I love your work Matt. Just want to mention a minor error. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2 for the PC wasn't ports. They were completely separate games from the console versions. Grin actually made those games from the ground up.
@@MrQwertysystem I was about to say the same thing, picked it up at a Walmart for $10 and just had a lot of fun with it. The different classes, weapons, co-op, how it tied into the other games, I honestly believe it had potential to be a solid series, it was just way to mediocre and janky unfortunately
Tbf a lot of this one was on Grin by the sounds of it. After they went defunct they went on to start a new company called Overkill Software and made the Payday games, which are decent, and Overkill's The Walking Dead, which is garbage. So overall not a fantastic track record. Except for Bionic Commando Rearmed and Payday's soundtracks, those are 10/10. Bionic Commando 2009 is one of those games where someone in charge of development had a vision, and was committed to it. Problem is the vision was a load of absolute shit.
@@theLikou1 "Hey Capcom, let's make Japanese games for the western audience to expand our marketshare, but we're going to remove the Japanese part out of them down the line because westerners actually hate Japanese games." -Keiji Inafune. Probably.
I feel like the wife arm plot point could have been cool (albeit probably still stupid - they aren't mutually exclusive of each other) in the right hands, but wow .... they really did that to bionic commando of all franchises.
What sucks is that there is an Easter egg in Biomic Commando. VectrexGuy did a sweet metal cover of the bionic commando which you can find on RUclips. GRIN must have liked it because on the first stage there is a radio that plays "The Biomic Jam."
@@darkman4811 My guess is that they needed organic flesh and blood in order to have his body accept the arm. This leads into many more questions to answer when it can just be simplified as SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS.
I _EXPLICITLY_ remember there being an Easter egg where a giant worm robot boss comes out of the ground and your commander guy on the radio says “You’ll have to fuck it.” To which your character says “Uhh…”
@@broodwars64 yeah I remember playing the game and dying a bunch to the worm and hearing the dude say "you'll just have to fuck it" and my reaction was also "UHHHHHHHH"
I feel if it was set in a fantasy Universe it could make sense but in a modern one dear God no. Hell they could have even spun it that it was his sister's or brothers arm it could at least make some sort of sense DNA wise.
Honestly, the swinging mechanic looks super fun. It kinda makes me want them to try this concept again, just with a much less serious story and more varied shooting mechanics.
I remember playing it on PC as a kid, it was so fun. Only complaint I had and have now was the storyline and certain levels. Otherwise I still remember it fondly as a fun game. But then again, maybe fun doesn't always equate to good.
But they did 3 games and all were made using the same engine so they all basically felt the same. Except ironically Bionic Commando which was despite being better rated and having unique mechanics the worst selling of the 3 games.
EA didn’t even “pull an EA”, though According to Jason Schreier’s source, it was a combination of (i.) Battlefield 1 missing its original launch window and (ii.) Respawn insisting to go toe-to-toe with COD: Infinite Warfare during the busy months of October/November that led to Titanfall 2 getting squeezed from all sides. Unfortunate coincidences + hubris, afaik
Well, despite the weird twist, the overly gritty atmosphere, and the linear level designs, I really enjoyed this game. Once you managed to wrap your head around the swinging mechanics and that Spencer was supposed to ALWAYS be airborne or running, the combat was sublime. I actually finished it in one sitting and immediately went back to do another run just to capitalize on memorizing the optimal swing paths. Multiplayer was really fun too. Nothing like swan diving off a building, hitting terminal velocity, perfectly nailing a grapple, and sniping somebody out of midair at your apex.
I was honestly hyped for this back in 2009, at the time, I played a browser version of the original, and was hooked (heh). Then I saw the reviews, and then the game... Now learning this was one of THREE Grin titles, and all of them were bad, plus set during the Capcom West era, and the people involved had titles cancelled and made prior What Happened content... This, this game was cursed from the start. Bionic Commando's last appearance wasn't a MvC3, a like title in the series, but Infinite... The hated one, yeah, this franchise had a couple if positives in a sea of disasters, I feel bad now.
@@djhero0071 The gameplay in MVC:I was a lot of fun. I do understand the hate though…graphics were ugly, presentation sucked and the roster was severely lacking
I mean, it was made on a budget of a single season of DLC for Street Fighter V. It’s kind of a miracle it came out at all. You’re right that fighting games live and die on their visual style and we know how much was spent on it only after the fact. I still think on its gameplay merits alone (speaking as someone who has yet to play the release version but has heard a lot of good things about it), it shouldn’t have been as shunned as it was. Hopefully if we ever DO get another entry though, Capcom and Disney realize that the MARVEL part of MARVEL VS CAPCOM matters as much as the Capcom side (visually). And vice versa.
Totally need a Wha Happun on the amazing story of Capcom USA going OUT OF THEIR WAY to bring Tatsunoko vs Capcom out of Japan only to have it flop because it was a Wii fighting game that wasn't Smash. That game deserves more love :(
It actually didn't flop at all, Capcom USA were satisfied with it's sales numbers. Yes, it didn't sell as well as SFIV (but it was never doing to) www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/jan/28/sven-wishes-tatsunoko-vs-capcom-caught-little-more-fire/
@@thecunninlynguist I wouldn't say forever: ruclips.net/video/yRMOZzWUWQo/видео.html If you want a good dolphin emulator other than the main one Try ishiruuka.
Been really depressed with grief since my mom passed last year from cancer and things now aren't any better since my sibling moved in. This series though never fails to bring a smile, informative and funny, this is definitely one of my favorite series I've ever seen on RUclips, thanks for bringing some happy times Matt.
I sometimes worry whether Matt enjoys making these but then I remember that he's a huge fan of AVGN. As a long time fan of both Matt and James, after watching every episode of AVGN and this series multiple times, I personally consider the "Wha Happun" series on par with James' best works. Thanks for making these Matt they are excellent entertainment/ edutainment and I hope you continue to make them for years to come. Once my scholarship funding starts coming in I'll definitely be putting some discretionary income to supporting your art.
