Playing Original Xbox Launch Games (19 YEARS LATER)
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- I take a look at all of the games available at the launch of the original Xbox to find out how they hold up in 2020.
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For 20 year old games, a lot of titles on this list have impressive graphics.
The original Xbox was an absolute beast, it's graphics would routinely blow me away at the time. I played more PS2/GC in general, but some of my best memories of the generation come from the Xbox and games like KOTOR, Fusion Frenzy, Amped, Crazy Taxi 3, Serious Sam, Worms 3D, and on and on
A lot of Xbox games were also 60fps as well, which is pretty impressive all things considered.
For 20 years we've had nothing but graphic and online feature updates while the games themselves remain cut and paste like cod for example.
@@J.Wolf90 True and the industry is more concentrated than ever. It's much harder for small studios break into the industry today than It was 20 years ago
@@matheusvillela9150 But look, we support "insert popular political opinion here," so buy our game!
I think Xbox has aged the best, graphically. The games’ polygonal models just look so smooth and polished for that era.
JSRF was that game I could play for ages and never get bored. The design, music, style hech even the multiplayer was fin with friends. One of the most underrated games Ive ver played
When I used Togo to my cousins house he had 2 controllers. Have you ever played split screen races ? It's so fun dude
I was a ps2 child, but god damn i was so jealous whenever I would go over to my friends house and they would system link up two xbox to play halo. My little mind was blown, I instantly needed an xbox. Finally got one when halo 2 came out. My god the graphics was so amazing; then I played ninja gaiden black, and i was so blown away by the graphics i couldn't believe what i was playing. The xbox was so cool; no memory card, you could play custom soundtrack during game play that was so freak'n cool. Every racing game became need for speed under ground jaming to "get low" haha; damn good time. The OG xbox was fantastic
I'm just glad I wasn't the only one that burned a Lil Jon and/or Ying Yang Twins CD to their Xbox 😂
@@trevor_mounts_music get low was on nsf underground
First, PS2 has LAN mode too. Time splitter is one of many games who supported LAN mode.
Second, why do you think having no memory card is superior? Memory card was there to move game save from one machine to another, cause cloud saving was not a thing back then.
Third, graphic for Xbox og is the same as PS2.
I got mine in 2005, when I was 10, it shaped my childhood.
Xbox = Dreamcast 2. Such an interesting console that I never had but always thought I should get one one day. Great video as always sir
It does sort of feel like a spiritual successor to the Dreamcast in some ways. Probably one of the reasons I gravitated towards it.
I know what you mean, but the Dreamcast was discontinued 6 months before the Xbox was released and a lot of Sega games made their way over to Xbox.
@@RetroGameRater , Cel Damage is also available for the PS2.
@@RetroGameRater Was Nightcaster on the list? I didn't see it. I loved that game.
How? Dreamcast was still around when the xbox was released
I got the Original Xbox December 6th 2015 ever since then I've been going out Buying a Whole Bunch of Games and Accessories for it I play it all the time I just love the System ever since I got it it has the Best Graphics, Sega Exclusives, and an Eternal Hard Drive I Currently own 64 Games as of March 2020 I Show the Original Xbox lots and lots of love and Appreciation since it's the Most Powerful Console of the 6th Generation and it's my Favorite System of that Generation
Sure you loved it look at your profile pic.
@@StrandgaZt Wow I have no Memory of Commenting this since this was almost a Year Ago and yes I put the Original Xbox Logo as my Profile Photo because how much I love the System itself
Halo LAN parties are still the most fun I've ever had playing video games. Online multi-player is cool but will never compare to stuffing 16 people in a house, ordering a bunch of pizza, throwing it down, and yelling and talking trash all night.
I miss halo lan parties so damn much
Is there a place to join lan parties today?
