Maize Review | Most Absurd Game I've Ever Played

[@nickwoodfin2690]

I gotta be honest, I played this game and thought I hallucinated it. I forgot it was an actual game

[@robertschnobert9090]

The game was a hallucination. This video is a hallucination. Please wake up, Nick. You're in a coma. Wake up. Your family misses you. Wake up.

[@ollllj]

@nickwoodfin2690 @@robertschnobert9090 nick, this is your family, we are also a hallucination, and your name is not really nick.

[@sub_0_galaxy]

Me too I thought I would never find out I would find it I've been trying to find this game for couple years now

[@CAPTAIN_MUFFINYT]

Yeah, this game...Oh this GAME I remember, I was young and I remember seeing 'Miaze' don't where, nor when but it gave me nightmares?! Now I look at it it makes no sense. But this was a feverdream, but as soon as I saw it...I instantly recognised it. Also I didn't even think this was a game a first that's how insane it was. Now I really looking at the comments and everyone is having the same response that this game was a dream or hallucination.

[@molagbula]

I remember watching Delirious play this YEARS ago. Completely forgot this game existed until this video came on my feed, but it's always been in the back of my mind since. I gotta go and rewatch his series after this video.

[@Daftanemone]

I bought this when it came out and played through it in a day. Somehow the main detail I remember is the reveal of you being a scarecrow. It cracked me endlessly

[@Jacefax]

Maize misses more than it hits but it's still one of my favourite psychoses

[@GldnClaw]

What about Jazz Punk?

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

I remember watching a playthrough of this when it came out. I didn’t know anything about it, including the basic premise as far as the corn was concerned. It was so atmospheric that I remember almost being kinda scared, y’know, because I felt like I was waiting for another shoe to drop.

[@harveybodega]

Honestly could be a great horror game if they took it a different direction

[@piemaster6512]

I really like your approach to game reviews. You're clear, concise, and honest. I also like the indie game skew. Its a hard niche to get a large foothold in. Good work and i wish you success!

[@harveybodega]

Thanks! Really appreciate it.

[@iamjustkiwi]

I can seriously relate to the "I owed money on taxes this year" part. Nothing else has ever made me feel so old! I am very confused by the concept behind this game, it really doesn't feel like it had a target audience with all the "humor" and was like, something someone came up with in a dream and never stopped to be like...is this working? Neat concept but I really think someone should have sat the lead down for a serious discussion.

[@cirrusace]

We need more rock collector games.

[@KToonz]

I’m glad someone finally covered this game. I played it a few years after it came out and fell in love.

[@cruisinagain1698]

wow a modern day maize mention is crazy, this brought something back.

[@papahemmy8587]

21:16 HOLY SHIT! I was NOT ready for the acknowledgment of Cici’s pizza. I remember my teachers handing out stickers for them all the time back in elementary school.

[@WobblesandBean]

1:40 Ha, yeah, I think most of us had a grandma who had that braided rug. I sure remember my own grandma and hers. She had one in the living room and one in the kitchen.

[@InvasionAnimation]

Glad someone finally talked about this. Nicely made video it deserves more views!

[@Trassel242]

Honestly, I’m amazed that this game even exists at all. It’s honestly good that bizarre games like these are made, since otherwise we’d just get more focus-group-tested-to-perfection bland boring games that don’t leave any lasting memories. This game is a stupid gamble and they didn’t actually pull it off, but I’m glad that it exists and hopefully the one person in the Venn diagram who would like this game eventually hears about it.

[@adamvancleave9200]

Supposedly the Russian translates to children's toy lines (like "I like reading"). So, there's that. Got the speed runner trophy after seeing this.

[@harveybodega]

Nice, congrats!

[@Jon-id7ki]

I remember playing this ages ago. It's the funniest game ever imo. Gotta iust not let yourself take it seriously.

[@dappercoat249]

I remember watching a play through of this and I thought it was a dream

[@brianlawson3757]

I remember watching John Wolfe playing this game and I thought it was absurd and quirky, but overall a fun game to watch. To this day, I still occasionally pull up the theme song, 'Top Secret' to listen to. It's a banger for somebody who grew up in the 80's. I also caught the similarity in humor to Monty Python and I got more than a few giggles out of watching John's gameplay. Overall, I think Maize is one of those games that's an experience you have once and then it's over; like watching a comedy you'll likely never go out of your way to see again, but it still made you laugh.

[@buggiegaming193]

I remember this game scared the shit out of me as a kid

[@darkninjafirefox]

The atmosphere and humor really work for me, lol I adore this game and watch a let's play often

[@recurvestickerdragon]

when I saw that bit about all the rock pickups, I was thinking, "oh, the game wants us to realize that the player's character has a fascination or obsession with rocks, collecting and naming them," as a way of character... development? exposition?

