When I first played this at the end I thought Pac would be the kind hero he's supposed to be...he hears about Orson's story about not having any real friends and Pac feeling bad for him decides to share his birthday party with him on Ghost Island...but nope! The sadistic yellow bastard pulls a Power Pellet out of his ass and gleefully chomps the poor guy and thinking about it Orson was probably lonely in life as well and became a ghost after commiting suicide. The least you could have done is offer him some cake or something!...WHAT THE HELL, PAC-MAN!!?
Also a cool fact is in one of the levels in the factory world the speedrun would have you open the ps1 and take the game out. The game will still run but the door to a fruit wont spawn so you get it for free. The speedrun later banned it
I love how you mostly cover bizarre and offbeat games in your reviews; most people would choose to review something like the Crash or Spyro trilogies, but no one ever talks about the Pac Man World games. For being an hour and forty minute video I found myself wishing for more at the end; you deserve way more views and subs than you get!
Yeah, these games are fun and deserve some praise although I haven't personally played the 3rd one which might be a good thing but yeah this guy deserves more subs. 😏😏😏
I think I am one of the few people to have played this entire trilogy, when each installment was brand new as a kid, including Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness. Pac-Man World 2 is an absolute hidden gem of the 6th console generation. Weird considering how recognizable Pac-Man is.
Spoilers for the re-release: So once you beat Re-Pac, you still get the same ending where Pac-Man eats Orson - but only if you haven't rescued all five family members. If you have, he spares Orson instead. That's right, the original ending is now the bad ending. Pac-Man can show mercy, but only once he's proven he has nothing left to fear from the ghosts.
Oh boy. I know your views may never reflect it, but you're at your best when you examine the weirder, more obscure things out there. Keep it up, Snakerer.
Thank you kindly, I do think that's where I'm stronger as well, if only because it's easier to find new ground to talk about things, and details tend to stick out more.
It is utterly surreal reading this comment from a year ago and remembering how your channel had yet to utterly explode thanks to covering a few high profile flops properly.
@@squabbbb I just solve the games, Tehsnakerer does the bigger job of discovering, documenting and analyzing them. Happy to know I'm not unnoticed, though, thank you!
@@vman339 solve? More like perfect! The stuff you do is insane and I'm glad you have as great taste in TH-camrs as I do. I've been watching you for years man you defo ain't going unnoticed, keep it up!
You know, you made me realize, what if this trilogy could’ve been something bigger in story, how it would be about how in the first game it was establishing the rivalry between Pac-people and Ghosts, the second game expanding on that and showing where it began with deeper lore in the ancient book, and the third one bringing them together to fight a greater evil but learning to respect each other and redeeming themselves and finally have a calm interaction with one another possibly starting a new beginning thanks to Erwin, what if the first game really pushed the technology and creativity of the Ghosts on their Island and how fun they can actually be, the second game them sneaking into Pac-Village as a way to get back at them for getting on their territory last time and summoning the ancient ruler who was sealed away but clearly proved just as powerless against Pac-Man learning their lesson. Finally with the third game they now have to join forces and put aside their own rivalry to fight against Erwin who threatens both their worlds and plans to (incompetently) rule them, but after working together and Pac-Man and Orson growing fondly on each other through their interactions and revealing the ancient’s plans and what lead to their perish, realizing fighting and rivalry won’t do them any good and become peaceful with each other and the ghost gang stay home with the family while Orson fixes the Spectral Realm and restores Ghost Island itself to a spooky yet tropical island and have him and Professor Pac bond on their intelligence and love for science and history and technology (Toc-Man and the Yellow Pac Marine their own inventions) while fixing their homes respectively this giving closure to Pac-Man canon as a whole and then World Rally is them having go kart races as now friends and a way to have fun and let loose ending the saga the best way possible, or did I over think it more than you did?
@@daedreaming6267 here is the image with their names by their sprites under nicknames(don't know how much this helps) images.app.goo.gl/LjYjgUQaC1Z9Xnq86
I really REALLY love how they made Ghost Island set-up for Pac-Man, since it's where the ghosts live, but they made Pac-Land feel natural, and not like it was set up for Pac-Man since it's his home. I know you already kinda pointed that out, but I just REALLY love the slight change of gameplay between the two.
I get what he's saying back Pac-Man World 3 will always have a special place in my heart as one of my favorite childhood games. I can still make out the sound of the robots saying "Ow" or pac-mans 3 punch combo
yeah the blinky(named clyde in that game) was too hard like I still have trouble to this day it was broken also the last level(ghost maze one) was also pretty hard too
I know the comparison for Pac-Man World 3 was Sonic Adventure 2. But to really seems more like... Pac and Daxter or Pac-it and Clank! ...I have no regrets...
And then next will come Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac where the characters are all in their home console designs of that game plus it would also have Ms. Pac-Man, their child (likely a late teenager recently before he marries Blinky’s child of about the same age much to her father’s disapproval) Jr. Pac-Man and Chomp-Chomp (he can pee on enemies more than any other dog)!
