PATRONE: bit.ly/3yA6VWY SKUNGO: bit.ly/3nZy6FK important treads about what happened to me during the production of this video and why it took so long to make: bit.ly/3uFkyTJ & bit.ly/3bZna8k tldr my entire life changed in a very drastic way v quickly and had to adjust for a few weeks and basically i picked the worst time to try and make a giant video lol next vids will be shorter, trust me. either way, i am super proud of this one regardless, and i hope u enjoy it : )
Battle Arena Toshinden was always behind the times. The last game was the closest but still was pretty far behind the times. Also yes the characters do look like Anime rejects.
Genuinely, thank you for everything that you do. Given the circumstances, nobody would have blamed you if you put any of it off for a while. I hope you get some well deserved rest now. All the best ♥️
Hey man, I don't know what's up, but I hope you're doing as alright as you can be. Your videos break me into games I've never heard of, and your commentary has the gears turning hard and fast. Been looking for anyone else doing the same thing you do, but haven't found one who covers as well as you do. Basically, thanks for doing what you do, man. You're making a change and a name for sure.
These videos are so comfy. Your laid back narration and casual silliness makes me think I'm casually listening to a friend wax poetic about this chunky forgotten game he found in the depths of the local Play & Trade. Time sort of stops and I enter the chill zone.
I always thought Bushido Blade didn't so much need a sequel as it needed a remake every ten years or so. BB in a modern physics ending could be a blasterpiece.
I have the 2nd game and it is still unironically one of my favorite games of all time. It definitely needs a modern remake because the combat system is so good and needs to be seen more.
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@@HardDiskDog I pray for the day people stop saying 'content' instead of what the thing actually is. It's like generic marketing jargon has zombified everyone... I saw someone say "I love consuming this type of content" the other day and I cried for humanity.
This was so refreshing. So much of the fighting game content on RUclips is from the competitive perspective. But I, like you, and I think many others, developed a love of these games not as a means to compete, but as a fun game to play and hang out with friends and family. The style, the art, the sound, the flow and the movement of these games can be appreciated by people who don't care to learn how to KBD, and I sincerely appreciate your confidence in proclaiming that there's nothing causal about that love.
I skipped around the video looking for the inevitable Evil Zone section and was not disappointed. My grandma got that game for me as a little kid and my dumb brain couldn't ever get to the final boss. I love the narrated TV show theme of each character's story mode. It really captures a home videos vibe lacking any hint of subtlety that can be described as "early days of Adult Swim," despite Adult Swim not even existing until 2 years after Evil Zone's release.
40:49 if you remove Goku from the party, 16 will go away, because he only cares about Goku. This makes the level more easy since you will only fight two people instead of three. That was pretty interesting to discover.
I agree, in the world of Video Game RUclipsrs, surrounded by talented and creative and entertaining channels like CV-11, Gmanlives, Mandalore, and FUCKING GRIMBEARD, THH still manages to stand apart as a truly exceptional creator. Other than Grimbeard I don't think any youtuber has made me laugh so hard or relate so deeply.
@@t0xcn253 I follow half of those guys already, so I'll take your recommendation to check out the other half. If you want another recommendation from me, someone on the more entertainer side of things rather than the analysis side that I love is GrayFruit. I feel a similar passion for the medium there that just oozes out of all his gameplay. Fantastic variety of games too
@@anguset thanks for the recs, I'm gonna give those a look. Actually one that I wanted to mention but forgot the name of is Warlockracy, just started watching his crpg reviews and they are hysterical, if u play elder scrolls or fallout especially he's worth checking out.
@@t0xcn253 Yes! I've never played a CRPG in my life but Warlockracy's Planet Alcatraz video was fascinating! I keep coming up with new ones. Nerrel is an easy recommend, covering metroidvanias, emulation and occasionally movies in his essays. Oddheader pumps out quality Easter egg content like no one else. Foul Energy is criminally underrated with very high effort editing and also a large variety of games. RunningShine is hilarious, if occasionally early-internet-edgy, with very thorough and chill long form videos on mostly retro stuff. And Whitelight for more of a focus on triple A games. Creators I almost feel bad seeing on RUclips, cos I feel like I shouldn't be consuming their content for free through a platform that disrespects their creators so much.
Eighting and ARIKA being still alive and still making fighting games brings joy to my empty soul. Also at some point ARIKA had done a very impressive tech demo of a next gen version of Fighting Layer on the 3DS, a couple years before Fighting EX Layer.
Im hoping 8ing gets to make another bloody roar game, (my hopium addiction is acting out) and ARIKA getting the ok from namco to rerelease Fighting Layer.
@@majortom331 you can play DNF duel in the meantime; arc system works might've worked on the graphics but the gameplay and system is all genuine 8ing jank
I am absolutely "that kid" that finished the Ehrgeiz RPG mode. Shit is buck wild. There's a gosh darn wine stock market mini game! And if you stick with only one character throughout the game, you get SEVERELY punished when that one character is unavoidably killed in the second-to-last boss fight and you have to go save them with your bitch-ass Lv. 1 partner.
Ehrgheiz was SO underrated. The whole vibe of the game just does it for me. Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish, as well as Street Fighter Ex2, Tokyo Xtreme Racer. Ehrgheiz would have been near perfect if it had more songs on the sound track, 3 more characters, and 3 more stages.
Nothing but massive respect for making this amidst all the chaos. When I read the news on twitter I figured you'd need time to digest and adjust, but getting this massive video out this fast is nothing but admirable. And the vid is hella good too😳 Appreciate u thor
@@santerihuida4215 He walked in on his dad dead on the bathroom floor during the making of this video. He finished the script, recorded the audio and edited the entire thing while in the process of grieving and letting all of it sink in.
Street Fighter EX Plus hit my nostalgia hard, that was one of the coolest games I played whenever I visited my grandparents house because my grandfather had it on his PS1.
I feel like the only person that actually knows all of dxhird's mechanics. There's tons of obscure things going on under the surface. Boy can transform into his evil form mid match! You can discard and pick up your weapon manually! There are wall jumps and motherfucking CEILING jumps! There's sidestep jumps in addition to dashes and sidesteps, and the movement mechanics can chain into each other for schmoovement! The guard gauge is also consumable for powered up super attacks, some of which can only be done at low health! If you have no weapon you can catch the opponent's sword in your hands with a unique parry! There is a universal custom combo mode that changes the attacks assigned to each button, and all these attacks chain into each other! Chain into them too much and your character will taunt, sacrificing frame advantage and possibly becoming punishable! Most attacks can be feinted by pushing guard during their startup! This is true for some midstring attacks as well, which can lead to cancel infinites! You can diagonally walljump up the edges of a stage after getting ringed out in order to recover! Yes really! Game's still horrible though
How does the custom combo mode thing work? I thought I had most of the mechanics figured out but I guess not. But you're right, it's a bad game regardless of what they tried doing with it.
@@Jabler- it's been a hot minute so I might get the input wrong but... I'm pretty sure it's forward forward both heavies or both lights. You can also do this after a sidestep if you hold forward.
I have, Ehrgeiz RPG mode is basically Rogue with ARPG combat. Go from room to room and descend the dungeon finding new gear and leveling up. Very simple but I found it fun. At the bottom (I think floor 120) is a final boss that you have to defeat twice, after you defeat it the first time your character dies and can't be ressed this time so you are obligated to continue on with the second character. Meaning if you sold off any gear that would be good for them and never bothered leveling them you're essentially starting from the top of the dungeon and doing it all again. The dungeon crawler wasn't very big at the time and roguelike wasn't even a thing so anyone that grew up with nostalgic feelings for Rogue likely found it a fun update to that formula
This video made me nostalgic for Friday Night Fisticuffs and Saturday Morning Scrublords. When you mentioned Woolie it all clicked. Old fighters like these are so interesting, and learning about the obscure ones never fails to entertain.
I like when you focus on the intent behind elements of stage/character design. It’s almost like a layer of appreciation that goes beyond knowing a games history/sales numbers. Talking about feel, design and music (the overall vibe I guess) offers so many more hours of thought and discussion vs objective focus on things like a game’s success and relevance.
