@@romansionis2470 True, but it does not compensate for how slow she runs and how easy she is to kill. Like the only part I really could play her as is in the first hall and drop her after the cutscene with her phone having no signal. I mean Stan isn’t the most usual either, but he isn’t as hard as Ashley is to keep alive when using him.
@@RobinPochita Ironically though many horror movies with black characters didn’t die first in their films (Friday The 13th 3, Slumber Party Massacre, and some where they didn’t even die at all, like I Still Know What You Did Last Summer).
This 2004 game is like a WB show or a late-90s horror flick to a T. That's such a specific time period with it's own specific genre tropes and cliches and they seem to have nailed it here!
I was 9 in 2004, but this is how the early 2000s were, crazy how accurate this game shows 2000s culture. 2010 was a different time as well, especially being a teen at that time. Never played this game, but I felt a flood of nostalgia while watching this.
i REALLY want capcom to revisit its Outbreak idea that they did before the internet was more ready for online games. Those games had a damn good idea, and they had really good stories in the RE Universe.
I remember having a friend a few years ago in high school, me and him loved ps2 games despite the fact they were a thing of the past. By this point PS4 games were all anyone cared about, but me and him always had an appreciation for PS2 games. I remember him showing me this game about 5 years ago, and i just thought it looked awesome and wondered why nobody talked about it. I loved the horror and the 2004 feel of it, it looked so unique to me. I couldn't remember the name of the game for years, it was just something the escaped my brain for years, so thank you for that! Sadly the friend of mine who introduced me to it passed away a couple of years ago, so its a bit bittersweet to me rediscovering this year's later, but I'm glad i got to finally find out what game it was me and him enjoyed.
Awesome a-capella at 6:00! You're rocking here, man! Please do more of these reviews with your coolest style. You could go through all Silent Hill games, the remake being such a popular topic, also The Suffering games, The Thing (the remaster being so close to release).
Very professional video considering how new the channel is, great editing and jokes - Obscure always felt like a lost Buffy episode. Guessing this is a solo project after working for a big content mill like whatculture or something? No shade, this is really impressive and I'm all for individuals making their own way. Just interested in the content creation process and industry after bouncing off it a couple of times in the past.
Dude, that is such a fucking incredible compliment, thank you. I'll give you a short written answer now, but if you want to chat more in depth, jump into a stream sometime and say what's up! I stream most evenings. The short answer is no, I don't have any professional experience. Instead, I have a lot of combined experience from unrelated creative avenues that ended up harmonizing into this channel. Podcasts, stand up, short stories, screenplays, short films, I've done a little bit of everything, but it all failed for one reason or another. Usually because I gave up on it lol I've also spent many years watching a lot of youtube and paying close attention to how the big channels do things. That's the extremely abridged version. I'm about to hop on stream though, so hmu if you wanna hang! I'd love to yap about it more. Thanks again, I really appreciate it.
@@Mortuary_Gaming That's awesome, really hope this channel blows up for you - thanks for replying, it's 2AM where I am and I got shit to do in the morning but I'll check one of your streams later when I can.
20:37 - As a fan of driving simulators a need to say that Truck Racing Championship is actually pretty good, unfortunately it is a very niche category, but here in South America is very popular, especially in Brazil.
I connect so much nostalogia (and lowkey Trauma bc the pregnant monster types in Obscure 2) to this game, it's crazy! It's such a shame they didn't keep to the stick or never made a third part or remake! Like the whole Horrortheme around Plants/Flowers has actually been super refreshing and interesting back when it came out
You keep dropping hints throughout your videos (this one most of all) that make me think that we graduated the same year and had the same taste in music lmao
Damn somebody still remembers weird European games, I just finished both on Steam with DXVK(Vulkan for old games, Obscure 2 had fps issues so DXVK fixed it), sadly it is 4:3 aspect and not wide, but it works.
Hey, I'm so glad someone else knows, remembers and loves this game! I love both Obscure 1 and 2, they were amazing for coop and for solo play. Music and atmosphere are top-notch, also great gameplay with combining items and using flashlights - before Alan Wake, actually! I wonder if Remedy took this one feature from these games.
First video I watch on your channel and I'm already hooked. Great video, you're super charismatic and I really wish I played this game back when it was released, my mind would've exploded with the idea of a horror game with a Sum 41 opening music.
