Holy crap the voice acting in this game is so underrated, it's almost like a radio play

@BungleJoogie68

21 күн бұрын

I am sort of blown away, too. It's above many games of its era and after.

@100Servings

21 күн бұрын

They had the actors delivering their lines and doing motion capture like a real play or TV show. The results speak for themselves. They filmed it all in California, which is why there's no Japanese audio track. It was WAY ahead of its time.

@user-ih5jr8rt5q

21 күн бұрын

yeah finding it quite good+

@Bluecho4

21 күн бұрын

I know, right? The VAs put in WORK.

@misterkefir

21 күн бұрын

Seriously though.. It's brilliant!

The Voice acting sounds like out of a theatre play. I love it

@MrFutago87

21 күн бұрын

There's a reason for that, this game is one of the first games to ever use motion capture. What they basically did was basically use actual theatre actors and fully act out the scenes in a green screen and those were converted fully into the game. That's why the voice acting is so good, they weren't just recording the lines in a booth they were actually acting out the scenes.

@sunadokei69

20 күн бұрын

@@MrFutago87 yea i heard/remember reading about them using theater actors to act/voice which give that "theatrical" feel

@Mr-on2ww

20 күн бұрын

Because they are literally recorded on theatrical set. Can't believe he doesn't mention that in the video.

@Valkbg

20 күн бұрын

@@Mr-on2ww Thats a big plus in my book

@cielargent

19 күн бұрын

Can't imagine how the director convinced the company to let him do that back then. I have heard about the voice acting of the Resident Evil, which was also develped around that time, Capcom just hired some random exchange students. And also the famous the House of The Dead 2, Sega hired professional voice actors, but they just sent the script to each voice actors and demanded them to finish their record. The voice actors didn't get to know or see others, they even didn't know what game they were working on.

I absolutely adore the natural delivery between the characters, how they can interrupt and talk over each other. It's like a stage play and exceedingly rare to see from games back then, especially a japanese RPG. And it's all elevated through the use of expressive motion capture. Amazing.

@DonnyKirkMusic

21 күн бұрын

Yeah exactly! And the best thing about mocap back then is that a lot of times they had the voice actors be the motion actors as well, so all of it is synced really well.

@Hablamannen

21 күн бұрын

Yeah, the banter was surprisingly good. In my experience, quality things like characters interuppting each other is missing in many modern games. Makes a big difference compared to individually recorded voicelines

The voice work in this game is so so gorgeous; calling it just ok feels criminal. It has a beautiful quality to it that feels both like watching a stage performance and an older film. There's so much life in it, not only compared to voice work at the time, but even voice work now. It truly stands out.

@j.2512

10 күн бұрын

the gameplay really is just ok

I love that even though the game director was a composer, he jammed so much goodness into this game that he only had space for a handful of tracks (which all slap).

@DonnyKirkMusic

21 күн бұрын

Oh man, this era for Hiroki Kikuta was great. There was that one other OST on the PS1 by him, Soukagi I think it was? That one is so, so amazing. The game itself is just mediocre but goddamn the music is peak.

@CapucineNighly

21 күн бұрын

And apparently his story writing slapped as well. I guess if the game did released in the vision he wanted, it would of been a much bigger hit.

It always amazed me how solid the VAs for this game were considering the time it came out in. Koudelka herself does a really good job.

I love the performances in this game. They have this sort of theatre-actor naturalism that you don't really get with more recent, professional voiceover actors. I didn't know about the The Name of the Rose connection, that makes me love this game even more.

I didn't expect " Oh hey, the nitroglycerin's ready" to be a phrase permanently branded into my brain to mean "let's have some extreme tonal whiplash", but here we are

Wales is such an underrated setting and I'm not just saying that because I live here.

As a Welshman myself, I've learnt some Welsh shit I didn't know about. But then you'd be surprised how little some Welsh people know about their own country. And when I say some, I mean most. Cool vid for a cool game. Can't wait for the day you cover the Panzer Dragoon games.

