I Replayed Shadow The Hedgehog so you never have to

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  • This was my favourite Sonic game as a kid. This is the one I loved. Shadow The Hedgehog. Sonic with guns.
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  • @RTGame
    @RTGame  26 днів тому +3404

    This is the only Sonic game I'll ever play. This was my favourite of the entire franchise and the only one I enjoyed

    • @skeletonbuyingpealts7134
      @skeletonbuyingpealts7134 26 днів тому +93

      Still can't believe Jesse Pinkman never wore a Shadow the Hedgehog t shirt

    • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
      @D44RK_Iced_Yogs 26 днів тому +107

      RT, you better get back to cooking cause this ain’t it! At least do Frontiers, and when it comes out, Shadow Generations!
      ​​⁠I pick Frontier as it’s got the best bosses and soundtrack alongside a really fun way to run around. Literally my favorite Sonic game in recent years because it was so damn satisfying running around and mastering the controls.
      Also, let us hope shadow generations isn’t as bad as colors. I stg if they take my childhood favorite to the farm upstate, I’m going to riot.

    • @Jacotronic
      @Jacotronic 26 днів тому +44

      You better play ALL of it bub

    • @wardogbobby2974
      @wardogbobby2974 26 днів тому +13

      I question your sanity RT. (I guess I also question my own considering how much sonic I've played)

    • @PotatioBaconio
      @PotatioBaconio 26 днів тому

      How fucked has your head gotta be that shadow is the ONLY sonic game you enjoy? Like what other sonic games have you played?

  • @daemoniaque6640
    @daemoniaque6640 26 днів тому +6349

    Seeing Shadow rack an MP5 like it's a shotgun always gets me. It doesn't even do anything, there's no moving part here, he's just stroking the handguard.

    • @FresasAgrias
      @FresasAgrias 26 днів тому +867

      it's the funniest thing ever specially knowing the only reason it's the way it is is because that's how the model the animation team had to go off of worked. they had a toy gun that was simply that ridiculous and just went with it

    • @Switchell2
      @Switchell2 26 днів тому +625

      Funny story: While that gun didn't exist when Shadow 05 came out, years later a gun almost identical was created IRL. I like to think someone in firearms R&D saw Shadow's gun in the opening cutscene and wanted to make it real.

    • @donpollo3154
      @donpollo3154 26 днів тому

      im over here stroking my handguard

    • @landonmartinez2596
      @landonmartinez2596 26 днів тому +383

      @Switchell2 funner fact: That’s exactly what happened, because no sane person would ever make a pump action MP5 except if it was for the meme

    • @donovanjoseph737
      @donovanjoseph737 26 днів тому +338

      There’s a VR gun simulation called Hotdogs, horseshoes and hand-grenades that has a variant of the mp5 dubbed the “shadow mp5” with no further information. Has to be pumped via the handguard one round at a time 😂

  • @allterran7093
    @allterran7093 26 днів тому +6499

    "Hey shadow, it's meee, the devil."

    • @theivoryguy2476
      @theivoryguy2476 26 днів тому +967

      "From da bible."

    • @Ptr-ck7if
      @Ptr-ck7if 26 днів тому +147

      i knew someone would mention this in the comments

    • @east_carolina_rail_photos
      @east_carolina_rail_photos 26 днів тому +316

      Heeeeeeey, what's uuuuuuuup, it's meeeeeeeeeee

    • @StickMaster500
      @StickMaster500 26 днів тому

      I am here to convince you to commit sin... and I love you.

    • @Deadsphere
      @Deadsphere 26 днів тому +208

      I WILL NEVER DO SIN

  • @jackdog06
    @jackdog06 26 днів тому +2805

    I’ll never get over how a licensed sonic game opens with Shadow reloading a fucking sub machine gun and pumping it like it’s a shotgun.

    • @FrostGlader
      @FrostGlader 26 днів тому +177

      It’s not even licensed to another studio, Sonic Team were the ones who developed it.

    • @sacrificiallamb4568
      @sacrificiallamb4568 26 днів тому +71

      @@FrostGlader Licenced and official.

    • @SMPandanic
      @SMPandanic 26 днів тому +104

      there is a reason for that, The people who made the animation had a toy gun there in the story boards and embraced the silliness of it I guess and kept the reloading animation like it .. there WAS a pinned comment on it for the animation and a more in depth reason but youtube unpinned it and I cannot find it anymore

    • @sofasocks6663
      @sofasocks6663 22 дні тому +1

      @@SMPandanichaha that's charming

  • @jozan_tube
    @jozan_tube 26 днів тому +2267

    "It's me! The Devil from The Bible!"
    -The Devil from The Bible

    • @markbertrand6052
      @markbertrand6052 26 днів тому

      I am here to convince you to commit sin

    • @dantesdiscoinfernolol
      @dantesdiscoinfernolol 26 днів тому +90

      "Who's that?"
      "Dr Eggman."
      "Oh, like from Sonic?"

    • @gwest3644
      @gwest3644 26 днів тому +36

      Featuring Devil from the Dante May Cry series

  • @theholyketchup6445
    @theholyketchup6445 26 днів тому +2749

    Shadow, it's me the Devil. I'm here to convince you to do sin!

    • @Ptr-ck7if
      @Ptr-ck7if 26 днів тому +22

      knew someone would reference this

    • @main7168
      @main7168 26 днів тому +109

      steal candy - from babies - and small businesses !

    • @GameStormerSam
      @GameStormerSam 26 днів тому +75

      @@main7168I’ll never do such a thing, I’ll sin in my own way!

