No One Lives Forever 2 Is Underrated

[@salokin3087]

Its a crying shame that almost a decade since your original review, neither game is avaliable on GOG

[@SRGIProductions]

#SteamMasterRace

[@ChasingAmnesia]

@@SRGIProductions #BuyYourSelfAConsoleGabenHatesYou

[@baldomo11]

@@SRGIProductions the main selling point of GOG is that they offer DRM-free games and the platform itself is pretty good, honestly better than steam at this point

[@krisradowski]

@@Lucios1995 indeed, the game is in legal limbo, no one knows who owns IP

[@greendude0420]

@@XZ-III Nah I do the same thing more or less.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

Cate Archer in NOLF2 is still one of the damn prettiest video game protagonists ever.

[@thebushwhacker8496]

I swear most “forgotten” great shooters were either released right before or after Doom 3 and Half Life 2

[@Triumph263]

Half-Life 1 and 2 both caused a lot of great games to go under the radar, I love Half-Life but it's still a shame so many great games got passed over.

[@aaroncabrera8949]

Agreed. I mean I almost forgot I had PREY 2006 to play until last year. Played through the whole game and was utterly dumbfounded at how slept on it was.

[@tastycookiechip]

The irony is Half Life 2 isn't even that good compared to most of those other shooters

[@ninjalad]

@@Triumph263 yeah those titles and doom kind of dwarfed all the competition, which is sad cause the shooters of that generation were all fun for the most part

[@Triumph263]

@@aaroncabrera8949 Seriously, it did portal before *Portal* did portal. It's like Half-Portal-Shock: Doom 3. It's one of the most unique games ever made, not to mention all the bezar elements that have only been done once or twice in other games actually managed to work well together. Once again I don't have anything against the new Prey, I just wish it wasn't called Prey because that's helped hide it even more.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Damn Kate Archer looks hot in this game.

[@utubrGaming]

The put together sister that drives Malory to drink and doesn't talk about and Sterling doesn't know.

[@AncientCS]

obligatory "simp" comment

[@HannahFortalezza]

@KaseNash59 the Archer tv series isn't really based in any specific time. There are things from the 60's, 80's & today. It's not meant to be today though, but a fictional universe that progressed a little different

[@innoclarke7435]

As a kid, I used to fantasize about Cate because of how she is in this game.

[@kingstarscream320]

@Shadow Angel When you have sex for the first time you will realize that losing your virginity doesn’t cause you to suddenly find everything unattractive.

[@FabulousFab72]

Nonetheless, Cate Archer in NOLF2 is still to this day one of the hottest female character ever created in a video game :D

[@klokateer4372]

Oof

[@marissaleimone9270]

She was the original waifu

[@e4yNHzsPqMG]

@@marissaleimone9270 she still is :D

[@tarekhabib2704]

Yep

[@SolarisKane]

Joanna Dark says hi. Also Samus Aran, love a chick in a power suit.

[@voidtoast4880]

Contract Jack was made against Monoliths will, Sierra (at this time no longer the Sierra once loved) demanded an expansion pack and to remove Kate and the spy stuff, the just make it an action game. Monolith devs who worked on the game talked about it many years ago, they were really unhappy but contractually obligated to do it.

[@HilbertGB]

Why does he know so much about my mother, I mean its spot on...

[@murderousmayhem6362]

Lol

[@matchmakerchris7617]

Why do you think he calls you "sonny" Jim?

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

SHWACK!

[@odinsplaygrounds]

NOLF 1 & 2 are absolutely amazing games. Love their style and humor. Been waiting for a sequel for 19 years. Contract Jack (spin off) took everything that was good about NOLF and removed it. Basically an asset flip of a game.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

Contract: JACK was hugely disappointing!

