DF Retro Play: OG Xbox Classics - Dead or Alive 3, Midtown Madness 3, Crimson Skies, Kakuto Choujin

[@sneakingelephant]

DOA3 was mind blowing for a launch title. It still holds up pretty well visually today.

[@KrytopsyX]

Yup, it looks amazing for a Xbox game, even compared to a PS2 game. John is right about Seamus Blackley, they really seem to get it back then at Xbox.

[@bosstapia1417]

Yeah and also one of the best bear em up ever.

[@agamaz5650]

and I still cant emulate it with i5 13400f, 32gb ddr4 and rtx 3060 and fast m2 ssd

[@femto8402]

​@@agamaz5650 Xbox emulators on pc are still very demanding. I'm glad the game is backward compatible on Xbox one/series and manage to runs at 4k 60fps tho

[@MBeeching]

@@KrytopsyX Presume you meant PS3, not PS2.

[@infinitysynthesis]

Love the original Xbox start up logo whenever i play a og game on my Series X.

[@extremedee7320]

Agreed. I always wish they'd stayed with that of Xbox logo

[@GreggyAck]

@@extremedee7320 but then it wouldn't be nostalgic.

[@meherenow793]

@@GreggyAck it would just be _good_

[@GreggyAck]

@@meherenow793 it would be good.

[@extremedee7320]

@@meherenow793 good point lol

[@Rhahdhdn]

I can watch John talk about classic games all day. It gives me a new perspective on games I grew up with.

[@Minnevan]

just glad its not an audi solo vid lol

[@maxden80]

@@Minnevan😂🤣

[@MJSpiderman7116]

@@Minnevanwhy not? I love John but Audi is a great presence on the show too.

[@Minnevan]

@@MJSpiderman7116not hating on audi, but he tends to ramble on, rather aimlessly, in a monotone voice. just not the most engaging presenter in my opinion

[@ketchupcatsup753]

Constructive criticism is defo not received well by the presenters, despite that being what they do on their podcasts to devs, publishers etc. But they say bespoke a lot so its all good 😂

[@rizzo-films]

DOA3 looks AMAZING for a 2001 game. Nothing on PC even came close to this level of polish, detail, geometric complexity and the sheer level of FX being used. I only had a PC at the time, i was so jealous.

[@Psythik]

You probably just didn't have a proper graphics card at the time. I bought my first GPU right around 2001 and it completely transformed PC gaming for me. Trying to play PC games in software mode back then was brutal. Textures were blurry, framerates were stuttery, and everything was so pixelated from having to run at stupid low resolutions like 320x240 just so the game would boot. Plugging in a GPU was a night and day difference; completely blew away anything that consoles of the era could do, even the XBOX. I was gaming at 1600x1200@85hz in the 2000s, while the very few XBOX games could go beyond 640x480i, and the ones that did usually had to upscale just to run at a mere 720p60. GPUs convinced me to switch to PC gaming for good. I bought a 360 back in the day for Halo 3 but that was my last console, and probably will be for the rest of my life.

[@waterheart95]

@Psythik Their was no pc fighting game as good looking as this in 2001. PC racing games in 2001 and 2002, for example, were behind games like Midtown Madness and Gran Tursimo 3 in detail. Resolutions were higher on pc, but geometry and detail were lower in general for pc games due to mostly api limits. 2001 and 2002 were a crazy year for console gaming visual wise. PCs were more capable, but libery wise, you didn't Jrpgs, fighting games, and bunch of other games at the time compared to now. Also, console ports in that era were rather shit generally.

[@rizzo-films]

@Psythik I wasn't playing anything in software mode, I had a 3D accelerator and built my own gaming PC. I didn't even mention resolution, so your list of specs is irrelevant. Again, I was talking about the level of polish, detail and amount of FX being used. Some popular PC games that year were Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam, Tribes 2, Max Payne -- all of which still had qualities of primitive 90's games, with low poly models (compared to DOA3), limited animations and not even close to the level of flash and polish in this game. Maybe you don't remember, but flashy, cinematic games were a thing on consoles before they were on PC. We had higher screen resolutions, higher resolution textures and games could contain more content loaded on multiple install disks, but they didn't have that in-your-face console polish and geometric detail, not until GPU's became more popular, which allowed per-pixel shaders to become more prominent, and then PC games and console ports started to have better options than consoles. That was right around the corner, though.

