The craziest thing about Nocturne is that it's part of the Blair Witch canon, I shit you not. The developers, Terminal Reality, also made a Blair Witch game for the PC in which the Nocturne protagonist makes an appearance. The game is canon to the Blair Witch universe which makes Nocturne part of it's canon as well. Also, Bloodrayne started out as a sequel to Nocturne.
For all the shit the latter two got, The Blair Witch trilogy was my childhood - I played it before Resident Evil and Silent Hill which may seem depressing to some, but despite being broken in some places, I absolutely adored them. The atmosphere across the board was fantastic and I had nightmares for weeks after exploring Rustin Parr's abandoned house.
This just reminds me of this time I was at home playing resident evil and some friends came by. I just got the shotgun and I knew it had very limited ammo. But my friends being the geniuses they are, were all laughing in agreement that I'm stupid because I got a shotgun and I'm not even using it. Or my brother's narcissistic girlfriend. Who took over the playstation to play FF7. I watched for a moment and noticed her using x potions in just regular battles like it's nothing. Of course she was never able to finish the game. Common sense is not that common at all. And for some reason stupid people always think they're smarter than everyone.
@@derealized797 I know that feeling. most people think its just like some call of duty games I guess. I was playing re7 and my father told me once why I wasn't shooting at the boss and I said:I'm not able to spend so much ammo I have to shoot well xD
@@derealized797 I recommended RE2 remake to a friend when it was first released, and he said he stopped playing because he "kept getting lost and running out of ammo" it was then that I realized how the casual gamer thinks: run from one point, kill everything, and run to the next point. I tried explaining that you have to manage your resources and solve puzzles and he was like "I don't want to have to use my brain". I guess people really expect every game to be like Doom or Call of Duty lol
@@derp9193 it blows my mind. I always just kind of got it, like naturally, the things that seem so obvious. There's been so many situations like this too, i could give so many examples. And i don't think I'm that smart even i just the average person. It can be frustrating though
I also heard that resident evil 8, would have been more like RE7, at least for horror and violence or whatever. But they toned it down because they thought it was getting "too scary" for casual gamers. That's what sucks now, these big AAA developers have ethics departments and they focus on psychology in designing games, for casual gamers and it's just all down to the money. We still get some good games. But imagine how great they would be, if they just let the creative minds make the games, giving fans what they want. Instead of this corporate BS and censorship and whatever. That's why i look forward to indie games more than the big budget stuff now. That's where all the heart is.
Fun fact: Cutscenes for Clocktower 3 was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, who was a director known in the West for Battle without Honor or Humanity (70s movie Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan of) and Battle Royale. If you watch those movies, it explains the crazy exaggerated acting of the mocap actors.
I have been binge watching a lot of your videos now. Listening to your 7h RE retrospective was awesome while im working on the computer, your voice is very soothing to listen and give a nice radio feeling for me to put on. Love your works!
Im actually super surprised and thrilled to see you brought up Nocturne in this series because that game seriously does NOT get the love it deserves. I'm gonna make a pretty in depth review of it myself one of these days but I've got a few things to bring up. [Huge comment incoming!] First, those cape physics are NOT supposed to be that overdone. Playing on a Windows 98, the cloth physics actually look amazing for the time. (Playing on a 98 also prevented me from having that really annoying UI delay issue, which happens when I play on my Win10 so Im guessing that's an OS issue directly.) it's like the equivalent of us seeing really well done hair physics nowadays. Like the the cape has its own physics. It slowly sways but doesn't really move unless you run or move or something. Playing on a Windows 10, when the framerate is higher than 30 those physics get super exaggerated and look like a giant fan is blowing at it constantly and clipping through the characters. Super weird issue and doesn't really make much sense to me but it is what it is. As for the actual issues you brought up in the game, the only time I've really noticed the precise picking up issue was at the exact part you brought it up regarding the silver bullets in Doc's room. But otherwise I didn't have any other instance where it was actually a problem. Regarding some of the game design problems you had like talking multiple times to go somewhere, I never had that problem but that was probably because for me it's general instinct to talk to NPCs multiple times, cause many other games usually have them providing other pieces of information in segments. I *do* however 100% agree about the camera angles being an issue and imo that's the one thing that can genuinely hold this game down at times. Like you said those areas that look like you're supposed to go but lead to death traps. Those were probably intentional cause of something I read in the manual. But It definitely does get frustrating, and platforming really has no place in a survival horror game imo so that's kind of a crappy decision. Otherwise I think Nocturne is one of the best survival horror games I've ever played. You should keep in mind though, that Terminal Reality was primarily developing PC games throughout their life. They started off with flight sims and Nocturne was one of their earlier attempts at actually making a game, but again they were used to PC games. PC games had a really different audience so the games were designed differently to suit different players that were more accustomed to PC games. And the people that were into horror at the time were probably busy with RE and Silent Hill (playing on consoles and NOT pcs) to even know Nocturne came out, so it definitely does makes sense why it slipped past so many people, and why you were having a hard time with some of the things in it. I say give it another shot sometime down the line. Oh and also since you didn't mention it here, there were 3 Blair Witch games made on the nocturne engine with similar gameplay. The first one has you controlling Doc from Nocturne and Stranger/Spookhouse has an appearance. I'm pretty sure you'll have a good time with that one if you enjoyed Nocturne. Part 2 was kinda meh imo and suffered from some pacing issues. Part 3 got the lowest ratings and sold the worst of the 3 but I honestly that one is super cool. Reminded me alot of Alone In The Dark in a snowy town. Definitely check those out if you haven't man, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I know this is an insanely long comment so sorry about making you read a novel lol but if you did read all this then thank you very much. :) Keep pumping out the awesome vids! I actually found you through your Silent Hill videos and loved all of them. And I also think SH3 is the best game in the series and the best survival horror game out there, so really glad Im not the only one that thinks that.
great reviewn. I played nocturne for the first time two years ago, and I thinks it's a very underrated game. I loved everything in this game, the plot are so good and the puzzles. Blair Witch vol 1 is another very good game too, it is a shame that terminal reality abandoned this universe, I would love to playing as Svetlana for spookyhouse.