@dungeonchill

21 күн бұрын

Panzer Dragoon, you say? Oh buddy….. Just you wait.

@reaperezekial5168

21 күн бұрын

Ooh, I smell some tasty Panzer Dragoon Saga a-comin’ down the pipeline.

@reggaetonjones1988

17 күн бұрын

​@dungeonchill I hoped that you would say that 👍

A late-Victorian-era Welshwoman who sounds like she grew up in New York, accompanied by an Englishman and Irishman with accents originating from somewhere in New England, was certainly a novel premise.

@WoobooRidesAgain

13 күн бұрын

Honestly not surprising. English VA's from the UK were fairly rare at the time, and a lot of the English language localization studios were in the United States.

@j.2512

10 күн бұрын

i mean , George Martin wrote a whole saga of supposedly medieval europeans who say "fuck" every other sentence

I will always miss this era of gaming, it had a special charm that we just don't capture enough anymore.

@KaijuAKD

21 күн бұрын

Same as music. Once was made by artists that gave consumers something they could never expect. Now is made by corporations that just want to convince shareholders they know what consumers want, scamming them out of their money and just releasing generic, uninspired, broken shit.

@thescatologistcopromancer3936

21 күн бұрын

​@@KaijuAKDart has had a very long relationship with greed. There's way more good music than there ever was. There are more independent artists than ever.

@charlottecorday8494

20 күн бұрын

Or at all. I can't think of a single "modern audience" game that has elicited any feelings in me besides non-stop laughter. Wait, Returnal. That's one.

@pepperbreath35

14 күн бұрын

This sound like you just see AAA stuff. Theres more games produced, you will found it if ur willing to dig a bit

Shame we never got the Koudelka sequels Kikuta envisioned. And also that I never knew of the original game's existence, even though it was released in the PAL regions. Glad to have you and Majulaar cover it to bring it to my attention. Hopefully you'll cover some other Sacnoth games too, but for now thank you very much for this video and keep up the good work!

@dungeonchill

22 күн бұрын

Thank you! I also wish we could have seen Kikuta’s other game ideas too. I was trying to dig up more info on them, but what I mentioned in the video was all I could find. I’ll get to Shadow Hearts. I want to start doing more RPGs. They’re actually my favorite genre, and it was fun making this video.

@RisaxTheImp

22 күн бұрын

@@dungeonchill I am curious to see you cover Shadow Hearts and more RPGs in general, since they're my favourite genre as well! With Capcom's Breath of Fire 3 making me fall in love with the genre and even forcing a little Risax to learn some English.

I'm so glad you covered this game. The motion capture and performances were WAY ahead of their time. Good one, DC.

the voice acting in the game is surprisingly really good for the time.

“You’d better keep your mouth shut, if you want to live” She said as her face twisted into fourty two dimensions

Oh hell yeah. Marsh *and* Dungeon Chill uploading new video essays on criminally underrated games within 24 hours of each other? Christmas in June.

@planescaped

21 күн бұрын

Just need a new Accursed Farms Does Dungeon Chill reside within the game dungeon? Is it on the same floor as Civvie11 or in the asylum wing with Grimbeard? Maybe Majuular knows... _writes expanded universe youtuber fanfiction_

@MsDancecommander

19 күн бұрын

@@planescaped Now I wonder where MarshSMT and EarlybirdTV would be...

Great job conveying the literary aspects and narrative of the game, came through stronger than some other videos I've seen, and thanks for the book recc!

@dungeonchill

22 күн бұрын

Thank you! Hope you enjoy The Name of the Rose, if you decide to read it. It’s goooood.

@GeB93

21 күн бұрын

​@@dungeonchilltop tier recommendation. Couldn't agree more

Charlotte the Girl Ghost was voiced by Sara Paxton (to those who grew up watching Aquamarine, or to Horror fans who watched The Last House on the Left [2009]and The Innkeepers or to those who watched chickflicks like: Sleepover or Sydney White. She was also on that Superhero Movie with Drake Bell and recast Marnie on the third Return to Halloween Town).

