Should this horror game stay forgotten? | OverBlood (1996)

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
  • #horrorgaming #retrospective #ps1 #videoessay #residentevil
    OverBlood is a forgotten quirky sci-fi horror game for the PS1 that came out in 1996.
    We'll take an in depth look at the game and it's narrative!
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    0:00 Intro
    1:37 Gameplay and Story
    54:10 Discussion
    58:05 Outro
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Komentáře • 802

  • @early-tv
    @early-tv  Před měsícem +99

    Do you think Raz looks like Barry?
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    • @Metratch
      @Metratch Před měsícem

      :p

    • @RPSamurai_Jon-Lynn
      @RPSamurai_Jon-Lynn Před měsícem +4

      Kinda, almost also sounds like the original PS1 RE Barry too. 🤔

    • @Macilcuru
      @Macilcuru Před měsícem +2

      Oh no. He really does! ​@@RPSamurai_Jon-Lynn

    • @WarriorofMars
      @WarriorofMars Před měsícem

      I mean obviously Barry is just another clone of Doctor Crazy Raz sent to S.T.A.R.S. to look for other ladies over whom he can ignore his real job.

    • @theEisbergmann
      @theEisbergmann Před měsícem +1

      ​@@RPSamurai_Jon-Lynn Thought the same thing.

  • @DuneCrescent
    @DuneCrescent Před měsícem +323

    "You understand me don't you?"
    *Shakes robotic head in the negative while understanding what he asked*

    • @oldfan4049
      @oldfan4049 Před 29 dny +13

      I think it was the language problem.
      Judging by the time of release and some developers' names in the credit roll, it was actually japanese, so I guess the idiom wasn't translated as it should have been^^

    • @DuneCrescent
      @DuneCrescent Před 29 dny +6

      @@oldfan4049 Yeah that was my initial take, anothe classic case of "You spoony bard!"

    • @dumbvids9161
      @dumbvids9161 Před 4 dny

      I like to think Pipo is sarcastic and has been roasting the main character this whole time.

  • @SoaringLettuce
    @SoaringLettuce Před měsícem +201

    god, i was actually sad for peepo
    real talk, making a character be mechanically helpful is the best way to make the player be emotionally invested in them, peepo was a serious and necessary companion

    • @MintyCoolness
      @MintyCoolness Před 26 dny +18

      It's the same mechanic that they used in Haunting Ground, with your doggo friend, Hewie. Both Peepo and Hewie were cute and necessary~

  • @cosmic--whorror
    @cosmic--whorror Před měsícem +611

    I almost commented "you deserve to blow up" before realizing "your channel deserves to take off" is probably a preferable phrase lol. Your videos have all been great so far, keep it up and thank you.

  • @Lusthadiar
    @Lusthadiar Před měsícem +313

    I was hoping after the door scene Raz was going to say "Thanks Pipo I was almost a Raz sandwich!"
    And he totally looks like Barry

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +30

      Haha, it’s almost surprising that he didn’t say it 🤣🤣

    • @incredibleflameboy
      @incredibleflameboy Před měsícem +13

      He looks like genesis era Phil Collins.

  • @ji_mothy
    @ji_mothy Před měsícem +243

    10:20 that peepo scream BROKE MY HEART. SAVE HIM

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +30

      That sound will haunt me 😩

    • @markwing05
      @markwing05 Před měsícem +15

      Came to laugh at mediocre game. Left with robot feels 😢

    • @yagamijubei28
      @yagamijubei28 Před 29 dny +4

      @@early-tv his VA is more familiarly known as the leader of the Decepticons.

    • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
      @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Před 12 dny +1

      peepo reboot series

  • @demitrismith7511
    @demitrismith7511 Před měsícem +82

    I just love how in the “sterilization” cutscene the computer says it will be complete in 60 seconds and then just a little over 60 seconds later it says 40 seconds left. Truly this computer learned its countdown skills from frieza.

    • @ShadowMonkey87
      @ShadowMonkey87 Před 22 dny +3

      Or from Terrance Howard

    • @rusi6219
      @rusi6219 Před 13 dny +4

      Maybe it got extremely hot so the CPU clock slowed down

    • @demitrismith7511
      @demitrismith7511 Před 13 dny +1

      @@rusi6219 True but I doubt the devs thought that deeply about it. Countdowns in most media are almost never accurate.

    • @rusi6219
      @rusi6219 Před 12 dny +2

      @@demitrismith7511 my favourite media pastime is counting bullets fired before the character reloads their gun 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @SinOfAugust
    @SinOfAugust Před měsícem +176

    “May you find your Peepo in the waking world, Sweet Hunter…”

  • @sil_Ookami
    @sil_Ookami Před měsícem +93

    I didnt know Pipo for long but I loved him more than anything

    • @RuSosan
      @RuSosan Před měsícem +8

      He really was the bestest bot.

