WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.640 I have a ton of wonderful core memories of gaming as a kid. Taking turns with 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:11.360 the one controller our family could afford, saving up and buying a game with 00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:16.400 my very own money and actually owning it. Pulling my very first Allnighter to 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:20.320 get that one elusive Pokémon. And whenever I compare those memories 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:26.400 against modern gaming, it's pretty clear to me that video games have changed. But 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:30.960 can I trust those memories? Were games really better when I was coming up? Or 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:36.320 do kids today have it better even with all the loot boxes, gigantic downloads, 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:41.040 and horse armor? To find out, I'm bringing in some fresh eyes to either 00:00:38.160 --> 00:00:45.520 offer me affirmation or to shatter my rosecolored glasses. 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Instead, I needed a 3 and 1/2 in floppy drive instead of a 5 and 1/4 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:13.080 in floppy drive so that I could read the two game discets that it came 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:18.080 pre-installed on. Do you have nostalgia for this? I 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:26.239 do. I know what I signed up for, but I think I'm a little older than you guys 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:28.400 think. Whoa. What is it? One FPS. 00:02:26.239 --> 00:02:33.519 It's about the gameplay depth, not how many FPS. Sir, I like this little guy. 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:40.400 Looks like he's not wearing any pants. That's gross. Does he have a tail? Oh, 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.160 is he a dinosaur? Yeah. Oh, okay. The 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:47.200 bank has approved a business loan of $5,000. Of course, back then you can use 00:02:44.640 --> 00:02:52.560 $5,000 to open a park. That was a lot of money back then. I'm just going to spend 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:57.599 all my money. I'm broke. Sign me up. Oh, wait. What 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:01.120 did I buy? You bought land, buddy. These young kids 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:06.080 going to discover that gaming used to be pretty unforgiving. They are all going 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:09.840 to go bankrupt. Like, well, in Minecraft, I usually build my 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:15.120 houses in the plains biomes, so I'm going based on that. So, 00:03:13.519 --> 00:03:18.480 oh, you're buying You spent all your money. You'll probably No, no, I still 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:22.879 have $1,000. We can We can make this work. Yeah, you're going to buy 00:03:20.720 --> 00:03:27.760 dinosaurs, food, and hire people for $1,000. Good luck, buddy. Okay, what is 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:33.200 this menu? There is a fences tab on that book. Oh my god, UI has improved a lot 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:37.840 in the last 20 years. But you know what hasn't is the included documentation in 00:03:35.519 --> 00:03:42.080 games. Dino Park Tycoon came with a manual and honestly I think games could 00:03:40.239 --> 00:03:46.000 use a little more of that these days. Where's the instructions? He's telling 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:49.840 you what to do right there. Literally. Not that it would help people who can't 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:56.080 read. Let's go with wood right now. If the dinosaurs break out, that's another 00:03:51.440 --> 00:03:58.080 attraction. No, that's not that. 00:03:56.080 --> 00:04:02.280 I don't have a lot of money, so I've got to go with one of these cheaper ones. 00:03:59.519 --> 00:04:07.480 So, I can get a a colossus or a 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:13.040 donichious. Let's go to Donis. That's cool. Okay, we're off. Is 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:18.400 that my dinosaur? Dinosaur. He's so cute. Is that him? Is that Diano? Yeah. 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:23.680 How do I navigate to you? It's about as far as you can see. That's 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:25.199 it. No, Diano, come back. Well, maybe 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:29.040 you shouldn't have built your pen in the corner of the park, smart guy. The 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:32.000 graphic of this the dinosaur is kind of funky. He just looks like a lizard. How 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:36.800 old was Lionus when he played this game? Do you know? Dino Park Tycoon is what? 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:43.759 1990. Hold on, don't tell me. I'm going to say 1994. 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:47.280 Three. 1993. Okay. Yeah. So, I was uh I 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:48.960 was seven. You know what? 9-year-old me. 00:04:47.280 --> 00:04:52.560 Yeah. This would be lit. This is definitely stressing me out. I don't 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:57.199 like when I'm in charge of keeping things alive cuz then I feel bad. You 00:04:55.360 --> 00:05:03.520 don't have to feel bad if the things stay alive. 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:05.840 I always kill them. Oh. Oh. 