Evolution of Ragdoll Physics in Video Games 1998 - 2024

Read this before watching:
Ragdoll in this video means: dynamic animation without pre-drawn frames
Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:02 Jurassic Park: Trespasser
00:56 Halo Combat Evolved
01:34 Half-Life 2
02:17 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
03:05 Skate
03:38 Halo 3
04:34 Assassin's Creed
05:23 Grand Theft Auto IV
07:00 Red dead Redemption
07:38 Happy Wheels
08:23 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
08:53 Grand Theft Auto V
09:56 Goat Simulator
12:03 Gang Beasts
12:40 Call of Duty: Black ops III
13:31 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
14:11 Jurassic World Evolution
14:55 The Last of Us Part II @DiigitalApex

[@medah357]

GTA IV ragdoll is incredible

[@billybobjoe824]

@@screamingexplosivesoldier9750 rdr 2 wins

[@billybobjoe824]

@@screamingexplosivesoldier9750 yeah it does so shut the fuck up

[@billybobjoe824]

@@screamingexplosivesoldier9750 gta4 ragdoll is great but its not better than rdr2

[@billybobjoe824]

@@screamingexplosivesoldier9750 that doesnt matter,im just talking witch one is better,not which one was first

[@gamermisterioso9397]

GTA IV is the king of the Physics

[@DJL3G3ND]

13:28 he died in such a neat way lmao

[@rexosaurus3610]

hl2 ragdoll physics are surprisingly ahead of it's time if you look closely. When you shoot an enemy in a specific spot (it's most noticeable when shooting a metrocop with a pistol) they have these little ragdoll animations and poses, almost like a precursor to euphoria physics.

[@thewindbreaker34]

Sadly they're broken on the steam version but people said it was fixed on the beta

[@rexosaurus3610]

@@thewindbreaker34 I'm pretty sure they're fixed now

[@Ghost741SC]

That's what I'm trying to tell everyone about HL2's ragdoll physics They were like stunned for 3 seconds

[@bendyzip9111]

Is it just me or do ragdoll physics make games better? HOLY CRUD THIS COMMENT BLEW UP!

[@iCarlysmom]

yeah, i think so. and depending on the ragdoll weight, bounciness, and activeness, I enjoy ragdoll physics.

[@Smitt707]

I can’t play a game without ragdoll physics

[@Smitt707]

@@TNMPlayer huh

[@epic_utahraptor57]

They do

[@danielnidhiry5796]

It makes the game realistic

[@nk.c3826]

1:34 lol his body

[@mortemibis]

weeee

[@FalsoCristo]

0:58 thats not ragdoll physics

[@thekidwhohasnoviews1534]

True

[@kermitai]

Thats a death animation, it shouldnt be in this video

[@Appie320]

Halo 1 doesn’t have fully ragdoll, he wants to show us how the corpse react. So yeah no ragdoll. But he CAN put it in the video. You should see the Halo 3 part in this video

[@FalsoCristo]

@@Appie320 he can do whatever he want in his video but if it is no ragdoll it doesn't make any sense

[@Appie320]

@@FalsoCristo Oh I thought it was like mw3, nothing happend when you hit the body but there is ragdoll the first seconds when someone dies and falls

[@f0rmiga]

6:35 everything is fine 👍

[@mellyrichgaming7745]

Gta 4 always had top tier rag doll physics. They used the euphoria endorphin physics if I’m not mistaken. I used to mess with endorphin those were the days.

[@Leo-gz1tm]

What about Max Payne 2? The physics were amazing at the time.

[@thecartelfoundme]

Can we all agree that GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption have the best ragdoll physics out of all of these games?

[@opacocastilla8238]

I prefer the Half-Life 2 ragdolls but Red Dead Redemption ragdolls are so good because they used Euphoria engine for them.

[@NolanHOfficial]

​@@opacocastilla8238you prefer hl2 ragdoll? Bruh 💀

[@opacocastilla8238]

@@NolanHOfficial sphaggetti ragdolls

[@killar1one]

dude you should’ve included max payne 2, before half life that game had the greatest ragdoll physics for its time (2003)

[@Patxi__]

Yeah, I remember it because this was impressive for this time.

Half-Life 2 already had ragdoll physics long before Max payne 2. It’s called “Get Your Free TVs!” Demo that Valve already showed in 1999.

