Pax Corpus (PS1) | Sean Seanson

[@SeanSeanson]

BTW I was very very ill during the making of this video, so if I sound even worse than usual that's probably why.

[@MakopoweredGaming]

You sounded just fine; no need to worry, whatsoever. I hope you're feeling better now, and still taking it as easy as possible.

[@ukrpgfan4029]

Couldn't tell.

[@RWSCOTT]

I've got a confession to make: I keep rewatching this video, lol. It's really funny listening to you politely suffer through it, and the cartoon audio clips kill me. also, Oznama= amazon, clever Cryo.

[@SeanSeanson]

Its one of my favourites too. Polite suffering is a great way to describe it haha

[@FICTiVETRUiSM]

My childhood is so deeply tied to the first Playstation and its games. As I grow older I get even more nostalgic. Your efforts to spotlight obscure games I've never heard of brings me so much joy. It's like I'm instantly teleported to a time in my life that I will always cherish. Thank you for another awesome video!

[@SeanSeanson]

Ah this makes me so happy :) Thanks so much for watching!

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

Aeon Flux is like a Heavy Metal comic come alive! Peter also worked on a weird Alexander the Great anime in a similar style! Cryo is the successor of Exxos, who made weird alien games and claimed they got these ideas implemented into their heads by their alien overlords or something. It’s a match made in heaven, or hell. I don’t know.

[@makina323]

The magic of youtube and the internet is that someone out there already had your idea a swell, and one of those someones has the industry to make into a youtube channel years before and nnow you just have to watch the nice videos with the great commentary, im referencing my current obsession with obscure lesser known ps1 games. Yes i got the same idea after watching the same "every ps1 game in one video" channel But like 2 months ago. Great minds think alike i always say.

[@zacharygirgenti3790]

I can't believe you only have 905 subscribers. I'm going to put the word out that Sean Seanson and The Wheel will provide!!

[@shotapenes3937]

how tf is this random irish man doing new high quality content for years and still hasnt blown up

[@SeanSeanson]

I keep making videos about games like Pax Corpus instead of stuff people care about haha Appreciate you watching :)

[@svdden_dread]

Μaaaan 1 hour of top quality content , we don't deserve Sean 😍

[@Markorax]

34:41 love the firefly funhouse clip. ace video, mate.

[@mercurysorbit5138]

When I saw the Aeon Flux characters they looked like characters from Phantom 2040, and of course Peter Chung designed both. Such a captivating look, distant and intense.

[@Redfoxe]

Great content! Plus for the Croc sound effetcts on the Stage transitions.

[@SeanSeanson]

Finally got to make use of all those Croc sound effects I had lying around 😅

[@wieldylattice3015]

9:37 the fact that the leftmost HUD element isn’t lined up properly with the screen is absolutely fucking sending me. Basically, what I’m saying is: classic Cryo!

[@SeanSeanson]

Cyro mindset "eh close enough!"

[@NebLleb]

2:56 You grew up watching the music videos of Aphex Twin? AWESOME! You had a badass childhood!

[@SeanSeanson]

MTV got weird after midnight ;)

[@nilzero5686]

i first heard about this game in a playstation magazine where they referred to it as "pox crapus"

[@SeanSeanson]

Top tier 90s magazine journalism

[@andersdenkend]

Great video as always. Gotta love that Cryo jank. There is always "something" about those games.

[@RippahRooJizah]

6:16 That background sound effect triggers me... a low health warning that I can't remember the source of...

[@bwiki9306]

Thank you so much for this! Now I dont have to do it! I've been curious about Pax Corpus for a while now, your sense of humor is a little understated but just my style. Sorry to hear you weren't feeling well, hope your feeling better since! The ending of the vidya was a fitting end for Aeon. "Plop..."

