Shogo on GOG - gog.la/AnimeHitscanHell THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo I didn't realize how much of a Frankenstein of Blood 2 assets this was until Civvie's video since I've played less than 5 minutes of Blood 2 for good reason.
C&C Generals, Chapter Master/IAS, Darklands, JA 2, Dominions 4, Dwarf Fortress and Gothic. If you only have to pick 1, do Gothic. I beg thee. (And keep in mind that Gothic 1 came out 2 years before Morrowind did, but had the "immersion features" of Oblivion, except better done).
It may be a literal translation of the Japanese phrase "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" which in this context would mean something "thank you for your cooperation".
This game had an...artist community. It's the first shooter to have bullets leave holes in stuff. The few people who bought it got so excited they ended up making artwork with bullet holes and special mods to increase the limit of holes rendered at once.
Charlie Roebuck Eat cat = Eat pussy = Sexual act of cunnilingus. That's it, that't the dumb joke they put an entire level into the game for. That's amazing.
Shogo was Monolith's practice round for No One Lives Forever. NOLF had great humor, quirky characters, and unique missions. Plus, it had the "original" Archer, secret agent. Definitely one of my all-time favorites.
9:30 Your theory is correct. This is more or less a function of the Lithtech engine. It happens in other early Lithtech games, such as AvP2 but not always as blatantly. The hitboxes in this game are just really big combined with the fact that the character model and the hit box sometimes "de-synchronize" in Lithtech. That's the only real way I know how to explain it. Basically, the character model doesn't follow the box on time, sometimes it is a half second behind. I always noticed in AvP2 multiplayer a person could be shooting you whilst their character model was still rotating to face in your direction. In fact this was one of the phenomenons in AI that helped me learn how hit scanning and other under-the-hood programming worked back when I was a child
You're right about the sound effects. A lot of them come straight from the original Gundam. I just love the fact the team that made this was obviously a bunch of mechanerds who wanted to make their own game. It's amazing.
I don't remember difficulty being as BS back in the day when I played it. It may have something to do with Framerate. In previous Monolith game - Blood, certain events were bound to frames instead of internal tics, which resulted in Hand monsters strangling you almost instantly instead of in 8-10 seconds originally intended that gave you the opportunity to pry them off by mashing use. The rate at which you had to mash "use" was also tied to FPS, which made it impossible to pry them off if your frame rate was above 100. So maybe the enemy aiming in this game is reliant on frames instead of tics, that would explain their sudden "proficiency" in confined (i.e. where you get high FPS) areas. I'll test it when I get to replaying it.
I remember playing the game when it came out and I can 100% confirm that insta-reflexes were a thing back then. The one part where you're on foot in a halway and have to kill a mech outside a window haunts me to this day ^_^.
I was 23 years old when this one came out, and I played it to DEATH. We had so much fun with this one. My wife at the time got me the soundtrack on a physical CD and I must have played it for hours driving to work. Monolith had a tradition of teasing news about sequels or other materials for this one at press events, e.g. "Let's get started and see how the show goes. DID SOMEONE SAY ... SHOW.... GO...?"
I had my first PC in 1999, Celeron 433mhz, 128mb ram, 10gb hdd and Riva TNT2 gpu. My older brother was collecting games/tech magazine "CD-Action" and in one of them there was full version of Shogo. Holy bananas this fire back then. Good times :(
I really dig this mix of troubleshooting, gameplay showcase, story analysis, and the review proper. It really shows how much work and care you put in your videos unlike some of gamer YTbers.
You missed out on this game when it came out. The PvP on it was AMAZING. It really accomplished being like a mecha fighting game. Imagine being able to play against your friend, with giant mecha in a big city, with a grappling hook, vehicle transformation, and really over the top weapons. It was very fun.
There's an Easter Egg in a vent in FEAR where they play the theme tune to this game. This was one of the first FPS games I ever played. Really loved it. It's still got charm and doesn't look too shabby. Also those pistols were bad ass... Also, I have a an original big box version of this game :-).
@@DaDoubleDee its and easter egg room whit shogo stuff. Now, in fear main enemy is armacham corporation while in shogo armacham appears (which is first appereance of armacham) where they producing mechs. One of 4 mechs you can use is called "armacham ordog advanced series 7", where in fear armacham also producing mechs. which making the possibility that fear and shogo are set in the same universe.
I love Shogo, it's dated and I'm nostalgic. However it's great if you take it for the time period it came out in. I remember buying this combined with "Septera core" as well as buying the Half Life 1 bundle pack at the same time. All were great purchases. That was one of the happiest times of my life.
"I might just buy this game on steam so I can post a community guide with all this one place" Well damn. That's rare in this day and age. You went out of your way to be helpful for no personal benefit. That's awesome. You rock man!
@@angellara7040 Not really. He said it's mecha, but not in gundam category, where all the robots can do martial arts or jedi force everything with laser tech.
I love your comedic review of a game I enjoyed playing back in the day. I love the sound track, and the game play on my Windows 98 system was fun. I guess I got caught in the anime adventure and didn't see the flaws. Either way, I appreciate the review and getting the game to work on modern systems.
@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 You should play the thrid one last stupid melodrama. The romantic thing is only like last parts of the game and It is more for the develoment of the characters. It is very tragic the best one is ignored. Also I don't know how You make a charcter that is nearly a Gary stu but lose a lot and be more a underdog.
I love the amount of effort you go to in order to make these games work and you tell us how you did it. If you dedicated your channel solely to that, you would be a saint. Since you go beyond and review the games also, you are at least a demigod.
