The Grime Review

[@ProbablyJacob]

Absorb GRIME into your mass on GoG now to support the channel. af.gog.com/redeem/ProbablyGRIME?as=1678711979

[@Kadmos_of_Tyr]

Love me a good game about the crippling existential dread that comes with being alive.

[@leaflizard8485]

Don’t forget teeth

[@ThatsRaf]

Especially if it deals with the subject of involuntary embodiment (I didn't ask to have a body, and if I must have one I'd prefer it didn't decay) I propose we call the sub-genre meat-likes.

[@corwin32]

“….and some weapons groan with pain they can’t understand”. No, that one was new to me.

[@JXZX1]

This game has an exquisite, original setting and a truly thought-provoking plot. Not to spoil, but the choice between the two endings is really something to struggle over. Each side has a legitimate reason to get what they desire... I don't think even the Souls games gave me this much of a moral dilemma.

[@Ronin11111111]

Your videos have this "makes you think(TM)" energy in the best way possible. By which I mean it actually makes me ponder the subjects you and the subject of the video talk about.

[@gravis2527]

Yeah Jacob is amazing.

[@mdd4296]

really make you think, huh

[@DarknessFamiliar]

For those wondering about the game since the final DLC released not too long ago here’s what isn’t covered by the video: -ability to run has been added and is an optional boss drop -the game isn’t afraid to hide content from you. -ability to fast travel between checkpoints is a boss drop now. -4 entire new areas -resonance is a stat that powers up conditional traits you can level - new game plus completely changes the dynamic of every fight with new moves and mechanics - NG+1 introduces a secret superboss if you’ve fulfilled some conditions. - Estus Flasks are hidden collectibles that come in parts and are well hidden. - Newest/final DLC drop added a fun little platforming challenge

[@EnbyNomad]

If Probably Jacob is so good, then why isn't there a Definitely Jacob?? Huh? Checkmate gamers.

[@TheXell]

Pffft, he's got nothing on *Retroactively* Jacob, he will have been the greatest producer on KZbin!

[@ThatsRaf]

The "I'm so sorry that you have to have a body" song comes to mind. Wouldn't it be great if a consciousness could exist without a decaying body that will inevitably fail you one day? On another, a new meat-like game just dropped: "Golden Light". I'd love to see your take on it.

[@ShadinCore]

b-but how can i tоuсh bооbа without a body?!?!

[@andreipintea9333]

Golden Light, hey that sounds interestiOHMYGODWHATTHEFUKISTHAT!!........Meat-Like is all of a sudden, a very accurate description of...that thing.

[@Phelsarus_Beel]

Ahh Grime, when the game came out I intensively played through it, not just once but 3 times over each time with different builds (One basic one, one using dexterity based weapons and one being solely based on parries and reflects). I personally really enjoyed the overall world it set out to create, a bizzare and fascinating place that somehow really captivated me. Also never found the platforming too bothersome, after a bit of practice it just clicked and even with its heavier and more methodical type of platforming I swooped around pretty quickly through the areas. And then there's just the dedication of the dev team to strive for improving it. Like adding almost double the amount of Nervepasses throughout the world what lead to a pretty smooth fast travel system. Armors giving stat boosts was also a thing added later on with an update and so was a respec option for your stats, and obviously just technical improvements. I remember finding a good amount of bugs and inconsistencies that have since been fixed. And now they're working on an actual content update that will add more bosses and new areas to the world what I'm incredibly curios about and see how they'll play into the overarching plot. So yeah, Grime certainly grew on me and I'm always happy to see it getting some recognition.

[@xavierjordan7678]

Love your content, dude. I rewatch the cyberpunk vid every once in awhile for the excellent breakdown of the messages behind cyberpunk fiction. And i go back to your first Agony video to listen to the 'sharpen some sticks' portion all the time.

[@nnnneeeeuuuu]

Man, KZbin wasn’t recommending me your videos for some reason. Great video as always, I love your deep takes like the agnostic rant and how it relates to how the devs expressed their feelings through their art in vidya form

[@ZGamingGuy]

Just started the video, but had to throw this out there...did you see that there is going to be a VR version of agony? Truly am so happy for you. Know how much you love that one 👍

[@jacksonvega7751]

‘The man with a black hole for a head’ is a good song title if I’ve ever heard one. Yoink

[@TheSalforisShow]

A very interesting read for ya Jacob on the topic of the theme of the story. The origins and history of consciousness. Gives you a perspective on all this that makes a lot of sense.

