WHY is this game so good and WHY does nobody know about it 

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In kongclusion: it’s a good game because it’s a good game

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1478">24:38</a> you had "Kongclusion" just sitting there and let it slip through your fingers...

"The artistic forest is missed for the realistic trees. By adding detail, we've lost clarity" This is every Minecraft texture pack lol

i just love it when someone turns their ad spots or sponsorships into real commercial breaks complete with fake ads to fill it out

bro systematically destroyed his house for years and waited for it to become overgrown just to it would aesthetically match the subject matter of a king kong video, that's dedication giving a whole new meaning to house plant bottom text

“The artistic forest is missed for the realistic trees” is now a sentence I am going to use constantly and in real life with other humans without irony.

There's a scene in this game where you come across these brontosauruses or whatever and you just watch them walk in a huge group. That was the first time I really thought about scale as a kid. Those things were so massive it blew my mind they actually existed and it was a crazy moment to watch them walk by. I'm glad you talked about this game, cause theres a hand full of games that blow my mind like that. I've thought about that scene since I was a young kid. It was amazing to me.

The commercial break felt like a fever dream

"I don't give two shits what a GERM thinks about fuckin' SOAP. To me, God moves in OBVIOUS ways." will forever be the hardest bar

You know what's also great about this game? Due to a bug in the Xbox 360 version, it allowed people run unsigned code on the console and homebrew. It was very important for the X360 homebrew scene back then

In 2005 I was about 9 years old, I remember watching the movie in theatres, obviously, I was flabbergasted, I loved the movie. A few days later, still thinking about the movie, I went to WalMart, grabbed a Playstation Magazine and to my surprise I found out there was a game. I remember BEGGING my dad to buy me the game. He said let's go look for it, we took a trip to the game section... it wasn't available. Next day, we went to Wal-Mart and Target, it wasn't available. A week later dad says: "Let's go to Best Buy" We arrived and he said: "I'll be in the TV section, I'll wait for you here, go get your game". I run to the PS2 aisle, I frantically search for it and there it was, the last copy available, I found it! $59.99 brand new! I grab it and I run to my dad. Dad: -How much? Me: -$59.99 Dad: -Hmmm it's too expensive, maybe get another one a little cheaper? I was crushed. While I'm walking down the aisle, defeated, with my head down... my eye catches something, a price tag! I stop and turn around to see and it says: "King Kong PS2 @ $29.99" I immediately ran back to my dad and told him: Me: -Dad! It's $29.99! Dad: Oh really? Cool, lets buy it then. We go to the cashier, he takes the game, reads the barcode... ------------------"$59.99" ----------------- My dad turns around and tells the cashier: Dad: --Wait, my son told me it's $29.99. Cashier asks me: -Where did you see it was $29.99? Me: -Price tag print said "King Kong PS2 $29.99." Cashier: -Ok alright look... Do me a favor, go get the sticker and I'll scan that alright? Me: -Say no more *Usain Bolt ain't got shit on me* I stormed the aisle, peeled the sticker off, ran back to the cashier in 20 seconds. Me: -Here Cashier gives it a good look, turns to me and says: -Huh, that's a typo alright. Fine, we'll respect that price. You're golden. Dad looks at me and winks. *ka-ching* -----------$29.99----------- Needless to say that drive back home took FOREVER. I went straight into my room and played this fucking gem all day long. CORE MEMORY RIGHT THERE.

