NARC (2005) Is Absolutely Insane
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- I've been gone for a while. Apologies. I hope this video of an obscure crime shooter from 2005 will make you feel better.
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Chapters:
Background 00:00
Overview 03:11
Gameplay 04:20
Story 10:00
Closing Thoughts 19:53
Referenced Footage:
- State of Emergency • State of Emergency - P...
-NARC Arcade • Video
Music: (in order of appearance) End Credits(Urban Chaos), The Pipeline 1-2(NARC), Opening Intro (GTA III), Time to Bite Back (Redfall), Loading Screen (GTAIV:TBOGT), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), The Innocence Glitched (The Binding of Isaac), Garbage Day (LISA The Painful), South Side Bridge #2 (Sims The Urbz), Men's Hair Club( LISA The Painful), KENKURA Lazy Evenings
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This is more budget True Crime than GTA, but it definitely shares DNA with every early-mid 2000s 3rd person shooter of the time. Gritty post 9/11 absurdity and over the top edginess meets grimdark "Hey man, I'm serious! This is Societal CommentaryTM!" energy. It just made for games that were almost never boring, but for the most part, unremarkable when the competition was so steep. Those "You had to have a big brother who had that game to even have heard of it", kinda games.
That last sentence is the perfect way to describe these types of games!
You coined a genius term for a new genre right there ngl, add 25 to life into that category.
@@shawnz12ss 25 to life was a good game.
Remember this game was 2D
Well said my an, I was born in 82 and grew up with all this games
Been waiting like 20 years for someone to talk about this game. It is pants-on-head bonkers!
Lol
TehSnakerer has a very in-depth breakdown.
I've been waiting like 30 years
Fo sho
Its actually so weird I emulated this a couple weeks ago and just beat it, the entire time I was playing it I was looking for videos about it and there was nothing. Now like 4 days after I beat it this drops? ThE sImUlAtIoN iS rEaL.
My dad always watched me play this, got me into Curtis Mayfield and he got all nostalgic about the music; Mom however, was not at all happy
That liquid soul was a no no
Yes the soundtrack on this was amazing!
Curtis is a G
@@cristianroy21 Swear it; I thought so, my dad thought so, my mom even hating the game thought so. She also lightened up when she heard White Lines playing too.
It got me into Curtis Mayfield, Happy Mondays, and The Stranglers
I remember playing this as a kid and the reputation system was so funny. If you ran out of Rep completely you would be kicked out of the force and be homeless. You would have to turn drugs in to get your rep back and get back on the force.
The early 2000s was the best for games... It was like the wild West because of rock star. You can literally make a game out of any subject you wanted to
Thanks to widespread digital distribution, games are more varied now than they've ever been.
@@RootVegetabIefor me they feel mostly the same.
Like a recycled news article
@@honorableundead2273 But games and genres were probably "Oversaturated" for you in late 2000s or early 2010s I bet...
This game isn't rockstar bud.
Odd era because the industry started getting the hang of 3d tech but before everything became obsessed with hyper standardized games like in the post COD world.
Even if the game was largely pretty bland and forgettable, I had a decent amount of fun with it when I was younger. The drug mechanics were really unique and had a lot of potential, even if they weren't implemented all that well
Oh man, I remember playing this, only reason I found out about it is because of those sites that show alternatives to gta games
Funny thing midway planned to make a gta clone featuring snoop dogg but went out of buisness
Scarface was also awesome
You spelled God wrong.
I had this game too. It's the type of game that after you tried all the drugs, there was no reason to keep playing lmao
@@VunderGuy???
This game has some of the funniest dialogue I have ever heard. In one mission Jack threatens to break some dudes toes. And the dude goes ham about it. God damn hilarious.
Real classic missed when games were actually fun
LMFAO I remember that shit
@@GodlikePariah Games are still fun?
@@theobell2002 nope
I was probably about 10 and my dad bought this for me at the store probably because of the advertised $19.95 price listed on the box. I loved it and have been waiting for a video like this for a long time. I played it nonstop from beginning to end, all the while my dad saying "I heard that" at the foul language coming from the room, love it. Also amazing soundtrack!
