Oh wow, wasn’t expecting a new video this late at night. Good Job Spoony. Can’t wait to watch.

Wow. I thought I was finally going to get a FIRST on a spoony video…

Good job, Don.

Great video.

It’s great to see you putting up new content but I’m just curious, is the song in the opening title sequence a live version or is someone else other than The Irresponsibles doing it?

So this is why Scarlett was hitting you with a rubber chicken.

Also, when did Burton learn a death ray attack?

Blagho (Black hole)! This was a refreshing change to the Ultima review series, even though I personally I enjoyed the ones with just information. And I’ve gotta get one of those death rays these days.

Holy crap that pumpkin at the end was scary! Then again, so was the clown. Glad to see the continuity of The Spoony Experiment deepen so.

Hey Spoony.
How did you manage to get Jeff Hardy to cameo in this review.
Chuckles the Jester indeed.

Nice cliffhanger. But goddamn, Spoonster, you haven’t yet reviewed Deadly Premonition part. 2!

Whoa, plotting like Linkara there? Epic. Nice.

Speaking as someone who loves this game, I would say some of your problems are being unfamiliar with the interface. It is annoying to sort through the stuff you find in containers, but it’s at least a little better to (M)ove it to the adjacent spot instead of picking it all up. For the poisoning, that’s cured by the first circle ‘dispel magic’ spell. I admit it’s unintuitive, but after you figure that out, things get easier.

Chuckles, you broke the rules of the game yourself when you said ‘again’. Spoony, are you going to review Worlds of Ultima and Ultima Underworld games? Those would be chronologically next, except for Underworld 2.

Oooo, that’s the album version I take it? Shiny. I was so happy to see a new Ultima review up. I’ve never even PLAYED any of these! Apparently, you’ve made them really interesting to me. Bravo, sir.

Great work as always Spoony. I can’t help but wonder if Scarlet had too much fun hitting you with a rubber chicken?

I like the obscure Princess Bride reference too.

I hope you are feeling better Spoony.

Good morning, Spoony and fellow Spooners.

1. Run for your life, Spoony! The clown is Lord Terraptus! Either that, or you can make him funny again by getting Baba Yaga to lift her curse (Quest for Glory 4, for the, like, EVERYBODY who didn’t get that unnecessarily obscure joke).
2. he mentioned the nightmare challenge. He Mentioned The Nightmare Challenge. HE MENTIONED THE NIGHTMARE CHALLENGE! My inner, whiny, little fanboy is appeased. All is right with the world.

Ugh, Chuckles reminds me of that freaking annoying clown from Devil May Cry 3… and I didn’t even play DMC3!

Congratulations, Spoony! You discovered where the MMORPG Tibia was ripped off!

Wow, Chuckles is probably the creepiest character you’ve ever played hahaI’m surprised, if you’re really considering playing (and reviewing, which you’ve said before) minority report. That game is bad, but in a fun way (IMO). It was fun making people throw up with the puke stick.I dont remember much else about it, though.Anyway, fun episode.

…Wow. Spoony did you hear the new Irresponsible track, pretty boys? It’s more awesome than the one you use, in my opinion. Since they are kind of the godfather band of the spoony experiment, why don’t you try showcasing their songs on your openings?

Fuck Chuckles, do not Forge… do not lose how to play the game

lol @ the end, and I wish you had reviewed Impact for own selfish reasons.

Chuckles has a point. The Ultima reviews are not very Final Fantasy : /

I do actually like these though. I’ve never had a chance to play any of the Ultima games and they’re pretty interesting.

MANOWAR!!

I don’t want to be an ass, but the new intro is very poorly animated.I thought you were only gonna use it once or twice, not make it common. Great episode though, so ridicules that you can’t cure poison without British.

Funny Spoony should mention Minority report and the Nightmare (Atmosphere) games, because just yesterday I watched the two reviews he hints he’ll make a review of those and wonder where the heck those were. Specially the Nightmare one since a year has passed =P.

Oh Spoony you’re so screwed =P.

btw F*** Chuckles my GOD is he ever annoying… I understand he’s supposed to but damn you really turned the annoying dial up to full there!

It’s great to see that you’re feeling better, dude, but for the love of Hidiger, what did you forget THIS time?! (I’d say that the Gate Keeper should take into account the fact that you’ve been ill, but he won’t. We know he won’t. What a jerk.)

Also, you make a terrifying clown. o.o Is that what you did on Halloween? Ran around in that costume and scared little kids?!

