Blinx: The Time Sweeper - Xbox's Forgotten Classic
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Halo, Amped, Deathrow, NFL Fever, Mechassault, Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic. All classic Xbox games. However, one often forgotten is the "4D" game Blinx The Time Sweeper. This cat driven platformer is loaded with charm, available on back compat, and is criminally underrated. Today, we do what we do best and shine a spotlight on the unknown.
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I could go all day about how great the first Blinx game is. There's so many little details that I still find out to this day. I always loved reading the manual when I was a child too. One of the most underated aspects of the Original Xbox was the fun little manuals in all of their games. There really isn't another game like Blinx. People complain about the slowness of this game, but I think It's still great. I really enjoyed this video, thanks.
I feel like the slowness just fits the flow of the game, imagining the gameplay of blinx 1 at a fast paced would be really damn weird.
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I used to play both this game and the sequel a lot as a kid. It was weird because everyone knew Mario and Sonic at the time but I would be playing this game. It’s just one of those games that only a few people knew about it. This game just showed how the original Xbox was ahead of its time. And some of the features such as the rewind mechanic just showed how capable the Xbox was. The closest thing we have to that today is Forza’s Horizon rewind feature.
I do hope this game has some sort of revival. Like there should be some sort of speed running community. It should be like they did it with SpongeBob BFBB. Like not many remembered that game but when the speed running community made it popular, the devs acknowledged it and made a remake. So I do hope something similar happens to this game.
OH MY GOD I HAD THIS GAME. I was wondering what happened to it. Holy nostalgia.
I really like this channel, Matty. The videos are consistently interesting and bring some nostalgia to my life. I’m not surprised you did this video since you always bring up Blinx on Defining Duke!
The art style of this game was so amazing to me as a kid. Playing again last year made me realize how much it actually influenced my art style. A true classic, and I'll have to try the sequel aswell, never knew about that!
Literally same though! Do you have an art Instagram?
BLINX!!!! I had this game when I was like 9-10 years old and liked playing it but never beat it. Man the nostalgia hits hard watching this video. Ton of forgotten memories coming back. Thanks for this video. I’d be right there screeching with you for my boy Blinx’s comeback. It’s only a matter of “time” right?? 😉😏
Ah I remember this game this was amazing and so hard I never beat it but that soundtrack was so fire
Oh this was a classic from my childhood, thanks for bring back the memories Matty, loved this one growing up and we can play it on Series X, you've made me want to play it again now :)
Played this game as a kid and I literally forgot it until I saw it on game pass a few weeks ago. I gave this game allot of love as a kid
I would love a new Blinx game. It's so much of my childhood!
This was the first video game ever i played, i was 4 years old at the time and fell immediately in love with it.
Oh sweet memories...
Never heard of this game before but now I want to play it so bad! This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites on RUclips and of course I still watch your main channel but I think I find myself more excited when I get the notifs that you uploaded here lol
It's on game pass
I like your other channel, but i'm loving this new one. Please do more xbox retro obscure games.
Loved both games, but 2 was my favorite. It was so underrated and a ton of fun. The local multiplayer was really fun too.
Was it much better then the first part? I played the first part as a kid back in 2006 maybe
Time vs space with upgrades and building a team? It was insane
I had both games blinx 2 was lots of fun very different gameplay
And it had a multiplayer function
I had both the first and second one this game was a big part of my childhood
Loooooooved this game. And JSRF
Matty - I tried paying Blinx for the first time ever this year and while I thought it was fun, it certainly shows its age. I got soft locked in a level multiple times and just kept restarting. The camera is also atrocious. But I would love to see another try at Blinx.
I had this as a kid and I got soft locked quite a bit, I remember a lot of the puzzles involving record being hard to grasp
@@secoTheSonicFan interesting! I think it had promise and I like Blinx’s design
@@Tanner85800 yup, it was always the record feature that messed me up
For me it was the difficulty, especially the time limit on levels. I think this game really needed some difficulty options, or just to lower the difficulty overall.
