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LGR - Extreme Boards & Blades - PC Game Review
The worst game ever made? I say this genuinely has a shot at claiming that title. This is one horrid mess of a "skating simulation"...
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Developer #1: We must add a Ska soundtrack! Developer #2: What's "Ska"? Developer #1: ...everything!
@LGR
9 жыл бұрын
***** Pretty much!
@oshunmun6738
7 жыл бұрын
Xane Myers developer #2: nah we need an EXTREME ska soundtrack developer #1: how can we do that developer #2: we add all the sounds that have ever been heard by humans since they first walked the earth
@oshunmun6738
7 жыл бұрын
***** developer #1: how about an extreme garage band
@851852093114208513
7 жыл бұрын
Or some kind of Captain fuckin Beefheart cover band
Looked like it said "Exclusively Fucked by POWERBAR"
Believe it or not, but you can actually find the soundtrack to this game on Bandcamp. The band that did most of the music in the game is a terrible garage rock band called pferd. They actually refer to themselves as "comedy" music, but I consider it "Oh my God! Why did I have to search for this shit to see if it actually existed!? I wish I was dead!" music.
@MrFutago87
10 жыл бұрын
Comedy music? That sounds like a bad excuse: "It's comedy, it's supposed to sound bad." Yeah right.
@yenee94
7 жыл бұрын
Mr. Futago and what's funnier is most comedy bands produce actual good music! just look at lonely island or ninja sex party.
@paukin9344
4 жыл бұрын
Your gangsta tripping, they are fucking great! It’s like if Jesus lizard, dk and primus had a week long coke-binge and then never spoke to each other again
@rinhato8453
4 жыл бұрын
@@yenee94 Don't forget Tower of Fire
@ryandevan2793
3 жыл бұрын
So its not Ska, LIES!!!!!
"Exclusively fueled by Powerbar." ...despite also being fueled by Mountain Dew and Runnin Tough...
@bloodstaindew1888
7 жыл бұрын
The writing in the back cover is so bad, that "fueled" looks like "fucked"... ...but who fucked the game was Silverfish...
@zephyrian1006
4 жыл бұрын
@@bloodstaindew1888 that's bestiality
Head Games is gonna be your LJN, isn't it?
@AleronWolf
4 жыл бұрын
Was searching for some avgn reference
@Jjgm69
Ай бұрын
Why africa ?
Fun Fact: This is the only English speaking channel that covered this game.
@Alevamltd
8 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I burst out laughing upon reading that fact.
@MiloTheMightyDude
8 жыл бұрын
What other languages has this been covered in, anyways? Heck, in fact, I am wondering: what if this is what the French or the Spanish talk about in the same way us English speakers talk about Superman 64?
"That's why I was a little taken aback to find that Boards & Blades actually manages to deliver a fair dose of fun - though not necessarily for the long run, and not necessarily for everyone. But at least it works as it should" - GameSpot 5.5/10
@LGR
10 жыл бұрын
My jaw dropped when I read that when researching this game. Just... how? Were they even playing the same game?
@isalt5
3 жыл бұрын
I get the sneaking suspicion that GameSpot was taking bribes from Head Games.
@guguy00
Жыл бұрын
@@isalt5 I mean if you're right and they did they still gave the 'game' a 5.5, which means even the biggest bribe can't get it to at least a six!
@fastbreak333
Жыл бұрын
In fairness, this game was made before Tony Hawk set the standard. They probably didn’t know it could get far better than this.
I've never heard LGR so pissed off in one episode...
@user-hardbrain
7 жыл бұрын
that's why I keep wishing that LGR will review more awful games for fun videos like this.
@TheWolfkit
6 жыл бұрын
Nearly AVGN, just needed a thousand more curses and diarrhoea references.
@RyuNoZero
4 жыл бұрын
Two Words: Head Games
@ryandevan2793
3 жыл бұрын
hes really starting to get a case of AVGN syndrome isn't he?
This game would fit right in on Steam Greenlight.
@kyle857
6 жыл бұрын
Alex Czarnecki Nah. It too good for greenlight.
@guguy00
5 жыл бұрын
And compared to the trash from steam direct it's a masterpiece.