Damn didn't knew Kakugo no Susume got a video game adaptation. It's originally a super violent and sexual Manga that also got an OVA. It's quite a ride. The game is extremely tame in comparison XD It's also known as Apocalypse Zero. There are a lot of Devilman vibes in it
Evil Zone is straight up one of the most unique fighting games to ever exist. I'd kill for a remaster with online play. Edits: - According to Maximilian (I think? I probably heard this on Triple K.O.) Capcom apparently has what's essentially a nearly complete, or basically feature complete version of _Capcom Fighting Allstars_ just sitting on their drives. They just... haven't wrapped it up and released it for some reason, probably having to do with ARIKA. I hope Nakayama and the current Capcom team might do something with it, but with SF6 on the horizon, that's hilariously doubtful. - God, _Bloody Roar_ 2 and 3 are so fucking good. - Whenever I see RUclipsrs or Streamers play *_Bushido Blade,_* _not one of them_ ever realizes that your character's eyes open back up if you continue after being killed. I always found that to be an extremely creepy touch that I loved about that awesome game. Every character also was able to use a particular weapon much better than the rest of the cast, another thing nobody seems to know. - _Garouden Breakblow_ is way more fun than it has any right to be. It doesn't feel like any other fighting game, but when you get the hang of it, holy shit does it hit hard. - For fuck's sakes Thor, play _Phantom Dust._
Hearing the Deadly Arts music kick in at 52:20 really brought me back to my youth, starved for decent fighting games as a Nintendo 64 owner. Longing desperately to play the titles showcased in this video. I have such hazy memories of some of these games, it was enlightening to finally learn their names. Fascinating documentary, very entertaining 2 and a half hours, the edits were hilarious. I have a lot of games to go and emulate now.
Man the amount of work and passion you put in these videos is astonishing. I've been following and watching your stuff since the start of the pandemic. After more than 14 years watching a lot of stuff on RUclips, I must say that I find your content being legitimately among the best stuff there is on this platform. Just love the overall aesthetic, the obscure jokes and references, the goofiness yet passionate and comfy/chill analysis of hidden gems and forgotten games... This is just perfect. Please never stop making these. Pure dopamine shit for my brain and I don't want it to stop. I really mean it, thank you for what you're doing. With love, un moment du bru.
Kakuto Chojin is a game that focuses on meter, combos and neutral. Meter management is key for speed boosting to create combos, and setting up advanced techniques, the movelists are quite large for most of the cast, and the characters who have small movelists are quite strong as well. The game also has a dodge mechanic that gives the ability to dodge any attack by tapping forward at the right time. Movement is also very good as it's 360 movement that can be canceled into dashes, and sidestepping to allow for a more free movement system, this is useful for the four player modes like capture the crown, and battle royale which is basically like playing The Bouncer but with mechanics that are closer to a fighting game. The Kakuto/Chojin movesets is one of the main gimmicks of the game and it's hit or miss when it comes to providing two movesets for 13 characters. Some characters like Vittoria, Rena, and Daeva have different movelists when picking Kakuto, or Chojin, whereas others like J.D Stone, Asad, and Vegard are better off with the Chojin moveset since it's the same moveset but better as it offers more moves, and combo potential. Speaking of combo potential Kakuto Chojin has some pretty crazy high damaging combos as well with the use of speed boosting that can be done with any action to create new combos. It's just a shame that Kakuto Chojin would be the last DreamFactory fighting game outside of Kenju which was canceled. Because despite how rough the game is at first, it does have a pretty deep system that got overlooked back in the day, and it shows how underrated DreamFactory was as a fighting game developer.
Random person on the internet here, but i'd like to thank you for providing so much info on this game and for being so passionate about it to do so, to look so in-depth and analyze everything about this game. It's a strange one that I have never played, but it has stuck in my mind -in no small part thanks to the soundtrack- and regardless of how unlikely it may be, just like my own favourite game with a fighter-like combat system by name of Kya: Dark Lineage, i hope that Kakuto Chojin will one day get a second chanceand be able to live up to all the potential it still carries. Such as further fleshing out what semblance of a story there is into an *actual* story, for one. But also the individual characters, locations, lore... I don't know, my visions of what would be good for a second chance for Kakuto Chojin might be different from yours-- but if it ever *does* get a second wind, I simply hope it will be good and make a more positive and wide-spread name for itself. Thank you again for all your efforts and passion on sharing knowledge and details on Kakuto Chojin. Such love and dedication to this day is inspiring to see. Whatever those words may mean from a stranger on the internet, i will leave up to you. But regardless, i wish you a good new week, and take care.
@@jurtheorc8117 I mean at that point it's basically a pipe dream considering Microsoft axed the game back then because they wanted to forget about the game due to the bad reviews, and controversy with Asad's theme. The story of the game is a standard fighting game plot of a criminal organization called the Maladinia who controls Drasuka the city Kakuto Chojin takes place in, and hosts an annual fighting tournament to find the strongest fighters. Nothing special, the only character that has a interesting backstory is Vegard the masked Tae Kwon Do fighter who was isolated in his life because his parents tried to put him into rigorous training to face a great evil told by a fortune teller, he became suicidal due to him feeling like he's cursed, and lost. He stole an iron mask from his father art collection that represents a confused, and violent soul, and begin wandering around aimlessly to search his true self. As for improving the game basically add more content to the game. Have options for the 4 player modes, as well as online since it was something the designer regretted not putting in the game, remove the Kakuto/Chojin gimmick, add a quest mode into the game similar to Tobal, and add Tobal 2's grappling system into the game. However this idea can also apply to a new DreamFactory fighting game but they stopped making fighting games nowadays, and just make animations.
Thor, I just want to give you the typical "I'm in an awful place right now so a 2 and a half hour video from one of my favourite youtube guys sure seems like something I need" speech. There you go. Thanks m8
It's "1 on 1 government" lol, aka "the basket" for the simple series title. and yes, I first found out about this game at a fighting game tournament I went to over 10 years ago. it definitely has/had fighting game energy and the atlanta, ga community accepted it with open arms
Thorhh is one of the very few channels that i wait upwards of a month to watch a released video, just so i can watch it at the perfect time and savor every bit of it.
4:28 the text reads: My favorite character is still Ryo, I've been using him for more than ten years. Akira Nishitani (Don't mind me, I translate things whenever I can)
"I won't grandstand too much about how much I miss THIS From Software, as I'm happy they've found their successes without watering their shit down TOO much. But, I mean they deffo did a little bit" YES YES YES THOR GET THEIR ASSES THANK YOU FOR DOING THE LORD'S WORK
@@Gatorade69 no forreal, MatthewMatosis called it, if these games are going to lean further into “hahah gotcha” dodge and punish combat, they could at least get a little more interesting mechanically. The Nioh games may pale in comparison to FromSoft’s stuff in terms of presentation and narrative, but they kick the absolute shit out of SoulsBorne in terms of baseline combat.
@@phirmth Hmm, I own the first Nioh on PS Plus, maybe I should play it. I have heard from some people that they think Nioh is better than Dark Souls. While I have played a couple Dark Souls titles I'm just not a fan... I don't have the time to get good, the combat consists of whittling down health/dodging and everything punishes you and it really wears ya down. They just aren't for me, I would love to see them bring back something like Armored Core.
@@Gatorade69 Nioh has more of a character action influence that allows for you to break the game in different ways, but it IS very tough, arguably harder/more demanding than From’s stuff. 1 suffers from a lack of enemy variety, but jumping directly into 2 is gonna be an even sharper learning curve. Just be prepared to die a LOT, you’re still doing a lot of dodging and whittling down enemy health, but you have far more offensive options and can create larger openings for yourself to inflict burst damage in.
Man I miss clickety buttons on controllers. Everything just feels mushy now, like pressing those soft remote control buttons all printed on one big soft rubber panel. Neo Geo Pocket Color was my all time favorite. You can feel the clicks in the thumb stick and count the eight directions as you make a circle.
Great video as always. As a fan of fighting games who would always look for different ones growing up, this was a treat. Didn't know most of these, but it was fun remembering the ones I did play. Also, was kinda waiting for you to mention Zatch Bell Mamodo Battles. Fun game based on wacky anime. A friend and I were obsessed with it for a while.
random shoutout to the Arlo image at 2:01:23 not sure what thats about lol. anyways, super cool video! I'm actually not really into fighting related games myself but the video was still cool and interesting anyway. I gotta say though that robot fighter game with the medieval font and crystals and stuff looks pretty dope. I might have to check that out sometime
Not gonna lie, I was prepared for this video to be about an actually mysterious late 90s/early 2000s-ish 3D fighter for PS1 that seemingly never got released for reasons unknown, complete with no known developers nor a known publisher. Dang it, now I want a 2 hour video on video games with no known developers or publishers! Also, LucasArts decided to make their own fighting game which is why Star Gladiator is called that. Unfortunately, the game LucasArts made, Masters of Teras Kasi, became so bad that it ended up becoming the ONLY Star Wars fighting game outside of the one featured on one of the Star Wars plug-n-plays.
