Reminds me of one of those perfectly timed photos of the first Silent Hill, where you're investigating the dog house and wondering where the dog is, just as one of the doggos is lunging in the background
Fun fact: the Corroder enemy is based on John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer, that was convicted of six murders- Corroder even shares his name sans the 'George', which is kind of interesting. None of the other stalkers are really direct references to actual killers- except maybe the Chopper's name, as a shoutout to the Aussie Chopper.
@the brother of some guy without a moustache Not really. "J-drama" and anime are not really the same when it comes to acting. Not even those silly super sentai shows.
A lot of cultures have dramas where everyone overacts (US soap operas, Indian soap operas, Latin American telenovelas), but Japan is probably the only one I've seen that has it bleed over into their video games.
The reason the protagonists of both Ghost Head and 3 are named Alyssa is because even in Japan, 3’s protagonist was named Alyssa. Since Ghost Head came out years earlier, its translation team just chose a random name to use instead of Yu (her original Japanese name). The dev team of 3 didn’t pay any attention to the translated name of Ghost Head’s protagonist and just chose their own. It was one insanely unfortunate coincidence.
The fact that a couple hours into the game I turned into a magical girl is probably the thing that made this game memorable to me over [GENERIC PLAYSTATION HORROR GAME] and I kind of love it
I LOVE THE MOTION CAPTURE! yes its silly but so is the plot, characters, lore and everything else. Its just so goshdarn UNIQUE and we will NEVER see such a thing again...
Pursuer: **is chasing me** Me in Clock Tower 3: Hol up lemme just read a whole damn book that I just saw lying around even though I'm being chased by someone who wants me dead
Was I the only one who really was thinking of Bayonetta during that ending? I mean a clock moving around at high speed with you on top, over-the-top action, angelic and gold symbols.
I remember buying this when it came out because I had to own every survival horror and horror related game available. It’s definitely a fun and interesting game and for whatever reason it took me way too many times to beat the final boss
Honestly, this game is a guilty pleasure of mine! All the over the top animations, weird story, the magical girl stuff, everything is just... Uh.. amazing, to say the least. I remember first playing this game when I was, like, around 10. It blew my fucking mind! Even back then I couldn't take it seriously, but it sure gave me a good laugh! I feel like if they polished the gameplay a bit more, and gave it a different name (so that it doesn't relate to CT in any way), the game would have been successful! Though the publisher (and partially, developer), at the time, was responsible for single handedly ruining one of it's IPs with just a single game (Megaman X7), sooo~ Speaking of the PS2, I'm surprised that you haven't talked about the Fatal Frame/Project Zero franchise yet. I know, I know, you said you're gonna do it next year and all that, but it's still surprising you haven't played it up to that point given that you're such a big survival horror fan
Can we say ridiculousness is a Cpacom's trademark? Come on: Resident Evil and its voiceacting, Devil May Cry and its way over the top cutscenes, Asura's Wrath, more of the same, etc. They are good games, but the Japanese vein is way too present there. :D
Jesus that acting at the beginning was disturbing. The choking and struggling was really realistic. You guys should really make a movie. You're good at directing and cinematography and Brady's good at acting.
Soooo happy I was waiting for this :-) you are one of my favorite youtuber, Ive watched all of your videos! I hope you can do Fatal Frame too one day :)
Absolutely agree Fatal Frame was one of the few horror games that actually terrified me while playing the game. I would love to see that game on this channel!
I like the motion capture and everything this game did that made it so apart from others. It's literally like a B-movie japanese horror movie and the plot went so far from the original murder suspense thriller. I really love it and honestly think it's probably my favorite in the series.
You might not see this, but I've been a fan of yours for a couple of years now. I always come and just chill out and watch your videos when I've had a hard day or just want to wind down with a meal. Even if I'm not necessarily interested in the game you're covering, I just find your style, your format and your voice relaxing-- even comforting. About 2 years ago (around when you uploaded this), I was going through a bit of a rough period, and I discovered your channel through your Mario series reviews. After that, I'd watch a couple of your videos a day, and I dunno. Just thank you, man. You brought me comfort during a bit of a difficult time and even now, I still gravitate toward this channel when I need to cheer myself up. Thanks again for doing what you do. We appreciate it!
Late to the party, but I always did have an odd and mild fear of Corroder when I was younger. Something about him ruthlessly murdering a man and his blind mother with one of the worst ways to kill someone just really stuck with me.
Escalation. Each sequel feels the need to make things bigger and better with higher stakes, and as they avoid retreading old ground they inevitably end up slowly spiraling into madness. See Jason X
@@Lucifronzregardless, it's a strangely common trend among horror games. Whether development goes to another team or not, they tend to get more action oriented and leave subtlety to the wayside. Even among some indie games, this can be seen.
