Hulk: Ultimate Destruction in 2023

[@mmorpgal4229]

For as great as this game is it is a tragedy we never got another Ultimate Destruction. Great video as always

[@ThatBoyAqua]

What’s worse is the game that came after 🤢

[@dimancor2925]

But we got Avengers game! Oh, wait....

[@AD3SPG]

It's not the same but some can cope with prototype.

[@civilwarfare101]

@@ThatBoyAqua That game is geniunely bad. It takes a lot to make me say that even the Iron Man and Cap tie in games were better than the MCU Hulk tie in game.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

If you watch Matt Mcmuscles video on the incredible hulk ultimate destruction game he talked to the developer of the game where he talked about how they almost made a sequel to ultimate destruction and almost a spinoff based on the Ultimates team with playable characters including captain america, Iron Man, thor and quicksilver

[@DinoDave150]

God I wish this game got some kind of remaster. Maybe even a remake that could give you proper defensive options like a block and dodge.

[@DFGHulkOfficial]

Well you can dodge by holding the sprint button while moving in any direction, but yeah blocking should've been in the game. It's in the 2008 Hulk game but still.

[@neoyaku]

Well, part of me is a masochist and wants to say that’s the point of having spot-on positioning and really learning the controls, because enemies do friendly-fire damage and you can make shields out of trucks. Not to mention buildings and props act as shields also so part of the fun is dashing behind things and spotting trucks for shields. A bit too complicated, but the options do exist in this version of the game. I do think it’s a borderline masterpiece - definitely my favorite super hero game.

[@getschwifty5537]

When Aqua was talking about how it's weird that Hulk offers no resistance to those brutal (and poorly telegraphed) grab attacks, it got me thinking. Hulk should be able to reverse grapple as sort of like a parry mechanic. The grab should be decently telegraphed but if you press a button at the right time you grab the enemy instead.

[@Angel-q8g]

You can dash, if you wanna block grab a bus, damn this game is fun!!!!

[@angeloluna529]

In the remaster, they'll make hulk question his white privilege and toxic masculinity.

[@mihawk508]

it's honestly a shame it's been 18 years since we last got a good hulk game. i remember spending hours on the living room floor on my gamecube just mindlessly destroying buildings and throwing civilians, i dont even think i ever beat the game

[@Broomer52]

When making Spider-Man games the thing you NEED to nail is the acrobatics and web swinging, in Hulk games the thing you NEED to nail is the feeling of power. Hulk games don’t feel like Hulk if you’re not ripping through entire platoons of soldiers like wet paper and tanks being little more than annoying. No single enemy is going to give you a challenge it’s them throwing everything they have. Any less and it’s boring

[@blametheghost]

Hulk ultimate destruction ran so that prototype could jump as high as it can, only to fall face first into the ground... Still waiting on prototype 3, any day now

[@demarkusondatrack5646]

Same I don’t think we’ll get another till 2028-2030

[@yxrackman2397]

Atp we might have to wait for another game studio to pick up prototype, hopefully one that has a good reputation

[@GiuseppeAngelino95]

A good way would've been a collection on Switch (or a remastered on other platforms). But since you know... Activision is Microsoft now, i don't think it Will ever happen

[@firdanharbima6997]

Nah reboot into Hulk UD 2 prototype should've been Venom the game but nobody will admit it

[@2WinGs2]

I had no idea it was the same team. I was just looking at the Hulk saying "oh wow this looks and feels a lot like Prototype". But I agree, prototype got old a little too quick back then.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

The savage banner skin is so cool I can see how radical entertainment made the prototype game using this hulk games mechanics afterwards

[@harlannguyen4048]

They actually discussed making an Ultimates game using Ultimate Destruction's mechanics as the basis.

[@exiledhebrew1994]

@@harlannguyen4048I wish we could have gotten that game.

[@SecretMagician]

Damn, how many Avengers/Ultimates games have been canceled until we got the mediocre grinding mess of Avengers 2021?! This is the second one I know of, with the first person THQ 2012 game being another. ​@harlannguyen4048

[@bluememos6470]

This game is pure-hulk goodness. Love that the game aims to be simple but it lends itself to the heart of hulk which is the pure joy of HULK SMASH! thanks for the video. :D

[@badpiggy4177]

Very few things in video games feel as satisfying as piledriving a hulkbuster This game ( and it's spiritual successor, Prototype ) is forever one of my all-time favourites lol

[@maxfordgaming9278]

This game is my childhood. It's my favorite superhero game of all time and is what got me into the hulk as a character.

