Lagoon by PJ in

[@Snesdaddy89]

I still watch pj's runs every once in a while. I hope he does more soon. The guy is hilarious. One of the best gdq runners IMO.

[@A-bit-Shifty]

I love how excited puwexil is when PJ defeats ella, we all need a friend that supportive lol

[@markmassey6588]

Two things. First, this run was really fun to watch! Second, I absolutely loved this game growing up. Beat it somehow and now absolutely love hearing about everyone's struggles. I nod knowingly.

[@Daosguard]

No idea why but I loved this game as a kid.

[@se7enist]

Same. Loved this game as a kid (still list it and Drakkhen among my favorite soundtracks from the SNES)

[@kaynesantor8136]

This is another one of my favorite runs that I've watched a hundred times. PJ is a legend and this run is so fun to watch and listen to. Excellent work PJ.

[@marcellosilva9286]

This run is an absolute _blast_ to watch, it's chock-full of hilarious moments and I never get tired of it.

[@AB-mo1sr]

Every PJ run at GDQ is required watching

[@Markleadguitar]

PJ is my favorite runner. Informative, funny, and dedicated.

[@falconheart21]

44:30: "Have you tried paper?" Man after my own heart.

[@XVII_Lvl17]

Fucking Mecha Richer and Pj are legends, they make stuff funny without trying and thats when humor is the best.

[@KittenyKat]

Well you know how that old wise saying goes: "Give a gnome a fire and you warm him for a day. Light a gnome on fire and you can survive an ice cave." *Seems legit*

[@clicheusername7182]

"Make a man a fire and keep him warm for an evening. Set a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life."

[@mrpinguimninja]

PJ is one of my favourite runners due to the combo him + his luck + his awful games. Never change, PJ

[@Ghestahl2006]

I love PJ's runs.

[@dfoglobal1721]

This game was a monster. I am one of the many that conquered Lagoon. Thanks for making the video, makes me nostalgic of my early gaming experience. It seriously took me 2 hours to find Thor's pendant, and i literally snapped when i discovered some random NPC had it.

[@rushnerd]

PJ and Klaige are my favorite runners, they have outstanding chemistry and commentary.

[@emeyerls12]

I like PJ and Mecharichter as a duo.

[@M0torsagmannen]

@@emeyerls12 Team PLC are all great for comentary and chemistry

[@rubyeyeshabranigdu]

This is my favorite speedrun of all time! 10/10

[@ViktorHark]

I come back to this video a couple of times a year, such a great speedrun to listen to.

[@OneTrueBelmont]

All fire is truth fire.

[@g3n0me]

Starts at 8:25

[@c4_murloc782]

I completely unironically love the soundtrack to this game. I didn't grow up with it, but watching PJ's GDQ runs definitely sparks some nostalgia :D

[@DepressionAlgorithm]

My first thought was "Well, that's a pretty decent looking NES game." "Limitations of the SNES hardware" - 9:35 ... O-Oh.

[@Daosguard]

@@AwesomeHairo I got a batch of 3 snes games when I got a snes.... this was one of them. I loved it for some reason.

[@MSSynsyterGates]

THIS! This is one of the best runs I've ever seen. Top 10

[@Nightchamp]

OMFG THATS WHERE THE MOON BLADE IS! BRB I've got to go and finally put my Lagoon-induced childhood PTSD to rest.

[@js-vz6cl]

I knew there was something special about the light, so i tried every item, with suppose 8 second load of going back and forth, it took forever.

[@RedRocky54]

So did you manage it?

[@NoshuHyena]

I love this game. It was a great part of my childhood, and they treated the plot perfectly.

[@shamefoodeveryday5141]

I love PJ, he can make even an awful game fun to watch.

[@davidvilchez2209]

This game isn't that bad

[@slysquash2473]

Wow PJ!! Well done mate. This was very entertaining and hilarious. Thanks for a great run!!

