Need For Speed Underground, A Blueprint For The Golden Age - A Sort Of Review

[@TheChikyChiky]

I feel it’s worth saying that Lostprophets as a whole shouldn’t be drug through the mud because of the actions of Ian Watkins. While he may be a despicable individual, Lostprophets as a brand, and its accompanying members were not involved with Ian in any allegations or charges. It’s unfair to be guilty by association.

[@MatthysFAIL]

Yeah I think you're right about that. The reason I said it like that in the video is not because I think the entire band is to blame for what the singer did, but more that I don't want people to look up things about what he did because of this video. Former lostprophets members have obviously parted ways with him and want to be known for the projects they have now, instead of their former band. I pinned your comment because I think it serves as some important information that people shouldn't blame the entire band, if that's okay with you :)

[@TheChikyChiky]

@@MatthysFAIL I appreciate the reply and explanation.

[@peerburns624]

thirteenag is the legend behind the widescreenfix for this and many other games

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thanks for pointing that out!

[@monsieurfabio]

What I really like in UG1 is the city really. I feel like no other nfs had encapsulated this late 90's/early 2000's vibe and atmosphere. I don't play this game that much anymore, but when I re-visit it, I just feel like I'm a street racer in a gritty US West Coast city. Black box were really good on creating immersive worlds/maps, and not only in the NFS franchise, like the skate series, for example. Thanks for this video ! I really enjoyed it! The quality is excellent with some humor touch here and there. I really liked the chapter part with the iconic livery of the cars :) Keep up the great work !

[@MatthysFAIL]

One of the most important things I wanted to get across in this video is the importance of the city map in an open world racing game, so yeah I absolutely agree with you. Black box were really good at encapsulating a certain time period and that only becomes more apparent now that the game is more than 20 years old!

[@MatthysFAIL]

Also, Thanks a lot for all the kind words, I really appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@axelstoll429]

got your video randonmly recommendet und got stuck lol good type of video, your voice is chill, the quality is very good. way to go, keep it up man

[@MatthysFAIL]

I'm glad you enjoyed, thanks a lot for watching it! :)

[@GeorgeValentineIV]

For some reason Samantha was and is to this day someone who feels genuinely like the coolest friend/sidekick ever... I'm not talking just about helping the player in the begining of underground 2 but also about how it feels like she tries to introduce the newcomer to the racing scene without seeming like she has any profit to make from the player. It even feels as if the two interract with eachother behind the scenes and that their friendship is not just scripted to fit the game's narrative... I'd love to see her return and being the same person she was in underground 1 with the exact same affiliation towards the player with probably an easter egg dialogue like "Hey looks like we meet again bro!"

[@MatthysFAIL]

I agree, that would be really cool! Normally I'd say that it's not very likely someone like Samantha would ever return, but since Razor from Most Wanted 05 just returned to NFS Unbound a few weeks ago, I guess everything's possible!:)

[@Fastminer07]

3:00 eyyyyyyyy 👈👈

[@MatthysFAIL]

Eyyyy fastminer07 joined the chat! Welcome back!:)

[@Fastminer07]

@@MatthysFAIL I just came out with my own comprehensive NFS review, so hopefully that draws more traffic into stuff like this 👍

[@MatthysFAIL]

Already watched the full 4 and a half hours of it hahaha, great stuff! :)

[@NeroVingian40]

Ayyo, it’s Fastminer! Your massive NFS video is crazy, man, I just watched it like, last week. Also a subscriber for you too, just last week lmao

[@PaulXPZ]

I guess I'm one of those rare people who, while I adore the underground era and still play them to this day, my favorite memories of NFS will always be the classic exotic car era. From NFS 2 to Porsche Unleashed

[@MatthysFAIL]

I think that's great! Many people have been telling me that the export tuner scene has been their favorite need for speed era (including myself), but I'm really happy to hear that the classic need for Speed games also still get the appreciation they deserve :)

[@zorlac303]

Underrated video from underrated channel.

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it :)

[@SpeedBlazer99]

I recently bought a copy of this for the GameCube, it looks great on the Wii

[@MatthysFAIL]

The gamecube version? What a great find!:)

[@elliott811]

Got into NFS Underground through the demo they used to give out with the PS2 magazines back in the day. Lost count as to how many times I played that demo, figuring out the shortcuts and restarting when I didn't get a 5 star visually rated car 😂. One of those games that just captured the zeitgeist so well.

[@MatthysFAIL]

Hahah that's awesome!

