WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.920 I have a ton of wonderful core memories of gaming as a kid, 00:00:03.920 --> 00:00:07.360 taking turns with the one controller our family could afford, 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.680 saving up and buying a game with my very own money and actually owning it, 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:15.760 pulling my very first all-nighter to get that one elusive Pokémon. 00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:19.520 And whenever I compare those memories against modern gaming, 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:22.960 it's pretty clear to me that video games have changed. 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:28.000 But can I trust those memories? Were games really better when I was coming up, 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:35.200 or do kids today have it better, even with all the loot boxes, gigantic downloads, and horse armor? 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:39.440 To find out, I'm bringing in some fresh eyes to either offer me affirmation 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:42.560 or to shatter my rose-colored glasses. 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:48.560 These eight young people are going to be playing and providing their honest feedback on many of the games 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:52.080 that shaped me into the gamer you see sitting before you. 00:00:52.080 --> 00:00:58.160 And I can hardly wait, just like I can hardly wait, to shape this segue to our sponsor. 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:02.160 This one I'm excited about. Everybody looks back nostalgically at Roller Coaster Tycoon, 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:08.320 but the Tycoon games have existed since long before then, and my first exposure was Dino Park Tycoon. 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:11.600 It was the very first game that I bought with my own money 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:18.080 from the Scholastic Book Order pamphlet, and it was the very first game that I ever had to upgrade my computer for. 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:21.760 Not a new GPU or anything like that. GPUs didn't exist yet. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:24.800 Instead, I needed a three and a half inch floppy drive 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.520 instead of a five and a quarter inch floppy drive so that I could read the two game disquets 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:33.920 that it came pre-installed on. Do you have nostalgia for this? 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.760 I do. I know what I signed up for, but I think I'm a little older than you guys think. 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:42.080 Whoa, what is it, one FPS? 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.720 It's about the gameplay depth, not how many FPS, sir. 00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:52.400 I like this little guy. It looks like he's not wearing any pants. That's gross. 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:58.400 Does he have a tail? Oh, is he a dinosaur? Oh, okay. 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.600 The bank has approved a business loan of $5,000. 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:04.720 Of course, back then, you can use $5,000 to open a park. 00:02:04.720 --> 00:02:08.480 That was a lot of money back then. I'm just going to spend all my money. 00:02:10.880 --> 00:02:14.320 I'm broke. Sign me up. Oh, wait, what did I buy? 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.480 These young kids are going to discover that gaming used to be pretty unforgiving. 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:27.760 They are all going to go bankrupt. In Minecraft, I usually build my houses in the plane's buy-homes, 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:33.520 so I'm going based on that. So, though you're buying, you spent all your money, 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.880 you'll probably, no, no, I still have $5,000. We can make this work. 00:02:38.160 --> 00:02:41.920 Yeah, you're going to buy dinosaurs, food, and hire people for $1,000. 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:46.320 Good luck, buddy. Okay, what is this menu? There is a Fences tab on that book. 00:02:46.320 --> 00:02:50.800 Oh my God. UI has improved a lot in the last 20 years. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:54.400 But you know what hasn't is the included documentation in games. 00:02:54.400 --> 00:03:00.320 Dino Park Tycoon came with a manual, and honestly, I think games could use a little more of that these days. 00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:04.320 Where's the instructions? He's telling you what to do right there, literally. 00:03:04.320 --> 00:03:08.000 Not that it would help people who can't read. Let's go with wood right now. 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.800 If the dinosaurs break out, that's another attraction. Nope. 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:17.760 I don't have a lot of money, so I've got to go with one of these cheaper ones. 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:23.440 So I can get a colophysis or a dino nichis. 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:27.920 Let's go with a dino nichis. That's cool. 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:32.000 Okay, we're off. Is that my dinosaur? He's so cute. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.280 Is that him? Is that Diano? Yeah. How do I navigate to you? 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.560 Oh, there we go. It's about as far as you can see. That's it? 