Crossfire X's Campaign is Really, Really Bad

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    0:00 Intro & Opening Remarks
    02:10 Campaign Overview
    03:43 The Campaign Part 1
    06:46 Ghetto Bullet Time & Controls
    09:35 The Writing & Cinematics
    12:31 The Campaign Part 2
    18:00 The Visuals
    19:26 Outro
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  • @_keerp
    @_keerp 2 роки тому +1745

    "Spiritual successor to Hunt Down The Freeman"
    It's the cutscenes, something about them just has that same energy, I felt it too

    • @mayonnaise3959
      @mayonnaise3959 2 роки тому +166

      “The cut scenes are the best part of the game because you aren’t playing the game”
      -Pyrocynical

    • @mayonnaise3959
      @mayonnaise3959 2 роки тому +41

      @@venia..4529 shut up bot

    • @xelldincht4251
      @xelldincht4251 2 роки тому +9

      Thats a big ooof

    • @yoghurtlord1745
      @yoghurtlord1745 2 роки тому +36

      The way they light the cutscenes is pretty much lighting up the faces and leaving everything else in the dark, that cutscene at the beginning looks just like the part where the HDTF guy meets the evil guy 🤣

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 2 роки тому +17

      Like It's cringy fanfiction thinking that it's the most mind blowing thing ever?! *IT'S EXACTLY THAT*

  • @Indigo_Gaming
    @Indigo_Gaming 2 роки тому +130

    It's like they were commissioned to make a Call of Duty pRon parody, but then three quarters through the production were told they need to actually add gameplay and make it "serious."

  • @Mach-2-Fishbed
    @Mach-2-Fishbed 2 роки тому +526

    This is the most 2010's looking shooter in regards to gameplay to the point it looks like the kind of generic FPS you see somebody play in TV or movies. I'm amazed somebody actually managed to pull such a thing off and I'm not sure if I'm impressed or pissed off about it.

    • @senorchurro6954
      @senorchurro6954 2 роки тому +7

      This is the state of gaming haha

    • @psychotropictraveler514
      @psychotropictraveler514 2 роки тому +4

      Righteous Slaughter 9 😂

    • @j.peters1222
      @j.peters1222 2 роки тому +8

      Maybe a little bit of both. Pissed that they felt this was worthy of a release and impressed at just how bad it really is.

    • @MitchMatrixx
      @MitchMatrixx 2 роки тому +6

      I think the biggest takeaway from the review is this: C’mon Bro

    • @connyslayer4661
      @connyslayer4661 2 роки тому +1

      @@MitchMatrixx thats exactly what i was thinking and saying, Like damn son.

  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon 2 роки тому +708

    This is one of the worst games I've ever played, not even in a "so bad it's good" way. There's just nothing redeemable about this game. Makes for good content so, thanks Microsoft?

  • @MrFlunkorg
    @MrFlunkorg 2 роки тому +1088

    I actually used to play a lot of crossfire back in the day and even I wasn't excited for this. The fact its console only is super perplexing. Especially since most people who game in china do so on PC/Pc cafes.

    • @im.weasel
      @im.weasel 2 роки тому +64

      Yeah it's what you would call "a massive fucking mistake"

    • @genosootaku8649
      @genosootaku8649 2 роки тому +35

      @@im.weasel i was actually surprise that they would make a AAA game out of Crossfire, but expected it to be a massive flop though

    • @vadariousb
      @vadariousb 2 роки тому

      I’m loving it it’s a pretty dope free game with some interesting ideas I can see it being way more fun with more modes and maps

    • @MentokTheMindTaker
      @MentokTheMindTaker 2 роки тому +17

      It's actually on PC in Asia but it's called CrossfireHD

    • @grenven
      @grenven 2 роки тому

      The first time i heard about this game is like those Counter Strike Online 2 it must be i got soo excited then i read it's console only and thats it im done it gonna be bad

  • @AvalancheReviews
    @AvalancheReviews 2 роки тому +874

    Man, this is disappointing. Remedy knows what the hell they're doing most of the time. What happened here?!?!

    • @GlivGluv
      @GlivGluv 2 роки тому +97

      Sam Lake not involved I assume.

    • @seaica3447
      @seaica3447 2 роки тому +281

      I think this was definitely just a pay check for them while they focus of Alan Wake 2, disappointing but I really can’t see Remedy dropping the ball this hard otherwise

    • @zXPeterz14
      @zXPeterz14 2 роки тому +157

      They got a big paycheque from china that can go towards whatever proper game they make next

    • @Tonzma
      @Tonzma 2 роки тому +61

      Remedy didn't make the game/engine Smilegate did Remedy only made some campaigns for it

    • @filipbabovic8474
      @filipbabovic8474 2 роки тому +23

      Microsoft is involved dont be suprised

  • @MedalOfKranz
    @MedalOfKranz 2 роки тому +304

    Little correction: the single-player engine is not UE4, but Remedys own northlight engine. Only the MP is based on UE4.

    • @grenven
      @grenven 2 роки тому +10

      It looked like Source 2 engine lol

    • @hienapple4664
      @hienapple4664 2 роки тому +9

      So that explains the campaign footage looks really 30 fps, while the multiplayer is butter smooth?

    • @MedalOfKranz
      @MedalOfKranz 2 роки тому +19

      @@hienapple4664 The SP has two modes at least on Xbox Series X: Quality and performance. On Quality it runs only with 30FPS but with Raytracing and in Performance it's running at 60FPS without Raytracing.
      I can't tell you which settings Series S or Xbox One are using.

    • @kasant6474
      @kasant6474 2 роки тому +1

      @@MedalOfKranz Series S is 60 FPS for sure, can confirm that.