It's definitely crazy to see games that were not meant to be picked apart be dissected in such a way. Even games like damn Pacman World 2 have complexity and care put into and that is kind of heartwarming. Also great review mate, I specially love how you interpreted the deep lore of Pacman, the ghosts as underdogs and Pac-People as racist landowners that hunt them for fun is such a good take, I'm sure that was the writers intent.
Pac-Man World 1 & 2 both have complexity and care put into it that make it heartwarming and some of the best games of (what was before 2015 when Bandai-Namco decided to regress the franchise into a nostalgia-panderer) Pac-Man up to the ranks of Pac-Man World Rally (or, as some of the mice in An American Tail 1 would pronounce it, “Wawwy”, I’m getting Mega Man 8 vibes from this! *bursts out laughing uncontrollably),* Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 1 & 2, Adventures in Time, Maze Madness, Super Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac ‘n Roll, Pac-Man Championship Edition 1, etc.
I remember absolutely loving World 2. It's one of the few games that I get nostalgia from. It was the only game that I was able to complete (with the exception of some of the volcano levels, seriously, those were difficult).
Pac-Man and the Ghosts are a really weird relationship. In the platformers, they're treated as common enemies and easy to take care of nuisances to the Pac people. In the arcade games, they're nearly invincible threats that kill you in a single touch. And in the cartoons they're either mischievous troublemakers or evil goons out to take over the world.
Awesome Video, I grew up with this series and I still love them despite the big differences in PW3. I got 100% in PW2 for PS2 a couple years ago and that was a big nostalgia achievement for me lol
In the original? Yes. I don't know how but even as a child, sitting at the computer and "playing" this with my dad, I knew that and called the game out on it. Binky=Violent=Red in my child mind, Pinky=Pink, Blinky=Blue since both started with a bl, and Clyde was the leftovers in the weird, oft forgotten on rainbows, orange.
Thoroughly excellent work on this review for all three games. Very in-depth and informative. I love these three games (Pac Man World 2 in particular), and, while flawed, they were very fun! I love Pac-Man in general (the arcade original, Pac-Land, and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures are also my faves in the series)!
The whole "Pac people are rasicts monsters" observation gains several dimensions when you remember that the plot of Jr. Pac-Man in the arcade original was Jr. having a romance with a young female ghost named Yum-Yum.
3 is actually my favorite in the series soley for the writing. It’s such a funny game. In terms of raw platforming I suppose 2 is better but I felt like the difficulty kinda spiked once you reach the volcano area. 3, to me, has a much better difficulty curve.
@Kyle Langdon Sorry 3 is the worst of the Trilogy objectively and it is not difficult at all. Idk what you takin' bout you prolly just bad at it da first two games were challengin'.
@@playboypika5003 I’d say it definitely has less jank, caused World 1 and 2 definitely do not show mercy when it comes to sliding off easily and no midair recovery, where’s World 3 definitely feels snappier and the platforming in levels of bottomless abyss and danger below like Gogekka and Erwin’s stronghold show where the true challenges rely
These three games made up a lot of my younger years, and i thought they were the hardest things i ever played (then again, being like 9 i wasnt exactly the smartest) but seeing you review the series brought back a huge nostalgia boost, and it was a great review! Good use of my time to watch! Keep it up!
Comment Combo: 1. This Video Was Uploaded The SAME Day That Bubsy Came Back (10/31/2017) 2. I Recently Got A New Working PS2 & I Plan on Getting This Trilogy Along With World Rally 3. Is Pac-Man World 3 Always Widescreen or JUST The Xbox Version
Ok first of all your playing the PS2 version good that's my favorite console World 3 is always Widescreen in default you can switch it to the normal screen if you want in the options menu
One thing I wasn't too keen on Pac-Man World 3 was just the whiplash of setting between the second game and maybe even the first game. I really enjoyed the natural feel of the second games worlds, as you said yourself "that could actually belong in this universe." Then PCW3 just straight up put Pac-Man in these apocalyptic settings, which somewhat makes sense for the game thanks to the unnecessary plot. I'm not saying the worlds are a bore, they're still fun to explore and traverse but god it just makes me feel so miserable. The only level that felt right within the game, and wasn't a complete sore to look at was Zephyr Heights.
I wholeheartedly agree for the most part of what you described, and it’s a shame that judging by concept art, the environments may have looked a bit nicer
I’m two years late to this but!! I loved all of these games as a kid, but for the past few years I’ve been too afraid to go back to them since I know what good games are now, but I loved this! I never see anyone talk about these games, and it was really exciting to see someone do it! Also the dialogue I remember loving so much in the third game I still love now,, this video was such a trip, keep up the awesome work
I've had 2 from my childhood 7-8 or so and I'm 22 now. I still have yet to beat the volcano world. Meanwhile I really want to play 3 because I really like the look of it. I like the huge sprawling worlds and dialog. It reminds me a little bit of Super Mario Odyssey.
On note of keys in the first game. If you get 1 million points in your save you get a special key that allows you to open any door in any level without the required fruit
Man, World 2 on the GC was my childhood. Never expected to see a channel (that I like!) cover it. What's that? He covers all 3? Well I guess I know what I'm doing at work today.
