The Best Worst Game Ever Made

[@bbcarrioncrow]

this game is nearly as old as i am by only a few months and it looks like it's aged about as well as i have too (bends my knee and a sound like the heavens cracking open and jesus coming again deafens everybody in a 100 mile radius)

[@that1connor583]

Yeah I feel that on a spiritual level. I don't understand why it's ONLY the knee that's like that, but.

[@razagan1343]

exactly the same case but for me it is my hands and spine, I am god's fucked up lego remnants

[@electricrush2233]

I’m older by a few months

[@andrewhoff8782]

Low-key Sarge's icon in the bottom left side of the screen looks like a green Thanos with an army helmet.

[@SeraidenAF]

As someone who was 10 when this came out, be afraid the aches and creaks only spread out from there and old injuries you thought you healed from childhood and teen years come back BAM and from how my dad is it seems it only keeps getting worse the older you get. :

[@JoCat]

"what is that woman looking at" presumably the second tower falling

[@minislip6]

Let no man forget that on this, a day to remember, September 11, 2001, that we found a vista point.

[@A_Dragovich]

@@minislip6 LOST IT. IT'S GONE! THE ONLY VISTA POINT THAT MATTERED!

[@Jimbo55151]

SARGE WAKE UP THEY HIT THE PENTAGON

[@Evanz111]

A vista point! 😮

[@FerisSalvo]

Or just spacing out from all the contact with shrooms

[@Topic-Star14]

Nothing has gave me the vibe of "what parents think a videogame is" more than this videogame

[@WolfWalrus]

The fake video game they play in sitcoms when they can't afford to licence a real game

[@BrenGamerYT]

Nah Mr Krabs Overdoses on Ketamine is what parents think video games are

[@WakkaMadeInYevon]

After this entire video I was NOT prepared for the reveal that it was released on 9/11. What a masterpiece.

[@Anonymous-73]

That was literally one of the first things they said

[@grassypond]

I thought it was a crude joke at first, then I paused the video and looked it up

[@ouroboros2009]

@@grassypond Same here, I didn't even realized that the first time I watched it, only just now. I was like, 'September 11th 2001? No fucking way it released on fucking 9/11'. But it did. What the actual fuck.

[@bunkernuts6293]

The world faced two tragedies that day

[@steelzinogre1686]

Why do I feel like that this game has shaped Shen as a person that she is today? Because she is having a lot more fun than I thought she would, even with nostalgia glasses on.

[@CommissarMitch]

I also feel the humor of this game is similar to Shen's humor. It may just be me though.

[@neonmimikyu3908]

ONE THOUSAND LIKES LETS GOOOOOOO

[@steelzinogre1686]

Holy crap guys, I didn't know this comment would get so much attention, thanks for the likes!

[@Anonymous-73]

Also the outfit the MC wears in the prehistoric level might explain some things here and there

[@ShadiC636]

@@CommissarMitch “I love this game. It is so f***ing stupid.” - Shen

[@zanzibar4730]

This game reminds me of those fake games you see being played in the background of movies

[@onyxtay7246]

I mean, if my partner started jingling shiny keys in front of me I _would_ get distracted, but that's for completely different reasons.

[@crowshroud]

the rate at which the chat collectively yelled 'A VISTA POINT' whenever it was said in game will be burned into my memory forever HDDKHSKSHSLA

[@TJtbh45]

So here's what blows my mind about this game I've played both of the original army men games on N64. Vicky was like a trained soldier. In the sequel there was at least a few missions where you played as just her. Guns and everything. So why is her dedicated spin off game... THIS?

[@AmericanDivaa]

This... fanservice-soaked lion-taming archer lady *is a formal gun-wielding soldier* and not just the daughter of a Sargeant? XD Damn... with the vibe I've seen so far I actually never would've guessed.

[@TJtbh45]

@@AmericanDivaa Colonel's daughter. She's dating the Sargeant lol But yeah. She's apparently a war reporter in Sarge's Heroes 2, but you still play as her in multiple missions and she controls pretty much exactly the same as Sarge himself.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

@@TJtbh45 Also she and all the rest of the principle cast dies in Sarge's War. But we don't talk about Sarge's War because that game is as cursed as Portal Runner.

[@TJtbh45]

@@Calvin_Coolage I've heard of it but But I don't know anything about it. One of these days I'll need to check out that game in some form

[@witchwaist]

BONE MAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE???

[@Chefkraken]

This is just 50 minutes of Shenpai laughing like a goblin and I couldn't ask for anything better

[@AntonsVoice]

Laughing like a hyena instead?

