Bionic Commando (2009) - What Happened?
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I love your work Matt. Just want to mention a minor error. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2 for the PC wasn't ports. They were completely separate games from the console versions. Grin actually made those games from the ground up.
The Bionic Commando series i always felt lacked the wife becoming an arm , so im glad the revival exsits to fix that obvious need for the franchise.😁👌
Ooh, nice sarcasm!
@@austinreed7343 While I wasn't personally that affected by it, BCR2 also had a number of dark moments.
You can't evade Operation Raccoon City forever, Capcom Failures Documentary Man.
Matt should change the name of the channel, because that's the funniest thing I've seen all day.
yeah... just call it "What Capcom'd?"
what about umbrella corp
@@MrQwertysystem I was about to say the same thing, picked it up at a Walmart for $10 and just had a lot of fun with it. The different classes, weapons, co-op, how it tied into the other games, I honestly believe it had potential to be a solid series, it was just way to mediocre and janky unfortunately
This is the best comment ever
Those clips of Chaos Legion at the end unlocked primordial memories in me
>Be Capcom
>It 2003
>Drops game apparently based off a light novel no one ever read
>Destroys earbuds and declares the name of game in a southern accent
>Refuses to elaborate
>Leaves
I loved playing that game on PC because it was the closest thing to a Devil May Cry port at the time.
I kinda like Chaos Legion tho, the artsyle and concept is intriguing enough for me to finish it. The gameplay could do some work tho.
I remember kind of liking the game, and just completely ignored that twist about his arm. It just didn't click as something to pay attention to when I played it.
I remember legitimately enjoying Bionic Commando on it's release. (Yes. I bought the damn thing on it's release.) At first I was enjoying the game. Like the swinging and combat was a lot of fun from what I could remember and I remember having a very positive reaction to it. But then a character would open their mouths and I would start to worry. The dialog was pretty cringe for even 2009 standards. Like the original Gears had more compelling dialog and characters and I'm pretty sure half of that game was written by a sentient Mountain Dew can.
By the end of the game, I honestly felt that the games presentation, dialog, world, like anything that wasn't me pressing buttons or listening to the music (Which was pretty great orchestrated stuff) was trying it's best to derail my experience. By the time the "wife-arm" twist was shown... Man, I dunno what the right word for it was. Numb? It was just another moment in a laundry list of really stupid stuff. Like, the stupidity of the twist was appropriate to the stupidity of the dialog and everything that was happening.
Hey! Fun thing about Fortress! It wasn't JUST a Final Fantasy spin-off game...
IT WAS GOING TO BE A DIRECT SEQUEL TO FINAL FANTASY XII.
You were going to play as Basch (cool!) and he was going to be in a relationship or something with Ashe (huh- alright?) but by the end of the game she would have developed feelings for that kid Larsa (wait. what?) and they would marry and Basch would die but be resurrected as a sea king (brain 404 error).
Ah, old Capcom. Wha Happun Fuel!
I played this game as a kid, without ever playing the first one, and I honestly loved it. I even liked the twist, thought I was probably around 13 at the time.
OH! Wanted: Weapons of Fate! I actually remember that game! I actually was working with Babel Media as a game tester back when it was in development. I quite enjoyed it despite it being somewhat incomplete at the time.
I really liked Weapons of Fate alot. Yeah it wasn't the best (also 3 hours long), but I'll be damned if I didn't replay it multiple times when it came out. The curved bullet mechanic gave it a unique twist to the gunplay.
I wish another game studio would take a crack at the Wanted IP again, but base it on the comic series as opposed to the film.
@@cristianlopez_8486 Oh, definitely. Honestly W:WoF was probably a close second favourite for me to play while I was at Babel Media, second to Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. I really enjoyed the mechanics, as you said.
Funnily enough, I found a bug after it was released; apparently it didn't know how to handle flight sticks, and caused it to crash on load. I ended up telling me boss to let the devs know. No idea if they ever patched it out.
