FromSoftware's (Actual) Weirdest Game - Thousand Land

[@thonking7193]

thank you for feeding the thousand land community we will ration this meal for the next 30 years

[@DerpyTC]

Easy to ration a meal when only 1.5 people are apart of the community

[@tombstoner6360]

both of you?

[@Goblin_Hater_37]

Not the next thousand years?

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

There wasn't enough here for a thousand years ​@@Goblin_Hater_37

[@XDak0_0]

@@tombstoner6360Bro IS the community

[@IQBabyBones]

Turns out Fromsoft creates mind boggling effects regardless of the platform.

[@webpombo7765]

skellington

[@iseegreen5297]

a skell a tonne

[@roachnet3945]

Skelton

[@isaacrios764]

skeld un

[@isaacrios764]

skeld un

[@masterspoiler2367]

The APO are adorable and I want them to cameo in every game ever

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

Imagine the Apo in Sniper Elite or something.

[@LordDragox412]

@@samsanimationcorner3820 The APOcalypse bullet. Causes whoever it strikes to be forgotten for all eternity :(

[@adamsmall5598]

They look chewy, and seem likely to get stuck in your teeth.

[@MassiveDestructionSP]

22:30 Putting this here for when Miyazaki announces 10,000 Land.

[@jinn194]

Can’t wait for this year’s TGA newest announcement from FROMSOFT: Thousand Land: Embers of Apo

[@Raspredval1337]

and it's a AC6 dlc 😱

[@zegamingcuber857]

It's actually a souls-like set in the thousand land universe

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@zegamingcuber857 Have you heard of "Another Crab's Treasure"? It's like.. a soulslike in the Spongebob universe. You might like it :D

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

@@zegamingcuber857 A souls like where you don't control your character, just suggest them to do things like prioritizing defending or attacking, and watch them fall off a ledge for hours.

[@viannizvnv7222]

targa

[@woskis9161]

we need the extended thousand land lore videos

[@shemsuhor8763]

Call Vaati NOW

[@afroize]

This was the Lands between before the greater will Edit: You literally have to defend your erdtree while destroying the enemies so I will stick to this description lol

[@sadpaperface7159]

"You have a glimmer of talent. Try harder". FromSoft telling players to Git Gud even before the soul's games

[@fluffthesergal7640]

They are truly the prophets of self-improvement.

[@Nshadowtail]

That ending cutscene was honestly sick, I love the effect they did with the camera swooping *into* an APO to transition into first-person.

[@BAIGAMING]

I enjoy souls-like games a lot, but I still somewhat miss the days when From Software made low budget games of all genres. I liked Enchanted Arms a lot, it was a really fun monster collecting game though its biggest fault is that the human protagonists would level up and become much stronger than the monsters.

[@quack7461]

I agree, I’ve always had a soft spot for smaller, experimental games like this.

[@backwooddagn6888]

Early palworld

[@alejandrovallejo6763]

Derasiné was also great as is not so old

[@moronicalmeister]

Good lord, I want a new lost kingdoms game so bad. Imagine fast paced souls-like action but with card throwing monster management instead.

[@redline841]

I want my Adventures of Cookie and Cream 2

[@Sychke]

Wow this is literally the only review for FromSoftware's (actual) weirdest game called Thousand Land. What an excellent video I am glad that I watched it all the way through.

[@keithmichael112]

I'm glad I watched the only review for From Softwares weirdest game called Thousand Land too Edit: (actual)

[@sloth0708]

@@keithmichael112 I'm inclined to agree friend. I too feel proud of my decision to start KZbin's (actual) only review on FromSoftware's (actual) weirdest game called Thousand Land and watch it to completion.

[@daiyahigashikata]

​@@chaosordeal294 no, but i am!

[@foscogrubb]

Beep boop my fellow robots

[@Narvre]

​@@daiyahigashikataNo, I'm Sparticus!

[@andreworders7305]

7:14 it’s like the sims without the step where you have to remove the ladder

[@jamesbojaciuk9743]

It's time for the Thousand Land renaissance.