A fantastic retrospective on "Narc", I can't wait to play it now after your excellent profile on it!
I've had this game in my Xbox collection for years because I liked the Box Art & premise on the back described, but never played it, that will change now!
I love your thumbnails for your videos also, quite effective & enticing my friend!
That's awesome! It's a neat little game with a lot of promise to it, just not executed in the best way. And thanks a bunch my man 😁
Thank you for this video. I bought NARC but never got to play it. Ironically, my uncle stole it (and all my other PS2 games) to get drug money. Thankfully I didn't have the PS2 set up in the living room at the time, so it was safely locked in my room.
Hahaha this was the first game I ever worked on. I worked on the random crimes you see while you go through the world. (That includes the drug dealer and selling the drugs to random NPC's).
The game ended up getting finished off by another company, so I didn't find out until a few years ago that they cut the streaker crime, which was without a doubt one of the most tasteless things I've ever worked on in my career. (Though I just saw the bit in the video where you arrest a naked man, so maybe it didn't get cut after all?)
I also designed and scripted a couple of the missions. We were told that proper writers would come in and replace our crappy dialog, but seeing playthroughs of my mission it doesn't look like they ever got around to it. So some of the absolutely godawful dialog in one of the later missions is mine.
Definitely not the best game I've ever worked on, but it was great experience and it's really funny to look back on.
Btw that forced stealth section you mention, with the lasers, came about because I got asked to design two missions in that level, but the level was pretty small so I had to find various ways to slow the player down so they couldn't just sprint to the end and finish it in 20 seconds.
Definitely not one of my prouder moments, but hey it worked for some definition of the word "worked"
You should be proud to put this on your resume haha. I hope you wrote the "no more dick" line from the prostitutes LMAO
@@MrHammers hahaha I'm afraid I can't take credit for that one. The paper design for all the crimes, including dialog lines, had all been done by the time I joined the team. My job was to implement them in the proprietary scripting language that engine used.
I honestly don't even remember that line being in the game, but it's been such a long time. I'm not sure if we did that or if it was the company that finished the game off.
Have you worked on other games since?
@@marzwoody yeah I'm still in the industry, but as a gameplay programmer now. I used the mission scripter job to get a foot in the door, as junior programming jobs were very hard to come by.
Worked on Crackdown, APB, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Far Cry 4 amongst others.
As a child I had so much fun patting people down and looking for people to arrest. This game holds a core spot in my mind, alongside state of emergency.
You never fail to bomb all the nostalgia centers in my mind and free everything kept deep down.
Love digging deep for those nostalgic games!
If you need more stop and frisk action, might I suggest the True Crime series?
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state of emergency was sick bro. I remember that it was mayhem as soon as you start the game!
State of emergency was fire,
Still have it for my PS2. Michael Madsen really nailed his role as the 'beat cop' that is Jack Forzenski. Going around selling the 'dope' is my favorite part of this game, shame you can't buy the service of the prostitute tho as health booster or something.
Seeing Madsen do that rockay crime boss game recently too, its kind of awesome to see classic crime movie talent even in these low budget/jank games
"wanna buy some shit" 😂
My uncle heard that and yelled out to my grandma what we were playing and she just laughed good times
State of emergency was great for what it was it needs to make a comeback
Absolutely man. I love these little forgotten gems.
State Of Emergency was sooooo fun. Whether it was "good" is subjective, but I had more fun just running around causing mayhem than completing missions. And I had no desire to see anything but the world burn in that game 😹 I mean, the fact I could level random buildings, unlike the controlled demolition missions in GTA titles, was just a godsend to lil ol me.
Found this at Gamestop for like $6.99 when I was about 10 and my grandma bought it for me 😂😂 fell in love instantly
I remember playing Vice City as a kid and trying to get the real estate value up at the strip club. Following the guide it tells to get a dance from a stripper. My dad walks in to my character just sitting there as a rigged polygonal stripper gyrates awkwardly. He looked so pissed saying 'Michael what the hell are you doing?' I look sheepishly and say 'It's part of a mission.'
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Best soundtrack ever!
