WET - What Happened?

[@OpoOnTheGo]

My mom rented this game for me one day many moons ago. She came up during a cutscene and heard that Psychobilly vibe. We were both glued to the screen, reveling in every song along the way. She bought me the game when we returned it to the box. It was honestly one of the last games I got to connect with my mom before losing her suddenly when i was 17. I still listen to the arkhams and knock galley west, who's discography we dug into after the credits rolled. Always brings me back, if not a bit bitterseet. Thanks for reminding me I'm overdue to tune back in, and really check them out I actually implore you

[@BocookGaming]

Goddamn, I love The Arkhams. That's such a sad story, though. I hope listening to that music helps you remember good times with your mom. 💙

[@sandro-of9fq]

You missed an opportunity to say "wet happened?".

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

As the main editor for this one, rest assured knowing that's what I called it.

[@writerlairchannel2636]

Exactly, you read my mind😆

[@GeebusCrust]

The real question is though, *did* wet happen?

[@nazgulsenpai]

That's how I read it in any case

[@toxeia]

I feel dirty after saying that.

[@leiagelwasser2168]

This is probably still the best Black Lagoon game that never got made

[@KarmaSpaz12]

Are you serious? Colour pallet was bland as hell.

[@smashfam1]

wtf are you talking about revy didnt use a sword you dungus

[@TheMockingjay74]

Just as Watch_Dogs is the best John Wick sim

[@checkmate5336]

@@TheMockingjay74 Max Payne does a better job at being a John Wick game or games in this case.

[@kadino9285]

Can't wait for the inevitable episode on Concord

[@GenerationWest]

The only thing I remember from this game is the X-Play coverage and of course, Eliza Dushku's voice line of her confronting a locked door saying "F$%KING DOOR!"

[@pokehybridtrainer]

Close the fucking doors!

[@ultimapower6950]

Just use Locktouch SMH

[@NguyenThang-zk6pi]

Geez, you’re everywhere

[@BosenmoriMeiEnthusiast]

Those snippest at the end of her in DbD made me wet myself 😂 we need that to become a reality

[@111yegreS]

Such an underrated game. Gameplay-wise it is kinda like Max Payne 3 before Max Payne 3, but with more fun elements to it. I unironically love it a lot.

[@SuicidalImpulse]

Wet introduced me to psychobilly/rockabilly, and it was one of the huge reasons I got a 360 back in the day. I loved the game to death, flaws and all.

[@Cryptic0013]

I sincerely love it, too. It's such a great video game version of the movies that it's emulating: You know it's pulpy and not the highest quality, but it's *fun*.

[@smashfam1]

looks more like the OG Payne

[@111yegreS]

@@smashfam1 Looks like the OG Payne, yes, but feels more like the 3rd one.

[@Civilian08]

I always get this game confused with Hydrophobia.

[@zac2491]

Glad I'm not the only one!

[@longlivethesheet4561]

“Wet” is what I feel when I see a new What Happened

[@zanethezaniest274]

That opening comment about What Happened running since 2018 made me appreciate just how much it’s evolved and changed in the last 6 years.

[@ruthlopez8650]

The worst fighting game has also come a long way 💪🏼

[@segatailstrident3169]

@@ruthlopez8650 Yeah, I can still remember when it only had like 3-4 episodes.

[@ruthlopez8650]

@@segatailstrident3169 and it felt like a playthrough or a "Let's Play" like every other channel.

[@bugashi]

I'm sure we're all waiting for the episode on Borderlands... the movie...

[@derekstronf1837]

One name comes to mind.... Avi Arad

[@yigitcelik9006]

The game.lol

[@00080001]

I think it’s too early, the smoke has not cleared yet. It’s going to be a while before anyone can honestly say what happened

[@corgistaniel1150]

The best What Happeneds provide a full picture of both production, release and the aftermath. Ideally with some comments from people who worked on the thing. Borderlands isn't even out of theaters yet. I think it wouldn't make a great WH even a couple of months from now, let alone right now

[@connormarchand6302]

@@00080001that’s true it’s always easier though to blame everything on Hollywood than to go into detail to find out whut happund 😢

[@mataleao]

I really liked this game. It was like my 2nd platinum trophy back on PS3.

[@campbell571]

Holy....platinum on this game must be hard...

[@carlwynia7575]

Yeah it was. I recall a bunch of stupid time trials.

[@elijahmatthews2781]

🎼HEY GIRL YOU'RE DRIVIN' ME INSANE....INSANE🎵

[@OpoOnTheGo]

The arkhams and knock galley west changed the chemistry of my brain

[@lalalaLaFlex]

Fun fact. A2M partly changed their name back to Behavior due to 'A2M' specifically becoming a popular search term for for... um... to put it politely "Fanny to Face" You can look it up in an old Eurogamer article. If i post a link i'll get spammed.