    • @Sloth-tr7bd
      @Sloth-tr7bd Před měsícem +6

      this little guy was willing to protect us with his life even though we were infected. He deserves a memorial fr

    • @onyxdragonlady9928
      @onyxdragonlady9928 Před měsícem +4

      The fans of Game Informer's Super Replay of this game feel the same. I have a Pipo Christmas ornament.

    • @yuribaka4809
      @yuribaka4809 Před 29 dny +4

      Im still sad over it TT

  • @kalenics123
    @kalenics123 Před měsícem +206

    Wait a second. Raz. Barry. Raspberry? Goddamnit...

    • @cesly87
      @cesly87 Před měsícem +22

      Now I’m imagining the two of them doing the fusion dance.

    • @RuSosan
      @RuSosan Před měsícem +10

      I think you're on to something there... 🤔🤯

    • @michealjennings4374
      @michealjennings4374 Před měsícem +2

      Oh my god yes!!!!!!!

    • @TheGhjgjgjgjgjg
      @TheGhjgjgjgjgjg Před měsícem +2

      @@michealjennings4374 oh my gawd yaaaaaasss!!!!

    • @Kainlarsen
      @Kainlarsen Před 28 dny +1

      Rez Barry!

  • @stephenreyes2632
    @stephenreyes2632 Před měsícem +69

    I can't get over the fact that the character models constantly look like they're making finger guns at each other.

  • @DarkRaptor86
    @DarkRaptor86 Před měsícem +141

    Man Raz voice actor has really given all of his energy into the death scream

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +29

      Truly a full effort scream 🤣

    • @d.aardent9382
      @d.aardent9382 Před 21 dnem +3

      The voice sounds so familiar, i couldnt quite place who it sounds like.
      I always saw that game in used music/game shops but never bought it. Not sure why as it was always super cheap and i was used to those goofy ,clunky sci fi horror genre adventure games of PlayStation.

    • @d.aardent9382
      @d.aardent9382 Před 21 dnem +4

      David Keith!!! Thats crazy.
      I knew he sounded familiar. Cool actor whose been in a lot of different movies.
      The other surprise was Frank Welker is Pipo! Lol!!! Hilarious
      Lindsay Frost is Millie.

    • @wesker100000000
      @wesker100000000 Před 16 dny +3

      ​@early-tv Well it's a bit better then Edward carnby Dr strangelove scream when he falls to his death in aitd2.

    • @theothertonydutch
      @theothertonydutch Před 4 dny +1

      @@d.aardent9382 That Frank Welker credit really took me off guard

  • @XstickbuddyX
    @XstickbuddyX Před měsícem +164

    I got a ps1 and a copy of overblood for my 7th birthday it was the only game I had to play till Christmas. I still think my parents hate me.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +39

      I’m so sorry but also I’m glad because this made me laugh 🤣

    • @GangstaSparkleFairy
      @GangstaSparkleFairy Před měsícem +18

      They got you an old PS1 game with a PS2? That sounds like something parents would do way back when. Just be glad you got an actual console and not one of those stupid little Tiger Arts handheld game things that were like $10 or something. Those were the bane of 10 year old me's existence. Anytime me and my brother asked our grandmother for a particular game, even if we described the box art to her in meticulous detail, wrote down the title, and gave her any other identifying information we could think of both relevant and not, we ended up with those.

    • @XstickbuddyX
      @XstickbuddyX Před měsícem +10

      @@GangstaSparkleFairy no my bad , they got my a ps1

    • @jeremyhall2727
      @jeremyhall2727 Před měsícem +3

      ​@@XstickbuddyXI was thinking maybe it was on PS2 😅 it was back in the day. PS2 console was able to play ps1 games. At least they knew you like horror stuff 😅

    • @jeremyhall2727
      @jeremyhall2727 Před měsícem

      ​@@GangstaSparkleFairyI remembered there was a dragon ball z freezer saga tiger art game. I thought how do I get the ending. The game just restarted 🤔 it must be like ghouls n goblins. I must have to beat it again 🤣 and that's what I was thinking. There's games do having a ending if you max out the score... They just freeze. I was thinking, "there's no way a company would make a game with no ending. That would hurt their band." Boy, was I foolish
      (⁠●⁠_⁠_⁠●⁠)
      I actually enjoyed that weird games. I had a X-Men one too. The X-Men one was hard. Cyclops was in it & his great. I have weird tastes 😂 I like the mist hated X-Men. You can emulate these games yeah. I'm going to download a couple this week. For some childhood bs "I remember this" day weekend. Watching all old movies & playing old games from my childhood.

  • @DAv2003
    @DAv2003 Před měsícem +125

    "OK, we have the big climatic scene where the villain undergoes a horrible transformation after being rejected. What soundtrack shall we use?"
    "Freestyle jazz?"
    "Nailed it!"

