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The History of The Saboteur 

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The late 2000s were an evolutionary period for open world games. While the Grand Theft Auto series continued to refine the metropolitan sandbox, more and more titles were showing that the genre could work well beyond the confines of modern-day urbanity. Games like Crackdown and Infamous offered super-powered skirmishes set within near-future dystopias, while the likes of Assassin’s Creed showed that there was plenty of fun to be had parkouring through cityscapes of the ancient past. The size of their worlds rarely exceeded those of Rockstar’s opuses - but the variety of mechanics and subject matter they explored proved that this didn’t always matter.
Among these experiences was The Saboteur, created by the Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios. An open world game set in Nazi-occupied Paris, The Saboteur set itself apart from its competition with its swashbuckling tone and transformative color palette, which became increasingly vibrant the more its protagonist liberated the French capital’s streets. While not everything about it worked to perfection, few argued against its uniqueness; in an era where most games set during World War II focused on hardened soldiers cast into the conflict’s deepest trenches, and most open world games ignored the former half of the 20th century, there was simply nothing else quite like Pandemic’s work.
Yet more unique than the game itself were the circumstances in which it was developed and released. For The Saboteur served as Pandemic’s sole lifeline during one of its most difficult periods - and its swansong once these difficulties forced the studio to close its doors.
This is the history of The Saboteur.
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@RealRanton
@RealRanton 4 года назад
Rly underrated game and amazing studio. Hope they revive their licenses one day
@amiramduby
@amiramduby 3 года назад
PEPERONI!!!
@TheDennys21
@TheDennys21 2 года назад
What? Pandemic Studios has been dead since 2009, they ain't coming back, EA killed them just like a lot of other good studios, EA is pure evil!!!
@anti-ethniccleansing465
@anti-ethniccleansing465 Год назад
It’s a shame that it’s nothing but shitty propaganda.
@reprobateisdead
@reprobateisdead Год назад
Holy! the monk was here
@Sam20001
@Sam20001 5 месяцев назад
It's on Steam
@BobV97
@BobV97 5 лет назад
*The Saboteur is a feckin’ underrated game!*
@afuea-qg5yo
@afuea-qg5yo 5 лет назад
Ye
@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385
Ja
@BobV97
@BobV97 5 лет назад
*Yeet*
@hajdukveljko
@hajdukveljko 5 лет назад
I found out for that game last year :/
@BobV97
@BobV97 5 лет назад
Fawexx Absolutely - And Destroy All Humans! as well, *especially* the the second one!
@theprofessional155
@theprofessional155 5 лет назад
The saboteur is one of the best games I ever played . I even got a platinum I’m trophy in it when it first came out because I enjoyed it so much . It’s a shame what happened to Pandemic . Maybe one day it can be remastered lie Destroy All Humans.
@benzytv
@benzytv 3 года назад
It really needs a remaster. Better than most of the games that have come after it...
@lukky6648
@lukky6648 3 года назад
Pandemic studioes needs to come back , they had very unique games
@suryaanshsingh589
@suryaanshsingh589 2 года назад
I was 1 achievement away to complete all the achievements but could never do it...:'') FYI You had to kill 10 nazis with a single dynamite
@anti-ethniccleansing465
@anti-ethniccleansing465 Год назад
I view it as karma, for making such lame propaganda because the BageI “Goldman” guy read a propaganda book and wanted them his studio to make a propaganda project about the topic.
@Sam20001
@Sam20001 5 месяцев назад
It's on Steam
@richardgaldos6901
@richardgaldos6901 5 лет назад
**list games made by Pandemic** Damn, Pandemic seemed pretty legit, what happened to them again. "... EA..." FUCKKKKK
@Legion849
@Legion849 5 лет назад
Fuck EA they always do this and they get a free pass every time.
@Treyski4410
@Treyski4410 5 лет назад
I would love a saboteur 2 this game was so fun and addictive man
@TheStormbringer8751
@TheStormbringer8751 4 года назад
@「 OKAY 」 Super Underrated Comment!
@BeowulfWarlord
@BeowulfWarlord 5 лет назад
The use of the color palette in this game made it so unique.
@damazywlodarczyk
@damazywlodarczyk 5 лет назад
its original but terrible, they would sell a lot more with color
@TheAlison1456
@TheAlison1456 5 лет назад
@@damazywlodarczyk The 2.5D Russian-themed Assassin's Creed game has something similar going on. It was done well there.