    • @theholyketchup6445
      @theholyketchup6445 26 днів тому +54

      ​@@GameStormerSam Ok, bye. **Explosions**

    • @cthulhubecausewhynot1182
      @cthulhubecausewhynot1182 26 днів тому +52

      OKAY WAIT, I’LL SIN, I’LL SIN!

  • @MissCookieThief
    @MissCookieThief 26 днів тому +1356

    I love how the explanation for Shadow following the evil guy is that he seems to know who Shadow is, but then Shadow completely ignores Sonic who *also* knows his name and who he is. Not even a single voice line commenting on it.

    • @ehhorve857
      @ehhorve857 26 днів тому +138

      YOUU SEE, in the previous game, that blue guy picked a fight with 'im, in a forest, over the most petty and nonsensical reasons: being stubborn and full of surprises (what?), and having a date with eggman too(...WHAT?).
      so yeah, I'd not be too keen on listening to a stranger dude who claims he knows me, then kicks my booty over a dentist appointment.

    • @daanstrik4293
      @daanstrik4293 26 днів тому +97

      Well you see, Sonic is also a hedgehog. And all hedgehogs know each other

    • @Schnort
      @Schnort 26 днів тому +68

      I imagine it's a problem with the translation. I figure Black Doom knows details about Shadow's creation that the rest of the characters wouldn't, but that isn't very well conveyed.

    • @MissCookieThief
      @MissCookieThief 25 днів тому +55

      @@ehhorve857 But Shadow shouldn't remember the last game. He has literally no memories, he even says "Who am I?" Apparently all he remembers is his name, Maria's name, and vague memory of running with her. He has no reason not to trust Sonic at least as much as the evil dude.

    • @jaycup1487
      @jaycup1487 25 днів тому +17

      I mean that was mainly due to the path he chose himself in the game. He chose to ignore sonic and do all the dark missions so the story reflected that

  • @noinfo1018
    @noinfo1018 26 днів тому +2812

    Ah yes, the second Sonic game that has eggman pissing on something. Last time it was the moon, this time it’s the white house

    • @CrabHead501
      @CrabHead501 26 днів тому +25

      Erm... It's not Eggman 🤓

    • @pyrotf2198
      @pyrotf2198 26 днів тому +121

      i would like to make an announcment:

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563 26 днів тому +69

      ​@@CrabHead501 Me when he has a name and a Ph.D in Women's Studies, therefore the proper way to address him is Ivo Robotnik, Ph.D.

    • @Ellisepha
      @Ellisepha 26 днів тому +49

      Oh is that the Sonic game where the devil has a parasocial relationship with twitch streamer/president Shadow?

    • @kirbomatic1573
      @kirbomatic1573 26 днів тому +14

      hey reference!

  • @Lakeside_Flower
    @Lakeside_Flower 26 днів тому +1347

    Fun fact:
    As a child, I found the idea of AIDS-patient Maria being gunned down by the government shocking and incongruous with the rest of Sonic the Hedgehog. As a result, I gaslit myself into believing it was an act of mass mind control by Black Doom to turn Shadow against the humans, and that in actuality Maria just succumbed to her AIDS.
    At 11 years old, I said “yeah, dying of AIDS is more on brand for the loveably Blue Blur.”

    • @Lakeside_Flower
      @Lakeside_Flower 26 днів тому +409

      Additional fun fact: As a child, I always found them referring to the Black Arms as “disgusting black creatures” off-putting, to say the least, but I didn’t know how to articulate why.

    • @Benzux
      @Benzux 26 днів тому +346

      @@Lakeside_Flower "Disgusting black creatures, get out of my sight" is such a hilariously terrible and funny line.

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563 26 днів тому +284

      I mean, compared to "the US Army stops an intelligence leak by raiding a medical research center and gunning down a terminally ill child and torturing its lead scientist," anything's more on brand for Sonic.
      Shadow the Hedgehog is the edgiest game of the Adventure Era aesthetically, but let's not forget this whole era was extremely tone deaf.

    • @dumbbirdwayne
      @dumbbirdwayne 26 днів тому +138

      “As a child” and “the idea of AIDS patient Maria” is such a fucking sentence 😂

    • @PanAndScanBuddy
      @PanAndScanBuddy 26 днів тому

      You're not wrong, though!
      At that point an accidental airlock decompression makes more sense.
      Although it's accurate to real life. Cops be shooting kids out here.

  • @Nickqurious
    @Nickqurious 26 днів тому +371

    This game actually had THE BEST ''hand your younger sibling the controller'' I've ever seen. If you plugged in a second controller it would control the Sonic gang characters on the mission. Straight up could have my little brother run around as Sonic or Tails as I ran around shooting soldiers with machine guns.
    I love this game so much.

    • @MPdude237
      @MPdude237 22 дні тому +12

      Never knew that. Quite interesting.

    • @PlasmaRevolution
      @PlasmaRevolution 13 днів тому +1

      Wow, I didn't know that either. I'm going to have to play my copy on the PS2 and check that out! 😊💖🦔

  • @wolfcl0ck
    @wolfcl0ck 26 днів тому +147

    the most offensive thing about Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) is how good the opening is. You watch that opening, you *want* the whole game to be as good as it.

