Alundra is such a gem. Really sad that it didn't get more attention than it did

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

The further I got in the game, the more shocked I became that Alundra rarely gets mention in the conversation when sites talk about the best PS1 games.

I'm going to write down Alundra to play some day, you convinced me. Fun video as always! I usually think your cartoon clips are a little too loud but they seem better balanced this time.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

I hope whenever you play it, that you enjoy Alundra as much as I did! And thanks for letting me know about the audio on my cartoon clips. That's very helpful to know. My ears are shot from listening to metal way too loud as a kid, so audio balancing is very tricky for me. I'll do my best to keep the cartoon clips' audio around this level or lower from now on.

I have wanted to play Allundra for years. It would be awesome on the switch.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Unfortunately I think Sony published it in Japan, so they'd have to approve it before a Switch release could even be considered.

Good stuff sir. I only played Alundra 2 bitd, so seeing what this was about is bananas. As you said, nothing really to do with the original.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

I don't understand why they even named it Alundra 2 if there was no intention actually making a sequel to Alundra.

Really loving your videos . Cant wait to see what you cover next. Found you from shadow man and system shock . You really got me into shadowman. Played it when young and didnt get into it but looks great. Keep it up and thanks for the videos.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I'm always happy to introduce more folks to Shadowman!

I can't believe that I have never played Alundra. It's on my list of "Games I need to play" but my backlog is already incredibly huge thanks to sales and services that give away free games. Landstalker was one of my favorite games on the Genesis and their similarities are impossible to ignore. Don't know if you take recommendations but some other great PS1 games to check out : Future Cop LAPD Tomba and Einhander. Some of my favorites on the PS1 (besides all the bigger games).

OMFG, I was trying to remember what the name of that Dark Savior game was for fucking YEARS. Thanks so much for that! I just remember reading about it and seeing screenshots very briefly in an old console gaming mag, back when those were still a thing and the internet didn't really exist yet, and I remember it talking about how it basically had a prison economy where stuff like booze and tobacco was the currency. Well that's another long lost title refound to cross off the list. Also that Feda game looks very Shining Force.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Always happy to spread the good word about Dark Savior! That was actually what I covered for my (probably pretty crappy in hindsight) first video on this channel.

@st.haborym

3 ай бұрын

@@SwannyTheMike Yeah, maybe someday I'll download a rom for it and give it a go. Kinda wanna give Shining Force 1 another try at some point and actually finish it this time. I never beat Alundra 1, but I quite liked it. I'll get around to that at some point too. Not sure how to feel about Alundra 2 being so drastically different from the first game though. Maybe I'll give that a go too at some point. It's not like I got anything to lose from downloading an iso.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

I'm going to try Alundra 2 at some point as well. Even if it's not as good as the original, I'd prefer not to write the game off wholesale until I've played it myself. I also really need to cover the whole Shining series at some point. I can't very well call myself a SEGA fan and not talk about Shining Force! Phantasy Star as well, but one thing at a time!

@st.haborym

3 ай бұрын

@@SwannyTheMike Will that include all the spinoff games like the Diablo clones for gba?

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Of course! I'd eventually even cover the PS2 games and on that have basically nothing to do with the rest of the series and have a completely different artstyle. Seriously, I bought Shining Resonance a few years back because I like action RPGs and didn't even realize that it was supposed to be part of the same series until I saw people talking about it after the fact.

Great video!

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

One day I shall check out this series that came out a year before I was born. Heard about it for ages

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Speaking as someone who's played plenty of games released before he was born, it's totally worth doing!

@chrisdiokno5600

3 ай бұрын

@@SwannyTheMike True, I've done that myself. Or games you hear later were great but never played growing up

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

@@chrisdiokno5600 I wasted so many hours on sports games and anime fighters as a kid that half the games I've done on this channel fit that description lol

A working designs vid WOULD be lit

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

There are enough lengthy RPGs that I'd probably have to split it into several videos for the sake of my sanity lol.

I still have an ntsc copy despite being in EU. Great game, if a bit difficult.

@st.haborym

3 ай бұрын

Fun fact, it's only like that cause the publisher arbitrarily decided to increase the numbers for the enemies

mais ce ne serait oublier IRON STORM .1 MUST en WARGAMES qui a été oublié. des radars.modele exemplaire de ce que peut faire LA SATURN..notamment avec les wargames. traduit lui-aussi par WORKING DESIGNS .LE JEU EST JUSTE AWESOME./IMPRESSIONANT. IRON STORM. à retenir.

@albanmahoudeau1779

3 ай бұрын

WARGAME AVEC HEXAGONES.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Iron Storm est un jeu que je voulais essayer depuis longtemps.

The dreaded photosensitivity warning....where we pretend that any of us have met anyone that has a seizure when they see this.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

I just go by what bothers my eyes either when I'm playing or watching it back while I'm editing. I went with "photosensitivity warning" because "obnoxious fucking strobe effects all over this bitch" seemed a little too crude.

@SeveredLegs

3 ай бұрын

@@SwannyTheMike totally agree that would be more obnoxious... Haha

I wouldn't mind seeing some working design stuff I'm still let no one's remade grow Lancer 1 and 2 come on we got a copy on the PS2 let's get that on something else

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

It's so aggravating how almost nothing Working Designs localized has ever gotten a rerelease. The most we got was this, Arc the Lad, and Vanguard Bandits released as PSOne Classics. Then Sony stopped doing that and they disappeared again. It wouldn't be so bad if the original physical copies of Working Designs games didn't require me to sell my organs on the black market in order to afford them! Then again... do I really need BOTH of my kidneys?

No mate, don't change the surfer dude's surfer talk. And don't give me crap about it undermining the seriousness of whatever situation he is in. Surfer dude's surferness is what makes him cool (and worth caring). If he stopped being a surfer dude, or wasn't one in the first place, then it just wouldn't be him. Even his dream girl talks like his dream girl, you know what I mean ("kiss me you greek god").

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Thinking about it more, it almost works. What would have helped IMO is if he talked like a surfer dude up until the spoiler makes him resent Alundra. It would have gelled perfectly with how the game baits you into thinking it's more lighthearted before slapping you in the face with the drama.

I have 0 interest in the history of a game company. Their games are what have the appeal to me. The commentary you made abouy them generally and how it affected this game was interesting. There is a sweet spot somewhere

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Any history video I did on Working Designs would definitely still focus on the games.