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +23

      Hey but that jazz went pretty hard 🤣🤣

    • @RainWelsh
      @RainWelsh Před 5 dny +1

      Ah, jazz. Truly the most horrific of all music styles.

  • @LordHonkInc
    @LordHonkInc Před měsícem +53

    9:05 "That was too close. You were almost a Raz sandwich" - Pipo, 1996

  • @tharpdown
    @tharpdown Před měsícem +111

    The scream that happens everytime you die is never not funny 😂 Gotta love those 90s adventure games where everything kills you forever lol

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +15

      Anytime I saw something dangerous I’d run over to it so fast just to hear the scream 🤣🤣

    • @JM-iu7qx
      @JM-iu7qx Před měsícem +3

      love that BWWWAAAAAAHHH

    • @DStecks
      @DStecks Před 13 dny +2

      @@JM-iu7qx I think it sounds more like Yosemite Sam just caught his big toe in a mousetrap and he's about to scream FUCK

    • @theothertonydutch
      @theothertonydutch Před 4 dny +1

      It sounds a little bit like Solid Snake's death scream in MGS. Like a discount version of that I guess.

  • @Polemodrome
    @Polemodrome Před měsícem +25

    That robot is the most adorable one I have ever seen! Easily can be an iconic mascot if the game had more popularity, as long as Peepo is not overused ofc.

  • @CerolianRepublic
    @CerolianRepublic Před měsícem +77

    Gotta give Raz props for leading with "I've got the infection."
    But following it up with "If I turn, get away from me." Instead of "Bad end me" is funny as heck.
    "Yeah. Just like, escape. So I can bad end someone else later. As long as it's not YOU."

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +25

      To be fair I’m not sure Raz thinks particularly far ahead 🤣🤣

  • @Yurikon3
    @Yurikon3 Před 17 dny +14

    For a game called Overblood, I wasn't expecting surreal avant-garde tale of himbo on an adventure to avenge his robotic friend. And I certainly like these voices, even if direction is all over place. There is certain ethereal vibe to it.

  • @Phreakishlygreen
    @Phreakishlygreen Před měsícem +17

    Raz's tism causing him to call out aftershocks & earthquakes the instant they happen is still kinda entertaining.

  • @KypForPresident
    @KypForPresident Před měsícem +38

    the stupid laughter and face after "I'm coming" caught me so off guard, I almost spit my coffee.

    • @Polemodrome
      @Polemodrome Před měsícem +1

      That game is so gloriously awkward, even the fight scenes with the cheesy sound effects remind me parodies of Hong Kong Kung-Fu flicks! It seems terrible at making the player feel uneasy, but it sure has a weirdly charming campy touch to it, like it's a B-movie adapted into a video game!

  • @muhammadaliffbinmuhammadla7846

    The entire premise was about a scientist who got NTR'ed by his own clone, involving his clone wife... totally a unique scenario of survivor horror.
    Also I love everytime Earlybird's Takakazu Abe face appeared.

  • @GaronakVashnu
    @GaronakVashnu Před měsícem +60

    I never had this, but I had a friend who only had this game. Played it all day. Mastered making the little robot's noise and knew just when it was going to do it. So I could go over to his house and listen to him and the robot in harmony.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +17

      That's so wholesome! Pipo makes the best noises haha ✨

  • @matildarose
    @matildarose Před měsícem +26

    That time extension of 'ETERNITY' clearly wasn't out of maliciousness, but because someone realized Braz would somehow accidentally kill himself moments after he becomes conscious.

  • @ZombieDragQueen
    @ZombieDragQueen Před měsícem +44

    The premise is intriguing and makes sense. He’s a bumbling idiot who doesn’t know anything because he was never supposed to wake up. So he’s not a pilot, crew, engineer because he isn’t supposed to be of any apparent use. So the mystery is why is he there? I had to pause the video and think about it and my theory is people decided to freeze him like Bolsheviks embalmed Lenin and put him on display. I mean look at that hair, facial structure and beard. Dude belongs on the cover of GQ magazine. For the good of humanity’s aesthetic perfection the guy needed to be put in cryostasis forever to be observed and admired by future generations. I hope my theory is correct and will resume the video now :P

    • @MistressMillion
      @MistressMillion Před měsícem

      This has no business being so funny 😂

    • @guggelguggel7491
      @guggelguggel7491 Před měsícem +9

      Given the fact that hes a clone of the head scientist with a god complex, youre most likely right.

  • @saltymoth4296
    @saltymoth4296 Před měsícem +37

    I love the sheer amount of obscure ps1 horror games. The well never seems to run dry

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +9

      True! Every time I feel like I’ve heard of them all a game like this and its sequel pop up and I get intrigued and have to play them 🤣

    • @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments
      @YTKeepsDeletingAllMyComments Před 29 dny

      The PS1 has so many obscure games, especially games that never made it out of Japan. I love finding out about PS1 games I have never heard of before.