    • @Trikean
      @Trikean 16 днів тому +2

      Well they can't show you actual gameplay, that'd be spoiling it! 😜

  • @Thecoolgamer-cx9tj
    @Thecoolgamer-cx9tj 26 днів тому +1614

    Imagine this being your first sonic game and one of the first things you see is guards shooting a child

    • @drogonlord360
      @drogonlord360 26 днів тому +45

      Skimming through comments only one person mentions the child murder in beginning

    • @jestphoenix
      @jestphoenix 26 днів тому +66

      @@drogonlord360 it's because maria's pretty well-known

    • @ingtapoot
      @ingtapoot 26 днів тому +32

      This is honestly the first Sonic game I've seen gameplay of, my first thought was "Geez!!" 😂

    • @jestphoenix
      @jestphoenix 26 днів тому +81

      @ingtapoot yeah, shadow's backstory is ROUGH. he was scientifically made to cure maria's terminal illness, and they became super close. before they could find a cure, she was shot while trying to help him escape the spaceship they were in

    • @suspecm6316
      @suspecm6316 26 днів тому +25

      This was my first Sonic game and I was very disappointed when I realised none of the other games has guns in them

  • @lucasc8972
    @lucasc8972 26 днів тому +688

    “This is like taking candy from a baby, which is fine by me!” - Shadow

  • @Chimera-man-man
    @Chimera-man-man 26 днів тому +879

    Fun fact every single possible path that ends this game has its own edgy-could-be-a-metal core-song-name title to it
    So there are technically 322 endings to Shadow the Hedgehog all with names like "Funeral Procession in Space" and "The Ultimate Atonement"

    • @Sayyble
      @Sayyble 26 днів тому +47

      W h a t
      That's ridiculous

    • @marianofrommarketing
      @marianofrommarketing 26 днів тому +121

      there are 326 actually

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563 26 днів тому +92

      The Ultimate Atonement sounds like a euphemism for what happens after you binge eat Taco Bell.

    • @TheNazkan
      @TheNazkan 26 днів тому +207

      Some of them go really hard, such as 'I Know the Will of Heaven.' But then you get the ones that are super comedic, such as 'For Love's Sake,' which is start the game as evil, meet Rouge the Bat, and then complete every other stage as a hero.

    • @Nowolf
      @Nowolf 25 днів тому

      @@TheNazkan I guess they felt that 'I Did it All For The (Bat-)Coochie' wouldn't fly.

  • @thomasmarston1078
    @thomasmarston1078 26 днів тому +265

    "now shadow, aim for the second tower..."

  • @pastaman7278
    @pastaman7278 26 днів тому +237

    You know the funny thing about eggman in this game is that he's just fucking with shadow and blatantly lying to his face

    • @Jacobliterator
      @Jacobliterator 26 днів тому +114

      Egglight, Eggkeep, Eggboss

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 25 днів тому +4

      That's one of the points of two of the routes

    • @Br1anwastaken
      @Br1anwastaken 24 дні тому +10

      ​@@Jacobliteratori Just want to say this might be the funniest comment

    • @Jacobliterator
      @Jacobliterator 24 дні тому +6

      @@Br1anwastaken Much appreciated lad.

  • @Sirgen020
    @Sirgen020 26 днів тому +1818

    Shadow doesn’t need friends like Sonic because he just needs guns

    • @loveinchangsha4303
      @loveinchangsha4303 26 днів тому +24

      Do you think Shadow is a 2nd Amendment guy

    • @ubermaster1
      @ubermaster1 26 днів тому +34

      He already has his too best friends, Heckler and Koch, the guns.

    • @PearoIGuess
      @PearoIGuess 26 днів тому +28

      @@ubermaster1 and his drinking buddies smith & wesson

    • @Castersvarog
      @Castersvarog 26 днів тому +17

      Fitting that Omega, a walking arsenal, is one of his best friends

    • @hulyaterzi8560
      @hulyaterzi8560 26 днів тому +7

      He doesn't even actually need the guns, he is the weapon

  • @monkeywithocd
    @monkeywithocd 26 днів тому +230

    Snapcube's fandub is pretty much my entire knowledge of this game before this video.

    • @deathwater9993
      @deathwater9993 25 днів тому +2

      Same

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 25 днів тому +5

      I pity you then because that fandub is awful

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant 24 дні тому +34

      @@lukescrew1981 i wish i could understand what you're trying to achieve with this comment

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 24 дні тому

      @@generallyunimportant Enlightenment

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant 24 дні тому +14

      @@lukescrew1981 i still don't get it but sure ig

  • @holycowitsdave
    @holycowitsdave 26 днів тому +213

    My favourite story about this game is that at one point the developers were showing off the game to some journalists and excitedly talking about the guns and combat mechanics, and one of the journalists asked them "If Shadow is supposed to be the ultimate life form and a super weapon, why does he need guns?"
    And that was literally the first time any of the developers had stopped the think about that question for even a moment.

    • @Nowolf
      @Nowolf 25 днів тому +60

      he doesn't need the guns, the guns need him

    • @darkhorse744
      @darkhorse744 25 днів тому +15

      I would very much like a source on this, cus it sounds like hearsay.

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 25 днів тому +1

      That question is still stupid

    • @holycowitsdave
      @holycowitsdave 24 дні тому +4

      @darkhorse744 totally honest, it's a thing I heard. Definitionally, Hearsay. Am trying to track down the source I got it from and grab a proper source from there, but either way, it's one of those stories that like... seeing the game they made I could totally believe it.

