Daikatana - The Great Green Dragon

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @Civvie11
    @Civvie11  4 роки тому +6814

    Yeah, it's early.
    ligaf

  • @DStecks
    @DStecks Рік тому +1092

    "During a meeting I explained to John that I was working on the end-game cinematics with Kage . I pronounced it 'Cage.' Romero giggled. 'Who? What? What are you working on?' I said it again. Now everyone was laughing at me. Romero: 'Who? Say it again!' Me: 'Um ... Kage?' Romero: 'No, dude! It's pronounced Kah-gee!' Me: 'Um ... well, you better check the voiceover recordings, because it's 'Cage.' And suddenly Romero's face turned white. Half the audio in the game had his name pronounced wrong, and it was too late to fix." - Matthew Cox, senior artist on Daikatana

    • @Phoebe5448
      @Phoebe5448 Рік тому +111

      Well, Ka-gae DOES mean "shadow" in Japanese...

    • @terminallygray
      @terminallygray Рік тому +9

      cool story, Bro

    • @danial5387
      @danial5387 Рік тому +76

      @@terminallygray lol for once true

    • @base21
      @base21 Рік тому

      Look it's dstecks the loser

    • @MalabarTheGreat
      @MalabarTheGreat Рік тому +41

      They did fix it though. His name is pronounced correctly throughout.

  • @Mooshkajoe
    @Mooshkajoe 3 роки тому +1624

    I got Romero to sign my Daikata box.
    His face was a priceless mix of disgust and humor.

    • @ELEKTROSKANSEN
      @ELEKTROSKANSEN 10 місяців тому +60

      I'd love to have him sign my Daikatana N64 cartridge

    • @IamRobotMonkey
      @IamRobotMonkey 9 місяців тому +41

      Fair play dude, that takes balls.

    • @Mooshkajoe
      @Mooshkajoe 9 місяців тому +164

      @@IamRobotMonkey
      He made a face, gave me a side eye, then smiled and laughed and his biggest question was "How and why the fuck do you still have this box?"
      He was pretty cool about it.

    • @IamRobotMonkey
      @IamRobotMonkey 9 місяців тому +19

      @@Mooshkajoe I'd love to meet him. Ironically enough, I lived not that far from where he did in the UK as a kid. A few years before I did, mind.

    • @CainDB
      @CainDB 6 місяців тому

      ​@@ELEKTROSKANSEN O japierdole co ty robisz na kanale Civviego mordo

  • @ZiroZenStudios
    @ZiroZenStudios 2 роки тому +1386

    “There’s an option in the patch to play without Ai companions… but I won’t…”
    Can’t play without our buddy Superfly.

    • @SinistralEpoch
      @SinistralEpoch 9 місяців тому +35

      Honestly, I feel like the AI issues could be fixed to a suitable level by just.. making them teleport behind you periodically.

    • @dougneon9550
      @dougneon9550 7 місяців тому +10

      Jokes aside it's rather touching that he sees him as being so important considering most shooter MCs are rather crass and self centered

    • @matteodelapaz1698
      @matteodelapaz1698 4 місяці тому +2

      Funny how the 64 version has no ai but everything else is traded

  • @TooMuchSascha
    @TooMuchSascha Рік тому +1218

    The fact that Superfly just starts sobbing uncontrollably when you die is fucking hilarious

    • @WTFisTingispingis
      @WTFisTingispingis Рік тому +119

      It's got some serious Finn/Poe energy where they become friends _really fast._

    • @CollegeDroputPowerpoints
      @CollegeDroputPowerpoints Рік тому +87

      I like to think Romero had them as the best of friends in his head not realizing that it wouldnt translate in game.

    • @Cthululululu
      @Cthululululu Рік тому +84

      They were homies, man. Tight as fuck. The closest of brow. El compachos

    • @grahamcarpenter5135
      @grahamcarpenter5135 Рік тому +45

      Has the same energy as Ashley in RE4R shrieking "Leon, NOOOOOO!" when he takes a hit like 30 seconds after they've met.

    • @Elkantar_Rostorgh231
      @Elkantar_Rostorgh231 11 місяців тому +25

      Historians will say they were roommates.

  • @ObsoleteVodka
    @ObsoleteVodka 3 роки тому +5009

    Romero has said several times that Daikatana was basically his life's lesson in humility. So I like to think that there's a timeline where Daikatana was successful, but as a result Romero became part of the Hall of Gaming Corporate Pricks, right there with the likes of Randy Pitchford, Todd Howard and Chris Roberts.

    • @elijahjarman2837
      @elijahjarman2837 3 роки тому +574

      I'm glad though we're in this timeline
      Romero, Carmack, GabeN, and the whole of RWS might save us

    • @MinscFromBaldursGate92
      @MinscFromBaldursGate92 3 роки тому +163

      And Peter Molyneaux.

    • @jango7889
      @jango7889 3 роки тому +307

      Todd Howard isn't a gaming corporate prick he's just playing 4d chess, tes6 will be the best thing since sliced fucking bread just you wait and see

    • @R1ddles93
      @R1ddles93 3 роки тому +280

      @@jango7889 we don't have it now because eso is milking all the content from that franchise even if we do get tes 6 it won't be the tes we know and love so forgot it.

    • @jango7889
      @jango7889 3 роки тому +55

      @@R1ddles93 its coming any day now just wait

  • @swindle9695
    @swindle9695 4 роки тому +2959

    This is the most convoluted episode of Samurai Jack, possibly ever.

  • @HQ_Default
    @HQ_Default 4 роки тому +1932

    The two things I learned in school:
    1- Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
    2- I can't leave without my buddy Superfly

    • @Sheridan2LT
      @Sheridan2LT 4 роки тому +67

      I can't LEAVE, without my buddy SUPERFLY, Otacon! Uhhh!!!

    • @Sheridan2LT
      @Sheridan2LT 4 роки тому +12

      @Zeta0001 That's not Civvie, and I'm not civvie. Who the fuck are you talking to?

    • @spacehitler4537
      @spacehitler4537 4 роки тому +7

      @@Sheridan2LT I can't leave superfly!

    • @creatureman5636
      @creatureman5636 4 роки тому +5

      @@Sheridan2LT real questions

    • @dr.velious5411
      @dr.velious5411 4 роки тому +7

      Mitochondria are the Dark Souls of the cell.

  • @TheMygoran
    @TheMygoran 3 роки тому +1243

    "Superfly spoke up against all this torturing and imprisonment, So they tortured and imprisoned him. I don't know what he expected"
    This is the kind of humor i dig so much

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 2 роки тому +43

      This is how brutal dictatorships keep going in real life, I imagine. Sure, most people don't want to see torture and wrongful imprisonment... but they also don't want themselves or their loved ones wrongfully imprisoned and tortured. Especially with no guarantee that their suffering will serve as anything but a deterrent to anyone else thinking of speaking up. Of course, if everyone speaks up at once, it's a different thing, but intimidation is a potent force when you're staring it down.
      Still a crappy way to get people to accept you as leader, though!

    • @GreenEyedDazzler
      @GreenEyedDazzler 2 роки тому +29

      @@hazukichanx408 who are you explaining this for

    • @MinscFromBaldursGate92
      @MinscFromBaldursGate92 Рік тому +3

      @SurfaceShock
      Must be a russian.

    • @mattb9054
      @mattb9054 Рік тому

      I know I LOL'd so hard at that part 😂

    • @JennyTheNerdBat
      @JennyTheNerdBat Рік тому +2

      What the hell is even this comment section.

  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel 4 роки тому +3817

    When the Half-Life 2 beta was leaked in 2003, it leaked with a lot of other content that was never meant to be released at all. One of these was a collection of maps that took the form of a retexture or remake of the hazard course from the original, with beta Alyx Vance in place of the hologram. It remains mostly faithful to the original until the player passes the crouch jump tutorial, when they are stopped from proceeding by Barney Calhoun who says something along the lines of:
    "Sorry sir but I can't let you through without your buddy Superfly Johnson... Just kidding Gordon, you can go on through."
    This is followed by extremely nerdy laughter.