Blinx 2 was my shit. I loved it snd played it to death. Love that it was co op as well
Fav game for a long time. The forced excessive tutorial annoys me now
Woah, I forgot this channel existed! Thanks for putting out community posts for links to these videos, Matty; would've missed these gems otherwise
This was my fav game as a kid I played immense amounts but never beat the last levels
It didn't store it in RAM, it used the hard drive. When it first came out it boasted that it was the first game to take advantage of the hard drive for gameplay.
Not sure if you've ever played Viewtiful Joe, but that game deserves to come back!
Skipped all these kind of games back in the day, then again I wasn't a kid! Now, I have a new appreciation for the art, humor and mechanics of this generation. I always keep an eye out to add them to my collection, if for now other reason than game preservation.
I went back to replay this game last year on my XSX, but I just couldn't wrap my head around the camera controls! I'm an inverted Y-axis guy and there was no option anywhere whatsoever to change that. I spent as much time fighting the camera as I did fighting the monsters.
The soundtrack was amazing
I still have my original copy and its my asbolute favorite game from the console
yeah I agree about the game feeling next gen. it was incredibly impressive, even when compared to what nintendo was doing on the gamecube. next to halo it was a MAJOR technical showcase for the system, and in some ways holds up extremely well even today.
I was kind of interested in playing this game, and after this video, I definitely will play it. Great review!
Blinx's face is really reminding me of Scampus (cat from Nioh 2) & it's something I can't unsee now.
My parents use to play this when they were in their early 20s they said it was the best game it could exist
I just thought about this randomly today. Nostalgia wave is crazy
If I'm not mistaken that Toys For BoB may be working on that game along with a few other iconic iPs.
Since Microsoft has abandoned the Blinx trademark back in 2014, indicating that they won't be doing another Blinx sequel, it should be possible that Naoto Ohshima along with his staff members at Arzest purchase the Blinx trademark in order to revive the franchise. I would love to see Blinx the Time Sweeper make a comeback as it is such a very underrated platformer that should've been ported on PC, and if Naoto Ohshima and the Arzest team picks up the trademark, the game could probably go multiplatform.
This game is my very first game my parents bought me.
I faintly remember there being a sequel, something like "Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space"? Or does it not exist? I swear I played a sequel and didn't like it as much as the 1st, but I guess that's why the memories are fainter than the original.
Edit: it does exist and I got the name right on the nose. Watching a video of it, the game is definitely a lot different from the 1st.
I love Blinx so so much. It was the first game I ever played. The sequel is great too, though it's a lot easier, ha ha. Thanks for talking about Blinx!
9 year old me is calling telling me to finish what he started. I think it's ⏰️
Blinx 2 is still godtier to play even to this day, easily the most autistic premise to describe to my friends over the year “Cats that use vacuum cleaners to control time versus pigs that use guns and control space”… fricking loved the story and the crazy ass final boss spawning from.. scissors? This game is most random shit to ever grace gaming
I'm all about the cat action too my dude lol..no pause..or paws
I remember seeing advertisments for this game as a kid and thinking it was cool. I never tried it out because we had a PS2 then. I was surprised when I saw I could play Blinxs on GamePass. The time mechanic holds up well.
I played the sequel! I didn't know it wasn't the first at the time. Thank you matty for reminding me of Blinx, what an awesome game that was.
Imagine a Blinx reboot with quicker combat, something like Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart while implementing the time mechanics
Blinx 2?
This game is so much of a fever dream and the artstyle makes it feel like if studio Ghibli made a videogame
My brother pick that game we was kids.we both love it still talk about it day.
Not really as bad as people said it was in current day, idk why it became a joke now, it honestly age well and the environments are still extremely unique and holds up.
This is so nostalgic thank for reminding me about it
This game turns 22 years old in 2024.
I saw the game on gamepass but your video convinced me to go an play it. Thanks!