When AitD: TNN was in production Vin Diesel was supposed to the main voice actor. At least that’s what I read in a few magazines back at the time. That would of been cool.
Vin Diesel definitely can voice act. He was wonderful as the Iron Giant. He's not my favorite actor by any means but he can do great things in the most unexpected roles.
Really pleased to see you cover the MIB game. It was absolutely terrible but I forced myself to play it when I was a teenager because I'd rented it. It never gets better than that first bit in the apartment.
@@AJadedLizard The closest you will get is running the ps1 verison in a emulator like Duckstation. I just recently played it that way and its crazy how clean it looks at native 4k, well clean for PS1 compressed images and polygons.
@@bigmankuch3833 Yeah, it, and Code Veronica and the two Outbreak games for the PS2 (and probably also Clocktower and Clocktower 2) are all games I'll have to emulate. It just frustrates me a bit because I'd be perfectly willing to give the devs money for them.
Dino Crisis 2 is probably the greatest action game ever to use tank controls, before RE4 that is. It may have lost a bit of the horror of the first game but damn if it isn't synonymous with FUN.
Dino crisis is good? Huh. All this years, hearing that its basically resident evil with dinosaurs, I wrote it off. Maybe I'll play it! Edit: yeah. After seeing it in the vid, it looks cool
As a diehard AITD fan (yes, even the 2008 one, or maybe especially the 2008 one) I just love seeing fellow men. It's a shame really that such an iconic series is somewhat cult at best and the fanbase is criminally small.
@@iliaPayne i love the series, but the originals are so incredibly clunky and brutally difficult. I can see those 2 things keeping a lot of people out.
Vol. 2 popped up in my Recommended feed a couple weeks ago. I watched it and I instantly became a subscriber. Nice to see someone making quality content like this that adores this genre as much as I do. A few of the games you've talked about I've never even heard of, but I know I gotta play em now. I hope you plan on continuing this series! Keep up the great work, dude.
Interesting thing about Eve is that whilst most people will love at least one of the 3 games very few will like all 3 and which one is liked will vary from person to person.
Countdown Vampires is absolutely the best "so bad its good" Survival Horror game to me, so log as you have a friend on guides haha. Its just so incredibly stupid but still weirdly entertaining. Ive beaten it once and the ending I just couldnt stop laughing lol.
Never even played the game and I totally agree with you. It looks like a great game to play with a friend while having a few drinks and just having a fun time. There's a special kind of fun that comes very clunky and bad old video games.
Parasite Eve 1 creates an atmosphere and immersion that i rarely found in another game since. I think it has something to do with the music but i can´t put a finger on it.
40:15 Man this Countdown Vampires game looks good! i mean, if u overhauled the gameplay completely. We got: - Classic Resi cameras - set in a casino (GREAT setting!) - some environmental minigames - cool weapons like Tranq gun - reverse crimson head gimmick (healing vamps) Fix the loading and the cheap combat hits and man, ya got something here 🧛
It wasn't bad, it was a little slow and some puzzles didn't really give you any clues, I remember a clock one that I needed to look up the code for lol.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 maybe it is a "brazilization" of the name. It is a very common occurrence, and there'sa lot of families that descend from italian immigrants, specially here down south.
I’ve always thought the same thing about countdown vampires, have never heard of it really except outside of some specific RUclips videos like this one
I'm surprised at how I remember every single of those moments highlighted from Parasite Eve 2. Even the menu tunes and the music. I wonder what makes it so memorable for me. I have a sudden urge to replay it xD
Found this channel from the every RE review & now this. Gotta say great work. I got a PS & RE1 for Christmas when I was 9 & have been a RE fan ever since. Great games, great channel. I love me some Countdown Vampires too tho lol. Those were the days. RE, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Countdown Vampires, Metal Gear Solid, still some of the best games ever.
Dude, I gotta ask. Are you going to cover the Siren series during these videos? If not, are you ever going to cover it? It's a pretty cool Survival Horror series and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Is especially like to see you cover it because it's from the creator of the Silent Hill series, and I know you're a big fan of that!
Parasite Eve is one of the greatest adventure games of all time. Far deeper than most survival horrors and action/adventure games from the 90's, and with some rpg's elements in it. With the fantastic squaresoft game design. It's kind of a vintage masterpiece from a 2d/3d era.
What you said about how Parasite Eve makes you think of those days back in the PS1 era where companies weren't as afraid to take risks and experiment, I totally felt that and I miss that as well. It's pretty clear that after the 6th Generation of console gaming, game publishers started to see what was very popular and obviously took advantage of that having developers chase trends which only caused for over-saturation of certain game genres like the FPS COD clones of the 7th generation and the days of experimental games were slipping away and it was so sad to see. Thankfully now that we have the concept of indie games being a thing, it's like a revival of the days of experimental gaming, including some tributes to the classic Resident Evil games like Alisa The Awakening and Back in 1995 (more Silent Hill inspired). :) As for Nocturne, the only reason I heard of that game was because I learned that my Rayne from BloodRayne who's one of my favorite video game characters was actually conceptualized from the character Svetlana in Nocturne. I never got around to playing Nocturne because I'm not a PC gamer and I wish that it would have got ported to the PS1 or PS2 because I would've totally been all over it, the concept of the game was awesome.
Would be very curious to hear your thoughts on evil within 1 and 2. Kinda surprised you don't already have videos on them, though maybe that doesn't bode well for how you feel about them. I think they are both brilliant.
As I child I fount a copy of PE2 in a pawn shop, and it became my favorite game to this day. Still haven't played through the first, but I plan to soon.
