The Twisted Metal Knockoff Collection
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Continuing my more or less in-depth look at the car combat genre, today we're looking at 10 games that are trying to be Twisted Metal but aren't. We have 10 games, some good, some bad. Let's take a look at how they stack up.
0:00 Intro
1:29 Grudge Warriors
6:08 Critical Depth
10:46 Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012
14:17 Vigilante 8
18:59 Vigilante 8: Second Offense
25:45 Star Wars Demolition
29:35 Cel Damage
32:46 Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction
35:32 Roadkill
40:40 WWE Crush Hour - Hry
Once again, the comment I made on this video before it went live was deleted.
Anyway, had a lot of fun making this. Despite the fact that it took a whole month, it was quite rewarding to do. So fun in fact, I plan on doing the same thing for God Of War. Although I've come to realize there are so many God of War clones, that it would have to be a multi-part series. Also, because God Of War tends to be much more extensive, I'll probably only be covering 5 games at a time.
Just one more thing.
Are you brave enough to solve the secret codes in this video? Perhaps when you do, you might find out some secrets about the man behind the mask. Perhaps even... The other half. Also, don't scan that QR code.
You truely are an odd one.
can u do a video about the ps2 game rygar? it came out exactly a year before god of war n the mechanics n story are too similar to be a coincidence but thats prolly just me buying into conspiracy lmaooo
There's a can that's kind of twisted metal like have you ever played Battletanx Global Assault?
I absolutely loved vigilante 8 2nd offence on n64 brings back memories i remember me and my mates teaming up to fight the giant martian ant on the arizona level and trying to figure out all the combos for weapons each had three if i remember rightly, homing missile catching in firing tube basically giving you a decent speed boost or a mine dropping as a hover mine what slowly tracked vehicles what came close
You total cars on vigilante 8 by using your special weapons.
V8 was my jam as a kid! Hours screwing around with the giant mutated ant! I still have my copy of rogue trip, bow down to big daddy!
Ah yes! My cousin and I spent a lot of time setting up enemies and launching them into the crater. He'd hit them with the time freeze, and I'd then angle a hit with Convoy's horn blast. And then we'd watch em get thrashed by the ant, haha
Haha yes the ant!!!
I love the smell of asphalt in the morning!
@@nurlowe6564 Anthrax* (:
I actually preferred V8
Vigilante 8 was so good that it actually took the place as the alpha game of the genre between my friends and family; we used to play the hell out of that game, specially the first one
Yeah. I preferred V8.
Best Gameplay & lvl design for sure!
V8 1 & 2 we’re my go tos. My cousin was a big TM guy but I had so much more fun playing V8
Both were my bread & butter but I liked the second one more simply for the garbage truck. It had the best special ever!
V8 2 on dreamcast was peak car combat
also fun fact about vigilante 8 is that it also has combo system as well. An example of one of the combo's you can use turns the seeker missile into a turbo booster, another combo turns the mortar into a tactical nuke which can all be utilized using certain button inputs on the d-pad. This in turn gives Vigilante 8 and second offense a lot of depth to its combat.
I loved trying to hit the opponents with the clingy rockets. and watching them go flying out of control xD
That Vigilante 8 footage unlocked memories that were deep in storage. Wave of nostalgia.
vigilante 8: second offense on the nintendo 64 was straight up my first ever video game, and it basically defined my love for car games and cars in general. i personally prefer it over twisted metal because of its less frantic controls and overall vibe, and it remains one of my favorite games ever. i absolutely love the “hotrod” upgrade system and the color customization. i personally mained the garbage truck as a kid, its special attack is basically mr slam lol
oh and about the stat drops from enemies, idk if you’ve already found this out but if you collect 50 of a certain stat a cosmetic accessory is put on the car(ram bars, spoiler, etc.) and if you collect 100 of every stat the entire chassis is upgraded to a badass “hotrod” version
V82 is my favorite vehicular combat game by far. It did make me wonder how much he played it since he did not mention that aspect. I love how the garbage truck maxed out turns into some beetle looking monstrosity and when you pick up your special it looks like you have pincers to. Did I miss it or did he leave out how each weapon has 3 alternative fire modes. The crater maker was crazy and if you spammed it on one spot you could make big holes that would glitch you so hard that you would get flung across the map.
@@goober69er i always used the crater maker too lol, i don't think he really mentioned the item combos. my personal favorite apart from the garbage truck was the tow truck, that thing was overpowered af and its hotrod form is siiickkk
@@DonathanXVI she was awesome. Most small cars would pop so quick with her special.
@@goober69er
it even performs pretty well too, compared to some of the other blue-collar vehicles in the game. so much fun... until you end up having to fight the tow truck.
mannn..... i'm living in a college dorm with a ps5 rn but now i wanna drive back home and grab my n64... this brings me back for real
@@DonathanXVI this Video filled me with so much nostalgia that I might have to go and emulate the game now lol. I never played the N64 version. I wonder if there was much of a difference between it and the ps1 version. Well I hope some day soon you get a way to play it again.
