Thankfully, Bubsy 4D broke the series trend by being so good that it exists on an entirely new plane of existence that us mere mortals cannot comprehend.
And, due to some time/space shenanigans, it went back in time and became Cthulhu. It's not so _horrifying_ you go insane, it's so amazingly _good_ you can't believe it even exists and _that_ makes you go insane. ... Still not a good thing for a series to be known for.
You say this as a joke, but the leader of the dev team for Bubsy 3D actually thinks Bubsy 3D isn't as bad as everyone says it is and has plenty of quotes similar to that.
You are the only reviewer who actually showed the entirety of Bubsy 3D from start to finish I know of. First off, massive respect, and secondly, why are you doing this to yourself?
I know this is an old video, but major props for calling the voice DIRECTION bad and not the actress herself. That was impressive, and I was also very impressed by you finding the exact words that led to the fake positive review on the cover!
@@JNJNRobin1337 It feels like this has been changing significantly as of late, at least among content creators. People are being much more mindful of what it is they’re actually criticizing now
@@thatitalianlameguy2235 even the great Rob Paulsen couldn't make Bubs sound tolerable in the cartoon. the script they gave these actors is exactly how nitro describes as tthrowing darts hoping SOMETHING lands and the direction is just all around bad.
I love how James gets more and more disheveled looking as he continues to review the game. It's pretty subtle too. You might not even notice it at first.
My childhood memory of this game is renting it from a blockbuster and getting home and it being too scratched to play and being all bummed out about it, years later as an adult I found out that I had been saved some serious trauma.
Squigin A similar thing happened when I rented Ghostbusters for NES as a kid. The game couldn't get past the title screen. Many years later, I saw the AVGN's review.
I'm really glad I watched this video, most people that review this game don't even hit on some of the stuff you talked about, like this is actually the first time I found out this game has bosses? Who knew.
Thank you for reviewing this game without quitting halfway through or getting obnoxiously angry for comedic effect, no one seems to take a level-headed approach when talking about this game. There were lots of things you brought up that I didn't even know about because other reviewers just lumped under "this game is bad lol," so I appreciate it. Also, you did a nice job on that makeup. Often times when I see the bags under the eyes people take it from 1 to 100 in like three shots, but you paced it out so that you had to be paying attention to even notice the progression in the first place.
TheRPGirl I agree! Nitro really is a great reviewer, it’s hard to put into words how much I appreciate the amount of research and time he puts into these reviews, the amount of passion is unmatched.
Virtual Insanity The amount of time and effort that goes into these videos is really great. And yet with all that research under his belt he still doesn't sound like a professional or a know-it-all (in the best way possible). I think that's why I like Nitro so much. His reviews are like if your best friend just beat a game and started telling you their genuine thoughts on it.
I'll be honest, I love AVGN, but he has been outmatched since his golden age. I still watch his current stuff which definitely shows his improvements, and occasionally visit his older stuff, but there is a lot more talent to choose from nowadays, and I think Nitro Rad is a great example of that. He's fun, he's witty, and the attention to detail he gives each game he reviews is tenouttaten, and in more tactful phrasing, he's relatable rather than opressively professional like someone from IGN, and not overly obnoxious like JonTron's review. I love JonTron, but he's one of the many who gave up early, where Nitro Rad actually pushed to the end of Bubsy 3D for us plebs to enjoy his misery, as well as the ass that is the rest of the game. If you end up reading this Nitro, keep up the good work man, you are one of a kind. :) Edit: Not to mention, a scholar and a saint.
To be fair to Jon, it was one of his earlier reviews. His character wasn’t as established as it is today. Plus he was also playing the first two games with the same concept of play the first and second level, Rage quitting, and moving on to the next game.
When people say the bubsy team should of known what to do after mario but devs cant change their game a week before it comes out back then, it wasnt like steam updates.
@@richardgibson8403 It damages sales, publishers are not happy, they have to communicate it to investors, and strores. It was easier to publish the game the way it was, but they must've realized it was doomed from the moment Mario 64 was revealed.
@@NegiWhite Something that is important to note is as goofy as it sounds looking at this, their goal was a bit different then other platformers. Because their know how of 3D was limited (due to having no prior experience with controls or tools for drawing environments in 3D) their goal was to make it the highest resolution possible and try their best to work from there. Unfortunately in doing so, they took most of the memory that should've been dedicated to other real time tasks, and it ended up hurting the project throughout the cycle. That sounds easy to rectify, but in reality when you're talking about having to learn on the fly a new system, console, etc. and then release the game slightly over a year after the original NA release of the console (while also working on a difficult to develop for Saturn version they ultimately canned) it makes sense why it came out the way it did. Accolade refused to budge on that release date and it hurt the game. There is one benefit though. Often we hear about "if we had another crack at it" or "the lessons we learned..." in terms of optimistic positivity towards failed projects. But in Bubsys case, they actually did, and its crazy to think the team that made Siphon Filter learned so much from a game so critically panned after its release. Small comment for those interested; some designers on the team HATED bubsy with a passion and made fun of him snarkily as they did their work back in those days prior to 3D.
Some of the worst level design I've ever seen in a 3D platform game. There's a reason why they made platforming so easy in mario. 3D platform games cant be fun if they are way too hard to DO the platforming.
The way Nitro Rad reviews bad games is that it could be a great game if you remove the flaws. And Nitro Rad genuinely hates this game. That's something that almost never happens on this channel and that's how you know this is a terrible game.
