Advent Rising Review

The Advent Rising review covers another Halo Killer™ that was hugely marketed with theatrical trailers, comic books, and a million dollar contest. Let's see how that went.
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00:00 - Intro
01:23 - Issues & Fixes
01:47 - Game Premise
03:55 - Visuals
06:22 - Music & Sound Design
10:53 - The Advent Rising Experience
17:28 - Story
23:00 - Conclusions
23:53 - Credits
24:59 - It Never Ends
#AdventRising #AdventRisingGame #AdventRisingReview #AdventRisingPC

[@MandaloreGaming]

Advent Rising on GOG - gog.la/YetAnotherHaloKiller THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo It's not KZbin choppiness, it's just the game.

[@_t_h_o_m_a_s_]

Have a nice friday

[@KarmaHauntsYou]

Thanks for the review man, appreciate your time.

[@KarmaHauntsYou]

Also, Pixel Rook crossover?

[@benjaminbradley4771]

MANDALORE, MANDALORE, MANDALORE. THE BIG MAN IN THE SKY WHO LOVES PUZZLES AND GORE.

[@dev32]

Lemme guess. Your making the Mass Effect trilogy videos.

[@CallanElliott]

"Halo Killer" "Start of a trilogy" Tempting fate I see.

[@kabob0077]

That's like saying "what could possibly go wrong"

[@daanstrik4293]

A tale as old as halo

[@JohnDoe-vm5rb]

Remember wow killers?

[@whorebagsss]

It was an Advent killer, the beginning of the end of a trilogy.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

If you make a videogame like this never EVER EVER *EVER* say these words.

[@hillybanson]

The composer's mother must be very proud.

[@SeaJayLY]

He did such a great job, I bet he used the money he made off of this game to build a 7-foot waterfall in his bedroom, which must suck at night because he'd have to go to the bathroom.

[@amovy031]

He's such a fantastic composer. His house MUST be on Cribs.

[@itsflyde]

Wow, this composer is so good! He must have a lot of Guinness World Records!

[@NickiRusin]

OH GOD

[@spinecho609]

Sound design by Joey Kuras!

[@alastor8091]

"Halo Killer" is like some kind of aracane spell for suicide.

[@Observer413]

yeah, i think it even broader phenomenon. By asserting that your quality is to be 'smth smth compared to other product' you put a glass ceiling for yourself and instead of aiming to be the best 'you', you choose to be mediocre/slightly better 'else'. Trying to set a goal for yourself by comparing yourself to others feels like pre-admitting defeat and crippling yourself

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

I know you meant arcane but my mind read aracne spell and immediately thought of a school of magic with spells exclusively related to spiders. Maybe not even about spiders it just needs a spider somewhere in it to work. That'd be funny. Idk what I'm saying at this point, uh, have a nice day I guess

[@Batkenpre]

It ya similar to the wow killer issue aswell

[@hehexd5317]

​@@Observer413 but they're comparing their products to the products that are considered the best (people didn't used to make MMOs and dubbing them "the guild wars or lineage killer"), so they aim to become the best + not needing to redefine a genre or come up with something new, just make a halo game (or wow/starcraft w/e is considered the best for each genre), with a different coat of paint and slightly better story/gameplay and you're now the best in that genre. It's also sort of like a targeted ad, aiming to tap into the halo fanbase specifically, by associating their game with it and saying that it would be even better, rather than cultivating a following naturally

[@chubbubdreamer6904]

The only darker magic is "WoW Killer". It's like Instagib suicide.

[@tylerbrubaker2331]

"Except in Halo the ai can actually drive you" Just because they can doesn't mean they should

[@PS-mw9cc]

Kat flashbacks

[@rambot_14o43]

How to let the ai drive in halo 2

[@PS-mw9cc]

@@rambot_14o43 Just get out of the driver's seat, get them out of any other positions in the warthog (u do this by just walking up to them until they get down and u see the prompt to swap weapons with the ai). Wait a minute, and they'll get driving

[@rambot_14o43]

@@PS-mw9cc literally finished halo till reach and never knew we could do this, Ill try this tomorrow with my halo 2 anniversary edition

[@PS-mw9cc]

​@@rambot_14o43 just dont let kat drive

[@selectionn]

This game looks like the video game you see someone playing in a movie... Video game: The Video Game

[@tadeomurdaca1709]

needs more onscreen numbers and random hitmarkers

[@ElHuevoFromCBC]

Just like my favorite movie, The Movie.

[@Jesse__H]

Been seeing this comment everywhere recently

[@ignotumperignotius630]

@@tadeomurdaca1709 we're thinking pre-cod4 era

[@finalrambobino]

Can't get 1 min with out you stoners

[@Hobobatman1000]

"And then the character you save dies." A narrative technique that TellTale Games would shamelessly rip off seven years later.

