Saturday Morning Scrublords - War Gods / Mace: The Dark Age

[@lenmutt]

"I will rule the demon lands with dark magic!" Matt: She's like this noble knight princess.

[@SquiboTheHomey]

Yo when's Boruto Ultime Shitstorm 4th hokage of the woolie hole revengence.

[@KaneZenon]

Fuck off, they gotta have Minecraft: Story Mode first.

[@SuperColdChaos]

+Squibo The Furry Not until they play Bleach: Fate of the Shattered Dark Soul Blade for the Nintendo WiDSi

[@Doctor_Pazuzu]

+SuperColdChaos I have both of those games. I don't know why, I hate Bleach. Someone take them from me...

[@SuperColdChaos]

+Doctor Pazuzu Blade of Fate is actually a pretty good fighting game, even if you don't care for Bleach. Shattered Blade can go die in the Woolie Hole.

[@Doctor_Pazuzu]

SuperColdChaos I don't believe you but aright, next time I find it I guess I'll dig it out and play it a bit.

[@AfroMetalMizu]

Mace: The Dark Age? Is this where Matt's fanfiction that he talked about in Sanic Adventure comes into play?

[@Chadius]

+AfroMetalMizu Mace x Soul Calibur

[@InugamiTheHound]

+AfroMetalMizu yeah the wolves are howling "matt finish your fanfic"

[@ShambrookBen]

Aww man the N64 version of Mace had like 4 more charecters, including a dwarf in a wooden mech, and like a hellspawn demon that looked like violator from spawn.

[@JustinJTime]

And a janitor!!!

[@ding9916]

I found a copy of war gods on the ground outside when I was walking home once and tbh I still wanted a refund

[@elementaryabuse-chan5763]

Get in there, Woolie! Get in there!

[@TheACRAZEDMONKEY]

no Elementary Abuse-Chan, no

[@njihjkzero]

+Elementary Abuse-Chan I feel like your account exists to remind everyone (especially Woolie and Liam) about the ultra despair.

[@TheACRAZEDMONKEY]

Njihjk Zero it fills everyone who watched the playthrough with despair

[@njihjkzero]

TheACRAZEDMONKEY But it fills elementary abuse chan with DETERMINATION!

[@thepickles8833]

Junko has Despair. Undertale has Determination. Elementary Abuse Chan has Discomfort.

[@MrRdg1993]

>No Persona >No BlazBlue So who do we blame for this? Matt? Woolie? Cranky? Zack? Fuck it, just blame Zack. He's just a cat and he can take it

[@LordryuRevived]

+ChampGold They already did Persona, didn't they?

[@KaneZenon]

That's what Woolie says about Animal Abuse.

[@them3otherguys]

+ChampGold At this point, my theory is that there's a handful of games that they're saving for when they need to 'boost the numbers', so to speak. As in "Uh oh, people are really losing interest, bring out a spirit bomb."

[@montengro234]

+LordryuRevived Arena, not ultimax which has a few more characters, more mechanics, more music and a bunch of balance fixes. Its a lot better as a fighting game, its far less broken then arena, but its still mahvel tier shenanigans

[@Grimshuck]

+them3otherguys Actually, and it has become more apparent these recent podcasts, they're doing this to spite people who kept yelling at them to play these games and they want to see how long they can keep doing it.

[@TheZajicekfarber]

"I think she's some sort of noble princess." Taria: "I will rule the demonlands with dark magic." Good call there Matt.

[@GenerationWest]

Holy shit, that's the game I played at a arcade that one time in 2006, I was wondering what Mace: The Dark Age was, and now I know

[@thepickles8833]

I've been waiting and waiting... and now it's time. MACE THE DARK AGE _!_

[@thepickles8833]

You didn't show off Hell Knight, War Mech or Asmodeus, you shit-heaps _!_

[@kruaser123]

+D- Pickles I pouring one out for yah.

[@-hyphen-21]

+D- Pickles Next up: WEAPONLORD

[@GELTONZ]

+D- Pickles AND they sucked extra hard at the game! GIT GUD AND DO THE N64 ONE!

[@Boonehams]

+D- Pickles You forgot Ned. But it's okay... everyone forgets Ned.