If you think about it, the true ending is actually a great ending! Bubsy is trapped in the Jurassic era and poor sales prevented his escape via a direct sequel. Therefore, he's been rotting there for the better part of 2 decades and counting with no hope of escape. It's a great ending! I wouldn't have it any other way.
Then again there's a reason why The Woolies Strike Back retconned that ending. Even the new people knew that ending was bonkers for all the wrong reasons.
DrawnSimplistic same as Blinx, Klonoa, glitch,(metal arms protagonist) and other never have a another game but Bubsy had a new game...for some reasons.... I think we should make theme a meme
Takeshi Kujo they were probably made entirely of America’s got talent judges because the only thing this game has going for it is a sad backstory. Like, we’ve all been in that situation, we think we’re doing something new and original only to discover that you have a much better competitor that overshadows you in every way, and if There’s anything judges like it’s a sad backstory. Still doesn’t make it good though. It’s like if big rigs was all the homeless lone developer could code before they died of cancer. It’d still be a shit game either way.
PSEXTREME is liquid shit. They praised all manner of shitty games. Seriously, go and look at old shitty PSX games or coverage of PSX games, or try and find crappy games, you'll find a PSXtreme quote, when no other magazine will. IIRC they also gave Bug Riders a good review. Unfortunately most people don't know how shittacular they were, apart form popping up on bad games boxes in quotes, or in other magazines, with good quotes and stamps of approval on bad games. Their true shittiness is forever lost in time.
I really like how this review was done. It’s not the typical “haha game BAD” Bubsy 3D review, I actually learned a lot I didn’t know about the game, and it managed to stay funny throughout. Also the progressive eyebags throughout was really good.
That's the wonder of Nitro Rad. He does poke fun at the games he reviews, but he also keeps his videos very informative. That's why they're so enjoyable. :D
To think, when Caddicarus got to Stage 2 on Bubsy 3D he asked "Has man ever reached this point in the universe before?" And a year later, Nitro made it to the ending. That's a real *accolade.*
Fun fact: The developer of this game was purchased by Sony Interactive Entertainment in the late 1990s and was renamed to Bend Studio. This studio would go on to develop the Siphon Filter series for the PS1 and PS2, Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the PS Vita, and are currently developing Days Gone for the PS4.
Bullshit. No one can come back from this catastrophe. This is one of those things that drives a man to drink, to find Jesus at the bottom of a bottle. No way, man. You're fucking with me.
Gonna be honest, I kinda felt sorry for you in the end, lol. This really does look like one of the worst games of all time, it's not even bad in the way where you can have fun because of how bad it is, it just looks frustrating. I have a lot of respect for you for actually playing through the entire game though to give a proper review unlike most reviewers. Also, from what I've heard, Bubsy 3D was originally supposed to be a Sega 32X game, which explains the lack of textures in the graphics. They still could've updated the graphics when releasing it on PS1, though.
It's amazing to think the developer who made this train wreck, would later create the Syphon Filter Series, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Resistance: Retribution, and Days Gone, that's a hell of a redemption arc.
Honestly, the part about that EGM quote that stings the most isn't the fact that it was twisted to hell, but rather the fact that it didn't _have_ to be - "Bubsy 3D climbs back to the top of the yarn ball. Gamers looking for 3-D action should check it out!" would've sufficed perfectly for a quote on the front of the box.
12:53 what we observe is one the effects of stress induced by playing Bubsy 3D. It can make people confuse question mark blocks with exclamation mark blocks.
Oh boy, if in-depth analysis of Bubsy 3D is what you want, I suggest you look up Ulillillia. He is a *big* fan of Bubsy and made some videos exploring this game.
Wait I just realized. When you fire the atoms at enemies, you're firing an atom at 'em. This game stinks but there's good puns if you squint really hard.
WHAT!!???? SPENPIE NOTICE ME!! but you are you very welcome and there was a tell near one of the secret switches is a room with 4 coloured turrets that don't shoot, just did not show it as i knew the code.
yer it was quite a shock when i was told to watch it and i saw that, it was less a senpie noticed me and wait what, wait what is this real l need to sit here for like a hour to let it sink in XD
It's pretty wild how the Bubsy 3D people went on to make the Syphon Filter series and Days Gone. Sometimes there's a lot of talent who were too ambitious for what they were trying to create and that's probably the case for Bubsy 3D.
I think in hindsight this game just proves how much of a miracle Super Mario 64 is. They got so much right when flying completely blind, doing something that nobody else had done before. Even now, with 25 years of experience, 3D platformers are pretty rare events in gaming, because they are devilishly difficult to make - indeed, surprisingly few developers have ever topped that initial offering in 1996.
Other Bubsy games: What can pawssibly go wrong? This one: What can pawssibly go right? The graphics are atrocious, but the worst idea is having to turn around to move. When you make MOVING hard, nothing else can be said.
Your's is the first Bubsy 3D review/retrospective that is played all the way through to the end! Mad respect for the endurance. So many people give up after the first few levels. :D
Amazing how you physically look WORSE after completing it compared to how you look in the beginning of the video. I've gone down that road myself, it's a complete shitstorm from start to finish and ending has no payoff, even with the supposed "good" ending. Now for god sakes, get some sleep! You deserve it. You've ventured into terrority very few gamers ever dare to tread :)
It's like completing Donkey Kong 64, but instead of gamer cred you've got nothing left but a hollow shell of yourself and a new appreciation for a hole through your head
After seeing Mario64 and Crash the main Dev of Bubsy 3D himself wanted to redo the complete game but the publishers wouldn't let him so he left it as is and said "F** it"
To be fair if he redid it there wasn't much worse he could have done. If anything at least a few things mario and crash did would have rubbed off an helped it not be as terrible as it was.
