Dude, I remember holding a copy of Blood Will Tell at my local Electronic Boutique, trying to decide if I should buy it. The store owner pulled out a GamePro magazine with a review of the game that the author titled "Crap Will Tell", so I decided not to buy it. I never realized this game is a whole lot more than what the reviewer let on.
@@crispyghoulco-op. Some Ps2 games had them. I remember a very limited San Andreas Co-op mode where the second player controlled your girlfriend. You couldn’t do any missions though.
A year and a half ago a friend of mine was streaming this game on Twitch, trying to defeat all 48 fiends. At some point he was to confront the butterfly fiend in the bamboo forest, and he also allowed for the stream to have song recommendations to play during gameplay. I suggested Smoking Roll for God Hand. He did not know what Smoking Roll sounded like. My friend was taken aback and sounded like he was tearing up amidst pained laughing when such an awesome design was contrasted against such a goofy song.
music used in order, in case anyone needs it: > Shisui of Violet Tides (The Open Box) > Byakko's Theme (Amatsu Kaze) > Doma Castle (Gates of Moon) > Kugane Castle (Deception) > Seiryu's Theme (From the Dragon's Wake) all of them are from ffxiv stormblood
I felt immediate PTSD from doing tribal quests within the first four notes say what you want about MMOs, but FFXIV is annoyingly good. Just a shame it costs the price of a brand-new game every 2 months
The recent remake is what made me even aware of Dororo and it is absolutely top tier storytelling, especially how they really improve on hyakimarus character by showing just how stunted of a human being he is by being deprived of basic human senses. And seeing the side by side comparisons of how faithful it was to the original is just something else
I just looked up the titles they did, and I'm quite frankly shocked that I didn't pay attention to them as a studio until after this video and the comments, if ONLY because of Gate and Lords of Thunder from way back when.
Holy shit, I knew Tezuka wrote Dororo, but I had no idea Hiroaki Samura did the art for the game. _Blade of the Immortal_ is fucking legendary, and his art style is instantly recognizable. Definitely have to add this to my collection next to my Dark Horse BOTI volumes with the rest of my PS2 games.
This game one thousand percent deserves a remaster, not a remake, a remaster for multiple reasons. One of which include the extremely high price it goes for. I did own a copy about 13 years ago, but had a break in and lost almost my whole collection of games.
Then find the ROM and use them. You are well within' your rights as your games were stolen and you did not sell them, thus transferring your license and permission to back up. If any game company says otherwise they are happy you were stolen from so they can then steal from you under a subscription model.
I own a copy of this game and it's to date one of my favorite action/adventure games. It feels like playing the anime/manga; befitting the classic AND the time it came out. Not to mention it's just timeless.
Oh, the things I’ll do for a Berserk game with Miyazaki as Artistic director and Itsuno as Gameplay director (a fully fledged game with cover everything up to the end of Fantasia)
I don’t think Miyazaki should make a berserk game tbh. He has the world design down, but guts canonically fights like a musou character, swinging his sword so fast you can’t even see the impacts. Seeing him move his weapon like a souls character would be really disappointing
Idk who u are but thank u for sharing the footage of this game. My friends wouldn't believe me that there was a dororo game. So when I watched the anime I was shocked a few years back how different it is to the game. I love this game and I completed it without guides😭12 year old me was a different build. Again thank u for making me relive some nostalgia
I first saw this video thinking it was a blade of the immortal game just on art alone, to only find out its for a manga I haven't finished yet, can't wait to finish this video later!
I was actually waiting for this game to pop up in your reviews! Probably one of the only games you're reviewing that i actually played, as this genre of gameplay just wasn't something my family ever got into growing up. I have very mixed feelings about this game, since at times actually playing through it felt like i was constantly dragging my legs through broken glass(the final boss especially), but everything else about it stuck with me for well over a decade. "Back to the darkness" and "Away with you!" are phrases i still regularly think about saying! For a genre i had no experience with and a story i had no idea of this game will always hold a special place in my heart, i sincerely hope this game gets a remake in the future. Blood will Tell deserves it.
I haven't finished watching the video yet, i'm only about four minutes in, but i want to state that to me, this is the most enthousiastic you've sounded in a video of yours i've watched that I can remember. Which I mean in the sense of the sense of love for this game that the experience of playing it has left you with.
God this takes me back. I never owned this myself but a friend of mine did and they lent it to me. This game was so rad despite some frustrations and I wish I had my own copy
I still have this game and I loved it. The mechanics were so great and I never played a game similar to this one. I still remember it dearly and I bought it used just because of to the "Based on Osamu Tezuka's Dororo" line on the back.
