There's a mild audio error at 11:52. I've re-rendered the video multiple times and for some reason, it kept showing up like this, despite not being in the actual edit. So we're gonna have to deal with it I'm afraid.
StaySkeptic yeah, most of the recent anime styled games, excluding a few, are starting to take on this generic look that I don't like all that much. Like the recent xenoblade chronicles 2.
Dudes I am SO sick of the generic anime style lately. I haven't watched any anime (except JoJo) in years because of it. I love the grittier more realistic art of 90s and early 00s anime a lot, but it seems most studios depend too much on digital tools, and getting things out as fast as possible these days. There are exceptions of course, but to me, most shows and anime style games look like they came rolling out of the same factory.
Lemme bury this nugget for those who find it. The game is honestly criminally underrated and deserves a solid play through by anyone with the bug. Go in blind and just enjoy, it's not so crazy or difficult you'll find yourself looking for help. There was a feature where you could take notes and back when this was new, my girl at the time was across the country so we would literally mail this back and forth with notes hidden in the game. Good times all around. Very nostalgic for me and always a solid recommend. The writing is good, the pacing was fair and it rarely felt "dry". If you're prone to adventure/point and click games you're bound to enjoy this one.
I remember playing this game when I was like 9, and until now it’s always been in my mind as just a generic point and click ds game, kinda crazy finding out it was a cozy masterpiece
Same! As a child I kept playing just to see "the pretty animations" until I got stuck because I had no idea about what was happening. But I never forgot and today I finally finished it on the emulator. Great game.
I beat this game this year too. The sequel is better in many ways than this but this game had more 1970's feel to it with the writing. Last Window pretty much got rid of the witty catch phrases and 70's feel to it. I love ya vids bro! I look forward to all interesting gems you play.
I just picked up a copy of this from a local store for $16.95, complete in box! It's the Touch Generations reprint with the yellow label on top, not the original full-art, but that's OK. Some psychopath put a yellow PRE-OWNED sticker on the art insert, but Goo Gone and careful precision saw it removed without damaging the picture, and your video helped get me through it.
great video and glad to see Hotel Dusk being reviewed. Hands down one of my favorite games on the DS (and in gaming in general). I even ordered the Euro/Japan only sequel Last Window from the UK. Great games
oh boy this videos older than i thought! but anyways, one game you might find interesting is "Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories" it was a Hotel dusk esk game that was made by some of the og people after Cing went bankrupt, its a 3ds eshop game so its pretty accessible, i dont know how i feel about the game, its definitely has style but doesn't have refine, anyways yeah, your latest vid was pretty sick btw.
Thanks for this video, I’ve been waffling back and forth about giving this game a chance. I’m not really into the Phoenix stuff so I wasn’t so sure it’d be up my ally at all. I’ve had it on my sd card in my 3ds for years, now imma play it, so ty:)
The animations in this game are freaking amazing, and the soundtrack kicks ass as well. I used to use the OST of this game in my Vampire: The Masquerade sessions. That raises a question: Will you cover Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines someday, Thor?
Raise your hand if you're a person who got: 1. Take Mila with you at the end ending (You can achieve this by finishing the whole game 2-3 times) 2. Give Mila a gift at the end (secret ending)
The golden age was the 70s and the assholes were mostly known as normal people (who just hadn't discovered PC or sensitivity training yet and therefore were just being honest). Twin Peaks came out in 1990, which means it somewhat reflects what things were like in the 80s, though David Lynch also likes to throw a 50s vibe into his characters, which is why his films always seem oddly out of place. The sequel to Hotel Dusk, Last Window is set in the 80s and does a very good job with reflecting that era.
Your sarcastic review is valid. But as a kid working this game through and through I really enjoyed the experience. I loved the music, art style, and story. Wish you played it when you were younger. Maybe you wouldn't be so sarcastic. But maybe that's the whole point of your channel.
You should check out the sequel too, Last Window. On the other note, great video about a great game. And I love the joke about 1970's assholes acts like 1970's assholes. That got me good haha!