Any classic survival horror game like resident evil I’m heavily willing to see, love all these gems. Edit: I was picky with Tank Controls before saying they were crap and honestly I regret having that opinion.
If you're looking for recommendations, Extermination for the PS2 is a great survival horror Resident Evil clone that is also heavily influenced by The Thing,. It was practically a PS2 launch title but was actually surprisingly well made and still holds up.
You should check out Martian Gothic: Unification, it’s a pretty solid RE clone with all the tropes you would expect and a neat little story. It’s a bit janky, not gonna lie but it has a certain charm.
Hope you talk about Extermination for the PS2 eventually. That's a game that really grabbed me way back. In particular, I thought it was really shocking how if you get infected and don't cure it, you'll start getting disgusting growths on your body. Really cool touch that you don't see too often.
I've been aware of your channel for a few years now but never really dived deep until recently. But man your genuine and heartfelt perspective on all these awesome retro games is truly tranquil and almost meditative. A new favorite to fall asleep to
I recommended Overblood as well. It's a great game. I also recommended Doctor Hauzer, made by the same company (Riverhill Soft) Let's hope he checks them out.
@@Deniii4000 Hopefully. Overblood is a textbook RE clone and I had fun playing it back in the day. It’s more of an RE clone than some of the games he talked about. ☕️
I have to say, this is one of my favorite youtube series that I've ever watched. I knew some of the games on this and previous lists but also found out some really cool things to play thanks to this channel.
This video has the most RE clones I actually played. Alone in the Dark 4 is a super underrated gem, I was terrified when I played it for the first time. Dino Crisis is an absolute classic that needs to be brought back. Maybe a remake? Cmon Capcom...
Some people squick at the thought of tank controls and that makes me squick. I don't get what's so confusing about it, I'm pretty dumb but I have no problem using tank controls.
I started playing through the RE franchise with my 5 year old daughter (call me a bad dad, she understands it isn’t real 😂) and she found them confusing to begin with, now she’s a pro. Wish we could get a classic style survival horror game again 😕
@@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538 Ah, as long as you don't make her play 4 and 5(due to gore and whatnot) I think there is nothing wrong with that. I approve, next generations should be made aware of the classics, she should play the classic tomb raiders too.
I think the general expectation nowadays is that all games should control more or less the same and people blame the controls in these old games, without taking into consideration the problem it tries to solve These games, imo, mostly play terrible if you try to force a more modern control scheme into them. I think tank controls work really well and it also feels good But I think one argument is that it leads to unrealistic movement, as the way these characters spin in place definetely doesn't look natural. I don't think a modern game with the realistic graphics of today could pull it off without looking uncanny, though maybe they could find a solution for this problem Playing these old games recently only made it realize though that they amazingly play really good, even the very first Resident Evil. You DO NOT get that experience playing a lot of its contemporary games. Even a classic like Crash Bandicoot may feel a little stiff to current standards and it only works because they compromised levels so they'd be as linear as possible
@@RodrigoDavy Excellent points, very well said, I always liked that unnaturalness and uncanniness(both with positive connotations), maybe that's one of the reasons why I like old games so much. They don't try so hard to emulate reality while modern games do, which is kind of ironic since playing games is partly for escaping reality.
Well, let's not forget that Silent Hill and Resident Evil 1 were clones of Alone in the Dark in the beginning, a french game by Frederic Raynal that started almost everything! Ok!
Thanks for making this video series. RE has been my favorite game since the beginning, so it's cool to know some clones that I may enjoy as my favorite genre is survival horror.
Toi qui est français punky, on est d'accord que notre petit Fred Raynal est un peu le parrain des survival horror à partir des années 90! On est présent pour rappeler au monde le rôle qu'a joué notre cher développeur français ! (Bon je veux pas non plus faire du militantisme ou passer pour le chauvin de service hein..!)
Chase The Express is a great game. It utilizes Tank Controls like Resident Evil but with Metal Gear Solid inspired stealth mechanics such as rolling and crouching. Graphics are solid for Ps1 although the story is pretty mediocre.
@@nathninetyone You got that right lol some of those bosses really took time. I think the biggest issue was relying on auto aim, much like Resident Evil Zero in particular.
Hey Jared! Just finished watching the video. While watching your Alone in The Dark review I sifted through Steam, and before you mentioned the game ran just fine on Win 10 I also read someone within the Steam reviews saying it doesn't work on Win 8 nor 10. From experience, most people that type that stuff don't know how to even config executables for compatibility mode, so when you mentioned shortcuts I knew I could take your word for it. Thanks for the upload!
Countdown Vampires was one my brother and I decided to play through together, and as bad/awesome as it was, the best part was all the poor text translations.
We need people like you for video game journalism you do a awesome job in reviews and generally on RUclips. Thank you for doing the jobs a 2 paragraph review from IGN will never surpass
Dude I LOVE every minute of these videos, I really appreciate you going out of your way to make these, I'm sure took you a really long time but honestly I love it, thanks dude!
Parasite Eve 2 is one of those games 14 years later I actually beat, and it's one of my favoutite RE clones, the end boss is one of the hardest I've fought, getting that MM1 Grenade Launcher is a must on Normal and Hard difficulty.
58:58 wait what!? did they FINALLY fix the win 10 issues? I activelly avoided upgrading to windows 10 in part because it was widely reported alone in the dark (among other older games I have) would not run on it.
Good to know that you liked AITD The New Nightmare. I really like it too, as I think it is the closest a clone got to the RE levels of goodness. The only thing I would remark is that I wouldn't recommend the PS2 version, as it has some audio glitches that don't happen in the PS1 version, and those glitches sometimes completely break the background themes. And I didn't had success playing the PC version either, so I would strongly recommend sticking with the PS1 version.
電源が入っていない - Does not have power (or battery). I'm a translator in Tokyo for engineering stuff, just got home from work and smiled to see you make a note of this lol. Awesome videos man! I really appreciate how you find good things about games that aren't well received.
