@Sakkra101 The voice actor for the ... first mate or whatever he is, who keeps pausing in the middle of sentences (what Jim mentions at 12:55). I think at one point while he's blocking the door, you can even hear the paper rustle.
RAVENS CRY:THE BALLAD OF CAPTAIN CRUNCH. Long before becoming the beloved and world-renowned cereal mascot, Captain Crunch was simply a foul-mouthed pirate with a foul-mouthed crew, and an incredibly hairy chest. Coupling that with his hearing issues (or terrible acoustics of the Earth before the hole in the ozone layer) he decided to make a change to his life and create a cereal. This game is not about that decision. This game is about Johnny Depp without any of the charm or storyline of anything having to do with Johnny Depp.
fourcrippledhorses Black Flag should sue Ubisoft. They took the name of their band and used it in the title without paying licensing fees. The worst part, they didn't use their songs! Assassin's Creed IV: (featuring) Black Flag is a very misleading title.
fourcrippledhorses Someone replace all those god awful sea shanties with Black Flag songs. Except Drunken Sailor, uuurrverybody loves that one. Right? What will you do with a drunken sailor? Er-lie in the mornin'?
Jonas Bjerregaard I must admit, I liked two worlds 2 and I LOVED the Expansion pack, Pirates of the Flying Fortress. I'm really sad to hear that the same guys who created that game did this, and its a shame because I thought this had potential, especially given the fact that POTFF was a great pirate game. : ( for those looking for a Pirate RPG experience worth playing, I honestly recommend two worlds 2 velvet, risen 2.or Assassin black flag.
The pirate from Spongebob Squarepants sounded more convincing than these guys.. by the way, does whoever wrote this have any basic understandings of how people actually talk? It's so cringeworthy, it reminds me of that "slicing up a baby cow" line from Rides to Hell.
I've been playing video games for so long I keep thinking of Pirates! Gold whenever I see a new pirate game come out. ... I think I'm gonna go play Pirates! Gold.
Andrea Piccolo True. I love Piranha Bytes games mainly due to the amazing exploration and NPC interaction, but they always get the combat system wrong, especially now that they are going after the mainstream audience.
To be fair this still is still in the upper 50% in terms of Steam quality. If the developer went for less ambitious games they could probably make a decent or good game.
Oh! How lovely! It appears peeps from RealityPump and Topware finally thought it's been long enough since *Sea Dogs* and last *Age of Pirates* game, to release a half-assed cash in, and no one would notice or even remember :D They were wrong... But thank's, RealityPump, for reminding me of Sea Dogs, a game much better that I'm gonna play right now.
Wow... the combat looks like they're tickling each other with feathers. I've seen some impact-less combat in my time but this... this takes the cake, hell it takes the lifetime achievement award xD Though this is a strong contender for the "So bad it's good" category of games.
This game is made by the same guys that made Two Worlds, an immensely buggy and barely playable RPG. Call me crazy but I really enjoyed Two Worlds, it had a very odd charm once you got past how bad everything was. Much like Ravens Cry, the voice acting was terrible as were the animations. I'm actually curious to play RC now, it's the type of "so bad it's good".
I remember seeing a porno a while ago that ended with the woman getting knocked up and trying to find the guy again 9 month later. Because that's totally what I want to think about while jerking off.
Jim Sterling, after watching the newer video you made of this games re-release I have made a interesting discover. Your production value, like sound quality, has improved. While this game has not improved at all, or at least that seems to be the case.
To be entirely fair, the guys who made this got the project handed to them from another dev (who's said to be pretty incompetent) and they only had a year or 18 months or something like that to finish it... they had to rebuild the game from the ground up from what I heard. So it's not like they had a nice and easy job. I'm a bit afraid about what happens to Reality Pump. They used to be a good studio, with the Earth series and all... now if they close down I won't be surprised, just a bit sad. I wanted to work with them, and would still likely join them for a smaller project.
