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@sikevillain8 ай бұрын
Love The Suffering & its sequel.. im hoping one day for a remaster, port, remake or hell a spiritual successor 🥺
@trueKENTUCKY8 ай бұрын
Yes but wont happen
@stefanoartuso0018 ай бұрын
@@trueKENTUCKYmaybe a spiritual successor but its so forgotten I highly doubt it'll ever happen
@kylereno53838 ай бұрын
Itll never happen.
@Brucedoos8 ай бұрын
Emulate it man, still a fun time 👍
@screamybingus7078 ай бұрын
@Brucedoos it's on GoG for 10$, why emulate
@Maioly8 ай бұрын
51:00 something I LOVE about this bossfight is that, if you're playing with good morality, Carmen will aid you in the fight by literally showing up to block enemy attacks, that always felt like such a cool turn.
@Evil_Noah8 ай бұрын
Really? I played through both games at least 3 times each (if not more) to get good, bad, and neutral endings. I don't remember that though. But it's been nearly 20 years, so there's that.
@Maioly8 ай бұрын
@@Evil_Noah its the main thing that stuck to me from.ties that bind, played the ps2 version a few times myself.
@liquidrufus8 ай бұрын
Dr. Killjoy would love to meet Alan Wake. Also love the dreamcast guy line truly savage.
@Evil_Noah8 ай бұрын
Or Issac Clark I'd imagine.
@randalthor68727 ай бұрын
ahh I miss Alan Wake :) Sad that they changed it to Alan Woke now : (
@Mankey6198 ай бұрын
The Suffering is indeed an underated classic horror games made by the defunct Midway. I mean Stan Winston designed the monsters in this game, and not to mentioned it has that Clive Barker vibes all over it. Weird that no one has ever did a remaster port of these games.
@BadlyRoy8 ай бұрын
"If graphics never evolved past this timeframe I'd OK with that." Preach. Fun, gamey games > cinematic, movie experiences.
@r011ing_thunder68 ай бұрын
Fr. We never needed nor wanted a rdr2 game. Hell i hope they never release gat6 and rdr3 fr
@ajaakola28 ай бұрын
Ps2 era look just works so much better in my opinion, also would had gave us some insane physics
@EMO_alpha6 ай бұрын
I agree. This, Manhunt, Halo 2. Silent Hill 2, Its right before games got really good looking. They still look they are supposed to be fun. Actually Ratchet and Clank has held on to that ps2 magic a little bit.
@yoursonisold87436 ай бұрын
Or just have both. That's what these old games can't offer. They can be fun, but not look good (except for a couple of hyperstylized games). Modern games have the potential for both. But even then there is no excuse when MGS3 existed on the PS2. Truth is you nostalgia blind people just call anything you liked as a kid fun and then somehow make a nonsensical connection between graphics and fun game experiences yourself. Seriously, this nostalgic nonsense... PS2 games for the most part looked absolutely horrible. And before I hear any deflections about how cartoon graphics or the like looked always good, there are games right now with cartoon graphics or stylized artstyles which look far better than anything from the PS2 era without being hyper realistic too.
@savageshot3723Ай бұрын
Yeah I don't care too much about graphics as opposed to other variables in a game. A polished turd is still a turd. I try to get into the new games but they all seem so uninspired(for the most part, obviously there are exceptions and you shouldn't generalize and blah blah blah) and I keep coming back to the games of old. That was such a damn fun time 😊
@lordravenblade8 ай бұрын
The Tommy Gun isn't really an odd choice when you consider the portion of the backstory where the island/jail/whichever (I don't remember off the top of my head) was used for bootlegging and mob activity back in Prohibition. It's implied or outright stated there were caches of guns and stuff left over from then.
