I like how Headfirst Productions makes one half-assed and incredibly dated game, and that's the one that got two sequels instead of their later game made with actual effort and skill, which bankrupted the company. Fantastic.
Apparently this whole game was pretty much done in 2D, but no one would publish it because "3D games were the order of the day". So the whole thing got hurriedly rewritten and this is the result. I am one of the few people who actually enjoy this game tho. It's kind of worth overlooking all the flaws just because its a Simon game.
Exactly, I feel a lot of sympathy for what was Adventure Soft. The game's mechanics are flawed, but the writing, humour and continuation of the story were well done. Especially since they were a tiny company in the midlands.
+Bentley Walker Chef Excellence: An Excellent Misspelling. But seriously, that Ashens reference really DID come out of nowhere, though I am glad for it.
Wait, scarf only has 37,000 subs? How? He's so awesome and puts so much detail and quality in his videos. 1.2 million would be about right.....37,000, who ever thought that was a good idea. Psh!
But I do agree with him on that your content is fantastic. I found you through your collab with Caddy, you might want to reach out to more RUclipsrs to try to grow.
5:35 Woo, Klaymen's theme! Sorry, I saw Jordan Underneath's review of Neverhood a few days ago and, in addition to now wanting to play that game, I have that song stuck in my head.
uhh I played through this game 3 times and I love simon 3d. Now I don't care for the graphics at all, but I still found the game pretty funny. There is a scene where kids are playing some variation of dungeons ad dragons and they have voice lines lasting for like 15 minutes. I might check out the first 2 simon games at some point.
This game itself was not actually a game but a piece of satirical art. It's self aware humour, I would say, was outstanding and the cheesy jokes were again used as farce to strengthen the comedic value within. This also goes for the unique art style this game has which was a nice throw back to the 90s '3D craze,' again a great satirical reference. You can even see this from the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider references which of course were perfectly executed. Scarfulhu I think you have missed the point of this early piece of satirical art. Overall this is a DavidCage/10 would write parody review again.
Another great review Scarfulhu! Now I don't expect you to be constantly uploading videos, though I will admit its always a joy when you upload another video to RUclips! Please continue to make wonderful videos :D
SCERFERLER!! You've been missed terribly! And a schweet comeback video, pprobably sweeter than that peach that Simon couldn't reach. (Rhyming God right here!)
+zintosion Thanks for subbing! I should have a new video out very soon. It's in the final editing stages so hopefully it'll be up Monday afternoon/evening. :)
"It was delayed multiple times for various reasons before slithering out onto shelves to mostly negative reviews" Much like your videos. Nah, only playing, nice to see you've been doing better this year.
11:39 lol to think roberta williams would have actually advised them to crap on all their franchises and put many of them into the 3d realm for no reason other than to jump on the bandwagon, consequently killing sierra, losing tons of money and killing off just about every franchise of theirs other than leisure suit larry. I think Simon The Sorcerrer 3D is very similar to Kings Quest 8 in the sense that it was a horrible decision to make it in 3d and abandon a great franchise's roots like that.
It's been awhile, glad to see you're still well and breathing. I'm working on reviews kinda like these as well right now so I'm happy to see a new video from you. I'm about half way done with my first video but I'm still looking for some inspiration, something this video will most likely provide me with.
Scarf, you should totally do a The Neverhood review XDDD You like point and click adventure games and you have the Klayman's Theme as your ringtone! (it could've been Caddy's editing, I don't know, but either way it suited you perfectly XD)
And to think this was actually the first Simon game I ever played... I may not be the biggest fan of the first game (the only other one I've played so far), but it's still miles ahead of this THING. Sweet review ;) I don't mind that it's a bit late as long as it's funny. Keep up the good work.
Scarfy couldn't make it. Possibly. I still want to answer. He won a thing that does one thing. It's obviously the best thing to win if you want a thing.