    • @RichardMatey
      @RichardMatey 2 роки тому +4

      This review is so lazy they can't recognize when a separate executable launches or even read the credits. Yeah this campaign is low tier in the AAA shooter space but you can at least have a baseline understanding of what you are playing and then make interesting criticism. Just watch digital foundry, they have a larger knowledge base and accomplish the easy work of criticism as well.

  • @eldridgecharles1313
    @eldridgecharles1313 2 роки тому +923

    "Crossfire is the worst thing ever made by another human being"
    My mother after giving birth to me: Ah, a challenger!

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby 2 роки тому +27

      finally a challenger for me!

    • @monarchistheadcrab8819
      @monarchistheadcrab8819 2 роки тому +8

      Amateurs

    • @Herr4dler
      @Herr4dler 2 роки тому +3

      Low key deep comment bro.

    • @gl3nnium
      @gl3nnium 2 роки тому +13

      Harsh brother. I'm sure there are plenty of things that humans have created that are worse than Crossfire X. Diabolical things. Cov1d, The Spanish Inqusition, Hitler, Justin Bieber. All truly evil. No i'd put Crossfire X maybe just behind Anthrax (the poison not the band) on my scale of evil.

    • @AHappyCub
      @AHappyCub 2 роки тому +5

      Goddamn chief, that self burn is rough

  • @muckymucks
    @muckymucks 2 роки тому +475

    You know a game is bad when both Gman and IGN are in agreement. IGN, where most everything gets at least a 7 out of 10.

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby 2 роки тому +34

      my god i thought ign giving bad games bad reviews was a myth.

    • @RaptorPegasus
      @RaptorPegasus 2 роки тому +51

      One of IGN's only good opinions considering they gave 2042 a 7

    • @alexeyeliseev6322
      @alexeyeliseev6322 2 роки тому +39

      @@RaptorPegasus what? They gave bf 2042 a 7/10?
      What a joke

    • @pzogel
      @pzogel 2 роки тому +22

      "It blows" 10/10 IGN

    • @dirpyturtle69
      @dirpyturtle69 2 роки тому +18

      @@RaptorPegasus it is a 7 IMO. It’s bland and unoriginal but it’s good enough that players still log in everyday to play. Game has a lot of issues sure, but let’s not pretend like every game we don’t like is a 1.

  • @RevolverRez
    @RevolverRez 2 роки тому +69

    "Gamers are getting smarter"
    Mate, people eat up CoD, Madden and FIFA every year.

    • @insensitive919
      @insensitive919 2 роки тому +7

      Their markets are shrinking or becoming over-saturated to the point that some big titles flop in spectacular fashion. Maybe gamers aren't getting smarter(every day we get thousands of new dumb kids entering the market), but the smart ones are moving on to better things and it is having an effect.

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon 2 роки тому +18

      I wouldn't put CoD at the same level as Madden. Madden is way worse than you think.

    • @OrionDawn15
      @OrionDawn15 2 роки тому +8

      At least CoD is playable and can be enjoyable...

    • @battlion507
      @battlion507 2 роки тому +2

      Lowest Common Denominator.
      Gotta sell this to people who don't really play most games.

    • @indestructible247
      @indestructible247 Рік тому

      and then lose their shit when the devs behind those annual franchises tell them that there isn't going to be another annual release for a year

  • @Lagbeard
    @Lagbeard 2 роки тому +91

    Trying to do Bullet Time with hitscan is kinda stupid. The biggest reason why Max Payne's bullet time worked as well as it did is because every bullet is actually a projectile with travel time. With Hitscan guns, it's just slow-mo for possibly easier aiming.

  • @fryingpancakes8445
    @fryingpancakes8445 2 роки тому +100

    The theme of the whole Crossfire franchise is shamelessness. It only got popular in China because it was ran by the internet tycoon that is Tencent. Tencent had pretty much the entire Chinese internet user base by ripping off a message chatting software and it became the messenger everybody used. And Tencent was able to push this soulless Korean Counter-Strike rip-off to all its users down to the 5 years olds in a time where nobody knew what Steam is and internet cafes are running pirated versions of CS1.6.
    In the original CrossFire, there was rampant micro-transaction, cosmetics and pay-to-win elements. The meta weapon back then was a silenced M4A1 with camo that somehow had more ammo, more damage (capable of 1 shot headshot unlike the F2P version) and faster fire rate and low recoil. The game was a tool of scamming teenagers out of their pocket money and it was way before any of the western games companies like EA has caught on the trend. Talking about innovation amiright?
    In the end of the day, this series just personifies everything that is rotten with online gaming in Southeast Asia countries and it's utterly not ashamed of it. Tencent proudly proclaimed CrossFire was the FPS game that had the biggest player base in the world and sometimes put patriotic spins on how well the game is doing, anything to just earn more money. CrossfireX is just a continuation of that line of thinking. It's just a spectacle they think they needed to keep their braindead player base playing. "Hey look, we can also make games with good graphics. Isn't this what you all wanted? Now give us more moeny."

    • @TheGhoulKhz
      @TheGhoulKhz 2 роки тому +15

      i mean, until 2012-2013 even with the p2w bullshit, the game was still fun to play, in brazil the game became so popular that it even surpassed counterstrike for a while, yeah the whole VIPs and Black Market lootboxes were really bullshit, but even with free weapons+those timed weapons from a free shop it was enjoyable at least, now the game is bloated to shit, they managed to fuck up the p2w to the point that they needed to give free "VIPs" to try to balance the game a little bit and even then the game runs like shit even on newer computers

    • @fryingpancakes8445
      @fryingpancakes8445 2 роки тому +4

      @@TheGhoulKhz Damn, had no idea it got popular in Brazil also. Cool to know

    • @benni1015
      @benni1015 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheGhoulKhz It doesn't really make sense to me to play this over CS 1.6 or CSS. CSS prob costs as much as 1 microtransaction in crossfire. If you are from mainland China, well then you got no other choice i guess, but besides that, i would never pay for that rip off.