This channel and overall concept of reviewing (every?) ps2 action game is so fricking good. The PS2 feels like the last mainline console that had these kind of experimental, 'out there' action games. Looking forward to Musashi Samurai Legend, Skellington May Cry, so many others. Does Rise to Honor count as an action game @Cvit ? 90% of the combat is just hitting the right stick. Also you can play as a headless, roast duck with a code after you finish the game.
Sword of twin cloud is the same as the sword of 8 clouds. It just doubles your slice per hit. You didn't miss anything as long as you have the 8 clouds one
Thanks bro, this video found its way into my feed and you actually got me to find my old barely used ps2 slim and mod so I can actually play games on it, this was first on the list and has been so far my favourite ps2 game though I thought there was an error on save points and I beat up to chapter 4 and 23 fiends while retrying the whole chapters each death before I figured out the savepoints weren't autosaves. If it wasn't for this random video recomendation it would be years before I even thought of attempting to mod my ps2 and relive some old memories. Looking foward to your next videos. Cheers mate.
Out of all the PS2 action games you've covered, this one looks the most interesting out of all! Can't beleive they actually brought this one to the west
I had the option of buying a loose disc for this game for $5 a few years ago at a flea market, and now knowing it is really expensive, I'm disappointed I didn't get it.
The audio effect at 5:10 is called the flanger effect, many rap songs do this for a cool effect to add emphasis on something and make it unique sounding.
There was a fairly recent anime re-adaptation of Dororo as well that was downright incredible. It makes significant changes to the main character and tone of the story that really cement its story elements.
Wow, for its time. This game seems pretty cool. Looks like there are a lot of different types of attacks, ranged moves and spells too. Moves look pretty cool too.
Oh boy, this brings back memories - quite a long time before that format became the thing to do on TH-cam for a couple years, some guy had uploaded a complete Let's Play of this game. Probably my first experience with LPs.
Gonna have to play this before I watch the video. I always had my eye on Blood Will Tell, but a physical copy is ridiculously expensive. Luckily I modded my PS2 last year, so nothing is really stopping me from playing it.
Man this game gives me such fun memories, I was lucky enough to get to stream it again a few years ago and the audience loved it since they had never heard of this game which was such a shame. honestly dorororo is close to a hidden gem as you're ever going to get on a PS2 next to R.A.D anyway
seeing that backlog list we have similar tastes . this looks like one of the ps2 classics that is very difficult in a good way. that final boss look so aestheticilly pleasing . maybe i should watch the show before playing this game.
I think I was able to land the 48 slash combo vs Behemoth fair and square, but holy shit, what a curveball to throw at you at the very end. The only other game I can think of that does something similar is Alter Echo (please tell me you're planning to review it eventually), which forces you to nail the longest time-freeze timing puzzle in the game to deal the final blow. Also, every once in a while the button prompt randomizer glitches out and just gives you multiples of the same button over and and over. If you get lucky with one of these jackpots on the Behemoth, even a 80+ hit combo wouldn't be out of the question lol.
Sweet psychically malleable alien matter, Alter Echo. Good name to throw out there. That one's definitely a game worth talking about in some depth. Oni too. And perhaps Zeno Clash. And surprisingly, Kya: Dark Lineage. That one has surprisingly in-depth combat for a 3D platformer title. Alter Echo had interesting ideas with the transformations, like hopping onto an enemy in the Stealth form and then swapping to Human or Gunner form, to lead into either a grab for the Human form or the enemy's head being stuck in the gun barrel for the Gunner form. From what i remember, combat did feel good enough. But i kinda lost interest after the first fight with Paavo, if i remember correctly.
@@jurtheorc8117 ->Rock-paper-scissors- >Sword-lizard-tyranid Fucking love that game. Acidic bioslime aesthetic, dope-ass trance soundtrack, and probably most expertly crafted difficulty curve I think I've ever seen in a game. The way it constantly mixes up the enemy waves to force you to juggle through the transformations and make use of every ability in your arsenal is just *chef's kiss.* There was a point where I was getting worn down to my last sliver of health, not nearly enough to handle the next wave of enemies, until I suddenly remembered that the chameleon form has the cloak ability, which I completely neglected to use in combat up to this point, and which was just enough for me to do a mad dash across the arena undetected and pull off a stealth takedown at the last second. The whole game just clicked, man.
