Drenched in "SO RETRO"-isms to the point of being indistinguishable from 99% of other budget indie 2D platformers, but the self-incestuous use of gamedev shortcut design feels totally appropriate to AVGN's doltish comedy language. Borderline gamedev tutorial tiers with how often its challenge boils down to cycle-based killboxes on sines and orbiters. Incredibly analogous to Rolfe's own B-movie practicals and direction choices, though the charm doesn't translate to gamedev and the player experience as well as these choices to do a motion picture audience. Exactly the kind of game an AVGN tie-in aught to be, nothing more or less.
who the fuck is mike
An ideal amount of shit, ass, and shitty ass.
This game is pretty overrated by a lot of its fans, much like the Nerd himself. The level design is boring, and the game itself is obsessed with that lame brand of zoomer gamer type of humor that I hate. I'd skip this one. It's a very uninteresting game.
Arguably the second best Mega Man clone I've played, behind Shovel Knight. Solid level design. Solid humor. Nailed the difficulty (hard and unfair enough to pay reverence to what it was inspired by but never got frustrating)
A really fun game on top of being a genuinely funny homage to the OG internet reviewer.
Normally I split up individual games but these two aren't different enough for that. They're alright. Some fun ideas, nice homages to retro games and the Nerd, some good jokes. Idk just didn't hit for me much.
Both games have been retooled a little, and certain cameos have been stripped out, but otherwise the games are just as great as they were before, perhaps even more so. The bonus chapter is a nice test of your skills, although it was also slightly underwhelming too. But you still have some great value here; two intentionally bullshit hard games in one package.
He's gonna take you back to the past.
Solid level design and humor. If you like this style of game and/or avgn, you'll like this one.
Ironically, he made a game that's ass.
Love letter to classic NES/SNES games, good and the bad ones. AVGN II has a lot more content and the Super Mario Bros. 3 overworld board. Decent Platformer and quick if you play on easy or normal. Don’t dare take on Fred Fuchs on a harder difficulty.
Only finished the first game and have started the second game.
I've played the first game before but never the second, then I found out both games were available on Xbox one so I had to check it out. I say they updated the game to make it less challenging, but that doesn't mean its still not hard. It's a bit different from its predecessors in terms of certain characters and gameplay mechanics, but its still fun for AVGN fans like myself.
A great collection of games that harken back to the asshole-clenching games that were big in the 80s. While I am only a little bit familiar with the Nerd, I have enough knowledge to appreciate all the callbacks and references that are peppered everywhere throughout this game. Even if it's very difficult, I can confirm that this is no shitty game that sucks ass. I would go so far as to say it's an excellent collection of tough platformers that are definitely worth any nerd's time.
My deduction skills as a detective tell me he has quite possibly never had sex
I actually don't have too much to say about this game, it's fairly average (tho very charming) with a lot of references that AVGN fans such as myself will get a kick out of it. Being two (and a quarter) games in one makes it have a ton of meat on its bones, tho it is very annoying at some points, and not in the intended way. Overall, not bad at all, but it doesn't exceed at anything as a game (except the music, that is REALLY good)
A good collection of 2 solid games with the added dlc. A good purchase to get the games physically and support cinemassacre.
fixes problems with the first game but makes changes to the second that feels unnecessary. Overall it's a fun platformer but it's something I'll never come back to.
surprisingly actually pretty fun even though its the game bout the guy who screams ASS and has his kids name characters in earthbound
A pretty damn fun love letter to the platformers we grew up with.
I was gonna put these as different entries, but I feel like there's not a whole lot of difference between the two. The games aren't super deep so it's gonna be hard to go into detail as I had before with other games.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 1 Deluxe
I had just sat and watched like more than half of the AVGN Seasons a week prior to playing this game and I'm really glad I did. I had seen the whole series for years, but now that I refreshed my view on it, it kinda made the game really fun as a huge callback to all the episodes, each episode having representation somewhere and just felt like a novel comeback to something long forgotten.
The platforming is pretty tight as well as the shooting is pretty good, it's no Contra yet closer to Mega Man, but it feels great. The difficulty REALLY ramps up if you play the stages in orders from left to right, kinda goes from a fun romp to my god why is this so precise? since this is a remaster, some things were adjusted such as bosses and collectables just to name a few, but mostly for the better.
The music is actually extremely good for most of the stages, it really reminded me of old NES jams but slightly modernized.
Something I may find myself repeating in the second game review, but the best part about the game is The Nerd's dialogue, it reminds me of how funny he once was without effort and was skirting the line of being over the top, while now he feels like a parody of himself...ironic since this game is a parody of the show, but the dialogue is prefect.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2: ASSimilation
So if the first game was supposed to be a parody/representation of the show, this this game was the same but for James Rolfe's other shows and personas and I gotta say it was brilliantly done, it still has the level feel of the first game but with a bit of a slight twist, while the first game played VERY close to Mega Man, this game feels much like Metroid to the point it has a VERY slight Metroidvania feel to it. The levels are much shorter but there are more screens and puzzles to go through.