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:43.120 No, Diano, come back. Well, maybe you shouldn't have built your pen 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:47.600 in the corner of the park, smart guy. The graphic of the dinosaur is kind of funky. 00:03:47.600 --> 00:03:50.800 He just was like a lizard. How old was Linus when he played this game, do you know? 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.080 Dino Park Tycoon is what? 1990, hold on. 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.520 Don't tell me. I'm going to say 1994. 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:02.560 Three. 1993, okay. Yeah, so I was seven. 00:04:03.200 --> 00:04:06.720 You know what? Nine-year-old me? Yeah, this would be lit. 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:11.600 This is definitely stressing me out. I don't like when I'm in charge of keeping things alive 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:16.160 because then I feel bad. You don't have to feel bad if the things stay alive. 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:22.080 I always kill them. Oh, oh, okay. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:25.040 Wow. I bring him into my family and this is how he treats me. 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:29.760 No, they escaped. 00:04:29.760 --> 00:04:33.840 This game sucks, Linus. Hey, look, Elijah, think on the positive side. 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:37.360 At least the game is preparing you for your life. This game is so detailed. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.560 What was I doing as a six-year-old to play this? Oh my God. 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:43.840 Were you ever able to get a successful park when you were young? Yes. Yes, I did. 00:04:43.840 --> 00:04:49.600 I ended up making so much money that the counter reset to zero dollars because I just, the counter wouldn't go up higher. 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:54.400 That's insane. What was I doing? You're doing good. Okay. Most people have lost by now. 00:04:54.960 --> 00:04:58.400 Lost? Yeah. How do you lose? I'm broke. Wait, I'm broke. 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:04.320 Wait. How do I make money? Can I sell my land? Well, if you needed to buy dinosaurs to make money, 00:05:04.320 --> 00:05:08.320 so you might have lost already. I don't know if I'm going to be able to pass the business 00:05:08.320 --> 00:05:11.200 down to my children seeing the way they manage a business. 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:17.760 Well, I can't hire an employee because I have no money. Well, I can't buy a dinosaur because I have no money 00:05:17.760 --> 00:05:20.320 because I spent it all on food for the one that escaped. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.840 I lost already. Yep. What the f- What is this game, man? 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:28.880 I don't even know how to read. Wait, what do you mean? 00:05:28.880 --> 00:05:32.240 Wait, I can't get a better- I can't- Oh yeah, actually lost, lost. 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:40.080 Okay, what would you rank this at a 10? In today's day and age? 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:46.880 Like a two or three. The fact that you are not good at a game 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:51.120 does not make it a two out of 10 game. This- you know what? 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.400 I'll let the rest go. I could totally see how for the time and for Linus, 00:05:56.400 --> 00:05:59.760 because you know, if he's Linus, this would be like a banger. 00:05:59.760 --> 00:06:03.280 I think that if I put a bit more time into this, I could probably do pretty well. 00:06:03.280 --> 00:06:08.400 Yeah, I think these games are really fun, actually. I think they're really good. I just need a little bit of time to figure this out again. 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:11.920 Okay, I like him. Seven out of 10. I don't know. I really liked it. 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:14.960 I like games like that. I feel like if I started again, 00:06:14.960 --> 00:06:18.640 now that I've actually clicked all the buttons, I would have a better understanding 00:06:18.640 --> 00:06:24.560 of what I need to do to do a bit better. But so far, it was very discouraging, I will say. 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:28.480 Well, I'm sorry your generation can't handle a little discouragement. 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:32.320 I liked it though. That was cute. Actually, we're great. I love your generation. 00:06:32.320 --> 00:06:35.360 You're great. I honestly, I wouldn't mind playing this game a little bit more. 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:39.120 Like, it's kind of- it's cute, it's fun. No, no, I actually kind of want to download it and play it. 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:43.760 Yeah, like if they had a Switch port, I would play this in bed, you know? Like, it's cute. 00:06:43.760 --> 00:06:47.360 You suck. Lies played this for fun. You suck. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.320 Do you see why your dad would like this game back today? No. 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:53.840 Just because you lost immediately. 00:06:55.200 --> 00:07:00.560 Whatever. Adjusted for inflation and factoring in total ownership cost, 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.800 tie fighter is probably the most expensive game that I ever played. 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:10.080 I needed a full system overhaul in order to run it and a new expensive peripheral 00:07:10.080 --> 00:07:14.240 in order to have a good experience. But boy, was it ever worth it. