I must have played through this game a dozen times as a kid, this is probably one of the best, and most underrated games of the entire 16-bit era. A classic revenge story staring shotgun wielding tank-top Conan, about as 90s as it gets, what more do you need?
1:33 Dude, this scene is absolutely gorgeous, I love the deep blues and harsh reds and how fantastically the mix with the shadows here, it so well done
I thought I was the only one doing these weird little traditions. My birthday is on December so I always got new videogames before Christmas. So I spent all of December playing 24/7. I got goldeneye and ocarina of time for N64. But then I stopped getting games and started playing PC games. The first pc game was quake, doom, Wolfenstein and age of empire. I'm talking about 1997/ 98/ 99
Cinematic Platformers are my favorite genre. Loved them back in the day, always wished there were more. I still have to play Nosferatu. I never looked at them as action games, but more like adventure games.
This game is a masterpiece !!! Is imposible not to love it even with all the "flaws" things (the game was intentionally made clunky to add tension to the player).Blackthorne deserved a sequel. Maybe a fan request would get us a Blackthorne 2.
This is by far one of the best games I ever played period... the atmosferic ost and the sound fx are so satisfying! The combat is more tatical, like a proper shoot-out, going in guns blazing will just make you an easy target. The stages are really wel designed but its quite common to hit a dead end or getting stuck, I had to quit the stage more times than died. The only flaws in this game is the lack of a map, the lack of 8 direction shooting (giving it to the player AND to enemys would make combat so much more interesting), lack of divertity in enemy design and style. And, this is more of an upgrade if a remake ever comes up, making it 2.5 D with paralax and dynamic backgrounds would be awesome! Also it would allow more oponents per stage, the 2v1 and 3v1 fights are the toughest of this game but only because its easy to get cornered, and enemys always win on close-quarters so having a secondary attack would improve greatly this game
I know! Me too... I get cheesed knowing of some of the other games out there that aren't that good that EVERYONE universally played just because they were marketed better
Good games are always re-playable, and this game is great. One of my favourite platform videogames ever. I use to play it from time to time. I love it all way (graphics, story, ambientation, music, etc)
Great work as always from the Drunk! I played through Blackthorne for the first time five or ten years ago and loved it. The jumps required precision, but I don't remember it ever feeling unfair or frustrating. The only caveat IMHO is the final boss, as he is quite difficult and the skill set needed to defeat him is different than all the gameplay that came before. That said, I'd still highly recommend this one.
I found the the 32x version to be a slightly better experience, personally I prefer it's 3d models and audio over the Snes. It's totally subjective though, their both solid games.
as a fan of flashback for many years i was exited to check out blackthorne. id never heard of it & playing through it for the 1st time now. nice 1 SNES drunk, it's awesome!
I'm writing a reboot for this game. It's incredibly awsome and it has so much potential. I think it would make a great ego shooter in the veins of Duke Nukem.
No clue where I got this game from when I was a kid, but I actually really enjoyed it. "Cinematic platformer" is a great way to describe it. I preferred the gameplay of Super Mario World and DKC, but this game was probably one of the first that I truly felt "immersed" in.
Great Video. I picked this game up about 6 months ago and I like it but agree its very very different. The slow pace threw me off at first but once you get use to it, it fits.
I used to love this game on the pc back in the day, and some years later (still back in the day mind you) I got it on the SNES, got aaaaaaaall the way to last world, but DAAAAAAAMN is this a hard game, great game yes, but damn hard!! Great video, you remind me of another youtuber with that voice of yours :D
Cellfix It is hard, but it is also a lot more forgiving with deaths than other games. The game sorta expects you to die very often, especially with the controls, so thank goodness for it being liberal with deaths.
Always loved this game. Recently beat the PC version that you can get free for making a battle.net account. The only shame of it is the music from the SNES version is a lot better, and is very different. I love the deliberate action of games like this. IMO this is just an awesome game.
I already played Out of the Word, Flash Back and Blackthorne and all them are incredible, with his singularities each. OFTW and FB has a more serious background, but the last it's more fun and give the feeling of being a bad ass. I'd say that I had more fun playing Blacjthorne than playing the other two games from the snes era.
Eh for someone used to the cinematic platform genre it's a great game and none of the flaws mentioned exists. Personally I'd have mentioned that the shoot and hide gameplay gets repetitive after a while, but overall great game
You get used to the way jumping works and can eventually predict precisely what's gonna happen (much like other similar games, and Tomb Raider 1-3 in 3D), and movement is a bit tighter than in Prince of Persia I found.