Well... at least the dev(s) have gone to better pastures like giving us the awesome Syhpon Filter games... which I have not seen any YT reviewer with PS1 overtones (Johnny vs., Caddicarus, NitroRad... really guys, stop blueballing us... you too patreon voters... jk, y'all are good.)
Fun fact : When the developers of Pac-Man World first showed their prototype to the President of Namco, it was so bad and felt so much like Bubsy 3D that almost the entire team was fired.
Oh god, I would rather be fucked in the asshole with a sandpaper dildo laced with spikes and nails being held by a serial killer/rapist, than to ever touch that piece of shit. There are homeless people living in mud and dirt and rotting waste, that are less filthier than that tremendous pile of poop nuggets!
I love how NitroRad comes off so natural and his personality is chill and that alone is enjoyable to listen to , and when he tries to make a joke it works really well .
And even when it doesn't isn't it a huge deal, which is comforting in a way as when one do it oneself it can feel like the end of the world, but he shows that it's okay.
Holy shit this review was awesome dude, your natural reactions and stress anger were top notch dude. You need to review more older games, your dialog, reviewing everything is perfect. I love the demonic part when you are ready kill the game and the screen goes red. Oh man dude you need to do more reviews way underrated on here.
Just as a quick note here - I finished up the captions for this video, so they should be up soon after the people in charge review them. It was a pretty annoying process trying to time everything, but like any project, it's always worth it in the end. 😊💞
I broke one of the clips off of it entirely, but I had a FMA scroll in my closet that hasn't been hung up for years, so I took a clip off of that and replaced it.
I remember getting this game because the video store around the corner from my house, was going out of business, and so my mom bought a good amount of stuff. I was probably around 8, and could never get past level 2... I felt like a failure for years, but I'm so glad it was just a shit game, and not me. Thank you.
Oh my freaking wow. That Edward comparison was scarily accurate! Also, the idea of using collectibles as ammunition? Rayman Raving Rabbids DS gave it a try too. The result? Rayman punches as his default attack and uses Yellow Lums to do his Rayman 2 energy shots. Honestly, best execution of the idea that I've seen in a long standing series.
Well, your intro made me a bit more forgiving to the game at least. Something rare in Bubsy 3D reviews. This was a very well made review! Also, at 20:47 I hope your poster is okay - that was a well cosmetically timed fall!
It seems like they were working with inferior technology and maybe even rushed it to come out very soon after crash and Mario. I don't know much about the dev but I cant imagine Bubsy was raking in the dough. Probably had a craptacular budget
When Caddicarus (second time I talked about him I know) he had several other people appear in his review telling him to don't do it. I would do the same thing and tell you it's not worth it and it's never worth it, playing that game is a death sentence.
Fun fact: Lani Minella, the voice for Bubsy here, hated this game too. Bubsy is one of the few roles she regrets taking, and she even admits the direction she was given was to be shrill and annoying.
Kudos to being the most informative and fair review of Bubsy 3D. Excellent job. I don't know whether you deserve a pat on the back for the effort or some Panadol from this migraine-inducing game.
Dude... I don't know if you're a trooper or a madman for beating this, but I salute you! Also, 20:29 I hope your poster was OK after that, I don't think that was intentional, and yet it made that shot so much funnier! I'm not sure when you got over your case of AVGNitis, but this seems like a pretty genuine review of the game, not just "Hey let's pick on a game for clicks!" As far as the terrible graphics go, Matt McMuscles found the answer (it was a few years after your video came out, but I'm gonna share it with the rest of the world). The developers wanted to utilize a high-resolution mode, because no-one had tried it yet on the PlayStation. But there was a problem with that: because the PlayStation was so busy trying to render everything in this high-resolution mode, there was no extra memory for additional textures, so they had to strip most of them away just to get the game to run. That's why the game's graphics look less like a PlayStation game, and more like an unfinished N64 build. In fact, a lot of N64 games suffered from a similar issue, pushing for a more high-resolution aesthetic that the hardware just couldn't keep up with, so you get games like the N64 version of Tony Hawk with blurry textures or Turok constantly buried in fog
Props to you for finishing this. I honestly feel really bad for you. Most reviewers I've seen didn't even get past the first boss. EDIT: Also the progression of you decent into madness (evident by your tone and makeup) was really good. I hope this gets the views it deserves.
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Since a lot of people ask what the song from the beginning is, it's from Killer Instinct.
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yo thanks man
Lol XD
THAT MEAT IS RARE!
Nitro Rad pain in your butt? Try Call of Juarez... Good luck...
*pats back*
Thankfully, Bubsy 4D broke the series trend by being so good that it exists on an entirely new plane of existence that us mere mortals cannot comprehend.
And, due to some time/space shenanigans, it went back in time and became Cthulhu. It's not so _horrifying_ you go insane, it's so amazingly _good_ you can't believe it even exists and _that_ makes you go insane.
...
Still not a good thing for a series to be known for.
Yay!
Only Highlanders can reach that game. Don't understand how everyone missed that aspect in the movie...
benedict gaming,
r/wooooosh
Later it was Bubsy 5D. 5 times the stupidity
a wise man once said-"there are no bad controls only bad players". later on he was revealed to be the creator of bubsy 3d.