    • @cooperproductions3731
      @cooperproductions3731 4 роки тому +331

      Jesus christ only now i got it

    • @LixxLixx
      @LixxLixx 4 роки тому +14

      Didn’t ask

    • @PurpleColonel
      @PurpleColonel 4 роки тому +608

      @@LixxLixx But you learned something, and that's the magical part.

    • @sboy1024
      @sboy1024 4 роки тому +170

      @@PurpleColonel good answer 👍

    • @LixxLixx
      @LixxLixx 3 роки тому +4

      @@PurpleColonel you really think i read paragraphs on youtube comments? Nah

  • @mrturtletail3945
    @mrturtletail3945 4 роки тому +1653

    "I don't feel good about killing innocent people, let's get them out of the way."
    *Looks at Civvie's Pro Postal series in the suggestions*

    • @q1q2q23
      @q1q2q23 4 роки тому +60

      DEW IT

    • @DistractedGlobeGuy
      @DistractedGlobeGuy 4 роки тому +52

      And _Pro Doom^3._

    • @cavemanthog
      @cavemanthog 4 роки тому +19

      This can't be Daikatana, the NPC's are actually pretending to help

    • @marksampson174
      @marksampson174 4 роки тому +1

      MrTurtleTail possibly the greatest comment I’ve ever seen on the UA-cams

    • @sirp0p0
      @sirp0p0 4 роки тому +70

      Let's be honest, none of the NPC's in Postal are innocent people.

  • @moldyskittle
    @moldyskittle 4 роки тому +3745

    “John Romero appears to be a pretty cool guy these days from what I can gather.” ... dude he’s responded to ALL of my fan emails to him. Even the vodka fueled way-too-drunk ones. And his WIFE has replied to me twice on twitter. Romero is a VERY cool guy... possibly the coolest. He’s humble- and he always talked shop with me over game design aspects. He’s.... Really nice.

    • @reloadpsi
      @reloadpsi 4 роки тому +664

      One tends to imagine this was the game that taught him that humility. Whether it was or not though, it's nice to know that sometimes you SHOULD meet your heroes.

    • @moldyskittle
      @moldyskittle 4 роки тому +265

      ReloadPsi my thoughts exactly when it comes to the last line. You just have to remember they’re people too. Most freak out over their “heroes” and dehumanize em. And yeah- some people are just douchers. I’m very happy to say that’s not the case with Romero.

    • @moldyskittle
      @moldyskittle 4 роки тому +103

      Manek Iridius that’s awesome, dude! Heard he was VERY good at deathmatch, etc. Do you remember anything of that experience?

    • @jonbourgoin182
      @jonbourgoin182 4 роки тому +18

      Wait, does he freely give out his email though?

    • @moldyskittle
      @moldyskittle 4 роки тому +118

      Jon Bourgoin ...He has an e-mail attached to his WADS and other things. Additionally, anything you want to know is generally a google search away. The selfish side of me doesn’t wanna have him be overloaded with bullshit emails though... he is in an interesting position to reply to people likely BECAUSE he isn’t inundated with a TON of emails compared to others.

  • @Blood_War07
    @Blood_War07 3 роки тому +575

    A shot gun that does rocket jumping without splash damage sounds like a force of nature

  • @Feanarth
    @Feanarth 4 роки тому +828

    The best part about Daikatana - the release date:
    Daikatana: 2000
    Half Life: 1998

    • @miciso666
      @miciso666 4 роки тому +139

      unreal was a thing before daikatana.
      and it was more unreal than unreal was.

    • @tycho7006
      @tycho7006 4 роки тому +81

      And Deus Ex released the same year.

    • @zlic81
      @zlic81 4 роки тому +59

      Deus Ex: 2000

    • @Gui-San
      @Gui-San 4 роки тому +119

      System Shock 2: 1999
      Even Kingpin, which was clearly release in a pretty ruff, raw and unbalanced state that same year, had better AI companion, who will follow you through ledges, platforms and perform actions through yes/no commands.
      Let that sink in for a while.

    • @lordcyphre9611
      @lordcyphre9611 4 роки тому +7

      @@sparkydeltorro Quake 2 engine

  • @ICARUSLIV3S
    @ICARUSLIV3S 4 роки тому +542

    Oh god, the flashbacks, the pain... THE PAIN.

    • @Dicker296
      @Dicker296 4 роки тому +9

      Oh, you

    • @biggusdickus1123
      @biggusdickus1123 4 роки тому +21

      Daddy icarus! can i have ur babys pwetty pwease I'll be the best mommy ever

    • @Connor-dl4hq
      @Connor-dl4hq 4 роки тому +24

      Biggus Dickus People like you scare me...

    • @kungfuskull
      @kungfuskull 4 роки тому +12

      Oh hey dude :) cool to see youre a civvie fan!

    • @biggusdickus1123
      @biggusdickus1123 4 роки тому +2

      @@Connor-dl4hq may i ask why?

  • @Bazhorin
    @Bazhorin 4 роки тому +530

    "Stop subscribing to this channel".
    Quit whining, Civvie.
    We can't go on without our buddy.

    • @bravo075
      @bravo075 4 роки тому +44

      Quit weenin'

    • @krullachief669
      @krullachief669 4 роки тому +7

      Speaking of, found a reason to fight yet, buddy?

    • @alkemyst337
      @alkemyst337 4 роки тому +12

      queet whenig

    • @Vulgarth1
      @Vulgarth1 4 роки тому +5

      @@krullachief669 You still alive?

    • @MellowTed
      @MellowTed 4 роки тому +11

      Kwit weening.

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist 3 роки тому +596

    3:31 "Tom Hall went on to start his game: Anachronox, and Romero started his: Daikatana."
    And silently off to the side, the New Testament was being written by Warren Spector: Deus Ex.

    • @DStecks
      @DStecks Рік тому +80

      Warren Spector, just casually about to make the best video game ever

    • @vinegar3617
      @vinegar3617 Рік тому +11

      @@DStecks Woah, wasn't expecting you here

    • @remiliascarletmybeloved
      @remiliascarletmybeloved Рік тому +43

      I like how in every picture of John Romero Civvie used for b-roll, Warren is sorta just there in the background like he’s the Mike Wazowski of Ion Storm, because that’s sorta just how it happened, Deus Ex turned out the way it did because the team at Ion Storm Austin was away from the drama that came along with Daikatana. I think a convincing argument can be made that Daikatana crashed and burned so Deus Ex could become one of the greatest games of all time

    • @endymallorn
      @endymallorn 11 місяців тому

      Wait, Storm over Gift 3 was happening too.

    • @Dr.W.Krueger
      @Dr.W.Krueger 8 місяців тому +10

      Warren Spector was already an industry veteran at that time...with much, much better work ethic and discipline...and it shows.

  • @othertalk3313
    @othertalk3313 4 роки тому +409

    "There is nothing you can do for me, except find my daughter, and the Daikatana."
    - Actually sounds like quite a lot that you're asking me to do. I'm sure she'll be fine.

  • @beliar52
    @beliar52 4 роки тому +447

    >hiro dies
    >npc kills enemy
    >"10 years later"
    "oh noooo hiro got blown down"

    • @ex-bahamutgamer8381
      @ex-bahamutgamer8381 4 роки тому +2

      That brick for you. He is doorman and sledge king :P lol

    • @Saved_Sinner0085
      @Saved_Sinner0085 4 роки тому +1

      This isn't a Jamaican roll playing forum, >'s don't make your text different *but* *OTHER* _stuff_ -does-

    • @johan8969
      @johan8969 4 роки тому +2

      RIP Hiromoot

    • @dlc435
      @dlc435 4 роки тому +1

      Brother Hood “Hiro’s been bitch-slapped into oblivion!”

  • @ThePageofRage
    @ThePageofRage 4 роки тому +4723

    "Stop subscribing to this channel."
    But Civvie...
    I CANT UNSUBSCRIBE WITHOUT MY BUDDY SUPERFLY

    • @GrimpakTheMook
      @GrimpakTheMook 4 роки тому +56

      Nu-huh, I'm subscibing this damned thing.

