So this whole series is basically "what if Tom Hardy's Venom Symbiote latched onto Shinji Ikari?" That sounds a recipe for either a depressing comicbook thriller or a comedy gold mine!
Fun fact that isn't a spoiler because it was a cancelled game: Star Force 4 was planned to introduce Lan Hikari's descendant and he was going to be a hacker that Geo teamed up with while they were both on the run from the police.
@@codemonkey2980 Funnily enough, Star Froce 4 and Legends 3 are the only cancelled Megaman games I actually cared. Megaman Universe looked rather uninteresting to me. Megaman Online looked kinda cool since I am not an MMO guy, I probably would have just gave it a passing glance and not much else. (Also, the cancellation of this one was not on Capcom. But on the game's main developer. Neowiz Games) ...And then we arrive at the Maverick Hunter FPS prototype. This is the only one I frankly can actually see why it was cancelled. As it feels like yet another attempt to "Westernize" a series. Not to mention that plans of its story consisted in Zero stealing the role of the MC from X in this.
Omega: Pulse in somewhere hidden so people don't find out about us. *wave hole in the middle of the park and Geo always screaming his pulse catchphrase* "I'll EM-wave change here, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!"
"Why are there cards of MegaMan if MegaMan hasn't shown up yet?" That's like asking why ElecSword in NT Warrior has MegaMan.exe on it BEFORE HE EVEN EXISTED in the first episode.
I always wondered just what the hell was the deal with that. Even as early as Battle Network 1. I am pretty sure you start with the Escape chip which does feature Megaman himself on its art. Despite the fact that by that time in the story, Lan and Megaman have done NONE of their crazy stunts! My best guess its that its just an oversight.
The love for Luna is super understandable given she is one of the absolute best written characters in the entire MegaMan series. I don't blame Star Force fans for instantly wanting to go ape shit anytime she shows up.
While I never normally do this, I must for the first time defend the game version differences. Although I may be biased because I simply love this game. For starters, and the most significant dif. for me, the drop rate of battle cards change from game to game. Pegasus is leaned towards effect cards, such as stun and freeze cards. Leo is leaned toward big one damage card, and gives you explosive damage as your charged shot. And Dragon is leaned towards DPS, giving you more cards like +10 and the rain one which I forgot the name. Therefore Pegasus is stronger for PVP and Dragon for normal battles, while Leo makes bosses a cake walk. Now, being fair, they are not that good a difference to justify there being three freaking games, but still there is more than just color palette (?
I hope you can continue the voice acting. It was pretty good. Also, in BN there are moments when the antagonist say screw it and attack Lan. Remember BN 2 Lan gets attacked and even trapped in a jigsaw like dungeon where people died. It can get real.
Oh this trilogy is such an underrated gem! For me it was a refreshing upgrade of the BN series. For once the main character isn''t helpless but someone who joins the fight (actualy all fights are more involved and physical rather than kids and grows-ass adults yelling orders at an obese smartphone while thge autorithies are helpless), compared to Lan, Geo's IQ is through the roof and Omega, while not being stupid, is more of a brute with the emotional intelligence Geo lacked to move on his grief. And good god is the storywritting MUCH more mature in this trilogy too! Dealing with grief, loss, PTSD, social media, mental disorder... it's almost like we are back at BN3! Plus I like how it's pretty much its own universe, but the connections to BN are just worldbuilding. You KNOW its the same world, but its not plot-relevant. But yea, the DX pattch is like what Pokemon Platinum is to Pearl/Diamond, the same but with a lot more added to make it better and more cohesive as well as joining the features of all alternate versions into a single one. the DX patch of SF2 is the same idea with also some fixing on what people complains abou it. SF3 is perfect and requires no fixing whatsoever (and both games actualy allow "version-exclusive" content to leak into each other, minus the final Noise forms).
Glad you are finally playing the Starforce games. The first game is pretty slow but trust me it's worth it to play the series up till Starforce 3 where it gets good. Starforce 2 can go die with its high encounter rate but at least it has the best OST out of the series. Especially the boss battle music is the best.
