Majuular, disturbed by the self-reflection necessary to complete Ultima 4, flees to the comfortable, morally ambiguous embrace of FromSoft.

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Damn, you've got my number...

@Null_Experis

3 ай бұрын

@@Majuular Be sure to tell us which virtue gave you the most trouble.

@CatzyCatzy

3 ай бұрын

I am glad you pointed that out. Ultima 4 is a little bit terrible.

@kyon813

3 ай бұрын

@CatzyCatzy I wasn't even being critical. I actually love Ultima 4, despite how grindy and obtuse it can be.

@nerfytheclown

3 ай бұрын

Right​?...@@kyon813...all of them. But especially the two that showed up on NES. Obtuse and brutally slow, but they were amazing and still are.

Tracing the growth of a series or studio through these lengthy retrospectives is much more enthralling than an individual game review.

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

It's really gratifying to make content about these bigger topics! I recommend the channel 'I Finished A Video Game' if you enjoy the whole series/studio look, he does really thorough and historical retrospectives on series.

@Danimal4114

3 ай бұрын

I'd also recommend thorhighheels' coverage of Fromsoft's older games!

@EmeraldLavigne

3 ай бұрын

I like both lol

@aarongrabel4201

2 ай бұрын

Love I finished a video game he's great

@NewWaveRecords902

2 ай бұрын

@@Majuular Yup, also put his parasite eve video on more times than I count, y'all are the closest thing to that comfy feeling of playing the game when perhaps in this hectic adult life we don't have the time to actually play the game 🙏🙏🙏

Some say if you go and binge every video on this channel 3 times and say majuular into a broken mirror. A new video will appear.

@jesse.qua.

3 ай бұрын

It worked!!

@yourhorseyepona7309

3 ай бұрын

Do u know if it comes with a catch? Asking 4 a friend...

@j.s.t.6515

3 ай бұрын

I heard that it will appear...a month later, uhhhh, spoooooky...

@yourhorseyepona7309

3 ай бұрын

@@j.s.t.6515 oh...disappoi- i mean good! All good😅

@Grimmm233

2 ай бұрын

glad im not the only one who has seen most of his videos more than once lmao

Majuular has joined Civvie 11, Accursed Farms and GrimBeard on my "must watch immediately" list--though they mostly cover games outside the genres that I like and play.

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

That's a real monkey's paw situation 🥲 Glad you find value in them anyway!

@planescaped

3 ай бұрын

Tehsnakerer and Warlockcracy are also pretty great.

@deigning

3 ай бұрын

grimbooooo 👻🐕

@DeweyManloveX

3 ай бұрын

@@Majuular You're very entertaining and getting better. Plus I find older rpg's, adventure games and whatever else falls outside my wheelhouse interesting to learn about...just not play. If you started doing content on 2000's pop music or the current internet drama it would be different. No one is THAT entertaining.

@greypolar2720

3 ай бұрын

Nice to see some GrimBeard love on here. AesirAesthetics and Iron Pineapple are pretty good for Fromsoft material.

i loved it when Ruus Hardy went "it's like a Shadow is Towering over me..." One of the most emotional scenes in Fromsoft's lineup

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

That part was a little too fanservicey for me, but I understand why long time Shadow Tower fans liked it...

@razmatazz9310

3 ай бұрын

I thought this was a "I loved it when he said 'it's morbin' time'"-type comment...

@1oneguythat

3 ай бұрын

we need a new shadow damnit TOWER! thats what im saying!

@cyberninjazero5659

3 ай бұрын

​@@razmatazz9310He said "it's Shadow Tower time!" And then he towered over all of the shadows

@handlebarsmustache

3 ай бұрын

I cried when my main character bled hyper realistic tears and told me "It's like the Dark is in all of our Souls" at the end of Dark Souls 3

I love this kind of content. It is like anti-clickbait where you click on the thumbnail because you know what you are getting: A long, fascinating deep-dive into a certain topic with wonderful commentary!

