How Parkour CHANGED Video Gaming

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Parkour has totally changed video gaming as we know it. From games built parkour like Assassin's Creed & Mirror's Edge to game subtly featuring parkour like GTA & Far Cry even minecraft parkour and fornite parkour have become popular. In today's video we explore the evolution of parkour in gaming & the future.
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[@JimmyTheGiant]

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[@DAVEDEX-PRODUCTIONS-OFFICIAL]

THANKS FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO YOU ARE GOING TO HELP PARKOUR GROW BIGGER WITH VIDEOS LIKE THESE GOOD WORK GODBLESS

[@arynuploads]

U missed out the most important parkour game VECTOR check it out on google playstore u gonna love it

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[@linus___546]

I thing you could make like a KZbin game and your subs are the level ups

[@xpert4kali661]

I prefer making pk games based on the real world.. Like the locations.. And even famous parkour characters from storror and other ..and also Your Own custom character with cool skins..yes Skins is the most important thing in every games.. U know.. just like NBA 2k has

[@thevillagedrunk9704]

Mirror's Edge has such a vibe honestly, like really great environment design, the pov really accentuated that well, I'm so sad that it ended up more of a cult classic than a widely well received game

[@dailymotivtion]

I like the city like its so futuristic thats why i like cyberpunk 2077 too i know it will be an awesome epxifience

[@captainsoarineagle]

I still think it's the best portrayal of what parkour is like in a game

[@Zoomjah]

I think Mirror's Edge did a great job at showing the world parkour, but it feels so linear. Even the second game feels a mixture of linear and very grindy. The story is dope, but it'd be beautiful to see a game that somehow fuses Parkour with like Tony Hawk, without the skateboard. But the thing is, it seems like at its root, parkour is all about fusing with other aspects of life. The only thing I could see having more of like a Tony Hawk feeling, would be a like gym-centered and rooftops parkour game, which is about wracking up score and speedruns, perhaps with some back story to the parkour scenes. But it seems hard to make that flare really stand out in a video game, and not just feel like a simple sports game. Thats where the fantasy aspect has clearly excelled in making it more like in Assassin's Creed. I do agree with Jimmy though, that it would definitely be cool to have more parkour-centered story-lines, that show the struggle between the thrill and the public's mixed feelings towards the sport. Games are at their best when there is a balance between having what you want, and what you can't.

[@victoriaa2281]

I just found the controls so annoying that I gave up on the game. It wasn't fluid enough.

[@christianfors2722]

@@Zoomjah the parkour Tony Hawk fuse sounds dope

[@Gma.parkour]

Getting interviews with developers really feels like a level up in legitimising this channel and being something no one else is doing right now, too sick

[@eon001]

And this dev appears to have checked Jimmy's content. At least the London video anyway.

[@Team_3D_Print]

He forgot spider man as a parkour video game

[@jahpie2666]

@@Team_3D_Print i never even thought of that but theres some merit to that claim

[@darkvader37]

Not gonna lie, Assassin's Creed introduced me to the concept of parkour and the first real life parkour video I saw was from RonnieStreetStunts it blew my mind, I never knew it was possible to do the things I saw in the games and then I was like I want to do this, and that's how I got into parkour weirdly enough.

[@Ex4_]

Haha me too. I was playing it with a friend and we were like "let's try that in real life" and yeah 8-9 years later I'm here 😂

[@tre4tra807]

Omg yes i saw that video and here i am moved on from parkour after maybe 3 or 4 years and started doing flips

[@olelech]

Me too! Both of those! Used to be so impressed by his videos. I now teach freerun classes to kids and I watch back Ronnie's videos from time to time and am amazed how much both the sport and I have progressed!

[@NMD-yi3ky]

Dude, exact same thing happened to me

[@rayrez1245]

Same

[@almo6359]

I like how your video structure/style takes inspiration from people such as John Hill. I love the little training clips in between chunks of informative content. Keep up the great work!

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Thanks man, he's my favorite KZbinr fr!