[@johanonniko2542]

Ääææäæäæäää9ä

[@pchtommy1268]

Guess i am the only one who likes that game though, i actually find myself liking it more than nolf2, atleast contract jack has some stuff from the first game that was missing in nolf2 such as more weapons and the space station level

[@winj3r]

I loved NOLF and NOLF2, back in the day. The best part is the sense of humor, especially on the first game. I still have the original disks for both games.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

when i was a very young kid, a friend's dad gave like a bunch of (very illegally) copied games to my brother, everything from Fable the lost chapters to Vice City, NOLF 2 was included, not one mysteriously, but i loved it and destroyed that disk from overuse by the time i was in middle school. I had to track down MACINTOSH copies on amazon to keep playing it on the family's computer, but thank God for Aspyr who ported both, and even included the first game's OST. i still have all three disks for NOLF, the OST, and NOLF 2, despite having a gaming PC now.

[@Ashley-Andron]

Me too! Keep them at my front desk :)

[@lucasrome2301]

For Mac or PC?

[@johnnyzero8853]

GmanLives’ artwork in the thumbnail is awesome.

[@laylover7621]

He does the artwork?

[@kandykorn4425]

@@laylover7621 nah he linked the artist in the description

[@cheeser6522]

lay lover no he commissions someone to do it. The artist is in the description

[@billyadrian112]

One of my all time favourites..the atmosphere, humour , storyline ,just a beautiful gaming experience..makes most of today games feel hollow and rushed

[@anasevi9456]

I think what made NOLF2 special is they finally got 3d artists to make humans look human for the very first time in a PC game. Most games; even those released years later had low-poly or putty faced people, even main characters in cutscenes. NOLF2 was the first game since the original Shenmue from 2 years prior to impress me with its superior faces and lip-syncing. Both games are great but still it had that going for it, even Doom3 faces looked silly,

[@JimmyFoxhound]

The fact modern media completely forgets this wonderful game when talking about a lack of female protagonists in the past just irritates me. NoLF were great games and criminally underrated and ignored these days.

[@SlickOnTop]

I'm lucky to still have a physical copy of the game on the PC.

[@CasepbX]

Still have mine as well and I'm happy I kept it. Just wish I would have kept the damn big box.

[@darkheathen6765]

Its not on steam?

[@BrickedUpp]

@@darkheathen6765 not anywhere. There’s a download for it however personally I’ve always been to worried to download it

[@GigglingStoners]

Same. I just dont have a cd drive anymore XD

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i have disk copies of both 1 and 2... FOR MAC

[@dudoboi]

This era in gaming was just something else.

[@UnL1k3]

As an Indian those accents sound pretty legit.

[@klokateer4372]

Lets go get mutahar and he'll tell us what he thinks

[@notturok7841]

@@klokateer4372 he’ll agree

[@Guremien]

As a Russian - same, haha!

[@danielmannandersen2332]

I absolutely adore the music in this game. This game was literally my childhood

[@nonamenoname1942]

Yeah it's magical!

[@JangoTheBlueFox]

the saddest part about this franchise is that Nightdive Studios tried to get the rights but none of the companies involved would help them find the legal documents needed to transfer the rights. Activation, Fox, and Warner Bros all refused to help Nightdive figure out which of those three companies owned the rights to the franchise.

[@Motleydoll123]

i hope that i one day does get a remaster or a remake/reboot, just as long as they kept the story and aesthetics intact. NOLF is a game series very much set in a spy film universe of the 60s that has loving parody, like a mixture of the classic bond films and austin powers, but with a female leading lady who is a good example of a strong female character. confident, capable, strong willed, beautiful, genuinely witty, and with a good heart. if they did a remake/reboot, maybe have some small glimpses into her past as 'the fox'. small improvements to make stealth a good option, but also make sure that you can go guns blazing in an enjoyable fashion when the time comes to give HARM and the various nare-do-wells a lead injection. give kate some pugilist skills, and maybe if you have some special takedowns on enemies, go with a nice blend of humour and serious skill. Like kate kicking a sentry in the balls before either socking them in the face or snapping their neck. that kind of thing.

[@stuartdollar9912]

Yep. I've heard similar stories that nobody really knows for sure which outfit owns the rights. None of them are in any hurry to figure it out, either.

