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Hello everybody,
this is Hooper.
OK, so today I'm making a video about a
great game: Sega Rally on the Saturn.
One of the best
games on Saturn,
to me, one of the best
games edited by Sega.
Due to two things: an amazing
direction for the time,
and a really singular gameplay, new,
well, a made-by-Sega gameplay.
Some crazy stuff!
So let's see what
it's all about.
Of course, it was first released on arcades,
converted for Saturn in 1995.
Keep in mind the game's
twelve years old. Twelve years!
And yet, to me it
hasn't aged at all.
So, arcade mode: four races.
Objective: being 1st on the 4th race.
We start from
the 15th position.
Time Attack:
everybody knows.
One of the good news:
the two-player mode.
A very good news in fact,
because it's an excellent mode.
They managed to preserve the animation, the
smoothness, and the speed of single-player mode.
Of course, there's
some clipping.
But the shame is it's
only a two-player mode,
we can't race against the other
opponents, like in the Arcade mode.
There are only two
of us on the track.
That's a bit of a shame but you can
have fun anyway in this mode, don't worry.
Car Settings: for changing
the cars' settings.
It's not really useful. Well, I've never
really been in there.
But I know you can change the tyres,
the suspension, the handling, that kind of stuff.
Records and Options,
let's go in there now.
We're going to switch
the difficulty level...
Oh, it's already
in easy mode.
Why? Normally it's in normal. I'll set it in easy
because I want to show you the 4th race,
and to do so, I must finish
first on the 3rd race.
Otherwise, I won't be able to
show you the "secret" race,
which is an exclusive content
of this Saturn version.
The 4th race, because there are
only three races on arcades.
So, two modes:
Championship and Practice.
Practice to train a little bit,
as its name suggests.
Championship, "shampionship"
as I used to call it at the time.
Let's go now.
So it's Arcade mode.
Two cars available: the Lancia Delta here
and the Toyota Celica here.
Two transmissions: manual
and automatic, for both cars.
We'll take
the Toyota.
For information, there's a secret car:
the Lancia Stratos.
Which is the best car in the game,
I unlocked it at the time.
The best car in the game, but its handling...
It's even worse than now.
The inertia is at its climax
on the Lancia Stratos.
OK, here
we go now!
So you can see I start from the 15th position,
it's indicated on the top right of the screen.
I'll try to
play well,
because otherwise I won't be able to show you
the 4th race, which is my objective.
As well as showing you the
game's ending,
with the replay of the last race, and the
vocal song which I like pretty much.
So I apologize if my comments
aren't exactly good,
but I'm really focusing
in order to achieve...
Well, to achieve avoiding what I'm
doing right now: hitting the walls.
Because, hitting walls here - The bounces
are really well done, we're in Zero G -.
In this game, it's simple: hitting a wall
makes you waste some time.
Wasting time is
not good.
No good in
wasting time.
So... I'm not going to talk about the
direction, but it's above the incredible.
What Sega did... Well more accurately
what AM3, the developers, gave to us...
is really some
serious stuff!
Well, just look at
the car now.
The number of polygons
displayed is just amazing.
Honestly, in 1995, you can make a comparison
with Daytona USA, of which I did a video.
There's nothing
to compare...
In Daytona, the cars
are more like tin cans.
Here, there are loads of polygons!
That's really impressive.
Besides, the animation is so smooth,
it's constantly 30 FPS, no slowdowns.
There's nearly
no clipping.
Look how
beautiful it is!
The road surface changes according
to the race location, so as the handling.
It changes to gravel, to mud,
to asphalt like now.
The sound effects are
really well done.
The sound of squealing tyres on
the asphalt, it's the best of the best.
Now I'll try... You see,
I'll try to do a trick.
There's a technique in the game:
being thrust by the hood of cars ahead.
OK, don't do
what I've done.
But, if I manage
to pass by him...
Wow, OK I'm messing up here.
