Hopefully this game has a rom hack to make it easier. Edit; found one named Ultimate Chakan which was released in September. Complete overhaul of the game.
I was going to comment that this game needs a rom hack, and the first comment I see is yours haha. good to know someone worked on this one to make it more enjoyable.
Seems like it is in dire need of a rebalancing romhack. I remember emulating it once before and it was pretty frustrating, however I do like some aspects of it.
I was always curious about this title...you are right though, at the rental stores it was always there...but I never rented it for some reason...probably because nobody talked about it.
What did you play/capture this on? Just curious because the transparencies look pretty good. Do you also struggle with constantly looking different display options and changing what you play retro stuff on?
There is a really popular romhack for it although I personally think it makes it a little too easy. Each individual change they make is good and balanced but they make like 6 or 8 of them and all together it kills any semblance of difficulty.
am I the only one seeing the game cover art and totally see Eddie from Iron maiden? edit: wrote my comment before watching the vid and the narator mention this
@@SNESdrunk I know about that awesome channel, but I personally enjoy your format/input more. The TG16 gets unfairly labeled because of the 8bit cpu (but 16bit gpu), in general though, it's much more in line with its 16bit brethren. Games like Bonks Revenge, Soldier Blade, and Rondo of Blood are some of the best games of the early 1990s. I know you did that compilation video years ago, but those games deserve an individual shake. C'mon, a game like Bloody Wolf would be right up your alley. 😄
My cousin was at the mall and there was a guy selling art. My cousin seen Chakan and said hey that's Chakan. Guy said yeah I made that. Cousin said your Bob Crouse (I hope I spelled it right). Bob said you know me then buy that at half off and I'll throw in something else free. Great deal and they just shot the shit for like an hour. Bob's an awesome guy.
@@erikdominick7404 Oh wow, what year? I met him my first year at GenCon in 1996 and yeah we talked for a while about the game, about comics. I ended up getting a bunch of autographed prints for pretty cheap. Super cool guy.
This is one of those games it’s cool in so many ways but it commits at least one if not a few of the cardinal sins of game making including the enormous difficulty spike and the stupid jumping issues. With a little tweaking this game could have been awesome. I mean I know there’s ROM hacks for it that fix the issues but that’s just kind of weak. It’s better than nothing but I wish they had done the work to make the original game what it should be.
I owned this game when I was 11 years old back in 93. Back then, we had no clue about the difficulty. We didn't even complain about it either. We just played. Looking back, this was the only game I was never able to beat. I remember telling my friends that in this game, you don't win. You just do better each time.
For me that was Air Fortress,,, after you "won" the game it all turned a funky pinky devilish color that was way worse,, even after the safe codes,, at least you had that,, it was impossible to pass after the second world,, it was designed to "not" pass,,, or was it the third world,,?,, I cannot remember,, for it repeated itself....
Dude I was like 7 or 8 tryin 2 figure out dis dang game my dad bought it for me at a pawn shop for either $10 or $15 nvr could figure out anything with dis game except you survive long as u can till u fall and die man I hated this game glad I finally found it after 4getting the name all these yrs all I could remember was a Ninja guy cuz all the flips that had kung lao hat wow can't believe I found dis game thx Internet wish u was around n da 90s 2 help my stubborn butt out lol
Same producer Ed Annunziata. Same artists Steve Ross and Mira Ross. There are more people involved with both games but it gets complicated because some people left early/mid development.
Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan Let me rock you, 'cause I feel for you
Was wondering if anyone was going to point this out. Yes there's a romhack that improves the game IMMENSELY and I also highly recommend it. It makes the game a lot more enjoyable.
@@jonahabenhaim1223 Good question. Let me see what I can find. As far as I know, Genesis Romhacks might be a bit harder to track down, but these days, that info may no longer be accurate.
I never got far with this game, as a kid but the story and art style made me love playing it. I used a cheat code to skip to the end and the ending still impresses me to this very day.
