The Fallen Studio Behind NIER & BULLET WITCH
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- no, not yoko taro im talkin about CAVIA. they made many cool games. some of which u might even know. ...but u probably didnt know it was them making them.
#nier #residentevil #bulletwitch
PATRONE: bit.ly/3fDSY4p
yo i did a cool minidisc music release with retro-ko. it already sold out BUT wil be back in stock v likely in november. linking it anyway so that if any of yall are interested u can bookmark it or whatever: bit.ly/3SFvD10
Goddamn, you got your album on retro-ko! As for me, pls give an heads up when/if the next tape release is around the corner :)
Mini-disc is cool and all, but are you a bad enough dude to release a wax cylinder recording? (Genuinely would love to see this happen, some albums have come out recently on them, and it doesn't get more obsolete than that)
Shikies my fellow! I am going to buy that gosh darn mini-disc and stare at it for the rest of my life.
scuse me thor but what is that amazingly good song playing when u rolled the patron credits around the 12 minute mark?
i kinda miss how u used to put the song credits on there like mtv music video style
I love Cavia, they’re one of the most underrated studios of the 6th gen right there with Red Entertainment. Constantly putting out weird experimental 6-7/10s. Still sad we never got their final game Cry On, one of the many what could have beens
Well if Cavia made Bullet Witch, they are the or were the only company that have pulled off full scale environmental effects with that bullet witch, where tornado and meteor storm were so epic even you could die from it if you get caught in the devastation. I actually really liked Bullet Witch because it was a decent game despite its flaws. I still sometimes put it on just to see the damage you can do with those epic spells. It's a real shame Cavia never did a Bullet Witch 2 or continued as a company. They could have gotten so much better.
Cvit! I love your videos!
Thousand arms is Red's Magnum Opus (in my Oppinon)
more like 3-4/10 games with a lot of style. like suda
50 minutes of Thor talking about Cavia...
We're blessed
Somedays I think about how Drakengard sponsored a WWE show
????
im gonna sleep at night thinking about that😭
I'm going to think about this for months before I die.
That was the first full wwe ppv i ever watched. Pretty good one, too
Here comes THE BIIIIIG SHOOOOOOW
Probably the most unique and interesting gaming channel. Keep up the good work Thor.
I have been wanting someone to cover Covia. Such an interesting studio that I got into during the 360 era.
It's Cavia lol
Love me some Covida
The Drakengard games will always stay with me for how dark they are, they were my first games as a teen where I saw games tackle seriously messed up issues, including various taboos, which started showing me the video games as a whole could be a serious artistic medium and not just "things kids and teens played" (which was a common thought back then)
Bullet Witch needs a crossover with Disaster Report where you are in a crumbling city being chased by a witch who can destroy anything.
If I had a ton of money, you'd be getting quite a bit of it because that shit is genius
I cannot stress enough how much i love your clashing colors and popart style aestetic. A normal man would have just shown the wiki list for cavia's publishing timeline but you went the exstra mile and made the red and blue fever dream love it
RIP CAVIA, they were one of my favorite studios and their jank will not be forgotten.
What's a jank?
@@deusvlad2.083 Jank describes something that doesn't really work, but just about works. Like janky controls, etc.
@@Peannlui More like something which does work, but it a way which isn't intuitive and is difficult to get used to, and if approached in a wrong way gives off an impression of not working at all.
As a Sonic fan I am very familiar with people saying stuff doesn't work when it definitely does if you don't try to play it the way they do, for example you aren't actually likely to fall through the floor in either Adventure or 06 if you aren't trying to go places you aren't meant to.
The loop in Emerald Coast is very jank, always working correctly if you simply press forward, and always killing you if you do anything else, which isn't good for a first level where the players don't yet know how to play or if a 2D Sonic fan tries to spin through it. It's not broken as that's how it was designed, but it's glitchy, punishing, and counterintuitive, and that's what jank means to me.
@@Peannlui wait what it means it just about works but doesn't work? lol
@@deusvlad2.083 it's as close to working as you can get without quite working
"A soundtrack to Caim's brain."
Well put.
drakengard ost is my favorite glitchstep album
NieR:Replicant/Gestalt is my favorite game of all time, but out of all Yoko Taro’s games... I don’t think about any of them as much as I do Drakengard 1. There’s nothing beautiful, meaningful, sympathetic about the entire game. It’s nothing but vile, grotesque, and... quirky. Very quirky, but I kind of love it? maybe it’s just the whole atmosphere for me, it’s impeccable. The soundtrack. Cutscenes. And it’s endings are iconic. B, E, and in my opinion, especially D are some of my favorite endings in gaming.