[@samblackstone3400]

Thousand Land: The Shattered Slate

[@vj7248]

before Minions, before Rabbids, we had Apo 🌰

[@samdavies2069]

So when you releasing a 26 book series on the lore of thousand lands. None of which is in the game or hinted at by ppl who actually worked on the game because the lore basically boils down to that Rick and Morty bit with random words in place of story telling.?

[@PC-coolant-pipe-sucker]

@@samdavies2069 what?

[@AviNerenberg]

well, and Lemmings

[@elcatrinc1996]

and the Patapon and the locoroco

[@stevethepocket]

But not before Baldies.

[@PlatiumSilver]

that ending was more rewarding than all the darksouls endings

[@thecandlemaker1329]

Combined

[@IPODsify]

Finally, I was trying to find ANY audio commentary about this game for months. Tried downloading a [legal copy] and it didn't work. Thanks

[@compassrose1466]

“Legal” 😏😏😌

[@Andrewjackson-er6si]

@@compassrose1466 totally didnt get it from the pirates

[@PlatoonGoon]

The Internet police won't prosecute you for downloading this game

[@Calvin_Coolage]

​@@PlatoonGoonThis game is the piracy equivalent of a weird law from 1874 that nobody bothered to take off the books.

[@sweetreamer5101]

@@Andrewjackson-er6si He [bought] it from [walmart]

[@NotoriousICG]

time for the Thousand Land PS5 Remake

[@fivemeese]

Unity asset flip color pallette game with 60% of content paywalled as day one ""dlc"", fuck you, do not pass go, give us $75

[@SaHaRaSquad]

It'll happen right after Bloodborne 2, I am sure of it.

[@ethanrumley746]

Yet another Fromsoftware game featuring Big trees that give life to the world and giants that wanna kill em Aaagaaain

[@ethanrumley746]

But seriously I am surprised there's as much of this game in their future ones

[@OtherMomo]

Your delivery on the history of the original box's sales in Japan isnabsolutely exquisite, perfect comedic timing and delivery, you had me believing for a second thst time might not have been as catastrophic as it was alleged to be, and then dropped that it in fact WAS.

[@marcellosilva9286]

At least From seems to have really liked the hardware, seeing as how they made 4 games for the platform and only TWO for the GameCube. OG Xbox was a treasure trove of weird and unusual games made by Japanese devs, shame it mostly went away from the 360 onward, yet another reason the OG 'box was so special.

[@TheBigHaloFreak]

Thanks for speading awareness of this games existence. Now if you excuse me, I'll comb through the entire soundtrack trying to find out which tracks were made by Kota Hoshino and Tsukasa Saitoh, since I'm an avid Hoshino fan. This is a gold mine you just unearthed!

[@mariopartylover10]

I honestly laughed out loud when I saw that quip about Kota Hoshino like “ well, he’s put on some weird funny songs for cookie and cream so maybe his thousand land stuff will sound different too” and it’s mini Evergrace.

[@TheBigHaloFreak]

It's so in line with FS games at the time! Though, I also expected something along the lines of Jungle theme of Cookie and Cream but it was something...of an hybrid of his other tracks? Knowing you Alayna, you probably looked through the soundtrack already! Also the skit with Hoshino made me really happy for some reason, thank you for that, MadmanEpic!

[@mariopartylover10]

@@TheBigHaloFreak I actually haven't looked through the soundtrack yet! just from one glance it's not fully on youtube? is this another audio uploading project?? (jk)

[@TheBigHaloFreak]

You're joking but there has to be one non-jp person out there whose living for Thousand Land. I found a download link to the soundtrack in the desciption of "VGMemory Groove #13 : Thousand Land Xbox (BGM - techno 16)". Also took a dip into the Soundtrack and it's literally just 10 tracks with 10 variations each. I love it 😭

[@zamuy12479]

Hands-off combat, base-building-focused RTS AHEAD. OF. THEIR. TIME.