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:13.120 Okay. Wow. I bring him into my family and this is how he treats me. Huh? No. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:15.280 They escaped. This game sucks. Lionus. 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:19.120 Hey, look, Elijah. Think on the positive side. At least the game is preparing you 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:22.800 for your life. This game is so detailed. What was I doing as a six-year-old to 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:26.160 play this? Oh my god. Were you ever able to get a successful park when you were 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:30.240 young? Yes. Yes, I did. I ended up making so much money that the counter 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:34.240 reset to zero dollars because I just the counter wouldn't go up higher. That's 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:39.759 insane. What was I doing? You're doing good. Most people have lost by now. 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:43.280 Lost? How do you lose? I'm broke. Wait, 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:44.880 I'm broke. Wait, how do I make money? 00:05:43.280 --> 00:05:48.560 Can I sell my land? Well, you needed to buy dinosaurs to make money. So, you 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:51.840 might have lost already. I don't know if I'm going to be able to pass the 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:56.320 business down to my children, seeing the way they manage a business. Well, I 00:05:54.240 --> 00:06:00.080 can't hire an employee because I have no money. And I can't buy a dinosaur 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:06.639 because I have no money because I spent it all on food for the one that escaped. 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:08.479 I lost already. Yep. What the What is 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:12.960 this game, man? If only you knew how to read. Wait, what? Wait, what do you 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:18.400 mean? Wait, I can't I can't Oh, I actually lost. Lost. 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:26.400 Okay. What would you uh rank this out of 10 in today's day and 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:28.720 age? Like a two or three. 00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:33.680 The fact that you are not good at a game does not make it a two out of 10 game. 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:38.560 This You know what? I'll let the I'll let the rest go. I could totally see how 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:42.960 for the time and for Lionus because you know he's Lionus. This would be like a 00:06:40.880 --> 00:06:45.840 banger. I think that if I put a bit more time into this, I could probably do 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:49.680 pretty well. Yeah, I think these games are really fun, actually. I think they're really good. I just need a 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:53.919 little bit of time to figure this out again. Okay, I like him. Seven out of 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:57.600 10. I don't know. I really liked it. I like games like that. I feel like if I 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:01.280 started again now that I've actually clicked all the buttons, I would have a 00:06:59.520 --> 00:07:07.039 better understanding of what I need to do to do a bit better. But, uh, so far 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:10.560 it was very discouraging, I will say. Well, I'm sorry your generation can't 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:14.000 handle a little discouragement. I liked it though. That was cute. Actually, 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:17.120 we're great. I love your generation. You're great. I honestly I wouldn't mind 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:21.680 playing this game a little bit more. Like it's it's cute. It's fun. Yeah. No, I actually kind of want to download it 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:25.840 and play it. It's Yeah. Like if they had a Switch port, I would play this in bed, 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:30.720 you know? Like it's it's cute. Game sucks. Play this for fun. You suck. Do 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:37.039 you see why your dad would have like this game back in the day? No. 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:40.080 Just cuz you lost immediately. Get 00:07:37.039 --> 00:07:42.639 whatever. adjusted for inflation and 00:07:40.080 --> 00:07:47.520 factoring in total ownership cost, Tie Fighter is probably the most expensive 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:52.240 game that I ever played. I needed a full system overhaul in order to run it and a 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:57.440 new expensive peripheral in order to have a good experience, but boy was it 00:07:55.199 --> 00:08:00.960 ever worth it. This this one holds a very special place in my heart, and I 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:05.440 probably have more hours in TIE Fighter than all the other ones here combined. I 00:08:03.280 --> 00:08:12.000 have a treat for you. Oh, okay. Lionus's childhood joystick. What? top gun. And 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:14.960 that is the joystick I used to play it 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:18.960 on. That's not actually my one from when I was a kid. I lost it when I moved, but 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:23.120 I treated myself to a new one as an adult. And it was worth it. I also have 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:26.440 a cheat sheet for you cuz you're going to need it. Oh, these are profiles. 