  • @dregxmangler
    @dregxmangler Před měsícem +45

    49:30
    "Time's up, ClOnE!"
    "DON'T--"
    "AFTERSHOCK."

  • @1keller866
    @1keller866 Před měsícem +72

    I wasn't looking at the screen the moment when Raz said "I am sure of one thing. I know I am the real me". Instantly after that a bass pro shop add starting playing a ZZ Top blues style guitar riff. It matched the moment so well I didn't realize that it wasn't part of the game until after the announcer for the add started talking.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +14

      LOL. That sounds amazing!

    • @d.aardent9382
      @d.aardent9382 Před 21 dnem +1

      I repeatedly kept thinking the game background scene themes of music were so goofy and unsuitable to the particular mood of a scene going on, that i thought Earlybird was purposefully inserting absurd music clips to be funny.
      Now i know the truth.

    • @m.1sha
      @m.1sha Před 10 dny

      I got the same exact ad at the same time there too, and I wasn't paying attention either 😅

  • @Dradeeus
    @Dradeeus Před měsícem +15

    I can't believe they intended the clone thing to be a built-up dramatic surprise, when exactly zero people have not figured that the shady guy with the chisled jaw with the beard and same exact voice was probably another version of Raz.

  • @norharafie5739
    @norharafie5739 Před 22 dny +10

    In alternate universe, this game became a big hit and Resident Evil is known to be 'Overblood clone', Earlybird would refer Barry Burton as Raz look a like instead. 😂
    Superb breakdown of this classic game.

  • @fattiger6957
    @fattiger6957 Před měsícem +29

    Overblood 2 is actually much more interesting. It's also a bad game, but it is incredibly ambitious, trying to be an proto immersive sim, cyberpunk dystopian, sci-fi action rpg with a heavy ecological message and an art style completely stolen from FF7.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +14

      I’ve never been more sold on anything in my life

    • @direct278
      @direct278 Před měsícem +8

      "Art style completely stolen from FF7" is not the flex they thought it was.

    • @MrDmoney156
      @MrDmoney156 Před měsícem +4

      exactly! like i really REALLY wanted to like it and it showed alot of promise in the beginning and also has a ton of interesting ways to do each level/mission but the level design and every other flaws had me pissed off at the game a few times and just ended up rage quitting it back then.

  • @dannyinthemiddle969
    @dannyinthemiddle969 Před 28 dny +9

    Between all of the similar gaming channels I follow(Grim Beard, Ragnarrox, Mandalore, etc.), I really thought I had seen all of the obscure video games there is to know about already. Yet, you just showed me a game I had never heard of. Bravo Earlybird, bravo.

  • @wakadaemon7191
    @wakadaemon7191 Před měsícem +14

    Ngl, the MC's voice acting is pretty good

  • @akun50
    @akun50 Před měsícem +13

    Honestly, I don't understand why bio-engineering would ever be useful in any sort of military application. You'd need either time to train them ( _which makes them inferior to normal soldiers_ ), methods to control them ( _which are likely to be damaged, sabotaged or just plain fail_ ), or ways to end them ( _which considering they never do long-term studies, means that further mutations are highly possible, leading to the creatures running out control_ ). On top of that, they often insult, pressure, backstab or sabotage the people doing the research, meaning that the researchers have even LESS reason to do the project correctly.

  • @TheDracioN
    @TheDracioN Před měsícem +27

    9:00 Between this guy's look and situation, I can't help but think of...
    "That was too close! I was almost a Raz Sandwich!"

    • @andyf3269
      @andyf3269 Před měsícem

      This should have 2000 likes lol

  • @erikaz1590
    @erikaz1590 Před měsícem +23

    I still miss Peepo. Someone make some Earlybird with Peepo fanart!

  • @YourLocalShadow
    @YourLocalShadow Před měsícem +8

    Peepo is a real one for keeping razz alive despite natural selection doing its best.
    Also im glad the algorithm has ahown me your channel! This whole video is so high quality! Thanks for making something so awesome!

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks for the kind words! :D

  • @mercaius
    @mercaius Před 26 dny +7

    "I wish this computer were more like PIPO. He understood."

