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I agree with your opinion on Plant island, I think it sounded a lot better back when it didn’t have Werdos and Dipsters on it. Without Werdos and Dipsters, I would rank Plant island A or S tier but with its current state C tier fits for it. With the addition of Werdos, Plant island’s song is just way too long now, it extended it a bit too much and it feels like most of the song is just the same 2 verses repeating and the Everything here is alive line is used too much.
i agree. it’s definitely one of those songs that didn’t have to be extended the way it was. i feel like when msm extends its songs, they should change which monsters play in each verse to keep them varied from on another. it’s a problem i have with how Gold Island was extended
Words cannot describe how wonderfully beautiful the Continent is. The transitions between verses are flawless, the bridge, while vastly different from the rest of the song, fit perfectly with the main theme, and of course every monster had a distinct part that sounded good on it's own, and simultaneously blended seamlessly with each and every other part. I especially loved Clamble's buildup into Repatillo's beat in the bridge, but that's just one of the many standout parts that compliment the song perfectly. Easy S tier, conversation over.
"This song is peak msm. Nothing can possibly beat it and can't be ruined. Every monster works perfectly and EVEN SCUPS IS UNDOUBTEDLY PERFECTION! It brought my grandma back from the dead and was how I met my significant other of 7 years. This song changed my life, and when you listen to it, yours will too." *Puts it in high A tier*
Fun fact: Wublin island is the loudest island. And the Screemu is the loudest monster in the game Edit: this was before the air island rare wubbox, look at replies
while i didnt agree with all of the placements this was quite a fun video, the editing was very comfortable and you were fun to listen to throughout, i found myself using not using the skip button like i usually do in most videos
A pretty solid take on a tier list, I can agree with most islands like Cold or Haven. I just have one question, did you remember Pluckbill at the end of that sentence?
Continent is absolutely BREATHTAKING. Don't even get me started on DRUMMIDARY. Absolute favorite percussionist in the entire series, that POWERFUL BOOMING makes the middle part shatter my eardrums in the best way possible. KING of the island.
I never really understood the “it doesn’t sound like a party” criticism for Party Island when the Mammott verses 100% sound like something from a kid’s birthday party especially when quibble kicks in. Goofy and bombastic.
i think what most people consider a Party is something a little more upbeat, like pop, future funk, edm, etc. they imagine monsters that typically always pop off, like Deedge, Repatillo, Floogull, etc. Party DOES have strong monsters, but they’re not as “upbeat” as they are on other islands
I honestly love this tier list. i love how in depth you went explaining why you felt certain ways instead of just saying its bad. im a bit dissapointed that some of my favorites; haven, air &, shanty werent higher but im okay with that. I got so excited when you were praising space island because nobody really likes space island for some reason and I absolutely love it. As a person who plays dawn of fire the continent has been kinda ruined for me because of how much you hear it (dont play dof its not worth it). I also really love cave island and it was awsome hearing someone praise it. other wise i completely agree with the list. good job on making a good list
thank you!!! also for Space Island, i’ve seen a majority of people rank it really highly, but don’t talk about it much because it’s from Dawn of Fire..
This is jsut my opinion but, am I the only one who actually appreciates the Werdos? I mean, I get it they extend the song but they add actual lyrics and stuff. I will have to agree on some of the werdos having weak lyrics but I personally love the earth island lyrics. (It could just be because of its popularity but idk)
I'm pretty happy that you made another tierlist! 😃I didn't really expect much from this video, but then I read how many minutes it is. I clicked on this and I liked it! By the way, as a video suggestion, you should talk about the different MSM plushies like you did with the PVZ ones, official and bootleg.
i love your videos so much. you're like in my top 10 or so youtubers these days, you just have that special relaxing quitely passionate quality so few have but when they do can suck me in like no other. also your sona is really cute, i love how its drawn.
that’s a real genuine compliment, i appreciate that a lot! i’m glad to know that my personality could keep coming back to my content. after all, every TH-camr needs a selling point to draw a crowd, hahaha. also, thank you for complimenting my sona!
18:48 NO WAY - I love psychic island! I used to love Bone Island but Psychic is one of my favourite islands actually. I love all the islands personally but it’s so hard to rank the magical islands. They are all so great!
I've been playing msm on and off since the debut of glowbes and honestly some of my favorite islands are the newer ones so nostalgia bias hasnt been an issue for me :0, glad you tried to avoid nostalgia bias for this video Havent finished this video yet but very based rankings
I love the magical sanctum, my favorite island in msm. The thing I love about magical sanctum is this though, from its first update to its last it sounds it always sounded like a completed song.
I found myself agreeing with almost every placement on this tier list and even when I didn't, your explanations toward the placements were very convincing. Good job on this tier list, I have no complaints about the way you went about it.
damn, thank you! i’m glad that even when we were at a disagreement, you could still understand my reasoning. imo, that’s how every tier list should make someone feel and i’m happy that you had that impression too
Gee, it sure would suck is a massive expansion that add's a whole lot of the Amber gang to the core magical islands and funk with there rankings, wouldn't it?
The number of monsters make all the music feel so crowded. I loved the coziness of getting the violin monster on the original island back in 2016 or 2017 or whenever the game came out and feeling the whole track kinda coalesce more with each monster. The more monsters the more it sounds like them desperately shoehorning in extra layers of depth or unique sounds to make a crazy orchestra. Hearing that groovy dj with the keyboard swan and the singing bird on the ice island is also a core memory haha In comparison ig it just feels like late game stuff is too busy and like trying to tick boxes for completion. Im sure alot of ppl prefer that sound tho and power to them, and i suppose ppl make custom music with monsters taken out in order to fix that. U get my point tho lol.
It’s not about when the game came out. It’s about when this commenter experienced getting Bowgart for the first time. And I agree. Plant Island just feels a bit too cluttered now.
I perfectly agree on your perspectives on light island. It is an amazing island that is S or high A tier in my opinion. Also Party island is alright. It was actually going to be called Vacation Island back then, which is why it sounds a lot calmer then one would think based off of the island name. It is crazy how much msm has progressed, I have been playing it since I was little. (ALSO SCUPS IS UNDERRATED!)
