SWEET HOME (1989) | Origins of Survival Horror

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024

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  • @RagnarRoxShow
    @RagnarRoxShow  Рік тому +751

    Heya, some of you (rightfully) pointed out the racist connotations and history behind the word "engrish" I used in the opening-chapter of this video.
    I appreciate you pointing this out, since I was not aware of it.
    I had always understood it as the very specific type of wording and phrasing of English in Japanese marketing, especially around the bubble economy era - but after looking into it, turns out there's a whole 'nother yikes layer to it I had no clue about. Disappointed but sadly not even surprised.
    Apologies for the ill-conceived use of the word; I'll definitely be striking this one from my vocabulary for good!🙏

    • @mirfalltnixein.1
      @mirfalltnixein.1 Рік тому +122

      @Poop One of the channels Ragnar has mentioned favorably before is "Innuendo Studios" who has a series about the right wing pipeline. Please watch it and recognize how you're being manipulated.

    • @typkrft
      @typkrft Рік тому +192

      It's not more racist than saying Spanglish. It's just broken, or poor English. Which isn't a slight, but merely an observation. Assuming you aren't gate keeping opportunity or denigrating an entire race of people, then I wouldn't worry about your perceived faux pas. I first heard the word "engrish" from my Japanese Language Teacher. She was from japan and went on to explain the l/r issue that some Asian languages have when speaking English. People who have no skin in the game just want to virtue signal. Some people are hypersensitive right now because there are some very real race problems that are coming to the forefront of their daily life, or in some cases has always been there. When someone calls something like this racist, they are belittling the very real problems others are facing. It's always good practice though to apologize when you believe you might have hurt someone, even when it is not intentional. Simply because it's the nice thing to do. It's clear that you care, which is what is important at the end of the day.

    • @Ner0mancer
      @Ner0mancer Рік тому +80

      @@mirfalltnixein.1 but isn't the censoring of language and it's usage manipulation, too? #1984 read it and it'll open your eyes on how you are being manipulated.

    • @mirfalltnixein.1
      @mirfalltnixein.1 Рік тому +193

      ​@@Ner0mancer "Voluntarily being non-racist is literally 1984!!!"

    • @tryhrd2002
      @tryhrd2002 Рік тому +86

      @@mirfalltnixein.1 Ah yes, the right wing pipeline, it starts with using a word to describe people who don't speak English, speaking English poorly. Get over yourself

  • @thedarestare
    @thedarestare Рік тому +226

    This is the first video that doesn't say "Sweet Home, a game based on the movie of the same name". I am super proud of you for making a big point about how they were conceptualized and created at the same time!

    • @GreenEyedDazzler
      @GreenEyedDazzler 7 місяців тому +1

      Huh the wiki makes it seem like the game came second and the director of the film even gave the game dev director permission to take liberties with the plot

  • @justaduck3615
    @justaduck3615 Рік тому +191

    I always found Sweet home interesting as one of the first games of its kind, happy that you made a video on it c:

  • @Owesomasaurus
    @Owesomasaurus Рік тому +262

    I think the sprite art definitely holds up: it might require a bit more of a suspension of disbelief to get yourself into the headspace of 8 bit art, but there's a lot of modern 8 bit style games that wish they could pull off something as effective as the 'flesh sloughing off the zombie's body' animation.

    • @Phoebe5448
      @Phoebe5448 Рік тому +10

      Definitely!! Can you imagine an updated remake like the RE2 Remake, but with Sweet Home?? I personally love monsters, and the monsters in Sweet Home look super scary! Like the Torso enemy and the boily Madman would look super gross!

    • @mustangmckraken1150
      @mustangmckraken1150 Рік тому +15

      If you seriously have problems playing a game because it's 8-bit you're missing out on an entire library of fantastic games lol.

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 Рік тому +4

      While sprite art can be weird and unnatural at times. I think Good graphics is absolutely the future for Horror.
      Sure pixel art is what gave me nightmares in the past, but it does nothing to me now.