[@roarshach13]

Wait. How the hell do you make a game called War Gods and NOT put Ares in it?

[@lucasmartinez5703]

Or Kratos.

[@lucasmartinez5703]

Or Athena.

[@lucasmartinez5703]

I mentioned Kratos. What the hell do you think?!

[@solblackguy]

Bruh, they could've cheated and added Thor and nobody would care because it'd be so hype.

[@Blackheartzero]

Because they weren't using any established pantheon. The playable roster are all supposed to be normal people (and a statue, and a robot,) who were elevated to Godhood by the power of a mystical ore. No, Anubis in this game isn't THE Anubis, he's a cursed and transformed graverobber.

[@SwagbitoUchiha]

Saturday Morning Scrublords on a Saturday Afternoon, when it's normally on a Friday Night? Have I fallen into the Woolie Hole again?

[@MagickGOATee]

Happy Hallowoolie

[@Sharingandud]

+Swagbito Uchiha For me it's Friday

[@SwagbitoUchiha]

Sharingandud I speak from the future. Spoooooookkkyyy

[@AConceitedJackass]

+Swagbito Uchiha It's still Friday in all the major Canadian time-zones unfortunately.

[@TheACRAZEDMONKEY]

+Swagbito Uchiha to spoopy 4 me!

[@michaellacy5923]

I'm loving the character select screen, it's straight out of Crash Bandicoot 3

[@DeusExAngelo]

Also Lord Deimos looks super cool! Am not the only one to think that, right? He's like the bloodiest Blood Knight.

[@InugamiTheHound]

+The Gentlesaurian Velocidapper dude looks like Lord Zed from power rangers.

[@DeusExAngelo]

DamuEmran I could still get behind that.

[@thepickles8833]

Hell Knight (which they failed to show) is also radical.

[@Skuntac]

+The Gentlesaurian Velocidapper His lore is even better. A merciless ruler, with a badass ending

[@esaka0099]

Pat: Did you guys just have 64's? Woolie & Matt: Yes Pat: And you make fun of me for not having a childhood BOOOM BITCH

[@PepsiMan666]

These characters are cooler than the majority of post MK3 characters.

[@TheStrxggler]

You know what is truly scary? How good that War Gods Logo is. I mean SHIT DAMN.

[@NesstheEchidna]

I just love how Matt literally acts like an excited 5 year old on Christmas morning over fucking War Gods and Mace the Dark Age two games I played and seriously forgot about it until this video.

[@DarkWraithKevin]

I think he mentions Mace in almost every lp. It's pretty funny

[@ignition1092]

I love how Ragnar and Executioner's match intros are them talking shit to each other about their different approaches to axe combat.

[@goblinrat6119]

"Oh shit, is he related to Kotal Kahn!? That's his sword and fatality!" Yes, certainly this stereotypical Aztec imagery require Netherrealm to peer back into the darkest recesses of Mortal Kombat's history to conceive. I mean, it's certainly not like macuahuitls, human heart sacrifices and sun gods are the most bog-standard things you can possibly use when you want to nod towards Aztecs. Certainly not. I mean, Kotal is cool and all, but let's not pretend for five seconds that he's not a very tropy design. Because he is.

[@XCAltoona]

watching this years later and finding an underrated comment

[@PolarPhantom]

But Ogre from Tekken 3 though.

[@calska140]

The Aztec only had 1 "sword" the Macuahuitl. I'm gathering the materials to make one. Can't find the proper bitumen

[@davidthorson2036]

I played the hell out of Mace on the N64 back in the day. It's a fun game once you learn the 10+ hit combos and unlock some characters like Ichiro the demonic samurai. I actually made a Lord Deimos custom character for Soul Calibur 5 on the 360.

[@CaptainDemo779]

17:33 “GET ON THE TABLE! *BURN, TRAITOR, BURN!!* “ - Woolie embraces his inner Inferno

[@MrUnimportant]

MAAAAAAACE. That was a pretty cool game back in the day!

[@Wingless-]

Oh come on guys, where is DARK RIFT?! Best fighting game character designs on the N64!

[@LordryuRevived]

+Joel Cameron One of my anticipated episodes, too.