Nobody asked, but as a fan of this game for a decade here's my personal ranking: S tier - Ethereal Island, Wublin Island, Amber Island A tier - Magical Sanctum, Fire Haven, Light Island, Continent, Space Island, Plant Island, Cave Island, Bone Island B tier - Cold Island, Starhenge, Mythical Island, Shugabush Island, Faerie Island C tier - Air Island, Gold Island, Fire Oasis, Earth Island, Tribal Island D tier - Water Island, Celestial Island, Psychic Island, Cloud Island F tier - Seasonal Shanty, Party Island, The Collosingum
Just watched the whole vid. I've seen another video of yours some time ago and thought it was cool. Idk just wanted to say this was a nice video. Also Starhenge is S tier :)
Hi man, are you planning to talk about amber exclusive monsters going into magicals? Most of them i think are a MASSIVE adition. Not that is good or bad, specially i think light island has changed a lot of its pace.
I dunno what it is about the Continent, but it feels like a musical reinterpretation of the prehistoric times. The calm life, the chaos brought by the meteor strike and all the ash settling to give rise to a new generation of monsters. Those are the kinds of visuals that this song brings about and despite all the new additions, none of them feel out of place Also, slifhtly off topic but I noticed something kind of cyclically terrifying about Starhenge from the lore perspective. The Celestial Island has all its elderly inhabitants turn into stone statues to survive the Henge crashing down, only to be revived as their most simplistic forms. But you can make them grow up. Does that mean Starhenge is gonna be rebuilt and the cycle is gonna continue? We also know the Islands are living creatures called Colossals (Colossi?) For the Main Islands and Titans for the Magical Islands and Seasonal variants and the description calls Enchantling a "Monster-Who-Would-Be-Titan. So do normal monsters just grow to become those immense beasts? Are all the islands going to die at some point?
I have been playing this game for 6 years now and I've NEVER seen someone give so much love to gold an contanent which in my opinion are some of the best in the game.
Gonna try giving my personal rankings on the islands because I feel like it Plant - C Cold - A Air - B Water - A Earth - A Ethereal - A Shugabush - A Tribal - B Wublin - S Celestial - A (I will argue with anyone who gets annoyed about this, and trust me I have a lot of points) Haven - B Oasis - A Psychic - C Faerie - A Bone - A Light - A Sanctum - S Shanty - B Amber - A Mythical - S Gold - B Party - C Space - A Cloud - C Cave - B Starhenge - S Continent - S
3:22 in defence of the lyrics… they’re bad… EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST VERSE, WOOO YEAHH BABY! Ahem, anyways, the first verse (starts with “Look at the stars”, ends with “Is it cold out?”) is great, hence why it is the only part used in the memes and stuff. So, for that verse, without the context of MSM (which is how most of us non-MSM fans first experienced it), it is quite scary in a very existential and off putting way. “Look at the stars in the big blank ink” immediately establishes the setting as a cold night, far enough from any large settlement as the stars are visible. “Tell me what you feel and tell me what you think” then establishes a theme of psychology as the singer is asking for your input (whether it’s your input on the stars, the singer themselves, or the situation changes depending on the context). “Is it cold outside?” tells us that it’s cold outside, establishing the feelings of eerie silence on a cold winter night far outside of civilization, you’re alone in the cold, locked away inside a small building. “Is it cold out?” establishes the idea that there might be something more to the outside, that maybe you’re not alone here in the snow, hence the repetition of questioning the cold. These lyrics come together to give multiple different feelings and interpretations depending on context. I feel as though it can apply to eldritch horror (stars and cold winter nights are very unsettling in a cosmic sort of way), psychological horror (asking what you think and asking questions about the outside implies someone you care for has gone outside in the cold for some reason), and probably other types of horror. It might not be scary in the Five Nights at Freddy’s Jumpscare Markiplier way, but it’s undoubtedly unnerving… if you remove every other verse because they’re so mid and remove all aspects of horror.
MY OPINION: Plant island 1: Bowgart - i love cello and i love bowgart 2: T-rox - noggin 2.0 3: Colossal - i love the transitions it makes to other parts in the song 4: Clamble - cymbals are basic but i just really like her sound 5: shrubb - beatboxing gives me really nostalgic memories 6: Toe jammer - duet with mammott 7: mammott - duet with toe jammer 8: G'joob - he's my favorite mythical 9: Drumpler - idk i just like him 10: epic wubbox - he's epic 11: rare wubbox - WUBBUBUNGA 12: furcorn - it sounds good only in the choruses 13: Ghazt - it just sounds so... Magical 14: Dipsters - they fill in the emptiness in the beginning 15: punkleton - same with dipsters 16: Shugabush - yuh yuh yuh 17: maw - makes me uncomfortable 18: Oaktopus - could be better 19: potbelly - meh 20: wubbox - I don't really like dubstep 21: Fwog - not special 22: pummel - please be louder 23: Entbrat - ... 24: Werdos - i don't like english in gibberish Cold island 1st: Strombonin - Floogull!!! 2nd: Tweedle - why isn't this in plant island? 3rd: maggpi - i love depressing songs 4th: Deedge - i like DJs 5th: Quibble - I'm gonna quibble with you if you say that quibble is bad 6th: thumpies - my favorite game 7th: Pango - i love castanets 8th: Bowgart - decreased in interest 9th: Dandidoo - doobadoobadoo 10th: Furcorn - reminds me of classical music 11st: Maw - Doesn't stand out to me that much 12nd: Dipsters - 1st track is boring but adaptable 13rd: Oaktopus - if you don't shoo shoowa i will file a restraining order 14th: Spunge - no opinion 15th: Mammott - basic 16th: Grumpyre - boom shagala shat the hell up 17th: TOE - i dislike 18th: Congle - copies pango 19th: Epic wubbox - REALLY doesn't stand out to me 18th: Rare wubbox - Tune is odd 19th: wubbox - earrape 20th: Potbelly - stop. 21st: too quiet too boring 22nd: Tawkerr - please stop tawking Will continue tomorrow
nothing was funnier than disagreeing with some of your island opinions, checking my own islands to see if im missing something . . . and realizing those same islands i have either tempo shifted from the metronome, or have certain monsters muted/volume turned all the way down to change the song up/focus on other parts LMAO. youd be surprised how much your opinion would change about these islands if you did either of those things! amazing video, loved your commentary on everything!
