The worst Fast & Furious game

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0:00 Introducing Showdown
1:14 A bad mission
3:10 (Bad) Gameplay
4:26 That vault scene
5:50 Story and further issues
8:14 Split-screen co-op is actually ok-ish
9:34 This is secretly a 3DS game
10:52 Why do Fast games always suck?
14:38 Patrons/Outro chat

[@minimme]

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[@thencrranger5628]

Don't forget about The Fast & Furious arcade console port that got rebranded because of copyright issue

[@RobertoFornaro]

thanks for the vin diesel related content i really felt like having some vin diesel related content to quench my thirst for vin diesel related content

[@BurningEmerald]

din viesel I mean DAMMIT.

[@Danominator]

Wait, what's the playlist about again

[@minimme]

@@Danominator vin diesel related content

[@TrevisoStealth]

Midnight Club to me was always a Fast & Furious substitute. Too bad that series is unlikely to ever come back.

[@shawklan27]

Midnight club cancelled soz

[@omegaslast]

Need for speed underground was way way more fast and furious

[@teneesh3376]

I will always think need for speed is a substitute. Honestly for the longest time, I thought need for speed and fast and furious were the same franchise as a kid

[@AngellMessiah]

I agree

[@Str8outta604]

Maybe apparently taketwo is announcing 5 new games

[@daveintheAM]

The fact this is a late ps3 game is stunning ngl There were parts that definitely gave a vibe of "2007/8 PS2 game"

[@Gatorade69]

I seriously think the PS2 game looks better. Like that snow level from this game just looks atrocious.

[@Girthbrooks715]

I have the feeling Gina Carano accepted without consulting with the rest of the cast assuming they were all in on it.

[@Eirik_Bloodaxe]

If I was part of a multi million dollar movie franchise, and got offered a video game adaptation deal, and had no idea how that usually goes. I’d have accepted it, thinking everyone else obviously would too.

[@WH250398]

The most bizarre thing about this game is that it was actually a 3ds game ported to home consoles instead of the other way around. Also, having played Crossroads and Showdown with a friend, I can say Showdown actually has much better control and physics than Crossroads. Which is still truly unbelievable, given the fact that the devs behind Crossroads made Need For Speed Shift and Project Cars.

[@rickyrosay33977]

And firebrand games was a portable game developer

[@possibly_ben]

also showdown was heavily based on nfs the run on 3ds, you can tell just by the camera

[@PromotorFidei1]

I hope it was a graphically impressive 3Ds game so minimme can add it to the next episode! 👀

[@adlibbed2138]

What's funny is that (former) CEO of Slightly Mad boasting up F&F Crossroads so much in response to NFS did bad with Payback, so he figured he had the advantage and made a game that's "better" than what NFS is doing for the next 6 years Which backfired so badly when that game flopped so bad, Slightly Mad Studios eventually gets absorbed by EA again that said former CEO of that studio whose talked trash about NFS had to resign from his own company and from what I've heard, was making whatever tf is this upcoming sim racer "GTR Revival" is under a different studio

[@rickyrosay33977]

@@adlibbed2138 @adlibbed2138 alot of people that worked at slightly mad studios were known for talking shit I remember when one critized both Gran turismo and forza motorsport for including too much cars calling it stamp collecting while promoting the need for speed shift games he got quite a bit of flack for saying that

[@HeisenbergFam]

1:53 driving into walls for no reason is truly one of the most relatable things, average Friday night, glad you covered this masterpiece

[@syvulpie]

Ironically, his character pretty much says he doesn't know how to drive.

[@PinkiePie762]

Game is straight up garbage none of them can beat Fast and Furious 2006 game

[@beachwind7274]

Eva Mendez's cameo in this game is foreshadowing her return in Fast XX, alongside every other named character that has ever appeared in the series.

[@Gatorade69]

XX ? I like Fast XXX better.

[@Krishy-dz4ov]

@@Gatorade69We do everything as a family 😏 Why did I type this out

[@Kaceydotme]

OHHH, that’s why you needed the Run footage 😂 props on managing to make an interesting video about this game

[@minimme]

it's funny that both The Run and this were 3DS games ported up to a more powerful system

[@hawken796]

Kacey x Minimme wasn't something I was expecting to see today

[@r0b3rt_959]

​@@minimme Didn't knew the 3DS could handle the Frostbite engine...

