a non sponsored video about a niche adventure game from 1996, welcome to bad video decisions that you hopefully enjoy EDIT: the response to the video in the comments, hearing about everyones memories of this game has been incredible - thank you!
Dude I have been trying to figure out what the name of this game was. I was 6 when this came out. I always remember what clayman looked like. Great vid too.
I think you could stretch that statement into this entire style of claymation. Not sure younger Generations realize how prevalent this art style actually was from early too mid 1990's. I'd love to see it come back, was alot of fun.
@@Stahlvanten Just 1 CD, you might be thinking floppy disks but there is no way in hell, the game is like 600 mb. Maybe you had those smaller CDs that had less storage?
@@justinsharp6323 As a native german speaker, I don't think "sonder" is a german word at all, really. Especially not in this context. Sonder is basically a short form of "besonders" which translates to "special". It is used only as a compound word, e.g. in "Sonderschule" or "special school" which is a school for special needs children. Really no clue what you are talking about lol
I have heard of the Neverhood. I heard about it from Jordan Underneath’s video. I have never been so delighted about having “Pop goes the Weasel” stuck in my head. What a marvelous scene that was.
Same. We got a computer when I was a kid that had this on it and I would often go to my family for help. We didnt have internet, it was mostly for schoolwork and typing/printing so we had to figure out every ourselves. This game holds a very special place in my heart.
My sister and I had to look up a guide on the early internet to get through the Neverhood. lol We still really enjoyed it though, and we both have so much nostalgia for it now.
Daym, I was hoping this day would finally come. I grew up playing this game. Little fun, or maybe not so much, fact: in Russian version that long ass wall of text was covered with dad jokes and walkthrough for the entire game.
hoborg is called "tuborg" in that russian translation, because the translators liked that beer. klogg is called "windows" because it kept crashing. in the bad ending klayman calls himself "windows 2000", which is a version of windows that didn't exist back then yet.
If you wanna see devs do some more weird stuff with clay, definitely check out the Hylics series. Hylics 2 is absolutely spectacular. Would love to see this medium more in games
I grew up playing Skullmonkeys, never knew there was a game before it until I looked it up when I was older. I love the clay animation they use so much, it adds so much charm to the games.
Neverhood is a charming little game. Played it a long time ago and watched that one video back in 2014(?) about childhood trauma. Nightmare Buzz still haunts me to this day.
As a sculptor myself, I can appreciate, deeply, claymation creators. Painstaking works of love. ❤️ The game to cutscene transitions are super seamless too! ^^
The year is 1996. I'm a young lad in post-collapse Russia, my toys are sticks that vaguely resemble blasters if you squint, and my idea of sweets is bread with sugar sprinkled on top. One day, my aunt takes me to her boyfriend's place, where my attention is immediately drawn to a strange white TV on a desk. My aunt's boyfriend presses a couple of buttons, drags a white box across the desk, and then suddenly I'm hit with Terry S. Taylor's bonkers avant-garde jazz. A cartoon starts on the screen, except... I can control the main character? To say that my mind was blown is to say nothing at all. This was my introduction to computers, my introduction to videogames, my introduction to a life that wasn't pure misery. For all these things, the Neverhood is always going to remain in my heart.
@@Dalekscientistit was actually one of many of the first pirated 90s PC games and had a Russian localization. It spread like wildfire in the Russian pirating scene and thus a legend was born.
I loved this game! This came bundled with my parents’ gateway computer back in elementary school. I remember that hallway feeling way longer than 7 minutes too. And that lore speech from Willie at the end was such a rush of nostalgia.
It's crazy to think that the whole game is made of clay, for the time that it was made this was around when nightmare before Christmas came out, so its still crazy to see a whole game made of clay
The game's from 1996, a ton of games had already done a significant amount of claymation by then. It's the first to have been done entirely in claymation, but the concept of such wasn't new it just wasn't something people wanted to actually do.
@@Raiethstar There's also Armikrog, the spiritual sequel to Neverhood made by many of the same people that came out a few years ago. It's just Doug Tenepel is a POS so pirate it instead of buying it. Not as great as Neverhood but not bad for a sequel 20 years later.
I love this game. Even the outtakes documentaries are great. They also contain the first video I witnessed of a man attempting to drink an entire three liters of soda before UA-cam existed. Good times.
I remember one summer of just taking turns trying to solve this game with a friend. We were stuck on the second Venus fly trap puzzle for what seemed like forever.
I was just thinking the same thing. I very clearly remember playing through this whole game when I was like 8, but have no idea how I solved these puzzles without the internet's help.