[@shinyninja8107]

We did it everybody. We found the Morbius of video games

[@Anonymous-73]

One of the games of all time

[@SpecShadow]

that title belongs to the YIIK aka "The Room of videogames"

[@gunsandroses896]

It's Portal Runnering time.

[@Beestying]

Thus just further cements my conviction that the most fun you can have with friends almost always involves torture of some kind for at least one party. I've watched two minutes and I already know this is gonna be the funniest but most painful shit to watch.

[@hugoj.r.8684]

" we play guilty Gear whoever loses has to enter into the iron lady"

[@thecursed_1lordofcats738]

​@@hugoj.r.8684 And one person spams Totsugeki just to piss everyone else off.

[@HellecticMojo]

Comedy is just brief suffering of someone else.

[@hannahross9256]

Shen's meniacal laughter as people realize what they've gotten into is pure supervillain glee, and I'm here for it 😂

[@beatmyeggs5275]

Can't believe this game was real and not just something I dreamed of playing during a coma.

[@parkerwallis211]

there are 3 voice actors in this game, and Jim Cummings does like 90 percent of the characters. amazing

[@2bdaqueen268]

To be fair, that’s just standard procedure for him lol

[@LePhantom777]

Somebody bought Portal Runner day 1 thinking “This is the best day ever!” Little did they know

[@0001aardvark]

They were correct of course

[@someguyontheinternet604]

@@0001aardvark Hol' up

[@Anonymous-73]

@@0001aardvarkif they lived in the right place it sure was

[@rocksaltinyt]

This entire vid is 5 seconds shorter than the official top speedrun

[@Jimbo55151]

Ah yes, the game that was suppose to save 3DO from bankruptcy, came out a terrible mess, which lead to the CEO threatening games journalists. I’m glad it’s being remembered.

[@AeroViro]

and to top it off the absolutely unfortunate release date so it's hitting all the hard punches

[@Jimbo55151]

@@AeroViro 3DO was truly a cursed company and this game was just all of its aspects condensed into a hyper potent soup of beautiful insanity.

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

@@Jimbo55151 can't forget how 3DO's CEO also got caught for tax evasion

[@Hugsloth]

[The PS2 version gained notoriety when it was panned by GamePro, with a rating of 2.3 out of 5. GamePro was the first to review the game, saying that it "looks like a late-generation PlayStation title rather than a second-generation PS2 effort". Trip Hawkins, then-president of 3DO and publisher of Portal Runner, sent an angry email to John Rousseau, who was president of GamePro. In the email, Hawkins told Rousseau that Rousseau's customers were the advertisers, not the readers, and implied that the reviews should be written to keep the advertisers happy. Hawkins wrote: "...there is something wrong with (the reviewer), not with Portal Runner. If you disagree with me, you do so at your own peril.... I should mention in passing that 3DO has been one of your largest advertisers. Effective immediately, we are going to have to cut that back."] - wikipedia

[@goranisacson2502]

It is WILD to learn this about a game that I just stumbled onto as I watched this video, and thought to myself "aww this is a perfectly low-budget but endearing b-game that embodies the spirit of a Saturday morning cartoon, a perfectly charming spin-off.... wait what do you mean it's supposed to be some big important Hail Mary?"

[@NickyShadow99]

I need more one-off random game streams from Shen and co. Watched part of this live, it was such a chaotic and fun time.

[@AntonsVoice]

Shen is chaos god

[@Mare_Man]

I nominate Space Station Silicon Valley

[@Shugamri]

This is the kind of content I adore following Shen for: Who else would happily stream a game where literally EVERY SINGLE MALE CHARACTER was voiced by Jim Cummings, Disney's Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck and Pete the Cat? What a time capsule of a game, bless you Shen for gifting this to us

[@KirbyTheSchizo]

I'm so happy that i can use this video to finally prove to my sister that I wasn't actually insane and this is indeed a video game that exists

[@demonminer8093]

indeed, you can prove who is now the superior sibling, by establishing that you were right, and she was wrong! remember, it's morally acceptable because she would do the same to you.

[@ChargeQM]

@@demonminer8093 I see you understand sibling rivalry

[@jacobsmith4428]

I convinced *myself* this game was never real in my childhood, Jesus.

[@naoki-kashima2635]

Shenpai should play more of these weird old random games

[@blackbird7781]

Agreeeed

[@oshaapproved7612]

I want them to play Timesplitters 3 so bad now

[@florpleborp2275]

Please that would be great! Shenpai’s commentary (and her friends) is so good for stuff like this. I love it.

[@baronvonjo1929]

Play Transformers the PS2 game.