@quinnzyker6521

3 ай бұрын

That’s a great way of putting it

1:15:30 I feel like it's worth pointing out that Yui Tanimura didn't just codirect Elden Ring, but also effectively salvaged Dark Souls 2 as a replacement director once Shibuya flaked. With less than a year to go as well as having to develop for consoles that were now rapidly becoming pastgen, it's kind of terrifying that the game came out as solid as it did even with all the flaws. Not to mention, the DLCs with him fully in control and with none of the deadline crunch ended up head and shoulders above the base game. The man deserves so much more credit than he gets.

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

I knew that he was a director of Dark Souls 2, but I had no idea that he shouldered so much of it during crunch. It's such a shame that just searching his name on Google results in a bunch of people insulting him simply because he was involved with DS2, or assuming that the parts of Elden Ring they don't like were his responsibility.

@deeezey_2239

3 ай бұрын

Ngl I love how sinclair lore does the little shorts where they just fuck everything on to yui like he'll sort it dw

@vksasdgaming9472

Ай бұрын

I personally find Dark Souls 2 best. It has best balanced system, multiple routes open right from start and improvements it has over first are numerous and should have been kept. Not all changes were great, but more was good than bad. Developing for PS3 first should have been a boon with technology being familar. DLCs suffered from lack of scale, but they were all real good and vast such and final touch to main game was really nice.

@vksasdgaming9472

Ай бұрын

@@booradley6832 PvP in all Dark Souls-games has been a mess. I never bother with it. I prefer co-op instead.

@hughjanos3992

Ай бұрын

better than miyazaki thats for sure

I love that Miyazaki is completely unaware of the poison swamp memes and From just genuinely include them in every game instinctively through pure passion for them.

@alejandrovallejo6763

3 ай бұрын

But he's aware of the people memeing on him for liking feet

@josedorsaith5261

3 ай бұрын

​@@alejandrovallejo6763 Dude loves his barefoot ladies

@deeezey_2239

3 ай бұрын

​@alejandrovallejo6763 people who actually believe miyazaki doesn't see or hear reviews of his games in any format, are actually braindead, a supreme level of density, especially as its now world renown mainstream. But it's the ds community and the reaches and copium knows no bounds

@Bolsty7

3 ай бұрын

@@deeezey_2239Chill man I just watched a video and made a comment, I haven't even finished a ds game, it was just a joke, a funny thought. For what it's worth you are right and it did occur to me but I have better things to redpill people about than "Miyazaki pretends to not know about poison swamp memes sheeple". Can we stop arguing like plebs and lynch our corrupt governments so we can live in peace and harmony with nature on this Earth already? Cool.

@grandbean9031

3 ай бұрын

Bro why are you coming in swinging like that.@@deeezey_2239

2 hours?! You're spoiling us!

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

After a long week, you deserve it!

@burdenboy247

3 ай бұрын

@@Majuular It has been a long and difficult week, so this is just what i need. Thank you

@FinneousPJ1

3 ай бұрын

2.32 hours in fact

The phrase "you're lucky Moleman isn't here, he'd never let you talk to me this way" pops into my head every day. Thank you for this gift.

Thank you for this. Shadow Tower Abyss is my favorite "old Fromsoft" game. I adore it

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Mine too. it's such a unique game.

@Jacob208

3 ай бұрын

For me, its a one of a kind mix of what was best about kings field, but introducing new ideas. Even though guns are just bows, there are headshots and a new limb system. I genuinely think Shadow Tower Abyss is the peak of what Kings Field formula could be. I long for Fromsoft now to once again try a more "horror" approach to the their games. They remade Tenchu into Sekiro, so why can't we have a reimaging of Shadow Tower ? @@Majuular

@Lilbee730

3 ай бұрын

Mine too, along with Otogi.

The use of the OoT OST is pure gold. Love these as I finally push my way through the Souls series.

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Not sure why, but it just seemed appropriate.

@SklekEdge

3 ай бұрын

@@Majuular the Forest Temple’s Wallmasters do seem to fit FromSoft more than a Nintendo title, so I can see why!

