7 Ambitious Games That Were Too Ambitious For Their Own Good 

"We're not bad at games, we're exploring the area beneath the difficulty curve." Is an amazing phrase and I'm gonna use it everywhere.

Jane's little "no one's gonna high-five me" was adorable. That's how she gets you.

„We all have ambitions. . .“ Me: _lazy snort_

Too Human was very much ambitious and had tons of failings but i would be lying if i did not admit that i played this game religiously for many many months. I enjoyed the story and liked the spin, wish someone would remake it and do it right.

Too ambitious for their own good. Pretty sure my therapist said something like that once. But I'll show her, when I build my own helicopter...

How about 7 times we wanted to kill our in-game character?

My vote for this category is Spore. From the very first concept video, of this velociraptor-type beast stalking around a dark world, I was hooked. As the months and years wore on, the videos got more cutesy, but I didn't care. I pre-ordered at the first opportunity... and I think that's probably the most disillusioned I've ever been with a game. The stages were so simple that each one was only fun for about five minutes, and the whole game could be finished in a little over an hour. I had visions of walking around as a lone creature, seeing stars in the nigh sky. Naming those stars, and then visiting them when I got to the Space stage. Erm... ja. That didn't happen. Neither did religion, economy, or any other mark of a complex, developed society. I'm still sore. :-P

No mention of Spore? It was the No Man's Sky before No Man's Sky. It's actually decently fun... until the last stage, which is as pointless as it is endless

Very surprised not to see Spore mentioned here. It promised the universe long before No Man's Sky. Instead we got a living genitalia creation simulator.

"Development helhiem" "Its been loki" hahaha those are great

"it started at fable one, because that's how numbers work" yeah xbox

I'm not sure if I've ever heard a more spot on description of John Carmack.

Trespasser sold 50,000 copies. Meaning there were 49,999 disappointed people and Luke, who was just happy to have a game with dinosaurs in it.

And now God of War has tackled Norse Mythology in the funniest screw you to Too Human possible.

Jane I know I’m late but every time you put your hand up i high fives you

Fable 1 was AMAZING, growing trees or not

Come on, Jane -- of course Thor and his buddies existed before the movies. They were based on COMIC BOOKS, remember?

Can we get "7 Characters we didn't expect to warm up to but I'll be damned, we did"? I was inspired by Teddie from Persona 4: Golden. That adorable jerk.

I didn’t know Mike was married! Good for you! Your partner must love explosions...and cars...and general gaming recklessness

"Not many people bought Trespasser" *Turns and sees it on the shelf next to me, guess I'm one of the lucky few?

OutsideXbox promised Andy would do 1000 back flips and they disappointed us. I can't wait to see how Mike spins this.

The Brits have such great words like "tosh" and "knackered". The best I can think of that the US have given is "cattywampus" which 99% of the people I've said it to don't believe is a real word, which led me to believe for most of my life that my grandfather had made it up. I swear it's real.

14:57 - I love the way Mike delivers this line, especially the end. His accent really drives home the finisher.

Those Norse mythology puns were definitely high-five worthy

Is 3 things going wrong in the intro a new record because it's the highest number, or the lowest?

Oh hey I remember Duke Nukem Forever...Wish I didn't though

"It started with number 1 because that's how numbers work?" Someone time travel back to 1977 and tell George Lucas before he makes Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

Honestly, I can forgive Fable because it was still a pretty revolutionary game.

Don't worry, Jane, I high-fived you via my screen. On an unrelated note, does anybody know a good place to get cracked PC screens fixed?

I love how Andy doesn't even try to get off the chair when it's on fire. That's dedication!

The acorn thing was in fable two. It's called the golden acorn and you plant it after getting the hero of strength at her father's funeral.

I remember playing all campaigns of Resident Evil 6 with a friend when it came out, and it was one of the best gaming-experiences I have ever had. It might not be the greatest game to play alone, but it definitely is one of the greatest co-op experiences this genre has to offer.

Ah trespasser, don't you hate it when you lose control of your right arm

Jane's puns have Surtur-nly brought me to Tyrs.

Even the youtube algorhythm recognised the cyberpunk 2077 fiasco that they recommended this 2yo video to me.

You guys forgot Two Worlds from this list. It was marketed as the Oblivion killer with more sidequests, bigger world and more features which of course weren't there.

