Former game dev here. I have to imagine all those hilariously horrible things you pointed out were called out by the team. The question is: Why weren’t they fixed? Usually it’s about time. But what could have made this game get rushed out like an annual sports franchise? It’s a licensed game untied to an actual upcoming movie, coming from 2 studios with decent reputations. Weird...
The reason: Ian Bell. The ex head of SLS. He is not a nice guy, super thin skinned and dictatorial micromanager. Has made several absolutely amazingly bad decisions and yet was the head of SLS for 2 decades. Is not there anymore, EA sports bought it to make F1 franchise more attractive to simracing audience. SLS had the best devs in the business once, the foundations they created back in the day are still visible in the simracing today. But.. Ian Bell is a knobhead.
15:57 The crazy thing is that if this were an actual movie in the franchise, that would probably be the scene they use for that scenario. The absurdity has gotten that regular.
Ever had a franchise where the main characters get so unbelievably lucky in every single scene and any bad thing that happens to them magically ends in the most cliche way possible, that you root for something bad to happen that kills them more than you root for their survival? Yeah, that's F&F at this point
I actually requested that game to Shane for Just Bad Games, and he said that he and Adam are going to do a episode on one of those games, the other game I mentioned was Alien Resurrection
@@confusedkemono Well, no. But it was THAT one guy. Not me though. I didn't even know this game existed before this video. I mean, I did know Vin Diesel is a huge fan of gaming, not just video gaming, he also apparently is a D&D fan too, and he even starred in the Chronicles Of Riddick game, which was a prequel to the movie itself, and even has his own video game studio, which is pretty cool, because it's rare to see a celebrity not only own their own game studio, but be such a fan of it that they've starred in their own games about the movies too, even if said games weren't very good. But at least he tried. He was also Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy movies too. Apparently he's also a renowned breakdancer too. Well, he's multi-talented at least.
This whole video was great, but the "giant loofah swinging behind the car" visual in particular made me scream with laughter at the end of a very trying day - Thank you guys, I dearly needed that.
Yeah that's the thing I'm confused about they can't talk bad about how unrealistic about the things that happens inside the fast in the furious. The fast and the furious is pretty much anime.
And it's just one of the many reasons why I hate what the series became. I miss the days of underground street racing and espionage as opposed to bootleg Twisted Metal.
@@CommodoreFan64 I was out of the series since about then too. Then years later I saw a clip of Terry Crews in an armored SUV with mini guns and missile launchers, halo dropping onto an Arctic lake and getting in a car battle alongside others. I thought, "Oh cool, is this a new IP or something?" Then I saw F&F pop up. I was instantly not interested. At all.
13:38 MY LUNGS ARE HEAVING FROM LAUGHTER. I am just in utter disbelief that your car, supposedly to look cool, goes through tubes of pipes, only to suddenly shoot back outside where it first entered HAHAHAHA
In the original The Fast and The Furious, Dom and his team hijack trucks carrying TV/VCR combos, and were completely thwarted by a single truck driver with a gun. In F9, the Fast and Furious Saga, Dom’s team defeat an army and fly a rocket car to the international space station.
Considering the game awards are a glorified advertisement for new games with meaningless awards given out to those who played nicest politically with the judges along with giving them crap tons of money no this game fits perfectly in the game awards as it's as broken and hollow as the awards
My same comment about The Last Of Us 2. Ghost of T should have won it. I laughed hard when Cyberpunk 2077 was a contender, like are you joking ? The way it ended up should have dropped it entirely. Game Awards is all about flash over substance
@@jadedheartszGOT is actually really cool most people really enjoyed it. LOU2 probably deserved GOTY though and I agree Cyberpunk is actually pretty good. Had they just made a 10-15hr linear fps rpg it could be one of the best games in the past years. The open world aspect ruined most people’s perception of the game even though the main story was great.
@@ChaseMC215 IDK, 2 Fast 2 Furious had a number of silly moments too. Drawbridge jump and boat jump come to mind. Though they were more about car culture and racing then saving the world action movie type stuff. Still I like them all, though the first one is probably my least favorite, that first race just lasts so long and is so poorly done, like 90% CGI blur out the window.
@@scottthewaterwarrior That's part of the charm of the older Fast and Furious movies - They're about car culture first, goofy but plausible plots second. They were just dumb car movies with largely throwaway plots, contained to one or two locales. One of those things where bigger isn't always better, y'know?
That feeling when Need for Speed: Payback, which I consider to be the WORST entry in the franchise, is a better Fast & Furious game than an actual licenced F&F title. I would also like to point out that Crossroad's current all-time peak player count according to Steamcharts is a grand total of........ *_21 players_*
9:22 Wait, so you’re telling me that they used a 2D sprite for that dude in the suit as opposed to a 3D model despite the game being released in 2020? 😲
@@dubstepbee6892 Spider-Man: Gwen Stacy in turtleneck sweater, trench coat, miniskirt, boots that covers her attractive legs, and a headband. Prototype: Pedestrian Girl in lace bra, elbow sleeve button shirt, garter belt, stockings that covers her attractive legs, belt, pencil skirt, and a pair of high heels.
