I Experienced One of Square Enix's WORST Games and I Hated it

[@mellbellsringing]

I can't believe this is a Square Enix game. You could've told me it was a PS2 game from 2005 and I would've believed you lol. You were hilarious though, thanks for the mental sacrifice 😆

[@gabrielgaster3992]

Graphically the prettiest PS2 game ever

[@X2011racer]

More like Original Xbox because there's so much bloom that the PS2 cannot handle, nor can the Gamecube.

[@C_Train74]

Calling it a SquareEnix game is kinda disingenuous. They only signed off on it, which still looks bad for them.

[@DarkShadow-pe6ud]

I'd say PS1 game because PS2 games weren't as broken as this, the majority of them are even playable today.

[@ronsaa9760]

@@DarkShadow-pe6ud we talk visually

[@ClevelandFan17]

I had this game preordered. I was so excited. I looked so different and magical. Then, thankfully, they released a demo. I couldn't last an hour and immediately cancelled my order 😂

[@NotJpTem]

dodged a bullet barely there

[@CosmicNova1000]

You dodged a big bullet

[@GokuTheGreat3441]

should have bought it, games great.

[@robitussinbrohan718]

The release of the demo seemed to backfire…

[@HailFyra]

The demo of anything was the foreshadowing of how bad this game was really going to be honestly a good thing they made a demo to begin with because if they didn't you would have been 💩 out of $60

[@dxg5659]

Alright, I’m curious. Has anyone made a mod for this game that FIXES the gameplay aspect? Ex: better controller mapping (not making all the buttons do the same thing), better allocation of action (for instance, 14:06 - as I said earlier about button mapping, all suits are allowed to jump via. button X for instance, Square is extension ability, and another one - say triangle - does the suit changes), better and improved actions for each suit (a.k.a. For the telepotter suit, you enter into a thing where you can choose where on the map you want to teleport and you can teleport there, but only in places you’ve been before), better variety, better level design that works for each suit, making the bosses more challenging, REALLY revamping the story and cutscenes, etc. Things to make the game better: for each suit, integrate level design where you cleverly use each suit…but given the 80 number….that number needs to be limited by a lot. If it can’t be done, limit the number of suits. Suits that are unnecessary, get rid of them. Ex: for the fox-box suit, have it be one where when you turn into a box, you become unnoticed by any enemies as you go through the level, and the level design associated with this is one where stealth is necessary. Essentially, this game needs to be revamped…very much. The game has potential. I just wonder if anyone is willing to bring it to that level. There is a LOT of ambition put in place, but it is poorly executed. ...Yep, this game needs SERIOUS revamping. …every minute I watch this, I lose my mind more and more… Summary: “I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately. Like is any of this for real or not. …none of this makes sense to me” (This comment has been built over the course of me watching this video, edited as I through it)

[@justsomeguy4422]

TLDR; the game shouldn’t have been made In The first place. Like at all.

[@azurekite3870]

dude,what the hell are talking about mods? the games was never made for pc and there no other buttons and jump so there nothing you can change since all the button do just one thing

[@OhNoBohNo]

I've heard there's a really cool one called 'Buy Nights Into Dreams Instead'!

[@CassiusStelar]

@@azurekite3870 its literally on Steam, dipthong

[@kag2576]

Its hilarious how u started off so optimistic and then as the games faults were displayed one by one u gradually became more unhinged trying to process how a human being thought that any part of this game should be sold for money

[@realMetalsonic646]

I almost was gonna get this game via the switch since it was on sale last month. But I decided to get Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition instead lol

[@dimitriosgladio059]

Good call 😆

[@DaRaginLombax]

Good choice lol

[@CosmicNova1000]

You dodged a big bullet

[@NotJpTem]

that was a clooose one

[@raphaelbrown6314]

Ha nice call I did the same thing too

[@devastatheseeker9967]

I do not believe for a moment that this game was bad because of troubled development when you have outfits that remove jumping and outfits that don't remove jumping but have the power just activate randomly. That's not "troubled development" it's like someone making sushi with hotdog meat. It was always a bad idea. You know the one way you can make the game better? Just by default. Button A: Jump Button B: Do suit power It wasn't troubled development. As bad as square has been lately, don't believe Yuji Naka, he's just embarassed that his game is garbage and wants to shift blame.