    • @pikkyuukyuun4741
      @pikkyuukyuun4741 2 роки тому +2

      I remember alot of games here were insanely p2w like Blackshot by Garena and now with the rise of mobile games here, everything now has microtransaction. Its insane how this behaviour is normalised

  • @blondesummer7980
    @blondesummer7980 2 роки тому +163

    For Remedy, this felt like the equivalent of big name actors doing a role for a film just to collect their paycheck. They do the bare minimum of developing a game and called it a day.

    • @Damar158
      @Damar158 2 роки тому +23

      Like Bruce Willis appearing for 5 minutes in a movie that doesn't really have the budget for him so he just stands in one location and pretend he's involved and then the movie puts him on the cover and star-billing.

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 2 роки тому +15

      They probably had the interns work on this while the senior devs focus on Alan Wake 2

    • @nunyabusiness9056
      @nunyabusiness9056 2 роки тому +8

      Did MS pay them to make this and keep it exclusive? Like i'm playing Control right now for the first time and it's super interesting and so imaginative. I hope this isn't a sign remedy is going broke or something.
      If this is what you're saying and they're just like "More money for our coffers and a bit more security for our employees" then i'm fine with it.
      I could see this as a pathetic attempt by MS to pay a studio to make a game that will beg asia to care about them.

  • @AussieBleuu
    @AussieBleuu 2 роки тому +63

    Apparently the multiplayer aspect of this game was developed by a company named Smilegate, meanwhile Remedy focused on developing the campaign. It's been said that the multiplayer runs on a completely different engine, and has been on PC for years. Remedy, on the other hand, developed the Campaign portion from the Northlight engine.
    Source: The Verge "Control developer Remedy explores military shooters with CrossfireX on Xbox One"

    • @firemaker1258
      @firemaker1258 2 роки тому +1

      The multiplayer is on UE4.

    • @jaretnegron6809
      @jaretnegron6809 2 роки тому

      Wait, smilegate? Aren't those the same guys that made Lost Ark? Or am I fuckin bugging rn bro 🤣

  • @dansable4169
    @dansable4169 2 роки тому +64

    Defining the new genre of “Straight to Game Pass”

    • @WH250398
      @WH250398 2 роки тому +16

      The new straight to dvd lmao

    • @abzhuofficial
      @abzhuofficial 2 роки тому +3

      @@WH250398 exactly LMFAO

    • @Mizra-dq3lj
      @Mizra-dq3lj 2 роки тому +1

      please pin this comment, Game Pass is cool and whatnot but it´s got a lot of filler and janky games like this

  • @SayakMajumder
    @SayakMajumder 2 роки тому +31

    18:03
    The campaign uses Remedy's Northlight engine.
    The multiplayer uses Unreal engine.

  • @TeiTenga
    @TeiTenga 2 роки тому +35

    One point of content:
    - The campaign isn't on UE4, its Remedy's Northlight Engine. Which is about the only thing it has going for it, because visually it looks pretty good. Multiplayer uses UE4. You can tell its Northlight too due to the rendered faces.
    Good review as usual. So its a poor mans CoD on a hi-def engine.

  • @SteelyDanzig
    @SteelyDanzig 2 роки тому +54

    If nothing else I appreciate the idea of having episodes where you play on different sides of a war with each side being portrayed as good or evil depending on your character. There's a lot of good character work and dramatic storytelling to be found from something like that.
    Just, y'know, something else.

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 2 роки тому +3

      Ikr? That could be made into an interesting narrative. Maybe even replay the same missions but from the other guys' perspectives

    • @aprofondir
      @aprofondir Рік тому +3

      Half Life did it 22 years ago

  • @Hords
    @Hords 2 роки тому +60

    The actual Crossfire game is a lot of fun. Played the 1.6 clone a lot when i was younger as i could not afford to buy games at the time.
    This just looks like one of those games you see kids play in TV shows or movies in the background.

  • @dude27lebowski
    @dude27lebowski 2 роки тому +158

    You know, the fact that the campaign was developed by Remedy of all of people was just really heartbreaking.
    The studio that developed Max Payne has now made us feel maximum pain with this generic first person Xbox exclusive, what a shame.

    • @psychotropictraveler514
      @psychotropictraveler514 2 роки тому +17

      Pain to the max!

    • @LJK301
      @LJK301 2 роки тому +39

      Honestly feels more like a paycheck from Smilegate (Crossfire's original developer) or from some South Korean investor. "Here's 50 million. Do what you can and keep the rest."

    • @olgakuznetsova6234
      @olgakuznetsova6234 2 роки тому +2

      Xbox created his own HAZE.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +6

      All it is is a Paycheck for Remedy so they can work on Alan Wake 2. They were contracted to make a generic action game for an Chinese (or korean or whatever) company. I guess they are a bit low on cash. It's not like they spent a lot of time designing and making the game, hell they never even promoted it as their own or talked about it, any new interviews with them are only about Alan Wake 2.

    • @Tony_Cardoza
      @Tony_Cardoza 2 роки тому +3

      I never could get into Max Payne. I tried, but it just did not sit well with me.