[@Ryusuta]

I didn't realize PJ did this game again! I LOVED it in 2012 and I already love this even more! PJ, you made my day. ;w;

[@pigfish99]

WAITAMINUTE

[@Ryusuta]

pigfish99

[@northdakotabeast1547]

All runs by PJ are great(:

[@touttous943]

remember playing this game when I was little , so much memories

[@Allmyf4ult]

Lol I love Pj, such a hell of a fun guy. =) fav speedrunner by far

[@ClassicGameHacking]

PJ my favorite runner, funny and skilled.

[@Josephryanbanks]

PJ and Puwexil, two legends

[@ilikebeingsmart]

I’ve been re-watching this speedrun for years and finally I understand the joke at 44:23

[@crazyjose111]

as soon as i saw puwexil, i knew id have all my questions answered hahah. great run!

[@BioYuGi]

This game looks *just* charming enough that if I had played it as a kid when it was new, I would probably have very fond memories of it. It seems a bit convoluted in figuring out where to go, but it doesn't seem *difficult*, as long as you stay leveled. Free saving anytime, consistent upgrades and simple magic usage? I feel like a kid would enjoy this and have the free time needed to figure it out.

[@matchesmalone79]

I very much did as a kid.

[@strogg2]

yeah, I played this game as a kid, I was maybe 5-6 years old back then. Nice memories, one of my fav games

[@Tesomanjarvi]

This run is still one of my favorites

[@dragonbornette]

Never heard of this game, but glad I watched this run. I'm loving the music!

[@FinalFantasyPlayers]

PJ is so great, I like him so much. His runs are always so entertaining.

[@TheSupermariogabriel]

Love the music in this game. Cozy run.

[@Xylaite]

This is my favorite run next to the Brain Age: TASBot run!

[@Robeebert]

Loved this game.

[@EinRevolvermann]

One of the best Speedruns :)

[@uetzel]

PJ is da man. Love his appearances on the *gdqs. When it's him or dram51 i always make time.

[@rascalguy5673]

I still think this is my all-time favorite run.

[@rareroe305]

Time for the roughly yearly watch!

[@js-vz6cl]

I beat this game 20 years ago as a kid playing late at night on my snes. Also, i could not read the japanese text so i figured everything out by just trial and error and just roaming around. Took me about 6 hours.

[@thatstarlad1606]

Back to my comfort video when I'm high, always a good one

[@bloodywolf9317]

this run is so fun and chilled and funny i rewatch it so often XD

[@rfdgaming88]

I watch this run all the time!!! One of agdq or just gdq's best runs of all time!!!

[@cometkite]

Great run and great commentary!

[@goldbigeagle6772]

This should be shared with everyone who worked on the game, I think they'd get a kick out of it!

[@blaa6]

Games like this should be remade. It has a lot of potential.

[@Supernova71288]

When you go to watch a random GDQ speedrun and Ray (aka Brownman) is just chillin in the crowd lol

[@blade_of_rage]

42:03 bionic commando rearmed 2 donation from the dev. Hype mode AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@YukoValis]

1:16:45 now that is a crazy random boss... damn what a finish.

[@FirstWizardZorander]

Music isn't too bad, though. At least that's something :)

[@rubykelly2305]

Actually, the song that plays during the very final boss fight as well as in the intro cinematic, called Moonchild, is honestly one of my favorite pieces of music on the SNES.

[@rubykelly2305]

My bad, I meant that plays during the Owl-Thor fight. It's the same as the intro song and it's pretty rockin'

[@rubykelly2305]

+Browsignal I know it plays during one of the fights in that final gauntlet.

[@GravityKnightFlying]

this game did have good music for its time

[@Ryusuta]

I trust a bass clef to know about music.

[@7616-f4y]

Wow. This game is the SNES equivalent of a 12 year old's RPG Maker project.

[@Jazzypants2007]

Yikes. That's really insulting, y'know... to the twelve year old, I mean.

