The God of War Before God of War | Rygar

Rygar is a ps2 action game that has some of the prettiest color choices for enviornments in the genre. Gets only remembered in the context of god of war, which I understand I am perpetuating with the title of this video so it does well in the algorithm. But hopefully after watching the video you'll come to understand they're two games that have nothing in common besides the fact they feature greek mythology. Also as many have pointed out this video was mostly made before Krafton bought Tango. Left it as is because I didn’t want to go back and change it
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[@RedzaMalaysianCrossover]

I really love this experimental age of gaming. And also David Jaffe answer for Tactical Bacon Production about "is it God of War rip off Rygar?".

[@starlightwitch12]

Actually face model for the princess in this game is not Britney Spears, it's Isobel 'Izzy' Cooper, who also did the song for this game "Wish", (also Tango Gameworks isn't dead, Krafton bought them and the Hi-Fi Rush IP)

[@lucascoval828]

Thank god. Facts.

[@TrulyyGotIt]

Xbox continously fumbles. As a Xbox player tango will be missed my favorite studio under Bethesda

[@soyalexpop]

The fact that the princess is not Britney blew my mind away because she looks like her and nothing like Izzy

[@om_ikis]

It will be funny if Tango make a new Hi-Fi and not release it on Xbox

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

why does chat/the comment section have an infinite library of the most niche knowledge and an infinite appetite for pedantry? it disquiets one's very soul

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Tactical Bacon introduced this gem to me and i fuckin LOVE it. I cant believe i had never heard of it until 2 years ago

[@CSSoda]

I never thought that I would see another Rygar video! So Nostalgic! It was one of those games where you get sucked into the environment. Those who haven't played it, give it a try!

[@alexandreturcotte6411]

This game walked so Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox could run. (even if Rygar PS2 wasn't made by Team Ninja specifically, as far as I know) 2:13 Was it written before or after Tango Gameworks getting bought by the PUBG people? Still not excusing Bethesda stabbing Tango though. Hehe... The "Enviorment" typo 🙂 Firstly knew of the game via the Tactical Bacon Productions video on it. Cool to see you covering it.

[@KhunShawn]

At this point gotta start putting the name of the games in the corner during your edits so people know, thank you for your hard work!

[@LiquidCourage]

Funny timing. There's rumors knocking about the "greek era" games being remastered and ported to new console gens and PC. Here's to hoping they're true, the PSP games are my favorite in terms of character development for Kratos and it's a shame more people never experienced it

[@AlbertBalbastreMorte]

THERE WAS A GREEN LANTERN GAME

[@StyleshStorm]

Cvit our 2000s nostalgia guy has returned to us.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

"sure the faces have a rubbery shinny finish to them" funny, this is how i felt about every character in starfield, they looked like they wore a skinsuit.

[@lovessniping]

I am going to comment before I watch the video because this is stuck in my brain. I have this game, the physical PS2 disc. I remember getting it for dirt cheap at a yard sale as a gift from my mom. It was so good and hard. I never beat it, but I remember playing it until the late hours of the night/early hours of the morning loving it.

[@henryshaw296]

I’ve waited for someone who could handle this game with some respect and with a competent amount of script writing and critical analysis skills and I’m glad to see it was you. This game was a great experience for me not too long ago, would love to see them revisit this franchise.

[@SerbianSpark19]

Yay more Cvit btw raido is getin rereleases for pc

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

this game and let us be honest, dante's inferno, can even be called an even better versions of GOW, just like how LIES OF P managed to out bloodborne anything from software can make and will make, this game was just a great time. also playing the game with the pizzarmor was a fun time. and props for the original game on nes, a great game that i still think the first area music is a rip off of the superman theme and still no one talks about that.

[@WhiteTrashMoonshine]

"illidan shows up with the titans and smites rygar down while taking britney spears captive" holy shit, that sentence gave me whiplash :_D

[@princeami7344]

You are doing a great service playing these old games before they are lost to the tides of time

[@Meggadezz]

My guy. I am 36. I have watched many, if not all, your vids. My first console was a SEGA Mastersystem II, and almost simultaneously, I got a C 64. I am not too old.

[@AbdullaFarea]

15:42 yeah, back to back boss fights with no saves, no heals. Just drain your ammo and heals item and your nerves. This game design BS was the cancer of the PS2XboxCuve era

[@TheMaskedMan]

the goat has returned

[@bpablo4972]

Love it when cvit drops a video. Smile on my face

[@Geno746]

This was one of my first ps2 games thought it was really fun if not clunky. Also to me God of War is a Sugar clone.

[@Soapy_Papoose]

Rygar + Castlevania: Lament of Innocence = God of War.

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

I was gonna say, a lot of God of War's control scheme and combat is somewhat similar to Lament of Innocence. But I've only heard of Rygar and never played it, so I can't say which is closer.

