XIII Remake - What Happened?

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Комментарии • 752

  • @ethanisfancy
    @ethanisfancy 2 года назад +1236

    “We are a family here.” If you ever hear a boss say that, RUN

    • @jjjj4rd
      @jjjj4rd 2 года назад +52

      *insert Grant Gustin screaming video*

    • @mikeoxmaul4685
      @mikeoxmaul4685 2 года назад +74

      _[Vin Diesel has joined the chat]_

    • @oohopjeff6764
      @oohopjeff6764 2 года назад +80

      Even if you work with ACTUAL family

    • @LeroyPatterson
      @LeroyPatterson 2 года назад +32

      Usually yes! Especially in Game dev!
      I'm currently at a company with that philosophy, and its legit, they take really good card of us, and I really enjoy everyone I work with!

    • @k96man
      @k96man 2 года назад +44

      A terrible dysfunctional family that pretends everything's fine when it really isn't

  • @TheWordPlay
    @TheWordPlay 2 года назад +369

    If I heard my boss say "we're a family" or "we're hustlers", I would walk out that door asap

  • @4Jjigsore
    @4Jjigsore 2 года назад +711

    I get the feeling that even if the lock-downs didn't happen, this still would have turned out the same.

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад +18

      True this Giuseppe needs to be fired

  • @Haysey_Draws
    @Haysey_Draws 2 года назад +904

    The fact the guy rang other companies to bad mouth employee's so they couldn't get work elsewhere isn't just bad, it's fucking spiteful. He took the time to call ALL those companies just to make sure they couldn't leave when he could have been doing...well i dunno WHAT it is he should have been doing, but it's not that!

    • @ZeOHKay
      @ZeOHKay 2 года назад +82

      He's like the top brass of Konami condensed and reshaped into a primordial homunculus.

    • @Tpoleful
      @Tpoleful 2 года назад +43

      Classic narcissistic behavior. These people lack the ability to self reflect and live in their own alternate realities.

    • @ultimapower6950
      @ultimapower6950 2 года назад +40

      The guy is probably a narcissist

    • @backtoklondike
      @backtoklondike 2 года назад +22

      And then doesn't even deny it and also thought that he put a positive spin on it.

    • @spliffyrodgers4266
      @spliffyrodgers4266 2 года назад +2

      Well you want employee security dont you good way to get that is make sure they cant get work anywhere else it happens alot its honestly just buisness make it too easy to find better work they will so you make sure they dont get those opportunities otherwise you might end up with some new prick that is more likely to say something if they dont get paid on time or have to do extra hours you want to keep hold of the people that have no spine because they wont say anything to you if you need them to do anything (basically you want to make sure your people pleasers wont leave because they bend over backwards for a pay raise that they never ask for and if they do then you say they're under consideration) ethics has no place in buisness

  • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
    @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 2 года назад +642

    I'm absolutely flabbergasted at this whole debacle, how can someone be this level of detached from game development reality.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 2 года назад +38

      It happens a lot with creative positions.

    • @josedorsaith5261
      @josedorsaith5261 2 года назад +11

      Sociopathy

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective 2 года назад +15

      I think the infamous Randall "Kid Diddler" Letcher Scott of 3DO DOOM fame still tops the short list of "people who know nothing about making a game yet somehow still managed to make deals within the game industry".
      The dude described the process of making a game as the "creative people" staying up all night and "the eye candy elf doing his work".

    • @Tpoleful
      @Tpoleful 2 года назад +20

      I assume it is a situation similar to Nikola Motors and Theranos. The company leaders only had surface level knowledge in their field but offered platitudes and lies to get ahead.

    • @Unquestionable
      @Unquestionable 2 года назад +1

      @@AntonioCardenasT I legit can't think of something of his that hasn't been a disappointment since Black & White. The sheer amount of bullshit that would come out of his mouth has to hold some kind of record. I have vivid memories of Fable being hyped to hell and back only for it to be an incredibly average game that would have been more fondly remembered had Peter not acted as it was going to redefine gaming.

  • @RedCarpStudio
    @RedCarpStudio 2 года назад +375

    Crugliano's management style looks like it's straight from the typical "Italian small to medium sized company" mindset:
    1: Employees are your property to use as you see fit
    2: Lie through your teeth to the customers to get that job
    3: pretend everything is ok
    By the way Matt, every time you mispronounce "Giuseppe", an Italian plumber dies

    • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
      @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 2 года назад +18

      Is it really like that over there?

    • @sachamorgese7280
      @sachamorgese7280 2 года назад +37

      @@thereseemstobeenanerror1219 It's worse

    • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
      @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 2 года назад +19

      @@sachamorgese7280
      Oh, god.

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid 2 года назад +20

      Don't worry about the Italian plumber. He has at least 50 lives left and there's a koopa on a staircase nearby.

