LISA the RIPOFF (Escape from Detroit) - Nitro Rad

We've talked fangames, and now it's time to talk ripoffs. We explore a version of LISA from the eyes of someone who just doesn't quite "get it". This is Escape from Detroit.
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[@NitroRad]

Yo everyone I've had some people messaging me that a lot of people have been harassing the dude who made this game. Cut that shit out guys, there's no reason to bully the guy over some silly game he's made. It's okay to poke fun at something in a constructive way, but then there's just being a dick. Ease up on the dude, aight guys?

[@MrCrisscrash]

So are you going to look at the other Lisa fangame? It looks pretty good taco-salad.itch.io/lisa-the-hopeful

[@mediawatcher9225]

Nitro Rad awesome, can't wait to see what he thinks of it, nothing special, but I do think it's an interesting fan made expansion to the Lisa series

[@plasmaknight3327]

Nitro Rad How about you do a rpg called BBQ Quest ☺

[@plasmaknight3327]

N3ON Look man I like Joel from Vinesauce. Also I actually found a link of the game.

[@noaha8915]

Hey, I don't know if you read coments or not, but I saw your review of Zapper and it made me think you might want to check out Bugdom. I only remembered it because in both games you're bugs -not because the play style is similar. As a kid and now that I'm older I think it's a cool game (although meant for kids). Just an idea.

[@mini_k]

To be fair a Dab as an attack is pretty smart, it hurts me and he didn't even attack me.

[@jorges.1120]

Mini k You lose 5 humanity and 5 vitality points.

[@jatmoz]

+Depressed

[@bl0ndi550]

Nononono. It doesn't hurt you. It grievously harms and damages you.

[@stewartsaurus5796]

On dab -300 Intelligence -lose all friends -8 mental age -You only like ghetto rap music.

[@magnusm4]

Unless you're like me and have no context about it and it just look silly. So it misses every time, yay free turn for me

[@PolyverseCube]

The music when you level up is a chiptune version of Ride by twenty one pilots

[@NitroRad]

WOW

[@buttwrecker6516]

Oh. MY GOD!

[@plat4234]

butt wrecker Yare Yare Daze

[@ghostpants7930]

Alan Alvarado Immidiately recognised it.

[@evvysull8303]

Good Game muda muda muda

[@insignia1003]

Fun fact: The creator of this game is Alex Carillo. That party member,Alex? He's a self-insert.

[@dapper.mcdonald2526]

Insignia oh dear god

[@forteprotze]

Insignia Honestly, I thought James was the self-insert...but either way that's just awful.

[@forteprotze]

Also, of course _his_ attack command is "Kick Ass".

[@wolveskriegfeuersturm1297]

I'd say chances are a number of the characters are based around his friends. He likely decided to make a game where he and his friends (along their lifestyle, likely stoners) inserted themselves into a game they likely all like, is my assumption. Considering he's from Detroit I find this all the more likely.

[@valkalin2]

That is very true Wolve.

[@mister_raindr0p]

LISA The Misses The Point

[@rockethonchcrow3604]

Xpokemaster Thewritter LISA the Bootleg

[@aidenanderson2962]

ALEX Misses The Point

[@Slaanash]

LISA The Pointmiss

[@fluffy-hellhound]

Lisa the Woooshful

[@Infinite_Archive]

LISA the BLUNT

[@JESTERSCRUSADE]

>levels up **RIDE BY TWENTY ONE PILOTS**

[@tylertheotherone3331]

*GETS COPYRIGHT STRIKED IMMEDIATELY*

[@maxducks2001]

At least he has good taste.

[@557deadpool]

@@maxducks2001 pfft sure pal

[@ilikecurry2345]

The battle music surely has to be cribbed from somewhere too right?

[@GardenArcade]

lmao the fact that you accidently fixed the game is amazing.

[@allergictosanity]

"accidentally"

[@Lonewulf321]

Pretty easy to do with an rpg maker game

[@DABUNGINATOR]

He should’ve replaced the blood with some stupid picture.

[@jameslawrenson1208]

That was the best part.

[@Brian-lr7hh]

Surprisingly, he's still working on the game right now and so far I can tell that the sprites had massive improvement and so did the animations. He definitely took a lot of the criticism to heart, and I'm pretty excited to see what the final product looks like.

[@dono5529]

ngl the game has some potential, and seeing his recent sprite art it’s honestly pretty sick ngl

[@azepato]

ik the comment id old but anybody know whats up? is the game finished or is it still in development?