Vigilante 8 is my favorite. There is a code where you are alone on the level and have free reign to destroy everything. When creating matches, my fave was driving the bus and facing a swarm of those leprechauns.
yes that code was awesome i actually used to slightly role play i was playing a grand theft auto game in some levels.
GO_SIGHTSEEING
Vigilante 8 was one of my favorite games growing up, to answer some of your questions: Whammies are basically combos, some weapons can be used that take longer to hit the enemy than others, causing 2 hits at the same time = a whammy. Totaling a vehicle is done with weapon specials (which you also failed to mention and I assume were not aware of), each weapon you pick up has 2 special attacks done in fighting game style button sequences. The game booklet that came with the game would give you one of the two specials for each weapon, and it was up to you to figure out the second secret one. The second one is the same code with the third direction reversed, for example if you equip the bullseye rockets you can do the weapons "roadrunner" special with the combination - UP, DOWN, DOWN, [Machine Gun] which launches a single missile out that will attach to an enemy vehicle and propel them against their will in whatever direction it goes, while the second special "Stampede" is done with the combination - UP, DOWN, UP, [Machine Gun], which fires all of its missiles like a machine gun really fast. To total an enemy- when you kill an enemy their car stalls and the horn begins honking, then after a few seconds they explode. The stall and horn is your "finish them" timeframe, landing a weapon special (one that does damage) on them will cause them to explode, leaving behind a black, charred frame of their vehicle
One major mechanic you didn't mention about Vigilante 8 is the fact that every weapon has a few special abilities that can be activated by inputting a sequence of D-pad inputs before firing. The homing missiles can be used to give you a speed boost, the turret can be fired in a buckshot spread, there are a bunch I can't remember. They're all written in the instruction book but nowhere in the game, so if you're emulating, easy to see why you missed them.
You get a Whammy when you hit the opponent with a combo. I think a vehicle special or weapon special has to be part of the combo. When you get one, your next attack does bonus damage. You can extend the combo to get double and quad whammies. So the idea is you use weapon specials to get a whammy, then use another powerful special like the buckshot to do crazy damage. The dune buggy with its minigun special is really good at getting double/quad whammies, letting you one-shot enemies with the buckshot.
When V8 came out I thought it was the next step in gaming evolution. Me and my friend would sit there and keep one enemy alive to destroy the whole town.
you just unlocked a very old memory for me ha ha
@@onedeadsaint same, i didnt remember i was doing that too with my friend back then hahaha good one sir
Lol wtf I just remembered that’s exactly what I used to do too
My Uncle loved just destroying the lvls lol
Vigilante 8 2nd offense was the first game that gave me the feeling of playing something like a next-gen game
yessir
What console?
@@drewmow PlayStation version is better .
@@charlesbakston7414 I loved it on Dreamcast. Same with crazy taxi. Colors on Sega consoles are legendary
It was so dope on Dreamcast, one of my favorite gaming memories and the most underrated of all consoles
Vigilante 8 was definitely sick. But I’m glad you included Roadkill. It’s one of many underrated gems. Looking back, I noticed for some reason a lot of underrated games I loved on the PS2 were developed by Midway
Not many people played that one Unfortunately... Tried to move the genre foward
Roadkill was a hidden gem for sure, and gotta give it up for Frank and Vinny's Gear Talk!
Gear talk was the best plus songs too was decent on that game also the love with that gay guy they had
I'll say this for Vigilante 8 - it had a style. I still remember to this day Sheila's Tantrum Cannon. Also it had a leg up on TM2 by having animations for all the various weapons deploying out of your vehicle.
That was Bob.O for me. The monke scream as he tosses you around was hilarious to my childhood self.
I love Rogue Trip. It’s often considered the real Twisted Metal 3 and I used to play it as a kid way more than the other actual Twisted Metal games.
That’s because the game controls the hell of a lot better than The previous twisted metal games. Therefore the game it’s better than the previous singletrac twisted metal games.
Rogue Trip is why I clicked on the video. Me and my brother would play it all the time as a kid. I never knew it was made by TM makers.
I wouldn't consider Rogue Trip to be a Twisted Metal knockoff. That game was developed by the same people that worked on the first Twisted Metal game, after all.
Man I played Rogue Trip so much. It's also why I clicked on the video.
Twisted Metal Head On feels like the 'real' TM3 to me. It has the same over the top vibe as TM2, made by David Jaffe and not quite as bleak and dark as Black was (which was still a good game). They released a PS2 version of Head On. I was really surprised when I played that one and got TM1-TM2 vibes.
Ah man, Vigilantee 8, that was the car combat game we had during our time on the PS1. Still good memories of mastering the weapon combos and finding the secret areas (and infuriating my dad by abusing both of these on versus.) As far as total and whammy, iirc whammy is indeed as stated, where it's just multiple weapon attacks timed with each other, whereas Total is specifically hitting a dying enemy with a combo ability or special weapon to instantly destroy them. Just extra flairs.
