Extreme G 2 - Nintendo 64 Review - HD

[@chaosapiant]

I played this when I was 17-18 years old. I became so good at it I could complete all the tracks in the game, both front and backwards, and any other variations consistently and always come in first. I used a bike called "surge" I think it was, that was one of the slower bikes, but had a very fast acceleration. I'm old now and there is no way I'd ever get that good again if I played this now. It shall have to live in my memory as "that one game I got really good at."

[@Forgan_Mreeman]

I LOVED this game when I was a kid. the drum n bass music was fun and so was breaking the sound barrier. 10yr old me thought this was the coolest game.

[@Zrosum]

Agreed

[@coolhypedmovies]

I just want you to know that since I discovered your channel (after I re-bought an N64) I now look forward to your new N64 review every 1 or 2 weeks, it's a must-see for me. You are awesome! Please keep up the good work until you run out of N64 games. :)

[@JoeRoo922]

this was my favorite racing game for the n64 loved the music its what got me into dnb 🎧 and I always loved breaking the sound barrier the tracks did get a bit difficult but after unlocking venom who has nice handling seem to make them a bit easier 😁

[@Jknessmic]

I played this well over 200 hours in my youth it's Legendary!

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

i remember love that zoom in , blur vision and white noise for that sense of velocity......made me press turbo again and again...

[@DavidThompson-wg6jx]

Still one of the Best racing games I have ever played to this day. love the sound when the sound barrier breaks. love the sound tracks. I remember pushing and pulling on the joy stick to control the bike depending on the angle of the turns. hurt my thumb but still fun.

[@Skyler744]

Finally! After a month of no reviews we got a new one.

[@no64dd]

Good to see you back at it Glenn. I never played XG2, but i was extremely good at the original. :)

[@Shad0wX]

They're releasing this on Steam! in April

[@n64glennplant]

+Lyli Wolf awesome!

[@christianna3561]

Thanks. A bit odd they would release this game and not the first game first.

[@antoniorsoftware]

+AI Robins Extreme-G 2 was already released on PC in 1999, so all they did is upload it to Steam with few fixes to run on modern computers. No other game in the series was made for the PC.

[@hydra7311]

thanks for the info, it's very timely

[@LXIVGOLD]

I am so glad I saw this comment, just purchased! 🙏🙏🙏💸💸💸

[@uberobserver]

XG2 was my favorite. It was a step up in skill requirement, building off of the first.

[@Boredtubedeath]

Exactly. This nonsense about bad track layouts and losing control if you graze the edge translates to, “I can’t just hold down the gas and bounce my way to the finish line.”

[@BioCybergoth]

🤣

[@uberobserver]

What can I say? Masochism is an acquired taste.

[@Adros117]

Thanks for the review and welcome back!!!

[@TheMinh234]

I remember borrowing this game from my friend back in elementary school and I remember loving it probably because I was so use to Mario Kart 64 that I wanted to try something different in a racing genre. However many years later when I actually revisited the game I realize this game has so many issues with it and probably the one that annoyed me the most is what you also highlighted in your video which was the immense frame lag that the game suffers in single player mode against computer opponents. Overrall its still one of my favorite from my childhood, but Its definitely without a doubt NO F-zero lol. Great video, I really enjoyed your review and it actually made me want to play this game again.

[@Larry]

I totally passed Extreme G 2, which is odd as I absolutely loved the original. But I did buy the third one when it was released on the Gamecube.

[@RetroHamer]

+Larry Bundy Jr I didn't even know that a 3rd game was released. Will have to check it out

[@kohZeei]

+Larry Bundy Jr g2 is really bad so no loss there

[@willman85]

Honestly, you missed nothing. You made the right choice saving your wallet for other things.

[@richardspillers6282]

1 and 3 are easily the best in the series

[@kuribojim3916]

I don’t remember playing the sequel, but I do remember how impressive the first game was, especially in terms of lighting.