@@theoriginalalex yeah it was just definitely eye opening to be like "whaaaat, you ranked this island that low?" before checking my own and seeing i changed it a lot to fit my own palate lmao
Alright I know I’m more than a little late to the party (7 days) but this was a fantastic tier list!! Almost every point was explained in great detail and I loved the style of your editing! I’ve always planned to make a tier list video of the MSM islands but… I have too many priorities 😭 If there were any disagreements I had with the rankings(even tho it’s your opinion) is that Water and Tribal Island are too low. But even then I agree with a lot of the rankings. Great video! 👍
Quibble in gold island is my favorite sound in the whole game. But Enchantling is close. I also love gold island riff because he sounds so heavy and awesome.
Nice list! I can agree with the majority of the ranking. The only one I’m mixed on is Celestial Island, that one will always be a D tier for me because of Galvana’s verse. I can’t explain it well but it feels like there should be more there. Also, I did NOT expect the shoutout, I’m glad you liked the remix!
i feel the EXACT same way about Galvana’s verse, apart from just not liking how loud and pitched up she is compared to her voice is on Starhenge and to be fair, i did not expect you to see this video! i’m glad you enjoyed the video just as i enjoyed your remix!!
Honestly the only things I would change about ur list is to switch gold island, and wublin island, and tbh I never realized just how good the continent is, especially cooler now with the new addition mimic. Overall great list and this is the yt video I watched while eating my food. Keep up the great work!
That's what im sayin too! 19:38 Edit:The problem with light island is that literally every monster has the same track,but some move the notes around other than that the only monsters i only enjoy are the dipsters yeah don't they sound that bad and really potbelly sounds repetetive Edit(again):I actually made pshycic island sound better!With the time machine(they should just change the name to''Time Warper'').If you get the slow-mo right you could make pshycic island great other than Theremind kinda sounding awful
every new island in the video was an explosion of happiness for me, after you listen to one for a bit, the next one sounds SO GOOD. The devs made some REAL good songs. No song deserves D or F.
I really felt like I was the ONLY person who actually likes fairy (i hope i spelt it right) island people normally just don't like it and then don't explain why but i love it thx for making this vid its really good too.
I know it’s second to the sounds usually but I’d love a video on the designs of monsters in msm. You could do it island based and include how the sound animation and design of the monsters work and what are your favorite say too 5 per island. If you really wanted to spice it up you could not allow repeats across islands since there are a lot of repeats or only do the exclusives to each island.
there's probably too much for me to say, so I'll just say that wublin island is probably one of my favorite islands and I love how it was the only island that I was actually there for from start to finish speaking of wublin island, does anyone remember rareblin's old videos with fan-made rare wublins, or is that just me
@@theoriginalalex i wanted to rewatch them when i got back into msm roughly a year ago and was devastated to see that they're all gone. funny thing is that i still remember the rare dermit's design and sounds
I came into this video FULLY EXPECTING for light island to be ranked low, but your reasonings for why it’s overhated were incredible Massive props to you sir Also it has the best seasonal skin dont @ me
i love this video :D i agree with some of the ranking but i didnt rlly get too mad at the ones i didnt agree with! and thats pretty rare for me LOL i hope you make more msm content like this :)
Farrie island is my fav island in the game! and bone island is my seond fav but i don't agre with your opinion of Physic Island. but i do agree with mythical island being great
My opinion Plant-A It was my 2nd favorite for a while before I found out about the other islands Cold-B Air-A Water-C Earth-S Ethereal-D, not my type of music Shugabush Island-F, I love country music, just it feels out of place for My Singing Monster Tribal Island-C Wublin Island-S Celestial Island-A Fire Haven-VERY HIGH A tier Fire Oasis-High C tier Psychic-C Faerie-F, I’m sorry, it seems really messy and as much as I love the Dipsters, this is by far their worst island, Ffydyll and maybe Pladdie are the only good parts. The percussion is very weak and I think it’s the worst of the magical islands Bone-S Light-High A tier Also SkyPainting is beautiful Magical Sanctum-S Seasonal Shanty-F Only a select few Seasonals stand out on their own islands. That being Hoola, Spurrit, Monculus, Whiz-Bang, Ffydyll, and Carrilong. They lose most of that in this island. Hoola gets overpowered by Smoochle, Spurrit only has 2 Huzzahs, Whiz-Bang and Carrilong drown eachother out, Ffydyll isn’t as powerful, and this is Monculus’s worst island. That’s not all. Punkleton is too quiet, Yool is annoying, I never liked Smoochle and they are also annoying, Blabbit sets a weird tone, Jam Boree sounds weird, Gobblygourd barely exists, Boo’qwurm doesn’t do much, Clavavera is barely noticeable and Viviene does nothing Amber-S Mythical-A Gold-A Extra: Workshop- S Nexus-High A Party-F I only have the 4 naturals, but Potbelly ruins it. The full song is even worse Space-D Hot Take, I know, but just feels really weird and off. I do love my boi Toe Jammer tho Cloud-High C tier Cave-A Starhenge-Low A tier, just not as good as Celestial. I do love my girl Galvana’s ROOTITOOT TOOT Continent-C, Overrated as hell, it’s so crowded
Bowhead, Tuskski, Gnarls, and (hopefully mimic will sound good) Mimic will sound amazing on the Continent and hopefully on their outer islands. If Gnarls remade Party Island and went to Cave Island everyone would die.
cave island makes me feel like i was just betrayed and am falling into the void is slow motion as i look back at my old friend forming tears in my eyes
The only reason I love Light Island is because to me it kinda sounds like a shy kid slowly coming out of their shell and becoming more confident or more comfortable with who they are
honestly, as a long time fan, prolly since the eaaaarly early days, i agree with most of ur takes personally, light island is a bit lower for me, but idk its alright in general
Your tier list is pretty good, but you gave a lot of A's. My Major Changes: Gold Island (pre epic) - D tier Water Island - D tier Gold Island (Post Epic) - C tier Earth Island - Higher A tier Fire Haven - S tier
"Comes the earthquake!" I do like it though I do wish it did add more ferocity into the voice to present it, they tend to sound like they're presenting a slide show instead granting emotion.
