Kane & Lynch is ULTRA based.

[@raulhernandez1122]

Modern games are making average past games look like masterpieces.

[@andypantsgaming]

Facts

[@AlexReznov1913]

*_PART 2_* kzbin.info/www/bejne/npDHlKuOapt1pbc

[@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر]

Same with cars

[@andypitkin9051]

So true 😆😆😆

[@maskedbadass6802]

I highly recommend the original Max Payne to anyone who has never played it. Addictive gameplay with a good level of difficulty, incredible music, a great story told in comic book form, and some of the best voice acting of noir style writing.

[@ZimpanX]

In 2007 we were so spoiled by high quality releases so something like this was just seen as "mediocre". However now, with the dire state of the industry, these previously perceived average games have become great when viewed through a 2024 lens

[@MeeSanFrancisco]

I was thinking this exact same thing playing through both Homefront games. The second game and all the DLC's is amazing compared to what we've got the last 10 years in the single player action category. I didn't appreciate it and only played like an hour now I've played through it twice in the last year man we didn't know how good we had it.

[@SammEater]

I was thinking the same thing as I was replaying the game Wet. Underrated action gem for sure.

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

I like this game, but it really was mediocre. And I'm talking about its gunplay, it was rough and unsatisfying, with incredibly low bullet precision, unreliable cover system and bad companions AI. It had great atmosphere, cool setpieces and an interesting story, yes, but the gameplay was mediocre compared to other TPS from the same year

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

@@SammEater the soundtrack of that game increases its coolness by 400%

[@SammEater]

@@SyamDaRos-EndoManno Speaking of underrated action games with cool soundtracks, Total Overdose is a really cool one.

[@ChunkSchuldinga]

You know gaming is cooked when we're looking back fondly at relatively mid game that caused a review score scandal 15 years ago.

[@sandglokta4699]

Oh man.. So true

[@arostwocents]

It looks freaking awesome compared to modern slop though

[@arostwocents]

Actually wasn't this one reviewed really well and the scandal was when 2 launched?

[@CryptidBuddy]

Call it mid but barely any other games pull off such good art direction. It knew what it wanted to be and was unapologetic.

[@Hoboken90]

I loved this game when it came out, it reminded me os much of Freedom Fighters from ps2, thing is we were too obsesseed with CoD 4 and graphic evolution for the next gen , so we didnt treat this game correctly but i still could see some "next gen" in this game despite the blurry textures, it had charm

[@cronicasintion]

If you liked the first game, Kane and Lynch 2 is an underrated gem. It's gritty, it's action packed. It's offensive to the senses and is a fantastic time capsule for the time period. Highly recomend.

[@MegaNancyLover]

Was not a big fan of 2. Especially the ending :( very anti-climatic from what I can recall.

[@robertwilliam5527]

Trump is back

[@theknifeman7097]

Hell yea

[@boss-py7pi]

Yes MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

[@Daddysbehind]

Thank GOD 🙏 ✝ now for video games to heal a lil

[@gigachad3506]

trump is a cuck 👃lover

[@Ipo_Ooped_Maself]

​@@boss-py7pidon't forget straight and white again

[@Matrix--Renegade]

The best thing about it is it split screen heists unlike gta or payday.. great game

[@dream_br.avi.mp4059]

dayum nice recomendation youtube!

[@sarge3294]

This was part of IO's golden era. Freedom Fighters, Hitman 2, Hitman Contracts, Hitman Blood Money, Kane and Lynch. It all came crashing down with Hitman Absolution. They've recovered a bit with the new Hitman trilogy, but they have not yet returned to where they once peaked.

[@rykehuss3435]

Freedom Fighters was tight. Played it local co-op with my cousin on his Xbox

[@brocksrocks9012]

Recovered a BIT ? Brother the new Hitman trilogy is literally the best that franchise has ever been, taking all the lessons learned from every single past entry and molding all the strengths into one of the best social stealth games out there, a bit is an understatement.

[@fakemcfaker558]

They're peaking right now too

[@sarge3294]

@@brocksrocks9012 Nah. Hitman 2 through Blood Money was the peak of the franchise. The new trilogy is fantastic, and the sandbox has never been better, but those original games had a much more interesting tone, story and level design, even if they were smaller.

[@jimmypeeps8471]

Their new trilogy is SO GOOD I actually can't even enjoy Hitman Contracts, Blood Money or Hitman 2 SA anymore because the controls and ragdoll physics DID NOT AGE WELL AT AAAAALLL! I just can't enjoy them anymore now that I'm used to the far superior gameplay of the new trilogy. So when it comes to Hitman they're actually at their peak right NOW.