  • @cikame
    @cikame 2 роки тому +22

    The idea of a new Crossfire actually had me interested, not that i played the original, but i was aware it had basic dated graphics so people could play it on their toasters, that it kinda copied CS gunplay and had a loose free to play mentality that was silly with its cosmetics and... that sounds kind of appealing in a market dominated by COD and BF.
    A for fun anything goes team deathmatch/capture the flag whatever with people wearing chicken suits and bikinis, that seems like the appeal of Crossfire, not... Modern Duty of Battle War.

  • @M0rshu64
    @M0rshu64 2 роки тому +10

    I love how you had oblivion music playing during that opening minute of "dialogue. "

    • @Skul1ManEXE
      @Skul1ManEXE 2 роки тому

      hi, doggy
      wait, that's not the game

  • @genuinejustin6269
    @genuinejustin6269 2 роки тому +20

    Omg when that dude yelled, "STOOPPP" at 1:40 that shit was the equivalent of your younger sibling screaming when you take their toys away. I can't believe they kept that in the game LOL 😆

  • @trblemayker5157
    @trblemayker5157 2 роки тому +67

    I'm kind of sick and tired of modern military shooter campaigns like these. I miss the days of Soldier of Fortune, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and No One Lives Forever where you picked your gear and gunned down everything(or sneak by) with no iron sights or regenerating health. Also CX's campaign uses the Northlight engine which was used in Control/Quantum Break, the multiplayer part is powered by UE4.

    • @cousinzeke4888
      @cousinzeke4888 2 роки тому +9

      I recently went back in time and replayed Mercenaries 2. Dropping Chinese made fuel air bombs into a Venezuelan ghetto to protect an oil corporations assets from Jamaican pirates is one hell of an experience.

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon 2 роки тому +6

      The first part of this comment feels straight out of 2012 lol

    • @RoboZombie777
      @RoboZombie777 2 роки тому +1

      You know there hasn't actually been a 3 hour long linear scripted modern military shooter in a while outside of COD because people got sick of these things being almost always universally bad.
      So if anything CFX is a throwback to those 2010-2012 shooter campaigns there were never all that good in the first place

    • @trblemayker5157
      @trblemayker5157 2 роки тому

      @Mark Gaming You can add FEAR as well

    • @Max_Payn3
      @Max_Payn3 2 роки тому

      Man Soldier of Fortune is a game nobody still talks about. I remember watching my cousin play the multiplayer and being shocked by how violent it was . I guess this would have been early 2000s

  • @J0rdan912
    @J0rdan912 2 роки тому +14

    Well, well. Generic military shooters, released exclusively on Xbox, based on F2P + P2W online shooter. What could possibly go wrong?

  • @Dominic201087
    @Dominic201087 2 роки тому +34

    @GmanLives, I'd move to Australia for an autograph if it wasn't for all the spiders. Your vids make my day dude.

    • @J0man1
      @J0man1 2 роки тому +1

      Don't forget the snakes & sharks too. Plus drop bears.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +1

      Ehh, there's poisonous spiders everywhere. Take it from me that Recluse Spiders which are all over the US ain't nothing to F*ck with. Blood poisoning and a volcano of puss are not fun.

    • @Garthorium
      @Garthorium 2 роки тому

      Tell ya what. I'll take snakes, spiders and drop bears over grizzlies, wolves, mountain lions and rabies any fucken day.

  • @aliabdelhameed1584
    @aliabdelhameed1584 2 роки тому +14

    Came here expecting Gman to deliver his line: It doesn't make any SENSE! And I wasn't disappointed

  • @mohamednail1707
    @mohamednail1707 2 роки тому +23

    This feels like an early 2010s ps3 cod clone, how the hell remedy was involved in this ?

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +5

      It was just a Paycheck for them so they can work on Alan Wake 2. They never promoted it or even talked about it like It's one of their games. That's what it is too, a generic shooter. You have to think the money they got for doing this will go into making Alan Wake 2.

    • @mohamednail1707
      @mohamednail1707 2 роки тому +1

      @@Gatorade69 that makes alot of sense, thanks for the explanation

  • @HansAlRachid
    @HansAlRachid 2 роки тому +22

    Isn't Crossfire the series with the single largest active playerbase ever or something? I always thought that was fascinating from a western perspective.

    • @csabaweisz8791
      @csabaweisz8791 2 роки тому +9

      It is, it even beats the likes of Minecraft and Candy Crush with over 1 billion accounts. Perfectly shows the size of the untapped gaming markets in Asia

    • @Iwishiwasankryptonian
      @Iwishiwasankryptonian 2 роки тому

      I could've have swore in the video he was talking about that at some point.

    • @MoeFokah
      @MoeFokah 2 роки тому

      I thought that was MAG. Some generic console fps...

    • @HansAlRachid
      @HansAlRachid 2 роки тому

      @@MoeFokah Just read up on that, had never heard of it before - that game apparently holds the record for the highest amount of players per session in a console FPS at 256.

    • @HansAlRachid
      @HansAlRachid 2 роки тому

      @@csabaweisz8791 That's so damn crazy to think - I almost want to play it just to understand what it is about it that makes it so appealing to people in those regions.
      It's objectively an important game and it's so weird to not know anything about it at all.

  • @Calvin_Coolage
    @Calvin_Coolage 2 роки тому +5

    I love how that one sniper rifle still has underscores in it's hud name like the just copypasted the filename from the weapon model folder.

  • @Duskets
    @Duskets 2 роки тому +41

    Alan Wake is one of my favorite games ever. So to hear Remedy was co-developing this is putting me through the Five Stages of Grief.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +20

      It's just a Paycheck for them so they can work on Alan Wake 2. It's why they have never really promoted or put their name on this game.