[@n64glennplant]

did you ever play the gamecube version?

[@kuribojim3916]

Glenn, no I didn't! I didn't even know there was one. You've just rocked my world, haha. By the way, I only just found your channel - I've been going through and watching one of your videos every day. Absolutely fantastic content mate. I still remember the old N64 magazine, too - they used to sell it here in Australia. FYI, I have a little online magazine of my own. It's at www.superjumpmagazine.com. I'd love for you to check it out and let me know what you think. I'm going to continue watching all of your videos, they're fantastic. You're encouraging me to go and update my N64 collection!

[@milesbbop9563]

@@kuribojim3916 There is not a GC version of extreme g1

[@bobsamurai]

i loved this series on n64, i think 2 more than 1 because of multiplayer options. plus as you unlock everything you can get the characters who run at the same speeds instead of using their car, pretty sweet. also there was 3 on ps2 and i remember liking that as well

[@iulianispas8634]

Very underrated n64 have a few amazing racing games

[@n64glennplant]

Agreed!

[@Yuuretsu]

Nice to see another review up. I was starting to worry. As a kid I was very much in love with this game,but after having played XG1, this game seems like a step back in terms of frame rate, track design and vehicle controlability. I always thought this game worked with the expansion pak, but this doesn't appear to be the case, even though this could have been used to make the game run much smoother with all the dynamic lighting effects. For now, XG1 is my personal gavourite, although I'm not familiar with XG3 on the Gamecube.

[@Squadalha]

A really cool idea was the design contest. Fans could design their own bikes, send the pictures to Acclaim (i guess) and the best picture was then implemented into the final game.

[@n64glennplant]

+Joshua Fireseed that's cool I'll have to research more of that

[@Squadalha]

I would really like to send you a scan of this article. But it's from the german Club Nintendo Magazine. Btw. I really like your reviews. You have a neutreal perspective. You see the good and bad things about each game. Even if they're obviously bad you also see the good things. And you're reviewing so many games I never saw in my life.

[@Mr.k3n]

Wtf there was a sequel!!! I bought the first on release and loved it. Could only play it for 30mins until my headache kicked in and I had to stop. Sterling work as usual glen

[@0002pA]

+kenzil There were several sequels...

[@Mr.k3n]

0002pA 4 player split screen on my 14" cathod ray tv was the zenith of gaming. I loved my 64. One person in my room had to stand due to lack of seating and wired controllers haha

[@0002pA]

kenzil Ok.

[@Mr.k3n]

+0002pA yeah that was a bit spontaneous

[@IchigoLazer]

been waiting for this review!!!

[@overwatch761]

XG2 is an inferior attempt at copying Extreme G in slow motion, I've been playing Extreme G with no AA and de blur recently, it looks stunning, the roller coaster tracks are intense, it's sharp and runs like a rocket. This horrible mess - I don't know what Probe were thinking, it's almost as if they took the best parts of XG and binned them - the track designs are rubbish, the control is worse, bikes look worse - all for what? Fancy lighting that detail in unseen areas. Seriously I think the only enhancement is the presentation and menus. If you never played Extreme G I'd say you'll still enjoy this game.

[@Clydesdale87]

I love the XG-series! I think the third part on PS2 was the best for me but it was very hard too.

[@CSProductions918]

Glad to see ya back

[@FPSFox]

I remember not liking this game back in the day because the speed felt significantly slower to me compared to the first. I also felt the tracks were more tame. Less loops, corkscrews, etc.

[@BioCybergoth]

finally a sane person noticing that this game was inferior in every possible way.

[@onepikeike6467]

I remember this game me and my oldest brother played this to much back then unlocked all three super bikes and cheats fun game especially on the hardest difficulty on mirror mode.

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

I love both games, both 1 and 2, 2 had more tracks, worlds and more modes which made it more enjoyable.