I’ve only just found your channel and, you have exquisite taste in games sir! Hotel dusk, Silent hill, Shenmue! Aaaaaaah I’m going to enjoy your channel!
This. Game. Is. Fucking. Great. Yes yes and yes, I love this game and it's that much of a core memory to me that I just recently dreamt about its mechanics again except my brain turned it into a mix of fnaf for some reason but yes this game is fucking great
I play this game and the sequel every year and everytime i beat both, its always feels for the charactes and you want to know more about them and what happen to them...sad that cing when bakrupt and nintendo hold the rights
i played hotel dusk for abit and it seems really interesting so far but i need to get back into it, for these sorts of games i need to play them at a good pace since i finished games like root letter and virtues last reward recently. great review on this game
I tried playing it when it came out but I got stuck at a certain part. I had a bunch of items and I swear I’d checked literally every room in the game and tried everything. They didn’t have online guides back then. I still have it. I should try again
Yeah. I wasn't too sure about it because of the weird "real people" look the characters have. But I checked it out for a little bit while working on this video, and it really seems like something I'd enjoy.
Hey man j just wanna say that I finished this game and it was soo so so good. The story was such a gem and it was all wonderful. Though, there were a few annoying moments in it for me which mainly involved the gimmicks and mehanisms
There's a game called: Chase Cold Case Investigations. It's made by the same team as Hotel Dusk and last window, just working under a different developer. It's a budget title for the 3DS, but it's very similar. The Phoenix Wright and Danganronpa series, are also roughly in the same vein, and of course all other games made by Hotel Dusk's developer Cing, are quite similar too.
Kathy Rain is great if you're looking for something with a similar tone in dialogue and warm cuteness in tone while still having a TON of voice acted lines compared to almost any other investigative adventure game with an intimately small main cast and an endearing main character.
When you get to that last room and worry about how to survive the endgame and have to regulate your breathlessness this game really does show its strengths off. I don't appreciate the ways it waifu-izes a kid that literally stopped aging at like 8 or 11 years old so I have a lot of scathing hatred for how it contradicts itself but.... The game is deff a part of my young adulthood and always will be The doctor is a dumbass!!!!
ThorHighHeels Eh no gymnopedi no.1 and Ashe over Fran = terrible tastes and decisions in music. But overall great review of a great game. Hope you do the sequel one day we never got it over here in the states.
@@NewPortHuffer I found a copy of both for under 35 quid so was happy with that, to be fair given how disgustingly overpriced the Nintendo estore is for games would likely still be 30 quid each if I'd been able to get them digitally. An example is project steam can pick up a physical cartridge for under a tenner easily, it's a good game but wasn't a huge success and yet Nintendo are selling a digital copy for 34.99 I mean why? I wonder why some games never make it to the estore?
I downloaded it from the internet for I am the baddest of boys. I would totally buy a copy though, but I wouldn't know how to go about capturing footage from a real DS. So emulation is all I have.
I played it on my PC. You can do all the touch screen things with the mouse, and certain gimmicks like blowing into the mic or closing the DS can be done through short cuts.
The traces in the characters shadows remind me of fingerprints Some things to consider: At the time, the touch screen was novel so light puzzles like the ones in the game were quite interesting to show people Because the DS was probably your first and only device in your house with a touch screen, the touch screen navigation was part of the game's fun. It was quite cool walking around the hotel in the game, the art still holds up and the ost was cool But for today's standards the pacing is tiresome and dull. The strong points of the game are well put in this video.
Good Job Thor. I tune in all the time to see what new games your playing so I can keep an eye out for them at my local store. Thanks to your JewTubes Channel I've played some truly awesome or, as you would say, games that are of the good variety . This game looks very interesting. I may have to pick a Nindildo DS/3DS soon. I've been thinking about it a lot, but I don't want to buy one for just a few games. Could you maybe list a good 10 or so that's not main stream Nindildo like Mario games. Not trying to be a hipster,but Fuck Man.......there are so many Mario Games...... Any who thanks again and keep up the hard work.