[@makizupe4120]

Jimmy : askin When will a parkour game come? Storror : Write that down! 3 months later Storror : Well we will make a parkour game.

[@OhHooey]

Can’t believe mirrors edge is categorized as flops it’s such a good game, even today

[@eon001]

Any franchise that get's a sequel aint a flop imo.

[@Otzkar]

I'd say any game that has an active freerunning community isn't a flop

[@penguinisnotracist8440]

Hey , Free Running also categorized as flops and get mixed review but I to differ. This game is one of the games that define my childhood.

[@ESW01]

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was the game that got me into skating, I've learned trick names, pro athletes and the entire culture of it. I used to follow every THPS game since. Eventually I found out about parkour and was enjoying it a bit more, and my biggest dream was to someone finally made a "parkour version of THPS". It didn't happen sadly, so we had to make our own ways like GTA:SA parkour mod.

[@shadowchildren]

Storror dropped their game news today and I just had to come rewatch this video 😁

[@gaminghunt5837]

Game news?

[@m.j.3452]

I think if an open World game were to ever revolve around parkour, it would be at AOM locations, Dame Du Lac or even locations for videos like Storror's Cappadocia. Then all the footage you found of destroyed London locations would be used to recreate them :)

[@sefflikejeff1917]

Mirrors edge 2 was open world 👀

[@m.j.3452]

@@sefflikejeff1917 from now on 😅

[@staringinward]

@@m.j.3452 Dying Light

[@lihzzahrdspeed6631]

@@sefflikejeff1917 it wasn’t

[@smansoorhaider]

I have played freerunning so much on ps2 ....specially floor is lava

[@mello9074]

A big game that seriously got me interested in parkour was a vector. It was a mobile game that got quite challenging and I still play it every now and then

[@Cosmmic44]

It could be where you learn moves and travel around the world trying to get sponsored and stuff. You got to comps and try to get sponsored and make money and maybe start a team. Like you have to go around recruiting people.

[@Guyster5]

My favorite integration of parkour into first person shooters was Titanfall! That game was so smooth to play, and the maps were built in a way that real parkour ‘vision’ or creative ideas would work! It was so interactive, and COD pretty much ripped it and didn’t do as good creating fluid movement

[@andrewgruver7774]

Super underrated comment. I was really surprised that he didn't mention TF2 or Apex in terms of modern games that have amazing movement mechanics

[@dailymotivtion]

So for a parkour game to be made it needs to be better than Assasin Greed and Mirror Edge...yea thats super hard!

[@eon001]

I wouldn't mind if they mixed in some hyper real elements like they did in Sunset over drive. It's not like Tony Hawk doesn't push the boundaries of realism.

[@ImShadowWRLD]

Jimmy this video was BEAUTIFULLY editted, I just found your channel and I have to say I'm loving it so far. This brought back alot of nostalgia for me, I'm a late 90s baby who grew up in the 2000s and Assassin's creed is my all time favourite game franchise, this is the stuff I grew up on playing. Any time I think of parkour I immediately think of Assassin's creed and the first time I played it as a kid, how it immersed and captured me into the game with everything you outlined in the video from the smooth movement, parkour skills and death defying stunts etc. I remember going out as a boy, trying to mimic all the skills and moves I seen in the game (except the killing of course 🤣). Very well done this really takes me back

[@henrybluefilms]

Truly appreciate the shoutout man! Great video as always. So excited for you to get your hands on the game one day!

[@matefoldi3992]

If I could, I would create a parkour game with the help of Storror. We would use motion capture suits to record some unique moves (like the double kong by Tobey or 360 dive roll of Drew etc), meanwhile we could create some iconic Parkour areas like Imax at Waterloo (once I made it with blender it was fun). And the stories could be some silly bullshit like in the old GTA games, our Parkour guy got in trouble, start to work for the London maffia as a thief or something which needs parkour to be honest the story doesnt matter if the gaming experience is fun and creative. Unfortunatelly I only know blender, I dont have motion capture suits or expensive computers to work with them ... also I don't know the Storror guys either. Fuck its not the best plan im afraid...

