Midway's Area 51 | A Retrospective 

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This game is such an under rated gem dude. I wish midway wouldn't have gone bankruptcy I wish they made a remastered

Marilyn Manson voice acting an alien named Edgar has to be among the most underappreciated voice cast decisions in gaming. His voice really stood out to me, when I was younger & makes alot of sense

when I was young I used to play the levels up to the part when you lose all your squad mates and would be all alone. I'd always turn the game off then because I was too scared to play with no teammates

Anybody else remember unlocking this game demo in Mortal Kombat: Deception??? One of my favorite little easter eggs in gaming, it wasn't until I got older I realized this game wasn't a fever dream 😂

This was a game that I will forever remember from my childhood. It always scared me so much every time I booted the game that I would just stop playing the game and play something else like (Ratchet & Clank Going Commando or MGS2/3). But, I still managed to finish it back in the day when I mustered up the courage. Great video my guy! Thank you so much for making this!

I think Isaac Clarke is a little bit more of the every man since he was essentially the future's version of a Geek squad tech. This guy is on an emergency response team trusted enough to enter one of the most closed off military instillations in the whole world. Even if he's on the lower spectrum it's not as everyman. Isaac definitely has more personal reason for taking the mission. Anyways there is something you said that I really like. It's when you talk about the horror experienced when destruction and chaos meet the mundane (the Ishimura and the Sprawl etc.) I really like that. it makes a lot of sense

This is one of those "fun" games. It won't blow your mind, you won't sink hundreds of hours into it, it will simply entertain you. And that's enough.

The only thing I remember about this game is two cutscenes, the one where the scientist smashes the window and turns into a mutant, and the other one where a mutant rips one of your team mate's head off

It's weird but David Duchovny brings so much passion to Mulder while holding that tone.

I spent 21 years in the Air Force and I remember them sponsoring this lol. Side note, I had a buddy that worked over at Area 51 and I spent some time just on the other side of the mountain for a short spell. The only thing that I remember about this game is the ominous title screen and music.

Loved everything midway released back on ps2, I still remember being too afraid to walk out of my cell at the beginning of the suffering. I miss the quality control of the ps2 era

Love the fact they used David Duchovny for voicing the protagonist considering his close involvement with UFO's etc in The X Files. Always thought it was a good choice!

Things I remember; always the cutscenes- the hidden dialogue, “his skin melted off” “they just lost one team and now they’re sending another” “fascinating”- the last one is in the medical tent but is difficult to get playing- maybe only after the barrel boss? Oh and scanning stuff- scanning enemies and bosses while alive. The first time you meet the alien parasite in a busted jar- the sounds they make… The death light bridge that kills you if you touch it- but you can inch along the beams to avoid about a dozen or two enemies. The UFO in the level Blue Book- and firing it’s canon The Theta- and that you can kill it in the fashion it was originally to have died- scan the tank at the first level and read how the acid is suppose to kill the things once exposed to air. That headshots with the pistol are 100% instant death as opposed to other guns besides the sniper. When entering the aliens weapons you can see all those tanks- and zoom in and you see Thetas. A good moral question in the lab Torture the infected to death or leave them there? Which is better? Also the possibility of one of them being a scientist that’s mentioned a scan in the room- a datalog on suicide. I remember the extras, Romeras and so on are a bit funny and the calm logs of Gray, and how giddy White is. Also “touch the rail” Pain noises “How did it feel?” “It’s hot.” “That’s wrong, it should be cold, touch it again.” Pain noises “Correction, it was cold.” XD Nice comedy- until you realize you talk to your boss for the last time later in the mission Edit Also you can cap the aliens before the portal

Area 51 is one of those games I honestly have to wonder how it hasn't gotten a remake or been announced yet.

When I was a kid it always bothered me that the main character was the only one on the team w/ no gloves on lol. This dude has a whole hazmat suit on w/ bare ass hands 😆

I absolutely adore that Midway would give us crazy super powers- like in The Suffering 1/2, Psi-Ops, and of course Area 51

Dude a remake of this game would KILLLLL. The storyline is so good. Atmosphere so good. Voice acting so good. Someone has to make that happen. Amazing game. So underrated.

For PS2 this game was a technical masterclass. Solid frame-rates, advanced lighting, lots happening on screen at once

The only thing I remember from this game was the death of the first squadmate where he gets his head ripped off. That moment stuck with me all these years later

I remember first playing this game on a PS2 demo disk, that also had demos for Killzone 1 and BLACK. The small spider-like aliens that jumped at you would always scare the crap out of me lol

I remember the Therta. " Monster " you had to kill two times which was a pain in the ass. And the black ops alien soldiers which were cool.

I love this era of Midway and in retrospect it really stings what happened to them.

