MiDAS Games Review - Square Eyed Jak

[@thebyk8832]

Props on the bits of corn for authenticity

[@LEXXPortPatrol]

That's the most realistic shit prop I've ever seen in a KZbin video and I'm not sure if I say that in amazement or disgust... That poor PlayStation though

[@SquareEyedJak]

Prop?

[@Anon24052]

Oh, shit.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Matt Morgan *LITERALLY*

[@sammyyo461]

@@justanotheryoutubechannel ...ooohhh.. ...nnooooo.. ….

[@isalt5]

@@SquareEyedJak Please don't tell me you used actual fecal matter.

[@NanaKyoto]

Bargain bin entertainment? This here is Greatest Hits entertainment!

[@octoisgay]

Shiro-Luna You are everywhere

[@TimGaukerToons]

Fighting Fury is the best game ever made.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

"It's an RTS." A Really Tragic Shitfest?

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Laughs

[@thefierycharmeleon164]

I always love a good Really Tragic Shitfest.

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

Lol

[@gamerguyandsomenumbers]

11:20 is that... A DID YOU KNOW!? It's been so long since the last one...

[@andresugalde916]

With random sped up gameplay and explosions all over the place. Just like the good ol' days.

[@Xindictive]

Considering Fighting Fury is an adaptation of Baki the Grappler, and considering what both the Manga and Anime are like... ...seeing Jack Hammer biting at Baki's crotch as an attack is the most normal thing for this, all things considered, and the fights being bullshit where they can wreck you in seconds and block almost all of your attacks without breaking a sweat... Accurate adaptation.

[@SONGOKU02]

I realized it too and wanted to write it down. Then i saw your posting. XD

[@Xindictive]

@@SONGOKU02 Was able to note it a year ago just by drinking 14kg's of sugar water that was touched by 4000 years of chinese love. Could survive an explosion from that.

[@SONGOKU02]

@@Xindictive I saw baki on some episodes on KZbin some day. I think it was some kind of ova. He was on a basketball court, street whise, got attacked, two guys watched. The one panicked, "they wanna kill him!" the other guy kept chilled and said "you will see". Baki beat everybody. XD They both went to him. I don't know, what this was. Later on netflix i saw some other baki related stuff. Just because i loved what i saw there.

[@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и]

@@SONGOKU02 Yep, it is normal - for Baki franchise. Also, don't forget - this Manga/Anime Series/Universe - was made by REAL former MMA Fighter. Yes, Baki The Grappler was made by former MMA fighter, which start Mangaka career. So, if you see - some very strange stuff, which you can't believe - believe me, it's all REALISTIC and can be in real life fights and etc. , bcs - of Mangaka former life as MMA fighter.

[@SONGOKU02]

@@ДаниилСтепанов-р1и He was? I read another story. That he is a big mma fan and all. Don't know. Whatever. But thanks for that information!

[@Froban]

Midas Games is known by a few for importing budget Japanese games, translate them into English and sell it for a cheap price. Quality may vary.

[@Frapskillar]

Froban one good example is World Super Police

[@angelriverasantana7755]

They also published a Penny Racers game and fuckin Sanvein

[@RadioTails]

"The seed is all through my pants after seeing that!" XD

[@superlombax1561]

RadioShadow Yeah, Same.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

RadioShadow Honestly I lost my shit at that one. I mean, I wasn’t expecting a joke like that but it certainly happened.

[@thatrandomdude4143]

The reason some of Midas’ games have anime characters is because they got the license to some games from japan,for example, the fighting fury game was ported from japan.

[@andresugalde916]

Calling it now, Fighting Fury's gonna be the next esport.

[@Sephinova]

11:19 holy shit it’s been AGES since one of these happened.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Wish I had recollection of the last time it did happen. DO YOU KNOW?

[@Sephinova]

hmmmm. i’m actually not sure. damn.