I googled the name from the bad review you mentioned so passionatedly (the one of better than Doom blurb) and in 2010 she wrote "Why the Game Industry needs Farmville" and I'm dying. And, if it is the same person, apparently they are now a realtor And later on, idk if the BigBen publisher is the same but they also got in kerfuffle because they tried to steal the Sinking City from Frogwares. It is a trip in itself (and Sinking City might be an enjoyable experience for you if you decide to review horror games outside PS2 eventually)
I’m so happy to see everyone love this game. I got into survival horror games in 2009 and out of all the games, this bitch was the only one you could never find. I didn’t get it until 2022 and finished it last year. I also think Shannon (who’s my favorite character and is the biggest character out of all of them in the series, I like Mei and Amy more in the sequel) has the best outfit, because that skirt is like nothing I’ve ever seen before (and Orange and Green are my favorite colors). I also love that the cast is full of really popular voice actors now, like Stephanie Sheh (Orihime from Bleach), Tara Platt (Mitsuru and Elizabeth from Persona 3 (and still is Elizabeth in Reload), Sam Riegel (Teddie from Persona 4 (Golden), and Liam O'Brien (Akihiko from Persona 3, which is funny how many of them went to Persona). Scott Haze who played Stan went on to be more of an actor, which is sad, because he’s a good voice actor, even if his blaccent is funny in retrospect (let’s be real, it was funny then too). I think the game went through some different changes, because the intro film is different from all the cut scenes in the game (including French voice actors speaking English) and in one of the intro’s clips had Kenny in the teachers lounge. I’m so glad you did this game, it being one of my favorites and definitely got the “post-scream every film done in that style is a clone of scream” thing, where if a game was slightly similar to another game, it was accused of copying it. I’m glad we’ll all see how great it is and that it’s widely accessible, unlike many other games of the time.
as a franch canadian i can simplify the french name to oliver from river if that can help 😂 also ive been loving your video's dude such a fun concept keep it up.
Olivier derivier is an amazing composer. I absolutely love his Vampyr soundtrack. Its just phenomenal and without it I probably wouldn't have Jonathan Reid as my pfp
Oh shit they made Fairytale Fights? I FUCKING love that game. Makes sense that a survival horror team was behind it considering there was an achievement for continuously sliding on blood for 2 uninterrupted minutes.
an obscure game i wish got the attention it deserved is Breakdown (2004) on the original xbox. it's a first person adventure. with melle and gun combat and an interesting story.
obscure was such a favorite of mine as a kid that a couple years ago i bought a $100 ps2 and a copy of the game just to play it again and then got it on steam for $2 a few days later i was such a huge fan
Oh! I played this with my boyfriend not so long ago, it was really fun! We managed to save everyone (except for the guy that dies in the elevator, I think?). We'd love to know more multiplayer games like this.
i loved this game so much. thankfully its on steam, the second one is just as fun kinda sad only three characters from the original cast made it into the second game
@@Mortuary_Gaming oh boy mystic nights shadow tower vampire panic mystic nights is a survival horror shadow tower is horror themed and vampire panic feels weird.
i'm flabbergasted... your writing skills are off the charts, man. "she's also got low-rise jeans and a whale tail because this game comes from a much better time." how do you even come up with this shit 😂 slightly critical with a hint of sarcasm. excellent stuff! i don't know how old you are, neither what you studied, but you are truly gifted, dude p.s. i married a girl for wearing low-rise jeans (don't tell her though) 😂 she's still by my side, so your words may carry more truth than you'd thought edit: oh i get it now... you're a death metal head 😂generally speaking... you guys are witty fucks, and i say that with quite a bit of affection (my stepbrother's death metal band is literally a dream-team of highly talented yet sadly underrated thus sarcastic douchebags 😂)
Yo, that is incredibly sweet of you! Thank you so much! People asking me about my background are my favorite comments and they mean the most to me, cause I am a 30 year old high school dropout whose "studying" has essentially been a lifelong love of reading and writing, with a tongue that has gotten me into as much trouble as it's gotten me out of lmfao so getting comments like this is incredibly affirming and I'm very blessed and grateful. Huge congrats to you and your lady! Drop your step brother's death metal band pls
Pretty sure the Doom review comment was talking about the flashlights. Doom 3 was lambasted for having to holster a weapon to use your flashlight and Obscure had the lights right on the weapons. That was a big deal for some people at the time, but I guess you had to be there.