@@TheEDFLegacy I think Remedy would be a solid studio to do a standalone Wanted game imo, especially with their history with 3rd person shooters like Alan Wake and Max Payne.
@@cristianlopez_8486 Agreed.
Of course we want Chaos Legion now, Matt
Looks like I'm gonna have to go and try to make my own cheatengine code to remove the hazard zones...how hard code it be...
Found the patch! It's part of the ingame debug menu. Enabling God mode removes radation damage
It works! Anyone looking to play on Steam, install OpenAI and PhysX from the distributables folder, and place the patch.bundle in the bundles folder.
I think one that would be good to see a video of What Happened would be Final Fantasy XIV, especially with Endwalker just around the corner. Either that or Final Fantasy XV because Nomura be crazy
idk man... i loved this game. i can see the flaws but to me back when it was released, it seemed like a spiderman/max payne hybrid. i had a blast swinging and shooting my way through. throwing enemies around with the grappling arm was fun af too.
I gotta admit, I'm still peeved about the debacle that was Bionic Commando for the Xbox.
After waiting an entire human generation to see my most favorite of franchises brought back to the fore, I was elated with Bionic Commando ReArmed....only to pop in Bionic Command in my 360 and listen to the intro song done in piano.
In that moment, I was in heaven. I even shed a tear.
And then I played the remainder of the game....and muscled through till the end....and the ending did what it did to me.....I still have some PTSD of how terrible that went.
the recurrence of "it was the style at the time" is why i'm here
Wow, I think Square not paying Grin for 6 months of work is worthy of a lawsuit, that was rough.
The fact that the titles GRIN was working on were licensed IPs probably didn't help prevent them from that cluster release.
This might be an odd request, but I'd like to see a What Happened episode on Beast Machines: Transformers. The less than stellar sequel series to the incredible Beast Wars.
Damn i woulda never thought mike patton did the voice acting
U CAN WANT IT ALLLLL BUT U CANT HAAAVE IT
BIIIIOOOONNNIIICCCC AAAARRRRMMMMMM. At least Spencer gave us that MvC3 moment at Final Round.
my memory might be hazy...but i remember liking this game...enjoyed swinging, throwing cars in combat, smacking people around with the bionic arm...might be nostalgia, but i remember feeling it was a decent game...nothing spectacular, but decent enough
It’s because the genuinely good parts that you describe made you forget about all the terrible other things about it. The game isn’t anywhere the worst thing ever but it sure didn’t live up to its full potential, either.
@@Zeburaman2005 can agree with this
They should have put rearmed Spencer in MvsC3 instead, he fits way better with the style than 09
Cover a wonderful gen seven game. Strider for XBLA holds a special place in my heart.
Binging your series, and keeping track, this is only the 12th time you've talked about a Capcom game, but that's still pretty ahead of the still tied second places finishers SEGA and EA tied at 9 each.
That Auto Modellista drop really got me
I don't understand Grin's hubris of thinking they knew so much better than Capcom. They had no pedigree that granted them that. Rearmed was a success, they should have just tried to stay in Capcom's good graces, then even if BC'09 failed at least that bridge wasn't burned
This game's "spider-man with guns" gameplay was amazing. But that's about all that there was to recommend it... the multiplayer was pretty awesome at least.
The most tragic part of this is how a properly done Bionic Commando game in 3D would be stellar. The closest equivalent we've gotten, thankfully, is Insomniac's Spider-Man games.
Talk about biting more than you can chew here. Taking 3 IP at the same time
Hey, it's the guy from Marvel vs Capcom 3. Didn't know he had his own game.
The sad thing is that the game is not even that bad. Actually the combat and the swinging are pretty fun. The problem is that the game took itself waaaay too seriously for its own good.
Grin tried to make another Metar Gear Solid instead of sticking with the campy story of Rearmed and they miserably failed.
I actually loved this game, so much so I rebought it years later on a second console!
Was the "his arm's a wife" thing supposed to be a twist? Because that's the very first and ONLY thing I learned about this game the week it came out.
I actually studied game design at the same school as the story writer on this game.