[@thepickles8833]

It is weird not being part of this, cuz like they said, the N64 had a SHITTY fighting game selection but there were some cool ideas despite the terrible combat. These are things that probably led me to hating the N64, not just because of fighting games, but because I wanted games like these to be good.

[@Chadius]

+D- Pickles I really, REALLY wanted those Midway fighting games to be good. REALLY wanted them to be good.

[@Wingless-]

The alt costumes in Dark Rift were incredible. Eve had a Hexadecimal-ish skin.

[@GELTONZ]

+Joel Cameron Fun fact: They mentioned both Dark Rift and Criticom in this episode but never realized Dark Rift is actually Criticom 2! XD

[@mrjohnnyjohnster3940]

What sort of a world do we live in where I go on Kickstarter and can't find a kickstarter game titled "War Gods vs Mace HD remake set to Two Steps From Hell music"?

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Omg. You guys. I just had the BEST fighting game idea EVER. PHILOSOPHIGHTERS! FEATURING: Karl Marx (ULTRA: Revolutionary Uppercut) Adolf Hitler (ULTRA: Holocaust Suplex) Aristotle (ULTRA: Draining of the Five Humors) Mary Wollstonecraft (ULTRA: The Pen Mightier Than The Sword) Rene Descartes (ULTRA: You Think, Therefore You Die) Ayn Rand (ULTRA: The Fountainhead Punch) AND MORE! Fucking Karl Marx punching with his beard and Adolf Hitler waving a paint brush around.

[@Captain_Subpar]

Kabuki Jo: Distant cousin to Samoa Joe.

[@DSMTheEditor]

Thankfully for Kabuki Jo, they didn't add Kurt Angle to the mix, so his chances of winning didnt drastic go down

[@GameOverHere]

MACE THE DARK AGE IS THE HYPEST SHIT! Ed Boon should bring back Lord Deimos for MKX, he would fit right in.

[@tpmmpt]

Has Matt EVER been this hype before? He sounds like he's about to lose it every five minutes.

[@bobjones6690]

I fell asleep twice watching this I love scrublords

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Damn it's crazy how war gods is a prequel to pizza tower

[@solblackguy]

I just googled Kerri Hoskins and she's still gorgeous

[@Aradim90]

Come on guys Mace deserves its own segment.

[@DancingSword]

26:02 "...endured centuries of despair at the hands of the demon Asmodeus and his Covenant af Seven." COVENANT AS FUUUUUUUCK

[@slappybigalow8971]

Kotal kahn and Ahau Kin are actually super accurately based upon real life Aztec/Inca warriors, the garb, the cannibalism, sun worship, all of it. Their "sword" is a real weapon, too. It's more of a club embedded with razor sharp shards of obsidian.

[@C24U_]

Man, Canda sure has some crazy time zones that its already Saturday for them.

[@Clowndoe]

+Christopher Christ I'm just going to go ahead and ask. Are there really people who haven't figured out that SMS has nothing to do with the day it's posted (or even supposed to be)?

[@Clowndoe]

DJ Meow-Cakes Because I honestly don't know if it's a joke or not.

[@montengro234]

+Christopher Christ I know your joking but all of canada is still before 7 PM right now

[@Clowndoe]

Qwazzy Now, now. The internet makes fools of us all from time to time.

[@teresaforever21]

HAPPY PRE WEDDING WISHES MATT!!!

[@Vej86]

My favorite part of any Scrublords is always, "YOU FORGOT THE COOKIES!"

[@Chadius]

War Gods and Mace. A reminder that Mortal Kombat was Midway getting lucky.

[@bryangutierrez6679]

+Chad Serrant i'm amazed at how people didn't give up on MK after 4,5,deception and armageddon.

[@TheWhitestZangetsuYouKnow]

+Bryan Gutierrez You have to look at the alternatives at the time. It was the dark age of fighting games.

[@taylor0000027]

Bryan Gutierrez you wanna know why? Because all the people playing Mortal Kombat now are 12 years old and have never played any previous games to know how bad...

[@TheMerkWithTheMouth]

+The Whitest Zangetsu You Know You might say it was the Mace: The Dark Age of fighting games.