@@NucleaRaptor Shoot man, that's a pretty vivid descriptor of your memories with the game. That is testament to the strong emotions tied to it, and is quite sweet to see for a game so little known. Cherish those memories well. Perhaps I ought to replay it sometime and try to continue on. It's a tough one from what i remember. Here's to hoping that Alter Echo may return some day. If not as a remaster or remake, then as inspiration for others. The "Acidic Bioslime" style as you call it can have potential for a lot of very cool stuff, as well as the in-game lore of there being essentially psychics perfectly attuned with plast as it was called, to basically create anything out of. It's kind of like playing god with a world or material that was not meant for man. Now you're making me remember Michael Bell as the planet itself, too. The planet was strangely adorable.
For years all I had was a memory of watching my dad play the first level of this game, then I found it and was able to watch the whole thing on TH-cam. A pretty cool game, wish I got to play it.
I think FromSoft could make a Dororo game like this. Sekiro is practically Hyakkimaru already in style and themes (the parallels are striking), now they just need to add a constant AI companion that could be controlled by another player for Co-op play.
I remember playing this game when I was a kid. It was a part of my dad's game collection. I loved it so much, although the game disc ended up scratched after a while and it'd freeze up halfway through. Thank god for emulators.
Because I might be from your génération (late 80's) I do understand and can feel perfectly what you mean by all of this and I also agree 💯 Ps2 was our golden era as kid. We had time to experience the évolution of this kinda game almost from 0. And it was such a fantastic aventure, wasnt it ? +1 sub mate, keep going🔥 Games are a part of our childhood and even influenced our personalities for some of us 🫡
I wish I knew about this game years ago when it came out back in 2004. I would've enjoyed this game a lot. Makes me want to go back and play my PS2 now.
I played this during my college days. The very first thing that drew me to the game was the name: "Osamu Tezuka", which I knew was the creator of Astro Boy. Honestly just wanted to find the monsters and get all the body parts back for that sweet stat bonuses. I totally lost count until you pointed out how many I went through to reach the final boss. (Not to mention made me remember the trauma of having to do that very, very long input command during the final boss fight.)
I'm a huge fan of Dororo and Tezuka's work so I'm surprised I never played this, I vaguely remember hearing that there was PS2 adaptation of the manga but I shrug it off thinking that it was probably one of those cheap IP adaptations but now I know how wrong I was, I had to pause the video because you convinced me to play it, so I'm gonna do that and watch it after, thanks a lot for introducing me to it though!
Blood Will Tell is so fucking dope. For a long time my only memory of this was "oh that's the body part pinocchio game where he goes AAAA early on", but there's so much cool stuff in here even if you aren't familiar with the source material.
I love the gungrave series for it's old ps2 aesthetic and jank but satisfying gameplay so it is fantastic to see that they kept making that style of game... and now this one is on my radar even with it's incredible price...
About dororo there is a really good animated series done not so long ago , it is a remake in that it doesnt cover all the parts but more streches it to like 10/15 parts and it is extremely good
There's a live-action movie called Dororo that heavily burrows elements from the series with some changes. Dororo is a grown adult by the time she meets Hyakumaru. Hyakumaru's father is actually ruthless and slew a buddhist monk who tried to stop him to make a deal with the demons after losing a major battle for power. The movie does not end after slaying all 48 demons but after finally retrieving his heart from a certain someone. The end shows Hyakumaru and Dororo walking off into the distance ready to take on the rest of the demons. I should mention that the movie does explain how Hyakumaru got his prosthetic limbs, and it's not what you think. They're all made from limbs of dead people, including children, as casualties of the ongoing war in Fuedal Japan. Overall, the movie, Dororo, is still good and worth watching.
I'm one of those guys who actually found it in a bargain bin shortly after release still have mine and it's my favorite ps2 game and I doubt I'm ever going to sell my copy still in perfect condition😂. Also the slashes all have paterns there are about 4 or 5 combination that start over at 25 slashes once you memorize them it's easy to get into a rythem
one of my favorite ps2 games! btw, the last boss's rush flight is easier with the arm swords. I love this game so much I grinded to level up the swords to lvl99... wasn't worth it lol
Omg I wish I still had my copy. Found it for 10 bucks back in 07. Absolutely love this game, my #1 PS2 game. This 100% felt like I was playing through an Anime. So many PS2 games had that feel before the copy and paste arena fighter era took over
This game was actually my first exposure to Dororo. So when the series got an anime remake some years ago, what I thought was, "isn't this similar to that PS2 game where the protagonist was a samurai with blades attached to his arms and cannon as his knee?" I didn't even remember the game's name at that point lol
Fun fact: in the stage where you meet the nine-tails for the first time, spawn portals will appear throughout the stage, spawning infinite enemies. Go to one, then switch to dororo. When dororo kills an enemy, there's a small chance of it dropping a heart (hearts increase dororo's max hp). Keep killing the enemies until you get enough hearts to max out dororo's max hp. Be careful though, as dororo could get one-shot from an enemy during this process. If you accidently destroy the portal, find another.
