I beat KONG so no one else ever has to

[@coneyisland428]

You know a game is truly awful when he can't find a single opportunity to insert a Bionicle reference while playing it

[@soundwave2481]

or Mass Effect lol

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

Wheres lewa when you need the toa of JUNGLE?!?

[@jettlucashayes8508]

​@Bullboy_Adventures he's air not the greeen/jungle

[@whiskeyecho3523]

You would've known he had a tail whip if you paid attention more closely. You see, in the beginning of the game, when your parent dies, they first go down by tail whip. Chekov's Tail, if you will. See the lore is actually quite deep and intimate...

[@drphalanges1520]

I wouldn't expect a common pleb to understand the deep lore here. It's beyond their comprehension.

[@Moth_Dust]

You are a sociopath

[@gigiesparza396]

I think we’re all just fucking dumb and can’t understand how amazing these developers are.

[@trianglemoebius]

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Skull Island...

[@TironaBloodspiller]

@@trianglemoebius It's called Skull Island because Kong has a skull

[@TheMC1102]

If you think about it, this game is very immersive because it really looks, runs and plays like it was programmed by apes.

[@Alexalicious]

Funny, cause all games are XD

[@subaiya]

Thats overly mean to apes

[@Jombi-d3g]

All humans are apes

[@ben_rez08]

​@@subaiya🤓

[@AnonymousChannel512]

@@ben_rez08 you are an ape

[@korblborp]

i like how the game about king kong, a giant ape, fighting other giant animals, has no scale reference to make you feel that big, and in fact has landscapes that make you look absolutely miniscule in a way that games where you play a normal sized ape (human) do not.

[@guilhermehank4938]

Skull Island was normal sized, making Kong look extra massive. In here, the island is scaled to his size and thus makes him look minuscule

[@realdragon]

The only thing big in that game was spider

[@Invidente7]

Comparing this to PS2 games is an insult to PS2 games.

[@ironduke5058]

Genuinely lol I remember playing the original kong and it was awesome kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6XLf4dvr8Sdhbssi=3onBOkEmQwmjnzKM This is like 5 minutes from the original and the difference is insane, makes me laugh a little everytime I think about it lol

[@pauloa.7609]

Kong game in the ps2 looked better.

[@grekygrek]

Usually when people use that comparison it is indeed an insult to ps2 games lol. The ps2 king kong game was crazy good.

[@tochka832]

PS2 had real, real lot of releases, and huge chunk of them were really like this in quality. it was also the time when 3d platformers were still really popular, so, a lot of them landed here

[@irishboy_pa]

​@@tochka832that was I about to say. There were a lot more little and bigger studios making these kind if shovel game.

[@handsomezack]

I think the biggest crime in this game is how nothing is scaled to make King Kong look big. Everyone needs to remember though that it was the publishers that forced the devs to make this game in only one year.

[@Dobaspl]

Devs accepted these terms so...

[@Ikanamable]

"do this in one year or go bankrupt" is a very compelling argument to "accept those terms". As it is often the case for tye development of shovelware like this.

[@Dobaspl]

@@Ikanamable Saying it's the bad publisher's fault and not mine isn't fair either. They knew they couldn't make a good game, and now they have a bad publisher.

[@dease-mo9zg]

Plenty of devs could make that in one month, dont even start

[@marreco6347]

Unreal Engine 5 and Unity are free and chatgpt can just code for you. This shouldn't take more than 3 days.

[@faceless2302]

If you're ever feeling upset, just remember that somehow they licensed this game instead of remastering the Peter Jackson's King Kong game and porting it to digital store fronts. Now you have something actually worth being upset about.

[@unlucky1353]

That game is a masterpiece.

[@creed8712]

I could imagine that would be a lot. You’d have to repay all those actors most likely so it’s cheaper to just make a new game

[@collinmclaren6608]

TWO MAGAZINES ON BACKUP

[@olivercharles2930]

That game is trash.

[@MarkoUntitled]

I'm fighting a bunch of crabs irl so i can relate.