[@Mikulover69]

Same

[@sparrow248]

The amount of code carried over from this to prototype is crazy

[@themarlboromandalorian]

Best Hulk game ever. Of all time. Loved playing as Joe Fixit.

[@Angel-q8g]

I could never decide on Joe or Savage Banner as a fav, I must of played this game like 30 times ,not all together but replays

[@grimreaper6060]

I loved this game! It's probably the best Hulk game we've ever had. I remember playing it for hours on my PS2.

[@1Henrink]

To me as a kid this was THE power fantasy game. I played so much with just wanting to cause caos. It was amazing.

[@ViewtifulJae]

Joe fixit costume was the best. Had different dialogue / voice lines

[@MisterZimbabwe]

God yes. "Think hard, 'cause I'm about to make you stupid!" I still quote that to this day whenever I'm about to pull off some crazy maneuver

[@fizzywhizzbanger5610]

*picks up bus* Joe: In Alabama, this here's called a "tubifor"!

[@dragonorbminecraft]

This was a serious favorite of mine when I was younger. It awaked my love of destructive sandboxes that hasn't been fulfilled since

[@andremalerba5281]

Try Prototype and Burnout Paradise!

[@chipperripper0896]

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction!

[@andremalerba5281]

@@chipperripper0896 good call! Just Cause series is just as great!

[@chipperripper0896]

@@andremalerba5281 Honestly that franchise is the closest we'll get to another Mercenaries game.

[@andremalerba5281]

@@chipperripper0896 completely agree with you!

[@KingOfTheMonsters07]

God I miss games like this, I never played it but I played Prototype 1 which made me miss the games that made you feel like an overpowered superhero.

[@lancekemal8989]

Prototype 1 literally wouldn't exist without this game lol

[@Dr_Andracca]

@@lancekemal8989 Prototype is more of a spiritual remake than a spiritual successor... like to the point of almost being a reskin.

[@aleckermit]

I encountered this game around the year it came out. I was at Blockbuster looking for my next Gamecube rental and I just couldn't find anything I wanted to play, after pacing back and forth for a while I begrudgingly picked up Ultimate Destruction (I wasn't a Hulk fan at all, Spiderman was the only super hero I cared about). Some hours later that weekend I had beaten the game and unlocked every costume for the Hulk. To this day I still sing this game's praises as one of the best games of the 6th generation.

[@Unknownagitation]

Still play this game on my PS2 will always be one of my favorite games. Even being 23 now I still have as much fun as I did when I was a kid playing this game.

[@namelessvermillion8188]

The Prototype series definitely gained a lot of inspiration from this game.

[@miguelbejar7655]

Same studio I believe

[@thomasventura6412]

They literally reskinned it. It’s the same animations and everything

[@devontanorfleet6000]

@@thomasventura6412it’s the same developers

[@Dr_Andracca]

@@thomasventura6412 The only thing I'll give them a pass on is the map being about the same as there isn't much variation you can put on "New York city"

[@TepidBlack]

yeah i always knew prototype was a spiritual sequel but i’ve never seen footage of this until now and i didn’t realise they literally used the exact same physics and animations. the air dash and the elbow slam are completely identical

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

If you watch Matt Mcmuscles hero or zero video on the incredible hulk ultimate destruction game he talked to one of the developers of the game and that guy revealed that radical entertainment was working on a bigger sequel to the incredible hulk ultimate destruction as well as a spinoff game based on the Ultimates team with playable characters like captain america, Iron Man, thor and quicksilver but all these plans were cancelled unfortunately

[@VITAS874]

Disney probably.

[@44Tuckster]

@@VITAS874 disney didn't acquire marvel until 2009

[@thagrammarnazi]

We live in the worst f**king timeline -.-

[@ewanb1086]

​@@thagrammarnaziHey alteast we got this game

[@LawrenceAdam_]

My favorite detail in this game as a kid was that the Joe Fix it skin talked when you were playing. That blew my mind at the time.

