Vangers Review

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
  • The Vangers Review explores the surreal Russian racing and role-playing game that remains a cult classic. It may also be titled as Vangers One for the Road depending on who you talk to.
    Support the channel at: / mandaloregaming or www.paypal.me/MandaloreGaming
    I take video suggestions at mandaloremovies@gmail.com
    Twitter: / lord_mandalore
    #Vangers #VangersReview #VangersOneForTheRoad #VangersPC #Вангеры #VangersGame #VangersPCReview
    00:00 - Intro
    00:47 - Game Premise
    1:44 - Gameplay Mechanics?
    3:54 - Visuals
    5:47 - Vehicles & Further Mechanics
    10:36 - Story & Writing
    12:59 - Conclusions
    14:27 - Credits
  • Ігри

КОМЕНТАРІ • 1,7 тис.

  • @MandaloreGaming
    @MandaloreGaming  6 років тому +517

    Vangers on GOG - gog.la/WhatTheHellAmIDriving
    THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
    The GOG version includes the soundtrack and game manual. Steam does not so if you get that version for the sake of your sanity find a manual pdf.

    • @Error-xd1kg
      @Error-xd1kg 6 років тому +5

      MAKE A STAR CONTROL VIDEO

    • @Puliukko666
      @Puliukko666 6 років тому +1

      AquaNox 2: Revelation. It's on gog.com.

    • @63Limar
      @63Limar 6 років тому +10

      MandaloreGaming by the way, if you want some more hidden gems of this magical three R (Russian Racing (kinda but hard to say) Roleplaying) - there is one game series that is awesome (unless it's my nostalgia). There was game series AIM (artificial intellect, not aim), not sure if first one have an English translation, but second one have for sure and got a steam release store.steampowered.com/app/289180/AIM2_Clan_Wars/ (third game is shit, it's actually racing and it's garbage). It's about artificial intellegence that was made to test weapon systems by humans in the future. Humans left it (why - story spoilers) and artificial intelligence started their own "culture" on this planet, developing their new views on the world with free will. UPD there is a translation for the first game, there is their official forum link forum.skyriver.ru/viewforum.php?f=38 overall story of the devs is very sad, they are capable, passionate and have tools like Unreal Engine today, but they don't have resources or approval for working on the third title.
      And another nice RRR game is about post apocalypse store.steampowered.com/app/285500/Hard_Truck_Apocalypse__Ex_Machina/
      I really have no idea why our developers were fans of vehicle roleplaying games, but I fucking loved them. And at least can say this right now about game soundtrack.

    • @sk2178ter
      @sk2178ter 6 років тому

      How are Gabe’s added to the list

    • @michaelscarn5625
      @michaelscarn5625 6 років тому

      I noticed it's not on your list, but I'd like to see your thoughts on the original Killing Floor.

  • @thehoodedteddy1335
    @thehoodedteddy1335 Рік тому +1269

    The guy who made this game, Andrey “KranK” Kuzmin, died in a car crash. May he rest in peace

    • @FlameSoulis
      @FlameSoulis Рік тому +13

      Why isn't this comment any higher?

    • @dbearded130
      @dbearded130 Рік тому +69

      ​@@FlameSoulisvideos 5 years old New comments tend to get less likes on older videos

    • @Volchonochec
      @Volchonochec Рік тому +5

      @@dbearded130 Time to fix it, like his comment like crazy

    • @feorh1919
      @feorh1919 Рік тому +6

      @@FlameSoulis Well, do you thumbs up to a guy been ran over or thumbs down?
      But really he was a real visionary, RIP!

    • @CamelotGaming
      @CamelotGaming Рік тому +74

      There's some strange irony in this statement.

  • @boner4098
    @boner4098 6 років тому +5133

    Genre: Russian

    • @Horseofhope
      @Horseofhope 5 років тому +250

      As someone more familiar with Russian games, I have to disagree: the most common type of game to expect from Russian devs would be shovelware and trashy spins on popular titles. Devs willing and able to make unique games are rare exceptions.

    • @hotlinechernobyl5157
      @hotlinechernobyl5157 5 років тому +167

      @@Horseofhope Correction: Russian (Drugs)

    • @gabrieltallent8080
      @gabrieltallent8080 5 років тому +175

      @@Horseofhope Russians work like dwarfs, sometimes drugs, alcohol, spiritual awakenings and other such fell mood inducing factors have them make crazy, but amazing shit

    • @Feuerhamster
      @Feuerhamster 4 роки тому +164

      @@Horseofhope 90s Russians, not today Russians.
      Но да, ты прав, полимеры просраны.

    • @gary851
      @gary851 4 роки тому +1

      so it is shitty tank game?

  • @idkravitz
    @idkravitz 4 роки тому +3053

    You got it all wrong -- it's actually a totally accurate russian driving simulator, you barely control your car, other drivers act like psycho lunatics, the road itself collapses under your wheels, mutated worms tell you what to do and you try your best to make your living by collecting weird substances.

    • @MotorBorg
      @MotorBorg 3 роки тому +66

      Underrated comment.

    • @egorwarpduster9792
      @egorwarpduster9792 3 роки тому +37

      Ты блять прав (и даже если ты не понимаешь что тут написано, просто знай, твой коммент недооценён)

    • @user-di3kz9wb2g
      @user-di3kz9wb2g 3 роки тому +73

      всё верно...
      Как ты догадался?

