Fade To Black (PSX) Review

[@ScottAhearnShipbuilder]

I think he meant "orthogonal walls," because they all seem to be at 90° angles with each other, not unlike Wolfenstein 3D.

[@Trevelyan2]

Oh jeez, that makes a lot of sense. That unclogs my brain of that thought! Thanks!

[@veejay_hypo]

The little pyramid that could, finally beating the tumor - I assume either because it believed in itself or because friendship was the real power the whole time - was way more emotional than it had any right to be.

[@Trevelyan2]

I could feel that part of the story back in my writing prompts from when I was 14.

[@bencorrigan5915]

I randomly remembered this game and found your video. I remember playing this back in the day and enjoying watching the death scenes alot more than the actual gameplay. I still own it, but I don't have the patience for it anymore. Great video 👍

[@RedDed228]

Holy shit this guy only has 1000 subs yet makes great jokes and just great reviews or dives into games. Let's get our boy the subs he deserves.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@RedDed228 Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.

[@RedDed228]

@@Trevelyan2 I'm just happy I found you, I love your videos and your humor as well. Can't wait to see you hit those big milestones man!

[@blabla1177-r7u]

Your reviews are amazing and you deserve more subs. Keep it up.

[@Trevelyan2]

This comment made my day- thank you

[@residentevilclone]

I tried so hard to play this when I rented it randomly one weekend. I absolutely couldn’t figure out wtf was going on. Never made it out of the opening level.

[@MrJohnlennon007]

Anytime I see you upload “Strap on, it’s time to jam!”

[@ROTTERDXM]

I freaking love what you do, do more of it. I'll be to you what you are to Grimbeard and what Grimbeard is to Civvie. Parasocialites all the way down.

[@Trevelyan2]

In all seriousness, I owe credit to Dungeon Chill- In one of his videos he lays out the brass tax that is there’s more content we all like, it doesn’t matter if we take inspiration from him. Made sense! It’s fun and satisfying creating nonsense again. Thanks!

[@ROTTERDXM]

@@Trevelyan2 Of course! To really get down to brass tacks, how would we have stuff like video game of music "genres" (or "tags") if not for people taking inspiration from -- and remixing -- what they like?

[@ROTTERDXM]

@@Trevelyan2 Also I'm big on giving credit where it's due and you do it in a hilarious manner so props for that.

[@Trevelyan2]

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[@TomC0]

Huge fan of flashback. I got it on the mega drive for either my birthday or maybe christmas one year (used copy, shit was expensive), still have it. Even dug it out of my parents attic and brought it with me when I moved across the world to new zealand. Took me years to finish it without guides. Fade to Black was one of first PC games I bought, some time around 97-98? It was in that crappy big box EA Classics packaging that ruined the original box art - even then EA was fucking things up. I think I'd originally got Wing Commander 4 but couldn't get my mouse to work in DOS, so my dad had to bring me back to the shop to exchange it (this happened a lot, he was pissed). Swapped it for Fade to Black, not even sure I realised it was a sequel at the time. Really liked the atmosphere in the game, and I remember being wowed by the cutscenes (yes, even the death ones) and full voice acting. I got stuck for years on that bit with the floaty mask guy, I think I ended up finishing it with a guide. Fuck that old dude though - 6/10

[@thesidneychan]

If dungeon chill and grim beard had a baby.

[@Xegethra]

This is the game I always imagine Niles is playing in the bedroom, after Frederick has played it. In one episode of Frasier. I was like Niles, I never got very far in it.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@Xegethra for the sheer mountain of references I throw out there, I appreciate the rare one that goes over my head.

[@leeturner8023]

This game was too ambitious for primitive hardware of the day. If they remade it now I think it could be amazing

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

I'm pretty sure that O'Connor is secretly the Postal Dude 😂

[@Trevelyan2]

Thanks, can’t unsee it now!

[@jonathanstorey36]

He's... ahem, secretly someone else as well, if you get far enough in this game...

[@StoneCloth]

Dig the channel. It's always great to find creators that review games in a lightly cynical and jaded sense that can only come from those from the long long ago

[@Lex-vd2is]

The Conrad player model having actual textures feels so wrong.

[@rumbleman65]

Yea i remember having the demo disc with this on - even that was unplayable

[@Trevelyan2]

Wow-I don’t even remember a demo disk for this. Was it PlayStation Magazine? Or was it PC?

[@rumbleman65]

@@Trevelyan2 probably PS Mag or some other PS mag that did demo discs, was like 10 so cant remember exactly but defo remember the demo been brutally hard lol

[@ROTTERDXM]

9:50 literally doomguy being woken back up

[@leesutton4612]

This is a good video. I played Fade to Black back in the day and I just thought I sucked at it. Glad to know it was actually the game that sucked

[@Trevelyan2]

Thanks! And I definitely had warmer memories towards it - totally forgot about 90% of the suck factor.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

I legit love your videos. Sometiemes Grim is too much and you need a palate cleanser

[@Beeyo176]

14:25 This is obviously an allegory for our deep-rooted and well-founded fear that society will leave us behind one day, our bodies and minds atrophying as the earth continues to spin, the march of time's inevitability rivalled only by the slow creep of death.

[@zoro4661WasTaken]

28:54 AVGN, is that you?

[@AquaShibby3000]

Just as you were mentioning your 'negative tone' I was beginning to chuckle at remenbering how miserable of an experience, top to bottom, this game was on dos.

[@dazelandpointcom4170]

Ouch, for a moment I was worried you'd praise the game. This is one of my worse memory on the PlayStation. Such a disappointment for a sequel to Flashback. Speaking of baffling design... how the heck does one navigate inside Retro CDN? I'd be curious to browse old magazines, but the search box is of no use if I don't know their names.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@dazelandpointcom4170 it’s been a minute some I used the site, but I generally had to search month by month to find what I look for.

[@andersdenkend]

Nice videos actually, subbing!

[@johnnada6855]

I played Fade to black on DOS and was very impressed, but Tomb Raider 1 blew this game out of the water, i mean, Tomb Raider was far more dynamic, the controls were far better, the graphics too, and had way more style., the transition was alone in the dark, fade to black and then tomb raider, of course there were the sega arcade games but at home i remember those were the most important 3D polygon games in the mid 90s

[@SegaCDUniverse]

Had this as a kid. Didn't like it much lol

[@Trevelyan2]

I recall the wanting to like it due to the graphics being so great for the time. But the instant death factor didn’t translate well to the loading times of the new technology. lol

[@LongTran-kp3kz]

..I like the reviews, but I hate the 'modern is better' kinda sentiment i hear sometimes.

[@Trevelyan2]

@@LongTran-kp3kz it’s a tough thing. I feel like there’s a bias towards old games, as we forget about all the bad we put up with. But there was something special about that generation we can’t recapture. I try to sit in the middle- appreciate what we have now, but also remember the funny shit we used to put up with.

[@Xegethra]

Games have always been crap.

[@kraftypk7283]

This game wanted to be good, it was an interesting concept, but man was it a clunky ass mess!