The Lost Potential of Old LEGO Games
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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Oh boy! This one took some time but I think I like how it turned out! I enjoyed animating LEGO, so there might be one more video like this lurking in the future ;)
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I'm glad Corax is using his platform to talk about important subjects like lego videogames
Ah yes, the only acceptable type of political discussion, lego games
Fr what’s global warming 😒😒😒 LEGO is more important
Yeah I love getting videos unrelated to the reason I subbed to someone's channel because they don't want to make a proper alt channel
israel? Yeah, Lego is real, I’ve got a set right there in my desk.
@@kripposoftAlt channel? I thought that aesthetic died in the 2010s already
Seeing Corax animate AND talk about LEGO games is one of the few things I need in life.
Well, you would love this.
We stan our bricky king, a real stud
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I see you like legos
@@snorreproductions I'm quite the fan myself 👀
My heart goes out to the families of the developers of Island Extreme Stunts. God only knows what that psychopath Joshua Tomar must have done to force them into giving him a voice acting role.
Never forget that his toes are as long as his fingers so when he crinkles his toes he means business.
@@gugibugi0 never forget that the hulk funko pop is bigger than the other ones
Im gonna break immersion and just say that I love seeing Oneyplays fans spread their Propaganda in the wild
He played those devs like pawns
Hey everyone, thank you for watching! I know this format might be a bit different from the usual Jermas, but I had fun making it and I think it's got potential!
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I like these non-Jerma vids, I think you skills give you a lot of potential to produce some truly great content, Jerma or otherwise.
Make more videos about the Brickster. He was always my favorite desu kawaii senpai goon idol.
This type of style has insane potential, im already imagining an hour long video from you about anything!
this must have taken like a year to record, edit and animate
Please more of this kind of video, your jokes and edits are great
As a former lego store employee, the new Stuntz sets with the motorcycles are genuinely the most actual fun thing in the store. We destroyed our demo ones with how much we played with them. There were skid marks on our demo table and the ramps. Other Lego are fun to build, but Stuntz are actually fun to play with.
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@@Jen-hen Who are you
Holy shit, a 25 minute Corax video?! What did we do to deserve this?
I dunot know, but mustve been something good
We endured the big slappy
Survived the fog
I like that your comment can be interpreted positively or negatively. Like you're probably happy but there's just a slim chance that you're devastated that you have to sit through 25 mins of Corax
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18:41 “Tomar what would you do if you were a LEGO man?”
“Yeah Tomar what would you do? Would you plant lots of bulbs?”
“Wait but Tomar what if they didn’t grow as expected, what would you do?”
“Yeah Tomar, what would you do?”
Lego Universe... I loved that game so much. It just had such TERRIBLE marketing. I happened upon it by pure chance on a trip to the Galleria. I went by the LEGO store and I saw the game on shelves. Grabbed it, played it up until it shut down. I had two friends.. that were mythran in that game I ran into by sheer chance and deduced " You're too nice and well spoke. You're a mod " - and one of them spilled the beans.
Loved that game so much. Best community I was ever a part of.
I was a beta tester for it. Gods I miss that Game it was so much fun, especially for young me
marketing aside, i was a beta tester... you know, as a child. my parents would not pay for the release version of the game.
People have recreated the game and you can play it on small servers now
gotta say, your creativity, work ethic, and willingness to branch out despite the risks of moving away from whats popular is really impressive. i cant wait to see everything you have planned for all us loyal followers :3
whitest thing i ever read
edit: this is a joke
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Hey @Jen-hen you should like give up on everything in general.
Edit: my b, ur channel is goated
Hearing "I'm the king. Welcome to my castle!" for the first time in 20 years just unlocked a core memory
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@@Jen-henligma balls bot
@@faintduch6630what does this mean
i feel you man, i had the samething happen to me on the War story video by Shrippie -@@Jen-hen
@@colt-_-jonson1743jen hen was lying
My favorite Lego games have to be Lego battles (2009) and Lego Ninjago battles (2011). I loved how many factions/characters you could unlock and play as, and the strategy aspect of the game really sold it for me
YES YES YES LEGO FUCKING BATTLES YES
I had Titus as a kid and completely forgot about it, then I discovered things like Biondo reason and command, and conquer and fell in love.
