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do a review of enter the matrix or path of neo now!!!! i played and unironically love Enter the Matrix and Path of Neo always seemed like a cool one to try as well. i also saw someone brought up the Riddick duology and those games need more attention too
Great video. I was a designer on this game. Thank you for the fun flashback. I worked on the first level, that railing to food cart moment was me. I tried to make it at as simple and rewarding as possible given our systems and constraints. I also had a huge hand in that Gunnrunner hotel section.
Wild how Midway (and Atari, funny enough) had all these middle market games that were so unique & so close to being good, but just fell short. Wheelman, Enter The Matrix, Stranglehold, the more adventurous Mortal Kombat games... I miss when devs took risks like this. Was fun playin' multiplayer with you though! also what is the story behind the patron named Test Drive Unlimited 2?
Man, I'd give Stranglehold a 9/10, personally. I've owned a physical copy since launch and just bought it again on GoG for the sake of convenience. I come back t it once a year and play it from beginning to end. Just stupid fun shooting.
Man, I wish they'd make these kind of linear, highly focused third person shooters again. Feel like most AAA games are either open world games with huge maps and barely anything fun to do them in or just glorified microtransactions shops with added fun of grind.
I agreed. I miss those linear third person shooters too. Glad I still got my PS3 and still playing them til this day like Spec ops the line, Max Payne 3, Stranglehold and so on.
Its fun but gets kinda boring because all your doing is running around shooting and jumping around to abuse the slo mo mechanic to mow through the enemies as quick as you can just to get to the end.
@@planescaped you're not entirely wrong. But in the mid- late 2000s, Max Payne ports sucked and the only similar games on console were the matrix games. For the time it filled a purpose.
Did anyone tell him about Maximum Action? Somebody really needs to tell him about Maximum Action. On another note, one game I would really love to see him cover is Mercenaries 2. This theme of "mediocre games, secretly loved" definitely encompasses that one.
The pc version of mercs 2 is effectively unplayable. There's long qte's that use generic button prompts on pc. Not w a s d, but generic icons (like a kicking icon or a punching icon) that correlate to specific keys and clicks. It's insane how that slipped through
I remember seeing screenshots of this game in PSM magazine WAY back when the PS3 was rumored to be a super computer with 2 HDMI ports that'll blow away the 360's graphics. Fun naive times
@@bluejob01 Keep in mind that Sony had bold plans for the Cell intending for it to expand beyond just the PS3. Presumably they had those initially as they wanted some level of inoperability with then mid to high tier PCs
I remember going to GameStop with my grandma when I was younger and she said she would buy me one thing in the store. I chose one of the cheapest, used Xbox 360 games on the shelf, which was Stranglehold, and around 10 years later I never forgot about that day and this game! I don't think I even really wanted it, I mean, I only got it because she wanted to get me something and this was extremely cheap, but I gave it a shot and it ended up being one of my favorite single-player games!! My memory of the game is a little foggy but watching this gameplay rekindled a lot of old memories and of that day with my grandma :)
I remember getting this game thinking it was awesome, then got to the island level and just stopped playing when I failed it a few times to broken mechanics . Came back months later to finally beat that level and then I couldn’t stop playing till it was over.
I love this game dude, a classic imo! Back in the day I used to play the shit out of this game as a kid. I personally never really encounter any issues with the controls, but I can see why someone could have problems with it. But man, this game was sooo ahead of it's time. I mean it's 2021 and no game since has ever come even close to the level destruction in this game. Imagine a game that has interior destruction like this and the exterior destruction from Red Faction Guerrilla, that would be the best thing ever. But it seems like no one is interested in pushing gaming like that anymore. They can give you all the ray-tracing, frame rates and resolution they want, but it's games like this that used to (and still do) blow my mind and where insanely fun to play. If only one day, gaming would get back to these kinds of games. Does big budget mid-games. Not every game has to be this 50+ our open world game with boring side missions in it. Just make a linear game where you push the technology to the max like this game did in its time. The only thing I didn't like though was that damm second level that just never EVER ended. And that turret sequence (like in most games) was hot trash.