[@lesslighter]

grim grimoire from vanillaware is also in the same vein

[@thecandlemaker1329]

Majesty

[@Cryveil]

Thank you for doing a public service by making a Thousand Land video when nobody else would o7 I must shield my eyes from this game until I play it myself, but great presentation of the game and its cutscenes from the little bit I've watched already. I also had no idea there was an English patch so thanks for making me aware of that... I thought it was going to be a pain to understand/play like SLV

[@Adam-xd9tr]

Considering the late 1990's and early 2000's were when RTS games were at their most popular, it's unsurprising that we got a lot of experimental titles in the genre. Unfortunately, they could be hit or miss in quality, so I can't say I'm surprised that Thousand Land turned out to be a mixed bag. Still, it's cool to see some history for an older FromSoftware game that isn't part of a franchise or a precursor to Dark Souls.

[@MobCat_]

The xbox live component of this game is working and publicly supported on insignia. If you want to play with someone, make sure you both have the same "version" that being translated vs not. Otherwise you may not be able to see each others games.

[@talkingdeads]

APOs need to get their time in the sun. i want them to have movies. i want christopher walken to voice grey APO

[@Jaffersin]

We need a phylogenetic tree explaining how the APO evolved into the Bulletkin from Enter the Gungeon, Crewmates, the Fall Guys contestants and maybe some common ancestor with Killer Bean somewhere in there.

[@gsc8713]

D e e p e s t l o r e

[@levilukeskytrekker]

+

[@stevethepocket]

I feel like the Clancers from _Mischief Makers_ must fit into this somewhere too.

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

I mean, they're also related to Pikmin as well right? Little sudokocidal plant minions you literally grow in the ground

[@roguegamer1173]

Oh my god I can’t believe you did a video on Bloodborne 2!

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

Game's called "Thousand Land" and there isn't a single salad dressing joke or reference in the entire game. Truly these were Fromsoftware's dark ages.

[@chrismanuel9768]

The title is the reference. You're building a thousand island

[@ThommyofThenn]

Do they use much ameri salad dressing there?

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

@@ThommyofThenn I can't really say for sure, but they do have places where they sell more American food, especially around US military bases, so I'd bet they are at least aware of it. I ain't about to go on a deep dive into Japanese cultural awareness of American salad dressing though, lol. That comment was essentially just a shitpost.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@Insanabiliter_In_Linea So was mine which makes me appreciate your actually pretty good reply. And yeah from what I believe I understand of Japanese culture...I don't really get it at all beyond the most surface level insight. 🤤 . but I do love their country, food and dozens of other great contributions they have made to the world

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

@@ThommyofThenn Oh yeah, if I lived in Japan I wouldn't eat American food ever again lol. Even their fast food puts ours to absolute shame.

[@captainbeatdown6254]

Ima say this is a game in the Armored core universe that kids play

[@andreworders7305]

I’m not entirely sure this script was faithfully translated, lol

[@MadmanEpic]

I dunno, the writing in the early AC games has a similar level of goofiness, checks out to me

[@TheJakeJackson]

Rook being the lowest rank besides pawn is the most "what is chess" move possible

[@Feuerhamster]

From: Okay we need some music for a silly little strategy game, should be nothing difficult Evergrace composer: *lights banjo on fire*

[@darkduds38]

Who knew the Apo trophy was forshadowing the gates of divinity in SOTE

[@mariopartylover10]

Thank you for this video. I am so glad I watched it even though youtube decided to freeze up at 0:19 and i had to stare at sharline evergrace for several minutes. I learned a lot about Thousand Land and the cute little characterization of the APO makes me a little more interested to play it one day. Thank you for sharing this!!!!!!!!!

[@Cryveil]

Greetings Evergrace archivist

[@mariopartylover10]

@@Cryveil I know you! i think sharline would get a stick and skewer an APO to eat for dinner

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

"Can't believe, Dark Souls is such a masterpiece and it was the first From Software soulsborne!" "Nah chap, it was actually Demon's Soul" "You both are wrong, it was King's Field" **Me pulling up with the Thousand Land**

[@dmsr1234]

crazy implications for the apo market

[@mechmaster-so4hr]

The thumbnail hooked me with a weird cone-thing posing like Halo 2’smcover art. I was not disappointed. Praise be for APO

[@BlueMareen]

The sudden extreme violence at this exact frame (2:25) completely destroyed me and sent me to Saturn. I haven't laughed that hard in a very very long time. Thank you From Software and MadmanEpic for sharing this with me 💜

[@lumynoxx]

they ARE silly little guys...i love the little dudes. i feel like this game would break me and i would cry lol

[@satibel]

I didn't realize ever grace was a fromsoft game, one of my favorites back in the day, with the interesting mechanic of "the harder you press the more damage you do" because the ps2 technically has analog face buttons, but that's the only game that uses that afaik

[@timhorton8085]

Every racing game plus metal gear. Im sure there's others, but those are the big examples.