Most ambitious action I saw? Andy Farrant attempting a backflip

Yay, they talked about my favorite game, Tresspasser! Would love to see you guys do a Let's Play of it. I still have my original disc and have kept a note to myself in the case to turn on cheat codes because the dinosaurs were so aggressive (even the herbivores or "veggiesaurus") And I remember using AOL online to search for walkthroughs while having to pause Napster because downloading a song would make browsing go so slow (while hoping no one tries to make a phone call). Thanks for all the great content you guys!

Anyone else hi-five Jane when she made the norse mythology reference?

RE:6: slightly improved graphics and voice acting. RE:7: basically a fucking brilliant movie.

Literally thought 7 was just going to be "Everything by Peter Molyneux"

Jane's hair is beautiful. I totally doesn't notice the horns.

Fable 1 was amazing. I spent so many hours in it. Also, Resident Evil 6 isn't a good RE game but it's a fun game overall. Especially co-op. Platinum'd the game on PS4 with a friend.

I actually own Too Human and thought about getting rid of it but, knowing I have a the game with its original case in good condition feels too cool to part with.

What about the somewhat recent ME : Andromeda? Their original idea included insane ambitions that only led to an unrealized vision, little development time for the actual released product, the critically acclaimed series turned into a joke, and the whole team getting dissolved even before patches were done rolling out.

Remember Mighty No. 9.?A kickstarter that was supposed to be the spiritual successor of Megaman. Yeah, that didn't happen. It was probably worse for the people who actually funded it.

You guys are great, really entertaining stuff, keep up the good work!

I expected Too Human, and was pleasantly surprised to see it first. I still have my copy, and I actually love the game. It’s unfortunate we’ll never see the full trilogy.

I feel Spore was a big miss on this list. I was SO excited for that coming out. I even got a new laptop so I could play it. Turns out it was basically 4 minigames

Spore was like this. So much potential. But then there were creature stages missing; big, empty worlds; big, empty space; simplified creature creation; and a choice between the very limited developer content populating your galaxy, or a mess of random user created content spoiling everything.

Fable: the lost chapters. If the trees grew over time the wood sky would look amazing

"Jake! Hurry!" "Hell ya!!" *thumbs up*

Oxtra is an example of ambitions done RIGHT.

*ME:* But Jane, what about Fable Fortune or Fable Heroes? *JANE:* ... And that noob was never heard from again 🦑

Tbh fable 1 is one of my favorite games of all time.

This just happened to come up on autoplay while I had RU-vid on in the background... ... while on an Expedition in No Man's Sky. Really makes that particular entry hit different. Lol

I'm with Jane. All three (and *ONLY* three) Fable games were still quite enjoyable, once you scaled back the Molyneux-ness.

A possible idea for a list that just came to me, somewhat in the spirit of this one: how about games that were ahead of its time, never getting the recognition they deserved during their release, but grew in popularity much LATER, when gamers "wised up" to what was offered to them? Not sure how to classify entries to such a list, but games like "Planescape: Torment" or original "Beyond Good and Evil" comes to mind for me.

I watched a video of someone playing trespasser a while ago. I had no idea it was a "finished" product, I thought it was a crappy work in progress indie game. Thanks for educating me Oxbox!

Fable 2 starts with your character as a kid and then does a time skip. I always wished they'd poked fun at themselves by having a quest in the first part where you plant an acorn and then you see the tree during the second part.

Hey, let's appreciate one thing that Resident Evil 6 did with it's AI companions...invincible, infinite ammo, NO MANAGING ITEMS WITH THEM. Dumb they may have been, but at least they were dumb and invincible and didn't need ammo. *glares at RE5*

Yay Trespasser! The sound of my Voodoo card screaming in agony as the framerate dips is writ in my memory forever.

"I would have been REALLY upset if you didn't include what you included" - me, and also everyone else

That description of John Carmack is frighteningly accurate. Well done.

So... Finally, we unveiled the mystery of 'who let the dogs out'. Jane did.