[@ironmike755]

Other games: Metro 2033, Sleeping Dogs, Spec Ops: The line

[@ZimpanX]

All great, Sleeping Dogs especially, that game is pretty much a masterpiece

[@Formidable_Glamour]

@@ZimpanX and visuals still holds up today

[@bmsuperstar1]

Oh, but wouldn't something like Spec OPS be better if developers put more focus on soldiers' repressed sexuality? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@samkleinke]

modern game dialogue all sounds like it was written by those weird theater kids that chilled in the lobby in high school. You know what im talking about

[@Mr_Mistah]

Explains why it's all bizarre and inauthentic. Modern videogame dialogue feels like I'm reading Reddit comments. Forspoken and Starfield are perfect examples of Reddit tier dialogue in modern videogames

[@ProSketchgaming]

I never played the first one, but K&L2 Dog days was awesome. Running through the streets of Shanghai gunning down chinese gangsters, using a variety of weapons. Gameplay was great and the shootout with the choppers with light machine guns, fighting your way through the building was awesome. That scene where Kane and Lynch escape being tortured and running through the streets shooting at the police and the gangsters while butt naked with a thousand cuts to their bodies was insane. Loved the game, it was so fun to play. I'm glad it was made backwards compatible in the xbox store. They don't make games like this anymore, and I wish they would. I too have gone back to playing old games, they're more enjoyable.

[@MeeSanFrancisco]

Amen!!!

[@tjnaptown91]

The second one was sad

[@ProSketchgaming]

@@tjnaptown91 it was, I won't lie. But it was still fun to play

[@CosmicCorpse]

Dog days was such a violent fever dream. On launch day me and a buddy ran through the whole campaign in a sitting. Afterwards we both went outside to have a smoke to recover from the Shellshock the game puts you through. I will always love dog days.

[@funkydown]

same, never played the first one but only the second. that was the edge i needed and enjoyed back in the day

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

The animation was FANTASTIC for the years it was made. And faces expression's beats Dra Age Vel.

[@alptigin5438]

To be fair, in 2007, this legit was "only a 6" (i.e. "slightly above average"). I loved it though despite its flaws. It reminded me of Heat, it reminded me of Freedom Fighters (get off your asses already IO), and fragile alliance was extremely fun.

[@BasicSneedEducation]

Yeah the online was mad fun.

[@ProfessorSolenya]

Have you ever played the number 1 game for manly men? - Max Payne 3

[@titlasagna2172]

That game increases your testosterone with every 5 minutes of playthrough.

[@ron22n]

hell yeah

[@ronaldjensen9919]

How about the entire franchise?

[@blueeyed5074]

Yep. But really it's the entire franchise.

[@86lanzo]

the entire franchise is great and throw stranglehold in there....which is a game made by john woo...who is the one who inspired max payne in the first place.

[@die66666]

andy releasing yet another fact based video. 👍

[@christianporter3638]

BASED being the operative word

[@RKDriver]

Speaking of old great (non gay) games, I'm playing Far Cry Primal now. Running around on a saber-tooth tiger as a chad caveman beating everything with a club! Loving it.

[@JonCrs10]

Its also unironically the only post Far Cry 3 game with an actual satisfying happy ending.

[@Zello-w9d]

might actually get it since i never played it back then

[@RyanYeti]

Yup it's awesome! Far Cry 3 too of course.

[@Red-qv4nb]

Primal was my first exposer to tits on a Yt let’s play Lmao

[@retardedvelociraptor]

Damn thanks for reminding me I still need to beat it. Building up an entire village, making friends across tribes and taming animals, eating nothing but meat..yeah that's the ideal male fantasy.

[@HungDaddy-bp8tj]

I remember playing this online way back when, it was pretty cool running heists where you could betray your team, but it was ruined by the fact that if you defended yourself and killed the traitor it branded you a traitor.

[@deathstormer]

They fixed that in Dog Days with yellow cards.

[@Official_RetroMania]

This looks great! The game kinda reminds me of A Way Out I don't know why...

[@andypantsgaming]

very much so

[@tusk4519]

As long as it aint gay lol

[@SammEater]

Probably the concept of a duo of criminals that don't trust each other but have to work together to escape from a real bad situation.

[@craigfury7535]

Hell yea, one of my old favorites.. fn insane we can't get games like this anymore

[@MeeSanFrancisco]

So depressing considering what they could do with the tech now if they weren't all completely insane.