[@GamerSlyRatchet1]

They did the same thing with Gray Hulk in the 2003 game.

[@MrTARDIS]

I was recently gifted a gaming handheld emulator (Ayn Odin) and this was one of the first games I played on it. So nostalgic for it and it's so much fun.

[@TheLittleNoobThatCould]

I always remember there was 15 second audio track in the city zone with a bus honking and a lady screaming "Look out!" that would play way too often. I also remember going into New Game + with the flying headbutt ultimate and seeing the first boss's health melt away bar by bar. Really fun.

[@dimancor2925]

Actually, after reading Hulk comics, i do believe Bruce should be a part of the game, just maybe not stupid stealth missions though)

[@DatPRGuy2017]

Exactly my thought too What I liked about games like Avengers campaign and Spider-Man is that they still focus on the secret identity of the hero outside cutscenes

[@civilwarfare101]

The stealth missions with Banner where basically MGS minus the Soliton Radar.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Yeah, it'd be neat if instead of just dying when Hulks hp reached zero, you transformed back in to banner and you'd have to flee/hide until you could hulk out again.

[@civilwarfare101]

@@MisterZimbabwe The heat seeking missiles would just kill Banner.

[@tajjones6935]

I remember playing this on my silver PS2 slim. I think I was in GameStop with my dad and stumbled upon it in the “pre owned” section. Dad got it for me and I felt like I had discovered a hidden gem. None of my friends knew this game existed but when I showed my older brother, I could tell he thought this game was just as special as I did. I was a kid when I played this game so most of my gameplay consisted of destroying everything in sight, and I had an absolute blast. Some years later I played The Incredible Hulk movie game on 360, and it just wasn’t the same. I kept comparing it to Ultimate Destruction and I just couldn’t believe this old PS2 game was so much better than the new 360 game. I’m so glad you made a video on this game because I feel like it isn’t appreciated enough. Best Hulk game, period.

[@hulk-ji5vc]

Making a good game like the incredibl hulk ultimate destruction is a lost art,hulk 2008 failed to emulate it is a good example.

[@MorganTheGorgon]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail, you teleported me back to when I was a kid, I haven’t thought about this game in *years*, goddamn. I remember it being super fun, though

[@shadowlink3602]

I would genuinely be so happy if you make a video on X2 wolverines revenge. Its one of the hardest games ive played but its also an underrated gem

[@blizzyalmxghty9297]

Bruh I’m sayin that’s 1 game I’ve never beaten it was difficult as hell

[@shadowlink3602]

@@blizzyalmxghty9297 right?? Genuinely so impressed with myself for beating it

[@chriscullers3279]

I played this game for the first time in forever recently. An arcade bar in toronto has consoles setup and they brought me back to the blockbuster days. Good times

[@thefirstofthelastones8952]

There was a lot of games I regret missing out on back in the 2000s... This is one of them.

[@benvincent2063]

Insomniac needs to get on Hulk after Wolverine

[@fraughtmonster8]

I’ve been saying this for yearss

[@audax117]

No they should make a Daredevil game imo. We never rly got one

[@Dibbles2005]

​@@audax117 Hell no

[@gamzillio]

So it would be a console exclusive? Pass.

[@MohamedDilik]

I'll pay whatever they Ask

[@jacobpearson3294]

While the Hulk is strong, he ain't invincible

[@SteezyLovejoy]

A thing I used to enjoy about NPC civilians in this game is that, if you picked them up again fast enough, it didn't matter how far they fell. You could literally boot someone off the tallest building and then sprint after them, pick them up and 'save them'.

[@dawe964]

This was the only Hulk game we ever got. Period

[@arclite95]

“Come and mop up boys, I’m done here.”

[@ricardoroman7511]

It's not just the greatest Hulk game, it's one of the greatest games ever made in my opinion and I trully pitty all who were not able to experience it when it came out. Like this game was trully fun as fuck and it holds up so well it brings a tear to my eye. It's trully one of the best highs I'll ever have in my life.

[@venomous-prime]

i really hope we get a new hulk game soon

[@steampunk1610]

I miss games like this. This was pure fun growing up.