[@SeanSeanson]

Thanks so much for the comment! Glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate you watching :)

[@RWSCOTT]

30:44 - something you don't want to hear in a public restroom

[@bewaretheconficker]

Great video, as a big Aeon Flux fan I've been wanting to see more of the Pax Corpus game for a while now- so I salute you for making it through lol. I recently found a trailer for the AF game from E3 96 and it showed some quick bits from some cutscenes, specifically the shot at 33:30 was in the trailer but with Aeon instead. The character in this game definitely has some Aeon energy in the cutscenes. Definitely can see the story remnants of AF in there, instead of shooting the Pax Corpus into space the goal definitely woulda been shooting the Demiurge into space, the office of the villain in this game looks pretty much exactly like Trevor Goodchild's office in the show, the cube thing in space looks almost exactly like a giant cube habitat thing in an episode that was in the ocean, that executioner boss showed up in some early screens for the AF game, and the changing suits section I imagine woulda been changing into a Breen soldier outfit. I wonder what was up with the chess room boss, that was kinda cool. That E3 96 trailer had some new voice acting from Trevor's VA, would be cool to hear any stuff recorded from that version of the game since even cutscenes seemed to be done but alas I doubt we ever will.

[@SeanSeanson]

Glad you enjoyed the video, appreciate the comment and extra info! It's been fascinating going through all the trailers, promos and images just to compare them to the final versions. Although I wish I referenced the demiurge episode a little bit in the video, there would have been so much to compare... although I'm not sure I could get away with making this video any longer than it already is haha

[@swosho]

Probably would've never bested this game, now my unfinished teenage business/curiosity is satisfied. Thanks for sticking with it through the end, Sean! Now this also reminded me about the existence of the surprisingly alright PS2 Aeon Flux vidya adaptation based on the movie.

[@SeanSeanson]

Yeah that PS2 game looks quite decent! Probably the best thing to come from the movie really 😅

[@AppliedCryogenics]

That ponytailed character in your intro reminds me of a 1994 PC game by another French developer, Adeline Software Int'l: "Little Big Adventure" aka "Twinsen's Adventure" .

[@Claire_Ballard]

Shit! Sorry, i glanced away during the final cutscene. Im gonna need you to play this one again real quick

[@kiriki4558]

I love the sound effects you added.

[@bloodywolf9317]

This is brilliant what a glorious mess - thanks Sean!

[@SpinalChamp]

The movement looks like it takes place entirely under water

[@AntoninPoitou]

To add a few thoughts about yours on Pax Corpus: usually Cryo games had good sound design (i actually like the spooky song haha)? At least what I remember of playing a few of those as a child/teen. Also the grittiness of Aeon Flux that found its way in some design of the game (like the executioner) is reminiscent to me of the culture of European cyber &/or punk comics and influenced a lot, in their early days before Cryo (especially Captain Blood), the devs. The kind of "psychedelic" vibe of the temple also reminds me of french amateur/demoscenelike Amiga games. I haven't delved into Cryo games in years (I was kind of obsessed by this company, having a very French experimental vibe that I related to, probably because I'm french obviously) but this video reminded me of why I actually loved those game: there is really a strange, like another comment said, nostalgic but also very special way that those early 3D games played that I really love. Thanks a lot for your in depth video. Also, check out Fade to Black, it really seems to me to be similar to Pax Corpus (haven't played Corpus tho but I guess FTB is more RPG-like) P-S: the french small tv clip of the original Aeon Flux game says that the animations where motion captured, which is kind of funny when you think about the Pax Corpus's death pose...

[@SeanSeanson]

Funnily enough if I was to compare Pax Corpus to any game, it would 100% be Fade to Black. You can tell they are both still trying to 'feel out' how to make action games work in 3D, but I guess thats what makes them fun to revisit like you said. Motion capture on the death pose! Would have loved to be in the room when that got put together haha

[@Corvus8]

Bless you for going through with it. You are showing great patience lol.

[@marcellosilva9286]

After watching this and the Virus: It Is Aware videos, I think you'd like O.D.T., another tank control action platformer game developed by a french studio, I know you briefly covered it in the Psygnosis video, but a full review would be cool, it's a very rough game but I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

[@Cuchulainn90]

39:54 had me in stitches 😂😂

[@SeanSeanson]

I'm glad somebody was laughing 😂

[@Kinda_ANastyDude]

you should play and rank all the Cryo games.

[@dusklite]

Spotted this obscure ass game on a website, thanks for the crazy trip

[@davenolan]

I see Kahlee has been learning the "Dublin Waiter" martial arts style...

