Smuggler's Run review - ColourShed

[@DesmoPilot2]

If you hold "O" in the air you can level your car out.

[@NailStrafer]

Thank you for saying this. I was going to say the same thing when he said you couldn't level out your car in midair.

[@POOKISTAN]

Ah - I just Commented that too and went ahead and deleted it. Although it doesn't work terrifically, nor does it mitigate all the cheapness he described in the video, missing something that fundamental definitely puts his whole review (and even his experience playing the game) into question, as I'm sure it would've made things a LOT easier had he known/utilized that (and he probably would've had a better time)...

[@hometoswift]

“You can’t controls your vehicles in midair” Circle button/handbrake: Am I a Joke to you?

[@jammin1226]

This game was such a huge part of my childhood. Thanks for covering it!

[@psychoheaded5270]

you're welcome bro

[@Jueen_]

I had this game on the ps2 and I played the ever living shit out of this game

[@limpetarch98k]

I want every single SUVs ... after the Smuggler. Everyone ? E V E R Y O N E

[@hometoswift]

That’s the whole campaign in a nutshell lol, military vehicles and rally cars were a pain in the ass as wel.

[@jj68]

I got this launch day and the one thing you missed about the hype for this game was the draw distance. For its time it boasted huge distance views and delivered, I remember being gobsmacked the first time I loaded this up and loved every minute of my time with it...Thanks for the memories.

[@l11l1venom1l11l]

Damn straight. I remember getting this at launch as well and even my parents watching me play it were in awe. Then I launched a bear like 300 yards and my mom was like, "Alright, that's enough!"

[@levigiles01]

I wasn't born until 2001 so this games almost a year older than me, but damn do I have great memories with this game playing countless hours. Beat the game more than 40 times as a kid lmao. Brings great memories I want to play it again

[@jj68]

This is why I'm glad I lived through the console birth. Double Dragon on the Master System, Golden Axe on the Mega Drive, FF7 on the PS1. Consoles didn't just get a little better, they got a lot better with each new "evolution" Things amazed then, folk take new console in their stride now but the golden age...That was a great time to be a kid. 👍

[@supabass4003]

dude remember watching those gamespot videos at like 144p compressed. man this game was hype!!!!

[@jj68]

Yep, and doing a practice that so have forgotten, reading a magazine.😀

[@ShreN_]

I'm so glad you covered this one, it was my early childhood. I remember playing tag with my cousin in split screen Joyride, the map was massive

[@ihavetubes]

The cops remind me of the last mission of driver 1.

[@pedrochevez2090]

More like the cops im Driver when playing Survival.

[@limpetarch98k]

Feels more like trying to evade from the heat 6 undercover corvette with nothing but a stock Lexus IS300 (in Most Wanted)

[@nickamador8809]

This was my childhood game outside of gta vc/sa Great memories on the PS2 with thus title and its sequel :)

[@mooseraps]

I was trying to remember the name of this game for years. I had it around the time it came out. I finally figured it out a few years ago. I'm glad too.

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

It would be dope if we got a new Smuggler’s Run game!

[@leahtofu]

It honestly just wouldn’t work nowadays, it would probably only work if they probably include smuggling in the next gta.

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

I see you everywhere I go on YT 🤣🤣

[@drpelliper5818]

nah. no replay value. no bang for the buck.

[@BullworthGraduate]

If Rockstar adds an actual gripping story (unlike what was marketed for Smuggler's Run 2), customization options, great cast of characters, and memorable maps (or maybe just one huge map like what Midnight Club: Los Angeles did), then maybe Smuggler's Run 3 would be a dope game.

[@BullworthGraduate]

@@drpelliper5818 - I disagree. If the story and gameplay are good, then people usually go back to a game.

