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The Most Insane Vanillaware Games | Grimgrimoire to Unicorn Overlord
Instead of Elden Ring DLC, you're getting Grimgrimoire.
These alternate titles are gonna end me dude. Anyway, Vanillaware was historically famous for producing high-quality sidescrolling action rpgs, but recently made a splash in the west with some of their strategy/tactics games - 13 Sentinels and Unicorn Overlord. Both titles have significant historical lineages. 13 Sentinels is structurally based on conceptual work done for Grimgrimoire, the studio's first PUBLISHED title, even if Odin Sphere was developed first, and Fantasy Earth Zero before that. It's a long story.
Unicorn Overlord is also a significant achievement for the studio, having been in the works for a decade, but it's got an ...
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Styx, Stealth, and the Western B-Game
Просмотров 194 тыс.Месяц назад
The INSANE History Behind the Most MISUNDERSTOOD Stealth Series Getting old is great, actually - it means you can appreciate stealth games after years of "just not getting it, really." I love Thief, I love Dishonored, but with Styx, I started to understand the proper appeal of the genre. I think it's at least worth highlighting. And hey - the industry's still being itself, so why not hop on old...
Avatar Selection and You!
Просмотров 54 тыс.2 месяца назад
How am I supposed to pick a character? All these tier lists to sift through, all of these different moves and looks and costumes? Sheesh! I'm just trying to land a combo here! Avatar selection is a concept that every player engages with differently. There's no exact science to figuring out who you're going to like. Sometimes it's just impulse. Think back to your first Pokemon starter, or what y...
A Monster Hunter's Journey | Generational Retrospective
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Obliterating the Last Vestiges of my Personhood with Monster Hunter I was tasked with looking back at every generation of Monster Hunter. This is an impossible job, at least without taking years to produce a video, so I went with a core entry per generation, and played extra games where necessary. MH1 for gen 1, Dos for gen 2, Tri for gen 3, MH4U (though the ultimate games originated in the 3rd...
THE GAMER
Просмотров 48 тыс.4 месяца назад
full game spoilers I never expected to like The Witcher as fiction; it looked silly at a glance and I was already planning to cover Dragon Age. I poured some leftover Christmas wine and sat down with The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and accidentally fell into the hole. Game's fun, turns out. The Witcher may have originated from a series of novels, but it manages to use the video game medium to mec...
Princess Crown and the Forgotten Legacy of Vanillaware
Просмотров 148 тыс.4 месяца назад
Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade, even the prototype of Dragon's Crown, owe their existence to Princess Crown. You know, that George Kamitani game nobody played that functionally kickstarted Vanillaware. Here's the story. Princess Crown was released for the Sega Saturn in 1997, and that title, while massively destructive for Kamitani's career, was preserved and iterated on with his lat...
Bomberman's Bizarre 3D Game Design
Просмотров 57 тыс.6 месяцев назад
5 games 1 braincell Bomberman is a whole history that you could largely reduce to a short clip of buddy boy trompin' 'round a maze dropping bombs. It's not complicated. But things get a little weird once Bomberman starts appearing in the 3rd dimension. How do you take a profoundly 2-dimensional concept and adapt it for 3D space? That's what we're cataloguing today. Bomberman 64, Bomberman Hero,...
Reviewing the Team Ico Trilogy
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Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian Team Ico whips fr, except whoops I didn't play them til 2023! Join me on my shrieking journey from Ico to Shadow of the Colossus to The Last Guardian, as I break down the value of the titles, and how they serve the medium. Some [redacted] is *for sure* going to link in the comments something like "here's a more sensible version of this video" a...
Obliterating My Mental Health By Running All of Xeno | Xenogears, Xenosaga, Xenoblade KBash Supercut
Просмотров 64 тыс.7 месяцев назад
now in "work day" format *The original videos were chaptered for major spoiler segments - in this supercut, I assume you've seen them or do not care. It's spoilers all the way down.* Xeno ate up a good chunk of my year. It started with Xenoblade - a patreon video. I ran the most accessible versions of each game and knew I was playing something special, but the picture became more clear after ru...
An Excruciating Look at Armored Core
Просмотров 66 тыс.7 месяцев назад