You say this as a joke, but the leader of the dev team for Bubsy 3D actually thinks Bubsy 3D isn't as bad as everyone says it is and has plenty of quotes similar to that.
yep.
@@LordArikado they need glasses AND hearing aids
Dunkey
I played Bubsy 4D with my uncle. He’s a Dr. Manhattan.
You are the only reviewer who actually showed the entirety of Bubsy 3D from start to finish I know of.
First off, massive respect, and secondly, why are you doing this to yourself?
210th like, why is it significant?
Multiply by 2.
ThuN00b also showed more than first few levels
@@silverfoil8854 Meteorz, a Kirby based TH-cam channel, live-streamed the game once.
@@seant1326 It was abbreviated at the end, but Wolfshirt also went through the whole thing, didn't bother with the "good" ending though.
Wilson,fron "Colônia contra ataca" a Brazilian Chanel did It,but rad made It First
I know this is an old video, but major props for calling the voice DIRECTION bad and not the actress herself. That was impressive, and I was also very impressed by you finding the exact words that led to the fake positive review on the cover!
most would, to my knowledge, blame the actor, and not the direction
that has allways happened throughout history i think
no matter how good an actor is, they are still gonna be crap if you direct them terribly.
@@JNJNRobin1337 It feels like this has been changing significantly as of late, at least among content creators. People are being much more mindful of what it is they’re actually criticizing now
Well she was rouge in sonic adventure 2 and she was good
@@thatitalianlameguy2235 even the great Rob Paulsen couldn't make Bubs sound tolerable in the cartoon. the script they gave these actors is exactly how nitro describes as tthrowing darts hoping SOMETHING lands and the direction is just all around bad.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand what could possibly go wrong.
Bubsy= Everything that can go wrong
I TURNED MYSELF INTO A BOBCAT MORTY. I'M BUBSY RIIIIIIICK.
Like, maybe a 6.
I kid you not, @@livchamps9573, he turns into a bobcat. He calls himself Bubsy Rick. Funniest shit I've ever seen!
I love how James gets more and more disheveled looking as he continues to review the game. It's pretty subtle too. You might not even notice it at first.
You may not have noticed it, but your brain did.
Reminds me of ClementJ64's Sonic 06 review, only a lot more subtle.
Examples...
2:21 8:00 13:33 20:30 23:05
@@jakfan09 Was that an EmpLemon quote?
@@HiJello64 I got it from Red Letter Media.
My childhood memory of this game is renting it from a blockbuster and getting home and it being too scratched to play and being all bummed out about it, years later as an adult I found out that I had been saved some serious trauma.
Squigin A similar thing happened when I rented Ghostbusters for NES as a kid. The game couldn't get past the title screen. Many years later, I saw the AVGN's review.
Whoever scratched it knew what they were doing!
There is a reason it was scratched.
You should thank whoever scratched it
I know, little one. I was the one who scratched.
I'm really glad I watched this video, most people that review this game don't even hit on some of the stuff you talked about, like this is actually the first time I found out this game has bosses? Who knew.
I know it's an old comment, but I hadn't realized before this video that there was a multiplayer mode. At all.
This is probably my favorite Bubsy 3D review; I especially like your effort in researching the game in the beginning.
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They should have used that select screen as a blocker for NSFW websites in the workforce and schools. That would make anyone turn back
Wolfkaosaun I like the way you think.
Worker/Kid; “What could possibly go wrong?”
(Sees blocker)
Worker/Kid; “Oh, this is what could possibly go wrong.”
(Goes on site with blocker) oh god that is disgusting oh shit why does that game exist
Why would you block something that's NSFW with something even worse?
@@hudde814
To make you turn back instantly.
Thank you for reviewing this game without quitting halfway through or getting obnoxiously angry for comedic effect, no one seems to take a level-headed approach when talking about this game. There were lots of things you brought up that I didn't even know about because other reviewers just lumped under "this game is bad lol," so I appreciate it.
Also, you did a nice job on that makeup. Often times when I see the bags under the eyes people take it from 1 to 100 in like three shots, but you paced it out so that you had to be paying attention to even notice the progression in the first place.
TheRPGirl I agree! Nitro really is a great reviewer, it’s hard to put into words how much I appreciate the amount of research and time he puts into these reviews, the amount of passion is unmatched.
Virtual Insanity The amount of time and effort that goes into these videos is really great. And yet with all that research under his belt he still doesn't sound like a professional or a know-it-all (in the best way possible). I think that's why I like Nitro so much. His reviews are like if your best friend just beat a game and started telling you their genuine thoughts on it.
Yeah...was waiting for this for ages
I'll be honest, I love AVGN, but he has been outmatched since his golden age. I still watch his current stuff which definitely shows his improvements, and occasionally visit his older stuff, but there is a lot more talent to choose from nowadays, and I think Nitro Rad is a great example of that.
He's fun, he's witty, and the attention to detail he gives each game he reviews is tenouttaten, and in more tactful phrasing, he's relatable rather than opressively professional like someone from IGN, and not overly obnoxious like JonTron's review.
I love JonTron, but he's one of the many who gave up early, where Nitro Rad actually pushed to the end of Bubsy 3D for us plebs to enjoy his misery, as well as the ass that is the rest of the game.
If you end up reading this Nitro, keep up the good work man, you are one of a kind. :)
Edit: Not to mention, a scholar and a saint.