We had a guest lecture with him before the game came out where he trashed the writing in a lot of other games.
He was called out by a few of the students as well as the teacher but more or less dismissed any counter arguments or critisism of his points.
In short he had a very arrogant attitude and was more than willing to throw other developers under the bus.
It's a bit ironic that his story was "awarded" as the worst story in a game by multiple publications and players.
The whole situation is a good indicator to stay humble even if you're confident in what you're doing.
Hopefully he's learned from the whole ordeal.
I don't even who this guy is until MVCi
Let’s get this part started
Music in the video is great
I honestly liked the game a lot though I never finished it. The nes game was one of my most rented games as a kid.
If there's any Film/Video Game Disaster or story I would like to be covered on the show, It would be the Film Superman Returns due it's colossal failure ended up inadvertently spawning the DC Cinematic Universe, For better or for worse, mainly worse...
Mad dash racing, Kung Fu chaos, and quantum redshift
What was that game shown at the ending segment? It looks kinda fun
What's the game he shows at the end? I remember playing it but cannot remember the title for the life of me.
18:07 what's this game? I remember playing it when I was a kid
You should do “what happened to MAG”
Dont worry matt we know that capcom is youre fav gaming company and we all know thay we have to learn to our last mistakes just like capcom with there games
This game may have flopped but at least it gave us Combofiend’s comback… “BIONIC AAAAAAAAAAARM!”
Mike Patton? You mean the voice of The Darkness from the hit vidyo gaem series The Darkness™️ ? wha happun to The Darkness
that moment when i really enjoyed BC.....
(i mean gameplay wise it was good)
Please do an episode on that survival horror game called Last Year. 🤔
All I remember of this game is the Joystiq podcast ripping it apart constantly and turning it into a "wife arm" meme. 😂
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE! PLEASE CAPCOM! MAKE LEGENDS 3!!!!
8:10 "compatible DNA" *Sweet Home Alabama starts playing*
Grin didnt port GRAW to PC they were made from the ground up, fairly different games from the console versions actually.
honestly those were pretty good tactical shooters
I just remember it for the REALLY stupid twist
W a i f A r m
His hair?
That’s what most people remember it for
Which really stupid twist the wife one or the "good guy is really the bad guy" one cause they were both pretty bad
I feel like the wife arm plot point could have been cool (albeit probably still stupid - they aren't mutually exclusive of each other) in the right hands, but wow .... they really did that to bionic commando of all franchises.
As soon I hear the name “Inafune” and the sentence“just push the game out the door” - all I feel is doom, gloom, and disappointment
I wish they took their usual advice and pushed the Legends 3 Demo out the door at least
Capcom's darkest years can be put entirely on Inafune.
Just like an anime fan on prom night.
Tbf a lot of this one was on Grin by the sounds of it. After they went defunct they went on to start a new company called Overkill Software and made the Payday games, which are decent, and Overkill's The Walking Dead, which is garbage. So overall not a fantastic track record. Except for Bionic Commando Rearmed and Payday's soundtracks, those are 10/10.
Bionic Commando 2009 is one of those games where someone in charge of development had a vision, and was committed to it. Problem is the vision was a load of absolute shit.
@@theLikou1 "Hey Capcom, let's make Japanese games for the western audience to expand our marketshare, but we're going to remove the Japanese part out of them down the line because westerners actually hate Japanese games."
-Keiji Inafune. Probably.
"This is the one with the wife arm" - Scott The Woz
-michael scott
That's how I remember this game lol
Does that mean if he jacks off with that hand his wife is actually giving him head? 🤔
@@EspectroUrbano questions we don’t need the answer to but someone will likely say yes
What sucks is that there is an Easter egg in Biomic Commando. VectrexGuy did a sweet metal cover of the bionic commando which you can find on TH-cam. GRIN must have liked it because on the first stage there is a radio that plays "The Biomic Jam."
Ah yes, John Dreadman and his Magical Wife Arm.