The final boss is an excellent example of testing all the myriad skills the player has been honing throughout the game; not, to borrow from Yahtzee Croshaw, the opportunity for the art and sound department to bombasticly show off their video game college degrees (endemic to so many modern AAA titles).
Nice!, just 2 weeks ago I finally found a nice CIB copy of Blackthorne and Flashback for SNES. I've not played yet any of them but I sure like how they look, I do know the controls are very rigid which I understand is these games' style.
Flashback's controls are on a grid and I think Blackthorne as well. Knowing this takes the guess work out of some jumps. Won't make the game any easier trust me. In flashback when running, you automatically jump on high ledges as well
I only played this game once on a former friends GBA back in the early 2000s and I completely missed out on this game back in the SNES era despite growing up in the 90s, but the thing I remember most about this game is those orcs. I guess they're supposed to be mutants, but I really thought they were futuristic space orcs and they are hilarious. if you get shot by one they do a hilarious laugh but then they leave themselves open for you to shoot them and then they die it's so funny! "HAHAHA OW!!!" Now the classic Blizzard game I am more familiar with that came out before they made it big with the starcraft and the Warcraft games and yes eventually world of Warcraft games, would be lost Vikings. I remember watching my older brother's play it on the Sega channel and I eventually got it much later on the GBA. I hope to find a review of that.
The odd thing is that your reward at the end of each level is a better shotgun. But there's no game+ or a way to go back and play earlier levels with the better equipment nor can you advance to the next level without picking up the new weapon if you want a bigger challenge. Missed opportunity I guess.
I just found this game on a 900 games in 1 SNES cart, and I like it a lot. Love the animation, but - like you said - the controls are stiff. It is a fun game. The No Look shot hooked me.
Loved that game. Still have it it in the box. Unlike this tweaker, the 20 pages of backstory in the manual didn't illicit whinging but was a bonus that made the game better.
Those type of manuals were great, they were always a treat back then, story, sick artwork and of course the controls, it never felt extra but essential instead.
Great game. I love how you have the choice to not kill innocent prisoners. That idea alone makes it unique in the SNES era. And that shotgun is amazing!
Not sure how anyone can say the 32x looks better. The art style on the snes version is way better. Also the music in this game is great. Really atmospheric. I only found about this game a couple of years ago. Never heard of it back in the snes era. I think it's great.
I rented this game when it came out, my local convenience store had a small rental selection. I was so disappointed, because I really thought it was going to be like contra 3. I was probably 9 and too young to really ‘get’ games like this, I just got pissed when I saw how the jump worked and never played it again. I should revisit this one, with an open mind lol
Kyle (lol) looks like Matt McMuscles when he still had some skin on them bones. Can't get over how the game doesn't even let you free the prisoners. Seriously, they're alive, and you can kill them, and when you do their chains break, but you can't set them free? The hell lol
This is one of those games thats good that none of your friends have ever heard of.. everytime I ask someone if they've played this game they have no idea wtf im talking about lol
unfortunately a lot of the games I loved when I was young don't really do it for me any more. Walk to the right, kill everything, collect the coins...blah. But weird games like this one holds up really well! but maybe it's just me.
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I must have played through this game a dozen times as a kid, this is probably one of the best, and most underrated games of the entire 16-bit era. A classic revenge story staring shotgun wielding tank-top Conan, about as 90s as it gets, what more do you need?
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1:33 Dude, this scene is absolutely gorgeous, I love the deep blues and harsh reds and how fantastically the mix with the shadows here, it so well done
I've always loved this game. I play it every winter as sort of a tradition.
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I thought I was the only one doing these weird little traditions. My birthday is on December so I always got new videogames before Christmas. So I spent all of December playing 24/7. I got goldeneye and ocarina of time for N64. But then I stopped getting games and started playing PC games. The first pc game was quake, doom, Wolfenstein and age of empire. I'm talking about 1997/ 98/ 99
ever played Klonoa? for ps1? that was my trafitional game for the holiday season
Cinematic Platformers are my favorite genre. Loved them back in the day, always wished there were more. I still have to play Nosferatu.
I never looked at them as action games, but more like adventure games.