If you ask me, Ghost Island in World 2 felt out of order, I feel like Night Crawling should’ve been the first level, introducing us with slow spooky organ music and the pirates from the first game to get us familiar with Ghost Island again and Ghost Bayou being the center of Ghost Island where Wormwood is and after he dies we went to the end of Ghost Island, and there is the boardwalk to the end of it, and Pac-Man roller blades down it to the climactic end and the music is now much faster and still scary, then Pac-Man makes it to the end to fight Spooky in the village, also, I wish the story was a little more, I don’t know why Pac-Man went there, he should’ve just gone back to the village, or have after the whale sub sinks the ghosts steal the golden fruit from our hero and take them to Wormwood so he can spoil them so he gives chase there and makes sense for the story, I do agree it was anticlimactic, but hey at least rollerblading and the music were good.
Absolutely loved Pac-Man World 2 when I was a kid, so this was surprising to see! Didn't even know there were three games, much less that I was playing the second one.
Pac-Man World 1 was the first real game I ever played, so i have a ton of memories on this title. I love this analysis of each of the games. 10:05 I'm really surprised you know about the galaxian thing in the slots for the first game. Every person that I talk to/watch talk about this game dont know about this little tip.
For a time, I used to have all these games. My stepdad had the first game already, and I was curious. Liking the idea, but not the difficulty, I sort of focused my time on other games. Mainly Driver or King of Fighters. I got 2, 3, and World Rally as a gift (birthday or a good report card) and I was so excited. The only one I completed on my own and still love to this day is the third one, since the level design and mechanics are cool.
There's another annoying thing about Anubis Rex: He's named after the _Egyptian_ god Anubis, but with the _Greek_ word for king. I never said it was _important._
I have to disagree with a couple points of your perspective on the Pac-people. For one thing, the touch of Ghosts is incredibly dangerous to Pac-people (in the original run of World 2 a Ghost's touch was _instantly lethal,_ but this was retcon'd in the re-release you emulated in order to be consistent with World 1). In the absence of power pellets, it's the Ghosts who hold all the cards. Thus, Pac-people aren't natural predators, they're more like natural enemies, like the viper and the mongoose. I see no reason the Pac-people would worship the Golden Fruit Tree. After all, they created it. Rather, more likely they are keeping watch over the Tree, in case Spooky ever escapes (clearly they never figured anyone would deliberately free him)
I mean to be fair, the early Pac games all followed the Pac people trapped in mazes, harassed and hunted down by ghosts until they run out of lives, and it's shown that even being eaten doesn't permanently defeat or kill ghosts. Plus there's the whole thing where one of the ghosts tried to attack Junior for being friends with a ghost kid, so I'm not necessarily saying this is entirely justified but I think there may be a bit more going on here than just what World covered
So this is 5 years old, so I have no idea if you'll even see this, but with the remaster of the first game out now, maybe you'd cover it? I'd like to see a retrospective to see how the remake improved on the original. Y'know, besides with the animation and rendering and stuff.
I probably watched this video 5 or 6 times, usually having it on in the background while working on things and today, looking at 3 again something clicked. Pacman, while celebrating his 25th Birthday already has a wife and a son that is at least a few years old.
I enjoyed this retrospective being a thorough review of the Pac-Man World franchise while also being comedic, this part at 59:50 - 1:00:07 always seems to get a goo kick out of me! Though with that being said, this makes me beg the question if you could hypothetically consider creating a retrospective on the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures franchise, for if Pac-Man World 3 is the black sheep of the family, then Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is the unwanted relative that always joins family reunions. I myself am fond of that franchise, though I understand why people enjoy the originals so much and cherish them so dearly, as they are all very great games in their own right and to their own extents. I would enjoy seeing another retrospective done by you for the Ghostly Adventures franchise, primarily the game series, unless you're willing to watch the 2 seasons of the animated series too. Amazing video, and hope you'll have a fantastic time!
Pacman Word 1 has the best level design, but the movement wasn't as flesh out yet as Pac Man World 2 and the hitboxes hurt is as well. We need a Remake trilogy like we had with Crash and Spyro, that makes Pac Man feel the same in the 3 games. PMW1 would benefit a lot from that and they could fix most of the issues that are incredibly prevalent in PMW3
Thank you kindly, I mostly don't do whole series retrospectives (at least within one video) if you haven't watched it already I'd recommend the Xenus trilogy playlist, and every video in the playing series generally follows this level of work.
Tehsnakerer yeah I’ve gone through all of your videos before coming back to this one to make a comment. The xenus series is a reminder of how creative Eastern European devs can get with their worlds, even if they got a whole lot of jank! But I really like longer review videos, and ones that try to capture a series or a piece of video game history that may be untouched. I also really appreciate Spiders rpgs, Mars: War Logs, technimancer and the likes. Flawed games but I have a soft spot for them. Thanks for the reply, and I hope you do consider keep making videos, and even some at this caliber. Cheers.
I remember having a game pack that contained Pac-Man World 2 and 3. The first was gone, and it was apparently replaced by that World Rally game you mentioned at the end. I still played World Rally and World 2 to death. Haven't played 3 because it felt off compared to the other two.
