Dan: "Don't tell anyone but we spent a year on this." That's actually more accurate than you think, Danny. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was originally being developed for PC, Xbox One and PS4, but with only one year of Dev time left, SEGA suddenly told them that it was a Wii U exclusive. So they basically had one year to scramble together what they had in a brand new engine that had to be made from scratch. The result is as you know
@@neonblaze9177 Matt McMuscles did a great video about the development journey disaster of this game (search for "sonic boom what happened"). It's basically classic SEGA, in that they constantly aim for the worst business decisions possible that get in the way of development so much. Most of the Sonic games have some sort of similar story. A good team of devs working hard, and then suddenly SEGA brings in the wrecking ball.
@@AshMenon its crazy how like... this sort of thing isnt uncommon in the industry as a whole. But like, SEGA seems determined to be the very best at this one, horrifically flawed aspect of the industry. To the point where no amount of apologism and devils advocacy could even begin to explain their decision making.
10:52 There was a time during college that I watched the whole Sonic Boom series, and the part where I thought Arin's drowning noise was so hilarious I had it as my phone text jingle for a little while. I absolutely regretted setting it as my text tone when I forgot to silence my phone it during a serious lecture in college. Never. Again. My friends and I still giggle about it to this day
Professor: *Wiping away a single tear* "And that, dear impressionable young people, is why we must NEVER forget what the Nazis did to the Jews in WW2." *echoing from the back of the lecture hall* "BLURGBLURGBLURG!!!!"
Old Sonic: **has to run across the bottom of bodies of water because he can't swim and frequently suffocates, as a result** Modern Sonic: **instantly dies upon contact with water because he can't swim.** Me: Sonic should really consider swimming lessons.
I know this is an old ass comment, but i just wanna point out that arin definitely understands how games work and knows about loading zones. he more than likely knew exactly what had happened but decided to play it up for the video, adding to dan being genuinely confused by it.
35:38 is one of the trippiest moments of this whole play through, it's like an entire cut scene is missing as this ship is flying in to the most peaceful music
@@CaptainSpycrab I mean, Sonic fans have proven that they'll gladly buy dog shit if Sega slaps the blue blur on it and calls it chocolate. Sega's ROI must be gigantic. All the profits of a competent game publisher, none of the effort.
@@miscellaneoof either that or they’re afraid of actually getting sued over one of these. eventually they’ll release a trailer thats so far off from the actual game that it’ll count as False advertising.
If you ever feel useless at work, imagine the poor people who wrote thousands of reports just to be ignored because there were no time to fix obvious faults. If it barely functions, it's good enough.
I remember when this was the most hated redesign for sonic. At least this series got a pretty good television show. But man a lot of people were so naive to believe this was worst thing to come out of this franchise.
I never really hated any of the redesigns except for knuckles. Making him another "big, buff, and dumb" looking guy is really boring but the comedy his personality brings is great lol
I don't know what you're talking about. Sonic Boom was the last time Sonic was ever redesigned in a major way, and nobody has ever made another attempt to change the look of these characters ever since. I am 100% certain of this.
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Definitely! No one would be stupid enough to massively redesign Sonic with human-like proportions. ^_^ All is well with the world.
This series has a special place in my heart. Watched it during a time where my life was crumbling around me, but sitting and refreshing my sub box waiting for a new episode was one of the only things that made me happy. Seeing it now makes me proud of how far I've come, thank you for playing this stupid game
Holy Crap!! They started this series when Barry was still their editor. Then he left And then Kevin Left And then Matt and Ryan left I miss them all ☹️
Huh, the grumps were waaay more overtly sexual back then. I feel like Arin hasn't talked about Dan's nether regions in like forever. I guess the honeymoon can't last forever.
That game is practically unplayable and unwatchable, but through some miracle the game grumps got me to watch every damn episode just cause of how funny they are
Gee, I sure do love how the guardian of the Master Emerald, the badass gem collector, the hotheaded counterpart of Sonic who went from enemy to ally to friend, just got turned into a dumb jock-- like a really dumb jock. Character development is truly amazing.