Back in 2009 uncle put his PSN pto on my PS3 to let me play his games. He told me his password was stranglehold. I asked him "like the game?" he said "what?". He died in 2011 from overdosing on airduster. My PS3 broke and I lost access to his account when I got a new one. I lost his games like worms. I really liked that game worms and kung-fu Ragdoll. Didn't know his email. I couldn't remember his Just realized how irrelevant and weird this whole whole comment has become. I'm super sick and can't tell when I'm really awake and wahats real. When I close my eyes I see ps1 graphics. It's not real though because they are fake dreams. I'm still conscious, but when I fall deep enough and call it out for being fake, my brain hurts itself. I'm scared
A game worth looking into for your channel is "Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard". A game I feel wantet to be THE big comedy game that fell down because lacklustre gameplay. Still, it have some realy good parts.
The driving sections in the "Gunrunner" prototype give me vibes akin to the driving sections in "Enter the Matrix", playing as Ghost had you shooting in an on-rails segment, whereas Naomi had you drive the car. It wasn't Co-Op though, unfortunately. Also, the talk of no more Co-Op shooters makes me miss Army of Two.
I actually enjoyed this more than max payne 3. The wide open areas, environmental interactivity, destructible environment and tequila bombs made for some very dynamic and chaotic gunfights. Max Payne 3 may have had a lot more polish and production values but alot of the environments in it were really cramped so you had to play it like a standard cover based third person shooter instead of like a traditional Max Payne game with shootdodging. Plus it had some really, really long loading times and I didn't like the super restrictive linear nature of the game where you couldn't trek back to previous areas to get ammo or painkillers.
It's called tequila time because bullet time is trademarked by warner brothers. Max payne 3 actually licensed the trademark, it's mentioned in the launch screen
I disagree entirely with saying the standoffs should be cut. I played the demo of Stranglehold about 1000 times and every time that standoff was awesome lol. That drug lab destruction level was THE WORST though, 100%.
Don't forget if you got the special edition for these games. On 360, you got some behind the scenes footage, and on PS3, you got the full movie of Hard Boiled, mostly because PS3 used Blu-Ray discs... it's awesome...
You should check out Maximum Action on Steam, it’s an Hong Kong action-movie inspired arcade fps with diving and bullet time. It’s still in early access, but it’s so fun to muck about in familiar places. Thanks for the video!
I played the first level of Stranglehold a couple of months ago. Maybe I have to give it another try... Have you tried the Dead to Rights Games? They have a 90s Action movie feeling, like some good early Van Damme movies. While far from perfect, I still like this series of games.
It seems like this game had a decent development and then was either rushed or ran out of money at the end or something. I kinda realized that when you made the 90% comment.
I clearly remember reviewers just dumping on this game back in the day. It wasn't so much that it was a bad game more that you were paying $60 for like a 3-hour experience. So it's one of those games that when you find it for like a couple dollars at a goodwill (or charity/thrift shop for my folks elsewhere in the world) it was well worth it. there's a lot of games like that not worth the full price at time of release but well worth it when it's pocket change a decade down the road or more.
For all its flaws I love this game. It's really a surprise that no one has tried to follow up on the acrobatic gunslinging action of Stranglehold & Max Payne. My Neighbor Pedro is the only one I can definitely in the spirit of these games and I imagine the development costs of creating unique destructible environments and detailed & responsive (unless we're talking about Max Payne 3) character animations is pretty large. I feel like after TLOU2 Naughty Dog would actually by a good candidate to make this kind of game, with all of their tech and attention to detail, not that they seem interested in doing that kind of thing at all.
Yay, I've been looking forward to this one! Funny how this game was FULL of untapped potential... Hollywood (and of course, the Western videogame industry) doesn't really know what do to with talented martial artists from Asia, no? Imagine the kinds of stories (movies AND games) they could star in under the right creative people... Anyway, I'll start watching the video. I'm sure it'll be awesome, as usual!