@Kelly-cd3gb
@Kelly-cd3gb 5 лет назад
I mean prototype has kind of same palette in some places
@Hack_The_Planet_
@Hack_The_Planet_ 5 лет назад
Shaun White skateboarding has a similar mechanic for its world
@Treyski4410
@Treyski4410 5 лет назад
The whole game was unique bro the movement the gunplay and the driving was too
@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz
@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz 5 лет назад
Definitely an underrated gem imo.
@Szarus123
@Szarus123 5 лет назад
Saboteur 2 still cancelled soz :c
@QuankyFlacidFilms
@QuankyFlacidFilms 5 лет назад
@Ezra idk wtf tdu is
@MrMCDERPINGTON
@MrMCDERPINGTON 5 лет назад
@@QuankyFlacidFilms test drive unlimited
@Treyski4410
@Treyski4410 5 лет назад
Facts
@Treyski4410
@Treyski4410 5 лет назад
@@Szarus123 were they working on it
@ZaireXIII
@ZaireXIII 5 лет назад
If any game needed a remaster, it's this one. Needs a bit of polish in some areas, but the core is so much fun.
@sic3b
@sic3b 4 года назад
First they should hire a few Germans to voice the Nazi's. I really liked this game but the German voice actors had such a thick English accent and said the stupidest things. There must be a few actual Germans living in the US right?
@tommygun9416
@tommygun9416 3 года назад
It still even stands up graphics wise today
@_mytopfive
@_mytopfive 3 года назад
This would be amazing remastered with better voice acting
@taxa1569
@taxa1569 2 года назад
I remember spending a good many hours recreating ww2 bombings... by blowing up absolute piles of blimps one after the other that fell to the streets XD good salvage. The worst part was getting away
@randomsimpson
@randomsimpson 2 года назад
I never really liked the driving, so I just ran everywhere when not on specific missions. Might be time to play this gem again. I need to knock the dust off my PS3
@WahyuSetiawan-sz4lc
@WahyuSetiawan-sz4lc 5 лет назад
When EA say " we are commited to xxxxx" You know what to expect
@Legion849
@Legion849 5 лет назад
EA says that you know it's trouble. The moment I heard EA bought Pandemics I knew what would happen . Fuck EA ruined such a great game like always they get a free pass.
@Sam20001
@Sam20001 5 месяцев назад
@@Legion849 but it's literally on steam?
@Blairskirock
@Blairskirock 5 лет назад
"they were purchased by EA" That's when I knew a sad ending was upon us.
@mannypardo1080
@mannypardo1080 5 лет назад
The Saboteur is a fantastic IP. Great effort doing it justice!
@v-trigger6137
@v-trigger6137 5 лет назад
seriously this IP was full of potential. the sequel would be a dynamite in next gen
@cursedhawkins1305
@cursedhawkins1305 5 лет назад
@@v-trigger6137 but under EA's name? Battlefront already is being thrown into the ground... best to just let this game have a good grave instead of tarnishing its name.
@reisu_3708
@reisu_3708 5 лет назад
@@cursedhawkins1305 THQ Nordic bought the Destroy All Humans! IP and a remake of the original is set to release next year, so maybe we could see someone buy The Saboteur? Who knows
@cursedhawkins1305
@cursedhawkins1305 5 лет назад
@@reisu_3708 You REALLY believe EA to give that up so easily? The reason DAH was even bought by THQ Nordic was probably because EA saw no interest in the IP... the same might not be said for the Saboteur in EA's eyes because they've done shooters based in WW2 before.
@haolihfaioefh
@haolihfaioefh 5 лет назад
EA: "We are going to hell, aren't we irishman?" Everyone: "Yup."
@pchtommy1268
@pchtommy1268 4 года назад
But you are going there first
@mq5731
@mq5731 5 лет назад
Moral of the Story: EA ruins everything
@yarpen26
@yarpen26 5 лет назад
I'm honestly struggling to uncover at least one game dev story in which EA would not be the total shitbag that ruins everything but the latest I got is the original Sims (which they actually encouraged Will Wright to pursue).