All thanks to battles thank you for being a quality stepping stone in my childhood
I didn't realize how MANY LEGO games I played as I kid. It feels like every minute of this video new memories are being unlocked.
Corax talking about old LEGO Games? I think this is a dream come true. What a blessing.
Seconded, this video feels tailor made to my niche interests and childhood
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Jesus christ, what demon did you make a deal with to absolutely DOMINATE every animation style you try?
i wanna have a word with him.
Aww, thanks! Honestly, animation pricniples carry over regardless of the medium and I've really only done 2D and 3D! LEGO in 3D is actually easier than regular 3D because of the limited rigs and the fact all the assets are already available online.
Even the Corax model rig was found online? Doesn't surprise me, it was always one of my favorite Lego people to play with
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@@Jen-henno, this dude steals MY animations for money and is getting filthy rich off MY hard work
@@sweet.j.c actually, this dude steals MY animations for money, and he's getting filthy rich off of MY hard work instead!
I hope you continue doing these kinds of videos, they really took me back to the early video game reviewer era.
If I would be allowed to have this impression there were one or two moments in this video that reminded me of old JonTron, like up to his 2013 period and earlier even, like really in a good way.
My first lego game that got me really into Age of empires and starcraft was a weird little DS RTS lego game called lego battles. Was a really cool game
the geometric density of lego island was pretty crazy for 1997. the game invented (edit: did not invent, my bad, merely created) an LOD system for distant objects to be simplified further away from the camera, I think it might be the first game with that.
Spoglam did it first
@@horatio2560i did it first
@@ASlickNamedPimpbackNo, I did
@@horatio2560 i cannot find any info on that game. any other info would be appreciated, developer, publisher, platform it was on.
@@dan_loebIt's a joke
I would love to see Corax tackle the subjects he wants to tackle in place of the Jerma animations, as funny as they are.
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@@Jen-hen Proof?
7:50 Did not expect such a great reference in the midst of such a fun, nostalgic video.
Also, cool fact about the old Lego games: The big box original releases of the jewel cases had a 1x14 plate on the spine of the case, meaning you could build on the case or vice versa, making a specialised display using any Lego you had lying around.
Eating fritos with shredded cheese while listening to a master animator talk about the history of LEGO videogames for about half an hour. This may or may not be the life
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@@Jen-hen ooh, nice try. almost clicked on your profile there. i'll give that to you you almost got me.
I used to call electronic music "Junkbot Music" as a kid, since that was one of the few places I heard that style played.
Even two decades later, introducing my own child to Lego through the toys & games has been a blast.
Thanks for the nostalgia trip :)
I heard cat facts, I have been summoned.
@7:50 -- if anyone is wondering, there is in fact a train station in Japan where a cat works as Station Master with her own hat (with summer hat for warmer weather) and own office. She worked at the Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture. Her name was Tama and she worked from 2007 until her death in 2015. She was originally a stray cat that would hang around the station. The station was actually very close to closing for a while before they appointed Tama. Once the word got out, the station got an insane increase in visitors. Tama basically saved the station from closing which is regarded as a good example of the "nekomonics"/"cat economics" where cats have played a part in helping the economy. After her death, Tama was buried and enshrined, so she could look after the station after passing away. They visit the shrine on the anniversary of her passing every year. People visit the shrine year round and provide offerings as a "thank you" for Tama.