Pd: For some reason you're covering all my specific favorite games! Thanks
I was literally two weeks ago reviewing this game and remembering how great it was and boom a recent video about this game is just what I needed 😅
Awesome content this game was in my head the last few days i couldn't emulate properly. I love your channel men
Thanks! I had trouble getting the Pcsx2 version to work without shadow problems, but the xemu Xbox version worked perfectly
Dude, I loved the hell out of this game. It was such a fun romp. Great soundtrack too. I always had way more fun with it than GTA3.
Nothing says war on drugs than buying the flamethrower and minimum and going all out on enemies
The starting mission with a remixed version of DMX "The Shooter" will always stay with me
YES! THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY SUGGESTION!
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This channel and fuzzyslippers channel always confuse me on which voice is which channel 😂😂
I think I've seen some of his GTA retrospectives, good stuff!
@@MrHammersyou don’t sound anything like him lol
This is now your second most popular video and I’m so glad it’s on a game I suggested!
Now we know where EA got the idea for Battlefield Hardline. This game was a million times better than Battlefield Hardline. Better story, better gameplay, and better all around actions. Narc was way ahead of it’s time.
The early and mid 2000, as I would call it the second coming of the 90s had some legendary games. You had the GTA games, Def Jam Vendetta, Def Jam Fight For NY, 50 Cent Bulletproof, Red Faction, Resident Evil Code Veronica, Dino Crisis, True Crime Streets of LA, True Crime NY, Max Payne, Narc, Max Payne 2, Red Faction 2 a lot of great games man.
I can not fucking believe because of you I finally find this game again! I remember renting this 12-13 years ago in a family video and since then i could not for the life of me figure out the game. Thank you!
I remember renting this game and being blown away lmao the drug use is wild
Drug use is out of pocket in this game for sure lol
Been looking for this game for years , good vid man 👊🏾
Thank you!!! I couldn’t find any videos on narc that were good
I remember picking this up on release because it was only $20, I loved buying these weird budget releases. I dicked around with the drugs until the novelty wore and then left it at a friend's house never bothering to get it back.
The only thing I really remember about this game is my cousin let me keep it and then my mom taking it away from me after she found out about the drug use I still got to play gta though
Love to see someone talking about this game one of my all time favorites!
I don’t comment on a lot to be honest, but I always enjoy your videos, often I’m doing things while listening, and these help with the monotony, thanks for the videos
I still have this game for PS2. A trick to earn easy money from selling is to only sell to female NPCs as they are not undercover cops like the male NPCs can be so they can't bust you. It works in the first city I'm not sure about the second one but it probably will.
That's a good tip!
I remember renting this from Hollywood Video back in 2005. I beat the game before it was due and then I returned it. I need mine the game. I kind of enjoyed it. I wouldn't mind getting it just to relive the memories even though I don't think it might hold up. But hey, who knows? It might hold up in some areas.
I think you should touch on the "True Crime" games in the future.
Oh hell yes those games were my shit. From the soundtracks to the option to be a public nuisance, and the world reacting to your shenanigans accordingly. I sunk so many hours into both, particularly NY. And when I found the debug cheat for NY... ohohoho let's just say I had a little too much fun with that.
Thank you for another great Video!
i love that this game is old enough to have quaaludes in it
I still have my copy that I bought new when the game out, this video brings back memories. When I first saw the game in a preview in Game Informer it took place in the 70s if I recall correctly.
Idk if it is explicitly stated in the game or not, but feels like a 70s or 80s vice cop movie
Man, God knows how much I searched for the game I played when I was young and I wasn't good In English, all I remember is that you play a cop and can do drugs
I looked everywhere as if the game had disappeared and no one knew it. Thank you you made my day
"I'm yo moma
I'm yo daddy
I'm that nigga in the alley "
The soundtrack to this game was crazy..it randomly came back to me the other day..The main theme is like the drug dealers nation anthem..
