acquire a freaking awesome laptop at rog.gg/noodleG14 side note, sorry for taking so long. lotta life shit got in the way, but I'm hoping to be posting more frequently moving forward. thanks yall :)

24:38 you had "Kongclusion" just sitting there and let it slip through your fingers...

In kongclusion: it’s a good game because it’s a good game

"You have a right to pirate old games that are no longer being sold. We cannot trust companies to preserve gaming history. It is always morally correct." -Prince

Bro, I've been playing video games for 40+ years, the way you just broke this game down and gaming's history in general, lathered with comedic gold, makes me feel like a child who knew nothing, and thank you for it. Subbed.

"I don't give two shits what a GERM thinks about fuckin' SOAP. To me, God moves in OBVIOUS ways." will forever be the hardest bar

Your house is now a habitat...

For my entire childhood, I had a tradition where I'd get out the PS2 on Easter and play through this game again. It is one my most cherished memories even now

the title of the game is so exquisite that you could've swapped any of the words in the middle while making the video and I probably would not notice it

bro systematically destroyed his house for years and waited for it to become overgrown just to it would aesthetically match the subject matter of a king kong video, that's dedication giving a whole new meaning to house plant bottom text

“The artistic forest is missed for the realistic trees” is now a sentence I am going to use constantly and in real life with other humans without irony.

7:45 LGBTQIA+ Lesbian, Gay, Brazil, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual thanks for being so inclusive!!

@10:00: Don't forget Ico (PS2) (01), the unsung hero that influenced like every game developer after its immaculate conception!!

The change in Noodle's colour palette to match the background is great :)

19:14 i like that you said "sunk cost, stockholm" like you were casting spells on me to keep watching

Abso-lutely beautiful!!! This is such a good game, and I'm so glad to hear someone talk about it! But also? The commercial break bit? Your outfit changes (popsicle stick costumes)? The BITS?!? Golden. Thank you, this is art.

It's surreal that this game is so good. It's surreal nobody talks about it. And it's surreal to find one other person saying the same thing 20 years later!

The Noodle has finally finished cooking.

About three months ago, I realized that this game is too niche to ever get a remake in any official capacity, so I started learning Unreal Engine 5 because nobody else is going to do this. And because PJKKTOGOTM is my favorite game of my childhood, I wanna mention some cool trivia that I didn't see mentioned in the video. The game keeps track of two variables: how quickly you kill enemies and how often they kill you, and implements an adaptive difficulty system based on that. The first dinosaur encounter, right after seeing Kong for the first time, is a great example of this. On your first playthrough, you will probably have a drawn out fight against the Venatosaurus and once it's dead, you move on with the game. But you are given the tools to burn it to death instantly, which spawns in another Venatosaurus, and if you're smart you can lure that one into burnable grass, which will in turn spawn two smaller dromaeosaurs, with megapedes spawning throughout the gauntlet. On the flipside, if you die a ton to the big dino, the game will throw you a bone and only use the two smaller raptors, which go down with one spear each. Every single combat encounter is like this, which is to say that every playthrough of King Kong is personalized. I vaguely remember Peter Jackson giving his ethos on remakes and adaptations on the official King Kong website back in 2005. I've been trying to access an archived version of it but the site ran on flash, so don't quote me on my quotes. Make something too different from the original and people will ask why you called it the same thing, make something too similar and people will ask why you made it in the first place. This same ethos is very much on display here, with the game copying all the important beats of the 2005, but also incorporating elements from the original 1933 film and Jackson's unreleased 1996 draft that didn't make it into the 2005 film. For example, the two people in the game who use guns are the two who, outside the film, had been in WWI: Hayes, who in the novelization was awarded a Croix de Guerre, and Jack, who in the 1996 draft was a former fighter pilot. That last note becomes important with how the 1996 draft and the game end. In the 1996 draft, Jack gets his old plane up and running and engages the other planes in a dogfight. This also happens in a bonus level awarded for getting a high enough total score when replaying the game. Nowhere prior in this game are vehicle controls used. They implemented an entire gameplay mechanic, with its own unique controls, for the second half of a level that few people would ever see to begin with, and if that doesn't sum up the King Kong dev team, I don't know what does.

this feels like a great example of a conversation that I had/listened to during an art stream about graphic, specs?/just graphics vs. art direction. most people in the chat universally agreed that they would rather an interesting art direction then good, graphics. (most people in this chat were also artists, so it might be a bit biased)

Forgive me for not remembering the details so much, as it was almost 2 decades ago when I played it, but my most memorable scenario in the game was in a point where the whole crew was in some closed space with an altar / raised ground of some sorts, and after solving a puzzle (or just turning a lever around...) on that altar, a big dinasour would burst inside the room, run around, reach the altar (where you stand), and go by you, completing the "lap". I felt so powerless and in danger, it was one heck of a moment. And it's not like I was a young kid or anything. I was over 15 years old!