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:19.120 This, this one holds a very special place in my heart and I probably have more hours in tie fighter 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.240 than all the other ones here combined. I have a treat for you. 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.360 Oh, okay. Linus's childhood joystick. 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:30.720 What? Top gun. And that is the joystick I used to play it on. 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:33.840 That's not actually my one from when I was a kid. 00:07:33.840 --> 00:07:37.440 I lost it when I moved, but I treated myself to a new one as an adult 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:42.240 and it was worth it. I also have a cheat sheet for you because you're going to need it. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:44.080 Oh, these are profiles. Yeah. Oh. 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:48.960 Oh, I probably just type. 00:07:52.400 --> 00:07:57.200 I was like halfway into your keyboard to pop up or something and then like re-control it. 00:07:59.440 --> 00:08:03.040 Oh, that hurt me a little bit. Okay. I feel really embarrassed now. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:06.640 Not as much as I'm going to hurt you if you say anything bad about this game, Elijah. 00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:12.640 Why are you so fast? Oh, I was supposed to move it slowly. 00:08:12.640 --> 00:08:13.680 We'll hover over stuff. 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.720 I thought it was booting so you were telling me to move the mouse. 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:25.120 Enjoy this menu. I did it. Oh, you figured out too fast. 00:08:25.760 --> 00:08:28.160 Yeah, I'm much called an intelligent being. 00:08:29.760 --> 00:08:33.280 Oh, dude, this is actually pretty smooth once you're in game. Interesting. 00:08:33.280 --> 00:08:37.120 Okay. I've never used one of these controllers anywhere but in arcade. 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.200 I've never used one of these controllers. 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:45.680 Oh. What do you think of these graphics? 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:49.840 Um, I'm quite surprised. I'm loving it. 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:56.880 What graphics? Okay, like now that we're in space, the graphics are like, they're not great, you know, 00:08:56.880 --> 00:09:00.480 but like for being from, you know, 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.520 whenever this game is from, they're like fine. You know what I mean? 00:09:03.520 --> 00:09:08.080 I personally don't care about graphics so much if the game is fun and actually understandable, 00:09:08.640 --> 00:09:12.320 which this game is not understandable, but I'm much called an intelligent being. 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:16.000 Oh, no, I got a read. 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:22.480 Oh, that was a six shot. Elijah's Elijah's in the zone. 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.000 I knew I could count on you, Elijah. Dude, I'm starting to like Star Wars now. 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:31.760 This is the most I've liked Star Wars in the last decade. This takes an insane level of concentration. 00:09:31.760 --> 00:09:34.800 I need some lessons from Han Solo. There we go. All right. 00:09:34.800 --> 00:09:37.360 Full throttle. Space bar to match speeds with your target. 00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:40.240 Don't hit this. Don't hit it. 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.960 I don't know how to slow down. Oh, I freaking crash. 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:50.400 Is this what you thought applying space ship in Star Wars was like? Uh, no, I never knew you could crash. 00:09:50.400 --> 00:09:52.640 I can't hear you because I'm locked in. 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:59.280 What? The song's bopping. The game is busting, you know. 00:09:59.280 --> 00:10:03.200 Right? Like this gets five big booms, if I'm being honest. 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:08.240 Boom. No, no, no. Do not include that, dude. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:12.960 Honestly, after playing it for a little bit, like I could definitely, I could see how you could get lost in this game for like a bit. 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:16.720 And yeah, this game plays nothing like I've ever played before. 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.240 This controller is very unique. 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.520 I'm not into this. I'm not into this. What would you rate it out of 10? 00:10:23.520 --> 00:10:26.640 Ah, freaking two. Relationship ended. 00:10:26.640 --> 00:10:29.760 I thought she was cool. I think it's a good game, 00:10:29.760 --> 00:10:33.440 and I know people that would really like it. It's not my style. 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:36.800 I think the controller's fun, and it's fun to play for like a few minutes. 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:39.840 But as soon as I realize how bad I am at it, I just want to quit. 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:43.520 At least she got the diagnosis for why she didn't like it right. This is like a seven. 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:48.000 Nice. I'd unironically like boot this up and do something with it. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:51.440 Hit space bar to activate the tractor beam. Whoa. 