The Infamous Superman 64 | Octavius King

[@octaviusking]

Thank you for being wonderful, everyone. Louis x

[@pigpenpete]

no u

[@LordHorst]

Same to you. Have a great rest of the week!

[@matthewlane518]

Thank you for being even wonderfuler? Lol

[@Oscotron]

Thanks for making these vids, it always brings a good laugh in my dreadful day. 💚

[@jeffmaesar]

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

Lex's Maze isn't even a MAZE! The fiend. "Follow this line I have drawn in the snow by pissing" is the next logical step. Interesting that you uncovered the bobbins back story. The Titus logo makes me thing of Bubsy 3D which is reason enough to avoid them...

[@Meshamu]

Kinda crazy that DC restricted Titus so much that they made the game into total crap, but now they let Superman absolutely eviscerate people in those DC/Mortal Kombat things. Quite a change isn't it?

[@carn9507]

Well, at least in Injustice it's a different Superman. One who turned into a murderer. This game is based on the really good 90s cartoon show, mainly aimed at kids (but written in a way that could be enjoyed by adults as it didn't talk down to kids).

[@fionordequester6748]

Assuming that's all true, of course. The Caen brothers aren't exactly known for their skill as CEOs, as their string of financial problems, legal troubles, and other terrible games can tell you. I also find it odd that WB wouldn't just tell Titus to take a hike, if they truly had so little faith in them...

[@Spike-Prime]

I feel sorry for Titus on this game. They got SO screwed by idiot Warner Bros executives. Apparently Superman was not allowed to do literally anything unless Titus employees could produce a Superman comic demonstrating that, yes, he would do that. And the virtual world was a late addition because Warner Bros didn't want Superman to cause any "real" collateral damage when he fought? I guess they REALLY changed their minds on that when Man of Steel came out.

[@carn9507]

yeeeah but also... judging by Titus' other games, it's not like they had a track record of classics.

[@Spike-Prime]

@@carn9507 I don't disagree, but I can't help but empathise with the ridiculous, and frankly idiotic, dictates from dumbass executives who were acting out because they sold the game rights to a smaller game developer. If they'd let them make the game originally intended, we'd at least be able to critique it fairly if nothing else. The broken game at hand is squarely WB's fault.

[@coderedshockwave]

I did not know about the founder of Titus, so yes, blame the company, not the people. It is too bad Superman 64 is such a mess. Also, more people should be liking your videos! Thanks for posting and keeping us entertained!

[@Etrigan2112]

I'm glad to see you back. Mental health is a journey and always will be. Continue to do what's right for you, and if it turns out that means making more content; then I'm happy to partake in it. Just keep taking care of YOU!!

[@DocZFlux]

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Utter Bobbins!

[@neilmcgrory1720]

Amazing. Not only did this video drop mere hours after I checked the channel for new content, you also managed to deliver a highly entertaining take on a game I was sure had been done to death. Top work!

[@spineknife2386]

Always a good time when there's a new octavious king

[@TimberwolfK]

You know, I've not considered external PC case mods before, but seeing that N64, NOW I HAVE.

[@LeviathanRX]

I think that N64 is a legit Hey You Pikachu! edition too

[@midtci2710]

great seeimng doing you new uploads again! always a joy

[@chroniclesofguyver7888]

Poor Superman 64. It will never know peace. Personally, I think the idea of a villain forcing Superman into a virtual world is a good idea for a video game, just not for the reasons it was done here. Superman is a notoriously difficult character to write a story for since he's so powerful that it's hard to put him up against a challenging villain. However, put Superman in a virtual world where his powers may not work and you level the playing field. Anyway, it's unfortunate that the game was made the way it was and I also feel bad for the people who had to make this game under such restrictions. Many potentially great games have been killed this way. 😢

[@vidarlystadjohansen9829]

thank you for being wonderful and entertaining us

[@hjalfi]

IIRC it's actually canon that Superman picks things up using telekinesis rather than brute strength, which is why he can e.g. lift an oil tanker from one end without the metal crumpling in his hands. So that weird pose lifting the cardboard box wasn't shoddy animation, it was actually a very clever nod to the lore!