give or take a few Armored Core is wrapped up in a web of gamer mythologizing, like any fairly hardcore series that the mass market doesn't really engage with. It's surprisingly playable, even today, regardless of any controls myths and horror stories. It's got difficulty spikes and plenty of unhinged systemic cruft, but it's still just a mech-battling game. So how'd they make it so many times?...
The Coolest PS2 Game You'll Never Play | Steambot Chronicles
Просмотров 104 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Bumpy Trot!! Bumpy Trot, also called Steambot Chronicles in the west, is a lot of things that traditionally pass as clickbait. It's absolutely one of the most underrated, unsung PS2 rpgs ever produced. As far as I'm concerned, it's a masterclass in narrative-mechanical cohesion. It's one of the greatest video games I've played, even if it doesn't rate high numerically, and it's world is surpris...
Xenosaga - The Forgotten PS2 Trilogy
Просмотров 148 тыс.9 месяцев назад
losing my xenomind out here I'm not sure what I expected walking into Xenosaga. I've played Xenogears and I've played Xenoblade Chronicles, and I'm used to a certain kind of experience. Mostly, I expected KOS-MOS - everyone's favorite blue-haired robot from a game they've never played. Now that I've run this PS2 rpg trilogy, I have some thoughts! I do! They were just here I swear!! Xenosaga is ...
The Nioh Duology in Critique
Просмотров 86 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Nioh Nioh is a fun game that you can purchase and play today. All joking aside, I never gave Nioh a fair shake. About 6 years ago I failed to even complete the thing before firing off a "review," so today, I'm rectifying my mistakes by taking a serious critical look at the games after finishing the main campaigns and the DLC. Everyone knows Nioh 2 owns, but we cover that too. Consider this a sp...
Xenogears is Unhinged
Просмотров 138 тыс.11 месяцев назад
i have left this mortal plane Xenogears is one of the PSX rpg darlings, and for good reason. Square put out all kinds of incredible games before the turn of the millennium, but the Xeno franchise has persisted despite endless challenges and even arguably uncompelling gameplay (depending on the player). So let's inquire a little. Xenogears is the brainchild of Tetsuya Takehashi and Soraya Saga. ...
A Chaotic Look at God of War's Prequel Games
Просмотров 73 тыс.Год назад
GoW WOW *full series spoilers in video* The last time I covered God of War, the video took off past what I was expecting, and since I promised to take a look at the rest, here's the "prequel games" - Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta, and Ascension. They were more fun than expected to actually record, even if my methods were suspect, and y'know, at least God of War games have the decency to en...
Bury My Heart in Booty Bay
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Bury My Heart in Booty Bay
Reviewing KOTOR, aka Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic
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Reviewing KOTOR, aka Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic
A Samurai Shodown Retrospective
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A Samurai Shodown Retrospective
Parasite Eve's DEEPLY Unwell Evolution in Review
Просмотров 119 тыс.Год назад
Parasite Eve's DEEPLY Unwell Evolution in Review
KBash and the Dobonhonkherous Q & A Video (and patreon update)
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KBash and the Dobonhonkherous Q & A Video (and patreon update)
An Unhinged Look at Vagrant Story | KBash Game Reviews
Просмотров 94 тыс.Год назад
An Unhinged Look at Vagrant Story | KBash Game Reviews
Obliterating My Mental Health with Xenoblade Chronicles
Просмотров 372 тыс.Год назад
Obliterating My Mental Health with Xenoblade Chronicles
Reviewing Every Valkyrie Profile Game
Просмотров 93 тыс.Год назад
Reviewing Every Valkyrie Profile Game
The Search for the GREATEST Bleach Game
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The Search for the GREATEST Bleach Game
Red Faction's Revolutionary Design Lineage
Просмотров 51 тыс.Год назад
Red Faction's Revolutionary Design Lineage
A Sane & Realistic Look at Valkyrie Elysium | KBash Game Reviews
Просмотров 51 тыс.Год назад
A Sane & Realistic Look at Valkyrie Elysium | KBash Game Reviews
tHe 18+ gUnGrAvE eXpErIeNcE
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tHe 18 gUnGrAvE eXpErIeNcE
The Edgiest SRPG - Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume | KBash Game Reviews
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The Edgiest SRPG - Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume | KBash Game Reviews
Reviewing Every Souls Game // KBash Dark Souls Retrospective Supercut
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Reviewing Every Souls Game // KBash Dark Souls Retrospective Supercut
A Very Campy Bayonetta Trilogy Review
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A Very Campy Bayonetta Trilogy Review