Stranglehold came out at a time when I was working at Hollywood Video and was DEEP in watching old-school Hong Kong action flicks. It felt like the perfect time to pick this up on my 360. This review definitely makes me extremely nostalgic... though maybe not on the Xbox. I did love unlocking all those silly behind the scenes videos.
Sunset overdrive has a button to magnet to the rail like tony hawk its just once your on your on. Id also imagine the idea of jumping and attaching to rails was tested during dev but with how noisy some of the levels can be it would have had lots of moments where you attach to the wrong object and die.
The first gameplay clip you showed of the spinning 360 instantly kill all enemies ability had the character holding a shotgun, soaking up bullets and hip firing into a nearby wall while nearby bad guys dropped dead with no explanation. I thought it was a wild cutscene until the ability was explained later in the video.
Jesus, i clearly remember playing this game demo on my ps3 fat. The nostalgia is real. I miss the old days, when 99,9999% of my playtime, was testing various demos from PS Store. I'll never forget how my mind was completely blown away when i'd downloaded Battlefield Bad Company 1 multiplayer demo, and experienced online in all its glory for the first time on consoles.
I love this game just frantic fun without taking itself too seriously. Years later we have a more polished game like Max Payne 3 but was unfortunately brutally difficult even at Normal. It was so hard that it was frowned upon to go guns blazing in that game where the first two games did encouraged you to do that at a cost and were too dark and gritty for my taste at times. Stranglehold despite its flaw was such a joy to play its janky nature have its own personality.
One of the greatest games I've ever played it was literally like playing tomb for the first time ever. But so much more amazing. It was so fun. I absolutely adore it
You are so on point with your review, I mean you always are. :D I played through the entire game back in 2008 or so and while it was a little clunky and the storytelling was just awkward, I still enjoyed it a lot. Though all I remember after all those years is this absolutely terrible island level and maybe the opening level which was also in the demo version of the game. I will follow your advice and give it another chance.
It’s a crying shame this game didn’t get the reception it deserved. If it was more successful, Midway had plans to make another game called Gun Runner that not only was a sequel to Stranglehold with Yun Fat, but a sequel to the Wheelman with Vin Diesel too. Imagine doing bullet time with Tequila and Toretto. On that note, have you tried doing the Riddick duology for another video?
The character models/physics reminds me of Syphon Filter (PS1). It's like the body splits in half and the legs move independent and irrespective of the torso.
i played this more than i ever should have. no regrets though. it's a fun enough bargain-bin title especially if you're an HK action fan. *it also features some of the funniest damn rag doll glitches from the era, if you're lucky enough to trigger one!
I’m playing this on my PS3 right now and it’s the most fun and the most engaged I’ve been in a game. Be ready to die and start over again a couple of times. Ammo and health is a resource you have to collect and if you burn through it you will be left with your fists. I include the shortcomings as a feature for this game. It came out in 2007. Expect some jank.
I’m really surprised at how destructible these environments are. It actually looks almost on par with Remedy’s Control, which again, brings the circle even further around! For a while I was thinking this was on PS2 for some reason lol. I was thinking “these graphics look pretty clean for a PS2 game” xD
You ever thought about giving "The Hong Kong Massacre" a shot? I've never played it myself but it definitely has that John Woo/Max Payne appeal going for it. It's a game where you die in one hit and it's played from a top down perspective. Something like Hotline Miami.
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do a review of enter the matrix or path of neo now!!!! i played and unironically love Enter the Matrix and Path of Neo always seemed like a cool one to try as well. i also saw someone brought up the Riddick duology and those games need more attention too
Ur so underrated
For the love of god PLEASE Review Wall-E The Video Game
Reservoir Dogs and Made Man games reviews need to happen...
@@emulation2369 I second the Reservoir Dogs recommendation.
Great video.
I was a designer on this game.