@nnnneeeeuuuu8 ай бұрын
The DreamcastGuy comment was Boulder Punch's brutally totally honest comment of the day
@ODD17Ymusic8 ай бұрын
Love your videos and the direction to channel has been going! We always seem to be on the same page / wavelength When it comes to gaming! The suffering is one of my favorite game series from the p s two era and it doesn't get enough respect in my opinion!
@jaykettavong41093 ай бұрын
I already know about the suffering but damn how is it’s like a once only done in a franchise the idea of a horror game being taken place in a prison sounds like a amazing idea
@Destiny2isthebestever8 ай бұрын
@BoulderPunch I really appreciate how you just get right into the video man. No BS, just straight into it.
@Ricardo124878 ай бұрын
I played Suffering as a child, I didn't understand the story because I didn't understand English, but I still completed the game several times. Thanks to you, today I know the story.
@Evil_Noah8 ай бұрын
Ernesto was my favorite companion. He has a really nice voice. His dialog sounded sincere. Killjoy was really great too. I was happy to see his character return in Ties That Bind. The Suffering is not only an underrated series, but also has some good voice work, especially for a game from it's era.
@hadiferlan37608 ай бұрын
The Suffering 2 is kinda mid for me. I like the first one more. The monster lores of how each of them came into existence and the hidden mystery of the island. Its funny even though the island has many proves of supernatural incidents, whoever who wants to built the prison in that island is an ignorant fool.
@gokudo10698 ай бұрын
The Dreamcastguy joke had me fucking dying lol
@SpectralSound.7 ай бұрын
The suffering,condemned criminal origins,painkiller...such great games.
@zacharyharris21777 ай бұрын
Loved these games. Resident Evil and silent hill keep getting remakes left and right, so if they remade or even just remastered the suffering today it’s a safe bet it would do well. What would be great is if they did that and it revived the series with new entries. They can still do more with the premise they had if they wanted to. Have more locations and more monsters based on those specific locations histories
@edvinsrakickis88018 ай бұрын
God dammit this game deserves a remake. It's a shame it was so underrated and missed by many. The vibe this game builds is amazing.
@aipaloovik19 сағат бұрын
I enjoy your presentation style. Subbed. Thank you.
@ElMalito18720 күн бұрын
Fun fact: Dr. Killjoy's appearance and personality are modeled primarily on legendary horror actor Vincent Price, who played both monsters and mad scientists throughout his career and was easily recognized by his mellifluous Mid-Atlantic accent and a pencil mustache. Dr. Killjoy was voiced by John Armstrong. Cheers 🍻😂
@sukamadik59838 ай бұрын
Contrary to it's name this series is a wonderful delight to play through.
@heretic00148 ай бұрын
You forgot to review another underrated horror game: Spec Ops The Line.
@NOIDEDU8 ай бұрын
Objective: kill people *kills people* Wow you are a horrible human being
@Alkal1nes8 ай бұрын
It's massively overrated.
@גיבריל8 ай бұрын
@@Alkal1neswhat?
@vicentetomas88368 ай бұрын
@@Alkal1nes It's funny because the game was underrated when it released, as everyone just believed it to be a cod clone (as they were many at the time). But in the era of youtube essays and retrospectives, it became the go to game for youtubers to be like "Guys this game is actually nuts and stuff". So It went all the way to overrated.
@RootVegetabIe8 ай бұрын
@@vicentetomas8836Who gives a fuck. Over/under rated is the least interesting thing anyone can say about a game. Dull as fuck.
@greglongmore65032 ай бұрын
5:10 I always say this era's graphics required just the right amount of imagination, and they honestly took a back seat overall.
@briancoulombe45178 ай бұрын
It would be a surprise if Carnate island WASN’T haunted with that kind of history.