[@budaroddy]

I remember this game , was one of my first back in 2002, it was ground breaking, we used to see trailers from E3 and things like that, and was incredible, think that PS1 still alive and watch games likes this or Midnight Club give you a feeling that something really big was coming with PS2, my favourite era

[@ColeEdits]

Angel Studios (Rockstar San Diego) is a seriously underappreciated developer under the Rockstar Branch from an outsider's perspective. Sure, Rockstar North is responsible for most of the biggest titles in their history. But without San Diego, we wouldn't have Midnight Club, we wouldn't have the fucking incredible Red Dead series, nor would we have the RAGE Engine they've used for the past decade to make their games as immersive and realistic in every way. Truly one of the best game studios on the planet alone.

[@Ricky_Grade10]

What I remember most was me and my friends would play follow the leader trying to climb the highest mountains in one try.

[@billynellis299]

i used to call it the swirly mountain haha me and my brother and friends used to race up it

[@wellbeef]

I find it funny how many Australian KZbin game reviewers I have been watching lately. Well done Spencer :D You, Minimme and Gmanlives are putting your country on the map, so to speak.

[@RLJIM]

I’ve still got this, it blew my mind when I got it that you could actually drive to that hill in the distance, me and a mate played tag on split screen. Good times

[@cybermexi-8100]

A fun driving game with an entire soundtrack brought in by Guidance Records. Even the barebone story does help give context to each mission

[@MrMichaelNoble]

This was the very first game I bought when I got my PS2 for Xmas on its first release year, I had this, then the month after I also got Gran Turismo 3, great time to be a kid. I miss this time sometimes.

[@haveagoodone2935]

I had this on GameCube. It really became my favorite game because of Joyriding. I liked the open terrain.

[@EminentLine]

I'd love to see you do even a short vid on the sequel. That was one of my favorite games growing up. And a review Driv3r would be sweet too.

[@Benniewindmill]

9:31 I see that you're driving a stripped down Cybertruck, this game was ahead of it's time

[@Mylifeintechnicolor]

Spent many hours playing this game with my friend, we would splitscreen and choose different cars and one of us would hide on the map and the other would seek after them. The part with using diffent cars came because you were allowed to run when you where getting closer and some of the cars could get higher up on the mountains because they had higher speed to be "ramped" up. You could not use the map and we had a piece of papir covering the radar plus when we started one was to close there eyes :)

[@LouisTheSEGANerd]

Oh man I absolutely LOVED this game as a kid... although I had no idea what 'contraband' was at the time and thought it was just another racing game 😂 Loot grab was probably the best mode because it was absolute chaos.

[@gamernaut8864]

The mini games are what keep me coming back to Smuggler's Run.

[@purpledavio]

"You are proving very irritating"

[@hometoswift]

Lol, some of the guys megaphone quotes make me laugh sometimes. The one mission where the army is chasing you, some of Thier quotes are hilarious cause of how series they are. The border patrol are more serious/normal, the CIA is sometimes funny as well, but the army are just so funny.

[@Skirakzalus]

I loved these two games so much. Back then the maps were just amazing. Really disliked it when R* called the air freight dlc smuggler's run, the one before that felt far more like this game due to the big focus on offroad vehicles.

[@d0x360]

Another awesome video. One point of contention... They weren't developing red dead at this point. I don't even think Rockstar had bought the rights and content from Capcom yet at this point... No they definitely didn't. I also recall (from my time at Sega and friends at other companies) that after Capcom sold the rights to Rockstar it was another 6 months before they assigned a team to finish the game which basically was nothing more than polish, the ending and a bunch of bug fixing. In fact it was like 90% bug fixing. The game was in such a bad state that Capcom didn't think it was worth trying to fix, hence the sale if a essentially complete game.

[@YuniorGamboa]

Nicely done Great content I can watch your videos all day.🔥👍

[@supabass4003]

This was the only title I got at launch, I was obsessed with this game. The draw distances and size of the maps was mind blowing.

[@Matt-zl1by]

This game and the sequel are the footprint to Test Drive Off Road Wide Open for sure. They got rid of smuggler's run for that game which was cool. Check that game out!