[@jaosborne2763]

Atleast in this game the character that you save has an impact on the ending lmao

[@darkowl9]

See also: Dead Space 3

[@jonaszklimala]

Fuck them for killing Carley

[@lpj2216]

I dont remember that on sam and max

[@kinagrill]

And it is an annoying thing to do. It takes away the sense of accomplishment.

[@sakelaine2953]

Maybe the human characters all grew up in low gravity and have lanky bird bones

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

That's what I thought too

[@ezragoldberg3132]

Kinda like in the Expanse

[@BigPuddin]

I highly doubt that's why. Considering how even some of the aliens look like this, I think it was just art direction. And yes, it looks fucking stupid.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@BigPuddin personally i quite like it

[@BigPuddin]

@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 You're entitled to your opinion, but I absolutely hate it.

[@lemmingrad]

My only memory of this game was when Tommy Tallarico, the music composer, reviewed it on his show The Electric Playground, and particularly had a segment of being proud of having variaties of footstep sound effects.

[@JACrazy3]

I used to watch E a lot as a kid. Never knew Tommy was such a big deal until he left to go do Video Games Live.

[@tinpan6052]

His mother must be very proud

[@TheChronozoan]

​@@tinpan6052 why are so many people saying this

[@tinpan6052]

@@TheChronozoan hbomberguy made a vid on ol’ Tommy Tallarico, it WAS about the roblox oof but it devolved into the many lies Tommy has said… I MEAN, IS HIS MOTHER ACTUALLY VERY PROUD OF HIM OR IS IT ANOTHER LIE?

[@TheChronozoan]

@@tinpan6052 oooh. Thank you, I'll go watch that

[@pathfindersavant3988]

"Halligan then opens up a black hole" So that's what he needed the scissors for.

[@OuhPii]

Nah, it's the actual use of the burnt grass.

[@surelylune]

"Halligan! What happened to my scissors?" "Your scissors? I have no idea." "Don't play me for the fool, Halligan. I know you took them. Where are they?" "If you must know, Lowry, they're lost." "Well, I knew that Halligan!" "In a black hole." "Oh, har har, detective, yes, hilarious. Why don't you come back when you're ready to be honest with me!"

[@Edit-nk6nb]

"Dude, why haven't you updated your graphics card in 18 years?!" "So I can play Advent Rising with dynamicccc shadooows!" "Oh fair, good point"

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Crimson Skies is another of those games. Only runs on AGP cards or in software mode (where the CPU renders the graphics), so everything from about 2005/06 and earlier should work.

[@quainejohnson4808]

@@HappyBeezerStudios crimson skies was cool

[@nicholassternon5857]

@@HappyBeezerStudios My disc was always scratched for crimson skies

[@VengefulNonsense]

Damn. That ending is almost directly quoting the Star Wars prequels at points, you were NOT exaggerating. Cool to hear Michael Bell almost doing his Raziel voice though.

[@jackmesrel4933]

Speaking of Raziel, when is this man going to review the rest of the LoK series? Cus I need to see him having a headache explaining the plot XD

[@WalcomS7]

This is one of those games that I absolutely loved growing up and forgot every single flaw it had. Still, I wish we had more action-orientated third-person shooters in the industry. I miss GunZ and S4 League.

[@CaptMorgan1st]

Remember Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy? That was a neat game.

[@amonilus5390]

GunZ was amazing! It had a small but passionate community here in Brazil

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@amonilus5390 I have never heard of it. Gonna look it up.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Oh some more wacky 3rd person action adventures would be nice.

[@reka10]

Oh man. Gunz and S4 league were the best.

[@viyhexe131]

7:20 "You destroyed my world!" "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"

[@sir_fuckwit]

Ey, Tis a good reference. Batman Beyond right?

[@WTFisTingispingis]

@@sir_fuckwit That show was legendary.

[@MrGeneralHeavy]

For you, the day I graced your home planet was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday

[@sir_fuckwit]

@@WTFisTingispingis It is.

[@CoolSmoovie]

10/10 Reference

[@skullospice]

I love how Halligan has traumatized Mandalore so much he haunts him in every bad game

[@OriginalKasym]

Scotland Yard's finest has done it again

[@elcuartetodeeren6507]

Who was halligan again?

[@OriginalKasym]

@@elcuartetodeeren6507 Detective Brent Halligan. Known sociopath, occasional cannibal, and the best damn man in Scotland Yard

[@HellecticMojo]

@@OriginalKasym Yeah, but he's small time compared to Lowry. A man who never loses his scissors

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

We need to order Mandy some pitza.

[@Lilly_Belle]

This is a great pairing with the "What Happened?" on Advent Rising by Matt McMuscles. This goes into detail about the gameplay and the story, while the "What Happened?" focuses on the behind the scenes aspects. You get the whole picture, when you put 'em together. Very fascinating stuff. Also, that was a kind Spoony comment, at the end. I hope he finds himself, again. I miss the dude immensely.

[@cerberusmutt4252]

where can i find that what happened episode?