    • @shardinhand1243
      @shardinhand1243 4 роки тому +29

      we didint listen... now is the time. : D

    • @BusinessZeus
      @BusinessZeus 4 роки тому +2

      @@shardinhand1243 Didn't

    • @taskmaster9230
      @taskmaster9230 4 роки тому +8

      40:31

    • @dlc435
      @dlc435 4 роки тому +11

      Bobo “BADASS! These unsubscribers are cruisin’ for a SMACKDOWN!”

  • @greengamma569
    @greengamma569 3 роки тому +336

    I’m glad John Romero was able to move past his failure and learn form his mistakes. He very easily could’ve went the A-hole route and blamed it on something and became bitter, but he didn’t, instead he moved on and became humble.

    • @nananamamana3591
      @nananamamana3591 10 місяців тому +36

      There are two paths forward from failure.
      The path of John Romero, where you reflect on the circumstance, accept it, and learn from it.
      or
      The path of Randy Pitchford...

  • @MezzoForte4
    @MezzoForte4 4 роки тому +619

    "Why would my taint send ripples back in time?"
    That's just gold.

    • @Fightin_Mongoose
      @Fightin_Mongoose 4 роки тому +9

      Platinum. I'm still laughing and I've watched this shit three times

    • @stepheng8061
      @stepheng8061 4 роки тому +1

      MezzoForte4 gave my a giantess stylistic boneracus

    • @OtherworldTelevision
      @OtherworldTelevision 4 роки тому +10

      Stranger things have happened to Civvie.

    • @papayer
      @papayer 4 роки тому +2

      That's what we normally call t h e m a g i c

  • @Whatsuppbuddies
    @Whatsuppbuddies 4 роки тому +2951

    I can’t leave a comment without my buddy Superfly.

    • @Bikee-uh6of
      @Bikee-uh6of 3 роки тому +67

      So wait you have your buddy Superfly now? Can I see him? Which staircase is he stuck in?

    • @plot6520
      @plot6520 3 роки тому +48

      Hey guys, have you seen my buddy Superfly?

    • @raygun26
      @raygun26 3 роки тому +25

      I’m super high

    • @JK-sm7ni
      @JK-sm7ni 3 роки тому +26

      *Superfly runs off screen into a crusher*

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 3 роки тому +30

      I can't reply to your comment without my buddy Superfly.

  • @officialromanhours
    @officialromanhours 4 роки тому +2422

    Roses are red
    Civvie wants to die
    I can't leave
    *WITHOUT MY BUDDY SUPERFLY*

  • @ripghotihook
    @ripghotihook 3 роки тому +581

    "Mikiko No!"
    Pretty much sums up the game.
    Edit: Came back because I forgot my buddy Superfly.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ 3 роки тому +28

      A good Civvie quote may fit the situation for her. *_”You’re stupid and I hate you!”_*

    • @MewdyMoody
      @MewdyMoody 3 місяці тому +1

      hook, superfly is stuck agaaaaaiiiinnnnn

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop 4 роки тому +2110

    In an alternate timeline, this game was actually phenomenal, and sold extremely well, setting the stage for game designers to act like rock stars, rather than becoming more and more corporate with each passing year.

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective 4 роки тому +546

      In this timeline, Romero went into politics after he eventually retired from game development. He would go on to be elected the Governor of Texas.

    • @kakyointhemilfhunter4273
      @kakyointhemilfhunter4273 4 роки тому +230

      @@LonelySpaceDetective I envy that parallel universe

    • @fruitylerlups530
      @fruitylerlups530 4 роки тому +123

      @@LonelySpaceDetective as Reform party, becoems Vice President to Jesse Ventura. America truly becomes great again.

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 4 роки тому +239

      I do actually feel like there's an alternate timeline where Romero doesn't change game engines so Daikatana is completed in 1998, and it still fails but not as spectacularly, so he creates a much better game in 2000 which also saves Anachronox from obscurity, allowing Warren Spector to make a different, less dumb sequel to Deus Ex.

    • @kobalos7450
      @kobalos7450 4 роки тому +31

      And there's that timeline where the dumb hammer ruined the game it was designed for in the first place... praise the gods of rocket jumping for the Quake we know and love

  • @Peanutjoepap24
    @Peanutjoepap24 4 роки тому +1567

    John Romero: Drachma.
    Civvie: Drachma?
    John Romero: Yeah, drachma balls across your face, amirite?

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 3 роки тому +11

      what

    • @williamsmith666
      @williamsmith666 3 роки тому +23

      Stevie Case's interview to being vice president of Monkeystone Games.

    • @aannurag
      @aannurag 3 роки тому +7

      @Lord Dampnut criminally so

    • @pontiusporcius8430
      @pontiusporcius8430 2 роки тому +5

      Its greek money

    • @muntapede572
      @muntapede572 2 роки тому +2

      Came to check up on this comment. It made me chuckle again

  • @Groovebot3k
    @Groovebot3k 4 роки тому +288

    You know I like to imagine there's another timeline where the programming for Daikatana was ironed out so that the AI didn't huff glue and the weapons were balanced better, and in that timeline Daikatana is remembered more fondly as the giant piece of cheese it otherwise is.
    Unfortunately, someone took the Daikatana itself and gave us the timeline we have now.

    • @imranicanovic1154
      @imranicanovic1154 4 роки тому +37

      As Yahtzee once said. Either John Romero would be remembered as the great artist of the gaming genre, spearheading a revolution in the story's you tell trough the game medium. Or he'll become such a big boob that even the most determined babies can't get their mouths around it. It all hinged ON daikatana not suckin.

    • @generalrubbish9513
      @generalrubbish9513 4 роки тому +24

      @@imranicanovic1154 You could argue he already became a boob when he let the success of Doom inflate his ego to celestial proportions. Daikatana itself was basically his own personal ego trip.

    • @MistaMaddog247
      @MistaMaddog247 4 роки тому +9

      Just imagine the GBC version of Daikatana as an Octrine of Time type game but also an FPS with Gears style of AI companions. That's how it should have been...

    • @xFluing
      @xFluing 4 роки тому +5

      Isn't there an unofficial community patch that fixes all this though?

    • @soangry
      @soangry 4 роки тому +14

      @@xFluing It "fixes" the problem by turning companions off. He said at the very beginning of the video that he was using the community patch.

  • @galford90
    @galford90 3 роки тому +346

    "You thought 'what if there was a rocket jump without the splash damage?' You were Deathmatching all day long and then you made this. Didn't ya? DIDN'T YA YOU SON OF A...". This is gold

  • @notimportant3190
    @notimportant3190 4 роки тому +550

    Romero is not egoistic, he´s just The Icon of sin.

    • @MrTheil
      @MrTheil 4 роки тому +58

      The Icon of Pride, to be specific about the sin

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 4 роки тому +67

      The longer the Icon of Sin is on Earth the stronger it will become.

    • @commanderknee3821
      @commanderknee3821 4 роки тому +13

      To beat the game you must kill him, *jon romeo*

    • @beef9785
      @beef9785 4 роки тому +2

      i'll kill him i promise you guys and then i will finally finish doom 2 and end my collection of finished doom games

    • @HaibaneKuu
      @HaibaneKuu 4 роки тому +5

      Holy hell, he's been on earth for quite some time, How powerful could he be? D:

  • @DeadBoneJones
    @DeadBoneJones 4 роки тому +1011

    Despite Romero not being in favor of the “bitch ad,” I still can’t help but feel that it would have been less infamous if the game wasn’t a failure. There’s WAY more embarrassing 90s video game ads.

    • @expendableround6186
      @expendableround6186 4 роки тому +157

      “This game stinks!”

    • @Aloysius2113
      @Aloysius2113 3 роки тому +101

      @@expendableround6186 nintendo of america marketers: "gee, let's see how we can sell our brilliant, slightly satirical yet heartwarming rpg masterpiece to Americans? I know, I have an advertisement that will make it sell millions!"

    • @B0risTheBlade
      @B0risTheBlade 3 роки тому +65

      Lol they still doing it to this day. Eh "anime fans on promnight"?

    • @rayvenkman2087
      @rayvenkman2087 3 роки тому +19

      @@B0risTheBlade Except that other guy gave us the Bionic Commando reboot and Emo DMC(the original non-definitive Edition) as well as all the other bad decisions made to focus more on the US market before we got to anime fans on prom night.