[@cidlunius1076]

The Bouncer is here yelling at you for not remembering that it uses this feature as well.

[@satibel]

@@timhorton8085 apparently F1, flatout and GTA indeed did that. star ocean also has a section that uses it? and okami uses it to vary the thickness of the stroke. there's quite a few more than I thought. but it's the only game I saw that explicitly had that as an option.

[@kiwi3085]

@@satibel Ratchet and Clank 1, 2 and 3 used them for both the racing portions, for jumps (you could have higher or shorter jumps) and also would determine how fast you ascended or descended when swimming or when using the glider (which I think was specifically in R&C 2.)

[@ajvark]

God Hand, iirc

[@elledotcom4437]

Boutta go buy myself a copy before this blows up and everyone wants it

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Being allowed to use the cursor to bop enemies is the most genius little touch I've ever seen, this game is ADORABLE 😂

[@DesignFrameCaseStudies]

Main takeaway: FromSoft are cowards for not including unhinged jazz intros and Ethnic music in their Souls games.

[@RupertAndCheese]

I can't fucking believe they used that "Where my dawgs, where my dawgs at yo?" sample in the ending and credits themes.

[@nkosig4995]

you cooked too hard. now america burns in cosmic fire.

[@yorp4161]

Complete thousand land sweep. Total apo victory

[@rallion1545]

Didnt finish the video yet but I just wanted to say that Im glad you picked this game up :) First time I saw the game. And I have a feeling that this video might blow up thanks to your impeccable timing and thr internet loves obscure games. From ehat I saw you did a good job as always, keep it up :)

[@psyguyyggdrasil9071]

They should make a sequel to this game with better ai and references to other fromsoft games

[@marcellosilva9286]

Maybe as costumes for the Apo, I can totally imagine them looking adorable wearing Dark Souls armour

[@Srcsqwrn]

I would love a new form of this game! It's like if Chao Garden went to war~

[@blackbloom8552]

Add the ability to bring your slate online to face against other player and i could see a sequel getting a dedicated pvp community.

[@Srcsqwrn]

@@blackbloom8552 Since this one lets you do that, I'm sure that if there was any type of sequel, they'd keep the online features~

[@blackbloom8552]

@@Srcsqwrn oh, didnt realise there was an online mode since the video didn't talk about it. Definately worth a revival then.

[@jivesauce7540]

Heh, I see the early iteration of the Erdtree is in this. Also, that one guy sounds like Morgott, "You have some passing skill."

[@throwawaydetective9080]

Shhhhhhh this isn’t a souls game

[@steelazuredragon]

Thousand Land will probably never get a part 2 or even a remaster, but maybe its time for 'Apo Souls'

[@itryen7632]

The slate mechanic reminds me a lot of Brick Force (Or was or Block force? Something like that) Which was an online FPS where you would build a base and fight against the enemy team in the same vain. I wish that type of game still existed.

[@TheGgreen100]

It's kind of nuts how even back then with graphics that primitive, you could still see From's signature dark weirdness in their designs. It's there in everything from the strange unknowable characters to the hard lighting.

[@Amynon1660]

Thousand Land 2 is actually Miyazaki's masterpiece he's still waiting to make

[@dynomite463]

This really is the only review if From Software's (actual) weirdest game; titled Thousamd Land. I really Learned about From Software's (actual) Weirdest game; titles thousand lands.

[@PhazonOmega]

This reminds me of Games like Populous where you control the terrain and use powers but your people only vaguely listen to you. And I love these customization options! Normally I don't care that much, but these look fun, especially the strawberry.

[@arandomidiot1593]

Somehow I didn't know this game existed. It's right up my alley, actually.