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:32.479 Yeah. Oh, 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.479 how Oh, I probably just 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:40.200 type. I was like half waiting for a keyboard to pop up or something and then 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:45.200 like recontrol it. Oh, that hurt me a little bit. Okay, 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:50.920 I feel really embarrassed now. Not as much as I'm going to hurt you if you say 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.920 anything bad about this game, Elijah. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:58.080 Why are you going so fast? Oh, I was supposed to move it slowly. We'll hover 00:08:54.880 --> 00:08:58.080 over stuff. 00:08:58.680 --> 00:09:06.160 Oh, I thought it was booting. So, you were telling me to like move the mouse. 00:09:03.839 --> 00:09:09.680 Enjoy this menu. I did it. Oh, you figured it out too fast. Dang it. Yeah, 00:09:07.760 --> 00:09:12.959 I'm I'm what you call an intelligent being. 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:17.600 Oh, dude. This is actually pretty smooth once you're in game. Interesting. Okay. 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:23.320 I've never used one of these controllers anywhere but an arcade. I've never used 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:23.320 one of these controllers. 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:34.000 What do you think of these graphics? Um, I'm quite surprised. I'm I'm I'm loving 00:09:31.040 --> 00:09:39.320 it. What graphics? Okay. Like now that we're in space, the graphics are like 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:44.399 like they're not great, you know, but like for being from, you know, whenever 00:09:42.560 --> 00:09:47.680 this game is from, they're like fine. You know what I mean? I I I personally 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:51.279 don't care about graphics so much. If the game is fun and actually 00:09:49.320 --> 00:10:00.080 understandable, which this game is not understandable, but I'm what you call an 00:09:52.959 --> 00:10:02.560 intelligent being. Oh sh No, I got read. 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:06.880 Oh, that was a sick shot. Elijah's Elijah's in the zone. I knew I could 00:10:04.880 --> 00:10:10.480 count on you, Elijah. Dude, I'm starting to like Star Wars now. This is the most 00:10:08.160 --> 00:10:14.480 I've liked Star Wars in the last decade. This takes an insane level of 00:10:12.640 --> 00:10:18.640 concentration. I need some lessons from Han Solo. There we go. Back full 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:24.640 throttle. Space bar to match speeds with your target. Don't hit this. Don't hit 00:10:21.920 --> 00:10:29.360 it. Slow down. I don't know how to slow down. Oh, I freaking crashed. Is this 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:33.040 what you thought flying a spaceship in Star Wars was like? Uh, no. I never knew 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:37.240 you could crash. I can't hear you cuz I'm [ __ ] locked in. 00:10:37.760 --> 00:10:46.839 What? The song's bopping. The game is busting, you know? Right. Like, this 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:50.000 gets five big booms if I'm being honest. 00:10:46.839 --> 00:10:51.040 Boom. Do not do not include that. Do 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:56.000 Honestly, after playing it for a little bit, like I could definitely I could see how you could get lost in this game for 00:10:53.839 --> 00:11:01.200 like a bit. And yeah, this this game play is nothing like I've ever played 00:10:58.160 --> 00:11:03.440 before. This um controller is very 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:07.839 unique. I don't I'm not into this. I'm not into this. What would you rate it 00:11:04.800 --> 00:11:10.079 out of 10? Uh freaking two. Relationship 00:11:07.839 --> 00:11:14.000 ended. I thought she was cool. I think on like it's a good game and I know 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:17.760 people that would really like it. It's not my style. I think the controller is 00:11:16.160 --> 00:11:21.680 fun and it's fun to play for like a few minutes, but as soon as I realize how 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:25.040 bad I am at it, I just want to quit. At least she got the diagnosis for why she 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:29.920 didn't like it, right? This is like a seven. Nice. I'd unironically like boot 00:11:28.160 --> 00:11:37.040 this up and do something with it. Hit space bar to activate the tractor beam. 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:40.160 Elijah completed the mission. Let's go. 