[@corning1]

Lol, I love how they just make fun of the game the entire time lol. Made me laugh.

[@MissAshley42]

I always saw this game at the rental store, but the box art never intrigued me enough to pick it up.

[@danm2084]

Lol i remember those days, literally trying to judge a game by its cover/back art and screenshots.

[@rubykelly2305]

I actually enjoy this game. Yes it has flaws, some of them rather glaring, but it's a decently fun little game with a fairly rockin' soundtrack. If the controls were a bit better, the sword a little longer, the plot a bit clearer and the way forward a bit less aggravating, I think it could have really developed a following.

[@pedrorivera9640]

If the game was good, is what you mean.

[@ninethreecubed]

I'm with you, I enjoyed this game as a child, and later on when I replayed it in my early 20's. The sword being short I like, adds a lot of difficulty to the game.

[@IAmPattycakes]

I feel like this game had a good chance at being good. The music isn't bad, art isn't horrible, seems to have the mechanics of a normal game almost there. Although that might just be a fantastic runner piloting the dumpster for all I know.

[@krisbennett8456]

Wtf... Is that Ray? Brownman himself in the front row? Swear to god.

[@jaredtolbert3133]

I loved this game as a kid yea it's terrible but it has a special place in my heart

[@brograb898]

“Despite having ONE THOUSAND YEARS of advanced warning . . . “ “If you can get in, use this book . . . “ “I’m glad I’m alive . . . “

[@brograb898]

Just a few of many wonderful moments

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Why do I got the feeling that much is lost in translation? Some stuff is more translated literally while other stuff just suffered from goofy translators. (Like those who did much of the german translations of that time)

[@coganaj]

Thor (in Lagoon in SNES) is one of only a small number of video game characters with heterochromia (different colored eyes ... fascinating)

[@johncoyle707]

ive played this game a bunch when i was a child i found everything killed all the bosses except for the final final boss i never could beat the final form this game is a legend for sure

[@MSaint]

I enjoyed watching this run a lot. I would never play this game myself and actually I never heard about it before, definitely not intending to play it now.

[@eternal0star]

I legitimately enjoy this game as a kid. It has a bunch of faults but I really liked it, but it IS brutally hard.

[@AnishChari]

They covered most of the bullshit but to summarize: 1. Your only weapon is a sword the size of a toothpick. No matter how much you upgrade its damage its range never changes. 2. To make matters worse, the screen doesn't scroll unless you're 85% across the screen, giving you no reaction time. Imagine playing Contra like that. 3. This guy knows where he's going but if you don't all the dungeons are huge multifloor mazes with respawning enemies. 4. Yes your health regenerates but not in Boss Fights which are stupid hard. I played this game as a kid. It has one saving grace (Hah!): You can save ANYWHERE. Even in the middle of a fight (but not bosses). I raged quit when I saved right before getting comboed to death that killed me instantly everytime I reloaded. Out of spite I rented it again later only to get hopelessly lost inside one of the dungeons and gave up for good. Fuck this game.

[@XaneMyers]

31:21 The “muddy water” thing must've been decided at the last second because...this doesn't look muddy!

[@Jazzypants2007]

I'll never understand how you all can't see ALL OF THAT MUD. It's all over the screen, that's why the graphics are sub-par! It was a mistranslation, you see. :P

[@LasseDeleuran]

1:22:20 for the attempt that shall not be repeated.

[@ReverseComet]

When he's fighting the boss at around 1:14:00 if you get the blue ring (I believe that's a thing?) you can jump over and hit the gems and clip through the gems going forward, making the battle last about 10 seconds. I know this because my friends brother has this game and that's how he was able to beat that boss.

[@PyroShadow117]

yo, idk why, but so far this is my favorite bgdq, or well... gdq game in general, I'm back here so often

[@Saxandviolins]

Is that Ray?

[@trgdy15]

I'm almost certain that it is. I don't know who else it could be.

[@mondomoleno.3404]

Why it Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie in the pillars of the last level?

