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The Game Awards 2024 + How Should Games Be Reviewed?
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In this video we discuss the game awards, game reviews, and I complain about the injustice done to the Patrick Star Game. I hope you enjoy.
The Original Mario Bros: It's Definitely not Super
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This is a review of Mario Bros from the Arcade on the NES. I hope you enjoy this video in the NES Classic Review Series.
Dewy's Adventure: The Wii's Forgotten Motion-Controlled 3D Platformer
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This is a review of Dewy's Adventure on the Nintendo Wii. If you have any obscure Wii Games you'd like to recommend, please let me know.
LittleBigPlanet's Shutdown is Tragic and Symbolic
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Today we grieve the loss of LittleBigPlanet. I wish I could have known them better.
Going to Big Brain Academy to get my Wii Degree
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Thank you so much for to watching my videos.
Nicktoons Battle For Volcano Island is a Strange Sequel
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This is a review of Nicktoons Battle For Volcano Island. I hope you enjoy.
A Review of Nicktoons Unite! My Favorite Kind of Bad Game
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This is a review of Nicktoons Unite. I hope you enjoy.
The PS5 Pro Makes Me Sad Because I Love PlayStation
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Today we lament the direction PlayStation has gone in since the PS4 generation.
The Time Animal Crossing Localized a Japanese Exclusive NES Game
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In this video we look at Clu Clu Land D, a Japanese only NES game that we got overseas with Animal Crossing on the Gamecube.
The Game with the Stupid Box Art is Quite Good Actually - Super Bust A Move Review
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This is a review of Super Bust A Move (Super Puzzle Bobble) on PS2. I hope you enjoy.
The History & Mathematics of Donkey Kong Jr.
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In this video we look at Donkey Kong Jr. & Donkey Kong Jr. Math. I hope you enjoy.
The Fascinating Pokémon Game on Wii - PokePark: Pikachu's Adventure Review
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This is a review of PokePark Pikachu's Adventure. I hope you enjoy.
Looking Back at NES Remix on Wii U - NES Remix Pack Review
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This is a review of NES Remix Pack before NES World Championships comes out on Switch. I hope you enjoy.
That Time Crayola Made a Bad Wii Game - Wii Hidden Gem Hunting
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This is a review of Crayola: Colorful Journey. I hope you enjoy.
MySims Review - Wii Hidden Gem Hunting
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MySims Review - Wii Hidden Gem Hunting
Is Endless Ocean Luminous worth playing & is it a good sequel? Endless Ocean Luminous Review
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Is Endless Ocean Luminous worth playing & is it a good sequel? Endless Ocean Luminous Review
Burger Island Review - Wii Hidden Gem Hunting
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Burger Island Review - Wii Hidden Gem Hunting
Is Donkey Kong on the NES worth playing today?
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Is Donkey Kong on the NES worth playing today?
Is Endless Ocean Blue World worth playing today? Endless Ocean: Blue World Wii Review
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Is Endless Ocean Blue World worth playing today? Endless Ocean: Blue World Wii Review
Is Ice Climber worth playing today?
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Is Ice Climber worth playing today?
Is the Original Endless Ocean worth playing today? Endless Ocean Wii Review
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Is the Original Endless Ocean worth playing today? Endless Ocean Wii Review
Is Excitebike worth playing today?
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Is Excitebike worth playing today?
Super Mario Bros - Reviewing Every Game on the NES Classic - Episode 01
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Super Mario Bros - Reviewing Every Game on the NES Classic - Episode 01
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (1991) Review
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Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (1991) Review

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @linklickz
    @linklickz 7 днів тому

    lol no way you enjoyed outright games shovelware slop eater energy

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 7 днів тому

      I mean hey, THQ was a shovelware machine in the 2000’s. Battle for bikini bottom was still great.

    • @linklickz
      @linklickz 7 днів тому

      @HydratedGaming not the same, by that logic at that time all publishers would be shovelware machines, Activision, ea, sony, ubisoft. The difference between them and outright games is that they still released quality games alongside their shovelware where as outright only makes slop

  • @solo-ion3633
    @solo-ion3633 8 днів тому

    I was already an adult with a job when I got my PS3 and LBP shortly afterwards, but man! There's nothing else quite like the LBP games. Amongst other things, It was my first experience with online gaming. That's something else that's gone away with the latter consoles: free online multiplayer. Sure, I play PC games to, but I haven't found anything where I can connect with other people like in the LBP games.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 8 днів тому

      Since making this video I’ve played even more of the campaign, and I really wish I could have experienced it in its heyday.