Thanks man! It's really cool to hear that I actually got you to play some stuff. As for a list, I don't really know too much about 3DS games., as I don't own one myself. Though there are a few titles I'm interested in like Chase Cold Case, Attack of the Friday Monsters, and Project X Zone. The DS though, is easily one of my favorite consoles for weird little games. So uh, here's a few. -999 -Another Code -The Nameless Game -Flower Sun & Rain (great if you like Killer7) -Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney -Mario & Luigi Partners In Time (I know its mario but truss me it's good) -Time Hollow -The World Ends With You -Elite Beat Agents -Ghost Trick -Advance Wars: Dual Strike -any of the Pokemon games really -Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings And of course Hotel Dusk as well. I'm sure there's many more cool DS games out there, but I hope this list helps :)
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There's a mild audio error at 11:52. I've re-rendered the video multiple times and for some reason, it kept showing up like this, despite not being in the actual edit. So we're gonna have to deal with it I'm afraid.
"I will not forget this game ever." Man, EXACTLY. I played through it nearly 10 years ago and here I am reliving it.
Same since i was a kid i loved this game, too bad it only have 2 games
The art style is sick.
StaySkeptic yeah, most of the recent anime styled games, excluding a few, are starting to take on this generic look that I don't like all that much. Like the recent xenoblade chronicles 2.
Dudes I am SO sick of the generic anime style lately. I haven't watched any anime (except JoJo) in years because of it. I love the grittier more realistic art of 90s and early 00s anime a lot, but it seems most studios depend too much on digital tools, and getting things out as fast as possible these days. There are exceptions of course, but to me, most shows and anime style games look like they came rolling out of the same factory.
Yeah, I second that my dude. WRYYYYYYYYYYYY
yeah it's all been rotoscoped
Lemme bury this nugget for those who find it.
The game is honestly criminally underrated and deserves a solid play through by anyone with the bug. Go in blind and just enjoy, it's not so crazy or difficult you'll find yourself looking for help.
There was a feature where you could take notes and back when this was new, my girl at the time was across the country so we would literally mail this back and forth with notes hidden in the game. Good times all around. Very nostalgic for me and always a solid recommend. The writing is good, the pacing was fair and it rarely felt "dry". If you're prone to adventure/point and click games you're bound to enjoy this one.
I remember playing this game when I was like 9, and until now it’s always been in my mind as just a generic point and click ds game, kinda crazy finding out it was a cozy masterpiece
Same! As a child I kept playing just to see "the pretty animations" until I got stuck because I had no idea about what was happening. But I never forgot and today I finally finished it on the emulator. Great game.
Someone should make a movie based on Hotel Dusk.
I actually plan to.
@@SidusuComg when you do come back here I would love to check out your work
I beat this game this year too. The sequel is better in many ways than this but this game had more 1970's feel to it with the writing. Last Window pretty much got rid of the witty catch phrases and 70's feel to it. I love ya vids bro! I look forward to all interesting gems you play.
I just picked up a copy of this from a local store for $16.95, complete in box! It's the Touch Generations reprint with the yellow label on top, not the original full-art, but that's OK. Some psychopath put a yellow PRE-OWNED sticker on the art insert, but Goo Gone and careful precision saw it removed without damaging the picture, and your video helped get me through it.
Probably best story driven game I’ve played in a while and it all takes place in a hotel
great video and glad to see Hotel Dusk being reviewed. Hands down one of my favorite games on the DS (and in gaming in general). I even ordered the Euro/Japan only sequel Last Window from the UK. Great games
oh boy this videos older than i thought! but anyways, one game you might find interesting is "Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories" it was a Hotel dusk esk game that was made by some of the og people after Cing went bankrupt, its a 3ds eshop game so its pretty accessible, i dont know how i feel about the game, its definitely has style but doesn't have refine, anyways yeah, your latest vid was pretty sick btw.
Couldn't finish the game cuz i forgot what i had to do after a long break... So glad u uploaded this.
That damn chalk puzzle had me stumped for so long! I felt like i discovered the secret of life when i discovered the solution online.
