Most Anxiety-Inducing Horror JRPG

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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2024
  • While it's not a horror-game, it's hands down one of the creepiest games I've tried. Undernauts - Labyrinth of Yomi is a great dungeon-crawling JRPG game with a entertaining story.
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  • @Zorothegallade-gg7zg
    @Zorothegallade-gg7zg 4 месяца назад +725

    Ah yes, the number 731...which is the key to a puzzle involving horrifying chimeras born from cruel human experiments...

    • @toolatetothestory
      @toolatetothestory 4 месяца назад +68

      Read this comment before the video. And oh boy.
      That's a good first impression.

    • @toolatetothestory
      @toolatetothestory 4 месяца назад +85

      Got to the actual part of the video, huge probs to the Devs for pretty much mentioning Operation Paperclip as well. Ballsy!

    • @pensador6953
      @pensador6953 4 месяца назад +13

      the only mistake on the dragon tank is that if the man genuinely repented he is supposed to have been frogiven, and should not be in yomi anymore.

    • @toolatetothestory
      @toolatetothestory 4 месяца назад

      I don't think you can be forgiven for flaying people alive @@pensador6953

    • @popump2617
      @popump2617 4 месяца назад +4

      Oh fuck wait a minute

  • @THEFRISKIESTDINGO
    @THEFRISKIESTDINGO 4 месяца назад +70

    “He would spare the lives of anyone who begged for their life, even the children.”
    _he enters_
    Tim? What are you doing here?
    _(stab)_
    Shame. He didn’t ask me not to kill him.

  • @iskander0725
    @iskander0725 4 месяца назад +636

    Man, adulthood has ruined me... when you said that you didn't have a radio, only a transceiver, all I could think was, "Well, that's an OSHA violation, right there."

    • @kaimalakh1011
      @kaimalakh1011 4 месяца назад +40

      The thing is that transceiver means transmitter + receiver. So it actually should be able to communicate both ways.

    • @Green-Raccoon777
      @Green-Raccoon777 4 месяца назад +5

      I gotta ask, was OSHA a thing in the 70's? Cuz that's when the game takes place.

    • @PikaPenny17
      @PikaPenny17 4 месяца назад +27

      @@Green-Raccoon777 It was signed into law at the 29th of December, 1970

    • @Green-Raccoon777
      @Green-Raccoon777 4 месяца назад +2

      @@PikaPenny17 Oh, okay then.

    • @Green-Raccoon777
      @Green-Raccoon777 4 месяца назад +32

      @@PikaPenny17 Except we have a problem. OSHA doesn't extend to Japan. They have their own called JNIOSH, and it was formed in the late 40's from what I could find.

  • @Felix-Felix
    @Felix-Felix 5 дней назад +13

    13:20 The reason the radio is only a receiver is actually explained by the CEO. If you go into her tent and "Talk" > "Use Item" > "Radio", she mentions that in the past undernauts squads would use these to SMUGGLE ARGEN. Yomi Corp got tired of that bs and just outright disabled the transmitting function of the radios. Even Ms. Sandra agree that it's an inconvenience.
    Also, THANK YOU! I've found this amazing game thanks to you. Having a blast with it.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 дней назад

      Yes thank you! I actually have to leave that and many other details out unfortunately but thank you for commenting it for others!

  • @lhjohnson21
    @lhjohnson21 5 месяцев назад +427

    Unit 731 is the reference. They did some jacked up stuff my dude.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +63

      I never knew about this now I’m curious…

    • @XxSLaYerZzxX
      @XxSLaYerZzxX 4 месяца назад +93

      Yeah, was about to say myself that it seems to be the reference, especially considering all that "sinner" premise and whatnot. I am surprised to see Japanese themselves mention it, though, seeing as you often hear about Japanese people being unaware of all sorts of war crimes that Japan committed in the past.

    • @pingdragonify
      @pingdragonify 4 месяца назад

      @@Kougaon Basically a fked up imperial Japanese human experimentation camp that tortured and experimented on POWs in the name of "science". The POWs were raped, blown by granades when naked, fed poisoned food, freezing a baby to see the effects on hypothermia, and a ton of sadistic "experiments" with questionable motives. IIRC there was an interview with a soldier witnessing the scientists raping and torturing POWs for fun.
      All Imperial Japanese and German concentration camps had POWs survivors, Unit 731 is the ONLY camp with 0 survivors. The most fked up part is that the US gave the scientists immunity and money for their research. Most of these scientists proceed to live long fulling lives in positions of power in academia after the war.
      Poeple also suspect that the US government refusal to make the unit 731 research public is that those research papers were just glorified torture porn manuals with little to no scientific value, and that the US is embarrassed by the fact that they knowingly let a bunch of psychopaths walk free with a bag of their money.

    • @immorttalis
      @immorttalis 4 месяца назад +108

      ​@@XxSLaYerZzxXA lot of Japanese indie horror devs use Unit 731 references for insane scientists. Where in the West it's mad Nazis, in Japan it's insane Imperials of Unit 731.