Thank you for the fun flashback.
I worked on the first level, that railing to food cart moment was me. I tried to make it at as simple and rewarding as possible given our systems and constraints.
I also had a huge hand in that Gunnrunner hotel section.
Whoa, for real?
Dude i love this game. Great work.
Too bad that the sequel was canceled
What do you work on these days?
Badass bro
Dude great work, made my teenage years so enjoyable. I used to come home from school and play this game ritualisticly.
Now we want a WET review ;)
I'll wet myself if it'll happen.... 😳
@@emulation2369 go eway
And made man
One of the worst games I've ever played tbh. Everything about that game is just so.. off.
Bah ça pour une surprise !
Wild how Midway (and Atari, funny enough) had all these middle market games that were so unique & so close to being good, but just fell short. Wheelman, Enter The Matrix, Stranglehold, the more adventurous Mortal Kombat games... I miss when devs took risks like this. Was fun playin' multiplayer with you though!
also what is the story behind the patron named Test Drive Unlimited 2?
He's a mate who's clamoring for a TDU2 video
Kacey. 15 hrs ago. Pretty sus
Man, I'd give Stranglehold a 9/10, personally. I've owned a physical copy since launch and just bought it again on GoG for the sake of convenience. I come back t it once a year and play it from beginning to end. Just stupid fun shooting.
Kacey with the early access privileges. What's the story dude
@@commanderkeen3787 I'm a Patron, you should be too!
No photoshop face-lift? I reported you
There is a hand-lift tho
@@regularbloke2117 not enough
You’re doing gods work fam. I commend you
@@sultanjelle9168 WTF
@@chrismassey9892 What are you crying about?
Have you considered reviewing Total Overdose? A game of a very similar vein, and with even more tequila!
I second this! Total Overdose would fit this channel for sure!
THIS!!!
Total Overdose was great i still hope for a sequel or remake :>
@@k1z4cz3k
IIRC, there was a PSP one. But it was just a endless run & gun game with bosses.
This would be very fun! Can't wait to see Total Overdose revisited (or, visited) from minimme
These are the kind of games that deserve a Remake, imagine this game with updated graphics and it's gameplay design fixed, would be amazing.
I agree. They need to focused on the games with potential instead of games that were AAA
The game is perfectly playble, just play it, we do not need to remake/remaster every good old game, at least ask for a new entry in the series.
Wish I could play this on a ps5
Man, I wish they'd make these kind of linear, highly focused third person shooters again. Feel like most AAA games are either open world games with huge maps and barely anything fun to do them in or just glorified microtransactions shops with added fun of grind.
I agreed. I miss those linear third person shooters too. Glad I still got my PS3 and still playing them til this day like Spec ops the line, Max Payne 3, Stranglehold and so on.
For example. Uncharted 4 was way too open, felt unfocused.
This, most games now sticks an open world to the game, is very boring.
@@steffan9415 not gonna lie it is true
Dude they were my jam as a kid, thought they were lame but compared to games nowadays, they're still fun as hell.
You need to play The Punisher game from back in the day,if you haven't
Do a video on that please
Such a great game.
YES!!!
Stranglehold has been my ‘dream’ video for Minimme for make and now it’s The Punisher! 😭
Yes-yes and yes again... Still, thq Nordic won't re-release it for some reason, it sold super well back in the day for a game like this
Do 50 Cent bulletproof or blood on the sand next! Love your work.
I remember replaying the demo for this over and over as a broke kid 😭
Suggestion: Review the underrated Pursuit Force games which were released on the PSP.
I remember playing the Demo so many times and loving it, but when i finally got the game, it felt really boring and awkward to play. 😂😂😂😂
I felt the same with the demo of Bulletstorm! The demo was ADDICTIVE! The full game... Really bland.
Wow
@@MXOY99 i played that and payday 2s demo everyday for like a year
I can't believe I've never heard of this game, it looks really fun
Its fun but gets kinda boring because all your doing is running around shooting and jumping around to abuse the slo mo mechanic to mow through the enemies as quick as you can just to get to the end.