    • @idkravitz
      @idkravitz 3 роки тому +77

      @@user-di3kz9wb2g просто я русский и вожу машину)

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 3 роки тому +24

      ok everything makes sense except the worms

  • @singood4911
    @singood4911 4 роки тому +1580

    Holy shit... this is what kojima played before making death stranding

    • @jackocallaghan2452
      @jackocallaghan2452 3 роки тому +150

      This was the original "strand-type" game

    • @ourDreamcatcher
      @ourDreamcatcher 2 роки тому +47

      I think there might be something to this. Often, more antagonistic than the enemies: the terrain and the controls. And drinking too much (iridescent green) Monster Energy has definitely turned *me* into some kind of mutant.

    • @kismax4861
      @kismax4861 2 роки тому

      im 666 like

    • @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus
      @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Рік тому +21

      @@ourDreamcatcher I love the fact the protagonist of that game chugs monster like he does, if the world doesn’t kill him his dietary habits ultimately will. The fact they are in a post apocalyptic world and yet still have monster energy drinks like some new type of taco bell from Demolition Man is also incredibly funny.

    • @tylercoon1791
      @tylercoon1791 Рік тому +5

      @@jackocallaghan2452 ‘Strandslike’

  • @MegaRazor619
    @MegaRazor619 6 років тому +2847

    "Hey so we got horribly combined from two different species, what should we do?
    "Let's race"

    • @petrpeacekeeper
      @petrpeacekeeper 6 років тому +226

      It’s established that drivers are not bug people, they are a separate thing.

    • @acewolfgang276
      @acewolfgang276 6 років тому +13

      petrpeacekeeper What are they?

    • @petrpeacekeeper
      @petrpeacekeeper 6 років тому +91

      Ace Wolfgang As of now, unclear.

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 6 років тому +42

      Well, it's basically the plot of The Zoo Race.

    • @crazytiger800
      @crazytiger800 6 років тому +135

      I think the Vangers along with the main character are energy beings stuck inside vehicles substitute for their bodies...
      Maybe, they are former human souls...

  • @nikitachumachenko3412
    @nikitachumachenko3412 3 роки тому +1545

    When you're a Russian child in the late 90s early 2000s you have no nintendo, no playstation, no nothing. All you have is gothic, CS 1.6, and this.

    • @Arkan1986
      @Arkan1986 3 роки тому +65

      And Дальнобойщики.

    • @mazanakaUA
      @mazanakaUA 3 роки тому +132

      HoMM 3: SoD too. And Red Alert 2 with video cutscenes ripped. And D2 (also without cutscenes)

    • @fyodorkojevin5756
      @fyodorkojevin5756 3 роки тому +40

      I had Ex Machina

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 3 роки тому +27

      not russian, but morrowind and CS. best games ever

    • @user-kz7gh6dw3q
      @user-kz7gh6dw3q 2 роки тому +12

      Плейстейшен была уже не надо уже совсем нас закапывать. Причем пс была почти у всех моих корешей

  • @crypticcorvus2879
    @crypticcorvus2879 6 років тому +1122

    I'm pretty sure this game doesn't exist and Mandy has just lost his fucking mind. This claymation video is impressive but ultimately the equivalent of writing in blood on the walls of a padded cell. I hope you get better, Mandy!

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 3 роки тому +22

      you sure?
      im playing it right now. on my new computer.

    • @DragonWinter36
      @DragonWinter36 3 роки тому +166

      @@Ribbons0121R121 the malady has claimed another

    • @great_hedgehog8199
      @great_hedgehog8199 3 роки тому +6

      @@DragonWinter36 It's literally the best game I've ever seen, so...

    • @sladkinable
      @sladkinable 3 роки тому +6

      Watch your language dude!

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 2 роки тому +11

      The Madness is spreading...

  • @aristedes9449
    @aristedes9449 Рік тому +338

    One of the developers of Vangers went on to make Hammerfight and HighFleet. Really makes sense in retrospect.

    • @sebastiangorka200
      @sebastiangorka200 9 місяців тому +8

      HIGHFLEET?

    • @aristedes9449
      @aristedes9449 9 місяців тому +2

      @@sebastiangorka200 Yeah?

    • @kAntishko
      @kAntishko Місяць тому +1

      He didn't work on vangers, but main vangers dev did create his own studio and end up publishing hammerfight.

  • @snufftbunz
    @snufftbunz 6 років тому +2046

    The Bugs Life/ Warhammer 40k spin off looks great

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 6 років тому +5

      Ryan Braden OOOOH

    • @relhimp
      @relhimp 5 років тому +21

      Top 10 anime crossovers of all time.

    • @duffmana1244
      @duffmana1244 3 роки тому +27

      But in the end it turns out it's not warhammer or bugs
      It's Matrix before Matrix

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 6 років тому +1522

    *Mandalore* : "Car Racing, Bugs..."
    *Me* : "Nah, this is not weird at all"
    *Mandalore* : "...and Russian.."
    *Me* : "TOTALLY WEIRD"

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 6 років тому +223

      Russia is not a country, it's a state of mind.

    • @WraithMagus
      @WraithMagus 6 років тому +131

      adenowirus
      In gaming, definitely. Excluding Tetris, Russian games seem to either be sheer nihilism and insufferably grimdark/emo nonsense, or else pure surrealism like someone let Tim Burton drop acid.

    • @whoruslupercal1891
      @whoruslupercal1891 6 років тому +48

      Hey, Space Wolves and Space Rangers are neither.

    • @neochen-sic
      @neochen-sic 6 років тому +46

      Рейнджеры так то довольно гримдарк если внимательно играть.

    • @krikun98
      @krikun98 6 років тому +2

      Adolf Tinker, текстовки особенно.