@Koooles
@Koooles 4 года назад
Actually, the more I listen to stories like this the more I think the opposite. It seems that whatever EA acquires the devs go crazy with "oh we have infinite funding now" and mismanage their projects. Not to mention that many of those studios were relatively young with 1 or 2 gems released and many devs have changed by the time EA acquires them. EA is really not interested in not making money with studios failing.
@IMVADER2
@IMVADER2 4 года назад
Someone should remake their old commercials "EA Games; ruin everything~"
@mustangboss1246
@mustangboss1246 4 года назад
No fucking apex and fortnight ruined everything
@ncrveteranranger5124
@ncrveteranranger5124 4 года назад
Ea games then=challenge everything Ea games now= Destroy everything
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
Glad I picked this up at launch on Xbox 360. Great game. Too bad EA is absolutely terrible to the devs under its power.
@kobra6660
@kobra6660 5 лет назад
EA never changes and ruins everything
@v-trigger6137
@v-trigger6137 5 лет назад
Yeah but Pandemic itself had some problems with their management. I think today Pandemic would have been alive somehow if they just managed to be live with EA by improving their management issues (however it wouldn't be the same Pandemic we knew, today they would be just like Bioware making stupid games with full glitchs and giving shitty excuses.. after all they are living under the GOD! EA)
@bigmiki2620
@bigmiki2620 5 лет назад
They should be more like Sony
@DrazenX195
@DrazenX195 5 лет назад
Same. I was super excited for this game to come out and it was one of the few open world games of that generation that I really fell in love with.
@Manic_Panic
@Manic_Panic 5 лет назад
EA wasn't like that back then. In fact, a lot of their games were great until the first few years of the PS3 and 360. Around the time they bought Pandemic, mobile games with monetization were starting to become a thing and EA took notice of this right away. Of course, things progressed slowly but it was just bad timing and unlucky on Pandemic's part, had they tried to negotiate with EA a year later, I think nothing would have came out of it. Now they've sunk almost every studio they have for console/pc games except Ghost from NFS (they're walking on a thin line though) and their sports studios. While Bioware is still alive in theory, might as well be dead at this point. It's just a shame they own so many IPs and we will never see them again until EA dies and another company buys them or goes under serious management replacement.
@MrBerkcan21
@MrBerkcan21 5 лет назад
This game had everything I need WW2, open world, cars, beautiful characters, great weapons, parkour shit etc etc, damn they have to at least remaster this underrated gem
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
Yup, actually set during WW2 and you fighting real Nazis. Unlike whatever the heck Wolfenstein has become now.
@MrBerkcan21
@MrBerkcan21 5 лет назад
@@Gruntvc Yeah sadly Bethesda fucked the whole game with stupid policies
@v-trigger6137
@v-trigger6137 5 лет назад
@@Gruntvc Wolfenstein has become "Whamenstein"
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
@The Last Operator, Yeah, both BFV and CoD WW2 were terrible depictions of WW2 and censored Nazi stuff. Ah well, Wolfenstein sales are in the tank too. Maybe someday someone will make a legitimate single player WW2 game again. Probably has to be Japan or an Eastern European dev though. Western gaming companies are just too far gone now.
@simla5
@simla5 4 года назад
@@Gruntvc What do you mean "whatever the heck Wolfenstein became now"? Wolfenstein never had so called "real" nazis, they always were crazy over the top alternative nazis - and Youngblood aside the soft reboot did a great job with that again... If you're looking for grounded WW2 experience, literally no Wolfenstein game is ideal choice...
@Corrupted
@Corrupted 5 лет назад
3:35 "oh what happened?" 3:40 "oh.."
@jeffbanks9955
@jeffbanks9955 Год назад
I'm replaying this is 2023 and loving every minute
@TomLehockySVK
@TomLehockySVK 5 лет назад
So happy that the game is available to purchase on GOG !
@patteyh
@patteyh 5 лет назад
and Origin
@TomLehockySVK
@TomLehockySVK 5 лет назад
That's what i don't get ! EA own the rights and they don't even have the game on Origin ?!?
@TomLehockySVK
@TomLehockySVK 5 лет назад
@Dee Bee Wait, since when ?? I have the game since september last year and i wasn't able to find it on Origin back then.
@gregorioguerrero1124
@gregorioguerrero1124 5 лет назад
@kxr The first Mercenaries was published by Lucas Arts and the Destroy All Humans games were published by THQ and the IP still belongs to THQNordic.