[@senorsnipey1595]

​@@waterheart95absolutely agree! I had a beast of a PC back then and still had issues with framerate and shuttering

[@waterheart95]

@senorsnipey1595 I do remember pc gaming, even with the best hardware, wasn't perfect due to either a game not liking your gpu, cpu ram, drive, or some random piece of hardware. Then drivers were a bit of mess, NVIDIA in were generally the most stable and best open gl drivers, Ati was ok, but generally had annoying issues or bugs, 3dfx didn't exist anymore, and everyone else was varying levels of incompetent.

[@modelcitizen1977]

DOA 3 was my life for a hot minute. So many hours playing on a little TV under the counter during the midnight shift at the turnpike gas station.

[@charoleawood]

i love that!

[@carlosnascimento9269]

Damn, DoA3 still looks incredible.

[@PushStart_YT]

Every game this era of Team Ninja made was state of the art for its times with their homemade proprietary engine and art style. After Itagaki and his team left Team Ninja in 2008 after the release of Ninja Gaiden 2, Team Ninja has not been the same. Today, they are just an ordinary Japanese developer, unlike the original team which was legendary.

[@TranCeFORM3R]

@@PushStart_YTTeam ninja was a quality studio and highly regarded, nothing has really changed except for frame rate

[@PushStart_YT]

@@TranCeFORM3R More than frame rate has changed. Their graphics are no longer state of the art, average at best for their times. The art direction has been drastically altered with heavy reliance on the color red for their darker themed games. With no true in-house engine specifically made by Team Ninja for Team Ninja, sharing with Dynasty Warriors games, this is the end result.

[@vstevenbjobs4639]

Yeah, I dont have idea why not show on widescreen on this video.

[@matthias6933]

DoA3 was one of the titles that made the Xbox feel like a generational leap over any other system (PC included). Absolutely bonkers launch title. Team Ninja under Itagaki were different breeds.

[@lancealex382]

Back when there were 4 major console players, all with must have Exclusives - the golden era!

[@goonerlee]

The expensive era! My wallet suffered during those days.

[@G360LIVE]

Small clarification: There weren't four major console players at the same time. Sega discontinued the Dreamcast in January 2001. The Xbox came out in November 2001. But yes, there were four major players in that generation that began with the Dreamcast. It's just that one of the major players dropped out before another major player came in. And yes, I would say that 1999 to 2012 was the Golden Era of gaming.

[@martyfromnebraska1045]

​@@G360LIVE It was a pretty crap era for RPGs, but there were a lot of groundbreaking awesome titles. It was, somehow, still an era before all of the companies became consolidated into giant corporations that study how to hack people's brains and turn them into infinite money dispensers.

[@thanksbetotap]

No RalliSport Challenge is a real crime ;) The other unfathomably gorgeous game, and a sensational DICE game.

[@balaam_7087]

^This. Rallisport Challenge 2 was one of the scant few games I bought when I still had my og Xbox. Great game. 2 is better than 1, but the first is still solid.

[@thanksbetotap]

@@balaam_7087Right on. RC2 was amazing as well!

[@RoboZombie777]

The original Shrek game on Xbox was a weirdly technically ambitious game that was another DICE made Xbox exclusive as well. IIRC it was the first commercially shipped game with a deferred renderer

[@dan_loeb]

​@@RoboZombie777came just to me to mention this. it's a mediocre game but a technological leap far forward years ahead of it's time.

[@michag798]

It still baffles me that MM3 and RalliSport 2 never released on PC even though the prequels did. Same with Midnight Club 3 but that one was on PlayStation too.