"let's make his wife a magic robot arm"
"wha.......wh......ya know what fine we don't care anymore"
I feel if it was set in a fantasy Universe it could make sense but in a modern one dear God no.
Hell they could have even spun it that it was his sister's or brothers arm it could at least make some sort of sense DNA wise.
The Dreadman!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They released multiple games in competition with one another, so they pulled an EA in a lesser degree. Battlefield 1 Titanfall 2 anyone?
But they did 3 games and all were made using the same engine so they all basically felt the same. Except ironically Bionic Commando which was despite being better rated and having unique mechanics the worst selling of the 3 games.
EA didn’t even “pull an EA”, though
According to Jason Schreier’s source, it was a combination of (i.) Battlefield 1 missing its original launch window and (ii.) Respawn insisting to go toe-to-toe with COD: Infinite Warfare during the busy months of October/November that led to Titanfall 2 getting squeezed from all sides. Unfortunate coincidences + hubris, afaik
I just appreciate how Spencer is actually really high tier in both MvC3 and MvC:I. Like at least they let his character die on a high note.
Those two trash fighting games are not high note xD
@@joelbrisby8582 >calling MvC3 trash
I personally love his redesign
@@joelbrisby8582 bait used to be believable
@@smackaroossmackamack5588 It is.
I _EXPLICITLY_ remember there being an Easter egg where a giant worm robot boss comes out of the ground and your commander guy on the radio says “You’ll have to fuck it.”
To which your character says “Uhh…”
There was also one when not-Hitler was giving his monologue in his boss fight. You can skip the dialogue with Spencer screaming "Shut the fuck up!"
Just searched it up and it seems that he says “You’ll just have to fight it.” And Spencer says “My pleasure.”
@@QuickTimeFailure That was if you died enough times during that boss you'd get the prompt to skip the dialogue.
@@broodwars64 yeah I remember playing the game and dying a bunch to the worm and hearing the dude say "you'll just have to fuck it" and my reaction was also "UHHHHHHHH"
I thought I was crazy for years cause I was the only one who experienced that in my friend group. Glad to know I'm not THAT insane.
This game was made for this series.
The "twist" of the arm alone is worthy of "what happened?"
Twist of the arm, that’s an accidental pun.
It really sounds like someone trying to out-Kojima Kojima
ikr.
Even M Night Shyamalan would groan at that twist!
@@darkman4811 My guess is that they needed organic flesh and blood in order to have his body accept the arm. This leads into many more questions to answer when it can just be simplified as SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS.
I was honestly hyped for this back in 2009, at the time, I played a browser version of the original, and was hooked (heh). Then I saw the reviews, and then the game... Now learning this was one of THREE Grin titles, and all of them were bad, plus set during the Capcom West era, and the people involved had titles cancelled and made prior What Happened content... This, this game was cursed from the start.
Bionic Commando's last appearance wasn't a MvC3, a like title in the series, but Infinite... The hated one, yeah, this franchise had a couple if positives in a sea of disasters, I feel bad now.
MVC:I doesn't even deserve the hate it gets. Just about everything was stacked against it.
@@djhero0071 The gameplay in MVC:I was a lot of fun. I do understand the hate though…graphics were ugly, presentation sucked and the roster was severely lacking
Grin evolved into Fatshark so they turned out ok... I guess.
I mean, it was made on a budget of a single season of DLC for Street Fighter V. It’s kind of a miracle it came out at all. You’re right that fighting games live and die on their visual style and we know how much was spent on it only after the fact. I still think on its gameplay merits alone (speaking as someone who has yet to play the release version but has heard a lot of good things about it), it shouldn’t have been as shunned as it was. Hopefully if we ever DO get another entry though, Capcom and Disney realize that the MARVEL part of MARVEL VS CAPCOM matters as much as the Capcom side (visually). And vice versa.
the reviews of Bionic Commando are actually mixed, so i belive that was ok, not really that bad
To say a classic quote: "WHY IS YOUR WIFE AN ARM?!"
"Gritty action games" *shows a list of games that I either worked on, or like*
Curse you Matt
Which ones did you work on?