[@KennyFrierson]

This game looks like a game you make so you can keep the rights

[@Gatorade69]

And it was also made by Activision... Same thing they did with Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5.

[@bagelfan6]

i demand a tactical espionage action game starting Han and Mr. Nobody

[@minimme]

now this is an idea

[@MaxH0ward]

I love doom patrol

[@jackcravford8744]

Play Splinter cell.

[@StickWithTrigger]

@@MaxH0wardthey’re talking about the mr nobody from the fast and furious franchise not the doom patrol one 💀💀

[@AlsoAlaskanBeard]

minimme content is loke comfort food for me, such a great way to relax. I would love to see another Stuntman game, even if its barely recognizable and in a Fast suit.

[@Cam-pe3nd]

Checking in as one of the dozens into the Fast lore. I love the entire series so much.

[@stobeznog878]

Such a goddamn shame genki cancelled the 2003 f&f game, it would feature 29 fully customizable vehicles and open world, one whole year before ug2

[@davon856]

I sincerely appreciate your commitment to playing games I’d never care to play and explaining them so thoroughly that I actually feel inspired to play them. I’ve bought several games based on your experiences and I just hope you keep this channel going. Thanks man. You’re truly my favorite KZbin channel.

[@kenjamago3977]

what weirds me is that there's both licensed (mostly Chrysler branded cars) & unlicensed cars that had radically different handling style. Most of the time the unlicensed "bruhout" knockoff cars handles way better than the actual licensed cars, like both of these vehicles are handled by a different teams (it mostly apparent on Rio race mission when you're struggling to win the race using an Orange Dodge Charger while the other hand it's a cakewalk while using the bootleg Lotus Esprit)

[@theps2guy561]

Bro!! Imagine a fast an furious game but its like the first stuntman game. And your playing as a stunt driver-double working behind the scenes trying to nail the driving scenes from the first 2 movirs. That woulda been epic!

[@MrJacobHoppy]

Burnout: Paradise City - a game which I think was missed out on a list to draw upon for a F&F game - a step up in cutscene based vehicle hyjinx from driver but still a driving game with a brilliant soundtrack

[@-neurasthenie-]

The vault level reminds me of Knuckles Chaotix lmao Also, Avalanche (Just Cause) for a framework, there are some great car stunts possible in their games. Car surfing in JC2, combat in Mad Max, hell even the top down Renegade Ops is alright

[@piratebear3126]

Speaking of Fast and Furious in the arcade, I played the Midway Fast game every time I was in Walmart as a kid since it was the only arcade machine within an hour of me. Decently fun game for 5 minutes waiting on mom, and you could save upgrades for next time. It was released on Wii as Cruis’n, but it’s probably a meh home experience.

[@gungancrab]

Wow that creature in the thumbnail looks like a biblically accurate angel from the cars universe. I do wish for more minimme type videogames, mostly because they fit such a fun spectrum of action and spectacle. Hopefully Resistor, the new car combat game, causes people to try making more vehicle focused action games. Also more spy hunter.

[@ryantzl3199]

The first game that came to my mind as inspiration was Just Cause. Considering how superhero-like the recent movies have become, the craziness of Just Cause 2,3,4 could be a good base for a good Fast game.

[@PsychoRavager]

If you really want to make a Fast & Furious game based on what the franchise has turned into, I think you need a similar budget to two or even three of those films combined along with a development time of like 5 or more years. Making a tie-in game that delivers on such an experience is just not viable.

[@comyxcon4gaming860]

Makes one wonder why they even bothered.

[@xPLDxPunisher]

I really appreciate how positive your content is. I think it's easy for creators to fall back on coming up with 30 different metaphors for calling something bad, but you always find something positive to say even in a video like this. Making games is hard and you have a great track record of giving the devs the benefit of the doubt. Kudos to you, my friend. Keep up the good work.

[@Jamiek101]

Fantastic video as per usual. Only you can make a great, fun, insightful video about a game this bland. Also great discussion about what makes fast games bad, would love to see more stuff like that Great work

[@KingYahshua]

Despite them not being racing games, Just Cause and Sleeping Dogs do the vehicular combat element very well. They would be a great foundation for the Fast series.

[@ZackC]

Avalanche Studios in general would be a great place to do this. Mad Max, Rage 2, and the Just Cause series all have great DNA to build a F&F game off of.

