Tecmo's deception and the deception series in general is an all time favorites that I never shut up about so I'm glad to see it here. Believe it or not it was the 2nd ps1 game I ever played growing up and it left quite an impression and was very creepy at the time lol but yes the PAL name I think is much cooler
Deception 1: this is in a sense, a dark comedy. You defeat enemies in hilarious ways, you use sadistic techniques to survive, and ultimately you may end up becoming what you swore to destroy. This is a dark and foreboding tale with plenty of humor to keep you entertained Deception 2 onward: *WE NEEDS MORE BREATS*
Honestly, I feel Dungeon Keeper, another bad-guy sim, did the concept of a dark comedy where you use sadistic techniques to win more successfully than the Deception games as the humour was far more prevalent and the concept of running your own dungeon and raising an army to conquer the surface might have been a bit more appealing than Deception's concept of being an evil minion in service to the devil gleefully snuffing out good guys with traps to most gamers. Plus, the sequel chose to keep Part One's tone intact, unlike Deception's sequels which went for evil girl fanservice/femdom bait. However though, even I'll admit that Deception did more than earn its small following over time.
Every time one of these comes out I think "surely we're running out of PS1 games" and every time I'm so wrong. Not that there's anything wrong with that, keep 'em coming
Deception is still a very fun and (still!) unique set of games and It's easy to see that the 2nd game is where the gameplay settles in and the series finds its footing. Who knew sadism could be so amusing? Hopefully the next two entries are covered here at some point.
It scares me and makes me feel super old when some of my favorite games of my childhood is on this list and they're listed as obscure or forgotten. Now if you'll excuse me, grandpa needs to take a seat because i can feel my bones turning to dust in real-time.
I had some friends over for a game day a couple years ago and the biggest hit by far was Micro Maniacs. 7 people were able to play at once and everything was clean enough that we all could understand what was happening and had a great time playing it. This is coming from someone that never played the Micro Machines games. Highly recommend it
Thank you so much for another really fun and really informative video! Game 1: I really love how very different each character is and that there are so many different modes. Game 2: Ah, such a classic. It always gives me Dungeon Keeper vibes as well. Game 3: I know this mostly from the 3DO. Needless to say, it is such a really weird FPS. Game 4: Such a fun fighting game. Also unique in that it is more based on projectile combat than melee combat. Kitties spotted at: From 18:16 to 18:28, 39:06 to 39:08, 39:17 to 39:26 and 1:17:28 to 1:17:33 Also, yes, having your cats in your videos makes it totally worth it!
As janky as the controls may be, Micro Maniacs is one of my all time favourite hidden gem games, and it’s a concept I wish a modern day game developer would explore.
Micro Maniacs and Micro Machines V3 are two of my favourite top down racers ever and they make excellent party games! Im always setting up either game when i have guests over and its always a blast. Happy to see them get more coverage!
I LOVED MICRO MANIACS!!! Althought it really feels a little bit too frustrating for me when I try to play it nowadays. I remember finishing the game several times with perfect 1st place wins and even getting the lightbulb character but now when I try to play it it just feels TOO hard. It really takes a very long time to get to learn the controls and, more importantly, the tracks - if you don't know the track really, really well, then you're gonna lose for sure. If I just had the time and patience to learn it all again it would definitely make me very happy.
Destrega somehow sounds like the winner from this Episode. I happen to own a Promo copy of it, it´s in my collection for years now, never played it. Will give it a play today though.
Tecmo's Deception is one of those games I've only ever heard about. Weirdly enough because the disc makes a unique monster in Monster Rancher 2. Looks pretty cool though, you get a similar kind of vibe from games like Boneraiser Minions that lets you place all sorts of traps and shrines on the game field.
I love watching these vids and showing my friend and both of us going "god I remember playing that" on different games. This era was so nostalgic especially micro maniacs I loved playing that when I was a wee lad.
I saw the copy of trapt in the video at the end of the first game and thought "oh, I should suggest reviewing tecmo's deception". Little did I know... The first one is still my favourite in the series, the tone is so much better than in the sequels...
Nothing is more thrilling than when the wheel spins, comes close to landing on a game that I wanna see and it does or it doesn't. Praise the almighty wheel.
Micro Maniacs soundtrack going from early Need for Speed to Rollcage and then Crash Bandicoot is tonal inconsistency if I’ve ever heard it, or it’s complete genius. Sometimes the two can be very easy to confuse
“Unfortunately putting controller ports in a disc is excessive, and also impossible,” I don’t know why but this sentence makes me want to try to put controller ports in a disc, even though I know it won’t work
Wow. Po'd. My first PS1 experience was saving up twenty dollars to rent the console from my local video store. They only had a few games to pick from and I remember the box art of Po'd being something that stood out to me and it was the game I rented. I was absolutely horrible at it but also absolutely marveled at it. This video series has been straight up great and inspiring. Loving the channel.