[@SaskiaWorld]

Good video. I'm working on a NFS video as well so I've been watching a lot of different retrospectives for research. This one really stood out to me though, due to how much you went into the map! 🤓I've never seen another video cover the layout of the world and talk about it like a real setting, it was very interesting and informative as a nostalgia nerd myself. The way you went into the characters was also in a unique way, I like the retrospective style review on them as if their real people in a sense, it's funny and pretty interesting. Didn't really like the music opinions lol but everyone has their things😂. Hope you keep growing man!🥳

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it :) will keep eye on your channel, I'm curious to see what your video is going to be about!

[@nomekop333]

Amazing production quality my friend

[@MatthysFAIL]

My bedankt is very groot Oh great nomekop333

[@nomekop333]

@MatthysFAIL the legend himself responds!

[@MatthysFAIL]

@nomekop333 I am but a mere peasant who not genoeg op zijn mobiel kijkt daarom bijna nooit reageert, excuus!

[@nomekop333]

@@MatthysFAIL nu je 20x meer subscribers hebt dan ik snap ik dat je je sterrenbestaan ook aandacht moet geven

[@MatthysFAIL]

@nomekop333 zegt de man die maanden op zich laat wachten om Pokemon Colosseum verder te spelen

[@trafficracer124]

I was honestly waiting for you to mention staticx during the music part lol

[@MatthysFAIL]

Definitely a missed opportunity there!

[@trafficracer124]

@@MatthysFAIL ah well, happens to the best of us

[@rogercruz1547]

So it's not just me who attempts to throw the opponents at the walls as many times as possible in that 7 lap circuit (103), good to know.

[@MatthysFAIL]

You definitely aren't the only one! It's one of the few ways I was still able to enjoy myself during 7 lap races hahaha

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

if anyone plays on steam NFS heat is about 4 bucks right now, and as someone that very much loves underground 1 and 2, its the closest i think we are going to get to a remaster of underground. its been more playable by turning the ingame music off and using youtube with steam overlay to play the underground OST really makes it feel good. campaign is poopy but the racing is god and feels great. give it a chance. dont spend 60 on it. get it on sale. screw EA

[@MatthysFAIL]

Did a smaller review on nfs heat a few years ago. I think you're right in many ways. Initially didn't like the game that much, but grown to appreciate it a lot more after a few hours :)

[@justinsimpson2146]

the last 2 weeks i gone back and played nfs underground 1 and 2 and most wanted. and i saw that heat was only 4$ so i said f it and got i dont mind the story its not even close to feeling of mw but the game it self is nice to play driving feels good and the cars look soo cool and you get a lot of choices. i might get rivals to i think it was going for like 6$.

[@randymarsh4748]

6 laps circuits are my highlight of the game. so intense but easy in a good car

[@MatthysFAIL]

To each their own I guess haha! I'm glad at least someone likes them :)

[@GameTalesHQ]

'FANTASTISCHE DRIFT' 🗣️💬🔥🔥 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@MatthysFAIL]

BAGGERVET!!!!💥💥🙌🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@GameTalesHQ]

@@MatthysFAIL Goeie video weer! Ik vond het vooral vet om te zien hoe de stad eruit ziet met de debug cam. Echt zonde dat we die nooit volledig hebben kunnen verkennen. Mijn persoonlijke favoriete NFS zal toch altijd Most Wanted (2005) blijven.

[@MatthysFAIL]

@GameTalesHQ ja was ook erg leuk om er op deze manier achter te komen hoe de stad eruit ziet vanuit andere hoeken! En wie weet is most wanted wel de volgende game waar ik een kijkje ga nemen 👀👀

[@Fire91ful]

Now time for pro street.

[@MatthysFAIL]

I'll definitely do a review on Prostreet at some point! It's my second favorite after underground 2:)

[@TKsh1]

I think UG1 and later NFS games have excellent graphics and art design to this day, from city layout to the CGI, and the 2000s attitude sells it a lot for me, good times. Too bad we can't say the same about the insanely hard races and the controls which it feels like it only works when it wants to.

[@MatthysFAIL]

I couldn't agree with you more! Stylistically these games still hold up, even nowadays, but they're also filled to the brim with game design that hasn't aged as well!

[@ZombieRofl]

Looking forward to the Most Wanted review ^^

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thanks! That Most Wanted review will come!!

