Where will you find a mix of cyberpunk, murder, twisted puzzles, and Christopher Walken acting strangely? Only in Ripper, the 1996 FMV adventure game from Take 2 Interactive.
*spoilers!* Okay, so near the very end of the game there is a puzzle with a bunch of tarot cards. However, you're not given any clues of what to do, it's just a bunch of cards. "Don't Fear the Reaper" by BOC starts playing out of nowhere, which you initially just brush aside. After all, it's the game's theme song and you're about to face off with the Ripper, so it seems like appropriate mood music. However, it's actually the clue. You have to interpret the cards by using the lyrics of the song.
This is the second review of the ripper and unfortunately they both missed that if you type in riper instead of ripper in msdos to launch the game you are greeted with a animation of an Apple spoiling quickly. A nice little eater egg.
This was before GTA on the PS1, which came out in 1997, and had the f-word censored! But GTA & this were (I guess?) made by the same people, Take 2 Interactive...
Have you heard of 'Frankenstein; through the eyes of the monster'? It's an interesting fmv game that I played as a kid, where you play as Frankenstein's monster, and Dr Frankenstein is portrayed by Tim Curry... Who I am sad to hear had a stroke a while back :c but the game has a nice dark vibe to it.
I actually think the acting is pretty good, but you are right when you say that there are some bad performances. I see it more as a problem with the dialogue rather than the actors themselves. The ending is a bit poor tho regardless of who it is and the puzzles are very challenging and almost impossible without help at times.
This game somewhat remind me a lot to Westwood's "Blade Runner" 1997 game one of my favorite point and click adventure game. please give it a try. It would be nice to see a review of it by you.
As stated at the beginning of the month, June is FMV month on my channel this year. It'll be back to normal reviews on random games and hardware next week!
5:07 That puzzle was actually bugged. It almost drove me crazy until I learned that there was a patch for it to function properly. Apparently, most of the time the game was unsolvable unless you installed the patch.
this is the game introduce me to B.O.C ! 1st time i hear Don't fear the Reaper was in there i quickly fell in love and start collecting their CDs and DVDs, BOC always reminds me of Mysteries , Duke Nukem Game and 80's horror films
I'm hoping to get the RAM issues sorted out before I review it. It's not recognizing all of its memory. The Apple IIGS is the next planned hardware review.
TheMagnificentPony So... the first Bluray players were shipped out to stores in June 2006, the PS3 came out November 2006, I'd say that it worked fairly well for them, and the "medium" was less than 6 months old. Your comment is invalid. To Nonoba, you are correct in stating that mostly businesses used DvD drives in a pc, however there were commercial drives available.
Steven Everett About your comment with the PS3, that's because when it was first announced, Sony was the first one to jump on the bandwagon, thinking it was going to be popular. However, as with DVD, there were oppisite reactions, people didn't think it'd fair well with game and such, and said that CD's were going to stay. There were commercial drives, but nobody really bought them now did they?
***** yes and before that you had Omocron. The difference is that if you don't press any buttons on the prompts in Beyond Two Souls the game will select a prompt on it's own.
Christopher Walken is just rad, in a circus freak sorta way, or a human lava lamp. You know about half the time when you see him it's going to be stupid, but you just can't help but watch!
I know this video is 8 years old, but c'mon, love Christopher Walken. "This gUUUy... is un-f'n-believable" "The only thing not where it should be are her insides" Too bad I don't know a scenario where I can fit that into normal everyday conversation.
I suggest watching Spoony's (Noah Antwiler A.K.A TheSpoonyOne)series of "Let's Riff on Ripper" he cuts out all the boring parts. It's really fun to watch.
I first heard of this game when Spoony did his play through of it........ah the good ol'e days when spoony was awesome. And I actually heard of Blue Oyster Cult long before this game. They used to get played on the radio a whole lot, but it's been a while since they have, at least where I am at least.
The only point and click game with multiple endings that worked I can think of was Blade Runner (Westwood, how I miss you). It was so damn long ago I played it, so I can not be sure that it is not only nostalgia talking though.
I have serious nostalgia for this game. I remember it as one of the FMVs that made my jaw drop. DPK and Walken are such fun in this (especially DPK). It's all so very 90's: a cyberpunk virtual reality-themed cheesy FMV PC CD-ROM game, and it is indeed glorious... except the ending which (the one I got first, at least), when solved, literally has a narration of "who knows why they did it?" and then hard exited to the DOS prompt. Talk about anti-climactic! I'd discovered Don't Fear the Reaper via the miniseries of The Stand, earlier I believe, but always think of this game too when I hear it. I still remember being awed by a trailer/demo for the game with the song before the game was released. I also vividly remember the super hard puzzles where they give you an in-game calculator (!) but no idea what to do or the chess game that cheated on hardest difficulty. Some serious hardcore puzzles in some of those Take 2 games (I believe it was complaints about those that made Black Dahlia the final one they did?).