[@ShogunGin0]

All things considered on that Kotobuki racing game, I do think the environment graphics are really quite good for a PS1 racer. Considering how I've seen other, far better PS1 games have a shitload more texture and polygon warping than this MiDAS thing leads me to believe they must have had at least a few decent programmers in their staff. I remember seeing the Japan exclusive Snowboard Kids Plus on PS1 have just the absolute worst texture warping I've ever seen. It had mountains looking like they were sinking into the ground and massive world geometry pop-in, when the N64 original had much smoother textures and no pop-in at all, not to mention more level detail in general. So, the fact that Kotobuki has far more stable graphics than an updated port of an N64 game by better developers should speak volumes.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Yeah it does look good, just generic as fuck. Plus when you're releasing PS1 games during the PS2 era, I'd say they had the technical limitations figured out at that point.

[@RadioTails]

It actually got released in Japan 1999: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/575254-kotobuki-grand-prix/data Pretty sure that is before the PS2 came out.

[@surrealbrain4227]

RadioShadow Still fairly late in the PS1's lifespan either way, it seems.

[@Wade_Tyler]

Funny that Midas is a car repair company in here Australia! 😂

[@Atri4]

A very enjoyable set of review! Some nice nostlagia both from your channel ( The ''Did you know'' thing) and from my own childhood (Heracles, I used to really like the game as a kid, then I lost it) and of course some nice humor. From the gross looking shit to the part at 21:46, which would normally be an outtake. Good decisions throughout the whole video.

[@sarasaland4709]

Man, who needs Smash Bros Ultimate when I could play Fighting Fury with Jak? :)

[@thatspecialguy3291]

1:42 i pissed myself out of laughter won't lie

[@bandicootsauce4569]

"Mario Tennis Aces, eat your fucking heart out!" That made me laugh way more than it should have.

[@thepokefan891]

the reason alot of midas games have a anime artstyle is because from what i gather they import alot of games from japan so yeah

[@itzchdedx4986]

Very good and funny reviews. Reminded me of avgn. In a good way lol

[@garry12gg]

The voice in All-star Tennis is Bruce from the Macintosh text to speech.

[@lmddhumour]

Jak this is honestly my favourite video you posted. It's hilarious keep it up man

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Coming back to this video after a while, I actually remember that there's a _singular_ decent game Midas published - Penny Racers for PS2. Fun, quirky and fast Japanese racing action. It has a sequel called Road Trip Adventure (that was actually released FIRST in the west - whoops) that's actually a straight up cult classic.

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

Less than 5 minutes in and there's a poop joke, it's good to be back with Jak

[@Loveistheirwholehapp]

I don't think this makes much of a difference but Fighting Fury is actually based on a manga called Grappler Baki. I guess they changed the name for the game's international release.

[@alex_-yz9to]

You know when the game is covered in shit that the review is gonna be good from the start!

[@WilsTube]

13:47 did he just flip the bird? Ok aside from that sausage fest earlier on in the video, that’s pretty funny!

[@GTdba]

Something worse than Fighting Fury? Well, I got you a bunch of them. - Xenophage - Kakugo no Susume - Shaq Fu - Kasumi Ninja - Rise of the Robots - The Simpsons Wrestling

[@hansweiss469]

Uhhh... -The Ps1 versions of Capcom's vs. Series games(X-men vs. Street fighter, Marvel super heroes vs. Street fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, etc.)

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

12:40 Best attack in game in history ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can’t stop laughing at the game

[@suntannedduck2388]

Got to love that when I went browsing in my local game stores recently I found Kotobuki Grand Prix and other Midas shovelware (and Anubis the 2nd by Data Design on Wii) I'd not seen until now after re-watching this video. XD Didn't pick them up as there was more interesting games and consoles to open opportunities I didn't have before. But its surprising as I'd never seen them, heard of them or bought them as a kid but I see them a lot now when collecting.

[@matthewbraith0411]

That seed joke was pretty fecking funny XD

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

12:06 Your own character directly scares you, also head combo LMAO

[@theguardianoverseeralbedo9516]

Wow, Conker's bad fur day ost poo song, I'm liking you more and more Jak.