@@luckyducky7819 Terminator Salvation, Wanted, I did a few days on Fracture. And a few others
@@gantz22ify Nah, I worked as an outsourcer, would love to have worked for Grin they seemed like nice people
Atleast he shined on Ultimate Marvel vs capcom 3
Excuse me, Bionic AAAAAAAAAARM!
Yeah they undid that with Infinite's Story Mode.
And thankfully they gave him his superior rearmed skin so i dont have to play with Dr Dreadlock
The Bionic Arm Hype moments. ;b
Well, despite the weird twist, the overly gritty atmosphere, and the linear level designs, I really enjoyed this game.
Once you managed to wrap your head around the swinging mechanics and that Spencer was supposed to ALWAYS be airborne or running, the combat was sublime. I actually finished it in one sitting and immediately went back to do another run just to capitalize on memorizing the optimal swing paths.
Multiplayer was really fun too. Nothing like swan diving off a building, hitting terminal velocity, perfectly nailing a grapple, and sniping somebody out of midair at your apex.
Prior to playing MvC3, I had no idea who Spencer was.
Nobody knew who Rocket Raccoon was either until the game
I remember this game because IGN was crying about there being Pepsi Vending Machine in the game
Honestly, the swinging mechanic looks super fun. It kinda makes me want them to try this concept again, just with a much less serious story and more varied shooting mechanics.
Maybe a just cause-style could work with bionic commando
@@jeanvictor8178it was super fun for me, never knew it was a failed game
@@JoRoBoYo yeah we all have different likes and dislikes
Glad you enjoyed it
I remember playing it on PC as a kid, it was so fun. Only complaint I had and have now was the storyline and certain levels. Otherwise I still remember it fondly as a fun game. But then again, maybe fun doesn't always equate to good.
I had Mighty No 9 flashbacks when "Inafune" and "Ben Judd" were mentioned
and it makes you cry like an anime fan on prom night?...Yeah, Me too
He's also a sex pest, according to that female community manager (or designer or whatever) they hired for Mighty No.9.
"The miracle never happen." - Phoenix Wright on the Bionic Commando Franchise, Probably
Honestly aesthetics and story aside this game is decent. The swinging mechanics are fun actually
Yeah, the core mechanics are great, it’s a crying shame that everything else was implemented so poorly. Especially the super scarcity of ammo for all weapons except the basic pistol, which really hampered the fun of confronting enemies. At least you could unlock and use the Rearmed Rad Spencer skin, instead of the gritty dreadlocks one.
It's fun just looking at it.
It Is much better than ghost of tsushima a boring generic open world game
@@gravityrushfan299There are not enough ellipses in the world for a proper response to this.
Soundtrack is glorious too
I sometimes worry whether Matt enjoys making these but then I remember that he's a huge fan of AVGN. As a long time fan of both Matt and James, after watching every episode of AVGN and this series multiple times, I personally consider the "Wha Happun" series on par with James' best works. Thanks for making these Matt they are excellent entertainment/ edutainment and I hope you continue to make them for years to come. Once my scholarship funding starts coming in I'll definitely be putting some discretionary income to supporting your art.
Totally need a Wha Happun on the amazing story of Capcom USA going OUT OF THEIR WAY to bring Tatsunoko vs Capcom out of Japan only to have it flop because it was a Wii fighting game that wasn't Smash. That game deserves more love :(
It actually didn't flop at all, Capcom USA were satisfied with it's sales numbers. Yes, it didn't sell as well as SFIV (but it was never doing to) www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/jan/28/sven-wishes-tatsunoko-vs-capcom-caught-little-more-fire/
I'm still mad we didn't get Speed Racer in that game
@@thecunninlynguist Check it out on steam
@@thecunninlynguist Here's a link: store.steampowered.com/app/21670/Bionic_Commando/
@@thecunninlynguist I wouldn't say forever: th-cam.com/video/yRMOZzWUWQo/w-d-xo.html
If you want a good dolphin emulator other than the main one Try ishiruuka.
