25 To Life Is Absolutely Insane | 25 to Life Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- 25 to life developed by Ritual and Avalanche together was one of the most insane shooters available to impressionable minds in the mid 2000s. A Gangster vs Cops epic adventure in the form of a third person shooter a la Max Payne, it got wrecked in reviews by nearly everyone and this video is not much different tbh, game was bad, but at the same time it was a ton of fun. Let's take a look back at 25 to Life.
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00:00 Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos
00:54 Premise
04:05 Gameplay and Design
07:27 Spoiler Filled Plot Discussion
15:30 Final Thoughts
17:10 End Screen Pls Watch
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This looks like the fake game they play in movies.
LOL perfect description
Almost looks like the ads you get for those gangster games you see on Facebook etc lmao.
😂😂😂😂 Underrated comment of the year!
On god lol
Use to play this as a kid lol
I dont know what it is but theres a certain charm about these sub par games that only could exist during the PS2 era.
Oh, for sure. I love em
There is.
But everytime I download them out of nostalgia, I find out they suck so hard.
@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei have you played the splinter cell games? Those games are legendary . I still play them. Choas theory is my favorite
@@whoelsebutmeofcourseiyea it's like taking that nostalgic memory and tossing it off a cliff
The amount of creative freedom on PS2 was insane. I’m sure we’ll never see anything like it again.
I love how there is absolutely NO attempt at trying to play this game legit, from the infinite health to unlimited ammo.
I respect your straightforwardness.
*"sticky icky oooowweeee"* 🤣🤣🤣
*Good times....... good times....*
The taser isn't just a tool to apprehend dudes, it's actually the most powerful weapon in the whole game, capable of one shotting literally everyone lmao
He playing with cheats what you expect
> "Freeze's goal at the beginning of the story is to get out of the game, and five minutes into the gameplay, we are one and the same."
Poetry lol
I remember my mom buying me this game at gamestop because you had to have someone older than 18 to purchase mature title, I didn’t even make it past the first level because I was expecting it to be as fun as a GTA game so I ended up giving it away 😂
Definitely no GTA 🤣
@@MrHammers it was trash forsure but this is a great video, your content is hella dope
Appreciate it my dude
Man back then we expected every hood game to be exactly like GTA. I remember when 50cent bullet proof came out I imagined it to be another San Andreas but with 50 as the main character, I couldn't have been more wrong. It was still an enjoyable game but far from GTA.
Ahh the good old doors... They don't make em like they used to
I didn't see this one coming just as I thought everybody forgot about this game thank you for covering this flawed yet entertaining game ✌😎✌❤🌎❤
For some reason this game has always stuck with me, been dying to make a video for years on it
@MrHammers this was one of the most forward thinking games of it's time. I played it a ton. I haven't watched your video yet but they had a Clan System with registered names and a way to link up and compete. Which back then was unheard of out side of Halo 2. It also had a violent multiplayer with almost limitless customization options and a great Cops v Robbers setting. I vividly remember blowing heads off with a .44 magnum and then kindly arresting the headless corpse. Plus the sound track was off the chain. You could even play as Tech N9ne. Thanks for making a video on this one... Now its time to sit back and soak it in.
It's garbage tbh
multiplayer revival in progress ua-cam.com/video/jisO7Dl3fpE/v-deo.html
I got this back in middle school when all the ps2 games were dirt cheap cause of it being phased out . Had alot of fun
I grabbed so many great games that way when people were hyping up the PS3
Ditto when the PS3 started getting phased out I got every PS3 game I ever wanted. Except now it's hard to play it cause they don't make dualshock 3s anymore and the used ones are jank as heck.
25 to life brings me alot of good memories 😁
Best memories as a kid 😢 I wish I could go back and do it all again on the first gen Xbox
"Two thugs listening to Ms. New Booty by Bubba Sparxx " just earned you a sub homie. The line delivery was perfect.