Hey Scarfulhu, I found you through Caddy and I gotta thank both of you for hilarious, yet instructive videos! This one in particular was interesting, and I laughed the whole way through. It had awesome editing and a great script. Looks like you know yourself well and you know what's funny and works, and what doesn't. Don't change your style, it's getting better all the time. I added you to my subs, along the likes of Cinemassacre, Caddy, JonTron and the rest of them. You have a ton of potential! But god, that very first editing transition was kinda amateurish. xD Need to prepare that face so it doesn't look like it's a take you filmed 3 weeks later! And you have some great theatrical qualities, just don't shy away from making some of your jokes have much more dramatic / completely bonkers tonality towards the end of your sentences. That's what made Caddy and Jon so popular. The tension ALWAYS increases until it's unbearably funny. I believe that on the technical aspect, I think investing a little money into a better microphone would REALLY improve the overall likeness of your character and the impact of your punchlines. You can hear the air between the mic and your voice and it just hinders you from achieving the Classics. That's real easy to fix, though! Anyways I loved this video. Your best so far! Keep it up man. I'll be watching. *Edit. i actually added about 15 more lines of constructive criticism, and your video ended and just moved on to the next one, which erased my entire post. I then proceeded to break a wall with my forehead for a few minutes. We can discuss all these forgotten brilliant ideas if you manage to contact me on this dummy account. My real account is Caddicarus. Contact me on this account, because the real Caddy account will just fully deny that this is an alt. Just call me. I love you. - HexEssence.
How did I never see this comment before? This is really helpful. Thanks for the criticisms, I'll try my best to work on them. :) I think the first editing transition was amateurish because it was really thrown in. Like I did that part last minute, so the mic sucks due to terrible set up, the editing is simple and the footage is pretty thrown in. I did have more theatrics planned for this episode but I really backed out of them due to just not being a fan of the acting. Maybe I'm too harsh on myself. As far as getting a better mic is concerned, I disagree. I don't need a better mic, I use a Blue Yeti, I just need to get a pop filter and some sound proofing and it'll sound much much nicer. But your criticisms are valid. Very very valid. Thanks for taking the time to write this. It's comments like this that make actually checking the comments worth it.
I was groaning along with all the bad references this game was making as well as feeling my eyes burn from how bad the graphics were. Hard to believe this game exists! Kudos to you for staying with it as long as you did.
Zayaan Nashrid Money, cash, payment, wealth, big bucks, salary, wage, moolah, gold, silver, funds, finances, cabbage, bread, dough, loot, gravy, pesos, rupees, chips, treasure, greenback, roll, and most of all, riches. Basically any word you can think of for money.
I completed this game and i actually love it XD I didnt play english version tho and im from Poland. I think that our voice acting is way better actually and the game is translated with great sense of humour. Despite terrible graphic and mechanics i still love this game mainly because of that. U know, one of this translations that gives lots of extra points, like from 4/10 to 8/10 Sorry for bad english, im not native speaker, but i hope u understand what i wanted to say.
0:18 "A review so terrible,even I'm scared to touch it!" *-gets an ad about seltzer beer reviews-* Yeah,i guess it is terrible :'y Lmao,love your vids dude,been a fan since...hell,since I was about 14 i believe
0:04 Oh no... That's Spyro music... That particular piece brings back bad memories... Wait, that's from that world with the ice breath and fun stuff, why does it bring back bad memories? Wait, that piece is just bad.
Your intro was really strong. Although I feel like the rest could've had a tad more analysis? But it did look like a decently hard game to talk about. Not sure, it just felt like sometimes you were talking more about what the developers might've been thinking more than why the gameplay didn't live up to it's predecessor. But anyway, good to see you back. :)
Perhaps. I did feel that this video needed to be less serious, I mean what really is there to analyse? The game controls awkwardly and doesn't do very much clever. I just thought it would work better if I just poked fun at the game. Maybe you're right though. I dunno. I really liked the script for this one myself, haha.
Scarfulhu There were certainly a wide variation in jokes, which was great. Yeah, I guess the choice of game sort of called upon a more light-hearted take on the review, as it doesn't seem like there were really any game mechanics to comment on, haha.
Wait a second, at 7:10 there's a spelling error -- Simon (I think) refers to himself with a small "i", insteaf of a capital "i". This proves that the game wasn't even given a proper spellcheck... or the script was written by a FPS hungry teenager.