@cuffzter
@cuffzter 5 лет назад
@Dee Bee I bought it long ago on a physical copy, but since it such a hassle dealing with discs i decided to check how much its on Origin. apparently theres a sale right now so I got it for 1.2 dollar/1.14 Euro. Downloading it now
@ohamatchhams
@ohamatchhams 5 лет назад
Rest in Peace Pandemic, one of the earliest victims of EA
@flyingsquid6062
@flyingsquid6062 5 лет назад
Actually I'd put it halfway through their kill list
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
Westwood Studios.
@noneofyourbusiness4616
@noneofyourbusiness4616 5 лет назад
Origin Systems
@telgou
@telgou 5 лет назад
Nooo the earliest victim was Bullfrog studio in 2001.
@cidfacetious3722
@cidfacetious3722 5 лет назад
Nope. You're about a decade late EA has been doing this since early 90s
@ODean-qi5xt
@ODean-qi5xt 4 года назад
The Saboteur: As close as we will ever get to an Assassins' Creed with guns
@HeatherHolt
@HeatherHolt 5 лет назад
“EA bought them and then everything went to shit.” That’s what I heard him say. I loved The Saboteur!! It was such an awesome stealth/action game I paid only $10 for, I believe. The setting was great, the story kept me immersed, even after the main story was completed. I hate it didn’t get more attention.
@GalahadTheSeeker
@GalahadTheSeeker 5 лет назад
Criminally underrated game, I'm glad you're covering it.
@Ebolaface
@Ebolaface 5 лет назад
Your voice is so relaxing. I loved 'The Saboteur', it had plenty of flaws but was something special.
@kpeterrafael
@kpeterrafael 3 года назад
Imagine Pandemic Studios returning in 2020.
@daamazinfatb0y752
@daamazinfatb0y752 5 лет назад
The minute EA is mentioned. You KNOW how this will end.
@Scotladdie
@Scotladdie 5 лет назад
Not gonna lie *_Reality is often disappointing_*
@Legion849
@Legion849 5 лет назад
The moment you hear EA you know it's not going to end well.
@koilkondaraviteja9945
@koilkondaraviteja9945 5 лет назад
i hate EA... but then again who doesnt
@Marinealver
@Marinealver 5 лет назад
I was laughing at the part where the publisher introduction was placed and just a look on all the faces of the studio seem like complete dread.
@Kcimor78
@Kcimor78 5 лет назад
I dont hate EA at all. Never been fcked by EA in any game, i buy very few games.
@IskenderCaglarM41B441
@IskenderCaglarM41B441 5 лет назад
Fawexx When soul destroyed in something. That thing is done.
@steel5897
@steel5897 5 лет назад
They deserve the hate, but it's sad that many of their games that actually have good decisions being made by teams who care about it are shunned unfairly because of it. Star Wars Battlefront 2 has become a fantastic game in the last year or so, and yet people still hate it. They removed all the lootboxes, even cosmetic ones, and constantly updated the game with a large amount of content and modes the community asked for. It's now a great game, but people scoff at it because EA BAD. It's sad, the people who work on these games are doing the rigth thing but are hated by association.
@user-vn7ce5ig1z
@user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 лет назад
tej Analysis> i hate EA... but then again who doesnt EA (well, at least the people at the top)? 🤔
@danielharbinger6188
@danielharbinger6188 4 года назад
A damn shame they never made a sequel. I still play through "The Saboteur" at least once a year. Just a really great game. My *only* gripe with it is that the final confrontation at the Eiffel Tower was just a simple gun shot. It would have been great to have a fight/chase through the Tower, itself.
@Commrade-DOGE
@Commrade-DOGE Год назад
In older builds it was planned to kinda planned to be a big fight
@domasbaliulis23
@domasbaliulis23 Год назад
@@Commrade-DOGE in form of terror squad goons. you can't call it a command post if its, you know, a COMMAND POST.
@davidpereira5969
@davidpereira5969 9 месяцев назад
it does make sense in a way where everywhere across paris, the people are revolting and a lot of things have gone to shit, and the nazis know their time is done
@rogerlynch5279
@rogerlynch5279 5 месяцев назад
Yes one with an early COLD WAR scenario I could imagine.