[@KingYahshua]

@@ZackC totally forgot about Mad Max! That was definitely an ambitious and underrated game with surprisingly stellar vehicle combat mechanics.

[@IzzetTempo]

I love minimme content of any type but every time I see you upload I'm hoping it's the Driver SF video

[@rockstaar977]

Are you aware of the cancelled ps2 fast and the furious game that was in development by the same team that did the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series? You can actually find some footage of it online and it looked like it got pretty far in development.

[@negil]

I remember really enjoying Trackmania DS, which was also developed by Firebrand. It had a really cool indepth track building system and what seemed like impressive 3D graphics at the time to me

[@legoclayface]

GRID and Race Driver on the DS were pretty fun as well.

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Love your content!

[@Wesocracy]

Your last 3 videos made for a good watch while bored alone at work

[@KemuriZen]

Finally came home to a new minimmee vid

[@blake8675]

Need For Speed Payback is a pretty damn good blueprint for a F&F game. The three different protagonists, the government conspiracy plot, the "famous city" setting. It's all right there

[@Splatterboy519]

When you were talking about which games could be used as inspiration for a potentially successful stunt driver game, I got to thinking about that strange "The Grand Tour Game" from 2019. It was basically a string of isolated, extravagant racing challenges inspired directly by events in the show, with all of the entertaining context provided as well. It basically felt like the audience was given a chance to do the same things they had been seeing in the show. Most people seem to think of it fondly despite its somewhat simple nature, but it does seem like that could be a good direction to go in with a Fast & Furious game.

[@WatanukiProductions]

This game for some reason awakens so many memories in me. The Spy Hunter game on 3DS is the most recent game I've played like it but more than anything it reminds me a lot of the Starsky and Hutch game that came out on the Xbox and PC as a pseudo tie-in for the movie. It consisted of car chases and played best in coop with one driver and one person shooting. Very cheap arcade fun. It's up there for me with Wakeboarding Unleashed (Tony Hawk but with wakeboards and one player can drive the boat in coop.) as zero budget games from my childhood that were so fun in coop I ended up playing them for hours and hours.

[@tay4467]

That bus crashing into you at 11:50 during the tailing mission made me laugh so hard I couldn't breath

[@AToolyTime]

Conceptually, all of these mission objectives sound very cool. It's a shame the project didn't work out. It looks quite frustrating to play. Thank you for always covering these sorts of titles. It's always interesting to learn about these games that sometimes drive under the radar. I am so sorry. I had to.

[@darrinfromvault801]

Nice that this was posted the same time Ludacris was announced to be performing in my city

[@Gui-San]

This came out the same year as The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, Aliens: Colonial Marines, The Fighter Within and... *sigh* Ride to Hell: Retribution. Man, 2013 was indeed a pretty rough time for gaming wasn't it.

[@Gui-San]

I also wanted to include Beyond: Two Souls but I was worried that it would've pissed off the few detractors this game and by extension, David Cage still have.

[@Rasa-Sama]

Really like your reviews. Especially on the Driver series. Some of my most favorite games ever but.....Midnight Club is my most favorite series ever. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on MC2 and MC3. Subbed.

[@skeletino420]

whoa, cool lil intro thingy.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

A Better Luck Tomorrow game could be cool

[@JOKER83]

This sounds silly but when I think of an idea that would work for a fast and furious game. I think of the game that I’ve been replaying recently: Sleeping Dogs. You play as an undercover cop who makes his way through the ranks of a mafia or a “family” if you will. He grows too attached to this group and loses the picture of his job and then starts to do his own thing. You’ve got chase sequences on foot and while in cars. You can leap to cars in front of you and car Jack. There is a dedicated “Ram” button while driving. There are sections where you are shooting from a car window. It even goes slow motion when you shoot tires and the cars crash in spectacular fashion. Finally there is also street racing in the game and it is set in Hong Kong.

[@eltrashooter2578]

I remember getting this game on the 360 at a PC Richard and Son with my father while we were waiting for my mother and brother were off doing something and I rarely remember even playing the game.

[@aneru9396]

The point you made at 10:52 + was fascinating to listen to, as there really aren't that many (if any) Fast and Furious like games to look at in recent or not-recent years. It all makes me sad that the Fast Franchise, or any Franchise Vin Disiel worked on for Videogames, has never gotten a well received videogame out of them.