I thought I hallucinated Destrega. Every character had a secret unlockable Dynasty Warriors skin too, like the little girl who shoots playstation symbols turns into Xu Xhu with his giant mace floating around behind him. That game is wild.
I think you missed "Tech Romancer" for the Dreamcast section. It is a fighting game love letter to all giant robot anime, and I will never stop singing it's name where applicable! It came out about the same time as rival schools, and was a bit stiff, but it had heart, was fun, and I love fighting in giant robots! There is no depth after it's presentation, but again, it's fun, and worth a play. (More worthly then most of this.) On the flipside, I think you missed "War Gods" as well. WG had to be Midway's attempt to bring MK into 3D, since it had the same MK controls mapped to 3D character... whom were all dieties. (Almost a callout to Raiden's first ending) I mention WG for the history... the game itself was janky trash, barely controllable, unbalanced garbage that has input lag to rival DBZ real bout. War Gods exisits, but Tech Romancer F****!
2:13:31 as someone who does play fighting games competitively and travels for tournaments, we mostly use the grid cause the other stages lag online or on base PS4s or whatever. I would like more stage variety but gameplay comes 1st till they make the game run better.
Regarding Jump Force: those characters really just look like figurine versions of themselves. I've played it for over 50 hours since it was removed from digital storefronts. It is infuriating but works to my chagrin.
I had that exact same feeling. The shading just makes them look like premium action figures. It really puts the emphasis on thors "smashing toys together" phrase. I can dig it, but im still prefer J Stars Victory Vs.
I just stumbled upon your channel today. You've got the best gaming videos I've watched. There's something pretty unique about them. Keep up the great work! GameSack, MetalJesus etc. can go and cry in shame!
One of the greatest understated joys in life is going through weird/forgotten/obscure shit like this video is full of. Every so often I look back on those days in high school (the mid to late PSone era) where friends and I would hit up the bargain bin at various stores and come home with like a dozen games no one had ever seriously considered purchasing like Evil Zone. We would then spend a weekend just dicking around with all the various titles and developing a ton of in jokes.
2:25:40 VS. is westernized update of Fighters Impact, it uses tons of same animations and moves but completely different cast, and removes the custom combo system (ANY strikes could be comboed as long as you didn't use the same one twice). I loved fighters impact on PS1 for its sheer craziness but Vs. was a step down. MK4 kinda did similar combo system and I miss that, as dial-a-combo they used in MK3 and later games feels artificial. Dead or Alive seems to be the only 3D fighter where you can chain random strikes on stun, me likey.
I'd forgotten I have some of these games. It's surprising and sad that Rival Schools isn't more celebrated, adapted or even remembered. Hell, Blazblue got it's own anime
GODDAAAAMNN!! What an awesome vid, Thor. I absolutely think it's your best one so far, totally enjoyable and interesting as always. Greets from Venezuela, take care.
I used to play sonic the fighters with my dad when I was like 11 Idk why he didn’t just buy literally any other game, this was in 2010. Neither of us even liked it.
I found you a week ago and have been binging your videos. I like your nonchalant way of looking at things. Im glad i found you and cant wait to see what else you got in store. Keep it up homie.
I had Ehrgeiz back in the day. Barely played the regular fighting mode, other than playing as the Final Fantasy characters, because you had to, but I did play a ton of the RPG mode. The game was based around alternating between two characters, dungeon diving, coming back to the town, swapping characters and repeating. Except the game never told you that you were supposed to use both characters equally. There was no penalty for overusing a character, so you'd focus on one and keep progressing further into the game. All good fun. Until. Turns out there was a very good reason to use both characters: at some point in one of the final floors of the dungeon, you'll open a chest and an explosion will kill the character. Not knock them out, not send them back to the town, but kill them stone dead. You're then supposed to use the other character to mount a rescue mission and revive them using some special Materia (the Materia from FF7 were how you used spells, skills, etc). I learned this the hard way, after having put about 30-40 hours into the RPG mode. I sat there, with my other character sitting at level 3, thought, nope, fuck this, and never touched the game again. To this day, it's still one of the most impressive/sadistic dick moves a game has ever pulled on me.
Always the same wasn't it?! I remember my playthrough of Code Veronica being ruined by _pre-empting_ a character change and putting all of my weapons into the storage chest for them to be used on the last boss. Nope. Just a ruined save file of being outside the last boss fight and severely underequipped.
No joke i'm kinda surprized you didn't poke soul edge/blade since some of it's mechanics that didn't carry over into soul calibur would probally interest you,especially when the game had 2 different soundtracks that you would probally have a good time poking at,but I still enjoyed seeing the many niche games I recognized as well as ones based on series I was aware of in other forms appear in this. I always enjoy your unique take on stuffs as a whole and how much fun and honest truth ya give while also giving this great laid back vibe to your videos that are just nice to chill with as you just enjoy these games even if they have some bads you can really find goods within their details,styles,or music or gameplay that not many would notice or cover.
Three. Soul Blade has three soundtracks, Arcade, Arranged and PlayStation. Granted, Arranged was just remixes of Arcade OST but still... that's a LOT. Funnily, the main mechanic that was later cut in Soul Calibur, easy button mash combos, returned in SoulCalibur VI, I mean things like pressing triangle or square on its own multiple times. Also, the rage pre-recorded combos on shoulder button, those are kinda back in a clashing minigame. Soul Edge aged better than first Tekken, it's faster and has proper sidesteps... I still miss Rock's moveset in later games tho.
Love the Garouden Break Blow mention. Too many fun memories of playing a burned copy of this back in the day. I think it introduced me to Baki with the Yujiro Hanma cameo.
"Have you seen the game were the fighters transform into animals and there's this chimera chick who has a special move where she rapes her opponent, cowgirl position?" Seriously, Bloody Roar deserved at least a mention. Great video overall. Made me nostalgic as I played most of those games. The construction truck fighter was new, though. New fav 😍
Bloody Roar was hardly obscure though, it wasn't the big three with Namco, Capcom and whoever did MK, but hit pretty close. Dunno why the series fizzled out, but I know that PS2 installments didn't get many cool new animals, it kinda peaked at 2.
I saw a new ThorHighHeels youtube (focusing on my favorite genre!) and I immediately clicked play. I thought it would be nearly over 45 minutes in, only to realize this video was over two hours! So, I'm now reporting way past my bedtime! I love hearing about all these games I missed, despite the envy I feel for being unable to play them. I'm a casual fighting game player who still loves them obsessively. And while I happily listen to fighting game commentary within the context of competition, I also very much appreciated your homage.
I learned that Goiken Muyo was actually made by a buncha nerds who played VF2 competitively and know its tech inside out. The 4 devs/pro VF players are secret characters that use their mains' movesets, like Kage and Sarah
Loved loved loved this video. What’s the song at 1:45:55 called? Thank you, 2+ hours of Thor goodness. You’re the best for putting this much work into the entertainment you provide. A++
2:28:40 Honestly, I think the reason Virtua Fighter fell to the wayside in favor of Tekken is down to the disparity in content and personality. VF4 has a fun fighting engine but...that's it really. There's no story, no character endings, no real side content outside the AI training, barely any unlockables, nothing. Tekken 4 might have some jank but it was the peak of the series' storytelling, had the Tekken Force minigame, and plenty of things to unlock throughout. Sometimes I think hardcore fighting game fans get too hung up on the "systems" and lose sight of what draws people into them in the first place. A good skeleton is a good skeleton, but without good skin, who's gonna care?
Thats what I think as well and im a bigger VF fan than tekken.( i like both though.) 4evo had a fun quest mode and tutorial. but like most vf games, the story is burried within the manuals, and lacks the right amount of presentation. Its weird that the only ingame cutscenes with character interactions in the whole series were in the vf4 intro only. Thats a shame.