I remember this game from a Let's Play I watched _years_ ago. Ever since, sometimes I sing "Play me Chakan the Forever Man" like Billy Joel's Piano Man. The idea behind this game is really cool, honestly, but way too difficult for me to bother with.
I loved it as a kid. The atmosphere reminded me of some forgotten world on the edge of oblivion. The little written story parts at the beginning of the stages seemed more serious than 99% of anything else out there at the time. I still feel bad about having to kill the fire dude. Last of his kind, but it’s time had come…
In an interview, the developer would admit that this is one of those games that had its difficulty toughened with the primary intent being to prevent people from beating it in a weekend rental. It feels like it could have been great if they toned something down, like letting Chakan run, giving him a block, or adjusting the distance on some of the platforms. I still like it, but it's probqbly the last Genesis game I'd recommend to anyone.
There's a lot of worse games though. I'd recommend it to people who want a Genesis game that has an oppressive atmosphere like Super Metroid. Chakan, and both Ecco the Dolphin games are really the only 3 that come to mind that have Metroid's isolated oppression, but unlike Metroid both of these titles are hard.
Awesome art and music, you can really feel that sense of eternity starting levels over and over again. Love this game even though I never finished a single level 😅
Thanks for highlighting this one. There are some hacks that make it a little bit more bearable to play, but yeah it can be super frustrating. I do love the presentation though.
Funny how Chakan almost never get into top hardest games ever, I think that's because really few people knows the real extension of this game insane difficulty...
A weekend rental from West Coast video with constant play And a friend sleepover was enough to beat it as a young teen. The jump increase was important.
This is one of those games that molded me, when I got it, it was so cryptic, so disgustingly beautiful and so hard, but I loved it ans it made me fall in love with the macabre and the whole Lovecraft, gigger and cosmic horror genre, until today I wonder why this game didn't get much in thr way od a remake or remaster or at least a new part.
I was thinking David Carradine when you said John, which made your next line darkly hilarious "One day Chakan was feeling himself a little too much and decided to challenge death itself to a fight"
This is one of a few 16-bit-era games that is improved by just emulating it on a PC. Save States are a vital quality-of-life improvement in this game, making the chore of trying to finish it into a pretty palatable experience.
I still remember when Paw, a former and now long retired Channel Awesome contributor, played Chakan for his "Until We Win" series. I distinctly remember him using Metallica's "To Live Is To Die" as background music for the video and since then that song and Chakan have lived intertwined in my head.
He looks so much like Eddie that's I'm surprised Iron Maiden never found out and tried to sue for infringement, haha Excellent review, I bought this game off a friend but have yet to play it.
I tested this back in the day when it came through Sega Test (Ed Annunziata was the producer), and I heartily agree with your entire assessment. However, one pro tip: Chakan doesn't just have a double-jump, he has an infinite jump if you time it just right (I discovered this on my own, and I'm not the greatest gamer, so I think anyone could replicate it). When I showed it to Ed, he said, "Cool! I'm leaving it in (the game). If a player finds it, they deserve to use it."
OMG!!!!!! I've been trying to remember what this game was called for well over 20 years! Recognized it in the thumbnail instantly. Rented it a couple times as a kid for Sega Genesis.
The game was great. The potions menu and sound were awesome and yeah, it was hard. We made fun of the name, too. But I always pronounced it Chakan and not something like Chaka Khan. 😑 Great video as always, though! 🍻
Romhacking it with Ultimate Chakan to help make the game a bit more bearable. The mod makes Chakan more capable, but it still doesn't fix the level layouts, which is definitely the games biggest weakness.
Not sure about the U.S version, but the one released in Australia had a practice mode where you could play the game with unlimited potions, so you could use all the different swords at any time. It was so much more fun to play that way.
