The best game I don't think you should play | A moon: Remix RPG Adventure review

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  • Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
  • What do you do when a game feels vibrant, important and powerful despite not really enjoying it? I guess you make this video.
    Chapters:
    0:00 - Intro/There will be spoilers
    0:12 - The Baker's Story
    1:43 - Playing Moon/Core concepts
    5:39 - Playing Moon/Gameplay mechanics
    10:57 - How Moon Uses Sound & Design
    13:15 - The L o r e
    24:00 - coming to terms with being grouchy about the way the story concludes
    27:12 - What happened to Love-de-Lic
    A tiny works cited:
    Article on origin of moon logic - www.haggardhawks.com/post/moo...
    Moon Manual - moon-rpg.com/en/sub/manual.html
    Interview about bringing moon outside of Japan - www.vice.com/en/article/m7jw7...
    Translated Interview with Devs from guide book - shmuplations.com/moon/
    Hardcore Gaming 101 mentions sales here - www.hardcoregaming101.net/moon...
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Комментарии • 43

  • @Majuular
    @Majuular Год назад +17

    Thank you for highlighting my boy, the Sham Hatwitch. The name has so many layers of cleverness I'm still uncovering them to this day.
    I was really surprised to learn this was an authentic PSX-RPG released in the late 90s. It so has the cadence of an RPG-maker game in the vein of Hylics. The fact that it so cleverly messed with & subverted RPG design all the way back in '97 is really something, all while delivering something so sincere underneath the silliness. Greatly enjoyed learning about this game from you, definitely going on my list.

    • @chrismiller7056
      @chrismiller7056 Год назад

      I always assumed it was an RPG maker game too. You're not alone in getting those vibes. Man they just let you make whatever in the 90s, at least indies have picked up that torch.

    • @dirkcoin1037
      @dirkcoin1037 Год назад +1

      God tuber majuular please bow, everyone

  • @ThaddeusExMachina
    @ThaddeusExMachina Год назад +5

    Always love to see someone talking about this old gem.

  • @fmsyntheses
    @fmsyntheses 8 месяцев назад +4

    The Japanese word for moon is 'tsuki', which is highly phonetically similar to 'suki', which is how you tell someone that you love them

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  8 месяцев назад +1

      oooh! that makes a lot of sense thematically, thanks for the insight.

  • @Silvarian
    @Silvarian Год назад +5

    SIR I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THESE FEELINGS.
    (JK that's exactly why I'm here)
    Amazing video as usual my man, you've truly got a gift for this (and clearly put in tremendous amounts of work too)
    P.S. Not really important at all but just wanted to say I recently lost my grandma and even though she had 10 children worth of grandkids (there are a lot of us) she always openly told everyone I was her favorite too, so yeah, relatable and also like, extra feels ontop of the feels at the heart of the video ❤ (we had the best grandmas)

  • @dirkcoin1037
    @dirkcoin1037 Год назад +3

    I love love love this game. Been obsessed since I read a forum post by sn Ghaleon. The game was beautiful and didn't let me down. Can't wait to actually be in the mood to watch this episode. Glad u exist

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад +1

      Well thank you. My feelings on the game are a bit of a roller coaster, but I hope you like it!

    • @dirkcoin1037
      @dirkcoin1037 Год назад

      For me, I had been hype for years and years and constant teases of a fan translation. Showing my friends the original forum post.
      So when it dropped me and 2 good friends started at the same time and were giving advice to each other.
      To me this was very much an intentional design choice and I think I got really lucky having the friends that I do. But I don't think we used the guide at all I think it was just 3 of us brute forcing and despite the game being obtuse after u figure everything else out, the pieces u couldn't start to fall into place

  • @PaladinGear15
    @PaladinGear15 Год назад +1

    Man I can tell your channel's gonna grow even more in no time, this video's really well put together, and I'm definitely subscribing to see what else you'll put out in the future :p

  • @Drachenschatz1
    @Drachenschatz1 Год назад

    Just found this video yesterday and have been binging all your videos. This channel is full of great content so far, you are doing amazing work! Can't wait to see your channel grow and see you get even better :D

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      Hey thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words.

  • @jared_biz
    @jared_biz Год назад

    great video, thanks for providing such a deep insight into this game. i knew i would probably never play it myself but hearing so much about it has been fascinating. subscribed!

  • @jonathangrant480
    @jonathangrant480 Год назад

    This video was great. Hope your channel grows in the future!!!

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      Hey! thanks so much! Glad you liked it

  • @itswavelengths
    @itswavelengths Год назад +1

    i had a very similar reaction to moon. i don't know if i ever really got INTO it, but i appreciated every moment and every plot beat i stumbled across.