@@jamesshu5599 just have friends with similar interests, which is a lot easier said than done 😢
I was fortunate to own one at the time and i fell in love with it more than the ps2 we owned. Xbox live, custom music playlist, best graphics, surround sound, Halo, and then the Modding scene blowing up make it, IMO, the best console of the generation. So good that even today i own three 2tb fully loaded modded original Xboxes.
BROOOO custom music take me back. Playing madden franchise mode or tony hawks underground while listening to music
PGR is quite remarkable racing game. I consider myself simulator guy and I generally really dislike arcade style racing games. But PGR is something special. It's weirdly semi-arcade and semi-simulation game and it's absolutely marvelously balanced there between. I really enjoyed that series.
I had the exact same experience with JSRF. Bought it in 2002, never played it back then and discovered it just recently for the first time. It's so much fun and has such a unique artstyle, it even holds up today in my opinion. By the way, great video as always!
Better late than never I guess.
Now I wanna play some of my old Xbox games- Remember one that I was obsessed with called Phantom Crash. A mech game that even got a sequel of sorts on PS2. It was reptitive, but man I loved it.
NHL HITZ 2003 GREATEST SPORTS GAME OF ALL TIME. SPENT OVER A THOUSAND HOURS PLAYING IT OVER A 3 YEAR PERIOD. I MISS MIDWAY.
I still play Hitz Pro but now on PC in 4k ultra ltra settings 🤗
Halo: Combat Evolved is the mic drop on best launch exclusive ever. One could say SMW or Mario 64 were better launch titles, but NO ONE has made the argument after Halo released.
I have to agree with you on this one! Halo was a “game changer” I’ll never forget buying Xbox at launch and Halo
Had Breath of the Wild was exclusive for the Switch, and not also on the Wii U, that game would have a chance at being the "best launch exclusive title". But my dad bought an Xbox just to play Halo. Few games do that.
I still play CE and I was like 4 when it came out
@Cameron Reihner I absolutely agree that BotW is better than Halo, but it also released on the Wii U, which makes it claim as "best launch exclusive title" a bit hard to grant.
@Cameron Reihner I bought Breath of the Wild when it came out also.. for my “dying” Wii U.. at its heart it’s a Wii U title and will always be so. Not a switch launch title like Halo was w original Xbox no sir.
The original Xbox is STILL the most criminally underrated consoles of all time. Yes, PS2 sold way better, but the Xbox was far superior in performance, founded online gaming as we know it today and had a bunch of great titles.
who underrates the original Xbox almost all i see about it is people giving it praise
Even gamecube had better performance than ps2
@@milhouse777 no games though
@@feelingevaporated2912 not true
PS2 has a waaayyy better library though and that's all I care about.
Had you channel recommended by UA-cam watched this and your PS2 launch review but looking through your video catalogue your reviewing my childhood!
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 was by far my favorite Xbox game. A close second was MX 2002
JSRF is one of the most creatively unique videogames ever made. More like a piece of art. The reason it hasn't aged is that it wasn't 'of its era'... It was weird back then, and still is!
Very Aquarian. Weird and futuristic.
Hi I never played
Oh my word.... CEL DAMAGE!! I completely forgot this game from my childhood existed, but seeing it covered in this video brought back so many fun and frustrating memories of being a kid and playing against both friends and the CPU. Awesome video as always, and thank you for a huge nostalgia trip :)
Agree with you entirely on Halo. The very first time I played it, killed my first alien and was able to pick up their gun and fire it, my mind was blown! The gameplay, graphics, attention to detail, mechanics and awesome soundtrack was second to none, a masterpiece.
That was an amazing video! As a gamer in the US market, I promise you didn’t really miss anything with the US exclusives. Although I have to say, those were some VERY American exclusives.
Thanks for the kind words.
Really glad you enjoyed the video. 👍
Still buying games for Xbox just started again last year. My latest purchases included Silent Hill 2 and Tony Hawk’s Underground 1. I also got the Xbox port of Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil coming in from Amazon.
Great games for your collection. Enjoy 👍
Glad I came across your channel. It’s like trip in a time machine!