    • @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370
      @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370 3 роки тому +14

      Like the "ingenious" ads from Acclaim.

  • @ijustworkhere1008
    @ijustworkhere1008 4 роки тому +2406

    “Leading to wars of words; a public perception that John Romero was solely responsible for Id’s success rather than an ingredient of it”
    I guess you could say it was a case of
    Id vs ego

    • @JeanMarceaux
      @JeanMarceaux 4 роки тому +57

      Nice one

    • @Ponaru
      @Ponaru 4 роки тому +24

      This comment deserves more likes.

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 4 роки тому +71

      **shocker activates**

    • @DPCP-h9u
      @DPCP-h9u 4 роки тому +11

      This is truly a smart comment

    • @gorillawhale1046
      @gorillawhale1046 4 роки тому +34

      Puts on shades, Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaah!!!!!!

  • @schimmel724
    @schimmel724 2 роки тому +88

    57:38 "If the two swords touch, absolutely nothing happens." I've apparently been in the wrong prison showers.

  • @KrinkelsNG
    @KrinkelsNG 4 роки тому +1470

    "You're not superstitious are you?" fucking golden. I love it.

    • @JimmehRulez
      @JimmehRulez 3 роки тому +11

      Hi

    • @KrinkelsNG
      @KrinkelsNG 3 роки тому +34

      @@JimmehRulez sup

    • @FireTalon24
      @FireTalon24 3 роки тому +37

      What's funny is the way I read that line, Hiro's being tongue-in-cheek. "You're not superstitious, are you?" after all the mystical crap that they went through seems like a joke to me.
      But hey, I may be giving them more credit than they deserve.

    • @goofywannabegamers5005
      @goofywannabegamers5005 3 роки тому +10

      I should've known Krinkels would be a boomer shooter fan

    • @RichterTheRat
      @RichterTheRat 3 роки тому +28

      @@FireTalon24 TBH, that's what I got from it too. The problem is the models can't emote enough to get that across. I feel like the joke would have landed better if Superfly had chuckled and called Hiro a smartass.

  • @Sodaholic6502
    @Sodaholic6502 4 роки тому +638

    As for Romero being a cool guy, he definitely is. Back when he had a public email address, he always answered my questions. He confirmed my suspicion that the "Star-tan" walls were actually named after Star Wars and even shared some reference images, and he also revealed who wrote the intermission texts in Doom 1 and 2; Sandy Petersen.

    • @aslushymachine
      @aslushymachine 4 роки тому +40

      Always seemed like a chill guy to me this was cool to read

    • @sketchstevens5859
      @sketchstevens5859 4 роки тому +94

      Romero was a chill guy. He was just too much of a perfectionist with his baby (Daikatana) and kept switching engines... And had his issues with Carmack which led to a bad time when it came to development. Plus he didn't come up with the "John Romero will make you his bitch" line... It was actually some chick from advertising that insisted it'd be a great idea.
      Dudes a good guy. A little bit of his own enemy, but a good guy

    • @nikjuttun5677
      @nikjuttun5677 4 роки тому +28

      @@sketchstevens5859 I thought it was some dude who came up with that line but yeah, Romero himself wasn't happy with it at all when that advertising guy told him about it

    • @sketchstevens5859
      @sketchstevens5859 4 роки тому +24

      @@nikjuttun5677 Yeah, it was some lady in advertising or some dude in advertising. They basically pressured him into agreeing to it which is kinda weird. Must have been some sort of contract BS

    • @cameronwest7038
      @cameronwest7038 Рік тому

      @@sketchstevens5859 weird and not remotely plausible

  • @Zylo587
    @Zylo587 4 роки тому +840

    I can't be mad at John Romero. His decisions, however poor they may be, helped make Deus Ex and Anachronox possible.

    • @Andyilmatto
      @Andyilmatto 4 роки тому +130

      "So we'll hate him. Because he can take it."

    • @dudestep
      @dudestep 4 роки тому +98

      Civvie is right about there being something missing from Id since he left.

    • @jackcullen69
      @jackcullen69 4 роки тому +85

      He made us his bitch though

    • @Jay_Sullivan
      @Jay_Sullivan 4 роки тому +37

      I had no idea that his studio made Deus Ex and Thief: Deadly Shadows.

    • @Jay_Sullivan
      @Jay_Sullivan 4 роки тому +7

      The Fighter , they’re pretty good now, despite the main team being gone. They have always made some good games.

  • @jellybeaner118
    @jellybeaner118 2 роки тому +122

    I find it really wholesome just how much faith hiro has in Superfly, like they just met but hiro treats him like a brother of sorts

  • @53subscribersnovideos35
    @53subscribersnovideos35 4 роки тому +305

    “Hey, homeslice.”
    ~My buddy, Superfly

    • @battlion507
      @battlion507 4 роки тому +11

      Wasup, home skillet!

    • @53subscribersnovideos35
      @53subscribersnovideos35 4 роки тому +7

      My homefry and I would like to join your possum.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 4 роки тому +7

      You seen any jive turkey's around? Me and my buddy are hosting a thanksgiving banquet.

  • @Jesion-kv9tu
    @Jesion-kv9tu 4 роки тому +314

    Romero actually named Superfly Johnson after a Doomworld member going by the same nickname. He even had his own website called Superfly's Doom Abode or something like that.

    • @miciso666
      @miciso666 4 роки тому +52

      yeah even referenced in unreal tournament in a secret.
      you must be superfly to have found this.

    • @slackerdenile8836
      @slackerdenile8836 4 роки тому +11

      @@miciso666 I remember the 'pretty fly for a white guy' secret, was that in there too?

    • @GentleHeretic
      @GentleHeretic 4 роки тому +7

      No kidding? I thought it was part of some abandoned backstory for the character. Hm, cool to know.

    • @Jesion-kv9tu
      @Jesion-kv9tu 4 роки тому +2

      @@miciso666 which one? I haven't heard of that. Also UT came out before Daikatana so I don't think there would be an easter egg.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 2 роки тому

      Thats so cool

  • @R77ification
    @R77ification 4 роки тому +459

    "When you got a job like mine you gotta get inside the mind of the people who made this."
    Ahhh, so thats what the helmet is for.

    • @davidgomez7882
      @davidgomez7882 4 роки тому +14

      I always thought it was a Especial ed helmet.

    • @Sheridan2LT
      @Sheridan2LT 4 роки тому +17

      @@davidgomez7882 Honestly it's a shock-therapy helmet.

    • @Sheridan2LT
      @Sheridan2LT 4 роки тому +13

      No the helmet is used for the Dungeon Keepers of Civvie's dungeon to electroshock him when he's being naughty and probably read his mind. Lmoa.

    • @Edras03
      @Edras03 4 роки тому +22

      @@Sheridan2LT honestly keeping up with Civvie's lore is more confusing than his serious sam review

    • @space_racc
      @space_racc 4 роки тому +2

      @@Edras03 If you Google his lore there's a thread that wraps it up neatly up to a certain point

  • @BigVorst
    @BigVorst 3 роки тому +348

    "When it's done" is totally a cursed phrase now.

    • @ijustreview
      @ijustreview 3 роки тому +50

      Broke: "When it's done"
      Woke: "Until it is done"

    • @Strawberry92fs
      @Strawberry92fs 3 роки тому +17

      probably why newblood just says SOON (tm)

    • @MondySpartan
      @MondySpartan 3 роки тому +11

      *Insert that one Shigeru Miyamoto quote*

    • @MondySpartan
      @MondySpartan 3 роки тому +7

      @@ijustreview Rip and tear

    • @expendableround6186
      @expendableround6186 3 роки тому +12

      @@MondySpartan
      "A delayed game is eventually good, a rushed game is bad forever."

  • @outsidewatching5746
    @outsidewatching5746 4 роки тому +366

    "you're not superstitious, are you?"
    "No. I'm Superfly."

    • @ubermikesocal
      @ubermikesocal 4 роки тому +30

      Surely, you're not serious. I am serious, and don't call me Shirley

    • @OddlyDelta
      @OddlyDelta 4 роки тому +5

      @@ubermikesocal -tango down in sector one alpha-

    • @CaptainARR
      @CaptainARR 3 роки тому +11

      "I'm not superstitious but I'm a little stitious..."
      - Michael G. Scott

  • @DeadPixel1105
    @DeadPixel1105 4 роки тому +149

    "Don't worry. You'll get what's coming to you."
    Reminds me of, "Don't worry. They'll get their product", from Doom 3.