[@TranCeFORM3R]

DOA 3 looked a generation up compared to DOA 2 at the time. keep up the good work John, DF retro series is something I can come back to over and over again.

[@futureskeletons66669]

I had an OG Xbox and a GC. It felt like a great combo at the time. I didn't have a tonne of games, maybe 10 on each, but those to me were exceptional and looked better than anything on PS2.

[@southsidetherealest2860]

yeah ps2 had ugliest textures ive ever seen in a game

[@martyfromnebraska1045]

I grew up with an N64 and Xbox. The Xbox shaped my taste in games immensely. It was more of a PC machine for console audiences and brought the RPG and FPS to people who never really got the chance to experience them before. Unfortunately, this also led to those genres losing a lot of what made them great on PC, but that OG Xbox still holds a special place in my heart for Fable, Morrowind, KOTOR 1/2, and Halo CE/Halo 2. I miss that time in my life.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

The craziest thing about DOA3 is that when it was released in Japan it had an almost 100 percent attachment rate to the Xbox. Kakuto Chojin is a guilty pleasure of mine, love the character designs and music in that game. I miss the original Xbox and early Xbox 360 era, you still had people at Microsoft games that wanted to make amazing products but today it just feels souless.

[@Renk1]

As an OG Xbox collector who just got a full PAL set a while ago, I approve of this video! Such great and underappreciated games in the OG Xbox library.

[@DieselJT]

Absolutely love the DOA series as a whole. Really upset there isn't a current DOA game we can all enjoy. I think the revival of DOA is just what actual gamers need right now!

[@G360LIVE]

DOA7 was canceled because Koei Tecmo went all DEI on us, so I don't think we'll get another DOA game until the DEI curse is lifted from gaming.

[@DieselJT]

@@G360LIVE that's sounds about right. Until then I own all of them on my Xbox Series X. Not a huge fan of Xbox, but its one of the only places you can play every single DOA game on the same console.

[@mbsfaridi]

@@G360LIVE They couldn't get a locked 60fps any mode even on the enhanced consoles with DOA6 but hey they made lots of DLCs.

[@juggernautjunky]

Younger gamers would think you're crazy if you told them that Team Ninja used to be at the forefront of graphics and engine tech. I'm curious as to what happened after the X360 era that changed things? It's like they stopped making massive strides after DOA4 honestly.

[@BurritoKingdom]

Tomonobu Itagaki (creator of DoA and lead director of Team Ninja) left Tecmo after Ninja Gaiden 2. That's when the push for technological innovation stopped and surprisingly Tecmo sexualized DoA even more that future Volleyball games couldn't be released in the west

[@krono5el]

@@BurritoKingdom he was always trying to push gaming when he had the backing and budget, he was our fearless gaming ninja warrior making gems.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

​@@BurritoKingdom​​ i don't think the sexualization was bad. The monetization of the sexualization, especially for DOA6, was atrocious and practically killed the game after a year. Also, DOA6's aggressive push towards EVO and lack of content like tag team killed the franchise even further.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

​@@krono5elHe really was a hidden ninja himself. His shades prove that

[@BurritoKingdom]

@@fantoniumnitrous I'm talking about DOA Extreme 3, which was never released outside of Asia. More skimpier outfits, swimsuits can have wardrobe malfunctions and shower scenes. Tecmo even released a Switch version but no version outside of Asia.

[@detmer87]

I loved Midtown Madness 1 & 2. I waited for Midtown Madness 3 to release on PC but they failed to do so. Really weird for a PC title.

[@jarrodjob]

Dead or Alive 3 blew me away. Thanks to my local GameStop which had real nerds there that recommended this game for me; an amateur / average fighting game player.

[@TranCeFORM3R]

@@jarrodjob Hey I grew up with dead or alive 2, which was a port of the Dreamcast game at least we had the 99 life cheat basically 😅

[@FrankLeeYoung]

Yes! Finally yall cover DOA3, the technical showcase of the OG Xbox at launch. It wasn't Halo that had crowds circling the screens at my local stores but this graphical marvel. The reason I got the system as that was the game that convinced me there was a huge leap from last gen. Didn't realize it looks even better on Series X until now too. Team Ninja really did magic with that console and showed what it was capable of over competing systems.