Currently, the new station master is Nitama (second Tama), who worked with Tama before she died. There are a few cats that were trained with Tama who were sent off to different stations. Nitama is currently training Yontama (fourth Tama) to take over when she passes. You can follow the Station on social media and see the different Tama themed cars and keep up with Nitama. (ekichoTAMA or sometimes wakayama-dentetsu)
It's also important to note that all cats were calicos -- which are considered extremely lucky in Japanese folklore. They're said to bring good luck and prosperity. All of the beckoning cats statues (maneki neko) are calicos or tri-color. Perhaps the station finding Tama was fate.
We used to own Lego Creator when I was a kid. I didn't play it very much, but I was impressed by how complex it seemed. It was pretty much just building legos but in digital form, plus you could do things like take control of characters and walk around, and you could control how different mechanical bits should work.
As a lifelong BIONICLE fan, I hope that those fangames that keep getting teased year after year bring that potential right back :)
This video feels like it was made by 2012 PBG and or JonTron. An immaculate job as always Corax.
I can tell you put so much effort into this, and I love the animation! I've enjoyed many of the TT Lego games, but I also hope they branch out again. Also, you didn't mention Lego Battles. It wasn't an early game but still very different from your typical Lego game of the mid-late 2000s.
18:42 Look, Tomar, it's you!
Lego Universe was and always will be a source of nostalgic joy for me! Hearing you mention it brought a big smile on my face! If only it lasted a bit longer…
I was one of the beta testers for it... I fucking miss the races, the inventiveness, and the story of the world and potential therein
There has been a successful remake that got released a few years ago called Darkflame Universe, give it a gander/look
I never goit to play it because it never got released outside of NA and Europe for god knows what reason. Still mad about that.
Dude, this is excellent. You really have a talent for this more long form type of video. I really hope that you put out more of this. I think your background in high-quality animation really sets you apart from other big players in the gaming video-essay space. I hope that you really use that to your advantage going forward to further make this format of video your own (the bit showing how your old disks ended up getting destroyed in animation sticks out particularly to me). I know that the animation is likely the most time consuming part of the process, but I think that I speak for most of us when I say that your animation style is truly special and adds so much to your content. I'm proud to be a subscriber and I hope you find a lot of success with this.
Something interesting about Rock Raiders, it also got a PS1 release but instead of it being a rts it became an action collection game when you directly control one of the main gang and collect energy crystals and save lost rock raiders on your way to the end of the level.
Always baffled me as a kid, seeing two of the same game but with completely different gameplay
You continued to pass the vibe check as soon as you called Racers a banger. That menu theme is ingrained in my brain and sometimes I awake from slumber with it stuck in my head.
One of my favorite lego games when I was a kid was lego ninjago for the ds. It was an rts that must have been really easy considering i beat it as a kid. It was such a fun game with cool levels and secret collectables hidden in the levels. It gives me such nostalgia.
I remember trying and failing to 100 percent It as a kid lol. The reason that game is so easy is that enemies don't actively attack you, i think, unless you played king of the hill, so you could just spend x amount of time building up units. I found it so fun.
^^^^the Nintendo ds Lego rts games were some of the best games I played as a kid!
I'm a Lego Game Vet.
Lego Island, Racers, and Stunt Rally were all incredible as a tiny child on my mom's PC.
Mind you I got to them after my brother who was born in '96.
I had the original Lego Creator as a kid, along with Lego Loco. Can confirm that even when you got it to run, Lego Creator was buggy and prone to crashing out of nowhere. Lego Loco had a cool feature where if you did an “online” map you could send a train out and get a postcard back in response!
this was really well put together! i'm so on board with your youtube channel having a variety of content :D
Man, I had Lego Island 2, Extreme Stunts, Alpha Team, and the soccer game as a kid. Honestly beautiful memories. I wasn’t quite old enough to play Lego island 1, but I think in hindsight, 2 was the better one so I don’t feel too bad about missing out.