    • @StrawhatOrta
      @StrawhatOrta 2 года назад +9

      @@ApocalypticJoker It'll be "juss-eppy" for english speakers, but in italian it's pronounced "juss-eppeh" because the e in italian is said like in spanish (you say it like the word "federal" or "metal")

  • @snelldor1474
    @snelldor1474 2 года назад +460

    As a person who is planning to study Game Development at University in September, Grugliano sounds like an absolute disgrace in the game industry. Showcasing poor leadership, harassment, gross incompetence and taking what many people consider to be a cult classic, and just shove the remake through the front door to make a quick buck.

    • @goob8945
      @goob8945 2 года назад +58

      That’s my favourite thing about these videos. It gives the future developers of the world case studies on a project gone wrong which hopefully means a brighter future for gamedev in general

    • @rubz1390
      @rubz1390 2 года назад +55

      @@goob8945 might not be the developers you have too worry about though, it's the businessmen.

    • @goob8945
      @goob8945 2 года назад +11

      @@rubz1390 true, hopefully they’re watching too

    • @frostgem8013
      @frostgem8013 2 года назад +11

      Wait until you hear about Jeff spangenberg.

    • @vz1270
      @vz1270 2 года назад +7

      @@goob8945unlikely , more like they have trusted ppl who they pay to not do it either...

  • @treetheoak8313
    @treetheoak8313 2 года назад +315

    This was offered in a humble bundle next to several other comic based games such as black sad and the original XIII... For 30 bucks...

    • @ther0n1nnamed47
      @ther0n1nnamed47 2 года назад

      Worth it

    • @andrewb4999
      @andrewb4999 2 года назад +52

      The original XIII is cheap as hell on Steam already even when not on sale and is a million times worth it compared to the trash remake.

    • @Aelf1239
      @Aelf1239 2 года назад +27

      The original was given for free on gog sometime last year.

    • @siveon298
      @siveon298 2 года назад +13

      The comics were worth it

    • @trobriandstorm
      @trobriandstorm 2 года назад

      I want to get it for the lulz and bc i liked the original one but no way ill pay 30 bucks for it

  • @TheDJMeyer85
    @TheDJMeyer85 2 года назад +232

    If any industry needs a union it’s the video game industry, the amount of overwork the studio employees can be subjected to is ridiculous

    • @Los499
      @Los499 2 года назад +20

      The unions long ago abandoned any pretense of defending workers' interests and now are just glorified HR firms who help enforce management's dictates. We're long past the time of unions, workers now need their own militant rank-and-file committees directly controlled by the workers themselves.

    • @TheKaijudist
      @TheKaijudist 2 года назад +19

      @@Los499 What you described is a union

    • @Los499
      @Los499 2 года назад +4

      ​@@TheKaijudist Ask any UAW worker whether they consider their leadership to be "militant" or whether they feel in "direct control" of the organization.
      The unions are controlled by corrupt bureaucrats who make six-figure salaries for selling out workers, isolating and betraying strikes, and doing management's bidding. The most militant struggles that are taking place today are happening in rebellion *against* the right-wing union leadership, in worker-organized rank-and-file committees among autoworkers, parts workers, teachers, health care workers, etc.

  • @gamerboy6787
    @gamerboy6787 2 года назад +101

    It's one thing to have a leader who is incompetent, but still fully invested, and well-intentioned...
    But it's something else entirely to have a leader who is a malicious, two-faced, self-serving con man.
    Guess which one Grugliano is.

  • @AgentMonochrome
    @AgentMonochrome 2 года назад +40

    Always remember, if the boss says, "We're a family here..."
    RUN.

  • @sambarker5294
    @sambarker5294 2 года назад +358

    I don't think I've ever commented on any of your videos, Matt. But I've been watching you since you were at like 130k subs and its so crazy to see you at almost 500k now. I bet you'll get to that 1M before you know it. And you deserve it! Keep up the great content, I can only imagine all the work that goes into a single one of these episodes. Cheers!

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  2 года назад +70

      Thanks so much, Sam!

    • @notturok7841
      @notturok7841 2 года назад +6

      Yeah Sam

    • @atmmachine11
      @atmmachine11 2 года назад +5

      Thanks Sam, really cool!

    • @andrewetechexpress2971
      @andrewetechexpress2971 2 года назад

      Been watching since the zaibatsu

    • @Jamesadamiak
      @Jamesadamiak 2 года назад

      I thought you said you've been watching since Matt was 13 & I really wanted to check out those early wha happun episodes! Lol 😆

  • @GenerationWest
    @GenerationWest 2 года назад +228

    I completely forgot this game, and yet when I did a Adam West video, I'm pretty sure I included his character from this in it... I'm pretty sure I'll forget it again once I finish this sentence.

