Tecmo's Deception - Invitation to Darkness Review (PS1)
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- What a name for a videogame. And what an odd game that goes by it. The start of a larger series, and a black sheep within it, we're going to review Tecmo's Deception Invitation to Darkness. An early PS1 game about luring people to your castle and trapping them there to bring back the devil.
Apparently it's also known as Devil's Deception in Europe.
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Fantastic review, engaging script and footage, but asking for feet pics is omega cursed
0/10, just subscribed
Literally one of the greatest games ever made that no one ever talks about. I still pine for this game. So amazingly fun. Tecmo in its early days were so good. This was also in the era of the TECMO BOWL games which I need not get into the true legend of those games. This game is in my top 5 games of all time. SO fun and such replayability
Hold on a second, you're telling me there's been a 1rst person dungeon keeper hiden gem for psx all this time!?
Yes, but after this you can't change the map anymore on 2 and up. But you get alot more traps and it's more about combos to earn ark to unlock more traps.
This game's atmosphere was like no other. Seriously creepy. Not very many games if any back then has you actually playing the villain / Satanist. The first time I saw the scene where you kill the parents of the sick child, I couldn't believe it. I never bothered to play the sequels as they looked so drastically different, but I always have fond memories of this one.
Deception has always fascinated me as a series. Watching it evolve and find its footing during the PS1 era was a real treat, as well as seeing it play around with various different reasons for why the main characters had the abilities that they did. While the first game really broke ground, I found the second and third titles still had plenty of charm and were quite enjoyable for various reasons. In my opinion, Trapt and Deception IV seem to miss the mark on what made the series so enjoyable but I couldn't help but to enjoy seeing the series survive in some aspect or another and how Tecmo evolved the series.
However, seeing Tecmo's Deception get the AboveUp treatment? Now that's just made my week entirely. Made a point to make time to watch this when it popped up on my feed. I haven't caught up with your works recently, but I really like the citation or little details in the video of where you got the clip from and what it is. An addition that is seriously lacking in a lot of content produced.
Yeah, before I'd try to list the sources in the description, but nobody tends to read that, and it's not visible on some platforms. So I opted for just putting it on the video, with the channel name when possible so people can look it up for themselves. The animation was fun to make.
Shame to hear about Deception IV and Trapt.
@@Aboveup It definitely paid off. Especially so with the ending. The time you spent on that did not go to waste in the slightest. It was a great touch, and really capped things off to a very solid video overall. It's been a blast watching you experiment with different things and continue to refine what you do.
In terms of Trapt or Deception IV, your mileage may vary. I personally preferred the older system, and am still hoping that someday they'll consider revisiting the concept and story of the first game. The whole notion that you can capture and turn your fiance into a monster that kills people is a concept that always fascinated me. It's a level of depth they got away from in terms of refining the traps and concept, but there's such a great deal of charm to the roughness and variety of the first game that I do miss.
Underrated game, underrated channel. Great review man, that was super fun to watch.
I played this game religiously. I got all of the endings. I played it so much to where it was second nature. And the soundtrack and the story stuck with me even till now. I wish they'd remaster this entire game, keep the soundtrack and all the sounds, and maybe even add a few things extra just for fun.
Deception! the last game where monster rancher was a thing.
*cries inside*
Ahhhh, the first PS1 game I ever tested for Tecmo. Glad you guys enjoyed it.
I love the series. This game led me to buy all the others in the series. Thanks for helping it become a great game!
So amazing. I literally called in sick to work to play this thing. Couldnt stop
>Did I just kill Manadalore
Ok, I laughed.
... I don't have anything to say, it's great, you're great, my love for video games is being satiated when seeing your content
I just wish one day you'll get a spike of popularity so that there's a big spotlight for your work
Including your sonic highschool reading serie :P
Side note
Until you've explained the whole thing about the traps and decision you make with prisoners i haven't realised you were talking about that franchise where there's the 4th (i think it is) Deception game you could stumble upon if you look up for games when there's sales for japanese games (especially on psn), well for anyone who's like me and is constantly looking up for stuff that are unusual i mean, now i'm really getting invested in the idea of getting the game... But there's already so many games to buy on top of new ones like Judge Eyes TvT damn you japan >3
My dad used to play , I grew up on this. Final fantasy, parasyte eve , and dreamcast later. love ur video
That part at 6:15 gave me chills, holy shit
10/10
isnt she blind?
That overlay when showing the other videogame footage is pretty slick, good job.
I never played the first game here, but got my introduction to the series through Kagero: Deception 2. Been a fan ever since. I currently own Kagero, Trapt, and Deception 4 Blood Ties. I'm thinking I'll jump on buying this one and Deception 3 soon.
I remember playing a deception game back in the days. In Europe it was called devil's deception and I think it was this one. I am not sure because i think it needed the full 15 blocks and i only had one memory card.
After a quick Google search i am sure it was this one.
If you like really cool, experimental early 3D games, I'd highly recommend playing through the first System Shock.
Yeah, played that years back as well as the second game. The atmosphere in 2 especially is unbeatable.
Really liked this game when I played it back in the 90s. Haven't played it since, but I probably should give it another play.
I remember wanting to see if you could kill Astartes in any other way, so I hoarded monster gems and leveled up the dragon. You can kill her, but she then warps to another room with 1 HP, and will keep doing this until you say 'screw it' and finish her the way the game wants you to.
Nice review, excellent coverage about the various positives and negatives to be found!
