Clayton described this on twitter as "an extremely Simone video" and I couldn't be more delighted by how correct that description was.
@DanielGalimidi
3 жыл бұрын
I know the "gonna tell my kids this was Undertale" comment at 9:02 was a joke, but I've got to jump in. There is a French indie game heavily inspired by Earthbound and its looks resulting in a retro style, just like Undertale, where you're faced with the morality of your own actions, just like Undertale, and where the protagonist isn't what you think, just like Undertale, and where the final boss judges you, also like Undertale. This game is called OFF, it was made by Martin "MortisGhost" Georis, and it was one of the inspirations for Undertale. I've been learning French for a few years (it's not my native language), and I was happy when I could play OFF in the original French, understanding all of it.
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
Yo, this sounds really cool??? I'll have to check it out. Thanks! - Simone
@theolabbate1611
3 жыл бұрын
Quite surprised too that Off wasn't mentionned, that's litterally the first thing that came to my mind when I read the title of the video, and boy is it an amazing game !
@elderberryva9282
3 жыл бұрын
yooo a fellow off enjoyer :D
@HybridSiren24
3 жыл бұрын
@@polygon Also the music slaps so hard
@catsonbrooms
3 жыл бұрын
@@theolabbate1611 wow same, I thought this was gonna be about OFF lmao
@narrativematters4100
3 жыл бұрын
Simone continuing her pro-France, pro-mime agenda, now apparently with Polygon's corporate blessing
@Elvalley
3 жыл бұрын
Well, you know what they say, the truth will set you free. They just relented to the power of her facts and logic (about France and mimes)
@sploopst6868
3 жыл бұрын
we love to see it!
@rhymeswithmoose228
3 жыл бұрын
Simone you can't hit me out of the gate with that "Hey gamers" I don't want to get noise complaints
@Bhazor
3 жыл бұрын
The highest population of gamers. A dubious honor.
@theolabbate1611
3 жыл бұрын
Even though I'm french I didn't know any of that, and I have the feeling it is actually quite an important piece of video game history I didn't know about. Thank you for your video !
@abauchu
9 ай бұрын
Same here! I'm amazed that french video game journalist or essayists don't talk that much about the french games of that period
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
BTW, La Femme is playable online! You can find it here: ifdb.org/viewgame?version=1&id=brxdd0j3xu8mmgmc
@Blattella
3 жыл бұрын
ifdb my beloved
@Dent42
3 жыл бұрын
You know you can pin your comment so it's at the top, right?
@Algorhythmic
3 жыл бұрын
Great! Now to learn French…
@Psysium
3 жыл бұрын
This was a fascinating deep dive, Simone. I wish I had learned about this in high school French class instead of watching the same music videos over and over again. 🙃
@Saturn-gs6wl
3 жыл бұрын
was your music video the one that is about french fries that seems like they shouldn't legally show it to children?
@Flameclaw123
3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Stromae's music slaps
@tenebriusneith
3 жыл бұрын
i wish i had learned about this in FRIGGIN' VIDEO GAME HISTORY CLASS! 👿
@DoABarrelRol1l
3 жыл бұрын
@@tenebriusneith I just wish my college had a History course in the Games & Entertainment major. Hand out som DoS Box ports after class and I would have had a blast.
@Epinardscaramel
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, what music videos do you watch? Stromae?
@slothmoth2389
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, learning about Muriel Tramis is especially mind-blowing. I really want to research more about her now...
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
There's a great video about her here, and if you look her up on KZitem she's done tons of interviews! kzitem.info/news/bejne/036DloljgnSiq5g
@slothmoth2389
3 жыл бұрын
@@polygon Thank you so much!
@MackenzieChandlerDunnavant
3 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder if these games had any influence on Disco Elysium. It's Estonian, but it absolutely reeks of that French touch.