Hell yeah! I'm just getting used to reading Hiragana, and starting to get serious with Katakana. So when I play a US released game and see some kana, I gotta talk about it. HA! I'll be moving to Tokyo myself this year!
I commented already but after seeing your coverage of Countdown Vampires I was genuinely amazed. I didn't know ppl hated it. I loved it. I was all about RE, DC, SH, & CV. Maybe I'm the crazy one & granted I've not played it since right after it released but it has a spot in my heart. Glad you at least gave it a little love.
Dark Souls 2 and King’s Field taught me to make sure I always exhaust every dialogue option an NPC has, simply by giving out super useful (if not necessary) items and info once you’ve talked to them at least four times.
What's interesting about Alyssa using a bow and arrow to fight spirits is that in Shintoism there are certain purification/exorcism rituals that involve the use to those weapons. They are called Hama Yumi, weilded by prestesses. The creators might have tried to make Alyssa a sort of shinto-priestess type of character mixed with a magical girl.
I know I watched a recent video going over the MiB resi clone, and I was SURE it was one of the previous entries in this series xD It wasn't, just in case it wasn't clear. So far, top notch content, here! Great series, I'm loving it!
Most RUclips videos put out a 15 minute video: Me - *maybe later, I don’t have the time.* Avalanche Reviews puts out an hour-plus video: Me: *oh hell yeah! No one bother me! I’ll be back in a couple hours!*
@@catsthelimit763 yeah me too i already lost count, tho when i said that there's videos about just one game that are 7 hours long i wasn't shitting you. If you're interested its : Death Stranding, Morrowind and Pokemon Omega Ruby.
If possible, watch this in 1440p! The amount of compression and noise in youtube's 1080p option is crazy.
I prefer 140p
you forgot the note on ps1
I'm going to watch it in 720p. Don't tell me what to do 😎
I wish there was a patch to make the camera of Dino Crisis 3 similar to RE4.
I have alone in the dark new nightmare for Dreamcast and ps2. It's higher res on dreamcast.
The craziest thing about Nocturne is that it's part of the Blair Witch canon, I shit you not. The developers, Terminal Reality, also made a Blair Witch game for the PC in which the Nocturne protagonist makes an appearance. The game is canon to the Blair Witch universe which makes Nocturne part of it's canon as well.
Also, Bloodrayne started out as a sequel to Nocturne.
I was wondering if anyone was gonna mention this.
Let me add that Rayne was heavily based on the character Svetlana from this game. And The heart of Beliar appears in this game.
For all the shit the latter two got, The Blair Witch trilogy was my childhood - I played it before Resident Evil and Silent Hill which may seem depressing to some, but despite being broken in some places, I absolutely adored them. The atmosphere across the board was fantastic and I had nightmares for weeks after exploring Rustin Parr's abandoned house.
I thought the stranger seemed familiar (heh, irony) until I remembered the bit at the end of Blair witch
Sweet I never knew that about bloodrayne. Those Blair witch games used to scare the hell out of me as a kid
It does make sense that Regina would demand a shit load of ammo if she knew she was fighting dinosaurs again in DC2.
This just reminds me of this time I was at home playing resident evil and some friends came by. I just got the shotgun and I knew it had very limited ammo. But my friends being the geniuses they are, were all laughing in agreement that I'm stupid because I got a shotgun and I'm not even using it.
Or my brother's narcissistic girlfriend. Who took over the playstation to play FF7. I watched for a moment and noticed her using x potions in just regular battles like it's nothing. Of course she was never able to finish the game.
Common sense is not that common at all. And for some reason stupid people always think they're smarter than everyone.
@@derealized797 I know that feeling. most people think its just like some call of duty games I guess. I was playing re7 and my father told me once why I wasn't shooting at the boss and I said:I'm not able to spend so much ammo I have to shoot well xD
@@derealized797 I recommended RE2 remake to a friend when it was first released, and he said he stopped playing because he "kept getting lost and running out of ammo" it was then that I realized how the casual gamer thinks: run from one point, kill everything, and run to the next point. I tried explaining that you have to manage your resources and solve puzzles and he was like "I don't want to have to use my brain". I guess people really expect every game to be like Doom or Call of Duty lol
@@derp9193 it blows my mind. I always just kind of got it, like naturally, the things that seem so obvious. There's been so many situations like this too, i could give so many examples. And i don't think I'm that smart even i just the average person.
It can be frustrating though
I also heard that resident evil 8, would have been more like RE7, at least for horror and violence or whatever. But they toned it down because they thought it was getting "too scary" for casual gamers. That's what sucks now, these big AAA developers have ethics departments and they focus on psychology in designing games, for casual gamers and it's just all down to the money.
We still get some good games. But imagine how great they would be, if they just let the creative minds make the games, giving fans what they want. Instead of this corporate BS and censorship and whatever.
That's why i look forward to indie games more than the big budget stuff now. That's where all the heart is.
Fun fact: Cutscenes for Clocktower 3 was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, who was a director known in the West for Battle without Honor or Humanity (70s movie Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan of) and Battle Royale. If you watch those movies, it explains the crazy exaggerated acting of the mocap actors.
Idk I watched battle royal and the acting never seems overdone
Nocturne's cloth physics are tied to the framerate, that's why it looks so silly now.
Vol 3 and so soon! You spoil us sir!
I'm like the internet's uncle. It's my job to spoil you guys.
Just woke up on my day off to an avalanche video. Today’s going to be a pretty great day.
Same also a rainy day heaven
The Narrator: "It was not."
Me too lol
I hear that, just need to roll up a nice j
@@AngryPaperBoy you'll forget the video though. Ps. Don't do drugs
That lighting trick in alone in the dark really is impressive
I have been binge watching a lot of your videos now. Listening to your 7h RE retrospective was awesome while im working on the computer, your voice is very soothing to listen and give a nice radio feeling for me to put on. Love your works!
