So, a few people said that they considered this game a collect-athon which I never considered before! So my question (if anyone cares) is what do you guys consider a collect-athon? Is it defined as collecting a threshold of items to progress? Or is it by the sheer amount of items you have to collect? I've always assumed the second, but idk...
I wouldn't say so. A collectathon is generally more non-linear in it's approach, and is a lot more focused on collecting itself. As you said in the video, the game isn't very strict with the snack requirements, and those are the only collectables. I think it's definitely a collectathon element, but not enough to make the game a collectathon outright.
You can really see how Heavy Iron Studios really had passion for the IPs they worked on like this game and SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom.
I never forgot about this game. This game was one of my absolute favorites growing up. I actually bought a PS2 again recently and this was one of my first repurchases. It still holds up 20 years later! Hoping for a remaster someday.
Same! It's a core memory of mine; playing this game on my GameCube during the winter. I can still remember what was in the fruit basket my grandpa got from the VFW around that time.
I have such a weird history with this game because back when I was a kid my mom always acted like she doesn't understand video games games, yet she at some point, out of curiosity picked this game up to relax after work, which was super weird at first because I would stop playing for the day, then spend the next day over at a friends house and one day later boot this game up and have just no f*cking clue where I even am, so I had to give her a different savestate, at which point she would 100% the damn thing before I even beat the Mastermind on the original save.
My parents did the same thing. They couldn't play video games to save their lives. But this specific game they would play every level and collect every item. My grandpa did the same thing on gta San Andreas. I'd leave my save then when I would go there on the weekend I'd boot the game up and be in a different city!
Ironically enough, same here! My mom never played any video games except this one. My mom ended up playing it more than we ever did, so we still joke about it with her to this day.
The sound effects in this game can instantly trigger memories for me, even when it's been well over a decade since I've played. Most memorable sound design I have seen in a game, tbh.
8:27 - 8:31 Okay, hear me out. Snack Gates serve a lore purpose. We all know the saying _”Would you do it for a Scooby Snack”_ , right? As Scooby-Doo gets deeper and deeper into the adventure, into more danger, and having seen things get worse and worse, he needs to eat more Scooby Snacks, to keep having the bravery to push on. If he’s eaten enough, on the way, great, he keeps on pushing, brave as he be. If not? He’s not brave enough to go into what he sees as even worse dangers, yet. 28:46 _”My, that’s positively_ *shocking!”*
“It’s not like they got your name all over them… well actually, they do.” This game deserves more love. Sure it’s flawed, but so are some of the greatest games of all time. I really hope they remake it. Or perhaps a sequel would be pretty cool.
Battle for Bikini Bottom got a remake so why can’t this? Legendary cartoon franchise adapted into a fun platforming collectathon developed by Heavy Iron and published by THQ
@@IAmLeMonkeyeah, I played both the games as a kid and would honestly say unmasked is a huge upgrade, to the point that I would say to play that one if you only were to play one, or were unsure if you wanted to try any of these to try that one first. Another one I remember loving back in the day is first frights on the Wii if you really wanted to go on a binge.
This is probably the single most nostalgic game to me, I’m still humming the music to myself all these years later. Even speedran this game a couple times a while back. Great video man! Would love to see more of these commentary videos on other games :)
I loved the atmosphere of this game. The environments genuinely felt foreboding and desolate which made me even more motivated to find my friends and progress through the game. Also, Don knots.
i never forgot i loved this as a kid! i actully got to ask the shaggy voice actor a question since he lived near my city (scott innes)and went to the comic con. i asked whats it like to voice act a game verses a show.he said that a game has more lines and is a lot harder cause you may never get to the end but you gotta voice it anyways-but they always pay good
Maybe it's referring to the voice actors never getting to play to the end of the game themselves because it's too difficult/time consuming for them? @@CMan-x7k
I'm starting to see a lot of TH-camrs talk about this game. Especially over the past couple years and I can't help but wonder if it's partially because of Heavy Iron's BFBB getting the rehydrated treatment a couple years back. I'm glad though, as I believe this, along with BFBB, are some of the best licensed games ever, and show that even those types of games can be well done when made by developers that care about the source material.
I vividly remember looking in my family's cheat folder for games and struggling to input the codes with my 8 year old hand-eye coordination. Getting the bubblegum and soap early really DID make the game way different like you say, I felt like I could do more things in each level and get to places in a different order, even if 8 year old me didn't understand it the same way I do after watching this video. Really solid review, makes me want to replay it for old times sake (and for the music because dear god the boss themes are still so good). You should absolutely do more video essays and reviews, your editing and comedy are top notch, man. Really glad to have found this in my recommended!
That's actually really cool!!! What a cool way to experience the game. Never even thought about the cheat codes in that way. I'm glad you enjoyed the vid!
I remember this game fondly, and have played it a few times recently. One of the thing you didn't mention was the holiday easter eggs that would be active on certain dates like valentines day, christmas, new years day, and other holidays.
