(exciting Game Sack theme music)
- Hello and welcome to Game Sack.
This time we're talking about good games
that are based on TV and movie franchises.
- That's right.
And you may remember, four years ago
we did an episode, I think it was episode 116,
called "Games Based on Movies."
Now of course we're not gonna talk about those games
since we've already talked about 'em.
These are gonna be completely different.
You're not gonna see GoldenEye
since we've already covered that.
So if you're gonna turn it off, turn it off.
Sorry, but you're gonna miss some good games,
so don't actually turn it off.
We've got some great games here for you.
We do, we do.
Anyway, without further ado, let's get into it.
(upbeat, playful music from Retro City Rampage)
- [Dave] Okay, let's check out
Goof Troop on the Super Nintendo.
Goof Troop was originally a Disney
cartoon that came out in 1992.
I'll be honest and say that I never really watched it,
being that it came out when I was 20 years old.
At that point, I had pretty much grown out of cartoons,
except for the ones that I liked when I was younger.
But I had nieces and nephews who were around 8 years old
that really liked it, so I'd watch the occasional episode.
It was in 1993 that Capcom released the Super Nintendo game.
Capcom and Disney in the late 80s and early 90s
made some seriously awesome games,
and this just happens to be one of 'em.
So yeah, Capcom went in a different
direction with this title.
As you know, they loved to make platforming games back then,
but this time they went with more
of an action-puzzle type of game.
In the beginning, you can choose
to play a multiplayer game,
with one person controlling Goofy
while the other controls Max or vice versa.
Luckily for a guy like me who has no real friends,
you can play a single-player game
choosing either of the protagonists to play as.
The goal of each level is to make your way
to the end while solving puzzles along the way.
These puzzles mainly consist of you pushing blocks
onto a square-shaped pattern with a star on it.
They're fairly easy at first
and are really fun to figure out.
But as you make your way to the upper levels,
they do get a lot tougher, which is great.
And you'll need to be prepared and stare at a puzzle
for a long time before you can even make a move.
Oh, and to make it even tougher,
you can't pull a block away from the wall.
There's many times you'll exit the room
and re-enter just to reset the damn things.
In single player, your character can hold two items
at a time that will help you out along the way.
There's a grappling hook that will
stun enemies for a very short time.
You can also use it to grab items and to make
a rope bridge at certain spots for you to cross.
There's a shovel that can,
(sighs) well, you know what shovels do.
They dig things!
This one is weird since you can only dig
when you're facing sideways.
Can you imagine if you could only dig
in real life when you're facing east or west?
That's just goofy!
The strangest one, though, is a bell that you can use
to get the attention of your enemies.
I don't like this one, but I'm gonna use it here
so you can just see how stupid it is.
The best and most fun thing to do
is catching barrels and whatnot
that your enemies throw at you.
It's pretty satisfying just to throw
these things right back at 'em.
The game has lots of good-looking backgrounds
with lots of variety in them.
The music is actually pretty good, too.
Capcom usually likes a lot of reverb
in the Super Nintendo games, but this one isn't bad.
And here's a secret that you probably already know.
Shinji Mikami, the director
of Resident Evil, designed this game.
Sometimes you might even think you're playing Resident Evil.
Just kidding, that's stupid.
But anyway, go out and find yourself a copy of this game.
It's great fun.
(squeaky Capcom SNES music) (boulders clunking)
- [Joe] Here's Blazing Dragons
on the Sony PlayStation from Crystal Dynamics.
It's also available for the mighty SEGA Saturn.
Now, Blazing Dragons was originally
an animated TV show in Canada
created by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame.
Some episodes did air in The United States,
but evidently they were toned down quite a bit.
But we're here to talk about the game.
It's a point-and-click adventure
where you play as Flicker,
a dragon trying to become a squire
and then a knight so he can get with Princess Flame.
In the world of Blazing Dragons,
the humans are evil and the dragons are good.
And in this particular story,
the humans are trying to enter a contest
held by the king dragon and win it
so they can rule over everything.