@@raymondchen6720 true. But the only thing stopping me from playing SF2 no cheats was because the side quests has a high link power requirement just to do side quests (not worth the backtrackkng effort and reward) and get weapons/prize from NPCs who evaluate your link power. Plus, Auto Brother doesn't give you high enough link power for these since it is based on your game's progression. Real brothers straight up give you 150 per brother if they clear all 6 stars which means you don't want Auto Brother at all. Worst offender of all, summoning object cards that does not time freeze (e.g. meteors, boo hat, puff blast and stealth lazer) have a cooldown imposed when you used them. I am quite disappointed since some of these cards are good but can't be used to full advantage since the cooldown prevents you from using another attack card immediately.
I can't wait for these games to constantly hit him with severe mood whiplash because the writing is actually good as opposed to whatever the fuck was going on in Battle Network.
@@inconemay1441 I will admit, while I wasnt a fan of how Battle Network 3 got Adapted Out in the anime. I still really liked how the Axess season was basically Battle Network 4 but with an actual story. And, as fantasy-like as it was. I really liked the Digimon-style isekai twist it made when adapting Battle Network 6.
@@kuraux56s59 The manga is the best adaptation of the BN story imo. It's consistent, writing is good, and the fight scenes are like DBZ levels of hype.
starforce is not as playful as Dot ExE it does tackle some serious shit , and i was waiting for the moment when you realzied, "Oh damn, um this kid needs a hug and alot of them stat."
i didnt know about the dx version and in order to do one dungeons minigame i had to stumble upon a freeze game mechanic by complete luck on my emulator. wouldnt have completed the game otherwise lol
Dunno if you check these comments but: Any chance you gonna put archives of your Sonic Frontiers playthrough here, or on another channel? I wanted to see your reactions but November was a pretty busy month for me.
Give it time, the Dot Hack series is one hell of a commitment after all. And I am pretty sure Volume 2 is also when John will have to mention stuff from the extended universe material. Such as the Roots prequel anime. And maybe even material related to the R1 saga.
@@kuraux56s59 [the dot hack series is one hell of a commitment after all.] that's true up to a certain extent. While there is soo much media/content to cover it will take a long set of time to get through everything. Including the anime and LN series. However there's no prerequisite to play/enjoy the entire trilogy (Quadrilogy with the remake)
I'm going to bite my tongue on this one. After NT Warrior / Battle Network I decided this one is Un cannon to me. After every thing possible in the evolution of Megaman's Makeup that made it Megaman This is NOT that xD You can do you. But I stop at Battle network. enjoy!
Please don't read out every line of dialogue in any game! I think it's pretty cringe when any channel does it. Comes off more as a desperate attempt to maintain a level of commentary and try badly to be funny. Your regular commentary is way better. (I know this is long ago, but still. Feedback.)
@@howisthis8849 This is so me when I can't read that this is feedback. If you like something, you don't simp for it, you want it to be the best that it can be.
@@howisthis8849 Man, you can't read... This is feedback. Just because he won't do it for this series, doesn't mean he won't do it later on for something else. Are you genuinely slow?
@@hammylove821 i know it is feedback, but to what purpose? not only is this VOD from a while ago, but he already said he won't do it it comes off as you not being able to read a tiny paragraph
So this whole series is basically "what if Tom Hardy's Venom Symbiote latched onto Shinji Ikari?" That sounds a recipe for either a depressing comicbook thriller or a comedy gold mine!
That is a TERRIFYINGLY accurate comparison
Why? Why is your description so accurate? It's scary.
Fun fact that isn't a spoiler because it was a cancelled game: Star Force 4 was planned to introduce Lan Hikari's descendant and he was going to be a hacker that Geo teamed up with while they were both on the run from the police.
It ain’t capcom without them canceling another megaman game
@@codemonkey2980 thats what happens when you have a bad case of "franchise diarrhea"
@@DJPrimeAmvs imagine a shit ton of MegaMan games release that would be a dream come true for us rn but back then i can see it being annoying af
@@codemonkey2980 Funnily enough, Star Froce 4 and Legends 3 are the only cancelled Megaman games I actually cared.
Megaman Universe looked rather uninteresting to me.
