10 Years of Early Windows Gaming 2001 - Episode 2

[@vazzeg]

Daaaang, Arcanum is so unbelievably good. Absolutely GOATED.

[@BurstingVeins1]

Pool of Radiance was a fine game, it was just really hard and insanely buggy. I got it when it came out and it crashed multiple times trying to get through the first battle.

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

9:31 web formula: *is super secret, no one else can replicate it* Also formula: *conveniently found on random rooftops and behind Tesco's backalley dumpsters*

[@roguerifter9724]

I love Arcanum but I don't think I've ever done a magic run. I always go yech focused. In tabletop RPGs I very rarely ran magic focused characters outside magic and technology hybrid classes like Artificers, or making a character to man the helm in Spelljammer, and I do much the same in PC RPGs I adore Independence War 2. I wish the series had continued because there aren't nearly enough space sims that give us the key to Warships instead of Starfighters or small cargo ships Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor is the D&D game I most wish GOG would get. Spelljammer used to have that slot but GOG got that last year.

[@2HeadedHero]

Arcanum is one of the greatest RPGs ever, even though bugs and balance issues held it back a little.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Agreed

[@aerouge4492]

The soundtrack of Arcanum ... so good!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

YES!

[@furiousapplesack]

10:20 I played Grandia II on Dreamcast. Fond memories there! The combat was very satisfying and a breath of fresh air after playing Final Fantasy games for a while before that.

[@sgtsquank]

RTCW still looks great imo. I remember playing it the first time, back when we got awesome big boxes and this game had a cool one. Thought it was so realistic at the time and fun as hell -- definitely need to replay that one.

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

12:16 Final Fantasy 4 yeeted party members out of your party via scripted dramatic cutscenes to make room for other characters that you had to schlep along.

[@eigengrau1]

Awesome, best way to slip into the weekend..

[@spiderjerusalem100]

Independence War 2 looks cool and it's on Steam as well!

[@Fallout2Forever]

Currently replaying Arcanum, it's got so many really big problems, and I don't feel comfortable playing it, but the story really is god and win, and it's got some of my favorite plot twists in gaming. it's also got a lot of my favorite songs in gaming too. And I say this as someone that can recommend a lot of janky games. Grandia 1 and 2 are two of my all times faves, but I always hear that the original pc version has drm that made the game nearly unplayable. Thanks for telling me about Idependence war 2. Seems like something worth looking up a full walkthrough for offline. House Of The Dead 1 and 2 are so great, especially the original. THanks for reminding me about them, Ithink I'll replay them. Yeah, I've heard all about Ruins of Myth Drannor. God it sucks that the game never had a chance, especially when like a week or so before release, the devs were forced to switch it to third edition. Thanks for making this video, I'm really gladthat you made it,and it was worth the wait!

[@negrusz]

I played only with Return to Castle Wolfenstein from this list. For me 2001 was about Emperor Battle for Dune and GTA3.

[@Cur8or88]

Thanks!

[@bondjovi4595]

I love my copy of Return To Castle Wolfenstein. It compliments my copy of Spear Of Destiny.

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

19:47 No, I don't want no Franz, a Franz is a guy who will get no love from me, catching a ride on the passenger side of his panzer ride, trying to he il at me 🎵

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

Quite a bunch of interesting and mostly new games for me. I knew about Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the opinions were positive. But I do miss that face in the Hud and that grin when you get the chaingun. Btw, having learned a bit of Polish (just enough to apologise for eating apples :D), I was wondering about your pronunciation of BJ Blazkowicz's name. It sounds to me like you're saying Blazkowic. Have I been learning wrong? :D Arcanum and The Sting! sound like they are definitely worth a look. Steampunk is always an interesting universe. :) And I do prefer realism in character balancing, rather than all classes being just as effective. Although it would make some players never touch certain builds...

[@kiddhkane]

Proper pronunciation is something like blahz kov itch

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

​@@kiddhkaneThat's how I've been pronouncing it too

[@furiousapplesack]

It's pronounced like it's spelled, (Blask-oh-wicks). At least in Wolfenstein: Shadow of the Colossus, although sometimes people in-game had it kind of sounding like Blask-Oh-Witz.

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

@@furiousapplesack That's interesting. I've only ever played the original Wolfenstein 3D, where people didn't call the character by name, but instead "eine kleine Amerikaner" or other such fun nicknames. :D

[@nicholsliwilson]

Well this’ll age me. I remember having a conversation with my business partner who told me 1 of our employees had upgraded to this new Windows XP & that it hadn’t performed well until he upgraded his PC to 256MB of RAM & “then it really flew” so he advised me to do the same, even though that would double my PCs RAM. Those were the days. 😄 Arcanum’s less well known than Fallout (& less well polished) but it definitely has it’s fans & it’s influenced a few games of it’s own. Honestly never even heard of Planet of the Apes, the game, I’ve seen all the original films… unfortunately. Sounds like I didn’t miss much though? Spider-Man was outstanding! Although to be honest my ex & me played it on Play Station, where I’m pretty sure it released in 2000? “Hate them with the passion of a blind painter?” OK, I’m using that one in future. 😄 I don’t know The Sting! at all? Nothing to do with the old film of the same name obviously but it certainly looks interesting? I… I can’t help noticing you said killing “a man” is “inhuman & largely unnecessary” there? Nothing about killing Women then? (Your boss’ wife not withstanding obviously.) 😄 House of the Dead 2 was epic in the arcade but the home releases are only worth it if you can play it with a light-gun, non of this mouse nonsense! Return to Castle Wolfenstein is so radically different to the original thanks to the hardware available to it but I agree with your comparisons to the original & it is absolutely a worthy successor, even if it wasn’t as ground braking as it’s progenitor. I know of Project Eden but I’ve never played it. Sounds like it’s worth a play though? Cracking list, thank you!

[@rayceeya8659]

OH SHIT! Independence war! I played that game briefly years ago and could not remember the name of it.

[@Toon_Pirate]

Grandia 2 wasn't as good as the prequel, but at least we got it for PC - which was nice.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

instead of killing a man for his debts, make him work for your boss's wife.

[@EvilStreaks]

That German "no-no" faction.. I s'pose you could call 'em "nasties".

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh man... Nasties is soooo much better!

[@Fallout2Forever]

I was wondering when the secound part was gonna show up, Why did this take 2 weeks?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

I’ve released some other videos between these.

[@Fallout2Forever]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Fair enough.

[@gumdeo]

The House of the Dead 2 is great fun 💀🧟

[@LarixusSnydes]

Of course Arcanum lacks Polish, it wasn't made in Poland after all.

[@LustVanGoth]

no battle realms :(

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

It's barely the second video for the year, and I do have Battle Realms on my shortlist of possible games to include, so don't lose hope. :)

[@Paszq]

15:09 - 15:15 you repeated an audio clip 😃

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh man... Sorry. xD I must've missed that. xD

[@ltdrak]

Pool of Radiance was a great source of hilarity anong my group of friends. The localization war very bad (translating hit in hit points as if it meant a music hit, calling "turn undead" "become undead", and calling the ranger a forrester for instance). It also launched the recurring phenomenon of people of people walking around a room, saying "if there's a secret door nearby I'm sure the DM will start rolling dice"... Fun times!

[@blumiu2426]

You'd confuse Final Fantasy with Grandia??