Good to know someone has the same controversial opinions as me. Mine are a little more controversial but I still cried a little while watching this. Ty
Great video! I appreciate how simple but fluid your editing is, and you analyze everything about an island pretty well. Also I very strongly agree with your Earth Island ranking and points. I’d say Werdos ruined it outright, a combination of bad voice, lame lyrics, and dismantling the structure of the song (the things I would do to get my boy Cybop solo back…)
i totally get the problem with the colossal on plant, but i think that's what they were going for? the colossals apparently forgot how to sing in the lore so yk its gonna stand out a bit when compared to the monsters who can and have been singing
i like what they went for with the colossals. i definitely don’t expect Candelavra beauty vocals from them, but it kinda sucks that none of the other Colossals sound as impactful to the song as the Plant Island Colossal imo
i’ve thought about “continuing it”, but it’s kinda hard because i’m not as familiar with OvenBreak Cookies anymore (also, the concept of a “viability” tier list confused people
I don’t think anyone in the world agrees with me, but on most islands the dipsters sound good! I think on plant island they’re alright even if they sound better without them, but I love how they sound on the rest of the islands, especially the magical islands. (I haven’t heard them on firehaven are they good?)
the Dipsters aren’t my favorite, but they’re not horrible. i actually think they sound amazing on the Magical islands except Psychic sadly :( Fire Haven Dipsters are okay, but not the best
I've only been a fan of MSM for around a year and a half, but I've really enjoyed pretty much everything that both games offer, and I love interacting with the community, almost everyone's fun to talk to and get along really well. 34:18 also when I was watching this I got jumpscared by my comment appearing for four seconds.
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When new updates come out you should wait a little bit so its not just msm
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He so goofy ahh
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I agree with your opinion on Plant island, I think it sounded a lot better back when it didn’t have Werdos and Dipsters on it. Without Werdos and Dipsters, I would rank Plant island A or S tier but with its current state C tier fits for it. With the addition of Werdos, Plant island’s song is just way too long now, it extended it a bit too much and it feels like most of the song is just the same 2 verses repeating and the Everything here is alive line is used too much.
i agree. it’s definitely one of those songs that didn’t have to be extended the way it was. i feel like when msm extends its songs, they should change which monsters play in each verse to keep them varied from on another. it’s a problem i have with how Gold Island was extended
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true, the gold island song was extended was way to much and what they should of done is extend the ending.
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Words cannot describe how wonderfully beautiful the Continent is. The transitions between verses are flawless, the bridge, while vastly different from the rest of the song, fit perfectly with the main theme, and of course every monster had a distinct part that sounded good on it's own, and simultaneously blended seamlessly with each and every other part. I especially loved Clamble's buildup into Repatillo's beat in the bridge, but that's just one of the many standout parts that compliment the song perfectly. Easy S tier, conversation over.
It is the perfect song
Mr clean !!!
I swear especially when the dipsters and werdos are so hard d to get
Wait a goddamn minute the bridge?
Pewdiepie?
No, its not over.
"This song is peak msm. Nothing can possibly beat it and can't be ruined. Every monster works perfectly and EVEN SCUPS IS UNDOUBTEDLY PERFECTION! It brought my grandma back from the dead and was how I met my significant other of 7 years. This song changed my life, and when you listen to it, yours will too."
*Puts it in high A tier*
I was so confused when he was hyping up Air island so much just to put it in B
DO THE EARTHQUAKE
I AM A MOUNTAIN
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@@JoshKnowsMathHello! I am the life taker!
Is it just me or does the cold island become absolutely godly when spunge starts singing
I played when the tribal island was popular. It’s nice to hear all of this again. Keep up the great work!
same here!! thank you!!
Fun fact: Wublin island is the loudest island. And the Screemu is the loudest monster in the game
Edit: this was before the air island rare wubbox, look at replies
No wonder why its called screemu
Actually the air island rare wubbox was proven to be able to outsing him
@@clamble6918 wait really
@Life_of_a_regular_human_being yeah some guy named mix master corn tested it
@@clamble6918 oh dang, I didn’t know
8:19 I love how you describe Hyehehe. It's the perfect representation of it.
i’m glad my efforts were appreciated.
The silly skrimbo 😁
He is in fact the scrunkly-est scrumblo to ever scrimbo out of scrimsville
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37:41 They actually put Drumpler there in the OST and it goes SO HARD and absolutely carries the transition back to the chorus
HELL YEAH
while i didnt agree with all of the placements this was quite a fun video, the editing was very comfortable and you were fun to listen to throughout, i found myself using not using the skip button like i usually do in most videos
i appreciate the feedback and i’m glad my video was entertaining! thank you!!
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I can't express how happy I am that magical sanctum got S tier, it literally gives me chills every time I hear it
Omg saaame
it’s a good song…
But I hate Enchantling I’m sorry
A pretty solid take on a tier list, I can agree with most islands like Cold or Haven. I just have one question, did you remember Pluckbill at the end of that sentence?
Pluck who now?
@@theoriginalalex Pluck..! Wait who was I talking about?
PLUCKBILL IS MY GOD AND IT SHOULD BE YOUR GODS TOO
SUBMIT TO THE MOUTH
@@littleawesomeapple Jesus Christ calm down my man
@@i_dunnoman. I was joking
Continent is absolutely BREATHTAKING. Don't even get me started on DRUMMIDARY. Absolute favorite percussionist in the entire series, that POWERFUL BOOMING makes the middle part shatter my eardrums in the best way possible. KING of the island.
“Favorite in the series”
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined ):.
@@Gaddzooks_goof awh dont worry gaddzooks is in my top 5 :)
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Yay
As the number 1 gobblygourd fan, I will not take such slander
gobbleygourd is really good on Seasonal Shanty
And I will not take PongPing slander
And I will not take scups slander
I will take the memes such slander
(Joke)
I won’t take people being mean to me
it has been two months and now I can finally say that Light Island deserves that A-tier ranking after the update
I still wish the organ was louder.
i don't know why everyone hated air island it's such a banger.
air island slaps
Yes it does.