[@carn9507]

something like that, yeah. There have been various differing reasons as to why he's even capable of flight too, some similar to that

[@g.u.959]

I always find it FASCINATING when discussing this game since it’s such a rushed and buggy mess, that the prototypes and development builds held so much more promise, and yet… THIS is what we got. Much love, great video ❤

[@madq5014]

Vielen Dank, Octavius, ich habe aus deinem Video viel für mich mitgenommen.

[@CuriouserArchive]

Great video! One thing I think worth mentioning about this game that you didn't cover though: if you set the difficulty to "Easy" in the options, you don't have to fly through rings!

[@tomaturtle7790]

I never played Superman 64, but it looks painful. So many rings! Also, like the Count Duckula plushie in the background.

[@JW666]

I wouldn't bother to much with Kryptonite since in the Justice League animated series (which is part of both the animated series of Superman & Batman) Lex Luthor got cancer because he was exposed to Kryptonite for so very long.

[@stevieboyXI]

Laughed out loud when you called Superman a smug bastard. So glad to have you back Octy. ❤

[@danmorley6517]

Glad you are back doing regular videos. And I hope it means your mental health has been a bit better.

[@legacyoftheancientsC64c]

A new Octavius video, yes! I was having a horrible depressive day but this might just turn it around.

[@GenericMcName]

Actually, about the glasses... I remember forgetting my glasses at home one time while I was working in retail, and I swear, something like 6 people approached me that day asking if I was a new hire despite having worked in the store five days a week for over two years. It's a real thing, the second you take your glasses off, people just don't recognise you.

[@davidstone1293]

The same applies in reverse. I remember working staff at one of those comic cons and there was an actor that always wore dark glasses at his table signing autographs. I would see him take off the glasses whenever he wanted to go around the convention, and nobody would recognize him. People who stood in line for his autograph literally had no idea he was standing next to them in line to buy a hotdog.

[@geekforeverpixelgamingsurl5007]

Glad to have gotten this notification. That was fun. Nicely done with some good jokes and thanks for putting in some more light on the development. Keep this up, that’s good stuff.👍🏻

[@Froggievilleus]

Great video. I find it hard to believe that an NDA is still in play for Titus at this point. They do have timelines.

[@jettesides420]

SO happy to hear that intro, girl. we've missed your humour. Much love from our family, we love you!

[@gazzhally]

Octy playing these games so we don't have to (unless we do want to and suffer a psychotic episode!) Great video! 👍

[@ZeppoThePuppetMan]

Titus: Can Superman punch things? DC: Are you insane!? NO! Traveller's Tales: Can Superman literally steal candy from a baby? DC: I see no problem with that.

[@michaelturner2806]

If you want to, I can recommend Sasha from the youtube channel Casually Comics to explore some of the back issues of Superman from the golden and silver ages, along with Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. If you can get past the misogyny of the writing in the Lois issues (it can be so bad it's hilarious, like a train wreck) they're pretty fun to explore with her as a guide. She's got a whole playlist of a recurring plot point where she'll marry anyone else at the drop off a hat as a way to try to make Superman notice her.

[@carn9507]

Hey I watch Sasha too. She's cool. :)

[@matthewlane518]

I just noticed your duckula plush behind you! I have a penfold plushy!

[@krank23]

I've seen a lot of videos on this awful game, but somehow you still managed to keep me entertained enough to watch the whole thing. Well done!

[@PunkRockMohawk]

I would fly through all the rings for you, Octavius!

[@daylightdies7194]

we are just as thankful for you still being hear and creating content ❤🤗

[@TheFirstHunt]

Great video! Makes me want to go pick up a copy of Superman 64!

[@zh84]

"Oh, just DIE! COME ON!" Superman has outstayed his welcome.

[@Slytalion]

Knowing what I have now learned about Titus thanks to you if feel really bad for them, thank you for another entertaining and informative video!

[@MagicMartin666]

Octavius - suffering horribly so we don't have to.

[@ChaosShadowZero89]

So glad to see youre back! I love the pikachu N64 btw, always wanted one. We all love you and your videos!

[@aceoyame2619]

It’s a good morning when I get a notification for one of your videos. Thanks for sticking around and make great content!