@@randompurplehippo this.but also it isn’t a long game so it doesn’t overstay its welcome in my opinion.
It looks incredibly bland and run of the mill to me...
Go get it! It's a ton of fun!
@@planescaped you're not entirely wrong. But in the mid- late 2000s, Max Payne ports sucked and the only similar games on console were the matrix games. For the time it filled a purpose.
Have you ever though about doing a video on "True Crimes Streets of L.A." ?
fuckin fire game
@@malcolmmacdonald3597 i always prefered true crime nyc
Did anyone tell him about Maximum Action? Somebody really needs to tell him about Maximum Action. On another note, one game I would really love to see him cover is Mercenaries 2. This theme of "mediocre games, secretly loved" definitely encompasses that one.
Oh no you didn’t
Mercernaries 2 was cracking fun, the first PS3 game i owned.
The pc version of mercs 2 is effectively unplayable. There's long qte's that use generic button prompts on pc. Not w a s d, but generic icons (like a kicking icon or a punching icon) that correlate to specific keys and clicks. It's insane how that slipped through
This one's a bit hard to find, but can you do a review of Playboy: The Mansion on PS2?
i know better one , sexy beach 3 , i do not know where to get that one
Ok, John calm down
What about Summer Time ?
This game was absolutely awesome back in the day. I still play it from time to time and still have fun with it.
I remember seeing screenshots of this game in PSM magazine WAY back when the PS3 was rumored to be a super computer with 2 HDMI ports that'll blow away the 360's graphics. Fun naive times
What are you supposed to do with 2 HDMI ports? Plug it into 2 TVs for coop?
@@bluejob01 Double and triple monitor setups are common in PC gaming, with two HDMI ports the PS3 could have had something like that.
Multi screen PC gaming in 2006
Yeh
@@bluejob01 Keep in mind that Sony had bold plans for the Cell intending for it to expand beyond just the PS3. Presumably they had those initially as they wanted some level of inoperability with then mid to high tier PCs
This game always reminded me of Jet Li's Rise to Honor...
glad to see you reviewing this underrated gem, it deserves recognition!
I wouldn't say it's underrated, it's rated very accordingly to its quality
Not saying it's not fun, tho, just not a very solid game, lol
@@krakenloco it’s definitely a fun game imo, been awhile since l’ve played it ages ago now lol
Too bad he just whines about it
I remember going to GameStop with my grandma when I was younger and she said she would buy me one thing in the store. I chose one of the cheapest, used Xbox 360 games on the shelf, which was Stranglehold, and around 10 years later I never forgot about that day and this game! I don't think I even really wanted it, I mean, I only got it because she wanted to get me something and this was extremely cheap, but I gave it a shot and it ended up being one of my favorite single-player games!!
My memory of the game is a little foggy but watching this gameplay rekindled a lot of old memories and of that day with my grandma :)
love this game alot
I know there’s very little likelihood of it happening, but I’d love to see an HD remake of this.
I was also thinking about it, maybe rockstar doing a cameo for stranglehold in a max payne game haha
The game is already HD (at least on pc), but an entire remake could be interesting.
Play it on the pc, it's already in HD and you can fix the low FOV that plagues the console version.
@@StabStabStabStabby Is it possible to fix the ugly sepia filter when bullet time is active?
I Swear To God I Was Just Trying To Find This Game.
They have it on GoG. Runs great. Or were you looking for a copy you already owned? haha
Maybe just trying to remember what it was.
I remember getting this game thinking it was awesome, then got to the island level and just stopped playing when I failed it a few times to broken mechanics . Came back months later to finally beat that level and then I couldn’t stop playing till it was over.