@checkerfired3995
2 жыл бұрын
Glad that in the years since you wrote this that the standards have lowered
I must say, looking at it, skateboard physics must be quite a complex thing to pull off in a game, the way they use inertia to defy gravity briefly to achieve tricks. It must take some very clever programming. But this is terrible, they can't even get the proportions right, look at how huge the stairs and benches are compared to your character. Speaking of which, I've got a unfinished press copy of the original Tony Hawk's somewhere, literally unfinished, like some levels are only half complete, so you'd suddenly fall off into the abyss. 'll have to dig it out and do a video on it someday.
@noideac
5 жыл бұрын
Larry it's been 4 years and I've been on an intense THPS kick lately. Pls give us that juicy beta footage
@PanekPL
4 жыл бұрын
Yo Larry, my man, how's that Tony Hawk video coming along?
@PanekPL
3 жыл бұрын
Larry...?
@TheTuttle99
3 жыл бұрын
LARRY
@sam08g16
3 жыл бұрын
Why did LGR delete its reply to Larry's comment? What was its content? The people must know!
"Les Claypool and The Melvins covering Anthrax songs while tweaking out on meth". I'd listen to that.
@k-leb4671
Жыл бұрын
Well do I have the skateboarding video game soundtrack for you!
practice mooooode
@JoeTheHuman
10 жыл бұрын
"Freeee climb, baby!"
@fountaincap
10 жыл бұрын
Johannes Koch Goin' at it alooone.
@LGR
10 жыл бұрын
fountainhead Johannes Koch lmull3 Threads like these please me. My work is done.
@lmull3
10 жыл бұрын
Lazy Game Reviews balls yeah
@RarefoilB
6 жыл бұрын
dee dee dee
Your practice mode running gag will never get old.
@k-leb4671
Жыл бұрын
8 years on and it's still not old!
Anybody noted the "Mountian Dew" typo at the back cover?
@zyzzy-ko4ww
3 жыл бұрын
What next, Shakespeare misspelled as Shazepear?
Let me get this right. Activision, published both this and the Tony Hawk series? WHAT!!??
I think I used to own Extreme Paint Brawl. The game was impossible to play. The texture graphics and frame rate glitched up so much, it was bound to give someone a seizure.
@ThePribylProductions
10 жыл бұрын
Hello, Nate.
@NateTalksToYou
10 жыл бұрын
***** Hi :)
@nochillpancake
10 жыл бұрын
Hi Nate
@MadWasp01
9 жыл бұрын
It would be cool to see LGR Review that.
@Sigh679
4 жыл бұрын
Yo Nate !
I didn't know theses guys made Tony Hawk 5?! XD
@973terminator
7 жыл бұрын
They were both published by Activision, which famously rushed tony hawk 5 out the door to make a bit more money on the license. I'm shocked this isn't even a joke lol
@syahminorizan8064
4 жыл бұрын
Pro Skater 5 is a bit meh. If you want some true classics, try the 1st and 2nd.
_"Mountain Dew presents..."_ < this alone made me laugh.
@bloodstaindew1888
8 жыл бұрын
Or Mountian Dew according to who made the back cover.
@planescaped
5 жыл бұрын
This game and Mountain Dew have much in common...
@RyuNoZero
4 жыл бұрын
it's quite telling when only THPS5 also had Mountain Dew ads ^^
but none of that was ska
@LGR
9 жыл бұрын
Gibs Exactly.
@selfsurprise
8 жыл бұрын
+Gibs Whilst I quite liked what I heard in LGR's review (I enjoy sloppy and somewhat bonkers punk music) I concur that it certainly _isn't_ ska music.
@kikiisabeast2575
7 жыл бұрын
I do not even know what "ska" is.
@lepot23
6 жыл бұрын
A mixture of rap, rock, and reggae. Like Sublime.
@gakk8658
6 жыл бұрын
Punk with trumpets, being reductive.
"Hitting rock bottom of games released on shelves." I'm suddenly tempted to ask you to do Limbo of the Lost. It is somehow EVEN WORSE than this.
