Worst Games Ever - The Scorpion King: Rise of The Akkadian

The Scorpion King, a spin-off of The Mummy franchise, is infamous for the scene in which Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson transforms into a CGI scorpion monster. However, the real monster was the video game prequel that was spawned as a result.
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[@kyleclark4449]

Ancient Egyptians were well known for their love of Godsmack

[@brendancskinner]

Also Da Vinci era flying contraptions..

[@mongiardi20]

The band?

[@nickerellys]

I think you'll find that the persians were way bigger fan, said to bring out their warrior within.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@mongiardi20 Sure.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@nickerellys They were also played by either Yuri Lowenthal, or Dwayne Johnson, and could slow down and/or manipulate time with their powers, somewhat. It's a historical fact.

[@MrPajamaShark]

As somebody who beat this game to completion a few times when I was a kid, the fact that you got to the main menu, listened to the music, dicked around in the special features, THEN struggled in the opening levels really means you guys got the ultimate experience out of this. There wasn't much more to it.

[@nickcortinas2568]

I could never get past the 3 Anubis things that kept respawning at the end.

[@sonsauvage]

This game was epic but it really did suck at the same time

[@likeandsharedeeznutsbruh2845]

I played this game every day after school as a kid and beat it but never touched it again, I considered it a year or so ago and still have my copy but after watching it on KZbin I don't want to lol

[@181Xplor]

This game was a classic.

[@NikSwiftDigs]

Hi TripleJump, I am an archaeologist and can attest to the following: The Akkadians were a Bronze Aged civilisation from Mesopotamia. Less well-known than the Sumerians who preceded them or the Babylonians and Assyrians who succeeded them, the Akkadians nonetheless left their impact through the influence of their language and writing, which appeared in later cultures and even influenced the development of our own modern English. The historical Scorpion King, being a protodynastic ruler in Egypt, could be considered contemporaneous with the Bronze Aged Akkadians. Unfortunately they were not the same culture, but I am sure this is the only historical flub the creators of the Scorpion King franchise ever made. That being said, the use of 'Akkadians' and 'Scorpion Kings' in their nomenclature very-much places this franchise within the historical Middle Eastern Early Bronze Age, so hats off to the franchise creators for their research, firmly making this one of THE BEST Bronze Age Themed Games out there (out of a very competitive pool of other games)!

[@AppleInk]

This was very informative, thanks! you have a fantastic job btw, I envy you, hahaa.

[@kyleholloway3470]

For anyone wondering, the song they played for a second is I Stand Alone by Godsmack.

[@thesafetycalzone4920]

I think that was featured in a trailer for Prince of Persia: Warrior within too

[@kyleholloway3470]

@@thesafetycalzone4920 interesting. Never seen that trailer. I'll have to check it out.

[@Perkustin]

All it took was that one second haha, top tier guilty pleasure that song. Reminds me of that Breaking Benjamin song 'Blow me Away' from Halo 2; the version they added vocals to specifically. Another good game related guilty pleasure; the original instrumental from the game i can take or leave, there's plenty of much better instrumental rock out there.

[@SponchHour]

Dad bought me this when it released because of the Godsmack theme song. This is violent nostalgia to me, bless this video.

[@J1995M]

My dad was thrilled to hear Godsmack was on the soundtrack when he bought it for me lol

[@kroomzy]

I...STAND ALONE...(Heavy Guitar Riff)

[@SponchHour]

IF YOU...TRY TO...TAKE. ME DOWN YER GUNNA BREEEEAK

[@lesclaypoolonbass9431]

I hate godsmack. That voodoo song is okay though

[@YouthPotential]

Metal in video games always goes down well

[@Spacemutiny]

What’s funny is that The Mummy Demastered probably got the best reviews of any Mummy game. It was pretty well received.