[@rogerreger9631]

Came for the game review, stayed for the cosmic dread.

[@Ghost_PM11]

Damn, I just wanted to know if I should buy this game... Guess I'll just go figure out who I am with the time I got left... 😢

[@adamjagodnik1724]

FYI there's DLC coming out, sprint included

[@zepol1000]

I played this game during the indie festival some time back, I was really enjoying it there, the demo had just the first area up till the first boss. I bought it on release since it had already proven its worth, but when I started playing and got further in I ended up dropping the game. I thought it became too frustrating, along some of the points you give in the video. It is a good observation that more movement options and the like would've made the game more sufferable early on, it is one of my fondest memories of Hollow Knight, getting the Mantis claw and double jump relatively early. Great video.

[@rakatika]

It's arrogant to believe that we have discovered everything on this planet. The forests are not mapped out. Forests are vast and there's no way that we've explored all of it.

[@Yesnomu]

Thanks for this review! It actually got a shout out from the devs on Steam, which was cool. I just finished the game and was curious what other people thought about the story and themes. The stone people creating art to cope with their existential dread made a strong impact on me, as did poor Shidra who I really tried not to kill. (I couldn't accept the Weakness end though, I had to see what the boss fight was like...) It's funny that in most games, Shidra would be the good guy, even protecting a flawed and self-destructing world. It reminded me of Dark Souls 3's Ashes of Ariandel DLC, actually. Whether it's better to let something stagnate and rot away, or burn it all down and hope that what's left is something better. I like how Grime lets you hear from people on both sides, even if the protagonist is inherently set to consume it all.

[@ProbablyJacob]

did they shout it out on the forums? i didnt know about this, thats awesome

[@cornhusk73]

Love your videos man they always inspire me no matter how serious or how funny the topic is😌

[@redscience2117]

Did I miss something? When did 15 hours become short?

[@clyax113]

This review of yours was interesting. I heard how bored you were in the beginning describing the gameplay, but then I heard the excitement and spirit in your voice once you started talking about the story of this game. It's interesting to hear your actual emotions go into the positives and negatives of each part of the game. It's almost like the unreliable narrator aspect of KZbin videos where people showing of games with their own emotional perspective that KZbin excels at. I kind of like it. I wonder if continuing that or maybe increasing that shown in your videos would be better.

[@Gabriel-it5jy]

Good review brother!

[@masterzoroark6664]

I kinda hope someone does an in depth look at the world. I like the setting and idea, gameplay is flawed at places, but I already got interested when I saw the demo

[@FastWinWalkthroughs]

Nice video, after reading about many different religions and many different cultural histories, I believe there is nothing to believe in, when we die, we are as much as we were before we were born.

[@thethrongler3070]

Comment to dispel the encroaching entropic tendrils of the demiurage

[@screeningplankton2827]

Ah yes a game from my country... Israel

[@nedwardnobqop6568]

got this game about a month ago, was very excited to play it and then discovered that my shitty little laptop couldn't handle the strain game runs like an antelope with broken legs but I could tell that if I were actually able to play it I would enjoy it swag review!

[@howdyimhowdy]

grime is a good game but honestly the world building and lore was so much better than the moment to moment gameplay that i would honestly prefered a book about the world of grime than the game itself still good tho

[@Swords28]

Def gonna check out this game! Also, any chance of a Last Epoch review?

[@skiesquiggles7319]

Gods dude you always make such solid videos

[@nunoq.ramalho8809]

if you haven't already, you should check out the writings of Spinoza. given what you talk about the nature of god etc, you'd enjoy him.

[@ravingdeath5182]

I’m so glad my favorite world famous KZbin channel Probably Jacob has uploaded a new video.

[@AintPopular]

Use to love these type of 2d but its hard for me to get back into it now. I played and hour of grime after long hiatus and it doesnt rub me the same way

[@CarrotConsumer]

I just hope to meet the great Prophet Zarquon before the universe ends.

[@fhjunior6183]

Thanks for the vid

[@Cadllmn123]

Games like Salt and Sanctuary usually don’t appeal to me - DS games usually don’t appeal to me. But this game is intriguing to me. I’ll probably check this one out. Cheers. Edit: on GoG, obviously, so your bank account can grow it’s mass as well. Edit Edit: The Gnostic thing was kinda wild. That’s really interesting.

[@dralakba-dusk31]

Grime, the sequel to the lord of frenzy ;D

[@t.d.3803]

The passive traits were a missed opportunity: stat boosts instead of a change in the gameplay style. I would have rather seen 5 or 10 creative traits than the 25 they gave.