7:00 the fact Christopher has to hold back laughing after “penal institutions” then delivers the rest of the line and strikes a goofy face with the cigar at the end is prime PC full motion hilarity 😂😂😂😂
I got this game when it came out and still have it I even have the pre-release demo. The music I thought was a perfect choice. The cold, methodical melody (that be a tongue twister) set the perfect atmosphere. I'm also a big BOC fan. Finding out the lyrics were part of the story was icing on the cake. These puzzles were damned hard as well. As far as acting, yeah it was wooden, but I could listen to Christopher Walken read the ingredients on a cereal box and be transfixed. If you weren't from the era of the FMV style games, it would seem trite and uninteresting I'm sure. But back in the day, 7th Guest, Phantasmagoria, Under A Killing Moon, Ripper and games like this were exciting, imaginative and made you feel like part of a real story.
I really wish they would remaster this game. Great memories, hard as eff puzzles (to the point of being unfair sometimes), and I loved the futuristic atmosphere.
They probably could have made it much more enticing to replay if they simply made it so you could skip the puzzles after beating it once. At least, on or below the difficulty mode you beat it on.
owned this game, tried my best it was hard for me back then. Zork Nemesis and this really were tough. It was so cool though, wasnt it? These live action games with big name actors. Felt SO cutting edge at the time. I loved buying all the newest computer games back then. so many hours of fun and frustration.
That was a sick game, but I thought the puzzles were almost as illogical as Goblins at times... "Stick the piece of used chewing gum on the drawer to activate the time-frame matrix, revealing the spanner you need to fix the shower you have to use to wash the dirt off your arm thats covering a tattoo map showing the location of your car keys."
Nice review, in the context of the time, this would have been awesome, but, far more important.......................when are you going to review that pet in the background?!!! ;o)
I never liked ANY of the FMV games from the CDi days, but 7th Guest was the exception I guess. I remember us all sitting down trying to figure shit out together, ringing up friends to see if they knew how you were supposed to get past the stupid green cake or the silkworm window... Heard Burncycle was a classic too, but I've never seen it.
The Video decoder SMACK is in the DOS game folder and accept parameters. It was able to watch the ENTIRE movie sequences making a REAL 1 hour FMV non stop, without actually playing the game.
Please review the Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland game. I really loved that game when I was a kid, and still do. Similar to Ripper, but for a younger audience.
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Yeah man! I love the old "big box" PC games. Quite a pain to find space to store them all, but it's well worth it in my opinion.
People complain about walking simulators these days but this was the O.G walken simulator
I'll show my self the door that was awful
Yes. Yes it was, even two years later.
billyBADbean that was incredible and I had a good chuckle
Seems like a lot of people enjoyed it. Good job.
As someone who enjoys groan-worthy puns, I quite enjoyed that one
This pun still makes me angry even 3 years later. I'm glad you showed yourself out, that pun was awful!
I can't believe you still have the boxes for all these old games. That's awesome!
I see postal on your shelf there... but you still haven't done a review of postal. I think you need to get round to that.
I regret nothing
*spoilers!*
Okay, so near the very end of the game there is a puzzle with a bunch of tarot cards. However, you're not given any clues of what to do, it's just a bunch of cards. "Don't Fear the Reaper" by BOC starts playing out of nowhere, which you initially just brush aside. After all, it's the game's theme song and you're about to face off with the Ripper, so it seems like appropriate mood music. However, it's actually the clue. You have to interpret the cards by using the lyrics of the song.
This is the second review of the ripper and unfortunately they both missed that if you type in riper instead of ripper in msdos to launch the game you are greeted with a animation of an Apple spoiling quickly. A nice little eater egg.
"Eater egg" 😂
I remeber that. The Video decoder SMACK is also there. It was able to watch the ENTIRE movie sequences making a REAL 1 hour FMV non stop.
THIS GUY, IS UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE.
This was before GTA on the PS1, which came out in 1997, and had the f-word censored!
But GTA & this were (I guess?) made by the same people, Take 2 Interactive...
Walken has the best cigar chomp in the business.
***** Makes Me wonder If He looks back at this game and says "What the Fuck was I thinking? Eh, It was quick money."
TheRevenant 360 Haha, yeah. A job is a job.
+José Campa Hahahaha, yeah it suuuure is!
There's no way he remembers this game.