Clearly these guys know what TRUE ska is. This whole time I've been lied to. Curse you, Reel Big Fish.
Please help me! After watching this video, whenever I walk up a flight of stairs or steep uphill I get launched up in the air at 50 mph once I reach the top! Pretty sure that ain't supposed to happen.
It sounds like they misspelled Skat music.
@Matrilwood
10 жыл бұрын
I had to watch this again for various reasons and yknow what? I think they *actually* misspelled skat music XD
I don't remember any of those issues when I played this as a kid. I thought the game was reasonably passable. I may not have been a smart kid.
@coby3357
Жыл бұрын
Same here. I remember the controls being confusing but eventually got the hang of. I also remember the weird running thing, but honestly that was one of the most fun aspects of the game.
@coby3357
Жыл бұрын
Also, I love responding to 8yr old youtube comments.
Man I love this era lgr.. classic one liners “snorting a bucket of sand 🤣🤣” and an overall tone of “I couldn’t give a shit” snarkiness. Love it..
That ending......PRICELESS. You NEED to start off the Boards and Blades 2 review with "O Fortuna" just to prepare the viewers for the sheer horror they will face....heh heh heh. Oh, and the five dislikes are probably from former Head Games employees.
7:20 - THEBB? (Tony Hawk’s Extreme Boards and Blades) A little late to the party on this one...I chuckled when I noticed the lanky gentleman half out of frame (and focus for that matter) is Tony Hawk. A picture of the Birdman mid varial-flip with the Activision logo plastered next to him had me at THPS before I realized this isn’t that. I feel like the very image they cut him out of is used on one of the real tony hawk pro skater box arts somewhere...that could just be how synonyms Hawk and Activision have become to me.
"Wait what the F***?!' Best reaction ever.
Man. I remember my grandma buying me this game at KB Toys when I was a child. I was so excited to visit her once a weekend because she would buy me some cheap PC video game to play on her cheap PC. This was one of the games, along with Total Annihilation. It's nice to load these games up time to time to take a trip back. I miss and love you grandma.
Clint, you found the holy grail of pure crabness. Maybe you beat AVGN's Big Rigs with this Satan's creation. AND THERE IS A SEQUEL?!? WFT?!? Why, Jesus, why? (But show it, please) ;-)
@Daniel15au
10 жыл бұрын
OhNoNotMyPenis *Everyone* did a review of Big Rigs before AVGN. AVGN very rarely touches PC games.
When he says "Where were they thinking!?", I thought of AVGN. lol
>Extreme Watersports NOPE NOPE SO MUCH NOPE!
@IGotThePooDoo
10 жыл бұрын
It's about time they made a game for my fetish.
I love how when the guy falls off his board he just curls up like. "...Can you please turn the game off now...it hurts for you to play..but I LIVE in this world....end my pain..."
Extreme watersports sounds like a heck of a game!
My favorite review second only to Lawnmower. For the love of everything, please do the sequel!
I unfortunately had to experience the horror of this game during christmas day... Some of my family must have been playing a prank on me. To make it worse, it was a double pack with this and Extreme paintbrawl. Christmas is forever scarred! :'(. One interesting thing to note was my version didn't have the Mountain Dew sponsorship, though it might be because mine was a UK copy?
Yes, review the second one! We love your pain! I mean, intelligent dissection of questionable electronic entertainment programs.
"Internet reviewer hyperbole aside, though..." This made me LOL hard
From Silverfish website: "The SilverFish team specialise in Serious Games and consists of a team of highly talented games programmers and in-house animators and artists." EXTREMELMFAO
@MiloTheMightyDude
8 жыл бұрын
+mipmipmipmipmip WHILE WATCHING WWE, BROTHER!
I think they meant in the back that this was "The best skat."
@EmergencyChannel
10 жыл бұрын
Skat man John
@syahminorizan8064
4 жыл бұрын
*I'M A SCATMAN*
Not gonna lie, The Melvins with Les Claypool tweaking on meth covering Anthrax is something I am definitely interested in seeing happen.
I misread the "Exclusively Fueled by PowerBar" as "Exclusively Fucked by PowerBar", which had me relieved at first, as I hope no-one would intercourse with this game in fear of new undiscovered super-STDs.