@greenheadblackvoodochild24878 ай бұрын
Fellow misophonia sufferer here , the mouth clicks being excruciating uncomfortable to listen to is cos you have misophonia too
@ARIXANDRE8 ай бұрын
That Dreamcast Guy reference was much appreciated. 😉🤭
@trueKENTUCKY8 ай бұрын
No way bro nice game different era of games sehow we have regressed
@trxsh_oc5 ай бұрын
22:20 some of the most underrated voice acting of all time
@navyhusky20208 ай бұрын
That is the most Renderware-looking game that isn't actually a Renderware game lol
@Big_Dai7 ай бұрын
I don't think Suffering is the kind of game a company remakes
@theguyinthere8 ай бұрын
i always thought the film ghost was what charley Chaplin would should like.😂😂
@perfectblue8443Ай бұрын
The 2 The Suffering games we got were awesome. I absolutely love the monter design, the gamplay, weapons, environmental design and the story
@davidbowers42708 ай бұрын
I’ve been trying to find the name of this game. But I couldn’t remember enough things about it. Thank you.
@code9mill16 күн бұрын
the rats are made using billboards. cheaper than 3d models for a ton of rats, think of them as 2d images that change frames depending on which trajectory from the object your at and rotate to face you.
@anthonynegron6 ай бұрын
Wtf is the guy talking in the very beginning the spokesman for Arby’s???
@DamonLaRiche8 ай бұрын
I wish I could go back and play these games again for the first time. They're great! A remaster would be epic
@Cold_Zero_The_Wise8 ай бұрын
Am i the only one who thinks that the female narrators mouth clicks have a certain natural charm to it?
@karljohan23004 ай бұрын
dr killjoy is just a perfect weird doctor character for a kinda cheesy horror game/movie
@Mashida_Killzzz8 ай бұрын
Really love this SERIES!! The suffering glad I got them both for the ohh SoOo beloved!!✨ PS2✨😻💞💕🌟
@greenscreensformemes48757 ай бұрын
there was also the neutral ending were you accidentally kill your wife then one of your sons fell in the bath tub and drowned and the other son fell out of the window
@BriGuyIL19808 ай бұрын
I still have my copy. I usually do a playthrough every Halloween, but I'll be doing a playthrough in March in honor of its 20th anniversary.
@alexanderhaile61968 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this game back in the day. It was one of those games I saw on the shelves at the rental store and ignored for a long time, and then one day my brother and I gave it a shot. We spent all night playing it and needing to take a break now and then to ease our nerves.
@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn7 ай бұрын
A black protagonist was pretty rare too. From that to the rating, issues of murder, rape, esp involving kids, these devs took a huge gamble and deserve props!
@jonbourgoin1828 ай бұрын
I miss this era of gaming so much. I hate what it is now.
@lucascoval8288 ай бұрын
Same.
@dieyng8 ай бұрын
If early nineties until late 2000s was the vulgar times, then we have to live in the wimpy, no skill, nothing unsettling era now, where women should not look good in video games. 🙂
@RootVegetabIe8 ай бұрын
You're going to die a virgin.
@BabyArms8 ай бұрын
Wow, never thought I'd be early to one of yours. Love your channel since I discovered it a few months ago. Looking forward to watching this.
@stitchfan938 ай бұрын
Great series! All the monsters were designed based on different punishment methods.
@Carnate3018 ай бұрын
These games is where I got my name from and I love, and still replay these games to this day. Nice video
@Dimitri95118 ай бұрын
The Sequel to Halo 3 rat: *The Suffering Rat*
@JordanJMyers5 ай бұрын
Just replayed these not long ago. Still fun and wish they'd get a remake or something. Plenty of potential. Great vid man
@willowfrid7 ай бұрын
I still play it on the computer, and I consider it one of the best horror games ever made, the monster design is totally amazing, sick and bizarre, I would love to see these monsters in high quality today, they would be the perfect representation of bizarreness
@jurtheorc81177 ай бұрын
They're very awesome indeed. For other cool monster designs, have a look at the Zeno Clash games and Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. Creature designs range from stuff from the pages of medieval monster woodcuts to prehistoric animals to... well, whatever the heck the protagonist of Clash: AoC is. (the dev studio, ACE Team, made another lovely game with strange bizarre creatures by name of The Eternal Cylinder)
@willowfrid7 ай бұрын
@@jurtheorc8117 thank you!!!!