Good to see you back to doing game reviews, Spoony! I know that other commenters may have advised otherwise, but I REALLY REALLY REALLY think that you should bring back the manic rage and humor that characterised your older reviews (which is what made them so great); and I also really hope you plan on finishing the Final Fantasy X review!

Good to see you back in action and you’re looking well. Keep up the excellent work!

>> The Clown from “IT” seriously traumatized me as a child…Your Jester is much much scarier. Thank you for making me relive that trauma. :P Great review though also LOVE the new Irresponsibles cut.

Alright, Ultima VII is next. It’s usually considered to be the best of the series, but I’m interested in what Noah thought of it. After all, it has some of the same issues that drove him crazy in VI (the infinite superfluous items, items on the ground stacking) but it’s so much easier to navigate it all with its mouse-supported interface. And the world of Britannia in VII just has so much… STUFF in it.

You know, Ultima 6 was probably one of my favorite games in the series, because it was the one I got to work the best besides 5, being the whippersnapper I am. But you do bring up some good points. I never actually finished the game because I kept getting lost, which the game exacerbated because it didn’t zoom out into a world map when you left the towns like in the last five games.

I think the reason that the spears and throwing axes are listed separately is because they don’t stack in your inventory. That makes it another coding issue, I know.

On the plus side, there’s the Orb of the Moons. You can’t tell me with a straight face that wasn’t a handy tool to have.

As for the plot holes you brought up, I guess you’ve got a point, but it’s not like there haven’t been uneasy truces with unsolved tensions between societies in real life. I’m thinking of the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction. There are scars from that conflict that still linger today.

And was it really made clear that the virtues of the humans and gargoyles both came from the Codex? I thought the human virtues were created by Lord British before the Codex was even found. It does raise kind of a thorny issue with the Codex quests in 5, though. As for reading the Codex the entire way through, I don’t think that’s actually possible. The Codex is always open to the page containing the information you need to know and nothing more. I guess it could have warned us about future conflicts like the conflict with the gargoyles, so there is that.

I also remember the void not being the origin of the Codex, just neutral territory where both races could access it. Still doesn’t explain where the Vortex Cube came from.

Oh yeah, and I just remembered that I was traumatized when I accidentally killed a cat in that game. Am I a pussy or what?

You also forgot to continue your Let’s Play of Deadly Premonition. I’m still waiting for Part 2. I know I can just watch the other ones at Giant Bomb, but I don’t think it would be the same.

I think Nakar did the exact same thing to Chuckles in his LP of Ultima 6. If you haven’t read Nakar’s LPs of various Ultima games, do it; they’re some of the funniest things you’ll find on the LP Archive.

Funny review and your Pumpkinhead looks far more awesome then the real one.

again…thanks to everyone for the comments about the new version of Break Me. We wanted you guys to hear it FIRST before anyone else in the world due to the support you’ve shown us! If you’re wondering, it’s on the new album due out 20 November.

Outstanding review Spoony. I hope you are feeling well. Keep up the great work.

…who is in the pumpkin mask? Miles or Scarlett?

Glad to see you’re feeling well enough to at least get back to editing Spoon, So this is the infamous Scarlett chicken beating we heard about.

Glad you’re back in the saddle my friend, hope the new drugs are working. Look forward to more as the plot thickens.

My first thought when Chuckles showed up was that he needed to die. Horribly. I’m hoping to see this in the future.

Great review Spoony, I can’t wait for to see what you do next.

Awesome! Can’t wait for more nightmare/atmosphere FMV hell.

The Jester was at least a little funny. Why so serious Spoony? haha

Looks like the Joker parody will be laid on a little thick though next time he shows up with scarred lips. Made me think Dark Knight review but then keeper guy an Pumpkin head showed up so I dunno.

On the subject of intros I still prefer the clips, don’t get me wrong the animation is great, but I kinda like the nostalgic feel of clips from old shows where you can look and be all ‘Oh I remember when that happened!’. But that’s just a personal preferance.
Great review, the Jester made me think of Kefka more than Joker like some other comments were saying XD I loved the build-up for the next review too, looking forward to it!

On the subject of intros I still prefer the clips, don’t get me wrong the animation is great, but I kinda like the nostalgic feel of clips from old shows where you can look and be all ‘Oh I remember when that happened!’. But that’s just a personal preferance.
Great review, the Jester made me think of Kefka more than Joker like some other comments were saying XD I loved the build-up for the next review too, looking forward to it!

Oh no It’s Kefka. Kill him with fire.

JESUS! First Black Lantern Spoony, now Yellow Lantern Gate Cleaner? What’s next, Red Lantern Insano?