Yeah, the core mechanics are great, it’s a crying shame that everything else was implemented so poorly. Especially the super scarcity of ammo for all weapons except the basic pistol, which really hampered the fun of confronting enemies. At least you could unlock and use the Rearmed Rad Spencer skin, instead of the gritty dreadlocks one.
That reminds me of Megaman Zero 2 (also by Capcom). That grappling hook weapon was fun and then they turn it into a god-damn pogo stick for the third game in the series. WTF?
the grappling hook was the only really good part of the game lol. I feel like Capcom should have taken that engine and made their own 3D Bionic Commando
I just love the joy you had when you remembered you already covered The Walkin Dead game. Almost like finding a $5 bill in your pocket after washing a pair of pants.
You have to admit, jumping off the first building after the Bionic Arm tutorial when the Area-1 theme kicks in was one of the greatest moments in the series and gaming in general.
I remember that in the intro song. I popped in the game and sat there for almost 30 mins while I let the title screne play the Bionic Commando theme in all its orchestral brilliance! It honestly brought a tear to my eye.
I think EA made Insomniac change the tone of Fuse to appeal to more people. The original concept with more wacky characters and weapons didn't appeal to the audience that EA wanted: the people who typically buy gray, natural-looking shooters.
>Be Capcom >It 2003 >Drops game apparently based off a light novel no one ever read >Destroys earbuds and declares the name of game in a southern accent >Refuses to elaborate >Leaves
Lord I remember playing this game in my teens. I did beat it because it did do the arm swing mechanic well enough to be fun but what a weird period it was to be a Capcom fan (especially considering what happened the year after).
This game has an impressive soundtrack, an impressive Voice Acting cast and a fantastic setting and yet it sadly feels empty. You roam around wishing their was more to it, wish you wasn’t constraint and allowed to do more in the game-but sadly if fails half way through. Still, I love this game. Also this came out around the time of the first Infamous game which if you see both games side by side play the same but infamous would come off 5e Victor
I remember kind of liking the game, and just completely ignored that twist about his arm. It just didn't click as something to pay attention to when I played it.
I’m one of those weird ones that found this game kinda awesome. Rad looked different but switch to the retro skin, problem solved. This game was very solid!
I remember this for being really dumb and ill-conceived, but also being oodles of fun to play on multiplayer with my friends. The swinging was pretty cool, so it was a blast trying to style on each other, and even more fun watching each other's occasional miserable failures. Good times.
"Square asked Grin to make a Soulslike sequel to FFXII, cancelled without paying them for the alpha work, and killed the whole company." is something I will never stop being mad about.
Evolve sounded like the sort of thing that was doomed from the very start, regardless of its quality. That particular variety of complex asynchronous multiplayer just asks too much out of the players.
Speaking of Capcom, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney would be a good candidate for Wha Happun. While it was good, the fact that despite it is ostensibly about a new protagonist, it is still mostly about Phoenix and also notably shorter than the individual GBA entries, which indicates to me that something weird probably happened with its development.
Spirit of Justice nearly killed the franchise as well..! I love Ghost Trick, but it also deserves an episode. One of the best DS games, if not the best, hardly any marketing and in honesty in desperate need of a second try on the Switch..!
@Tom Quirk I need to get involved with this because yeah, Apollo Justice Ace Attorney should get a Wha Happun. Thing is, the original plan for Apollo Justice aka Gyakuten Saiban 4 was that it was going to be a reboot focusing on new characters. But somewhere down the line, Capcom felt that if Phoenix Wright wasn't going to be in the game, it wouldn't sell. So they shoehorned in Phoenix Wright at the expense of Apollo's character development. To be fair, Apollo Justice is Underrated. Truly. But in my opinion, it all worked out in the end because Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice helped Apollo's character a lot that it made me appreciate him more. And then I hear that Spirit of Justice nearly killed the franchise. WHAT?! Honestly like @TeruteruBozusama said, we need a Wha Happun on Ghost Trick. It needs a Switch version.
@@DestinyZX1 the only game in the west for a long while after It was the trilogy again, which many site as the series' "life support" until Dai Gyakuten came out here too, had it done better the series probably continued on and we would've at least had 7 by now. I... Personally didn't like it that much, I don't like the characterizations, but I even bought the game twice as I did want to like it. Dual Destinies did fine, but many didn't like it either (I liked it a lot though), so they didn't buy SoJ.
@@TeruteruBozusama Are you sure? According to Capcom, Spirit of Justice met its sales expectations. Maybe there's some story about development being hell, but the game didn't flop.
You gotta do one on Capcom Fighting All-Stars. That looked like it was gonna be a proper crossover of Capcom's fighting IPs without the aid of Marvel to fill the roster. You know instead of the cluster of recycled assets that was Capcom Fighting Evolution (or Jam outside of the US), which I'm right now watching your let's play video of.
Excellent video! I'm one of the people that adores this game (because I didn't play it for the story) so much that I even bought the soundtrack and action figure. The swinging, the music and sound design, the weapon and combat mechanics all blew me away that I replayed it twice (not in a row) after beating it. There aren't many, but you can spot people who have seen past this games flaws and love what it was able to do (mostly) with the unique direction it took. There's a good amount of reviews on Steam written by people who, like me, have a passion for this game.
Fun fact about Simon Vicklund: GRIN was actually his friend's game studio, which is how he got involved with Re-Armed. When GRIN went under, Vicklund became one of the founding members of Overkill. He does the music for Payday, and voices the character Bain.
I remember following the podcast from the development of this game. And hearing the American dude talking about how this was his push and his future probably hinged on this release as the binding link between the studio and capcom Japan.
Something you missed with Rearmed 2 is that for some reason it had always online DRM attached. That’s bad on it’s own but gets worse when you realise it was released 2 months before the infamous PSN attack, meaning that if you had the game on PS3 you couldn’t play it.
That little disclaimer is exactly how I feel about Capcom after watching some of these vids. I love the company, I love Ace Attorney, but I realize it's made quite a few mistakes in its very long existence. Keep up the great work!!