@paulinewhicker4221
@paulinewhicker4221 4 года назад
I loved this game! It deserves a remaster...or a remake, just as long as they include that pigeon shooting mini game, that was a lot of fun!
@lopiklop
@lopiklop 2 года назад
Well the thing is, most of the time the "re-release/remaster" is just the PC version of the game on hardware that can now support it. Even Xbox One games still ran in 1600x900, which can still technically be considered HD.
@lopiklop
@lopiklop 2 года назад
I have this game for PS3 and the framerate is atrocious. I have also played it on PC and it was fine there of course.
@rebeccakenworthy4623
@rebeccakenworthy4623 4 года назад
Such a shame, 11 years later and I still look back at this game fondly. If it was to be re- released on current platforms, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Such a great game!
@Vlad-1986
@Vlad-1986 Год назад
I am not sure which platforms you refer to, but if you have a computer, this is perfectly playable. Just completed the game for the first time yesterday. I am using Linux tho, but I'll say that as it is in GOG, it also works on modern windows. I think some people use a patch to increase the game resolution, but the in-game video settings program worked just fine for me to play at 1920x1080.
@kobra6660
@kobra6660 5 лет назад
This was such a great game city of Paris and the color change between freed areas and unliberated areas and parkour
@snacktime2497
@snacktime2497 5 лет назад
Saboteur is one of my favorites of the generation. Fantastic game.
@anuvabroy922
@anuvabroy922 Год назад
The saboteur may have been the last game of Pandemic...but they gave their all and went out with bang!!! This game will always have a special place in hearts of actual gamers who actually like to play games for fun and joy
@rogerlynch5279
@rogerlynch5279 5 месяцев назад
Sometimes like here there is truth in the saying: THE LAST WILL BE THE BEST ::) It is rreally fascinating that is based on the life story of an authentic famous race driver from before World War II. That was William Grover Williams, known to his fans as G-Williams, working for Alpha Romeo. The man was of British/Frech descendants. He had hired a group of former circus artists, craftsman and a few less faithfull types from the rand of the society. In so far the description of the FACADECLIMERS is true, For the British Secret Service the Sabotage Group run under the Code Name - OPERATION CHESTNUT. Regrettably toward the end of the War Williams became arrested and executed in the KZ Sachsenhausen near Berlin There is also a good Wikipedia article to the man
@jeffjames_elheff
@jeffjames_elheff 5 лет назад
Great job with this! As a former Pandemite, this was fair and quite accurate. Cheers!
@TryingSking0526
@TryingSking0526 5 лет назад
Pandemic Studios makes very fun games like Mercenaries Playground of destruction. Now this amazing studio is only a history :C
@CrazyPlatinum92
@CrazyPlatinum92 5 лет назад
The history of the Killzone series
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
Yes please. Wouldn't mind a video on the history/rise and fall of the Bloodrayne franchise too.
@LateNightHalo
@LateNightHalo 5 лет назад
1,000 subscribers with no videos definitely not lol it was always a goofy/poorly designed cult game that never caught on. The devs were wise to just make a different type of game with Horizon
@Batumtl
@Batumtl 5 лет назад
@@LateNightHalo Honestly it had its cons, with its' immersive atmosphere and even the reloading form which was slower than most FPS games back in the time (talking about Killzone 1 here). But yeah overall it was a slow ass game in which the fun was totally missing.
@UltimateBallaPOM
@UltimateBallaPOM 5 лет назад
Killzone 2 was a masterpiece!
@junpei6180
@junpei6180 5 лет назад
Is this series that good? I've only played Killzone mercenaries and never thought this series as more then a Halo shadow with cod mechanics Yeah I probably wrong,but Sony is so fucked up that I can't buy PS3 classics on PS4 (just like mgs4 and demons souls)so I probably will never know lol
@NERDOFUNK
@NERDOFUNK 5 лет назад
The Saboteur came out in the best time of my life yet, great game!
@cmdraftbrn
@cmdraftbrn 5 лет назад
game studio makes games ea buys game studio ea sells games games sell poorly ea kills game studio. seems to be a pattern
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
Might want to add on there: Game devs make single player focused games gamers love. EA buys devs. EA no longer let's them make the kind of games gamers liked, single player focused. New online focused game full of greed baloney, no soul, and made bland not to offend sells extremely poorly. EA shuts down devs and blames them not EA. Years later, WE uses the name of a closed devs popular franchise to make crappy soulless mobile games full of gotcha mechanics. EA is the worst. 😑
@leonmcaffrey4625
@leonmcaffrey4625 5 лет назад
@@Gruntvc we basically need to fire the members of the studio.