However, only dragons can enter the contest,
but they're cheating by creating
their own mechanical dragon.
I tell you, these guys are up to no good.
This is true evil if I've ever seen it.
Your adventure includes stopping the humans of course,
but you've got a lot of other things on your mind,
mainly getting with the princess.
- [Flicker] I just became a squire, Flame.
- [Joe] The game plays like most other
point-and-click games of the era.
You have an icon that you move about the screen
and you can change that icon by pressing L1 or R1.
Different icons do different things,
like looking at an item, talking to someone,
picking something up, walking somewhere, and so on.
You have a bag which stores all
of the various items that you pick up.
You'll need to use each and every one
of these at some point in your adventure.
Now it's not always clear what you need to do,
but try every item on everything
in a scene if you get stuck.
You can even combine items to create
new ones in certain cases.
Again, it's not always clear what you need to do,
but just mess around and you'll figure it out.
You'll be going all over the map
to discover what's going on and how to advance.
You usually know what you need to do,
you just need to figure out how to do it.
- [Flicker] That ant must have a weight
problem if he sprung this trap.
- [Joe] The humor in this game is pretty good.
- [Chancellor] This same-day carrier eagle
will get the plans there lickety-split.
Curse you, stupid bird!
Oh well, at least I have my back-up ground delivery dodo.
- [Joe] For example, at one point you need
to follow a dodo bird in order
to find a kidnapped Princess Flame.
But the dodo bird is trapped by a hunter and can't advance.
So what you need to do is making hunting dodos illegal,
which you have absolutely no authority to do.
And of course, this instantly
places the hunter under arrest.
But at least now you can follow the dodo bird.
Or at another point, you're trying
to pretend that you're Sir George, who's the main bad guy,
by making a mask of him,
but his blind servant doesn't believe you
because you don't smell bad enough.
So you go out, dip the Sir George mask
into some manure and try again.
Success!
The game is mostly point and click,
but there are some mini games
that you'll have to partake in.
- [Flicker] Can I have some useless information?
- [Joe] Like slinging a cat on the catapult
to knock down the cardboard cutouts of human knights.
Or even a dance competition, which is actually pretty easy.
Pretty much every line of dialog in the game is voiced.
I say pretty much, because sometimes the game
forgets to play a voice sample or two.
But the voice cast does a great job
and is voiced by Terry Jones, Cheech Marin,
and bunch of other people.
- [Sir George] When my entry into your tournament,
the Black Dragon win and is crowned king,
he will turn your hide
into lady's handbags and tight shoes.
- [Joe] Occasionally, they'll do some
impersonations, like of Arnold.
- [Angry Dancer] You want funny papers?
Dance me for them on-stage, girly dragon.
- [Joe] Or hell, even Rodney Dangerfield.
- [Policeman] (scoffs) I'm gonna throw the book at you,
and my aim's better than yours.
I'm wild, I tell ya!
Wild!
- [Joe] Definitely random, but entertaining.
The graphics are really well done,
with nicely colored backdrops
that look very natural and well drawn.
The animation is also quite good, too.
In fact, it looks entirely different from the TV show.
Personally, I'm gonna say that the change
here is actually welcome.
Overall, this is a game that's fairly easy
to play and navigate, it isn't overly long,
and it has a cheeky sense of humor.
And from what I've seen,
this is way better than the cartoon itself.
Check it out.
- [Flicker] The magical home of The Lady of the Lake.
Look, something magical's happening?
Oh, what are the chances?
(mysterious music)
(zipper zips)
- [Fisherman] I got you now, fish lady!
Speedy, quick!
- [Lady Of The Lake] (groans) Let me go, you brute!
- Dude, that Blazing Dragons game looks actually really fun.
And since it has your seal of approval,
I think I might just have to pick it up
because I like point-and-click adventures.
- I would not put my seal of approval
on a game that was bad.
- Okay, there you have it right there.
- Well, let's get back into more games.
