The Infamous Superman 64 | Octavius King

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  • @octaviusking
    @octaviusking  Рік тому +254

    Thank you for being wonderful, everyone. Louis x

    • @pigpenpete
      @pigpenpete Рік тому +12

      no u

    • @LordHorst
      @LordHorst Рік тому +7

      Same to you. Have a great rest of the week!

    • @matthewlane518
      @matthewlane518 Рік тому +7

      Thank you for being even wonderfuler? Lol

    • @Oscotron
      @Oscotron Рік тому +6

      Thanks for making these vids, it always brings a good laugh in my dreadful day. 💚

    • @jeffmaesar
      @jeffmaesar Рік тому +4

  • @WhatHoSnorkers
    @WhatHoSnorkers Рік тому +32

    Lex's Maze isn't even a MAZE! The fiend. "Follow this line I have drawn in the snow by pissing" is the next logical step.
    Interesting that you uncovered the bobbins back story. The Titus logo makes me thing of Bubsy 3D which is reason enough to avoid them...

  • @Spike-Prime
    @Spike-Prime Рік тому +14

    I feel sorry for Titus on this game. They got SO screwed by idiot Warner Bros executives. Apparently Superman was not allowed to do literally anything unless Titus employees could produce a Superman comic demonstrating that, yes, he would do that. And the virtual world was a late addition because Warner Bros didn't want Superman to cause any "real" collateral damage when he fought? I guess they REALLY changed their minds on that when Man of Steel came out.

    • @carn9507
      @carn9507 Рік тому +1

      yeeeah but also... judging by Titus' other games, it's not like they had a track record of classics.

    • @Spike-Prime
      @Spike-Prime Рік тому +3

      @@carn9507 I don't disagree, but I can't help but empathise with the ridiculous, and frankly idiotic, dictates from dumbass executives who were acting out because they sold the game rights to a smaller game developer.
      If they'd let them make the game originally intended, we'd at least be able to critique it fairly if nothing else. The broken game at hand is squarely WB's fault.

  • @Meshamu
    @Meshamu Рік тому +30

    Kinda crazy that DC restricted Titus so much that they made the game into total crap, but now they let Superman absolutely eviscerate people in those DC/Mortal Kombat things. Quite a change isn't it?

    • @carn9507
      @carn9507 Рік тому +6

      Well, at least in Injustice it's a different Superman. One who turned into a murderer. This game is based on the really good 90s cartoon show, mainly aimed at kids (but written in a way that could be enjoyed by adults as it didn't talk down to kids).

    • @fionordequester6748
      @fionordequester6748 Рік тому +4

      Assuming that's all true, of course. The Caen brothers aren't exactly known for their skill as CEOs, as their string of financial problems, legal troubles, and other terrible games can tell you.
      I also find it odd that WB wouldn't just tell Titus to take a hike, if they truly had so little faith in them...

  • @DocZFlux
    @DocZFlux Рік тому +6

    It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Utter Bobbins!

  • @spineknife2386
    @spineknife2386 Рік тому +41

    Always a good time when there's a new octavious king

  • @neilmcgrory1720
    @neilmcgrory1720 Рік тому +15

    Amazing. Not only did this video drop mere hours after I checked the channel for new content, you also managed to deliver a highly entertaining take on a game I was sure had been done to death. Top work!

  • @TimberwolfK
    @TimberwolfK Рік тому +23

    You know, I've not considered external PC case mods before, but seeing that N64, NOW I HAVE.

    • @LeviathanRX
      @LeviathanRX Рік тому +6

      I think that N64 is a legit Hey You Pikachu! edition too

  • @Etrigan2112
    @Etrigan2112 Рік тому +9

    I'm glad to see you back. Mental health is a journey and always will be. Continue to do what's right for you, and if it turns out that means making more content; then I'm happy to partake in it. Just keep taking care of YOU!!

  • @midtci2710
    @midtci2710 Рік тому +3

    great seeimng doing you new uploads again! always a joy

  • @coderedshockwave
    @coderedshockwave Рік тому +1

    I did not know about the founder of Titus, so yes, blame the company, not the people. It is too bad Superman 64 is such a mess. Also, more people should be liking your videos! Thanks for posting and keeping us entertained!