[@chrhadden]

you can get it for free because of that

[@RajKumarRoy-si4zm]

The thing about the skill point you said is somewhat wrong. When you notice the stats on the left of the SP distribution menu,all of her stats are already at 100 percent, which means she is already an expert. But her experience increases as she does a mission. If you think practically, collecting intels, infiltrating bases etc. actually grants you some or much experience on how to deal with similar issues in future, thus making you even more able. The addition of skill points in the game is actually a display of the famous phrase - practice makes a man perfect.

[@EvangelionPower]

I love that when Cate dies of her bulletwounds, instead of giving a death rattle or a moan, she often screams hard like she has just seen a spider-snake mashup.

[@MentalParadox]

Bullets *are* scary.

[@AscendantStoic]

One of my all-time-favorite FPS games .. they don't make interesting AAA games like this anymore, everything is cookie cutter.

[@klokateer4372]

Welcome to corporate disneyfied video games

[@dvdw_graphics_crafts]

I was amazed how realistic the game looked by the car and the yard where I started off in the first level when I played the demo, almost 19 years ago.

[@HiGlowie]

NOLF 2 is my favorite game hands down. It was a beautiful experience.

[@Eyks001]

I surprised, that there is no 'Vivisector: Beast Within' review on this channel yet. Ukrainian shooter, that intended to be Duke Nukem game, but become an 'Playable B-Movie' with anthro animals and brutal gore system

[@Awiatar]

There is a Civvie11 video about the game but it's more like a "Gameplay Commentary with jokes" kzbin.info/www/bejne/enWvd3ault2VbJI

[@Victim55]

I know it's not G-man, but Civvie 11 did an excellent video on that game a while back. He's done a few "SlavJank" games over the years. Worth a watch in my opinion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/enWvd3ault2VbJI

[@Eyks001]

Definitely different form of content, but nice too. Thanx

[@PreDatoR1873]

Vivisector was a blast. Though if the Gman dislikes the few negative aspects of NOLF2, I'm afraid he is gonna rip through Vivisector like rat through cheese. Also, F U, ya bunch of sissies crying about Scottish, Japanese and Indian accents - when the shit have you EVER heard an ACCURATE Russian, Ukrainian or Polish accent in a video game OR a movie? That's right never. Is that whitewashing or shall we call it vodkawashing. Also, great video.

[@madsub237]

I gotta say, the artwork on your thumbnails is really really good.

[@OuhPii]

Cate's facial design in this game is just... wow Most AAA games in 2020 are still laughable in comparison.

[@delta-a17]

I think they make modern characters intentionally less attractive to avoid everyone looking like cover girl models haha. I remember Tomb Raider Definitive Edition being the last game before they they stated that they wanted to take the focus off her for the next title by making her more plain looking. Mass Effect did the same thing with their Jane and John Shepard, though everyone agrees that they went too far. Unfortunately they are both made to look absolutely hideous in Andromeda despite looking quite attractive in 3.

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@delta-a17 She looks great in Rise and Shadow though?

[@delta-a17]

@@CarrotConsumer Oh sure, she looks nice and normal but the design direction has definitely shifted away from making her as attractive as possible.

[@TDog93]

It's a style of the time. Most AAA from the 2010's and up went with more "normal" attractive looks than dream fantasy/model looks

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

@@TDog93 thats really a shame. just another casualty of escapism.

[@snappertrx]

That Kate is a looker, too! Definitely should have pursued this protagonist for more games.

[@ItsDeebs]

Her motion capture and likeness is based on the Model who played the leader of the hot evil space women that were after the _Continuum Transfunctioner_ in the movie *Dude, Where's My Car?*

[@ishankuttickat5496]

Hey man I just wanted to say with this quarantine going on your videos give me something to look forward to and give me a laugh keep it up

[@Reenactor359]

Great re-review. Playing this series was a major highlight of my teenage years.

[@shampo0oLWD]

THIS was a good game, we need it back on any store!

[@gladiatorscoops]

remakes that need to be made - Deus Ex the original, NOLF2, Timesplitters 2.