10:12 Lol, I just imagine the dude with the gun being like "Just... stop moving the car. Just hold it still. Stop! I cant line up a shot if you keep moving! Dude just lay of the gas! STOP COME ON DUDE!"
@@micah3608 Found on 2F2F DVD there was a strange lost game featuring orange Supra and a black Charger in Los Angeles and drag racing against a red RX-7.
Just a slight note about the electric jaguar emitting steam when damaged. Electric cars still have radiators and coolant, and can absolutely emit steam when damaged. I don't fault you for not knowing though
@@thearousedeunuch I wouldn't think it's easy to fact check. "Do electric cars steam when crashed" isn't exactly a productive Google search. These are video game guys, I don't expect them to know cars
@@evelynlandau942 Given that fucking Slightly Mad Studios helped develop this shitpile,they most likely already knew that about electric cars emitting steam.
And so, gamers around the world learned their lesson and never got themselves overhyped for a game they knew next to nothing about just because they liked the company involved.
14:24 - I have a suspicion that the bus is meant to do that, to throw you off while tailing. I have seen a few things like this, when in chasing/tailing missions before. I'm certain it is because of that, and not the horrible AI, but of course, can't tell with this game.
The driving mechanics remind me of F-Zero GX for the GameCube, you had to balance speed for grip and control, and each vehicle had different stats for grip, the lower the letter, the worse the grip, and using the left and right shoulder button also shifted you left and right
So they were basically handed an excuse to delay the game on a silver platter and spend that extra time to make a better game, but instead just shipped it out in a somewhat broken state and said eff it? Do they share employees with CD Projekt Red?
To be fair Fast and Furious did get a good game for Tokyo Drift. It's just basically Rip off of Tokyo Xtreme Racer, but still miles better then this even with the questionable driving physics of the Tokyo Drift game.
"Have no fear! The Shunt buttons are here!" That is... a very unfortunate word to use. Anyone else who's seen the 1989 movie 'Society' knows what I mean.
Saying that the game is “set in the same universe” as the movies makes the movies sound like it’s a sci-fi franchise. And given how they portray physics in the film, it might be the best way to look at them.
this game actually makes the ridiculous stunts in F9 less insane. *sees Rocket car in F9 trailer* they've lost their minds.. *sees 1 scene in Crossroads* uhhh.. *sees Rocket car in space in F9* I'm sorry I ever doubted you
@@blackice9088 NFS Underground pink Eclipse with Vapor bodykit and aqua unique vinyl... iconic with the orange-gold Skyline with Mantis bodykit and unique griffin vinyl.
"All the realism of a Saturday morning cartoon" Yeah, that's why I don't like F&F anymore. I miss the days of street races and tuner cars, not explosion filled Twisted Metal ripoffs.
Frankly, I would've liked if they went the way of Gone in 60 Seconds or Baby Driver, where it's an action crime flick but with a large emphasis on cars.
Yeah. What happened to the old "criminals boosting cars for illegal street races" plot? Now they have characters fighting each other with futuristic technology.
@@Xehanort10 Yeah. This is what led me to write my own stories about that sort of thing. While I doubt it would ever come to solid fruition (especially in this state the world is in), I can always dream.
reminds me of several Flat Earthers who claim that "operation fishbowl" (an A-bomb test) was actually "The Government" trying to break through "The Firmament"!
Oh deer, that makes me remind to a twitch commentary that I saw in a stream of the full story mode(similar to this one): I hate to say it, but I´m glad that Paul Walker isn´t alive to see it
9:26 For anyone that remembers the way classic Doom characters moved and didn't move in terms of their three dimensional plans, this is exactly what this is. If they're standing still, they will only move with the camera, just like this game somehow replicated with technology years after classic Doom.
5:52 I'm pretty sure that's a reference to Need For Speed Heat, why? Because Slightly Mad Studios has a thing against EA after EA rejected their idea for Need For Speed Shift 3, since then they hate EA to the point where they got into the NFS Payback reveal stream and actually revealed this game before time and said "We are making a better Fast and Furious game that this knockoff they made" they also said that Project Car 3 was what they were planning for NFS Shift 3 (and watching how much the people hate PC3 maybe it was a good call from EA to reject it).
The funny part is, they didn't learn their lesson. They released a game just like this about 10 years ago. Its called WHEELMAN, starring vin diesel. And its just as awful, if not worse, than this. The only reason i played it, is because you get to drive a Pontiac G8. And even then, its just not worth it. These games need to go away forever, and ill never miss them.
I’m kind of curious as to how it went so badly. Considering it had to video game companies who actually can do some decent work. So how did this become such a glitchy train wreck?