[@michaelmacorso4479]

Kakuto Chojin deserves a nightdive remastered. Such a beautiful hidden gem

[@ingueferroque]

Wouldn't call it a gem... but a remaster would be great.

[@fcukugimmeausername]

@@ingueferroque More like a shiny rock

[@kendric_BUF]

Im just loving everytime DF makes something around using the Retrotink 4k or hdmi modded consoles. Love that clean, beautifully upscaled video output

[@hermiandroid3672]

DOA3 was really amazing! 🥰 Only the boss fight with the strange perspective, was partly badly done... At least with lots of particles and fire everywhere 🤯

[@krono5el]

will never get rid of my og xbox, that launch day with Halo, DoA, and Project Gotham was beyond spectacular. such unforgettable gaming times, graphics are still so good.

[@PabloB888]

DOA 3 is 23 years old, but it still looks good, especially on the emulator on PC or XSX.

[@GenkiElite]

Project Gotham. I'd love to see a retro review on that series.

[@ThomasTrala]

I never played Kakuto Choujin but it looks pretty rad. I hope you guys do a part 2 of this with more OG Xbox classics.

[@Potato_n_Tomato]

og Xbox/Tomonobu Itagaki Team Ninja was something else. DOA3 still looks great graphically, and NG Black is still the goat.

[@RXR25]

Crimson Skies will forever be the GOAT of plane games for me. It was just so fucking cool when I was a kid.

[@celcius_87]

Man those were good times. DOA3 still looks great.

[@Jeka85]

OG Xbox had so many great obscure games that were never ported to another system. Deathrow was one of them and it's a shame that nobody knows about it.

[@Alex-in8jy]

I played so much multiplayer Deathrow back in the day. It's not often mentioned but it's a great one!

[@crestofhonor2349]

I love the visual style of DOA3 and DOA2U on the original Xbox. The doll like look to the characters and the stages all look fantastic for the era. They also had some very nice lighting as well. Very fun game to play. I’d actually love to see a return to the more doll like look on the DoA series but sadly it hasn’t come back ever since DoA6 didn’t sell super well

[@fantoniumnitrous]

@@crestofhonor2349 didn't this guy say that with Stellar Blade? He still hasn't learnt his lesson something?

[@crestofhonor2349]

@@fantoniumnitrous no. That was Alex

[@fossilfern]

Original Xbox was peak Microsoft gaming (not including their history of PC games) and I don’t think Microsoft ever reached them heights ever again.

[@jeremysmith787]

I can still remember playing Halo for the first time. Fun, fun times.

[@martyfromnebraska1045]

They went all out in an attempt to break into the market. A big reason so many groundbreaking games came out on the console is that it was an extremely powerful machine that they sold for a big loss. In the following generations, they never really went quite as far with the hardware. They managed to outdo the PS3 in ease of development, which led to a ton of great games for the 360, but once their brand was established, they moved on to trying to milk their customers with DRM and services, and have fallen off.

[@Cakebattered]

Midtown Madness 3 had a great online component. My favorite online mini-game was tag, where a cop cars chases after everyone. Every car the cop catches becomes a cop car themselves, resulting in a single car being chased by 6-7 cop cars.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

DOA3 is still amazing today. I've been playing it on my OG Xbox with my friends.

[@Brandonheat8]

So glad to see Kakuto Chojin mentioned, absolutely love the game still own it physically, sucks that it got wrapped up in controversy which lead to it be taken off store shelves, if anyone sees it in the wild please get it.

[@giuliano482]

DOA3, Project Gotham Racing and Halo on the original XBox was such an amazing launch. Project Gotham is no more and no clue when or if we'll see another DOA at this point.