I went on a holiday with a pal of mine a couple months back and i found BCV in a op shop (i think americans call the "Thrift stores") where it went for 2 dollars and 50 cents so i got it, and needless to say, the wheezing that ensued when we got back, popped the game in and saw the cutscenes was large
I have... TO AGREE WITH YOU. Toshinden is one of the Best Weapons Fighters that's not perfect. I like how you showed mechanics, combos, weapons styles, controls and options. It's why they made multiple games plus a terrible anime. But the rest of those "other" 3D games you "featured" didn't get two or three... an anime? I guess they were consider gaming polygon vomit. Tekken & others are Punch and Kick gameplay for the most part-simple. Toshinden is a weapon fighter BEFORE soul edge/soul caliber and these games have different system of combos -limited, skill -not button mashy (Tekken is) and execution -timing plus movement. Samurai Shodown, Plasma Sword, Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear and Star Gladiator mostly have the big combos in supers and "some" special moves vs Punch & Kick AKA regular fighters. Toshinden 1 and 3, I feel are way more interesting with TRUE sidestepping and dodging, unique special moves and powers, desperation moves, secret moves, ring outs (soul caliber stole), juggles, counters, whiffs than those others. It was also AHEAD OF IT'S TIME with auto moves to the triggers. Which means specials and supers mapped to buttons! That means if you couldn't execute certain moves... now you can! So now a novice can fight against a veteran only worry about properly line up his/her attacks and defend to compete. Which is why my wife can play this game very well after two months a playing... Yeah way more competitive and fighting game fun with Toshinden vs the other janky and puss oozing "some" of the games you mention. Samurai Showdown games, Toshinden games and the Plasma Sword games are the BEST weapon based fighting games! Great video!!!... you did this wearing those high heels the whole time... Whew!
That photo of BlockBsters ... that's the one in my home town, Penarth in Soth Wales. I live 5 minutes from where this was (it's just boarded up now). You can spot Wasons the hardware shop reflected in the window, along with Dragon Deals and the Bear's Head pub. Wild seeing this slice of my childhood appearing in such a Skunge video.
This video has reminded me of one thing - how goddamn much I miss my Sega Saturn. Edit: Also curious about D-Xhird's art style. That soft design is very attractive.
52:30 Perhaps I'm remembering wrong but "neat little virtua fighter clone" really downplays what was often cited as one of the worst fighting games and possibly among the worst commercial games of the era. It was a sequel to the erotic Fighting game "Pretty Fighter X" which was also a kind of not great game in its own right. Not only is Fists's art terrible even compared to it's peers, the characters are incredibly off-model. The game has reused movesets for multiple characters if I recall correctly. I'd go on but I think my brain blocked out the memories for my sake. The only thing that remains is the the quintessence of scuzz. I should point out, though, I bought it precisely for those things. People rumor that a new Armored Core is coming out in 2023 because from was hiring mecha designers. I have been joking and will continue to joke it's a new Frame Gride Souls-like.
1:54:27 Project Justice fucking RULES. Built on top of an already good prequel in Rival Schools, it shows the cool shit & deep mechanics DNA that Itsuno-san would impart into DMC3-5 & Dragons Dogma onwards. Man, I would fucking kill for a sequel or even a remaster. 1:58:10 Oh yeah, Frame Gride. Think Armored Core X that Broken Blade mecha manga/anime, more big swords + magiks than big guns & a sorta arena fighter instead of a sim with weird-ass Virtua-On/Gundam Extreme Vs. style controls that sorta works. Shit's wild. 2:22:43 Oh shit, the Apocalypse Zero fighting game. Considering its source material(literally a batshit insane Kamen Rider style story where there are no real good guys), there's no surprise the game is dark as all hell but I'm kinda surprised & slightly disappointed that it doesn't have much gore.
When you talked about 90s sample packs. I know exactly which one you're talking about. It's from "Voice Spectral: Volume 1" Love those classic sample packs. The Spectrasonics Distorted Reality 1 & 2 and Bizarre Guitar packs get a lot of use from me in my music.
I'd like to point out that despite the first two tekken and virtua fighter games being 3D don't actually allow you to side step, in tekken's case especially it's more like a 2D fighting game set in 3D since the stages are infinite compared to viruta fighter's ring out mechanic where your location matters and you might fall off the stage.
I have so much love and nostalgia for Deadly Arts. I don't care that it's an awkward, 2 button 3D fighter on the N64 with a mid framerate, it has a fucking character creator and a ridiculous number of potential inputs for each character. It's fun and has tons of style. I'm STILL waiting for a modern fighting game with a good character creator that isn't Soulfuck Calibur. I will only buy so many Namco fighters mostly using the same jank-ass animations from 1998 (says someone who just re-bought soul calibur 3 yesterday) and create-a-character parts from 10 years ago. I stopped playing fighting games of a competitive nature due to anger problems but you bet your ass I would buy something like a modern day Deadly Arts or even something most-of-the-way fucked like MK Armageddon. Anyway, subbed!
I love Destrega so much lmao Also, Deadly Arts was called: G.A.S.P!! Fighters' NEXTream (G.A.S.P. stands for Generation of Arts, Speed and Power) in Japan. I'm surprised that Flying Dragon on N64 didn't appear on here. It's got a regular fighting mode like a Virtua Fighter, and a SD mode with more characters that you can equip items too.
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important treads about what happened to me during the production of this video and why it took so long to make: bit.ly/3uFkyTJ & bit.ly/3bZna8k
tldr my entire life changed in a very drastic way v quickly and had to adjust for a few weeks and basically i picked the worst time to try and make a giant video lol
next vids will be shorter, trust me. either way, i am super proud of this one regardless, and i hope u enjoy it : )
Battle Arena Toshinden was always behind the times. The last game was the closest but still was pretty far behind the times. Also yes the characters do look like Anime rejects.
Genuinely, thank you for everything that you do. Given the circumstances, nobody would have blamed you if you put any of it off for a while. I hope you get some well deserved rest now. All the best ♥️
Wtf had no idea, i don't do the twitter. You're a strong dude. Keep trucking man thanks for the years of insights.
Hey man, I don't know what's up, but I hope you're doing as alright as you can be. Your videos break me into games I've never heard of, and your commentary has the gears turning hard and fast. Been looking for anyone else doing the same thing you do, but haven't found one who covers as well as you do. Basically, thanks for doing what you do, man. You're making a change and a name for sure.
You are a MF, right? How can you put 2h30 minutes of video like this knowing we enjoy to watch it? I don't have time. Why you do this, man?
These videos are so comfy. Your laid back narration and casual silliness makes me think I'm casually listening to a friend wax poetic about this chunky forgotten game he found in the depths of the local Play & Trade. Time sort of stops and I enter the chill zone.
It is! I found THH videos very grounding and comfy as fuuuuuuck.
I always thought Bushido Blade didn't so much need a sequel as it needed a remake every ten years or so. BB in a modern physics ending could be a blasterpiece.
Kind of sekiro
check out "hellish quart" it's still beta but coming along nicely. Very similar vibes, lots of potential imo.
I have the 2nd game and it is still unironically one of my favorite games of all time. It definitely needs a modern remake because the combat system is so good and needs to be seen more.
How the hell is Shitkiro anything like Bushido Blade?
I swear that game kills brain cells.
It been getting remakes like Way of the Samurai and Kengo those games are directly related and the spiritual successors
ThorHighHeels is one of the most Underrated people on RUclips. Never stop making content please!
Really? I've never heard anyone say anything bad about his content.
"[any youtuber ever] is underrated!"? check
demeaning the videos by calling them "content?" check
random word capitalised in the middle of the sentence for no reason? check
copy-paste animation account? oh yeah check
@@HardDiskDog "Copy-paste Animation account" ?
@@HardDiskDog I pray for the day people stop saying 'content' instead of what the thing actually is. It's like generic marketing jargon has zombified everyone... I saw someone say "I love consuming this type of content" the other day and I cried for humanity.
@@ainsbass I agree. "Content" sounds so lifeless to me
This was so refreshing. So much of the fighting game content on RUclips is from the competitive perspective. But I, like you, and I think many others, developed a love of these games not as a means to compete, but as a fun game to play and hang out with friends and family. The style, the art, the sound, the flow and the movement of these games can be appreciated by people who don't care to learn how to KBD, and I sincerely appreciate your confidence in proclaiming that there's nothing causal about that love.
Yeah I got into Tekken for the cool vibes not to compete in tournaments
I skipped around the video looking for the inevitable Evil Zone section and was not disappointed. My grandma got that game for me as a little kid and my dumb brain couldn't ever get to the final boss.
I love the narrated TV show theme of each character's story mode. It really captures a home videos vibe lacking any hint of subtlety that can be described as "early days of Adult Swim," despite Adult Swim not even existing until 2 years after Evil Zone's release.
I rented that game every time I slept at my sisters place. It was so bad but also so good.
I got it from a music store that also sold games. Setsuna was the first character I used lol
Does MTV Celebrity Death Match count as a 3D Crossover Fighter?
yeah id say so lol.
i tried to stay away from wrestling style games tho cuz that woulda rabbitholed me even deeper & this vids long enough as is
40:49 if you remove Goku from the party, 16 will go away, because he only cares about Goku. This makes the level more easy since you will only fight two people instead of three. That was pretty interesting to discover.
