I played this game with my cousin. She did the playing and I made maps and charts and directions in a notebook, so that when we died or had to do a section over, we could go through it faster the next time. It was a combined effort.
Ok the game is really cool BUT are we not going to talk about Dr Lem showing up at 22:35 with a cane that ENDS WITH A SMALL SHOE MATCHING THE PAIR OF SHOES HE WEARS ? That's the most incredible design detail I've ever seen in a character I'm howling
A friend and I used to whisper 'Galerians' during the loading screens every time it would flash. Then, we started saying it randomly at school. The rest is, as they say, Galerians, Galerians, Galerians. Good to see this old gem getting the love it deserves after all these years.
Oh god the first time i played this my brother pulled this for a week. Once he put a Galerians paper in the door to the bathroom that magnificent jackass
add in some Parasite Eve and System Shock, and ya got Galerians as a whole. Dorothy is just SHODAN, but instead of hediously mutated monsters. She created a squad of Tetsuo Shima-clones as her children.
"Games that are interesting or try something different, even if they don't fully succeed at it, the effort and the passion is more important than a good game." Brilliant line. Wish more people thought about games this way.
10:50 That childhood obsession with psychic powers was what made me buy Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy from Blockbuster's "no one wants to rent this" shelf when I was a kid. That was another game with numerous gameplay issues that were completely outweighed by having the coolest psychic power-based combat of any game I've ever played.
I played the demo for that so much, even just telekinesis was so cool, especially at the time i dont think id played a game like it i mean i didnt play half life 2 till i got orange box second hand so that was probably the first time id used physics like that.
I used to speed-run this game years ago. Still a very unique, obscure premise for a game, but can be frustrating at times. Especially if you short and run out of delmetor in the area or stage you're in. Which can result in having to start the game all over. I still have my original copy from 99 and the art book that was later released too. I should play it again sometime soon. I very much appreciate you checking it out! Fun Fact: As far as the soundtrack goes, many of the tracks are ambient pad loops with some synths n effects sprinkled in. But some, mostly boss fights and some areas, are literal rips from some Nine Inch Nails songs. There are a lot of hints and references to their music in-game too, like some of the writing on door locks and other equipment too. Not sure how they got away with some otherwise seemingly blatant sampling, but I'm not complaining.
Fun Fact: the voice actor of the father is Richard Epcar. Ever since I heard his voice as Batou in GITS, I've always loved his emotionalless yet charming delivery. This isn't really that surprising though as he has literally done hundreds of voices but its always a nice treat when he shows up. I especially loved him as Ziggy in Xenosaga and he was fantastic as ACE in The Nonary Games: 999. I will say that his delivery in Galatians isn't his best, probably because it was a small budget and the direction probably wasn't all that there.
If a few voice actors are bad I blame the VA's. If ALL of the VA's are laughable it's always the direction. I don't care if you just grab 25 randos off the street, at least one should sound passable compared to the rest but if they all suck? It's always a terrible director.
So glad you're covering this. It was such a weird and overlooked game that I thought was a fever dream because I couldn't remember the name. I've been replaying it recently, and it definitely does have some really frustrating elements, but is also way ahead of its time in others. I'm frankly surprised that there was no mention at all of the notorious "uncollectable ring" softlock!
I have been watching these obscure game videos for nearly a decade now and yet you somehow always seem to make videos on games I have genuinely never heard of.
Yeah, it's kind of wild the amount of engrossing shows/movies/books/plays/games that we'll never get to experience due to the sheer amount of artistic content out there.
Mandalore is good for that as well. And Nitro Rad. Petronious and I Don't Have a Nose Reviews are good too. Those last three focus mainly on 3D platformers, though Nitro Rad also has great love for horror games. With all the indie and smaller time developers, the list of interesting but little-talked-about games may be getting bigger every month. From Zeno Clash to Samorost, from Cookie Cutter to Knight's Contract.
this is how you reach immersion by blending the concepts of the story with the gameplay mechanics and topping it off with the matching aestheics... and this concept in crazy .. a mentally unstable ki with psycic power.. giving the ''rage meter'' its litteral meaning.. and having your healing item be ''pills'' .. im already sold.. nice touch keeping the spoiler at the end im gonna need to try this blind
I knew this game because Tajima Shou, who drew the manga MPD Psycho, did the art concept of it. Those artworks were super cool and sharp, but I never knew the real plot. Thanks for sharing that. Always looooove the 90s cyber punk style. So awesome. If you are interested in the art concept, MPD Psycho is definitely recommended.
I wish Dark Horse printed more. Like a lot of manga titles the owned the distribution rights to in the 00's, MPD Psycho is OOP unless you pick up the Japanese volumes. The market prices for most eng volumes are ridiculously expensive.
Bro, you have unlocked a memory I didn't know I had still, I have never played the game tbf but I remember seeing a trailer and I was mesmerized, I think I had a crush on the protagonist (I was like, 8, come on). I definitely know what to play this holiday season
Omg I found 1 of the only 12 people who know this game existed, and even made an hour long look-back at it. This game left such an impression on me as a teen. I'm glad to see that I have remembered it correctly mostly - the 90's emo melodrama, the industrial/goth atmosphere, the character designs, the teenage power fantasy. I did also remember it being this really odd and wacky, yet strangely charming story with a lot of untapped potential. I hope you do a vid of Galarians Ash, which was so bad that I couldn't even finish it.
I rented the sequel to this game from blockbuster as a kid with no prior knowledge of the original or even that there was one... most confused week of my middle school life. Every few years I have flashbacks about the game and spend a few days trying to remember the name/ premise only to promptly forget and repeat the cycle, this video is now bookmarked, thank you sir.
God I remember renting this as a kid. I couldn't get out of the lab cause the game was to hard for my little kid brain and kept over using his powers and dying. Man I would love to play this again.
I feel like in the PS1 and PS2 era the developers tried to inovate more than what we have now. I feel like some current games are so generic while some old games were so unique. I haven't seen a game like Kouldelka or Shadow Hearts for example. A mix between horror and turn based RPG? Amazing.
Yeah, I think some of that is time. Time makes the really bad games sink into oblivion, along with good games that never got proper support. There's also the aspect of the elements that made a game seem overdone seeming new when outside that era; coming across a game like Galerians today will feel like a completely different experience, which is always cool to see when younger fans experience them.
For me, Kya: Dark Lineage comes to mind on what you mention. 3D platformer with art direction like Rayman, but fairly in-depth combat system like a fighting game. Seen some people say it's Tekken-like, specifically. And also God Hand. Closest recent thing to something God Hand-like is Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, which on its own merits is very much worth checking out as well.