19:30 yo man, we need a royalty free trumpet sound for Sonic Boom! But all the stuff includes a ton of extra instruments. “No worries, I’ve got this” *holds mic up to butt*
Dan ate the beginning of the playthrough: I don't want this playthrough to be only that (referring to Knuckles jumps) Dan ate the end of the playthrough: Just jump with Knuckles...
30:15 I believe what happened was that when they fell through the wall, instead of going to the loaded level, they went to the unloaded level, which in turn gave them the broken mess that it was. But when they went through the normal way, that little spike was the unloaded part loading, but when they fell through the ceiling they skipped the loading zone.
title has been fixed. we're not using capital letters in this comment out of respect for the previous title (rip)
that was still one heck of a title
thank you ben(i'm guessing), very cool
F
@@acerola3576 *f
Lol what was the previous title?
"If only I could walk faster" makes me wheeze every single time
When was this?
@@georgeestefania4599 3:06
@@georgeestefania4599 were you not paying attention 😂
@@militor_207 its an hour long video 💀
@@pokaay3163 true, but it's not even 5 minutes in lmao.
Dan: "Don't tell anyone but we spent a year on this."
That's actually more accurate than you think, Danny. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was originally being developed for PC, Xbox One and PS4, but with only one year of Dev time left, SEGA suddenly told them that it was a Wii U exclusive. So they basically had one year to scramble together what they had in a brand new engine that had to be made from scratch. The result is as you know
Yeah, that’s actually really sad... : (
Am I wrong or does SEGA not give their teams enough time to make quality content...?
@@neonblaze9177 Matt McMuscles did a great video about the development journey disaster of this game (search for "sonic boom what happened"). It's basically classic SEGA, in that they constantly aim for the worst business decisions possible that get in the way of development so much.
Most of the Sonic games have some sort of similar story. A good team of devs working hard, and then suddenly SEGA brings in the wrecking ball.
@@AshMenon its crazy how like... this sort of thing isnt uncommon in the industry as a whole. But like, SEGA seems determined to be the very best at this one, horrifically flawed aspect of the industry. To the point where no amount of apologism and devils advocacy could even begin to explain their decision making.
Sega would rush development to port this game to Wii U but take a literal decade to port the later Yakuza games and Persona 4 to PC.
"This is like a glitch that occasionally breaks out into a game."
I mean...... it’s not ENTIRELY wrong.
Congratulations on being the top comment that doesn't talk about the previous title.
QUALITY ASSURANCE?!?!
@@carmanwillis7537 Pretty sure they ignored their quality assurance team. Not enough time.
Yep. That’s the joke they made
24:09 Dan: Did you know Rick James and his wife kidnapped a girl?
Arin: *LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY*
Not only did he know, he _participated_
“I fear no man, but that thing...”
*Capitalization*
“It scares me.”
“I Fear No Man, But That Thing...”
*Capitalization*
“It Scares Me”
"i fear no man, but that thing..."
*Capitalization*
"it scares me."
"i fEaR nO mAN, bUt ThaT tHinG..."
*Capitalization*
"iT sCaREs mE."
Nice tf2 reference
Communist detected on American soil! Lethal force engaged!
10:52 There was a time during college that I watched the whole Sonic Boom series, and the part where I thought Arin's drowning noise was so hilarious I had it as my phone text jingle for a little while. I absolutely regretted setting it as my text tone when I forgot to silence my phone it during a serious lecture in college. Never. Again.
My friends and I still giggle about it to this day
Professor: *Wiping away a single tear* "And that, dear impressionable young people, is why we must NEVER forget what the Nazis did to the Jews in WW2."
*echoing from the back of the lecture hall* "BLURGBLURGBLURG!!!!"
@@wesleypatterson2989 OP: Whoops!
In your defense, it is an excellent sound
LOL
if i was in that class i dont think id be able to contain my laughter 💀
34:08
Ah yes, the famous Sonic quote.