    • @aliasmcgames
      @aliasmcgames 10 місяців тому +3

      @@cherrydragon3120 Seems like you lack imagination.

  • @vellinghem2187
    @vellinghem2187 Рік тому +40

    Given I’m nervous since leaving on my first deployment for the military.
    I appreciate this video because I’ll watch sweet home the original film as one of my break-time enjoyments just to help with my nerves from time to time. Thanks Ragnarox I never even knew about the film or the old game that was the precursor to survival horror.

  • @cheshirethehatter3213
    @cheshirethehatter3213 Рік тому +2

    Seeing "Sweet Home" in the title, I immediately thought this would be a video about the Korean horror manhwa of the same title about people surviving the aftermath of people randomly turning into horrific monsters.
    I was pleasantly surprised though, a good video indeed.

  • @gfdgdfgdfgdfggfdgdfgdfgdfg9709

    Everything about this game reminds me of the best horror game made so far: Song of Horror
    Party members that are gone forever when they die, haunted house, jump scares for the player, occult...

  • @WIld-cHILd-1273
    @WIld-cHILd-1273 Рік тому +6

    I didn't realize this game was responsible for the resident evil series, A series I grew up to love so thank you for this video and bringing sweet home to my attention. I must play Sweet home one day!

  • @TJF588
    @TJF588 Рік тому +2

    To suggest that audiences weened on modern fidelities of horror visuals wouldn't be affected by this beautiful spritework is boggling. Heck, there's many projects which are intentionally lower-resolution precisely for this effect, where the disparity between what is seen and what is meant blurs understanding, keeping the viewer in a state of shifting perception.

  • @Acejinjo
    @Acejinjo Рік тому +7

    I remember watching a walkthrough of Sweet Home years ago after checking out Resident Evil on Wikipedia and other other wikis.
    Watching this remind me how bitter I am finding out a horror game that's an RPG!
    The combat system and around it is so cool and interesting!
    And I'm so happy there's people like you can keep its history! Lots of people need to know Sweet Home!

  • @belias360
    @belias360 Рік тому +4

    Steam has a game called Cthulhu Mythos: The Sleeping Girl of the Miasma Sea that is nearly directly inspired by Sweet Home. It's a survival-horror turn-based RPG with permadeath and has different endings depending on how many people are alive at the end. It's pretty good and I played it some years ago. Survival horror RPGs are so uncommon that I wish it was more of a thing with modern games.

  • @grigorikarpin
    @grigorikarpin Рік тому +13

    This is such an exciting series you're starting, I can't wait to see all the insightful videos about the origins of survival horror... Honestly, surprised I haven't see much about this focused on by other channels. But you're the perfect fit for older and forgotten games, you regularly inspire me to find ways to play things i have never heard of. Loved the video as always

  • @caseygoddard
    @caseygoddard Рік тому +4

    Excellent video! I've grown tired of seeing survival horror retrospectives that pretty much ignore anything before the first Resident Evil. The roots of the genre run deep.

  • @sanashi27
    @sanashi27 Рік тому +9

    I think I've heard of this game mentioned somewhere before but it's interesting to know how it influenced and inspired many horror games of today especially with it's mechanics. Like the part where the ending is determined by how many characters (and which ones) are left alive is something I've come across in the game Corpse Party.

  • @eddiegarou
    @eddiegarou Рік тому +5

    I wonder if there's going to be any love for Atari's "Haunted House"! That's REALLY retro proto-survival horror. 😀

  • @PhazonOmega
    @PhazonOmega Місяць тому +1

    I was NOT expecting to hear the CnC soundtrack on this video! A good use of it, too!

  • @TheBreadB
    @TheBreadB Рік тому +4

    YES FINALLY a Sweet Home video!

  • @Ner0mancer
    @Ner0mancer Рік тому +1

    Btw for everyone who doesn't know: Biohazard was named Resident Evil in the west because of Biohazard, the metal band already existing lol

  • @roadhouse_blues
    @roadhouse_blues Рік тому +2

    Going on a mad binge watching all your videos, thanks for your effort making them the way you do.

