Stuntman Series Retrospective | minimme
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- Stuntman and Stuntman: Ignition double feature! They are underrated, niche, by the developers of Driver, driving games, basically they tick all my boxes.
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0:00 Stuntman
11:11 Stuntman Ignition - Hry
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This reminds me of Split second which was awesome, if you didnt review it would you mind taking a look at the game. It was pretty much GIANT action with planes crashing building falling and if the action scene was big enough the whole race track would change based off what happened.
Carl Brown YES! Split Second was so underrated.
Thought you quit
Played Stuntman so much as a kid that "Get close to the explosion" is a meme in my household
I used to leave Pokemon Stadium running for hours, so my dad (who knows absolutely nothing about Pokemon) will occasionally reference one of the announcer's repeated lines, "What's the matter, trainer?"
"You've got to stay out of the lava!" Is an inside joke with me and a friend who also played the Stuntman games
"CUT! THATS WAY TOO SLOW!"
“Through the burning house”
My dad played the devil may cry reboot and ever since whenever somebody drops something or falls over he says "that's why you don't fuck with a god" I can't stand the reboot but he seemed to get some enjoyment from it
Stuntman is basically a game where every single level is a boss fight.
a boss fight against your temper
I coulndt Say IT better
So basically, Dark Souls
As someone who 5 stared every level in ignition that gameplay hurt me a bit
The Monster hunter of racing games
My childhood PTSD kicks in every time I hear;
"3...2...1...ACTION! Chase the tuktuk!!"
Jesus Christ you have awakened something in me that I didn't even realise was still there 😭😂
@@Jmcinally94 That level took me HOURS to beat as a kid. Not even to perfect, just to complete because the tuktuk you drive was so squirrely and would flip so often.
For me the PTSD is whenever he says "CUT that was too slow!!"
ROLLING!
"Follow the lead"
somehow "never kill me again" was the first fake movie title to make me laugh out loud
"how DARE you kill me!! don't ever do that again!"
Loved this video-perfectly captured what made that original game so special (even if, when I was younger, it felt like maybe the most frustrating game I'd ever played)
Yes, it was frustrating in the same sense that Tony Hawk was imo. Once you master it it's great fun.
"String it" in Ignition is truly Godsend 😚👌
Stuntman is that kind of game which you would discover as a kid out of nowhere, and the first time you'll play it you will find it difficult as f**k. but there would be a strange charm to that game, which will make you to keep playing it, until you would mastered it
Try driving in soviet block for trauma experience IRL or playing GTA series for Stuntman experience
It reminds me of Super Meat Boy, or Celeste, in a way. Because you have to string a lot of different moves perfectly in a row to beat the level and you constantly die and restart until you work out absolutely everything you have to do in the level/screen and keep re-trying until you finally nail it perfectly.
And because the difficulty, while absolutely immense, always feels completely fair. Every single time you die/fail in these games, it always feels like your fault, and so instead of getting frustrated, you end up re-trying and re-trying for hours over and over because you feel like if you just concentrate a LITTLE bit harder then you'll finally beat it. It's hard in an extremely addictive kind of way.
I love these kind of games. Where it's extremely hard, but completely fair. So it's immensely satisfying once you finally beat a level. Stuntman is one of the most satisfying and rewarding games I have ever played, it feels _INCREDIBLE_ once you finally beat a mission after hours of trying. You don't feel frustrated and angry at any point, you never feel like smashing your controller. Because it makes you always feel like you're right on the cusp of beating the level, even when you're not, even when you actually need quite a lot more re-tries until you nail it. Somehow it just always feels like success is just within your grasp. Just like in Celeste or Super Meat Boy and games like that.
I really really wish they'd port Stuntman to modern consoles. No need for a remake or a remaster or anything like that. Just port the original game. Because I'd absolutely love to play it again. And watching this video it's clear that it still holds up. My old PS2 doesn't work anymore so I have no way to play it unless they finally do port it. There's rumours of an official Sony PS2 emulator coming to PS5, just like there's an official Sony PS1 emulator on it already that means basically zero work has to be done on a game to port it to the PS5, you just have the game's ROM and the emulator plays it. I own a lot of the PS1 games on PS5. Like all the twisted metals, and the syphon filters. So if a ps2 emulator is made available then we'd definitely start seeing games like Stuntman become available without needing loads of work done to make it run on the PS5. It'd just work automatically, using the emulator.