@jurtheorc81177 ай бұрын
You're welcome, i hope you'll find them cool and interesting.@@willowfrid
@PatchWorkExe15 күн бұрын
It sucks that the PC port is utter garbage. I went insane streaming this game a couple years ago 'cause the PC version breaks at several critical moments. I had to sequence break to start the warden boss fight (or whomever that is on the turret in the prison in the first game, it's warden, right?) I got stuck permanently then after because my companion needed to trigger certain events for me to move on and the triggers were just busted so I literally couldn't proceed forward. I wanted to get into this series so bad since it seems like something I would have LOVED as a kid having grown up playing Dead Rising, Dead Space, and other action-horror games. Your video is super good and was a nice revisit. I'm hoping to track down a set of console copies some day so I can finish both games myself. I own them on GoG, but I didn't wanna play "Ties That Bind" without beating the first game so they have sat collecting digital dust.
@evolancer2114 ай бұрын
Those rats remind me of rats in story book animations lol
@granvillecupido997121 күн бұрын
Clear microphone,you explain everything really well,im watching from south africa and great video👍👍
@weirdautumn5 ай бұрын
I actually really like the malefactors design and the lore around them. Would love to play a remake of those games one day
@KillinCat7 ай бұрын
Hey I did a Let's Play of these games! I covered every outcome and morality choice in it, plus a pure neutral follow up run for Ties That Bind. They're amazing games. I got the voice actor for Ranse Truman to come back and voice all his unspoken lines, including loading screen ones! He had an interesting story about his role where he was just kinda there and thus was casted. He also did the narration for the movie G-Force, and had a similar tale! His name is David Markus, he goes by The Vocal Chameleon, and it really fits because he's in so many things and I never know it's him. He's a really cool guy, check him out if you get the chance!
@ClaymoreClay10124 күн бұрын
The Suffering is probably tied with F.E.A.R. for my favorite action horror games. I love the creative monster designs The Suffering has. They serve as great metaphors and help flesh out the world and atmosphere tremendously.
@mister54336.Ай бұрын
To me personally, i always loved the suffering ties that bind more than the first one. I was more focused on the action Rather than horror, i never once died in Ties that Bind since i was already skilled at any gameplay i play against. There's also cheat codes that can help Greatly that is on Game FAQs online on PS2 and the OG Xbox, except for the PC which didn't have
@xXMalakianXVIIАй бұрын
I thought the story line for the 2nd game was actually quite embarrassing compared to the 1st game. I also hated the changes they made to the gameplay. It made the gameplay way too annoying. That being said, I'm thankful I played it.
@vagabondjp8 ай бұрын
Really liked 1 over 2 because all the gameplay changes. The max payne kinda gameplay was much better. Though that pimp boss enemy design is really fucking good
@JellyJman8 ай бұрын
These games were definitely overlooked. I loved these games
@grimmumbra26008 ай бұрын
Wow… Someone still remembers Drakan. Neat.
@seannwilliam95578 ай бұрын
I bought this game on gog, my character won't stop walking forward, I'm not pressing any buttons, how do I fix it?
@bigtimthepeasant8 ай бұрын
Lets goooooo. "How many time have I done this and I still hate it" gang rise up.
@Paindriller8 ай бұрын
Hope you'll do Cliver Barker's Undying someday.