To be fair to Jon, it was one of his earlier reviews. His character wasn’t as established as it is today. Plus he was also playing the first two games with the same concept of play the first and second level, Rage quitting, and moving on to the next game.
The weirdest thing is the creators of this previously made TEXT BASED ADVENTURES so the fact that this functions at all is pretty amazing
They made Syphon Filter and became Sony's Bend Studio, greatest plot twist ever
20:49 The queen’s names are Poly and Esther? Accolade went full dad joke on this game, didn’t they?
KingSkyLord the moment this game franchise was made. It was nothing but dad jokes
*The islands of poly-esta intensify*
Holy crap i just heard the plok music in the video like a minute after i made that plok reference.
Didn't Doofensmirtz say those names?
Also, unless they’re queens of different kingdoms, siblings generally don’t both become the primary monarch. They’re totally hella gay.
i can't get over the fact that he's basically the human version of rayman, and it's not just the sweater, he looks so muck like him
Except if he were Canadian instead.
Oh my God. Gijinka in real life.
i know that this is a Bubsy video, but have anyone ever said that you look like the Human version of Rayman?
Henry Schumann He's wearing a Rayman hoodie too! I think it's intentional.
How do you know he isn’t lol
Rayman 2 is one of his favourite games
Absolute not. He looks more similar to an animator youtuber called GingerPale.
You can see him in his 100K subscribers video.
Didn’t he mention that in a recent video? A frogger game, I think it was.
8:15 is such an AVGN moment lol.
I know right lol
And at 17:19
And at 9:51
When people say the bubsy team should of known what to do after mario but devs cant change their game a week before it comes out back then, it wasnt like steam updates.
Nah. People just think games are developed within an hour of their release
Adam Magdaleno well cant they just fix it up, and delay a bit
@@richardgibson8403 It damages sales, publishers are not happy, they have to communicate it to investors, and strores. It was easier to publish the game the way it was, but they must've realized it was doomed from the moment Mario 64 was revealed.
@@NegiWhite Something that is important to note is as goofy as it sounds looking at this, their goal was a bit different then other platformers. Because their know how of 3D was limited (due to having no prior experience with controls or tools for drawing environments in 3D) their goal was to make it the highest resolution possible and try their best to work from there. Unfortunately in doing so, they took most of the memory that should've been dedicated to other real time tasks, and it ended up hurting the project throughout the cycle. That sounds easy to rectify, but in reality when you're talking about having to learn on the fly a new system, console, etc. and then release the game slightly over a year after the original NA release of the console (while also working on a difficult to develop for Saturn version they ultimately canned) it makes sense why it came out the way it did. Accolade refused to budge on that release date and it hurt the game.
There is one benefit though. Often we hear about "if we had another crack at it" or "the lessons we learned..." in terms of optimistic positivity towards failed projects. But in Bubsys case, they actually did, and its crazy to think the team that made Siphon Filter learned so much from a game so critically panned after its release.
Small comment for those interested; some designers on the team HATED bubsy with a passion and made fun of him snarkily as they did their work back in those days prior to 3D.
@@Intothevoid-NIB bubsy 3D probs took half an hour to make
Some of the worst level design I've ever seen in a 3D platform game. There's a reason why they made platforming so easy in mario. 3D platform games cant be fun if they are way too hard to DO the platforming.
Side effects of playing Bubsy 3D
+100 Patience
+100 Tolerance
-1000 Sanity
R.I.P Nitro Rad
Im pretty sure Bubsy 3D was a boss in Darkest Dungeon
Looks like I got the same side effects as him!
Couldn’t play much of it terrible colour palette awful tank controls plus his stupid annoying voice happily never played it again
The way Nitro Rad reviews bad games is that it could be a great game if you remove the flaws.
And Nitro Rad genuinely hates this game.
That's something that almost never happens on this channel and that's how you know this is a terrible game.
If you think about it, the true ending is actually a great ending! Bubsy is trapped in the Jurassic era and poor sales prevented his escape via a direct sequel. Therefore, he's been rotting there for the better part of 2 decades and counting with no hope of escape. It's a great ending! I wouldn't have it any other way.
Then again there's a reason why The Woolies Strike Back retconned that ending. Even the new people knew that ending was bonkers for all the wrong reasons.
Huh. Ya kinda right here.
Love that opening song, got that CD with my Super Nintendo!!!
Still makes me wonder how Spyro died, yet Bubsy came back.
DrawnSimplistic Spyro has an remaster coming
DrawnSimplistic same as Blinx, Klonoa, glitch,(metal arms protagonist) and other never have a another game but Bubsy had a new game...for some reasons....
I think we should make theme a meme
@@starmaverick011 These games were less famous, and Bubsy was 1000/10 everywhere except for 3D.
@@starmaverick011 i would die for a klonoa remaster or even better a remake
And there’s me, I’m just waiting for a new Pac-Man World
“How they like this game that much is beyond me, but... I hope they found help.”
I love that line. 😁👍🏻
Takeshi Kujo they were probably made entirely of America’s got talent judges because the only thing this game has going for it is a sad backstory. Like, we’ve all been in that situation, we think we’re doing something new and original only to discover that you have a much better competitor that overshadows you in every way, and if There’s anything judges like it’s a sad backstory. Still doesn’t make it good though. It’s like if big rigs was all the homeless lone developer could code before they died of cancer. It’d still be a shit game either way.