@laplayade1207
3 жыл бұрын
The distance between France and Estonia is the same than the one between New York & and Honduras so, who knows? :)
@MackenzieChandlerDunnavant
3 жыл бұрын
@@laplayade1207 Geographic proximity doesn't negate influence. Revachol clearly owes a debt to French culture, and DE is shamelessly political like these games. But, the more obvious influences are games like Fallout and Planescape: Torment.
@laplayade1207
3 жыл бұрын
@@MackenzieChandlerDunnavant I was kiddin' :)
@hedgehog3180
3 жыл бұрын
I mean I think it's universal in mainland Europe to consider France the standard for high culture and art so if you're making anything artistic here you'll definitely take some inspiration from France.
@grandsome1
3 жыл бұрын
@@MackenzieChandlerDunnavant Yeah, Révachol is definitely a French speaking place, I was surprised to learn it was an Estonian game developped partly in the UK.
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
Have any of you played these games? Please tell me which one was the hardest and why it was Meurtre à Grande Vitesse.
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
It took me the better part of an afternoon to just figure out what I was supposed to do
@ComedyBee
3 жыл бұрын
Non
@brendanmooney7607
3 жыл бұрын
We '80s gamers get a lot of mockery for loving "shoot the red circle with the blue square" games back in the day, but when the only other gameplay option was "spend an entire Saturday trying to figure out how to advance the story to the next screen like you're deciphering ancient Sumerian", red-circle-blue-square games were AM-AZ-ING... It was literally one extreme or the other! *wipes away single tear*
@lexorin831
3 жыл бұрын
As a kid I had a c64 and my dad had these suitcases full of floppy discs containing hundreds of bootleg games. Most had early warez scene intros in them. I used to grab whatever sounded cool and play them. Usually I was profoundly disappointed (anything by Psygnosis was generally always a winner), but sometimes I'd find something fun for an 8 year old. I don't really remember much, but I have played Captain Blood and was disappointed that it wasn't as cool as its name made it out to be. Also, this was a fantastic video!
@grandsome1
3 жыл бұрын
J'ai joué à Rayman 2, ça compte? ;-)
@GoetiaTV
3 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised it took this long for Simone to make a video about French games. It was worth it.
@ejasaityte499
3 жыл бұрын
being called a gam*r and then having to remember france exists took a year off my life
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
rest in peace
@sonicx7488
3 жыл бұрын
Merci!
@dread787
3 жыл бұрын
12:38 not Control being shown over Norway on the map :’( Remedy is a finnish developer…
@saarabot
3 жыл бұрын
this truly was upsetting :|
@decimachuu
3 жыл бұрын
"France invented weird indie games" yeah, not too hard to believe once you've played OFF. That game was a doozy, in the best way possible.
@jamesmax
3 жыл бұрын
I was half expecting this to be a video essay on OFF, oddly enough tho that's the only game I can think of that I knew was from France was very surprised to learn its the second biggest game producer in the world!
@laplayade1207
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, OFF came from Belgium ^^
@jamesmax
3 жыл бұрын
@@laplayade1207 Well that just further proves the point! I wonder how many Games I play are unknowingly form France.
@LutraLovegood
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesmax Ever heard of Alone in the Dark, Another World, Flashback or Rayman?
@jamesmax
2 жыл бұрын
@@LutraLovegood raymans form France? cool!
@sw0rdhyd350
3 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about the fact that a French video game company was called Froggy Software?
@Tobitake
3 жыл бұрын
i think it's more a reference to Frogger than anything else ...
@dmcgee3
3 жыл бұрын
Bartender here. We have a wine called French Frog which has brought up several conversations among the bar staff as to whether it’s appropriate. It’s a French wine so I suppose it is, but still seems a bit like a slur. We’ve also got a Sam Adams Porch Rocker that seems to very much invoke plantation vibes. It’s a radler, which came from German cyclists as the story goes, but the company seems to have just taken the lemonade part and tried to tie that to sittin on the porch in the hot Georgia sun sippin lemonade
@laplayade1207
3 жыл бұрын
Their name was actually picked up to please a foreign audience :) (it is official)
@IceCrystalWolf
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I am just here to enjoy the way Simone pronounces French words. (and also for all the underrated jokes, like seriously, the champagne one was perfect)
@Psysium
3 жыл бұрын
Sparkling Digital Amusement was my nickname in college
@Blattella
3 жыл бұрын
cyberpunk red npc name
@silikei1810
3 жыл бұрын
As a french gamer, I grew up with Rayman. From my point of view, he was as important as Mario, Crash and Sonic.