Комментарии

  • @Icien1
    @Icien1 5 часов назад

    I'm often confused why it's so hard to make a great, let alone good game. It feels like there must be some sort of universal law, actively dumbing down and obfuscating proven methods and tactics.

  • @ami2kewl
    @ami2kewl 6 часов назад

    on the topic of your thoughts on the last palace in royal,, the phantom thieves dont just go after maruki cause he was 'running from his trauma" i have genuinely never even heard of that interpretation. he clearly just wasnt a guy who should have that power (not that any human should. gods and humans should remain in their respective places, imo) for instance, have you seen the missed deadline ending for his palace? he puts joker to sleep forever because he thought joker was getting too stressed over having to decide to fight him or not. hes not just running from his trauma hes totally irresponsible and thinks that he knows whats best for everyone when he cant even comprehend the concept of a nuanced situation. Was seeing what he did to sumire not reason enough? or how about the fact that in the 3rd semester, the bond you created with your teammates gets thrown out the window since they cant even remember how you actually met. he misuses the information he gets as a counselor to pry into peoples lives and brainwash them according to what he thinks would make them happiest, without ever getting their opinion on it. you cant (or at least shouldnt) force anyone to take your help. if you stayed in that reality, there was no guarantee that he'd consistently make the best choices for you and literally everyone else in the world because there were already multiple examples of him not doing so. and if it came to that, you would have no way to fight back. hes simply not a good person, so hes obviously also not a good god. rest of the vid was heat tho

  • @abefernandez6546
    @abefernandez6546 8 часов назад

    I love that I have never heard of this game till today. I played the originals so I am glad I have never heard of this game and wasted my money.

  • @madadric
    @madadric 11 часов назад

    28:16 YOOOO is that a chessex vynil wet erase map? nice!

  • @TheBoxNasty
    @TheBoxNasty 13 часов назад

    I recommend SUPERrad if you want to see a complete history of every Monster Hunter game as well as the evolution of weapons.

  • @betuna9487
    @betuna9487 13 часов назад

    It's been 4 years since you introduced me to Mana. Thanks mate

  • @saculsayz2922
    @saculsayz2922 16 часов назад

    What are the characters at 4:06 from

  • @perlichtman1562
    @perlichtman1562 17 часов назад

    Enjoying the video like usual. :) Somebody probably already mention this but all Gammel Dansk means is “Old Danish.” So basically they just names the characters “Old So-and-So.” I’m Swedish-American but thankfully there’s a ton of cognates and near cognates between Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.

  • @alfredstromberger9529
    @alfredstromberger9529 23 часа назад

    Love the video, but seeing you not use the Insect part of the Insect Glaive correctly - yeah, that kinda hurt 😂❤

  • @Pimpgamer101
    @Pimpgamer101 День назад

    Is 7/10 mid? Man, people are harsh. I figured 5/10 was mid. It’s literally the middle.

  • @jeureeka552
    @jeureeka552 День назад

    Was I the only one who played the browser game?????

  • @PChamileon97
    @PChamileon97 День назад

    honestly, the one form of media i want VJ to come back in (atleast for now) is action figures. yes, we had some in the past, but look at what we have now; Figma Nendoroid Revoltech Mattel Hasbr-oh...well....maybe not that considering what they did with the Lightning Collection....

  • @expansivegymnast1020
    @expansivegymnast1020 День назад

    The cutscene cinematography in this game is insane!

  • @Abafrasco
    @Abafrasco День назад

    Jason schreier alongside many western ‘journalists’ are activists who hate gamers and “male gaze” so their opinion is irrelevant

  • @GrayFoxHound9
    @GrayFoxHound9 День назад

    World aside (it still has same themes as the rest of the series, except presented even worse than in other games for some reason), human influence on environment is a somewhat elaborated in supplement material, random npc dialogue and weapon description. Guild takes all shots. It makes sure that ecology isn't disturbed too much. For every hunt notice posted it evaluates - "is helping human settlement outweighs potential ecological disruption? Or maybe ecology is already disrupted and that Zinogre should be removed even without clien't request?". If the ecology is disrupted by someone outside of guild too much - the guild has special kind of monster hunters, and, if simple poachers end up in jail - more influential ecology disrupturs wake up from misterious barrell bomb explosion (how did it got there?) And the consequences of not taking care of environment is shown via dead civilization and dramatised Fatalis story.

  • @patrykzukowski7471
    @patrykzukowski7471 День назад

    I hated what they did with XC2 so much that I simply dropped the entire series, I don't expect XC3 to be actually good when they dropped the excellent XC1 combat system for... whatever that's supposed to be.

