Worst Games Ever - SpyHunter

[@WHATEVTREV]

One of my favourite episodes yet. Ben and Peter being genuinely baffled by the reviews had me in tears!

[@RichardLarge88]

"Bumly... Agent Bumly" You sounded *so* impressed with that name. I'm still cracking up at your delivery and now have to watch the bit just after it for a third time because I was laughing too much and couldn't pay attention

[@jackforster7783]

Honestly, the Joanna Bumley pun absolutely killed me 😂

[@Frellyouall]

I played loads of this game on PS2. Absolutely infuriating as you had to meet all the objectives in one run and they are easily missed.

[@unknownuser3926]

How dare you, I loved this game when I was a child. Granted, I was a stupid child with poor taste, but this game at least isn't the absolute worst

[@andyb1653]

I even replicated it in GTA using an MOC and a Deluxo.

[@sanddancer3103]

It’s shit

[@kuhpunkt]

... but it's worse than most.

[@baxtron5000]

bro i loved this too....

[@beefjerky007]

You didn’t have poor taste at all, this game was the shit back then

[@harrydickens5268]

‘Joanna Bumley’ sounds like a naughty adult film name and that was a bit much for me.

[@tballin92]

How dare they do Joanna like that 🤣

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

There is a rumour about her bottom than can't be repeated here.

[@1963Iota]

I played the 1983 game. That "Peter Gunn" theme is in there as well. Spent SO MANY quarters. It was a classic. That and Zaxxon

[@AshLilburne]

Yet no mention of it also being in the Blues Brothers?

[@jasonmohn1472]

Yes many of the comments will be, "I had that game and loved it!" I am one of those people.

[@beefjerky007]

I’m one of those people too, I love this game so much

[@brandonlink7471]

A representation of my beginnings as a child.

[@xZaibx]

And I am one of those comments too

[@dorenjackson1166]

Same😅

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I am yet another. I only picked the game up a couple years ago too, so don't even have nostalgia for it! Mission based driving games are actually really fun if done well, though Spy Hunter is one of the rare ones that was. Think the only other one I can think of off the top of my head is Stuntman.

[@hosephanerothe1440]

I didn’t know Sting was in charge of Spectre

[@epicguy44]

Underrated comment

[@gincairn8763]

The Peter Gunn theme was used as the soundtrack to the original spyhunter as well, if memory serves it was also used in the movie The Blues Brothers. Further trivia the G6155 was the date of birth of the games creator 1st June '55

[@ciaran7178]

"They put the 'car' in 'cardboard cutout' hehehe" killed me

[@mat8448]

I had this game when i was a child, loved it, genuinely.

[@andyb1653]

I'll admit it wasn't the best driving game ever made, but it WAS plenty entertaining.

[@timothygraham4304]

It wasn't supposed to be, it was essentially a survival game, as all arcade games were. A version you can play at home, doesn't make sense. You're trying to see how far you can get on one credit!

[@AllOuttaBubblegum123]

Got this with my ps2

[@323observing]

The music, the sounds and the action was mind blowing when I was a kid. Maybe it’s my rose tinted glasses but this game was and is great.

[@StartingOut_]

At the time, this was one of my favorite games, even tried to 100% it, I got close. Also if you double tap X like it said on the loading screen, you can use boost

[@Beestification]

Hahaha He really needed to know that.

[@brett3612]

nice. i remember playing this as a kid and not even getting past the 3rd level lmao.

[@lmcgregoruk]

@@brett3612 Yeah, he kept saying if only there was some way to boost/turbo, and it's literally been on the loading screen AT LEAST TWICE at that point.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Even if it didn't say so in the loading screen, reading the manual, or if I don't have that, looking up the controls in the menu is like the first thing I do when I get a game!

[@Juganawt]

Spyhunter 2001 was great. SpyHunter 1983 was great. SpyHunter 2012 on the PS VITA and Nintendo 3DS? A crime against humanity.

[@Eonymia]

It amazes me everytime how often you guys fail to notice information the game tells you, like the turbo boost hint text in the objective(?) screen before the second level, or in other games when a character spells out the next objective in a cutscene, and your next words "I have no idea what to do now." Tbh, some of these games are so bad I'm not surprised it's hard to stay interested

[@idrinkmilk282]

They’re usually busy making a show for KZbin while they hardly pay attention to the game they’re playing though.