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

As soon as you brought up the soundtrack I knew I was gonna bear witness to some Hoshino Tier Bullshit(TM)

[@tsunertoo9149]

"EThnic #15" Me: AYO??

[@BlackXixo]

so... are they 🧀 or nachos?

[@oddtomato1049]

They're rocks.

[@mariopartylover10]

Apollo chocolate❤️

[@bambjr1221]

Egg-Nuts

[@SomaCruz500]

Forbidden Doritos.

[@Ipsolus]

I thought they were acorns

[@KatieCat22]

I want a version of this game featuring Ze Frank as a narrator/announcer. The Apos seem like just the perfect kind of little guy for him to make a true facts episode about

[@yhorm8735]

Frankly I love Kota's work, especially the really out there stuff like in evergrace.

[@Kirbyoto2098]

The whole "make your board, then smash it against the enemy's board to create the playing field" reminds me of the Fort Condor minigame in the FF7 remake. Neat idea. There were a lot more "cute RTS" games in the 90s and early 00s, like Army Men, Gruntz, Planet Blupi, Fat Princess...I'm sure there must be more even from today, but it's a strange genre that somehow makes a lot of sense.

[@franklinllanes770]

... Good sir, I want this more than the Elden Ring DLC now. How dare you uncover this interesting old RTS, thank you!

[@noelle1940]

i need that apo dancing video isolated

[@SomeShows]

FromSoft made their own Dungeon Keeper! This is exactly the same gameplay, mostly: units are movable but make their own decisions based on movement. Peon units will capture land squares. This is literally exactly the same...awesome

[@octagonseventynine1253]

Wasn’t prepared for the instant burning Erdtree lore 😂 this is the lands between during the hinted at era when the Erdtree was first burnt. At least in my headcanon

[@Foxzolaire]

Ambient 27 sounds like something you'd hear in one of Zullie's videos

[@Otacanthus]

The dark souls of glorbo fight games

[@ennayanne]

"it was an experimental time with smaller projects and smaller budgets" that's what the whole industry was like back then. and people wonder why AAA games suck so hard

[@LeTesticlops]

One more game designed by committee bro I promise bro it'll be even better than AAA biggest game ever made bro I promise bro we can totally make good games by just dumping money into a hole

[@DeepWeeb]

Someone should phone Devolver Digital for this one since they brought back Metal Wolf Chaos

[@stuffedsomething1699]

Another one of those games I thought I dreamed up while under the grips of a fever.

[@marcellosilva9286]

Majuular covered the King's Field and Shadow Tower games. Nitro Rad covered the Echo Night series and Kuon. IronPineapple covered King's Field 4 and Ninja Blade. Lvljake covered Evergrace and Forever Kingdom. And you just reviewed Thousand Land. Now we need someone to do in-depth reviews of the Otogi games and Lost Kingdoms 1 and 2.

[@mariopartylover10]

Evergrace exists! Check out Lvljake’s two-video series on it. So good.

[@marcellosilva9286]

@@mariopartylover10 Thanks for letting me know. I will update my comment.

[@timhorton8085]

What about Eternal Ring?

[@marcellosilva9286]

@@timhorton8085 If you know of any good videos that cover the game in-depth, talks about the lore etc., then please let me know! I'll add it to the list.

[@lesslighter]

@@timhorton8085 josh strife hayes

[@Namadu7]

I am glad I've learned of the existence of APO. Thank you so much for this. Oh yeah, the game they came with is kinda neat too.

[@kitestar]

There’s two weird games by fromsoft on the OG Xbox, this and metal wolf chaos (which the remaster was published by devolver of all people!)

[@lesslighter]

isnt Otogi also on the og xbox and 360?

[@kitestar]

@@lesslighter *there’s three other weird fromsoft games on Xbox, otogi, metal wolf chaos and thousand land

[@robinmattheussen2395]

Oh, thanks for reminding me this had a translation! I completely forgot.

[@azure3354]

Making history here dude. So cool!

[@baalfgames5318]

I remember seeing those creatures in another forgotten FromSoft game: Enchanted Arms.

