THE GRINCH, PS1: i don't have a nose review (CHRISTMAS SPECIAL)
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- čas přidán 14. 12. 2019
- Yes, the Grinch indeed has his own game,
that 'mean one' created by Seuss, just the same
With gadgets and widgets and blueprints galore,
the Grinch vows to end Christmas forevermore
With some assistance from his trusty dog Max,
the Grinch inflicts some unusual attacks
Pancaking, bad breath and rotten eggs too,
all effective in his assault on the land of Who
Despite its release with a movie coinciding,
its faithfulness to the story is hardly abiding
All the same, it's good fun playing that grumpy green pill,
and besides, if we don't steal Christmas... WHOVILLE?
Okay, I'll stop now.
Notes:
* Just to make it clear, Konami was merely the publisher, not the developer. With my emphasis on Konami at the beginning of the review, I'm not sure this was made explicitly clear.
** The similarities to Bugs and Taz might seem a bit of a stretch, but despite both games ultimately being very different, there are a number of small similarities - some of which I initially mentioned but decided to cut from the main review last-minute. For example:
- They both have a hub world (Mt Crumpit/Granwich) with access to four zones/eras.
- Max can be controlled with the right analog stick, as you can also do with Bugs or Taz.
- The rotten egg launcher is somewhat similar to Bugs' carrot throwing ability.
Overall, as I say, the games are very different - it just reminded me of Bugs and Taz because of these minor similarities. Just wanted to clear this up a little.
Anyway, otherwise, hope you enjoy this review. I had a lot more fun making this than I expected to! Thanks to Kaos Christ for your request - sorry it's taken a long time but I figured I wanted to make it a Christmas special.
Merry Christmas, people! And if I don't upload anything before New Year (I am kinda busy so this may be my last upload this year), Happy New Year!
Thanks for watching everyone! It's been a great year for reviews, and I've loved every second of it. See you again soon! :)
Michael (and Felix) - Hry
I love these old school game reviews so much!
I love making them, haha!
Do you know seeing old-school games and how much they’ve changed to the recent games we have now it would be really cool if they make a come back
The one thing I love. About this movie is that we finally get to figure out why the grinch hated Christmas in the first place thanks to the mayor being a bully in the end grinch said sorry and Martha may date the grinch ❤️ my favorite quotes is “cheer up dude it’s Christmas “ Jim Carry
They should have called this game The Grinch's wild adventures. He sure goes on one.
Let's be stealthy here ok? "Owch"!!
Ho-ho-ho!
What a interesting way to finish 2019 c:
I’m sure excited for this!
Yaaaay! Hope you like it! 😁
I’m sure people who have played the game can agree why but doesn’t the ending of the game look like he was hypnotised into loving Christmas due to the music that plays at the end seeming very evil chanting.
When you mentioned about who the target audience was my first though was “yea... I might be wrong but the cover I had I could have sworn he was sticking his middle finger up”
I think that's meant to be his index finger. But hey, it would make sense - he is the Grinch! Bit inappropriate though, haha!
Ahh right I knew he had a finger up! 😂 guess that’s just a child taking whatever he could and making it inappropriate 😂
The artwork for this game is pretty bad! The cover is terrible- no offence to whoever drew that Grinch. I couldn't find any decent high res images of the game artwork that wasn't littered with logos. That's why the thumbnail is a bit... mnehhhh. 😂
Seriously loved the GBC version of this game which..is vastly different. It's basically sneaky Pac-Man. Good vid as always!
Never played the GBC game! Thank you! :D
I once play pacman before
No freaking way there’s a game boy version for this oh man and there was a Santa Claus three game boy advance game Man I got a find these
For some reason my nan had a copy of this but we lost it, at least we have the memory card
Nice review! Honestly makes me wanna play this :) merry xmas!
Thank you!!! 😃 I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Merry Christmas!!! 😁🎅🏻🎄☃️
I love Christmas too
The Cat in the Hat also has a game; two different versions (one based on the book for the PS1, and another based on the movie for the PS2)
*Merry Christmas!*🎄
You know the channel's going places when you get a Christmas variant of the logo. 😄 Nice one, man.