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:42.000 I had a 41% accuracy. I feel like that's 00:11:40.160 --> 00:11:47.519 pretty good actually for being out in open space. Before we get to the next 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:51.959 game, if you want extra reactions and cut content, we're going to have much 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:55.440 more of this nostalgia trip over at LMG.gg/flatplane. This video is already 00:11:53.760 --> 00:11:58.880 so long though that we had to cut some pretty good stuff. Road Rash was the 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:02.880 kind of game where if my parents had any idea what I was doing on the computer, there's no way they would have let me 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:06.160 play it. I mean, on the one hand, yeah, sure, it's not like super sexual like a 00:12:04.800 --> 00:12:10.160 Leisure Suit Larry or something like that, but on the other hand, my aunt in 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:14.000 particular, who was the one who financed the computer upgrade that allowed me to 00:12:11.839 --> 00:12:17.040 play it, um, this was one of the other games I was playing on that same TIE 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:22.160 Fighter machine. And by the way, I did play this game with a 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:24.240 joystick, was not into violence. Road 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:27.519 Rash is nothing but violence. Yeah. What do you think of this aesthetic? It 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:32.880 bangs. How old would Lionus have been when this came out? Uh, like 911. Yeah, 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:36.000 that's cool. If I were a 10-year-old boy, I'd be so into this. Dude, if I was 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:39.600 four years old, this is the coolest thing in the world right now. Oh, yeah. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:44.720 Are these people all determined for me to not like them? Whoa. Elijah just said 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:48.720 Road Rash would be cool if he was four. This ain't no Paw Patrol. Okay. Yeah. 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:53.440 No, you're right. Vibes for days with this this like cut scene in the 00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:58.160 soundtrack. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, women. Yes. We all love babes. You know 00:12:56.079 --> 00:13:02.560 what I'm saying? and chains and explosions. They really 00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:08.320 threw everything in here. Dude, this is a boys game. Motorcycles, women, and 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:12.560 explosions. For the boys. For the boys. Why are we street racing? Isn't that 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:17.360 illegal? I can't tell if I raised them real right 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:22.480 or real wrong. Space bars. Oh, I got to punch them. Yeah, you do. Oh, heck yeah. 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:26.560 Oh, I'm behind. This reminds me of uh Cruising USA. I used to play that a lot 00:13:24.079 --> 00:13:31.519 on my N64. Cruising USA wishes it was Road Rash. Yeah, I've only like played 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:35.760 games like this at the arcade. Never on my own time. I'm surprised again. I I 00:13:34.079 --> 00:13:40.959 love it. It's um I don't know. It's quite beautiful. And the soundtrack 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:46.959 helps a lot. It kind of captures I guess the whole '9s in my view. Dude, this 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:48.720 game has a banger banger soundtrack. 00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:53.920 What do you think of these graphics? Also equally not good. You don't think 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:57.760 there's a charm to how janky they are? No. If the frame rate was higher, maybe. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:02.240 You know, one thing that's really surprising me is how s like smooth some 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:07.040 of like the graphics and animations feel, but how clunky your movement 00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:11.199 feels. Like I feel like it's like, you know, 1 FPS to do like the switching 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:17.600 lanes and leaning, but the background is like very smooth right now. It's kind of 00:14:13.760 --> 00:14:19.120 strange. The graphics of this game is 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:22.399 popping. What do you think of that popping in the background? Like the 00:14:20.880 --> 00:14:26.160 background being kind of formed as you drive. Um, honestly, I don't mind it. 00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:31.440 Like, it's noticeable, but only when I'm like looking for it, you know, when I'm like immersed and trying not to like 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:35.279 bump into anybody. Not a problem. Hey, buddy. I got something for you. Hey, 00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:38.279 come back. Yo. 00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:48.639 Damn. Oh, car. Car. Oh, no. I was doing so 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:51.639 good. My leg. Got to run back to your bike. 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:59.440 Where'd my I was so not ready to have to do 00:14:56.800 --> 00:15:03.600 that, dude. This block of shame, dude. Man, kids today have no idea. Like when 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:09.600 Leyu or whatever he's called like comes and rescues you in Mario Kart 8, he's 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:11.680 like 2 seconds, dude. No, man. I have to 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:15.760 run all the way back to my bike. Well, maybe you shouldn't crash so bad. That's 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:19.920 actually cool. I like that. Yeah. See, she always throws me in one direction, 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:23.440 then she's like, "Never mind. I'm cool." Except about Tie Fighter. We're not good 00:15:21.920 --> 00:15:27.040 after that. Yeah, I think they did a really good job with their sense of 00:15:24.959 --> 00:15:30.480 speed and the depth, you know, like the way that the uh the roads just kind of 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:34.800 bend and you're just kind of like moving with it, too. I am not getting a sense 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:38.959 of speed. Definitely not just chilling. But I I am getting a sense of cool. Like 00:15:36.880 --> 00:15:46.079 look at this. All my buddies dapping me up, patting my back. I have a chalice. 