I own the movie version, Galerians: Rion. It was made using the same style and engine that they had for Galerians: Ash. Ash was a sequel and they needed footage from galerians for flashbacks so they completely remade all the cutscenes from galerians alongwith some connecting scenes and the boss battles were animated for the movie too. Their are changes from what exactly what happened in galerians but i liked it. Fun fact when image entertainment brought the rights they pulled alot of strings in the music industry to load the english version with tons of licensed songs and they even got it shown on MTV. The dvds have the original japanese music or the licensed music, both with the english dub. Hell the movie was sold as a UMD so you could watch it on your PSP if you wanted, no joke.
"Wanting more out of a video game isn't a bad thing" and talking about how it doesn't matter if a game is objectively "good" or "bad" as long as it's enjoyable are both opinions I've had for so long. I'm glad I've found my people! Lol love the channel!
Calling the chemicals "pp" is one of those unfortunate, and frankly odd choices. Maybe they were required to keep that name, or the people working on the english version were really checked out
>If you want avoid spoilers, go to this timestamp Me running from kitchen while having hands dirty from bread dough to stop video. This was truly full ANGRY POINTS moment
I actually found the Galerians movie at a library years ago, and they were VERY proud of featuring Slipknot in the soundtrack. I'll admit that even if the story made zero sense, they really nailed the uncanny, grungy aesthetic that alot of those bands would use in their music videos at the time. They really went all in on making a very specific thing. As for "black sheep" games, I'm not sure it counts as survival horror but I've always had a soft spot for this PS3 game called Folklore, it's a sort of folk horror, mystery, monster collection RPG... thing that never really took off. And I haven't played this other one but I've always wanted to see someone do a deep dive on a dreamcast game called Maken X, it looks magnificently bizarre.
Folklore is very pretty for sure with interesting summoning-based action gameplay. The same developers also made the character action/hack-and-slash game Knight's Contract. I've heard of Maken X/Maken Shao as well. Mainly looked into the concept art for all the characters. Some truly bizarre, artistic and intriguing stuff, and on the technical front the artist has interesting skills too.
Never got around to try Folklore, as i had an xb360 back in those days, sadly. As for MakenX, i remember the game being very clunky, but a manga exist, by Q.Hayashida, and i'm pretty sure an anime exist too.
I love all the unusual games that were released back in the day. These days there are almost no major releases that are willing to do something out of the box
I loved this game sooo much as an edgy teen, I even bought the art book. Thanks for making this video! The nostalgia hit me quite well. If you love Shou Tajima's artwork, check out the series Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (MPD Psycho). it's a manga that was drawn by the game's character designer, and it's quite edgy and desturbing. I'll make sure to share the vid❤
@riskibiznu5377 Is there any good fanlations of the later volumes out there? I have the first 11, but I really want to read the rest. Curse Dark Horse and the way they just drop a manga series. They did that with my other fav manga series, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (also written by Eiji Ōtsuka), too.
Damn, I'll definitely check that out. MPD Psycho always kind of stuck out to me as something I should read, and now I'm sure of it. Didn't DH drop this, though? They've got such a bad habit of that. (Goddamnit, i want all of 3x3 Eyes already.)
This is such a gem. I got this game on release date not knowing anything about it. That day I was at an EB Games Store picking a copy of ISS Pro Evolution and the clerk told me about Galerians. The way he explained me the gameplay was "Tetsuo without zombies", his words, so I got it and it's was a blast. To this day, I still play it every now and then on my PSP Go. Excellent video Dungeon, you got my sub.
I remember the cg anime playing on MTV2 late at night and loving it. I really was in the target demographic for everything Galerians was about. Wish I had the chance to play it back then.
These vids have been getting me through the toughest time in my life. Losing my parents and losing the girl I love. Drifting away from the rest of my family. But these vids make me feel better. I feel at peace and watching your uploads have done nothing but help me and make me feel safe. Thank you man. I fucking appreciate it. Keep doing what you do. I hope nothing but the best for you and look forward to what you upload next:)
I went through something similar myself all at once about 20 years ago. Im not gonna say 'it gets better' when you lose your parents and your love. Because that loss will always be there. But what it does get is less raw, less immediate. You will remember them and not feel like you got gut punched, but able to reflect on the good memories you have with them and smile. It takes time, its like healing a wound. Hang in there and take care of yourself, internet stranger.
@@childofcascadia thank you brother. I needed this. As much I didn't want it anything you said sadly i know already. But it helps readying it and seeing it. Thank you so much.
Never heard of this game before but I think it's themes are interesting. The scientist explaining God to the computer and telling her that creations must obey their creators, it made me feel sorry for her. Then she takes this idea and decides to become the God of her own race. This idea of creations being subservient to their creators relates back to the scientists using their own children as tools to defeat their other creation, the computer. With Lion at the end, If he is a galerian then he is disobeying his creator by killing her whereas if he is the real Lion then he, while doing the right thing, is still just a puppet of his father. It's very much like Frankenstein in that you could interpret the moral as "Don't mess with the natural order of things or you will create an abomination" or " If you treat your creation inhumanely, don't be surprised when it betrays you".
One of those games I wish came out earlier in the PS1's life cycle. A sequel exploring more of the city would have been fantastic in that same graphical style. It's really weird the steel belting, the ship style port hole windows on stuff. It's like nautical cyberpunk, clashes big time with the hospital at the start, gives Michelangelo City a really intriguing character.
34:38 the throw is funny but what I find more funny is the lil pose that Rionn strikes. Its like the ending move of a choreography number 19:53 ive seen a few of these in stuff from the early 2000s, but had never paid them much attention until you mentioned it here lol. And I really appreciate you playing games you find interesting rather than whatever is trendy at the moment. That's specifically why I subbed here is because these games are fascinating. the only one I had heard of before was the LSD dream emulator game
It is kind of sad that living fandom for this game doesn't exist, though it may be for the best. I actually want to make a fangame for Galerians one day. The idea is to make it to expand the lore just a bit in a non intrusive way and add character development for badies which was a thing that both games and anime lacked. To accomplish that goal and not bloat already existing universe I came up with idea in which Dorothy runs simulations in digital space where she ensures that her galerians are obedient to her as well as analizing their combat abilities and how to improve them. I want the protagonist to be Cain while Birdman, Rainheart, Rita and even Dorothy would be the characters with which you can talk or interact while in the house that Dorothy created in an attempt to try to live as a functional family together. I don't know if I want to include characters from sequel or not though. For the gameplay base I want to take action mechanics from Galerians: Ash, modernise them, get rid of the bad stuff or improve it and add simple platforming and puzzles, resulting in a hack and slash type of game with a psychic twist in to it, then wrap this all up in format of separate missions which act as experiments/training excercises for Cain and put house segments between to function as safe hub where you can upgrade Cain's abilities, replay old missions or interact with other characters in a way, I assume, it is done in sitcoms, though not completely about comedy. Sorry for bad english.