Bandai probably didn't give them enough time to polish or delay the game and as a result, had to both rush and crunch to finish the game. I believe that's also the reason why Vin Diesel seemed surprised at the game trailer even though he was one of the producers on the project, he never expected the given release date and likely wasn't informed of it until that moment.
@@Drain_Life_Archive which makes absolutely no sense to me since it was obviously meant to be released alongside the new fast and the furious movie but that got delayed. So would’ve made more sense if the game was delayed too.
Great review, this really had me laughing quite a bit. This game is hilarious, the boulders bouncing and rolling around make me laugh the most for some reason.
As opposed to every other period which definitely weren't full of rush-job shovelware. Especially the '80s and early '90s, which definitely didn't have enough of it to kick off the career of one of the most famous gaming personalities on UA-cam. Nope.
@@stevethepocket To be fair, I don't recall many AVGN-reviewed games from the 80s and 90s that were unfinished or incredibly buggy. A lot of them just inherently sucked due to bad and/or boring gameplay.
@@douglasthequilava nick made THq Nordic rushed the game to tie it in with the new Spongebob movie. But then the pandemic happened and it got delayed. Nick still told them to continue regardless.
I know right? I mean, I'm one of the weirdos that actually likes the action focused Fast & Furious movies (as well as the original trilogy), and it would've been pretty cool to play the greatest hits of the franchise, much like the Lego Star Wars games. If there were more thought and effort into it, this would've been a pretty decent game.
@@al112v4 It's hard to show in text form. I speak Spanish, and if I want to show something, English speakers will say something. I know it's not Barthelona.
@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Genki's F&F game driving a Brian's Supra in Los Angeles PS2 and Xbox November 2003-planned mission-based driving game that later cancelled but became Street Racing Syndicate's final build found on 2F2F DVD.
@@starspeculation Imagine if you played an Original Xbox (or Xbox 360) port of Roblox from 2006/2007 (via Super Nostalgia Zone on Xbox One) on Xbox One via backwards compatible.
The only good review of this game I saw just went on and on about the "representation" while conveniently ignoring the gameplay. Representation isn't inherently bad but it's not a selling point for the vast majority of people either; good characters and good games are.
I love how the first Fast and Furious was so grounded and just about illegal street racing and now here we are with Vin Diesel surfing on top a giant rocket
At the time people thought the first F&F movie was ridiculous because none of the car related stuff they said and did made any sense. The later movies are deliberately as ridiculous as possible and that's why the majority of people watch them, it is a comedy at this point.
“You don’t need good game design when you got family.”-Pin Cheesel, 2069
Hahahahhahaha
I want more starshirt guy.
"you can recycle redundant jokes when you got family" - tin weasel
omg this one is gold :D
U mean:
- Pin Cheesel 2077
Former game dev here. I have to imagine all those hilariously horrible things you pointed out were called out by the team. The question is: Why weren’t they fixed?
Usually it’s about time. But what could have made this game get rushed out like an annual sports franchise? It’s a licensed game untied to an actual upcoming movie, coming from 2 studios with decent reputations.
Weird...
Christmas
The reason: Ian Bell. The ex head of SLS. He is not a nice guy, super thin skinned and dictatorial micromanager. Has made several absolutely amazingly bad decisions and yet was the head of SLS for 2 decades. Is not there anymore, EA sports bought it to make F1 franchise more attractive to simracing audience. SLS had the best devs in the business once, the foundations they created back in the day are still visible in the simracing today. But.. Ian Bell is a knobhead.
@@squidcaps4308 oh……
2 studios, possibly on fixed budgets possibly not on sales bonuses. Just tick the boxes and ship it
@@lasskinn474 NFS Shift and Shift 2???
Guess you could say gamers noticed these flaws fast and became furious...
how are you in every UA-cam comment section... and I like your content btw
stop
You're Road Rash 3
Wait...
Badum tss
Hey it's the Pokemon theory guy...
15:57 The crazy thing is that if this were an actual movie in the franchise, that would probably be the scene they use for that scenario. The absurdity has gotten that regular.
Ever had a franchise where the main characters get so unbelievably lucky in every single scene and any bad thing that happens to them magically ends in the most cliche way possible, that you root for something bad to happen that kills them more than you root for their survival? Yeah, that's F&F at this point
Yes. All movies in F&F are basically way more impressive than games itself except the 2006 game.
@@purwantiallan5089Way to completely miss the original comment.
yeah, star wars these days. or anything owned by marvel.
Ride to Hell: Retribution: Fast and Furious Edition.
I actually requested that game to Shane for Just Bad Games, and he said that he and Adam are going to do a episode on one of those games, the other game I mentioned was Alien Resurrection
Honestly, Ride to Hell was a masterpiece compared to this
Oml 😂😂
@@mephistovonfaust in a sense, yeah. Theres so much to talk about with Ride to hell with just how funny and crap it is
Ride to Hell: Retribution 2: The Retributioning
All the realism of a saturday morning cartoon...
So basically just like the movies.