00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:48.639 Dave kissing your helmet. Whoa. 00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:53.759 Oh boy. This was pretty cringe. I'm actually so proud of me. Winner of all 00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:57.040 the games that I played today, this one has made me feel the best about myself. 00:15:55.199 --> 00:16:03.360 Okay, that's like by far. So, you're number one. If only I was this cool. Oh, 00:16:00.959 --> 00:16:06.240 I won. I thought you were in second. I definitely was not in first place. Yeah, 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:11.680 if you're not first, you're last. Yeah, player one finish in second place. That's not a winner game. Well, it's 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:15.600 winnerish. You're a winner for thinking this game is cool enough and playing it. 00:16:14.079 --> 00:16:20.560 How would you rate this game out of 10? Nine out of 10 simply. Let's go. Um, I 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:25.680 got to download this on my own PC. I got to play it. I give that a 10 out of 10. 00:16:22.880 --> 00:16:29.040 That was awesome. I loved it. I like I like this little cut scene they have. I 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:34.480 like the one at the beginning. The music's cool. I think the look of the 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:37.440 game is really, really good. And I like that you can see like the little 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:41.279 motorcycle thing at the bottom. It's very immersive. Oh, it's worse than the 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:45.920 Star Wars one. I'd give it like a five. I'd give that game a five out of 10. Do 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:50.000 you do you start to feel sorry for people that lived through the '90s? 00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:55.360 Yeah, they deserved better. Ah, Civilization 00:16:52.880 --> 00:16:59.600 2: Test of Time. More like test of my childhood budget. This was the first 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:04.319 game that I ever had to spend my own money to upgrade my GPU for. I brought 00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:09.919 it home, I installed it, and it was all like, you do not have DirectX 6 or 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:13.520 whatever compatible hardware. So, knowing absolutely nothing about 00:17:11.280 --> 00:17:16.959 computers, I went to Bargain Bites in Mission BC and I said, "Hey, I need 00:17:15.199 --> 00:17:22.319 DirectX whatever and I need at least I think it was like 16 megabytes of VRAM 00:17:19.760 --> 00:17:25.919 and I got a GeForce something MX and that was so that I could have 3D 00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:28.880 rendered emissaries, which quite frankly I didn't feel added that much to the 00:17:27.439 --> 00:17:33.520 game. Should have just gotten the original Civ 2." What the What do I do? 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:37.840 Same thing you always do, Sammy. Get good. First task is to find a suitable 00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:41.039 site and found your capital city. The best city sites are near rivers, 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:44.960 grasslands, coastal areas, and areas near special resources. Oh, this is just 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:48.240 Minecraft. I'm not going to lie, I love these graphics. See, my friends were 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:53.039 into these kinds of games. I never really got into it so so much, but uh 00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:56.880 wo, this is crazy. I used to play a game like back in the day called Rise of 00:17:54.640 --> 00:18:00.240 Nations. Oh, yeah. And there used to be like a mode that you could start. It was 00:17:58.320 --> 00:18:03.039 like nomad mode where it wasn't the default way to start the game but that's 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:06.799 ex I guess that's just how you start every civ game like where you walk 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:11.039 around first and find a good place to start. I love that he's like yeah I 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:15.360 played this game called like Rise of N like like we've never heard of Rise of 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:17.760 Nations. Come on everyone knows Rise of Nations 00:18:18.280 --> 00:18:25.520 right prerequisites none already 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:28.240 own tree. Dude Lionus this sucks. I'm 00:18:25.520 --> 00:18:32.240 sorry. I usually like to go for the the military win because I'm I have like no 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:35.200 attention span, so I want to win fast as possible and with like more action. 00:18:33.760 --> 00:18:39.840 Discovered a friendly tribe of skilled mercenaries. Let's go. We are going. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:45.280 You've just built your first military unit. I don't even have a a place 00:18:41.760 --> 00:18:47.360 established yet. This UI looks more 00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:51.600 busy. Wow. Okay, this is a lot of information to take in. I'm not going to 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:55.600 lie. I feel kind of lost right now. It hasn't shown me anything about taxes, 00:18:53.440 --> 00:19:00.080 luxury science, or production or food. Production of what? What am I producing? 