  • @jojodelacroix
    @jojodelacroix 7 месяцев назад +1

    This game's ending is legit "I guess the real adventure is the friends we made along the way"

  • @juegobuenoyomalo9501
    @juegobuenoyomalo9501 2 месяца назад +1

    I think you misread the ending. It's not so much "play less videogames". It's more so, the only way you can change the predetermined story of the game, the only way to change what's set, it's to go outside and carry it with you. That's how stories and characters morph. That's how you might see some of the baker when you go to the bakery, some of the salarymen when you're on the subway, or like this case, some of your own grandma when thinking about granny. It's that connection that only happens when you're not playing that allows the characters to escape the game world.
    It's not about not playing videogames, more so about yes playing them and then allowing the stories and characters to transform with our real experiences, hoping for the art to create some change, even if slight, in how we view the world, in this case, in an attempt to encourage connections with people, which is the theme in practically all the love de lic games.
    Good video btw, I didn't enjoy any other of the essays going around.

  • @TaZerrHD
    @TaZerrHD Год назад +1

    Lovely video, this game digs really deep into the nature of life itself, very thought provoking!

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      You don't expect it to with the goofy art style, but this game has some surprises

  • @world.singer
    @world.singer Год назад

    What an interesting game concept. Sounds frustrating but compelling. I’ll probably never play it, but I like the themes/concepts behind the game that you discussed a lot.

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад +1

      Very high on the unique scale, for sure. I think asking someone to play it is a huge ask. but I am glad I got some of the themes across for everyone

    • @world.singer
      @world.singer Год назад +1

      @@prettycody for sure. I am really into games with non-violent gameplay, or subversions of classic mechanics/tropes. Wish there were more games with a similar message/thematic flair. Always enjoy when a game makes me think or question myself, like how this one frames typical RPG action (indiscriminately killing monsters/etc for example). I’d be interested to see this game get a modern follow up, at least in theory lol.

  • @allhail42
    @allhail42 Год назад

    More than worth the wait. Great Video.

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      Thank you! We'll see if the next one makes it ~month like the others with FF16 on the way.

  • @MattHorton
    @MattHorton Год назад

    I loved this, and also you're really funny

  • @CMSStudios
    @CMSStudios Год назад +1

    Good overview video. I agree with what you say here: I've been trying to play through Moon, and it really can be a slog. Online guides may be the only reason I've progressed any. 😅
    When it hits it really does hit, though. Your intro brought back how I felt when I got the Baker's cutscene. I can't say I feel that strongly about most games, even when I'm supposed to like the characters. I think that the slowness and odd normalcy(?) of everything adds to that a lot. It did for me, at least.
    And yet. It is SO SLOW.

  • @darylsummers3338
    @darylsummers3338 Год назад +2

    The graphical look of this game reminds me of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. I wonder if it's made by the same people?
    Edit: Welp, guess I was right!

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад +2

      I got a very good laugh out of this comment, and good eye!

  • @ecreads
    @ecreads Год назад

    Really interesting video - this is one I never would've thought to play. Sort of reminds me of Earthbound, but weirder. Which is saying something. 😂

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      Yeah, i can see why they weren't in a rush to translate it in the 90s but I'm glad we eventually got it.

  • @redriver2507
    @redriver2507 Год назад

    Really nice video. Will be honest, I thought at a glance this looked like another strange lost media arg game like petscop 😅

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      Hey thanks, glad you liked it. Even now, 25 years later Moon still stands out as a really unique game.

  • @Runedavid45
    @Runedavid45 9 месяцев назад

    "I don't think that changes that this game is important for its era, but I'm gonna go ahead and speak for you and say you shouldn't play the game with the title of the video xD!"

  • @TuscancowOfficial
    @TuscancowOfficial Год назад

    Look to the mooooooooooon!!!!

  • @Tugboat_Mcgruber
    @Tugboat_Mcgruber Год назад

    you're still a very cool guy cody

  • @Silvarian
    @Silvarian Год назад

    Hyyype 🎉 you've managed to find yet another weird game I've never heard of 😂

  • @dirkcoin1037
    @dirkcoin1037 11 месяцев назад

    What happened to treasure of the Rudras video

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  11 месяцев назад

      I got kind of a micro review of it in my translated squaresoft games video, but it would be cool to do a full blown one in the future. That game is great. Sadly my next video is coming along and it won't be treasure of the rudras. Womp womp.

  • @DeimosDread
    @DeimosDread Год назад

    Wait... You're NOT my dad?

    • @prettycody
      @prettycody  Год назад

      I'm so sorry you had to find out like this.

    • @DeimosDread
      @DeimosDread Год назад

      @@prettycody I really shouldn't have hired that P.I. he sent me a link to your channel & the bill.