"Tonal Whiplash" The Game | Medievil 2 (PS1) Review - TGX Game Reviews
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The title may make you think that I'm playing my cards right from the beginning. Trust me though, there's much more nuance to this whole deal than you might think looking at the title of the video. So in this exciting 3rd episode of the 4th annual 12 Days Of TGXmas, we take a look at the second and ultimately final Medievil game. Fair warning, this game contains poorly implemented time travel and so the old pile of mulch that used to be a horse that is Thieves In Time is brought up again, but what more could you expect from me?
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Fun fact: grinding for health was possible, health vials respawned but fountains didn’t. I beat this legitimately, but it took a LOT of replaying the museum. At least I got a lot of cash each time I went into the mouse hole….
I heard somewhere that MediEvil 2's devs wanted to feature a distant relative of Sir Daniel Fortesque from the late 1800's called Sir Henry Fortesque, I believe, as the protagonist. I kind of wonder what the game would have been like if they went forward with that idea.
yet here i stand, this is my fav ps1 game from my childhood, your points sting, but mostly because I think you are right! Still love the series, thanks for covering them.
I hope they remake Medieval 2 and include the original too. Don't have the original on PS1.
Next remake/remaster Syphon Filter trilogy. I wanna see that OPed taser in HD.
I feel the way to keep the joke going about Dan but turn it on it's head is to change it so that no one remembers who he is now despite finally being a legitimate hero. He could constantly grumble about about how he deserves respect, but no one cares, eventually making Dan take up the mantle of hero once more purely out of spite. You could also make reference to the fact that after the events of the first game, Dan was officially in the Hall of Heroes and being revived again has ripped him out of paradise, making him even crankier over having to prove himself all over again. Maybe even have it that he can't go back to the Hall of Heroes, making his reward of spending eternity with Kiya mean more than just obligatory love interest. Or at the very least, be somewhat comical in that he can no longer enter paradise, but he's got a hot girl so good enough? I dunno, now I'm thinking too much on this!
Kiya is the kind of character that make all us feel like stupid.There is a Solid reason if She went to Whitchapel alone.And the reason of the relationship...well if you see the plot of the third game you'll know it!!!
It's such a shame that the third game never came to be and the remake of MediEvil wasn't enough to remake the sequel and MAYBE get another shot at the third title... oh well.
I never played any of the medievil games but I heard quite a bit. Thanks for covering them man
I own both ps1 games
It's fun using the cheats in this game
7 year old me agrees with you franticly
@@jackofnotrades4350 you can make dans head bigger and its cool
MediEvil 2 is an interesting sequel. I agree with a lot of what was said. Especially with the downgraded health system. But at the same time, I kind of prefer it over the first on the basis that an instant weapon swapping button was added. I also didn't hate the stealth system, but did feel like a less interesting version of the core gameplay that made MediEvil, and I LOVED the VIctorian England setting so much. Fantastic review as always, dude!
despite all the jank and criticisms I still like 2 better than 1. the Victorian setting and music was always an amazing vibe
I sometimes think that MediEvil 2's visuals look like a 1997 PS1 game, like Crash Bandicoot 2 or Final Fantasy VII, despite the game releasing in 2000. The characters' faces never move and their models don't have much detail. Spyro: Year of the Dragon has better animated cutscenes.
I loved the hand sections. Actually, they were my favorite part.
*You missed the best opportunity to call this video "Bonal Whiplash"*
holy shit long time no video but this one was great
It might just be the kind of thing you don't get unless you play it yourself, but I'm not really seeing the appeal of the actual gameplay of these games from the footage alone. The combat looks sloppy and imprecise, the controls look like they go all over the place with the tilt of the stick, and the platforming looks janky and awkward. Maybe a 3D beat em up with switchable weapons was more of a novelty in 1998-2000? Still, that genre has come a long, *long* way since then.
Or maybe the characters and the atmosphere were what sold it, I dunno. Regardless, I'm not exactly in a rush to spend $80 apiece on physical copies of these games.
I did play a little of the MediEvil remake on PS4. The way I see is that the lore/ atmosphere and the characters is what mainly sold it. The people who made this seemed to care more about that over everything else. The gameplay and controls was like an extra to them and they didn’t know how to design it properly. The combat is loose and sloppy while movements is simply slippery. The jumping suck, especially in those parts where it want the player to be precise and careful, which makes the platforming, like you said, janky and awkward.
And this is the remake I’m talking about. Which surprised me. It should have improved the issues with the original, like making the combat have weight and the jumping to be neat and not floaty. These would make the game actually fun.
I mean, the original MediEvil seems to be an outdated game not meant to be played for today’s standards, while the remake is the same janky game that improves nothing except for the graphics and resolution.
In my opinion, gameplay always come first, no matter what the genre is. I play games for good controls/ gameplay. I played other hack ‘n’ slash games with smooth and slick controls and prefer those over any of the MediEvil games. I would play a game with a lackluster lore and characters with great gameplay and controls over a game with great lore and characters but with sluggish and poorly-designed gameplay and controls. Don’t get me wrong, having good lore and characters is nice and all, but it should not be the main reason to play a video game.
The original MediEvil is definitely not worth the $60 it’s going for. Neither is MediEvil II. The only reason these game are valuable is simply that the quantity is small.
I think Kiya was one of my sexual awakenings, you’re not alone in thinking she was cute af
37:46 Isnt it obvious you got the op gatling gun so they punish you.
Actually, the Jack The Ripper tangent makes even less sense because Jack The Ripper's killings took place in 1888!....
For Christ's sake, The Order 1886 wasn't the first to make this anachronism?
I think the "bad ending" was put to the 100% to put a cliffhanger? Like crash 4 100% ending
I recommend playing this game!
I do wonder if they didn’t remake Medievil 2 for the reasons TGX listed, a lack of funding, or a lack of time. Or maybe they are still planning a remake for it and are just holding it off.
THIS SEQUEL IS NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST ONE! When you jump, measuring the height and distance where you will land is all BAD! I gave up playing this game because of that!
few games that used time travel well
Chrono trigger
Dark cloud 2
Timesplitters
This is a enjoyable game very nostalgic.
Sounds fun
I played the series a little over a year ago and I wanted to love medievil 2 but it really pissed me off. The health system is awful and I couldn't beat the final boss so I had to cheat, hated the story and dans voice the level gimmicks etc. Even the camera when you go down the chandelier in the level always had the camera in such a bad position I couldn't see anything.. Lastly I tried grinding for gold so I could abuse the gold armor from the merchant but my gold would disappear at complete random sometimes I would boot up the game and it would be there sometimes it would magically be gone. Fuck this game
That new health mechanic sounds goddang awful. Thanks for taking the bullet on this one. :D
20:38 I can hear that Heihachi theme in the background! Ever so feintly. :D
26:54 Me when someone makes fun of Sonic 06.
Only MediEvil game I never beat. On one hand, this is making me tempted to try it again, yet on the other hand, the deal wit the health system sounds like a bit of a pain.