Me and my brother used to play on the Xbox in 2002. Good job I had a brother because the controller was that big that it took two of us to play on it.
I had PS2, Gamecube and Xbox at this time. Each console was unique
Just come across your channel and I love the content. I’m a collector of OG Xbox so I was intrigued by what you would make of the games and I have to agree on everything you said.
Great video and I’ve subbed 🙂
Content like this warms my heart a simpler time indeed
Whenever I play my original Xbox it's for a title I've been yearning to get back to like Outrun 2 or Projecr Gotham, and I realize, time after time, the controls and visuals were excellent and the gameplay on so many games still holds up well. Thanks for these great videos and sorry about Dark Summit. And Shrek. I sure want to try Mad Dash now.
Watching this stabbed me with a sharp pain of nostalgia. JSRF came package with my Xbox, damn good game. Cheers to you and be well.
My brothers and I played the absolute hell out of Fusion Frenzy, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Cel Damage, Turok: Evolution, Def Jam: Fight for NY, Mech Assault 2: Lone Wolf, 007 Nightfire, Halo/2, and SSX Tricky, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. They helped me into gaming, I was about 6 years old when I first was handed an xbox controller. As I grew up and started to play solo, there were so many games that blew my mind or engaged me in a way that is very rare with gaming for me now. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, Fable, TES 3: Morrowind, GTA III, NFS Underground 2/Most Wanted, The Suffering, Hunter: The Reckoning, Burnout 3, LoTR The Two Towers, etc. Plenty of games my cousins, uncles, and I all engaged in. We were an xbox family, and I know some of y'all came up the same way. I hope I rang off a couple games that you haven't thought about in a while ;)
Plus Phantom Dust years later, as an extra deep cut.
the launch games I got with my Xbox were Tony Hawk 2X, Dead or Alive 3, and Halo
God dammit, this video is criminally underrated, this video and your channel deserves a lot more love!
Stumbled upon your channel by accident, have to say I really like it and very surprised there arent more subscribers
Thank you for the kind words 👍
JSRF was a game I didn’t want to play originally but after a couple of hours it became my jam
RIP dave mira
Thanks for the revisit. I got an Xbox close to day 1 and have played all of them except for the BMX and NHL games. Hard to convey how amazing some of the games looked vs other stuff at the time. Wreckless was an amazing looking game at the time but it wasn’t as accessible as it should’ve been. Halo and DOA made me an Xbox fan. Oddly I enjoyed Dark Summit back in the day. Haven’t played it in 20 years and bet I was wrong. I’ll have to dust it off. Anyhow... love the reliving the memories!
This is really great video. Subbed. I have (and love) both og xbox and ps2, still my favourite generation although i play everything released more or less since early '90 till today, so it's not like im so kind of nostalgic boomer :p
For those of us who don't have tons of money for gaming, the original Xbox is a great system because most of the games for it are reasonably cheap and you get a lot of bang for your buck.
Was there day 1 here in the UK. The games I got with it was Halo and Wreckless. Halo blew my mind and was just so revolutionary (oh and the grass, look at the realistic grass!) and Wreckless was a quirky, Japanese arcade racer that was so much fun with loads of secrets to find (I used the hint books that came with XBM magazine). What a phenomenal console, I remember converting 3 of my friends to get one instead of the PS2.
Great channel, good to see some focus on 6th gen from a U.K. perspective, you earned a subscriber :)
I also converted a couple friends over to Xbox after a while. It wasn't too hard with some of the games on show at the time and especially with the launch of Xbox live.
Max Payne, PGR and Halo were my favorite when I first got my Xbox. Great video!
Wow me being 24. Back when the original xbox was out, I was just a young boy. Looking back at this now, the original xbox was such a solid machine. Solid games, nostalgic ui and console design. I feel like most of this was overshadowed by the ps2 and what nintendo was doing. Microsoft was groundbreaking back then, hopefully xbox can go back to those glory days. It was like xbox did them and not took themselves so seriously, and was not worrying about the rest of the outside competition. I miss the old days. Gaming was so simpler in my opinion.