  • @Dzyan
    @Dzyan Před měsícem +18

    I'm going to have to use that "some computers just don't get it" line at work. Also I legitimately just called this game "OverBurton" trying to tell someone about your video.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +3

      Lol! OverBurton is great 🤣

  • @njp2k914
    @njp2k914 Před 22 dny +7

    I remember my dad buying this for me from a charity shop when I was around 7 years old. It confused the hell out of me but I managed to get my way through the game and felt such a sense of achievement. People often overlook the sequel even more than this one but that’s a hell of a ride as well.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před 22 dny

      I’m definitely excited to play the sequel!
      I think it was more overlooked because I don’t think it ever saw a US release

  • @AsterSea
    @AsterSea Před měsícem +44

    Hour long Earlybird special on a random unassuming monday? My entire week just improved 10 fold. Thank you for this blessing. 🙏

  • @Hippic
    @Hippic Před měsícem +4

    23:31 the Umbrella logo with the sound effect really got me 😂😂😂

  • @Ars3nLup1n
    @Ars3nLup1n Před měsícem +14

    I had totally forgot about this game until the first seconds of the video.
    That was one trip on nostalgia road. Poor Peepo.
    Fade to Black also had several ways to die and each one had a special cutscene. I wonder if some devs tried to create a trend back then.

  • @Macilcuru
    @Macilcuru Před měsícem +14

    Oh Pipo... Rest in spaghetti, never forgetti.

  • @IAmZolo
    @IAmZolo Před 12 dny +3

    No horror game should ever be forgotten just like how Raz will never forget Peepo and Milly will never forget to leave the safety on.

  • @Phrogly
    @Phrogly Před měsícem +20

    7:44 The thicc thighs did not in fact save lives!

  • @Pacalakin
    @Pacalakin Před měsícem +10

    "Peepo? What's a Peepo?"
    Me having a flashback:
    "OOOHHHH, THAAATS A PEEEEEPOOO"

  • @Vonalray
    @Vonalray Před 25 dny +6

    So Richard Horvitz voices Raz in Psychonauts and Moxxie in Hellova Boss, where he is married to a girl named Millie.
    So Raz married Millie!

  • @KasumiRINA
    @KasumiRINA Před 28 dny +5

    22:17 this is LITERALLY the plot of the Thing. Not just inspired by, not in the style of, or a homage, but that computer part explains the EXACT same way the virus functions, and the girl even says "you are not the Thing" in case someone missed what story they were poorly adapting (removing all suspense by minimizing human characters, because the original is ALL about paranoia and not knowing which of them is infected).

  • @saikimayu
    @saikimayu Před 7 dny +2

    I feel like a new golden age of CZcams is coming quickly. I keep finding small(ish) channels like this lately that are top notch, relatively new (1-3 years), and a substantial portion of their viewers just caught on in the last 3-6 months.

  • @Comkill117
    @Comkill117 Před 28 dny +5

    No, we must never forget the brave sacrifice of Pipo.

    • @fernie-fernandez
      @fernie-fernandez Před 28 dny

      Wait till you hear the heroisms of Charlie Nash in The Legend of Chun-Li. :p

  • @QuintusCunctator
    @QuintusCunctator Před měsícem +19

    On one side, the game is undoubtedly quite original and ambitious. On the flipside, the animation quality kind of destroys any tension the game tries to provoke... Characters prance around so much it seems almost purposefully comedic.
    Thanks for this review, much appreciated! The PS1 and PS2 library has a lot hidden gems and rarely talked about games, that are the trademark of an era when game developers and publishers were not averse to risk and experimentation, and that's something sorely missing today.

  • @kroboman831
    @kroboman831 Před měsícem +7

    That final boss kill is very Dead Space regenerator

  • @natebush8217
    @natebush8217 Před 3 dny +1

    Bahahahaha! You honestly had me going when you added the line "Your real name is Barry Burton!" Nice work! 😂

  • @casanovafunkenstein5090
    @casanovafunkenstein5090 Před měsícem +5

    Overblood isn't an RE clone because the development studio had already made Doctor Hauser on the 3DO before RE even came out.
    Overblood is more of an Alone in the Dark clone with a sci-fi twist and a greater focus on character interaction and Overblood 2 is so absurdly ambitious that it doesn't even fit conveniently into a regular genre and verges on being a fully 3D immersive sim with a cyberpunk aesthetic running on the PS1 and before Deus Ex even came out. It also made all of the characters British for some reason.

  • @NobodyDrinksFromMyGal
    @NobodyDrinksFromMyGal Před měsícem +5

    This horror game should absolutely not be forgotten. It is a gem. A tragic, hilarious flawed gem that deserves a special place in a video game museum, and in our hearts.
    PIIIIIPOOOOOOO!!!!

  • @RPSamurai_Jon-Lynn
    @RPSamurai_Jon-Lynn Před 18 hodinami +1

    That ending though with Dale, lol. Looking forward to Overblood 2 talk review. Never even knew it existed.

  • @PoorWax
    @PoorWax Před 20 dny +2

    This was truly one of the games ever made. In general, I love the casual lounge jazz you have in the background during your voice-overs

  • @ShaneT5S
    @ShaneT5S Před 26 dny +4

    I love Overblood so much. It’s one of the worst games I’ve played. But I love it so much. RIP Pipo, Weinerless Steve’s only friend

  • @thedrewdog
    @thedrewdog Před měsícem +9

    I actually liked this as a kid, especially the eerie soundtrack. But the death screams of the characters never fail to freak me out, especially Millie's.