[@borowatomek]

Sounds amazing!

[@knifeboi5589]

It’s almost like it came out of thin air😅

[@stephenbradley3153]

Annnd Storror just dropped the news today that they are releasing the first proper parkour video game :)

[@MoLassessss]

Do like Tony Hawk and make a parkour game with professionals in it like Storror.

[@AutisticLed]

With 'gaps' being 'spots!?' Yes!

[@Melky_Man]

Did you just predict the STORROR game?

[@hey-zq1vq]

21:16 How about you could choose between diffeent characters like Toby Segar or Benj from Storror and David Belle etc.

[@Keebler-kun]

Dude are u like a sage...look at storrors new video

[@hey-zq1vq]

@@Keebler-kun yeah i already donated, im pretty hyped

[@ssssSTopmotion]

@@hey-zq1vq how did you predict that

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Nice that this company is supporting him!

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[@janderkran]

Wow! amazing quality. Thanks for the effort you put into your videos

[@PabloPiercePK]

Another classic my friend can’t wait for the next one!

[@MatijsBabris]

WOW! Jimmy just made a better gaming documentary than Netflix High Score! :D :D

[@hortonhibernator4049]

really interesting and thought-provoking as always jimmy! thank you

[@nickfiend13]

Pretty good content. I never thought I could be hooked into parkour videos. Cheers from Mexico

[@n0k1parkour]

I admire the way you uncover the Parkour history and themes around it to the society. I can imagine how much work has been put into preparation. I really think this channel deserves a much larger number of subscribers. THANK YOU A LOT for great content! Best regards!

[@alexcooke7377]

It always gonna be a gd day when u UpLoAD

[@tamwithacam]

A game where you have to "battle" the parkour gyms by completing the hardest challenges in it and you receive badges xD and to travel to each gym you have to earn money by doing cool tricks in shows or just by training...

[@knifeboi5589]

I feel like this is a Pokémon reference...

[@faiz704]

Remember when Assassin's Creed is about being an assassin ?

[@falldamage8405]

Yeah they set up a really good vibe, and then decided to change it completely

[@blahgraffiti]

Slappin the quality my guy... keep it up 👍

[@josuaernst6832]

Amazing Video! Actually I'm not sure if I would've liked Skate 3 more with a better story (It's the game I played for the longest time in my life). Because I just loved it to skate around and set challenges for myself. As I do it in real life Parkour. I think that the next Parkour Video Game should take a lot from Skate 3 when it comes to controls. Because it gave it more diversity. And this exactly is what a Parkour game needs. Diversity: The possibility to make slightly off axis Kong Gainers or something like that. If you have this it feels more realistic. Just some thoughts I have because I'm waiting for a good Parkour game since I played "Free Running" back in 2009 or so. I thought about this topic a lot of times. Keep your great Content up and let's jam together if you ever visit Switzerland. :D

[@oppoaction]

I appreciate the consistent uploads

[@irebalogun3690]

It's so f***ing in fair how his channel is basically stagnant

[@burntgrass8066]

Ire Balogun yeah it’s just so hard to grow a channel when parkour is such a small sport. I’m sure that if someone applied the same efforts and types of videos to a different topic, such as skating or gaming they’d have over 2 mil

[@irebalogun3690]

@ JakeArtang well at least he has a massive view count compared to his sub count and he still has his sponsors

[@forasago]

@@burntgrass8066 I actually doubt that. Skating and gaming are bigger markets, yes, but do they reward quality content? Does any sub-market on youtube today? In my eyes there is no chance for quality content - "the algorithm" rewards mediocre clickbait. It's about producing something quickly that is just barely good enough to watch. That's the bar and there's no (commercial) reward for going over it. A hidden advantage this channel has is that nobody else is making content like this about parkour. Because Jimmy has no competition he can afford to produce quality! There's no giant clickbait machine drowning his infrequent videos out. If there were he would live in its shadow and maybe have the same size, maybe even shrink. If the parkour audience were bigger there's a real risk that several other channels would copy his formula but produce lower quality content way faster than he can. You'd be suggested those in the sidebar, you'd find them when you search for parkour videos manually, and you'd use up your "youtube parkour viewing time" with them - and never find Jimmy. Bad stuff won't be watched, good stuff takes too long to make. Mediocrity with an exciting title and thumbnail is the sweet spot.

