To befair, all previous games from the studio were phone games about squids. Going from that to Furi was a huge step.

@johannliebert2870

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention a mobile beat em up they made that even got Street Fighter DLC. But yeah, they went from mobile games straight to Furi. Insane.

@gadellomagnollo1810

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit I loved those games. I had no idea that was them

I was expecting the Voice to be the final boss. The way he talked seemed so manipulative, he was always telling us how we felt, how we needed to get rid of the bosses.

@Shinigami13133

4 жыл бұрын

It's because he needed it as much as we did. He was also a prisoner, stuck in a cage of his own making. He had a daughter planetside that he couldn't see because the jailers wouldn't let him leave. His only recourse was to use us to break out, and he thought he could relate to our imprisonment, so he took the role of our conscious.

@KhoaLe-uc2ny

Жыл бұрын

@@Shinigami13133 the stranger his literally "his only chance" at getting out and saving the planet.

Furi is the kind of game that makes me just wanting more. More story, more gameplay, more music, just M O R E . It's such a stylish game, and I'm a sucker for plot being given by a charismatic character, as opposed to text dumps. Everything about Furi just ticks every box for me, and I love it so much.

@GreenEyedDazzler

4 жыл бұрын

Burr Durr if only the gameplay had depth

@aiodensghost8645

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreenEyedDazzler the gameplay has enough depth to be the game they envisioned... then again I grew up playing Shadow of the Colossus and ICO (*the two games Furi reminds me of*) so *what do I know?*

@SpookyShayOClery

Жыл бұрын

yea

@Joeggurnaut546

Ай бұрын

I always prefer games that leave me wanting more rather than giving me so much that I'm sick of it. Less is more, and I want more of that Less.

"Furi is a game solely about player growth, not character growth." This. More games should be like that.

@Ten_Thousand_Locusts

5 жыл бұрын

There's some character growth in it. Although I guess that depends on your choice.

@ADEtheMayhem

5 жыл бұрын

Devil May Cry. All the growth you seek lies there

@catoboyproductions7098

5 жыл бұрын

@DarkSonic180 hahaha yes

@catoboyproductions7098

5 жыл бұрын

@DarkSonic180 ahahahahahaha YES

@catoboyproductions7098

5 жыл бұрын

@DarkSonic180 It is based on how you master your combat style not just emotionally. You have the same exact abailitys in every fight but due to "character growth" you can go on par with the burst on furier. Considering I had a shit time with promenade chain and then made it all the way to the star on furier and won twice I think the game would be based on development in skills and understanding. If you honestly think that this game doesnt develop your character then you are mistaken and nead to play the game on every difficulty so Hahahahaha YES

You mention the possibility that bunnyhead dude designed the prison to deliberately turn The Stranger against his own kind. One thing I found interesting with this idea in mind is that the beautiful scenery in the walking sections doesn't corrode when Stranger walks through it. Bunnyhead probably intended this to give The Stranger, a war machine who hibernates when he's not fighting, an idea what it's like to be human.

@neonblade8591

3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe it's so the song can do her job right without constantly going "eew why is the Floor black?"

@davidgn40

3 жыл бұрын

@@neonblade8591 The Song probably only stays in her own stage, but yeah that's a pretty funny possibility lol.

On a scale of one to ten, this game is an eleven, and it would give itself a twelve.

@PolyesterGiant

2 жыл бұрын

nice ref

hey matthewmatosis, what do you think of maybe anouncing the game you will review a certain amount of time before uploading the video? perhaps a week maybe? this way everyone could play the game before the video will be up and will be able to enjoy the video to its fullest at the time you upload it

@MrFoxInc

7 жыл бұрын

I wasn't even aware that this game exists and when I saw that Matthew does a review on it, the first thing I did was look it up on Steam. It felt like preparational homework before class starts - and I dig that. But it's true that it would make more sense if Matthew announced, with due time between, that he's gonna release an in-depth review. Maybe on Twitter or something.

@Kass686

7 жыл бұрын

I really like this idea, because he starts most videos by saying "you should go play this game yourself before watching the video" and it would be much easier and incentivizing to do so before the video was even uploaded.

@MrFoxInc

7 жыл бұрын

DrTheKay I checked, he didn't specifically mention this one as far as I can tell, but I do seem to remember he occasionally announces other games.