That moustache is on point scarf :P jk hahaha. seriously tho, I love all the adventure/point and click games you cover. they're gr8 m8 I r8 8/8. you should check out Teen agent. It was the first point and click I ever beat as a kid and its kind of hidden gem on the pc.
may I recommend you "a bad game that nobody knows about or remembers" called Darkened Skye ( here's a wikipedia article on it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkened_Skye ) it's basically a skittles commercial
Take Simon, give him long hair and glasses, you get Scarfulhu.
Oh caddy your imagination is Superb...
Who be simon?
***** *uncaddy*
Caddicarus Scarfulhu the Sorcerer
+Caddicarus The looks must be... Uncaddy.
It's great to see you back! Also, Simon''s face and personality is so captivating in the way they make me despise and hate him, it's art.
"I'll fight ya behind the back of tesco" maybe the most british thing he's ever said
Myst was a 3D point and click adventure series, and it was great in every conceivable way.
Simon looks like a 3D render of Flat Stanly and that is the stuff of nightmares....
I like how Headfirst Productions makes one half-assed and incredibly dated game, and that's the one that got two sequels instead of their later game made with actual effort and skill, which bankrupted the company. Fantastic.
That tutorial Fairy looks like a chibi Jay Leno in a powdered wig.
He watches Ashens. I'm completed :)
;)
Yay, ashens :>
Ashens is the beginning and end of the british RUclips Scene.
"An Excellent sky texture"
Nice one scarf. I can sense an Ashens reference from a mile away.
My god that hair's majestic as fuck.
Apparently this whole game was pretty much done in 2D, but no one would publish it because "3D games were the order of the day". So the whole thing got hurriedly rewritten and this is the result. I am one of the few people who actually enjoy this game tho. It's kind of worth overlooking all the flaws just because its a Simon game.
Exactly, I feel a lot of sympathy for what was Adventure Soft. The game's mechanics are flawed, but the writing, humour and continuation of the story were well done. Especially since they were a tiny company in the midlands.
THIS GAME DOES NOT DESERVE TO MAKE A DOCTOR WHO OR TOMB RAIDER REFRENCE
+buddy smyre but it might make a good coaster for my *drink*
Xerxses Break what
it's a reference
ignore me
Shit I just cut the cucumber lengthwise!!! these tips really need to be at the start of the video!
Scarfulhu, I just love your hair!!! You make the long hair thing work.
Was that just....Chef excellence? Was this seriously an ashens reference? Wow, i'm startled....because that's fucking awesome.
Agreed.
Totaly unexpected, "An Exelent Referance" (Spelling fail)
+Bentley Walker Chef Excellence: An Excellent Misspelling.
But seriously, that Ashens reference really DID come out of nowhere, though I am glad for it.
I breathed in the quality.
It gave me poisoning. :D
Wait, scarf only has 37,000 subs? How? He's so awesome and puts so much detail and quality in his videos. 1.2 million would be about right.....37,000, who ever thought that was a good idea. Psh!
I uploaded 4 videos in 2014 and 5 videos in 2015. That might have something to do with it. I've done much better this year, at least.
But I do agree with him on that your content is fantastic. I found you through your collab with Caddy, you might want to reach out to more RUclipsrs to try to grow.
"annnnnnd you get Dex the Swede!"
haha, that bit killed me. Brilliant work!
The early Star Fox games have more coherent speech animations, and those were intended to look puppetlike.
The noise I made when I noticed this video was probably only audible to dogs.
I can relate to that xD
ACoolStupidDog Me too!! :D
5:35 Woo, Klaymen's theme! Sorry, I saw Jordan Underneath's review of Neverhood a few days ago and, in addition to now wanting to play that game, I have that song stuck in my head.
uhh I played through this game 3 times and I love simon 3d. Now I don't care for the graphics at all, but I still found the game pretty funny. There is a scene where kids are playing some variation of dungeons ad dragons and they have voice lines lasting for like 15 minutes. I might check out the first 2 simon games at some point.
This game itself was not actually a game but a piece of satirical art. It's self aware humour, I would say, was outstanding and the cheesy jokes were again used as farce to strengthen the comedic value within. This also goes for the unique art style this game has which was a nice throw back to the 90s '3D craze,' again a great satirical reference. You can even see this from the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider references which of course were perfectly executed.
Scarfulhu I think you have missed the point of this early piece of satirical art.
Overall this is a DavidCage/10 would write parody review again.