@DoABarrelRol1l
3 жыл бұрын
We had a Rayman game for the Dreamcast but I doubt we ever got past 15% of its gameplay before we'd get stuck or lost the save etc. I should sit down one day and complete it- was probably one of our most played-least completed games.
@silikei1810
3 жыл бұрын
@@DoABarrelRol1l I had several ones but my first was a version only released in my country ... In France, there was a collection of games, for windows 98 I think, named "Rayman Junior". It was a software sold by Ubisoft with modified levels of the first Rayman to learn things like mathematics. Every time, the Magician would come out of his own hat and ask the question: "How much is 2+3 ?" for example. And then you would choose a path between the ones where you had different numbers as choices for the answer... If you respond the wrong answer the path would lead in a way or another to your death. But MY game had a bug ! And at this time, there was no patch or anything ! The Magician would come out of his hat but no sound would come out of his mouth ! So I just had the answers but not the questions ! So what did I do ? I just tried again and again... And that's how I won levels through trials and errors, memorizing the path. I was 7 years old and I thought that it was the normal way of functionning of the game ! My neighbor had the ps1 version of Rayman one and I was really surprised because my first experience of Rayman was awfully hard compared to his XD
@DoABarrelRol1l
3 жыл бұрын
@@silikei1810 Hahaha good thing randomization wasn't considered or you'd grow up hating the franchise
@silikei1810
3 жыл бұрын
@@DoABarrelRol1l omggg noooo XD
@dappercuttlefish9557
3 жыл бұрын
This is so good. Video game history is fascinating, and as someone who really likes low-action indie games it's cool to see where some of those roots came from.
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@fravia22
3 жыл бұрын
I wasn’t entirely sold on watching this video until I saw Simone de Rochefort - Senior Video Producer, Polygon made it
@fravia22
3 жыл бұрын
That being said it is very good :)
@granite_planet
3 жыл бұрын
@@fravia22 ...Just as you'd expect from Simone de Rochefort - Senior Video Producer, Polygon.
@noodroid6736
3 жыл бұрын
"Do you ever think about France?" I'm Cajun French, Simone. I unfortunately consider France far too much since nobody knows what Cajun is beyond seasoning.
@noodroid6736
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, I will be thinking about France a lot today while I read way more about their video game history. Thank you, Simone.
@dudestep
3 жыл бұрын
I've seen the movie Hard Target three and a half times. I know all about cajuns.
@aaronsirkman8375
3 жыл бұрын
Wait, wait, I know this...Cajuns are crawfish that migrate south from Canada to Louisiana for the winter, right?
@charles1413
3 жыл бұрын
@@noodroid6736 we love our cajuns cousins :)
@Amelia-sf7tl
3 жыл бұрын
i had to read kate chopin's the awakening in high school so i learned a LOT about cajun louisiana. didn't learn anything about the lavender scare from what we learned before reading the crucible, though....
@Arya-db3yd
3 жыл бұрын
Je suis une personne simple Je vois "France" Dans mes notifs KZitem, je clique
@k4eru20
3 жыл бұрын
ily simone also that ending is a MOOD if there ever was one,, i've tried on multiple occasions to play the bbc anniversary hhgttg rpg but it's pretty much impossible without the cheat sheet dfhvjbgf the parameters of your abilities are so hard to figure out, and you die if you don't follow the exact set of events they want you to ghbj anyway this video was great and i felt like i learned a lot
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
RIGHT? It's incredible how much more sophisticated and user-friendly design has become - Simone
@pinstripeowl
3 жыл бұрын
THOSE PEANUTS
@Bhazor
3 жыл бұрын
To be fair HHGTTG and Douglas Adam's games were the original troll games. Very deliberately designed to waste your time in ever more elaborate and cruel ways.
