No, I will not stop talking about Pizza Tower

Danger. Love. Fear. Heroism. Pepperoni. These are the things Pizza Tower is made of. The Wario-like platformer dropped in late January, and since then, I haven't been able to get it out of my head. It's one of the best platformers I've ever played. It's damn near perfect, and here's why.
No I'm not going to tell you here. Please watch the video review.
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[@Spooky_Bard]

Pizza Tower stands out to me as the sort of game that can only come about from a development cycle that’s long on purpose instead of from unexpected delays. The devs have had five long years and almost a dozen publicly-available demos to not only figure out what works and what doesn’t, but polish what works to a mirror sheen. And when they deem the game as finally, unequivocally ready, they release it. No sooner, no later.

[@ArkThePieKing]

That's actually a really good point. So many of the demos are SO different from the final product, and I can confidently look at any of the older demos and go "god I'm glad they changed that", not in a condescending way but one of approval. They really took a hard look at their ideas, tested them thoroughly, and only kept what really works. When I first heard about Pizza tower a couple years ago I honestly though it was kind of ridiculous how long it was taking to make but now I realize just how much worse off we'd be if we'd gotten any of those older ideas instead of the real final product.

[@Pabzooloo]

Like a big-a pizza

[@randys2669]

A proof of concept of that one post that goes something like "I want shorter games with less graphics that take longer to make, and I'm not kidding."

[@NexusKirin]

A true pizza

[@alfonshedstrom9859]

I miss the Family guy taunt

[@okawesome2746]

Might pick up just because Peppino reminds me of the owner of my favorite pizza place in Worcester. Man looked like he was one step away from exploding from shear stress and taking the entire pizzeria with him in a mushroom cloud of marinara sauce and mozzarella. That place was great, a large steak sandwich was like $10 with fries and a drink and if you were ordering off doordash there was an option to get cigarettes delivered too.

[@labcoatgorilla6784]

That sounds incredible, drop a name for the place. Feels like the kind of thing the world needs to know about.

[@okawesome2746]

@@labcoatgorilla6784 It sadly is no longer open. The business didn't survive 2020, though I believe the owner opened up a new restaurant elsewhere. Also I forgot to mention this but they also delivered beer for $1.50 a can. Just "beer" on the door dash menu, they did not specify which brand. You got what you got, same as the cigs. No they did not ID.

[@dvdmuckle]

Worcester Massachusetts? I went to school around there, which pizza place was this?

[@labcoatgorilla6784]

@@okawesome2746 this is exactly the kind of service I was expecting and I am absolutely for it. Anything to keep prices down and the place running. Shame it came and went.

[@okawesome2746]

@@dvdmuckle George's, but not the George's that's currently on doordash/grubhub. That's a different George's with a different owner.

[@LordShrub]

The first pizza-type game. A true pioneer of the genre.

[@charliericker274]

I'm sorry is Yo! Noid nothing to you.

[@sloft-70]

@@charliericker274 What?

[@alishegamer8490]

a true pizzoneer indeed

[@Feasco]

@@sloft-70 a Nintendo game from the 90s starring former Domino's mascot and accidental cause of a hostage situation, The Noid

[@paolo2763]

The rise of pizzalikes

[@zoobatzjr371]

Pizza Tower is not a game about an Italian man trying to save his restaurant. It's about a man pushed to his limit. A man with one goal. A man with nothing to lose.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

I like the image of peppino running straight from his restaurant, to the tower, and all the way up. The entire game and all the levels you play happens over the course of an hour with no delays

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

And pizza. Lots of pizza.

[@ChargeQM]

And when he finally cracks, the resulting beat down is glorious.

[@kirbyinhalesjotaro4471]

Pizza Tower was a game I did not expect to blow up so hard. It was on my radar before it released and my friends talked about it a lot so it was genuinely really surprising it was that good and I'm very happy its so popular now

[@noctarin1516]

I know right, I've been following the game for about 2 years and I wasn't aware that it was gonna get so popular.

[@panpan3303]

KIRBY WHAT DID YOU DO TO JOTARO

[@epikjoe4189]

Yeah, but I do hope that the game doesn’t get too popular and gets the same fate as FNF

[@game84cube]

Pizza Tower is a game I'm GLAD is blowing up. The developers put their heart and soul into the game and they deserve all of the love and praise the game gets

[@inbako9855]

I knew of it before its release, just never looked into it.

[@intraum]

they finally made an italian wario

[@AuntBibby]

i follow the mario kart 64 school of “wario is german”

[@LinkEX]

​@@AuntBibby Wait, I just looked this up. It's apparently due to his line uttered when he is hit. Does he _actually_ say "So ein Mist!"? Haha, we used to repeat it like that for fun, assuming it just sounds like that. Yet that he actually said "Oh, I missed!" or something.