think the price hike is due to the newer anime that came out just a few years ago that drew attention to the series. Show was bloody fantastic, and the only reason how I found out about this game
I never had a ps2 as a child, but as a teenager, a guy exchanged it for my Super Nintendo, and Dororo was, along with Shadow of the Colossus, one of the games that most impacted me. When I heard an anime was being made, I could not hold my excitement over it. Thankfully, both experiences were very enjoyable - and the anime has a banger of an opening.
I remember having this game and just spamming that spin to win technique didn't really paid attention to the story now looking back at it I'm actually really impressed. Its as amazing as MGS1 4th wall breaks.
![Blood Will Tell - Best Game You've Never Played [Bumbles McFumbles]](/img/n.gif)
Dude, I remember holding a copy of Blood Will Tell at my local Electronic Boutique, trying to decide if I should buy it. The store owner pulled out a GamePro magazine with a review of the game that the author titled "Crap Will Tell", so I decided not to buy it. I never realized this game is a whole lot more than what the reviewer let on.
It bugs me more than it should that the journalist at least didn't go for something like 'Crud Will Tell' so it at least sounded the same
I recognize you! You've left comments on ChaserTech's videos as well, right?
@@jurtheorc8117 Yep!
Rude.
@@SetnaroX I knew it! Nice!
Wish you good luck and fun on future character action undertakings of your own!
Dude the best part about Blood will tell?
Plug in a Second Controller and hand it to a Friend.
Now Dororo isnt that useless anymore.
How so ?
@@crispyghoulco-op. Some Ps2 games had them. I remember a very limited San Andreas Co-op mode where the second player controlled your girlfriend. You couldn’t do any missions though.
Best little buddy mode in any game.
I remember as a small kid this game was too hard for and my cousin would try to beat it for me and I was dororo those were good times
@@ChadKakashi you played as NPCs and freeroam around the map
A year and a half ago a friend of mine was streaming this game on Twitch, trying to defeat all 48 fiends. At some point he was to confront the butterfly fiend in the bamboo forest, and he also allowed for the stream to have song recommendations to play during gameplay.
I suggested Smoking Roll for God Hand. He did not know what Smoking Roll sounded like.
My friend was taken aback and sounded like he was tearing up amidst pained laughing when such an awesome design was contrasted against such a goofy song.
Chance!
@@TheMilhouseExperience Cha-chance!
you're not alexander
"I got my voice back! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
eustace from courage the cowardly dog ah scream
Best line in the whole game
*tidus mode*
Tbf I’d scream to the heavens if I had previously lost my voice and managed to get back.
Still a funny line delivery though.
Now Hyakkimaru has to be careful with screams, or he might lose his voice again.
music used in order, in case anyone needs it:
> Shisui of Violet Tides (The Open Box)
> Byakko's Theme (Amatsu Kaze)
> Doma Castle (Gates of Moon)
> Kugane Castle (Deception)
> Seiryu's Theme (From the Dragon's Wake)
all of them are from ffxiv stormblood
For a moment I was like "wait, was this game OST made by Soken? Sounds exactly like FFXIV"
I had to relisten to some of the parts because I couldn't believe my ears.
I felt immediate PTSD from doing tribal quests within the first four notes
say what you want about MMOs, but FFXIV is annoyingly good. Just a shame it costs the price of a brand-new game every 2 months
Thank god, it wasn't just me, thought I was hearing shit
Thank You!!! I wanted to listen to the music that was used in this Good piece of art!
The remake anime and live action movie are pretty good.
The recent remake is what made me even aware of Dororo and it is absolutely top tier storytelling, especially how they really improve on hyakimarus character by showing just how stunted of a human being he is by being deprived of basic human senses. And seeing the side by side comparisons of how faithful it was to the original is just something else
i also think the anime remake is what caused this games price to shoot up a lot...
@@ghoulchan7525 buying physical copies is clown behavior when its easily emulated.
@@AnAverageGoblin there's people who like physical things.
@@ghoulchan7525 physical copies of video games are never worth triple digits
Honestly, Cvit’s love for this game has rubbed off on me; RED no longer being with us (in the form it had during the PS2 era) is a massive tragedy
Red was one of the greatest developers all throughout the 90s and into the early 2000s. Their SNES / TurboGrafx games are superb.
What happened to them?