  • @blobeyeordie
    @blobeyeordie Рік тому +1

    E.T. on the Atari was another early survival horror classic.

  • @brycestrife5605
    @brycestrife5605 Рік тому +1

    This was honestly beautifully done. I held resident evil very dear to me, it inspired me so much as a young man. Great video my friend.

  • @joshuasanderson7359
    @joshuasanderson7359 Рік тому +1

    Nice use of the Tiberian Sun soundtrack for backing music

  • @maxaroni39
    @maxaroni39 Рік тому +3

    So excited for this new series on the Origins of Survival Horror! This is the exact kind of thing I've been looking for ^-^

  • @anactualbear5683
    @anactualbear5683 Рік тому

    Played this a few years back. Still think about it regularly.

  • @Toasterloaf
    @Toasterloaf Рік тому +2

    This is honestly a well-done vid. High production value, and your voice isn't grating or trying to sound overtly excited.

  • @meekaboo_
    @meekaboo_ Рік тому +2

    When you said this was going to be a series it made me very happy :) Excited to see what you'll be diving into.

  • @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898

    Another solid video.
    Happy 2023!

  • @dreadstartheunholy
    @dreadstartheunholy Місяць тому

    Love the Command and Conquer track at the beginning of part 2.

  • @cliftonsargent1572
    @cliftonsargent1572 Рік тому

    This is the 3rd video that I was not notified about. I’ve been subbed to “all” for a very long time, UA-cam needs to get its sh*t together. I was hoping I would get a video from you soon, hope your holidays were good and I look forward to all your work in 2023

  • @AFoxinSpace
    @AFoxinSpace Рік тому

    I played through Project Firestart on our C64 when I was in the third grade. It's still just about the scariest game I've ever played.

  • @andreworders7305
    @andreworders7305 Рік тому

    26:15 since you can save anywhere, using save states is basically the same experience

  • @112scrubs
    @112scrubs Рік тому +2

    Finally! I was looking forward to someone being able to do this game justice!

  • @ninjahedgehog5
    @ninjahedgehog5 Рік тому +1

    Times like these I wish I was an aspiring game dev/programmer. Making a ps1 styled sweet home remake on my spare time is something i daydream about once in a blue moon. I'd call it "No place like home" I'd Americanize the story a bit, make it a first person dungeon crawler similarly to persona 1 but low poly character models only. And I'd hire friends and family to play the characters to purposely get that bad voice acting XD

  • @pocdefang
    @pocdefang Рік тому

    15:58, my distinguished companion called Lenore salutes you :) And thanks for the amazing work here, is really inspiring.Your love for the genre is a delight to see. Kudos and cheers ✌

  • @WaaaghbossOrkamungus
    @WaaaghbossOrkamungus Рік тому

    Not quite sure why, but this reminds me a lot of the first time I played "Unterwegs in Düsterburg". It's an older RPG with classic turn-based combat, made with the old RPG-Maker program. I think it has been released somewhere in the early 2000s, it's probably somewhat obscure outside of Germany. But damn, that game had some atmosphere, especially the part where you enter a haunted mansion and have to figure out what happened to the family that once lived in there, all the while being chased by some sort of monstrous vampire. Cartoonish as the looks may have been at times and regardless of how much the dialogues were peppered with puns and jokes, that section really scared me.

  • @guidofedeli851
    @guidofedeli851 Рік тому

    I never heard of this game despite being a hardcore RE fan. I honestly thought Corpse Party was the first game that mixed horror and pixel art, top down perspective JRPG together, but this game predates it by 7 years. Great vid, definitely gonna watch the movie and play the game when I can!

  • @TheDracoStar
    @TheDracoStar Рік тому +2

    The only thing I have to note here is that I'm really happy to hear Gianni do that cool little voice bit at the beginning... like damn, love that guy's work. More people need to support him and hire him.