Good to have you back,Great video as always.You're right about that dialogue between Freeze and Shaun before the fight,Truly deep,meaningful,thought provoking writing in that scene,Oscar worthy stuff
Haha this game was pretty cringe with the script and voice over acting. Fit the aesthetic tho
One thing that needs to be mentioned on a lot of these urban setting games is the soundtrack. Before streaming services and the internet (for me atleast) these games were a way to access music you didn’t have and a way to discover new artists. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition was one of those games I would play for just the soundtrack. This one had solid music too.
I wish I could just get the soundtrack I miss tht game as a kid and gameplay online
It was FIFA for me dude, I still remember those songs word by word.. call it what you want
Just hearing you mention true crime gave me awesome memories of driving up to a glitch mountain and launching myself across the map when I was 8.
What a wonderfully random ass game to cover. Used to play this multiplayer with my brothers back in the door. Wasn’t great then, clearly isn’t great now.
Random forgotten games are my go to hahaha
I remember me and my friend playing this when we were 14. I don’t remember if we beat it or not but I do remember the soundtrack being good, it even had instrumental versions of the songs which was nice and cringe looking back on it because I wanted to be a rapper and we’d try and freestyle while playing the game.
Nothing cringe about a bit of freestyling betwixt homies
@Justyn S it ain't cringe. You and your friend being creative and having fun ain't nothing cringe. I had a friend who would freestyle over songs and I thought it was kind of annoying but looking back now I remember those days fondly. This game might've not been the greatest game of all time but it was fun with a good soundtrack.
You can actually unlock Tech N9ne as a playable character in this game. Alot of people don't know that. Not sure if it was mentioned in the video not done with it yet lol
I remember playing this game when I was little but couldn't get past the first mission.
The online for this was actually pretty fun, and the fact you could make the rapper Tech N9ne as a playable online character was awesome AF. Flawed game forsure but entertaining as well.
The online is coming back, yesterday we launched closed beta tests, here's a demo ua-cam.com/video/jisO7Dl3fpE/v-deo.html
Y’all trippin this game was lit
HELL YEAH!!!
It was a great game!
The music in the backround really helped it be so remembered even now.
I remember playing this game at my dads house before he abandoned his family with getting life.
Happy holidays dad
Oh the irony.
I'm from Salt Lake City and can confirm Avalanche were the kingpins who took out Acclaim SLC (the console vers of Mortal Kombat and Doom).
Now EA runs this town with Sims dlc
I remember passively playing this at a friends house over a decade ago and its lived in my mind rent free ever since
Just started another playthrough of this game a few days ago, this was a great suprise!
Great timing!
used to play this game when I was little
So happy I found your channel I watched your warriors video because i stumbled upon it and I was gonna look up this game after because I was never able to get it to work right when I was a kid but remember it looking so awesome!!
The weapon selection and soundtrack were the best part of this game.
What needed to be changed was the story line, the shooting style & damage for each different weapon.
The storyline was amazing with the gameplay
@@suprsaucegodtbg8654 Meh
This game is STILL one of the absolute biggest disappointments in all my years playing video games! I remember buying it at Gamestop and literally returning it in less than an hour later! This is by FAR one of the worst games I've ever played!
I agree I was like WTF is this game I'm glad I don't remember 25 to life.
Yeah it's awful, the soundtrack isn't half bad though. The only good thing about it imo
I remember reading articles about it, the way it was described made it sound like GTA but with an actual jail mechanic and other shit I can't remember that was said. I thought the game never released as i heard nothing about after that initial article I read. Glad to see I never heard about it as I would've been pissed at buying such a shit game.
I can imagine you coming back an hour later like "yeah I wanna return this" and the employee just goes "great we can give you 32 cents or if you trade it up to the new call of duty preorder you'll get double the trade in value"
@@bitchface235 I can still remember the guy saying "You're back already??? Did the disc not work or something?" Then I went on to tell him that this was by FAR one of the worst games I had ever played and that I wanted to trade it in. Fortunately for me, this was back in a time where Gamestop gave you generous amounts of store credit for games. Especially on new releases! You'd get almost 75% of your money back!