Still my favorite post-childhood console. Nothing will ever top the excitement we had networking 2 systems together on 2 "giant" 30 inch TVs and playing Halo all night. That giant box is the reason I still have dozens of discs taking up space
Oddworld, Fusion Frenzy, Morrowind, Blinx, Fable... 5 games right there that play perfectly on the Series S/X and are criminally underrated.
And bless them for the backwards compatibility, it's a HUGE bonus!!
Great times.
Man, you went and bought that Shrek for the video, I respect you for that. T'was well done & nice to watch and remember.
This is great. I love original Xbox growing up. Had interesting exclusives.
Great video and what a decent selection of games. Forgot PGR and JSRF were day 1 too, those with Halo alone make it sensational.
Max Payne was always best on Xbox too I thought, definitely better than the PS2 port.
It really did have some decent games at launch, which I suppose is a benefit of being late to the party in terms of when it came out compared to the PS2.
Holy crap, I complete forgot about cel damage. I was probably 13, as with most of my friends, when we were playing that. Like you said, it got old quick, but man, it was fun in multi-player! Great memories!
Nicely put together video. Subscribed
Thank you.
Nice video mate. I had lots of fun with NHL 2002 when I got it a, while ago
Thanks friend 👍
Damn that I loved my original Xbox!! It’s still one of my all time favorite console, there was so many amazing games on it and it was easily the most powerful console on the market. The number of hours I’ve spent playing games with my friends on that console, the LAN parties and the amazing times that I had on my original Xbox will forever stay in my memories!
Very nicely done. I did notice this game lineup seemed to be for the European launch, as titles like RalliSport Challenge and Jet Set Radio Future were released in North America after the Xbox’s release here in 2001 (both titles were released in early 2002, thus the games were technically released within the “launch window” ie the first sixth months of the system’s life cycle), but I still enjoyed watching this.
And thinking about it, the launch lineup of most game consoles simply doesn’t compare to what gets released after it.
I was really disappointed that I couldn't get hold of those US games because I wanted the video to be as detailed as possible.
Luckily, sports and racing games aren't that big of a miss.
I used to go to KMART just to play the demo of NFL Fever 😢😢 Precious Precious memories.....
Love this kind of channel
I have an original Xbox too, and my favourite aspect about that console is that you can use custom soundtracks in certain games... I played Burnout 3 with Michael Jackson playing in the background, Project Gotham Racing with the Verve, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 with Cee-Lo Green, etc..
It was a great feature.
I used it a lot in wrestling games to customise my created wrestlers entrance music.
@@RetroGameRater it was such a cool feature that I once replaced the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland with The Zutons songs.
These graphics are still dope. I remember holding my og xbox thinking "I am holding the future right here. The future is FINALLY HERE!!!"
But, youth fades and the future becomes the past...
What a console; Sega discontinuing the DreamCast was such an absolute catastrophe at the time, but... the original XBox; Man, the original XBox... it felt like a continuation of sorts.
It had a stellar library of games, spectacular first parties and most important of all; Excellent Sega exclusives!
That alone made it worth its weight in gold.
Good work capturing footage for AirForce Delta; The original on DreamCast is one of my all time favourites, but never gave the second one on XBox a shot, which is quite unfortunate.
All in all; Wonderful video! I've played quite a few of the games listed here and the ones I didn't looked like they could be some serious fun.
... and by the way; Rally Sport Challenge 2 is even better tha. The first and it's visuals... Oh man; Give it a go one day, you won't regret it.
Couldn't agree with this comment any more.
RSC2 is one of the best racing games I ever played.... Still looks good to this day. Wish it was backwards compatible. Everyone remembers the original Xbox for it's shooters, but it really had the racing genre cornered... Forza, Project Gotham, and Rallisport, all were incredible.