I love this game dude, a classic imo! Back in the day I used to play the shit out of this game as a kid. I personally never really encounter any issues with the controls, but I can see why someone could have problems with it. But man, this game was sooo ahead of it's time. I mean it's 2021 and no game since has ever come even close to the level destruction in this game. Imagine a game that has interior destruction like this and the exterior destruction from Red Faction Guerrilla, that would be the best thing ever. But it seems like no one is interested in pushing gaming like that anymore. They can give you all the ray-tracing, frame rates and resolution they want, but it's games like this that used to (and still do) blow my mind and where insanely fun to play. If only one day, gaming would get back to these kinds of games. Does big budget mid-games. Not every game has to be this 50+ our open world game with boring side missions in it. Just make a linear game where you push the technology to the max like this game did in its time.
The only thing I didn't like though was that damm second level that just never EVER ended. And that turret sequence (like in most games) was hot trash.
Great video minimme. Only game reviewer I can trust.
This made me wanted to watch hardboiled back then
Back in 2009 uncle put his PSN pto on my PS3 to let me play his games. He told me his password was stranglehold. I asked him "like the game?" he said "what?". He died in 2011 from overdosing on airduster. My PS3 broke and I lost access to his account when I got a new one. I lost his games like worms. I really liked that game worms and kung-fu Ragdoll. Didn't know his email. I couldn't remember his Just realized how irrelevant and weird this whole whole comment has become. I'm super sick and can't tell when I'm really awake and wahats real. When I close my eyes I see ps1 graphics. It's not real though because they are fake dreams. I'm still conscious, but when I fall deep enough and call it out for being fake, my brain hurts itself. I'm scared
A game worth looking into for your channel is "Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard". A game I feel wantet to be THE big comedy game that fell down because lacklustre gameplay. Still, it have some realy good parts.
I love how you cover lesser known games this extensively, great stuff and quite unique in its way!
This feels like a game that could be *awesome* if it was done nowadays.
i dont know why i really enjoy those 2000's shooter or racing games, sadly alot of them are not on steam
I love the amazing niche that you have carved for yourself, it never fails to entertain me. Love your stuff bro
I got this game for 99 cents at gamestop. I definitely feel like I got my money's worth.
My feeling when I got a copy of Destiny and Fallout 76 for free that one time for a $15 game purchase.
The driving sections in the "Gunrunner" prototype give me vibes akin to the driving sections in "Enter the Matrix", playing as Ghost had you shooting in an on-rails segment, whereas Naomi had you drive the car. It wasn't Co-Op though, unfortunately.
Also, the talk of no more Co-Op shooters makes me miss Army of Two.
Always a delight to see another video from you!
I actually enjoyed this more than max payne 3. The wide open areas, environmental interactivity, destructible environment and tequila bombs made for some very dynamic and chaotic gunfights. Max Payne 3 may have had a lot more polish and production values but alot of the environments in it were really cramped so you had to play it like a standard cover based third person shooter instead of like a traditional Max Payne game with shootdodging. Plus it had some really, really long loading times and I didn't like the super restrictive linear nature of the game where you couldn't trek back to previous areas to get ammo or painkillers.
MAKE THIS BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE MICROSOFT!
I requested it when they still had public request going. It got some likes but I doubt it ever even got looked at sadly
What the fuck, man? I bought this less than 12 hours ago on GoG and this just happens to come out. xD
You should do a review of the Disney Bolt video game. Either that or Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge
It's called tequila time because bullet time is trademarked by warner brothers. Max payne 3 actually licensed the trademark, it's mentioned in the launch screen
I played the demo a lot but never bought the game for unknown reasons so it might be the best video game that I never played the complete version!
Man I used to have an addiction to this game as a kid
Same bro i replayed this so many times so i still remember the every exact things in the firdt mission
I disagree entirely with saying the standoffs should be cut.
I played the demo of Stranglehold about 1000 times and every time that standoff was awesome lol.
That drug lab destruction level was THE WORST though, 100%.
Don't forget if you got the special edition for these games. On 360, you got some behind the scenes footage, and on PS3, you got the full movie of Hard Boiled, mostly because PS3 used Blu-Ray discs... it's awesome...
