I usually give games from the early 2000s a pass when it comes to animation and graphics. However, after I remembered that Kingdom Hearts came out in that same era, there’s no excuse.
Tbh, I kinda feel like that’s a bit of an unfair comparison since Square Enix has unmatched production value in all their games. Even Chrono Cross on PS1 had amazing special effects that made it almost look like an early PS2 game.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was surprisingly good. It didn't try to be realistic and went for a stylized art direction and the Dementor sequence on the train was absolute nightmare fuel for me as a kid.
@@newgameld2512 It's more unfair to imply that anyone else gets a free pass because someone (square Enix) really did their homework. And "unmatched" it's a bit of an hyperbole, it makes them look the only ones who make good looking games and that's just Strawmanning
Okay, gonna stop you right here. I played the PC version. It's a different game entirely, and *not* complete trash. It's also the one no one knows about... Probably because this one gets meme'd on so much.
Hyper the thicc boi Haha. Let's just say it's even *more* abridged than the other versions. However, that also means the game gets to the good stuff quicker because it isn't nearly as padded. Sometimes less is more, ya know?
Dineth Mallawarachchi Yeah okay. How a game *looks* completely invalidates my experience and every other aspect about said game. How could I not see? Thank you for opening my eyes with your absolutely bulletproof argument.
Looking at this makes me wonder how I managed to beat this game as a kid. There is no way I'm patient enough to wait for those books to return or leave their shelves at that age.
RadicalMetropolis! Nice! Congrats on the 1001 Forces jokes. This video was really fun and I really like the effort you put on the greenscreen and the jokes as always! Hope to see more of you soon in the future!
Fun fact, the HP1 Game theme and the HP1 Movie theme were created at close enough to the same time as each other, and by separate people. They both are honestly iconic enough in their own rights.
Hey. I also have this game. I quit when I had do to a long stealth section to get into the library, then another long stealth section to get out of the library. There’s too much stealthing around hall monitors and teachers in this Harry Potter game. At least I managed to finish the third, fourth and fifth games.
This game was one of the 2 games that came with our Xbox when I was 6 years old, so it was one of my first times playing a video game ever. Yes, it was difficult. It took 6 months to beat, but admittedly, my parents had a 1 hour time limit on games back then. So it probably wasn't that bad. The only part for me that was actually so hard it felt unfair, was the Avifors spell challenge. You have to do a sequence of jumps around a room while ghosts try and hurt you, and one of the jumps is pixel perfect, I kid you not. I replayed the game last year, and the Avifors challenge was the only part that gave me trouble. Everything else wasn't too difficult. Even that prefect part in this video. I struggled with that as a kid, but as an adult I kinda breezed through it. Sneaking almost puts you at a disadvantage because it slows you down and makes you easy to spot. But yeah, game isn't bad. Just tough. And lacks rewarding goodies for doing tasks. The biggest unlockable is the Alohomora spell book, and all that does is let you get more wizard cards.
What do you have against dear old Harold James Potter? He's such a lovable scamp! Always running around, casting spells every which way! Messing around with his best friends Hermione and the other one!
If my memory serves well, the PC version of Chamber of Secrets is almost completely different. At the very least, I don't remember the Library bit and I don't have to tell you that that's an ordeal that you don't forget. I do remember getting stuck in Snape's storage room looking for Polyjuice potion ingredients though. And Peeves was there, which wasn't the worst but still. Might be worth giving the PC version a go
The PC version and the Console version on and off randomly decide what looks canon like the movie/books, and what changed to be gamey, and they never coincide with each other, the Consoles have a much more faithful outside but the PC version has a much more faithful inside while the outside looks like the designers never read or seen harry potter before and all versions treat spells and combat in completely different ways.
@@xXEPIKgamerXx 11:56 Yeah *very* faithful outside in console, remember when Harry and Ron were near Ginny n Malfoy and yet only Harry n Ron missed the train?
