I'm starting to get that feeling that Andy and Luke have actually locked the rest of the gang out of the studio.
@Mr.-V.C-3 жыл бұрын
or in the basement like dungeon
@Arrowatch3 жыл бұрын
Andy: Did you hear the news about Kindoms of Amalur? Luke: LOCK THE DOOR QUICK Andy: What about Jane and- -In the distance, twee squeels- Andy: Every man for himself.
@readysteadywhoa3 жыл бұрын
it's actually Andy and Luke who are trapped... in Jane's content gulag
@suicidalbanana51683 жыл бұрын
Ellen is probably in pun jail. Mike as been in a tragic racing accident. Jane is monitoring Luke and Andy to make sure they don't step outta line with ankle strap explosives for extra insurance. It's why we never see their legs
@rocknrollson94403 жыл бұрын
they must have promised cakes were outside and then locked the doors cheeky
@notoriousbmc13 жыл бұрын
Honorary mention: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. Exceptional improvement in every way. Many hours spent with that game, and in a finite world, with an aging body, I don't regret any of them.
@Leongon3 жыл бұрын
I fully agree with this.
@michaelandreipalon3593 жыл бұрын
True, and then Contracts and Blood Money improved upon these more... until Absolution came along.
@gregorysweet8673 жыл бұрын
@@michaelandreipalon359 i would say you remove the scoring system or change it so it’s like splinter cell black list with different score types so you can get a good rateing even if you John wick the place
@q-tip47233 жыл бұрын
@@michaelandreipalon359 Absolution was meh. It was my first Hitman game and it got me into the newer trilogy.
@mac1bc3 жыл бұрын
Is this the game that is free on psn this month?
@andymcp47523 жыл бұрын
The Microsoft flight sim man talking about how realistic and stunning those Lego planes look is absolutely adorable Reminds me of when I’d play a new ps2 game thinking graphics had peaked and games could never possibly look better than this
@harrypatatochips1393 жыл бұрын
reminds me of GTA 3when it first came out and thinking how real it looked.
@EGRJ3 жыл бұрын
I remember feeling the same about Star Fox 64. And then Sonic Adventure.
@duanegee76363 жыл бұрын
any sports game, the fact i used to think they looked sooo real
@JaneXemylixa3 жыл бұрын
Me with Heroes V and its Warcraft-like graphics.
@jeremymitchem3273 жыл бұрын
I think the first time I had that thought was either RE0 or REmake.
@nicedaylfc3 жыл бұрын
Calling the game “John Dead Revolver” would have been a bit of a spoiler for how the game ends. You know, the bit where John used his revolver to make all the law men dead, and then lives happily ever after…
@SJMcK3 жыл бұрын
He and his family live long lives running their ranch and staying the hell away from that one mission marker. The credits never roll but we've all got to make sacrifices.
@archerthecreeperkiller636 Жыл бұрын
I wish red dead revolver could get rebooted
@riveramnell1439 ай бұрын
That truly is how it ends. I’m crying from joy, I promise.
@alanscott25173 жыл бұрын
Insurance fraud remains the best open world minigame. SR2 easily had the best character customization, too, mostly due to the much larger selection of clothes than SR3.
@edwardling96143 жыл бұрын
I don't know about best minigame I think ac syndicate's bare knuckle fighting is better
@P3tty_P3ndagrass3 жыл бұрын
@@edwardling9614 🧢🧢🧢
@0ceanicify3 жыл бұрын
Saints Row 2 >>>>>>>>>> 1, 3 and 4
@ElMarcoHoJ3 жыл бұрын
@@0ceanicify Saints Row 1 & 2 = the ONLY Saints Row games
@Torlik113 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, I do like insurance fraud.
@zulubunsen90673 жыл бұрын
Even Wolfenstein 3D itself is kind of an entry like this, even if id didn't make the original "Wolfensteins" (Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein, top-down stealth games).
@stanmann5713 жыл бұрын
Indeed, and It certainly bears referencing
@davela793 жыл бұрын
absolutely, when I saw Wolf 3D in the "beware minor spoilers" list, I was sure they'd be going in this direction
@fnsmike3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how you can't include it as a sequel to a mostly forgotten series that broke the mold entirely and invented the 3D shooter genre.
@sokhasampiseth34773 жыл бұрын
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@lordrj42032 жыл бұрын
Wolfenstien the new order was free on epic games a month ago and oh boy It was hell of a ride I played it on the 2nd most difficulty (most difficul being ÜBER) and completed the entire game and it was a hell of an experience
@jasonblalock44293 жыл бұрын
Another one: Mega Man 2 on NES. The original Mega Man underperformed, and wasn't a critical hit either. Capcom didn't even want to fund a sequel. But the team believed in it so much that they made MM2 in their free time, fixing and tweaking the gameplay. The result was so good that it's still considered one of the all-time best NES games, and turned Mega Man into a juggernaut franchise.
@RobertJW3 жыл бұрын
I still don’t know how they squeezed the good mega man game onto the Game Boy.
@NormanReaddis3 жыл бұрын
Sadly it's not the case anymore. I'm still waiting for ML3
@mattblood42013 жыл бұрын
@@NormanReaddis Everyone is waiting for it including me but never beat them
@mac1bc3 жыл бұрын
Basically all Capcom games at that time 😀
@Sweldredge3 жыл бұрын
I loved the first MM. First game I ever beat. Blew my 12 year old mind.
@Stratelier3 жыл бұрын
"Sort out your naming conventions, Capcom!" Square: Hold my Final Fantasy XV
@newageBoundhippie3 жыл бұрын
Square: Final Fantasy XVI might take a while....
@jaredcrabb3 жыл бұрын
Its actually called Final Fantasy cause it was supposed to be the creators final game. It did so well he stayed on longer and the name stuck.