    • @darkhorse744
      @darkhorse744 24 дні тому +4

      @@holycowitsdave Just sounds untrue to me.
      Cus the reason Shadow was given a gun was because they didn't think Sonic was the type to use one (iirc (apparently the reason that guns were in the mention was because a fan mentioned it)), whereas Shadow seemed more likely to be the type to use whatever was on hand (the wording might be different but that's about what I remember).
      I think Iizuka actually talked about this in one of his recent interviews.
      When asked if Shadow would use Guns in SxSG.

  • @Satherian
    @Satherian 26 днів тому +284

    Whenever the game gives him a bad score, all I think of it "Bing bong, hey what's up? You're doin a bad job."

  • @thatguyintherain3168
    @thatguyintherain3168 26 днів тому +176

    "It's like stealing candy from a baby, which is fine by me."

  • @redbat7980
    @redbat7980 26 днів тому +235

    Who’s that girl? Do you know her? Is she a friend? Thats kind of cool. Is she alive? Do you know her? Is she alive and you go hang out with her? Did you save her, like, because she’s your friend? That’s awesome dude. I wish I had a friend like you who could save me if I was ever in danger.

    • @phahlastname8321
      @phahlastname8321 25 днів тому +41

      heeeeeyyy im in your flashbacks now turns out you didn't save her

    • @toast4248
      @toast4248 22 дні тому +13

      @@phahlastname8321you did a very bad job actually

  • @jamescanjuggle
    @jamescanjuggle 26 днів тому +464

    first experience of this game was falling into the floor 5 seconds into the first level falling forever and waiting 20mins as a kid thinking "this is a very long cutscene"
    10/10

    • @masterofdoots5965
      @masterofdoots5965 26 днів тому +10

      Did you just, never touch the controller after you fell?

    • @incognitoburrito6020
      @incognitoburrito6020 25 днів тому +34

      ​@@masterofdoots5965 As a former kid, kids are a little stupid sometimes

    • @masterofdoots5965
      @masterofdoots5965 25 днів тому

      @@incognitoburrito6020
      Same here, I was an idiot too, but I would've at least touched the controller

    • @CJ-ln5ov
      @CJ-ln5ov 24 дні тому +5

      Spoilers for Paper Mario TTYD:
      When I was playing for the first time as a kid, the fake ending for Chapter 4 almost got me. As “Mario” and co. left, I was left sitting there, just staring at the shadow Mario clone that Doopliss turned himself into.
      I waited minutes for something to change, but nothing was happening. I told my parents what had happened, and almost hit reset before deciding to mess with all the buttons. Once I hit “A”, my world was rocked.

    • @Rosa-kd2cl
      @Rosa-kd2cl 24 дні тому +2

      @@incognitoburrito6020as a kid who lost my save data for Pokémon B/W because I didn’t know how to save, I feel you. 😂

  • @Bluefire-zz7qi
    @Bluefire-zz7qi 25 днів тому +95

    "SHAADOW, IT'S ME, THE DEVIL! I'M HERE TO CONVINCE YOU TO DO SIN! COME WITH ME, STEAL CANDY, FROM BABYS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WALLMART."
    "I would never do such a thing! I'll sin in my own way!"
    "OK BYE."

  • @cyber_runner
    @cyber_runner 26 днів тому +78

    "Once again, youve confused morality with legality, Shadow-"

  • @ToyFreddyGaming1987
    @ToyFreddyGaming1987 26 днів тому +388

    Seeing that image of Shadow the Hedgehog in my notifications caught me off guard. The fact it was RTGame who uploaded this video was what completely shocked me.

    • @drakordarkstar383
      @drakordarkstar383 26 днів тому +9

      same i thought he'd never play any sonic game ever, let alone THIS one(which is underrated af)

  • @Cyphynte
    @Cyphynte 26 днів тому +228

    I never thought I’d prefer the voice for Shadow from the fan-dub over the actual game.
    Have fun trying to become the president, Shadow. Have fun getting into hell.

  • @styfen
    @styfen 26 днів тому +504

    Bless you RT for playing this and for uploading this video despite your experience with this game.

  • @Justshrimpsfine
    @Justshrimpsfine 26 днів тому +151

    Man, the universe even tried to give you an out by crashing the second you tried going back. You were free, Dan. YOU WERE FREE!

  • @LordHeadcheez
    @LordHeadcheez 26 днів тому +100

    I love how the chat is constantly making Snapcube dub references that are flying right over RT's head.

    • @CeHee123
      @CeHee123 25 днів тому +12

      Dan has seen them. I've seen him comment on one of them.

  • @joshuasiebenhofer2452
    @joshuasiebenhofer2452 26 днів тому +693

    Did you know they used to call him Edge King Back in College?
    ...wait, that doesn't Sound right

    • @ComXDude
      @ComXDude 26 днів тому +88

      "Sound" being capitalized makes me concerned.

    • @joshuasiebenhofer2452
      @joshuasiebenhofer2452 26 днів тому +34

      @@ComXDude Not my fault that my autocorrection interprets everything i write as German, OK?

    • @spiritofchaos58
      @spiritofchaos58 26 днів тому +69

      @@joshuasiebenhofer2452 Did they use to call you the Sounding king back in college?

    • @ComXDude
      @ComXDude 26 днів тому +42

      @@joshuasiebenhofer2452 Well, edging and sounding do go hand in hand...

