Darkwatch - What Happened?
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Written Sources:
The Untold History of Darkwatch via thegamer.com: www.thegamer.com/darkwatch-hi...
Darkwatch via Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkwatch
Darkwatch via mobygames: www.mobygames.com/game/18981/...
And Death Came with Him Darkwatch article via IGN: www.ign.com/articles/2005/08/...
Darkwatch does PlayBoy article via IGN: www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/...
Sammy buys Sega via the Wallstreet Journal: www.wsj.com/articles/SB108486...
Capcom Publishes Darkwatch: www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/...
Darkwatch reviews via metacritic: www.metacritic.com/game/darkw...
Darkwatch PS2 on vgchartz.com: www.vgchartz.com/game/5001/da...
Vivendi Buys High Moon via IGN: www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/...
Footage Sources:
Darkwatch Intro via GM_Darius: • Darkwatch Intro
Darkwatch 2 footage by GX795: • Darkwatch 2 (PS3/Xbox ...
Darkwatch Commercial by Cut Throat Cody: • Darkwatch Commercial
Darkwatch Behind The Scenes preview via: 1988Cubed: • Darkwatch Behind the S...
Darkwatch Walkthrough via Ermacgerd Longplays: • Darkwatch: Curse of th...
Spike Video Game Awards 2005 Footage by Play Pause Video: • The Spike Video Game A...
Paul WS Anderson Monster Hunter movie footage by Sony-Global: • “Monster Hunter” Direc...
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Darkwatch
Red Dead Revolver
Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Darkside
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Weird West - Assassins
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Hey matt can you please make a what happened video of rule of rose on the ps2?
I don't think so it's on ps is it?
This planned release situation with Berserk for the ps2 reminded of the exact same situation with LVL5 and how they abandoned the west before porting Yokai Watch 4 in the west, which would have been one of the best selling switch games of all time if it had been released over here.
That game was literally my number one "to buy" game for the switch, but LVL5 being the morons they are just pissed away that success completely.
Sad part is that game would still be successful today if it had a western release, especially with how terrible the Pokemon games are with all of the technical issues that franchise suffers from now due to Game Freak's laziness.
Could you do a video of "video games industry - what happened?" and explain wtf is going on with the industry right now, with what over 10000 people in the last 12 months fired, something is going on and i cant seem to find out what
Gotta do a what happened to micromachines, virtual fighter, and from softwares otogi
So they escaped being absorbed by Sega just to end up being gobbled up by Activision?
That's like dodging a bullet just to be run over by a train.
To be fair, Sega just wanted to shut them down right away. At least they were able to continue on and make Transformers and Deadpool with Activision.
@@MattMcMuscles it is a better destiny, but still kinda tragic. It's almost like they were cursed.
This is why it's a great sigh of relief when Toys for Bob went indie. While it's still partners with Microsoft, it's got more creative freedom and a much better fate for that development studio, taking it's experince with it. As in, they already know how to promote a game with a little character called Catbat from the ill-fated Crash Team Rumble. Just imagine an original IP now freed from the CoD mines!@@axelprino
@@axelprino Heh, good pun, they actually worked on both Destiny games because Bungie takes forever to actually make anything for those games by themselves.
Feels like a textbook example of the bittersweet reality of being a developer during this era.
If you had a publisher, you probably had a Sword of Damocles dangling over your head.
If Toys for Bob can escape the Call of Duty mines and become independent, fingers crossed that one day, High Moon Studios will be able to do the same thing!
Toys for Bob paid a huge price to leave and took none of their creations with them. They're pretty much restarting from scratch.
@@MagmaMKII Fine by me, I want to see them spread their wings.
After all this time, is it even the original high moon that we knew and love? So many studios nowadays are the same in name only. They have completely different staff that hold very little understanding or respect of the games they made in the past.
@@MagmaMKIIthey left activision/blizzard?
I hope HNS can do a Remaster of Transformers WFC / FOC
Never forget that Sega Sammy merger is what killed Sammy vs Capcom, we could've gotten Guilty Gear vs Street Fighter...
Oh damn, forgot about that.