Emulation! Snag it and play it on PCSX2, crank the graphic settings up and enjoy! Emulation is our only choice when the industry refuses to preserve their games, and poachers crank up the prices of physical copies. We gotta preserve that shit ourselves :)
only made it an hour or so in, so we will see! but i thought everything felt like self parody and the characters became way way way too dumb. in the first one they just feel like characters, but in the second one they feel like caricatures. Like they leaned in too hard on the stupid kids in a horror movie trope. And I really like the first one because it doesn’t really feel like that to me 🤷
@Mortuary_Gaming ahhhh you're not wrong. They do lean a bit harder into the whole stereotypical degrassi teens in a horror movie, but hopefully you get some fun out of it 🤘
better story? Everyone is just horny and shouts cringe dialogue all day with a completely tone deaf story. Ra pe and sui cide in one moment and bad horny jokes just the second after. Obscure 2 is a downgrade in every way outside of the music.
@@Mortuary_Gaming "in the first one they just feel like characters, but in the second one they feel like caricatures." And it gets only worse the longer the story goes on. Cant take any of them serious despite the super heavy stuff they put in the story. I couldnt care less who survifes or not. 100 percent tone deaf and everyone is a unlikable, dumb caricature.
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Obscure walked so ‘Until Dawn’ could run!
And Heavy Rain (in the mechanics department).
nothing alike
Laughed so hard at you hitting them after no one noticed Ashley died. 😂
Not surprised, she is slow and weak, despite being the fighter of the group.
Not him letting the black girl die first. It really is a 2000s horror 😭
@@adamsmoberly Her attacks are the most powerful tho
@@romansionis2470 True, but it does not compensate for how slow she runs and how easy she is to kill. Like the only part I really could play her as is in the first hall and drop her after the cutscene with her phone having no signal. I mean Stan isn’t the most usual either, but he isn’t as hard as Ashley is to keep alive when using him.
@@RobinPochita Ironically though many horror movies with black characters didn’t die first in their films (Friday The 13th 3, Slumber Party Massacre, and some where they didn’t even die at all, like I Still Know What You Did Last Summer).
This 2004 game is like a WB show or a late-90s horror flick to a T. That's such a specific time period with it's own specific genre tropes and cliches and they seem to have nailed it here!
Ill always have nostalgia for anything early 2000s, pretty much anything from 2000-2005
I was 9 in 2004, but this is how the early 2000s were, crazy how accurate this game shows 2000s culture. 2010 was a different time as well, especially being a teen at that time. Never played this game, but I felt a flood of nostalgia while watching this.
Wish they made coop horror games like this again 💔
i REALLY want capcom to revisit its Outbreak idea that they did before the internet was more ready for online games. Those games had a damn good idea, and they had really good stories in the RE Universe.
I remember having a friend a few years ago in high school, me and him loved ps2 games despite the fact they were a thing of the past. By this point PS4 games were all anyone cared about, but me and him always had an appreciation for PS2 games. I remember him showing me this game about 5 years ago, and i just thought it looked awesome and wondered why nobody talked about it. I loved the horror and the 2004 feel of it, it looked so unique to me.
I couldn't remember the name of the game for years, it was just something the escaped my brain for years, so thank you for that! Sadly the friend of mine who introduced me to it passed away a couple of years ago, so its a bit bittersweet to me rediscovering this year's later, but I'm glad i got to finally find out what game it was me and him enjoyed.
Cool Review! Everything on point! The soundtrack and the 90’s Y2K teenager personalities are the key elements of this game!! 🎧🎮🖤
That acapella cover of Sum 41's Still Waiting it's worth a sub!
Awesome a-capella at 6:00! You're rocking here, man! Please do more of these reviews with your coolest style.
You could go through all Silent Hill games, the remake being such a popular topic, also The Suffering games, The Thing (the remaster being so close to release).
Very professional video considering how new the channel is, great editing and jokes - Obscure always felt like a lost Buffy episode.
Guessing this is a solo project after working for a big content mill like whatculture or something? No shade, this is really impressive and I'm all for individuals making their own way. Just interested in the content creation process and industry after bouncing off it a couple of times in the past.