[@neonfatum]

+The Whitest Zangetsu You Know Dark age? Tekken 2 and 3 were out at that time, man. Personally I'm surprised MK is still alive since I never thought it (or any fighting games from the West) was any good to begin with. It seems impossible for the fatality gimmick to be able to carry the series for 20 years until it became an actual fighting game.

[@GBDupree]

Oh my god! POJO looks amazing! He looks like what chickens look like in games now! It makes the last fight look like a fight of generations! Where the blocky fantasy character of old fights the realistic high def chicken of now! Truly we are the Mace: the Pojo age!

[@KevinLearns2Rock]

We will all remember Srublords: The Golden Age. Full of videos nobody cared about, but paved the path for salty legends.

[@phoenixsplash135]

Lord Deimos looks like a fucking WoW character

[@Nightweaver1]

+phoenixsplash135 No, WoW ripped him off because this was made like 8 years before it.

[@TheMerkWithTheMouth]

+phoenixsplash135 He looks like a Khorne Berzerker from Warhammer 40,000.

[@GrugGangGrugGang]

+Nightweaver1 Well since all WoW stuff is from the Warcraft games, which first debuted in 1994, and Mace came out in 1997 imma have to say no. Now sit down child.

[@Nightweaver1]

Chuck Testa Eh, in the end everything is ripped off from something, so I stand by what I said.

[@GrugGangGrugGang]

Nightweaver1 So back down and cop out? Seems a reasonable course or action.

[@connorlehnert2994]

My best friend growing up had a dad who was a developer at midway, put so much time into the War Gods cabinet in his garage

[@Popebug]

Ah, kabuki and cyborgs. My favorite religions.

[@calska140]

War gods is the dumbest shit I've ever seen. I love it.

[@wyliejordan7779]

Am i the only one who thought of "KING RAAAAAAAAAAAAMSEEEEEEEEEEEES the man in Gauze the man in Gauze!"

[@DeusExAngelo]

Y'know, I was thinking to myself..." I wonder when they'll play War Gods." and lo and behold here it is. Also FOR THE LOVE OF THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON WHY ANUBIS IN HERE?! HE'S NOT EVEN A WAR GOD! WHY DIDN'T THEY USE SOBEK INSTEAD?

[@TheMerkWithTheMouth]

+The Gentlesaurian Velocidapper Why is a cyborg in here? Last I checked, there are no cyborg war gods. Why is there just "random voodoo witch doctor" and "Kabuki actor" and "Arnold Schwarzenegger from commando with a nuke symbol on his chest"? Those aren't war gods either. And I don't even think the Pagan religion HAS a war god. Or any kind of personification of war. We could go on all day, but I think it's easier to just accept the garbage happening on the screen.

[@DeusExAngelo]

Chris Merkel Studios I mean, you're totally right. I'm just bothered by the fact the most recognizable God here is not a war god in the slightest and that makes me specifically sour.

[@GrugGangGrugGang]

+Chris Merkel Studios Pagan isn't a religion in of itself, it would be any religion not currently popular. Paganism actually has most of the gods of war, Ares(as the Greek pantheon is no longer revered), Mercury(same with Roman),and Thor(pretty sure the Norse people don't pray to Asgard anymore).

[@yaketyyakumo3315]

The best thing about the War Gods was the button layout in the arcade version. It used the MK3 layout, but instead of the run button there was a huge-ass "3-D" button that lit up (and got hot because it had a lightbulb in it)

[@DSMTheEditor]

That was the main reason anyone played that game in the arcade, that big ass honkin 3D button

[@SaddenedSoul]

I remember this game! Very vaguely, at least. The guy in red armor is familiar.

[@Skuntac]

I own both Mace and War Gods. Me and a few friends play Mace all the time. Still a blast to this day.

[@JoseRS1186]

These are some real obscure Gods. We all know of Kabuki Jo and his sacrifice for all the unbaptised Japanese, but who the fuck is this... Ay nooob us? Weird gibberish.

[@70swords]

I was just rewatching the Shaolin Monks playthrough and TBFs talked about Mace: the Dark Age. I was like "Huh wonder when they will play that." Then boom! Right in my feed. 2spooky4me.

[@quicksandbuddy]

When I was in elementary school the bowling alley in our town had War Gods for a while and the violence always freaked me out

[@yoursonisold8743]

This is not what was promised! I am sorely disappointed in the lack of Queen's Blade. You can't avoid it forever Mediocre Medium Pals.