    • @solo-ion3633
      @solo-ion3633 8 днів тому

      @@HydratedGaming having random people join me on my adventures was always a special moment, but maybe about a 1/4th of the time the group would prove... difficult for one reason or another. I guess that's true all over the internet, through.

  • @blindspuut
    @blindspuut 9 днів тому

    I personally don't judge games on difficulty or controls, because here's the thing about them: You can adapt to them And yeah OBVIOUSLY some control-styles may be better than others, but I'm not gonna let my skill issues inhibit me from enjoying a game, which, I enjoy this one a lot personally Also I never played this with friends because I don't HAVE any lol

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 8 днів тому

      As long as the controls function, (which these do) I see your point. I should have probably added one more sentence in this review that I don’t think this version is bad, just not as fun as the other versions and therefore not really relevant to newcomers (in my opinion, others may disagree and that’s perfectly fine. I am not emperor of video games; Todd Howard is) And dude i doubt you have no friends, a gamer friend tho, that’s hard to come by. I’m beyond blessed to have my wife and brothers to game with.

  • @johnathandoe6034
    @johnathandoe6034 10 днів тому

    Still dont understand why gamers hate Jeff so much tho... My man literally put so fucking much into the industry and neck beards randomly hate him

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 10 днів тому

      Lol I think people get mad because he tries to make money on things. But this whole industry is a business so I have 0 problems with him. Secure the bag. It’s not like I’m up to anything on a Thursday night anyways if it’s mid.

  • @flelucho2446
    @flelucho2446 10 днів тому

    Dude what the hell I just went down to your channel and you ONLY HAVE 200 SUBS?! you are so underrated man, good job on the vid. Its le funny

  • @quarterpounderwithcheesebacon
    @quarterpounderwithcheesebacon 11 днів тому

    Do you actually think Most Anticipated Game is a tough decision? Imo its gotta be GTA 6. Everyone's been wanting that for 10 years.

  • @dietmar1236
    @dietmar1236 11 днів тому

    I dont think I care about any of the games youve talked about so far but youre underrated and your style is goated, so have my subscribble. Also the video was really good

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 11 днів тому

      Thank you so much for watching. And I just pick random games off the shelf, so hopefully I’ll pick one that does interest you soon lol

    • @dietmar1236
      @dietmar1236 11 днів тому

      @@HydratedGaming Hope so too!

  • @RapturesBounty
    @RapturesBounty 11 днів тому

    This was a fun watch

  • @RapturesBounty
    @RapturesBounty 11 днів тому

    Unanswerable comment

  • @Snot_born_nice
    @Snot_born_nice 12 днів тому

    In terms of rating games Is there a difference between 1 and 0?

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 12 днів тому

      I suppose a 1 is a game that at the very least exists. That or a 0 is just used when the game is so bad you take it personally and want to make a statement.

    • @Keeby219
      @Keeby219 9 днів тому

      i personally think 0 should only be given for games that just fundamentally dont work or function

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 9 днів тому

      That’s a good point, i agree.

    • @Keeby219
      @Keeby219 8 днів тому

      @HydratedGaming you could apply this to video games that mechanically are broken too

  • @xalt255x
    @xalt255x 12 днів тому

    Good thing I'm not a reviewer and can have as many 10s as I want based on how much I enjoyed them! (I have seventeen 10s out of 210 games I've rated and 712 games I've played in my life)

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 12 днів тому

      Any more obscure suggestions from your list of 10s?

    • @xalt255x
      @xalt255x 12 днів тому

      ​@@HydratedGaming Sure! - The Punchuin. Simple few hours long action puzzler in rare Tetris subgenre (Wario's Woods, Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness). Pretty visuals and tight gameplay. Extremely underrated (maybe because it was released on December 20 as a NSW exclusive (not on Steam)) - Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories. "RPG" in a liberal sense of term as in no combat but you're free to walk around and talk to quirky NPCs to progress the story, with some hidden side-quests (Chulip-like!) - Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams. Similar to above but you explore different dreams. Some are scary - Broken Reality. Same as above but VAPORWAVE and about exploring half-dead virtual reality server. - Star Fetchers. Edgy early zoomer 2d action platformer with unique combat (not exactly "good" but unique!) and badass lesbian(?) heroines killing thugs with katanas. Demo prologue on Steam. Full game will be out in 2045, probably. - Rainy Season. A single rainy day (not season) of Japanese midschool boy in his house. Also Norco but it's more popular I guess