    • @GatorRay
      @GatorRay 2 года назад

      I think this makes sense cause Matt made a video where he played this crappy remake a while back.

    • @LangstonDev
      @LangstonDev 2 года назад +3

      What game are you talking about?

    • @Shinbu1128
      @Shinbu1128 2 года назад +2

      Forget what?

    • @Psycheitout
      @Psycheitout 2 года назад +1

      If it weren't for Xplays Hilariously awkward interview with Adam West about this game. I probably would keep forgetting he was in this too. I won't ever forget Adam Sessler in that Robin outfit.

    • @StonerWaifu
      @StonerWaifu 2 года назад +1

      @@Psycheitout I give it an Adam We... OUT OF FIVE.

  • @BoxoSpoons
    @BoxoSpoons 2 года назад +93

    17:33 Ah yes, nothing like an "explanation" for bad behavior that makes it completely clear he doesn't understand what he did wrong.

  • @FutureRetroRoots
    @FutureRetroRoots 2 года назад +59

    When it comes to remakes of older games that didn't live up to any expectations, i rather play my older crusty versions of them because that's just the way i like it sometimes.

  • @steelwolf483
    @steelwolf483 2 года назад +83

    It is the first time an episode of this series made me so angry. I really hope the employees managed to find out better job opportunities.

    • @JM-dq7xn
      @JM-dq7xn 2 года назад +9

      Yeah, that Giuseppe guy just set a new low for a asshole producer.

  • @jasonblalock4429
    @jasonblalock4429 2 года назад +14

    16:25 If there's one thing we've learned in the last few years, it's that if the developers are providing a roadmap *to having a roadmap* it's a very very bad sign.

  • @twinkpeaks9993
    @twinkpeaks9993 2 года назад +183

    XIII was one of favourite games on the original Xbox, and I remember being so excited when the remake was announced... what a shitshow

    • @seangalvin3196
      @seangalvin3196 2 года назад +7

      My friends and I played SO much split screen multiplayer. It was a blast. I fondly remember all the sound effects.

    • @pedroportillo1585
      @pedroportillo1585 2 года назад +10

      Damn, I’m sorry bro. I bet seeing one of your favorite games be Bastardized like this must have sucked.

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 2 года назад +2

      What's even more sad is that if a bunch of people kept sending the xbox part of Microsoft emails about backwards compatibility I bet they easily would have got the ok from ubisoft to take the original game, tweak it, and then release it to the program. Now they've stopped the program. At least we got time splitters 2 and future perfect, max payne series, f,e.a,r series, etc, for one last update to the program. What's crazy is that system link still works for these old games. You can hook up an original xbox to a series x and play games together.

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад

      @@Largentina. I liked the ambience some levels had like in plain rock you can hear people crying it was so creepy and isolating

  • @modernmobster
    @modernmobster 2 года назад +52

    Bioshock infinite had a notoriously rough development. It would be a good one to cover.

    • @diegoantoniorosariopalomin4977
      @diegoantoniorosariopalomin4977 2 года назад +12

      It was delayed so many times it was even joked about in game

    • @modernmobster
      @modernmobster 2 года назад +10

      @@JRyan56 tell me about it. I bought it day 1 and the season pass cause I figured it's bioshock, what could go wrong? Well, a barebones game with dlc that took a year to come out is what went wrong. Aside from red dead redemption 2, I haven't payed for a game at full price since. I've learned my lesson that anything could be a disappointment and with games being as broken and unfinished as they are these days, I'll never buy them til they're at least a year old - if ever.

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад +6

      Most overrated game ever was just a run of the mill shooter with racial tension felt like a m rated Disney film at times

    • @NShomebase
      @NShomebase Год назад +2

      Definitely worth a look considering how Ken Levine went on to do absolutely nothing after it.

  • @rosienroller
    @rosienroller 2 года назад +26

    The biggest shame of XIII was that it ended on a wetfart of a cliffhanger, and it would have been amazing if a remake could have actually added an ended

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад +4

      They actually were gonna plan a part 2 with the remake but because of all that happend it was just a pipe dream at this point like in 2003 also

    • @thinkingwaffle3035
      @thinkingwaffle3035 2 года назад +4

      The comic wasn't fully finished in 2003 the last album (without counting the "universe" albums about some characters and those not made by the original creator) was released in 2007.

    • @zenksren8206
      @zenksren8206 2 года назад +2

      You really don't want a sequel from this developer, look at Asterix and Obelix XXL 3

  • @wannabkain4400
    @wannabkain4400 2 года назад +41

    I feel so sorry for the people who work under that con artist.

  • @eduazy
    @eduazy 2 года назад +66

    The original will be forever one of my favorite games, the style and soundtrack is incredibly unique, and the story is engaging. It's a disgrace what they did with the remake, it killed any chance of ever getting a sequel, which was already very unlikely.