[@GiovanniTheDark]

I actually feel that Kane and Lynch 2 had some of the most unique and creative ideas for multilayer heists that hasn't been seen ever since, even in payday.

[@salvadormedina9099]

As much as I love the first one, I think Kane and Lynch 2 is legitimately an underrated classic. Especially when upscaled on the series x. Definitely worth a shot, boys

[@wills5482]

That game was brutal and realistic in a way nobody tried to replicate yet. That box cutter part is still nasty af

[@dustygearhead]

Fuckin loved that game so much

[@nukima11]

​@@wills5482 Fucking running naked & bloody through the raining streets with automatics & shotguns, yelling at each other while blasting gangsters was one of the rawest shit I've experienced in a game.

[@salvadormedina9099]

I think a category for a great top 10 list would be games that are overshadowed by other games. I don't think anything directly challenged Kane and Lynch 2 but all the great games of 2010 had received a price cut or DLC by the time it came out. I don't blame anyone for ignoring it for Black ops 1, mw2, bad company 2, l4d 2, etc...

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

@@wills5482 nobody tried because the developers had some troubles with China afterwards, despite the "this is work of fiction" disclaimer

[@YumanoidPontifex]

this game was mental. very enjoyable. the whole time i kept thinking those two are two alternate personalities of the same person :)

[@Dadee3]

*The 2nd game is so unique as far as camera/visual. So bad ass*

[@rogbard]

„Captures the essence of Michael Mann movies“? Dude, say less, I am already on my way to GOG!

[@blackandpowerful]

The game got such a bad rep because of Bribery and bad reviews. Kane and Lynch may not be perfect in most eyes, but it was to me. The game had a compelling storyline, incredible acting and action packed gameplay. I'm still waiting for a sequel Thank you for shedding light on this series.

[@METAL-ADDICT]

THAT'S WILD I was literally going to buy the series when I finished Dantes Inferno. LOVED this game back in the day. 😍

[@Varia31]

“Marcus Kane?” I didn’t realize Roadkill from Twisted Metal was in this.

[@theneounknown1343]

The same guy from Indigo Prophecy alias Fahrenheit.

[@marionmorrison2854]

I played Future Soldier recently. It's a nice palette cleanser.

[@SammEater]

This game looks like a relic from a dead civilization at this point. But it is so cool.

[@Rawry92]

i remember playing this and all my friends telling me im boring. meanwhile i was kind aobsessed, played kane and lynch 2 arcade mode by myself for years.

[@horacenev2002]

Guess we found out who the boring ones actually were and it wasn't you

[@stash.]

What's even more amazing is there's tech coming out soon that completly revamps old school games with hi-res poly texture automatically so i'll give it a few years and play it on 8K vortex

[@elman02]

this is a certified hood classic

[@Landon301]

Love kane and lynch, the 2nd one is a underated masterpiece Imo both are dope games

[@thisisjames4474]

I know it's not great, but I actually love the second game Dog Days. Sure the mechanics were generic but the story, voice acting and set pieces I thought were amazing! I honestly didn't mind that they blurred out the head shots, it actually felt like what you just did to that guy with a 7.62 you really don't want to see. Plus the menu screen, just a view looking out a rain covered window into a brightly lit Shanghai at night, with some soft music in the background🤌

[@bloodrunsclear]

Very weirdly they had been planning on a movie version of this game starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Fox O_O

[@reiniergarcia]

This is what we need to hear. Other that just saying that most of the games are trash, we would like to know which ones are good. Most of us don't have enough time to review hundreds and hundreds of deceiving options. We just want to turn on the PC or console and destroy our enemies without too much blah nor woke BS. 😂 Thanks for your work.

[@spark556]

Kane & Lynch 2: The Dog Days is also a banger

[@markhynes1230]

Somewhere on the Planet, Jeff Gertsmann just felt a Shiver....

[@gold24k54]

America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information. -Tom Clancy

[@arostwocents]

He didn't understand the true impact of the internet. With the destruction of boredom you get the destruction of inventiveness 😢

[@Nasia_Cron]

Right before the 360 store shut down I rebought and beat this game because its one of my favorite games from my childhood

[@saint_gb5845]

You should check out K&L 2: Dog Days too, I think It's better than Dead Man and the atmosphere is amazing

[@tjnaptown91]

No

[@saint_gb5845]

@tjnaptown91 ok bro sorry please don't kill my family 😭😭

[@katze9473]

Great game recommendation. Definitely one of the most underrated games from 2007. I highly recommend the sequel. It's dark, gritty, brutal and has a unique found footage style.

