Total Overdose (2005) Is Absolutely Insane

[@AlfredFJones1776]

YES! FINALLY!

[@MrHammers]

your commitment to this game made it in the final video haha

[@X_Ov3R-_-Ki11]

Ggs

[@Rileygee0224]

Was it everything you hoped for and more?

[@KidAnubizz]

Vincent ! We happy ?

[@HairryTurttleneck]

lolololol W

[@parvchetri0995]

Every Indian gamer knows this game. Certified hood classic.

[@Gaming72-tu3qj]

Nostalgia brother

[@prakharshukla2223]

Hell yeah bro

[@Arky_Ytb]

Good old times

[@motivatinggenz]

my dad introduced this game to me it was my whle childhood usually rare for indians

[@Custom916]

Hood classic , African h kya be tu , un kalio ki copy mat kr jada 😂😂😂cool banne ke lio

[@NavinToast]

This game had real "on a tv in the background of a show" vibes

[@AlfredFJones1776]

Nah, this game is peak.

[@zooparty1257]

​@@AlfredFJones1776 These two statements are true at the same time

[@hwelsh201]

I can easily imagine Jesse Pinkman messing with it

[@penelopehawk6427]

The game advertised in a tv show😂

[@thefknscarecrow]

Remember when getaway black Monday was in superbad

[@Retr0.5280]

As a Mexican man, this game isn't racist at all. It feels very much like a love letter to Mexican culture and media. I love it and the representation that Ram is also a 1st-2nd Gen Mexican-American. Don't see that much outside of Blue Beetle lol. Ima pick up the game now from this review and those facts alone

[@anon556]

White people can't help but feel bad for other people for no reason.

[@evandenney8335]

As a white man I could care less if it's "racist"

[@javiers5599]

I think the issue is that it feels inauthentic and skin deep. To quote Raycevick "This game is what Mexico is to a bunch of Europeans living in Copenhagen"

[@Retr0.5280]

@@javiers5599 yup I see what you mean. It's hard to capture what Mexico is when you have to go off of media. Especially never having had been there. But again, their inspiration was Robert Rodrigues Movies. And in that aspect, considering that's all they had to go off on, it's pretty well done. It'd be a different story to me if the game took itself too seriously and made social commentary on it. And with the inclusion of many Mexican artists from Rap to Rock/metal, I feel like they really had the best intentions a predominantly white game studio can have lol

[@VoidBalareth]

The game is not racist, is indeed a love letter to Mexican culture, there are a lot of nice things, I loved the Dia de los Muertos bonus stage

[@mnraper]

This game is really nostalgic to me. Its theme song is a certified hood classic and a banger

[@Maulana_rhodes]

Too tudu tu tudu tu tu tu

[@NecramoniumVideo]

I remember browsing my local game store and saw this game in the new releases, basically advertised as a Mexican Max Payne, it was over the top cheesy action, and i loved it.

[@verl4ten]

HOLY SHIT CORE MEMORY UNLOCKED

[@Typrevail93]

I loved this game when it came out. I miss the days of games like this coming out, the PS2 era was full of games that weren’t perfect but were just a fucking good time.

[@MrHammers]

I miss games that were just senseless fun

[@Elisa9395-y4z]

​@@MrHammersindeed they were full soul and passion

[@Lagom0rph]

Ps2 games had the golden balance between technical fidelity and creative freedom

[@fearlesswee5036]

@@Lagom0rph I think the PS3/360 generation in the early days really hit that golden balance, but later on in the generation we started seeing the " lazy AAA slop" trend starting. The gaming industry fell when corporate suits thought they should be directly involved with the direction and development of games, instead of merely funding the game and providing resources like they used to. But hey, we always have indie games, which continue to be great and creative and fun :)

[@Lagom0rph]

@@fearlesswee5036 now that you mention it, you're probably right, 360/ps3 was peak balance. It's sad to see how the games industry ended up.

[@greenhowie]

This is one of those games that suddenly "clicks" when you realise you're overthinking everything. For me it was getting upset at running out of ammo until I noticed all the Loco moves I'd just been hoarding. For my friend it was picking up a spinning collectible while doing a stunt jump. Glad to see a retrospective on it.

[@MrHammers]

Yeah for sure, you gotta treat it like an arcade game. Use what u got and have a good time

[@R2Bl3nd]

That's like a miniature version of enlightenment. Enlightenment is basically realizing you're overthinking life, and that everything matters just as much as everything else. It happens to certain people in profound moments of stress, but there are other ways people achieve it, too.