There is also a sequel manga series to Koudelka. It's non-canon because of Shadow Hearts but is still worth bringing up.

@j.2512

10 күн бұрын

Shadow hearts is so weird i hardly see it as being related to koudelka even if it is.

This game looks really good for a PS1 game, in fact if you had told me it was an early PS2 game I probably wouldn't even question it

@Reckoner89

20 күн бұрын

Come on. It's obviously PS1.

@Just.Kidding

20 күн бұрын

Yeah not really. That isn't to say it doesn't look good, but most later PS1 games are of similar visual quality. Especially like this, when they used pre-rendered backgrounds which left more space for the models to use for polygons. I also really wouldn't compare it to early PS2; the 6th console generation saw the largest technological leap to this day.

This game is probably in the top 5 or 10 for most thematically powerful cutscene dialogue on the PS1

The voice acting especially in the drinking scene is fantastic

Koudelka deserves a remake and so does the Shadow Hearts franchise. The characters were compelling and believable since they had actual actors voice act the characters. The entire development behind Koudelka is fantastic. It has great atmosphere, very memorable things going for, the only negative thing I can point out is that the gameplay can be rather lackluster and slow.

@Lucifronz

21 күн бұрын

All the more impressive that they managed to get a good performance out of them, as voice acting is a different skillset from acting.

@greenhowie

21 күн бұрын

The problem being: what if they remake those games but don't want to spend too much time or money? Or something even worse happens like with RE3? Remakes are good in theory but they can be a curse as much as a blessing.

@magnaremora

21 күн бұрын

@@greenhowie I forgot to mention that the SH creator is working on a game called Penny Blood which is supposed to be a spiritual successor.

@greenhowie

21 күн бұрын

@@magnaremora Never heard of it before, judging by the Steam page it looks like a good game but uh... not sure it can really be called a spiritual successor. Unless it's supposed to be like Book of Memories but good. Most comparisons are saying Hades.

@GuiltyOne438

21 күн бұрын

​@@greenhowie So, it's a bit complicated, but Penny Blood (the main game) is very much a spiritual successor to Shadow Hearts that was funded on Kickstarter. However, while working on the game they released a "spin-off" rougelike starring the main game's villain squad, which is what's on Steam.

I remember watch a specific let’s play of this over and over as a kid. The player was a really fun guy and made the game much more engaging through the long combat and exploration sequences. I hope he’s well.

I wish there was so lengthy footage somewhere on how the 3d elements of those games where made. It is so difficult to find stuff about that that is not just 5 seconds check the montior here, 2 seconds check out the monitor there...actually, come to think of it, it would be so cool if ANY bigger developer made like a livestream of the creation process of one of their games, with fixed cameras switching regularly throught the office(s), because it would be cool and also so the public can understand how difficult it is. But they just don't want to show the crunch.

@dungeonchill

22 күн бұрын

You know what’s kind of decent? There’s footage of Takayoshi Sato making the cutscenes for Silent Hill 2. I think there’s also a bit of him doing the SH1 cutscenes too. It’s not a full sit down with him while he’s working, but it shows off more than just a few seconds. Pretty sure it’s on YT somewhere if you look up Silent Hill development or search his name.

@Patheticbutharmless

22 күн бұрын

@@dungeonchill Thank you so much for that response. What I like to look at it is the demo video for the 3dmax Kinetix software from 1996. It is pretty lengthy and wonderful. I just never want to loose appreciation for the art.

@jburton7978

21 күн бұрын

A lot of stuff was made on dedicated hardware like the SGI Indigo then rendered and imported into the game. Just search up 90s 3D modeling and you'll find information

@Just.Kidding

20 күн бұрын

@@Patheticbutharmless lose*

@Patheticbutharmless

18 күн бұрын

@@Just.Kidding come on. That was so mean.