Funny that what was regarded back then as a tech demo for Driver 3 ended up being a lot better than Driver 3. I really hope I get to play it again one day.
One of the mightiest german submarines ever built.
minimme: "a boat"
Mybe he's mistakenly saying "A" instead of "U" to saying "U-Boat" 😂
@@costum04studio84 Maybe he read "U-Boat" and thought it was a typo.
It's technically a boat
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Imagine if reflections were able to make driver 3 with the amount of time that they had to make this
legends
Well that's apparently what Reflections was going for, but Atari told them to release the game unfinished
Driver 3, those were the days ;_;
Ahem, Driv3r.
@@graemejackson5979 no
The first Stuntman game is probably the Dark Souls of driving game.
So happy to see this, I loved playing these games as a kid. It made me want to become a stunt driver when I got older, but 22 now and still dont have a license even, oh well such is life
Bruh same what the hell
Y'all should work on getting those licenses, I think you'll enjoy it. :)
Not being able to drive sounds terrible:(
bro as a 20 year old with only a permit this comment felt like a personal attack
Go get your license. I mean it!
I tried to replay the original stuntman for some 'casual' nostalgia fun but was surprised when I struggled with the first level. I forget what a pro 8 year old me was.
Same man lol
Stuntman is an amazing series, someone should bring it back, same with the original Burnout games.
Amen!
That doesn't always end well....
There hasn't been a good arcade racer in years. NFS has been degraded to a mobile game and everything else feels like a simcade ripping off forza horizon physics
@@ileutur6863 nfs heat wasnt bad at all. Weird controls but arcady and fun, and also no bullshit EA microtransactions
Yeah, the original creators of burnout have made a spiritual successor game called dangerous driving and while it’s definitely not perfect, at least they’re trying.
thank you for going back to old games, old games really shows how creative gameplay can be and at the most fun it can give you.
Wtf this isn’t Minimme driving a car over a school bus of children
I need context.
@@sgcs Look up the 1989 "mini"-van massacre.
@@Monk3y_C not what I was going for but uhhh, thanks I guess?
I loved Stuntman back in the day, me and my brother fought that game to beat it. It was brutally difficult, but man was it satisfying when you finally got it right.
Stuntman is the only game that ever caused me to break a controller as a child.
agreed.
I made a divestiture of tears from the nostalgia. Fantastic video!
Nice to see you here!
“Every mangled mass of steel has a story to tell...”
Stuntman Ignition is one of my favorite games of all time. Looking back, the levels can be easy to complete, but they’re difficult to get that perfect five star combo on, and it’s super satisfying when you do get it. I’ve never played the original version though, I should check that out
I loved the cutscenes at the start of each mission, where the actual Stuntman guy talked "behind the scenes" and you got a bit of tips from it so you never truly came in blind. Great framing for a flawless game.
Being an avid Stuntman fan, I must say it, this time you nailed it minimme. I myself couldn't have put it in a better way. Bravo!
The first movie from Ignition is based on 90s volcano movies like Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones or Dante´s Peak with Pierce Brosnan.
They need to make a 3rd, I absolutely loved this series.
Are you kidding me. I replayed stuntman ignition and finished it yesterday. Awesome timeing and video!!
Also. Those green arrows are optional. Theres alot of optional stuff to gameplay that the game dont mention.
I cannot explain how many deep-seated memories you've awoken of 10 year old me failing all of these missions again and again and again and again and again and
Thanks for the shoutout minimme! Much appreciated!
I cannot describe the happiness I felt finally seeing someone give these games a proper look over.
I can't speak for Ignition, but me and my brothers spent hours playing Stuntman. And for those who know the horror of the Tuk-Tuk and snowmobile levels, my heart goes out to you.
What I distinctly remember is "drive on two wheels!" I don't think I've seen anything this ridiculous in any other game and I love it.
STUNTMAN! There’s no need to feel dOwn I said... STUNTMAN!
Drive your car through the town I said... STUNTMAN!
Slide your face on the ground, you can't make... the... direc... tor... ha-ppy
This was the first game I bought on my xbox 360, honestly this game was incredible for its time
Ahhh sweeeeet!! These games are literally my childhood mate haha (my family - dad, mum and sister - would literally sit around playing for hours and seriously none of them are gamers in the slightest. But this was the one game we could share and I have super fond memories of that from when I was a kid... Plus it was soooo fucking hard and unforgiving 😂. But it made it all the more worth it when you had that perfect run.. what made the difficulty so bad though we're the load times. That's the one bad memory of this game from playing it with my family all those years ago lol, half the time was spent staring at load screens because of a single tiny fuck up hahaha) anyway yeah man, I'm, excited as to see you cover it
I was one of those for whom Stuntman really scratched an itch. Really enjoyed the retrospective, though I had forgotten about the interminable load times until you mentioned it!