I still have the notebook with all the things I had to remember. Pages and pages of handwritten copies of all the weird symbols. A map of that stupid wall cart maze thing. Made me nostalgic when I found it going through my old writing notebooks years back.
Seeing that opening scene was a mental flash bang back to my childhood. I always thought I made it pretty far in this game but now I realize I never made it further than the lore hallway. I was an impatient kid.
I never played this one but I have great memories of playing Skullmonkeys. The soundtrack, the art, the insane atmosphere. Just brilliant. It's fun to see where Neverhood began.
Games like this are just as much art as they are a game. I always find the process behind the making of the game just as interesting as the game itself, kind of a shame you don't really see anything like this done these days, as understandable as it is.
There's a spiritual successor called Armikrog out there. It's not very good unfortunately but same energy. A lot of the original creators of this involved in it though.
The Neverhood is my all time favorite childhood game. I remember seeing it on display at the Atlanta Children's Science Museum in the 90s and was hooked. I was too young to realize that my computer could barely handle running the game, so I thought all the audio/video stuttering I encountered from the discs was intentional. The soundtrack still slaps. The humor is great. The puzzles are fun. When I have children, I'll make sure they play The Neverhood too (also The Lost Mind of Doctor Brain.)
Man, it's one of my favourite childhood hidden gems. The art direction, humor, atmosphere and soundtrack all make it up for some of the moon logic puzzles and somewhat tedious sections. The OST especially - some of the tracks are living rent free in my head to this very day. Fun fact, I even replayed it recently via ScummVM and it's still as charming as ever.
I remember staying over at a friends house and watching her brother play this game, absolutely mesmerized and slightly unnerved by the claymation. This is giving me so much nostalgia for the early computer games we used to play.
This game spooked me a lot when i was child, even now i'm feeling uneasy to look at any game with clay stop-motion... On opposite side it feels so damn nostalgic and the concept is so cool.
IT IS HERE! After years of teasing us with snippets of its sountrack. IT IS HERE! This was the very first game i have ever played ind it was the only game I played for several years. It is permanently etched in my brain even after more than 20 years.
My mom was so against my brother and i playing video games, but she let us play this since it was puzzles. Played the hell out of this game. It’s burned into my brain too! I still whistle the song from when you’re moving along the wall of the pool.
I noticed that to I also noticed something else that was suspiciously is that I heard a lot of music from Fear and Hunger in the video so I hope that indicates that he's planing to make a video about my favourite Stockholm syndrome of a game.
I can't believe we're getting a video on The Neverhood of all games. This is awesome. Makes me miss claymation even if it was slightly horrific at times.
Niche game? That thing made my childhood. Phenomenal, oustanding, one-of-a-kind. It's an absolute masterpiece, top-notch humor, insane world, awesome music. Love seeing it gets your attention, more people need to experience this gem!
It is indeed niche. I can only think of one other claymation game from this era and it was Clayfighter. There was another... called Klob or something. There were a few others but they weren't fully claymation like this.
This was one of my favourite games as a kid, my uncle had played it in university and showed it to me and my sister when we weren't even 10 years old yet! I've always found the clay animation incredibly charming and the whole atmosphere of the game very unique; I don't think I ever managed to finish it by myself but it holds a very special place in my memory ♥ Thanks for playing it for a video!!!!
My friend and I were reminiscing about old obscure games just yesterday and I was wracking my brain trying to remember the name of this game. What a journey down memory lane!
fun fact: after bill and willy's death, if you go back into the flytrap room (before klogg) and go into the mail, you get mail from klogg itself since willy is dead.
Saw bits of this game as a kid but never finished the whole thing until a few years ago. The music and characters are so fun and interesting that the janky puzzles don't ruin it for me. Also remember seeing the dev reel at the end during Vinesauce "Vinny" Pizzapasta playthrough of it. That montage of the dev team just makes sense within the context of the game. Terry Scott Taylor is a subversive musical genius.
I played this shit when I was 4 I had no idea what I was doing but the clay animation and art style carved a spot in my brain that will never be forgotten, this game is honestly really sick and awesome
Ive been looking forward to this video since you absent mindedly mentioned this game forever ago. I used to watch my dad play this game when I was like 2 and it scared the hell out of me, but I also thought it was insanely cool. Awesome to a see a big name like you play it!
I have never heard of this game before, but what a trip lol. Definitely a product of its time. Imagine how long it took to animated everything! Also, that is an INCREDIBLE board game collection.