Ah, good old wheel goodness. Quite the quartet of picks there, which funnily enough, three of which I have. PO'd was a game I'd literally never heard of and bought it on a whim on Ebay as it was cheap. Glad I did, even though I'll definitely be playing on easy 😅 Destrega is one I found a promo copy of, and took the plunge when I saw the publisher/dev behind it. Awesome coverage as always Sean, get happy as a clam when I see my notification for your videos :)
Oh wow! good calls on getting PO'ed and Destrega, both of them aint cheap nowadays! Always appreciate you watching friend, thanks for the kind words :)
I'm not huge on racing games so micromachines was never on my radar... But Micro Maniacs actually really piques my interest, not just on art direction but the mechanics too. I had completely forgotten that PO'ed had a ps1 version so seeing it show up here was a surprise, as you say that one of the most 3DO games to have ever 3DO'ed.
I can't speak for PAL regions, but in North America, Deception and Destrega are both a mere $5.99 to purchase digitally on PS3 and Vita! It's an excellent way to play some otherwise pricey games
Great selections in this volume. Games 1 and 3 in particular are both weird and wonderful in very different ways, was very interested to hear your takes on them. The other two look fantastic and I must add them to my games-I-am-vaguely-aware-of-and-should-get-around-to-playing-one-day list.
YESSSS PO'ed has been chosen by the wheel ! This is a game I was really close to choose it as game's viewer. I share the same impressions as you, at the beggining, I thought it was the worst FPS I ever played in my PS1. But after the second level, it became more and more interesting to my eyes with the jetpack gameplay and the large levels with complex level desigh. It became one of my favorite FPS on the console. Micro Maniacs I own this game on years but never really played it, I'll soon do it, mainly because I love MicroMachines franchise and it looks fun in your review. Destrega and Devil's Deception, I know I'll never play those games, they're so stupidly expensive for no reason, they look ok but nothing extraordinary.
Had to take off work due to intense abdominal pains, might be looking at a hospital stay in the near future, and... my faith in THE WHEEL has gifted me this to ease my suffering. *THE WHEEL SHALL PROVIDE*
Powerful unexpected nostalgia hit for Micro Maniacs, a game I havent thought about since I was a kid despite now auddenly remembering I played it a ton.
OMG, I loved Destrega as a kid!!! ❤ I even bought it again when it was added to the PSN!!!! No one ever talks about it. It's so unique. Such nostalgia.
OMFG Micro Maniacs actually made it! Thanks a bunch, dude. This video just made my day, for some weird reason. PS: You do great work. If anyone in this site deserves a bigger audience (10 or 15 times bigger), it's you.
I said it before and I'll say it again. Sean just seems like the kind of dude youd like to have a beer with. Always a good day when you upload brother, Thanks for your hard work!
Only just found your channel but mate this is exactly what I was looking for, nice format, good sense of humour just all round top tier content. Looking forward to jumping into the japan videos
I've been like watching these videos for like a year now and I just checked the view count and I'm really happy for you bro! you have an amazing backlog a videos and I hope your audience continues to grow man
I would personally recommend "The Note" for one of the most hilarious english dubs that i heard and Radikal Bikers as a game with the most hilarious song in all of gaming
Somebody already has the note, so if it's ok with you I'm gonna add Radikal Bikers cause I used to play that in spanish arcades all throughout my childhood and I neeeeeed to try this PS1 port.
I had the same demo disc! I remember pretending Destrega was a Dragonball Z game and my grasp of reading and writing at the time was, questionable at best. I never did get the hang of writing it legibly on my Christmas list...
@@SeanSeanson Kula world is one of my favourite games of all time, to the point that I have a prerelease press copy of the game so it makes me very happy that someone else loves it too :D
Since it was spotted in the video, it's worth noting that Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess just went on sale on PSN for $19.99 until August 3rd, 2023. Anyone interested in the series should check this out. You don't need to have played the previous games (in fact, it's the easiest one for new players to get into), and all of the content from the original release of Deception IV: Blood Ties is included.