  • @catswithlasers
    @catswithlasers Před měsícem +15

    I remember watching the Super Replay of it over on GameInformer. It was one of the wildest roller coasters of emotions and gameplay I’ve ever experienced. And don’t get me started on Overblood 2…

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +5

      Haha I can’t wait to experience OverBlood 2 I’m sure it will be a wild ride 🤣🤣

    • @thedrewdog
      @thedrewdog Před měsícem +2

      That video and Spoony's Phantasmagoria II Let's Play are two of my biggest comfort watches whenever I need to relax.

    • @gaaramookow
      @gaaramookow Před měsícem +2

      ​@@early-tv you may want to reference the Super Replay of Overblood 2 if you need guidance, that game is...obtuse.

    • @catswithlasers
      @catswithlasers Před měsícem +1

      @@gaaramookowthat’s a nice way of saying “that game is BROKEN” lmao

    • @onyxdragonlady9928
      @onyxdragonlady9928 Před měsícem

      I really hope you don't get the glitch. There is a game breaking Glitch. The GI crew had a debug playstation 3 to play it on. I REALLY hope you get to play the whole thing. That game is wild.

  • @Pexeroso
    @Pexeroso Před 28 dny +5

    This game deserves at least a 6-7/10 just for Pipo existence

  • @irkalla100
    @irkalla100 Před měsícem +6

    I had never heard of this game and I'm glad I hadn't because when it came out I would have hated it. Now I appreciate the weird unintentional campy hilarity of it.
    Love your videos! Almost scared of the sequel, but in that excited sort of way 😂

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +1

      Haha I feel the same. If I had played this back in the day I probably would have just brushed it off as kinda meh, but now I just find it endearing and fun haha. 😆

  • @fabalouswun
    @fabalouswun Před měsícem +4

    I love this game and video! The Barry Burton joke timing was incredible! This is the first video I've seen from you and I'm definitely gonna watch some more.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem

      Thanks haha I appreciate it!

  • @shimsham6
    @shimsham6 Před měsícem +3

    You've got both a great sense of humour and timing that makes your reviews of this iconic 90s gem so amusing to watch. Both you and your channel content certainly has the potentials to blossom, especially with the direction and way you approach the obscure/classic forgotten games you love to discuss.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před 29 dny

      Thank you, I appreciate it!!

  • @MrDmoney156
    @MrDmoney156 Před měsícem +6

    *mentions Overblood 2
    well you're gonna be in for a RIDE... can't wait to see you cover that soon

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +1

      I just keep hearing how wild 2 is, I am excited to play it 🤣🤣

  • @jonatanrobledo9812
    @jonatanrobledo9812 Před měsícem +7

    I just couldn't think anything else but "A clone of myself!?" over and over during that reveal...

  • @isoesuper
    @isoesuper Před měsícem +3

    I played this with my friend when we were teenagers and several Resident Evils had already come and gone, so we were aware it was of dubious quality but also had a lot of camp value and found it pretty funny.
    I rented the sequel and took it to his house but it's a totally different game, in genre and how it plays - it's way more of an action adventure than a survival horror and has more modern 3D controls with floatier jumping. It feels like a surprising amount of money went into it but it wasn't released outside Japan and PAL areas, plus the PAL version apparently had a game breaking bug that would crash the game at certain door 100% of the time. My friend and I didn't reach that area though because we were expecting something way more schlocky and gave up after a couple of hours.

  • @POLE7645
    @POLE7645 Před 27 dny +4

    Also fun fact about the Barry comparisons.
    Raz' Japanese voice actor (Yusaku Yara) (because yes, this is a Japanese game that was dubbed in English) would later voice Barry Burton in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Talk about a funny coincidence.

  • @decibelfilm
    @decibelfilm Před 18 dny +2

    I approve of this format - a laid-back blend of review and playthrough.

  • @user-ci1sn5vo4p
    @user-ci1sn5vo4p Před měsícem +11

    Damn, it's so frustrating that people say it's resident evil clone. As a programmer it's totally different game engines and considering the games were released in a same year there is no way it's the clone.
    The story is very good, the game mechanics are amazing for the time, overall the game have a very unique experience. This combat mechanics are very ambitious for the time. Sad that this game did not receive attention.
    Thanks for review, I didn't know about this awesome game.
    As for Raz is looking similar to Barry, I think those are coincidence. It seems they had a little experience with character designs and textures, all in game seems plain and simple. And yeah, Barry face is really simple and easy to make.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +4

      Yeah I think it definitely had the misfortune of being released so close to RE. That gave it a really big name to live up to and most of the reviews back then slammed it essentially for not being RE.
      It was definitely ambitious though!