[@Anonymous-73]

Imagine of she played Total Overdose

[@VagueCastle649]

Repeatedly dying to those gears and hearing that lion noise was the funniest part ngl.

[@estellairon9448]

The lion being just slightly nudged before the fade outs made them even better XD

[@theletters9623]

This game has serious "game you play at your friends house once but somehow never forget" energy

[@failedtalent1018]

9:10 The army veteran father guy is Jim Cummings, the voice of Vignar Gray-Mane from Skyrim. I'd recognize that voice from anywhere, it has to be him

[@jamesproctor4568]

He's also an often used VA by Disney since like the 90s.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

He also voiced literally every male character in all of the Army Men games that had voice acting post Sarge's Heroes. This man's voice made up a good ten percent of my childhood with how many other things he was in.

[@glarnboudin4462]

Also the scariest Eggman

[@Rexfuselier]

That has to be the most unfortunate last name ever

[@fighterx9840]

And Captain Mathius from Dead Space Downfall

[@zavodila9279]

I've never seen or heard anything about this game before, so seeing all the gameplay and cutscenes out of context is like a compilation of complete insanity LMAO

[@catpawscarves1219]

Throughout the video, I couldn't shake the weird feeling that I'm familiar with this game, but the chess level confirmed something that I'd long since forgotten: I actually have played this before. I don't exactly remember how I got my hands on it or how much I played, but I specifically remember the chess board and wizards.

[@aag2139]

might have rented it. I remember back them you could go Blockbuster and rent a game for a few days

[@PressRToZeus]

i feel like this geuninely isn't as bad as it could be, but the elements that are bad are so genuinely baffling it's a wonder this game got made at all

[@lonerimortal8]

Shenpai: "Mom, can you buy me Tomb Raider?" Mom: "No, whe already have Tomb Raider at home" Tomb Raider at home:

[@Anonymous-73]

You’re right and I hate it

[@pogpogpurinn]

Oh my god you're right, I just got to the first gameplay part and you're so right.

[@nicholascunningham4439]

"Spin-Off of the Army Man games" Holy fuck Shen you've opened a can of nostalgia I thought I forgot completely.

[@Darkyan97]

I'm still mad that Sarge's War ended the way it did.

[@Sjors_]

I remember playing this game when I was little. That was almost 20 years ago, so it's like a fever dream now.

[@Xarthery]

Isn't that the majority of PS1 and 2 gaming?

[@A_Dragovich]

@@Xarthery Some have aged much more gracefully. The first comes to mind is Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. To the point that it still holds up to this day. Rayman games are somewhat like that as well (only ever played Rayman 3 and Raving Rabbids, with a STRONG preference for the latter). And then there's this upscaled PS1 product...

[@GaudiFanYAY]

@@A_Dragovich pæoner

[@a.t.fa.t.f7031]

Portal Runner was truly one of the games that was ever made.

[@Kempaaa_]

I'm all up for more weird games, Shen really seemed to be having the time of her life

[@dextervepps8794]

The end scene definitely radiated with so many kids. "The top bunk is mine, pbblltt" "NOOOO!!!!"

[@unclepaul1995]

Did You know that Most of the Characters in Army Men voiced by Jim Cummings? Jim is the Voice of Pooh, Tigger, and DarkWing Duck!

[@personwiththeface4416]

Shen you're making me feel really old. Not only do I have this game as a hard copy, I played this on my PS2 not even a year ago. When she says "nobody can backseat game" try me lmao.

[@lemonnitrate3050]

Shen needs to make “A vista point!” A sub notification

[@sub_ok]

When she mentioned there would be a plot twist at the end I was convinced Vikki would get with Leo in the end or smth. The lion cubs made me sure that was the case for some reason.

[@ewelun]

Yeah. I‘m 100% sure, that she would smash the Lion.

[@pricefieldx]

the fact that she still remembered the little quirks of the game screams "i played this way to much in my childhood!" xD

[@Glitchedreaper_]

Video just started, I get comfy ready to watch. Release date is mentioned and causes immediate uncontrollable laughter. Yeah this is gonna be a good video

[@DavionStar]

Ah. Early 00's audio balancing. Thank you for sharing this glorious masterpiece of a game with us. Seriously though, I've had a really rough past few days and this put a big smile on my face. Thanks so much for all your videos.

[@KMmouse20]

Oh, the sheer horror in their realisation that this is an Army Men spin off. Delicious.

[@Anonymous-tp5qg]

What's funny is that I looked this game up and in its wiki it said that the president of 3DO, the publisher of this game, wrote an angry letter threatening to cut back on advertising for a gaming magazine they were supporting because a reveiwer gave this game a low score and said it looked like a PS1 game.

