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[@lucuador1992]

6:46 "do they....kiss?" I swear that had to be almost everyone's first thought when that cutscene played

[@psi_rockin]

Your doppio pfp is how I feel about those cutscenes

[@cjvargas7000]

What part of the video?

[@josuecampos1564]

6:46

[@shannonhelderlein1857]

Im not sure if they kiss I think she just tackled a man twice the size of her

[@AymenZero]

i swear i thought that too. it's the romantic music

[@SunshowerHeathcliffBeliever]

I’m convinced this is the dark parallel reality alternative to one where it was called “Balan Wonderland” and was the greatest game of the decade.

[@jasonbrose6743]

we are the bizarro universe, a one-off joke where the main reality laughs at the weirdness of ours. Heck, we even got a reality television star to be our president. Regardless of your political stance, you have to admit that sounds like a joke reality.

[@cerberusloki.9226]

@@jasonbrose6743 i fuckin hate this joke i wanna go to the fuckin prime universe

[@mauriciomeireles1210]

Tbf this game COULD be such an awesome game... it has a great idea the theme arround teather and broadway dances is an awesome gimmick and the actual story (THAT WAS RELEASED IN A FRICKIN BOOK) is pretty damn good. Its such a wasted potential that makes me sad actually

[@cerberusloki.9226]

@@mauriciomeireles1210 i'm most broken up because Balan actually looks really damn good, like he looks like something from Danganronpa, he has the same vibe as that Danganronpa teddy bear

[@abbycollins]

@@mauriciomeireles1210 I agree! I'm a sucker for fantasy stories that focus on someone helping other people's inner struggles that literally transform them into monsters. Plus, the whole aesthetic of the game is amazing, it's zany and fantastical in a willy wonka kind of way, which I love so much! I just wish it was put in a game with actual good controls and a more polished experience.

[@ImpracticalShield]

Fun fact about this game, all the cutscenes were added later into development because play testers had no idea what was happening so square Enix got a different company to just add them in at the last minute

[@abbycollins]

And they did an amazing job.

[@Terrabyte13]

And the best part? We still don't know what's happening! 10/10

[@bazzle592]

Apparently they didn't send it back to the play testers.

[@artimationstudios7711]

Why is this me when I finish an essay but didn’t include everything I needed from the prompt

[@Reynsoon]

Not just any different company. The guys who make the FFXIV opening cutscenes

[@jaspermaij3753]

Omg I just realised: with Balan as good and Lance as evil, you can find true harmony when they're together.. in BaLance

[@TurnipBoy666]

WAIT YOUR RIGHT WHAT

[@khanes5376]

Wait this cant be real

[@octolinggrimm6387]

ship name

[@The_Uncommon_Cole]

How did I not notice this the first time I watched this video The game is for literal children

[@patpat4937]

Balanlance

[@bidoof367]

i like how two of the stories were "my cat literally died" and "my parents are dead and i don't love anyone anymore" and the final one was "people litter"

[@samueld8413]

Priorities

[@Crabgar]

"i lost a chess game"

[@tacodude83]

And don't you dare forget "people don't like what i like"

[@Glitch_Man42]

But like, it's not. It's about being underappreciated for the work you do. That's why the chapter was called "the man no one saw" and why he was invisible in cutscene. I know it was REALLY subtle and all, but bear with me on this.

[@samueld8413]

@@Glitch_Man42 yeah but the funny interpretation is funnier

[@Paraster]

"He lost once, so he plays against children to feel better" Wasn't this an episode of iCarly?

[@jasonkeith2832]

That's just competitive Pokémon.

[@piss9133]

That's just Alpharads job

[@TheFatedCr0w]

Yes.

[@Kirby-nz7ck]

he actually lost on purpose in the game, though it’s hard to tell

[@rooksclown316]

@Paraster lol I was thinking thinking that

[@bookfish]

It's so annoying, because this game could've been such a good "fun" way to teach kids how to process all kinds of emotional stuff, like defeat, loosing someone you love etc. But instead they did this...

[@staydetermined6717]

Y e h

[@abbycollins]

Or it could've been a story telling masterpiece about letting go of your grief in a Willy-Wonka-esque fantasy narrative.

[@Ciretako]

It's like someone gave that pitch to an alien who had no conception of human emotions or experience and could only try to imitate them while hoping that no one would notice.

[@bookfish]

@@Ciretako Either that, or they fed countless of musicals and feel good movies to an AI and this is what the computer generated based on those.

[@miss_chelles1338]

@@abbycollins That would also be coolm

[@spiderdude2099]

Fun fact: Almost 90% of the actual story of this game was sold in a separate art book that might have also been JP exclusive

[@MajoradeMayhem]

To any video game developers who might see this: DO NOT put the main plot of your game into a separate book. The main plot belongs IN THE GAME.

[@spiderdude2099]

@@MajoradeMayhem I know right? It seems to be more prevalent for JP developed games. Like it’s just more common. Sometimes manga will have a canon video game that ties one part of the manga to the next, which gets extra confusing. Cuz if you don’t play the video game there’s just info missing.

[@LexisVoyage]

@@MajoradeMayhemno i think it should be done for the sequel for this award winning masterpeice

[@justpassingby298]

well not artbook, just regular book. And not JP exclusive either. But yeah in an attempt to make "a game anyone can play no matter what" they ended up making a game noone can understand no matter what

[@Legithiro]

@@MajoradeMayhemunless you’re Fnaf, Fnaf gets a pass

[@skelengeityor7630]

Balan Wonderworld is like that one kid who spent 3 days studying for a science test, but did that studying for a math test. You can't deny the effort they made, but they most certainly put their effort in the wrong subject

[@OnEiNsAnEmOtHeRfUcKa]

No, because studying math can actually help with science. It's more like they studied archaelogy for a math test.

[@abbycollins]

I agree. Make this into a movie or netflix series and you'll have all my money. But I aint buying a game that plays like garbage.

[@brethebird3148]

It’s more like they spent hours perfecting their handwriting for a math test. Sure their handwriting, looks nice, but they have no idea how to do it

[@GreenEyedPsycho]

@@brethebird3148 that sums it up best they polished the cutscenes so much they forgot they were making a game

[@I_the_Taco]

They might have studied, but they still get an f lmao

[@devinspencer1678]

The worst part about the Polar Express cutscene is that it serves literally no purpose. Trains are meant to take you to different places. But all that happens here is you circle around the island, and then go right back to where you started. You get on this fantastic magical train, and go NOWHERE!

[@nukeariesdiana2476]

@New Under Craft no 796 like now

[@zezus001]

Like in life in general

[@nukeariesdiana2476]

Also the train it Balan wonderworld is like if the train in Japan just went around your house

[@sladewilson2753]

Alex the 9 has better trains

[@gumsgang1216]

20:26 “It gets hit by a car” being immediately followed by the game actually having the cat get hit by a car fucking killed me.

[@insertobligatoryreferenceh489]

The subsequent laughter is gold.