[@rickimaru915]

I’ll tell you what humans are going to do, we’re going to rage, rage against the dying of the light

[@LostWaymaker]

This possesses my thoughts for the most part. The fights, bosses, the lore, platforming, the levelup all awesome. But Grime's jankiness damages its value to me. Ambient noises having a sudden popping in as you cross an invisible line defining biomes. Weapons in your hand visually disappearing when you talk to NPCs. Awkward teleports when entering animations. It breaks the atmosphere that everything else tries to create. EDIT: I play on PC

[@gumbo821]

I don't know how to deal with the finite lifespan of the universe man, i'm just playing videogames.

[@TankorSmash]

Cool review thanks

[@BasedDad]

Started playing this game a couple weeks ago. Best metroidvania game imo since Hollow Knight.

[@phantomspaceman]

It seems to most closely mirror Order of Ecclesia, but without some of the better lessons on movement that Castlevania games have worked out since the 90's. I don't know if wedging Dark Souls combat into OoE would have made the magic/stamina system with glyph gathering any better.

[@elveone]

Cannot wait for Source of Madness to get released so I can see what you think of that mental shit.

[@thenightwatchman1598]

14:21 and you can guess this is probably what most people chose sadly enough and it pains me as a fellow gnostic that whats so obvious to us is so hard to grasp for others. the curse of knowledge is a bitch.

[@a33a331n]

“You likely won’t see my uploads” *opens KZbin. First video is ProbablyJacob*😂

[@bingus_factory]

The plot kind of reminds me of Awful Hospital

[@francesco55555]

Excellent game review and metaphysical reflexion in background. Indeed we are creating metaphores of our essential existential questions more and more fascinating, to compensate the lack of clear answers. The quest worth it equally I suppose in the hollows Cavern we belong to. Souls Games genra is mostly bringing this metaphores to artistic intellectual excellence. Gamer or not.

[@kaelmic7476]

I think youre underselling how much people would love to hear your thoughts on elden ring

[@QMMarc]

When did 15 hours became ''short''? I mean its pretty long honestly, a lot of content, not a lot of fluff, especially for an indie thing, got as much content as Symphony. This isn't a shot at you at all, its just, weird how sometimes i'll see people complaining a thing is short and like, to me, 10 hours is plenty long already. This game doesn't fully pass my ''ADHD'' test tho', which is ''do i remember what in the name of heck i was doing when i stop playing it for a month and does the game account for that?'', which, this kinda tries, it has an objective mark like Metroid Fusion, which, it works i guess, but also, i probably forgot all the NPC quests and little other things going that's just gonna tick off my OCD. Not as bad as Blasphemous tho', that one fails it miserably and i have yet to finish it cause i have to keep restarting it due to not knowing what the fuck was going on. Map is good, god i hate when Metroidvanias try getting cute with the map systems, just make it simple, give me the markers instantly, symbols for doors and items when i find them so i dont have to meander about looking for that item i couldnt get 10 hours ago but now i probably could if i could find the goddamn thing. Hollow Knight has one of the worst maps imo and completely ruined for me personally, just, good, simple, informative maps, those are the best.

[@kylegenius575]

If I skipped the entire spoiler talk Grime would still be a pass for me. This game has been out for so long and I had no idea it had such an interesting world. I mean, black hole for a head, got it- should have sold me there.

[@user-ne4pm8cg3t]

Has anyone checked out Infernax yet? I was thinking about getting it as it

[@Influfferious]

It very much reminds of me Ori and Will of Wisps (And its predacssor) Have you played those?

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Me? I am here to pet cats and eat food. I'll be dead long before the universe is snuffed out. What,s it all for? Eh. Who knows.

[@jordanfox6354]

Ive never been one for souls games but this one was quite nice. The existentialism, music, gameplay. The fact you are technically death giving peace to a sick world. Spoiler: and the little twist that the rockborn and craven are actually parasites, hence the body dysphoria.

[@eldraque4556]

briliant! Penrose is my hero, the emperor's new mind is amazing😶‍🌫

[@walrusman86808]

Why is it always fingers?

[@lucydrop9674]

I fell like this game would’ve been better as a just a linear action platformer rather than a metrovania

[@brandonwoodhouse358]

So happy you reviewed this game. Weird af but solid

[@KekkanSeihin]

#just_a_comment_of_appreciation

[@ForrestJ88]

The demi-urge is not Shiva

[@ProbablyJacob]

Correct

[@TheXell]

lift heavy rock, make sad head voice go quiet

[@SepSyn]

FTA!!!