Yeah that scene with the tank seems like something a recent Fast movie would do
That’s one thing they got right when adapting
@@colingznetworkplus4618 yeah haha but they could've done it so much better and keep it cartoonish, like Burnout or Twisted Metal
Even the actual Fast & Furious cartoon is better than this car crash. And yes, there's a Fast & Furious cartoon series, you can watch it on Netflix
@@erichfiedler1481 indeed🙂
*"Oh yeah, this game existed."*
-That one guy
that one star shirt guy?
@@confusedkemono Well, no. But it was THAT one guy. Not me though. I didn't even know this game existed before this video. I mean, I did know Vin Diesel is a huge fan of gaming, not just video gaming, he also apparently is a D&D fan too, and he even starred in the Chronicles Of Riddick game, which was a prequel to the movie itself, and even has his own video game studio, which is pretty cool, because it's rare to see a celebrity not only own their own game studio, but be such a fan of it that they've starred in their own games about the movies too, even if said games weren't very good. But at least he tried. He was also Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy movies too. Apparently he's also a renowned breakdancer too. Well, he's multi-talented at least.
This game is more recent than I thought.
This whole video was great, but the "giant loofah swinging behind the car" visual in particular made me scream with laughter at the end of a very trying day - Thank you guys, I dearly needed that.
Even Kasumi Nakasu still laughed hard when playing F&F Crossroads.😂
I’m 32 years old, and 6:51 gets me every time. I love it. I just click it over and over, I’m such a child.
Tell be about it., My 24 year old self thought i was a mature adult until 9:22
Well everyone knowing this.
Money ghost 1: "New arrival!"
Money ghost 2: "What are you in for?"
New Money Ghost: "Fast and Furious: Crossroads."
Money Ghosts: "Whaaaat!?"
Money Ghost of Bethesda : Over here buddy! Wrong Queue!
Next ghost in line: "You think yours is bad? Try Ride To Hell Retribution."
Familiar Money ghost 3: "What of an botttomless money pit"
Money ghost of Superman 64: Do not cite the deep magic fo me. I was there when it was written.
the good things in this game are as abundant as Vin Diesel's hair
He had hair?
I thought he was born bald.
He has public hair at least
@@MarxasThomasYou haven't seen Mark Diesel with hair?
Oh i get it
He has no hair
"it has all the realism of a saturday morning cartoon show" yep this is accurate to fast and furious
Yeah that's the thing I'm confused about they can't talk bad about how unrealistic about the things that happens inside the fast in the furious. The fast and the furious is pretty much anime.
And it's just one of the many reasons why I hate what the series became. I miss the days of underground street racing and espionage as opposed to bootleg Twisted Metal.
@@vahlok1426 The series totally lost me after Tokyo Drift.
Remember when fast the furious was about illegal street racing?!!
@@CommodoreFan64 I was out of the series since about then too. Then years later I saw a clip of Terry Crews in an armored SUV with mini guns and missile launchers, halo dropping onto an Arctic lake and getting in a car battle alongside others. I thought, "Oh cool, is this a new IP or something?"
Then I saw F&F pop up.
I was instantly not interested. At all.
13:38 MY LUNGS ARE HEAVING FROM LAUGHTER. I am just in utter disbelief that your car, supposedly to look cool, goes through tubes of pipes, only to suddenly shoot back outside where it first entered HAHAHAHA
In the original The Fast and The Furious, Dom and his team hijack trucks carrying TV/VCR combos, and were completely thwarted by a single truck driver with a gun. In F9, the Fast and Furious Saga, Dom’s team defeat an army and fly a rocket car to the international space station.
Vin Diesel is a strange type of celebrity but he does enjoy gaming.
He's also a huge nerd who loves D&D.
One of his tattoos are even the name of his first character.
Much like Phil Colins
@@vahlok1426 I know he had planned on.. I think it was either starring in or directing a movie based off the adventures of his D&D character.
@@KitsuneYojimbo I think Riddick is based on a DnD character of his but dont quote me on that.
@@EbonMaster Interesting. It wouldn't surprise me. Would be cool if that was the case.
This game had no business being revealed at last year's Game Awards, let alone be the final announcement...
Considering the game awards are a glorified advertisement for new games with meaningless awards given out to those who played nicest politically with the judges along with giving them crap tons of money no this game fits perfectly in the game awards as it's as broken and hollow as the awards
Hey, that's just business man
My same comment about The Last Of Us 2. Ghost of T should have won it. I laughed hard when Cyberpunk 2077 was a contender, like are you joking ? The way it ended up should have dropped it entirely. Game Awards is all about flash over substance
@@Deadsea_1993 Nah Last of Us 2 deserved, GOT was bland and forgettable as hell, 2077 is actually pretty good.
@@jadedheartszGOT is actually really cool most people really enjoyed it. LOU2 probably deserved GOTY though and I agree Cyberpunk is actually pretty good. Had they just made a 10-15hr linear fps rpg it could be one of the best games in the past years. The open world aspect ruined most people’s perception of the game even though the main story was great.