  • @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments
    @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments 18 днів тому

    Good review. I never even heard of this game. I think why some people hated motion controls because they saw it as nothing more than a gimmick. Personally an entire long game with motion controls can get annoying, I like motion controls in small doses.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 16 днів тому

      100% agree, they’re best used for very specific instances. However I think a lot of Wii games used them better than people give them credit for. But Dewy’s adventure can get annoying. It’s kind of like the monkey ball game on Wii if you played that. Hurts your wrist after a while. Still an interesting game though.

  • @GhostCatandDeer
    @GhostCatandDeer 18 днів тому

    Just discovered your channel from looking this game up on google, I really like your review style! :) Do you take wii game suggestions for reviews?

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 17 днів тому

      Thank you for watching! I’d love suggestions! I don’t care if they’re good or bad games, both can be fun to look at. But if I don’t own the game it may take a while to get to it. Also I try to keep things family friendly, so T rating and below is more my thing. Beyond those, I’ll review whatever you got!

    • @GhostCatandDeer
      @GhostCatandDeer 16 днів тому

      @HydratedGaming All good! I prefer E games anyway haha :) I know the games Dog Island and Petz Catz/Dogz 2 on the Wii were made by the same company, and localized by Ubisoft, and have interesting plots for a silly animal game. Also interesting, Petz Dogz/Catz 2 on the Wii were originally called Puppy/Kitten and the Magic Hat (approx Japanese translation), but when localized Ubisoft changed the title for some reason and it flew under the radar as being a pet sim. Just a suggestion, totally fine if you don't want to! Excited to see whatever you make next regardless :3

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 11 днів тому

      I will keep an eye out for those when I go to the game store!

  • @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments
    @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments 18 днів тому

    Good vid. Don't listen to that snob comparing it against the arcade version. At this time NES ports of old Nintendo arcade games were great. They basically played the same, you probably would have a hard time pointing out differences unless you had them side by side. Elitism in it's purest form.

  • @UlfFormynder
    @UlfFormynder 19 днів тому

    Sure, producing games has always been about the money. The biggest difference now is that it costs significantly more to produce a game at the state of the art so larger studios tend to play it safe and stick with a known formula rather than making something new and creative.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 16 днів тому

      Agreed, which is why it’s even more confusing that big publishers won’t invest in AA games. There’s a market there.

  • @Unk1276
    @Unk1276 19 днів тому

    Very fun video to watch, i hope you find success with UA-cam!

  • @Snacker6
    @Snacker6 19 днів тому

    I first played this on the Atari 2600, so the jumping controls were to be expected, and were very much on par with Donkey Kong at the time. I loved the game at the time, as when you compare it to other Atari 2600 games, it is much closer to the same quality level, if not higher than other games of the time

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 16 днів тому

      I was thinking of getting that Atari 5200+ emulator thing that plays 2600 and 5200 carts because it would be fun to show Atari versions of these NES games too. It’s kind of fascinating seeing Mario games on Atari.

    • @Snacker6
      @Snacker6 16 днів тому

      @@HydratedGaming It might be worth it. There is a lot of interesting history there, and I haven't really seen anyone talk about it

  • @KidPrarchord95
    @KidPrarchord95 19 днів тому

    I really don't think the controls are that bad. I do understand why someone might prefer the controls in later revisions, but I think the way they function here does provide an extra layer of fun challenge if you can open your mind to it

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 19 днів тому

      I can see that point of view. I just think nowadays this game is best as a pick up and play game, thus it benefits greatly from the easier controls. But back in the day when this came out, the harder controls probably helped players get more out of it as it required more mastery. And there is definitely a feeling of fun that comes with mastering stuff like this.

  • @RaposaCadela
    @RaposaCadela 19 днів тому

    I believe this game had a revision on the Famicom Disc System originally, and it came with ads for a rice brand (yes really)

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 19 днів тому

      That’s an excellent fun fact lol, thank you for making me aware of this important lore.