I honestly feel the bit of difficulty in 20th anniversary is proper, because you don't want it to be easy either. You want to be able to learn the tricks to these levels, and the feeling of completing the level makes you feel good afterwards
Hearing about it now it is a shame the whole Pac-Man Adventures game didn’t go through. It would have been awesome to see an RPG with the dialogue and story of the final product. Especially since it looked like Dig-Dug would’ve been involved (hopefully as a playable character).
Great video mate! All three games I have an immense nostalgia for, played em all, alongside Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64 DS in my childhood 💜 Really enjoyed this series retrospective ☺️🍕
I played Pac-Man World 2 without any prior knowledge of any 3D pac-man and it was the most cursed childhood experience I can think of outside of like… the random shock humor crap I found on YT over a decade ago. Who did this? Why?
Ghost: no one ever loves a ghost
Pac-man: yeah heard that one before into the depths you go
To be fair Pac-Man does love them.
And by that he means the taste of them.
PAC-MAN IS RACIST
No one loves a ghost…
but…I…do…lol!!!
@@konnorfoxworth9632 me too, i love ghosts too
Pac-Man's wide smile and blank stare as he consumes a crying ghost will haunt my nightmares forever.
Pac-Man is the first true survival horror game.
He just chomps him without remorse. Amazing.
When I first played this at the end I thought Pac would be the kind hero he's supposed to be...he hears about Orson's story about not having any real friends and Pac feeling bad for him decides to share his birthday party with him on Ghost Island...but nope! The sadistic yellow bastard pulls a Power Pellet out of his ass and gleefully chomps the poor guy and thinking about it Orson was probably lonely in life as well and became a ghost after commiting suicide. The least you could have done is offer him some cake or something!...WHAT THE HELL, PAC-MAN!!?
Well if you read the storyboards released it says Pac Man eats Orson because he simply can't help it.
Fancy meeting you here
Dear Pac-Man,
How do you type with boxing gloves on?
Crapfully yours,
Orson
Pac-Man and Strong Bad crossover when?
Dear Orson,
I can turn you blue and eat you, you know!
Pacfully yours,
Pac-Man
It's a Strongbad reference.
@GuineaPigOverlord
@@BigA207 Is it bad that I'm reading the original post and your response in the Pac-Man World 3 voices?
No, in fact, it works whether you're reading it in the World 3 voices or the Strong Bad voices.@@AlexR-ATG
Pac-Man World 3's dialogue is getting genuine chuckles outta me. I need that game in my life. XD
Thankfully I do
Also a cool fact is in one of the levels in the factory world the speedrun would have you open the ps1 and take the game out. The game will still run but the door to a fruit wont spawn so you get it for free. The speedrun later banned it
If I remember correctly, an out of bounds glitch is used to get the fruit behind the door.
I love how you mostly cover bizarre and offbeat games in your reviews; most people would choose to review something like the Crash or Spyro trilogies, but no one ever talks about the Pac Man World games. For being an hour and forty minute video I found myself wishing for more at the end; you deserve way more views and subs than you get!
Yeah, these games are fun and deserve some praise although I haven't personally played the 3rd one which might be a good thing but yeah this guy deserves more subs. 😏😏😏
I think I am one of the few people to have played this entire trilogy, when each installment was brand new as a kid, including Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness.
Pac-Man World 2 is an absolute hidden gem of the 6th console generation.
Weird considering how recognizable Pac-Man is.
Spoilers for the re-release: So once you beat Re-Pac, you still get the same ending where Pac-Man eats Orson - but only if you haven't rescued all five family members. If you have, he spares Orson instead. That's right, the original ending is now the bad ending. Pac-Man can show mercy, but only once he's proven he has nothing left to fear from the ghosts.
Oh boy.
I know your views may never reflect it, but you're at your best when you examine the weirder, more obscure things out there.
Keep it up, Snakerer.
Thank you kindly, I do think that's where I'm stronger as well, if only because it's easier to find new ground to talk about things, and details tend to stick out more.
It is utterly surreal reading this comment from a year ago and remembering how your channel had yet to utterly explode thanks to covering a few high profile flops properly.
@@vman339 woah man I remember your FNV builds fancy finding you here on my 3rd viewing on this video lmao
@@squabbbb I just solve the games, Tehsnakerer does the bigger job of discovering, documenting and analyzing them.
Happy to know I'm not unnoticed, though, thank you!
@@vman339 solve? More like perfect! The stuff you do is insane and I'm glad you have as great taste in TH-camrs as I do. I've been watching you for years man you defo ain't going unnoticed, keep it up!
