Been watching the vod of you playing this game like you said it carries those classic relaxing and nostalgic visuals/audio. They don't make em like this no more
Dude I had this when I was still in elementary school in 2000. I never understood a thing but I made sure to finish the game regardless of the language barrier. And I always came back to it in an interval of a few years. My last playthrough of this was when covid hit the planet and there were only talks of fan translations then, and I'm so happy that there is a full English release of it now. I get to piece it together with proper exposition rather than just assume things from visual and auditory cues. There was no other racing game like this. Only a few years after this did Need for Speed Underground become dominant in the racing genre, but that was only ever about the cars, and even now racing games are just about cars. But this one dove deep into some insane existentialism and outright butchers the psychology of the characters in it, hammering down onto the player that this was not going to be a happy story. I would even say Racing Lagoon is somewhat of a horror game with how Lovecraftian the plot gets in certain parts. It just hits you right in the gut. Now I can make notes and see similarities from existing movies like The Shining, Get Out, and Total Recall. But it's a goddamn racing game. Even the game's mechanics about the player being able to drive basically anything is true to Sho Akasaki as a racing prodigy. You can drive anything because he can drive anything. God I love this game. Nothing will ever top this.
Dude this looks hella interesting, I think I might have to check it out! And the overall aesthetic and soundtrack seems clean as hell with that retro edge
Also I jumped into your twitch just to watch your playthrough of the first chapter. I hope you do play up to the end and drop a playlist of your entire journey somewhere, be it here or twitch because your commentary is great to listen to. It's just great that this game is reaching a wider audience for the first time. Your enthusiasm made me want to go back to it. Thank you. Also protip, I noticed you were struggling, you can get narrow and wide drifts depending on when you tap or hold the drift button. It functions basically like an actual handbrake. There are moments later in the game where winning would depend on you switching back and forth between multiple drifts
Found out about this game a while back because of ThorHighHeels and it is so interesting, genuinely think it would do quite well if brought out here today, slap a new coat of paint on it but leave everything intact, maybe add in some cut content and bit crunched voiceovers and it's all golden
man, as big as the open area of FF15 was, I would have preferred an overworld map kind of like this, with the regalia, and trains, and offroading. It just so weird that they talk about other kingdoms but you blaze right past them with no explorable areas. This game looks weirdly aesthetic and has some awesome ideas it seems no one wants to re-attempt.
The racing in this game doesn’t look too dissimilar to Gran Turismo 1 or 2, which is pretty graphically nice. 😊 Also, it would’ve been nice if there was a GT competitor like this in North America, back in the day. Too bad it didn’t sell well in Japan. I used to try to collect Squaresoft games that weren’t released in the U.S., both via roms and cartridges: I managed to get Final Fantasy II (Famicom) and Romancing SaGas 1 and 3 on cartridge back in the early 2000s, and the Famicom-to-NES converter was a lot rarer on eBay and pricier than the SFC-to-SNES one was. I think I ended up stopping, because with the release of Final Fantasy III DS, it looked like Square Enix was starting to localize more of their old catalog. Now, how do I try to emulate and mod PS1 and later games without a functioning computer? 😭 I’m stuck using my iPad mini 4 as my main “laptop” for now, so.. 😞 Nice to see someone as young as yourself getting interested in the PS1 games I was playing back in high school. Yay, I’m.. old.. 😭
Wonder how they thought that wouldn't be worth localizing. Same as how they didn't think Xenoblade would be worth localizing, now they are releasing one game every year or something because the series is freaking awesome.
The ps1 library is a gift that keeps on giving! The game looks awesome, I wanna build myself an eight-six and kick ass
Now that's what I call turn-based combat!
Been watching the vod of you playing this game like you said it carries those classic relaxing and nostalgic visuals/audio.
