A Deeper Look at Um Jammer Lammy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2024
- This is the last in a series of videos I've made with varying levels of quality lol. The Parappa Series is a staple of my first year having moved out of the family house. It means a lot to me, and I finally got the chance to finish this little review/ retrospective out. PLEASE give this series a try, and let me know what you think!
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The fact that Parappa the Rappa is nearly 30 years old has made me feel extremely old
@@Dan_Petrov I think it's crazy too that so much time has gone by. RE5 is like ancient now apparently.
I think Um Jammer Lammy is better than both Parappa games, I just love how weird it is
@@hydrocityharry977 I feel that way too now. It's growing on me more as the days go by! But they're all pretty equal.
This Game is so overlooked, it has the aestethic, the music and the story, its actually my inspiration on playing guitar and starting my band, i love the parappa games but this just hits different
PD: awesome video, i see a future on You being a bigger content creator.
@@Uripunkk I got very into guitar playing a year or so ago, and this game felt so much more fun with some background knowledge! Thank you for the comment about being a bigger creator, I'd really love to do more art related stuff too if I got a little money to be able to dedicate more time to YT. Thank you for watching!
@@SleeplessSheep nah don't worry it's awesome how the videos are, You should do more music related videos tho
This game has a schizophrenic lamb that plays guitar, never fails
@@gregoriah2763 lol I agree. It's a trip of a game but I almost think it could've gone farther. Maybe I'm just crazy
I know nothing about games but this was extremely well presented and explained - thoroughly enjoyed!
@@HomesteadFrance Thank you Homestead!!! That means a lot that you came over here and listened anyway. 💕
I never saw Lammy as really that out there in terms of craziness and psychedelics when compared to other games of that generation and prior. Granted i played lammy first in 2016, but i think why it was seen as weird was that the playstation was the realistic and gritty console.
Also your writing is impeccable, made my commute back home feel so short. Hope to see more!
@@b.r.207 Yo! Thank you for the comment about the writing, I always feel a little self conscious because I don't feel like I explain things get when speaking off the cuff, but writing sometimes loses my silliness.
Anyhow, yeah I think for the most part, normies thought the PS1 was gritty, but weirdos like me were playing LSD simulator and Tokimeki Memorial lololol. So Lammy ain't nothing
I remember seeing the game play for this and thinking it was crazy :0
It absolutely is lol. So much be happening.
Hmmm. This is hard for me. I don’t think I want to sell my foot but those figures are epic 🤔🤨
Nice video as always, can’t wait to see what’s next!
Halloween video next!!!
It was a pleasant surprise seeing this on my recommended c: i love ujl, it’s definitely my favorite of the series
@@pricklywhiterose Yey!!! I'm glad you found the video! I went from getting 200-500 views to this, I don't understand lol. But I'm happy it means I get to chat with people! I really really really liked this game.
Jammer lammy my beloved
@@synthwavesoundscape1893 Jammy slays!
I really appreciate seeing a video that goes into the different aspects of this game more than just the standard story and gameplay overview. I'd say it was quite
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Though a fan of the series for some years now, it wasn't until a few months ago that I've actually tried playing them. Since then, my PaRappa fixation has been at an all-time high. : )
I may find PaRappa 2 to be the most fun and replayable of the bunch, but UJL's always had the most of my respect. Everything about it from the story to the presentation is just so striking, over-the-top, and bold! PaRappa 2 has always felt a bit more tame, and a bit less out-there compared to the first two games, which I may go in a bit more detail later, seeing as you also have a PaRappa 2 video (and I just know this is about to become an overly-long comment as is :P ).
I really liked the stark contrast of the series' two main protagonists, PaRappa and Lammy.
In the first game, we're introduced to a character who gets himself into less-than ideal situations, but always quickly faces it with unwavering determination. He's gotta believe, after all!
One game later, we get a bit of a wreck who's always doubting herself and doesn't like to call attention to herself. After a bit of carelessness in making sure to wake up on time, she's similarly thrust into many less-than-ideal situations, but instead, drums up (or fakes) some confidence from within, and through the course of the story, we see her get a little more headstrong.
Something I really appreciated that may seem like a miniscule and insignificant detail, was at 15:22, when you pointed out how it was the only time PaRappa was portrayed in the same way he often was in the first game, what with his iconic delusions. Not often do I see much care for attention-to-detail when it comes to simple stories and characters like this, so I'm glad you cared enough to make a direct note of it. : )
Here, I'd like to pay respects to just how ambitious Um Jammer Lammy is, and I'll start by addressing one of your points of contention.
The reason PaRappa's voice is so low quality is unfortunately a by-product of limited disc space. Being a PS1 game, they only had about 600-700 MB of storage per disc for everything. While that may be a lot in comparison to the earlier cartridge-ruled years of gaming, audio takes up a surprisingly large amount of storage compared to code and even graphics, but has the advantage of being much more easily and efficiently compressed.
