Killer7 Review - "Suda51's Magnum Opus?" | GameCube Galaxy
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- In today's episode, I dive deep into the mind of an assassin, providing my in-depth review for Killer7! This game was unlike anything for its time, and resulted in mixed reviews back then, but is it really worthy of being a cult classic, or were the criticisms justified? Find out in my review! If you enjoyed the video, be sure to like, comment, and subscribe!
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The first suda game i ever played. I became obsessed with this game and suda after beating this as a kid. The plasticy graphics are super chilling
Heck yeah man! Yeah this was the first Suda51 game I played as well, and still feel it’s his best work (but I do love his other games like No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned). Thanks for checking out the review!
Definitely one of my favourites on the gamecube and probably suda 51's best game. The sound design is also fantastic. Great review!
@@scottwarren6719 heck yeah man! It’s probably my favorite Suda51 game for sure. The sound design is just on another level! Thanks for checking out the review, and glad you enjoyed it!
I love Suda 51 games. I have this one, brand new and sealed, but I played it on PS2 many years ago. Only Suda game that I don't own is Michigan: Report From Hell for the PS2. It was released only in Europe and as far as I know, it's one of those "so bad it's good" games.
Nice! I originally played this on PS2 back in 2006 cause it was $10 back then when I got it, and while I really enjoyed it then, the longer load times ruined the flow of the game. I never heard of Michigan: Report from Hell! I'll need to give that a look! Thanks for checking out the review!
I had always wondered about this one, always intrigued by it. This in-depth review was fantastic and has settled my mind, awesome vid and thank you!!!
Thanks for the praise on the review, and glad it helped you learn more about it! Truly appreciate you checking it out!!
@@GameCubeGalaxy ❤️🎮
Great timing! I just picked this up recently for the GC. Looking forward to digging in to it (eventually) 😅
Oh awesome! Look forward to hearing your thoughts on it after you play it! Thanks for checking out the review man!
Killer7 is one I've always wanted to play. I love Suda51 so this has always been one that I needed in my collection. The plot sounds very intricate but I think you've done a good job explaining it without spoiling anything. Wow I had no idea this had rail mechanics. That's pretty cool that you can upgrade personas in this. That menu screen does look nice. I already wanted this before but this looks even better than I imagined. Awesome review!
I can’t recommend this game enough to you man! Such a fresh, inventive, one-of-a-kind experience. Haha thanks, it may have taken almost 20 years, but I definitely understood the plot more now than 16 year old me 😂. The overall mechanics truly are in a league of their own. I promise you, you’ve never played anything like this! Glad you enjoyed the review man!!
Killer7 has captured my imagination since I first saw screenshots of it in a Game Informer magazine, all the way back in 2007-2008. I didn’t know about the PS2 version back then, and I didn’t have a GameCube as a kid, so I had to wait quite a while until I could play it on my Wii. That PS2 port is actually supposed to be inferior to the GC version, with long load times and bugs to boot (though when I tried it last year on an HDD connected to the machine, it worked just fine). Can’t say there’s a game quite like this one though. Definitely one of my secret favorites.
Nice! That's awesome you got it eventually to play backward compatible on the Wii. Yeah, the PS2 version is how I first played this back when I got it in 2006 cause it was only $10 when I bought it months after release, and the loading times definitely ruined the pacing, and the analog stick was slightly off with aiming. Glad you're a fan of this game, and appreciate you checking out the review!
This game looks amazing on a CRT, and I bet even a modest remaster for the latest generation with proper HDR would look even better on an OLED TV. Great review, as always.
It really does look awesome on a CRT, but even revisiting it now, it holds up so well. Thanks for checking out the review, and glad you enjoyed it!
Great, thorough review. I miss weird games like this with various art styles and gameplay mechanics.
Thank you man! Same here! This generation was definitely peak gaming for me, where developers could take the biggest risks and not worry about shutting down due to inflated budgets in nowadays games lol. Glad you enjoyed the review!
Between this, viewtiful Joe and resident evil 4, GameCube era was peak for capcom! Game now days should learn from those classic to impress and leave a mark on history of the medium!
Great review, compliments!
Couldn’t agree more!! Games nowadays could learn a LOT from games during this era! The games back then were far more creative and had more soul in them. Thanks for checking out the review, and glad you enjoyed it!
Wish I could play this for the first time again.
It really is such an experience the first time around! Thanks for checking out the review!
It was such an original and creative title for its time. While I never played it, it’s clear I missed out on something fresh and innovative. Great in-depth video on Killer 7!
100% it was! I still highly recommend you find a time to play through this one!
