The Pants-Shittingly Shocking Scaler - RadicalSoda

[@karenbonds264]

Sonic: *Was tortured and transformed into an animalistic abomination via electricity* Scaler: “First Time?”

[@KennytheHedgehog619]

Jak's there too

[@crimsondynamo615]

@@KennytheHedgehog619 *IM GONNA KILL PRAXIS!*

[@ТимофейБобровский-ь8з]

I think mutant animal transformation by ooze!

[@kimarykorlumiose7728]

I'm not just gonna use that placeholder, Imma eat it

[@pyroboy5851]

AHHHHH

[@sonicyeetthehedgehogiscoolest]

How's it taste

[@kimarykorlumiose7728]

@@sonicyeetthehedgehogiscoolest cronchy

[@domenicduddon3277]

Eat it buddy you should drink it

[@Theachivmentsearcher]

I ate a placeholder I will eat another

[@GamerSisters]

That ending actually made me burst into laughter and I only feel a little bad lmfao

[@Cirrusfire]

If you 100% the game the ending is different

[@scarletbard6511]

I literally thought it was a joke Rad was making.

[@positivea9111]

@@Cirrusfire So if your a completists then you’ll get a better ending.

[@PixelHeroViish]

@@positivea9111 Yep, collect all those Magma-looking orbs and you get to see the "Hollywood styled" ending, as the handbook calls it, but only once(?) for some reason

[@positivea9111]

@@PixelHeroViish Oh I thought the other ending I thought was it shows all the photo with his father at the end credits and show why he left him.

[@UltraBeastMode01]

They saw the lack of lizards in the gaming industry, so they made a human transform into a scaly. How innovating.

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

We never needed any of this, it's disgusting We already had GEX, dammit, he is the one and only lizard we need!

[@TypicalMoth]

gex was a lizard

[@UltraBeastMode01]

@@TypicalMoth how many lizard mascot platformers were there other than gex and Radical Rex

[@TypicalMoth]

@@UltraBeastMode01 croc and yoshi

[@pochiluis0570]

Spyro the dragon… I mean dragons are just giant flying lizards so I guess it does count

[@TheRainbowthunder]

This is beyond surreal. I was convinced I was the only person who owned this game and it was a fever dream. So it’s nice that all people named rob all has the same horrible child hood trauma named scaler

[@onup1475]

I actually enjoyed playing it as I played it on the Xbox. They put a lot of effort tho I'm a bit sad there's wasn't a sequel.

[@FlamesofRebirth3836]

@@onup1475 they should have with that depressing ending 😢 the levels are really pretty though

[@SaiyanGamer95]

I have the game on PS2, but wasn't able to finish it, due to missing one egg.

[@TheBlackAntagonist]

One of my favorite games on the Ps2. Glad to see somebody reviewing it now. Even if it is considered a bad game.

[@juanertizer]

lmao the dad really didnt wanna be a dad. refused to jump through the portal

[@_Tzer]

there is a good ending if you get all the collectables.

[@hammerbro2833]

Wow after years of teasing and anticipation we get the DEFINITIVE radicalsoda Scaler review!

[@Naito346]

I had been waiting for so long I gave up hope

[@tentoutentoumushi]

Ahhh yes, my beloved Bob 6.

[@landontrahan5770]

How is your comment from 3 days ago? He just posted this.

[@tentoutentoumushi]

@@landontrahan5770 it gets posted early on Patreon

[@landontrahan5770]

@@tentoutentoumushi Oh Okay. Thanks for clearing that up, mate.

[@tentoutentoumushi]

@@landontrahan5770 no worries 👍

[@landontrahan5770]

@@tentoutentoumushi By the way, I always want to play this game. It looks fun. I plan to play it on my upcoming sonic tuber channel.

