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Been quite the while good to see you again, I say this because I usually miss your streams 😀, anyhow I always liked the first dead to rights, dead to rights reckoning had funny ragdoll physics on the psp, many a night was spent messing around in that game and Retribution was my brothers favorite damn shame they stopped making more.
I'd play a well-made remake or reboot of the first Dead to Rights especially if they do what Retribution did and give us sections where we play as Shadow as Jack's Alaskan Malamute/Timber Wolf Hybrid K9 partner is a series icon as much as Jack.
I'm thinking more of a packaging together of this with kill.switch and Urban Reign with better graphics. Hopefully the Dead to Rights in the bundle will be the Gamecube version (better colors and resolution).
“Has there ever been a game series you’ve always considered yourself a fan only to realise only 1 entry is worth caring about” Yes that franchise is FEAR
This one right here gets it. F.E.A.R. is a masterpiece (Best shooter ever made alongside DOOM Eternal imo) and it's expansions Extraction Point and Persues Mandate are also awesome. 2 is horrendous and I hate that game, it's at best an okay competentish shooter but it's an awful sequel and isn't worthy of the F.E.A.R. name. I haven't really played F.E.A.R. 3 outside of the first level but what I played of it wasn't very impressive to say the least.
@@zaiden_2006 what's holding people back from making another game like deus ex 1 is that the character model of adam jensen took more time and file space than the entire UNATCO HQ.
One day in 2017 I was working at GameStop, and I opened a box of inventory. In the box was a couple copies of Dead To Rights, SSX 3 and Morrowind. I was so confused.
if I recall, the original Dead to Rights 2 by the original devs was cancelled and the assets given to different developers to make 2 and Reckoning which is why they share alot of assets, Jack even has his scar he gets mid-way through the first game due to that as it was intended as a sequel with Jack becoming a punisher-like figure fighting crime. I only played the PS2 version of 1 but I do think if you're making a game easier with a port then the old difficulty should usually be an option. Doom 3 BFG suffers from making the game WAY easier to the point of completely removing any need to look for secrets
I think there's really early images online where its his DTR1 head model, but wearing some kind of green military jacket. Looked pretty cool iirc, sad we never got to see that version.
yeah i remember seeing dead to rights 2 on magazines and it looked completely different than the final game. i wish i knew what happened to that magazine the game looked amazing. i remember renting 2 when it released and i didn't believe it was the same game
Actually, this is somewhat false. The team at Namco Hometek was actually working on an "Escape from New York" game, but it wasn't built on this game. The game was separate from this. It was supposed to have the same gameplay engine and the graphics engine, but "Dead to Rights" was likely supposed to be what it was all along. Look up Unseen64's post about "Snake Plissken's Escape." You will get more detail on that cancelled game.
The main character sounding like Christopher Walken in the first game sells it for me. "I gotta have more cowbell." Gotta mention that the lifebar and armor UI reminds of the one in the Syphon Filter games on Playstation 1.
I grew up with my older brother and he even got me into video games to begin with. I still remember him playing the first Dead to Rights and watching him as he did most of the early game. I eventually played the whole game myself a few years back VIA Xbox Backwards compatibility, and I was pleasantly surprised (and incredibly frustrated) at times while playing. It really is an awesome and often overlooked gem of a game! From what I’ve seen over the years and here in the sequels, it seemed I wasn’t missing out on much over time. I always knew they existed growing up too, but stores in my area never had these and other games I was interested in. I actually rented Retribution from a Red Box (R.I.P) (may have bought it cheap at a pay n trade though, I forgot) back in high school and was genuinely surprised with it. I thought it was pretty fun and enjoyed my time with it, but I can easily see what you meant with it being a rental one-and-done kind of game. It’s a shame that studio went under after it, they also made the Reservoir Dogs game, which I actually thought was a fun and unique game with having the option to be non lethal as a professional or just going crazy taking everyone down. It was great to hear another person’s thoughts on this series! It is obvious how Namco really had no idea what to do with it; at the least we still have a fun and memorable action game from the magical gaming years of the early to mid 2000’s.
I still remember that story you told about how your dad taught you how to nitpick through the opening sequence of the first game. That sh*t is just so funny.