@brengis
@brengis 5 лет назад
Why did you show the clip of Mercenaries 3!!! That broke my heart, man. I loved the Mercenaries series
@Marinealver
@Marinealver 5 лет назад
funny thing I liked Conquest, I consider it my guilty pleasure.
@JKCWvids
@JKCWvids 5 лет назад
every video of this series about downfalls of studios, inevitably involves EA or Activision somewhere along the way. i am sad to one day see Blizzard on this list..
@Marinealver
@Marinealver 5 лет назад
You forgot NetEase. As for Blizzard, not before Respawn which will not close before DICE which will not close before Bioware.
@cidfacetious3722
@cidfacetious3722 5 лет назад
@@Marinealver no dice has been around too long they might try that secretly gut and change the studio but they will keep the studio name it's been around too long and it is it's all brand at this point same with the other Studios on your list The Branding is too big but the companies are unrecognizable if you look at the employees its brand only the people are gone
@DragONheart27X
@DragONheart27X 5 лет назад
@@Marinealver Im really worried about Bioware's future. Respawn I think is in good graces with Apex, Titanfall and Fallen Order. DICE feels untouchable at this point with their engine powering almost all EA games.
@spyro563
@spyro563 5 лет назад
Funny you mention it since it is Activision-Blizzard now, they are not separate. As for Blizzard itself they have each a game for a type: RTS, MOBA, FPS, MMORPG, RPG, Casual; and that is all they have. There are 8 games on the Battle.net Launcher and two of them are Remastered version so yeah.
@diablorojo3887
@diablorojo3887 5 лет назад
Blizzard as never good
@Deniz-iu5hf
@Deniz-iu5hf 4 года назад
I still play it and love it ❤ It actually make me really happy that a Big RU-vidr made a video about this game It's such an underated game
@SourRobo8364
@SourRobo8364 5 лет назад
The Saboteur is like a more artistic Just Cause with a better story.
@JabPlayz-Gaming
@JabPlayz-Gaming 5 лет назад
This channel is best for game documantaries!
@IDHLEB
@IDHLEB 5 лет назад
Ahem... Ahoy.
@JabPlayz-Gaming
@JabPlayz-Gaming 5 лет назад
@@IDHLEB What?
@voidedgolem4906
@voidedgolem4906 5 лет назад
ru-vid.com/show-UCE1jXbVAGJQEORz9nZqb5bQ
@Born2kill2891
@Born2kill2891 5 лет назад
This was one of those games I always wanted to get but never got around to buying it
@carljackson1831
@carljackson1831 5 лет назад
Try to find a used copy, well worth buying :)
@kobra6660
@kobra6660 5 лет назад
It's worth it even though it can be repeating by blowing up the same buildings and can be a bit tedious the parkour and black and white environments and liberated areas make a difference
@rafihardadi8002
@rafihardadi8002 5 лет назад
It's on GoG and goes for sale for $9.99 pretty frequently. It's a pretty fun game with a good amount of unlockables and challenges.
@SCRUBY502
@SCRUBY502 5 лет назад
Same I remember when it first came out just never got a chance to pick it up
@twilightshadow91
@twilightshadow91 5 лет назад
It was free on Origin a while ago. I had it on Xbox 360 but I finished it on PC.
@luxslash
@luxslash 5 лет назад
Even though this game always had mediocre reviews, i was always intrigued by its art style so much. I might go back and finish it one day. Thank you for covering this unexpected one.
@jaredh289
@jaredh289 5 лет назад
I miss Pandemic. Lots of great games that I invested a huge amount of time in!
@brandonsclips7741
@brandonsclips7741 5 лет назад
Underrated game in my opinion. It had its issues but I loved it when I was younger.
@tigermonkey4336
@tigermonkey4336 5 лет назад
One of my favorite open world games. The atmosphere, style, score & gameplay all complement each other very well
@Riskystache
@Riskystache 5 лет назад
Every Pandemic title you named in this video was a favorite of mine. I can't express the countless hours I spent with friends playing Battlefront or Lotr: Conquest, or the insane amount of time I spent playing Saboteur or the Mercenaries series. Pandemic was an awesome company and it was a shame to see them go.