I got a PS2 copy from a friend of my mothers who worked at the importer of Ubisoft back then, and sometimes would find copies that were distributed to journalists. Oh my god the moment I saw the thumbnail, 20 years later, I knew it was THE game. I did speedruns of King Kong against myself without even knowing that speedruns even existed. I'm so happy to see others enjoyed the game as much as I did back then

About three months ago, I realized that this game is too niche to ever get a remake in any official capacity, so I started learning Unreal Engine 5 because nobody else is going to do this. And because PJKKTOGOTM is my favorite game of my childhood, I wanna mention some cool trivia that I didn't see mentioned in the video. The game keeps track of two variables: how quickly you kill enemies and how often they kill you, and implements an adaptive difficulty system based on that. The first dinosaur encounter, right after seeing Kong for the first time, is a great example of this. On your first playthrough, you will probably have a drawn out fight against the Venatosaurus and once it's dead, you move on with the game. But you are given the tools to burn it to death instantly, which spawns in another Venatosaurus, and if you're smart you can lure that one into burnable grass, which will in turn spawn two smaller dromaeosaurs, with megapedes spawning throughout the gauntlet. On the flipside, if you die a ton to the big dino, the game will throw you a bone and only use the two smaller raptors, which go down with one spear each. Every single combat encounter is like this, which is to say that every playthrough of King Kong is personalized. I vaguely remember Peter Jackson giving his ethos on remakes and adaptations on the official King Kong website back in 2005. I've been trying to access an archived version of it but the site ran on flash, so don't quote me on my quotes. Make something too different from the original and people will ask why you called it the same thing, make something too similar and people will ask why you made it in the first place. This same ethos is very much on display here, with the game copying all the important beats of the 2005, but also incorporating elements from the original 1933 film and Jackson's unreleased 1996 draft that didn't make it into the 2005 film. For example, the two people in the game who use guns are the two who, outside the film, had been in WWI: Hayes, who in the novelization was awarded a Croix de Guerre, and Jack, who in the 1996 draft was a former fighter pilot. That last note becomes important with how the 1996 draft and the game end. In the 1996 draft, Jack gets his old plane up and running and engages the other planes in a dogfight. This also happens in a bonus level awarded for getting a high enough total score when replaying the game. Nowhere prior in this game are vehicle controls used. They implemented an entire gameplay mechanic, with its own unique controls, for the second half of a level that few people would ever see to begin with, and if that doesn't sum up the King Kong dev team, I don't know what does.

On the no UI thing, Trespasser did that back in 1998. It had the player character count ammo out loud, it had you line up iron sight manually, and had a heart-shaped tattoo to indicate your health.

I saw the low-poly shotgun, i knew immediately what game this was. Every night I hear it deep in the caverns of distant past, "One magazine on backup" I am so happy to see this game make be recognized someone and not just me and I think two other people.

one of my favorite childhood games. probably beat it 10+ times. Its crazy to find someone else making a video on it when I myself was just about to start my own series on it, as I'm currently playing through all of my childhood games.

The change in Noodle's colour palette to match the background is great :)

Your house is now a habitat...

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="847">14:07</a> missed opportunity to say "i dont know what kind of Jack Black magic" tbh

@noodlefunny I’ve been watching your channel since day 1, and dude… you’ve *always* been good but WOW - I love all this. All the quirky, charmingly odd cut ins, jokes, commercial break, etc. excellent work man. Truly. Also, I still think your animation in your first couple (few?) videos was really wonderful and I wish you could afford the time to do more of that. The plasma grenade in the living room was perfect. But keep doing what you’re doing. You’ve nailed it. Also - I remember this game, and I had forgotten just how insane it was. ….clearly I could rant your praises for awhile, but I’ll cut it here. Keep Kong and carry on.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1154">19:14</a> i like that you said "sunk cost, stockholm" like you were casting spells on me to keep watching

I think the “No UI” thing is even more incredible than you say here. There was a wave of games doing the “No UI” approach, and generally I think they found that UI is, in most cases, worth it. Losing the UI is almost always a net loss for the game. But KK the movie the game works because the world is your UI. You can see what weapons you have by looking around you, and the game makes each spear throw feel super impactful so you don’t need a health bar telling you you’re doing damage. Great work by the team. There’s a reason it was so notable then, and there’s a reason so few games have been able to recapture that design.

your move to put other fake ads and transitions around your actual ad is a WILD choice, and I gotta say, I loved it.