Watch out, let's focus!
So, I was talking about
the gameplay of course.
Because the inertia is
really one of the...
Whooow, that's a
damn good bend!
Because the inertia is amazing.
The gameplay of this game is really unique.
You have to play it
to understand.
We really feel that we're
driving... I don't know...
A soap in a sink, you see?
A soap in a bathtub.
The inertia is really...
It's sooo slippy!
We often do sharp turns and have to steer
in the opposite direction; it's really slippy.
It's excellent,
really excellent.
It is fun, that's it!
I've played a lot a games after this one,
like V-Rally for instance.
But it was quite empty, to me V-Rally is almost
a shitty game because there's no fun in playing it.
Here, it's fun.
Really, it's excellent.
So, we're about to start the 3rd race, and here
it's absolutely necessary that I finish... 1st,
so I can unlock the 4th race which is
an exclusive content of this Saturn version.
You can also
see there's...
Ah yes! I didn't tell you
about the copilot.
Maybe you can
hear him.
If I manage to mix the sound properly, you'll be
able to hear the copilot, with the icons.
Look here, there's
a blue icon,
indicating a left curve, and now I think
there will be a red icon, here it is,
indicating that I've
messed up...
Whooow whoow...
Watch out!
So the copilot, which is
all the time talking to us:
"Easy right", "Easy left",
"Wrong", "Easy right".
In fact I don't really know what
he's saying, but it's something like that.
So, it's excellent. I find
this copilot's voice just amazing...
OK, I'm 2nd. I just have
to overtake the 1st there.
Besides, I think
it's my friend.
Yes, it's the other car
we can drive. It is the...
What's its name again ?
I don't know,
the Delta I think.
Whow whow whow...
I must not mess it up.
Good, it's OK.
Yes, so I was talking about the copilot,
it's definitely excellent.
The copilot... Excellent,
that's good news.
Actually it's directly comes
from arcades though.
It was the same
in arcades...
Ah it's really hard to
comment while playing.
On top of that,
I've a thumb pain.
I don't know why, but I've
a crazy thumb pain.
Here we go! Fine.
What could I add?
There isn't any damage system,
like on arcades.
So no damage system, I can't say
it's a shame, but it simply has to be noticed.
So here is Lake Side, the exclusive
track of this Saturn version.
Here we go!
And it's really hard, it's the
hardest track of the game.
You can see that when we
bang here, we waste...
It's almost like we were
stuck to the track.
I'll try... I'm messing up,
I'm really bad.
Oh dear! He's going
to overtake me.
I'd like to finish... I think if I finish 3rd
I'll still be able to show you the ending.
Which is not bad,
it's a vocal ending.
A man's singing.
I'll show it to you.
I think we'll stop on this, again,
if I manage to unlock it.
So there's some clipping here,
I've just noticed it.
Some clipping in
the last race.
Ah yes! I wanted to say the races are
really... There's a increasing difficulty.
I mean, 1st race: it's a desert, it's easy.
2nd race: the forest, still easy but gets tough.
3rd race: the mountain.
In a town, you saw it,
it's quite hard.
And this one... I'm really
messing up. I am...
Oh dear... I'm messing
up, really.
Oh noo!
Wait, I'm focusing now.
The key is not accelerating
all the time like me,
I'm messing up actually,
you often have to brake,
not rushing
like a nag.
You have to
manage to...
Come on.
Whoow...
I think the finish line
is over there...
Yes!
Ah no, well
it's here in fact.
OK, that's it!
I think we're going
to leave now,
on the ending, which is the
replay of this last race.
With the ending theme,
not so bad in my opinion.
Well it's sounds like in Daytona,
as I've told you before.
You have to enjoy
this style, I like it.
I think I've told
you everything.
Sega Rally,
a game which is...
Unforgettable!
Extraordinary, stunning.
OK, now I'm telling you:
see you soon!