I absolutely loved the first Dead to Rights! That intro cutscene in the library, when Jack took on all the terrorist solo, then got into a 1v1 with the boss, and managed to disarm the bombs with 3/100ths of a second left! That shit got me so hype as a kid. I highly recommend watching it if you've never seen it before. All the action in the cutscene shows what you can do in the game. And I loved the disarm system. I thought they looked cool AF and made you feel like a complete badass. If I remember correctly, each weapon had 4 variations of disarm, one for each directional input. I couldn't wait until I came across a new weapon just to see all the disarm animations. I enjoyed every second of the first game.
I must inform you that Namco Hometek was originally working on a direct sequel to the 2002 original. There is even some information online about it. It was supposed to be called "Dead to Rights II: Hell to Pay." I also think I heard somewhere on a stream that Chris Bruno was supposed to reprise his role as Jack Slate and recorded his lines, but the recordings were never used.
Man, that's just torture. Unless you're skipping those card game PSP releases, Snake's revenge, all the different rerelease versions like substance/subsistence, or the fact that MGS4 is vaporware lol
Played DTR1 countless times on PS2, tried DTR II a couple of times, always got bored after a few minutes and gave up. Rented Retribution once played 1 Level and turned it back. I still enjoy playing DTR1 to this day, the fun factor of that game is unique.
Apparently the original Dead to Rights developers tried their hand at a game based on John Carpenter's excellent film, Escape from New York. Several years ago someone uploaded some concept gameplay, using Dead to Rights 1 with Snake Plisskin skinned over the main character.
Dead to rights retribution looks exactly what I wanted in the 2010s, idk why I never picked it up and played it. I hope it comes out for backwards compatibility
That 1st DTR was coming for Max's head because it had hand to hand, when I saw the 2nd one in Game Informer I was too hype because of ninjas, and when I finally got to play it, it made me sick to my stomach 😢
I remember borrowing Retribution from a buddy and having a fun time with it over a weekend. the over the top executions provided the BROOTALZ I was looking for at the time (i was like 15) never got to play the other ones
Not really related to anything but I wish that Blitz games got the greenlight to do their own original IP Posession, instead of DTR Retribution which is what Namco wanted them to do.
I have the original on ps2 and xbox, had the ps2 version 1st, as as a kid it was a playstation house. when I got my series x I saw it was on the list for the upgrade so picked it up too, and noticed it was a lot harder than I remember. So when I saw you mentioned the differences in both versions I knew it wasnt just me. Ive never played any of the others in the series.
I had really forgotten about him as I last saw one of his livestreams last year. A week ago I just remembered him and thought he may have left this career to do something else. But seeing him today after 1.5 years. I was shocked
Dead to rights is such a product of it time. And it's such a fun series to blast through. It's not a max Payne but it's fun is something these games do good.
First of all, good to see another upload from you man! Second, over 10 years ago now I got a copy of Dead to Rights at a Toys R Us. They were clearing out some of their GBA inventory and I scooped a few games for very cheap, I played through the whole game and thought it was quite decent (I was a child). It took me over 2 years to consider that maybe I should look up if it had any other sequels, and that's when I discovered the console versions of the original game. When I saw how flashy and stylish the gameplay was compared to the watered down GBA port, I felt so cheated lmao. Cheers man, great video, hope you keep it up.
The only Dead to Rights I played is Retribution, and it was honestly a mildly positive surprise. It was so cheesy that it kept me at least somewhat entertained all the way through. I'm planning on playing the first one some day.
Nice the have you back, brother. Absolutely loved the first Dead To Rights. And yes those battle scars for the Xbox still remain and I will never play it any other way.
Always knew of these games, but never knew what they were. Like I'd see the cover of it in magazines or game stores. Always thought they were some supernatural horror games. Like Painkiller. First time seeing gameplay of it. Not at all what I thought it was. Seems like some games I'd have enjoyed back then.
I played first game on PC. Had descent time with it, but remember couldn't get past some level which might be far after prison level or not so far after it. I honestly don't remember and I don't really have much memories of this game other than the fact that I played it. In your Splinter Cell review when you shown footage and called it by name my reactions was "I know this game and I don't remember this scene.". Maybe I didn't play far enough to experience it, but the point is, it was not memorable for me at all despite me having descent with it.
I love the first game. I remember seeing the second game and passing on it based on the changes they made, never actually played it. The first game is good enough to warrant a remaster or a remake at some point. If they ever do revive the franchise again, I'd like to see a prequel where you play as the father in his youth. Seems like there is a lot to mine from there.