@I-Rex232

7 жыл бұрын

DrTheKay maybe but not consistently

@Amagys

7 жыл бұрын

I'm struggling to understand what would be the benefit to doing this? The only thing I can surmise is that you /must/ watch the review the day the video is uploaded. Wouldn't it be much easier for you to save the video, play the game then watch the video after? Him announcing it serves no tangible benefit or purpose.

One of the best gaming experiences I had in 2016.

This is probably one of my favorite if not my favorite game ever. I really think you did a great job with this review. I would disagree with you on a few non major points but I think you were very fair and brought up some great points that I never considered despite having >150 hours in this 10 hour game

@thiagopessoa4725

4 жыл бұрын

How many hours do you think you've got in now? Hahahaha im on my first playthrough.

New upload HYPE!! See you all in a few months

@MetalHearts100

7 жыл бұрын

years*

@am11king29

7 жыл бұрын

Ique that's a bit harsh considering that he puts in so much work

@iquemedia

7 жыл бұрын

AM11king That's the reason why I love his videos, so much time and effort put into each one. I don't mind waiting months for another upload

the oar unpredictable thing is a refernce to a historical samuria who often used weird weapons in odd way to put off his dueling opponents, one such weapon famously being the oar. Where he said it made him unpredictable.

As an aspiring game developer, I watch all your reviews so that I can learn how to make the best games possible down the line. As well as to be super entertained :) Love these reviews man!

This game has easily the best soundtrack I've heard in my life. I've been playing these songs during my workouts for the past year - still love it.

@johannliebert2870

2 жыл бұрын

You might like Hotline Miami 1 and 2's OSTs. Pretty sure some of the same composers who worked on Furi's OST also worked on those.

I honestly think the story and the Stranger himself would've been more interesting without the alien backstory, ending on him being some enigma that's poisonous to the planet.

@ryukenxx2

7 жыл бұрын

MrMalkraz I wanted it to be that he couldn't help it if he killed things just by walking near them, he just wanted go be free.

Still waiting for that analysis of handheld Zeldas that you announced in a dream i had...

@SinclairLocke

5 жыл бұрын

KingK did it

Been watching a bunch of game reviews lately. In the last few dozen, maybe hundred or so, this is the best one I've watched by a large margin. Fantastic analysis with a great mesh to gameplay. Keep it up.

Another brilliant review. I'm really looking forward to this 'season of content' idea Matthew. I really hope you find the time and resources to keep making these videos. Great job!

Excellent critique and constructive criticisms here. Hopefully the devs will see this.

I really liked the Furier difficulty. I quite like Bullet Hell games and character action games and Furi felt a lot less memorisation heavy than most bullet hells which worked really well for the much faster pace. The bullets are a bit faster but a lot less numerous than your average bullet hell, making it more reliant on reaction time and good dash usage than simply memorising the "safe spots" in the pattern. Though I would've liked to see a lot more homing bullet patterns rather than just screen filling ones.

This is just what I needed to not kill myself today.

@montymcmonterson2890

7 жыл бұрын

You and me both, random youtube user, you and me both..

I agree that they should have made the walking segments skipable on the 2nd play through. A lot of far criticisms in this video though and it hasn't lessened me feelings of loving this game which are probably so strong as I got it for free unexpectedly. Due to the simpler mechanics this is the fist game I have ever been able to come close to truly mastering, unlocking all the trophies and getting in the top 200 fasted speedruns (not too great a feat I know as this is a pretty niche title).

@black1blade74

7 жыл бұрын

Blaze Howard It is but you still have to get S rank on the overall story mode.

@cometcourse381

7 жыл бұрын

Jin Roh is cool.

Another brilliant review/analysis, keep them coming M.

I loved this game and this was a good breakdown of its ups and downs. Thanks.

I always get so excited to see one of your videos.

absolutely fantastic review, can't wait for the next one

Mats uploaded a new video. It's 12:22am here... Yeah I can stay up a bit more.

@Birmanncat

7 жыл бұрын

15.25 here

@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth

7 жыл бұрын

huh? midnight? how does midnight work? jesus fuck...

@ChurchofScientology5

7 жыл бұрын

civilised people use 0:22 instead

@AceSimGaming

7 жыл бұрын

Civilized* (nice spelling) people would realize that whole world does not work the same as your country.