@@329link generally i think the trend is more noticeable with horror games because they start with very high stakes from the very beginning. resident evil is a story about a mansion full of zombies because of an evil secret lab that infects people with a super virus to create the ultimate lifeform- the only reason it seems more subtle now is because it only took until re4 for it to suddenly be about doing backflips in the spanish countryside!
I gotta thank ya for looking at this series NitroRad, this really is a forgotten series of games despite most of the games being successful. I remember learning about the first game thanks to JonTron’s old Halloween vid on this, and I’m really happy you took a look at these, I was really curious about them but had no way to play them, so I’m glad you talked about them. I would love to see either Modern updates/remakes of some of these games or just a new Clock Tower game all together! Also. These games plots are kinda nutty, and I love it. Kinda amazing they could make a weird looking little boy with scissors scary.
the way you touched on the voice acting and motion capture just made me think of koldeka, a ps1 game that had INCREDIBLE voice acting and motion capture cutscenes.
I'm in the middle of a Nitro Rad binge, and a cool thing I want to highlight for anyone else returning here: The final boss has a version of your instant kill move that he can use on YOU. Whereas Alyssa shoots an arrow to the sky that punches a hole in the clouds and rains a giant lightning bolt onto the boss, he opens a hole for a big ass SKULL to peer out of and shoots a beam out of it's mouth down onto you. It's sick.
Loved your whole ClockTower rundown nitro, thank you!! I've been a big fan of these for ages and it was excellent to see your take on it! (also your transformation was truly spectacular and worthy of the Rooter line for sure ;3) May all your videos be Plus Ultra
I remember this game. Particularly the third boss, who was the guy with axes. I remember two major things. 1)being able to hide behind a large fish tank indefinitely until the guy went away. It took like an hour because he kept returning to the room. The guy was relentless. 2) the final fight with the guy. I had him tethered and hit him with the finisher, only for him to BLOCK it and I had to do it again!
Fantasic Marathon, enjoyed it completely & I'm excited to see what you've come up with for the end of the year content. I would say this is an excelent way to get someone into horror games just like some RPG Maker games. I've been getting into the horror genre a bit more these past couple of days after watching Hereditary (which I highly recommend to anyone that wants to get into the horror genre of movies), so I really agree with all of that. Now to find a copy of Clocktower 3 & try it out when I can.
I remember years ago finding you when I was on a platformer review binge. Loved your stuff. Then a bit later I “found you again” while on a survival horror review binge. Only a couple weeks ago did I look you up again and make the realization that it was the same channel/person both times lol. Love the variety, professionalism, and unbiased outlooks.
Would love to see you run through the Fatal Frame series! ...would also like your buddy to get an opening it a relaxing hammock and a nice drink after this. Wait, is that Kyle Hyde?
Who needs trick-or-treating? This video is enough of a treat for me. In fact, these past 2 months have been packed with videos. All of them being of really high quality too. I hope you get some well-deserved rest after this. I started this month only knowing about the first Clock Tower game, so it has been really interesting learning about this spooky and convoluted series, along with its history. Probably not a series I'll ever consider trying out, considering horror is my cup of tea, but dang if they didn't make for some good Halloween specials. Happy Halloween!
I'm gonna second all the people recommending Blue Stinger and Illbleed. I'd really love to see your take on them. If you thought the story to this was silly...
@@theblocksays Oh yeah, the stories for those two are the best parts of the games. I'll stay quiet about why though. I hope Nitro Rad finds out for himself.
Also thank you for doing the Clock Tower series! Super entertaining to watch, and those skits and costumes are bomb. Thank the omnipresent beings I subscribed!
Know what kind of game would be an amazing remake with today's growing interest in psychological horror? I have no Mouth and I must Scream. Get on that juicy piece of retro goodness, my Rad boy.
Oh, so THAT's why I got a ton of Nitro Rad videos on my feed all out of a sudden. You are a clever one, I'll give you that. Even so, I'm glad you did that, because now I got another reviewer that has garnered my attention. You earned a subscriber with your trickery. Be proud of that, man.
That bit at the end is the best part! I am so glad I was recommended you channel. I've been bing watching your vids. Your review's are great and you focus on my favourite genre! Horror survival. I also really the love the effort you put into some of your thumbails, the cosplay ones are awesome!
Haunting Ground is legit, I'm really excited for you to cover it next year. Definitely leans more into horror, still has a pretty ridiculous plot but I think it's executed in a darker and grounded way. The stalker themes too during chases is genuinely some freaky stuff, and I think it's a close comparison to how freaky and intense the final boss theme is from Silent Hill 1.