@bloodhuntimintherabbithole35833 жыл бұрын
What you mean ffx-2 or ffxIII-2 or ffxIII-3 lightning returns??
@jaredcrabb3 жыл бұрын
@@bloodhuntimintherabbithole3583 No, final fantasy I.
@bloodhuntimintherabbithole35833 жыл бұрын
@@jaredcrabb oh I mean that I was talking about how stupid the names are
@No1yuknow3 жыл бұрын
Now all we need is a sequel to this video to go full circle
@legen_ddary3 жыл бұрын
And it should be uploaded on the outside Xtra channel, the "sequel" to outsidexbox
@Delightfully_Witchy3 жыл бұрын
It would have to be better than this video to be fully full circle... Better go to the comments 😃
@zacharypendragon492 жыл бұрын
Being a fan of both gta and saints row, the one thing i really really wish gta would’ve implemented from saints row was the ability to make your own playlists from the entire list of songs used in the game. Honestly it was the biggest plus for me in saints row just bumping my favorite songs in the game in the order i wanta hear them rather than shuffling through hoping to find a good song at the right time.
@maxvel0city9063 жыл бұрын
Man I love the casual conversations during the spoilers list.👍💜 I could listen to Luke and Andy talk movies and games all day long.
@IamaPERSON3 жыл бұрын
Same
@ryanseijuro52793 жыл бұрын
Same. also the banter during an entry is always funny
@michaelandreipalon3593 жыл бұрын
Boy, hope they'll discuss why Point Break is far superior than Bad Boys II, and why Hot Fuzz didn't need to debate on that.
@redbasher6363 жыл бұрын
Watch Fact Fiend then, they do things similar.
@thingusbingus81813 жыл бұрын
You should do the Inverse. Sequels that practically killed the series. I'll go first because I'm still salty about The Force Unleashed II
@intergalactic923 жыл бұрын
Ah, the force unleashed 2. A sequel to a game that never really needed a sequel in the first place, and was so bad we all really wished they hadn’t bothered.
@chefofthetrash3 жыл бұрын
@@intergalactic92 I liked swtfu2 I didn’t think people hated it lol
@thewhitemonkey643 жыл бұрын
Some love, some hate. I think it could have been better, but I’m sure there was a lot of background noise going on during development. The first was too big a success for its own good. Really well written and comprehensive and just plain fun. The second feels like… a soap opera writer took over from a true novelist. It drags around and takes a lot of time to not say too much about anything at all.
@simul8rduude3 жыл бұрын
You completely meant "Alien's Colonial Marines" 😂
@cyanimation16053 жыл бұрын
$60 expansion
@MrFutago873 жыл бұрын
Devil May Cry 3 is what I immediately thought of. It's especially crazy as it was the same team that made DMC2, the game that put the series in jeopardy in the first place.
@kyleshaw51863 жыл бұрын
With DMC:Devil May Cry jeopardizing it a second time. Til we got DMC5 outta nowhere and I think most of us were pleased
@jameskurk51783 жыл бұрын
Granted the issues with DMC 2 can be namely chalked up to a horrible director and constant changing of the guard, which thankfully Hideki Itsuno (the director of the last six months of DMC 2’s development) bit the bullet and stepped in.
@MrFutago873 жыл бұрын
@@jameskurk5178 Well there was also the issue that development started before DMC1 was even released so the DMC2 team didn't know what players would like about the game to build off of that. And they were the Arcade division, not the console division so they were very inexperienced in developing longer and more involved games.
@Amaritudine3 жыл бұрын
Luke deserves an internet BAFTA for his comic timing and delivery during the entire "hand trauma" bit.
@philiphunn1943 жыл бұрын
I see Luke is subscribing to Jane's philosophy of blanking out anything disagreeable...
@anarky17653 жыл бұрын
Sadly, pretending something doesn’t exist doesn’t erase it from existence. As much as I wish the Star Wars movies didn’t extend past number 6, there’s nothing I can do about it. On the upside, Fallout 76 did give Oxhorn plenty of video content.
@philiphunn1943 жыл бұрын
@@anarky1765 I actually liked 2/3rds of the sequel trilogy. Episode IX can burn in an eternity of hellfire, though.
@mar_speedman3 жыл бұрын
@@anarky1765 What are you talking about? Fallout 76? Star Wars movies past Episode 6? Those surely don't exist!
@anarky17653 жыл бұрын
@@philiphunn194 Huh, usually people say Last Jedi was the worst one.
@anarky17653 жыл бұрын
@@mar_speedman **In Vader voice** Search your feelings, you know it to be true!
@Icam_here3 жыл бұрын
i never realized how much i missed someone talking over that spoiler list till just now
@dustincameron7873 жыл бұрын
Saint's Row 2 was great for being over the top but just realistic enough that there were stakes involved. People died, important characters died, so when characters were captured or kidnapped it was gripping. Sadly all everybody remembered was how funny the side games were, so we lost all semblance of realism and just went further and further into the LOL so random. I would love to replay Saint's Row 2. Not really interested in replaying anything that came after that.
@gilded_lady3 жыл бұрын
So basically Saints Row 2 is kinda like Yakuza. That'd be a good way to take the reboot.
@mattyt19613 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I enjoyed SR2..gave up on SR3 for that reason
@artturisiikanen38433 жыл бұрын
@@gilded_lady they are making the saints row reborn for people who like cursing at everything and playing in gang as a tool you can go join a gang irl but you cant become a worldwide brand boss or go to hell OR BECOME A PRESIDENT or go to space irl
@Her_Imperious_Condescension3 жыл бұрын
Carlos' death messed me up when I first played it. It was a genuinely chilling moment where you could really see the normally flippant and psychopathic Boss silent and mournful. Similarly with Aisha's death (but not as impactful). They tried to do the same thing with Gat in the third but it just felt sour there. Made the whole game feel off.