Why is it people who apologise for supposed bad english, actually speak better english than most people do? Anyway, yeah it's a wonder this game doesn't get more attention really. Would be nice to see a remake or something inspired by it.
I'd like to see a remake or remaster for Galerians 1. Such a neat concept crossing RE with Akira psychic powers. Can say the same for Psi Ops The Mindgate Conspiracy too.
With more modernised tech especially physics and lighting, this game would be a wonderful remaster. Heck, seeing that girl get hit in the face with a table with modern physics and lighting would make it worth it
I agree.. But i was leaning more towards Souls like Game for this if it was ever remade. I feel like it would be fun if this was an open world game rather than RE 0 or RE1 Remake based.
I remember a friend had an older brother who worked at blockbuster and would order all these dope RPG’s from Japan. Galerians : Ash was one of them he had and I got to borrow. Such a weird game.
Already at 6:50-ish mark, when you get to the meaning of AP and the "every time I made Rion walk or run" bit, I burst out in uncontrollable and very loud laughter. A like well earned!
I also totally forgot - or maybe even didn't notice it initially, but it's interesting that Rion and Lilia sound like they have been dubbed by actual adolescents and not adults pretending to be kids. That's quite rare even nowadays in anything but triple A productions (probably due to child labor laws). That's honestly really cool, even if overall dub quality is... yeah... peak 90's.
@@jamberry9795 I think it's less child labor laws and more that children are more difficult to work with, and also just that there's very few skilled child voice actors. So it's cheaper to just get an adult to do a passable child's voice instead.
Psychic powers rule so damn hard. My man has patrician taste. Never heard of Galerians, so this was a great gem to uncover and your enthusiasm is relatable.
Oh man galerians, never rhought I would see anyone talk about this game series. My intro into this universe was through the sequel galerians:ash on the ps2 and damn was it a fun/annoying/crazy/weird genre of a game.
Fantastic video! I've always been intrigued by this game due to Tajima Sho-U's character design work. The aestethic design only became cooler over time, it appears... I truelly regret not picking this game up back in the day. Thank you again for covering it so thoroughly, and I'm looking forward to a video on the sequel as well (once you've hyper yourself up enough haha)!
11:50 And that, right there, is the reason I'm subscribed. I like the way you review a bunch of old, bizarre or obscure games that most other reviewers, beside Ross Game Dungeon or Mandalore, wouldn't give a second look.
The hotel was my favorite part of the game too. Really brought the vibe of the game together. I really loved exploring it and all the weird ass people in it.
OMG the hotel room was MY FAVORITE part of the game too! I think Galerians was my first game where I got to encounter NPCs with their own complex fun stories. it just really made the game feel alive for me (the Priest was always my favorite LMAO). I remember this also being the only area where 'horror' came to play. The dead dude killed and stuffed in the sink still haunts my dreams. @_@ Thanks so much for making this video. It really was an odd surreal experience that eventually warms up to you the more you know the layout and what to expect. I remember my first play-run was very on the limited-sources end because I kept shorting out and running outta those precious Demeters when I needed them the most.
Galerians does have horror in it though. I assume you meant lacking horror aesthetically/enemy-wise instead of thematically though. Thematically there's literal children being used as disposable guinea pigs, pumped full of drugs until they're psychotic weapons on leashes, and the entire city is run by a man-made horrific flesh computer-cyborg entity with a god complex and a habit of cloning kids. I mean, even Rion has to constantly pump himself with drugs to keep using his powers to survive. I really like the setting of Galerians, the movie and the first game although some design choices and narrative decisions are, indeed, best described by _"WTF?"_ That's why it bothers me it ended up as a dead and gone franchise. The setting could've had so much potential in the hands of a better writer.
@@dungeonchillpart of the beauty of sci-fi for me is how naturally it can have horror elements, or not. You can have speculative, optimistic sci-fi or you can have a story like Intersteller for example. It's a film I feel portrays the ways sci-fi can be horror without fully devoting itself to typical horror tropes. The idea of landing on a strange planet for ten minutes, only to return and realise you've missed most of your kid's childhoods in the blink of an eye, is to me infinitely more horrifying than a lot of stories that are labeled as horror. Tldr playing around with genre can be a lot of fun and mixing sci-fi and horror is like apples and english cheddar
@@ThommyofThenn Oh yeah, and it gets so much worse when one likes a whole bunch of obscure and/or forgotten IPs. 🤣 - *Galerians* - *Fear Effect* - *Vanguard Bandits* - *In Cold Blood* - *Singularity* - *Nocturne* - *Arx Fatalis* - *Theocracy* _(The game, not the political system.)_ - *Asghan The Dragon Slayer* - *Enclave* _(the game, NOT the Fallout faction.)_ - *The Blade of Darkness* - *Drakan: The Order of the Flame* _(and it's sequel)_ - *Warlords: Battlecry 1-3* - *Armies of Exigo* - *Demise: Ascension* _(Aka. Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan or Infinite Worlds)_ - *Siege of Avalon* _(fortunately updated for modern systems as SoA: Anthology)_ - *KKnD* _(Krush Kill n' Destroy)_ Edit: - *Metal Fatigue* (How did I forget that one...) Those are just from the top of my head. Some far more obscure than others. 🤔
@@RuSosan Heard about Metal Arms? Ps2 era 3rd person shooter. Where you play as a robot on a planet of robots. Was incredible even as an adult. A sequel was planned but executive meddling ruined it I believe
When I was early teens, the cool late teens in the club were playing this where I am. I couldn't do tank control so basically I was out of an entire genre but watching them play it was the coolest thing at that moment. Oh and Got to know you through shadow of memory video, an old favorite of mine which I never finished. Thanks for putting videos on these games.
OMG it exists! I was the only person I know who watched the anime movie for the sole reason of it being added to a bootleg DVD of "10 top sci fi anime!!!!" or something like that. I had no idea it was based on the game
The shorting mechanic was so damn satisfying, kinda wish something akin to it would show up in other games. Then again, it’s part of what makes Galerians unique. Man I love this game.
I remember playing this on release because I was craving more RE clones after beating Silent Hill. I think this also took inspiration from Parasite Eve, maybe? I did enjoy some locations, probably. The RE clone backgrounds are really all I can recall from the experience besides finding the combat sort of weak.
Literally just made note of the parasite eve similarity and came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed it. Even the theme song gave me PE vibes. I love this!
I used to play the beginning of this game a lot as a very young child because I liked how cool The characters in the game looked. Sadly I had no idea how to play and I kept blowing up. Can't wait to watch your video on it!!
thank you for taking the time to edit the (Heh.) 's every time. I laugh so hard. and i do rewatch your videos so its funny every time too. thanks dungeonchill
Sure it's been pointed out before by people but that Galerians soundtrack *isn't for the game* it's actually for the movie (yes Galerians had a CGI movie). The Movie came with the option for either the original Japanese voice acting and soundtrack with subtitles or the American dub and a soundtrack featuring slipknot etc.
