I have nostalgia of it because of the earliest days of the PS2. These graphics back then were amazing.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

They really were! I’ll never forget seeing it for the first time, was blown away 😮‍💨

Marilyn Mansons backup dancers really caught me off guard dude. friggin hilarious 😭

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Lmao I tried to keep this one light hearted 😂

The Bouncer had a timeless, but highly slept on artist, Shanice, sing it's outro song - Love is the Gift. It's a very pleasing song for its time.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I have to agree! The ending song was amazing, I was blown away by it haha

I like that you always manage to find old games I've never heard of. It's insane how much this game captures the vibe of early 2000's I love it, great video!

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I do my best! I'm very glad you enjoyed, and thank you for watching :)

This game actually had a really fun combat system. It just had a learning curve. The buttons used the pressure sensitive system that was barely used on the ps2. As for them moving slow it just meant you couldn’t spam your moves. It actually made you plan your attacks.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Now that I’ve learned this, I’m definitely gonna play through it again 🤭 Thank you!

@luisvazquez5041

3 ай бұрын

​@@VynsentWhoa, did you just made a whole video on this game, and you didn't know how to play it? Goddammit, I miss the times when game reviews were taken seriously 😢😢😢

Great video! Loving the content. You got a great eye and appreciation for aesthetics that I don’t see with other channels. The Bouncer was my first game I got with my brand new PS2. That minimalist solid blue PS2 box and signature Nomura style of the Bouncer was magical as a kid.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that! Thank you 🥹 And I have to agree! That box art is beautiful, I’m trying to find myself a copy!

I played this game a lot as kid when PS2 released. I played it like crazy hitting Those 1 and half hour marks. The short length really made extra play throughs a lot of fun. Plus the constant addition of techniques made helped switch it up. It’s definitely no masterpiece, but it’s charming and funny as hell. Plus Steve Blum voiced Kou. Need I say more?

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

It really does hit that sweet spot! It's the kind of game you can just turn your brain off and enjoy any time, and I kinda like that!

Every time I think of a video game or a moment in gaming that deserves more coverage, you make a video about it. And it's always well done. Salute man.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Glad I can accommodate my friend! Thank you for watching 😁

Let's gooo a new video about the funny fighting game with Sora from Kingdom Hearts as the main character

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I had to talk about it! It’s a staple in gaming history at this point 😅😁

@JayCycler

3 ай бұрын

@@Vynsent Love seeing people talk about this game more and more these days!! Also great job with video!

Yo HeavynSent,love your videos man! The one on sega and namco are golden. I purchased the bouncer when it launched on ps2. Back when we are all curious of what squaresoft (in its golden years) would do with the power of the new ps 2 hardware. In thqt sense; it was an amazing tech demo which showed us the power graphics the ps2 could produced. This made it a worthy purchase back then for me. The difficulty was low and the story mode short…..it was the graphics and music that stood out. And it might have been a test project before final fantasy 10. As most of the same team worked on that “ bigger” project that was ff10. Please go on making awesome videos. Uve got me subbed.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

That’s awesome man! I always love to hear others memories on these games, so nostalgic 😁 Very glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the sun as well. Blessed to have you on the team my man! 🌹

Man, I just found ur channel! Love the idea and the videos concept (a little bit gaming, a little bit nostalgia, and a little bit artsy cinematography and screenwriting of does games) Keep up bruh!

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

I do my absolute best to bring something different, so thank you my friend! Glad to have you on the channel 😁🌹

Where this game really shines is 4 player fights with friends. This and Time Splitters were the only games I ever used a multitap for.

@Vynsent

2 ай бұрын

Really wish I’d gotten a chance to play its multiplayer modes with friends! But timesplitters used to be AMAZING back in the day. Spent many nights playing on custom maps with friends back in the day!