Lol you demo the "no look shot" by killing a friendly prisoner lolol
We all did it, don't deny it lol. It was funny back then and it still is now :p
Just made it to the last level today. Once you get used to the mechanics it's a really good game! :)
I just started playing this one like a week or two ago and I find myself keep coming back to it. It's definitely a nice "hidden gem"
Me too, but I've never beat the final boss.
Did you find Sarlac easy?
This game is a masterpiece !!! Is imposible not to love it even with all the "flaws" things (the game was intentionally made clunky to add tension to the player).Blackthorne deserved a sequel. Maybe a fan request would get us a Blackthorne 2.
You make me puke bitch
I remember playing this game as kid and being amazed at how it looked & frustrated by how difficult it was.
One of my favorites games back in the day
The best thing about this game? Shooting someone behind you without even looking at them. Now that's cool 😎
Did you know the corners of the manual are like a flip-book with animations of the Blackthorne character? 🙌🏼
I can't tell you how much I love this game , always envisioned Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie version
Kyle Blackthorne is Lorenzo Lamas from Renegade for me 😊
This was and still is a game I would play.
This is by far one of the best games I ever played period... the atmosferic ost and the sound fx are so satisfying! The combat is more tatical, like a proper shoot-out, going in guns blazing will just make you an easy target. The stages are really wel designed but its quite common to hit a dead end or getting stuck, I had to quit the stage more times than died.
The only flaws in this game is the lack of a map, the lack of 8 direction shooting (giving it to the player AND to enemys would make combat so much more interesting), lack of divertity in enemy design and style. And, this is more of an upgrade if a remake ever comes up, making it 2.5 D with paralax and dynamic backgrounds would be awesome! Also it would allow more oponents per stage, the 2v1 and 3v1 fights are the toughest of this game but only because its easy to get cornered, and enemys always win on close-quarters so having a secondary attack would improve greatly this game
You should play the pc version. Its uncensored, has a skull based heavy metal item menu, other music etc…check it out.
Love this game! Brings back childhood memories for sure
Man, I would have played the shit out of this game back in the day if I knew about it.
I know! Me too... I get cheesed knowing of some of the other games out there that aren't that good that EVERYONE universally played just because they were marketed better
I played the shit out of it on pc when I was maybe 10 12 ish. It was awesome back then. I don't think I ever made it out of the second area haha.
I always laugh when those ogre enemies shoots you and they start to laugh, then I get up and shoots the shit out of em and they shout "OH!"
Great game to blaze a fat one and close the lights. The audio is really good in this game.
I love Blackthorn. I like the slower pace, instead of just running and shooting everything. It's a game you have to think about what your doing.
Good games are always re-playable, and this game is great. One of my favourite platform videogames ever. I use to play it from time to time. I love it all way (graphics, story, ambientation, music, etc)
Great work as always from the Drunk! I played through Blackthorne for the first time five or ten years ago and loved it. The jumps required precision, but I don't remember it ever feeling unfair or frustrating. The only caveat IMHO is the final boss, as he is quite difficult and the skill set needed to defeat him is different than all the gameplay that came before. That said, I'd still highly recommend this one.
I just started playing this (Blackhawk in PAL).. Awesome game, I wish there were more tactical shooters like this on the platform
This game on my Genesis mini and Terranigma on my SNES classic are my two favorite hidden gems!
Nothing wrong with the jumps at all, if you know how to do it. The game is perfect, one of the best on the system!
"You can't speedrun something like this".
I used to think the same..
Not anymore
"You can't speedrun a game like this!"
Speedrunners: "Hold my beer."
I found the the 32x version to be a slightly better experience, personally I prefer it's 3d models and audio over the Snes. It's totally subjective though, their both solid games.
as a fan of flashback for many years i was exited to check out blackthorne. id never heard of it & playing through it for the 1st time now. nice 1 SNES drunk, it's awesome!
Oh my god I loved this game as a kid but I couldn’t remember what it was called for the life of me! Subbed!
I'm writing a reboot for this game. It's incredibly awsome and it has so much potential. I think it would make a great ego shooter in the veins of Duke Nukem.
Tell us moreeeeee!