Fun fact, Charlotte is voiced by baby Sara Paxton. the actress who played the mermaid in aquamarine

@Envious_JIG

12 күн бұрын

A fun fact about Sara: She's the 7th cousin of the late Bill Paxton (they're related through a guy named Samuel Paxton.) Bill was also the great nephew of Mary Paxton Keeley, who was a prominent journalist!

The combination of mocapped actors also voicing their lines at the same time is so neat. No other game that I know of has done this since. There has been plenty of mocapped games after, (LA Noir for example) but none with the static camera, stage play style. Same deal with Vagrant Story and its facial expressions done entirely with animated textures.

@doctorbrown5957

7 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure Silent Hill 2 and 3 did this as well.

@AC-hj9tv

7 күн бұрын

Final Fantasy 6

I'm so glad that Koudelka is getting the love and attention it deserves. I love this game so much

Roger bacon sounds exactly like Lo Pan from big trouble in little china, and I love it

@AkujinGG

20 күн бұрын

Exactly, I really thought it was James Hong lol

Wow dude, you could do an uncanny impression of a young David Hayter. That is a natural GIFT right there.

Just downloaded a PS1 Emulator some days ago, I didn't grow up with one (Born in 2004), but I have always had an obsession with PS1 games and PS2 games. Thank you for showcasing these games to add to my gameplay list!

48:44 For a few seconds I forgot I wasn't watching a Mandalore video, fully expecting a mystery of the druids smash cut.

@nikital.6523

21 күн бұрын

Lowry brainrot is real. Needs more Marv scream, though.

@TahuNuva2008

20 күн бұрын

SOUL TAKER! SOUL TAKER!!!!

31:30 Holy cow. Genuinely amazing voice acting. Sent chills down my spine.

The drinking scene is still one of the most heart rending things I've ever seen in ANY medium.

I don't play PS1 games or watch playthroughs but I have watched just about every Koudelka playthrough on youtube multiple times. I treat it like a movie. I watched a documentary about the making of Koudelka and had to see what the gameplay was like. I never stood a chance. The cut scenes fit together as if they knew people were going to watch them like a movie.

The Voi e acting in this is actually really good. Almost like an audio book or radio play, or thester show. There were some mid 2000s ganes on the ps2 that had worse voice acting. The cut scenes also look mocapped. The amount of secondary motion in things like resting arms, counter motion looks natural, no repeating idle animation . This is all during cut scenes, however. Not to mention this game was made by former square employees so the quality is pretty good. This feel really underrated and I'd be happy to see a remakester.

This is your best video yet. Started other videos abt this game but none of them gripped me. The way you framed the emotional moments was really impactful; thank you for undercutting the fireplace scene with a joke - I needed that

Waterfall is such an amazing and haunting battle theme. Both triumphant and full of trepidation at the same time somehow.

I was wondering when the next video would come. One refresh later, lo and behold. Fr though, this game needed more attention and a sequel

@otterdonnelly9959

21 күн бұрын

What is Shadow Hearts?

@ClaireZhasa

21 күн бұрын

This game was supposed to have 2 or 3 sequels of it's own before Shadow Hearts but it's reception got those cancelled. Edit: Saw this comment before he talked about it in the vid

A current meme going around is "The worst thing you can wish upon your enemy is a remake of their favorite game franchise."

@lewdvlesh

21 күн бұрын

Speaking of Parasite Eve, I would be thrilled to see you do a video on Third Birthday. I honestly believe it's extremely hated for the wrong reasons and is an actual work of genius.

Everytime I see you upload it's an instant watch. Keep up the great work!

Quite the title! Thank you for relaying the story in this form, it allows me to experience somthing I probably wouldn't manage otherwise.