  • @cord113
    @cord113 Рік тому

    Some of this reminded me of the way "Obscure" works.

  • @ThatChillWeirdGuy
    @ThatChillWeirdGuy 12 днів тому

    22:20 Dated's Bumps In The Night's album art uses this same skeleton but it's edited to have more blood on it. 💀

  • @toiletwineconnoisseur6434
    @toiletwineconnoisseur6434 Рік тому

    Gianni is like glitter, he gets everywhere u can never get rid of him and its the best.

  • @livingcorpse5664
    @livingcorpse5664 Рік тому

    3:03 Another satisfying shotgun to use in a video game? The silenced shotguns in the Hitman games.

  • @authornathanday6983
    @authornathanday6983 Рік тому

    Holy hell! I'm a huge fan of Jordan/Wheel of Time but while I started Lord of Chaos back in 1996 (yep)...I've still yet to finish it, despite restarting it 3 times. Think you just sold me on Audible. Haha. Love this vid and channel.

  • @LordofDragns
    @LordofDragns Рік тому

    Aaaaah the Wheel of Time. Though, I can never hear anyone other than Michael Kramer as Rand's voice.

  • @adrianofascendini7424
    @adrianofascendini7424 Рік тому +1

    Another masterpiece! Your videos are the best! Thank you Ragnar!

  • @stevezac_cptlpnshmnt
    @stevezac_cptlpnshmnt Рік тому

    Resident Evil Gaiden took the 8 bit Sweet Home Mechanics and perfected it

  • @distortedriolu4618
    @distortedriolu4618 Рік тому

    YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! People have covered this game for ages but I'm so glad you did thank you thank you thank you!

  • @sinistararies2975
    @sinistararies2975 Рік тому

    Paused video to go check the link for that movie. Watched it first and returned. Huh, that was pretty good for an old horror movie.

  • @nullvoid7188
    @nullvoid7188 Рік тому

    I remember finding the movie first before realizing it was in a way a long commercial for the game.

  • @monik911hsm
    @monik911hsm 9 місяців тому

    Hi, I just wanna thank you for your videos on Sweet Home and Alone in the Dark as I used them and cited them in my script for a video essay on the origins of Resident Evil ^^

  • @joaobluz
    @joaobluz Рік тому

    Great video dude! Have always heard of Sweet Home’s inspiration on RE, but never actually saw any game footage and explanation of how it plays out.

  • @willmistretta
    @willmistretta Рік тому

    Nice. For me, Sweet Home holds up better than the PS1 era RE installments. So much so that I think the usual overemphasis on its legacy over its own virtues as a game does it some disservice.
    I hope you'll consider giving Atari's Haunted House some time in this series. Sure, the graphics and sound are as primitive as it gets, but it features multiple survival horror staples: Fumbling your way through dark areas, a focus on evading rather than confronting threats, managing a very limited inventory, and conserving a vital resource (your lives, in this case). All in 1982!

  • @kikzurass
    @kikzurass Рік тому +1

    Adding this game to my Anbernic console!

  • @VTriggered88
    @VTriggered88 Рік тому

    Man I would kill for an HD-2D remake of this game for Switch.

  • @RaiHyabusaRS
    @RaiHyabusaRS Рік тому

    This was my 1st video of yours ive watched. You are very good at making videos and I like this, keep it up. Thank you

  • @baalikalalalika402
    @baalikalalalika402 Рік тому

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I saw pulse years ago but didnt know the title!

  • @TheJtl420
    @TheJtl420 5 місяців тому

    Please let there be a faithful remake 🙏🏾

  • @66cuda
    @66cuda Рік тому +1

    I always believed Atari 2600 haunted house was the first survival horror game

  • @gendraconis7869
    @gendraconis7869 Рік тому +2

    Now I wanna see a Fear and Hunger review

  • @avalonjustin
    @avalonjustin Рік тому

    It was a good game, some of the puzzles are very obtuse with invisible items to find. Story was excellent.

