I think I am one of the few people to have played this entire trilogy, when each installment was brand new as a kid, including Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness. Pac-Man World 2 is an absolute hidden gem of the 6th console generation. Weird considering how recognizable Pac-Man is.
When I first played this at the end I thought Pac would be the kind hero he's supposed to be...he hears about Orson's story about not having any real friends and Pac feeling bad for him decides to share his birthday party with him on Ghost Island...but nope! The sadistic yellow bastard pulls a Power Pellet out of his ass and gleefully chomps the poor guy and thinking about it Orson was probably lonely in life as well and became a ghost after commiting suicide. The least you could have done is offer him some cake or something!...WHAT THE HELL, PAC-MAN!!?
I really REALLY love how they made Ghost Island set-up for Pac-Man, since it's where the ghosts live, but they made Pac-Land feel natural, and not like it was set up for Pac-Man since it's his home. I know you already kinda pointed that out, but I just REALLY love the slight change of gameplay between the two.
I get what he's saying back Pac-Man World 3 will always have a special place in my heart as one of my favorite childhood games. I can still make out the sound of the robots saying "Ow" or pac-mans 3 punch combo
And then next will come Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac where the characters are all in their home console designs of that game plus it would also have Ms. Pac-Man, their child (likely a late teenager recently before he marries Blinky’s child of about the same age much to her father’s disapproval) Jr. Pac-Man and Chomp-Chomp (he can pee on enemies more than any other dog)!
I remember absolutely loving World 2. It's one of the few games that I get nostalgia from. It was the only game that I was able to complete (with the exception of some of the volcano levels, seriously, those were difficult).
Pac-Man and the Ghosts are a really weird relationship. In the platformers, they're treated as common enemies and easy to take care of nuisances to the Pac people. In the arcade games, they're nearly invincible threats that kill you in a single touch. And in the cartoons they're either mischievous troublemakers or evil goons out to take over the world.
I’m two years late to this but!! I loved all of these games as a kid, but for the past few years I’ve been too afraid to go back to them since I know what good games are now, but I loved this! I never see anyone talk about these games, and it was really exciting to see someone do it! Also the dialogue I remember loving so much in the third game I still love now,, this video was such a trip, keep up the awesome work
For a time, I used to have all these games. My stepdad had the first game already, and I was curious. Liking the idea, but not the difficulty, I sort of focused my time on other games. Mainly Driver or King of Fighters. I got 2, 3, and World Rally as a gift (birthday or a good report card) and I was so excited. The only one I completed on my own and still love to this day is the third one, since the level design and mechanics are cool.
Absolutely loved Pac-Man World 2 when I was a kid, so this was surprising to see! Didn't even know there were three games, much less that I was playing the second one.
Pacman Word 1 has the best level design, but the movement wasn't as flesh out yet as Pac Man World 2 and the hitboxes hurt is as well. We need a Remake trilogy like we had with Crash and Spyro, that makes Pac Man feel the same in the 3 games. PMW1 would benefit a lot from that and they could fix most of the issues that are incredibly prevalent in PMW3
Great video mate! All three games I have an immense nostalgia for, played em all, alongside Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64 DS in my childhood 💜 Really enjoyed this series retrospective ☺️🍕
I honestly feel the bit of difficulty in 20th anniversary is proper, because you don't want it to be easy either. You want to be able to learn the tricks to these levels, and the feeling of completing the level makes you feel good afterwards
I played Pac-Man World 2 without any prior knowledge of any 3D pac-man and it was the most cursed childhood experience I can think of outside of like… the random shock humor crap I found on YT over a decade ago. Who did this? Why?
The harmony between ghosts and skeletons raises so many questions. Is there a Kingdom Hearts situation going on where when someone dies, they create both a skeleton and a ghost, which act independently of each other?
47:19 : You’re wrong here and let me correct you. As SimpleFlips said, “HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO - OOOOOOOOOOOOGH.” On those falling platforms, you’re supposed to rev-roll, launch off with momentum, and use the butt bounce to stop on a platform.
@@Nic_2751 I was going to say that too I'm 10 months late but What When and Where the hell did he say that I don't remember that coming out of his mouth in the game
The Pac-Man World series was one series I've always wanted Brainscratch Commentaries to cover. True, some of them don't care much for it, but the least they could do was laugh at it.
and also it does mix up enemy types it would put a spikey monster with a saw blade robot or saw blade robots with Lazer robots and monsters it's more thought out then you think,. It's not as bare bones as you think.
Hey man, love the good work you put into those videos! Keep up the good work! If you need some game ideas, how about Conflict: Desert Storm 1-2? Or, based on your previous video, how bout Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich? Those are just ideas of games i'd loved to see your review of,but everything you do is great. Thanks, and have a good day xD
Oh boy. I know your views may never reflect it, but you're at your best when you examine the weirder, more obscure things out there. Keep it up, Snakerer.