[@JideOjo]

Give it time.

[@burntgrass8066]

@@forasago I think there are other ways to get views, look at mark rober, he posts high quality videos once a month and has over 10 mil. People click because they know it’ll be good. While there are channels like 5 min crafts that have mastered this mediocrity content farm, higher quality content will still work to attract more people.

[@pasdetrick]

NoordVPN!! With them big boys now!! 🥳✨ so fun to be able to observe your striving Jimmy 🙏🏾❤️ keep it going bro

[@fuzzydunlop_1]

I only found your page today man but I've watched 5 of your documentary films so far. Great job dude, I think you are really talented Before Parkour cam grow the entire sport needs people who cam talk about it properly and show the good parts, tell discipline and the passion. Not just people like Ally Law who does harm everyone he claims to be a Parkour pro. You should be very proud of your work. You're really very good. Hopefully the UK can show the world what we and the sport has to offer

[@senshinokai9628]

You are a goat man. Your chanel is growing so much

[@pausole-vilaro945]

I don't know how you come up with these ideas but they're great keep them coming

[@theflyingcrud]

Dude, I absolutely love your videos. Watch them every time you release a new one. Damn shame I hadn't subscribed to you until today, looking forward to your continued success!

[@danielmcinallyhjorth1649]

He do be jumpin

[@domclarke751]

Your videos are so well made and easy to watch. The way you tell stories is awesome 👌

[@IMatKatI]

Thanks Jimmy, you really represent the parkour community, and give it so much more character❤️

[@samwilliams656]

Great one, Chers Jim!

[@tobysegar]

Wow, incredible research dude 👌🏻

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

I'm hoping Storror teams up with someone to make a game. Explore the city, locate a spot, sneak past the guards if it's a rooftop, figure out the line or set challenges, do it, edit a video if you want, then run away. Also street competitions and non strictly parkour challenges, like the side challenges in Trials. Multiple characters that you can switch whenever, and a focus on the group. I haven't played RDR2 but it seems that aspect is done well there, so something like that. Develop your guys while earning reputation and money. A main story like the NBA/Fifa modes would ok, although improvable.

[@andrewmcgrath-santowski7624]

8:32 here was me thinking you were going to do some Micheal Scott level of parkour

[@udaysinghdhankhar4440]

You are doing great job in bringing parkour to the limelight 😄😄👍🏻

[@jaewol359]

I love the balance of training and documentary. It’s unique.

[@ChroniclesofMoldyBread]

I like these kinda of videos a lot, i learn more about stuff i actually care about and its also entertaining at the same time

[@WAZA_BUILDS]

So glad you mentioned the prototype series it's a shame will we probably never get number 3, they were amazing for their time

[@dailymotivtion]

Assasing greed made me interested in parkour at a young age and thats why i love AC

[@NinjaZone]

Very good video once again! I love this side of PK videos. We need to be teaching the newer generation and you are doing the best job my friend :) lots of value in your videos.

[@juns5979]

I can't believe I just watched a 20-minute-video ! I was so into it. Great work mate ❤️

[@Gma.parkour]

Also low-key that rail spot near the end looks like so much fun

[@mgweible8162]

I was just talking with M2 about this exact subject about how we need a next gen parkour/freerunning game that feels like the tony hawk gaming engine. How the movements were so clean and you could almost feel how your character moves. It could feature iconic spots and gyms from around the world. With your fan base and the parkour community as a whole I feel like we could petition and or crowd fund to have something along those lines

[@Better2burnthanFade]

MATE! This brings me back, my first thought was Prince Of Persia but when you let on about Marc Echo's Get Up I was smiling ear to ear. That game was my jam, made me start graffiti, was such a sick little piece Super good work getting Alex involved, and the sponsor too

[@burgertime2407]

As someone who actually knows Henry blue and has played parkour game it has a way to go but I’m glad to see the community is growing in a way that productive and helpful

[@iansimon8732]

It's definitely possible to build good story lines around the parkour theme. Like going on a mission to do some iconic or new roof gap. Or you could compete against friends in competitions or challenges or something. I think there's allot of creative potential.