I remember legitimately enjoying Bionic Commando on it's release. (Yes. I bought the damn thing on it's release.) At first I was enjoying the game. Like the swinging and combat was a lot of fun from what I could remember and I remember having a very positive reaction to it. But then a character would open their mouths and I would start to worry. The dialog was pretty cringe for even 2009 standards. Like the original Gears had more compelling dialog and characters and I'm pretty sure half of that game was written by a sentient Mountain Dew can. By the end of the game, I honestly felt that the games presentation, dialog, world, like anything that wasn't me pressing buttons or listening to the music (Which was pretty great orchestrated stuff) was trying it's best to derail my experience. By the time the "wife-arm" twist was shown... Man, I dunno what the right word for it was. Numb? It was just another moment in a laundry list of really stupid stuff. Like, the stupidity of the twist was appropriate to the stupidity of the dialog and everything that was happening. Hey! Fun thing about Fortress! It wasn't JUST a Final Fantasy spin-off game... IT WAS GOING TO BE A DIRECT SEQUEL TO FINAL FANTASY XII. You were going to play as Basch (cool!) and he was going to be in a relationship or something with Ashe (huh- alright?) but by the end of the game she would have developed feelings for that kid Larsa (wait. what?) and they would marry and Basch would die but be resurrected as a sea king (brain 404 error).
I played this game as a kid, without ever playing the first one, and I honestly loved it. I even liked the twist, thought I was probably around 13 at the time.
I've been dying for this video but do you ever think that you have an obsession with Capcom and The Simpsons I've been watching since the beginning and those two things are a staple of this beautiful channel
Ive always loved BC and this game was great until the damn twist and final section (the movement restriction mechanic was pretty bad). Dark Void was also pretty solid. Also, Chaos Legion at the end? You keep showing games I enjoyed despite their shortcomings
I really like Bionic Commando. It's not a perfect game but the score was fantastic and when all of the elements of gameplay really meshed together it was a lot of fun.
I tried playing Terminator Salvation coop. There's a vehicle scene early on where you man the turret and shoot down HKs. In coop mode, both players where in separate vehicles. They also increased the amount of enemies. The problem was they didn't adjust the ai for 2 players, so all the enemies would only attack player 1. Also, Wanted Weapons Of Fate is a very fun game!
Honestly, the fact they made three games at the same time with the same engine is pretty impressive. I got Bionic Commando pre owned for like £3 and it wasn't terrible, just not great. So if the other two games were of a similar quality I've gotta give them some credit for releasing games that were at least half decent.
I just finished playing this game from 2009, in 2023! I'm a big marvel fan, big fan of mvc3 obviously, mad either my mission to be a master of capcom as much as I am marvel. Finally made my way to the bionic commando, and I gotta say, I had a whole lot of fun with this game. For 2009 this games actually looks kinda pretty, and I thought the gameplay loop was super fun. The story was just so so dissapointing. Honestly such a waste. The music and concept alone deserve a much better story. At least he's pretty cool in mvc
Just from looking at the gameplay here, Bionic Commander looks like it could be a very fun game with it's swinging mechanic. Imagine a new game where you can latch onto any surface and swing around like Spider-Man and doing whatever you do in this franchise.
I loved bionic commando rearmed as a kid, and didn't realize it was a remake. It promoted the 3rd person shooter and i always wanted to play it... Until i found out what Spencer's arm is made of
I want to see the timeline where they made the game with the 3d environment and mechanics and all that, but followed the original storyline/tone, and used THAT art style/aesthetic.
Another game that I always thought would be perfect for this show, but didn’t think about it until now. It’s always extra frustrating seeing reboots of dormant franchises fail, since they can take down those IPs for an even longer time, as we saw here. Also, I know I recommended Hiveswap already, but I think I might to again due to, em, recent developments since then.
I'm glad Capcom pulled itself out of the dark age that was the seventh console generation. Not that they didn't have good games at the time, they did, but it was an era where a lot of Japanese game developers seemed to struggle with changing trends.
And also sooo many of the highly regarded games were pretty much cover based shooters, god I hated the 7th gen and honestly I would defend so many of capcom's bad decisions cause 7th gen was also the era where studios were closing left and right and didnt want that for capcom
OH! Wanted: Weapons of Fate! I actually remember that game! I actually was working with Babel Media as a game tester back when it was in development. I quite enjoyed it despite it being somewhat incomplete at the time.
I really liked Weapons of Fate alot. Yeah it wasn't the best (also 3 hours long), but I'll be damned if I didn't replay it multiple times when it came out. The curved bullet mechanic gave it a unique twist to the gunplay. I wish another game studio would take a crack at the Wanted IP again, but base it on the comic series as opposed to the film.
@@cristianlopez_8486 Oh, definitely. Honestly W:WoF was probably a close second favourite for me to play while I was at Babel Media, second to Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. I really enjoyed the mechanics, as you said. Funnily enough, I found a bug after it was released; apparently it didn't know how to handle flight sticks, and caused it to crash on load. I ended up telling me boss to let the devs know. No idea if they ever patched it out.
@@TheEDFLegacy I think Remedy would be a solid studio to do a standalone Wanted game imo, especially with their history with 3rd person shooters like Alan Wake and Max Payne.
I actually enjoyed this game a lot, the difficult swinging controls were extremely fun when you got it down. The story was whatever, but I had a hell of a time trying to kill my buddies in multiplayer.
I was super disappointed that, by the time I bought the game, the multiplayer was dead. I remember having to be on at 3pm just to find 5 people max. :(
Bionic Commando 2009 isn't a great game, but it's still my favorite video game grappling hook. So I've done speedruns of it and played it well over a hundred times.
I'm one of the few who really loved the third person game. At the time i never played anything like it, and i pretty much got addicted to it for a time. I played it once and finished it but didnt explore much. Second time i did, and that was back to back in the same week XD.
Ah man. I was sooo looking forward to this game back in the day. The original was one of my favourite NES games, and Rearmed was a fantastic remake. It was heartbreaking when it turned out to be crap 💔
I really enjoyed this game, I've played it a few times over the years, one of my favourite 360 games. I grew up playing the nes game and also loved rearmed. I liked the dark tone of the 2009 game and once you get passed the radiation boundary limits it's a fun game. I still remember that Mohole boss fight, "woah is that a long health bar, or are you just happy to see me?' haha classic Still hotdog waifu arm is funny
One game that I would like to see on a "What Happun'?" episode on is "BIONICLE: The Game (2003) [PS2/XBOX/Nintendo GameCube]." I heard that was another rushed piece of media to come to existence. Thank you for the content. Have a good day.