[@darthmaul589]

OG Xbox is a really fun console to collect for. There are so many little and big swings from so many different developers. The ideas for games were flowing, even if the execution was sometimes lacking.

[@davidt3563]

Loved my OG Xbox and I played so much DOA3. I once beat my friend 255 to 13.

[@CakeMelons]

Ah back when Xbox was a good brand, MS was making and publishing good games, good old times.

[@_MisterC]

I miss this Xbox so muuuch!!!! You have no idea. It's so sad to see the brand in shambles right now.

[@SkullKnightmare775]

For Christmas 2001, I got an Xbox, 2 controllers, DOA 3, and Halo. DOA was absolutely mind-blowing! It's easily one of the best-looking and smoothest fighting games I've ever played.

[@PnC_GameZnThingZ]

I was a huge OG Xbox Fan and none of my friends were. Then we were all playing on 360. Then I was the first to get an Xbox One and it was downhill from there. When I'm using a Series X to play OG Xbox Games it seems wrong to me, lol. It's nice to have that backwards compatibility option, but it shouldn't be the main thing i do with it

[@Leblancandrew]

I've been going through a phase where I have been buying OG xbox games from my local record shop. Love these games and I love that you are talking about them, John!

[@boosted2022]

What a great Saturday morning gift. I grew up playing these titles. Xbox was my first console. Project Gotham racing was the SHHHHHH

[@Vashkey]

The original Xbox is so under appreciated now. Incredible console but the casual audience has reduced it's legacy to the Halo machine

[@martyfromnebraska1045]

Halo was a big deal, but I'll always remember it for Morrowind, Stubbs the Zombie, and KOTOR/KOTOR 2.

[@TekMerc]

doa3 still looks fantastic

[@ZeekmanLaRude]

Getting new costumes through an OXM demo disc for DoA3 was awesome, I just wanted more!

[@charoleawood]

2 Ultimate is where it's at for costume variety.

[@charoleawood]

Leifang's specular sheen is a 10/10, lol. Of course hers aren't the only outfits what feature specular sheen, but she's also got that gorgeous Tai Chi resting animation what completes the beauty.

[@TheKeithvidz]

😅 smile to my face. Doa my FIRST xb game i played. Rushed to town and brought the disc when BC. Crimson Skies I saw the Xplay review and picked it one time happening to see in a store couple years back! You the best.

[@JonnyBoy-x6t]

Crimson Skies is a fantastic game. Was playing that the other day on my OG Xbox 360

[@Alex-in8jy]

Nice, fun showcase video. I picked up this platform the holiday that it launched and there were so many fun exclusive games released over just a 4 year span. I especially love the Rallisport Challenge games (also developed by Dice!), Gunvalkyrie, Jet Set Radio Future, and Otogi (exclusive FromSoft games!). So much to dive into on this console and many of the games are pretty cheap.

[@akaimizu1]

The original Xbox really are up those shaders. I also noticed them in good use in Morrowind, for the Xbox.

[@Thepragtisme]

DOA3 and Ninja Gaiden were my only reasons to buy an Xbox. Oh and the DOA transition to the more realistic style started at 5.

[@iPlaySEGA]

DOA3 still looks super impressive!

[@Sirin3.0]

9:43 The people jumping out of the crowd to take pics of your car in GT4 on grand canyon or something was great

[@DreamcastFreak]

You should do a retro covering the DOA series!!!

[@PC98_Audi]

We should

[@DreamcastFreak]

@@PC98_Audi let's goooooo!!!!!