8:30 - Have you heard of Trackmania? Feels just like this. A trial and error experience until you beat the track in a fast time.
Oh yeah! Definitely a similar experience.
I loved the first Stuntman... honestly forgot there was a sequel, and now learning that it's backward compatible on Xbox is just making me want a Series X even more. Thanks for the vid. Subbed!
THis video definitely nails it IMO. The first game takes a really neat, specific creative vision and fully commits to it, but suffers from a fatal flaw (load times), while the sequal just kinda took the rough idea of the first game and went off and did its own thing. One thing you didn't mention is that the replay cinematography in Ignition is pretty crap compared to how polished it was in the first game. The first game the replays all felt like movie scenes even outside the context of the trailers, but Ignition used a lot of generic race raplay cameras that didn't even properly show what was going on around you. They're both still fun games in their own right though, as you said.
Memories!! Used to blindfold myself and ask my cousin for directions, it led to some of the funniest replays ever, especially with the tuk tuk lol.
Still need to check out the sequel, great video as always man! Awesome.
Yeah Right
@@chrismassey9892I'd fail pretty quickly obviously but the instant replays were hilarious!
You had great consultants but you made an excellent video!
#ReStuntman #ReDriver #Driver #Stuntman
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"Tailing a bad guy through San Francisco's hills and docks in a cop chase movie feels very Driver." I see what you did there.
Really loved the first Stuntman, never could get into the sequel. Gonna replay the original on holidays, thanks for reminding me.
Personally, for old PS2 games with long load times, I recommend installing the freemcboot hack onto a memory card and loading the game onto an old IDE hard drive in the fat PS2's chamber that needs a network adapter to work. You can run the game on original hardware, and it tends to load games a lot quicker. It also saves wear and tear on the laser for those rare games that currently aren't compatible with software launchers like OPL. It can take a bit of doing to get fully set up, but once you do, it's great. You can play games from different regions with it, and it can play the few language hacked games out there on real hardware.
The speedrun world record holder for Stuntman has a 'frustration meter' on their livestream overlay. I think that says a lot.
To this day, Stuntman Ignition is my favorite game to play with my brother competitively
My uncle worked at Paradigm. He was the Senior Visual Artist on Stuntman Ignition and worked on the pretty cool old game Mission Impossible: Operation Surma. One time I visited him in Dallas when I was 10 and he took me to the studio and let me play Stuntman Ignition in the testing room with the beta tester guys before it was announced or there were any ads on TV or anything. Going home and telling my friends about the awesome game my uncle was making and I got to play before anyone else outside the company, and then them seeing commercials for it a couple of months later just like I said was one of the coolest memories of my childhood. Unfortunately this was the last game the company made before it was shut down do to the financial / corporate restructuring issues aforementioned in the video.
“Let the bassline getcha, three hundred pounds of pressure.”
Ah man, somehow I ended up with this game in my possession as a young kid. It was definitely hard to play, thankfully I had dad help me out and we’d take turns beating the scenes. Thanks Minimme for taking me back literally over a decade.
The details in the first stuntman game on ps2 still blow my mind!! just wow
I just heard the first time ever of those two games, they look fun as hell! After you've mentioned Stuntman: Ignition is backwards compatible on XBox I looked it up and look at that, I already own it! I guess I've gotten it through Games with Gold at some point. I'll definitely have to try it out! :D
Really great retrospective. I bought the first game after watching this and I'm absolutely loving it. If more people had seen a review like this back in the day I think the game would have been appreciated much more. It's quite a niche game and I think the marketing at the time gave people the wrong idea about what sort of gameplay to expect. I can imagine the constant trial and error being quite jarring if you were expecting arcade racing action.
I played the original one with my dad all the time as a kid, and when I got an Xbox 360 one of the first games I got for it was ignition. We both played like 3 levels and were just sort of underwhelmed. It felt like a watered down version of the original game. I actually just bought a ps2 and a few classic games for my dad for Christmas last year and we spent like 2 days getting through Stuntman again. Even with how old it was, the driving and challenge feel just as good as they did when I was a kid, and sitting next to my dad at 22 years old and still playing Stuntman was something I will always cherish. The original Stuntman is pretty much timeless, I will probably be playing it for the rest of my life when I get that particular itch that only Stuntman can scratch haha!
thank you for posting this. From my perspective the jarring difference is the physics and vehicle weight in Stuntman Ignition seemed nonexistent, when compared to the original. Take care.