    • @griffca4814
      @griffca4814 4 месяца назад

      @@Kougaon Your in for something disgusting and genuinely horrible. By the time your done reading up on Unit 731 there will be a part of your brain asking if two nukes were enough. It was horrible.

  • @flamebrindger3984
    @flamebrindger3984 4 месяца назад +125

    Kudos, you're the 1st youtuber who actually sold me on not finishing a video with spoilers. For the most part I don't care about spoilers cause I'd find them out eventually but you've piqued my interest. Been watching Smt videos, and wanting to delve into lesser known genres so this video came at the right time.
    Congrats on your channel blowing up btw.

    • @BigChumby
      @BigChumby 4 месяца назад

      bruh same, lmao

  • @NintendanGX
    @NintendanGX 4 месяца назад +111

    I remember when Atlus were bold enough to make Megaten games similar to this. On that note, I loved Experience's Spirit Hunter games, and was stoked to find out you could play as Kazuo in this game.

    • @Orphim
      @Orphim 4 месяца назад +8

      I think Atlus will get back to that. For right now though, they're riding that Persona 5 success train. But I highly doubt they'll ignore how successful their P3 and SMT: Nocturne remakes have been. P3 is where they started deviating from the older Megaten games, but still held closer to the same themes on a different formula. Nocturne however is more of a graphical upgrade of the same old theme. SMT V was criticized for moving away from the formula, and rightly so despite it actually being a pretty good game in it's own right, just not so much as an SMT game. And then there's Soul Hackers 2... Their big mistake of trying to adopt what works for Persona into something thematically very different. That's the reason I think they'll go back a bit to their roots and give us some more dark RPGs again like the old Megaten games, it's just likely going to be with the upgraded visuals.

    • @alexket8403
      @alexket8403 4 месяца назад +3

      Oh these people made death mark and spirit hunter too? No wonder I thought the artstyle was familiar

    • @chadhardt6136
      @chadhardt6136 3 месяца назад +2

      i think you are going to keep waiting.@@Orphim

    • @lemonade2879
      @lemonade2879 8 дней назад

      ​@@alexket8403 was just thinking the same thing lol. the way the boss sprites are positioned on the screen as well as the textbox Really screamed spirit hunter

    • @brotbrotsen1100
      @brotbrotsen1100 5 дней назад +1

      I mean, you litterally had a school massacre in smt 5

  • @maxlee1423
    @maxlee1423 4 месяца назад +16

    One issue I see is that the character portraits don't fit the mood, they are very clean and bright compared to the game.

  • @Strangedispenser
    @Strangedispenser 5 месяцев назад +68

    HOLD ON!!! this game got them Stranger journey VIB? I'm SOLD!!!

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +4

      Based strange for playing Strange Journey o7

    • @michaelstove8157
      @michaelstove8157 4 месяца назад +1

      strange journey patricians unite

  • @laggingdragons
    @laggingdragons 4 месяца назад +123

    Bro, if the opening line has a little girl saying "I have to eat humans" then it's a horror RPG.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +14

      Right right I felt 'horror' was awarded to games that really scared people (Silent Hill, Outlast) but I guess I'm wrong! haha

    • @XxMeatShakexX
      @XxMeatShakexX 4 месяца назад +16

      @@Kougaon I got what you meant but I feel like horror is mood first then gameplay, like Resident Evil and FNAF are both horror games but vastly different. Being on edge is just a different way, some would say genuine, to scare people. Spooky's House of Jumpscares really points out the problem with jumpscares when a cartoon blob can startle you just as hard as any other horror game in existence.

    • @knightsurda
      @knightsurda 4 месяца назад +7

      @@KougaonRE:5 despite being a walking shitpost of a game is still classified as a horror game.

    • @HereticHydra
      @HereticHydra 4 месяца назад

      It depends. I don't consider Digital Devil Saga horror and that game opens up by telling you that the only way to survive is to devour your enemy & eat them whole, lol. I guess it's different when you're playing as a demon avatar.

    • @vlatstrapes3931
      @vlatstrapes3931 4 месяца назад +1

      Nothing supernatural about that

  • @kairhys124
    @kairhys124 6 дней назад +5

    The neuron activation moment when I saw the party members named after Arknights characters lmao

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  6 дней назад +3

      Fellow doctor o7

  • @trinitroid7893
    @trinitroid7893 4 месяца назад +67

    What makes this game really scary is the art style and ambience, especially when it's the same dev team who did the Spirit Hunter horror series.

    • @hanscaniagochan8448
      @hanscaniagochan8448 4 месяца назад +8

      i knew it the art looks similiar

    • @sherbase
      @sherbase 4 месяца назад

      Why do you draw animal prn

  • @sr.tortilla9911
    @sr.tortilla9911 4 месяца назад +26

    If you haven't yet, try Death Mark & NG, 99% sure it is the same artist/dev/etc. They are not DRPGs rather horror VNs, but they both use audio much the same way Undernauts does along with the unsettling art & whatnot.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +1

      I saw! Will give that one a try sometime soon!