[@theharvinator]

any updates

[@toz_lmao]

I genuinely thought this game was bad on purpose, you know? That "can't have shit in Detroit" meme? But it appears it's a genuine game

[@DontAskWhoIIs]

The fact that he's improving is actually very nice to see

[@MyoticTesseract]

Ohhh wait I see the Pokémon part. Old dude gives you a choice of three “starter” items at the beginning, like Professor Oak or whoever giving you three starter Pokémon. That’s all I saw though, the rest of the inspiration is probably just generic “Yep that happens in RPGs” stuff

[@cbbblue8348]

But then, wouldn't that relate to stuff like Kingdom heart more?

[@coreflakes]

@@cbbblue8348 but it doesnt affect stats like it did there

[@wasteland8-8]

The game is in fact SO shitty, that a great reviewer made a MAKESHIFT BLOOD GRAPHIC to fix an error, and was SUCCESSFULLY FIXED BY SAID *MAKESHIFT BLOOD GRAPHIC*. Also, the dab. That's about it. *-2/10*

[@alexcarrillo1261]

i really appreciate the review nitro, I thank you very much for the constructive criticism. stuff like this is what is going to help my game get better, I really want this to be something original and not known as a ripoff.

[@BruceForte]

I think a good idea now would be to start up a new project with fresh new ideas. Learn from your mistakes, take some time off, brainstorm. Create a new concept and try not to rely too much on one single source of inspiration. Have a more balanced mixture. Rather than outlining the plot or story elements first, start with the basic gist of the gameplay. Show off what you've created and then build a story around your own gameplay. What I mean is, don't just import a combat system from another RPGmaker game, try to create something fully unique.

[@williamproto6164]

Oi man some people may give you flack for the game, but back in middle school I made way worse RPG Maker games that were more blatant rip-offs/fangames. Years later I am now almost finished developing my own more original concept, there's always a way to turn it around dude!

[@OptiJams]

Maybe you should make it a bit more clear you based this on LISA? i'm sure you can make something good in the future, just listen to criticism and improve

[@shupasopni]

Yeah I would say step away from making a Lisa clone because this feels like a Lisa clone. Might want to find people who are good at writing and making sprites too.

[@Raymod_]

alex carrillo hey man I hope your next game is great

[@Dogman_35]

Ripoffs games make Nitro Rad very Nitro Sad. I'm too tired to feel ashamed.

[@Filipico_w3]

No need to feel ashamed, that was actually pretty clever

[@eyalhart8059]

i like you

[@cheesecakelasagna]

@Dogman_35 Side tangent here but your pfp got me intrigued so I so checked out your channel, I love your pfp and channel header!

[@Dogman_35]

@@cheesecakelasagna A friend made it for me, so I can't exactly take credit. But thanks

[@b0x640]

Then Nitro Sad becomes Nitro Mad, so hes Nitro Bad

[@glitchygutz]

It’s like a younger immature kid tried to make a ‘badass mature’ game by getting any ‘adult’ concept and shoving it into a game. (Idk though, that dab is pretty dangerous, i think it’s killing me right now **coughs up blood.png**)

[@lrgogo1517]

I always make sure to draw my blood.png, so that if I lose Russian Roulette or get dabbed on, my life won't crash from a missing file. The more you know

[@glitchygutz]

LRGonzales smart!!

[@MainCharecter]

holy shit that kid went to my school, he gave me room mate an early early early version of it, and being the huge Lisa fans we were, it cracked us up, while simultaneously making us super angry. All the google image backgrounds, stolen sounds, sprites, etc. Whenever I saw the kid around campus, I about flipped my shit, lol

[@sevirkenevans]

Ichabod how old is the kid? Because if it's above middle school age then I am even more disappointed than before.

[@MainCharecter]

Prepare to be more disappointed than you expected. He goes to the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. One of the best art schools in the United States. Fuckin' RIP

[@happiny4847]

ouch

[@dapper.mcdonald2526]

Ichabod seesh... I felt like I've been stabbed

[@sevirkenevans]

Ichabod WHAT THE FUCK

[@xXtheCshowXx]

the level up music is a chip-tune version of "ride" by twenty one pilots!

[@thekingslayer1831]

I feel like that whole "missing file" problem could actually work itself into a game. Like, what if there's a super boss, but in order to find it, you need to fix its RPG Maker file.

[@anirex3919]

I love how when you're talking about a bad game, instead of most KZbin game reviewers who just viciously tear it apart, you instead talk about how the experience can be improved and always end on a positive note

[@nimbus997]

I'm impressed, he has been working on a remake that seems to be much more interesting. Here's hoping it will be great. Good luck Alex!