  • @amorphousblob2721
    @amorphousblob2721 19 днів тому

    The fact that this entire review is based on the NES version invalidates it completely. You wouldn't judge Pac-Man by the Atari 2600 version. NES Mario Bros is a similarly poor port. I would go as far as to say you're not really playing Mario Bros unless it's the arcade version.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 19 днів тому

      Huh, never heard that it was a bad port, interesting. I’ll have to try the Arcade one. Are the controls a lot better? Like I said in the video, I really like the remakes that came out later which fixed the controls. I just don’t like the NES version, so I think we agree!

    • @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments
      @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments 18 днів тому

      ​@@HydratedGaming​ Don't listen to him. It was a mostly accurate port just like Donkey Kong was. I mean it came out 3 years later and the NES was powerful enough to recreate those early Nintendo arcade games fairly accurately like they did Donkey Kong. His comparison of Arcade Pac Man vs 2600 is also way off. A more Apt comparison would be playing Mario Bros on the 2600. The NES had enough power to recreat Pacman just as it did DK and Mario Bros. Even the game reviewed well when it was a time arcade ports to home systems were usually awful. The NES was the first time you started seeing great ports of old arcade games. The game basically plays the same... Actually if I wanted to be a total snob... "You didn't get the full Mario Bros experience because you didn't play it in an arcade with a joystick and having to put coins in a machine !!1"

    • @amorphousblob2721
      @amorphousblob2721 9 днів тому

      ​@@HydratedGaming It's been so long since I've played the NES version, that I couldn't tell you how the controls of that version feel. The controls of the arcade version don't feel like SMB. Mario slips for some distance when you try to stop or turn around, but there are animation and sound cues that tell you this is deliberate: You see water splashing from the bottoms of his shoes, and there's a skidding sound. Every step sounds like rubber shoes on a wet floor (or a squeegee on glass), reinforcing the feeling that the floor is wet and slippery. He only jumps one height, and he can't change direction or speed while airborne like he can in SMB. He can jump from the middle of a skid. Often, jumping is a more effective way to dodge enemies than stopping and running the other direction, because of the skidding. In a 2-player game, you can jump on the other player. The player being jumped on compresses and decompresses like a spring, and the jumping player bounces off, similar to jumping on an enemy in SMB, but harder to accomplish. The fireballs are way more frequent in the arcade version than the NES version, and their sprites are much bigger, and you can kill them. Each time you kill a red fireball (1000 points), a new one appears and moves faster. Green fireballs are worth 400 points. The enemy sprites are also much bigger and more detailed than in the NES version. And the color palette is bigger. I'd guess 64 colors. The NES version is visually ugly, unlike the arcade version. The sound quality is also much better. Where NES Donkey Kong sounds like the arcade game, NES Mario Bros doesn't sound much like the arcade version.

  • @awrsish
    @awrsish 19 днів тому

    Nah skrillex suicide squad is 100% part of my awkward phase PURPLE LAMBORGHINI LURKIN

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 19 днів тому

      I couldn’t sit through that movie for more than 5 minutes. That being said, soundtrack was incredible.