Very cool, Vash ✌️
The 1st one was fun, but there definitely was a huge jump in quality to the 2nd one
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@@ShapezPuller64 ✌️
@@theTOASTYsupreme yeah, especially after trying to get the first one to run nowadays. The system clock speed on modern hardware is jacked comparatively to when Lego Island 1 was released. At least with Lego Island 2 I could get it running after playing with previous DirectX versions. There is like a web browser version that you can play of the original though if you want to do that, but I’d like to run it off my PC if I could.
editing is fantastic. great video
lego creator was the first video game I had ever played, this was a nostalgia trip like no other
You're sfm video actually got me into making animation, I am doing, okay, but you keep inspiring me to make them, and I can't really say I'm good at animating, but I have definitely gotten a lot better. Thank you Corax!
This was hella entertaining, I always love how you add the little Lego animations in between of your character. W commentary, wouldn’t mind seeing more of these 😼✨
I am all here for Video essays AND animation. You killed it dude.
The online lego games (mostly old flash games) such as Junkbot (which had a brief cameo in this video), Bricklot and the Mata Nui Online Game were iconic. Well worth revisiting, though there are so damn many of them
So I stumbled across this randomly, and honestly, surprised this is your first sorta delve into new content. I hope you do more of these, on top of animation. Certainly a strong start! Absolutely subbing, gotta see what comes next.
Subbed for the funny 2D Jerma Animations
Now completely excited for more The Missed Potential of Old LEGO Games videos.
The animation youtuber - to - video essaist pipeline never gets old.
but yeah the whiplash is insane, Bionicle Heroes and Lego Universe were my straight up favorite games but its a shame that Bionicle Heroes was never explored more, it seemed like the perfect blend between shooter and LegoTM game, but the auto-aim doesnt let it age too well
Your tone and how you describe things is relaxing while also being humorous even at a low-energy. I don't really know how to describe it beyond that. This and your SFM video have been great things to listen to AND watch :)
honestly a Lego game that plays something like SIM city where you can design (and save/copy/paste) buildings and such seems like it'd be very popular
Lego Island 1 & 2, Lego Racers, Lego Loco, the Bionicle Mata Nui flash game... I spent SO many hours on these games as a kid. They really take me back to another time. I'm glad other people have lots of nostalgic memories for them too!
I was not expecting this kinda content from you but I'm glad you posted this, it was a fun watch.
YOOO, Congrats on the gamer sups sponser bro! realy cool to see animators getting more recognition. Also a realy great dive into the old lego games. Keep it up man!
Corax, you really read my mind on a lot of this. I've been severely disappointed that LEGO has almost completely abandoned their original IPs in favor of licensing deals. I grew up with LEGO Island, LEGO Racers, LEGOLAND, and Soccer Mania, and they're all very dear to me. Not to mention all of the flash games on their website! I feel this isn't just an issue with LEGO Media, though. Even the physical LEGO sets seem to lack much originality now. Most are based less on things you can actually play with, and more on models of cars and other static objects. While cool, the creativity and intellectual stimulation just seem lost now.
I love that you put this video together. It's something I've been feeling for years at this point, but didn't really have anybody to tell. Hopefully we'll see some more original stuff from LEGO in the near future.
I love the idea of Corax doing what MeatCanyon does, doing fun videos like this in between animations. I'm totally here for it.
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@@Jen-hen you don’t seem that talented judging from your latest vids
transphobic much? @@CodeBlue981
I think it's pretty cool of creators to just do whatever they want like this. I don't really care for MC's other content, but all power to him. It's just 'cause of my personal taste in videos. I DO care about Lego videogames however
I'm a simple man: I see Rock Raiders in a Corax thumbnail, I hit that play button faster than a left hook from Muhammad Ali
Dude this is great stuff i would personally love to see more of this kind of stuff from you bro
This was a pleasant surprise. I was even just thinking about some old Lego games recently and I agree that the old games had something going for them, at least in potential. Especially Rock Raiders. Never played it myself, just watched, but I really hope that Lego revisits it some day, even if just the genre itself. Lego star wars on the 360 might have been the first time that I genuinely loved a Lego game _(ah, the good old days of trying to play co-op with a Rockband drumset, cause we had one controller)--_ not that I didn't like any of the others, but as a kid, games like Lego island were appealing less because they were fun and more because of the charm, atmosphere, however you can describe it _(that and there wasn't much else that we had to play; also, my copy of Lego Island was also eaten by the optical drive_ :(
I always like when animators do these kinds of videos, it adds a lot to it, I hope to see more!
love the videos, the animation is 🤌
I kinda like the direction of this channel. When I watched the SFM video I got hooked on Corax style of narration. I hope you make other cool projects like this in the future!