[@loloshua]

Real Wario is from the Bronx

[@Mordecrox]

@@LinkEX afaik Charles martinet did say "so ein mist", not sure if he was being cheeky with a double entendre but I guess Nintendo triple checked everything after "so long-a king Bowser!"

[@Xalerdane]

Apparently there’s a big rivalry between Germans and Italians that nobody else knows about.

[@zeze7022]

I think my favorite detail in the game is Peppino’s different walk cycles that change depending on your combo. If you get it high enough he starts dancing as he walks, which is especially funny during escape sequences.

[@alfonshedstrom9859]

He also looks exhausted when the time is up

[@BeaACutie154]

he didn't even mention how this is the best and most accurate italian-american representation in a video game ever, I'm italian-american myself, I can confirm

[@HyenaITG]

Ok show me you're a real Italian, tell me how fast you are!

[@lucarossi8103]

​@@HyenaITGbro there's no need for speed, just PORCO DIOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Houndouur]

wait when did they mention america

[@BeaACutie154]

@@Houndouur they didn't, but Peppino's race is canonically Italian-American

[@Houndouur]

@@BeaACutie154 So you're telling me there's a chance he went to nam

[@mainlymayhue]

I love when I read the title of a video and can immediately guess who made the video. Great work Pat, expected nothing less from Pizza_Suplex

[@RealTyrakIGuess]

oh my god he finally got to do a real, actual Pizza Suplex like that's a move in this game i'm so proud

[@pyuraii]

"This can't be real. Where's the disappointment? There's always disappointment..."

[@thefollowingisatest4579]

Pat turned on full devil on the shoulder mode for "maybe it's a gun". Incredible delivery. LIKE A PIZZA

[@cecil6075]

pizza tower is so good that i got every achievement, all P ranks, everything, and went "that was so tough. glad i don't gotta do that ever again" and then the next day i started speedrunning the game

[@milenacosta8299]

I absolutely love this game’s art style! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before

[@Vincentvondoom]

It is a blast to play.

[@colin5227]

Was literally just listening to some streamers talk about how they like pizza tower a lot, and how the devs decided to cut back pretty much 2 years worth of work because they realized the scope was getting too out of hand.

[@TheCalComics]

From the moment I saw Pizza Tower I had a feeling Pat would eventually talk about it. Has that good set of Pat Vibes.

[@edwardnygma8533]

From the second I saw the notification, I thought "Oh yeah, this is a Pat video".

[@dancinginfernal]

I mean, have you seen his twitter handle?

[@calebflores3389]

Angry and terrified.

[@Skinkemann]

Please do not stop talking about Pizza Tower! "Pat Being Stoked About Something" is one of my favourite video categories. I've been enthralled by footage of the game over the years, glad people seem enthused about the final release. 🍕✨

[@lucarossi8103]

As an Italian i can confirm that this game is molto buono

[@LaZdiZorro]

With a ton of Porco Dio.

[@yno3191]

DAJE ROMAAAA

[@leero9032]

@@yno3191 città dalle strade bucate 👺

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

Wait, this game is REAL?!? I thought it was another Goncharov situation. I am REELING.

[@ExaltedUriel]

I love seeing Pizza Tower achieve such meme status that we're seeing situations like this, lmao

[@jamescanjuggle]

im glad im not the only one who thought this xD

[@aubreymhill]

This is the both the kind and delivery of design analysis that really hits a sweet spot for me. *One Italian chef kiss coming right up*

[@sheth3773]

"Like the long dead Pizza Hut lunch buffet..." Watching this the day after having lunch at a Pizza Hut buffet is a little spooky. Like, am I dead? Is my tiny Southern town hell?

[@matthewgilson9834]

the more pat descends into this pizza tower induced fugue state, the more i am here for it

[@matthewgilson9834]

also tour de pizza? more like TOUR DE FORCE amirite hahahahaha

[@marti5420]

i love the art style so much, its like a love letter the ren and stimpy that doesnt try to outright copy R&S like most other artists doing that style fall in to.

[@nuclearhardt]

Pizza Tower: Proof that Italians can run at Mach 12

[@YOUAREANIDIOTHAHAHAHAHA1]

I'm so happy this game blew up. I was following it's development for multiple years and I'm glad the development time paid off! I was scared people were gonna ignore it because of the art style which is good and people hate unique stuff for some reason?? I don't know what I was thinking. Happy it's doing so good though!

[@asdalotl]

The art for this game is so funny oh my god, I was in love the second I saw my friend open it on stream

[@MattRose30000]

With these kinds of "deliberately bad" graphics there's a thin line between "yeah they just used MS paint because they can't hire real designers" and "they absolutely knew what aesthetics they were going for". This falls clearly into the latter.

[@moronicalmeister]

​@@MattRose30000 this, and cruelty squad are two games where the artists are incredibly talented behind the scenes, and use that talent to make something look beautifully trashy. I cant get enough of it.

