Interstate '76 is one of my absolute favorite games of all time. Everything about it is perfect (in my opinion) and just oozes style, and I consider it to have had a huge influence on what I find cool even to this day.
It was actually meant to come out 2 and a half hour ago but I forgot as I was at the vet, and then was doing something else. I think you may be right. I hardly ever rest. I'll try to take some time off tonight. :)
That "you want me to play a fake game? This looks cool. Wish me luck" ad can eat my lower digestive tract and associative body parts. This SFW comment brought to you by raid shadow legends.
LOL :) I have a buddy that actually plays it to death. But it takes so much of his time daily... I'm not saying I wouldn't play it, just that I'd have to set aside more time for it.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames yeah it almost looks like its cell shaded i remember it was very unique in its graphical presentation too! Man it definately needs a reboot id buy it in a second!
You finally hit it, Hellfire, the one game my roommate received lead credit on... drum roll... WIKIPEDIA. It was kinda cool seeing the easter eggs day one. The local DJ voicing and cowquest were hysterical. Bardtest, barbtest kinda worked. I'm pretty sure our play group got multiplayer over KALI mostly working. This was the last game Synergistics ever worked on. The small nondiscript office was closed and a "few" folks were moved 9 miles north to corporate. Lore, Wizards of the Coast and Synergistics folks used to hang out at the same lunch place. HAHAH KALI is worth a video.
That's a pretty cool story. Just out of curiosity, you said you saw the easter eggs day one, but did you knew of them beforehand? To be clear, I'm asking if there were leaks back then too, same as there are now?
Honestly, I found his side hustle was much more interesting than the day job. We hardly ever talked about the 9 to 5 except when he was in a bad mood and wanted to vent. From him i learned there are a some very big egos in the gaming biz. @@OldAndNewVideoGames
Betrayal at Antarra: "You know what was important about Betrayal at Krondor! The Betrayal!" Sierra got the Krondor rights back and there was an actual sequel next year, Return to Krondor. Confusing game series: Heretic -> Hexen: Beyond Heretic -> Hexen II -> (Heretic II) All 4 games were done by Raven, but the last (Heretic II) was published by Activision instead of Id so the rights have been different. Of course, both Id, Raven and Activision all now have the same parent now (Microsoft), so maybe it will all be worked out? Hercules (PC) in another "we don't know how 3D platformer camera works yet" title. This game doesn't choose to use movement with depth all the time, but it does well enough when it does. Honestly, it looks pretty good for the standards of the time, particularly on the PS1 version. I think the forward running sections are extremely good looking. Mortal Kombat Trilogy: The high point of old-school 2D Mortal Kombat. They went a different way with 4 and the series got lost. I think the first game does have better atmosphere (not so much Mortal Kombat 2) but the gameplay is really shallow. I'm not sure I would recommend a PC port of the game, but I don't have the PC Trilogy. Either way, if you play a version of Mortal Kombat 3, it should probably be "Trilogy" I always found it very weird that Kitarn was suddenly a Jedi. In Dark Forces, you're clearly a Han Solo. Now you're a Luke Skywalker? The series itself forgets about "Dark Forces" for the next game. The question from Interstate '76 is "how did Interstate '82 go so wrong?" Some people have specific hate for Hellfire. Official 3rd party developed expansions weren't uncommon in the late 1990's. Gearbox's Half-life expansions are probably the most obvious example. Master Levels for Doom II is another, which was specifically designed to counter all the unofficial Doom expansions. I have no idea what Vicarious Visions was thinking with Dark Typo. Extremely strange for a boxed Mindscape-published PC game. It feels a bit like it's in the class of unusual PC action games with Crusader: No Remorse, but that game at least looked like a PC game. The company survived to become Blizzard Albany in 2022, so I guess it worked. And since it's all MS now, maybe Dark Angael can show up in Heretic V: Hexen III.