"All the realism of a Saturday Morning cartoon"... I mean, it's F&F, that's to be expected.
Yeah, the original 3 films were, because it was about Tuning and Imports.
And Vin produced one of those too for Fast and Furious...except it seems a lot more successful.
As someone that liked both the old and newer films, that line got a chuckle out of me.
@@ChaseMC215 IDK, 2 Fast 2 Furious had a number of silly moments too. Drawbridge jump and boat jump come to mind. Though they were more about car culture and racing then saving the world action movie type stuff. Still I like them all, though the first one is probably my least favorite, that first race just lasts so long and is so poorly done, like 90% CGI blur out the window.
@@scottthewaterwarrior That's part of the charm of the older Fast and Furious movies - They're about car culture first, goofy but plausible plots second. They were just dumb car movies with largely throwaway plots, contained to one or two locales. One of those things where bigger isn't always better, y'know?
That feeling when Need for Speed: Payback, which I consider to be the WORST entry in the franchise, is a better Fast & Furious game than an actual licenced F&F title.
I would also like to point out that Crossroad's current all-time peak player count according to Steamcharts is a grand total of........ *_21 players_*
Honestly, I had a lot of fun with Payback. Even with the dumb speed card system, I enjoyed the offroad racing and action set pieces.
I actually consider NFS 2015 to be the worst since it’s the most undrivable in the series… still better than this though.
that's true, it's like how Far Cry 6 was a better Just Cause game then that shitty mobile spin-off.
@@mattc2306me too. Despite NFS PAYBACK denoted as the WORST NFS GAME ever.
@@brawler5760agree. It is also the ONLY NFS GAME EVER that is always online remember.
9:22 Wait, so you’re telling me that they used a 2D sprite for that dude in the suit as opposed to a 3D model despite the game being released in 2020? 😲
It would be fine if it was supposed to be retro!
9:34
@@exterminator9676more like semi retro.
The glitches is more entertaining than the actual game.
2077
@@Ramsey276one also, 76 and, if you go back enough, 2006...
realizing the last of those is like the others makes me feel old somehow.
@@anonymousoff-brand7538 he meant the new cyberpunk game
Are
For 80GB??? No way dude!
The guy wiggling his gun in vain is the best.
He Is Like : *"Come On Now, I'm Waiting, Just Press The Fricking Pedal Already"*
10:25
this moment is even better because i SWAER i know that tune
@@dubstepbee6892
Spider-Man: Gwen Stacy in turtleneck sweater, trench coat, miniskirt, boots that covers her attractive legs, and a headband.
Prototype: Pedestrian Girl in lace bra, elbow sleeve button shirt, garter belt, stockings that covers her attractive legs, belt, pencil skirt, and a pair of high heels.
"2 Slow. 2 Oblivious."
That sums up Vin Diesel (and his characters) very nicely.
Unless it's The Chronicles Of Riddick, and The Pacifier, I love those films.
When they retire, they'll be The Slow & The Highly Medicated...
@@ChaseMC215i also miss those underrated movies from 2000s.
10:12 Lol, I just imagine the dude with the gun being like "Just... stop moving the car. Just hold it still. Stop! I cant line up a shot if you keep moving! Dude just lay of the gas! STOP COME ON DUDE!"
Apparently there was a big sale in star shirts in Barthelona.
Reminds me of Levi's to be honest, everywhere I went in 2018 , someone was wearing a damn Levi's shirt.
Sounds like Barfelona.
Star-celona.
... Star-thelona?
But only white men with black hair could buy them!
@@micah3608 Found on 2F2F DVD there was a strange lost game featuring orange Supra and a black Charger in Los Angeles and drag racing against a red RX-7.
FAMILY.
FAMILY
FAMILY.
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Merry Christmas
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When the Game Awards 2019 ended with this, I just said "Screw it, Vin Diesel confirmed for Smash."
Yep. Yohane Tsushima also is in smashm
Just a slight note about the electric jaguar emitting steam when damaged. Electric cars still have radiators and coolant, and can absolutely emit steam when damaged. I don't fault you for not knowing though
This game looks so bad though, almost unplayable
I bet that they didn't fact check that, though.
@@thearousedeunuch I wouldn't think it's easy to fact check. "Do electric cars steam when crashed" isn't exactly a productive Google search. These are video game guys, I don't expect them to know cars
@@evelynlandau942 They have money, they could've asked someone who knows.
@@evelynlandau942 Given that fucking Slightly Mad Studios helped develop this shitpile,they most likely already knew that about electric cars emitting steam.
Just Cause 2 called. They want their missile surfing back.
15:47: Sebastian jumping literally made me LOL.
i had no idea what game this was when i saw it at walmart.....