[@abbycollins]

Same with the deforestation joke.

[@lnsflare1]

But it didn't kill the cat.

[@kierahnkarkaria5449]

They ripped this off yokai watch lmao

[@GabetheDogeXD]

No it killed the cat not you

[@rowan404]

For some reason, I feel like Balan would be a Tumblr sexyman if this game was less obscure.

[@itsonlyzaq]

it's because he looks like fucking Jax-

[@rowan404]

@@itsonlyzaq I made my comment before Digital Circus was released, but now, I can’t unsee it.

[@itsonlyzaq]

@kokopium8003 I suddenly had the feeling, so I just HAD to.

[@Wremson]

I can already see the blonde white guy gijinka of balan

[@crowskinned]

he actually is one. there's a very thriving tumblr fandom for this game.

[@agent_8167]

My least favorite part of the game is the fact that if it had been released like 6 years earlier balan would be the most thirsted after character on tumblr and honestly that scares me

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

There would have been yaoi fan art of him and Lane Ship name Balalance

[@agent_8167]

@@flowersandcheesecake1710 you are correct and I absolutely hate you for it 🤣

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

@@agent_8167 ☺️

[@breannecandelaro8013]

@@flowersandcheesecake1710 wouldnt that be like selfcest?

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

@@breannecandelaro8013 Yes

[@shoomps2527]

"What are you in for?" "My entire family died" "Cool, my invention broke and I got mad"

[@shadowsableyexd2660]

I love the implication that this is just a fucking prison

[@casperrabbit7254]

@@shadowsableyexd2660 It is

[@sanitynotincluded4837]

"I lost a game of chess." "Oh it must've been a pretty important game, did they take something from you?" "Yeah, my dub"

[@Asa44y]

i lost a a game of chess

[@ericmurotake5180]

@@Asa44y But to someone whose entire world and self is predicated on being the best, losing shatters everything. As an anime example, look at someone like Vegeta or Kaiba. They see themselves as the absolute pinnacle of what they do (martial arts and Duel Monsters, respectively), and their first real loss causes them to briefly snap (and in a way, they never quite recover, thus their obsession with beating their rival)

[@TornadoZX825]

moral of this game: if you have social anxiety, just backflip

[@fictionarch]

If I could back flip I wouldn't have social anxiety.

[@TornadoZX825]

@@fictionarch there you go, learning already

[@theicetypesnivy6983]

"Oh, you have social anxiety, just fucking dance!"

[@tinkerermelon6599]

But a backflip is a 360! You can't turn your life around with a 360

[@theicetypesnivy6983]

@@tinkerermelon6599 Proceeds to stop at 180 degrees and starts walking like a dog in Minecraft named dinnerbone.

[@Mariodash23]

My favorite part about this game is that Yuji Naka committed insider trading against Square Enix after this game bombed. Really classy, Naka.

[@duckbuster1572]

From what I’ve read about this guy he’s only notable for coming up with the concept of Sonic (Mario but he’s a ball) and not really anything else. And even then the actual character designs and gameplay were done by other people

[@Theheck729]

@@duckbuster1572 You make it sound like ain’t nobody know who Sonic is

[@mettawatkutaninwat5411]

@@duckbuster1572 Bro really tryna slander Sonic the Hedgehog by calling him “Mario but he’s a ball”

[@duckbuster1572]

@@mettawatkutaninwat5411 You misunderstand. Sonic is a fleshed out character with an iconic design and unique gameplay. This guy had an idea for a Mario game where Mario was replaced with a ball that rolled around really fast. The character design, level design, and gameplay were actually created by other people. The role he played was very small and had little to do with what led to the game's success.

[@toraregisfurry]

@@duckbuster1572 didnt he program the games physics?

[@lucaskasssab4543]

“Is this a story based game?” “It’s just a based game” So true bro

[@yesty3473]

Redpilled game.

[@JustaOddblackhat]

My exact thoughts

[@TheWeebIdiot]

All I want to say is baron is just based hisoka

[@marleytarver9759]

that was such a raw line on jawsh's part

[@lildrawhub1025]

Based? Based on what?

[@Wooookly]

This game is a perfect example of a group project, the animators did an amazing job but everyone else didn’t

[@casperrabbit7254]

That's not fair, I say the composer and character designers pulled their weight 😂

[@gaburieruR]

@@casperrabbit7254 Music, designs, and the primal idea were delightfull. But then there was story, gameplay and the rest...

[@Wooookly]

@@casperrabbit7254 yea ur right

[@casperrabbit7254]

@@gaburieruR The story's fine, it's just... not in the game. Or barely in the game. Like what kind of story doesn't even bother telling you the names of over half its characters?

[@PrinnyLord]

I'd say cooking makes a better analogy. You can have all the most premium of ingredients but it will still be a waste if you don't know the recipe. Sure this Flatbread is salvageable if used like a tortilla, but everything was prepared with intention to make a fluffy loaf of bread.

[@ungus-n-bungus]

"I think its to remind the protagonist that he has social anxiety" But yet he's been dancing with everyone he sees for 13 chapters

[@anonymouspersonthefake]

its helping him not have social anxiety

[@bombyman84]

It's because he forgot that's why he had to be reminded!

[@Sunky_real]

@@bombyman84 10/10 plot

[@garreonlefay6703]

this game skips the entire prologue and setting to pop us right in the middle of the story. Which is incredibly shitty. Leo actually meets the people in the Wonderworld and actually develops bonds with them, the he and Emma remember this, they are unable to turn into Guardians and Balan is capable of telling them what actually was going on in the Magical Theater, so they decide to help him wake up the dreamers of the Wonderworld and make them face their problems, to resolve them. The moment their stages change to battle mode is on the middle of the story, when Emma and Leo receive the power to use the power of dreams to turn into the denizens of the stages and use their abilities. Another shitty thing, is that there were a lot of scenarios they were able to use....but a review panel was the one that chose the most "safe" of the scenarios. Remember, this place is for people with severe trauma......so yeah, there were a lot of darker scenarios. The girl that got her cat ran over and the bride whose family died were among the original darkest ones.

[@mr.mothly]

@@garreonlefay6703 question: why do you know that? Why did you bother to know that?

[@hyperspace0901]

32:50 I find it funny how the invisible man costume says it switches between visibility and invisibility when it feels like it.

[@mattlyons9027]

“Is this is a story based game?” “This is just a based game”

[@kiksiidiriiksii7194]

You see that’s where you’re wrong cause it is neither based or a game

[@jackhazardous4008]

No sorry this game is bluepilled

[@mac6na6na26]

game

[@current9300]

Based on what?

[@grenuille8733]

@@current9300 based on you havin 0 hoes

[@lizzzylavender]

I love how “her entire family died” and “he lost once at chess” are treated as the same in this game

[@claraclenky9843]

Is it not?