That parking garage entrance made ma snort laugh my drink. Yeah, we've seen plenty of fake tunnels and entrances, but guys, at least put a shutter or grating down over it with a "Closed" sign or something so that the player can't walk in there and see it leads nowhere.
Whoa, wasn't expecting this one. But hey I'm down considering I love this series. Also yes. I know this feeling very well. And it kind of saddens me. Also also, I remember actually being the one telling you about the GameCube version when you were streaming the Xbox version at one point. About how that version was very different in comparison. (And it's the one I grew up with)
Never heard of this series, but it kinda got me intrigued. Reminds me a lot of Syphon Filter and or Everything Or Nothing, might just check out the OG if i ever get tired of the medicore-ness that is modern gaming
It's a shame it never rose to greater heights after Dead to Rights 1 - there's just so much potential with the initial concept, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
You nailed it with your intro. Dead to Rights is a game i played, and then years later, i played the sequel. and i hated it so much i had to replay the original. :I
i only played the 1st game on pc back then and never knew there was a 2nd game until i learnt about the existence of retribution, but then again i never get to buy an 360
I thought this video was very interesting since I've never even heard of this franchise until this video and I have to agree with you on this it really was just a hidden gem on the seventh generation of consoles that forcibly got turned into a whole franchise against its will hopefully this series will see a new entry someday that harkens back to its roots while still feeling like a much more modern game than its contemporaries to stand up with the video game industries much more higher standards in other words if Max Payne can go years without a new entry and come up with a fantastic finale so can dead to rights.
I was watching a video where you made a comment about Johnny Depp being a weatherman, and I realized that you had 150k subs, so I clicked on the channel, and if I was only 3 hours earlier, I would’ve thought you had completely stopped posting a year ago
For the longest time, I've been looking for a game where you're limited on ammo and have to constantly pick up weapons, this seems close enough. Having plenty of ammo is fine, but it kinda makes games too easy sometimes? It's kinda hard to explain but I like having to quickly adapt to whatever weapon I can find, whereas in most games you can just pick something up off the ground and you have enough ammo to wipe out the population of a small country so you never have to use anything else. Kinda sucks that the only one that looks like it's worth playing is the first one, hopefully I can find another game like it...
It was a promotion, you could get them at Burger King, I think you could just flat out ask to buy one and you could. They don't seem very good, I saw Sneak King played on one of the Giant Bomb's Unprofessional Fridays streams from back before all their members got replaced by cardboard. Jeff Gerstmann owns like 5 copies last I checked.
I first heard of Dead to Rights through a thrift store I visit semi-frequently, which had a copy of the second game on Xbox. When I got home, I decided to do research, and I bought what I *thought* was the game that I had saw at that thrift store on Amazon for the PS2, only to find out I had bought the first game, instead. The first game is great. Though I tried replaying it on Super Cop and I just am not feeling the prison level at all. It's a chore even in it's cut down form on PS2 and Gamecube. I'd like to give the rest of the games a try. Probably except Retribution. That one looks insanely boring to me.
You produce quality content, frequency be damned. Human beings have creative peaks and troughs and the world hasn't been a kind or gentle place lately, so the interruptions are to be expected. Thank you as always.
I loved the first game and I even enjoyed Retribution but I never got to give 2 an honest try because for some bizarre reason it wouldn't save to my memory card but I think its for the best after watching this
Just when I got me a couple of bottles of beer! This video made my whole morning. Try The Punisher (2005). An underrated gem, in my eyes. I feel you might like it, maybe even love it.
The original Dead to Rights always fell in the same camp as Kill Switch (anyone else remember that game?) Games put out by Namco that had their own aesthetic going on. Not great games by any means, but interesting enough for the time. I always preferred Kill Switch, admittedly.
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Been quite the while good to see you again, I say this because I usually miss your streams 😀, anyhow I always liked the first dead to rights, dead to rights reckoning had funny ragdoll physics on the psp, many a night was spent messing around in that game and Retribution was my brothers favorite damn shame they stopped making more.
omg ur alive so happy to see you
Good to see you back
Its been painful
I currently have a hate speech for humanity, anyone want to hear it.
He lives. He's alive.
And we are all grateful, and better off for it!
plz can you tell what BGM used in this video
Wait until Namco eventually announces a remake of the first game and everyone on the internet goes "man Dead to Rights was a hidden gem of its time"
I'd play a well-made remake or reboot of the first Dead to Rights especially if they do what Retribution did and give us sections where we play as Shadow as Jack's Alaskan Malamute/Timber Wolf Hybrid K9 partner is a series icon as much as Jack.