Really good video and I think you nailed all the strengths and weaknesses of Chakan. I look at it as a bit of an acquired taste. The first time I tried playing I had no idea what I was doing, why I got sent back to the main hub or what I was trying to accomplish. I went back to it with a walkthrough to help guide which stages need different potions or require an item and had a lot of fun though I have to admit to making heavy use of both save states and even the rewind function as missing one of those jumps and either dying or falling all the way down having do it again is INCREDIBLY frustrating. But it really does have cool aspects and the overall concept of the game is just fantastic though I recommend taking advantage of some modern conveniences if you can. I always enjoy Segadrunk!
Want to LOVE this game. Just.... Hey, I've tried. But I'll keep trying. Thank the fuck christ, for the rewind feature in emulation! Call me a cheater? You damn know it!
It's a shame so many SEGA Genesis and SNES games are really hard because they look so cool and play well like this one but it's just all ruined with the unfairness.
Honestly, this is probably one of those occasions where calling a game "The Dark Souls of..." might actually be somewhat justifiable. "The Dark Souls of 16-Bit Action Platformers," perhaps?
Very disappointed, bought it on the advice of the salesman. Yeah, it might be good, but warn a ten year old who spent all summer in the original GoFundMe, lawn work. After that I played everything at FunCoLand before buying. Hell, my second job was FunCoLand.
That time limit thing is bs. It would only servw to piss me off and make me want to quit. "Welp, we all know im not making it THIS time either. No point in continuing. RESET!"
Fun fact: This was probably my second Sega Genesis game ever, lol. Is it tough, absolutely. And I would 100% agree that this chalks up as one of the most difficult Sega Genesis games in the library, easily top 5 lol. But in all honesty I think what can either make or break this game for a lot of players is the alchemy system. If you can use it in tandem with mastering your placement on the screen with Chakan, you can fly through a lot of levels MUCH easier, lol. This game has a sense of mysticism about it that just feel so cryptic, desolated, and unique, unlike anything else on the console, and I really love it for that, lol. Imo, although unfair at times, this game rocks and actually constitutes as a hidden gem to me. A gem hidden in plain sight 💖.
I wanna try it out, but this game sounds kinda ridiculous. If this final boss is 1/8 as hard as in Dark Souls, I will literally go insane before finishing this game!!! I wonder how many people on this world even beat it without savestates. I bet even the playtesters used savestates. AVGN should try it out.
Check out the romhack Ultimate Chakan, it improves the overall playability of the game. With that said, I get stuck constantly in this game, and get trapped often, ugg
Never finished it and never will, but Chakan being a big ol' shameless pile of fuck you difficulty with a fuck you ending, all gift-wrapped with edgy art and and an edgy story, is something I kinda respect it for. Out of all the other retro games at the bar, Chakan is the old-school rivethead that always sits alone in the corner rambling to himself about how videogames were harder back in his day, but nobody ever throws him out because the few people that tried got stabbed.
I really wanted this to be a great game. IF I had any skills in this area, and the patience, I'd reduce the difficulty and crypticness of spells to the level of Act Raiser, change the platforms to be really reachable, and put it out there... but someone has probably already done this, right?
I had this game when I was younger and boy you are right, it was ball bearing hard. I'd love to see a remake of this game with the spirit of its difficulty. It would make Dark Souls series fans rage quit
Its a cool character and all with the sad Story and the Lore and the game has good graphics. But its simply too hard to enjoy. There is also just too much wrong with the game in its entirety. Starting with the level design... the controls are wonky too. A more zoomed out camera would also have done wonders. If it were a good game, there would be a sequel would it not?!
Yo great vid! Also thanks for appreciating the soundtrack. There are a lot of other channels that despise it, despite it being very unique and fitting the game perfectly.
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Hopefully this game has a rom hack to make it easier.
Edit; found one named Ultimate Chakan which was released in September. Complete overhaul of the game.
I was going to comment that this game needs a rom hack, and the first comment I see is yours haha. good to know someone worked on this one to make it more enjoyable.
