Horace Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @jediknightgeo
    @jediknightgeo 3 года назад +31

    This game is on sale right now for only $2.09. Trust me, DO NOT skip it. It's brilliant with an absolutely endearing story and Horace is so likeable.

  • @jamessiebke2309
    @jamessiebke2309 3 года назад +51

    This is on sale for just over a pound on the eshop.

  • @RogerPlankton1975
    @RogerPlankton1975 4 года назад +36

    I’m a few chapters in, and it’s brilliant. Don’t sleep on this one.

  • @greeneye2037
    @greeneye2037 3 года назад +45

    I feel like I've done something illegal by only spending two bucks on this game.

  • @puddle8330
    @puddle8330 4 года назад +30

    I’ve been wanting this on switch forever

    • @scratcher768
      @scratcher768 3 года назад +1

      I think now's the time if you didn't get it yet, it's $2.09 on the US eshop!

  • @arunistrying
    @arunistrying 3 года назад +5

    Just finished it and. Wow. An easy top 10 for me. It actually made me cry. I love it.

  • @alexiere
    @alexiere 3 года назад +3

    What an underrated title. Super duper fun to play.. You know what doesn't help it? The title icon on the eshop. If it would have been more animated it would have caught my attention right away.

  • @slop101
    @slop101 4 года назад +32

    Yeah, the rotating screen, just for a few seconds, makes me dizzy and disoriented. Which is too bad, as otherwise, the game looks great.

    • @tobitube4301
      @tobitube4301 4 года назад +1

      It is my favorite game of all time, if you didn't buy it yet.. Do it, I swear.. You won't regret it.. Its the best game I've played

    • @coffeecat2812
      @coffeecat2812 4 года назад

      Same here, just watching this made me motion sick.

    • @DairunCates
      @DairunCates 3 года назад +5

      In all fairness, motion sickness tends to only affect viewers. The person playing isn't usually affected by it because they know each turn is coming and can adjust for it. It's the reason FPS gameplay can be a bit nauseating to watch, but fine to play.

  • @Toddis
    @Toddis 4 года назад +61

    The screen rotating makes me feel sick

    • @lincspace
      @lincspace 4 года назад +7

      yeah, I'd like to try this game but just the clips in this video make me think I wouldn't be able to play it for very long before needing to stop

    • @stephenschwartz7402
      @stephenschwartz7402 4 года назад +1

      Yea I agree. Idk how long I could play it

    • @ripjaw56
      @ripjaw56 4 года назад +6

      I'm almost done with the game, and from personal experience it's quite disorienting for a while but you get used to it and it's more about raging at the bosses more than anything

    • @DeltathRiylaan
      @DeltathRiylaan 4 года назад +2

      Agreed. And I'm one of those people who doesn't ever get sick playing VR. I was surprised how quick I got headaches with this game.

    • @syaoranpt
      @syaoranpt 3 года назад +4

      I am one of those guys who can't even play a First Person game because I get motion sickness, so yeah... not a game for me.

  • @KunalCArora
    @KunalCArora 3 года назад +4

    This game is excellent. 10/10. If you buy it full price, you're getting a deal. Stellar gameplay with an incredible storyline.

  • @DerSystematiker
    @DerSystematiker 3 года назад +2

    One of the best games in recent years and the best indie game I've seen so far. The gameplay, the story, all those mini games, cultural references and so much more. This game is so full of ideas and it all comes together beautifully. Hard to believe that the game was basically done by one person.

  • @JLaRoc7
    @JLaRoc7 3 года назад +5

    Having just finished the game, I can honestly say "Horace" is an absolute masterpiece and worth the investment, sale or no sale. It joins the likes of "Celeste", "Limbo", "Inside" and "MO: Astray" as one of the best 2D platform games in the last 15 years.

  • @manuelmanolo7099
    @manuelmanolo7099 3 года назад +5

    I like how he holds his hat when he runs

  • @Thorn99855
    @Thorn99855 2 года назад +3

    The parts they show in this video are ultra early and ultra easy compared to some of the insane platforming later on. I wonder how far these reviewers got in it.