[@lmno567]

You are either in an all-you-can-eat crab buffet or experiencing the aftermath of a night of regret.

[@Silverfirefly1]

Just form a deep emotional attachment to them. Inevitably they will leave you.

[@genericname2747]

Did you win

[@Heli07]

This game looks like it was made as a 4th grade art project

[@Gattaii]

in 2010

[@rjmeeker89]

Just think of it as a 2002 PS2 throwback game.

[@CatNigga]

nah, the PS2 King Kong was actually good

[@rjmeeker89]

@@CatNigga Yeah but that was a 2005 game. This one is more like 01 or 02.

[@Mr.MeatBicycle]

War of the monsters is a better kaiju game.

[@aidencgg]

"The first game to charge for rose-tinted glasses that don't work" is an incredible line 1:12

[@gloomboy1639]

The pun achievements are the only redeeming quality of this game.

[@itsdokko2990]

i KONGpletely agree

[@genericname2747]

Puns are not monkey buisness, they are art.

[@hauntedhoody2976]

They’re not even good puns!

[@stefanosiclari]

​@@hauntedhoody2976that's the best part

[@Soul93Taker]

Love how everything in the island is gigantic enough to make you forget this is supposed to be Kong. Even the goddamn BUSHES are the size of skyscrapers.

[@jaybones8457]

The Dark Souls of disappointingly small giant gorilla games has landed.

[@haley746]

The moment that red filter was turned on I actually yelled out in agony. MY EYES

[@biscuitboi9478]

This feels like a 2006 movie tie-in for the Wii that they dug up and released. Good lord

[@gogousa6661]

Hahahaha it really is Nintendo level gaming

[@TheTygre]

"Well, the players got him." "Oh no, it wasn't the players. It was bit rate killed the Beast."

[@MistahFox]

"If you just keep throwing rocks at him, he can't counter!" -prehistoric man

[@2ndeaster]

Joke aside, it was commendable that the dev could churned out this game with an incredibly tight deadline which is just about a year. If we want someone to blame it's the publisher.

[@fero_art]

Just 1 fucking year?

[@just_matt214]

​@@fero_artYup, 1!

[@Astral_thee_God]

@@fero_artYup. The publishers basically pitched this idea last June I think and they wanted it done by the end of this June. So with that, this game isn’t _that_ bad. The developers did all they could. It’s definitely the publishers fault, as usual

[@weamxplays9228]

@@Astral_thee_God buddy I can make something like this but ten times better with no budget and only working on it when I get home from work, and do it under 6 months. These guys had a team and funding, an already established IP, and I’m sure this game used a lot of older code from an older scrapped game

[@pugasaurusrex8253]

@@weamxplays9228 Make monkey game and meet me back here in 1 year

[@TheShadowfaxOne]

We thank you for your holy sacrifice, Oboe.

[@scattysafari7742]

"He's small." Yes! That was my first thought when I initially saw footage of this terrible game. ❤No other reviewer has mentioned this, so thank you!😅If you're going to make a Kong game, have him scale a building or grab a plane!

[@jeremiahjohnson2784]

A very average sized Kong actually

[@andrewmeyer3599]

Kong was originally only, like, 20 feet tall. He was never a tall monster until they did Godzilla vs Kong back in the 60s

[@guilhermehank4938]

​@@andrewmeyer359927 ft actually

[@hazukichanx408]

@@andrewmeyer3599 Still plenty tall enough to be towering over lots of things. The feeling of scale in video games has to be created, you can't just make a thing wide and expect it to feel _big._ Take the mech in Lost Planet 3, it actually feels like a giant clunky mess of outdated mining equipment or something. Which is awesome. Or the protagonist in Unreal, who is strangely short compared to most shooter protagonists, but probably by design, to make the alien world seem ominous and looming.

[@genericname2747]

​@@andrewmeyer3599Yeah but this monkey looks TINY

[@incorrectbeans]

More like "Kong live the Queen" amiright

[@TheMC1102]

Redfall: I'm the worst game of 2023. Gollum: No! I'm the worst game of 2023! Kong: Amateurs. Redfall and Gollum: What was that, punk?! Kong: AMATEURS!