I knew about Mike Patton doing voice work for the first and second Darkness game but I never knew that he did Bionic Commando. Guess you learn something new everyday lol, always enjoy your videos Matt. Hope to see a Max Payne 3 video one day.
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I love your work Matt. Just want to mention a minor error. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1 & 2 for the PC wasn't ports. They were completely separate games from the console versions. Grin actually made those games from the ground up.
You can't evade Operation Raccoon City forever, Capcom Failures Documentary Man.
Matt should change the name of the channel, because that's the funniest thing I've seen all day.
yeah... just call it "What Capcom'd?"
what about umbrella corp
@@MrQwertysystem I was about to say the same thing, picked it up at a Walmart for $10 and just had a lot of fun with it. The different classes, weapons, co-op, how it tied into the other games, I honestly believe it had potential to be a solid series, it was just way to mediocre and janky unfortunately
This is the best comment ever
The Bionic Commando series i always felt lacked the wife becoming an arm , so im glad the revival exsits to fix that obvious need for the franchise.😁👌
Ooh, nice sarcasm!
@@austinreed7343 While I wasn't personally that affected by it, BCR2 also had a number of dark moments.
As soon I hear the name “Inafune” and the sentence“just push the game out the door” - all I feel is doom, gloom, and disappointment
I wish they took their usual advice and pushed the Legends 3 Demo out the door at least
Capcom's darkest years can be put entirely on Inafune.
Just like an anime fan on prom night.
Tbf a lot of this one was on Grin by the sounds of it. After they went defunct they went on to start a new company called Overkill Software and made the Payday games, which are decent, and Overkill's The Walking Dead, which is garbage. So overall not a fantastic track record. Except for Bionic Commando Rearmed and Payday's soundtracks, those are 10/10.
Bionic Commando 2009 is one of those games where someone in charge of development had a vision, and was committed to it. Problem is the vision was a load of absolute shit.
@@theLikou1 "Hey Capcom, let's make Japanese games for the western audience to expand our marketshare, but we're going to remove the Japanese part out of them down the line because westerners actually hate Japanese games."
-Keiji Inafune. Probably.
I just remember it for the REALLY stupid twist
W a i f A r m
His hair?
That’s what most people remember it for
Which really stupid twist the wife one or the "good guy is really the bad guy" one cause they were both pretty bad
I feel like the wife arm plot point could have been cool (albeit probably still stupid - they aren't mutually exclusive of each other) in the right hands, but wow .... they really did that to bionic commando of all franchises.
I just appreciate how Spencer is actually really high tier in both MvC3 and MvC:I. Like at least they let his character die on a high note.
Those two trash fighting games are not high note xD
@@joelbrisby8582 >calling MvC3 trash
I personally love his redesign
@@joelbrisby8582 bait used to be believable
@@smackaroossmackamack5588 It is.
"This is the one with the wife arm" - Scott The Woz
-michael scott
That's how I remember this game lol
Does that mean if he jacks off with that hand his wife is actually giving him head? 🤔
@@EspectroUrbano questions we don’t need the answer to but someone will likely say yes
What sucks is that there is an Easter egg in Biomic Commando. VectrexGuy did a sweet metal cover of the bionic commando which you can find on RUclips. GRIN must have liked it because on the first stage there is a radio that plays "The Biomic Jam."
This game was made for this series.
The "twist" of the arm alone is worthy of "what happened?"
Twist of the arm, that’s an accidental pun.
It really sounds like someone trying to out-Kojima Kojima
ikr.
Even M Night Shyamalan would groan at that twist!
@@darkman4811 My guess is that they needed organic flesh and blood in order to have his body accept the arm. This leads into many more questions to answer when it can just be simplified as SUBVERTING EXPECTATIONS.
I _EXPLICITLY_ remember there being an Easter egg where a giant worm robot boss comes out of the ground and your commander guy on the radio says “You’ll have to fuck it.”
To which your character says “Uhh…”
There was also one when not-Hitler was giving his monologue in his boss fight. You can skip the dialogue with Spencer screaming "Shut the fuck up!"
Just searched it up and it seems that he says “You’ll just have to fight it.” And Spencer says “My pleasure.”
@@QuickTimeFailure That was if you died enough times during that boss you'd get the prompt to skip the dialogue.
@@broodwars64 yeah I remember playing the game and dying a bunch to the worm and hearing the dude say "you'll just have to fuck it" and my reaction was also "UHHHHHHHH"
I thought I was crazy for years cause I was the only one who experienced that in my friend group. Glad to know I'm not THAT insane.
Ah yes, John Dreadman and his Magical Wife Arm.
"let's make his wife a magic robot arm"
"wha.......wh......ya know what fine we don't care anymore"
I feel if it was set in a fantasy Universe it could make sense but in a modern one dear God no.
Hell they could have even spun it that it was his sister's or brothers arm it could at least make some sort of sense DNA wise.
The Dreadman!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Honestly, the swinging mechanic looks super fun. It kinda makes me want them to try this concept again, just with a much less serious story and more varied shooting mechanics.
Maybe a just cause-style could work with bionic commando
@@jeanvictor8178it was super fun for me, never knew it was a failed game
@@JoRoBoYo yeah we all have different likes and dislikes
Glad you enjoyed it
I remember playing it on PC as a kid, it was so fun. Only complaint I had and have now was the storyline and certain levels. Otherwise I still remember it fondly as a fun game. But then again, maybe fun doesn't always equate to good.
They released multiple games in competition with one another, so they pulled an EA in a lesser degree. Battlefield 1 Titanfall 2 anyone?
But they did 3 games and all were made using the same engine so they all basically felt the same. Except ironically Bionic Commando which was despite being better rated and having unique mechanics the worst selling of the 3 games.