[@Anex952]

Id rather not have remakes and just hd ports for the consoles after seeing how the remake of XIII turned out.

[@notturok7841]

@@Anex952 I agree, only 10 year olds care for graphics.

[@domasbaliulis23]

@@notturok7841 you both worry too much about it. you are lucky im not one of these.

[@notturok7841]

@@domasbaliulis23 hahahahaha

[@mistamixSD]

This legendary game brings so many memories. Thanks for the great video, mate

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

Normal person: "shurikens" GmanLives: *"Sharookens"*

[@gilesward7700]

I totally agree with you. I thoroughly enjoyed playng through both of these games and would love a remaster. I'm pretty sure I still have the disc of NOLF 2 stashed away somewhere.

[@DieWeltIstSchlecht]

The mentioned community project was a blessing! When I tried to get my originals running I gave up after a thousand possibilities. The community project ran flawlessly, it even made the resolutions compatible to modern monitors. Whoever made these, you have my thanks! The games may have their quirks (especially part 2 with it's respawning enemies), but they are still so much fun thanks to the Humor and the astounding soundtracks!! And Cate Archer, the best spy ever!!

[@Imikeh]

Can't tell if the "or your mom's phone number" joke was in game or your original. Either way a good one.

[@radicalcentrist4990]

This is the most underrated series of all time, not only because it was forgotten, but it's not even on sale anywhere anymore, it's never even being mentioned or talked about, so 99.9% of people will never find out about it. Only us, the 12 people that played it know about it. And it's from a big studio too, this ain't some indie game.

[@philosophyandreason]

This game is so charming and funny.It's a breath of fresh air after "serius" shooters like Cod,Moh or BF.And yeah Cate is such a loveable and badass protagonist,one of my favorite.

[@JandreDouglas]

This breaks my heart! This game series deserves so much more love and attention!

[@blackm4niac]

let's not forget Tron 2.0 a very unique Shooter made by the same people

[@zoltanz288]

lets totally forget that.

[@notturok7841]

Such a great game. Got many Metroid vibes

[@pchtommy1268]

best tron game too

[@ShootingStar1313]

+1 point for Cate Archer's new look -1 point for respawning enemies Fun fact: I never noticed that Cate Archer's voice actress is also voicing other females, till now.

[@mainmenu32]

This channel is what keeps me breathing

[@manuelacosta9463]

Playing this game as a child I can recall also wanting my own badass army of ninja ladies protecting me in my trailer park fortress minus the twister. Not sure where I came up with the whole 'trailer park fort' thing but still, you get the idea. Truly an underrated series well worth a revival!

[@MrAdrianloera]

This was such a good game i remember playing it all the time on my PC as a kid

[@Nardalaran]

WHAT?! I was just wondering when you would upload an updated review for the sequel lmao!

[@SoFGR]

same lol

[@Nardalaran]

May Gmanlives forever

[@tadfibonacci4926]

NOLF2 was one of my favorite game I had installed on my family's computer back when I was a kid. I'd love a remaster or a remake of this series.

[@GoodGuyNickPT]

You'll live forever Gman, I know you will

[@klokateer4372]

"Not to imply that you've been sleeping on the job, Lets just say that your time has come again, so rise and shine Ms.Archer, wake up and smell the ashes"

[@samburgerwithcheeze8145]

18:14 I swear the mom jokes in these videos are hilarious.

[@psychodrummer1567]

I'm amazed you didn't mention the co-op multiplayer, where you play as a team of 2-4 agents, whose actions (parallel to the main story or between it's missions) are acknowledged during the single player.

[@ininja32]

Hating mimes has got to be a joke, some how.

[@xilpes6254]

Ask SS13 players what they think of them

[@Transfixed]

It common at the time. Society just seemed to collectively decide we hated mimes and Pauly Shore.

[@pchtommy1268]

i think thats mostly hating france or something

[@ElShotte]

I think in this day and age, NOLF1/2 remakes (Yes, REMAKE, if done right) would do really well. Also, the art style *still* holds up. That's something I always found incredible about this game. It doesn't have a "realistic" art style, but now, 20 years later, it still holds up and looks considerably better than most other titles released way back then.