[@sleepyhead8620]

A potential sentient corn civilization was destroyed, we should cry

[@north7500]

Oh, so this game wasn't a fever dream

[@DesecrateFlames]

You remind of Mandalore gaming and it’s amazing

[@gamingpanda7516]

I forgot this game existed

[@gummygal008]

kida regretting making popcorn before watching this

[@s-c-goodwill]

Enjoyed the video. Even enjoyed the parts you didn't. I like grumpy insulting Russian bear. I thought he was cute. So I guess I fall into that very niche category. Damn. Unsure how I feel about that. 😅

[@harveybodega]

I'd say that's a great thing! We all have our niches.

[@acex222]

This looks awesome. I may pay full price for this.

[@AnvilApricot]

What a troll man "you'll need to have a basic knoweldge of Nietzche" right into "you dont need anything for this plot" bruh lmao

[@agnetisbored]

i remember h20 delerious or someone else playing this. god damn i forgot that this game existed

[@zazander732]

Skinner Box Elevator is pretty good not gonna lie. That could work.

[@Eyeling]

22:00 I loved Monty Python when I was 9!

[@neonmanatee1952]

So what where the scientist were supposed to make?

[@WobblesandBean]

But do they taste good with melted butter?

[@sleepyhead8620]

I remember this game from years ago, it's so weird i still remember it

[@ThatOliveMrT]

Damn, almost forgot about this game. I can't remember who's lets play I watched. Maybe Markiplier lol

[@andreworders7305]

1:27 why does it tell you that you opened the door?

[@JankbaronDom]

I swear it feels like I know Vladdy's voice actor from somewhere, but can't remember where. Might just be the exaggerated Russian accent though.

[@harveybodega]

Tony Daniels - he's done a LOT of things, but Mundus in Devil May Cry - English version maybe?

[@JankbaronDom]

@@harveybodega I was thinking Sidorovitch from Stalker or Markus from Borderlands, but those are different guys.

[@CoperliteConsumer]

​@@JankbaronDomStereotypical slavic moment

[@onlyinsomniac]

OH HEY. I remember playing this game in like... 2017 lol. Different times...

[@dragonluvver975]

Does this game reminds anyone of Bugs' Life at all?

[@turboprint3d]

I think i wanna play this

[@JustASleepySloth]

A-maze-ing

[@kitsunemusicisfire]

You don't like the white text because it removes immersion I do like the white text because it praises me for little things and I'm desperate for validation We are not the same

[@bloodrunsclear]

Maize had the weirdest trailers that made it look like a horror game

[@ThommyofThenn]

m a i z e... OHHHHHHH

[@dude-jk2hn]

Maize translates to bread from Latvian language. 🤔

[@ZacHawkins42]

It's also a native American word for corn as well.

[@scruffmaster0185]

""X' is not a number, wh-why is that there?" -Every algebra student on day 1

[@harveybodega]

Absolutely haha

[@ollllj]

I doubt that all of it is great satire with very deep meaningful undertones. It is a good Myst-parody, closer to a "Zork remake" parody, given the many mazes that it has. It is only parody, because it fails to critique and it fails to show alternatives, besides just trashing the source material like "Pyst" It is not made for humor, because it knows how to animate, but fails to do slapstick. a game like "giants citizen kabuto" excells in absurdist and slapstick humor in comparison. Maize is a game, that seems to be "made by milennials" for better and worse. I do not buy into generation labels. Still, there are some memes about how "millennials ruin gaming" that make some solid arguments, ruining games mostly by utterly clueless and cringe-inducing writing, and also via influencer-advertising exploits, and genuine extreme Mary-sue-characters and cardboard-cutout stereotypes, to a point, where the game can only be absurdist andOr horror, and never be a coherent narrative. More automated game-design with simpler tools also create a trial and error approach, often involving very naive/superficial/artificial designers/methods, leads to much more shovel-ware, that preys on addictive behavior.

[@thelemon5069]

Man old game lol. Loved it when i played it. Couple sections kinda dragged on but it was enjoyable.

[@reconhunt]

If this video was uploaded by mandalore gaming i wouldn't be able to tell the difference because your voice is so similar to his

[@harveybodega]

Hey, I'll take that as high praise

[@andreworders7305]

6:29 lol, wonder why they chose those of all things

[@andreworders7305]

2:01 they’d be more out of place if they tried to look like humans on this budget

[@jelly434]

Why do you sound like Cyril Figgis not a bad thing

[@markmunson6192]

This is random but you sound the same as this woodworker channel called Stumpy Nubs

[@dragonluvver975]

I thought I dreamed this

[@andrewamp1]

I got so the trophies for this have, I thought it was cool.

[@andreworders7305]

10:36 lol

[@UnfertigeGedanken]

well of course sentient corn is earlier on mars than elon. typical

[@samdavies2069]

NOn sentient corn will be the before he m. It’s not hard to outsmart the man. Ppl mistake money for brains too often

[@wulfone5961]

Who thought he said sentient porn?

[@theothertonydutch]

Just you. You're the only one. That makes you special. But not brain surgeon or rocket scientist special. You know what I mean.

[@thelemon5069]

​@@theothertonydutch chill out. Work on your basic human interaction skills.

[@wulfone5961]

@@thelemon5069 That's hard to do for the terminally autistic. Being a broken human that can't do humor and sarcasm.