Honestly the combo moves are always what makes Vigilantee 8 stand out to me the most, short little 3-button combos on the directionals that do these nice little effects. By far the one I always abused was Afterburner (Up-Up-Up Fire MG) with the homing missiles, as it allowed a much easier time getting into the hidden areas on levels with some of the slower, clunkier vehicles like Milo and his school bus.
Totaling an enemy in 2nd offense dropped more upgrade tokens too.
@@ZerotheWanderer At least they made it a bit more worth it in that version! I can't really say I got much into 2nd Offense, we got it a way bit later and I wasn't playing the consoles as much, plus probably didn't help the car I started with was one of the default hovercars, and those have worse handling than even the first game's unlockable UFO.
Interstate 76 is the granddaddy of V8 if you're looking for another classic to enjoy.
My favorite combo was D-D-U-MG with the mortar, it would make a big crater and it could stack multiple times and the cars would flop and roll until the physics would yeet them out
I had Vigilante 8 for PC and it was freaking awesome
17:26 Totalling was using a special move on a wrecked car. TBP may not have known they existed: You would - for example - press 'left, right, down, fire' with the turret to perform The Cow Puncher; a green shot that used a few bits of ammo and launched your opponent into the distance! I think each of the mortar, missiles, etc, all had two unique and interesting special moves and obviously performing these moves while trying to keep the vehicle going where you wanted it to was super hard! An amazing innovation in the genre IMO
Rogue Trip was freakin awesome. I'd love to get another one of those!
Extrodinarely underrated game. I had as much fun playing that as TM
That game was outstanding and deserved a franchise.
I always saw Rogue Trip as the trurer Twisted Metal 3 than the actual TM3.
Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
@@TBP probably
@@TBP thank you so much i thought rogue trip was a fever dream i had as a child
@@Larry also allo you
@@Larry Hello You!!
I love Cel Damage, I didn't think it'd be the introduction to Twisted Metal.
A few things to note about it, each world has a unique boss to fill out the gap of... I think a total of 8 characters to face off each time (the Bull for the Western world, T. Wrecks for the jungle level, Count Earl for Transylvania, and Brian the Brain for the future world). The flag mode is extremely frustrating, but it is doable. And in order to unlock a character's ending, such as Violet's ending, you have to do each level (4 worlds, and 3 levels each) for each of the 3 modes.
The brain had a cool special with it's huge bomb i played this game alot back in the day i collected all characters it wasn't eazy but after middle school i would play it everyday glad to hear and read a comment about someone who knows the game and enjoyed it gg
The foul mouthed characters made the game so much damn fun to play as a kid lmfao.
V8's physics made it so much more fun than TM. The rear suspension compressing every mortar fire just hits different.
Here's a suggestion if you're still watching the comments. I wouldn't call it a full Twisted Metal knock-off title, but it is still within the realm of vehicular combat of the 90's are two particular titles (technically 3) I grew up with: Interstate '76 (as well as Nitro Pack / Nitro Riders) and it's sequel, Interstate '82. '76 is a great game, loved it, and I still play it once in a while since GOG has the complete Arsenal Pack that has all the games. '82 is definitely the weaker game, but it's still alright. I'd love to see what you think of these games.
Ah Vigilante 8 Second Offence. My favorite Car Combat after TM 1&2. Collecting your enemy's parts to improve your car is a great idea. Also loved the missions and wacky characters.
I think it's cool the attention to detail in Vigilante 8 where every ending is canon. While other pvp multiplayer games every character gets their own story.
I like how you can see the weapons getting physically attached to your vehicle and discarded when they're no longer useful. Every weapon has their own placement and distinct design which, in my opinion, gives them a lot more personality than a bunch of missiles with different colors.
Right! Vigilante 8 was simply just the better game
V8 2nd offence on the dreamcast was such a great experience, so much fun with it.
PS too!
Oh man, the memories of Vigilante 8! So many good memories. Didn't have a PlayStation, so I never played Twisted Metal, but it's nice to see you covering both games. I remember there being some pretty major differences between the PlayStation, N64, and Dreamcast versions of the sequel.
"Totaling" a car in Vigilante 8 requires you to bring their health to zero without overkilling them. The best way to do this is to use your basic gun when the enemy health is low to finish them off. When the message appears, simply strike with any special weapon. Missiles or that yellow cannon are the easiest weapons to total vehicles with. As for "Whammies", it's striking an enemy with multiple special weapons at a time. Hot swapping special weapons while firing or mixing them with mortar strikes are easy methods to pull of a whammy.
I believe totaling is mainly done with the special weapon only, not sure if you can total cars with missiles or other weapons besides your car's special, but maybe the special input sequences for every weapon may do enough damage?
@@TheOldschoolBrotha I thought Whammies could be used to total enemies too but I always used specials when I did that.