[@dlfoster311]

You should play the Test Drive: Offroad series!

[@WatcherKoops4677]

And Unlimited too

[@sequilla]

If I recall correctly, the code from smuggler's run was incorporated into GTA San Andreas which was the first GTA game to have a lot of countryside and hills/mountains. So in a way, GTA San Andreas was Smuggler's Run 3 (sort of) haha! :D

[@SuperKillersz]

I still have and love this game.

[@levigiles01]

I feel so weird being born in 2001 most of my friends and people my age remember mostly the xbox 360/ps3 era. But i grew up with a ps2 my whole life and didnt have another console until 2012. I have amazing great memories with Smugglers Run, i could still play it again and not be bored

[@tylerthetiger2659]

The 2000s was different back in the day

[@thattonnatoguywithafez8246]

That view distance though.

[@Mace2.0]

The Smug Man's Run. This is also the game that introduce me to this odd fetish about putting spare wheels on the back of dune buggies. So here's some minor inconsistencies: -The fuzz are technically invincible, but it's 100% possible to make them stall. -You could ACTUALLY control your car mid-air. Ye read the manual? -You could also manipulate the Po-Po on where they're heading, since their only direction is rubberbanding towards you (meaning that you could lead them into walls) There's also one more Smuggler's Run game: Smuggler's Run Warzones on the Gamecube. I thought it was a port at first, but it had more content than the PS2 original.

[@BullworthGraduate]

This is probably one of the only two in-depth reviews of Smuggler's Run on KZbin, the other being Retro Game Rater's video.

[@adamphillip5305]

Had the sequel on Gamecube back in the day but never got into it.

[@topskill99]

I remember waking up at 6:30am just to play this game before school back in the day

[@ElijahBobingerDragonogh]

SR2 improved literally everything; I would absolutely love a UE4/5 remake of these to add together all features, environments, and to expand and deepen game modes. Could be great with some Forza Horizon physics and many car choices!

[@possessedslig]

I got this, Timesplitters and a game called Oni with my PS2 for Christmas back in 2000. My main memory is this game being incredibly difficult.

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

I have a complicated relationship with this game.... I was a fat kid and my parents made me join the town's football program when I was around 12-13, and I wanted to quit so badly because I couldn't keep up but they forced me to see it through, and then I started to catch on and start loving it, and got really good, got "most improved player" award and then decided to sign myself up the next year. I put in so much work and then I got the announcement, that I was going to be on the starting line on both offense and defense, it was like this massive achievement because of how much I had to work to get that spot. and then.... one week before the first game... I was in a drill with full pads and everything, and I had to play as the halfback for this part. Then my good buddy who was going to be my left guard partner on the starting line ( Iwas gonna right guard) he just DIVES AT MY FEET with ALL HIS WEIGHT in a desperate attempt to win the drill as if we were in the 4th quarter of the super bowl. THE PAIN Shot up my leg instantly, and it was a hardcore serious sprain. The doctors said that I would've been better off breaking it because sprains can get really complicated. He told me sorry pal... you're going to be sitting on a couch for a minimum of 6 weeks. The season was only like 12-15 weeks max. Literally like 2 days later it was my birthday.... I got this game. I had a lot of friends in my neighborhood growing up, one of those neighborhoods that all the kids are a group of friends from. So I had tons of multiplayer experience on this game. The multiplayer is so much fun, and I think it's almost necessary to really get the most out of the game. There are really cool and unique modes in this game that fall somewhere between Twisted Metal without as much of the over the top guns and carnage, and like the old school Mario Kart maps that were like an arena. If you need a game you can play with almost anyone of any age, and you want some old school split screen fun, this game will deliver. I'm sure it's still fun single player too, but all my best memories that come to mind from this game are from the multiplayer.

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

BTW Don't read this... I don't even know why I typed all that out just to say the multiplayers good. Quarantine day #??? ....