  • @MK-qo1rz
    @MK-qo1rz 3 года назад +1

    Just playing it... I can't believe this was a Epic store FREE game, I got it and its been sitting in my to download for a while. Really enjoyed it on 3rd chapter. Get it ASAP!

  • @jeffrey5976
    @jeffrey5976 4 года назад +5

    Started playing this today - love it.

  • @jaimebarba619
    @jaimebarba619 3 года назад +27

    2$ rite now, got it!

    • @jediknightgeo
      @jediknightgeo 3 года назад +2

      $2, not 2$. Dollar sign comes first.

    • @jaimebarba619
      @jaimebarba619 3 года назад +4

      @@jediknightgeo ur THAT guy huh? Lol 👍🏽 oops I mean “you’re”

    • @jediknightgeo
      @jediknightgeo 3 года назад +1

      @@jaimebarba619 Lol I've noticed a TON of people putting the $ sign after the number.

    • @jaimebarba619
      @jaimebarba619 3 года назад

      @@jediknightgeo fair enough my friend 😎

    • @bowser5961
      @bowser5961 3 года назад

      @@jediknightgeo who cares what way he types a dollar sign dude

  • @mariebotwin
    @mariebotwin Год назад +1

    One of the most amazing and fulfilling games I have played. It's a shame it is not more known

  • @abcgaming8938
    @abcgaming8938 4 года назад +5

    For a second there I thought this was a gamexplain video, still not used to Jon being at nl yet

  • @clark7366
    @clark7366 3 года назад +3

    I got Horace and it’s such a good game

  • @jumponeverything
    @jumponeverything 4 года назад +3

    I got this game on switch recently and absolutely loved it, so glad that it'll finally get the recognition it deserves on switch

  • @Kit-Talon
    @Kit-Talon 4 года назад +1

    I can remember the original Horace games, I used to play them on my ZX Spectrum back in the day. Seems like a real nostalgia trip for those of us old enough to remember.

  • @drifter2185
    @drifter2185 4 года назад +8

    Is John @ Nintendo Life now? Must have missed something. If so...that's awesome!

    • @alexcicerone6519
      @alexcicerone6519 4 года назад +2

      I recognize his voice. Where was he before? I can’t place it

    • @Abdul-ld7xf
      @Abdul-ld7xf 4 года назад +4

      @@alexcicerone6519 He used to be on gamexplain

    • @thealmightycouch311
      @thealmightycouch311 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, he works at Nintendo Life now

    • @LuxInvidious
      @LuxInvidious 4 года назад +1

      Nah, the is a clone of John that Nintendo Life hired, the GameXplain John had an “accident” and is sadly no longer with us

  • @deanhatescoffee
    @deanhatescoffee 4 года назад +4

    It's weird to hear a British accent on a Nintendo Life video that isn't Alex. :) Good job, good review. I wanna play.

    • @DeltathRiylaan
      @DeltathRiylaan 4 года назад +1

      I think what's far more weird is ever having to hear Zion's voice.

  • @duketranslucent3rd
    @duketranslucent3rd 2 года назад

    Did not expect an 8-bit excerpt from Rachmaninov's second piano concerto when I started this video.

  • @robertjaster2k
    @robertjaster2k 4 года назад +8

    10/10 speaks for itself 🥰 Must buy.

  • @ChrisAdamscomedy
    @ChrisAdamscomedy 3 года назад +3

    This game is brilliant.

  • @AndyDillbeck
    @AndyDillbeck 3 года назад

    How do I get past the mini games for the fête?? I got second place, I'm fine with that, let me continue with the story!

  • @Merien99
    @Merien99 4 года назад +10

    The gameplay makes me sick :( Hate the turning

    • @tobitube4301
      @tobitube4301 4 года назад +3

      its still my favorite game of all time tho.. While playing the game I didn't care about the turning, its 100% worth it

  • @davemaynard832
    @davemaynard832 3 года назад +2

    This game is on sale on switch for like 90p right now. Well worth it.

  • @datping7377
    @datping7377 4 года назад +1

    I bought it based on your review! Can't wait to play!

