@@armaggedon390 the hat's also gonna be in the Knuckle's series. I love that throughout different types of Sonic media people agree that Knuckle's OVA hat is badass and needs to be used more.
"...and that's my story of when I met Sonic and his friends." ... "Entangled in their lives for a fleeting moment, and then back to things as they were." That's... surprisingly wholesome, and relatable.😢💖
It’s like that one magical story you have that one time with many twists and turns to it, borderline feeling like the story to a movie, and then after that, life is just very normal for you for a number of years. Kinda hits a little for some people like me who doesn’t really travel much to go do wacky or crazy things.
Actually Rival 2 in being Silver's partner in that game... weirdly enough. Then again seems to be a theme for the Chaotix with both him and Vector (joining Team Rose in Free Riders or joining both Blaze and Silver in Team Sonic Racing) in being oddly matched with other characters.
@@SonicLegends I'm still baffled by how the other 2 team Chaotix members weren't included to make the full team playable in TSR, personal theory that they did so just to avoid putting in Marine the Racoon. But the game has a really weird roster anyway (Chao car instead of Cream with them, Zavok for some reason.)
@@Duskool Yeah, Zavok made no sense as him joining Eggman was so ooc. Then for Blaze and Silver they are in this odd situation where they are missing a 3rd teammate who represents power and well Marine is never coming back nor is she the power type. I think a cool teammate that would fit them would be perhaps Gmerl because he has returned in the IDW comics and he does has a close friendship with Blaze's first friend Cream and hopefully the games at some point have him return. Lastly, if Frontiers ending is to be true with the Sticks mention for a version of her being in the main universe have her be on Team Rose as yeah Chao was so weird.
This really is the best case scenario when it comes to April Fools jokes. Something completely unexpected but also benefits those who were “pranked” by said joke. Like, it isn’t a disgusting tease or a cruel prank. It’s a gift to people that absolutely no one expected. If April Fools was more like that, the holiday wouldn’t suck as badly as it does.
It's really strange to see one of the slowest types of game work so well for Sonic fans. I guess it goes to show how appealing the characters of Sonic can be (if done correctly).
The characters and stories have always been a cool part of the series. Of course, when you try you can fail but people love that stuff. Look in the comments on the Egg Dragoon or E-102 Gamma themes, people love when it's done well.
It is because the characters work best when portrayed with the mentality that dominated the West in the 90s-humans but with special capabilities and characteristics. Sonic and company are ultimately characters that have human range of emotion and thought processes-not cardboard box avatars.
"There wasn't an emotionally conflicted princess to give him a sloppy jalopy to wake his ass up." That has to be the most hilarious and cursed thing I've heard Johnny say at the same time. 😂😂
As silly as that scene was Sonic did technically beat Mario to the punch when it comes to getting a proper kiss from a princess (even if Sonic was dead).
@@Homodemon It's only non-cannon by its own story, though - it's never _externally_ been declared non-cannon. Admittedly that's probably only because Sega doesn't want to acknowledge it.
"Oh sh$&! Blaze is here. Put her in more fking games." I couldn't have said it any better myself. One of the best written Sonic characters. I'll take a spinoff just about her just don't do a Shadow the Hedgehog.
To be fair on that wish for each character you interrogate to have a unique minigame, the characters do introduce new obstacles to the THINK minigame. Thrown shurkens for Espio and chaos spears for Shadow, for example. It's not much, but they do change it up based on character.
Even as an April Fool's joke, this is a genuinely great experience, and it gave us some well needed attention for the other Sonic characters. They're the best they've been written in a long ass time.
Honestly, I'm down for the series doing some more experimental things. The fact this came out for free was pretty cool. Edit: 17:20 Also, I want to point out I just beat the game on deck and the deck does support buttons.
Agreed, with all the lore, various characters with unique abilities, all the crazy enemy designs and more I'm surprised Sega hasn't approached Atlus or the Phantasy Star team for another Sonic RPG.
@@lynxfresh5214 Sonic Chronicles is such a sad story. A more expansive lore driven Sonic rpg with writers from the comics with actual good gameplay and music sounds like a dream.
I dunno, i feel they should improve what works rather than just throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks. We had the storybook games and lost world for experimental stuff, I'm ready to see a fleshed out hedgehog engine fame.