[@jamesbruce487]

Always great to see a new video, Octavius!! Take care!

[@SsnakeBite]

16:54 - Man, I feel so bad for the artists who worked on that comic. Imagine having a passion for writing or drawing or both, honing your skills your whole life, dreaming of turning your passion into your job, struggling to make ends meet working on smaller projects while getting yelled at about meeting deadlines by your editors, but it's all worth it because one day, DC hires you to work on a Superman project... Finally! Recognition! Money! Fame! You get to work for one of the big two American comic book publishers AND it's on their flagship franchise! One that you grew up with and probably inspired you to become an artist in the first place... and it ends up being tied to THIS dreg.

[@WannabeMarysue]

I think the TV show and tie-in comic series (not the comic bundled with the game) were generally well recieved. There's speedrunners of this game for some reason. They ran it at a GDQ, and the high level Superman 64 Tech is an alright time. There's a way to play the ring sections on easy mode (which has no rings on that mode), while still reaching the endgame (which isn't usually avalible on easy mode). The end of the game's story involves Superman escaping the virtual world due to a bug. A game this buggy also includes a faux computer bug as a narrative device. I don't think the game could have ended in a funnier way.

[@_The_Jim]

a classic case of corporate mismanagement and lincensor meddling ruining a game. at some point they basically said "sod it, we'll ship what we've got" to be fair a superman game is a difficult idea, you are invincible and can fly. that's like most games with a cheat code on. Maybe with modern hardware a game could work where you, as superman have to pull of the rescure such as catchng a falling passenger plane and landing it safely in the city without any casualties, or accidentally bodying into a skyscraper. these videos are great. you are so entertaining.

[@twistedsaltypretzel7727]

Yay! Thx for another great video - when having a rough time, an Octavius video is guaranteed to brighten the day :) Thanks!

[@MrBrabbzy]

Always love your videos on these old relics. Thanks for all the work you put in dude!

[@jameslamb2482]

Always a pleasure to see a new vid from you octavius.

[@Mauvecube]

I bloody love you Octy! :D

[@ProfessorHurt]

I got up to the Metallo stage and called it quits after that. I was spitting a gut at the Darkseid parking lot one though. THE LORD OF APOKLIPS is the monitor of the virtual Lex Corp parking lot of Metropolis. Oh, and you have to carry his defeated body around the entire level.

[@Chyronn]

That closing tag at the end, I laughed aloud. Brilliant

[@richardbroughton8473]

Another amazing video! Can’t wait for the next one!

[@another_kinda_nomad]

Always wanted one of those Pokemon N64's when I was a kid.

[@RettMikhal]

They have severe quality control issues, as mentioned by Octy. My nephew's also died.

[@MSHarvey_Lyricsmith]

I remember playing Superman on the Atari VCS (2600) and it was far more playable than the N64 version. You did have to snog Lois Lane if you were hit by Kryptonite satellites that Lexx (Autocopter) Luthor had released into the sky. A kiss got your superpowers back. Actually, that sounds a bit Freudian now I think about it. You should definitely check that game out. There was also a Superman game on the ZX Spectrum as I recall. I think Tynesoft released it. Maybe worth a look. Although I never played it. Great video Octavius. You are always very entertaining and fun to watch. Thank goodness Titus didn't do a Lord of the Rings video game.

[@abadenoughdude300]

I remember a Superman game for the Atari 8bit that I could never pass the first stage where you had to fly around aligning mirrors to laser the single enemy (Zod? Nuclear Man?) who would be trying to laser you back. It had a very nice loading screen, so there's that at least, but the game itself was pretty terrible.

[@MegaManX7]

I just come in to like all your videos even if I don't have time to watch. Always helping out

[@shia_labeouf]

As a fellow baldy I object in the strongest terms to the pejorative use of the term (as in "bald bastard"). I haven't trapped the friends of an alien superhero in a buggy virtual version of their home city for, like, months

[@chaospoet]

"I can't make video games." So we're just supposed to pretend you didn't make the best Plumber Don't Wear Ties clone ever made?

[@branchonequal]

Lovely video as always! ❤ Now that you've reviewed the game, I'd give the cartridge to Pretzels. Just to be safe.