Yessss, now everyone can learn about Fromsoft's best NPC. Fat Mole. One thing I find interesting about these games that isn’t mentioned in the video is the completion ratings for each level. The completion % is tracked for each zone, which is a bit weird considering the loot is semi-random. Some enemies have guaranteed drops but most have a loot pool, including bosses. A boss may drop one of three or so good weapons, or nothing at all. But apart from tracking secrets and items you’ve collected, it tracks how many enemies you’ve killed, because while enemies respawn there’s actually only a set amount of them, so it’s possible to kill every single enemy in the game and have a completely empty tower to explore! Some rare/unique enemies, or some that have a rare drop, will only spawn after you’ve killed X amount of enemies in the zone, or in a certain room. So it’s a nice incentive to kill as many enemies as you can because you never know what you’ll get. As well as enemies in the first game increasing your stats when you defeat them.

Alright, you get a pass on that “who’s that Pokémon?” Ad break. You earned it

I'm pretty sure Miyazaki commented previously on how much he likes poison swamps, which tells me he repeatedly forgets how much he likes poison swamps before he makes the next one, which... explains a lot.

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Much like the story of the souls games, he's undergoing his own tragic unending cycle.

@DemonLordSparda

3 ай бұрын

@@Majuular He recently said in an interview that he has now embraced that aspect of himself. Which is very good to hear, and has horrifying ramifications for future games.

@deeezey_2239

3 ай бұрын

​@DemonLordSparda I'm gonna go on a whim and say because he's Japanese it could be a different context, The whole toxic area in every game fucking with the players, or his corruption to feet.

@josedorsaith5261

2 ай бұрын

​@@DemonLordSparda "After much self-reflection, I have decided to become worse"

@Foogi9000

29 күн бұрын

​@@josedorsaith5261 Very based Miyazaki

I really enjoy learning about how a given studio's DNA winds it way through their catalog of games. Details large and small, like the curse jar giggle sound effect. Design thinking like "poison swamps create tension and reframe the exploration experience". All this stuff that you can only see clearly if you explore many games going back into the catalog. I love ER and DS. Your work exploring and documenting their predecessors grounds my experience of those games and connects them to a very tangible lineage that I wouldn't be privvy to otherwise. Good stuff.

I feel like the main distinguishing point of a "survival horror" is that there is a possible "lose state" that can be achieved by poor use of resources, even if this lose state might not actually exist due to certain mercy mechanics. The important thing is that the player is under the assumption that poor tool use can get them into a very hard place.

It’s such a bummer Abyss never made it to America. Swords, sorcery, GUNS, and dismemberment? I think a ton of us Americans woulda gotten a big laugh from it!

@pancholopez8829

3 ай бұрын

Funny enough, it was Sony who said no. Since they thought we wouldn't like it. And that almost happen to Demon's Souls back in 2009

Mole Man ran so Undead Merchant could walk.

@517342

23 күн бұрын

Mole Man rolled so Undead Merchant could sit.

1:19:46 I legit went "hell yeah brother" and pulled a beer out of my mini fridge to crack it open. I had to dude. The sheer force of the M1911 overtook me.

@Null_Experis

3 ай бұрын

Two World Wars and now the Shadow Tower.

@GribbleGob

3 ай бұрын

no offense but beers in a mini fridge is alcoholic behavior

@Null_Experis

3 ай бұрын

@@GribbleGob where else should he put them? The attic?

@GatorMilk

2 ай бұрын

​@@Null_Experisin his belly, duh. Wasting freshly purchased beer by waiting to drink it later! For shame!

@Null_Experis

Ай бұрын

@@booradley6832 How do I unsubscribe from this wikipedia feed?

Please, never change your opening.

Old man staring at a monitor, jazzy upbeat music, I know im in for a good time

it's been such a treat seeing you grow and get the attention you've always deserved with your comfy and informative videos

I was on a trip to Newfoundland for an event with my girlfriend's family recently. The weather sucked and my girlfriend wasn't feeling well so we didnt get to do much, but it was a great opportunity to watch a bunch of your videos. I love your presentation and the fascinating insights you give into leaser-known games like this. Honestly makes me realize how simplistic my own content is. So glsd to see you thriving in this niche of KZread. Happily signed up to the Patreon. Keep up the great work man!