Thanks so much! I too listen to youtube when I work on stuff. It's pretty crazy that my content is being used the same way.
I can't believe I ignored this for an hour thinking it was still part 2.
Im actually super surprised and thrilled to see you brought up Nocturne in this series because that game seriously does NOT get the love it deserves. I'm gonna make a pretty in depth review of it myself one of these days but I've got a few things to bring up. [Huge comment incoming!]
First, those cape physics are NOT supposed to be that overdone. Playing on a Windows 98, the cloth physics actually look amazing for the time. (Playing on a 98 also prevented me from having that really annoying UI delay issue, which happens when I play on my Win10 so Im guessing that's an OS issue directly.) it's like the equivalent of us seeing really well done hair physics nowadays. Like the the cape has its own physics. It slowly sways but doesn't really move unless you run or move or something. Playing on a Windows 10, when the framerate is higher than 30 those physics get super exaggerated and look like a giant fan is blowing at it constantly and clipping through the characters. Super weird issue and doesn't really make much sense to me but it is what it is.
As for the actual issues you brought up in the game, the only time I've really noticed the precise picking up issue was at the exact part you brought it up regarding the silver bullets in Doc's room. But otherwise I didn't have any other instance where it was actually a problem. Regarding some of the game design problems you had like talking multiple times to go somewhere, I never had that problem but that was probably because for me it's general instinct to talk to NPCs multiple times, cause many other games usually have them providing other pieces of information in segments. I *do* however 100% agree about the camera angles being an issue and imo that's the one thing that can genuinely hold this game down at times. Like you said those areas that look like you're supposed to go but lead to death traps. Those were probably intentional cause of something I read in the manual. But It definitely does get frustrating, and platforming really has no place in a survival horror game imo so that's kind of a crappy decision. Otherwise I think Nocturne is one of the best survival horror games I've ever played. You should keep in mind though, that Terminal Reality was primarily developing PC games throughout their life. They started off with flight sims and Nocturne was one of their earlier attempts at actually making a game, but again they were used to PC games. PC games had a really different audience so the games were designed differently to suit different players that were more accustomed to PC games. And the people that were into horror at the time were probably busy with RE and Silent Hill (playing on consoles and NOT pcs) to even know Nocturne came out, so it definitely does makes sense why it slipped past so many people, and why you were having a hard time with some of the things in it. I say give it another shot sometime down the line.
Oh and also since you didn't mention it here, there were 3 Blair Witch games made on the nocturne engine with similar gameplay. The first one has you controlling Doc from Nocturne and Stranger/Spookhouse has an appearance. I'm pretty sure you'll have a good time with that one if you enjoyed Nocturne. Part 2 was kinda meh imo and suffered from some pacing issues. Part 3 got the lowest ratings and sold the worst of the 3 but I honestly that one is super cool. Reminded me alot of Alone In The Dark in a snowy town. Definitely check those out if you haven't man, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
I know this is an insanely long comment so sorry about making you read a novel lol but if you did read all this then thank you very much. :) Keep pumping out the awesome vids! I actually found you through your Silent Hill videos and loved all of them. And I also think SH3 is the best game in the series and the best survival horror game out there, so really glad Im not the only one that thinks that.
great reviewn. I played nocturne for the first time two years ago, and I thinks it's a very underrated game. I loved everything in this game, the plot are so good and the puzzles. Blair Witch vol 1 is another very good game too, it is a shame that terminal reality abandoned this universe, I would love to playing as Svetlana for spookyhouse.
keith snyder character design is peak late 90s early 2000s tribal tattoos,leather clothes and frosted blonde hair.
When AitD: TNN was in production Vin Diesel was supposed to the main voice actor. At least that’s what I read in a few magazines back at the time. That would of been cool.
Damn! That would have been cool! He has an awesomely deep voice.
Vin Diesel definitely can voice act. He was wonderful as the Iron Giant. He's not my favorite actor by any means but he can do great things in the most unexpected roles.
That would have been awesome! Plus Vin Diesel is actually huge nerd. :) He was really active, in the making of Riddick games. And he loves D&D.
Really pleased to see you cover the MIB game. It was absolutely terrible but I forced myself to play it when I was a teenager because I'd rented it. It never gets better than that first bit in the apartment.
My parents actually returned the game the same day we rented it
@@jatoarkanen4435 that's damn good parenting.
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@@jatoarkanen4435 you know it's bad when parents aren't having it either lol
I'll see Fear Effect love here someday, but not today.
Yeah I'm excited to play Fear Effect
The games can get brutally difficult for some people, but I bet most people bought a copy back in the day of FE1 & 2.
@@somecoder3054 Are they that hard compared to Resident Evil?
Man i haven't heard Fear Effect in awhile. Damn shame. It's pretty good
@@Issac_The_Last_N7 They actually have an indie on ps4 but it looks horrible imo. The Ps1 versions I am eager to play
I really want a remake of dino crisis
If done right, yes please.
If done half arsed like RE3 Remake? No.
Be right back, I'm gonna go play Parasite Eve now.
Good thinking!
God I wish that had gotten a PC port.
@@AJadedLizard The closest you will get is running the ps1 verison in a emulator like Duckstation. I just recently played it that way and its crazy how clean it looks at native 4k, well clean for PS1 compressed images and polygons.
@@AJadedLizard I thought it did
@@bigmankuch3833 Yeah, it, and Code Veronica and the two Outbreak games for the PS2 (and probably also Clocktower and Clocktower 2) are all games I'll have to emulate. It just frustrates me a bit because I'd be perfectly willing to give the devs money for them.
Fear Effect would be a good one to cover as well as Kuon.
Dino Crisis 2 is probably the greatest action game ever to use tank controls, before RE4 that is. It may have lost a bit of the horror of the first game but damn if it isn't synonymous with FUN.
It is. Very easily my favorite psx game and its still a blast to play
Dino crisis is good? Huh. All this years, hearing that its basically resident evil with dinosaurs, I wrote it off. Maybe I'll play it!