Born 1993, it was one of first game I ever played. Had no idea it's called anime or whatever, I just played it, loved the mechs, shoot outs and these fancy Japanese names from Japanese language which sound like you constantly declare war on somebody - Sanjuro Makabe going in. Lol, great times. Underrated game, because just like Blood 2 it had it's issues and few months later came Half-Life 1 which completely wiped out any competition. Tough luck, but it's still a unique game.
I like this game but Half Life surpass it in many way and they have many interesting mod and fun multiplayer too. In case Half Life is amazing in many aspect.
There was a lot of cut stuff from Shogo because team was too ambitious considering it's size and time constraints to finish development on schedule. Playing as kid level, which served to flesh out the story, loading screens (instead of dark blue background with a bit of text) and few extra levels were taken out. Right after Shogo they got transferred to second team to help a bit with Blood 2, which tbh is much worse than Shogo. Poor sales of Shogo also resulted in cancellation of two expansion packs.
You don't just review the game, you encourage the viewer to try it himself. Spoiler alerts on story + tips on optimizing and making stuff work. A true love of games expressed in this final product. I just simply love your channel, which I've known for less than a month.
Amazing video. What a game. I actually played this in my teen years and had so much fun with it... and back then it all made sense to me. It's so weird seeing this video and how crazy this game actually was. Thanks for the nice flashbacks! ;)
I f****** love that mandaloregaming actually knows about patlabor! Probably one of the best examples of the 100% realistic robot genre. As they require constant maintenance and upkeep they have a very limited amount of ammo supply (usually only six shots for the revolver Cannon per outting) they can only operate in the field for a short amount of time(3 hours) as their generator can keep working or up to 12 hours if they have access to their flatbed transport trucks to replace batteries. Also it was a series that depicted Mechs not being used in Wartime, but being used for police work to deal with disgruntled construction workers who were using their own construction robots to cause damage to public property. Orin rescue recovery operations clearing away large amounts of debris and Rubble in the cases of earthquakes or fire outbreaks. It was a really interesting world to see where mechanized Vehicles were instead used for construction purposes and police protection and enforcement instead of the everyday average non-stop battling that we always see in most military Mecha anime. The only other show that I could say was equally on par with depicting 100% realistic mechs has to be armored Trooper votoms. Well smaller than your average battlemech and much much smaller than say a Gundam or even a labour they were definitely used in a more realistic way they required constant upkeep they required Fuel and also they were pretty much designed to be disposable they could carry a hell of a lot of Firepower to hit hard as s*** but they were about as well armored as a tinfoil suit one good shot to the Torso and boom you're dead they were designed to be easily disposable and basically be able to be recovered and repaired using scrap Salvage. Realistic Mecha genre is such a rare thing n so unappreciated. I loved the idea originally in Titanfall where once you're giant robot ended up as scrap you were just able to bail out and then you were on 1st person trying to find another one even if it meant jacking one of the enemies Bots. That same thing occurred a lot in armored Trooper votoms.
'Course, there's the question on whether or not he finished both the The Early Days+Movies 1 and 2 continuity and the TV Series+The New Files continuity.
Muv-Luv is more "realistic", tbh. This is the only mecha I know which actually had a plausible reason for humans using robots, as the enemy can just shoot plains from the sky and crush heavy tanks like tin cans.
14:35 "If you want to fight Mecha-Hitler you have to pass through the Bee Gees pool party." "Honestly, that sums up the game." Absolutely amazing. I think i played this game when i was but a wee lad; i remember getting stuck early and certainly didn't find all of this depth that you've uncovered. Great video. What an incredible game.
this game almost feels like a fangame, between the goofy tone and all the references. It's a real blast to play though, fairly challenging but not impossible. i honestly wish more games would have this kind of style, it's very comfy.
Dude, I had this game waaaaaay back in the day, it was like $20 at Walmart. Shit blew my mind once I got it to run right. The fact that you could get out of your mech was dope af.
Thats insane you had to jump through all those hoops to get it to work, considering its a GOG game :S But the nearest game at the time was probably Bungie's Oni (which I very briefly worked on :D)
In regards to the explosions; you see those "shells" from the explosion radius? If my assumptions are correct, yea, that's doing continuous damage until it fades, instead of the now-industry-standard of just having explosions deal a single "wave" of damage, they had an explosion radius which deals damage for as long as you're within the blast.
Mark Johnson i wish he would insert a small pause after delivering this kind of jokes. Makes it very painful to take it in when he immediately continues on with no delay.
@@othername4365 I personally prefer to be surprised by a joke (did I just hear that right?) and rewind, or find new ones (those comedy reviews from Sseth and Mandalore are worth watching multiple times) over an obvious "laughter pause" (it's bad, but even worse if the joke wasn't funny)
@@Mic_Glow I agree. I think the problem with a pause is that if the joke doesn't land, it really doesn't land. Like the person not laughing is either confused or put off even more.
Theres weebs who likes the Drama and Comedy actual shit that have sense we call that Slice Of Life and Rom-Coms/Comedy then theres Mech Animes and Action and Horror animes and Sci-Fi which still have Excellent Stuff in those it balances Story ,Drama and seriousness and sometimes if needed to lighten the mood dark Comedy and theres Anime like K-ON which mandalore showed in the Video which is very weird due to how many fan service they show like that "Meow" Shit that's why some anime which does have good-excellent Stories, Comedy and Drama ,Gore and Seriousness overshadowed by this Fan Serviced animes
I just discovered your channel today and I've been binging your videos. I love that your reviews are 10+ minutes long cause it shows that you dedicated yourself to being immersed in the game so that you could give the most honest review possible. I wish some high profile youtubers had that level of dedication. Not to mention, I honestly just find your videos to be relaxing and a good way to chill out.