[@josephikrakowskiwithflextape]

intro: "Nitro Rad" automatic captions: "i draw Brad"

[@liamp.8472]

I clicked on this so quickly in my inbox thinking it was a SilvaGunner rip. fml

[@seg162]

Oh, it's a rip, alright.

[@NopeNoJoke]

Well siiva will be missed

[@Fuer64]

Official ending: you get out of detroit and into los santos before getting capped by cj.

[@Skullssy]

*sees James's attacks* KILL. ME. NOW.

[@-Bluestreel-]

Dabbing is a crime against humanity...

[@Skullssy]

every time someone dabs, humanity's death gets closer and closer

[@-Bluestreel-]

twitter.com/RayNarvaezJr/status/851093679779581952 I have no words...

[@mathewpoulin8994]

The way he says it is just...*plop*...supreme...

[@MerryMaddMen]

Nex choose your weapon: 🗡.🔪.🔫.⛏.🛢.💊.💉.

[@ChaosUnown]

Looking back at this, I think a dab could unironically work in LISA if it actually was like an AOE taunt that +Pissed everyone off.

[@jacobtran6373]

This was ahead of his time

[@zxvcsaw]

the victory song is from Ride, by 21 pilots

[@hojadelaurel7758]

LISA the BOOTLEG

[@mediawatcher9225]

Out of all the games you would review, I did not think this would be one of them

[@essenceofrat7973]

I didn't expect this video, and when I saw it. I expected the game to be slammed to death. I'm.. Glad you actually pointed out shit I didn't realize, like. That's what good reviewers do. I don't have much to say about this, other than I've been following it for a long time. Fuck, dude. I'll even say that the creator's going to try and re-work it, because you pointed out the flaws. I'm really glad that you made the video, and I want to thank you for, well. Doing the unexpected, and going the extra mile. Can't wait for the next video!

[@deltathedummy2303]

jimmy: dad alex: jimmy such thought provoking dialog

[@bosscoolaid1015]

You give me this, a Lisa ripoff instead of the fan games... like Lisa the hopeful and hopefully Lisa the pure.

[@cloak211]

Where can I find The Pure? My google-fu is weak.

[@CharemTheShadox]

I got curious too. Here's all I could find. puublack.tumblr.com/post/159507560813/puublack-puublack-been-working-on-a-small

[@maxconrad17]

I love you for giving this guy a chance! Truly offering fulfilling criticism seriously without any punchline is something I’ve never seen a video game reviewer do.

[@lucetubegplusstillsux2678]

I kinda hate to say it but I actually do have a fan game in the works as a sort of love letter to the game that helped me get over a severe creative slump and convince me that games are still worth defending.

[@nonamelel1572]

What's it called? I'm kinda interested. I know I'm late, but still.

[@SlayzerCross]

Pretty much the most positive thing to come out of this game is seeing NitroRad dance. Made my morning. Thank you Sir.

[@gnardhole3605]

the dab is the most effective weapon in today's world

[@qw3rtypounc3s]

it makes the enemy kill themselves, no effort on your part!

[@nomadic-loyalist]

fuckin legen

[@BlueMageDaisen]

Looking at the appearance of your son... is this Weird Al Yankovick's origin story?

[@kokochydaios]

Okay, so update to anyone interested. It looks like the next demo is getting uploaded real soon. There was a post just a few hours ago from this post, saying he'll do it.

[@Zack_Zander]

8:35 From just fucking around to accidentally fixing an error is the best thing ever

[@Densester]

I never felt so insulted by seeing a ripoff.

[@angmering5899]

Just wanted to give you props for not just insulting the guy and actually offering some constructive criticism. Good job dude.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

Oh my god, replacing the missing file with your own version is genius. I’ve actually done it before in the past with other games. **EDIT:** One of those games was XCOM: TFTD, I was running with a mod that adds loads of new terrain, and it had a bug where I’d crash upon loading ship terror missions due to 4 missing map files. So I copied the 2 other map files for the ship maps from the base game which were there, and copied and renamed the files to the names of the missing files, and it worked perfectly; problem solved.

[@MerryMaddMen]

Imagine a psychological horror with the intent to hurt the PLAYER , but it doesn't look like one, until you realise it's using dumb trends, which made the player frustrated and emotionally hurt, which is what they intended. *GASP!!!* SOMEONE MAKE THAT A THING AND COMMENT ON MY CHANNEL ABOUT MAKING THIS!! We'll work out the details later

[@SirFuzzi]

Do you have a link to where you bought that shirt? I am an Earthbound fanatic, I love all things Earthbound, and I would love to see the full-on shirt.

[@sneeznoodle]

It looks like someone tried to draw Lisa from memory

[@numnaut1314]

Fun fact. The game has gotten better.