[@GELTONZ]

YES! THIS is the Scrublords I've been waiting for...but I did NOT expect you all to be GOOD at War Gods and suck at Mace considering how much you hyped it up! Yeah no, Mace: The Dark Age is pretty legit. A bit stiff, sure, but it still holds up okay once you get into it. While the STORY is Soul Edge, the GAMEPLAY is a non-shit Toshinden (and oh how I wish Toshinden wasn't shit...I love the universe/characters/music). Here, I can't find the old sick ass Japanese Mace combo video but go search Mace combos and you'll see. Game is awesome and Matt is completely right. And yes I too wanted Mace vs Soul Edge XD As for War Gods, I always liked how it looked and kinda wish 3D MK had stuck with photographic textures. Oh and should you EVER revisit Tournament of Legends? Remember: Press forward twice after your 3-hit combo to do a 4-hit EPIC COMBO...which doesn't always combo! XD Game is hilarious for how little the dev team knows about fighters as the combo counter IS A COMPLETE LIE. It ONLY counts your basic combo string and it ONLY COUNTS TO 4. If you DO manage to actually chain a special into your combo it will not count. Also it has that valkyrie who is the best character. Everyone else's endings are awful and ruins everything for everyone...except hers. She goes into space to fight aliens. Basically the valkyrie is a combination of Paul Phoenix and Becky from Rumble Roses. Also, NOBLE knight girl?! I thought you knew the lore Matt! Taria is an evil sorceress! ...in retrospect the characters of Tournament of Legends were a MIX of War Gods and Mace actually. Apollo and Bast were War Godsy but the game ALSO had a War Mech and a skeleton and the Valkyie was kinda Taria-esque.

[@LonelyIslandKid09]

I remember playing Mace The Dark Age back when when I was a little Babby thinking it was the coolest shit ever...Boy, I was stupid.

[@ThOfficialStick]

I liked the video immediately after reading the description. I didn't even have a Nintendo 64, that description was just so strong.

[@kevinthejuice]

ahh. I was hoping they'd use the secret MACE characters. Like the Dwarf controlled Mech, or the demon guy, or the skull guy, or Takeshi's brother

[@aceofhearts573]

Anyone that wants to know the arcade board that was used to make Mace The Dark Age had a MIPS 5000 cpu at 200mhz, 8MB of main ram and a Voodoo graphics with 6MB of ram.

[@vulpixvixen3003]

And after the wave of salt washes away with the end of Danganronpa, we are treated to this.Danganronpa is over. I love that fact and restating it.

[@fluidwolf]

Didnt anyone else look at the thumbnail and think Lord Zed for a second?

[@convoy81]

5:42 Don't forget Maya from the new Killer Instinct...she's also played by Keri Hoskins

[@thejesman]

Finally, some sweet War Gods action. I knew it was only a matter of time.

[@ColonelCorson]

So when are these guys going to be added to MKX?

[@MrMansontaco]

Mace was so mysterious when I was a kid sometimes the environment hurt sometimes the controls didn't work sometimes the game was good

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

Kinda off topic, but why do stories always make Anubis to be the villain the Egyptian pantheon? Especially when the chaos snake Apep fits the bill much better?

[@sofija1996]

Because he's the god of death and afterlife with a black jackal's head? And most people assume that a god of death in any kind of religion/belief is evil by default? And that jackals are assholes?

[@deciduous_reaper]

@@sofija1996 well some are wrong as Anubis is known for protecting the dead and actually helping Osiris and respected Isis if your talking about evil Jackal headed god that would be Set

[@thejackal007]

6:22 Just imagine how much fun it will be when you play Fight of Gods!

[@dispnin]

"There's never been an uncool Anubis" it's like you guys never even heard of Mummies Alive! where Anubis was a laughing mook and minor villain Set's henchman.

[@Malicious_Hero]

MACE! YOOOOOOO! I used to rent that game all the time!

[@thegreat1007]

44.33.. I just love that expression on pojo's face pojo's very worried about this match

[@truudev]

Friday Afternoon Scrublings

[@Samuraiedge2]

At this point, I'm questioning why they still invite Liam when he KEEPS FORGETTING THE COOKIES!