    • @GGDizzy
      @GGDizzy 2 года назад +2

      I never played the original. I got this one after hearing so much good about the old. How could it have gone so wrong, now I have some idea.

    • @2tooful
      @2tooful 2 года назад +1

      Yeah such a cliffhanger 😭 !!!!!!

    • @autumnalgloom5360
      @autumnalgloom5360 2 года назад +2

      @@GGDizzy It's also amazing how well the original has aged. Every time footage from the old one is shown it looks great while the remake looks dull. And I say this as someone who has no nostalgic ties to the original.

  • @mypal1990
    @mypal1990 2 года назад +72

    XIII is one of those shooters that vanished once the game launched. But I found it and it was a fun time to beat.

    • @brennanwn
      @brennanwn 2 года назад

      Agreed

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад

      True they should just remaster the old game like they originally planned it cant be that hard to get the old assets sounded like they didnt even try too get em

    • @JHenry-nz7hy
      @JHenry-nz7hy Год назад

      @@TheMrfoxguy They just Remastered this botched remaster, if you'd like to try it. It looks better, I guess, but it's still awful. It feels like what should've originally released, but I guess it upgraded itself from a 3/10 to a 6/10

  • @BaggyFTJ
    @BaggyFTJ 2 года назад +29

    God this hurts, the original game was a classic that I grew up with. The idea of a remake got me hyped but as soon as that in game trailer came out and the artstyle was revealed, I knew something was wrong....
    Boy was I right.

  • @mistertomater6913
    @mistertomater6913 2 года назад +5

    Bro is Giuseppe the new Jeff Spanganberg

  • @chaospoet
    @chaospoet 2 года назад +20

    "Don't take my word for it!"
    "Take my word for it!"
    I knew you were going to do that and yet that made me belly laugh all the same. 😆

  • @scarlettNET
    @scarlettNET 2 года назад +4

    You forgot the mention that the cover art, specifically David Duchovny's character, was completely traced from promo art for Splinter Cell Conviction.

  • @digitalunity
    @digitalunity 2 года назад +27

    I'm not gonna make a crusade outta this, but I will drop my What Happened wish list for a few videos here:
    - Driv3r, responsible for the Driver-gate scandal
    - Atari... Just the whole company

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective 2 года назад +7

      The Atari one would also have to double as an Infogrames video or otherwise be split, I'd think. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.

  • @DanRPGMan
    @DanRPGMan 2 года назад +23

    I'm just glad you used the ' Nobody messes with Adam We' clip. So perfect!
    Still, this guy sounds like a terrible boss and as I say people don't quit jobs they quit management. He doesn't delegate assignments and doesn't pay employees for work on time. That's not a good boss.

  • @ratchetxtreme6591
    @ratchetxtreme6591 2 года назад +57

    If they were actively going out of their way to take out the cool cel shaded style from thirteen, then releasing the original game in HD would've been the best and most logical choice considering how this remake actually turned out .

    • @BombermanGold
      @BombermanGold 2 года назад +25

      That would have required them to get all the assets of the original, which they didn't have, hence the work from the ground-up.

    • @ratchetxtreme6591
      @ratchetxtreme6591 2 года назад +9

      @@BombermanGold that I could understand, but the fact that they didn’t even try to replicate the cel shaded look is just not cool .

    • @phabiorules
      @phabiorules 2 года назад +1

      @@ratchetxtreme6591 I can forgive them for that. Remember their original plan was to just make a remaster and update it. They were suddenly stuck with a remake and were just trying to make a product that worked.

  • @MoonTiger88
    @MoonTiger88 2 года назад +9

    17:35 - "these people were likely upset over not receiving promotions or salaries"
    Imagine that. People wanting to be paid for their time spent at the company, often working overtimes. Such assholes.

  • @mitomidou
    @mitomidou 2 года назад +4

    6:51 "The way he was tricking people into working more, was by not paying them on time."
    Forgive my ignorance, but that statement sounds a lot more like extortion than mere trickery. D:

  • @3bearsgayming
    @3bearsgayming 2 года назад +51

    honestly Matt, THANK YOU for always including Dreamcast when you talk about 6th gen. people wanna pretend like it didn't exist and we don't play that shit

  • @thisguy_w0n
    @thisguy_w0n 2 года назад +51

    I bought this game for PC when it was new from Gamestop, in its full 3-cd glory. Never played it much or got very far, but it sure looked cool with Cel-Shading, that was still new at the time

    • @lolcat
      @lolcat 2 года назад +3

      veryyy cheap on steam sales might be worth wishlisting it

    • @2tooful
      @2tooful 2 года назад +1

      @@lolcat the original version

  • @royallynick
    @royallynick 2 года назад +4

    Wait your telling me Matt isn't a cartoon skeleton?????