I know you say the voice acting is “fine” or “good”, but I think it deserves much more credit than that The voice work and character animations for this game is spectacular for the era it was made in. I believe they did mocap and also recorded voice lines together, which is why you get that “theatre play” feel where the dialogue feels a bit more natural and they interrupt each other naturally instead of the usual back and forth talking we tend to see in gaming even today.

@dungeonchill

19 күн бұрын

Oh yeah. I regret downplaying it as much as I did. I actually loved the voicework in this game. It's phenomenal.

@SaintJames14

18 күн бұрын

I'm not a big fan of the style but you're 100% right and credit where it's due. Just watching this video was like watching an off-broadway play. The flow was fantastic even if I didn't much like the style. I don't feel like dungeon under-sold it though, even if you both do lol Great vid, great game. Might play it if I can find the iso

This channel has become one of those where if a new video comes out it's an instant watch. Great stuff man.

This was one of your best, bro. Truly an interesting gem of a game and you really did it justice! The voice acting and animations are so well done, actually pretty affecting for a PS1 game.

Thank you so much for covering it. I would love a remaster of this and wish there were more rpg horror games like this :D

Love this game so much one of my absolute favorites 🙏 Thanks for covering it!! The fireplace scene gets me every time 🥹

I legitimately get so excited everytime you post a video, you have covered such a great range of games and you do an amazing job presenting the material! 💙

Dude, I am loving these games you're reviewing. I've not heard of half of them, and I'm checking them all out. Great stuff, PLEASE keep going!!

My partner and I adored playing through this together, albeit using a guide yo understand general mechanics and building. It's extremely atmospheric, with beautiful art and emotional cutscenes. They actually shot the cutscenes in-person with all the actors so it'd feel more natural, and it really shows. Nothing like it :)

I swear you did this one already, dang. Love the coverage Kodelka has been getting lately, nice to see it being brought up next to Parasite Eve. Also, Robopon 2 is awesome.

@YTHandlesAreDumb

21 күн бұрын

I had the exact same feeling! Thought this was a reupload. But it turns out I watched Majuular do his retrospective on this game like two months ago, and they have similar presentation styles. Which is where I think the feeling of Deja vu came from.

@YTHandlesAreDumb

21 күн бұрын

@@charmolettafranquestafiestayam No I realize that. *I* watched it a couple months ago :P

nothing makes my day more than seeing a new Dungeon Chill upload on my feed

Had to do some tedious work and had this on in the background and the time flew by. Thanks!

You’ve entered my clean plate club for amazing long form gaming docs. Alongside Majulaar and Accursed farms. Retail work is killing me and its nice being able to unwind with content like this.

Thanks for the video! This was incredibly cool. I never play RPGs but I'll watch these all day. Great job!

I remember seeing this game for $15 dollars at Funcoland back in the 90s, and I didn't buy it. Then I forgot all about it until this video. Keep up the good work! Great nostalgia!

At 44:43 I just thought the two were smooching while the bishop spilled the beans. Old graphics can be deceitful. 😅

Another incredible game that I never even knew existed, despite loving PS1 RPGs to death. The sheer quantity of games and experimentation in the 90s always has surprises.

I see an hour long video about obscure video games, I click subscribe. Thanks dawg.

marsh and dungeon chill uploading on the same weekend, oh my

What a nice little video, full of humor and insights. Well done. 🎉

Dude you are on a roll with these bangers. I watch playthroughs of this game constantly. Great voice acting and blocking. Music is fantastic. Cult classic.

This game looks amazing! I'm going to have to check it out as soon as possible! Fantastic video by the way, like seriously fantastic!

Great video! I never heard of this game before and I watched this one to the end.

Oh man, i'm so glad you did this one!! One of my favorite PS1 games 😊😊😊😊😊

If spiders develop wings, I'm disconnecting from life

I love this stuff, really one of the consistently most interesting and enjoyable channels on the whole site.