[@heart_of_a_daedra3649]

I’ve been looking forward to this

[@emobassist]

Octavius is just so gorgeous 🥰

[@MrFairwayjim]

Thank You Good to see your content and you again ,Hope you are well all the best to you x

[@TheIndieOcean]

I'm generally the kind of person who chuckles quietly rather than having a big laugh, but I guffawed at a crawling Superman fast-wriggling his way to the rescue

[@prydeofclyde1891]

Loved it. You’re back in form

[@thelonejedi538]

I nearly snotted my phone during the big laugh with my mouth closed at "like a very smug bastard"

[@That_Revenant_Guy]

I can only presume the Ginger kid in the portal is Jimmy, and the guy in the Trenchcoat is either a flasher, or David Corporon - Metropolis' version of Jim Gordon...or both.

[@Domarius64]

"The ground textures look like a compressed email attachment" Well now we know how Lex Luthors programmers transferred the virtual world assets! I love your take on it. Of all the channels that already covered this, you are the only one that bothers to look into WHY it was so bad, rather than just lambast the game itself.

[@StuBiddyBop]

“Here I am reviewing it, because I hate myself” 😂 1:55 , I think playing shit games will achieve the same status as loving shit movies.

[@cunawarit]

OK, great video! This review/rant told me more about this game than all the other rants I've watched about it. Yes, I'm lucky enough to have never played it.

[@blueskull6247]

Yay! You are back. Missed you muchly

[@fusionspace175]

I got to play the game for free because I worked at a video rental place, we could take games home under the guise of testing them out, we just had to bring them back the next day. So I didn't lose any money at all finding out how bad this game was. As a fan of the comics, I probably would have just bought it if I hadn't. I was also then able to steer kids away by telling them to avoid it, and sometimes they even listened. Apparently the management at DC didn't want the deal to go through for the game because the previous managers had ordered it, not them, but couldn't just cancel it or they'd owe money or some such. So that's why they intentionally hampered the production.

[@The_Badseed]

Hi Sarah, always makes me super happy to see a new vid👍😃

[@eternalfailure4081]

I have read an interview with one of the developers somewhere. It has never been mentioned in any of the other many videos covering this game, so I've always wondered if I imagined it. Anyway, the dev was shown the finished game, and was bemused by the rings, stating that they were not part of the design, and were something like an optional training mission to get used to the controls.

[@eternalfailure4081]

The other thing is, just how many times developers wanted to make GTA3. A huge open world, multiple missions, cars, people! And were met with crippling system limitations. This game was 1999, GTA3 was only 2001. ...but I suppose that is why GTA is such a jugganaut. Even now, you see executives pitching ideas of a game like GTA5, but with some other setting, and you can imagine them turning to the devs and saying "yeah, so just make a game like GTA5, but with X" as if you can *just* make a game like the biggest gaming franchise on a whim

[@fionordequester6748]

Where is this interview, out of curiosity?

[@zedudli]

I love your writing. You’re super funny 🙌🏻

[@MrJasonMcintyre]

"loopy bastards" 😂

[@michaelpout9701]

Just remembered your video sorry octavius iv had problems over here where i live glad to be watching your latest video now hope you're ok

[@bushybeardedbear]

I'm pretty sure Lex in this was working with, for or enslaved by Brainiac. An evil space robot who collects data by destroying planets. The three characters are probably Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane and I think the last was Dr Emil Hamilton...?

[@bushybeardedbear]

Also, why is Superman saving virtual civilians from virtual... Oh, you were already saying this as I typed it...

[@bentarbuck6161]

I love how for the pokemon 64 console they just said sod it and made it awkwardly wide to one side to accommodate pikachu rather than working with what they had

[@demiraichan]

Yay for new video...and also the eel scared my 2 1/2 yr old, it's the first time she's gotten scared from tv, since that thing made me not play that lvl for years I kinda find it adorable tho. Also god the horrible lvls of this game. Seems a shame the better (if we can call them that) levels are stuck behind fly through rings crap.