I forgot about this game until Angry Joe reviewed it
69 likes... noice
@@nickyblue4866 lol
@@thatunityking1324 F&F 2003 game trailer with black Dodge Charger and orange Toyota Supra driving in Los Angeles in the sunset???
Can't wait for "Bumper: Fly me to the moon"
To come out. That games gonna be sweet.
And so, gamers around the world learned their lesson and never got themselves overhyped for a game they knew next to nothing about just because they liked the company involved.
Until Cyberpunk 2077
You need to warn a guy when you pour that much sarcasm onto your words, I nearly slipped!
Really taught the Pokémon fans a lesson, amirite?
@@neoqwertywell this system from F&F Crossroads apparently as broken like Flatout 3. LOL.😂
Yeah right
14:24 - I have a suspicion that the bus is meant to do that, to throw you off while tailing. I have seen a few things like this, when in chasing/tailing missions before. I'm certain it is because of that, and not the horrible AI, but of course, can't tell with this game.
It's so bad looks like early concept footage of "epic accident during chase" but then they forgot to finish the scene lol
I'm glad someone else notice the Guile Sonic Boom tank aesthetic.
The driving mechanics remind me of F-Zero GX for the GameCube, you had to balance speed for grip and control, and each vehicle had different stats for grip, the lower the letter, the worse the grip, and using the left and right shoulder button also shifted you left and right
And just like GX was to Shigeru Miyamoto, this game was a massive disappointment lol
@@MrSkerpentine And even the UI in this game lacks the speedometer and the mini-map.
This is the most positive note that this series has ever ended on. Almost a glowing recommendation.
If only for the wrong reasons.
@@puppymaroon964agree.
This was probably a tie-in for the new F&F movie, that got delayed by a year because of the lockdown. Oh, that's unfortunate.
yup. It's all the virus's fault.
This had nothing to do with F9, must be based off the previous F&F film (not Hobbs and Shaw, despite the film being a comedic rollercoaster).
So they were basically handed an excuse to delay the game on a silver platter and spend that extra time to make a better game, but instead just shipped it out in a somewhat broken state and said eff it?
Do they share employees with CD Projekt Red?
@@craigjanssen371
It's unknown.
Nope, if that was true it would've been stated at VGA2019 when this was announced
Seeing Roman's tiny car dragging that thing around just made nostalgic for Micromachines.
@ 0:33, This "Bootleg Butt" low-budget music has me crying! I LOVE IT! This is my new themed ringtone song! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's crazy how good the Chronicles of Riddick games were and Fast n Furious gets uh... this
To be fair Fast and Furious did get a good game for Tokyo Drift. It's just basically Rip off of Tokyo Xtreme Racer, but still miles better then this even with the questionable driving physics of the Tokyo Drift game.
>its crazy how good the Chronicle of Riddick is
Ftfy
@@TheWyman55_ 🤓
"Have no fear! The Shunt buttons are here!"
That is... a very unfortunate word to use. Anyone else who's seen the 1989 movie 'Society' knows what I mean.
That's literally what it means lol not your weird esoteric meaning from a movie most people haven't heard of 🤣
@@philcooper9225 are you ten years old?
Oh god...
@@philcooper9225 uh...go watch the movie and be scarred like the rest of us
@@razielmauro9559 yikes
Saying that the game is “set in the same universe” as the movies makes the movies sound like it’s a sci-fi franchise.
And given how they portray physics in the film, it might be the best way to look at them.
24:30 that happens so you might be on to something.
If Star Wars is space opera, then Fast and Furios is... Car opera I guess?
Jesus christ that section where sebastian jumps onto the truck is the funniest thing ive seen in months
this game actually makes the ridiculous stunts in F9 less insane.
*sees Rocket car in F9 trailer* they've lost their minds..
*sees 1 scene in Crossroads* uhhh..
*sees Rocket car in space in F9* I'm sorry I ever doubted you
I wonder if the.harpoon gun on the car gave someone in law enforcement the idea for the grappler...
@@blackice9088 NFS Underground pink Eclipse with Vapor bodykit and aqua unique vinyl... iconic with the orange-gold Skyline with Mantis bodykit and unique griffin vinyl.
"All the realism of a Saturday morning cartoon"
Yeah, that's why I don't like F&F anymore. I miss the days of street races and tuner cars, not explosion filled Twisted Metal ripoffs.
Frankly, I would've liked if they went the way of Gone in 60 Seconds or Baby Driver, where it's an action crime flick but with a large emphasis on cars.
Yeah. What happened to the old "criminals boosting cars for illegal street races" plot? Now they have characters fighting each other with futuristic technology.
@@Xehanort10 Yeah. This is what led me to write my own stories about that sort of thing. While I doubt it would ever come to solid fruition (especially in this state the world is in), I can always dream.
For me the best one is Tokyo Drift
Pretty sure that's everyone's favorite.
So it seems like they got sick of the invisible walls too so they wanted to launch a satellite to get rid of them. Did I hear that right?
reminds me of several Flat Earthers who claim that "operation fishbowl" (an A-bomb test) was actually "The Government" trying to break through "The Firmament"!