  • @user-ts8xd1uc2t
    @user-ts8xd1uc2t Рік тому +176

    Andrey "KranK" Kuzmin, the creator of Vangers, died in a car accident today.
    Press F

  • @mizukami999
    @mizukami999 4 роки тому +564

    Too many references to Russian/Soviet culture to translate. Like, the ranks: "rab" (slave), "prorab" ("foreman"). When you get the "rabbox" you wear, they cite a poem about the Young Pioneers' tie. Like "Keep it dearly, for it's color is the same as that of our Banner!" I guess the inspiration came from the Kin-Dza-Dza movie (a sci-fi classics)

    • @cometkite
      @cometkite 3 роки тому +70

      Interesting, I can see the similarities with Kin Dza Dza. Unfortunately I think most of the references and wordplay were lost in the English translation. To make things worse the GOG version actually has two conflicting translations -- sometimes characters will refer to an item by one term but it has a different name in your inventory, or vehicle names in the store don't match the name in the description.

    • @marsdriver2501
      @marsdriver2501 3 роки тому +27

      @@cometkite yeah author of Vangers said that this movie influenced him a lot in interview with one popular russian youtuber

    • @shizofrenik6618
      @shizofrenik6618 3 роки тому +6

      ♂️Slave♂️?

  • @Greatdictator
    @Greatdictator 6 років тому +1330

    Perimiter is the PREQUEL TO THIS GAME ? I just thought it was a bit of a trippy dimension hopping game holy shit

    • @dimas3829
      @dimas3829 6 років тому +177

      the international version of perimeter is somewhat shortened in comparison to the original supposedly to not puzzle foreign gamers and that led to incoherence of it storytelling.

    • @TheMugbearer
      @TheMugbearer 5 років тому +164

      Yeah only it's not about human-bug war, it's far, far before that. The Cryspo don't even make any appearance in Perimeter. It's all about humans trying to survive these alien worlds, each faction in its own manner.

    • @araxiel569
      @araxiel569 5 років тому +76

      In an absolute weird way that makes total sense! I remember playing the yanky weird and indecipherable mess that Perimeter was waaaay back. I never ever heard of Vangers, but looking at what is here;
      Voxel based terrain that terraforms, bugs and humans, something about big phase gate technology, a big bug-war, an indecipherable story and plot... it's all there.

    • @hermankrylov576
      @hermankrylov576 4 роки тому +2

      Lol what are you doing in here I'm not against it just curious

    • @ivanmonahhov2314
      @ivanmonahhov2314 3 роки тому +2

      that is weird , didnt the entire plot of Perimeter revolve around traveling in world of psychoreactive matter ?

  • @victorreteikerutgersson3644
    @victorreteikerutgersson3644 6 років тому +1922

    Thats... A curious choice of outro music.

    • @ToMaxairiPaPaKosta
      @ToMaxairiPaPaKosta 6 років тому +522

      Isn't that from Meet&Fuck?

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  6 років тому +1319

      Just some older Russian pop music is all.

    • @nol6819
      @nol6819 6 років тому +149

      fucking perv
      but yes it is

    • @sergiuscocytus1958
      @sergiuscocytus1958 6 років тому +70

      One of the better Hi-Fi songs, to be sure. I, for one, was pleasantly surprised that Mandalore chose to select it.

    • @CZEFrank
      @CZEFrank 6 років тому +82

      Ah, I knew it sounded familiar

  • @TehSEOULMAN
    @TehSEOULMAN 6 років тому +1553

    That outro music just made an entire generation of internet users awkwardly adjust their pants

    • @andoryugurahamu7523
      @andoryugurahamu7523 6 років тому +91

      Chesty La Rue
      Tfw you don't know the song.

    • @getschwifty5537
      @getschwifty5537 6 років тому +305

      I *HATE* that I instantly recognized it

    • @snazwonk2066
      @snazwonk2066 6 років тому +36

      nah all cool its good song

    • @paula194
      @paula194 6 років тому +169

      A series of games called Meet & F: _Insert relevant subtitle here_

    • @AverageAhmad
      @AverageAhmad 6 років тому +86

      Paul A. Oh shit. So that's where I've heard it before.

  • @shammytv
    @shammytv 6 років тому +2699

    Большое спасибо, это видео легендарно!

  • @zellarcher
    @zellarcher 6 років тому +266

    This game looks like a Giger Fever dream while he's crossfading acid and horse tranquilizer.

  • @Sposhock29
    @Sposhock29 6 років тому +104

    While there are Vangers ang Perimeter in the beginning of this universe, there is also Hammerfight, which tells a story about local world, where trapped humans reversed back to tribal kingdoms. And there is Highfleet (still in dev though), which basically could be considered the prequel to the said Hammerfight, as it shows what happened before.
    That one is a big universe, to say the least.

    • @dmitrykargin4060
      @dmitrykargin4060 5 років тому +14

      Never knew hammerfight was somehow related to vangers universe. Or was it Kranx's influence on developer of hammerfight?

    • @ianpartrick8347
      @ianpartrick8347 4 роки тому +19

      Holy fuck, Hammerfight is in the Vangers universe?

  • @kurisuchiinathecrocodile333
    @kurisuchiinathecrocodile333 Рік тому +34

    Thanks for everything and rest in peace, KranK.

    • @wotminetime
      @wotminetime 11 місяців тому +1

      Rest in peace, Andrey Kuzmin "KranK"

  • @erdervv
    @erdervv 5 років тому +37

    Don't you just love it when the outro song brings back more memories than the game itself?

    • @a.cunningham4974
      @a.cunningham4974 8 місяців тому +1

      What is that damn song
      Other then the generic flash game Sax music

    • @tankspeed12
      @tankspeed12 7 місяців тому

      @@a.cunningham4974 ua-cam.com/video/SJw8efaDgl4/v-deo.html

    • @mastersafari5349
      @mastersafari5349 4 місяці тому

      @@a.cunningham4974 It's "Vse V Ogon' (Pesnya CZarevny)" by a 90's Russian band called "Hi-Fi"

  • @Overlord734
    @Overlord734 Рік тому +15

    05/11/2022 a founder of K-D Lab studio and a lead designer of Vangers died in a car accident.