Legends is filled with all kinds of secrets like that if you try to stay on track with the show's plot. Game is janky but great.
I remember this. My copy of this was imported lol. I couldn't understand what was spoken but I recall this moment scaring the hell out of me
I don't know how you do it but every new video you release extends the ceiling of what I can only call "peak comfiness". Absolutely love it !
Finally someone puts into words. Thank you.
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Thor is a “watch every upload, unironically pog every time you see one”-tier creator.
I agree, in the world of Video Game RUclipsrs, surrounded by talented and creative and entertaining channels like CV-11, Gmanlives, Mandalore, and FUCKING GRIMBEARD, THH still manages to stand apart as a truly exceptional creator. Other than Grimbeard I don't think any youtuber has made me laugh so hard or relate so deeply.
@@t0xcn253 I follow half of those guys already, so I'll take your recommendation to check out the other half.
If you want another recommendation from me, someone on the more entertainer side of things rather than the analysis side that I love is GrayFruit. I feel a similar passion for the medium there that just oozes out of all his gameplay. Fantastic variety of games too
Leon Massey is excellent too, even as someone who doesn't play fighting games (ironic given the video I'm commenting under, I know)
@@anguset thanks for the recs, I'm gonna give those a look. Actually one that I wanted to mention but forgot the name of is Warlockracy, just started watching his crpg reviews and they are hysterical, if u play elder scrolls or fallout especially he's worth checking out.
@@t0xcn253 Yes! I've never played a CRPG in my life but Warlockracy's Planet Alcatraz video was fascinating!
I keep coming up with new ones. Nerrel is an easy recommend, covering metroidvanias, emulation and occasionally movies in his essays. Oddheader pumps out quality Easter egg content like no one else. Foul Energy is criminally underrated with very high effort editing and also a large variety of games. RunningShine is hilarious, if occasionally early-internet-edgy, with very thorough and chill long form videos on mostly retro stuff. And Whitelight for more of a focus on triple A games.
Creators I almost feel bad seeing on RUclips, cos I feel like I shouldn't be consuming their content for free through a platform that disrespects their creators so much.
Eighting and ARIKA being still alive and still making fighting games brings joy to my empty soul.
Also at some point ARIKA had done a very impressive tech demo of a next gen version of Fighting Layer on the 3DS, a couple years before Fighting EX Layer.
ARIKA also made a really cool Tekken game for 3DS!
Of course the Tetris 99 folks would keep spreading the joy of GOUGI for years to come.
Im hoping 8ing gets to make another bloody roar game, (my hopium addiction is acting out) and ARIKA getting the ok from namco to rerelease Fighting Layer.
Fighting Sample looked like a fun game to play. I hope a rom of it gets dumped sometime.
@@majortom331 you can play DNF duel in the meantime; arc system works might've worked on the graphics but the gameplay and system is all genuine 8ing jank
I am absolutely "that kid" that finished the Ehrgeiz RPG mode. Shit is buck wild. There's a gosh darn wine stock market mini game! And if you stick with only one character throughout the game, you get SEVERELY punished when that one character is unavoidably killed in the second-to-last boss fight and you have to go save them with your bitch-ass Lv. 1 partner.
Ehrgheiz was SO underrated. The whole vibe of the game just does it for me. Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish, as well as Street Fighter Ex2, Tokyo Xtreme Racer. Ehrgheiz would have been near perfect if it had more songs on the sound track, 3 more characters, and 3 more stages.
@@supertriz all that was missing was mostly maneuverability especially when we didn't have the analog stick . . .
@@madcat8369 indeed. That’s why we need a sequel to correct all the shortcomings.
I played Ehrgeiz on an arcade cabinet at a base bowling alley in Germany in 2003. Weird times. Also had shadow mystara beat em up...
I am also That Kid also I had all the “just frames” locked into muscle memory like some kind of freak
Uh jaa over 2 hours of Thor's quality content. A blessing and a treat.
Nothing but massive respect for making this amidst all the chaos. When I read the news on twitter I figured you'd need time to digest and adjust, but getting this massive video out this fast is nothing but admirable. And the vid is hella good too😳 Appreciate u thor
What is the chaos you are inferring to? What happened?
@@santerihuida4215 He walked in on his dad dead on the bathroom floor during the making of this video. He finished the script, recorded the audio and edited the entire thing while in the process of grieving and letting all of it sink in.
@@MrWatchAndwatch Jesus, that's so horrible. All the best wishes to Thor
@@MrWatchAndwatch Christ...
Thor, I’m so sorry. Thank you for all the joy and smiles you bring to me with every video. Sending big virtual hugs 🤗
I’m definitely going to listen to this while at work
Game Sack is work viewing for me. Thorhighheels is late night laid on the settee viewing
Yeah you gotta get comfy and enjoy the aesthetics here.
Just listen and miss all that chilled the fuck out vaporwave aestheticism?
This is exactly what I do.
Street Fighter EX Plus hit my nostalgia hard, that was one of the coolest games I played whenever I visited my grandparents house because my grandfather had it on his PS1.
Play Fighting Ex Layer. It's the official sequel (minus the Street Fighter characters)
Did your Gramps like the new anime girls?
Unironically the best channel on the RUclips. Always a great sense of humor and extensive knowledge regarding games/gaming.
And great editing
I feel like the only person that actually knows all of dxhird's mechanics. There's tons of obscure things going on under the surface.
Boy can transform into his evil form mid match!
You can discard and pick up your weapon manually!
There are wall jumps and motherfucking CEILING jumps!
There's sidestep jumps in addition to dashes and sidesteps, and the movement mechanics can chain into each other for schmoovement!
The guard gauge is also consumable for powered up super attacks, some of which can only be done at low health!
If you have no weapon you can catch the opponent's sword in your hands with a unique parry!
There is a universal custom combo mode that changes the attacks assigned to each button, and all these attacks chain into each other! Chain into them too much and your character will taunt, sacrificing frame advantage and possibly becoming punishable!
Most attacks can be feinted by pushing guard during their startup! This is true for some midstring attacks as well, which can lead to cancel infinites!
You can diagonally walljump up the edges of a stage after getting ringed out in order to recover! Yes really!
Game's still horrible though
Bro just said it. your are one of the developer lol amazing
The attacks being feinted seems to be a Sega 3D fighter thing since VF, FV, and Last Bronx can all do that too. Interesting 🤔
i know how you feel, i'm the only person who knows how Heavy Nova works
How does the custom combo mode thing work? I thought I had most of the mechanics figured out but I guess not. But you're right, it's a bad game regardless of what they tried doing with it.
@@Jabler- it's been a hot minute so I might get the input wrong but... I'm pretty sure it's forward forward both heavies or both lights. You can also do this after a sidestep if you hold forward.
I have, Ehrgeiz RPG mode is basically Rogue with ARPG combat. Go from room to room and descend the dungeon finding new gear and leveling up. Very simple but I found it fun. At the bottom (I think floor 120) is a final boss that you have to defeat twice, after you defeat it the first time your character dies and can't be ressed this time so you are obligated to continue on with the second character. Meaning if you sold off any gear that would be good for them and never bothered leveling them you're essentially starting from the top of the dungeon and doing it all again. The dungeon crawler wasn't very big at the time and roguelike wasn't even a thing so anyone that grew up with nostalgic feelings for Rogue likely found it a fun update to that formula
This video made me nostalgic for Friday Night Fisticuffs and Saturday Morning Scrublords. When you mentioned Woolie it all clicked. Old fighters like these are so interesting, and learning about the obscure ones never fails to entertain.
I like when you focus on the intent behind elements of stage/character design.
It’s almost like a layer of appreciation that goes beyond knowing a games history/sales numbers. Talking about feel, design and music (the overall vibe I guess) offers so many more hours of thought and discussion vs objective focus on things like a game’s success and relevance.
damn, no way you just dropped a video as huge as this! very excited to watch it in its entirety
Damn didn't knew Kakugo no Susume got a video game adaptation. It's originally a super violent and sexual Manga that also got an OVA. It's quite a ride. The game is extremely tame in comparison XD
It's also known as Apocalypse Zero. There are a lot of Devilman vibes in it
Evil Zone is straight up one of the most unique fighting games to ever exist.
I'd kill for a remaster with online play.