I absolutely LOVED what they did with the characters in this game. *Especially* Rouge. I love that she is a smart character. But also sometimes just as dumb as Knuckles Barry: We should stomp on the Egg! Rouge: Say Less Fam-!!!!!
Honestly, Johnny says it best as usual. This game was cute. It was enjoyable and the portrayal of every character truly is something out of IDW. I had fun with this and to think it was just an April Fools gag. Not to mention, Sonic, Amy, Blaze and Rouge with the clean fit. Loved it
This April fools gag makes me want more visual novel style games for Sonic and friends. I really enjoyed this and it felt like for a moment they remembered how fun the extended cast can be.
Shadow being a wholesome brother-in-law, Omachao being a wanted fugitive, and Blaze wanting verification as to whether or not you're a war criminal before dating her, were not on my bingo board for a Sonic Visual Novel but here we are.
As a fan of both you and ace attorney seeing you cover visual novels would be great. I know there's the ace attorney retrospective on bsc from years ago but there's been new games and your opinions have probably changed. Just hearing your thoughts on the story and characters again would be really fun. This video was also great, nice to see you just enjoy a sonic thing without having to be too analytical and critical about it due to its nature
I hope if Sonic Team ever properly introduces IDW characters to main-line games (I want a Tangle game so bad that it hurts) they consider putting out another low-stakes VN prominently featuring the newcomer(s) within the more familiar cast as a sorta introduction to game-only fans. It can be a low-budget, effective way to introduce a new character to an audience and show how they bounce off and relate to the more well-known cast.
I love how calm and relaxed you are in these reviews. Even when you are frustrated or confused, you don't sound like you are about to explode in anger. Thats why you have got to be my favourite TH-cam gaming critic Johnny!
I personally love the idea how Vector is a goofy dude who likes loud music and is a legitimately good detective. He figured out that his client was Eggman pretty quickly in Heroes.
This game really caught me by surprise, just like Johnny said "It's free, it doesn't hurt" was the first thing that passed through my mind, but I wasn't expecting it to be that good. The environment, character interactions and reactions, its everything I could have hoped for in a Sonic VN game and I hope they make some more. Also hoping to see more Vs visual novel series, keep up the good work my man and stay safe, big hug from Brazil.
legit, that moment where Sonic gets you motivated while his theme is playing...i shed a tear. That's the sonic i grew up with, and he was finally back after all that weird and disappointing shit. I loved everything about the characters in this game, made me feel like a kid again seeing them portrayed in the way they were.
Rouge was the "Entrepreneur" which is clever because in murder mystery stories the "undefined job" character is always a front for something like how they actually make money (theft for example)
3:35 Huh, thought my copy of Our Life bugged out for a second. I was actually playing right as this popped up on screen. Confused the hell out of me for a bit. lol Solid game, honestly. Has an incredibly relaxing vibe. And don't worry, you have the option to ignore any sort of romance if you're not into that kinda thing.
Me and a few friends of mine did a playthrough on this game and the entire 3 hour call was just filled with laughing and wheezing at everything. All of us were just laughing at all the references and making theories left and right, it really made me feel like a kid again. Props to everyone involved, that Sage cameo at the end actually had us applauding lmao.
14:21 It’s slightly unique due to the different obstacles that you run through, like in Shadows interrogation you have to dodge Chao Spears falling down. I do agree that they should’ve done different ones for each train.
I like to point out, when Blaze ask Berry if he committed any wars crimes, he didn't say no, Berry said "Well I um.." implying that he has committed war crimes in the past.
Lovely video, the “don’t ask where the money came from” bit killed me. With that said, I’ve been waiting for years to hear your thoughts on Ace Attorney and I’d never know when or if you’d get around to it. I’m pumped to hear your considering it, my full support is behind that idea. I think this video demonstrated well enough (to me at least) that that could work. Also finally a review where I can actually watch it on release because I’ve played the game already and don’t need to worry for spoilers! Funny that.
This was such a great treat for the fans and this review turned out great, Johnny. Would love to see more visual novel reviews here. Stuff like you mentioned with Phoenix Wright, Danganronpa. DDLC, but also Layton, Ghost Trick, the Zero Escape series, AI Somnium Files, etc.