@@Liquidcadmus whilst searching I found another hack based on this one but with God Mode abilities activated.
I always see this game on my hunts and never knew wether I should pick it up or not!? Thanks for this SNES DRUNK! 👊🏻
One of those games I didn't appreciate till I got my hands on an action replay cart to take away the frustration
Seems like it is in dire need of a rebalancing romhack. I remember emulating it once before and it was pretty frustrating, however I do like some aspects of it.
@@Gatorade69 Exactly, some great tone and elements let down by frustrating level design
Bro, that’s Cad Bane
Looks pretty cool. Loved the Eddie from Maiden reference. I feel that AVGN should give this game a try..
Hard to imagine how many games I'd miss out on without this channel!
I was always curious about this title...you are right though, at the rental stores it was always there...but I never rented it for some reason...probably because nobody talked about it.
I like the idea of a game with infinite life but a time limit instead. Not necessarily this implementation, but the idea is interesting.
This and Defenders of Oasis (which you should review) were on my top 5 list for the Game Gear.
Just bought this game for my retro sega that can play old sage cartridges. I love it, scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Lmao
I TOTALLY thought Chakan was the Iron Maiden character the first time I saw it.
I suddenly recognize a rick and morty bit now
Main char looks like Cad Bane from Star Wars: Clone Wars/Book of Bobafett.
I've heard that there are some patches for this one which make it much more playable.
What did you play/capture this on?
Just curious because the transparencies look pretty good. Do you also struggle with constantly looking different display options and changing what you play retro stuff on?
This game was tough even with Game Genie codes.
I wouldn't say its the hardest 16bit game, once you start to understand it the powerups can give you huge advantages.
This really needs a remake to rebalance some of the more extreme elements, there are so many good ideas here and the mood is excellent.
There is a really popular romhack for it although I personally think it makes it a little too easy. Each individual change they make is good and balanced but they make like 6 or 8 of them and all together it kills any semblance of difficulty.
Has a debut comic ever did well with a video game tie in? lol
were you able to beat it
I tried for years and never got past ice world
am I the only one seeing the game cover art and totally see Eddie from Iron maiden? edit: wrote my comment before watching the vid and the narator mention this
Wait thw hourglass makes you start even if you don't die? For anyone to beat this game is truly built different.
After the divorce: Chakan the every other weekend man.
Cool trivia about this franchise: Blood Omen 2 started as a Chakan sequel before getting reworked into a Legacy of Kain game!
That's awesome. I feel Chakan could make a comeback.
chacarron?
Chakan is even featured in the game as a crucified corpse in a mural.
@@shrim1481 Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime
Ihni binni dimi dini uan mor taime
Or ihni binni diniwiny ani taime
O Ihni binni dini one mor taime
Speculation, according to Wikipedia.
Ninja Gaiden: "When you die on the last boss, you have to start the entire level over again."
Chakana: "Hold my beer."
Chakan: "hold my beer... forever. Brb"
That's good!
"Chakana"
Mega man X2 hold my E tank
If this final boss is 1/8 as hard as in Dark Souls, I will literally go insane before finishing this game!!!
You should do a Turbodrunk series, looking at individual PC Engine and TG16 games.
There's another channel called spida1a that's reviewed all the TG16 games.
Turbodrunk sounds great
@@brycepalmer-toy3618 Seconding spida1a, that channel is a great resource
@@SNESdrunk I know about that awesome channel, but I personally enjoy your format/input more. The TG16 gets unfairly labeled because of the 8bit cpu (but 16bit gpu), in general though, it's much more in line with its 16bit brethren. Games like Bonks Revenge, Soldier Blade, and Rondo of Blood are some of the best games of the early 1990s. I know you did that compilation video years ago, but those games deserve an individual shake. C'mon, a game like Bloody Wolf would be right up your alley. 😄
I just want him to have a unique intro for Arcadedrunk videos. "ARRRRRRRRcade drunk!"