You know, you made me realize, what if this trilogy could’ve been something bigger in story, how it would be about how in the first game it was establishing the rivalry between Pac-people and Ghosts, the second game expanding on that and showing where it began with deeper lore in the ancient book, and the third one bringing them together to fight a greater evil but learning to respect each other and redeeming themselves and finally have a calm interaction with one another possibly starting a new beginning thanks to Erwin, what if the first game really pushed the technology and creativity of the Ghosts on their Island and how fun they can actually be, the second game them sneaking into Pac-Village as a way to get back at them for getting on their territory last time and summoning the ancient ruler who was sealed away but clearly proved just as powerless against Pac-Man learning their lesson. Finally with the third game they now have to join forces and put aside their own rivalry to fight against Erwin who threatens both their worlds and plans to (incompetently) rule them, but after working together and Pac-Man and Orson growing fondly on each other through their interactions and revealing the ancient’s plans and what lead to their perish, realizing fighting and rivalry won’t do them any good and become peaceful with each other and the ghost gang stay home with the family while Orson fixes the Spectral Realm and restores Ghost Island itself to a spooky yet tropical island and have him and Professor Pac bond on their intelligence and love for science and history and technology (Toc-Man and the Yellow Pac Marine their own inventions) while fixing their homes respectively this giving closure to Pac-Man canon as a whole and then World Rally is them having go kart races as now friends and a way to have fun and let loose ending the saga the best way possible, or did I over think it more than you did?
That actually sounds pretty dope! 😁
I like it.
My brain hurts seeing the red ghost be named Clyde
Clyde was always the Orange one wasn't he?
yeah, I think the more confusing part was when the Orange ghost was considered Blinky. I thought I was extremely sleepy, or just colorblind
@@UmberBee I am colourblind and now I am extremely confused :(
yea
Yes it's,
Inky is the blue one
Pinky is the pink one
Blinky is red
And clyde is orange
@@daedreaming6267 here is the image with their names by their sprites under nicknames(don't know how much this helps)
images.app.goo.gl/LjYjgUQaC1Z9Xnq86
Pac man world 2 will always have a special place in my heart for being the first ever video game I played
Now all you have to do is look into Pac-Man's "dark age"... AKA Ghostly Adventures 1 and 2.
@Simple Weirdo the cartoon was very entertaining though. Not sure about the games though.
@@appleooza1920 Sorta like Sonic Boom
He burps up the eyes of the devoured ghosts and saya annoying stuff a lot.
Simple Weirdo Pac-Man has “realistic eyes” since “Hello! Pac-Man”, and his design in “Pac-Man Party” looked better than in Ghostly Adventures.
There was a second ghostly adventures? Yikes
My favorite line of the video "That's it he's dead, Pac-Man and Clyde don't fucking play!"
I really REALLY love how they made Ghost Island set-up for Pac-Man, since it's where the ghosts live, but they made Pac-Land feel natural, and not like it was set up for Pac-Man since it's his home. I know you already kinda pointed that out, but I just REALLY love the slight change of gameplay between the two.
It's fucked up that Namco constantly changes which ghost is Clyde
I get what he's saying back Pac-Man World 3 will always have a special place in my heart as one of my favorite childhood games. I can still make out the sound of the robots saying "Ow" or pac-mans 3 punch combo
Something about Pac-Man crashing to the ground like a sack of potatoes in 1:34:23 with a smile on his face just makes me laugh
I remember playing pacman world 2 when I was a little kid
Alexander - ThatBlueHatGuy #FishTopia same. I remember hating it.
yeah the blinky(named clyde in that game) was too hard like I still have trouble to this day it was broken also the last level(ghost maze one) was also pretty hard too
Me too, it's the reason I checked out this video.
God I remember that frustrating but amazing game.
I need to find some on the songs on TH-cam now.
Me too
I still have the game and remember sucking at even finishing World one XD
I know the comparison for Pac-Man World 3 was Sonic Adventure 2. But to really seems more like... Pac and Daxter or Pac-it and Clank! ...I have no regrets...
Tyler D iplay pac man party and pac angosty advuters xbox3600 pasngoiusmemarcin
@@bogumilaczwakiel5579 What is pacangosty advutures xbox3600?
Pac-it and Clank lmaoooo
Pac-Man world 2 i miss that game so much
Coming here after the announcement of the remaster. So hyped for it
Th...the what? Sweet.
So a remake of Pac-Man World 1 was announced today.
And then next will come Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac where the characters are all in their home console designs of that game plus it would also have Ms. Pac-Man, their child (likely a late teenager recently before he marries Blinky’s child of about the same age much to her father’s disapproval) Jr. Pac-Man and Chomp-Chomp (he can pee on enemies more than any other dog)!
It's definitely crazy to see games that were not meant to be picked apart be dissected in such a way. Even games like damn Pacman World 2 have complexity and care put into and that is kind of heartwarming. Also great review mate, I specially love how you interpreted the deep lore of Pacman, the ghosts as underdogs and Pac-People as racist landowners that hunt them for fun is such a good take, I'm sure that was the writers intent.
Pac-Man World 1 & 2 both have complexity and care put into it that make it heartwarming and some of the best games of (what was before 2015 when Bandai-Namco decided to regress the franchise into a nostalgia-panderer) Pac-Man up to the ranks of Pac-Man World Rally (or, as some of the mice in An American Tail 1 would pronounce it, “Wawwy”, I’m getting Mega Man 8 vibes from this! *bursts out laughing uncontrollably),* Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 1 & 2, Adventures in Time, Maze Madness, Super Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac ‘n Roll, Pac-Man Championship Edition 1, etc.
