SHARK GAMES! (Jaws and Maneater) - Game Apologist
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Maneater let's you play a big ol' SHARK and that is rad, but it's certainly not the first, or even the craziest. Let's dive in to JAWS Unleashed, Ultimate Predator, and Manhunter!
You finally found a reason for "Baby Shark" to exist. This man's powers can *not* be overstated O_O
Gawr Gura was (though she debatably still is) a baby shark
That thumbnail brings a whole new meaning to “Apologist Appetizers”😂
GAMING MOTION lol
Gez, I haven’t watched your channel since you were only in the quad digits. Nice to see you grew!
i guess I am kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to stream newly released tv shows online ?
@Samuel Jack I would suggest Flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
@Graysen Lukas yup, I have been watching on FlixZone for since march myself :)
@Graysen Lukas Thanks, I went there and it seems to work :D I really appreciate it !
@Samuel Jack Happy to help =)
Wow. I literally thought to myself "Man it's been a while since Game Apologist uploaded huh?" while brushing my teeth this morning. Guess that was the motivation you needed
Oddly enough Markiplier’s animator, Lixian, was also scared by the whale carcass, so you’re not alone buddy. He talked about it in his top 10 scariest moments in gaming if you wanna take a look.
Oh nice!! I had no idea!
Nick I didn’t expect a response aaaa. I wanna gush about Sonic now. You’re absolutely great, keep up the good work!
George Tzouanopoulos In Lixian’s video the timestamp is 2:50.
I lost my sanity at the baby shark joke, bravo!!!
😂😆🤣
And I just love jamming to hydro city, perfect choice!
"Free willy (... from his mortal coil...)" 😂😂😂😂 Idk.. I just.. can't. that is onee of the best lines I've ever heard. omllll.
Let´s talk about Maneater *start Big´s Emerald Coast music....
I misread that title and thought you were going to review the Game Shark >_>
....and only now do I realize the slew of missed jokes I could have made.
😆
I'll play it to just to listen to Chris Parnell's (Rick and Morty 's Jerry Smith & Archer's Cyril Figgis) narration
Love the ending there.
he's even better in the dlc. he goes RIGHT off the deep end with his shows cancellation. like, there isn't an ocean trench deep enough to measure how crazy chris parnells character gets.
This had that classic Jurassic Park videos vibe that I'd binge on over and over when I first found this channel. Great video 👌
It's okay guys, the shark in the thumbnail wasn't actually harmed during the making of this video. Nick, however...
Was nick harmed?
@@ice6erg76 Don't worry: no Nicks were harmed in the making in this video. Game Apologists on the other hand...
@@luigines6457 There were send to the shadow realm
Jaws Unleashed was my childhood! I used to have a PS2 and would play it for hours at a time even until early morning. ManEater came almost 15 yeras later I think and it improved on the combat of JU for sure and the progression of starting as a Pup Shark and growing into a monster sized Shark that fit a car in its mouth felt so refreshing to me.
Did you know the maneater devs actually did implement a mechanic related to the inability sharks have to stay still and not suffocate? It’s actually something I never noticed until I went afk in a grotto trying to lose hunters, I went to the bathroom then came back to my sharks face taking up the entire screen. It was a bit unnerving but I was primarily wondering “how?” So I decided to move my shark away from the grotto wall then planted the camera up against the wall and faced my shark towards the wall and sure enough, the shark moves extremely slowly in the direction see is facing, even when you don’t touch the controller. Man the devs are really something else, they knew dieing because you went afk and didn’t pause is bullshit but still wanted to emulate the ram ventilation in the game because they wanted to go the extra bit, so they decided that maybe displacing the shark when you went afk was more harmless than killing the shark.
Now I know why Nick is more of a Sonic guy. He's extremely opposed to the violence against turtles showcased in Mario.
All hail the emo turtle king
Would that mean that Nick would happily join the Koopa Army to take down Mario?
Rip the Maneater 100%, that end was amazing. ^_^
YES I think Jaws Unleashed is my 3rd most played game of all time funnily enough. I really wanna go back and play it again someday. Thank you for covering this!
You can get it for free in PC since it's Abandonware.
