This ain't getting a Nightdive remaster EVER - Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter

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[@jasonpabstract4384]

It's like "We Have Halo At Home" and "We Have Rogue Squadron At Home" combined somehow.

[@Germania9]

It's more like "We have Battlefront 2 (2005) At Home)"

[@sozaj]

I think it's more like "Red Faction" and "Starlancer" at home, actually. 🤔

[@laladoopsy]

I'm 43 this year. I really need a Nightdive Studio remaster of myself.

[@SorcererLance]

...that's usually called having a child :P

[@WillKeaton]

26:51 31:02 32:46 So, as these sequences show, this game's major selling point was that you could get into a ship, walk around inside it, fly it out into space, and the whole sequence would be seamless, where at any point you could step away from the controls and look out a window and you'd see where you were in space. I think it's the only notable feature in the _entire_ game.

[@jackkain7141]

When this Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter is more technically evolved than Starfield.

[@beat-man5167]

the only notable thing about this game is Henry Rollins voicing Mace Griffin.

[@superstarthomas]

Funny thing is I forgot all about that. I knew as I was watching this something was suppose to be interesting about the voice actor.

[@JJMarmite]

I remember - vaguely - someone saying this was some sort of Halo-competitor back in the day. I think people said that about a lot of things.

[@boxtank5288]

Tribes was compared to Halo by critics when Aerial Assault came out, alot of games had ambition of being a 'Halo Killer'. Obviously a good number WEREN'T up to the task.

[@BunnySuicida]

A lot of the pre release press was geared around "yo! You can fly spaceships! You can't do that in Halo!" Turns out for good reason.

[@IcyXzavien]

You don't know, if one Nightdive staff member is fond of this game, there's a chance.

[@thisismybassgun]

Yo, this hit me in the lost memories hard, god what an early 2000s game.

[@shortinos]

This game blew my mind as a kid because you could walk around on your ship in first person WHILE it was flying in space etc. All seamless. The main shooting etc was very average but that feature made it so cool. I'd always pretend i'd have to check things and repair things around my ship while it was flying lol

[@JRizzle8921]

This is a game I saw in magazines a lot, was curious about it but never saw a copy where I lived so it just faded my memories, so thanks for reminding me it existed

[@Faction.Paradox]

Mace looks like he wants to be Male Sheppard from Mass Effect but doesn't know how to

[@TrollDecker]

He looks like the guy from Game Sack.

[@bearded_snorlax]

John Shepard VS. Jack Sheepherder

[@kukuhimanputraraharja8084]

its easy. just spam 'I should go'.

[@adammoynihan2589]

This is a game i fondly remember playing as a kid but no one else believes me that it exists when i try to tell them about it so i'm glad you made this video.

[@Khadharphak]

If a shotgun can't one-shot pleb enemies at close range on the very first level of an FPS, that's a bad shotgun

[@garrettlittle1279]

It actually can, those troopers in black armor are elite and have energy shields.

[@Capt_CrimsoN]

it helps to use the secondary fire on it. The shotgun in Mace Griffin should be spammed at close range. It's easily one of the strongest weapons in the game.

[@jackcoleman1784]

I remember renting this when it came out. I needed something to play for a week and being a Henry Rollins fan didn't hurt.

[@christianhighii9882]

I honestly think this has some charm to it. That star + eagle logo is sick!

[@Mechazaurus]

This is the most embarrassingly early 2000s FPS I've ever seen and Mace Griffin is the most hilariously juvenile name for your badass character I've ever heard. It's actually kind of endearing.

[@flippedoutkyrii]

I never gave this game a chance, but maybe I should. Looks like the kind of jank that is right up my alley!

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

I wish Nightdive would fix Blood 2.

[@OptimusShr]

Is that even possible?

[@AfterBurnerTeirusu]

@@OptimusShrNope lol

[@DrazenTC]

You can't fix something that isn't finished.

[@agt_pendergast8899]

I remember going to E3 way back in the day and this was one of the games I saw. It was pretty unremarkable. But I also remember the main character having a cowboy hat, so I guess they decided the MC had to look more generic.

[@Alexalicious]

That assault rifle is genuinely pretty sick looking

[@TeflonSoul]

Is it just me or was the head of the High Council voiced by Tony Jay?

[@superstarthomas]

Yep that's him I looked it up. I think I heard his voice in one of those cop vids I watched too.

[@Atrahasis7]

The idea honestly like starfield of spaceship to fps mix is pretty cool and doable if anyone wants to do a decent one today.

[@OblivionMercZ]

I remember getting this out of a bargain bin for my ps2 back in the day. One thing that still sticks out to me was it advertising it had Henry Rollins voicing Mace, but I didn't know who that was at the time. Honestly I think the only reason I got it was because I was looking for a game similar to Star Wars Bounty Hunter. The quality was definitely the kind of game you'd find in the bargain bin as you saw. I think I beat it over the course of a school break and never picked it up again.