[@pbj8744]

The way you treat your games disks and cases really gets under my skin lol

[@TheSuperSmashBros01]

“2016 Caddicarus” is a sentence I never thought I’d hear but here we are!

[@ajtstvandmusicarchivechann1585]

The reason a lot of low quality companies have anime looking games is because they buy what cheap stuff they can find.

[@phantom_thief_jk9859]

Jak it's great you brought back the did you knows those were great in your old reviews

[@ami4705]

"It's almost impossible to hit the ball back" *proceeds to hit it back 4 times in a row*

[@TheKilroyman]

Interestingly, Heracles is the Greek name for Hercules, while Hercules is his Roman name.

[@w1ntermode]

Funny thing about that Heracles game... They had another series called 'Cocoto'. There is a game called Cocoto Platform Jumper, which is a reskin of War of the Gods. They did the same thing with the kart racer from each respective series. Pinnacle of laziness...

[@NightNinja1998]

You know your videos Jak always manage to put a smile on my face, make me laugh, and I'm glad to see your channel continue to grow man. ^^ Keep up the good work, hell you're too entertaining to watch regardless of the game, videos like this are a Testament of that.

[@Miruk4]

Nice integration of... *That* track from Conker.

[@LookItsMrT]

I'm fucking addicted to your videos

[@plutosmash6068]

I appreciate your usage of Conkers bad fur day ost

[@Mabasei]

BAKI HANMA!!!! I love that show/manga! good video jak!

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Technically Heracles is just as accurate as Hercules. They are both just different romanisations of the same Greek (I think) word.

[@jeftar3po372]

Fun Fact: Heracles is the greek version for the demi god Hercules. Yep Disney's Hercules lied. Hercules is the Roman version.

[@gamerguy425]

LOL, the robot character is called MOS, what did they just steal the name from KOS-MOS, and chop half the name of to avoid copyright infringment?!

[@BLRavenWizard]

11:20 I haven't seen Did you know for a long time! Also MiDAS Games are like Phoenix Games but.. I dont know whats worst? Great Video, Jak! ;)

[@AzraelDarkness64Gaming]

BLRavenWizard imagine they made a game together the travesty they could make

[@Takimeko]

What's funny is that MiDas actually published one of the early Dynasty Warriors games, I believe it was 2.

[@JamezKelly]

I was eating dinner with meat and gravy, then 3:14 happened, fucking hilarious. XD

[@Dezo64]

Early for a change. Saw this in my sub box and said I'd check it out later but then I saw something that caught my eye in the thumbnail and clicked instantly. Great vid as always jak one of the best creators on this site hope u get a surge in popularity as u deserve it I would say to play good games but u playing shit games is more entertaining because watching people be tortured is fun... oh

[@SquareEyedJak]

let me guess... the anime tits caught your eye! But thanks, appreciate it! :)

[@Dezo64]

Square Eyed Jak that but also the face of the man along side it face of pure misery which if I Learned anything in history class means it is a sign of great entertainment. And not let down keep up the good work as always mate. (On a side note have a habit of saying mate thanks to your videos)

[@ObsoleteMule]

*Jak pulls out Fighting Fury* OH GOD NO!!!! NOT THAT FUCKING GAME!!! *runs in the bathroom and start throwing up violently* UGH! There is no way that is anywhere near decent, I got it when it was sat on a shelf for maybe £5, I looked at it and I thought: "cool, a fighting game I haven't heard of, let's check it out". Bought it home, put it in my PS2 and played a few matches and... well needless to say it went back in its putrid case and never saw the light of day again. So that was my short experi- 13:47 :O did that guy just give you the middle finger? Love the content man!

[@colesanchez3018]

The Conker music is gold 🤣🤣

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Wow! I guessed 2007 and was right!

[@TheDabeavis]

Battle of the Eras for DOS, as for something that wasn't made by 2 teens there's Slaughter Sport/Tongue of the Fatman (though it was pre-SF2).