Short long story- Long ago, there was once a magical shop where I live that sold all sorts of obscure PS1/2 games. Within its hallowed halls, I beheld this game one day and thought to my young self "Huh. This is a thing?" And lo, a purchase was made!
Honestly, I've played this game for hours, but never even finished it. I like it a lot, but, like you say, it doesn't explain things. I mean, a game that gives you visual cues is great and gets you thinking, but... Okay, literally the ski-sliming puzzle with the dog took me *years* to figure out.
Also, I've read the manual (very colourful, nice art) and the bubble health meter thing is called the "Exhaust-o-Meter". I think a more accurate name is "Nonsense Tolerance Gauge", but it goes unexplained along with the Hearts of Stone.
See, I usually read through the manuals, but I bought this game from someone online and they didn't include the manual. Exhaust-o-meter?! Haha! I actually see the metre as fairly pointless. The challenge lies in the puzzles after all. I tell you what also stumped me - this fat guy in the dump. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of him and all you had to do was fire a rotten egg at some construction equipment, but it wasn't clear. I initially mentioned that but it wound up getting cut because this review was waaaaay too long.
Ooh, also... That Christmas logo was made for a Christmas special I did two years ago. I rarely use it, and this might be the last time I ever use it as I'm intending to change to opening soonish.
Merry Christmas!!! :D
@@idonthaveanose Yeah, it's pointless and sends you back to the level start. Lives up to its name in that regard. 😁
Dump Guy I figured out pretty quick, but I never knew about the chap with the hook! So much I've never seen. Like the ending. Which is really eerie and creepy, as you illustrated perfectly. 😂 I think this would have worked better if it wasn't a Grinch game. Since that aspect feels so slapped on at the end. I'd like a game with a gadgety goblin thing making mischief. Similar aesthetic and keep the music. Boom. Perfect.
Ah, well first time I've seen it. Can't wait for the new look. 👍
Also, I meant to thank you for listing me under "Reccomended by" in the Taz Wanted vid! Fun surprise there. 😁
Oh yeah, no problem! 😃
See, the dump guy- this is the thing with me and puzzle games. As I said in the review, I can often handle really tough puzzles, but the easy ones throw me completely. I overthink them all the time.
I agree with you there! I had the same thought, that this game may have benefited more from NOT being a Grinch game. I've been so many harsh criticisms of the game and really, I don't think it's all that bad, but if you're expecting The Grinch, I can understand why someone would be underwhelmed. The atmosphere of the game itself is kind of eerie. I'm not sure if it's intentional, but as a kid this would have creeped me out! 😂 Some of the dump music reminds me of Oddworld.
@@idonthaveanose Old school adventure games are *riddled* with that stuff. Mostly to tease the player. LucasArts has some good examples.
A property hampered by *being attached* to Dr Seuss. Huh. That's not something one says every day. 😄 That reminds me, I need to hunt down *Cat in the Hat for PS2.* Played a demo on PC years ago. It's actually fun, if simple.
Most likely unintentional, but I cannot disagree - the whole thing feels unsetling. Much like the film. 😂 I like the film for the most part, but there's that inherent creep vibe when trying to make humans look like cartoons. Which is what the devs are trying to do in the game, but that raises another question: why didn't they just make it the characters look like Seuss's cartoon style? Not like it's too far off from Looney Tunes.
Yeah, there's a strong OddWorld vibe. Heavy, industrial sounds always please me. I quite like the soundtrack in general, actually. "Under Water" is probably my favourite.
Oh yeah, Monkey Island actually springs to mind. The Cat in the Hat is one bad movie, I never played the game. The creepy CG fish used to terrify me. I completely agree about making cartoons look realistic being creepy. Some things were just meant to stay hand-drawn. The Grinch himself is like some creature from a horror movie and the other Whos aren't much better. Weirdly, I had a similar conversation about this type of thing earlier.
The Oddworld soundtracks are weirdly relaxing to me. They're creepy and atmospheric but also weirdly calming. 😂
Any more Christmas ideas in the future?
The only ones left that I can think of are The Golden Compass and this terrible PS1 Santa Claus game. I won't be covering the Blast! Home Alone game.