My cousin was at the mall and there was a guy selling art. My cousin seen Chakan and said hey that's Chakan. Guy said yeah I made that. Cousin said your Bob Crouse (I hope I spelled it right). Bob said you know me then buy that at half off and I'll throw in something else free. Great deal and they just shot the shit for like an hour. Bob's an awesome guy.
I met him once at Gencon and he was just as awesome as you said. Just was a lotta fun to talk to (and I bought plenty from him to boot)
@@erikdominick7404 Oh wow, what year? I met him my first year at GenCon in 1996 and yeah we talked for a while about the game, about comics. I ended up getting a bunch of autographed prints for pretty cheap. Super cool guy.
Did you get the "Who's Next" print? I had that on my wall for ages.
@@JJKoester that poster is freaking awesome
This is one of those games it’s cool in so many ways but it commits at least one if not a few of the cardinal sins of game making including the enormous difficulty spike and the stupid jumping issues. With a little tweaking this game could have been awesome. I mean I know there’s ROM hacks for it that fix the issues but that’s just kind of weak. It’s better than nothing but I wish they had done the work to make the original game what it should be.
I owned this game when I was 11 years old back in 93. Back then, we had no clue about the difficulty. We didn't even complain about it either. We just played. Looking back, this was the only game I was never able to beat. I remember telling my friends that in this game, you don't win. You just do better each time.
For me that was Air Fortress,,, after you "won" the game it all turned a funky pinky devilish color that was way worse,, even after the safe codes,, at least you had that,, it was impossible to pass after the second world,, it was designed to "not" pass,,, or was it the third world,,?,, I cannot remember,, for it repeated itself....
Dude I was like 7 or 8 tryin 2 figure out dis dang game my dad bought it for me at a pawn shop for either $10 or $15 nvr could figure out anything with dis game except you survive long as u can till u fall and die man I hated this game glad I finally found it after 4getting the name all these yrs all I could remember was a Ninja guy cuz all the flips that had kung lao hat wow can't believe I found dis game thx Internet wish u was around n da 90s 2 help my stubborn butt out lol
My sock drawer is organized. So I I guess it’s time to play Chakan
That sounds like a line from an arnold movie 🤣
I would rage quit this game so hard as a kid. I need to play this again..
So you can rage quit it again ? :)
I did beat it but it was blood tears and one nut but satisfied
Two words: save state.
I have no shame when it comes to save scumming.
I remember loving this as a kid. I need to play this again…
chacarron?
This thing craves a Platinum Games-worthy remake. Throw some death metal soundtrack in it while you're at it.
I'd rather have it as a "Souls-Borne" type like Nioh or Elden Ring, otherwise I wholeheartedly agree!
The movement in the game seems quite revolutionary.
@@triplestar100 Bloodborne is probably the closest you can get to this
For someone who's supposed to be an immortal forever man, Chakan sure does a lot of dying.
And at the end of the day, his goal is to die definitively as he is sick of immortality, oddly enough
😂
Looks and sounds a lot like the first X-Men Genesis game but I guess its not made by the same people.
Same producer Ed Annunziata. Same artists Steve Ross and Mira Ross. There are more people involved with both games but it gets complicated because some people left early/mid development.
Actually brought Chakan into a DND campaign once. Though it became comical when the players kept singing "shakakahn!"
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, 'cause I feel for you
@@mikaelsza yes. Fuck, yes.
th-cam.com/video/SkAMlQ6pCf4/w-d-xo.html
I shuck oysters for a living, and use the phrase often lol
Oh wow...what a killer idea!!
It should be worth noting that there's a recent romhack for Chakan that makes the game a lot more passable, so that may be worth looking into.
Thanks sir 😁
Good to know
Was wondering if anyone was going to point this out. Yes there's a romhack that improves the game IMMENSELY and I also highly recommend it. It makes the game a lot more enjoyable.
What’s it called?