[@rifterzc]

Forced through a work safety course🤣

[@chrisreynolds1980]

Good vid Thank you for still putting out content I wish i was brave enough to do vids you may not have millions of subscribers but im one and will always be one :)

[@RidingTheGlonkyCopter]

I am now incorporating the word 'clusterbobbin' into my vocabulary.

[@dwaynezilla]

20:54 urm, ah... Superman, _we don't do that hand thing anymore_

[@dwaynezilla]

I'm sorry, did you say "Hi all"? _I really hope so..._

[@businessof4]

Love you Octy!! Best video game reviews on youtube, hands down!!!

[@dinitroacetylen]

Somehow all these giant rings evoke a desire to build a like-sized coilgun and unleash it on those meddling corporate losers who ruin earnest effort at game development.

[@blackenedheart9592]

Great video sweetheart 😁🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 i love it when you upload a new video! I always look forward to new content you create. I love it! You're awesome!

[@AcornElectron]

Over 1000 likes in under 24 hours. I’d say the lass is back x

[@PurpKing4377]

Great vid i was laughing all the way through

[@stephenwilson4628]

You are a funny little creature that amuses me no end and I also sympathise with you struggles so putting yourself out there must be brutal and taxing I suspect…keep it up babe your ace Much love ❤️ Patsy darling Xxx

[@TransbianKitty]

Thank you so much for another amazing video!

[@hackerx7329]

This game was the bane of EVERYBODY with an N64 renting games back in the day. Every time you would go to the store the box would be there on the shelf taunting you. You would have heard the rumors. But eventually you would be too curious and you would give in and rent it and then your weekend was just ruined. If you had more pocket money and a way to go back to the store to try and rent something actually playable. Everything else had already been rented.

[@NewGabeOrder]

You brought up this game since My Adventures With Superman got announced, right? I know Superman 64 isn't so good, but I am down to watch MAWSM when it hits Toonami in my country this year. Also, you can disable ring mazes by playing on Easy level, but you'll get the bad ending like on Normal level. Strangely, you can't play all of the stages and get the good ending unless you bump up the difficulty level to Superman level. This isn't good game design, and I wished "Easy mode mockery" wasn't a thing here. In Easy mode, outdoor missions start the moment the player approaches a 3D Superman logo, as the compass just points to it due to the rings being absent.

[@clashcitywannabe]

Superman 64 had basically a debug mode where you could have access to all of Superman's powers much more easily. When I played it with that on as a kid I found it much more enjoyable

[@laladoopsy]

AH THIS GAME IS SO BOBBINS! Though the fautlt lies with DC and their meandering objections to certain things Titus (lol tit) wanted to do.

[@bitwize]

Okay, Count Duckula plush on the shelf just raised Octavius's cuteness factor even higher. Superman is hard to make a good game about. First of all because he's way OP, and video game protagonists usually start off weak and then gain power. Secondly, and this affects Superman 64 in particular, Warner Bros. is going to have a lot yo say about how the character is depicted and what his attributes are. So you can't exactly nerf him, or make him conform to actually fun gameplay mechanics, without hearing from Time Warner Discovery's lawyers.

[@jamesburchill7522]

So... what's really weird, and lazy is that the "sliding" walk animation is because he has the same physics as "Flying Superman."

[@mattparker9726]

YAY MORE BOBINS! Those are my favorite videos. You eyes bleed so mine don't have to! 😍😍

[@ExplosiveAction]

Sonic would have smashed through those rings in a quarter of the time ol' Supes takes. What a pile of desks.

[@Brian_Rogers]

Crab people, crab people, look like crab, talk like people.

[@MillicentOak]

The air being full of cooking oil would definitely explain that horrible smog.

[@sinofsanity6593]

I'm sure I heard about the game having limited use/timed powerups too that were meant to be sup's average powers, like x ray and laser vision, the stuff he's supposed to be doing all the time but I guess being on the nose about flying through hoops and saving virtual people while it's okay to throw a hatchback at anyone who decided to wear black that day is already too traumatising to check that out

[@torquetheprisoner]

i have notice in loads of games after this they do the flying and gliding though rings alot better than super man 64

[@davedogge2280]

Oh is it that one with the 'rings' ? if you pardon my French.