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

Helpful comment.

[@gsuaveyt]

My favorite constant of this channel is horrible, contrived genre names

[@CENmassTER86]

This is a great video..for a very interesting game

[@fortello7219]

Woah I beat you to it for once

[@FriskyFoxx]

I shid

[@Lakefront_Khan]

Zug Zug!

[@mcsalty8869]

Nice

[@joecarr4273]

While I respect your interpretation of the game, I don’t think the fact that the universe will likely go through heat death is evidence that material reality is a scam. Material Reality has never promised anybody anything, it just exists, as we exist, being the senses that are stimulated, and experiencing consciousness. No broken promises, nothing its trying it sell. It just exists to the degree by which you trust your senses.

[@thenightwatchman1598]

keep going up or down the Russian nesting doll of reality, you eventually start to question if anything is even physical or substantive at all. that maybe well live in a big shared dream of some demiurge going through a fever. but hey, i guess its easier to parrot dogma from authorities and i dont blame him for his contempt for his audience if this is how they treat him.

[@treetheoak8313]

This isn't elden ring! I need you to validate my opinion on that game! 😬😬

[@ElectronCannon]

Grime is worth playing for the soundtrack and art style alone, the gameplay is also pretty fun, highly recommend for anyone that enjoys the genre.

[@ketamu5946]

It's called 2.5D but i know you content creators have stretch things a bit ;)

[@ProbablyJacob]

holy shit i didnt know this I literally did not know this I have been playing video games for 25 years and i never heard this omg im crying right now thank you thank you so much

[@therewillbepain]

The movement system definitely turned me off the game. So much precise platforming and precise timing that made me feel like the game was punishing me for exploring. Also your description of your religious belief sounds closer to gnosticism than agnosticism? I don't really care to tell you what you believe, I just thought your description of a material plane/humanity as the physical manifestation/divine sparks/fragments of a greater being fit closer to gnosticism?

[@gentlebaguette218]

I think he says "I'm a gnostic" not "I'm agnostic"

[@meatcube2228]

26th,also good video mr Jacob thank you

[@StLouistheGreat]

How about Jesus Christ?

[@ProbablyJacob]

Yeah, how about him, huh?

[@mortysmith2192]

Man needs to stop making video reviews and start making video essays cause these reviews are too go to just be reviews anymore

[@BloodMonkeysUnited]

vVaAauguh

[@Tinil0]

13:55 I don't really think that's as deep a question as it seems. The Universe won't last forever, but we are going to be LONG extinct before that time. I think you are vastly underestimating how long it will take. If we somehow don't go extinct, which seems fundamentally impossible over the time spans we are talking about, we would've long long long long long (Repeat hundreds of times for effect) evolved past being human in any sense. We don't even know if our successor species will have a brain that functions in a way similar enough to even guess what it might think. There is not even any guarantee that our successors will be intelligent, evolution doesn't "prefer" intelligence.

[@thenightwatchman1598]

lot of repressed assumptions you need to address in yourself before you start picking fights with others who actually have the courage to put themselves out there. insecure brat.

[@thenightwatchman1598]

atheism died in the 2010s because you became the very recycled mess of memes you claimed to be fighting against and multiple studies have basically proven materialism to be obsolete, albeit not without the desperate special pleading of those trying to downplay it.

[@Tinil0]

@@thenightwatchman1598 What on earth are you talking about? I am not an athiest...

[@thenightwatchman1598]

@@Tinil0 what are you now. this comment of yours was made 2 years ago.

[@Tinil0]

@@thenightwatchman1598 I've never been an athiest? Born and raised Christian. I dont understand what you are getting at whatsoever.

[@MortimerSCrane]

I did not like this review, I view it as one of your more lackluster reviews. The opening joke felt flat and bad, unfortunately grime is neither new nor hot. Your talk about combat glosses over the pull move, which contrary to what you state you get quite early and is used in most boss fights to create major openings. Why is fall damage ( in a game about things falling and decaying) "insane", what's the alternate? Slap insta-death pits every five steps? 15 hours is short? I've played over 40 different indie metroidvanias , 15-20 hrs is the average and anything under 10 being considered short. With the story discussion you only talk about early game stuff and the final reveal. You used the bare bones of the story to jump into a philosophical talk while giving up on the rest of the story.

[@virgilealighieri1830]

First :D