  • @Vailskibum
    @Vailskibum 3 года назад +5

    Phenomenal game. Wholesome, fun, and full of content. Do yourself a favor and check it out!!

  • @StuartGipp
    @StuartGipp 4 года назад +5

    It's super weird hearing Jon say my name

  • @alurimel
    @alurimel 4 года назад +1

    Everytime a new content from NL comes out, I try ti guess in my head if it's gonna be presented by Alex, Zion or Jon.
    "Huum, this looks like a Alex game"
    "Aah, this one gotta be Zion!"
    "This one is a little weird, I think it's gonna be Jon"
    The last one was my thought for this video exactly

  • @smedlings
    @smedlings 3 года назад +3

    A truly incredible game

  • @spacemanspiff2137
    @spacemanspiff2137 4 года назад

    The Horace in the thumbnail kind of looks like a Mii fighter costume

  • @javiesgmar
    @javiesgmar 3 года назад +6

    Huge sale on this one right now :)

  • @Davi_L
    @Davi_L 4 года назад +4

    "Hey everyone, John from Nintendolife here" sounds perfect like it was meant to be.

    • @jakk9560
      @jakk9560 3 года назад +1

      I'm too use to gamexplin

  • @MartKart8
    @MartKart8 4 года назад +1

    This game in on Epic games, at one time it was free, and I got it, there is some swearing and violence and reference to Coronation Street.

  • @smashdriven1640
    @smashdriven1640 3 года назад +1

    I think the reason I never payed attention to this game was because I thought the character was a Lego ripoff.

  • @paulbowman5015
    @paulbowman5015 Год назад

    Based on this review and from what I’ve read and seen I will push the bank of wife to buy this ASAP! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @comradecat1922
    @comradecat1922 4 года назад +12

    He looks like a roblox character on the thumbnail

    • @John6-40
      @John6-40 3 года назад +1

      I was thinking a Lego character

    • @comradecat1922
      @comradecat1922 3 года назад

      @@John6-40 damn your right now that you said that

  • @latristessdurera8763
    @latristessdurera8763 2 года назад

    I’m having such a great time playing this!

  • @DanielOfDuty
    @DanielOfDuty 4 года назад +1

    It's that ping pong assist trophy thing from smash bros on TV!!! 😶

    • @coco_chu18
      @coco_chu18 4 года назад +1

      You mean Color TV-Game 15?

    • @Jonqen
      @Jonqen 3 года назад

      Its pong

  • @TheBluewallcat
    @TheBluewallcat 3 года назад

    I bought this beauty for 25 cents.

  • @DingusMcCheese
    @DingusMcCheese 3 года назад +1

    Ima get it

  • @ruralgamer7193
    @ruralgamer7193 3 года назад

    I just beat this last night. It was great

  • @ameerel-eryan7405
    @ameerel-eryan7405 3 года назад +3

    I cant help but think there's something very sinister in this review.
    Brilliant the story is 5/5 even
    But the gameplay is a solid 1/5
    I found myself playing through the game just to finish it which is never a good sign. The gameplay is incredibly clunky and clumsy. There were rooms where I would spend plenty of time trying to get through when I would accidentally fall at a funny angle and end up at the finish line. Recommend this game I would.
    But this reviewer has to me lost all credibility in the comments I've heard expressed. This game would be a 10 if the gameplay wasnt so awful
    So unfortunately it's a 7 from me.

  • @jamiegwhite30
    @jamiegwhite30 4 года назад

    Had this on PC, there was one part halfway through that was glitched, couldn't finish...

    • @jamiegwhite30
      @jamiegwhite30 4 года назад

      For some context it was the part where you pick up the ball and chain

    • @tobitube4301
      @tobitube4301 4 года назад

      @@jamiegwhite30 Really? That sucks.. Because this is my favorite game of all time

    • @mrlimey2419
      @mrlimey2419 4 года назад

      That got patched pretty quick

  • @ldm__
    @ldm__ 4 года назад

    Jons in this channel

  • @beautifulstrongman
    @beautifulstrongman 3 года назад

    I agree with you too I give horse or 10 out of 10 I also beat it

  • @Tearintime
    @Tearintime 4 года назад +1

    Wait, Jon left Gamexplain and went to Nintendo Life?!