[@Dseraph1808]

Oh yeah here we go, Dwayne Johnson time. I've seen a Dwayne Johnson movie before. I have even played a Dwayne Johnson game before (I own this game on me Gamecube collection). But I'm still gonna watch this with everything I've got

[@richardtherichard26]

Literally everyone has seen one of his movies and played as him in a game… like legitimately every single person on the entire planet…. 🤡🤡🤡

[@Justforvisit]

@@richardtherichard26 If we count Wrestling games in that might even be true.

[@Phrogly]

Weirdly enough Demastered was a sleeper hit that ended up being well regarded.

[@crazyhippo93]

I enjoyed the music alot in it. The theme song aswell :L

[@d2factotum]

Given that good movies so often get turned into dreadful video games, maybe we should consider adapting awful movies more often!

[@j0w0k]

Just came to the comments to make sure someone pointed out that Demastered is a pretty good game, like 8/10 I would say

[@Aikisbest]

19:37~ "Now I lay my task before you" "I am ready, My King" becomes so much more hillarious if you're a swede (with a slightly juvenile mind), since "Task" is slang in Swedish for your "Johnson". One hell of a test then XD

[@MrBuu1978]

Lmao

[@andersstensson]

"Are camels dinosaurs?"- TP 2021

[@sunny1992s]

ME: Mom I want AC Origins Mom: We have AC Origins at home AC Origins at home.

[@Bendoverstoke]

Man, the Disney colour palette had me chortling ahahah. Warm Dwayne against a blue background really does look so Disney. What an observation.

[@wyzeguy6]

I see "Rise of the Akkadian" and immediately read it as "Rise of the Acadian". All I envision is a French-Canadian lobster fisherman. I'll see myself out...

[@sayedistrending]

If I remember correctly, I think the Rock did the Rock Bottom in the movie. I was patiently waiting for him to do the People's Elbow and Say "IF YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING." 😆👍💪

[@roryslaine7896]

Hahahaha did he!? I haven't watched this movie since it cames out in the cinema when I was like 10 or 11, but that doesn't shock me. I'm nearly 100% sure Triple H delivers the Pedigree on someone in the Blade 3 movie 😂 I could be wrong because I haven't seen that movie since either but I'm nearly 100% sure I remember somebody getting the Pedigree.

[@sayedistrending]

@@roryslaine7896 Yes, I do believe The Rock Bottom was done in Scorpion King. Did Triple H fight Blade with a sledgehammer as well? 😆

[@shawnfields2369]

​@@sayedistrendingNope, but Triple H's character does fight Ryan Reynolds though, no really. I HAVE seen Blade: Trinity, and it is hilariously bad, and nowhere near as good as the previous 2 Blade movies. But seeing Triple H get beat up by Ryan Reynolds and Blade, and Jessica Biel, was nice. That movie was over 20 years ago, in 2004. The WORST way to end the Blade movies. But again, seeing Triple H getting his ass kicked by Ryan Reynolds, was the only part of the movie worth watching. Besides the end credits, I mean.

[@destho4308]

The Mummy Demastered is a solid game with sweet pixel aesthetics and a bumpin' soundtrack.

[@PerishingPurplePulsar]

This was one of my 2 first ever games, took me 10 years to beat it. I loved the hell out of this game

[@nathanielnalls2578]

At least the E3 trailer had actually gameplay instead of a cgi scene

[@NoTengoDinero69]

I remember the first shot in this movie is a dude catching a ninja star to the eye. Now THAT’S cinema!

[@TheBigboss7121987]

I remember playing this game when it first came out. My aunt bought it for my for some holiday or birthday or something, and I was less then ecstatic to say the least, but I remember being happily surprised at what a good game it actually turned out to be. You have to look at it in retrospect. Remember what even AAA games looked like at the time, and remember that I was probably either still in elementary or middle school.

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Rock in the menu art looks like it's a freezeframe of when Rock mocked the Undertaker in his promo before Armageddon 2000.

[@weirdguy1495]

Wow. That CGI looks even worse than the CGI for him in the movie, how did they do that.