[@Bruce_Mazi]

This definately one of the best reviews of UG1 and it doesnt suffer from UG2 was the best so let's give UG1 as many passes in its flaws as possible . I still think UG1 and unbound are my favourite NFS games specifically because they have the least amount of CATCHES/ mechanics you have to interact with JUST so you can Race. UG2s open world is boring af when you have to travel to everything, MW05 is boring when cops are tied to progression and getting busted means you have spend 45mins just to get to heat level 2 to be able to gain reasonable bounty multipliers for each milestone. The nfs series ahas always been 7/10 or 8/10 but nostalgia has lead people to think its been wayyy more than its actually worth and thats why games like HEAT or UNBOUND dont get the same universal apraise as the earlier titles despite being the same quality overall

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it:) and you make a lot of valid points!

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

28:00 aw cmon cuz! that civic i started with won me 80% of the races before i had to switch. no love for honda? civic was a staple. still love the vid. no hate.

[@MatthysFAIL]

I should've given the civic some more love, you're right! Will keep that in mind in the next video haha :)

[@gamesondisplay]

🔥🔥🔥

[@MatthysFAIL]

Welcome back my dude!:)

[@randymarsh4748]

i first tried 102 on hard on 3 consecutive runs this year, and these were the first runs i played since i was a kid. all u need is a good car. i used integra, miata and 206 just dont take that stupid skatepark shortcut u can take the corner full, and just try to never let them pass you, theyll break when u cut off theyre line. if they pass u in the last 2 laps its probably over

[@MatthysFAIL]

Nice, I'll give it a try :)

[@blinkachu5275]

It’s very likely your Windows is set to Dutch. Which is why the game is also in Dutch. Fellow Dutchie here and since my Windows is set to English the NFS games are in English for me as well ^^’

[@MatthysFAIL]

Yeah I thought about that as well, but when I checked it, my Windows was set to English! Strangely enough all the other nfs games are automatically set to English except for this one!

[@blinkachu5275]

@@MatthysFAIL Hmm, then the only other thing I can think of is that the version you have is a specific Dutch one, only sold in the Netherlands ^^ iirc they did that for those older games back in the day, rather than have like an EU and NA one they'd have country specific ones

[@MatthysFAIL]

@blinkachu5275 that's probably what it is!

[@scottjs5207]

The Neon not being the SRT4 was a huge disappointment. Big wing, tons of hp and torque and none of the IRL reliability problems.

[@MatthysFAIL]

also, the SRT4 looks SO MUCH better than the normal Neon!

[@kamukameh]

Hihihi, Topsnelheid, I love your language! So near but also so far away from my language, German: Topschnellheit quasi, but we say Höchstgeschwindigkeit.

[@MatthysFAIL]

You say topsnelheid is a nice word, yet you continue by saying höchstgeschwindigkeit! German never fails to amaze me 😂👍

[@pablodelgado7919]

I understand that fans of the Hot Pursuit series were pissed over the direction the series was going for at the time, but it was neccesary for it to evolve beyond of just supercars and exotics, don't get me wrong i do love lambos, vipers and what not but having just that in the game get rather boring over time "in my opinion" therefore i would say that Black Box did the right thing in going on a different route when it came to the tuner culture scene of the early 2000's, capitalize on it and making part of the NFS franchise and look how well that turned out.

[@MatthysFAIL]

I absolutely agree with you! At a certain point a franchise HAS to evolve or adapt in order to survive! And I personally like both styles of games, hell I even like what they tried to do in NFS Shift and The Run haha.

[@pablodelgado7919]

@MatthysFAIL Absolutely, it was a matter of just stepping up to the next level and bring something fresh and new to the table, while innovating with a lot of the stuff the game brought like customizations for example "which i wasted time with it trying to make my car look as good as possible, though i despised that they used said customization as a requierement for you to unlock more races in Underground 2" as for both Shift and The Run, while i'm not that much of a fan of enclosed circuit racing i did enjoyed Shift for the most part.

[@MatthysFAIL]

@pablodelgado7919 Exactly!

[@IsaacDorothy]

You're doing a fantastic job! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thank you so much! Also I have no clue what you're talking about haha

[@emperorarasaka]

Bro forgot to play Street Racing Syndicate - a better Underground than many other Underground clones.

[@MatthysFAIL]

Great game as well!!

[@scotthart829]

First comment. Haha

[@MatthysFAIL]

Welcome!:)

[@rogercruz1547]

I play underground 2 much better on a keyboard

[@MatthysFAIL]

Fair enough!

[@kimvisser2517]

No worries. You ARE the bestestestestest! 🫶🏻

[@MatthysFAIL]

Thank you kjiiiiimmm 😻