@linkking46

7 жыл бұрын

Why? 12:22 am is not after noon, is after midnight, 12:22 pm is after noon. It can be forgiven for not knowing since it's a common misconception, but wrong nontheless

Just finished this game today and i loved it. so glad you gave this game some exposure, ive discovered many good games thanks to you

Oh my god yes!!! Keep the hard work going man

Loved your review as always! Congratulations on your work!

My game of right now is the W101 and the first since Furi I've been actively learning to see it through it's entirety. Furi will always be a perfect game to me for letting me fully luxuriate in its systems that were streamlined enough to make getting familiar, learning and eventually mastering it, all the time feeling remarkably fair, but rewarding. Top 5 for me.

I've got to say, you're probably the best damn interviewer I've yet to encounter on KZread, or perhaps at all. Instead of relying on humor (which isn't a bad trait itself) you go into great depths and always explain your reasoning. Keep it up, you've quickly become a reviewer I trust to tell the truth and explain things properly.

i really enjoyed the walking bits. I just hit the auto walk button and enjoyed it like a cut scene. The camera angles where really unique and well directed, the dialogue was cryptic enough to give me something to think about and the environments themselves where all very ethereal and visually engaging. In summation I feel like the walking segments where an opportunity to enjoy everything that wasn't the combat. That being pretty good music, stellar art design and decent writing and voice acting.

@Richard-ec8xy

5 жыл бұрын

it feels to me like a showcase of the song leading into the next fight, ur reward is u get to chill out look at some dope ass environments n hear a cool tune

@El_Andru

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was also relaxed by the intense fight I just had. Auto walk and have time to enjoy beautiful scenery and music. I would agree on Matthew on the points about not able to skip these segments or jump back to them when you chose. Yeah, it's a bit hypocritical when you can return to the Star, but not the other guardians and that you can skip cutscenes, but not walking segments. This point mainly affects replayability.

Oh Awesome! really liked this game, so this review will be great for me! Keep up the hard work dearest Matthew! it all ends up fantastic.

I'm glad to see reviews on the channel again, even if it's for a little while.

nice to see more regular content

The high-pitched sounds are not compromises, they complement the rhythm of the fights really well. The OST playing during boss fights is always upbeat, energetic music and the sound before the attack fits in this audio background because it's a sharp, quick sound. It catches the player's attention and speeds up an already intense fight and it makes you appreciate the music more because of the contrast it makes. Simply replacing those audio cues by obvious animations wouldn't have cut it, especially against some bosses like The Edge. Bosses look more menacing, less forgiving if their attack pattern does NOT show an obvious animation hightling their weak point. Wind up animation wouldn't fit a boss rush game like Furi that relies so much on speed.

love the quote at the end, and I love that I recognized it, and of course I love the sentiment behind it. Hope at some point I'll have that honor as a game creator as well

Furi is my game of the year!

I LOVE this game. Totally underrated.

Oh hell yeah. My favorite game of 2016. Had to comment before watching, I'm so hyped.

Definitely on-point. It's not flawless but it was definitely a highly positive surprise and I hope the Game Bakers continue to develop action games building up on their experience with Furi. When it comes to first attempts at a genre Furi is very promising.

The soundtrack for this game is SO good, definitley looking forward to whatever these guys put out next.

@Matthewmatosis did you get both speedrunning achievements? I got them but i do think the game is best played with the story segments as you get a better sense of the boss's personality.

My game of the year, and probably my favorite game soundtrack ever

Amazing stuff. You made me give it another try and I discovered that PS5 version upgrade was delivered for free recently! Definitely will play it soon. Thank you, all the best.

So if you could make a "Furi 2", what would be the biggest changes you'd make? Would you like non-boss sections or would you rather they stick to the current formula and try to refine it?

Question: Matthew doesn't seem to mention this. Are perfect parries still detrimental considering that you can get some pistol shots in BEFORE activating the "cinematic counterattack"?

Great video as always Matthew, welp, now I'm gonna watch your Dark Souls 2 critique for the 50th time.

Surprisingly never heard of this game, and seems awesome! Thanks!

Outstanding critique.

I love your reviews man

How did i go so long without knowing your channel? Amazing stuff

Hey, what's that custcene with the Voice talking to the Stranger on Earth while the Voice's daughter runs about? I don't remember getting that when I finished the game. Do you only get that on Furier or do you have to do something in particular?