Honestly I have always loved this game it really does feel Like a love letter to classic Scooby-Doo even the music in certain levels of this game captures the essence of the underscore of Scooby-Doo witch definitely makes it feel more like the underscore that you'd hear in the show itself
I was a Scooby Doo Unmasked! kid myself, but still loved this retrospective on a game that I kinda sorta vaguely recognize but also had no part in my childhood??? very strange experience, 10/10 would recommend
Night of 100 frights is honestly great. I still typically play it at least once a year and have since childhood. Heavy iron studios should be commended for the amount of love they put into their licensed games.
Watching this video unlocked hidden memories I didn't know I had. The sound effects, the level names, the gum, the plungers, the map, story, boss fights- everything. I thought I had watched my cousin play it a few times but I didn't realize how much I remember. I must have watched him play through it more times than I thought. It's like remembering parts of a dream, how some of it is so vivid and other parts I strain to remember. I can't believe this game is 20 years old...gosh we are growing up, aren't we?
Actually surprised this doesn't have more views, editing is great and your points are good I loved playing this game as a kid and I've replayed it a bunch, I actually replayed it a year or two ago. I have some level designs and sound effects stuck in my head, like that voice line of Shaggy going up and going down in that one manor level with the chimneys. This was one of the most fun games I owned for the PS2 and i think it helped introduce kids to some early metroidvania elements. Soundtrack is also really good and I still listen to it every now and then Also, that fish lady monster in the docks area terrified me as a kid. I didn't watch a lot of the original scooby cartoon so it was just an entirely new monster for me. Absolutely dreaded falling off the conveyor belts and when I did I was always super slow and careful around the piles of fish in case she'd jump out. I may not remember her from the show but I remember her from my nightmares lol Hopefully the game does get a remaster. With other franchises like Crash, Spyro and Spongebob getting game remasters, I really hope this game or another scooby game like Unmasked gets the same treatment. Nice to see that it's still being talked about though
About the sea creature, I didn’t watch a TON of Scooby doo episodes as a kid, but that freaking thing from the game scared the SHIT outta me as a kid. I couldn’t get past the docks level cuz it scared me so bad
Same here! It wasn't so bad in some levels, but the way it would burst out from the piles of fish on a floor you had no traction on freaked me out. I would stress out soooo much just trying to stay on those conveyor belts. And in the episode, it just kinda snarled, but the strange feminine voice they gave it in the game made it a lot scarier!
I could never forget this game. It was literally my very first video game I had ever played. Just for that, I'll always remember it. I remember that I used to be so bad at it and could never beat it as a kid, but when I played again a few years ago as an adult, it felt so good to beat it and 100% it. I personally feel like it actually holds up pretty well for a licensed game from the PS2 era. While I wouldn't say that it's one of my favorite games, it will always have a special place in my heart for introducing me to video games. Also, the music is great, I actually have a few of the tracks, mainly boss themes, in my personal music playlist.
Glad to see this game have a cult following. This was one of the first console games I owned for the GameCube along with Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing and Sonic Mega Collection and while it’s a bit scuffed compared to their other well known licensed game (BfBB) I still find it a good game overall, especially for a licensed game. That being said, I’d love to see this game get the Rehydrated treatment to see what improvements could be made to it
I have always loved this game since it first came out. Played it more times than I can count to be honest, and I am glad there is a community of people that still speedrun and appreciate it to this day.
I absolutely love this game so much. Still have my copy back when it came out! The song that plays in front of the house at the beginning of the game lives rent free in my head
This video was so well mad, and the commentary made me drop a sub. Please, please do a spongebob battle for bikini bottom review like this. In my opinion, these 2 games go together perfectly. Frights deserves a remake like BFBB got.
Thank you so much, really appreciate the support! I've been thinking about doing a BFBB vid like this since I love that game a lot as well, so maybe some day 👀
this was such a good video i'm SO glad it came into my recommended. i loved this game (and unmasked, these two were peak) as a kid, and beat it again recently, and i definitely agree with your points about the flaws now that i've looked at it with more knowledgeable adult eyes. still holding on for a remaster like they gave to Battle for Bikini Bottom. amazing video, i hope you get more subs soon because you definitely deserve it!!
Night of 100 Frights is my favorite Scooby Doo game, so much so that I played through it again a month ago, and do so every few years. I love having a month where I just play Unmasked, No100F, and Cyber Chase. "What the Hella are you trying to Spella" TOOK ME OUTTTT. Very good video, thank you for enlightening the masses of this gem.
Dude holy crap just seeing this thumbnail hit me with a wave of nostalgia! I have a core memory playing this game late at night with my brother at my babysitter's house. My parents and my babysitter's parents are playing cards in the kitchen. My brother and I are on the carpet in front of the T.V. - it's all very cozy. Anyways, I had totally forgotten about that, so thanks so much for this video :)
This video is fantastic! This is one of the only games I will ever go back and replay, and is the one I've replayed the most since I was a kid. I'm so glad you and others love it too since I've never seen anybody else talk about it.
Thanks for making this, not a lot of content about this game on TH-cam and it was nice to go back and relive it through this. Game is a gem and a relic of the industry, there's no AA titles based on popular IP that punch way above their weight anymore. It's either AAA blockbuster or indie game now.