  • @mrcraggle
    @mrcraggle 2 года назад +3

    They're remaking the remake with a completely different studio. Update will be coming in September for free along with the Switch release.

  • @EasyCure0
    @EasyCure0 2 года назад +20

    Was never able to beat the GameCube version. Auto saved with super low health before the final boss, so much so that even when I pick up the ONE health pack in the arena it's just enough to not get me one shot killed as soon as the battle starts.
    I also sucked at shooters then so maybe I should revisit...

    • @KiomonDuck
      @KiomonDuck 2 года назад +10

      Do what we all do and just look up he last cutscene on youtube

    • @cdru515
      @cdru515 2 года назад +1

      Meanwhile, I had to beat him just by hiding behind the ladder, since he only shoots if he can see your head, unlike all the other bosses

  • @mediabreakdown8963
    @mediabreakdown8963 2 года назад +5

    Your sponsor ad was so adorably wholesome! ❤️

  • @SAPProd
    @SAPProd 2 года назад +68

    I’ve been hearing a lot about Skullgirls lately, so perhaps a Wha Happun on its troubled production throughout the years? I’ve recently picked it up and am blown away by it, I kick myself for waiting so long. Now I know why some suggest them for a new 2D Darkstalkers game!

    • @rutabaga_rutabaga
      @rutabaga_rutabaga 2 года назад +20

      A Wha Happun on Indivisible would be interesting too

    • @raisinbman
      @raisinbman 2 года назад +27

      that studio def. deserves it. Pppl think the first domino of Konami turning evil was w/ Kojima. Nope, Skullgirls got screwed by them first. And their history continues. They did get a happy ending at least.

    • @StrawhatOrta
      @StrawhatOrta 2 года назад +5

      Honestly, both need an episode, but Skullgirls' refusal to die despite everything and still succeeding is tailor made for this show. Hell, Matt has covered so many fighting games that I'm surprised that it doesn't have an episode yet.

    • @shinyagumon7015
      @shinyagumon7015 2 года назад +11

      They're still realising characters btw.
      Second Encore is coming

    • @SAPProd
      @SAPProd 2 года назад +3

      @@shinyagumon7015 yeah, I’m really excited to see Black Dahlia. Also curious who the unannounced characters will be. Likely a version of Marie will need to be playable at some point, and hopefully future seasons will be possible with more exposure and hype.

  • @JM-mq6mw
    @JM-mq6mw 2 года назад +2

    I was expecting a Krusty-O's reference at the beginning

  • @mattr75
    @mattr75 2 года назад +10

    I think the best thing about this remaster is the fact more people will learn how good the original game was and give it the respect it deserves. At least more so than the remaster

    • @davidwells5611
      @davidwells5611 2 года назад +3

      Worked for Cowboy Bebop. Lots of folks got steered into the original and ignored the remake. Win!

  • @lenthederanged
    @lenthederanged 2 года назад +11

    Wish you would do New Gundam Breaker, but it is super niche. Still, want to know why exactly they actively chose to absolutely demolish their own momentum, throw out all of their old code, and intentionally remove everything that made the prior 3 games so great.

  • @eddierobinson118
    @eddierobinson118 2 года назад +7

    The Original XIII still holds up for 19 years. there's no reason to remastered/remake the original. Here's a recommended for a future wha happun video. what happened to the xbox one

  • @TensaZangetsu1200
    @TensaZangetsu1200 2 года назад +10

    GOG gave away the original when this launched lmao

  • @ThatOneAwkGuy
    @ThatOneAwkGuy 2 года назад +11

    A wha happun episode on Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice would be cool. The scrapped ideas, Capcom's constant insistence that Phoenix Wright should get more and more screen time, to the point where Pheonix gets more backstory in this than the character in the damn title, and Sku Takumi, the creator of the Ace Attorney franchise, leaving the main series after Apollo Justice.

    • @memesandhoi2924
      @memesandhoi2924 2 года назад

      Oof, that was my first Ace Attorney too…

    • @ThatOneAwkGuy
      @ThatOneAwkGuy 2 года назад +2

      @Memes And Hoi It's not a bad game, not even the worst AA game imo, but it does have a rocky development cycle.

    • @misterbadguy7325
      @misterbadguy7325 2 года назад +7

      @@memesandhoi2924 It's a good game, man! It's just kind of a game where you can see the scars of a wonky development cycle.

  • @davidbates3057
    @davidbates3057 2 года назад +16

    Giuseppe sounds like an accountancy boss I had once. He talked a BS game too, in fact I learned before I left that he didn't even have an accountancy qualification. He just basically blagged client after client, paid to have his company top of the google searches, and generally took people's money while giving them a basic service they could have done themselves with 30minutes of searches on the internet. I think he's still operating today. Seems it's pretty much the way of the world in he who sells himself, wins, regardless of whether what he sells is anything at all.