What I liked about Furi was that you really wondered what the Stranger had done to be trapped in such a well guarded prison with such powerful adversaries who's purpose was to keep him trapped there, more less. And it was answered when you left the prison and the first step you take literally kills everything around you. I thought that was such a cool thing to do, it didn't really matter if he was good or bad but what he passively did. And the chilling track that started as you saw the ground around you die as you walked was so perfect. It really was a good game storywise I think, it delivered emotionally, and gameplay wise. I don't count the "true ending" as canon, was incredibly stupid if you ask me, but then again, you didn't :3

i love u matthew please keep making awesome videos

New video! Yay! I'm really happy about this!

Man that was a fucking great review, awesome work as always

Well, Furi just shot up to the top of my "to play" list now haha. I don't want to be spoiled but gotta dive into this video!

Please, stop teasing us... Make a MGS5 review already ;) JK, keep up the amazing work!

@Pan_Z

7 жыл бұрын

MGSV was a disappointing game with an abundance of ideas but failed implementation. There ya go

@0meg4f3n1x

7 жыл бұрын

I know, but I would still like to have his opinion on the game, with a 1h video ^^

@Pan_Z

7 жыл бұрын

Oméga-Phénix I would do. However, after uploading over 3 hours of MG related stuff, I think he's still burnt out on it

@RandomTwat

7 жыл бұрын

He stated that we should not expect MGSV any time soon. Here's what he said on his Patreon about MGSV: "I feel like enough time has passed now for me to give this one a fair review but it’s not something that interests me at the moment. Kind of a selfish reason not to do it but if I’m not feeling it then the video will be sub par and I don’t want that. I do intend to finish the MGS series by doing this one some day but it’s not on my list right now."

@0meg4f3n1x

7 жыл бұрын

Fair enough. Thanks for the answer btw =)

Does anyone know if Matthew ever played the DLC?

Somehow I knew he was gonna review Furi, feels right up Matthew's alley.

I just beat Furi and I can finally watch this review! I thought this game was so hard playing with a wireless controller. I got to The Edge before I caved and I was shocked how easy he was with no latency. I still loved the game though.

As always an excellent video. The game looks interesting despite its failings, so I may pick it up.

The Phantom Pain, please. I would like to hear your (not-necessary-in-depth) thoughts on it. Have you tried yet?

I was really hoping you would do a review of this game!

Good video man. Agree with a lot of what you said. What I found more annoying about the walking segments was that there was a potential fix to it in game. Post credits you can dash to the tower rather than walk. Walking could have been the default and a button could have triggered running. I've had trouble with the camera on occasion, the instance that springs to mind is The Line on furier difficult teleporting and using his wave attack. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Doom, Odinsphere or Hyper Light Drifter.

excellent video as always!

Doesn't the Furier difficulty add more depth to the game as a bullet hell? Patterns and bullets are seen in a revamped way making it more of a challenge and mastery. Inform my opinion please :) (I don't understand bullet hells, like, what makes a good one or an admirable one, so that's my main issue)

@matthewmatosis do you plaan on releasing a video on MGS5? please let us know

every time you think for sure he's dead a new video pops up.

Very good video, I'll definitely check out the game. Interestingly, the game has quite a few parallels to MGR, though I suspect your comparisons to Bayonetta are valid as well , but I don't remember the "flashing" mechanic that you mentioned.

Matt you're the best. Will you be making videos on Bloodborne and/or Dark Souls III? BTW I completely agree with your DSII Critique video.

Matthewmatosis enjoys top down camera angles, part 2

Thanks Matt, this nails everything I didn't like about this game! I felt like the only one with these problems.

@brightsuperstition

7 жыл бұрын

People have been complaining about the things Matthewmatosis pointed out here for months. If you look at user reviews or just check out discussions on Furi, chances are you'll find lots of people complaining about these things.

@TheDominitri

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, I've only seen praise - I like the game's premise but the combat just isn't fun to me for a lot of the reasons Matt pointed out. With that said, the devs have my attention for whatever they do next.

It's a bit funny that you were talking about how good the camera is while fighting the sniper boss. I found the camera to be real bad in that bit because I couldn't see cover ahead of me, so I would have to duck behind walls well before she was about to fire because i didn't know if cover would be available when I needed it to be.

Watching this just makes me want to play Transistor. Could we get a review on that, or even better Bastion?

I can swear the day before the upload I thoght that you would make a review to Furi

Hey matthew, when are you planning on giving your thoughts on Dark Souls 3?