So honestly, this whole Halloween Special series is what introduced me to your channel (more specifically the Rule of Rose video, a game which personally I adore, but I know has flaws, and I'm just glad more people know about it now), and it's very very quickly become one of my favourite channels to watch. I went back and watched all the Siren videos too, loved them as well. I really love the way the scripts are written, and the tone Nitrorad gives each time, analytical with hints of anecdotes and personal touches, I really feel like I learn a lot about each game in such a short amount of time. Only thing I'm not super into are the little intro clips but, that's just me, plus I know it's harkoning back to Nitrorad's performance history so, not much of an issue. Honestly I'm really glad I found the channel, already a steadfast fan and can't wait to see more. Keep up the great work!!
*@NitroRad* Excellent stuff, buddy! You’ve definitely earned a new subscriber. 👏🏼 But, as a kid… Clock Tower 3 scared the absolute shit out of me to the point I couldn’t get very far. I guess Clock Tower 3 has a “special place” in my heart, just like Silent Hill 4: The Room. 👨🏻🍳🤌🏼
Dont you just hate it when your grandfather wants to sacrifice you without asking? Thats so annoying edit: HOLY COW over 100 likes ? thanks guys ¡¡¡ edit2: DANG 291 first time i get these much likes......
Well. Now the twitter post about you with a bow and arrow makes sense. Nice acting! You really captured the spirit of the game, plus it further added to your point that the voice acting didn’t match the motion capture. It was quite a ride seeing the Clock Tower series and you’ve definitely piqued my interest!
I remember back when you had 4-digit subscribers, thinking "I REALLY hope this guy gets big someday". Instead of just showing gameplay loops while talking, you make a point to dig through hours of footage and pull out visual examples of every single thing you talk about, for anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes. You could be putting in MUCH less effort, but you always decide to go the extra EXTRA mile for the sake of enjoyable content. And now you're cranking out entertaining and informative videos at a record pace. Proud to see years of hard work have paid off.
I really dont get how people cant wrap their around tank controls. Its not that difficult to get used to them. I used to dislike them, but then I tried it out in REmake, took me 20 minutes and I was used to them. They ARE the superioir control scheme for games like this. Okay, I can understand for games like Haunting ground, you have to dodge quickly and such, tank controls would feel a bit clumsy for that game. But SH4 and Rule of Rose NEEDS tank controls.
As always, fantastic job James! :) The Clock Tower series certainly is an interesting beast. Also, I approve of the use of the final boss theme of the first Xenoblade Chronicles at 22:06.
It's funny that this is the first Clock Tower game that introduced me to the series. Oh boy, now I've seen it all differently after watching your take with the other entries.
Haunting Ground and Nightcry I hear are pretty good you also got Remothered which a lot of people are saying is a good successor to Clock Tower so you could try that out as well.
Hope you wind up covering the 2 Obscure games and the Alone in the Dark series in the future. Huge fan of yours, Brady's and your channel. Real glad you're doing this for a living instead of retail now. Those intros are too good.
Oh yeah, I remember watching some walkthroughs of this game. From what I've seen, I think it's alright, definitely not as atmospheric as the previous entries though. Not really into the cinematics and overall cinematography. I think it's way too goofy to be taken even remotely seriously and that's just kind of a shame, but perhaps that was their point - to be over the top. But thanks to it, it has its own identity and that's something I don't really see that often nowdays in most horror games, and, despite the game's rather odd nature, that's something I can appreciate.
Every now and then, as a Clock Tower fan, I replay Ghost Head and think to myself "Good God, Bates is awesome, but this game sucks...." Especially since Nitro Rad downplayed just how many plotholes Ghost Head has Then I start debating if Ghost Head or 3 is worse... then I play 3 again and it becomes NO CONTEST! 3 is unquestionably worse... then months later, I play Ghost Head again and have this debate with myself
16:05 *Gets grabbed in a death embrace by ghost*
Alyssa: this place is immaculately clean
Gotta take in your environment before ya go ya know
It's never a bad time to admire good housekeeping. Even the ghost would be thankful that their house making skills finally paid off
Cleanliness is next to Godliness!!!! Be safe; stay clean!
Reminds me of one of those perfectly timed photos of the first Silent Hill, where you're investigating the dog house and wondering where the dog is, just as one of the doggos is lunging in the background
LMAO XD
I can’t wait till I have a kickass grand daughter that I can teach to slay ghosts and inevitably sacrifice her to become an evil all powerful entity.
Don’t get too attached,
Mckinnell Family Trio
That comma is oddly ominous.