    • @Thungoid
      @Thungoid 4 месяца назад +3

      You're correct about the developer, Experience Inc., making the spirit hunter series. While I'm not fond of the limited save system the unique death scenes in NG are what really sold me on the game.

  • @Bi0mega
    @Bi0mega 4 месяца назад +32

    If you liked this, definitely check out the New Tokyo Legacy games, Operation Abyss and Operation Babel. They're also by Experience and are more of the 'horror dungeon crawler' feel this game gives. Also Stranger of Sword City Revisited. Comes in a double-pack with Saviors of Sapphire Wings, but it's the better of the two. It's an updated version of a game you can get by itself and improves on an already great game in every way.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +2

      writing these down thank you!

    • @ankoku9405
      @ankoku9405 4 месяца назад

      ​@Kougaon to add to that, there are references to Experience's older games in Yomi. I recommend SOSC immediately and maybe dabble into Demon's Gaze and Saviours, they're all loosely tied to one another.
      Also Experience tends to recycle a few tracks in these games, even in their most recent game Mon-Yu, see if you can spot it.

    • @ShishershishFPS
      @ShishershishFPS 4 месяца назад +1

      Really hope those games get a switch port, i was a dumbass that didnt get them while on the Vita

    • @Giffsen
      @Giffsen 4 месяца назад

      Operation Abyss/Babel feels a bit too generic (story wise) and has one of the worst mechanics to exist (permadeath), though when it happens is very situational so if you don't save often of has a doctor with the specific skill/item to fix it before leaving the dungeon, you're screwed.
      Stranger in Sword City is pretty good though, but I only played the original version.

  • @MsamaB3
    @MsamaB3 4 месяца назад +25

    Thank you so much for making this video!
    I never would have know this game existed otherwise. I appreciate it!

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +2

      :D Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @LadyIno
      @LadyIno 4 месяца назад

      ​@@KougaonI agree 💯 percent, thanks to your video, I found this game. Been playing it for a little bit more than a week and reached the point where we "part ways" with the w******rl and meet a certain radio man. I'm leaving half-censored spoilers here, so please don't read further if you haven't reached that point yet.
      The plot twist after that has blown me away. This was a highly depressing experience for our MC, wow (and as a healer MC, I was scared like crazy during the solo gameplay part after the cutscenes).
      This is perfect material for a horror anime imo. I hope this game becomes more popular.

  • @sethimothy
    @sethimothy 4 месяца назад +10

    This game is a lot better than it has any right to be. It isn't too difficult, except for when it matters. Understanding the world itself is very much "come to realize" but in a way that invests you in wanting to explore more of the dungeon. The way the pieces come together are amazing.
    Not a fan of how item discovery works, and its really a title that requires very specific party combinations which hurts replayability... but damn, what a good game it is.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +3

      Someone who gets it and I agree 100%

  • @frds_skce
    @frds_skce 6 дней назад +3

    14:47 Hey, Margaret Nearl. Arknights mentioned

  • @Scott_Inksmith
    @Scott_Inksmith 4 месяца назад +171

    The game is ok but it never gets too dark. It’s on me but I was hoping for a more “fear and hunger” level of overwrought darkness.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +88

      Yeah I totally get you. It's why I said it's very much a JRPG at it's heart. Fear and Hunger is a whole beast on it's own with it even being banned in a country I believe

    • @Scott_Inksmith
      @Scott_Inksmith 4 месяца назад +16

      @@Kougaon yeah but I mean their NG games had a lot of pretty brutal body horror and shock so I thought they’d follow through on this one seeing as it’s marketed as a horror rpg

    • @wearecoterminous
      @wearecoterminous 4 месяца назад +29

      @@Scott_Inksmith a lot of people seem to directly equate edgy bullshit and body horror with absolute terror but if I'm being real all of the lame ass over the top body horror and SA that happens in funger isn't scary or thematic or cool. it’s edgy and childish and takes me out of the experience every single time it comes up.
      it’s legitimately an incredible fantastic experience and then one every once in a while the developer wants to remind you that he’s like an eighth grade school shooter.
      more games need to take the good parts of fear and hunger, and leave all the creepy edge lord sexual assault limb removal shit in the past because I would love to love that game, but I don’t really want to support a game that use a sexual assault as a punchline and has zero respect for its own subject matter.

    • @InvadeNormandy
      @InvadeNormandy 4 месяца назад +52

      @@wearecoterminous
      I love how you told on your own zero sum undercooked mentality more than anything else with this rant.
      Damn I guess Berserk is just anti-art then. I'll tell the entire dark souls development team that they took bad inspiration then.
      Edit: Forgot about alien too.