Edits:
- According to Maximilian (I think? I probably heard this on Triple K.O.) Capcom apparently has what's essentially a nearly complete, or basically feature complete version of _Capcom Fighting Allstars_ just sitting on their drives. They just... haven't wrapped it up and released it for some reason, probably having to do with ARIKA. I hope Nakayama and the current Capcom team might do something with it, but with SF6 on the horizon, that's hilariously doubtful.
- God, _Bloody Roar_ 2 and 3 are so fucking good.
- Whenever I see RUclipsrs or Streamers play *_Bushido Blade,_* _not one of them_ ever realizes that your character's eyes open back up if you continue after being killed. I always found that to be an extremely creepy touch that I loved about that awesome game. Every character also was able to use a particular weapon much better than the rest of the cast, another thing nobody seems to know.
- _Garouden Breakblow_ is way more fun than it has any right to be. It doesn't feel like any other fighting game, but when you get the hang of it, holy shit does it hit hard.
- For fuck's sakes Thor, play _Phantom Dust._
Seconded on playing Phantom Dust. I'm surprised he hasn't released his own video on it. It definitely seems right up his alley with the aesthetic.
The story and character design of "1 on 1" (the obscure basketball game) was made by Takehiko Inoue, creator of SLAM DUNK!
Hearing the Deadly Arts music kick in at 52:20 really brought me back to my youth, starved for decent fighting games as a Nintendo 64 owner.
Longing desperately to play the titles showcased in this video. I have such hazy memories of some of these games, it was enlightening to finally learn their names.
Fascinating documentary, very entertaining 2 and a half hours, the edits were hilarious. I have a lot of games to go and emulate now.
Man the amount of work and passion you put in these videos is astonishing. I've been following and watching your stuff since the start of the pandemic. After more than 14 years watching a lot of stuff on RUclips, I must say that I find your content being legitimately among the best stuff there is on this platform. Just love the overall aesthetic, the obscure jokes and references, the goofiness yet passionate and comfy/chill analysis of hidden gems and forgotten games... This is just perfect. Please never stop making these. Pure dopamine shit for my brain and I don't want it to stop. I really mean it, thank you for what you're doing. With love, un moment du bru.
Kakuto Chojin is a game that focuses on meter, combos and neutral. Meter management is key for speed boosting to create combos, and setting up advanced techniques, the movelists are quite large for most of the cast, and the characters who have small movelists are quite strong as well. The game also has a dodge mechanic that gives the ability to dodge any attack by tapping forward at the right time. Movement is also very good as it's 360 movement that can be canceled into dashes, and sidestepping to allow for a more free movement system, this is useful for the four player modes like capture the crown, and battle royale which is basically like playing The Bouncer but with mechanics that are closer to a fighting game.
The Kakuto/Chojin movesets is one of the main gimmicks of the game and it's hit or miss when it comes to providing two movesets for 13 characters. Some characters like Vittoria, Rena, and Daeva have different movelists when picking Kakuto, or Chojin, whereas others like J.D Stone, Asad, and Vegard are better off with the Chojin moveset since it's the same moveset but better as it offers more moves, and combo potential. Speaking of combo potential Kakuto Chojin has some pretty crazy high damaging combos as well with the use of speed boosting that can be done with any action to create new combos.
It's just a shame that Kakuto Chojin would be the last DreamFactory fighting game outside of Kenju which was canceled. Because despite how rough the game is at first, it does have a pretty deep system that got overlooked back in the day, and it shows how underrated DreamFactory was as a fighting game developer.
Random person on the internet here, but i'd like to thank you for providing so much info on this game and for being so passionate about it to do so, to look so in-depth and analyze everything about this game.
It's a strange one that I have never played, but it has stuck in my mind -in no small part thanks to the soundtrack- and regardless of how unlikely it may be, just like my own favourite game with a fighter-like combat system by name of Kya: Dark Lineage, i hope that Kakuto Chojin will one day get a second chanceand be able to live up to all the potential it still carries.
Such as further fleshing out what semblance of a story there is into an *actual* story, for one. But also the individual characters, locations, lore...
I don't know, my visions of what would be good for a second chance for Kakuto Chojin might be different from yours-- but if it ever *does* get a second wind, I simply hope it will be good and make a more positive and wide-spread name for itself.
Thank you again for all your efforts and passion on sharing knowledge and details on Kakuto Chojin. Such love and dedication to this day is inspiring to see.
Whatever those words may mean from a stranger on the internet, i will leave up to you. But regardless, i wish you a good new week, and take care.
@@jurtheorc8117 I mean at that point it's basically a pipe dream considering Microsoft axed the game back then because they wanted to forget about the game due to the bad reviews, and controversy with Asad's theme.
The story of the game is a standard fighting game plot of a criminal organization called the Maladinia who controls Drasuka the city Kakuto Chojin takes place in, and hosts an annual fighting tournament to find the strongest fighters. Nothing special, the only character that has a interesting backstory is Vegard the masked Tae Kwon Do fighter who was isolated in his life because his parents tried to put him into rigorous training to face a great evil told by a fortune teller, he became suicidal due to him feeling like he's cursed, and lost. He stole an iron mask from his father art collection that represents a confused, and violent soul, and begin wandering around aimlessly to search his true self.
As for improving the game basically add more content to the game. Have options for the 4 player modes, as well as online since it was something the designer regretted not putting in the game, remove the Kakuto/Chojin gimmick, add a quest mode into the game similar to Tobal, and add Tobal 2's grappling system into the game. However this idea can also apply to a new DreamFactory fighting game but they stopped making fighting games nowadays, and just make animations.
Thor, I just want to give you the typical "I'm in an awful place right now so a 2 and a half hour video from one of my favourite youtube guys sure seems like something I need" speech. There you go. Thanks m8
Thank you for this golden upload. I love it's hefty size since I watch at work.
It's "1 on 1 government" lol, aka "the basket" for the simple series title.
and yes, I first found out about this game at a fighting game tournament I went to over 10 years ago. it definitely has/had fighting game energy and the atlanta, ga community accepted it with open arms
Thorhh is one of the very few channels that i wait upwards of a month to watch a released video, just so i can watch it at the perfect time and savor every bit of it.
4:28 the text reads: My favorite character is still Ryo, I've been using him for more than ten years.
Akira Nishitani
(Don't mind me, I translate things whenever I can)
love your work buddy, glad you can work thru the circumstance. make sure you take the time if you have to though
"I won't grandstand too much about how much I miss THIS From Software, as I'm happy they've found their successes without watering their shit down TOO much. But, I mean they deffo did a little bit"
YES YES YES THOR GET THEIR ASSES THANK YOU FOR DOING THE LORD'S WORK
I'm a bit tired with soulslikes personally. Poke and dodge, poke and dodge. I mean they are good games but they're all very sameish.
@@Gatorade69 no forreal, MatthewMatosis called it, if these games are going to lean further into “hahah gotcha” dodge and punish combat, they could at least get a little more interesting mechanically. The Nioh games may pale in comparison to FromSoft’s stuff in terms of presentation and narrative, but they kick the absolute shit out of SoulsBorne in terms of baseline combat.
@@phirmth Hmm, I own the first Nioh on PS Plus, maybe I should play it. I have heard from some people that they think Nioh is better than Dark Souls. While I have played a couple Dark Souls titles I'm just not a fan... I don't have the time to get good, the combat consists of whittling down health/dodging and everything punishes you and it really wears ya down. They just aren't for me, I would love to see them bring back something like Armored Core.
@@Gatorade69 Nioh has more of a character action influence that allows for you to break the game in different ways, but it IS very tough, arguably harder/more demanding than From’s stuff. 1 suffers from a lack of enemy variety, but jumping directly into 2 is gonna be an even sharper learning curve. Just be prepared to die a LOT, you’re still doing a lot of dodging and whittling down enemy health, but you have far more offensive options and can create larger openings for yourself to inflict burst damage in.
Man I miss clickety buttons on controllers. Everything just feels mushy now, like pressing those soft remote control buttons all printed on one big soft rubber panel.
Neo Geo Pocket Color was my all time favorite. You can feel the clicks in the thumb stick and count the eight directions as you make a circle.
Yeah, i love that tactile feel on certain controllers. The neo geo cd controller is the exact same.
The new Hori fight pad on ps5 has face buttons that click, sounds like a mouse click. I was very surprised when I picked it up.
@@NAT3s Thanks, I'll look into that.
Glad I can watch a GOOD 2 hour Thor experience now that this is out.
god the content you provided is so fantastic, love the segments being split into "ACTS", LOVE TO SEE IT!!