I picked this up a couple years ago, trying so hard to like it. But the controls just baffled the hell out of me. Seeing you talk about it though makes more sense so I want to go back to it sometime. I love the experimental titles like this on the GC, and I’m glad it’s in my collection regardless haha
It's definitely a very different type of game to play, but once you grasp it, it works SO well! Definitely give it another chance one day if you can! Thanks for checking out the review man!
I never played this but always loved the art style and gameplay. Great overview! I need to pick this one up sometime
I highly recommend it man! Unlike anything you’ll ever play, and in the best way possible 👍. Thanks for checking out the review!
Great review ! Congrats on the new addition😊
Thank you man! And really appreciate it! Sorry I’m literally just seeing this comment now!!
@@GameCubeGalaxy no worries
Your review of this game is soooooooo much more professional than mine😂
Haha really?? I didn’t even know you reviewed it, so I’ll need to go check that out!
Killer 7 really is almost like a proto-Persona with its visual flair. I played 2-3 chapters of this game back in the day but didn't beat it in time for the rental return. I didn't know there was an HD port! I just ordered that from steam for a fiver! Fantastic review as always!
For sure! Glad you picked up the HD port and hope you can finish it! Thanks again for checking out the review, and glad you really enjoyed it!
Andrei Ulmeydas boss fight will stick with me forever. It's so creepy and yet so unforgettable.
Agreed! Definitely a memorable boss fight (alongside many of the others)! Thanks for checking out the review!
@@GameCubeGalaxy I think Curtis Blackburn is another one of my favorites. Probably the closest thing to a Western style quick draw showdown that I've seen in one of Sudas games.
Nice review Marcello!😊
Thank you, Mark!
I’m shocked Capcom hasn’t ported this alongside the Viewtiful Joe series to modern consoles
@@kokotheclown2588 you and me both! While it got ported to PC in 2018, it baffles me it didn’t get brought to consoles as well. Here’s hoping one day it does! Thanks for checking out the review!
One of my favorite games on the system!
It really is an excellent game!! Thanks for checking out the review man!
Terrific review as always. killer7 will always be one of my favourite Gamecube games ever.
Thank you man! It really is one of the best GameCube games for sure! Easily an essential 👍. Glad you enjoyed the review!
No, I love killer 7, but suda51's magnum opus is, and will be no more heroes
No More Heroes is an awesome one too! I still need to go back and finish the 2nd and 3rd games. Thanks for checking out the review!
@@GameCubeGalaxy wow man, your reviews are always on point, keep up the great work, but I have a question, will you review Wii games in the foreseeable future?
@@nombrepredeterminado291 thank you man! Really appreciate it! There are no plans to cover Wii reviews at this time, but maybe one day I’ll cover the console in some capacity!
@@GameCubeGalaxy nice, there are al lot or unappreciated gems in that system
Completely agree. NMH is the goat as far as Suda 51 games go 🎉
Awesome game man!
100% agreed man! Thanks for checking out the review!
Explanation of the gameplay sound like someone's fever dream.
For sure! Thanks for checking out the review!
I couldn't help noticing the cutscenes generally didn't have captions, which, for someone like me, might make the complex story even harder to follow. Also, the constant of mention of personas - surely this isn't connected to the Persona series in any way...
Still, I might give this a try, either on GCN or maybe Steam.
The UI certainly feels like it walked right out of a Persona title. Would definitely recommend either GC or Steam version, the former demanding a high price.
I believe you can enable subtitles in the options actually, which might help! Haha correct, there's no connection to Persona, but the characters here are personas lol. Hope you give it a try one day! Thanks for checking out the review!
Recently bought a lot of rpg style games, something I missed out entirely just playing other things my whole life. I picked up path of radiance, skies of Arcadia, baten kaitos, an a few others. So cool being able to play these for the first time ever, an like the saying goes better late than never
Nice! I was never really a big RPG genre fan growing up, but appreciate the style more as I’ve grown up. I actually have been meaning to do an episode dedicated to GameCube RPGs 👍. Thanks for checking out the review!
I a collecting for the GameCube and the ps1. Mr roshi I suggest trying the ps1. That to me had the very best turned based rpgs ever imo. I also grabbed baten kaitos last month.
@@GameCubeGalaxy great idea for a video!
Great review! Killer 7 is just so damn good. 😁
Thank you! Couldn’t agree more!
Killer7 is one of the most interesting games I have ever seen. A lot of auteur developers either have really out there stories or out there gameplay and but killer7 is just out there on both. I have never seen anything close to killer7 ever again. But it’s also funny and not overly protenious. It’s also a game is mostly complete and seeing Suda run wild on an actual budget and no restrictions was sick.