[@crankedbaconjumps1786]

What if the story of a Parkour game was the story of how David Belle and the Yamakasi developed Parkour in its infancy?

[@EliaszPimpicki]

good vid as always

[@leedade]

Awesome video man, im a huge fan of the assassins creed series and the OG mirrors edge, i also love the skate series. I own the freerunnin game on PS2 and ive never got past the tutorial but maybe i should give it half a chance haha.

[@Mohagged]

Interesting video. Reminds of an old concept I had in mind, combining Mirror's Edge with Tony Hawks' like input for advanced moves.

[@sprite3960]

I started to train parkour because of you thanks

[@gabrielaflorio2302]

Parkour battle royal like a 50 freerunners on crack vs 50 security guards on caffeine

[@MisSorryforthespam]

Laura Croft's wall Ups from Tomb Rader 2 in 98 was the first move I ever tried and mastered. She was my inspiration to learn flipping too.

[@stanleyezepk]

I'm not much of a video gamer. I'm not even a video gamer at all cause the only time I ever played was when my friend pitied me enough to bring his ps2 over for me to play god of war. 😁 this was way back in 2014 or so... But when it comes to mobile games, one stands out *VECTOR* If you haven't played it you should. Its a chase game with an interesting storyline, awesome graphics and realistic moves. I can't say enough. This game has been out for more than 6yrs now. I've searched and I haven't found better. 👊

[@10HW]

Having a real dagger that controls the sands of time for real parkour would be incredible. Nice viid as always!!

[@dattashinde4804]

21:20 I think the game based on pk can have great potential! 1.an anecdote could help. 2. a boy trying to get professional in parkour [ multiple protagonists could help ] and his crazy parkour dreams 3. boys from small town with restrictions and all that things ah! i have so many ideas ! so many opportunities

[@andreasscharpf6862]

This was an interesting Video about Parkour!😎👍❤

[@beaupk4974]

Nice video!! No mention of Brink? 🤔

[@experimentalviking]

It would be awesome if in a Parkour Game, we would start out just beginning to learn parkour. So the first few levels you could only do precisions, cats, climbs and voults. But then when you become good at that and finish enough challenges, your skill tree evolves. Then you can frontflip, sideflip and backflip. Then you would go onto different challenges and learn even more step by step. Would be sick to go through this in famous spots, like start out in a backyard and then move on to travelling the world training parkour. Could have challenges such as making a video, where you set up the virtual camera and do the action to try and make it feel like oldschool youtube. There is actually so much that could be done and honestly I am here for it!

[@tamwithacam]

Also as an animator myself (2D but still xD) I noticed that other animators have a hard time understanding the physics of parkour. I made a parkour film myself and it's hard to have the movements feel real while at the same time animating in a way that's appealing and easy to read. Also 3D animation is pretty young so it kinda evolved alongside parkour as well so it explains why the games that involve parkour gradually became better at it haha

[@novid9741]

Such a good video my man. I got in to parkour through dying light.

[@kungpow55]

Yesss bro. I timed an hour from when you messaged me. Lol. Let’s get it!

[@luckyllamaleo4357]

These vids are amazing

[@elaiej]

@18:24 Ooh, imagine being able to make your own maps in this game. You could upload spots from all over the world to share with people.

[@bagga_t]

Sick vid

[@rooftopexploration1924]

He's spitting some history facts , this is why i love watching this kind of video and this is why i subscribed 👌 Spread love 🙏

Great content. As always (:

[@FrancescoCaban]

you could go through iconic changes in parkour history and have that be the story the games about . there's a lot of family and friend drama also so that could be interesting.