Great video as always. As a fan of fighting games who would always look for different ones growing up, this was a treat. Didn't know most of these, but it was fun remembering the ones I did play. Also, was kinda waiting for you to mention Zatch Bell Mamodo Battles. Fun game based on wacky anime. A friend and I were obsessed with it for a while.
random shoutout to the Arlo image at 2:01:23 not sure what thats about lol. anyways, super cool video! I'm actually not really into fighting related games myself but the video was still cool and interesting anyway. I gotta say though that robot fighter game with the medieval font and crystals and stuff looks pretty dope. I might have to check that out sometime
Not gonna lie, I was prepared for this video to be about an actually mysterious late 90s/early 2000s-ish 3D fighter for PS1 that seemingly never got released for reasons unknown, complete with no known developers nor a known publisher. Dang it, now I want a 2 hour video on video games with no known developers or publishers!
Also, LucasArts decided to make their own fighting game which is why Star Gladiator is called that. Unfortunately, the game LucasArts made, Masters of Teras Kasi, became so bad that it ended up becoming the ONLY Star Wars fighting game outside of the one featured on one of the Star Wars plug-n-plays.
I thought I hallucinated Destrega. Every character had a secret unlockable Dynasty Warriors skin too, like the little girl who shoots playstation symbols turns into Xu Xhu with his giant mace floating around behind him. That game is wild.
I think you missed "Tech Romancer" for the Dreamcast section. It is a fighting game love letter to all giant robot anime, and I will never stop singing it's name where applicable! It came out about the same time as rival schools, and was a bit stiff, but it had heart, was fun, and I love fighting in giant robots! There is no depth after it's presentation, but again, it's fun, and worth a play. (More worthly then most of this.) On the flipside, I think you missed "War Gods" as well. WG had to be Midway's attempt to bring MK into 3D, since it had the same MK controls mapped to 3D character... whom were all dieties. (Almost a callout to Raiden's first ending) I mention WG for the history... the game itself was janky trash, barely controllable, unbalanced garbage that has input lag to rival DBZ real bout. War Gods exisits, but Tech Romancer F****!
I agree. I think there's a good handful of great games that he missed, actually.
Your Larry Bundy of Slopes Game Room impression is spot on. Even down to the laugh.
It felt like you made that joke for yourself and I got it
1:31:15 is one of the most elegant video editing decisions I've ever seen.
Good job.
2:13:31 as someone who does play fighting games competitively and travels for tournaments, we mostly use the grid cause the other stages lag online or on base PS4s or whatever. I would like more stage variety but gameplay comes 1st till they make the game run better.
Regarding Jump Force: those characters really just look like figurine versions of themselves. I've played it for over 50 hours since it was removed from digital storefronts. It is infuriating but works to my chagrin.
I had that exact same feeling. The shading just makes them look like premium action figures. It really puts the emphasis on thors "smashing toys together" phrase. I can dig it, but im still prefer J Stars Victory Vs.
I just stumbled upon your channel today. You've got the best gaming videos I've watched. There's something pretty unique about them. Keep up the great work!
GameSack, MetalJesus etc. can go and cry in shame!
When I saw this I jumped into the air like an old VF character
Thank you for such a high effort and long video Thor! You always deliver. Hope you are doing well.
This is such a treat!! Hope you're doing okay, Thor!
Keep up the great work, buddy.
One of the greatest understated joys in life is going through weird/forgotten/obscure shit like this video is full of. Every so often I look back on those days in high school (the mid to late PSone era) where friends and I would hit up the bargain bin at various stores and come home with like a dozen games no one had ever seriously considered purchasing like Evil Zone. We would then spend a weekend just dicking around with all the various titles and developing a ton of in jokes.
Haven't got your videos recommended to me in ages
So happy you're back on my feed!!
2:25:40 VS. is westernized update of Fighters Impact, it uses tons of same animations and moves but completely different cast, and removes the custom combo system (ANY strikes could be comboed as long as you didn't use the same one twice). I loved fighters impact on PS1 for its sheer craziness but Vs. was a step down. MK4 kinda did similar combo system and I miss that, as dial-a-combo they used in MK3 and later games feels artificial. Dead or Alive seems to be the only 3D fighter where you can chain random strikes on stun, me likey.
Holy. I was excited when I saw your tweet but you’ve outdone yourself! The return of the king indeed
17:44 the fact that this might be the first example of a modern fighting game story mode is wild to me.
NGL, I start looking up many of the games you feature in your videos. And... acquiring them.
I'd forgotten I have some of these games. It's surprising and sad that Rival Schools isn't more celebrated, adapted or even remembered. Hell, Blazblue got it's own anime
toushinden has an anime too lol
GODDAAAAMNN!! What an awesome vid, Thor. I absolutely think it's your best one so far, totally enjoyable and interesting as always. Greets from Venezuela, take care.
I used to play sonic the fighters with my dad when I was like 11
Idk why he didn’t just buy literally any other game, this was in 2010. Neither of us even liked it.
I found you a week ago and have been binging your videos. I like your nonchalant way of looking at things. Im glad i found you and cant wait to see what else you got in store. Keep it up homie.
I was hoping to see Fighters Destiny in here and wasn't disappointed. I thought I was the only one who played it.
Destrega, Ehrgreiz, Dynasty Warriors, Kensei, man you really gave me a hella trip to memory lane!
I had Ehrgeiz back in the day. Barely played the regular fighting mode, other than playing as the Final Fantasy characters, because you had to, but I did play a ton of the RPG mode. The game was based around alternating between two characters, dungeon diving, coming back to the town, swapping characters and repeating. Except the game never told you that you were supposed to use both characters equally. There was no penalty for overusing a character, so you'd focus on one and keep progressing further into the game. All good fun. Until. Turns out there was a very good reason to use both characters: at some point in one of the final floors of the dungeon, you'll open a chest and an explosion will kill the character. Not knock them out, not send them back to the town, but kill them stone dead. You're then supposed to use the other character to mount a rescue mission and revive them using some special Materia (the Materia from FF7 were how you used spells, skills, etc). I learned this the hard way, after having put about 30-40 hours into the RPG mode. I sat there, with my other character sitting at level 3, thought, nope, fuck this, and never touched the game again. To this day, it's still one of the most impressive/sadistic dick moves a game has ever pulled on me.
Always the same wasn't it?! I remember my playthrough of Code Veronica being ruined by _pre-empting_ a character change and putting all of my weapons into the storage chest for them to be used on the last boss. Nope. Just a ruined save file of being outside the last boss fight and severely underequipped.
Absolutely great video, 100% on my "playlist for grinding out parts in Monster Hunter" now.
51:46 Ah, my favorite fighting game character: B O Y
Now all we need is G I R L as a protag in the sequel
Beautiful video. This is one of your best imo man. You really brought the stiletto thunder with this one.
14:20 My friend has been joking about an "asshole announcer" for months, and this is the closest we'll probably ever get to seeing it become a reality
I've never come across Thor before, but thank the RUclips algorithm... this video was bliss. I was so chill watching this. Thank you!
No joke i'm kinda surprized you didn't poke soul edge/blade since some of it's mechanics that didn't carry over into soul calibur would probally interest you,especially when the game had 2 different soundtracks that you would probally have a good time poking at,but I still enjoyed seeing the many niche games I recognized as well as ones based on series I was aware of in other forms appear in this. I always enjoy your unique take on stuffs as a whole and how much fun and honest truth ya give while also giving this great laid back vibe to your videos that are just nice to chill with as you just enjoy these games even if they have some bads you can really find goods within their details,styles,or music or gameplay that not many would notice or cover.
Three. Soul Blade has three soundtracks, Arcade, Arranged and PlayStation. Granted, Arranged was just remixes of Arcade OST but still... that's a LOT. Funnily, the main mechanic that was later cut in Soul Calibur, easy button mash combos, returned in SoulCalibur VI, I mean things like pressing triangle or square on its own multiple times. Also, the rage pre-recorded combos on shoulder button, those are kinda back in a clashing minigame. Soul Edge aged better than first Tekken, it's faster and has proper sidesteps... I still miss Rock's moveset in later games tho.
Love the Garouden Break Blow mention. Too many fun memories of playing a burned copy of this back in the day. I think it introduced me to Baki with the Yujiro Hanma cameo.
Congratulations for releasing the video, given the circunstances! You've been doing an amazing work, don't be hard on yourself.
That Hazel quip at 1:16:33 gave me a heart attack thank you for that
"Have you seen the game were the fighters transform into animals and there's this chimera chick who has a special move where she rapes her opponent, cowgirl position?"