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:54.480 I like to complete the mission. Let's go. 00:10:55.280 --> 00:10:59.360 I had a 41% accuracy. I feel like that's pretty good actually 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:03.600 for being out in open space. Road Rash was the kind of game 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.600 where if my parents had any idea what I was doing on the computer, there's no way they would have let me play it. 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:12.080 I mean, on the one hand, yeah, sure. It's not like super sexual, like a leisure suit, Larry, or something like that. 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:16.880 But on the other hand, my aunt in particular, who was the one who financed the computer upgrade 00:11:16.880 --> 00:11:20.000 that allowed me to play it. This was one of the other games 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.400 I was playing on that same tie fighter machine. And by the way, I did play this game with a joystick. 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:29.200 Was not into violence. Road Rash is nothing but violence. 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.920 Yeah, what do you think of this aesthetic? It banged. How old would Linus have been when this came out? 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.920 Yeah, that's cool. If I were a 10-year-old boy, I'd be so into this. 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:43.840 Dude, if I was four years old, this is the coolest thing in the world right now. Oh, yeah. 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:47.440 Are these people all determined for me to not like them? Whoa. 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.560 Elijah just said Road Rash would be cool if he was four. 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:57.200 This ain't no Paw Patrol. Okay, yeah, I know you were right. Vibes for days with this cut scene in the soundtrack. 00:11:57.920 --> 00:12:01.680 Oh, yeah. Women, yes. We all love babes. 00:12:01.680 --> 00:12:06.240 You know what I'm saying? And chains and explosions? 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:09.040 They really threw everything in here. Dude, this is a boys game. 00:12:09.760 --> 00:12:13.520 Motorcycles, women and explosions. For the boys. For the boys. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.720 Why are we street racing? Isn't that illegal? 00:12:18.400 --> 00:12:21.760 I can't tell if I raised them real right or real wrong. 00:12:21.760 --> 00:12:26.000 Space bars. Oh, I got to punch them? Yeah, you do. Oh, heck. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.120 Yeah, oh, I'm behind. This reminds me of Cruisin' USA. 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:33.200 I used to play that a lot in my N64. Cruisin' USA wishes it was Road Rash. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:38.240 Yeah, I've only played games like this at the arcade never on my own time. 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:45.280 I'm surprised again. I love it. It's quite beautiful and the soundtrack helps a lot. 00:12:45.280 --> 00:12:48.960 It kind of captures, I guess, the whole 90s in my view. 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:52.800 Dude, this game has a banger soundtrack. 00:12:52.800 --> 00:12:56.960 What do you think of these graphics? Also equally not good. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:00.320 You don't think there's a charm to how janky they are? No. 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:04.160 If the frame rate was higher, maybe. You know, one thing that's really surprising me 00:13:04.160 --> 00:13:08.640 is how smooth some of the graphics and animations feel, 00:13:08.640 --> 00:13:15.280 but how clunky your movement feels. Like, I feel like it's like one FPS to do the switching lanes 00:13:15.280 --> 00:13:18.240 and leaning, but the background is very smooth right now. 00:13:19.040 --> 00:13:24.160 It's kind of strange. The graphics of this game is poppin'. 00:13:24.160 --> 00:13:28.400 What do you think of that poppin' in the background? Background being kind of formed as you drive. 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.560 Honestly, I don't mind it. Like, it's noticeable, but only when I'm looking for it. 00:13:32.560 --> 00:13:36.160 You know when I'm immersed in trying not to bump into anybody? 00:13:36.160 --> 00:13:39.360 Not a problem. Hey, buddy, I got something for you. Hey, come back. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.440 Yo! Oh! 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.480 Damn. Oh, car, car. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:51.760 Oh, no! I was doing so good. 00:13:52.400 --> 00:13:52.960 My leg. 00:13:57.040 --> 00:14:02.800 I was so not ready to have to do that. 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.800 Dude, this walker's shame, dude. Man, kids today have no idea. 00:14:06.800 --> 00:14:11.120 Like, when Lakitu or whatever he's called like comes and rescues you and Mario Kart 8, 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:14.240 he's like two seconds. Dude, no, man. 00:14:14.800 --> 00:14:19.120 I have to run all the way back to my bike. Well, maybe you shouldn't crash so bad. 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:23.280 That's actually cool. I like that. Yeah. See, she always throws me in one direction 00:14:23.280 --> 00:14:27.120 and she's like, never mind, I'm cool. Except about TIE Fighter. 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:32.240 We're not good after that. Yeah, I think they did a really good job with their sense of speed and the depth, you know? 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.280 Like, the way that the roads just kind of bend 00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:38.800 and you're just kind of like moving with it too. I am not getting a sense of speed. 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:42.480 Definitely not. Just chilling. But I am getting a sense of cool. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.160 Like, look at this. All my buddies dapping me up, patting my back. 00:14:46.160 --> 00:14:49.280 I have a chalice. Oh, babe, kissing your helmet. Whoa. 00:14:52.400 --> 00:14:55.920 Boy, this was pretty cringe. Look, she's so proud of me. 00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:59.200 Winner of all the games that I played today. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.400 This one has made me feel the best about myself. Oh, that's great. Like, by far. 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:05.680 So you're number one. If only I was this cool. 00:15:06.560 --> 00:15:10.320 Oh, I won. I thought you were in second. I definitely was not in first place. 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:14.960 Yeah, if you're not first you're last. Yeah, player one finished in second place. That's not a winner game. 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:18.400 Well, it's winner-ish. You're a winner for thinking this game is cool enough 00:15:18.400 --> 00:15:22.400 and playing it. How would you rate this game out of 10? 9 out of 10. 00:15:22.400 --> 00:15:25.920 Simply. Let's go. I got to download this on my own PC. 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:29.680 Let's go. I got to play it. I give it a 10 out of 10. That was awesome. 00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:33.280 I loved it. I like this little cut scene they have. 00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:39.360 I like the one at the beginning. The music's cool. I think the look of the game is really, really good. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:43.040 And I like that you can see the little motorcycle thing at the bottom. 00:15:43.040 --> 00:15:46.480 It's very immersive. Oh, it's worse than the Star Wars one. I'd give it a 5. 00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:51.920 I'd give that game a 5 out of 10. Do you start to feel sorry for people 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:54.080 that lived through the 90s? Yeah. 00:15:55.840 --> 00:16:00.000 They deserved better. Ah, Civilization 2 Test of Time. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:04.640 More like test of my childhood budget. This was the first game that I ever had to spend 00:16:04.640 --> 00:16:08.000 my own money to upgrade my GPU for. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:13.920 I brought it home. I installed it and it was all like, You do not have DirectX 6 or whatever. 00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:17.680 Compatible hardware. So knowing absolutely nothing about computers, 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:21.920 I went to bargain bytes in Mission BC and I said, Hey, I need DirectX, whatever. 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:25.600 And I need at least, I think it was like 16 megabytes of VRAM. 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:30.400 And I got a GeForce something MX. And that was so that I could have 3D rendered emissaries, 00:16:30.400 --> 00:16:33.840 which quite frankly, I didn't feel added that much to the game. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.120 Should have just gotten the original SIP too. What the f... What do I do? 00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:42.000 Same thing you always do, Sammy. Get good. First task is to find a suitable site 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.680 and found your capital city. The best city sites are near rivers, grasslands, 00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:49.440 coastal areas and areas near special resources. Oh, this is just Minecraft. 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.520 I'm not going to lie. I love these graphics. See, my friends were into these kinds of games. 00:16:53.520 --> 00:16:57.520 I never really got into it so, so much, but uh... Whoa, this is crazy. 00:16:57.520 --> 00:17:01.200 I used to play a game like back in the day called Rise of Nations. 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:06.800 Oh, yeah. And there used to be like a mode that you could start. It was like Nomad mode where it wasn't the default way to start the game, 00:17:06.800 --> 00:17:10.080 but I guess that's just how you start every Civ game. 00:17:10.080 --> 00:17:13.120 Like where you walk around first and find a good place to start. 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:16.720 I love that he's like, yeah, I played this game called like Rise of Nations. 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:19.440 Like, Blake, we've never heard of Rise of Nations. Come on. 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.680 Everyone knows Rise of Nations, right? 00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:27.280 Pre-requisites, none. Already own. 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:31.840 Tree. Dude, Linus, this sucks. I'm sorry. 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:36.880 I usually like to go for the military win because I have like no time to spend, 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:41.600 so I want to win fast as possible and with like more action. Discover a friendly tribe of skilled mercenaries. 00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:46.000 Let's go. We are going. You've just built your first military unit. 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:51.760 I don't even have a place established yet. This UI looks more busy. 00:17:51.760 --> 00:17:55.040 Wow. Okay, this is a lot of information to take in. I'm not going to lie. 00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:59.200 I feel kind of lost right now. It hasn't shown me anything about taxes, 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.400 luxury science or production or food. Production of what? 