00:18:57.840 --> 00:19:03.840 Yeah. Are you feeling overwhelmed? Oh, I am. And I do not have my tutorial to 00:19:02.320 --> 00:19:09.039 help me. This game might be worse than the dinosaur game, guys. Like, the UI is 00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:13.200 so bad. It's crazy cuz you don't think about like how good the UI's gotten. I 00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:17.360 don't even think the UI is that bad. They're all harping on the UI. I mean, 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:22.000 everything you need is right there. You just have to read. Oh, cheat. Leave a 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:27.280 like if you think I should cheat. Hell yeah, of course. In the top bar, enable 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:31.919 enable the cheats. What does it do? Uh, it'll unlock the ability to use cheats. 00:19:29.360 --> 00:19:36.480 I'm good. Okay, I'm using my pure intelligence. Okay. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:41.360 know what an adjective is. He's doomed. Kill civilization. Holy. They just made 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:46.720 me god. Uh, we're gonna get rid of all the 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:51.020 Vikings. Oh, no. You can't. No, you 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:55.270 can't place him to cheat. Yeah, the 00:19:56.360 --> 00:20:02.960 French. It was so easy. It was just one 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:04.559 button. So, just Oh, reveal map. Should 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:11.120 I just go for it? Yeah. Yeah, go for it. Okay. Entire map. Let's go. Yo, sheesh. 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:14.799 Look at all these buffalo I can kill. Yeah. How the hell was I going to find 00:20:12.320 --> 00:20:18.160 these guys? Dude, their cities suck comparison. Like look at that little 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:25.039 house. Stupid robot should have used cheat mode. I know. Force 00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:27.039 government. What does that mean? 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:30.720 Oh god. Depending on which one I pick, the comments are going to be really mad. 00:20:29.520 --> 00:20:35.200 What would uh what would you rate this game out of 10? Two. Do you think this 00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:41.039 is the worst game you've played today? Worse than the other ones. You know what's funny is I think it's less about 00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:46.559 how good this game is and more about just how lost these guys are in the UI 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:50.880 and not having an instruction manual and also having so many other forms of 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:55.440 entertainment that are so much more instantly gratifying. Like you couldn't 00:20:53.039 --> 00:21:01.039 enjoy Civ until you had invested probably a solid 5 to 6 hours in it 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:05.360 realistically, right? While I find modern game frustrating in that you have 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:09.200 to fight with obtuse controls or play through six separate tutorials before 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:15.039 you can enter an online match, in a lot of ways it's not really any different. 00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:17.600 Personally for me, it's a two. You 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:23.280 didn't even explore anything. But I know the game is good and I could have fun 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:26.559 with it if I understood it. So maybe a five. You know, I'll give it a middle 00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:31.039 answer. I'm not too sure how I feel about it. I don't mind older games in 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:35.039 the sense that like, you know, I do like the challenge of like just kind of 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:38.480 mcking about and figuring it out. You know, if if I were just sitting at home 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:42.000 playing this on my own or if this had just come out, I don't think that I 00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:48.320 would have minded like taking some time and just being bad at the game for like 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:50.240 an hour or two or three until I, you 00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:55.760 know, I I had it working enough, you know, zero. Get out. Zero. Yeah. It's 00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:59.120 just not my type of game, though. I could see someone sinking a lot of time 00:21:57.280 --> 00:22:03.679 into this game, but for me, this is like a one or a zero. I would never play this 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:08.320 again. Now, I wasn't sure which Warcraft to go with for this. Foundationally, for 00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:12.000 me as a gamer, Warcraft 2 probably would have been the answer. I spent so many 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:15.360 hours in Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal playing through the 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:19.679 single player campaigns. I also literally had to learn how to do virtual 00:22:18.159 --> 00:22:24.159 private networking so that I could play multiplayer with my friend. But the one 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:29.039 that I played the absolute crap out of and the one that I think is a more important piece of gaming history given 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:32.960 that it gave rise to, you know, I don't know, Dota, not to mention popularized 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:37.600 tower defense for an entire generation of gamers, has got to be Warcraft 3. 