[@alecpeng2719]

Great work Peter

[@koenhendriks4811]

They should make a split/second style game with fast and furious branding. Reckon that would do good.

[@maccurtis730]

Thank you for doing this now I know to avoid the Van Dessel car crash.

[@maccurtis730]

That is hilarious that Van Dessel is not even in the game. 😱🤣😂

[@MrHammers]

10:53 I've asked myself this question many times. Fast & Furious has the material and budget to make something fantastic, they don't need to copy something successful to make sales imo. They just need to find a developer that actually "cares" about the IP, and not just there for a cash grab. The one from 2006 is the only one I played and I remember it kind of copied SRS, which already wasn't a great game, but it still wasn't the worst thing I've played. Sad to see it's the best that F&F has to offer

[@minimme]

Yeah absolutely, I definitely think a great Fast game could be made by a passionate dev with a big budget, no doubt. And it should. I guess the point I was trying was more along the lines of - why hasn't a big dynamic AAA cinematic stunt driving action story game already happened by now? And I think the answer lies in it simply being hard to pull off right - every game that's tried it hasn't quite struck gold. It'll take a lot of inventiveness and boldness for a game to crack the code here, and I kinda respect Crossroads & Showdown for at least trying ALSO i should add ur channel is fantastic

[@PinkiePie762]

Fast and Furious 2006 game is best one and there will never be another one as amazing as it was

[@kada0420]

I want to watch your videos forever.

[@WA_Stokins]

Minimme's regular reminder to release the Sims 2 DS video, already.

[@aprofondir]

10:10 oh wow that actually gave me GTA Vice City nostalgia. Love how the graphics are so shit they're endearing

[@fluffyman85]

I can only imagine why Dom is absent is Vin Diesel gave a big no to this and he wouldn't allow anyone else to play him. Didn't have Tigon Studios' involvement whereas Crossroads did.

[@warloro]

This is very in depth

[@fireblaze5032]

Please stop making me feel bad for buying this game before the eShop went down on my Wii U im already crying cause of the space i need free from my hard drive lol

[@VulpesHilarianus]

It's so bizarre seeing actual detailed Chrysler licensed vehicles and then quickly modeled slugs so low detail they're missing window transparency in a race. These are supposed to be opponents you're keeping an eye on, not passing traffic you'll only see for a split second. Only the box trucks and buses have windows because you're meant to hijack those during certain missions.

[@Apemopo]

1:54 "my bad bro" im fuckiun dying xDD

[@UnjustifiedRecs]

The mere thought of these games fills me with a sense of boredom and dread

[@connormoylan4320]

That imagine of Brian in a red car bursting into flames is funny

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

Yeah but it's all about family, man. And by family I mean, the FaF family - you will never get it until you've 1. Watched Vin "doing a live", or 2. Been "Vinned" - which you may feel like after you've watched a Vin "live" but in reality you have to experience it for "real". Nothing is worth getting "Vinned" for, so I would just leave it.

[@SnowBlnd12]

there are 2 early 2000's F&F mobile games. one about the 5th movie and one about the first few. i have very vivid memories but i remember them being fucking amazing

[@ssj2_snake]

I would like to see something in the style of a David Cage game

[@redwaldcuthberting7195]

Those vault physics are crazy.

[@Dukefazon]

You really need to cover Driver:San Francisco. And you should try Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance, looks like a game up your alley!

[@jdv27]

He back

[@MutantDisposition]

Vin... Ya gotta come to my cousins Fast and Furious game.... Eva Mendez is here...

[@JenniferHeaton42]

I would very much like a F&F kart racer. Just picture it: bobble-headed versions of the Fast Family in their iconic vehicles, maps based on iconic locales from the series (LA, Rio, London, etc), power-ups that give you the vault from Fast Five to smash opponents or the flipper thing from Owen's car in Fast 6. This design document writes itself!

[@DrayLoco]

You just reminded me how incredible Uncharted 4 is

[@SplitScreenDocumentaries]

I loved the conclusion of the video, great analysis on why there never was an actually good F&F game. I would say that you swiped away Pursuit Force a tiny bit too quickly. The second game has some of the most impressive setpieces I've ever seen in a game and the rhythm is exactly what a F&F game should be!

[@bobbinsthethird]

Are you going to review the Fast & Furious theme park ride?

[@Pauliminator]

12:05 the Crash Time Series Games, based on the german tv show Alarm für Cobra 11. The games are suprisingly good.