@@jonahabenhaim1223 Good question. Let me see what I can find. As far as I know, Genesis Romhacks might be a bit harder to track down, but these days, that info may no longer be accurate.
I never got far with this game, as a kid but the story and art style made me love playing it. I used a cheat code to skip to the end and the ending still impresses me to this very day.
The ending to Chakan? Now I know you're fibbing!
"the ending still impresses me to this very day"
Padme: In a good way, right? :D
Anakin: ......
Padme: In a good way, right? :(
The studio that made Blasphemous should totally do a remake of this game! I had this one back in the day and played it so much. A definite fave!
I remember this game from a Let's Play I watched _years_ ago. Ever since, sometimes I sing "Play me Chakan the Forever Man" like Billy Joel's Piano Man.
The idea behind this game is really cool, honestly, but way too difficult for me to bother with.
I had the Game Gear version of Chakan, and it was even more cryptic and frustrating. Still loved it.
Same, it was a fun little game
Same for me. One of my childhood best games
Omfg this is the name of this game! For the last 20 years I couldn't remember the name but i remembered his face and hat!!
I loved it as a kid. The atmosphere reminded me of some forgotten world on the edge of oblivion. The little written story parts at the beginning of the stages seemed more serious than 99% of anything else out there at the time. I still feel bad about having to kill the fire dude. Last of his kind, but it’s time had come…
Total length of video: 405 secs.
Total length of "SEGA Drunk": 3.5 secs.
.86% of the video was spent listening to "SEGA Drunk".
Of course, it’s worth playing if you want to rage quit, take it out on your loved ones, become an alcoholic and be forever lonely.
Everything about it seems badass, but that difficulty though 😵💫
I initially read that as "Chikan", and let me tell you I thought this would be a VERY different episode.
Chikan, the Subway Man :^)
@@ThePageofCups
The forever grope
🤣
So whoever came up with the look of Cad Bane in the Clone Wars was a big fan of either this game or the comic.
The first time I saw Cad I was like “Chakan..??!?”
In an interview, the developer would admit that this is one of those games that had its difficulty toughened with the primary intent being to prevent people from beating it in a weekend rental. It feels like it could have been great if they toned something down, like letting Chakan run, giving him a block, or adjusting the distance on some of the platforms. I still like it, but it's probqbly the last Genesis game I'd recommend to anyone.
There's a lot of worse games though. I'd recommend it to people who want a Genesis game that has an oppressive atmosphere like Super Metroid. Chakan, and both Ecco the Dolphin games are really the only 3 that come to mind that have Metroid's isolated oppression, but unlike Metroid both of these titles are hard.
There’s a good improvement patch available that makes this game MUCH more digestible
This sounds like a game prime for moders to make balance patches or level design changes
Awesome art and music, you can really feel that sense of eternity starting levels over and over again. Love this game even though I never finished a single level 😅
Not a single level? Come on, the first water level isn't too bad!
@@gregames4843 I'm an RPG gamer, dexterity on hands it's not for me 😅
Zoomers: Cuphead is really hard!
Millennials: Look at these chumps! They probably never even heard of Chakan.
Thanks for highlighting this one. There are some hacks that make it a little bit more bearable to play, but yeah it can be super frustrating. I do love the presentation though.
Funny how Chakan almost never get into top hardest games ever, I think that's because really few people knows the real extension of this game insane difficulty...
We all wandered around for a bit and gave up long before the halfway point....
A weekend rental from West Coast video with constant play And a friend sleepover was enough to beat it as a young teen. The jump increase was important.
This is one of those games that molded me, when I got it, it was so cryptic, so disgustingly beautiful and so hard, but I loved it ans it made me fall in love with the macabre and the whole Lovecraft, gigger and cosmic horror genre, until today I wonder why this game didn't get much in thr way od a remake or remaster or at least a new part.
I was thinking David Carradine when you said John, which made your next line darkly hilarious
"One day Chakan was feeling himself a little too much and decided to challenge death itself to a fight"
Dark
Ouch👍
RLM levels of humour😂
Good to know I wasn't the only one who thought that.