  • @zh84
    @zh84 Рік тому +2

    "Oh, just DIE! COME ON!" Superman has outstayed his welcome.

  • @madq5014
    @madq5014 Рік тому +2

    Vielen Dank, Octavius, ich habe aus deinem Video viel für mich mitgenommen.

  • @CuriouserArchive
    @CuriouserArchive Рік тому +4

    Great video! One thing I think worth mentioning about this game that you didn't cover though: if you set the difficulty to "Easy" in the options, you don't have to fly through rings!

  • @g.u.959
    @g.u.959 Рік тому +4

    I always find it FASCINATING when discussing this game since it’s such a rushed and buggy mess, that the prototypes and development builds held so much more promise, and yet… THIS is what we got. Much love, great video ❤

  • @vidarlystadjohansen9829
    @vidarlystadjohansen9829 Рік тому +8

    thank you for being wonderful and entertaining us

  • @tomaturtle7790
    @tomaturtle7790 Рік тому +4

    I never played Superman 64, but it looks painful. So many rings! Also, like the Count Duckula plushie in the background.

  • @chroniclesofguyver7888
    @chroniclesofguyver7888 Рік тому +3

    Poor Superman 64. It will never know peace. Personally, I think the idea of a villain forcing Superman into a virtual world is a good idea for a video game, just not for the reasons it was done here. Superman is a notoriously difficult character to write a story for since he's so powerful that it's hard to put him up against a challenging villain. However, put Superman in a virtual world where his powers may not work and you level the playing field. Anyway, it's unfortunate that the game was made the way it was and I also feel bad for the people who had to make this game under such restrictions. Many potentially great games have been killed this way. 😢

  • @hjalfi
    @hjalfi Рік тому +1

    IIRC it's actually canon that Superman picks things up using telekinesis rather than brute strength, which is why he can e.g. lift an oil tanker from one end without the metal crumpling in his hands. So that weird pose lifting the cardboard box wasn't shoddy animation, it was actually a very clever nod to the lore!

    • @carn9507
      @carn9507 Рік тому

      something like that, yeah. There have been various differing reasons as to why he's even capable of flight too, some similar to that

  • @JW666
    @JW666 Рік тому +2

    I wouldn't bother to much with Kryptonite since in the Justice League animated series (which is part of both the animated series of Superman & Batman) Lex Luthor got cancer because he was exposed to Kryptonite for so very long.

  • @stevieboyXI
    @stevieboyXI Рік тому +3

    Laughed out loud when you called Superman a smug bastard. So glad to have you back Octy. ❤

  • @MagicMartin666
    @MagicMartin666 Рік тому +2

    Octavius - suffering horribly so we don't have to.

  • @geekforeverpixelgamingsurl5007

    Glad to have gotten this notification. That was fun. Nicely done with some good jokes and thanks for putting in some more light on the development. Keep this up, that’s good stuff.👍🏻

  • @PunkRockMohawk
    @PunkRockMohawk Рік тому +3

    I would fly through all the rings for you, Octavius!

  • @gazzhally
    @gazzhally Рік тому +2

    Octy playing these games so we don't have to (unless we do want to and suffer a psychotic episode!) Great video! 👍

  • @legacyoftheancientsC64c
    @legacyoftheancientsC64c Рік тому +5

    A new Octavius video, yes! I was having a horrible depressive day but this might just turn it around.

  • @GenericMcName
    @GenericMcName Рік тому +3

    Actually, about the glasses... I remember forgetting my glasses at home one time while I was working in retail, and I swear, something like 6 people approached me that day asking if I was a new hire despite having worked in the store five days a week for over two years. It's a real thing, the second you take your glasses off, people just don't recognise you.

    • @davidstone1293
      @davidstone1293 Рік тому

      The same applies in reverse. I remember working staff at one of those comic cons and there was an actor that always wore dark glasses at his table signing autographs. I would see him take off the glasses whenever he wanted to go around the convention, and nobody would recognize him. People who stood in line for his autograph literally had no idea he was standing next to them in line to buy a hotdog.