Edit: yeah. After seeing it in the vid, it looks cool
Came here to hear your thoughts on Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare and I’m so glad you loved it!
As a diehard AITD fan (yes, even the 2008 one, or maybe especially the 2008 one) I just love seeing fellow men. It's a shame really that such an iconic series is somewhat cult at best and the fanbase is criminally small.
@@iliaPayne i love the series, but the originals are so incredibly clunky and brutally difficult. I can see those 2 things keeping a lot of people out.
RE was actually a super successful alone in the dark clone.
Everything has been done before
It was actually inspired by Sweet Home
@@lime_crisis It was clearly inspired by AITD as well.
Actually 🤓
Stop it!😂😂
Man oldschool survival horror fixed camera angle games are the best. Loving the series
So many quality vids in such a short amount of time. That's pure talent. These are a lifesaver at work.
Vol. 2 popped up in my Recommended feed a couple weeks ago. I watched it and I instantly became a subscriber. Nice to see someone making quality content like this that adores this genre as much as I do. A few of the games you've talked about I've never even heard of, but I know I gotta play em now. I hope you plan on continuing this series! Keep up the great work, dude.
Interesting thing about Eve is that whilst most people will love at least one of the 3 games very few will like all 3 and which one is liked will vary from person to person.
Countdown Vampires is absolutely the best "so bad its good" Survival Horror game to me, so log as you have a friend on guides haha. Its just so incredibly stupid but still weirdly entertaining. Ive beaten it once and the ending I just couldnt stop laughing lol.
Never even played the game and I totally agree with you. It looks like a great game to play with a friend while having a few drinks and just having a fun time. There's a special kind of fun that comes very clunky and bad old video games.
Parasite Eve 1 creates an atmosphere and immersion that i rarely found in another game since. I think it has something to do with the music but i can´t put a finger on it.
It sure as hell does! Ones of the best games ever made, in my opinion.
Expected a mention of that Evil Dead RE clone on PS1.
Waiting until that happens, it’s got problems but it’s still some fun
Sad it didn’t show up, I was expecting it too. One of my favorites.
Even though it's very flawed I can't bring myself to hate it. I had a lot of fun with it back in the day.
Props for not forgetting dino stalker, it's awesome with a lightgun
40:15 Man this Countdown Vampires game looks good! i mean, if u overhauled the gameplay completely. We got:
- Classic Resi cameras
- set in a casino (GREAT setting!)
- some environmental minigames
- cool weapons like Tranq gun
- reverse crimson head gimmick (healing vamps)
Fix the loading and the cheap combat hits and man, ya got something here 🧛
It wasn't bad, it was a little slow and some puzzles didn't really give you any clues, I remember a clock one that I needed to look up the code for lol.
aha wait until you play that Bad boy !
Wooooooo Weeeeeee your in for a treat
It's an amazing game. This guy is pretentious af.
Absolutely Love this Series so far!
Glad to hear it!
Peixoto is pronounced "pay sho to", in case someone is curious. It's a common Brazilian last name.
man when was the last time i saw someone with that surname lmao
Reminds me of the Italian Piccioto.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 maybe it is a "brazilization" of the name. It is a very common occurrence, and there'sa lot of families that descend from italian immigrants, specially here down south.
Me: Changes the resolution to HD 1440p.
Also me: Why is it still pixelated?
Also me me: "Ohhhhh."
HA!
I thought I was the only person on Earth that played Dino Stalker.
Have it complete in box and played it a few times. I love it
@@heavymetalfishingla got it in original box for the PS2 back in the day off Amazon for around $7 I think.
I’ve always thought the same thing about countdown vampires, have never heard of it really except outside of some specific RUclips videos like this one
I'm surprised at how I remember every single of those moments highlighted from Parasite Eve 2. Even the menu tunes and the music. I wonder what makes it so memorable for me.
I have a sudden urge to replay it xD
ah yes, I knew Parasite Eve II was going to be on the list sooner or later! Love this series, thanks for your effort on putting up a part 3 already!
I'm happy to put work into these. Very glad you guys are getting such a kick out of em!
Found this channel from the every RE review & now this. Gotta say great work. I got a PS & RE1 for Christmas when I was 9 & have been a RE fan ever since. Great games, great channel. I love me some Countdown Vampires too tho lol. Those were the days. RE, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Countdown Vampires, Metal Gear Solid, still some of the best games ever.
Dude, I gotta ask. Are you going to cover the Siren series during these videos? If not, are you ever going to cover it? It's a pretty cool Survival Horror series and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Is especially like to see you cover it because it's from the creator of the Silent Hill series, and I know you're a big fan of that!
YES! Finally PE gets some recognition. I found you a couple years back from your PE review, and I'm so glad you brought it back to light.
Parasite Eve is one of the greatest adventure games of all time. Far deeper than most survival horrors and action/adventure games from the 90's, and with some rpg's elements in it. With the fantastic squaresoft game design. It's kind of a vintage masterpiece from a 2d/3d era.
Parasite Eve and Dino Crisis in the same video, now I'm worried that there's not going to be anything good for the remaining videos.
This series is why I because a subscriber. I've watched so many of your videos recenetly!
Glad to heart it! I think I may have another 2 video worth of these old RE clones left. So there's more coming.
What you said about how Parasite Eve makes you think of those days back in the PS1 era where companies weren't as afraid to take risks and experiment, I totally felt that and I miss that as well. It's pretty clear that after the 6th Generation of console gaming, game publishers started to see what was very popular and obviously took advantage of that having developers chase trends which only caused for over-saturation of certain game genres like the FPS COD clones of the 7th generation and the days of experimental games were slipping away and it was so sad to see. Thankfully now that we have the concept of indie games being a thing, it's like a revival of the days of experimental gaming, including some tributes to the classic Resident Evil games like Alisa The Awakening and Back in 1995 (more Silent Hill inspired). :)
As for Nocturne, the only reason I heard of that game was because I learned that my Rayne from BloodRayne who's one of my favorite video game characters was actually conceptualized from the character Svetlana in Nocturne. I never got around to playing Nocturne because I'm not a PC gamer and I wish that it would have got ported to the PS1 or PS2 because I would've totally been all over it, the concept of the game was awesome.
