Interesting to watch this again now, with the idea that Capcom really were in free fall for such a long while there, and have thankfully returned to form recently.
1987-1988 is exactly when I would go back. In 1987 our computer at home had Police Quest, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, but we also spent quite a lot of time at the 2 local bowling alleys. In one particular bowling alley, and where I spent most quarters I got from mom, were in Black Tiger and Commando arcade games. I also loved playing pool, and pinball, and other games like Karate Champ and Gyruss. March of 1988 was when I got my NES. That was a great time period for me.
24:29 does anyone remember when the Resident Evil series had gotten so bad that Rob wanted to see it end? Sad times, unfocused garbage in the RE world. Capcom did exactly what they needed to about-face the RE series.
I'm the same as Johnny, I like shooters, but the overabundance of them has made them my least-liked genre. COD is a fun game, there is nothing wrong with it technically, the controls are amazing, the gameplay is fast and fun, but as John said, its just taken over the market. Furthermore, we've seen old-favourite-IP's destroy themselves by trying to be like COD- looking at you Resident Evil. Around 2010, I cut back on the shooters, since then, I've only purchased shooters that seem to have a little more to them, such as Dues Ex and Bioshock, I think its really the 'military Michael Bay shooter' that I have a problem with. Even during the PS2 generation, I was sick to death of WW2 shooters, then Modern Warfare released, it was cool for one game, but then everything started copying it, almost as if it had a monopoly over the minds of game creators worldwide. And I'm a diverse gamer, I literally play every genre in existence minus sports games(such as Fifa) and there's really not much that I don't like, I just love games in general, but this military shooter BS has gone too far and its not good for a guy like me who values variety. Don't get me wrong though, there is tons of variety in gaming right now, but there are long streches of time/certain periods where they'll be nothing but shooters releasing for months, which can be annoying when I want to play something new.
Interesting to come back to this video now and hear Rob say that Resident Evil is done as a series. I strongly agreed with Rob at the time. RE was such a disappointment for so long. Thankfully RE7 and the RE2 remake have breathed new life into the series again. We have our great RE series back! Lets hope Capcom continue the trend...
An absolute turn around by Capcom on all fronts. Resident Evil 7/2, Monster Hunter World, Devil May Cry 5, Mega Man 11, Street Fighter V Arcade Edition, etc
That water gun prank would end in tragedy these days, cause all the kids are carrying expensive phones around, which do not agree with water very much. Back then it was a simpler life.
I would LOVE to chat with you guys and talk amazing gaming nostalgia, lore and fun experiences. I'm a hardcore retro game collector and know the medium so well and love it! From naming every Robot Master in every MM game including Time Oil Punk and Quint to owning every controller from Power Pads to The Virtual Boy! Hope to get in on a vid sometime soon if you'll have me!! Great vid and love you guys are listening to the fans, hell yeah!!!👍👍💯
I really hope games don't go full VR I had a childhood friend. Who I believe introduced me to Zelda, he was crippled and had only partial control of his arms playing games was what he truly loved. But as time goes on and things get more advanced I think about him and how difficult it would be for some one who is paralyzed to use the newest tech.
Well that was funny! Btw i do agree,Skies of Arcadia oughta make a comeback...but i dunno if it's gonna happen.Oh and i totally loved the water prank story! That was amazing and hilarious! lol
thanks for all your videos they got me back into games and I have learned about turbo graphics and dragon Quest games from you. I have always been a final fantasy guy. your videos give me joy and make my days better. thanks for sharing your life with me. also love the videos with you and kim. me and my wife have the same relationship and are soul mates. thanks again Richard foster II.
RE series went from dark survival horror with zombies to scifi parasitic monsters with guns blah blah blah...same with final fantasy, thank god for Bravely Default!!!I am looking forward to Bravely Second
Thanks for this guys as I am a new sub.. within a short time this gave me more a window into who you guys are. You guys rock and glad to have subscribed.
Skies of arcadia. Great call there lad! Should have given an honourable mention to the never made shenmue 3. Also, Wakefield! West Yorkshire region, less then 30 mins from me. All about Leeds though
By far and away my favorite game channel. That to me says a lot considering the majority of the games you guys are passionate about, I tend not to like. It's the way you two talk about it that makes this shit classic for me. Plus Canada. Nuff said
Looking at one of your first video GTA 4 launch party it's so funny how you talk about it because looking at it now that game sucks compared to GTA 5. The future of games are getting better and better.