I dont even have a phobia of clowns, but you dressed as a jester just creeps the hell out of me.

Great review and i loved the little digs you made at yourself for things you haven’t finished yet, i thought we might see a scrolling montage of stuff but still awesome none the less

i love how the death ray made the door open too

Great video. Thank you Spoony. Not so much worried about Minority Report as I am Final Fantasy reviews, but it’s all good.

Chuckles was the scariest damn thing I’ve ever seen.

Well, he WAS, until he was *clutching his BLOOD-SOAKED GLOVES over his RUINED MOUTH*! Aiiiaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

Happy freakin’ halloween! 8o

You have the correct reaction to clowns.

Great review but clown wasn’t funny not rubber chicken joke.
That was kinda disappointing Spoony.
Also Minority Report review?
Shitty movie or that crappy but kinda fun game?

love the new intro. Yor plus power line = Epic Win.

Firstly- great review. I like when they’re informative like in this series of games. Kinda UWW-ish, it’s entertaining with or without jokes. Chuckles is absolutely frightening. But the scariest thing was the iconic musical sting at the end, a terrifying hint of what dreams may come…

(Hehe, see what I did there. Both a movie reference AND a pun. Yeah.)

Wait. I thought spoony already got screwed by pumpkin head… sooooo he’s doing that again? Or does this just make continuity? I’m not sure.

godam it lost the game lol

I sure am glad that a new persona has arisen and it’s even worse than Dr. Insano! Yippee!

Love the new intro and song. And Manowar during the credits… awesome.

So, with these yellow power rings finding hosts, would that be the Spoonestro Corp? Huh…huh…

I’ll be going now.

This probably sounds stupid and I feel stupid for asking but…what Minority Report review? Am I missing something here?

Ehh… The videos are starting to look too much like “The Angry Video Game Spoon”. Before, Spoony was unique, his joke were more satirical. Now it just feels like Spoony filling in for James Rolfe. And please, oh please, bring back the original intro. The new one feels like something from Newgrounds. Oh well… I guess change is inevitable.

This is just my opinion, but I can’t stand the episodic storyline stuff that some reviewers shove into their stuff. I’m thinking specifically of Linkara who thought it was brilliant to end quite a few of his videos with some utterly retarded storyline, woefully acted by himself. It’s cringe-worthy. People don’t watch the reviews to see some horribly nerdy melodrama.

The jester spoony was incredibly creepy @_@

The intro movie for the game is one of the best ones I’ve ever seen. The music is perfect and it is just so eerie; it sets up a great story even if the ending seems kinda rushed or too convenient.

“Catcalls, the dagger, a scream, Death…..

Pandemonium. Shrieks of rage, of terror.

From the inevitable, and impossibility emerges.

You are still alive.”

It is just written in such a cool way. The review was pretty funny. Anyways only a few more left now. VII is often considered one of the best and then you get into VIII and IX which are the worst.

Very funny review i thought, and the clow… excuse me, jester, was pretty awesome! Also, the re-recorded version of the song was GREAT!

Interesting how your mustache is actually more noticeable as the jester partly covered by whiteface than when you’re just yourself. Intentional reference to Cesar Romero’s Joker perhaps?

U6 was the first Ultima I played, it was on my fathers Amiga. I loved the game. He didn’t even hint on all the other wierd stuff that can happen, like when you search the body of animated object all strange stuff that comes out, like various items, floor tiles, and other things, at least on the amiga version they did.

Also awaken spell.

I just rewatched this, and closed my eyes when the freaking clown came on. But I have to say, the jokes in this were HILARIOUS!!!! “Ahhhh, don’t touch me pervy clown!”

I don’t want to know why Spoony even owns a jester outfit, probably something horribly perverse and kinky.

You know…It’s because of you, Spoony, that I ordered the complete Ultima collection off Ebay, including Underworld 1 and 2.

The seller had made a special program that utilizes dosbox and it runs all of the games.

The story is so exotic that you dont care at all about the so-called ‘inferior’ graphics of the ultima games.

Underworld 1 and 2 have exellent graphics and music….It’s only a matter of time before Spoony reviews them, everyone….only a matter of time!

of course you forgot to review FFX and Persona 4 :D

Well you forgot to finish Deadly Premonition

I think it’s pretty cool that you’ve got all your little plots worked out. Also, I might be reading too much into this (or listening, anyway) but was that a bar of Nightmare on Elm Street at the end just after The Gatekeeper said “He’ll be forever trapped in a nightmare.”?