Maj is here to see me through the end of my work day and my commute home. Bless you, my chill games homie.

I have a friend who loves this game. Thanks for giving me a video to watch about it!

In retrospect this feels a lot like "Baroque." Bizzare roguelike that is nothing quite like anything like it before or since. Esoteric.

@kageakiminato8536

3 ай бұрын

False, Baroque was literally shiren the wanderer but in 1st person. Many items and systems are direct parodies from shiren. At least in psx baroque. Shadow tower is unique even among kingfield

@aliatef7203

3 ай бұрын

hate king's field but baroque and shadow tower are two of my faves. baroque is better imo tho if purely for the story/aesthetic

my first majuular video was king's field so i've been waiting for this one

You’re videos are like a warm blanket! Thanks for sharing

You have such an incredibly amazing way of making videos. I always look forward to them.

majuular video on shadow tower? LETS GO BABY

Woah youre releasing them quickly this year :0 As always, thanks for the quality work

Man my lady has been on a trip for a week, I've rewatched every video of yours. And of course right before she comes home you release this? Thank you man. I've been considering getting on your patreon, but now I'm sold.

Every time i boot a video up and look at the length and im just like the intro old man

Here I am... Can of Pickles... This’ll be a treat

@YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments

3 ай бұрын

I like jars better.

@Trevelyan2

3 ай бұрын

Here I am, Uncle Moe, while you eat!

@nadrind

3 ай бұрын

One of the few memories from the SBF Zaibatsu. The Pickles.

@HQ_Default

3 ай бұрын

I'm crying, bro really is a can of pickles

@JohnDoe-uf3lj

3 ай бұрын

Embalmed Cucumbers

That opening theme triggers something joyful in my lizard brain, and I appreciate it. Love your stuff, man.

Stumbled across your channel about 2 weeks ago, have put this video on so many times since. The psx visuals/a game I've never heard of/long form video is the perfect combo for me putting this on while I'm working or winding down for the night. Keep it up ! And I certainly wouldn't be averse to more psx games

Majestic!! Now I'm eagerly awaiting: "A Dark Journey Through The Adventures of Cookie & Cream" ^-^ Only then shall we discover the true Kuri Kuri Mix that only FromSoftware is capable of surprising us with... *Laughs ominously for seemingly no reason*

I’m so glad to have found this channel

Dark Souls? Shadow Tower? I feel like *From Software* needs to invest in some lightbulbs.

@xthejetx

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@dayphaser

3 ай бұрын

Yea seriously thank you for this lmao

@toakovika

22 күн бұрын

Better than Dark Race or Dark Ring.

You make the best reviews Majuular. Don't ever change your style.

For me survival horror is all about equipment managing with limited resources, therefore Slenderman is not survival horror, just horror but Shadow Tower is Survival horror in my book.

WHAT?? You just keep coming with the games I wanted but didn't think anybody would cover

Dude i've been binging every video you have and I almost finished them all so this was perfect timing. Love your channel man.

I no nothing of Shadow tower and i'm not into most of the games you talk about on your channel. But the fact your care so much and are passionate about what you're talking about really shows and in turn makes me care too. I love your videos and always excited to see what random weird game your going to talk about next. Keep your momentum going, you're a beast.

I feel like I've come to have a feel of what sort of games you'd enjoy, so maybe give Baroque (the Sega Saturn version) a gander. If you're unfamiliar, it plays a lot like the Kingsfield series but the main draw is its distinct art style and narrative. I have to be honest some areas of that game made me want to throw my PC out the window but maybe that's in a good way. Either way, scrumptious video as always!

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm going to be doing a Saturn video this year (in which Baroque will undoubtedly be included). Appreciate the rec nonetheless!

We stan Mole Man.