    • @Edo_has_a_marvelous_persona
      @Edo_has_a_marvelous_persona 4 месяца назад +21

      ​@@InvadeNormandyHe is not saying that gore is bad. He is saying that making fucked up stuff just for shock value, when you are more than 13yo, is a cheap trick. Berserk's fucked up stuff works because it has actual meaning, it chills your blood. Fear and Hunger has an incredible atmosphere, but its more extreme stuff is just there to say "look at me, I'm so WILD" and it actually ruins the mood. It's childish and exhibitionist, just that.

  • @MrSineofX
    @MrSineofX 4 месяца назад +3

    Love the content Ko, wish you'd do more of these type of stuff for more games that you like. Leaving a thumbs up for sure!

  • @saminajed611
    @saminajed611 5 месяцев назад +10

    Love the longform content kou !

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you :3

  • @korinomeku5957
    @korinomeku5957 5 месяцев назад +5

    Love the style of videos you are currently doing. Getting really excited to see more of this. ❤❤

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад

      I got many other games planned to talk about :D

  • @samijen
    @samijen 5 месяцев назад +5

    yasss long video essay for me to listen to as I grind out art hahah. great video!! got me really invested in the story~

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +1

      AHH I’m honored you chose to watch my video while you do art 🥺! Thank you and always looking forward to your work 🥺!!

  • @AqueousTurtle
    @AqueousTurtle 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for covering this game. I got pretty fast but never beat it (got distracted by other games). You've inspired me to pick it back up! It really is a gem!

  • @johnDoe-uw2zs
    @johnDoe-uw2zs 4 месяца назад +26

    This game is related to "Stranger of Sword City" and "Savior of Sapphire Wings", there are some in game references to those games, and some of the music are in all 3 of these games.
    For reasons, the game also has character portrait from the game "Death Mark", a horror VN. and "operation abyss" and "Operation Babel".

    • @Majo_Ellen
      @Majo_Ellen 4 месяца назад +2

      They also have ties to the game Demon Gaze, though it's a little more subdued.
      It's actually a tradition for villains and the likes named "Luci" (Lucy, Lucifer, Lucifelle, etc) ... and Merlin is-

    • @jinhong91
      @jinhong91 4 месяца назад +2

      They may have featured different Earths but the otherworld is definitely the same.
      The player characters from Stranger of Sword City are from a different Earth than the player characters of this game

    • @revaryk6868
      @revaryk6868 4 месяца назад

      Ohh, so that's why the art style felt a bit familiar to me. It's probably the same artist.

    • @Majo_Ellen
      @Majo_Ellen 4 месяца назад +2

      @@revaryk6868 It is the same multiverse! There's subtle things too, like the Yomi kept alive with miomechanics. Members of the Medell clan (a vampire like race) suffer horrible disease since Almadell's death and have to be kept alive through machines.

  • @herotrev
    @herotrev 4 месяца назад +45

    I am really glad this game is getting more love. I was someone on day one playing this like crazy the second I had it in my hands.
    Experience as a dev for dungeon crawlers have a good history of unknown bangers. So I'm glad you enjoyed it. I would recommend getting a game called Lost Child by then, before it gets really hard as it's digitally removed. I think it's a hidden gem.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +2

      I hope this video brings them more attention!

  • @chattychatotchannel
    @chattychatotchannel 4 месяца назад +1

    these designs are so bloody good omg and the music

  • @SLT5032
    @SLT5032 3 месяца назад +1

    Awesome! I love your narrative through the whole thing!

  • @thejinks-lx4qf
    @thejinks-lx4qf 5 месяцев назад +40

    Loving the new type of content Ko keep it up

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +9

      Thank you thank you ;w;

  • @NotAnotherEsper
    @NotAnotherEsper 5 месяцев назад +8

    UNDERNAUTS LFGGGGGGG!
    Sat in on a stream for this when sonicmega was running through it on Twitch and he loves the entire storyline this game's part of. Personally found it riveting. Thank you for covering and bringing more eyes to this.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      Ayy glad to hear! It's always nice to hear this game get more love!

  • @LuneEvenfall
    @LuneEvenfall 3 месяца назад +2

    I was wondering where the game's vibes were coming from and then you said "experience developed this" and I was like "AHA, DEATH MARK". I've been in love with the Spirit Hunter series for years, and honestly I swear that I've seen this game, probably in some of their livestreams from a few years ago when I was following it. I'm SO glad this video reminded me that it exists, and now that I need to play it!
    I'll return to this video once that's over. I just wanted to THANK YOU! I would've probably forgotten about this game if not for this video.

  • @MacrosandX
    @MacrosandX 4 месяца назад +6

    I will wait for a sale to pick it up. sorry i did not finish the video you just really sold me on the game thank you.