17:20 I'm sure it's been said a million times but you can always bind the keyboard controls with the steam decks mapping feature. Although when I played it, it just worked out of the box. At least from what I remember
9:05 Wow, haven't thought of Bachmann in a long time. Then again I mostly dealt with Kato, Intermountain, and Micro-Trains Line as a kid. It was something to bond with Dad on.
I can't believe that Johnny is finally gonna take the plunge into Visual Novels so he can experience Tsukihime,Higurashi,Umineko and Subahibi,the greatest literature of the 21st century! /s
Don't forget CLANNAD, Little Busters, Totono, Demonbane, Full Metal Daemon Muramasa, Tokyo Necro, the Grisaia trilogy, Fata Morgana, G-Senjou no Maou, Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star, and Katawa Shoujo. And of course, let's not forget the Zero Escape trilogy and AI: The Somnium Files (but not Nirvana Initiative), because everyone should experience an Uchikoshi game at some point in their lives.
Honestly, this was a nice small video. Loved all of the gags, both in game and from you. It was lovely, brought a smile to my face in these honestly dark times for me. Thanks, Johnny.
When I saw you bring out the train catalog during your review for this game, I got giddy. I'm glad I gave it to you man. I can wait for the train games reviews. You made my day!
Not only is this game charming but it helped me find new artists who worked on it. Both the still images and the minigame creators. Yeah, that was a fun time when it came out. ^^
3:36 OUR LIFE MENTION ALERT! OUR LIFE MENTION ALERT! Legit one of my favourite games of the past few years even though I'm not a visual novel person for the most part.
I'd honestly love a review series on Ace Attorney or Danganronpa. And if you're worried about visuals, don't worry. Danganronpa is so balls to the wall insane I promise you'll have plenty of imagery to work with. It's the very best kind of crazy in my opinion
Love to see you branching out, and like some others in the comments, very happy to see The Holden's from Our Life: Beginning and Always! Though I think The Suarez family is my favorite. Interested in the rest of the video (since I enjoyed the game), but wanted to post first since seeing representation of that game always makes me happy!
5:25 murder of sonic the hedgehog nick name for sonic 06, I just realized Sonic has the same arc as DC, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic 06 are like Batman v Superman and Justice league seems to be a repeating pattern, as soon as something becomes too dark and gritty it gets backlash and then gets rebooted, then people complain about the reboot and it moves back a step. Sonic Forces was probably the best sonic game tone wise in a long time, just the gameplay wasn't very good. Not that it was bad, it was just underdeveloped. There wasn't a lot to it. It's hard to make games around sonic because he's a fast character. Having to create levels that span for miles because of his speed, while also not having a game that is short, is a real challenge. I've never personally minded that the play time on sonic games is short because a lot of the enjoyment comes from replayability. Sonic games are the ones I've gone back and replayed the most times. Outside of the mario 3D games. Especially with the project unleashed mod for PC, that makes unleashed soooo fun. Having the sonic generation controls on the unleashed levels. It's so good. I think that's why Sonic ended up making a good movie. He's always been very cinematic. I'm glad the Sonic movies were a success.
Glad even John knows the wife was a MILF But yeah overall I think the best part of the game is the incredible characterization, everyone just feels right and I hope we get more of this slice of life style content with sonic. I feel like to the IDW comics don't really give itself time to slow down as much as I would like to have these kinds of moments.
...well this is a funny way to prep for superstars and the possible round 2 for sonic frontiers 6:02 suprised you didn't immediately ran into the cheeky Easter egg of this game. If you input a decent chunk of modern sonic character names... the game will actively _prevent you_ with a quirky joke
I am going to buy the Megamall styled hoody next paycheck. This channel is great. I don't even play much Sonic (I do play other games covered) but it is still enjoyable to hear about. Now that we've had a story adventure can we expect a video series on Zork? I wanna know your score!
My fiance is the biggest fan of Our Life and I never expected to see that game ever referenced on any big TH-cam channel, much less SCMJ. To all you visual novel fans out there, I highly suggest giving Our Life a try. It's very wholesome, you have a lot of options for your character, and it's just genuinely a good time.