You know, I would actually like to see a remake of Hexen/Heretic in vein of what id did with Doom. The new Dooms are really fun, and I feel that they keep the atmosphere of original decently. Whichever the way Hercules looks, though I have to agree that it looks fantastic, it played really well, and by 1997 I was honestly tired of Disney's games. So, it was a nice surprise. :) I spend a lot of time in the arcades playing MK1 and losing to anyone else there. I didn't mind, I had a blast! So, when I got it on my Amiga (a less than original copy, I must sadly add, which interestingly was a 3 disk release as oppose to original that only used 2), I played it to death. And I loved it, cause I had as much fun with it playing alone as I did against others. Probably because it had "test your might" sections and tag team challenges, which all I found refreshing so that it never got stale all the way through. The answer to how did Interstate '82 got wrong, is funny enough best answered with TV series. Remember That 70's show? Now, there were also That 80's show, and a more recent That 90's show. And they're both the Intersate '82 to their Interstate '76 if that makes any sense. It probably does not, but in my head it kinda does. Oh well... xD I honestly don't care "where" games or expansions come from as long as they're fun. That's why Fallout New Vegas is my favorite "modern" Fallout, and it was not made by Bethesda. Well, they only made one - Fallout 3, so the competition was not stiff. The others you may have heard of, so 4 and 76, were not made by them. They were botched by them. xD I actually adored both Crusader games back then. And I know that in reality they're just simple shooters with some destructible environments and different weapons, but I loved them back then. Also, I've not hear from you in a while. Were holidays fun? Or more likely, did you had any? Cause while I spent mine with family and did not go to my official work, I worked on videos nearly every single day. It's relaxing though, so wasn't an issue. But two buddies of mine had to work through the Xmas, and that sucked. :/ Oh, and Happy New Year!
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Happy new year. I had work insanity and I had to switch jobs. I was in a place I did not want to be anymore. I also think UA-cam ate some comments.
@@kyleolson8977 Oh man, I so get that. I too am in a place, I don't want to be anymore. I hope to leave this year. One way or another. Well, not by burning bridges but by either switching jobs or just taking a time off and not rushing with looking for something else. Anyway, I hope all worked out good for you in the end, buddy!
Dark Angael... I remember my first contact with this game was a pure accident - I bought one of those budget releases in Poland, named PC FUN (it had 10 games in total, and the "main one" was Seven Kingdoms 1). And Dark Angael was one of the games included. I didn't heard about this game earlier, on the one hand I didn't like a bit "stiff" control of protagonist (probably because the character is so big, that making jumps etc is harder and less fluent, than in Abuse). But on the other, it surely had a characteristic atmosphere. Truth be told, I was a bit confused about the game's plot and got stuck quite easily, but it still made on me significant impression. Krondor/Antara series is one of those which are still waiting in my GOG library to be finally played :P Have hope that I will find time to play the entire series, as I heard a lot of good things about it.
Odd, I don't remember that release... Oh well, I must've missed it. :) Btw. since we're both Polish, I've a question to ask. There was this old special issue of one of the gaming mags some time in the early 90s, and it showed something like 200 best games, 2-3 pictures for each, and literally maybe 10-15 sentences each. There were maybe 4-5 games per page max, and it covered mainly PC and Amiga. Leaning towards PC a bit more. Do you perhaps remember what it was called? I actually started this channel based of the memory about it, wanted to do something similar. So, instead of just gameplay, I'd say something about the game when the footage was running, so the viewer would have some context what the game was about if he/she didn't know it. And if they did, perhaps there'd be something interesting or at least fun said. Also, a reason, why my "segments" per game were much shorter through it's first year. Anyway, if you happen to remember the mag, I would appreciate the help, as my melancholy for it is high, and I just can't recall the name of it.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Hmm, I know for sure that Świat Gier Komputerowych in 02/1997 has published the article "50 Gier które wstrząsnęły światem" (50 Games that shook the world :)) which had this type of overview. But it clearly has less than you've mentioned.Also in Świat Gier Komputerowych, but in 01/2000 there was 32-pages "special-add on" titled "100 hitów" with very similar overview, but this time for more games. I'm almost certain that at some point CD-Action has done something similar in their Tipsomaniak addition (I recollect something like that at early 2000', but not sure which one - probably something between 2003-2005(6?).
The opposite is true for me. I disliked how endgame D2 was just running around and avoiding near insta-kill AOEs. A trend that sadly continued. While D1 had its BS - particularly for warriors in hell, hell - it wasn't nearly egregious to me as the AOE spam that was D2's endgame.