[@patrickersig1949]

this was a top tier game of my childhood. thanks for the review

[@Horizon_KM]

Playing this with a friend, making your team with buggys, rally cars etc... It was Amazing !!!

[@andrewstencel]

nice review! the offroad nature of this game reminded me of motorstorm, which i was playing a while ago. great game.

[@Mikki-Moo]

Love this channel, it reminds me of my youth

[@8-bitguycaleb445]

Also colorshed huge fan just want to say keep up the good work

[@thatmotorfreak]

I was allured by the idea of using desert trucks to smuggle stuff; but I can't see myself playing this game without busting my throat from all the yelling and raging I'd be doing. Fun fact: This game was referenced in Forza Horizon 4 as part of the LaRacer story.

[@Lattrodon]

I played the fuck outta midtown Madness when I was like 7. I loved smugglers run later on. And midnight club LA is one of my all time favourite racing Games

[@HimHawJimJam]

I remember reading about this game in Tips &Tricks magazine when I was a kid.

[@bryo4321]

I just realized this is basically the cops and robbers from midtown madness multiplayer. Also angel studios!

[@dawnslayer]

A fun fact about this game. If you play Forza Horizon 4, there's a character named LaRacer and one of the races she gives you has a Smugglers Run reference

[@waywardlaser]

My neighbour and I used to play joyride for hours, it's funny looking at the game now and how incredible I thought that "open world" was. It was also just cool playing a game that took place in Canada...partially.

[@drtydawg73]

there actually was the ability to level out the car in mid air dude!

[@NailStrafer]

The cop AI does have some weaknesses you can exploit. For whatever reason, the cops get really confused when you drive into a tunnel and they start crashing into things, so if you learn where the tunnels are you can shake them off for a pretty long while. Also, avoid wide open areas when you can, and try to thread the needle through areas with lots of obstacles. They're fast, but they have trouble navigating complicated terrain like towns or areas with a lot of trees.

[@slingshotkurt8474]

Smugglers Run was my first R* game. And holyshit, I was the only person who picked up on the refrence to the game in GTAV with treavor.

[@ArdensSqualor]

I know it doesn't mean much coming from some rando like me, but honestly colour shed is such a cool concept and unique perspective. I personally am not a huge fan of driving games but looking at those through historian point of view is incredible. I know you'll never get the view count as a red dead video but I hope that doesn't discouraged covering the thinks you like. The quality of these projects are on par with NoClip if not better.

[@juegofuego6715]

My first ps2 game along with Ridge racer V, Unreal tournament and Gungrifon blaze. All purple discs

[@jonbourgoin182]

Is no one going to comment and ask if he’s keeping safe from the Aussie bushfires?

[@ClellBiggs]

I liked this but I enjoyed Test Drive: Off Road Wide Open more.

[@TheRedStarman]

This is one of the ten or so games I had for my GameCube. It didn’t look this good but it was still this hard.

[@awolf6473]

I remember my nephew and i playing on the two player mode of this game, first one to stall his enemy out won! So many good memories of this game.

[@xCynder]

Used to do cops and robbers with both of my step bro’s several years ago. We took turns of course but we had a bunch of fun regardless

[@legodude19999]

Absolutely loved this and smugglers run 2

[@billynellis299]

Holy shit i loved this game used to always race my brother and friends up the 'Swirly mountain' and then knock some people off the top of it.

[@RyuNoZero]

this Game makes me hope for a Thrasher Update in GTA Online, we already have BMX, Halfpipes and even Skateparks just add Skateboards and Tricks and maybe make the Tazer accessable for the Player to purchase.

[@zachg9065]

I have this game and seen hours playing it as a child.

[@TheK3WLK4T]

you should check out motorcross madness 1 and 2. Monster truck madness was also a thing. Midtown madness 2 was my favorite game growing up so its pretty awesome to see how far angel studios has come.