I miss this game
@@TheOldschoolBrotha
Totaling only triggers with special weapons and hidden weapon moves that don't require a special weapon. Vigilante 8 on the N64 teaches you that a little bit during loading screens. (Tip: when you have lockon missiles, use button combination "Up-Up-Up +machine gun," to trigger after burners.) Pretty much the "modern Mortal Kombat" of auto combat games.
Hidden weapon combos can be seen as brutalities/fatality variance and normal special weapons are practically "Free" easy fatalities.
The Vigilante 8 games are reminiscent to fighting games. Whammys are nothing special, just the equivalent of "4x combo or 8x Hit". Totaling is more of a taunt or Overkill outside of survival, while totaling in survival in the N64 version of Vigilante 8, then later the PSX, Dreamcast, and N64 versions of Vigilante 8: Second Offense gives you health back. And totaling in V82 drops more upgrade pickups outside of survival.
Yep, you all are right it can also be done with weapon inputs.
Man, I hope this genre makes a comeback. So much fun driving around and annihilating everything in your path!
with all the crazy stuff they can do now they could make a pretty incredible game! imagine if it had BF4 types of destruction mixed with car combat! it could be so good!
@@michelangelo5903 Dude, that would be so epic. I'd be all for it!
Destruction All Stars could succeed and bring these games back.
However, it looks like a battle royale so...
Found your channel yesterday. I like how much effort and love you put into your videos about such underrated game. you doing great.
Always love your videos. Been sick today, so binging these is making me feel better.
Thank you for your hard work.
Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8 + 2nd Offense were probably one of the best car combat games I've ever played during my childhood. I even still play them when I have a spare time. I really miss this type of genre and wish they made a comeback in this generation..
Roadkill is solely elevated by the soothing voices of Frank and Vinny! GearTalk radio was the best!
man and the QQQQ song choice is *chefs kiss
How I found April Wine! This game! Lol
Couple more things about V8 that differ from twisted metal
- Plot wise, the game isn’t the classic “Free For All” like TM is, where each vehicle has a certain wish they want to achieve. The game instead pits certain vehicles in one group, the “Vigilantes”(good guys) against other vehicles, the “Coyotes” (bad guys). If you picked a character from the Vigilantes, you would only face Coyotes vehicles, all except one. This one you don’t face is essentially the “Final Boss” and would appear with an overload of weapons and specials in the final level after you beat all other players.
The weapons themselves have button combinations you can enter to enhance their abilities, these abilities could actually alter the map as well. I remember one of the weapons shot something into the sky and would make a permanent dent on the map. These special abilities were actually pretty awesome.
Story wise the game didn’t have much depth, but you could see in some endings that other characters on the same side would interact with one another. It wasn’t as good as TM storytelling but some endings were interesting to watch.
V8 was definitely one of my favorite games of all time and I honestly liked the gameplay a bit more than twisted metal
I still can’t believe these games are just gone in the modern era. Vigilante 8 was also a great game
I used to love Critical Depth too as a kid, it’s underwater environments were awesome to explore and creeped me out, but it wasn’t as well balanced and became frustrating later in the game.
I can its a niche style and when indie games are costing millions to make and triple a titles are running up block buster film costs they don't have time for a dedicated fan base of a few hundred thousand dedicated fans when they have no idea how to monitize it the closest thing I've seen is a moba called heavy metal machines and you basically have different cars with 3 specialized attacks and play mostly 3 v 3 modes like moving a ball to the enemies goal while destroying each other and they monetize it by releasing skins and new characters (cars) you can buy
It's not really the same thing but it seems like their the only one trying after jaffe took a crap on 2012 and nobody wants to give the genre a chance
omg i love vigilante, me and my cousin always play it and one think that sticks to me about it is the floating car which i love lol. i remember always using it cause it was fun.
I was playing Critical Depth last month and I adore it for it trying to pull off an atmospheric underwater environment. The key change they did was make the shield skill a requirement, I think that is the part that makes it so jarring.
I am so happy you included WWE Crush Hour. As a WWE fan, and a Automobile guy. The Crush hour design team where a 10/10. Perfect theme for each wrestler, and so many to choose from without DLC...A time gone.
Drawbacks aside, I have a serious soft spot for Roadkill. That said, the variety of cars is made obsolete once you unlock the Tub; a heavily armored stretch limo. Considering the heavy damage you take, having the highest health is really all that matters. Also, yeah, the soundtrack rocks.
Was Rigg the 2nd heaviest armored? Reminded me of Convoy from V81 lol.
@@wallaceshawn-zk8iw Yeah, that was the other go-to in my playthroughs, at least for main missions they were. If I needed to cross the map quickly for example I would use a different, faster car.
I'll never get why Sony didn't try making a Twisted Metal themed Battle Royale style game when BRs were the biggest thing on the planet. With a bit of tuning it would be a perfect system for a BR.
@@feelingafnar8885 it was more a deathmatch arena than a BR. But the two are very very similar. Pretty much the only main difference is in one you respawn and one you don't.