This is exactly why I was so excited to see you do a video on The Neverhood! Since you know all the ins and outs you can show us all the secrets and such in a way that makes experiencing the game way more exciting. Thank you! Also, "hip hip hoo" has to be the funniest gag in the whole game
I ordered the Terry S. Taylor double CD soundtrack for the neverhood, skull monkeys, and boombots back in the day. Still one of my weirdest favourites.
27 years later and it is finally getting some recognition! I played this at a friends house as a kid but we could never figure out the memory puzzle. Glad to finally know how it ends!
This game shaped my artist style a bit. My dad was a programmer in the late 80’s and early 90’s for Microsoft. He would bring home new games and programs for my sister and I to try almost weekly. It was my favorite thing to bond over. He passed away in 2017, so I appreciate these videos as a way to hold onto that memory a bit more.
It makes me really happy to see this video. Neverhood was a massive part of my childhood because it’s the one video game my mom actually likes. I even had the soundtrack on a little crappy MP3 player. This one was very appreciated!
OH YEES Thank You!!! Man I spent hundreds of hours playing Skullmonkeys and always wondered what this "Neverhood" thing was all about. I must have read an article about it in PC Gamer or somesuch but couldn't get any more info about it. That was before you could just pull up a fabulous Let's Play on UA-cam. Thanks for closing the loop on a decades old mystery for me.
damn dude, I would love to see more weird or old games from you. this was really enjoyable, would love to see you play the sequel from ps1 or Armikrog which was made by the same people
Neverhood was always captivating to me as an expression of what art can be! The problem is I have literally no idea what's going on at any given moment.
commenting for engagement algorithm and also cuz i love seeing weird, old, obscure video games through these vids. I probably wouldn't know about them otherwise!
Man, a lot of experimentation in animation in games and more back in the day. Hopefully we'll see a return of it. There's a lot of people bringing back stop motion animation on UA-cam and more these days, thankfully, either with legos/anime figures or making their own impressive figures. Some good HP Lovecraft eqsue stuff done by bluworm over on their channel @TheLoneAnimator in particular.
I remember reading through the entire lore wall back in the day.. This game has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard and really stands out on its own as such a unique art style and experience. Pretty sure we still have the CD-ROM somewhere...one of my favorite and early nostalgic PC game memories along with Myst, Phantasmagoria and Zork Nemesis. Claymation disturbs me to this day, but this game has a special place in my heart, and I actually appreciate how it's unsettling and super unique and out there.
Born in 1987, grew up in California, early adopter of PC and Dial-Up tech at the time. This was my absolute favorite game as a kid, and what about that sound track? It's perfection. I don't know about you, but for me it took me AT LEAST dozens upon dozens -- perhaps maybe even hundreds -- of play-throughs as a kid to figure out the solutions to some of these puzzles. Thanks for reminding me about this game, which was so formative in my youth.
I’m so glad to finally see this game featured. The Neverhood is my all-time favorite. It’s so clever and fun, and the world-building is much more comprehensive than it gives away on the surface.
It's heartwarming to see The Neverhood recognized by somebody of your size and influence. Hopefully it will raise devs awareness to remaster it and not just sell cr*ppy NFTs! (looking at you Doug) The reality is that the original high-res images for stop-motion are archived, but EA or whoever holds the rights doesn't care about using it, so it just rots... I am sure they would be willing to cut some deal. For now you can at least check out my upscales and there are at least two projects that I know of. One is remaking this game in 3D inside Unity and other is remaking the game engine to accept upscaled assets.
Hearing the soundtrack in your videos a couple of years back was actually the reason I've been following, I loved that game as a kid and I still have my own sketch of the memory puzzle on the wall from when I was 7 :D
one of my absolute favorites from the 90's would love more videos like this on just whatever random games you love and remember, your love for this game shows in the video and I think it's one of my favorites you've made this year.
The MOMENT I recognised the Neverhood OST in your videos, you had a lifelong subscriber here. My earliest memory of me and my father is solving this goddamn water music puzzle. I carried Neverhood in my heart for over 20 something years. And never have I ever seen anyone who would have a sentiment to this title like you do.
It's wild to me that I search up "The Neverhood" on yt and the results are from 3 years ago, 8 years ago, SIXTEEN years ago... and 1 day ago! I picked up this game tonight but haven't finished yet so I'll watch the rest of this video later so as not to spoil anything. Cheers!