[@mentallychallenging]

you should do a retrospective on the pirates of the carribean games

[@WH250398]

Good one! I played the legend of jack sparrow as a kid.

[@Czech91]

A Smugglers Run esque game would be potentially fun.

[@Tezuk_25]

1:34 man that hit was brutal. Target was not neutralised, it was murdered

[@chadbranston9741]

We have a great fast game, you reviewed it. Wheelman!

[@kapiernegativ]

most arcade games HAVE to be fukkin magnificent. this is not ready for arcade.

[@01Zipang]

there was a fast and furious game being developed by Genki that was cancelled sadly. Genki's games are pretty good, albeit budget title esque. so really bummed to never see it come out.

[@szalero555]

I'm in McDonald's right now, love your videos

[@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards]

This made me realize just how cool this would be if you had an arcade setup where one side has a driver seat and racing wheel, and the other side is given a gun where they aim and shoot. One player drives the vehicle while the other player shoots while riding the vehicle that the other player is driving. That seems like such a simple yet genius combination of the two arcade staples.

[@AlmostGoodFilms]

In terms of inspiration, I think the highly underrated Sleeping Dogs has all the driving, shooting, and hand-to-hand fighting gameplay mechanics that would fit a Fast and Furious game.

[@juliansantiago9107]

minimme is back with f&f shit, popping the champagne

[@lumirairazbyte9697]

It's unfortunate that licensed games often prioritize profit over quality and longevity. Those are developed not with a long-term vision in mind, instead they just just try to cash in quickly before the costly license expires. In order to further confirm my point, Crossroads, got delisted almost 1 year later after launch.

[@adlibbed2138]

What's even worse as the other guy pointed out, that Crossroads was made by the same team behind Project Cars and NFS Shift games

[@Cyklopz007]

I heard somewhere that Cruis'n Wii was originally intended to be a fast & furious game? Also the EA 007 games had some driving segments that would fit pretty well in an FF game I think.

[@SteveElOtaku]

Cruis'n Wii is actually a license-stripped version of the Fast & Furious arcade game by Raw Thrills.

[@aiden-mg7st]

Tokyo drift tie in is actually goated.

[@Kyla1112]

A racing game with light gun mechanics would make for an awesome co-op arcade experience. Or a challenging single player experience.

[@gracekim25]

Oooo this should be fun

[@fastrace14]

I was waiting for you to do a video on this game, it is really strange that they have never made a proper fast and furious game apart from the PS2 one which was ok, the closest thing you can get to Fast and Furious is either Midnight Club LA or any GTA game.

[@kevtiz03]

This game is actually the best F&F game. It’s so bad that it makes you realize what’s important in life: family

[@youtubeaccountlol4942]

The Fast & Furious FH2 DLC is the most competent Fast game I've ever seen by a million miles

[@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards]

I appreciate the entire script being placed in the first few seconds of subtitles.

[@robertovenzor1062]

Wake up babe, minimme dropped a new vid

[@artbk]

I think the games that sit closest to what the latter movies have gone for are more like Just Cause and Far Cry: both have some driving and some shooting, with a main focus on action

[@kapothegod]

The Just Cause series could definitely be a base for a Fast and Furious game imo

[@TrumanTheGrayMerchant]

Are there any arcade games that do combine a light gun with a steering wheel? Because that sounds sick.

[@DLGT93]

Right, hear me out - Stuntman returns, this time, as more of a Live-Service game… Packs get released intermittently based on certain films or franchise’s, such as Fast and the Furious, Mission Impossible, Italian Job etc. You’re still getting those franchise’s in game, just as a more behind the scenes approach, as opposed to living in those worlds created. I feel something like that would adapt to game form a lot smoother than games based on those specific worlds forcing them to work.

[@voidcoupon6930]

Split/Second to me is one of those stunt racing game with an enjoyable online component

[@Gamerdude854]

I feel like we need a Fast game that takes from something like Spy Hunter, more specifically that one Spy Hunter game that starred The Rock

[@abdelali9279]

A classic Driver like F&F game, that would be interesting to see

[@Blaza303]

I wonder what that cancelled open world f&f game based on the first film would've been like

[@kylegerbrandt]

The best Fast game is the Arcade machine, the one you could punch a PIN in and save & load your progress. That shit was tight

[@FreedomFighterAsuka]

You should review the Knight Rider games!