Fuck yeah, man that's the dream!
ah yes the one where you are a magical school girl. quite literally. with a magic bow too.
Before that became a cliche in the west anyway...thanks Katnis. LOL
@@theblocksays Katniss* get it right you fuckin uncultured swine
@@TygrasKittenKori fuck off
@@RegenWasTaken Seriously? - _ -
@@RegenWasTaken got rejected by crush or smtg.
Fun fact: the Corroder enemy is based on John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Murderer, that was convicted of six murders- Corroder even shares his name sans the 'George', which is kind of interesting. None of the other stalkers are really direct references to actual killers- except maybe the Chopper's name, as a shoutout to the Aussie Chopper.
spooky umbra cool
Yeah i noticed that way back when too, I remember thinking it was in bad taste to be honest.
Chopper... good film ~___^
Robert Morris aka sledgehammer I believe might have been a real life killer
Lol, when Scissorman left, I thought you'd still shoot and miss, just to point out the timing on the shots.
Oh damn that would've been a good idea
It would have felt a little bit disjointed at that juncture.
"It's just like one of my Japanese animes." -Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich
^HA!^
Which one is more ridiculous?
Jontron defeating the Scissorman witha piece of ham from his holster or James being naked with a bow?
Kris Kreme - Jontron. Just all the smack noises sell the scene.
Jontron is more likely killed by the skeleton with guns.
"Ham! The harbinger of gout!
And a scissorman's worst fear!"
Yes
Honestly, the latter option.
"y'all got played like a damn fiddle" is the line that earned my like.
Ah Japan and magical girls
Ill punish you...in the name of the rooders !!
Silent Hill 3 Heather.
The shorter their skirt, the greater their power! :-p
theblocksays Go! Princess Pretty Cure begs to differ.
I like your pfp. That game is a work of art
Clock Tower: Magical Girl edition is genuinely my favorite in the franchise. I'd love to see you cover Haunting Ground and NightCry next year.
If you've ever watched any Japanese drama, you'd understand the overacting thing.
The yakisoba slap or the sledding down the stairs one?
@the brother of some guy without a moustache Not really. "J-drama" and anime are not really the same when it comes to acting. Not even those silly super sentai shows.
Not kabuki theater, right?
Then, what's an example of a japanese drama with overacting?
@@TheAlison1456 At least a lot of the TV-drama I've seen from Japan is pretty cheesy.
A lot of cultures have dramas where everyone overacts (US soap operas, Indian soap operas, Latin American telenovelas), but Japan is probably the only one I've seen that has it bleed over into their video games.
I'd be up for Haunting Ground and NightCry next year for sure!
Absolutely! These games should make for great review material, for completely different reasons. Plus, NightCry is currently on sale on Steam.
I’d like a haunting ground review right now please.
Haunting ground is definitely a better game than....
Nightcry.
Rais Ryhas oh yeah I honestly don’t even think there’s enough there to do a lengthy review on NightCry
Oh, please not NightCry. It's basically Clock Tower Ghost Head level of bad.
16:08 *ghost over her shoulder*
_"This place is immaculately clean."_
_"Probably a doghouse, but I'm not sure since there's no dog around."_
Priorities.
Is that from something?
The reason the protagonists of both Ghost Head and 3 are named Alyssa is because even in Japan, 3’s protagonist was named Alyssa. Since Ghost Head came out years earlier, its translation team just chose a random name to use instead of Yu (her original Japanese name). The dev team of 3 didn’t pay any attention to the translated name of Ghost Head’s protagonist and just chose their own. It was one insanely unfortunate coincidence.
He explicitly explained that in the video
@@visassess8607responding to a 2 year old comment is crazy
Old comments are still just as stupid and wrong as new ones...
@@qweb7148You be surprised on how many comments from years ago still appreciate my response.
@@qweb7148imma respond to your 8 month comment
The fact that a couple hours into the game I turned into a magical girl is probably the thing that made this game memorable to me over [GENERIC PLAYSTATION HORROR GAME] and I kind of love it
I LOVE THE MOTION CAPTURE!
yes its silly but so is the plot, characters, lore and everything else.
Its just so goshdarn UNIQUE and we will NEVER see such a thing again...
Theatrical motion is underrated af
I loved it too. So much emotion can be packed in just their movements.
I have to admire this game for doing a damn well job of using fantasy-elements in a horror-styled narrative
Pursuer: **is chasing me**
Me in Clock Tower 3: Hol up lemme just read a whole damn book that I just saw lying around even though I'm being chased by someone who wants me dead
I was literally thinking about whether are you going to release a video today just now haha.
Man, I wish every episode is a Halloween Special.