You should check out Maximum Action on Steam, it’s an Hong Kong action-movie inspired arcade fps with diving and bullet time. It’s still in early access, but it’s so fun to muck about in familiar places.
Thanks for the video!
I played the first level of Stranglehold a couple of months ago. Maybe I have to give it another try...
Have you tried the Dead to Rights Games? They have a 90s Action movie feeling, like some good early Van Damme movies. While far from perfect, I still like this series of games.
I've always wondered how a slow motion mechanic would've handled in multiplayer and as the one not using it. It is exactly how I imagined it.
Rdr dead eye is a good example
If your looking for good gun-fu games, the early access game MAXIMUM ACTION might be for you.
Absolutely loved this game as a kid and unlike most games I look back on, this one still looks like a really fun time
With fond memories i re purchased it about 5yrs ago and couldnt get through 5mins. its hot garbage compared to max payne 3
It seems like this game had a decent development and then was either rushed or ran out of money at the end or something. I kinda realized that when you made the 90% comment.
I clearly remember reviewers just dumping on this game back in the day. It wasn't so much that it was a bad game more that you were paying $60 for like a 3-hour experience. So it's one of those games that when you find it for like a couple dollars at a goodwill (or charity/thrift shop for my folks elsewhere in the world) it was well worth it. there's a lot of games like that not worth the full price at time of release but well worth it when it's pocket change a decade down the road or more.
For all its flaws I love this game. It's really a surprise that no one has tried to follow up on the acrobatic gunslinging action of Stranglehold & Max Payne. My Neighbor Pedro is the only one I can definitely in the spirit of these games and I imagine the development costs of creating unique destructible environments and detailed & responsive (unless we're talking about Max Payne 3) character animations is pretty large. I feel like after TLOU2 Naughty Dog would actually by a good candidate to make this kind of game, with all of their tech and attention to detail, not that they seem interested in doing that kind of thing at all.
Yay, I've been looking forward to this one! Funny how this game was FULL of untapped potential... Hollywood (and of course, the Western videogame industry) doesn't really know what do to with talented martial artists from Asia, no? Imagine the kinds of stories (movies AND games) they could star in under the right creative people...
Anyway, I'll start watching the video. I'm sure it'll be awesome, as usual!
I remember I used to play the demo for this all the time when I was younger - Kane and lynch also
As much as I loved this game.. man.. Psi Ops was so, so good.
i have been looking for this game for years everytime i typed in stronghold on google i couldnt find it, thank u!!!
Stranglehold came out at a time when I was working at Hollywood Video and was DEEP in watching old-school Hong Kong action flicks. It felt like the perfect time to pick this up on my 360. This review definitely makes me extremely nostalgic... though maybe not on the Xbox. I did love unlocking all those silly behind the scenes videos.
FYI - this game looks awesome with the ray-tracing reshade mod.
This was a super fun game... Some 13 years ago.
BROO this game was my childhood man
Sunset overdrive has a button to magnet to the rail like tony hawk its just once your on your on. Id also imagine the idea of jumping and attaching to rails was tested during dev but with how noisy some of the levels can be it would have had lots of moments where you attach to the wrong object and die.
Yeah I realised this error I made a tad too late - my bad!
Kinda like jumping and pressing the circle button in Sly Cooper. :D
@@FCV0511 sly kinda has to attach to wrong object sometimes and it's more linear parkour wise. In sly when it works its super satisfying imo
The first gameplay clip you showed of the spinning 360 instantly kill all enemies ability had the character holding a shotgun, soaking up bullets and hip firing into a nearby wall while nearby bad guys dropped dead with no explanation.
I thought it was a wild cutscene until the ability was explained later in the video.
this was one of the first 360 games i ever played.. so hype it's now available through gog
Seeing Nick Scryer doing stuff like Tequila only makes me depressed we'll never see a Psi-Ops sequel.
