Drawn to Life is BACK and WORSE THAN EVER 

Seeing a game with wasted potential connected to a nostalgic series hurts, man

This game convinced me that Wilfre was right after all.

The worst part is the fact that the overworld actually looks pretty good for the most part.

Very recently, they updated the game via a patch. Most of the fixes were problems I hadn't addressed in the video, such as the fact that the scoring system combos used to not work properly, and various crashes. But they also fixed the big issue I had with the infinite scoring from Ol' Reliable during side-quests. So, I guess take that part of the video as a bit of a time capsule of what the game was like for 2+ months before they fixed it. They also added even more side-quests with this patch! That might be cool, if they were fun to play at all. Which... they're not.

y'know they say when jesus rose again he said "I'm drawn to life!"

It...It honestly hurts seeing this happen to the series. Back when I was a kid, the DS games were breath-taking to me, and I couldn't even read the dialogue text at that age. I honestly feel some nostalgic tears come out of me when I listen to the soundtrack of The Next Chapter. But having this game appear out of nowhere, after so many years of silence, only for it to be what it is? I'm heartbroken. Truly, truly heartbroken.

The originals were so good, why'd they have to ruin the franchise

I hated the ending to D2L but holy crap, this being the followup is just, pain...Also if the whole point of 2's ending being that it was actually all just a dream then how the HECK are they suddenly NOT a dream again?

Atleast this game retcons the whole "These games were only a dream" explanation into "These games were visions from an alternate dimension." But that brings up another issue, it retconned a retcon. In the re-release of Drawn to Life 2, the ending was changed from a car accident to a girl's brother falling from a tree. Now they want to say that 2nd ending never happened?

It's kinda sad, since I would be interested in seeing a sequel, a proper one, but seeing the reception of the game has probably killed the series for good.

I miss the old box art character being used to potray the hero outside of cutscenes

Jeez, man... I never thought a youtube video could make me so so sad.

I hope someday an indie game takes the gameplay of the original two games and actually makes a worthy followup

My hope is that if this was really a test to see if people wanted drawn to life, than the developers will have the inteligence to see its failure not as a sign that people dont, but that they DO want the series back as it once was

Drawn to Life - Banjo-Kazooie Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter - Banjo-Tooie Drawn to Life: Two Realms - Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts Drawn to Life is to Gen Z what Banjo-Kazooie is to millennials

Holy crap, I’ve never seen a ball dropped so hard in my life. The Drawn to Life series didn’t even have super-high gameplay standards to live up to, with such a narrow scope and without intensive graphics how could they make something so bad?

Seeing that DTL was coming back was one of the highlights of quarantine in 2020. Drawn To Life was the first video game I ever played, and I made so many fond memories through both games. The story, music, characters, concept, everything about them had so much charm and wit and I considered Drawn To Life my favorite video game at one point. And then… Two Realms happened. This is the worst video game I have ever played in my entire life. Yeah that hurts to say but I don’t want to lie, there was absolutely nothing about this game that I enjoyed aside from a small moment at the end of the game, don’t wanna spoil anything though. The gameplay was absolutely frustrating to have to deal with, what made it worse was that you weren’t even encouraged to explore the two worlds. Everywhere you go, there’s that giant blue arrow telling you exactly where to go. That should have been a red flag for me. The story went literally nowhere, too. All that happened was several people got upset, the hero showed up, and the people were fine again. Even when the story tried to tie back into the first two games for the ONLY TIME IN THE GAME, that’s all that happened. Sheriff got mad, you played levels, and that’s it. It went nowhere. I could not tell you one thing that Aldark did or why he was important, he had no presence at all. And I was seriously hoping that they would do something interesting with the Book of Imagination, like how “making everything better” isn’t always the answer. But they didn’t even do that. I’m just… extremely disappointed in Two Realms. It soured my view of Drawn To Life as a whole and as much as I would love another DTL game, I don’t know if I have any faith that it will be a good, decent game anymore.

This guy is uploading like a mad man, love to see it!