Thank you kindly, I do think that's where I'm stronger as well, if only because it's easier to find new ground to talk about things, and details tend to stick out more.
It is utterly surreal reading this comment from a year ago and remembering how your channel had yet to utterly explode thanks to covering a few high profile flops properly.
@@squabbbb I just solve the games, Tehsnakerer does the bigger job of discovering, documenting and analyzing them. Happy to know I'm not unnoticed, though, thank you!
@@vman339 solve? More like perfect! The stuff you do is insane and I'm glad you have as great taste in RU-vidrs as I do. I've been watching you for years man you defo ain't going unnoticed, keep it up!
i remembered a long time ago at a summer camp we were playing a game called pacman that was similar to pacmaan, only in the game the 3 pacs in the game always have power pellets and its a bit unfair for the ghosts. I remembered one time i was a ghost and was cornered by 2 of the 3 pacmans in the game. i ragequitted before they could eat me. its quite a weird pacman game but I kinda would call it a horror game if it was made into a singleplayer game online.
I love how you mostly cover bizarre and offbeat games in your reviews; most people would choose to review something like the Crash or Spyro trilogies, but no one ever talks about the Pac Man World games. For being an hour and forty minute video I found myself wishing for more at the end; you deserve way more views and subs than you get!
Yeah, these games are fun and deserve some praise although I haven't personally played the 3rd one which might be a good thing but yeah this guy deserves more subs. 😏😏😏
Funny story about Anubis Rex. I read an interview some years back where the devs admitted the game was behind schedule, and they had to cancel playtesting for a couple of levels. Anubis Rex was one of them. It shows. It really shows.
@@Nic_2751 According to a 2016 interview with lead designer Scott Rogers, the game wasn't actually intended to celebrate Pac Man's 20th. That was added late into production. Presumably they were rushing the game out to meet the pre-Christmas slot. A much older interview with Scott Rogers (hosted on "First Church of Pacman" which you need the Wayback Machine to see) has Scott say this: "As for Anubis Rex, there was a lot going on at the end of the project and Anubis Rex didn't get the design attention or final tuning that it needed." Confirming that yes, they were indeed rushing things
I love that 3's final cutscene shows Ms Pac-Man moving the cake out of Pac-Man's way as he falls. She holds the safety of the cake as a higher priority than the possibility it could cushion her husband's landing as he falls from a great height. Honestly, I respect that.
Also a cool fact is in one of the levels in the factory world the speedrun would have you open the ps1 and take the game out. The game will still run but the door to a fruit wont spawn so you get it for free. The speedrun later banned it
Just played the re-release of Pac-Man World, and you're gonna love this: The cake at Toc-Man's party actually _is_ chocolate now, but he's still complaining because there aren't strawberries on it. 22 years later, he finally got his wish, and he's still not happy.
Spoilers for the re-release: So once you beat Re-Pac, you still get the same ending where Pac-Man eats Orson - but only if you haven't rescued all five family members. If you have, he spares Orson instead. That's right, the original ending is now the bad ending. Pac-Man can show mercy, but only once he's proven he has nothing left to fear from the ghosts.
@@daedreaming6267 here is the image with their names by their sprites under nicknames(don't know how much this helps) images.app.goo.gl/LjYjgUQaC1Z9Xnq86
I think Pac Man World 2 is the only game I'm actually truly nostalgic about. It was just one of those games I had as a kid, so all I remember is how unique all the environments felt, how great the music was, and how infuriatingly difficult it was for me as a child. Hearing all these sound effects again is just making me remember all the time I spent playing it as a kid, since my parent very rarely bought new games
You know, you made me realize, what if this trilogy could’ve been something bigger in story, how it would be about how in the first game it was establishing the rivalry between Pac-people and Ghosts, the second game expanding on that and showing where it began with deeper lore in the ancient book, and the third one bringing them together to fight a greater evil but learning to respect each other and redeeming themselves and finally have a calm interaction with one another possibly starting a new beginning thanks to Erwin, what if the first game really pushed the technology and creativity of the Ghosts on their Island and how fun they can actually be, the second game them sneaking into Pac-Village as a way to get back at them for getting on their territory last time and summoning the ancient ruler who was sealed away but clearly proved just as powerless against Pac-Man learning their lesson. Finally with the third game they now have to join forces and put aside their own rivalry to fight against Erwin who threatens both their worlds and plans to (incompetently) rule them, but after working together and Pac-Man and Orson growing fondly on each other through their interactions and revealing the ancient’s plans and what lead to their perish, realizing fighting and rivalry won’t do them any good and become peaceful with each other and the ghost gang stay home with the family while Orson fixes the Spectral Realm and restores Ghost Island itself to a spooky yet tropical island and have him and Professor Pac bond on their intelligence and love for science and history and technology (Toc-Man and the Yellow Pac Marine their own inventions) while fixing their homes respectively this giving closure to Pac-Man canon as a whole and then World Rally is them having go kart races as now friends and a way to have fun and let loose ending the saga the best way possible, or did I over think it more than you did?