I'm 2 seconds into the video and I have already figured out that Mr. Incredibazinga has kidnapped radicalsoda and is impersonating him to steal the rest of the shrek movie collection
3:41 is that? The rapping wizard is that you, I really missed you how about you. You still got the hots for striped equine, it’s kinda weird you think that’s fine. But hey I’m just glad to see you back, just please don’t start talking about zebra crack
I love your Ps2 videos so much, they bring a sense of nostalgia, along with funny jokes and just a cozy and hilarious feeling, I hope you make more soon 😊❤
Why the fuck did they make hufflepuff purple? Am i missing something here? Is there a narrative reason or did the sand look like piss when they rendered the hourglasses in the main hall
oh boy i loved this game (although it was the ps2 version) as a child but the save feature was corrupted and i never could get past the slide level. also obligatory "this isn't Robert's animated room" "this is just grand metropolis"
Oh I loved this game, I grew up with this game on the Xbox Original, such Nostalgia of me playing this game in 2008-2009 2009 was the year my mum broke the game disc as punishment of misbehaving.
i was waiting for the day you'd cover this game, i played the ps2 version all the time when i was a kid and loved it edit: the ps2 version didn't have an awful camera or make you drop beans when you got hit lmao
From my understanding, Harry Potter is still beloved and has a place in people's hearts, it's JK Rowling herself that people hate or dislike now. As well as Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child
@@psychonautmaddy7409 The first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a legit good movie. But it was clearly a stand alone movie, with no room for a sequel... But it still got one. Which sucked.
Nah fam, I will still love the Harry Potter books* even if the author doesn't understand the fundamental values of the thing she wrote. *and only the books.
fun fact!: Although the games do not have the original HP theme, they all do have different themes that you'll find throughout all HP games! The title screen one you heard, the one that you can find inside Hogwarts/your house dormitory, and a couple few others. I find it pretty neat that they created these themes for the games only and that they've stayed consistent through the Gameboy to the PS2! So like.. don't be too harsh on them lmao
I never read a Harry Potter book. I never watched a Harry Potter movie. Nor Played a Harry Potter game. I'm ready How f'd up am I for not caring about that bull$#!+
17:28 I think here the problem isn't that they didn't read the book. They clearly DID read it, but forgot to actually add a scene in the game that should have preceded this to give it context xD
The PC version skips the farm and Diagon alley section entirely but I unknowingly played both the PC version and the Gamecube version when I was kid and the memory formed into one continuous blob of nostalgia so I was very miffed and confused when I downloaded the PC version earlier this year and half the things I remembered were gone.
WoW, Rad's lived in so many places, first a normal living room, then a white void with a window, a chair, and TV, and now he lives in *GrAnD mEtRoPoLiS!*
my most memorable childhood memory is playing it on the pc and trying to draw the spells i tried to trace is so intensely and it was so perfect but i always just heard "KEEP TRYING HARRY POTTER KEEP TRYING" over and over again for like an hour, and i got super frustrated and then i drew an super crappy drawing of it and then bam it worked, i quit playing soon after.
I enjoyed it. (Was my first PS2 game) Maybe that's why no game could shock me ever since. Edit: I somehow want now a PS5 version of it (improved, etc.).
![Sonic Unleashed Review [03] - RadicalSoda](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bitTeQFSjow/mqdefault.jpg)
Wait... that isn’t RadicalSoda’s living room... that is just...
*GRAND METROPOLIS!*
WOO WOOBY WOO WOO!!!
WAA WOO WOO WAA WOO WOOO
Hoo deee hoo dee
WOOBY WOO WE WOO
This isn't Grand Metropolis this is just..........
Metropolis Zone from Sonic 2
This episode: RadicalSoda has too much fun with a green screen.
Wrong! Not enough fun!
HE ISN'T GOING FAR ENOUGH!
it made me a little dizzy
He is super tiny lol i can barely see his eyes
Wait, that's not a GREEN SCREEN!
It's...
GRAND METROPOLIS!
"I wonder how much radical is getting from that AD Revenue"
*Twenty Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans*
B E A N S
Only if you throw in that wizard trading card. I need it for my collection.
>green screen
>silly drawings
>love for a blue animal character
What do you mean this ISN'T Blue's Clues?
This isn't Blue's Clues, this is...
GRAND METROPOLIS
Expanse in the LORE
Judging by the amount of Forces jokes, I'd hesitate to say he's got "love" for the blue animal character lol
The early Harry Potter games seem to be some strange anomaly where everyone who has played them remembers it differently.
