Koudelka: The Best Game You Never Played.
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Happy Halloween!
I know I'm cutting it close but I got sick half way through editing.
Koudelka is a fantastic game that very few people have played and many more should. It's a prequel to the Shadow Hearts games (I like the Shadow Hearts games and all but I feel they got very anime but the third game; Shadow Hearts: From The New World there is a giant bipedal talking cat and a Mariachi with a machine gun guitar that's also a flame thrower! That's a level of weebtardation that is hard to come back from IMO) I digress. I hope you enjoy the video, subscribe if you want.
Songs used:
-Kiyoharu from Shin Megami Tensei IV by Ryota Kozuka Kenichi Tsuchiya Toshiki Konishi.
-Echo Thru The NIght by Show-Ya sung by Steffanie (also the outro).
-True from Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka.
-Kiss Twice from Koudelka by the wonderfully talented Hiroki Kikuta.
-Self from Shin Megami Tensei IV by Ryota Kozuka Kenichi Tsuchiya Toshiki Konishi.
-Dead from Koudelka by the still wonderfully talented Hiroki Kikuta.
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I've been watching a long play of Koudelka and I gotta say, this game is trully a masterpiece, is insanelly well written, the suttle humor and arrogance characters have while talking is amazing. I would love to have played this as a child. Guess I'll have to emulate it.
The writing and characterization in Koudelka is better than most modern games. I find it impressive since there is both a language and cultural barrier with Sacnoth being a Japanese company. I'd highly recommended playing it and even the Shadow Hearts games even though the writing in them is a massive down grade.
about 15 years ago, I had nothing else to play and never liked this type of the games but decided to try and I loved it!
As a Welsh guy feels weird seeing a game set there
I get that, I live in Nottingham & still cherish my copy of Resistance just for the level set there around the old 60's bus Station & city centre.
I started playing Koudelka year 2007, but didn't finish. I was young that time. But when I was in Highschool, year 2012, I played it again and finished it within 3 months (2hrs playtime daily) i stll have the original disc until now. ❤
Kudelka:the best game that you will never be able to afford without getting a morgage
Cant be worth all that much, can it.. i think i have a sealed copy somewhere.. I know i still have my original on the shelf..
@@marilyn-monroe yep, get a complete in box for that price...
That's what Duckstation is for.
Yep. I got this game for ten bucks from some dude. Then I fucked one of the disks up and spent 200 for a new set because they didn’t have an individual one anywhere. Needless to say, Disk 3 has its own shrine.
@@daultontaylor2224 *clap* duckstation*clap*
I have always really enjoyed this game. I didn’t want to pay the $300 plus for NA copy so I went the JP version and console. Was 1/5th the price of NA edition. Game is in English with menus in Japanese. Also, from what I have read, the Shadowhearts trilogy are only sequels to Koudelka in an alternate reality, not direct sequels.
Persona 5 isn’t a grind, it’s all content. With natural progression I felt completely overpowered on my first run. Skipping days can be annoying and the story feels like it gets worse as it goes… But in some instances it depends on what you know about the game. People say in Dark Souls, they grind for souls and levels. But I know enough about it that I can start fresh with nothing and complete it without farming anything.
My buddy just mentioned this game and after watching your vid I think I have to give this a go.
0:58 Well that is definitely Influenced by Message in a Bottle by The Police.
Back in 2010 I was into retro video game collecting. I was going to thrift stores every week finding ps1, gamecube, dreamcast games all the time. So one day I stumble upon a bunch of PS1 games on a cd bin at goodwill. Koudelka was in the bin and it was in really good condition. I play it and it was a good game. I wish I didn't sell my copy to a game store but it is what it is.
The PlayStation 1 has such a wide variety of games. I've been thinking lately that it was actually better than the PS2 in that regard.
This game definitely deserves a remaster, with a fine fixing and polishing of the combat
@6:00 Actually, MOST JRPGs don't require or even expect you to grind for hours, at least once you got into the SNES and later eras. Most JRPGs are designed that if you fight the majority of battles on your way to your objectives, you will easily be leveled enough to take on the main story's bosses with mild difficulty. Now, if you want to see _everything_ the game has to offer, then yes, some grinding and leveling is going to be necessary but these are mostly just for bragging rights and very rarely have any additional story, lore, etc attached to them. The main exception to this, is that JRPGs typically expect you to gain 2-3 levels at the very beginning of the game, but once you do that, just kill everything you come across naturally as you wander the game's world and you should be fine in most games.
I mean The fact that he used a piss easy game like Persona 5 Royal of all things which barely requires any grinding is questionable and is a clear indicator
This title sounds vaguely familiar but I don’t think I ever played. The sequel title and covers do look a bit more familiar. I think I saw them in passing during the gen after that. Now I definitely have a reason to check it out. Great video!
Probably sounds familiar because you played Shadow Hearts, which this game is linked to. There's a character named Koudelka in that game, and it's the same character in this game, and in fact, I'm pretty sure that Nementon Monastery is the location of the abbey in this game.