We could have had Guilty Gear in Project X Zone! 😭
The mental image of Sol fighting Ryu goes so fuckin hard. I hope that, one day, we can get GG v SF.
I'll give it to Satomi-san...that was pretty cool of him to listen to the pleas and being agreeable to the people who were working under him and doing them a solid.
Well he stood his ground together with his company buddies to keep Sega alive after all, so unless he's a zombie CEO, his heart and pride wouldn't allow him to not listen
Absolute crime that Darkwatch got left behind like it did. Would kill for a sequel or even a high quality remake for that matter.
yup
It could happen, I heard in a interview about the Microsoft Buyout of Activision Blizzard, Phil Spencer expressed interest in Acti-Blizz's dormant IPs, so the possibility of them bringing back Darkwatch with an enhanced port/remake and a sequel on the way isn't much of a pipedream as it was prior to the buyout, not to mention as McMuscles pointed pointed out there's been quite a resurgence in horror and Western mash ups as of late, so it's not like trying to sell something like Darkwatch today couldn't do well. If the creative heads behind Darkwatch are still around, maybe MS could work out a deal with them to finish the job on that sequel and do a modern port of the cult classic title.
I remember this came out right after I moved to Ohio. I barely played it. I need to hook up the ps2 again
Agreed it was my child hood man, and was such a good game, I don’t understand why it didn’t get a sequel would do numbers today for sure
@@bobafett4265 i would cry
Seeing the early, cartoony art for what would become Darkwatch makes me suspect that the idea for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath must've been in development for quite some time.
Came across some of the concept art on tumblr several years ago and mentally screamed “WE WERE ROBBED” they looked so cool, especially the villain who was far less generic looking
Jumping down the Drakengard rabbit hole would be an interesting idea. That series had a pretty difficult and strange development and the differences between the western and eastern releases are pretty stark.
Seconding this!
Or hell, Cavia in general. A studio always held back by super low budgets and insane (bizarre) gameplay decisions.
Not to mention that it, in a sense, wound up being the game it became simply because the originally intended director, Takuya Iwasaki, was also working on Resident Evil: Dead Aim & couldn't handle both games at the same time, so he passed Drakengard over to Yoko Taro. Yes, Drakengard (&, in turn, Yoko Taro's career as a director) can be credited to the Gun Survivor series, in a way.
Thisssssss
It's honestly mind blowing that Sammy Studios become High Moon Studios. Since I loved the Transformers Cybertron games.
Since Rooster Teeth is being dissolved for good. Have you considered doing a video on the roller coaster that was Rooster Teeth Studios.
I'm so happy you're talking about Darkwatch. R.I.P. Darkwatch II
10:18 Crazy to think that there was a time where you could appeal to someone's humanity and honor to prevent a studio's closure.
I actually like High Moon Studios Transformers games. They really nailed the source material.
Same, loved the Co-op feature for story in WfC even though the multiplayer was basic. Got a lot better in FoC but they took out the co-op. Never played the third one as it had no multiplayer
"It was about what you'd think of when you combined Oddworld with the Old West..."
> _Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath_ has entered the chat
Here we are, Episode 200 of What Happened!! Congrats on reaching yet another milestone!
I have really been enjoying this series and respect how you go deep into the development of whatever the episode is being based around whether it be a game or movie.
You really do your research of what events occurred during the development of the project in question such as going behind the scenes, talking to people who involved with the project, looking at interviews, in order to explain to the audience about well, “What happened?” and why it turned out the way it did as well as what happened afterwards.
I wish there were more series like yours on UA-cam keep doing what you do Matt and once again, congratulations!
It wasn't until I acquired a big lot of Xbox and PlayStation 2 demo discs that I learned of the existence of Darkwatch, really goes to show how much it tended to fall under the radar.
Also, any episode that ends with Activision being Activision is rather heartbreaking.
Okay but here me out, Fall and War for Cybertron are some of the BEST Transformers games to ever be released and I want a remaster of both so bad like fr fr
The fact that the Darkwatch devs went on to make the *for Cybertron* games is a testament to how great Highmoon Studios is and how fun and memorable this game was. The similar fun and quality now just makes more sense.