@dustincameron7873 жыл бұрын
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension Indeed. When Shaundi got kidnapped later on in one of the missions I was beside myself because we already knew that our gang members weren't immortal. There was no promise Shaundi was getting out of this one. And I agree, Gat's death in the 3rd was... Wrong. Gat in SR2 is a force of nature, even badly injured he was a massive threat. In the third he just... gets hurt once, and goes out like a punk? I spent the whole game waiting for him to make his dramatic reappearance because "There's no way they'd have such an amazing character get killed offscreen in such a pathetic manner." ... So I was wrong. Sounds like they couldn't get the voice actor for very long at the time so in their brilliance they decided to kill him off instead of just saying he stayed behind to look after the gang while the team was taking care of the threat in the new city.
@purpleiguana2083 жыл бұрын
I found out about RE7 that, under the right circumstances, your lower leg can get cut off as well. An acquaintance said that a similar thing happened to them, only Jack sort of walked him through reattaching it in a very laughable way. Wish I would have seen that.
@KeybladeMasterAndy3 жыл бұрын
It's random, but there is a good chance you can trigger it if you let him catch you in the room with the hatch that leads to the laundry room.
@amagicalduck1553 жыл бұрын
I got that on my first playthrough. Probably one of my favourite parts of the game
@purpleiguana2083 жыл бұрын
@@KeybladeMasterAndy It happened to my husband on his first playthrough in the salt mines. One of the molded got him when he was very low health. Then all of a sudden, he was saying, "My LEG came off!??" Then it was stick the two together, splash some health goo on it, all fixed! LOL
@wednesdayapril54352 жыл бұрын
@@purpleiguana208 i only got that once and it was on my last madhouse playthrough scared the sit out of me
@TheMasterUnity Жыл бұрын
The way to trigger this is in your first encounter with Jack. Grab the key to the hatch in the laundry room and go in that room. Then let Jack hit you and he will always cut your leg off
@Co2Fog3 жыл бұрын
It's honestly so refreshing to see the cuts back to the studio again 🤩🤩
@NexeL_NKC3 жыл бұрын
Titanfall 2 was pretty good. It actually had a story for one, and it kept the multiplayer of the original. And, there’s a Titanfall 3 coming sometime soon.
@VeraTheTabbynx3 жыл бұрын
Well Titanfall 1 had a story campaign, it just wasn't singleplayer or particularly complex.
@Freelancer8373 жыл бұрын
Titanfall 2 had a campaign, both games had story. Unfortunately, even though Titanfall 2 is an AMAZING game as is genre-defining, it's story and characters are just fucking awful and one-dimensional
@VeraTheTabbynx3 жыл бұрын
@@Freelancer837 I certainly wouldn't say that. In fact I'd argue the opposite, Cooper and BT particularly have plenty of nuance and their story is told quite cleverly, evolving their relationship through gameplay rather than cutscenes. TF|2's singleplayer is stellar, a great experience I'm on my 8th playthrough of.
@GriffinWolf3 жыл бұрын
Never played the original, but had a free copy of TF2, so gave it a go. One of my absolute favourite games now. Was playing at least 2 hours/day of multiplayer until a few months ago, and the campaign story is fascinating and repeatedly enjoyable.
@ARCADE_EXE3 жыл бұрын
They had a sequel: Apex Legends
@havcola69833 жыл бұрын
13:30 The karma system wasn't new in Fallout 3 though, it's been a part of the series since the start.
@roguishpaladin3 жыл бұрын
I see where the confusion stems from, however. Since New Vegas dispensed with it, it's easy to think of factionality as the old-school way and karma as the modern Bethesda way.
@OhNoTheFace3 жыл бұрын
@@roguishpaladin New Vegas used the karma system, like everything in new Fallout, better then the "main games" did. Since it was per faction and now some magical person judging all your actions
@dagothurik18153 жыл бұрын
@@OhNoTheFace You’re talking about the reputation system. Karma in new Vegas doesn’t affect much beyond the perks you can pick
@jak11652 жыл бұрын
Fallout and Fallout Tactics had the reputation system. Fallout New Vegas had both an overall Karma system and Faction Reputation But there was also Brotherhood of Steel.
@SapphireCarbuncle0093 жыл бұрын
Kinda surprised there was no mention of Fire Emblem Awakening. Game was such a revitalization of the franchise when it was originally planned to be the last entry, that nowadays you can't go anywhere without someone complaining about how many Fire Emblem characters there are in Smash.
@jardex22753 жыл бұрын
Very true! The Fire Emblem series only had niche appeal outside of Japan, and sales had been declining for each subsequent entry. The developers treated Awakening as the final game in the series by including elements from all their previous games, including a customizable avatar, pairing units, having their offspring fight alongside you, and an added casual mode which revives your units after each battle. The game became an instant success, outselling every previous entry in the series, and ensuring that the franchise wouldn't be canned.
@alanguillermo31453 жыл бұрын
I feel like Dark Souls is to Demon Souls what Red Dead Redemption is to Red Dead Revolver. Demon's Souls is great, but it didn't exactly do gangbusters back in the day. Then Dark Souls came along and with a bigger marketing push, helped popularize "Souls-like" as a genre.
@23Scadu3 жыл бұрын
Dark Souls is very similar to Demon's Souls in structure and gameplay. The difference is more akin to King's Field -> Demon's Souls.
@pedrovalentino66843 жыл бұрын
Demon Souls was also a PS exclusive when it came out, so it was more niche back then. Coming out on all consoles probably helped it explode.