Your style of video making is so damn good, I’m hooked

That model comparison is pure evidence that developers know their shit and will accomplish great things but companies have to allow them to do so

"You have a right to pirate old games that are no longer being sold. We cannot trust companies to preserve gaming history. It is always morally correct." -Prince

This is my first time Happening across you and I’m mad I didn’t find you sooner!🔥 “Kong Throws Handz, Jumps and throws Handz, Picks up and Throws Manz”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

this game is a very big part of my childhood, thank you for making a video dedicated for it

Honestly one of my favorite things about this game is the secret alternative ending you can get, you get to play as Jack and shoot down the planes attacking Kong and save him. Something that always stuck to my mind when i played it as a kid, and honestly love that ending more than the original ending of the movie.

That sponsor segment felt like I was watching interdimensional cable TV, and I loved every second of it, specially the Pepsi ad

fam, i just found you for the first time, i was enjoying the video but that commercial break earned my subscription lmao that was great

you make commercials so entertaining I realized skipping it didn't even go through my mind

The Noodle has finally finished cooking.

This game was a massive part of my childhood, it terrified me. I mean ffs there's even an alternate ending where you can save Kong and it had so much replay value because you could replay levels and try to get high scores based on damage taken, ammo used and so on. There was a website leaderboard where you could submit your scores. It also had a ton of extra content including a museum gallery dedicated to the development of the game and video interviews. AND CHEAT CODES JUST FOR FUN. It wasn't incredible for its time, it's just incredible.

This King Kong game was legit one of the first games I ever played. At my cousins, he got a PS2, NFS Underground and King Kong with Jack Black. I liked it. Just saw the movie for the first time right before. It's become a lost memory that I never expected to be revived, yet alone be deeply fathomed by. Your video feels like a love letter. I love it.

My favorite line in this entire video is “He looks like he knows exactly what he just did”

Noodle I swear you read minds!! A week ago I went to my local retro game store and bought King Kong for the original Xbox . I beat it for the first time a few days ago! The odds are insane. My favorite thing to do was when characters would end dialog I would press Y and to make my character say, " It's okay I have enough ammo." I haven't laughed so hard at my stupidity in a while. You're amazing dude

The "noodle in pirate costume" awkwardly staring into the camera stating "too bad there aren't any alternatives to play this game anymore " absolutely killed me. Also how the f*$# did I never hear about this game? It seems better than most stuff that comes out today.

The commercial break made me so confused I felt like I was watching adult swim

I don't know how I ended up watching this video, but I don't regret a single second of it! Fantastic video!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="68">1:08</a> "It's Montpellier you're such a fucking idiot" the way I screamed

For my entire childhood, I had a tradition where I'd get out the PS2 on Easter and play through this game again. It is one my most cherished memories even now

Hi, the algorithm was useful for once and suggested I watch this and it let me to discovering your channel a watching a bunch of vids. I like the style and the evolution it went through over the years and more importantly the message which I feel was delivered well even early on. As for King Kong I had no idea the last gen release was actually good because at the time the press only paid attention to the 360 one which later became a joke for an easy way to get 1000 achievement points when that was still a thing. Keep up the great work, I'll be watching ;)

I love how the set looks more dilapidated every video, its a great touch

saying that kong does it better than portal is both an insane compliment and an outright declaration of war

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="972">16:12</a> The "by contrast" flashbang might be the funniest editing joke I've seen in a hot minute.

i have been playing this game religiously since its release on the PS2, and i have ALWAYS hailed it as one of my favorite games of all time! i can not even begin to number the amount of times ive played through this game in its entirety! i still have it on emulator now because my old Xbox and ps2 are no longer with us (R.I.P) it makes me so incredibly happy to see this game FINALLY getting the recognition it deserves!!! thank you so much for making such an awesome video on a childhood staple of mine, and showing it to more people!

Bro your videos are so well done! Damn, very very good stuff man

I like how we are still in his house but it's just partly jungle now, the lore continues!