Ever played crossout.
@@MsLoneWolf4 This lol, Crossout is literally Twisted Metal Battle Royale :P
Something much better than weird Rocket League at least
Twisted Metal IS a Battle Royal game, David Jaffe himself even said so on his podcast. You literally kill everyone until you are the last man alive.
Vigilante 8: Second Offense was one of my all time most played as a kid. A better graphics TM and was AWESOME.
Had it on my GBA and my Dreamcast.
DYN-O-MITE!
The PSX OST was outstanding.
@@genericnamehere7602 is it any different from the dreamcast ost? I remember it being pretty good.
@@jessehenderson2967 Not that I remember. The N64 version was God awful, though. My favorite from V8 2nd Offense was Obsession in D-. I have it on my motorcycle playlist.
@@genericnamehere7602 Fuck yeah dude, got nothing but respect for old school gamer music in the cruising playlist. Got FF music blastin in the challenger myself.
Glad to see someone covering Roadkill. Such an underrated game.
While I really liked Twisted Metal 1 and 2 I think I enjoyed Vigilante 8 even more. I think I even remember Rogue Trip, I definitely remember the ads for it. My friend up the street was a huge fan of racers/vehicular combat games and had most of them.
I remember picking up Roadkill in the bargain bin from whatever videogame store it was before Gamestop consumed them all and it was one of my favorites in the genre of all time. The skits on the radio appealled to my crude sense of humor. The bit where the homeless guy calls in and tells the DJs he doesn't care and "will fuck a dead bird I no morals I pee on myself" I thought was funniest thing in a videogame. Really out did GTA on the crudeness.
Also Wild 66.6 is just everything you want a fictional Rock Station in a video game should be
GearTalk Radio was great!
Man i miss QQQQ radio from that game, truly great selection of songs
Favorite part in this is definitely "I'm gonna play as the Deadman, and no I'm not talking about Chris Benoit". Also the only God of War knockoff's I can remember are Dante's Inferno and Marlow Briggs which I loved playing. Pretty interested in others that I don't know of.
Ghost Rider for PS2.
@@MajorCrisis Man I loved that game! The combos are sick. Favorite is probably the one with the shotgun ender.
And now i remember a couple more which are Darksiders and Castlevania Lord of Shadows.
There's that weird Nightmare before Christmas one.
Oof, too soon.
@@najibothman2607 Depending on what game in the series of Darksiders you mean. Because the original was more akin to Zelda. 2 was probably the closest...though for me it feels more like a single player MMO. 3 was like a Dark Souls/Castlevania hybrid. And Genesis was basically Diablo.
The special attacks with weapons using the dpad added so much to the Vigilante 8 games. Loved them on the N64, especially the sequel. So many hours into it as a kid.
You mean advanced combo attacks, like Bearhug Mines, Cow Puncher etc?
@@Summon256 Yeah. My favourite and the most useful I think was the powered up mortar shot that did a huge chunk of terrain deformation.
Rogue Trip 2012, Cel Damage, and Roadkill were some fun times! Thanks for making this video!
I greatly enjoyd the setting in "Rogue Trip" , I think if a right developer could get its hands in it a new sequel could be potentially amazing.
My dad and I played so much Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense together on the Dreamcast, and the game will always represent a very sweet, pleasant time in my life. (My older brother also had the first game on his N64.) I agree with you about the Story Mode being too long for each character, and how some of the objectives really suck - AND losing one of your weapon slots for the pickups (Though, the nice part about doing the story mode in co-op is that my dad and I would take turns being the one to carry the mission objectives!)
However, something interesting to note about your "it's essentially the exact same game" comment - there's a cheat code that lets you play the original levels from the first Vigilante 8. That's right, all the assets of the first game are still taking up space on the disk of the sequel!
Thanks for covering both games in the series!
You know what Critical Depth reminds me of? Something like Ace Combat 3 but underwater with Twisted Metal mechanics. Honestly it sounds like a concept that's.. Very unique.
Happy to see you mention Critical Depth. Growing up TM2 and Critical Depth were among my favorite PS1 games. Plus, I honestly think this video is the first time I've seen it mentioned is ages.
17:44 I remember the instruction manual for Vigilante 8 said that a "whammy" was when you managed to hit an enemy with two or more weapons at once and the reward was some bonus damage (I think 10%).
Oh yeah, and I was more of a Vigilante 8 fan, probably because it was on the N64 and by the time I got a playstation there were better games so twisted metal seemed dull.
twisted metal felt like a joke compared to vigilante 8 lol
@@nobiazcustomsinc5030 truth!