I'm so glad that the great Jim Sterling does the same thing I do when i catch myself saying "how bizarre" - sing it, in reference to the great song by OMC.
The graphics could be considered good. That's it. Everything else is bad. But it's oe of those rare cases of 'so bad it's good'. I don't know what's funnier, the actual dialogue or the thought that someone expected people to take it seriously.
+TheDebra Sanchez it's the same shit WarZ pulled when it came out and people called it the worst game of 2013. So they renamed it "Infestation: Survivor Stories" to avoid that bad publicity and anti hype, but didn't do shit to improve the actual game. Gotta love game developers nowadays..
Well, what they lack in competence they certainly have in confidence: £39.99 (usually 30 for a new AAA title) / €54.99 (usually 50) For a game that's rated 32% positive on steam and 30 on Metacritic. I think they might have confused piracy with highway robbery here.
Oh my, during the cut scene after you escaped the pier, the boat just stopped dead in the water, you can see the assets of the pier and the buildings behind them while they talk, you aren't moving at all!
The description on video made me realize I want a game where you're an aspiring pirate captain and you get a crew together and you do pirate stuff like steal from people and hoard treasure, and while you're on the sea you get wasted and fuck your crew. And that's it. That's the whole game. Come on indie scene.
I remember when I bought my 360 a few years ago, Two Worlds was supposed to be coming out sometime soon. I'm glad the guy at Gamestop didn't convince me to get it. The lack of internet at the time helped, I guess.
What is bad is that cutscenes, and not only feature blue\green ambient lighting, like in color processed movies, what I really dislike - look at 1:45 - 1:50 - ridiculously unrealistic green-blue shades. Why people do not notice such obvious things?
Good to see they've kept up their stellar voice acting standards. Kinda sad with this and Two Worlds, though. I see a lot of wasted potential in both. Decent concepts, half-assed application.
Anyone remember Two worlds 1 release? If you killed the first guy you ran into you finished the game instantly and got the end sequence. The game could literally be finished in 5 minutes at the most.
"CHRISTOPHER RAVEN YOU STAND ACCUSED OF MURDARING AN OFFICER OF THE FRENSNSNS NAVY!"
GAT ID!
spinach naby
sail to hell: retribution 1%
good to see the Shenmue voice team can still find work.
"Should we hire a sound guy?"
"Why bother, you just record the dialog, throw in the music and you're done, easy as cake."
"Be brave, motherfuckers!" That man sure knows how to motivate his crew.
that voice actor is turning the page on the script, jim.
@Sakkra101 The voice actor for the ... first mate or whatever he is, who keeps pausing in the middle of sentences (what Jim mentions at 12:55). I think at one point while he's blocking the door, you can even hear the paper rustle.
"Be brave, motherfuckers!"
RAVENS CRY:THE BALLAD OF CAPTAIN CRUNCH. Long before becoming the beloved and world-renowned cereal mascot, Captain Crunch was simply a foul-mouthed pirate with a foul-mouthed crew, and an incredibly hairy chest. Coupling that with his hearing issues (or terrible acoustics of the Earth before the hole in the ozone layer) he decided to make a change to his life and create a cereal. This game is not about that decision. This game is about Johnny Depp without any of the charm or storyline of anything having to do with Johnny Depp.
Jim, this was hilarious to watch. One of the most entertaining games you've played in a while! Please make another episode :D:D
“GODit!” Dear god that lines delivery has me in tears XD
Assassins Creed: Black Flag - The Untalented Edition?
*Ass* assin's Creed: Black Flag
fourcrippledhorses Black Flag should sue Ubisoft. They took the name of their band and used it in the title without paying licensing fees. The worst part, they didn't use their songs!
Assassin's Creed IV: (featuring) Black Flag is a very misleading title.
Curse Reprobite That might make the game playable, though. Would probably cost too much money for Ubisoft.
fourcrippledhorses Someone replace all those god awful sea shanties with Black Flag songs. Except Drunken Sailor, uuurrverybody loves that one. Right? What will you do with a drunken sailor? Er-lie in the mornin'?