Honestly I love these types of videos! Your animation is impressive, and your video on the uhh SFM was one of my favourite! Lovely video man, hope to see more! Whatever that will be!
I grew up with the Lego Star Wars format, and I missed out on every game that was different from that format other than a web browser game were you drove Lego cars around a city. Your optimism for the potential of an experimental age for Lego is really exciting and I’m now hopeful for that as well.
Would love to see you do more of these every once in awhile, this was a fun dive considering I only ever played Lego Island and Lego Racers growing up!
Never thought that Corax making a video that isn't an animation about Joey or jerma would be so entertaining/informative :)
Lego battles, born to late to be respected, and still to old to be relevant…. One day battles one day
Love to see another Corax video! This was really entertaining to watch again with your animation (this time on lego form and it looks amazinG), and just loved your takes on the games and jokes there and there and the soundtracks you pick are greaT, something about your videos feels really unique and i love it!
Also, with that ending sponsor it really felt like you got your own HappyMeatFarms Muse D:
Wait, a long form video from Corax? Gonna have to pay close attention to ensure this video gets the viewership it deserves!
Holy shit this is an absolute win. Your animation is clean and gorgeous and this is the exact type of content I want to hear about. If you ever want to talk about the TT I’d be here as soon as.
Also this vid is LEGO Battles erasure and I will not stand for it there’s your real hidden gem.
i got surprised that when i looked your channel and this is the first time this format was made, i didn't recognized/remembered you as the funny jerma animator but as someone who actually was one with this format, i also like that you started it with a subject im recently into again, that is lego games, this is a really great surprise for sure
The flash games were so awesome, I loved Mars Mission and Supersonic RC so much when I was a kid, actually just downloaded Flashpoint to replay them
Fantastic video, so glad to see you branching out because you're genuinely a super creative person
edit : Holy shit, Soccer/Football Mania was my JAM
content im fucking *here* for baby lets go
1:32 I was totally expecting your character to do the Lego Racers main menu animation when presenting the video title, but Lego Movie styled animation ft fingerprints and smudges are equally fun. Great watch!
Him being born in 1998 means that some of his earlier animations were made in High School, definitely impressive.
Damn. This video really unlocked some core memories of my childhood; I can't believe I completely forgot about Lego Creator, Football Mania, and Stunt Rally! I remember playing/watching my brother play a lot of these older Lego titles, but there were Lego games in this video that I didn't know about like Alpha Team and Lego Island Xtreme. I was really fond of Lego Racers 1&2, Lego Island 1&2, Rock Raiders, Bionicle: The Game, as well as the GBA Bionicle: Quest for the Toa (or Tales of the Tohunga as it was originally named).
Also, I love that you mentioned the fan-remake of Rock Raiders, Manic Miners by Baraklava! I played through a lot of it when it officially released- it was a blast reliving some childhood memories- and I would recommend downloading it if anyone reading this has played the original!
Edit: These weren't commercial games but I also remember playing a lot of the Lego web games like Lego World Builder, Mata Nui Online Game (MNOG) 1&2, and Voya Nui Online Game (VNOG).
Corax is such a true Lego fan that he become what he loves, oh how I envy him.😺
I've rarely seen a video go over that many games that smoothly, reallly freaking funny and insanley well animated as well!! Awesome job!!
My family bought a LEGO games collection in a box, so I have some fond memories with a lot of these.