Crazy how things can stay with you for 20 years
I bought this upon release for the PS2. It was simple fun. I will admit that after I finished it, I never played it again, so I DO agree with you on the lack of replay factor. Somehow, I got liquid soul and when I took it, the character died immediately. This kinda reminded me of Dead To Rights except................not as good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was 15 when this came out and was at GameStop with my mom - I saw it was $20 and used my allowance to buy it because that was about all I had, and though it’s absolutely a piece of shit, my brother and I had fun messing with it. What a fucking weird game lmao. Thanks for the dose of nostalgia as always, sir!
I like to imagine the one lady heard you shoot the AC and just thought, “Hmm, must be the wind.”
This game feels like a really trashy mid-2000s budget TV movie you’d find on some obscure channel you’ve never seen at 3:46 in the morning. I should play it sometime.
It's definitely got b-movie straight to vhs vice cop vibes. Lol
The names at the end of your videos are always so funny 😂
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16:25 *“Liquid soul is made from people!” Is a reference to the classic film Soylent Green: “Soylent Green is PEOPLE!”*
Just the fact that you can arrest and then beat handcuffed people is wild to me 😄
Not only can you do it, it's a core part of the gameplay
Just like cops in real life
yep this game is like a real life cop simulator@@venicec3310
I played this game as a kid, one of my favorites! Not the greatest thing i should've played lol but I had a blast wasting time on 3 card monte
The part where you talk about the guy smoking crinacc one last time had me in tears 😂😂😂😂
This game got ridiculous so fast 😭
NARC hell yea I still have this game in its case
True story, I'm Facebook friends with a guy who made a song for this soundtrack. We went to college together and he dropped out to pursue music. Goes by the name "Camden" and made the song South Block
Cool! Hows he doing today? Does he still do video games?
Nice! That's pretty dope
@@PoyoPancakes I’ve seen him say because he was young and looking for exposure he basically got fleeced. He does graphic design and production. His wife is a DJ. So still involved in music but not video games or rapping.
Real classic!!!! i miss when games were actually fun
Just noticed the SOR4 title screen music in the background. One of ny favorite games of 2020 and i still play it online today. Salute
I never of this game but your right with the right productions , writing & acting this came could have been a hit
This game was my optional game after beating GTA San Andreas
Never got to play this but mine was Marc Ecko’s Getting Up after a play through of San Andreas
@@Nothingforever192 I used to play Marc Ecko's Getting Up as well! That game was way ahead of its time
2000s was based. I grew up in that decade being 30. From 8 to 18. Glad I experienced life before mass censorship and when major companies were willing to take risks like this.
This was my shit growing up. Simple gameplay, amazing soundtrack, wild yet engaging story lol we need a sequel
Yo I couldn’t for the life of me remember the name of this game till I saw your thumbnail and instantly remembered all the wild stuff this game had us doing
I remember buying this alongside True Crime: Streets of New York. I never got deep into it because True Crime got all my attention.
I missed out never renting this back in the day, it looks like I could have had quite the selection of fond memories for an awful game lol. Tehsnakerer did a great essay/review of this game a year or so back and did a hell of a job covering the tonal shifts in the story.
Tehsnakerer did a fantastic job, I agree
Never heard of it lovely video none the less keep it up :)
Thank you 😊
I was all about this game back in the day! Good times!
I loved this game. It was short but i was definitely worth the blockbuster rental
Unrelated to NARC... for some reason, I thought you did a video for Escape from Butcher Bay, but I can't find it, which is weird because it would flow well with your content. Great video and content as always.
Nah I haven't. That have doesn't emulate well and I don't have an original console to play it on at the moment
I remember the local news in my hometown talking about this game as a kid this is my first time ever seeing gameplay, craaaaaazy gsme
I rented this game when i was maybe 6 or 7 i loved the soundtrack and all i remembered ever doing was the different drugs hahaha. I didnt even realize there was a story at the time. Introduced me to Curtis Mayfield and Cypress Hill.
I forgot State of Emergency existed. Me and my brother had it when we were kids. No clue how we got it, because my dad found it eventually and took it away from us. I remember you could pick up decapitated heads and hit people with them.
I remember that distinctly because whether it was developmental oversight due to rush or an intentional gag, EVERY decapitated head was a bearded Black man with a full Afro. Like, even if you decapitated a White blonde, same thing. I found that exceptionally hilarious and lowkey I kinda hope that was intentional just to be a little edgy or just balls deep absurd.