[@Sacred-Lotus]

​@@R2Bl3nd I wish I have more moments of enlightenment in recent years. 😄 *Stress my way out in the game.*

[@Dailo_Ma]

This is such a childhood classic, holy damn! The music, the "saturday morning cartoon GTA" vibes, the absolutely crazy loco moves, everything was so over the top in such an endearing way.

[@AshYusof]

loved this game. till today I reminisce with my brother and say "SPICY MOVE" when we do something crazy in a game

[@fAEtusDeletus]

Just today I was listening to Molotov and Delinquent Habits, reminiscing about this game's killer soundtrack.

[@crewrangergaming9582]

True! Delinquent Habits songs are 💥

[@kevinsmretschnig1690]

Thanks for covering this, I thought that everyone forgot this game and I spent hours on it

[@MrHammers]

Such a unique game

[@zombiewarrior225]

I played this game once when my friend brought it over to my house and man, it stuck with me forever. This game was beautifully chaotic

[@CellShadedVisual]

I miss this era of gaming so much. We got so many unique games that had tons of charm. MrHammers, you should do a video on some Twisted Metal games!

[@kisnyirati]

I frickin love this game. I've played so much of it when it came out. I remember messing around with the rocketlauncher, when I caused a traffic jam, waiting for 4-5 cars to stand in line, then shootdodge and time my rocket perfectly to just fly through the glass, then hitting the last car and cause a chain of explosions... Man, what beautiful memories :D

[@purple_1884]

I remember I was thinking that my school homie was bullshitting when he's been telling everyone that his parents got him a game that is a mix of GTA and Max Payne for his birthday

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

Channels like yours and games like this make recall fond memories of my time growing as a kid. I had parents that were not anti gaming, which was cool as hell. The amount of different ideas themes and art styles I was exposed to and fun times I had is pretty astounding to me looking back on it, unironically gaming has influenced my life a lot.

[@stefan3900]

So glad to see this channel grow keep it coming. These are much needed nostalgia hits!

[@MrHammers]

Appreciate ya my man

[@AndroChimera]

yeah i know the open world is empty and all that, but i just love that little world they created, i used to really like just driving around causing havock, it's not super well implemented but it's a feature and i was sad when i found out that it was inexistent in the psp version...........man i love this game.

[@antocherian5459]

Same

[@Creatinapapi]

Great video! I instantly recognized the OST from Ace Combat Zero in the background, one of my favorites from the PS2 era!

[@MrHammers]

Good ear!

[@danielwarner3675]

i spent so much time in this game as a kid! absolutely loved it! the style, the music, the gameplay! perfection

[@PYROxSYCO]

I loved this game as a kid, LOVED the music so much I added it to my playlist. My favorite thing was finding a turret in the free roam map which starts a mini game.

[@antocherian5459]

Same

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

I mis-read your comment at first & was extremely excited you randomly found a "turtle" in the game, it's the kind of thing I'd love to find in a game. A turret is cool too tho lol.

[@N0KHturnal]

The PSP one was a strange reboot even crazier than the original and with a more aracade vibe in its gameplay, I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the original Total Overdose 😆

[@batman-gz1ed]

What is its name?

[@arnabrajshow8988]

TOD was one of the first games that I played on my Dad’s pc. That was the start and now we are here

[@mayank0508]

bro i used to play this with my older brothers back in 2011 and forgot its name, once i saw the thumbnail, i remembered everything!! thank you man

[@realsamik37]

I don't know if someone already said that or not. But global score gives you upgrades at some point, this red, white and double pistol pickups. So if you aim for 100%, you need to get your global score as high as possible to get this extra upgrades. Thats why there is bunch of score pickup scattered around open world area. Also double pistol pickups start giving you infinite ammo for some guns when you collect a lot of them. Thanks for a video, my childhood classic. Still replaying this game every year

[@NIGHTMARECRIPT]

Thank you so much for covering this game! I have nostalgia for this game because I use to play the demo as a kid back when demo disks were a thing, and I liked the game, but never knew the name of it, and thanks to you, now I do, and I went ahead and bought it so I can experience the full game finally. 😊

[@thequacken2659]

this game is so good it got the "all you had to do is follow the damn train CJ" as a final boss 10/10

[@dajokaman759]

After enough global points, you are granted extra ammo reserves then eventually infinite ammo for your weapons.