PSEXTREME is liquid shit. They praised all manner of shitty games. Seriously, go and look at old shitty PSX games or coverage of PSX games, or try and find crappy games, you'll find a PSXtreme quote, when no other magazine will. IIRC they also gave Bug Riders a good review. Unfortunately most people don't know how shittacular they were, apart form popping up on bad games boxes in quotes, or in other magazines, with good quotes and stamps of approval on bad games.
Their true shittiness is forever lost in time.
Bubsy is the best video game character He is really cool 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
I really like how this review was done. It’s not the typical “haha game BAD” Bubsy 3D review, I actually learned a lot I didn’t know about the game, and it managed to stay funny throughout.
Also the progressive eyebags throughout was really good.
That's the wonder of Nitro Rad. He does poke fun at the games he reviews, but he also keeps his videos very informative. That's why they're so enjoyable. :D
@@etps4444 Indeed, it is refreshing then just the barrage of mindless hate and insults most other reviewer used for well known bad games
To think, when Caddicarus got to Stage 2 on Bubsy 3D he asked "Has man ever reached this point in the universe before?" And a year later, Nitro made it to the ending. That's a real *accolade.*
Fun fact: The developer of this game was purchased by Sony Interactive Entertainment in the late 1990s and was renamed to Bend Studio. This studio would go on to develop the Siphon Filter series for the PS1 and PS2, Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the PS Vita, and are currently developing Days Gone for the PS4.
Wow.
Source?
@@al-diriano Look it up.
they are actually talented golden abyss and days gone were great games, how could they fail bubsy?
@@Skikopl Speaking of Days Gone, that game is AMAZING so far.
"What could pawssibly go wrong?"
literally everything.
The studio that made this game went on to make Uncharted Golden Abyss and are making Days Gone for the PS4. Talk about progress huh
and Syphon Filter after Bubsy 3D
Bullshit. No one can come back from this catastrophe. This is one of those things that drives a man to drink, to find Jesus at the bottom of a bottle. No way, man. You're fucking with me.
Adam does youtube nope it's true
ya man, it's true look it up its kinda crazy how far they have come
Mitsuru Kirijo You know what? Good for them, glad they went on to make freat stuff.
Gonna be honest, I kinda felt sorry for you in the end, lol. This really does look like one of the worst games of all time, it's not even bad in the way where you can have fun because of how bad it is, it just looks frustrating. I have a lot of respect for you for actually playing through the entire game though to give a proper review unlike most reviewers.
Also, from what I've heard, Bubsy 3D was originally supposed to be a Sega 32X game, which explains the lack of textures in the graphics. They still could've updated the graphics when releasing it on PS1, though.
It's amazing to think the developer who made this train wreck, would later create the Syphon Filter Series, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Resistance: Retribution, and Days Gone, that's a hell of a redemption arc.
It's official. You've gone mad!
TheCartoonGamer8000 oh its you
TheCartoonGamer8000 Mad Rad
Nitro the radical madman
Honestly, the part about that EGM quote that stings the most isn't the fact that it was twisted to hell, but rather the fact that it didn't _have_ to be - "Bubsy 3D climbs back to the top of the yarn ball. Gamers looking for 3-D action should check it out!" would've sufficed perfectly for a quote on the front of the box.
12:53 what we observe is one the effects of stress induced by playing Bubsy 3D. It can make people confuse question mark blocks with exclamation mark blocks.
The insanity-creating effects are incomparable.
Wanna know something cursed? Lani Minella also voiced Kao in the American version of Kao Round 2.
*Him and Bubsy 3D share the same voice actor.*
This is probably the most in depth review of bubzy 3d that's not "THiS GaMe iS PoO." Like always love your work
The RetroReplay guy does a pretty decent in-depth review of the game as well, considering this is the game that most haunts his past.
Oh boy, if in-depth analysis of Bubsy 3D is what you want, I suggest you look up Ulillillia. He is a *big* fan of Bubsy and made some videos exploring this game.
But the game is poo
He still said it was poop.
@@Keyfur91 Yeah that one was really in-depth as well. He knew just how terrible this game was to begin with.
Rob Paulson is an amazing voice actor, and I like his busy voice, but I’m glad the show never got picked up
*sees notification*
What could possibly go wrong?
ComiXProvider FTW_02 what could PAWSibly go wrong?
ComiXProvider FTW_02
(in giant words the size of the moon) *EVERYTHING.*
Anything that can
ComiXProvider FTW_02 everything.
Nothing went right. Nothing.
Wait I just realized. When you fire the atoms at enemies, you're firing an atom at 'em.
This game stinks but there's good puns if you squint really hard.
This guy deserve a medal for this! Not only he didn't stop halfway, he also did a fair review, with no overstatements. Good stuff.
The Unholy Trinity:
-Bubsy 3D
-Superman 64
-Big Rigs
ET is not in this list but that game is actually redeemable and is misunderstood
WHAT!!???? SPENPIE NOTICE ME!!
but you are you very welcome and there was a tell near one of the secret switches is a room with 4 coloured turrets that don't shoot, just did not show it as i knew the code.
yer it was quite a shock when i was told to watch it and i saw that, it was less a senpie noticed me and wait what, wait what is this real l need to sit here for like a hour to let it sink in XD
A true hero.
I just now noticed the Kill La Kill poster in the background of his room. Good taste!
YOU BEAT BUBSY 3D?!?? You are a video game god
9:12 seeing bubsy get hit and fall flat on his face has just made my day
Same it was funny as fuck
Sad Nitro is an unpleasant sight. Give this man a cookie.