Stuntman was the second game on PS2 that I ever owned (next to JP: Operation Genesis) and since I was like, 5, I could never complete the missions they were so impossible. I can't tell you how many times I must have played that Whoopin n Hollerin level, and the hours I've sunk into that map/stunt maker. This is why I subscribed to this channel, this exact feeling. Thank you.
Such a unique game. I wanted to be a film maker as a kid, so I would just watch the replays of each stunt over and over, seeing as its a 'film' I had a hand in xD
I'm glad you highlighted this game! I love movies a lot and when I got this game and played it when it came out and always really enjoyed it. Nailing a run after failing over and over then watch your scenes in a movie trailer was very rewarding.
Something I found really odd in Ignition was after I finished the game, the announcer just stopped working. Like he was completely mute, nada, nowt, nothing. Might have just been my copy but it was exceedingly odd.
Seems you aren’t the only one, it was a common bug: www.ignboards.com/threads/xbox-360-stuntman-ignition-sound-problem.149623170/ and www.avforums.com/threads/strange-loss-of-game-audio-stuntman-ignition.654115/
I remember my friend bringing Stuntman over when were in like 4th grade. And it was so hard we could never get past like the 2nd or 3rd mission. That said, we loved just messing around in the arena mode thing, where you can just build your own park. It gives me Flatout vibes. Another driving game I hope you or someone else covers is Roadkill. It was basically an amalgamation of Twisted Metal and GTA, and it was actually pretty great gameplay wise imo.
I think the main reason these games feel timeless is because they stand alone.
I kind of feel the same way about Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (which has very similar disc art to Ignition, with both being a wheel), which I love and constantly replay and feels "timeless" since there's never been another racing game that so perfectly captures the feel of small town racing (complete with permanent car damage), so the flaws of it's time are more forgivable.
I'm sure if a new game that perfectly captured the feel of the original Stuntman, but had instant restarts and a perfect framerate, existed, the original wouldn't feel as timeless.
Thank you so much for reviewing this game. I loved it so much when I was a teenager but I don’t see anyone else recognise or appreciate the novelty of this gameplay like you have
I love your videos! Your channel is literally one of the only channels I religiously watch every single video you put out start to finish as soon as they release. Everything is just so great :) Thanks for the content! ❤️
one of the things i'll always remember about stuntman was its soundtrack. that intro music was wild and was the first time i bet a lot of kids like myself heard anything like that. i'll never forget hearing "let the bassline getcha! 300 pounds of pressure!"
the original stuntman was my first ps2 game as a kid. i bought the ps2 and the game with my own money and i got it before i got a memory card (spent all my money on the console and game) so the first couple missions i had to play several times. i eventually decided to leave the console running until i could convince my parents to get me a memory card.
ahh, the memories. this game was hard as hell as a kid.
yes it was. And awesome story too : )
you are one my all time favourite game analysis youtube channels. these videos are always so intelligent and well thought out. i love it. keep doing what you are doing
So basically the earlier Stuntman game's in game director is Stanley Kubrick, and the later game's in game director is Adam Sandler
More like going from spielberg to Michael Bay
@@somerandomdude3366 I'd say it's like going from Hal Needham to Justin Lin.
Honestly, I like both styles. As a fan of car chases, I show appreciation for the classics but at the same time I have a soft spot for the summer blockbuster.
Glad to see Tony back in the thumnails
Me and my sister were OBSESSED with Stuntman 2: the not-Volcano levels? Incredible.
So many fond memories from Stuntman especially from the track creator i spent hours every day messing around here with friends!
thanks for making this video! brought back some good feels and i hope we see stuntman make a return someday!
i don't play the oldest stuntman games in years and i honestly have no idea how i beat them as a kid as i remember them being incredibly hard and frustrating at times lol
You are easily one of the best gaming youtubers out man. Love your videos so much!
I just picked up ignition recently and I have to say it's a blast. Thanks for platforming the series because it probably wouldnt have caught my eyes otherwise.
I used to play stuntman ignition on my 360, it was amazing. Thank you for reminding me of this series. Someone definitely needs to bring it back.
Also you definitely should cover the old burnout games. They’re all fantastic.