Tritnew 1 Are you kidding? He probably thinks it was one of his better parts as a cop. It's Walken, he's supposed to act like that.
"Non-interactive game."
So, like..... a movie.
L.A. Noire Needs more Christiphore Whakin
Everything needs more Christopher Walken. He is a national treasure.
Christopher Fucking Walken!!
This guy is unfucking believable lol
Cristopher Walken? That alone makes the game a must-buy ;D
Ikr 😅lucky it was Christopher walken instead 😊
Have you heard of 'Frankenstein; through the eyes of the monster'? It's an interesting fmv game that I played as a kid, where you play as Frankenstein's monster, and Dr Frankenstein is portrayed by Tim Curry... Who I am sad to hear had a stroke a while back :c but the game has a nice dark vibe to it.
Exerminator2000 You betcha, I've got a boxed copy!
+Lazy Game Reviews Please review it! I'm still sad I lost my boxed copy long ago, it was also packaged with the Mummy game from the same people.
I love that game.
That sounds incredible.
Sounds like Walken's performance is worth the price of admission alone.
I am aware that having both Shatner and Walken staring at us from the shelf is quite dangerous, but it's a risk I'm willing to take.
Thanks for making that CP joke, I felt horrible for a second.
Spheal Nation An illegal type of porn
I figured it out shortly after I replied. It was traumatizing.
Spheal Nation STAY AWAY FROM THE DEEP WEB MAN
GAME OVER MAN
GAME OVER
IT'S TOO LATE MAN
I'M ALREADY IN
Spheal Nation Why don't you have a seat?
I hope GOG uploads this one soon. I'd like to experience it. It's never been clear to me who the REAL criminal is though.
Yes, use the DOSBox emulator. Worked perfectly for me once I have the machine type set to vesa_oldvbe.
I actually think the acting is pretty good, but you are right when you say that there are some bad performances. I see it more as a problem with the dialogue rather than the actors themselves. The ending is a bit poor tho regardless of who it is and the puzzles are very challenging and almost impossible without help at times.
This game somewhat remind me a lot to Westwood's "Blade Runner" 1997 game one of my favorite point and click adventure game. please give it a try. It would be nice to see a review of it by you.
Blade Runner game was far .. Faarrrr bettter than this crap :)
As stated at the beginning of the month, June is FMV month on my channel this year. It'll be back to normal reviews on random games and hardware next week!
Also, totally discovered Blue Oyster Cult thanks to this game!
My condolences
Sad for you
Do a review of phantasmagoria :D
5:07 That puzzle was actually bugged. It almost drove me crazy until I learned that there was a patch for it to function properly. Apparently, most of the time the game was unsolvable unless you installed the patch.
Christopher Walken needs to play this game.
Stating the obvious for humorous effect... just a bit of a joke, sir :P
It's the scenery. He's chewing the scenery.
This was the last bit of work for Burgess Meredith ( Mickey, rockys trainer ).
I absolutely loved this game. I used to play it late at night, and it kinda creeped me out...just had this very odd and compelling atmosphere to it.
Thanks, glad you're enjoying! And nope, just TH-cam :)
Certainly, happy to hear you're appreciating what I do here!
I'm pretty sure CW was just drunk throughout filming
this is the game introduce me to B.O.C ! 1st time i hear Don't fear the Reaper was in there
i quickly fell in love and start collecting their CDs and DVDs,
BOC always reminds me of Mysteries , Duke Nukem Game and 80's horror films
Karen Allen: "I usually like men in leather jackets but yours is just way too squeaky."
I'm hoping to get the RAM issues sorted out before I review it. It's not recognizing all of its memory. The Apple IIGS is the next planned hardware review.
You could easily put this game on a DVD instead of 6 CD's.
...too bad DVD's weren't invented back then.
What...?
DVDs were in production in the early 90s and came out in 95
Steven Everett Well it wasn't really popularized back then.
Better?
Barely any PC's had a DVD drive then, in fact I think only businesses used DVDs at the time.
TheMagnificentPony
So... the first Bluray players were shipped out to stores in June 2006, the PS3 came out November 2006, I'd say that it worked fairly well for them, and the "medium" was less than 6 months old. Your comment is invalid.
To Nonoba, you are correct in stating that mostly businesses used DvD drives in a pc, however there were commercial drives available.
Steven Everett About your comment with the PS3, that's because when it was first announced, Sony was the first one to jump on the bandwagon, thinking it was going to be popular.
However, as with DVD, there were oppisite reactions, people didn't think it'd fair well with game and such, and said that CD's were going to stay. There were commercial drives, but nobody really bought them now did they?