[@Diablokiller999]

I love this game, it's much better than the first one. The tracks are much wider, not as narrow as in the first game and they look much prettier too. The combat is hard to master, you just can't rely on your weapons that much, whereas Mario Kart lives from weapon usage and rubber banding. All in all a worthy succesor to XG1 in my opinion...

[@robotbjorn4952]

*"Multiple Mis-sile"*

[@Forgan_Mreeman]

Robot Bjorn my favorite

[@robertg420]

multigomisaya

[@yoslimee3194]

@@robertg420 lmaoo

[@used_recordz]

Battlemode for xg2 was one of the best at the time

[@cybermodo]

This game was so ambitious that I forgave it the frame rate - just enjoyed it fully. Avoided combat mode, played mostly single, and especially loved driving around on my own and enjoying smooth motion. But FPS bothered me not during races, and even combat mode is fine as well. This game just oozed style and content all over the place! And to tell the truth - dealing with frantic speeds and chaotic aggressive competition - slowdowns are kinda appreciated, to catch some breath and decide what to do next! Love Wipeout 64 and F-Zero X a lot, but this game had most of my time and focus, I guess. It tried to go quite some extra miles in comparison, so falling apart here and there is really ok for me. Flawed masterpiece, great underdog to discover!

[@kinganarkzie]

This was my personal favourite in the series and I played it solidly until the release of that star wars game. It's a game that took a while to get the hang of (a weekend would not cut it) but it did have many technical flaws, chiefly not being able to see where you were going, couple this with multiple track routes and you had a major problem. It also had one of the best weapons system in any future racer, you could pick one of the heavy armed bikes and just kill all the competition before finishing off the race, no game like this have I play were you had this kind of choice in how you play. A great game it's a real shame that many never got into it, it had a high bar in terms of gameplay, with no real explanation or tutorial of how to get there along with technical issues.

[@willman85]

I remember buying this over the original because as the sequel I assumed it would be the better game. A very reasonable assumption. But I remember being quite unimpressed and I traded it after a while. I wonder whether if I had bought Extreme G instead would I have liked it more and kept it?

[@JuanGarcia-vh7zo]

Part one takes me back, I still play it form time too time. I passed on part two. Got part three on the GameCube, and it blew my mind. Part 4 I want again. And I picked this one up about a year and a half ago and I'm just now playing it for the first time................. And it's not bad. If I would of got it when it first came out, I would of been really impressed.

[@n64glennplant]

yeah its one of those games that at the time would be more thrilling that it feels today I agree

[@RileySkye100]

Great review buddy. Glad you're back. Congrats on your marriage.

[@kinganarkzie]

This is the best one but it was flawed, it was too much for the system to handle, it had an incredibly deep control system that I only understood long after I completed it, you could pull back on the control stick which would change your turning trajectory, which was the logic behind the random later levels, sadly the games blurry visuals and short draw distance, plus the fact that it's key steering feature was poorly explained, meant that it did manage to live up to its full potential. The 3rd fixed the visual problems but got rid of the cool controls and the 4th one was just slow and shit.

[@redcrimson1028]

Spoken like a true xg fan, but u r right on all accounts. I loved the first game, second one was better but was helped back by a few flaws and the rest was garbage

[@MissWitchCeleste]

love your vids man keep up the goodwork i didn't play this game but I have watched some videos about it thanks for your review :D

[@roflBeck]

XG3 is my favorite. It's the only one I actually own. I played the first two with friends. Not sure if we played 1 or 2 more. But yeah, I like all sorts of stuff about 3. The sonic boom, sound design, weapon systems, sense of speed etc. So good. Haven't played it for a few years, been wanted to break it out again...