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:06.480 What am I producing? Yeah, are you feeling overwhelmed? Oh, I am. 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:11.120 And I do not have my tutorial to help me. This game might be worse than the dinosaur game, guys. 00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:17.280 Like the UI is so bad. It's crazy because you don't think about like how good the UI is going. 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:20.400 I don't even think the UI is that bad. They're all harping on the UI. 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:23.760 I mean, everything you need is right there. You just have to read. 00:18:24.320 --> 00:18:26.960 Oh, cheat. Leave a like if you think I should cheat. 00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:31.680 Hell yeah, of course. In the top bar, enable the cheats. 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:35.040 What does it do? It'll unlock the ability to use cheats. 00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:38.480 I'm good. Okay, sure. I'm using my pure intelligence. 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:42.320 Okay, uh-huh, uh-huh. I know what an adjective is. He's doomed. 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:45.440 Kill civilization? Holy, this is maybe God. 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.200 We're going to get rid of all the Vikings. Oh, no, you can't. 00:18:51.760 --> 00:18:54.800 No, you can't play Civ to cheats. 00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:56.960 Yeah, for the French. 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:05.440 It was so easy. It was just one button. 00:19:07.600 --> 00:19:11.360 Oh, reveal map. Should I just go for it? Yeah, go for it. Okay, entire map. 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:14.080 Let's go. Yo! Sheesh! 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:18.640 Look at all these buffalo I can kill. Yeah, how the hell was I going to find these guys? 00:19:19.280 --> 00:19:22.880 Dude, their cities suck, comparison. Like, look at that little house. 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.240 Stupid robot. Should I use cheat mode? I know. Force government? 00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:28.160 What does that mean? 00:19:30.800 --> 00:19:34.080 Oh, God. Depending on which one I pick, the comments are going to be really mad. 00:19:35.280 --> 00:19:38.320 What would you rate this game out of 10? Two. 00:19:39.040 --> 00:19:42.320 Do you think this is the worst game you've played today? Worse than the other ones. 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:46.080 You know what's funny is, I think it's less about how good this game is 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:50.080 and more about just how lost these guys are in the UI 00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:54.880 and not having an instruction manual and also having so many other forms of entertainment 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:58.080 that are so much more instantly gratifying. 00:19:58.080 --> 00:20:01.200 Like, you couldn't enjoy Civ until you had invested 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:04.000 probably a solid five to six hours in it. 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.240 Realistically, right? While I find modern game frustrating, 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:12.480 in that you have to fight with obtuse controls or play through six separate tutorials 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:17.120 before you can enter an online match, in a lot of ways, it's not really any different. 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:22.640 Personally, for me, it's a two. You didn't even explore anything. 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:28.080 But I know the game is good and I could have fun with it if I understood it. 00:20:28.080 --> 00:20:31.200 So maybe a five. You know, I'll give it a middle answer. 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:35.600 I'm not too sure how I feel about it. I don't mind older games in the sense that like, 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:40.640 you know, I do like the challenge of like just kind of mucking about and figuring it out. 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:44.720 You know, if I were just sitting at home playing this on my own or if this had just come out, 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:50.240 I don't think that I would have minded like, taking some time and just being bad at the game 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:56.640 for like an hour or two or three until I, you know, I had it working enough, you know? 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:01.280 Zero. Get out. Zero. Yeah, get out. It's just not my type of game, though. 00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:06.080 I could see someone sinking a lot of time into this game. But for me, this is like a one or a zero. 00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:10.800 I would never play this again. Now, I wasn't sure which Warcraft to go with for this. 00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:14.800 Foundationally, for me as a gamer, Warcraft 2 probably would have been the answer. 00:21:14.800 --> 00:21:18.480 I spent so many hours in Ties of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:24.800 playing through the single player campaigns. I also literally had to learn how to do virtual private networking 00:21:24.800 --> 00:21:30.000 so that I could play multiplayer with my friend. But the one that I played the absolute crap out of 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:35.360 and the one that I think is a more important piece of gaming history given that it gave rise to, you know, I don't know, 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:39.760 Dota, not to mention popularized tower defense for an entire generation of gamers, 00:21:39.760 --> 00:21:45.200 has got to be Warcraft 3. It's also the one that I played exclusively in French 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:50.960 for the first couple of months that I had it because I happened to be at a homestay where the family was French. 