[@StinkySeaGoat]

As to be expected with a game that’s been worked on for so long, it’s a literal labor of love and honestly puts wario to shame…Peppino for smash

[@titanic_monarch796]

as an Italian, this truly is the true Italian experience

[@ratsalad1]

"Marinara smooth movement system" is the name of my new mathcore band

[@Water_Me_Loan]

“Pizza Time.” - Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man 2, 2004)

[@knightogourd]

The soundtrack is so incredibly good. I can listen to "It's Pizza Time" for literally hours

[@thesparechannel6580]

Honestly... This was way more effective than a paid ad for the game than an actual ad for the game. I wanna play Pizza Tower now

[@N1DM]

Every single soul that worked on Pizza Tower drip with taste. Playing it is an excellent delight.

[@deraile]

"...and a belly flop to Crash back down." Ha, subtle. 👌

[@rayminishi689]

I'm honestly thrilled that a game borrowing the formula from Wario Land 4 is also bringing attention to that underrated series. Not to mention, Pizza Tower flawlessly does its own thing that calling it a clone is a massive disservice.

[@alfonshedstrom9859]

It's genious that it steals the escape sequences and expands it through Lap2s which does 2 things: - Escapes are more forgiving for new players with each escape being designed to have twice as much time for 1 lap - Lap2s always feel like they're a hair thin from running out of time, but it's so, so satisfying

[@apoplecticfittz]

I feel like Pat dreamed this game into existence.

[@PunkPantsPatty]

"Let me convince you to get Pizza Tower-" STOP. You had me at Pizza.

[@mirandatagliamonte9754]

*A major thing I noticed just from the game footage shown in the video:* Pizza Tower lets you move WAY faster than most old platformers. After watching all that Pizza Tower footage, the Wario games that inspired it looked sluggish in comparison. Pizza Tower looks super satisfying and fun to play, and that’s one of the best qualities a game can have.

[@MattRose30000]

I saw someone writing "it's like they modded Sonic into Waroi Land" and that's on point. Another comment said "this is actually the best Sonic game" and that's probably also true.

[@hehehefunnyname9613]

The only thing I would’ve wanted from it was more which is the best thing you can leave someone wanting

[@nillarilla710]

This game really makes you feel Italian.

[@knynx]

I need this to come over to at least the switch , looks like a blast to play.

[@goober3889]

The developers said there’s no plans to do that at the moment, because they’re a small team of exactly 2 amateur (yet very talented and passionate) developers who have never before made a game, so even if they do decide to do that it’s going to be a loooong while. If you wanna play this, I’d do it on PC, keyboard controls feel pretty natural for the game and it’s not very demanding hardware wise.

[@toobig7150]

Inb: the switch cant run it

[@ControllerQuickSwaps]

I did not expect to love that music

[@khylaon]

I remember coming across the in-progress footage and gifs on tumblr. It looks fantastic, it's so nice to see that the hard work put into it paid off.

[@Scorcher01]

This game took 5 years to make. *5 years was too short for this master piece*

[@Zomb524]

i remember playing this in school years and years ago when it was just one level, crazy to see its gotta somehow better than i remember

[@rionsanura]

i was going to do a pun count, but i lost my entire mind at the jerri scream

[@Michael_Lindell]

I guess the Leaning Tower of Pizza was already taken...

[@ShockHat734]

You know I've played alot of platformers, and something I've realized is that all I want is simply just to go fast, so I have a small suspicion that I will thoroughly enjoy this game

[@liamholloway7248]

All I saw was the thumbnail, and I thought to myself "I bet this is Pat"

[@sanityisrelative]

They made me question my instinct using him in the thumbnail on recent videos. I second guessed myself here.

[@noahwright2709]

Never seen your channel before but this was so well put together! Nice job

[@lilyhope432]

Pat Gill making a video abt this video game I've been thinking abt playing might be what will finally get me to play it

[@Viniter]

Huh... this almost makes me think that Pat has slight affinity for pizza.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

3:02 You can cancel into a shoulder charge?! Hold on, I need to go get my deck.

[@dallontaylor5840]

just based off the cover image i knew this video would be a pat gill joint

[@sergiucauia9419]

i love how animation is when the hands are bigger and cartoony

[@bo_unerro]

Pat is carrying this channel like a circle of bread carrying dozens of delicious toppings

[@A_real_Wizard]

I looked up the soundtrack after the end of this video because that song slapped and it's just 3 hours of non-stop bangers

[@rionsanura]

that little mushroom guy is still my favorite

[@TheWolfSharp]

This guy knows what he's doing, he also did that fighting game's list and it was good.