[@justinjanicki6561]

I think I played the arcade version of Mace when I was much younger, it looks very familiar.

[@megsandy7951]

Is it me or do these Saturday Morning Scrublords always come out on a Friday? In the middle of the day.

[@Maioly]

7:10 and then sun wukong shows up with his 'fuck you I win' ancient shonen hero powers and solo all the other patheons.

[@TevorTheThird]

My arcade had Mace back in the day. I really really loved that game! I think it's near the top for which 3D fighter I'd want the actual cabinet for.

[@laflecack]

when woolie said Dark Rift i knew that my dreams would be nightmares this night, one day the lords of scrubs will subject themselves to that game for us

[@MiaowGaiGar]

We'd have loved to hear that if you didn't have the game audio so low at the time, Matt, you silly man. Yes, I know it's somehow entirely the fault of _our_ audio setup, guy who cites popular opinion as fact except when it proves him wrong!

[@Stompinstein]

Yo When are ya'll gonna do Cosmic Carnage?

[@THEBULLETPROOFKINGDOM]

GOD DAMMIT! I thought they'll do Castlevania Judgement (THE WORST "ANIME HALLOWEEN" FIGHTING GAME) for this Halloween edition of Scrublords!!!!

[@lilpotayto]

Ultimax looks an awful lot different than I thought it would. And Chrono Phantasma even more so.

[@Koboldfunnywow]

At 8:20 what does Wooow mean by "voodoo actually bothers me"?

[@filipemiguel08]

I would totally see this guys play tattoo assassins-

[@ANNHIRODAIOH]

So is Warhead related to Zubaz? or is Zubaz wearing a costume so he can be in War Gods after being rejected from Street Fighter?

[@aceofhearts573]

22:20 that is the event horizon warp drive!!!! I have seen that thing all over the place, it shows up in silent hill 1 boss fight

[@AngrySunTheory]

Damn, that description really hits the nail on the head. The PSX got Tekken and Bushido Blade while N64 kids like me got... these. I'd put a fighter called "Dark Rift" in the same category as these two. Even Mortal Kombat 4 was a game I tried to convince myself was good due to butthurt.

[@Burnzie79]

So is Max going to do a Boss Rage for War Gods?

[@rzone317]

I wish. I would love to see him play this game..

[@CheesyPorkbun]

Finally..... Mace the Dark Age!! FINALLY!!!!

[@Roland_Duson]

I love both of these games so much. They are so fun.

[@MrGrakk108]

That kind of sword that Ahau Kin used is known as a macahuitl. They were made of wood and blades made of obsidian. The more you know.

[@YadonTheCat]

Why is there a Kabuki actor? There's plenty of cool gods in Shintoism they coulda used

[@deciduous_reaper]

Amataratsu, Susanoo, Izanagi, Izanami, Tsukuyomi or Hachiman would work Edit:oh and i also forgot Raijin and Fujin

[@JasynSuin]

Fun fact: Guan Yu, of Three Kingdoms/Dynasty Warriors fame, is actually worshiped as a god.

[@Charlie_Xmas]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW YES! I HAVE THOSE GAMES :D The skeleton was my fav in Mace and in wargods it was the mayan guy

[@starkiller4987]

YEAH WOOLIE REPRESENT THAT TAK!

[@DW461]

How about a FNF/SNS with Weaponlord? There have been videos on it already, but none with the group actually playing it.

[@Misconduct24]

I remember both of these! They were fun for a weekend.

[@birdybird1295]

Woah! I know my brother and I have been telling you guys to play this for years and you guys finally got around to Mace the dark age and mid video you guys bring up Hiryu No Ken (Flying Dragon)... sooooo is that gonna be on another scrublords?

[@IllegalCharacters]

"Pat has to take it" - Woolie, 2015

[@Shellhitsky]

Mortal Kombat X riped off War Gods. Street Fighter V ripped off Mace: The Dar Age And now we know

[@aj_gen_ace]

War Gods and MKX were by the same people (Sort of).

[@MrRuano825]

I am disappoint. They didn't play the expanded characters. They missed out on the Hell Knight and the FUCKING WAR MECH!