I wonder…

When I played Ultima six I would just use the Move command to move stuff that I didn’t want to pick up.

Besides inventory space was never a big thing in this game so you could just spam pick up and then sell everything in the nearest town.

The Pickpocket spell in this game was pretty awesome.

I was surprised you didn’t note the unfinished quest from the game where there was that ghost that you could never solve the murder of because the quest was never fully implemented in the final build. That drove me CRAZY trying to solve that thing until a decade later when I found out there was no way to do anything about it.

Things to do with clowns…

1. Shoot in the face with a cannon and hide in a trunk.

…And thats all they’re good for.

hopefully Spoony does not have a weakness to the color yellow.

hopefully Spoony does not have a weakness to the color yellow.

I wonder if Spoony will review Ultima Underworld 1 and 2

wow ! that new version of the spoony theme does rock YEAZZ l
love from germany

I was already scared of clowns.

Now I’m terrified of them.

I was already scared of clowns.

Now I’m terrified of them.

Jesus Christ Surprise Evil Scary Pumpkin Scene or S.E.S.P.S

I remember Ultima 6, and how much it frustrated me. Then I laughed because I figured out how to beat the game, and what made me laugh is, when you find out how to win, you could of beaten this game in like, 30 minutes, tops without any real effort or any of the hoakey go here and fetch that crap in between. Ultima is a love hate relationship I think, it can be fun but you just end up hating a lot about it.

Do Ultima VII, pretty pleeeeeeeeeease! :)

It would be interested to see you do video for the elder scrolls series, especially sense Skyrim is coming in November.

i second that motion. Elder scrolls is awesome but still has its sillyness and flaws at times, would be perfect for spoonification!

I take issue with this review. Spoony, you basically bashed Ultima 6 for the same reasons you praised Ultimas 3-5. Don’t use the mouse! Everything is easier via keyboard commands, which work pretty much like the previous games. Visiting the shop to sell your 20+ spears, one at a time, is no more cumbersome in U6 than it was in U3 when EVERY character had his own inventory of keys, gems, torches, weapons, armor, food, and gold. After you get the hang of it, you could dump it all in seconds. Repetitive, sure, but not annoying. Besides, collecting crap off bodies and selling it is a stupid way to make money. Go to Destard and collect gold nuggets instead.

Junk items add to the realism of the game. You don’t need them, technically, but you can hold onto them for the role-playing aspect of it, which is kind of the point of the genre.

If there’s something on the bottom you need, you don’t have to pick up the stuff on top of it; just move it over (that’s what the move command is for).

If Lord British is sleeping, cast an Awaken spell. to wake him up. He won’t be mad, and he’ll heal you on the spot. Did you not try this?

It’s dark at night for a reason: Go to sleep! This also adds to the realness. Don’t keep playing the game just because your character doesn’t get tired. The game is trying to force limitations on you.

You’re trying to fight gargoyles on level 3. There’s your problem right there. Kill some headlesses and slimes and rats and mongbats for awhile, buy better weapons and armor and spells and reagents, level grind! Can’t believe you think you’re not expected to do this in an RPG.

Didn’t seem like you gave it a chance. You better not be this off on your U7 review (considered by many to be the best of the series).

I thought only Immortals could participate in The Game.

What’s the name of the song played during the end credits?

OH! OH! PSYHONAUTS MUSIC! Okay. I’m done.

Spoony has played every Ultima Game during the course of his life. I don’t fault him for using recent video that he found though. Also, he was probably just going by memory when discussing certain situations on this review. Overall, give Spoony the benefit of the doubt.

I have to agree that despite its great plot, Ultima VI is probably my least favorite of the whole series. It may be the game’s engine, which Origin spent a lot of money to develop. That reminds me, will you be reviewing the red-headed step children of Ultima VI, Martian Dreams and Savage Empire?

As for Chuckles’ Game – wasn’t that in Ultima VII? Still, cool to see a reference.

Loved the cameo by the Gatekeeper from the Nightmare board game (I still have mine with the VHS tape).

BTW, start a conversation with Iolo and say this to him: Spam Spam Spam Humbug.

really

Everyone on the internet should know about Spoony and his amazing reviews and stuff!

i think its SORT OF like the bible? i m speaking of the codex. i guess they just the gargoyles interpretation of it? im not trying to be smarter than you. the fact that lord british stays a racist motherfucker and that hes just compromising with the void shit just because he dont want to be responsable for a holocaust doesnt really bothers me. isnt it sort of realistic?

Who are the Gargoyles?