I liked the ice caves nice and predictable. Then they had to go and ruin it by adding monsters from previous acts that went against the strategic build you were building. You may have built chars up to fight ice monsters and they go and throw in instakill lightning or fire monsters or all shooters.
I do actually prefer the slower pace of Diablo 1. Have to take it slower and plan out a bit more. And you get more time to enjoy the amazing music haha
Better safe than sorry! You never know, maybe he could grow the rest of the body, same way the plants can often grow from a cut off branch/leaf. Or... It's a voodoo head and he didn't want to leave no witnesses? Those medieval warriors were not very subtle in their ways...
For all its problems (the cutscenes, the present bug on GoG version with car movement, sometimes physics dose not cooperate) I76 + Nitro raiders is definitively worth playing. if only for the surreal combination of fun funk soundtrack and bloodbath of killing dozens of cars per mission. Game also appears to have some sense of hummour. in Nitro Raiders you get to play Taurus, Jade, Skeeter and the protagonist of base game is special campaign. Personaly prefer that over playing as just one guy but i did play NR first so i have skewed view. There is even quite a bit of strategy to loadout - permitting choices per slot that can completly transform how game gets played, since my aim is appaling i end up favouring tureted weaponry, but i cna see some favouring greater impact stuff like rockets.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames i personaly see not much value on the comment i made but you are welcome to quote. More importantly if you get chance to play either 76 Interstate (82 is generaly seen as lesser)
Atomic Bomberman is a classic for good reason, that is all. Betrayal in Antara is not one I know? It looks interesting but kind of ugly? Still that’s not the end of the world. Hexen II is also a classic, the series was an interesting take on the FPS in the heyday of FPS’s & absolutely one to own if you’re in to that. Disney’s Hercules is excellent, it looks, sounds & plays great for the time, even if it should be “Heracles” in a greek setting. MK Trilogy is technically excellent but I agree it just lacks the atmosphere of the original games, arcade or console. Star Wars: Jedi Knight was fantastic in it’s day as you got to do things you’d never done before in a 3D game & any Star Wars fan needs in their collection. Interstate ‘76 was awesome in its day! I have it in my stack of games to play on retro builds. If you haven’t played it & you’re in & the Nitro Pack expansion pack to retro gaming find it now. Diablo: Hellfire adds more content to a classic game. Honestly I was never a big Diablo fan but friends gush about it (& Hellfire,) so who am I to put it down? Dark Angael is new to me & I’m mostly glad it’s nothing to do with the terrible TV show of the same name. I’m not convinced it would have been called good looking in its day? Your character moon walks everywhere, even when she’s walking forward? 😄 Great start to the new year, thanks. This is going to be a great year to cover & it’s awesome there are still games that are new to me even from 1997.
Antara is fine if you can overlook its shortcomings. And has a very decent ending, which was not always the case back then. So, if you feel like it, give it a go! There are some really fun modern ports (especially to Source Engine) of the games, and they're best played this way. But I wouldn't mind some modern Doom 2016-like remakes. You know, it *should* be Heracles. Oh well, I suppose Hercules was more well known name to him. Whatever it's called though, it's probably my fave Disney's game from back then. Yeah I loved MK1, and played it more than I'm willing to admit. Both in the arcades and at home. It was a perfect fighter. It had 6 unique characters and one that *was* unique in everything but looks, for a total of 7. It also had interestingly designed ladder, with cool breathers in form of "Test your might" challenges, and later on step up in difficulty with tag team fights, before both of the bosses. It was great! I think I liked Interstate '76 more than The Driver. Most people wouldn't agree but The Driver was nothing special to me, and the first tutorial missions where you were supposed to learn how to drive were beyond annoying! Well D1 and then D2+expansion were excellent! And after that, in my opinion at least, the series went into gutter and never recovered. Path of Exile is way better. You can't even compare them anymore. And yeah, I mean PoE1 vs D4 too. I have high hopes for PoE2. Dark Angael's character moves the way she does cause it's kinda like Abuse. I don't mind it too much but it's just not as good. Good, but not as. Nowhere near in fact. xD Did you had a nice New Year, buddy? I didn't go out this Year, stayed home with my close ones to celebrate, and then when they all clocked off late at night, I played some TLOU2. I think I liked it more than partying. I may finally be getting old, LOL. ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames LOL! Honestly that sounds like a good evening to me? I had a quiet one & went to bed before 00:00 new years eve because I am old. 😄
@@nicholsliwilson It was a good one :) I very rarely go to bed early, as I feel like I'm wasting time, but then I don't really feel fine. Perhaps I should change my ways, and be more awake during days. Rather than sleep until noon, I'd wake up early if I'd go to bed soon(er). ;)
I couldn't get into Hexen 2. It all seemed a bit sparse and plain to me, with frustratingly tough enemies to compensate for the need for as few entites as possible. Hexen 1 was too mazey for me to love it but I think it was better produced and much more varied, and even had a better atmosphere. And horsemen of the apocalypse?! Egyptian-themes etc??? On a far-away planet/dimension!?!? Weird move :P
Absolute bangers here, mk Trilogy, hexen 2 and intestate 76
Yep, the rest for the year is as good! It's gonna be a fun one to cover.