Of course, the likelihood that the top brass at Sony would let a cult classic's sequel get produced as a multi-disc title was probably pretty low, thus the developers had to fit essentially double the content of PaRappa 1 into a single disc: an amazing feat considering the overall quality of the finished game.
I'm sure you've also noticed that PaRappa's cutscenes have a noticeably lower frame rate from Lammy's as well. FMVs (Full-motion Videos) also take up quite a bit of storage, which is probably why PaRappa (the side character in Lammy's game) had much shorter cutscenes in the first place, not to mention them being much choppier to boot. It certainly makes sense to focus their main efforts on the main character, so they probably never intended PaRappa's interludes to really have an actual story like Lammy's, hence, why they make little sense.
All that is to say it's a very admirable effort to even bother with cramming Um Jammer Lammy with so much content in the first place: seven stages, battle and co-op modes, a second scenario, etc. PaRappa's inclusion may seem like it was shoe-horned in to attract more potential buyers, but I more so see it as a stunning display of achievement on all of the artists' and developers' parts to make Um Jammer Lammy even more special.
Well, I could go on, but I've been typing this for 40 minutes already, and you probably get the point by now. :P
@@Mr.Gabagool I love this message so much! Thank you for taking so much time to write all this, it's awesome for me and everyone else to read. I totally agree about it being a total feat that this game is on one disc, but if Alpha 3 could get put on a GBA cart... Lammy could've gotten a slightly better print here. Regardless, I think that they were under a major time crunch by the time they did ads and whatever else. So much goes into it. But I appreciate the dedication Matsura and the team brought to Lammy, it's genuinely inspiring, and turned out amazing despite the struggle.
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i love um jammer lammy
@@Crae Same here!!!
parrapa the rapper, um jammer lammy, along with vib- ribbon, these games change my brain chemistry forever.
@@hams3r_danc3_06 I've GOTTA play vib-ribbon. It's a must. But I totally agree. If you haven't aalready, you should watch the Parappa anime!
The reason for Parappa's weird mixing and audio quality for this game, is fully due to console limitations! The game was so packed onto the disc that in order to fit it all in, they had to drastically lower the audio quality, and strip many audio effects just so they could ship it all on one disc. If you listen to the soundtracks on CD you can hear how it fully was going to be, but it's interesting none the less :)
@@cannonballking7 Yeah! Someone told me that a day or two ago. I figured that's the case, I'm sure it would've done better on 2 discs but I still love the game regardless! Thank you though!
@@SleeplessSheep I think I remember hearing somewhere that the reason they didn't do two discs is that the production team thought it would be wasteful to split it up, and wanted to keep costs as low as possible, it really is a miracle that they could get both campaigns in the first place lol!
Great video!!! recently got a hold of the game on PS1. A lot harder than I thought it was going to be, but I still beat it and enjoyed it.
It was pretty hard... I got annoyed once or twice but never gave up and it was fine lol. The Parappa songs in this drove me up a wall once or twice. It's a struggle playing some of my retro stuff for this channel because I can't record footage on my CRT even knowing it'll look better and play better on it.
i remember playing this on that psp console that you could connect to your tv and i beat it on this, very good game! not a fan of rhythm games but parappa the rappa never misses!
@@CTYellow PS TV was AWESOME!!! When I worked at a gamestore that always sold so quickly. I love the 2 main Parappa games but this one hits different. I love the sound of it more than rapping, which Ik is kind of blasphemous
@@SleeplessSheep thats suprising considering the pstv sold like 750k copies world wide, which was sony's worst selling console of all time. I still have yet to play the 2 parappa games again and um jammer lammy
I still find it so weird they claim she is a Lamb, but she is clearly a deer.
@@Pinkerton03 Yeah I can see what you mean. She's kind of a lot of things. But a lamb feels timid enough for her attitude.
@@SleeplessSheep Deer are natorious for being timid lmao
Brooo chop chop has deer head in his dojo 💀💀💀💀💀
Very cool review
@@theautographfishermanjonbu325 Thank you Jon!!!
Great video
@@AdrianGarcia-xb5cq Thank you a ton!
I played the game and beat it in about 3 hours... My only complaint is that it's beyond short. The Parappa story was easier and only took an extra 2 hours.
@@onthedre Yeah all of them are short games. They really want you to replay it again and again to boost the longevity of the game.
super rad video
@@L4PSE Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
cool vid
@@mykelegin Thank you very much!
it's so crazy that like. Canonically in universe all of the songs milk can makes are like insane prog. Keep your head up and we are milk can are closer to Cardiacs than anything else and that makes me unbelievably happy. Like they just make experimental prog punk it's so cool. I imagine Lammy and Katy listening to Mr. Bungle while they make out and it brings me immense joy that's life goals rn
😂😂😂 Makes too much sense, I support your life
hm intresting.
@@AutisticFloppa Hopefully that's a good thing 🤨
Need a new microphone
@@colinmcmasters5819 LOL thanks for the observation. I just got this one but the audio got compressed when I saved it.