[@DaFunyunFrog]

@@cerberusmutt4252 Late reply, but it doesn’t have its own episode, Matt talks about it in the Drake of the 99 Dragons episode

[@alexc4003]

@@DaFunyunFrog Also late reply and maybe you also know it, but months after you did your comment, Matt finally did an episode dedicated just to this game: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6upipl3l9GrZ6c

[@JohnDiGrizUkraine]

@@cerberusmutt4252 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6upipl3l9GrZ6c

[@fenrirsrage4609]

@@DaFunyunFrog Well it did eventually

[@zacharychristy8928]

"I hope Spoony is doing okay too." Narrator: Spoony was not doing okay.

[@deathwatch962]

Welp.

[@ethicsgradient2525]

I'd forgotten about Spoony, what ever happened to him?

[@KoreanMeatball]

@@ethicsgradient2525 He went insane would be the most concise way of putting it

[@michaelweir9666]

@@ethicsgradient2525 He got the Blue Ending from his Ultima IX review

[@Octave_Rolland]

@@KoreanMeatball Do you have a less concise way of putting it?

[@tsundae7669]

22:21 Love how Mandy has a Freudian slip and calls the MC Halligan as the story starts to get batshit. The influence of the Droods is far-reaching indeed.

[@johnoneil9188]

He lives on in the heart of any character who goes just nuts.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

@@johnoneil9188 wrong, Halligan was always crazy.

[@logangagnepain7154]

The real Halligan is the friends we made along the way.

[@tovrobi5097]

That game stuck so much with him that now he uses its soundtrack in each of his videos.

[@Thund3r0v]

It is kind of telling that I did not even realize Mandalore did that for several long seconds, but it is understandable with a main character this blank. Also let us be honest, this game would only be improved by the addition of Detective Halligan, maybe he'll poison someone else now.

[@nickkiller-0710]

I like how this game implies that in the future the human race will have evolved into having Bayonetta proportions

[@Biouke]

Future is now and I sadly don't have Bayonetta proportions T_T

[@NoNameAtAll2]

code geass race

[@Sorrelhas]

Count me in Who doesn't want to be 70% leg?

[@____________838]

This is the way.

[@patrickbuckley7259]

Pretty typical Light Worlder proportions as far as speculative fiction goes (I mean we don't know what living on a low gravity world for centuries would actually do for certain, but speculation has mostly suggested tall lanky noodle men)

[@vonriel1822]

After watching through this a second time, I would really love to hear from a developer. This game honestly feels like it wanted to lean more into the Mass Effect style of game - heavy plot, focusing on intriguing forces working from behind the scenes to steer the future of the galaxy, these weren't part of Halo until much later than 2. So I'm left wondering if there was heavy-handed managerial meddling going on. A sort of, "There's no way that will work! We want the HALO killer!" thing. Seems like they were trying to keep too many plates spinning at once, and, especially with that reveal at the end, the ones with Mister Chef on them were definitely the ones that should've been dropped.

[@jackgebhardt2932]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6upipl3l9GrZ6c

[@Around_blax_dont_relax]

Any Halo past 3 is trash and not worth discussing, lol.

[@tennypenny8737]

@@Around_blax_dont_relax What about Reach? I thought that one was pretty alright. Can't speak on anything past that though.

[@kianvalizadeh8033]

​@@tennypenny8737 odst was also alright and gotta say infinite was a breath of fresh air after the embarrassment that was 5, though it still doesn't compare to older games.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

@@Around_blax_dont_relax ...Even Halo Wars?

[@lostfan10000]

3:15 Thank you Hbomberguy for taking me down *that* rabbit hole.

[@NickiRusin]

Yep. Can't believe that was real.

[@BlackTestament]

real life truly is comedy lmao

[@XxPYTHONREDxX]

"you destroyed my world" Low-key gave me some Hunt Down the Freeman "you fucked up my face" vibes

[@dappercrown46]

To be fair, destroying a world is a better cause for killing than just a face scratch

[@NoriMori1992]

@@dappercrown46 But the delivery…

[@nopens]

Absolutely disgusting wording.

[@umbasa9148]

Are you just going to skip over the fact one of the villains is named Barrakka Bahma? What did they know?

[@jordanmcconnon6214]

I'm crying halp

[@pazz1239]

This Is PERFECT

[@henkhenkste6076]

illuminati confirmed

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Move over, Deus Ex!

[@nullone3181]

Let's not forget Joeb Aidan, Donna Aldrumb and Ted Cruz.

[@fietehermans9903]

You can tell Orson Scott Card didn’t actually write the story and characters: the heroes aren’t good because they’re unashamedly Mormon, and the villains aren’t evil because they’re gay

[@elite463]

REAL

[@xenosbreed]

I loved this game as a kid, it really makes me think of Titan A.E. because I think of how much I loved it as a kid. It sparked my imagination and filled me with happiness and thought everything was so cool and never understood why it flopped. And then revisiting it as an adult who understands story telling, pacing, composition, etc. I was like 'OOOHhh, its actually bad.' I prefer to remember feelings the game and movie gave me, rather than the actual source material itself.