EA didn’t even “pull an EA”, though
According to Jason Schreier’s source, it was a combination of (i.) Battlefield 1 missing its original launch window and (ii.) Respawn insisting to go toe-to-toe with COD: Infinite Warfare during the busy months of October/November that led to Titanfall 2 getting squeezed from all sides. Unfortunate coincidences + hubris, afaik
To say a classic quote: "WHY IS YOUR WIFE AN ARM?!"
Atleast he shined on Ultimate Marvel vs capcom 3
Excuse me, Bionic AAAAAAAAAARM!
Yeah they undid that with Infinite's Story Mode.
And thankfully they gave him his superior rearmed skin so i dont have to play with Dr Dreadlock
The Bionic Arm Hype moments. ;b
Well, despite the weird twist, the overly gritty atmosphere, and the linear level designs, I really enjoyed this game.
Once you managed to wrap your head around the swinging mechanics and that Spencer was supposed to ALWAYS be airborne or running, the combat was sublime. I actually finished it in one sitting and immediately went back to do another run just to capitalize on memorizing the optimal swing paths.
Multiplayer was really fun too. Nothing like swan diving off a building, hitting terminal velocity, perfectly nailing a grapple, and sniping somebody out of midair at your apex.
Prior to playing MvC3, I had no idea who Spencer was.
Nobody knew who Rocket Raccoon was either until the game
I remember this game because IGN was crying about there being Pepsi Vending Machine in the game
"Gritty action games" *shows a list of games that I either worked on, or like*
Curse you Matt
Which ones did you work on?
@@luckyducky7819 Terminator Salvation, Wanted, I did a few days on Fracture. And a few others
@@gantz22ify Nah, I worked as an outsourcer, would love to have worked for Grin they seemed like nice people
I had Mighty No 9 flashbacks when "Inafune" and "Ben Judd" were mentioned
and it makes you cry like an anime fan on prom night?...Yeah, Me too
He's also a sex pest, according to that female community manager (or designer or whatever) they hired for Mighty No.9.
"The miracle never happen." - Phoenix Wright on the Bionic Commando Franchise, Probably
I was honestly hyped for this back in 2009, at the time, I played a browser version of the original, and was hooked (heh). Then I saw the reviews, and then the game... Now learning this was one of THREE Grin titles, and all of them were bad, plus set during the Capcom West era, and the people involved had titles cancelled and made prior What Happened content... This, this game was cursed from the start.
Bionic Commando's last appearance wasn't a MvC3, a like title in the series, but Infinite... The hated one, yeah, this franchise had a couple if positives in a sea of disasters, I feel bad now.
MVC:I doesn't even deserve the hate it gets. Just about everything was stacked against it.
@@djhero0071 The gameplay in MVC:I was a lot of fun. I do understand the hate though…graphics were ugly, presentation sucked and the roster was severely lacking
Grin evolved into Fatshark so they turned out ok... I guess.
I mean, it was made on a budget of a single season of DLC for Street Fighter V. It’s kind of a miracle it came out at all. You’re right that fighting games live and die on their visual style and we know how much was spent on it only after the fact. I still think on its gameplay merits alone (speaking as someone who has yet to play the release version but has heard a lot of good things about it), it shouldn’t have been as shunned as it was. Hopefully if we ever DO get another entry though, Capcom and Disney realize that the MARVEL part of MARVEL VS CAPCOM matters as much as the Capcom side (visually). And vice versa.
the reviews of Bionic Commando are actually mixed, so i belive that was ok, not really that bad
Totally need a Wha Happun on the amazing story of Capcom USA going OUT OF THEIR WAY to bring Tatsunoko vs Capcom out of Japan only to have it flop because it was a Wii fighting game that wasn't Smash. That game deserves more love :(
It actually didn't flop at all, Capcom USA were satisfied with it's sales numbers. Yes, it didn't sell as well as SFIV (but it was never doing to) www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/jan/28/sven-wishes-tatsunoko-vs-capcom-caught-little-more-fire/
I'm still mad we didn't get Speed Racer in that game
@@thecunninlynguist Check it out on steam
@@thecunninlynguist Here's a link: store.steampowered.com/app/21670/Bionic_Commando/
@@thecunninlynguist I wouldn't say forever: ruclips.net/video/yRMOZzWUWQo/видео.html
If you want a good dolphin emulator other than the main one Try ishiruuka.
Been really depressed with grief since my mom passed last year from cancer and things now aren't any better since my sibling moved in. This series though never fails to bring a smile, informative and funny, this is definitely one of my favorite series I've ever seen on RUclips, thanks for bringing some happy times Matt.
How are you holding up Blue Zilla25? I’m sorry for your loss :(
Sure buddy sure 😅😅😅
I sometimes worry whether Matt enjoys making these but then I remember that he's a huge fan of AVGN. As a long time fan of both Matt and James, after watching every episode of AVGN and this series multiple times, I personally consider the "Wha Happun" series on par with James' best works. Thanks for making these Matt they are excellent entertainment/ edutainment and I hope you continue to make them for years to come. Once my scholarship funding starts coming in I'll definitely be putting some discretionary income to supporting your art.
Honestly aesthetics and story aside this game is decent. The swinging mechanics are fun actually
Yeah, the core mechanics are great, it’s a crying shame that everything else was implemented so poorly. Especially the super scarcity of ammo for all weapons except the basic pistol, which really hampered the fun of confronting enemies. At least you could unlock and use the Rearmed Rad Spencer skin, instead of the gritty dreadlocks one.
It's fun just looking at it.
It Is much better than ghost of tsushima a boring generic open world game
@@gravityrushfan299There are not enough ellipses in the world for a proper response to this.
Soundtrack is glorious too
I only remember this game as the game that is the exception to the rule that grappling hooks make every game better
That reminds me of Megaman Zero 2 (also by Capcom). That grappling hook weapon was fun and then they turn it into a god-damn pogo stick for the third game in the series. WTF?
I actually loved the grappling in the game.
Really, the grappling hook was pretty good. What wasn't was the way the game'd whap you on the head if you tried to go off the intended path with it.