I really liked this review Johnny! I definitely think you could make this style of video work with visual novels like phoenix wright, would love a Johnny Vs. Series over that. Especially with the little gags here and there for added comedy effects keeping me engaged!
I really wished this game had more optional stuff to it (like teaming with Amy from the start). But I just adore it. ^^ Truly so much effort to inspire.
I know it's the same hat Knuckles wore in the OVA, but with that hat he's wearing in this game, he looks like one of Ken Penders' echidnas, and I am 110% not ok with that.
great work of the review, I can't wait to see more visual novel reviews. honestly the way you talked about the game, works well and it like how you did with the squarenix games and metal gear.
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You're right Johnny, that's my fingers
8:46 😂 I like that Simpsons reference
Do Doki Doki Literature Club
Ha! Jokes on you I'm watching on my phone.
I hope that is not my mouse cursor I am on mobile.
"Johnny vs. Trains" is going to be video of the millennium, mark my words
"Thomas _WAS_ *EVERYWHERE!"*
that segment was funny i never thought he would say he got books on trains that's hilarious
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Chuga Chuga Chuga Choo Choo!!!!
Can't wait for that FF8 review!
i really like how knuckles' design almost feels like a callback to the OVA, the cowboy hat suits him nicely
That’s exactly what it is
I'm surprised they got away with it.
@@armaggedon390they brought the original ova hat back for his treasure hunter costume in forces: speed battle so they're all good
@@armaggedon390 the hat's also gonna be in the Knuckle's series. I love that throughout different types of Sonic media people agree that Knuckle's OVA hat is badass and needs to be used more.
MY HAT'S ON FIRE! HELP!
"...and that's my story of when I met Sonic and his friends." ... "Entangled in their lives for a fleeting moment, and then back to things as they were." That's... surprisingly wholesome, and relatable.😢💖
It’s like that one magical story you have that one time with many twists and turns to it, borderline feeling like the story to a movie, and then after that, life is just very normal for you for a number of years.
Kinda hits a little for some people like me who doesn’t really travel much to go do wacky or crazy things.
I love how an April fools game has the best portrayal of Sonic Characters in years.
Fr. This is my favorite version of Shadow since like SA2 lmao
Well outside of the IDW comics. Games though? Definitely
I also love it how it's a giant omage to the Mugen Train arc
That and it's cannon
Frontiers was great too
Espio being the murderer is the most he's done in a Sonic game since Shadow the Hedgehog.
Actually Rival 2 in being Silver's partner in that game... weirdly enough. Then again seems to be a theme for the Chaotix with both him and Vector (joining Team Rose in Free Riders or joining both Blaze and Silver in Team Sonic Racing) in being oddly matched with other characters.
Yes!
I totally agree! Lol
@@SonicLegends I'm still baffled by how the other 2 team Chaotix members weren't included to make the full team playable in TSR, personal theory that they did so just to avoid putting in Marine the Racoon. But the game has a really weird roster anyway (Chao car instead of Cream with them, Zavok for some reason.)
@@Duskool Yeah, Zavok made no sense as him joining Eggman was so ooc. Then for Blaze and Silver they are in this odd situation where they are missing a 3rd teammate who represents power and well Marine is never coming back nor is she the power type. I think a cool teammate that would fit them would be perhaps Gmerl because he has returned in the IDW comics and he does has a close friendship with Blaze's first friend Cream and hopefully the games at some point have him return. Lastly, if Frontiers ending is to be true with the Sticks mention for a version of her being in the main universe have her be on Team Rose as yeah Chao was so weird.
"Damn, we've been detected."
This really is the best case scenario when it comes to April Fools jokes.
Something completely unexpected but also benefits those who were “pranked” by said joke.
Like, it isn’t a disgusting tease or a cruel prank. It’s a gift to people that absolutely no one expected. If April Fools was more like that, the holiday wouldn’t suck as badly as it does.
this reads as someone traumatized by april fools 😭
@@coloryournight I haven't been, but I've seen some CRUEL April Fools pranks done in the past.
It's really strange to see one of the slowest types of game work so well for Sonic fans. I guess it goes to show how appealing the characters of Sonic can be (if done correctly).
You definitely did not play Tails' Adventure.
The characters and stories have always been a cool part of the series. Of course, when you try you can fail but people love that stuff.