[@tsunamininja]

and people litter

[@w.o.iproductions248]

I actually feel the way it handles some of these things is kind a true to life. It’s very clear that some of these things aren’t actually “problems“ but they mean a lot to the character. There are many people in this world, including myself, that put a lot of themselves or their emotions into something that admittedly don’t really matter. A lot of people do it for different reasons but I’m not one to judge and I can’t make that call. There were also some things that were in the book that didn’t get conveyed in the game about why characters had problems the way they did. The guy who “lost the chess game“ actually was feeling a sense of grief because after he began spiraling downward trying to figure out why he kept losing in chess he didn’t notice his wife was getting more sick and she passed away causing him to blame himself. Really would’ve been great to see that in the game. I’m getting off topic. One of the things I felt the game handled really well was even though it was obvious to the player that not all these things had the same weight to everyone, no one person‘s problem was treated as though it was worse than the others. Just because we agree that losing someone’s family is worse than not being able to ask out your crush, doesn’t mean that it wasn’t still horrible for the people involved.

[@Green-vw5vr]

@@w.o.iproductions248 you're looking deeper into this than they probably did

[@damianiscringe1082]

@@w.o.iproductions248 dude calm down this game is not worth a collage essay

[@CoreySchon]

"The Man Seen By No One": Credit where it's due, they understood well how many people would make it to the last level of the game.

[@thomaswiltherford9265]

Ouch, wicked burn. Made me laugh!

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

"Does she believe in deforestation?" is SUCH a wild line with SO MANY implications

[@yeetrboiii4122]

This game is like if Persona 5 and Disney had a deformed child, and then Disney cheated on Persona 5 with Hamilton, and then the house caught on fire and Mario Oddessy jumped in. *chef's kiss*

[@AangDknight]

Mastahpeece lmao

[@rokamayono2312]

Why does this make sense?

[@snowyches9886]

This is exactly it

[@cheesecakepaw]

This is very oddly specific and I'll die for that

[@floopusdoopus]

And they are all cousins

[@vamp1310]

The worst part about this video for me is seeing how good all the boss designs are, and then remembering the quality of everything else.

[@aaaaaaa7808]

Ugh I feel like the bosses are ruined by the game

[@willyboi1389]

@@aaaaaaa7808 the game is ruined by the game

[@MsDestroyer900]

I don't understand the game cus one moment its Pixar, the next moment its a unity asset flip. Like seriously, 3d modeling a box to move around synchronously is one of the first things you learn in 3d animation, and that is what they show you after beatimg6a fucking boss. They obviously know how to animate, so why is everything In game motion captured? How did this game turn out this way

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

Hi pvz rule 34

[@kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

@@InsertFunnyThingHere where did that even come from--

[@poe_slaw]

“Is this a story-based game?” “It’s just a based game” Fucking golden

[@jenniferdunstan5065]

I know right

[@belacile]

Classic Jawsh

[@Spongedude94]

Iconic

[@ZorotheGallade]

It is definitely one of the games I've ever played.

[@Sugarist0]

I remember that line when I first saw this but I can’t find it now

[@terrickovic]

"is this an allegory for ww2? several minutes later "he's probably just bad at art"

[@verxintRising]

underrated comment

[@Froggycolouring]

NAH 💀💀💀

[@thearrowfish2778]

This is my favorite comment ever on an Alpharad video. Ever.

[@jamesies_wistius2010]

Oh goodness.!

[@guffthebir72]

💀

[@ragingmonkeycritic]

"If you’re being bullied, stop" No no, he's on to something

[@panzalinopanzultimate4796]

Bro you got shot? Just stop bleeding ain’t that hard

[@mimitheechidna]

Drowning? Breathe.

[@_hollowsky]

you're*

[@ragingmonkeycritic]

@@_hollowsky that’s what I said

[@_hollowsky]

@@ragingmonkeycritic we can all see the edited tag buddy

[@daluckycat5788]

This game’s concept and atmosphere had so much potential and it’s painful to see how badly they blew it

[@Boojum_Tree]

Hello, fellow hollow knight OC pfp

[@cherrycreamsoda4253]

This is a never before seen gaming experience idk what you’re saying

[@jjtpg]

Frrr tho, if they had a good team then this game wouldve actually been so cool

[@NO.10162]

@@jjtpg well, it was developed by arzest and this was their first 3d venture...so that explains it.

[@artemispage6405]

@@jjtpg hey, think of it this way, maybe they can make a good sequel

[@wylde9746]

14:25 "dude you had 17 jump button and you didn`t use any of them" crack`s me up every time

[@RGC_animation]

I dunno man, should've had 18 jump buttons.

[@stickmation6651]

@@RGC_animation nah 20, gotta round it up

[@theman6422]

I like how Square Enix’s solution to not putting crucial story elements into their games that would make it less confusing is “Eh, make a movie or a book or something”

[@GreatFernicus]

"Would you like to purchase this DLC/movie/novel to know what happens?"

[@alphaareus]

What breaks my heart is that the character designs, animation (in the cutscenes) colours and visuals are all top-notch and incredibly well made. Yet, it was all gone to waste on poor game design and subpar storytelling.

[@xXPinkDummyXx]

good art, bad game

[@autisticgamer8664]

​@@xXPinkDummyXx that describes sonic boom pretty accurately

[@GamerTheVoidGamingCentre]

Subpar storytelling? Bro, it didn’t even try telling its story.

[@ihopeicanchangethis8912]

​@@GamerTheVoidGamingCentreIt does have a story, it's just in a stand-alone novel.

[@GamerTheVoidGamingCentre]

@@ihopeicanchangethis8912 yeah, the fact it’s in a novel outside of the game that you have to buy separate from the game is the game not trying to tell the story.

[@curllum]

It’s like this entire game was written by a 4 year old “And then the farmer gets evil by evil balan and then they dance”

[@thatdumbass9856]

I think this game is a metaphor for motivation

[@dylanbyrd4290]

His name is Lance goddamnit

[@filipsstarymultiverse]

Lance & True Form Lance:You Called?

[@dylanbyrd4290]

@@filipsstarymultiverse lol i didn't realize he had a true form lol. 😳

[@hotpocketsat2am]

@@dylanbyrd4290 it's a joke

[@Madame_Talos]

32:50 _Can we just appreciate the fact that the description for the Invisible Man costume says “This costume switches between making the wearer invisible and visible _*_when it feels like it”_*

[@GamesRUs-bj2ut]

Your lungs will make oxygen when they feel like it

[@skyxclouds3765]

there are a lot of costumes in this game that do their thing "when it feels like it" because they didn't want to create a second button that activate the action instead of jump. The best one is that one that turns you into a cube that you can't control when it feels like it.

[@waltercomunello121]

just like Fox Box and the weird plant lamp thing.

[@chrismanuel9768]

Yep. Rather than have TWO buttons, all of the costumes either add an effect to the jump, replace the jump entirely, or activate automatically at random without user input.

[@ahuman5889]

@@chrismanuel9768 mmm yes game design

[@artysmartyzz3102]

Its a shame this game is so badly written because the visuals and art are beautiful! 😭

[@mrosskne]

generic trash

[@therunawaykid6523]

This game to me reminds me of the ads you get for games the art makes it look really good but in reality the gameplay is the total opposite

[@mrosskne]

you mean extremely generic?