[@Nob1ej0n]

Yes! I'm glad you showcased Kakuto Chojin. (Misspelled in the title, btw.) I worked at EB Games when it released, and I swear it wasn't even out a full month before it was recalled. We were told to destroy every copy in our store. I took one for my collection, and it's still a prized possession. I'm honestly surprised every time I check eBay that it's still pretty cheap, despite the recall. DOA3 absolutely blew me away. I went full pcmasterrace with DOOM and Quake, but DOA3 looked so much better than anything on PC that I got sucked right back into console gaming. I bought my OG Xbox on day 1, waiting in the rain for our local Toys R Us to open. Such a good system! My sister returned my first Xbox to me last month and I have parts on the way next week to softmod it. Still love the system so much. Now that the 360 market closed down and MS seems to be more concerned with buying companies and selling subscriptions than with making games and taking creative risks, I'm naturally going retro. This was a very well timed video.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

@@Nob1ej0n these original xbox games also highlight the importance of exclusive games and how they would benefit your console. This is exactly what the Xbox Series has been lacking since day 1 and it's still lacking in those department. Couple that with Phil Spencer's hatred towards exclusive games and you have a console that'll never match up to even the Xbox One.

[@rick-deckard]

The Dreamcast spiritual successor

[@gz795]

DOA3 looks amazing today!

[@supernaut669]

Doa3 could pass for a 360/ps3 game.

[@KAOTICUPRISE]

Forgot how amazing the DOA 3 game looked! That reflective floor would put some ray tracing games to shame! And how can you do a retro look on OG Xbox without Orta, PGR, JSRF and Otogi? You should do a vol 2!

[@beasthunt]

Dead or Alive 3 was next level.

[@SimonBuchanNz]

I missed the days before SSR broke rendering, and I'm so glad we're getting into the RT reflections era.

[@temjin0014]

DOA3 also made use of a true 16:9 aspect ratio -rare and unexpected at the time - (provided you enabled it in the Xbox dashboard) It looked amazing on my Sony 480p/1080i Wega TV back in the day.

[@TilSkywalker]

Took me waay too long to notice that Crazy Rich Sticker

[@forasago]

Crazy Fwog

[@mbsfaridi]

He looks so happy.

[@Minnevan]

still holding out for Doom 3 df retro!

[@rare6499]

I remember when the Xbox came out it was a really exciting time. The visuals still stand up well today, it’s amazing just how good some titles look when you realise what the hardware was. Genuinely impressive.

[@Mr.PoPo56]

DF Retro should take a look at Xbox and PS2 Classic: Black.

[@TranCeFORM3R]

Oh yes that game was massive at the time for people to literal kill time.

[@nykraftlemagnifique]

DOA3 was clearly in advance on his time ! Crimson Skies is another great exclusive OG Xbox ! Why MS never made a second game ?! OG Xbox was so damned good ! Best 128 Bit by far !

[@JesusKristov]

Kakuto Chojin lives in my mind cause I remember the screenshots in all the gaming magazines of the time, and was fascinated at how GREASY it looked

[@Cautious_Gamer]

N64 with 007 and Perfect Dark was the console to popularize shooters. Same can be said for Medal of Honor and PS1. Why does everyone say Halo and Xbox? Get with the program!

[@subjectivereviews]

DOA3 graphics even today🙌

[@thecolourofspring5972]

Crimson Skies was amazing. Good campaign, GREAT multiplayer.

[@postjm9]

You got me to dig out my og Xbox. (This isn't my original, which was a prize from the Taco Bell "Win It Before You Can Buy It" promotion. That one died.) Now I have to find space for it.

[@charoleawood]

i was playing Deus Ex invisible War on my Xbox just last night

[@osricen]

DOA3 is still one of those games I wish I could have... Man, I wish they released it for PC without it being a damn DLC galore. Same music, same vibes, light remaster for resolution, textures, and stuff like that...

[@donlee_ohhh]

1080i & 720p games were few but available on the original XBox . Would DF Retro please do a video about those games.

[@kohlmannj]

I just want to say think you for the Richard Leadbetter Crazy Frog sticker

[@TheOldest]

I'd like to see them cover Wreckless The Yakuza Missions on OG Xbox

[@EpicHelios83]

DOA3 was my very first Original Xbox game. I had DOA2 on Dreamcast so I couldn't wait to play this one. It was definitely one of my favorite OG Xbox games, although DOA4 on the 360 was my favorite of the franchise. And yes, Itagaki definitely loved his Aerosmith. I think he featured their music in 3 or 4 different DOA games 😂. And during Kakuto Choujin, you mentioned "The other One". That other one wouldn't happen to be Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, would it? For some reason, that popped in my head when you said that 😂

[@charoleawood]

No love for 2 Ultimate?