Sir I just want to thank. I played this game on PC when I was about 7 or 8 years old. It's since been lost in time and for years I couldn't remember what the game was. All I remembered was mech suits, first person shooting, and weird futuristic Japanese pop culture. BUT NOW I am reunited with this game, and shall play it once again!
First FPS I can say I finished completely. This game was THE SHIT. If you ever have a chance to pick it up, do it. The gameplay is tight and at this point it's like a breath of pre-2000 gaming. And running around in a giant mecha running over people and looking how they burst into gigantic fountains of giblets is always fucking fun.
I played this game as a kid way back in high school, and always treasured it as this weird memory that nobody else ever seemed to have experienced. It was such a strange, hilarious game, even if it was ludicrously hard at points. Thank old games for cheat codes, and thank you for covering this unique little gem.
Just finished a playthrough of this game. Thanks for helping me getting it up and running. The extra credits after the credits were quite enjoyable as well was the mention of how expensive the intro video was.
I know I'm late to this video, but man am I so glad you did this review. I just ran across my old Shogo disc and remembered how much I played this game (like, I think I finished it 3 or 4 times). And while looking for help in trying to install it on my modern machine, I found your video. Instant nostalgia. Just the opening music took me back! The cat level, the transforming, the laser weapon (which I found to be the most OP of them all) -- all of it so quirky and fun.
IIRC enemy precognition and ridiculous damage may be side effects of the game running at much higher frame rate tham what it was designed for. Same thing happened with Blood for instance - if your PC was too good, and your FPS went above 60-70, crawling hands would kill you almost instantly, while at ~30 they choke you slowly. Try using a framerate limit down to 30-40 and see what happens. Also "cat eating" is a pussy joke.
i betrayed my army on the first mission i was a kid then, and didnt understand english when the guy wuoldnt let me in, i just blast everyone in the base and stole the mecha lmao
ive seen this review three times now because its good and funny, and also the background music used was getting to me because ive heard it before, and now i know from where, and i love it.
As a Gundam fan I can tell you that the suits don't look a whole lot like in Gundam, but then again nothing does because it's so iconic that every other mecha thing wants to distance themselves from it. Except the transformable mode because that might be a reference to the Mobile Armors from Gundam, which usually are faster than normal Mobile Suits and are non humanoid, and this game is literally called "Mobile Armor". The major difference is that usually Mobile Armors are also more heavily armed so meh.
I remember playing this classic with my grammar school/early childhood best friend. The game was fast-paced, and had the Japanese vibe to it, at the time of Dragon Ball's top popularity. However, I do believe it would have been better suited for older audiences (I believe I was around the age of 8 when I first played it). Overall, thank you for the pang of nostalgia rushing down my spine!
This was one of my favorite games in college. I just have such great memories of this game. The game was just amazingly quirky, with great combat. Nothing not to like imo.
I played this back when I was a teen and I still remember how the combination of "gore" and Anime felt like a fever dream. Back then I didn't speak a word English and so the humor was completely lost on me, but somehow I managed to beat the game... ...and it's cheap endboss.
The most amazing feature of Shogo Mobile Armor Division was the multiplayer game. More specifically the laser "tractor Beam" feature in the Mech war mode plus 100% accuracy extreme zoom sniping in that mode which required 2, 3 or more sniping shots on an enemy mech to kill/destroy it. That meant people did not fight each other on the ground, but in 3 dimensions. You could move your mech instantly to any area in the game. And the environment had a few clutches that made for perfect sniper hiding spot. Because of all of this, especially the tractor Beam.feature, Shogo is most favorite game if all time.
Ohh man, pls review robotech battlecry, long time favorite game ♥ Also since you brought attention to the rooms with anime characters names, R. Hunter is Rick Hunter, from Robotech ^^ I love the use of Robotech Battlecry's music in this vid too! ^^
Grew up playing the hell out of this game, I'd even go as far as to say THIS is what got me into gaming. The single player was funny and sometimes frustrating, but the multiplayer was what really made this game shine. It was so fast paced and with the mech's ability to go in and out of vehicle mode to change up your movement speed and dodging ability really made combat intense. Shoutout to the SKA, DFA, and TXS clans from back in the days of MSN gaming zone. Hope you fellas are doing well. RIP Killer.rez users.
Shogo was a great experience back in the day when it was released. I remember it being challenging, but not quite as unfair as in the video. Maybe that's because I was younger then, or maybe it's somehow a side effect of running on faster systems? Probably the former. One thing that's for sure I don't think it's aged well at all graphically, I'm sure people will enjoy it now still, but it's harder to get past that, when at the time it was a little bit more impressive, as lower resolutions also helped to hide the lack of detail.
This takes me way back. Got it as a bonus with my favorite gaming magazine and as a mecha anime fan was pumped to play it. Think i sped like a month playing it and finished it like 3 times. Think i need to buy it on steam and give it another go :)
I dont know why, but quake 2, this game, and other 90s fps running on this idtech engine have a great charm to it. With the fps, high res, but low models and poly gets me.
Jedi Knight 1 was my favorite of that style. When the resolution is cranked up, so everything’s got that OpenGL blur which somehow made it look better back then.
I really want a remake of this. I think it would be awesome to run around as a mecha pilot and see the cheeseball comedy hold up in modern day graphics.
You can't remember a game where splash damage was bullshit? What about Perfect Dark? The Phoenix pistol was broken as fuck because it fired tiny bubbles of splash damage in "Explosive" mode, and it had the same effect as a fireball coming off of a mine.
Shogo on GOG - gog.la/AnimeHitscanHell
THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
I didn't realize how much of a Frankenstein of Blood 2 assets this was until Civvie's video since I've played less than 5 minutes of Blood 2 for good reason.