1x Whammy does double damage, 2x Triple & so on. 😎
I would love a remaster of TM2. That one is my favorite one. I used to like twisted metal 4, but I went back to it and it was bad. Clunky physics and kinda flat
Kinda dumb they can't just slap multiplayer on these games and release em
4 was bad in a lot of ways but a remaster of that one would be awesome too. You could play as calypso and rob Zombie, and I kinda liked the boss battles and some of the levels
@@williamsussman7343 I do too, or did. I remember playing the heck out of that game growing up. Same with TM2. When I play TM2 today I still really enjoy it, but when I went back to play 4, I felt weird and I didn’t like the physics. Like crashing into other cars had no impact.
2 is by far the best.
To total enemies in Villante 8, you needed to do a special attack OR an command input on a regular weapon. At least I THINK that's what it was. I remember figuring that out and doing it all the time, but It's been years. V8 was a lot of fun tho. I loved the hell out of how all the cars felt like they had weight, and the goofy stuff that happened as a result of the physics where always amusing. You could also pretty much demolish like everything in the stages, which I also found fun. Just go on a rampage with mx enemies and wreck everything.
Some of the command inputs on the weapons were wacky too. Like the "crater maker" giant shot you could do with that long range sky hammer. It was like, D,D,U, fire, and costed 5 ammo, but left a big hole in the ground and did tons of damage if it hit. The turret also had a wacky blow-back shot that was like L,R,U, Fire or something that sent the target spinning away.
I think the other thing I liked about the Vigilante 8 sequel was that those upgrades actually wind up having an visual effect on the vehicle. The body changes part by part depending on the values ending in a brand new look once everything is capped
That's kinda neat. I never really got far into V82, though I blame it on trying one of the hovercars first and being mostly PC gaming nowadays.
I had the Vigilante 8 second offense for the nintendo 64, it also had endings for the characters if I remember correctly. I love Twisted Metal, however Vigilante 8 is still a pretty solid game.
Yup, if you completed all the side objectives and in some cases killed specific enemies. The astronaut (monkey) and alien are mortal enemies until you do the right stuff and get the special ending where they leave together.
This was an extra fun video to watch to learn about vehicular combat games I never knew about, and have a bit of nice nostalgia over ones I did, like Vigilante 8 and it's sequel which I enjoyed quite a bit.
There's an actual ps2 plane combat game which was kind of crap but sort of interesting in it's own small way, I just had a haaard time finding it again, but it's called War Jetz, which I kept getting mixed up in my head over "Air thunder", because I was thinking of the company that made War Jetz and a tank game with "Thunder Tanks" in the name.
Shifting to Cel Damage, man that game is nuts, not my favorite vehicle game, but kind of fun in it's own right, though I completely concur that a speed toggle would have been fantastic to make this game more fun for more competitive players that wanted to enjoy beating it more.
Thanks again for this awesome video!
Roadkill is one of my favourite games of all time. Ive played it for decades now and every time I play it I have fun, simple but hilarious
Vigilante 8 is one of my all-time favorite PS1 games. Its actually a spiritual sequel to Interstate 76 and 82 on the PC.
Vigilante 8 is my shi* yo 🔥🔥🔥
Theres a prequel to the Vigilante 8 games called Interstate 76 for pc. You should check it out
Whammys are multiple attacks at once and "Total It!" Is hitting a downed opponent with your special weapon
Totalling can be done in V8 and V8 2nd Offense by doing a combo move with a standard weapon too.
There was Interstate 82 in 1999 for the PC as well
@@psymoniser8264 Your right. That was the less known one
@@psymoniser8264 I remember seeing someone making a remake for PC about 5 years ago and it was supposed to have all Vehicles from all 4 games in it In an Open World RPG type of game but idk what ever happened to the project
Another great thing about vigilante 8 is during the gameplay or stages, you could open the disc tray to put your own cds in to have your own music and at the end the game would wait for you to put the disc back in.
I don't remember where did I played vigilante 8 but you brought fond memories of that game. Praise the algorithm!
Dude, you have helped me find a game I've played Years ago and thanks to you i can finally find it again and enjoy it with my brother. BTW the game was vigilante 8 2
If you were not around when these games were originally released they may be difficult to play because you don’t have the gaming magazines and instructional manuals as a resource. I remember purchasing killer instinct for the snes and it came with a really cool 3d illustrated instruction manual that taught you all the combos for every character. I remember a similar books for Vice city and San Andreas.
A “Whammy” in Vigilante 8 is an “achievement” when you combo two of your attached guns or use your special in rapid succession. I played this and twisted into the ground.
That & it does extra damage 😎
Me and my mate Adam used to play V8 for *hours*
Thanks for the nostalgia hit!
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17:25 There are weapon combos that you can use just like in Twisted Metal that are found in the instruction manual. Doing this allows you to not only kill your opponents much faster but also pull off the "Totalled" moments, which if my memory serves me correctly, reward you with extra upgrade tokens for your car.
Yes you got double upgrade points for using the special moves or specal wepons when the radiator goes and i just remember John Torque in 2nd offence his special was epic. Plus i wish they would bring it back present day
Was about to comment this. It adds much more variety to the weapons.
@@masoneilan7075 and I think it makes the game a lot more satisfying. I used to play without knowing about it when I was little and the moment I learned the combos it almost felt like a different game.