[@gilpiper3564]

I remember getting XB on launch day with Halo, DOA3, and Project Gotham Racing. So many memories during this console launch

[@neuroflare]

I know most car games look great, but I really enjoyed PGR2. Then being able to go into the first person walk-around garage and play Geometry Wars on an arcade cabinet was icing on the cake!

[@malaki7123]

I didn't have too much of a connection with DOA3 as I only got to play it when I borrowed a friend's Xbox a year or so before the Xbox 360, but DOA4 was an absolutely special game to me for so many reasons. It was the first fighting game I ever remember playing online, and until recently with Arc Systems games, the lobby experience as pretty unmatched. Big screens to watch matches, funny avatars to run around the space in, etc., and the game was a graphics showpiece. One big thing I remember was my mother walking into my room to get something from the closet, and I wanted to show her just the attract demo of the game, and DOA being one of those series that doesn't shy away from the fan service, I almost nearly regretted my decision, but the takeaway she had was, and I'm paraphrasing, "Holy crap! Look at how good these graphics look!!" But the one thing I miss about the series were the dynamic stages. People want everything to be super "balanced"(boring) circular arenas, and maybe stage transitions, but Seaside Market in DOA4 had SO MUCH dynamism with the stage layout, fighting down stairs, being able to hop over a table and deliver a jumping kick, knocking someone off the railing and then jumping down to the beach area.. So good! Not to mention the Ninja Forest of Kyoto in Bloom. Man we were eating good as gamers back in those days.

[@pachinkor83]

Legit loved my OG xbox , easily my favorite console for 6th gen gaming. Nice selection of 3 games here and tossing in a Kusoge at the end is a great finish.

[@grim85rip62]

Before the X360 store shutdown I bought DOA2 Ultimate from there (I only own the X360). Just to find out that there seems to be a problem with downloading it in germany. A quick research online shows that it's persisting for years now without Microsoft and their support doing anything beyond giving advice that doesn't help anyone. Well that was a waste of money.

[@charoleawood]

: ( if you can get a hold of a disc copy of 2 Ultimate i recommend doing so

[@mbsfaridi]

Vpn don't work?

[@RonnieBarzel]

Pop Fiction on the old GameTrailers actually determined that the replacement of the library music track with the Arabic chanting was done before the game’s actual release for some non-public outcry reason.

[@imperialdarkova4081]

Still have my Halo green Xbox with matching controller S and also that crappy madcatz controller with the built in fans. My Uncle had the Dreamcast. I also had the PS2 and GameCube with it those were the Golden years.

[@nathanryu6227]

Man, the only types of videos on DF channel that I still watch. Please keep being retro John

[@theblubus]

LOVED Crimson Skies on the Xbox. It felt like a remaster of the OG PC game. it looked so much batter than the original PC title. I used to just fly around in this game on the xbox for long periods of time in awe

[@snarkmarc]

I have fond memories The Bouncer multiplayer with the Multitap, especially knocking everyone over with the ragdoll physics.

[@aznick-san7954]

Kinda coincidental I been watching Kakuto Chojin and Dead or Alive videos lately and this pops up lol. Even bought DOA 4 and 5 along with Kakuto Chojin recently. I feel like both franchises should make a comeback in some way especially Kakuto Chojin since it also lives very rent free with me and imo it had some interesting ideas that probably could've been fleshed out in a sequel or spiritual successor. Unfortunately both franchises won't especially Kakuto Chojin but idk, it has a soft spot with me. If only Microsoft weren't muddled with so many boneheads maybe we could get another DOA or even Killer Instinct due to their prior ties.

[@Emulator_Crossing]

The xbox og was a true beast...its hardware was like a 1 gen more than ps2 and gamecube. it's amazing it could play doom 3 and half life 2.

