Gaming Mysteries: True Fantasy Live Online (Xbox) CANCELLED

[@Yuriofwind]

I hope you all like this Gaming Mysteries to end off the month, and welcome, to scary ghost fingerpuppet, tober :3.

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@MistressDove]

Excellent video as always, friend.

[@Yuriofwind]

@@MistressDove Thank you friend :D

[@Girkirbythesecond]

Actually I'm pretty sure Level-5 did end up reusing this concept! Although not a mmorpg, they did release a rpg life sim on the 3ds titled Fantasy Life in 2012 (2014 for us yanks), which featured some of the things promised to be in the mmo such as multiple character classes as well as customization (Although DEFINITELY not to the degree as promised originally).

[@rubiitoxic]

Saves money on nearly wasted assets

[@RemnantTheWolf]

That game was great too! It was so chill!

[@progz5232]

it does look a lot like fantasy life now that you said that lol

[@TheBaalPhaoton]

God, I wanted this game to come out so badly back in the day and it just disappeared.

[@CaptainFalco311]

It’s been 17 years and I’m still mad this got canceled

[@moralesjourneyman]

I hope you're not still mad. No doubt you're well aware of just how terrible and abusive Microsoft/Xbox used to be before Phil Spencer and his team turned things around.

[@zolphar]

I remember this being my most wanted game for XBL when it was announced. Following any sort of news of any progress for this game. I was crushed when I heard it was cancelled. So much progress, if only Microsoft didn't push too hard, this might have been a reality...a shame :(

[@Yuriofwind]

It could have changed the entire mmo landscape, that would have been the time frame to attempt that. Shame.

[@MikuruX]

If I'm not mistaken, hype for this game in Japan was so high that people were starting to buy the Xbox just for this game back then. Once it was announced it was cancelled, it pretty much killed any momentum the Xbox brand had going forward as people started to sell off the system and I don't think they never recovered since. I still remember when I signed up for the closed beta when it opened at the time while I was still in the military back in 2003.

[@Nekufan1000000]

With the number of games that talk about how you can be anything, I honestly wonder if someone has ever tried making an MMO without NPCs. You log in and you can class into knights, kings, lords, cooks, blacksmiths, and someone basically HAS to play every role. If there's no one being a blacksmith there's no one making and selling weapons, so the knights can't get their gear to quest with, and the knights need to do quests the blacksmiths and other players can send them on. Kings and lords give out hunting quests for good EXP, but blacksmiths give out farming quests to get new materials so they can enhance their craft and also make new weapons and armor for the adventurer characters. I mean, this would literally be building an online civilization and no doubt have a mass of headaches that NPCs solve. I could see convenience like shopkeeps and blacksmiths being able to set up an NPC version of themselves to sell items when they're offline, and if they happen to drop the game it becomes apparent by their lack of progression through new materials and their stock eventually empties out. Considering EVE Online exists and has been called an "Excel simulator" because of all the micromanaging and shit people do, it wouldn't surprise me if there's people out there that would literally dedicate dozens of hours to running the finances of a fictional kingdom online. Of course, the ultimate death to this idea is that most people don't want to be a blacksmith or a cook, they want to fuck up dragons and stuff. So you'd probably have a lot of adventurers begging for quests and only a few kings and nobles and blacksmiths giving them out. Kinda like real life where everyone wants to be a novelist, but no one wants to clean sewers.

[@linashell2696]

One thing I like about Yuri is how his videos still keep that cozy feeling. I think the endslates are like the signature thing that makes each video funnier in their own ways. Idk what it is but I always used to binge them during sick days middle school lol. Makes me happy to see more vids coming out :)) keep em up. I'm trying to catch up on Xbox stuff now, I avoided them like the plague so its no surprise this game is new to me lol.

[@BloodWraith777]

I really wish Level 5 would make Dark Cloud 3, and not five million Yokai Watch games. I don't care if Yokai prints money. I want one final Dark Cloud game damn it.