Thanks for this video, I’ve been waffling back and forth about giving this game a chance. I’m not really into the Phoenix stuff so I wasn’t so sure it’d be up my ally at all. I’ve had it on my sd card in my 3ds for years, now imma play it, so ty:)
this game has a pretty neat fucking artstyle, praise fucko
amen
I remember watching a friend play this and digging the art style a lot. Thanks for the reminder to pick this one up! Good review as always
Man this is refreshing to see new people enjoy this game, Id like to know if you have played the sequel
The artstyle and conversation is hella good
yes
I'm glad i'm not the only one that the soundtrack reminded sometimes to Time Hollow. Or 999.
I played this a long time ago but never finished it. Art style was fantastic though.
Just played both of these games in the past week. Man, it's really a shame that we'll never see more.
I cried at the flour stamp. I couldn't figure it out and got frustrated and had to close my DS...
Man even when he was a babyboy Thor had some madass aesthetic skills damn
I love the art style so much. I kinda wanted to get it mostly for that.
Also have you played Lux Pain? I gave up on that one.
I was going to because it looked kinda cool, but it reviewed poorly across the board, even in Japan. So I'll probably skip that one.
I blame the translation. Like it seems like that it'd be decent if it were translated well. But it seems nonsensical from what i've remember.
The animations in this game are freaking amazing, and the soundtrack kicks ass as well. I used to use the OST of this game in my Vampire: The Masquerade sessions. That raises a question: Will you cover Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines someday, Thor?
Oh yeah definitely. I just bought myself a gaming PC as well, so I shouldn't have any issues getting it to run now.
Great to see Hotel Dusk getting some love
Raise your hand if you're a person who got:
1. Take Mila with you at the end ending (You can achieve this by finishing the whole game 2-3 times)
2. Give Mila a gift at the end (secret ending)
Excellent review I always look forward to your videos.
The golden age was the 70s and the assholes were mostly known as normal people (who just hadn't discovered PC or sensitivity training yet and therefore were just being honest). Twin Peaks came out in 1990, which means it somewhat reflects what things were like in the 80s, though David Lynch also likes to throw a 50s vibe into his characters, which is why his films always seem oddly out of place. The sequel to Hotel Dusk, Last Window is set in the 80s and does a very good job with reflecting that era.
Your sarcastic review is valid. But as a kid working this game through and through I really enjoyed the experience. I loved the music, art style, and story. Wish you played it when you were younger. Maybe you wouldn't be so sarcastic. But maybe that's the whole point of your channel.
there is nothing sarcastic about anything that I do the heck are u talking about
@@thorhighheels nothing ;)
this game is super sick.
the only thing I don't like is that blacklight puzzle, that if you don't have it you almost get stuck
It is my #1 favorite game of all time!
You should check out the sequel too, Last Window.
On the other note, great video about a great game.
And I love the joke about 1970's assholes acts like 1970's assholes. That got me good haha!
Yeah I will. There's also a spiritual successor for the 3DS I believe. Chase Cold Case I think it was called. Will definitely cover that as well.
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ThorHighHeels He has delivered!!!
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Sheeet! I started playing it a week ago, and you uploaded this. Where you reading my mind?!
Great minds think alike.
I’ve only just found your channel and, you have exquisite taste in games sir! Hotel dusk, Silent hill, Shenmue! Aaaaaaah I’m going to enjoy your channel!
Taaake onnn meeee (take on me)
Taaake meee onnnn (take on me)
I actually really like the fact it's a slow build it makes sense. I used to have a copy I wish I still had it.
Dreams End (Game Over Song) is imo the best one together with Last Sleep (Cellar Theme)
As it turns out, this is indeed rotoscoping. Just done with an added layer of traditional animaton on top of it.
Ah the Allo'Allo' soundtrack in the beginning:)
"Cheeky, mischievous and down to jest" summarizes most American conversations in that kind of setting.
I wanna watch Game Grumps play this, seems right up their alley.
Might give this a go someday.
Am I the only one who thinks Dunning kinda resembles Sylvester Stallone?
This. Game. Is. Fucking. Great.