Well I don't know...Final Fantasy XV may not look anything like Final Fantasy, but it does look like a damn awesome game. I think they should change the name to a new IP. It's just strays way off the path of all of the other Final Fantasy games.
The sad truth is that FFXV was originally supposed to be a game in the FF13 series. They literally just slapped XV on it instead. I'm not saying it doesn't look awesome, but with that kind of work ethic, it really concerns me of where FF will go in the future. Plus, I'd like to mention that a lot of awesome JRPGs from last gen felt like FF games, but didn't have the FF name. Like "Lost Odyssey, The Last Story, XenoBlade Chrnonicles, Bravely Default."
NewCanadianTurtle yup Bravely Default is the Final Fantasy that should havent been if they hadnt dropped all the tried and true gems like turn base system, a good solid story, well drawn sprites (yes you dont need super realistic avatars to make a game awesome), amazing soundtrack and just subsrances over graphics bull!! my faith in FF games was long gone after FF12 was released...and then Bravely Default came along....plus Fire Emblem and lots more!!goes to show not all gamers are fooled by pretty decorations and see through crap :p
Has anyone younger here had that experience where you move from a modern console to a retro console for the first time? I remember when I was about 4, my sister had an n64. She took it back when she moved out and I hadn't seen or played an n64 in about 10 years. At this point, I had my Gamecube, since I was about 6. So I finally found out about this game store that sells retro games and I bought a used n64 and Super Mario 64. My sister never had Super Mario 64 and I hardly knew anything about it at the time. I just remember coming home and hooking up my n64 and popping Super Mario 64 and it was like I was transferred to another time. I just remember thinking "Wow. I missed out on a lot,,," I played for hours and I remember inviting friends over to experience this awesome game that a lot of them missed out on. And then I got my Retro Duo Portable and some NES games. I remember popping in Super Mario Bros and thinking "I wish I was around when this was out". I just find it kind of interesting about young people my age who went from modern console to retro console for the first time. Usually it's the other way around, with older gamers going from Super Nintendo to N64. How about the people who went from N64 to Super Nintendo for the first time? Or they went from Gamecube to N64 for the first time?
I agree with Resident Evil needing to change. All of them up to Resident Evil 4 were very creepy and had dark atmospheres and scared me numerous times which I look for in Survival Horror games, and every game after 4 has turned into shoot the fuck out of everything and has no story whatsoever.
Jst wanna say that i love thid channel! Like when i come from work or before i game, i watch this episode. Johnny when are you and Rob gonna share more crazy stories! I think their fun and crazy :D
I HAD THAT SQUIRTGUN! God damn you guys are such bros. It's awesome to see a friendship that has lasted this long. This is such a fun video to listen to. I probably would have preferred it in smaller chunks, but this is great.
Johnny your youtube channel is my absolute favourite! Your videos are so genuine and entertaining! Hopefully soon in the future you will go worldwide so everyone can see your awesomeness! :)
HappyConsoleGamer Sorry to hear that. It's funny because I have heard you say English phrases... like 'arse' as opposed to 'ass' and I swear that I've heard other little things too. Well now I know. Wakefield is a hour away from me... small world. If I ever come to your neck of the woods, I'm calling dibs on one of your guest slots on the show... JK... People would be like "who the fuck is she?" lol
Man this made me feel RU-vid old, I went to the live stream I you guys did 5 years ago. Awesome super soaker story, would love to see Hanzo draw rob like the bad ass you described him to be
+HappyConsoleGamer i know dewsbury road bud im from outwood more towards leeds if u know leeds ? fantastic .i was amazed i watched u years but never seen that video saying that lol .do u know leeds ?
A-men Rob Man 2D Castlevania... I friggin want another Dark Cloud game DAMMIT!!. Yeah tired of the generic military first-person shooter... burn them all!
Robman, I don't think I've ever heard anyone else talk about the game Evolution. I played it on Dreamcast and recently got the gamecube version. It hasn't aged well, but it's still fun. Glad someone else remembers that game~
that was one of the funniest things i've heard someone say in a while 35:30-35.45 "yea im on my honeymoon, you shoulda said something, fuck. hey if you ever see us anywhere, fuckin come up to us" lol
3rd Birthday has great cinematics, but the gameplay is complete garbage (this from a non-biased, PE fan, I swear). You're either following corridors or playing one of the worst battle systems I've seen. Maybe worth it for the story?