I know the comparison for Pac-Man World 3 was Sonic Adventure 2. But to really seems more like... Pac and Daxter or Pac-it and Clank! ...I have no regrets...
yeah the blinky(named clyde in that game) was too hard like I still have trouble to this day it was broken also the last level(ghost maze one) was also pretty hard too
To me I do see it he deserved it and let's think about this and be honest 1 : Family Kidnapped on HIS BIRTHDAY 2 : Went through hell trying to rescue them *cough* *cough* Anubis Rex and Spin Dizzy 3 : Trying to steal his Identity as the "Real" Pac-Man to celebrate his birthday 4 : Trying to kill him while on Ghost Island so he can be the only true Pac-Man So yeah he deserved it glad Orson DID change his ways and actions on World 3 (Love that game though)
I also got a massive "Jak 2" feel like you did on Pacman 3, despite never having played it personally. Changing the gameplay to introduce more focus on brawling over platforming, the more subdued music has that more "dower" feel that some Jak 2 songs have ("Inside the Vale" in particular gives me that feeling), the shading they use in this game makes it look very similar, and the swinging animations when Pacman grabs onto a pole almost look identical. Even Pacman talking and Orson being his person to bounce off of is like how the relationship from Jak 2 onward was (Jak 1 had it too of course, but it was based on Jak's facial reactions and not dialogue). There are even more things like how 1:19:50 looks very similar to the Haven Palace walkway, but I'll stop from making an essay on this. Just glad I wasn't the only one to think it.
In the original? Yes. I don't know how but even as a child, sitting at the computer and "playing" this with my dad, I knew that and called the game out on it. Binky=Violent=Red in my child mind, Pinky=Pink, Blinky=Blue since both started with a bl, and Clyde was the leftovers in the weird, oft forgotten on rainbows, orange.
Yeah, Pac-Man World 3 Guilty pleasure for sure, hell it’s probably one of my favorite games when I was a stupid little kid who barely read the text in any game I played.
Despite how jarring and occasionally unfitting the writing of World 3 is, I really like it, especially with Pacman's lines. Pacman himself is incredibly upbeat, but never annoying and coming across as ignorant. He does react to things, but he always manages to get the best result out of a situation, whether it be a conversation or a battle.
Comment Combo: 1. This Video Was Uploaded The SAME Day That Bubsy Came Back (10/31/2017) 2. I Recently Got A New Working PS2 & I Plan on Getting This Trilogy Along With World Rally 3. Is Pac-Man World 3 Always Widescreen or JUST The Xbox Version
Ok first of all your playing the PS2 version good that's my favorite console World 3 is always Widescreen in default you can switch it to the normal screen if you want in the options menu
It's definitely crazy to see games that were not meant to be picked apart be dissected in such a way. Even games like damn Pacman World 2 have complexity and care put into and that is kind of heartwarming. Also great review mate, I specially love how you interpreted the deep lore of Pacman, the ghosts as underdogs and Pac-People as racist landowners that hunt them for fun is such a good take, I'm sure that was the writers intent.
Pac-Man World 1 & 2 both have complexity and care put into it that make it heartwarming and some of the best games of (what was before 2015 when Bandai-Namco decided to regress the franchise into a nostalgia-panderer) Pac-Man up to the ranks of Pac-Man World Rally (or, as some of the mice in An American Tail 1 would pronounce it, “Wawwy”, I’m getting Mega Man 8 vibes from this! *bursts out laughing uncontrollably),* Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 1 & 2, Adventures in Time, Maze Madness, Super Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac ‘n Roll, Pac-Man Championship Edition 1, etc.
Honestly the Spectral Realm being different to everyone based on their expectations could’ve been a very cool gimmick whether it would actually change the gameplay or just a cosmetic change we don’t know but it’s such a cool concept that could’ve been utilized and taken advantage of, like how it is in this game is how Pac-Man sees it but Pinky and Blinky see it much nicer, very interesting concept........
Thoroughly excellent work on this review for all three games. Very in-depth and informative. I love these three games (Pac Man World 2 in particular), and, while flawed, they were very fun! I love Pac-Man in general (the arcade original, Pac-Land, and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures are also my faves in the series)!
“Pac-man doesn’t talk a big game, He gets shit done.” That is my favourite line in this video. That or maybe “Pac-man man and Clyde don’t fucking play”
Honestly the ending of Pac-Man World 3 bothered me so much. Pac-Man and Clyde (actually Blinky it’s a whole name swapping error in the whole series) where actually gaining respect for each other a bit and Clyde and Pinky even help save the world but Pac-Man and his family just go to torment them…..
Honestly from the script, it would’ve made sense IF his ego of demeaning Pac-Man and saying he didn’t need his help only for Pac-Man to sarcastically reply with calling them dinner when they ask to mooch off for a while