[@vitaminKsGood4u]

There's the post I was expecting! I was wondering "Why would they pick A2M instead of AM2 since A2M already meant... something else" I guess they found out eventually and it was an honest mistake. I was really confused why a company with so many games for children used that. Another mistake up there with experts exchange.

[@Cryptic0013]

The second I heard him say that I was like "Wait, hollup a minute, we're just gonna let that name slide without a single joke?" It's so much worse that they made kids' games, too >_< I'm going to choose to believe they were just naive, innocent souls.

[@glitchygutz]

oh my god lmfao, i heard the a2m name (and story about why they changed names) ages back in the context of some liscenced kids game... i never made the connection!!

[@JaMeshuggah]

Sir. It's when you put something in the fanny hole and then put that thing in a mouth in that order.

[@AICThemBones]

You know, as a British man. Fanny means pussy here. So probably less polite lol

[@TheConjuration_metal]

I loved this game, with the grindhouse aesthetic and Eliza Dushku. Glad it got an episode.

[@ajgvulture8929]

I unapologetically loved this game when it came out. Very excited to watch this

[@damianjohnson6793]

MadWorld mentioned within the first minute instant like!!

[@MrDmoney156]

i love that game

[@ryutenken1]

Same also awesome soundtrack to boot

[@goblinsrevenge]

Such a simply fun game, I also remember enjoying the soundtrack as well. Hopefully in this age of unexpected remasters/remakes and sequels, maybe WET might get its second chance in some form.

[@EPunkOfficial]

I liked to hope something may happen one day, but I think the game isn't well known enough.

[@alexandrebelair4360]

Pretty sure it won't. THis isn't even in the realm of a niche game. It's basically a WET fart.

[@xizar0rg]

Eliza Dushku's casting always made me wonder if there was any involvement from Joss Whedon, given that Dollhouse also came out around then.

[@mattyt1961]

had the same thought, it would fit in style for a Firefly game if you played as River and at the time his involvement would have started (not the final release), he would have just finished the film And not much on the plate until Dollhouse. Someone else suggested it was an Underworld game... that makes even more sense IMO it would have been just after the third movie.

[@CerberusLives]

Now this is the kinda game that actually deserves a remake.

[@drewdman10]

Sequel. Its needs a sequel. Another entry in the franchise is always preferred to a remake imo but i know this generation seems to be the Gen if the remakes/remasters so why not

[@CerberusLives]

@@drewdman10 I agree but it seems the way they gauge reviving old titles these days is with a remake - see Shadows Of The Damned as a recent example - probably because that's less of a risk and cheaper than working from scratch on a brand new game that might not do the numbers they want.

[@Baiken]

​@@drewdman10A sequel was in the works but was cancelled.

[@garlicbread1107]

A PC Port would be nice

[@_Somsnosa_]

@WickedSlamathon Oh stop whining, no one cares about your politics. I don't care what you like jerking off to either

[@lukethephantomthief]

This is one of those times where I get a notification for a video about a game that I have never heard of, but I’m still gonna watch it anyway

[@TylerInTraining]

The No More Heroes 2 music put a giant nostalgic smile on my face. Something about that game and that OST holds a special place in my early 20s heart, and given the time period that WET came out that was the first game I thought of as a comparison.

[@necrobastard5760]

Glorified QTE it may be, but the car hopping sequence definitely got me wanting to play it, props to the devs, great looking sequence

[@Kyuubi424]

Well, see you next time for the Concord video.

[@Flood520]

Could it have been Joss Whedon trying to jumpstart Dollhouse, out at the same time to a fairly "meh" reception? It even starred Dushku, and she could be a carryover / artifact from the original plan. My other guess would be Michael Bay, who actually got name checked during this episode re: the driving level.

[@BGrimoire]

With the sci-fi early idea? Maybe.

[@TheThird1977]

FINALLY!!! WET is one of my favourite games on the PS3 and it seems that NOBODY has covered it. A great aesthetic, a fun shooter, fantastic game mechanics, and a great score. About to press play now, so don't break my heart, Matt. Oh, and how about doing a "Stranglehold - What Happened?" video down the line? EDIT - OK, you literally said you need to do a video on Stranglehold, so now you NEED to do a video on Stranglehold.

[@SwannyTheMike]

My money's on the Hollywood director being Paul W.S. Anderson and the deal falling through was because they didn't want to cast Milla Jovovich as the main character. There's absolutely no way in hell that Sierra at this point in time had the clout to even think of approaching the likes of Tarantino, Rodriguez, or Ritchie.