Would you ever consider talking about the lord of the rings tie in games?
This game is super fun but gets repetitive
Jesus, i clearly remember playing this game demo on my ps3 fat. The nostalgia is real. I miss the old days, when 99,9999% of my playtime, was testing various demos from PS Store. I'll never forget how my mind was completely blown away when i'd downloaded Battlefield Bad Company 1 multiplayer demo, and experienced online in all its glory for the first time on consoles.
Ah yes, early UE3 games are SOUL
Damn I remember wanting this game so badly and then losing interest in level 2.
Dont know why but I get sleeping dogs vibes but with guns instead of fighting.
Sleeping Dogs was inspired by Jon Woo movies
This game was one of the last ones I bought because of the demo. I wasn't really disappointed, but it could've been better.
I love this game just frantic fun without taking itself too seriously.
Years later we have a more polished game like Max Payne 3 but was unfortunately brutally difficult even at Normal.
It was so hard that it was frowned upon to go guns blazing in that game where the first two games did encouraged you to do that at a cost and were too dark and gritty for my taste at times.
Stranglehold despite its flaw was such a joy to play its janky nature have its own personality.
Still have my original copy 😌
One of my favorites back in the day, rented this several times from Movie Gallery to get all the achievements
Still laughing at “Inspector Tequila” lol
Well, Tequila is just his nickname.
That’s a badass name just give it time
One of the greatest games I've ever played it was literally like playing tomb for the first time ever. But so much more amazing. It was so fun. I absolutely adore it
You are so on point with your review, I mean you always are. :D I played through the entire game back in 2008 or so and while it was a little clunky and the storytelling was just awkward, I still enjoyed it a lot. Though all I remember after all those years is this absolutely terrible island level and maybe the opening level which was also in the demo version of the game. I will follow your advice and give it another chance.
the thumbnail is messing me up
This is one of the most underrated and overlooked games ever made. It’s nonstop fun action
Come back Midway 😞
Make a review on Eat Lead
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It’s a crying shame this game didn’t get the reception it deserved. If it was more successful, Midway had plans to make another game called Gun Runner that not only was a sequel to Stranglehold with Yun Fat, but a sequel to the Wheelman with Vin Diesel too. Imagine doing bullet time with Tequila and Toretto.
On that note, have you tried doing the Riddick duology for another video?
This game was amazing.
The character models/physics reminds me of Syphon Filter (PS1). It's like the body splits in half and the legs move independent and irrespective of the torso.
i played this more than i ever should have. no regrets though. it's a fun enough bargain-bin title especially if you're an HK action fan.
*it also features some of the funniest damn rag doll glitches from the era, if you're lucky enough to trigger one!
I love the genre of "Xbox 360 games you download the demo for but don't actually buy the game." You should do Wet at some point.
But whats with hongkong massacre? This was a really cool heroic bloodshed john woo style game? You should check it out :)
This game was awesome, the criticisms are only there so you can have some.
I got bored of this game within the first 10 minuets. (I had the PS3 version)
Just recently finished this game too.
Huang Lee profile pic, what an obscure reference.
I wanna be an early commenter on a minime video for once
I’m playing this on my PS3 right now and it’s the most fun and the most engaged I’ve been in a game. Be ready to die and start over again a couple of times. Ammo and health is a resource you have to collect and if you burn through it you will be left with your fists. I include the shortcomings as a feature for this game. It came out in 2007. Expect some jank.
As the only game of its type, would you say it has a "stranglehold" on the genre? 😉
I’m really surprised at how destructible these environments are. It actually looks almost on par with Remedy’s Control, which again, brings the circle even further around!
For a while I was thinking this was on PS2 for some reason lol. I was thinking “these graphics look pretty clean for a PS2 game” xD
You ever thought about giving "The Hong Kong Massacre" a shot? I've never played it myself but it definitely has that John Woo/Max Payne appeal going for it. It's a game where you die in one hit and it's played from a top down perspective. Something like Hotline Miami.