  • @TheIceWater
    @TheIceWater Před měsícem +4

    I've been trying to remember what this game was called for almost 30 years. THANK YOU.

  • @hrnekbezucha
    @hrnekbezucha Před měsícem +4

    The goofy af music in the big reveal scene is just amazing
    Very cool vid of a game I'd never get to play :>

  • @theclownicon
    @theclownicon Před měsícem +3

    I'm not gonna lie, I thought that death scream was Ryan Gosling shouting from Blade Runner.

  • @thekidwhodraws
    @thekidwhodraws Před 19 dny +2

    I adore overblood 1 and overblood 2 is one of the most ambitious games of its era. There’s an alternate world where overblood goes on to be a successful and valuable franchise…

  • @desilatour
    @desilatour Před měsícem +2

    Thanks for the video. Missed these please keep them coming!

  • @wrestlecrazygamer7419
    @wrestlecrazygamer7419 Před měsícem

    I love these videos. Nice to kick back and relax while watching or even just listening to. The outro also gives me life, every time. Never gets old.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem

      Haha thank you! Appreciate it!

  • @tessfabled4115
    @tessfabled4115 Před 29 dny +3

    The fact he screams what sounds like 'FUUUUUUUUU-!!'

  • @batattitude
    @batattitude Před měsícem +3

    A game called "Overblood" being an RE-like and not "We have Mortal Combat at Home" is SO frustrating. That's the PERFECT name for an over the top gory fighting game.

  • @yuuhithefox
    @yuuhithefox Před měsícem +1

    Another amazing video again Bird! Love the way you present it and its just a nice video to listen through while doin chores :)

  • @iggy1789
    @iggy1789 Před 22 dny +1

    I just found your channel and I love it already. I love how chill your commentary style is, please keep coming!

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před 22 dny

      Thank you!! I appreciate it c:

  • @hassankhalid4969
    @hassankhalid4969 Před 17 dny +1

    i love how he just met the woman and he's asking her to mercy kill him if it becomes necessary and she's all "nooooo we can help you" like they grew up together

  • @woogha
    @woogha Před 7 dny +1

    That skit with the robot earned you an immediate sub. Hahaha.

  • @conr__
    @conr__ Před měsícem +5

    Raz's death scream makes me laugh every time; Great video!

    • @TheZackofSpades
      @TheZackofSpades Před měsícem

      It’s even funnier when something completely. obliterates him…like the giant fan…and we still get that full-lunged scream before the death tune sounds 😂

  • @RuSosan
    @RuSosan Před měsícem +12

    Pipo's the bestest bot! 🫡🥹
    Fun coincidental fact: "Pipo" means "beanie" in finnish.
    _Now I can never dress up for winter without getting Pipo flashbacks again._

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +3

      Beanie 🥹
      That’s so cute haha

  • @thedadliestman
    @thedadliestman Před měsícem

    Excellent video and wonderfully edited. Can't wait to see your next work!

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem

      Thank you!! Appreciate it 😁

  • @CUDBRINO
    @CUDBRINO Před 10 dny +1

    i got reccomended this video, editing was funny as hell thanks!

  • @donovanfaust3227
    @donovanfaust3227 Před měsícem +6

    Spoilers
    Alright, I just got to the part where Millie was revealed to be a clone, and while I didn't call that I was on the clone trail but only because I thought the man watching all this unfold on the cameras is actually Raz and the one we know is a clone of the scientist. Now I'm not convinced that isn't true yet, especially because the concept of clones has just been verified to exist in this world.
    I did just get a crazy thought though and no way can it be the actual twist, but I think somehow Pipo is also Millie and it's that memory chip that holds her consciousness. Just the fact that the clone we know also has the original's memories, well it made me think how that might work. One option might be that this clone was made at a time when Original Millie (OM for short) was still alive and so could have had her brain copied over to Clone Millie (CM for short) when she was created. I get the feeling though it was more like at some point OM had her brain scanned, ended up dying, then in his grief Raz created CM and uploaded the stored memory to her. Maybe the exact order of events are different but the important part is her memory is saved somewhere. Even in that first option at somepoint OM must have had her brain scanned and if it coukd be copied and transferred to the clone it could be copied to other things. I think her consciousness exists in Pipo's memory chip meaning Pipo was just Millie inside a robot body.
    I haven't seen much attraction between CM and CR (clone Raz) but knowing most media, they like each other or end up falling in love, y'know the usual. Probably because the originals were in love and why OR is obsessed with CM, so obviously the clones will be attracted to each other and Pipo loved CR enough to sacrifice themselves to save him. I think CM might do the same at some point but then CR finds out what the memory chip holds and saves her by the end.
    Absolutely batsh*t theory but I'm calling it now based on very little evidence, my knowledge of tropes, and a gut feeling.
    Also, another weird theory, there's more Raz clones and the first clone stayed a mutant. CM didn't cure him, she just woke up a different clone. Idk, once you introduce clones theres just so much shenanigans that can be done.
    Edit: lol I paused the video as soon as you said "bet you didn't see that coming" and now CM just confessed her love for CR or Billy whatever his actual name is. And yeah the man in the shadows it definitely the original "Raz".