Dude, that is such a fucking incredible compliment, thank you. I'll give you a short written answer now, but if you want to chat more in depth, jump into a stream sometime and say what's up! I stream most evenings.
The short answer is no, I don't have any professional experience. Instead, I have a lot of combined experience from unrelated creative avenues that ended up harmonizing into this channel. Podcasts, stand up, short stories, screenplays, short films, I've done a little bit of everything, but it all failed for one reason or another. Usually because I gave up on it lol I've also spent many years watching a lot of youtube and paying close attention to how the big channels do things.
That's the extremely abridged version. I'm about to hop on stream though, so hmu if you wanna hang! I'd love to yap about it more. Thanks again, I really appreciate it.
@@Mortuary_Gaming That's awesome, really hope this channel blows up for you - thanks for replying, it's 2AM where I am and I got shit to do in the morning but I'll check one of your streams later when I can.
20:37 - As a fan of driving simulators a need to say that Truck Racing Championship is actually pretty good, unfortunately it is a very niche category, but here in South America is very popular, especially in Brazil.
your one-man a capella rendition of "still waiting" just earned you a sub
Shit I love obscure, such a shame we never got the third one.
Right! I was so pumped with the second game's ending, imagining what the sequel would bring. With horror, realising it's not happening.
I connect so much nostalogia (and lowkey Trauma bc the pregnant monster types in Obscure 2) to this game, it's crazy!
It's such a shame they didn't keep to the stick or never made a third part or remake!
Like the whole Horrortheme around Plants/Flowers has actually been super refreshing and interesting back when it came out
You keep dropping hints throughout your videos (this one most of all) that make me think that we graduated the same year and had the same taste in music lmao
class of 2012 haha
They really need to remake it or make Obscure 3 cuz this game is wicked!
Damn somebody still remembers weird European games, I just finished both on Steam with DXVK(Vulkan for old games, Obscure 2 had fps issues so DXVK fixed it), sadly it is 4:3 aspect and not wide, but it works.
Subbed, waiting for the obscure 2 vid! You rock!
Hey, I'm so glad someone else knows, remembers and loves this game! I love both Obscure 1 and 2, they were amazing for coop and for solo play. Music and atmosphere are top-notch, also great gameplay with combining items and using flashlights - before Alan Wake, actually! I wonder if Remedy took this one feature from these games.
First video I watch on your channel and I'm already hooked. Great video, you're super charismatic and I really wish I played this game back when it was released, my mind would've exploded with the idea of a horror game with a Sum 41 opening music.
awww thank you!!
I love the shoddy renditions. You should make albums
What a cool idea for a channel !! subbed
I googled the name from the bad review you mentioned so passionatedly (the one of better than Doom blurb) and in 2010 she wrote "Why the Game Industry needs Farmville" and I'm dying. And, if it is the same person, apparently they are now a realtor
And later on, idk if the BigBen publisher is the same but they also got in kerfuffle because they tried to steal the Sinking City from Frogwares. It is a trip in itself (and Sinking City might be an enjoyable experience for you if you decide to review horror games outside PS2 eventually)
you’re hired
this video is amazing. So much info.
I’m so happy to see everyone love this game. I got into survival horror games in 2009 and out of all the games, this bitch was the only one you could never find. I didn’t get it until 2022 and finished it last year.
I also think Shannon (who’s my favorite character and is the biggest character out of all of them in the series, I like Mei and Amy more in the sequel) has the best outfit, because that skirt is like nothing I’ve ever seen before (and Orange and Green are my favorite colors). I also love that the cast is full of really popular voice actors now, like Stephanie Sheh (Orihime from Bleach), Tara Platt (Mitsuru and Elizabeth from Persona 3 (and still is Elizabeth in Reload), Sam Riegel (Teddie from Persona 4 (Golden), and Liam O'Brien (Akihiko from Persona 3, which is funny how many of them went to Persona). Scott Haze who played Stan went on to be more of an actor, which is sad, because he’s a good voice actor, even if his blaccent is funny in retrospect (let’s be real, it was funny then too).
I think the game went through some different changes, because the intro film is different from all the cut scenes in the game (including French voice actors speaking English) and in one of the intro’s clips had Kenny in the teachers lounge.