I remember playing them on the PC and they definitely didn't look like that. Thinking they maybe had a completely different version for each port...
Every copy of the early Harry Potter video games is personalized. The legend says that Voldemort put a curse on them.
Every copy of Harry Potter is personalized
I played the ps1 version and im 100% sure it was different xD
Well I have played the Ps1, Ps2, PC, and GBA versions of Chamber of Secrets and can confirm that they are all different
I don't recognize the background, it doesn't seem like a recurring joke
IT’S GRAND METROPOLIS!
@@koolaruni1988 Damnit, you beat me to it.
@@koolaruni1988 Doooo DWOOO DEE DOOO
G R A N D M E T R O P O L I S
WOOO WEEE WOO WEEE WO WE WO
*"I have crabs Ron"*
I can say without a doubt I was not expecting that.
I love the use of the green screen in this!
23 hours ago
HOW
Lộc Lê Hồng
Patreon probavly
How
What
I feel like It would have been better a little further zoomed in
As someone who has played this game, multiple times, I can confirm this: he's really not exaggerating about that book section.
I’ve seen many let’s play end at that section
I think he gave up way to quickly, he made it seem impossible not that hard
"I'm pretty sure beating other members with a club is against the rules"
Yes. But he is in Slytherin.
I usually give games from the early 2000s a pass when it comes to animation and graphics. However, after I remembered that Kingdom Hearts came out in that same era, there’s no excuse.
Tbh, I kinda feel like that’s a bit of an unfair comparison since Square Enix has unmatched production value in all their games.
Even Chrono Cross on PS1 had amazing special effects that made it almost look like an early PS2 game.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was surprisingly good. It didn't try to be realistic and went for a stylized art direction and the Dementor sequence on the train was absolute nightmare fuel for me as a kid.
@@newgameld2512 It's more unfair to imply that anyone else gets a free pass because someone (square Enix) really did their homework. And "unmatched" it's a bit of an hyperbole, it makes them look the only ones who make good looking games and that's just Strawmanning
Yeah Square was next level. I'll never forget watching FF8's intro cut scene the first time. Blew my mind.
Wait a second... This isn't the white void at all! This is just...
Yeah, you get it.
DODODODEDO _DOOOOOOOO_
DODODODEDO _DOOOOOOOO_
Hii
19 hours ago wot
Grand metropolis
Did he get early access to the video or?
Damn, I wish I could live in Grand Metropolis
Or at least in Sonic Heroes for that matter
I'd love to hang out in the casino area myself, not the pinball tables, but what suspended ground there is
nzar I wish I could live in Station Square
@@Sticky_sausage69 Station Square is the best! You even have a beach and a casino!
sonic maiden and Station Square has twinkle park
@@Sticky_sausage69 Yes! I forgot to mention that as well 😅
In other words, Station Square is the best place!
I love how creative Radicalsoda gets, like last time we had animation with Beargrills and now-
GRAND METROPOLIS
NNAHH NAH NAH NAHH NAAAAAHHHH
You know, I prefer green screen than the animated version, as part of RadicalSoda's charm are his facial expressions
"So how many styles do you wanna try out?"
" *_yes_* "
RadicalSoda's room looking like a Sonic Lost World cutscene.
With the singular platform in the middle of nowhere where they seemingly shouldn't be able to get up to that platform and yet here they are?
At least it has a background
Okay, gonna stop you right here.
I played the PC version. It's a different game entirely, and *not* complete trash.
It's also the one no one knows about... Probably because this one gets meme'd on so much.
The PC games are awesome, shame theyre so hard to get running on Windows 10
So it's still trash but not complete trash
I remember my friends buying it
Hyper the thicc boi
Haha.
Let's just say it's even *more* abridged than the other versions.
However, that also means the game gets to the good stuff quicker because it isn't nearly as padded.
Sometimes less is more, ya know?
Dineth Mallawarachchi
Yeah okay.
How a game *looks* completely invalidates my experience and every other aspect about said game.
How could I not see?
Thank you for opening my eyes with your absolutely bulletproof argument.
Wait a minute, this isn't Grand Metropolis at all! This is just...
*A BEAN!*
Specifically, 20 Bertie Botts every flavor beans!