[@brotherzez2]

GTA IV still to this day has the best ragdoll physics

[@firestrikeriii5043]

Doesn’t

[@brotherzez2]

@@firestrikeriii5043 does.

[@jraev5519]

@@brotherzez2 doesnt

[@sky_-_-]

@@brotherzez2 dude there unrealistic af there not even fun to play with infact i quit gta 4 because how bad they are rdr2 takes the cake

[@brotherzez2]

@@sky_-_- red dead 2 are the exact same as GTA 5 lmao. You know what they say about opinions, everyone’s got one. Just like @$$holes .

[@Iamdecaptain]

All games need more ragdoll physics it's just plain entertaining

[@Equinoxios]

from GTA IV-V to the final its more like INVOLUTION instead EVOLUTION of physics xd

[@hunterhutchings2784]

de-evolution?

[@thecartelfoundme]

I would say gta iv ragdolls are much better than gta v ragdolls

[@stanleybochenek1862]

@@thecartelfoundme yea

[@ardaoguzhan8181]

Nice English

[@baylock6557]

AY YOU MISSED F*CKIN RDR2

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

But he did include RDR1 and GTA4 which have way better ragdolls than RDR2

[@saltwasterminated]

Uhm no​@@Pedro_Le_Chef

[@Qublidon]

From GTA 4 to GTA 5, it was one hella downgrade 😞

[@goodtimesnum]

Wdym

[@goodtimesnum]

In some aspects it was a downgrade, but in a lot of aspects of was upgrade

[@thestickiestman]

I actually liked the falling physics for GTA V but its was pretty shit for the most part

[@goodtimesnum]

@@thestickiestman yeah

[@iCarlysmom]

GTA 4 to my liking, I find it a little lightweight when mag dumping standing NPCs.

[@FatihYudhistra]

KZbin : Yeah this whole video is definitely Cyberpunk2077

[@FXG4MERR]

I forgot that Assassin's Creed 1 had ragdolls that were very similar to GTA IV in terms of falling animations.

[@anguscovoflyer95]

You missed the ragdoll physics from transformers 2004 (PS2)

[@MaStA8LaStA]

First game I played a game with ragdolls was hitman codename 47 in 2000. Was mind blowing and a little scary.

[@ayushmanchakraborty5744]

GTA VC:- Lighting GTA SA:- Story GTA IV:- Physics GTA V:- Graphics

[@marcusstonito2833]

gta vc:music

[@scp-se3er]

correction RDR2:- Lighting GTA SA:- Story RDR2:- Physics RDR2:- Graphics

[@mehryk8685]

@@scp-se3er rdr2 isnt a gta game you lil shitface

[@DoomShortstop]

@@scp-se3er only gta :/

[@treatzat]

@@scp-se3erdude rdr2 had a better story than gta sa, that’s basically being blinded by nostalgia at that point bruv.

[@theagrumentstarter1165]

The halo Combat Evolved has not have ragdoll physics it's basically just simple animations. 1:12

[@CSGModFan2012]

It has. They just swap the death position after ragdoll stops moving

⁠​⁠@@CSGModFan2012 It’s just pre-animated, that’s not how ragdoll works. The first game has ragdoll system is a jurassic park game was released in 1998, then the Half-Life 2 Demo Tech “get your free TVs” in 1999 and Hitman in 2000.

[@AdemTumerkan]

Ah, good ragdoll physics is sooo satisfying PS - GTA IV still the best GTA game

[@sky_-_-]

dude gta iv is the worst gta game

[@scp-se3er]

@@sky_-_- yeah i dont like the atmostphere and overall the game looks depressing af id rather play gta sa and gta 5

[@matthewpaanotorres7309]

@@scp-se3er I like GTA IV because it actually shows the reality of life, just plain depressing, if you try to achieve a good future, all you will get is just sadness and depression, GTA V is just like oh kill your enemies and massacre and rob a bank and you will have a happy future.