[@greena.j.production9012]

NumNaut really?

[@StafkiGTN]

@@greena.j.production9012 Yea! Check the gamejolt page!

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

The fact you made a blood.png to fix the game was hilarious. That funny yet sad that that was the only way to fix/continue the game.

[@EBroxas72]

I sometimes worry that my game will be seen as a lisa rip off because you can soak enemies in oil and that makes fire attacks do more, and I have a guitarist party member. Or could be seen as a undertale rip off its an earthbound like rpg where you can spare enemies if you like. but I at least try to take from a lot of different sources and I try to put some ideas in it that I have never seen in a game for the hell of it. Like Where else in the gaming seen can you play as a bucket wielding deer? so Looking like this game, I think I will be ok. There is no dabbing in lesaria. Its a dabbing free zone! I am rambling. Basically I hope I can hit the inspired fresh hold and not the rip off zone.

[@theboodler6856]

The fact that you made a game in the first place is impressive overall.

[@frimpleschnips]

If it has a mostly original idea, premise, and engine it will probably be good.

[@FATEoftheStoryverse]

The funny thing about that Rock and Balloon that just saved your life joke is that it was added shortly after release, I played LISA on release, jumped off that cliff after the intro and had to sit through the intro again.

[@jzblue345]

Your reviews brought me to lisa the hopeful and pointless I'm really enjoying them and saving pointless for last

[@thefreelancequeen]

k i n f e g a m e

[@sofft569]

I do admit dabbing can cause mild seizures and heart failure So it is a very effective weapon

[@botanicalabe]

Why didn't you just make the blood something funny? Should've made it something like everybody in the game or some celebrity no one cares about. That would've been better.

[@tewch]

Moe's I don't think he expexted it to work at first

[@rappingbeaniedog347]

well, why don't you do it? It's not to pick a fight, it just seems that easy, I bet you could do it.

[@MLGMInecraft09]

Why make a joke when you can just prove that the biggest joke around is the guy who can't make a freaking blood splatter image?

[@ScriptTheFlip]

I watched all your videos so far, and Ive got to say that out of all the game retrospective youtube channels im subscribed to, yours has to be the only one ive clicked every video to watch strictly because your presentation is amazing, never stop this youtube thing because your channel just reeks of millions of subscriber potential I hope very soon you get there !

[@granspectre]

Well this was certainly an interesting video. Getting me back to the idea of making a game. Take this as a lesson of what not to do in making a game.

[@Harlequin619]

I like your work so far Rad. Often I see people judge a game and they tend to act over the top with their criticisms and often just judge work too harshly. I like the way you approach these in a straight forward and understanding way. Keep up the good work.

[@Prizzlesticks]

This review has endeared you to me somewhat. But in all honesty, I appreciate you trying to offer both concrit and a bit of positivity in a negative review, even for a game as blatantly subpar as this one is. It is easy and entertaining to tear others down for fun and rip on them for views, but the challenge and respect comes from trying to give the benefit of the doubt and offer legitimate advice. Nice.

[@frostwickedpaw2218]

*Nitro Rad uses dance, Frost takes 1,000,000,000 damage, Nitro Rad Levels up and Dances again*

[@nixglaceon5798]

rpg maker's default background is just the screen you were just on but circle-blurred pretty hard

[@crubby6763]

Thank you for making this, it was really needed

[@DDHDS]

This blonde kid with the shirt with the stripes kinda looks like me. I have blonde short hair and I like to wear striped shirts.

[@theequalizer694]

that dab move would actually be interesting as a taunt kind of move if you ask me. It just attracts attention to you but also increasing your TP power by alot. and buys you and the rest of your time to heal up or attack the enemy.

[@moosejuice2166]

I laughed so hard when you made your own blood png and it FUCKING WORKED

[@thefatgelfling8781]

This game looks amazing. Please someone ask Joel or Vinny to play it. That or The Super Best Friends Play....those dudes used to be hilarious. Post Script: Nitro Rad kind of looks like Patthew and Mustard Queen's Bastard.

[@bubbles46853-ep9if]

That dab rant and DKC life lost had me cracking up. Same with your dancing!

[@PhaxtolgiaLegacy]

Anyone here heard of Omori?

[@livvy94]

It's not out yet, but what little they've put out has got me pretty hyped

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

Hey, by the way, kinda living under a rock but any updates? Is the game out?

[@SuperZaiyan9]

Honestly, I feel like this can pass off as a sort of parody of Lisa

[@TomLolxd]

It might be better if you check it out, is from the same dude who we are talking about

[@hikaritenshi2825]

Can't have shit in Detroit.