[@YoungsterJoey151]

Wow, not only do you remember advent but you remember titan ae as well?! I thought i was the only one

[@Antoriant]

Titan ae was one of my favorite childhood movies

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Titan AE was kickass tho.

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

I like how close your relationship with GOG has got. You said plz make old game playable and they did :D

[@Noperare]

At this point, Mandalore is GOG company president by proxy.

[@MandaloreGaming]

Not sure how that'll go next time I try since they asked if I was going to recommend it and said no.

[@berntmariustromsdal9215]

It's more like, after a mandatory review the game will top sales for some weeks. Denying him is like saying no to money.

[@ryanb6503]

@@MandaloreGaming I would love to see if the sales really depend on whether you recommend it or not. Either way I bet your video drives traffic.

[@raioh4747]

@@ryanb6503 it's also really good publicity for GOG itself, these videos allways show them in a good light

[@_Digishade_]

"Rocks? They throw rocks?!" God, RIchard Epcar is a gift to humanity.

[@ErnestsLacis]

Books? they have Books?

[@alexdilley987]

@@ErnestsLacis ​They're probably just for show, meant to impress the Council...

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Killer Croc has entered the chat.

[@legio1942]

ikr. He really "Aced" his Zero Escape role.

[@DeadBoneJones]

he dropped an adhesive load on those rocks

[@gavinbob5697]

tommy tallarico be like: my mom is very proud

[@angbandsbane]

7:15 for Transformers Prime fans is Bumblebee vs Shockwave (Will Friedle & David Sobolov). Actually kind of sounds like something an Autobot and Decepticon would say to each other, too

[@atabaysal3287]

"So I talked to GOG about it and they fixed it" Maaaan That is a flex ıf I ever seen one :D

[@AquaShibby3000]

I just paused the video after that and scrolled down to these comments with a purpose.

[@ColdHawk]

This dude has pull like Jupiter. Of course he does with that company. just think about what happens to their sales every time he does a video

[@jon4715]

@@ColdHawk I'm literally going to buy this game on GOG because of this video.

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

He must be making them so much money.

[@shibuishibui3706]

The power of mandalore and sseth is something to be feared

[@MrAnder275]

This feels like what Titan A.E. would be if it was a video game.

[@echodelta2172]

That's a weird take but I know EXACTLY what you mean

[@MrAnder275]

@@echodelta2172 similar marketing too. Like it would "change the market" or something. Big hype only for it to flop.

[@MandaloreGaming]

I came incredibly close to using Cosmic Castaway but music was already being a backend issue with this one.

[@therealwinston3634]

should I play Advent Rising then? cause I like(d) Titan A.E.

[@AlternateKek]

So this game gives you blue balls like that movie too?

[@Zayl1016]

9:43 "Everything you're doing is the most important thing ever." Thanks, I needed that.

[@unintentionally_edgy5867]

timmy talloroco worked on this game? i hear his mothers very proud

[@DukeSetz]

Thanks for highlighting my patch! How awesome to see this pop up in my subscriptions. I talked with the cinematics director years ago, he said they had to push out most of the cutscenes within four months or so before launch. That's why many cutscenes are filmed with the basic Unreal camera using WASD and mouse movement and very poor framerates. Everything you think got cut in this game did. You can extract the audio and listen to prolonged conversations between characters that flesh it out a bit more. Fun fact, that golden pyramid that Gideon picks up was supposed to be a sword for the final fight.

[@MandaloreGaming]

Wow great to see you here! The sword makes so much more sense since that whole sequence came out of nowhere. I thought of talking about the free flying camera cutscenes that got scattered around, but it was pretty minor compared to the other stuff. Thanks so much for your hard work trying to improve it for everyone.

[@Henskelion]

There's another thing this game has in common with Halo then; I recall from interviews that Halo CE's cutscenes had to be wrapped up in the final month or so of development, and Marty O'Donnell was actually scoring them within the final few *days* of dev time.

[@jasonhill8696]

Henskelion the handshake when chief gets to the bridge took something like 2 weeks according to Joe Staten just because they had to line up the models and rerig the animation every time

[@DaRealKingHustle]

did they tell u more about the ending ..?

[@DukeSetz]

@@DaRealKingHustle Not a lot, but apparently Marin would've developed her powers and searched for Gideon after he disappeared, which may have been shown in the cancelled PSP game. And connected with the sword I mentioned, the gameplay in the sequel supposedly focused on melee combat instead of guns. They wanted to give Gideon holographic armor.

[@FlyingNinjaish]

>The camera spins around, forcing you to fight forever Are these Cycles of Guilt?

[@renatomelloduba1014]

Haha, and enemies respawn like crazy too on the side missions.

[@UristBeardhammer]

You gain Brouzouf You gain Brouzouf You gain Brouzouf You gain Brouzouf You gain Brouzouf You gain Brouzouf My Legs are OK You gain Brouzouf

[@mirceazaharia2094]

@@UristBeardhammer All of our legs are OK on this Blessed 🙌 Day.