[@latayesha]

If you love this 2d art, you most love most games. Bc 95% of them look better than this game!

[@alexfrostwalker]

There's a novel to get a better context of the story

[@Patterrz]

The fact that every button is the jump button makes this the best platforming game ever

[@josiahfredericks2990]

Honestly what’s the point of other buttons

[@nosaddi4149]

Who needs running and long jumping when u can jump

[@nosaddi4149]

Also love your vids

[@snakewithahat1588]

At least you won't forget the controls

[@buckyoufaltimore]

Multiple solutions to one problem it is the same level design as BOTW

[@DoctorPortal_IX]

Can I just say? The secondhand _embarrassment_ level that struck when the first dance number broke out nearly flatlined me instantly.

[@camelat7228]

and then there were eleven more...

[@Cat.In.A.Wig.]

I get second hand Embarrassment as well, but thankfully it doesn’t extend to games. IRL though, if this happened I would probably black out and become a fridge or something

[@theghost8914]

wait is that what that was? I honestly thought I was having a stroke XD

[@Sandux930]

Duhhh ghosts can't have a stroke

[@theghost8914]

@@Sandux930 they can. The symptoms are a bit different though

[@donovanstewart698]

Fun fact: dolphins have the capacity to be evil, so the dolphin from chapter 2 was definitely trying to kill the girl

[@aaaaaaa7808]

Yes

[@aaaaaaa7808]

God, in all hail King Julian the dolphins try to kidnap sharks to sell to the Russians

[@Dunkopf]

That's pretty tame for dolphins

[@sirocco2810]

They're kinda into recreational murders and gang r*pe. Dolphins are fucked up.

[@Raynegon]

Well that took a turn

[@Zacharygoldberg123]

Can we just talk about 33:08, where he's nearly at the end of the game with 1634 ball things, and this game has prepared itself for you to get over 1 fucking million of them...

[@puppyhowler]

i love how the backstories range from "i lost my crops to a tornado" "a dolphin attacked me" "my cat died" to absolutely tragic stories like "i lost a game of chess" "people stopped liking my art for some reason" and who could forget "littering"

[@DimT670]

I get the littering one

[@Shroom69-420]

OMG CHESS IS SO SAD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@gameswithpeachcord7498]

The artist didn’t make bad art it just she took pictures of random things and used the paint filter

[@yesnomaybeso8633]

"People stopped liking my art for some reason" Hold up I've seen this before-

[@spiegel7608]

Can’t forget “I’m a clown she won’t love me” and “I’m shit at inventing”

[@cjr4908]

I - I - fuck - I - jesus christ, I looked _directly at_ the game's name like _fifty times_ and I _swore_ it was Balan Wonderland holy fucking fuck it's like all of reality just shifted around me

[@adriannethornheart8516]

it’s because a lot of reviews called it balan wonderland then even the marketing department mistakenly called it balan wonderland

[@superbanananinja]

It's like the Mandela effect

[@videon6134]

I just read your comment and it just happened to me.

[@cannibalraptor]

Honestly didn’t even realise it was WonderWORLD and not LAND until I read this comment. So thanks for enlightening me I guess

[@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein]

DUDE same exact thing happened to me!!!

[@nategwright]

Literally the opening acts of the game: "A tornado wiped out my entire crop yield, wasting months of hard labor" "A dolphin I scuba dove with broke my oxygen tank and damn near killed me" Endgame: "I lost a single game of chess" "People litter"

[@elijahpadilla5083]

Like, those two from the beginning, plus "My entire fucking family died and I don't feel like I can be close to anybody else now" could have literally been the final world. Give the game a sense of the stakes increasing.

[@ashers1930]

The “people litter” one is a bit more complicated, it’s actually about a old man who tries to clean up people who litter, but everyday he just comes back to more trash, even when he tries to tell people to stop they keep doing it, making him feel like he dosent exist Not trying to invalidate your comment, I do think it’s a bit weird as the last chapter before the finale, I think it could of been a perfect mid game boss though

[@nategwright]

@@ashers1930 Shh I’m trying to be as dismissive as possible for the joke

[@ashers1930]

@@nategwright oh sorry

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

There's also the "I can't think of anything to draw" lady, I have this issue a lot where I can't think of anything to draw or create, but I don't give myself a heart attack from it. Some better endgame levels could maybe involve someone upset about moving or something.

[@REI0o0o0]

My interpretation of each story Fuck-It-Up Farmer Ted: Lost years of hard work due to natural disasters but finding a small remainder of corn that survived gave him hope to restart Diver: Was friends with a dolphin (big mistake), the dolphin tried to kill her, sending her to the hospital, which made her afraid of the water, but she got over it soon Bug Girl: A girl obsessed with bugs tries to connect with others but gets bullied instead, only to find people who share an interest with her later Pilot: A guy who dreamed of soaring through the sky constantly fails and the video didn't show the end-dance cutscene so I can't draw a conclusion Nature Woman: A woman has the forest she loves get cut down by people who never stopped to give a shit and then she teaches them how to give a shit Cat Girl: A girl loves her cat a lot. Cat gets ran over. Girl is sad. Cat comes back. Girl is no longer sad. Grandmaster Wannabe: A guy who had a very high win streak on chess got so obsessed that he didn't care about anything else. He loses once and goes crazy because god complex. He gets over it by letting a kid win. Ice Queen: A girl who lost her parents in the winter gets too scared to love her fiancé thinking that, if she loves him, he'll die too. It's resolved by them marrying and her realizing that winter's a bitch Clown: A guy fears that he will be rejected if he puts on the persona he uses for entertainment purposes, so he confesses with his true personality Artist: A highly renowned artist gets crushed by pressure of trying to magic something up through artist block (artist block is just 'you can't get creative') without disappointing people. She resolves it by somehow finding inspiration and making the next masterpiece Firefighter: A firefighter fails at his job in saving people, blames it on himself, and loses all courage. Resolved by gaining the courage to rush through a burning building and saving the survivors Grandpa: An old guy who picks up litter out of the kindness of his heart constantly gets his hard work reversed by an entire wave of litter being thrown on the ground by entitled people, thus making him feel like nobody cares about him. Resolved by one person not littering through the kindness of their heart Protag: A person who can't dance saves everyone from their worries and regains the ability to dance

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

Misread the chess guy as Grandma Wannabe.