    • @luminosity01
      @luminosity01 2 роки тому

      @@Gatorade69 Even then, if they do it for paycheck you atleast put some effort into it, its hilarious how you guys keep defending remedy.
      Last i heard the arkane studios helped some level in bioshock 2 for the same reasons yet lots of people hated bioshock 2, oh the irony

    • @cantsuggestareasonablename9101
      @cantsuggestareasonablename9101 5 місяців тому

      @@luminosity01It’s very unusual for remedy standards also if you have a brain people are defending remedy since they are not known for making terrible games and quantum break which isn’t bad a game but a good game is no we’re near as bad as this game.

  • @TeddyOnTheSpot
    @TeddyOnTheSpot 2 роки тому +55

    Honestly, with Remedy having developed some of the best games I've ever played, Alan Wake being one of my favorite games of all time, this disappointment I feel right now is immeasurable. I'm sitting here refusing to believe they could be responsible for this thing, and if it comes to light that they got the reigns taken away from them, it honestly wouldn't surprise me. Don't worry, Gman, because you have convinced at least one person not to play it, and that person is me.

    • @himme5156
      @himme5156 2 роки тому

      Remedy have been gravitating towards story and narratation - particualrly in Alan wake - for a long time... And Gman does mention how the game is very nice looking. Remedy are not in it for game play, but an 'expereince'.

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 2 роки тому +2

      Is your day ruined too?

    • @TeddyOnTheSpot
      @TeddyOnTheSpot 2 роки тому +3

      @@alexsilva28 I was hoping someone would finish that, and yes, yes it is.

    • @changsiah2
      @changsiah2 Рік тому

      I need to be fair it's kind of like mercenary look like demon forge (in exiles game that Bethesda had commissioned and this is way before both own at Microsoft)
      Anyways Allen wake you will fix up your problems to be honest hey at least they're not going to the dark side or something

  • @md.masumomarjashim
    @md.masumomarjashim 2 роки тому +13

    Thank you for someone finally admitting that a market like China will always be a success (marginally, hugely, etc.) just because of the sheer size of their population.

  • @stenfilg
    @stenfilg 2 роки тому +71

    You've successfully convinced me not to spend any money or time on this series of games! 😄

    • @DaraGaming42
      @DaraGaming42 2 роки тому +2

      hes convinced me to get it tbh

  • @jay-zdenton6094
    @jay-zdenton6094 2 роки тому +9

    This game is so early 2010s, it's unbelievable.

    • @Ralphunreal
      @Ralphunreal 2 роки тому

      early 2010 games are better though.

  • @YOBAMUSTDIE
    @YOBAMUSTDIE 2 роки тому +33

    There is a mistake - single player uses remedy own Northlight engine from their recent games, not UE4.

  • @VonDrinkoften
    @VonDrinkoften 2 роки тому +14

    Job done, and done well mate 👍
    Great and entertaining review, but given that it's not released on PC, I'd have passed on it anyway though.

  • @solidskullz5736
    @solidskullz5736 2 роки тому +34

    God I completely forgot this game existed it looks so generic

    • @ataridc
      @ataridc 2 роки тому +6

      I'm just confused how remedy could make something so bad

    • @darthcinema4262
      @darthcinema4262 2 роки тому

      It's worse than that

  • @BitestheStuff
    @BitestheStuff 2 роки тому +8

    Whenever I hear Crossfire, that old board game comes to mind. Where kids play s post-apocalyptice game where the winner stays, and the loser gets sent to Balan Wonderland.

  • @gd5557
    @gd5557 2 роки тому +22

    In regards to getting your *** kicked without using bullet time in f.e.a.r., it's actually a relatively fun / challenging run even on the highest difficulty. Haven't tried it on the expansions though, so I imagine the difficulty is a lot higher.

  • @jordansloan8127
    @jordansloan8127 2 роки тому +8

    I feel like it has to just be a contract deal or something, I just can't imagine the company who brought us Max Payne and Alan Wake could make something so soulless. Seems like they were just after a paycheck

    • @changsiah2
      @changsiah2 Рік тому +1

      I mean they need the money for Alan wake 2
      Also hater

  • @TheMC1102
    @TheMC1102 2 роки тому +8

    Few years back, I played Crossfire on my shitty old PC. It bums me out that the sequel turned out the way it did.

  • @birdman4birdlegs
    @birdman4birdlegs 2 роки тому +1

    Not just related to just this video Gman, but the amount of Simpsons references you include in your videos makes me super happy. Thank you

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner 2 роки тому +36

    Control is after Quantum Break and was a huge hit. They haven't been "reduced" to anything, this is side project. Still not great that it turned out crap but i doubt they had their top people on it who are busy with Alan Wake 2.

    • @Visuwyg
      @Visuwyg 2 роки тому +8

      I think they had to take this work for hire when Quantum Break underperformed. Control was a comparatively low budget project that unexpectedly performed better than expected critically and commercially. I hoped Crossfire X would be more interesting, but Remedy really just fulfilled a set of contractual demands here it seems, and that's okay. Kept the lights on during a tough time.

  • @connorbutters8479
    @connorbutters8479 2 роки тому +19

    Remedy gave us one last hurrah from the late 00s/early 10s military shooter trend and they have emulated it perfectly apart from lacking a piss filter to make everything look "realistic" and "gritty"
    hopefully they'll patch it in.

    • @systemmonitor5295
      @systemmonitor5295 2 роки тому +3

      That's what slow motion is for. Literal piss filter.

    • @yerite2521
      @yerite2521 2 роки тому

      @@systemmonitor5295 mmm piss

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon 2 роки тому

      I like that filter :(

  • @ridiculous4090
    @ridiculous4090 2 роки тому +4

    Gloves = bare hands, I guess.
    It's quite possible his gloves would've shredded, but he clearly didn't zip with bare hands, as stated.