"/"
No you fool. It’s “\” smh you’re not a real fan.
@@sayuriwillow1703 Damn, looks like the Gamer Gods will have to smite me.
@@sayuriwillow1703 smh my head.
Today is not a cardio day
"I don't like loops!"
Arin: THERE ARE NO THREATS IN THIS GAME!
*W* *A* *T* *E* *R*
Amy: **sets 1 foot in the water**
Amy: BLAHBLBLBLBLBLBLBEBBLEB
@@BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit "Sound like your drowning."
*"BLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLB!"*
@@genesisknight9948 BBBBBBBBBBB
BBBBB
BB
B
BBBBBB
BB
BBBBBBBB
-Benry 2020
I have done what I can
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May you get there soon
9:20 Arin: “there’s no threats in this game! There’s NOTHING!”
An inch of water one minute later: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career”
Also Knuckles so powerful he figures out a way to glide in a game where they didn’t program him to glide
An entire lake of water and Amy couldn't handle the first inch. Smh.
Well I guess since hedgehogs are teeny..
Old Sonic: **has to run across the bottom of bodies of water because he can't swim and frequently suffocates, as a result**
Modern Sonic: **instantly dies upon contact with water because he can't swim.**
Me: Sonic should really consider swimming lessons.
@@RabblesTheBinx Sonic himself states that he doesn’t take swimming lessons because he doesn’t want to be compared to a bunch of little kids
29:50 After all these years I'm still not over how mystified they are by an area loading after they actually go through the entrance to that area.
Their reactions are amazing; I was just as terrifyied as them
I think the what made it worse was the skipping music
I know this is an old ass comment, but i just wanna point out that arin definitely understands how games work and knows about loading zones. he more than likely knew exactly what had happened but decided to play it up for the video, adding to dan being genuinely confused by it.
42:02 "Welcome back to another exciting round of 'My God, they made a video game' "
Dan’s clapping totally lines up with whatever Knuckles is doing at 10:34.
Trying to swat a fly
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Woah nice catch
Sonic's faint yep makes this even more funny bc hes like "yeah, that literally just happened right now. No kidding." Im losing my shit
How the actual fuck did you notice that
"best of gg sonic boom"
That was one heck of a title
You mean best of its past my bed time sonic boom
Not even a capital letter...
They put as much effort into the title as Big Red Button put into the game.
Beat Rice yup
I have 2 reasons to believe that "GG" doesn't stand for "good game"
@@munnymoore Redbutton got screwed by SEGA in a classic SEGA move
35:38 is one of the trippiest moments of this whole play through, it's like an entire cut scene is missing as this ship is flying in to the most peaceful music
It reminded me of Skylanders
You missed the part where Barry said "this game cost 60 dollars..."
Don't invest in Sonic.
@@CaptainSpycrab I mean, Sonic fans have proven that they'll gladly buy dog shit if Sega slaps the blue blur on it and calls it chocolate. Sega's ROI must be gigantic. All the profits of a competent game publisher, none of the effort.
Sega have not charged that much for a sonic game since, they’re afraid of the ravenous sonic fanbase
@@miscellaneoof either that or they’re afraid of actually getting sued over one of these. eventually they’ll release a trailer thats so far off from the actual game that it’ll count as False advertising.
@@carlwheezerofsouls3273 Oh gtfo
“Should I just preemptively break my own neck to avoid doing this?”
“I mean, you should.”
“See ya!”
*C R A C K*
That killed me omfg 😂😂😂
Sad to hear you and dan shared the same fate.
A Potato King I see what you did there
0:46
No it killed dan
Still the best audio joke on Game Grumps too date.
41:35
The "how do we get out of here" is so perfectly timed
Awww that would have been so funny if they noticed
The only functioning thing in the *entire game* is the comedic timing
Ikr
@@subyouwont I’m pretty sure Dan did and thats why he laughed immediately after
@@dycast8561 nah it was because of the noise arin made
59:56 "Functionality testers?! Why are their so many?!"