I’m so glad you did this game, it being one of my favorites and definitely got the “post-scream every film done in that style is a clone of scream” thing, where if a game was slightly similar to another game, it was accused of copying it. I’m glad we’ll all see how great it is and that it’s widely accessible, unlike many other games of the time.
Your channel is awesome. Keep it up
Your acapella rendition od the SUM41 song is quite good! Congratulations!
Had soo much fun playing this with a friend back in the day. Wish more games had followed this formula
This serious was soooo good. And you could play coop so if you have a partner, it’s a great game to play together.
Hell yeah! Excited for this one.
I litterally felt like I was 14 again watching this video Lmao. Litterally time warped teleported LMAOOO
as a franch canadian i can simplify the french name to oliver from river if that can help 😂 also ive been loving your video's dude such a fun concept keep it up.
Dude, your rendition of Sum 41 IS the reason I subscribed 🤣🤣🔥
One of my all-time favorites. Well presented 🙂
I forgot this game existed. And its sequel. They were so good I replayed them so many times. I need a remake like YESTERDAY
One of my favourites of the ps2!
Olivier derivier is an amazing composer. I absolutely love his Vampyr soundtrack. Its just phenomenal and without it I probably wouldn't have Jonathan Reid as my pfp
subbed for the amazing sum 14 cover
Oh shit they made Fairytale Fights? I FUCKING love that game. Makes sense that a survival horror team was behind it considering there was an achievement for continuously sliding on blood for 2 uninterrupted minutes.
an obscure game i wish got the attention it deserved is Breakdown (2004) on the original xbox.
it's a first person adventure. with melle and gun combat and an interesting story.
obscure was such a favorite of mine as a kid that a couple years ago i bought a $100 ps2 and a copy of the game just to play it again and then got it on steam for $2 a few days later i was such a huge fan
Tell me I'm not seeing things . Stan is modeled after Josh Hartnett from movie The Faculty ?
I can’t personally confirm that, but they name dropped the faculty in interviews, so I would not be surprised
i can't remember, but i know stan was based off of him right ?
Oh! I played this with my boyfriend not so long ago, it was really fun! We managed to save everyone (except for the guy that dies in the elevator, I think?). We'd love to know more multiplayer games like this.
it would be cool someone did remaster the Obscure
Love your channel. I fuck with this.
i loved this game so much. thankfully its on steam, the second one is just as fun kinda sad only three characters from the original cast made it into the second game
Yaaasss Bro! Fucking loved Obscure! Excellent video as always!
Wish it was ported to modern condoles in HD with more unlockables
Love the acapella version of Still Waiting
The ObsCure games were my entire childhood! What a vibe.
Need a Remake like NOW!
If i remember this game was pretty decent
and was a bargain price game when it came out
like 19.99 back then?
Part 2 I think was 24 to 30? bucks?
We really need more co-op survival horror games like this and Resident evil outbreak
Not a single modern game like it on the market i can find
I love this soundtrack
Ps2 and horror games! I’m in! Subscribed 😊
Shannon has that 'at home' emo haircut
never heard of this game but it seems cool asf, shame they didnt make more like it
Actually some really good monster designs in this.
you had me at energy drinks
I like your videos I just wish there was a section marked for spoilers so I could skip that part if I haven't played the game yet :)
i need more games like theseee❤❤❤❤❤i love them so much my childhood
wait zac efron was WHAT?!??!!
Also we need a review of Obscure II plssssss 🙃
Obscure often reminds me of the film ''The Faculty''
love this silly game. ive only ever played co op with my housemate and we always use stan the man and ashley bashley. the true power couple.
I remember renting remember me playing it and beating and no one knew what i was talking about when i brought up the game. 😂
Never heard of this game, really interesting history tho
hey mortuary gaming think you can do mystic nights shadow tower and vampire panic please with chocolate covered skulls on top.
stay tuned for the next video 😉
@@Mortuary_Gaming oh boy mystic nights shadow tower vampire panic mystic nights is a survival horror shadow tower is horror themed and vampire panic feels weird.
So it's a good thing I have Obscure of the OG Xbox and not able to play Obscure 2? Cause I was wondering if the second game was good.