[@chillmaster14]

Aaaaaand I just saw your newer video speaking about the new game lol

[@GabrielRodriguez-xm8gr]

I would like it to have like some character selection where you can select teams like phat, what, storror, gup, motusproj, etc, and obviously spots like imax, and more iconic places, man, we need to expand this wholesome and amazing culture

[@shiva_689]

It would be so cool to make a game where you mix parkour with Ally Law style sneaking into buildings in London to get to the top. I feel like one could do a lot of cool stuff with that especially once the security spots you and you have to escape

[@shahmanteh]

hi, video game developer and parkour practitioner here. I can tell that in recent years, a lot of animators reference a lot of parkour videos as to develop more fluid movements in the animation. We even refer the term 'having more parkour elements' into the games that we build. My wish is that we developers hire more parkour/freerunners for motion capture , this would definitely help parkour and freerunners is looking for a way to sustain themselves.

[@chewwa1700]

5:39 “however, something wasn’t quite right” and boom, Stadia ad played. It was like it was planned. 🤣

[@jorgeloaiza4258]

A story line about somebody traveling around the world unblocking and going to the most iconic spots and trying to do legendary jumps while evading security and the police would be sick

[@Azkatoru]

I love this channel !

[@asbjrnfrederiksen4417]

you should do a video on teamgym, this would be so entertaining, because in teamgym they do crazy flips. it is kind of like gymnastics but less strict, ive seen triple straigts on airtracks, quadruple flip from a mini tramp and loads of crazy other things

[@gaseouslizard]

the voxel scene would make an excellent tutorial zone. set as a kid in the correct time training, then as you progress time moves on, new tricks/moves are unlocked inline to period correct time and new spots until modern day.

[@hecku]

Mirror's Edge is my favorite game of all time, such beautiful visuals and fluid movement. It's always great to see people talk about such an underrated game.

[@SlimeWhale]

if there was a game made, i feel like you could have different free runners like there are different cars in forza. All cars drive, but its about how. With free runners, you can get different famous or unique athletes that all interact with the environment in unique ways, and have different advantages/disadvantages. It could be a really cool thing

[@ThatTsukuya]

Mannnnnn Prince of Persia and Mirror's Edge were my go-to games back when parkour first began growing. I loved those games so much.

[@jackthompson7076]

you know world chase tag has to go in that game, would be an insane side mission feature, almost like races in gta V. Also i wouldn't be against a game purely focusing on movement like how skater xl and session focus on nothing but the skateboarding and the skateboarding alone because the satisfaction you get from landing your trick actually compares to landing your trick in real life.

[@shortguy014]

Mirror's Edge is one of my all time favourite games, I replay it at least twice a year, I've probably beaten it about 15 times at least. The atmosphere, the visuals, stunning!

[@isaacwildflower214]

Take everything great about Jet Set Radio, music, graffiti, story, add in parkour instead of rollerblades, and there you go

[@eon001]

Sunset overdrive as all the elements of a hyper realistic Parkour game.

[@joshingwithyahaha]

Who here played Vector or Vector 2?

[@stanleyezepk]

I did! More times than I dare to admit😁 Both before I started parkour and much more after I started. I love the game so much with the storyline and I expected vector 2 to be better but it kind of wasn't with all d laser, mines teleporting and stuff. I'd always recommend the game to any parkour athlete especially beginners

[@keinezukunft8497]

The first vector game got me into parkour, still my favorite game on mobile to this day. hopefully the 3rd game inst as bad as the second one

[@aviancarver2654]

Best games!!

[@stanleyezepk]

@@keinezukunft8497 hopefully there won't be a bad third one 😅

[@hillszxk2086]

Big map with real brand stores, parkour gyms, map expansions every year, new stuff every 2 weeks, smooth movement, 0 to hero story line, nice online gameplay and modes and lastly iconic spots

[@Japanimationparkour]

Man I've never played assassins creed, but now I want to play it😂

[@TedHolmwood]

being able to play a parkour game as Toby or Benj is my dream