[@sleevelessace7920]

Happy wheels used to be one of my fave games man hahahaha even tho it’s so simple yet so fun

[@stanleybochenek1862]

DA DA DAAAA PSHHH

[@stevensonbak]

The very first major game I'm aware of that had ragdoll physics for human corpses was the first Hitman game that came out in 2000. However, Halo CE's pseudo-ragdoll physics is more nostalgic for me; I remember me and my friends blowing up bodies until they landed on the edges of platforms and stuff so that their limbs awkwardly and hilariously shifted and deformed to the terrain, like what's going on towards the end of the Halo CE segment in this video

Actually Half-Life 2 already had ragdoll physics in 1999. In the Demo they showed in that year called “Get Your Free TVs!”.

[@Kamletue]

Jurassic park trespasser is actually the first game to have ragdolls

[@axebomber2108]

Metroid Prime had ragdoll physics for the space pirates.

[@petuxtupoi1134]

Where a Hitman: Codename 47?

[@zeusexmachina3991]

6:12 salamu alekum

[@mertali3741]

Kes lan

[@heph9322]

Assalamualaikum is the real bruh

[@mitchcompton5929]

The BLAM! Engine physics are still my favorite

[@trallakid]

No RDR2? Easily the best ragdoll physics imo

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

Best? RDR1, GTA4, Max Payne 3, Dying Light 1 all have better ragdoll physics than RDR2

[@datboyemerald]

@@Pedro_Le_Chef true that

[@rivaldymaulana6550]

MX vs ATV on ps2 is my best rag doll ever👍

[@epic_utahraptor57]

The legend of Zelda:Links Bone Breakening

[@Ok-fj7xx]

Cant imagine how amazed people were when that Jurassic park game came out

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

You missed a few games - Thrasher on PS1 had ragdoll physics back in 1999.

[@seva809]

tbh the first Halo didn't use ragdolls but so called Inverse kinematics post-processing technique. quoting from the gamefaqs: "Inverse kinematics post-processing: used in Halo: Combat Evolved, this technique relies on playing a pre-set death animation and then using inverse kinematics to force the character into a possible position after the animation has completed. This means that, during an animation, a character could wind up clipping through world geometry, but after it has come to rest, all of its bones will be in valid space."

[@miguelangeljaja4293]

Just look how clean that ragdoll is in Splinter Cell. The original trilogy is something the today's Ubisof wouldn't achieve (and that's the main reason I'm scared for that remake idea).

[@CaptainMurasaTheULTRAKILLFan24]

1:45 Unstoppable!

[@Zymonn]

Cool

[@m.e.c.hn.e.s.t4757]

What about Transformers (2004)? Ragdoll physics in that game were hilarious🤣🤣.

Half-Life 2 already has physics and ragdoll system since 1999. It called “Get your free TV!” that they show in that year.

[@ayushkumarjha9921]

All the people here talking about gta 4 and gta 5 forget how op was Jurassic park trespasser at that time.

[@marceloavila786]

believe me, this game is a joke, the dinosaurs are really dumb, they stumble and fall without you doing anything, you can dodge their attacks by simply moving to the left or right, and the controls are nothing less than horrible. Yes, the physics is really good, but this thing cannot be called a game.

[@ayushkumarjha9921]

@@marceloavila786 the game has its flaws and it should called tech demo.Butt that's not the point. This game from 1998 was revolutionary for its time.

[@marceloavila786]

@@ayushkumarjha9921 I played this in my childhood (I'm from Brazil, at that time, there were very VERY few games dubbed in my language, this game was completely translated into Portuguese. It just a curious fact), the dinosaur's ragdolls were very poor, they just shrunk their legs when they died. On the other hand, the physics of objects was really impressive, it had the physic of half life 2 six years before half life 2. But I insist, the game has no flaws, the game itself is a flaw, there are many good reasons to almost nobody remember this game.

[@ayushkumarjha9921]

@@marceloavila786 this is why I said it was revolutionary for its time. I never said about quality of the game. This game didn't even got the proper devlopment findings. It was more of a experimental thing. Actually JP:TP has a very niche fanbase in Jurassic park/Dinosaur community. The game has very less to offer. But I was saying it was first to implement any kind of proper physics was very revolutionary. I didn't say it was the best.

[@marceloavila786]

@@ayushkumarjha9921 I know, I've seen some pretty impressive mods for this game, especially on the graphics. I don't hate this game, I feel sorry for it not being a better game and not having been able to revolutionize the gaming world, even more so because I'm a huge fan of Jurassic Park (just the first two movies, the others are cr*p). It's really hard to find a good action game with dinosaurs, I mean, not like turok or these multiplayer and survival-sandbox games. As far as I now, until this moment, only Dino Crisis achieved it.