Command and Conquer 4 or Mother 3 please!
CnC4 would be like 15 seconds : eSports
@@LumaTo but starcraft 2 is esports, and it doesn't have any of the things c&c 4 tried.
"Square asked Grin to make a Soulslike sequel to FFXII, cancelled without paying them for the alpha work, and killed the whole company." is something I will never stop being mad about.
Damn a lot of Square's choices pissed me off. I liked FF12 and would've loved to see that
We wouldn't have PAYDAY if not for that though, so it's not all bad. Be more mad at Bo Andersson for being a shitty CEO not once, but twice.
@@thecalldron Well, we've got PAYDAY. That's even worse.
Square Enix really gave Grin the Ol' Yeller treatment.
I'd love to see a What Happened on Fuse by Insomniac. One of the most heartbreaking games, still makes me sad when I see that first teaer trailer.
I think EA made Insomniac change the tone of Fuse to appeal to more people. The original concept with more wacky characters and weapons didn't appeal to the audience that EA wanted: the people who typically buy gray, natural-looking shooters.
@@JangoTheBlueFox I agree, but I guess EA didn't have enough faith in Insomniac's original vision.
If you play as Naya it at least becomes more interesting with her invisibility
I only remember this game as the game that is the exception to the rule that grappling hooks make every game better
That reminds me of Megaman Zero 2 (also by Capcom). That grappling hook weapon was fun and then they turn it into a god-damn pogo stick for the third game in the series. WTF?
I actually loved the grappling in the game.
Really, the grappling hook was pretty good. What wasn't was the way the game'd whap you on the head if you tried to go off the intended path with it.
@@rna151 true, should have been much more open ended and have added alternative rutes that demanded better use of the momentum based swinging.
the grappling hook was the only really good part of the game lol.
I feel like Capcom should have taken that engine and made their own 3D Bionic Commando
This game has an impressive soundtrack, an impressive Voice Acting cast and a fantastic setting and yet it sadly feels empty. You roam around wishing their was more to it, wish you wasn’t constraint and allowed to do more in the game-but sadly if fails half way through. Still, I love this game.
Also this came out around the time of the first Infamous game which if you see both games side by side play the same but infamous would come off 5e Victor
Ive always loved BC and this game was great until the damn twist and final section (the movement restriction mechanic was pretty bad). Dark Void was also pretty solid. Also, Chaos Legion at the end? You keep showing games I enjoyed despite their shortcomings
What about lost planet a Monhun prototype
I actually have chaos legion but I just never have gotten around to playing it, need to change that one of these days
Yeah, I agree with this. I enjoyed BC, as strange as Spencer with white guy dreads was, up until that final section.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 I don't think you can call lost planet a monster hunter prototype since monster hunter was a thing all the way back on the PS2.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 How was Lost Planet a Monster Hunter prototype when it came out after MH? I don't think you know what a prototype is.
The whole story, its concept and execution sucks, but I honestly enjoy this game for what it is.
And I like Mike Patton’s voice so there’s also that
You've know you messed up when your big budget gaming revival gets outsold by two cheaply made licensed games .
I’m one of those weird ones that found this game kinda awesome. Rad looked different but switch to the retro skin, problem solved. This game was very solid!
I absolutely loved it!
Sure the story wasn't that good, but the gameplay was very solid.
You gotta do one on Capcom Fighting All-Stars. That looked like it was gonna be a proper crossover of Capcom's fighting IPs without the aid of Marvel to fill the roster. You know instead of the cluster of recycled assets that was Capcom Fighting Evolution (or Jam outside of the US), which I'm right now watching your let's play video of.
Been really depressed with grief since my mom passed last year from cancer and things now aren't any better since my sibling moved in. This series though never fails to bring a smile, informative and funny, this is definitely one of my favorite series I've ever seen on TH-cam, thanks for bringing some happy times Matt.
How are you holding up Blue Zilla25? I’m sorry for your loss :(
Sure buddy sure 😅😅😅
I just love the joy you had when you remembered you already covered The Walkin Dead game. Almost like finding a $5 bill in your pocket after washing a pair of pants.