  • @americanmeowth3336
    @americanmeowth3336 Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for the vid! This popped into my feed, and after watching, that's an instant subscribe. Keep it up!

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks! Appreciate it!

  • @chadboban
    @chadboban Před měsícem +2

    19:46 almost made me choke on my breakfast. For nearly killing me, you've earned a subscriber.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +1

      Haha thank you! Sorry for nearly killing you 🤣🤣

  • @pandamonium9255
    @pandamonium9255 Před 25 dny +3

    We have Barry at home's voice actor did a pretty good job IMO. I would pay money for that death scream sample lol.

  • @UnhingedAlt-hb1xe
    @UnhingedAlt-hb1xe Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for the video it was funny and a neat watch. My therapist said hanging pictures of you in my room was "unhealthy" so I've settled for watching everything in your channel on a 24 hour non-stop playlist constantly. This is the healthiest expression of adoration I can do for now (construction of the bird shrine has begun).

  • @heyyyitsjosh
    @heyyyitsjosh Před měsícem

    This is right up my alley!! I can’t believe I haven’t heard of this game before. Definitely subscribed, looking forward to more of your stuff

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem

      Thanks, appreciate it!!

  • @bilbo1778
    @bilbo1778 Před 5 dny +2

    Back in the 90s I didn’t own a PlayStation (I was firmly on Team Nintendo) but back then you could rent one from Blockbuster/Hollywood etc. and I rented this game a few times along with the console. Thing is though - I didn’t own a memory card so I had to play through on ONE LIFE which you can imagine is ridiculous with all the unfair trial by error insta-death mechanics. The furthest I made it was the part with the train and of course I got ran over and proceeded to shout curses and toss the controller in frustration.
    Even still this game stuck with me all these years - something about the atmosphere and the eerie ambient music really made an impression on my teenage self. I still use “Raz” as my character name or gamer handle occasionally all these years later… ☺️

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před 5 dny

      Ahh the days of trying to power through games with no memory cards
      This one would definitely be tough to do that with it’s a bit unfair at times 😂

  • @Big_Dai
    @Big_Dai Před měsícem +9

    @19:47 That was so unnecessary......... and I appreciate it.

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +1

      I love the unnecessary spins so much 🤣

  • @Jonaleko
    @Jonaleko Před měsícem +9

    I remember playing this game when I was a kid and found it terrifying, but couldn't get far enough to the first zombie fight lol
    Then some years ago I found the disc and decided it was time to revisit it. And boy what a ride that was, way funnier than what I had expected 😅

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem +3

      Always fun to revisit games you played when you were younger 🤣

    • @Jonaleko
      @Jonaleko Před měsícem +1

      @@early-tv Yeaah! And I love your takes on the game at the end, for me it was never reeeally a Resident Evil clone, but more of a product of its time. And yes, I also felt hard with Pipo's death TwT
      Oh also, I waited until the end of the video because I was gonna ask if you're planning on playing OverBlood 2 and I'm glad you are! This one I only knew it existed after I beat OverBlood, which was the revisit playthrough, played through it and damn, there's a lot to take in. Can't wait to see you having fun with it 🤣

  • @looloopaa
    @looloopaa Před měsícem

    Just stumbled across this video and really enjoyed it! Looking forward to checking out your back catalogue of videos as well!

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem

      Thanks!! Appreciate it 😁

  • @direct278
    @direct278 Před měsícem +1

    I recently found your channel and I think you have great things in your future. Keep up the quality content, looking forward to your next projects!

    • @early-tv
      @early-tv  Před měsícem

      Thanks, appreciate it!! 💖

  • @oroontheheels
    @oroontheheels Před měsícem +3

    When I was a kid a classmate gave me this game.
    Say whatever you want, but starting the game by throwing protagonists into panic enduring survival situation was a great choice!
    I forgot the name of the game and had troubles finding it as an adult. But that intro sequence was forever in my memory.
    Silent Hill 1 intro was spoilered to me. And Resident Evil 3 wants that scary. Maybe because i always feel safe when cool girl like Jill was in charge. 😎
    But here you just wake up with amnesia in a cold silent room and then you protagonists starts dying from cold and you have NO IDEA what to do.
    I love it!
    But then again I didn’t get far in this game so ofcourse as a child I didn’t experience it’s highs and lows fully.
    Thank you for the review!

  • @JadedToast
    @JadedToast Před měsícem +1

    I was just thinking of this game the other day randomly and hoping to see a video on it ty!