  • @TankHardcheese
    @TankHardcheese 2 года назад +12

    I know it was only 3 weeks, but damn did I miss this show and it's endless plethora of Simpsons references.

  • @edgarlozada3858
    @edgarlozada3858 2 года назад +36

    I remember seeing the original everywhere in magazines back in my day, and I recall many people loving it. Never got into it because itse genre ain't my preference, but it was still to nice people like. To think that It'd be back with a remake that went through all of this... Man. Sad for the fans of the original.

  • @thedebunkers5992
    @thedebunkers5992 Год назад +3

    Who else is here because XIII is on sale and recently received a PS5 patch 😉

  • @BrinIoca
    @BrinIoca Год назад +3

    Grugliano is definitely one of those guys who treated his workers like shit then screams “no one wants to work anymore!!!” When his employees get fed up with his bullshit

  • @TheDuduzinhobr
    @TheDuduzinhobr 2 года назад +11

    XIII was such a fantastic game, I loved it SO much... damn, why did they need to destroy the remake like that

  • @RedMeansRecording
    @RedMeansRecording 2 года назад +26

    Matt if you were a magic spoon would you be a magic big spoon or a magic little spoon

    • @Windwalker88
      @Windwalker88 2 года назад +1

      Did you see the dude, offcourse he is the big spoon

  • @Harukurochan
    @Harukurochan 2 года назад +7

    Once again, thank you for using your videos to highlight abusive and condemn practices in the game industry Matt. I hope previous employees at PlayMagic are now in better studios.

  • @jordan20910
    @jordan20910 2 года назад +11

    As soon as I hear devs using "meet our qualities standards" in apologies, I just wince and a lot of [X] DOUBT plays in my head. This does struck a nerve everytime that happens.

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective 2 года назад +4

      I remember that one press release for the IRL Nuka Dark drink, where the company handling it announced a delay and that the reason was the bottle "not meeting Fallout standards".
      For the drink that was timed as a promotion for Fallout 76.

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад

      They're only sorry the game failed

  • @VeraTheTabbynx
    @VeraTheTabbynx 2 года назад +4

    With that utterly ridiculous work culture and a complete lack of _any_ of the resources the devs required, it's a miracle that game even runs!

    • @zenksren8206
      @zenksren8206 2 года назад

      It's a miracle that anything comes out of Microids if they've always been like that

  • @trooperx36
    @trooperx36 2 года назад +11

    You want the definitive version of XIII? Buy the GOG version. Simple. No bugs, no DRM, no bullshit. Just the game made to run on newer operating systems out of the box.

    • @TQT1995
      @TQT1995 2 года назад

      I got it when they were giving it out for free for 48 hours. Loving it 😊

  • @atiredfloridian777
    @atiredfloridian777 2 года назад +3

    The worst part is XIII sounds like such a fun game, and I'd like to try it, except this happened. How can one man be so detached from reality, detached from the reality of game development?

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  2 года назад +2

      Fortunately, the original can be purchased on Steam and GOG quite cheaply.

    • @YukaTakeuchiFan
      @YukaTakeuchiFan 2 года назад +3

      You'd be surprised just how much worse it can get. Go check out the development of the 3DO port of Doom and your mouth will be agape in horror at some of the things the CEO believed you could do.

  • @ubernocrono
    @ubernocrono 2 года назад +14

    Great vid as always!
    Not necessarily a "What Happened" but I wonder if you ever played "Gitaroo Man"?

    • @lolcat
      @lolcat 2 года назад +1

      Could probably do a What Happened on "Project Rap Rabbit" but it probably wouldn't have much to it. I personally love that game, great taste bro

  • @Nominal_GDP
    @Nominal_GDP Год назад +2

    16:36
    > We are aiming to please all the thirteen fans
    Ooof

  • @luidi9026
    @luidi9026 2 года назад +1

    Hearing Matt saying "bande-dessinée" is the light of my day.

  • @TyDean4Real
    @TyDean4Real 2 года назад +1

    Haven't watched the video yet, but as soon as I saw the thumbnail, I immediately thought of...
    "You can't run forever number thirteen!!!"
    That quote is engraved into my head.

  • @corixasksoki2675
    @corixasksoki2675 2 года назад +2

    Omg I never imagined you would look like that I freaking love your style

  • @worldofthought8352
    @worldofthought8352 2 года назад +1

    Great vid again, but also you did a good job with the sponsoring, you gave it the right tone of light hearted humor and presentation. I know paid promotions are a reality, and sometimes it can deter some people when the youtuber may try to be too exaggerated with the product or mutter the sponserreally fast to shoo them out of the way, but you did a good job here.