[@MetalJody1990]

The reviews of the PC version pushed me to go with emulating the N64 version instead. Played a track and was immediately put off by the framerate. So what I did about that was tweak a couple settings and got the game running at a pretty solid 30 fps with rare, tiny dips. It's actually a really fun title once you get the hang of the tracks and the feel of your vehicle (The slide is so necessary). The physics can be wonky sometimes, causing much frustration, which can be mitigated by using a save state before the race starts and loading that state when something screwy happens, like getting turned around for no apparent reason (Annoying). I honestly don't know how you could have a great time playing this game without a solid framerate and saving before the next race begins. The AI can be brutal on some of these tracks and so can the tracks themselves. You really need every frame you can get. F-Zero X runs at a consistent 60 fps. Just half of that shouldn't be too much to ask for in an intense racer such as this. Well I'm glad I got to experience it the way it should. I'll definitely be playing more of it later. It's kept my interest longer than expected. Didn't care much for the first game, but this one I like. F-Zero X is still waaay better.

[@NostalgicRoe]

Awesome as always sir!

[@Monacomaverick]

XGRA is pretty awesome and it even introduced me to BT's music.

[@StandSilent]

Which Extreme-G was it that had a secret area with parked double decker buses? I think that was 2 but it could have been a late level in 1.

[@MysteryCarlos]

Mark Dougall It was the 3rd track of the 3rd section in XG1

[@AirZonkWorldChamp]

I liked the first one better too, the frame-rate issues really ruined the sequel for me. Great review!

[@tootyuk]

great review Glenn

[@o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o]

This game looks kinda awesome. I am strongly tempted to add it to my list of N64 games to buy. But... that framerate... ugh. I think maybe I'll check into the later sequels instead...

[@cardman1031]

I have to agree with you the first one was by far the best one and one of the best racers on the 64. I bought the first and rented the second and absolutely hated, didn't feel at all like the first one.

[@EuanEchidhog]

Never did pick up the sequel even though I enjoyed playing the first one. Think it was tough competition of other decent games on the N64 that prevented me from picking it up. Still, great review once again.

[@Morte.]

Blockbuster rental this one. You could finish it over the weekend

[@Brand-pn5yz]

I remember this game very well.

[@RetroUnlim]

Great video Glenn. Btw I just found out (late), congrats!

[@SuperFrodo95]

2 was my favourite, and the one I owned. There's a third installment as well, but looking at videos it seems totally different and not very interesting. Like with how Rollcage was spiritually succeeded by Grip, I wish someone would give this game the reboot treatment. It really is hampered by the technology of the time, and it could do with some longer sight-lines and a high frame-rate. There's just something so aesthetic about the weapon pods actually coming to you from off-screen to follow along above your bike, unfolding to reveal their arsenal of munitions. You can imagine them redesigned with thrusters like on those Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles. They could be grabbed by arms that would extend from the motorcycle, then when expended they would detach and fly off. So many cool things could be done with the series today. It makes me wish I knew how to program.

[@kitsunemetal]

I think extreme g one was my favorite because it was a little more fun then the second one my friend and congrats on the wedding^_^

[@W3r3gam3r]

I have yet to play the original and still own XG2 to this day. Since I never really had a racer save for RR64 on the N64, I felt like this was my own knockoff version of Wipeout and F-Zero. Since I never had the expectations of the original, I thoroughly enjoyed this game as a kid. Completed it to 100% and fiddled around with some of the cheats. No cars mode was my favorite.

[@kohZeei]

+W3r3gam3r the original is a billion times better

[@Gojithefox]

I actually preferred XG2 to XG! I thought it had a lot more to offer, and I honestly didn't have any trouble with frame rate drops or anything like that; or at least, as a kid, I didn't notice!

[@francescobirsaalessandri3992]

"Gentler electronic music"? That's drum&bass, man...