The original Stuntman is a classic. The second is also pretty fun, but that first game is absolutely iconic
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Yoooooo this was one of my favourite games as a kid!! Thank you for this video minimme :)
You've utterly sold me on Stuntman, I am trying it asap
This is one of my all time favourite PS2 games (or any console) of all time - I just watched the 10 minute promo for the latest Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning and and after hearing that Tom Cruise jumped off that cliff 6 times it reminded me of my favourite line from this game
"Rememeber, if a stunts not safe enough to do twice, it's not safe enough to do once!" - crazy that I still remember that after 20 years!
i remember playing this game as a kid and never was able to clear the first movie. spent all my time in the free mode and loved every minute of it!
I used to play Stuntman Ignition back in the day so hard. I'm so glad you made this video, I didn't know I wanted this so bad!
Thank you so much, no one ive ever known has ever known these games, I loved the 360 game so much
The way you described the gameplay makes me think of trackmania, the whole pursuit of that perfect run deal
I 100%'d Ignition back in the day! Had never heard of the original Stuntman so I picked it up and couldnt get past the simplicity of it. I had no idea what i was doing. Now I really want to go back and play the original. I love you MINIMME I LOVE YOU SO MUCH HAVE MY BABIES AND LETS MAKE THEM STUNT DRIVERS
Wow i was a totally different person 5months ago wow its crZy
Omg thanks for making this I loved these games so much
Me and my brothers loved the original stuntman game when we were kids, thanks for the walk down memory lane!
Another great video dude, always nice to look back on the Stuntman games and hear your thoughts on them too :)
Excellent video as always, thanks for the nostalgia :p
This video has inspired me to install Ignition after I got it years ago through Xbox Gold.
Isn't it funny how you always remember these games looking alot better than they did
I’m so happy you reviewed these games! You hit it right on the head. I played both PS2 versions and I think Ignition was one of the first games I ever finished (By finish, I mean complete. No way I was getting 5 stars on everything) The original was still way to hard for me though, but eventually I grinded enough to complete them.
But I still have PTSD from that damn director. “Close to the explosion!” “Reverse 180!” “Through the burning house!”
Just bought a ps2 and stuntman and have been reliving my childhood. It’s just as great as I remember! So much fun taking turns after every fail with my cousins
omg ive been waiting for this! the first stuntman will always have a special place in my heart. played the hell of that game it almost broke the disc hahaha. not many people have played or reviewed it.
This game was my personal favourite on the PS2 and i don't fully realized it untill i bought a PS3 but kept using the PS2 just to play this one. Plus, from personal experience, this is definetly one of the most well aged PS2 games as you said in the video. A lot of times, when i go back to play an old game i haven't played for a long time, it's not as good as i remember but this one, this one always is.
fun way to find out there was more than one game in this series!
This makes me think, he'd probably enjoy Split/Second. It's a completely different type of game, but it's got a similar love for bombastic car chases in action movies.
Yes! I've been dying for you to cover this game.
I know I am late but just wanted everyone to know that you can disable the green arrows and overly arcady HUD in Stuntman 2.
You will still get the yellow stunt markings, so the game is still perfectly playable without the HUD. It definitely is harder without it and you have to carefully listen to the director‘s comments to know in which direction you have to drive next but it feels way more in line with the first game (minus the superior driving physics of S1).
I won’t recommend it if you want a 5-star rating but for a first playthrough and more immersion, disabling the HUD is great in my opinion :)
Oh wow! Right when I think I can’t like this channel anymore you tell us you skate too, that’s awesome !
Stuntman games are really cool and you hit the nail on the head for me when you camp are the flow of the game to skating
I really loved this game. I was obsessed with this, spy Hunter and Flatout when I was younger. Seriously nostalgic right now
Wow the nostalgia in this video. I used to play this with my friend and we'd spend all afternoon trying to get the stunt perfect. The James Bond-like one was my favourite!
Stuntman is literally one of the hardest and most underrated games ever made but you are absolutely right, its a game you have to truly love to get the most out of it
Thanks for making a vid on this, its a shame this game didn't get the recognition it deserved.
I loved this game so much, especially the map editor!
As a teenager, renting this game was amazing. It was a hell of a weekend. I remember this game well to this day. Very fun 10/10.
Loooooved the first one, remember deeply and dearly the one weekend I rented this one.
great video! brought back alot of memories! excuse me while i boot up my ps2 to play Stuntman
I adore this series. Played these games for days