Sarcasm, SARCASM EVERYWHERE!!!. I love it .... 👍👍
this was the best review of a game I ever experienced. i would never think i would type this kinda comment. The humour was perfect, wasnt too much. It was thorough as well. Good length too. It was perfect
Thank you so much. That's super kind
Agreed
Another awesome well put together vid bro! Keep up the hard work you are gonna blow up soon i can see it happening and well deserved 👊🏻🔥🔥🔥
I remember beating this game back in the day. Fun times, can't lie
Love the sarcasm 🤣
Im subscribing for sure. Please don't stop doing it
Man growing up with this on the PS2, my mind still goes back to how badass the soundtrack for this game was!
I played this game a lot as a kid (even when some missions couls be quite really hard, especially the one where you rob the bank) and can still remember of frustated I got because I was able to unlock almost all the customization clothes and outfits...but I was unable to use or even see them because my xbox didn't had internet connection, so I ended up wasting my time unlocking stuff just for nothing...although I can also remember feeling quite proud of myself when I managed to beat the survival mode.
I loved this game when i was younger. The multiplayer was my introduction to online gaming and i was hooked!
Watching this drop on a work break, thanks Hammers :^}
Lol same
This game is so nostalgic.
Wish they'd make a new one or the studio make a new game in similar light.
@c0ya1 the only feeling of mine this game hurt is my faith in humanity, this shit is absolute trash.
@@WhayYay right lol, talking about making a new one, the only thing I want is for the people who made this terrible game to get sentenced to 25 to life
@@JJ_SDWR LMAO
This game was fire your trippin
@@suprsaucegodtbg8654 let me guess, it deserves a remake?
These were always fun man, atleast companies tried back than. They weren't scared to take chances and lose money
Damn your channel is so underrated, love your vids fella
When i was in junior high school, their wallpaper was the coolest picture that i ever seen, i used my friends printer to print it and put it on my bedroom but i never knew what game is this and i never hoping to playing that, my family too poor for a console
And now thanks to you i know this game, thank you so much
Love the background beat. Daisuke is dope as hell
Somehow when I was 13-14 this was one of my favourite games alongside with Crime Life:Gang Wars. The soundtracks for hiphopheads is amazing. At the time I didn't care about the gameplay at all, just kill everybody to bangers.
Can relate 100%
Crime life gang wars was golden, robbing houses and shit
These blockbuster weekend games will always have a special spot in my heart
Thank you for making a video I never knew I needed. This game for the time was great, while it aged like whole milk, I dumped probably 100-300 hours in multiplayer in my youth. I remember buying a MadCatz controller just for the ability to crouch / lean faster to get the advantage over other players. I even went as far as customizing my character to a specific way in-order to obtain secret clothing with sick colors for gloves and shorts. Great vid!
did you play it on PC? I used to play it in multiplayer too and it was A LOT of fun
@@HumanBeingWithFeelings I used a PS2 back in the day. I had the brick so I had to buy the online adapter and run ethernet to it. Crazier times aha
I only found out about this game as a kid because it became one of those newest flavors of the month for the “video games are bad” crowd. One of my teachers made my class read an article about violent video games and for some reason, this game was the main target of it. It was pretty much the general consensus of my class that we all never even knew what this game was, so the whole “lesson” felt counterproductive and useless lol
Shit, the pain of playing it now! I remember being able to tolerate this game for, like, 10 minutes back in the day. And I still spit.
It's really a Terrible game 🤣. I remember enjoying it back in the day but damn it's bad now
Just by listening to what the game plays like I can already feel the lethal boredom
I remember getting this game for Christmas. Discovered the geto boys playing this also
So hilarious! I was just explaining this game a week ago to some buddies! Then this pops up!
that 25 to life poster is etched into my memory . Good Time Good times
thank you so much for listing the music in the description, its always disappointing when i cant find out what tune is playin in a video.
I never played this game but it's fun to hear what it's really about because my friend is 2nd grade was telling me all about how it was essentially a real life gang member / cop simulator lmao
thats how everywhere was making it out to be man lmao then i played it and it was like the most linear fucked lie of a game. played online once and it was rhe most makeshift bullshit basic multiplayer that was nothing like a simulator. glad there's so many people that feel the same 20 years later lmao
@@ozozizzle6166 lol just goes to show how low the gaming communities standards as a whole were at the time lmao
@@MiseryDuke69 you got that right lmao maybe someday we'll actually finally get something like that. doubt it though since those days are pretty much gone now it wouldnt be the same regardless fuck
@@ozozizzle6166 shoot let a mainstream game come out painting cops in any decent light and everyone and their mother will shit on it.