You know what's also great about this game? Due to a bug in the Xbox 360 version, it allowed people run unsigned code on the console and homebrew. It was very important for the X360 homebrew scene back then

On the no UI thing, Trespasser did that back in 1998. It had the player character count ammo out loud, it had you line up iron sight manually, and had a heart-shaped tattoo to indicate your health.

Partway through your 90s style gaming laptop ad, a SUPER crunchy 80's style, out of focus Teva sandal ad popped in and I thought it was part of your bit

I played it on release in 2005, and i remember how wild of an experience it was. Spear in hand crawling in a rain. It looked phenomenal for a time.

That model comparison is pure evidence that developers know their shit and will accomplish great things but companies have to allow them to do so

I think the “No UI” thing is even more incredible than you say here. There was a wave of games doing the “No UI” approach, and generally I think they found that UI is, in most cases, worth it. Losing the UI is almost always a net loss for the game. But KK the movie the game works because the world is your UI. You can see what weapons you have by looking around you, and the game makes each spear throw feel super impactful so you don’t need a health bar telling you you’re doing damage. Great work by the team. There’s a reason it was so notable then, and there’s a reason so few games have been able to recapture that design.

"High fidelity bad graphics" How I feel about pretty much every remake.

I genuinely thought I was the only one ever to play this as a kid but oh my am I glad it's caught the light it needed, honestly I used sit and play this for hours, I was young and had no idea what to do ofc, but I still absolutely loved it. Thank you

That sponsor segment felt like I was watching interdimensional cable TV, and I loved every second of it, specially the Pepsi ad

1:08 "It's Montpellier you're such a fucking idiot" the way I screamed

DUDE!!! I'm so glad you're making a video on this, I just started but as soon as I saw the game you chose I got excited, I played this as a kid and I remember it being a super awesome game and always was so sad that no one seemed to know about it. Thank you for talking about it. Now I will watch your video. With snacks :)

I really like how you change the color pallete of some videos slightly to match the vibe of what your talking about. This one is green because of the Kong forest aesthetic, and the crunch culture one is all blue because of sleep deprivation vibes. I would love to see more of this in newer videos

Honestly one of my favorite things about this game is the secret alternative ending you can get, you get to play as Jack and shoot down the planes attacking Kong and save him. Something that always stuck to my mind when i played it as a kid, and honestly love that ending more than the original ending of the movie.

Noodle I swear you read minds!! A week ago I went to my local retro game store and bought King Kong for the original Xbox . I beat it for the first time a few days ago! The odds are insane. My favorite thing to do was when characters would end dialog I would press Y and to make my character say, " It's okay I have enough ammo." I haven't laughed so hard at my stupidity in a while. You're amazing dude

A few years back a friend and me started talking about this game and nerded out cause we were the only other people we knew that played it as kids. And talking about it made me remember how fucking amazing it was. Now years later I’ve been seeing more people here and there finally giving the game the praise it deserves and I’m so happy for it.

So glad you made this video, I played this game a long time ago by myself and found it to be amazing but never heard about it from other people

saying that kong does it better than portal is both an insane compliment and an outright declaration of war

I like how we are still in his house but it's just partly jungle now, the lore continues!

where the hell did this channel come from, YT algorythm doing good for me again after so long, instant sub, great video.

27:18 So in what way are we supposed to portray people who presumably descended from ancient Southeast Asians?

The "noodle in pirate costume" awkwardly staring into the camera stating "too bad there aren't any alternatives to play this game anymore " absolutely killed me. Also how the f*$# did I never hear about this game? It seems better than most stuff that comes out today.

You should play rain world, 1) The music adapts to what region you’re in and a few regions have custom danger themes 2) The ai is literally what the game is known for making every encounter interesting (looking up rain world ai is a HUGE rabbit hole) 3) And there’s environmental storytelling (although the story for the majority of the game almost doesn’t exist)

Damn dude, what a great video! I'm subbed for sure.

this game is a very big part of my childhood, thank you for making a video dedicated for it

One thing I did notice with the King Kong game on PS2, is despite it running worse than other versions, it does have one upgrade over the others. The emotion engine gives the faces a lot of life, they look around and blink (more) which they don't in say the Gamecube version. So if you were looking for one to play "legitimately" on your cousins overclocked ps2, it really does make the game feel alive. (the xbox OG can do some similar things but no can emulate that beast so)

This game was a massive part of my childhood, it terrified me. I mean ffs there's even an alternate ending where you can save Kong and it had so much replay value because you could replay levels and try to get high scores based on damage taken, ammo used and so on. There was a website leaderboard where you could submit your scores. It also had a ton of extra content including a museum gallery dedicated to the development of the game and video interviews. AND CHEAT CODES JUST FOR FUN. It wasn't incredible for its time, it's just incredible.