@andybrown42843 жыл бұрын
Demons souls took a very long time to be released in the west which was mostly from folk pestering the publishers so they didn't have to learn japanese
@natem.33363 жыл бұрын
I'd argue two of the Assassin's Creed games could qualify. Assassin's Creed II introduced a ton of improvements to the core AC gameplay, had a far more interesting story than the original, and was basically the game that put AC on the map. The other is Assassin's Creed: Origins. After the tumultuous launch of Unity and the middling sales of Syndicate, Origins expanded on the lore, had an excellent story with amazing characters, and overhauled the hell out of the gameplay, bringing the series back from the brink.
@mattblood42013 жыл бұрын
Plus AC2 removed the kills stay with you that was in the first one
@syafiqjabar3 жыл бұрын
The people making Assassin's Creed: Origins discovered a great solution to the franchise becoming stale: just be The Witcher 3!
@mac1bc3 жыл бұрын
I was definitely expecting AC 2 on this list.
@jeremymitchem3273 жыл бұрын
AC2 is amazing. First game I ever got platinum in. Couldn't stop playing it and still remember the pride and emptiness I felt knowing that there was nothing left.
@i_m_ash3 жыл бұрын
@@syafiqjabar I wish they copied Witcher 3 but no they didn't.They just made a larger map, put camps far away and introduced Soulsborne mechanics.
@justforkicks51123 жыл бұрын
Sequels that rescued the series: Outside Xtra Just kidding I love all of the Oxboxtra
@bwagner233 жыл бұрын
I had fun playing 3 and 4, and I even played 4 first, but I managed to put in way more hours into Saints Row 2. Just a really solid game.
@Freelancer8373 жыл бұрын
I love Saints Row 2 as a game, but at the same time it didn't manage to be anything more than just a GTA clone. Meanwhile 3 did a really good job of standing out and giving the series some much needed identity. 4 was pretty fun too
@Neogears13123 жыл бұрын
@@Freelancer837 that is the most garbage take of them all. No one bothered or cared to call it a gta clone at that point and the story is completely ass from 3 onwards with no real stakes or anything to draw you in.
@jotarokujo47273 жыл бұрын
@@Neogears1312 Elitist spooted
@theoutsiderjess18693 жыл бұрын
I started with Sr1 and Sr2 and I played them both alot they're fantastic story and game and I sadly couldn't get into 3 and 4 as much
@theoutsiderjess18693 жыл бұрын
@@Freelancer837 I thought 3 was awful, bare bones and had so much plot points, 4 at least was fun and wacky with the super powers and aliens. 3 just felt like a shell of it's former self
@jakegray993 жыл бұрын
This week on Hanks talk: Colin is also genuinely great in the Prime sitcom Life In Pieces, starring alongside Dianne Wiest and James Brolin. (Also, loving the return to the chair this past month! You guys have been helping me keep going this year, and it's great to see you all reunited!) ☺✨
@AnesidoraAston3 жыл бұрын
Wolfenstein 3D was a... Game changing sequel too. To Silas Warner's Castle Wolfenstein and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
@cindychung70023 жыл бұрын
Saints Row 2 is still my favorite game in the series and a total guilty pleasure to play!
@cindychung70023 жыл бұрын
@@RetroGamesChris I never played GooH, but I wanted to, so you might have just saved me some money lol
@Mekora3 жыл бұрын
@@cindychung7002 GooH is even sillier than 4, there's no character customization, you play as either Gat or Kinzie rather than the Boss (You can import your Boss' look from 4 for the cutscenes), and overall the game is shorter. You gain demonic powers instead of getting powers from being in the matrix, with the main big addition being that now you can fly.
@cindychung70023 жыл бұрын
@@Mekora Ahhh... good to know. Doesn't sound like my thing then
@sgtwhisker262 жыл бұрын
Saints row is my favorite game series of all time.
@Bitan783 жыл бұрын
"Traditional turn based combat and tiny 2D sprites are really exciting." That's what the GECKo on my shoulder tells me to say.
@revo1verrock3 жыл бұрын
I started off confused why Resident Evil Village was on the spoiler list....now I understand.......we end up getting told hand trauma is involved....an important heads up ; )
@marhawkman3033 жыл бұрын
Also.... I have to wonder how Luke doesn't remember Sherry Birkin....
@chrisriley23213 жыл бұрын
Or... hands up
@MsKeylas3 жыл бұрын
@@marhawkman303 Because they are on the bullshit bandwagon hating on RE5 and RE6 which were amazing games. and evolution of series which was never about horror but about bioweapons and umbrella machinations. Because of that bandwagon hate they don't see what trainwreck of steaming pile of inconsistent garbage is RE 7
@Dreadjaws3 жыл бұрын
@@marhawkman303 Sherry wasn't introduced in that game. He's talking about the characters that were, like Jake.
@marhawkman3033 жыл бұрын
@@Dreadjaws perhaps... but he used a plural tense when talking about who he'd forgotten... and the only characters on screen were Jake and Sherry...
@Viktor_Von_Doom3 жыл бұрын
I've gotten to the point where hearing the do-do-do-do opening theme in these videos actually reduces my anxiety and I love it.
@coffeeaddict96053 жыл бұрын
The opening to these videos, and Luke singing "Show of the Weekend" makes me smile.
@coffeeandrain68603 жыл бұрын
I respect and enjoy Andy Farrant and his content, but if I ever met him we would clearly have to have a serious argument about which the best movie in the Step Up-franchise is... 2? Really Andy?
@mattyt19613 жыл бұрын
Not that it matters, dance movie sequels peaked with Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
@kingboom563 жыл бұрын
Its obviously step up 3
@faizfuad83613 жыл бұрын
@@kingboom56 three was trash
@lilceser112 жыл бұрын
Nah Step Up 2 was the best! It introduced Moose (best character) and that final rain dance scene was epic 👌🏽
@Rosyna2 жыл бұрын
The best Step Up is clearly Bring it On with Kirsten Dunst!
@huntermcclemens74363 жыл бұрын
Andy: “that wasn’t even the final fight… fix your naming convention” Square-Enix: *slowly tries to hide all the Final Fantasy games
@marhawkman3033 жыл бұрын
is there a box big enough for that?