C&C Generals, Chapter Master/IAS, Darklands, JA 2, Dominions 4, Dwarf Fortress and Gothic.
If you only have to pick 1, do Gothic. I beg thee.
(And keep in mind that Gothic 1 came out 2 years before Morrowind did, but had the "immersion features" of Oblivion, except better done).
MandaloreGaming YO ITS ANIME NIGGA
MandaloreGaming you dont have dayz or rust on that list pleas add those.
MandaloreGaming can you do postal 2
MandaloreGaming Heroes of Might and Magic 3 + Horn of the Abysd, Wake of Gods mods.
Also Might n Magic and HoMM in general.
“I have my orders sir, please be nice to me” has the same energy as “don’t fuck with me, or i will cry”
Literally just me at work.
It may be a literal translation of the Japanese phrase "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" which in this context would mean something "thank you for your cooperation".
@jamesflames6987 monolith is american though
@@basicmudkip5985 Curious. Maybe a phrase they heard in translated anime.
Naw, that guy can at least express anger. This new guy is just a walking carpet.
The end credits line "thanks to the local power company, you kept the lights on" sticks with me to this day. Great game.
where? i cant see it
"I have orders please be nice to me."
Holy shit I need this
oh shit surprise guest
That's actually a nice summary of Shinji Ikari's character.
Woah... Now let's wait for Raycevick to come by.
I think Shammy reviewing this game would be fucking hilarious.
When is the collab between you two Shammy?
This game had an...artist community. It's the first shooter to have bullets leave holes in stuff. The few people who bought it got so excited they ended up making artwork with bullet holes and special mods to increase the limit of holes rendered at once.
Well, they're definitely not on ModDB.
It's this a sexual joke?
@@ryokiritani4187 I don't know, you migth have amnesia?
no it isn´t. Golden eye N64 was released one year earlier
@@Galimah I think he meant for pc
"If you want to fight Mecha-Hitler you have to pass through the Bee-Gees pool party."
Truly, a masterpiece.
Six_Foot_Turkey_64 Isn't that what Gundam kinda is.
Six_Foot_Turkey_64 yep, nothing else can come close to that sentence!
+Lucas Alonso Esgaravati
...somewhat...
@@macledou I donno "devil's paintings" is definitely up there too.
Never in my life, did I ever think I would hear that sentence like that
... but, truth be told, I'm glad I did.
I love how you always explain how you manage to get these games running on modern systems. Not enough people do that.
I've never seen anyone make a whole level just for a quest that's just for a sex joke. This is amazing and I love it.
xLewleit Youve obviously never played Conkers Bad Fur Day.
I did not understood that joke and why is the level even nessesary to do it
Charlie Roebuck
Eat cat = Eat pussy = Sexual act of cunnilingus.
That's it, that't the dumb joke they put an entire level into the game for. That's amazing.
And if you kill the cat he says "no time for pussy".
I think i was playing with the sound off and just killed her... I didn’t even know about this cat joke
Try meowing, Mandalore.
N.... Nyaah?
@@T33K3SS3LCH3N nah * blam! *
Nyanmar! Cute civil war ahead.
This is HERESY!!
Oh, God.
"I have my orders sir, please be nice to me." My sides are orbiting around Venus right about now.
That line is absolutely killer.
Sounds like everyday job experiences
It's so accurate...
th-cam.com/video/uyQonibiknM/w-d-xo.html couldn't resist
Shogo was Monolith's practice round for No One Lives Forever. NOLF had great humor, quirky characters, and unique missions. Plus, it had the "original" Archer, secret agent. Definitely one of my all-time favorites.
I played the hell out of No One Lives Forever, it needs a modern remaster
The artstyle and anime art... This looks like the first western "How To Draw Manga" book videogame.
I hate the art style of those books
Holy shit I think I have the book you're talking about, or at least used to have it.
Edit: Nvm I think I misunderstood your comment.
Maybe the art director was Chris Hart haha
Oh shit I do still have that book lol
With intro from Macross or Cavalry of Southern Cross. 1980s anime art but decade later.
9:30 Your theory is correct. This is more or less a function of the Lithtech engine. It happens in other early Lithtech games, such as AvP2 but not always as blatantly. The hitboxes in this game are just really big combined with the fact that the character model and the hit box sometimes "de-synchronize" in Lithtech. That's the only real way I know how to explain it. Basically, the character model doesn't follow the box on time, sometimes it is a half second behind. I always noticed in AvP2 multiplayer a person could be shooting you whilst their character model was still rotating to face in your direction. In fact this was one of the phenomenons in AI that helped me learn how hit scanning and other under-the-hood programming worked back when I was a child
You're right about the sound effects. A lot of them come straight from the original Gundam.
I just love the fact the team that made this was obviously a bunch of mechanerds who wanted to make their own game. It's amazing.
I really wish I could track down a lot of those old mecha sound libraries, would really like to use them in projects of mine.
I don't remember difficulty being as BS back in the day when I played it. It may have something to do with Framerate. In previous Monolith game - Blood, certain events were bound to frames instead of internal tics, which resulted in Hand monsters strangling you almost instantly instead of in 8-10 seconds originally intended that gave you the opportunity to pry them off by mashing use. The rate at which you had to mash "use" was also tied to FPS, which made it impossible to pry them off if your frame rate was above 100.
So maybe the enemy aiming in this game is reliant on frames instead of tics, that would explain their sudden "proficiency" in confined (i.e. where you get high FPS) areas.
I'll test it when I get to replaying it.
It's been 3 years, have you confirmed it?
@@aryabratsahoo7474 The world may never know.
I remember playing the game when it came out and I can 100% confirm that insta-reflexes were a thing back then. The one part where you're on foot in a halway and have to kill a mech outside a window haunts me to this day ^_^.