[@mickmufson1824]

The 2001 SpyHunter game was really good, it was the 2006 game SpyHunter Nowhere To Run that was controversial.

[@basitsnake]

Nooo not spyhunter D: *cries as nostalgia glasses get smashed*

[@amyschildgamerlive4519]

They did say it was one of the better games they've reviewed

[@speedwaynutt]

I remember this game having Saliva in the soundtrack.

[@gincairn8763]

Yup, this was the game that introduced me to them, really glad for that. This game actually wasn't bad, the sequel however was not so great.

[@hosephanerothe1440]

Did they have that one tune on Kerrang back in the day, and on the Kerrang album ?

[@gincairn8763]

@@hosephanerothe1440 not sure, if I remember rightly though, the saliva track click click boom was also on the spyhunter disc

[@SpikeOnaBike]

Not to be confused with saliva in the arsecrack!

[@JReaLBiz86]

Of the Worst Games Ever that I've watched on this channel so far, honestly this one doesn't seem all that bad. Probably one of the "best of the worst" but, from what I see, for the time it was released and the IP itself this isn't even a bad game. Also I'm not sure if you guys are actually... gamers... being funny talking about games, you guys definitely have a talent for that. And I genuinely love your content. But tbh, half the time I think you're just trolling or derping in these WGE videos. Either that or you guys don't really play video games much. Even if you don't know how to play, AND manage to miss all the hints on screen, most gamers just... try shit. Hit buttons, hold buttons, double tap buttons, just to see what happens. Then REMEMBER what happened so they're not shooting rockets and pissing oil (both things they've done before) in a parking garage, saying they don't know what to do. Who would have thought playing video games would actually take SOME level of attention to detail? Baffling, I know lol This is taking nothing away from your content, as I said I love watching these videos. Just something I've noticed. I'm not saying be a tryhard, but... put forth SOME real effort, and you might enjoy more than making fun of these properties. *shrugs*

[@em_birch]

I love that, even when Peeps is the Games Master, his character select picture still has him looking absolutely terrified.

[@bigdaddyrico89]

Ben's reaction to the average score absolutely killed me and when Peter told him the highest score I lost it 😂 thanks for absolutely killing me with laughter while having a chest infection. You guys are fucking legends 😂

[@hollowneedles]

I think this boils down to being a product of the time which didn't age well with the improvements we've had in similar games since. So it may have honestly been enjoyed at the time, but I'd be interested in hearing opinions from those who played it back then after playing it again now, 2 decades later.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I never played it back then, only discovered it a couple years ago, but the game is quite fun! Physics can be a little jank at times, but it is probably one of the best mission based driving games ever. Mission based driving games are so rarely done will, but this one has a lotof variety in the levels, objectives, enemy types, and controls pretty good most the time.

[@Mistahhuntah]

It's still fun. 🤷🏼‍♂️ It's not quite as bad as they make out, you have to be precise.

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

I thought the transitions between car and boat were amazing back when I had the game when I was younger.

[@LJComposer]

Ben should have heard of Saliva, at least. They did Batista's theme.

[@genericstaticshock705]

They did alot of music for the WWE, really. Click Click Boom etc

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

I loved their Survivor Series 2002 theme.

[@Cautious_Gamer]

You guys missed the most important loading menu tip: Tap X twice to boost.

[@ofn8527]

Your channel is helping me get through so much work at home during the UK's current situation, thanks lads! Such high-quality content.

[@Rad_Dan]

As a small child, I had a ps2 demo-disc with a demo of this game and a few others on it, and I remember thinking it was so awesome. Years later I found a copy at GameStop for like $4, so naturally I bought it and played through about half of it. I thought it was okay, but not okay enough to finish apparently.

[@redslate]

This was legitimately a solid reboot/sequel of a classic game. It's not particularly deep, though it has a simple, serviceable plot, fun gameplay, and challenging objectives. The cutscenes are short and sporadic, but interesting and well executed. This is one of the few games that is actually worth going back and trying to unlock everything. Nailing down the perfect runthrough on each level, pulling off some of the more challenging jumps/shots, and boosting across the finish line under the required time limit (having completed all the objectives) is very rewarding. Final note: You have to review the control scheme and sit through the mission introductions in order to internalize the objectives. You can't just ADHD through everything and then complain that you don't know what's going on.