I'm glad someone else knows about this game because everyone I talk to doesn't know what I'm talking about
This game looks sick, constant action, it got level design both interiors and outeriors filled with life, and a cool story. Sometimes finding these types of games with quality in them are rare.
I remember seeing this on a neighbors ps2 and was absolutely amazed
Tak and the power of JuJu! What a nostalgia trip.
And u dropped this on my birthday and I missed it
I remember Thinking the bullets for magazine hud thing was super cool
Bro, I got this as a freshman in high school and loved it! The multi-player where you can start your own gang and fight other gangs 😂 pure gold. If I were to play this 17 years later though... doesn't hold up.
Great video man good stuff
Welcome to my algorithm. Subbed
Love your videos man you think you can do a video about Getting up the tagging game
I miss this game. The online was so fun. Me and my friend used to play the online for hours at a time. Underrated multiplayer for the time it came out.
@Zenman Alex yeah there was alot of strategy and tricks. The online maps (most of them) we're well balanced for snipers and run n gunners on both teams. The mall and Mexico was my favorite map. Also the gang ranking system was unmatched till this day and the player rakning was one of my favorites in any game
@Zenman Alex this game was our life for like one summer. Me and my friend were in one of the top 10 gangs in the game
@Zenman Alex probably because most of us didn't play PS2 online lol.
@@JJ_SDWR I never claimed to be the best but I ran with the best and I had all their respect. I had a 2 star account and a 4 star account. My 4 star was for 1v1s and my 2 star was for everything else. I lost interest in the game when my friend who was a hardcore try hard got jealous of my skills and he started beefing with the guys in my clan so he logged into my account to ruin our stats and boost his with free kills and my own klan booted me. I didn't haver web at the time and I used to play at his house. After he did me bogus like that I just didn't want to play anymore.
@@ramirezmanuel117 that sucks. I never played this game. I just know I didn't have internet on my PS2 back then. First game I played online was Saints Row on Xbox 360.
Instant sub. Keep up the good work!
Thanks homie
Damn, kinda wanna see you cover the True Crime Streets of LA/NY
I actually met one of help make this game. My mom grew up with him and she introduced me to him at a family get together, ofcourse because I was a kid that loved videogames and he was making one. Super nice guy, too bad the game was awful lol
This game was fun as hell. It was awesome back then and the music was great. The hype from seeing this in the magazines back then.
Multiplayer is what kept the game going for years. It was amazing
it really was! What was your nickname?
because this game was designed to be multiplayer.
@@lilavocado7265 exactly
@@HumanBeingWithFeelings thats why it's coming back soon ua-cam.com/video/jisO7Dl3fpE/v-deo.html
Lol I remember! Had fun with this on my PS2, that little silver slim one. Lol
I Loved This Game. Growing Up As A Kid. I Beat This Game A Numerous Of Times. I Wouldn't Mind Doing It All Over Again. One Of The Best Street Games Besides Gta, Saints Row, Etc.
I remember this game the story was actually good and the soundtrack.
You must be smoking that sticky icky ooh wee.
Game was good
I love this game I wish they bring it back to ps5 story line was good I still have the game on ps2
Wow😳 i never played this game. but by watching your video here. I'm shocked by your narrative and detail.
too bad some developers don't test their games enough to see the flop but in the end lessons are learned and history is made by these mistakes. thank you Hammers.