@@rna151 true, should have been much more open ended and have added alternative rutes that demanded better use of the momentum based swinging.
the grappling hook was the only really good part of the game lol.
I feel like Capcom should have taken that engine and made their own 3D Bionic Commando
My favorite What Happened episodes are the ones on games that flopped so silently that I've forgotten they even happened.
I just love the joy you had when you remembered you already covered The Walkin Dead game. Almost like finding a $5 bill in your pocket after washing a pair of pants.
You have to admit, jumping off the first building after the Bionic Arm tutorial when the Area-1 theme kicks in was one of the greatest moments in the series and gaming in general.
I remember that in the intro song. I popped in the game and sat there for almost 30 mins while I let the title screne play the Bionic Commando theme in all its orchestral brilliance!
It honestly brought a tear to my eye.
I'd love to see a What Happened on Fuse by Insomniac. One of the most heartbreaking games, still makes me sad when I see that first teaer trailer.
I think EA made Insomniac change the tone of Fuse to appeal to more people. The original concept with more wacky characters and weapons didn't appeal to the audience that EA wanted: the people who typically buy gray, natural-looking shooters.
@@JangoTheBlueFox I agree, but I guess EA didn't have enough faith in Insomniac's original vision.
If you play as Naya it at least becomes more interesting with her invisibility
Those clips of Chaos Legion at the end unlocked primordial memories in me
>Be Capcom
>It 2003
>Drops game apparently based off a light novel no one ever read
>Destroys earbuds and declares the name of game in a southern accent
>Refuses to elaborate
>Leaves
I loved playing that game on PC because it was the closest thing to a Devil May Cry port at the time.
I kinda like Chaos Legion tho, the artsyle and concept is intriguing enough for me to finish it. The gameplay could do some work tho.
Man the NES Bionic Commando was such a great game.
Greatest game ever!!!!!
I loved the NES Bionic Commando. It was one of the few games I owned as a kid and I played it to death.
Lord I remember playing this game in my teens. I did beat it because it did do the arm swing mechanic well enough to be fun but what a weird period it was to be a Capcom fan (especially considering what happened the year after).
"Say the line, Matt!"
"It was the style at the time"
"Yaaaaaaaaay!"
Hearing Matt cheer with excitement on this show at 17:26 was unexpected, and it genuinely put a smile on my face
This game has an impressive soundtrack, an impressive Voice Acting cast and a fantastic setting and yet it sadly feels empty. You roam around wishing their was more to it, wish you wasn’t constraint and allowed to do more in the game-but sadly if fails half way through. Still, I love this game.
Also this came out around the time of the first Infamous game which if you see both games side by side play the same but infamous would come off 5e Victor
I remember kind of liking the game, and just completely ignored that twist about his arm. It just didn't click as something to pay attention to when I played it.
I’m one of those weird ones that found this game kinda awesome. Rad looked different but switch to the retro skin, problem solved. This game was very solid!
I absolutely loved it!
Sure the story wasn't that good, but the gameplay was very solid.
I remember this for being really dumb and ill-conceived, but also being oodles of fun to play on multiplayer with my friends. The swinging was pretty cool, so it was a blast trying to style on each other, and even more fun watching each other's occasional miserable failures. Good times.
"Square asked Grin to make a Soulslike sequel to FFXII, cancelled without paying them for the alpha work, and killed the whole company." is something I will never stop being mad about.
Damn a lot of Square's choices pissed me off. I liked FF12 and would've loved to see that
We wouldn't have PAYDAY if not for that though, so it's not all bad. Be more mad at Bo Andersson for being a shitty CEO not once, but twice.
@@thecalldron Well, we've got PAYDAY. That's even worse.
Square Enix really gave Grin the Ol' Yeller treatment.
I'd like to see a What Happened to Evolve. It seemed like it was gonna be a big hit but went out with a whimper.
Evolve sounded like the sort of thing that was doomed from the very start, regardless of its quality. That particular variety of complex asynchronous multiplayer just asks too much out of the players.
Evolve stumbled out of the gate and broke its neck on impact so the asymmetrical multiplayer horror game genre could run.
Command and Conquer 4 or Mother 3 please!
CnC4 would be like 15 seconds : eSports
@@LumaTo but starcraft 2 is esports, and it doesn't have any of the things c&c 4 tried.
Speaking of Capcom, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney would be a good candidate for Wha Happun. While it was good, the fact that despite it is ostensibly about a new protagonist, it is still mostly about Phoenix and also notably shorter than the individual GBA entries, which indicates to me that something weird probably happened with its development.
Spirit of Justice nearly killed the franchise as well..!
I love Ghost Trick, but it also deserves an episode. One of the best DS games, if not the best, hardly any marketing and in honesty in desperate need of a second try on the Switch..!
@@TeruteruBozusama wait a sec. What?!
@Tom Quirk I need to get involved with this because yeah, Apollo Justice Ace Attorney should get a Wha Happun. Thing is, the original plan for Apollo Justice aka Gyakuten Saiban 4 was that it was going to be a reboot focusing on new characters. But somewhere down the line, Capcom felt that if Phoenix Wright wasn't going to be in the game, it wouldn't sell. So they shoehorned in Phoenix Wright at the expense of Apollo's character development. To be fair, Apollo Justice is Underrated. Truly. But in my opinion, it all worked out in the end because Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice helped Apollo's character a lot that it made me appreciate him more.
And then I hear that Spirit of Justice nearly killed the franchise. WHAT?! Honestly like @TeruteruBozusama said, we need a Wha Happun on Ghost Trick. It needs a Switch version.
@@DestinyZX1 the only game in the west for a long while after It was the trilogy again, which many site as the series' "life support" until Dai Gyakuten came out here too, had it done better the series probably continued on and we would've at least had 7 by now. I... Personally didn't like it that much, I don't like the characterizations, but I even bought the game twice as I did want to like it. Dual Destinies did fine, but many didn't like it either (I liked it a lot though), so they didn't buy SoJ.
@@TeruteruBozusama
Are you sure? According to Capcom, Spirit of Justice met its sales expectations. Maybe there's some story about development being hell, but the game didn't flop.