I would put cave island to s tier after mimic’s introduction. His part added a lot to the ending
I never really understood the “it doesn’t sound like a party” criticism for Party Island when the Mammott verses 100% sound like something from a kid’s birthday party especially when quibble kicks in. Goofy and bombastic.
i think what most people consider a Party is something a little more upbeat, like pop, future funk, edm, etc. they imagine monsters that typically always pop off, like Deedge, Repatillo, Floogull, etc. Party DOES have strong monsters, but they’re not as “upbeat” as they are on other islands
Hyehehe, Wheezel, Deedge, Wubbox, Blowt, Sooza, Phangler, Anglow, Whiz bang and Hoola need to be on Party Island if that’s the case.
I honestly love this tier list. i love how in depth you went explaining why you felt certain ways instead of just saying its bad. im a bit dissapointed that some of my favorites; haven, air &, shanty werent higher but im okay with that. I got so excited when you were praising space island because nobody really likes space island for some reason and I absolutely love it. As a person who plays dawn of fire the continent has been kinda ruined for me because of how much you hear it (dont play dof its not worth it). I also really love cave island and it was awsome hearing someone praise it. other wise i completely agree with the list. good job on making a good list
thank you!!! also for Space Island, i’ve seen a majority of people rank it really highly, but don’t talk about it much because it’s from Dawn of Fire..
I swear if you rank every monster 💀
don’t give anyone ideas 💀
@@theoriginalalex LMAO
@@theoriginalalex (In palpatine voice) DO IT
I shouldn’t…
You should it class by class (maybe do 2 smaller classes in one video like the legendaries and mythicals)
This is jsut my opinion but, am I the only one who actually appreciates the Werdos? I mean, I get it they extend the song but they add actual lyrics and stuff. I will have to agree on some of the werdos having weak lyrics but I personally love the earth island lyrics. (It could just be because of its popularity but idk)
I'm pretty happy that you made another tierlist! 😃I didn't really expect much from this video, but then I read how many minutes it is. I clicked on this and I liked it!
By the way, as a video suggestion, you should talk about the different MSM plushies like you did with the PVZ ones, official and bootleg.
i’ll consider it!
32:46 i always took the tracks like this as being purposeful, like a melancholic final farewell, as it was supposed to be the final island
Despite not making MSM videos now, this will still be a good watch :)
glad you’re down to give it a watch!!
Many people are losing interest in msm
@@Pr3st3s eh, i think it goes up and down
it sure will be🍗🐸
Dip!
10:02 “And then Monculus got added.” I feel you. 16:28 “There’s also… ugh… Gobbleygourd.” 16:48 No one blames you.
i love your videos so much. you're like in my top 10 or so youtubers these days, you just have that special relaxing quitely passionate quality so few have but when they do can suck me in like no other.
also your sona is really cute, i love how its drawn.
that’s a real genuine compliment, i appreciate that a lot! i’m glad to know that my personality could keep coming back to my content. after all, every TH-camr needs a selling point to draw a crowd, hahaha.
also, thank you for complimenting my sona!
18:48 NO WAY - I love psychic island! I used to love Bone Island but Psychic is one of my favourite islands actually. I love all the islands personally but it’s so hard to rank the magical islands. They are all so great!
I watched this last night. Great ranking! Also, when Reedling and Spunge came out, I heard it, and I CRIED. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!
thanks!!!
OMG ALEX! Thank you for replying! MSM made my childhood! (I still play it. AND DOF.)
this was the one of the most entertaining videos i have watched in a while. thank you
ayy, i’m glad you enjoyed it!!
I've been playing msm on and off since the debut of glowbes and honestly some of my favorite islands are the newer ones so nostalgia bias hasnt been an issue for me :0, glad you tried to avoid nostalgia bias for this video
Havent finished this video yet but very based rankings
thank you!! i hope you continue to enjoy the video :)
I love the magical sanctum, my favorite island in msm. The thing I love about magical sanctum is this though, from its first update to its last it sounds it always sounded like a completed song.
I found myself agreeing with almost every placement on this tier list and even when I didn't, your explanations toward the placements were very convincing.
Good job on this tier list, I have no complaints about the way you went about it.
damn, thank you!
i’m glad that even when we were at a disagreement, you could still understand my reasoning. imo, that’s how every tier list should make someone feel and i’m happy that you had that impression too
Gee, it sure would suck is a massive expansion that add's a whole lot of the Amber gang to the core magical islands and funk with there rankings, wouldn't it?
that would suck, but something like that would NEVER happen…
The number of monsters make all the music feel so crowded.
I loved the coziness of getting the violin monster on the original island back in 2016 or 2017 or whenever the game came out and feeling the whole track kinda coalesce more with each monster.
The more monsters the more it sounds like them desperately shoehorning in extra layers of depth or unique sounds to make a crazy orchestra.
Hearing that groovy dj with the keyboard swan and the singing bird on the ice island is also a core memory haha
In comparison ig it just feels like late game stuff is too busy and like trying to tick boxes for completion.
Im sure alot of ppl prefer that sound tho and power to them, and i suppose ppl make custom music with monsters taken out in order to fix that. U get my point tho lol.
The game came out in 2011
@@Blastoisebo1222012
@@Blastoisebo122 It came out in 2012.
It’s not about when the game came out. It’s about when this commenter experienced getting Bowgart for the first time. And I agree. Plant Island just feels a bit too cluttered now.
I perfectly agree on your perspectives on light island. It is an amazing island that is S or high A tier in my opinion. Also Party island is alright. It was actually going to be called Vacation Island back then, which is why it sounds a lot calmer then one would think based off of the island name. It is crazy how much msm has progressed, I have been playing it since I was little. (ALSO SCUPS IS UNDERRATED!)