  • @garibaldibritann1240
    @garibaldibritann1240 2 роки тому +4

    0:56 not only China, and South Korea Crossfire is also popular in most Southeast Asia Particulary in my country Indonesia which published by our local video game publisher, Lyto. The game franchise also favoured by many Indonesian gamers especially PC players on Internet Cafe (which in my language as "Warnet/Warung Internet") besides Point Blank (another CS clone), Counter Strike and Ragnarok Online RPG that you can enjoy with your own instant noodles. Like Point Blank the game also had a paywall but instead of in-game currency it used a real money. The suckiest part of this monetisation is that you can buy the same weapon but with different skin alongside good weapon status which falls to pay-to-win game. Also the story of the game itself is clearly non-existent as the game just only "Counter-Terrorist vs Terrorist" trope as it's story basis which is the reason why this game's story is a jumbled mess due to the said franchised itself doesn't have any coherent story whatsoever.
    After looking up Microsoft decided to take the IP with Smilegate and marketed it to the western market that have little known to the said franchise and it's nature and decided to take Remedy to develop campaign under the IP's restrictions, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! As told by my university teacher about game markets lecture "we must know your audiences in order to make your game have a purpose to be played with" and he said in detail about the game markets and audiences based on region besides gender and age which makes me buggled out as why this game which the franchised known for it's pay-to-win mechanic and it's chosen platform and audiences and Microsoft marketed it as "console exclusive" and not marketed it towards Asian audiences to begin with? (as Asians we know that we tolerate microtransactions and games-as-a-service method but not mostly)

  • @UponDemise666
    @UponDemise666 2 роки тому +1

    Gman, you ever play or check out 1C’s “Forgive Me Father”? It’a retro-inspired horror/action Lovecraftian adventure told in “comic-book” style art/concept. It’s in early-access in Steam right now & it’s *FANTASTIC*

  • @ryanhoskin9730
    @ryanhoskin9730 2 роки тому +7

    11:23-11:27 just really tickled me how bad that looks.
    That "Duh?!" look on his face...Couldn't stop laughing...

  • @TheT3rr0rMask
    @TheT3rr0rMask 2 роки тому +7

    Glad we have a new awful game to meme on. Annoyed at those saying "Hopefully Remedy can redeem themselves after this."... Like, do you people seriously think one bad game, one that was clearly only done for the check, is reflective of a studio whose always made quality.... they made Max Payne, Alan Wake and Control ffs

  • @Zish-zs6zw
    @Zish-zs6zw 2 роки тому +1

    Any chance of reviewing the Annihilation Line DLC for Terminator Resistance? I'm replaying the main game and would like to hear your thoughts on it.

  • @UponDemise666
    @UponDemise666 2 роки тому +4

    It *IS* painful that Remedy Entertainment was the developer of the campaign... I think the Northlight Engine *IS* beautiful in general (it even looks alright in Crossfire X), I just didn’t expect to hear their name mixed up in this here....

  • @Duspende
    @Duspende 2 роки тому +3

    Holy shit. A shame that guy isn't actually Elias Toufexis because there is no way he is being cast for any role Elias didn't already get.

  • @mauriciomagalhaes181
    @mauriciomagalhaes181 2 роки тому +25

    IGN gave it a 3/10 , holy cow.

  • @kingofstove
    @kingofstove 2 роки тому +6

    My feeling is that Remedy has to follow a set of guidelines by the owner of Crossfire (Smilegate), thus needing to have a certain element and story, this would explain the weird narrative and unusual quality.
    I also played the OG Crossfire, and it contains a lot of nonsensical stories and all, not to mention a shitton of pay-to-win content.

    • @Journey_Awaits
      @Journey_Awaits 2 роки тому +1

      “Ok it sounds strange but the story needs to be really shit”

  • @TheMC1102
    @TheMC1102 2 роки тому +28

    Tell me a game sucks without telling me it sucks..
    "It's a spiritual successor to Hund Down the Freeman."

  • @m.artotzka3404
    @m.artotzka3404 2 роки тому +7

    I feel like this game is basically an "improved" version of Hunt Down the Freeman but it's still just plain bad

  • @nirvanalama8493
    @nirvanalama8493 2 роки тому +3

    I swear 11:53 parts like these are one of the reasons why I'm always looking forward to your videos.

  • @HQ_Default
    @HQ_Default 2 роки тому +3

    I weirdly kind of like the art style... I think? It's this bizarre pseudo-realistic look that somehow appears simultaneously true to life _and_ cartoonish. It's like it takes the real world and then just smooths over everything with a clean rag. I hope more games follow this "obsessive use of disinfecting wipes" aesthetic.

  • @thenightmomstalker
    @thenightmomstalker 2 роки тому +3

    the dude yelling stop at 1:38 sounds like the i could have droped my croissant meme XD

    • @BruceOfCaliban
      @BruceOfCaliban 2 роки тому

      Lol if the player had any respect for their player character up to that point, it's gone after that

    • @thenightmomstalker
      @thenightmomstalker 2 роки тому

      @@BruceOfCaliban so true XD

  • @steel5897
    @steel5897 2 роки тому +8

    It looks and feels like an early 2010s FPS campaign.

  • @MrKanjidude
    @MrKanjidude 2 роки тому +4

    Wow, that's heartbreaking. From the footage it looks visually great, at least partly. It's clear that a lot of skill has gone into making some of the assets and models in the game, and some of the line work sounds good - but then other parts look completely half-assed.

  • @them7971
    @them7971 2 роки тому +1

    10:06 wow, you really weren't joking - for the first few lines I thought it was text-to-speech edited in for the lulz

  • @UnluckyIrish671
    @UnluckyIrish671 2 роки тому

    Love the work Gman! Have you ever considered reviewing any of the Doom Total Conversion mods out there?