[@brannycedeno6823]

Huh, here we go... Yuji Naka is NOT a bad director. Have you not played his previous works? Plus, do you not believe all sorts of craziness happen at Square Enix every day? Do you really believe he did not know things were going bad? Don't you know a game director that knows his stuff halts development to reevaluate the whole concept if necessary, but if the company doesn't want to listen to him, they all need to keep going or the whole project is on the line? Don't be so naive. That's not how game development works, and that's definitely not how business works either. Why do you think Sonic 06 was a disaster, and why do you think he wanted not to have anything to do with it? Because producers and directors LOVE pushing out products that they UNDOUBTEDLY know will flop due to bad gameplay or unpolished ideas? I would expect a little more reasoning from a gamer.

[@betwixt0008]

@@brannycedeno6823 You can make a shit game and not be a bad director. He might've just made a shit game, a hit and miss or smth.

[@WarpChaos]

Yup

[@OmegaChase1002]

@@betwixt0008 nah, it was squares fault

[@OmegaChase1002]

@BrTrueV you sure that wasnt iizuka?

[@16BitKamek]

Fun Fact: This game was developed by the same team that made Hey Pikmin and Yoshi's New Island. To me, this game wasn't ever going to be good.

[@SuperPlaytendo]

The demo completely killed any hype I had for this game.

[@16BitKamek]

@@SuperPlaytendo Same here. It was only after the fact that I found out the game was by Arzest, and it made sense why the demo wasn't good.

[@erekhronmusic]

But Pikmin and Yoshi's new island is actualy bangers. meh

[@16BitKamek]

@@erekhronmusic I really wish I could agree, but I'm glad you like them at least.

[@CodemanDBZ]

The game aesthetically looks beautiful. I’d imagine it could’ve been a fantastic game for kids but they totally screwed up the character animations and gameplay mechanics. There are just a lot of inconveniences built into the gameplay. I score it a 3.5/10

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

And yet the terrible animations and lack of dialogue of Badlan Garbageworld is nothing to the atrocity that is the “Quiet Man” no sound for most of the game and then playing the game a second time with awful dialogue.

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

Yuyi Naka: It all makes sense if you read the novel go buy it guys!

[@PowerOfAIandMotivation]

I seriously love your comments and reactions, even after all these years you never fail to make me laugh by just being you and throwing these comments while you're playing the game, so fun to watch 😂😂

[@UltraMarineBlue]

It looks like a weird mix of sonic, pokemon and unaccomplished dreams (◡‿◡✿)

[@azurekite3870]

omg,don't compare to sonic and pokemon that they way better then the shitty wonder world that only has every do only one thing only

[@TakeTheWorld21]

Man, I missed seeing Jared utterly SUFFER

[@kiyasuihito]

I kinda want to play this now. Sometimes you just want a chill platformer you can turn your brain off to.

[@86fifty]

Watching this was AN EXPERIENCE. I completely missed the hype, or anti-hype, around this, cuz I don't like platformers. Thank you for your sacrifice of your braincells to show us how bad "bad" can really be. orz

[@gamertoon8230]

1:39 that’s $11 less than what I paid for this game.

[@OmegaChase1002]

This game is gonna be a great AVGN episode in 10 years.

[@OhKayEl]

If... AVGN will still be a thing in 2030.

[@OmegaChase1002]

@@OhKayEl imagine if he was

[@WerehogFan18]

The worst thing about Balan Wonderworld is during the second stage of the final boss, it causes people to have epilepsies! Square Enix didn't bother to fix the problem, and instead expects people to install a day 1 patch that can prevent it from happening!

[@Phaedrafoxxo25]

nine bucks for a game is nothing, I once paid for "Agatha Christie, the ABC Murders" on clearance at a Walmart for ONE CENT!

[@MrMarohlsclassroom]

This story is way more complicated and convoluted then what the wiki says. Square Enix loves time travel these days

[@MrVince329]

They've been time traveling since 1987

[@calebgoodman3028]

True. Even the first Final Fantasy had it. Which is pretty much responsible for why we have two prequels.