Look in the comments on the Egg Dragoon or E-102 Gamma themes, people love when it's done well.
It is because the characters work best when portrayed with the mentality that dominated the West in the 90s-humans but with special capabilities and characteristics. Sonic and company are ultimately characters that have human range of emotion and thought processes-not cardboard box avatars.
"Oh shit Blaze is here.
Put her in more fucking games"
Preach
"There wasn't an emotionally conflicted princess to give him a sloppy jalopy to wake his ass up."
That has to be the most hilarious and cursed thing I've heard Johnny say at the same time. 😂😂
Hahaha, aren't we all happy that Sonic 06 is literally non canon?
As silly as that scene was Sonic did technically beat Mario to the punch when it comes to getting a proper kiss from a princess (even if Sonic was dead).
The Sloppy Jalopy of 06'
@@Homodemon It's only non-cannon by its own story, though - it's never _externally_ been declared non-cannon.
Admittedly that's probably only because Sega doesn't want to acknowledge it.
@@HomodemonSort of (generations technically makes it canon)
"Oh sh$&! Blaze is here. Put her in more fking games." I couldn't have said it any better myself. One of the best written Sonic characters. I'll take a spinoff just about her just don't do a Shadow the Hedgehog.
To be fair on that wish for each character you interrogate to have a unique minigame, the characters do introduce new obstacles to the THINK minigame. Thrown shurkens for Espio and chaos spears for Shadow, for example. It's not much, but they do change it up based on character.
The Secret Rings in the trash callback was amazing 😂
Was interesting to me as I do have a friend who literally dumpster dives for video games.
From the Knuckles Chaotix Review
Even as an April Fool's joke, this is a genuinely great experience, and it gave us some well needed attention for the other Sonic characters. They're the best they've been written in a long ass time.
Honestly, I'm down for the series doing some more experimental things. The fact this came out for free was pretty cool.
Edit: 17:20 Also, I want to point out I just beat the game on deck and the deck does support buttons.
Agreed, with all the lore, various characters with unique abilities, all the crazy enemy designs and more I'm surprised Sega hasn't approached Atlus or the Phantasy Star team for another Sonic RPG.
@@lynxfresh5214 Sonic Chronicles is such a sad story. A more expansive lore driven Sonic rpg with writers from the comics with actual good gameplay and music sounds like a dream.
I dunno, i feel they should improve what works rather than just throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks. We had the storybook games and lost world for experimental stuff, I'm ready to see a fleshed out hedgehog engine fame.
@MrFlamingpride I mean you can polish a formula that works while still adding new things every now and then. Spinoff can be a bit more lenient.
@@CeHee123 Very true! Maybe they'll do that with the Frontiers sequel. 👍
this combined with the portrayal of the characters in Frontiers gives me a lot of hope for Sonic's immediate future.
I absolutely LOVED what they did with the characters in this game. *Especially* Rouge. I love that she is a smart character. But also sometimes just as dumb as Knuckles
Barry: We should stomp on the Egg!
Rouge: Say Less Fam-!!!!!
Honestly, Johnny says it best as usual. This game was cute. It was enjoyable and the portrayal of every character truly is something out of IDW. I had fun with this and to think it was just an April Fools gag. Not to mention, Sonic, Amy, Blaze and Rouge with the clean fit. Loved it
Personally I just love that they gave Knuckles back his dumb hat from the movie he had it for
I honestly disagree, this game had WAY better characterization than anything from IDW.
This April fools gag makes me want more visual novel style games for Sonic and friends. I really enjoyed this and it felt like for a moment they remembered how fun the extended cast can be.
Shadow being a wholesome brother-in-law, Omachao being a wanted fugitive, and Blaze wanting verification as to whether or not you're a war criminal before dating her, were not on my bingo board for a Sonic Visual Novel but here we are.
As a fan of both you and ace attorney seeing you cover visual novels would be great. I know there's the ace attorney retrospective on bsc from years ago but there's been new games and your opinions have probably changed. Just hearing your thoughts on the story and characters again would be really fun.
This video was also great, nice to see you just enjoy a sonic thing without having to be too analytical and critical about it due to its nature
"Put Blaze in more fucking games"
THANK YOU!!!
Will never forget the ninja hawks and they the fear and paranoia they brought to the John and co. Never forget the ninja hawks.