  • @balamstudios
    @balamstudios День назад

    yo sigo esperando que saquen el muramasa para cualquier otra consola

  • @LonnellJones-km8tq
    @LonnellJones-km8tq День назад

    59:20 2014

  • @Byakkoya11037
    @Byakkoya11037 День назад

    What a powerful way to end a video, hopy shit.

  • @mikepen0287
    @mikepen0287 День назад

    Base dark souls 2 wasn't that bad at all. Unpatch lightning was broken but game was overall easier

  • @threeswordssama
    @threeswordssama День назад

    My first Vanillaware game is Unicorn Overlord and I can't wait to see more from them in the future.

  • @isaiahjolin7178
    @isaiahjolin7178 2 дня назад

    Hello KBash my name is Isaiah and I have something important to say to you. God loves you and like any father he wants to help you and keep you safe especially from the devil. But I am not just speaking to you about this I am also talking to your fans about this. God loves us all and he wants to save us not just from ourselves but from the devils clutches. Do not be afraid to come to the Lord for his love is for evreyone Shalom Shalom.

  • @ichi_san
    @ichi_san 2 дня назад

    The opening line "Bayonetta. Women, weapons, weaves. That's basically the 10 commandments" knocked me out so hard. Thanks for making a camp review of bayonetta

  • @IMALLITSTOOEASYIBALLITSTOOEASY
    @IMALLITSTOOEASYIBALLITSTOOEASY 2 дня назад

    Song at 4:55?

  • @a_level_70_elite_raccoon
    @a_level_70_elite_raccoon 2 дня назад

    @40:26 when you said "It's not a problem, I play Ganondorf," legitimately caught me off guard and made me laugh so hard because that's how I feel when I play Ike.

  • @alexparker2432
    @alexparker2432 2 дня назад

    13 sentinels on easy is the way to play it honestly

  • @finally_dorian
    @finally_dorian 2 дня назад

    I believe the youth call this "based" But Your Mother's Basement? That you 😅 Also, definitely thought this was a lost Killer Instinct, not a series of free standing games

  • @ArcCaravan
    @ArcCaravan 2 дня назад

    I primarily know Vanillaware for their art style, action games (Odin Sphere, Muramasa, Dragon's Crown), and their gorgeous food.

  • @TheExFatal
    @TheExFatal 2 дня назад

    Is it bad that I recognize the Liquid action figure from the thumbnail

  • @WindmageZyphos
    @WindmageZyphos 2 дня назад

    Allow me to awaken forgotten trauma for MML2 players. “THIS WAY! THIS WAY! THIS WAY! THIS WAY! “OVER HERE! OVER HERE! OVER HERE!

  • @non-playablecharacter5549
    @non-playablecharacter5549 2 дня назад

    Thanks for explaining the emulation, I'm attempting to play it for the first time it was so confused about why it felt like it was off texture wise and why some of the speaking bits feel like they have odd pacing.

  • @baydo1468
    @baydo1468 3 дня назад

    It's incredible how Grand Knights History is basically a prototype for Unicorn Overlord

  • @charlesa.monagan4159
    @charlesa.monagan4159 3 дня назад

    2:22:30 Really? You want more political commentary in your monster hunter game? Like we need more moral posturing and lecturing from creative directors in the entertainment industry. Good stewardship of the environment is a positive message and all, but the last thing we need is for the series to be injected with the same alarmism about "the future of the species" as that of the crowd that has, over the course of decades, warned of doomsday scenarios that never came to pass with their failed predictions.

    • @GrayFoxHound9
      @GrayFoxHound9 День назад

      Actually, monster hunter already has a lot of said, if not commentary, then at least elaboration of that stuff on the background (dialogue, descriptions, supplement materials) The guild that gives you the quests also removes unwanted actors that do too much harm to the environment (basically saying "yeah, just kill anyone who trashes the environment - what are they going to do? Die to monster without guild's protection? That is if the manage to somehow outgun an army of dudes that repel literal natural disasters first"), and there is a super-advanced long dead civilization of "this is what happens when you forget about the ecology. All of them died horrible deaths and now their deaths are cautionary boogie-man bedtime story for kids". Mh is not just a game about unga-bunga cavemen. It's a game about ~17th+ century people that pretend to be unga-bunga cavemen in post-apocalypse in order to not repeat said apocalypse.