I mean that is retro now though. It’s basically 20 years old. To me that’s retro now
this game should get a remake
i would be surprised if an indie team decides to create a spiritual successor to the game since the trademark long expired
I 've never played this but when I was on my XBox series X I found it on game pass and I downloaded it to play later because it looks good!!!
In blinx lore he actually has a older brother named Winx who became a villain
Seeing Winx just reminds me of the show Winx Club.
yeoo finally some one acknowledges how special Blinx was! Love the content
Oh I never forgot, I still brag about my time warping car adventures to friends who had ps2 haha hopefully we get a sequel
I like this picture of Matty that he used for the video. That's all I have to say.
Lovely to see some attention for Blinx 😸
Remember how he tried to go to war with Mario and sonic?
I remember they had a trailer for this game on the demo section of halo and I wanted it for YEARS and ended up getting like 6 years ago Lol.
Phil Spencer brought back the BC version so he didn’t forget but man I would like a new one
I heard of this game, but never owned the original Xbox to play it.
I feel old knowing that I played this and it's sequel
Check out Quantum Redshift, too!
I'd like to see you talk about Dark Cloud on ps2 it's one of my fav games of all time
Still haven’t gotten around to Blinx 2 yet? they feel like completely different games and they kinda walk you through a lot but it is definitely much more story heavy and I loved that i also think they did the playing as both sides really well the I do feel the final boss was definitely lacking I love the game to this day and really hope someone remakes it and makes it harder since the trademark was abandoned👍(also the sound track is amazing)
Will Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon be on Retro Rebound one day?
AWESOME GAME
You should check out Edge of Eternity Matty. It's a turn based/ tactics JRPG made by an indie French team, Midgar Studios (after the FF7 city. It's on Game Pass and worth a look. You can even get it in physical form for the PS4 or PS5 which is a Game Stop exclusive. The physical copy will become rare I think. I bought one to support the devs even though I dont have a PS5 (yet)
The japanese manual is even better, as it has alot more pages with many cute drawings.
11:20 weird, I tried cloud gaming but it was a laggy mess for me.
Been waiting for another xbox one!
This was my first Xbox game. So good. Do you remember Brute Force?
Game producers can learn a lot from these retro games they were so much more innovative.. take Knights into dreams like when certain dates was registered by the internal Xbox clock like Easter day and Christmas day arrived and the game graphics changed to a Christmas theme with snow and Christmas trees baubles and such like.. I think current game makers have become lazy.. all hail these retro games they were very special.
Would love a video on the original psychonauts game, especially after the latest entry
Love the vids. Invite for Vodoo Vince next!
Blinx's best power is his paws ability...
You should do grabbed by the ghoulies
This game made me appreciate cats
How about some Kung Fu Chaos? I saw it in that pamphlet of Xbox games. It is an absolute gem.
Do they have plans to remake #BlinxTheTimeSweeper & Blinx 2 masters of time and space?
Pretty sure this came bundled with my old xbox
Talk about Fusion Frenzy
Let's try and crowdfund a new entry.
I have this downloaded idk if I should stream it or play it either way Iv been wanting too
I am once again asking you to review evolution worlds for the GameCube. Please!!
Sad the blinks 2 is not backwards compatible on Xbox one and series X/S
11:05 Lol what, that latency is super apparent
Once They solve the latency issue with xcloud it will be an amazing service
Man dude the cloud gaming on my iPhone freaking sucks! It’s pretty much unplayable on any connection I try!
Please do Voodoo Vince next 👀
Can you also do metals arms
So when ya doing the second game
I always wondered why MS didn't give blinx another run?
2 flopped hard and the rights and artoon was sold off to activision
they should remake or make a sequel
I could never get into this game but it is back compat if anyone wants to check it out anyway. Sadly it didn't get the much needed 60 fps boost and the slow camera panning gave me a headache as a result.
2:14 *Trademark*
Let's goo
First baby
does anyone know how to get the game on pc
This game is ok at best. Blinx 2 is mechanically better.
shame blinx 2 never got backwards compatibility
It does, at least it works on a 360
I want to see brute force brought back so badly it’s not even funny