@@Satiire Nah the add is that one game with the gorilla's, were you eat banana's and banana tree. but any time progress is made, you just do a stupid and go back to smol monkey.
Honestly the biggest offence of this game isn't even the awful level design or boring combat or anything like that. The biggest offence is that they dared to make a freaking king kong game and then make him like 2 meters tall and not like 200!
Honestly i think he might be pretty tall, its the perspective. Not defending the game by any means but everything on skull island is big so in perspective he looks small!
Obviously it's King Kong. But it doesn't say King Kong anywhere. It's called Skull Island: Rise of Kong. Kong is the name of the species of monkeys. And it just says that we are a young monkey.
@InZiDes The main Kong in the game is already the same size as his parents the moment he becomes playable, and you can see him dwarfing the human skeletons you see in the spider area. He is 100% adult sized. Him looking so small is the fault of perspective. They zoom the camera _way_ out and have him be dwarfed by all the trees in the environment. Like, the tallest trees you see in the game _have_ to be nearing 600+ feet tall for no reason. I get making the enemy bosses large to have them be more intimidating, but what do you achieve from making the _plants_ that big?
I can't believe that we were blessed with 2 true GOTY contenders this year. Who'd have thought Gollum would get this level of completion, it is truly incredible! On a serious note, another top quality video!
Appreciate you checking this out as always Rob! Gollum has some serious competition now but I do think Gollum is slightly better, therefore kong wins as worst game of the year for me 👀
ngl, you're the first person I've seen to actually fight the crab boss as intended. Usually they realize you can just stand on the higher areas on the sides and the boss can't get to you. Then you just chuck rocks at it until it dies.
One big flaw with this game that I don't see many people talking about [he said in a video where the top comment talks about it] is that if I'm playing as Kong, I want to feel like I'm controlling a massive behemoth, not an average sized silverback gorilla. I want to swing around trees that are smaller than I am, maybe be able to uproot one and use it like a club. I want one my few advantages over a boss to be my massive size. I want to be the biggest goddamn thing in the jungle.
Honestly, the game doesn't look awful as a proof of concept with placeholder graphics. But this does look like the team literally JUST made the basics and some executive came in and said "It's playable? Good enough!"
I think that's exactly what it was. They were only given a year to make it so this was probably the proof of concept and the publisher was just like 'nah that's fine, publish it'
Yeah I would say that's the case too. Gamemill entertainment have been a content farm for ages, they just released an avatar game that flopped and they're also working on a walking dead game that doesn't look too good either 😅
The game also being called “rise of Kong” also doesn’t fit, the mutated Dino creatures in the game also look nothing like skull island creatures and look like those other dinosaurs from 48 (or 49 idk forgot the move)
@@S1ayer585.Sadly one of them even happens to be Malusaurus, the latest early concept art ever made for the Indominus Rex before, well, it became the Indominus Rex. They didn't even try to hide it at all, they simply stole it, slapped in a paint job and then called it a day.
Respect to the devs for implementing such a heartfelt story. 😂 Dude, the biggest congratulations on getting this horrible game completed! Another banger of a video, treat yourself with a good game for the next upload haha. 🏆 I swear the game punished you for glitching your way through the collectibles. 😅
One of the best story's ever, I really enjoyed the Black and white slideshow 😊 Next game has been difficult so far but I'm enjoying it at the same time! Far better than Kong that's for sure but im glad you enjoyed the video bro! Thank you! And what can I say, the glitch presented itself and I had to see it through 😎
They definitely nailed the bosses you would expect to fight in a Skull Island game: • Worm • Crab • Three reskinned early game enemies • Spider • One, large version of the reskinned early game enemy Truly one of the boss line-ups of all time.
You know, a coming of age revenge story about a being who is the last of his kind sounds pretty boss. Maybe if the developers had more time (and money), they could've done justice to it.
I don't view it as an excuse, it was apparent from looking at it, especially from all the default/stock assets. I wish the publishers actually cared about the games they made instead of just making money as I can see some potential in some parts, just... they had no time
@@elvickRULESbecause nickelodeon actually has some level of quality control. This publisher seems to be keen on releasing barely-playable games and hoping they make money off the hype and marketing alone
I think one of the things that sucks the most is that there is everything present for a decent Kong game. I mean they have combat tactics, finishing grapples, collectables, upgrade trees, and a somewhat "open world", but it's all bare bones and barely functional with only the most basic implementation.