At least this is Nitro Rad, where halloween apparently starts in mid-September
@@hrgrhrhhr Yeah, I really hope that he could cover Haunting Ground next year! Looking forward to it
Same!
Its dumb how he only does horror on halloween. He should do it all year. There are so many great horor games that he could do.
I feel like Clock Tower 3 would be Devil May Cry's daughter, it's over the top and have some action in it.
Would the mother be Resident Evil 4?
Trying Lyon That would be the grand child
Humble Haitian Hell yeah it would
Was I the only one who really was thinking of Bayonetta during that ending? I mean a clock moving around at high speed with you on top, over-the-top action, angelic and gold symbols.
@@MrMarinus18 I have not played Bayonetta so I have no clue the fuck happens in that game
Clock Tower 3. It's a bat-shit insane game...
And I love it.
Love your Alone in the Dark walkthrough series man.
When Clock Towers goes full blown anime
@Kappadaniel Glad to see that they're still appreciated. Even after 10 years.
Jesus your channel is ancient
Holy shit, using Zanza's Theme for the battle against Scissorman was one of the best things you could've done. Great job!
i KNEW that song sounded familier
Thank you for writing the name! I was trying to track it down!
How'd you like the (SPOILERS)
Future Redeemed remix? It think it's awsome!
Clock Tower 3 is just... my favorite magical girl game.
Ever.
I remember buying this when it came out because I had to own every survival horror and horror related game available. It’s definitely a fun and interesting game and for whatever reason it took me way too many times to beat the final boss
Oh dang nice use of the final boss theme from Xenoblade Chronicles. Honestly Rad, the music in this episode really was on point, nice job dude.
Your skit toward the end with the bow &, Scissorman really nailed how different the 3rd game is.
Honestly, this game is a guilty pleasure of mine! All the over the top animations, weird story, the magical girl stuff, everything is just... Uh.. amazing, to say the least. I remember first playing this game when I was, like, around 10. It blew my fucking mind! Even back then I couldn't take it seriously, but it sure gave me a good laugh! I feel like if they polished the gameplay a bit more, and gave it a different name (so that it doesn't relate to CT in any way), the game would have been successful!
Though the publisher (and partially, developer), at the time, was responsible for single handedly ruining one of it's IPs with just a single game (Megaman X7), sooo~
Speaking of the PS2, I'm surprised that you haven't talked about the Fatal Frame/Project Zero franchise yet. I know, I know, you said you're gonna do it next year and all that, but it's still surprising you haven't played it up to that point given that you're such a big survival horror fan
*Start spazzing out*
"Phew I thought I was a goner for sure!" UwU;
*Grabs pillow tightly in fear*
"Long time no see Alyssa!" ;)
Can we say ridiculousness is a Cpacom's trademark? Come on: Resident Evil and its voiceacting, Devil May Cry and its way over the top cutscenes, Asura's Wrath, more of the same, etc. They are good games, but the Japanese vein is way too present there. :D
Let's not forget that they made a hack n' slash sequel to a Disney film.
@@spongebobfan78 Really? What Disney film is that?
@@mathunit1 Nightmare Before Christmas. The game's title was Oogie's Revenge and was simply can be described as Devil May Cry before DMC2.
I love Oogie's Revenge, wish people would talk about it more often
They fix the voice acting for Resident Evil remake I avoid the original game on PS1
Jesus that acting at the beginning was disturbing. The choking and struggling was really realistic. You guys should really make a movie. You're good at directing and cinematography and Brady's good at acting.
Soooo happy I was waiting for this :-) you are one of my favorite youtuber, Ive watched all of your videos! I hope you can do Fatal Frame too one day :)
Hopefully next year.
Fatel Frame would be awesome on this channel :o
Yeeees Fatal Frame!
God bless you man
Absolutely agree Fatal Frame was one of the few horror games that actually terrified me while playing the game. I would love to see that game on this channel!
Hey! Who put a magical girl anime in my horror game!?
That definitely sounds like Silent Hill 3 for me.
me
I really love the crazy and frenetic mocapped cutscenes in this game. Is so theatrical and funny
Love your icon so much
I like the motion capture and everything this game did that made it so apart from others. It's literally like a B-movie japanese horror movie and the plot went so far from the original murder suspense thriller. I really love it and honestly think it's probably my favorite in the series.
I love this game for the cutscenes. The motion capture is just amazing.