[@lavernebennet7395]

28:53 Some unions are still called guilds, like the Screen Actors' Guild

[@jlb9577]

Daaaaamn i remember this game!! I loved it as a kid, but i recall certain parts being unbelievably janky/difficult. I recall enjoying the ship combat though

[@Andarthiel]

For some reason, I always thought this was a Star Wars game

[@ghostmutton]

Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter is one of those names you forget within a nanosecond of hearing it.

[@pedroflores8526]

It sounds like the name of a made up game you hear in a TV show.

[@ThingsOnDemand]

“Wait…*who* are you?” “STOP ASKING ME WHO I AM”

[@Dinidan]

Rage quitting mid dogfight sounds like something Duck Dodgers would do.

[@SamusEny]

this was another game held back by having it ported to console, when it was originally being developed just for pc it was meant to be a gta in space with a sort of open world/galaxy with lots of space stations and ships to go and track down bounties with all load times hidden behind your ship docking animation, but once they started porting it the game changed to a basic fps to be more like halo

[@ToniHyvarinen86]

This game feels bit like someone saw Unreal 2 and tought "we can do that"

[@scythemouse]

A Boundary Break on this game would be good. The space-to-ship/station transition is actually properly scaled and there are windows inside that you can find outside too.

[@Kasaaz]

Having Controller Setup AND Controller Options is bold.

[@ThingsOnDemand]

Especially for PS2

[@arashi86]

Whoa, the narrator in this is Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop. That's rad.

[@spahr001]

I remember the enemy snipers were ridiculous in this game. They would wreck you so fast.

[@TrollDecker]

I remember when this came out and my clueless arse confused it with the ultimately unreleased "Falcone: Enter the Maelstrom". 🤦‍♀

[@yeahok1455]

Sounds like the monsters from the movie labyrinth are on your com

[@Sabeythang]

Watching the HUD bounce around like that with Mace's movements is really irritating, isn't it?

[@Jiggery_Pokery]

The blue HUD screams Halo CE/Early Metroid 3D... this being right before Halo 2 drops... Super meh in action, though I'd love to see a balls-to-the-wall type remake that parodies sci-fi FPS games.

[@Hyper_Drud]

28:54 There’s the Screen Actors Guild. It’s an American labor union representing film and tv actors worldwide, according to Wikipedia.

[@Fools_Requiem]

Some copies of the Xbox version came with a CD with music made for the game. Also, the space missions are unplayable on PC. I thought it would be easier to play a crappy FPS on PC, but the space missions changed that thought.

[@Guts1991]

After Griffith finally laid his hands on the legendary Mace he turned into Mace Griffin and brought along the dark age.

[@zettor47]

I scooped this up out of a bargain bin back in the day, thinking it was a Star Wars game😂, I was very impressed by it, I would buy absolutely buy a remaster.

[@reshader8864]

Best thing about this game was Henry Rollins voicing Mace Griffin

[@beebomcgroober9316]

Oh wow, I always just assumed this was a Star Wars game. I guess because of the guy's name and the rebel color scheme if his armor?

[@stanley1698]

There is a 6th gen-shooter called Chaser where you play as John Chaser I only got halfway through it I think. Also a lot of characters use a World War 2 era slur for Japanese people when talking about the Yakuza in the game. Should probably censor that if you do decide to play the game on the channel. It's on GOG for under $10 so up to you.

[@ehhorve857]

AAaah, da yagootsa! -civvie 11

[@Akojiguy]

@15:07 Mace is LEX LUGER!

[@Prohass]

Man that hud, halo “inspired” and exact same font

[@doublep1980]

WTF is this revolver looking sidearm, that has a burst fire option?! I know it's supposed to be a jank sci-fi game from 2003 and everything, but they couldn't even get basic firearm design right?!

[@garrettlittle1279]

The "revolver" is actually Semi-Automatic, it can be used fully automatic however; I wasn't even aware until now it had burst fire.

[@BlackRobb2000]

My friends and I just bought this at a convention! Crazy timing!

[@samulacrum]

I wrote a cool story back in school and called my main character Mace after this game. My teacher wrote in the margin that she thought the name was weird and I should change it...

[@RyanParreno]

I hope Stephen Kick watches this video and decides to prove you wrong LOL

[@martincalissendorff8384]

A thing that needs a remaster is RUNE.

[@LizardGenes]

If he was called Mace the Griffin, he could be a Sonic OC.

[@elpizo1789]

Good lord, they couldn't make it look any more colorless, could they? It honestly made me reexamined how well they handled colors in the first Mass Effect game.

[@johnoneil9188]

That is a really dire time for old Mace. Maybe even some kind of dark....age.

[@BenSelah]

Somethin about space buttons

[@arcturus1231]

Got this game as a kid cause i asked for Star Wars Bounty Hunter :(

[@kadosho02]

Ouch..that had to sting. Did you ever get a chance to play it?