[@guacbird]

i agree but sadly they dont own the rights to it. sony does

[@hoodboy20001]

YURI UPLOADED YOU GUYS YURI UPLODADED THIS IS NOT A DRILL REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!

[@DarylHadvard]

Level-5 are probably my favorite devs next to Sucker Punch I'd say. Always happy to see someone talk about them. :)

[@supersnow17]

Dud KZbin hasn't recommended a single video from you in YEARS until tonight. I thought you were long gone.

[@Yuriofwind]

Well that is sad, but welcome back ;-;

[@EnergyBurst2]

And it is now Spooky Finger Puppet Ghost Month, Hurray!!!!

[@amiandivh]

Saw this live I was wondering when the video was coming out. Can't wait for spooky finger puppet ghost month!

[@GrimmShadowsII]

The biggest shame is it sounds like the game was pretty much done just a feature or 2 missing and maybe 1 or 2 not quite done. I can understand canceling a game when very little progress is made but if the game is pretty much done and there's no rights issues there's really no reason not to let them finish. By the sound of it, it sounds more finished then some games that have been released.

[@supernovel7514]

Why does the title "True Fantasy Live" sound like one of those Live cam sites?

[@Yuriofwind]

This was Microsofts vision.

[@Toxicgamerdog]

Been watching your content since the beginning, so glad to see you're still here

[@mak_707]

Always appreciative of some DQ8 music. Developed by Level-5 as well.

[@PublickGamer]

Shame, it looked pretty cool. I would've only been 5 when it was cancelled anyway, but I wish it would've come out so other people could've enjoyed it.

[@PCFROMVCS]

Glad you're still making these :)

[@leavingmythoughtsinthecomm7586]

I always wondered what happened to this game.

[@DrayLoco]

Always nice to see yu post

[@squabbbb]

My inner 12 year old missed your voice man

[@RedBerylFTW]

Ambitious for back then. Ambitious for today. Just really ambitious. Level 5 just needed a little more... experience

[@PheonixKnght]

You left out the sandal that Level 5 was using the funds Microsoft was paying them to publish a game on the PS2. I do wish the game came out on the 360 for launch it would have been amazing on there and the netcode problems would have had more than enough time to be worked out.

[@bigmegaguy]

Love to see Nintendo help these guys out.

[@DarkCloudCompendium]

Hmm I never played Dark Cloud, maybe I should check it out! 🤔😉

[@Yuriofwind]

Dark Cloud 1 and 2 are on PS4 :3

[@DarkCloudCompendium]

I think you'd enjoy my channel since I focus on Dark Cloud Beta videos and interviewed DC Voice Actors and Developers! You'd be surprised with the amount of cut content the DC Community has found over the years 😄 Thanks for the Inspiration 🙏🌟@@Yuriofwind

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Happy Spooky Fingerpuppet Month! I really need to find out why you call it that, lol

[@notagainmanstop468]

This reminds me of when I saw your ushiro video ages ago and I wished so bad it got made. Level 5 why do you do this to us

[@incorporealfear]

Always love a new video

[@ExalinExcels]

It's been a long time since I clicked on a video as fast as I clicked on this one

[@paul3581]

Perhaps one day Level-5 may revisit concepts or even the core of True Fantasy Live Online, kinda like how Ushiro for PSP was resurrected as a manga and a game for the Switch

[@JohnSmith-se7pp]

Yuri you’re still here after all this fucking time that’s epic. Haven’t watched in a decade but I got into the 3ds game fantasy life and looked it up on KZbin and this came up. Well you got me into cut content like with your sotc video and persona 3 cut content anyways would of never known about this cancelled game without you thank you for the insight god bless you and level 5 have a good one hallelujah O h shit never mind you left a year ago we pray your balls are healed

[@princessmiraxo]

the dream is to have dark cloud 3 one day ToT

[@DBTGAMER]

Dragon quest 8 is my favourite Dragon Quest. 😎🎮

[@McNuuuuggggiiiieeeessss]

This game looks really cool, visually.