[@georgehowells]

When I was a child I was very big sad but then Scaler happened and literally every single inconvenience faded away from my life and were replaced with the glory that is Scaler. I owe my entire life and being to this lizard god. YYyyyyyyayayayayayaya-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[@Lazerlight1212]

I remember that cliffhanger ending being the biggest mystery of my childhood

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

It does have another ending tbh, though it is called the cheesy ending and I think is the 100% completion ending.

[@Lazerlight1212]

@@robxholicfoxyfan8552 I had no idea that that even existed! I just watched it and my kid self would've had his mind blown if he knew about it

[@TheArcWielder]

I, no joke, had a bootleg scaler T-shirt that I made by scanning the cover art, printing it out and tracing over it on a white shirt

[@The_AGL_Group]

Anyone remember iron-ons?

[@Kopalex23]

As a little dude with an xbox this game does have a lot of dear memories to me. I do still really admire the monster designs in this just as much as back then. And the art in the manual is top tier, I'd say. Also later on realized that this was one of the first things where Matthew Mercer voiced, which was sorta neat to learn, honestly, hahah.

[@deltaknight2764]

I swear, Rad is just a New Zealand OG Jontron.

[@DarkAuraLord]

and that's a good thing

[@Joogoo96]

Rad is new JonTron. All in favor say Aye!

[@deltaknight2764]

@@Joogoo96 No, I'm sayng Rad's the new OLD Jontron. Current Jontron's fine.

[@ThePerson12123]

if you watch him on 1.5 speed, he even sounds like Jontron

[@Reynsoon]

He's even had a little gamer moment, though not to the degree of Jontron.

[@AmazingLube]

"Placeholder (Do not use)" in the intro already killed me

[@knave1708]

Wow this brings back memories for me. I was genuinely captivated by this games atmosphere as a kid. I owned it on the Xbox so I guess it looked a bit better, but I remember being really taken with the glossy transparent effect scaler has when he’s camouflaged. I used to hide him inside some grass and then pause it and ask my dad if he could find him in the image. Good times…

[@khodibritton8368]

Heh, he left in a placeholder.

[@JumpHigherVA]

Ah yes, Placeholder, Incredibazinga's alter ego. The RS lore continues

[@tahuluke6133]

daaang Rob is just pumping out videos, nice job man

[@ItsDeebs]

Can you imagine turning a creature with all these amazing abilities and being teleported to another dimension. Where you're forced to quickly adapted to your new body to survive in a world full of things trying to kill you. Soon after you meet your supposedly dead father who tells you how to return home. Which leads you on a week long journey to becoming probably the most powerful being in the world. Defeating the evil monsters who rule over it. Then return back home as a human to live the rest of your life as normal. Like it never happened. No one ever believing you. Life goes on.

[@SamJ.J.]

There was an episode of Star vs the forces of Evil where Marco goes on a multi year quest through a bunch of dimensions and grows up and lives basically a whole life only to realize like 1 minute has passed when he finally returns home, and he can't even remember his computer password it's such a far away memory. Literally one of the wildest things I've ever watched and I think about it even though I only watched like one and a half seasons of that show.

[@landontrahan5770]

Not gonna lie, I want to give this game a shot one day. It looks fun.

[@liviekumori]

By today standards it's a bit weird, but I had a lot of fun when I was a kid

[@bavarianbanshee]

Can verify. Good game.

[@okagron]

Any game that has people going "i had a lot of fun with it as kid" is usually a warning sign that the game is mediocre at best because when we were kids we didn't had any standards.

[@Goremize]

@@okagron I don't think that's true at all. I still play the games I played as a kid, and still rate them higher then most games produced today as the quality is better. Because back then, there was no "Early Access" there was no "day one patch" you got the full game and that was it. AoE 1 and 2? Supreme commander? Best strategy games as still nothing today compares to when they came out we just get copies and remakes. I still play and would play final fantasy 5 or 6 over anything about 12.

