It had its fair share of flaws. The parts of the environment you could walk and jump around on were very unnatural looking, the forced "silliness" of the characters clashed with the brutal, primordial feel of the world and its many deadly creatures, a number of the challenges (like the portal ones in Medoozum or racing in Desollem) kind of made the world feel flimsy and fake, and the game itself was just really short. Still, it certainly had some of the best environment and creature art ever seen in a game. The worlds felt alive, the soundtrack meshed perfectly with the wild, dangerous aesthetic, and the enemies and animals you encounter show a sort of unfettered creativity that made this game feel simultaneously alien, natural, and real. The difference is, the things this game did wrong were done right in countless other games. But the things this game did right were rarely, if ever, found in other games. It brought something genuinely original to the table, and it's a tragedy that it wasn't recognized for its odd beauty.
@Prof. Genki It's strange, they would've fared so much better just leaning fully into the theme of being a small fish in a big pond, not dumbing down the subtle horror (as well as the not-so-subtle horror; I nearly pissed myself the first time I died to a Trapper...) for the sake of kid-friendliness and instead choosing to immerse its players fully in this wild and dangerous universe. Might've earned it a Teen rating, which they maybe were trying to avoid, idk. Would've earned them a lot more respect for sure.
@Prof. Genki See now I didn't find the Rattlecrab hard at all. I learned how to spam the fire button on the controller since there's no limit to maximum rate of fire when doing that. None of the bosses were particularly challenging to me. What I personally found really difficult were the stealth segments with the Trappers. I was terrible at timing out their movements and got caught pretty frequently, as well as just timing out in the middle of the muddy terrain. Other than that and the griffins with their ability to take two health points from you with one shot, and having to immediately jump into first person and shoot them before they shoot you, I found the rest of the game rather easy.
Oh yeah I know EXACTLY how you and everyone else feels about that damn Giant (Freakin) Crab! It actually took both me AND my video game expert (a.k.a my best friend) multiple times for a few weeks to get passed that damn thing! Sheesh!! >|(
ya me pase este juego yo sola varias veces y quería ver mas gente jugar porque no conozco a nadie que lo juegue o le guste nwn al parecer ay mas gente que le gusta este juego tanto como a mi uwu
The best games go so unnoticed. Old games like this were so creative and unique, unlike the recycled ideas we have today
Ikr
It had its fair share of flaws. The parts of the environment you could walk and jump around on were very unnatural looking, the forced "silliness" of the characters clashed with the brutal, primordial feel of the world and its many deadly creatures, a number of the challenges (like the portal ones in Medoozum or racing in Desollem) kind of made the world feel flimsy and fake, and the game itself was just really short.
Still, it certainly had some of the best environment and creature art ever seen in a game. The worlds felt alive, the soundtrack meshed perfectly with the wild, dangerous aesthetic, and the enemies and animals you encounter show a sort of unfettered creativity that made this game feel simultaneously alien, natural, and real.
The difference is, the things this game did wrong were done right in countless other games. But the things this game did right were rarely, if ever, found in other games. It brought something genuinely original to the table, and it's a tragedy that it wasn't recognized for its odd beauty.
atleats nitro rad talked about it ^^
@Prof. Genki It's strange, they would've fared so much better just leaning fully into the theme of being a small fish in a big pond, not dumbing down the subtle horror (as well as the not-so-subtle horror; I nearly pissed myself the first time I died to a Trapper...) for the sake of kid-friendliness and instead choosing to immerse its players fully in this wild and dangerous universe. Might've earned it a Teen rating, which they maybe were trying to avoid, idk. Would've earned them a lot more respect for sure.
@Prof. Genki See now I didn't find the Rattlecrab hard at all. I learned how to spam the fire button on the controller since there's no limit to maximum rate of fire when doing that. None of the bosses were particularly challenging to me. What I personally found really difficult were the stealth segments with the Trappers. I was terrible at timing out their movements and got caught pretty frequently, as well as just timing out in the middle of the muddy terrain. Other than that and the griffins with their ability to take two health points from you with one shot, and having to immediately jump into first person and shoot them before they shoot you, I found the rest of the game rather easy.
Finally found the title of this old game i used to play when i was a child.
Remember playing this as a child. Great times. Great game.
the crab boss was so hard
youre not the only one, ive spend weeks in my childhood trying to beat that one XD
Yeah it was crazy , really hard
i hate turret sections in games,the crab and the other turret sections in those levels
I never beat it, that’s as far as I could get on the game
Oh yeah I know EXACTLY how you and everyone else feels about that damn Giant (Freakin) Crab! It actually took both me AND my video game expert (a.k.a my best friend) multiple times for a few weeks to get passed that damn thing! Sheesh!! >|(
Wow! The first video I saw on your channel was a "Scaler" video, and now you bring it back! :). Thank you :D
I remember this. Good times. I miss it now :(
Me too... I was 4 when I played and beat this.... And I still love it.
Hadassah Sizemore Managed to get my hands on a copy. I'm addicted now XD
+Tobias Whittaker XD
same bro :"(
my name is Tobias!
was one of my absolute favs when i was a child...
one of the best games I've ever played. bought new for 2 euros for ps2. crazy
oh i love Scaler i miss youu liziiii :') ..Nice gameplay TIkal ;)
It's was my favorite ps2 game I played it before 10 years
this first boss was ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY TERRIFYING!!!
That music too, that is NOT first boss music
I was so curious yay now i know haha been a long time
Loved this game
He’s kind of a cocky main character, but I love the different abilities you can use. And the idea of transformations
I used to play this game at the mattress store
damn i should try to play it, ^^ might emulate since well. i do have a gamecube but... eh
They should make number 2
Uh huh huh huh huh uh huh huh you said number 2 uh huh huh huh huh.
9:00 fuck this boss, I managed to beat it after almost an hour, but fuck this boss XD
I remember this game!
ya me pase este juego yo sola varias veces y quería ver mas gente jugar porque no conozco a nadie que lo juegue o le guste nwn al parecer ay mas gente que le gusta este juego tanto como a mi uwu
What's the full name of this game cause I want a copy
It’s just called “Scaler”. That’s it actually. ^_^;
Bosses
lol I killed the first with melee attacks cause I was a dumbass