  • @TheDeliciousMystery
    @TheDeliciousMystery Рік тому

    I've always found it kind of a shame Sweet Home finally got the love it deserved by Koudelka really hasn't to any similar degree when it feels in some ways a lot more like a modern Sweet Home than Resident Evil.

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie Рік тому +1

    Though i love this game dearly, I would love to see a remake using Yakuza 7 mechanics with RE2Make's graphical style

  • @Kardinaalilintu
    @Kardinaalilintu Рік тому

    Oh no, please, nerd ramble as much as you possibly want to I'm seriously here for it. Really looking forward to more of this series (not that the other formats on your channel wouldn't bring me unrivaled joy already).

  • @assassindelasaucisse.4039
    @assassindelasaucisse.4039 Рік тому

    Looks awesome, thanks for the highlight!

  • @rolandmendozain
    @rolandmendozain Рік тому

    Sweet home is something origins, inspiration.....lets go!!!!

  • @D0S81
    @D0S81 Рік тому +1

    oooooh, a sweet home remake would be cool.

  • @RococoPigeon
    @RococoPigeon Рік тому

    Another stellar video!! Can't wait to see more of this series, it's off to a fantastic start.
    Have you seen anything about Holstin? It's an upcoming indie Polish survival horror that looks absolutely amazing. The voice acting sounds SO good, and I think it would be right up your alley!
    Anyways, happy new year! Wishing you all the best 🌻

  • @PowerSynopsis
    @PowerSynopsis Рік тому

    This was a very good video. I'm subbed and off to watch another video of yours.

  • @Lv1dog
    @Lv1dog Рік тому +3

    I really wanna see a remake of this
    I think a Survivor Horror RPG is such an underated concept

  • @sliiimelord_
    @sliiimelord_ Рік тому

    Great video 😂 funny thing is the first time I watched Sweet Home was on UA-cam maybe about a year ago.

  • @armorvenom702
    @armorvenom702 Рік тому

    so this is where those knight at re4 came from 😍

  • @slevinlaine
    @slevinlaine Рік тому

    Oiiii! I see Signalis in the intro, I am happily pleased : )

  • @Grim2o0o
    @Grim2o0o Рік тому

    Oh gosh the song at 22:11 is tickling my brain, I recognize it but I don't remember the name.

  • @lawliet617
    @lawliet617 16 днів тому

    honestly im surprised that capcom havent made a remaster or remake of this game
    considering how complex the game mechanics is it was definitely way ahead of its time
    if capcom did plan to remaster or remake it
    i hope they stick to the original as much as possible
    hell i even think it wouldnt be that hard to remake this considering you could literally remake this game using RPG maker MV
    and why i think that is is because fear and hunger termina was made in RPG maker MV engine

  • @thommybepunkt7111
    @thommybepunkt7111 Рік тому

    Perfect Start for the weekend. 🐒👍

  • @sunflow57
    @sunflow57 Рік тому

    Awesome. It's cool to see the inspiration for the greatest survival horror series of all time.

  • @briandisalvo372
    @briandisalvo372 Рік тому

    Not to get all parasocial, but everytime a new video drops its the most important thing in my life.
    Im supposed to give a eulogy at my best freinds funeral like 5 mins ago but fuck Steve a fresh Ragnor Rox vid dropped. That shit can wait.

  • @TheEnigmaticBM39
    @TheEnigmaticBM39 Рік тому

    There's a movie that also was based off this game by the same name. Heard it was decent. I do believe sweet home was a huge inspiration for games like resident evil and clock tower.