@@TRYTOKPUP you bet man! RSC2 was boss, and so were the ones you mentioned; I'd like to add Sega GT 2002 to that list, another treasure for me.
Was so disappointed that they didn't continue the RSC series... XBox had it all, racers, fighters, rpgs, a cool mascot in Blinx, and all things Sega...
I was so disappointed at how the XBos 360 lost all of that identity over time... XBox now is a shadow of what it once was for me...
Felt your loneliness when taking about fusion frenzy, especially in these lockdown days 🥲 good to have the memories of this launch return tho.
OMG totally forgot about Amped and Blood Wake! Instantly brought me back in time
that instrumental playing before he got into the games was lit!
I loved the original Xbox, I had NHL 2002, Bloodwake, NFL Fever 2002, Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance, Dead or Alive 3, Fusion Frenzy, Oddworld, Azurk, Project Gotham Racing, Amped, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, MechAssualt, etc. The list goes on and on, I can't believe its been like 20 years already. I have to say the original Xbox was well suited to compete against the PS2 at that time, both the original Xbox and PS2 were very impressive and fun consoles. The original Xbox beats the PS2 in the graphics and visuals department for sure. I've seen this video of graphics comparison of Xbox vs PS2 featuring games Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and Max Payne, oh yes you'll see a big difference in the graphics quality. The original Xbox was without a doubt ahead of its time
Dude please make more videos your content is so good
im so sorry u got to play fusion frenzy alone :(, it really was such a great game at the time with friends, remember at that time, there werent many party game options besides mario party. Everyone loved fusion frenzy at the time :)
Between this and the Ps2 video it's crazy how many snowboarding games there were back then. These days we'd be lucky to get one
And man do I miss the NHL Hitz games
Fun fact: Project Gotham Racing was a Successor to Metropolis Street Racer. Some of these Original Xbox games also got PC ports even though the box says "Only For Xbox." i still have mine to this day.
I played the heck out of MSR was stoked for PGR back in the day
Boy when I tell you played Jet set radio future to death! Holy shit the hours I put into that game. Such a masterpiece
brought mine 2003 and still with me.
For me, it was Panzer Dragoon Orta ,that made me getting a Xbox back in the day! Beautifull game!!
Forza and halo and splinter cell is where it was at ..I got an xbox for xmas and was hooked and never looked back at play station 🤷
That max Payne level where you’re walking on a blood trail or something tripped my 10 year old self out so bad when it came out
jsrf is one of the most underrated games ever.
Hi Just come across your video... really good watch.. am shocked you havnt got more subscribers.. I will be checking out more videos 👍👍thank you
Love this channel been waiting for a new video, are you still making them?
I had to take a step back from the videos as it's been a rough year, but I truly appreciate the compliment.
Love mech assault probably one of my all time favorite games next to halo of course. When I was asked what I wanted to get with some money my grandma gave me I picked the Xbox cause it was different and almost everyone else had a PS2 and it just looked cool to me great vid love it keep up the fantastic work also have ya heard of the game whacked if not check it out sometime I loved wreckless at the time it came out need to find it for my collection now
I've heard of whacked, not picked it up yet. At some point I intend to do a video covering all of the obscure Xbox exclusives, so I'll get around to it eventually.
Retro Game Rater awesome can’t wait for that The title of the game says it all its such a crazy game
So glad to still own one of these. Project Gotham 1&2 & rallisport 1&2 were amazing back when I was around 5-6 years old. Halo 1 & 2 are the best titles for it though no doubt !
Games I grew up with: Halo 1 & 2, SSX Tricky SSX3 & On tour, Blinx, Blinx 2, LotR Fellowship, Rollercoaster Tycoon (Port), Munch's Oddysee, Fuzion Frenzy and GTA:SA & Vice City.
My fave console ever
Rember Preodering this machine. And got to choose 2 free games and Even got a gamepad
Only in the early 2000s do you get 2 snowboarding, a surfing, bmx, skate board game all in the same launch.
yeah I had a ps2, but going over to my friends to play halo was just so cool, its also what pushed my to xbox 360
I loved playing Fusion Frenzy as a kid.