I think it’s flawed for sure but it’s games like these that really make me appericate the 6th generation.
I am so glad this game has gotten a pretty good remaster on PC. It's definitely not perfect.
The tutorial button prompts will only show xbox buttons. So play on mouse and keyboards is basically mashing buttons until you get something right.
In engine cutscenes show more instead of zooming in and cutting oout the borders. The game's cutscenes sre original made with 16 by 9 in mind. So you either get more empty space that kinda messes with composition of scenes
Textures have not been touched. So blurry textures are really blurry.
Shame these arent fixed. But the positives heavily outweigh the negatives by a lot
Top review! K7 is my favorite game from Suda-san.
Thank you man! Killer7 really is an awesome game, and my favorite Suda51 game (I did also love No More Heroes)!
@@GameCubeGalaxy Killer 7 was my first Suda game, back then on the Game Cube. I was totally fascinated by the staging and the completely different approach to video games. Since then, I've played almost all of Goichi Suda's games and I'm still a big fan of his work. But none of them come close to K7. My top 5: Killer 7, No More Heroes 1, Killer is Dead, Samurai Champloo, Shining Soul 2.
I also think Liberation Maiden for Nintendo 3DS is worth mentioning. I put a lot of time into that too. 😆
great video, plz keep up
Thank you man! Glad you enjoyed the review!
Man! I wish I can play this! I can see this getting remastered now that they are bringing back Lolipop Chainsaw. Only work of his I played is actually No More Heroes III and Travis Strikes Back. Have yet to play the first two games.
Suda51 did state he would love to see the PC remaster brought to consoles, so here’s hoping! Oh man, No More Heroes is so good! The first game was up there with Killer7 for me. Thanks for checking out the review!
@@GameCubeGalaxy Yeah! More classics on newer hardware and backwards compatibility means more people can play! Classics like this should be appreciated and enjoyed for generations to come and it actually warms my heart seeing the younger generation appreciating games like this!
I always got this Nd the game 13 mixed up. But Ive never played either of them lol. Glad you think so highly of it. Being somewhat of a horror game I would have been apprehensive to play it anyway as those sound effects were pretty creepy
"Very dangerous."
I remember Capcom showing trailers for 5 (I think) exclusive games for the GameCube. This one stood out to me the most and I immediately pre-ordered it (or I did as soon as I was able). A fun and very unique game. Anyway, did you purposefully release this video on Killer7's anniversary?
My mistake, I thought it was released in NA on July 7.
@@kds5065 It really was the most unique one of the Capcom 5 shown. And I did indeed intended to release this close to the game’s anniversary (which was July 5th 👍). Thanks for checking out the review!
Id say yes and no. No more heroes is fantastic. But it's story does rely on the tedium of doing side jobs and gaining cash. It makes sense and works within context.
But killer7's gameplay and style is so unique, interesting and fun throughout the entire playthrough.
So No More Heroes is a bit more widely popular (relatively speaking), while killer7 is a much more unique experience
Quick question, any chance you'll do another AMA soon?
I've thought about it! If I do, I'm debating if I do it as a live AMA, or pre-recorded one.
@@GameCubeGalaxy probably pre record so everyone can watch in their own time. Plus, love the quality of pre recorded with ur regular camera/editing like u did last time and u just pick a bunch of great questions from the community like last time..
But ultimately up to u. Just my opinion..
have you seen the nyxi warrior gamecube controller?
I'm personally not a fan of this game. I have it on steam, but great review as always nonetheless!
That's fair! Thanks for checking out the review!
@@GameCubeGalaxy If all of yt consisted of just your channel I'd be content.
Didn't they have a killer 7 gba game
They didn’t, but I would’ve loved to have seen what could’ve been of a GBA installment! Thanks for checking out the review!
could you do a review on teen titans for gamecube?
I definitely plan to review it one day! I did briefly cover it in this episode linked here so far 👍: ruclips.net/video/cwIZOfmKJdQ/видео.htmlsi=Qaf-WakxxqRVb2tW
@@GameCubeGalaxy thanks for the link, good video
@@GameCubeGalaxy found you from metal jesus
@@shannonmiller1754 sure thing! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@shannonmiller1754 oh that’s awesome!! Thanks for sharing that, and appreciate you checking out the channel through him! 🙏
This is a game made for gamers who are tired of gaming. Even the controls work opposite to your expectations and that is the only thing this games aims to. 10/10. Awful game, great experience.