I... I never realised. Oh god no. I'm so sorry, my plebeian mind did not realise the pure splendour of this satirical art.
Scarfulhu It is truly a shame that you could not even grasp this simple concept, Mr Scarf.
ok then Louis please can you explain why he didn't reach the apple that was one of the weirdest things i've seen
Another great review Scarfulhu! Now I don't expect you to be constantly uploading videos, though I will admit its always a joy when you upload another video to RUclips! Please continue to make wonderful videos :D
SCERFERLER!! You've been missed terribly! And a schweet comeback video, pprobably sweeter than that peach that Simon couldn't reach. (Rhyming God right here!)
Thank you so much for saving me time in looking for the 3-D play through!
Damn it. I finish watching all your videos! Keep doing what you're doing! You got yourself a new sub!
+zintosion Thanks for subbing! I should have a new video out very soon. It's in the final editing stages so hopefully it'll be up Monday afternoon/evening. :)
I, from now on, give you your new nickname, Connor. You'll be called from now on as "The Slightly Slower Then JonTron Brit".
Holy SH*T Scarf, it's been forever.
If you say one bad word about this game you will die a horrible death.
Childhood reunite.
YES! Scarfulhu is back with another amazing video! Awesome!
2:47 "Just breathe that quality in....."- Scarfulhu. Game developers should begin to smell their quality before they make the graphics
"It was delayed multiple times for various reasons before slithering out onto shelves to mostly negative reviews"
Much like your videos.
Nah, only playing, nice to see you've been doing better this year.
This guy should get more attention he's brilliant
11:39 lol to think roberta williams would have actually advised them to crap on all their franchises and put many of them into the 3d realm for no reason other than to jump on the bandwagon, consequently killing sierra, losing tons of money and killing off just about every franchise of theirs other than leisure suit larry.
I think Simon The Sorcerrer 3D is very similar to Kings Quest 8 in the sense that it was a horrible decision to make it in 3d and abandon a great franchise's roots like that.
To be fair, KQ8 being an action-RPG wasn't Roberta Williams' decision. She originally wanted to make it more of a Myst-type thing.
It's been awhile, glad to see you're still well and breathing. I'm working on reviews kinda like these as well right now so I'm happy to see a new video from you. I'm about half way done with my first video but I'm still looking for some inspiration, something this video will most likely provide me with.
I'm unsure why, but this really reminds me of Quest...64.... *shudders*
Every time I watch this video and The Neverhood's music kicks in I just cry in utter nostalgia.
Scarf, you should totally do a The Neverhood review XDDD You like point and click adventure games and you have the Klayman's Theme as your ringtone! (it could've been Caddy's editing, I don't know, but either way it suited you perfectly XD)
Does that mean someone is finally going to review King's Quest 8? If so, then may the gods embrace your soul as one of their own.
Yep.
Eventually, at least. Not sure when I want to put myself through it.
Did you survive the ordeal?
your picture. is... BEAUTIFUL~
*****
...thanks?
That Man .Over There No problem~ x3 (i recognise the mask, from soul eater c:)
And to think this was actually the first Simon game I ever played... I may not be the biggest fan of the first game (the only other one I've played so far), but it's still miles ahead of this THING.
Sweet review ;) I don't mind that it's a bit late as long as it's funny. Keep up the good work.
WAH...UGH...UGH...WAH...MMM...WAH...AHHH
Still couldnt grab the gnome.
happy belated anniversary!!!
0:47 I guess I could say... I haven't seen such bravery.
R.I.P. Best Brutalmoose Intro.
1:30 Dude, is that Logical Journey of the Zoombinis? That game was my childhood! Promise me you'll review it one day!
;)
scarfulhu
Scarfy couldn't make it. Possibly. I still want to answer. He won a thing that does one thing. It's obviously the best thing to win if you want a thing.
PentaBoy17 Can I have one to?
@@PentaBoy17 What?
HA! Ashens reference! Chef Excellence would be proud!
Can't wit for more vids from you. You have great potential and enjoy your vids. Also love your scarf.
YAY! After he commented on Brutalmooses video and i asked him to make more content... bam new video :3 thanks bro
You're back! Hell yeah!
HOLY SHEIT, DEM GWAPHICS!!!