An instant like and click from me. I'm a lucky SOB that actually owns Shadow Tower physically and on my Vita. The summer of 2019 playing Kingsfield IV and Shadow Tower back to back are some of my favorite gaming memories. This video is going to introduce a lot more people to these old games which is always a great thing, dungeon crawling survival horror games need all the love they can get!

holy shit what a treat. you sir are a gentleman and a scholar (i look forward to you inevitable Way of the Samurai deep dive)

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Were you the person mentioning it on Twitter the other day in my replies?? I'm very curious about this game.

@anti_chocobo

3 ай бұрын

Highly recommend. They're super fun and get progressively whackier, like Yakuza but with slightly less finesse.

@ogto

3 ай бұрын

@@Majuular yes i am! i share that curiosity ^^ It's even got the a Mass Effect-ish left trigger/right trigger "morality system"

OH SWEET CHRIST A SHADOW TOWER RETROSPECTIVE LET'S GO

Great video ! King's Field IV music is so good ❤

NEW MAJUULAR YAY! AND ITS LONG AS FUCKK I can't wait to fall asleep listening to this a few nights in a row before I actually absorb it for all it is during the day xD thanks man

its a good start of the weekend when there's a majuular vid

Man you have no idea how amazing the serotonin release in my brain felt when I read the title.

GOD BLESS MAJUULAR FOR THE SHADOW TOWER CONTENT

Nice you made it to 100k i told you it would be fast. Keep it up brother

this that good shit, im smokin on majuularuana pack 💪 edit - that intro sentiment about keeping a record and finding your work important was so sweet 😭🫶

God after a whole week of checking your account, my prayers have been answered thanks for the quality content dude

24:03 I step away from an RLM vid (one I've seen countless times no doubt) only to hear that serenading laughter I'm all too familiar with. Thank you for these Riches, Mr. Majuular.

Majuular i have something i must admit, i would gage that i am 1/4 of your Kings Field Retrospective views. over the past months, youve been a narrator, sleep aid, and entertainment. thank you

Was just thinking yesterday how much I wanted a new vid from you, always a treat to see your stuff in my notifs man

Majuular is the KING. Congrats on 100K Subs my guy! EDIT: 0:00:55 LOST KINGDOMS?! I had this for my Gamecube as a kid! I had no idea it was a FS game. Today I learned!

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Sea Otter! From's output was so scattershot for a while. I feel like most people who grew up with a sixth generation console came into contact with FS sooner or later.

@kyokyodisaster4842

3 ай бұрын

At this point@@Majuular I think you might have to play EVERY Fromsoft game possible, Lost Kingdoms and Evergrace included. Armored Core will be highs, and then you will have to learn the Lows in Steel Battalion for the Kinect (a game so infamously bad, it very likely killed the Kinect in totality).

Tbh, I listen to your videos often to go to bed and I genuinely appreciate the long form content

Amazing addition to King's Field retrospective video, thanks as always for a great work!

Right before my weekend starts?? You spoil me

You have an uncanny knack for doing hour+ long retrospectives on all my favorite weird old games that i'd stream/show to friends. While I saw the notification and was excited for Ultima IV, I think I can handle a bit of a wait with you dishing out this kind of gourmet content. Keep up the good work man!

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Ultima IV coming up next🙏

Love these videos, you are so entertaining and great at getting me hyped for older games I have not played!

can't wait to watch, your videos and restrospectives are just great, cheers!

Sweet! Just what i needed this weekend. Lost Kingdoms video next to complete the old Fromsoft game streak?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES SHADOW TOWER MENTIONEEEEED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I love your videos and your channel. Aside from how robust and insightful your analysis is, I really appreciate the little touches of humor you chose to weave throughout. Thanks so much for making such awesome content.

Can't watch it yet but super excited to chill out to this later tonight :)

New Majuular vid is one of the best accidental birthday presents I've received. Thank you, king, keep it up

@Majuular

3 ай бұрын

Cheers! Happy birthday!