I was raised on this game... sat in my mom's lap and played it. We still have old game notes saved from the puzzles. Loved this vid, such great cuts and commentary. Also, my fave part was the end where you can choose to put the crown on and go evil
Hell yeah, been looking forward to this video! It's been a real treat to hear Neverhood music on your channel, it always makes me smile. Something of note though, despite being a niche game, it's still influencing developers today! The visual style of Vokabulantis, an upcoming puzzle/platformer, is heavily inspired by the Neverhood. From the little I've seen, it seems to carry the claymation tradition very well.
Theres anothed clay-mation adventure game that was released a little while ago that gave me big Neverhood vibes. Its called 'You Have To Open All The Doors.'
I've never heard of this game before and I love that you love it! Thanks for making and sharing a video about it, I'm off to go read up on the making of and lore for this game. Have a good evening!
Kind of reminds me of those weird playdough movies on VHS tapes that came with certain sets. We had the volcano island one but lost or tossed it in a move.
Ok, that was really damn cool. I was half expecting that at the end of the Game the King there was Evil for some reason, but him literally just being lonely and sad and trying not to be was awesome.
I remember hanging out with a buddy who had this when we were kids, he was so proud of figuring everything out, and wanted to show me. This video was basically that same experience.
This was a cool change of pace with your usual outtings. You let the game do most of the work with all the funny nonsense, loved it. I would love to see you play an actual Metroid or Castlevania
a non sponsored video about a niche adventure game from 1996, welcome to bad video decisions that you hopefully enjoy
EDIT: the response to the video in the comments, hearing about everyones memories of this game has been incredible - thank you!
The frick you mean bad video decisions this game is amazing and needs more recognition!
You should play the sequel. It's called skull monkeys.
The algorithm might hate it but we all definitely love it
Dude I have been trying to figure out what the name of this game was. I was 6 when this came out. I always remember what clayman looked like. Great vid too.
The true sequel to this game is Armikrog. Very mediocre, unfortunately.
This feels like one of the most "you had to be there" games I've ever seen
I think you could stretch that statement into this entire style of claymation. Not sure younger Generations realize how prevalent this art style actually was from early too mid 1990's. I'd love to see it come back, was alot of fun.
The amoun t of CD's this game had to install; *whew*
@@Stahlvanten Just 1 CD, you might be thinking floppy disks but there is no way in hell, the game is like 600 mb. Maybe you had those smaller CDs that had less storage?
Is it possible to feel nostalgic over a game you’ve never played? Just something about the look and animation takes me back.
Sick video so nostalgic
The German word *Sonder* is best described as “nostalgia for a time you never experienced”. I think that’s something like what you’re talking about.
I think claymation in genreral has a nostalgia factor for most of us because of "Pat & Mat","Pingu"."Shaun the Sheep","Wallace & Gromit" and such.
The style is nostalgic, it reminds us the time we were kids and watched clay animations.
And the resolution reminds us the 90's games.
@@justinsharp6323 As a native german speaker, I don't think "sonder" is a german word at all, really. Especially not in this context.
Sonder is basically a short form of "besonders" which translates to "special".
It is used only as a compound word, e.g. in "Sonderschule" or "special school" which is a school for special needs children.
Really no clue what you are talking about lol
I have heard of the Neverhood. I heard about it from Jordan Underneath’s video. I have never been so delighted about having “Pop goes the Weasel” stuck in my head. What a marvelous scene that was.
I miss Jordan’s old game reviews; though I can understand why he’d want to take his channel in a different direction.
Bruh I never finished this. Knowing Bill comes back after so long is so good, almost cried.
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee....Bill!
This video was a trip down memory lane... We had the whole family trying to solve the puzzles in it.
Same. We got a computer when I was a kid that had this on it and I would often go to my family for help. We didnt have internet, it was mostly for schoolwork and typing/printing so we had to figure out every ourselves.
This game holds a very special place in my heart.
Same!
My sister and I had to look up a guide on the early internet to get through the Neverhood. lol We still really enjoyed it though, and we both have so much nostalgia for it now.
@@acridyd For a second, I wondered if you might actually be my brother 😆
@@acridyd Actually I'm not sure you aren't. Mike, is that you? 😄
Daym, I was hoping this day would finally come. I grew up playing this game.
Little fun, or maybe not so much, fact: in Russian version that long ass wall of text was covered with dad jokes and walkthrough for the entire game.
That's hilarious
There are several Russian versions of the game, the one you're talking about is actually Ukrainian (made by a team from Kharkiv)
Дядюшка Рисёч (Unca Risech) was an amazing work of localization.
hoborg is called "tuborg" in that russian translation, because the translators liked that beer.
klogg is called "windows" because it kept crashing. in the bad ending klayman calls himself "windows 2000", which is a version of windows that didn't exist back then yet.