  • @Lava_Spike
    @Lava_Spike 4 месяца назад +1

    This was actually pretty badass Kou, I wishlisted the game to be played one day. The atmosphere and gameplay looks interesting enough, and the indepth review was delightful.

  • @meowspark9
    @meowspark9 4 месяца назад +5

    Nice party name choices. I am a Goldenglow man myself. I love Etrian Odyssey, but tbh I'm too impatient atm to pick up a game like it(and also broke) so I will just watch the video summary for now.

  • @cannoli2442
    @cannoli2442 4 месяца назад +1

    Really been enjoying this content from you. Videos are really well made

  • @alexandredelarge1901
    @alexandredelarge1901 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm 100% here for more of these long, in depht analysis of obscure jrpgs and games

  • @knowchill2585
    @knowchill2585 4 месяца назад +2

    The more I discover what elicits fear in others the more I wonder just where I've gone wrong.

  • @Cadychan
    @Cadychan 4 месяца назад +2

    Oh, this is the studio that did the Death Mark games! I knew the art and UI styles looked familiar! This looks really good!

  • @ohuckabee
    @ohuckabee 4 месяца назад +3

    I was on a Wizardry-like bender when I found this and oh man was it a great find. There's an interesting feeling to it where you're an intruder of sorts on a conflict that's been going on long before you were even around. It's very immersive!

  • @blueythedragonknight3949
    @blueythedragonknight3949 4 месяца назад +4

    Oh goody a long ass video essay about a First Person Horror RPG, Well then better get the popcorn and drink.
    Undernauts looks like a MegaTen game if it went even further into dark and disturbing direction with some added horror to boot, Basically a combination of my two favourite genre.

  • @hemangchauhan2864
    @hemangchauhan2864 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for covering this.
    This company (Experience Inc) and its game needs more exposure.

  • @zarreth7576
    @zarreth7576 4 месяца назад +2

    Honestly i was sold when etrian odyssey and megaten were mentioned but man those vibes sealed the deal. I'll play it before watching more but i will come back eventually, thank you!

  • @azraamaya
    @azraamaya 4 месяца назад +3

    The rat enemy doesn’t look as grotesque as it should be 😂

  • @dwasp27moto41
    @dwasp27moto41 4 месяца назад +2

    first time i saw dungeon crawlers my reaction was- what kind of an idiot would pay to play games like this? i ate my own words after experiencing undernauts, now im looking forward to hunt and play other games like this. undernauts also have somewhat the same plot as Solo Levelling, currently playing demongazeextra and undernauts togehter. hunting stranger of sword city next. i also have labrynth of galleria refrain and dusk on my backlog. and i play on switch btw. thanks for mentioning smt strange journey, never knew we had an smt game like that

  • @SwitchbackCh
    @SwitchbackCh 16 дней назад

    I really like the modern dungeon-crawling aesthetic of this game. It's what made the idea of Solo Levelling appealing to me, but of course that story ended up a more power fantasy type affair - it'd be really cool to see a manga or series about these regular civilians becoming capable adventurers.

  • @StarlasAiko
    @StarlasAiko 4 дня назад +1

    1:17:52 And I saw the battle music change its lyrics to Latin, and I knew, I was screwed.

  • @lionofash7700
    @lionofash7700 5 месяцев назад +4

    This like artstyle and genre, like, I'm sure if you know you know, is always PEAK.

  • @KGhaleon
    @KGhaleon 4 месяца назад +12

    You had me in the first half, the story sounded pretty great...not so much in the second half. I would recommend Labyrinth of refrain if you want a really dark DRPG with a great story and creepy setting.

  • @noodles2459
    @noodles2459 4 месяца назад +2

    Mad king aka Mad overlord. a wizardry homage

  • @JustHistory_Guy
    @JustHistory_Guy 4 месяца назад +1

    Man I’ve been interested in this for a while!

  • @MsDancecommander
    @MsDancecommander 5 месяцев назад +4

    Experience! I love dungeon crawlers like this. Thank you, man!
    I think I have most of Experience's dungeon crawler titles in English.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +1

      No problem! I'm glad others enjoy their game too!

  • @valsioncustom
    @valsioncustom 4 месяца назад +3

    As a gigantic fan of EO, Strange Journey, and craving more horrific things in a dungeon crawling JRPG, I've gotta give this one a shot. Let's see what we can't do...

  • @KillAllCommies2
    @KillAllCommies2 4 месяца назад +2

    Got here expecting to be Fear&Hunger. I was pleasantly surprised.

  • @unknownuser494
    @unknownuser494 5 месяцев назад +4

    I am surprised how rare horror themed jrpg. the only one i can remember are koudelka, shadow heart, PE and older smt games and i would definitely check this game out.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +2

      Koudelka was a goated game. Glad to see others know about it !

  • @stephendixon8230
    @stephendixon8230 4 месяца назад +2

    Video was fantastic, love these kinds of videos.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it!