  • @caitlinbarbery5260
    @caitlinbarbery5260 23 дні тому

    Ok so, I’ve been a fan of the endless ocean franchise for 14 years since I was 9 years old, and now I’m 23. First 2 games are absolute masterpieces. When I heard of luminous, I was thrilled for many many weeks. But then when I played it, I cried for over an hour because of disappointment. First thought was that I thought the company Arika did this to us to ditch us and leave its fans behind. And then my next conclusion was maybe they made a crappy game to make a better one. I was getting closer but it wasn’t quite that, or at least not all of the answer. And finally, tonight, I had a realization. After 6 months, I think I finally cracked the code as to why endless ocean luminous is so crappy. First, you must remember that the first two endless ocean games were created to function on the original Nintendo Wii. EO 1 was released on January 21, 2008. EO 2 was released on September 17, 2009. Video games like these that go in detail, usually take multiple years to develop, and the yearly release reveals that they previously worked on both projects way before they released them and ran tests on them. But, it seems like their original plan was to only include two endless ocean games. But, it could’ve been that the year after EO 2 was released, Arika saw how successful the two first games were, that the third installment became a project, the first two games were premeditated and sought out to release one year from each other, when the previous developments of those 2 games were completely unannounced and secretive. Therefore, the third installment became a backup plan if the first two games became successful. Hmm, that could mean something significant: It could definitely mean that after they released endless ocean 2, they already planned to make an endless ocean 3. Most likely what happened was, after they released endless ocean 2, as they were developing it, they were probably originally going to put it on the Nintendo Wii, but then 3 years later before they finished developing the third installment, the Wii got discontinued. So, they could’ve needed to restart a lot of their progress, and scrap together some of what they already had previously, and try to work with a new program. That’s also explains the new details of what the fish look like, how the fish move etc, because of a new program. Maybe it took 15 years to make because they needed to narrow a story down to something more boring and simple so that they don’t risk messing up a big story line to a new program (Nintendo switch) that they aren’t experienced with yet with games like that. Therefore, there is a high chance that endless ocean luminous is an experimental game more so than an official and long lasting game. Something to tide us over until they develop another endless ocean game since now they know what they are working with. With the original Nintendo Wii, yes it held data, but it ultimately required to insert a game disk, therefore the Wii was more flexible with data usage. But for the switch, it’s more sensitive to the reactions of graphics and data, and further need to clear data in order to fit in a new game. If they ultimately made luminous a high quality game and released it, there is also a high chance it would’ve taken up a lot of data. But now, there’s a chance they are trying to work with what they have. Another reason why I know this is only an experimental game, is because a lot of luminous is copied and pasted. Let me explain: in the 2 previous games, we had unique character personalities and qualities. In luminous, even though there are new names to few characters, the personality reflects blandly off of characters like GG (but less creative), and as for the Ai, that’s a cheap copy of when the characters originally reached out to talk to your character while you dive. And they copied and pasted repetitively of the EO 2 legendary creatures over using them (no longer treated as unique). And when they inserted the idea of multiplayers around the world, that’s to bring it back and make up for when Nintendo shut down multiplayer on the Wii. As for the storyline about the world coral, it’s a similar theme to chasing a dream, chasing something around the world (but in the same ocean). The veiled sea copies both themes of EO 1 & 2, it’s one ocean, but different water type fish and environments from ancient ruins, to river waters, to salt waters and ice cold waters. And the randomness of the underwater layout and lack of activity from the fish, also feel experimental. Kinda like with Xbox or the PS systems with early released games, except the switch doesn’t do those. So instead, it’s an experiment, until the next game is released. And lastly, maybe the game was rushed because they could be also working on an Endless ocean 4, to release it quicker. Endless ocean luminous is probably a bookmark, to the final stages of another endless ocean game.

  • @amimirmimir512
    @amimirmimir512 Місяць тому

    7:00 you say nicktoons freeze frame frenzy is good? what is good about it other than the weird organ instument i found in it

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I recently recorded video footage of it and will be doing a video on it. But my argument why I think it’s good (not great, but good) boils down to the gameplay being good enough to keep kid me entertained on a car ride, having a lot of fun references to the shows I grew up with, and introducing me to Invader Zim as the antagonist. Also I really like the song that plays in the All Grown Up level where you’re on the street with all the cars in the background. I think it did a good job for what it was trying to be.

    • @amimirmimir512
      @amimirmimir512 Місяць тому

      all grown up 4 photo album and the unused options menu all go hard af literally the reason i got it's soundfont

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 21 день тому

      @@amimirmimir512 I never thought I'd meet another fan of the Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy photo album music. You my friend have excellent taste.

  • @EEBE64
    @EEBE64 Місяць тому

    I actually played this game a long time ago as a little kid. It looks good, but the controls kinda ruined the experience for me, and probably for some other people, too. If it used the d-pad or the nunchucks control stick and played a bit more like something like super monkey ball, it probably could've been a really good game. Good video btw.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      Thank you for watching. And yup, I agree completely. It's nice to see when games try something different though, even if it doesn't fully pay off.

    • @EEBE64
      @EEBE64 Місяць тому

      @HydratedGaming Yeah, the game looks good visually, and has some cool gimmicks and ideas, but the motion controls (while also an interesting idea) were the biggest thing holding this game back, especially considering the precision the game requires at times. Either that, or little kid me just sucked at this game, lol.

  • @_e_3815
    @_e_3815 Місяць тому

    HYPE

  • @tuojiangoman3228
    @tuojiangoman3228 Місяць тому

    One of the other great things about GG is that you get 5 extra slots for treasure. I wish the Private Reef and Aquarium were fleshed out more. Perhaps a sequel (official or not) could solve the problem by having various bases for the Private Reef to choose from, or the Aquarium could be overhauled with a medium tank to allow you to place more species (but not large animals).

