FromSoftware's (Actual) Weirdest Game - Thousand Land

The best Thousand Land review on KZbin. By default.
Twitter: / madmanepic
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English translation: www.romhacking.net/translatio...
Killin' Groove by / @d3vs3b96
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction (A Footnote of a Video Game)
2:05 Pawn (Gameplay Overview)
8:15 Rook (Progression and Strategy)
14:20 Knight (Presentation)
17:57 Bishop (Problems and Solutions)
19:47 Queen, King, and Beyond

[@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?

[@The_Hydration_Police]

Not the next thousand years?

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

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

[@XDak0_0]

@@tombstoner6360Bro IS the community

[@gumplop]

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

[@webpombo7765]

skellington

[@iseegreen5297]

a skell a tonne

[@roachnet3945]

Skelton

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@chaosordeal294]

Are you a bot?

[@daiyahigashikata]

​@@chaosordeal294 no, but i am!

[@foscogrubb]

Beep boop my fellow robots

[@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 :(

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@MassiveDestructionSP]

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

[@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]

+

[@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

[@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 😭

[@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

[@ladyibis580]

Major kudos to MrRichard999 for doing the translation of this obscure title, making this video possible. :D

[@robinmattheussen2395]

The guy is an absolute machine, cranking out completely unexpected translation/hacking work. He does seem to have stopped as of late though?

[@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.

[@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.

[@PlatiumSilver]

that ending was more rewarding than all the darksouls endings

[@roguegamer1173]

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

[@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

[@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

[@nkosig4995]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@zamuy12479]

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

[@lesslighter]

grim grimoire from vanillaware is also in the same vein

[@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

[@captainbeatdown6254]

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

[@dmsr1234]

crazy implications for the apo market

[@yorp4161]

Complete thousand land sweep. Total apo victory

[@elledotcom4437]

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

[@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

[@lumynoxx]

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

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@idontwantahandlethough]

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

[@darkduds38]

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

[@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.

[@BlackXixo]

so... are they 🧀 or nachos?

[@oddtomato1049]

They're rocks.

[@mariopartylover10]

Apollo chocolate❤️

[@bambjr6045]

Egg-Nuts

[@SomaCruz500]

Forbidden Doritos.

[@Ipsolus]

I thought they were acorns

[@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**

[@steelazuredragon]

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

[@noelle1940]

i need that apo dancing video isolated

[@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??

[@elcatrinc1996]

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

[@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

[@azure3354]

Making history here dude. So cool!

[@DeepWeeb]

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

[@TheJakeJackson]

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

[@Brimations]

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

[@Sagi-so]

I love those little Zanzibarts

[@stuffedsomething1699]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Otacanthus]

The dark souls of glorbo fight games

[@chunkytomatosoup1826]

2:05 Woah. Add some more synth choir and hammond organ and you got a new Ryota Kozuka battle theme.

[@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

[@OrganicGreens]

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

[@yhorm8735]

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

[@franklinllanes770]

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

[@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.

[@cykes5124]

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

[@khazix2214]

Lovely video

[@robinmattheussen2395]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@KesorodaBlk]

3:44 **MegaMan Battle Network Intensified for a moment!** 👀🔊

[@anguset]

Videos like this make the internet worthwhile

[@JSON_bourne]

Ahh, now I see the origins of the lands between. So obvious now.

[@dravendfr]

Ah, man, I remember playing this all of the time with my siblings growing up! I’m just kidding, I’ve never heard of this game in my life until now.

[@hashtags_YT]

The high wall of Lothric had me dying 😂😂 10/10 video!

[@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.

[@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.

[@sojournertaylor6897]

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

[@arandomidiot1593]

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

[@faeblefiction]

common apo W

[@baalfgames5318]

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

[@dependent-ability8631]

can't wait for Twothousand Land

[@Thraxismundar]

Ah yes time to binge watch all of this guys stuff 😮‍💨

[@FGMCI]

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

[@AscendantStoic]

I can see the Elden Ring connection, specially with a bunch of weird people fighting over giant magical trees ... fits quite well XD

[@raz1572]

this actually looks delightful, anyone know of any strategy games with a similar land building mechanic?

[@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.

[@compassrose1466]

Killin groove sounded like mama I’m in love with a criminal for a sec and it caught me off guard when it started 😭 Awesome work btw!!

[@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

[@schrodingerscat9945]

Fire video sad youtube is gonna hide it away

[@Jacket430]

It was tripping me out just how much your delivery sounds like Scott The Woz at times

[@RupertAndCheese]

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

[@g-starthefirst]

Ah yes, another weird, obscure game with cartoony-ish visuals I can randomly mention in a conversation with my younger sister.

[@Srcsqwrn]

So, after learning about this, I kind of want a modern Thousand Land!

[@skimrizzle9598]

cool concept for a game

[@bag-manbaron2547]

The hands off feeling reminds me of some of those god games where your units do what they see fit

[@PNWSurvivor]

this game needs a remake i wanna play it bad

[@BuggingonBeeroids]

There better be some Thousand Land™ easter eggs in Bludborn 2; Bigger and Bludier!™ or I'll catch a flight to japan and scream directly in Mumasuki's face

[@andreworders7305]

3:36 “Get on with it!”

[@satibel]

tbh that sound like a neat rogue lite concept if you add better AI and fix a few issues

[@josiahfreep7765]

My whole childhood was simple tasks and banjo music

[@user-ee4bk3ep8x]

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