  • @fvakarian
    @fvakarian 3 дня назад

    Y'know, I have a weird relationship with Vanillaware games, because while I think they're beautiful and unique and worth checking out... I also tend to find them really repetitive. It frequently happens just as you said, I play them for a few hours and then just disconnect, having the sensation that I got everything that I could get from the game. However, as it happens when I watch your content, this video gave me some incentive to try again and see things through a new perspective. Hell, I had to try Vagrant Story four freaking times before it became one of my favorite games ever, just to give an example. I'm well aware of the concept of "acquired taste", and maybe this is a similar case. Anyway, thank you again, K-Man. You keep consistently being one of the best in this platform IMHO. Keep it up.

  • @cloudfrog2911
    @cloudfrog2911 3 дня назад

    I agree some of male ring-rite options are more explicit, but not by much. I mean, sure the praise kink wizard is more explicit than most male options but you square it up against the women who would onscreen kiss Alain, become Alain's queen and bear his children. Unsubtle subtext, at the end of the day, will never be text. I guess it just hurts a little that they decided it had to be that way.

  • @castjet9898
    @castjet9898 3 дня назад

    I’ve only ever beaten Bloodborne, Demon souls, and sekiro, but I haven’t actually beaten the 3 souls games. And I honestly don’t want to play DS2.

  • @valentinecure329
    @valentinecure329 3 дня назад

    Oh yeah.....i get it. There are many platforms, but they all share 1 Sora.

  • @JustJO9
    @JustJO9 3 дня назад

    0:55 2024 update: it seems he has learned to cut his hair

  • @Epiphanetic_
    @Epiphanetic_ 3 дня назад

    You took me out with “you… you get Dirt Town😭”

  • @PayForViewsJST
    @PayForViewsJST 4 дня назад

    Why are there so many peanut butter gamers.

  • @carlosdias854
    @carlosdias854 4 дня назад

    Great, now i want to replay it

  • @EarselBill-bi4xr
    @EarselBill-bi4xr 4 дня назад

    Really nice video to one of my favorite fighting game series that’s not based on pre-existing comic book characters (Marvel vs Capcom), Anime characters (DragonBall Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon) or Nintendo characters (Smash Bros)…..DEFINITELY my favorite true fighting game series when compared to Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, all those….. If you make a follow up, try to cover the portable games, the ones on the NeoGeoPocket Color are superb!! Well, technically there’s a release on the regular NGPocket, and the second was released on the NGPocket Color……the 2 GameBoy games are neat too, especially the Japan exclusive Samurai Shodown 3….Part 1 for the GameBoy was always noteworthy to me, it’s possibly the weakest of the early 2D entries, but it’s the ONLY game so far that lets you play as that Mail Courier haha…..The NGPocket games are really good and the GameBoy games are worth playing. I feel like all 4 mentioned games had more focus on special moves…it’s like I can play the arcade series and rarely use a special, but when I play any of the portable games I use special moves quite a bit…it’s weird how similar they are, yet how different they feel…it’s unfortunate those games aren’t as easily accessible to competitive play

  • @aodfr
    @aodfr 4 дня назад

    I actually enjoyed the combat from xenosaga 2. It had a nice level difficulty curve to it. was it perfect. Heck no. Was it fun. Heck yes.

  • @neworldfool9625
    @neworldfool9625 4 дня назад

    They really did S&M dirtiest. First act they do technically try and kill two children to make them quiet. No way they thought if they beat and set them on fire just enough they’d forget what they heard. Should have made Isaac the first to swing considering they just admitted to killing his father.

  • @spookyfrogs1874
    @spookyfrogs1874 4 дня назад

    im a big fan of your tasteful use of penis music

  • @andytorres2395
    @andytorres2395 4 дня назад

    Cross is definitely a vibe.

  • @GrumpySylveon
    @GrumpySylveon 4 дня назад

    I wish Kbash did a video on every game series ever. There's just something you do, that honesty, it's something that I want to hear about every game series ever. Please talk about Kirby :)

  • @ikushin2012
    @ikushin2012 4 дня назад

    3:44 made me run to my own copy of GGMR:OM to double check how I missed that the first time between all the lillet blain art? Based Advocat.

  • @halifaxsteppenwulf7980
    @halifaxsteppenwulf7980 4 дня назад

    I’m morally obligated to second that 13 Sentinels is a must play. It is truly incredible with a story so tightly constructed that every seemingly little innocuous detail is actually extremely well thought out and likely plot critical - even the horny bits are actually running off amusingly rational world building.

  • @geronimosantillan7067
    @geronimosantillan7067 4 дня назад

    Bruce Wayne would not be Batman without the death of his parents. George Kamitani’s games won’t be without Princess Crown.