This game sounds awesome. Wish I got into it earlier.
It's a shame the whole series isn't very accessible with 4 being vita and ps4 exclusive, trapt being PS2, and the rest being on PS1, with few ports. The series is such a fun stress reliever with unique gameplay in each game.
I passed this up for years in resale shops because I didn't get the jist of the gameplay from reading the box. That's wild now knowing exactly what it was about. Its hilarious they made a storyline like that back then as it was so straight up violent and sadistic and kinda nonsensical plot. Pretty creepy.
No one I knew besides me had this that I knew growing up loved it
One of my most favorite games and still is till this day. Thanks for the awesome review.
You popped up on my home page. I hope the algorithm gods shine upon you because, sir, you have talent!
I know Deception immediately moved on from this format, possibly in part due to the memory burden, but I'd love to see a modern take on Invitation to Darkness. Flesh out speaking to your guests or capturing them as additional gameplay and story options, rebalance the rewards, maybe make kill traps require your direct presence to be at their most effective while capture traps don't, but it could really be something. Being able to construct your own lavish castle and then make dark bargains/incentives to betrayal, hold captives for ransom, experimentation, etc., or simply execute your enemies and possibly incorporate their remains into traps or trophies would really match the Dark Lord vibe this game seems to give off.
yep. ya killed Mandalore.
XD
Laughing mask reminds me of Jagi from HNK. Fitting
I've a ps1 emulator on my tablet just for this game.
Wow, this game looks pretty fun. I guess I should play it some time.
This was one of my favorite games on PSX
I loved this game. I think more games need to be ballsy like this one. I really enjoyed the Satanic factor.
How do you gauge a balance of a game so well?
I mostly stuff in the game instinctively and rarely bother with the maths going behind the scenes. Stuff like "x mechanic is actually pretty op if you do it in a certain way", I've never organically found such stuff.
Oh, I never look at math. I just try out things and go for what feel effective. It took me a while before I realized the only difference between the magic and physical damage types is just that some are always weak against physical and others always weak against magical, solely based on type, with the rest of the stats barely mattering.
Wow I played many games in the ps 1 era, not once I ever heard this game! This game so unique and interesting.
loved the vid and this game, still have my ps1 disk on the shelf in case i ever feel like playing it. thanks for the content 👍
All Deception franchise is masterpiece, even Trapt is good.
Yes! I happened to come across it and didn't even know what it was. I got pretty excited when I realized it was a Deception game and bought it immediately.
Thank you for such a good review
kinda wish the first get remade
able to set traps and monsters and combo victims/invaders into other traps XD
And have single, or coop and online play.
Kinda like a medieval/darksoul style meets resident evil resistance in a way.
Im so lucky to just discover this gem!
This was the 1st PS1 game I completed. Loved it.
I was lucky enough to buy a used copy of this back in 1997. It's a blast, but that 9 block Memory Card requirement pretty much forced you to start a new game if you wanted to see all the endings.
I had a weird love affair with this game back in the day. Also, had a crush on Astarte. Premium gothic demoness.
The first game I pulled an all nighter on...
Fun for what it was, not sure how itll hold up today...
12:20 AI mentioned here
17:15 lol
Tecmos never got me like 2 and 3. Never enjoy playing this one for some reason. I'd get bored. It's crazy now with the fast pace of 4.
The ending of this vid was worth it 😂
Great detailed video!
I remember this game when I was a kid
If anyone wants to play this game its available on the American PS3 Store for 6 dollars.
How have I never heard of this, I fucking love King's Field and it's the EXACT same style.
Thank you for the amazing review.
Crazy thing is I haven't seen one video that has showed the player encountering the alien in tecmos deception.
I wish this game didn’t require an entire memory cards worth of space to save lol
One of my favorite games as a kid. Didnt it need like 14/15 memory card slots?
I loved this game.
Not what I was expecting but I'm interested.
The PAL name (Devil's deception) probably didn't go well with parents.
Was suprised to see that there were children in this game.
Also interesting how old Japanese games have very strong and blunt Satanic themes.
These days it's not as blunt as it use to be. But there are exceptions.
From what I have seen SMT has dialed it down significantly, compared to the fiest games.
Great game, great series
I gave up on this game because capturing was boring and frustrating. I may go back since you've pointed out to "Kill Em All", plus it would be a shorter funner play through!
I played deception 3 was on a ps1 demo disk...and man did i miss out
It's a shame that past the first game there's no castle builder, and the game isn't openly available on PC or most modern consoles.
I personally enjoyed playing this game but once you beat the game there's no replayability
Different endings.. def has replayability
Dieses Spiel braucht unbedingt ein remake auf der ps4 Schade dass niemand das bemerkt gutes Spiel 👍👍
This game solidified in me that Early Modern era of time distinct from Medieval. There are guns but not yet electricity.
Cool looking pale lady... I like that.
I found the memory card thing very funny considering that nowadays 80% of people owning a ps4/ps5 have warzone occupying at least half of it
This was an evil game I remember being conflicted when I first played it.
Super Mario Rpg is an isometric style game, not 2-D. Sorry I'm kind of a stickler Meseeks 😂🤭
This is the game that made me realise I can't play 1st person. Love the game but after 5 minutes I'd start getting physically ill.
First time, I figured I was just coming down with something but it kept getting a little worse so I put the game down. Couple hours later, I'm fine so tried it again to the same results
What was tecmo smoking???