[@okagron]

@@Goremize I did say usually, not all the time. But it is true a lot of time because games i used to like as a kid like Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 have gotten considerably worse with age. And a lot of games back then were released clearly unfinished and would actually appreciate a day one patch. A lot of platformers from the same era as this game were released with glitches galore and clearly missing content because they were rushed out the door. So it's not some recent thing like you are trying to imply.

[@kempolar9768]

The only time I have ever heard of Scaler was in Rads sonic lost worlds review, glad to see him finally fill me in on the full game.

[@penutbean3243]

YES! YES!!! YES MY CHILDHOOD! THANK YOU RADICALSODA THANK YOU! AAAAAH!

[@alenezi989a3]

The good old time when games had manuals and artbooks inside

[@AndresinReal]

I believe he uses that placeholder whenever he didn't decide what clips to use

[@jzone87media58]

I found this game about 2 years ago while scouring the Internet and then the Nostalgia hit me high gear. Probably one my favourite platformers to date

[@garyfink17]

I loved this game as a kid. I remember just carrying the manual around and looking at all the cool art inside.

[@chrispyloser934]

The loud = funny formula has never made me actually laugh but you do it so fucking well and I adore it the few times you do it

[@papermacheman2210]

If the fact I can't tell if that Placeholder is real or a joke isn't a testament to Radical's humor, I don't know what is

[@gmaster2647]

@Amandinha Lelê ...What are you talking about?

[@MasterAlpha1000]

@@gmaster2647 l saw her comment claiming that scene was fatphobic to her

[@Schnort]

@@MasterAlpha1000 being a fat person myself, I don't understand how they think pointing out the discrepancy between the manual art and the in-game model is fatphobic. Maybe they mean the joke where he gets on the exercise bike? I think it just implies that Radical doesn't want to be fat; it's not like he said anything rude.

[@dinoshotgun]

@Amandinha Lelê ah yes the classic “if they’re white they are bad” as someone else put, go back to Twitter

[@zelg.5551]

@Amandinha Lelê It would be better if you grew a spine.

[@KirbyLinkACW]

RadicalSoda would have a field day with Poinie's Poin.

[@littenfire3563]

I freaking love Scaler! It makes me sad this never became a series

[@LopezXiann14]

I really love how you’ve been drawing Poppy recently, she and your art style have been looking cute and great!

[@whatis_goingon]

I remember this game. Pretty weird one to say the least. I remember enjoying it as a kid. though i didn't remember it looking like a code lyoko spinoff

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

Bobby does look like someone from Code Lyoko, holy crap!

[@JoshTheWoz]

5:19 Rad's vids are always fast paced and hyper so I really appreciated a moment of silence for a second, thx man 👍

[@veggsbacon1891]

Rad's screams are getting more hilarious.🤣👍🏽

[@AT7outof10]

You know that category of character that you absolutely hate their personality or who they are in general, but in spite of that find their design pretty dang good? Yeah, I'd say Scaler fits comfortably in that classification.

[@katzuma7641]

Imagine being strapped to an electric chair and just turning into Mario waaaahooo!

[@liviekumori]

You just unlocked a hidden part of my childhood that was buried in my memories

[@jeridon6081]

3:14 '...scattered over the, well I'm not gonna call them rails anymore, over the VINES, so you've gotta jump, crouch, and change RAILS in order to-' 🤣

[@Solar-Blade]

Fun fact: Scaler himself is voiced by Matt Mercer in one of his first ever voice acting roles!

[@LongcrierInProgress]

Kind of feels like they tried to make Dr. Muto Rayman Sonic. You have the ability to turn into several beasts to get through levels, it has a strong fantasy world that's very forested, and game design wise is as linearly focused on being cool and fast like Sonic. Actually seems like it could be a neat cult classic with the right audience.

[@Goremize]

I wish we could get games like this one made today.... I miss when games were fun and good to play and could actually be new and exciting

[@FinallyAlone]

6:09 "I really hurt myself...! Ahhhh...! My arse!" ~ radicalsoda 2022

[@kabob0077]

6:28 OH NO, LANGOLIERS! 6:40 Forget the Langoliers, IT'S A BROODLORD!

