golfing with lil wayne is so funny 1:50:30

Wayne probably was able to finish his “mission” after defeating Gibby and therefore complete his lifecycle step in his “prime”, then was able to age, going back to a larval shape due to not needing a humanoid body anymore. And now all the other Waynes are needing to do their own life goals to age. Notice how the cats from Hylics 1 had Wayne heads? Those could have been early stages of larval Waynes. Plants now grow on the world map, probably after the liberation Wayne did. The sages could have been there to help Wayne, they were able to speak coherently and after Gibby was defeated, their purposes are done and now everyone does not speak incoherently.

48:44 Eeb? Eve?

Wayne could be Gibby’s son or younger brother. With Gibby having the moon as his head and being connected to Wayne, Wayne’s head could probably be a half/crescent moon, having that somber look at the stars as the Moon explodes and Gibby apologizing could mean that Gibby kicked Wayne from the moon a long time ago.

fallout 1-2 talking heads are notable for having that "claymation -> sprite" animation pipeline

Urbanspook made a comment on wendigoon's video on his arg that basically said he made it to show off his art and making an horror story was secondary

"Angry man shoot." One of the best reviews I've ever seen.

It’s all clay huh? Wayne looks awfully similar to ancient religious dolls being made of clay. The humanoid body with a drastic head change. Even the character names are religious Wayne = Cain Samsnosa = Samyaza (Fallen angel) or Samsara (infinite cycle of life and death, like how you can’t permanently die.) Dedusmalin = Methuselah (another biblical figure)

Man what a great video, editing, clever AND dumbass jokes and above all an all around very well put together walktrought of both games, sensational friend.

One of the best unique jrpg game since earthbound.

This is an amazing video, well deserved for the masterpieces that these games are. While I want to introduce people to this series with my own videos, a comprehensive deep dive is what these games needed, I think. These games deserve so much love. It's interesting to hear your analysis of Absent Moon too, as I haven't seen too many people breaking it down. (Why was 'Spell of Absurdity' cut though?) Your gags are hilarious too. Time to wait for Hylics 3 to release in 2028!

A missed detail, trashcans in the game have loot in them sometimes, of course, this prompts you to check EVERY trashcan, where one in or around your starting house breaks and the text says "you accidentally crush it" which the same text comes up after talking to the guards of Gibby, a very good call back and explanation with your power

No scrotum steve

Hear you calling the new pongorma design a downgrade kinda offended me, like, old Pongorma looked like a turkey with a face. I LOVE THE NEW PONGORMA HE'S MY FAV

4:41 "jiffs"

the most hilarious mario game ever made* horror is dead

How can you mention claymation in gaming and not mention Platypus?!

i really don't agree with ur criticisms against the gameplay of 2. i think that you're far too in love with Hylics 1 and traditional rpgs to approach Hylics 2 as its own game. While yes, it is Hylics 2, i think it would be more beneficial to look at it more as a reimagining of the first game rather than a direct sequel, gameplay wise. It's clear that Mason views himself as an artist primarily and a developer second, and him branching out into the various different playstyles feels more like him realizing his vision far better without the constraints of rpg maker. if this weren't the case he wouldn't have made the move to unity. transferring from rpg maker to unity in my own opinion is a step up in every sense. the status effect mechanics feel incredibly unique over your standard rpg and every encounter requiring all out effort is far more engaging than bunch of smaller combats against weaker enemies. while i do agree the lack of a run button can be frustrating, it's nowhere near as big of an issue as you make it out to be. No running means again having to engage every fight like a boss fight and it's not as the game doesn't leave plenty of heals and resources around every corner to have a full reset between every encounter anyway.

The scariest part is that the batteries of the fire alarm have not been replaced

Ngl always thought snomsnosa was a girl, literally played through the whole first game and it just never clicked

HE THIC...

This was an amazing breakdown of this underated game series and I hope its discussed more going forward.

why does old wayne, the largest of the waynes, not simply eat the others?