[@aidanaylward9237]

Congratulations, you made better stories than the actual people making the game

[@afishwithagun2190]

The littering plot line feels like it’s straight out of a dhar man sketch

[@arandompersonthatyoumightk4476]

Oh my god

[@hexohead8479]

How can i unsee a comment

[@benro6564]

WE ARENT TELLING STORIES, WE'RE CHANGING LIVES

[@jedijoshua1697]

Dolphin fucking murders little girl (what happens next is shocking)

[@Bingbong123swong]

Yooooo Dhar man

[@capadociaash8003]

Balan is to good for his own wonderworld, he deserves a better game

[@miss_chelles1338]

Mhm

[@Bellitchi]

NiGHTS. I’m here to spread the kind word of NiGHTS so that y’all can play something good lol

[@Lagaa]

@@Bellitchi i never thought id encounter another NiGHTS fan. Yes, Balan belongs there with NiGHTS. Just imagine them dancing together

[@jayleejeez3621]

Fr 😭😭

[@Rose-ht8vr]

He does deserve a better game because his design is awesome

[@AluminumFusion22]

The game would've been considerably better if Balan Team put what was in the tie-in novel into the game itself. I get the game is trying to be about traumatic experiences and learning to grow past them, but the game would've been way better if the traumatic events gradually got more serious as the game went on, starting with the farmer losing his crops and ending with the reveal of what brought the two main characters to Wonderworld. Like, one of the main characters loses their parents and as a result is afraid to make personal connections with people again and the other main character gets caught in a traumatic situation where they almost die, like the girl and the dolphin and as a result is afraid of taking risks and struggles to move on.

[@Fire_Spark51]

Instead of the parents died maybe they had a friend who they thought was an actual friend but they were just like prancing them or something and that’s why they don’t want to make social connections

[@Underworlder5]

@@Fire_Spark51 in other words, afraid of making friends because they had a false friend who exploited them?

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

Honestly if you want a 3D platformer about trauma and mental health, just play Psychonauts instead. Its much better than... this.

[@AllThingsConsidered69]

@@katherinesmallbean3594 TRUUUUUUUUUUE lmao, there’s 2 of them (tho 2 does way better then 1)

[@liamvautier944]

Your comment immediately reminded me of the Persona games, specially the 4th one, LMAO

[@katsu5096]

"We used to have social anxiety, and now, we probably still do." - Alpharad 2021

[@ericmurotake5180]

Ironically, it's not actually social anxiety. It's deliberate self-imposed isolation because of fearing loss (the character once had a best friend that they split from after an argument, and decided that being alone was better than losing a friend ever again).

[@teckhbug9481]

I saw this comment when he said that so it was kinda perfect.

[@losnfjslefn8857]

@@ericmurotake5180 Did they put any of that info in the game?

[@ericmurotake5180]

@@losnfjslefn8857 They kinda implied it. The official book lays it out more directly

[@Gebunator]

Balan Wonderland seems like a pitch "What if Persona games were mario?" but they just had no license.

[@robinoberg2886]

Oh my god you are so right

[@boxcarz]

World.

[@k96man]

Replace persona with nights into dreams And you're pretty much spot on

[@Bellitchi]

Nah it’s more like “can we make another NiGHTS game?” “No” “Fine well just take the NiGHTS concept and make something else but keep the one button design of NiGHTS for an open world platformer for some reason”

[@sunshinemonster0780]

No, Persona Dancing with Mario.

[@embervanse6793]

I think I’m gonna like this “I played *blank* so you don’t have to” kinda series.

[@2dheethbar]

Like when someone plays horrendous flash games, which are now extinct, on Girls Go Games for the first time?

[@glngrbread6363]

18:50 is this loss?

[@froggod6484]

The not blank series recoated

[@meleecloud]

i played you like a fiddle so you dont have to

[@maybeuchuu]

knowing alpha's reputation with series, i wouldn't get too attached

[@anon1652]

I feel like there was some kind of Mandela effect because there's no way I'm the only one that thought this game was called Balan Wonderland

[@liben5052]

painful thing is that the name "wonderworld" actually has a reason..... in the fucking novel. spoilers: . . . it's because the world is known as "wonderworld" that the characters start to think "well if its called wonderworld and not just 'the world', then it must be fake" and thats how they realize they're in balan's theater. game kinda shafted the story? hell yeah.

[@lanceylagan9826]

i searched up about this and apparently because when they were announcing it last year they DID call it wonderland by accident

[@anon1652]

@@liben5052 yea most of the time when a story is adapted you’d get it just by the adaptation but they really threw it out the window, I thought it was just SQ having one of their employees on a drug trip writing the story

[@anon1652]

@@lanceylagan9826 😂 of course they did

[@Snpaulie]

no i thought the same thing. i think it’s because it literally just sounds so right your brain convinced you that it is

[@BierBart12]

I can't tell if the lyrics of the dance segments are an odd Japanese dialect or a fake Sims language, but I won't look it up "BALAN'S AN ORDAINED MINISTER!?" This just killed me just as much as it did the first time I watched this

[@Mgauge]

It's deliberate gibberish. There are "translated" versions of all the songs. The lyrics have all the originality and emotional depth as a bumper sticker.

[@Exotac]

You can seach for Balan Wonderworld's OST and find that all the songs have versions with actual, spoken lyrics. They're all very well performed too, if not a bit campy. Largely just "feel-good" songs meant to just be uplifting, because that's kind of the entire theme of the game. Moving beyond the bad in life and finding good together. Even the theme music of the game itself is a full 2 minute song, which is unironically good. The problem is that for some esoteric fucking reason that we won't ever know unless Yuji Naka is forced into a life or death situation and made to explain it all, they decided it would be an apex brained idea to replace all the lyrics with baby-speak gibberish. Surely a decision made halfway through the same bowl he was smoking when he decided that that every climax should just be a recycled dance sequence with emotionless stage enemies instead of, you know, actually explaining what the fuck happened so people didn't have to buy an arbitrary tie-in book.

[@kotozaki-p]

@@Mgaugeit's like splatoon but worse

[@ericb3157]

i saw this in a different video: if you manage to 100% the game, find ALL the items and get all "perfect" in ALL the "Balan Bout" scenes, one of your rewards is: ENGLISH LYRICS in the dance scenes!

[@themustardman219]

⁠@@kotozaki-psplatoon is at least like...garbled Japanese or something

[@unknownscientist1530]

I mean- The chess guy's resolution is that he finds solace in teaching other people how to play chess and get better. The boy he beat reminded him of himself when he started playing. But for the reasons of funny I must admit I like the idea he just feels better beating this child in a game he's played for years.

[@Underworlder5]

there is honestly a healthy and understated moral in that. it was just told in a confusing way

[@GiantProcrastiNation]

I would like to also point out, chess guy purposefully lost to the kid. In the scene after he has the flash back we see the kid excited and the guy acting bashful in a "hey you got me" kind of way"

[@Guille2033]

He gets a mental breakdown over losing one single game. That's just ridiculous and unrealistic

[@michelebanfi2196]

I thought he had let the kid win

[@hi.-.-]

If you look at the board the kid has m1

[@boof606]

Can’t wait to watch in a crisp 360p

[@MetalMercutio]

If you want a true quality experience, you watch it in 144p

[@boop7784]

Can't wait to watch in a crisp 360p

[@Retro_Static]

Can’t crisp to wait in a 360p watch

[@joshuakellman3879]

Can’t wait to watch in a crisp 360p

[@BlitzkriegAP]

Can’t wait to watch in a crisp 360p

[@vineattacker9841]

Other Characters : *Near-Death Experience, Lost Loved One, Can’t Make Up Mind* Chess Guy : “no i lost at chess 😢”

[@Crispy-Chips]

"moral of the story, if you get bullied, stop" This quote had changed my life forever

[@undeadprincess5726]

If only I had heard it sooner.