I hope if Sonic Team ever properly introduces IDW characters to main-line games (I want a Tangle game so bad that it hurts) they consider putting out another low-stakes VN prominently featuring the newcomer(s) within the more familiar cast as a sorta introduction to game-only fans. It can be a low-budget, effective way to introduce a new character to an audience and show how they bounce off and relate to the more well-known cast.
I love how calm and relaxed you are in these reviews. Even when you are frustrated or confused, you don't sound like you are about to explode in anger. Thats why you have got to be my favourite TH-cam gaming critic Johnny!
Yeah, so many reviewers rely on anger to get those clicks and engagement
@@rainingcomplete3018it's a very 2010s vibe that goes for show over informative content. Glad Johnny is different.
I personally love the idea how Vector is a goofy dude who likes loud music and is a legitimately good detective. He figured out that his client was Eggman pretty quickly in Heroes.
It's all part of being a good detective.
This game really caught me by surprise, just like Johnny said "It's free, it doesn't hurt" was the first thing that passed through my mind, but I wasn't expecting it to be that good. The environment, character interactions and reactions, its everything I could have hoped for in a Sonic VN game and I hope they make some more. Also hoping to see more Vs visual novel series, keep up the good work my man and stay safe, big hug from Brazil.
legit, that moment where Sonic gets you motivated while his theme is playing...i shed a tear. That's the sonic i grew up with, and he was finally back after all that weird and disappointing shit. I loved everything about the characters in this game, made me feel like a kid again seeing them portrayed in the way they were.
Rouge was the "Entrepreneur" which is clever because in murder mystery stories the "undefined job" character is always a front for something like how they actually make money (theft for example)
6:16 Conductor is a man of culture.
My favorite thing about this game is making the player character a menace to the main cast of characters
I like how "Default Family Guy Death Pose" is just nonchalant used for Sonic's corpse; glad to see it's the industry standard.
I would honestly love an Ace Attorney review marathon from this channel later down the line
Absolutely loved how the characters are handled
With a plot like this, if they'd had more time and a larger budget, it would have been perfect for a randomised murderer.
3:35 Huh, thought my copy of Our Life bugged out for a second. I was actually playing right as this popped up on screen. Confused the hell out of me for a bit. lol
Solid game, honestly. Has an incredibly relaxing vibe. And don't worry, you have the option to ignore any sort of romance if you're not into that kinda thing.
Me and a few friends of mine did a playthrough on this game and the entire 3 hour call was just filled with laughing and wheezing at everything. All of us were just laughing at all the references and making theories left and right, it really made me feel like a kid again. Props to everyone involved, that Sage cameo at the end actually had us applauding lmao.
14:21 It’s slightly unique due to the different obstacles that you run through, like in Shadows interrogation you have to dodge Chao Spears falling down. I do agree that they should’ve done different ones for each train.
I like to point out, when Blaze ask Berry if he committed any wars crimes, he didn't say no, Berry said "Well I um.." implying that he has committed war crimes in the past.
Well, he is us.
13:00 As a person who loves Sage I can say 100% to that and I legit teared up seeing her again.
Same here, I'm so happy for her!!!
The only other reason I love Sonic Frontiers is the boss music and especially Sage
So seeing her in this game made me smile
Lovely video, the “don’t ask where the money came from” bit killed me.
With that said, I’ve been waiting for years to hear your thoughts on Ace Attorney and I’d never know when or if you’d get around to it. I’m pumped to hear your considering it, my full support is behind that idea. I think this video demonstrated well enough (to me at least) that that could work.
Also finally a review where I can actually watch it on release because I’ve played the game already and don’t need to worry for spoilers! Funny that.
This was such a great treat for the fans and this review turned out great, Johnny. Would love to see more visual novel reviews here. Stuff like you mentioned with Phoenix Wright, Danganronpa. DDLC, but also Layton, Ghost Trick, the Zero Escape series, AI Somnium Files, etc.
Blaze asking if i have commited war crime a few months ago
Me: no.
Blaze asking now after tears of the kingdom
Me: no.....t exactly.