Drakengard’s 20th anniversary is next year, I hope it gets a remaster. With all the games getting (occasionally pointless) remasters now I’m just hoping my favorite stupid edgy drakenjosh game gets its chance, too.
Drakengard is Stockholm Syndrome : The Video Game. And I loved it.
@@Biouke honestly might be the best way to describe it 😭
NieR Replicant got a remaster probably because of its relation to NieR Automata. It'd be nice to get a remaster for Drakengard, but it's probably not high on their list.
0:00 Intro (Fun Fact: NieR)
1:10 One Piece (Fun Fact: Cavia)
2:45 Drakengard
7:35 Resident Evil: Dead Aim
11:50 Patreon Credits (looking like a whole mood)
13:05 Scarab
14:05 Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance
16:25 WinBack
18:40 WinBack 2: Project Poseidon
24:00 Bullet Witch (Fun Fact: Bullet Witch)
38:55 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
42:15 Nobuyoshi Sano (KORG DSN-12)
44:33 NieR Gestalt
48:21 Postlude (Cavia, and Other Shadow Developers)
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@@moejuggler6033 Lol, u gae
We call that " being an underground hero " in france. Thank you ;)
Nobody cares lol
I loved bullet witch! It was caked in jank and goo but under all of that was a real gem. Great style, scale, and awwwwwwful voice acting.
Dead Aim was weirdly one of the first RE games I completed entirely by myself when I was younger. Weird bit of nostalgia for that one.
Cavia also did ghost in the shell stand alone complex for PS2 that game was a banger clunky but so much atmosphere
I hate the platforming in that one with a passion (looking at you stupid inescapable elevator shaft) but enjoyed the rest of the game
@@makeitthrough_ lmao I know exactly what level your talking about with the elevator haha 😂 great soundtrack and the multiplayer was awesome too good maps
Cavia has long been my favorite dev of games that are really not my favorites. Drakengard gave me literal headaches. Bullet Witch's aiming controls frustrate most of the fun out of the game. That said I also find them incredibly charming(?) in a way that makes me want to love them despite the reality of how hard they push me away once in-game. (Nier's fine and I've loved the idea of the DS10 before it was released.)
Bullet Witch . level on the plane *shivers*
I was just talking to someone the other day about Dead Aim having a lot of overlap with Drakengard 1, so the timing of this video is really funny
Also I find it really funny that Cavia didn't retain Winback 1's bullet display for Winback 2, but snagged it for use in Bullet Witch
Winback? as of Operation Winback? that was developed by Omega Force.
@@feiwong3634 they made the sequel to Winback, did you watch the video? Thor spends like 10 minutes talking about the two ganes
I definitely love these series, they're always so aestheticly and deep
Next studio to be analyzed should definitely be Contrail from de PS1 era, I remember being in loved playing Legend of Legaia and Wildarms because of their rpg and combat system. It was very satisfying as a kid
I just love this channel so much, the aesthetics, the topics, the video editing, I swear, you deserve so many more views.
Very good video. I never played Bullet Witch, but I love how much you talked about Bullet Witch. My jaw fucking dropped at the building explosions and rubble flying everywhere - I love that kind of destructible environment stuff in games like Earth Defence Force, Otogi or the DBZ Tenkaichi games, and this is such a wicked cool extreme example of that. AND IT'S ON PC?! Why have I only just learned this?!
I was also immensely pleased when you were talking about the music for Drakengard. As you were discussing the emotional state of the music, I was thinking to myself "hmm, maybe the music in Drakengard is scoring things from how Caim sees things", and then you said the music could be the music in Caim's brain. What a fucking mind-meld, heck yeah.
I'm fucking crying. I've played NieR Gestalt looong before automata was a thing, and it destroyed me to see it be buried under automata's big ass androids or whatever. It only got somewhat little recognition after that big replicant remake was anounced. For me it was one of the comfiest experiencest ever. Going around town meeting people and doing their quests, even the fishing ones. Just strolling around with the music which could easily go from chill to combat dynamicly and still fit the whole atmosphere it was going for. Lol sry for goshing, but it was about time gestalt got some recognition.
Agreed. Automata, as much as i like the game, has been milked to death and I’m kinda getting sick of seeing it everywhere...
Both the original Nier and Nier Automata are some of my favorite games but the original has something special that I can't describe
@@heavenlyusurper Just in time for the Switch port!
@@TheMaestroMizerous 😂 I tend to get uncomfortable when I read the words, Switch port… of anything.
@@heavenlyusurper I always wanted to get around to playing it, at least once. Not sure if it’s for me though, I like Platinum’s hack n slash gameplay but if it’s bogged down by cutscenes and story I just loose interest.