School bullies took my Shogo disc back in 1998. Let's see what I have missed.
Raymond Saint. Damn that sucks
Where do they live, wanna pay them a vist
1998? Isn't that the year when The Undertaker threw Mankind off the hell in the cell into the Spanish announcer table?
Guys I'm going home to play my copy of Shogo the Anime game, please be nice to me!
Raymond Saint
why did you have it with you at school?
I was 23 years old when this one came out, and I played it to DEATH. We had so much fun with this one. My wife at the time got me the soundtrack on a physical CD and I must have played it for hours driving to work. Monolith had a tradition of teasing news about sequels or other materials for this one at press events, e.g. "Let's get started and see how the show goes. DID SOMEONE SAY ... SHOW.... GO...?"
It must be a requirement to make your game titles punnable just for that purpose alone xD
Same her man, I played this so much!
I had my first PC in 1999, Celeron 433mhz, 128mb ram, 10gb hdd and Riva TNT2 gpu. My older brother was collecting games/tech magazine "CD-Action" and in one of them there was full version of Shogo. Holy bananas this fire back then. Good times :(
"I have some explaining to do... I don't hate anime..."
I'm already crying out of laughter.
Unfortunately not a man of culture
Indeed, for a second I considered unsubscribing, but I guess I'll let it pass as strike one.
TheGB0077 were you really willing to unsubscribe to this gem just because he had a legitimate criticism on your waifus, grow up incel
@@sanctitytoad3519 r/whoosh boomer
FrodoFraggins if you can explain either of those statement I’ll accept your lousy memes,
I really dig this mix of troubleshooting, gameplay showcase, story analysis, and the review proper. It really shows how much work and care you put in your videos unlike some of gamer YTbers.
"I have my orders, sir! Please be nice to me!"
I was laughing for a solid few minutes, god.
You missed out on this game when it came out. The PvP on it was AMAZING. It really accomplished being like a mecha fighting game. Imagine being able to play against your friend, with giant mecha in a big city, with a grappling hook, vehicle transformation, and really over the top weapons. It was very fun.
Sounds like if TitanFall 2 came out 18 years earlier.
it was@@TheCrewExpendable
"so they turned to the devils paintings" i died
Thats hilarious considering he has an entire Playlist of Warhammer games
There's an Easter Egg in a vent in FEAR where they play the theme tune to this game.
This was one of the first FPS games I ever played. Really loved it. It's still got charm and doesn't look too shabby. Also those pistols were bad ass...
Also, I have a an original big box version of this game :-).
I always wondered what that tune was referencing, I had assumed it was either an internal joke from the studio or an homage to something
@@DaDoubleDee its and easter egg room whit shogo stuff. Now, in fear main enemy is armacham corporation while in shogo armacham appears (which is first appereance of armacham) where they producing mechs. One of 4 mechs you can use is called "armacham ordog advanced series 7", where in fear armacham also producing mechs. which making the possibility that fear and shogo are set in the same universe.
"If you want to fight Mecha-Hitler, you have to pass through the BeeGees pool party"- fucking lost it right there
ProfessorJerkinov right lol that's a sentence that will never sound right in any context lmao
I love Shogo, it's dated and I'm nostalgic. However it's great if you take it for the time period it came out in. I remember buying this combined with "Septera core" as well as buying the Half Life 1 bundle pack at the same time. All were great purchases. That was one of the happiest times of my life.
"I might just buy this game on steam so I can post a community guide with all this one place"
Well damn. That's rare in this day and age. You went out of your way to be helpful for no personal benefit. That's awesome. You rock man!
Mandalore saying he doesn't like K-ON
K-ON community:
*You have provoked a gang war*
K-ON fans: So you have chosen death
@i hate animeYou seem to underestimate the power of a few extremely dedicated weebs on the internet.
@i hate anime By dedicating your life to hating anime, you are not doing yourself a favor either
@i hate anime Wow... I never knew that, sorry. God bless your soul for the fight against anime scum
cool jape account mr. animation loather
we need more shogo in this current gaming industry.
Only without the critical bullshit.
Titanfall 2 is the closest thing with the whole "mecha" thing.
But yeah fuck that crits.
Metal Wolf Chaos
@@magosexploratoradeon6409 yeah, in tf2 titans are more of a bonus instead of the main part of the game
@@deusexmachina5769 I thought you meant team fortress for a second lmfao
"...This is more in the mecha category."
*shows Patlabor*
Sir, you just earned a sub.
And than said gundam is moe
@@angellara7040 Not really. He said it's mecha, but not in gundam category, where all the robots can do martial arts or jedi force everything with laser tech.
Moe moe, kyun, Mandalore!
Another "But I only like anime ironically!" weeb.
What?
Yadid Chowdhury I think you're on the wrong comment
Nyan nyan sedecim-chan
I love your comedic review of a game I enjoyed playing back in the day. I love the sound track, and the game play on my Windows 98 system was fun. I guess I got caught in the anime adventure and didn't see the flaws. Either way, I appreciate the review and getting the game to work on modern systems.
Can't wait for Valkyria Chronicles to hear that again.
So. Much. Fucking. Melodrama.
Holy shit, I didnt know a warstory can be that fucking clichéd.
@@900bot2 it's more of a Xcom for dummies. Which suits me phenomenally.
@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 You should play the thrid one last stupid melodrama. The romantic thing is only like last parts of the game and It is more for the develoment of the characters. It is very tragic the best one is ignored. Also I don't know how You make a charcter that is nearly a Gary stu but lose a lot and be more a underdog.
@@pepe2011pley
VC3 was never localized so obviously less people know about it. I blame VC2 for that.