[@yarn1471]

I feel like Balan's character design could have been so iconic in an another better game

[@willyboi1389]

Yeah, I think a lot of this game’s characters and ideas would’ve been much better off somewhere else

[@dalejhunter1]

Balan looks like he could work as a character for NiGHTS.

[@Delta21OnYT]

@@dalejhunter1 I swear the Gaurdian Bird transformation is just Nights

[@PewPew_McPewster]

What I will never understand is: why is the Nights-looking character in this Nights homage not the main character, and instead some Unity asset store characters?

[@Phun-Bun]

Why is Balan so tall and slender? He's basically the child friendly version of Slender Man in a good way

[@therealsuperfish533]

37:48 this part just yells at you: “Yay Lance is dead! 🎉🎉🎉

[@ph1lharm0nic]

This is really disappointing because some of the cutscenes actually look quite nice, and I love balan's design! Balan looks like a great cartoony villain or hero, both could work!

[@greycatturtle7132]

Ye

[@jhulpthefox]

Until they ruined it by giving him a human face... it doesn't even look good, and he was already really awesome!

[@hydrathermal9030]

There's quite a few really cool looking designs here, it's just a shame they're so... wasted on this lol

[@greycatturtle7132]

@@hydrathermal9030 ye

[@hera9668]

@@hydrathermal9030 the fucking vacuum costume 😭

[@miniteaandscones6185]

Fun fact Balan is another name for Balam one of the 72 demons that king Solomon had a pact with so it’s a demon wonderworld which makes sense since just from the description of the game it’s utter hell.

[@springyard20xx42]

Interesting take

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

Time to load up the super shotgun then?

[@Fishy77777]

Ah yes tragic character backstories “I got bullied” “My cat died” “My family died” *”I lost a game of chess :(”* what perfect storytelling

[@CringerMensch]

The chess looser... he is having such a sad story T__T

[@imperialspacemarine1539]

to think that this is from the same people that made Final fantasy...

[@CringerMensch]

@@imperialspacemarine1539 This maybe were there final fantasy *badumm tss...*

[@lionide138]

"I got drowned to death by a dolphin that stole my oxygen tank as a prank"

[@chaoticpemmins748]

A tornado destroyed my cornfield :(

[@melware1372]

Balan without the hat looks like Howl's brother who he's ashamed of for kidnapping children and therefore keeps him a secret

[@ShadowSorel]

he looks like Howl and Hisoka had a love child

[@grizzlybear6377]

@@ShadowSorel Balan has the properties of both Howl and Hisoka. Remember this.

[@grapiesoo]

@@grizzlybear6377 BUNGEE GUM HAS THE PROPERTIES OF BOTH RUBBER AND GUM

[@KashKey-]

Fun fact: giant chunks of level in this game are randomly generated. this is not a joke

[@azy9234]

what do you mean by this??????????

[@KashKey-]

@@azy9234 Entire chunks of level in this game were made by computer generation. Whenever a piece of level manages to feel even more lifeless and like no one thought about it, that's because they DIDN'T, THEY MADE A COMPUTER MAKE IT FOR THEM

[@goggles8691]

@@KashKey- that's a never before seen gaming experience and it's awesome

[@azy9234]

@@KashKey- OH I SEE NOW!!! i thought you were saying that the levels were proceduraly generated each playthrough like if it was a roguelike/roguelite game or lilke in terraria and i was like so confused btw i'm not saying this makes any more sense WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT WTF???!! YOU HAVE TIME TO PROGRAM THAT INSTEAD OF MAKING THE LEVELS BY HAND??

[@morganpriest7726]

IM FUCKIN WHEEZING OMFG

[@logicmage241]

So you see, the story of this game is quite easy to understand. Balan is a demon who waits until people are at their lowest point and offers them deals to get out of their problems, and you are trapped in the prison made from the souls he's claimed over the years. A prison he calls his Wonderworld. The world-theming and the first cutscene in every boss encounter shows what drove the victim to accept Balan's "help". The boss itself is the imprisoned soul, now dark and vengeful against its tormentor, and is freed once you defeat it (hence the dancing / celebration). Then the last cutscene shows the result of Balan's deal: he gives them exactly what they ask him for, but he knows their souls are bound by his contract and will end up in this prison eventually. Lance, a rival demon, had infiltrated Balan's Wonderworld to steal these souls and, in doing so, destroy Balan. That's when he makes a deal with your character. Your character's deal with Balan was to be able to make friends. Normally the price for this deal would be your soul, but with the threat of Lance to contend with, he decides to set his price as the death of Lance.

[@greenapple9477]

I get you're probably joking, but no. There's a novel that explains the story.

[@logicmage241]

@@greenapple9477 Oh it's absolutely a joke, don't worry. I'm not out here trying to ruin the sanctity of Balan lore XD

[@cool23819]

For the story: it's actually explained in the novel.... which wasn't advertised at all

[@Tree93222]

Yea it sounds ridiculous to say but the novel is extrmeley essential reading for understanding the game

[@Cruzer108]

They made a NOVEL out of this shitshow

[@2dheethbar]

Reminds me of Rise of the Guardians, which stemmed from the Guardians of Childhood books.

[@Tree93222]

@@Cruzer108 it was simultaneous, and it genuinely makes the game a lot better with the context it provides. Don't dismiss it just because the games bad

[@AFluffyFiend]

@@Cruzer108 the novel ain't even that bad. it fleshes out all the characters and has an actually story, they just didn't put it in the game for some reason??

[@BossyArio]

"Morale of the story: if you're getting bullied... Stop" This got me dying really hard

[@Simon-yp7rv]

A lot of topics have been handled really badly in this game.

[@somebird504]

If you're dying, stop

[@slavishentity6705]

@@Simon-yp7rv Because you can't do a character arc with a 20 seconds voiceless cutscene

[@tacticalcupnoodles8722]

i feel like this game was made by the same people that make bowling alley animations

[@mechanicalgamingscrapstudi7763]

Bowling alleys when you get a strike: the entite famly dieing

[@shiverfan4867]

The characters actually have good, especially balan he looks amazing

[@shockwave_edits9568]

Has the same characteristics like: annoying, useless, not funny or fun and what the fuck is happening????

[@amitmathur6102]

"Sir, Square Enix needs us to make a 3D platformer like those 3D Mario games" "Ok, how much time do we have?" "6 seconds"

[@austinsharrett9073]

That one really got me. Thank you for making my day a bit brighter

[@AFThunder]

My good sir I do believe you hit the nail on the head

[@yourlocalreptillian1742]

L O L

[@greasy8496]

No, they didnt have 6 seconds and thats obvious. It has smoothly animated cutscenes, decent level design, and somewhat ok graphic design. That makes it so much worse. They had 6 seconds to create the story. Edit: nvm the more I watch of this the worse and more obvious the mistakes in the design get.

