I played the shit out of this game back in the day, and it’s wild how (even for someone who didn’t care for super challenging games) this inspired me to “git gud”. By the end I finished with all the kisses and even managed to finish that awful Master Level too.

That was nearly 25 years ago though and I think it’s time for a replay. I am fully expecting my old to get filtered, but I also am going to persevere and hopefully push through. I do remember hella grinding on 1-1 for extra lives and coins.

Sadly the sequel just wasn’t quite as inspired; something was off about it and it lost the amazing level design from the first one. And due to the series not selling well enough we never got the third one and never got to rescue the princess.

Oh, and don’t lie - this was one of gaming’s greatest moments: (end game spoilers obviously):

When you beat the final boss and rescue the princess and…. Oh fuck what the FUCK IS THAT OH NO

Yeah it's a great game

Only know about this game because of the Judgment Day clip of Tommy Tallarico shilling it

I knew the game was legendary the moment they required you to spend a significant amount of koins to simply save your progress.

>>11868481
>tfw saved on the last level, barely with any health and armor

>>11868260 (OP)
This game is 3D version of Ghosts N Ghouls. Loved the shit out of this

>>11868260 (OP)
It was a cool game. It makes you wonder why they didn't call it Ghosts N Goblins for the brand recognition, maybe it would have sold better. RIP AmeriCapcom

>>11868260 (OP)
It's a huge, tedious pile of shit that everyone pretends is like GnG when only the first level has any association with it and it's just visuals. It's not hard. It's just slow and boring and wastes as much time as possible. It's not GnG and if you think that you haven't played this since you were a kid, never played GnG, or are just dumb. Sorry.

>>11868785
>being this seething and buttmad

>>11868785

> filtered by crocs on 2-1.

It’s an epidemic.

>>11868260 (OP)
I prefer the second game because its easier

>>11868305
Idk why the camera is meant to be off kilter in some parts but it looks strangely cool

>>11868785
I have to agree with you. The first level is great and sets the game up as a GnG continuation, but that falls off fast. There's a reason 90% of screenshots online are all from the first level. It's otherwise a pretty standard action platformer, and it kind of turns to shit by the end. I remember it was a chore to keep going after that pirate ship ice world area. The save system sucked ass, too. I think it gets praise because it's A) a shallow homage to GnG, and B) the closest thing to the PS2's Zelda in terms of being "action-adventure game about cool guy with sword", which every console tries to offer at one point or another.

>>11868912
he's likely been filtered

I was surprised at how horny this game looked when I was a kid, I wasn't expecting it.

>>11869208
>>11868785
Previous GnG games also had levels with different themes too especially Super

>>11868260 (OP)
yeah i love both maximo games, they vaguely remind me of medievil

>>11869918
>GnG had levels with different themes
uhhh
okay, and?

>>11868260 (OP)
I did the same and this game is fun as fuck. I recently bought it again and played through it. Still has a lot of charm. Pain in the ass sometimes though. Those fucking hands grabbing you from underground lol you little fucks stop!

>>11869874
>>horny

anyway, for me it's the village women from Army vs Zin

>>11868269
ludo. it didn't have to be there and I was expecting it to end with the wizard king bloke, so adding that made it feel like the devs actually gave a shit, in other words soul
as for the game itself it's a good time. I thought the save system was a bit weird with the pool thing, had to look it up because I had no idea how to use it, at one point I was worrying it had no actual save system at all somehow
in terms of being a 3D successor to GnG I'd say it's a good attempt, but it doesn't really have the same feeling of a constant onslaught on enemies. I guess it makes up for it with more platforming chops
shame the sequel isn't very good at all

>>11868305
looks like the shadows are fucked on your emulator

I only played recently, since the american release was one of those games that couldn't be converted to DVD and managed to run OPL a few years ago. It's really good, incredibly tough.

>>11870503
>looks like the shadows are fucked on your emulator

It's because I have bilinear filtering turned off and it's intentional, I'd rather have a clean picture with broken shadows than a picture that looks like my glasses are dirty. I also always turn off on N64.

in b4 >that's not how bilinear filtering works you retard
Yes, it is and you can try it out yourself in PCSX2

>>11870503
why is his leg green? the fuck?