[@PhucNguyen-ek8gi]

I can make a list time travel game made by Square Enix (not Square Soft): FF13-2 KH3D The 3rd birthday World of FF KH3 Neo twewy FF7R (maybe) Stranger of Paradise FF origin KH4 (maybe)

[@calebgoodman3028]

@@PhucNguyen-ek8gi The Dissidia franchise counts as well, since there’s a whole time loop plot with the ending revealing the first game is a prequel to FFI and since it was confirmed in an interview FF7 takes place in FFX’s future Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, Tidus, Jecht and Yuna coexisting in the same games implies temporal phenomenon. We have KHII as well and to a hidden extent KHI. There’s also Union χ, might have been in the original χ as well but I don’t remember.

[@PhucNguyen-ek8gi]

@@calebgoodman3028 Yeah Time travel or defy the fate. I feel like SE really overused this theme.

[@redstreak9430]

Still wish this game didn’t turn out the way it did. Watching Austin Eruption’s video talking about what could have been from the development problems behind the scenes to the actual story being chopped off and put into a novel, this game could have been so much more interesting. The fact that it’s more boring than anything is a crying shame. And like some people already said, the fact Square had more faith/marketing for this than NTWEWY (both came out the same year) is disheartening to say the least.

[@usonohoshi6165]

People's reaction to the first dance is always so entertaining. I played the demo, and was just completely lost.

[@coralinegames1670]

I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard in my life. 😂 my favorite quote “I’m loving the optimism-the positivity…the grammar not so much” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Splunkmastah]

Jesus Christ this game looks like something you’d play on an education site, like Poptropica.

[@redstreak9430]

6:40 I wanna say that was on purpose considering Yuji Uekawa worked on the game as well. In fact, he did an official “If Sonic Was A Human” art render and it looks similar to Leo’s design.

[@paulsmith1741]

Yes we need a part 2 😂 . Entertaining video for sure !

[@RandomVids0987]

They back stabbed him and changed the game out of his view. His original concepts were fucking brilliant and they fucked him over.

[@talliaconner-flores5763]

I feel like this game is supposed to simulate what it's like to drop acid...

[@Neveryn]

Balan Wonderworld world in KH4 please!

[@keybladewielder9425]

Police, put him under arrest

[@chanlaman2565]

Well at least if you’re playing as Sora you would be able to do more than just jump with every button

[@mooniera2810]

Or in a side story game.

[@DawnAfternoon]

A KH4 Balan Wonderworld might unironically be better than Balan Wonderworld itself.

[@AzureKyle]

Why would you do this to yourself man? This is why demos exist. I played the demo and saw how horrible it was, so I never bought it. Though, I suppose it could be worse. It could have been Babylon's Fall. I literally couldn't even get out of the tutorial before I was done with that demo. I feel bad for anyone who actually bought either game.

[@DantetheHegehog14]

Balan had so much potential DX

[@xemnas1997]

Kingdom Hearts had a baby with Sonic or Mario (not sure which is the father) and took to smoking and drinking while pregnant.

[@Technosavy-vc7bq]

This stream was beautiful to catch in real time.

[@carlitolol1435]

And then some people call Kingdom Hearts 3 a bad game

[@mydogeatspuke]

Both can be true at once. It isn't a sliding scale.

[@Player-jh4ko]

Both can be bad you know? This is just waay worse.

[@Player-jh4ko]

I'd pick KH3 over this any day.

[@carlitolol1435]

I don't think Kingdom Hearts 3 was bad tho, truly it could have been better but it wasn't horseshit and I enjoyed my time (I finished it 2 times)

[@LpDodo]

Maybe that game was programmed by interns who didn't know how to put different actions on different buttons

[@venusluv-i1v]

Thank you for playing this so the rest of us don't have to. Thank you.

[@RainbowDash3l33t]

I completely forgot that this game was suspiciously reverse review bombed when it came out

[@SailorStarHero]

I was so hyped to play this game, since it looked like a new gen version of nights into dreams, when I played it I was disappointed as hell, I love most of Yuji Naka's games, the cgi cgi cutscenes look so good and made me want to play the game, as a Sonic and Nights fan it was a slap in the face, the ps2/pc port of nights into dreams is what wonderworld should of been, the ps2/pc port of nights just plays better and cost less and is worth the money :D

[@GeekMasterGames]

This game is revolutionary. Other, older titles use a concept called the "Difficulty Curve," where the game gets more complex and challenging as a player adapts. But Balan Wonderworld is above that. THERE IS NO CURVE

[@Tony-qe3fl]

Man i missed the stream but i loved every bit of this video! Keep up the amazing content my dude!