This is my childhood game man. Seeing a video essay on it was awesome, especially for how awesome the video was! The jokes land, and also you clearly put work into the script. I know this game very well and still felt enchanted by the commentary. I’m shocked you have just 1k subscribers, you definitely are going to grow exponentially in 2023. Keep up the great work! You’ve earned a sub my friend
Forgot about this game since I played it as a kid. A bit of blurry memories when I was older around 2015, but honestly that was prob just a fever dream. Great Video Coley :)
I've played other Scooby Doo games as a kid, I've watched reviews on scooby doo games I haven't played and none of them live up to Night of 100 Frights. They absolutely nail the Scooby Doo theme, environments, characters. Such a nostalgic pleasant experience playing Night of 100 Frights
This was such an entertaining watch, I expected your channel to be full of these kinds of videos; it's crazy how high quality this is. I hope you make more because you are very talented at it, I love your sense of humor. Subbed either way :)
Man between 100 Frights and the other Scooby-Doo game where the gang goes to a museum and gets a Monster Manual, the 2000s was a great time to be a kid with nothing better to do than play video games. 100 Frights was a big part of my childhood since I did play it to death and eventually beat it, and it was memorable. Peak Scooby-Doo media.
Every once in a while (maybe once or twice a year) I'll check in on the speedrun for this game, and I just so happened to this time the day after you'd uploaded this, so great timing lol. Dope video, hoping for more 100 Frights content in the future!
Bro for YEARS I’ve had fleeting memories of this game, I remember certain levels and playing this game for hours on end when I was a kid but could never remember the name. Thank you for reintroducing me to this gem. Also this vid was dope, I’ll definitely be subbing
I played this game at a friend's house. I stayed over two extra days just to beat the entire game. It was one of my favorite experiences on the PS2, and I never even owned it.
My sister and i beat this game but in the most anxiety ridden way ever. We didnt have a PS2 memory card, so that playstation stayed on for at least 3 weeks straight. Then the power went out and we lost it all.. Years later, we were living together and started playing again. We had to use fecking cheats to beat the game. I love it, and i love the memories it created.
27:20 As someone who 100%'d this game, it took me HOURS to find that Scooby Snack since there's no indication that there's one there. Also, the roof area was horrible due to the camera and flying enemies.
I’m happy to finally see this game being praised. This was the first game I ever beat. I replayed it last year and had a super good time! Also, that soundtrack brings back so many memories 👌
I absolutely adore this game. I wish they’d remake it with a “purist” mode that adheres closely to the original as well as a reimagined version that builds on the original and expands it. I put so many hours into this game as a kid and I’ll always love it to pieces.
i actually played through this one recently. I enjoyed it and thought it was pretty decent. Some parts didn't really work well but when it worked it was fun. My sister and I had this one on the ps2 as kids and we never really got far because we didnt really understand how the game worked and the whole backtracking concept. it felt good to come back and playthrough it and it brought back some memories
I recently downloaded a PlayStation 2 emulator for the sole purpose of playing this game. I remember vividly being a kid and being on Redbeard's boss fight, with no memory card (too broke for one), and as the final wave of ghosts were coming through, I lost power and had to restart. I was so devastated at the time, and coming back, got to that point in less than a couple hours. Thank you for making this video. More people need to be aware of just how nice this game truly is to play for the first time. (like you said, the FIRST time)
Honestly, wasn't expecting such a high-quality review from a 2.4K subscriber TH-camr on some niche nostalgia-bait licensed kids game. Pleasantly surprised!
This was my favorite game on my GameCube when I was a kid and I just started replaying it, besides being way easier than I remember it is still surprisingly good even compared to modern standards. Nice video! Edit: I said it was way easier, but that stupid level where you had to jump around the bouncy sails (this one: 14:20 & 20:08 & 25:55)still made me want to throw my gaming setup out the window
man, I played hours and hours of this game on OG Xbox when I was a kid but could only ever get to the Black Knight boss fight with that witch flying around you and never could beat it lol. It didn't help that the witch used to scare the sh*t out of me and probably was one of the main reasons I stopped trying to beat that part lmao. I used to just start new games and play all the way up to that boss fight and then start over again the next time I'd play the game. My Xbox actually still works (knock on wood) and I'm pretty sure I'm a bit better at gaming and not as afraid of the witch by now....maybe I'll break it out and see what's good. It was such a fun game, man
If Jack Black made a video game review channel, I honestly think this is how he would sound. I think you secretly are Jack Black with a secret aficionado for video games.
dude… I was obsessed with this game as a kid. the nostalgia this video brought me was insane. I could never pass the part on the dock so I would always pass the controller to my brother for it.
I was attempting to drink water and 3:18 hit and I almost drowned. Holy shit I was laughing so hard at that. Honest to god I have played it back 50 times and it's still funny.