  • @CalgarGTX
    @CalgarGTX 3 роки тому +55

    I remember playing this game back in the day, it was so bizarre, so unique and so brutal. Bigger cars with rocket launchers could come out of nowhere and take your lunch money basically... They had so many unique terms and vocabulary, I have no idea wtf they were thinking when they made it. Many bugs too, but I still liked it !

  • @LeaveMeAlice
    @LeaveMeAlice 4 роки тому +298

    Я удивился, когда в конце услышал "Все в огонь" - классная, старая песня группы Hi-fi.
    Но, еще больше меня поразило огромное кол-во комментариев от американцев, узнавших эту песню. Оказывается, она является саундтреком к каким-то известным на западе порно-играм. Охренеть! Чтоооо? Впрочем, какая игра, такие и внезапные открытия. Безумие!

    • @Hikkikomoru
      @Hikkikomoru 3 роки тому +21

      Спасибо за наводку, дружище.

    • @PlainclothesPope
      @PlainclothesPope 3 роки тому +20

      Haha, I don't speak russian.

    • @jyuts4359
      @jyuts4359 3 роки тому +51

      все в огонь в порноигре? ЧТО?! То-то я думаю, че за странные комменты на английском...

    • @dimaleoniv7987
      @dimaleoniv7987 3 роки тому +5

      @@jyuts4359 есть такое. Я сам в шоке был, когда услышал её в порно игре.

    • @mauser98kar
      @mauser98kar 3 роки тому

      А что за игра? Я что-то очень смутно вспоминаю, но хочется детали узнать.

  • @Kochevniktut
    @Kochevniktut 3 роки тому +203

    A lot of things were explained in manual. You see, this game was selling in box, with poster and big manual. At least that was in Russia. So cause most start information was in manual, developers decide not repeating it in game itself)
    Thx for covering the game btw. You get it right, this game pisses you off, but you just want to know what's next)

    • @FiremanPC
      @FiremanPC 2 роки тому +6

      It's the reason I'm trying to get a hand on a big box version. There are EU/US big boxes of this, but they're so expensive!

    • @CleaningCaptain
      @CleaningCaptain Рік тому +6

      The American release also came with a manual that explained a lot of things, it wasn't perfect though; Maybe the translation was flawed, I don't know. It helps if you're intuitive when playing this game.

    • @airworks7809
      @airworks7809 Рік тому +3

      The GoG version also has a manual!

    • @terminator572
      @terminator572 Рік тому +2

      This has to be the most Russian comment I have read so far

    • @Crazyced
      @Crazyced 6 місяців тому

      Ahhh, makes sense now. Got a copy of this game from a french PC GAMER magazine back in 1999. It obviously did not come with a manual. 12yo me was quite lost playing this. Found the CD at the bottom of a box and here I am today.

  • @godhelpme5547
    @godhelpme5547 6 років тому +1075

    What an accurate depiction of current day Turkey.

  • @YummyNukes
    @YummyNukes 6 років тому +494

    You have excellent taste in music Mandalore

    • @bloatatoeminis5976
      @bloatatoeminis5976 5 років тому +39

      @ArmyAnts Studios no, not that one

    • @PelinalWhitestrake36
      @PelinalWhitestrake36 4 роки тому +17

      ArmyAnts Studios he meant the outro song...

    • @raven75257
      @raven75257 4 роки тому +8

      @@PelinalWhitestrake36 let's not talk about that

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 4 роки тому +1

      @@raven75257 why not?

    • @Salted_Fysh
      @Salted_Fysh 3 роки тому +14

      ​@@DarkOmegaMK2 Because kids might be reading this comment section and New Grounds should be clue enough to where most people know this music from.
      But since I am pasting this into any mention of the song for those who don't know this association and might be misled:
      'No, the outro isn't 'from' a certain well-known flash game series. The creator of those games simply stole some music - as was usual in the early days of flash animation. This doesn't make it their property, nor should it be associated exclusively with the person who essentialy stole this music. And no, the music used in those games still isn't credited these days in case you are wondering. If you are interested in the actual origin of the song, here you go: ua-cam.com/video/AjfPFKWMxHY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Hi-Fi-Topic
      It's a good song, so I recommend checking it out.'

  • @GurniHallek
    @GurniHallek 6 років тому +211

    Oh, god, i'm looking forward to that Perimeter review. That game has one of the most original and epic setting as well as game mechanics ever.

    • @whoruslupercal1891
      @whoruslupercal1891 6 років тому +27

      Loquacious Lobster Lapidary English localisation cuts absolutely everything that makes it a KD-LAB game.

    • @GurniHallek
      @GurniHallek 6 років тому +11

      Well, it is indeed lackluster, compared to the megalomaniac ham-fest that was the russian voice-over, but the surreal setting is still there, and that's the important part.
      UPD: for those interested, here is a little comparison (turn subtitles on) - /watch?v=o_cbeiOYRp4

    • @whoruslupercal1891
      @whoruslupercal1891 6 років тому +35

      The problem is not the voiceover, but the chunks of plot-related dialogue getting cut.
      Nomad does not exist in English version of the game.
      The ending is also not there.
      For a game where the plot is 95% talking heads it's fucking offensively bad.

    • @TheSpinser
      @TheSpinser 6 років тому +1

      Oh god yes

    • @sceerane8662
      @sceerane8662 6 років тому +4

      Whorus Lupercal Is there any way to experience the game properly as an English speaker?

  • @Songbearer
    @Songbearer 6 років тому +52

    Holy heck! Vangers! I loved that game when I was a kid, forgot the name of it as a teenager, then rediscovered it as an adult. What a strange, weird, janky but lovable game it was. Thanks for covering it! What a trip!