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I 100% agree. I’d also like it if you could catch, name, and maybe breed specific types of fish. Make it really feel like “your” aquarium ya know. Then have it be accessible from the island base and boom, you got a very fun mechanic you can spend hours on. Could probably work in an online sharing component too.

  • @Odindoesstuffreal
    @Odindoesstuffreal Місяць тому

    is that marvin sml?!??!

  • @nuggetmytimb9046
    @nuggetmytimb9046 Місяць тому

    i got codes for little big planet 4. and u cant get them

  • @tutacat
    @tutacat Місяць тому

    LBP2 LBP3. But 3 and other games are not made by media molecule. You can still download the updates, if not from sony, then from the archive or ps3 store. Or just play what's on the disc. The whole of v1 or so on, is available on the disc. But this video got a bit tangential

  • @aarter2913
    @aarter2913 Місяць тому

    nice to see a nuanced look at "big" games back then vs now that peels a bit further into the black box that is the industry

  • @malshuri
    @malshuri Місяць тому

    as a new comer to the series as well this was a really nice look at the games legacy!!! sometimes i also feel like i missed out on the hey day of some of these industry changing games, because well, i was a pretty stupid child as well - hearing you talk about the games you played much later in life was really nice honestly. never too late to experience these gems

  • @fumetsusozo
    @fumetsusozo Місяць тому

    Very interesting watching somebody talk about their LBP experience with nearly no past history with it. Personally I played all 3 main titles along with some spinoffs back when each game was brand new, I wasn't a kid during it, so my view on it all was bit different from some peps. Anyways especially LBP 2&3 were great as beginner game dev kits, with enough time & effort you could make nearly anything... for ref besides films as you said, other examples are JRPGs, FPS games or even minigames like arcade machines that plays Space Invaders... The series helped shaped my skills as a inspiring indie dev back then, and I was a pretty active member among the community made message boards! You are right that Sony would probably never make something like LBP nowadays, and arguably Sony didn't truly ever love LBP properly for what it was originally either... what do I mean by that? Well as many folk know, Sony has a history with wanting to compete with Nintendo, often trying to rip off various ideas from them... after the first LBP was a hit, there seemingly later was scheming behind the scenes to shift the series into being a competitor to Mario for future titles, which meant Sony became more interested in only the "Mascot Platformer" aspects of LBP, and became far less interested in the "User Generated Content" side of the series which was the heart of it. This change easily can be seen with the last spinoff game "Sackboy A Big Adventure" which discarded all user creation elements, and instead focused on merely being a generic 3D platformer similar to "Mario 3D World" ...and rumors suggested if that spinoff game had been highly successful, it might've became the new direction for the series! But as it didn't do amazingly... the result was Sony seemingly lost interest altogether... Furthermore with the latest "Astro Bot" game now being a far more successful version that "Sackboy A Big Adventure" was trying to be "AKA a Mario Copycat," ...well lets just say I doubt Sony will ever want to go backwards now. So the conclusion to me is clear LBP is outright officially dead, and likely won't come back from a soulless company that only really wants to make Hollywood style games or ripoff their rival Nintendo, and I can't see that changing any time soon unless the corporate gaming sphere altogether makes a drastic change.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      Yup. PlayStation really needs to change course. All their big games feel way too similar.

  • @BlazeFireXERO
    @BlazeFireXERO Місяць тому

    "I don't even think It will come close to being the same" Hold your horses, cowboy! The hope was lost for a really long time but a clever gadder of the interwebs actually archived all 10 million levels, and they can be played via custom servers. So, LBP as a whole is *dead*, in mainstream but can be played at any moment in time, If people wish to do so. :)

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      That’s excellent news, and I hope that works well and keeps the community alive, but I still think that’s going to be a massive roadblock for newcomers unfortunately. But it’s always good to see communities doing what they can to keep things going! There’s history there that’s worth preserving.

  • @Mario-qg6yx
    @Mario-qg6yx Місяць тому

    The problem is way bigger then just the gaming industry, the thing is we live in a shareholder based economy, and when you realize that a lot of actions public companies do make sense. Like, Concord exists because Sony telling shareholders that they have a live service game that they are putting a lot of money in increases share value, Concord could of never have been released and it still would of been worth every cent put into development for Sony. Or, you know about all the ai stuff that companies spew out? They do it because it increases share value, it's literally just advertisements for shareholders!