[@flmalegre]

"No Milla, no deal-a" -Paul "muh wife" Anderson, probably

[@beetlemilkpublishing2665]

Late, but he was absolutely the first person I thought of.

[@karlthomasson6776]

My first thought as well.

[@emilysong2000]

You could say that, for WET, things didn't quite go...swimmingly! I'll see myself out...

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

Man. PS3/X360 games that never got a PC port are officially lost without emulation

[@andersgeek]

Yepp. I always wanted to play this game when it originally came out… Couldn't, because I didn't have a console at that time. :/ Much like the question who owns the rights these days [it should be Behaviour, but who knows], I wonder whether a remaster/remake would be feasible in this day and age.

[@TheKing-vb2bw]

@@andersgeekhonestly it wasn’t as fun as it looks, at least to me. I remember being hooked on it when the trailer using Johnny Cash came out. I was seriously letdown because nothing really felt good.

[@amirmohamad2270]

In countries like Iran, where I live, the rights of foreign publishers are not really respected. Therefore there are tens of Iranians sites that have games like Wet ready to be downloaded right now for both consoles. And the country is filled with jailbroken X360 and ps3s. اn fact I literally have Wet right now on my Ps3. I don't play it of course, because it's a terrible game😂.

[@reedtheroom9580]

Cant you just track down the disc and play?

[@MJSpiderman7116]

@@reedtheroom9580you can lol. Not sure how so many people forget that physical copies exist. That’s kind of one of the biggest perks of consoles

[@Miumiu0404]

Can't wait for Concord's What Happened episode 😂

[@Quinn2win]

WET is the kind of game title that makes every game journalist salivate at the thought of all the puns they can make when writing about it.

[@Kol-Fox]

honestly, I would love to see another Wet.

[@SpyHunter89]

The only thing I remember about Wet was the Zero Punctuation review, and even then only this line: "Also, she seems to confuse swearing with wit. That's my thing!"

[@InsomniacRadio]

Same! Except the only line I remember is about the slo-mo mechanic "apparently she has an air-cooled brain"

[@ryanchase9332]

"Rubi, a tomboyish assassin who has all the charm and likeability of a deep sea angler fish in an SS uniform."

[@jamescampbell6724]

I wonder which employee had the octopus in their head.

[@LeroyPatterson]

Wet was such a damn fun game, that and Total Overdose were favs of the OG Xbox era. Would love to see a remaster someday!

[@PhilJoeO]

I blame Wet for breaking my original PS3. I was playing this and a level just wasn't working - a trigger wasn't activating or an item i required wasn't there. The next time I went on my PS3 it started having disc drive errors 😅

[@agnosobosovo9775]

A lot of games had problems on the PS3

[@RicPendragon]

When talking about the origins, I couldn't help assume Æon Flux, and when Sci-Fi theme came up, I doubled down in my mind

[@xMcWeenx]

I loved finding games like this in the discount bin during the 360/PS3 era

[@XSAGA87]

One of my favorite games on the 360 and still have it til this day. Love that Eliza Dusku is the va.

[@slightlyskywalking2195]

This era of gaming was so awesome.

[@raigekiman]

Man I remember getting this game and love it. It's ashamed a sequel was never made

[@Anonymous-nl4il]

Dude this game was soooooo sick! The perfect embodiment of rule of cool. It was so cheesy yet badass at the same time. I hope one day it gets the recognition and popularity it deserves. (pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease give us a remaster, remake or even sequel)

[@themastera.z5418]

Mr mcmuscles would you tackle the short live game that is concord?

[@Hyena-Princess]

It's funny that he mentioned Stranglehold because when he was talking about which director they were trying to get, John Woo is exactly who went to my mind.

[@thomasedwardsmith1494]

Whedon, It was a Whedon vehicle. Given the voice cast, dialogue and scene progression it fits him perfectly. He was hot off the end of Firefly's run as well and this was his height of geek cred period.

[@SuperGreenqueen]

Man I miss this game so much...

[@kaybeeva]

WET... as in Wetwork, mercenary assassinations Why? What did you think it meant?🙂

[@Harrison_Burgeron]

It's her PUSSY her PUSSY is WET!!!