[@minimalchill]

Thanks for being kind at the end there my dude. Its so important to not shit on creators man. Creators are often emotional people. Takes a huge level of vulnerability to share what you've made, which in return comes at the risk of easily having your feelings hurt. Sure after awhile you get used to it but it can break many early on. Lets build the guy up instead of taring him down. Well done James. I did the same with the guy who made The Letter on WiiU. Great vid btw! Loads of fun. Hope you're well my dude. :)

[@fruit5003]

Ikr dude man guy fam, this dude fam dude is pretty man dude kind for guy dude chap not fellow guy man dude chap fam being guy dude chap dude dude man rude for man dude chap fellow man man dude guy fam

[@endikamonje]

Man, NitroRad, you're awesome. You made fun of the game, but still offered constructive criticism and encouragement to the creator. That's nice. Also, nice Wally head in the background.

[@finniganroverfield1753]

one question is why is Detroit in the middle of a desert? EDIT: did i miss something, was there a post apocalyptic event that happened?

[@takki3942]

The dude who made this game should have made the characters crackheads. I swear to god, THEY ARE FUCKING INVINCIBLE

[@wustardsauce]

I love how Lisa has become a staple of this channel

[@StafkiGTN]

The game's being Remaked! These new sprites are basically on-par with Lisa now!

[@nielsbeukers6319]

3 nitrorad videos in one month! thanks a lot dude! i love the videos, keep it up :D

[@BlazeScissir]

Something I didn’t think I’d see today: Nitro jamming to an 8bit version of a twenty one pilots song

[@_trashythetrash1087]

personal favorite nitro rad episode

[@bababajake9898]

Love the My Hero desktop background

[@deus8133]

cant have shit in detroit, not even original games

[@Dermetsu]

The dab attack was the best rpg thing I've ever seen.

[@gumiguy]

this was definitely made by a 12 year old

[@AIB-xx6bn]

the song that plays whenever you win a battle/level up is an 8-bit remix of "Falling"

[@hairyballbastic8943]

There was a community project to make the game better, with improved music, graphics and gameplay.. the game maker (thecrazywun) used allot the assets, stopped talking and everyone gave up on the whole thing. *EDIT* There's a second server of which still has him on, and is filled with new game updates and a bustling community

[@ZappyPros]

Nitro rad: the Dab is like a magic spell you do it and everyone in the room is pissed off, no one quite knows why they're pissed off but despite that everyone finds themselves filled with this uncontrollable rage. Me:So technically the move swagger form pokemon

[@saprasam]

fun fact guys: lineder actually found lisa assets in this game i'm pretty sure somebody else said this

[@foxplays_]

thanks for not ripping into him Nitro, you are right, it could be his first game and probably doesn't know how to make a good fan game yet

[@wille.2215]

That subtle take that towards ty 3 tho

[@ReesesBees]

the guy that made this game is updating it, and from what i saw on the gamejolt page, its looking pretty good.

[@6oose465]

That dab attack should've done Special-Attack damage to all enemies

[@RobinsTaste]

It's not often a reviewer is a good sport about a creator even if he disliked the game. Good stuff!

[@AmirysMewen]

Huge props for the dev for actually listening to criticism and remaking the game from scratch Check out the combat tests from the devs channel the game actually looks good

[@JackTrustReviews]

Say, wasn't that adorable little chiptune Twenty-One Pilots' "Ride"...?

[@alexnorth9670]

ride by 21p blesses me in surprising places

[@takki3942]

The music when you level up is basically a chiptune version of the Twenty Øne Pilots song Ride.

[@VHSRyoma]

i Want 10 hour loop of Nitro dancing.

[@showsomeid]

Something tells me this game is pretty much just a self insert from the creator. I mean, he lives in detroit himself, he probably smokes weed, thats why its one of the main items of the game, and the guy in the hoodie feels like the type of character someone would ask to butt into a game

[@TheNorilla]

When I saw the title screen I couldn't help but wonder why it looked so familiar... and then I remember randomly finding it on RPG Maker VX Ace's Workshop...

[@LegonAvannor]

"Matthew Mattel" ...Time for Matthew Matelli to go into hiding as Frankie Seranno!

[@jcs6387]

+TheRealArcademon +Nero Vergilous STAHP FIGHTIN'!

[@Pridetoons]

Detroit that's were I live! I've been waiting for your next video.

[@stabtivatebroughttequila6863]

4:10 Man, i hate seeing these genuinely creative indies getting ripped off by Illuminati, twenty one pilots, reptilians and UFOs

[@rikimaroshu]

not sure about anyone else but if you check the game now its actually improved a lot