00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:56.560 Not bad. Looking pretty good. That's pretty nice. 00:21:56.560 --> 00:22:00.720 This was 2002. 2002, baby. Dude, this is crazy. 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:04.560 This right here is why people thought the Warcraft movie was going to be good. 00:22:05.520 --> 00:22:09.360 Wow, that's very good for 2002. 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:12.240 This probably takes up like half of the storage that the game takes. 00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:16.080 It's almost like a movie trailer from my 2025 eyes. 00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:18.480 I'm quite impressed with how it looks right now. 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:22.480 It honestly looks really good. Like his wing is shaking. 00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:27.040 You can see the feathers on it. Wow, I'm not going to lie. 00:22:27.040 --> 00:22:30.400 I think this is pretty nice. It looks like Blizzard had a pretty nice budget 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:35.280 even before the acquisition. This is pretty good. Wait, they're cooking. 00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:39.200 Dude, Blizzard should just stop making games and just make movies at this point. 00:22:39.760 --> 00:22:44.000 Yeah, the Warcraft movie was really good. Well, okay. Yeah, we'll ignore the Warcraft movie. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:47.440 Can you believe they made it live action? What were they thinking? 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.560 I remember being online because I didn't get a gaming computer 00:22:52.560 --> 00:22:59.920 that could play real games until much later. But I just remember being on forums of people joking about how you had graphics like this 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:06.560 that are so beautiful and so nice. And then you get into like the actual game and it's like a PowerPoint slideshow kind of thing. 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.720 And I think this is like a great kind of example of that. 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:14.720 Wait, what? This is sick. 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:19.200 You can see his hair. It looks soft. It looks so good. 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:23.440 There's a lot of games that come out now that you wish looked this good, at least the cut scenes. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:29.040 I mean, it's obviously like you can tell us from back then, but this is good from back then. 00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:32.640 I don't know what to say because I'm actually blown away. No, sorry. 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:36.800 I do remember this. I don't know why, but it like threw me back. 00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:41.120 I have played something. It might have been this one. Like unlocked a memory kind of feeling. 00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:45.440 Yeah, it did. Like the moment I saw the icons, I was like, whoa, I know this. 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.800 Like I know how this looks. 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:52.160 Even the dialogues in French. I wasn't ready. I don't know what I expected. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:56.000 What are you saying? Oh, come on. It wasn't a nightmare young leader. 00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:00.080 It was a vision. Follow me. I will reveal what the future holds. I don't know what any of this means, 00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:02.880 but I'm ready to go all the way. Ayo. 00:24:03.760 --> 00:24:08.080 These graphics are way better than the other ones. This game still looks good. 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:14.800 I do very much love these graphics. I think modern polygonal gaming would be actually fire. 00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:19.120 I just, maybe I'm the only one that thinks that, but I just think that if games were able to toggle, 00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:22.400 that would be kind of cool. That's totally a thing in remasters, 00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:27.520 including in this game actually. Position, attack. 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:32.320 This is your challenge. Oh, okay. Sorry, animals. 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:39.040 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, games where it's like, 00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:45.600 oh, you attack this thing, you kill it, you get some meat, you know what I mean? Like, but I guess that's not really the move here, right? 00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:47.840 Like you're not going to get random items from 00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:53.280 just innocent animals sitting around. Dude, the computer definitely got louder. 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:59.520 It is struggling to render this. Are we going to really attack a sleeping person? 00:25:00.320 --> 00:25:03.920 Absolutely. Sorry, buddy. 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:08.320 It's either you or us. It's track. He's got two heads. 