>>11868785
Calling Maximo a tedious pile of shit while blowing GnG is one hot take, whew lad. It's a good game, arguably better than any GnG ever made. You're just a faggot.

>>11871769
I know what I'm playing tonight

>>11871769
this feels like the only Maximo webm in existence

>>11871769
The lighting here looks amazing; is that just stock PS2?

Makes me wish there was a ray traced Maximo

>>11871769
Look at all that no gameplay. I forgot just how bad this game was. There's literally no reason to fight enemies.
>>11871748
Fake gamer. Don't give a shit about your uninformed opinions. Cope and seethe you wannabe homo.

It's generic 6th gen westernslop

>>11871993
I look forward to you seething in the next Maximo thread!

>>11871997
Oh, now we get to the bottom of it: you're mad because big dick westerners made a better Ghosts and Goblins than small penisu nips. I'll relish that thought while crushing skellies tonight.

>>11868260 (OP)
I love this game. It's so underrated. I'm just not a fan of the boss fights. Probably the weakest aspect of the game. That and how you control the camera. I wish they'd make another one and make it more like the first. Army of Zin's not bad, but it doesn't feel as fun

>can lose armor, powerups and even basic combat abilities if you fuck up
>limited number of lives with a chance to continue if you have one of the grim reaper tokens, and if you lose that you're boned and you start the entire game over
>coins (money) have significant value, not only because you can use them to buy powerups, but because you have to pay just to save the fucking game
This shit was ballsy for 2002. I imagine this game would've sold even more if it had just gone with the conventional "oops, you died, start from last checkpoint" shit, but I respect the fact it didn't. I love when a game gives you a meaningful incentive to play well and avoid death instead of just making it a minor inconvenience with nothing at stake. I'd argue this game's approach was even more hardcore than a lot of NES era games. Maximo is a badass game man.

>>11872583
you can grind coins though, it's pretty meaningless

>>11872657
Being able to grind coins doesn't detract from the fact that a single death can strip you of your powerups. Also if the only way to proceed when you're a shitter is by being forced to do tiresome menial work in lieu of gitting gud, then I don't see the issue. The pay is proportional to the work.

>>11871997
>>11872026
Not really "western" when it's got Japanese money behind it and part of a Japanese property.

>>11872708
>directed by white guys
>main producer was a white guy
>designed entirely by three white guys
>programmed by 2 japs and 2 white guys
>art done by one jap and one white guy
>composers were all white guys
>"not really western" just because it was funded by a jap company (owned by jews) and had some japs working on it
if anything, this game is a testament to the beauty of whites and japs working together to create a work of pure basedness, just as we did during WW2.

>>11872727
That's pretty much everything in technology post-war.

>>11872735
i wish that were the case. instead, we live in a jewish hellscape where the worst of both cultures have become the most popular (see: windows 11 and modern anime).

>>11872751
That's because America is no longer competing with Japan, instead India has been elevated in front of both whilst simultaneously carrying out telemarketing scams.

This game was like if Medievil had actually been good.

>>11871769
This game plays so fluid...

>>11874787
the platforming in this game is fucking smooth. you actually land on shit when you jump on it, there are never bullshit moments where you miss a jump because of some tiny edge clip.

It's interesting how quickly this game was forgotten. The reviews were good. The sales must have been decent.
It even got a sequel, but nobody played the sequel.
And then it was never mentioned again.

>>11875305
IIRC it only sold like ~500k copies and its sequel did even worse. I think it just came out at the exact worst time. This game was like a swan song for old school action/platformer design sensibility in an era where games like Halo CE were leading players down hallways with objective markers, and most platformers were safe, sterile cartoon animal shit with easy, low engagement gameplay. It's a shame, because it's a legitimately excellent game. The crowd of the time just couldn't appreciate it nor git gud at it.

The sequel is better.

>>11875721
>Army of Shit
>better than Ghosts to Glory
"Hoodlum Havoc is better than Rayman 2" tier opinion. Awful opinion.