Wow; what an awesome trip down memory lane! I worked on Darkwatch (and Bourne for that matter) and I'm always happy to hear about people enjoying it.
Thank you, for making my favourite PS2 game. From the bottom of my heart!
16:20 "But you let Chris Jerico in!" "No, it say no JERICOSSSSS. We can have a least one."
Seriously
*Darkwatch should of been far bigger!*
This is sad
The universe! The history and lore!
So much potential!!!!
I played this game very recently and mourned for the day when "cowboy vampire shooter" could be a concept for an original IP big budget game
EDIT: I'm deeply appreciating the recommendations, but note that I use the phrase "big budget". The point wasn't "where are all the horror western video games?" But instead "where are all the out-there, original ideas in major game releases and big publishers willing to take even modest risks on new IP?"
And while I have everyone's attention: if you like Darkwatch's aesthetic, you'll probably enjoy the album "Gunmen" by Orden Ogan, which is a western-tinged metal album about undead in the wild west.
Evil west
Literally was going to say this ☝️
Already is; Evil West.
Also, Blood West.
Think he means good games@@jaceporikos399
I don't know if Evil West is a "big-budget game." But it certainly doesn't play like one.
I remember seeing an add for this game in a magazine when I was a kid. Took me like 15 to 20 years to finally figure out what game the ad was for.
I would just like to note that “Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath” came out the same year
I still have that HEAVY METAL issue. Cassidy and Tala were my top video game babes I used to draw commissions for back in the day.
Not surprised. The first thing I remembered about this game was the ladies.
Darkwatch was awesome, who wouldn't wanna run around as a vampire cowboy.
I own a copy of Seven Samurai 20XX. The spine has SEVEN SAMURAI 200XX written on it. Has bothered me for 20 years.
I love jericho cross, this game series needs to return!
Evil west feels like a modern version
Darkwatch is what got me into FPS. Black, this and Duke Nukem 3D was how I grew to appreciate shooters.
The 2000s equivalent to Evil west .
Definitely feels like it doesn't it. I really liked evil west myself.
Darkwatch ran so Evil West could fly.
It is genuinely depressing the amount of legendary, talented, ultra creative studios that have been completely strip mined and destroyed by activision and EA. The fact that they just sit their fat butts on the IP's and do nothing with them makes it all the more miserable. COD alone has like half a dozen studios that were known for making innovative and interesting IP's.. now just churning out the same lazy crap year.. after year... after year... after year. I miss the old raven software, high moon, pandemic, and bullfrog games. No wonder the industry feels so homogenous and bloated nowadays. That's literally what it is. Shackle 12 different studios on the same tired franchise for decades because it makes money.. so fk it. I feel like nowadays we get the same 7 or 8 games constantly. Each generation, each year.. the same crap.
Blame the unimaginative smoothbrains who keep shelling money out for it... these dud studios wouldn't survive a year if not the armies of sycophants propping them up.
I loved this game so much that I got the Darkwatch badge tattooed on my right calf
Microsoft did let Toys for Bob go their separate ways and gave Remedy the rights back for Alan Wake. Maybe there is a chance to get the rights back. I wouldn't put money on it, but it feels like more of a possibility since now MS is at the helm.
Or even better! Microsoft could use Id or Machine Head to develop a sequel!
Wish this game would be remastered with local and online co op for the story, I loved playing the story mode on the Playstation 2 version with my brother back in the day 😊
Dude I remember playing the demo from the xbox magazine disc like 100 times (back before I was allowed to play M games lol) I didnt get my hands on the full game until I hit middle school, the 7th gen consoles were coming out so 6th gen games were cheap at hollywood video, and my parents stopped caring what I played. So many good memories.
The Bobby segment was genius. I was like "What could go wrong from here?" to "Ah fuck." in a span of a few seconds
It is a ABSOLUTE CRIME that Darkwatch got left behind like it did ..... I wished for many years there would come a sequel and then for a high quality remake.
It is a darn shame how no one else could have gotten a shot for the job !!!!
I LOVE this game.
We were robbed of the Berserk game not getting localized.
You should totally do it one for Dragons Dogma. Would be a cool way to celebrate the new games release by discussing what it took to make the first one.