[@WhatAreMovie]

The Mummy Demastered was actually really good! I love Metroid so it was a great surprise. It looks and plays amazingly well! I never saw The Mummy reboot but the game is well worth playing.

[@JKeogh1992]

The Egyptian Protodynastic period was 3200 - 3000 BCE while the Bronze Age was 3300 - 1200 BCE, so they did overlap.

[@BrazenSolar]

I don't know why but I think this video is making me want to watch the Scorpion King movie.

[@michaelwoodward3329]

I can never describe the how incredibly depressed the question "are camels dinosaurs?" made me. Lol

[@BrazenSolar]

Worst games ever is one of the only KZbin videos I will play on the big TV. It's that good

[@PixelSlayers]

"Oh my god, it's him!" You sound like you're about to faint from excitement

[@nickcortinas2568]

I had the game cube version, and I remember loving it. I could never get past the last boss. I kept rage quitting.

[@stephenjones2259]

I don't think this is that bad a game but it has aged badly

[@trippydrew8492]

I think it is bad in the sense that it isn't fun not that it is made badly.

[@derangel9143]

Even accounting for the era it was released, the game is just dull and boring. There’s nothing in the game that seems fun or worth playing through.

[@dawnofapril3055]

I love how lazy his throwing animation looks. It makes the enemies feel like they have no weight.

[@Freebasetyler]

The Scorpion King: Just Bring it

[@kroomzy]

3:30 Godsmack-I Stand Alone is the music if you are curious

[@gordo2149]

First game I ever owned for the GameCube.. played it for weeks before I even got a memory card. Great memories of a terrible game

[@LS1056]

That voice actor during narration was Tony Jay, did Legacy of Kain, and some other amazing content

[@justinhockstead3551]

I hate that I knew exactly what song that was from that one sound clip lol

[@BadWallaby]

I STAND ALOOOONE hahahaha that one split second was all i needed 🤣🤣

[@karlrudd8914]

The scorpion, a perfect predator. That can't attack anywhere but forwards

[@NathanielBarlam]

Thank you for reminding me about the Mummy 2017 trailer with no music, it's a classic

[@shawnfields2369]

Ah, yes, best trailer ever. Possibly the worst, oh sorry, best reboot ever made, and no I'm not being sarcastic about any of this, I swear.

[@sonsauvage]

This game is almost fun once you get the good weapons

[@shortbreadhead]

You need a playlist for the worst games ever episode, I was surprised when I couldn't see one on your channel

[@UKProgRock]

Man with the seam also kinda looks like Terry Funk

[@dasfowler]

I love the door opening Animations. It looks like he's shooing the doors open.

[@shdw787]

watching this while waiting for the E3 Bethesda conference

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Also that Godsmack song is amazing.

[@mgsgamer]

I remember playing this game all the way to the boss. Somehow I made it through the entire game but when it came to fighting the boss, couldn't last longer than a few attacks. Come to find out I was supposed to ground pound the cracks in walls and the ground found throughout the game which would have raised my strength and endurance. I didn't do a single one the entire game.

[@kur1su74]

Mummy Demastered is actually a very good game I have to say. Great pixelart too. Also J2ME is shorthand for Java games on mobile platforms.

[@jeremyroberts8822]

Agreed!! Mummy demastered is super underrated. I bought it on the e shop for my switch one night just cus I was bored as hell and it ended up being way wayyy more fun than I thought it would be. It’s ironic cus the movie it’s based off of is pretty shit

[@JeremiahStewart102]

The sad thing is that there was a kid who was excited to get this game from gamestop after seeing the movie.

[@shawnfields2369]

Probably because of their love of the Scorpion King movie or seeing Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson's horrendous CG in The Mummy Returns.

[@MINI_JasperJunior]

Rock 'the Dwayne' Johnson

[@CinnaBonBun69420]

Johnrock the Dawyneson

[@mariano3716]

Rock 'the Johnson' Dwayne

[@CinnaBonBun69420]

@@mariano3716 The John 'Wayne D' Rockson

[@meandurphy9366]

3rd Rock from the Johnson

[@mariano3716]

@@meandurphy9366 YOU WIN

[@DodgaOfficial]

Stamina bars generally refill on their own as you rest, this is more like a mana bar.