@k4eru20
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bhazor didn't know it going in as a preteen 🙃🙃 but yeah it's hilarious how intentionally ridiculous they made it at times
@Epinardscaramel
3 жыл бұрын
That was great! This could become a series, game culture from around the world 🥰
@ailhou2802
3 жыл бұрын
I'm french and I knew nothing of these old 80s games, guess I'm too young too. That was super interesting!
@reutermo
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, would love more retrospective one other countries as well. Just a quick heads up, on the Europe map where you show where big games are made in the end you show that Control is made in Norway, not Finland, where it is actually from. As a Swede I had to correct it in form of Nordic solidarity.
@petitthom2886
3 жыл бұрын
I’m French but I’m really surprised than the country comes second, I thought it would come after Japan, the UK and perhaps Germany ^^
@pseudonymef1718
3 жыл бұрын
A-vrai-dire, c'est le cas.. Y avait le site du ministère des affaires étrangère qui avait dit que la France est seconde mais la France est bel et bien derrière le Japon, le Royaume-Uni et l'allemagne.
@laplayade1207
3 жыл бұрын
@@pseudonymef1718 Tu as une source de cette info stp ?
@Kwizii
3 жыл бұрын
Ouais je pense pas qu'elle soit tout à fait correcte. Elle a du trouver un paramètre précis ou la France est deuxième au monde, mais que ce soit par revenus générés par l'industrie, publication ou développement de jeu, nombre d'emplois etc... je trouve toujours la France 4ème à 9ème...
@grandsome1
3 жыл бұрын
@@Kwizii Ubisoft tombe souvent dans le top 3 des plus gros éditeurs, c'est peut-être ce paramètre qu'elle a choisie.
@Marlo_Branco
2 жыл бұрын
You need to talk about "Another World " This game is a french masterpiece !
@JosefTrejbal
3 жыл бұрын
3:20 Ah, Gille - the missing link between Gill and Gilbert
@markhenderson6389
4 ай бұрын
Fascinating video! Especially loved the mini retro news reel focused on the 80s!
@cuervacho
Жыл бұрын
It's so strange to watch an American-based video discussing France with earnest praise, without defensiveness, derision or even the slightest hint of jingoism. I'm really glad to see newer American generations changing what was universally expected of them before. Also, no one *in the comments* debased themselves with the almost ubiquitous rhetoric of American nationalism. Great work everyone! This makes me feel very optimistic!
@ambermiller3751
3 жыл бұрын
this is so good omg and it's so fun to hear simone speaking french :D i love how much excellent relatively-niche information i learn from every new polygon video it is such a delight
@Biscuitsdefortune
3 жыл бұрын
Patrick Chamoiseau wrote a video game !?! C'est fou! Un récipiendaire du Goncourt est vraiment une des dernières personnes qui me serait venu à l'esprit pour écrire un jeu vidéo. Il va vraiment falloir que je me procure une version pirate de ce jeu.
@Vladimirwlr1234
2 жыл бұрын
That was extremely surprising.
@jackyoh971
3 жыл бұрын
As a French carribean I didn't knew all of that... Good job...
@joshpegg4523
3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating that Ubisoft started out making political games that were saying something, and now they make political games that say nothing
@Ce0ammer
3 жыл бұрын
Now they are known for sex crimes.
@trainzelda1428
3 жыл бұрын
That cannery scene from Edith Finch was almost triggering omg
@luispradilla9297
3 жыл бұрын
I'll talk about video games as art and french video game culture for French class. Simone basically made my project
@Vladimirwlr1234
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know if an English translation exists, but Les Passagers du Vent is a jewel. Really a must-read of bande dessinée
@schmurble2254
3 жыл бұрын
This is such a good video. I love learning about lesser known, more regional history. More like this pleeaasseeee
@telltalenarrator4070
3 жыл бұрын
"They didn't even have mice back then!!" me, momentarily forgetting that computer mice exist: bUT TOM AND JERRY---???