@@ericb3157 Super Monkey Ball: Aiai's fallout scream > Monsters vs. Aliens: Ms. Ronson's scream
Paul Walker will be grossed out if he saw this game if he were still alive.
I'd think he would've been involved with it since he was such good friends with Vin. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad then.
@ very true
Oh deer, that makes me remind to a twitch commentary that I saw in a stream of the full story mode(similar to this one):
I hate to say it, but I´m glad that Paul Walker isn´t alive to see it
Paul Walker's rolling in his grave
Surprised they didn't put him in the game...
My goodness, y'all's videos are freaking hilarious. I've bingeing all y'all's videos now. Rogue Warrior was so hilarious.
Damn.. what a mess, thanks for reminding me why I don't play movie based games.
Riddick was indded a fun game did play that one for some time 😊
This was basically ride to hell with a license and sellouts behind it. Speaking of ride to hell, any plans to cover that game? It's definitely bad.
Rerez already covered it in the old flagship series "positives"
Wish granted
@@viscountrainbows6452 It's a great episode too, glad they did it.
I think it's a little harsh to compare this game to Ride to Hell.
I guess the ghosts are on vacation.
Luckily Batman was available.
JohnnyArcadeNintendo I miss the ghosts..
Yep
They're still cleaning up after that DDI episode...
@@Sparksterchan insides of money ghost everywhere after one big boom
"This game has all the realism of a saturday morning cartoon!"
Dude did you expect high realism from the FAST and the FURIOUS
They want Realism in that kind of Action.
9:26 For anyone that remembers the way classic Doom characters moved and didn't move in terms of their three dimensional plans, this is exactly what this is. If they're standing still, they will only move with the camera, just like this game somehow replicated with technology years after classic Doom.
Hell, I think DOOM had even more sprites than this shitstorm of a game!
@@exterminator9676 That's pretty big!
5:52 I'm pretty sure that's a reference to Need For Speed Heat, why? Because Slightly Mad Studios has a thing against EA after EA rejected their idea for Need For Speed Shift 3, since then they hate EA to the point where they got into the NFS Payback reveal stream and actually revealed this game before time and said "We are making a better Fast and Furious game that this knockoff they made" they also said that Project Car 3 was what they were planning for NFS Shift 3 (and watching how much the people hate PC3 maybe it was a good call from EA to reject it).
“yEaH.” - Michelle Rodriguez, 2019
19:16 LOL. Knowing you, you were waiting for a moment like this to be justified, buddy. LOL. Never change, Bats!
That shitty little joke kazoo song at the beginning?
It kinda slaps.
What was the name of it
@@partycity1113 I have no idea
Pretty sure they did it themselves
Loved it
@@Kimosabes2hot Nope
The funny part is, they didn't learn their lesson. They released a game just like this about 10 years ago. Its called WHEELMAN, starring vin diesel. And its just as awful, if not worse, than this. The only reason i played it, is because you get to drive a Pontiac G8. And even then, its just not worth it. These games need to go away forever, and ill never miss them.
I only played it bc the stealing one car while driving another mechanic was hilarious
So was bitch slapping people with my car
I actually like wheelman but i could never get past the mission where you had to wreck that newspaper stuff.
They delisted the game and the website only has this as the frontpage "This site is currently not available." :'D
This game would be bad as a ps2 shovelware game, let alone ps4 and xbone
seeing a just bad games upload just makes my day!! and i havint even watched it yet
I’m kind of curious as to how it went so badly. Considering it had to video game companies who actually can do some decent work. So how did this become such a glitchy train wreck?
Bandai probably didn't give them enough time to polish or delay the game and as a result, had to both rush and crunch to finish the game. I believe that's also the reason why Vin Diesel seemed surprised at the game trailer even though he was one of the producers on the project, he never expected the given release date and likely wasn't informed of it until that moment.
It's another shovelware cash grab rushed out the door and dumped onto stores.
i'm going to blame the publisher on this one, these devs are skilled, the only reason it's this bad is that the publisher rushed it.
@@Drain_Life_Archive which makes absolutely no sense to me since it was obviously meant to be released alongside the new fast and the furious movie but that got delayed.
So would’ve made more sense if the game was delayed too.
IDK, maybe it was rushed?
I introduced my friend Vincent to this series. We love it so much that we kinda adopted the invisible walls gag
I have played this game. The whole Rerez video is fair and on point.
Great review, this really had me laughing quite a bit. This game is hilarious, the boulders bouncing and rolling around make me laugh the most for some reason.
Thank god he finally uncovered it
Indeed
@@juzoinui4627 When I saw an advert of Downton Abbey back in 2013, I thought it was going to be a dark, drama series like Days of Our Lives.
In this day and age developers release games that aren't finished, sad.