I'm thinking more of a packaging together of this with kill.switch and Urban Reign with better graphics. Hopefully the Dead to Rights in the bundle will be the Gamecube version (better colors and resolution).
“Fat Chow walked in like he owned this place probably because he did.”
“Better take up your grievance with city hall!”
Love this game
"Crossed my chopsticks"
@@CriticalNobody”clowns in a graveyard?! I’m gonna have nightmares for weeks!”
@@MrJohnlennon007 "I always hated the circus"
@@Smokin-that-beef-pack”gold fell out of the truck like a biblical revelation”
Also don’t forget Longshoreman X “am I interrupting dinner?”
@@MrJohnlennon007 that name itself should sell anyone on this game
“Has there ever been a game series you’ve always considered yourself a fan only to realise only 1 entry is worth caring about” Yes that franchise is FEAR
Gosh Fear 2 and 3 were such letdowns.
To be fair. FEAR files is fun. Extraction point is bleak, but overall just more FEAR 1.
This one right here gets it. F.E.A.R. is a masterpiece (Best shooter ever made alongside DOOM Eternal imo) and it's expansions Extraction Point and Persues Mandate are also awesome. 2 is horrendous and I hate that game, it's at best an okay competentish shooter but it's an awful sequel and isn't worthy of the F.E.A.R. name. I haven't really played F.E.A.R. 3 outside of the first level but what I played of it wasn't very impressive to say the least.
deus ex especially comes to mind for me
god i fucking love DX1; how did they fuck up every other game
@@zaiden_2006 what's holding people back from making another game like deus ex 1 is that the character model of adam jensen took more time and file space than the entire UNATCO HQ.
Dead to Right is basically *"But what if this hardboiled John Woo cop had a pooch ? Everyone loves doggies !"* .
One day in 2017 I was working at GameStop, and I opened a box of inventory. In the box was a couple copies of Dead To Rights, SSX 3 and Morrowind. I was so confused.
if I recall, the original Dead to Rights 2 by the original devs was cancelled and the assets given to different developers to make 2 and Reckoning which is why they share alot of assets, Jack even has his scar he gets mid-way through the first game due to that as it was intended as a sequel with Jack becoming a punisher-like figure fighting crime.
I only played the PS2 version of 1 but I do think if you're making a game easier with a port then the old difficulty should usually be an option.
Doom 3 BFG suffers from making the game WAY easier to the point of completely removing any need to look for secrets
I think there's really early images online where its his DTR1 head model, but wearing some kind of green military jacket. Looked pretty cool iirc, sad we never got to see that version.
yeah i remember seeing dead to rights 2 on magazines and it looked completely different than the final game. i wish i knew what happened to that magazine the game looked amazing. i remember renting 2 when it released and i didn't believe it was the same game
Bro disappeared for nearly a year and came back with a Banger
I remember hearing somewhere that this was originally going to be an Escape From New York game that didn't go anywhere.
Yup.
Actually, this is somewhat false. The team at Namco Hometek was actually working on an "Escape from New York" game, but it wasn't built on this game. The game was separate from this. It was supposed to have the same gameplay engine and the graphics engine, but "Dead to Rights" was likely supposed to be what it was all along. Look up Unseen64's post about "Snake Plissken's Escape." You will get more detail on that cancelled game.
The trailer is on UA-cam and the gameplay is identical.
Glad to see you have remembered the password for your channel
Kidding aside, good to see a new video after nearly a year
The main character sounding like Christopher Walken in the first game sells it for me. "I gotta have more cowbell."
Gotta mention that the lifebar and armor UI reminds of the one in the Syphon Filter games on Playstation 1.
I grew up with my older brother and he even got me into video games to begin with. I still remember him playing the first Dead to Rights and watching him as he did most of the early game.
I eventually played the whole game myself a few years back VIA Xbox Backwards compatibility, and I was pleasantly surprised (and incredibly frustrated) at times while playing. It really is an awesome and often overlooked gem of a game! From what I’ve seen over the years and here in the sequels, it seemed I wasn’t missing out on much over time. I always knew they existed growing up too, but stores in my area never had these and other games I was interested in.
I actually rented Retribution from a Red Box (R.I.P) (may have bought it cheap at a pay n trade though, I forgot) back in high school and was genuinely surprised with it. I thought it was pretty fun and enjoyed my time with it, but I can easily see what you meant with it being a rental one-and-done kind of game.