I vaguely remember seeing ads for this game way back when. Now I know what it's about. Perhaps this is more Survival Dystopia? And now the Christmas game has been intrigued. Especially with the kind of stuff you review.
I don't understand why Galerians get's so much hate It's an underrated game. I remember reading a review in a Playstation UK magazine and they gave it a 5/10 back then I didn't follow the mainstream opinions and I'm glad I didn't because I wouldn't know of Shou Tajima who has a very unique art style and has put out some great manga like MPD Psycho. I can't say the same for the sequel Galerians:Ash because it lost a lot of its stylistic appeal going from pre-rendered backgrounds to fully 3D ones and even though the story had potential the execution of it wasn't great but I suppose that has something to do with Chinfa Kan not being involved with the project.
Personally, I think a 5/10 just means it's average. It looks like a cool game, though there do seem to be some mechanics that make the gameplay experience difficult
I totally get what you mean by *"this game kicks so much ass"* because early in the video i was already thinking the same! I felt in love with the art style, that techno-edge mixed with industrial ambience and sublime soundtrack is such a vibe check, and the idea of going full tetsuo mode or setting enemies on fire in survival horror setting its just fun, independently if was experimental because i just don't care if everything else is so appealing. How i never came to known before amazes me, but the fact you covered it and your style is so pleasant to sit and watch through all makes me grateful to subscribe in the first place, Galerians looks like a incredible ride, kinda reminds me of Parasite eve. Hoping you'll cover the sequel next, i'm definitely chilling here. :-]
Out of context majority of the voice acted scenes sound like they came from some kind of kinky underground `90 lewd anime. On the topic of Survival Horros forgotten just or unjust by the time dark sheep Countdown Vampires also comes to mind.
I clicked on this video because the thumbnail looked familiar to me. Dreamcast and Playstation had so many cool survival games back in the day there's some I've seen or barely played as a child then came to learn more about through youtube videos. I love that the survival/horror game community has grown stronger and stronger over my old long life.
I remember my uncle getting me this game for my 11th birthday(because i loved RE:2 and Silent Hill) I couldn’t get past the mansion part. But i used to love that intro cinematic!!
Been rewatching your videos because I really love your style and the types of games you cover, and I don’t remember if I left a comment on this video before but man, hearing someone else talk about Incredible Crisis makes me feel so much better that it wasn’t a fever dream I had playing it in college!
Holy shit, I've been looking for this game for ages, but I couldn't remember the name nor find anyone who had played it. Thanks for unlocking those memories, I can now die without regrets.
Remember playing this when my uncle rented it. Never made it very far, but it left such a profound impact on me that I was a fan instantly. I remember watching the anime on MTV. Still have a copy of Ash.
The dealer just sitting there while someone knocks on his door for 20 minutes XD
And the dealer had the most obvious door possible! What was he hiding from?
My dude while I’m trying to look inconspicuous
LMAO
I played this game with my cousin. She did the playing and I made maps and charts and directions in a notebook, so that when we died or had to do a section over, we could go through it faster the next time. It was a combined effort.
That sounds pretty cool. Awesome cousin you got there.
That's an awesome childhood memory:)
@@Rikabunneh lol actually I was the awesome cousin who had a playstation and the game, but I'm a scaredy cat
Cool story bro
I did that with my brother, but I was the player and he was the navigator.
Ok the game is really cool BUT are we not going to talk about Dr Lem showing up at 22:35 with a cane that ENDS WITH A SMALL SHOE MATCHING THE PAIR OF SHOES HE WEARS ? That's the most incredible design detail I've ever seen in a character I'm howling
it's pretty silly, I loved it when I saw it the first time.
I AM SCREAMING
What you don't have a cane to match every shoe you own? You should see my steel toe boot cane.
A friend and I used to whisper 'Galerians' during the loading screens every time it would flash. Then, we started saying it randomly at school. The rest is, as they say, Galerians, Galerians, Galerians. Good to see this old gem getting the love it deserves after all these years.
Lmaooo I love this. 😂
Shoot, that sounds great. We had a burned copy that never worked properly..
Same
Oh god the first time i played this my brother pulled this for a week.
Once he put a Galerians paper in the door to the bathroom that magnificent jackass
“They used various PP on me” is insane
Someone needs to make the Poo Poo too.
“Those KIDS who have been injected with the PP”
“Pure, uncut 90’s edging”
There are so many PPs one can take.
How'd they read those lines with a straight face
Galerians is the blender that someone threw Akira, Blade Runner, and Resident Evil into. Man, this game's one hell of a trip.
add in some Parasite Eve and System Shock, and ya got Galerians as a whole.
Dorothy is just SHODAN, but instead of hediously mutated monsters. She created a squad of Tetsuo Shima-clones as her children.
@@crazytiger800 Well, look at you, ha-ha-ha-hacker!
Haven’t finished the video, but I do like how matter of fact the VA sounds when saying “The door was open.” to that actress.
"Games that are interesting or try something different, even if they don't fully succeed at it, the effort and the passion is more important than a good game."
Brilliant line. Wish more people thought about games this way.
I can't get over how the main character's psychic attack charge up makes it look like he's trying to pinch a fat one
Drugs CAN make you crap yourself lol
If the drugs are good enough...
@@waxknucklebearingjuice5592 if the PP's good enough
your comment made my day lmao. I can't look at the game the same way ever again
I mean, you don't?
10:50 That childhood obsession with psychic powers was what made me buy Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy from Blockbuster's "no one wants to rent this" shelf when I was a kid. That was another game with numerous gameplay issues that were completely outweighed by having the coolest psychic power-based combat of any game I've ever played.
I played the demo for that so much, even just telekinesis was so cool, especially at the time i dont think id played a game like it i mean i didnt play half life 2 till i got orange box second hand so that was probably the first time id used physics like that.
You covering games with redeeming qualities beyond the gameplay sort of makes them PERFECT for these sorts of reviews. Really a gem
Birdman's name is actually a reference to a character that appears in the Manga version of Akira.
And how do you get to that conclusion?
You know you're getting old when you expect the "computer smash" cut-in to be the angry german kid.
Man the art direction is tight as hell, i really like the minimalist color palette and the almost-brutalist vibe to it all
They nailed the atmosphere for the city! Everything looks bleak, futuristic and retro!
Dark City influenced it a lot
I used to speed-run this game years ago. Still a very unique, obscure premise for a game, but can be frustrating at times. Especially if you short and run out of delmetor in the area or stage you're in. Which can result in having to start the game all over. I still have my original copy from 99 and the art book that was later released too. I should play it again sometime soon. I very much appreciate you checking it out!