  • @apeirogonmusic
    @apeirogonmusic 3 года назад +1

    i’d give it a 15/10
    The creator are pure genius

  • @malikjohnson7950
    @malikjohnson7950 2 года назад

    Idky but i feel like Horace is influenced off the Faulkner character Horace Benbow

  • @DeltathRiylaan
    @DeltathRiylaan 4 года назад +1

    I'm sure it's someone's cup of tea, but I couldn't hate the character designs and graphics more. And the way the screen rotates and wobbles back and forth as you move around edges and walls gives me a headache. This will have to be a pass for me.

  • @grey3414
    @grey3414 3 года назад

    Is it just me having a hard time jumping on far ledges?

    • @milkyboy111
      @milkyboy111 3 года назад

      Are you holding Y while running?

  • @Nintentoad125
    @Nintentoad125 4 года назад +1

    Hmm looks interesting

  • @gdlpe05
    @gdlpe05 4 года назад

    I swear the switch icon looks like a Roblox character though

  • @panandre_1
    @panandre_1 4 года назад

    Wondering, why so much people are weak to camera turns
    You will lose a literally beat platformer ever, of you'll miss Horace

  • @joshzumstien6289
    @joshzumstien6289 4 года назад

    Help a non-Brit out: why is the name Horace significant?

    • @ardd.c.8113
      @ardd.c.8113 3 года назад

      Maybe because they all pronounce this latin name in a stupid way. Disgusting!

    • @Ian-qn9jg
      @Ian-qn9jg 3 года назад +2

      It's not. There were a few Horace titles on the ZX Spectrum. Hungry Horace. Horace Goes Skiing etc.

  • @angealastral8616
    @angealastral8616 3 года назад +1

    Vaya copia al tío ese de Gamexplain, habláis igual. Y no me vengáis con que es la misma persona porque no cuela.

  • @kunkka111
    @kunkka111 4 года назад +1

    hello epriwan

  • @reiz4148
    @reiz4148 4 года назад +1

    This looks like deltarune and terraria had a son

    • @UltimateFunBilly
      @UltimateFunBilly 4 года назад

      Not to mention the Robloxian-looking character in the thumbnail

  • @legendofkailia5596
    @legendofkailia5596 4 года назад

    Excuse me!

  • @onlinehusk86
    @onlinehusk86 4 года назад +2

    Wow Yahtzee made this seem like a bloated mess I have no idea who to believe lol...

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 4 года назад +1

      Yahtzee makes comedy videos, not game reviews. He constantly reveals what he _actually_ thinks about games after spending ages bashing them for comic effect. Like he loves Dark Souls, but you wouldn't think that from the way he talks about it
      I'd rather trust an actual game review over a comedy video

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 4 года назад +2

      @My Subs please go watch a video by Matthematosis. _THOSE_ are game reviews. He works in programming and game development so he really knows his stuff. He goes really deep into game mechanics. It's absolutely fascinating, it's academic game analysis, this is the stuff you get taught if you get a degree in game design. It's not just haha funny fast talking British funny man haha. You know. I love Yahtzee's videos but he's the definition of hyperbolic and he doesn't actually analyse games. Just saying "I like this aspect" and "I dont like this aspect" isn't a review. It's not an analysis. Matthematosis sometimes does very very deep analysis, like his 7 hour video on Dark Souls.
      I dunno, what it is is that I used to watch Yahtzee constantly. But then I found better channels for reviews. Like hbomberguy and Matthewmatosis. And so it's really hard to go back to Yahtzee now with the such base observations. They're great videos, they're funny and very well made and animated. But as review they're next to useless for helping you determine whether you wanna buy a game or not, you know what I mean?
      OK have a watch of this review and comparison of two similar metroidvania games: ruclips.net/video/fuPsJk-c3bQ/видео.html
      I choose this one as it's one of his shorter reviews and doesn't require you to have watched any previous videos (like he has a mario and Zelda series where you're meant to watch them in order, but yeah). I highly highly recommend it. Just give it a watch, and if you hate it, then you've only lost 20 minutes of your life, you know, lol
      I'm not trying to put down your tastes and likes. Not at all. I love Yahtzee too. But I don't buy games based on his videos because they never really go into any detail and they're more about his funny reactions to things than any attempt at objective analysis. And again that's fine, his videos are incredibly funny and great. Even though I have to slow the playback speed down to 0.75 to hear all the jokes lol. But yeah for review and analysis, I want an actual review and analysis. You know?
      Also I trust Nintendo Life pretty completely because I always seem to agree with their recommendations. Ultimately that's what you want, a critic where you know their views so well that you can get a good recommendation from them, even if you disagree with them all the time. Then you know to buy the games they dislike, and so on. I know I agree with Roger Ebert most of the time, so I know a 4 star review from him means I'm guaranteed to love the film basically. But the critic is only good if they explain in detail why they feel that way about everything. If they don't go into detail, you don't know _WHY_ they like or dislike something and so have nothing to go off.