It took me way to long to find this hidden gem of channel I am now looking forward to every video:)
vigilante 8 second offense co-op with a friend was some of the funnest sht ever. You could do all the singleplayer modes (except for survival), including storymode, with a friend. And if you didn't know...there are cheat codes that let you unlock ALL THE LEVELS from the original game! I don't remember exactly but I think u could also unlock the cars from the first game as well....so it litearlly had the entire first game within the second game under the cheatcodes which is insane!!!! Also 'rapid fire' cheatcode, once u turn that on u won't ever want to play without it ever again. So much fun during sleepovers. It had some minor issues like player 2 couldn't use upgrades....which was really annoying and meant letting player 1 get the kills usually so they could use the stat pickups and eventually turn into the final-skin (can also unlock via cheatcodes). And ur right the weapon pickups destroying ur ultimate was something to watchout for. u Learnt to deal with it though...I remember enemies, or my friend/me, ramming cars into weapon pickups and them losing their ultimates....was funny. The blue corvette's windblast special was stupidly overpowered and sort of ruined the game a bit....if fires at range and hits u go flying and need to try and recover before they getup close to u....if its fired closerange at u...u also go flying but recieve the highest damage imaginable. It makes his special just blatantly overpowered and impossibly to counter most of the time....I never figured out a way to counter it in 1v1 anyways or compete with the killing ability in coops storymode/arcade etc. The dreamcast version played smoother but had worse graphics. the n64 version had slowdown issues but way better graphics and animations....the little purple car's minigun would fire through windows and have amazing cool effects against the bus etc...on the dreamcast tho it would just be a generic explosion animation...but u got used to the faster more arcadey feel of the dreamcast version even if it had worse graphics and less animation...they were like different games honestly the n64 vs dreamcast versions were.
Great video bro I really enjoy your video and I’m looking forward to seeing the next one💯
"let's start with a game I guarantee none of you have ever heard of"
me: OOOH Thats the grudge warriors intro video!
I actually had more or less the same experience as you. beat the first level, never finished the second. But did play a lot of spliscreen with friends.
This was an interesting set of games. Just goes to show how influencing Twisted Metal was. Thanks for the sick vid.
I was a big fan of the TM series in the late 90's, so I ended up playing a few of the games on this video. Critical Depth was one of my favorite PS1 games. I adored the atmosphere and the levels, and places like sunken Tokyo, the Arctic, and Atlantis. I don't remember much of Rogue Trip, but I recall enjoying that game, too. I respect the V8 games, and I did have fun with them, but I missed the controls from the Singletrac games.Great video!
I always loved cel damage as a kid, one of my least favorite things from the others was the range combat and cel damage and its melee was so unique and satisfying I stuck to it. I was the weird kid with everyone playing twisted and V8 I was crushing it out in cel.
Vigilante 8 is one of the kings of car combat games, in my opinion it's weapons, characters, music, and level design were all top notch for the era!
Funfact: you enjoyed Vigilant 8 without knowing weapon combos. And that was such a big part of the game's fun. When i was playing, (and i've played it alot), i've seen CPU and sometimes trigger the weapons specials without knowing what i did. Then me and my friend started searching for the button combinations and figured out most of it.
The 'mortar' had a special that almost acted like a nuke, destroying the battlefield. It was such a special game back in the day, it's kinda sad you didn't experiment it with all the TM games.
You need to try Interstate 76'. If I'm not mistaken it's from the same developers from vigilante 8, or at least spirit successor. But the game has a campaign and you can even "acquire" and fix gun to upgrade your car plus tunning it like how much armour to put on each side, change the tires etc etc, it's a blast plus the cinematics in campaign and just nice, or should I say groove? Anyway, it deserves to be checked out but I think you would need to emulate a Windows 98 so only if you are brave enough 😅
The GoG version does run on modern PCs but not out of the box. I think the best way to describe it is it plays more like a sim or like a vehicular combat version of Tie-Fighter/X-Wing from the same era. You can even play it with a wheel. Avoid Interstate 82 though.
Also Carmageddon, which while is more of it's own thing, is worth a look
In my opinion, the best car combat destruction derby game next to "Twisted Metal" was a game on my original XBOX called "Carmegeddon"....'Carmegeddon" was a blast to play because of the diffent unique arenas to battle in.....the characters was cool with a back story & playing it with a multi-player is even more epic.....when .you get a chance, go back & play "Carmegeddon" if you like "Twisted Metal or Road Kill"......😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
Remember Arctic Thunder 🔥
Man this brings me back to the good ole days thanks tbp
Great video! Out of the games on this list, I've only played the 2 Vigilantes. I absolutely love the first one, I think it is really fun to play. However, I MUST admit, the soundtrack on the 2nd Offense is killer!!
The endings for critical depth are great (but do get quite shocking at times) aswell, id say its worth giving them a check online
Rogue Trip: Vacation is like the best alternative of Twisted Metal you could ever get
It was made by the original twisted metal team. Fun game.