  • @danmorley6517
    @danmorley6517 Рік тому +2

    Glad you are back doing regular videos. And I hope it means your mental health has been a bit better.

  • @ZeppoThePuppetMan
    @ZeppoThePuppetMan Рік тому +2

    Titus: Can Superman punch things?
    DC: Are you insane!? NO!
    Traveller's Tales: Can Superman literally steal candy from a baby?
    DC: I see no problem with that.

  • @TheFirstHunt
    @TheFirstHunt Рік тому +3

    Great video! Makes me want to go pick up a copy of Superman 64!

  • @jettesides420
    @jettesides420 Рік тому +1

    SO happy to hear that intro, girl. we've missed your humour. Much love from our family, we love you!

  • @Chyronn
    @Chyronn Рік тому +4

    That closing tag at the end, I laughed aloud. Brilliant

  • @matthewlane518
    @matthewlane518 Рік тому +2

    I just noticed your duckula plush behind you! I have a penfold plushy!

  • @Froggievilleus
    @Froggievilleus Рік тому +2

    Great video. I find it hard to believe that an NDA is still in play for Titus at this point. They do have timelines.

  • @SsnakeBite
    @SsnakeBite Рік тому

    16:54 - Man, I feel so bad for the artists who worked on that comic. Imagine having a passion for writing or drawing or both, honing your skills your whole life, dreaming of turning your passion into your job, struggling to make ends meet working on smaller projects while getting yelled at about meeting deadlines by your editors, but it's all worth it because one day, DC hires you to work on a Superman project... Finally! Recognition! Money! Fame! You get to work for one of the big two American comic book publishers AND it's on their flagship franchise! One that you grew up with and probably inspired you to become an artist in the first place... and it ends up being tied to THIS dreg.

  • @momentarylapsofreason
    @momentarylapsofreason Рік тому

    we are just as thankful for you still being hear and creating content ❤🤗

  • @krank23
    @krank23 Рік тому +1

    I've seen a lot of videos on this awful game, but somehow you still managed to keep me entertained enough to watch the whole thing. Well done!

  • @jamesbruce487
    @jamesbruce487 Рік тому +1

    Always great to see a new video, Octavius!!
    Take care!

  • @aceoyame2619
    @aceoyame2619 Рік тому

    It’s a good morning when I get a notification for one of your videos. Thanks for sticking around and make great content!

  • @another_kinda_nomad
    @another_kinda_nomad Рік тому +5

    Always wanted one of those Pokemon N64's when I was a kid.

    • @RettMikhal
      @RettMikhal Рік тому +1

      They have severe quality control issues, as mentioned by Octy. My nephew's also died.

  • @chaospoet
    @chaospoet Рік тому

    "I can't make video games."
    So we're just supposed to pretend you didn't make the best Plumber Don't Wear Ties clone ever made?

  • @TheIndieOcean
    @TheIndieOcean Рік тому

    I'm generally the kind of person who chuckles quietly rather than having a big laugh, but I guffawed at a crawling Superman fast-wriggling his way to the rescue

  • @ChaosShadowZero89
    @ChaosShadowZero89 Рік тому

    So glad to see youre back! I love the pikachu N64 btw, always wanted one. We all love you and your videos!

  • @MrJasonMcintyre
    @MrJasonMcintyre Рік тому +4

    "loopy bastards" 😂

  • @thelonejedi538
    @thelonejedi538 2 місяці тому

    I nearly snotted my phone during the big laugh with my mouth closed at "like a very smug bastard"

  • @richardbroughton8473
    @richardbroughton8473 Рік тому +1

    Another amazing video! Can’t wait for the next one!

  • @Slytalion
    @Slytalion Рік тому +1

    Knowing what I have now learned about Titus thanks to you if feel really bad for them, thank you for another entertaining and informative video!

  • @michaelturner2806
    @michaelturner2806 Рік тому +4

    If you want to, I can recommend Sasha from the youtube channel Casually Comics to explore some of the back issues of Superman from the golden and silver ages, along with Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. If you can get past the misogyny of the writing in the Lois issues (it can be so bad it's hilarious, like a train wreck) they're pretty fun to explore with her as a guide. She's got a whole playlist of a recurring plot point where she'll marry anyone else at the drop off a hat as a way to try to make Superman notice her.