[@Zenantsy]

This is the best depiction of Hulk in a video game and we probably will never surpass it unfortunately

[@willcone9964]

Ive never actually played this game, I played the incredible hulk tie in game. Great video as always Aqua, keep up the good work

[@Outlaw7263]

I loved playing this game all day after coming from school

[@spartanAXA]

We need a total destruction game with modern day mechanics and graphics!

[@Seraphiel29]

Game development seemed so fun back in the day.

[@Dandoskyballer]

A Hulk game with modern graphics would be insanely brutal/gory if it maintained any realism.

[@Dr_Andracca]

If you want Ultimate Destruction but gorey you're looking for Prototype. Same devs, and it is borderline a reskin.

[@dhampirsilver1260]

I remember playing this when I was on primary school. I loved those days when you could gather collectibles or do challenges to unlock new skins

[@Ayahuasca98]

I wish this could get a steam port

[@Dandoskyballer]

This game was pure joy. Loved making boxing gloves out of vehicles.

[@pepitoblue8761]

0:47 AYYEEE ( BBall Dunking energy)

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

I've been digging for the name of this game for a LONG time. I kept thinking it was the previous Hulk game and chalked up my misremembering to me being a young kid when I played it but when I saw this I was like "Yep, that's the one". It feels oddly similar to Ultimate Spider-Man from that same time and makes me wish we had gotten some other similar games for Iron Man, Thor, and other Avengers, maybe even getting higher budgets once the MCU started taking off.

[@KenMasters.]

This game definitely needs a sequel. Where instead of it being just Hulk, the MARVEL Bruisers team up with him. Where players can rebuild and repair the city as Heroes such as Hulk, She-Hulk, Hulk Buster (Tony Stark), Thing, Colossus, Bishop, Hercules, Thor, Sandman, and Venom. Or destruct and demolish the city as Villains such as Red Hulk, Abomination, Absorbing Man, Anti-Venom, Blob, Juggernaut, Rhino, Lizard, Tombstone, Ultimate Green Goblin, and Zzzax. And it has Heroes vs. Villains multiplayer campaign battles.

[@ColeEdits]

Fucking adore every part of this game.

[@eddiesmith8756]

We need a Superman game now from RockSteady

[@brunocampos8640]

It's what a Hulk game should be a free roam destruction sim and it's basically the prototype for... Prototype

[@osmisaac3417]

4:55 The PTSD of the enemy spam on that building just hit HARD.

[@reganpt1]

Literally 5 minutes 27 seconds into stumbling across this video and this is a favourite channel of mine.

[@timhaas6021]

I was in grad school when this came out, but playing it on a home theater and 110 inch screen was a ton of fun for me and my buddies.

[@thomasamara1453]

The sound effect in this game is so memorable for me. Even the footsteps of The Hulk sounds powerful.

[@marcuswalters8093]

Such a great point. Many games were 20-30 hours back in the day, but the gameplay loop was do enjoyable that you'd spend hundreds of hours happily playing. The original Battle Front 2 and Spider man 2, the original Mafia 1.... all games finished in a short time but played for hundreds of hours after the credits rolled. The only games I've had like that recently were Ghost Of Tsushima and Batman Arkham Knight (you read that right, rush through the tank stuff and you'll see what I mean).

[@TheAmazingBeanieMan]

This game and the 03 needs a remaster.

[@Mickey_JR]

When I was a kid in the 2000's,I would always had to pick Hulk:Ultimate Destruction or Spiderman 2 for the PS2.When I was a kid,those two games was the best open world superhero games,that it was difficult to choose which one I should play today.

[@hiddensquid7048]

I just started playing it this week actually! Im having such a great time.

[@fraughtmonster8]

Have fun, buy those upgrades especially the shockwave smash

[@justinkane9967]

What do you mean the women were scared of me after hurdling them into the ocean?

[@TBone4Breakfast]

I’m really shocked that this game never got the remake treatment

[@animalisticprik]

The 2003 Hulk game on ps2 was the one I played as a kid, so it'd be fun to see that one for me

[@cjnovo992]

Xmen wolverine orgins next?