I remember absolutely loving World 2. It's one of the few games that I get nostalgia from. It was the only game that I was able to complete (with the exception of some of the volcano levels, seriously, those were difficult).
Ghost: _NO ONE LOVES A GHOST_
Pac-Man: h a h a h a *_VORE TIME_*
Normal people: What did you do this Halloween
Me:
Did you do it again? :3
Pac-Man and the Ghosts are a really weird relationship.
In the platformers, they're treated as common enemies and easy to take care of nuisances to the Pac people.
In the arcade games, they're nearly invincible threats that kill you in a single touch.
And in the cartoons they're either mischievous troublemakers or evil goons out to take over the world.
Different strokes for different folks (and mediums of course)
Awesome Video, I grew up with this series and I still love them despite the big differences in PW3. I got 100% in PW2 for PS2 a couple years ago and that was a big nostalgia achievement for me lol
Okay, this is driving me nuts- isn’t Clyde the orange one?? I know in Pac-Man arrangement Clyde was Red but he’s clearly Orange in original Pac-Man
In the original? Yes. I don't know how but even as a child, sitting at the computer and "playing" this with my dad, I knew that and called the game out on it. Binky=Violent=Red in my child mind, Pinky=Pink, Blinky=Blue since both started with a bl, and Clyde was the leftovers in the weird, oft forgotten on rainbows, orange.
Just a dumb name mix up, but they fixed it in Pac-Man World Rally at last!
so is this your opinion on the games?
pacman world 1: good
pacman world 2: great
pacman world 3: mediocre
Rick Albuquerque agreee
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Thoroughly excellent work on this review for all three games. Very in-depth and informative. I love these three games (Pac Man World 2 in particular), and, while flawed, they were very fun! I love Pac-Man in general (the arcade original, Pac-Land, and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures are also my faves in the series)!
I don't think I could have asked for a better Halloween special
The whole "Pac people are rasicts monsters" observation gains several dimensions when you remember that the plot of Jr. Pac-Man in the arcade original was Jr. having a romance with a young female ghost named Yum-Yum.
3 is actually my favorite in the series soley for the writing. It’s such a funny game. In terms of raw platforming I suppose 2 is better but I felt like the difficulty kinda spiked once you reach the volcano area. 3, to me, has a much better difficulty curve.
@Kyle Langdon Sorry 3 is the worst of the Trilogy objectively and it is not difficult at all. Idk what you takin' bout you prolly just bad at it da first two games were challengin'.
@@playboypika5003 oh you right. My bad.
@@kylelangdon6724 it's cool, and only 8 more days til Pac-Man World Re Pac come out I'm too excited.
@@playboypika5003 I’d say it definitely has less jank, caused World 1 and 2 definitely do not show mercy when it comes to sliding off easily and no midair recovery, where’s World 3 definitely feels snappier and the platforming in levels of bottomless abyss and danger below like Gogekka and Erwin’s stronghold show where the true challenges rely
These three games made up a lot of my younger years, and i thought they were the hardest things i ever played (then again, being like 9 i wasnt exactly the smartest) but seeing you review the series brought back a huge nostalgia boost, and it was a great review! Good use of my time to watch! Keep it up!
Comment Combo:
1. This Video Was Uploaded The SAME Day That Bubsy Came Back (10/31/2017)
2. I Recently Got A New Working PS2 & I Plan on Getting This Trilogy Along With World Rally
3. Is Pac-Man World 3 Always Widescreen or JUST The Xbox Version
Ok first of all your playing the PS2 version good that's my favorite console
World 3 is always Widescreen in default you can switch it to the normal screen if you want in the options menu
1:11:44 I didn't know Pac-Man was a sith lord.
38:08 - the shrink pellet plays a very small part.
Was that an intentional pun?
One thing I wasn't too keen on Pac-Man World 3 was just the whiplash of setting between the second game and maybe even the first game. I really enjoyed the natural feel of the second games worlds, as you said yourself "that could actually belong in this universe." Then PCW3 just straight up put Pac-Man in these apocalyptic settings, which somewhat makes sense for the game thanks to the unnecessary plot.
I'm not saying the worlds are a bore, they're still fun to explore and traverse but god it just makes me feel so miserable. The only level that felt right within the game, and wasn't a complete sore to look at was Zephyr Heights.
I wholeheartedly agree for the most part of what you described, and it’s a shame that judging by concept art, the environments may have looked a bit nicer
I’m two years late to this but!! I loved all of these games as a kid, but for the past few years I’ve been too afraid to go back to them since I know what good games are now, but I loved this! I never see anyone talk about these games, and it was really exciting to see someone do it! Also the dialogue I remember loving so much in the third game I still love now,, this video was such a trip, keep up the awesome work
Gonna need a revived trilogy like Spyro and Crash. PAC-MAN World: reserved trilogy.
I've had 2 from my childhood 7-8 or so and I'm 22 now. I still have yet to beat the volcano world. Meanwhile I really want to play 3 because I really like the look of it. I like the huge sprawling worlds and dialog. It reminds me a little bit of Super Mario Odyssey.