Never ended up playing this but I can vividly remember reading about it in IGN or Gamepro. Consensus was Midway was crazy for trying to attach a plot and characters to an arcade game.

My tinfoil hat is telling me that this game is secretly a documentary with its details leaked by an informant to the devs, but that's just silly. Or is that just want they want us to believe?

I remember renting this game not knowing what to expect (We went to the video store like every other weekend and I'd always get a game) I kinda just grabbed it cuz I didn't see anything else I wanted to try. Ended up falling in love and re renting until I beat it Then we beat it coop too

Damn we need a remaster. This game is definitely an underrated gem . 😭👌🏽

YO! I was just thinking that he should do a video on this game after he played Gun because this game and Gun were my jam as a kid on the PS2. Let’s goooooooo

Absolutely loved this game when it came out. Nice sci-fi story to keep 13 year old me invested, and the online multiplayer was phenomenal back in the day.

12:30 if I remember correctly meleeing enemies while in mutated form gave you more mutation ammo. So basically you can throw your parasites to get hp, melee a few enemies to get more parasites doing a never ending cycle.

Dude, I would love to see you play Psi-Ops that was one of my favorites from Midway back in the day along with The Suffering

I love watching the secret videos you get after finding all the things you have to scan in the game. One of my favorite games growing up for sure ❤❤.

13:08 I remember something fun you could do with the scanner is scan your teammates and they'd give funny responses like "Great! Now I can't have kids!" or if you scan yourself after you get infected by looking all the way down Cole will say "I'm not... Human anymore."

I really loved this game when it came out. We were all obsessed with aliens and secret military bases back then so it was perfect for the time period.

Still owned the damn game on both PS2 and PC (Dreamland). IT's a pure nostalgic trip.

I really liked David Duchovny, his voice had a certain surreal dreariness to it that really added something to the game for me. Like someone who knew he was being sent to his death from the very beginning.

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What a blast from the past, this was actually a really solid shooter for it's time.

One of my friends showed me this game, they used to play it back in the day as kid and really enjoyed it but struggled to remember it, I was able to track it down and download it and we both had some fun playing it, and I honestly think it’s surprisingly good considering I wasn’t expecting much, every so often I get this urge to go back and replay it, something I don’t get from a lot of games. I really feel like Midway had some magic back in the day and it’s a real shame they went down the way they did, in today’s world we could all benefit from some of their classic arcade action, and I’d love to see more games try to use the concept of Area 51, several games have had awesome levels involving it and it’s one of my favourite tropes for a level.

This is my Number One Favourite game of ALL TIME! love the fact your squad gets killed of one by one! ethan is awesome voice acting to me!

I really remember playing this game when it came out years ago. Even though the gameplay is okay but having Agent Moulder and Marilyn Manson are in this game. That alone got me intrigued into playing this game.

I've never played this game, yet that cover is so nostalgic, because i always saw a couple of it. at a 2nd hand shop

This game was crazy AF I love the little Easter eggs they put in there

I remember having fun playing the infection mode of multiplayer since I was one of those bastards that could always find rediculous hiding spots. One map has a pit and there are tiny ledges you could drop onto. It also doesn't help that the pit was pretty dark so nobody would notice you just hanging out in it. It was always fun finding random stuff to hide behind and driving people crazy.

The game was ahead of its time,,loved the game,,and still play it from time to time

Man I love this game me and my cousin used to play that all the time when we were kids makes me feel old

I loved this game, such a good multiplayer for PS2

This game is one of those games I remember weirdly well despite it being like 17 or so years since I played it. But the other PS2/Gamecube game I remember really well is Medal of Honor Rising Sun. I don't know what it is. But I spent hours on that game. The first mission of trying to escape the Battleship in Pearl harbor has stuck with me. Even when I recently went back to play it I still had fun. Though mostly due to nostalgia.

I KNEW that was David Duchovny!!! I saw him earlier in this video and thought maybe it was just a look alike but no that’s him! Makes sense he’d be in this game! Loool!

Great video as usual!!! I miss the time when conspiracy theories were restricted to Aliens, mind control and Illuminati...

I've played this game several times but I've never actually finished it, I still remember the first time I played this game, I was with a friend, I scaned something called "Super infectious body" and I got freaked out for some reason, good times.

I didn't knew that you could sniff out bodies to replenish your mutant energy bar, it reminds me of that easter egg in wolfenstein 3d where you can just drink blood of the ground if you're heavily injured.

This was my childhood game, me and my dad used to replay this over and over. Such a hidden little gem

Man, I loved this game so much when I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me of it, I'm gonna definitely play this again.

9:53 God this terrified me so much as a kid. As an adult it's laughable now.