[@BrainztormProductions]

XG 2 was a classic but looking at some videos and the speed that you get up to I dont know how the hell I had the skill to play it, games these days are so much easier to control than some old games like this

[@n64glennplant]

haha yeah its insane right

[@farmerfreakeasy]

I enjoyed this more than the 1st. Yet initially i thought i'd picked up a stinker of a game. It's not until you've spent several hours playing, and gotten used to the controls that you start to realize just how good this game is. It's a challenge...... and i felt Probe were deliberately asking players to rise to that challenge. If you're a player who's always quick to start blaming a games controls, whenever you finish last. Instead of reconfiguring your brain to compensate for a tricky situation, then you should stay well clear of EG2. On the plus side, having such tricky tracks means that once you've completed the game and earned yourself "mirror-mode"..... if you then leave it several months before trying out mirror-mode, it'll seem as if you have 12 brand new tracks at your disposal. I remember feeling gratified that Probe had asked me to extend my playing skills for this racer. It's a rare event when a developer risks alienating most players(and risks sales in the process) through an extended difficulty curve which a lot of players may find esoterically annoying. Definitely a N64 top 100 title.

[@carrefamily01]

extreme g was ahead of its time. You could tell just from the menu screen when you first play the game that this was something cool. Too bad the gameplay was too hard with the speed and unpredictable turns.

[@FabioGnecco]

It's a game you have to make an effort to enjoy But it tried to push a lot forward from the previous entry They even made a popup screen to always see what's behind you I wonder if they didn't have the time to add expansion pak to it ! It would help a lot with the frame rate And a Reset Position button, like BAR, would be lovely

[@n64glennplant]

Yeah it’s just a shame the GameCube version killed the franchise imo

[@FabioGnecco]

@@n64glennplant Acclaim was on their last breath too... I like the last couple games hahaha Even had to buy the GameCube version too, it's a bit more fluid to play Oh well, wish they still made cool looking games like that again Nowadays is all about realist graphics with no-very-much style

[@ВикторЗлатопольских]

Отличная игра оригинально сделанная) Помню играл в 2000 году

[@PugFitNation]

One of the most fun games.

[@Ryo]

i need to check this game out it seems fun

[@roypitts1408]

On both i would puropsely slow down to blow other racers up, works very good. One of favorite franchises.

[@n64glennplant]

Great tactic in Fzero x too

[@residentweazel2573]

I loved the first Extreme G.I used to rent it every other weekend.I wasn't very good at it though to be honest.I would always use the cheat to get the neon bike.Finally bought a copy recently & I'm still not that much better @ it😂😂

[@GameplayandTalk]

OK, I'm glad it wasn't just me then. I thought maybe I should give this game a try again, but when you mentioned the poor track design, I remembered why I didn't like this game that much--90 degree turns popping up out of nowhere, for instance. Ugh.

[@wjrandonx]

What title surpassed Extreme G 2? Surely not Wipeout 64.

[@shadowman_390]

Loved this game.

[@tomgiddens2963]

I'm a diehard XG fan but, tbh, it took quite a while for me to warm up to XG2. It took months to beat this game completely when XG never took long at all. XG2 was my least favorite out of them all. I never understood why the developers took a step back with this one. The only saving grace was the OST. At any rate, to this day, XG will always be my favorite racing game series of all.

[@abecambridge]

XG3 on GCN is the most perfect futuristic racer ever made.

[@n64glennplant]

See I never did like that one too much myself

[@retrostansolo]

The biggest fault of the game is the tight tracks and I find the colour palette blends in the tracks with the backgrounds making it difficult to know where your actually going. Not a bad game but not the best. I do love this game on original Xbox.

[@foxlegendtheisraelite1079]

The first one was the best to me, the sudden turn around killed it for me, so i didnt bother to try and get the hang of it.

[@oliversamboy4641]

this game much better than the original since had more innvations and better tracks.

[@Wineblood]

I loved this game

oh god i loved this game soooooo much !!!!!!

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

The tracks prob aren't the problem, it's the bad pop-up/draw distance

[@mattcat9684U2]

Good to have you back Glenn. How is married life like? If you don't mind me saying, Mrs. Plant is downright beautiful! You are one lucky fellow. Btw, does Mrs. Plant enjoy playing N64? If so, what are her favorite games?