Reminds me of 1999 PS1 demo games that came free with gaming magazines. Im assuming there are no developer credits roll at the end. Imagine being the guy that built this and going to a job interview.
The collectibles one is horrendous. But I think you helped me find the last two. The one in the swamp where you found the hole and the 5th level in the sand. But I don’t know how to get there lol
Hey can you please tell me if you can revisit ALL areas after you best the last boss? I defeated him and have been running back through for my 2 last collectibles. But I feel like I'm running in circles and find nothing between caverns and waterfall valley... idk where these last 2 could be!
I can definitely see where they were going with the art style of mimicking a kind of comic book/graphic novel style but it fails for several obvious reasons. It is strangely charming seeing a resurgence in poorly made movie and show tie in games, it takes me back to the late 2000s, early 2010s.
I accidentally beat the game today by just wandering into the final boss arena. I did not even know about levels 3 and 4. My PS5 says that I only have 2 hours of playtime, but it felt more like 20 hours than just 2. A patch was also added to add a map icon for Kong.
What’s sad about this game is I think King Kong would make a great video game obviously with loving care of the main driving force. This game is not that.
What annoys me the most about the game is that in real life, Gorillas have some of the most extreme cases of sexual dimorphism in mammals, yet the mother and father of Kong look exactly the same.
The sound effect for unlocking an achievement sounds like a cue in a horror game when the enemy discovers you. But I guess unlocking any achievement in this game means you've gone through unspeakable horrors lol thank you so much for completing this dumpster fire. Subbed!
12:25 That's a Carnotaur, not a T. rex. You can tell, because of the the horns and shortened snout, as well as the fact that this game 100% would have made it a full on boss if it were a T. rex.
I don't know where to put this, so I'll do it here. Imagine if there was one more stage. Where Kong finds a humans camp near the old crashed B-29. Enemies are the remnants of plane crew wearing tattered USAF uniform attacking with knives, makeshift clubs and pre-installed booby traps. The boss would be some beefhead sergeant with a machine gun and enough strength to wrestle Kong 1v1.
I’m planning to do 12 bad plats/games next year and this is one: wish me luck. There’s some stuff that will be useful in this for me. Just need to get this cheap.
3:13 I can never get over the fact that baby Kong looks like he's about to sneeze here Like, I KNOW he's supposed to be crying. But his expression is just-
This game compared to the PS2, Peter Jackson King Kong game from 2005 is almost unbelievable. I actually like the art style, and the models are good, but it does look super shallow.
Absolutely awesome, both game & video Seriously, hats off to you mate for persisting with this absolutely trash game. Video, editing and style was on point but my god thanks for showing me every reason never to buy this game
Thank you as always bro! It was a tough one to platinum without a guide but I'm so glad it's over! I'd recommend any other game before this one, even gollum. I really hope this bad game trend dies out because too many games are releasing like this 🤣
This game really looks like it had potential, though! I love the art style, the basic gameplay elements, and i think it could have been great if it had got more time to cook. Instead of a great game with those ideas, we got... this....
Bro you're so far behind now, they just released 40x speed so you can watch the video almost instantly now On a real, appreciate you watching as always grounded 🫡
This is the only King Kong game that makes you feel like you're a regular sized ape. Almost everything is bigger than you. Kong should tower over trees, not crawl under the canopy.
I also liked FNAF Ruin and Cassette Beasts, and Mario Wonder is fun as hell. I saw another video on Kong, though, and if this was an indie dev or very, very small team I'd have more sympathy but it seems like it isn't that disadvantaged and looks pretty rough ngl. Granted, it's always the rushing from the higher ups that don't understand patience or anything about programming whatsoever that call the shots. It's hilarious though because unpolished things are funny to me. The bare bones part looks unfun to play, though, despite how funny it is to watch this game implode on itself. Not seeing yourself on a map is also a putrid flaw that even the most basic of higher ups should know by now is elementary for a game and should be allowed to be completed even if they are trying to crap out a game that's unfinished as this.
@@Satiirethat’s where all the budget goes, the licensing. It’s a shame as a lot of them have tons of potential. The Nickelodeon Kart racers aren’t bad though.
@@Satiire You know, if this game would receive a patch solving many glitches and the map system, I'd give it a try because sometimes I like playing meme games, but not like this.