@tougs
3 жыл бұрын
Control is btw from Finland, not Norway😉 12:36
@StarLightNow
3 жыл бұрын
I really hope one day all those games get localised to English. Seriously, they sound amazing.
@ericcorbin7807
3 жыл бұрын
That "sparkling digital entertainment" joke got me good.
@grantake
3 жыл бұрын
Ubisoft is trying real hard to make “French Touch” something much worse in video games.
@TheJacpot1
3 жыл бұрын
I liked The Saboteur, everything is black and white until you liberate, combat was fun, freedom fighter elements was badass and the upgrading.
@BrentBlueAllen
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's that I just watched Jenna's latest Versus episode, but this is so wild it feels like a description of a parallel universe
@EnigmaticLucas
3 жыл бұрын
0:23 That’s also true in the US. I forget the details, but basically, a SCOTUS case ruled that video games are art and thus can’t be censored by the government.
@nempne
2 жыл бұрын
I think la différence, fellow simmer, is that our country doesn’t like art. Not in the way we could.
@federalGN
3 жыл бұрын
Excellente video ! Im so happy to see my country in a polygon topic
@nvrndingsmmr
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, I didn't know *anything* about any of this! That's amazing! In fact, outside of noticing that sometimes Ubisoft developers at E3 will have a French accent, I never really stopped to think about France's role in videogame development. Incredible that they were making such political games so long ago! Almost makes me sad that more serious works weren't more common elsewhere in the world.
@lucienfelten8439
3 жыл бұрын
12:07 every french person just went "NON PITIÉ PAS INFOGRAMES"
@leroyrenedanjou3931
2 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@birdzilla01
3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE when Simone tells me fascinating game history facts
@charles1413
3 жыл бұрын
I find that people have no idea of what France actually offers on the world stage apart from beverages, perfumes and luxury goods. Among France biggest exports are machinery, vehicles, pharmaceuticals, aircrafts, spacecrafts, chemicals and is home to world class business schools, engineering schools. We're far from being the country most people think of :)
@ekx5120
3 жыл бұрын
I'm French. That's so on point. Excellent video. I can't stop laughing :D Wait are you the lady that hosts the Devolver games conferences?
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
She's my doppelganger - Simone
@ekx5120
3 жыл бұрын
@@polygon Oh dear, I've looked it up, you actually get that A LOT. I'm sorry if that's annoying. For what it's worth, you both make me laugh ♥
@manuelbevand6366
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, as a French game designer myself I had not heard of many of those indie titles! Surprised to see no mention of one of the most groundbreaking games ever: l'Arche du Capitaine Blood (1988).
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
Captain Blood is discussed around 8 minutes in! - Simone
@CorvusCoraxification
3 жыл бұрын
"Massive publishers like Ubisoft may dominate the news cycle these days..." - for no reason in particular, I'm sure
@SlleaperLT
3 жыл бұрын
Why is Control placed on Norway when developer Remedy is so Finnish I can taste Finlandia when thinking of them? Torilla tavataan!
@clairecohen3178
3 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely fascinating! I never knew any of this so I'm happy to learn. Even though I'm old and remember not having a mouse!
@ElectariumTunic
3 жыл бұрын
12:33 - Norway. Finland. Same thing.
@polymphus
2 жыл бұрын
I gotta UM, ACTUALLY here at 12:34, Remedy are based in Finland, but the map shows Norway.
@CGACresswell
3 жыл бұрын
So great to see French touch being talked about. Wrote my dissertation on this!
@SVPortfolio
3 жыл бұрын
Control was made in Finland not in Norway. I am questioning everything in this video.
@psychotricot
2 жыл бұрын
Ahhh this just reminded me of the Existence of "Woodruff et le Schnibble d'Azimuth" which my family got as an extra with an educational game expecting nothing and turning out to be an amazing game!