00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:41.679 It's also the one that I played exclusively in French for the first 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:47.200 couple of months that I had it because I happens to be at a homeay where the 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:54.159 family was French. Not bad. Looking pretty good. That's pretty nice. This 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:57.039 was 2002. 2002, baby. Dude, this is 00:22:54.159 --> 00:23:03.600 crazy. This right here is why people thought the Warcraft movie was going to 00:22:58.480 --> 00:23:05.360 be good. Wow, that's very good for 2002. 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:10.320 This probably takes up like half of the storage that the game takes. It's almost 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:14.720 like a movie trailer from my 2025 eyes. I'm quite impressed with how it looks 00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:19.440 right now. It honestly looks really good. Like his wing is 00:23:16.760 --> 00:23:23.760 shaking. You can see the feathers on it. Wow. I'm not going to lie. I think this 00:23:21.760 --> 00:23:27.880 is pretty nice. Looks like Blizzard had a pretty nice budget even before the 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:32.320 acquisition. This pretty good. Wait, they're cooking. Dude, Blizzard 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:36.080 should just stop making games and just make movies at this point. Yeah, the 00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:39.440 Warcraft movie was really good. Well, okay. Yeah, we'll ignore the Warcraft 00:23:37.760 --> 00:23:45.039 movie. But, can you believe they made it live action? What were they thinking? 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:48.720 I remember being online uh cuz I you know I didn't get a gaming computer that 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:53.120 could play real games until much later. But I just remember being on like forums 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:55.919 of people joking about how you know you had like graphics like this and they're 00:23:54.559 --> 00:24:02.320 so beautiful and like so nice and then you get into like the actual game and it's like like a like a PowerPoint 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:07.240 slideshow kind of thing. And I think this is like a great kind of like 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:10.480 example of that, you know, like wait 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:13.440 what? This is sick. You can see his 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:17.039 hair. It looks soft. It looks so good. There's a lot of games that come out now 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:20.480 that you wish looked this good. At least the cut scenes. I mean, it's obviously 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:24.080 like you can tell it's from like back then, but like this is like good from 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:29.039 back then. I don't know what to say cuz I'm just I'm actually blown away. No, 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:33.200 sorry. I do remember this. I don't know why, but it like threw me back. I have 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:36.640 played something. It might have been this one. Like unlocked a memory kind of 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:43.120 feeling. Yeah, it did. Like the moment I saw the icons, I was like, "Wo, I know 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:44.720 this." Like I know how this looks. 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:49.200 Even the dialogues in French. I wasn't ready. I don't know what I expected. 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:52.080 What are you saying? Oh, come on. It wasn't a nightmare, young leader. It was 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:55.360 a vision. Follow me. I will reveal what the future holds. I don't know what any 00:24:53.760 --> 00:25:00.880 of this means, but I'm ready to go all the way. Heyo. Yeah, these graphics are 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:06.400 way better than the other ones. This game still looks good. I do very much 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:08.960 love these graphics. I think modern uh 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:12.320 polygonal gaming would be actually fire. I just uh maybe I'm the only one that 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:16.279 thinks that, but I just think that if games were able to toggle, that would be 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:20.400 kind of cool. That's totally a thing in remasters, including in this game, 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:28.559 actually. Position attack can be like, uh, this is 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:29.679 your town. You Oh, okay. Sorry, animals. 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:33.919 I'm not going to lie to you. Part of the reason why I went and attacked that is I'm just so used to like, I don't know, 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:39.279 games where it's like, oh, you attack this thing, you kill it, you get some meat. You know what I mean? 