I want to play Abe's odyssey for some strange reasen
It's like Legend, Wizards, Fire and Ice, and Flashback all rolled into one ^^
The prequel to Solomon's Key
No clue where I got this game from when I was a kid, but I actually really enjoyed it. "Cinematic platformer" is a great way to describe it. I preferred the gameplay of Super Mario World and DKC, but this game was probably one of the first that I truly felt "immersed" in.
yeah, this game is perfect to play at late night
Great Video. I picked this game up about 6 months ago and I like it but agree its very very different. The slow pace threw me off at first but once you get use to it, it fits.
I used to love this game on the pc back in the day, and some years later (still back in the day mind you) I got it on the SNES, got aaaaaaaall the way to last world, but DAAAAAAAMN is this a hard game, great game yes, but damn hard!! Great video, you remind me of another youtuber with that voice of yours :D
Cellfix It is hard, but it is also a lot more forgiving with deaths than other games. The game sorta expects you to die very often, especially with the controls, so thank goodness for it being liberal with deaths.
Always loved this game. Recently beat the PC version that you can get free for making a battle.net account. The only shame of it is the music from the SNES version is a lot better, and is very different.
I love the deliberate action of games like this. IMO this is just an awesome game.
The hero's name is Kyle?! Im in!
Blackthorne deserves an animated film adaptation.
Was able to pick this up from the GameStop Buy 2 Get 1 sale a little while back. Looks sweet. Nice review!
a dark modern esque world with some fantasy elements starring glen danzig? lol
Almost, Danzig is little hed would not be the same size as anybody! Hed be doing that no look shot and taking out kneecaps!
I just discovered this game about 2 or 3 years ago and I love it. I don't think the jumps are THAT hard. It's a great game.
yeah, the game gameplay is definitely way more intuitive than Prince of Persia
Definitely yes ! I'm playing it this month and having a lot of fun. Great game ! The gameplay reminds me of another game that I love: Flashback.
I knew that art style on the cover looked familiar, it was good o’l Jimmy Lee who drew it.
Really great game. And such a gorgeous atmosphear............ Good work Snes Drunk!
It's on special in playstation atm, in a 30 years blizzard game pack. Really good game.
I already played Out of the Word, Flash Back and Blackthorne and all them are incredible, with his singularities each. OFTW and FB has a more serious background, but the last it's more fun and give the feeling of being a bad ass. I'd say that I had more fun playing Blacjthorne than playing the other two games from the snes era.
Eh for someone used to the cinematic platform genre it's a great game and none of the flaws mentioned exists. Personally I'd have mentioned that the shoot and hide gameplay gets repetitive after a while, but overall great game
nice review as always man! i never try this game but it looks like duke nuken in 2d with the space pigs and stuff!
There's no doubt that the developers were a metalheads
yeah, the main character of this game looks like Glenn Danzing lol
You get used to the way jumping works and can eventually predict precisely what's gonna happen (much like other similar games, and Tomb Raider 1-3 in 3D), and movement is a bit tighter than in Prince of Persia I found.
Yay, Blackthorne!! This thing blew me away as a kid. Forgot Blizzard was at the helm, but it’s easy to see in the enemy design. Yay, Blackthorne!
The final boss is an excellent example of testing all the myriad skills the player has been honing throughout the game; not, to borrow from Yahtzee Croshaw, the opportunity for the art and sound department to bombasticly show off their video game college degrees (endemic to so many modern AAA titles).
Nice!, just 2 weeks ago I finally found a nice CIB copy of Blackthorne and Flashback for SNES. I've not played yet any of them but I sure like how they look, I do know the controls are very rigid which I understand is these games' style.
Flashback's controls are on a grid and I think Blackthorne as well. Knowing this takes the guess work out of some jumps. Won't make the game any easier trust me. In flashback when running, you automatically jump on high ledges as well
I only played this game once on a former friends GBA back in the early 2000s and I completely missed out on this game back in the SNES era despite growing up in the 90s, but the thing I remember most about this game is those orcs. I guess they're supposed to be mutants, but I really thought they were futuristic space orcs and they are hilarious. if you get shot by one they do a hilarious laugh but then they leave themselves open for you to shoot them and then they die it's so funny! "HAHAHA OW!!!"
Now the classic Blizzard game I am more familiar with that came out before they made it big with the starcraft and the Warcraft games and yes eventually world of Warcraft games, would be lost Vikings. I remember watching my older brother's play it on the Sega channel and I eventually got it much later on the GBA. I hope to find a review of that.