Yes yes and yes, I love this game and it's that much of a core memory to me that I just recently dreamt about its mechanics again except my brain turned it into a mix of fnaf for some reason but yes this game is fucking great
I play this game and the sequel every year and everytime i beat both, its always feels for the charactes and you want to know more about them and what happen to them...sad that cing when bakrupt and nintendo hold the rights
I still want to know what happened to Kevin's wife
i played hotel dusk for abit and it seems really interesting so far but i need to get back into it, for these sorts of games i need to play them at a good pace since i finished games like root letter and virtues last reward recently. great review on this game
Yeah. This one especially is pretty long. It's definitely the type of game you need to set aside time for.
Played this and totally forgot about it. Remember liking it though. Thanks for the reminder!
Allo Allo' theme song at the start eh? About time you played this nerd
I tried playing it when it came out but I got stuck at a certain part. I had a bunch of items and I swear I’d checked literally every room in the game and tried everything. They didn’t have online guides back then. I still have it. I should try again
ah yeah i loved this game for some reason
Just bought this game for like 12$ at a retro game store with absolutely no idea what it was because its title reminded me of silent hill 2 😅
Oh God you'd love Glass Rose, it's a very shitty PS2 japanese adventure game!
Yeah. I wasn't too sure about it because of the weird "real people" look the characters have. But I checked it out for a little bit while working on this video, and it really seems like something I'd enjoy.
I like this game. It's not like most other DS games.
Hey man j just wanna say that I finished this game and it was soo so so good. The story was such a gem and it was all wonderful. Though, there were a few annoying moments in it for me which mainly involved the gimmicks and mehanisms
gamer tbh
Shadow of Destiny/Memories is great. It was even released on the PSP.
It does not "almost look rotoscoped" it IS rotoscoped lmao
Anybody know other games similar to hotel dusk and last window?
There's a game called: Chase Cold Case Investigations. It's made by the same team as Hotel Dusk and last window, just working under a different developer. It's a budget title for the 3DS, but it's very similar. The Phoenix Wright and Danganronpa series, are also roughly in the same vein, and of course all other games made by Hotel Dusk's developer Cing, are quite similar too.
ThorHighHeels Chase is also absolutely dreadful
Kathy Rain is great if you're looking for something with a similar tone in dialogue and warm cuteness in tone while still having a TON of voice acted lines compared to almost any other investigative adventure game with an intimately small main cast and an endearing main character.
Just finished this. Game is really flawed but a unique beautiful experience.
Best intro
And when will you talk about the continuation Last window: The secret of Cape West!?!?!
Not sure when yet exactly. But definitely sooner then later.
@@thorhighheels this never turned out to be true. :(
Thank you for this video though.
When you get to that last room and worry about how to survive the endgame and have to regulate your breathlessness this game really does show its strengths off. I don't appreciate the ways it waifu-izes a kid that literally stopped aging at like 8 or 11 years old so I have a lot of scathing hatred for how it contradicts itself but.... The game is deff a part of my young adulthood and always will be
The doctor is a dumbass!!!!
A game so good, my profile pic is Mila, can you tell? ✌🏻
It was just me dealing with my emotions.
I got this years ago when it first came out
Oh man I loved this game, so by the end of this I'll be happy or hate you forever.
Well, which was it?
ThorHighHeels Eh no gymnopedi no.1 and Ashe over Fran = terrible tastes and decisions in music. But overall great review of a great game. Hope you do the sequel one day we never got it over here in the states.
Dang this video has no dislikes.
damn I actually still have some demo disks thou; anyway keep up the work.
Have you ever thought of making a video about talking or reviewing old gaming magazines with their demo disc?
Abdallah1913 no
1:40 "this photo of Ash has seen quite a lot of.... if you know what i mean" what? I can't understand what he says in that part.
Oh. Usage. Thanks automatically generated captions
Does anyone know if this is available on the eshop?
No unfortunately you’ll have to find yourself a copy or maybe emulate
@@NewPortHuffer I found a copy of both for under 35 quid so was happy with that, to be fair given how disgustingly overpriced the Nintendo estore is for games would likely still be 30 quid each if I'd been able to get them digitally.
