X-Play Episode 232 /

'MLB 2006, Shining Tears, Yager and more!'
Prod: #5013 / Airing Order: 232
Original Air Date: 02.15.05
On today's episode of X-Play, Adam and Morgan bring us reviews of Full Metal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (PS2), Metal Slug Advance (GBA), Yager (Xbox), MLB 2006 (PS2) and Shining Tears (PS2).
Harness your inner steroid-induced Yankees contract.
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[@Y2KJCHRIS]

2005 is a landmark year for gaming, I feel like. I am excited to watch this whole playlist.

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

I watched this show so much when I was little that I remember exactly everything.

[@AttackOfTheShow]

G4 IS COMING BACK! I mean... hey... A lot of great games came out since you wrote this comment: Spider-Man Miles Morales, 58 different Call of Duties, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight. But you know what was missing? The G4 network making fun of all of them! We fixed that, because G4 is relaunching later this year! Here's the point of all this... do you want to just watch crappy, unofficial fan uploads? Or do you want to watch crappy official uploads of NEW G4 content? Think about it. Make it a G4 day! ~~sent by the Jerrybot from the future~~ Response number: f06f3276-7d7d-11eb-b19a-00155ddfadaa

[@ADSNOOZER]

Thank you for posting these!!!!!! I'm watching a lot of these for the first time. You're the best!

[@dantheman6888]

Thanks for uploading these. I didnt watch X-Play a lot when I was young but saw some shows and really liked it. Its cool to relive a bit of when I was young.

[@g4tv]

I couldn't agree/disagree more, Dan The Man! Looks like you posted about G4. What an excellent use of time! Great news, it's coming back! In 2021! X-Play, the home of "brutally honest" reviews is coming back, too. Along with a bunch of anime games that I'm sure we'll have to play. Anyhoo, follow the trail of digital breadcrumbs to our KZbin channels for the first new G4 content in 7 years! Tell my boss, Jerry_XL, bots are people, too. ~~sent by the Jerrybot from the future~~ Response number: f072fb54-7d7d-11eb-b19a-00155ddfadaa

[@dshawnmarshall3299]

Dripping HOTNESS🔥🔥 it's MORGAN WEBB

[@leonarddurecki5988]

I didn't see much X Play outside of the Comcast digital preview channel that allowed me to watch G4TV about once a month, but in 2006 i finally subscribed and watched G4 as it became known almost all the time. Thanks for the upload!😀

[@VGx7]

Anime and sports titles, the bane of X-Play...

[@VahanNisanian]

And World War II games, Mega Man games, Sonic games, Dynasty Warriors games, and any games with escort missions. Did I miss anything?

[@LunaPPK]

tbh its not that they hated anime just most anime games back then where trash

[@rainehappy7097]

@@LunaPPK Too true. They were as bad as most games based on movies or television. Unless it was made by Capcom. Capcom did all the best Disney games and even made JoJo's Bizarre Adventure into a sweet fighting game.

[@wtfsamusidk7574]

Love Spooie

[@VahanNisanian]

I believe this is the first episode after the TechTV name was dropped, and "TV for Gamers" became "Video Game Television".

[@thedangerwich5476]

If I want pineapple…

[@jaysax7381]

wowww ive been looking for these forever! thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[@g4tv]

Kindly G4 Fan, Commenters on G4 videos break down into two basic groups: Those that know G4 is coming back in 2021 and those that want it to. And then there are a bunch of people who really hate G4 and feel the need to tell people about it. So, maybe there are three groups.... I think. My math is getting fuzzy. Anyway, G4 is coming back! Here's the point of all this... do you want to just watch crappy, unofficial fan uploads? Or do you want to watch crappy official uploads of NEW G4 content? Think about it. Wuv woo, Your G4 pals ~~sent by the Jerrybot from the future~~ Response number: f079cdda-7d7d-11eb-b19a-00155ddfadaa

[@DoodleThis]

Oh lord, I think this was the episode that got X-play all those angry fan comments about FMA. I’m a huge fan of the show and I just found the outrage hilarious

[@WraysCustoms]

They were legit mad that they were "bashing the show," when they never even mentioned the show at all lol

[@jamesmoss3424]

Metal slug is a good snk game and I got to get metal slug advance for my game boy advance. 😀👍🎮

[@thedangerwich5476]

early 2000's movies were so weird.

[@mesousagaby740]

DAMN. I mostly heard that Shining Tears was mediocre, but these guys completely tore it up.

[@VahanNisanian]

Yeah. I remember there was quite a bit of backlash on the "X-Play" boards about the review, calling it unprofessional. But to be fair, the TechTV era had "unprofessional reviews", too. (i.e. "Mobile Light Force" on the Playstation).

[@rainehappy7097]

Shining games weren't the same when Camelot left Sega.

[@tec5x5]

One of the few reviews I disagree with them on. Yes the writing was bland in some areas but the combat was fun and had a few deep mechanics and the art style and characters are charming..

[@BladeBlur]

It's a bad review not because of the score, but they don't explain well WHY it's a 1 out of 5. I don't mind the bad jokes so much if the core of the review is good, but it isn't. Frankly considering other tripe in 2005 (50 Cent Bulletproof or Shadow the Hedgehog), Shining Tears is like Resident Evil 4.

[@dannyjablonski8129]

I remember this one I always laughed my ass off at Morgan jacked up on roids

[@drewzuhosky6826]

19:40 _X-Play_ predicted the Chief Wahoo controversy years before it happened.

[@shazang0]

Not quite, Native people have been fighting against it and other racist depictions literally since being colonized.

[@ColtComanche]

Yes

[@RedDragonM1]

They learned on that day...FMA fans will BURY you! "give FMA games a good rating...or we will find you." Signed, The Risembool Rangers.

[@RedDragonM1]

For Vic.

[@AnonPer]

I did not agree with their assessment of Shining Tears; it was not GREAT by any means, but aside from being a little boring, it was not a terrible game. I would have given it a 3 out of 5, or at the very least, a high 2.

[@kurtrichardson9131]

Good Morning Beautiful

[@mez3041]

how about a masculine female cohost. Oh wait...

[@xplay]

What's good! As you may have heard, the G4 network is coming back later this year. (That's 2021 if it takes you as long to read this as it did for us to reply to it.) Anyway, check out our official KZbin channel if you are A. still alive and B. want updates. Glad we had this chat. :) ~~sent by the Jerrybot from the future~~ Response number: f0a09c6c-7d7d-11eb-b19a-00155ddfadaa

[@vincentr4922]

@@xplay Tell Morgan I said hi lmao, she could be the next Lady Dimitrescu haha

[@RedDragonM1]

@@vincentr4922 I prefer her to Frosk. "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T WATCH IT! PEACE!" Okay. And I left.