@smiegto3 жыл бұрын
it isn't a real problem till they reach game thirty and kids are gonna google ffxxx
@Andreas_423 жыл бұрын
Still a better naming convention than Microsoft has by naming new versions of their Xbox.
@wipplewopple18763 жыл бұрын
Playing a flight game *without inverted controls*? This is *HERESY*!!
@cotybolton30713 жыл бұрын
"And there were no more fallout games!!" love it
@slcchina3 жыл бұрын
THAT’S BECAUSE THERE WEREN’T.
@dtly503 жыл бұрын
@@slcchina 76 is a copy pasted fallout 4 with everything that made fallout fallout removed and everything that makes (bad) MMORPGs borked added in. So yeah it does'nt work. Or exist.
@HC_Constance3 жыл бұрын
I know the original Mass Effect is a lot of people's favorite in the series, and it definitely has more rpg elements, but you have to admit that Mass Effect 2 was huge step up in graphics, gameplay, and character development.
@Matt-md5yt3 жыл бұрын
And it wasn't an Xbox exclusive. I played ME 2 first before even touching the original
@wolfsimien24833 жыл бұрын
On the other hand it replaced the interesting if admittedly tedious mako exploration system with the less interesting and even more onerous probing system, I honestly don't understand why the mako is still getting flak compared to that.
@Her_Imperious_Condescension3 жыл бұрын
And a step down in level and world design. Seriously, I know the Citadel was confusing to navigate in ME1, but it doesn't even feel like the same place in ME2, and the Presidium is reduced to what you can see from Anderson's office.
@jaredcrabb3 жыл бұрын
I disagree. Graphics look the same to me, character development felt the same to me, and while gameplay was better for a shooter I liked the gameplay of 1 better.
@dontmisunderstand60413 жыл бұрын
No, I don't, because it wasn't. It was a massive step down in gameplay and world building with a minor improvement on character development and graphics. Mass Effect 2 is objectively the worst entry in the franchise. And yes, that includes Andromeda.
@adamroc1233 жыл бұрын
Great list, albeit I gotta admit, Tomb Raider: Legend not being included kinda surprised me. While TR: The Angel Of Darkness wasn't completely terrible (best plot and atmosphere in the series, fight me), many people saw it as a point where the series stagnated and remained unable to successfully reinvent itself. Had Legend been anything but absolutely stellar, we might have been forced to say goodbye to the gaming's queen 20 years ago.
@Ronan347533 жыл бұрын
It's kind of strange. Legend to me is a game that managed to both save & kill the Tomb Raider franchise. I mean it's one of my favourites, and the only TR game by Crystal Dynamics I hold in high regard. But in a way it's success prevented Core Design from ever making a comeback with their "Anniversary Edition". And led to Crystal stagnating the franchise, with no one to keep them on track or compete even (leading them to turning Tomb Raider into 2nd rate Uncharted).
@joelnicholson3 жыл бұрын
Far Cry 2 - arguably still the best game in the franchise before the formula set in, and a massive improvement on the janky and borderline unplayable original. Just Cause 2 - the addition of the iconic grappling hook saw this sequel take the mediocre original and tie it to an exploding barrel, launching it hilariously into the stratosphere. Dark Souls - not a sequel to Demon Souls, naturally, but definitely the installment in the Souls franchise which saw it take off into world domination as a series and, indeed, genre. Duke Nukem 3D - very much the zenith of Duke's story, taking the 2D platform and shooting into a bloody, catchphrase-laden, new dimension (... and then the nadir of Duke Nukem Forever can go on the follow up list of sequels which destroyed their franchise). Hopefully one of these might make Commentator Edition, but a great list to begin with.
@ssvensic3 жыл бұрын
Far Cry 2 hands down the best in the series. Could be a standalone franchise
@robstuart84743 жыл бұрын
Guys! I've got a really good feeling that Duke Nukem Forever is going to make this list!
@sporf_sporf3 жыл бұрын
Ah, good old Duke nukem forever, the reason Duke nukem 3d isn't on the list. Duke nukem 1 and 2 were side scrollers.
@CTheng3 жыл бұрын
While not exactly a sequel, Fire Emblem Awakening on the 3DS was supposed to be the last game in the series but ended up making the series popular in the west and completely revived the series. Now we have people complaining about FE characters in Smash partly because of that.
@poisonmantis41913 жыл бұрын
awakening came out at such a good time too- a bunch of people had a 3ds and if i remember correctly i bought it bc i wanted a game before animal crossing came out and then it was amazing and i ended up playing it 6 times
@little_valkyrie3 жыл бұрын
FE:A was exactly the game I thought of when I saw this video. One of my all-time favourite games. I didn't even like turn-based strategy games before I played it.
@jardex22753 жыл бұрын
The main reason I bought Awakening was because Club Nintendo held a promotion that if you bought Awakening and SMT IV, you'd get $30 of eShop credit. It started both my tradition of playing Fire Emblem, and buying physical copies of Atlus games for the pack ins, despite the fact that I'm not going to finish the game itself.
@MystFox13143 жыл бұрын
Fire Emblem Awakening It's the thirteenth game in the series (including remakes but not side games/crossovers) and was originally planned to be the last game in the series But it blew up and sold so well that they continued the series and I'm very glad they did, as Fire Emblem is my favourite series ever
@marhawkman3033 жыл бұрын
And most importantly it means more Fire Emblem characters for them to add to Smash Bros. :p
@GinkgoPete3 жыл бұрын
But had it not the series would've never had the stain of fates on it.
@MystFox13143 жыл бұрын
@@GinkgoPete but we got Echoes and Three Houses, which are nice enough, especially compared to Fates
@marhawkman3033 жыл бұрын
@@MystFox1314 yeah, more games means you might get good ones, you won't get good games if you get no games!