[@VI_Yai_iV]

It’s just something about the PS2 era of gaming no other era of gaming can capture. The PS2 was truly a game changer, also I have to mention you can tell they put love in alot more of the games during this era. So many gems!🔥

[@jonbourgoin182]

I think the PS2/Xbox/GameCube era was truly the best period of gaming

[@VI_Yai_iV]

I completely understand that

[@JosephAli93]

I totally agree with you, u know why is that ?, it's because making a good game was the way to sell more of it. Plus, gaming companies used to be climbing the ladder at that time so they had their name on the line?

[@brokewayne4528]

Some dude from Wisconsin modded this game onto my PSP. Cool ass dude.

[@brokewayne4528]

It was 2020

[@keniji_]

I was just replaying the game recently, then I looked up if someone ever made a retrospect of it. Surprise surprise, there is. The game feels so underrated to me since I don’t hear many people talking about it.. or maybe just me lmao Oh and you can also collect more stamina, health and weapon skill collectibles when reaching certain amounts of points (up to 500k only, I think). When you get around 60/70/80/90/100 weapon skill collectibles, you get infinite hand grenades, pistol ammo, sawn-off, grenade and rocket launchers, which is what I love about it

[@MrHammers]

Oh nice! So grinding for the points is worth it in the long run I see

[@keniji_]

@@MrHammers It does end up being useless after reaching 500k though. Points are kind of just extra rewards for the collectibles

[@drunkskunk8007]

People need to know Mexican people(me and all I know) love the stereotype in games and media

[@crewrangergaming9582]

It's that one game none of us talks about that often, or even remember, but when we hear about it all our nostalgia senses go up like 0 to 60 in an instant!

[@grandmastershogun960]

I legitimately get happy when I see you upload new vids! Keep it going Hammers🔥🔥🔥

[@MrHammers]

Appreciate ya my dude!

[@FR4M3Sharma]

I played this game somewhere in 2011. My brother and I loved it and we downloaded the songs from this game, I still have them on my phone, listen to them every once in a while. This game is honestly what games should be, fun not benchmarks of graphics or mind bending story or insanely hard gameplay like Soulsborne. Just pure fun. You should give God Hand & Urban Reign a try. Hopefully you won't make me beg for two years.

[@anu1d893]

Thank you for this video. You blew the dust off from one of my best memories.❤

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

25:50 That's the kind of explosion you walk away from in slow-mo while lighting a cigarette & not looking back.

[@NotAquesart]

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF THIS GAME FOR LIKE 13 YEARS, THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@AmoghVastrad-h8o]

The Music is so refreshing. I loved this game.❤❤❤

[@setokaiba1247]

i loved playing this game - every instance of this game was over the top. Thanks for taking me back to this

[@checkmate5336]

This game gives off "What GTA San Andreas look like off your childhood memories" vibes. I love it.

[@ayylmao816]

keep going my man, appreciate your videos alot

[@MrHammers]

Thank you bro, appreciate the love

[@Mazzeltoph]

I remember this game pretty well. I was rarely allowed to buy new games (except for when it was my birthday or for christmas) so i rented most of the newer titles from my local video store. I remember absolutely loving and even re-renting Destroy all humans, hitman blood money and this game a bunch of times. Which was pretty wild since i was only allowed to rent one game per week so the choice was something new or retry something i already played, and that rarely happened.

[@Modermwarrior]

This game was entertaining and fun, I am 100% Mexican and I have never lived in the United States, and it didn't offend me on the contrary, it made me laugh how they parody Mexico.

[@honzaakkk]

Never heard of this game, after a minute of your video i downloaded and played through it in 1 sitting. Its really insane

[@Rustyfingaz]

This and the psp port chile con carnage was hidden gems

[@arricarry3832]

MR HAMMERS u made me nostalgically Cry

[@akashmukherjee8743]

This game was basically my childhood.. brings back so much memories. 🥺❤

[@flippedoutkyrii]

The world was robbed of perfection with the Cancellation of Total Overdose 2 and Faith and a .45 D: Absolute banger of a game that still rocks despite it's shortcomings, I mean despite it's lackluster selection of cars and it's pitifully empty open-world it still had undeniable style that got my teenage ass into Mexican Rap for a brief stint. And Sheesh, has it really been nearly 20 years since this came out? I recall renting this from my local Rogers like it was yesterday!

[@cloudscapemysterio]

This was a awesome game as a kid.needa replay it again

[@KROM93.]

This game was so obscure. I don't even remember where/how I found it, but I do remember showing all my buddies this game and never once had I met someone who had heard of it.