(sweet music from PS2 Assaults Suit Valken)
(overly dramatic music)
- [Joe] Here's Transformers: Devastation
on the PlayStation 4.
It's also available for the PC,
the Xbox One, and even the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Now, I might be cheating a little with this one.
Is it based on the toy or the TV show?
I mean, the TV show is based on the toy,
so does it really count for this episode?
Well, since the characters in the game here
look like the ones in the TV show
and are voiced by many of the same actors
who did the voices in the original TV show,
I'm gonna give it a pass.
As a life-long fan of the Transformers,
this is the game that I've always wanted.
You can choose to play as one of five
different Autobots to battle the EVIL Decepticons.
It's developed by Platinum Games
who have created plenty of other
great action titles like Bayonetta and Vanquish.
It has many of their usual tropes here,
which I'll get to in a bit.
But right away, they took great pains
to make this game look as much like the Generation 1
Transformers cartoon as they could,
and they exceeded my expectations in most areas.
The game is given a cell-shaded look,
which of course works perfectly.
The characters themselves all look
really nice and fairly faithful.
There are some differences, though.
For example, Bumblebee doesn't
transform into a VW Bug anymore,
probably due to licensing reasons.
It's okay.
I can live with that.
And of course, Megatron now transforms into a tank.
I really don't like that at all,
but honestly I can understand why
Hasbro doesn't want him transforming
into a realistic-looking gun anymore.
But at least he looks the same as always in robot mode.
The gameplay consists mainly of running around large areas,
getting into battles, gathering items,
and proceeding to the next area of the stage.
Since it's Platinum Games, the action
is really well done and quite fun.
As you'd expect, if you dodge at the last second,
everything slows down, giving you a nice window to attack.
I love this and it feels really good to do.
You can forge and upgrade your weapons
which helps make the combat more enjoyable.
And again, since it's Platinum,
you know that repetition is gonna
be a pretty big thing here, and it is.
Same with long boss fights.
Also, sometimes things get entirely confusing
as the screen fills with chaos.
Or the entire situation is confusing
and you're not sure what to do or where the enemy is.
And I do wish some of the stages were smaller,
because it seems to take forever
to get out of the first city, for example.
None of these issues are in any way game breaking, though,
and you'll likely figure them out and still have fun.
They're just minor gripes.
- [Soundwave] Detonation imminent.
- [Joe] Like I said, the characters look good,
but the backgrounds really only look okay.
There's plenty of popup when the game tries
to draw distances further than the unlimited
power of the PS4 is capable of.
Sadly, this game is not PS4 Pro or Xbox One X enhanced.
The music is energetic and often really, really good,
but a few of the earlier tunes feel
perhaps a bit repetitive,
and they're over-use does no favors
to the repetition of the gameplay.
Many members of the original voice cast return.
- [Optimus Prime] The humans are evacuated
and our mission is clear.
Save the city and stop Megatron!
- [Joe] Not all of 'em, but a lot.
- [Megatron] Oh Prime, you have no idea
what you're really up against, do you?
Who is really behind this?
- [Joe] Some voice actors really wanted to return,
but they were too busy being dead.
Other voice actors were still alive
but just not invited, so their characters
were done by impersonators.
- [Shockwave] Welcome to Cybertron.
- [Joe] All in all, I say that this
is really a treat all around for any Transformers fan.
And even if you're not, it's still a fun game.
The story is nonsensical, but that's okay.
- [Teletraan 1] It's location is highlighted on your map.
- Grimlock almost there!
- [Joe] There's a lot going on here,
and this game will keep you busy for just long enough.
Definitely recommended.
(music that makes you feel like crap's about to go down)
- [Optimus Prime] Devastator!
(Transformers grunting, as they do)
(8-bit Ghostbusters theme)
- [Dave] This is New Ghostbusters II for the NES.
Now hold on, don't worry.
I'm not gon talk about the Activision version
of Ghostbusters II, because that's not a fun game.