[@jasonmohn1472]

In 2001 games still had printed manuals you were supposed to read to get the control scheme.

[@JReaLBiz86]

True, but even if you didn't they usually had a controls menu you could look at from the start menu or main menu, not to mention pop-up hints on loading screens, both of which I believe are in this game. They troll these games for laughs, it seems. And it works lol

[@Mr.Slylee]

Maybe you should have the original game before criticizing because the emulators never operate as well as the original. Other then that I had this when it first came out and it ran allot better then this crap lol love this game!

[@kellinwinslow1988]

Lesson number 1. Always read the instructions before you play. Kind of helps with the controls.

[@JReaLBiz86]

I'm not sure these 2 are even "gamers" and they just do this for laughs. Plus, I don't know of many people who like to read anymore. I mean, there are hints on the loading screens, that's like 5 seconds of reading. Apparently too much work lol

[@kellinwinslow1988]

@@JReaLBiz86 I hear you. I still read the instructions and even use the occasional hint book as well so I still actually read physical media. Lol.

[@thunderhammerx2966]

Paid reviews lead to abnormal scores. This is absolutely not an 84, "chore to play through but it's a 100!" horse. droppings.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

100 is pretty hard to fathom, but this isn'ta bad game so much as they are just bad at it. Like they clearly didn't check the controls before they started playing, and even missed how to turbo even after it popped up on multiple loading screens.

[@jimbL200]

9:57 “…NOW WHAT’S HAPPENING?!?!” I’m broken 😂😂

[@richardsavings6690]

6:48 When you're so nervous about your practical test, your car pisses itself.

[@beefjerky007]

Not gonna lie, I absolutely loved this game as a kid (and still absolutely love it today), but this video is so funny I don’t even care

[@blackice9088]

There is a tip about engaging turbo boost on one of the screens...

[@peterstephen6596]

This looks great... sort of. I love boat racing games and for some reason there are so few of them this reminds me of Hydro Thunder which was awesome love you guys keep up the great work

[@redslate]

They're both made by Midway.

[@concrete_dog]

I will always cherish this game. It's ridiculous and it's goofy but as a kid I loved replaying the levels over and over to get all the objectives perfectly. And the whole aesthetic and soundtrack is just iconic.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

The loading screen on the tutorial level tells you how to "speed boost." I think reading the manual or at least looking at the controls in the menu would have been quite helpful on this one...

[@xelldincht8149]

seems like the Fast & Furious game that came out 2020 is a bastard child of that game

[@leo2nd261]

Spy Hunter series are fantastic, enjoyable, and action packed games from NES to Nowhere to Run that has great characters, vehicle transformation and design, eady controls, descent plot centering around espionage and danger, and nice locations around the world. A truly epic series that sadly in 2021 has not aged well and graphics are not as good anymore but still charming, delightful, and had great memories playing these. The soundtrack is still epic and one of the best video game themes to date from P. Gunn despite this was from a tv series previous. Shame the movie wasn't made as they still need a trilogy of films for 2021 and VR game would be very enjoyable. Game still gets big 👍🏻from me.

[@MartinGames]

Have you confused this with the third PS2 game, SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run? Feat. Dwayne. It was pretty bad, but this first game is fondly remembered and was well reviewed. Even the second game maybe? This first game has an 84 on Metacritic, while Nowhere to Run has a 51. Very confusing choice.

[@olwhatshisname1018]

another amazing job, boys! possibly one of the best quarantine episodes yet! i’m sure we all miss seeing your live facial reactions.

[@RDeschain3337]

😂 I just realized why I love these videos... They remind me of a childhood favorite show, Mystery Science Theater 3000.... Good on you fellas!! Cheers!

[@nicoriver80]

I became addicted to this series. Keep em coming!

[@hewhodestroysmorale764]

I'd love to see you guys play the first Stuntman game, actually. Not because it's bad (it's really good), but because it's hard as balls.