  • @smallsherpa2222
    @smallsherpa2222 2 роки тому +6

    Love your work gman, this is hands down one of the best channels on UA-cam. Keep it up man 👏
    As for crossfire x.. Just reminds me of an Xbox 360 game 🤦‍♂️

  • @michaelmacorso4479
    @michaelmacorso4479 2 роки тому +8

    Thanks for keeping it real GMan. Even if this game sucks I still love your review. Keep up the quality work

  • @robkinney1974
    @robkinney1974 2 роки тому

    Hey Gman, completely unrelated but, I know you too are a man of culture! To this end, I wanted to let you know that according to Steam, Scorn has an Oct 22 release window. Just a fyi. Looks like some game play trailers too on the Steam page.

  • @bombomos
    @bombomos 2 роки тому +2

    Omfg that music XD
    @1:38 "Stop. STAAAAAAWwweewPPP!"
    I'm fucking dying. I don't need to watch anymore. I fully understand now

  • @DCGMatthew1
    @DCGMatthew1 2 роки тому +5

    Yes, that's true. Which is sad considering it's Remedy that made it. Like... How? I need to know how this campaign came to be, it just doesn't feel like something they'd make.

    • @monkeybluez8137
      @monkeybluez8137 2 роки тому

      Campaign was good for me... I know I'm in minority...

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +4

      They have never talked about this game like It's theirs or promoted it. It was a Paycheck from a big Asian company that they could put towards work on Alan Wake 2. They were contracted to make a generic FPS and that's what they did. It's the gaming media who gobbled up the "made by Remedy" and spread the headline, which they are not wrong.

  • @Easyflux
    @Easyflux 2 роки тому +4

    I don't think I've ever seen a game look both good and bad, at the same time, on this level before.. The voice over and the facial expressions are hilarious xD

  • @HazzerJ
    @HazzerJ 2 роки тому

    Love your videos bro, just LOVE ‘em, especially when you hark back to those golden age 90s/00s shooters, I love me a bite sized nostalgia fest. Fun fact though - those Gatling guns they had hanging out the side of the helicopter? They’re not “chain guns”. Fun fact: chain guns have one barrel. Wiki it if you are interested, tons online about it. Anyway keep ‘em coming, be a sad day for my watch history when you pack it in!

  • @clover4522
    @clover4522 Рік тому +2

    Came back after hearing news of this game being shut down, not only just the multiplayer but you can't even play the campaign, absolute bullshit. I feel robbed

  • @philipcheng1618
    @philipcheng1618 2 роки тому +21

    Feels like a “made for Asia” type of game. Hence all the odd choices and gameplay. The gaming scene over there is like a parallel universe and quite unscrupulous.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +4

      That's cause it is.

    • @Legion849
      @Legion849 2 роки тому +5

      Because it is made for braindead idiots. This game is available in China so of course it's going be garbage and pay to win

    • @zusty9589
      @zusty9589 2 роки тому

      @@Legion849 Lol this just sounds like you're Indian and hate the Chinese

  • @MYNAMEISFROWNER
    @MYNAMEISFROWNER 2 роки тому +8

    I like how on a full reload, your character turns the rifle over to look at the bolt - this is something you do to visually identify if a rifle is empty, but it only makes sense when it's a weapon that locks open when it runs dry like an AR-15 or most pistols. The AK doesn't lock open, so that bolt is in the same position as it would be if it were loaded or not, so he's just looking at it for no fucking reason lol.

    • @silverhand9965
      @silverhand9965 2 роки тому +5

      "lol bolt is still here, good"

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage 2 роки тому +2

      Maybe it was one of the AK variants with a bolt hold open and he wanted to make sure it was fully closed before firing? Oh who am I kidding they just can't into guns.

    • @MYNAMEISFROWNER
      @MYNAMEISFROWNER 2 роки тому

      @@Calvin_Coolage
      You mean he could have been checking if it's out of battery? Sure, but that wouldn't indicate that he's dry.

    • @TrinSpin
      @TrinSpin 8 місяців тому

      Sorry for the necro, but I could've sworn the vast majority of AK mags after the stamped steel mags had bolt hold-opens? I'm certain at least the Yugo-produced mags had them

  • @leinadreign3510
    @leinadreign3510 2 роки тому

    11:58 is this the "Roccat" symbol on the building? Looks similar ^^

  • @Imakeplaylists-in1pw
    @Imakeplaylists-in1pw Рік тому

    Here in the Philippines this was my favorite Online Multiplayer game. Good times playing with friends in a computer shop.

  • @HaltandCatchHands
    @HaltandCatchHands 2 роки тому +8

    This was almost certainly Remedy on auto-pilot for a paycheck. This really is one of the games of all time. It doesn't help that Game Pass subscribers couldn't play for 3-4 days after the launch because of "pricing issues". The game still showed as needing to be paid for despite being included with Game Pass at launch.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah all these comments saying they have lost faith in Remedy are funny. Remedy never promoted this game or really even talked about it. It's clear it was just a Paycheck so they can work on Alan Wake.

  • @Valkian24
    @Valkian24 2 роки тому +4

    Seeing that you had Tetris Effect Connected in the install queue makes me say, most people would be better off playing that than playing this trainwreck of a game.
    I'm sad that Remedy worked on the Campaign for this as I was keen for it at first because of them but after playing the MP mode for a bit, I knew it wasn't worth it and seeing how the campaign turned out...This is really a paycheck game for them.

  • @arm866
    @arm866 2 роки тому

    What's the game at 19:18? I see Gman references it all the time lately, but I can't figure out what game its actually from.