Honestly not suprised by this game not being a Metroidvania, it sure sounded like you were describing a Collect-a-Thon this whole time There are so many PS2 games I played as a kid that I feel deserve to be talked about more but I missed out on this one, good video
nice to know i'm not the ONLY PS2 hanna barbera speedrunner out there. Check out Wacky Races for the PS2 some time, just make sure it's the one by infogrames. the one by blast can burn in hell.
I'd personally call this a 'Doobyvania' or a 'Collect-A-Doo', cuz the main collectable is literally everywhere, so there's no worries there, but also it takes ideas from Metroidvanias too. I'd call this game a 'Dooby Frights' game, as it's one of the classic games to do this. Shove the items you need to get to advance the game in your face, take inspirations from Metroidvanias (but aren't those kinds of games), and has a unique platforming style.
I still have this game actually lmao. I loved it as a kid and i could never bring myself to get rid of it. Still got the original case and even the little booklet
Your cadence and pattern of speech, as well as the few lines and mannerisms you quote make me think this is super sequelitis inspired, which I love dude. Happy to see video essay content like this.
This game was the first game I ever got for my Gamecube, and also the first actual console I myself owned. I think I was like 6 or 8 at the time. It was Christmas Day and I usually would wake up at like 2 in the morning, maybe 4 sometimes. Would go around waking everyone up all excited that Santa came! But this Christmas was unique, my mom told me that she wanted me to wait to open this heavier present, I spent the next 5 or so hours in agony waiting, everyone else went to back to bed. I couldn't sleep. Finally I was able to open it and it was the Gamecube with Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights. I was so excited. Scooby Doo has always been a favorite of mine, used to watched VHS tapes of it while I was sick in a hospital bed. I remember playing it, I was creeped out, and I couldn't figure out what to do. Like I got into the Mansion but couldn't do anything else. Good times.
So, a few people said that they considered this game a collect-athon which I never considered before! So my question (if anyone cares) is what do you guys consider a collect-athon? Is it defined as collecting a threshold of items to progress? Or is it by the sheer amount of items you have to collect? I've always assumed the second, but idk...
I wouldn't say so. A collectathon is generally more non-linear in it's approach, and is a lot more focused on collecting itself. As you said in the video, the game isn't very strict with the snack requirements, and those are the only collectables. I think it's definitely a collectathon element, but not enough to make the game a collectathon outright.
Collectibles are just everywhere
Collectibles are everywhere, and are the main requirement for progress, like the doors needing x snacks to open etc.
What's wrong with collect a thons anyways if u like it you like and should play them, it's jus a casual relaxed experience
Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem next?
You can really see how Heavy Iron Studios really had passion for the IPs they worked on like this game and SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom.
Its like they actually cared about the kids back then. Now? They absolutely do not care about the kids and see them as price tags.
@@CzCorrupt Once any companies original leadership has passed, they almost always take their morals with them.
I could die happy if they remastered this game
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights Re-opened
Why not, they already did for Heavy Iron Studio's next work of Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom.
That’d be pretty cool
I don't know I think a new scooby game would be better
@@SHADOMEGA7569 “Mystic Manor Edition”
I never forgot about this game. This game was one of my absolute favorites growing up. I actually bought a PS2 again recently and this was one of my first repurchases. It still holds up 20 years later!
Hoping for a remaster someday.
Nice, just bought a GameCube and plan on playing this gem again, hopefully at 27 I won’t have any issues with the puzzles lol
Same! It's a core memory of mine; playing this game on my GameCube during the winter. I can still remember what was in the fruit basket my grandpa got from the VFW around that time.
I have such a weird history with this game because back when I was a kid my mom always acted like she doesn't understand video games games, yet she at some point, out of curiosity picked this game up to relax after work, which was super weird at first because I would stop playing for the day, then spend the next day over at a friends house and one day later boot this game up and have just no f*cking clue where I even am, so I had to give her a different savestate, at which point she would 100% the damn thing before I even beat the Mastermind on the original save.
LMAO that's amazing, your mom is a pro gamer
@@Coley02 Ikr
My parents did the same thing. They couldn't play video games to save their lives. But this specific game they would play every level and collect every item. My grandpa did the same thing on gta San Andreas. I'd leave my save then when I would go there on the weekend I'd boot the game up and be in a different city!
Ironically enough, same here! My mom never played any video games except this one. My mom ended up playing it more than we ever did, so we still joke about it with her to this day.
Lmaoo my mom played the crap out of Simpson hit and run lol. And like your mom mine never played before either
The sound effects in this game can instantly trigger memories for me, even when it's been well over a decade since I've played. Most memorable sound design I have seen in a game, tbh.
8:27 - 8:31 Okay, hear me out. Snack Gates serve a lore purpose. We all know the saying _”Would you do it for a Scooby Snack”_ , right? As Scooby-Doo gets deeper and deeper into the adventure, into more danger, and having seen things get worse and worse, he needs to eat more Scooby Snacks, to keep having the bravery to push on. If he’s eaten enough, on the way, great, he keeps on pushing, brave as he be. If not? He’s not brave enough to go into what he sees as even worse dangers, yet.
28:46 _”My, that’s positively_ *shocking!”*
“It’s not like they got your name all over them… well actually, they do.”
