History WebVideo / Rerez

* TheOneThingIDon'tHateAboutYou: Shane and Adam actually like the Tutes in ''Wii Music'', as confused as they were about them.

** Defied with ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld''. They know the game has a novel that expands upon the otherwise vague story, but they didn’t read it since it wasn’t included with the game.

** Shane declares that ''Interstellar Wrestling League'' is the best game for the UsefulNotes/HyperScan but considering that it is one of ''five'' games that were ever released for the system, that's not much to brag about.
** ''Lights Out'' for the UsefulNotes/GameCom is considered the best game for the system but not only was it one of twenty games released, ''it was included with the system'' meaning it was essentially free.

** This is taken up a notch with their video on ''Crash Dummy'', where they end up buying it on '''3 different consoles''' after getting stuck because of a bug on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch release.

** "Just Bad Games" ''Charlie's Angels'' opens by informing the viewer that playing the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version of the game without a memory card traps the player in a loop where they will repeat the first level endlessly.

* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: His "worst console" reviews get more specific as time goes on. First he reviews the worst console ever, then he reviews the worst UsefulNotes/PlugNPlayGame console, the worst ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' console, the worst UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem bootleg console, the worst driving console, and then the worst Music/SouljaBoy consoles.

** The primary focus of the "The Worst Ever" series, with [[UsefulNotes/HyperScan some]] [[UsefulNotes/GameCom exceptions.]]

** When talking about the Nokia Platform/NGage, they could've just talked about the usual reasons for its failure and called it good, but they took it one step further by showing old E3 footage from before the system's release that, among other things, showed the games running ''worse'' than they did on the final product. They even noted that while many ads for gaming products would usually [[NeverTrustATrailer show the game or product looking better than it actually does]], Nokia did the exact opposite, and showed journalists and anyone else who got an early look at the system an inferior product. They went on to say that while it might've still had a tough time in the market, since it already had [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance stiff competition]], and the other options for many of its games were cheaper at the time, had Nokia not screwed up on this crucial moment to sell their system, it might've had more of a fighting chance.

** When talking about the Nokia UsefulNotes/NGage, they could've just talked about the usual reasons for its failure and called it good, but they took it one step further by showing old E3 footage from before the system's release that, among other things, showed the games running ''worse'' than they did on the final product. They even noted that while many ads for gaming products would usually [[NeverTrustATrailer show the game or product looking better than it actually does]], Nokia did the exact opposite, and showed journalists and anyone else who got an early look at the system an inferior product. They went on to say that while it might've still had a tough time in the market, since it already had [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance stiff competition]], and the other options for many of its games were cheaper at the time, had Nokia not screwed up on this crucial moment to sell their system, it might've had more of a fighting chance.

** As they found out the hard way ''Gender Wars'' takes this even further, as not only is the story never properly explained in the game proper despite existence of [=FMVs=], ''neither are the controls or mechanics'', requiring both the main manual and the quick start sheet just to get up to speed. '''''And shield regeneration isn't covered in either of them'''''.

** This is taken up a notch with their video on ''Crash Dummy'', where they end up buying it on '''3 different consoles''' after getting stuck because of a bug on the ''UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch'' release.
** With ''Phix: the Adventure'' they hunted down pixel-sized ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, they really were that small]]) collectibles which unlocked three [[BrutalBonusLevel Brutal Bonus Levels]] which they eventually completed after ''317'' deaths.

* CheckpointStarvation: ''Morphman'' has this during the first section of gameplay, as the save feature doesn't become useful until after a long stretch of gameplay. Death at any time boots you back to the start. Shane and Adam quickly go mad after the fourth time they have to sit through the ''minute-long'' intro video before the first "gameplay".

* VocalDissonance: As the titular character of ''Morphman'' lacks a voice (despite games of the same software being able to have voice acting), they decide to give the muscular powerful-looking superhero a high-pitched clown voice.

** ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and Franchise/IndianaJones however seem to be more like their normal selves with a strong dose of OnlySaneMan due to the in-game ridiculousness.
** By the time of the release of ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', Duke is portrayed as TooDumbToLive in their playthrough of the game.

* PixelHunt: ''Phix: The Adventure'' puts a literal spin on pixel-hunting: you have to find ''incredibly'' tiny, bouncing white specks in each level to [[OneHundredPercentCompletion tick that percentage counter to 100]]. Shane and Adam realize that something's up when they clear the first world and see that the completion percentage is still ridiculously low; once they figured out that those bouncing pixels weren't a display error but a collectible, they reviewed the footage for the first world and discovered that they'd walked right past its white specks ''eleven times'' (at one point collecting one by complete accident), completely unaware. A later video points out the collectables were hard enough to spot on modern day monitors but with lower resolution CRT [=TVs=] that were common when the game was released, they would've been essentially ''invisible''.

* SurpriseCreepy: For some inexplicable reason, the SX-86 Mini Games Console Entertainment System includes an extremely obscure horror sound novel called ''Ugetsu Kitan''. As the game is in Japanese, Shane can understand precisely ''none'' of the dialogue, leaving him with out-of-context eerie imagery such as a mirror with an image of a girl with ProphetEyes randomly shattering, a [[DrivenToSuicide leap off a balcony]] into a bizarre realm with a weird tent, and a trip through a bamboo forest that is frequently interrupted by the sudden appearance of a random {{Youkai}} accompanied by creepy sounds.