Friendly reminder that the murder of Sonic The Hedgehog had the highest rating on metacritic in the sonic The Hedgehog Series,let that sink in
17:20 I'm sure it's been said a million times but you can always bind the keyboard controls with the steam decks mapping feature. Although when I played it, it just worked out of the box. At least from what I remember
9:05 Wow, haven't thought of Bachmann in a long time. Then again I mostly dealt with Kato, Intermountain, and Micro-Trains Line as a kid. It was something to bond with Dad on.
I can't believe that Johnny is finally gonna take the plunge into Visual Novels so he can experience Tsukihime,Higurashi,Umineko and Subahibi,the greatest literature of the 21st century! /s
The Utawarerumono trilogy.
he can fall down the fate/ event horizon
Don't forget CLANNAD, Little Busters, Totono, Demonbane, Full Metal Daemon Muramasa, Tokyo Necro, the Grisaia trilogy, Fata Morgana, G-Senjou no Maou, Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star, and Katawa Shoujo.
And of course, let's not forget the Zero Escape trilogy and AI: The Somnium Files (but not Nirvana Initiative), because everyone should experience an Uchikoshi game at some point in their lives.
im glad theres an overlap between johnny viewers and vn fans man
I would pay good money if he actually covers Fate Stay Night
Honestly, this was a nice small video. Loved all of the gags, both in game and from you. It was lovely, brought a smile to my face in these honestly dark times for me. Thanks, Johnny.
SCMJ is the only TH-camr I'm convinced enough to watch his sponsor segments because he makes them so entertaining.
True, i especially love it when he mentions how hot the summer is 😂
When I saw you bring out the train catalog during your review for this game, I got giddy. I'm glad I gave it to you man. I can wait for the train games reviews. You made my day!
"Hot milf wife"
Ah, so Johnny is a man of class and vision.
Not only is this game charming but it helped me find new artists who worked on it. Both the still images and the minigame creators. Yeah, that was a fun time when it came out. ^^
....nuts..just realized something, when I streamed this back in April I should've given the Conductor a George Carlin or Alec Baldwin accent
3:36 OUR LIFE MENTION ALERT! OUR LIFE MENTION ALERT! Legit one of my favourite games of the past few years even though I'm not a visual novel person for the most part.
Still waiting on "Johnny vs. Huniepop"
16:12 i love the call back to the Knuckles Chaotix review here!
No one will forget Johnny's reaction to the ninja hawks
Between the install base and its reviews, this game is shaping up to be the best gateway Visual Novel game (at least for Sonic fans).
Sonic and his friends... except Cream and Vanilla, they were not invited
If you want Visual Novels with interesting looking Gameplay, that sounds exactly like Ghost Trick.
Play Ghost Trick. Do it for Missile.
I'd honestly love a review series on Ace Attorney or Danganronpa. And if you're worried about visuals, don't worry. Danganronpa is so balls to the wall insane I promise you'll have plenty of imagery to work with. It's the very best kind of crazy in my opinion
....eh....
Let's leave it at Ace Attorney exclusively, please.
And Ghost Trick, obviously.
Yeah I’m curious about how Johnny would think of Danganronpa as well.
"Let's go Dad" has to be a real shirt
Something to go with my "GAMER" hat!
16:13
I’ll admit I was completely caught off guard and I love it. Great work.
I think shadow trying to get amy tickets might be justified by her in SA2 with reminding him of what Maria would of actually wanted😅
It’s not Sonic if there’s no rigged slot machine.
Also Sage and Metal Sonic with “let’s go dad” T-shirts that just hype up Eggman is priceless.
A Johnny Vs Ace Attorney marathon would be soooo good!!!
Love to see you branching out, and like some others in the comments, very happy to see The Holden's from Our Life: Beginning and Always! Though I think The Suarez family is my favorite. Interested in the rest of the video (since I enjoyed the game), but wanted to post first since seeing representation of that game always makes me happy!
Never thought I'd see Johnny review a visual novel game, and a sonic game at that
this was a great video, it works very well VS and the your jokes always land in such a nice way
16:12 Having Johnny say this while never taking his eyes off the camera made me double-take.
This game made it canon that Shadow eats coffee beans with a spoon, and I love it for that.
The Secret Rings gag caught me so off guard. I appreciate the obscure callback.
0:05 did you get that footage from the Maui fire?