[@Green-Raccoon777]

So lemme get this straight, The CEO went after a journo? I don't even need to know the reason. That's pretty based regardless.

[@mozdude2972]

The snort after “now I know why the government tries to cover these guys up” brought me to tears and made my throat sore. 👍

[@ReaperSakuraba]

there is nothing more fun than a "So bad that it's good" game.

[@ChronicDoodles]

Words cannot describe my excitement when this showed up in my feed! Portal Runner was my childhood and even as an adult I'm still fond this janky hot mess of a game

[@A13X-M53R]

This game is so crispy that even the audio doesn’t know when to queue

[@xXIxidor92Xx]

I don't know why... but the fact that this is what Shen grew up playing somehow explains a lot about how she plays games...

[@ngwoo]

This truly is the September 11th of Army Men games

[@gentleman_oni]

Where were you when Portal Runner released?

[@noahjester8471]

@@gentleman_oni shitting my diaper and throwing shit from my highchair 🤣

[@gentleman_oni]

@@noahjester8471 B... Because you were a baby. Right?

[@mr.fuggetaboutit7633]

Shens laugh gives me so much life and joy

[@DoomerSlice]

"Man I can't wait for a Hollow Knight or Splatoon follow up video!" The fuckin game ever:

[@koi_dragon]

I get the feeling that Shen definitely had a crush on at least one character from this game

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Yeah the lion!

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

All of them

[@JixxarEntropy]

@@WTFisTingispingis I mean he is a dilf.

[@roys.1889]

I used to play the Army Men games like Air Attack, Sarge's Heroes, and the RTS so this is a quick trip down memory lane for me.

[@Bionic_B]

I’d be down if you have more old random ass games to play from your childhood because revisiting old games like that are always fun. Also I collect weird old random ass PS2 games, so that’d help me find games to add to the shelf

[@raximusrex3464]

This is actually such a weird cultural timestamp. Media was never the same after this day

[@nicholaspeters9919]

You know, I really can’t judge her, we all have that one game we really like that by all logic is on the spectrum of being really out there to downright nearly unplayable that still holds a special place in our hearts regardless. Mine’s Spider-Man: Friend or Foe.

[@TheGusst2Gamer]

Crash Twinsanity

[@noahjester8471]

Mine's Star Fox Adventures. It sucks so much, but I love it 😁

[@swiftshock2615]

Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots for me. Though I'd like to give an honorable mention to Piglet's Big Game. While it is a game for toddler's, I don't consider it "bad" but REALLY weird and horrifying.

[@nicholaspeters9919]

@@swiftshock2615 Friend or Foe is also on the same level as the Piglet game then. Baby’s first Beat’em Up, with an admittedly (at the time) questionable/bizarre premise.

[@wyattfreihon4048]

Auditory crunchiness has never been a concept in my brain until now. This felt like my ears were chomping on a pringles tube

[@redthegrey9231]

I had NO CLUE that this game tied in with the Army Men games. Guess you learn something new every day, even if comes from one of Shenpai's fever-dream-time videos.

[@yobob591]

I saw sarge and pogged so hard holy shit

[@lordofsandvich3630]

A VISTA POINT is like pointing at cows while you're driving down the highway

[@Prototype-357]

I had to check the release date for myself cause I couldn't believe it... that is indeed very unfortunate.

[@loko78100]

I forgot this game existed and I was happier with this memory repressed 10/10 video

[@zlightning037]

Rest well OdinXIV (editor), hopefully you're recovery will be swift and the nightmares/PTSD light Thanks for the video o7

[@GELTONZ]

So this game was being hyped up before the PS2's release and in all the previews the screenshots looked AMAZING...because they were all CG rendered mock ups. I was legit hyped for this game...and then I saw what it actually looked like and was like "WTF HAPPENED?!". That said I still love the concept of some kind of deranged lovechild of a Barbie and a green Army Man being a character.

[@arnottcool3520]

I love when streamers play games from their childhoods this was so fun to watch

[@Baxdronn4]

This game was one I saw my friend play so much as a kid, and I knew nothing about it for the proceeding ~20 years until I happened upon the name a few months ago, then you have to go and do THIS to me? This game is so much worse than I remember I love it so much.

[@JXDemon21]

Wait a second Sarge? As in the Sarge from the Army Man Games? Portal Runner is related to that obscure series? Well then again I saw 3DO on the title screen so that explains it.