1997 was a pretty stacked year. for....pretty much every type of media. not just pc gaming lol. it was crazy. damn great list.
Thanks! That's just a first video, and from what I've seen next videos should be as good. :)
Hercules was INSANE good, the quality even better than Aladdin which was already a great game. I love these vids man, I grew up with all of this!
Thank you! And yeah, I remember back then being positively surprised with Hercules' quality too! :)
Interstate '76 is one of my absolute favorite games of all time. Everything about it is perfect (in my opinion) and just oozes style, and I consider it to have had a huge influence on what I find cool even to this day.
It's a good game, I'm not surprised in the slightest. :)
An amazing year to be a gamer. Atomic Bomberman, Hexen 2, Dark Forces 2, Hercules, Hellfire are some of my favourites ! 😍
Forgot - MK Trilogy too !
Yep, and there'll be more in the coming episodes too. It was truly a banger of a year!
Your never resting hero👏
It was actually meant to come out 2 and a half hour ago but I forgot as I was at the vet, and then was doing something else. I think you may be right. I hardly ever rest. I'll try to take some time off tonight. :)
That "you want me to play a fake game? This looks cool. Wish me luck" ad can eat my lower digestive tract and associative body parts. This SFW comment brought to you by raid shadow legends.
LOL :) I have a buddy that actually plays it to death. But it takes so much of his time daily... I'm not saying I wouldn't play it, just that I'd have to set aside more time for it.
M Interstate 76 is an AMAZING game definately one of the best ever made
It was indeed a banger in the 90s, and still pretty playable today. :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames yeah it almost looks like its cell shaded i remember it was very unique in its graphical presentation too! Man it definately needs a reboot id buy it in a second!
You finally hit it, Hellfire, the one game my roommate received lead credit on... drum roll... WIKIPEDIA. It was kinda cool seeing the easter eggs day one. The local DJ voicing and cowquest were hysterical. Bardtest, barbtest kinda worked. I'm pretty sure our play group got multiplayer over KALI mostly working. This was the last game Synergistics ever worked on. The small nondiscript office was closed and a "few" folks were moved 9 miles north to corporate. Lore, Wizards of the Coast and Synergistics folks used to hang out at the same lunch place. HAHAH KALI is worth a video.
That's a pretty cool story. Just out of curiosity, you said you saw the easter eggs day one, but did you knew of them beforehand? To be clear, I'm asking if there were leaks back then too, same as there are now?
Honestly, I found his side hustle was much more interesting than the day job. We hardly ever talked about the 9 to 5 except when he was in a bad mood and wanted to vent. From him i learned there are a some very big egos in the gaming biz. @@OldAndNewVideoGames
Betrayal at Antarra: "You know what was important about Betrayal at Krondor! The Betrayal!"
Sierra got the Krondor rights back and there was an actual sequel next year, Return to Krondor.
Confusing game series:
Heretic -> Hexen: Beyond Heretic -> Hexen II -> (Heretic II)
All 4 games were done by Raven, but the last (Heretic II) was published by Activision instead of Id so the rights have been different. Of course, both Id, Raven and Activision all now have the same parent now (Microsoft), so maybe it will all be worked out?