@coffeeaddict96053 жыл бұрын
Man, I missed this, All that off camera banter between them is one of my favourite parts of these videos.
@kamen.rider.decade3 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting and yet do totally welcome the Chet Hanks burn within the first five seconds of this video.
@warmlettuce93172 жыл бұрын
4:17 you don't need to ask for trust, Andy. Because you hit the nail right on the head. As an avid fan of Step Up 2 and 3 I was quite puzzled after watching step up 1
@chapersdm33423 жыл бұрын
Andy Nooooooo!! I'd just this minute forgotten that Chet Hanks existed! 😢
@quintinnowak-wolff76583 жыл бұрын
The saints row games are actually pretty fun to play, especially the 1st and 2nd games, and ironically instead of it copying gta, GTA copied 3 and 4 and gave us the oppressor Mark 2, and a super tank
@themussile33353 жыл бұрын
I loved red read revolver so funny and silly. On this list you could fill it with Assassins Creed and Tomb Raider sequels
@HavocHounds19883 жыл бұрын
It's funny, when I was in the Army I knew someone that was basically the real life Johnny Gat, for one his name was even Johnny, he was Asian and before being in the Army he was a gangster. He wore glasses and cussed all the time as well. Although the Johnny I knew was quite a bit more chill than Gat lol.
@frodobaggins77103 жыл бұрын
The Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy managed to bring Crash back to his original platforming roots after the whole Skylanders, Crash of the Titans and Mind Over Mutant phase. We even got a brand new Crash 4 last year which was a really good game
@NoOne-yc4wl3 жыл бұрын
One of those early MS Flight Simulators had one where you were flying a bomber with exactly 0 feedback(at least as I recall). I remember pulling up and seeing enemy fighters in the bombing view dancing around the crosshair.
@buffpingu42803 жыл бұрын
Re7 is definitely one of them, it is my favourite re game
@ddjsoyenby3 жыл бұрын
same.
@ethanmorgan78233 жыл бұрын
Saints row is one of my favorite game series’s, even above gta and I think it deserves a great amount of respect. The story of the first two games is amazing.
@dozzszz2 жыл бұрын
Couldnt agree more
@moneymike55492 жыл бұрын
Are you amped for the reboot?
@midierror3 жыл бұрын
'Weird Lines in The Sky' is my favourite fictional band
@MrDalisclock3 жыл бұрын
Also the best Pink Floyd album
@midierror3 жыл бұрын
@@MrDalisclock Yes, one of their best fictional works of the 3070s
@aardbei543 жыл бұрын
Ya think they work like shooting stars?
@johnfletemeyer87063 жыл бұрын
Luke and Andy's commentary was perfect. Loved the whole video.
@shinyoctane30893 жыл бұрын
Ugh, thank you for mentioning saints row 2. It’s the perfect blend of whacky mixed with serious. I wish the new saints row coming out was more like Saints Row 2 rather than what they’re going with, but I guess I’ll try it out.
@delloda3 жыл бұрын
4:30 I don't remember streetfighter one's graphic being so bad when I played it in the arcades all those years go but everything looks amazing when you are 12yo.
@tuffpuppy26993 жыл бұрын
I’ve always thought Saints Row 2 was better than GTA IV 🤷🏼♂️
@dagrimmreepa3 жыл бұрын
I've always thought 4 was the best GTA 🤷♂️
@psychogoreman1983 жыл бұрын
@@dagrimmreepa GTA IV was definitely a benchmark point for the franchise and is on my top fave games.
@TinKnight3 жыл бұрын
SR2 is a better "game" & more "fun," for sure! But GTA IV is a better piece of interactive art, even if Rockstar has never met a laugh it can't bludgeon to death.
@ddjsoyenby3 жыл бұрын
sr2, 3 and 4 are amazing games that did something unique with gta.
@orderneo3 жыл бұрын
I played all the GTAs and hated 4s main game only saving grace was BOGT, over all played SR2 much more.
@MegaZeta2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, people went bersek over _Fallout 3,_ saying, "It's not real _Fallout,_ we want a sequel to _Fallout 2,"_ completely unaware that a decade earlier, the refrain had been, _"Fallout 2_ isn't real _Fallout,_ we want a sequel to" etc. Happens every time someone makes a Fallout game, except for the first one... though I'm sure someone said, "We want _Wasteland 2!"_
@smoglesgames93333 жыл бұрын
"...like Ghostbusters 2 or Chet Hanks" I guffawed a full 10 seconds later when I processed the burn.
@LAnimeMaster3 жыл бұрын
The Assassin's Creed franchise has been around long enough to have two sequels do this. Assassin's Creed 2 is what truly cemented the series for a lot of people thanks to Ezio's story. And when the series seemed to be reaching it's end with fans, Assassin's Creed Origins was a breath of fresh air that reinvigorated the series.
@shoezomaku3 жыл бұрын
Raise your hands if you also liked Resident Evil 5 non-ironically. Wait, given the new Resi's proclivity for hand trauma, maybe just give a gentle nod.
@Greenwood47273 жыл бұрын
i quite liked 6 5 was tougher waves and waves but it was ok satisfied my zombie killing urge luckily 2020 happened and i can do it again. .... what they are not zombies oh erm forget that last bit
@GrimmShadowsII3 жыл бұрын
I thought was OK maybe even pretty good. The story actually felt like it was adding lore to the series, maybe even more then 4. RE4 is a good game but it doesn't quite connect to 1-3 like 5 and Revelations 2 do.
@jaredcrabb3 жыл бұрын
@@GrimmShadowsII I actually didnt like revelations 2, 1 was much better. 5 was okay, sucked single player but was good multi, and 6 had a few things added that every game should have had, like the ability to use your fists and feet and better use of a knife. Though the dodging bullet sponges did suck.