You gotta do one on Capcom Fighting All-Stars. That looked like it was gonna be a proper crossover of Capcom's fighting IPs without the aid of Marvel to fill the roster. You know instead of the cluster of recycled assets that was Capcom Fighting Evolution (or Jam outside of the US), which I'm right now watching your let's play video of.
Excellent video! I'm one of the people that adores this game (because I didn't play it for the story) so much that I even bought the soundtrack and action figure. The swinging, the music and sound design, the weapon and combat mechanics all blew me away that I replayed it twice (not in a row) after beating it. There aren't many, but you can spot people who have seen past this games flaws and love what it was able to do (mostly) with the unique direction it took. There's a good amount of reviews on Steam written by people who, like me, have a passion for this game.
Fun fact about Simon Vicklund:
GRIN was actually his friend's game studio, which is how he got involved with Re-Armed. When GRIN went under, Vicklund became one of the founding members of Overkill. He does the music for Payday, and voices the character Bain.
Since you used footage of it at the end and it's a Capcom game, I'd love to see Chaos Legion!
The whole story, its concept and execution sucks, but I honestly enjoy this game for what it is.
And I like Mike Patton’s voice so there’s also that
I remember following the podcast from the development of this game. And hearing the American dude talking about how this was his push and his future probably hinged on this release as the binding link between the studio and capcom Japan.
I actually fucking loved Bionic Commando, I always wanted them to tighten the mechanics and make a second one RIP
This is my new favorite show on RUclips. So informative and entertaining. Never stop making these!
Had one of the best Main using piano themes ever. Genius piece”
Something you missed with Rearmed 2 is that for some reason it had always online DRM attached. That’s bad on it’s own but gets worse when you realise it was released 2 months before the infamous PSN attack, meaning that if you had the game on PS3 you couldn’t play it.
That little disclaimer is exactly how I feel about Capcom after watching some of these vids. I love the company, I love Ace Attorney, but I realize it's made quite a few mistakes in its very long existence. Keep up the great work!!
Yeah, the mid-2010s weren't a fun time to be a Capcom fan.
@@glacierwolf2155 I'm glad I became one in 2020 then :)
I remember legitimately enjoying Bionic Commando on it's release. (Yes. I bought the damn thing on it's release.) At first I was enjoying the game. Like the swinging and combat was a lot of fun from what I could remember and I remember having a very positive reaction to it. But then a character would open their mouths and I would start to worry. The dialog was pretty cringe for even 2009 standards. Like the original Gears had more compelling dialog and characters and I'm pretty sure half of that game was written by a sentient Mountain Dew can.
By the end of the game, I honestly felt that the games presentation, dialog, world, like anything that wasn't me pressing buttons or listening to the music (Which was pretty great orchestrated stuff) was trying it's best to derail my experience. By the time the "wife-arm" twist was shown... Man, I dunno what the right word for it was. Numb? It was just another moment in a laundry list of really stupid stuff. Like, the stupidity of the twist was appropriate to the stupidity of the dialog and everything that was happening.
Hey! Fun thing about Fortress! It wasn't JUST a Final Fantasy spin-off game...
IT WAS GOING TO BE A DIRECT SEQUEL TO FINAL FANTASY XII.
You were going to play as Basch (cool!) and he was going to be in a relationship or something with Ashe (huh- alright?) but by the end of the game she would have developed feelings for that kid Larsa (wait. what?) and they would marry and Basch would die but be resurrected as a sea king (brain 404 error).
I played this game as a kid, without ever playing the first one, and I honestly loved it. I even liked the twist, thought I was probably around 13 at the time.
I've been dying for this video but do you ever think that you have an obsession with Capcom and The Simpsons I've been watching since the beginning and those two things are a staple of this beautiful channel
You deserve 1mil, the effort put into this series is really really appreciated.
Of course we want Chaos Legion now, Matt
Ive always loved BC and this game was great until the damn twist and final section (the movement restriction mechanic was pretty bad). Dark Void was also pretty solid. Also, Chaos Legion at the end? You keep showing games I enjoyed despite their shortcomings
What about lost planet a Monhun prototype
I actually have chaos legion but I just never have gotten around to playing it, need to change that one of these days
Yeah, I agree with this. I enjoyed BC, as strange as Spencer with white guy dreads was, up until that final section.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 I don't think you can call lost planet a monster hunter prototype since monster hunter was a thing all the way back on the PS2.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 How was Lost Planet a Monster Hunter prototype when it came out after MH? I don't think you know what a prototype is.
I really like Bionic Commando. It's not a perfect game but the score was fantastic and when all of the elements of gameplay really meshed together it was a lot of fun.
I tried playing Terminator Salvation coop. There's a vehicle scene early on where you man the turret and shoot down HKs. In coop mode, both players where in separate vehicles. They also increased the amount of enemies. The problem was they didn't adjust the ai for 2 players, so all the enemies would only attack player 1.
Also, Wanted Weapons Of Fate is a very fun game!
You've know you messed up when your big budget gaming revival gets outsold by two cheaply made licensed games .
You could say that Patton’s involvement was a midlife crisis.
Swingin' in to the new What Happun' episode right on time for my start of the weekend.
Honestly, the fact they made three games at the same time with the same engine is pretty impressive. I got Bionic Commando pre owned for like £3 and it wasn't terrible, just not great. So if the other two games were of a similar quality I've gotta give them some credit for releasing games that were at least half decent.
I just finished playing this game from 2009, in 2023! I'm a big marvel fan, big fan of mvc3 obviously, mad either my mission to be a master of capcom as much as I am marvel. Finally made my way to the bionic commando, and I gotta say, I had a whole lot of fun with this game. For 2009 this games actually looks kinda pretty, and I thought the gameplay loop was super fun. The story was just so so dissapointing. Honestly such a waste. The music and concept alone deserve a much better story. At least he's pretty cool in mvc
Genuinely, I would love to see what marketing or otherwise blunder made God Hand flounder as hard as it did, despite now being a cult classic to many.
Ah, old Capcom. Wha Happun Fuel!
Just from looking at the gameplay here, Bionic Commander looks like it could be a very fun game with it's swinging mechanic. Imagine a new game where you can latch onto any surface and swing around like Spider-Man and doing whatever you do in this franchise.