Played through Shadow Tower: Abyss a while back on a whim and it's still one of my all time fav games. There's just an amazing feeling to obliterating a fantasy creature with a modern firearm

Just what I needed for a rainy Friday night!

Majuular drops another amazing video, I am so glad I found you through your Zelda CDI video, going back through all your videos last year combined with your new stuff has made you a legit favorite. I drop everything when a new video drops keep it up.

Oh yeah. More Maj, more FromSoft. A perfect friday night ending

Next 2 hours of work won't be so boring.😊

Just what I needed to get through my chores tomorrow!

Was having a rough day today, coming home to this really helps

@YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments

3 ай бұрын

Hope things start getting better today.mmaybe crack open a beer (if that's your thing) and relax.

One of my favorite things to see in my feed is a new 2 hour retrospective, thanks amigo.

Nothin gets me more cozy than the intro to these videos

Watching this again since I just went through Shadow Tower 1, and he says you weren't sure if you hit an enemy in the original King's Field games. I remember this confusing me before playing through the series myself last month, but now I think I get it. I seem to recall he said he was colorblind, so he doesn't notice the subtle red glowing of enemies taking damage in the original King's Field games. Wild!

I love your retro game retrospectives, this was amazingly well done and very professional.

the algorithm requires engagement

Yessssss I was clicking around on YT for like 20 minutes and then suddenly a 2+ hours Majuular video appears, heck yeah!

Thank you, Majuular. Your new videos bring me joy and your analysis, love of history, story and emotional moments in games keep me watching every video with glee. I feel like these videos reach around the world for those who intimately love the medium of video games. cheers from the Netherlands.

Incredible work, the time flew by in an instant as always with your videos. I really need to play this some day

OMG YES FINALLY I LOVE SHADOW TOWER you're actually goated

I love how someone looked at a first person dark fantasy rpg and went "Yeah this looks great, but you know what this needs? GUNS."

Bro thank you so much. I’ve just recently went through the kings field series and was thinking about this one next.

I've been watching your video for the past 6 months and they are always a joy. Keep up the awesome work.

@Majuular please do not retire your intro. It is already ingrained with your brand in a really fitting way. In my humble and honest opinion, :) I think Japan's super industrial work ethic leaves little time for reflecting in candid videos or writings or whatever. That's my opinion. These guys had to work to keep the company afloat. Seems like they loved what they did. They must have been as immersed in their work, as I am in their games.

@CRAETION_

3 ай бұрын

100%

I took too much melatonin the other night and had a "nightmare" that Anthony Bourdain became a solo videogame developer powerhouse. He made a sprawling, bizarre open world RPG that was like if a Skyrim/Elden Ring had a baby with a Silent Hill/Scorn. It was very, very unsettling. So he was showing off gameplay at some exclusive thing with super fans and tech press... Everyone was in awe. It was the greatest game ever made by far. But then he was like,"Now this is the good stuff.. this is what im REALLY proud of.. this is the core of the gameplay." Then the character sat down at a campfire and it went in to this super complex cooking mechanic mini game thing and he just started rambling about cooking and honestly it looked awesome and it was super complex... But it was more a cooking simulator than anything. People atarted getting uncomfortable and he started to become incoherent, frothing at the mouth and attacking people. Finally someone found a knife and started stabbing him repeatedly. Then I woke up. First time i told anyone about the dream. Thanks for the new video.

You became one of my favorite KZreadr. Keep going your amazing work! (and what a voice, a delight to listen to)

I've watched the King's Field video around 20-30 times already (mostly while falling asleep, but I did watch it in full at least 2 times). So this video is a godsend and I'm glad it's not just Ultima this year. Majuular is currently my favorite youtube channel by far.

Early access gang assemble!

@georgefrankly

3 ай бұрын

we shall be as gods!

@meltingskeleton2082

3 ай бұрын

Ready to serve mi lord.

Hell yeah now this is a welcome surprise for the weekend cheers Maj o/

Just a week ago I discovered your channel and now I binge it through

I live for these type of 2 hour videos. Thanks for all the effort for them, great knowledge and entertaining whilst i grind work.