The is the first time in awhile where a game I was totally uninterested in checking out like Man Eater is shown to me in a interesting and funny way. Now I actually wanna go play it especially after seeing how much it is improved on compared to what came in the past, love the vid
I love Maneater I could sing its praises all day long because the game literally hands you a bull shark, points at the ocean and goes “here have fun, be a shark, go nuts” and I freaking love Maneater for it, Then you also have the truth quest DLC in which you can make your shark even more insane
Puzzle solving in the 3D Eco game made perfect sense, seeing how Dolphins are known for being one of the world's smartest animals after all.
The NES Little Mermaid theme playing in the background is genius. Well played, sir!
I was trying to figure out what theme that was from.
Look Charlie it's a Thylosaurus. A Thylosaurus CHARLIE!!!
I wasn't expecting a Charlie the Unicorn reference that it awesome! XD
I used to be obsessed with Shark and fish games where you eat other creatures since Feeding Frenzy when I was a kid, glad to see this genre isn't dead yet.
What got me to play Maneater were the awesome Apex Predators you have to fight to become the ultimate Apex Predator of Port Clovis. My #1 favorite Apex is the Apex Orca. It's design is truly cool like it's more monstrous Orca whose been in captivity for so long and this is what it looks like after all those years of performing. It's like Free Willy and Shamu as one.
Man, it's been so long since I watched your channel. This is so refreshing
I love game apologist.
In Jaws Unleashed, I enjoyed stealth grabbing a person, dragging them into the depths, letting them go so they could swim back to the surface, only to grab them and do it again. Ahhhh, imagining the feeling of hope the person had that they had escaped, only to drag them back to the depths.
I suspect I have some issues...
I wish I was a shark...
Jaws vs the werehog who would win
Dunno, but I'd play that game.
@@GameApologist lol u better start expecting fan games with jaws and werehog
Always coming out with good videos as usual, Can't wait for your next video, hopefully it's the Sally one but great job! Keep doing what you're doing!
I love the fact that the background bgm is from the Jaws NES game.
Deep water also gets me. I always felt super uneasy swimming in open water even in chill games like DK64. I blame Ecco the Dolphin.
really liked this one. great stuff.
Labyrinth, Hydrocity, Big's Emerald Coast... how could you NOT put "Bad Taste Aquarium." for the aquarium in Jaws??
Oh my Good! It's Game Ap! I LOVE Sharks!!!
That wrestling move is known as the Shrek SuperSlam
I like the turtles bit haha. Never hurts to throw your personality into a video like that, screw objectivity!
Ah, Game apologist, long time no see on my feed. I hope you are well during this quarantine.
Just busy with the actual job! Hopefully I'll get more videos done soon!
@@GameApologist Sounds good my dude. Here's hoping it works out a bit more. I know the world's state has become a bit... unstable as of late. Keep healthy and safe, my dude, I'll be here as always to enjoy your quality content.
Great video Mr. Apologist. Thanks for the hard work.
Heyo I got an ad about saving sharks.
The narrator for Maneater is great there have been a few times where I have listened to him and just laughed out loud because of how funny he is
I remember seeing a friend play the Jaws game and I wanted to play it so bad, but never got to...
You're really hammering home on the Turtle/Tortoises.
That wii jaws game seems like the video game version of jaws 4 just so ridiculous. I appreciate that lol
Love your videos!
Great reviews across the games - I like this format a lot!
I loved the jaws unleashed when i was like 12
Never thought I would here about a sandbox game taking place underwater. I guess I wouldn't mind playing it, but I absolutely fear big bodies of water where I can't see in front of me
19:36 love the banjo Kazooie Music 😊🦈
I remember playingg jaws unleashed on the OG xbox a long time ago but i was 6-7 back then and inloved that game
Nemo Is the best kind of shark
I love your sonic videos, but I love shorks too, so this is a very nice change
that's very true while playing jaws unleashed i was often looking through walkthroughs to figure out what the hell i was supposed to be doing
Maneater is getting DLC this Summer. It's called Truth Quest.
Finally someone talking about the Jaws unleashed game
This was a very refreshing video from all the Sonic ones! (even though I love all of them)
OMG the saboteur!
Edit: game apologist if your reading this PLEASE! Review pandemic studios last game, I love it!
I've only tried a bit of it. I'd love an excuse to check it out.
@Game Apologist
Well during this pandemic could you review pandemic studios games?