I feel like there may be something you are missing with the Philology stat. Philology is the study of languages. Maybe leaving your Philology stat at one leaves the game at maximum randomness for any speaking roles, but as you raise it, the NPCs become more intelligible

I love your videos, please talk about Gingiva

Vinny vinesauce has a band!!! Red Vox, I'm pretty sure? I used to love one of their songs lol

You're a good Nadim Pordant. Also Polygon is a trash lying company

one of my favs

'moonsetter of hylics' homestuck fan detected

I like this series though, I don’t really understand why it’s hated so much. The drama I understand, he’s kinda odd on twitter. But the series itself is kinda good.

1:28:51 1:50:42

I was obsessed with games like off and hylics as a kid so its SO fun to see people finally talking about it on a more long form scale. (Also, imo it is a blessing in disguise that this didn’t get Ut’s popularity TRUST ME.)

Hylics, Yume Nikki and Lisa are some of main inspirations. Thank you for this great video.

Hail Satan Matthe 6:24 Luke 19:27 Ephesians 6:12 I receive human sacrifice daily. If I want to look.... Thank You Satan.

I would not care if four strangers came into my workplace and did that no.

I haven't finished the video yet to see what is contained in Hylics 2, but the vibe I got from the original Hylics is of a group of friends who used to play together everyday when they were young, but are now either fresh out of high school or college, and feeling apathetic and lost in the world. They are depressed, disillusioned, scared, etc. And in an attempt to heal themselves, they try to meet up and relive those days of happy childhood, only to find, after they've reached the end, that it can never be the same. They aren't in the past, and it will never feel the same as when they were little. It gives me the "you can never go home" feeling, of college kids coming home from college and realizing their life is forever changed and home will never be what it once was. How you phrased that the world felt lonely and how you were explaining that we never even realized what Gibby was supposed to be doing, that just reminded me of the half-baked plots my childhood friends and I would come up with as kids when he pretended to do RPG games in the woods out back. And how back then it didn't really matter that none of our "NPC" characters really had any depth to them or that our bad guys had any motive. We were just having fun. And then I was thinking... How unfulfilling that would be as adult trying to relive those old stories we once acted out. It would feel hollow, lonely, sad. Because we're not kids anymore, and we understand and think about things much deeper, and now we have to face the scary unknowns of adulthood and learn to have fun in a new way, however we can manage that. And sometimes, some of us can't learn how to have fun in a new way and we struggle to let go and move on, and it crushes us. Anyway, I'm going to continue to watch for your presentation of Hylics 2, which may go in a totally different direction from what I was missing on, but I just wanted to share what the first game, and how you described it, brought up in my mind.

Actually, and maybe some other comment has already mentiond this, but the people in town say that the firemen started accusing eachother of stealing the cloth and ended up killing eachother. I suppose this explains the ripped off face. It's kind dof interesting how much stuff you can miss in a playthrough of this game, considering how relatively small it really is :)

“Silver lining”

“Silver lining”

Clean your disgusting dirty nails boyyyyy

one of my favorite rpgs of all time

Gibbous (Gibby) Moon and Waning (Wayne) Crescent

21:39 Okay I loved the line here, the music is great. But the scene had me laughing. Just a guy running terrified in broad daylight, in a nice little suburb looking area. What the heck got that guy feeling like an animal being hunted? It looks like a nice place! 😆

Great video but you called Twitter "x" so I can't recommend this video

It’s surprising that given how brutal and uneasy the visuals of the Hylics series are that the music is remarkably well mixed. You would think well mixed music would feel out of place in a chaotic jittering clay hell, but it really adds to the experience. That distant overworld theme having no extra noise in the background really does accentuate how truly alone you are out there. It’s just you (the player), Wayne, and whoever else you’ve scrapped together along the way. The music is a fantastic microcosm of the small deliberate details put in that make these games leaps and bounds more interesting, and straight up better than Undertale (whose music is, in my opinion, sonically boring and overhyped).