  • @KrealTube
    @KrealTube 6 років тому +808

    this game is pretty

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 6 років тому +393

    THAT ENDING SONG!

    • @nice7324
      @nice7324 6 років тому +12

      Hemang Chauhan ikr

    • @matthewcarson3736
      @matthewcarson3736 6 років тому +4

      What is it?

    • @f1l603
      @f1l603 6 років тому +105

      You're either too young, or too "clean" to not know it. :^ )

    • @matthewcarson3736
      @matthewcarson3736 6 років тому +86

      I've played Meet&Fuck. I'm asking for a name. It's a good song.

    • @blazingwaters7469
      @blazingwaters7469 6 років тому +44

      The song's All The Fire by HiFi

  • @mknaomidestiny
    @mknaomidestiny 2 роки тому +259

    I unironically love slav games, they are uncaring, unfair and undocumented. So you aren't the "chosen one" in them and that makes them more interesting to finally beat them albeit the occasional frustration.

    • @f1resta_r439
      @f1resta_r439 2 роки тому +53

      In western videogames you are "The Chosen One" from the start.
      In slavic videogames you make yourself a chosen one

    • @quasar4780
      @quasar4780 Рік тому +32

      @@f1resta_r439 In capitalist America, your destiny chooses you.
      In Soviet Russia, you choose your destiny.

    • @Razumen
      @Razumen Рік тому +23

      @@quasar4780 In Vanger, your Destiny runs you over.

    • @The-jy3yq
      @The-jy3yq Рік тому

      @@Razumen then calls you a fucking slave of money, says a lot of jargonisms and chugs you into a driving bomb
      Have fun!

    • @nullimpact497
      @nullimpact497 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@Razumenin vangers, you get enslaved and zapihan v раффу

  • @Mega4est
    @Mega4est 6 років тому +20

    There's another game series from Russia you definitely need to try out - Space Rangers series. It's a mix of space RPG, strategy , arcade and quest all in one game. Some say it's similar to Star Control games. Unfortunately there was almost no marketing for western audience and the game is well known mostly in Russian-speaking countries.

  • @ColpoRosso
    @ColpoRosso 6 років тому +95

    The art style and atmosphere are awesome. Being built in a voxel engine makes it look so out of this world. We need more stuff like this.
    PS I can't stand when people calls Minecraft a voxel game. It is not, it's a polygonal graphic engine, where polygons are used like if they were voxels, but no voxel in sight.

  • @ObscuriaDragunAed
    @ObscuriaDragunAed 3 роки тому +25

    It's pretty impressive how they baked a claymation aesthetic into voxels. IMO, that by itself is worth the asking price... IDK how or why but the animation sort of reminds me of the original Gumby and claymation kids shows of the era.
    Edit: what's impressive to me aside from the above is that the devs are still actively updating it. That's awesome! We're talking the studio released the game in 98 and in 2021 they're still doing things for it.

  • @BrandosGrassesOn
    @BrandosGrassesOn 3 роки тому +6

    What's up with the meet&fck music at the end of the video? Lol hahaha I still love that pick. Keep it up man!

  • @Y0URGRANDMA
    @Y0URGRANDMA 6 років тому +16

    I'm always impressed with the amount of detail/depth or view distances voxel based terrain allowed for in older games.

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 6 років тому +385

    0:53 *F 24*

    • @EpEDlxD0
      @EpEDlxD0 6 років тому +153

      Just tap F12 twice.

    • @heyyitsultima
      @heyyitsultima 6 років тому +101

      Finally, a game I can play with my terminal Model M keyboard!

    • @technoskull
      @technoskull 6 років тому +1

      BINGO!

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 6 років тому +14

      And Stephen King thought F13 is scary.

    • @idonotknowme
      @idonotknowme 6 років тому +18

      My keyboard has a F24 key. It is functionally CTRL+F12
      www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/UB40B5A

  • @Quester82
    @Quester82 6 років тому +34

    By the grace of mighty Lipuringa you did it! You actually did it!!!!
    This game is legendary on so many levels it's hard to think of where to start...
    And now a legendary reviewer had a go at it! Bloody Glorks, it's Amazing! Just brilliant really!
    What a day!!!
    Thank you man!
    It was a treat for a tired soul of an old school gamer!
    As a native Russian speaker I really regret that some subtleties of game slang (almost entire language) and humor could have been lost in translation.
    And yeah I bought this game on release (in 1998 I was 16) and beat it in 2 months without Internet and walkthroughts. Those were the days...

    • @stanosdalones
      @stanosdalones 3 роки тому +3

      А я еще и играл сначала в демо-версию, которая была на диске, прилагавшемся к журналу "Страна Игр" и там был только один мир - Фострал, но все игровые механики работали, вангеры ездили, стреляли, участвовали в элирекции... Боже, как же я хотел купить полную версию и попасть наконец на Глоркс! :)))

  • @robertnewman4854
    @robertnewman4854 4 роки тому +83

    Listening to this video again in December 2019, it sounds a hell of alot like Death Stranding.... just more interesting.

    • @foxdieinfected546
      @foxdieinfected546 3 роки тому +7

      This is to Death Stranding what Metal Gear is to Metal Gear Solid

  • @therogers5341
    @therogers5341 6 років тому +667

    YOU AINT SLICK MANDALORE
    I KNOW THE TYPE OF FLASH GAMES THAT ENDING TUNE IS FROM
    YOU AINT CLEVER

    • @espalorp3286
      @espalorp3286 6 років тому +20

      I knew it was from somewhere, I just couldn't remember.