You might not see this, but I've been a fan of yours for a couple of years now. I always come and just chill out and watch your videos when I've had a hard day or just want to wind down with a meal. Even if I'm not necessarily interested in the game you're covering, I just find your style, your format and your voice relaxing-- even comforting. About 2 years ago (around when you uploaded this), I was going through a bit of a rough period, and I discovered your channel through your Mario series reviews. After that, I'd watch a couple of your videos a day, and I dunno. Just thank you, man. You brought me comfort during a bit of a difficult time and even now, I still gravitate toward this channel when I need to cheer myself up. Thanks again for doing what you do. We appreciate it!
Late to the party, but I always did have an odd and mild fear of Corroder when I was younger. Something about him ruthlessly murdering a man and his blind mother with one of the worst ways to kill someone just really stuck with me.
Why do all horror stories always start simple but as the series goes on it gets more and more insane?
Escalation. Each sequel feels the need to make things bigger and better with higher stakes, and as they avoid retreading old ground they inevitably end up slowly spiraling into madness. See Jason X
Well this isn't a fair case for comparison, as it's an entirely different company and team.
@@Lucifronzregardless, it's a strangely common trend among horror games. Whether development goes to another team or not, they tend to get more action oriented and leave subtlety to the wayside. Even among some indie games, this can be seen.
@@329link generally i think the trend is more noticeable with horror games because they start with very high stakes from the very beginning. resident evil is a story about a mansion full of zombies because of an evil secret lab that infects people with a super virus to create the ultimate lifeform- the only reason it seems more subtle now is because it only took until re4 for it to suddenly be about doing backflips in the spanish countryside!
I gotta thank ya for looking at this series NitroRad, this really is a forgotten series of games despite most of the games being successful. I remember learning about the first game thanks to JonTron’s old Halloween vid on this, and I’m really happy you took a look at these, I was really curious about them but had no way to play them, so I’m glad you talked about them. I would love to see either Modern updates/remakes of some of these games or just a new Clock Tower game all together! Also. These games plots are kinda nutty, and I love it. Kinda amazing they could make a weird looking little boy with scissors scary.
you could always emulate
Haunting ground technically is a spiritual sequel to clock tower 3 specifically, it is pretty much the same minus the name.
I just woke up to this video and was about to *n i t r o n u t*
Ok
The motion capture in certain scenes of this game never failed to crack me up.
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For Bates
How did I not found you're channel earlier I mean seriously you talk some nostalgic games here you my friend got a new subscriber
the way you touched on the voice acting and motion capture just made me think of koldeka, a ps1 game that had INCREDIBLE voice acting and motion capture cutscenes.
Kodelka- The best game nobody played.
@Fozzy W yep
Hopefully he’ll play koudelka and the shadow hearts series someday.
I loved Clock Tower 3 ! Enemies appearing out of freaking nowhere when you changed camera angle always got me aha
Welp. Another new Bubsy game coming out.
And it's on Switch, PS4 and PC.
What could PAWSsbily go wrong?
MiREK excuse me WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.....
@@banzalaboi2537 Bubsy: Paws On Fire, dude. It's there.
EVERYTHING COULD GO WRONG!!!
Maybe they'll actually make it GOOD this time
@@jimmyjohnjoejr well...looking at the devs at hand...and the date...
...yeah, there's a good chance.
I'm in the middle of a Nitro Rad binge, and a cool thing I want to highlight for anyone else returning here: The final boss has a version of your instant kill move that he can use on YOU. Whereas Alyssa shoots an arrow to the sky that punches a hole in the clouds and rains a giant lightning bolt onto the boss, he opens a hole for a big ass SKULL to peer out of and shoots a beam out of it's mouth down onto you. It's sick.
Last time I was this early Nitro rad still had long hair LOL
He had long hair?! My shrine is incomplet!
@@tarniabook3076 HAD long hair. It now completes my shrine.
Loved your whole ClockTower rundown nitro, thank you!! I've been a big fan of these for ages and it was excellent to see your take on it! (also your transformation was truly spectacular and worthy of the Rooter line for sure ;3) May all your videos be Plus Ultra
I watched cryaotic play this in preparation. Sailor moon the game
I loved Cry's playthrough of it, especially the editing he did during the boss fight intros.
From silent hill to madoka magica at the drop of a hat. everyone can stop trying now, we've achieved peak storytelling.
I swear I just finished watching the ghost head video like 10 minutes ago and then I saw this pop up in my notifications! Happy Halloween guys!
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I remember this game. Particularly the third boss, who was the guy with axes. I remember two major things.
1)being able to hide behind a large fish tank indefinitely until the guy went away. It took like an hour because he kept returning to the room. The guy was relentless.
2) the final fight with the guy. I had him tethered and hit him with the finisher, only for him to BLOCK it and I had to do it again!
I really hope we get a proper Clock Tower 4 one day. And not just another spiritual sequel.