It’s a shame that studio went under after it, they also made the Reservoir Dogs game, which I actually thought was a fun and unique game with having the option to be non lethal as a professional or just going crazy taking everyone down.
It was great to hear another person’s thoughts on this series! It is obvious how Namco really had no idea what to do with it; at the least we still have a fun and memorable action game from the magical gaming years of the early to mid 2000’s.
"Sneak King introduced me to the world of violent video games." - someone probably.
I honestly had no idea that this was a series. The first game was buried so deep in my memory I barely remembered that! Great video!
To answer that first question: Telltale's The Walking Dead. In fact, it might as well apply to Telltale's entire legacy.
Jack Slate is what happens when you combine chow yun fat and jet li together.
I still remember that story you told about how your dad taught you how to nitpick through the opening sequence of the first game. That sh*t is just so funny.
The best part across them all is the goodest boy being the baddest boy out there.
DTR1 Jack's appearance kinda reminds me of Terry from Batman Beyond, especially with that jacket
I always thought he looked like some sort of Americanized Ryu Hazuki.
I absolutely loved the first Dead to Rights! That intro cutscene in the library, when Jack took on all the terrorist solo, then got into a 1v1 with the boss, and managed to disarm the bombs with 3/100ths of a second left! That shit got me so hype as a kid. I highly recommend watching it if you've never seen it before. All the action in the cutscene shows what you can do in the game.
And I loved the disarm system. I thought they looked cool AF and made you feel like a complete badass. If I remember correctly, each weapon had 4 variations of disarm, one for each directional input. I couldn't wait until I came across a new weapon just to see all the disarm animations. I enjoyed every second of the first game.
It's time bro. You know it, we know it.
"Reviewing EVERY Metal Gear game"
I must inform you that Namco Hometek was originally working on a direct sequel to the 2002 original. There is even some information online about it. It was supposed to be called "Dead to Rights II: Hell to Pay." I also think I heard somewhere on a stream that Chris Bruno was supposed to reprise his role as Jack Slate and recorded his lines, but the recordings were never used.
Every Metal Gear When?🔥🔥
Nice to see u make a video after a while😁
Maybe in a year or two
Man, that's just torture. Unless you're skipping those card game PSP releases, Snake's revenge, all the different rerelease versions like substance/subsistence, or the fact that MGS4 is vaporware lol
Played DTR1 countless times on PS2, tried DTR II a couple of times, always got bored after a few minutes and gave up. Rented Retribution once played 1 Level and turned it back. I still enjoy playing DTR1 to this day, the fun factor of that game is unique.
Jack Slate's voice in the first game always gave me Rino Romano vibes.
Apparently the original Dead to Rights developers tried their hand at a game based on John Carpenter's excellent film, Escape from New York.
Several years ago someone uploaded some concept gameplay, using Dead to Rights 1 with Snake Plisskin skinned over the main character.
Now that your back, you should cover the Sniper Elite Series!
one of the biggest bummers about this series is that it was gonna get a escape from new york game in this style; would kill to get that game made
Even though hope seemed lost… he returned.
4:00 Jeez they couldn't get Christopher Walken in this game when True Crime LA did.
man
i need to go back and play those. really only sunk time into True Crime New York
and then i finished Sleeping Dogs
Nice to see you again. Guess that lag finally caught up huh?
Btw, Siphon Filter is an interesting series that sounds right up your alley.
Even if it's a series I never played or cared for, I see critical nobody, I click. Good to hear from you again.
An hour long video after a long break? Awesome.
Great to see you back at it! Hope everything is good and I’m excited to see more hopefully soon
I remember when you could say "wait until me and my goons get hold of you".
I played the PSP version of this on repeat as a kid
The Zero Punctuation reviews were fire though
i think Gmanlives did a good retrospective as well if i recall
Dead to rights retribution looks exactly what I wanted in the 2010s, idk why I never picked it up and played it. I hope it comes out for backwards compatibility
That 1st DTR was coming for Max's head because it had hand to hand, when I saw the 2nd one in Game Informer I was too hype because of ninjas, and when I finally got to play it, it made me sick to my stomach 😢
I remember borrowing Retribution from a buddy and having a fun time with it over a weekend. the over the top executions provided the BROOTALZ I was looking for at the time (i was like 15)
never got to play the other ones
Not really related to anything but I wish that Blitz games got the greenlight to do their own original IP Posession, instead of DTR Retribution which is what Namco wanted them to do.