I just looked up the titles they did, and I'm quite frankly shocked that I didn't pay attention to them as a studio until after this video and the comments, if ONLY because of Gate and Lords of Thunder from way back when.
Holy shit, I knew Tezuka wrote Dororo, but I had no idea Hiroaki Samura did the art for the game. _Blade of the Immortal_ is fucking legendary, and his art style is instantly recognizable. Definitely have to add this to my collection next to my Dark Horse BOTI volumes with the rest of my PS2 games.
BOTI would be one of the best animes if only the manga has full anime adaptation.
Awesome review. I never even realized Dororo had a videogame adaptation, but it really fits well.
This game one thousand percent deserves a remaster, not a remake, a remaster for multiple reasons. One of which include the extremely high price it goes for. I did own a copy about 13 years ago, but had a break in and lost almost my whole collection of games.
@@Gluemn I've been getting into emulators. I still have a lot to learn about them though.
Not sure if it will. Why? Two words. RIGHTS ISSUES!
Then find the ROM and use them. You are well within' your rights as your games were stolen and you did not sell them, thus transferring your license and permission to back up.
If any game company says otherwise they are happy you were stolen from so they can then steal from you under a subscription model.
@@Gluemn thanks for explaining how easy it is to emulate. Ive seen lots of people with interest but they all think its "hard " to emulate smh
@@XVa-uj8m and even if you werent some companies arent around to be paid for said games. just download and tell yourself your a digital archivist :3
You always look at the coolest freaking games. It really highlights the PS2 as the most experimental and varied consle ever to be created.
I own a copy of this game and it's to date one of my favorite action/adventure games. It feels like playing the anime/manga; befitting the classic AND the time it came out. Not to mention it's just timeless.
Another great video of a niche PS2 gem. I also enjoyed your choice of using FFXIV: Stormblood OST, I couldn’t help singing along to “Amatzu Kaze”.
Oh, the things I’ll do for a Berserk game with Miyazaki as Artistic director and Itsuno as Gameplay director (a fully fledged game with cover everything up to the end of Fantasia)
That would literally be the perfect team.
I don’t think Miyazaki should make a berserk game tbh. He has the world design down, but guts canonically fights like a musou character, swinging his sword so fast you can’t even see the impacts. Seeing him move his weapon like a souls character would be really disappointing
@@harrylane4 Did you forget Sekiro exists?
That's where the itsuno part of the comment comes from@@harrylane4
That sounds sick, who are these Miyazaki and Itsuno though? Thanks for your time.
Idk who u are but thank u for sharing the footage of this game. My friends wouldn't believe me that there was a dororo game. So when I watched the anime I was shocked a few years back how different it is to the game. I love this game and I completed it without guides😭12 year old me was a different build. Again thank u for making me relive some nostalgia
Your work for bringing to light these forgotten gems is well appreciated, keep doing God's work
I first saw this video thinking it was a blade of the immortal game just on art alone, to only find out its for a manga I haven't finished yet, can't wait to finish this video later!
God, that music in the background SLAPS. Very good review! I'd love to pick this game up sometime.
If you're curious, they all seem to be from Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood.
This! I was like hold on....I know this music...then the realization hit me 😂
Amatsu Kaze
I was actually waiting for this game to pop up in your reviews! Probably one of the only games you're reviewing that i actually played, as this genre of gameplay just wasn't something my family ever got into growing up. I have very mixed feelings about this game, since at times actually playing through it felt like i was constantly dragging my legs through broken glass(the final boss especially), but everything else about it stuck with me for well over a decade. "Back to the darkness" and "Away with you!" are phrases i still regularly think about saying! For a genre i had no experience with and a story i had no idea of this game will always hold a special place in my heart, i sincerely hope this game gets a remake in the future. Blood will Tell deserves it.
i never imagined that a dororo game existed. i love that anime so MUCH. thank you cvit
I haven't finished watching the video yet, i'm only about four minutes in, but i want to state that to me, this is the most enthousiastic you've sounded in a video of yours i've watched that I can remember. Which I mean in the sense of the sense of love for this game that the experience of playing it has left you with.
God this takes me back. I never owned this myself but a friend of mine did and they lent it to me. This game was so rad despite some frustrations and I wish I had my own copy
Appreciate the use of the Storm blood soundtrack during the video :)
That final QTE looks like nightmare fuel. My condolences.
It is, unless you find a secret sword that makes every hit in the finisher qte count as two.
I still have this game and I loved it. The mechanics were so great and I never played a game similar to this one. I still remember it dearly and I bought it used just because of to the "Based on Osamu Tezuka's Dororo" line on the back.