  • @SmashEnigma1
    @SmashEnigma1 2 года назад +1

    This is the first time I’ve seen Matt in the flesh and it’s enthralling to see him as a not-skeleton.

  • @TheBandoBandito
    @TheBandoBandito 2 года назад +2

    I always learn so much from these videos, as always thank you.

  • @shahrouh
    @shahrouh 2 года назад +6

    I remember getting this heavily discounted on PS4 and within three minutes it crashed on me, which I've never experienced with any title I've ever played. I'm honestly wary with anything that Microids or Pendulo are also attached with, seeing as how the Blacksad title, which I never got to finish due to constant crashes also was released with tons of bugs, even gamebreaking ones with patches not able to resolve some of the major issues even up to a year after release. With Vertigo by the same developer and publisher, I hope they improve greatly because it's completely unaccaptable to release final products in the state that they were in.

  • @Moostar95
    @Moostar95 2 года назад +3

    Always made it a habit to watch this on Saturday like a cartoon. Ty for this.

  • @frostgem8013
    @frostgem8013 2 года назад +3

    I think I speak for everyone when I say that FnaF Security Breach should be in a future what happened.

  • @ZER0O9
    @ZER0O9 2 года назад +1

    That klonoa music hits the feels everytime.

  • @jkjerbdhetheth
    @jkjerbdhetheth 2 года назад +9

    I think I will humbly request a video on the decline of Marvelous (creators of the OG Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons) and the painful schism with Natsume. After all, a game like Stardew Valley owes it's success to the absolute collapse of the franchise it so clearly pays homage.

  • @RianQuenlin
    @RianQuenlin 2 года назад +1

    Trivia, Grugliano has a gold medal in championship javelin throwing. He once threw a goalpost clear across an entire city.

  • @cerberusmutt4252
    @cerberusmutt4252 2 года назад +2

    OH MY GOD, A TALKING HUMAN! A MAN OF WRETCHED FLESH! *WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY*

  • @TheMrfoxguy
    @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад +1

    They're finally releasing the switch version in september and giving the game a complete overhaul even the artstyle

  • @thisjustin6529
    @thisjustin6529 2 года назад +1

    I’m excited for this episode. Watching now!

  • @lobstercoco
    @lobstercoco 2 года назад

    deadass been waiting for you to cover this

  • @MathieuLeblanc1991
    @MathieuLeblanc1991 2 года назад +5

    This is really sad considering Microids' other projects based on French and Belgian comics like the Asterix games show that they can do so much better. They just picked up the Garfield licence as well for 3 games

    • @cabralanselmo5777
      @cabralanselmo5777 2 года назад +3

      I wouldn't say that given their Asterix XXL remasters are also pretty broken compared to the originals and those had the benefit of their entire source code and assets being preserved yet still managed to mess them up somehow.

    • @MathieuLeblanc1991
      @MathieuLeblanc1991 2 года назад +1

      @@cabralanselmo5777 Only one I had problems with was XXL 3 where a glitch made it impossible to finish a level

    • @Failentin
      @Failentin 2 года назад +2

      The Asterix games are pretty bad and another case of absolute mismanagement. The XXL2 Remaster was done in five months with a prototype version of the original game, meaning lots of assets were missing and tons of bugs had to be fixed that had actually be ironed out in the 2004 release, all done by a tiny studio with no own graphics department. The result is a buggy game with terrible special effects and a bland UI, sold for no less than 100$ in a cheaply made collector's edition. Then, that same team worked on XXL3 with a budget not even nearly enough to create a game following the XXL formula. The whole game was a scam from the start, only having "XXL" in the title to make a quick buck from the nostalgia of old fans. Then, XXL1 Romastered happened, which seemed rather promising in the beginning, but ultimately failed due to a complete lack of knowledge in game design and hundreds of new bugs being added, even though this time they had the full source code of the perfectly working PS2 release! I still can't wrap my head around what happened there. Even though the game was QA tested, the devs either ignored or didn't have the time to fix the bugs reported. After all, they also had to work on the new Smurf game at the same time. The release version was a debacle, with music never looping, the combo system broken and visual glitches everywhere. At least for this game, they fixed the majority of bugs over the course of a year, but many glitches as well as awful design choices remain. Sorry for this long rant, this is just to show that this is a rather common thing with Microids.