"Oh my word, what happened to your head" Made me bust a gut a few times over, terrific work.
Holy shit dude, your stuff is getting better and better! I hope you get the recognition you deserve
I haven't laughed so hard today since I watched Robbaz rip Bob's eyes out with pens.
Man, I love Ska! Nine Inch Nails is my favorite Ska-band!!
This is really weird considering Activision published the Tony Hawk games.
Maybe they thought Ska was an abbreviation for skate.
It is definitely an 'original' Ska soundtrack.
@ostheer
7 жыл бұрын
'original' 'Ska'
The "exclusively fueled by powerbar" DEFINITELY looked like "exclusively fucked by powerbar"
Did they choose SKA, because.. SKAteboards?
Please do the 2nd one. I want to see how bad it is!
@DJThunderChaser
10 жыл бұрын
your profile pic is soooooo cute
@Moonbeam143
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :3
Another great video. You remind me a lot of an old friend so it makes it doubly entertaining to watch. Out of curiosity will you be reviewing banished? It definitely looks your style.
What? I used to ride a skateboard when I was younger! This is EXACTLY what it was like!
@xebek
10 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Especially the part when you would get off the skateboard and were able to travel 1.2 times the speed of light just by walking casually. Ah, good times back then. Good times..
@TenshiCat
10 жыл бұрын
Cute avatar! Are you a cute like me, mya~?
@Kj16V
10 жыл бұрын
***** What's "a cute"?
Big Rigs: Throw the truck into reverse and accelerate to infinity. Boards and Blades: Get off the board and accelerate to infinity.
Your new background music kicks ass. Love it.
I can think of one redeeming feature of this game, and that is without it we would never have got this review. You are a funny guy Clint, have you ever done any stand up or script writing, as you have a real gift, some of your analogies are great.
0:47 "exclusively fuelled by PowerBar" well the Mountain Dew logo to the left proves that that's bs
@mjxshipton9009
10 жыл бұрын
PowerBar? Oh you must be going rock climbing TO THE XTREME
Fun Fact: this game came out on my fifth birthday. That year I got a PS1 game called "street sk8er" (yes the 8 is suppose to be there). It was a simple skating game with some ska tunes in the soundtrack. While one could easily argue the game aged poorly, you can at least still have a little fun with it today....more so than this game, which you could never have fun with.
Clint, I've watched many of your reviews, and I have to say... I don't think I've ever heard you just unleash so much hate on a game. Normally you at least give even a tiny bit of credit for something, but this. Wow. I didn't know you had it in you!
Christmas 2000 I asked for Tony hawk's pro skater 2 and got this. Needless to say I wasn't a happy 9 year old.
Easily one of the best reviews to date imo. Big Rigs deserves a full review as well I believe....
Well in here at least collision detection works, sometimes, unlike Big Rigs
Les Claypool and The Melvins covering Anthrax songs sound like it would be amazing.
Great review and you have to the next too.. By The way was looking at the background and I saw a game called Assassin(0.22) have you ever reviewed that one?? I remember playing it back in the day..
Extreme Blading: The Ric Flair Simulator.
@jhcoverdrive9287
5 жыл бұрын
Woooooo!
seems that Activision loves to poop shitty Skateboarding Games on the Market again, looking at THPS5
@MiloTheMightyDude
8 жыл бұрын
And TH Ride.
Appreciated the Melvins comparison even though this is an older video 👍
2:26 Oh my god... I finally found Jessica Hyde
I want the "Practice Mode" voice and "Free ride, baby" voice from the sequel as soundbites to use as phone ringtones and for video. I could have so much from with that!
3:41 - Holy shit, look at the top of that ramp, how does that even HAPPEN?!! WTF??!
I love your description of the soundtrack. Except the melvins and Les Claypool covering Anthrax songs while being high on meth is actually a good idea. I mean, ever hear of Fantomas?
"This game is the suck" 😂 I had this game. Actually still have the disc!
@Jude300c
3 жыл бұрын
Its not meant to be played on newer computers either. On a slower computer this game was actually pretty sick.