[@flutterface]

This and Darkest of Days are the games I always pull out on people to see if they've got that deep cut knowledge

[@drewdman10]

I bought both of these day one on release. Darkest of days was a concept i wish would get revisited. I enjoyed my time with both of them

[@KarimJovian]

I remember back then Robert Rod. spoke to gaming magazine about him wanting to make a game, so who knows if this was what he was gonna work on. I am pretty sure when I first played this game there was some mention of Robert rod. by my friend and ad material If I remember correctly Danny Trejo was also working on some game back then I am jumbling many memory fragments here so this could all mean nothing lol But I played this game back then and loved it

[@SPac316]

I liked this game a lot. It wasn't perfect but I was entertained through out playing it. With all the remakes I'm seeing on cult games, like Lollipop Chainsaw and soon, Shadows of the damned, I would like to see Wet get remade.

[@Conflict-ff5pi]

>Looking for a new game >Ask the guy at Gamestop if this game is creepy or wet >He doesn't understand. I pull out an illustrated diagram explaining what is creepy and what is wet >He laughs and says "its a good game sir" >Buy the game >It's Wet (2009)

[@frankkennedy6388]

What was the "creepy" game?

[@thomasmogilevich]

Dude you should do a episode on Concord

[@rylkalthewolf4825]

I wonder if Matt will do a What Happened about Concord? The game lasted barely two weeks after it’s release date and they’re shutting it down and offered refunds. I think we all wanna know about any behind the scenes of a game that was 8 years in development to be shuttered down in such short time.

[@unoillnino]

I love this game and still have my PS3 copy. I would be so down for a sequel.

[@CalTheHogNosedBat]

It was probably director of such classics like Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Notting Hill, Richard Curtis. Come on, don't you see the similarities?!!?!?

[@SleepyDonnnn]

Only thing i remember is my older brother simping hard for this game and she had her own devil trigger sections

[@wilford_brimley]

I still simp hard for this game.

[@magita1991]

I mean its eliza dushku so i get it

[@Dongled]

I absolutely loved this game! Such a shame the sequel didn't come out. Great soundtrack too!

[@DiamondDogApollo]

I kind of love that Matt’s entire knowledge of comics is from what many consider the dark ages of the early 90s. It’s such a wonderful and tragically underrated period of comics that is ripe for rediscovery.

[@HVRDLVLZ]

I need to thank you lol this channel got me through my drive back to Chicago from the forbidden zone(Ohio)

[@ogto]

Rodriguez was the first name that came to mind, and i bet he's way more open to this typa gig than QT or even Richie

[@frostgem8013]

Can't wait for the inevitable Wha Happun episode on the Borderlands movie.

[@nooneinparticular5273]

The question for me, when it comes to Wet has never been "What happened?" And more "Wait, it happened?" Because I always forget Wet was a real video game that existed and was sold in stores, until I am reminded it was.

[@Arik-isharshu]

Since the developer of it was recently officially shut down by Embracer Group, I once again propose a What Happened on Gothic 3

[@key099able]

Hey Matt, I thought about Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter on PS2 this week because it was one of the games donated to our thrift store.

[@robertfaison5321]

I'm glad you showed up in my feed again. You do good work. Keep it up!

[@ruthlopez8650]

*That Stranglehold Wha Happun bruh! We need that ASAP!!!*

[@onilao]

Great video dude, i actually really enjoyed WET and really wanted to more from the series... maybe one day it gets a remake!

[@DaveMarx-t1t]

This game was a thrill ride. Definitely worth the rental.

[@LilEddieRuffin]

OMG!!!!!I've been requesting this video for years. Thank you !!!!!

[@RonnieBarzel]

Weirdly, the only thing I remember about “Wet”: According to Jeff Gerstmann, it was on a trip for this game that he binged on energy drinks, watched cricket on TV and understood what was going on.

[@Jhoto]

Thank you for posting a video Matt !

[@VioletElite4]

Max Payne, Stranglehold, Wet, and FEAR 1 were PERFECT for someone like me who loved bullet time physics and systems in games and its also why I would eventually pick up a little known game called Trepang2 on Steam. It's also why I used the Kereznocov ability a lot in Cyberpunk because it just felt like an open world FEAR game at that point 👌

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Had a lot of fun with this game back in the day and still have it on PS3. Tarantino was my guess as a director as well since it reminded me of the Kill Bill films

[@johnnymartinibgoode]

This looks awesome Really miss this style of game

[@johnnymartinibgoode]

7:45 OHHHHHHHH That NMH2 song rules Although Destroyman 2 was awful, this song is amazing

[@therapymutt1468]

YAY, IT'S WET! Honestly I love this thing, I'd play it right now

[@slunchhunch]

Always a great day when a new What Happened? Is released 🙌🏼

[@paullee6371]

After all these years, I never thought I would see this one of my favorite games ever mentioned again happy it’s getting a little love here

[@Zrorro]

Man I still own my 360 copy bought at release. It was a fun game.