I have the original on ps2 and xbox, had the ps2 version 1st, as as a kid it was a playstation house. when I got my series x I saw it was on the list for the upgrade so picked it up too, and noticed it was a lot harder than I remember. So when I saw you mentioned the differences in both versions I knew it wasnt just me. Ive never played any of the others in the series.
I had really forgotten about him as I last saw one of his livestreams last year. A week ago I just remembered him and thought he may have left this career to do something else. But seeing him today after 1.5 years. I was shocked
Welcome back, I missed your videos dude!
Amazing work as always!
“Honey wake up, CriticalNobody just dropped another video!!”
I guess Babe can stay asleep then 😉
@@JorgeLopez-qj8pu According to CriticalNobody it seems she'll stay asleep until 2026 lol
Cringe
Dead to rights is such a product of it time. And it's such a fun series to blast through. It's not a max Payne but it's fun is something these games do good.
First of all, good to see another upload from you man!
Second, over 10 years ago now I got a copy of Dead to Rights at a Toys R Us. They were clearing out some of their GBA inventory and I scooped a few games for very cheap, I played through the whole game and thought it was quite decent (I was a child). It took me over 2 years to consider that maybe I should look up if it had any other sequels, and that's when I discovered the console versions of the original game. When I saw how flashy and stylish the gameplay was compared to the watered down GBA port, I felt so cheated lmao.
Cheers man, great video, hope you keep it up.
The only Dead to Rights I played is Retribution, and it was honestly a mildly positive surprise. It was so cheesy that it kept me at least somewhat entertained all the way through. I'm planning on playing the first one some day.
Nice the have you back, brother. Absolutely loved the first Dead To Rights. And yes those battle scars for the Xbox still remain and I will never play it any other way.
Always knew of these games, but never knew what they were. Like I'd see the cover of it in magazines or game stores. Always thought they were some supernatural horror games. Like Painkiller. First time seeing gameplay of it. Not at all what I thought it was.
Seems like some games I'd have enjoyed back then.
We're so back!!!!
for some reason watching the game play for DTR 2 reminded me of Jet Li's Rise To Honor.
Could be a good video too
I played first game on PC. Had descent time with it, but remember couldn't get past some level which might be far after prison level or not so far after it. I honestly don't remember and I don't really have much memories of this game other than the fact that I played it. In your Splinter Cell review when you shown footage and called it by name my reactions was "I know this game and I don't remember this scene.". Maybe I didn't play far enough to experience it, but the point is, it was not memorable for me at all despite me having descent with it.
I love the first game. I remember seeing the second game and passing on it based on the changes they made, never actually played it. The first game is good enough to warrant a remaster or a remake at some point. If they ever do revive the franchise again, I'd like to see a prequel where you play as the father in his youth. Seems like there is a lot to mine from there.
Was literally watching your hitman video and was wondering if you’d come back yesterday. I should wonder more often. Welcome back!
That parking garage entrance made ma snort laugh my drink. Yeah, we've seen plenty of fake tunnels and entrances, but guys, at least put a shutter or grating down over it with a "Closed" sign or something so that the player can't walk in there and see it leads nowhere.
Honestly curious if it isn't the emulator not loading the assets correctly.
Whoa, wasn't expecting this one. But hey I'm down considering I love this series.
Also yes. I know this feeling very well. And it kind of saddens me.
Also also, I remember actually being the one telling you about the GameCube version when you were streaming the Xbox version at one point. About how that version was very different in comparison. (And it's the one I grew up with)
Never heard of this series, but it kinda got me intrigued. Reminds me a lot of Syphon Filter and or Everything Or Nothing, might just check out the OG if i ever get tired of the medicore-ness that is modern gaming
Babe, wake up, Critical Nobody is back!
So glad to have you back. I've been watching all of your videos again to tide me over.
Your videos hit this sweet comfort zone quality. It's the ephemeral "vibe".
Good to see you upload. Hope you get over 9000 likes.
The reboot is still my favorite one. Gotta love the furry missile of death.
Yes sir! He’s back with the “every game” review. Love your videos. Good stuff
It's a shame it never rose to greater heights after Dead to Rights 1 - there's just so much potential with the initial concept, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
You nailed it with your intro.