[@jackfruit420]

Thanks for the gold kind stranger! (528x)

[@gogousa6661]

We have reached peak Cringe

[@hazukichanx408]

It sure is a great year for terrible games! Though also some pretty cool ones, if we count indie ones anyway. Mainstream triple-A and license games be a barren wasteland, though. A barren wasteland they charge you $70-100 for.

[@chinemapictures]

Love that the cutscenes don’t account for any fur color changes you did

[@capnphuktard5445]

😂🦍🦧

[@grahamdavies8986]

If all the other creatures only attack Kong and leave each other alone, then maybe Kong is the problem. Kong take a hint and leave Skull Island.

[@ernstblofeld3396]

Imagine making a King Kong game and Kong wouldn't even tear dinosaur's jaws open...

[@guilhermehank4938]

I know right? You would think they were saving the classic move to the final boss but no, just a basic neck snap. I hate this game, especially as a King Kong fan

[@TheSpeep]

If this were some indie dev's first game, this'd actually be kinda endearing. It's not, of course, but y'know, wouldve been cute.

[@dfghj241]

no it would not, it would be garbage. doesn't matter who made it.

[@Jormyyy]

​@dfghj241 of one person made this in their free time and with the budget of a ham sandwich and sold it for it like 5 bucks then it genuinely wouldn't be so bad. The fact it is being sold for 40 bucks from a legit gaming company is why this game is so awful.

[@JcDent]

Iron Pineappale reviews basically any game tagged "souls-like" and it's full of student projects that look better than this.

[@MilkANDMagic]

Its the publishers fault not the devs, publishers only gave them one year to work on it and gave them no assets they could work with. Literally had to build everything from the ground up in one year as well as bad working conditions

[@christiancinnabars1402]

@Jormyyy 5 bucks is kind of pushing it. At least in 2023. If this was a free proof of concept game with the more noticeable cutscene jank instead being tongue-in-cheek jokes thrown throughout, then I'd say it would be a pretty good starting point for a solo dev or a small dev team. For it to really be worth selling past the very early 2000s, then it would need more polish that, granted, even a solo game dev could be capable of given several more months. Streamlining/crunching down the levels so it isn't such a confusing walkfest, making the combat more enjoyable (AND rewarding; giving a single skill point for beating very specific groups of enemies isn't enough), and especially getting the movement of the player Kongs down. Just nailing down those three aspects alone would make it an easy $5 sell, even _with_ the graphics being as crusty as they are (but _please_ still fix the cutscene .jpgs).

[@lorpuz4664]

You know is Bad when oboe plays a Game set on a tropical island and he makes 0 bionicle references

[@dirtyhank5330]

You’re like the fourth vid I’ve seen of “I beat Kong so no one else has to” I don’t say that to be disparaging, I’ve watched them all just to get everyone’s take on it, and you’re the first one to suggest that they added the “clear area” objective in order to prevent people from running through the game in 2 hours and getting a refund. 100% agree with you on that…

[@engagingbus7991]

Here's the thing. Back in 2005, the official King Kong game, which you always play as a human, gave you a chance at playing as Kong. Which had better control, was more satisfying, and more fun. That was 18 years ago. This is fucking sad.

[@0smundSaddler]

This actually makes Gollum look like a masterpiece in comparison, I can't believe it

[@Xahnel]

Anyone who thinks feathers makes dinosaurs less cool has never been attacked by a bird.

[@abbey5899]

this was brave, because i haven't seen the spider levels yet. most streamers must have given up and gotten that refund. but because of this noble sacrifice, i got to see the spider level.

[@Morty143]

Glad to see they still make games for N64

[@AD3SPG]

Amazing you kongpleted this game but at least you earned some very rare achievements.