@Metsarebuff 22 technically it wasnt even ww2. It is a fantasy world that has reached that point in their history
I love the amount of effort you go to in order to make these games work and you tell us how you did it. If you dedicated your channel solely to that, you would be a saint. Since you go beyond and review the games also, you are at least a demigod.
I played both Shogo and Half Life when they came out and I loved Shogo so much more.
But I was also like 7 years old...
Born 1993, it was one of first game I ever played. Had no idea it's called anime or whatever, I just played it, loved the mechs, shoot outs and these fancy Japanese names from Japanese language which sound like you constantly declare war on somebody - Sanjuro Makabe going in. Lol, great times. Underrated game, because just like Blood 2 it had it's issues and few months later came Half-Life 1 which completely wiped out any competition. Tough luck, but it's still a unique game.
@The Dolphin Police *HIPSTER DETECTED*
I like this game but Half Life surpass it in many way and they have many interesting mod and fun multiplayer too. In case Half Life is amazing in many aspect.
There was a lot of cut stuff from Shogo because team was too ambitious considering it's size and time constraints to finish development on schedule. Playing as kid level, which served to flesh out the story, loading screens (instead of dark blue background with a bit of text) and few extra levels were taken out. Right after Shogo they got transferred to second team to help a bit with Blood 2, which tbh is much worse than Shogo. Poor sales of Shogo also resulted in cancellation of two expansion packs.
half life aged horribly in every single way possible
You don't just review the game, you encourage the viewer to try it himself. Spoiler alerts on story + tips on optimizing and making stuff work. A true love of games expressed in this final product. I just simply love your channel, which I've known for less than a month.
I KNOW WE CAN MAKE IT TOGETHERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Amazing video. What a game. I actually played this in my teen years and had so much fun with it... and back then it all made sense to me. It's so weird seeing this video and how crazy this game actually was. Thanks for the nice flashbacks! ;)
Sounds are literally from Zeta Gundam.
I swear.
I can confirm this.
From Sunrise Studious libraries, to be precise. The sounds when mech transforms - that one was around since VOTOMs, if not first Gundam series.
+Константин Холчев They just went ahead and bought the license to Sunrises effects library?
I believe you, a lot of the mecha noises are Gundam as fuck.
I f****** love that mandaloregaming actually knows about patlabor! Probably one of the best examples of the 100% realistic robot genre. As they require constant maintenance and upkeep they have a very limited amount of ammo supply (usually only six shots for the revolver Cannon per outting) they can only operate in the field for a short amount of time(3 hours) as their generator can keep working or up to 12 hours if they have access to their flatbed transport trucks to replace batteries. Also it was a series that depicted Mechs not being used in Wartime, but being used for police work to deal with disgruntled construction workers who were using their own construction robots to cause damage to public property. Orin rescue recovery operations clearing away large amounts of debris and Rubble in the cases of earthquakes or fire outbreaks. It was a really interesting world to see where mechanized Vehicles were instead used for construction purposes and police protection and enforcement instead of the everyday average non-stop battling that we always see in most military Mecha anime. The only other show that I could say was equally on par with depicting 100% realistic mechs has to be armored Trooper votoms. Well smaller than your average battlemech and much much smaller than say a Gundam or even a labour they were definitely used in a more realistic way they required constant upkeep they required Fuel and also they were pretty much designed to be disposable they could carry a hell of a lot of Firepower to hit hard as s*** but they were about as well armored as a tinfoil suit one good shot to the Torso and boom you're dead they were designed to be easily disposable and basically be able to be recovered and repaired using scrap Salvage. Realistic Mecha genre is such a rare thing n so unappreciated. I loved the idea originally in Titanfall where once you're giant robot ended up as scrap you were just able to bail out and then you were on 1st person trying to find another one even if it meant jacking one of the enemies Bots. That same thing occurred a lot in armored Trooper votoms.
'Course, there's the question on whether or not he finished both the The Early Days+Movies 1 and 2 continuity and the TV Series+The New Files continuity.
Muv-Luv is more "realistic", tbh. This is the only mecha I know which actually had a plausible reason for humans using robots, as the enemy can just shoot plains from the sky and crush heavy tanks like tin cans.
14:35 "If you want to fight Mecha-Hitler you have to pass through the Bee Gees pool party."
"Honestly, that sums up the game."
Absolutely amazing. I think i played this game when i was but a wee lad; i remember getting stuck early and certainly didn't find all of this depth that you've uncovered. Great video. What an incredible game.
this game almost feels like a fangame, between the goofy tone and all the references. It's a real blast to play though, fairly challenging but not impossible. i honestly wish more games would have this kind of style, it's very comfy.
Inb4 the list is scrapped in favour of reviewing VNs.
Dude, I had this game waaaaaay back in the day, it was like $20 at Walmart. Shit blew my mind once I got it to run right. The fact that you could get out of your mech was dope af.
The intro theme featured in F.E.A.R. as an easter egg. it can be heard in a hidden room near at the end of the game
Monolith's MMO, The Matrix Online, also had a Club Shogo within the game that players could visit.
It blowed my mind when I heared this in F.E.A.R.
The voice acting...so good...the dialogue...Can we just give this game awards already? XD
Thats insane you had to jump through all those hoops to get it to work, considering its a GOG game :S
But the nearest game at the time was probably Bungie's Oni (which I very briefly worked on :D)
Given the outcome, there is no amount of hoops to jump through that would make this game not worth jumping through hoops for.
Perhaps now that this video is out, someone else might make the whole process easier.
And perhaps some difficulty modifications
Oh shit dude I knew I recognised that profile pic
Can I cuddle you?