[@TrueRahf]

+Scott Ryman Developers were fans, maybe?

[@Koettnylle]

+Scott Ryman Because Iron Maiden

[@A-bit-Shifty]

PJ running lagoon with puwexil and klaige on the couch. Perfection

[@Bocchi-the-Rock_]

I knew I recognized Ray just sitting there at the front of the audience lol

[@andrewsadler202]

I just hope when summer games 2018 comes up, they speed run this game, with all the talk about short swords, and instantly follow it with the sega genesis "Strider", and talk about how awesome the sword reach is.... maybe even make that a theme.... "Contrast Games Block" where the games have differences that are blatantly obvious.

[@MrKeyblademaster1992]

I would love to see Lunar Silver Star Story Complete run at GDQ.

[@sonicbird]

43:00 cuddle time is best time

[@Abelssavage]

I can confirm 1:13:54 boss is extra fun on low percent. Took many many attempts to defeat when I was at my friends house.

[@cvmaniac7286]

I wish this game would come out on the Wii U Virtual Console.

[@mugogrog]

Honestly had loads of fun with this game. Great speed run and making it look easy, spoiler it's not.

[@jonathanrichter1445]

I tried playing this game back when it came out. I spent maybe a couple hours wandering around the town, exploring, and failed to find my way out of it. I returned the game to my friend and let him know my distaste for it.

[@gigaus0]

Does anyone know what they're talking about with Hercules? First mention around 15:00

[@distgenius]

gigaus0 Hercules is one of the early generic monsters in the first cave. He is somewhat notorious for causing deaths in the early game. I think PJ points him out in the 2012 GDQ run.

[@hannukahcelt2027]

Say what you will about this game, but I absolutely *love* the music. Outside of many FF games and SO2, Kemco games have some of my favorite music in them. I say this having both played and beaten both this game and Drakkhen.

[@UNRATEDGfx]

Just noticed Achievements Hunter Ray in the front row! Makes sense he's into speedrunning too 😋

[@robbiecrosbie4827]

Is nobody going to say how Thor looks alot like David Bowie from Labyrinth, he even turns into a white owl thingy at the end... Love both game and movie

[@joannacarey2756]

Honestly, this game isnt that bad. If there was a remake of this game with decent mechanics and nice gameplay I would play. The story is simple, but from what I saw seems fun.

[@TypeSaturn]

This looks like a bootleg version of Ys I&II.

[@Phoenix10k]

+Nr2reaper Coincidentally, the original Sharp X68000 version of Lagoon DID have "bump combat" like the Ys games. Swinging the butter knife was added for the SNES version.

[@charmanderfan1]

@@Nr2reaper the game wasn't made for the sword combat

[@Trevelyan2]

Everyone shits on the graphics on this game, but they were quite decent for 1991. Source: was 9 years old when I played this

[@emerylafleur]

the worst thing about this is that i see the skeleton of a good game here

[@McSandwich121]

Oh my god I didn't know anyone else even knew about this game. I played this when I was a kid, I couldn't ever make it past the first dungeon.

[@omegasupreme5527]

Why? Just level grind a little. You should try to play through it on an emulator I guarantee you it won't be as difficult as you remember it being.

[@xXAkirhaXx]

This was one of my favorite games as a child. I swear I'm not a masochist.

[@Markleadguitar]

52:38 - Seek And Destroy?

[@gravyntoast2748]

Ah I see a wild brown man :) him talking about speed runs when he was part of achievement hunters got me into watching these things

[@CarozQH]

"It's a big pile of anime" - Sums up the entire game basically

[@Karemaker]

My Brother loved this game when he was young and defended it like it was his child. Meanwhile I was playing FF4 and 6 on, and Crono Trigger and laughing at him.

[@ericseaburg5194]

"How did anyone finish this game as a child?" With extreme difficulty.

[@XaneMyers]

1:15:47 That water is...somewhat muddy...