    • @denisc4312
      @denisc4312 6 років тому +24

      Quite the explicit flash game lol

    • @blahblah7720
      @blahblah7720 6 років тому +7

      which flash game?

    • @snazwonk2066
      @snazwonk2066 6 років тому +5

      i think lots of us do xD

    • @NarsMcain
      @NarsMcain 6 років тому +28

      names I need names, related to Newgrounds I presume?

  • @giveussomevodka
    @giveussomevodka 6 років тому +121

    This is the kind of game I'd expect to see on Ross's Game Dungeon, and seems less typical of your channel. Fun video though.

  • @mizukami999
    @mizukami999 4 роки тому +22

    When you smuggle heroine. That is, the larva that sings heroic songs.

  • @Finndu
    @Finndu 6 років тому +9

    I remember the bug screen from this game. My parents bought it for me when i was around 10 i could not speak English, did not know what to do, but was somehow fascinated by this game. Even though i barely know how to even getting to the driving mechanic... Thanks for the video!

  • @hellseagle21
    @hellseagle21 6 років тому +2

    Love that you're coming out with more videos after your well-deserved break. Honest you're my favorite UA-camr so keep up the good work!

  • @The-jy3yq
    @The-jy3yq Рік тому +4

    There is a saying in Russian and it really encapsulates the process of understanding wacky games: "Без бутылки не разберешься" - "You can't figure out without a drink".
    Because mpst of the game really feels like you're stoned af. Gigantic green worms with faces and hands(and little tails) tell you to go between their den-garages and deliver food and shit in which said worms(called elypods) like to swim, whilst there are more than you can think of drunk drivers who take verything as a challenge, then there are the challenges which are races in which you have to deliver some type'o'shit, and it goes on, and on, and on. This mushroom explodes, those bugs can chew through your truck(?), every mechos has his own cryptic description and the whole game has incredibly wacky color scheme.
    On a side note, all of the worlds in Vangers are _donut-shaped._

    • @ApXucBuH
      @ApXucBuH Рік тому

      not all. Fostral is, but I'm not sure about others

  • @avocadopictures9706
    @avocadopictures9706 6 років тому +36

    Probably the last game i would expect to see reviewed in 2018, good job!

  • @pinkfloyd36123
    @pinkfloyd36123 6 років тому +34

    hearing that ending music instinctively made me check to see if someone was coming into my room. damn you mandelore

  • @AsmageddonPrince
    @AsmageddonPrince 6 років тому +45

    The gachimuchi inserts is what I truly love you for, Mandalore.

  • @omegagarry8192
    @omegagarry8192 2 роки тому +8

    Turns out the bugs and humans had a slightly diffrent idea of what a "race war" was

  • @Kardel_VA
    @Kardel_VA 2 роки тому +2

    That outro music...
    MandaLOOOORE! You got some explainin to do!

  • @ritsbitz9842
    @ritsbitz9842 6 років тому +1

    Really glad you're back always like seeing the game reviews.

  • @oldstoffire
    @oldstoffire 6 років тому +109

    This is a Ross' Game Dungeon kinda game.

    • @tukkek
      @tukkek 4 роки тому +5

      Mandalore is 80% Errant Signal and 20% Bob Ross and honestly, better than both!

    • @DevilsAdvocateofnazareth
      @DevilsAdvocateofnazareth 4 роки тому +4

      @@tukkek there aint noone better than Ross Scott :P

    • @MrSottho
      @MrSottho 4 роки тому +12

      Knowing him, he'd want a map of the entire alien world.

    • @sporepda
      @sporepda 3 роки тому +2

      @@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth You mean there aint noone more boring than Ross Scott

    • @kearneykaktus
      @kearneykaktus 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrSottho now i want a dungeon episode on this game just so we can see that map

  • @quiteindeed6809
    @quiteindeed6809 6 років тому +52

    But did you gained brouzouf?
    your legs are ok

  • @whynotanyting
    @whynotanyting 6 років тому +8

    Even just watching the video, the visuals, really pull you in and trap you into this world. Very interesting.

  • @dryued6874
    @dryued6874 6 років тому +57

    If you like that, you might want to look into Ice Pick Lodge. They're Russian guys who make artsy games, with Pathologic being the most widely known.

    • @jacksmith3148
      @jacksmith3148 3 роки тому +16

      I know it's unlikely but I hope this is the comment that made Mandalore look at Pathologic.

    • @l.e.b.3541
      @l.e.b.3541 3 роки тому +3

      I hope he makes a Tension video!!

  • @user-vh1cz9gm6n
    @user-vh1cz9gm6n 2 роки тому +14

    It's the most fantastic game I've ever seen. And the graphics--when all the other gamers were playing Doom looking at square pixels, Vangers already had a fully alterable and destructible landscape (many parts of it are written in assembly language, and the original code has been lost over time. Therefore, I am the proud owner of that original version, not the Steam version). It will forever be in my heart.

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 6 років тому +91

    For more Voxel based games, I suggest
    * *Thunder Brigade*
    * *Early Delta Force games (esp. DF 1,2, Land Warrior)*

    • @ripoutyourprejudice
      @ripoutyourprejudice 6 років тому +7

      Yep I remember playing the first DF games.
      Simple yet fun I would describe them.
      Had quite a mod/map-making community because the maps were literal kbs in size compared to other games at the time.
      The map files basically just instructions that the engine would generate the map from.

    • @hemangchauhan2864
      @hemangchauhan2864 6 років тому +3

      Yeah.
      Land Warrior was quite advanced for it's time, and it stomped our then ancient PCs.

    • @ripoutyourprejudice
      @ripoutyourprejudice 6 років тому +1

      Well I was talking about DF1&2, Land Warrior for me was a bit of a dissapointment :/ and the engine worked fine on my Pentium 2 back then, probably because it was less advanced and used 2D pngs for weapons instead of 3D ones like in the first DF games.