[@SeanSeanson]

Give em the aul warning spin kick

[@Cuchulainn90]

I hovered over the dislike button for bringing up severe childhood trauma from that Aphex Twin vid….I just wanted to see late night 50 cent videos and that’s what I got 😅

[@brianpj5860]

Im so glad I stumbled across your channel, through this video. Ive recently installed EPSXE and have been going through the available catalogue of PSX Games out there, and I came across this game. I Figured Id look it up first and see if its worth my time, and Then i come across this video. Then I take a peak at your channel to see its exactly what im looking for!!! Im definitely sticking around to see what recommendations you have!

[@everx7]

use duckstation instead, or i sometimes use beetle hw core in retroarch, games looking great, mostly, EPSXE is fine but not really, ive heard they released a new version sometimes around now, i know your comment is 9months old, but i think Duckstation is older then that, EPSXE isnt as good, please trust me on this, nor accurate enough.

[@naddydatty]

The ghost clip art absolutely floored me 😂

[@Mister_Clean]

Cryo-jank is truly a genre of its own

[@Steadysphere]

Crazy to think it took 3 attempts to get an Aeon Flux game. It would be tied to a poorly received film, but I remember the reviews being decent for the eventual game we got. This looks like a mess, Cryo at their "finest". I only briefly flirted with one of their titles called Virus, and it was atrocious and stupidly hard! This looks not much better. Great video bud! Especially considering your a bit ill atm. SUCH GOOD SHEET!

[@SeanSeanson]

Yeah the PS2 era Aeon Flux game doesn't look all the bad... Just a shame its based on the movie. I'm looking forward to trying Virus myself, seems like it might an improvement on this one somewhat 😅 Thanks for watching pal

[@PurpleXVI]

I'm sad you're only doing PS1 games because Crio hid a few insane games like Riverworld on the PC that I would've loved to see you be horrified by.

[@johnnybeard]

Been watching your videos in chronological order and here I am so far... wonderful work as always Sean, absolutely thrilled I found your content and keep up the epic work! This game definitely was something!

[@SeanSeanson]

Thanks for the kind words, and yeah the videos start to really take a turn from here haha

[@Dandys11]

Typical Cryo haha, amazing video, enjoyed every second of your vid, great content as always, that hour passed sooo quickly. I am from PAL territory too, and I consider myself ps1 master, but there's always a game that I have not come across yet and surprise me, even though I love obscure titles and hidden gems. Keep it up Sean, I love your videos! Take care, pal.

[@SeanSeanson]

Appreciate it man, I'll keep digging up weird stuff don't you worry :)

[@vodka590]

Thank you for this review/playtrough. I was very interested in this game for the long time, because it's from Cryo, how they changed here and there after license, and because of how... how this is bad. Also, I'm glad I discovered this channel, many hours of good content to watch, so this is when fun begins. Please, if you have too much of free time, take a look at "Frank Herbert's Dune" from 2001, developed by Widescreen Games and published by Cryo Interactive. It's... same tier of quality.

[@TheCountess001]

I love Aeon Flux! SO interesting to see Pax Corpus, but I agree it was probably for the best that the game didn't go ahead as an Aeon Flux game.

[@bobbynick5358]

I hope a there's a way if a rom hacker can mix the Aeon Flux prototype with the Pax Corpus game to make a semi some what full game of Aeon Flux game, or just Models swap of cast, and slightly improve gameplay too.

[@GardathWhiterock]

25:00 from experience, I'd say 70%+ of such guides exist for those very reasons. Or when a person writes personal notes just to not keep all the information in head (puzzle solutions as example) and then forms them into a guide as a result.

[@AntoninPoitou]

hey Sean! here is very quick summary of three g o o d (for real) Cryo games if you ever want to check out more: Commander Blood & its sequel: a follow-up to the cult classic Amiga/Atari ST/Amstrad & Macintosh game Captain Blood but with a bigger budget and 90s technology. It retains the appeal of the original game (having conversation with foreign alien while visiting solar systems) now with full motion video and some kind of a real scenario (if I remember correctly). Lost Eden is a game similar to Atlantis but with prettier 2D graphics a way better ambiance in my opinion, starring the prince of a human/dinosaur kingdom on the brink of destruction...

[@SeanSeanson]

Thank you, these sound awesome. I've actually got a lot of love for Cryo (in spite of what my videos might suggest) so ill definately check these out! :)

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

A shame captain blood and lost Eden didn’t come to PlayStation. But that shouldn’t stop you Seanson!