Your ad fit manscapped got me. The ball trimming technology you find in the game...like "I played this and don't remember that!" Way to grab my attention

I remember getting my friends tv and pushing it on my skateboard across town with him so we could play this at my house back in elementary school. RIP Jobel, you're missed brother

Great video man! love this game. Next Midway game you should do is Psi-Ops: The Mind Gate Conspiracy :)

Man we wood of be happy to see this game in the movies man 😕

For some reason it popped into my head, I decided and was excited to see your video. Glad I'm not the only 1 to remember it

This game will always be one of my favorites! Have gone back and played it and I still love it.

I remember as a kid I bot the game because of its bad ass case and thot thare would be cool gray aliens and stuff sadly thare was only 1 part but when I finally sow them behind the glass it blue me away with its ery niss I soo loved it.

When I was younger my dad refused to get internet, so when he wanted to play a game with us he booted up the ps2 so I grew up with most of these games and it’s really cool to see someone talk about them

I remember me and this dude in HS who were passing buddies used to hang out JUST to play this lol

Thankyou for doing a video on this btw, appreciate it alot, the game deserves more attention.

Never played this game, I love these type of games.

I actually tried to play this the other day on PS2 and boy oh boy, I got motion sickness. These controls are wonky.

This game was awesome when I was a kid. Played the hell out of it. I remember randomly scanning things in the first level and laughing at the soldiers wearing adult diapers. The final levels were tough asf for me with the aliens with the force fields around them

Such a underated gem midway had some solid survival horror games I'm this it's sequel and the suffering series. These games should be bought back

David D'anchovie made me laugh

Consistently great content!

thanks for covering this game man, i truly love it

I remember being intrigued to rent this at blockbuster as a kid because of the cover art. But being how trippy the cover was at the time I never gave it a day

The combat felt so good, but I hated the dual-wielding.

I know I'm late to the video, but I wanted to share a fun gameplay tip I noticed YEARS AGO. With each death of your team, you gain more health. The health bar doesn't move, but I distinctly remember seeing my health bar lose less of its pool each time I took damage, and I think it's a subtle mechanic to show Ethan's resolve to push forward.

I played tf outta this game when I was young. Over and over and over, I loved this game so much. Being able to turn into a mutant and back, the setup intro, the suits….. I loved this game

I recently played through Area 51 thanks to the Project Dreamland free version. I liked it, shame it didn't get a true sequel as Blacksite Area 51 2007 was yet another reboot. Wish it got remastered or at least made backwards compatible on Xbox One X and Xbox Series X like FEAR recently.

A solid 7/10 (remembering its overall ratings from way back then) rendered unplayable for me due to the abysmal screenshake. I hate it when they do this instead of improving the weapons' oomph by more delicate means. Great Max Payne joke though, appreciated.

Man the storytelling was stellar. So many working parts coming together to tell a grounded, complex narrative.

I actually loved this game growing up. Played it many times, and maintain many memories of it.

I loved this game so much growing up. Specially finding all of the secret files.

Crispy was a core memory from my early days of gaming thanks to this gem. Going back and playing it over a decade later, I'm amazed how well the gunplay and overall feel has held up. Being able to see through the scope while not aiming down it was MIND BLOWING in 2005.

This had one of the most beautiful cut scenes I ever seen at the time.

I replayed this so much as a kid and young teen! Absolutely loved it.

Beat this game 3 times throughout the years. Something about I love!

man I LOVED this game back when it first came out. It's nice to see some area51 love on YT

I love seeing this game get some love. This was one of my favorite games as a kid. I still have the ps2 box on my shelf. Great video!

I can't even describe how much I love this game. I wish it would be remastered

I grew up with this game I absolutely loved it, played it again a year ago and it holds up pretty well in my eyes, really captured the feel of 2000's games, especially the trope of having one way of playing the game and then like halfway through it completely tosses up the mechanics with new things, i.e. a new combat form, several games did that in that time period

I love this game! So many late nights playing it as a kid. Also great video review 👽

Great video as alwasy man! You're killing it.

Thanks, played it when it was released on pc and I simply LOVED it! Have downloaded the free version as you said just now so I can play it again and go back down memory lane. Such an awesome game! Leon

This was actually the first fps i had ever seen and it blew my mind i remember playing the demo over and over bc of that.

Bro I’m so happy someone else knows abt this game I have so many memories abt playing it with friends

The scope setup was ahead of its time

I had an awesome time playing through this as a kid

I remember playing this over my friends house around 04, 05 with my best friend CJ. Ps2, pepperoni pizza, 2 controllers , area 51… was a good day/night

Thank you for listing the bgm you used in order.

Thanks you for making these videos the PS2 generation was my favorite generation of all time and so many great games that released that are lost to time knowadays. Theres a PS2 game called Cold Winter that I think would fit right up your alley.

I remember scowering this game before I even had internet looking for every secret and Reading the intel, it’s really well done and worth bringing up when talking about this game