Megaman Online looked kinda cool since I am not an MMO guy, I probably would have just gave it a passing glance and not much else. (Also, the cancellation of this one was not on Capcom. But on the game's main developer. Neowiz Games)
...And then we arrive at the Maverick Hunter FPS prototype. This is the only one I frankly can actually see why it was cancelled. As it feels like yet another attempt to "Westernize" a series. Not to mention that plans of its story consisted in Zero stealing the role of the MC from X in this.
@@kuraux56s59 dude I know that I was just making a comment
It's time for Megaman, but with Depression and Idols, apparently
Omega: Pulse in somewhere hidden so people don't find out about us.
*wave hole in the middle of the park and Geo always screaming his pulse catchphrase*
"I'll EM-wave change here, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!"
Oh there goes that sad kid screaming in the park again.
Ah yes, a long-awaited masterpiece in a form of (not) Review of Star Force featuring KNIJohn as main character
He did not think it was a masterpiece, just ok.
"Why are there cards of MegaMan if MegaMan hasn't shown up yet?"
That's like asking why ElecSword in NT Warrior has MegaMan.exe on it BEFORE HE EVEN EXISTED in the first episode.
I always wondered just what the hell was the deal with that. Even as early as Battle Network 1. I am pretty sure you start with the Escape chip which does feature Megaman himself on its art. Despite the fact that by that time in the story, Lan and Megaman have done NONE of their crazy stunts!
My best guess its that its just an oversight.
I don’t blame you for asuming Star Force wouldn’t try to actually take itself more seriously coming from Battle Network
Just look at the goofy kids and their fasion sense!
Luna being voiced by 1920's Radio Voice Linkara is quite funny to me lol
Finally. The Depression Simulator VODs
For every call you made on the voices, your Omega-Xis was perfectly on the nose for your voice range.
"Why do I know what school is?... brother" channeled a lot of hulk hogan energy
Never forget Colonel X Haruka OTP. The forbidden spicy love.
What? These streams must be goated.
Bruh Luna just appears and there's already ship wars in the chat lmao
The love for Luna is super understandable given she is one of the absolute best written characters in the entire MegaMan series. I don't blame Star Force fans for instantly wanting to go ape shit anytime she shows up.
Luna's fanbase is about as unhinged as certain Digimon shippers. She's a good character but man there's a bloodlust in these people.
The fact you compared her fanbase to Digimon shippers is funny af, god those Taiora fans go hard on their ship.
I hope he plays Starforce.
Omega-Xis briefly having both Colonel and Hulk Hogan's voice... does that make our sadboi geo a "hogan's hero"?
This voice acting is actually the best 😂. It’s so good to listen to while working since I can’t constantly watch the screen. Giving me so many laughs.
I like to think that aliens were only now revealed as real to the public, and the goverment had records of Duo.exe
While I never normally do this, I must for the first time defend the game version differences. Although I may be biased because I simply love this game.
For starters, and the most significant dif. for me, the drop rate of battle cards change from game to game. Pegasus is leaned towards effect cards, such as stun and freeze cards. Leo is leaned toward big one damage card, and gives you explosive damage as your charged shot. And Dragon is leaned towards DPS, giving you more cards like +10 and the rain one which I forgot the name. Therefore Pegasus is stronger for PVP and Dragon for normal battles, while Leo makes bosses a cake walk.
Now, being fair, they are not that good a difference to justify there being three freaking games, but still there is more than just color palette (?
WHAT, I ABSOLUTLY DIDN'T KNEW THAT
I was starting to think he was just trolling everyone about playing starforce and was gonna skip them for the sake of his sanity. What a fool I was. 😂
1:43:16 We definitely have the same spirit animal. Omega-Xis is the best.
20:24
Beginning of John's ASMR career
2:23:08
DS gimmicks quota
I hope you can continue the voice acting. It was pretty good.
Also, in BN there are moments when the antagonist say screw it and attack Lan. Remember BN 2 Lan gets attacked and even trapped in a jigsaw like dungeon where people died. It can get real.