Tony Hawk vet here. Looks to me like Activision probably got PAID to have their logo on this; I wouldn't sponsor it if my life depended on it. No way. "They made a SEQUEL!? WHAT the FUCK!?" lmfao
Your videos are like a god damn time machine Clint. So many of them take me back to a better place and time when life was good and video games looked like dogshit. We were so oblivious, good times!
After or before reviewing boards and blades 2, can you do a review of the game Interstate 76. I saw you had it installed on one of your computers a few reviews back.
the music sound like it was recorded with a bunch of high school guys in a garage :/
1:36 should be an silverfish painted silver
You have GOT to review the other game, and see if it is actually any different to this one. I strongly suspect it won't be, and that it will be the same game with different menus... (randomly copying comment across with minor tweaks because I am lazy as well! :p)
Here's the Gamespot review from 1999. They gave it a ludicrous 5.5 out of 10 with gems such as "It actually manages to deliver a fair dose of fun - though not necessarily for the long run, and not necessarily for everyone" and "At least it works as it should, a claim that few other Head Games titles can make." Enjoy: www.gamespot.com/reviews/extreme-boards-and-blades-review/1900-2531907/
@LGR
10 жыл бұрын
I saw that, what a joke. IGN gave it a 1.5/10 I think, which is pretty spot-on.
Les Claypool and The Melvins getting together and covering Anthrax songs while tweaking on meth would probably end up with a better soundtrack. Les Claypool actually has a background in thrash metal. It's not very well known that he played bass in a thrash band called Dark Angel before starting Primus.
'Boarding and blading of a debatebly extreme standard' I love you LGR.
Should you review Boards and Blades II? Do ursidae defecate in herbaceous areas?
Very funny review :D. Please review a Tony Hawk game, doesn't matter which one it is but I really wanna see you play Tony Hawk!
Congratulations, it's 20 years old this year.
I remember buying this game and popping it into my computer. I gave up after the first 10 minutes when the controls began to piss me off. xD Terrible times the 90's were at times.
I had this game. It came free with something or there was some promotional incentive behind it. Maybe it was $5 with a Mountain Dew UPC or something along those lines. I swear there was no way I or my parents bought this game for $25.
I didn't expect you to mention The Melvins. Great band. The "ska" soundtrack, on the other hand... I found their full album that's featured in the "game." Listen to this and weep. pferd1.bandcamp.com/album/every-now-and-then-you-put-a-bullet-through-your-mind
the song at 8:12... During the credits - is that from this game? Very unsettling. And yes Hamboney would be delighted to see the 2nd!
@LGR
10 жыл бұрын
Yup, all the music in this video is from the game!
It's almost like the entire "EXTREME" series was made to be a game critics' wet dream!
Huh, I had the wrong idea about what Ska music was. Thanks Extreme Boards & Blades for setting me straight!
Extreme watersport is so kinky
@ryandevan2793
3 жыл бұрын
No, Extreme ROCKCLIMBING is kinky!
**makes an evil grin** Review the sequel! No excuses. lol
Damn man, you were in top-form for this video. Those metaphors were brilliant. XD
oh hey you have the earlier version of isle of the dead. Do you think you can scan the comic and upload it?
In the middle of your review I thought "I rather play the latest Tony Hawk games than that!" and near the end you said it yourself. :D But seriously, is there anyone who actually likes the "Extreme" games?
On the box I thought it said "exclusively fucked by power bar" couldn't stop laughing haha. Always good to see a new video from you LGR c:
@Floconbob
10 жыл бұрын
great, i will never unsee that haha
This game makes Tony Hawn Ride look like a masterpiece.
You fucking have to review Extreme Boards & Blades 2 now. Also, you know you've got a problem when your game's physics engine makes Big Rigs look like fucking Havok. I als noticed that, befitting the game, Silverfish decided to have their name written in MS Comic Sans on the credits screen.
@LGR
9 жыл бұрын
Watch it here! LGR - Boards & Blades 2 - PC Game Review
@Redhotsmasher
9 жыл бұрын
Lazy Game Reviews Ah, thanks! :)
3:42 ....Holy fuck the top of those ramps are pointier than the great pyramids.