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:43.279 But I guess that's not really the move here, right? Like you're not going to 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:47.880 get random items from just innocent animals sitting around. 00:25:45.760 --> 00:25:53.440 Dude, the computer definitely got louder. It is struggling to render this. 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:56.440 Are we going to really attack a sleeping person? 00:25:56.520 --> 00:26:06.480 Absolutely. Sorry, buddy. It's either you or us. It's Track. He's got two 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:08.320 heads. That's crazy. That's crazy. He's 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:11.440 already dead. I don't need any more guys. I'm as tough as I can be. I feel 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:15.200 like this is probably one of the easier ones that I've played today. This is 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:18.880 very difficult when I don't know what everything says. The coolest thing about 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:22.080 when I picked up this game was that it gave me an experience that I otherwise 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:25.840 never would have been able to have and made it a little bit easier for me to 00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:30.960 relate to all the people who, you know, literally will pick up a language like 00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:36.240 English or Japanese because a gaming experience or a community that they want 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:38.640 to participate in is unaccessible or not 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:42.640 big enough in their native tongue. And I think that's one of the reasons that I 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:45.679 was so drawn to including it, even though obviously it's going to be a bit 00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:49.520 of a struggle for these guys. Oh, I could totally see why kids would be like 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:52.400 mad into World of Warcraft if I didn't have other things to do and I just 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:57.120 wanted to waste time with my friends. World of Warcraft. This is not World of 00:26:54.400 --> 00:27:01.600 Warcraft. You included that on purpose. I'd give it a 6 out of 10. A 7 out of 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:05.200 10. Yeah, probably a seven. It's fun. I like it. I like the look of it 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:10.000 especially. And the controls are fun. I like the setup at the bottom. I like the 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:12.799 map. It seems very easy to understand, 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:16.880 but there's just not a whole lot to do. So, um I'm kind of bored. Okay, they 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:21.240 you've only done a tutorial mission so far. So, but I got to say the pacing of 00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:26.400 the tutorial compared to modern tutorials. It's pretty slow. I could see 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:32.400 people getting disengaged with it. I wish it was English. I haven't done any 00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:36.080 fights yet, so I don't know. But it's better than the other ones. That's fair. 00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:39.679 What would you rate this game out of 10? Uh, probably six out of 10. Six out of 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:45.039 10. So, this is the number one game. Yeah, I'll give it like a three. A three 00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:49.760 or a four. It's not again, it's not my type of game. I don't play these games. 00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:54.960 Yeah, it's a little cerebral for you. Having watched all that, my rosecolored 00:27:51.760 --> 00:27:57.600 glasses are a little cracked for some of 00:27:54.960 --> 00:28:02.960 the games, but for others, honestly, are pretty much unshattered. And I think 00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:07.520 there's two major things that kind of hold younger people back from enjoying 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:11.440 these games. Number one is how good they have it today in terms of the quality 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:16.480 and the creature comforts available in modern games. It's true that a game like 00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:20.880 Road Rash really doesn't have a ton of depth and replay-ability compared to a 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:24.559 lot of what you can get today. As for the ones that did have the depth, 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:28.960 whether it's Dino Park Tycoon or Civ or Tie Fighter, it's clear to me that 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:34.000 there's nothing to really draw them in and force them to invest the hours into 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:38.159 it to reach that point of enjoyment. And when I say force them, obviously nobody, 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:41.840 you know, had their hands on our head making us look at our computer screens 00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:46.240 when I was a kid, but we didn't have as many games. 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