    • @ciggy_
      @ciggy_ 4 года назад

      @@duffman18 isn’t mathosis the guy who bashed dark souls on the basis that he couldn’t understand how to use the lock on? There are far more interesting people out there for video game content honestly the first one to come to mind is Noah Caldwell gervais

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 4 года назад

      @@ciggy_ huh? No, he wasn't. You must be thinking of someone else. He did do a video where he criticsed Dark Souls 2, not Dark Souls 1, but it was about the enemy types not jiving well with the control scheme. He knows how to lock on, he's one of those lads who's beaten every dark souls game (including demon souls and bloodborne) so much that he can beat the game with a level 1 character with no armour. He's one of the best games journalists in terms of his skill at gaming, which I don't think is a necessity to be a good reviewer, it's irrelevant really, but he goes and beats the MGS games on European extreme with ease, all the devil may cry and Bayonetta games and Viewtiful Joe etc on the hardest modes. You can't fault him for lack of ability, certainly.
      But yeah that Dark Souls 2 was a fascinating video. And then hbomberguy made _TWO_ feature movie length videos basically as a rebuttal to Matthew's video. And all 3 of those videos are incredibly well made. You should watch both of them. Decide for yourself who you think is right.
      Either way, yeah hbomberguy and Matthewmatosis are the best 2 gaming channels because they go into quite literally academic level concepts of game design. It's incredible how far we've come since the early days of online gaming videos, with everyone trying to be an "angry reviewer", copying AVGN's style very poorly. These aren't game reviews. They're analysis of academic concepts of game design taken as a whole, across the whole industry and art form. Hbomberguy's video on bloodborne is essentially a movie length video about one aspect of the game, the lack of shields. And what he calls "play conditioning" where Bloodborne teaches you to play the game with a proactive, aggressive style, because the game has no shields. Which retroactively makes the Dark Souls games way better. It stops people from walking around with the shield up constantly, they play aggressively, and have a way better time with it because of that. It's a fascinating concept
      Folding Ideas is also a fantastic channel. However he mostly talks about films, because that's where his academic life was focused on, he got undergrad and postgrad degrees in film studies. However when he does make videos about video games, it's always fascinating. Like he made a very interesting video about "intended play". Whether there should be a right way to play a game and how it affects the critical reception of it based on how people are playing it, whether they'd doing it "right" or "wrong". The Stanley Parable is an interesting example of that because the intended play is to do the opposite of what's intended, but that opposite is the real intended play because they built the game around pushing players to disobey the narrator. So is following what the narrator says the UNintended play? Well no, because the game is built for that too. Real unintended play would be something else entirely, breaking the game, almost. Like, OK, there's a sort of "default" way to play Skyrim, but there's also dozens of other ways to play it, which is the point, it's an open world RPG where you play how you want, you can ignore the main story entirely if you want. But that's still "intended play"
      Sorry I'm rambling. It's just I love that there's really upping the ante in terms of games analysis now. It's not simply "I like the graphics, I don't like the gameplay, 3/10, _what_ _were_ _they_ _THINKING_ ? I'd rather eat a roadkill buffalo's anus covered in SHIT and PISS“ etc. The academics of art always fascinate me even though I'm a layman. Like art history fascinates me, learning about how Rembrant's The Night Watch painting was only called that because the varnish coating of it had greatly darkened over centuries, so they removed it and re-varnished it and it turns out it was a daytime scene all along. And video games are art, and the academic research into it goes beyond simply teaching folks how to build a good game, it also has the art history aspect of it now. Analysing the history of the art form for its own sake.
      I dunno, it's just I liked short reviews and "funny" _ANGRY_ sweary reviews when I was 13 years old. But I'm 31 now.
      And channels like hbomberguy and Matthewmatosis and Folding Ideas are pushing the art of critique to another level. They aren't reviewers. They're art historians. Who delve deep into the very fundamental game mechanics that make or break a game. Which are far too complex to be able to fit inside s short 5-10 minute video. These are less RUclips videos and more like a professor giving you a lecture. And I love it. Maybe you don't, and that's fine. But absolutely check them out. Seriously. It'll blow your mind how fascinating it can be to learn about this stuff. I love thinking about the creation and mechanics of art. Like I'm a musician, so I delve deep into recording techniques and songwriting techniques and music theory, not even to become better at songwriting - although that's a nice bonus - but for learning about the fundamentals of how certain songs are written and recorded because they have inherent value and interest of their own, separate from the final product