[@TooFatTooFurious]

3:15 this hits very different now

[@shaefurlong1907]

I'm sure his mom is very proud

[@samtemdo8]

What happened?

[@Terra_Incognita115]

@@samtemdo8 watch hbomberguy's latest video

[@samtemdo8]

@@Terra_Incognita115 2 hours long, just tell me. Does it involve Pedophilia, Suicide, Fraud, or all of the above or none of the above?

[@elvastan]

​@@samtemdo8 Tommy Tallarico is a massive liar

[@Ywhre]

I played this game as a kid SO MUCH. I think I went through the whole thing like 7 times and, aside from bugs, crashes and overall jank, I have so many good memories. The soundtrack still gives me the chills, the song that plays during the credits, 'Greater Lights' is SO GOOD. Few years back there was some official update to the renderer engine and I've seen the community get a bit hopeful about a possible sequel or remake but nothing came of it (and after the update, the game refuses to run on my system lol).

[@OxTheHerdzz]

When the alien walked out of the blizzard towards the guy I was fully expecting a Monsters Inc. "Welcome to the Himalayas!" joke.

[@adrianoippolito1999]

I was expecting "luke, go to the degobah system"

[@Centrophy]

@@adrianoippolito1999 I mean, it is Not Hoth.

[@SendirianAja]

@@Centrophy Ah, that's Hoth - Will Smith

[@noahfessenden6478]

"Snowcone?"

[@mimisezlol]

Alien? I assumed that was Bigfoot

[@mishal2401]

Psychic powers, guna-kata, lizard aliens, purgatory? Oh shit, I'm trapped in the cycles of guilt again!

[@stringbones9360]

oh no

[@GreebusBleeb]

dang it, just a normal Tuesday in MandyLand

[@shotgunjustice9605]

Are your legs ok ?

[@reddeath9858]

You gain Brouzouf

[@MasterXehanort1000]

This weird dream again, déjà vu!

[@elvastan]

With music by the guy who _didn't_ make the Roblox Oof sound

[@Ae7herium]

This game still has a special place in my heart. Hopefully the studio that bought the IP makes a remaster or something.

[@CharlatanWonder]

Ah yes, that carpet that every apartment built between 1950 and 2010 that's just the right shade of grey to where you can't see how filthy it's getting.

[@lpj2216]

I hope indigo gaming doesnt see this

[@vimtheprotogen2855]

The only carpet I have in my apartment is exactly like that lmaop

[@Nivilack]

Mandy is so caught up with Halligans character that he mentions him in completely different games

[@Rejukem]

Once you uncover the Mystery of the Druids there is no going back

[@Nivilack]

@@Rejukem *Droods

[@katatonikbliss]

i thought i was the only one who heard him call the MC halligan, lol

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

The Halligan Scale is a way one gauges video game protagonists. This game’s 3.6 Halligans. Not great, not terrible.

[@ksh2596]

He's like a cop obsessed with the one who got away

[@neighandwhinnymchorse2100]

1:13 Oh wow! I never knew Orson Scott Card wrote Shadow the Hedgehog!

[@stefanemmer2050]

So I actually played through Advent Rising a month or two ago. First person mode is actually a godsend for quite of few shooting sections, and fixes a lot of the issues with the weird aiming controls. Is it cumbersome and janky to constantly be flipping between first person and the follow camera? Yes. But it is totally worth it to improve the gunplay. The added control over what you're shooting at actually gives the weapons a more varied feel. The only downside is that you'll probably find yourself doing fewer sick gunkata flips.

[@captainstarlight3780]

Honestly, since Advent Rising had huge hype machine behind it and disappeared, then mass effect happened, I thought Advent Rising turned into the Mass Effect project because me as a kid had strange ideas how things worked.

[@markhirsch6301]

I mean, that could've happened, but I highly doubt it

[@nukenfry]

This game had soooooo much hype in 2005. But once it bombed on release it was quickly forgotten. Decent game, even though it was a buggy mess.

[@haydentravis3348]

All it would have taken is a bioware designer really enjoying Advent Rising and talking about it non-stop to his buddies.

[@pucktoad]

These human character designs remind me of a mid 2000s MP3 player.

[@WillowEpp]

Thank you, I am having trouble breathing now.

[@nkozi]

This makes so much sense and I'm not even sure how

[@rambot_14o43]

Code geass race

[@xenosaga1348]

Either the Aurelians are deeply, DEEPLY disturbed, or they picked up some really convincing Heaven's Gate members. Hahahahaha awesome line.

[@FinalStarman95]

Maybe the Aurelians are big fans of Nike.

[@sams3533]

*spots Tommy Talarico Studios for music* Since it's music I have to wonder if Tommy actually did something for it or not.