[@charoleawood]

And i prefer the Xbox version of Doom 3 to the PC one.

[@Emulator_Crossing]

@@charoleawood why?

[@charoleawood]

@@Emulator_Crossing i feel the way they restructured the levels for the Xbox lends to better flow. Also, the Xbox version is how i fell in love with Doom 3 in the first place, so the PC and 360 versions just feel wrong to me. Doom 3 is a technical showpiece for original Xbox hardware and that goes a long way too, a stunning achievement on a fixed platform.

[@seanmcbay]

I wouldn’t go that far. Maybe 1/3 of a gen more for certain games. The best looking stuff on PS2 and GameCube definitely match the best looking stuff on Xbox.

[@DavidSmith-bv8mv]

You got one thing wrong buddy. The Gamecube was a little purple beast in its own right that held its own. Some of the best looking games that gen are on the Cube. The Xbox & Gamecube are pretty damn close in graphics/visuals unlike compared to PS2. The Xbox had the best textures and could do more shader effects overall/ and certain shaders better and was a beast for shadow rendering. The Gamecube had excellent textures and can do significantly more polygons on screen and much higher res alpha transparancy effects ( more GPU bandwidth ) and certain shaders effects can pretty much mimic the Xbox look with okay/decent shadow rendering for the time. Both equally had excellent lighting capabilities, both could do per pixel lighting (although easier on Xbox ) and normal maps no problem.

[@millrrs]

My favorite original Xbox games are Panzer Dragoon Orta, Ninja Gaiden Black, Fable and Conker. About John question, no, I never played Kakuto Choujin, but I was really a fan of fightning games and I still am.

[@SAUCEyou]

ahhh i still remember wreckless & flatout 2 on the original xbox… both had amazing visuals 🤩

[@Garrad3]

They didn't play the DOA3 snow level which has dynamic snow 😭

[@embracerodusk2537]

Agreed on the Xbox up through the halfway point of 360. That was the package.

[@astreakaito5625]

Hey it's Audi! It's weird how Xbox started so so so well right off the bat. Really impressive for a console market newbie. Microsoft shouldn't have lost Itagaki at least, I always wondered what would have happened if they poached him like Sony did with Kojima.

[@RalfKraus]

I LOOOOOOOOOVE „Crimson Skies“ really really much. And thx so much for putting it in. It’s just like a Wing Commander style game for me and maybe that’s why I loved it so much.

[@charoleawood]

DoA isn't a "button masher" --- it's intuitive and brilliant.

[@3dmarth]

I think what he meant is that it's very accessible- you can just pick up a controller and start hitting buttons, and your character will move fluidly, giving an impression of competence (and making it more fun for a total n00b than some other games of its kind). There is also depth for players who want to develop their skills, of course!

[@hdmartyh]

No one cares. That's not really what this video is about is it now.

[@Snoy_Fly]

Exclusives still matter TODAY.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

@@Snoy_Fly 100% and the Xbox Series desperately needs them, no matter how much Phil Spencer is against it.

[@halofreak1990]

Only to new players. Existing players already have their favorite ecosystem. For me, as an Xbox player, PlayStation, for example, has yet to produce enough games _of my liking_ that I can't get on Xbox to justify buying one of their consoles. If I ain't buying a console's worth in games for a console, I'm not buying said console. No PlayStation generation has had more than two games that meet my aforementioned requirements, so why would I ever buy a PlayStation? For the same reason, I haven't bought any Nintendo consoles, either, and the only reason I have a PS2 and Nintendo DS, is because I got those for free.

[@Crimson_Lockhart]

Had a great time watching G4 TV (Attack of the Show! E3 , X-Play and G4 Icons) back then awesome end of an era memories.

[@fudge8167]

Long live the OG Xbox 🤘

[@supabass4003]

big feet small hands I hear ya Audi. Love the DUKE though!

[@James-gj8rn]

aww Midtown Madness what a throwback, thanks for bringing back memories John and Audi!