This game deserves more love. Sure it’s flawed, but so are some of the greatest games of all time. I really hope they remake it. Or perhaps a sequel would be pretty cool.
100% agree! I hope so too, it seems like interest in the game is slowly rising atm so who knows? 👀
They did. It's called Scooby Doo : Unmasked, where you go through movie sets and get costumes that give you magic powers lol
Battle for Bikini Bottom got a remake so why can’t this? Legendary cartoon franchise adapted into a fun platforming collectathon developed by Heavy Iron and published by THQ
@@IAmLeMonkeyeah, I played both the games as a kid and would honestly say unmasked is a huge upgrade, to the point that I would say to play that one if you only were to play one, or were unsure if you wanted to try any of these to try that one first. Another one I remember loving back in the day is first frights on the Wii if you really wanted to go on a binge.
You've awoken a long forgotten childhood memory. I played the shit out of this game and totally forgot it existed. It was so good
I honestly forgot about this game too until seeing this video. It was so much fun back in the day.
Same here. I played this game literally so much but completely forgot about it😂
I could never forget, definitely one of the most memorable licensed games for the ps2 era.
This is probably the single most nostalgic game to me, I’m still humming the music to myself all these years later. Even speedran this game a couple times a while back. Great video man! Would love to see more of these commentary videos on other games :)
I’ve completed this game atleast 3 times thru. Unmasked was probably the best one in the series.
I loved the atmosphere of this game. The environments genuinely felt foreboding and desolate which made me even more motivated to find my friends and progress through the game. Also, Don knots.
"This game is only really good for one playthrough."
*Speedruns the game over and over again.*
Makes sense.
i never forgot i loved this as a kid!
i actully got to ask the shaggy voice actor a question since he lived near my city (scott innes)and went to the comic con. i asked whats it like to voice act a game verses a show.he said that a game has more lines and is a lot harder cause you may never get to the end but you gotta voice it anyways-but they always pay good
That's really cool!!! Pretty interesting too
What do you mean never get to the end?
Maybe it's referring to the voice actors never getting to play to the end of the game themselves because it's too difficult/time consuming for them? @@CMan-x7k
This game legit scared me as a child. I feel embarrassed now, but young me was terrified by these "ghosts"
Same, I never got to the first boss as a kid because I was terrified of headless specters and that one creeper painting in the mansion area
@@shadeanon6365the creeper painting terrified me for years thank god I’m not the only one
How the fuck did this game scared any of you? lol smh
I'm starting to see a lot of TH-camrs talk about this game. Especially over the past couple years and I can't help but wonder if it's partially because of Heavy Iron's BFBB getting the rehydrated treatment a couple years back. I'm glad though, as I believe this, along with BFBB, are some of the best licensed games ever, and show that even those types of games can be well done when made by developers that care about the source material.
I vividly remember looking in my family's cheat folder for games and struggling to input the codes with my 8 year old hand-eye coordination. Getting the bubblegum and soap early really DID make the game way different like you say, I felt like I could do more things in each level and get to places in a different order, even if 8 year old me didn't understand it the same way I do after watching this video. Really solid review, makes me want to replay it for old times sake (and for the music because dear god the boss themes are still so good).
You should absolutely do more video essays and reviews, your editing and comedy are top notch, man. Really glad to have found this in my recommended!
That's actually really cool!!! What a cool way to experience the game. Never even thought about the cheat codes in that way. I'm glad you enjoyed the vid!
I remember this game fondly, and have played it a few times recently. One of the thing you didn't mention was the holiday easter eggs that would be active on certain dates like valentines day, christmas, new years day, and other holidays.
It's pretty amazing how many licensed games I picked out as a child, and how many of them were in the small pool of good ones
Honestly I have always loved this game it really does feel
Like a love letter to classic Scooby-Doo even the music in certain levels of this game captures the essence of the underscore of Scooby-Doo witch definitely makes it feel more like the underscore that you'd hear in the show itself
I was a Scooby Doo Unmasked! kid myself, but still loved this retrospective on a game that I kinda sorta vaguely recognize but also had no part in my childhood??? very strange experience, 10/10 would recommend
Unmasked is fantastic!
I really liked both of them
God i loved this game, would play every weekend when visiting my father. Never managed to finish it but thats some memories i wont forget
Night of 100 frights is honestly great. I still typically play it at least once a year and have since childhood. Heavy iron studios should be commended for the amount of love they put into their licensed games.
I grew up with this game when I was a kid. I remember getting stuck for almost two years, but I pulled it through. So many memories playing it.
I never finished it 💀
Watching this video unlocked hidden memories I didn't know I had. The sound effects, the level names, the gum, the plungers, the map, story, boss fights- everything. I thought I had watched my cousin play it a few times but I didn't realize how much I remember. I must have watched him play through it more times than I thought. It's like remembering parts of a dream, how some of it is so vivid and other parts I strain to remember. I can't believe this game is 20 years old...gosh we are growing up, aren't we?
this makes me so happy to see this game get appreciated, loved it as a kid and even emulated it as a kid a few summers back so i could play it
A 40 minute long analysis of a licensed scooby doo 3d platformer that I’ve never heard of in my recommended? Sure why not.