Remember playing this when it was free on ps plus. What a game. The definition of an excellent indie game. Simple gameplay that focuses on player growth, a subtle and open ended narrative, beautiful artistic graphics, and a hell of a synth soundtrack to boot. You know that Miyazaki played it when creating Sekiro, as it also focuses on parrying and player growth.

+Matthewmatosis will you ever be doing a Metal Gear Solid 5 Review

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I do believe they could throw out the attack indication "flash", since most of the attacks do have specific animation starts, for example, The Edge sheathing his blade before his 1-hit, or rotating it before his 4-hit. I almost wish they'd remove the flashes in Furier mode.

this channel needs more views

No mention of furier mode making the danger flash come at seemingly random times, compounding the animation issue? I was so turned off by that, I dropped it on the first boss.

I was actually surprised that you did a review on this game. I didn't think that there was so much to talk about, and the game is indie. shout outs to shattering my expectations and challenging my bias, I fucks with that bahaha

whaaaat. A new Mathewmatosis video and I can't watch it because I haven't played the game yet but I want to! :C

The Ys games have more RPG in them, but they're a marriage of Bullet Hell and combat that I think accomplishes a lot of what Furi is, and do it really well. Oath in Felghana would be a good start. Or Ys Origin.

the structure of the game seems very similar to the pacing in sotc, but misses the mark a bit due to the linearity of the cool down segments.

IMO the parry is build on stages of the boss in their combo sets they unfold and what ever mix up is added in. I never blindly pushed counter for each flash or sound but to understand stage 1 boss does this, stage 2 boss does this or that, stage 3 boss etc etc some combos have a delay which will teach you as you struggle to remember how each combo goes.

Hey Matthew, this game's footage really reminds me of Ys games which made me wonder, have you played any of them and if so, whats your opinion on them?

Matthew, are you going to upload the critique video for Dark Souls 3 and tear it a new one, or you're not even bothering?

The speedrun mode skips and ignores sections of the game that contain details contributing to the story? Who would have thought.... :P

I can't be the only one who had no idea until watching this that you could parry projectiles!

If i made a game and you reviewed, i would totally listen and believe whatever you said, even if you spoke negative about it, cause i would know it was totally imparcial. I really believed that, based on the fact that for every criticisim you have and argument to back it up. Great work, as always.

Need to wake up a bit more thought that said Fun Review

@neonblade8591

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fun review

Like you said, give the player more options and dialog etc. In the second and subsequent times through the walking sections, I'd love to hear The Voice deconstruct the premise of the game itself perhaps, or discuss game development challenges or notable design choices, etc

He's totally right. This game's health system does boss phases RIGHT. So little in this game felt cheap, that's why I was super committed to beating it.

This is a badass well written video essay. Here are two quick comments on it: 1. Perfect parrying actually being detrimental to efficiency is a part of the combat that's cool imo. It's a part of that 'player growth' you spoke about in depth. Also the name "perfect parry" itself is misleading wording, since it actually means you parried as slow as possible and could be reacting faster, so for it to be detrimental seems fair mechanically. 2. I swear I've watched every review of Furi that exists (imweird) and they all talk about the walking segments being annoying, but a brave choice pacing wise. But I've still never heard anyone go in depth on autowalk and the intentionally difficult controls that stick to the same frame of reference from the last camera angle. I strongly believe the jank controls are an intentional choice and a reference to the plot itself. The prison is there to change rider. You feel like it's your choice to defeat the bosses, but there's a barrage of almost 4th wall breaking lines about the concept of control. "You're gonna beg me to lock you up again" and "you feel like you have a choice but it is written" (that ones a little on the nose) I think that the autowalk is just an interesting commentary on control itself, since every player will think at first "of course im gonna use the autowalk this shit is annoying with the camera flipping everywhere" but then maybe, just maybe, they might be like me and think "maybe I can make it though the whole thing without autowalking if I try" It's an interesting metaphor if it's intentional (pretty sure it is but maybe I'm just over-analyzing a QOL feature) dope video

The boss room where the voice "manipulated" it's guardian, along with the accompanying lines, had me thinking that he was its guardian, while at first I thought the game was trying to make us like him because he was helping us. He talks about how he tried so many times to escape, and you were the only way. He didn't want to be a guardian, and needed a good fighter to help him escape to his family.

did you "like" hyper light drifter?