[@akesan2374]

@@greasy8496 There's a story?

[@six_buck_dlc]

whats funnier is lance could actually be a genius villain concept, feeding off the hearts of others and harvesting negative energy to create fearless servants, and then he’s placed in a wacky game like this and its like “oh, Filler Boss”

[@MarvelMPH]

Ain't that the plot of the kingdom hearts games?

[@six_buck_dlc]

@@MarvelMPH t is it??

[@liamwhite3522]

Reverse Vanitas

[@peppymations5379]

Hawkmoth

[@averyfields8183]

​@@liamwhite3522A Vanitas fan?

[@karmesteymusic]

Honestly, Balan and Lance’s designs are really cool, just a shame they aren’t put to good use…

[@Alextheprime-g7f]

Balan should have been the character you play as

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@Alextheprime-g7f so true

[@Alchemyyyyyy]

“ *HEY KIDDO WANNA SIGN ANOTHER CONTRACT* “/j

[@anastasia_852]

Ikr? Like they look good, then there's the game.

[@00Animelia00]

Yeah that's what i tought while watching this video like they're designs are so good! Why are they in a game like that?! I mean i pretty sure if the developers took more time and testers to learn and explain stuff, that game could have been a popular childhood game. So sad it didn't went like that

[@swagzthedino]

I love how they just progressively go through the 5 stages of grief with every dance scene

[@watsonwrote]

Apparently there is like a whole novel that explains the characters and the story, but they just elected not to include any of it in the game. Like. Why

[@andyreed8391]

So Final fantasy 15 trends continued

[@LeviAckerman-cl6iy]

@@andyreed8391 Ouch that shit hurted

[@MalekitGJ]

Easy: Money. You HAVE to buy it. btw, FF team had to do the cutscenes guided by the book was released at the same time as the game, but with it's own price tag, because originally Naka didn't want ANY cutscene on the game.

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

The same genius reason why you have 17 jump buttons.

[@skaorbust5784]

Love how Square Enix's logic was hiring the two guys that made that one game for SEGA 30-ish years ago that a lot of people liked so they could get in on that sweet sweet 3D platformer action

[@therunawaykid6523]

And then made a platformer game that is is the most basic kind ever- game could have been actually decent

[@lyraharpstrings8025]

"BALAN'S AN ORDAINED MINISTER?" Made me laugh way harder than it should have.

[@Waddledeezem]

wow, balan's character design is really creative- WAIT HE HAS A FACE-

[@kirathecat]

Jokes aside, I do feel really bad about how this game turned out. It had all the markings of being a FANTASTIC spiritual successor to NiGHTS, since Sega absolutely refuses to even mention the series anymore, and the designs are visually appealing and unique. But it all got bungled and we're left with a game that looks rushed, feels rushed, and feels like its missing a vital part of it that has to be filled in with external media. Like, sure the basic premise is there in that the object of the game is to restore balance to people's hearts, hence Balan and Lance's names, but it doesn't feel like its conveyed super well within the game and there's still the rest of the unexplained shit going on. Still, at least the internet is having fun with it even if its not in the way the devs intended.

[@01234567891011121338]

I mean di you really expect Sega to make anything not Sonic? They are too busy beating that dead horse. That takes time. Didn't think I'd have to edit this but okay. People It is a joke. I know Sega makes more than Sonic. Stop replying telling me this please. Thank you.

[@raesjunkaccount]

It really feels like the game knows what it wants to be, but has no idea idea how. I think there's a lot of charm and potential, but the end product is all concept and no refinement.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

@@raesjunkaccount there's a novel that has the story that should have been in the game

[@l3rvn0]

@@01234567891011121338 We aren't on 2000s anymore... From 2010 to 2020 Sega released only 3 main Sonic games, Yakuza for comparison got 12 They almost doesn't care about Sonic this days, even Puyo Puyo got more main games that Sonic :v

[@Stad122]

@@l3rvn0 Seriously, I feel like people conflate sonic teams absolute failure of management and direction with sega as a whole.

[@davidrequena6482]

The ending of this playthrough is one of my favourite KZbin videos ever! The surprise and PTSD of there are bonus stages?" Is just perfect.

[@peshysoddle4894]

The moral to this story feels like "When something doesnt go your way, go apeshit and it'll figure itself out"

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

i heard that balan underworld is bad and i should not play it is that true

[@thatonebug420]

i was doing it right

[@tigerjupmer123]

Yes very repitive

[@christopherlui8381]

@@LavaCreeperPeople did you even watch the video lol

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

@@christopherlui8381 Maybe, maybe not lol

[@IggysEden]

I have no idea if the “Za Worldo” sound effect was edited in or not and that terrifies me

[@midnightumbrmoon3644]

I am very much glad I’m not the only one having this issue

[@mikeag5662]

Which one?

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

Za Warudo

[@arthur_here2741]

@@mikeag5662 Chrono Bunny

[@shinobuoshinoisbestgirl5778]

@@ThatOneWeirdFlex Toki wo tomare

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

A KZbin Short from this channel convinced me to add _Balan Wonderworld_ to my Steam wishlist. Now that I’ve seen this entire video, I’m even more determined to experience the game for myself.

[@darylsindermann3214]

The fact that it took me so long to put Balan and Lance together for Balance terrifies me.

[@beardlessdragon]

Balanlance

[@CinnabarCereal]

Idiot gang. I only recently found that out as well

[@atlach6411]

Thanks I didn't realize until your comment

[@1Cent83]

You have enlightened my microscopic mind

[@abbycollins]

Welp I'm an idiot

[@Niklas-bf7jn]

13:03 so basically what happend she loves bugs and the other kids run away from her because they are afraid of bugs and because of this she feels bullied but being scared of bugs is a normal thing to be afraid of so this girl thinkes shes the victem because the other kids are afraid of bugs

[@badgerlord5390]

Fun fact: the "princess" the clown falls in love with is the same character model as the girl who ditched her cat, just with grey hair dye and a dress.

[@skyxclouds3765]

another fun fact: its reveales in the book that its because they are the same person from diferent time lines lol.

[@jordanloux3883]

@@skyxclouds3765 Timelines? This shit exists across dimensions?

[@felinidaeblade2243]

​@@jordanloux3883 from what i understand they stay in the wonderworld for years without aging and when they leave they go back to their time periods

[@nathanevans1382]

​@felinidae Blade Then that's not TECHNICALLY different timelines, it's just basic time travel, that girl will grow up and eventually meet the clown guy no matter what... Why am I arguing coherent logic in BALAN WONDERWORLD of all things?

[@shinysilverstardust]

I mean, the kids who help the old man with litter, are also at the chess guy.

