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The Neverhood is part of the creative issue of Doug TenNapel, creator of such games as Earthworm Jim. It is a claymated puzzle adventure Point-and-Click Game starring Klaymen, who wakes up in a locked room with no knowledge of what he's doing there or where he came from. There are very few other characters, and for most of the game Klaymen is alone, but fairly early on you begin discovering videotapes, apparently some kind of weird fairytale narrated by one Willie Trombone, the same person whose letters keep showing up in your mailbox...
A PlayStation port of The Neverhood was released exclusively in Japan, where the game became unexpectedly popular under the title Klaymen Klaymen: Neverhood no Nazo. This eventually led to a technically unofficial Gaiden Game, Klaymen Gun Hockey, made by the the Japanese publishers of the game, River Hill Soft, also not released outside Japan.
The game's developers, also known as The Neverhood, produced two other clay-animated games for the PlayStation before disbanding: Skullmonkeys, a sequel to The Neverhood but in a different genre, and the Fighting Game Boombots, unconnected to their other games aside from the presence of Klaymen as a Guest Fighter. The game's Spiritual Successor, Armikrog, is currently in Kickstarter phase.
I've been wanting to make this topic for a long time. Here's the Neverhood thread! The thread you can talk about both the Neverhood,Skullmonkeys, and Armikrog! I discovered the Neverhood this May and I've loved it ever since. Then I discovered Skullmonkeys which I loved just as much. I haven't played either of them but I've seen footage that makes me love both games. The soundtrack is my favorite soundtrack for video game of all time. It bursts in variety and is very fitting for such a surrealistic game. I also love the animation! It's fucking claymation! I loved this form of animation ever since I was a wee lad! And Doug TenNaple made this game! He made Earthworm Jim for crying out loud! These games are just so awesome! And its spiritual successor, Armikrog, is being developed too. So that's something!

Anybody else a fan or familiar with these games?
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I am ashamed to say, that I am not.
However, it does look relatively interesting.
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Bradandez wrote:
The Neverhood is part of the creative issue of Doug TenNapel, creator of such games as Earthworm Jim.
Tennapel didn't make any game except the Earthworm Jim series, till The Neverhood quasi-trilogy.

And, I'm extremely excited about Armikrog coming for Wii U <3
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I had an ISO of the Neverhood before and I was given a VMWare setup of Windows 95 so I could play it fully (ie without having the 1st person FMVs cut) but beyond the graphics and audio, both of which were really creative, the gameplay was a bit lacklustre if I remember right, just a point and click and nothing more, I never even beat it.

Armikrog got me into a bit of a dilemma because of the controversy around TenNapel being anti-gay and people were being all "it's them or us" about it. In the end I did chip, not much, about $10 with no rewards, because despite all that I didn't want to see it fail to reach its goal. Just hope it does come out good in the end.
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I give you that. The gameplay is the only lacking part of the game. I still enjoy its animation and soundtrack. It has a charm unlike other games I played do not have.
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This topic is very inactive but i love skullmonkeys for the ps1 its a sequel to the neverhood im up the monk rushmore
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I find Skullmonkeys to have the better music in the series.
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It is the first time I hear about the game, actually.
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I played this game on PS1 (people should be confused since they know first game ususally from PC version but it was also on PS1 as Japan exclusive) but only a bit since I am not that good at point and click games.
I admit I am way more intrested in sequel because it is a 2D platformer.

Soundtrack in first game is amazing though:
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Well duh! The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys have some of the best music in video games, but I have to say that Skullmonkeys has some of the better music.
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I really want to get Skullmonkeys but god that game is expensive. They had it at a con some time back and wanted £20 for it and I was like nope.
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Japanese version is sorta cheap and probably best alternative.
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I really want to play Skullmonkeys. It looks like such a fun, yet difficult game.
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Skullmonkeys is a game filled with frustration but i made it to Worm graveyard today :lol: :lol: :lol:
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So Armikrog got a new trailer and looks incredible! And the tune is catchy as hell!
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Evil engine number nine is the fucking hardest level of this game its so rage inducing I just wanna throw my controller around the room because of this level
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That level sure does look hard. Though, I can't say for myself seeing as I never played it.
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Once you play it you will break 1 or 2 controllers
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Seems that Armikrog's release date has been pushed from August 18th to September 8th.
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