Great video man. Got a couple suggestions. I remember playing a ps2 game called NARC and one of my favorite games the suffering. Would love to see videos on those
The suffering is on my list! Will have to check out NARC as well
PS2 version of the crazy arcade game
NARC was an absolute banger to childhood me
God man, I used to absolutely LOVE this game as a kid. I completely forgot about it for so many years and I remembered thinking the story was awesome lmao. But when I was reminded of its existence I knew this thing was gonna suck and I was right to assume so. Not that it has that good of a blueprint to go off of, but I’d love to see this game have a second chance with more competent developers that aren’t trying to make just a cash grab. I’d like to see this game in a decent form so if anyone knows of a game very similar to this but actually decent or even good let me know! That aside, thanks for covering this man, this was such a cool trip down memory lain. It’s not good but it’ll always be an entertaining game that I have a soft spot for :)
This game was hella fun back in the day you trippi
Check the Crime Life Gang Wars. That one is a little bit more interesting. You have a semi-open world, huge gang-on-gang fights, and lots of dope music too. It's kinda shitty, but not to the extent of this game lmao.
I had that but could never make it work on my PC
@@Eirik_Bloodaxe I remember playing it on Windows 7. Can't say for sure about 10 tho.
Another awesome game
@@venomizedcarnage6532 agreed. They don't do them like this anymore.
I remember always having this game, seeing the case and never being able to play it because it was scratched up. I would just sit wondering how badass it was . Then we would turn on GTA SA and do co-op on that. Man am i glad that it wasn't the other way around 😂
Multiplayer was sick honestly... until EVERYONE learned how to glitch out of the map and shoot people from hidden spots. That's what ultimately killed it. Single player was always trash tho 😂
im glad he brought up the music
I was playing this game for the first time a few months back lol what a crazy game.
Really? Haha what are the chances
if only you could've played it online on ps2
I complete forgot this game existed and thought I remembered 50 Cent: Bulletproof having a section where you played as Sean Paul.
Played this awhile ago after getting it off isozone just to see how bad it was despite all those edgy CGI promos I saw in endless gaming magazines at the time. Ended up having more fun with it then I could anticipate due to the sheer mid-00's jank. Also funny to see the view count is at 25K, what a coincidence!
You know what’s GENERIC? 9 out of 10 games of TODAY
This was an awesome game...
Great sound effects!!!
That prison stage was fire
Do one for “reservoir dogs” same people who created the hitman series made it too..
Reservoir Dogs was published by Eidos, who also published Hitman. IO Interactive developed Hitman. Volatile Games developed Reservoir Dogs.
Those of us old enough to remember realize that this game was a product of its environment. In the mid 2000s, gangster stuff, baggy clothes, going to the mall and rap would be blasting on most stores.
So is no surprise they made this game. I also find it funny how the developers took a few generic names that were popular at the time and gave them to the characters. For example Calderon, in 2006 Calderon was a popular Latino gangsta rapper
I had an Xbox demo disc with that dmx trailer on it and it’s burned into my brain. Young me always thought it looked so cool and would watch it over and over
i remember gettin this game as a kid n it was all over the news the next day lmao they pulled it out of stores lol
the soundtrack to this game slapped as well.
Honestly this needed a show or a movie
Can you do a vid on mark echos getting up.
No one ever talks about that game but it was so interesting spray painting and running around the city streets it had a really good atmosphere
Man, I remember playing this on my Xbox. I was so confused with its gameplay and whole story lol
Sean's mansion was just like scarface's
I used to play this game online, it was really fun.
I remember watching the gameplay trailer for this game because it was included on OPM and PSM DVDs, and thinking the concept sounded cool for the online multiplayer. Then the trailer showed gameplay, which amazingly was recorded at a blistering 12 frames per second. Even at the time I was wondering what the hell were they smoking to think THAT was the best way to advertise their game lmao.
I always thought this was multiplayer only game, as the whole marketing that I've seen in magazines focused only on cops vs robbers deathmatches.
i was given this game at like 5 years old. I remember it being super fun. maybe it was just being young that made it seem good. but man does this game give memories
I loved this joint lol this and 187 ride or die!
Bro this game is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 the storyline is amazing if you think about it. I’d love to see a remaster and a part 2
I remember working at the mall and eb games did not have it in stock, ever I would check everyday for about a month, till I gave up I never got to play this gem.
OMG I been telling Matt Mcmuscles to do a video on this game for a year now ..thoght I was the only person who knew the game 😯