WOOO SCUPS
@@theoriginalalex best natural monster in my opinion
scups is kinda boring imo
@@AidennVR >:( Jk it's ok it's your opinion
Was gonna make a comment about you making PVZ AND MSM content being awesome, then remembered you had been making MSM content for a while. Oops.
i have been making MSM content, but never a full video. now i’m ready to give it the spotlight :)
Nobody asked, but as a fan of this game for a decade here's my personal ranking:
S tier - Ethereal Island, Wublin Island, Amber Island
A tier - Magical Sanctum, Fire Haven, Light Island, Continent, Space Island, Plant Island, Cave Island, Bone Island
B tier - Cold Island, Starhenge, Mythical Island, Shugabush Island, Faerie Island
C tier - Air Island, Gold Island, Fire Oasis, Earth Island, Tribal Island
D tier - Water Island, Celestial Island, Psychic Island, Cloud Island
F tier - Seasonal Shanty, Party Island, The Collosingum
i appreciate that the islands are evenly distributed between tiers
Was not intentional but it proves that my opinions are backed up by math
Just watched the whole vid. I've seen another video of yours some time ago and thought it was cool. Idk just wanted to say this was a nice video. Also Starhenge is S tier :)
Starhenge slaps, i could totally see why you’d put it in S tier
Thanks to you I now have a msm addiction (I never played it until you made this video then I did) now I have the plant colossal!!!
congrats on that!!
I haven’t played MSM since like 2017 and the last island i remember seeing was tribal
it’s cool to see all the things that’s been added to the game
Re install it right now. You will not be disappointed.
Hi man, are you planning to talk about amber exclusive monsters going into magicals? Most of them i think are a MASSIVE adition. Not that is good or bad, specially i think light island has changed a lot of its pace.
Damn.. that was a lot of nostalgia. Thanks for making this video! It was a very easy watch I loved it.
I dunno what it is about the Continent, but it feels like a musical reinterpretation of the prehistoric times. The calm life, the chaos brought by the meteor strike and all the ash settling to give rise to a new generation of monsters. Those are the kinds of visuals that this song brings about and despite all the new additions, none of them feel out of place
Also, slifhtly off topic but I noticed something kind of cyclically terrifying about Starhenge from the lore perspective. The Celestial Island has all its elderly inhabitants turn into stone statues to survive the Henge crashing down, only to be revived as their most simplistic forms. But you can make them grow up. Does that mean Starhenge is gonna be rebuilt and the cycle is gonna continue? We also know the Islands are living creatures called Colossals (Colossi?) For the Main Islands and Titans for the Magical Islands and Seasonal variants and the description calls Enchantling a "Monster-Who-Would-Be-Titan. So do normal monsters just grow to become those immense beasts? Are all the islands going to die at some point?
I think Cloud Island is based on a song that our bass clarinet had as their solo.
I have been playing this game for 6 years now and I've NEVER seen someone give so much love to gold an contanent which in my opinion are some of the best in the game.
Gonna try giving my personal rankings on the islands because I feel like it
Plant - C
Cold - A
Air - B
Water - A
Earth - A
Ethereal - A
Shugabush - A
Tribal - B
Wublin - S
Celestial - A (I will argue with anyone who gets annoyed about this, and trust me I have a lot of points)
Haven - B
Oasis - A
Psychic - C
Faerie - A
Bone - A
Light - A
Sanctum - S
Shanty - B
Amber - A
Mythical - S
Gold - B
Party - C
Space - A
Cloud - C
Cave - B
Starhenge - S
Continent - S
wild to see another Light and Oasis>Haven enjoyer
@@theoriginalalex Oasis has Spurrit on it. Enough said
I love oasis more 😅
3:22 in defence of the lyrics… they’re bad… EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST VERSE, WOOO YEAHH BABY! Ahem, anyways, the first verse (starts with “Look at the stars”, ends with “Is it cold out?”) is great, hence why it is the only part used in the memes and stuff. So, for that verse, without the context of MSM (which is how most of us non-MSM fans first experienced it), it is quite scary in a very existential and off putting way. “Look at the stars in the big blank ink” immediately establishes the setting as a cold night, far enough from any large settlement as the stars are visible. “Tell me what you feel and tell me what you think” then establishes a theme of psychology as the singer is asking for your input (whether it’s your input on the stars, the singer themselves, or the situation changes depending on the context). “Is it cold outside?” tells us that it’s cold outside, establishing the feelings of eerie silence on a cold winter night far outside of civilization, you’re alone in the cold, locked away inside a small building. “Is it cold out?” establishes the idea that there might be something more to the outside, that maybe you’re not alone here in the snow, hence the repetition of questioning the cold. These lyrics come together to give multiple different feelings and interpretations depending on context. I feel as though it can apply to eldritch horror (stars and cold winter nights are very unsettling in a cosmic sort of way), psychological horror (asking what you think and asking questions about the outside implies someone you care for has gone outside in the cold for some reason), and probably other types of horror. It might not be scary in the Five Nights at Freddy’s Jumpscare Markiplier way, but it’s undoubtedly unnerving… if you remove every other verse because they’re so mid and remove all aspects of horror.
this guy likes msm and pvz, this is great! and i also LOVE mythical island and light island [i also love cold island.]
MY OPINION:
Plant island
1: Bowgart - i love cello and i love bowgart
2: T-rox - noggin 2.0
3: Colossal - i love the transitions it makes to other parts in the song
4: Clamble - cymbals are basic but i just really like her sound
5: shrubb - beatboxing gives me really nostalgic memories
6: Toe jammer - duet with mammott
7: mammott - duet with toe jammer
8: G'joob - he's my favorite mythical
9: Drumpler - idk i just like him
10: epic wubbox - he's epic
11: rare wubbox - WUBBUBUNGA
12: furcorn - it sounds good only in the choruses
13: Ghazt - it just sounds so... Magical
14: Dipsters - they fill in the emptiness in the beginning
15: punkleton - same with dipsters
16: Shugabush - yuh yuh yuh
17: maw - makes me uncomfortable
18: Oaktopus - could be better
19: potbelly - meh
20: wubbox - I don't really like dubstep
21: Fwog - not special
22: pummel - please be louder
23: Entbrat - ...
24: Werdos - i don't like english in gibberish
Cold island
1st: Strombonin - Floogull!!!
2nd: Tweedle - why isn't this in plant island?