[@pinchenecio]

I played this game when I was a teenager, I loved it, and when 2 came out I was very hyped. I don't understand why the media destroyed it, I had a great time with so much violence xD

[@TPBXDRicky420]

Gotta play the second one. Its all about Lynch!

[@godzilla7391]

I loved Kane and Lynch one and two! We had a lot of fun back in the day playing the heist levels together. Good times!

[@scalinn7149]

I loved this game. Online was amazing, such a tense experience.

[@Latoufy]

My breath of fresh air is Dishonored, and oh boy it is really fresh!

[@d2ds17]

"Nothing can stop what's coming"

[@Slurpified]

Glad to see you like Days Gone. That and Bloodborne are like the only good PS4 era eXcLuSiVe. The rest all dogsh. Xbox 360 era style games forever.

[@TarkovRaider7749]

Recommend the sequel too, it does the visual better

[@Musipict]

Reminder that you could make an awesome video on the new God of War games compared to the old ones. Lots of juicy stuff to talk about there

[@Maximo8hd]

You know Andypants gaming isn't a gaming channel, its the most manly game reviewer

[@GemmyHomey]

I’m so glad to see this franchise get the love it deserves as the games where shit on back when they were released

[@31bbjm]

This game was so dope, I remember playing the prison scene and thinking wow the chaos.

[@naif3085]

Play yakuza It's so good There is no agenda The women here are real women, You don't hit women in this game It's about man, for man

[@McCallahanIndustries]

Would you put this in the ball park with Max Payne 3? That's like the Tony Scott inspired one to this one's Michael Mann inspo. Hahaha.

[@henrysonfixolas2577]

man i know people are saying this game is mid but i used to play it with my brother and it was super fun

[@K0Y0I_sis]

i'm so stoked for the video if you ever decide to drop one about the sequel.

[@lilbuddy324]

Loved the video bro. Another based game is GUN would love to see a video on that. 🙏🙏

[@chaosangel123]

it’s kind of bizarre to see you of all people like a gay love story

[@mrnubwafle]

I know right?

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

I loved this game. Part 2, not so much.

[@davidmartospeinado6444]

I love this saga. Kane and Lynch histories were gritty and dark. And they were really two very well crafted characters: Not some antiheroes, they were the bad guys, they did the worst and worst of the worst came back to them. Wish IO Interactive would get the IP back from Square Enix and give it a new spin.

[@katzarkul]

As a 3rd worlder teenager back in the day, I didn't have access to the best Internet or consoles (which was considered a luxury), but I was quite interested in the Kane & Lynch games thanks to the Eidos catalogue I got in my GTA EFLC disk. The cover art was quite good, so I tried to research as much as I could.

[@milicabojic9434]

The Finals is goated. I love going heavy with the big hammer and ignoring the objective and just absolutely leveling buildings while enraging my teammates.

[@royalmazan4216]

The 2nd game was badass as well 🔥

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

When Western AAA game started to suck and go woke, I started going back looking up games from the good ol days i never got to play, and holy shit. I just cannot believe just how many amazing games there were. On top I started playing more eastern games, and western smaller Indy and even AA games when they use to make the. For the first time ever I’m playing through the yakuza games finally. I’m on the sixth one now such great games. I’m actually glad Western AAA went woke garbage because it showed me what I was missing in so many different ways.

[@Guiltless765]

Used to love playing Manhunt too. What nostalgia.

[@yoghurty]

Great game, the whole game can be played in couch co-op as well, I played it with my bro back in the day. I remember we didn't finish it as there was a section with infinitely spawning enemies that was frustrating. Small issues like this and the short playtime kept it from getting great scores from reviewers, but looking back it was a solid underrated game. I've got it in my Steam library and will definitely play through it again after watching your review on it.

[@literallynothinghere9089]

Awesome. Can you also make a review of K and L 2

[@slazeblaze319]

Perhaps this Modern Woke Game Epidemic has some Pros. Now We Can Look At Games From the Past that were either Average/Mediocre/Alright or just Simply Looked Over and they Become Good/Great/Fantastic or Phenomenal Games in Comparison to the Garbage that's coming out now!

[@imembridibuddha]

We had it good with Watch Dogs 1 and Kane & Lynch 2 and we didn't know. Since people misunderstood and disregarded those games, of course we're gonna have colourful activist pseudo-games as a replacement. Also, the Kane & Lynch games are one of those games where the antagonists aren't really the villains and you can't really blame them, as Kane and Lynch are just fucking shit up and then expect to have the narratively standard "epic" ending.