    • @q1q2q23
      @q1q2q23 4 роки тому +13

      @@smugplush DEW IT

  • @turboking9238
    @turboking9238 4 роки тому +236

    Civvie: Let me see what you have!
    Mikiko: A snake staff!
    Civvie: NO!!

  • @thunder____
    @thunder____ 2 роки тому +202

    Mikiko: [kills Superfly]
    Hiro: "I CAN'T leave without my buddy Superfly"
    Hiro: [becomes a hermit]
    Damn, I guess Hiro really meant it after all

  • @DiabeticNecromancer
    @DiabeticNecromancer 4 роки тому +460

    I can't finish this review without my buddy Superfly.

  • @hauntedhotdog
    @hauntedhotdog 4 роки тому +842

    Romero is definitely at his creative best when he's not in charge.

    • @wickedwitt04
      @wickedwitt04 3 роки тому +118

      Some people are born to do, others to lead. It's actually quite rare the best "doers" also happen to be great leaders. Unfortunately, our society often promotes great doers into leadership roles, regardless of their ability or personality being conducive to leading.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ 3 роки тому +72

      @@wickedwitt04 We live in a society.

    • @RycoreXIII
      @RycoreXIII 3 роки тому +22

      Huge George Lucas energy

    • @-Zakhiel-
      @-Zakhiel- 3 роки тому +13

      @@RycoreXIII Lucas is definitely not a good doer. He's more of a successful businessman.

    • @tomasrivero6423
      @tomasrivero6423 2 роки тому

      just liike george lucas

  • @GreenSteedaGT
    @GreenSteedaGT Рік тому +94

    I knew Superfly's voice sounded familiar. It's Marcus Mauldin, the voice actor for Brick in the Borderlands series.

    • @haerfgvbag7050
      @haerfgvbag7050 Рік тому +14

      i recognized it when he screamed "OH NOOO!!" so distinct haha

    • @fauxcuss2
      @fauxcuss2 8 місяців тому +4

      The "hey!" in "hey, there's your girl!" sounds almost identical to when he says "hey, slab!" in bl2.

    • @SpaceSkeletonDragon
      @SpaceSkeletonDragon 2 місяці тому +2

      Ah, I see he went on to worse things

  • @brandonweiss2298
    @brandonweiss2298 4 роки тому +417

    I loved the reference to this game in doom eternal. On one of the books in the Slayers man cave, it says something about my buddy superfly.

    • @ScopeOperaSam
      @ScopeOperaSam 3 роки тому +132

      "My Buddy Superfly" by Hiro Miyamoto, a fantastic read. I have revisited it many times up in my space castle.
      A buddy of mine thought the author was the CEO of Nintendo lol.

    • @Archon3960
      @Archon3960 2 роки тому +8

      Oh, god. I didn't think I could love Doom Eternal even more... xD

    • @ZuluRomeo
      @ZuluRomeo 2 роки тому +15

      Great book. Once I started reading it, I couldn't leave "My Buddy Superfly"

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 2 роки тому +1

      @@Archon3960 Doom Eternal is amazing. I spent so much time just looking at everything in the Slayer's chill room. The retro DOS PC, using Flynn Taggart as a password to unlock Doom II on it, the books and comics and magazines everywhere I loved the guitars on the wall. Really humanizes the Slayer. He's a super nerd and an unshackled psychotic rage-god.

    • @Archon3960
      @Archon3960 2 роки тому

      @@sorrenblitz805 True. Who would've though? xD

  • @stormbunker6036
    @stormbunker6036 4 роки тому +569

    “These games are getting VERY realistic”- Bill Gates

    • @meyes5671
      @meyes5671 4 роки тому +23

      They were

    • @thatradiogeek
      @thatradiogeek 4 роки тому +24

      At the time, it was.

    • @jebohim
      @jebohim 4 роки тому +5

      Fuck that NWO BASTARD!!!

    • @sergeydoronin1579
      @sergeydoronin1579 4 роки тому +37

      Back then everything looked like DOOM, the God just upgrades the graphics.

    • @PinkManGuy
      @PinkManGuy 4 роки тому +32

      ACKTSHUALY, he said "REALLY realistic."
      I only bring up this extremely pedantic point because I initially found it jarring that he would say 'real' twice in a row like that, when 'very' would have flowed a million times better

  • @Maniac536
    @Maniac536 4 роки тому +235

    I’m impressed you were able to digitally remove the evil purple glow that appears whenever someone takes a picture of Tom Hall

  • @zachflag6506
    @zachflag6506 3 роки тому +145

    30:45 Civvie freaking out like a parent whose kid just ran by with a dirty knife is honestly one of my Top 5 Civvie Moments

  • @RevolverRez
    @RevolverRez 4 роки тому +176

    I love how Hiro and Superfly seem to see each other as BFFs basically from the moment they meet. It'd be a nice and humourous touch in a game that wasn't an affront to the genre.

    • @ZigealFaust
      @ZigealFaust 3 роки тому +12

      It was like if Sonic and Mario met. Just instant vibing on two different levels.

    • @Jambonneau826
      @Jambonneau826 2 роки тому +4

      @@ZigealFaust Mario and sonic at the Olympics is a thing you know. It's a minigame series, and I recall it has a story mode.

    • @ZigealFaust
      @ZigealFaust 2 роки тому +2

      @@Jambonneau826 Dude I know but like... why the fuck do you think that means anything, no cap?
      That's like someone making a Batman meets The Flash joke and you just coming out the woodwork to be like 'AKSHULLY".

  • @CertifiedNEETClassic
    @CertifiedNEETClassic 4 роки тому +150

    "Instead of talking in the dojo you eat, sleep, shit and train in and is watched by an artificial doorman, lets go have a chat in this dark rainy alley-- oh no I'm dead."

  • @CognizantCheddar
    @CognizantCheddar 4 роки тому +185

    20:19 Superfly is still the only AI companion in gaming history that cares enough about the player-character _to openly sob_ if the latter gets himself killed.

  • @CyberMetalOverlord
    @CyberMetalOverlord 3 роки тому +81

    Mishima "If they were to ever cross or touch in any way, the world as we know it would cease to exist"
    Hiro "Okay" Pulls out sidewinder and blows him away "That was easy"

    • @sohamacharya171
      @sohamacharya171 2 роки тому +2

      Ze End

    • @Archon3960
      @Archon3960 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, it would go like the Doom Eternal TaG2 intro! xD

  • @mrturtletail3945
    @mrturtletail3945 4 роки тому +124

    SuperFly Johnson is the greatest sidekick name of all time

    • @Astaticembrace
      @Astaticembrace 4 роки тому +5

      Superfly Johnson is the greatest sidekick name Of All Time

    • @bingle6271
      @bingle6271 4 роки тому +1

      SuperFly Johnson is the greatest sidekick name of all time

    • @papayer
      @papayer 4 роки тому +5

      I can't leave without the greatest sidekick name of all time, Superfly

  • @kulrigalestout
    @kulrigalestout 4 роки тому +218

    "This graveyard looks haunted, man."
    "You're not superstitious, are you? By the way, these staves reek of evil".
    okay

    • @Jay_Sullivan
      @Jay_Sullivan 4 роки тому +11

      Obviously, their nature is different. Superstition would still exist.

    • @expendableround6186
      @expendableround6186 4 роки тому +2

      Never heard of sarcasm?

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 4 роки тому +371

    "Bill gates, at the time the richest man in the world"
    The fact this even is now a reference makes me feel old

    • @daishi5571
      @daishi5571 4 роки тому +8

      @Bat Bat Those test tube babies can suck the batchall.

    • @Crowley9
      @Crowley9 4 роки тому +10

      Depressing to think that the richest man in the world today got his money by selling out a whole lot of stuff out of warehouses while treating the employees like shit.

    • @lilwyvern4
      @lilwyvern4 4 роки тому +4

      @@Crowley9 Not much different than any other plutocrat, really.