This channel and overall concept of reviewing (every?) ps2 action game is so fricking good. The PS2 feels like the last mainline console that had these kind of experimental, 'out there' action games. Looking forward to Musashi Samurai Legend, Skellington May Cry, so many others.
Does Rise to Honor count as an action game @Cvit ? 90% of the combat is just hitting the right stick. Also you can play as a headless, roast duck with a code after you finish the game.
Doro getting totally bodied by the boss LMAOOOOO 6:37 (Also nice touch in using Stormblood OSTs here, it matches the video a lot)
"Party is over~"
Sword of twin cloud is the same as the sword of 8 clouds. It just doubles your slice per hit. You didn't miss anything as long as you have the 8 clouds one
I heared 48 boss fight gauntlet and immediately knew i had to get in on this.
Thanks bro, this video found its way into my feed and you actually got me to find my old barely used ps2 slim and mod so I can actually play games on it, this was first on the list and has been so far my favourite ps2 game though I thought there was an error on save points and I beat up to chapter 4 and 23 fiends while retrying the whole chapters each death before I figured out the savepoints weren't autosaves. If it wasn't for this random video recomendation it would be years before I even thought of attempting to mod my ps2 and relive some old memories. Looking foward to your next videos. Cheers mate.
Out of all the PS2 action games you've covered, this one looks the most interesting out of all! Can't beleive they actually brought this one to the west
I had the option of buying a loose disc for this game for $5 a few years ago at a flea market, and now knowing it is really expensive, I'm disappointed I didn't get it.
I mean, even without the modern value, I feel like buying any game for $5 or less is almost instinctual, especially if it looks well-made.
Dementia
@@brysonharrison5698 Just stodgy internet connection, but thank you for bringing my attention to the issue.
The audio effect at 5:10 is called the flanger effect, many rap songs do this for a cool effect to add emphasis on something and make it unique sounding.
Always a treat seeing him post. Brings back that love for japanese ps2 games.
Another game i remember looking at during 2000s gamestop and drooling over it but not buy 😢 thank you for doing it justice
I like how much appreciation you show when you speak
I remember learning about this game after watching the 60s Dororo anime. One of the saddest trips to ebay I took...
One of my favorite games ever. Replayed it a bunch. Disc is still in great shape. Nothing like the first time you play through tho
3:40 Damn, Amatsu Kaze actually fit with this. Especially during the time when JP dev love to put some funky song on the opening like Onimusha 2....
oooh thats the song name. thanks.
This actually looks like a really cool game, i kinda want to try it now !
Thanks cvit for the discovery !
The king has returned! Love love all these obscure action games
I still have my copy of this game and it's in really good condition too! I absolutely loved this game when it was released.
There was a fairly recent anime re-adaptation of Dororo as well that was downright incredible. It makes significant changes to the main character and tone of the story that really cement its story elements.
Wow, for its time. This game seems pretty cool. Looks like there are a lot of different types of attacks, ranged moves and spells too. Moves look pretty cool too.
Oh boy, this brings back memories - quite a long time before that format became the thing to do on TH-cam for a couple years, some guy had uploaded a complete Let's Play of this game. Probably my first experience with LPs.
I can't stress enough how much i enjoy this series. The PS2 really did have some incredible and creative action games.
Gonna have to play this before I watch the video. I always had my eye on Blood Will Tell, but a physical copy is ridiculously expensive. Luckily I modded my PS2 last year, so nothing is really stopping me from playing it.
Man this game gives me such fun memories, I was lucky enough to get to stream it again a few years ago and the audience loved it since they had never heard of this game which was such a shame.
honestly dorororo is close to a hidden gem as you're ever going to get on a PS2 next to R.A.D anyway
I play that game 2005 and never finished it 100%.I can, no matter how hard I try make 48 cuts on the last boss but I have good memories on that game
man i saw the thumbnail in my recommendeds and i got really excited thinking there was a Blade of the Immortal PS2 game
seeing that backlog list we have similar tastes . this looks like one of the ps2 classics that is very difficult in a good way. that final boss look so aestheticilly pleasing . maybe i should watch the show before playing this game.
I think I was able to land the 48 slash combo vs Behemoth fair and square, but holy shit, what a curveball to throw at you at the very end. The only other game I can think of that does something similar is Alter Echo (please tell me you're planning to review it eventually), which forces you to nail the longest time-freeze timing puzzle in the game to deal the final blow. Also, every once in a while the button prompt randomizer glitches out and just gives you multiples of the same button over and and over. If you get lucky with one of these jackpots on the Behemoth, even a 80+ hit combo wouldn't be out of the question lol.