I just realized I haven't been subbed this whole time. That changed the second I realized it. Amazing content.
On note of keys in the first game. If you get 1 million points in your save you get a special key that allows you to open any door in any level without the required fruit
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I mean, if it shrinks you, of course it plays a very small role.
I want these on modern consoles...
Man, World 2 on the GC was my childhood. Never expected to see a channel (that I like!) cover it.
What's that? He covers all 3? Well I guess I know what I'm doing at work today.
I used to love this game! Really loving these thorough reviews of older games
I couldn't get over the fact in this video that in Pac-Man World 3 THEY CALL THE RED GHOST CLYDE!
Couldn't tell ya why this is the video of yours I always come back to
If you ask me, Ghost Island in World 2 felt out of order, I feel like Night Crawling should’ve been the first level, introducing us with slow spooky organ music and the pirates from the first game to get us familiar with Ghost Island again and Ghost Bayou being the center of Ghost Island where Wormwood is and after he dies we went to the end of Ghost Island, and there is the boardwalk to the end of it, and Pac-Man roller blades down it to the climactic end and the music is now much faster and still scary, then Pac-Man makes it to the end to fight Spooky in the village, also, I wish the story was a little more, I don’t know why Pac-Man went there, he should’ve just gone back to the village, or have after the whale sub sinks the ghosts steal the golden fruit from our hero and take them to Wormwood so he can spoil them so he gives chase there and makes sense for the story, I do agree it was anticlimactic, but hey at least rollerblading and the music were good.
love your videos. played this as a kid and did an audible "OH YES" when i saw this
Absolutely loved Pac-Man World 2 when I was a kid, so this was surprising to see! Didn't even know there were three games, much less that I was playing the second one.
World 1 , 3 and Rally
Pac-Man World 1 was the first real game I ever played, so i have a ton of memories on this title. I love this analysis of each of the games.
10:05 I'm really surprised you know about the galaxian thing in the slots for the first game. Every person that I talk to/watch talk about this game dont know about this little tip.
For a time, I used to have all these games. My stepdad had the first game already, and I was curious. Liking the idea, but not the difficulty, I sort of focused my time on other games. Mainly Driver or King of Fighters. I got 2, 3, and World Rally as a gift (birthday or a good report card) and I was so excited. The only one I completed on my own and still love to this day is the third one, since the level design and mechanics are cool.
It’s certainly my guilty pleasure
The first Pac-Man World looks like a game I would have absolutely adored as a kid.
As an adult it looks like a nightmare.
There's another annoying thing about Anubis Rex: He's named after the _Egyptian_ god Anubis, but with the _Greek_ word for king.
I never said it was _important._
Pac Man World 2 by farrrrrrr is the best one in the series.
Man, I have some incredibly fond memories of Pac-Man World 1!
I absolutely loved Pac-man world 2 as a kid.
The original concept of Pac-Man World 3 sounds infinitely cooler then what they went with.
I have to disagree with a couple points of your perspective on the Pac-people.
For one thing, the touch of Ghosts is incredibly dangerous to Pac-people (in the original run of World 2 a Ghost's touch was _instantly lethal,_ but this was retcon'd in the re-release you emulated in order to be consistent with World 1). In the absence of power pellets, it's the Ghosts who hold all the cards. Thus, Pac-people aren't natural predators, they're more like natural enemies, like the viper and the mongoose.
I see no reason the Pac-people would worship the Golden Fruit Tree. After all, they created it. Rather, more likely they are keeping watch over the Tree, in case Spooky ever escapes (clearly they never figured anyone would deliberately free him)
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Pac-Man is Ex-Ghostbuster
Pac-Man's Friends have Disappeared
Pac-Man is going to Ghost Island
Pac-Man is going to reach Boiling Point
While the spectral realm is absolutely a slog, it does have one thing going for it: the music slaps.
Yeah it does my favorite track is the Spectral Fiend's "boss" theme
I mean to be fair, the early Pac games all followed the Pac people trapped in mazes, harassed and hunted down by ghosts until they run out of lives, and it's shown that even being eaten doesn't permanently defeat or kill ghosts. Plus there's the whole thing where one of the ghosts tried to attack Junior for being friends with a ghost kid, so I'm not necessarily saying this is entirely justified but I think there may be a bit more going on here than just what World covered
Tehsnakerer
A man that made me discover games i never knew existed.
That is his charm.
I’m looking forward to the remake of the first game. I *REAAALLLLY* hope they also remake the sequel
Every time I see you post I grab popcorn and drink I love your content bro!
what a nostalgia bomb. completely forgot i even played pacman world as a kid
For the entirety of the review of the first game, I thought I was watching KingK, and I couldn't understand why his opinion changed so much
Lmao
So this is 5 years old, so I have no idea if you'll even see this, but with the remaster of the first game out now, maybe you'd cover it? I'd like to see a retrospective to see how the remake improved on the original. Y'know, besides with the animation and rendering and stuff.