Got me all choked up
Thursday and Saturday schedule, eh? Love it! If It works for you, I'm down with it. Great channel as always
Halloween and other stuff kinda threw me off, should be back to normal next week
@@SNESdrunk it happens. Keep up the awesome work
The cover looks like a combination of Stranger in a Strange Land Eddie and (new album) Senjutsu Eddie 🤘
This is one of a few 16-bit-era games that is improved by just emulating it on a PC. Save States are a vital quality-of-life improvement in this game, making the chore of trying to finish it into a pretty palatable experience.
Same with Blades of Vengeance. I was actually able to complete it using save states.
I still remember when Paw, a former and now long retired Channel Awesome contributor, played Chakan for his "Until We Win" series. I distinctly remember him using Metallica's "To Live Is To Die" as background music for the video and since then that song and Chakan have lived intertwined in my head.
He looks so much like Eddie that's I'm surprised Iron Maiden never found out and tried to sue for infringement, haha
Excellent review, I bought this game off a friend but have yet to play it.
I tested this back in the day when it came through Sega Test (Ed Annunziata was the producer), and I heartily agree with your entire assessment. However, one pro tip: Chakan doesn't just have a double-jump, he has an infinite jump if you time it just right (I discovered this on my own, and I'm not the greatest gamer, so I think anyone could replicate it). When I showed it to Ed, he said, "Cool! I'm leaving it in (the game). If a player finds it, they deserve to use it."
OMG!!!!!! I've been trying to remember what this game was called for well over 20 years! Recognized it in the thumbnail instantly. Rented it a couple times as a kid for Sega Genesis.
The game was great. The potions menu and sound were awesome and yeah, it was hard.
We made fun of the name, too.
But I always pronounced it Chakan and not something like Chaka Khan. 😑
Great video as always, though! 🍻
This looks it might be okay if you played with save states.
New schedule seems to be Thu/Sat. I can definitely rock with that! SATTTTTTTdrunk!
From what I understand, Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 started development as a sequel to Chakan?
Romhacking it with Ultimate Chakan to help make the game a bit more bearable. The mod makes Chakan more capable, but it still doesn't fix the level layouts, which is definitely the games biggest weakness.
did this share team members with the genesis xmen game? This looks, plays , and sounds soooo similar (sfx and music) and its also insanely difficult
A difficulty patch would be nice for this one
There is one
@@SonofSethoitae great to hear man! Thanks for sharing 🙏
Holy shit, Chakan the Sometimes Man is HILARIOUS, you and your pal were on point.
Not sure about the U.S version, but the one released in Australia had a practice mode where you could play the game with unlimited potions, so you could use all the different swords at any time. It was so much more fun to play that way.
I think I remember you and trav talking about this one on an older DF episode.
Really good video and I think you nailed all the strengths and weaknesses of Chakan. I look at it as a bit of an acquired taste. The first time I tried playing I had no idea what I was doing, why I got sent back to the main hub or what I was trying to accomplish. I went back to it with a walkthrough to help guide which stages need different potions or require an item and had a lot of fun though I have to admit to making heavy use of both save states and even the rewind function as missing one of those jumps and either dying or falling all the way down having do it again is INCREDIBLY frustrating.
But it really does have cool aspects and the overall concept of the game is just fantastic though I recommend taking advantage of some modern conveniences if you can. I always enjoy Segadrunk!
Oh no... telegram is back
My first thoughts were "Chaka Khan, The Music-ian"
Legendary game, it gives me chills just looking at the cover art and my mind starts out to bring childhood memories.
Want to LOVE this game.
Just....
Hey, I've tried.
But I'll keep trying.
Thank the fuck christ, for the rewind feature in emulation!
Call me a cheater?
You damn know it!
The rewind feature is a Freakin god send!