I love ONI
In regards to the explosions; you see those "shells" from the explosion radius? If my assumptions are correct, yea, that's doing continuous damage until it fades, instead of the now-industry-standard of just having explosions deal a single "wave" of damage, they had an explosion radius which deals damage for as long as you're within the blast.
The lack of what should cause splash damage in games is obnoxious.
It’s strange because Blood had amazing explosion mechanics.
I died at the planetarium resolution part x D
Holy shit that was random.
Mark Johnson i wish he would insert a small pause after delivering this kind of jokes. Makes it very painful to take it in when he immediately continues on with no delay.
@@othername4365 I personally prefer to be surprised by a joke (did I just hear that right?) and rewind, or find new ones (those comedy reviews from Sseth and Mandalore are worth watching multiple times) over an obvious "laughter pause" (it's bad, but even worse if the joke wasn't funny)
@@Mic_Glow I agree. I think the problem with a pause is that if the joke doesn't land, it really doesn't land. Like the person not laughing is either confused or put off even more.
"If you want to fight Mecha Hitler you have to pass through the Beegees pool party."
-Mandalore, 2017
Glad to see more frequent uploads mandalore I love you
"The devil's paintings." - A new, permanent term.
I'm hyped for the Dark Messiah review. Btw you make the best review content on youtube very informative, neutral and hilarious and I fucking love it.
bee gees poolparty + that voicelines + that cat quest
good game !!!
and that cat toy has more details then any ohter model in shogo :D
6:42 IS THIS A MOTHERFUCKING EVANGELION REFERENCE?!
is this a JoJo reference?
Yes, that is an obvious expy of Rei Ayanami on a "CURV" NERV logo
...wow...just wow.
Are you seriously surprised about that.
Master Asia in the intro
And they call you sseth...
Don't even like ANIME
Duh, It's his alter ego that likes anime
Sseth likes anime? I thought he said he wasn’t a child predator
@@DragonWinter36 That's his code for "I don't like cute anime"....probably. I can see him liking berserk.
@@magosexploratoradeon6409 Berserk has "cute" aspects tho, Japanese have a very... complex... culture
@@mistamethylbrot2187 Please define "cute" in Berserk lol.
Mandalore just offended every last Weeaboo watch this video. Including me.
*clicks like*
True
Theres weebs who likes the Drama and Comedy actual shit that have sense we call that Slice Of Life and Rom-Coms/Comedy then theres Mech Animes and Action and Horror animes and Sci-Fi which still have Excellent Stuff in those it balances Story ,Drama and seriousness and sometimes if needed to lighten the mood dark Comedy and theres Anime like K-ON which mandalore showed in the Video which is very weird due to how many fan service they show like that "Meow" Shit that's why some anime which does have good-excellent Stories, Comedy and Drama ,Gore and Seriousness overshadowed by this Fan Serviced animes
i hate anime | You’ve dedicated your entire online identity to anime! You became the very thing you aimed to destroy!
Us weebs are about as self deprecating as a depressed teenager, because lots of us are depressed teenagers
I just discovered your channel today and I've been binging your videos. I love that your reviews are 10+ minutes long cause it shows that you dedicated yourself to being immersed in the game so that you could give the most honest review possible. I wish some high profile youtubers had that level of dedication. Not to mention, I honestly just find your videos to be relaxing and a good way to chill out.
Sir I just want to thank. I played this game on PC when I was about 7 or 8 years old. It's since been lost in time and for years I couldn't remember what the game was. All I remembered was mech suits, first person shooting, and weird futuristic Japanese pop culture. BUT NOW I am reunited with this game, and shall play it once again!
First FPS I can say I finished completely. This game was THE SHIT.
If you ever have a chance to pick it up, do it. The gameplay is tight and at this point it's like a breath of pre-2000 gaming. And running around in a giant mecha running over people and looking how they burst into gigantic fountains of giblets is always fucking fun.
I played this game as a kid way back in high school, and always treasured it as this weird memory that nobody else ever seemed to have experienced. It was such a strange, hilarious game, even if it was ludicrously hard at points. Thank old games for cheat codes, and thank you for covering this unique little gem.
tfw we will never ever get Shogo 2
its sad that we wont
Feels bad man
I like the mental image of monolith making one out of nowhere... going full weeb again...
FUUUCCK
@LAW No please, no! The new Shadow Warrior was terrible. The original was so much better.. they should have stuck with the formula.
4:13 You broke my heart. How could you say that? I thought you were one of us.
DO NOT BULLY THE KEIONS
K-on is trash. Couldn't stand it.
Sucky sucky?
"THE KEIONS" is strong brother
@@lorddashdonalddappington2653 you're trash
@@danablack9499 Maybe he's not into houkago tea time?
Just finished a playthrough of this game. Thanks for helping me getting it up and running.
The extra credits after the credits were quite enjoyable as well was the mention of how expensive the intro video was.
I appreciate all the effort given to help people run the game, even for a game I don't even own.
I know I'm late to this video, but man am I so glad you did this review. I just ran across my old Shogo disc and remembered how much I played this game (like, I think I finished it 3 or 4 times). And while looking for help in trying to install it on my modern machine, I found your video. Instant nostalgia. Just the opening music took me back! The cat level, the transforming, the laser weapon (which I found to be the most OP of them all) -- all of it so quirky and fun.
IIRC enemy precognition and ridiculous damage may be side effects of the game running at much higher frame rate tham what it was designed for.
Same thing happened with Blood for instance - if your PC was too good, and your FPS went above 60-70, crawling hands would kill you almost instantly, while at ~30 they choke you slowly.
Try using a framerate limit down to 30-40 and see what happens.
Also "cat eating" is a pussy joke.