Dead to Rights is a game i played, and then years later, i played the sequel.
and i hated it so much i had to replay the original. :I
i only played the 1st game on pc back then and never knew there was a 2nd game until i learnt about the existence of retribution, but then again i never get to buy an 360
Man its so great to have you back missed you so much i am watching your videos since splinter cell reviews
I like all of the games with Retribution being my most favorite of the series.
5:33 The little maneuver he pulls here is actually a judo technique called "Tomoe Nage." Clearly had someone on board who knew their stuff.
ngl I figured you were working on a reviewing every mgs since it's been so long but this is just as good
I thought this video was very interesting since I've never even heard of this franchise until this video and I have to agree with you on this it really was just a hidden gem on the seventh generation of consoles that forcibly got turned into a whole franchise against its will hopefully this series will see a new entry someday that harkens back to its roots while still feeling like a much more modern game than its contemporaries to stand up with the video game industries much more higher standards in other words if Max Payne can go years without a new entry and come up with a fantastic finale so can dead to rights.
Can't believe I'm about to watch a video about a game series that I bounced off every single entry of within like 2 hours.
This Max Payne and Ratchet and Clank was my childhood
Never played these but I can see me trying out the first one. Great video.
Picked up the first game at a convention recently, and from what I’ve played so far it’s pretty fun in it’s stupidity
I was watching a video where you made a comment about Johnny Depp being a weatherman, and I realized that you had 150k subs, so I clicked on the channel, and if I was only 3 hours earlier, I would’ve thought you had completely stopped posting a year ago
He's alive?
For the longest time, I've been looking for a game where you're limited on ammo and have to constantly pick up weapons, this seems close enough.
Having plenty of ammo is fine, but it kinda makes games too easy sometimes?
It's kinda hard to explain but I like having to quickly adapt to whatever weapon I can find, whereas in most games you can just pick something up off the ground and you have enough ammo to wipe out the population of a small country so you never have to use anything else.
Kinda sucks that the only one that looks like it's worth playing is the first one, hopefully I can find another game like it...
dropping by to say hi, i found you through a fortress craft chapter 1 video from 2011
Loved the Retsupurae of the original DtR 😂
some one made a Burger King game ? how ? and why ?
Oh you sweet summer child...they made 3
It was a promotion, you could get them at Burger King, I think you could just flat out ask to buy one and you could. They don't seem very good, I saw Sneak King played on one of the Giant Bomb's Unprofessional Fridays streams from back before all their members got replaced by cardboard. Jeff Gerstmann owns like 5 copies last I checked.
This originally supposed to be an Escape From New York game.
I first heard of Dead to Rights through a thrift store I visit semi-frequently, which had a copy of the second game on Xbox. When I got home, I decided to do research, and I bought what I *thought* was the game that I had saw at that thrift store on Amazon for the PS2, only to find out I had bought the first game, instead.
The first game is great. Though I tried replaying it on Super Cop and I just am not feeling the prison level at all. It's a chore even in it's cut down form on PS2 and Gamecube.
I'd like to give the rest of the games a try. Probably except Retribution. That one looks insanely boring to me.
You produce quality content, frequency be damned. Human beings have creative peaks and troughs and the world hasn't been a kind or gentle place lately, so the interruptions are to be expected. Thank you as always.
I've never ever heard about this franchise, yet i will see this video to its entirety just because of who's reviewing it 😁
He’s back, the long awaited return
Holy shit, Craig's back.
Oh shit, finally he’s back 😂
It’s crazy that last night I was looking you up to see if you posted anything new 😂, and then I see this today. Excited to watch after work 🔥
I loved the first game and I even enjoyed Retribution but I never got to give 2 an honest try because for some bizarre reason it wouldn't save to my memory card but I think its for the best after watching this
It may have been a year but he came back 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just when I got me a couple of bottles of beer! This video made my whole morning. Try The Punisher (2005). An underrated gem, in my eyes. I feel you might like it, maybe even love it.
I think the first & the last are worth checking out.
What’s actually funny is that this video dropped the day after I bought a copy of Chaos Theory for the original Xbox. 😂
Glad you’re back. Great video!
Shadow is what made me a dog lover.
The original Dead to Rights always fell in the same camp as Kill Switch (anyone else remember that game?) Games put out by Namco that had their own aesthetic going on. Not great games by any means, but interesting enough for the time. I always preferred Kill Switch, admittedly.
I'm glad to see you back!
If I learned one thing from this video, it is do not trust a game with the title retribution at the end