I think those looking for Cavia and drakenguard you should look into Ace Combat 3, effectively Cyberpunk Dragoon. The director of ace 3 became the CEO of Cavia. He also brought one Yoko Taro from Namco to Cavia.
Ace combat 3 Electosphere is known as being the most out there ace combat game with 5 endings, intertwined characters and factions.
Though the Us and EU version of the game got mangled in localization taking out all the plot, so you should look for the Project Nemo translation patch.
"Crude and distance dialogue, characters that all fucked up, crossing a variety of taboo line, salaciously dripping in color tone, text font, skyboxes and UI element strongly conveying a lifeless desolations."
me in Thor's voice: *gasp* ITS JUST LIKE DARK SOULS
The drakengard soundtrack isnt cut from samples, its orchestral, why do people keep thinking its not, it literally credits an entire tokyo orchestra
I hope good things come to you for making this extremely underrated comment.
@@F66x its similar to how people go "wow this ost is so EVIL and SKUNGY music doesnt normally sound lkke that!" And then they link to a track which is literally just Stravinsky. Like music does sound like that, very often in fact, you just limit yourself too much. It sounds mean when i say it but i do be kinda frustrated at this point lol. This perfectly reflects how unfairly people view Drak in general
@@KOTEBANAROT I think Rite of Spring, and the Parisian riots it caused, is even a prime inspiration, which means it worked exactly as intended.
The Skungy is an acquired taste.
it’s both
Great look at a very overlooked company. Cavia had a hand in a lot of jank that I adore in hindsight while during the initial release only really picked up out of curiousity to find a weird sort of appeal that helped teach me what kind of vibes I enjoy in my gaming. Still a bit astonished that Nier is actually a well regarded title these days as I got it from the bargin bin and considered it an overlooked gem for years. Bullet Witch was also dope as hell for the time, was early in the HD gaming era and when we saw this random ass game come out at only $40 my friends and I had to give it a shot.
I love Drakengard. I just got ending E last month and honestly people really don't know what bad combat is if it's the worst they've played.
Thanks for making a video about the studio that made that masterpiece.
Mainstreamers for ya 😂
Wow Bullet Witch looks beautiful, and it looks like a lot of fun. Would be a fun game to bring back.
I think it turned in to Bayonetta 🤗
I thought the same thing before getting it last summer on Steam. It's... not great. The levels are long, tedious, and empty, and outside of the spells, combat offers very little variety. Get it for under five dollars on sale and don't expect much, and you'll probably get a kick out of it.
Geez, if I ever needed a game to exemplify why I'm weird and have freakishly abnormal tastes...it'd be "Drakengard" with how I enjoyed playing it. Like yeah, it slogs at points since some maps indeed are too big at times, not to mention leveling weapons can become messy since it skews badly by endgame. But the gameplay was never something I felt hampered my enjoyment. Heck, to this day, I still fondly recall repeating the 2nd ground mission over and over again since it was great for ranking up kills to level weapons, especially if you managed to take down the secret timed enemies.
Like damn, I even lent the game to my cousin and he got into the series as well. Liked it just as much as I did.
So as a result, it always gets to me how nearly everyone I ever hear talk about the game mentions how "bad" of a game it is. How so many people are happy that Cavia shut down since they were "terrible" developers. It's caused some pretty awful cognitive dissonance for me, especially as this feeling has since spread to basically everything else I enjoy now. Second guessing basically everything now.
you do you man, fuck everyone else's taste
You are literally correct. I hate nintendobrained idiots who play the same five franchises and smugly look down at the 7/10 while breathing their own farts instead of air so much that if you were to take them out of their lego styled basements theyd lose shape like a blobfish
For the majority of gamers, many do not appreciate anything even remotely different or unique at all.
it does play like crap though. dmc1, shinobi, and otogi came out before and they wipe the floor with it.
YES always glad to see some Cavia love. Bullet Witch is one of the few blind spots from them I have I need to peep it soon
Yeeeees finally I got an ally in my "Drakengard 1 is bad, but with intent" grand unifying theory.
Strangely, I thought that was the consensus. Must be the circles I lurk in.
Bullet witch is one of my all time favs no one ever talks about the game brings back so many memories I remember importing the game back in late 2006 cause the screenshots looked so interesting to me haha great game
I get legit wiggly when i see Thor drop a new piece of legit quality content. Content creators that make well produced long form video essays are what keeps me going. Deffo big thanks for all you do.
I genuinely look forward to your next video. You bring light to some crazy games I've never heard of and are so informational
Broooo you’ve just made me unlock a very very great core memory for me..