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 4 года назад

      @@ciggy_ if you're going to watch one video. Then watch this one by hbomberguy: m.ruclips.net/video/t-5_zoEsY6c/видео.html
      It's about the game LISA. I think if anything is going to get you interested in this kind of deep analysis of video games, this video will probably do it. And if it doesn't, well then I guess you font like that style which is fine. But yeah I really really really really recommend it
      It gives you such a different perspective of what games can be. It's kinda mind blowing. And if you like this then I definitely recommend you watch his other videos, plus all of Matthewmatosis's videos, and Folding Ideas's videos. These channels (plus Lindsay Ellis, although that's got nothing to do with video games, only movies) made me realise that RUclips videos can be way better than anything on TV or even on streaming sites like Netflix and amazon, and he about niche things like cult video games that no actual TV movie studio would ever do a show on
      Anyway yeah. Just watch the LISA one. It'll give you chills by the end. Also it makes LISA seem like the most revolutionary game of the past decade. It doesn't get its due really. Undertale gets all the credit but LISA did all the same sorta stuff and it came out _before_ Undertale
      Sorry for all the rambling. I'm high on my prescribed pain meds. I just really love introducing people to these channels. I've been posting Folding Ideas recent documentary on Flat Earthers and how those nutters are the reason Qanon exists, all over reddit. And people are blown away by it snd thank me for showing them this channel and they're now subscribers and going through and watching all his other videos. It's a great feeling to make someone else happy like that

  • @Burnitdown13
    @Burnitdown13 4 года назад

    More john less daan

  • @davidobrien8683
    @davidobrien8683 3 года назад

    1.49€ euro rn lol

  • @NkuhanaTheUndone
    @NkuhanaTheUndone 4 года назад +2

    Cool game

  • @AndyDillbeck
    @AndyDillbeck 3 года назад

    So I was thinking I would give Horace a 4/5, right up until I got to the fete.
    I've now failed the fete games more times than it took me to 100% clear the laser hallway of doom.
    I'm perfectly content with 2nd place.
    The platforming controls were already a bit sloppy, but the unskippable pointless mini games are the last straw, and I wish I could get a refund of my $3.

  • @ElricSowrd
    @ElricSowrd 4 года назад

    This game couldn't have an HD Art style?

    • @johnflapper
      @johnflapper 3 года назад +1

      It doesn't need it. What they're able to express in the pixels in incredible. Especially facial emotions that shouldn't work, they just do

  • @incognitro7634
    @incognitro7634 4 года назад +2

    The voice acting in this game is awful.

  • @GalosDj06
    @GalosDj06 4 года назад +1

    First and thats A FACT

  • @BornSickBoy
    @BornSickBoy 2 года назад

    10/10 means it's a Perfect video game. There's no such thing. I regret watching this video. I watched it all the way up until the end, at which point, you blew any credibility you had by handing out such an outrageous score.