LEGO creator (the original) was, in hindsight, probably also just a tool to create short videos in lego city. But we always just used all the spinning action pieces on top of another, or tried to crash vehicles.
The thing I remember most about it however is that at some point, every time, we were flung uncontrollably in one direction and had to shut down the computer, losing most of our progress. Maybe it was just resetting the deadzone between building and playing, but I was 10 and couldnt figure out at all how to prevent it.
4:15 Can confirm - Lego LOCO was the one classic Lego game I owned as a kid, but I spent so much time with it, mainly just building whacky train tracks and watching all the little vehicles and people walking around. It was my first exposure to a city building simulator, and along with being really into Legos at the time, I was also just really entranced by all the little animations and activity going on with every building and minifig pedestrian. Made my little custom towns feel alive in my young mind. It also helped that it was really easy to get into. Didn't have to deal with budgets or needing to build one thing to build another thing. You had all the tools at your disposal, which made me click with it.
I would mainly grow up with the Traveler's Tales line of Lego games, at least up until Lego Indiana Jones 2, when my interest in Lego started to wane a bit. I did check out Skywalker Saga more recently, after Covid and an unexpected gift from my Dad rekindled my interest in building Lego sets. It was quite an experience seeing how much Skywalker Saga improved on the gameplay loop compared to what I remembered from the original Lego Star Wars games, and I had a lot of fun with it.
i absolutely LOVE you branching out your content style! i am loving this video :)
LOVED this video, such a great trip down memory lane, and loved the beam-up exit. Rock Raiders had two different games with the same name. The PS1 version was like a top down action strategy rather than an RTS
7:08 I played Lego rock raiders a lot when I was a kid. The game had a system where you were able to name your workers/lego figures if you trained them and leveled them up.
Naming 12 or so Lego dudes was the best choice I ever made back then. Stories started developing all on there own because of this.
You had Ted who would constantly screw up everything and trip on spiders every opportunity he got, Bill who had the habit of carrying TNT to already destroyed sections of wall due to my poor commands. He tragically died in a mining accident when he blew himself up with said TNT.
Lastly there was Bob. My go to guy for fixing the messes Bill and Ted would make. Bob died though when he got hit by 2 cave ins at the same time. So I ordered a lunch break in his memory and made another Bob. In my head it was Bob's son, Bob the second stepping in to fill his father's shoes.
Somehow Bob the second was even more competent than Bob the first. He never died either because the disk became unstable and we couldn't run the game anymore. So technically he's still alive to this day on some dusty old save file.
Lastly, to anyone who just got a hit of nostalgia and is off to download the game did you know that the laser beam can be used on lava monsters?
It does a measly 2 damage per hit on something that has 200 or so health, but the animation the lava monster does when you shoot him is pretty funny. He'll get flung up in the air, do a triple backflip and land on his ass. This makes me think that the game was already finished, and the programmers put this in as an easter egg.
Because combat wise the tactic is pointless. The freezer beam already stuns lava monsters with each hit.
This is really sick stuff man, I hope this video pops off in the coming weeks you deserve it.
Why does this guy have such a pleasant and nice voice when his animations are always batshit insane
I hope you keep talking about games in videos like this. This was incredibly enjoyable
I clicked this video to talk about the Manic Miners fan game that's basically a renewed version of Rock Raiders, when i saw you included it in your video i simply watched the whole thing.
I am happy you are so well informed, Lego games deffinetly were a big part of my childhood, especially Rock Raiders and the first Lego Racers game
Heck yeah! I would love to see more videos like this from you! This one was great!
certainly wasnt expecting this! glad to see how well you handle the review/retrospective sort of video
There's something distinctly interesting about the late 90's and early 2000's lego games. They were all experimental but usually did what they set out to do well (Except for Lego Rock Raiders).
A lot of non-lego games from the era were also extremely interesting to me, the likes of HotWheels Stunt Track Challenge for example, which were surprisingly advanced games for their time thanks to being on the PC.