[@OnlyOnSindays]

This shot me back to when I was playing Spiderman 2 on the GameCube. Still holds up like this game too and Prototype.

[@wellplayedninjas]

core memories unlocked with this one, especially you carrying the blue gorilla! used to do that too for fun :)

[@5000Seabass]

Ah yes. The prototype of Prototype

[@cagataycakmak2280]

I would love a video about the previous Hulk game with the Banner missions. I personally remember having fun with it. Great work btw!

[@devdeteriorate]

Just copped a copy on PS2 for my backwards compatible PS3 I found in storage. Had so much fun revisiting it, funny that you dropped this around the same time!

[@Bigpun-bg8pf]

Dude! I love this game. My absolute favorite part was going to the canyons and punting the cows lol.

[@STAXXX313]

WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN REMASTERED!!!???

[@EatThisGrenade]

Damn. I remember when I got this game, it was genuinely one of the best games I played as a child. I loved the first Hulk but this was on another level at the time. Can’t believe it’s been 18 years!?

[@chriscuts7029]

Omg this was THE GAME of my childhood. I loved this game so much.

[@DarkenedFallenspiritgod22]

I loved this game I played this game on GameCube I miss this game still wish I had my GameCube

[@lakedaemon]

As someone who was born in 99 and was 3 years old playing halo on blood gulch with my cousin, I related to the "they dont make them like they used to" line too much and its exhausting

[@HoopsHuddles]

My absolute favorite move in this game was picking up a street light and throwing it at a mech, and it would actually impale him and stick him to a building. I can still remember that a decade and a half later despite not playing it

[@OrenjiMura]

Would love to see a deep dive on the hulk game from 2008. Especially since we really don't get games with hulk or any other super hero these days

[@Nightmareof94]

I need an 18 rated hulk game with violence and gore like the wolverine game

[@KenMasters.]

Sounds more like a Red Hulk or Abomination game.

[@Loboking2015]

Man. I loved taking the hulkbusters to the highest building and punching as we fall down slaming it on the ground then bouncing off the ground punching it as we fly up then down then rinsing and repeating until we stopped bouncing lol

[@AhnoldRunningMan]

I will never forget unlocking Joe Fixit and hearing his one liners omg this game and ultimate spiderman were the best games ever made!

[@krono5el]

this is one of those that will always stay in the collection because there will never be another as awesome :D

[@Colin_]

Gods i loved this game. So satisfying using the critical mass special moves like thunderclap to clear out huge areas. Being able to weaponise so much of the environment was so much fun.

[@blackwarrior1897]

I miss this game. I felt like the gamma irradiated beast that is lurking inside Banner and never felt that since. I remember looking at the back of the case and it said: "The World is your Weapon". And it truly was our weapon back in the day.

[@angeldoesfunny]

Thank you for honoring this gem from my childhood

[@christsantas3978]

Hey ,I just wanted to say that I really love your content. You have a lot of consistency with your videos. Keep up the awesome work.

[@cloudshifter]

And then Radical made Prototype 1 and 2, two more games with great replayability.

[@calamityknyte]

I remember playing this game and having so much damned fun. I even initiated a dogfight in the skies, using every aerial move that the Hulk had to keep myself in the air while fighting the Hulkbusters. And then I'd grab the last unlucky guy, take him as high as i could, then just beat his ass while we fell towards the ground. God, so much fun.

[@xdoxyouxevenxpuff9340]

This game was my childhood and I still play it to this day

[@Commanderziff]

I always played as Joe Fixit, he would constantly shout snarky things during gameplay, and a few cutscenes. I loved Joe.

[@TomTom-vu1hv]

I miss this game so much; along with Marvel nemesis : rise of the imperfects

[@jahjoeka]

The Hulk got 2 movies and games back to back. Pretty crazy.

[@DivineGaming22]

2:05 has me geekin but this game was amazing wish you didn’t have to buy an old console to play it

[@paulwood1790]

This game is amazing so much love was put into this game I had it on PS2 when you pressed the select button he did 3-4 different roars which scarred innocent people in both maps this game is every hulk fans dream.

[@SpeedBoost]

That Abomination final fight is so difficult that I've never been able to beat it.