    • @hemangchauhan2864
      @hemangchauhan2864 6 років тому +5

      DF2 is one of my favorites. "Quick Missions" in FPS games back in the day was such neat idea of byte sized gaming sessions.
      One of the most interesting things about it was the limited ammo management, meaning you needed to choose your fights.
      And yeah, the maps were HUGE!
      I played Land Warrior, but was still a kid back then, so I didn't got disappointed with stuff all that much.

    • @ripoutyourprejudice
      @ripoutyourprejudice 6 років тому +1

      I agree so much with you on the Quick Missions aspect of DF.
      There's literally no game these days in the mil-sim genre that just let's you jump-in jump-out of a session these days.
      Possibly the last game I experienced to be like that was SWAT 4, amazing game even today with the Elite Force mod.
      Loved seeing the penguins doing slides in the ice maps in Delta Force 2 =)).
      I understand why you probably enjoyed Land Warrior much more as a kid.
      Like how I did with Doom 3. As a kid I loved and played Doom 1 & 2 Everyday.
      So when Doom 3 came out I was in fanboy mode and thought it was the best game ever.
      Years later I find Doom 1 & 2 to be the most enjoyable arcade shooters ever and Doom 3 to be unbearable to play because there's so much in the way of letting you having fun.

  • @MegaFat1
    @MegaFat1 6 років тому +82

    14:05 Is that song what i think it is?

    • @Lyzzzander
      @Lyzzzander 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, just the intro ripped (or buyed) from russian pop band Hi-Fi.

    • @Salted_Fysh
      @Salted_Fysh 3 роки тому +3

      yes, it is. It's the classic russian pop song 'Все в огонь' by Hi-Fi. Here ya go: ua-cam.com/video/AjfPFKWMxHY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Hi-Fi-Topic

  • @raybennett1288
    @raybennett1288 6 років тому

    How did I miss this for an entire week?!
    Always excited to see new content.

  • @tsartomato
    @tsartomato 5 років тому +29

    if you complete tabutasks counselors do tell you about dissolving wall and how to avoid slavery

    • @stanosdalones
      @stanosdalones 3 роки тому +2

      completing tabutask is not necessery for achieving counselor's advice about slavery... before you go to Glorx, Lipky tell you 'go to Glorx AND RETURN BACK to me' when he got you key from Portal!

  • @hannohanf4822
    @hannohanf4822 4 роки тому +12

    You absolutely should check out Perimeter. It's an absolute blast, a bit weired but really good!

  • @StephenBlane
    @StephenBlane 6 років тому +9

    I really like the plasticine style it has as well as the customisation options available to you. Looks like a fun game.

  • @ectofrost
    @ectofrost 6 років тому +1

    man that ending song sucker punched me. nice video mandalore.

  • @ghoulish6125
    @ghoulish6125 6 років тому +11

    I forgot you were back and my day has been made

  • @karlthetechpriest2905
    @karlthetechpriest2905 6 років тому +22

    I love the use of the guardsmen and the tyranids for the explanation

  • @Tetramir1
    @Tetramir1 6 років тому +1

    Great video as always, I really love your work!

  • @Caernunnos
    @Caernunnos 2 роки тому +1

    The music at the end sent me back to some old memories, and I know you know what memories

  • @healingchurchpotluck5352
    @healingchurchpotluck5352 6 років тому +3

    Thanks for explaining voxels. Ever since command and conquer I've wondered about those things. This game graphics are astonishing

  • @Sam-sg9bo
    @Sam-sg9bo 6 років тому +4

    That Vigilante8 music when talking about the cars... man, so much nostalgia, maybe you could review Vigilante8 1 and 2

  • @Aboveup
    @Aboveup 6 років тому +13

    This looks like a game I would've played a lot as a kid if I had a PC back then. I was into really weird vehicle based action games back then. Wasted so much time on DeathDrome then.

  • @WaervynsWorld
    @WaervynsWorld 6 років тому +1

    Lovely review as always. Amazing artstyle in this game! :)

  • @s.w.4409
    @s.w.4409 3 роки тому +7

    Truly the first strand-type game...

  • @Pr0manStream
    @Pr0manStream 6 років тому +7

    Perimeter was one of the prequel games for this made by that company? cool, I remember buying and playing it, though I was probs too young to figure out proper unit compositions and never really got far, I really dug the idea of morphing your units from type a to type b on the fly for what you need, makes for a pretty interesting concept, no clue how much that holds up still, but I remember it fondly

    • @SiMBi0ZZA
      @SiMBi0ZZA 6 місяців тому +1

      А мне больше нравиться 2ая часть франшизы Периметр, к сожалению бОльшинство людей не разделяет моих чувств к ней хД

  • @Goblin_Tank
    @Goblin_Tank 6 років тому

    Great to have you back. Love the videos

  • @alexhyde10
    @alexhyde10 6 років тому

    Mandalore keeping up with the quality reviews!

  • @MrBothandNether
    @MrBothandNether 4 роки тому +4

    Been more than 20 years since I saw this on a screen.
    Glad I wasn't alone in almost understanding it.

  • @philip4417
    @philip4417 6 років тому +3

    Great stuff, keep them coming. Perimeter was a really strange strategy game but seemed very unique, still holding out for Distant Worlds one day 😀
    Have you also considered Nexus The Jupiter Incident? That's quite an interesting space strategy game with a story to boot!

  • @JesseTurner
    @JesseTurner 6 років тому

    finally sat down to watch this one. you did such a great job. A+ content.

  • @bobbm1
    @bobbm1 2 роки тому

    hey mandy the credits music on this video was really chill and cool, almost nostalgic. thanks!