Actually surprised this doesn't have more views, editing is great and your points are good
I loved playing this game as a kid and I've replayed it a bunch, I actually replayed it a year or two ago. I have some level designs and sound effects stuck in my head, like that voice line of Shaggy going up and going down in that one manor level with the chimneys. This was one of the most fun games I owned for the PS2 and i think it helped introduce kids to some early metroidvania elements. Soundtrack is also really good and I still listen to it every now and then
Also, that fish lady monster in the docks area terrified me as a kid. I didn't watch a lot of the original scooby cartoon so it was just an entirely new monster for me. Absolutely dreaded falling off the conveyor belts and when I did I was always super slow and careful around the piles of fish in case she'd jump out. I may not remember her from the show but I remember her from my nightmares lol
Hopefully the game does get a remaster. With other franchises like Crash, Spyro and Spongebob getting game remasters, I really hope this game or another scooby game like Unmasked gets the same treatment. Nice to see that it's still being talked about though
Yeah! It's super cool to compare people's experiences with this game, especially from childhood. I'm hoping for a remake... one day 🤞
About the sea creature, I didn’t watch a TON of Scooby doo episodes as a kid, but that freaking thing from the game scared the SHIT outta me as a kid. I couldn’t get past the docks level cuz it scared me so bad
Same here! It wasn't so bad in some levels, but the way it would burst out from the piles of fish on a floor you had no traction on freaked me out. I would stress out soooo much just trying to stay on those conveyor belts.
And in the episode, it just kinda snarled, but the strange feminine voice they gave it in the game made it a lot scarier!
I could never forget this game. It was literally my very first video game I had ever played. Just for that, I'll always remember it. I remember that I used to be so bad at it and could never beat it as a kid, but when I played again a few years ago as an adult, it felt so good to beat it and 100% it. I personally feel like it actually holds up pretty well for a licensed game from the PS2 era. While I wouldn't say that it's one of my favorite games, it will always have a special place in my heart for introducing me to video games. Also, the music is great, I actually have a few of the tracks, mainly boss themes, in my personal music playlist.
Thanks to the success of the spongebob game remake and the sequel (cosmic shake), i have no doubt that night of 100 frights will be remastered
And I hope a sequel game could involve the mystery incorporated tv show stuff.
Maybe a semi openworld game set in crystal cove?
I don't think there's enough demand unfortunately, but I personally would buy 10 copies on release, I need it.
@@NoelleSmashIt sold more than BFBB, so it's not an impossibility.
@isetmfriendsofire I didn't know that but now I'm more hopeful, it still has less of a cult following but it could be amazing
Glad to see this game have a cult following. This was one of the first console games I owned for the GameCube along with Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing and Sonic Mega Collection and while it’s a bit scuffed compared to their other well known licensed game (BfBB) I still find it a good game overall, especially for a licensed game. That being said, I’d love to see this game get the Rehydrated treatment to see what improvements could be made to it
I have always loved this game since it first came out. Played it more times than I can count to be honest, and I am glad there is a community of people that still speedrun and appreciate it to this day.
I absolutely love this game so much. Still have my copy back when it came out!
The song that plays in front of the house at the beginning of the game lives rent free in my head
THIS GAME WAS SUCH A HUGE PART OF MY CHILDHOOD YES!!!
This video was so well mad, and the commentary made me drop a sub. Please, please do a spongebob battle for bikini bottom review like this. In my opinion, these 2 games go together perfectly. Frights deserves a remake like BFBB got.
Thank you so much, really appreciate the support! I've been thinking about doing a BFBB vid like this since I love that game a lot as well, so maybe some day 👀
@@Coley02 Cannot wait, this video was just too good. I watched all 30 minutes of it.
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It’s a good video
Frights absolutely should get a remake been saying it for years
this was such a good video i'm SO glad it came into my recommended. i loved this game (and unmasked, these two were peak) as a kid, and beat it again recently, and i definitely agree with your points about the flaws now that i've looked at it with more knowledgeable adult eyes. still holding on for a remaster like they gave to Battle for Bikini Bottom. amazing video, i hope you get more subs soon because you definitely deserve it!!
I want that remaster too 😭 One day... and thank you so much I'm glad you enjoyed!
Night of 100 Frights is my favorite Scooby Doo game, so much so that I played through it again a month ago, and do so every few years. I love having a month where I just play Unmasked, No100F, and Cyber Chase. "What the Hella are you trying to Spella" TOOK ME OUTTTT. Very good video, thank you for enlightening the masses of this gem.
Used to be terrified of this game playing it as young kid 😭🤣 great video!