[@licittofficial]

This gave me the most MASSIVE rush of nostalgia!!!!! I was so young when i played this game that i didn't even know how to read. I knew the word "Runner" i had no idea wtf a "Portal" was or how to read it. I called it "fast green girl" i tried playing it and found it too hard to control, so i watched my brother play it

[@luckyinky7849]

3:39 I KNEW THE PURPLE AND THE FRENCH ACCENT REMINDED ME OF WIDOWMAKER OMFG

[@radish_dash4155]

Everyone has that godlessly crunchy game that you hardly remember until you suddenly re-discover an obsession with it

[@C4_lampet]

i like that the only 3 vods on KZbin's portal runner page are this vod and 2 others by the same person

[@RaptorChan]

oh my god I had the Gameboy Color version of this game I had no idea it was also on Playstation LMAO Also these cutscenes are like a budget Halloween movie special that aired at 2am on Cartoon Network in the 2000s and never played on TV ever again after that and could only be found in the 1 dollar movie bins at a Walmart. LOL.

[@honest_126]

This game hurts my soul, thank you so much Shen!

[@lordvaust5830]

When I was a kid we’d go visit one of my cousin’s families and he’d have this game. We’d just take turns playing this for hours while the grown-ups hung out.

[@ZarynScribbles]

I recognized the MC's voice and oh my god it's Susan Blu It's Arcee from Transformers

[@CommissarMitch]

Oh my god. I went on the IMdB page on this to see who does the voices. It literally has no cast list. The only thing it has is Director John Salera.

[@kirrb-dot-exe]

Jim Cummings is just using every voice in his arsenal lol

[@Torenn_Y]

This whole video is a fever dream, i fucking love it.

[@sneakykk]

I love how she laughs whole heartedly. Keep smiling ,stay blessed

[@TheGroupOnly]

A month or so ago I was at a friend's house and she was talking about this game, ordered it online and next time I was there, it was delivered. She played it years ago. We kept trying to shoot the birds in the earlier stage haha It's super wild seeing YOU play it!

[@BelgianWiz]

for anyone wondering, I did some searching for the song on the main menu. it's called Always by the band Half Cocked. and yes, it's on spotify

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

3:47 Shen laughing at the gigachad army man gives me life

[@walnzell9328]

1:04 With the previous statement in mind, I thought Shen was gonna say "You wouldn't believe it, but they hit the Pentagon."

[@ChaosZero1031]

It's kind of messed up how almost light hearted this game seems to be, cause I think the next Army Men game after this was Sarge's War which went full grim-dark as like every character Sarge knows including Vicki die at the very start.

[@Masaru_isamu]

The sound of the Lion's attacks sounds alot like the Xenomorph's attacks in Aliens vs Predator 2 xD

[@mfurdge]

Shen's laugh has cured my depression. 😄

[@AceofSpades280]

I'm not sure if its from anywhere else, but 8:42 the background victory music REALLY sounds like the victory music from the end of the movie Independence Day

[@DetectiveGrey]

You know, this game may have released on September 11, 2001... ...But Advance Wars had the ill fortune of being released on September 12, 2001.

[@kimarous]

25:55 That looks so familiar. I think I may have had that game - or at least a game like it - as a kid. Something about paper castles, there was woman and a raven who helped the player on her orders, or something?

[@mon-kiegh477]

These types of PS2 games are great because they somehow give me nostalgia even though I have never played this game

[@leobenavi9034]

OMG the nostalgia hit me like a bullet in the back! I completely forgot this game and every new area came back to me as you played them. The iconic outfits! LOL! Thanks for bringing this back! XD

[@Anonymous-73]

Out of all the “best worst games ever made” this one definitely deserved the title out of all of them

[@drew_the_ghost6628]

I forgot the R.t.s. army men spin offs where a thing! I remember one where you play as Sarge and everyone else dies, and so you go forth and avenge them.

[@mrrd4444]

"When was this released" "September 11 2001" oh. Oh no

[@brandonlewis2861]

25:07 OH MY GOD!!! I recgonize this stage it was on a demo disk I played once.

[@TJtheEevee]

Oh my god, the nostalgia! I played this game when I was a little kid. Played it on the easiest difficulty cause you were immune to damage, and I was a dumb kid. XD

[@sarafontanini7051]

so you're telling me you don't even get a boss fight with the main antagonist and isntead fight random ass aliens?

[@damocles7406]

Leo was a secret DILF the whole time? Wild.

[@Evanz111]

I thought you’d already made a video on STRANGERS OF PARADISE: Final Fantasy Origin

[@Aflay1]

24:52 This is why you are best streamer Shenpai. I don't see enough people referencing this meme.

[@TinsYouTrimble]

Bro I watched the stream recording all the way through. It was incredible to see. I've since watched it again in the background while I play Demon Souls.