[@AntiNihilist]

Ah yes, the game I've put off playing for the last 20 years. Surely I'll get around to it soon 😅

[@Silverghosts]

Holy shit, I can't believe you're doing a video on Rygar, this game was a childhood favorite, my dad played it a lot and I picked it up after him. Really loved the world, it wasn't the best but I loved spending time with it.

[@tcwtfln_yt]

I still think people do not realize how recent of a series God Of War actually is

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

Really? Because it's 19.5 years old now. That's not that recent anymore.

[@Razor-Blade]

@@aidanklobuchar1798yea like? What is blud on about

[@samuelchaconuria1460]

The ost of this game was sublime.

[@draculaman]

'and a whole bunch of shit that is too old for any of us to have ever played'. As someone who grew up on those systems, I feel targeted 😂

[@DarkW0lverine]

This game was a good step forward for the world of video games

[@cmbaz1140]

I played rygar religiously on my playstation way back

[@MrDmoney156]

same lol

[@freaknr1]

I remember playing a demo for this back in the day. It looked really cool, and the blue flying guy got my attention because he reminded me of Raziel from Soul Reaver, but I just couldn't beat the statue-boss in the Colosseum because the horse always caught me with its firebreath, so I never got the game myself. Now I'm at least interested enough to at least have a let's play on while I work. Thanks dude! 🤘

[@Myhaay]

14:02 idk why this delivery reminded me of old AVGN, the cut and then instantly saying something is a pain in the ass with that inflection.

[@jermainewilliams9491]

I loved this game so much when it dropped, my only issue was it was to easy, but looking at this game now as a hole, damn it was fun. I need to own this game again. Plus the soundtrack had some chill sounds.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Oh *man* you've still got a lot of games planned for the PS2 alone from the sound of it! I even saw Maximo in here! I duly hope Kya: Dark Lineage may be among htere too, it's rather like a 3D platformer but with a surprisingly in-depth combat system As it stands, thank you for these videos, and wish you a lot of good luck and fun for the futuree, for both YT and outside of it.

[@lethargy4098]

Hell yeah brother

[@themaskedmark92]

It was a good game to be frank

[@Screwy]

Started this game a few months back and loved what I played, has a lot of smart design choices all things considered. I should get back to it soon.

[@jurtheorc8117]

What parts stood out as smart design choices for you, if i may ask? Chances are you may have experienced things that Cvit hadn't stood still at and are worth mentining.

[@Screwy]

@@jurtheorc8117 Avoided watching the whole video for the sake of the spoilers he was mentioning but like one of the earlygame bosses was largely offscreen due to the camera angle, but he had very distinct sound cues that made avoiding his attacks way more natural in spite of the handicap. Also, restricting weapon powerups until you get the second diskarmor is a really smart way of keeping the player from callously dumping everything into the starting model without knowing what's to come. Also while Rygar himself is juggle-prone, I feel like the damage is so minuscule (plus from what I've seen the actual juggles don't loop as bad as other cases) that I don't see it as a big issue and more just feels like power conveyance

[@AbigatorM]

4:58 ok didnt expect a WoW reference from you xD

[@McBerts522]

Your channel is great! No one is doing what your doing on actions games, that I’m aware of. Keep it up 👍

[@drankma7974]

Love your stuff, hope you keep making vids

[@sonicecho5235]

What’s the game at 01:00?

[@bodax1069]

Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked

[@sonicecho5235]

@@bodax1069 I think I’m looking for the game right after

[@bodax1069]

@@sonicecho5235 nice

[@Myhaay]

17:14 , bruh those baby faces look exactly like the god-hand conrad from berserk

[@STAROUGOJO2005]

I hope the god of war greek trilogy remake rumor comes true

[@thetrippyonejacobzimmerman286]

Bro, I thought I was the only one that played this.

[@yellowvespagts300]

Still waiting for Urban Reign essay

[@yelloeplague]

EOE!

[@I.Am.L]

Old ass man here I guess ^^; Totally played Rygar on nes when I was like, ten.. God did it suck. Maybe I just did, but. Wouldn't recommend lmao

[@MrDmoney156]

least the arcade game based on it was kinda better

[@UtubeH8tr]

Nah, hard doubt. Alot of them were dmc inspired over God of war.

[@mdjcsmith]

Watching this is making me wonder if you've played Spartan: Total Warrior?

[@felipegermano5974]

Haro!

[@l_unaSy]

1:04 Marlow Briggs mentioned‼️

[@OmarAhmed-vw4si]

What is the game at 0:39 ?

[@pysan3477]

Ah, Rygar the Legendary Adventure, this game has been on my backlog for quite a while, but I have never got around to playing it. I'm not sure, why. Also, for the longest time I thought this was just a one-off game for the PS2, I had no idea it had different games for arcade.