[@billfrantz1638]

“Are camels dinosaurs?” “Everything is dinosaurs.” Everything ARE dinosaurs!

[@joywilson4668]

Everythings a drum, too.

[@eddiehimself]

"Everything" is a singular noun, so no.

[@billfrantz1638]

@@eddiehimself literally or figuratively? Either definition requires more then one. While context may imply that all things are in a single group, everything by definition is more then one thing. Both and neither are correct. Upon re-listening I believe he says “everything dinosaurs” which would be the actual correct terminology.

[@eddiehimself]

@@billfrantz1638 It doesn't matter whether the meaning is literal or figurative, or if the noun itself is referring to more than one thing. The fact is that "everything" is a grammatical singular, meaning that it takes singular verb forms. That's all there is to it.

[@billfrantz1638]

@@eddiehimself I know, just playin’.

[@AmazingStoryDewd]

Worst game ever? Dude this was my favorite ps2 game growing up lol.

[@JT_Soul_Tha_God]

The took the face of The Rock on N64 No Mercy and slapped it on the Scorpion King.

[@goldengreenranger2160]

I'm sure somebody else in the comments said it. But it doesn't mean that it doesn't need to be repeated. The Mummy Demastered is an incredible game worth your time and money...

[@Flappyslappyz]

The Mummy game from 2004 was based on the animated series and J2ME is an old java based phone game format.

[@J1995M]

Aw i loved this game as a kid lol. My dad even made me one of the later game staves as a halloween costume weapon :P but man is it hard to defend this as an adult haha

[@sezert]

I spent so many hours on this game back when I was a kid, had a blast even if I look back at it now and see how poor it actually was haha

[@maccy4829]

That camel being hit was hilarious

[@thomasferraro479]

The song is I Stand Alone by Godsmack. And it's awesome

[@thedeadstig123]

"the mummy" on ps2 wasn't the same game as the ps1 it was based on the animated series

[@sgg-manny447]

Looks like something from this Era you rent and never play again

[@RichardMajor86]

J2ME is “Java 2 Platform Micro Edition” and is basically Java apps and games for mobile phones like old Nokia’s etc

[@b4krr]

Yt 'Minimme' plays and reviews J2ME demakes. Check him out it's interesting. The max Payne one is wild

[@gorillaguy5664]

Blood Ruby...? *Devil May Cry called, they want their crystalized blood back*

[@Psycho-Crusher693]

8:00 you can see his little dinkle down there Ben checkin out the peoples strudel

[@Cautious_Gamer]

Hey, at least his likeness is better than some of the wrestling games from that era.

[@virgogaming6488]

The final boss in this game is a pain in the ass.

[@hook0076]

For those wondering: I Stand Alone by Godsmack is the menu song

[@DuinHark]

Omg I remember arguing with my brother about this game. We had a choice between prince of persia sand of time or this. We couldnt decide. Lmao good thig we ended up choosing the prince!

[@Milksword]

Happy to see you playing more games related to friend of the show Rock 'The John' Dwayneson.

[@shawnfields2369]

Oh, I thought he was a friend of Matt McMuscles's show?

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

The 2017 mummy movie... no... had some good parts but still no. The mummy demastered? Fantastic actually ^-^

[@ParanoiDave]

Hearing people confused at what J2ME is makes me feel ancient. Cheers. (It's Java Micro Edition, for games what ran on old early 2000s colour screen phones, save you the Google!)

[@captainjack2781]

The Mummy Demastered is so much fun.

[@mistercruise]

I enjoyed the hell out of that game :D

[@NJRDC]

Laughed out loud at the brief discussion of a boy hole.