I'm so glad I went into the Fable series, (Fable: The Lost Chapters, PC) at thirteen, with no preconceptions or expectations beyond the box. I loved the first one, still in many ways my favorite RPG. The second one disappointed me with it's simplified magic system and somewhat less deep plot, though was otherwise just as good. The third simplified the magic system even further, though I feel I should note, in both cases there is a good in-universe explanation (left unsaid in-game) for this, and required multiplayer for full completion, a downside for any primarily single-player game IMO, but brought back a more engaging plot than two, if more railroaded than I felt the previous two were, largely due to feeling a lack of anything real to do outside of the main plot. The characters remained, aside from main characters, fairly shallow across the series, though again I think one and three fleshed out secondary characters better, and had a larger cast of them. A great series, ruined in the eyes of many by unfulfilled promises.

I loved trespasser so much! It was so difficult in the most buggy way that I couldn’t stop laughing. But I still wanted to complete the puzzle with tripping clumsy raptors chasing me. Also you’re amazing Jane.

I have 2 copies of Too Human. I enjoyed the idea, control was a little difficult. I was excited to see the story finish though

Oh, I think Mass Effect Andromeda should totally be on this list.

Honestly the main failing of Too Human was to think that Baldur, the essence of all that is good and beautiful in this world, would make a good hardcore sci fi hero.

I love outsidexbox in its entirety, but I would watch Jane talk about anything. Despite any amount of scripting, she is so funny in her delivery

9:45 That raptor face planting (neckplanting?) was too much. xD

This gave me a thought; how about a video about games that came incomplete, but ended up becoming more fleshed out later on? Like almost every Battlefield, No Man's Sky, or GTA online etc

Andy said he was okay *Andy wasn't okay*

I know it wasnt out yet when this video came out, but if you make another, Fallout 76 should be at the top of that list.

Damn it! I just learned about the too human dispute, I actually quite liked that game and have been looking for a way to play it. That sucks

Oh Jane, how i love you... I high fived my screen for you. I need a new laptop...

The Kinect. Not sure if it counts, but it was ambitious as heck.

I still remember the E3 reveal of No Man's Sky and me saying it was going to be a massive flop, then getting completely bad-mouthed and told I was salty. And I still regret never being able to find my comment on that video to show everyone how right I was for useless RU-vid likes... *sigh* I need better things to do.

I didn't know that about too human!! I have a copy, but havnt played it yet. Guess I should give it a play!

If you want to know about Jon Romero, John Carmack, Doom and Daikatana read "Masters of Doom", yes, a book.

What about Activision's "American Chopper", which implicitly promised it would not be entirely dull? Waaaay too ambitious.

I still would want to play 'Too Human" it looks pretty cool IMO

17:07 I love this channel and their sense of humor so much. THOSE ARE ALL THE FABLE GAMES. Agreed!

"We're not bad at games; we're just exploring the area underneath the difficulty curve." ...Dude what do I need to do to be allowed to use that one. I mean I'll beg, I'm not proud. Er, or rather... I'll ask very nicely, I'm not... bound by ego?

Did anyone else check the time when Mike said Andy talked about RDR2 every 15 minutes and expect it to be the end gag? Curse you and your backflips, Jane!

For Andy being such a history nerd, I expected him to be diving across the room for the high five with Jane.

I very much liked the helheim reference to north mithology, well done

I'm so happy that Jane, someone with such good taste in games and fashion, likes all three Fable games.

"Let's all laugh at an indusrty that never learns anything tee hee hee"

I still have a copy of too human, yeah it wasn't great but since I realised it was hard to find it's now a treasure for me.

I high fived my phone for the low-key "loki" joke that was funny asf

Okay, I'm gonna say it. Resident Evil 6 was fun

Who let the dogs in? Who? who? Ellen let the dogs in. Who. Who. Who wants the dogs out? Who? Who? Andy wants the dogs out. Who. Who.

You guys are the best. Really!

The wife and I actually enjoyed RE6, but we know we are alone in that

I'm just going to go ahead and add Half-Life 3 to this list. Your move Valve...Your move.

"Began with Fable 1. Because that's how numbers work." Looking at you, Microsoft

17:12 i mean. i wouldn't cosider myself a fan, but it was one of the first games i played back in the days. and i liked it well enough to continue playing and watching my brothers play as well. i stand with you on this one.

Call of duty black ops 2. The zombies mode tried to do so many things that they got stretched too thin and became one of the most empty experiences I’ve ever had