Merry Christmas to you
Apologies, no idea why this wound up in the spam! Merry Christmas to you too!! (Is it too late for that??? Nah...) :D
@@idonthaveanose thank you
Merry Christmas I don’t have a nose review
I vaguely remember having this either on the pc or dreamcast 🤔 either way i never completed it which is becoming a theme with me now 😅 but hey games used to have one difficulty and that was, "Hard" and still to this day i can't figure out why
I think this is so far the only game I've recorded that I've had to look up a walkthrough to complete. I got stuck for ages at Who Dump - how the hell they expected kids to figure it out is beyond me.
@@idonthaveanose well this is the thing and the point i made with wonka, that kids games where hard because they wasn't always blatantly obvious what to do next, it was like they where designed for adults first and if kids wanted to play them they could but, "fuck em" if they struggle 😅 it's childrens game design but done backwards 😅
I actually like this! I found a lot of PS1 kids' games to be quite challenging. Eventually I think they got too patronising and over-explained everything. Saying that, I think this game could have done with a little more explanation.
@@idonthaveanose i love a bit of challenge now as an adult, but to make a game hard and frustrating for a child so they could pan out the 4 hour story so it lasts longer, seems unfair and lazy for developers, now that being said if they had crunch to get the game done before or the day of the movie release then i get that, but if it's a stand alone game then it becomes lazy, but that's just my game design mind coming into play as i still enjoy these games and have recently found myself going back and playing bolt on the xbox 360
You could say that, but I don't always see it that way. In this case I think the game's biggest issue was the lack of direction, which I see as a mere oversight. I just think you sometimes needed a nudge in the right direction. But given too much help, it can easily make it boring. That, and there's always the problem knowing exactly what the age range of a game's target audience is intended to be. I know they're kids' games, but are we talking 3 or 10 years old? I was under the impression this was aimed at older kids (at least 8 and up) but there's nothing on the case to indicate that.
Also, I have Bolt but on PS2. 😂
Did…did i forget to comment?!😅😶
I guess I got grinched 😂
Probably liked 2020 or something
18.9.22
I'm playing this right now...
Idc what anyone says ..
Badly nostalgic... I love it..
Aside from glitchy parts and bad voice acting, I genuinely didn't think this was bad. I enjoyed it.
I heard that you said that you worked in retail in this game. I have got a job in retail. What is it like?
I used to work in retail for several years and hated it. Generally, everyone is overworked and underpaid, and the hours are all over the place so it takes over your life. Not fun. Don't recommend.
3:41 so if The Grinch gets hurt enough he shouts that it's unbearable? Got it!
I know this might seem like the most random comparison, but I couldn't help but think about it, the sound effect during the blueprint puzzle game reminded me a lot of the sound effects from the Teletubbies PS1 game
Just FYI, never play that game, it's easily one of the worst I have ever played
Oh don't worry, I wasn't planning to. 😂
@@idonthaveanose Good man
I’ll keep that in mind, although now I want to find a review on it🤣
@@gracekim25 I don't know if there are any, but there are some hilarious let's plays
That moose gaive me nightmer 's😄😃😀😊☺😉😂
I was thinking about getting the game since it reminded me of 5)3 monsters inc ps1 game.
After seeing this 6:48, no thank you.
Eh this is fun 😊
Why not review Tomba! Ps1?
I may cover it eventually, but I have a list of games to cover early next year atm so it may not be for a while. 🙂 But thanks for the request!
I have not play tomba before
17:48 this remember pepe le pew
The original Chuck Jones animated Grinch is WAY better.
Agreed! It's really good!
@@idonthaveanose You doing anything exciting for Christmas? I'm gonna be going to my grandparents on Christmas Day, assuming I get better as I've been sick for a little over a week now.
@@supermariof0521 Oh no, get well soon! I usually have a relatively quiet Christmas with the parents but I'm going to a party over New Year's! I'm seeing a few friends too, but Christmas itself will likely be low-key for me. 😂
@@supermariof0521 well I respect the fact that you like something a lot older than me 😅 but um how did you manage to watch it?🤔
@@gracekim25 My parents got me a VHS copy of it sometime in 2000, around the time of the live action films release. I was 3 at the time.
You need to working how swing on
poles 6:20
Guards not really good guard
I really mean they need do just one job
Is not that hard be a guard
surprisingly open ended for a ps1 game.
game over 3:42
He said ow 3:54,3:57
4:06,4:12,4:16