Rob, have you played the Game Boy Advance and DS Castlevania games? Circle of the Moon, Dawn of Sorrow, Order of Ecclesia, etc. (there are three for GBA and three for DS). They are all Metroidvania-style games and very much successors to Symphony of the Night. Sadly, the last one we got was Order of Ecclesia, which came out in 2008, so it's still a series sorely in need of a new entry. I love how quickly you answered Skies of Arcadia, Johnny haha It's my favorite RPG. And I never knew you moved to Canada from England!
Actually.. Correction.. You are not doing DIFFERENT THINGS!!! You are doing the SAME thing with different PEOPLE!!! This is refering to the question.. why does he not do all gen gamers.
Johnny have you seen No Man's Sky yet? You know how you and Rob Man have been showing so much passion about Destiny? Well when I saw that No Man's Sky Trailer I was like "Holy Crap..." As a huge fan of science fiction and the mysteries of deep space exploration, I said out-loud "Oh man...They've made my dream game". So do you have any thoughts about it? I haven't heard you mention anything about it yet.
Gaming in the future... I just want a horror game or an open-world game in a VR room. After to touch and feel the environment, control it the way you want to, ACTUALLY HAVE TO RUN from whatever's chasing you. I guess I just want games to blur the line between gaming and reality. Granted, yes, that's probably not the best idea and probably mentally dangerous, but it'd be cool just to see if it can be done.
You guys are like a friend of mine and me. We've been playing video games since Atari 2600 and collected a lot of anime in the 90's when you had to choose either dubbed or subbed on VHS.
Hey, John, Rob, what games have you always wanted to play, but never played once in your lives? The games I always wanted to play, but never have are the Xenosaga series, the YS series (you got me to want to play them), Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, and Tales of Symphonia.
I think that water gun that Rob got you guys with was Aqua Force haha, unless there are more of the same type of water gun from that time. If you look up "aqua force water gun" in Google Images, it's the first pic. And about the Symphony of the Night 2 thing, have you played the DS Dawn of Sorrow? I know there were other's similar to it too on the DS but it plays like SotN and is pretty awesome. I'm assuming you've played it but surprised you didn't mention that in regards to this.
parasite eve 2 sucked PE:1 was the first ps1 game i ever bought and i think the 1st video game i ever played that i actually finished lol anyway...i was so bummed with the sequel. imo they spent too much time on the graphics and forgot to write a decent story.
I'm for amazon and ebay shopping for video games, but does anyone here know that awesome feeling when you actually go to a retro video game store and you go through all the games and you find one gem out of all the others? And then you buy it and to me it's just the best feeling ever: hunting for games in "the wild". I don't know why, I guess it's just so unexpected what you'll find. It's especially awesome when you find a game you've never even heard of. I mean sure online you know what you want to buy. but in a retro video game store, you have no clue what's there and you have to take time and search. It's just the best feeling to me.
Sorry but VR is not the future for me. I dont like i idea of being in a game. I like the disconnect. TV, controller. And honestly. I do not think VR will be the future for all games. I think it will become bigger for specific game genres designed for VR. But a lot of genres just do not work with VR.
I have a couple of questions. one is what both u and Robman's individual favorite wrestling game? And if U and Robman individually could create your own game what would it be and what would the title of it be?
20:33 you may want to pick up chain of memories for with the GBA or DS version and play through that otherwise you'll get confused when you play KH2 in the beginning.
I would've submitted a question, but I left the group purely because it got too locked down and the admin questions were stupid. If It was left open to post whatever I'd join back again.
And I couldn't have said it better myself about shooters. Theres too many of those god damn games these days. I also understand what rob is saying about resident evil...i'm a huge resident evil fan I even have the umbrella logo tattooed on me but the series has sucked since 4. The series needs to be rebooted or put in the hands of a better company...hopefully capcom goes out of business
if you still haven't played 3rd birthday, it isn't as bad as the reviews make it out to be. it is very confusing up until the end, when you get a sudden "OHHHHH" moment and it ties it all together
Resident Evil needs to have a break for a couple years and then needs to be "re-booted". Bring it back to its horror survival roots and bring back that tense and scary atmosphere.