[@brunettebird57]

this game is the DOLMEN of Gollum games

[@RamielTheThunder]

And dolmen is the dolmen of the most games

[@WhoeverNevermind]

But only DOLMEN is the Gollum of all games

[@RamielTheThunder]

That red filter should be considered a mean of torture

[@reanukeeves2k77]

I liked the part where he had to fight an army of mudcrabs, and then punched to death the worm from Dune 10/10

[@theangrysuchomimus5163]

0:55 I didn't know birds of prey were lame

[@footballrestored171]

I showed this game to my young daughter. She then grabbed a suitcase and started packing. I asked her what she was doing and she responded, "Since they are now hiring four year olds to design games, I figure being six, I can fly to the headquarters and become the company president." It's been a few days and I'm sad to report she only made Vice President. Still an okay accomplishment though.

[@M4R4T1N4]

This started happening during UE 2 or maybe UE 3 times. The further we proceed in time, the more Unreal Engine games look alike.

[@zacharyraut151]

I wise man once said… “never go full Kong”

[@meffeli]

Someone really saw the Gollum game and went: "Challenge accepted!"

[@expendableindigo9639]

I swear those filters are still worse than the average game’s photo mode.

[@Leet-iz2fz]

I thought this would be the most agreeable review of my life, but then you dissed feathered dinosaurs.

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

Never seen King Kong, so they might be from the movies, but I think the boss designs go pretty hard actually

[@GilCAnjos]

This one game doesn't even feel good to mock, it's clear that this studio was not at all prepared to develop something on par with what people expect from a popular IP. If this game didn't have the Kong name on it, it would've just been forgotten on the depths of Steam shovelware and no one would ever care. But because it has the Kong name, it instantly becomes just mainstream enough to become the worst game of the year

[@edesbalazs]

Some developers work exclusively to be featured on the Oboe Gaming channel.

[@ORLY911]

and to this day nothing comes close to the budget tie in game for Peter Jacksons King Kong

[@Zazymandias]

Nathan Drake can climb faster than King Kong

[@Impenetrable_Walls_of_Heaven]

The combat of Knack + the climbing of Gollum = GOTY

[@alloounou6900]

I appreciate these are actual edited videos and not straight rips from twitch.

[@Sledgehammeh]

It feels like a ps1 game that I had fun with when I was little.

[@MatvaNabor]

I love how the custom Kong colours aren't even showing in the cutscenes.

[@Zogger568]

fun fact, the devs were given a timeline of 6 months to make this game

[@superbtrilogy5049]

Oh man this must have been such a cool game to play. Can't wait for this on Gamepass

[@ethanisfancy]

There are many impressive things about this masterpiece, but the one that stands out the most is that the game somehow makes Kong look... like a regular sized ape. Nothing around him makes him look like a gigantic beast.

[@teddyboukagain9985]

Kong can look like an old time picture, 10/10

[@notcalebboodhoo]

You’re living my dream rn. I can’t play the game until they release it on PlayStation.

[@greenhowie]

The speedruns of this are going to be amazing.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Expand Kong

[@ScoutBostonAnonStuds]

I salute all these heroes that beat KONG so that we, the people, don't have to.

[@leviticusprime4904]

You know if they wanted to make a game about Kong, wouldn’t make more sense to create like a fighting game with various other kaiju from the monster verse?

[@infamous6283]

This game is based off a book that is public domain they can't use the monster verse as it's owned by WB

[@smilingbanditfaf8734]

War of the monsters on ps2

[@Jormyyy]

​@@smilingbanditfaf8734peak gaming right there

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@infamous6283 so this game is basically an asylum style rip off game?

[@fabzter]

Am I the only one that thinks that feathered dinosaurs look badass?

[@danielhorton5105]

I can not believe they made a King Kong souls-like.

[@amirhb7531]

We will never forget your sacrifice oboe

[@Flameb0]

i kong't believe u beat this game 😱

[@Flameb0]

me neither! 😱

[@way2tehdawn]

Dr. Tito Aureliano was the scientist who discovered that dinosaurs had hollow bones like birds. Then someone else said haha maybe they had feathers lol.