What's funny about this is recently I just received some storage from way back in 2015 or 2016, and apparently in my old games collection I had this game as a kid. I never played it once, but I guess I have a reason to now, so thanks Noodle!

Bro that last segment had me dyinggggg its so blatantly not subtle I love it

16:12 The "by contrast" flashbang might be the funniest editing joke I've seen in a hot minute.

I feel so many years of validation after having had played this when it was new and shocked that no one talked about. Thank you, Noodle my soul can rest now.

Wow man..great story told fantastically well. Liked and subbed. Quality, quality, quality!

fam, i just found you for the first time, i was enjoying the video but that commercial break earned my subscription lmao that was great

6:04 As someone who lived through the analogue TV and VHS era, there is no one else I've seen who actually makes the effect correctly, convincingly and with the same attention to details like @noodle. This is the only youtube channel where I don't skip the ads so I can admire noodle's knowledge and finesse in all aspects of his art.

18:03 this line was a "this shit aint nothing to me man" away of being dracula flow

Incredible video. Great script, pace, points and delivery as a whole

28:56 I literally spit my food out with this story... "I THOUGHT YOU WERE BLACK" caught me so off guard

7:33 the B in LGBT+ stands for Brazilian

"I don't give a sh*t what a germ thinks of f*cking soap" is... the dopest line I've ever heard. My spleen just exploded from that awesome. 😂

This is my first time Happening across you and I’m mad I didn’t find you sooner!🔥 “Kong Throws Handz, Jumps and throws Handz, Picks up and Throws Manz”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@noodlefunny I’ve been watching your channel since day 1, and dude… you’ve *always* been good but WOW - I love all this. All the quirky, charmingly odd cut ins, jokes, commercial break, etc. excellent work man. Truly. Also, I still think your animation in your first couple (few?) videos was really wonderful and I wish you could afford the time to do more of that. The plasma grenade in the living room was perfect. But keep doing what you’re doing. You’ve nailed it. Also - I remember this game, and I had forgotten just how insane it was. ….clearly I could rant your praises for awhile, but I’ll cut it here. Keep Kong and carry on.

I actually got this game solely because it was on the list of Walmart demos and loved being a big monke smacking the rex

I love how the set looks more dilapidated every video, its a great touch

I remember having that game when I was younger. I couldn't understand the story since I didn't understand english at the time, but I did really like the whole "say out loud how much magazine you have" thing they did. I really need to try and find the game again on the ps2. In other news, you got a new subscriber because your video was really informative and funny

I'd love to note that the PSP version of this game was an absolute jawdropper on the hardware it was on. It retained so much of the atmosphere and gameplay mechanics and a whole lot more despite the shrink-down.

4:24 is there a lore reason why you can play as Man?

I don't know how I ended up watching this video, but I don't regret a single second of it! Fantastic video!

Hi, the algorithm was useful for once and suggested I watch this and it let me to discovering your channel a watching a bunch of vids. I like the style and the evolution it went through over the years and more importantly the message which I feel was delivered well even early on. As for King Kong I had no idea the last gen release was actually good because at the time the press only paid attention to the 360 one which later became a joke for an easy way to get 1000 achievement points when that was still a thing. Keep up the great work, I'll be watching ;)

I played this game so many times that I recognized his shotgun from the thumbnail before I opened the video.

Day 37, the house is overgrown and provides good cover for my guerrilla actions. Noodle still hasn't figured out I am the one eating the cheese off his grilled cheese.

I got a PS2 copy from a friend of my mothers who worked at the importer of Ubisoft back then, and sometimes would find copies that were distributed to journalists. Oh my god the moment I saw the thumbnail, 20 years later, I knew it was THE game. I did speedruns of King Kong against myself without even knowing that speedruns even existed. I'm so happy to see others enjoyed the game as much as I did back then

I have been singing this game's praises for ages, and I love that I was able to scroll through youtube and immediately clock it from the thumbnail, thank you for being the prophet this game deserves

Noodle, I want you to know that I'm a game art student, and I've used your videos at least 5 different times for homework. You are insane at what you do!

Dude, the amount of passion you put into your projects is admirable, as an artist I find it inspiring how much detail and decision you put into it to the point that even the way you do advertisement has an aesthetic.

I very much remember this game, and it is amazing. Thanks for reminding me, Noodle.