Dude holy crap just seeing this thumbnail hit me with a wave of nostalgia! I have a core memory playing this game late at night with my brother at my babysitter's house. My parents and my babysitter's parents are playing cards in the kitchen. My brother and I are on the carpet in front of the T.V. - it's all very cozy. Anyways, I had totally forgotten about that, so thanks so much for this video :)
This video is fantastic! This is one of the only games I will ever go back and replay, and is the one I've replayed the most since I was a kid. I'm so glad you and others love it too since I've never seen anybody else talk about it.
i'm getting some serious sequelitis vibes from you. I absolutely love it, keep up the videos dude, got a new sub.
Thanks for making this, not a lot of content about this game on TH-cam and it was nice to go back and relive it through this.
Game is a gem and a relic of the industry, there's no AA titles based on popular IP that punch way above their weight anymore. It's either AAA blockbuster or indie game now.
This is my childhood game man. Seeing a video essay on it was awesome, especially for how awesome the video was! The jokes land, and also you clearly put work into the script. I know this game very well and still felt enchanted by the commentary. I’m shocked you have just 1k subscribers, you definitely are going to grow exponentially in 2023. Keep up the great work! You’ve earned a sub my friend
Forgot about this game since I played it as a kid. A bit of blurry memories when I was older around 2015, but honestly that was prob just a fever dream. Great Video Coley :)
LMAO thank you I appreciate it!
I've played other Scooby Doo games as a kid, I've watched reviews on scooby doo games I haven't played and none of them live up to Night of 100 Frights. They absolutely nail the Scooby Doo theme, environments, characters.
Such a nostalgic pleasant experience playing Night of 100 Frights
This was such an entertaining watch, I expected your channel to be full of these kinds of videos; it's crazy how high quality this is. I hope you make more because you are very talented at it, I love your sense of humor. Subbed either way :)
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Man between 100 Frights and the other Scooby-Doo game where the gang goes to a museum and gets a Monster Manual, the 2000s was a great time to be a kid with nothing better to do than play video games. 100 Frights was a big part of my childhood since I did play it to death and eventually beat it, and it was memorable. Peak Scooby-Doo media.
Every once in a while (maybe once or twice a year) I'll check in on the speedrun for this game, and I just so happened to this time the day after you'd uploaded this, so great timing lol. Dope video, hoping for more 100 Frights content in the future!
HA great timing! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Can we talk about how good the boss music was? This Black Knight theme song is a groovy bop.
This video is so well-made and I'm glad it came up in my recommended. I LOVE this game, one of my fave licenced games.
Oh man, me and my dad still talk about the shipwreck level and Scooby Doo saying "yahoo!" As he makes the jump and falls into the water 😂
This game holds a special place in my heart, my dad and I used to play it together when it came out
that's awesome, this game was a lot of fun back then
Bro for YEARS I’ve had fleeting memories of this game, I remember certain levels and playing this game for hours on end when I was a kid but could never remember the name. Thank you for reintroducing me to this gem. Also this vid was dope, I’ll definitely be subbing
I played this game at a friend's house. I stayed over two extra days just to beat the entire game. It was one of my favorite experiences on the PS2, and I never even owned it.
My sister and i beat this game but in the most anxiety ridden way ever.
We didnt have a PS2 memory card, so that playstation stayed on for at least 3 weeks straight. Then the power went out and we lost it all..
Years later, we were living together and started playing again. We had to use fecking cheats to beat the game.
I love it, and i love the memories it created.
27:20 As someone who 100%'d this game, it took me HOURS to find that Scooby Snack since there's no indication that there's one there.
Also, the roof area was horrible due to the camera and flying enemies.
This feels like Cosmonaut narrated a Sequelitis and I mean that as a sincere compliment. Fantastic break down of this hunk of nostalgia.
very funny writing/delivery and your editing is great!
I’m happy to finally see this game being praised. This was the first game I ever beat. I replayed it last year and had a super good time! Also, that soundtrack brings back so many memories 👌
I absolutely adore this game. I wish they’d remake it with a “purist” mode that adheres closely to the original as well as a reimagined version that builds on the original and expands it. I put so many hours into this game as a kid and I’ll always love it to pieces.
i actually played through this one recently. I enjoyed it and thought it was pretty decent. Some parts didn't really work well but when it worked it was fun. My sister and I had this one on the ps2 as kids and we never really got far because we didnt really understand how the game worked and the whole backtracking concept. it felt good to come back and playthrough it and it brought back some memories
Brother you gave me a tear remembering myself in 2003 as a 5 year old playing this game with my whole family..... thanks man
Absolute banger game deserves more recognition
LOVE this game, I rebought it a few years ago and enjoyed it just as much as I did as a kid. I'll definitely play it again sometime.
Just found a based as fuck scooby doo speedrunning channel. Subscribing.
I recently downloaded a PlayStation 2 emulator for the sole purpose of playing this game. I remember vividly being a kid and being on Redbeard's boss fight, with no memory card (too broke for one), and as the final wave of ghosts were coming through, I lost power and had to restart. I was so devastated at the time, and coming back, got to that point in less than a couple hours. Thank you for making this video. More people need to be aware of just how nice this game truly is to play for the first time. (like you said, the FIRST time)
THQ Nordic should do a remake like they did with SpongeBob.