[@TheFoxEssence]

This game missed my radar too! Great video! You’ve got my sub!

[@sharpshooter--00]

It doesn't look like much now , but then it was a masterpiece for me . i was literally hooked

[@tyetanium5954]

On that note. I’d like you to try out “Stranglehold”, from what I remember it’s another “Max Pain” like game

[@MrHammers]

It is! It's a great game

[@SarojaA-p1t]

​@@MrHammers you are mucho nicer than most youtubers they get mad really fast.

[@wsnt]

Was a bummer finding out TO2 was cancelled, and just seeing all of that concept art … 😢 hurts my soul!

[@ram666zy]

FINALLY SOMEONE MADE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS GEM

[@Sacred-Lotus]

Never know I missed such an amazing game in 2000s. I must play it some time. It is like Crazy Taxi + Max Payne with mindless fun 😄. If there is mods available for the game.... the possibilty is endless. Thanks for the recap

[@Biltmos]

Video essay over an obscure game which I played more than a decade ago. What a beautiful time to live

[@Tomato_League]

This game is nostalgic and iconic i instantly realize it from the music theme its like gta san Andreas as soon as u hear the music u start vibing with the nostalgic memories that comes back in ur head, such a timeless masterpiece

[@saswatmeher05]

This is a hidden gem. Only legends have played this game.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodguy]

As potato gamer from India, This game was like playing gta 6. And if anyone wonder how we got trust issues! news of Total Overdose 2

[@aryansoni9150]

I don't know if anyone pointed this or not but the global point score unlocked extra icons. Also the double gin icon was the most fun as it unlocked unlimited Ammo, for handgun, shotgun and launchers, and man it was hilarious to go all out with the unlimited launchers. Apart from that, I played the game on desktop so scoring a bullseye and going headshot to headshot was a breeze.

[@shataneekbhattacharya8088]

The Near border background music is appreciated

[@bhanusurya3417]

This game is like being in a movie as a child❤❤

[@joehjackman]

You made break out my OG Xbox to play this game and it's still fun to play after all these years 👍 so thank you

[@TheCutiePatrol]

this was such a bad ass game, i remember telling everyone about it and they would look at me like I'm crazy, they missed out though.

[@SS7809]

Me and my friend use to play this game soo much ... such beautiful days those were.

[@RyanOwen-k4h]

I only bought the game because it had a free Demo of Tomb Raider Legend, it was so awesome to go from the ps2 Angel of Darkness to Legend on the Xbox 360 big change! Total Overdose was epic too, I was the only one in my family that enjoyed it when it came out. Great Video MrHammers!

[@Anony.01]

It's been a decade since I last played it. Such a great game

[@jamshaidbaloch2349]

This is one of my favorite games!!! And I've always thought why it doesn't get the recognition it deserves. I felt sad when I found its sequel was cancelled. People gotta continue this gem. WE wanna play more

[@dem0n595]

This game was a banger, I still remember trying for hours just to cross the border and get into US.

[@ericksantos9140]

I still wonder how tequila gunrise wouldve played and looked like with all the newer consoles out , and i also wish this game had a remake or some mods for newer pcs

[@MrHammers]

I think it would've been sick in the next gen of gaming, probably similar to Max Payne 3 in aesthetics

[@hzzzvv6671]

"HÚRACAN!!!" Very good gunplay, excellent soundtrack, atrocious driving. Love it 😁

[@Babu69Official]

This is that type of game which will never feel repetitive.

[@VisheshMilind]

MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE !!! SICK MUSCI !! SICK GAMEPLAY

[@SuyashHawal]

To @MrHammers Use of Global Score: 1.Rewards after every mission/side-mission (depending on how much you score in the mission) = Guns, Loco Move, Rewind, Stamina increase (white drops), Health increase (red drops), Dual Weapon points 2. Rewards after surpassing a certain Global score = 5x stamina increase (white drops) or 5x health increase (red drops) or 5x Dual Weapon points. After surpassing certain score during mission or free roam you will be instantly rewarded with perks mentioned above.. (2) If you check at the bottom of the mission completion report it is mentioned something like this "next reward at 35000 Global score - 5x Health increase(Red Drops)" Questions: How the hell does Ramiro gets to know that Angel is tied at the front of the train...?😅 If Johnson has Anti-aircraft gun why didn't he use it against the fighter jets which were sent to destroy the bridge? How come is DEA so casual on destroying the bridge? 😂

[@LazarheaD]

The hottest 3rd person shooter ever!