Absolutely lovely video as always ^^ Love that fact you got to experience this gem of a game. And had the same level of "Ohhh damn this is good!" as I had back in 2005 ^^

1:53 You actually hear phrasing like this EXTREMELY often with licensed games around this era when they started doing behind the scenes stuff. They just usually didn't deliver ofc. One of my favorite examples is one of the Sopranos' cast saying that the game will "go down in history". Yeah I think the most attention that's ever caught was the time Dunkey sung about gabagool.

"TO ME, GOD MOVES IN OBVIOUS WAYS" is the simplest and funniest thing lmfaooo

Bro the quality of your sets improved drastically, congrats

There's no way that there's a 30 minute video on one of my favorite childhood games! You know I'm making popcorn for this.

Love when Noodle talks about game :)

If you like this, you should really check out Michel Acels passion project made by the same team (Ubisoft Montpellier) two years earlier in 2003, "Beyond Good and Evil". This is where they really started to experiment with that cinematic style/feeling. There's a reason people are STILL hyped for the sequel that has been stuck in dev hell since 2008

You've activated the massive nostalgia of my childhood I absolutely loved this game as a kid

This is genuinely so validating for me because this was one of the first games I ever played as a kid and have always thought back and wondered if it's actually good

7:40 the Brazilian flag alongside the others made me feel represented, as a Brazilian, thank you noodle.

Cool to know that you recognize Brazilian as a valid gender ❤

I played this multiple times when it came out and absolutely loved every single minute. It forever changed how I approached and appreciated my gaming experience.

i have been playing this game religiously since its release on the PS2, and i have ALWAYS hailed it as one of my favorite games of all time! i can not even begin to number the amount of times ive played through this game in its entirety! i still have it on emulator now because my old Xbox and ps2 are no longer with us (R.I.P) it makes me so incredibly happy to see this game FINALLY getting the recognition it deserves!!! thank you so much for making such an awesome video on a childhood staple of mine, and showing it to more people!

This game looks like a really impressive tech demo that was shown at E3, completely forgotten and abandoned by the devs (even though it was nearly finished and playable versions of the game existed), only for people a decade later to rediscover it and beg for the original developers to make the game, and the devs act like it never existed.

I don't know if this has actually been confirmed, but I remember reading on a magazine issue of the time that Peter Jackson personally requested for Ubisoft and Michel Ancel specifically to make this game, because he was a fan of Beyond Good & Evil.

I was just thinking of this game the other day. I'm really glad other people remember it fondly as part of their childhood as well. I remember feeling genuine fear getting to each mission. So much so that it would cripple my attempts at finishing the game and I never really got to see the King Kong segments... until my age hit double digits and I actually knew how to consult walkthroughs online to get through the rest of the game.

I remember getting this game, along with Condemned: Criminal Origins and Perfect Dark Zero as an early Christmas present in November 2005. This was the first one I played through. It was tense and fun the entire time, and while not overly difficult, did require you to be smart with your resources. It's a fond memory from my teenage years. Then Oblivion came out the next year and consumed my life.

Finally people recognize the first Kong type game.

Peter Jackson's King Kong is so great. The movie and the game are amazing, but they're both relics of the past that aren't easily accessible anymore

I just got done talking about this game for the PS2 with some friends. Apparently I'm the only one in the group who played it, but after watching some gameplay with them to see if it was as good as I remembered, it shocks me how well in holds up across the board still to this day.

Found this channel because I'm bored at work and begrudgingly clicked your need for speed video (because I'm overly cautious of new channels) and I actually laughed out loud at some of your bits. Pretty disappointed to see you haven't made the part 2 yet cause I really wanted to hear your thoughts on Pay Back. I paid $2 for that game and I'm still waiting to be Paid Back. Love your channel, glad I found it.

The 90s style ad was absolutely next level!! Bravo noodle, bravo 👏👏

I'm not even 2 minutes into the video and already the ''it's Montpellier ! Mais t'es vraiment un putain d'idiot...'' made me laugh so much, great video Noodle. (And yes it's Mon(t)pellier)

I immediately recognized PS2's King Kong just by the thumbnail alone! I used to play it when I was a child - at a time I couldn't quite comprehend what was going on in the history or what the characters were even saying (played in Spanish because english was still kinda new to me as a second language, I was really so confused but managed to finish the game anyways). I think it's the only game from that era that really gave me a sense of dread and when playing it lol, along with RE4. It was honestly kinda forgotten in the back of my head and seeing someone bringing it up again really transports me to so many nostalgic memories. I might give it a try again someday, such a unique game!

I remember a lot of people not playing because you got a huge amount of gamerscore points for each mission and they didn’t want to sully their gamerscore with easy point.