I played this game quite some time ago, I even own the original - happy to see this game covered, so more people can learn about it. An unique blend of survival horror and jrpg, not overstaying its welcome, with fantastic atmosphere and music. I still like to listen to battle themes every now and then.

A Reddit atheist, a Westboro Baptist preacher, and Brendan Frasier's character from The Mummy walk into a mansion...

@j.2512

10 күн бұрын

the reddit atheist who can talk with spirits and do magic.

@connor3284

9 күн бұрын

@@j.2512 I was just referencing her edginess.

The number of ps1 games that i never knew existed bc I wasn't buying my own games back then, just blows my mind. Great videos man

love you man, thanks for another awesome vid

This is my new favorite channel.

you talk about the in game battle music, but ooooh man the reincarnation live version is like listening to some kind of summoning ritual it's SO GOOD

If I had a nickel for every youtuber who has covered Koudelka I'd have about 4 nickels- but I'm not complaining, love having more people know about this series. Just so weird that multiple ppl all decided to cover it in like a few months of each other. Well more to watch!

Thank gods you came up on my feed again I forgot about the channel for a bit and then still after remembering I still didn't know the name of the channel but I've subbed so that this can't happen again

Your content is actually perfect. 10/10

I enjoy your review of this game keep up the amazing videos and work coming well done

Never did i expect to hear about Umberto Eco than on a retrogames channel Thanks for the cozy videos btw 😊

@napoleonfeanor

19 күн бұрын

I like several of his novels and also encountered his academic works such as the one about fictional middle ages in modern culture. He always seemed to have an axe to grind with the church. Also no fan of the general whole theoretical base of his academic work. Talented author of fiction though.

Dungeon Chill, you should do a piece on all of the original Playstation Resident Evil games, 1 through 3, maybe early 4 before it came out in full form.

A PS1 horror game I haven't played? Why, thank you, sir!

I purchased this game back when it first came out. I did feel it. About a year and a half ago, I started a fresh play through and finally finished it. So glad I did.

the soundtrack for this video is a banger dude, good shit

I remember playing this. Great work

Seems like the game is just now getting popular to talk about on the internet and I'm so here for it! I really want it released on modern consoles one day. I found out about it years ago and fell in love.

Great video! I really loved this game as a kid.

Rude of Roger Bacon not to let Koudelka and Edward use his love hotel UFO that's parked like a half mile away in the ending. As much as I'd have loved the original pitch, these three games are so, so interesting and good. If you play Koudelka *ahem* any way you can, it's a very much improved experience, too, because you can make the battles faster. A remaster with that one function would rule so hard.

@reaperezekial5168

21 күн бұрын

Something akin to the recent Chrono Cross remaster would be sufficient. They don’t have to go all FFVII remake. I would even love this for Parasite Eve, Legend of Dragoon or even Vagrant Story.

Great analysis of the game, and I agree with other comments that the voice acting is relatively amazing. Not to mention the motion capture of character models adds alot of immersiveness to the cutscenes.

Great video as always, looking forward to shadow hearts!

I've been hoping you'd do a video on this game!

The other word for Roma always kinda surprises me when people use it and don't realize its a slur x'D

Heard the music and said out loud, "Oh, this a Dungeon Chill joint?!"

New Dungeon Chill just as I'm going to sleep. Perfect ❤

Nice, this game is set in my home country of Gorllewin Cymru, I'll keep this up to watch later, hopefully he gives pronouncing Aberystwyth a go.

Wow the voice acting is top notch! Idk how i missed this growing up but i regret it 😳

A lot of the games you cover are on my backlog, and I always have to stop at the spoiler warnings and it kills me each time, lol. I love your vids and I hate stopping early.

on GOD i was waiting for dungeon chill to review this game!!!

The voice acting really drew me in, damn.

Your Welsh pronunciation was pretty good - had no idea that there was a PS1 game set in Wales!

Whilst you're correct about the typo for aberystwyth you're pronunciation was much closer as you read the typo. Keep up the great vids :D