dude in the 00's i was over my platformer phase but i'm still surprised ive never heard about any of these games except the scooby one. thanks for always opening my eyes to new obscure games. i always think ive got some measure of knowledge on most games especially goofy stuff but i still wasn't expecting the jumbo tities ngl 😅
honestly, that’s such an amazing point that I wish I would’ve made in the video. much of the core gamers from the previous generation had kind of grown up and moved on, and the genre never had a lot of “adult” or “edgy” titles, so that is definitely another reason the genre kind of faded out
@Mortuary_Gaming yeah exactly games were getting pretty serious especially in the mid 00's so your average teenager or adult wouldn't have looked twice at these thinking it was just another "kids game" like who would rent or buy this when looking at game covers in a shelf with stuff like pop warrior within,god of war or the suffering for example. but i think i might of still liked these.
Won't disagree on the Malice we *got* being lacking. The Malice that was *planned* seemed quite an interesting venture. I believe it started out development on the PS1, about a little girl whose dog became possessed by a demon. The idea was restarted three times and one of the later ideas seemed to have involved time travel, a more freely traversable world, different collectables and the Chinese Five Elements. There's footage of an earlier build on YT that shows this, i believe on a channel called Playstation Museum. From what i remember, there would have been stuff like - Malice taking the eggs, the unborn children, of the magpies in a horrible war-torn future to a safe pasture in the past, so that the future generation would not be raised in such a horrific war. - A magic system inspired by the Chinese Five Elements, as stated before: Wood, Water, Earth, Fire and Water. Wood is harmed by Fire and Metal but fed by Water and Earth, for example. - Seemingly five characters that represent these elements, like gods of the world: The SIren Tree is Wood, Dog God is Fire, a big monster mermaid lady would have been Water, the Metal Guardian i needn't spell out... and Malice herself. She's often referred to as Mother, most likely alluding to Mother Earth. - The Metal Guardian would already be dead, killed by Dog God, but left instructions for Malice to find parts to repair him throughout her journey. These collectables would give some different upgrades. With the Croc remaster and ARRRgonaut attaining a presence again, i duly hope Malice may find a new chance in this day and age too, to live up to the potential it carries. There's a lot i do really like about it, especially in how strange and colorful it can be. Armies of birds dressed in WW1-type gear with biological and mechanical abomination on the crows' side, a rather colorful sewer full of rat people and a giant dieselpunk robot to commandeer, fairytale-like creatures magic, Malice's general design, various parts of the sounddtrack... There's stuff that can be *so* cool if a second chance is done well.
Posting here because it's the most recent video. The Thing remake released today. Yes, they did fix the scripted transforming characters. I don't know if they fixed the controls.
Name a better duo than 2000 platformers and nu-metal. I'm rushing through 30 (does In Flames post-Clayman count as new metal? if so, hope somebody gets that reference) and still can't grow over the fact that Warrior Within had Godsmack as its main theme.
@@21baron i think reroute and soundtrack kinda sound like new metal but after they just slowly crafted their own sound . didn't get the reference tho 😂
@@raccoonpeddler6730Reroute and Soundtrack were the beginning of mixing the classic melodic metal, but from Come Clarity to Foregone, it's almost a different band. Clayman is an absolute banger of an album and I'll defend it to death. The reference is a passage from the titular track from Come Clarity! "Rushing through thirty, getting older every day"
@21baron never realised those were the lyrics ngl 😂 my personal favorite is whoracle btw what i meant by this is from jester race to clayman they were riding the wave made by all the previous members in lunar strain and when they got comfortable they started changing to what i guess is their own sound.
@@raccoonpeddler6730 Well, yes, but it was a dying genre (in my opinion), so it did them well. I just miss the more gritty recorded-in-a-basement sound of previous records :/
@@21baron same man i love pretty much all of their albums but the older stuff has a special place in my heart .tho i think some of the tracks in foregone are a step in the right direction
I played through Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights just last week and it was one of the most frustrating experiences. It was extremely hard for all the wrong reasons to the point where I felt 0 desire to collect everything, and I just wanted to finish the game. I'm gonna play the 2 others soon I have left (mystery mayhem and unmasked) and ai hope that they're more fun experiences.