[@orinanime]

My favorites are XG2 and XGRA

[@mikeythedistasteful]

The first one was awesome. F zero was cool but I liked the GameCube one more

[@n64glennplant]

I thought the GC one was fairly good

[@timmer919hep]

I actually have the first Extreme-G in my collection, but i've never really played it.

[@timmer919hep]

+timmer919hep I prefer Wipeout to Extreme-G...to be honest

[@Dee_Just_Dee]

I remember preferring this game over this original mostly because you could choose to destroy the competition rather than necessarily racing them. In XG1, reducing an opponent's shields made it so that subsequent hits would slow him down more, but you could never "kill" him. In XG2 you get the pleasure of seeing his bike start spewing black smoke and then detonate against the next wall.

[@pal-of-pals]

While I wasn't very overly keen on the Extreme-G series as a whole, I will admit that the first one was overall my favourite. Still prefer F-Zero X though.

[@DriftTaxi]

It may be because I played XG2 first, but I have to disagree with you (but I still love you). This game blew me away at the time and still holds up, in my opinion, quite well with an N64 hooked up to a projector and 1000w sound system. It's hilarious fun to me and I smile from start to finish. I do, however, agree with you that you should just focus on the racing and I felt the combat was more of an afterthought than something the developers focused on. To me, it shouldn't be a combat oriented game. There should have been a combat MODE and for the championship, just focus on trying to get the fastest lap. That's all I did and that helps to really reel in those 1st place finishes.

[@Eldoro82]

I liked EG2, but i do agree on the frame rate issue, if you so much as dared to use the flame thrower booster, you were left with a slide show of the game. But i overcame all of that and beat the game! The bikes that were unlocked were way better and more capable for the game.....except the fastest bike, that one was way to fast!

[@FnRenner]

With a longer draw distance this game could have been epic but, sadly, as it was it was only worth renting a few times.

[@josephchaparro1037]

I love XG2

[@Grayfizzle]

WE WANT GEX ENTER THE GECKO REVIEW

[@Bladeslingersgamepreserve]

I wasn't a big fan of the first Extreme G so I didn't bother with this one. I'm more interested in trying the gamecube games, which I hear are pretty good.

[@AllEyezOnMakaveli]

XG 3 on Gamecube is the the best of the series.

[@StandSilent]

+Pacaveli83 Definitely was. The tracks looked beautiful. I will always have a soft spot for Extreme-G 1 though for getting me into the series.

[@silvereloking6149]

Original game was much better. Great tracks and soundtrack. This game don't come close to original. Tracks are bad designs and soundtrack is so generic.

[@MaxxSkywalker]

Found myself hugging the walls around corners a lot too. The soundtrack is the most memorable part of the game, everything else is pretty forgettable.

[@M1XART]

XG3 all the way. On XG2, there is way too many variations/routes of the same tracks, making it impossible to remember all turns every time, -hence reverse driving. Wipeout Fusion also had this problem on certain extent. XG2 has exelent style and would be must have with less, (more solid) tracks and just drop weapons out, as EU -version is jerky. Thankfully, there are so many cheats available to adjust game to fit everyones taste.

[@OmarWEllis]

Spent countless hours on this as a child.

[@Rage_hero765]

Extreme G - only First one !!

[@GTFour]

Looks so good but utterly terrible track design makes it so frustrating it's unplayable

[@ericskow796]

I prefered exg1, 2 seemed more foggy. Both games suffer in the turns after high speed section. Great game but not much depth. The weapons are pointless but look cool

[@tonicandsails]

I actually never play any of these games I thought f-zero x was good enough for me as a kid

[@ianward3647]

Sup glenn

[@denismix8016]

N64 Glenn Plant is the best!

[@fluxmasterfix]

XGIII still the best imo

[@kohZeei]

first one is best, third one is second, and second one is garbage. a new one on the ps4 would be super cool!