    • @TheMrfoxguy
      @TheMrfoxguy 2 года назад

      Sadly microids ain't so innocent either they too havea history of cheap games and developing

    • @zenksren8206
      @zenksren8206 2 года назад +1

      @@Failentin Dude I knew there was something very wrong with the XXL remasters just from playing them but I didn't know just how cheap and awful the development was, holy crap, is there somewhere else I can actually read more about this? XXL 2 for all its jank and inferior graphics (they couldn't even scale the FMVs properly, they play in a tiny letterbox like it's a DOS game) at least wasn't all that buggy in my experience (game crashed on me only once) but 1 was an absolute trainwreck (game pre-patch had a memory leak so bad the already terrible framerate eventually went down to single digit) and 3 I could see from a mile away was a disgrace and of course like you said all sold for a ridiculously inflated price. Screw Microids

  • @averagesizedperson
    @averagesizedperson 2 года назад +1

    I think the press confused Aspyr with Disney because Wideload Games (the studio that made Stubbs) got bought out by Disney in 2009

  • @Kyubi2345
    @Kyubi2345 2 года назад

    Lol Love the Klonoa Wind Village theme in the background! Brings me such Joy when I hear anything referencing Klonoa!

  • @alexn8672
    @alexn8672 2 года назад +10

    I am once again asking for your Wha Happun on Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition, two games that were polar opposites in terms of initial reception and later evaluation yet also linked by similar problems that would wind up irreversibly impacting the future of BioWare, its developers, its writers, and its other talents. Not to mention how drastic some of the cut content and planned plot differs from the main game with things like DA2 trying and failing to set up Hawke as a central protagonist to the PAX Prime demo for DAI having a LOT of material that didn't make it into the final version.

  • @cafehijinks4282
    @cafehijinks4282 2 года назад +1

    I remember being excited when they announced the remaster back in 2019, I had completely forgotten about it and didn't even know it released, I'm just now finding everything out after watching this video

  • @nelprincipe
    @nelprincipe 2 года назад +7

    Seeing Matt speak on video for the first time feels like someone dubbing.

  • @itachi112ify
    @itachi112ify 2 года назад +6

    I didn’t even know they did a remaster 😂 that’s how you know they didn’t want people to know about this game

  • @claytonrios1
    @claytonrios1 2 года назад +3

    Now I'm suddenly more grateful for games like No More Heroes Heroes Paradise.

  • @yeahicamp5237
    @yeahicamp5237 2 года назад +3

    Did you ever look into the last couple of Medal of Honor games, specifically Warfighter? I remember them being heavily hyped and push to awful launches that killed the studio behind them.

  • @5persondude
    @5persondude 2 года назад +1

    7:59 🎵 *HE’S USING UNREAL ENGINE IN ANYWAY HE CAN!* 🎵

  • @MetaFoxx278
    @MetaFoxx278 Год назад +1

    Well, it took them forever and a half, but that Switch version finally did make it to market.

  • @Failentin
    @Failentin 2 года назад +2

    16:08 Oh actually, XIII meets Microids' quality standards quite well.

  • @PaddyDukes52
    @PaddyDukes52 2 года назад +1

    Another wonderfully done video! I’m curious, are we gonna see the Konami Saw games in the future?

  • @jeremybuxman7555
    @jeremybuxman7555 2 года назад +1

    Any Boss: "We are a family!" *I immediately begin updating my resume*

  • @athomicritics
    @athomicritics 2 года назад +3

    remember that we were supposed to finally have the sequel of the story if that remake sold well enough , im not just mad..im double mad that they failed this hard

  • @RetroRanter
    @RetroRanter 2 года назад +2

    Why does Matt have a doppelganger in that playmagic picture though?! 😂

  • @BeagleEyeVisions
    @BeagleEyeVisions 2 года назад

    This video makes me want to cry. Your content is awesome. Thank you.

  • @BigDoinksOnly
    @BigDoinksOnly 2 года назад

    I recognize that No one Lives Forever Music in the background! What a classic. That game holds a special place in my heart

  • @joeyw.7489
    @joeyw.7489 2 года назад +1

    I’d like to see what happened with the Disney film “Home on the Range”.

  • @ni9htwin9250
    @ni9htwin9250 2 года назад

    This was the first time I've seen what you look like after watching quite a few of your videos and somehow you look exactly how I thought you'd look, and nothing like I thought you'd look at the same time lmao. Love the videos though man!

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond 2 года назад +1

    You know shit's gonna be good when all they have are Unreal engine plugins, audio recordings and PNGs.

  • @user-xw7kp2ye6c
    @user-xw7kp2ye6c 2 года назад

    This "Magic Spoon" advertisements felt like really subtle ironic parody of those types of absolutely corporate-feeling advertisements

  • @Riku5690.
    @Riku5690. 2 года назад +2

    Perfect timing, was thinking about buying it since i had the ps2 version when i was younger :D

  • @agcz789
    @agcz789 2 года назад +1

    I remember playing this game with my friend on the ps2 a lot, it was the only non-ww2 fps with local multiplayer that i could find

  • @levifoster5639
    @levifoster5639 2 года назад

    8:02 "What could go wrong?"
    "... EVERYTHING!!!"