They don't make em like this no more
Played this back in the day and completely forgot about it. Square had a few of years of amazing experimental games back in the 90s.
this is such a sick concept for a game!! props for bringing attention to it
Dude I had this when I was still in elementary school in 2000. I never understood a thing but I made sure to finish the game regardless of the language barrier. And I always came back to it in an interval of a few years. My last playthrough of this was when covid hit the planet and there were only talks of fan translations then, and I'm so happy that there is a full English release of it now. I get to piece it together with proper exposition rather than just assume things from visual and auditory cues. There was no other racing game like this. Only a few years after this did Need for Speed Underground become dominant in the racing genre, but that was only ever about the cars, and even now racing games are just about cars. But this one dove deep into some insane existentialism and outright butchers the psychology of the characters in it, hammering down onto the player that this was not going to be a happy story. I would even say Racing Lagoon is somewhat of a horror game with how Lovecraftian the plot gets in certain parts. It just hits you right in the gut. Now I can make notes and see similarities from existing movies like The Shining, Get Out, and Total Recall. But it's a goddamn racing game. Even the game's mechanics about the player being able to drive basically anything is true to Sho Akasaki as a racing prodigy. You can drive anything because he can drive anything. God I love this game. Nothing will ever top this.
Dude this looks hella interesting, I think I might have to check it out! And the overall aesthetic and soundtrack seems clean as hell with that retro edge
I have been playing a crap ton of this on my retroid pocket 3+ on the go. Its been nothin but heavenly
I'm no RPG guy, but racing games are my jam. This looks really neat!
Also I jumped into your twitch just to watch your playthrough of the first chapter. I hope you do play up to the end and drop a playlist of your entire journey somewhere, be it here or twitch because your commentary is great to listen to. It's just great that this game is reaching a wider audience for the first time. Your enthusiasm made me want to go back to it. Thank you. Also protip, I noticed you were struggling, you can get narrow and wide drifts depending on when you tap or hold the drift button. It functions basically like an actual handbrake. There are moments later in the game where winning would depend on you switching back and forth between multiple drifts
Man, what a ride! Hope to see it gain some track-tion now that English speakers can experience it.
Found out about this game a while back because of ThorHighHeels and it is so interesting, genuinely think it would do quite well if brought out here today, slap a new coat of paint on it but leave everything intact, maybe add in some cut content and bit crunched voiceovers and it's all golden
man, as big as the open area of FF15 was, I would have preferred an overworld map kind of like this, with the regalia, and trains, and offroading. It just so weird that they talk about other kingdoms but you blaze right past them with no explorable areas. This game looks weirdly aesthetic and has some awesome ideas it seems no one wants to re-attempt.
one of my fav psx titles
SPOILER ALERT
The sequence after Yuka told you about Kyoji is one of, if not the, most psychotic cutscenes in gaming
The entire OST of this game better be eurobeat
It's like everything but eurobeat. Intelligent DnB, trance, freeform jazz, industrial, etc
Banger music fr
This game is so weird, I love it
The racing in this game doesn’t look too dissimilar to Gran Turismo 1 or 2, which is pretty graphically nice. 😊 Also, it would’ve been nice if there was a GT competitor like this in North America, back in the day. Too bad it didn’t sell well in Japan. I used to try to collect Squaresoft games that weren’t released in the U.S., both via roms and cartridges: I managed to get Final Fantasy II (Famicom) and Romancing SaGas 1 and 3 on cartridge back in the early 2000s, and the Famicom-to-NES converter was a lot rarer on eBay and pricier than the SFC-to-SNES one was. I think I ended up stopping, because with the release of Final Fantasy III DS, it looked like Square Enix was starting to localize more of their old catalog. Now, how do I try to emulate and mod PS1 and later games without a functioning computer? 😭 I’m stuck using my iPad mini 4 as my main “laptop” for now, so.. 😞
Nice to see someone as young as yourself getting interested in the PS1 games I was playing back in high school. Yay, I’m.. old.. 😭
Wonder how they thought that wouldn't be worth localizing.
Same as how they didn't think Xenoblade would be worth localizing, now they are releasing one game every year or something because the series is freaking awesome.
you mean xenogears ;) don't worry same dev and spiritually same game ;)
I still playing this game today 😊😊😊
Reminds me of Underground 2.
New content let’s goo
Thanks for the review, def gonna add this one to the modded PSmini!
(P.S.: it's pronounced "chassy" my dude!)
This is wicked.
Initial D the JRPG WTFGOINGONINYOKOHAMABRUH
Flyann love the upload man ｄ(╹ڡ╹ )
"I don't know how to drive in real life." And I stopped watching.
How do you not know how to drive? Get a manual while you still can.
It’s not that deep