Ron from Goblet of Fire PC game: A BEAN! *DE BEANS!1!1!1!*
The way he yelled "CORONAVIRUS!" Cracked me up for some reason xD
>Inb4 demonetization
Looking at this makes me wonder how I managed to beat this game as a kid. There is no way I'm patient enough to wait for those books to return or leave their shelves at that age.
RadicalMetropolis! Nice! Congrats on the 1001 Forces jokes. This video was really fun and I really like the effort you put on the greenscreen and the jokes as always! Hope to see more of you soon in the future!
19:26 Wait, am I the only person who likes his Sonic Forces jokes?
No.
I do like them I hate sonic forces
Nope.
Eh, they all feel so forced.
I like the jokes
Fun fact, the HP1 Game theme and the HP1 Movie theme were created at close enough to the same time as each other, and by separate people. They both are honestly iconic enough in their own rights.
The funny thing is there actually are invisible walls put up during Quidditch games to stop players and the balls from leaving the arena.
Dang, those green screen effects are kosher! Almost made me think I was really watching someone play a bad Harry Potter game
Wait a minute, this isn’t the red sofa backdrop...
This is... GRAND METROPOLIS!!!
Are we gonna have a Nostalgia critic fanbase shitfit cuz he changed locals?
@@ScaredSackless4566 no this isn't grand metropolis... This is sonic forces
@@TheAngryDango no its because metropolis is a big joke that radical has been perpetuating
what other video's joke are all these comments referencing lol?....
Hey. I also have this game. I quit when I had do to a long stealth section to get into the library, then another long stealth section to get out of the library. There’s too much stealthing around hall monitors and teachers in this Harry Potter game.
At least I managed to finish the third, fourth and fifth games.
Everyday a radicalsoda episode comes out is like Christmas to me.
11:24 Great Scott? Is that? No, surely not! It is. It's GRAND METROPOLIS!!!!
Wait a second! THIS isnt The Chamber of Secrets...THIS is just...
RAD IN GRAND METROPOLIS!
No that's Sky sanctuary doo dee doo dee doo doo
wow, his drawing skills have really kicked up a notch.
"Hermione, it didn't work!"
"Nice one, Harry"
...
I’ve only been here since like two hours ago and for some reason that idea of Radical being Professor Quirrell just popped into my head at 9:19
In all honesty, the Basilisk theme is one of the most epic osts in all of gaming.
This game was one of the 2 games that came with our Xbox when I was 6 years old, so it was one of my first times playing a video game ever. Yes, it was difficult. It took 6 months to beat, but admittedly, my parents had a 1 hour time limit on games back then. So it probably wasn't that bad. The only part for me that was actually so hard it felt unfair, was the Avifors spell challenge. You have to do a sequence of jumps around a room while ghosts try and hurt you, and one of the jumps is pixel perfect, I kid you not.
I replayed the game last year, and the Avifors challenge was the only part that gave me trouble. Everything else wasn't too difficult. Even that prefect part in this video. I struggled with that as a kid, but as an adult I kinda breezed through it. Sneaking almost puts you at a disadvantage because it slows you down and makes you easy to spot.
But yeah, game isn't bad. Just tough. And lacks rewarding goodies for doing tasks. The biggest unlockable is the Alohomora spell book, and all that does is let you get more wizard cards.
love how just the moment i was about to sleep you had to upload. love you radical
Rad's Harry Potter voice is so amazing, I would watch hours of him dubbing the movies fdg style
I love that he makes jokes about how much he hates about Sonic Forces
Kermit out here double cheeked up on a thursday morning 5:42
Even tho I don't like Harry Potter in the slightest, imma still support my boi Rad by watching his vid.
Cuz views and likes make the cash roll in.
What do you have against dear old Harold James Potter? He's such a lovable scamp! Always running around, casting spells every which way! Messing around with his best friends Hermione and the other one!
@@greendemon905 let's start with the overly hyped up fandom anyways trying to find out what house I fucking live in…
This game, Philosopher's Stone PS2, and Prisoner of Azkaban PS2, along with their PC counterparts were my childhood.