That was the best part
If you ever feel useless at work, imagine the poor people who wrote thousands of reports just to be ignored because there were no time to fix obvious faults.
If it barely functions, it's good enough.
You mean "there"?
59:30 one of the 'special thanks' is sleep deprivation xD
I never noticed that! There’s also “Britt’s BBQ” on there so maybe the editors were sleep deprived AND hungry for some bbq
How... was that put in as editing or was that legit?
@@NoName-xi2kx pretty sure that's legit
@@piperisbored also "Machine Head"
@@piperisbored aren't we all
10:28 Amy: *drowns in waist deep water*
Sonic Knuckles and Tails: *stares blankly at the water*
“After the 30-second ad!”
(Ad comes on.)
Perfectly timed, as all things should be.
And guess how long the ad I got was...?
Same thing happened to me
Too bad I pay for UA-cam Premium. What are ads?
@@BBoy4040
Weird flex, but okay.
Huh. Still timed perfectly, even in 2020
7:01 I still can’t get over “why is his chest glow”
but why is his chest glow
Total "does Bruno Mars is gay" energy.
15:04 "you've descended to heaven" -Dan Avidan
45:30 This is it everyone: THE PEAK OF COMEDY.
Comedy gold!
Got a fortnite ad
Not seeing the funny
I wheezed
Arin: "ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ"
Dan: "ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ"
"So what was your favourite part of the playthrough, timmy?"
You forgot one bit,
the best part of the series:
"it's snowing on mount Fuji."
Well played, good person.
I know it's a year old, but
It's snowing on Mt. Fuji.
13:55 “this is where I’m supposed to be”
*stares out into T H E V O I D*
sure ill watch this playthrough a 5th time
extremely relatable
Same
fifth?
that's it?
I'll binge GG series like Snoop Dogg does weed.
It's the same complication but a hr short
Those are rookie numbers son.
"QUALITY ASSURANCE!?"
I love how insulted Dan sounds.
The pause menu sound still haunts me
Buoawo
Buoawo
Buoawo
Buoawo
Buoawo
Buoawo
sure ill watch this playthrough a 5th time
@@romeom4830 oh fuck
I love how the vast majority of this was exposing glitches, telling how terrible the game is, and exploiting the Knuckles glitch.
Wasn’t that their whole play through tho?
@@kylethomasmutchler7556 thats what they said, "vast majority" means most. Most of the playthrough apart from a few moments is one of those things.
As a man who works at Applebee's, I can say for certain, don't eat here.
Why
@@BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit because it's repulsive.
@@redbuck1385 how so?
It's pretty good actually. That's a bit of hyperbole.
"Sonic Boom."
"Where's the joke?"
"That is the joke!"
"OH DAMN!!!"
@@galaxisoda timestamp?
@@Murasaki.Masaru It's a song from their band Starbomb. The name of the song is *Rejected song ideas*. They use that line in the song
@@QuizardWizard420 thanks for the info
“You aren’t a fan of things”
“What do you mean I love sailor moon”
I could basically quote this whole video but I love that part
Sonic Boom doesn't deserve a properly punctuated title.
37:03 When even the game loses interest in the game.
Here very quickly.
Excited for this content.
It's snowing on Mt. Fuji.
🤯🥵🥵
*makes a haiku*
*gets some emojis in return*
boys we got a 5-7-7 situation over here
tinyrocketship All haiku must end with 'it's snowing on Mt. Fuji.' I don't make the rules, dude. 😂
Hey we are two Steves.
Welcome to the two Steve show.
It's snowing on Mt. Fuji.
10:54 "lemme check the temperature of the water real quick." *Fucking drowns*
The next Power Hour better be the Grumps going back in time to find Young Tucker.
Scarfy Junior Or they could both be Steves
And the best thing is that it wouldn't be too far from what they've already done (looking at you, "original" tie dye episode)
57:55 I absolutely relished that quote: “YOU HAVE TO TOSS ME”
Aww I miss Barry. His breakdown videos of the Sonic Boom cutscenes are some of my favorite GG videos
*gg
Arin: "After the 30 second ad"
*Ad plays*
Me: Holy shit. I'm not not even mad, I'm impressed.