Fun Fact: As far as the soundtrack goes, many of the tracks are ambient pad loops with some synths n effects sprinkled in. But some, mostly boss fights and some areas, are literal rips from some Nine Inch Nails songs. There are a lot of hints and references to their music in-game too, like some of the writing on door locks and other equipment too. Not sure how they got away with some otherwise seemingly blatant sampling, but I'm not complaining.
I'm kind of a sucker for that dark gritty ps1 era CG environments.
Side note: you should do Martian Gothic Unification next
Definitely feels like a fusion of Akira and Dark City.
Can you recommend me more games with this kind environment ?
I find them very charming and unique
"Wait, that art. It can't be..." Goggles the artist name to find out, that he did the design for, Tezcatlipoca in fgo. "I FUCKING KNEW IT!"
Hand me the goggles, I wanna see!
Holy crap, nicely noticed o:
FGO players be like
34:55 fun fact: the voice actor for this woman is the same actress who voiced Rebecca Chambers in the original PS1 Resident Evil.
Really? That's amazing if true. Apparently they couldn't even find that lady for years and she forget she was even in Resi
Oh? Oh no!
Fun Fact: the voice actor of the father is Richard Epcar. Ever since I heard his voice as Batou in GITS, I've always loved his emotionalless yet charming delivery.
This isn't really that surprising though as he has literally done hundreds of voices but its always a nice treat when he shows up. I especially loved him as Ziggy in Xenosaga and he was fantastic as ACE in The Nonary Games: 999.
I will say that his delivery in Galatians isn't his best, probably because it was a small budget and the direction probably wasn't all that there.
The whole time I was sure it was Batou, thanks for the confirmation! He's fantastic.
"Of course you two are right. Now get ready."
Le fun fact
If a few voice actors are bad I blame the VA's. If ALL of the VA's are laughable it's always the direction.
I don't care if you just grab 25 randos off the street, at least one should sound passable compared to the rest but if they all suck? It's always a terrible director.
Omg he was Ace? Wow
So glad you're covering this. It was such a weird and overlooked game that I thought was a fever dream because I couldn't remember the name. I've been replaying it recently, and it definitely does have some really frustrating elements, but is also way ahead of its time in others.
I'm frankly surprised that there was no mention at all of the notorious "uncollectable ring" softlock!
What’s that? I’ve had the games copy for over a decade but have never really really played it
"Children Injected with a PP" always makes me luagh 😂😂😂😂😂
The organisation behind those experiments is U.N.C.L.E. I think they made a movie about them. As propaganda.
takes me back to classic YTP of JRPGs
Xenoblade Chronicles YTP never leaves my brain
it predated Among Us in using sus as a joke
I have been watching these obscure game videos for nearly a decade now and yet you somehow always seem to make videos on games I have genuinely never heard of.
Yeah, it's kind of wild the amount of engrossing shows/movies/books/plays/games that we'll never get to experience due to the sheer amount of artistic content out there.
Mandalore is good for that as well. And Nitro Rad. Petronious and I Don't Have a Nose Reviews are good too. Those last three focus mainly on 3D platformers, though Nitro Rad also has great love for horror games.
With all the indie and smaller time developers, the list of interesting but little-talked-about games may be getting bigger every month. From Zeno Clash to Samorost, from Cookie Cutter to Knight's Contract.
Look up "thor high heels"
this is how you reach immersion by blending the concepts of the story with the gameplay mechanics and topping it off with the matching aestheics... and this concept in crazy .. a mentally unstable ki with psycic power.. giving the ''rage meter'' its litteral meaning.. and having your healing item be ''pills'' .. im already sold.. nice touch keeping the spoiler at the end im gonna need to try this blind
You forgot to mention how one of the first tracks you hear ingame is just an instrumental mix of Nine Inch Nails' "Terrible Lie"
I knew this game because Tajima Shou, who drew the manga MPD Psycho, did the art concept of it. Those artworks were super cool and sharp, but I never knew the real plot. Thanks for sharing that. Always looooove the 90s cyber punk style. So awesome.
If you are interested in the art concept, MPD Psycho is definitely recommended.
MPD Psycho has been on my “to read” list for years. I really need to get around to it.
I wish Dark Horse printed more. Like a lot of manga titles the owned the distribution rights to in the 00's, MPD Psycho is OOP unless you pick up the Japanese volumes. The market prices for most eng volumes are ridiculously expensive.
Emo kids with psychic powers had me hooked immediately
“Look people, i just don’t want then putting freken pp in the water MAKING THE DAM KIDS PHYSIC!”
Bro, you have unlocked a memory I didn't know I had still, I have never played the game tbf but I remember seeing a trailer and I was mesmerized, I think I had a crush on the protagonist (I was like, 8, come on). I definitely know what to play this holiday season
I remember a trailer too! But... it scared the fuck out of me... xD
I remember only experiencing through a very brief entry in a gamepro mag..🥲
I think that ending would have stuck with me forever if I had played this as a kid. Looks sick.
My mom loved this game. You read that right, *my mom*
She was cool. She passed earlier this year. 😢
My condolences bruv. She sounded cool af
Im sure if she had been able to watch this video she would've been a huge fan. ❤
I played games with my mom growing up too, lost her in May 2021 and still miss her every day.
May she rest in peace.
Omg I found 1 of the only 12 people who know this game existed, and even made an hour long look-back at it. This game left such an impression on me as a teen. I'm glad to see that I have remembered it correctly mostly - the 90's emo melodrama, the industrial/goth atmosphere, the character designs, the teenage power fantasy. I did also remember it being this really odd and wacky, yet strangely charming story with a lot of untapped potential. I hope you do a vid of Galarians Ash, which was so bad that I couldn't even finish it.
Same, the series had such potential going for it and to just end it all like that, I felt gutted.
I went and ordered it at GameStop when I found there was only one copy in my state. So disappointed 😂😂 wild af.
I rented the sequel to this game from blockbuster as a kid with no prior knowledge of the original or even that there was one... most confused week of my middle school life. Every few years I have flashbacks about the game and spend a few days trying to remember the name/ premise only to promptly forget and repeat the cycle, this video is now bookmarked, thank you sir.
God I remember renting this as a kid. I couldn't get out of the lab cause the game was to hard for my little kid brain and kept over using his powers and dying. Man I would love to play this again.
I feel like in the PS1 and PS2 era the developers tried to inovate more than what we have now. I feel like some current games are so generic while some old games were so unique. I haven't seen a game like Kouldelka or Shadow Hearts for example. A mix between horror and turn based RPG? Amazing.
Yeah, I think some of that is time. Time makes the really bad games sink into oblivion, along with good games that never got proper support. There's also the aspect of the elements that made a game seem overdone seeming new when outside that era; coming across a game like Galerians today will feel like a completely different experience, which is always cool to see when younger fans experience them.
For me, Kya: Dark Lineage comes to mind on what you mention. 3D platformer with art direction like Rayman, but fairly in-depth combat system like a fighting game. Seen some people say it's Tekken-like, specifically.