Hercules (PC) in another "we don't know how 3D platformer camera works yet" title. This game doesn't choose to use movement with depth all the time, but it does well enough when it does. Honestly, it looks pretty good for the standards of the time, particularly on the PS1 version. I think the forward running sections are extremely good looking.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy: The high point of old-school 2D Mortal Kombat. They went a different way with 4 and the series got lost. I think the first game does have better atmosphere (not so much Mortal Kombat 2) but the gameplay is really shallow. I'm not sure I would recommend a PC port of the game, but I don't have the PC Trilogy. Either way, if you play a version of Mortal Kombat 3, it should probably be "Trilogy"
I always found it very weird that Kitarn was suddenly a Jedi. In Dark Forces, you're clearly a Han Solo. Now you're a Luke Skywalker? The series itself forgets about "Dark Forces" for the next game.
The question from Interstate '76 is "how did Interstate '82 go so wrong?"
Some people have specific hate for Hellfire. Official 3rd party developed expansions weren't uncommon in the late 1990's. Gearbox's Half-life expansions are probably the most obvious example. Master Levels for Doom II is another, which was specifically designed to counter all the unofficial Doom expansions.
I have no idea what Vicarious Visions was thinking with Dark Typo. Extremely strange for a boxed Mindscape-published PC game. It feels a bit like it's in the class of unusual PC action games with Crusader: No Remorse, but that game at least looked like a PC game. The company survived to become Blizzard Albany in 2022, so I guess it worked. And since it's all MS now, maybe Dark Angael can show up in Heretic V: Hexen III.
You know, I would actually like to see a remake of Hexen/Heretic in vein of what id did with Doom. The new Dooms are really fun, and I feel that they keep the atmosphere of original decently.
Whichever the way Hercules looks, though I have to agree that it looks fantastic, it played really well, and by 1997 I was honestly tired of Disney's games. So, it was a nice surprise. :)
I spend a lot of time in the arcades playing MK1 and losing to anyone else there. I didn't mind, I had a blast! So, when I got it on my Amiga (a less than original copy, I must sadly add, which interestingly was a 3 disk release as oppose to original that only used 2), I played it to death. And I loved it, cause I had as much fun with it playing alone as I did against others. Probably because it had "test your might" sections and tag team challenges, which all I found refreshing so that it never got stale all the way through.
The answer to how did Interstate '82 got wrong, is funny enough best answered with TV series. Remember That 70's show? Now, there were also That 80's show, and a more recent That 90's show. And they're both the Intersate '82 to their Interstate '76 if that makes any sense. It probably does not, but in my head it kinda does. Oh well... xD
I honestly don't care "where" games or expansions come from as long as they're fun. That's why Fallout New Vegas is my favorite "modern" Fallout, and it was not made by Bethesda. Well, they only made one - Fallout 3, so the competition was not stiff. The others you may have heard of, so 4 and 76, were not made by them. They were botched by them. xD
I actually adored both Crusader games back then. And I know that in reality they're just simple shooters with some destructible environments and different weapons, but I loved them back then.
Also, I've not hear from you in a while. Were holidays fun? Or more likely, did you had any? Cause while I spent mine with family and did not go to my official work, I worked on videos nearly every single day. It's relaxing though, so wasn't an issue. But two buddies of mine had to work through the Xmas, and that sucked. :/ Oh, and Happy New Year!
Still have a soft spot for Hexen 2 ❤
Wish I could get Heretic 2 on gog.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Happy new year.
I had work insanity and I had to switch jobs. I was in a place I did not want to be anymore.
I also think UA-cam ate some comments.
@@kyleolson8977 Oh man, I so get that. I too am in a place, I don't want to be anymore. I hope to leave this year. One way or another. Well, not by burning bridges but by either switching jobs or just taking a time off and not rushing with looking for something else.
Anyway, I hope all worked out good for you in the end, buddy!
Dark Angael... I remember my first contact with this game was a pure accident - I bought one of those budget releases in Poland, named PC FUN (it had 10 games in total, and the "main one" was Seven Kingdoms 1). And Dark Angael was one of the games included. I didn't heard about this game earlier, on the one hand I didn't like a bit "stiff" control of protagonist (probably because the character is so big, that making jumps etc is harder and less fluent, than in Abuse). But on the other, it surely had a characteristic atmosphere. Truth be told, I was a bit confused about the game's plot and got stuck quite easily, but it still made on me significant impression.