We're all DooMed
As opposed to every other period which definitely weren't full of rush-job shovelware. Especially the '80s and early '90s, which definitely didn't have enough of it to kick off the career of one of the most famous gaming personalities on UA-cam. Nope.
i feel like it's happening more frequently now that most people have WiFi, and game studios are just like: "Eh. We'll add more later."
@@stevethepocket To be fair, I don't recall many AVGN-reviewed games from the 80s and 90s that were unfinished or incredibly buggy. A lot of them just inherently sucked due to bad and/or boring gameplay.
@@IsmailofeRegime Action 52: *have a seat*
Your videos make me laugh so much! Thanks.
Glad to hear all 6 of the fast and furious video game fans were there to celebrate: 0:06
Okay, that last scene was awesome (chasing down a space rocket in cars).
Moral of the story: Just let Insomniac make all of the licensed games from now on
Or - really - ANYONE besides these guys...
so... does that mean you think the Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom remake would've been better if handled by Insomniac instead of THQ Nordic?
@@douglasthequilava Well, that was just a remake, so it's a bit different.
@@douglasthequilava *from now on
@@douglasthequilava nick made THq Nordic rushed the game to tie it in with the new Spongebob movie. But then the pandemic happened and it got delayed. Nick still told them to continue regardless.
Breakin’ in the dance floor is a masterpiece
I love watching videos of broken AI/NPCs, always makes me laugh.
The concept it's fucking neat
The execution was as awful
I know right? I mean, I'm one of the weirdos that actually likes the action focused Fast & Furious movies (as well as the original trilogy), and it would've been pretty cool to play the greatest hits of the franchise, much like the Lego Star Wars games.
If there were more thought and effort into it, this would've been a pretty decent game.
@@mattc2306 a Lego Fast and the Furious game would be amazing
@@doodledangernoodle2517 It would be fun to experiment with crash physics in Lego form.
That intro reminds me of CrowBCat. We missed him so much.
I need a full version of that Kazoo/Recorder cover at the start of the video, it's magic
Can I just say who ever made this thumbnail art your a cultural genius combining two these two franchises and making it god awfully hilarious
26:25 LMAO. They're not even trying to hide it!
love that kazoo rendition in the opening.
As a Spaniard, hearing Barcelona like that made me kinda cringe.
English is weird. It's o, not oh. And the r is not smooth.
@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 🤦♂️
@@al112v4 It's hard to show in text form. I speak Spanish, and if I want to show something, English speakers will say something. I know it's not Barthelona.
@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Genki's F&F game driving a Brian's Supra in Los Angeles PS2 and Xbox November 2003-planned mission-based driving game that later cancelled but became Street Racing Syndicate's final build found on 2F2F DVD.
Is Batman part of the cast now? I'm down. XD
0:33 Ah yes, my favorite song.
"R E R E Z S T O C K M U S I C # 46"
15:23 Your planet needs you soldier!
We miss you :' )
I thought the thumbnail was a Sam and Max reference at first glance.
The intro to this video blew my f***ing mind.
I wish you guys could make new videos of "just bad" more often. Hilarious as always 😄
What about Just Bad Games: LoveLive School Idol Festival 2 Miracle Live?
The last Sebastian jumping on that semi is probably the most accurate representation of the fast and furious franchise....
Jump the shark. Nuke the fridge. Surf the rocket...
me: sees it is a half an hour . Me: _Aw s***, here we go again._
Latest entry, ladies and gentlemen. Revel in the quality.
15:50 oh man, I don't know why that was so funny; I'm crying 🤣
Thank you for making that time stamp. 😂 I needed to see that again!
@@starspeculation Imagine if you played an Original Xbox (or Xbox 360) port of Roblox from 2006/2007 (via Super Nostalgia Zone on Xbox One) on Xbox One via backwards compatible.
Money was spent Fast & now the money ghost is Furious
Games like this should serve as a reminder to anyone interested in gaming: video games are really, really hard to make.
The only good review of this game I saw just went on and on about the "representation" while conveniently ignoring the gameplay. Representation isn't inherently bad but it's not a selling point for the vast majority of people either; good characters and good games are.
Tell that to The Game Awards :P
@@MrSkerpentine oof, don't remind me. Lol
Agreed
Too bad the new characters weren't as cool or interesting as Dom, Brian, Letty, Roman, Han, Gisele, or even Tej.
Someone tell G4.
5:59 2 Slow 2 Obvious ha ha ha 😂🤣😂 !!
Loved seeing Batman again lol of course he’d steal that diamond lmao
Shunting was a mechanic in the Speed Racer Wii game so to see these realistic cars sharing a trait of not-so-real cars is funny
I love how the first Fast and Furious was so grounded and just about illegal street racing and now here we are with Vin Diesel surfing on top a giant rocket
At the time people thought the first F&F movie was ridiculous because none of the car related stuff they said and did made any sense.
The later movies are deliberately as ridiculous as possible and that's why the majority of people watch them, it is a comedy at this point.
* sees video in notifications *
*YES*