I find voicework and atmosphere of this game absolutely amazing. Too bad actual gameplay seems so undercoocked.
i betrayed my army on the first mission i was a kid then, and didnt understand english when the guy wuoldnt let me in, i just blast everyone in the base and stole the mecha lmao
ive seen this review three times now because its good and funny, and also the background music used was getting to me because ive heard it before, and now i know from where, and i love it.
As a Gundam fan I can tell you that the suits don't look a whole lot like in Gundam, but then again nothing does because it's so iconic that every other mecha thing wants to distance themselves from it.
Except the transformable mode because that might be a reference to the Mobile Armors from Gundam, which usually are faster than normal Mobile Suits and are non humanoid, and this game is literally called "Mobile Armor". The major difference is that usually Mobile Armors are also more heavily armed so meh.
hedgehog3180 It's a licensed game, it's based off of Masamune Shirow's manga of the same name who's art is in the video (and easy to recognize)
@@pikistikman I don’t think Shogo is a licensed game.
"So they turned to the devil's paintings"
Poetry.
"I have my orders, sir! Pleeease be nice to me!" I loved that
So good to hear Robotech music during this video. Not many people talk about it
"M-Meow"
"N...nya~a"
PANTSU! PANTSU! PANTSU! PANTSU! ^_^
This and Oni are the weird anime-ish games that I'll always remember. And hearing an old man complain about the "Mother lovin' stairs"
Come on, Mandalore, repeat after me: Moe Moe Kyuuuuuun
I've always been very fond of this game, thanks for making a review of it. Also: that darn cat, man!
Holy shit I used to LOVE this game
I remember playing this classic with my grammar school/early childhood best friend. The game was fast-paced, and had the Japanese vibe to it, at the time of Dragon Ball's top popularity. However, I do believe it would have been better suited for older audiences (I believe I was around the age of 8 when I first played it).
Overall, thank you for the pang of nostalgia rushing down my spine!
This was one of my favorite games in college. I just have such great memories of this game. The game was just amazingly quirky, with great combat. Nothing not to like imo.
I'd LOVE to see a sequel or remake for this. I played it back in the day and, as a child who was obsessed with anime, I couldn't help but love it.
I played this back when I was a teen and I still remember how the combination of "gore" and Anime felt like a fever dream.
Back then I didn't speak a word English and so the humor was completely lost on me, but somehow I managed to beat the game...
...and it's cheap endboss.
The most amazing feature of Shogo Mobile Armor Division was the multiplayer game. More specifically the laser "tractor Beam" feature in the Mech war mode plus 100% accuracy extreme zoom sniping in that mode which required 2, 3 or more sniping shots on an enemy mech to kill/destroy it.
That meant people did not fight each other on the ground, but in 3 dimensions.
You could move your mech instantly to any area in the game. And the environment had a few clutches that made for perfect sniper hiding spot.
Because of all of this, especially the tractor Beam.feature, Shogo is most favorite game if all time.
1:05 Just because you can buy it on GOG, doesn't mean it's going to work.
MandaloreGaming 2017
Ohh man, pls review robotech battlecry, long time favorite game ♥
Also since you brought attention to the rooms with anime characters names, R. Hunter is Rick Hunter, from Robotech ^^
I love the use of Robotech Battlecry's music in this vid too! ^^
Hey Mandalore, you should try out the game called "OFF" its a quirky rpg in the vein of Mother and Undertale. I'd love to hear your take on it.
Grew up playing the hell out of this game, I'd even go as far as to say THIS is what got me into gaming. The single player was funny and sometimes frustrating, but the multiplayer was what really made this game shine. It was so fast paced and with the mech's ability to go in and out of vehicle mode to change up your movement speed and dodging ability really made combat intense. Shoutout to the SKA, DFA, and TXS clans from back in the days of MSN gaming zone. Hope you fellas are doing well. RIP Killer.rez users.
Shogo was a great experience back in the day when it was released. I remember it being challenging, but not quite as unfair as in the video. Maybe that's because I was younger then, or maybe it's somehow a side effect of running on faster systems? Probably the former.
One thing that's for sure I don't think it's aged well at all graphically, I'm sure people will enjoy it now still, but it's harder to get past that, when at the time it was a little bit more impressive, as lower resolutions also helped to hide the lack of detail.
after a 12 hour shift, i love nothing more than to hear mandalores voice and giant robots fighting
OH MY GOD CAPTAIN CLAW I LOVE THAT GAME
Oh yeah, both by Monolith, no wonder that's there.
ME TOO
Was hard as shit though, I never beat it without using cheats.
This takes me way back. Got it as a bonus with my favorite gaming magazine and as a mecha anime fan was pumped to play it. Think i sped like a month playing it and finished it like 3 times. Think i need to buy it on steam and give it another go :)
I dont know why, but quake 2, this game, and other 90s fps running on this idtech engine have a great charm to it. With the fps, high res, but low models and poly gets me.
Jedi Knight 1 was my favorite of that style. When the resolution is cranked up, so everything’s got that OpenGL blur which somehow made it look better back then.
4:19
Sounds like Limmy not understanding the kilogram of steel and feathers
The "I don't get it" just sounds so broken
I really want a remake of this. I think it would be awesome to run around as a mecha pilot and see the cheeseball comedy hold up in modern day graphics.
I remember playing this in the 90's. It was one of the best and smoothest user experiences and most polished game I've every played.
I like the Evangelion reference "CURV"
You can't remember a game where splash damage was bullshit? What about Perfect Dark? The Phoenix pistol was broken as fuck because it fired tiny bubbles of splash damage in "Explosive" mode, and it had the same effect as a fireball coming off of a mine.
You are spoiling us with these uploads
I love how the PC is walking with a combat knife and a register employee normally asking you for a passport.
Still one of the best games i ever played