[@Faapu]

Never thought I'd see a shitty Hercules game take inspiration from Rainbow Islands

[@MrRaivokasMagma]

I love me some fart rhythm.

[@Z-A-C]

14:14 oh my god. Injustice stole this

[@hyde4709]

2:24 Reminds me on how to leave a match in Smash Bros

[@oceanblais4125]

try reviewing the games on the left. Anubus 2 Ninjabread Man Billy The Wizard Trixie In Toyland Thrillville Thrillville Off The Rails

[@decadentgamer3108]

Wow, I'm kinda speechless with these kinds of games but while I haven't even played these games, you can at least give these Midas games that they are a slight step up from Phoenix Games as they're actually you know, games that you play and not motion storyboards lol I think the fighting one would be the one I would've been likely to play but it just looks so janky but I dunno, for me the worst Fighting game I've ever played is Deadly Arts for the Nintendo 64 (bad controls, lackluster character designs.... Eugh... Though to be fair, I don't like playing 3D fighting games on a N64, it just doesn't feel right). I'm curious what this mystery game is that you alluded to, surely it can't be that bad right? Right...? LOL Anywho, great compilation review Jak, too funny seeing another bottom fodder shovelware.

[@lennoxschmidt4020]

I like how Jak picked a character in "Fighting Fury" named Jack. not sure if intentional or not LOL

[@johnisblessed4782]

11:28 caught me off guard, haven't seen that outside of the old vids in a while

[@shawnberry8052]

The corn in the shit 😂😂

[@chomperelectric2676]

How will you get rid of the poop of the ps1? Fantastic video though

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Chomper Bandicoot Hopefully he won’t have to destroy it like Caddicarus had to destroy his.

[@LordTommyB]

My fingers are crossed so hard that the next review is Battle Construction Vehicles...

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Hang on, All Star Tennis is the only game you own that begins with A? Weird, I have 2 games, but a way inferior collection that was inherited from my uncle, along with his PS1 from the 90’s, (plus a few more games that came with my PS2 from a charity shop.) My two A-games are Actua Golf 3, and probably my favourite game, the best one in my entire game collection, ACTION BASS. 10/10.

[@themidnightotaku22]

Me before the video: Oof, here comes the burrito surprise of terrible games!

[@WildCard_M-Page]

0:21 Wait a minute, that's Tennis from A1 Games! (I'm from the US)

[@SporkSlayer]

Jak - "The only A letter game I happen to own" *quickly looks at game shelf for games that starts with A and finds Ape Escape*

[@SquareEyedJak]

You wish!

[@RetroAmateur1989]

Did you call Gustav Holst's "Mars bringer of war" a John Williams bootleg score?! Oof, big OOF.

[@otakon17]

Oh God that Fighting Fury game is based on the modern remake of Baki the Grappler.

[@eldonkikon415]

Those bits of sweet corn on the fake shit made it look way more gross than you probably intended lol

[@emeraldmillenia8719]

Finally, Another successor from phoenix games review. Also, . . . . . . . MOAR PHOENIX GAMEZ ! ;)

[@DomtheDevilsRival]

This is the oddest bunch of games I've ever seen in my life.

[@MaxiKing0995]

Actually there is a game from Midas that isn't bad for what it is. It's called Starship: Sanvein or just Sanvein (depends on the region) for the PS1. I kinda dig it even if It's really short and very arcade-like...

[@elpinwino7857]

11:04 Jesus, Baki. What did they do to you?

[@SpaceyMcSpacer]

The Hercules game is Just Cataco platforming adventure on PS2 & GC

[@heimanlee5955]

This is the company distributed Dynasty Warriors 2 to Europe? Gosh...