@josjawillems37083 жыл бұрын
14:30 The moment I heard this, I started to hear something along the lines of "...from a location where it is, to a location where it isn't"
@craaig91183 жыл бұрын
I like resident evil 5. And I was going to say that 6 wasn't that forgettable, but then 10 seconds after hearing his name, forgot if it was Jake or Jack..
@lemoncobra64853 жыл бұрын
Resident Evil 5 was one of the greatest and most fun co-op experiences in video games. Resident Evil 6 was a decent action game, not bad at all, just not like a Resident Evil game.
@jaredcrabb3 жыл бұрын
@@lemoncobra6485 5 was good with another player but solo sucked. 6 felt way more like resident evil than 7 did.
@dontmisunderstand60413 жыл бұрын
Resident Evil 5 is legitimately one of my favorite video games. So are RE1, RE2, and RE4. I don't consider 4 or 5 to be Resident Evil games at all, though. To me, Resident Evil means survival horror. It both coined the term *and* created the genre. And there's very little that is less terrifying than always being secure in the fact that you will never be in a situation you can't handle head-on.
@majuuorthrus3340 Жыл бұрын
IIRC, one of the newer Wolfenstien releases did have a load of people (who *totally* weren't Nazis or Nazi sympathisers) complaining that the games had gotten 'too political'. I'd hope that "these people are complicit in multiple genocides so it's ethically fine to kill them in a variety of violent and humiliating ways until they stop genociding" isn't too much of a political statement, but, uh...
@sergentboucherie3 жыл бұрын
Duke Nukem 3D made sure we forgot about the non 3D Duke Nukem Marathon was ok, but Marathon 2 was much better, Bungie still have not done anything better than Marathon 2
@davidvega4623 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see that scar on Luke’s face I imagine it’s because someone hurt him, which makes me want to hurt them. Luke seems like such a nice young man. We must protect Luke at all costs.
@DirgeTV3 жыл бұрын
I think Resident Evil 7 single handily did way more to mess me up with anything involving bodily trauma then anything else (Which is saying something considering that I watched the saw movies, watched the Bioshock trailer where the guy gets his hand drilled right through, saw that Outlast game where fingers were cut off and watched a stream of that one FPS game where you watch your arms get pulled right off from first person perspective by this giant mech and then get beat with them). Basically, I cherish my hands alot more then I did before and I was already messed up from watching Crono's Finger nail get ripped out in God of War 3. Also, can we mention the cleverness in the current naming of the latest Resident Evil Games, specifically in how clever they utilize the Roman numerals in the text (The 7 in "Resident Evil" and then 8 in "Village"? Feel like I'm gonna have way too much fun trying to guess the next title just based on that clever play.
@coffeeaddict96053 жыл бұрын
Maybe, Resident Evil Extinguish? Light up part of the E and the X to make ix? Or any of the many cool sounding words that start with EX?
@oriolgonzalez93283 жыл бұрын
"Feel like I'm gonna have way too much fun trying to guess the next title just based on that clever play." It's gonna be a kart racer spin-off. Resident Evil: Grand PrIX
@Grandmas_Table3 жыл бұрын
Luke talking about the hand trauma at 17:52 killed me lol. Such great delivery.
@Jonathon_Hennessey3 жыл бұрын
Doom 2016 saved it's franchise the game was a critical and commercial success and would later receive a sequel of its own titled Doom Eternal.
@bilateralrope86433 жыл бұрын
Though that's complicated by Doom/Doom 2 still having an active modding community. Including custom maps that, when run using a source port that removes limits, can make modern machines struggle.
@Greenwood47273 жыл бұрын
I like that wolfenstein and doom were similar, in game play, but the modern remakes went two different ways, stealth in wolfenstein and super brutal action in doom..I liked doom 3 the dark survival horror the monsters from the dark
@smward873 жыл бұрын
@@Greenwood4727 Stealth was actually a key gameplay element in the original Wolfenstein games before Wolf 3D. So New Order being focused on stealth (which is only half true. You could easily ignore stealth entirely thanks to the skill trees and focus entirely on the Run and Gun style instead) was simply a return to form.
@Greenwood47273 жыл бұрын
@@smward87 we dont count the originals only wolfenstein 3d,, that was the furthest from stealth
@smward873 жыл бұрын
@@Greenwood4727 How very arbitrary of you. But ok.
@cabotfisher72083 жыл бұрын
With that Tom hanks joke, Andy woke up and chose VIOLENCE
@Kirafr03 жыл бұрын
If dmc 3 isn't on this list I'm gonna be mad I'm mad
@mooniejohnson3 жыл бұрын
Andy can't mention "That Thing You Do" without me singing it and putting it on repeat. Curse you, Farrant!
@Danimal41143 жыл бұрын
Right, awesome list but what got me was the music starting at 14:42 I could listen to that for ages!
@mediarare23863 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does it feel like ages since we last saw the spoiler warning screen?
@BandtheHoorse3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap right out the bat with the Chet Hanks diss, I absolutely love it.
@Michael_Lindell3 жыл бұрын
Has everyone forgotten about Fallout 5 through 75?
@bilateralrope86433 жыл бұрын
We do not talk about Fallout 69
@Michael_Lindell3 жыл бұрын
@@bilateralrope8643 I thought that one was pretty nice...
@dylanthevillain15133 жыл бұрын
Honestly ive always hated the fact that Saints Row is just the GTA "clone" SR1 and SR2 expanded on everything San Andreas did while simultaneously makimg it all more enjoyable. Yeah I said it, both of them are better than San Andreas, and I think that merits a better title than "Clone" JUST SAYING.
@MetaManGamingTM3 жыл бұрын
Yess! Hurrah for the return of the Andy intro. We've all missed it even if they won't admit it
@russellconn3 жыл бұрын
Panicking slow motion, yup that describes my red dead experience exactly.