I have no memory of finishing this game but I clearly remember every scene in this video. The Neverhood is one of those core memories I’ll never lose.
If you wanna see devs do some more weird stuff with clay, definitely check out the Hylics series. Hylics 2 is absolutely spectacular. Would love to see this medium more in games
Yesss hylics
Good suggestion.
the dream machine as well
just bought them on steam thank you
Also Armikrog by the same guys who made the Neverhood
I grew up playing Skullmonkeys, never knew there was a game before it until I looked it up when I was older. I love the clay animation they use so much, it adds so much charm to the games.
they also made a spiritual sequel called armakrog
Damn, Bill's storyline got me tearing up.
This one is quite a hidden gem for many. The artstyle, soundtrack and humour is amazing!
Neverhood is a charming little game. Played it a long time ago and watched that one video back in 2014(?) about childhood trauma. Nightmare Buzz still haunts me to this day.
The one by Jordan Underneath?
As a sculptor myself, I can appreciate, deeply, claymation creators. Painstaking works of love. ❤️
The game to cutscene transitions are super seamless too! ^^
The year is 1996. I'm a young lad in post-collapse Russia, my toys are sticks that vaguely resemble blasters if you squint, and my idea of sweets is bread with sugar sprinkled on top. One day, my aunt takes me to her boyfriend's place, where my attention is immediately drawn to a strange white TV on a desk. My aunt's boyfriend presses a couple of buttons, drags a white box across the desk, and then suddenly I'm hit with Terry S. Taylor's bonkers avant-garde jazz. A cartoon starts on the screen, except... I can control the main character?
To say that my mind was blown is to say nothing at all. This was my introduction to computers, my introduction to videogames, my introduction to a life that wasn't pure misery. For all these things, the Neverhood is always going to remain in my heart.
Incredible story!! Thanks for sharing
Why does there seem to be so many Russian fans of The Neverhood?
Потому что мы знаем толк в хороших играх :)@@Dalekscientist
@@Dalekscientiston of the reasons is specific localisation
@@Dalekscientistit was actually one of many of the first pirated 90s PC games and had a Russian localization. It spread like wildfire in the Russian pirating scene and thus a legend was born.
I loved this game! This came bundled with my parents’ gateway computer back in elementary school. I remember that hallway feeling way longer than 7 minutes too. And that lore speech from Willie at the end was such a rush of nostalgia.
It's crazy to think that the whole game is made of clay, for the time that it was made this was around when nightmare before Christmas came out, so its still crazy to see a whole game made of clay
The game's from 1996, a ton of games had already done a significant amount of claymation by then. It's the first to have been done entirely in claymation, but the concept of such wasn't new it just wasn't something people wanted to actually do.
There’s a more modern clay game now. Hylics 1 & 2, it has some cool live action stuff too.
@@Raiethstar There's also Armikrog, the spiritual sequel to Neverhood made by many of the same people that came out a few years ago. It's just Doug Tenepel is a POS so pirate it instead of buying it. Not as great as Neverhood but not bad for a sequel 20 years later.
I love this game. Even the outtakes documentaries are great. They also contain the first video I witnessed of a man attempting to drink an entire three liters of soda before UA-cam existed. Good times.
And how, because of the low-rez of that video, it definitely looked like clay coming back up. 😂
The behind the scenes for this game has stuck with me more than for some movies. It’s legendary!
"you just wake up in a room" by far most relatable game in history
stop being everywhere that I go, it's freaking me out.
This unlocked a core memory in me. What a blast. Bless you maus 🙏
I still have no idea how I managed to complete this masterpiece as a child, some of the puzzles are no joke. Guess it was just that good.
I remember one summer of just taking turns trying to solve this game with a friend. We were stuck on the second Venus fly trap puzzle for what seemed like forever.
I was just thinking the same thing. I very clearly remember playing through this whole game when I was like 8, but have no idea how I solved these puzzles without the internet's help.
BOBBY took me like a week, since English is not my first language and I thought Willy was called Bobby.
I still have the notebook with all the things I had to remember. Pages and pages of handwritten copies of all the weird symbols. A map of that stupid wall cart maze thing.
Made me nostalgic when I found it going through my old writing notebooks years back.
That's me with Robot Odyssey, the game is too hard for adult me
Seeing that opening scene was a mental flash bang back to my childhood. I always thought I made it pretty far in this game but now I realize I never made it further than the lore hallway. I was an impatient kid.