@heart_eater20 күн бұрын
Ahhhhh, I absolutely loved Drakan 2 - I never hear anyone talk about it 😭
@ravana79758 ай бұрын
Thank you once again, Boulder-sama
@gualbertoferrer92688 ай бұрын
Fuck resident evil and fuck dead space the suffering is the best horror game ever
@TheHorrorHistorian8 ай бұрын
I remember liking the game in 2005 when I played it, I played both a few years ago and hated my experience... now thinking I should give them another chance
@frogin27008 ай бұрын
Would love to see siren blood curse on ypur channel
@retrorockerross8 ай бұрын
I remember renting the first Suffering and enjoying it. I knew of the sequel but never got around to it. Recently, both games were on sale dirt cheap on GOG, and I've been replaying them. Definitely some fun action horror titles. I would love to see a remaster, remake, or even a new game. Too bad Surreal Software was absorbed by Monolith (the guys who made those Mordor games.)
@FatalKitsune8 ай бұрын
I never liked The Suffering and it's always made me feel like a crazy person, since everyone always talks so highly of it. I've tried multiple times to enjoy it, thinking the problem was just me and I needed to give it more of a chance but it just doesn't click with me and I don't quite know why.
@theblobconsumes48598 ай бұрын
The music for the original game is excellent, some of my favorite combat tracks. Don't like Ties That Bind that much; Its visuals is the only positive in the game for me.
@lucascoval8288 ай бұрын
Wasn't too crazy about the Blackmoor twist. Also feels like there was too many unanswered questions.
@albotroszzz87508 ай бұрын
Why did the Michigan Report from Hell video get taken down? Is there a link to watch/download it?
@shawnfee91077 ай бұрын
The Suffering was so fun. I remember staying up all night with a buddy taking turns when one of us would die. Playing with all the lights off added a whole other level to the horror.
@jonathanbell88878 ай бұрын
Such a damn good game. I beat the 1st game like 20 times. I loved that game. Only beat the second one maybe once. I barely even remember it.
@Coccyx698 ай бұрын
There was a point where the United States Army owned the rights to this game and area 51 the games became free but still the last people I expected to own the rights to two PS2 games
@Vladi_AK478 ай бұрын
While gameplay is outdated, it was fine on release. However, the story and atmosphere are still superb.
@Cam-pe3nd8 ай бұрын
I'll have you know, my cat's name is Torque. And she came with that name.
@stefanoartuso0018 ай бұрын
I love the suffering, it's a real shame we wont ever see a third chapter (like half life)
@djfanboyLIVE8 ай бұрын
I've always thought this game would make for a fun movie or limited streaming series.
@tristanjones76828 ай бұрын
I remember first playing this on a Xbox demo disc and a few years ago I got the real deal! This along with silent hill is one of my favorite horror games to play!
@xer0signal8 ай бұрын
First game was the first time I heard someone say “cun*” in game and I was actually shocked
@PlaceGunToHead8 ай бұрын
Thx for the vid, brother - looking forward to the Nightmare creatures and Batman videos!!!
@SpaidzxmaneАй бұрын
One of my favorite Xbox games
@WindHashira2 ай бұрын
W game, W gameplay. W Video
@joshuabernardo43057 ай бұрын
I liked you until you dissed Arby's
@TheGamerLx8 ай бұрын
Thanks to demos in other games i met this gem, one of the first scary games i played and i was hooked
@themarchinggoblin82947 ай бұрын
Always appreciate a good dreamcast guy joke 😂
@nickgavis03058 ай бұрын
The first game was always one of my favorites. So underrated
@yokai3338 ай бұрын
These creatures definitely left an indelible mark on my youth
@danteshollowedgrounds8 ай бұрын
Another awesome treat, time to sit back and relax.
@depsoul16048 ай бұрын
About time, I just finished this on my PC last month
@IfYouInsist8 ай бұрын
These were art of the highest order.
@StaindHand7 ай бұрын
This game is and was so slept on
@Horror_N_M3tal8 ай бұрын
The monsters are based on different forms of execution.
@StarwinMarvin13 ай бұрын
Great spooky game.
@bigboss49938 ай бұрын
I played this way too young I think I was like 7
@torquetheprisoner8 ай бұрын
a solid set of games loved them since they first came out