Man, the video production keeps getting more admirable. Fantastic work! Anyhow, I have such specific memories of going on some trip with my parents to Michigan when I was 15, and I was trying to choose between Yakuza or the Bouncer in a dingy low lit store where the cashier thought I was fake as hell for being a girl in a game store lol. I chose yakuza lolol. Until like 2019 when I found the Bouncer and have... yet to play it

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Not a bad choice though! Yakuza rules 😂 You’re lucky to find a copy because I’ve yet to find one in my area! Also thank you so much for watching 😁

Awesome video and sort of a forgotten gem. Like The Bouncer, Capcom's Chaos Legion was another gem that sort of went forgotten after the PS2 era. It was a great hack and slash but just couldn't compete against their own Devil May Cry franchise.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Ah yes! I remember chaos legion! Also a great art style in that game. Was no devil may cry though 😂 that’s forsure!

Whenever i see the title, i hear "T H E B O U N C E R" booming in my head 😂

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I love it 😂

Yet another interesting game I've never heard of. Ngl I stopped fairly early into the video, found a walkthrough of The Bouncer on yt, watched it and came back to finish this video. So I guess I can confirm, cutscenes are appealing. I wanna say it's shame it's shame the game is so short, but I kinda needed that between watching all of the JRPGs. Back in the day when I had time to play games (and didn't have RSI) I used to get excited to get to every cutscene, it was like a reward for me, so no wonder I enjoy watching cutscenes from games like this. Also it seems I can't resist anything Tetsuya Nomura works on. No matter how frustrating it can get, seems I am pulled towards anything he has worked on.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

It definitely has some serious charm in the animations, probably my favorite part of the game! I also felt like it would make a great Anime series. If only they could have done more!

man the very first ps2 game i ever rented when i was kid thank you for putting me back in the basement of my childhood home even if it was just for a little while...

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

That's what I always aim to do! So thank you so much for watching

5:55 The game uses the DualShock 2’s pressure sensitivity function for the combat- which can be adjusted in the game’s option menu. Basically, how light or how hard you press an attack button determines the attack a character performs.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Just found this out, and I really wish I could’ve known prior! That’s my bad 😩

Completely agree with your adoration for the title screen. This game is such a vibe. I think it would benefit from a remaster with overhauled combat and a proper pacing/structure while keeping all of its charming absurdity.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Just a lock on system could’ve done wonders!

I had this growing up. Loved it as a kid. Thought it was really cool. Didn't know what a bouncer was. Haven't played it in years but now think of it as being flawed but fondly remembered. I remember a mechanic where occasionally you could pull off special combo moves with your NPC teammates. A problem with the levelling mechanic is that enemies level up whenever you do, so it's not even necessarily worth it, but some of the early moves you can learn definitely make a big difference. I also remember some of the moments when they switched away from fighting gameplay. Mostly when Kou put on one of the enemies' suits and sneaked through the building while having to press the right buttons to do the special secret greeting to other guards.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for reminding about that sneaking mission with kou! That actually was a super cool concept they put to use and I totally dropped the ball on discussing it 😅 But I actually found a physical copy yesterday, I plan on diving into it many more times to come 😁 Thank you for watching!

I see this game as a sort of experimental phase. Too bad it didn't work out. I like the way it looks too.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I agree! They were definitely testing the waters with this one. Still glad it happened!

The Bouncer rocked my world. Rented that bih 3 separate times to beat it

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

That blockbuster card was getting some serious mileage forsure xD

This is one of the best game i had from squaresoft back in the day as i still own the Disc in s good condition. We used to play 4 players mode using the 4 gateway for controller. Much fun if you unlocked all characters you can experience mugetsu in his crazy form 😂

@Vynsent

Ай бұрын

The multiplayer was so hectic I loved it! Mugetsu definitely was a sight 😂

Nice video, i need to play this game in my ps2

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

It’s worth a playthrough for sure! 😁

Played and beat this back in the day when it came out. Great ride.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Well worth playing! I agree 😁

Why is it called The Bouncer when the characters don't really do any bouncer work? Volt even lets in someone underage. Like, his 1 job is to prevent that! Maybe that's what the villains motivation should have been. Make them ATF agents or something, here shut down this bar that just lets minors into their establishment.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Lmao I was wondering the same about him just letting Dominique walk in like that 😂 When you think of it like that, this game just took a dark turn 😅

THE BOUNCER! Nice video 👍🏻

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed my friend! Thank you 😁🌹

Love your work

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

And it loves you my friend 😁 Thank you!!