An example is project steam can pick up a physical cartridge for under a tenner easily, it's a good game but wasn't a huge success and yet Nintendo are selling a digital copy for 34.99 I mean why?
I wonder why some games never make it to the estore?
@@grayalun nice I got mine for about 20 here in the USA I had to emulate secret of cape west though : (
1:20 tony WHAT?!
Classic.
1:19 I preffer Tomba, makes him sound more masculine...
love this game
yes I been waiting to see this review from you Thorhighheels :) hope you do a review on the sequel
I will!
Guns, murrrrrdererrr !
What kind of emulator did you use for this?
Hogs of War, a harrowing drama starring Elliot Page.
The real question is how did you find a copy of this game ?
I downloaded it from the internet for I am the baddest of boys.
I would totally buy a copy though, but I wouldn't know how to go about capturing footage from a real DS. So emulation is all I have.
ThorHighHeels
Did you play it on a DS? or how did you do the touch screen ?
I played it on my PC. You can do all the touch screen things with the mouse, and certain gimmicks like blowing into the mic or closing the DS can be done through short cuts.
I finally found this game today
Is it rare? I saw it for like 10€ on Amazon
Thor? I'm a fan of you i'm not a subscriber but i watch your videos from time to time can i ask when the yakuza 4 Revies comes?
I actually finished playing Y4 about a week ago. Sooo, I'd say about a week or two from now, depending on how fast I can write and edit the video.
Thank you i give you a sub now
Classic game
The traces in the characters shadows remind me of fingerprints
Some things to consider:
At the time, the touch screen was novel so light puzzles like the ones in the game were quite interesting to show people
Because the DS was probably your first and only device in your house with a touch screen, the touch screen navigation was part of the game's fun.
It was quite cool walking around the hotel in the game, the art still holds up and the ost was cool
But for today's standards the pacing is tiresome and dull. The strong points of the game are well put in this video.
Yo, it's been 7 months, how's that Dynasty Warriors review coming along? Did you try out Nier yet?
I haven't played it yet. Same with Nier. I've just been kinda going where my creativity takes me lately.
There is no better content to get stoned in the morning with 🥴
Bruv! Bruvs my line! lol
sorry bruv
its cool bruv
I could never beat it I tried three times and I'm not kidding
Where are you from?
Good Job Thor. I tune in all the time to see what new games your playing so I can keep an eye out for them at my local store. Thanks to your JewTubes Channel I've played some truly awesome or, as you would say, games that are of the good variety . This game looks very interesting. I may have to pick a Nindildo DS/3DS soon. I've been thinking about it a lot, but I don't want to buy one for just a few games. Could you maybe list a good 10 or so that's not main stream Nindildo like Mario games. Not trying to be a hipster,but Fuck Man.......there are so many Mario Games...... Any who thanks again and keep up the hard work.
Thanks man! It's really cool to hear that I actually got you to play some stuff. As for a list, I don't really know too much about 3DS games., as I don't own one myself. Though there are a few titles I'm interested in like Chase Cold Case, Attack of the Friday Monsters, and Project X Zone. The DS though, is easily one of my favorite consoles for weird little games. So uh, here's a few.
-999
-Another Code
-The Nameless Game
-Flower Sun & Rain (great if you like Killer7)
-Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
-Mario & Luigi Partners In Time (I know its mario but truss me it's good)
-Time Hollow
-The World Ends With You
-Elite Beat Agents
-Ghost Trick
-Advance Wars: Dual Strike
-any of the Pokemon games really
-Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings
And of course Hotel Dusk as well. I'm sure there's many more cool DS games out there, but I hope this list helps :)
I'm a minute and a half in, get to the point.
You sound Dutch
no u
ProZD is de wae
Stop saying "totes"
lmfao.
What nationality are you? if you don't mind me asking?
candice salsberry he's from the Netherlands, I think.
Gabriel López Thank you very much.
Yup! I'm from the Netherlands.
ThorHighHeels Nice.