[@awesomehpt8938]

It’s like halo, mass effect and the matrix had a baby and smothered it with all sorts of colours

[@akerravala]

I thought it looked like it had some 5th Element in there too

[@adamwest8711]

Apparently, they’re anti-vaxxers because their baby is..well, it’s not around anymore.

[@Marinealver]

specifically Halo 4, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Enter the Matrix.

[@Rick586]

It feels like a Jedi Knight knockoff with assets stolen from Halo.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Also some Titan A.E.

[@carpotheduck1718]

"The game started to be known as the halo killer" Ah so it's one of those games

[@spartanx9293]

Haze killzone fire warrior ect

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

Halo killed itself eventually.

[@Donnerbalken28]

@no or maybe yes Same with Wow killers. So many failed MMOs that have been all but forgotten.

[@spartanx9293]

@@EminemLovesGrapes not yet pray to God that infinite is good

[@fritzophrenia3146]

@no or maybe yes Oh you didn't hear? We've graduated to destiny killers these days

[@fatkiller1000]

9:41 "Oh shit it's a human quick jojo pose"

[@goyosoyoyo]

3:16 Tommy Tallarico made this score? I'm sure his mother is very proud

[@decafv1853]

Only the first man to be hired to work on the sonic franchise.

[@bozotheclown1142]

Three HUNDRED video game credits 120 MILLION people went to his garage video game music concert Loved by the Dalai Lama AND Shigeru Kojima Slaughtered thousands of gaming racists Commited tax evasion It's Tommy Tallarico Time

[@decafv1853]

@@bozotheclown1142 Shigeru Kojima

[@magicalgirl1296]

"Trying to make everything huge ultimately makes nothing stand out." Ah, the Michael Bay approach to presentation, a classic.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And here am I waiting for that Michael Bay CoD: MW movie trilogy. Because if something is made for each other then those.

[@chrisk3824]

When he calld the MC Halligan and followed with something nonsensical, my brain just accepted that

[@forealdo25]

I didn't even notice that.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Oh damn,

[@Astertane]

The Turtles in Time theme in the background really sells it

[@sarahelkordy8596]

I’ve been waiting all video for this reference and I’m not disappointed nor surprised at this point

[@guest273]

*"The story is paced like it's late for work"* is a new favorite of mine! xD

[@maggiem6209]

_"The story is paced like it's late for work."_ *Cue ugly cackling at 3 in the morning.*

[@jerrell1169]

“... I mean Jesus, it’s more than cake it’s the whole birthday party. Well at least by Code Geass Barilla pasta people standards”-Mandy 2021

[@alt0248]

Poetry, simply poetry

[@Dr.Gainzzz]

Yeah that line was so under rated haha

[@mikethewordsmith4263]

I had to pause and remember how to breathe after that. Poetry indeed.

[@bearcataquatic]

I know (and of course love) code geass. But the barilla pasta line lost me xD maybe cause english isn’t my first language

[@akreid4614]

Can somebody explain ? Don’t get it

[@giuwahdangelo102]

"Halligan then opens up a black hole..." God damn it Mandy

[@IamQuh]

Ah... A Code Geass Pasta People reference. This is why I subscribe to you Mandalore.

[@antonkorneev5058]

You are so wholesome, dude♥️ Such as your community. I feel better when i see the comment section below your videos. Sadly that's not so common for other social media.

[@tangatalaga91]

I knew Halligan was gonna save the day again!

[@seb24789]

And he didn't even stab his love interest.

[@SuperJawsy]

@@seb24789 Yet...

[@TitanDarwin]

@@SuperJawsy I mean, he (optionally) left his first love interest to die, sooooo....

[@casualbear6295]

Not for any compelling reason, the final boss just had some small, seemingly insignificant item Halligan happened to need.

[@jauniussinkevicius7106]

"It has a unique control scheme - in the same way there are road signs warning of unique children" LMFAO

[@herohalv4543]

[dramatic whoosh-baboosh] just the start of some amazing subtitles

[@Donnerbalken28]

"They throw rocks." "Wait that doesn't sound too threateni..." "Asteroids." "Oh."

[@WTFisTingispingis]

They shoulda led with the "asteroids" bit instead of trying to be cute.

[@Marinealver]

Studying physics and being a fan of Babylon 5 I knew exactly what they mean by rocks. Big Rocks, Really Really Big Rocks.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

@@Marinealver yeeeeeep. It's like the bugs in Starship Troopers.

[@winterflan]

This is a legitimately hilarious line that deserved to be in a better game

[@animeotaku307]

Fun fact: Will Friedle (voice of Terry McGinnis and this game’s hero) also voiced Ron Stoppable from Kim Possible.

[@alexforce9]

I was wondering why he sounds familiar.

[@Ehh.....]

He was also Eric Matthews from Boy Meets World, if you were into late 90s sitcoms.

[@conradoamano3446]

"Booyah!"