Jonas Bjerregaard
I must admit, I liked two worlds 2 and I LOVED the Expansion pack, Pirates of the Flying Fortress. I'm really sad to hear that the same guys who created that game did this, and its a shame because I thought this had potential, especially given the fact that POTFF was a great pirate game. : ( for those looking for a Pirate RPG experience worth playing, I honestly recommend two worlds 2 velvet, risen 2.or Assassin black flag.
This is perfect material for an LP
The pirate from Spongebob Squarepants sounded more convincing than these guys.. by the way, does whoever wrote this have any basic understandings of how people actually talk? It's so cringeworthy, it reminds me of that "slicing up a baby cow" line from Rides to Hell.
Angry Joe: Fly of to the right and explode...Got it!
Now there's something I haven't seen in a while. A trainwreck at sea.
Damnnit, Jim (Fucking Sterling, son)! Now I have 'How Bizarre' stuck in my head again... third time this week...
"NAO GIVE MAI MY MONEH!"
Avoid purchasing this game? GOT IT!
hahahahaha
I would absolutely love to see Jim record a full run of this game.
You should do a playthrough of this. I was laughing my ass off watching xD
The porn dialog saga of RPGs spans across: Gothic, Two Worlds, and now Raven's Cry.
Steam Sales purpose have.
I've been playing video games for so long I keep thinking of Pirates! Gold whenever I see a new pirate game come out.
... I think I'm gonna go play Pirates! Gold.
The combat lacks any form of impact and enemy response. How can anyone at the development studio think it's good as is?
lets not forget their ridiculously bad animations that make it even worse. Even their on guard walking animation seems bad
that's what it is. It's lacking any hit stun. Couldn't figure out why it felt so floaty.
It's the same huge mistake made by Piranha Bytes with the Gothic/Risen franchise. Must be a german thing, i don't know...
Andrea Piccolo True. I love Piranha Bytes games mainly due to the amazing exploration and NPC interaction, but they always get the combat system wrong, especially now that they are going after the mainstream audience.
To be fair this still is still in the upper 50% in terms of Steam quality. If the developer went for less ambitious games they could probably make a decent or good game.
I haven't laughed like this in ages. Oh thank god for you, Jim
I was crying by the end of this video. The dialogue! Oh my the dialogue!
I don't mind Jim showing off awful games when they're *this* entertaining =)
Oh! How lovely! It appears peeps from RealityPump and Topware finally thought it's been long enough since *Sea Dogs* and last *Age of Pirates* game, to release a half-assed cash in, and no one would notice or even remember :D
They were wrong... But thank's, RealityPump, for reminding me of Sea Dogs, a game much better that I'm gonna play right now.
"GOT IT!" LMMFAO! I laughed so damn hard when he said that
Wow... the combat looks like they're tickling each other with feathers. I've seen some impact-less combat in my time but this... this takes the cake, hell it takes the lifetime achievement award xD
Though this is a strong contender for the "So bad it's good" category of games.
I would've been looking for subtitles too. The fuck is a 'dialogs texts'?
9:35 I tend to steer clear of places like this. Fireheads, murders, horse, depravity and filth everywhere you look.
I most certainly have not seen enough of this. We need to see more, at least until the main characters buck each other.
Thank you for that lovely OMC impression
"The vicor is coming round for tea." Most British thing I've ever heard, or at least heard Jim say.
I caught your "Helps to have a map." phrase. That will be with you forever.
This game is made by the same guys that made Two Worlds, an immensely buggy and barely playable RPG. Call me crazy but I really enjoyed Two Worlds, it had a very odd charm once you got past how bad everything was. Much like Ravens Cry, the voice acting was terrible as were the animations. I'm actually curious to play RC now, it's the type of "so bad it's good".
not for $50 it's not
Zer0Hour17 You're right, it's bargain bin material, no way I'd pay full price.