One word. One single word for this game. *Unnecessary.* From what I can tell, it isn’t bad. Just... not required.

I will give them credit, it's obvious they WANTED to create something new that the fans would love, just based on how the team was so excited about it. The original creative head was pushing to make a new Drawn to Life game since around the original series ended, but they just kept shooting him down. It's unfortunate that by the time we got one, it was so displaced from the original environment it was made in that it could never live up.

Never knew this series had a awful mobile game.

So is this just based on "Mike and Heather go to therapy" and Alldark is their issues failing to get to them cause they actually deal with them? :P It is kinda nice to see the raposa npcs having been loosely based on people in their lives though as not only were mari and jowee their dolls but you can clearly see ALY and Tony helped inspire them too sad to see how this game fell so flat though when the first two were so good

They should scrap this as uncannon and remake game, and the entire shallow empty story, maybe even bring back Wilfre as Alldarks henceperson, perhaps bring some lore about the darkness and how it ties to the adorable little shadowy menace fellow... Perhaps Wilfre made a deal with Alldark in order to get his hands on the book of creation all those years ago but the cost was being his henchman for eternity thus making him come back whenever Alldark calls for him. In conclusion it's far to different and story-less than the original games setup. I like my drawn to life games hallow not hollow.

DtL introduced me to how deep/thought provoking and what an adventure games can really be. And no one can take that away from the first 2

I- WHY? WHY BOTHER RESURRECTING IT JUST TO NOT TRY?

Drawn to Life: Raposa Drawn to Life Next Chapter: Raposa Drawn to Life Two Realms: Ra Poser

Ah the classic: Here is 5 dollars make a sequel to this dead classic if its good we might not trash the IP completely forever

Hey I'm glad you're back

I think the guy who supposedly caused the car crash should've had a similar design to Wilfre that would've been cool

My uncle mentioned that he had played Drawn to Life so I got excited that he had probably played 1 or The Next Chapter. But he said “the one on the switch” and you would have no idea how disappointed I got when his first game in the DtL series is… Two Realms. And he didn’t even know that it was the THIRD canon game in the series.

The ending to Drawn To Life 2 was amazing.

10:28 In PC its possible import pictures (png) for them, so its funny and it opens a door to many possibilities. In my case, I put original Heather sprite on the village and its cute!

I paid $15 for this game on switch... I want my money back.

this entire game feels like playing a rom hack of mario world or something that makes it a puzzle platformer but the levels arent designed around the original games physics at all and it costs 10 dollars

4:33 Okay, I feel like this is a bit of a stretch.

Drawn to Life 1 and 2 are my favorite games of all time so buying Two Realms was exciting because I loved the characters but all I got was a shallow mobile game on the switch. It would just be better if this game just didn't exist, I am treating it like a non-canon spin-off and even that's generous...

I’m playing it at the moment and they must have patched the point system because only the first bullet gives you 100 points, the rest give you 30. Same with a lot of other enemy interactions. But I’ve found other strategies that involve setting off the owl and watching everyone kill each other without doing a thing

Chibi robo: come with me. Now you're a good game that wont get continued because a bad sequel

Great video, this is probably the best review of this game. It’s pretty much the drawn to life version of cyberpunk 2077, it’s a huge downgrade compared to games made prior.

welp ive found a new channel to binge watch

5:06 Personally, this implied exorcisms moreso than being a door-to-door faith salesman to me.

I have a question about the whole "cheating" aspect: Isn't the whole point of a puzzle platformer where you can place elements of the level where you want to encourage players to find their own solutions to problems? Games like Scribblenauts and Mario Odyssey use this to great effect, and they are much better games because of it. It makes the game more replayable and opens up opportunities for more varied and in-depth gameplay, as well as content even the developers couldn't anticipate. I think the problem is that Two Realms doesn't do this as well as it should. Many of the solutions seem rather shallow and it shows they didn't really put much thought into the level design and gimmicks.