[@watashimegoeatacupcake]

Alpharad's content has increased in quality so much over the years. While I still like smash, I'm glad that he decided to do more variety content.

[@Crxsseyed1]

I love how these tragedies range from “forests being completely destroyed” and “a dolphin tried to kill me by drowning me” to “I lost a game of chess”

[@tacticalcupnoodles8722]

Ahh yes, the main character of the story, once a boy with social anxiety, now a boy with social anxiety, PTSD from being kidnapped and forced to solve other people's problems, and sick dance skills

[@abbycollins]

But those dance skills tho

[@kaproskarleto5136]

@@abbycollins the dancing reminds me of the cod bo2 secret ending with avenged sevenfold

[@DoktorValkyria]

@@kaproskarleto5136 PFFFT OMFG!!!

[@tacticalcupnoodles8722]

@@abbycollins they dance like a roach that got flipped over while it was on LSD

[@Paper_Frogg]

22:28 A really competitive guy who always wins then loses his mind after losing one match is literally just Seto Kaiba's backstory

[@mattchstick]

But with less money and intentional rule violations.

[@ajlquantum9608]

"Yugi, did you see the latest episode of Queen's Gambit? Or aren't you the King of Games?!"

[@sirfrancis8732]

a perfect comparison down to the fact that Seto Kaiba also plays chess and is apparently one of the best, if not the best in the world at it lmao

[@HappyAlpaca1591]

“As already stated, this game starts out with my third favorite felony, abduction”. I’m sorry, WHAT

[@MrAuthor3DS]

...I shudder to imagine what his two favorites are.

[@leviewings4689]

I know right? It deserves second place AT LEAST.

[@porguinturtle3854]

@@leviewings4689 exactly. Tax Evasion is number one

[@PewPew_McPewster]

20:12 okay this whole sequence cracks me up every time because you guys clearly suggested it sarcastically as a half-joke but it turns out Balan's writing has such want for subtlety that they legit went that route. The laughter that ensues is golden.

[@knifebillion]

This whole game feels like a whimsical and silly April fools joke

[@therunawaykid6523]

Still can’t believe this is a game that exists

[@waluigihentailover6926]

Guess what today is!

[@131-o3q]

Bruh this escalated so quickly from a farmer losing his crops to attempted murder by dolphin

[@chezux979]

Then to littering

[@thaliagrix]

The dolfin commited murder though

[@toastwings9358]

@@thaliagrix the girl didn't die

[@firepuppies4086]

@@thaliagrix won't be first or last time

[@zachanderson6273]

This is like persona for toddlers on acid

[@olioliravioli6619]

It has cars being evil and cats. Definitely persona.

[@roberthansen5727]

Is that persona for toddlers, on acid, or persona for toddlers who use acid?

[@zachanderson6273]

@@roberthansen5727 Yes.

[@Morgan_Rider]

​@@roberthansen5727Both if you're also on acid

[@dukefang1001]

@@roberthansen5727all of the above

[@armandomartinez3524]

We go from "person's crops died" and "girl who died to a dolphin" to "no one likes my art anymore" and *"i hate littering >:("* As well as *"damn i lost to chess once"*

[@kantarii]

😡😡😡🔥‼I HATE LITTERING‼🔥😡😡😡

[@MamutaPWIP]

And “I’m a nerd”

[@therunawaykid6523]

The game is absolute nonsense

[@toxicdemon1315]

Don't forget "lost chess once"

[@ggholdengo]

eventually Balan 2 is going down to "a friend used my game controller with his dirty cheeto fingers"

[@randoman9122]

The fact that it has so much potential with the high level of animation, yet it sucks at everything else (except for the costumes the vacuum is gold 😂) is just 💀

[@therunawaykid6523]

I think it would make a pretty fun game if there were the different costumes in a more regular 3d Mario style platformer and actually a story that made some kind of sense

[@Oodoos]

It hurts me because I’m loving the visuals and the music, it literally looks like a world of imagination. But then my brain gets dragged back kicking and screaming into the reality that this game is utter dogshit.

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

It isn’t dogshit, it has ladderman!

[@StardustLegend]

I know right, I'm literally looking at this and am like "holy shit this looks kinda cool, I unironically love the musical numbers and visuals and shit"

[@-_Fawi_-]

@@StardustLegend i love the visuals and the concept but then when a boss fight starts and ends ut looks like someone took over it and decided they are over it slapped for boss 3hp and the end scene they slapped some music with random dance moves

[@toastwell6488]

The cat level has clocks and shit in it bc the girl wants to change the past... everything in the game is so cool-looking but then you remember that the game part is trash.

[@stuffedcinema7374]

@@-_Fawi_- That is sort of what happened. a few months ago, the creator of the game announced he was suing square enix because they fired him 6 months before the game came out and completed the game without him

[@weichang9693]

this game actually has a book that explains the plot that could have easily been put in the game but Yuji Naka didn't want dialogue for some reason

[@ggundercover3681]

I can understand the idea of being artsy and making it no dialogue. I get the aesthetic they were hoping for. but man did they do a poor job.

[@DukasFiguliras]

@@ggundercover3681 i mean, the entire subspace emissary is told just with body language and it's great. But not balan

[@blunderbus2695]

@@DukasFiguliras Subspace Emissary's plot isn't exactly easy to understand either, to be fair

[@DuskEalain]

@@blunderbus2695 Absolutely not but I would argue you can at least piece it together easily enough without the dialogue. Subspace I had a general idea of what was going on just through body language and facial expressions. Couldn't tell you what's going on here.

[@ratgodlovechez]

23:59 this is me when I lose in a game while just havin fun so I use one of the op things I have and completely dominate and go back to havein fun

[@bingoviini]

Positives of this game: the art looks good Negatives of the game: basically everything else

[@gameswithpeachcord7498]

Also the fact you can meme a lot of stuff

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

WRONG. THERE IS ANOTHER POSITIVE BEHOLD! LADDERMAN!!!

[@eldritchomen]

Fr Stylistically this game is gorgeous but so much of the rest of it is bad :(

[@aclonymous]

that's subjective

[@Cofering]

@@JDT-Loadsamoney and the vacuum cleaner

[@airakorainies]

Love how you save and purify Lance just to let him get tossed into the abyss and possibly die.

[@chrysaor5171]

Yeah, that part really didn’t make any sense.... then again the story of the game doesn’t make any sense either, but still-

[@Choco-pg7cl]

Then they dance

[@orangeapples]

@@Choco-pg7cl that’s this game’s version of “and then everyone clapped.”

[@ZigealFaust]

@@orangeapples Not at all. That implies no one danced and clearly, there is dancing here. I don't thing you understand the saying.

[@badtimemaster1282]

Literally just realized Balan and Lance create the word balance when put together

[@MrDim1800]

Balanlance

[@tryhardpenguin9636]

MrDim1800 then you cut out half of it and you have the game

[@nicolasmarquesbarbosa1094]

@@tryhardpenguin9636 lance?

[@corb805]

Deep

[@ManuelMartinez-ch1rh]

same