Thank you so much THH! 😭💙✊🏽
I once explained to a Dutch guy what an Aadvark is and that it was a real thing and I didn't know if he was pulling my leg that he thought I was pulling his leg.
I forgot Bullet Witch was a thing until I got the notification for this.
commenting to boost the algo. you're low key my favorite content creator and I get fired up every time you drop something.
Thor, I gotta say it: Listening to you talk at length, about the topics you do, is fucking great. Every video is an easily noticeable love for the medium of video games as a whole. And with that said, I thank you for the effort and the end results.
A fun, informative and well produced video dripping with THH's usual attention to detail and visual flare.
You won't know how surprised I was to see a zengapain shout out here. I never even knew it had any games but I loved that anime, so underrated. Great story and characters
Your editing just keeps getting better and better with each video.
The render of the swords with the text "Weaponized Jank" is amazing. (edit): All of your renders are amazing.
One of my biggest ''OMG'' moments of my life was when BULLETWITCH made a surprise drop on STEAM, having my xbox360 gone and my copy of buleltwitch on it also gone, having the game on steam was a treat, honestly one of my most favorite B-games ever made, the last boss was insane, the whole game was insane, and we all know, Bayonetta was based on her and those are facts, Bulletwitch needs a reboot.
bullet witch on pc was such a wonderful surprise. happened like right around the time i was wanting to play it again too.
Never heard of Bullet Witch before, reminds me a lot of The 3rd Birthday on PSP
Hey, thanks for making this for us all.
fun fact: my favourite band xiu xiu used the korg ds-10 as an instrument for many of their songs on their 2010 album, and you can even find footage of them in liveshows at the time: one member playing guitar, one drums, and one the nintendo ds. thanks cavia!
31:10 i love that in this bullet witch clip you go from
holy shit that scale is amazing
to
and the meteors are clipping through buildings
and the weaponized jank becomes apparent
Love this so much, esp Nobuyoshi Sano coverage.
This man needs more recognition.
The peak of my day was seeing this in my recommends.
Hi! Long time viewer infrequent commentator Nightcore Jones here, I'm very excited to watch this video but are the rumors that you didn't play Cavia's 2004 masterpiece Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for this video true? Very eager to find out. Thanks
~Nightcore Jones
cavia is peak thorcore, so of course you'd eventually make this video lmao
No wonder I always thought the Silent Hill soundtrack sounded like it was some odd dream - a lot of the quiet tracks sound like it. I feel so relieved, lol
Man I recently spent SO much time getting the on-rails RE games on the PS3 to work. I bought the whole move system, some killzone branded move guns (1 of them is still lost in the mail), re-hacked a ps3 and tracked down the roms, it was so worth it though. The controls felt surprisingly good. Would have probably been cheaper and easier on Wii, but I don't have an upscaler or a working Wii U. For sure a mind blow that it was made by the nier people though!
The only youtube channel which I check for new videos, even when there's no notifications.
Like when you are hungry and you keep opening the fridge hoping there's some tasty snack waiting in there
That cutaway/break to show the patron supporters is tight
Dunno how you feel about suggestions, but if your looking for something to chuck on the backlog I think Phantom Dust is made for you Thor. Y2K ass, PS360 ass (despite being on OG Xbox somehow), deckbuilding third person shooter thingy that’s also free to play. Nick Robinson has tried repopularizing it lately, but that isn’t Phantom Dust’s fault
Sorry this is all I had to comment so far, I just was thinking how much that game’s aesthetic reminds me of your tastes and suddenly I was blessed with an upload from you
Totally agree with this
Even the cover screams Thor
I watch your videos after 2 shots of cold Jegermaiser on empty stomach, gets me just in the right mood for your amazing videos
I’ll always give some of my time to this magnificent person
Omg Winback what a classic game. I played it when it came out and I've never met anyone who even heard of it lol.
"Near" is a critically acclaimed sequel to "Far".
I don’t even know what you’d call the imagery and typeface you use in your videos but i think this might be your best one yet,keep up the good work x
The sedated delivery really sells me the mental image of Cavia just sloppily styling over every technical issue.
I'm so glad games like Bullet Witch are being brought back, and games like Travis Strikes Again are being made. Indies are great, but I've always kind of missed that single to double A jank found in these older games from an era where you weren't really shit unless someone else was occasionally pulling your strings, so you had to be a little more creative about how you put cool and interesting jank systems and whatnot in your games. That level of care and effort that you can tell far surpasses given budget at given time. Just a very cozy feel for games to have, and one of my favorite things you cover on this channel. I mean, I love all of your videos and consider you to be one of my current greatest inspirations, because you do things your own way with incredible style, writing, and attention to detail, similarly to the games you cover, but there's a special spot in my heart for those games that seem to ethereally emanate that feeling of overflowing passion on a slow and often very small trickle of budget.
thankul for two korg syth title reviews in so little time those things are so underrated. Like yeah i'd never rly produce with one bUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING IT ON A PLANE WHICH I ALSO WONT BE DOING :c
I would absolutely love to see more videos on these shadow developers, they deserve to be known. Thanks for the great video!