A SNESDrunk video on a Saturday... Hell to the Yeah!
Did it last week too. I wonder if it's now a new schedule. I'll take it 💪
I heard a failed remake/sequel was turned into Blood Omen 2
Trivia: Eddie from Iron Maiden did some video game cover modeling on the side.
Every time you cover a Sega game or he covers an SNES game, I always hope it's you doing a collaboration with Sega Lord X.
That'd be cool but I'm really bad with collabs. I never have any idea how it would work. How would you imagine a video like that going?
It's a little funny that you keep calling the game Chikan.
Has AVGN Done reviewed this?
It's a shame so many SEGA Genesis and SNES games are really hard because they look so cool and play well like this one but it's just all ruined with the unfairness.
Definitely never knew about this one.
Honestly, this is probably one of those occasions where calling a game "The Dark Souls of..." might actually be somewhat justifiable.
"The Dark Souls of 16-Bit Action Platformers," perhaps?
Very disappointed, bought it on the advice of the salesman. Yeah, it might be good, but warn a ten year old who spent all summer in the original GoFundMe, lawn work.
After that I played everything at FunCoLand before buying.
Hell, my second job was FunCoLand.
That time limit thing is bs. It would only servw to piss me off and make me want to quit. "Welp, we all know im not making it THIS time either. No point in continuing. RESET!"
Sounds like Darksouls for SNES.
The cover art alwas made me think of Tex Hex from Bravestarr. 😁
First thing i thought too, they are so alike😄
Fun fact: This was probably my second Sega Genesis game ever, lol.
Is it tough, absolutely. And I would 100% agree that this chalks up as one of the most difficult Sega Genesis games in the library, easily top 5 lol. But in all honesty I think what can either make or break this game for a lot of players is the alchemy system. If you can use it in tandem with mastering your placement on the screen with Chakan, you can fly through a lot of levels MUCH easier, lol.
This game has a sense of mysticism about it that just feel so cryptic, desolated, and unique, unlike anything else on the console, and I really love it for that, lol. Imo, although unfair at times, this game rocks and actually constitutes as a hidden gem to me. A gem hidden in plain sight 💖.
I wanna try it out, but this game sounds kinda ridiculous.
If this final boss is 1/8 as hard as in Dark Souls, I will literally go insane before finishing this game!!!
I wonder how many people on this world even beat it without savestates. I bet even the playtesters used savestates.
AVGN should try it out.
Check out the romhack Ultimate Chakan, it improves the overall playability of the game. With that said, I get stuck constantly in this game, and get trapped often, ugg
Never finished it and never will, but Chakan being a big ol' shameless pile of fuck you difficulty with a fuck you ending, all gift-wrapped with edgy art and and an edgy story, is something I kinda respect it for.
Out of all the other retro games at the bar, Chakan is the old-school rivethead that always sits alone in the corner rambling to himself about how videogames were harder back in his day, but nobody ever throws him out because the few people that tried got stabbed.
I really wanted this to be a great game. IF I had any skills in this area, and the patience, I'd reduce the difficulty and crypticness of spells to the level of Act Raiser, change the platforms to be really reachable, and put it out there... but someone has probably already done this, right?
First game I ever owned for SEGA, couldn't think of the name for years, thanks!
I had this game when I was younger and boy you are right, it was ball bearing hard. I'd love to see a remake of this game with the spirit of its difficulty. It would make Dark Souls series fans rage quit
Its a cool character and all with the sad Story and the Lore and the game has good graphics. But its simply too hard to enjoy. There is also just too much wrong with the game in its entirety. Starting with the level design... the controls are wonky too. A more zoomed out camera would also have done wonders.
If it were a good game, there would be a sequel would it not?!
Yo great vid! Also thanks for appreciating the soundtrack. There are a lot of other channels that despise it, despite it being very unique and fitting the game perfectly.
The character looks a lot like Eddie, the mascot for the band Iron Maiden. The box art could even pass for possible album art