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

Pretty cool, ngl. I just got my 3d printer ready and gonna give it a test run, maybe I print an APO, they're neat and cute

[@CoperliteConsumer]

Thousand land was greatm I remember when mr. Land said "its time to thousand this land!" I cried!

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

Apos will never be ballin' Apos: 6:30 edit: I love the personality of the slaters oh my god. It really is like the armored core arena, but with this goofier setting and premise they're allowed to go hog wild in a way armored core doesn't get to take full advantage of. Sure you have your weaboos and your normal pilots etc but by and large AC characters have a very different vibe. It's not a worse vibe, but it's really fun to see what they do with the format with a different tone. Edit 2: I love Kota Hoshino so much lmao. Fromsoft please let this dude loose on a fantasy game again. I was a souls game with a soundtrack that sounds like a mashup of FreQuency and Evergrace.

[@sherlock8435]

how did jerma not play this this is such a jerma game

[@Innomen]

This look amazing. It's so weird, the auto battle real time strategy element is a lot like a game I am playing now, necrosmith, but this building your stage and fighting with other stages is awesome, I'm vaguely reminded of stratosphere, only that land mass is basically a ship. Seriously need more of this kind of thing. Creation vs creation, fitting for the armored core guys.

[@elcatrinc1996]

The design of these little guys is on a similar level to the Patapons and the Locoroco, they simply are adorable

[@OrganicGreens]

I miss when devs put this much effort and personality into games. Everything felt so fresh and novel back then

[@ShaneEstes-f7j]

Incredible video, very fun and great piece of "lost" media.

[@FGMCI]

17:31 "what did they mean by this?" Had me dieing 😂😂😂

[@cykes5124]

Elden Ring was clearly inspired by and actualized on the inspiration from Thousand Land.

[@baldurofwrath]

The fact that only 1 old FromSoft game has been ported is a crime.

[@foxdavion6865]

This game pre-dates Miyazaki joining Fromsoft by 4 years, also, during this period Fromsoft was only known for their mecha games, King's Field was already long forgotten.

[@MadmanEpic]

king's field 4 was like two years old at the time though

[@Greatdictator]

Leave it to From Soft to make A- A RTS Game B On the Xbox C IN JAPAN ONLY D MAKE IT VERY WIERD AND CHARMING. I guess any studio thats around for long enough goes through a RTS phase at some point

[@Ratface0007]

Man, it’s hard to believe Fromsoft used to be able to make more than one kind of game

[@Xxsoda_drinker_pro_fanxX]

Love how the name of this guy chose was pronounced “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.” (Without the translation.)

[@josiahfreep7765]

My whole childhood was simple tasks and banjo music

[@johnsandfort8908]

Finally, another entry in the "quirky console RTS featuring Little Guys" genre, previously dominated by Team Buddies

[@scrappysam]

armored core is amazing. i won’t accept any slander for it. bash armored core and trust me, your synagogue won’t be safe

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

I agree with this individual's statement. Armored Core is the superior FromSoft franchise. The only franchise that can come close to AC is Thousand Land.

[@hoodiekid8439]

we need TWO thousand land

[@baddragonite]

Inb4 "Truly the Dark Souls of RTS Gaming"

[@anguset]

Videos like this make the internet worthwhile

[@nolankanski9116]

Cool! Yeah, the only English review I've ever seen of this game was from ThorHighHeels, but this is far more focused on it, his was about a bunch of Japan only Xbox games, so he didn't get in as deep as you.

[@dilbertfish]

I didn't even know this got a release. I remember Edge magazine had a small preview back in the day, but it never got a review.

[@acacacacacacaccaca7666]

It's kind of like staring into a different universe and wondering what if fromsoft didn't became famous for extremely hard RPGs but cutesy games with gimmicks

[@Er404ChannelNotFound]

Ethnic is a pretty standard term in music lingo. Usually refers to instruments that are outside the standard European orchestral instruments and electric instruments. This can include anything between drums as well as vocals, and is by no means limitted to African instruments. In fact one of rhe most popular examples is actually The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices, which, as you can exam, is from Bulgaria. The term's use in the music world basically transcended the origin it came from.