[@jamespalmer5679]

This video made me look up what Boris Johnson said. Aaahhhhhh hahahaha

[@Nbflowers1989]

I honestly fall asleep while playing ESO. :/ The music and sound fx are just toooo soothing. Every time.

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Godsmacked this one right in the face

[@torrb420]

The Mummy Demastered is actually a damn good game. It's not a particularly good Metroidvania, but it is competent and it plays a lot like old school Contras. So fans of either game(s), will find a lot to enjoy with Demastered. The OST is also fire.

[@matthewbraith0411]

Will you ever get out of the worst game ever case and beat the goblin?

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

It has to be E.T.

[@matthewbraith0411]

@@AlmightyPolarBear Can't be E.T. since worse atari games exists, E.T. really is one of the better ones but that isn't saying much.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@matthewbraith0411 Maybe their version of Pac-Man.

[@matthewbraith0411]

@@AlmightyPolarBear Or maybe big rigs (shudder)

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@matthewbraith0411 I think I saw video from that on another channel a long time ago. Like everything is broken, right?

[@used39]

I just played The Mummy Demastered last week over break. It is not a Metroidvania - it’s just Metroid.

[@danoid7998]

Lol my mom got this for me for my birthday when it came out. Its not a good game but i beat the shit out of this multiple times. Got every single weapon and upgrade. Just cuz i love my mom.

[@aidanloughran131]

I loved this game when I was young but never could pass the prison level

[@Wulfy96]

The Scorpion King also makes an appearance as preset create a wrestler for Smackdown Just Bring It

[@johnnypicasso]

I got this game with my first ps2 for christmas when i was 9 n what a funny playthrough i love it lol you should do the suffering if u guys ever need a suggestion

[@captainsal7074]

I remember playing this at a Toy's R Us demo station.

[@therunawaykid6523]

A toys r us demo station? Wow I didn't know toys r us had consoles you could play in the store

[@DrGonzoOBoogie]

I think you guys need to rank all the Mummy games!

[@yonathansetyawan9276]

This is the predecessor of Square Enix's The Quiet Man

[@shawnfields2369]

It's the prequel to that. But it's also way better than that game.

[@SamSmithsamek15]

They know its going to be so bad so they chill in the Bonus section for awhile lol XD

[@LukeZalvino]

As sometimes happens on here, seems like a pretty sweet game to me. Nice graphics and creativity. And I miss cutscenes with a narrator like that in the beginning

[@sonsauvage]

It's not terrible...but you need to actually play it to understand how quickly un-fun it becomes. Gameplay is not great, looking back

[@jakecole8343]

Pretty sure I actually completed this game when I was younger although I don’t remember a thing about it. Back then there weren’t many places that sold games nearby, so I often had to make do with the games that I did have.

[@OrgnlProductions]

The mummy demastered was actually pretty good

[@luciferouskris]

I'm one of the few people that actually enjoys this game. I know it's not the best, but I played through it a lot as a kid, and it definitely evokes some memory seeing this. One of those "Shit games you'll defend" titles for me.

[@sohaib9566]

Oh yeah rock the rock rockson time

[@ΣπυριδωνΜαργαριτης]

I love this game .One of the frst games of my childhood

[@jessehenderson2967]

We begged my dad for a Ps2. He came home with a brand new console and this game. No memory card either. That was a fun couple of weeks playing FF7 on my "next gen" console.

[@philipcaseyacalloway204]

One of my favorite movies as a child has kicked ass and taken names as a video game.

[@umpoucodewolf1999]

25:20 Love that😂, it happened later too

[@bensonsj98]

0/10. No People's Elbow.

[@CadillacEulogy]

Bruh I loved this game growing up and still love it honestly lol. Still play it from time to time too

[@SewerTapes]

Fitting that this game released on September, 11.

[@craxypackets]

my friends and i found this at a farm and fleet store back when it came out for like $5. we took it to my place, played it, got stuck on a bug for a while but made it through. it was worth the $5 lol

[@kingragnar8023]

Godsmack is timeless