You just gained like a hundred points of respect for using the Alliance campaign music from Warcraft 2
Hey Scarfulhu, I found you through Caddy and I gotta thank both of you for hilarious, yet instructive videos! This one in particular was interesting, and I laughed the whole way through. It had awesome editing and a great script. Looks like you know yourself well and you know what's funny and works, and what doesn't. Don't change your style, it's getting better all the time. I added you to my subs, along the likes of Cinemassacre, Caddy, JonTron and the rest of them. You have a ton of potential!
But god, that very first editing transition was kinda amateurish. xD Need to prepare that face so it doesn't look like it's a take you filmed 3 weeks later! And you have some great theatrical qualities, just don't shy away from making some of your jokes have much more dramatic / completely bonkers tonality towards the end of your sentences. That's what made Caddy and Jon so popular. The tension ALWAYS increases until it's unbearably funny.
I believe that on the technical aspect, I think investing a little money into a better microphone would REALLY improve the overall likeness of your character and the impact of your punchlines. You can hear the air between the mic and your voice and it just hinders you from achieving the Classics. That's real easy to fix, though!
Anyways I loved this video. Your best so far! Keep it up man. I'll be watching.
*Edit. i actually added about 15 more lines of constructive criticism, and your video ended and just moved on to the next one, which erased my entire post. I then proceeded to break a wall with my forehead for a few minutes. We can discuss all these forgotten brilliant ideas if you manage to contact me on this dummy account. My real account is Caddicarus. Contact me on this account, because the real Caddy account will just fully deny that this is an alt. Just call me. I love you.
- HexEssence.
How did I never see this comment before? This is really helpful. Thanks for the criticisms, I'll try my best to work on them. :)
I think the first editing transition was amateurish because it was really thrown in. Like I did that part last minute, so the mic sucks due to terrible set up, the editing is simple and the footage is pretty thrown in. I did have more theatrics planned for this episode but I really backed out of them due to just not being a fan of the acting. Maybe I'm too harsh on myself.
As far as getting a better mic is concerned, I disagree. I don't need a better mic, I use a Blue Yeti, I just need to get a pop filter and some sound proofing and it'll sound much much nicer.
But your criticisms are valid. Very very valid. Thanks for taking the time to write this. It's comments like this that make actually checking the comments worth it.
2:22 u aren't my son in comic sans.
*BRILLIANT*
I was groaning along with all the bad references this game was making as well as feeling my eyes burn from how bad the graphics were. Hard to believe this game exists! Kudos to you for staying with it as long as you did.
+RPGirl ...........It came out.
The same year.
AS WIND WAKER
Zayaan Nashrid Yup! And Kingdom Hearts, though that wasn't mentioned.
Zayaan Nashrid Money, cash, payment, wealth, big bucks, salary, wage, moolah, gold, silver, funds, finances, cabbage, bread, dough, loot, gravy, pesos, rupees, chips, treasure, greenback, roll, and most of all, riches.
Basically any word you can think of for money.
Zayaan Nashrid One what? Anime fan or mindless drone? Cause I'm an anime fan as well.
Zayaan Nashrid Ah. Yeah, same here.
Definitely worth the wait!! Great work!! :-)
Was that a nod to ashens with Chef Excellence there? Or just to poundland.
I completed this game and i actually love it XD I didnt play english version tho and im from Poland. I think that our voice acting is way better actually and the game is translated with great sense of humour. Despite terrible graphic and mechanics i still love this game mainly because of that. U know, one of this translations that gives lots of extra points, like from 4/10 to 8/10 Sorry for bad english, im not native speaker, but i hope u understand what i wanted to say.
I... liked that game when i was a kid. I played it alot. Well nostalgia takes over Scarfulhu and i still like this game :D
And I got this game with dubbing so maybe it was a better voice acting.
0:18
"A review so terrible,even I'm scared to touch it!"
*-gets an ad about seltzer beer reviews-*
Yeah,i guess it is terrible :'y
Lmao,love your vids dude,been a fan since...hell,since I was about 14 i believe
14,000 subs in a year damn, I found you at 1,000 and look how far you are
Love your videos man ^^ Keep 'em coming
Oh God. The textures, models, and lighting look like they came straight from Alice (That "programming" thing)..
i dont know why, but ive watched this episode 4 times even thou ive been trying to watch all your vids XD
Iv watched it 10 times and i cant stop (help me....)