Vigilante 8 and its sequel had some great ideas. For instance, you could open your PS1 with the game running and swap the disc for your favorite music album and it'll replace the soundtrack. Or replace the V8 2 disc for the first game in order to play Vigilante 8 levels in Vigilante 8 2nd Offense.
It also has some extra complexity with the weapons, with specific button combinations you can turn them into special attacks, at the price of more ammo. Like turning mines into hover tracking ones, or turning the usually weak mortar into a meteor that literally digs their grave by making a hole in the ground. Once you learn the codes, you won't be using them regularly ever again!
Also V8 2's RPG elements are great to add like an extra objective. If you fill the extra upgrade bars, you'll get a brand new accessory for the car, but if you fill them all, you'll get a complete overhaul and remodeling. Getting the upgrade tokens may be annoying, but if you total your enemies (finish them with a special weapon or a special attack with a regular weapon) you'll get 3 tokens instead of one. Or you can just type LLADORTOH on the cheat code screen to upgrade them all, lol.
The fact that CPUs were always keeping the heavy ammo for you is why I sort of had a love/hate relation with the Twisted Metal games. I much prefer the Vigilante 8 games where all the CPUs are supposed to be against you, makes more sense that way.
Since you mentioned Ps1 emulation, have you tried Racing Lagoon yet? That game may have made it's way into my top 10 all time since I played it a few months ago when the translation was finally released
Oh man Roadkill and Vigilante 8 are such a treasure to my childhood. Roadkill was a bit iffy but I fell in love with it either way, honestly it was like a mix of all the good things with a side of butt fuckery that made me just play it over and over again. Vigilante 8 2nd offence brings me back to playing Beastie Boys "Intergalactic" in the background and hovering around the map.
The first Vigilante 8 was fun as hell! I remember the weapons had special effects too if you put in secret button presses.
If I am not mistaken, Special weapon moves or hits from signature totaled. Been so long. And you are essentially right on whammys. Stringing hits from different weapons together. For example the Mortar hitting at the same time as bruiser cannon. Good times. There was some insane combos you could pull off to just melt dudes in that game.
You didn't mention the weapon combos in Vigilante 8 like the crater maker (D,D,U,mgun) with the sky hammer mortar. It made a big crater in the ground by deforming it
I loved creating tides on the farm map I believe there where other maps too that did different things like avalanches,flooding and tornadoes i believe an etc. Loved vigilante 8
Awesome video. I played the main ones on here when they came out and had a lot of fun with them. I have a soft spot for critical depth and rogue trip. Not many people at the time even knew about them or knew they were made by singletrac. Critical Depth is really awesome when you get into it and it all clicks.
Vigilante 8 was awesome!!
Wouldn't mind a remake, but also for those that don't know in that game to total a car when wrecked, you have to hit them with your special attack
Critical depth was awesome. Played the hell out of that when it came out. They started to make a second one back then but it got cancelled. Bummer.
I loved Rouge Trip as a kid. The soundtrack was also pretty good. Got me into the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
It did have a good sound track.
"Car flipping like Ricochet on speed." You got several chuckles from me this video.
This is absolutely adore this breakdown. Great job!
I recommend you try FULL AUTO 1 and 2. They're the best car combat games in the PS3/360 gen, in my opinion.
I still play through roadkill about once every year. Such a great game!
same ive been hoping for a remaster or a sequel :(
Gotta love the weapon combos in vigilante 8. Not sure it was understood that's a thing in v8, but it is. It's a combination of up and down three times followed by firing the machine gun. Depending on the weapon currently equipped, the weapon itself will do different things like firing a turret shot that'll send your enemy halfway across the map or turning homing missles into a personal nitro pack. It'll spend more ammo, but is totally worth it. Definitely spices up the combat and allows for some creative ways to go for the kill or even helps with eluding enemies or making tough jumps easier. Kinda surprised they never made more v8 games. I have fond memories of those two games and it's multiplayer on the 64.
Was hoping to see carmageddon on here. Played the crap out of the second one years ago. Not exactly like Twisted Metal, but the premise is that you can win the level one of two ways. Win the race, or destroy all other cars. When you destroy a car, after the race, you have the option of buying it after the race using your credits. Throughout the race, you use credits to repair your car. You also find multiple power ups and each car has different strengths and weaknesses (size, speed, handling, strength). Some special maps, the goal is to kill every living thing (people, dogs, elk, etc.
One of the funniest things back when playing the game, was some of the negative effects you can get from power ups...gravity from mars, gravity from the moon, drunk driving (all controls are opposite and the screen moves around), springy suspension, no suspension, etc.
You didn't cover it but I did enjoy *Dead in the Water* , when I was younger.
Basically Twisted Metal on water (nice water physics for psx) and has a race mode as well.
Vigilante 8 and 2nd offense are certified classics. Really fun games.