Sweet psychically malleable alien matter, Alter Echo. Good name to throw out there. That one's definitely a game worth talking about in some depth.
Oni too. And perhaps Zeno Clash. And surprisingly, Kya: Dark Lineage. That one has surprisingly in-depth combat for a 3D platformer title.
Alter Echo had interesting ideas with the transformations, like hopping onto an enemy in the Stealth form and then swapping to Human or Gunner form, to lead into either a grab for the Human form or the enemy's head being stuck in the gun barrel for the Gunner form.
From what i remember, combat did feel good enough. But i kinda lost interest after the first fight with Paavo, if i remember correctly.
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Fucking love that game.
Acidic bioslime aesthetic, dope-ass trance soundtrack, and probably most expertly crafted difficulty curve I think I've ever seen in a game. The way it constantly mixes up the enemy waves to force you to juggle through the transformations and make use of every ability in your arsenal is just *chef's kiss.*
There was a point where I was getting worn down to my last sliver of health, not nearly enough to handle the next wave of enemies, until I suddenly remembered that the chameleon form has the cloak ability, which I completely neglected to use in combat up to this point, and which was just enough for me to do a mad dash across the arena undetected and pull off a stealth takedown at the last second. The whole game just clicked, man.
Alter echo...that's a name I haven't heard in awhile
@@NucleaRaptor Shoot man, that's a pretty vivid descriptor of your memories with the game. That is testament to the strong emotions tied to it, and is quite sweet to see for a game so little known. Cherish those memories well.
Perhaps I ought to replay it sometime and try to continue on. It's a tough one from what i remember.
Here's to hoping that Alter Echo may return some day. If not as a remaster or remake, then as inspiration for others. The "Acidic Bioslime" style as you call it can have potential for a lot of very cool stuff, as well as the in-game lore of there being essentially psychics perfectly attuned with plast as it was called, to basically create anything out of.
It's kind of like playing god with a world or material that was not meant for man.
Now you're making me remember Michael Bell as the planet itself, too. The planet was strangely adorable.
For years all I had was a memory of watching my dad play the first level of this game, then I found it and was able to watch the whole thing on TH-cam. A pretty cool game, wish I got to play it.
I think FromSoft could make a Dororo game like this.
Sekiro is practically Hyakkimaru already in style and themes (the parallels are striking), now they just need to add a constant AI companion that could be controlled by another player for Co-op play.
i thought the earthquake got you bro
Shout out to Tezuka Osamu that man’s work still has impact.
I remember playing this game when I was a kid. It was a part of my dad's game collection. I loved it so much, although the game disc ended up scratched after a while and it'd freeze up halfway through.
Thank god for emulators.
Because I might be from your génération (late 80's) I do understand and can feel perfectly what you mean by all of this and I also agree 💯
Ps2 was our golden era as kid. We had time to experience the évolution of this kinda game almost from 0.
And it was such a fantastic aventure, wasnt it ?
+1 sub mate, keep going🔥 Games are a part of our childhood and even influenced our personalities for some of us 🫡
For some unknown reason, I believed I have played this game before. Eitherway, fun video man, gives nostalgia for ps2
Damn looking back at the video quality from the ps2 from present day, man its really different.
I wish I knew about this game years ago when it came out back in 2004. I would've enjoyed this game a lot. Makes me want to go back and play my PS2 now.
Loved this game as a kid but I remember never being able to best the final boss
I remember playing this on Matrix mod PS2 arcade around 2015.
Blood will tell and Ico were my favorite PS2 games. I was surprised that no one knew about Blood will tell. Glad its finally getting recognition!😊
I played this during my college days. The very first thing that drew me to the game was the name: "Osamu Tezuka", which I knew was the creator of Astro Boy.
Honestly just wanted to find the monsters and get all the body parts back for that sweet stat bonuses.
I totally lost count until you pointed out how many I went through to reach the final boss. (Not to mention made me remember the trauma of having to do that very, very long input command during the final boss fight.)
This game really looks peak but I'm not up for selling organs... yet. Also good job on releasing another banger oomfy
I'm a huge fan of Dororo and Tezuka's work so I'm surprised I never played this, I vaguely remember hearing that there was PS2 adaptation of the manga but I shrug it off thinking that it was probably one of those cheap IP adaptations but now I know how wrong I was, I had to pause the video because you convinced me to play it, so I'm gonna do that and watch it after, thanks a lot for introducing me to it though!
Blood Will Tell is so fucking dope. For a long time my only memory of this was "oh that's the body part pinocchio game where he goes AAAA early on", but there's so much cool stuff in here even if you aren't familiar with the source material.