  • @UnownDepth
    @UnownDepth День назад

    That studio always have hidden Gems in the west

  • @waffledough8476
    @waffledough8476 4 месяца назад +5

    Kougaon thanks for giving me a placebo effect in whenever i hear your damn voice i suddenly have the urge to get on ffxiv and do my daylies im so serious i dont know how but i always feel urged on cause of you

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      You're welcome :) now get on the dailies

  • @khazgrim4316
    @khazgrim4316 5 месяцев назад +8

    Excellent video!
    Maybe its not officially a horror game but it seems close enough to me.
    You managed to keep me entertained for the entire hour with your breakdown.
    I won't lie to you though I'll probably skip playing it myself and stick to Hello Kitty Island adventure as i don't need anymore trouble sleeping.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +2

      I wish you luck with your hello kitty grind o7

    • @spooningbards9138
      @spooningbards9138 4 месяца назад

      Pretty sure it's categorized as a horror jrpg everywhere.

  • @matildarose
    @matildarose 4 месяца назад

    This was probably one of the few games I bought based on the cover art and aesthetic back in 2021. I loved the dry humor and atmosphere, and having it on the switch was great because I could play it on the go.

  • @ShishershishFPS
    @ShishershishFPS 4 месяца назад +1

    First Person Dungeon cralwer jrpgs are UNDERATED!!! (thanks for covering a game in the genre im subbing)

  • @socialelitist4256
    @socialelitist4256 Месяц назад +2

    I just started the post-game after 80+ hours of playtime. I am now back after the spoiler warning

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  Месяц назад

      wow someone who actually came back, thank you! I hope you've been enjoying the game!

    • @socialelitist4256
      @socialelitist4256 Месяц назад +1

      @@Kougaon yeah its pretty solid overall. A couple of things to mention in your vid:
      Luci is mostly a pushover if you choose to fight her for every encounter like what I did, especially since her power level doesnt scale with your party, she kinda turns into a piniata after some progress - she seems to have a really high chance of dropping a skill boost so its always worth imo. I encountered her first power up when luring her with hajuuji. For a game that is overall on the easy side (imo) buffed luci is easily one of the hardest bosses in the game. Her damage is underwhelming for a boss but shes got a lot of ways to inflict status forcing you to fight slower and has respawning giant jellyfish which dont threaten your team a whole lot but are annoyingly tanky. Her healthpool is totally absurd like I swear its 10k or something ridiculous at that stage of the game and evasion so high your forced to use bradykenises to lower the evasion enough for your party to reliabley hit her over the first few turns of the fight. Its a bit of a dps race too because she heals a whole third of hp every few turns; you also cant go at it too slowly either because she will eventually high roll and land an armor pierce attack which is practically guaranteed to kill a party member with any following hit, and losing any one of your members will mean that you wont out dps your healing as your whole squad gets slowly choked out. Defo one of the few fights in the game which really forces you to hunker down and think - took me nearly an hour to figure out a strat to beat her. Its defo one of those fights where you can tell its beatable if you use brain over stats.
      You can also trigger another fight with luci if you choose to see her at district 0 first before going to other areas. I didnt know you can actually skip luci's second boss fight if you see her on district 0 last. Its the exact same fight with the only difference being her self heal is 4000.
      I personally seem to find that fights go by noticeably faster if you swap out the bulwark with comp fighter. Turns out fighter has a ton of defensive bulwark skills and regen that makes him tanky enough to be a front liner for the frontliners. And offense skills like helm split and costly strike means that he can easily output very respectable damage numbers. Am really digging playing the game without that class - i swear other than being an insta kill sponge mostly does nothing other than output poor damage numbers (or worse, not hit anything in the first place) or spam guard moves that may or may not go your way with the rng

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  Месяц назад

      @@socialelitist4256 gotcha! Thanks for letting me know! I was just a big baby then haha

  • @zenithquasar9623
    @zenithquasar9623 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for the discovery!!!

  • @arrestedeffort
    @arrestedeffort 4 месяца назад +1

    30:13 I wonder if the reason why the number chosen was "731" was in relation to Unit 731. I mean, you are in the underworld surrounded by horrific things, it wouldn't be too out of place for the devs to correlate Unit 731 with demons and things of the like, due to the evil nature of what Unit 731 did.
    Edit: It seems the game is hinting at that, based on what is said at 31:35.

  • @nazgulsenpai
    @nazgulsenpai 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great to see Undernauts getting some love. I got it on PS4 and really enjoyed it. If you like this game, Experience has a whole back catalog of amazing DRPGs and they all share the same DNA.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад +1

      I plan to one day get thru some of their other games but yes! So happy to see other Undernaut fans !

  • @Dark-God
    @Dark-God День назад

    at 9:58 you convinced me to buy the game, the studio is too small, yet the game looks to be really well done, they deserve the support

  • @orcwarchiefreviews
    @orcwarchiefreviews 4 месяца назад +4

    So wizardry without the annoyance permadeath

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      Never played so maybe!