[@MrHammers]

Spicy move!

[@fredgordomma]

this game was real fun, i was caught by surprise by it on PC

[@1carusGG]

This game was a blast when it came out. I'm still hooked on that intro track.

[@memetrain1572]

This is one of those games I played and forgotten about until this video reminded me

[@SavageGordon]

Deadline games were well known in Denmark at the time. I swear every school and library had their globetrotter games. Also their game blackout was.. Amazing. It's impossible to find now sadly. But was a story driven stop motion game, very story heavy game.

[@laneox7271]

Thats my Childhood, Amazing Game

[@greatkunglajos8287]

I like the guacamelee theme:)

[@MrHammers]

Goated OST

[@TimSlee1]

This is honestly the most 2005 game I can imagine, it's just perfect for that era.

[@tanmayjoshi1128]

The game was iconic in every aspect. Something ahead of its time. I wish we had more games like these today. Would love a second part or maybe a remake. Nostalgia hits so hard! I want Ramiro cruz to be back with that bull powerup!

[@Sanguivore]

Man, this seems like a game I would've *loved* as a kid! I wish I'd heard about it when it came out.

[@madhu3dots]

Go play now!!!

[@therightfulobstacle8297]

I still remember this very vividly. When I was young, we did not have enough money to buy an internet connection, and did not know how to, or cared, about "buying" games from their websites. We'd go to the local printer shop with a trusty thumb drive and get the guy to give us a copy of any game we wanted (such was the case with movies, but there we were liberal enough to buy real DVDs, though the ones we bought from the printer store, both the games and the movies, were mostly pirated), it usually costed a dollar or sometimes less than that. Parents were strict so we did not get to spend much time on our computers and going to buy a new game was a task which was considered a luxury, like going to a good restaurant, which usually happened once a year. So, we were forced to play the same games over and over again, to suck out everything it had to offer. I knew I had travelled to nearly every point and completed the game four or five times. Those were good times when the only games on the desktop screen I had were the ones which ran smoothly and probably a decade old. Need For Speed, Tekken, Total Overdose, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, V-COP, and the game which I hated and cherished the most, Project: IGI, it was the talk of the school when I was in first or probably second grade, which started to dim as I reached eighth, as we were now financially capable, more educated and knew how and what to buy, but we still loved it. Though now, I have a much better PC which can run any game in the world, and enough money to buy any game I love to, but that childish curiosity to play games has diminished somewhere. I know a silver of it still remains inside of me, like an invincible summer which refuses to die. Thankyou Mr. Hammer for making me cherish my childhood once again. You would not believe how thankful I am. Love you.

[@MightyMurloc]

I think the competency of the first, speaks to how original projects can excel before Expectations, Budgets, Egos or Projections get involved with a game project.

[@ITSSIRWAN86]

this game was legendary

[@hareeshscifi13]

If you pause right after unloading a tornado LOCO move, you can see a spiral of bullets around Ramiro

[@bhairavcharan8123]

The best game I've ever played 🚀

[@zeeee8305]

I was raised on this game and lemme tell the lock in headshot mechanic is so useful once you get used to it, it resolved both the ammo and accuracy problems since you can just take out so many enemies with so little bullets Really love this game.

[@mansoso3903]

This channel has single handedly, made me want to go back and dust off my ps2 collection. Please keep this content up Mr Hammers 🙏🏾👌🏾

[@417_siddhantkhare2]

13:00 The global points actually do give you the collectible points too. It ranges from the blood drop, adrenaline drop and the dual handgun. It's like in levels. You get 5 each when you reach a threshold of global points. Like 25000 might give you 5x dual handguns. Then next level would be at 50000 might be giving 5x blood drops. The type depends on the threshold level. And since there are 100 total of each of those 3 points, I read somewhere that you can only find 70 of them, the rest 30 you have to collect through global points. So yeah they are important for game completion.

[@xislost]

It might be dumb, but damn, I miss seeing these polygones.

[@yashonagori]

Title should be “The best PC game you never heard of…” and thumbnail should say “UNDERRATED” on a sick screenshot from the game. would get more clicks :) loved the video!

[@tommoore9107]

Remember getting this when I was a kid saw an advert with dual guitar case guns and I instantly had to have it

[@yashsonawane8849]

Childhood memories ❤❤❤❤

[@romuloleite5015]

The Molotov songs while on fights is the main sauce of this game