  • @sneakillysneak2388
    @sneakillysneak2388 6 років тому +16

    Thanks for the review, Mandalore! The game of lost epoch. Russian game industry was creative and daring back then, in 90s to 00s. Well, the whole gaming industry was a bit up to make it all art, not just to sell lootboxes.

    • @Solaxe
      @Solaxe Рік тому

      because back then you could afford to make a fun game with 2 people. Grow up

    • @typehere6689
      @typehere6689 Рік тому

      You sure many of the methods of old can't be re-applied in this day and age?

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 6 років тому +56

    Well, since we're in *that* (ie good) era of russian game devs, why don't you take a look at Vangers prequel - Perimeter? Or better yet at Space Rangers or Ex Machina?!:D

    • @desertdevil6451
      @desertdevil6451 6 років тому +13

      TheArklyte SPACE RANGERS IS THE SHIT

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 6 років тому +10

      Speaking of old russian games, do you know Parkan? Is it any good?

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 6 років тому

      adenowirus
      never played it, however it seems to have had good reception. I was more of an RTS fan when I was a child. Такие дела ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 6 років тому

      I think the sequel had some RTS elements, similar to Battlezone remake or Uprising series.

    • @djamilggmail
      @djamilggmail 5 років тому +3

      I second Space Rangers.

  • @PhotoPunk79
    @PhotoPunk79 6 років тому

    You make some of the best reviews. Great job!

  • @ondeondeon
    @ondeondeon 4 роки тому

    I love your videos so much, they always make me laugh. Also I feel weirdly proud of being russian while watching these. Keep it up :)

  • @compassionatecurmudgeon7025
    @compassionatecurmudgeon7025 5 років тому +4

    Review Perimeter! (make sure to also do emperor's testament) If you can make it through Vangers and you have any enjoyment of strategy games you'll love it. I really enjoyed slowly adjusting to its particular brand of insanity.

  • @wojciechruszkowski2642
    @wojciechruszkowski2642 4 роки тому +3

    I used to play Perimeter when I was 9 and I never knew it was a prequel to this!

  • @TheGrizzledGamer
    @TheGrizzledGamer 5 років тому

    Hey man, really like your videos. Thank you for making them.

  • @205wrxsti
    @205wrxsti 4 роки тому +1

    Great review of a great game! Thank you very much! I really appreciate your choice of an outro music. It is unexpected but great choice. How did you come to that

  • @PaulA-fp3vs
    @PaulA-fp3vs 6 років тому +14

    A review about a Legacy of Kain Video game would be cool.

  • @amanofculture9429
    @amanofculture9429 6 років тому +60

    "Hello Russian weird old game
    I've come to play with you again"
    Notification softly popping -
    Mandalore uploaded while I was sleeping
    And his work now branded in my brain
    And will remain
    Within the sound of UwU

  • @hendelcp
    @hendelcp 6 років тому

    Thx for that great song at the end! Also video is great

  • @valinor5397
    @valinor5397 Рік тому +2

    The song at the end 😏

  • @alexandershynkarenko6553
    @alexandershynkarenko6553 6 років тому +10

    You should try out Space Rangers. I see the notion that you quite enjoy Eastern European games and this one will surely be a treat for you. I'd recommend starting from the second part, but first is also fine and dandy

    • @megazver2
      @megazver2 6 років тому +1

      Yeah, just do whatever the latest HD release it, it'll have all the stuff from the first one anyway.

  • @youngimmortal4719
    @youngimmortal4719 Рік тому +12

    I love how some '90s games could get seriously alien. Nowadays games don't tend to get that wild and out there.

    • @notinspectorgadget
      @notinspectorgadget 8 місяців тому +1

      Oh, please. For every Vangers, there were like two dozen Doom or Legend of Zelda ripoffs.

    • @youngimmortal4719
      @youngimmortal4719 8 місяців тому

      @@notinspectorgadget Obviously not every '90s game was like this, lol. Just meant you saw more of this kind of thing back then.

  • @deatlilies7927
    @deatlilies7927 6 років тому +1

    oh my lord, Vigilante's 8 second offense music at 2:38 I hope mandalore will grace us with a review of it soon :D

  • @adamofblastworks1517
    @adamofblastworks1517 6 років тому

    Wooo! Another one! I've also recently been listening to podcasts with you in them.
    I've only watched until the title card so far, and so far it look more like a game I'd expect to see on Ross's Game Dungeon. It LOOKS a bit more weird than the games I'm used to seeing your reviews on. This should be interesting.

    • @adamofblastworks1517
      @adamofblastworks1517 6 років тому

      I've watched it now. Yeah it seems like something I'd expect to see on Ross's Game Dungeon. It was interesting to see this from you.
      It's so hideous though...

  • @TranscendentalAirwaves
    @TranscendentalAirwaves 4 роки тому +3

    Man I love this game, we got it on sale at a Menards of all places along with another eastern game called Earth 2140 for my father one fathersday. He played Earth 2140 a bit but my sister and I were the ones who fell in love and played the hell out of Vangers. It's just so insanely weird and deep we were obsessed and to this day if I start humming the menu music she'll start singing it at well. lol Btw yeah I was like 10 when I first played this game, I grew up to be a big fan of far out media in general. Maybe I was the right audience though cause I loved 60's music from a very early age as well. lol

  • @danivilar9062
    @danivilar9062 2 роки тому +3

    What was the music in the credits? It's so familiar but I can't quite place it

  • @_TZEOL
    @_TZEOL 3 роки тому +1

    Aw man! You used a track from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 in the middle of the video, that made me glad for some reason.

  • @escapefromtibet2530
    @escapefromtibet2530 6 років тому

    I think you are the only person who can make reviews of games like these interesting.