  • @WhitneyDahlin
    @WhitneyDahlin 4 месяца назад +1

    More videos on random jrpgs! Or just j horror games in general please! ❤️

  • @StarlasAiko
    @StarlasAiko 4 дня назад

    If you can't transmit, only receive, it's a receiver, not transceiver.

  • @tinybutton179
    @tinybutton179 4 месяца назад +2

    I saw this on the eshop and wasnt all too interested, but your video changed my mind. Seems interesting and will definitely take a look some time in the future c:

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      I hope you enjoy it!

    • @tinybutton179
      @tinybutton179 4 месяца назад

      @Kougaon the art style was also familiar, and it's the same people who made Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, with a sequel soon c:

  • @Praagg66
    @Praagg66 5 месяцев назад +5

    Such a great game, need to finish the post credits content, but damn its so good.
    drags a lil bit near the end, but even with that its a blast and a ton of fun to explore and see the dungeons and monsters the game has for you, while trying to not get killed and lose progress or characters!
    Edit: also, love the Arknights names haha

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +1

      I hope you finish up the game! It does drag but I didn't want to leave anything behind myself haha. Good catch on the names :)

    • @Praagg66
      @Praagg66 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@Kougaon after watching this up to where i left off, im definitely gunna try finishing it, iirc its like 2 whole dungeons and a retread through an old dungeon?
      my only problem is i last played it back in march of 2023... comin on a full year since playing it, and im afraid i wont remember the mechanics or how my team works well enough to deal with the hard dungeons haha
      similar issue im havin with another game like yomi, another dungeon crawler called Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk. GREAT game with a surprising and dark story, and that story made me want to get the true/good ending!
      problem is to do so u have to fight 6 superbosses and then go through a GRUELING dungeon gauntlet to fight the final boss, and man i just cant deal with the repetition of farming a team to max level.
      sorry for the ramble lol just love these types of dungeon crawlers and wish it was easier to find more haha

  • @SymmRTA
    @SymmRTA 26 дней назад

    Finally glad this game is getting out there. One of my favorite games i played last year

  • @TitaRussellTrails
    @TitaRussellTrails 19 дней назад

    I love that Armageddon plays in basically every experience game. Great final boss theme

  • @basilchi8058
    @basilchi8058 4 месяца назад +1

    Atmosphere reminds me a lot of smt. looks interesting!

  • @Axe_6976
    @Axe_6976 6 дней назад +1

    Never thought I will heard penguinz0 cameo in this video
    1:04:46

  • @cheebse1051
    @cheebse1051 17 дней назад

    I knew that this art and formatting was familiar! I couldn't put my finger on it at first but this is the game company that made the spirit hunter series!!(horror) I love the art direction in these games, never really saw what they made outside of spirit hunter until now. How fun!

  • @shikniwho7215
    @shikniwho7215 3 месяца назад +1

    watching this make me want to replay Labyrinth of Refrain and Labyrinth of Galleria, they also using some really creepy monster and dark theme but also push me to explore more of the labyrinth and also a rather less know series as well, i only found out about it when a friend told me the second game (which is Labyrinth of Galleria) is coming and so i start play the first one to prepare for it, fun game.

  • @KitsuneShapeShifter
    @KitsuneShapeShifter 4 месяца назад

    I love detailed reviews of obscure JRPG games that only I ever played, couldn't explain to anyone, and later somehow wrote off as a weird dream that never happened but in fact, WAS A REAL GAME.

  • @bookbagfox
    @bookbagfox 4 месяца назад

    This looks really interesting. I’ll grab it on sale at some point.

  • @Anon_Spartan
    @Anon_Spartan 3 месяца назад

    It looks like this goes on sale regularly so I'll wait for the upcoming spring sale. I'll finish your video then, I think I wanna experience this!

  • @combobreaker449
    @combobreaker449 4 месяца назад

    Getting my hands on a Switch copy, thanks for putting me on

  • @vertquino2882
    @vertquino2882 4 месяца назад

    glad someone is finally talking about this game

  • @moonscorchedd
    @moonscorchedd 10 дней назад +1

    this game sounds like it'll nicely scratch my Labyrinth of Refrain/Galleria itch. similarly scary dungeon crawling JRPG with freaky deaky enemy designs and some crazy plot shit going on... i shall wait for a sale

  • @laoup26
    @laoup26 4 месяца назад

    How do you do to accelerate the grinding? Do you have a strategy for the battles? Did you use a lot of magic?

  • @rumotu
    @rumotu 3 месяца назад

    I just saw the game card recommended to me on Amazon. Thinking about getting it.

  • @RAREBASEDGOD
    @RAREBASEDGOD 4 месяца назад

    So glad this game is getting recognition finally!!!