[@nathan_hi8052]

Cool but i wasnt excpecting jp tresspasser and jwe

[@alexfitchcreates]

Needs the Max Payne games on here!

[@killar1one]

number 2’s ragdoll physics for 2003 is insanely good

[@funnymanjones9272]

magic

[@richardarciga5180]

Where is Red dead redemption 2?

[@goodtimesnum]

Who knows

[@DonW15]

Or RDR2

[@cotymccollum2927]

Well, after an npc death, for some reason they will very commonly go in a death position, that doesn’t even look good.

[@soulexee]

@@cotymccollum2927 bruh

[@danwordgod2017]

@@cotymccollum2927 That happened in GTA IV as well.

[@ivanpirogov9373]

There is no evolution after GTA IV

[@BrowserBiscuits]

jumpscare car

[@Coolsub13]

Halo combat not have ragdoll physic its only death animation

[@talpatv512]

I'm preety sure that's ragdolls

[@TyrannoWright]

It uses pseudo ragdoll physics that adjusts to the surface that the corpse lies on after the death animation. Results in awkward limb stretching as seen in the video. At the same time the bodies are still interactive with explosives rather than remaining static.

[@solysteri]

@@TyrannoWright just like what vice coty does sometomes

[@heph9322]

@@TyrannoWright Hello blue lambda

[@pleqq._]

@@talpatv512 no

[@meanmeng1950]

That Jurassic park game is still better then some mobile games

[@HeavyRotationRagdoll]

Gmod physics are my favorite.

[@fartmunch973]

Aka half life 2

[@mrnooblol5163]

Source physics*

[@Kamletue]

​@@mrnooblol5163havok basically

[@fandomeditsphz6162]

I didn’t see human fall flat on the ragdoll List because that game should count as a ragdoll game

[@eduardyudistiro601]

you missed dave mirra freestyle bmx on ps1.

[@speedkiller3026]

how are there ragdoll physics in halo ce?

[@unreal13]

Where is Hitman Codename 47, cod 4 modern warfare, gears of war????

[@nathanielclarke1714]

How did you get Gmod?

[@shodan2002]

halo 1 did not have ragdolls

[@LexarXaryonx]

They kinda did.

[@SkydrawnIV]

GTA IV is the absolute greatest of all time. The euphoria engine peaked with this game, it was beyond mindblowing when it launched and honestly, it still is.

[@msalamaam]

nice colors

[@leondevries512]

You forgot fun with ragdolls

[@llllmmmmaaaaoooo4371]

27 years ago bruh

[@zxcchutka]

Fallout and Dying Light?

[@WhatIsLove170]

You put down half life 2 as being on pc and xbox, but it also released on ps3.

[@nebnork562dd]

I thing we need dishonored 1 too

[@DandifiedToe]

You demonstrated the physics horribly on some of the games. you didn’t even shoot NPCs in some of the examples. Also for the Halo games you should’ve done campaign as the rag doll physics really shine there such as with grunts when you shoot them once in the head And breath of the wild you should’ve fought some enemies as they go flying when you hit them with a heavy weapon, when you use explosives, shoot them in the head, and combo them with any weapon

[@thecartelfoundme]

ok then make your own video about it if you care this much about a video about ragdolls

[@DandifiedToe]

​@@thecartelfoundme This is just feedback, for a video that wants to show off details of games and their evolution over the years attention to detail and good demonstration is important, He can choose to ignore this or take the advice, doesn't bother me in the slightest if he does or not

[@thecartelfoundme]

@@DandifiedToe yeah your right, sorry

[@davanime877]

1:54 This dude just died while doing the splits

[@spuddleysson5720]

Instead of putting bo3 in the video you should of put infinite warfare in it because that had more ragdoll than any other cod

[@cosasrandom21]

Where da hell is Fun with Ragdolls? XD

[@madnessb8305]

And tf2. That game has the best ragdoll.😎

[@foolishoxx3589]

No it does not

[@ayushnayak8746]

HITMAN games are missing.

[@sheikhsaim3507]

Bro you missed 2 ragdoll games first hitman 1 second max Payne 2

[@Zymonn]

view 10000th!