  • @severinsilmedin2588
    @severinsilmedin2588 Рік тому

    Amazing as always! Thank you ^^

  • @Huitizilopochtli
    @Huitizilopochtli Рік тому

    Looking forward for the rest of this series! Awesome work like slways

  • @orfeas2335
    @orfeas2335 Рік тому

    I beg of you , our dear Lord Ragnarz make a video for Fear and hunger 1-2 . You will absolutely to crazy with themm

  • @shayanojaghlou3
    @shayanojaghlou3 Рік тому +1

    Man! You really deserve more views and subscribers than you have right now. Killer quality video every time. Just like many games you've covered in your channel, you're a hidden gem💎. I'm genuinely impressed by your channel. Sweet sweet channel.👌

  • @BeetleSkyGames
    @BeetleSkyGames Рік тому

    I'd recommend 1Q84 on Audible. The reading is well produced and the book itself is a masterpiece.

  • @Bloodfencer1990
    @Bloodfencer1990 Рік тому +3

    I literally just heard about this game after binging through all the videos on The Sphere Hunters channel! I was actually really hoping you might make a video about it, so I guess this is a late Christmas gift.
    Btw, Susie mentioned in her Resident Evil video that they had to rebrand because the studio lost the license for the Sweet Home name.

  • @Indi_51
    @Indi_51 Рік тому

    This made my day, thanks man

  • @m3m3sis
    @m3m3sis Рік тому

    i was surprised to hear diablo 1 ost in the background

  • @yan-amar
    @yan-amar Рік тому

    Hey it seems this video isn't included in the relevant playlist. Interesting series by the way!

  • @eldraque4556
    @eldraque4556 Рік тому

    nice one, specially for the film recomendations

  • @reifuTD
    @reifuTD Рік тому +1

    It would be fun see survival horror JRPGs, the the closest I've played was Parasite Eve and newer SMT game, but those are more action horror RPG, I think Megami Tensei might have been like this before it become Shin Megami Tensei.

  • @pandaberserk3390
    @pandaberserk3390 Рік тому

    i forgot about this movie its the reason luigi runs around with a vacuum cleaner in luigi's haunted mansion.

  • @meekaboo_
    @meekaboo_ Рік тому

    I'll never be able to escape Gianni.

  • @youtubecrack
    @youtubecrack Рік тому

    Great freaking game!!! Playing it right now on my phone. Had to look a couple things up but so far what a great journey.

  • @DeerestAshe
    @DeerestAshe Рік тому

    Been waiting for a special port on NSO online :c i want to play this game.

  • @Matheus-ki9zo
    @Matheus-ki9zo Рік тому

    10:46
    *Man!!*

  • @driiifter
    @driiifter Рік тому

    I couldn't stop thinking about Project Zomboid while I was watching this. It is the only modern game I can think of that is trying to do the inventory management, mechanical mastery + horror elements to throw the player off, other than Resident Evil, but it's doing it in it's own way, it's not an RE or Left 4 Dead or Dying Light clone, it could stand alongside those games if anything.

  • @laziestslacker
    @laziestslacker Рік тому

    Great episode! Looking forward to the Alone in the Dark episode!

  • @kingchadzard5980
    @kingchadzard5980 Рік тому

    Fatal Frame probably close enough with Sweet Home. Both use camera to beat ghost

  • @AH-is5yg
    @AH-is5yg Рік тому

    Resident 8's main villain is based on the main villain of Sweet Home.

  • @judsongaiden9878
    @judsongaiden9878 Рік тому

    10:02 You know what we've never seen? We've never seen a zombie-themed game that actually follows Romero/Fulci rules and/or lore. Not even 'Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green'! One shot to the brain should put down a zombie regardless of caliber. In fact, a .22 would be perfect. This specifically pertains to zombies. If there's a lore-relevant reason for multiple headshots, like you have to destroy both hemispheres of the brain, that's fine. But zombies having bullet-sponge brains is just lame. Bullet sponge bodies is expected.

  • @magicdetergent3606
    @magicdetergent3606 Рік тому

    I watch lots of UA-cam from movies to games to sports to music etc, but your contents are definitely high on my list. I love it and I don't know why. You deserve more attention and subscribers. Keep it up!

  • @CherryBlossom-rs7lm
    @CherryBlossom-rs7lm Рік тому

    Danced in my kitchen after seeing a new ragnarrox video, lesgoooo