My favorite What Happened episodes are the ones on games that flopped so silently that I've forgotten they even happened.
Man the NES Bionic Commando was such a great game.
Greatest game ever!!!!!
I loved the NES Bionic Commando. It was one of the few games I owned as a kid and I played it to death.
Speaking of Capcom, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney would be a good candidate for Wha Happun. While it was good, the fact that despite it is ostensibly about a new protagonist, it is still mostly about Phoenix and also notably shorter than the individual GBA entries, which indicates to me that something weird probably happened with its development.
Spirit of Justice nearly killed the franchise as well..!
I love Ghost Trick, but it also deserves an episode. One of the best DS games, if not the best, hardly any marketing and in honesty in desperate need of a second try on the Switch..!
@@TeruteruBozusama wait a sec. What?!
@Tom Quirk I need to get involved with this because yeah, Apollo Justice Ace Attorney should get a Wha Happun. Thing is, the original plan for Apollo Justice aka Gyakuten Saiban 4 was that it was going to be a reboot focusing on new characters. But somewhere down the line, Capcom felt that if Phoenix Wright wasn't going to be in the game, it wouldn't sell. So they shoehorned in Phoenix Wright at the expense of Apollo's character development. To be fair, Apollo Justice is Underrated. Truly. But in my opinion, it all worked out in the end because Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice helped Apollo's character a lot that it made me appreciate him more.
And then I hear that Spirit of Justice nearly killed the franchise. WHAT?! Honestly like @TeruteruBozusama said, we need a Wha Happun on Ghost Trick. It needs a Switch version.
@@DestinyZX1 the only game in the west for a long while after It was the trilogy again, which many site as the series' "life support" until Dai Gyakuten came out here too, had it done better the series probably continued on and we would've at least had 7 by now. I... Personally didn't like it that much, I don't like the characterizations, but I even bought the game twice as I did want to like it. Dual Destinies did fine, but many didn't like it either (I liked it a lot though), so they didn't buy SoJ.
@@TeruteruBozusama
Are you sure? According to Capcom, Spirit of Justice met its sales expectations. Maybe there's some story about development being hell, but the game didn't flop.
So uhh it got outsold in it's launch week in Japan by a censored all ages H-Game on the Xbox 360
That's impressive 😅
Lord I remember playing this game in my teens. I did beat it because it did do the arm swing mechanic well enough to be fun but what a weird period it was to be a Capcom fan (especially considering what happened the year after).
I'd like to see a What Happened to Evolve. It seemed like it was gonna be a big hit but went out with a whimper.
Evolve sounded like the sort of thing that was doomed from the very start, regardless of its quality. That particular variety of complex asynchronous multiplayer just asks too much out of the players.
Evolve stumbled out of the gate and broke its neck on impact so the asymmetrical multiplayer horror game genre could run.
"Say the line, Matt!"
"It was the style at the time"
"Yaaaaaaaaay!"
I actually fucking loved Bionic Commando, I always wanted them to tighten the mechanics and make a second one RIP
I've been dying for this video but do you ever think that you have an obsession with Capcom and The Simpsons I've been watching since the beginning and those two things are a staple of this beautiful channel
You could say that Patton’s involvement was a midlife crisis.
The game looks kinda fun though not gonna lie
Bionic Commando’s plot in a nutshell: “My wife’s inside me.”
Very Evangelion if you ask me...
😳
"What Happened?"
Well, for starters, THEY MADE SPENCER'S WIFE INTO HIS ARM!
Another game that I always thought would be perfect for this show, but didn’t think about it until now. It’s always extra frustrating seeing reboots of dormant franchises fail, since they can take down those IPs for an even longer time, as we saw here.
Also, I know I recommended Hiveswap already, but I think I might to again due to, em, recent developments since then.
Let me guess, Sarah situation.
@@andro9966 Mostly yes, but the Act 2 release also had its own hiccups.