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He sounds like a character from Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 1
I probably watched this video 5 or 6 times, usually having it on in the background while working on things and today, looking at 3 again something clicked.
Pacman, while celebrating his 25th Birthday already has a wife and a son that is at least a few years old.
5 years from the original to 3, his son hasn’t aged a bit.
When you said their is not fall damage in pacman world 3 their is just has to be from a supper high area.
The greatest video game trilogy of all time.
I enjoyed this retrospective being a thorough review of the Pac-Man World franchise while also being comedic, this part at 59:50 - 1:00:07 always seems to get a goo kick out of me!
Though with that being said, this makes me beg the question if you could hypothetically consider creating a retrospective on the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures franchise, for if Pac-Man World 3 is the black sheep of the family, then Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is the unwanted relative that always joins family reunions.
I myself am fond of that franchise, though I understand why people enjoy the originals so much and cherish them so dearly, as they are all very great games in their own right and to their own extents.
I would enjoy seeing another retrospective done by you for the Ghostly Adventures franchise, primarily the game series, unless you're willing to watch the 2 seasons of the animated series too.
Amazing video, and hope you'll have a fantastic time!
I see them as the spider man movies pre MCU
Pacman Word 1 has the best level design, but the movement wasn't as flesh out yet as Pac Man World 2 and the hitboxes hurt is as well. We need a Remake trilogy like we had with Crash and Spyro, that makes Pac Man feel the same in the 3 games. PMW1 would benefit a lot from that and they could fix most of the issues that are incredibly prevalent in PMW3
Not world 2 has the best level design
World 2 is by far the best. Had it as a child. Challenging yet fun when you get the hang of it.
Jeez, Pac-Man 1's Funhouse World really should have been World 6 while Factory and Manor should be pushed back Worlds 4 & 5 respectively.
Rev Spin: Eyo, Pac-Man has the spin dash?
Butt Bounce: Eyo, Pac-Man has the bounce jump?
Tracing Pellets: Eyo, Pac-Man has the lightspeed dash?
Pac-Man World was the reason why I developed FOMO as a child.
This is probably my favourite content you’ve made. Very good retrospective. I know it’s a lot of work, but I hope you continue to do videos like this.
Thank you kindly, I mostly don't do whole series retrospectives (at least within one video) if you haven't watched it already I'd recommend the Xenus trilogy playlist, and every video in the playing series generally follows this level of work.
Tehsnakerer yeah I’ve gone through all of your videos before coming back to this one to make a comment. The xenus series is a reminder of how creative Eastern European devs can get with their worlds, even if they got a whole lot of jank!
But I really like longer review videos, and ones that try to capture a series or a piece of video game history that may be untouched. I also really appreciate Spiders rpgs, Mars: War Logs, technimancer and the likes. Flawed games but I have a soft spot for them. Thanks for the reply, and I hope you do consider keep making videos, and even some at this caliber. Cheers.
I'll keep at it, I'm chipping away at a smaller video at the moment but I've got some stuff I'm looking at that'll likely be a lot more ambitious
With the recent announcement that PMW1 is getting a remake soon, here's to hoping the remake heavily nerfs Anubis Rex
@@Comical1984 Yes, but the clowns and Krome Keeper got buffed heavily, and they even changed the ending
Im here on an anniversary of this video apparently! just seeing it for the first time and wow look its halloween!
What Pac-Man failed to realize that this game was what released DOOM Guy from his artifact leading to the 2016 release.
I remember having a game pack that contained Pac-Man World 2 and 3. The first was gone, and it was apparently replaced by that World Rally game you mentioned at the end.
I still played World Rally and World 2 to death. Haven't played 3 because it felt off compared to the other two.
That pack you're talking about is supposed to come with all three of those games.
I honestly feel the bit of difficulty in 20th anniversary is proper, because you don't want it to be easy either. You want to be able to learn the tricks to these levels, and the feeling of completing the level makes you feel good afterwards
Hearing about it now it is a shame the whole Pac-Man Adventures game didn’t go through. It would have been awesome to see an RPG with the dialogue and story of the final product. Especially since it looked like Dig-Dug would’ve been involved (hopefully as a playable character).
Great video mate! All three games I have an immense nostalgia for, played em all, alongside Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64 DS in my childhood 💜 Really enjoyed this series retrospective ☺️🍕
I played Pac-Man World 2 without any prior knowledge of any 3D pac-man and it was the most cursed childhood experience I can think of outside of like… the random shock humor crap I found on YT over a decade ago. Who did this? Why?
Such an underrated series!
I remember playing Pac-Man World 2 as a kid. Good video :3
I think you were a little rough in the Anubis Rex fight but I get it, that fight took me one complete day when I was a child
Love this game all though I never played the third one, I owned the first and second and I could play those to for days especially world 2
Details On my sectors energy is only between me and Ms. Pac thank you very much🤓
I never knew I wanted an analysis on the Pac Man world games until I watched this. Great job!
Pac-Man World 2 was literally the very first game I played in my life
Pac-Man world 3's Pac-Man is what I would guess his personality was based off how he is in smash
Is it just me, or does Pac-Man World 3 get Clyde and Blinky confused?