Where the heck is Phantasmagoria review? 90s horror spirit wills it!
just watch Spoony's playthrough rather then playing it.
Tyrent Den This guy... is unfucking believable.
Dr. Steve Brule thank you.
Back when he cared. Burnout's a real thing, and it can ruin the best of em.
this comment has not aged well, lol.
"I might could forgive it, but..." Oh man, are you from Kentucky or Tennessee, that's awesome!
sugarfrosted Heh, NC.
+Lazy Game Reviews Nice! I'm a Jersey expat now living in NC. Love the old game reviews btw, takes me back
How can might be right next to could, that makes no sense!
I thought this game was going to be about a chronic farting person.
You're correct as far as I know. Phantasmagoria comes close at 7 discs.
wow!!! you have a lot of games....nice to look back at the old classics isnt it :)
I love how Walken looks at you after putting the cigar in his mouth. Priceless.
Is Don't Fear the Reaper ever NOT appropriate?
non interactive gaming wasn't invented until late 2013 by Quantic Dream when they made Beyond Two Souls.
***** yes and before that you had Omocron. The difference is that if you don't press any buttons on the prompts in Beyond Two Souls the game will select a prompt on it's own.
So since this game has (Don't Fear) The Reaper song in it for me it is 10/10. period. :,D
Christopher Walken is just rad, in a circus freak sorta way, or a human lava lamp. You know about half the time when you see him it's going to be stupid, but you just can't help but watch!
I know this video is 8 years old, but c'mon, love Christopher Walken. "This gUUUy... is un-f'n-believable"
"The only thing not where it should be are her insides" Too bad I don't know a scenario where I can fit that into normal everyday conversation.
does it ACTUALLY start with the more cowbell song or are you just pulling our leg?
Not kidding, it actually does! Watch a let's play on it or just try the game to see :)
I suggest watching Spoony's (Noah Antwiler A.K.A TheSpoonyOne)series of "Let's Riff on Ripper" he cuts out all the boring parts. It's really fun to watch.
RAPEE APE
Although really Sierra missed the golden opportunity to open the game with Judas Priest's The Ripper.
RAPEE APE
Okay that's not fair. Blue Oyster Cult's song is awesome, it just doesn't fit the game :P
Radosław Hołdys Well, technically, the song IS important to the game... can't say why though. Also, come on, cowbell. It's TOO perfect.
I first heard of this game when Spoony did his play through of it........ah the good ol'e days when spoony was awesome.
And I actually heard of Blue Oyster Cult long before this game. They used to get played on the radio a whole lot, but it's been a while since they have, at least where I am at least.
I remember Spoony doing a Let's Play of this game. Back when he still made videos...
nooo the 2040s will be just like the 1990s.. That's horror in itself.
3:46 I think we all know what he's chewing
It's the scenery/
It's hard to find out anything about the game online without running into his videos, so yeah. But I have not watched them at this point.
This is FUCKING AWESOME! Walken? Are you fucking kidding me?
Didn't Black Dahlia have Dennis Hopper in it, or am I just misremembering things?
This is my Favorit Dos Game, it give nothing better Game.
I have the Original German Limited Edition at Home.
The only point and click game with multiple endings that worked I can think of was Blade Runner (Westwood, how I miss you). It was so damn long ago I played it, so I can not be sure that it is not only nostalgia talking though.
I had a CD in the 90s that had a trailer for this game it was my first introduction to BOC.
Good actors and blue oyster cult? HELL YEAH!
I have serious nostalgia for this game. I remember it as one of the FMVs that made my jaw drop. DPK and Walken are such fun in this (especially DPK). It's all so very 90's: a cyberpunk virtual reality-themed cheesy FMV PC CD-ROM game, and it is indeed glorious... except the ending which (the one I got first, at least), when solved, literally has a narration of "who knows why they did it?" and then hard exited to the DOS prompt. Talk about anti-climactic!
I'd discovered Don't Fear the Reaper via the miniseries of The Stand, earlier I believe, but always think of this game too when I hear it. I still remember being awed by a trailer/demo for the game with the song before the game was released.
I also vividly remember the super hard puzzles where they give you an in-game calculator (!) but no idea what to do or the chess game that cheated on hardest difficulty. Some serious hardcore puzzles in some of those Take 2 games (I believe it was complaints about those that made Black Dahlia the final one they did?).
7:00 the fact Christopher has to hold back laughing after “penal institutions” then delivers the rest of the line and strikes a goofy face with the cigar at the end is prime PC full motion hilarity 😂😂😂😂
Chris Walkens wallet must've really been hurting in 1997.