    • @dekkonot
      @dekkonot 26 днів тому +32

      They used to call him the Goon King back in college

  • @lithium444
    @lithium444 26 днів тому +981

    The greatest opening in videogame history, it's like if a new Mario game released and Mario is was rebranded to be an action hero like Johnathan Wick or the Equalizer
    8:30 THERE'S THE SCENE

    • @TCStink3
      @TCStink3 26 днів тому

      But would he shoot hookers 🤔

    • @goatcat2737
      @goatcat2737 26 днів тому +61

      If Wario or Waluigi was rebranded into an action hero, but Mario and Luigi were the same

    • @theuncalledfor
      @theuncalledfor 26 днів тому +18

      @@goatcat2737
      Waluigi the Hedgehuman

    • @AnInsideJoke
      @AnInsideJoke 26 днів тому +51

      It becomes even funnier if you're old enough to remember 90's Sonic. Basically, the OG 90's Sonic was supposed to be the "cooler, sassy, edgier" alternative to The Mario Bros more traditional "slightly quirky everyman" hero (yes, back then, Sonic was seen as an attempt at being "edgy").
      And then the early 2000s hit, and some now-grown proto-version of an Emo Kid went "Oh, you want EDGE? I'll show you edge!" and created Shadow. And Shadow's creation directly led to the term "edgelord," more or less killing the idea of "edgy" for good in the popular consciousness, except as an insult.

    • @dumbbirdwayne
      @dumbbirdwayne 26 днів тому +33

      “Mario will never start shooting hookers” lives rent free in my mind, although there was that one promotion for the GBA that had Mario with a sick tribal tattoo, I actually grew up with the tribal GBA 😅 (it was my dads lol he’s still got all his old ass tribal tattoos) so I remember that image so much, it’s the only time I can think of as a “cool ass Mario”

  • @alicemation
    @alicemation 26 днів тому +84

    Every day is the same... wake up... look at the fire in the sky festival.... think about... Her...

  • @hyrulehero2773
    @hyrulehero2773 26 днів тому +23

    As a lifelong Sonic fan and someone who actually kind of likes this game, the idea of Shadow the Hedgehog being Dan’s favorite childhood Sonic game, the only one that’s stood the test of time, and over the course of his play through, it becoming so miserable for him that he takes a break and says there won’t be any highlights, proclaims that he will never play a Sonic game on stream ever again, and him finally reaching the point of questioning how this franchise is still alive is all so hysterical to me on so many levels.
    To answer how this game got made, it’s basically 3 factors.
    1 - Sonic fans (definitely children) had been sending fan mail to Sega for many years asking them to give Sonic a gun. In response to this, Gamma was included as a playable character in Sonic Adventure, a robot using an arm cannon, but this didn’t satisfy these fans. By post-release of Sonic Heroes, Sonic Team decided they could maybe get away with giving Shadow a gun instead.
    2 - The only video game that Takashi Iizuka played between working on Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog was Jak II.
    3 - 2005 was just the year of edge for video games in general. Every fun platforming mascot was getting their dark, edgy, and gritty cuss-filled series entry around this time, alongside a whole slew of one-off copycat games doing the same. Jak was the game series leading this brief era years ahead of everyone else and established this type of game. Every other one of them, Shadow included, was just another one in a sea of games like it chasing the trend.

  • @TheIowanEevee
    @TheIowanEevee 26 днів тому +628

    As an American, I cant believe how accurate the intro portrays the most normal day in America. It just needed more guns though.

    • @radicalgremlin6440
      @radicalgremlin6440 26 днів тому +20

      Fun fact shadow the hedgehog was made by the American Sega studio.

    • @dumbbirdwayne
      @dumbbirdwayne 26 днів тому +35

      The fact that the in-universe White House gets absolutely obliterated is so funny to me for no reason, it’s just so fucking hilarious

    • @Karizmatyc
      @Karizmatyc 25 днів тому +1

      @@radicalgremlin6440we can tell

    • @ubblebungus
      @ubblebungus 25 днів тому +2

      @@radicalgremlin6440 didnt the credits say SEGA Europe?

    • @isitlauren
      @isitlauren 23 дні тому +1

      Oh... oh.. _no-_

  • @StickMaster500
    @StickMaster500 26 днів тому +1689

    To show how much Shadow the Hedgehog is a timeless masterpiece, if you’re looking to 100% this game, not only do you have to play the game 10 times to unlock the True Ending, but there’s also a total of 326 Routes you can take, each having their own individual title which can take weeks or months to complete
    It’s also funny to see RT playing this game, giving up halfway and then being gaslit to play it again. Keanu Reeves is a force to be reckoned with for one of RT's favourite Sonic games

    • @innocentzbat
      @innocentzbat 26 днів тому +139

      the 326 routes are optional, they're not required for 100%
      You only need to do 10 story runs, The Last Story, and then all A ranks + Keys
      Expert mode is optional as a reward for 100%, not required

    • @suspecm6316
      @suspecm6316 26 днів тому +172

      There is a guy on youtube who has recorded and uploaded every single run on his channel and like 8 years ago did an AMA about it. He pretty much said that no human being should ever do this.

    • @RobbyMac64
      @RobbyMac64 26 днів тому +8

      I'm doing it right now

    • @sugoistalin7809
      @sugoistalin7809 26 днів тому +67

      You don't need to do all 326 routes to 100%, and as someone who has, in fact, done that: *Don't.* It simply isn't worth it.