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I see what you’re saying. Never underestimate the ability corporate accountants have to move money around and make a balance sheet look good, but eventually you do need real cash. I don’t think 400 million cash vanishing into nothing is going to make shareholders happy. I don’t really know if it’s entirely the fault of shareholders though. Nintendo has shareholders, and they always seem to have an innovative and diverse library. I think there’s larger issues at PlayStation.

  • @maxmikester8185
    @maxmikester8185 Місяць тому

    This series was so amazing, but it was ruined by hackers (and outdated security). The first two games were killed by bad actors before those same bad actors moved onto 3.

  • @BlueTakBlur
    @BlueTakBlur Місяць тому

    I feel like it is also because of money but also about what is the least risky. in the beginning they experimented and eventually they found what sells and despite technological progress the cost of games just get more expensive to make. so you just have less great games over time because they want to make a game that is guaranteed to sell and follow trends

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I think you’re 100% right, but paradoxically, the lack of experimentation will decrease sales in the long run. Abandoning franchises before they really have a chance is also hurting Sony in the long run. Nintendo, (though is guilty of abandoning many of its franchises) does a much better job at this. That’s how you get games like Luigi’s mansion going from 3 million sales on gamecube to 9 million sales on switch. I truly believe LBP could have been a pillar of PlayStation, but they already kind of abandoned it after the second game. Series take time to grow. Nintendo series are decades old, gaming staples which will sell by name alone. Sony doesn’t have that because they’ve chased the short term trends. The only series still active from the PS1 era is gran turismo. That is bafflingly bad. If you want an easy way to guarantee sales, you need long running series with decades of excellent games. It feels like no one even questions if they should get the next Mario or Zelda game (assuming they like those genres) Sony lacks this, and it’s self inflicted because they have an amazing history.

  • @spudwilkins9440
    @spudwilkins9440 Місяць тому

    i used to do fake let's plays on LBP1 and now i'm a youtuber myself... LBP made me want to be a youtuber! i'd have imaginary guests on and multiple seasons of the let's plays, indicated by the color of my sackboy's cape. I became a youtuber myself because of LBP... great video man! from sub number 127.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I wish I would have played it when I was a kid. It sounds like a game I would have loved. And thank you for watching!

  • @lukecwolf
    @lukecwolf Місяць тому

    Fr, emulating LBP is one of the worst ways. I replayed it on an emulator, and doing so much to get levels was so much worse than just getting my old PlayStation and booting up levels. You're closer to the actual community that way. Rip sackboy.

  • @michaelwashboard2323
    @michaelwashboard2323 Місяць тому

    I still feel that largely gaming companies have become a lot less creative because they've become more monopolistic. Sony, Nintendo, Valve, EA, and many other competitors were compelled to fund games like LBP because they had a lot fair competition, and would face more consequence for stupid decisions. Now, it's harder to compete with a mega corporations if they are the only ones in their domain to have power over an industry, and make it increasingly unfair to every other company that don't automatically side with them. Within the modern Corporate Capitalism system, they're encouraged to hold onto the copyright to every single IP forever, and keep producing sequel after sequel until they've become the Frankenstein of all of gaming. Other companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Disney, and others are also monopolies, and their relative industries have also taken the same amount of consequences.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I agree in the the tech space like with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, (Google especially needs to be broken up, no people should have that much power) but in video games specifically, I’m not so sure yet, but i can see your argument. If Microsoft pulls out of the console space, which I think they might, leaving only Sony and Nintendo, that is not good at all. But I’m not sure what you even do at that point. Nintendo and Sony aren’t even that big. Weirdly enough, Microsoft, amazon, and Google seem to be the ones who struggle the most in the gaming space. Xbox has been losing since the kinect, and stadia was a disaster. Gaming is a creative space, and doesn’t lend itself well to corporate structure. And I think gaming studios are being punished for their lack of creativity. Look at Ubisoft right now. On the other side, EA has a monopoly on sports licenses, which wasn’t true in the 2000’s, and now sports games are getting worse. So like all problems, it’s complicated. I’m not really sure what the solutions are to be honest. I think things will get worse before they get better. I think in the next 5-10 years you’re going to see a Ubisoft or EA go down. Indies will continue to rise. I think the big issue is that games cost so much to make that only the massive companies can finance these projects. I have no idea what the solution to that is. There may not be one.