[@klokateer4372]

"Not to imply that you've been sleeping on the job, Lets just say that your time has come again, so rise and shine Ms.Archer, wake up and smell the ashes"

[@alexlilly6657]

Just found this channel and oh boy, I am so reliving my youth right now with all these awesome games I played as a child.

[@delta-a17]

I kind of want to play this just to hear Jen's vocal performance in so many roles haha I've only ever heard her as Cortana and am a pretty massive Halo fan.

[@GlassFoxGear]

I really hope Night Dive gets the chance to remake this game

[@Torgo1969]

16:40 Thief: TDP and Thief:TMA are STILL the apex of stealth games!

[@buivansung1406]

Dishonored is better

[@Torgo1969]

@@buivansung1406 The Dishonored games are a lot of fun. I finished replaying the whole saga just a few days ago, actually. But the sound propagation system in the D games is inferior to the original 2 Thief games.

[@MKR3238]

i fucking miss the old monolith so much shame betrayer never took off

[@adamk.583]

Agreed, Betrayer was such a unique and great game! The atmosphere was top notch.

[@SpicySkeleton]

i must be the only person who likes condemned 2 more, i love how just bat shit crazy it is. and the part where you run away from the bear is just insane

[@OuhPii]

You're not the only one. I mean, I get that the story is total horse shit but I absolutely adore the atmosphere and how weird it gets with every passing hour.

[@jernfuglen]

Never played it, but now I want tl

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

I wasn't a fan of all the gun combat but the melee was sure as hell more satisfying than the original game.

[@afti03]

i REALLY dunno how you manage to post videos about my ALL TIME favourite games, a day or 2 after i thought about them and was feeling nostalgic. Example : yesterday i was looking outside the window, wishing there was snow, and i started thinking about the snow level in NOLF2 and how peacefull i felt as a kid, watching those snowflakes fall in game.. Today i am back there thanks to you. This has happened as well with other games such as Rage 1, Blood 2 and HEXEN >:D I said it before and i WILL say it again, this is my hearts fav channel.

[@Th3DadGam3r]

i’d completely forgotten bout this series but loved it when i was younger. will download it now!

[@debbiegilmour6171]

I'd love a NOLF, NOLF 2 remaster packaged with a NOLF 3 packaged in.

[@StillTheVoid]

I felt the NOLF series was pretty much how Perfect Dark was suppose to be even if it means they left the alien conspiracy out of it.

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

It's crazy how much better Cate looks in second game compared to first

[@grindhousefan80]

I loved the level where the tornado rips through the town you're in, never saw anything like that in a shooter before. Also I think AVP2 used the same engine as NOLF2, the look was very similar.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Nolf 1 engine

[@MrWeebable]

6:00 You skipped the series of missions in the underwater base. overall I think NOLF2 environments are much more varied and distinct in style.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

I liked NOLF a lot and was really excited for this game. It was also one of the first big games to take advantage of DirectX 8 shaders, which was the big new feature on my GeForce 4 (after GF3 kind of half-assed it), which doubled my excitement for it. "Synthetic water" and "synthetic lava" were pretty mild-blowing effect back then. :) Anyway, I could never force myself to get through the India level. The forced stealth was just so unfun. Overall, the game was really missing something from the first one. :(

[@imraw17]

I found and became a big fan of you and your channel after watching you old reviews for both of these games. And both of them are two of my favorite games of all times now.

[@IronSalamander8]

Love both NOLF games but yeah, Thief and Thief 2 have a great stealth system.

[@aka-47k]

the best part about nolf2 i loved is when you go stealth, as you go around the corner and see 2-3 guards standing around they talk, and they talk so funny i laughed always, and let them live just much longer to see if they talk some more.

[@michaelblum4557]

I loved this game so much.

[@Garnog404]

I'm currently replaying NOLF 2 and I am very impressed with how well it has held up after so many years. Also, it runs really well on my ancient laptop. Great job by the developers.