  • @pietpadda593
    @pietpadda593 2 роки тому +56

    Basic design to overcome bad companion AI: Have the companions teleport to you if you're about 1 room's distance away... Wish they just added such a simple feature.

  • @BayLeopard56
    @BayLeopard56 4 роки тому +182

    "Why would my taint send ripples back in time?"
    top 10 questions science still can't answer

    • @2Scribble
      @2Scribble 3 роки тому

      Which one is about where Superfly is?

  • @maxtenu
    @maxtenu 4 роки тому +354

    "Drachma balls across your face" - Karen, the boatman

    • @Kpba32
      @Kpba32 4 роки тому +25

      I don't quite remeber that scene playing out like that in Percy Jackson

    • @adamjones8258
      @adamjones8258 4 роки тому +9

      Not sure if you're memeing, but it's spelt Charon, who is the ferryman of Hades.

    • @kidumby7599
      @kidumby7599 4 роки тому +17

      Yeah I'm also not sure if the guy making the ligma-style joke is memeing

    • @BusinessZeus
      @BusinessZeus 4 роки тому

      @@kidumby7599 "Memeing"
      Should be on my tombstone

    • @kingalphawerewolf
      @kingalphawerewolf 3 роки тому +3

      @@BusinessZeus “Died as he lived”
      “Getting dabbed upon”

  • @DarkArtistKaiser
    @DarkArtistKaiser 4 роки тому +225

    "You'll get whats coming to you."
    Me: That sounds uh...
    *Betrayal Clock appears*
    Yeah I figured.

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 3 роки тому +32

      It's one of those moments when you can see where it's going, but the added gag just twists it further to the funny over the topness.

    • @boxcarz
      @boxcarz 3 роки тому +20

      The Betrayal Countdown was consistently the funniest thing in this video for me, no idea why.

    • @Novous
      @Novous 2 роки тому +8

      Superfly even said he wanted his CUT. which is a pun on being stabbed to death

  • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
    @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Рік тому +30

    They TRADEMARKED "Suck It Down". Holy moly. That's so much funnier than them just using it as a tagline in an ad run.
    Fun to imagine the office workers handling that trademark paperwork file.

  • @DaveViner
    @DaveViner 4 роки тому +141

    "No way, I can't leave without my buddy Superfly"

    • @theblocksays
      @theblocksays 4 роки тому +2

      "I mean he so JIVE, MAN!"

    • @MrSirHenryMF
      @MrSirHenryMF 4 роки тому +3

      "Chill dude, I'm coming!"

    • @samnuell864
      @samnuell864 4 роки тому +2

      Stando Power!

    • @dlc435
      @dlc435 4 роки тому +1

      #nowayicanleave #withoutmybuddysuperfly

  • @debonaire_nerd
    @debonaire_nerd 4 роки тому +673

    "Why does the character hold a sword?" - *Joe Rogan, unironically, on Daikatana*

    • @cacomeat7385
      @cacomeat7385 4 роки тому +168

      Joe Rogan is a numbskull

    • @almightyfalcon
      @almightyfalcon 4 роки тому +130

      I like Joe, but he's a total bonehead when it comes to games

    • @TheMetasora
      @TheMetasora 4 роки тому +25

      @@almightyfalcon he talks about how he's an old man and doesn't understand games and how his kids are so good on their phones and games so I don't know what you're tripping on

    • @SpacialKatana
      @SpacialKatana 4 роки тому +24

      @@TheMetasora Look it up

    • @almightyfalcon
      @almightyfalcon 4 роки тому +97

      @@TheMetasora Look up the JRE episode with Hugo Martin, creative director of Doom Eternal; Joe just shits all over the game during that episode.

  • @SxFtSqrrl
    @SxFtSqrrl 4 роки тому +200

    Charon sounded like he was about to pull a ligma joke with all that "drachma" stuff.

  • @haerfgvbag7050
    @haerfgvbag7050 Рік тому +59

    Man reading "The Masters of DOOM' really gives a lot of context for this one. Really makes me wish they were able to get this one right, I'm sure Carmack had a huge smile across his face when he saw the game's release

    • @theskycavedin
      @theskycavedin Рік тому +14

      Yeah after Id was already slumping and Carmack wasn't making any new interesting games

  • @mawnkey
    @mawnkey 4 роки тому +1955

    Romero's been a frustrating guy to watch. I was on Hall's team for the last few months of Anachronox, and while I'd say Hall was cooler to work for (dude has a such a wild imagination and weird sense of humor you can't help liking him) Romero was really cool to sit down and talk with. We had a few break room chats about retro gaming about stuff we agreed or disagreed about, but he never approached it with the arrogant "Well I'm John Romero that invented Doom so I know better" attitude you might expect. He was just another nerd talking nerd shit with you.
    But his work ethic was definitely destroyed after leaving id, and I later saw him turn in to one of the industry types whining and banging on about piracy instead of just making good games. The id days were lightning in a bottle for him, unfortunately. Ion Storm was started with the best of intentions and was a great idea, but I think Romero's over estimation of his leadership abilities cost him in the end. Too bad too. It really had a unique opportunity to do exactly what he said. It was just his partners realizing the dream instead of him.

    • @mkge7206
      @mkge7206 4 роки тому +303

      It's a great anecdote and it's pretty sad because Romero's wild ideas were so intriguing. People are still fascinated today about what Daikatana could have been while nobody really cares about Quake II really is. Romero must have bought the lie of discipline vs. creativity being opposites instead of being complementary, if not prerequisites to each other.
      But a quick change of environment can totally destroy your slowly built work ethic. Something we all learnt with college.

    • @ijustreview
      @ijustreview 3 роки тому +157

      "I later saw him turn in to one of the industry types whining and banging on about piracy instead of just making good games"
      ...From the man who got rich and famous by making a game, and giving 1/3 of it away for free. And that third was the best part of the game, and it's the part HE made!

    • @radek4634
      @radek4634 3 роки тому +30

      Piracy? I just played demo of Daikatana and i didnt want to play it anymore, so hardly piracy was to blame. xD

    • @PosthumanHeresy
      @PosthumanHeresy 3 роки тому +49

      @@mkge7206 Honestly I don't even thing it's technically him buying that lie that's the issue. It was that he had an android on hand who also bought into the lie from the opposite direction. That's when the falsehood actually functions, when there's a balancing force on it from someone just as bad on the other side. Together, they make one fully functional, highly inventive human being. Apart, they make two highly useful people to others who want to make something fantastic. The most successful applications of Carmack's work is by people he didn't know existed until after he did it because he can't use it to its full potential himself and the most successful applications of Romero's work is when he has a difficult taskmaster because he needs to be cut off before he gets too wrapped up in his own passion. If Carmack managed to invent sapient AI, he'd probably use it for a video game enemy and forget that it has other applications. Then Warren Spector would come along and take over the world with it.

    • @1r0zz
      @1r0zz 3 роки тому +38

      @@mkge7206
      Ah. Quake 2, the forgotten game that had a direct sequel and a prequel, served as structural base of every other successive id game and was used to show full raytracing with a dedicated port (and became the inspiration of most videogame alien design...)... Truly diekatana is the more successful title...

  • @AngryGerbils
    @AngryGerbils 4 роки тому +151

    "Hiro Miyamoto failed at life."
    You and me both, pal.

  • @dirkstrickland4494
    @dirkstrickland4494 4 роки тому +471

    I have to assume Hiro and Superfly get it on during the level transitions, because for the life of me, I can't understand Hiro's absolutely unwarranted infatuation with him.
    We're talking several tiers below bromance. We're talking swordfighting with socks and flipflops on.

    • @pentelegomenon1175
      @pentelegomenon1175 4 роки тому +108

      Also Superfly cries when Hiro dies, even though they basically just met. Maybe he's just a really sensitive guy?

    • @Kaarl_Mills
      @Kaarl_Mills 4 роки тому +147

      "I cant orgasm without my buddy Superfly"

    • @Nicole7073.
      @Nicole7073. 4 роки тому +88

      L L I can’t nut unless it’s in my buddy superfly

    • @everythingsgonnabealright8888
      @everythingsgonnabealright8888 3 роки тому +19

      I think they have a long history before the game.