Krondor/Antara series is one of those which are still waiting in my GOG library to be finally played :P Have hope that I will find time to play the entire series, as I heard a lot of good things about it.
Odd, I don't remember that release... Oh well, I must've missed it. :) Btw. since we're both Polish, I've a question to ask. There was this old special issue of one of the gaming mags some time in the early 90s, and it showed something like 200 best games, 2-3 pictures for each, and literally maybe 10-15 sentences each. There were maybe 4-5 games per page max, and it covered mainly PC and Amiga. Leaning towards PC a bit more. Do you perhaps remember what it was called? I actually started this channel based of the memory about it, wanted to do something similar. So, instead of just gameplay, I'd say something about the game when the footage was running, so the viewer would have some context what the game was about if he/she didn't know it. And if they did, perhaps there'd be something interesting or at least fun said. Also, a reason, why my "segments" per game were much shorter through it's first year. Anyway, if you happen to remember the mag, I would appreciate the help, as my melancholy for it is high, and I just can't recall the name of it.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Hmm, I know for sure that Świat Gier Komputerowych in 02/1997 has published the article "50 Gier które wstrząsnęły światem" (50 Games that shook the world :)) which had this type of overview. But it clearly has less than you've mentioned.Also in Świat Gier Komputerowych, but in 01/2000 there was 32-pages "special-add on" titled "100 hitów" with very similar overview, but this time for more games. I'm almost certain that at some point CD-Action has done something similar in their Tipsomaniak addition (I recollect something like that at early 2000', but not sure which one - probably something between 2003-2005(6?).
@@martiusr2404 Thanks! But I don't think that it was it. It was either in early or mid 90s.
I believe the Atomic Bomberman portion has some voice-over cut out.
That may be the case. Perhaps something said there, was best left unspoken in the end. ;)
19:29 as much as I had fun playing Diablo, playing it AFTER Diablo 2, I hated that the chars moved so slowly as if walking with their pants down.
Did you ever get a chance to play the first Diablo on Playstation? For the console it was great, but going to it from PC was painful... xD
The opposite is true for me. I disliked how endgame D2 was just running around and avoiding near insta-kill AOEs. A trend that sadly continued. While D1 had its BS - particularly for warriors in hell, hell - it wasn't nearly egregious to me as the AOE spam that was D2's endgame.
I liked the ice caves nice and predictable. Then they had to go and ruin it by adding monsters from previous acts that went against the strategic build you were building. You may have built chars up to fight ice monsters and they go and throw in instakill lightning or fire monsters or all shooters.
@@cupsnlantern Depends on the character I guess. But I see what you mean, endgame D2 is a bit of a slog.
I do actually prefer the slower pace of Diablo 1. Have to take it slower and plan out a bit more. And you get more time to enjoy the amazing music haha
Agreed with Hercules
:)
6:23 adding assault to the already salted injury. Whatever happened to "don't kick a dead horse"?
Better safe than sorry! You never know, maybe he could grow the rest of the body, same way the plants can often grow from a cut off branch/leaf. Or... It's a voodoo head and he didn't want to leave no witnesses? Those medieval warriors were not very subtle in their ways...
For all its problems (the cutscenes, the present bug on GoG version with car movement, sometimes physics dose not cooperate) I76 + Nitro raiders is definitively worth playing. if only for the surreal combination of fun funk soundtrack and bloodbath of killing dozens of cars per mission. Game also appears to have some sense of hummour.
in Nitro Raiders you get to play Taurus, Jade, Skeeter and the protagonist of base game is special campaign. Personaly prefer that over playing as just one guy but i did play NR first so i have skewed view.
There is even quite a bit of strategy to loadout - permitting choices per slot that can completly transform how game gets played, since my aim is appaling i end up favouring tureted weaponry, but i cna see some favouring greater impact stuff like rockets.
That's a pretty cool inside on the game. I might quote you if I ever have it in another video. :)
Also, yeah, it's still fun!
@@OldAndNewVideoGames i personaly see not much value on the comment i made but you are welcome to quote. More importantly if you get chance to play either 76 Interstate (82 is generaly seen as lesser)
@@nameless5413 Yeah, it was not as good.
Atomic Bomberman is a classic for good reason, that is all.
Betrayal in Antara is not one I know? It looks interesting but kind of ugly? Still that’s not the end of the world.