    • @ethanbuckley1942
      @ethanbuckley1942 26 днів тому +47

      I heard somewhere that the record for speedrunning all of the different routes is somewhere in the ballpark of 180 hours of gameplay, which is pretty nuts for a speed running category that isn't Low%

  • @echo4428
    @echo4428 26 днів тому +501

    Truly the greatest game of our generation

  • @syrusalder7795
    @syrusalder7795 25 днів тому +11

    I love the amount of snapcube references in the comment section too. Take a shot every time someone mentions they're the devil, two if they inform you they are the one from "da bible"

  • @OnionVisions
    @OnionVisions 26 днів тому +200

    Shadow the Hedgehog doesn't give a crap about your delicate sensibilities. Whether you like it or not he WILL snort your pee.

  • @rorywalshe2498
    @rorywalshe2498 26 днів тому +242

    This whole game feels like the writers said "Hey, you know what would be really cool" right after snorting cocaine.

    • @evertime123
      @evertime123 26 днів тому +29

      "What the fuck is a sonic"

    • @suspecm6316
      @suspecm6316 26 днів тому +19

      Can you believe the game exists because Shadow turned out to be the most popular character in one of the earlier games and the game director wanted to make a game explaining his backstory. Also the franchise was in the toilet so he was told to shake up the formula and save the franchise, which is why there are so many wild ideas in the game, alongside the rating. Instead of correctly getting to the conclusion that the franchise is in the shitter because their games are dogshit, they tought that people wanted a more mature Sonic game and the worst part is that despite everything the game was a huge commercial success.
      Additional fun facts: the PS2 version, despite being the objectively worst version as it has framerate issues (not even with modern hardware and an emulator can you run the game without stutters) and the camera controles are EVEN WORSE in that version, it's the only one that features local coop. You can get a second player by controlling some of the characters (only the good guys though because they couldn't be arsed to make separate controls for the flying allies that represent the evil factions).
      Getting the true ending by the way is not that bad. The main issue with the game is that none of the deeper mechanics are explained properly, while they had to put tutorials on every level for the basic stuff because the branching path thing made it so the player can miss the actual tutorial. Once you do get the mechanics, the game is more playable (Diabolon for example has a sub 4 minute time for A rank, which is more than doable) and kinda enjoyable. The worst part is that Diabolon and Black Doom show up 5 times as boss fights (3 Black Doom and 2 Diabolon I think), and the 5 other final bosses are filled with the worst possible Eggman bossfight. Speaking of Eggman, if you go full neutral, you just fight Eggman and take over his robot army with Omega. Yes, the final neutral level has an evil and hero objective, both leading to an Eggman bossfight.
      Final fun fact, if you go sort of hero route but go one level up at the final level and do that final level with the hero objective, after defeating Black Doom Shadow gets depressed and says that it would have been better if he was never born.

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 25 днів тому

      No it doesn't

  • @st0nerlad
    @st0nerlad 26 днів тому +129

    The fact you CAME BACK to this game after getting so pissed off with it the day before 😂😂

  • @screamingatstars66
    @screamingatstars66 26 днів тому +34

    Fun fact: Shadow The Hedgehog has a song by Powerman 5000. Yes the When World's Collide from Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 Powerman. And in the sing it says "Heaven can't save us, hell is a joke."

    • @kabxksb
      @kabxksb 26 днів тому +3

      Love Powerman 5000, and it was so cathartic to bond with my older brother when I was playing When Worlds Collide out loud and he heard it, and the way his eyes lit up as memories flooded back to him and he remembered it but never knew who sung it, and so I told him and we jammed out for like an hour in the car. Like, 15 years since he heard that song and all of a sudden his younger sibling is playing it and can finally tell him who sung it. All thanks to hearing their music in Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog

  • @alexdoesstuff9439
    @alexdoesstuff9439 26 днів тому +50

    All I can think of is the Snapcube dub oh my god

  • @screamingahhh2808
    @screamingahhh2808 26 днів тому +103

    Shadow the hedgehog was actually supposed to be T rated but around the time they were making the game the E 10+ rating was made so they toned some things down to get that rating instead

  • @PlayMadness
    @PlayMadness 26 днів тому +43

    "My friends are my power."
    "Wrong. Pump action MP5."

  • @harrisonsteward6058
    @harrisonsteward6058 26 днів тому +32

    22:21 this is actually somewhat true. The game was originally going to be rated T for teen until the ESRB introduced the E10+ rating

    • @gwest3644
      @gwest3644 21 день тому +4

      Apparently they even considered going for an M rating and recorded lines for Shadow like "Sonic, give me that fucking Chaos Emerald!" Shadow's VA says Sega probably has hours of unused dialogue like that in its archives

  • @AvelineMelena
    @AvelineMelena 26 днів тому +108

    I WILL replay this game and there's nothing you can do to stop me from getting that DAMN FOURTH CHAOS EMERALD

  • @_ThatDudeAgain_
    @_ThatDudeAgain_ 26 днів тому +37

    "I AM AT ALDI" - Shadow, probably

  • @pilarwolf8818
    @pilarwolf8818 26 днів тому +50

    Local streamer accidentally ruins his own childhood

  • @SJMan2022
    @SJMan2022 26 днів тому +16

    My favorite part of this game is the multiple endings where Shadow straight up murders Eggman

  • @mayitakeyourhatsir8632
    @mayitakeyourhatsir8632 26 днів тому +22

    i remember when i was like 9 i thought this game was so fucking awesome because shadow would say "damn not here" whenever he died like he said a BAD WORD that's so metal

    • @deen7530
      @deen7530 24 дні тому +4

      "Where's that damn FOURTH chaos emerald?"

  • @55alegria
    @55alegria 26 днів тому +17

    I think my favorite obscure reference is that (at least in the french version) Black Doom mentions at some point of the game (I think it's one of the ARK levels) that some alien is the strongest giant of his army, and then it inmediatly dies because it falls into space or something.