[@Darkeclipse2]

When a video editor says, "No more heroes 2 has a dope soundtrack."

[@neoboomboom]

The soundtrack for this game was GOATED I ended up having every song on my iPod back in the day

[@ComradePachii]

WET was scuffed as fuck, but I had a lot of fun with it. The action movie callbacks and the extremely memorable licensed music too.

[@ComradePachii]

(That said though, I did buy the game on clearance)

[@tomquirk9411]

With Concord having shut down after a mere two weeks, potentially setting a record for the crashing and burning of a AAA live service multiplayer title, Concord needs an episode ASAP.

[@JetstreamRat]

This game formed my taste in everything ever since I played it... Music, style, movies, games, what counts as "cool ", everything for ke began when a 12 year old me downloaded a free demo of this game on my Xbox without grandma (who was really strict about bloody games) noticing. It was so fun, from the start to the end, and to this day I wish it had a sequel. Thank you fkr reviewing it. This game is too special for me, I wish more people would know about the heights of this messy, a little janky, but pouring with style, piece of my soul

[@GuiasMaurelChile]

Just waiting for you to do a video on Concord tbh

[@Alexalicious]

This and Stranglehold were good times~!

[@remyheart27]

Loved this game. I found it when i was working at game stop a decade ago. Had no idea what to expect and wasnt disappointed

[@Vanity0666]

Wet is just plain old stupid fun, totally a product of its time but it does what it does well. I'm more than willing to bet that it was a Paul W.S Anderson thing with Mila Jovovich doing her Resident Evil stuff in game, but legally distinct.

[@roxas4]

I remember having the demo of this on PS3 and playing it repeatedly. Although I never learned to play the guitar properly, I remember discovering how to play the theme to this game

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

Why not give wet a reboot? GIve it the chance to have the content it never got to have

[@TheThreadWeaver]

Given the dev history and the challenges it faced, it’s honestly miraculous that Wet wasn’t a massive dumpster fire.

[@kowagaruwolf320]

The soundtrack for this game slaps! Part of the reason I enjoyed the game as much was because of the amazing audio directing, with each music fitting perfectly with the action pieces

[@sandroconrado7417]

Right on time to watch while dinning!

[@rauusu]

I'd bet anything that big time director was John Woo

[@MattMcMuscles]

I'm not so sure. He would have been busy with the development of Stranglehold at that time.

[@rauusu]

@@MattMcMuscles maybe that's why it fell through? Also I wouldn't imagine Woo would be at the dev studio daily, so he could consult on both. Who knows.

[@37Kilo2]

My immediate thought was John Woo as well. But that's based mainly on the gameplay style from this game looking very much like his style.

[@charlesdavis7285]

As soon as I started playing it, I immediately thought how it felt like a grind house / Quentin Tarantino project so that's my guess on who was originally involved. It is an amazing game except for the damn sky diving part where you have to avoid debris after the plane explodes 🤬🤬🤬

[@MAAAAWcus]

Would be awesome for you to do Concord next

[@samuraijake07]

I remember renting this back in the day and getting stuck somewhere due to a glitch. That being said, I also remember the soundtrack had a kickass remix (mashup?) version of Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" that I still have on my computer to this day.

[@ShizuruHiME]

I had so much fun with this game back in the day. Loved it so much it was of the first games I grinded the plat trophy, its too bad this is lost unless emulation. I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

[@InsanityPrevails]

Well... While here's pretty much no chance of it happening, I wish the playable demo of Wet 2 got leaked someday... :(

[@TotallyToonsTV]

"Wet" is one of THE most stylisticly unique and fun 3rd person shooter games I've EVER played. The soundtrack is legendary too. I know it sold poorly on release and even though a trilogy was planned, it never happened. I for one.....think this is criminal and I would KILL to see the game get a sequel or at the very least be backwards compatible on Xbox. You can't find the game anywhere

[@WompaStompaCyn]

I remember this one. The perfect embodiment of a 7/10 game.

[@blademaster12349]

I've been waiting on this one! Thanks, Matt!!!

[@lizhasasthma]

I remember picking this game up in 2012 because I was at gamestop buying bayonetta. The clerk said I'd probably like wet too, but unfortunately I got stuck on an early level and couldn't find a guide to help me with my issue and never played it again. In retrospect I think the guy was just trying to get the game off the shelf, but I kinda wish I still had it so I could give it a fair shake.

[@svartfrasr9755]

I love learning what these companies have been up to on episodes like this. It's wild to think that the company who made all those inescapable adaptation titles back in the day would go on to do Dead by Daylight.