The odd thing is that your reward at the end of each level is a better shotgun. But there's no game+ or a way to go back and play earlier levels with the better equipment nor can you advance to the next level without picking up the new weapon if you want a bigger challenge. Missed opportunity I guess.
I bought and played this game in my mid to late teens in the 90's. I enjoyed it and did beat it. It will challenge you.
I just found this game on a 900 games in 1 SNES cart, and I like it a lot. Love the animation, but - like you said - the controls are stiff. It is a fun game. The No Look shot hooked me.
They should have a Black Thorne skin for Reaper.
This Game is very good, i played it through.^^
I kinda like this better than the 32X version mainly due to the controls.
Incredible good game, a must to play
Loved that game. Still have it it in the box. Unlike this tweaker, the 20 pages of backstory in the manual didn't illicit whinging but was a bonus that made the game better.
Those type of manuals were great, they were always a treat back then, story, sick artwork and of course the controls, it never felt extra but essential instead.
Hey, your videos are always awesome. Thanks for the great and consistent content. I always look forward to your videos in my sub box :)
+Justanyo Thanks!
Great game. I love how you have the choice to not kill innocent prisoners. That idea alone makes it unique in the SNES era. And that shotgun is amazing!
I wonder if Sarlac has a pit in his castle dungeon? Wouldn't that make it a Sarlac Pit?
Now I have that mc chris song stuck in my head
Hands down that game pushed the snes/32X to it's limit musically, and graphically.
Cool video thanks for making these.
+Alex Krasny Thanks for taking the time to watch Alex
I love your videos. Hopefully constructive minor critique: I think some plot points are missing from the intro summary.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
If you have a very solid review style dude love the consistency
Thanks for taking the time to watch
Each time a certainty: SNES is the best console of all time ... enjoy!
SNES was the best console ever made but this game was actually better on Sega...
The cover mechanic is ahead of its time
Not sure how anyone can say the 32x looks better. The art style on the snes version is way better.
Also the music in this game is great. Really atmospheric. I only found about this game a couple of years ago. Never heard of it back in the snes era. I think it's great.
32X sound isn't better than SNES version though. Not even PC version has better sounds or soundtrack. I love this kind of of game.
I love these amiga style games
"Play it on the 32X if you can." - That's a big IF!
I rented this game when it came out, my local convenience store had a small rental selection. I was so disappointed, because I really thought it was going to be like contra 3. I was probably 9 and too young to really ‘get’ games like this, I just got pissed when I saw how the jump worked and never played it again. I should revisit this one, with an open mind lol
I was psyched for this at a kid but ended up hating it. I probably never fully figured out the controls though.
I love this game!
I don't get all the negative comments about the jumping. I just started playing this a few days ago and haven't had a problem.
why read the instuction when u can start TRAINING MODE first
Looks like a badass game haven't played it
PC version is free to download on Blizzard's website.
Is that...jim lees artwork? Looks like images, "prophet"
Oooookay... didn't hit play yet
Wow this game brings back memories from the 7th grade.
Is it worth playing? This game is great, man.
Kyle (lol) looks like Matt McMuscles when he still had some skin on them bones.
Can't get over how the game doesn't even let you free the prisoners. Seriously, they're alive, and you can kill them, and when you do their chains break, but you can't set them free? The hell lol
This is one of those games thats good that none of your friends have ever heard of.. everytime I ask someone if they've played this game they have no idea wtf im talking about lol
The predecessor to turn based shooters. That's awesome
I love this game - I hate Prince of Persia. That's all I'm going to say, the comparison really does it no justice whatsoever.
You didn't mention nosferatu. Man, that game sure was hard.
maybe it is, but im not really big on games that punish you for screwing up
Played the gba version back in the day, but the 32X version is maaaaad expensive these days. :(
I just liked walking passed the helpless people chained to the wall and and shooting them without looking
Love this game, though I think Flashback is a better game, and is better on Genesis and Amiga than SNES. I guess cinematic platformers are my thing.
I would love for you to do Super Star Wars series since the upcoming movie is coming out.
How dare you say this is better than Out of this World.
Wait, another area? Damn, now I gotta fetch that32x version...
I love this game
What's up with the Prince of Persia similarities?
unfortunately a lot of the games I loved when I was young don't really do it for me any more. Walk to the right, kill everything, collect the coins...blah. But weird games like this one holds up really well! but maybe it's just me.
I guess I'm the only one who thinks the sprite looks kinda like Tommy Wiseau.