Jonas johnsen -gets the pillow-
We miss you Scarfulhu. :(
You do? Well, I guess I had better upload a video today then. ;)
YAAAAAAAY!! Cookies and milk for everyone!! :D
Would you consider doing Call of Cthulhu for like a Halloween special or something? I'd love to hear your in-depth thoughts of that one.
+Strain42 Which Call of Cthulhu? Shadow of the Comet, Prisoner of Ice or Dark Corners of the Earth? (Or all of them?)
+Scarfulhu Dealer's choice. I enjoy Dark Corners of the Earth, myself.
7:05
This just got biblical.
2:45 Did... Did he just... Did he just make a reference to Ashens? o3o
0:04 Oh no... That's Spyro music... That particular piece brings back bad memories...
Wait, that's from that world with the ice breath and fun stuff, why does it bring back bad memories?
Wait, that piece is just bad.
Finally! Great video bro! :)
An excellent Ashens reference. Subscribed.
my god dude your voice is amazing
So now that you did the 1st game, is the 2nd on the way? I love the first two Simon games a lot. This 3rd one was odd to say the least XD
Your intro was really strong. Although I feel like the rest could've had a tad more analysis? But it did look like a decently hard game to talk about. Not sure, it just felt like sometimes you were talking more about what the developers might've been thinking more than why the gameplay didn't live up to it's predecessor. But anyway, good to see you back. :)
Perhaps. I did feel that this video needed to be less serious, I mean what really is there to analyse? The game controls awkwardly and doesn't do very much clever. I just thought it would work better if I just poked fun at the game. Maybe you're right though. I dunno. I really liked the script for this one myself, haha.
Scarfulhu There were certainly a wide variation in jokes, which was great. Yeah, I guess the choice of game sort of called upon a more light-hearted take on the review, as it doesn't seem like there were really any game mechanics to comment on, haha.
You can get new clothes?!
How can they fit that much content in a single game! We live in a true age of wonderment!
Loving that Order of Ecclesia background :3
Wait a second, at 7:10 there's a spelling error -- Simon (I think) refers to himself with a small "i", insteaf of a capital "i". This proves that the game wasn't even given a proper spellcheck... or the script was written by a FPS hungry teenager.
Grim Fandango huh... i wonder what is that shit...
-a few hours later-
...is quite hard for a game to make me cry... Master Piece!
Just noticed the chef excellence . Scsrfulhu have you seen ashens ? XD
i love all your British stuff thrown it there i love all the references cause well i live in Essex
That random tip will help in my quests for sure! :D
Drive reference...you're a good man Scarfy
rofl Chef Excellence. Never thought I'd see him outside from Ashens
An excellent reference there, scarfy.
I love the use of Neverhood music. I've never played the game, but the soundtrack is one of my faves.
That moustache is on point scarf :P jk hahaha.
seriously tho, I love all the adventure/point and click games you cover.
they're gr8 m8 I r8 8/8. you should check out Teen agent. It was the first point and click
I ever beat as a kid and its kind of hidden gem on the pc.
2:48 Patrick's second season poster in the background :D
I love your excellent guts with that reference to ashens
Yeah...I figured I hadn't heard of this entry in the series for a reason ^^;
you have beautiful hair
oh god the warcraft 2 music O.O SO MUCH NOSTALGIA
Dude, dat warcraft 2 music at the start, just yeeees!
OMG THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOOOOOD
Yeeeees... He is spreding... The chef exelense shall take over the internet!
may I recommend you "a bad game that nobody knows about or remembers" called Darkened Skye ( here's a wikipedia article on it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkened_Skye ) it's basically a skittles commercial
Wikipedia is evil
Connor Dixon so's your mother
when did you hit 14k???? On the last vid you were less than 4000! congrats man!
You're still one of my favorite people :)
Totally subscribing, you're awesome.
I thought for sure you were going to fade in Escape from Monkey Island's box art at the end there. Good second choice.
I'm not too bothered by EfMI, it's far worse than the other games in the series but it's still decent, and the soundtrack is really good too.