"What Happened?"
Well, for starters, THEY MADE SPENCER'S WIFE INTO HIS ARM!
I loved bionic commando rearmed as a kid, and didn't realize it was a remake. It promoted the 3rd person shooter and i always wanted to play it...
Until i found out what Spencer's arm is made of
5:42
I could swear there was a room with that exact same design in Resident Evil 4
I want to see the timeline where they made the game with the 3d environment and mechanics and all that, but followed the original storyline/tone, and used THAT art style/aesthetic.
Bionic Commando’s plot in a nutshell: “My wife’s inside me.”
Very Evangelion if you ask me...
😳
Aw man I was so hoping to hear the Ichiro Mizuki song in this video and you delivered. RIP to a god damn legend.
Another game that I always thought would be perfect for this show, but didn’t think about it until now. It’s always extra frustrating seeing reboots of dormant franchises fail, since they can take down those IPs for an even longer time, as we saw here.
Also, I know I recommended Hiveswap already, but I think I might to again due to, em, recent developments since then.
Let me guess, Sarah situation.
@@andro9966 Mostly yes, but the Act 2 release also had its own hiccups.
"BIONIC ARM" - Spencer in Marvel vs Capcom 3
His catch -phrase wasn't even from his original game
I'm glad Capcom pulled itself out of the dark age that was the seventh console generation. Not that they didn't have good games at the time, they did, but it was an era where a lot of Japanese game developers seemed to struggle with changing trends.
And also sooo many of the highly regarded games were pretty much cover based shooters, god I hated the 7th gen and honestly I would defend so many of capcom's bad decisions cause 7th gen was also the era where studios were closing left and right and didnt want that for capcom
I actually love this game. Got it stupid cheap and loved it. The big mechanic worm boss was awesome
OH! Wanted: Weapons of Fate! I actually remember that game! I actually was working with Babel Media as a game tester back when it was in development. I quite enjoyed it despite it being somewhat incomplete at the time.
I really liked Weapons of Fate alot. Yeah it wasn't the best (also 3 hours long), but I'll be damned if I didn't replay it multiple times when it came out. The curved bullet mechanic gave it a unique twist to the gunplay.
I wish another game studio would take a crack at the Wanted IP again, but base it on the comic series as opposed to the film.
@@cristianlopez_8486 Oh, definitely. Honestly W:WoF was probably a close second favourite for me to play while I was at Babel Media, second to Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. I really enjoyed the mechanics, as you said.
Funnily enough, I found a bug after it was released; apparently it didn't know how to handle flight sticks, and caused it to crash on load. I ended up telling me boss to let the devs know. No idea if they ever patched it out.
@@TheEDFLegacy I think Remedy would be a solid studio to do a standalone Wanted game imo, especially with their history with 3rd person shooters like Alan Wake and Max Payne.
@@cristianlopez_8486 Agreed.
I feel like half of the Wha Happun series could be subtitled "What did Inafune's ego/attitude screw up this time?"
the recurrence of "it was the style at the time" is why i'm here
Wait wait WAIT. I saw you sneak in Chaos Legion at the end. I have fond memories of that game.
I actually enjoyed this game a lot, the difficult swinging controls were extremely fun when you got it down. The story was whatever, but I had a hell of a time trying to kill my buddies in multiplayer.
I was super disappointed that, by the time I bought the game, the multiplayer was dead. I remember having to be on at 3pm just to find 5 people max. :(
I'm honestly surprised that they brought back Spencer with that same design on MVC Infinite
So uhh it got outsold in it's launch week in Japan by a censored all ages H-Game on the Xbox 360
That's impressive 😅
My favorite Spencer line is, "How could I lose? I have a bionic arm."
Judd: "Pleeeeease can we do Bionic Commando?"
Inafune: "いいえ"
Judd: "Pleeeeeeeease!"
Inafune: "いいえ!"
Judd: "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease!"
Inafune: "いいえ!!"
Judd: "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!"
Inafune: "地獄に行け！"
Judd: "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!"
Inafune: "私はしますが、私はそれをひどくするつもりです！"
Judd: ".......yaaaaay!"
At least Grin/Overkill had a "happy-ish" end with the Payday franchise doing super well over the past 10 ish years.
Bionic Commando 2009 isn't a great game, but it's still my favorite video game grappling hook.
So I've done speedruns of it and played it well over a hundred times.
Oh definitely! This review has me missing the skill based momentum swinging that makes every spider-man game look like easy mode trash.
I'm one of the few who really loved the third person game.
At the time i never played anything like it, and i pretty much got addicted to it for a time.
I played it once and finished it but didnt explore much. Second time i did, and that was back to back in the same week XD.
The game looks kinda fun though not gonna lie
How about an episode on Nightcry? That trainwreck deserves one.
Ah man. I was sooo looking forward to this game back in the day. The original was one of my favourite NES games, and Rearmed was a fantastic remake. It was heartbreaking when it turned out to be crap 💔
"You deserve a chair, Mag, but the one I'm thinking of doesnt have wheels." damn dude... that's actually a pretty cool line! :D
I really enjoyed this game, I've played it a few times over the years, one of my favourite 360 games. I grew up playing the nes game and also loved rearmed. I liked the dark tone of the 2009 game and once you get passed the radiation boundary limits it's a fun game.
I still remember that Mohole boss fight, "woah is that a long health bar, or are you just happy to see me?' haha classic
Still hotdog waifu arm is funny
One game that I would like to see on a "What Happun'?" episode on is "BIONICLE: The Game (2003) [PS2/XBOX/Nintendo GameCube]." I heard that was another rushed piece of media to come to existence.
Thank you for the content. Have a good day.
I actually really enjoyed Bionic Commando.
I absolutely love the OG game...I muscled my way through the follow-up, but ReArmed was a masterpiece!!!!
I knew about Mike Patton doing voice work for the first and second Darkness game but I never knew that he did Bionic Commando. Guess you learn something new everyday lol, always enjoy your videos Matt. Hope to see a Max Payne 3 video one day.