  • @beefjerky7154
    @beefjerky7154 2 роки тому

    i have seen that goteem meme so many times over the years and used it many times myself, and only now have i realized he is holding the phone backwards

  • @FrauleinMuller999
    @FrauleinMuller999 2 роки тому +6

    That was THE game for 3rd world countries.
    Consoles were expensive, gaming pcs were expensive. This was super cheap on a lanhouse.
    It was practically Counter-Strike, but better, because of the constant new content being added
    Also: Free multiplayer shooter on xbox!! 👏👏👏
    Because the evil bastards @ Console Gaming want you to pAy 2 pLaY OnLiNe.

  • @PlayRoomOfGames
    @PlayRoomOfGames 2 роки тому +3

    Basically Medal of Honor 2010, remade in 2022. Except the multiplayer for MoH 2010 was actually good

  • @Evanz111
    @Evanz111 2 роки тому +1

    Cyberpunk 2077 has very similar gunplay and graphics to this, except it’s actually a fun game with depth on top of it. Never thought I’d be using that game as a better comparison for another game.

  • @osdkjfnf7527
    @osdkjfnf7527 2 роки тому +1

    1:36 "Spiritual Successor to Hunt Down the Freeman"
    I mean at least HDTF was memorable, even if it was for the wrong reasons.

  • @cy9nvs
    @cy9nvs 2 роки тому +3

    I used to play the original game on PC like 10 years ago.
    Would've been pretty cool if they made a successor to that for PC and kept it fair without pay to win. But I guess that's never gonna happen. At this point I feel like they couldn't even deliver a proper modern PC game, I'm not even mad it's console exclusive even though that's kind of a shitty move for the successor of a PC game.

  • @McNuttify
    @McNuttify 2 роки тому +4

    Haha it made me sad that I had to go into the game in order to download the campaign. I got the first campaign with game pass but the other one was paid.

    • @monkeybluez8137
      @monkeybluez8137 2 роки тому

      Did you play it? I liked the campaign...

    • @McNuttify
      @McNuttify 2 роки тому

      @@monkeybluez8137 I played it for a bit. It was generic but for some reason relaxing cause it felt like I went back to 2007. But the graphics were awesome. I fixed the horizontal sensitivity cause it's not the same as the vertical.

  • @BucklingSwashes
    @BucklingSwashes 2 роки тому

    I'm convinced that that IS Elias Toufexis and he was just like, "Look, I'll do it, but uncredited. For my sake."

  • @IvantheVegan
    @IvantheVegan 2 роки тому

    Hey GMAN DO your review strategy games or are you mainly focus on first person shooters

  • @rob679
    @rob679 2 роки тому +3

    Pity the artist department, because the only effort that was put into the game were the visuals. Not masterpiece, but not bad either.

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage 2 роки тому

      I don't care what anyone says, I will always like the generic tacticool military aesthetic. Especially when it's filtered through a dev team whose only knowledge of guns and tactical gear is Wikipedia and action movies. There's something charming about the way South Korean devs approach modern warfare FPS game art styles.

  • @daniebelle22
    @daniebelle22 2 роки тому +3

    11:52 🤣🤣🤣
    this game doesn't look THAT bad to me. even kinda fun if not generic. admittedly, i haven't played a military shooter in a long time

  • @billyhayes7359
    @billyhayes7359 2 роки тому +1

    19:18 what game is this?

  • @CyborgSodaCollects
    @CyborgSodaCollects 2 роки тому

    Does the single campaign use the northlight engine?

  • @dizzyupthefool5180
    @dizzyupthefool5180 2 роки тому +4

    The whole game is a shitshow; single and multiplayer. Absolutely dreadful.

  • @Spaceman_u
    @Spaceman_u 2 роки тому +5

    I heard a rumor that Xbox paid upwards of 10 billion $ for crossfire X to exist for some weird reason. I think the devs just took the money and ran away. Honestly can't blame if Xbox just throws away money like its nothing and then not caring about quality control 🙄

  • @adamthompson6669
    @adamthompson6669 2 роки тому

    Hey mate love your reviews and style and enjoy your content I finally subbed and have premium too hope your well. From another Aussie to another keep it up 👍 🇦🇺

  • @lore5563
    @lore5563 2 роки тому

    hi dude, i was gonna watch the video to see how it goes but i used to play crossfire back in the day so i wanna see how the game is, just hearing "global risk" gave me memories, hopefully it aint too bad
    i'll edit this comment when i finish playing the game

  • @aceofhearts573
    @aceofhearts573 2 роки тому +4

    Hey lads...... at least the female characters look good in this game. That is automatically a 7 out of 10 for me. After looking at modern horrible western female designs I have become that desperate

    • @monkeybluez8137
      @monkeybluez8137 2 роки тому +2

      Spot on. This game is not "woke" enough... I actually enjoyed the campaign. Guess I have a different take.

  • @seaica3447
    @seaica3447 2 роки тому +4

    I feel this was just a paycheck for Remedy, they're currently working on the Alan Wake sequel so I think they probably were approached with this and took it just for the money; which by all means is disappointing but I don't think there's any way Remedy put 100% into this, they're too good a company for this to be a proper Remedy game.

    • @dragovin08
      @dragovin08 2 роки тому

      Remedy probably just threw the D team at this just to give a bunch of new employees something to do

  • @Xyabra
    @Xyabra 2 роки тому

    I think the first voice we hear in the video, I think the voice actor is
    Riley
    from
    Prototype 2

  • @zydian_
    @zydian_ 2 роки тому +2

    18:46 this
    More and more games are guilty of this since years now. especially triple A titles. Everything needs to look more and more realistic but at the same time a lot of personality goes away.