I never played this one but I have great memories of playing Skullmonkeys. The soundtrack, the art, the insane atmosphere. Just brilliant. It's fun to see where Neverhood began.
I had Skullmonkeys as well. That game was a trip lol.
Okay but FUCK was the music for the bonus level terrifying.
Games like this are just as much art as they are a game. I always find the process behind the making of the game just as interesting as the game itself, kind of a shame you don't really see anything like this done these days, as understandable as it is.
Starting a petition for indeimaus to make a video on the sequel to this game
Yes, pleaseeeeeee!!!!!
There's a spiritual successor called Armikrog out there. It's not very good unfortunately but same energy. A lot of the original creators of this involved in it though.
@@Amiculi eh it's fine. it's just that neverhood was so good that armikrog could never compete
pretty cool to see people covering this game. so much love was clearly put into it and it's sad that it has been mostly forgotten
The Neverhood is my all time favorite childhood game. I remember seeing it on display at the Atlanta Children's Science Museum in the 90s and was hooked. I was too young to realize that my computer could barely handle running the game, so I thought all the audio/video stuttering I encountered from the discs was intentional. The soundtrack still slaps. The humor is great. The puzzles are fun. When I have children, I'll make sure they play The Neverhood too (also The Lost Mind of Doctor Brain.)
This game was such a huge part of my childhood, nothing beats going back to it once in a while to get that sweet sweet nostalgia
Man, it's one of my favourite childhood hidden gems. The art direction, humor, atmosphere and soundtrack all make it up for some of the moon logic puzzles and somewhat tedious sections. The OST especially - some of the tracks are living rent free in my head to this very day.
Fun fact, I even replayed it recently via ScummVM and it's still as charming as ever.
I am so happy that someone still makes videos about Neverhood! I am still in love with this game
I remember staying over at a friends house and watching her brother play this game, absolutely mesmerized and slightly unnerved by the claymation. This is giving me so much nostalgia for the early computer games we used to play.
This game spooked me a lot when i was child, even now i'm feeling uneasy to look at any game with clay stop-motion... On opposite side it feels so damn nostalgic and the concept is so cool.
Oh my gosh! Neverhood?! Yes!! I love this game, and grew up playing it on my parents’ computer back in 2006. Dude.
"... my old friend Jordan Underneath ... damn I miss that guy"... I felt that
IT IS HERE! After years of teasing us with snippets of its sountrack. IT IS HERE!
This was the very first game i have ever played ind it was the only game I played for several years. It is permanently etched in my brain even after more than 20 years.
My mom was so against my brother and i playing video games, but she let us play this since it was puzzles. Played the hell out of this game. It’s burned into my brain too!
I still whistle the song from when you’re moving along the wall of the pool.
I noticed that to I also noticed something else that was suspiciously is that I heard a lot of music from Fear and Hunger in the video so I hope that indicates that he's planing to make a video about my favourite Stockholm syndrome of a game.
The music was definitely a highlight for me. So bouncy and memorable.
I can't believe we're getting a video on The Neverhood of all games. This is awesome. Makes me miss claymation even if it was slightly horrific at times.
Niche game? That thing made my childhood. Phenomenal, oustanding, one-of-a-kind. It's an absolute masterpiece, top-notch humor, insane world, awesome music. Love seeing it gets your attention, more people need to experience this gem!
It is indeed niche. I can only think of one other claymation game from this era and it was Clayfighter. There was another... called Klob or something. There were a few others but they weren't fully claymation like this.
This was one of my favourite games as a kid, my uncle had played it in university and showed it to me and my sister when we weren't even 10 years old yet! I've always found the clay animation incredibly charming and the whole atmosphere of the game very unique; I don't think I ever managed to finish it by myself but it holds a very special place in my memory ♥ Thanks for playing it for a video!!!!
I love it when cool youtubers make videos about niche games I have only heard about and never got a chance to experience.
Also, that Barry title drop.
I'm convinced that all creative people that do things like this are all very intrigued by horror in one shape or form.
My friend and I were reminiscing about old obscure games just yesterday and I was wracking my brain trying to remember the name of this game. What a journey down memory lane!
fun fact: after bill and willy's death, if you go back into the flytrap room (before klogg) and go into the mail, you get mail from klogg itself since willy is dead.
YOOOOOOO Indeimaus my boy, every time you have put music from the neverhood in a video it hits me right in the soul so glad your doing a video on this
Saw bits of this game as a kid but never finished the whole thing until a few years ago. The music and characters are so fun and interesting that the janky puzzles don't ruin it for me. Also remember seeing the dev reel at the end during Vinesauce "Vinny" Pizzapasta playthrough of it. That montage of the dev team just makes sense within the context of the game. Terry Scott Taylor is a subversive musical genius.