Oh this trilogy is such an underrated gem! For me it was a refreshing upgrade of the BN series. For once the main character isn''t helpless but someone who joins the fight (actualy all fights are more involved and physical rather than kids and grows-ass adults yelling orders at an obese smartphone while thge autorithies are helpless), compared to Lan, Geo's IQ is through the roof and Omega, while not being stupid, is more of a brute with the emotional intelligence Geo lacked to move on his grief. And good god is the storywritting MUCH more mature in this trilogy too! Dealing with grief, loss, PTSD, social media, mental disorder... it's almost like we are back at BN3! Plus I like how it's pretty much its own universe, but the connections to BN are just worldbuilding. You KNOW its the same world, but its not plot-relevant.
But yea, the DX pattch is like what Pokemon Platinum is to Pearl/Diamond, the same but with a lot more added to make it better and more cohesive as well as joining the features of all alternate versions into a single one. the DX patch of SF2 is the same idea with also some fixing on what people complains abou it. SF3 is perfect and requires no fixing whatsoever (and both games actualy allow "version-exclusive" content to leak into each other, minus the final Noise forms).
KNIJohn: "okay we can't use this voice."
Also KNIJohn: (uses the voice anyway)
Not only where there three versions, one (Dragon) was a GameStop exclusive.
Glad you are finally playing the Starforce games. The first game is pretty slow but trust me it's worth it to play the series up till Starforce 3 where it gets good. Starforce 2 can go die with its high encounter rate but at least it has the best OST out of the series. Especially the boss battle music is the best.
I’d still play sf2 over bn4 tho
@@raymondchen6720 true. But the only thing stopping me from playing SF2 no cheats was because the side quests has a high link power requirement just to do side quests (not worth the backtrackkng effort and reward) and get weapons/prize from NPCs who evaluate your link power. Plus, Auto Brother doesn't give you high enough link power for these since it is based on your game's progression. Real brothers straight up give you 150 per brother if they clear all 6 stars which means you don't want Auto Brother at all. Worst offender of all, summoning object cards that does not time freeze (e.g. meteors, boo hat, puff blast and stealth lazer) have a cooldown imposed when you used them. I am quite disappointed since some of these cards are good but can't be used to full advantage since the cooldown prevents you from using another attack card immediately.
@@raymondchen6720 It helps that Not-Quite-DX exists as well and fixes most of the objectionable parts of 2.
Skywave!
Put off by SF2 due to its difficulty (and touch screen gimmicks), it's like Capcom want players to use the official cheat codes to break the game
John tries to make fun of depressed children episode 1.
20 seconds in and I'm already smiling,
Shooting star is my favorite mega man theme.
10:20 you could add that dumb megamind meme over this
"My name is Omega-Xis and I'm an alien, I guess."
I fucking love this game bro.
I can't wait for these games to constantly hit him with severe mood whiplash because the writing is actually good as opposed to whatever the fuck was going on in Battle Network.
What was going on on battle network was a dice roll Xd
@@explodedglue5509 I mean, if anyone wants a version of Battle Network with far more consistent writing. Check out either the anime or the manga.
@@kuraux56s59 The anime forgets about BN3 which affected the games down the line as well...still can't get over that.
@@inconemay1441 I will admit, while I wasnt a fan of how Battle Network 3 got Adapted Out in the anime. I still really liked how the Axess season was basically Battle Network 4 but with an actual story.
And, as fantasy-like as it was. I really liked the Digimon-style isekai twist it made when adapting Battle Network 6.
@@kuraux56s59 The manga is the best adaptation of the BN story imo. It's consistent, writing is good, and the fight scenes are like DBZ levels of hype.
I was not ready for Betty from Kung Pow to voice Luna Platz
☠️🤣😂
Looking forward to the rest of the stream, man. That was filmed on New Years January 1st... what a journey it has been since then.
1:34:33 "mera mera" Is a Japanese onomatopeia for "burn burn"
The dual screen thing makes me wonder how they would do a legacy collection of this
Could be a fun thing to brainstorm
starforce is not as playful as Dot ExE it does tackle some serious shit , and i was waiting for the moment when you realzied, "Oh damn, um this kid needs a hug and alot of them stat."
Man I'd love to play through these games again
I've been waiting for this!
The voice you gived to Luna got me crying
Wow has it been that long? I watched these live but already forgot all about them. Geez
You'd think the Xi would be pronounced like the greek letter Χ, since the first half of his name is Ω.