I love the gungrave series for it's old ps2 aesthetic and jank but satisfying gameplay so it is fantastic to see that they kept making that style of game... and now this one is on my radar even with it's incredible price...
That was one of the best Patreon shoutout lists I've ever heard also great video btw 😊
About dororo there is a really good animated series done not so long ago , it is a remake in that it doesnt cover all the parts but more streches it to like 10/15 parts and it is extremely good
12:30 I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who was completely stuck on this secret
There's a live-action movie called Dororo that heavily burrows elements from the series with some changes. Dororo is a grown adult by the time she meets Hyakumaru. Hyakumaru's father is actually ruthless and slew a buddhist monk who tried to stop him to make a deal with the demons after losing a major battle for power. The movie does not end after slaying all 48 demons but after finally retrieving his heart from a certain someone. The end shows Hyakumaru and Dororo walking off into the distance ready to take on the rest of the demons. I should mention that the movie does explain how Hyakumaru got his prosthetic limbs, and it's not what you think. They're all made from limbs of dead people, including children, as casualties of the ongoing war in Fuedal Japan. Overall, the movie, Dororo, is still good and worth watching.
Wow, good thing there are others who enjoy playing such games and making videos about them because I surely would've given up on ever finishing them.
Saw the thumbnail and instantly recognized it was the illustration style of blade of the immortal.
I just got through playing this game last week. I was blown away by how surprisingly good it was
Damn. I got really excited that this was a Blade of the Immortal game when I saw the thumbnail. Blade of the Immortal is awsome.
I'm one of those guys who actually found it in a bargain bin shortly after release still have mine and it's my favorite ps2 game and I doubt I'm ever going to sell my copy still in perfect condition😂. Also the slashes all have paterns there are about 4 or 5 combination that start over at 25 slashes once you memorize them it's easy to get into a rythem
This game looks so unbelievably sick. I thought it was going to be a blade of the immortal adaptation but this is even more interesting.
Maaaaan that Hiroaki Samura cover is insanely good
one of my favorite ps2 games! btw, the last boss's rush flight is easier with the arm swords. I love this game so much I grinded to level up the swords to lvl99... wasn't worth it lol
Highly recommend the 2019 Dororo anime, too.
Omg I wish I still had my copy. Found it for 10 bucks back in 07. Absolutely love this game, my #1 PS2 game. This 100% felt like I was playing through an Anime. So many PS2 games had that feel before the copy and paste arena fighter era took over
This game was actually my first exposure to Dororo. So when the series got an anime remake some years ago, what I thought was, "isn't this similar to that PS2 game where the protagonist was a samurai with blades attached to his arms and cannon as his knee?"
I didn't even remember the game's name at that point lol
Didnt this get an anime adaptation not that long ago
It’s called Dororo, it’s an awesome anime, so underrated.
Fun fact: in the stage where you meet the nine-tails for the first time, spawn portals will appear throughout the stage, spawning infinite enemies. Go to one, then switch to dororo. When dororo kills an enemy, there's a small chance of it dropping a heart (hearts increase dororo's max hp).
Keep killing the enemies until you get enough hearts to max out dororo's max hp.
Be careful though, as dororo could get one-shot from an enemy during this process. If you accidently destroy the portal, find another.
think the price hike is due to the newer anime that came out just a few years ago that drew attention to the series.
Show was bloody fantastic, and the only reason how I found out about this game
I never had a ps2 as a child, but as a teenager, a guy exchanged it for my Super Nintendo, and Dororo was, along with Shadow of the Colossus, one of the games that most impacted me. When I heard an anime was being made, I could not hold my excitement over it. Thankfully, both experiences were very enjoyable - and the anime has a banger of an opening.
Always hyped to see your uploads.
The ambience of this game is superb. once someone I knew told me about this anime call blood will tell and I was like man I finish that game already.
What a great story and awesome game, thanks for this video! Lucky to own a copy of this myself
I actually owned this game at one point back in the early 2000s, bought it at EB Games when I worked at the local mall.
ERM ACTUALLY
never played this one but I'm starting today. Great vid.
One of the greatest PS2 games of all time. Truly a hidden gem
I remember having this game and just spamming that spin to win technique didn't really paid attention to the story now looking back at it I'm actually really impressed. Its as amazing as MGS1 4th wall breaks.
Blade of immortal on thumbnail is a dope ass manga
Wow, the sword arms reminded me of the South American warrior Galvarino!
This game is superb and amazing. It's criminal I never got to finish it.
Wow. Did you upscale this? The quality of this game looks phenomenal for ps2