No one will ever understand my affinity for this game, must have been just a perfect time when I discovered it but it holds a special place for me. One of my all time favourite games Fun fact: Dog street as a clothing brand is referenced in KH, I forgot which entry in the series tho

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

It really is such a dope little game! Also, I wish Dog Street was an actual clothing brand because that logo and Sion’s hoodie are sweet 😅

I bought the game fairly recently, still haven’t played it though. I mostly bought it as a curiosity since it reminds me so much of the PS2 launch. One day, I will play it!!

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Definitely worth a play through! Grab yourself a pizza, some snacks, and kick back for a couple hours 😎 I had fun with it!

The world record speed run for this game is just under 22 minutes, so yeah, it's short without the cut scenes.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

That’s insane 😂

I dont know if I'm trippin or what, but for 2001, the graphics and fidelity of this game is pretty impressive.

@Vynsent

27 күн бұрын

It was a beautiful game for it’s time! Still holds up 😁

its a vibe 😎

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

You already know 😎

Til KH had a third older long lost brother nobody talks about, glad to see Dog Streets roots.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I remember thinking the bouncer was an actual KH spin off as a kid 😅

Bought this game at a yard sale like 8 years ago and it was the best random game I ever bought all because it said “square” on it

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

It’s a hard one to find in the wild! Definitely made the right choice my friend 😁

Me with Enchanted Arms, I can't help but love it. Also, Remake the Bouncer.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

We like what we like! I’ll definitely take a remake 🤭

"BDSM-themed skiing team" is one heck of a descriptor. A creative one. Points for that.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Haha thank you! I try 😂

I remember when this game first came out and man I loved it, coming from PS1 graphics to this was a big leap! At the time the controls didn’t bother me but I do own it today and see the flaws so I feel like it’s just one of them games you had to be there to fully love it

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Exactly! I can fully relate to that. I had rented the bouncer around the time I had gotten my first PS2 and it was crazy how great the visuals were for its time! Definitely had to be there to fully appreciate it 😅

This was the one PS2 game that as a Dreamcast owner, made me jealous.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

Never too late to play it, my friend! :)

I had a friend who played this game religiously. It was a good game, but the playtime was too short.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Has to be one of the shortest games I’ve ever played forsure 😅 Great game tho!

One word… phenomenal

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Sensational *future voice* 😂

@CEOSnow

3 ай бұрын

@@Vynsent 😂

I remember at the time seeing it in magazines and tv ads and being like cool the final fantasy company is making a streets of rage type game. Never got the game back in the day but played it on emu a few years ago and yeah it wasn't great.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

It’s an acquired taste forsure 😅

Kakuto Chojin is a successor to this game as far as a battle royal.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Oooo I need to check it out!

@WARLORD626

3 ай бұрын

@Vynsent That game is underrated it's possible to get banned from playing some of the Music that has religious chanting in it,if there's a setting to turn off the Music you should be fine and then just edit in the Music that isn't offensive into your video.

The first game i played on my ps2 ❤

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

It was one of my firsts as well! Mind blowing graphics at that time 😁

So like in FF7 is that why Shinra is called the electric power company due to SquareSoft's origins as an electric company??

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Could very well be! Never thought of it like that 😅

Did you know that this game used the pressure sensitive buttons of the PS2 Controller? For example normal kick or strong kick.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Had absolutely no idea, and now I feel so cheated 🥲 Thank you for showing me the way!!

@sburk.87

3 ай бұрын

@@Vynsent Happy to help! If you have a PS3 controller, which also has pressure sensitive buttons, you can use that in emulators.

I just couldn't get into it but I respect it. It's better than most games they make these days.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

I have to agree! The charm of this game goes a long way 😁

@Vulpas

3 ай бұрын

@@Vynsent It sure does!

I bought this one on day one and it's not too bad, just really underdeveloped honestly. It feels like a tech demo, sadly. Would play it again, no doubt. But, not sure I am happy with what I paid for it when it first came out. 😅

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

I can definitely see what you mean by that 😅 It’s just missing so many potential mechanics to improve the game. Honestly if they would have tightened the combat up and gave it more of a Tekken Force kind of feel to it, it would probably have became my favorite beat ‘em up. Even to this day!