[@floricel_112]

also Lion-O in the 2011 Thundercats

[@lilman1874]

Wasn’t expecting the OST to sound so good

[@SpottyCornetYT]

Damn this brought back so many memories, I replayed it on PC thinking the flaws would stand out more to me but I loved it even more and have been wanting a sequel since my first play through as a child

[@IronMan9771]

Mando: hey GOG, can you fix this game? GOG: yeah, sure Mando: so anyways, I don't recommend this game GOG: ...

[@hayaokakizaki4463]

"BABE WAKE UP, IT'S MANDY!" "I've been up for hours honey I'm not an animal."

[@Top2266x]

I would really love to see a review of Dark Void! Not sure how many people played it back in the day, but it really felt like it fits the spirit of the channel. Also, thanks for another great video GOG-Lord Mandalore!

[@ilikecurry2345]

What would be even better is if he covered its weird DSi thought-experiment demake, Dark Void Zero.

[@Gltdoors]

WHOA! I don't think I have ever so completely forgotten about a game I once owned. Thanks for bringing back some wierd memories!!

[@SunsetSullivan]

When I was in high-school, I played in the school band. One of our retinue was a collection of popular media music, like James Bond or such, and sure enough Advent Rising was actually on there more than a decade after its release. If a high-school band can reasonably play this music and have it be confused for a legitimate orchestra piece you know that you've struck gold with the soundtrack.

[@darkdude9248]

The only things I remember about this game as "rocks? They throw rocks?" the million dollars, and thinking this was all gonna end in a space jesus allegory cause of the final power you get

[@Ultracity6060]

I'm amazed how killer the voice acting cast is.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

TBH they're hella overqualified for this. Apparenty Orson Scott Card didn't exactly have much of a hand in writing for this he just made the setting, which is usually a bad sign. EDIT: Nope apparently OSC did the dialogue writing, but otherwise it was the Mustard bros' baby. Which is...hmm.

[@sniper205howard]

that last second Supreme Commander reference earned you a like and a sub my man!!

[@Electroporcupine]

"Advent Rising" really is one the best examples of a videogame title that tries to be enigmatic and cool but is really just some nonsense words strung together. At least with Horizon: Zero Dawn there are plot elements that eventually explain what's going on with the title, "Advent Rising" is just two words that mean nothing without context and don't really relate to the plot either.

[@juvenoiachild7675]

Halo sounds cool because the original trilogy is about massive ring shaped planets or halo shaped

[@MouldMadeMind]

@@juvenoiachild7675 that's called ringworld

[@awkwardcultism]

That's why my favorite video game title is GunBrick.

[@awkwardcultism]

That's why my favorite video game title is GunBrick.

[@dogodogo5891]

in older days i bought think it was some grandiose rpg like morrowind or semi open world like halo, little dissapointed especially took many spaces in HD for that time and find out around 80% just some type cutscene wmv video and core files itself just 1.3 gb but in my opinion character design n movement are cool as hell

[@mynameisozymandias7150]

Fun fact: Orson Scott Card collaborated in the writing of The Secret of Monkey Island (especially the lines of the insult duels). EDIT: He also worked on The Dig.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

...what a twist.

[@Coordinator010]

This is the second time in about 25 years I've seen The Dig mentioned on the internet.

[@R3GARnator]

The Dig was a good adventure game!

[@oddojaggins]

8:14 all hail the magic conch!

[@superyerfdog]

4:28 sorry I'm obsessed with that little wave he does to fire his space magic

[@ValentineGrimCC]

Well, how else was he going to stay in the air?

[@MostlyPennyCat]

The last line should have been "who the hell are you? This is my iceberg"

[@MandaloreGaming]

The space yeti being hostile and violently kicking him would've been a fascinating direction. Just make the second game about the space yeti gaining The Force through eating the corpse of a human and he just fights wildlife.

[@bigcat5348]

Last line *should* have been "Welcome to the Himalayas!"

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@MandaloreGaming Dude sounds like Jeff Baker's Dark Elf voice, but he doesn't have a credit for this game.

[@Markuswaters]

"The story is paced like it's late for work" is my new favorite critique.

[@hanaya5409]

I've been waiting for another video from you, my good sir. It's been years since I heard of this game.

[@jamesdemyan9054]

Loved the use of the whistle theme from deadly premonition at the end

[@physe8052]

I think I have an automatic fondness for this kind of animation due to how many times I watched 'Hot Wheels: World Race' growing up.

[@JoshuaMai1]

That's a name I haven't hear for a long time.

[@markhirsch6301]

@@JoshuaMai1 a name lost to time, only remembered by those only who have seen it

[@WTFisTingispingis]

I have only vauge memories of those movies. Like a fever dream.

[@mr_girr3488]

you just made me remember the time I loved a hot weals direct to DVD movie that had a California surfer piloting a weed van that could drift with the power of space aliens

[@shcdemolisher]

I have that movie and its sequel Acceloracers, that was also a series.

[@ryanb6503]

Long legs + short jackets = character design

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

She's got a short skirt and a looooooooong... jacket

[@HonestObserver]

Welcome to the '00s

[@archivehans]

Robert valley be like

[@1r0zz]

I do not know why a lot 2000 to 2005 game character had that style and similar body types...it not like there were games that were incredibly successful with that kind of style?