[@joshuastuart8905]

Farmer Brown is alternate universe sora that grew up in Farmville and never got the keyblade

[@ninjasniperproductions4476]

And stares at children for some reason

[@MatTheMetalHead01]

I made the worst mistake of pre-ordering this game, biggest waste of money 💀💀💀

[@qr5393]

They look like sonic characters because Yuji Naka is a major player in the Sonic Franchise. Lol

[@MightSiiigh]

someone said "gotta go slightly quickly" 💀

[@joshuana5132]

The game had such potential, but it just didn't meet that potential. As for the collectibles, the gems are to help raise those cute little mascots in a way similar to Chao's. By getting to the highest level, you unlock a specific outfit that makes the game easy to traverse via full on flight. While the statues are to unlock I think both the levels and the true ending. I think? I only vaguely recall things.

[@dimitriusbroniusgaming7407]

50 mins and 26secs of pure torture.

[@ssjichigo666]

balan wonderworld - new hollow bastian for kh4

[@justdavidgs3908]

So from what I know, not sure if anyone had said it before, but a lot more story content was only available in the book that was sold separately.

[@ryuga3305]

Guys, I have an idea and it involves rallying the internet, Treasure Planet for KH IV. But, I have no idea where to start...

[@KnucklestheEcidna]

Playing this game gave me MASSIVE Ni No kuni vibes.

[@DigiBrad]

Jared is about to be consumed by darkness

[@IAMERROR64]

amazing review/gameplay fucking amazing please part2? Also maybe we get this on pc, and someone makes mod where you must always play as boxfox, but may equip a couple other powers to face buttons at a time? that could be fun?

[@Akanalusa]

It's like Atlantica... if it was bad.

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

That spinning wolf costume looks like a ripoff of Taz, The Tasmanian Devil, from the design, down to the tornado spin jump.

[@Road_to_Dawn]

I don’t understand what they were thinking. Okay, yes, simple control scheme. But what about two buttons instead of just one? Even just one additional button would make the game so much better to play, and the control would still be simple.

[@duplocs5726]

I'm gonna be Blunt with ya Balan Wonder World is a playable fever dream

[@samuelromerosoto3497]

Me seeing you will play Balan Wonderworld. "Darkness Within Darkness awaits you".

[@eltoro_ttv]

Boy oh boy has Square recovered from this abysmal game. Thank you Triangle Strategy

[@Mr1Broke1Acid]

They could have made this game good if the concept was to mix the powers like Kirby64. Mix the spin and stretching plant power to stretch up, then spin uppercut to reach higher areas. Mix the strong power with the dragon power to grab things and heat them up to do various things. Like pick up a bomb and light it, grab a chunk of earth and heat it up into lava, something. Fucking anything besides this shit.

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

Your really kind to this one Jared I never seen a game put so many sticks into your Wheels

[@paigeyssims_2004]

If the devs could've just made Balan the protagonist instead of those two kids who were more bland than a underseasoned and unmarinated chicken, and actually *listen* to the director's vision instead of doing whatever the f🦆 they want, it would've been a genuinely good game. I garente that there are people out there that can make a much better version of Balan Wonderworld or write a better story for it.

[@NoctLightCloud]

this is shameful for Sqex's library. They should have a higher bar for quality. And if it sucks, just cancel it. This is inexplicable that they still released this.

[@chriskoloski32]

Okay but why did the dolphin try to kill the woman and why was it forgiven

[@jarotheboar8398]

I saw gameplay of this hellspawn (Cus I'm broke, and wanted to see what I'm in for) If it was a Free-to-Play, early access, I'd still avoid it like the plague, wtf Squirt-enix

[@Ziyad_AQ]

this game deserves a remake

[@TeamUnpro]

farmers know how to boogie also i love how YT thought this game was KH3, either that or you couldn't be bothered setting it xD This was an enlightening experience lol

[@C_Train74]

This game somehow did the outfit mechanics of Tomba 2, but worse.

[@riamu94]

Mate. What in the whoozits and whatzits galore are u playin???

[@200odd300]

No way this video was 50 minutes long... it felt like it was 15 minutes

[@coolgirl2044]

2:45 This sounds more like a review for Klonoa.