[@Kelpy_Seal]

The bloody ending to this game threw me for a loop. I only found out about the good ending years after playing. Basically you just fight the final boss again and Leon gets through the second time. I think they tried to foreshadow it in the cutscene about alternate timelines, but that’s honestly a leap with how vague it is.

[@LMAO_And_Forever]

Always a delight when Rob uploads

[@YorkJonhson]

The reaction to the ending killed me.

[@universebofficialchannel]

Yah! I loved this game! Glad your finally looking into it!

[@DeCryptid23]

I waited YEARS for this review. Finally... I can stop losing sleep at night.

[@bluewaverider05]

ROB!!! I was just thinking yesterday, " huh I wonder when the silly soda man will upload again", fantastic timing and funny as heck as usual. Really appreciate all your hard work man, your stuff is hilarious and still super informative, absolutely love it (and you) bro :)

[@mrcwillis6970]

Dang that’s a sweet placeholder right there. Also oh my goodness that poppy drawing is so cute ❤

[@BunoBunArt]

I noticed a theme with Rad’s vids. The sonic videos get all the views while the other games get don’t get that much attention. Wish people saw these more

[@beaksters]

Welp this shall be the video I start my sleeping dive into the algorithm too.

[@KingKayro87]

I love how Rad's just posting videos about whatever the fuck he wants now, that's fucking awesome.

[@KingKayro87]

Also, that game's ending was so out of pocket

[@Jambotheclown]

I always come back to this review, Its one of my favorites! I love it when folks have a genuine interest in something completely random that they just wanna let be known! ❤

[@DarkSplodge]

Scaler was always that one game that I'd see on the shelves at stores and always wonder what the hell it was.

[@Crappy9922]

So glad somebody else remembers this feverdream of a game! I played it constantly at my neighbor's house and finally grabbed a copy myself only for it to be a ripoff DVD or something. Scaler had such a weird gap between the concepts and story vs the final version we got in the end.

[@_Tzer]

its sound and the world design

[@falloutbruh]

OH MY GOD I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERED THIS

[@danykilson4950]

Ah yes, this game! God, the memories. The... terrible, terrible memories.

[@AppleCrimble]

OMG I LOVE SCALER FOR THE PS2 MY GOD THANK YOU RADICAL SODA YOU'VE TRULY MADE MY DAY!!!

[@lordpsi99]

Poppy's face looks good in the thumbnail here. You're a great artist!

[@pizzanopastano9159]

Hey, did you guys know RadicalSoda really likes Scaler? Scaler is his favorite game ever? Did you guys know? Did you guys know? It’s his favorite game! Did you? It’s his favorite! HAHAHAHAHA (I’m having a mental breakdown right now!) lol

[@Lemonman-mf8cn]

I like the part when funny man screams

[@littenfire3563]

*sees Bobby getting electrocuted, sees he's into it.* Ah...he's a mascochist

[@saraphynx1267]

THATS HOW THE GAME FUCKING ENDS??? jesus thank god i never beat this game as a kid

[@ajwatto9545]

The jokes were non stop with this one sublime pacing incredible stuff 👍🏻

[@SackMan039]

like FOUR separate moments of tear jerking laughter from this one. "Beautiful"

[@soulslikefan6760]

I love this game. It looks nice and the grinding is probably the best version avaliable.

[@xalamontdragmire5080]

I work at a vintage nerd store and we have this game, I keep eyeing it in curiosity. May pick it up now, looks fun tbh!

[@aidanmurrell9094]

Scaler feels like if Sonic, Banjo Kazooie, Spyro, and Gex had a child. The art style feels very cartoony reminiscent of Banjo Kazooie. The design for Scaler and the characters reminds me of Gex and Sonic, And the gameplay reminds me of Gex and Spyro.