This was and still in my top 10 fav ps2 games. Still own it and played again this year. Ive always wanted a sequel to this game. Evil west was a temporary fix for the itch that ive had since darkwatch released. This game was so badass. Loved the world, the characters, styling, sex appeal, and great diverse enemies just to name a few great things bout darkwatch. This game deserves to be revived and given a long awaited sequel.
My dad bought this game for me as a kid swearing up and down it was the van helsing movie game for so long. Up until I figured out the names Jericho and Gabriel weren't the same😂
The exact same thing with me and my bros
The Bourne Conspiracy was actually based on the books rather than the films, though they clearly took visual inspiration from the movies. I quite enjoyed it, especially as a slightly less than full price title at the time. It wasn’t amazing, but it was really solid and had variety.
YEAAAH! My little brother and a friend of his got to tour their studio in Carlsbad, and when they came back that day we had 4 copies on Xbox to keep/give to friends. Not only was it an awesome day for my little brother, it was an awesome game to get copies of!
Hope you do a video Vivendi Games as well. No one talks about them but they were known for killing off a lot of merging IPs from the late 90s to early 2000s by buying out a lot of smaller to mid-level companies. I remember a lot of favorite games from that era never got a sequel because Vivendi would become their parent company. Guess they are rarely mentioned since they became Activision Blizzard, but they are one of the major pillars of that infamous merger and why Activision owns so many IPs.
man, this is a channel that makes me happy this site exists
thank you for your insane work, I can't even begin to think the lengths you've had to go to research all this stuff
Jericho in a world ruled by vampires protecting a girl sounds a lot like Vampire Hunter D
The High Moon team deserves a ton of credit for those first two TF games. As you've covered previously.
Wait, Darkwatch was good THIS WHOLE TIME?! I used to stare longingly at that cover in the bargain bins at EB Games/Gamestop for years thinking "it looks so cool in a goofy way, but I've been burned before" and never bought it.
Yeah. It plays similar to Call of Duty in some places. It was marketable, the issue is that it was hard for the game to compete with games like RE4, Mortal Kombat, etc.
I didn't realize that the War For Cybertron games were made by the same studio that made Darkwatch. It's a shame they'll never be able to work on the kind of games they want to anymore. Darkwatch was fun.
This game needs to be revived into a franchise. An absolute masterpiece.
What an great video about this classic that I just had the pleasure of playing last year. I couldn't believe what I was playing and feel that it can contend with any of the new games today!
I never played this game but it has a soft spot in my heart as I used it for a whole section in a college paper on the representation of native americans in video games
Cool!
Hey, High Moon gave Transformers ALOT of love with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. Those guys and gals were clearly Transformers super-nerds because those two games were completely original ideas and not based off any “Bayformers” material. And they released those games at the peak of Bayformers fatigue, so older fans were just happy to have something new, original and fun that also resembled the PS2 Atari Transformers game.
Ok. Didnt say anything to the contrary, just pointed out the heads of the studio were not interested in that franchise, and wanted more independence.
I was literally looking things up for this game and your video came up. It's like you knew!
Been watching this series before I sleep on my TV finally on my PC to comment thanks for this awesome series Matt.
Final Fantasy 15 would make for a great episode. Between its 10 or so years of development that started as a whole different title, to having half of its post launch dlc canceled, there's a lot to talk about there
Awesome video!
Also, always happy to support new 3D Realms releases.
Also also, Andrew Hulshult looks so different outside of his can
I found this game in a used games box at my local EB Games.
I feel in love with it and played it to death back in the day.
Would love to see this game make a return. but we all know what Acti-Bliz are like >.>
Wow you’re on a roll pumping out these videos lately!
14:01 I don't know what's worse: the category, or that they used the word "the" _twice._
I've been waiting for this episode a long time happy to see it finally come out
16:42 that screenshot is perfect
About to start my workout! Great way to start!
I still have my PS2 copy of this game I got new on release day, and I still love it. Always glad to see it turn up in conversation.