Regarding Destrega ...I had a similar experience many... many years ago. The same Demo Disc (Euro Demo 52), the same Destrega demo and I really had fun back then. I later played Destrega on PSP and recently played story mode again... on Duckstation. Thanks for the description of interesting combo techniques.👍
@@SeanSeanson Exactly... especially when back then I had few full PS1 games and nothing to play. Mainly I came back to this demo disc often, because of Spyro 2 and Kingsley's Adventure and Killer Loop had an interesting Trance track as an audio CD. It sounded good back then.😅 (I often inserted these Demo Discs into the CD Player)
Hello Sean, I really enjoy your videos! I want to share a tip for playing untranslated japanese games: I set up a phone (android, potentially should work for iOS?), so that the main camera can capture the TV that I am playing on. Then I start the official "google translate" app, wherein I open the live translation of the camera feed. The app replaces all text in the camera feed with its translatiion, it even tries to match color and style of the fonts and deletes traces of the original text, all on the live camera feed without need for additional interaction from the user. It is a little laggy, but by choosing offline translation (it downloads a translation file to the phone) and strictly setting source language to japanese you can reduce lag and errors a little. I use a tripod to position the phone in a non intusive sweetspot in my peripheral vision. In this manner I managed even some otherwise impossible things like lyrics puzzels with timers. Maybe this helpful for you too? Thank you for your relaxing style and care you put into the videos, I especially enjoy you letting the music speak for it self. best wishes
I've heard of and played Destrega, but not so much the others. I'd try them but, sadly, I'm over 30, and I have arthritis in my fingers. I could go for some quiche right now, though. Anyway, glad you're back. I like to watch your videos.
Hellnight : a surreal first person survival horror that only got released in JP and PAL regions. Lots of prerendered CG goodness. ( Also known as Dark Messiah ) Hard to find any info online about its developer Dennou Eizou Seisakusho, would love to see what you'd be able to discover!
I've finally caught up on the backlog of your videos but came back to this one to say- Excuse you sir, Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu is the undisputed king of Dragon Ball games for the PSX. Probably not obscure enough for a video but great none the less. Keep up the amazing work!
What's this?! A winner is me - AGAIN?! This was a really enjoyable take on Tecmo's Deception, which is definitely the... Ummm... Quirky one, even within its own series. I still remember the minor uproar when it released in North America and included the warning for Satanic imagery and story points (I can't speak to PAL, unfortunately). I remember finding a copy in a Zellers in 2003 for $10 and snapping it up - I just wanted the weird devil trap game, I had no idea it would become so valuable! Also, ah, PO'ed... Another 3DO game that I was curious about (because it kind of looked like a spiritual successor to Panic Restaurant), but not THAT curious about. Thank you for satisfying that curiosity!
What can I say, the wheel seems to have it's favourites! A long time ago I think having the Devil appearing in any game would cause a slight panic in Catholic Ireland, but I also think censorship of video games was a bit more lax here compared to North America, most cause nobody making the laws paid attention to them until Grand Theft Auto started getting big. That being said, they probably could have done with censoring a lil bit of Po'ed though.. for the greater good of humanity haha Appreciate you watching friend!
@@SeanSeanson Yay, I'm a favorite! All praise The Wheel! Yeah, I can absolutely see how Catholic Ireland would have been... less than accepting of a game prominently featuring the Devil at the time. I can also see why they ignored games until GTA - 'they're just kids' stuff, right? Who needs to pay attention to that?' *glares hard in Video Game Academic* Also, if it's PO'ed, can we really call it censorship, or is it just harm reduction? 😂 I always enjoy watching your videos!
I recently found your channel and have immediately become hooked. This content feels so geared towards me and my childhood that I'm shook I haven't found it sooner. I genuinely appreciate you and the videos you make and the insight into all the hidden gems I have started to check out because of your content. Keep up the amazing work! I'm still working (in reverse order) through your videos and am not sure if anyone has submitted this yet, but I would love to see Re-Volt added to the wheel and what your take on it would be! I still use the actual PS1 disc in my car's CD player because the soundtrack is a banger. Anyways, love the videos and you! Always looking forward to what you'll do next!
I completely agree with you about PO'ed recent indie successes like Cruelty Squad definitely make me believe this game has a lot more value today than ever before.
Great video Sean, another unusual mix of games that have many cool quirks & are worth a try i agree. Micro Manics & Destrega i played on demos back in the day but haven't played them in years, will need to revisit them soon. Peod i agree is a very weird shooter, i tried it & yea i couldn't get past the 2nd level, i just gave up on it lol, Deception is an intriguing game, played it a while back & it is pretty cool but does take time to understand what to do but very satisfying when you can pull off traps etc. Love watching the videos, keep up the great work!
@@SeanSeanson Just finished catching up and I've been having a blast, now I'll take a little break and check out the Japan-exclusive obscure and forgotten games.