    • @carn9507
      @carn9507 Рік тому +1

      Hey I watch Sasha too. She's cool. :)

  • @twistedsaltypretzel7727
    @twistedsaltypretzel7727 Рік тому

    Yay! Thx for another great video - when having a rough time, an Octavius video is guaranteed to brighten the day :) Thanks!

  • @jameslamb2482
    @jameslamb2482 Рік тому +1

    Always a pleasure to see a new vid from you octavius.

  • @MrBrabbzy
    @MrBrabbzy Рік тому

    Always love your videos on these old relics. Thanks for all the work you put in dude!

  • @rifterzc
    @rifterzc Рік тому +4

    Forced through a work safety course🤣

  • @_The_Jim
    @_The_Jim 11 місяців тому

    a classic case of corporate mismanagement and lincensor meddling ruining a game.
    at some point they basically said "sod it, we'll ship what we've got"
    to be fair a superman game is a difficult idea, you are invincible and can fly. that's like most games with a cheat code on. Maybe with modern hardware a game could work where you, as superman have to pull of the rescure such as catchng a falling passenger plane and landing it safely in the city without any casualties, or accidentally bodying into a skyscraper.
    these videos are great. you are so entertaining.

  • @emobassist
    @emobassist Рік тому +3

    Octavius is just so gorgeous 🥰

  • @prydeofclyde1891
    @prydeofclyde1891 Рік тому

    Loved it. You’re back in form

  • @MegaManX7
    @MegaManX7 Рік тому

    I just come in to like all your videos even if I don't have time to watch. Always helping out

  • @branchonequal
    @branchonequal Рік тому

    Lovely video as always! ❤ Now that you've reviewed the game, I'd give the cartridge to Pretzels. Just to be safe.

  • @ProfessorHurt
    @ProfessorHurt Рік тому +1

    I got up to the Metallo stage and called it quits after that. I was spitting a gut at the Darkseid parking lot one though. THE LORD OF APOKLIPS is the monitor of the virtual Lex Corp parking lot of Metropolis. Oh, and you have to carry his defeated body around the entire level.

  • @WannabeMarysue
    @WannabeMarysue Рік тому +1

    I think the TV show and tie-in comic series (not the comic bundled with the game) were generally well recieved.
    There's speedrunners of this game for some reason. They ran it at a GDQ, and the high level Superman 64 Tech is an alright time. There's a way to play the ring sections on easy mode (which has no rings on that mode), while still reaching the endgame (which isn't usually avalible on easy mode).
    The end of the game's story involves Superman escaping the virtual world due to a bug. A game this buggy also includes a faux computer bug as a narrative device. I don't think the game could have ended in a funnier way.

  • @heart_of_a_daedra3649
    @heart_of_a_daedra3649 Рік тому +2

    I’ve been looking forward to this

  • @RidingTheGlonkyCopter
    @RidingTheGlonkyCopter Рік тому +1

    I am now incorporating the word 'clusterbobbin' into my vocabulary.

  • @MrFairwayjim
    @MrFairwayjim Рік тому

    Thank You Good to see your content and you again ,Hope you are well all the best to you x

  • @Mauvecube
    @Mauvecube Рік тому +6

    I bloody love you Octy! :D

  • @shia_labeouf
    @shia_labeouf Рік тому +1

    As a fellow baldy I object in the strongest terms to the pejorative use of the term (as in "bald bastard"). I haven't trapped the friends of an alien superhero in a buggy virtual version of their home city for, like, months

  • @Brian_Rogers
    @Brian_Rogers Рік тому +1

    Crab people, crab people, look like crab, talk like people.