As for the saboteur imo it’s pretty cool... shame EA decided to gas the mask
I will admit I played Jaws Unleashed when I was younger and I had a lot of fun playing it. I remember loving fighting Shamu and seeing the finisher where Jaws ripped it in half. Though I will admit I never got passed certain missions that Oil tower one definitely being one of them. I really need to play Maneater considering it looks like a spiritual successor that fixes a lot of problems that the original did.
Fun Fact the famous Jaws poster of the movie also had a mako shark, so I guess the Jaws games were being faithful to the movie that way.
I'm sad I took so long to watch this video. Love you video so much more than I thought. Never thought I'd be want games like this, but I'm sold. Will probably be picking up Man Eater some time. Thanks a ton for this video!
Also, nice touch with your choice of music for the video. 😅
Lmao the entire video is gr8 but the end was 😂😂😂😂😂
Maneater is coming to the Nintendo Switch May 25th but Truth DLC will be coming to switch later this year.
Jaws unleashed the undefeated goat of the era.
This is such a fun beach themed video to end summer with, and I also would love to play a shark game with big the cat's beach theme playing as I eat the people and aquatic wildlife! 🦈
I heard the maneater may get DLC, to which I wish they would take the craziness of giant squids, prehistoric creatures, and maybe even aliens. Let the shark game jump the shark!
Now I gotta buy Maneater
It's Shark Week; hopefully it will go on sale!
As do I.
Unfortunately, not on sale, at least on Xbox.
Man, the stupid school browser won't let me watch your videos on my chromebook. Glad you are still making videos!
The classic "we'll get to that eventually" lol. How many videos is it now that you've said that?
Got a lot I wanna talk about!
And that's why I'm subbed!
Nice use of Labyrinth Zone music for discussing What Killed Me?
I've been watching since your BOTW video, glad to see you're growing man. I love your content, its usually beacon of positivity on a platform full of negativity. Keep it up!
“We will get to that soon enough,”
Me: “Ooh, that sounds *very interesting.”*
*when Maneater came out*
Mmm I dunno. It doesn’t seem like a purchase for me...
*one video later*
ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!!!
Jaws unleashed has it's fun and frustrating times for sure. Maneater turns fun up to 11! I just started playing yesterday exploring is very relaxing and getting constantly killed by alligators was frustrating at first ,but I kept sneaking around and eating catfish and after evolving, now a teen level 9 killing those pesky alligators is easier :)
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Oh let's not forget the DLC where you can turn into a nuclear powered Kaiju shark that fights helicopters and warships!
My notification bell for you was turned off without my knowledge. If you see this, it might be worth doing a community post or something to let people know in case its happened to them.
Surprised that literally nobody covering Maneater has mentioned the studios previous game, Depth. 4v2 pvp game with 4 being people gathering treasure and 2 being sharks om nom'in them. It was really good fun and got discarded to make Maneater. Most of the mechanics came from Depth but they did clearly take inspiration from Jaws as well. The ''meatball'' mechanic for example is from ''Eat, Feed, Grow'' another ocean fish thingie.
Actually, I have a favorite T-rex, the Daspletosaurus! Take that Cornell!
One of my favorites is the Allosaurus, the T-Rex in all but name of the Jurassic Era.
It's currently on sale on Xbox Live!
FREE WILLY FROM HIS MORTAL COIL GOD DAMN IT I CAN'T BREATHE
I literally just got jaws unleashed delivered (bought it for nostalgia) and then this video shows up
Actually there is a tutorial on how to throw things in Jaws Unleashed
but it's in a loading screen so your point still stands.
This episode is so underrated
Maneater:Amazing
Jaws Unleashed:Good
I loved jaws unleashed, have yiu played hungry shark ? Thats a great shark Android game. U could play as a megalodon
You might've found out at this point, but the cover in Jaws Unleashed does feature a great white, simply put it's a slightly exaggerated one. It's based on a paperback edition of the book, the cover of which was drawn by Roger Kastel and later used for the original film's poster and some of the sequels' posters. The mouth may resemble a mako's more but it's a great white shark overall.
I do feel like the Jaws Unleashed portion of the review is hindered a bit by not paying attention to health and hunger, not looking at the radar and not keeping track of stuff you do in the missions (like being able to throw stuff which I personally never thought was an issue as a young lad)... nevermind the controls. Definitely should've used a PlayStation 2 controller. It definitely doesn't play as well in other consoles.