[@EmptyFeet]

holy shit the soundtrack at the end really sold me on it haha

[@gism1337]

the ending of this video is god tier

[@cydeadhunter456]

There's a really cool indie game in early access called book of travels it is a mmorpg with the art style and ambience of a linear sidescroller. its super cool an unique!!!!!!!

[@schmoferino]

Every single level has purpose to its design to keep movement flowing, and god fucking DAMN is it good to move around in this game. There are maybe three gripes I have with specific level layouts and even those are solid otherwise. It's so fun to replay again and again.

[@troyheath7704]

I had been thinking about checking the game out, not knowing anything about it, and figured this video would be a good way to see what it was. The instant I saw gameplay I clocked the Wario Land inspiration and fell in love

[@ambermiller3751]

Okay that was a seriously impressive amount of pizza-based puns and also I guess I have to go play this now bye!!!

[@EinDose]

This game looks like what the CD-i Zelda and Mario games were imagining they were.

[@4per8]

Bro they don't have buffet in pizza hut in the us That's like the one thing I expected them to have that we have in the uk

[@MarioVelezBThinkin]

First polygon video that has ever made me laugh.

[@FreeRadicalX]

I love how the main theme is just like, a 4-bar riff. But it's so fucking good and catchy that they can repeat it ad infinitum without it losing it's oomph.

[@jennegatron]

Pat, my king, you are crushing it rn with the videos.

[@leslielamour85]

The art has more colorful more frenetic 12 oz. Mouse energy. Thank you Pat I am gonna play the heck out of this.

[@LucasTheDrgn]

I've never played a Wario Land game in my life, but this game is just so tightly tuned and open about how it's mechanics work with just enough secret tech thrown in that after going at the first stage until i P-ranked it, i was able to S-rank the other stages within a few tries each. Absolutely insanely accessible game. Also would you call the downthrow a pizza suple-

[@Michael_Lindell]

What a game! I give it 4 out of 4 Stagioni.

[@specialresp3ct]

Gustavo and Brick are definitely a Kirby 3 reference

[@sealbf55]

my fellow italians . are we ready to get FUNKY

[@DuncMcFly]

One of the best video game reviews I've seen in a while. Loved the format and now I need the game. 🙌🍕🎮

[@extranightlycow]

Exact moment pat convinced me it is a good game 4:26

[@novadearest]

"I forgot to tell you about the soundtrack-" MY FRIEND, NO NEED! Listen with your ears and feel with your heart as your pulse accelerates to the sound of ESCAPE!

[@ImKibitz]

What a goddamn well written video essay! Game is very good too 👌

[@mr.medina9836]

The pizza puns are *chefs kiss* perfect

[@GabrielTindall]

Your last recommendation like this I took the bait on was What The Golf so I'm going to just buy this now. The animation is too good.

[@mediocreboi]

I've been following this since like 2020 and it's been so fun to see it become a hit!

[@MeatSnax]

I've been wishing for a game inspired by Earthworm Jim since I was a kid, this game is such a treat. I hope more of this crazy Nickelodeon-style-Genesis-action-throwback comes out, it's the spirit of being a kid in the '90s distilled into a 15 hour game.

[@Ardacalya]

"Zangeifian" is the best word in the world

[@kip_c]

consider me shocked that pizza suplex is covering pizza tower

[@alien5589]

TIME TO GET FUNKY!! 🍕🍕

[@Quicksilvir]

I was always going to play this eventually, but this upgrades this up the priority list.

[@thelizardking4016]

It's physically impossible for Pat to miss

[@cat8324]

I remember following the person who does the art for pizza tower yeaaaars ago. I was like, this is one of those games that's never going to actually come out. and now it's out. and it rocks.

[@OliviaOnline]

Is it legal to play warioland 4 music when playing this

[@Robust_Laser]

no but don't worry the game knows what you want and absolutely samples the warioland 4 soundtrack in some places.

[@wdfinbllngsly]

That looks really neat!

[@supercrownjosie7732]

when Sonic fans make a Wario game

[@coreyhaynes7951]

Saw a thing on pizza tower today and had no idea what it was!

[@dorkish5623]

I was on the fence about trying this one out, but this review is what convinced me to give it a play lol

[@talosthoren5409]

You had me at "Wario."

[@ChrisPrestonemperorkursan]

it looks like a weird 90's sega genesis game. love it.

[@oliverprain7613]

A cohesive, smileworthy homage. Sublime review.

[@exodusn2233]

Fun fact: You can do a third lap on levels by outrunning the pizza head the entire time, and the game will recognize you for it

[@AllegoryofPatrick]

I loved the warioland games on GBA, smashing through walls and some awesome mini games

[@OlgaZuccati]

dude: "Molto bene!" me: *"D I M O R U T O"*

[@JeredtheShy]

It is possible that this has distracted the people from their love of Brisket. Not entirely, but the Peppinoposting is undeniable.

[@capybararancher8638]

Love your use of zangiefian