This game is a bit more about going through puzzles and platforming so it doesn't feel AS tight due to how the control for wall jumping isn't quite perfected, but it's nothing game breaking. The game does play well all-in-all, but some of the power-ups you find needed some tweaking here and there, but the attempt was done decently well.
This game has actually better dialogue than the first and I think it just points out even more how the show is a parody of what it once was, I still like the show, but this game kinda confirmed to me that the show is getting that seasonal rot that shows go through if they've existed a while with not enough changes.
To conclude, these two games were much better than I thought, the Deluxe came with a third...not really game, but extra chapter that ends the saga, but not enough to call it a game, more like extra DLC, which was pretty decently challenging as it was using the second game's engine. Great collection, but I think it's only for AVGN fans, I can't see someone who's never heard of him enjoying the game much.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 1 Deluxe
I had just sat and watched like more than half of the AVGN Seasons a week prior to playing this game and I'm really glad I did. I had seen the whole series for years, but now that I refreshed my view on it, it kinda made the game really fun as a huge callback to all the episodes, each episode having representation somewhere and just felt like a novel comeback to something long forgotten.
The platforming is pretty tight as well as the shooting is pretty good, it's no Contra yet closer to Mega Man, but it feels great. The difficulty REALLY ramps up if you play the stages in orders from left to right, kinda goes from a fun romp to my god why is this so precise? since this is a remaster, some things were adjusted such as bosses and collectables just to name a few, but mostly for the better.
The music is actually extremely good for most of the stages, it really reminded me of old NES jams but slightly modernized.
Something I may find myself repeating in the second game review, but the best part about the game is The Nerd's dialogue, it reminds me of how funny he once was without effort and was skirting the line of being over the top, while now he feels like a parody of himself...ironic since this game is a parody of the show, but the dialogue is prefect.
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2: ASSimilation
So if the first game was supposed to be a parody/representation of the show, this this game was the same but for James Rolfe's other shows and personas and I gotta say it was brilliantly done, it still has the level feel of the first game but with a bit of a slight twist, while the first game played VERY close to Mega Man, this game feels much like Metroid to the point it has a VERY slight Metroidvania feel to it. The levels are much shorter but there are more screens and puzzles to go through.
This game is a bit more about going through puzzles and platforming so it doesn't feel AS tight due to how the control for wall jumping isn't quite perfected, but it's nothing game breaking. The game does play well all-in-all, but some of the power-ups you find needed some tweaking here and there, but the attempt was done decently well.
This game has actually better dialogue than the first and I think it just points out even more how the show is a parody of what it once was, I still like the show, but this game kinda confirmed to me that the show is getting that seasonal rot that shows go through if they've existed a while with not enough changes.
To conclude, these two games were much better than I thought, the Deluxe came with a third...not really game, but extra chapter that ends the saga, but not enough to call it a game, more like extra DLC, which was pretty decently challenging as it was using the second game's engine. Great collection, but I think it's only for AVGN fans, I can't see someone who's never heard of him enjoying the game much.
Man this is absolutely amazing
A throwback to old school games with a modern twist.
The writing is hilarious and entertaining while the gameplay is fast, brutal and an absolute awesome experience.
The death blocks, laser sharks, lava pits and just genuine fucking assholes make this game everything there is to love about avgn just that much more fun.
As a fan of his YouTube channel I couldn't think of a more perfect game.
Every level and boss is a throwback to an episode and it's just great to see all the Easter eggs
The final boss being ridiculous and over the top really brings it all together.
To whatever asshole made this diarrhoea dump of a shitty buffalo fucking turd game you're aaaaassss.
And we thank you for it
A throwback to old school games with a modern twist.
The writing is hilarious and entertaining while the gameplay is fast, brutal and an absolute awesome experience.
The death blocks, laser sharks, lava pits and just genuine fucking assholes make this game everything there is to love about avgn just that much more fun.
As a fan of his YouTube channel I couldn't think of a more perfect game.
Every level and boss is a throwback to an episode and it's just great to see all the Easter eggs
The final boss being ridiculous and over the top really brings it all together.
To whatever asshole made this diarrhoea dump of a shitty buffalo fucking turd game you're aaaaassss.
And we thank you for it
I wish people still made games based on youtubers like this, i want to play the scott the woz video game
This game follows some of the rules established by series like Mega Man, it fulfills its work as a nice side-scroller platformer.
And why is the music so awesome?
Much more enjoyable if you're an AVGN fan or have played some of the classic games this one references.
And why is the music so awesome?
Much more enjoyable if you're an AVGN fan or have played some of the classic games this one references.
Cowa fuckin piece of dogshit
what a bunch of fuckin bullfuck
Always wanted to play these, been an AVGN fan since I can remember and I loved playing these games!
What a great platform. Fun? Yeeahh💦
underrated af