Please don’t ever stop reviewing older games. I love watching incredibly well done videos on games I grew up on!
Very good video, I've already seen it whole and I approve it
Your a magic man
Fantasic Marathon, enjoyed it completely & I'm excited to see what you've come up with for the end of the year content.
I would say this is an excelent way to get someone into horror games just like some RPG Maker games. I've been getting into the horror genre a bit more these past couple of days after watching Hereditary (which I highly recommend to anyone that wants to get into the horror genre of movies), so I really agree with all of that.
Now to find a copy of Clocktower 3 & try it out when I can.
R.I.P Brady the cool black dude.
@LonelyLoser thanks
Where can I find this...
I remember years ago finding you when I was on a platformer review binge. Loved your stuff. Then a bit later I “found you again” while on a survival horror review binge. Only a couple weeks ago did I look you up again and make the realization that it was the same channel/person both times lol. Love the variety, professionalism, and unbiased outlooks.
You should check out Dreaming Mary!
Good game
I love love love Halloween
There's another clock tower game?!?!? You've gotta be kidding me. But hey awesome video none the less.
It's been 20 years since Clock Tower 3 released. Come on, Capcom.
Oh yes, the one we've all been waiting for.
love it ! so happy to see the clock tower series come to an end !! fantastic job my dude, funny as always
Would love to see you run through the Fatal Frame series! ...would also like your buddy to get an opening it a relaxing hammock and a nice drink after this.
Wait, is that Kyle Hyde?
Who needs trick-or-treating? This video is enough of a treat for me.
In fact, these past 2 months have been packed with videos. All of them being of really high quality too. I hope you get some well-deserved rest after this.
I started this month only knowing about the first Clock Tower game, so it has been really interesting learning about this spooky and convoluted series, along with its history. Probably not a series I'll ever consider trying out, considering horror is my cup of tea, but dang if they didn't make for some good Halloween specials.
Happy Halloween!
I'm gonna second all the people recommending Blue Stinger and Illbleed. I'd really love to see your take on them. If you thought the story to this was silly...
Never finished Illbleed when I had my Dreamcast but I enjoyed it, awful voice acting n' all!
@@theblocksays Oh yeah, the stories for those two are the best parts of the games. I'll stay quiet about why though. I hope Nitro Rad finds out for himself.
Also thank you for doing the Clock Tower series! Super entertaining to watch, and those skits and costumes are bomb. Thank the omnipresent beings I subscribed!
Know what kind of game would be an amazing remake with today's growing interest in psychological horror? I have no Mouth and I must Scream. Get on that juicy piece of retro goodness, my Rad boy.
Speaking of psychological horror, American Mcgee's Alice and its sequel are pretty good games for that genre
OBSCURED needs to be revived
I have no mouth and I must scream would be beyond creepy with the "yellow" level or that cut out content where you eat a baby whole somehow.
Honestly, I don't see why. Only a re-release would be more than enough.
Oh, so THAT's why I got a ton of Nitro Rad videos on my feed all out of a sudden. You are a clever one, I'll give you that.
Even so, I'm glad you did that, because now I got another reviewer that has garnered my attention. You earned a subscriber with your trickery. Be proud of that, man.
Hell yeah my fav game on ps2 along with silent hill 3, mahou shoujo with horror 👀👌
also Kinji's Battle Royale movie rocks
Dude your the best (I'm loving these movie esq intros they're top tier stuff).
That bit at the end is the best part! I am so glad I was recommended you channel. I've been bing watching your vids. Your review's are great and you focus on my favourite genre! Horror survival. I also really the love the effort you put into some of your thumbails, the cosplay ones are awesome!
22:06
"HOW?! HOW CAN YOU STILL HAVE VISIONS?!"
This reference helped me track down the song, thank you!
Haunting Ground is legit, I'm really excited for you to cover it next year. Definitely leans more into horror, still has a pretty ridiculous plot but I think it's executed in a darker and grounded way. The stalker themes too during chases is genuinely some freaky stuff, and I think it's a close comparison to how freaky and intense the final boss theme is from Silent Hill 1.
Loved Clock Tower 3. Think I rented it twice from Blockbuster back in the day.
So honestly, this whole Halloween Special series is what introduced me to your channel (more specifically the Rule of Rose video, a game which personally I adore, but I know has flaws, and I'm just glad more people know about it now), and it's very very quickly become one of my favourite channels to watch. I went back and watched all the Siren videos too, loved them as well.
I really love the way the scripts are written, and the tone Nitrorad gives each time, analytical with hints of anecdotes and personal touches, I really feel like I learn a lot about each game in such a short amount of time. Only thing I'm not super into are the little intro clips but, that's just me, plus I know it's harkoning back to Nitrorad's performance history so, not much of an issue.