Koudelka was definitely pushing those fashion trends for her time so early
For someone who likes Koudelka for its unique take on a JRPG that doesn’t follow many tropes I’m shocked this channel hasn’t covered Deep Strange Journey (or any mainline smt for that matter) yet considering many would also consider that an albeit lite horror jrpg
The "tactics style combat" is a more advanced version of the battle system found in Ultima 3-5. SInce as I recall, Koudelka's combat is all on one level, it's closer to Ultima than Tactics.
I did play this game back in the day. I didn't know how to speak English back then, but I was able to progress until almost the end. Until you find a boss that cast a laser at you. You need a necklace, but I didn't know that. And from that part, with my build, I was soft locked. I couldn't go back to get the necklace, and I couldn't progress. Only a decade later that I watched a gameplay and learned what I had to do.
I might be the only one, but the opening song and accompanying imagery gave me something of a Silent Hill 3 feeling.
Thank you. I hold the Silent Hill games and their composer Akira Yamaoka in extremely high regard. I didn't make Koudelka or Echo Thru The Night. All I did was edit them together, but still thank you.
@@doublethesarcasm Well thank you for your efforts anyway :) You're awesome dude!
Found your channel because if this video, keep up thw great work!.. Definitely worth the sub
Totally agree about the other games that came after. I didn't like them as much because of the anime tropes and the lack of maturity and development in the characters.
I would like to have seen the battle system of shadow hearts in Koudelka.
Saying SH has worse development is a wild take I just can't agree with
I know for fact this guy would love SMT Strange Journey
I know im a year late but that pronunciation of Aberystwyth was brutal
I never got to play this game. But I always loved the spin offs that came from this game.
I still have my copy. Great game, definitely potential for a remake. It was one of those games like Silent Hill that just dripped atmosphere. The Shadow Hearts spin off's as you say just fell into the anime genre. The 1st 2 were pretty good but not what I wanted from the series.
I bought a cib PAL copy for just over $100 last year. Great game.
Great video & classic game... I agree heavy on ya last of us 2 & the last jedi take lol
great vod :D
Awesome video 😊
Is there a way to buy this game today i could i missed it!?
The voice acting rocked. A shame a loud and annoying crowd convinced people otherwise.
It's true, I've never played it all the way through. I've tried a few times but I never get more than like an hour into it.
Why?
I indeed have never played this
what?it's really the price of the physical copy?because i have one
Not really, unless you still have a mint factory sealed one and even then it may take a long time to sell. £40-£80 is a realistic ebay range.
Saying the PS3 had no games is a *real* fucking hot take there, guy.
"guy" is played out.. highly unoriginal
Your opening statement was kinda cap
"Koudelka: The Best Game You Never Played."
but i did play it.. why do you think im here?
Koudelkas combat is what really killed the game. It was fun outside of that but man it just really takes away from the replay value. If it had been like grandia it would’ve been solid
Koudelka is indeed a great game, although it´s a shame you seem to be blinded by your admiration for it that you cannot come to appreciate the sequels, which are some of the best RPGs the PS2 had to offer, anime cliches and all.
I love all three of the Shadow Hearts games because I love their battle systems. It's the machine gun guitar mariachis and talking cats I can't get over.
I've got a hard copy of this game, and no way to play it.
I tried playing this recently....i really wanted to like it, but the combat is so slow!
Your selling SH short. If Koudelka was Resident Evil then Shadow Hearts was Resident Evil 4 if that makes sense. More action heavy and edgy and if Shadow Hearts is RE4 then Shadow Hearts Covenant is Devil May Cry
i played
I have wallpaper of her :)
This game is great! But the combat kinda sucks because it takes 5m for a scrub battle.
A lot of RPG's look like games I want to play, until I see that it is turn based. I just want action, instead of waiting my turn and give potion of healing or magic. Sorry to say, but I just hate that shit. I want to be able to beat the shit out of my enemies once I get really good at it. And to be able to dodge attacks from my opponents. These RPGs are always like, do this and then that, wait your turn. Bla bla bla. You are more busy scrolling through overcomplicated menus and lists of items instead of just playing the fucking game. Never understood why people like that shit. I mean, it was new back in the nineties specially for the masses, but now 25 years later they still make this shit. There is a time you experiment with gameplay features. Specially in a time were going from 2D to 3D was a new big step for animation and control mechanics. But that time has long passed. If these games were action instead of scrolling through menus I would consider it. Because a lot of these games look great, and might have good story lines. But with these mechanics I am not even thinking about trying. Unfortunately..
People like rpgs like dnd that’s why
Yo why the Last of Us Part II shade? How did they hurt you? The game wasn't perfect, but it's still one of the most real and human stories I've experienced. Also, Last Jedi was the only good thing about that new trilogy.
The Last Jedi was a waste of time
Human? With a cast full of political stereotypes.. no thanks.
It's cool and edgy to hate on popular mainstream games
@@strange7s545 lazy defense
I really like TLoU2 simply because it takes the typical game setup and flips it on its head.
People really are not used to questioning video game norms: "the main character is always right and always wins".
😅Not saying that I'm on Abbie's side particularly but....her plot is your basic revenge plot. Just from the unconventional view that a character everyone loves was her target.
storytelling 👍
battle system 👎