I am a simple man, I see a Somecallmejohnny sonic video I click.
Always wanted to hear Johnny's thoughts on this game! Glad to see it happen!
5:25 murder of sonic the hedgehog nick name for sonic 06, I just realized Sonic has the same arc as DC, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic 06 are like Batman v Superman and Justice league seems to be a repeating pattern, as soon as something becomes too dark and gritty it gets backlash and then gets rebooted, then people complain about the reboot and it moves back a step. Sonic Forces was probably the best sonic game tone wise in a long time, just the gameplay wasn't very good. Not that it was bad, it was just underdeveloped. There wasn't a lot to it. It's hard to make games around sonic because he's a fast character. Having to create levels that span for miles because of his speed, while also not having a game that is short, is a real challenge.
I've never personally minded that the play time on sonic games is short because a lot of the enjoyment comes from replayability. Sonic games are the ones I've gone back and replayed the most times. Outside of the mario 3D games. Especially with the project unleashed mod for PC, that makes unleashed soooo fun. Having the sonic generation controls on the unleashed levels. It's so good. I think that's why Sonic ended up making a good movie. He's always been very cinematic. I'm glad the Sonic movies were a success.
The writing in Forces was very inconsistent and undercooked.
I see Cove Holden. Has Johnny played Our Life??
sonic fans crave good character interaction
I love how you made a follow up to that quick joke you did in your Knuckles Chaotic Review you did back in 2017
Glad even John knows the wife was a MILF
But yeah overall I think the best part of the game is the incredible characterization, everyone just feels right and I hope we get more of this slice of life style content with sonic. I feel like to the IDW comics don't really give itself time to slow down as much as I would like to have these kinds of moments.
...well this is a funny way to prep for superstars and the possible round 2 for sonic frontiers
6:02 suprised you didn't immediately ran into the cheeky Easter egg of this game.
If you input a decent chunk of modern sonic character names... the game will actively _prevent you_ with a quirky joke
I am going to buy the Megamall styled hoody next paycheck. This channel is great. I don't even play much Sonic (I do play other games covered) but it is still enjoyable to hear about.
Now that we've had a story adventure can we expect a video series on Zork? I wanna know your score!
My fiance is the biggest fan of Our Life and I never expected to see that game ever referenced on any big TH-cam channel, much less SCMJ. To all you visual novel fans out there, I highly suggest giving Our Life a try. It's very wholesome, you have a lot of options for your character, and it's just genuinely a good time.
🤣 Wasn't expecting the Ninja Hawks Incident to pop up in this video, but _damn,_ that shit never gets old!
6:02
“Who name’s their henchmen Johnny? That’s an a…..e’s name!”
Johnny: "...[game] has an unhealthy fascination with checking trash cans."
* Honkai: Star Rail has entered the chat *
I really liked this review Johnny! I definitely think you could make this style of video work with visual novels like phoenix wright, would love a Johnny Vs. Series over that. Especially with the little gags here and there for added comedy effects keeping me engaged!
This was legit one of the funniest videos you've made imo. I hope you do more VNs
Bruh, I got a Steam account purely for this game. I’m that much a die-hard Sonic fan!
Fun fact, there are 3 names the game will straight up not let you name the player, one of those is Pheonix Wright.
3:50
I'd recommend Radical Dreamers, especially since it comes bundled now in the Chrono Cross Radical Dreamers Edition thar released on everything
I'd never heard of this visual novel, so I checked this video out thinking that it was about what Sega has done since the mid-1990s.
I really wished this game had more optional stuff to it (like teaming with Amy from the start). But I just adore it. ^^
Truly so much effort to inspire.
I know it's the same hat Knuckles wore in the OVA, but with that hat he's wearing in this game, he looks like one of Ken Penders' echidnas, and I am 110% not ok with that.
Definitely one of the most fasvinati things to come out of April 1st.
I love this game so much. This, Mania and Frontiers are by far the best Sonic games since Generations
8:44 - " That's a downer..." - Marge Simpson
Great reference, Johnny!
Sonic's Captain outfit needs to be DLC Outfit
great work of the review, I can't wait to see more visual novel reviews. honestly the way you talked about the game, works well and it like how you did with the squarenix games and metal gear.
3:52 jhonny is still traumatized from the birds 👀