I played this shit when I was 4 I had no idea what I was doing but the clay animation and art style carved a spot in my brain that will never be forgotten, this game is honestly really sick and awesome
Ive been looking forward to this video since you absent mindedly mentioned this game forever ago. I used to watch my dad play this game when I was like 2 and it scared the hell out of me, but I also thought it was insanely cool. Awesome to a see a big name like you play it!
Get In the Robot Clayman!
HOLY SHIT YES THIS GAME IS MY CHILDHOOD. I am so happy that Indeimaus covered this game. From the start instant flashbacks ❤❤❤
This just awakened some long forgotten memories of being 10 years old and playing this on my dad's laptop
I have never heard of this game before, but what a trip lol. Definitely a product of its time. Imagine how long it took to animated everything!
Also, that is an INCREDIBLE board game collection.
The soundtrack brings back so many feelings, haven't played this since probably 97!
Thanks for the video!
Terry Scott Taylor!!!!!
I still love listening to the Skullmonkey OST from time to time, great stuff :D
"here is a little... bonus for you"
This is exactly why I was so excited to see you do a video on The Neverhood! Since you know all the ins and outs you can show us all the secrets and such in a way that makes experiencing the game way more exciting. Thank you!
Also, "hip hip hoo" has to be the funniest gag in the whole game
I ordered the Terry S. Taylor double CD soundtrack for the neverhood, skull monkeys, and boombots back in the day.
Still one of my weirdest favourites.
It's like avant-prog for kids.
Holy shit I have been looking for tbis game kinda passively for like 2 decades after playing it at a friend's house, thank you!
27 years later and it is finally getting some recognition! I played this at a friends house as a kid but we could never figure out the memory puzzle. Glad to finally know how it ends!
This game shaped my artist style a bit. My dad was a programmer in the late 80’s and early 90’s for Microsoft. He would bring home new games and programs for my sister and I to try almost weekly. It was my favorite thing to bond over. He passed away in 2017, so I appreciate these videos as a way to hold onto that memory a bit more.
this game is a fever dream holy hell, you should totally play the 2nd one!
Skullmonkeys!
and armikrog (the spiritual successor made by the same people)
It makes me really happy to see this video. Neverhood was a massive part of my childhood because it’s the one video game my mom actually likes. I even had the soundtrack on a little crappy MP3 player. This one was very appreciated!
You know you’re old when you memorize this games puzzles to some extent. Kid me never beat it 😂
OH YEES Thank You!!! Man I spent hundreds of hours playing Skullmonkeys and always wondered what this "Neverhood" thing was all about. I must have read an article about it in PC Gamer or somesuch but couldn't get any more info about it. That was before you could just pull up a fabulous Let's Play on UA-cam. Thanks for closing the loop on a decades old mystery for me.
damn dude, I would love to see more weird or old games from you. this was really enjoyable, would love to see you play the sequel from ps1 or Armikrog which was made by the same people
Don't forget Boombots and Klaymen Gun Hockey :)
not gonna lie i'm just glad you can make content about games you personally like. As well as the trendy ones
Neverhood was always captivating to me as an expression of what art can be! The problem is I have literally no idea what's going on at any given moment.
commenting for engagement algorithm and also cuz i love seeing weird, old, obscure video games through these vids. I probably wouldn't know about them otherwise!
Man, a lot of experimentation in animation in games and more back in the day. Hopefully we'll see a return of it. There's a lot of people bringing back stop motion animation on UA-cam and more these days, thankfully, either with legos/anime figures or making their own impressive figures. Some good HP Lovecraft eqsue stuff done by bluworm over on their channel @TheLoneAnimator in particular.
I remember reading through the entire lore wall back in the day.. This game has one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard and really stands out on its own as such a unique art style and experience. Pretty sure we still have the CD-ROM somewhere...one of my favorite and early nostalgic PC game memories along with Myst, Phantasmagoria and Zork Nemesis. Claymation disturbs me to this day, but this game has a special place in my heart, and I actually appreciate how it's unsettling and super unique and out there.
Right in the nostalgia, damn
Born in 1987, grew up in California, early adopter of PC and Dial-Up tech at the time. This was my absolute favorite game as a kid, and what about that sound track? It's perfection. I don't know about you, but for me it took me AT LEAST dozens upon dozens -- perhaps maybe even hundreds -- of play-throughs as a kid to figure out the solutions to some of these puzzles. Thanks for reminding me about this game, which was so formative in my youth.