They choose where to place ads
I remember when this was the most hated redesign for sonic. At least this series got a pretty good television show. But man a lot of people were so naive to believe this was worst thing to come out of this franchise.
I never really hated any of the redesigns except for knuckles. Making him another "big, buff, and dumb" looking guy is really boring but the comedy his personality brings is great lol
I don't know what you're talking about. Sonic Boom was the last time Sonic was ever redesigned in a major way, and nobody has ever made another attempt to change the look of these characters ever since. I am 100% certain of this.
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Definitely! No one would be stupid enough to massively redesign Sonic with human-like proportions. ^_^ All is well with the world.
@@ScottDavid7 in the show it's more eccentric. His best moments were when he was lucid and complex.
Ohh, it took me a second. 😂
This series has a special place in my heart. Watched it during a time where my life was crumbling around me, but sitting and refreshing my sub box waiting for a new episode was one of the only things that made me happy. Seeing it now makes me proud of how far I've come, thank you for playing this stupid game
Holy Crap!! They started this series when Barry was still their editor. Then he left
And then Kevin Left
And then Matt and Ryan left
I miss them all ☹️
We all miss them. But now we have Ben, and he’s been doing a great job-as great a job as I could hope for coming after who we had before him
Who's their editor/s now?
At least they still have Ross...
Then Ben left....WAIT?!!
Then Francis left :(
"Don't touch that! That's Hamburger Helper's temple!" I lost it haha high five
“When have I ever gone back in time” *stares nervously at Sonic 06*
Dont forget CD.
@@hanezutchins2786 and Generations.
And Sonic Mania
Dan’s indignant “quality assurance?!” kills me every single time
what if you wanted to go to heaven but god said
"best of gg sonic boom"
that is heaven
*it's ben done*
then you're in heaven
Best way to die; laughing
“Hey, hey, shut up, listen to this”
*BAAARRRUUUMP*
19:31
00:51 Still one of the best parts in Game Grumps ever! Just the whole
"See ya!" *Snap!*
(Crinkle crackle)
“It’s perfectly cartoon glove sized!” Is my favorite Game Grumps quote ever
That snapped neck bit was truly a golden start
20:26 this is probably my favorite game grumps quote ever
Arins most epic and funniest death:
*Runs towards ankle deep water with Amy .... and then she immediately drowns*
10:28-10:29(you're welcome).
Still gets me till this day.
Same rofl one of my fav deaths ever
“WHOOPS!”
*laughter*
22:17 Little did Dan know, he literally described Sonic himself.
Woah! I love Janeane Garofalo's mountain climbing adventure! I think that's the one where she fights the yeti
That's *exactly* what I imagined her name being spelled.
If I could have the "if only I could walk faster" clip, I would watch that for hours. It absolutely annihilates me every time
SAME!
This series was both equally the best and worst thing I've ever watched.
😄🤪😜🙃🤪🤪😝😌🤣🤩😝
6:56
“Video right now”
“After the 30 second ad”
*30 second ad shows up*
Me: God dammit
Same! But it was a 45 second ad. 😂
Like clockwork
42:10 for anyone wanting to see Dan being adorable in a beanie
26:29 I love how fast their moods change
I’m still waiting for Arin and Penny Parker from Snapcube to play a sonic game together
Or real-time fandub a sonic game together!
I need this
yes yes yes
PENNY PARKER FOR GUEST GRUMPS
“I am.. ridiculously shiny now, though.”
“I love it-Well, of course you are! You’ve descended to heaven.” 15:00
17:26
The best moments will always be Metal Sonic speedwalking and Knuckles jumping in the background
I love how that "puzzle" at 20:00 is solved by just walking on the correct color rather than any actual combination or order
45:32 the bit that starts here had me unable to breathe because of laughter
Sometimes I look up that clip specifically, whenever I need a laugh 😂😂
Arin: "I always have 100 rings there are no threats in this game"
Game: 10:28
Such good memories of all the things they didn't do.