[@AntoninPoitou]

@@RyumaXtheXKing True, those two games where tailored made for the 32bit gen when you think about it.

[@AntoninPoitou]

@@RyumaXtheXKing actually lost eden came out on the 3DO! you never know what you will learn... "The version of this game for 3DO received mostly positive reviews. Critics were unanimously pleased with the advanced and detailed rendered graphics, full voiceovers, full-screen videos, and especially the unique and creative world in which these visual and audio effects were brought to life."

[@Razorblade1812]

This game really really was HELL to get through. I may still have heard of this game when I saw a cheat code entry of it in the German PlayStation Games magazine that I had during my early days of PlayStation ownership in the spring of 1998. I myself even wanted to make a playthrough videos for the game, especially since I was also stuck in certain situations such as how it was with the Executioner (or the Torturer whoever that was) that I had to look up at the same FAQ as you did. After finishing the game for the first time, I went to the Crappy Games wiki to write an article of the game for it which also showcases the terrible experiences I had when playing the 2nd level in Mission 4. The wiki about the game on the Crappy Games wiki is there for you to read if you're interested. I was actually never aware that there was a bad ending to this game until you showed it to us, because I had the two Triangles and got the good ending first when I managed to complete the game for the very first time after all my struggles with it.

[@NebLleb]

I looked it up, and there it was: An article of Pax Corpus based on your hellish experience. I mean, I personally feel that Crappy Games Wiki is basically a breeding ground of Autistic Nutters and Dunkey Stans, but DAMN. Makes you thankful for the Aeon Flux game we got being a hybrid of the film and cartoon rather than Pax Corpus, doesn't it?

[@Symmetriad]

I'm honestly so glad Drew Neumann's score for the Aeon Flux game (snippets of which are available on his album Eyespy, which also has most of the scoring he did for the original AF shorts and series) didn't seem to get used for this dire nonsense. It seems that some of his score might have been "reworked" for Pax Corpus (according to him) but nothing I've heard here sounds even remotely like his work. Thanks for subjecting yourself to this for our sake.

[@NarquelieNarmo]

An adaptation into a videogame of Aeon Flux is quite ludicrous to begin with, since Lara Croft acrobatic skills almost match Aeon's.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

6:11 audio blast killed me

[@MakopoweredGaming]

I remember seeing the previews for the Aeon Flux version of this game back in the day! I don't know why, but this playthrough made me think of Fade to Black, which, holy Hell, what a way to follow up Flashback (also from a French dev, if I recall correctly). Wait... Is one or both of us going to need to cover that game at some point?! Anyway, you are an absolute hero for playing through another Cryo game, especially without using save states. Also, does the manual fill in the plot gaps at all? Was there some sort of tie-in comic/book/something that explained things?

[@SeanSeanson]

It is VERY fade to black, although it has been well over 20 years since I last played that game and I think it scarred me so much at the time that I've yet to build the courage to try it again. Think I'd definately enjoy it a lot more nowadays 😅 That manual more or less gives you some basic world building which I covered near the beginniner but otherwise no extra plot at all. The guy who did the game faqs walk through REALLY liked the game so did his best to cover and piece together as much of the plot as possible. Although he mostly just gives out about how little is explained 😂

[@MakopoweredGaming]

@@SeanSeanson Yeah, it's been a LONG time for me with Fade to Black, as well. I do suspect that it has NOT aged well, but I'm now tempted to find out... If the majority of the plot was pieced together by the person who wrote the faq, I am impressed... but also wonder how much of it was head-canoned if there's that little to go on. Don't get me wrong, the premise sounds intriguing, but the cut-scenes are almost non-sensical, from what I could tell.

[@RWSCOTT]

55:13 lol!

[@Maggerama]

After seeing this, I feel enlightened. In a cursed way, but still.

[@TheReal7wags]

Cryo games are definitely such good shit.

[@hermes_job_observer144]

@32:00: reminds me of that re4 scene with Leon posing on that throne.

[@weebnerdgaming4908]

Lol, feels like people have their own LJN. In this case, the LJN is Cryo.

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

I wish someone would upscale the FMV, they look cool. And someone needs to upload the music. Looking forward to more Cryo weirdness. I’d love to see the Pc license game Riverworld. Almost no footage online, but the soundtrack is on Spotify and it’s dope! But this game looks boring and frustrating. Thanks for letting me know!