Seriously, Bloody Roar deserved at least a mention. Great video overall. Made me nostalgic as I played most of those games. The construction truck fighter was new, though. New fav 😍
Bloody Roar was hardly obscure though, it wasn't the big three with Namco, Capcom and whoever did MK, but hit pretty close. Dunno why the series fizzled out, but I know that PS2 installments didn't get many cool new animals, it kinda peaked at 2.
I saw a new ThorHighHeels youtube (focusing on my favorite genre!) and I immediately clicked play. I thought it would be nearly over 45 minutes in, only to realize this video was over two hours! So, I'm now reporting way past my bedtime! I love hearing about all these games I missed, despite the envy I feel for being unable to play them. I'm a casual fighting game player who still loves them obsessively. And while I happily listen to fighting game commentary within the context of competition, I also very much appreciated your homage.
I learned that Goiken Muyo was actually made by a buncha nerds who played VF2 competitively and know its tech inside out. The 4 devs/pro VF players are secret characters that use their mains' movesets, like Kage and Sarah
Ah, Toshinden 3! To spite its floatiness, it was a pioneer of the „performance vs. fidelity“-option. What a revolution!
Loved loved loved this video. What’s the song at 1:45:55 called?
Thank you, 2+ hours of Thor goodness. You’re the best for putting this much work into the entertainment you provide. A++
Still looking for it, did you find out ?
@@Mimi-qj1km no. I suspect it’s a song by Thor and it’s not public / w.i.p. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ would love to hear a longer version of it.
I swear every vid of urs is worth the wait!
song at 57:00? and 57:20 damn bro you gotta time stamp the songs in your videos have a brotha searching all over the deep web for these
Star Gladiator! Now that brings me back. That period was so fun, just playing any weird shit you saw at Blockbusters and finding the good ones.
2:28:40
Honestly, I think the reason Virtua Fighter fell to the wayside in favor of Tekken is down to the disparity in content and personality. VF4 has a fun fighting engine but...that's it really. There's no story, no character endings, no real side content outside the AI training, barely any unlockables, nothing. Tekken 4 might have some jank but it was the peak of the series' storytelling, had the Tekken Force minigame, and plenty of things to unlock throughout.
Sometimes I think hardcore fighting game fans get too hung up on the "systems" and lose sight of what draws people into them in the first place. A good skeleton is a good skeleton, but without good skin, who's gonna care?
Thats what I think as well and im a bigger VF fan than tekken.( i like both though.) 4evo had a fun quest mode and tutorial. but like most vf games, the story is burried within the manuals, and lacks the right amount of presentation. Its weird that the only ingame cutscenes with character interactions in the whole series were in the vf4 intro only. Thats a shame.
This video slaps really hard, loved it all the way thorough as always~~
Also someone needs to upload that Fist OST because it was awesome
I went on a holiday with a pal of mine a couple months back and i found BCV in a op shop (i think americans call the "Thrift stores") where it went for 2 dollars and 50 cents so i got it, and needless to say, the wheezing that ensued when we got back, popped the game in and saw the cutscenes was large
i almost jumped out of the car after seeing the length :0
You always surprises me Thor
Keep it up :D
I have... TO AGREE WITH YOU. Toshinden is one of the Best Weapons Fighters that's not perfect. I like how you showed mechanics, combos, weapons styles, controls and options. It's why they made multiple games plus a terrible anime. But the rest of those "other" 3D games you "featured" didn't get two or three... an anime? I guess they were consider gaming polygon vomit.
Tekken & others are Punch and Kick gameplay for the most part-simple. Toshinden is a weapon fighter BEFORE soul edge/soul caliber and these games have different system of combos -limited, skill -not button mashy (Tekken is) and execution -timing plus movement. Samurai Shodown, Plasma Sword, Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear and Star Gladiator mostly have the big combos in supers and "some" special moves vs Punch & Kick AKA regular fighters.
Toshinden 1 and 3, I feel are way more interesting with TRUE sidestepping and dodging, unique special moves and powers, desperation moves, secret moves, ring outs (soul caliber stole), juggles, counters, whiffs than those others. It was also AHEAD OF IT'S TIME with auto moves to the triggers. Which means specials and supers mapped to buttons! That means if you couldn't execute certain moves... now you can! So now a novice can fight against a veteran only worry about properly line up his/her attacks and defend to compete.
Which is why my wife can play this game very well after two months a playing... Yeah way more competitive and fighting game fun with Toshinden vs the other janky and puss oozing "some" of the games you mention. Samurai Showdown games, Toshinden games and the Plasma Sword games are the BEST weapon based fighting games!
Great video!!!... you did this wearing those high heels the whole time... Whew!
That photo of BlockBsters ... that's the one in my home town, Penarth in Soth Wales. I live 5 minutes from where this was (it's just boarded up now). You can spot Wasons the hardware shop reflected in the window, along with Dragon Deals and the Bear's Head pub.
Wild seeing this slice of my childhood appearing in such a Skunge video.
what if we kissed during the ThorHighHeels movie?
This video has reminded me of one thing - how goddamn much I miss my Sega Saturn.
Edit: Also curious about D-Xhird's art style. That soft design is very attractive.
52:30 Perhaps I'm remembering wrong but "neat little virtua fighter clone" really downplays what was often cited as one of the worst fighting games and possibly among the worst commercial games of the era. It was a sequel to the erotic Fighting game "Pretty Fighter X" which was also a kind of not great game in its own right. Not only is Fists's art terrible even compared to it's peers, the characters are incredibly off-model. The game has reused movesets for multiple characters if I recall correctly. I'd go on but I think my brain blocked out the memories for my sake. The only thing that remains is the the quintessence of scuzz. I should point out, though, I bought it precisely for those things.
People rumor that a new Armored Core is coming out in 2023 because from was hiring mecha designers. I have been joking and will continue to joke it's a new Frame Gride Souls-like.
Honestly, I'd accept either.
Frame Gride looks pretty rad.
high as fuck and your voice feels like a warm blanket to me. much luv
1:54:27 Project Justice fucking RULES. Built on top of an already good prequel in Rival Schools, it shows the cool shit & deep mechanics DNA that Itsuno-san would impart into DMC3-5 & Dragons Dogma onwards.
Man, I would fucking kill for a sequel or even a remaster.
1:58:10 Oh yeah, Frame Gride. Think Armored Core X that Broken Blade mecha manga/anime, more big swords + magiks than big guns & a sorta arena fighter instead of a sim with weird-ass Virtua-On/Gundam Extreme Vs. style controls that sorta works. Shit's wild.
2:22:43 Oh shit, the Apocalypse Zero fighting game. Considering its source material(literally a batshit insane Kamen Rider style story where there are no real good guys), there's no surprise the game is dark as all hell but I'm kinda surprised & slightly disappointed that it doesn't have much gore.
When you talked about 90s sample packs. I know exactly which one you're talking about. It's from "Voice Spectral: Volume 1"
Love those classic sample packs. The Spectrasonics Distorted Reality 1 & 2 and Bizarre Guitar packs get a lot of use from me in my music.
I'd like to point out that despite the first two tekken and virtua fighter games being 3D don't actually allow you to side step, in tekken's case especially it's more like a 2D fighting game set in 3D since the stages are infinite compared to viruta fighter's ring out mechanic where your location matters and you might fall off the stage.
oh boy a 2 and a half hour THH, this is exactly what i need rn ❤️
I have so much love and nostalgia for Deadly Arts. I don't care that it's an awkward, 2 button 3D fighter on the N64 with a mid framerate, it has a fucking character creator and a ridiculous number of potential inputs for each character. It's fun and has tons of style.
I'm STILL waiting for a modern fighting game with a good character creator that isn't Soulfuck Calibur. I will only buy so many Namco fighters mostly using the same jank-ass animations from 1998 (says someone who just re-bought soul calibur 3 yesterday) and create-a-character parts from 10 years ago. I stopped playing fighting games of a competitive nature due to anger problems but you bet your ass I would buy something like a modern day Deadly Arts or even something most-of-the-way fucked like MK Armageddon.
Anyway, subbed!
That was a real treat of a video, bravo! It showed me so much taht I did not know. They always are
I love Destrega so much lmao
Also, Deadly Arts was called: G.A.S.P!! Fighters' NEXTream (G.A.S.P. stands for Generation of Arts, Speed and Power) in Japan.
I'm surprised that Flying Dragon on N64 didn't appear on here. It's got a regular fighting mode like a Virtua Fighter, and a SD mode with more characters that you can equip items too.
Much love and hoping that you are doing well.
Glad that you are able make a video of such insane quality. A true legend.