Hayden Roberts I got two worlds for 50 cents at gamestop, I really enjoyed it, It was like watching a b movie
J Silva Wow, great bargain! I got it for $5 here in Australia.
Yeah that's a pretty good deal too, I never heard of it until I bought it, so maybe that's why I enjoyed it
I agree the dialog is shite but you must be watching some high budget porn, this is shakespeare compared to most of what I've seen
...I spoke too soon
LivingLatexKali "got it"
There are a porno called "Pirates", It had a budget of around one million.
I remember seeing a porno a while ago that ended with the woman getting knocked up and trying to find the guy again 9 month later. Because that's totally what I want to think about while jerking off.
toshineon LOL
At 11:00 does he accidentally kill a bystander or something?
Whenever someone is speaking it looks like their entire face is melting off.
The greatest pirate noir porn movie ever created.
Jim Sterling, after watching the newer video you made of this games re-release I have made a interesting discover.
Your production value, like sound quality, has improved. While this game has not improved at all, or at least that seems to be the case.
To be entirely fair, the guys who made this got the project handed to them from another dev (who's said to be pretty incompetent) and they only had a year or 18 months or something like that to finish it... they had to rebuild the game from the ground up from what I heard. So it's not like they had a nice and easy job. I'm a bit afraid about what happens to Reality Pump. They used to be a good studio, with the Earth series and all... now if they close down I won't be surprised, just a bit sad. I wanted to work with them, and would still likely join them for a smaller project.
So... nearly a year and a half of delays, and this is what we get?
Wizard: YOU'VE KILLED ME!
Zelda: GOT IT!
Magic magic E 😂
I'm betting Marcus and Christopher Raven are very well acquainted in the bedroom.
I'm so glad that the great Jim Sterling does the same thing I do when i catch myself saying "how bizarre" - sing it, in reference to the great song by OMC.
This actually looks half good.
Looks like an actually decent pirate-themed game.
The graphics could be considered good. That's it. Everything else is bad. But it's oe of those rare cases of 'so bad it's good'. I don't know what's funnier, the actual dialogue or the thought that someone expected people to take it seriously.
Is this propaganda from the devs?
SpookyKid94 No?
graphics are good, animations are shit, voice acting is shit and the gameplay is shit.
The related videos for this.... well done
I love that in Hunt Down Free Man 2 there's a sequence that has the rebels shouting 'Be BRAVE Muthaf**kers!'
I remember Scivelation. When it was announced all those years ago I was fascinated. The premise alone sounded goddamn bonkers.
2:24 "show dialog texts", innit that subtitles?
I want a full playthrough of this just so I can hear all of the hilarious dialogue and voice acting!
This game released today on Steam as Vendetta - Curse of Raven's Cry.
+TheDebra Sanchez it's the same shit WarZ pulled when it came out and people called it the worst game of 2013. So they renamed it "Infestation: Survivor Stories" to avoid that bad publicity and anti hype, but didn't do shit to improve the actual game. Gotta love game developers nowadays..
Hrvo182 It's a depressing state of affairs really.
Yeah, fun is they actualy managed it to look much worse
At least those ship sailing parts
Jim please play more of this, it's one of those 'so bad it's good' titles.
My new favorite phrase. "Gaaaawd eeeeeet"
The only game in which I have ever laughed at the voice acting, and that's saying a lot.
This is actually very entertaining in a weird way, especially the dialogue.
"Product Registration"? Hold in, it IS 2015, right? Right?
If they'd only realized how great a satire it could be with just a little shift in perspective and a little extra work
I hope Projared looks at this. If it's made by the same guys as two worlds, it MUST be good.
The Voice acting in this is the best part, Holy fucking shit its Epic xD
Jim, I think the phrase you were looking for was "Stark, raving-mad reviews" XD
Anyone here who tried to play it on Mac? Sound vanishes completely after a couple of seconds. I read some other people had the same problem.