* VideoGameDemake: Their realization about ''Crash Dummy''. It's a 2D demake of the 3D game ''CID The Dummy'' for iOS that was ported to Nintendo Switch, PC and the PS4.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis'', they say that everyone knows the basic stories of ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Superman}} but the game assumes that people know the gist of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} as well.

-->-- '''Shane''', '' in every episode of Just Bad Games.''

* EarlyBirdCameo: Before becoming a fixture on ''Just Bad Games'', Adam's first appearance in Rerez was in ''Worst Console Ever Made 3'', wherein Shane ties him up ([[DuctTapeForEverything with duct tape]]) and forces him to play the Wireless system with him.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Rerez took on various iterations before settling into its current form. Originally a rather standard game review show, their focus would eventually shift mostly to consoles and other gaming hardware, before returning to game reviews full-time with the ''Just Bad Games'' series.

* GameBreakingBug: "Just Bad Games" ''Charlie's Angels'' opens by informing the viewer that playing the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version of the game without a memory card traps the player in a loop where they will repeat the first level endlessly.

* InvisibleAnatomy: In a few episodes of Just Bad Games, Money Ghosts can be seen [[https://yt3.ggpht.com/l8ut9GrmFgqch81Zy7jbnT3HYJ_eYKNUJPq7Le7mjvc1loIYblwYb67M1x4j9OY3G6aUFP-FJjIa6Rc=s640-c-fcrop64=1,1cd10000e32effff-nd-v1 holding objects despite their lack of arms]].

* PixelHunt: ''Phix: The Adventure'' puts a literal spin on pixel-hunting: you have to find ''incredibly'' tiny, bouncing white specks in each level to [[OneHundredPercentCompletion tick that percentage counter to 100]]. Shane and Adam realize that something's up when they clear the first world and see that the completion percentage is still ridiculously low; once they figured out that those bouncing pixels weren't a display error but a collectible, they reviewed the footage for the first world and discovered that they'd walked right past its white specks ''eleven times'' (at one point collecting one by complete accident), completely unaware.

* ProductionForeshadowing: TheStinger for Just Bad Games ''Chicken Blaster'', uploaded on September 23rd, 2019, has a Money Ghost mention that he's in purgatory for a game about dogs playing football. That game, ''Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football'', would not be covered until over a year later on October 9th, 2020.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Every episode of Just Bad Games ends with Shane saying "It's... just... bad!"

* SaveScumming: Discussed in Just Bad Games ''Batman & Robin'' as a workaround for the frustrating and tedious clue hunting gameplay: save the game, wait for the crime to occur, see where the crime is happening on the map, load up the earlier save and travel to the location ahead of time.

** Attempted by Adam during Just Bad Games ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}'' after yet another scene of the AI partners doing something stupid and/or dying, in this case Superfly just standing there and letting a zombie kill him.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames[[invoked]]: Most of the games in the ''Just Bad Games'' series, some of it also being UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}.

* {{Waggle}}: Invoked and discussed at length in the ''Just Bad Games'' episode on ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheStaffOfKings'', which uses motion controls for absolutely every single action imaginable, even the most menial and basic of ones much to the duo's irritation.

** When talking about the Nokia UsefulNotes/NGage, they could've just talked about the usual reasons for its failure and called it good, but they took it one step further by showing old E3 footage from before the system's release that showed the games running ''worse'' than they did on the final product. They even noted that while many ads for gaming products would usually [[NeverTrustATrailer show the game or product looking better than it actually does]], Nokia did the exact opposite, and showed journalists and anyone else who got to try the system an inferior product. They went on to say that while it might've still had a tough time in the market, had Nokia not screwed up on this crucial moment to market their system, it might've had more of a fighting chance.

** When talking about the Nokia UsefulNotes/NGage, they could've just talked about the usual reasons for its failure and called it good, but they took it one step further by showing old E3 footage from before the system's release that showed the games running ''worse'' than they did on the final product. They even noted that while many gaming products would usually [[NeverTrustATrailer show the game or product looking better than it actually does]], Nokia did the exact opposite, and showed journalists and anyone else who got to try the system an inferior product. They went on to say that while it might've still had a tough time in the market, had Nokia not screwed up on this crucial moment to market their system, it might've had more of a fighting chance.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: The ''Charlie's Angels'' review ends with them using sound effects from the game to remake the intro to [[Music/NewOrder "Blue Monday"]].

** The level involving Poison Ivy's lair in ''Batman & Robin'' becomes this after a certain point. In one lab, you have to search the shelves for a key item with no indicator that it's there (and without having to do this for any other item before now); then you have to find a tree in the middle of a hedge maze and press a knot on it that unlocks another area. There, you must break things to open another secret room, destroy a wall that has no indication that it's breakable, and enter this super-secret lab to find they key to the end of the level. In other words, you have to deal with a gauntlet of nested secret rooms with neither precedence nor hints.

** The level involving Poison Ivy's lair in ''Batman & Robin'' becomes this, in one lab you have to search the shelves for a key item with no indicator that it's there and not having to do this for previous items, find a tree in the middle of a hedge maze and press a knot on it that unlocks another area, enter that area and now break things to open another secret room, punch a wall that has no indication that it's breakable until it breaks and in the new secret lab you find a key item that is needed to properly complete the level.