JSRF is incredible too. I highly recommend trying it for anyone slightly interested. It's on steam for PC.
X box was amazingly ahead of its time from the looks of it. Genuinley impressed
I have a 2003 copy of Halo CE with a Halo 2 trailer on it, Shrek and a platinum copy of Star Wars obi wan
Reminder that Shrek 1 on Xbox was the first game ever released with Deferred Shading, allowing for more simultaneous lights. This technique got later more widely adopted during the 7th gen era of games.
Given that you mentioned Jet Set Radio's roots, it's worth mentioning that Project Gotham is a direct follow on from MSR on the Dreamcast. It's practically a sequel.
So many games, spreading such a wide spectrum of genres. It's a bit of a shame that most of the exclusives sounded quite underwhelming, Halo pretty much made up for it lol.
Another great, excellently researched video.
Thanks, Shane 👍
Yes, make no mistake, without Halo, the Xbox would've seriously struggled.
As I said in the video, it's a very safe launch lineup, which is understandable as it was their first console, but Halo held things up massively.
Yes, the Xbox was sometimes referred to as the 'Halo console' and things may have turned out very differently if MS didn't acquire Bungie and Halo from Mac.
Besides that there were other exclusive games cherished by us core Xbox gamers of the time
Project Gotham Racing (though started as MSR on Dreamcast)
DeathRow
Bruteforce (good but it couldn't live up to the massive hype)
Jet Set Radio (excluding Dreamcast)
NBA Inside Drive series
Phantom Dust
SteelBattalion (too expensive with the controller)
Quantum Redshift
NFL Fever
Midtown Madness 3
Kameo
Blinx
Amped
Brother I played mad dash all the time when i was about 8.. so much fun
Lmao, I got the OG Xbox for Christmas as a kid and Shrek was my first game. I was simple tho so had fun just running around. But, my dad quickly bought me Oddworld and Halo and those were game changers. Me and my father had a blast on Halo's campaign in coop.
Jet Set Radio Future was the reason I bought an Xbox. Still playing it in 2020 and sorely wish we could get a new game in the series.
Thankfully I had big hands and the controller never affected me.
Me too. Although I loved the Duke anyway.
Same
Both the JetSet games are sick!!! I've owned and played both of them.
If you liked RalliSport Challenge you should check out the sequel, I still play that game once in a while these days
I just might do that.
Rallisport Challenge remains the greatest Rallying game ever made!
Was renting about 10 games a week after modding was completed. Loved the Xbox.
Just bought me a original xbox .. only left I need is a series x to complete my xbox console family 🙂
*What I can't believe is the fact that it could run Half-Life 2 AND looks great!!*
Always loved the Xbox. Halo, Amped, Dead or Alive 3 and RalliSport Challenge
What got me to buy an Xbox was Halo. I wasn't disappointed. Jet Set Radio Future I already kind of played with the Dreamcast. I've had Xbox Live since 2003 but I switched accounts when the 360 came out. I wanted a different name.
This video reminded me how much I loved Coolboarders 2 and 3 when I was a kid. Even though that has nothing to do with the video, thats my comment.
The original Xbox is my all time favorite console. Followed by the N64 and the PS2. I got my original Xbox shortly after live launched, loved every minute of it. It was a pioneer is so many aspects.
Also had the best "new console smell" 🤣.
Just in case you were still curious. The version of Wreckless that was released on PS2 and, i think, game cube, was an absolute joke compared to this version. It looked like a cartoon in comparison. They were not powerful enough to run this version.
Yes I remember this! Had a blast playing Wreckless on Xbox wow bringing back memories
I remember the days of conflict: Desert Storm, good times
I love the Xbox so much. It was an amazing system
Indeed it was.
I just realized that there was an entire Original Xbox at a pawn shop near by, but I saw it a couple of years ago so it's probably not there