@screamingatstars66 I hope not. But at least they're probably easier if anything and I have nostalgic glasses for either of the two. Matter or opinion and so forth.
Here's a few more for those who like 3D platformers: Haven Call of the King, Kya Dark Lineage, Scaler, Vexx and Whiplash. Then there is Legend of Kay and Sphinx and The Cursed Mummy but these are available on modern platforms so they're not that obscure. Since you included Scooby doo, I would also like to add Taz Wanted and Disney's Treasure Planet for obscure licensed platformers.
YESSSSS, someone else who knows of Kya! One of my absolute favourites! To this day there's no game quite like it, one of the most in-depth combat systems for a game of its type i've come across. Haven: CotK, Vexx, Sphinx and Taz are interesting too. In the case of the first three, part of the interest comes from what they *could* have bene.
We talk about boulders all the time. Heck, Boulder's Gate 3 is still a popular title, and it received a small boost in popularity a la compare and contrasts with Dragon Age Veilguard. I'll see myself out.
@@twincherries6698 ive been around since the start of his ps2 horror stuff and he seems pretty chill but yeah a lot of people do weird stuff eventually 😂
wtf i thought this was a bigger channel, i love your content bro.
Oh yeah, it's PS2 game time.
My PS2's HDD is grateful to you, Now I have more games to add
that’s what it’s all about 🤘
dude in the 00's i was over my platformer phase but i'm still surprised ive never heard about any of these games except the scooby one. thanks for always opening my eyes to new obscure games. i always think ive got some measure of knowledge on most games especially goofy stuff but i still wasn't expecting the jumbo tities ngl 😅
honestly, that’s such an amazing point that I wish I would’ve made in the video. much of the core gamers from the previous generation had kind of grown up and moved on, and the genre never had a lot of “adult” or “edgy” titles, so that is definitely another reason the genre kind of faded out
@Mortuary_Gaming yeah exactly games were getting pretty serious especially in the mid 00's so your average teenager or adult wouldn't have looked twice at these thinking it was just another "kids game" like who would rent or buy this when looking at game covers in a shelf with stuff like pop warrior within,god of war or the suffering for example. but i think i might of still liked these.
scoob-oid-vania is the new term from now on
0:02 ULILLILLIA MENTIONED 🗣🗣🗣
Bro dropping the best ps2 videos.
Won't disagree on the Malice we *got* being lacking. The Malice that was *planned* seemed quite an interesting venture.
I believe it started out development on the PS1, about a little girl whose dog became possessed by a demon. The idea was restarted three times and one of the later ideas seemed to have involved time travel, a more freely traversable world, different collectables and the Chinese Five Elements. There's footage of an earlier build on YT that shows this, i believe on a channel called Playstation Museum.
From what i remember, there would have been stuff like
- Malice taking the eggs, the unborn children, of the magpies in a horrible war-torn future to a safe pasture in the past, so that the future generation would not be raised in such a horrific war.
- A magic system inspired by the Chinese Five Elements, as stated before: Wood, Water, Earth, Fire and Water. Wood is harmed by Fire and Metal but fed by Water and Earth, for example.
- Seemingly five characters that represent these elements, like gods of the world: The SIren Tree is Wood, Dog God is Fire, a big monster mermaid lady would have been Water, the Metal Guardian i needn't spell out... and Malice herself. She's often referred to as Mother, most likely alluding to Mother Earth.
- The Metal Guardian would already be dead, killed by Dog God, but left instructions for Malice to find parts to repair him throughout her journey. These collectables would give some different upgrades.
With the Croc remaster and ARRRgonaut attaining a presence again, i duly hope Malice may find a new chance in this day and age too, to live up to the potential it carries. There's a lot i do really like about it, especially in how strange and colorful it can be. Armies of birds dressed in WW1-type gear with biological and mechanical abomination on the crows' side, a rather colorful sewer full of rat people and a giant dieselpunk robot to commandeer, fairytale-like creatures magic, Malice's general design, various parts of the sounddtrack...