    • @averyterribleperson5292
      @averyterribleperson5292 3 роки тому +14

      theyre buttbuddies lol

  • @lonestar6709
    @lonestar6709 3 роки тому +180

    The two John's really needed each other, didn't they?
    Carmack can program like Isaac Newton, but is about as exciting as a kipper.
    And Romero can craft levels like MC Escher, but couldn't program a cup of coffee.
    Make up already guys!

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective 2 роки тому +59

      Romero was actually a pretty good programmer by the accounts seen in Masters of Doom. Not superstar level by any means, but he could pull his weight if he could get his head out of his ass.
      EDIT: I'd actually attribute for instance most of the actual gameplay/game design-concerning code in the DOS DOOM games to him, since it sounded like Carmack was mostly concerned with the graphics rendering and technology.

    • @DStecks
      @DStecks 2 роки тому +36

      Over the years I've actually come to suspect that Carmack was responsible for a lot more of the design of Doom than he ever took credit for. A lot of Tom Hall and John Romero's ideas for Doom that Carmack shot down as "not doable with the tech" would later be done in the Doom engine in games like Hexen and Strife. My conspiracy theory is that Carmack essentially used his position as head programmer as a veto on design choices he personally didn't like.

    • @WTFisTingispingis
      @WTFisTingispingis Рік тому +2

      Nailed it

    • @dawidvanstraaten
      @dawidvanstraaten Рік тому +13

      ​@@LonelySpaceDetectiveRomero lost to Carmack in a programming contest, but was a very good programmer.

    • @Wayte13
      @Wayte13 Рік тому +23

      @@dawidvanstraaten Losing to Carmack at programming is like losing to Mike Tyson at boxing

  • @noecarrier5035
    @noecarrier5035 4 роки тому +120

    I remember playing through Daikatana at the time and finding all these stupid and broken gameplay mechanics and thinking the issue was just how bad I was at playing games. John Romero gaslighted me for the whole game. I was pretty young, though.

  • @papayer
    @papayer 4 роки тому +124

    It was very moving of Hiro to dedicate an entire book to his buddy Superfly in Doom Eternal.

  • @hankhill1964
    @hankhill1964 4 роки тому +665

    Pro-Pain when civvie?

  • @channel5980
    @channel5980 3 роки тому +135

    A reminder that one of the books on the shelf in the Doom Slayer's man cave in DOOM Eternal is "My Buddy Superfly" by Hiro Miyamoto, and it sits alongside many other books that reference 90s FPSs, DOOM lore, and id's work.
    DOOM Eternal was 100% a work of passion and talent.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому +16

      Can't forget the book with Markiplier's Dad's name on it.
      That was nice

    • @zerotheero
      @zerotheero Рік тому +7

      @@concept5631 How To Comb Your Mustache iirc

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому +4

      @@zerotheero Yes that was it thank you.

    • @williamsmith666
      @williamsmith666 6 місяців тому

      "100% a work of passion and talent."
      ...yeah, you keep telling yourself that...

  • @pt8306
    @pt8306 4 роки тому +151

    "Easy, we want you to take Superfly alive an conscious"
    "You're too late, We already won this round. The Daikatana is on it's way back to the people. And you can't do a damn thing about it"
    >Except send you back to the people, in a body bag

    • @sharoyveduchi
      @sharoyveduchi 4 роки тому +14

      Lmao. I thought I was one of the only people who realized that they were the same voice actor (I played Daikatana first and then Deus Ex).

    • @pt8306
      @pt8306 4 роки тому +9

      @@sharoyveduchi I recognised it immediately upon hearing the voice, although I thought it might have been JoJo fine instead of the Liberty Island guy

    • @yocapo32
      @yocapo32 4 роки тому +23

      "Why are you locked in Ancient Greece?"
      "You talking to me?"
      "Maybe you should try getting the Daikatana"
      "Okay, where?"
      "The alternate timeline"

    • @Boltscrap
      @Boltscrap 4 роки тому +5

      Ion Storm really hates west coast for some reason, it got wrecked in both Daikatana and Deus Ex.

    • @brosephnoonan223
      @brosephnoonan223 4 роки тому +9

      What a shame.

  • @gregoryl.3594
    @gregoryl.3594 4 роки тому +214

    In the unpatched version I remember running into a door (or was it an elevator?) that didn’t work in one of the last levels. The devs posted a save file in their forums that bypassed that section.

    • @_Gandalf_The_White
      @_Gandalf_The_White 4 роки тому +28

      That's epic haha

    • @linkandshiek5522
      @linkandshiek5522 3 роки тому +14

      *unpatched Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines flashbacks*

    • @-Zakhiel-
      @-Zakhiel- 3 роки тому +4

      @@linkandshiek5522 *PTSD from unpatched Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl*

  • @OGGuaves
    @OGGuaves 2 роки тому +67

    Every time I see this video and hear the line "We can avoid the electric floor. Mikiko will not avoid the electric floor by herself. Superfly didn't come in with us because he's a goddamn moron," I am forced to laugh and wheeze uncontrollably.

  • @JimmyColls
    @JimmyColls 4 роки тому +146

    *At the end of everything, when the cosmos is starless and stripped to its last atom, all that remains will be Hiro waiting for his buddy Superfly*

  • @CrniWuk
    @CrniWuk 4 роки тому +470

    Back when game developers looked exactly like how you imagined hackers to look like.

    • @murderousmayhem6362
      @murderousmayhem6362 3 роки тому +39

      They're the same kind of people tbh, just chose a different path.

    • @eeeertoo2597
      @eeeertoo2597 3 роки тому +53

      @the hevy lmao what are YOU on about

    • @totally_not_a_skeleton-old
      @totally_not_a_skeleton-old 3 роки тому +19

      @the hevy ....what?

    • @JimJamTheAdmin
      @JimJamTheAdmin 3 роки тому +45

      @the hevy whenever I feel like a worthless dumb shit, I'll stumble on a comment like this and realize I'm not so bad.

    • @dontpreorder2783
      @dontpreorder2783 3 роки тому +11

      @@JimJamTheAdmin that is the correct reaction to have

  • @matheusrios4223
    @matheusrios4223 4 роки тому +246

    "Hiro Miyamoto failed at life"
    well, that's some mockery right there. could also be something like "player sucks at videogames" and the result would be the same.

    • @PlastiGomi
      @PlastiGomi 4 роки тому +9

      I love when game insult me like gta 3 "hehhe you need to go faster poop head"

    • @gabrielwarren6955
      @gabrielwarren6955 4 роки тому +16

      Nah "failed at life" is perfect. I don't think you can beat it.

    • @lonestar6709
      @lonestar6709 4 роки тому +5

      Just call us a faggot and have done with it.
      Guess we were his bitch, after all!

    • @doombringer3498
      @doombringer3498 4 роки тому +3

      Or maybe John Romero failed at game design?

  • @lymb3914
    @lymb3914 Рік тому +34

    "What the!? Oh NO! Hiro got blown down!" is right up there with "You were almost a Jill sandwich!" in my book.

  • @mangaas
    @mangaas 4 роки тому +632

    This game came out 2 years AFTER Metal Gear Solid and Half Life 1. Just for comparison.

    • @oh-not-the-bees7872
      @oh-not-the-bees7872 4 роки тому +42

      Half life ruined us

    • @scottyperes9160
      @scottyperes9160 3 роки тому

      Oh-not-the-bees What do you mean?

    • @Aiveq
      @Aiveq 3 роки тому +131

      @@scottyperes9160 half life set bar to high for following games

    • @IStandForTJandTAW
      @IStandForTJandTAW 3 роки тому +14

      @@Aiveq then doom eternal came along and raised that bar even higher.

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 3 роки тому +28

      @@IStandForTJandTAW Or changed where the bar was held. HL leaned more to cutscene less storytelling where Doom 2016 and Eternal tried to reinvent the combat loop.