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

Guess his dad will continue his quest for cigarettes.

[@Chococodile]

Just remembered I never finished Scaler. And I loved it too

[@domonikistheguy]

as someone who played this game and never had a a memory card, i never got to the later levels. so this was a really weird experience lol thank you for covering the game!

[@_Tzer]

Nice to see this game get more attention from people surprisingly.

[@erno404]

Man seeing Rob playing Scaler again brings back some memories. good game honestly.

[@njfox3305]

I don't even care about the game and you still made the review funny I love it.

[@rinomander]

hell fuckin yeahhhh man, I found Scaler and made a vid on it over a year ago and it's kinda been popping off since then! ppl still talk about it here and there, speedruns and speedrun strategies have a newfound dedicated group. I like this game quite a bit, and think it deserves better for its own good, and more praise

[@jurtheorc8117]

I hear you. I feel the same way about games like Kya: Dark Lineage and even Haven: Call of the King.They're niche or just not-that-great games respectively, but have a lot going for them that is interesting and deserve to be remembered. And they could benefit from a second chance to live up to that potential they carry.

[@ado-]

i would consider the placeholder a joke but i watched neil's stream yesterday and now it's confirmed

[@Darkbrine]

One of my childhood games from when I first owned a GameCube.

[@Eggolas]

Thing is I genuinely ADORED this game as a kid. Like next to Spyro, Pokemon and Jak&Daxter this was one of my core gaming memories.

[@ThePontusAndersson]

What do you mean I've never heard of scaler? It was the game that turned me into a meme churner

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

Looks like a pretty fun game. Shame it was overlooked. I'll probably never play it though tbh

[@Zimmythos]

Alright, so he didn't get the secret ending. Youu know those giant orange orbs with cracks in them? Collecting all of them let's you have a secret cutscene at the end of the game after the final boss.

[@Mercurymallow]

He's becoming more unhinged with his humor and honestly it goes hard

[@TheMattLuigi]

Really love these PS2 platformer videos! 😁

[@therighttrousers343]

I dunno, I liked the rolling levels a lot, and the turret segments, Iridium as a whole is a great spooky endgame level, always made me think radiation and SpongeBob BFBB's Industrial Park. I also like the combat enough that the arenas were fun. Basically I like the entire game(especially Medoozum, I liked the challenging platforming, navigating it in flight, and the whole aesthetic), except for anything with the Trappers, those freakin' terrified me as a kid. And as an adult they alarm me too, to be fair, though now it's just regular alarm. Really is quite the jumpscare, expertly crafted.

[@Gum_underthe_desk]

I always look forward to when Radicalsoda Uploads.

[@dprototype6431]

I like how Scaler and Espio share a VA.

[@kisekae13]

Daaaamn, one of my childhood's games 🤩 I actually enjoyed it and had a hard time to defeat the flying crab 😂

[@eeveedude632]

Holy hell i havent thought of this game since i was 10

[@BlackKyurem5]

I guess Scaler dad realised he still never got the milk

[@CatchingZzs]

I had this game when i was about 8-9 underrated masterpiece. Will watch the review after work tomorrow, looking forward to it

[@DionneDion]

holy shit the ending of that game

[@nightshade7777]

I just want to imagine that in the radicalsoda lore that after having to play sword and shield, legends arceus ect that now he's just devolved into a deranged man who has went completely insane

[@enchilad6799]

Wtf I was literally just playing this game like a day ago your timing could not be more perfect

[@fluffituffz4754]

5:48, real Spider Man 3 vibes right now.

[@Vezon2121]

"He feels slippery but you get used to it", dies immediately after

[@potterinhe11]

My favorite part was when he was in genuine pain.

[@TwistedChungus]

It was one of my childhood games too, Soda. I am just as traumatized as you [and just as Kiwi]

[@moods..]

THIS GAME NEEDED ANOTHER! I loved this game so bad it was insanely good for a 2004 game