continue but with limitations that make the game more difficult encouraging you to explore for coins, secrets, chalices. Complaining about the game over mechanic in a game with manual saves only...this is an era where this was necessary short of making you restart the level anyway so why not encourage people to A save and B return to when they had full ammo/health. You don't need to grind at any point in the game but they allowed you to replay levels to top off your health and/or ammo if you needed to, so the player would never be soft locked. The entrance hall is a short breather level where you A get to see Zarok's 'lair' experience some gargoyle lore and replenish after the pirate ship which was notoriously hard back in 1998 so both thematically and game-play wise it makes sense to be there. The forest level and the ant cave are in the same level but the first time you go you're supposed to go in the ant's nest because it's right there in front of you and you get the witches' talisman on level 3 so you should already have it but if not it encourages you to go back as you need to go in that secret area to complete the chalice, but aside from that it is another exploration puzzle that 'forces you' to complete the other branch. This is as redundant as complaining that the skeletons near Firelink shrine in DS are too hard when you start the game... I could go on but that would be pointless on a silly internet video that's meant to entertain. I'm sure you're not deliberately trying to be pedantic because your series is titled "Was it good" not "Is it good 25 years later". A Few things,: Paul Darrow voiced Zarok which was amazing for a British scifi nerd in 1998 and he killed it. Also if you get all the chalices then you see the resolution of Sir Dan's arc....also you have more health in the skeleton section in the final level. Also also the voice acting is tongue in cheek trip of bad accents of Europe and the UK in the vein of D&D campaigns, British sitcoms and video game shout-outs like the dragon sounding like Sean Connery...who played The Dragon in Dragonheart (1996). Was it good? I give it a kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKmDish3ppvNqac.html out of ten.

21:00 It took me 4 minutes to realize Josh didn't get his sword back from the thieving goblin. Edit : I don't think the one-off mechanics are a bad thing. The third time you go through the same one from two previous levels you'd go "Ugh, ok this again."

I was born in 2005, so I had not enjoyed the game at its first release, but all of a sudden my uncle talked me about this game and brought the PS1 he had from the 90s with the game in and I started playing. I almost immediately fell in love with the game. I remember also that he did not have a memory card with it, so I had to restart the game each day and replay the same starting levels, almost always ending on the Stained Glass Demon, but then my uncle bought one so we together could progress thtrough the game normally. I really love the game to this day and I'm still playing it, having a PS4 on my own now and having 100%ed the normal PS4 version.

This is kind of an insane discovery I just made watching this. The kingdom of Gallowmere. There is a band named Sinergy with a song named Gallowmere. The lyrics are 100% based around this game. It is actually a very awesome song with a phenomenal guitar solo. Really one of my favorite songs from them and I had no idea they were connected for over 15 years haha For any metal heads the guitarists for this band are Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom, and Roppe Latvala from Stone and also Chjildren of Bodom. Really brilliant song writing.

I don’t get how the variety of mechanics that you said were great is a bad thing that you keep coming back to just because they aren’t repetitive. It’s much cooler that they keep coming up with new ideas imo. But I haven’t played the game yet so maybe you have to before understanding

Fairly reasonable cast - Paul Darrow doing his best Jon Pertwee and Helen Lederer. Never played it besides the demo, so this was very interesting

That pseudo-Wilhelm scream was pitched and slowed down and heavily distorted for the zombies in Gothic, and it still gives me fucking nightmares.

One of my all time favourites! Really fond memories playing this with my brother and friend.

I'm not sure I follow on how using lots of fun mechanics only once is so bad. That's just good variety without getting repetitive.

I do not mind the "one off mechanics" as you call them, in fact I think I preferer them. I do not want to do same thing over and over again for 3 times at least just with a different twist. I would rather have a corkscrew rising platform once in a game, than say have a corkscrew platform, than few levels after a corkscrew platform that can only be raised by a follower NPC, than a few levels later a corkscrew platform that raises on its own but you actually need to lower it so you have to run counter to its rotation. It might seem interesting first time you do playthrough, but on every following re-play of the game your brain would just go "I'm doing same thing I did couple of levels back but with a new twist just to pad out the length of a game". Its pretty much on the same level as having a gauntlet of previous bosses before the final boss.

i've gotten stuck at these "Was it Good?" you review all my child and all time favorites and gives me nostalgia. Soul Reaver, Castlevania:sotn, Silent hill, Rayman, Medievil, Croc.. These are games i still play to this day. You have good taste my friend. Abe games might be a next one!

God I remember this on psp and it was absolutely incredible. It made me pick up the original on PS1 and it instantly became a love of mine. It's so nice to see and hear this game (not the 2019 remake) being spoken about more,