@starrykev
3 жыл бұрын
this might be my favorite video simone has made for polygon :))
@luna_jo
3 жыл бұрын
Damn I wish we were taught that piece of video game history in France, never heard of most of these old indie games before - thanks for the great video! (and for enduring archaic game mechanism for it)
@jimbo_13
3 жыл бұрын
Mmmm sparkling digital amusement.
@romxxii
3 жыл бұрын
Gamers: "Why is Ubisoft so political these days?" SImone: "Ubisoft was political since the 80's."
@sadpee7710
2 жыл бұрын
man revisiting this and polygon really are the best in the business when it comes to games journalism right now. although people make games are also really far up there
@talousse
3 жыл бұрын
I knew that france has a big comic industry, but i had no idea about video games thanks for this video!
@quentin6893
10 ай бұрын
France is also great with electonic music with artists like : Daft Punk, M83, Jean Michel Jarre or David Guetta. Or brands like Arturia.
@adurpandya2742
Жыл бұрын
I wanted to know more about beyond good and evil
@MV96_
3 жыл бұрын
France: You thought my main business were wine and cosmetics, didn't you? France: Well, yes, but I also do videogames.
@Kiwi-fl8te
3 жыл бұрын
Proud to come from the Jeux-Vidéo region of France
@matthewbenedict5923
3 жыл бұрын
WOA! WHAT A COOOOOOOOL VIDEO! HONESTLY I REALLY ENJOYED LEARN ABOUT THIS AWESOME STUFF THANX U SO MUCH
@Elvalley
3 жыл бұрын
I am flabbergasted, dumbfounded and charmed by this little journey into France's video game history. Not at all flabbergasted and dumbfounded (still charmed though) by the fact that it's Simone that's bringing it to me, in glorious Simonerama, in fact I would have been surprised if this task was delegated to anybody else.
@Elvalley
3 жыл бұрын
By the way, the old enemy of capitalism may be a boss with too high a regen rate, but a little help from our... er... friends? at the government sure can make a difference in making or breaking an industry.
@hedgehog3180
3 жыл бұрын
La Femme is ridiculously on point despite being almost 40 years old.
@Quzga
3 жыл бұрын
I hope you do one on sweden. For such a small population we have a huge games industry!
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to do a video on Sweden! Preferably one that allows me to go to Sweden! - Simone
@Quzga
3 жыл бұрын
@@polygon That'd be lovely! *crosses fingers*
@starwarslego123
3 жыл бұрын
3:04 I hear that Chez Pop, Polygon. What is this, a Secret Base video?
@carsonm7292
3 жыл бұрын
"Hey Gamers, you ever think about France?" is a really door-in-face way to open a video Simone
@Joostuh
3 жыл бұрын
0:42 So many amazing French painters to choose from yet you choose to live up to your stereotype and show a Dutch painting.
@Catel1
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone's been ever influenced by Froggy Software or Infogrames' crime stories video games. Because "French Touch" has had many meanings, but basically it's a marketing formula to try to sell our games to the foreign markets - and we only succeeded with a very small number: Ere Informatique's pinball game Macadam Bumper, Captain Blood, and Another World. France has a very peculiar video games history that lies in limbo because it was made on 80's computers that don't have "Nintendo" or "Playstation" written on them, but the indie world roots from Japan's own relevant creative weirdness, and from American's sense of personal freedom, and from British pioneer computer engeneering and so on. France lost most of its developers in the early 2000's when they fled to Quebec VG fiscal paradise.
@wellgaroa
3 жыл бұрын
First zelda is from the 80s, i love that. I love old games as much as new ones, nice to get the feeling how a series started. Now some text based games are not my type.
@Aledharris
3 жыл бұрын
I thought Little Big Adventure was going to feature here. It was my favourite game series as I was growing up. It’s a bit weird though.
@Amelia-sf7tl
3 жыл бұрын
oh god i feel that ending spiritually. i played the famicom detective club ports and whooooo boy those were a struggle sometimes. they were super fun to play even though i got stuck like every 20 minutes.