[@chadreily7355]

“Rose tinted glasses and they don’t even work” Basically most big name companies nowadays relying on nostalgia for its hook

[@alexanderhikel2350]

Damn a Super Nintendo side scrolling kong would honestly be light years better than this lmao

[@laserdiscisawesome1263]

This game looks like it was made by college students for a school project and then they decide to turn it into a full game

[@guguigugu]

i love how you cant see where you aim because Kong is in the way, that is 10/10 game design right there

[@Goldjoni]

And now we wait for a ChatGPT-written apology by the developers

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

This looks like a dollarstore offbrand legally distinct version of Donkey Kong 64

[@EugenijusKrenis]

I once again come back asking you to play Command & Conquer: Renegade

[@jeremiahjohnson2784]

The backbone just gets stronger with this guy

[@OmniscientSloth]

“I’m going to spare the developers the embarrassment and not show the credits” 😂😂😂

[@MasterGamer-zl7hq]

I remember reading a review about this game on my Xbox on the Microsoft store and one review said a cutscene literally had a placeholder left in it.

[@GameboySR]

Makes me want to replay the Peter Jackson's King Kong Game on PC to remember what a good Kong game should look like

[@henrykb.7808]

The Kong gameplay in that one was probably one of the weaker parts of the game but it still worked far better than the gameplay of the new game even though it was released almost 2 decades ago.

[@GameboySR]

@@henrykb.7808 Yeah, it wasn't as good as the Jack parts but it was still done really well. You could feel Kong's weight and raw strength behind each of his swings, jumps and attacks. He felt like a King Kong

[@henrykb.7808]

@@GameboySR Exactly

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Okay, you know what's really, really, REALLY weird about this? Maybe about five years ago there was a new King King cartoon on Netflix. The oddest choice they had with the series was including 'accomplishments' that would appear on screen whenever Kong learned a new move or had an upgrade to his handling tech. It was this weird videogame references that really played no part in the overall story but they put it in anyway..... The weirdness of that combined with this clusterfuck of a game feels like they just retooled the show to be an actual game but still fucked up.

[@philchiara5928]

"probably the first game to sell rose-tinted glasses that dont even work" LMFAO

[@jonathanferreira9858]

watching the full vod not cuz i want to but to make a point

[@hichaelhyers]

🫡

[@StiffAftermath]

It would of been enough to play Kong so noone else had to. There was no need to suffer so..😂 You are a sick man, sir..

[@maninthecamohat2735]

This is like a desaturated version of Peter Jackson's King Kong game.

[@prophetslittlehelper6353]

you're my hero for beating this

[@sporeham1674]

0:56 bro has never seen an angry cassowary.

[@sporeham1674]

Also only some had feathers, and they were very rarely fully covered

[@Theover4000]

Do you think the developers of this game saw Gollum and went “yes, that’s exactly what we want!” and then proceeded to keep their game on its initial release date? Because it just makes no sense that they did this otherwise

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

On the dino feathers part, nuh uh

[@stampsu]

Oh boy if it isn't the 2023 GOTY

[@Wedgetail14]

"I beat KONG so no one else ever has to..." and then I'm recommended two more of them... Some just enjoy pain!

[@darulezlulez2625]

We had the Doom/Animal Crossing meme Let's do this again with Kong and Gollum!

[@fallouttoonlink]

Feathed dinos can be just as terrifying as no feathed dinos

[@docsmoovbrain1524]

I appreciate all the youtubers that have played Kong on my behalf.

[@sethgaston8347]

6:26 I love how we got both Shai Hulud and the narration from David Lynch’s Dune.

[@Mustafa_9628]

Gollum: finally a worthy opponent Our battle shall be legendary

[@mariovarela6292]

R.I.P oboe, and all the brave heroes brave enough to play this game for our enjoyment on yt

[@SamrayGTR]

Yay, I can see Kong fight the Visorak on Oboeshoestwos!

[@DigitalContentNetwork]

NICE A bad ape-stic REETROGAME😂

[@erickschusterdeoliveira2662]

the filters DLC can be outmatched by literally just putting reshade on this

[@monkaWGiga]

Oooooo they included the Virtual boy filter for just $15 extra!

[@kaidorade1317]

2023 King Kong Videogame makes the videogame adaptation of the 2005 game a masterpiece!