  • @qlip_
    @qlip_ 4 роки тому +330

    really glad civvie pointed out the gbc version, definitely a hidden gem on the console and a really competent zelda clone

    • @jackstoutamore8541
      @jackstoutamore8541 4 роки тому +7

      Definitely an underrated comment 🤣
      Thank you for that

  • @unfa00
    @unfa00 4 роки тому +95

    23:17 - I am amazed that you color-graded Palpatine to match the lighting of that shot. Such a small detail but shows the amount of work you put into these videos.

  • @beetheimmortal
    @beetheimmortal 3 роки тому +91

    Imagine if you could play this game in coop with your friends playing as Superfly and Mikiko

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman 2 роки тому +22

      You can, but it's classic co-op with infiniter respawns and no story.

    • @lacriaturadekentucky
      @lacriaturadekentucky 9 місяців тому +3

      Someone should make a patch/mod for that. It'd prolly improve the game to an extent.

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear 4 роки тому +38

    Hiro: You're not superstitious are you?
    *fights third actual magic-using wizard boss wielding magic glowing sword ten seconds later*

    • @Nionivek
      @Nionivek 4 роки тому +13

      Look... Gorgons, Wizards, and Ghosts are just plain scientific fact.

  • @RobsonRoverRepair
    @RobsonRoverRepair 4 роки тому +792

    "I'm looking for an Asian girl"
    Shit man, who isn't.

    • @armorhide406
      @armorhide406 3 роки тому +70

      People who don't have yellow fever...

    • @mrmagpie3637
      @mrmagpie3637 3 роки тому +12

      Amen my brother

    • @YukiGibson
      @YukiGibson 3 роки тому +26

      @@armorhide406 You can only be called out on that if you are white

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris 3 роки тому +21

      He's in bloody Japan when he says that!

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris 3 роки тому +2

      @@PedroSardini
      Wow! Thing Currently In The News Man, thank goodness it only took you 10 months to get on the case!

  • @tHeWasTeDYouTh
    @tHeWasTeDYouTh 4 роки тому +98

    Daikatana was the name of the most powerful sword in the Dungeons and Dragons game he and Carmack would play. Also, in an interview with Romero he said the main things that ruined this game was the change of the engine in mid development(he thought quake 2 engine would be like quake 1 engine but when he finally got to see it was coded differently or at least hard enough to make the programers go crazy trying to transfer their original quake 1 build), lot of devs he hired were actually mod makers who burned out and quit and finally the AI companions in the game. The AI was hard as hell to code for in late 90s tech, he said Ghost Recon had AI companions but they had basic commands. In Daikatana you had to move through tight areas, go up and down, shoot and do a ton of stuff. lol poor Romero at least his wife was a hot gamer girl.

    • @stproducciones9140
      @stproducciones9140 4 роки тому +57

      There's something kinda sad about how his relationship with Carmack got destroyed, and then he proceeded to make a game based on the D&D games they used to play together...

    • @deadrock1678
      @deadrock1678 3 роки тому +29

      @@stproducciones9140 I heard they were friends again and still talk sometimes.
      Imagine them making a game together again.
      It was clear that when Romero and Carmack got seperated their games lost the quality hard.
      Carmack made Doom 3 which was "fine" and RAGE which was imo more of a tech demo game.
      And Romero made Daikatana.
      Compare those to the games they made together. Wolfenstein, Quake1, DOOM.
      They were a hell of a team together.

    • @thousandyoung
      @thousandyoung 3 роки тому +17

      @@deadrock1678 Carmack was the engine and mechanics, Romero the style.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 3 роки тому +10

      @@deadrock1678 There was really nothing like Carmack and Romero together. Still isn't anything like it tbh

    • @deadrock1678
      @deadrock1678 3 роки тому +6

      @@LordVader1094 Agreed, if they had a bigger team and budget in 1996, Quake could have been something bigger.

  • @EnosShenk
    @EnosShenk Рік тому +32

    I was 17 when Quake came out, after playing the shit out of every id game. Seeing the sudden news break that Romero was leaving id was like our generation's version of the Beatles breaking up. And then watching both sides of the split mostly turn to junk was heart breaking. When Daikatana finally released, I was busy working and didn't have time to game. I remember seeing it within weeks dumped into clearance bins, and knowing things had finally reached the bitter conclusion.

  • @chauscornelius2751
    @chauscornelius2751 4 роки тому +228

    just realized the VA for Superfly is the same VA for Brick in Borderlands

  • @francodimeola1708
    @francodimeola1708 4 роки тому +404

    Poor civvie torturing himself to entertain us

    • @zenoblues7787
      @zenoblues7787 4 роки тому +10

      Implying he has any choice in the dungeon

    • @arodreth
      @arodreth 4 роки тому +4

      as any self respecting content creator should.

    • @pistool1
      @pistool1 4 роки тому +2

      OMG, I still remember the day when I bought the game in a big box and soon realised that it was a big box full of shite and utter disappointment :D I think I completed this boring game with cheats finally :) What a disaster and the most over hyped game ever.

    • @Outta-hz1ej
      @Outta-hz1ej 4 роки тому +1

      >entrentain

    • @johnivanoplimo5172
      @johnivanoplimo5172 4 роки тому +5

      He goes through the shit infested sewers so you don't have to.
      SEWER COUNT: 144 1/2

  • @robertsides3626
    @robertsides3626 4 роки тому +61

    1:04:07 You know you've made it big when you now have to loop your credits theme because of how many Patreon supporters you now have.

    • @robertsides3626
      @robertsides3626 4 роки тому +9

      @The Jester - Fool Of Hearts Yeah, it's a problem. Some people put in the effort worthy of their money, some don't, and some don't get paid enough for the amount of effort they give. Life sucks like that. Kinda why the Simp phenomenon (fuck, that word is a dyslexic nightmare) pisses so many people off.
      I think Civvie and his crew deserves more than what they are getting. I hope they can continue to grow.

  • @reitrace
    @reitrace 2 роки тому +75

    love how hiro says he cant leave without "my buddy superfly" but only that he "cant leave without mikiko"
    implying he doesnt consider mikiko his friend

    • @marvelousball
      @marvelousball 2 роки тому +7

      Well she does betray them at the end

    • @reitrace
      @reitrace 2 роки тому +17

      @@marvelousball i mean im saying that he never considered her a friend at all lol

    • @Cthululululu
      @Cthululululu Рік тому +28

      Hiro knows its Bros before Hoes.

    • @anotherguy687
      @anotherguy687 8 місяців тому +5

      Actually… good subtle storytelling how about that?

  • @MistaMaddog247
    @MistaMaddog247 4 роки тому +274

    True story...my friend pre-order Daikatana and literally waited for years. After playing it, he booted up Doom II and noclipped to the Icon of Sin and shoved a chainsaw at John's severed head screaming "DIE ROMERO DIE!!!!!"
    Meanwhile I stopped following Id games and played Unreal instead sparing myself the agony....

    • @Blaadiblaadiblaa
      @Blaadiblaadiblaa 4 роки тому +32

      Actually, some of the environments and sound effects in this game remind me very much of Unreal. Like, is that a Nali healing fruit plant at 9:57?

    • @Minority119
      @Minority119 4 роки тому +58

      And now back to playing id games to spare the agony of no more unreal games

    • @Danlovar
      @Danlovar 4 роки тому +3

      Well done.

    • @MistaMaddog247
      @MistaMaddog247 4 роки тому

      @@rorychivers8769 I bought it just for the seperate XMP mode, but played the SP before I was able to Download XMP from the college lab (only dial up at home back then). I managed to beat it, amazingly, even with my video card lagging at the very end...LOL!

    • @Henners
      @Henners 4 роки тому +19

      You avoided iD games because Ion Storm sucked?
      ...okay

  • @kingd8232
    @kingd8232 4 роки тому +101

    The Ion Cannon is quite like Ion Storm. Dead in the water.

  • @orvilleredenpiller338
    @orvilleredenpiller338 4 роки тому +105

    THE FIRST THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME
    Thank you Civvie.

  • @jarrodhook
    @jarrodhook Рік тому +24

    I watch this video every night to fall asleep. Not because it’s boring. Because I love it. It’s so cosy. But just as I fall asleep I always forget I can’t go to sleep without my buddy Superfly.

  • @roberte2945
    @roberte2945 4 роки тому +74

    That photo of John Romero's gormless, grinning face will always amuse me.