It's literally pronounced Joey it's just spelled Jowee. Mari is is pronounced Mario without the o. M-ar-ee. And I agree with what you are saying. Some of the toys aren't doing wtf I want so I have to restart the damn thing. Or I accidentally killed an enemy I need to progress through the level.

There is such an easy fix to the problem of being able to cheese levels, and even my dumb ass can make it tie back to the franchise. Make areas marked by a unique background where you can’t place stuff. Theme it as the darkness from DTL1. It’s that easy. Also the smallest bit of rigor in QA would have caught the RNG issues, and the solution is to just lock enemies to the grid and seed the psuedorandomness, so a solution always works or always fails 🤦‍♂️

This reminds me a lot of what happened with Shenmue 3. A third instalment to a beloved franchise, each with their own devoted fan base, and over a decade since the last one. Some nice graphics and references here and there, but underwhelming in their gameplay with a shallow story to boot. And then the developer admits it wasn’t intended as a full game, but instead as a pitch for a potential fourth instalment, which most likely will never come out. I think the only point of difference is that Shenmue 3 had millions thrown at it and this had a significantly smaller budget, but I’m shocked at how much they line up. Is this actually really common in the gaming industry?

I honestly hate this game and what's worse is that it's canon to the series despite being a spinoff.

Very well made video, happy to have found your channel

No way I'm only finding this out now. When I was a child I always wanted a movie and a new game. But this, this hurts....

The previous games made me feel like it was some kids dream while lying unconscious in either a car wreck and or hospital. Never once got a christian vibe from it.

"I'm holding this series hostage. If you don't buy our bad game that we put absolutely no thought or effort into, then this series will die forever and clearly means that no one is interested in it anymore. Now pay up!" Why do companies always do this? It's not even just for video games, this goes for all other mediums. Do they think they're clever? Do they purposefully want something to die and not actually get money off of something like they're supposed to? It just blows my mind every time this happens, and the worst part is that it is happening to so many things. And the few times it does work like with Monkey Ball it just isn't worth it in the end. No wonder why indie games now more than ever try to stay independent and keep getting bigger that way compared to most AAA games. I wish all corporations monopolizing on properties of older games only to ruin them and never bring them back afterwards would die in a fire. Rare and anything bought by EA are other more prominent examples of this trend. And because all of the money they send to buy them only to lose value afterwards from all of this, it still. Keeps. Happening, even to this day... They need to stop selling themselves out man. Video games can be more than just products, they can also be art, but in the end they all get thrown out in the trash with nobody else being able to use those IP's anyways. I'm so sad. :(

I missed you even since the last video, DoujinShinji

This is what Wilfre warned us about. Godspeed you dapper little devil.

so this game confirms the ending that they cut out of all future copies was the canon one.......why

This was a great video

0:13 bro don't remind me of this ending I'm not emotionally prepared to deal with those memories

It made sense to end it at The Next Chapter. I just wish the gameplay wasn't so repetitive and story kinda boring

I'm really disappointed with this game. Could of gone about it so many better ways. But sadly it seems like a cash grab.

Gosh, it's like they threw 2 games of childhood nostalgia in the trash without even a second thought about it. Like where are the long levels, beautiful graphics (2007 style), story-line, boss fights and most importantly the DRAWN to life parts?! I wish I didn't knew at all about this. How the f*ck can they mess this up so much when with the technic and graphics of now you should be able to make a God level game. At least you should be able to level it with the original two. Not draggin the name trough the mud. Ridiculous🤦🏽‍♀️

I played the game myself before watching this video and beat it, I actually didn’t run into any of these glitches and I’m really surprised you ran into so many!

Lord forgive me. I remember trying to draw naked ladies as my character back in the day

Tbh it feels less like the game is going with the Christianity theme and promoting Jehovah’s Witnesses but rather that they DIDN’T go with the Christianity theme, just wanted to make a simple game for kids, and thus the plot suffered for it.