@comettamer2 жыл бұрын
Saints Row 2. Probably among the finest open world sandbox experiences I've ever played. The customization (both of cars and clothes) the variety of guns and sheer number of crazy fun activities (Insurance Fraud, Mayhem and of course Fight Club) made for a memorable experience that I can still go back and play today to have just as much fun as I did the first time around.
@ZellyTheFangirl3 жыл бұрын
Can we just give an honorable mention to NEO The World Ends With You? It's a sequel no one saw coming to a game that came out *fourteen years ago*. If that's not a comeback idk what is.
@VanillaBear99153 жыл бұрын
Honestly, SR2 was my favorite of the series. Wish they went back to that mix of silly/crazy things you could do along with the best customization and also a great story with characters and villains I cared about and were memorable.
@heleneandersson76493 жыл бұрын
Wolfenstein new order is my current game, first one I've played since I moved apartment so I wanted an action game for once. Really didn't expect to end up on the moon 😂 good surprise though
@tomread87483 жыл бұрын
It's a great game, but I don't understand why there wasn't a moon boss fight. It would've been a perfect backdrop for amazing visuals, but it's one of the only parts of the game where there wasn't a particular set piece battle, which I thought was a really big missed opportunity.
@daughterofluthien3 жыл бұрын
The return of the talking over the spoiler warning gag! Big fan, 10/10
@alhena113 жыл бұрын
Assassin's Creed series actually pulled this trick at least three times - with AC 2, Black flag and Origins. Now with Valhalla loosing breath, everyone is wondering if they can pull it off again. Place your bets!
@michaelandreipalon3593 жыл бұрын
Hmm, they better end the series somewhere.
@bossd38153 жыл бұрын
I see why pepople think it was AC2 that made the franchise (because it did establish core mechanics at least untill Origins), but for me the best game was original AC. Since AC2 it was linear mission-based adventure with side quests, collectibles and other typical activities in open world, a lot like GTA or something. AC1 was much more immersive in a lot of ways. The best part was that you could complete the entire game with UI completely disabled, without map, all you needed was vantage points and eagle vision. Also much more liberal approach to story progression, where you are basically left in a city with a target, and it's up to you what side activities you will partake to get closer to it, or not doing anything, just trying to track it blindly with eagle vision. Also you had (almost) actual historical assasins and templars in their proper setting, and untill the very end all the eternal assasins-templars struggle with aliens involved thing was just subtle clues keeping you interested, not batshit crazy stories of following games. But that's just my opinion, and I know it's not very popular)
@raoul57143 жыл бұрын
does it save the serie if its this flaky though, or is it just a mediocre serie with some good games?
@tomfallon44403 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best oxbox videos I've seen in a long time - very funny well done
@reptilez133 жыл бұрын
That Fallout bit killed me lol. "ALL THE FALLOUT GAMES"
@louisjarzabek99593 жыл бұрын
I know it's not super well known, but I'd love if y'all could talk about Ace Combat in the next episode, a Namco series that only barely survived a full transition from arcade cabinet to Playstation staple back in 2003- 2004. Before that, the relatively poor sales and obscurity of AC 2 & 3 on the PS1 nearly led to Project Aces being disbanded, which would have deprived us of the top tier arcade/combat sims that were 4, 5, 0, 6, and now 7, which is arguably the best in the franchise.
@KOU-ZAI3 жыл бұрын
Saints Row 2 was indeed awesome. Not sure what to think about this upcoming reboot though.
@Matt-md5yt3 жыл бұрын
Same here, I will try the reboot out and see if I like it or not
@dylanchapman16913 жыл бұрын
its always nice to see someone talking about red dead revolver everyone forgets that game
@vinnysantangelo98053 жыл бұрын
What no persona 3 or 4. Those were the games that reinvented their whole games
@eleanore96943 жыл бұрын
Watch Dogs 2! The bright vibrancy of the city, the friendships and the hacking that was overpowered and so much fun. Calling gangs on other gang members? Best of the three Watch Dogs games!
@VOWelAHC3 жыл бұрын
Saints Row the first was a great time man great time
@ChrisOsberg3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, that advertisement for Microsoft Flight Simulator has aged like fine wine!
@craigwood95203 жыл бұрын
Saint's Row remembered to include the humour and satire that made earlier GTAs fun while GTA decided "realism" was the way to go with GTA IV. Just too bad Saint's Row didn't remember to do that with the radio stations.
@regissanders24093 жыл бұрын
"How come I can never fall asleep on actual fights but can't stay awake during this?" loololololol the accuracy
@Loki_Firegod3 жыл бұрын
I was gonna suggest Gothic 2 and the Addon "Night of the Raven", however then I remembered Gothic 3 and its "Addon", and whatever Arcania is called these days - Gothic 4? A Gothic Story? Just Arcania? The not-so-open-world RPG? Plough anything that was established earlier? Anyhoo. Also, the first Gothic may have been underrated and difficult to get into, but I still think that kind of gritty, realistic-ish fantasy setting can be very intriguing. The follow-up series of Risen and Elex prove that point, as do other games following in a similar vein. Then again, to this day Gothic 1 and 2 remain criminally underrated in most of the world. I hope the upcoming remake of the first one will right that terrible wrong, supposing it'll be any good :D
@masonsykes22403 жыл бұрын
6:21--When someone taps you on the shoulder when you're taking a piss, and you turn around to give them a piece of your mind but it's the goddamn boogeyman
@premiumheadpats41503 жыл бұрын
The way you introduced Saints Row made me laugh thinking about how, when I first started playing those games, it was because they seemed to me like GTA but better. Also, oh.... I see you chose to blow the bomb at the heart of Megaton..... Cool. Anyway, can't wait for Fallout 5. What? No, the number 76 means absolutely nothing to me.