Would be very curious to hear your thoughts on evil within 1 and 2. Kinda surprised you don't already have videos on them, though maybe that doesn't bode well for how you feel about them. I think they are both brilliant.
As I child I fount a copy of PE2 in a pawn shop, and it became my favorite game to this day. Still haven't played through the first, but I plan to soon.
Any classic survival horror game like resident evil I’m heavily willing to see, love all these gems.
Edit: I was picky with Tank Controls before saying they were crap and honestly I regret having that opinion.
For some reason I took to tank controls naturally. I think my brain is just wired for them.
@@AvalancheReviews Yeah I guess some people like me we don’t really get them at first.
If you're looking for recommendations, Extermination for the PS2 is a great survival horror Resident Evil clone that is also heavily influenced by The Thing,. It was practically a PS2 launch title but was actually surprisingly well made and still holds up.
When are we getting the Resident Evil Retribution retrospective?
Soon. I just need to voice the script, but I've been swamped working on these RE Clone videos lately.
A new Nightmare was scary when it first came out, the music made it even scarier
Alone in the Dark & Dino Crisis 1 were my "resident evil" games so to speak, good times!
Low key obsessed with these videos
You should check out Martian Gothic: Unification, it’s a pretty solid RE clone with all the tropes you would expect and a neat little story. It’s a bit janky, not gonna lie but it has a certain charm.
Seconding this. The intro and Mood's voice actress is fantastic.
Ive seen a playthrough of this (game informer) and I honestly think it would break a man trying to do what avalanche is doing.
Covering Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, and Countdown Vampires in one video?! I knew I loved this channel!!!
The video is longer than its been up available to watch and you have 70+ upvote on it. Let that sink in. Success!
Heh, you said "longer"
That's pretty damn cool!
Dino Crisis 2 and Parasite Eve 2 ftw
Hope you talk about Extermination for the PS2 eventually. That's a game that really grabbed me way back. In particular, I thought it was really shocking how if you get infected and don't cure it, you'll start getting disgusting growths on your body. Really cool touch that you don't see too often.
Dude I wanted the sequel they were making so bad.
I've been aware of your channel for a few years now but never really dived deep until recently. But man your genuine and heartfelt perspective on all these awesome retro games is truly tranquil and almost meditative. A new favorite to fall asleep to
I hope Overblood made this one.
I recommended Overblood as well. It's a great game.
I also recommended Doctor Hauzer, made by the same company (Riverhill Soft)
Let's hope he checks them out.
@@Deniii4000 Hopefully. Overblood is a textbook RE clone and I had fun playing it back in the day. It’s more of an RE clone than some of the games he talked about. ☕️
I have to say, this is one of my favorite youtube series that I've ever watched. I knew some of the games on this and previous lists but also found out some really cool things to play thanks to this channel.
Parasite Eve was really good so was Alone in the Dark and Silent Hill.
This video has the most RE clones I actually played.
Alone in the Dark 4 is a super underrated gem, I was terrified when I played it for the first time.
Dino Crisis is an absolute classic that needs to be brought back. Maybe a remake? Cmon Capcom...
If you do another video, I'd be amazed to hear anyone even acknowledge the fact Martian Gothic exists
Yes! It is way too obscure, someone needs to review it
The music used during the games descriptions is spot on greatness, the best that could of been used. Awesome 3 Part watch!
Just what I needed to finish the work day!
Here's to a semi productive work day!
I remember playing the Alone In The Dark demo on one of those PlayStation Magazine playable demo cd`s when I was younger
Some people squick at the thought of tank controls and that makes me squick. I don't get what's so confusing about it, I'm pretty dumb but I have no problem using tank controls.
I couldn't have said it better myself........... Except I've never heard anyone say squick before. That's a new one. HA!
I started playing through the RE franchise with my 5 year old daughter (call me a bad dad, she understands it isn’t real 😂) and she found them confusing to begin with, now she’s a pro. Wish we could get a classic style survival horror game again 😕
@@xxx-pliskin-sniper-xxx8538 Ah, as long as you don't make her play 4 and 5(due to gore and whatnot) I think there is nothing wrong with that. I approve, next generations should be made aware of the classics, she should play the classic tomb raiders too.
I think the general expectation nowadays is that all games should control more or less the same and people blame the controls in these old games, without taking into consideration the problem it tries to solve
These games, imo, mostly play terrible if you try to force a more modern control scheme into them. I think tank controls work really well and it also feels good
But I think one argument is that it leads to unrealistic movement, as the way these characters spin in place definetely doesn't look natural. I don't think a modern game with the realistic graphics of today could pull it off without looking uncanny, though maybe they could find a solution for this problem
Playing these old games recently only made it realize though that they amazingly play really good, even the very first Resident Evil. You DO NOT get that experience playing a lot of its contemporary games. Even a classic like Crash Bandicoot may feel a little stiff to current standards and it only works because they compromised levels so they'd be as linear as possible
@@RodrigoDavy Excellent points, very well said, I always liked that unnaturalness and uncanniness(both with positive connotations), maybe that's one of the reasons why I like old games so much. They don't try so hard to emulate reality while modern games do, which is kind of ironic since playing games is partly for escaping reality.
I noticed that music 20:00 too in a different game. The PS2 game bouncer also has that in a cutscene where the ship is taken off near the end.