  • @snowboundrecords
    @snowboundrecords Місяць тому

    Dude I was astonished when I saw your sub count, you deserve hundreds of thousands more 🎉

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      Thank you for the very kind words my friend

  • @LukeTheFantasticMii
    @LukeTheFantasticMii Місяць тому

    the fuck do you mean that Donkey Kong country became a thing because of the genesis version of Alladin? *Looks up the development of donkey kong country from Wikipedia* Wait, that's actually true?

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      Donkey Kong Lore is truly one of life’s greatest joys.

  • @featherpoof
    @featherpoof Місяць тому

    Oh my FUCKING GOD the opening story about your initial view of LBP as a child is so SPECIFIC it's so funny.

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming Місяць тому

      I was a pretty stupid child. But I’ve since grown out of it. Now I’m a pretty stupid adult.

    • @TheMenaceHimself2006
      @TheMenaceHimself2006 Місяць тому

      ​@@HydratedGaming Mr. Incredible: *STUPID IS STUPID*

    • @AquaTomMovies
      @AquaTomMovies Місяць тому

      Pls no blasphemy

    • @featherpoof
      @featherpoof Місяць тому

      @@AquaTomMovies It's not possible to blaspheme a fake god please don't bring your religion to this comment section 😭

    • @AquaTomMovies
      @AquaTomMovies Місяць тому

      @@featherpoof I wouldn't be responding to your blasphemy if you hadn't done it. Prove He's fake, or maybe just edit that out of the comment

  • @KayneKat
    @KayneKat Місяць тому

    the Kinect will be the villain of LBP4

  • @itchylol742
    @itchylol742 Місяць тому

    8:19 Try Factorio Space Age DLC, Earth Defense Force 6, World of Goo 2, Penny's Big Breakaway, Nine Sols, and Another Crab's Treasure. All good and released this year. There are always good games if you put effort into looking for them.

  • @marcobattelli6416
    @marcobattelli6416 Місяць тому

    Nice work keep it up man!

  • @Lmangos
    @Lmangos Місяць тому

    fire vid

  • @Icarus-Suraci
    @Icarus-Suraci Місяць тому

    Really enjoyed this video, thank you.

  • @_e_3815
    @_e_3815 2 місяці тому

    I would unironically love a Dewey’s adventure review lol

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 2 місяці тому

      Alright, will do. It’s about water so it’s on brand.

  • @hoobadooba4548
    @hoobadooba4548 2 місяці тому

    You are a true Sony fan 100% Finally someone how doesn't give Sony a shield from criticism because it's "Xbox's fault." I feel the same way! I feel Sony died with the PS3 all that mainstream attention to appeal more to the west really killed Sony's variety. You guys remember Fat Princess, Starhawk, Twisted Metal, Infamous, we even got a Sly 4.😢 Sony let the Japanese snort coke and make games again!

  • @commentarysheep
    @commentarysheep 2 місяці тому

    I hate to break it to you, but Stellar Blade and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart are already on PC, so that leaves you with five games. Even then, Spider Man 2 and Astro Bot are HIGHLY LIKELY to get a PC port. So if these ports get released, you only have 3 (!!!) exclusive games on the PS5. Man, the drout is real! It was a good decision to buy a backwards-compatible PS3 Fat instead! That console has three generations worth of PlayStation games, and in fact, some of the best of PlayStation’s history. Meanwhile, the PS5 has five games, which can reduce down to three pretty quickly. Just think about the value!

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 2 місяці тому

      Dude you’re so right. I got a ps3 last year, and my goodness I can’t believe I didn’t know how amazing of a library it has. Littlebigplanet, Motorstorm, 3D Dot Game Heroes, I even really like PS Allstars. Not to mention all the PS2 collections on there. Amazing console you can’t go wrong getting a PS3. There’s so much variety that’s just not a thing anymore these days. Hopefully Astro is a step back in that direction.

    • @commentarysheep
      @commentarysheep 2 місяці тому

      @@HydratedGaming Mine is the Holy Grail of PlayStation, the CECHA01 model, which has the PS2’s hardware in it. Been playing through the Ratchet & Clank games and Crash Twinsanity on it thanks to full hardware backwards compatibility (Twinsanity has emulation issues on the CECHE01 and CECHC04 models).

    • @HydratedGaming
      @HydratedGaming 2 місяці тому

      Dude nice!! Those PS3 Fats just look so cool too with the Spiderman Font. I am jealous. If you’re playing PS2 platformers I must humbly request you play SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom if you haven’t already.