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Angry Video Game Nerd
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shanafan
Member
Looks like the next James and Mike Monday was accidentally revealed.
Power Punch II (NES)
It's private now, but should be live sometime Monday.
Can say I never heard of this game. Looks like Mike Tyson on the cover.
Power Punch II (NES)
It's private now, but should be live sometime Monday.
Can say I never heard of this game. Looks like Mike Tyson on the cover.
Hmmm, interesting choice. It was originally meant to be a sequel to Punch-Out called "Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch", but then didn't because of the legal issues Tyson was getting into, & for SOME reason, they put a "2" in the title despite the fact there's no Power Punch 1.
GUYS, THEY DID IT.
THEY ACTUALLY MANAGED TO BEAT DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE ON NES!!
To save you guys the time, you'll want to skip ahead since it has many attempts before Mike manages to actually beat it.
THEY ACTUALLY MANAGED TO BEAT DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE ON NES!!
To save you guys the time, you'll want to skip ahead since it has many attempts before Mike manages to actually beat it.
shanafan
Member
Halloween is tomorrow, so maybe.
MrCunningham
Member
Mike said in the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde stream that they are working on it. Probably have it uploaded by tomorrow.
Triforce141
Member
Triforce141
Member
That ending,
with Board James getting a late Halloween special.
BassForever
Member
The problem is that James has shown generally terrible skill at 3d games kind of like Egoraptor where its hard to take their criticism of those games seriously at times. The Crow doesn't look like a very good game but I'm sure I'm not the only person who finds tank controls perfectly playable and somewhat preferable for certain kinds of games.
Now that I've seen it, I say he should have done Resident Evil. I don't know why he doesn't. He could have said a lot of the same things about it and he would have sucked just as badly at it. But he would have had more things to say. He could have talked about the voice acting, the story, the lack of ammo (I'm sure he would have complained about that), the puzzles and not knowing where to go, and how innovative it was.
The original RE is one of my favorite games and I love tank controls, but I don't care if he complains about every single thing in it and calls it shit. It would probably be funny and it would a big title. People would have nostalgia for it. Who has nostalgia for The Crow on Sega Saturn?
It is bizarre how into horror he is and into video games he is but he has nothing at all to say about horror video games.
The original RE is one of my favorite games and I love tank controls, but I don't care if he complains about every single thing in it and calls it shit. It would probably be funny and it would a big title. People would have nostalgia for it. Who has nostalgia for The Crow on Sega Saturn?
It is bizarre how into horror he is and into video games he is but he has nothing at all to say about horror video games.
What PS1 game is as bad as Action 52?
MrCunningham
Member
It's neat that he picked ab obscure Saturn title, but this one was so mediocre that there really is very little to say about it outside of controls and camera. It is a mid '90's movie licensed game from Accliam, which means it was bound to be bad.
I don't really think James understands how the the visuals work in these types of games, as he tried to compare it to Mario 64. Not one of his better AVGN Halloween specials. But I look forward to the Board James cross over.
I don't really think James understands how the the visuals work in these types of games, as he tried to compare it to Mario 64. Not one of his better AVGN Halloween specials. But I look forward to the Board James cross over.
In a recent video he made a comment about how he could never jive with/or liked the classic RE control scheme.
brianmcdoogle
Member
Guy Fucks? Isn't it Fred Fucks? Or was that a Guy Fawkes parody?
Anyway, this was at least better than the Alien 3 "review" he did two or so years ago. I think the letdown is that there were always two reliable episodes every year, Christmas and Halloween, and now Halloween has taken a huge backseat to Monster Madness. I know he's busy and has a life and family, but It bums me out that we've only gotten 4 episodes this year. Just four. And I can't imagine anything between now and Christmas.
(the board game is one of the few he's talked about that I remember, and remember liking. Interesting for the next Board James episode)
Great video on the process of making the monster madness and their entire output.
Anyway, this was at least better than the Alien 3 "review" he did two or so years ago. I think the letdown is that there were always two reliable episodes every year, Christmas and Halloween, and now Halloween has taken a huge backseat to Monster Madness. I know he's busy and has a life and family, but It bums me out that we've only gotten 4 episodes this year. Just four. And I can't imagine anything between now and Christmas.
(the board game is one of the few he's talked about that I remember, and remember liking. Interesting for the next Board James episode)
Great video on the process of making the monster madness and their entire output.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Yeah, Resident Evil definitely deserves the AVGN treatment. This was the game that made me hate video games.
Dangerblade
Member
I meant as in having barely functional games...but yes that is one of the worst PS1 games, lol that game is so bad.
MrCunningham
Member
That soundtrack is strangely mesmerizing though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bvxLoXYG3U
My brain can't make up its mind if this is good or bad.
But then again, Action52 has the ultra catchy CheetahMen theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZlYGN5W2Yg
And the amazing intro with music supplied by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COxUuxJ8-rs
shanafan
Member
wow that was amazing
MrCunningham
Member
I feel like James is putting more effort into Board James than he is AVGN. This is one of the best episodes yet.
Though I was expecting an AVGN crossover, given the last two episodes.Mike is overacting though and Bootsy is underacting.
brianmcdoogle
Member
Yeah, it kind of underlines how routine AVGN has become. Again, only 4 episodes this year.
Board James and James and Mike Mondays are a lot of fun though
but I also don't blindly hate Mike so that may cloud my judgement
BassForever
Member
Unless James plan to retire from all videos I imagine Board James will return eventually it's too popular and well received even without the dark sub plot. Honestly I'd be okay with seeing BJ go a bit more into the rules of some more complex games giving it a bit more of a review feeling though I'll admit I've not seen every BJ so perhaps he does for things that aren't dream phone and mr bucket
Bootsy turned up in Episode 9
James, Mike, Kyle (the guitar guy in the AVGN episodes) and Bootsy are all college buddies. If I remember correctly, Kyle/James and Mike/Bootsy got paired as roommates as freshman.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Like an AVGN episode, you mean?
Dangerblade
Member
Not that I particularly liked this latest episode, but I prefer his videos which don't have a load of bells and whistles and subplots - just him playing a shitty game.
Thanks!
BassForever
Member
I honestly couldn't tell if the game is difficult to figure out or if they were playing it up as part of the horror movie set up they were role playing
Sectorseven
Member
Resident Evil would have been a better choice. He wouldn't necessarily have to shit all over it either. The Zelda II review was a fair critique that still got a lot of jokes in, for example.