  • @BurningTNT
    @BurningTNT 12 дней назад

    Pausing halfway through for now so I can finish the rest of the game, just wanted to say that I only found this because me and my girlfriend were trying to find games that have a wheelchair-using protagonist (there really aren’t many, Fear and Hunger 2 manages to be one of the best examples despite how intentionally cruel the game is). This technically doesn’t meet that criteria, we don’t play as Luci, but we both like dungeon crawlers so decided to pick it up to see how it portrayed her and the atmosphere was immediately fascinating.
    Having your home base still in the labyrinth rather than the outside world, being trapped here, adds so much to the tension.
    Also, I immediately fought Red Luci as soon as it happened the first time and she’s surprisingly beatable. You get an item that gives someone some skill points, but she also gets back up and cries into the radio for her dad’s attention and gets real upset that he never responds
    Nasty as she is it’s useful seeing that she’s not the mastermind, and the guy who is is a monster even to his own monsters

  • @edwinlee5145
    @edwinlee5145 4 месяца назад +1

    I feel like this video flowed better than the one your Various Daylife one! It did feel like the last half of the video though kinda lost the theme of 'horror JRPG'. It didn't feel like you had a lot of anxiety moments past the first quarter (of the video)? Still, very solid video, never heard of the game and I hope to see more of these!

  • @docdoom1987
    @docdoom1987 5 месяцев назад +3

    Very surprised to see you playing this! Another one you might enjoy is Dungeon Travelers 2 and the sequel 2-2. They're not on Steam... for reasons. You might have some fun with them lol.
    Also check out this devs latest game 'Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don’t Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be A Day When The Heroes Defeat The Devil King.'
    Yes that is the games full title.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for the rec’s! I’ll add these to my list and LOL I remembered seeing Mon-Yu and debated on getting that for a video

  • @mista_louie
    @mista_louie 4 месяца назад

    Wow I guess many others wondered like me how fun NG would be if the entity encounters were more RPG like and here it is. I will try this game out.

  • @JoeyintheAM
    @JoeyintheAM 4 месяца назад

    1:04:46 Fantastic Oskar Kokoshka impression!

  • @viridianloom
    @viridianloom 5 месяцев назад +38

    Oooo, I wonder if this is going to blow up the way Fear and Hunger did when SuperEyepatchWolf covered it.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +7

      Haha I doubt it. SuperEyepatchWolf is leagues better than me at making content entertaining but I appreciate the thought !

    • @shwqa
      @shwqa 5 месяцев назад +9

      ​@Kougaon the popularity of fear and hunger started from smaller channels until it hit eyepatchwolf. It took about 3 months

    • @TheDsRequiem
      @TheDsRequiem 4 месяца назад +1

      Probably not with this title that nobody will ever find

    • @billykidman2091
      @billykidman2091 4 месяца назад

      Who honestly gives a shit jesus

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 4 месяца назад

      I think he means it just being sent to different eyes. For F&E type games, if hidden enough I personally wouldn't care for the his opinion as much as the gameplay I'm seeing since tastes differ.​@@Kougaon

  • @3fkups
    @3fkups 4 месяца назад +1

    Experience make great first person dungeon crawlers. Got this one on my backlog.

  • @makikuma91
    @makikuma91 5 месяцев назад +2

    Aw hell yeah, a first person dungeon crawler. Been curious about this game. Fecking love Etrian Odyssey ❤

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  5 месяцев назад +2

      It's a great game I enjoyed the ambience of it so much. Will try Etrian Odyssey one day!

  • @TitaRussellTrails
    @TitaRussellTrails 19 дней назад

    Ok this game seems spooky but a lot more forgiving than strangers of sword city. In that game your party members could permanently die and I ended up giving up for months after a bad party wipe

  • @TheRealBoomslice
    @TheRealBoomslice 4 месяца назад +1

    Game actually looks dope. Never heard of it. Great vid.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      Thanks !

  • @crackheadgrandad4208
    @crackheadgrandad4208 4 месяца назад +1

    This game reminds me so much of fear and hunger.

  •  4 месяца назад +2

    this game reminds me a lot of shin megami tensei dungeon crawlers (like strange journey)

  • @TitaRussellTrails
    @TitaRussellTrails 19 дней назад

    I’ve stumbled upon experience twice. Both times looking for dungeon crawlers to scratch my Etrian odyssey itch. How I got into both strangers of sword city and demon gaze extra. Demon gaze extra was definitely the more fun of the games

  • @Shadowybloodwolf
    @Shadowybloodwolf 4 месяца назад

    Convoluted and i love it . Thanks for the vid .

  • @nifftbatuff676
    @nifftbatuff676 4 месяца назад +2

    Now I am curious about an example of horror JRPG.

    • @Kougaon
      @Kougaon  4 месяца назад

      I gotta look into more of these types of games

  • @R.Williams
    @R.Williams 4 месяца назад

    I've had my eye on this on the Switch eshop for awhile. This video inspired me to go on Ebay and get it for $34. Looks right down my alley.. Thanks for your review!