[@Plague_Architect]

I find it interesting that the movie never came to fruition but I’ve always remembered the newer game with Dwayne Johnson on the cover every time I went to the game shop. I just hear/see Spyhunter and can only picture The Rock

[@joserioseco5003]

Hey x3Jump. Not sure you guys are playing the game properly. You failed to find the speed boost for which the instructions on how to activate it were displayed on one of the loading screens. Are you guys meant to be deliberately playing the 'worst games' badly to make them look crap? Anyhow, it was still an enjoyable video. 😂🤣

[@SteanPP]

I loved this game as a kid. Theres a second one. Now that's a shit game for wankers.

[@ArmyOfArmagedon]

This is one of those games that I remember seeing at the game renting place a bunch of times but always finding something else to rent.

[@JReaLBiz86]

Same! In hindsight, good choice. I don't think this is a bad game, but if I rented it I would have gotten bored with it. 14 levels, 3 playthroughs max per level to get all objectives in one go... I'd probably be done with this game in about 4 hours.

[@HoodlumAmnesium]

that first forklift smash had me laughing so hard I may have broke a rib

[@dudeimnotevenmad]

This was genuinely one of my most favorite ps2 games of all time! I’d spend so much time trying to complete every objective before going on to the next level 😅

[@Piemanthe3rd]

*talks over loading page clearly explaining how to boost* Later: I still dont know how to boost!

[@NashvilleUK]

You guys really need to get better at driving games XD

[@oxymoron02]

Most of the time it's the driving mechanics within a specific game. I've thought the same as you before, then downloaded the game, only to find that trying to drive is a fucking objective all by itself.

[@oxymoron02]

@ There wasn't anything to go over my head :)

[@SeekerLancer]

Eh, it didn't hold up well but it's not terrible. It's a silly turn off your brain game. I do prefer the old arcade game, that cabinet was fantastic.

[@stheil]

I had this game and I loved this game! But no, in all seriousness, I did kind of like this. Some of the challenges were infuriating and the cutscenes absolutely terrible but all in all it is definitely one of the better games in my library. I always enjoy the two of you making fun of games, even if I liked them XD

[@LEWS316]

Yup I had this game and it was fun, flawed but fun. The theme was used in the old arcade game too and at the start of the training level it told you the controls for turbo and weapon swaps

[@AndyVoong925]

Actually, I greatly enjoyed playing this game as a kid and teenager. The physics and controls for the Interceptor felt nimble and very responsive. While the gameplay was very linear and short, it offered a nice sense of challenge and it encouraged players to get better navigating the course and clearing all of the objectives for each stage. And in terms of a completion standpoint it offers many incentives to do perfect and speed runs for each stage such as cheats, and even extra game modes and bonuses for truly 100% the game.

[@PBK1977]

Yeah, pity it's crap.

[@BennyCo.Skateboard]

When you get mad because you can't figure out how to jump farther...even though it told you how on the loading screen but you didn't read it.

[@SebaZavaK]

Yeah, I love these guys but they're playing the game TERRIBLY, and then saying it's not a good game :/

[@idrinkmilk282]

@@SebaZavaK that’s because it’s not a good game. It’s really bad. And they’re usually busy making a KZbin show to pay attention to every stupid detail this terrible game shows in small text in corner of the screen.

[@KimiFan2002]

Now we know why midway went bust, too busy paying these reviewers off😂🤣😂

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

This game is a little rough around the edges, but most of their problems here are their own doing. Like, in the tutorial it tells you how far you must go on the turbo jump on the mission select screen (and in the pause menu under objectives) and the loading screen says what the turbo button is, yet they keep claiming the game doesn't tell them what to do.

[@MrDefleppard123]

I seem to remember there being another ps2 Spyhunter game with The Rock in it? It had on foot bits and I'm pretty sure he gave enemies the rock bottom 🤣

[@The___Tony]

You're thinking of SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run.

[@seananthony9664]

As somone who enjoys terrible games and the music of saliva, this is perfect

[@bryanee83]

Reviewers were incredibly generous back then.

[@tutunaku]

Speedrun holder for this game is Saturn185 with a time of 4m 37s on PC.

[@dannyg1812]

You're a risky intelligent spy knight.

[@Jeffdugy]

That forklift cartwheel was a thing of beauty.

[@reptilez13]

I had the original NES port of the arcade game. It was fun. Had the Xbox port of this, was alright too. Tho playing it after Night rider prob clouded things lol. Many of the things you do in this are from the original game - driving into a semi, oil slicks, the weapons etc.