@darrishawks6033
3 жыл бұрын
This video would get more clicks if its title was “why French games were so weird” I think
@Daffz
3 жыл бұрын
oh they actually changed it wow
@CodexSan
2 жыл бұрын
It's really sad to know that "capitalism doing its thing", Creating monopolies, that is, Absolutely dismantled ANY creative possibility for modern games. Big companies, like EA, Ubisoft, or whatever, much more prefer the comfort of "certain profit", than employing new "creative disruption" that could result in loss. We should support more the indie developers, and ask for more governmental aid for creative, groundbreaking experiences. Man, there are so many stories to be told... As a Brazilian, I would love to see our folklore in a game format, something that sadly, might never ever happen, considering the VERY few devs we have, usually have to cater to a more "broad" (International (USA)) audience. And we have 0 government support, or incentive, or cultural fomenting for such...
@ruishianbo
3 жыл бұрын
Great videos I learned a lot! Simone, you were freaking out about the physical interface for these old games but I don't think you would have like the media that they were on either, for instance at some point somewhere between cartridges and floppy disks (...) they introduce the cassette (K7 for short in French) medium, hahaha. There is still nothing vintage about that ...
@kathleenl9957
3 жыл бұрын
Unreasonably upset one of the paintings showing off "France's Art" is a van Gogh
@austinknight5881
3 жыл бұрын
"I'm paraphrasing here" she says, pointing at the typo
@jeremyslather
3 жыл бұрын
Simone speaking French?, yeah, sign me in.
@Axel_Stewart
3 жыл бұрын
Hey - long shot, but I've been looking for a while for a game that I played when I was a kid - it was a French experimental children's game and it had a very strange soundtrack and visual style - much like construction paper cutouts. I think I remember the name of the game had to do with midnight and/or the moon. There was a lot of imagery of things eating other things and I think there was a clock. That's about all I've got - I think I was able to track down the name of it once but I lost it. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
@polygon
3 жыл бұрын
Do you remember if it was an educational game, or what you played it on (i.e. PC, Amiga, Amstrad, etc.)? - Simone
@Axel_Stewart
3 жыл бұрын
@@polygon It was a PC game on CD and I don't believe it was educational. Sorry for the sparse info - it was a long time ago.
@Fachewachewa
3 жыл бұрын
Never played those, but the "strange visuals" makes me think of those Oncle Ernest games?
@Fopenplop
3 жыл бұрын
the absolute gall of a British magazine calling another country's games weird, as if the ZX Spectrum didn't exist
@vincentavatar4974
3 жыл бұрын
Commander Blood retrospective when?
@lizardguy4236
3 жыл бұрын
This is the best video I’ve seen from polygon in a long time
@roosterjangles3335
3 жыл бұрын
"mice didn't even exist back then." i thought she meant the varmints lol
@Donteatacowman
3 жыл бұрын
Loved that transatlantic!
@Dolthra
3 жыл бұрын
"Hey gamers, do you ever think about France?" is my favorite opener at a party.
@chrisheartman9263
3 жыл бұрын
Is the song in the second part of the video a different version of Garota de Ipanema?
@jcespinoza
3 жыл бұрын
Insightful essay as always! I feel more educated now that I watched this 🧐
@caseysailor9301
3 жыл бұрын
What a powerful fucking opener.
@AbsolXGuardian
3 жыл бұрын
0:19 I'm gonna guess this is the result of a trial with the publisher of a Wolfenstein game on one side and the French government on the other. Also it makes sense that the French started the spirit of the indie genre, even if back then there wasn't much difference between an indie and a big studio. When I think of indie games that I like- I think of a more narrow story based appeal, more progressive than mainstream stories, with social commentary and a counter cultural bent. That sure does sound like the French cultural spirit. I mean, if Pathologic didn't come out of Russia, I feel like it could have come from France (and now that COVID has happened, anywhere). It's also interesting to see how the stuff about Assassin's Creed which I love, that you don't expect to come from a triple AAA studio when it comes to story and worldbuilding are part of the French game development heritage.
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