No one remembers the name of this game, but everyone remembers the nightmares it gave them
Who doesn't remember the name "The Neverhood"? It's not easy to confuse with anything else.
I’m so glad to finally see this game featured. The Neverhood is my all-time favorite. It’s so clever and fun, and the world-building is much more comprehensive than it gives away on the surface.
It's heartwarming to see The Neverhood recognized by somebody of your size and influence. Hopefully it will raise devs awareness to remaster it and not just sell cr*ppy NFTs! (looking at you Doug)
The reality is that the original high-res images for stop-motion are archived, but EA or whoever holds the rights doesn't care about using it, so it just rots... I am sure they would be willing to cut some deal.
For now you can at least check out my upscales and there are at least two projects that I know of. One is remaking this game in 3D inside Unity and other is remaking the game engine to accept upscaled assets.
I'm so happy you finally got to play through Neverhood again. Hope you're doing well Indei, cheers!
Hearing the soundtrack in your videos a couple of years back was actually the reason I've been following, I loved that game as a kid and I still have my own sketch of the memory puzzle on the wall from when I was 7 :D
one of my absolute favorites from the 90's would love more videos like this on just whatever random games you love and remember, your love for this game shows in the video and I think it's one of my favorites you've made this year.
God this video unlocked like 20 core memories for me... especially him drinking a cup of water for some reason that was the clearest memory
The MOMENT I recognised the Neverhood OST in your videos, you had a lifelong subscriber here.
My earliest memory of me and my father is solving this goddamn water music puzzle.
I carried Neverhood in my heart for over 20 something years. And never have I ever seen anyone who would have a sentiment to this title like you do.
omfg this game is my CHILDHOOD I AM SO HYPE
Man... there was so much clay, it tricked my brain into smelling clay.
This is legit the first game I ever played(played being generous). Never expected to have it randomly pop up in my recommended.
It's wild to me that I search up "The Neverhood" on yt and the results are from 3 years ago, 8 years ago, SIXTEEN years ago... and 1 day ago! I picked up this game tonight but haven't finished yet so I'll watch the rest of this video later so as not to spoil anything. Cheers!
I love that people are searching the neverhood in 2023
This was really neat to see. And great to see something you enjoyed so much as a kid.
I was raised on this game... sat in my mom's lap and played it. We still have old game notes saved from the puzzles. Loved this vid, such great cuts and commentary. Also, my fave part was the end where you can choose to put the crown on and go evil
This felt like a fever dream lol thank you for the amazing content
Hell yeah, been looking forward to this video! It's been a real treat to hear Neverhood music on your channel, it always makes me smile.
Something of note though, despite being a niche game, it's still influencing developers today! The visual style of Vokabulantis, an upcoming puzzle/platformer, is heavily inspired by the Neverhood. From the little I've seen, it seems to carry the claymation tradition very well.
this was so wholesome, thanks for sharing your roots with us like this
i devote one full day yearly to do a run through of this game. its insane to think that its coming to 30 years of me doing that already.
Theres anothed clay-mation adventure game that was released a little while ago that gave me big Neverhood vibes. Its called 'You Have To Open All The Doors.'
THIS GAVE ME SOME SERIOUS FLASHBACKS, something I’d forgotten entirely about xD
I've never heard of this game before and I love that you love it! Thanks for making and sharing a video about it, I'm off to go read up on the making of and lore for this game. Have a good evening!
Kind of reminds me of those weird playdough movies on VHS tapes that came with certain sets. We had the volcano island one but lost or tossed it in a move.
That comment about Jordan Underneath brought back some memories. I hope he is doing okay too.
Ok, that was really damn cool. I was half expecting that at the end of the Game the King there was Evil for some reason, but him literally just being lonely and sad and trying not to be was awesome.
You could play anything and with your jokes and commentary I would watch it , you legitimately make anything funny to watch
This game is a huge childhood flashback, I had forgotten the name of it, thank-you for bringing this memory back to me . What a well made game it was
Seeing this explains a lot about your humour and it's incredible
I had no idea claymation could be used like this for a video game! Thanks for showing us!
I remember hanging out with a buddy who had this when we were kids, he was so proud of figuring everything out, and wanted to show me. This video was basically that same experience.
I’ve only ever owned the demo of this fabulous game, and I played it over and over because I love it.
This was a cool change of pace with your usual outtings. You let the game do most of the work with all the funny nonsense, loved it.
I would love to see you play an actual Metroid or Castlevania