[@rosswayman7979]

Saliva are the band who perform Batista’s WWE entrance theme ‘I Walk Alone’ in case you were unaware!

[@greenhowie]

I was a poor kid who grew up playing the Spectrum version. This really opened my eyes to how the games industry works... not in a good way...

[@YouthPotential]

I remember OPSM raving about this game. When I got it I hated the progression mechanism

[@Googaliemoogalie]

I could imagine having fun playing this

[@dantribe3935]

23:01 is the funniest part of any WGE video ever I am WHEEZING

[@yuriteixeira5816]

I absolutely did love it and could replay every level for hours. I can understand why its not for everyone, especially since you have tofollow an exact route to get all objectives

[@d_b_beermann]

I recognice the intro song... isn't it in Rock n' Roll Racing?

[@animegameguy2004]

Call me crazy, but I work with forklifts, and I have never seen them go 50/mph. What kind of Tim Allen bulls**t did they set up to pull that off?

[@nolanrayner9322]

So I don’t think I ever beat the 3rd level because of the strict requirements to move on but this game was quite fun. That canal level was great

[@kevinrussell3501]

Spy Hunter thyme song is always awesome, even back to Atari 2600 days

[@ARWINGx1]

14:58 : 13:07

[@mnky75]

Those roles were indeed distinct and distinctly distinct. Well done chaps!!

[@dillingerescapeartis]

I love you two. Best video game channel on KZbin.

[@JSKIDNB]

The amount of my childhood I've seen on worst games ever

[@lutherheggs451]

This was going to have 2001 Dwayne in it......Dwayne had barely been in movies in 2003, about the only thing he had done at this point was maybe Walking Tall and definately The Scorpion King...Dwayne was nobody in movies at this time.

[@evryfckinnameistaken]

this game was dope when i was 12

[@kneedeepandfriends7188]

Omg it's me! Get away from my forklift! 17:16

[@jjayala]

Oh my. I remember getting this as a kid because all you people said this game was great and I was so disappointed. My parents didn't get me a crap ton of games like that so I had to suffer with this choice for a while.

[@samfisher2141]

watching this gameplay was painful...because I remember all what you had to do in this game.

[@andrewhurst1445]

I loved this game when I was younger, I remember it being quite a lot of fun, I believe there was a sequel too

[@koquarian]

I remember playing the old one on nes or snes, I think. That theme is seriously awesome and was in the old one, just to clarify. It personally sounds more like a Blues Brothers song. This game is middle shelf chod, however, but in a good way.

[@EngineerOfChaos]

Honestly I feel this game suffers from two issues 1.) early generation jank and b.) a horrific mission objective requirement structure. The first could be forgiven since it was near the launch of the system, but the latter is just horrible even for then.

[@MrNightshade2010]

wait there was 2 spy hunter games on the ps2 the reboot and the one that was based on the failed rock movie but midway made some crappy updates to some of its arcade games before they went bankrupt area 51 and narc being two

[@lordoftheabyss44]

Never played it but it honestly doesn't look that bad

[@lippy22]

The music is just an updated version of the original arcade Spyhunter.

[@dbone3356]

A boat bike... That's what I'm calling Skidoos from now on.

[@jeremyhewson5477]

David curry sounds like someone in the real world. Oh Bill Gats

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I loved this game when I was 12. In my defense, I was kicked in the head by a horse when I was 11.

[@DarkestStarASMR]

Read the bloody manual or watch the loading screens!

[@mattshark7665]

I remember this game being highly rated when I was a younger adult

[@TheHufflepuffSaint]

Christ, I remember this game. Such a throwback. I remember when MI-High was on CBBC... It had the exact same soundtrack and always reminded me of this game... God, I'm old. 😂😂😂😂

[@the8wave]

This is definitely a product of the past but I still think the game is good fun. Sometimes I think if you hear a game is bad then you’ll automatically go into it with a skewed perception. Some of the most loved games of the 32 bit era for example could easily be demonstrated as a worst game ever if you weren’t familiar with their legacy and shared nostalgia for them.

[@grizzgo]

Fun fact: G-6155 Spy Hunter is in LEGO Dimensions

[@takattacktv2.087]

I personally would've watched The Rock as Agent Joe 'Anna' Bumly in a movie.