[@Reacher_2215]

I've always loved this game. I still have my PS3 plugged in and I'm ready to get rid of my Xbox Series. New games don't have this edge

[@mr.notsure]

Left 4 dead 2 is still a masterpiece.

[@simondavis750]

I played this on release and sat locked in my chair until it was finished. It was brutal, I felt dirty but relieved. Then I saw everyone bashing it and couldn't understand so I went back and played it again. Still left me feeling unclean but satisfied. I had no idea what others were saying about it, I thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so that about 2 months later I had to go back and play it again because I couldn't stop thinking about it. Years later I will fire it up and play for a little while. The Max Payne that had the MP that came out around the same time was also incredible. Using bullet time in a crazy death match with other people blew me away they managed to make it work as it did.

[@critik1ll]

Bring it back what a split screen game this was terrible but funny and pure action

[@louyork8379]

I’m a newer subscriber and I gotta tell ya, I really like this dudes content. Love the cut of his gib.

[@atomaton987]

The sequel is even better!

[@Ivan-ud8op]

i played these games when they came out so i dont remember much from them other than i thought their stories were pretty damn good. Gonna have to skip this video to avoid spoilers but you reminded me of these and am definitely gonna pass them again because of you. Thanks man.

[@maltsutty]

Also please keep making videos like this. We can hear your love and passion for games coming through loud and clear and it’s great to hear your thoughts on games that I absolutely loved growing up . Stay based bruv lol

[@robertdaone]

Always loved the Kane and Lynch games. So sick of all these woke games these days.

[@MrHaloDudeOfficial]

Finally a video about an old game!

[@jwithington9347]

I'm glad you made this video, finally this games getting the love it deserves. I grew up playing this game religiously with my friends. The prison level and the tower level give me so many good memories

[@Shenp-ef3yg]

Man 12 year old me played this on repeat they don’t make them like this anymore.

[@jaleelbyars403]

SJW games make mediocre games look good. Not saying K&L games are mediocre, i love K&L

[@5Qu1Z33r]

I beat this game as it came out - 17 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday! That's how good it was 💪

[@Sam-cq9bj]

I played this game back in 2014. I can confirm that this game was way ahead of its time. The effects of this game blow my mind. When the enemies shoot at you while you are in cover, the edge of the wall starts to break in pieces. When you shoot at the tables, you can see the trails of the bullets bounced back in another direction. As a beginner, I never played any games that had these details at that time. Loved that game.

[@GlerpidyGlarson]

You know what I'm going to play this shit because that actually looks fun

[@epictheo1337]

you are one of my favorite youtubers right now, keep up the awesome work man!

[@LM8Gaming]

I really enjoy this channel, he says exactly what he wants without fear of being 'cancelled'. I hope to see Andy on Rumble one day

[@wills5482]

I replayed all 3 ninja Gaiden games recently and remembered how games can be fun. Kane & Lynch is great, even the second one that filtered a lot of people for some reason

[@kevinhardy8997]

The fight is not over until games are violent and fun

[@RavingPain]

When I was a kid I used to buy games based on how cool the cover looked or if I had previously enjoyed playing them on magazine demo discs. Kane and Lynch had a badass cover so I picked it up without a second thought. I am glad I did. This game was fun and cool as hell!!

[@jonstrait3868]

Since I found your page recently, I've been going through some old videos. Because of the homefront video I bought that recently, it was on sale on xbox market recently, campaign still fun. Now I'll have to find this game. Forgot all about it and miss. Old games are just better. I've been playing nothing but pre 2020 games I feel like.

[@arashjafari3283]

I played this game with my brother when i was a kid and it was one of the most fun games i had played by that time. bringing this up made me remember my core memories with my brother. Thank you!

[@whoisprize]

Just play XBox 360 / Playstation 3 era games. there are so so many good games.

[@samuel5591]

Never heard of it, but it will be added to the collection soon - thanks man!

[@Formidable_Glamour]

Modern games are making average past games look like masterpieces. What a shame.

[@forsaken650]

Great video! How could I forget Kane and Lynch just one thing about that opening bank robbery scene. I remember playing as Lynch when he starts to lose his mind and you only see police running in, but it turns out that he is just hall.

[@alanuzcategui2591]

Finally, more creators talking about this super cool and forgotten series. I hope they revive it and follow the experimental design of the second game, but of course… a bit more polished.

[@CliffuckingBooth]

Love that game! Especially K&L2. Just planning to replay it again :) I wish they made a sequel one day.