[@RileySkye100]

We really need to come together to convince Warner Bros. to let NightDive Studios work on a remaster for this series instead of figuring out who owns what. Just take the risk dammit.

[@CallOfCutie69]

15:46 I played them in my childhood and at the moment I felt (and still feel) that stealth in the sequel was massively improved.

[@channel_00000]

I wish that this was on steam so much

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

GOG would be able to make it playable.

[@xGMV]

Both of you, just get it at nolfrevival. Doubt this series will ever be sold again.

[@BloodyArchangelus]

I love cate so much in this game. She is matured and have this BRITISH charm. she is so sweet, Femma fatale.

[@jestemlegendom]

Love this game! played it through when I was younger and not until the last missions I noticed that there was a skill system... FFFFFFFFF

[@jd-rom7312]

You have no idea how anxiously i was awaiting your next upload sonny jim, and like always you never disappoint. I appreciate you going through some of the games you reviewed quite briefly a while ago and giving them much more in depth analyses. Keep them good vids coming man!

[@UberNeuman]

The Cold War is going to be rebooted before NOLF is. lol.

[@rhysjamesstewart927]

3:34 I wasn't aware Gavin Free was in this game

[@GuillermoCaetano]

love when gman insults my mom, is what keeps me coming back to his videos

[@CaptainKirkCrunchComedy]

Ok I need to know who does the art

[@scienceofobliteration2671]

holy hell, I just finished a playthrough of both, NOLF1 and 2. just yesterday and now you're posting an updated review? spooky, dude!

[@amelielacroix7535]

One of the best games ever! Masterpiece!

[@adeptasororitas1929]

Freaking love the thumbnails my man 💪

[@earldeuna6932]

I wanted to name our newborn as "Catherine Anne Archer", but my wife rejected the names of my exes

[@Subbestionix]

This is one of my favs - I wish there was a modern game like it It's so funny, scary, action loaded and all around a good time. Period

[@w13d0w]

I can't believe monolith hasn't released anything since shadow of war

[@guiltyfinnish]

11:00 I'm glad you're keeping the tradition of sneaking "Ur Mum" jokes into these videos, this is the reason I'm subscribed.

[@garrettpercell4365]

Dear Gman, have you thought of reviewing the Legacy of Kain series. It's like Shakespeare with DOUBLE the murder!

[@josephfranzen5626]

Gman greetings from Massachusetts, United States. You’re literally the best reviewer on KZbin, most of them are just SHEEET. Keep it up man.

[@bubblewhip382]

"right before Doom 3 and Half Life 2" 2 years later only after Call of Duty, Max Payne 2, UT2K3, Rainbow 6 3, and Splinter Cell. But yeah, "right before"

[@ZombieEaters]

Love ur feedback on music & audio mate!

[@TOAOM123]

"That next plateau of presentation" Of which Monolith contributed Al la FEAR, funny enough

[@schninx]

just have to say i love your channel. its like a timemachine beeing 12-16 again.

[@pauperslament3467]

Yes, back when games were games.

[@TheAdoringFan]

I’ll never forget when I met Jen Taylor at the Halo Outpost Convention and I told her I loved her work in NOLF 2 and she basically didn’t respond at all 💀💀

[@ShogunMongol]

I loved this game when I was a kid, I need to play it again, but God damn, I actually liked Contract Jack, and you tore it to absolute shreds, nothing wrong with that, but owch.

[@esticadozz1250]

That “your mums phone number” line got a chuckle out of me😂

[@70sepehr]

I'm looking to thumbnail for too long

[@romanrin557]

5:20 ".... feel the need ....." SHEEEEEEESH

[@scottbarton5679]

This game still has the best lip syncing of any game, and it's 18 years old

[@diegowushu]

Maybe second best after VtM:Bloodlines.

[@Werwolf2k11]

omegaLUL

[@scottbarton5679]

@@Werwolf2k11 What's Omega?

[@scottbarton5679]

@@diegowushu Yeah you're not wrong and I was gonna say HL2 might be equal, makes sense both on the source engine