[@Bell.-]

The boss music is pretty good though

[@KnucklestheEcidna]

and the way you reset the levels is by beating the boss over and over.

[@ianyates2965]

That thumbnail is magnificent

[@drawnfromflames7007]

The Visuals look really pretty, but thats about it, the rest needs to be completly remade

[@Sivrn-Val]

I tried to warn you about the dancing

[@mechashadow]

15:07 This is the most white boy dance I've ever seen.

[@ryanmann5497]

World design and movement looks like super Mario 64

[@chameleonfoot]

Nah man, the dance scenes are the only fun thing here. As a dancer myself I do see some actual moves (like some ballet for dolphin girl). Unfortunately they’re so slow even though they’re well animated it’s… bleh. Also the cartoony style with the big hands is REALLY not doing it any favors, especially when they don’t…. Do anything with that cartoony style you can’t do in real life?? My point is these are hilarious sequences that are SO FUN to pick apart.

[@Player-jh4ko]

Absolutely not. The only thing I see them for is cringe inducing and meme material💀

[@PowerOfAIandMotivation]

37:08 oh my 🤦😂😂

[@SuperPlaytendo]

I paid full price for this game. I regret that decision.

[@coolchannelize15]

I get your pain I did that with a game and I didn’t even like it lol

[@surajshergill7777]

This game is so bad that I actually shouted "YES" when an ad came on halfway through 😂

[@PsychoMonkie]

to be fair, the original super mario brothers told you nothing about the game's world and story via the game itself. you learned all that stuff through the game manual. so by game standards of 40 years ago, this is about right on the spot ^_^

[@elin111]

One upon a time user reviews were reliable sources, these days it's all either review bombs by pissy overreacting toxic people or 10/10 bots.

[@fluffcake]

Go back in time and make sure everyone from the staff goes drugfree

[@Zahri8Alang]

i think... whose video was it that I watched on this game.... oh yeah, Austin eruption. I misremembered MrClemps at one point

[@PlanetaryPhoenix]

Y’know, this doesn’t seem to be a very well known fact, but have you noticed that this game is actually pseudo randomly generated? You pointed out several problems such as samey environments, costumes not giving use cases for them right away, and the weirdness of them requiring keys to be picked up, but keys almost always being directly next to the costume itself. If it seems like the levels literally aren’t being designed by a human with common sense at all, it’s because it isn’t. Oh, and i almost forgot, how you disliked how all those hidden rooms only had a few shitty drops, yet another consequence of the randomness. My guess is they made it this way because they thought it would give more play time, and it would let you farm those things infinitely. Issue is it kinda sucks

[@longlovelive77]

10:50 Nefarious Part (Ratchet and Clank 3, PS2-PS3)

[@longlovelive77]

32:00 Disney Classics Song Part (Enchanted or Frozen?)

[@Xekbar]

He’s just standing there menacingly get out of there cynical

[@joshuana5132]

I like a number of aspects to the game, but it's just... not meeting the expectations had for the game. A number of mistakes were made. The outfit and level design appearance wise is interesting, especially the bosses. But, the gameplay needed to be fleshed out, noticeably so.

[@johanandersson8252]

They could had given us Night’s 3th

[@cloudyyzxffd]

I hope this vid blows up so you can make more content similar to this! If that is the case I think it will be good for you so you don't get burned out on making ONLY Kingdom Hearts content and have some variety to keep things fresh for yourself. Lots of love man!

[@sincere9222]

I felt pain reading the title. Jared why do this to yourself

[@bigbrave2440]

this is more confusing than all kh story combined.

[@OhNoBohNo]

FUCK IT UP FARMER TED

[@alexsanderivan6511]

Leo Craig's quills are too small

[@jacobippolito3224]

Tbh…the pfps of the costumes look awesome. Everything else should die. Make a game about/with those designs

[@darktyrantkingsonicofhell8117]

yeah I only love ff15 and 7 and twewy series + kh from squre

[@superdude7918]

Good thing this wasn't a Sonic game

[@bluebelt1235]

Imagine this was a Sonic game

[@C_Train74]

Gotta go watch Matt McMuscle’s What Happened on this game. It explains so much of how it got so messed up, plus all the fake reviews.

[@CassiusStelar]

why were they singing in teletubby?