[@arcturus1231]

@@kadosho02 no :( i hear it kinda sucked but thats little comfort when the game i got instead also kinda sucked lmao

[@MrStarMan96]

I feel like a modern guild would be a union, right?

[@Mankey619]

Luckily Nintendo didn't got this game back in 2003. Does anyone have fond memory of this game. Even I didn't know about this game's existence, until now.

[@Gat720Dua]

The game is Halo as fuck.

[@maggitPL]

Was this made on the Lith Tech engine?

[@thisismybassgun]

Apparently, it was warthog's own proprietary engine, called "Tusk"

[@lichlord267]

I played this game on and off as a kid. I remember it being fairly hard for babby me. Mace's prerelease look was a little better Imo. He basically looked like space Clint Eastwood (poncho and hat and all). I did kinda like the gatling gun rifle, as a kid, took some getting used to. I didn't have much budget for games, and ended up getting it for $5 i think?

[@hwhatup4086]

I love the Matt Hazard games! I beat Eat Lead and Blood, Bath, and Beyond. I would love to see you do another video covering Matt Hazard.

[@SodlidDesu]

I preferred Eat Lead more than BB&B but both are a good chunk of camp.

[@SlickEd91]

Lol the Arnold quote gets me every time

[@DthBakesh]

Tried this thing around a five times on PC. FPS part later goes incredibly janky, with very scarce checkpoints without ability to manually save (or save sends you back to checkpoint, I forgot). Thus becoming frustratingly difficult. Never finished it

[@davidkelley3890]

I ALWAYS thought this was a Star Wars game. I don’t know why!

[@superstarthomas]

I do love this game but yea I highly doubt anyone like Nightdive will touch this game to polish it a little.

[@Capt_CrimsoN]

This game is janky, but was way innovative for it's time! Especially the ability to walk around your ship while it's in transit.

[@MrBeardsley]

Why is Mace Griffin played by Henry Rollins? Seriously, go find a picture of Henry Rollins now with the gray hair and tell me that’s not Mace Griffin.

[@MyGamingBacklog]

Old jank is best jank

[@VBrancoPT]

I have a vague memory of playing this. Or maybe it was a different FPS game, probably similiar to this one.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

I loved this game. I need to get it for the OGXbox

[@VRHyoumaru]

Yeah I think I'm good not going on with more Mace Griffin.

[@chadbranston9741]

He looks gouhlish. Dude looks and sound like Henry Rollins

[@zaneseibert]

That's because he was! It's actually on the back of the box because apparently "we have some one who isn't an actor" was a selling point back in the day.

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

this game is trying so hard to be as good as Halo but the more it tries,the more it fails. Something I can relate to at least.

[@reignfire85]

I swear I remember seeing this in bargain bins but since it really is that forgettable, I can only suspect that I did. It shouldn't be a bad game really, it has some ambitious ideas, but it doesn't do any one of them well enough to be memorable.

[@wuvwarrior]

I enjoyed this game until I reached a timed mission

[@BrazenScull]

Okay… what’s with those first 10 seconds of footage, eh Matt?

[@jeffmaesar]

yup i found my pc copy in a bargain bin back in the day... it was not great.

[@Kenoji8]

Matt, if you want an interesting and random shooter that's filled with guns and interesting "objectives" you should check out Urban Chaos: Riot Response. You can carry a riot shield to protect you from bullets and can bash enemies with it. You can also unlock a TON of weapons, it is insane! And the dialogue is HI-LARIOUS from the enemies. I think it will be a game that you're going to laugh quite a bit while shooting people in the face.

[@flophouseplays]

I am very, very familiar with UC. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJOXi6mqnJtpqLc

[@DSMTheEditor]

One of the most wonderfully generic average 2003-y games

[@domiepaonessa4141]

Should have played the o.g Xbox version played alot better I had this for my ps2 and Xbox many moons ago 😁

[@retromannyli]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i567ZoqCqKqNe9U Texas Rangers (MLB) and New York Rangers (NHL). There's prolly more in different leagues but thats all I know.

[@himynameisaaron86]

The first level is a shameless rip off of the intro level in Halo. Same with the HUD.

[@obsidian3136]

Might as well just play Starfield... It's the same exact game, but modern.

[@nietzscheente1271]

Peter Griffin > Mace Griffin

[@ryanwillson2751]

First!

[@BloodRedFox2008]

You say that but NightDive is remastering freaking PO’ed, so anything is possible.

[@flophouseplays]

Right, but to be fair, PO'd was memorable, had a PC version, and from my understanding, one of the original developers had all the original assets laying around still, so it made for a pretty painless port.

[@BloodRedFox2008]

@@flophouseplays ah, true, true. Oh hey you actually saw my comment! For some incredibly weird reason my comments don’t show up on your main channel and it’s been that way for years!