Hexen II is also a classic, the series was an interesting take on the FPS in the heyday of FPS’s & absolutely one to own if you’re in to that.
Disney’s Hercules is excellent, it looks, sounds & plays great for the time, even if it should be “Heracles” in a greek setting.
MK Trilogy is technically excellent but I agree it just lacks the atmosphere of the original games, arcade or console.
Star Wars: Jedi Knight was fantastic in it’s day as you got to do things you’d never done before in a 3D game & any Star Wars fan needs in their collection.
Interstate ‘76 was awesome in its day! I have it in my stack of games to play on retro builds. If you haven’t played it & you’re in & the Nitro Pack expansion pack to retro gaming find it now.
Diablo: Hellfire adds more content to a classic game. Honestly I was never a big Diablo fan but friends gush about it (& Hellfire,) so who am I to put it down?
Dark Angael is new to me & I’m mostly glad it’s nothing to do with the terrible TV show of the same name. I’m not convinced it would have been called good looking in its day? Your character moon walks everywhere, even when she’s walking forward? 😄
Great start to the new year, thanks. This is going to be a great year to cover & it’s awesome there are still games that are new to me even from 1997.
Antara is fine if you can overlook its shortcomings. And has a very decent ending, which was not always the case back then. So, if you feel like it, give it a go!
There are some really fun modern ports (especially to Source Engine) of the games, and they're best played this way. But I wouldn't mind some modern Doom 2016-like remakes.
You know, it *should* be Heracles. Oh well, I suppose Hercules was more well known name to him. Whatever it's called though, it's probably my fave Disney's game from back then.
Yeah I loved MK1, and played it more than I'm willing to admit. Both in the arcades and at home. It was a perfect fighter. It had 6 unique characters and one that *was* unique in everything but looks, for a total of 7. It also had interestingly designed ladder, with cool breathers in form of "Test your might" challenges, and later on step up in difficulty with tag team fights, before both of the bosses. It was great!
I think I liked Interstate '76 more than The Driver. Most people wouldn't agree but The Driver was nothing special to me, and the first tutorial missions where you were supposed to learn how to drive were beyond annoying!
Well D1 and then D2+expansion were excellent! And after that, in my opinion at least, the series went into gutter and never recovered. Path of Exile is way better. You can't even compare them anymore. And yeah, I mean PoE1 vs D4 too. I have high hopes for PoE2.
Dark Angael's character moves the way she does cause it's kinda like Abuse. I don't mind it too much but it's just not as good. Good, but not as. Nowhere near in fact. xD
Did you had a nice New Year, buddy? I didn't go out this Year, stayed home with my close ones to celebrate, and then when they all clocked off late at night, I played some TLOU2. I think I liked it more than partying. I may finally be getting old, LOL. ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames LOL! Honestly that sounds like a good evening to me? I had a quiet one & went to bed before 00:00 new years eve because I am old. 😄
@@nicholsliwilson It was a good one :) I very rarely go to bed early, as I feel like I'm wasting time, but then I don't really feel fine. Perhaps I should change my ways, and be more awake during days. Rather than sleep until noon, I'd wake up early if I'd go to bed soon(er). ;)
Æ is like an E sound
E as in Elementary or E as in Eagle?
I couldn't get into Hexen 2. It all seemed a bit sparse and plain to me, with frustratingly tough enemies to compensate for the need for as few entites as possible. Hexen 1 was too mazey for me to love it but I think it was better produced and much more varied, and even had a better atmosphere. And horsemen of the apocalypse?! Egyptian-themes etc??? On a far-away planet/dimension!?!? Weird move :P
Come to think of it there were Horsemen in X-Men too, but there was a literal Apocalypse there, so I suppose it was a better fit. :)
AE is simple to pronounce. Just say "Ä" and you got it. Unless you want to speak Danish, then you go for an Æ. As simple as that!
No, yes, I mean, sure, yep, I should've think of them like that. Yep, that's so easy! Yeah, aha. I'll know what to say next time. xD
21:35 it's obviously pronounced "the dark anal gel!" :)
OMG! LOL! :)
Dark Angael is pronounced "Dark Hamburger"
It checks out. I always had trouble with those connected and crossed off letter. Hamburger, noted. ;)