[@TheAmubis]

Code Geass

[@ajeje1996]

10:41 Oh come on I'd recognize that door design ANYWHERE

[@rainmanslim4611]

I remember seeing this in an xbox magazine back in the day! It looked so cool. Thankfully I never saw it at the local rental shop so I didn't waste my money.

[@wiiseeyou]

I was in a collaboration with a few local choirs and an orchestra tha put on a video-game music concert a few years ago and Advent Rising's main theme was one of the sons we performed, together with Halo, Red dawn, Skyrim, Civilization, and others. Had never heard of the game, but the music slaps.

[@planescaped]

This game definitely crosses the line between "inspired by" and "ripping off" I don't think I have ever seen a more derivative game.

[@DragonWinter36]

Limbo of the Lost

[@TitanDarwin]

I mean, that seems to be par for the course for games marketed as [insert franchise] killers - they copy the game they're aiming to kill as much as possible because that's popular, but completely forget to include anything that might make people choose this game of the other. You can see that a lot with the era of "WoW killers" - all those games didn't really innovate on the formular or were sometimes just plain worse, so they all just died with a whimper. If you want to compete with a popular game, don't come out boasting your game will kill it - actually give people some good reasons to play your game.

[@jiaan100]

​@@DragonWinter36 that wasn't ripping off a game though, it was assembled from other games body parts but it was its own thing

[@KeulchenGerrit]

Gotta love the deadly premonition whistle tune. Thanks for getting this stuck in my head again...

[@doltBmB]

One thing you don't get (by default) with the PC version is the excellent flick targetting that was on the Xbox version. The game still supports it but you'll need to manually set up your gamepad in the config files. It takes a bit of knowledge of how unreal engine config files work to do, but it's absolutely brilliant once you get it working.

[@flooblybub]

This game feels like a Titan AE kind of thing. You're nostalgic for the style rather than the substance.

[@SpeedyGaming]

Right on point and even I liked Titan AE for that purpose.

[@defjusteman629]

Good description of the vibe.

[@RisenSlash]

are u trying to tell me titan ae has no substance have i been lying to myself this entire time

[@Natalie-qm3ys]

It was the last film to be directed by Don Bluth. Over the Hedge was supposed to be his next film, but it was handed to Dreamworks because Titan A.E. was a commercial failure.

[@coachrenaldo]

After I heard “halo killer”, I knew how well this game fared

[@komred64]

history showed us the only one capable of killing halo is halo itself

[@1r0zz]

@@komred64 not halo. 343 industires... and no, halo 4 is not "just like previous halo" games and halo fans are "entitled", it's atrocious...

[@komred64]

@@1r0zz That is true, but given what Bungie did post halo Reach I dont think they could have delivered a better game

[@1r0zz]

@@komred64 you mean destiny? frankly, all destiny problem comes from the fact someone in the directorial seats was hellbent to create an MMOFPS... even if everything they were creating was completely opposite to that. the story is a mess, because you simply cannot tell a linear plot (what destiny have) in a mmo (that is better suited for big bulk world plot advancement in expansions and a bunch of semi-related subquests). the gameplay is a mess, because it's at a core designed to be a single player linear shooter like Halo, but with random semi-rpg crap shoved around. the levels and graphics are decent to well done, but since there isn't proper narrative, they feel like 2000 shooter levels (that's not bad per se, but with the gameplay...ehhh) if they just made a bloody single player with coop and ffa multi like halo it would have been a probably great game...

[@Venislovas]

Every [X] killer fails

[@joesomebody3365]

I actually have this game, because someone recommended it as a "funny in a bad way' kinda game. Cool to see a review of it, thanks Mandalore Gaming.

[@demicus]

I rememebr buying the OST for this game ages ago, then going "...wait, I thought this was a movie or something. It was a game?" Music is hella good.

[@ScantilyCladPlatypus]

I'm assuming the levels are all huge cuz they needed to hide that million dollars secret somewhere

[@pureevil9496]

I really love the 2000's noodle people style It's very striking to me and I like the edgy silhouettes it gives characters

[@Pointingtothereality]

Yes yes, fascinating comment but your user icon... Where did you find it?

[@Batkenpre]

Same it was really creative in my opinion

[@TheTattorack]

TRON: UPRISING and Eon Flux.

[@pureevil9496]

@@Pointingtothereality Oh sorry I just saw this It's Mary from the animated short film Judas and Jesus

[@kafkabigmon]

Totally Spies has it too

[@LogicalMan6]

Would honestly be curious to see this remade, whether that's just a major graphics overhaul with a bunch of fixes/updates or a whole new built from the ground up game that carries on the ideas of the original.

[@JakalairVG]

I remember this was a great weekend game back when it came out. My wife even sat and watched me play it because it had enough plot to follow along. 🎉