I think this vid might have my fav patrone section so far. It goes so hard
you know what's cozier than a Cavia town??? A THORHIGHHEELS VIDEO!!!!
The way you read your scripts is very rhythmic, I like that
It's a very large robot made up of several other smaller, yet still quite rather large, robots.
Both the Dead Aim characters are also in Namco X Capcom for some crazy reason.
Compare to many Japanese games where anime designs are the norm, I’ll give Cavia credits for their use on realism in many forms and grittier tones, especially how I compare the company to Koei-TECMO’s Team Ninja and to a lesser-extent of their side-studio Team Tachyon…
lol what? those characters look straight out of a 3d Final Fantasy game
@@MarsofAritia It felt less of The FF games and more on the realism aspect of Silent Hill, to a lesser extent of Metal Gear Solid...
bro your edits are so cool!
I appreciate the coverage of Cavia they really did hammer home that "Jank with Love" feel that makes those AA games worth the pain and suffering.
What is Jank?
@@deusvlad2.083 poor quality in relation to a consumer product.
@@spookerd Bullet witch wasn't poor quality at the time, what you talking about those that played it loved it for what it was despite its problems it was lovable and fun to play.
@@deusvlad2.083 Reread my original comment, I said "Jank with Love" and I happen to love Cavia's stuff so don't think of "jank" as an always bad thing sometimes it's an endearing quality for those that seek it. Figured you'd understand that if you're commenting on ThorHighHeel videos.
@@spookerd I don't know what Jank means lol don't assume I think its bad or good silly
Holy shit is that Death Crimson music at the start?!
Your my GOAT fr Thor
God fucking damnit dude the algorithm completely buried you for me and I am SO GLAD to see you again
3:45 Willem cameo
Damn it Thor, my Cavia collection has now grown... I always end up buying video games when I watch your videos lol Keep it up! =D
Thor comin' in hot w/ a fine dish of Cavia
Never saw Dead Aim before in my life. Your opening was glorious.
I love both Nier games, but the OG, despite the jank, is just so much of a vibe and absolutely my favourite. I love my gay little found family of accidental mass murderers. It's the Twilight Princess enjoyer's Nier, complete with bloom
I actually liked Bullet Witch for some reason it was fun going around shooting things and the scenes and story wasn't that bad for its time, and to this date no other game has made such epic full environmental spells that can even kill you if your unlucky lol ooh the only problem I found with the game was the 1 hit kills from the snipers yeah I bet you all was like wtf lol
Great video. Thanks for shining a light on Cavia. A studio often too ambitious and eager for their own good.
I finally got my boyfriend to start playing Nier after years of begging, that made me nostalgic so then I rewatched a Drakengard playthrough AND THEN Thor drops this mere hours later?? Coincidence? I think not!
Yo gotta say that line about the music being a soundtrack to Caim's mind is good shit
Another great video man. Really glad I stumbled upon your content 🙏
Cavia UIs are so drippy, shoutout to the little bird that pecks out the combos in Drakengard.
Sano has the time of his life in live performances, also.
It's so strange hearing you at a solid 7 levels higher energy on the 'fun fact' haha
I didn't realise how used I was to your low level chill. Goddamb I enjoy your content
Ah, that final fantasy crystal chronicles music near the end was cool.
I never knew I needed a Bullet Witch in my life until now. Bayonetta can eat her heart out because this witch has a FREAKING MACHINE GUN!
Summoning that Tornado on the military base was so satisfying
"SIDENT E" absolutely fucking took me out jesus christ
Nier means kidney in Dutch, and funnily enough Rein means kidney in French. And the game title is stylized as NieR
Luv u bro greetings from cologne/germany ❤️
I love dead aim so much. It plays beautifully with a lightgun
Excellent video. Also I love the background soundtrack, especially persona 1 music.
Man, Cavia was responsible for a lot of my PS2/PSP games back then.
...And probably the last time I'd ever see a dedicated Fate/Stay fighter that's not a Melty Blood Revival.
Dead Aim was so damned good with an actual light gun. Jank as hell, but that atmosphere is something else
Dude, I mean this. Thank you. I fucking love your videos.