They removed the bosses. The levels are boring and not action-platformers. They SOMEHOW managed to make DRAWING not fun! And even the music is lackluster! How did they get everything so wrong? Hell, I’d have preferred if they just made the newest game on the 3DS, if they could make it more like the originals... Also isn’t Mike supposed to be a teen at this point? And why are the Bakis called “toys” now? It makes no sense! And why can’t you run in the overworld? Seriously? Why get rid of that? To artificially inflate the game length?

Yay! New video!

Pain

Excellent review!

This game is an example of why you shouldn't get hyped. It's a -fine- -decent- ...game, but the fact that they used an IP that hasn't been used for 13 years, at the time, is what really got people angry. We got hyped and got disappointed. I'm more angry that I have to actually USE my BRAIN in this one.

i was excited when i heard about a 3rd game but after i played it i didn't even fully beat the game i gave up in the middle and honestly its been better giving up and deleting it from my switch

Now I wish I never knew Draw to Life had a return.

Damn I didnt know they made this

So, they basically made a Drawn to Life game... *Without the Drawn to Life elements*

Next chapter is the best

This game just makes me like... really sad. I have a strange feeling that the original creators of the game wanted to make something much more and entirely different from what we got with Two Realms, but it's possible that they were told to do something different because they wanted to make it a mobile game, which probably SEVERELY limited their options... The higher ups that probably got them on the project could've also limited things like what they could do with the plot and so we end up with "make everyone not as angy or something like that via book" the game ): When it was announced, this game made me feel excited for a follow up to the DTL DS games And all I'm left with is... this thing. Like it's drawn to life, but it's... not really DRAWN TO LIFE, if you get what I'm sayin

cool video, thanks

wait a game that force you to do a wave of challenges and have a plot that doesn't make sense? Where have I've heard that? Oh yea Temtem.

.... Wow I.... I am baffled.... I just..... This game series was really charming on the DS. Honestly the Raposa are still one of my favourite fantasy races. (Hence why I too dislike the ending to DL2) To see it just reduced to, not even what I'd call generic storytelling at best is, honestly quite a downer. P.S. Also as a JW myself I, honestly can't see the connection of the book being a bible without it being a stretch. Yeah the bible can help with many people and has some good life advice, but forcing it on people is generally bad. It kinda loses its purpose as a guide and becomes more like a manifesto. Thankfully though it doesn't come with broken puzzle levels. :P

Guess I should be glad that I only played the first one…..it sucks, this game series had so much potential to be something bigger and better. D:

This is real life!

Its back? Huh well i did not expect that

The game felt like a teaser for a bigger, next game. Hopefully..

The puzzles wreck the game hard

Wait a new one?

İ love your voice

As someone who played it... I completely agree with everything in this video. Game was boring, worked poorly, lagged randomly for no reason, Devs clearly just wanted a game they could make quick and easy, and sell it as fast as possible. Not surprised it ended up on mobile. Probably played better on that.

I feel as though I was better off not knowing this...shameful excuse of a sequel existed.

ripbozo (drawn to life series)

Yet another childhood favorite fucked the hell up 😊

this is just hamlet

Boi good thing I refuned this game on steam

I don’t see the Christianity honestly. I feel like it’s a bit of a stretch

Rip DTL

Wtf does this whole god supposed to do with Drawn to Life series!!!!!?

Now, bear with me here. I'm not a Video Game Deaigner - Though I hope to publish comics & novellas to earn money for classes in computer programming - but I could do *Gacha Club style Comics* that tell the story better!!!

Didn't expect to find a video on this game, considering how little fanfare it had with an already niche series. Such a disappointment

why is the art so fuckinh good still though?

its like the shitty android ads I see nowadays

🙀

This is breaking my heart...Drawn To Life was my favorite childhood game, i put in HOURSSSS into both games Honestly never really saw Christian undertones until this video. So i hate that lmao But they were brilliant games, and im sad that they wasted a sequal on THIS...wish it was actually a good story and gameplay :(

Okay, thank you. Yea, I'm not buying this game. I know the man of shadows in the forest before tje crash is Wilfre. I like that element.

I played two realms on switch it wasn't good as the first two games were

Guys let's just think this is not canon.