[@alexsantimano6443]

If that's the limit of ragdoll physics in GTA IV, then all of these people going on about how they are the best are Muppets blinded by nostalgia

[@username-yc3bd]

they clearly are the best, they literally react to being shot in a more realistic way, grab onto things when they’re falling, and stumble to steady themself, what a dumb comment

[@he_tporauxojlogujlbhuk3639]

There is hitman?

[@ubernerdriley]

Where is halo 2?

[@DerangedMallard]

Wait wait wait wtf... GTAV is older than Goat Simulator?!

[@foolishoxx3589]

You seriously didn't know?

[@vincenthanna1946]

Where is Max Payne 2?

⁠​⁠​⁠ lol in Halo It’s just pre-animated, that’s not how ragdoll works. The first game has ragdoll system is a jurassic park game was released in 1998, then the Half-Life 2 Demo Tech “get your free TVs” in 1999 and Hitman in 2000.

[@LacklusterThoughts]

Devolution

[@LexarXaryonx]

1:25 When you're laying on your bed, and your legs are sticking outside your bed.

[@viktorvvektor5292]

Where is red dead redemption 2

[@ndog1316]

Halo 2 that ain't ragdoll physics that's preset animations

[@kolticc]

Okay and?

[@ndog1316]

@@kolticc okay and okay and okay and what do you mean why you got to be so mean I was just saying if that ain't ragdoll physics that's preset animations and he put it in a ragdoll video

[@kolticc]

@@ndog1316 k den

[@5ld734]

I thought that was halo ce halo 2 definitely has ragdoll physics

[@DarkenedX08]

That was Halo Combat Evolved. As for Halo 2, yes, there are ragdoll physics for most part with the only exceptions being Flood bodies and (iirc) Sentinels.

[@michael-uq2yq]

Look at his profile pic

[@antwars3602]

No Dave Mirra😢

[@mostcozy4181]

We don't talk about goat simulator enough

[@Ivegotsomewater81]

Where’s Max Payne 2 and Postal 2?

[@failedcc1512]

wheres the dark massiah?

[@foolishoxx3589]

It has the same engine as half life 2

[@McGeezle]

Why the fuck is Halo CE even here?

[@ali-karamti]

i play happy wheels in 2010

[@gymaashik8000]

2010 mai tu peda hui hogi

[@yacinebomb]

ok

[@weregaming8604]

the 3rd looks likes gmod or, is that gmod? probably renamed it

[@slickcalf985]

It's half life 2

[@username-yc3bd]

bro

[@KirkErin]

Gta iv is the best

[@sleevelessace7920]

Gta v physics were game changing man I can’t wait to see VI

[@LookGoodNight]

where F.E.A.R???

[@Pointman11111]

Gta will always win

[@legendshadowabkbiggestfan3317]

Yes and minecraft

[@tomate161]

@@legendshadowabkbiggestfan3317 minecraft doesnt have ragdolls

[@darqv9358]

@@tomate161 that's the joke.

[@darqv9358]

Gta 4. Gta 5's ragdolls could've been a lot better.

[@Pointman11111]

@@darqv9358 yes i meant gta 4

[@domsotuff]

Lol

[@simplic21318]

How about half life source

[@M3LN3K]

É impressionante é 2004

[@DeeRuss]

Where’s saints row

[@Toasty316]

Saints row is garbage

[@foolishoxx3589]

@@Toasty316 no

[@blackmorewolsom]

@@foolishoxx3589 Saints row the third is the best one, the rest is garbage

[@foolishoxx3589]

@@blackmorewolsom no the original 4 are great games but the reboot is terrible

[@marltv04]

Fuckinmarrow

[@junxsy5329]

Max payne 2 did it first on console prolly should repost tbh

[@foolishoxx3589]

no it did not

[@junxsy5329]

​your right hitman 2 was actually the first console game to have ragdolls@@foolishoxx3589

[@junxsy5329]

@@foolishoxx3589 nvm it was thrasher: skate and destory

[@foolishoxx3589]

@@junxsy5329 yeah no problem

[@harveywilliams6576]

6:41

[@rishabhsrikanth15]

Anyone here after cyberpunks rag doll physics kinda suck?

[@lalruatdikaralte3182]

Me

[@foodyumyay3364]

Me