OBSCURE 2 WHENN
one of my favorite horror games!
oh the irony of the badass girl boss gunpro dying first LOL
obscure is a work of art
To be honest we answer our own questions through satire. Potential horror are trashed cause people want the brand not the creativity.
I love this game! The sequel was good too
i'm flabbergasted... your writing skills are off the charts, man.
"she's also got low-rise jeans and a whale tail because this game comes from a much better time."
how do you even come up with this shit 😂 slightly critical with a hint of sarcasm. excellent stuff! i don't know how old you are, neither what you studied, but you are truly gifted, dude
p.s. i married a girl for wearing low-rise jeans (don't tell her though) 😂 she's still by my side, so your words may carry more truth than you'd thought
edit: oh i get it now... you're a death metal head 😂generally speaking... you guys are witty fucks, and i say that with quite a bit of affection (my stepbrother's death metal band is literally a dream-team of highly talented yet sadly underrated thus sarcastic douchebags 😂)
Yo, that is incredibly sweet of you! Thank you so much! People asking me about my background are my favorite comments and they mean the most to me, cause I am a 30 year old high school dropout whose "studying" has essentially been a lifelong love of reading and writing, with a tongue that has gotten me into as much trouble as it's gotten me out of lmfao so getting comments like this is incredibly affirming and I'm very blessed and grateful.
Huge congrats to you and your lady! Drop your step brother's death metal band pls
Pretty sure the Doom review comment was talking about the flashlights. Doom 3 was lambasted for having to holster a weapon to use your flashlight and Obscure had the lights right on the weapons. That was a big deal for some people at the time, but I guess you had to be there.
Josh looks like the weirdo from Slumber party Massacre 3. Yan Birch
Obscure my love
This looks awesome. Never heard of it. Any recommendations how to play in 2024?
Emulation! Snag it and play it on PCSX2, crank the graphic settings up and enjoy! Emulation is our only choice when the industry refuses to preserve their games, and poachers crank up the prices of physical copies. We gotta preserve that shit ourselves :)
@@Mortuary_Gaming preach
Stan, the resident Emo (stoner) boy
I want to play this and the sequel but they're so expensive! lol
There is absolutely no shame in emulating old expensive games!
They are on Steam for like 2 Euros/ Dollars in sale and 7 outside sales. Defienetly Worth it.
this game introduced me to sum 41
😎👍🏻
The thumbnail had me thinking it was Alyssa Milano haha
the only thing that would make this game
more of the era haha
I wish it got remade or a new entey
Subbed and commenting for the algo.
I paid like 130$ for this dam game,it's good but I got stuck
Played this with a girlfriend back in the day. It was pretty decent for the time.
You should do a review on capcoms cold fear.👍
already did a review or cold fear!!
This game is so so cool remenber play it on Xbox ❤
Green day had just invented punk rock?
jokes my dude. i do a lot of jokes
You're nuts man lol Obscure 2 is so good. Better cast of characters, better story, chainsaw fight what more could you want?
only made it an hour or so in, so we will see! but i thought everything felt like self parody and the characters became way way way too dumb. in the first one they just feel like characters, but in the second one they feel like caricatures. Like they leaned in too hard on the stupid kids in a horror movie trope. And I really like the first one because it doesn’t really feel like that to me 🤷
@Mortuary_Gaming ahhhh you're not wrong. They do lean a bit harder into the whole stereotypical degrassi teens in a horror movie, but hopefully you get some fun out of it 🤘
better story? Everyone is just horny and shouts cringe dialogue all day with a completely tone deaf story. Ra pe and sui cide in one moment and bad horny jokes just the second after. Obscure 2 is a downgrade in every way outside of the music.
@@Mortuary_Gaming "in the first one they just feel like characters, but in the second one they feel like caricatures." And it gets only worse the longer the story goes on. Cant take any of them serious despite the super heavy stuff they put in the story. I couldnt care less who survifes or not. 100 percent tone deaf and everyone is a unlikable, dumb caricature.
Green Day’s American idiot was not punk rock. It was sellout mainstream pop rock.
J O K E S
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Uhhhhh....that's a female.
and even her vagina is on display, but thats not subtile enough for some people i guess.... at least it made me laugh, so i cant complain.
Why do i own this game?? I dont remember buying it
not you discovering obscure lol