  • @bentarbuck6161
    @bentarbuck6161 Рік тому

    I love how for the pokemon 64 console they just said sod it and made it awkwardly wide to one side to accommodate pikachu rather than working with what they had

  • @zedudli
    @zedudli Рік тому +1

    I love your writing. You’re super funny 🙌🏻

  • @The_Badseed
    @The_Badseed Рік тому

    Hi Sarah, always makes me super happy to see a new vid👍😃

  • @MSHarvey_Lyricsmith
    @MSHarvey_Lyricsmith Рік тому

    I remember playing Superman on the Atari VCS (2600) and it was far more playable than the N64 version. You did have to snog Lois Lane if you were hit by Kryptonite satellites that Lexx (Autocopter) Luthor had released into the sky. A kiss got your superpowers back. Actually, that sounds a bit Freudian now I think about it. You should definitely check that game out.
    There was also a Superman game on the ZX Spectrum as I recall. I think Tynesoft released it. Maybe worth a look. Although I never played it.
    Great video Octavius. You are always very entertaining and fun to watch.
    Thank goodness Titus didn't do a Lord of the Rings video game.

    • @abadenoughdude300
      @abadenoughdude300 Рік тому

      I remember a Superman game for the Atari 8bit that I could never pass the first stage where you had to fly around aligning mirrors to laser the single enemy (Zod? Nuclear Man?) who would be trying to laser you back. It had a very nice loading screen, so there's that at least, but the game itself was pretty terrible.

  • @mattparker9726
    @mattparker9726 Рік тому +2

    YAY MORE BOBINS! Those are my favorite videos. You eyes bleed so mine don't have to! 😍😍

  • @fusionspace175
    @fusionspace175 Рік тому

    I got to play the game for free because I worked at a video rental place, we could take games home under the guise of testing them out, we just had to bring them back the next day. So I didn't lose any money at all finding out how bad this game was. As a fan of the comics, I probably would have just bought it if I hadn't. I was also then able to steer kids away by telling them to avoid it, and sometimes they even listened. Apparently the management at DC didn't want the deal to go through for the game because the previous managers had ordered it, not them, but couldn't just cancel it or they'd owe money or some such. So that's why they intentionally hampered the production.

  • @blueskull6247
    @blueskull6247 Рік тому

    Yay! You are back. Missed you muchly

  • @AstraVex
    @AstraVex Рік тому +2

    I always wondered when you'd get around to this one! 😊❤

  • @bushybeardedbear
    @bushybeardedbear Рік тому +2

    I'm pretty sure Lex in this was working with, for or enslaved by Brainiac. An evil space robot who collects data by destroying planets.
    The three characters are probably Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane and I think the last was Dr Emil Hamilton...?

    • @bushybeardedbear
      @bushybeardedbear Рік тому +2

      Also, why is Superman saving virtual civilians from virtual... Oh, you were already saying this as I typed it...

  • @That_Revenant_Guy
    @That_Revenant_Guy Рік тому

    I can only presume the Ginger kid in the portal is Jimmy, and the guy in the Trenchcoat is either a flasher, or David Corporon - Metropolis' version of Jim Gordon...or both.

  • @blackenedheart9592
    @blackenedheart9592 Рік тому

    Great video sweetheart 😁🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 i love it when you upload a new video! I always look forward to new content you create. I love it! You're awesome!

  • @Domarius64
    @Domarius64 Рік тому

    "The ground textures look like a compressed email attachment" Well now we know how Lex Luthors programmers transferred the virtual world assets!
    I love your take on it. Of all the channels that already covered this, you are the only one that bothers to look into WHY it was so bad, rather than just lambast the game itself.

  • @demiraichan
    @demiraichan Рік тому

    Yay for new video...and also the eel scared my 2 1/2 yr old, it's the first time she's gotten scared from tv, since that thing made me not play that lvl for years I kinda find it adorable tho.
    Also god the horrible lvls of this game. Seems a shame the better (if we can call them that) levels are stuck behind fly through rings crap.

  • @StuBiddyBop
    @StuBiddyBop Рік тому +1

    “Here I am reviewing it, because I hate myself” 😂 1:55 , I think playing shit games will achieve the same status as loving shit movies.

  • @chrisreynolds1980
    @chrisreynolds1980 Рік тому

    Good vid Thank you for still putting out content I wish i was brave enough to do vids you may not have millions of subscribers but im one and will always be one :)

  • @dwaynezilla
    @dwaynezilla Рік тому

    20:54 urm, ah... Superman, _we don't do that hand thing anymore_

    • @dwaynezilla
      @dwaynezilla Рік тому

      I'm sorry, did you say "Hi all"? _I really hope so..._

  • @MillicentOak
    @MillicentOak Рік тому

    The air being full of cooking oil would definitely explain that horrible smog.