I’d buy it instantly
literally instant subscribed. i actually have that game still and i freaking love it, its made so damn well
Even with faults this game deserves a remake like battle for bikini bottom
Honestly, wasn't expecting such a high-quality review from a 2.4K subscriber TH-camr on some niche nostalgia-bait licensed kids game. Pleasantly surprised!
Perfectly put.
This was my favorite game on my GameCube when I was a kid and I just started replaying it, besides being way easier than I remember it is still surprisingly good even compared to modern standards.
Nice video!
Edit: I said it was way easier, but that stupid level where you had to jump around the bouncy sails (this one: 14:20 & 20:08 & 25:55)still made me want to throw my gaming setup out the window
re-played this not to long ago still holds up for me.
man, I played hours and hours of this game on OG Xbox when I was a kid but could only ever get to the Black Knight boss fight with that witch flying around you and never could beat it lol. It didn't help that the witch used to scare the sh*t out of me and probably was one of the main reasons I stopped trying to beat that part lmao. I used to just start new games and play all the way up to that boss fight and then start over again the next time I'd play the game. My Xbox actually still works (knock on wood) and I'm pretty sure I'm a bit better at gaming and not as afraid of the witch by now....maybe I'll break it out and see what's good. It was such a fun game, man
If Jack Black made a video game review channel, I honestly think this is how he would sound. I think you secretly are Jack Black with a secret aficionado for video games.
dude… I was obsessed with this game as a kid. the nostalgia this video brought me was insane. I could never pass the part on the dock so I would always pass the controller to my brother for it.
I was a very strange kid, for some reason i NEVER saved my games and i just played the start of the game over and over and over and still got lost XD
This game was my childhood. I grew up with it, and I still adore it.
I was attempting to drink water and 3:18 hit and I almost drowned. Holy shit I was laughing so hard at that. Honest to god I have played it back 50 times and it's still funny.
This is the only Scooby doo game I’ve ever played lol. It was mad fun although I never understood it as a kid
I will never forget this game...
Honestly not suprised by this game not being a Metroidvania, it sure sounded like you were describing a Collect-a-Thon this whole time
There are so many PS2 games I played as a kid that I feel deserve to be talked about more but I missed out on this one, good video
I haven't thought about this game in FOREVER! But i loved it soooo much when I was a kid.
nice to know i'm not the ONLY PS2 hanna barbera speedrunner out there. Check out Wacky Races for the PS2 some time, just make sure it's the one by infogrames. the one by blast can burn in hell.
god i loved this game as a kid!! i'll never forget the line, "smell that salty sea air scoob" lol
One of my favourite games as kid. Took me so long to beat it, then I played it again years later and beat it in a single day haha.
Damn this shit just u locked an old memory holy shit, what a classic it was, seems to hold up to what I remembered too, beautifully done man
Mystery Mayhem - Unmasked - Night of 100 Frights
Best to worst
God I loved this game. I wish it was remastered.
I'd personally call this a 'Doobyvania' or a 'Collect-A-Doo', cuz the main collectable is literally everywhere, so there's no worries there, but also it takes ideas from Metroidvanias too. I'd call this game a 'Dooby Frights' game, as it's one of the classic games to do this. Shove the items you need to get to advance the game in your face, take inspirations from Metroidvanias (but aren't those kinds of games), and has a unique platforming style.
I still have this game actually lmao. I loved it as a kid and i could never bring myself to get rid of it. Still got the original case and even the little booklet
Dropped a sub after discovering not only have you made a perfect video for one of my favorite games of all time, but also speedrunning it
Your cadence and pattern of speech, as well as the few lines and mannerisms you quote make me think this is super sequelitis inspired, which I love dude. Happy to see video essay content like this.
We should make like a petition or something for a remake of this game or a new scooby doo game based of this
This game was the first game I ever got for my Gamecube, and also the first actual console I myself owned. I think I was like 6 or 8 at the time. It was Christmas Day and I usually would wake up at like 2 in the morning, maybe 4 sometimes. Would go around waking everyone up all excited that Santa came! But this Christmas was unique, my mom told me that she wanted me to wait to open this heavier present, I spent the next 5 or so hours in agony waiting, everyone else went to back to bed. I couldn't sleep. Finally I was able to open it and it was the Gamecube with Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights. I was so excited. Scooby Doo has always been a favorite of mine, used to watched VHS tapes of it while I was sick in a hospital bed.
I remember playing it, I was creeped out, and I couldn't figure out what to do. Like I got into the Mansion but couldn't do anything else. Good times.
presentation and editing is great. loved your overview of this childhood game of mine! instant sub.
Forgot about??? This is one of the best games of my childhood
One of my all time favorite games! The amount of nostalgia that hits me seeing gameplay from it is insane
I vaguely remember playing this game and never getting past the first level. I’m sure it was on the PS2
This game really makes you FEEEEL like Scooby Doo
You know what would be really stupid and awesome? If there was an actual Scooby doo metroidvania where they investigate Dracula's castle or something.
Really enjoyed this video, and was very surprised this wasn't your usual kind of content. Will be keeping an eye out for other things you do!