I'm gonna talk about something
that was never released in the USA
and that's HAL's New Ghostbusters II.
HAL is awesome!
They make some really cool stuff,
and this game isn't any different.
At the player select screen,
you can choose to play as two
of the four Ghostbusters,
or you can even pick the accountant, Louis Tully.
It's really cool that they included him,
even though I decided to pick somebody else.
Controlling your Ghostbusters
is a lot easier than you think.
They follow each other around just like in an RPG.
One controls the Proton Beam
while the other controls the trap.
Once you get a ghost caught in a Proton Beam,
the guy holding the trap automatically moves into position,
and with the push of a button he traps the ghost.
And keep in mind that the Ghostbuster
with the Proton Beam can move around.
This can come in handy if you have a ghost trapped
and you need to move out of the way
of another ghost in your space.
I like the fact that you can trap ghosts through walls.
Sometimes it doesn't work if your partner
can't lay down the trap,
but for the most part it does work.
Your characters mostly control well.
The only thing I found annoying
is that some objects in a room,
like a chair that's fallen over,
needed to be skirted around.
Why can't I just walk over it?
Getting hung up on a little thing like that
could mean the death of our Ghostbuster.
Which brings up another point.
Your Proton Pack character is the only one that can die.
The guy with the trap will never die.
This is a good thing, since you only have
to worry about the positioning of one character.
So the game follows the movie close enough.
There's no cut scenes or dialog or anything like that,
but the locales that you bust your ghosts
in are straight from the movie.
You've got your courthouse,
the abandoned underground subway tunnels,
and even the River of Slime.
Yeah, they don't look exactly like the movie,
but use a little imagination.
Overall, the levels are pretty short,
and the thing is, you'll go back and forth
to the same rooms a couple of times
before the boss door opens up.
The ghost busting is fun enough that you don't
mind seeing the same areas a couple of times.
The boss fights aren't horribly difficult.
They don't have life bars of any of that jazz.
All you have to do is trap them.
Most of them go pretty quickly,
and their patterns aren't so tough
that you can't figure it out.
The music is interesting, but I don't
hear any melodies from the movie.
Granted, I don't have a movie score memorized,
but what I hear in the game doesn't sound like it.
Still, it doesn't bother me since it's kinda catchy.
Believe it or not, I've always liked Ghostbusters II
the movie, and the game does justice to the franchise.
(music that sounds like a Kirby wannabe)
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Ah, it's too bad we didn't get New Ghostbusters II.
But Ghostbusters on the Genesis
was still the first good Ghostbusters game.
'Cuz this actually came out after.
- Yeah, and that's very true.
It is a shame that we didn't get that
because I really like how they've got Venkman's,
even, hairline up there.
It's actually pretty cool.
But speaking of cool, I've got a really good game
to start off this last segment with.
- Ooh, let's check it out.
(rockin' music from Nina Gaiden Sigma 2)
(gentle music from The Warriors)
[Dave] Here's The Warriors,
based on the 1979 movie of the same name.
Depending on your age,
you may or may not have seen this one.
It's all about The Warriors gang
who have to fight their way back
to Coney Island after being framed
for killing Cyrus, the leader of the Riffs,
who's trying to unite all the gangs
of New York into one huge gang.
It's a great movie and if you haven't seen it,
you better watch it after
you enjoy the rest of this episode.
Rockstar developed the game version,
and honestly I can't think of a better company
that I'd want to handle it.
This game starts out before the movie,
but includes that part, too.
You'll play as various members of the gang
as you progress through the story mode.
Instead of an open-world setting like Grand Theft Auto,
everything you do is initiated at the game's hideout.
From this area, you can do lots of different things
like progress the story by starting the next level.
You can also play flashback levels.
These are cool, since they give some background
to things like how The Warriors gang started.
Plus, they'll open up new missions
and items inside the story mode.
And if you wanna know how you're doing,
you can also check your stats here.
The story mode will have you doing lots
of different things besides just straight-up fighting.