Bro, I've been playing video games for 40+ years, the way you just broke this game down and gaming's history in general, lathered with comedic gold, makes me feel like a child who knew nothing, and thank you for it. Subbed.

King Jackson The Official Peter Of The Kong PS2 is truly a great game, I've played it when I was a child (thanks dad) and still have the original CD. Backwards compatibility was also a nice addition to the PS3 to experience older games "better", Peter Kong The Official Movie of The Game included. Will definitely go back to playing it someday, it's been god knows how many years lol... but this video brought to me many laughs so, thanks Noodle! (Ngl had kinda forgotten bout your channel, but I'm glad you're still here with quality content

I remember having that game when I was younger. I couldn't understand the story since I didn't understand english at the time, but I did really like the whole "say out loud how much magazine you have" thing they did. I really need to try and find the game again on the ps2. In other news, you got a new subscriber because your video was really informative and funny

You should play rain world, 1) The music adapts to what region you’re in and a few regions have custom danger themes 2) The ai is literally what the game is known for making every encounter interesting (looking up rain world ai is a HUGE rabbit hole) 3) And there’s environmental storytelling (although the story for the majority of the game almost doesn’t exist)

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="364">6:04</a> As someone who lived through the analogue TV and VHS era, there is no one else I've seen who actually makes the effect correctly, convincingly and with the same attention to details like @noodle. This is the only youtube channel where I don't skip the ads so I can admire noodle's knowledge and finesse in all aspects of his art.

Bro the quality of your sets improved drastically, congrats

The use of Donkey Kong music throughout is clever. I chuckled each time.

I played it on release in 2005, and i remember how wild of an experience it was. Spear in hand crawling in a rain. It looked phenomenal for a time.

As soon as I saw that commercial mid roll I knew I needed to sub.

I was just thinking of this game the other day. I'm really glad other people remember it fondly as part of their childhood as well. I remember feeling genuine fear getting to each mission. So much so that it would cripple my attempts at finishing the game and I never really got to see the King Kong segments... until my age hit double digits and I actually knew how to consult walkthroughs online to get through the rest of the game.

One thing I did notice with the King Kong game on PS2, is despite it running worse than other versions, it does have one upgrade over the others. The emotion engine gives the faces a lot of life, they look around and blink (more) which they don't in say the Gamecube version. So if you were looking for one to play "legitimately" on your cousins overclocked ps2, it really does make the game feel alive. (the xbox OG can do some similar things but no can emulate that beast so)

I feel so many years of validation after having had played this when it was new and shocked that no one talked about. Thank you, Noodle my soul can rest now.

"High fidelity bad graphics" How I feel about pretty much every remake.

Dude I've never heard people talk about this it makes me so happy to see it actually discussed.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1083">18:03</a> this line was a "this shit aint nothing to me man" away of being dracula flow

"I don't give a sh*t what a germ thinks of f*cking soap" is... the dopest line I've ever heard. My spleen just exploded from that awesome. 😂

The bepis ad with no speach is peak comedy. Also, BRENDANIEL!

I was not expecting the fucking King Kong game when I saw the title... I love it

Dude, the amount of passion you put into your projects is admirable, as an artist I find it inspiring how much detail and decision you put into it to the point that even the way you do advertisement has an aesthetic.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="453">7:33</a> the B in LGBT+ stands for Brazilian

If anything tells you how good these videos are, it's this: I'm using something that gives me the option to skip commercial content in these videos. The system can't tell the difference in this video. But the creator marked it with chapter marks to still give me the ability to skip it if I wish to. And I realized that. And I still chose to still watch it because it was that good. That's fricking incredible.