  • @littleguystar
    @littleguystar 26 днів тому +25

    "so you never have to"
    Hey, those 326 different paths are an achievement I need to obtain. Somebody's gotta do them for the big sequel.

  • @asimpletaco4665
    @asimpletaco4665 25 днів тому +11

    I just physically cannot watch any shadow the hedgehog’s game videos without quoting the snapcube dialogue. “Shadow, its me, the devil! I’m here to convince you to sin!” Is permanently stuck in my mind

  • @blckwtrpark3352
    @blckwtrpark3352 26 днів тому +31

    Oh man, I feel that "I thought I'd stream this because I loved this game as a kid, and I am not having fun." Props to you for sticking with it, and hope you can take some time to play something you can actually enjoy soon.

  • @BandageVanguard
    @BandageVanguard 26 днів тому +9

    "I miss my wife, Tails. I miss her a lot."

  • @helpmii215
    @helpmii215 26 днів тому +11

    “It’s me the DEVIL! I’m here to convince you to do sin! Steal candy from babies and small businesses! And I’m not talking about Walmart!”

  • @noctisflamma
    @noctisflamma 26 днів тому +133

    After watching these streams, I figured the youtube video would get the detective pikachu treatment with the title, and was not surprised to see the so you don't have to

    • @HazeEmry
      @HazeEmry 25 днів тому +3

      Still better than Detective Pikachu

  • @dfwstarboy6095
    @dfwstarboy6095 26 днів тому +33

    "Steal candy from baby's ,and small businesses"

  • @loganm986
    @loganm986 24 дні тому +7

    Man, he is so cool. I look at Shadow I says, "what a cool guy. Probably the coolest character of all time"

  • @admin-yo1ee
    @admin-yo1ee 26 днів тому +13

    Dan's sin point total is off the scale here

  • @MrReVersed
    @MrReVersed 26 днів тому +36

    23:40 those air ships are in the level "Air fleet" that takes place at the same time as "The Ark" in that level Tails is there to help protect the President, so yeah, considering the ships were blown up, Tails probably died there.
    *Now that is edge*

  • @REI0o0o0
    @REI0o0o0 26 днів тому +30

    Local angry Irish drift king searches for that DAMN fourth Chaos Emerald for 30 minutes

    • @GreatFernicus
      @GreatFernicus 25 днів тому

      I think you mean "that damn FOURTH Chaos Emerald" :P

  • @Laserstormelpies
    @Laserstormelpies 26 днів тому +22

    omg Cloé you deserve soo much appreciation for your current pacing with these highlight videos, wtf! i hope youre working in a tempo thats still comfortable for you, thank you for providing us the good stuff so close to the actual livestreams. \o/

  • @outlier9099
    @outlier9099 26 днів тому +35

    I still love that not only does shadow pump an automatic smg, but he also twists in the mag and taps it instead of just inserting it.

  • @lowlife1368
    @lowlife1368 26 днів тому +11

    Fun fact! This game actually helped create the E10 and up rating for the ESBR rating system.

  • @Keegstar
    @Keegstar 26 днів тому +50

    Rumble Tumble games, you don't understand, I WANT to replay this masterpiece

  • @keystone5750
    @keystone5750 26 днів тому +13

    Wow this video is so cool it makes me want to bark like a dog! woof, woof woof! Anyway, see ya!
    This game was hell. The live chat was basically all Snapcube references until we realized the horrors of having to scan each stage for every enemy, or waiting for bird rides to be over. This took 2 streams for a reason. I saw some people begging in live chat to either play any other sonic game, or watch the fandub instead.

  • @raptorus7773
    @raptorus7773 26 днів тому +96

    HEY SHADOW, IT'S ME..... THE DEVIL

  • @Balibali418
    @Balibali418 26 днів тому +65

    It's really unfortunate that Dan looked up how to fight the last boss, saw the 3 minute Video and still went "yea I just gotta keep doing this for 8 mins, just like in this video" LMAO

  • @cherryhazard8002
    @cherryhazard8002 26 днів тому +100

    Jason Griffith's voice acting made Shadow the coolest character in all of the franchise lol. I remember wanting to be like Shadow when I was a kid and thinking he was so awesome. I miss Griffith's voice for Sonic and Shadow so much.

    • @greenapple9477
      @greenapple9477 25 днів тому +5

      Glad someone else liked Shadow's voice. I remember a lot of people not liking it.

    • @lukescrew1981
      @lukescrew1981 25 днів тому +6

      ​@greenapple9477 He was the best Shadow voice

  • @spectrecabals
    @spectrecabals 26 днів тому +90

    Where’s that DAMN RTGame Video?
    … oh! There it is-

  • @lichenmoss
    @lichenmoss 26 днів тому +32

    As someone who has only seen this game or any other sonic game through the lens of the snapcube fandubs (AND WAS LITERALLY REWATCHING THEM RIGHT BEFORE THIS CAME OUT) it was absolutely bizarre seeing the real dialogue for the first time

  • @Cosmik60
    @Cosmik60 26 днів тому +47

    0:14 - Shadow pumps an MP5 Machine Gun like it's a shotgun.

  • @wernt0
    @wernt0 26 днів тому +10

    So this is what the story is about. I only the fandub version

  • @SGWeber
    @SGWeber 25 днів тому +10

    15:10 I had looked away, you mentioned deleting the VOD, and just then youtube gives me a silent ad. Legit thought you ended the video like that for a second and busted out laughing.