I also smell a bit of bias in favor of Maneater purely from having not experienced anything JAWS related beforehand xD
Like, yeah, of course you start out as a tank in Jaws Unleashed... It's JAWS. That's how the sharks work in that series. Though you can still upgrade them without adding weird armor and stuff like that, as Jaws Unleashed is a bit more reserved (the review kinda ignores the fact that you can upgrade all your stats in Unleashed). Naturally the open world map is severed into sections, there are no health bars on top of enemies and other stuff cluttering the screen... it was 2006 and the tech wasn't quite there yet, plus while Unleashed went for the more subtle approach, smartly following the footsteps of the original film, Maneater is more of a comedy, and the bull shark feels more like a dolphin and a bulldog stuffed in the body of a shark rather than the 40 ft great white from Unleashed whose speed and weight all feel real. There's a different between playing as one of the most iconic movie monsters and a rabid bull shark with superpowers.
I also don't get the issue about being unable to see your prey or where attacks came from... The amount of times I've seen people say they played Unleashed as kids and not once have I seen that complaint, I never had issues with that either. Dying in the first couple of levels is rather weird, though I agree that there are a few times where the game could use more instructions and more content, but I'm happy with the trivia you get during loading screens, it works if you're a JAWS fan (It's rare to find someone who hasn't at least seen the first film, I think xD).
Ultimate Predator IS garbage though, unquestionably.
That dead whale is the reason I'm afraid of whales to this day, Finding Nemo didn't help
Wait, when the shark in Maneater is on land, it shows an O2 symbol depleting, meaning the shark is losing oxygen, but shouldn't it be H20 the shark needs?
Sharks and other fish extract oxygen from water.
Great Video, buddy!
Now gotta explain to you what in hell is "stealth attack" when you grab a dude and carry him on the surface. It's a refference for a deleted scene from original movie, in the scene a dude gets "water skied" just like in game
Thank you for the clarification! That's awesome!
Saw Maneater was coming to Switch and had to come back to this vid
As far as box art goes, both Jaws games do feature Great Whites. The Unleashed box is based on the original movie poster art, and the shark for that is based on a (not particularly accurate) model of a Great White in a museum, circa the 70's. That's according to one of the documentaries on the bluray releases.
Ultimate Predator, that looks to be a heavily filtered pic of a youngish Great White with a bit of a wide angle lens as well. I can see why you would think Mako, but the teeth are still far too wide and triangular. Mako teeth are *super* narrow, with very little difference between the top and lower teether.
Meanwhile, yeah, it was even pointed out during development that the box art for Maneater was making it look a lot more like a Great White than a Bull with the more pointy nose, and just general design. You can probably just chalk that up to Great Whites being more recognisable and 'classic' shark.
What I can say about Jaws Unleashed is that, overall, the PC version does alleviate some of these issues. It was released later on with a bit more work, which translates to a bit less jank overall, you can rebind your controller assignments, a few camera tweaks and, as a biggie, the increased resolution makes it much easier to make out what specific animals around you are. The original SD Xbox/PS2 graphics aren't doing you any favours in that regard.
Sincerely appreciate the clarifying points, that's a lot of good info!
@@GameApologist Not at all~ I've spent... some amount of time going over shark games, aheh.
Keep up the good work!
As far as timing goes, the Maneater Twitter has recently been putting out a lot of teases, so they might well be announcing some story based DLC soon
35:13 is hilarious
Love Turtles too, more Jurassic park please
There is one thing I wish was in man eater that was in jaws unleashed, and that is biting and targeting different body parts like arms and legs.
Jeez you just keep going over my childhood games 😹 I loved body bombing boats and chomping on the whale carcass
This one was rad, and may finally be the thing that sells me on Maneater.
Where has this guy been the other 80k subs?
After watching this video I decided to buy Man Eater and I dont regret it. It is so fun thanks Nick
Holy shit this channel is halfway to a million?!?
Haha not even close, but we can keep trying!
Baby Shark 😂😂😂🦈🦈
I loved preying on the crocodiles in the canals.
Every time you say playing a shark instead of playing as a shark I want to rip my eyes out
You must have a lot of eyes.
So the whale carcass triggered your thalassophobia but the giant tentacle abomination surrounded by meat grinders didn't? The dead whale has potential to be a game-ender for me but there is NO WAY I'd be getting past that part. In fact - if I'm gonna be honest - I pretty much watched this whole video with my teeth clenched... Don't know what I was expecting when I clicked on this really.
this guy needs more subs