Oh shit!! I remember playing this when i was a kid. One of my buddies had picked ot up and we played it for days. Loved the idea of a cowboy vampire
18:43 and 2 of those transformers games ended up being my absolute favorite games for the entire franchise
Speaking of. Do a transformers episode for war and fall of cybertron
Fantastic episode Matt! I thought almost everyone had forgotten about this game. It's a shame they weren't able to buy back the ip rights but what can you do. Also thank you for unlocking a core memory with that girls of gaming vol 3 cover! I used to have that exact magazine as a teenager and for the life of me could not remember what it was called.
Another great vid 👍
Informational and entertaining as always.
Thanks for doing this one Matt! Highly requested
7:14 One of the only UA-camrs I know that pre-warns of an ad break! Amazing!! 😊😊
This was my all time favorite game to play growing up with friends.
Man, horror westerns are fun. What got me more into the genre was the table top game "Deadlands the Weird West". Anytime I find one, I just go "it's deadlands energy" i need to somehow get my that game in hands now. I still have my Xbox sitting there collecting dust
I would love it if Matt did a What Happened for "Chronos: Before the ashes".
I loved this game back in the day.
This game can EASILY be remade by NightDive Studios!!! It would sell like crazy!!
"Cybervixen Of The Year" *holy shit*
I loved playing this game Co-Op with my brother growing up. This and Champions of Norrath were prime couch co-op gaming for us.
Love the track from sunset riders ost in the intro! One of my all time favorite arcade games.
tbf, War For Cybertron and Fall Of Cybertron are ABSOLUTE gems.
When this game came out, I was at the height of my Deadlands obsession and this was exactly what I needed.
Ah yes Deadlands. That needs to come back
@@IaconDawnshire I heard that they just dropped a new edition. It's still out there.
@@nudicegaming6813can vouch that Deadlands is still going, both the Savage Worlds and Anniversary Editions with the cards
Played this game at someone's birthday party back in high school, and convinced to get my own copy. Still have it to this day.
Holy crap, this woke up a long-buried memory! I watched my dad’s friend play this game on his OG Xbox he hacked. I thought it was so cool that he had dozens of games on a hard drive and he never had to swap discs.
Cool video.
I played the game years ago, it was fun (the train levels were my favorite parts); a remaster/remake/sequel would be great.
Great Stuff, as always!
Dude. This game was so fucking good and ahead of its time.
Love the fact that you started this video with sunset riders music.
OMG yes!!! I thought I was the only one who play this thing. Thanks for the video Matt! (hmmm, I remember the chicks in leather well)
Thank you Matt. Loved Darkwatch growing up. Couldnt tell you how many hours i spent in this game back than. Never understood why they never made a sequel,(till now.)
Just finished playing this game. Was awesome!
What happened for Skull and Bones please.
Phil Spencer said he was interested in reviving old Activision games, maybe they can do dark west. In a time where we are getting an Epic Mickey remake, never say never.
I remember finding a playthrough of this game was nearly impossible, several years ago. Nice to see that some more people have stumbled across this game.
I know this show is mainly for video games and movies. But with this year marking the 10th anniversary, I wanna see a Wha Happun episode about Dashcon! The thumbnail can even have Matt's head replaced with the infamous ball pit!
I am with you on this Matt. I wish we got more darkwatch. It was so good. Thanks for explaining we haven't though.
They started their company to make a game that was gonna be ahead of the curve, ended up making the best Transformers games, and a Deadpool game... and then their reason for existing got drown out by other horror westerns and Microsoft... ahh a take as old as time.
Is no one going to mention sunset riders😂
Ive been waiting for this one for a while
Design wise, Jericho Cross looks like if McCree and Reaper had
a three way with a vampire lady and this being the result.
(Even though Overwatch came out many years later, but
the point still stands.)
There is no McCree.
The game runs Beautifully on emualtor
Chris was one of my teachers when I started my masters program. So it is neat to see him here even though the story is sad.
I've been trying to remember this game I saw on a Blockbuster rental shelf for like 10 years now. I kept getting it confused with Project Snowblind.
I’d absolutely love a remade Darkwatch. The spooky aesthetic is perfect.
10:20
Oh, Jesus, I wasn’t expecting that XD