If my memory serves well, the PC version of Chamber of Secrets is almost completely different. At the very least, I don't remember the Library bit and I don't have to tell you that that's an ordeal that you don't forget. I do remember getting stuck in Snape's storage room looking for Polyjuice potion ingredients though. And Peeves was there, which wasn't the worst but still. Might be worth giving the PC version a go
It is very different. I like the pc version better.
The PC version and the Console version on and off randomly decide what looks canon like the movie/books, and what changed to be gamey, and they never coincide with each other, the Consoles have a much more faithful outside but the PC version has a much more faithful inside while the outside looks like the designers never read or seen harry potter before and all versions treat spells and combat in completely different ways.
Anyone played the game boy color version? If I remember right it was a weird rpg I think.
@@xXEPIKgamerXx 11:56 Yeah *very* faithful outside in console, remember when Harry and Ron were near Ginny n Malfoy and yet only Harry n Ron missed the train?
@@StardustSynchron HOLY SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT THAT
I'm 2 seconds into the video and I have already figured out that Mr. Incredibazinga has kidnapped radicalsoda and is impersonating him to steal the rest of the shrek movie collection
Love all the new stuff ur trying out while keeping the radical soda humour that i love so much. Ur doin great son
This games soundtrack is fantastic, its from the person behind most of the elder scrolls music
2:46 Is it just me or is that radical soda can do a really good Jonathan Joestar impression In Harry’s voice
the gargoyle at 18:30 looks like its wearing an enclave power armor helmet
3:41 is that?
The rapping wizard is that you, I really missed you how about you. You still got the hots for striped equine, it’s kinda weird you think that’s fine. But hey I’m just glad to see you back, just please don’t start talking about zebra crack
I love your Ps2 videos so much, they bring a sense of nostalgia, along with funny jokes and just a cozy and hilarious feeling, I hope you make more soon 😊❤
I know nobody else is gonna care but...
When he used music from Sailor Moon Drops...I wanted to cry tbh...
12:50 I'm a Ravenclaw, my Patronus is a Dolphin
"How much do those Raycons cost?"
"TWENTY BERTIE BOTT'S EVERY FLAVOR BEANS!!"
18:57 actually there are magical barriers used in quidditch matches to stop players leaving the arena.
Love your profile pic
And the barrier spell Professor Mcgonagall puts around the school in The Deathly Hallows.
Hope I spelled that right.
The green screen omfg
"Hey guys what's going on, OH MY GOD ITS DEAD"
"your a failure harry"
"im a wot"
"no, your a failure harry"
8:16 got me laughing as with every video made by Radicalsoda. And if i were to guess purple house would be croclesnap for the fast minded and ignorant
Why the fuck did they make hufflepuff purple? Am i missing something here? Is there a narrative reason or did the sand look like piss when they rendered the hourglasses in the main hall
Rad I love you but the HEEL SEGMENT OF THE SOCK GOES ON THE FRICKIN HEEL
oh boy i loved this game (although it was the ps2 version) as a child but the save feature was corrupted and i never could get past the slide level.
also obligatory "this isn't Robert's animated room"
"this is just grand metropolis"
Wait a minute...This isn't animated RadicalSoda this is just...
Robert in his usual Living Space nothing i can see that's different
Oh I loved this game, I grew up with this game on the Xbox Original, such Nostalgia of me playing this game in 2008-2009
2009 was the year my mum broke the game disc as punishment of misbehaving.
Geez I'm so sorry. You should try to find a replacement copy soon.
i was waiting for the day you'd cover this game, i played the ps2 version all the time when i was a kid and loved it
edit: the ps2 version didn't have an awful camera or make you drop beans when you got hit lmao
i really like the shifts in style you've been trying out lately, but this one is especially great :D
Many, it's been so long since I've seen a Harry Potter movie or read through the books. I should try to go through the series again.
I have been on yt for 4 years now and you are still genuinely my favorite. You make incredible content
I want Radicalsoda to insert himself into the movies.
Wait a minute... This isn't a radical soda review! This is just: Grand Metropolis again!!
WEWOWO WEWO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
RadicalSoda: Everyone likes Harry Potter, right?