But you'll be doing tons of fighting,
so don't worry if you think there won't be enough.
Fighting is fun.
There's a ton of different moves that you can do
if you wanna take the time to learn them all.
You can even enter a rage mode
if you build up the rage meter
by doing combos and stylish fighting.
It makes you really strong for a short period of time.
I don't know if it's just my amazing video game skills
or what, but I found it really hard to die in this game.
I got beat up pretty good a lot of times
and should've died, but I survived.
Like when I was fighting the Baseball Furies.
They mobbed me and my boys and were
pretty relentless, but I never died.
Which leads me to another point.
In this mission, I had to get to the subway
which was on the other side of the Fury's baseball diamond.
I figure that I'd have to beat them all up to make it out,
but that wasn't the case.
Instead of putting up a fight,
I could have just ran straight
by them and went to the subway.
A lot of missions feel like you can bypass the action
and just get to the next area with no problem.
Still, the game is fun and while you're in a level
you do have some freedom to do stuff,
like break into stores and steal cash and goods.
Or you can break into cars to steal stereos.
One mission has you spray painting your tag
all over another gang's tag.
This is the only mission I found to be really annoying.
The actual spray painting is easy,
but I can only hold one can of spray pain at a time,
and it runs out after every tag.
- [Rembrandt] How am I supposed to write with no spray?
Geez.
- [Dave] You then need to buy another can
from some dude who's luckily close by
selling paint, and of course it's the color you need.
So you have to tag and then buy paint like 10 times.
You also run into money problems
and need to mug somebody in order to buy more paint.
It felt very tedious, and I thought why
can't I just beat up the dude selling paint
and steal it all from him?
I guess gang members have problems too though, huh?
Other than that, the game is really fun
and has all the gangs from the movie,
and it's great fun to get into fights with them.
It's very well made and I had no problems with controls
or wondering what I need to do next.
Everything from the music to the gritty graphics
that look like bad parts of New York
really made me feel like all of this could
have been in the movie.
And that's not surprising, since most of the movie actors
returned to voice their characters in the game.
- [Ajax] Look, you girls can stand out here all night
deciding if you're gonna grow a pair of balls.
I'm going in there.
- [Dave] And if it matters to you,
the Xbox version is displayed in widescreen at 720p,
while the PS2 version is 480i.
Either way, you can't go wrong
with this game, as it's really fun.
(gang members yelling, grunting and being very angry)
- So for the final game today,
I figured I could cover South Park:
The Stick of Truth on the PlayStation 3.
I've had this probably for nearly two years now.
I got it for really cheap, but it's still sealed.
I've never played it.
I figured this would be a great chance to cover it.
But nope.
(dog barking)
Instead, I figured I could cover South Park:
The Fractured But Whole on the PlayStation 4.
It's also on the Xbox One, Switch, and the PC.
It's currently more expensive
on the Switch though for some reason.
The game looks just like you're playing the cartoon,
which is no surprise given the power of the PS4,
which is beyond unlimited.
Believe it or not, it kinda plays like an RPG.
You play as the new kid, who you get
to design at the start of the game.
You start out doing what I assume is the same stuff
that you did in the Stick of Truth,
as it seems to pick up the day after that game.
Man, the weekends are crazy in South Park.
But it quickly switches over to a superhero motif,
and now you're looking for this cute, little lost kitty cat.
I mean, that's what superheros do!
But there's lots of other stuff you'll need to do
in the meantime, like gain followers on social media
and take lots and lots of selfies.
Of course there are lots of battles,
and it uses a grid system similar to a lot
of strategy RPGs, only a touch crappier.
You have many different moves that you
and your party can do that are decided
with different buttons, and you can see
the range for your attacks.
You sometimes have to wait for certain moves to recharge.
It's easy to get the hang of,
but it's kinda clumsy sometimes.
I mean, it's not too bad.
It's good, but it's just eh.
They're usually pretty funny
until you start hearing the same retorts
from the enemies again and again.