Danny getting so excited for the adventure he's about to embark on at 0:37 fills me with happiness
Huh, the grumps were waaay more overtly sexual back then. I feel like Arin hasn't talked about Dan's nether regions in like forever. I guess the honeymoon can't last forever.
@Roger Dodger Yeah...it's sad. Meanwhile there's literally porn on UA-cam but welp.
@Roger Dodger you say that like it's a bad thing? Oh no JonTron can't make fun of black people :(
@@sneezebiscuits7239 where
They're in the married couple stage. The passion isn't as strong, but they just GET each other now.
Roger Dodger yawwwwwwn.
That game is practically unplayable and unwatchable, but through some miracle the game grumps got me to watch every damn episode just cause of how funny they are
Welcome back to Jenine Garaffolo's expedition to Mt. Everest, starring Arin Hanson and NOT Dan Avidan!
dammit run the intro again
I love how we NEVER got ANY context to that...
my favorite arin and dan trope is arin forgetting funny things he’s said and dan reminding him of them and arin cracking up laughing at himself
my favorite game grumps video is "best of gg sonic boom"
It's been 4 years and I still feel like I know every single clip by heart
sonic boom: *rushed for Christmas*
the title of this video: *rushed for upload*
Gee, I sure do love how the guardian of the Master Emerald, the badass gem collector, the hotheaded counterpart of Sonic who went from enemy to ally to friend, just got turned into a dumb jock-- like a really dumb jock. Character development is truly amazing.
Dan and Arin are the only reason I would watch this game
19:30 yo man, we need a royalty free trumpet sound for Sonic Boom! But all the stuff includes a ton of extra instruments.
“No worries, I’ve got this” *holds mic up to butt*
My favorite thing is getting to see the lazy-ass titles that they save these videos under before they upload them😂
-laziness- efficiency is a big party of the creation process.
A big party of the creation process.
Dan yelling out 'QUALITY ASSURANCE?!' at the end was hysterical. That moment of pure astonishment got me busting out laughing at the mall
Your timing is impeccable...
I was literally marathoning the full let's play last night
They actually made Knuckles so dumb in this game he forgot that he was supposed to fall after the game resumes
I’ve rewatched this series like 5 times and have only just noticed it’s about time travel
" *This is really....getting hard to defend...* " -The line from a *very broken worn out man*
[mocking Buzzfeed] “After the 30 second ad!”
[30 second ad immediately starts]
Dan ate the beginning of the playthrough: I don't want this playthrough to be only that (referring to Knuckles jumps)
Dan ate the end of the playthrough: Just jump with Knuckles...
45:30 “Welcome to Janeane Garofalo’s expedition.” SLAYS me to this day!
I only just now realized that this entire game is only two days long.
10:29 Arin drowns by going into little bits of water
11:49 infamous knuckles jump glitch
Good to see Sbassbear getting the compilation editing acknowledgment he deserves.
Suh bass bear
@@leavemealonethx yep, that is a pronunciation of Sbassbear
The pure, childlike glee at 19:28 will never fail to make me cackle
My favorite thing in this entire compilation:
"Quality Assurance!?!?!"
30:15 I believe what happened was that when they fell through the wall, instead of going to the loaded level, they went to the unloaded level, which in turn gave them the broken mess that it was. But when they went through the normal way, that little spike was the unloaded part loading, but when they fell through the ceiling they skipped the loading zone.
“Best of Sonic Boom”
So, you mean...the entire series?
45:29 - 47:35
I didnt know it was possible to laugh so hard that my chest was hurting so bad that I had to stop for a good twenty minutes to recover.
adam and dan sure always have a blast whenever its a sonic game
Adam-
I love watching Dwayne and Arnold
8 years later and I can still hear that “mwoooow” sound in my head from the menu opening…
The Steve Power Hour needs to be a thing now.