[@girlywolfpup1588]

Fighting Fury looks like you're playing a "How to Draw Manga" book XD

[@angelriverasantana7755]

Funny, cuz this is based on a manga that actually looks better than this. It's Baki the Grappler, made by Keisuke Itagaki, father of the creator of Beastars, Paru Itagaki

[@Spider_Mike023]

Forgot about the did you know segments haha. Soon as I saw the Heracles game "oh if it's like that Hercules game on ps1 where it played gauntlet style and let you choose diff character it'll be cool..... oh wait this one sucks." Lol I forgot that other ps1 Heracles game, think it was Heracles the barbarian.

[@angelriverasantana7755]

Fighting Fury baffles me, as I am a Grappler Baki fan. I mean, the moves, format and settings are spot-on to the manga, even referencing stuff like the exaggerated endorphins, but come the everliving FUCK on!!! The models just barely look like Itagaki's art, cuz the heads look too small, some of the colors are wrong (Like Jack's hair, for example. He was blonde like his mother) and they move so robotically, which is a contrast to the brutal, fast and furious nature of the Baki series. There isn't even a drip of actual blood ANYWHERE here, either!!! Much less a gorey move like Hanayama's iron grip making people's arms explode A game based off another Keisuke Itagaki work, Garouden Breakblow, plus its revision, Fist or Twist, do so much better in regards to gameplay, style, graphics and absolute brutality. Even Yujiro Hanma appears as a guest boss character, who's as powerful as a man who's called "The World's Strongest Creature" can be, killing fighters with an axe kick or a punt in the jewels.

[@AzraelDarkness64Gaming]

Awesome video there Square Eyed Jak love your videos man

[@eliyafethsoto1309]

15:02. Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu for GameBoy Advance. Try me.

[@BugsyFoga]

Would you believe me when i say Midas actually got put out Dynasty Warriors 2 , that's something just way to hard to believe.

[@Glenni91N]

There's a couple decent games published in PAL regions by Phoenix and Midas games, but the common factor with them all is that they are usually re releases of budget japanese titles. like Kotobuki for PS1, Road Rage 3 ( Touge Max in Japan originally) - they aren't stellar games, but playable, and decent fun. Midas and Phoenix' own work however? No.

[@LilMousyBianca]

Fun fact about the name Heracles! Hercules is often associated with the Greek mythos, but Hercules is the roman name. His name IS actually Heracles, or Son of Hera in Greek

[@SquareEyedJak]

Yeah... Hercules sounds better though! ;)

[@WeirdWonderful]

And the Hercules game seems to be just a skin swap of Cocoto Platform Jumper.

[@AirknightTails]

14:55 Criticom says Hi

[@PS3GamingScotland]

How much of your collection is shovel ware? I liked this collection of reviews but I prefer the reviews you make your own costumes for still very well done.

[@callumsparrow4379]

MiDAS Interactive is overall quite a weird and mixed development company, both from my own experiences with their titles and taking a general overview through their entire game catalogue. Some titles like Rollercoaster World and Xtreme Express were some of the most fun I had playing the PS2 as a child, but shit like Deadly Strike and those god-awful Dingo Pictures things were, well... just that.

[@SquareEyedJak]

Always wanted to play Rollercoaster world, I should get on that!

[@harley202]

Square Eyed Jak I was waiting for it to pop up all video :O please do!

[@SwiftyStardust]

Was not expecting a Meet N Fuck reference :P

[@Trisaaru]

Looks like you've discovered another games company that video game reviewers can rip apart, Jak.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Heracles: Battle of the Gods More like... Rainbow Islands knockoff for PS1 being sold 10 years late as a PS2 game!

[@kagaminate2923]

A Meet N Fuck? Ah the memories...

[@Patty2579]

8:17 Monopoly Party, what a game

[@sadzake]

oh the memories....

[@NS55gaming]

Sorry to ask but haven't you played any of the Ace Combat games?

[@kingvald3614]

Fighting Fury even has ''the world's stongest compete. Not too shabby.

[@LeafFerret]

Kotobuki Grand Prix doesn't seem like a bad game when it comes to aesthetics on the characters, that's pretty much it's only redeeming factor, not sure how I can handle the constant understeering. PS: Is that a American Flag controller that I just saw?