At least this was before he turned up in stuff like Kangaroo Jack and Gigli. Oh boy.
I got this game when it came out and still have it I even have the pre-release demo. The music I thought was a perfect choice. The cold, methodical melody (that be a tongue twister) set the perfect atmosphere. I'm also a big BOC fan. Finding out the lyrics were part of the story was icing on the cake. These puzzles were damned hard as well. As far as acting, yeah it was wooden, but I could listen to Christopher Walken read the ingredients on a cereal box and be transfixed. If you weren't from the era of the FMV style games, it would seem trite and uninteresting I'm sure. But back in the day, 7th Guest, Phantasmagoria, Under A Killing Moon, Ripper and games like this were exciting, imaginative and made you feel like part of a real story.
Don't Fear The Reaper fits every single thing ever. I'm also happy to finally have the BOC/Walken connection come full circle.
I did, hence the multiple MC videos on my channel ;)
Would love to see you review the Blade Runner PC game!
So how do you tell who the Ripper is? (I've never played it)
It's kind of a spoiler.
The Ripper is based purely on the players choice. That's right. Open choice villain.
I really wish they would remaster this game. Great memories, hard as eff puzzles (to the point of being unfair sometimes), and I loved the futuristic atmosphere.
Postal's day will come, I assure you.
It reminds me a "New Rose Hotel" movie...creepy
Im sorry I don't like this game it needs more cowbell I can't stress that enough
They probably could have made it much more enticing to replay if they simply made it so you could skip the puzzles after beating it once. At least, on or below the difficulty mode you beat it on.
I think some of the visual novels from steam could be called "non-interactive games", because we don't even have any choice options in them.
they're novels, not games.
Steam is not only selling games, it also sells programs, tools, movies, documentaries, etc.
owned this game, tried my best it was hard for me back then. Zork Nemesis and this really were tough.
It was so cool though, wasnt it? These live action games with big name actors. Felt SO cutting edge at the time. I loved buying all the newest computer games back then. so many hours of fun and frustration.
jack the ripper? that makes so much more sense! I thought he was named after Chip The Ripper. "interior crocodile alligator."
oh my, this game is un-fucking believable
Dude, you could make a review of I Have no Mouth and I mus Scream.
That was a sick game, but I thought the puzzles were almost as illogical as Goblins at times... "Stick the piece of used chewing gum on the drawer to activate the time-frame matrix, revealing the spanner you need to fix the shower you have to use to wash the dirt off your arm thats covering a tattoo map showing the location of your car keys."
You should do a video on the game AMBER: Journeys Beyond.
They should bring the old manuals back!
I'm not sure why but I must have watched this like 50 times
Man gotta love that Blue Öyster Cult tune
I miss cyberpunk
Out of all these games, Phantasmagoria was the most fun to play. Most all of these games, well, just, sucked. Except Burn Cycle. I liked it as well.
Nice review, in the context of the time, this would have been awesome, but, far more important.......................when are you going to review that pet in the background?!!! ;o)
Holy shit is that Mick from Rocky at 8:30 in?!
Yep. Spoony cracks a bunch of "chasing a chicken" jokes in his LP about it. Too bad this was the last role Burgess Meredith played before his death.
RIPPER.. dont fear the ripper, Needs more cobwell and Christoper walken.. wow
It was one of my first and favourite game I have bought it original in 1997 this era it was difficult download from internet .
I never liked ANY of the FMV games from the CDi days, but 7th Guest was the exception I guess. I remember us all sitting down trying to figure shit out together, ringing up friends to see if they knew how you were supposed to get past the stupid green cake or the silkworm window... Heard Burncycle was a classic too, but I've never seen it.
WALKEN with the same weird quaker haircut like he had in the Prophecy. ROFLOLMFAO. AWESOME!
the protagonist looks like max landis
Wow, I don't remember CG environments in the 90s looking that shitty. I guess I was too young to be able to tell the difference.
Man... I loved this game as a kid. It was so damn good. Brick hard, but really engrossing as a young teen back in the day!
PLEASE - do the review of "Black Dahlia" or "I have no mouth and I must scream"
The Video decoder SMACK is in the DOS game folder and accept parameters. It was able to watch the ENTIRE movie sequences making a REAL 1 hour FMV non stop, without actually playing the game.
Please review the Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland game. I really loved that game when I was a kid, and still do. Similar to Ripper, but for a younger audience.
Non interactive gaming is the thing of the present. Because what other name can you give to watching gameplays on youtube?
Imna go ahead and give this game 10/10 because Christopher Walken
i never knew these games existed my husband showed me on his old DOS computer and they are funny to see!
Is dual screaming like dual shock?