There's stuff that can be *so* cool if a second chance is done well.
Great video! I'm sure this channel will blow up soon.
Dude, stretch panic is fucking awesome
Posting here because it's the most recent video. The Thing remake released today. Yes, they did fix the scripted transforming characters. I don't know if they fixed the controls.
Already bought it, gonna play it and get a video up asap
@@Mortuary_Gaming Badass!!!
Scooby Doo Unmasked and Mystery Mayhem are definitely worth checking out as well.
Name a better duo than 2000 platformers and nu-metal.
I'm rushing through 30 (does In Flames post-Clayman count as new metal? if so, hope somebody gets that reference) and still can't grow over the fact that Warrior Within had Godsmack as its main theme.
@@21baron i think reroute and soundtrack kinda sound like new metal but after they just slowly crafted their own sound . didn't get the reference tho 😂
@@raccoonpeddler6730Reroute and Soundtrack were the beginning of mixing the classic melodic metal, but from Come Clarity to Foregone, it's almost a different band. Clayman is an absolute banger of an album and I'll defend it to death.
The reference is a passage from the titular track from Come Clarity! "Rushing through thirty, getting older every day"
@21baron never realised those were the lyrics ngl 😂 my personal favorite is whoracle btw what i meant by this is from jester race to clayman they were riding the wave made by all the previous members in lunar strain and when they got comfortable they started changing to what i guess is their own sound.
@@raccoonpeddler6730 Well, yes, but it was a dying genre (in my opinion), so it did them well. I just miss the more gritty recorded-in-a-basement sound of previous records :/
@@21baron same man i love pretty much all of their albums but the older stuff has a special place in my heart .tho i think some of the tracks in foregone are a step in the right direction
I played through Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights just last week and it was one of the most frustrating experiences. It was extremely hard for all the wrong reasons to the point where I felt 0 desire to collect everything, and I just wanted to finish the game. I'm gonna play the 2 others soon I have left (mystery mayhem and unmasked) and ai hope that they're more fun experiences.
Nah 100 Frights is the best of the three.
@screamingatstars66 I hope not. But at least they're probably easier if anything and I have nostalgic glasses for either of the two. Matter or opinion and so forth.
Mystery Mayhem can be fun but it can be a bit cryptic sometimes. Unmasked is awesome but it' more of a typical 3D platformer compared to the other two
Oh, so this is why you asked me about Stretch Panic.
Here's a few more for those who like 3D platformers: Haven Call of the King, Kya Dark Lineage, Scaler, Vexx and Whiplash.
Then there is Legend of Kay and Sphinx and The Cursed Mummy but these are available on modern platforms so they're not that obscure.
Since you included Scooby doo, I would also like to add Taz Wanted and Disney's Treasure Planet for obscure licensed platformers.
YESSSSS, someone else who knows of Kya! One of my absolute favourites! To this day there's no game quite like it, one of the most in-depth combat systems for a game of its type i've come across.
Haven: CotK, Vexx, Sphinx and Taz are interesting too. In the case of the first three, part of the interest comes from what they *could* have bene.
I gotta play dr muto eventually
I love the ps2 platformer games.
Nah behind blue eyes cover by limp bizkit is goated
I'm here for game suggestions
Dr. Muto was the GOAT that shit ROCKED
We talk about boulders all the time. Heck, Boulder's Gate 3 is still a popular title, and it received a small boost in popularity a la compare and contrasts with Dragon Age Veilguard.
I'll see myself out.
How many of us just want tomba 3 or a remake or proper sequel to brave fencing musashi.
Ive found my new treasure channel until you inevitably do something to piss me off
@@twincherries6698 ive been around since the start of his ps2 horror stuff and he seems pretty chill but yeah a lot of people do weird stuff eventually 😂
Subbed after 51 seconds!
Tbh,i played malice....and although its flawed,i still enjoyed it!
bruh, no ininja?!
next time! It was gonna be on this one but i’m gonna do some more haha