[@DukeofGrease]

I had no clue about this game before this Yuri. I love level 5 and if they made an MMO I think I would have had a great time with it. I miss dark cloud please give me back dark cloud level five I dont want ni no kuni I want dark cloud please thanks man.

[@remidelrieu4939]

Hello, I am looking for find the true fantasy live online music can you help me please ?

[@KeatonKing]

Final Fantasy XIV FTW!

[@GustavoCalvo]

This looks so cool, I never imagined this existed.

[@jameshampton4772]

Awesome video as always dude ^^

[@Yuriofwind]

Hope you enjoyed it ^_^

[@jameshampton4772]

@@Yuriofwind Of course also fun side note I just got Melty Blood type lumina last night and I've been having alot of fun with it and been playing more of it today, so far probably my new favorite game this year!

[@papapingas1797]

I just wanna play fantasy life again Kool vid bro

[@STARSVeteran]

I wonder if this would have taken off, especially given that Early 360 days were mostly about shooters like Halo and Gears, at least until Oblivion got ported to 360.

[@AustNerevar]

I hear that DQ8 music you slipped in the background

[@briansmith2739]

What a shame. This would have extended the Xbox's life a little longer just like what Sega did with Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast.

[@GuranPurin]

Fingerpuppet ghost month is upon us

[@Solavation]

Volume kinda low on this one Yuri :(

[@Yuriofwind]

I have hearing issues, so I try to get things to sound as good as they can, but I am a fuck up, sorry.

[@Solavation]

@@Yuriofwind im sorry Yuri i should have just watched on a different device, please keep uploading i miss you man been with you since pokemon creepy black from 9 years ago. Youre an OG to me im always happy when you upload regardless love you man

[@RagbagMcShag]

The aging, living etc reminds me of mabinogi, which came out like a year or so later... coincidence?

[@linklindlink]

Yes the game was finished content wise as you said but they still had a ways to go for networking, They asked Microsoft for more time and money to make the game playable online and Microsoft said no. They even opened registration for a beta test(I'm guessing Microsoft pushed for this) but had to keep delaying the beta cause they didn't have functioning servers and finally Microsoft got tired of waiting.

[@mowsefmow8177]

I wish microsoft had just dumped money into this game. This is the exact type of game Xbox needed. We all missed out on a lot of great memories

[@CryoTech-iz5ke]

this would have been a great FF11 competitor on the console

[@karnickel-s33d16]

Love these vids!

[@aubreylindsey1206]

Why does this look like Final Fantasy XI, XIV and Phantasy Star Online had a baby? Because I can see a few similarities.

[@Winningthewormoff]

How could a japanese xbox game fail, this is preposterous

[@Yuriofwind]

To be fair, by the time the 360 came out, Microsoft did a lot better working with Japanese developers.

[@rubiitoxic]

WOOOOO!

[@Arborbor]

I licked it

[@Yuriofwind]

Sorry you had to do that but I appreciate it :'3

[@IaconDawnshire]

This game was the reason why I bought a OG Xbox

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

True Fantasy Online Live... Yes, as opposed to all those Fake Fantasies you see all the time...

[@RisingRevengeance]

The fact that they sold like 5 consoles in japan probably didn't help either

[@Sonicfalcon16]

Fable elements but mmo is ambitious

[@calebprenger3928]

This destroyed the Xbox for me. All Xbox live had was sports games and halo. Only rpg online was PSO. I stopped caring about Xbox after this was cancelled

[@1r0zz]

Netcode important for multiplayer? Ehh. Bioware and Bethesda seems to think otherwise

[@inasilentway9835]

Less goooo

[@fireaza]

Level-5: "Your character will grow and even age as the game processes!" *NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN PLANNING TO USE A FEMALE CHARACTER FALLS BY 100%*

[@no1yudkno]

Make great content, get money!