Well, let's not forget that Silent Hill and Resident Evil 1 were clones of Alone in the Dark in the beginning, a french game by Frederic Raynal that started almost everything! Ok!
yay this is my favourite series - I want to try them all
I was hopeing to see Blair Witch (Terminal reality series) here
I recently found this channel and have been watching it like crazy. So much good content on classic horror games. Great video!
The 6 dislikes are from people who are fans of Countdown Vampires
I don't think there are even 6 fans of this game. Maybe including the devs.
Thanks for making this video series. RE has been my favorite game since the beginning, so it's cool to know some clones that I may enjoy as my favorite genre is survival horror.
Thank you ! I wonder what Chase The Express is about and if it is good. Will you include this title in your RE Clones retrospective ?
Toi qui est français punky, on est d'accord que notre petit Fred Raynal est un peu le parrain des survival horror à partir des années 90! On est présent pour rappeler au monde le rôle qu'a joué notre cher développeur français ! (Bon je veux pas non plus faire du militantisme ou passer pour le chauvin de service hein..!)
Chase The Express is a great game. It utilizes Tank Controls like Resident Evil but with Metal Gear Solid inspired stealth mechanics such as rolling and crouching. Graphics are solid for Ps1 although the story is pretty mediocre.
Chase the express is a fun one, it’s a bit janky though.
@@nathninetyone You got that right lol some of those bosses really took time. I think the biggest issue was relying on auto aim, much like Resident Evil Zero in particular.
Hey Jared! Just finished watching the video. While watching your Alone in The Dark review I sifted through Steam, and before you mentioned the game ran just fine on Win 10 I also read someone within the Steam reviews saying it doesn't work on Win 8 nor 10.
From experience, most people that type that stuff don't know how to even config executables for compatibility mode, so when you mentioned shortcuts I knew I could take your word for it.
Thanks for the upload!
Countdown Vampires was one my brother and I decided to play through together, and as bad/awesome as it was, the best part was all the poor text translations.
I think Dino Crisis 2 was one of, if not the, first game i ever played from start to finish. Loved this game so much.
Oh fuck, I still haven't finished the second one.
Wish there was an unlimited amount of these clones so you can keep making these videos forever. Very enjoyable thanks for the awesome content!
Let's goooo
Absolutely loving this series, you put so much care and attention into it.
Parasite Eve is a unique story and it never really came off as an RE clone
Agreed. Amazing game, just not a survival horror game.
5:08 Look at that Einhänder pinball machine!
Really loving this series
We need people like you for video game journalism you do a awesome job in reviews and generally on RUclips. Thank you for doing the jobs a 2 paragraph review from IGN will never surpass
Dude I LOVE every minute of these videos, I really appreciate you going out of your way to make these, I'm sure took you a really long time but honestly I love it, thanks dude!
Dude you are not helping my backlog at all.
Parasite Eve 2 is one of those games 14 years later I actually beat, and it's one of my favoutite RE clones, the end boss is one of the hardest I've fought, getting that MM1 Grenade Launcher is a must on Normal and Hard difficulty.
This was among the most interesting series you’ve done man. I feel I got a much deeper appreciation of the genre.
58:58 wait what!?
did they FINALLY fix the win 10 issues?
I activelly avoided upgrading to windows 10 in part because it was widely reported alone in the dark (among other older games I have) would not run on it.
clocktower 3 is comedy xD when that guy is hanging from the roof almost falling spazzing like a tard hahahhaa.
Good to know that you liked AITD The New Nightmare. I really like it too, as I think it is the closest a clone got to the RE levels of goodness.
The only thing I would remark is that I wouldn't recommend the PS2 version, as it has some audio glitches that don't happen in the PS1 version, and those glitches sometimes completely break the background themes. And I didn't had success playing the PC version either, so I would strongly recommend sticking with the PS1 version.
電源が入っていない - Does not have power (or battery). I'm a translator in Tokyo for engineering stuff, just got home from work and smiled to see you make a note of this lol. Awesome videos man! I really appreciate how you find good things about games that aren't well received.
Hell yeah! I'm just getting used to reading Hiragana, and starting to get serious with Katakana. So when I play a US released game and see some kana, I gotta talk about it. HA! I'll be moving to Tokyo myself this year!
I commented already but after seeing your coverage of Countdown Vampires I was genuinely amazed. I didn't know ppl hated it. I loved it. I was all about RE, DC, SH, & CV. Maybe I'm the crazy one & granted I've not played it since right after it released but it has a spot in my heart. Glad you at least gave it a little love.
Just got home from work (9pm in Germany) and saw your upload. That's the content I need to get me relaxed, thanks Jared 💜
Dark Souls 2 and King’s Field taught me to make sure I always exhaust every dialogue option an NPC has, simply by giving out super useful (if not necessary) items and info once you’ve talked to them at least four times.
Another collection of games with quite a few games I'd never have even seen with out you! Great video dood!
What's interesting about Alyssa using a bow and arrow to fight spirits is that in Shintoism there are certain purification/exorcism rituals that involve the use to those weapons. They are called Hama Yumi, weilded by prestesses. The creators might have tried to make Alyssa a sort of shinto-priestess type of character mixed with a magical girl.
I know I watched a recent video going over the MiB resi clone, and I was SURE it was one of the previous entries in this series xD It wasn't, just in case it wasn't clear.
So far, top notch content, here! Great series, I'm loving it!
Most RUclips videos put out a 15 minute video:
Me - *maybe later, I don’t have the time.*
Avalanche Reviews puts out an hour-plus video:
Me: *oh hell yeah! No one bother me! I’ll be back in a couple hours!*
hoho i see you still haven't discovered the magic of videos with 7+ hours just talking about 1 game
@@dralakba-dusk31 oh trust me, I watched his resident evil retrospective. Multiple times individually and crushed the marathon 7 hour compilation lol.
@@catsthelimit763 yeah me too i already lost count, tho when i said that there's videos about just one game that are 7 hours long i wasn't shitting you.
If you're interested its : Death Stranding, Morrowind and Pokemon Omega Ruby.