3rd: maggpi - i love depressing songs
4th: Deedge - i like DJs
5th: Quibble - I'm gonna quibble with you if you say that quibble is bad
6th: thumpies - my favorite game
7th: Pango - i love castanets
8th: Bowgart - decreased in interest
9th: Dandidoo - doobadoobadoo
10th: Furcorn - reminds me of classical music
11st: Maw - Doesn't stand out to me that much
12nd: Dipsters - 1st track is boring but adaptable
13rd: Oaktopus - if you don't shoo shoowa i will file a restraining order
14th: Spunge - no opinion
15th: Mammott - basic
16th: Grumpyre - boom shagala shat the hell up
17th: TOE - i dislike
18th: Congle - copies pango
19th: Epic wubbox - REALLY doesn't stand out to me
18th: Rare wubbox - Tune is odd
19th: wubbox - earrape
20th: Potbelly - stop.
21st: too quiet too boring
22nd: Tawkerr - please stop tawking
Will continue tomorrow
Mimic came out on the continent 4 days later 💀
what are the odds.
I hate it
I'm 100 meters from your location and approaching rapidly. START RUNNING.
Did not expect the guy who made my favourite pvz videos to make a video about my other favourite game
nothing was funnier than disagreeing with some of your island opinions, checking my own islands to see if im missing something . . . and realizing those same islands i have either tempo shifted from the metronome, or have certain monsters muted/volume turned all the way down to change the song up/focus on other parts LMAO. youd be surprised how much your opinion would change about these islands if you did either of those things! amazing video, loved your commentary on everything!
thank you so much!! i also did a bit of volume adjusting on my islands when i was still playing MSM, i definitely have my biases, haha
@@theoriginalalex yeah it was just definitely eye opening to be like "whaaaat, you ranked this island that low?" before checking my own and seeing i changed it a lot to fit my own palate lmao
Alright I know I’m more than a little late to the party (7 days) but this was a fantastic tier list!! Almost every point was explained in great detail and I loved the style of your editing! I’ve always planned to make a tier list video of the MSM islands but… I have too many priorities 😭
If there were any disagreements I had with the rankings(even tho it’s your opinion) is that Water and Tribal Island are too low. But even then I agree with a lot of the rankings. Great video! 👍
no worries on being late, i appreciate any and all feedback!! thank you!!
Continent in first place is a massive W
yooo Fwog Pog!! glad we could both agree on that!
Frrr, nice to see people with similar opinions 😄
@@Fwogpog agreed bro!
Quibble in gold island is my favorite sound in the whole game. But Enchantling is close. I also love gold island riff because he sounds so heavy and awesome.
Nice list! I can agree with the majority of the ranking. The only one I’m mixed on is Celestial Island, that one will always be a D tier for me because of Galvana’s verse. I can’t explain it well but it feels like there should be more there.
Also, I did NOT expect the shoutout, I’m glad you liked the remix!
i feel the EXACT same way about Galvana’s verse, apart from just not liking how loud and pitched up she is compared to her voice is on Starhenge
and to be fair, i did not expect you to see this video! i’m glad you enjoyed the video just as i enjoyed your remix!!
My boy got a shout out!!! I wasn’t expecting it either lmao
BRO MIXMASTER CORN GOT A SHOUTOUT
Okay this was genuinely the first time I've heard the full light island and I genuinely cried wtf???
Honestly the only things I would change about ur list is to switch gold island, and wublin island, and tbh I never realized just how good the continent is, especially cooler now with the new addition mimic. Overall great list and this is the yt video I watched while eating my food. Keep up the great work!
as a TH-cam while eating enjoyer, i am so happy my video provided that entertainment
44:08 it just gets better if you listen to nova's version with ethereals, mythicals,wubboxes,plunkeleton and theremind.
No
i like the cold island lyrics cause i can relate to them in kind of a heartfelt way. it's not like "woah... so deep..." they just feel cozy
also how DARE you shit on pompom
That's what im sayin too! 19:38
Edit:The problem with light island is that literally every monster has the same track,but some move the notes around other than that the only monsters i only enjoy are the dipsters yeah don't they sound that bad and really potbelly sounds repetetive
Edit(again):I actually made pshycic island sound better!With the time machine(they should just change the name to''Time Warper'').If you get the slow-mo right you could make pshycic island great other than Theremind kinda sounding awful
I love the little pause before each island where we stare into each other's eyes awkwardly
FINALLY someone who doesn't trash on scups
Iceberg lettuce?
Bruh he ruins the air/water island song plus can't even hear it In gold island
@@Ballerisntfunnyanymorebeing one who has air island with the two Seasonals and the two weirdos
Scups doesnt sucks
@@sebaytgamesxd9069 he literally ruins the air island
@@Ballerisntfunnyanymore with scups k like it more but is Your opinión and My opinión
You've got yourself a new subscriber. Keep it up! 👍
thanks dude!!
Every upload this guy makes fills me with joy.
N why r u here
@@CoinyBFDIA Chaos.
every new island in the video was an explosion of happiness for me, after you listen to one for a bit, the next one sounds SO GOOD. The devs made some REAL good songs. No song deserves D or F.
I really felt like I was the ONLY person who actually likes fairy (i hope i spelt it right) island people normally just don't like it and then don't explain why but i love it thx for making this vid its really good too.
I like spotify version,I wish they added ffydil in that remix
I love how after every ranking he just stares at you like : "i know what you did on the night of November 11th 1987"
This video felt a lot shorter than it really was lol, you did great here!
that’s a huge compliment! thank you!
I know it’s second to the sounds usually but I’d love a video on the designs of monsters in msm. You could do it island based and include how the sound animation and design of the monsters work and what are your favorite say too 5 per island. If you really wanted to spice it up you could not allow repeats across islands since there are a lot of repeats or only do the exclusives to each island.
thank you for the suggestion!!
there's probably too much for me to say, so I'll just say that wublin island is probably one of my favorite islands and I love how it was the only island that I was actually there for from start to finish
speaking of wublin island, does anyone remember rareblin's old videos with fan-made rare wublins, or is that just me
you actually reminded me of those on a comment a while ago
@@theoriginalalex i wanted to rewatch them when i got back into msm roughly a year ago and was devastated to see that they're all gone.
funny thing is that i still remember the rare dermit's design and sounds
I came into this video FULLY EXPECTING for light island to be ranked low, but your reasonings for why it’s overhated were incredible
Massive props to you sir
Also it has the best seasonal skin dont @ me
GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY
The Continent gives me major early childhood vibes and I love it.
i love this video :D
i agree with some of the ranking but i didnt rlly get too mad at the ones i didnt agree with!
and thats pretty rare for me LOL
i hope you make more msm content like this :)
thank you!! if i get the idea for another big MSM video, you know i’ll take it!