1:37 those soldiers are quite the dancers
Well, what they lack in competence they certainly have in confidence:
£39.99 (usually 30 for a new AAA title) / €54.99 (usually 50)
For a game that's rated 32% positive on steam and 30 on Metacritic. I think they might have confused piracy with highway robbery here.
16:08 That guy you killed t-posed.
"14/12 too many production values" - IGN
Were all the Voice Actors half asleep when they were recording?
Oh my, during the cut scene after you escaped the pier, the boat just stopped dead in the water, you can see the assets of the pier and the buildings behind them while they talk, you aren't moving at all!
I was smiling at the campy line delivery, but at 11:10 to 11:16 I lost it.
The game doesn't look bad ...its just functionally awful...
Thanks for the suggested video links jim
these guys make the video game equivelent of "B-movies", they're great
The description on video made me realize I want a game where you're an aspiring pirate captain and you get a crew together and you do pirate stuff like steal from people and hoard treasure, and while you're on the sea you get wasted and fuck your crew. And that's it. That's the whole game.
Come on indie scene.
2:22 Show dialogs texts
I may be wrong, but I think the Spanish "galleon" at the beginning only had one deck, which means it's not actually a galleon.
American accent on a pirate sounds really off for that time period.
I remember when I bought my 360 a few years ago, Two Worlds was supposed to be coming out sometime soon. I'm glad the guy at Gamestop didn't convince me to get it. The lack of internet at the time helped, I guess.
They saw Assassin's Creed 4 and thought "lets do that, just a ton worse" and 9 months later they birthed Ravens Cry.
When Jim started to just run I was expecting that Benny hill song to start playing lol
And the sad part is.. the maincharakter and his dudes are actually interesting designwhise...
What is bad is that cutscenes, and not only feature blue\green ambient lighting, like in color processed movies, what I really dislike - look at 1:45 - 1:50 - ridiculously unrealistic green-blue shades. Why people do not notice such obvious things?
Raven's Cry is the Maximum Overdrive of video games
Graphics are close to AAA level, but everything else is just something completely different.
Every time I look around this is in my face
Good to see they've kept up their stellar voice acting standards. Kinda sad with this and Two Worlds, though. I see a lot of wasted potential in both. Decent concepts, half-assed application.
Seriously, was he swimming with a sword at 17:40? I'm sure the sword clipped through the player model.
Anyone remember Two worlds 1 release? If you killed the first guy you ran into you finished the game instantly and got the end sequence.
The game could literally be finished in 5 minutes at the most.
Why didn't you like Two Worlds? Got a video about it?
(Just wondering why I do remember it as being kinda good)
It's like half the voice actors are using this as an audition for Batman.
oh god why is this under POPULAR new releases on steam?
This is almost like Ride To Hell devs attempted make their own adaptation of AC Black Flag
The ship's wheel spins faster than his hands
Love the Shawn Michaels reference. Best hairy chest in the wrasslin business
"Hey what are ye doin' with that tharrr peg leg capen'" "Mind ye own business matey"
I couldnt find two worlds or two worlds 2 on his videos. Can someone link me?
Very Very funny episode, Liked!
This game looks very reminiscent of asscreed black flag. Or is that just me?
No it's definitely a Black Flag rip off. Which isn't necessarily bad as Black Flag was a great pirate game, but this is just sad.
It is all I could think about while watching.
David Stout
But it's been in development 5 years, how could it be a rip off to a game that was made after the point?
How is it a Black Flag rip off? Because it's a pirate game? Because the first mate is bald and black?
You're wrong Flamerule, it's clearly a Monkey Island rip off, you can tell by the pixels, I can tell having seen many rip offs in my day before.
I respect Assasins Creed: Black Flag more after watching this video...
I enjoyed both Two Worlds games. Sure, they were a bit ropey in places and rough around the edges but fun nonetheless.
I don't know about you, but I think this might be a real contender for GOTY 2015
"Pirits, murderrs, chorrs..."