  • @bryanarevalo5522
    @bryanarevalo5522 26 днів тому +13

    You know it’s serious when Shadow says things like “damn” and “piss”

  • @DucksAreCooliGuess
    @DucksAreCooliGuess 26 днів тому +7

    When Shadow said - "Damn, not here"
    I felt that

  • @pastaman7278
    @pastaman7278 26 днів тому +5

    "Shadow, It's me! The devil!"

  • @selenagamya1612
    @selenagamya1612 26 днів тому +31

    I had such an odd relationship with this game during my childhood. It was kind of my only exposure to the Sonic franchise until I was almost in college.

  • @Kirbyfan7209
    @Kirbyfan7209 26 днів тому +4

    “Heeeeeeeey what’s up… it’s meeeeeee”

  • @JeskidoYT
    @JeskidoYT 26 днів тому +34

    What a coincidence that SEGA just released a history documentary on Shadow today 😂

  • @Taypokemon
    @Taypokemon 26 днів тому +29

    Didn’t think I’d see Rt of all people celebrating The Year of Shadow.

  • @dragononastring
    @dragononastring 26 днів тому +10

    *insert obligatory snapcube fandub reference*

  • @AgentofChaos315
    @AgentofChaos315 26 днів тому +18

    "Where's the DAMN fifth bomb?"

  • @inkren
    @inkren 26 днів тому +9

    As one of the biggest sonic fans around I'm curious what other sonic games Dan played so that Shadow the Hedgehog is his favourite. Like..... did he actually play the good ones or is just the bad ones so Shadow the Hedgehog wins by default?

    • @gingerkitten99
      @gingerkitten99 26 днів тому +4

      He listed some of the ones he played in the first stream. It was a mixture of good and bad ones (and more then I was expecting). He said that sonic gameplay just doesn’t appeal to him.

  • @M4SKED2001
    @M4SKED2001 26 днів тому +100

    This is peak gaming, you cannot top this game in this generation.
    Shadow with fucking guns
    Also Shadow shooting Sonic, you cannot top that gameplay man.
    They should remake this game

    • @z34567890123456
      @z34567890123456 26 днів тому +2

      Sega will remake this when Activision remakes MW2 with “No Russian” 😂

    • @someguy764
      @someguy764 26 днів тому +7

      This but unironically

    • @dumbbirdwayne
      @dumbbirdwayne 26 днів тому +1

      Genuinely miss the weird and wacky days of games, sure, we have indie devs now, but the charm of some of these games was the fact that they were physical releases in stores, I’ve got a whole trove of weird PS1/2 games that are super obscure but really charming, yes, shadow with a gun is ridiculous, but modern sega (or any game studio for that matter) would NEVER make something like this now, mid-2000s and earlier games were just so silly but great

    • @TheFirstCurse1
      @TheFirstCurse1 25 днів тому

      ​@@someguy764Dude it's ironic. Only one person likes this stupid game.

    • @someguy764
      @someguy764 25 днів тому +8

      @@TheFirstCurse1 Hi it's me. I'm no one.

  • @lynestarchild
    @lynestarchild 26 днів тому +11

    I've only ever seen the fan-dub of this game before, glad to know there's a game with it too

  • @ModernAegis
    @ModernAegis 26 днів тому +4

    Just gonna put this here, Shadow doesn’t kill Sonic. The gun is at Shadow’s hip for the whole shot, and if he had shot, the wound would’ve been to the head, not the chest.
    Sonic has been defeated and can’t stand anymore. It’s up to Shadow now.

  • @nuggs5509
    @nuggs5509 26 днів тому +7

    You're telling me....THE DEVIL AKA FROM THE BIBLE IS STILL IN THIS GAME!?
    This game will never be the same since Snapcube. I can't take it seriously 😂😂

  • @Sirgen020
    @Sirgen020 26 днів тому +13

    Hades 3 is looking good

  • @SaphTheDarkAngel
    @SaphTheDarkAngel 26 днів тому +10

    "Remember this is my favourite"
    You sure that's not just because you haven't played it for 19 years Dan?

  • @reagansido5823
    @reagansido5823 26 днів тому +10

    A good old case of "Never meet your (sonic) heroes"
    returns to his favorite sonic game, hates it.

  • @DrAshaphim
    @DrAshaphim 25 днів тому +3

    Dan. Everyone knows that the best Sonic game is 'Sonic Adventure 2 Battle' because of the Chao garden. And 'City Escape'.

  • @zozzlez
    @zozzlez 26 днів тому +3

    15:34 fun fact! To 100% complete shadow the hedgehog you have to play the entire game 326 times. It takes 181 hours minimum.
    Looking forward to that 7 part series!

  • @orlarafferty1255
    @orlarafferty1255 26 днів тому +14

    I was here on the stream and the devolution from rt saying this was his favourite sonic game to him just fucking dying inside from the shitty mechanics is hilarious

  • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
    @D44RK_Iced_Yogs 26 днів тому +26

    The stock gun sound effect at 2:02 killed me.

  • @ultimatescout4027
    @ultimatescout4027 26 днів тому +7

    "It's me the devil, from the bible, I'm here to convince you to commit sin"

  • @TRJames5914
    @TRJames5914 26 днів тому +5

    "Heeeeeeeeeey Shaaaaaadoooooooow" - The Devil from da bible

  • @stormcloudsabound
    @stormcloudsabound 26 днів тому +6

    i cannot tell you how confused i was when dumai didnt sound like a brooklyn version of the devil