And also God Hand. Closest recent thing to something God Hand-like is Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, which on its own merits is very much worth checking out as well.
I own the movie version, Galerians: Rion.
It was made using the same style and engine that they had for Galerians: Ash. Ash was a sequel and they needed footage from galerians for flashbacks so they completely remade all the cutscenes from galerians alongwith some connecting scenes and the boss battles were animated for the movie too. Their are changes from what exactly what happened in galerians but i liked it.
Fun fact when image entertainment brought the rights they pulled alot of strings in the music industry to load the english version with tons of licensed songs and they even got it shown on MTV. The dvds have the original japanese music or the licensed music, both with the english dub. Hell the movie was sold as a UMD so you could watch it on your PSP if you wanted, no joke.
"Wanting more out of a video game isn't a bad thing" and talking about how it doesn't matter if a game is objectively "good" or "bad" as long as it's enjoyable are both opinions I've had for so long. I'm glad I've found my people! Lol love the channel!
Calling the chemicals "pp" is one of those unfortunate, and frankly odd choices. Maybe they were required to keep that name, or the people working on the english version were really checked out
It's "PPEC", psychic power enhancement chemicals. Dungeon Chill is editing out the "EC" in cutscenes to make a dumb joke.
Reminds me of English Mother's Psi Points (PP) that fuels the party's Psi Spells.
@PseudoWounds And Pokémon's C Points... Just all unfortunate naming.
In dead rising you collect p.p points lol 😂
@PseudoWounds I'm 30 but emotionally I'm like 13
>If you want avoid spoilers, go to this timestamp
Me running from kitchen while having hands dirty from bread dough to stop video. This was truly full ANGRY POINTS moment
I actually found the Galerians movie at a library years ago, and they were VERY proud of featuring Slipknot in the soundtrack. I'll admit that even if the story made zero sense, they really nailed the uncanny, grungy aesthetic that alot of those bands would use in their music videos at the time. They really went all in on making a very specific thing.
As for "black sheep" games, I'm not sure it counts as survival horror but I've always had a soft spot for this PS3 game called Folklore, it's a sort of folk horror, mystery, monster collection RPG... thing that never really took off. And I haven't played this other one but I've always wanted to see someone do a deep dive on a dreamcast game called Maken X, it looks magnificently bizarre.
Folklore is certainly unique.
Folklore is very pretty for sure with interesting summoning-based action gameplay. The same developers also made the character action/hack-and-slash game Knight's Contract.
I've heard of Maken X/Maken Shao as well. Mainly looked into the concept art for all the characters. Some truly bizarre, artistic and intriguing stuff, and on the technical front the artist has interesting skills too.
Never got around to try Folklore, as i had an xb360 back in those days, sadly.
As for MakenX, i remember the game being very clunky, but a manga exist, by Q.Hayashida, and i'm pretty sure an anime exist too.
I love all the unusual games that were released back in the day. These days there are almost no major releases that are willing to do something out of the box
Out of the box in the sense of no physical media too.
I loved this game sooo much as an edgy teen, I even bought the art book. Thanks for making this video! The nostalgia hit me quite well. If you love Shou Tajima's artwork, check out the series Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (MPD Psycho). it's a manga that was drawn by the game's character designer, and it's quite edgy and desturbing.
I'll make sure to share the vid❤
LUCY MONOTONE!
mpd psycho is amazing, i've found my people :')
@riskibiznu5377
Is there any good fanlations of the later volumes out there? I have the first 11, but I really want to read the rest. Curse Dark Horse and the way they just drop a manga series. They did that with my other fav manga series, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (also written by Eiji Ōtsuka), too.
Damn, I'll definitely check that out. MPD Psycho always kind of stuck out to me as something I should read, and now I'm sure of it.
Didn't DH drop this, though? They've got such a bad habit of that. (Goddamnit, i want all of 3x3 Eyes already.)
If anyone here reads German, the series is currently published by Carlsen and they released the whole thing in 12 volumes.
This is such a gem. I got this game on release date not knowing anything about it. That day I was at an EB Games Store picking a copy of ISS Pro Evolution and the clerk told me about Galerians.
The way he explained me the gameplay was "Tetsuo without zombies", his words, so I got it and it's was a blast. To this day, I still play it every now and then on my PSP Go.
Excellent video Dungeon, you got my sub.
I remember the cg anime playing on MTV2 late at night and loving it. I really was in the target demographic for everything Galerians was about. Wish I had the chance to play it back then.
These vids have been getting me through the toughest time in my life. Losing my parents and losing the girl I love. Drifting away from the rest of my family. But these vids make me feel better. I feel at peace and watching your uploads have done nothing but help me and make me feel safe. Thank you man. I fucking appreciate it. Keep doing what you do. I hope nothing but the best for you and look forward to what you upload next:)
I went through something similar myself all at once about 20 years ago. Im not gonna say 'it gets better' when you lose your parents and your love. Because that loss will always be there. But what it does get is less raw, less immediate. You will remember them and not feel like you got gut punched, but able to reflect on the good memories you have with them and smile. It takes time, its like healing a wound. Hang in there and take care of yourself, internet stranger.
@@childofcascadia thank you brother. I needed this. As much I didn't want it anything you said sadly i know already. But it helps readying it and seeing it. Thank you so much.
Never heard of this game before but I think it's themes are interesting.
The scientist explaining God to the computer and telling her that creations must obey their creators, it made me feel sorry for her. Then she takes this idea and decides to become the God of her own race. This idea of creations being subservient to their creators relates back to the scientists using their own children as tools to defeat their other creation, the computer. With Lion at the end, If he is a galerian then he is disobeying his creator by killing her whereas if he is the real Lion then he, while doing the right thing, is still just a puppet of his father. It's very much like Frankenstein in that you could interpret the moral as "Don't mess with the natural order of things or you will create an abomination" or " If you treat your creation inhumanely, don't be surprised when it betrays you".
One of those games I wish came out earlier in the PS1's life cycle. A sequel exploring more of the city would have been fantastic in that same graphical style. It's really weird the steel belting, the ship style port hole windows on stuff. It's like nautical cyberpunk, clashes big time with the hospital at the start, gives Michelangelo City a really intriguing character.
34:38 the throw is funny but what I find more funny is the lil pose that Rionn strikes. Its like the ending move of a choreography number
19:53 ive seen a few of these in stuff from the early 2000s, but had never paid them much attention until you mentioned it here lol.
And I really appreciate you playing games you find interesting rather than whatever is trendy at the moment. That's specifically why I subbed here is because these games are fascinating. the only one I had heard of before was the LSD dream emulator game
It is kind of sad that living fandom for this game doesn't exist, though it may be for the best.