[@aki698_erais]

Its always funny to me when I remember these games from my childhood that i thought were fever dreams since theres so little information about them and then i see a video on youtube pop up confirming it exists. Example are rygar , moon rpg or Evergrace.

[@panos3320]

Whoever made this, should have come back after seeing the success of God of War. put a shield on his other arm and call it "Rygar: Dual wielding! ". Not sure how they could take the number gimmick to Rygar 3, but on 7 gen Bayonetta came out, wielding weapons on all limbs, so, that's what you do for Rygar 4.

[@Thenewbagman]

Your initial theory is incorrect. You can still see DMC in every GOW and by extension, in any other game. DMC refined faster (if you forget about DMC 2) so the other games did, while GOW classic era games kept unrefined and very repetitive in game mechanics while focusing on visual upgrades.

[@Imhighinparisbro]

Idk how I beat this game as a kid it took me forever tho

[@DooDoo-f4v]

That's how I felt with Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Shit I'm still getting Ninja Dog ranks today

[@alumlovescake]

This is a bit of a big ask but does anyone know all names of all the games shown in the first few minutes of the video? I see Drakengard 3, bayonetta green lantern heavenly sword Metal Gear rising, Ninja gaiden DarkSiders, obviously DMC and GOW but what about the others?

[@WallMark101]

I don’t know all of them, but 02:24 is definitely Dante’s Inferno, and 01:48 is Vanquish I think.

[@WallMark101]

I think 01:07 could be Castlevania on the Xbox 360

[@Synest2]

he also shows El Shaddai at some point

[@aroccoification]

Hworang?

[@kizuma4269]

0:35 game name ?

[@ninjadrummer2395]

145 games planned for this series is crazy my brotha

[@Umidahh_]

1:58 Happy to see more people getting to know and aknowledge Drakengard 3 nowadays, truly one of those 'one of a life experience' games

[@3L_B4R7O]

Nice

[@ganas3]

I saw that E.O.E shot.

[@RyuDaBurninator]

I saw this video in my feed and had to come in to say... "I swear my victory to this feather!!!"

[@spardathedevil7956]

I'm pretty sure that wall climing was in Soul Reaver fisrt, not in GoW.

[@Ah2o5b]

2:03 Monster hunter,Caslte vania ps3 games,Ninja guiden,fromsoft ,Xenoblade,Zelda well I guess someone was looking in the wrong places someone

[@sureokk]

DMC >>>>>>> GoW

[@VergilHiltsLT]

This was three years before God of War.

[@MaggieKiss]

guess it's safe to say this vid was edited before tango was revived by krafton

[@applewind9318]

NEW CVIT VIDEO, EVERYONE GET HERE.

[@miasma82]

I played rygar on the nes

[@happyboombastic6368]

Damn 2000s japanese games be weird as hell. I really gotta play this game after that musical piece

[@alijassim3140]

What's the game name shown at 19:42 ??

[@Cvit]

Chaos legion

[@prumprum2592]

Chaos Legion. Released on PS2 and PC.

[@supahgualtah]

The god of war after god of war Spartan total warrior (There was also viking battle for asgard years later but i havent played that one)

[@danieladamczyk4024]

Brightis when?

[@Cvit]

Eventually

[@Tronnus]

The God of War before God of War was The Mark of Kri, wasn't it?

[@om_ikis]

Maybe because it's the same Greeks mythology unlike Mark of Kri

[@Akrioz]

I just completed Mark of Kri last week and that game doesn't feel like GoW on slightest

[@MrLolguy93]

Am I the only one who considers the original three GoW games and prequels as the real GoW? I really dislike the way the new ones went, especially with the gameplay

[@EsThirt33n]

I'm with you on all that, I love those installments more than the recent ones.

[@StephenTheZ]

2:05 I personally do feel like there are still a lot of fun AA action games coming along myself. It's just that they're all hiding in RPGs these days. So I guess I don't disagree in a sense that the age of smaller budget linear action games is gone. But I look at it as just another shift in the industry, in the same way you'd look at the DMC clone changing to the God of War clone era. Almost all of my favorite new action combat systems from the last 10ish years have been attached to RPGs. Nioh is probably the biggest example (and what I've dumped the most time into, freaking hundreds of hours) but I think of games like Scarlet Nexus, Neo TWEWY, or Valkyrie Elysium too. Or even the 3D Ys games to a way lesser extent (kinda boring player movesets but the boss design is pretty freaking great.) That's mostly where I get my action game fix these days tbh. I have tried out quite a few indie action games as well, but most I've played feel more like rough prototypes than full games. The biggest exceptions probably being Assault Spy (which is peak) and Ultra Age.