- If nothing else, beating on you guys
is really therapeutic for me.
- [Joe] In typical Ubisoft fashion,
the game is slightly over-designed.
Hints will keep popping up throughout the game
because Ubisoft knows that you're not
gonna figure out how to do anything
unless they explicitly tell you.
It's actually not that bad,
and I'll take hints over a tutorial any day.
But there is a lot to remember,
and your phone is populated with a ton
of stuff to worry about.
Honestly though, I mostly just ignored all that
and I seemed to do pretty well,
so it's nothing that brings the game down too much.
You can wander around peoples' houses
and take things that will be useful in battle,
like things to heal and whatnot.
Other things can be used to craft new items
or enhance your costume,
which affects your battle abilities.
I love looking around the homes finding weird ass things.
The humor is, of course, 100% South Park,
with tons of references to the show and also real life.
If you're easily offended and think everything
should be politically correct, well then be careful
because this game will absolutely end you.
It's full of uncensored naughty words
that will corrupt society and also your soul.
You won't be laughing like crazy
from beginning to end, but you'll laugh often enough,
or at least you'll be mildly amused.
- [Cartman] Ah, there you are, butthole.
Being a superhero's a little harder than you thought, huh?
- [Joe] As I mentioned, the game
looks like you're playing the show.
Hell, I'd say it even looks better
because there's no way a compressed
Comedy Central broadcast looks this clean.
This is enhanced for the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X
to run in glorious native 4k at 60 frames per second.
- Did you ever think that such power
would ever be possible?
I mean look at this!
OHHH MYYYY GOOOODDD!!!!!!!
- [Joe] The voice acting is exactly what you'd expect,
and the sound quality is good.
- [Butter's Dad] Cute PJs, kid.
If you see Butters, could you tell him he's grounded again?
- [Joe] The music is fine.
It's not spectacular and it's not bothersome.
But sometimes I tries to be epic,
and I'm just getting sick of all this epic music
in shows and games, and it stresses you out.
Everything doesn't need to be epic!
Oh, and the previous game, The Stick of Truth,
is also included, so that's cool.
But you have to download it.
I mean, at five and a half gigabytes,
there's just no way it could ever fit
on the same disc with Fractured But Whole,
as its already on a dual-layer Blu-Ray
with close to 17 gigabytes of free space.
That's just unreasonable.
Oh well.
Fractured But Whole is fun,
and it really represents the show well.
And now it's at a good price brand new,
at least the PS4 and the Xbox One versions.
This is so much better than the other South Park games.
- [Kyle] Bird, bird, bird!
(overly dramatic music)
(lasers buzzing)
- You lit me on fire? How's that fair?
- Whoa, people are still alive down here?
(retches)
- [Craig] I really hope that we can finish this up soon.
- The Fracture But Whole.
Now when I say that, what image comes to your mind?
It's not what's on the cover. - A fractured butt hole.
- Of course.
Anyways, that's an interesting title
to an interesting game for sure.
The Warriors is awesome. - Yes.
- You definitely need to watch that movie if you haven't.
- It's actually pretty good.
Hard to believe it's from 1979.
- I know, and based off a book
that was like 10 years earlier,
which I haven't read and I do want to read that.
- Anyway, what are some more movie and TV show games
that you'd recommend that are actually good?
Let us know.
And also, next episode we're gonna
look at some that are pretty bad.
So stay tuned, and thank you for watching Game Sack.
(Game Sack end credits theme which fills your soul entirely)
Dude, is that the new Contra?
- No, Dave, this is the Game Chasers
seasons 1 through 4, all on DVD and Blu-ray.
- You actually own these?
- I do.
- Oh my god, you must be proud!
- Not really.
- Did you hear they're making a movie?
- I did.
Now you think if they make a game based
on the movie, it'll be a good game based
on a bad movie, or a bad game based on a bad movie?
- (chuckles) Are you serious?
I have absolutely no doubt that's gonna be a bad movie.
- So are you gonna see it?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, me too.
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