  • @dinitroacetylen
    @dinitroacetylen Рік тому +1

    Somehow all these giant rings evoke a desire to build a like-sized coilgun and unleash it on those meddling corporate losers who ruin earnest effort at game development.

  • @michaelbowermaster7098
    @michaelbowermaster7098 Рік тому

    When he's Superman he has a ducktale, when he's Clark Kent he doesn't.

  • @stephenwilson4628
    @stephenwilson4628 Рік тому

    You are a funny little creature that amuses me no end and I also sympathise with you struggles so putting yourself out there must be brutal and taxing I suspect…keep it up babe your ace
    Much love ❤️
    Patsy darling
    Xxx

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron Рік тому +1

    Over 1000 likes in under 24 hours.
    I’d say the lass is back x

  • @TransbianKitty
    @TransbianKitty Рік тому

    Thank you so much for another amazing video!

  • @clashcitywannabe
    @clashcitywannabe Рік тому

    Superman 64 had basically a debug mode where you could have access to all of Superman's powers much more easily. When I played it with that on as a kid I found it much more enjoyable

  • @Gatitasecsii
    @Gatitasecsii Рік тому +1

    I love your comedy style.

  • @cunawarit
    @cunawarit Рік тому

    OK, great video! This review/rant told me more about this game than all the other rants I've watched about it. Yes, I'm lucky enough to have never played it.

  • @blackphoenix77
    @blackphoenix77 Рік тому +1

    You really smashed the hell out of those rings 🦸⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕

  • @hackerx7329
    @hackerx7329 Рік тому

    This game was the bane of EVERYBODY with an N64 renting games back in the day. Every time you would go to the store the box would be there on the shelf taunting you. You would have heard the rumors. But eventually you would be too curious and you would give in and rent it and then your weekend was just ruined. If you had more pocket money and a way to go back to the store to try and rent something actually playable. Everything else had already been rented.

  • @ExplosiveAction
    @ExplosiveAction Рік тому

    Sonic would have smashed through those rings in a quarter of the time ol' Supes takes. What a pile of desks.

  • @jamesburchill7522
    @jamesburchill7522 Рік тому +1

    So... what's really weird, and lazy is that the "sliding" walk animation is because he has the same physics as "Flying Superman."

  • @michaelpout9701
    @michaelpout9701 Рік тому

    Just remembered your video sorry octavius iv had problems over here where i live glad to be watching your latest video now hope you're ok

  • @BuzzaB77
    @BuzzaB77 Рік тому

    "punches like he's in a dream" got me that 🤣🤣

  • @Supercatandrewman
    @Supercatandrewman Рік тому +1

    Oh lord, here we go...

  • @businessof4
    @businessof4 Рік тому

    Love you Octy!! Best video game reviews on youtube, hands down!!!

  • @torquetheprisoner
    @torquetheprisoner Рік тому +2

    i have notice in loads of games after this they do the flying and gliding though rings alot better than super man 64

  • @eternalfailure4081
    @eternalfailure4081 Рік тому

    I have read an interview with one of the developers somewhere. It has never been mentioned in any of the other many videos covering this game, so I've always wondered if I imagined it. Anyway, the dev was shown the finished game, and was bemused by the rings, stating that they were not part of the design, and were something like an optional training mission to get used to the controls.

    • @eternalfailure4081
      @eternalfailure4081 Рік тому

      The other thing is, just how many times developers wanted to make GTA3. A huge open world, multiple missions, cars, people! And were met with crippling system limitations. This game was 1999, GTA3 was only 2001.
      ...but I suppose that is why GTA is such a jugganaut. Even now, you see executives pitching ideas of a game like GTA5, but with some other setting, and you can imagine them turning to the devs and saying "yeah, so just make a game like GTA5, but with X" as if you can *just* make a game like the biggest gaming franchise on a whim

    • @fionordequester6748
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      Where is this interview, out of curiosity?