Honestly I'm really glad I found the channel, already a steadfast fan and can't wait to see more. Keep up the great work!!
“And he also directed a movie called Battle Royale”
Damnit, NitroRad’s hopping on the Fortnite train now.
Hello There I think you mean bus...
With the exception that battle royal is a Japanese film from the year 2000
But hey, it's a fortnite joke
@@AkashiyaKimiko wouldn't be surprised if the entire battle royale game genre developed from that old movie
Kevin McGuin could be, the film had quiet a following when it came out back them. Maybe some developers were fans of it.
*@NitroRad*
Excellent stuff, buddy! You’ve definitely earned a new subscriber. 👏🏼
But, as a kid… Clock Tower 3 scared the absolute shit out of me to the point I couldn’t get very far. I guess Clock Tower 3 has a “special place” in my heart, just like Silent Hill 4: The Room.
👨🏻🍳🤌🏼
Dont you just hate it when your grandfather wants to sacrifice you without asking?
Thats so annoying
edit: HOLY COW over 100 likes ? thanks guys ¡¡¡
edit2: DANG 291 first time i get these much likes......
You get used to it
@@Alex-mb2cy i am concerned by your answer............
I give you... your 300th like!
i would've liked your comment but you ruined it with your cringe edits
@@StarCoordinate594 My exact thoughts
I just freaking love your work! I need more of it!
Sunsoft and Capcom working together on a game?! That's epic!
Well.
Now the twitter post about you with a bow and arrow makes sense.
Nice acting! You really captured the spirit of the game, plus it further added to your point that the voice acting didn’t match the motion capture. It was quite a ride seeing the Clock Tower series and you’ve definitely piqued my interest!
But you gotta admit... the boss music was great
i really love your positivity and energy with videos, its always so refreshing! thanks for the awesome work :D
Bates is the ultimate badass, even when he's not in a clock tower game
I remember back when you had 4-digit subscribers, thinking "I REALLY hope this guy gets big someday". Instead of just showing gameplay loops while talking, you make a point to dig through hours of footage and pull out visual examples of every single thing you talk about, for anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes. You could be putting in MUCH less effort, but you always decide to go the extra EXTRA mile for the sake of enjoyable content. And now you're cranking out entertaining and informative videos at a record pace. Proud to see years of hard work have paid off.
I wasn't expecting the intro to be violent asmr but oke
I honestly enjoy your horror game coverage the most, thanks for some great video essays.
I really dont get how people cant wrap their around tank controls. Its not that difficult to get used to them. I used to dislike them, but then I tried it out in REmake, took me 20 minutes and I was used to them. They ARE the superioir control scheme for games like this. Okay, I can understand for games like Haunting ground, you have to dodge quickly and such, tank controls would feel a bit clumsy for that game. But SH4 and Rule of Rose NEEDS tank controls.
As always, fantastic job James! :) The Clock Tower series certainly is an interesting beast.
Also, I approve of the use of the final boss theme of the first Xenoblade Chronicles at 22:06.
Clock tower had the best script ever. It made me werid out but heyy I love it❤❤❤
It's funny that this is the first Clock Tower game that introduced me to the series. Oh boy, now I've seen it all differently after watching your take with the other entries.
22:16 welp, my hands are all gooey and white now...
I LOVE the sketch at the end and the seemless transition to you putting your shirt back on!
Haunting Ground and Nightcry I hear are pretty good you also got Remothered which a lot of people are saying is a good successor to Clock Tower so you could try that out as well.
Hope you wind up covering the 2 Obscure games and the Alone in the Dark series in the future. Huge fan of yours, Brady's and your channel. Real glad you're doing this for a living instead of retail now. Those intros are too good.
Oh yeah, I remember watching some walkthroughs of this game. From what I've seen, I think it's alright, definitely not as atmospheric as the previous entries though. Not really into the cinematics and overall cinematography. I think it's way too goofy to be taken even remotely seriously and that's just kind of a shame, but perhaps that was their point - to be over the top. But thanks to it, it has its own identity and that's something I don't really see that often nowdays in most horror games, and, despite the game's rather odd nature, that's something I can appreciate.
Every now and then, as a Clock Tower fan, I replay Ghost Head and think to myself "Good God, Bates is awesome, but this game sucks...."
Especially since Nitro Rad downplayed just how many plotholes Ghost Head has
Then I start debating if Ghost Head or 3 is worse... then I play 3 again and it becomes NO CONTEST! 3 is unquestionably worse... then months later, I play Ghost Head again and have this debate with myself