It's pretty wild how the Bubsy 3D people went on to make the Syphon Filter series and Days Gone. Sometimes there's a lot of talent who were too ambitious for what they were trying to create and that's probably the case for Bubsy 3D.
I love that Rayman hoodie!
NItro actually looks like rayman.
Oh my god he actually sort of does! Ha ha! Nice observation there, blohmuh!
blohmuh omg I thought I was the only one who thought he looked like Rayman lol
blohmuh He will be the live action Rayman
It's like rayman is reviewing the game
I think in hindsight this game just proves how much of a miracle Super Mario 64 is. They got so much right when flying completely blind, doing something that nobody else had done before. Even now, with 25 years of experience, 3D platformers are pretty rare events in gaming, because they are devilishly difficult to make - indeed, surprisingly few developers have ever topped that initial offering in 1996.
Nintendo themselves have topped mario 64 several times overs if you ask me
Well to be fair, Alpha Waves from 1991 was better than Bubsy 3D in many ways.
This is the first time, and probably the only time, I watched someone complete this game. I give my applause and a card to a therapist.
Other Bubsy games: What can pawssibly go wrong?
This one: What can pawssibly go right?
The graphics are atrocious, but the worst idea is having to turn around to move. When you make MOVING hard, nothing else can be said.
That face in the thumbnail is exactly me right now trying to finish my essay
Your's is the first Bubsy 3D review/retrospective that is played all the way through to the end! Mad respect for the endurance. So many people give up after the first few levels. :D
it's ok james. it's over now
Ok time to put him thru hell again :D
Lets go Rascal, Superman 64, and Drake of the 99 dragons!
4:16-4:22 sums up the entire Bubsy series in a nutshell.
Amazing how you physically look WORSE after completing it compared to how you look in the beginning of the video.
I've gone down that road myself, it's a complete shitstorm from start to finish and ending has no payoff, even with the supposed "good" ending.
Now for god sakes, get some sleep! You deserve it. You've ventured into terrority very few gamers ever dare to tread :)
Ginnie Winnie
Lies! Secrets and lies! :P
(lol yeah i know :)
+Ginnie Winnie: Yes, it's for dramatic effect but that's still what it's trying to convey.
Tbh, if Nitro said that wasn't make up, I'd still believe him after all of that.
The game is actually a masterpiece and technical marvel.
It's like completing Donkey Kong 64, but instead of gamer cred you've got nothing left but a hollow shell of yourself and a new appreciation for a hole through your head
20:47 the noise of the fall had me crying
After seeing Mario64 and Crash the main Dev of Bubsy 3D himself wanted to redo the complete game but the publishers wouldn't let him so he left it as is and said "F** it"
KHC Plays they probably should've let him re do the game
To be fair if he redid it there wasn't much worse he could have done. If anything at least a few things mario and crash did would have rubbed off an helped it not be as terrible as it was.
Well... at least the dev(s) have gone to better pastures like giving us the awesome Syhpon Filter games... which I have not seen any YT reviewer with PS1 overtones (Johnny vs., Caddicarus, NitroRad... really guys, stop blueballing us... you too patreon voters... jk, y'all are good.)
Wow, Nitro Rad looks like he's actually suffering.
"I'm going to beat Bubsy 3D"
One of the last words of NitroRad Before committing suicide 2017
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Welp, at least I'm one of the people that didn't get to purchase Bubsy 3D, because nobody would want to rent it either!!!
Fun fact : When the developers of Pac-Man World first showed their prototype to the President of Namco, it was so bad and felt so much like Bubsy 3D that almost the entire team was fired.
If you thought that was bad, then stay *far* away from Rascal.
Nana-Kyoto that's the game with the bubble gun right? Lol
Oh god, I would rather be fucked in the asshole with a sandpaper dildo laced with spikes and nails being held by a serial killer/rapist, than to ever touch that piece of shit. There are homeless people living in mud and dirt and rotting waste, that are less filthier than that tremendous pile of poop nuggets!
Nana-Kyoto Saying that makes me want him to play it
I enjoyed Rascal. Probably because it was the first 3D platformer i played and i had nothing to compare it to
If you thought THAT was bad, go live on another planet to escape Cheesy.
I love how NitroRad comes off so natural and his personality is chill and that alone is enjoyable to listen to , and when he tries to make a joke it works really well .
And even when it doesn't isn't it a huge deal, which is comforting in a way as when one do it oneself it can feel like the end of the world, but he shows that it's okay.
"But the future refused to change..."
I can't shake the feeling that I heard it somewhere but can't remember where...
pmintertek Through overwhelming power, Lavos destroys Crono's party and proceeds to ruin the planet in the year 1999. It's Chrono Trigger by the way.
Chrono Trigger
Thanks.
Chrono Trigger bad ending
pmintertek Chrono trigeeeeeeer
Holy shit this review was awesome dude, your natural reactions and stress anger were top notch dude. You need to review more older games, your dialog, reviewing everything is perfect. I love the demonic part when you are ready kill the game and the screen goes red. Oh man dude you need to do more reviews way underrated on here.
I guess you could say this is, Purr-gatory.
Shadowjc32 That was purr-fect
Haha!! ^^
Shadowjc32 I want to know your location
LOOK OUT WORLD, CAPTAIN BUBSY’S DRUNK AS SHIT AGAIN AND HEAVILY ARMED WITH PUNS!