No cactuars lol

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

I want that jacket in real life 😅

The Bouncer is bizarre. So it's the very beginning of the PS2 lifecycle, and it was weird. Like, really, really weird. Half the games weren't even using DVD's yet, instead came on these weird blue-tinted CD's. From Software had a bunch of games for some-reason ready to go, but really you were going to play the new Armored Core they had released. One of the most popular games in the line-up was FantaVision, and that was primarily a tech demo to showcase fireworks. The big first person shooter was the first Time-Splitters, and it had all these features but like, no real attempt at a campaign that was coherent in any traditional sense. (Was fun in co-op though) but you're go-to games were going to be primarily SSX and Tekken Tag for those first few months. Someone thought _Summoner_ was a good game for the launch of a system. Is it a bad game? Hell no. But you know. It's _Summoner._ The PS2 didn't have like, a traditional library of single-player games yet, which is wild because the system would eventually become almost synonymous with high-budget single-player games. A lot of modern game design can be found in this era on this system. So Dark Cloud finally comes out a month later, but everyone really is waiting for Square's first big drop and that's this game. It was shown all-over-the-place at E3's, but never in playable form. We all know it's going to be this huge technical feast. The game has cut-scene work way ahead of it's time. It has to be the very first game to animate mouths on characters for both Japanese and English dubs, something not even Final Fantasy X would do. Seriously, go back and check that out. It's wild where the resources went for this project. But it played terribly. All of the footage that was shown at the E3 events turned out to be concept videos only. The advertising of this game originally billed it as an action RPG didn't help either. And when the game was finally released, the advertising pivoted into it being a big... Interactive movie. To showcase how incoherent everything was: I remember friends in middle school lamenting the lack of towns... In The Bouncer. Which at the time, I would not have blamed them given _how_ Square was hyping this game. And then everyone forgot it. Whats wild about this era of PS2 is how quickly it evaporated. The next year both Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X would drop and everything changed. People even forgot that PS2 games came on CD's as well as DVD's that's how fast things changed. They forgot a format that games came on for the system, so of course they forgot about Square fumbling the fundamentals of a big budget release.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

You can tell they were getting real experimental with the drop of the PS2, I always have such a fun time digging through all of the strange titles from that time. It’s so intriguing!

@nickblomgren

3 ай бұрын

@@Vynsent You get moments like that when there's fundamental new things with tech. It also was a case of Sony being Sony, and not having a severe mandate on what type of game should be released. Experimental Tetris firework game? Sure, put that in all the ads. Contrast this to something like the original Xbox's launch a few years later and it's like: We need our shooter, our platformer, our fighter, and our racing game. Also a mascot game. It's not bad, but there was a big difference. Sadly, I think it's one of the last times we would see a set of games for a launch that were that experimental.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

@@nickblomgren I agree! Other than indie titles, the triple A companies are too busy playing it safe nowadays. We need more experimentation!

J-Jank character action

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

JRP-Cheez

There's never any shame in appreciating early 2000's ＳＯＰＨＩＳＴＩＦＵＴＵＲＥaesthetics. Even if the gameplay is poop.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

The aesthetics really carried this game forsure! xD

"square enix is a legendary studio that has a catalogue of classic games in its roster" *Shows FF13, Tomb Raider remake, Just Cause and Life is Strange sorry those are crap games. Classic games from Square came from the PS1 PS2 era, Everything before FF12. The Bouncer was def one of my favorites

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Was a great game forsure!

I liked The Bouncer when it came out but I found the game so short and easy. Good thing I rent it and not bought it.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

Was a great Friday night title forsure! I had to go out and buy it, just because of the cover art though 😅 So beautiful!

Lol i hated this game back then. I rented it from blockbuster actually in Richmond Virginia

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

It’s an acquired taste no doubt 😅

I think I remember this game.. It did kinda suck ..😂 Not bad that good.. plan just crappy dude

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

It's definitely not for everyone lmao xD

First 5 mins of the video just waste people's time.

@Vynsent

4 ай бұрын

It’s what I do best!

Intro way too long. I have seen a video game before.

@Vynsent

3 ай бұрын

I was tryna bathe the viewer in a bit of nostalgia first 🥲