I think if there's one thing I appreciate about growing up the time I did, I think it has to be these unique opportunities I only experienced thanks to the early Windows gaming scene. Things you'll never see again like kids flocking to big dedicated and decorated stands just for Lego games.
It's a unique and quite obsolete time in gaming but it was charming and to this day I go back to a lot of the titles, even as DVD ROMs go obsolete and scarce.
(I think I'm going to hide this in the comments since it's a bit personal)
I don't think any title in gaming has been as meaningful to me as Lego Racers. My Father changed one day while I was growing up... He became angry, aggressive and by the time I was 14 I didn't recognize the man who had raised me.
But for a time when I was much, much younger, I have so many memories of a good man. I used to play Lego Racers all day every day while he would man certain keys since I was literally too young to manage the items while I drove or vice-versa. While he had downtime at work, he would look at gaming forums and play the game in his free time. He used to come home every other day showing me some new thing he found or found out about. He had a particularly dry day at work and unlocked Veronica Voltage's kit and never told me how he did it.
It was a time early in life where things were plainly good without stupid complications of later life and the older lego games contain some of the best isolated memories I've ever had. These games mean the world for me, and although they're not the best I've ever played, I think they're the games that mean the most to me.
The lego flash games were surprisingly solid as well. The Lego Mars game still goes so hard.
The AI in Manic Miners, I'm pleased to say, is MUCH better about following orders. Plus you can manually finish a ton more tasks now yourself.
Also, it's worth mentioning that part of the reason the other LEGO Island games didn't capture the spirit of the first one because Mindscape, the development studio, had the 'genius' idea of -laying off all the staff- right before they'd have to pay them royalties for their work. This is a particular shame as they actually had plans for a whole slew of LEGO games that never got made, including one involving the aquatic themes and pirates that has a brief teaser hidden in Island 1.
I had LEGO Creator growing up, and remember playing it quite a bit. Something I remember: Once you'd assembled bricks into a structure (or whatever amalgamation you wanted), you could copy and paste it as many times as you wanted. I assume the intended function was to facilitate city building. My dad built a small multi-story office building; it's only features were the windows and an internal staircase. My siblings and I would copy the structure and paste it on top of itself, attempting to build the tallest skyscraper we could. Good times.
I haven't heard of Rock Raiders before, but it's obviously the original precursor to Power Miners. As an RTS, I wonder how much its design influenced CrystAlien Conflict. On that note . . .
Would you consider doing a similar video on some of the LEGO Flash games? Obviously one couldn't cover every one that ever existed, but I think some stand out as more noteworthy. Alpha Team: Deep Freeze seems especially relevant considering its featured counter-part in this video.
very unexpected but what a welcome surprise. This is the type of content i love and i really hope you have more topics you would enjoy talking about.
I'm very happy to see you make and branch out on new content. When watching your source film maker video, I thought you had a good voice over voice and was hoping you'd make more videos with you talking. Your comedy style is exactly how I like it too with your delivery of jokes and topics like this are always fun to watch and learn from! Keep up the amazing stuff and keep on doing what makes you happy and what you enjoy!
loving the lego content, its such a pleasant surprise! i hope you make more in the future. :0
12:46 Okay this whole part with Cedric and Richard is great and also hilarious. Oh and that voice impression for Cedric is awesome!
I’m loving the new long form content from you Corax. Keep it up!
I've already watched videos on the history of LEGO video games, but THIS has gotta be my favorite one yet. Great job, Corax!
In 20 years, Lego will be making a video about THIS period of experimentation by Corax.
This is a wonderful review video! I'm always happy to see new things from you.
Getting a sponsor isn't necessary to prove your art has worth, but it is a form of greater recognition that you obviously deserve, congrats.
And compared to other "Gamer" drinks, Gsupps is the only one I like (in flavor and efficacy), so I'm biased.
This was an absolute and unexpected delight. I hope to see more of this kind of stuff Corax, you crushed it.