Yyyyyyyyyyikes
From my understanding, Harry Potter is still beloved and has a place in people's hearts, it's JK Rowling herself that people hate or dislike now. As well as Fantastic Beasts and Cursed Child
@@psychonautmaddy7409 The first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a legit good movie. But it was clearly a stand alone movie, with no room for a sequel... But it still got one. Which sucked.
Nah fam, I will still love the Harry Potter books* even if the author doesn't understand the fundamental values of the thing she wrote.
*and only the books.
@@SakuraAvalon The sequel was okay, not bad by any means, but it definitely could've been better.
The scene what the hat was like "you were wondering whether or not I put you in the right house" was actually from the books I believe.
It was also in the movie.
I like how the thumbnail show the Ps2 but he play the game cube Version.😅
ah yes my favourite movie
Radical Soda and the magic amazon box
Wait a second a WATER BOTTLE. OH BOI I NEED THAT, CAN'T EVER HAVE ENOUGH TOOLS FOR *STAYING HYDRATED!!!*
5:36- No, Radicalsoda. I can never forgive you
why do i get excited everytime you upload?
GRAND METROPOLIS
Why do I bother....why is life worth living?
I go through all this pain, and for what? A game over screen?
Loved the creative green screen use in this one!
Unpopular opinion:
This is my favorite of the Harry Potter games.
16:34 This is how I feel while you rip my game. xD
fun fact!: Although the games do not have the original HP theme, they all do have different themes that you'll find throughout all HP games! The title screen one you heard, the one that you can find inside Hogwarts/your house dormitory, and a couple few others. I find it pretty neat that they created these themes for the games only and that they've stayed consistent through the Gameboy to the PS2! So like.. don't be too harsh on them lmao
Rad sure do love his green screen.
Radical Soda is participating in Harry Potter month, excellent!
I never read a Harry Potter book.
I never watched a Harry Potter movie.
Nor
Played a Harry Potter game.
I'm ready
How f'd up am I for not caring about that bull$#!+
Really love the new recording style you're doing here, made me chuckle quite a lot
Living in Grand Metropolis, eh? Book me a room, I'm staying with you
He's living in the city
@@djfunky5372 It's kind of like a Rollercoaster on the roads that increase your speed.
17:28 I think here the problem isn't that they didn't read the book. They clearly DID read it, but forgot to actually add a scene in the game that should have preceded this to give it context xD
I have a theory that the Radical boy is secretly Mr. Incredibazinga. As they both have a Bazinga torso.
I took that potter quiz mentioned around 12:45 and apparently I’m gryffindor with pine dragon heart string core and my patronus is a bat.
I don’t even like Harry Potter
How can harry tell the bean was underpants flavor if they’re just beans? Has he eaten underpants?
The PC version skips the farm and Diagon alley section entirely but I unknowingly played both the PC version and the Gamecube version when I was kid and the memory formed into one continuous blob of nostalgia so I was very miffed and confused when I downloaded the PC version earlier this year and half the things I remembered were gone.
I remember playing this a lot on the PC as a kid. I even beat it! I have Half-Blood Prince on the Wii which was fun.
No matter how long I wait I'm always so fucking excited I get to see another RadicalSoda video
YAY! now I can finally support my boy and get cool earbuds! Thanks Soda!
Grand review, Grand effects, Grand jokes! But most importantly,
*GRAND METROPOLIS!!!*
Ah yes I remember Drako trying to beat the hell out of Harry when I was a kid
WoW, Rad's lived in so many places, first a normal living room, then a white void with a window, a chair, and TV, and now he lives in
*GrAnD mEtRoPoLiS!*
Radical soda uploads at 12am
Me " You know the rules and so do I"
my most memorable childhood memory is playing it on the pc and trying to draw the spells i tried to trace is so intensely and it was so perfect but i always just heard "KEEP TRYING HARRY POTTER KEEP TRYING" over and over again for like an hour, and i got super frustrated and then i drew an super crappy drawing of it and then bam it worked, i quit playing soon after.
I enjoyed it. (Was my first PS2 game) Maybe that's why no game could shock me ever since.
Edit: I somehow want now a PS5 version of it (improved, etc.).
I will never forgive you for cursing me with Kermit's THICC BADONKADONK.
That opening screen almost killed me from nostalgia overload.
That bit with the box was clever.