[@Cvit]

I too believe now that we are still seeing AA/middle shelf games nowadays but there was a period before the indie boom where there was a lot less which is what I am referring to there.

[@jurtheorc8117]

@StephenTheZ for some other indie- and smaller-studio/dev action games, may i ask if you've heard of the following? - Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (personal favourite) - Soulstice (personal favourite) - No Straight Roads (personally significant) - As odd as it is, i want to include Lost in Random. - Genokids (still in development) - Enenra Daemon Core (still in development) - Immortal: And the Death that Follows (still in development) - Decline's Drops (came out yesterday!) - Cookie Cutter (personal favourite, there's more planned for the long term in both gameplay and story for the base game and i'm excited for it) - Magenta Horizon (the full act 1 out of 3 total for the full planned game is available as a demo) - Mightreya (by the same dev of Assault Spy, still in development) - Possibly i can include Kings of Hell too. (still in development. Warning: Visually quite spicy. People seem positive on the gameplay).

[@bustergundo516]

Finally someone mentions this game!

[@DatPRGuy2017]

What game is at 1:19

[@McBerts522]

Wonder if they changed some of the bad design parts of the game on the Wii remake? That Britney shit is whacked. Lol

[@benjordan3090]

God of war str8 ripped this off

[@Mantis-ti5ve]

To me, the dmc series always felt boring and were it not for its early impact on the as-yet underexposed action game genre, it would have come and gone as the boring bargain bin game it is. Juggling sandbag, pacifist enemies with meta combos got boring after like 20 minutes To me, Ninja Gaiden will forever be the peak of the genre, no other game had as much player combat control, satisfaction and pure cinematic flow as that franchise. Runners up are obviously god of war and Dantes Inferno

[@Hydan16]

I've played this game back in the ps2, ahh the memories

[@benjordan3090]

Is this capcom

[@henkdachief]

i finished rygar and i liked it

[@zayjay26]

Thank god Tango Gameworks lives on and we will get Hi-Fi Rush 2 eventually 🤟🏻

[@Manic_player]

Whenever I see an upload from cvit I get immediately happy love hes content

[@rechtehaber]

this game is awesooome

[@V4Now]

How young are you guys to have not played or known about the original Rygar? Am i that ancient?!😂 I'd be cool with a remake

[@_Deez]

BABE WAKE UP NEW CVIT UPLOAD

[@imperiallray7933]

I just came to vent real quick because there's nowhere else for me to do so about this. I'll watch the rest of the video later. I emulated rygar a year ago because I remember I liked the game when I was younger but couldn'trememberwhatthe story was about other than greek mythos, so I thought I'd give it a go to refresh the memory. Honestly fuck rygar to hell, the controls are garbage, the fighting mechanics are boring and repetitive on a good day and god awful on a normal day. Heed my words if you go back to this game you will find out immediately how far hack n slash action games have come and how much they have improved because rygar is borderline unplayable for today's magnificent standards of quality and precision. Playing rygar today is akin to Playing football with a hockey puck.

[@dauntlesstark9850]

Hey civit, quick question are you planning a dragons dogma 2 video at any point? I get it may take a hot min I just wanna know it exists if so. Keep up the good work!!

[@Cvit]

maybe in the future, i still haven't actually finished it yet. It seems like a lot of people i fell off a little over the halfway point

[@dauntlesstark9850]

@Cvit it has ups and downs, but me personally iv been waiting for 12 years for it, but I'm baised in me liking it

[@Zee-bo1jb]

This isnt Yakuza 3. Thats ok ill watch anyways your content is great.

[@Hippy777]

Fuck yes. I loved this game. I beat it on every difficulty as a kid. So incredibly addicting. Plays a lot closer to the Onimusha series than God of War. The "materia" system you described: You missed most of them because they're locked behind higher difficulties. Higher quality versions of the ones you already picked up can also be found on higher difficulties, but duplicates will also increase the power of existing ones by a small amount. The game is meant to be played through multiple times, and the discarmors each have different combo chains that let them deal with different types of enemies more effectively. Icarus is bullshit though.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Are those diskarmor combo chains (and perhaps other skills/moves) only acquirable through those replays as well? Or is there an in-game shop where you can purchase them?

[@panchozari434]

This coment is for the algo and to help the video, love your vids Cvit. Saludos desde argentina

[@churibman]

What is the red looking game @ 6:43?

[@Cvit]

Plastomorphosis

[@churibman]

@@Cvit thanks! I had actually never heard about it before!

[@WilliamRector-o7z]

Let's go peak videos are back!

[@theneedforspeeder9575]

5:27 what’s the game?

[@Cvit]

van helsing

[@theneedforspeeder9575]

@@Cvitthanks

[@RadPines]

About time lol