[@FabledHeroes3351]

*Insomniac* needs to buy the rights and make a sequel 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@donalddarko-xm2vn]

Had the game pass for block buster back in the day this game always brings back great memories. This movie was amazing and so much fun.

[@TheeDrMoseley]

Oh my god i loved this game when i was a kid. The ability to just destroy everything blew my mind.

[@DFGHulkOfficial]

I got Ultimate Destruction on PS2 back in 2005 and still play it to this day(in fact I'm playing the Devil Hulk Boss, my favorite Boss btw as I type this, I even bought several copies of this game for PS2 incase one of them broke but thankfully my first copy still works great to this day) I really wish we could get a remaster for PC with improved graphics so people today can really appreciate this gem of an experience. Hulk is the one character that hasn't truly been able to shine outside the comics and this was probably the only big exception, why Marvel insists on making Hulk more goofy and kid friendly alongside the Avengers is baffling since he really works better as a standout character with a tragic story as an intimidating force of nature personifying pure rage and destruction, though he maybe misunderstood and truly he just wants to be left alone. what makes this version of Hulk spot on is that he captures everything that makes his character work soo well, he's powerful, he's intimidating, he's truly tortured inside but ultimately knows right from wrong. Abomination in this game to me is the definitive version hands down, Ron Perlman did a fantastic job portraying the character of Emil Blonsky (I honestly wish they casted him in the MCU but that's just me) He truly embodies the desperation that Blonsky in the comics had back during the Peter David Era of Hulk's run and I think they really captured his look soo well( side note but what is it with Marvel constantly trying to erase Abomination's classic look? I mean The MCU did, The Cartoons tried doing it and even future games like Marvel's Avengers did it like c'mon he looks great especially in this game)Devil Hulk is probably my favorite Hulk Villain aside from Abomination and The Leader as he truly reflects the darkest part of Bruce's psyche, like you said he's pure evil in this game, however he was pretty much the same in his first appearance in the comics when Paul Jenkins wrote him and I truly appreciate that they brought him on to help write for the story of this game, I only wish they could've fleshed out the story more but I understand that they simply lacked the time and, budget and freedom to truly go all out but still. I think Marvel really should try to make a definitive Hulk game nowadays, I mean his relevancy has been declining for year's and has only kept up due to his comics still being well received and partially the MCU's popularity though even that seems to be declining now more than ever, I feel that if Hulk continues to be more and more obscure as time goes on with the lack of any media outside the comics then eventually he'll simply just be remembered as a goofball that once had edge but now is a bit of a clown. I sincerely hope that never happens but it's becoming more and more likely which is why in my opinion we really need to go back to stuff like this that captures the true essence of the character, even the other 2 Hulk games at least took him seriously and even gave us some pretty definitive villains mostly in the 2003 game with The Leader, Half Life, Ravage, Mad Man, Flux and General Riker. The 2008 Game at least gave us The U-Foes, Bi Beast, and Glen Talbot along with Rick Jones making his only game appearance (if you don't count Lego Marvel or any Mobile games that is) But again I truly feel we've only scratched the surface for Hulk when it comes to his potential and besides the fact that Hulk is only second to Spider-Man when it comes to popularity and Iconic cultural significance, it truly feels as though the world keeps forgetting how great his characters and stories truly are and media outside the comics have only barely tried for the most part to capture it and seems to prefer to force him on a team to "Balance him out" and well I disagree with the notion that Hulk only works well when he's in the Avengers or the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.(which I really hated btw, it was just an excuse for Marvel not to make a Fantastic 4 show while making Hulk more of a goofball character alongside his "family of Hulk's") But nonetheless I enjoyed your review of this incredible game and hope the other 2 games don't leave too bad a taste but hey at you'll have a pallet cleanser with this one if you do

[@alphabrother6823]

In the chapter title “garden of good and evil,” it is explained that Blonsky is being influenced by his own Devil Hulk, hence his growth

[@Bil_Murry]

I just found it today in a retro gaming story, talking about making my day I brought the ps2 back out

[@HMCuber]

I enjoy playing this game even today. The movement and strenght of hulk are the highlights of the game, and keep it from becoming to competitive. I wish they made a follow up game that was better, with a better world and even more destruction.