You mad man. You actually did it
Should have made this one a vertical video :P
If you don't have a sideways monitor yet, I'd recommend it; It's great for reading and 3/DS games.
Streamed January 1st? JOHN WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG FOR THE VOD.
I need my fix
Oh, John, you're gonna enjoy this...
best comment I know i ragged on geo for the first 2 hours but even im starting to feel bad for him
le superior battle network has arrived
i didnt know about the dx version and in order to do one dungeons minigame i had to stumble upon a freeze game mechanic by complete luck on my emulator. wouldnt have completed the game otherwise lol
@30:38 Wow, this exact name is in Scarlet and Violet lol
Hmmm I have been waiting for this
Dunno if you check these comments but: Any chance you gonna put archives of your Sonic Frontiers playthrough here, or on another channel? I wanted to see your reactions but November was a pretty busy month for me.
They'll be uploaded for sure, just not sure when exactly.
ITS FINALLY HERE!
YESSSSSS ITS FINALLY HEREEEEE
It’s happening, folks.
I love the idea of taking a serious plot and redubbing it with silly voices. Try that with Madoka Magica and see how it turns out.
become meguca
@@sponge1234ify Help Meduka! Protect Meduka. Meduka... RABU!
@@devonwilliams5738 hameru rabu
@@LightningZerker Hameru is cool
So ghost stories
Thanks for reading everything. I love your streams, but I’m blind as fuck lol. Feels so good to be able to follow along!
Holy shit yesssssss
Yessssss finally StarForce can't wait for the shetpost
The Corn Returns.!!
FUGG YEAAAA
John,
Why do does Geo sound like Chills (but low effort)? Holy crap it's hilarious.
Also please don't do uwu ever again. 🙏
Based
Luna should have been voiced by Christopher Walken
What emulator is he using
No Brothers???
You ought to watch MangaKamen's video once ya beat the game.
Finally! Time to meet up with best girl Luna once more.
Oh dear God John, don't tempt them to give Geo the ability to dab. 🤣🤣
But what if the dab does damage? 🤔🤔
How did they manage to make the battle screen look worse than the network games in GBA?
So ummm...
Dot hack G.U volume 2 video when?
Give it time, the Dot Hack series is one hell of a commitment after all. And I am pretty sure Volume 2 is also when John will have to mention stuff from the extended universe material. Such as the Roots prequel anime. And maybe even material related to the R1 saga.
@@kuraux56s59 [the dot hack series is one hell of a commitment after all.] that's true up to a certain extent. While there is soo much media/content to cover it will take a long set of time to get through everything. Including the anime and LN series. However there's no prerequisite to play/enjoy the entire trilogy (Quadrilogy with the remake)
@@zibbon50cal1 I suppose I can agree with that. Its once you go off from the GU games and the IMOQ Quadrilogy that things get a bit complicated.
...you should be a voice actor
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1:56:00 ish
Bro stop breaking the 4th wall
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I'm going to bite my tongue on this one. After NT Warrior / Battle Network I decided this one is Un cannon to me. After every thing possible in the evolution of Megaman's Makeup that made it Megaman This is NOT that xD You can do you. But I stop at Battle network. enjoy!
Please don't read out every line of dialogue in any game! I think it's pretty cringe when any channel does it. Comes off more as a desperate attempt to maintain a level of commentary and try badly to be funny. Your regular commentary is way better. (I know this is long ago, but still. Feedback.)
this is so me when i can't read a tiny paragraph at the beginning of the video
@@howisthis8849 This is so me when I can't read that this is feedback. If you like something, you don't simp for it, you want it to be the best that it can be.
@@hammylove821 you didn't read the part where he said that the voices are only in the first VOD, did you
@@howisthis8849 Man, you can't read... This is feedback. Just because he won't do it for this series, doesn't mean he won't do it later on for something else. Are you genuinely slow?
@@hammylove821 i know it is feedback, but to what purpose? not only is this VOD from a while ago, but he already said he won't do it
it comes off as you not being able to read a tiny paragraph
when another .hack//gu vid?
Earlier then you think funny enough