That makes so much sense. Comparing the style of gameplay, makes sense!
Played dis a few years ago. Beat it. Good shit miroki
I remember wanting to rent this game at blockbuster honestly thought it was going to a be like an action shooter like the arcade game haha
I feel sorry for the fans of the arcade version when this came out lol
@@MrHammers same
God I miss blockbuster
i remember playing this game with my cousin and telling how speed makes you go faster and my uncle hearing and yelling at us thats not how drugs work and to never use them, fast foward like 12 years and im in recovery now. i tried em all lmao.
This game glorified drugs more than any other game lol they gave you superpowers
Dude I was asking for this forever thank you home skillet
This was my game back in the day, you made my day fr, I forgot the name of this game & have been trying to remember this game for the longest prior till now, the biggest thing I remember from this game until now was the npcs heads getting bigger lol. But this game was the shit fr
Damn good game. Damn good memories.
I love you for doing this....this game used to be my s*** #Respect 💜
2:12 I’m subscribing just because i’ve been trying to remember what this game was called, or if it was even real!
9:27 that midair ladder grab tho, that's the good shit
I had a glitched copy of this, played to the end 3 times, every time it glitched out on the last boss. Never got to finish it :(
You miss Marcus's cool one-liner!!
this is what true crime nyc avoided being lol. by the way that would be a good franchise to check out at some point
Ayyyyyyye i been lookin fa dis game fa so long
GTA meets True Crime meets Deus Ex, what a weird game. The Mr. House joke was fantastic
Narc was awesome! ‘Till this day there’s nothing like it especially with how pg games have gotten including Rockstar games. The music in Narc was also absolutely fantastic. The music and effects made you understand and feel the different drugs haha without ever having to try them yourself. Best anti drug media in my opinion
Loved this game as a 7th grade punk. I played this game alongside The Punisher and of course The Punisher was a much better game, but this was still good for it's drug use and free roam. Great review and thank you for touching on this topic.
Dude I loved the punisher
This was kind of like open world games teething. It walked so later games could run.
Also it says a lot about the story you had so much to say about the characters!
Not gonna lie some those drug effects used to scare me..was unexpected
Fine, like and subbed!
I really don't get why Jack is voiced by Michael Madsen, he looks like he should be someone who sounds at least 30 years younger
Drugs are a hell of a drug
Bro, I have work in 4 hours 😭
Sorry! It would've been up earlier but I had to reupload due to copyright music lol
Likewise LOL
This game is such a guilty pleasure of mine. I remember playing state of emergency 1, and 2 with friends. And of course NARC
This takes me back.
i remember playing this as a kid thinking this game is wild lol
Smoking weed give you bullet time? I must be smoking mid lmao
Haha, I LOVED State Of Emergency! Funny to see it pop up here
You move so fast in this game. Damn.
I've known about this game for years since I played area 51 it had the demo real for it and I've been after it for years I can not find it anywhere for its huge marketing it seems to have fallen off the face of the earth no one knows what I'm talking about when I talk about it
It did kinda disappear the isn't even a dedicated wiki page for it lol
I played this game on mushrooms when I was like 17, 33 now. Tripping lsd on here while on shrooms in real life was fucking intense.
I talk about this game all the time with my friends and they never know about it. This game and "Getaway" one of the most random but coolest games. I loved Getaway because it let you use blinker lights in the cars and it was in London lol
Ima download this today get a good laugh with my homie
This game seems like a good time. Any way I can get it?
Xemu emulator is the best option.l, better than PS2 version. But of course physical copy would be best
I wish I didn’t have fond memories of this game, but I really, really do. I love that a game this batshit was made by a major publisher.
We don't choose the random jank that leaves an impression on us. I have a fondness for plenty of janky games haha
Played the original on one of those Midway collections back in the day and it was fun. Never knew about the sequel till now and it's looks interesting and the main character look reminds me of Tyler Durden.
That power slam grapple is super cool to pull off
I miss this era where stuff like this would be released often. Now a game like this would take 7 years to develop 😢