I actually want to make a fangame for Galerians one day. The idea is to make it to expand the lore just a bit in a non intrusive way and add character development for badies which was a thing that both games and anime lacked. To accomplish that goal and not bloat already existing universe I came up with idea in which Dorothy runs simulations in digital space where she ensures that her galerians are obedient to her as well as analizing their combat abilities and how to improve them. I want the protagonist to be Cain while Birdman, Rainheart, Rita and even Dorothy would be the characters with which you can talk or interact while in the house that Dorothy created in an attempt to try to live as a functional family together. I don't know if I want to include characters from sequel or not though. For the gameplay base I want to take action mechanics from Galerians: Ash, modernise them, get rid of the bad stuff or improve it and add simple platforming and puzzles, resulting in a hack and slash type of game with a psychic twist in to it, then wrap this all up in format of separate missions which act as experiments/training excercises for Cain and put house segments between to function as safe hub where you can upgrade Cain's abilities, replay old missions or interact with other characters in a way, I assume, it is done in sitcoms, though not completely about comedy.
Sorry for bad english.
The idea was good but the story was bad in my opinion.The artifituial intelgence as the main villain, ruined it for me.
Why is it people who apologise for supposed bad english, actually speak better english than most people do?
Anyway, yeah it's a wonder this game doesn't get more attention really. Would be nice to see a remake or something inspired by it.
how the concept of a bunch of fuked up children birthed by a sorta mother brain is hype @@spirit_gun3869
That secret knock sounds like the first part of the sing song-y "Shave and a hair-cut, two bits" knock.
The section where you go through the scan results at the Babylon hotel like a family vacation photo album was top tier hilarious.
I'd like to see a remake or remaster for Galerians 1. Such a neat concept crossing RE with Akira psychic powers.
Can say the same for Psi Ops The Mindgate Conspiracy too.
With more modernised tech especially physics and lighting, this game would be a wonderful remaster. Heck, seeing that girl get hit in the face with a table with modern physics and lighting would make it worth it
Second Sight was also a pretty good psychic power story.
I agree.. But i was leaning more towards Souls like Game for this if it was ever remade. I feel like it would be fun if this was an open world game rather than RE 0 or RE1 Remake based.
Well done on a fun video. The 2D shootemp up "E.S.P.Rade" is also a game of psychic teens that you may want to have a look at if you haven't already.
The tree of computer monitors is such a vibe
I fully agree with you about not caring if something is considered "good" by the general community. Have you tried Siren (PS2) and The Suffering?
Galerians is classic. That's one of Retuspurae's that I'll often go back to.
I knew this looked familiar. I caught the animation series on TV once and it's edgy late 90s aesthetic was unforgettable.
I remember a friend had an older brother who worked at blockbuster and would order all these dope RPG’s from Japan. Galerians : Ash was one of them he had and I got to borrow. Such a weird game.
With the grunts during the intro, 90's edging sounds about right.
Already at 6:50-ish mark, when you get to the meaning of AP and the "every time I made Rion walk or run" bit, I burst out in uncontrollable and very loud laughter. A like well earned!
I also totally forgot - or maybe even didn't notice it initially, but it's interesting that Rion and Lilia sound like they have been dubbed by actual adolescents and not adults pretending to be kids. That's quite rare even nowadays in anything but triple A productions (probably due to child labor laws). That's honestly really cool, even if overall dub quality is... yeah... peak 90's.
@@jamberry9795 I think it's less child labor laws and more that children are more difficult to work with, and also just that there's very few skilled child voice actors. So it's cheaper to just get an adult to do a passable child's voice instead.
Psychic powers rule so damn hard. My man has patrician taste. Never heard of Galerians, so this was a great gem to uncover and your enthusiasm is relatable.
Oh man galerians, never rhought I would see anyone talk about this game series.
My intro into this universe was through the sequel galerians:ash on the ps2 and damn was it a fun/annoying/crazy/weird genre of a game.
Fantastic video! I've always been intrigued by this game due to Tajima Sho-U's character design work. The aestethic design only became cooler over time, it appears... I truelly regret not picking this game up back in the day. Thank you again for covering it so thoroughly, and I'm looking forward to a video on the sequel as well (once you've hyper yourself up enough haha)!
Reinhardts got such a bobby hill vibe to his looks
11:50 And that, right there, is the reason I'm subscribed. I like the way you review a bunch of old, bizarre or obscure games that most other reviewers, beside Ross Game Dungeon or Mandalore, wouldn't give a second look.
The hotel was my favorite part of the game too. Really brought the vibe of the game together. I really loved exploring it and all the weird ass people in it.
OMG the hotel room was MY FAVORITE part of the game too! I think Galerians was my first game where I got to encounter NPCs with their own complex fun stories. it just really made the game feel alive for me (the Priest was always my favorite LMAO). I remember this also being the only area where 'horror' came to play. The dead dude killed and stuffed in the sink still haunts my dreams. @_@ Thanks so much for making this video. It really was an odd surreal experience that eventually warms up to you the more you know the layout and what to expect. I remember my first play-run was very on the limited-sources end because I kept shorting out and running outta those precious Demeters when I needed them the most.
This man keep bringing me weird games I've never heard of and I am here for it!
Omfg the bass mixed with the front profile pix hair billowing, 10/10 peak 90s edge
Oh man, I remember EGM. Those bastards said they'd have all locations for the golden skulltula things in Zelda 64, AND IT DIDN'T. THEY LIED.
The door knock is just “shave and a haircut” that’s how I’ve knocked on doors since I was a kid lol
Galerians does have horror in it though.
I assume you meant lacking horror aesthetically/enemy-wise instead of thematically though.
Thematically there's literal children being used as disposable guinea pigs, pumped full of drugs until they're psychotic weapons on leashes, and the entire city is run by a man-made horrific flesh computer-cyborg entity with a god complex and a habit of cloning kids.
I mean, even Rion has to constantly pump himself with drugs to keep using his powers to survive.
I really like the setting of Galerians, the movie and the first game although some design choices and narrative decisions are, indeed, best described by _"WTF?"_
That's why it bothers me it ended up as a dead and gone franchise. The setting could've had so much potential in the hands of a better writer.
The implications of the storyline are definitely disturbing and horrific, but yeah, I was more referring to the aesthetic.
@@dungeonchillpart of the beauty of sci-fi for me is how naturally it can have horror elements, or not. You can have speculative, optimistic sci-fi or you can have a story like Intersteller for example. It's a film I feel portrays the ways sci-fi can be horror without fully devoting itself to typical horror tropes. The idea of landing on a strange planet for ten minutes, only to return and realise you've missed most of your kid's childhoods in the blink of an eye, is to me infinitely more horrifying than a lot of stories that are labeled as horror. Tldr playing around with genre can be a lot of fun and mixing sci-fi and horror is like apples and english cheddar
I can relate to those feelings of disappointment when you see something with a ton of potential get almost completely forgotten.