Underrated gem finally talked about. I loved playing this as a kid

the title of the game is so exquisite that you could've swapped any of the words in the middle while making the video and I probably would not notice it

I actually got this game solely because it was on the list of Walmart demos and loved being a big monke smacking the rex

I immediately recognized PS2's King Kong just by the thumbnail alone! I used to play it when I was a child - at a time I couldn't quite comprehend what was going on in the history or what the characters were even saying (played in Spanish because english was still kinda new to me as a second language, I was really so confused but managed to finish the game anyways). I think it's the only game from that era that really gave me a sense of dread when playing it lol, along with RE4. It was honestly kinda forgotten in the back of my head and seeing someone bringing it up again really transports me to so many nostalgic memories. I might give it a try again someday, such a unique game!

Hahahahahahaha bro I just loaded this up not too long ago. This game aged wonderfully. So glad it is getting appreciation.

I'd love to note that the PSP version of this game was an absolute jawdropper on the hardware it was on. It retained so much of the atmosphere and gameplay mechanics and a whole lot more despite the shrink-down.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1703">28:23</a> I wonder why he's wearing a pirate costume... OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

dude THANKYOU, this was one of my favorite games growing up and no one ever talks about it!

Wow that take on the state of car games in the end was shockingly on point and i hasn't thought about them that way

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1093">18:13</a> "to me, God moves in OBVIOUS ways" goes so hard holy hell

I played this game so many times that I recognized his shotgun from the thumbnail before I opened the video.

Penile Jackson’s King Kong: The Wheel Game of the TV show is such a great game that was ahead of its time

This is tapping into deep memories I had playing this when I was like 4, probably as a demo on the disc of a game I was playing

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="600">10:00</a>: Don't forget Ico (PS2) (01), the unsung hero that influenced like every game developer after its immaculate conception!!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="264">4:24</a> is there a lore reason why you can play as Man?

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1704">28:24</a> The alternative: :"AHOY MATEY! LET'S SAIL THY SEVEN SEAS!" pirate language translator: "pirate the game lol"

I very much remember this game, and it is amazing. Thanks for reminding me, Noodle.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="113">1:53</a> You actually hear phrasing like this EXTREMELY often with licensed games around this era when they started doing behind the scenes stuff. They just usually didn't deliver ofc. One of my favorite examples is one of the Sopranos' cast saying that the game will "go down in history". Yeah I think the most attention that's ever caught was the time Dunkey sung about gabagool.

Abso-lutely beautiful!!! This is such a good game, and I'm so glad to hear someone talk about it! But also? The commercial break bit? Your outfit changes (popsicle stick costumes)? The BITS?!? Golden. Thank you, this is art.

I remember getting King Kong standalone and as part of a 3 game bundle as a kid, and the standalone Kong CAME WITH A LEGIT MOVIE TICKET in the case. Chicken little did that as well, another great movie game from the PS2 era, but Kong was super special

This whole video is pretty good. It's been a long time since I actually enjoyed a sponsored segment.

"TO ME, GOD MOVES IN OBVIOUS WAYS" is the simplest and funniest thing lmfaooo

If you like this, you should really check out Michel Acels passion project made by the same team (Ubisoft Montpellier) two years earlier in 2003, "Beyond Good and Evil". This is where they really started to experiment with that cinematic style/feeling. There's a reason people are STILL hyped for the sequel that has been stuck in dev hell since 2008

the most entreating and authentic feeling old commercial break I've ever seen

Nice vid noodle, keep making stuff your passionated about

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="460">7:40</a> the Brazilian flag alongside the others made me feel represented, as a Brazilian, thank you noodle.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1736">28:56</a> I literally spit my food out with this story... "I THOUGHT YOU WERE BLACK" caught me so off guard

I have been wanting to make this exact video for so many years so I am happy to see a creator I respect so much take on the topic. I still own my original copy of this game on the first xbox that I played when I was a kid

a friend of mine once commented on a short story that I had written that he enjoyed the scene and vivid imagery, but the visual fidelity I had provided in describing the events got in the way of his own imagination. I think the same thing applies here. A blurred line that implies beauty is better than a sharp line that exposes the facade.