[@Topgear2006]

Please keep doing more classic PS2 games. Liking the contents

[@uhobme2028]

I'm curious to see your take on Blur. Very Underrated Racer

[@sammy13ificationable]

I loved smugglers run growing up because there werent any other open world, off road style driving games, aside from 4x4 evo, which cant ever match the pace of smugglers run

[@adamphillip5305]

Would love to see you review FUEL for 360/PS3

[@saintallison]

Drivings just okay, but that gigantic map, though

[@thattonnatoguywithafez8246]

Or PC if he gets it to work, at least in my case its shit.

[@lazarkulovic6613]

Please do a review on TDU2, would love to see your take on it! :D

[@TNumbers]

Who should review Hotwheels Velocity X. Honestly an amazing ps2 classic in my eyes.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Happy New Year, man

[@9tailpain437]

You ever going to review the Sly Cooper games?

[@WatcherKoops4677]

PLease do!

[@WatcherKoops4677]

But it would likely happen if someone or you support him on patreon

[@retrosoul8770]

I liked the 1st game the best, I know most don't agree, but I really liked the straight forward platforming that was reduced alot in the sequels

[@WatcherKoops4677]

Retro Soul I also miss the OST from the first game. Contains electronic music

[@Corbain222]

Love it!! Have you played the suffering and it's sequel? First one is one of my favorites but story is confusing/convoluted

[@xSpicySaltx]

smugglers run is so fucking underrated.

[@grandtheftaero1]

Try holding in the circle button whilst moving the left joystick in-air...

[@polishroxxor]

Had warzones (the sequel) on GameCube. Great series, and horribly underrated. I can't imagine the game being playable without the leveling system. On GameCube it was on the right shoulder, and i think it doubled as a handbrake when you weren't airborne. Got very deft at using that. Also you're right about the tight scoring. I played God knows how many hours ace ranking everything so I could get the hoverbike...and was mad disappointed because it was awful.

[@darthvaderdidnothingwrong2115]

I must admit, capture the flag is a charming concept. I wish more games had it as a fee eature.

[@darthvaderdidnothingwrong2115]

*feature

[@cladinshadows07]

Picked this one up recently and played for the first time and the physics are not hilarious and frustrating. You hit a deer and it flies 50 feet. But what the cops really remind me of here is the cops in the first 2 Driver games...just super aggressive, Forza Horizon 4 had a fun smugglers run nod in one of its bits

[@JayInDecent]

I don't think I've ever been so angry playing a video game than I was playing smaller's run.

[@trillmixin6999]

so this wasn't a fever dream

[@s130boi9]

Multiplayer is fun, you and a friend each get a team of hyper agressive ai and go at it with each other

[@EAFSQ9]

Now that I remember this game... just gives me a migraine from how frustrating it was.

[@portersherman5311]

I legit remeber beating this as a kid I wanna play it again

[@FaithRox]

Loved this game as a kid!

[@eurosonly]

Voice actor sounds like dad from fallout 3

[@captainboose8788]

This was a ton of fun for me on PS2

[@borghome]

Actually you can roll in tge air, hold r1 and and you can control in midair

[@xXJacobBuckXx]

Police seem straight from the Driver series on PS1.

[@Fellipe2k5]

Smuggler Run is amazing!

[@krawlingchaos3963]

So it's basically Death Stranding but with cars. Long distances. Lot of mountains, dirt, sand and snow. You need to deliver packages, protect it from getting it stolen and damaged or you lose money.

[@slavathecar]

I'd love to see your review of NFS Shift, since you've done the most before it.

[@andymb601]

YOOO THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD RIGHT HERE

[@meikasroom851]

I love Colourshed 💙

[@MozrowDrops]

3:40 am got a doobie and a fresh colorshed review hahaha yes

[@Nathan-ip5dd]

Holy crap i used to sneak this game all the time. It would work without the disc after you loaded in to a game

[@kingpin1118]

I loved this game. Rented it from blockbuster back In the day!!

[@chocolatemilkinafijibottle4143]

Will you be doing a Smugglers Run 2 review? I enjoyed that game so much more than 1 personally