@@ThommyofThenn
Oh yeah, and it gets so much worse when one likes a whole bunch of obscure and/or forgotten IPs. 🤣
- *Galerians*
- *Fear Effect*
- *Vanguard Bandits*
- *In Cold Blood*
- *Singularity*
- *Nocturne*
- *Arx Fatalis*
- *Theocracy* _(The game, not the political system.)_
- *Asghan The Dragon Slayer*
- *Enclave* _(the game, NOT the Fallout faction.)_
- *The Blade of Darkness*
- *Drakan: The Order of the Flame* _(and it's sequel)_
- *Warlords: Battlecry 1-3*
- *Armies of Exigo*
- *Demise: Ascension* _(Aka. Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan or Infinite Worlds)_
- *Siege of Avalon* _(fortunately updated for modern systems as SoA: Anthology)_
- *KKnD* _(Krush Kill n' Destroy)_
Edit:
- *Metal Fatigue* (How did I forget that one...)
Those are just from the top of my head. Some far more obscure than others. 🤔
@@RuSosan Heard about Metal Arms? Ps2 era 3rd person shooter. Where you play as a robot on a planet of robots. Was incredible even as an adult. A sequel was planned but executive meddling ruined it I believe
When I was early teens, the cool late teens in the club were playing this where I am. I couldn't do tank control so basically I was out of an entire genre but watching them play it was the coolest thing at that moment. Oh and Got to know you through shadow of memory video, an old favorite of mine which I never finished. Thanks for putting videos on these games.
OMG it exists! I was the only person I know who watched the anime movie for the sole reason of it being added to a bootleg DVD of "10 top sci fi anime!!!!" or something like that. I had no idea it was based on the game
The shorting mechanic was so damn satisfying, kinda wish something akin to it would show up in other games. Then again, it’s part of what makes Galerians unique. Man I love this game.
Thank you for covering this game ^~^ it was a big part of my childhood and one of my first survival horror games.
love the editing on this one, can't wait to see what you make in the next year!
I remember playing this on release because I was craving more RE clones after beating Silent Hill. I think this also took inspiration from Parasite Eve, maybe? I did enjoy some locations, probably. The RE clone backgrounds are really all I can recall from the experience besides finding the combat sort of weak.
Literally just made note of the parasite eve similarity and came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed it. Even the theme song gave me PE vibes. I love this!
Good lord that voice acting had me cracking the entire video. I really like those CGI PS1 cutscenes, they had so much charm.
I used to play the beginning of this game a lot as a very young child because I liked how cool The characters in the game looked. Sadly I had no idea how to play and I kept blowing up. Can't wait to watch your video on it!!
This is the first video I watch from Dungeon Chill. I am hooked.
Galerians was fucking awesome. I never owned it, but I rented it enough times to justify buying it.
thank you for taking the time to edit the (Heh.) 's every time. I laugh so hard. and i do rewatch your videos so its funny every time too. thanks dungeonchill
Sure it's been pointed out before by people but that Galerians soundtrack *isn't for the game* it's actually for the movie (yes Galerians had a CGI movie). The Movie came with the option for either the original Japanese voice acting and soundtrack with subtitles or the American dub and a soundtrack featuring slipknot etc.
I vaguely remember seeing ads for this game way back when. Now I know what it's about. Perhaps this is more Survival Dystopia? And now the Christmas game has been intrigued. Especially with the kind of stuff you review.
I don't understand why Galerians get's so much hate It's an underrated game. I remember reading a review in a Playstation UK magazine and they gave it a 5/10 back then I didn't follow the mainstream opinions and I'm glad I didn't because I wouldn't know of Shou Tajima who has a very unique art style and has put out some great manga like MPD Psycho. I can't say the same for the sequel Galerians:Ash because it lost a lot of its stylistic appeal going from pre-rendered backgrounds to fully 3D ones and even though the story had potential the execution of it wasn't great but I suppose that has something to do with Chinfa Kan not being involved with the project.
There was an American gaming magazine that gave Galerians a D- grade on a scale of A to F. I didn't listen to it either.
Personally, I think a 5/10 just means it's average. It looks like a cool game, though there do seem to be some mechanics that make the gameplay experience difficult
That knocking bit sounded like the first part of the classic "shave and a haircut, two bits" jingle.
Rented the sequel softlocked myself twice getting lost and returned it to blockbuster.
Me too, except in my case I had bought it ._. I eventually beat it years later and boy was it not worth the wait. The ending made me so mad.
@@gaminggoddess85cuz it was all for literally nothing!
Im SO happy u made this video, i love Galerians so much
My survival horror black sheep is Nocturne. Never managed to play it, but the atmosphere and story felt so cool...
Maybe it's just me, but the "Shave and a Haircut" knock feels pretty ingrained in my head lol
I bet he had a pebble in his shoe, that's why moving increases AP.
I totally get what you mean by *"this game kicks so much ass"* because early in the video i was already thinking the same! I felt in love with the art style, that techno-edge mixed with industrial ambience and sublime soundtrack is such a vibe check, and the idea of going full tetsuo mode or setting enemies on fire in survival horror setting its just fun, independently if was experimental because i just don't care if everything else is so appealing. How i never came to known before amazes me, but the fact you covered it and your style is so pleasant to sit and watch through all makes me grateful to subscribe in the first place, Galerians looks like a incredible ride, kinda reminds me of Parasite eve.
Hoping you'll cover the sequel next, i'm definitely chilling here. :-]
Out of context majority of the voice acted scenes sound like they came from some kind of kinky underground `90 lewd anime. On the topic of Survival Horros forgotten just or unjust by the time dark sheep Countdown Vampires also comes to mind.
I love your channel, and love all these random weird games. I'm binging your videos now. Please consider reviewing Baroque, for ps2!
The combat system sounds like an early draft of the awesome one in Parasite Eve 2.
I clicked on this video because the thumbnail looked familiar to me. Dreamcast and Playstation had so many cool survival games back in the day there's some I've seen or barely played as a child then came to learn more about through youtube videos. I love that the survival/horror game community has grown stronger and stronger over my old long life.
I remember my uncle getting me this game for my 11th birthday(because i loved RE:2 and Silent Hill)
I couldn’t get past the mansion part.
But i used to love that intro cinematic!!
Been rewatching your videos because I really love your style and the types of games you cover, and I don’t remember if I left a comment on this video before but man, hearing someone else talk about Incredible Crisis makes me feel so much better that it wasn’t a fever dream I had playing it in college!
Holy shit, I've been looking for this game for ages, but I couldn't remember the name nor find anyone who had played it. Thanks for unlocking those memories, I can now die without regrets.
Remember playing this when my uncle rented it. Never made it very far, but it left such a profound impact on me that I was a fan instantly.
I remember watching the anime on MTV. Still have a copy of Ash.