00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:12.960 That's crazy. That's crazy. And he's already dead. 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:17.520 I don't need any more guys. I'm as tough as I can be. I feel like this is probably one of the easier ones 00:25:17.520 --> 00:25:21.600 that I've played today. This is very difficult when I don't know what everything says. 00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:25.440 The coolest thing about when I picked up this game was that it gave me an experience 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:29.680 that I otherwise never would have been able to have and made it a little bit easier for me to relate 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:33.040 to all the people who, you know, literally will pick up 00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:37.920 a language like English or Japanese because a gaming experience or a community 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:41.120 that they want to participate in is inaccessible 00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:46.160 or not big enough in their native tongue. And I think that's one of the reasons that I was 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:49.760 so drawn to including it, even though obviously it's going to be a bit of 00:25:49.760 --> 00:25:53.360 a struggle for these guys. Oh, I could totally see why kids would be like 00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:58.240 mad into World of Warcraft. If I didn't have other things to do and I just wanted to waste time with my friends, 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:02.960 World of Warcraft. This is not World of Warcraft. You included that on purpose. 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:06.560 I give it a 6 out of 10, a 7 out of 10. Yeah, probably a 7. 00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:09.600 It's fun. I like it. I like the look of it especially 00:26:09.600 --> 00:26:13.440 and the controls are fun. I like the setup at the bottom. I like the map. 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:18.480 It seems very easy to understand, but there's just not a whole lot to do. 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.880 So I'm kind of bored. Okay, you've only done a tutorial mission so far. 00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:28.960 But I gotta say the pacing of the tutorial compared to modern tutorials is pretty slow. 00:26:29.520 --> 00:26:34.080 I could see people getting disengaged with it. I wish it was English. 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:39.520 I haven't done any fights yet, so I don't know, but it's better than the other ones. 00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:43.600 That's fair. What would you rate this game out of 10? Uh, probably 6 out of 10. 00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:49.040 6 out of 10? So this is the number one game? Yeah. I'll give it like a 3, a 3, or a 4. 00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:53.520 It's not, again, it's not my type of game. I don't play these games. 00:26:53.520 --> 00:26:56.800 Yeah, it's a little cerebral for you. Having watched all that, 00:26:56.800 --> 00:27:00.320 my rose-colored glasses are a little cracked 00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:03.840 for some of the games, but for others, honestly, are pretty much 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:07.680 unshattered. And I think there's two major things 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:11.200 that kind of hold younger people back from enjoying these games. 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:16.640 Number one is how good they have it today in terms of the quality and the creature comforts 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:21.120 available in modern games. It's true that a game like Road Rash 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:26.320 really doesn't have a ton of depth and replayability compared to a lot of what you can get today. 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:31.280 As for the ones that did have the depth, whether it's Dino Park Tycoon or Civ or Tie Fighter, 00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:36.800 it's clear to me that there's nothing to really draw them in and force them to invest the hours 00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:41.840 into it to reach that point of enjoyment. And when I say force them, obviously, 00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:45.440 nobody, you know, had their hands on our head making us look at our computer screens 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:48.640 when I was a kid, but we didn't have as many games. 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:52.160 They were so expensive per title and there just weren't as many of them. 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:57.600 So what we did have, dang it, we tried to bring whatever fun was in them out of them. 00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:01.920 And so for that reason, because I had the experience playing with them, 00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:06.720 I would have no trouble going back and enjoying some of them, if not all. 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:11.920 If you guys enjoyed this video, why not check out the playlist of times that we've had young people try previous versions 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.760 of Windows and macOS. We have to do iOS 1. 00:28:15.760 --> 00:28:20.080 Oh gosh. We should do it. There'd be no reason not to because it had no app store. 00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:21.680 Let's do it. So there's nothing to like. 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:25.520 That's it.