@@theoriginalalex yay ight
Farrie island is my fav island in the game! and bone island is my seond fav but i don't agre with your opinion of Physic Island. but i do agree with mythical island being great
My opinion
Plant-A
It was my 2nd favorite for a while before I found out about the other islands
Cold-B
Air-A
Water-C
Earth-S
Ethereal-D, not my type of music
Shugabush Island-F, I love country music, just it feels out of place for My Singing Monster
Tribal Island-C
Wublin Island-S
Celestial Island-A
Fire Haven-VERY HIGH A tier
Fire Oasis-High C tier
Psychic-C
Faerie-F, I’m sorry, it seems really messy and as much as I love the Dipsters, this is by far their worst island, Ffydyll and maybe Pladdie are the only good parts. The percussion is very weak and I think it’s the worst of the magical islands
Bone-S
Light-High A tier
Also SkyPainting is beautiful
Magical Sanctum-S
Seasonal Shanty-F
Only a select few Seasonals stand out on their own islands. That being Hoola, Spurrit, Monculus, Whiz-Bang, Ffydyll, and Carrilong. They lose most of that in this island. Hoola gets overpowered by Smoochle, Spurrit only has 2 Huzzahs, Whiz-Bang and Carrilong drown eachother out, Ffydyll isn’t as powerful, and this is Monculus’s worst island. That’s not all. Punkleton is too quiet, Yool is annoying, I never liked Smoochle and they are also annoying, Blabbit sets a weird tone, Jam Boree sounds weird, Gobblygourd barely exists, Boo’qwurm doesn’t do much, Clavavera is barely noticeable and Viviene does nothing
Amber-S
Mythical-A
Gold-A
Extra:
Workshop- S
Nexus-High A
Party-F
I only have the 4 naturals, but Potbelly ruins it. The full song is even worse
Space-D
Hot Take, I know, but just feels really weird and off. I do love my boi Toe Jammer tho
Cloud-High C tier
Cave-A
Starhenge-Low A tier, just not as good as Celestial. I do love my girl Galvana’s ROOTITOOT TOOT
Continent-C, Overrated as hell, it’s so crowded
21:10 made me laugh the hardest I’ve ever laughed in a long time.
MPG IS HERE YAAAAYYYYYY (btw you are my fav channel in my list of fav channels, Alex)
Bowhead, Tuskski, Gnarls, and (hopefully mimic will sound good) Mimic will sound amazing on the Continent and hopefully on their outer islands. If Gnarls remade Party Island and went to Cave Island everyone would die.
I'm from the future
Mimic is in dof now
cave island makes me feel like i was just betrayed and am falling into the void is slow motion as i look back at my old friend forming tears in my eyes
I just liked fire haven, but then I slowed it by like 20% and that shit felt heavenly
I find the illustration of Pompom comforting Scups adorable in a way.
The only reason I love Light Island is because to me it kinda sounds like a shy kid slowly coming out of their shell and becoming more confident or more comfortable with who they are
honestly, as a long time fan, prolly since the eaaaarly early days, i agree with most of ur takes
personally, light island is a bit lower for me, but idk its alright in general
Light island with vocals: 😐😑😐
Light island without vocals: ✨🌟✨😲
I dont rlly find anything wrong with it.
Your tier list is pretty good, but you gave a lot of A's.
My Major Changes:
Gold Island (pre epic) - D tier
Water Island - D tier
Gold Island (Post Epic) - C tier
Earth Island - Higher A tier
Fire Haven - S tier
21:10 caught me so off guard bro 😂
Idk why im the only one who loves psychic island, it sounds amazinggg
I personally think that the werdos on earth island are one of the best parts, along with rare and epic wubbox.
"Comes the earthquake!" I do like it though I do wish it did add more ferocity into the voice to present it, they tend to sound like they're presenting a slide show instead granting emotion.
FINALLY someone who agrees on my thoughts on air island.
u changed my mind on light island, i will no longer b a hater
This is the first video of yours I've seen. Banger. The Get Out edit during Ethereal Island Monculus was very funny and made me laugh.
Good to know someone has the same controversial opinions as me. Mine are a little more controversial but I still cried a little while watching this. Ty
This is the DEFINITIVE msm tier list
Great video! I appreciate how simple but fluid your editing is, and you analyze everything about an island pretty well.
Also I very strongly agree with your Earth Island ranking and points. I’d say Werdos ruined it outright, a combination of bad voice, lame lyrics, and dismantling the structure of the song (the things I would do to get my boy Cybop solo back…)
Cybop solo hell yeah
i appreciate the feedback on my editing and analysis btw, thank you :)
I like the werdos, sound nice
i totally get the problem with the colossal on plant, but i think that's what they were going for? the colossals apparently forgot how to sing in the lore so yk its gonna stand out a bit when compared to the monsters who can and have been singing
i like what they went for with the colossals. i definitely don’t expect Candelavra beauty vocals from them, but it kinda sucks that none of the other Colossals sound as impactful to the song as the Plant Island Colossal imo
W TIER LIST but imo cold island should be a solid A
also are you going to revisit the ovenbreak tierlist again?
i’ve thought about “continuing it”, but it’s kinda hard because i’m not as familiar with OvenBreak Cookies anymore (also, the concept of a “viability” tier list confused people
@@theoriginalalex understandable
I don’t think anyone in the world agrees with me, but on most islands the dipsters sound good! I think on plant island they’re alright even if they sound better without them, but I love how they sound on the rest of the islands, especially the magical islands. (I haven’t heard them on firehaven are they good?)
the Dipsters aren’t my favorite, but they’re not horrible. i actually think they sound amazing on the Magical islands except Psychic sadly :( Fire Haven Dipsters are okay, but not the best
@@theoriginalalexyeah I think light or faerie are my favourite dipsters
I've only been a fan of MSM for around a year and a half, but I've really enjoyed pretty much everything that both games offer, and I love interacting with the community, almost everyone's fun to talk to and get along really well.
34:18 also when I was watching this I got jumpscared by my comment appearing for four seconds.