[@keypath4389]

Now why would you do this Sean...

[@DeclanMoloney-u6i]

I'm Blue came out in 1998 ;)

[@joaoguilherme8083]

If it wasn't you who would beat this game?

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

jokes on you i only know about this game because it was originally going to be aeon flux

[@wieldylattice3015]

39:02 why does this give me deja vu?

[@maxwarfield6699]

HOW did you play the canceled Aeon Flux game on the PS1? Where, how, and what do I have to do, in order to play the canceled Aeon Flux game? Please let me know. Thank you kindly

[@SeanSeanson]

You can source a bunch of prototypes and betas from some specialist sites. Hidden Palace is a good one, I think that's where I got the ISO for Aeon Flux, you should be able to play it on any aul emulator :)

[@maxwarfield6699]

@@SeanSeanson I would be new to this whole scene. So, would this work on/for an Ipad 7? And, how much would this cost?

[@SeanSeanson]

@@maxwarfield6699 There are emualtors for iOS devices, but only Jailbroken or hacked versions of the os as far as I know :( If you have a computer or android device lying around it would be much easier to get running, and should cost you nothing.

[@maxwarfield6699]

@@SeanSeanson This is how much of an old fart I am, I had to look up: ISO and AUL, and in your last message, you mention “jailbroken emulators!… “ I’m sorry for wasting your time but this all sounds like a LOT of work, to me. Anyhoo, thank you kindly.

[@SeanSeanson]

@@maxwarfield6699 If you're doing it on an iPad it'll almost definitely be more hassle than it's worth! It's definitely easiest to do on a PC and when in doubt, somebody out there on KZbin has likely made a handy step by step guide so never be afraid to try something out even if you're completely new to it. You'd be surprised how easy it can be once somebody walks you through it! Best of luck, and appreciate you watching :)

[@FearBoo]

now play the 5th element game :)) wow that was nasty

[@sunkanswer8221]

gold

[@IvyS-s1s]

the game make sense knowing that they reused the demiurge episode of aeon flux which deals with the gnostic deity that yhwh(GOD) is the demiurge and u as the protagonist are trying to stop it. which is what ur technically doing just based on how they reused the plot of that specific episode for the game story.

[@IvyS-s1s]

also the executioner most likely got repurpossed from being Trevor Goodchild from aeon flux based on the episode it was based on being a medical area that got repurposed into what u see in the game as for the train scene it' similar to the gravity episode of season 2 of aeon flux u already see a lot of aeon flux motives being reused and repurpose in every level

[@IvyS-s1s]

The Luna base4 is supposed to represent Saturn cube which kinda goes with Gnostic belief and abrahamic religions obsession from judaism,christianity with new jerusalem and revelation and the kabba in islam, the whole stop apocalypse line is most likely a reference to the christian interpretation of the cube which oddly reminded of the design of portal cube pretty neat overall how they added gnostic theme into the game kinda like xenogears and the xenosaga and xenoblade series have done so as well same with ff7 also the game title translates from Latin into body peace =pax corpus or the body of peace and the demiurge episode of aeon flux really kinda gives u a idea of what this game is trying to convey based on how they repurposed the aeon flux plot into pax corpus

[@IvyS-s1s]

as for the 4 clones part and the color used kinda goes with 7 elements used to represent the star of david when u change from cube to cube it changes into the 7 elements that make up the star of david but if u just look a t them as they are shown to u once u select them they are just 4 elements of the zodiac signs rather neat that they would go this abstract into gnostic mysticism for a game story.

[@IvyS-s1s]

looking at level 5 being the rocket silo level it seems that what ur technically playing is the extended version of the demiurge episode that leads up to the episode start cause u even have some similar scene being reused in the cutscene after ep4,

[@IvyS-s1s]

also the final boss using a jetpack makes sense since in that specific episode of aeon flux trevor was using jet boots of sorts and looking at it known what the original story it was supposed to be based on kinda gave that scene a bit more context seem like the executioner an this level where suppose to be trevor goodchild related

[@hyp3rvirus]

in spite of terrible rating this game is quite amusing. sometimes it's better to waste short time of life than to play modern one-time shooters

[@stolensentience]

cry o

[@vlino87]

Cali and Kiara? Really 😂

[@breh472]

I love your vids please never stop