Wow that pun was bad. Guess you could say it was CAT-astrophic
Just as a quick note here - I finished up the captions for this video, so they should be up soon after the people in charge review them. It was a pretty annoying process trying to time everything, but like any project, it's always worth it in the end. 😊💞
Your hair makes you look even more like Rayman with that hoodie. XD
Ever since the rabbids took over his franchise Rayman retired from video games and decided to become a youtuber talking about obscure platform games
@@bentaylor1617 Rabbids: The video game version of Minions.
"Was Bubsy 3D that bad?" yes. yes it was.
When you fell down on your bed and accidentally hit your poster, it scared the shiz out of me lol
Is the poster fine btw?
I broke one of the clips off of it entirely, but I had a FMA scroll in my closet that hasn't been hung up for years, so I took a clip off of that and replaced it.
@@NitroRad Truly a sacrifice that will never be forgotten...
alternative title: Nitro Rads descent into madness...3D
"I quit my job for this."
-nitro
20:30 And with the defeat of the final boss, our heroe's journey is, "Thud!". Is he dead?
Chrobo Triggered reference? “But the future still refused to change.”
And then Chrono Trigger music plays later.
I remember getting this game because the video store around the corner from my house, was going out of business, and so my mom bought a good amount of stuff. I was probably around 8, and could never get past level 2... I felt like a failure for years, but I'm so glad it was just a shit game, and not me. Thank you.
the game was so depressingly bad that it aged nitro rad 40 years
9:51 and 17:18 , easily some of my favorite Nitro Rad reactions
And 20:30
At least the studio that made this monstrosity did bring us Syphon Filter
Oh my freaking wow. That Edward comparison was scarily accurate!
Also, the idea of using collectibles as ammunition? Rayman Raving Rabbids DS gave it a try too. The result? Rayman punches as his default attack and uses Yellow Lums to do his Rayman 2 energy shots. Honestly, best execution of the idea that I've seen in a long standing series.
Nitro deserves a hug for having to review this.
9:28 Some people see him as Edward, but I see him as Broly from Dragon Ball Z.
@Shawn Fields thank you for poisoning my mind with a bubsy-junpei fusion. I think I may have created a new sleep paralysis demon.
I admire your willingness to give a non-biased review and keeping a calm head, no matter how crappy or rage-inducing a game can be
20:30 me when i finally beat sephiroth in Kingdom hearts
Well, your intro made me a bit more forgiving to the game at least. Something rare in Bubsy 3D reviews. This was a very well made review! Also, at 20:47 I hope your poster is okay - that was a well cosmetically timed fall!
That being said, it still was terrible in other ways that you showed, so it's still not getting off that easily
3:08 LOVE all the research you did!!! made the quote even funnier!!!!
With the hoodie and haircut, you look like a human Rayman.
It seems like they were working with inferior technology and maybe even rushed it to come out very soon after crash and Mario. I don't know much about the dev but I cant imagine Bubsy was raking in the dough. Probably had a craptacular budget
When Caddicarus (second time I talked about him I know) he had several other people appear in his review telling him to don't do it. I would do the same thing and tell you it's not worth it and it's never worth it, playing that game is a death sentence.
BUBSY 3D IS WORSE THAN MURDER
Umm... It's a bit late for that. Every thing that _could_ go wrong apparently _did._
9:07 The dropship from Starcraft, also voiced by Minella, says something similar to this.
So the Woolie quenns were named Esther and Poly? Poly...Esther
20:44 laughed my ass off at the sequence and the jump cut
What could possibly go wro-
*PAWS!*
Fun fact: Lani Minella, the voice for Bubsy here, hated this game too. Bubsy is one of the few roles she regrets taking, and she even admits the direction she was given was to be shrill and annoying.
Kudos to being the most informative and fair review of Bubsy 3D. Excellent job. I don't know whether you deserve a pat on the back for the effort or some Panadol from this migraine-inducing game.
Dude... I don't know if you're a trooper or a madman for beating this, but I salute you! Also, 20:29 I hope your poster was OK after that, I don't think that was intentional, and yet it made that shot so much funnier! I'm not sure when you got over your case of AVGNitis, but this seems like a pretty genuine review of the game, not just "Hey let's pick on a game for clicks!"
As far as the terrible graphics go, Matt McMuscles found the answer (it was a few years after your video came out, but I'm gonna share it with the rest of the world). The developers wanted to utilize a high-resolution mode, because no-one had tried it yet on the PlayStation. But there was a problem with that: because the PlayStation was so busy trying to render everything in this high-resolution mode, there was no extra memory for additional textures, so they had to strip most of them away just to get the game to run. That's why the game's graphics look less like a PlayStation game, and more like an unfinished N64 build. In fact, a lot of N64 games suffered from a similar issue, pushing for a more high-resolution aesthetic that the hardware just couldn't keep up with, so you get games like the N64 version of Tony Hawk with blurry textures or Turok constantly buried in fog
I like how you actually managed to make this game look worse than the other reviews of it simply by going more in-depth on it.
4:39 what do you mean? mario looks great for 1996 standards
Props to you for finishing this. I honestly feel really bad for you. Most reviewers I've seen didn't even get past the first boss.
EDIT: Also the progression of you decent into madness (evident by your tone and makeup) was really good. I hope this gets the views it deserves.
Gex is the Adam Sandler of platform characters...but Bubsy is the Pauly Shore of that example, which I’ll be honest is lower.