@clauleon2810
@clauleon2810 4 года назад
I’ve been waiting years for a remake, I hope someone makes it in dreams
@TheGadgetGod
@TheGadgetGod 5 лет назад
One of my favorite games from the Xbox 360/PS3 generation 😁
@WorldsWorstBoy
@WorldsWorstBoy 5 лет назад
I'm sorry but I loved this game as a youngin. Climbing to the top of a building and silently killing a Gestapo Officer.... Fun shit.
@Atomic_Haggis
@Atomic_Haggis 4 года назад
The fun that was to be had after you picked up the silenced pistol and machine guns. My favourite parts of the game.
@MrXxsnipesXx
@MrXxsnipesXx 5 лет назад
Man, i really enjoyed this game when i was younger. Sean is a great MC and i loved how the nazi occupied parts of the city were in black and white until you liberated them
@strikeforce1500
@strikeforce1500 5 лет назад
The idea alone is freaking awesome, it's a setting that is practically untouched by most media
@kanarokan6060
@kanarokan6060 5 лет назад
When u hear the words " purchased by EA " u know its the beginning of the end
@johnrs99
@johnrs99 5 лет назад
I remember seeing this game in my local gamestore and I wanted it because the cover looked so cool ... but I wasnt old enough for the rating and my parents were against violent games ... maybe I will get it now, thanks for reminding me on it!
@lucaskhlck
@lucaskhlck 4 года назад
Thank you for this little documentary, the Saboteur is definetly my favourite game of all time!
@iCach0
@iCach0 5 лет назад
I remember hearing that Koop song for the first time. Brings me back. What a great game this was.
@super_shag8685
@super_shag8685 5 лет назад
I First played this game 2 years ago long after it's released I was amaze how little people talked about it, the game was good
@badbunny9116
@badbunny9116 5 лет назад
I love this game, the feeling i get when i drive is a great one. Of course, when it comes to exploring Paris i felt i was already part if it and wanted to explore more.
@mertronael
@mertronael 4 года назад
The atmosphere in this game was the best. I really felt like I was walking in WW2 paris. I wish we got a proper sequel. What a hidden gem.
@Commrade-DOGE
@Commrade-DOGE Год назад
The color pallet really helps
@Evan056
@Evan056 5 лет назад
The Saboteur was such a good game. I loved the environment and music the most about it. The music was so good!
@askidar267
@askidar267 5 лет назад
Good old times! I want a sequel to this game for so long now! This and Singularity! Please, do Singularity next.
@Gruntvc
@Gruntvc 5 лет назад
Singularity by Ravensoft? Loved that underrated FPS too.
@askidar267
@askidar267 5 лет назад
@@Gruntvc Yeah, by Activision from 2010.
@Texshy
@Texshy 5 лет назад
Things were well... "But then they were bought by EA"
@Legion849
@Legion849 5 лет назад
' Now they are in the grave'
@SpiritedAway12
@SpiritedAway12 5 лет назад
I immediately fell in-love with this game after playing it on xbox one. It was an amazing experience! The game also has very interesting gameplay and story-line.
@pierregauducheau312
@pierregauducheau312 3 года назад
This game is a gem. With some flaws but definitely a unique atmosphere.
@kristof1291994
@kristof1291994 5 лет назад
At release, this game felt so refreshing. Amazing soundtrack aswell, god I miss cruising through Paris with 20 Nazi's on my tail.
@kristof1291994
@kristof1291994 5 лет назад
@@fredury downloading it as we speak :)
@Ravenghost123
@Ravenghost123 4 года назад
This is THE most underrated game ever!
@phobod1
@phobod1 5 лет назад
That color changing aspect is such an awesome idea
@rafihardadi8002
@rafihardadi8002 5 лет назад
Man, I still have my copy from 2009. I loved Mercenaries 2 and Pandemic's Batllefront series so when I saw their logo and an open world game with a WWII setting I couldn't help but grab it. A lot of people compared this game to GTA4 and Assassin's Creed at the time with the surface level details of it being open world, having vehicles, and there being parkour with disguise system similar to Hitman. Though out of those games, The Saboteur still has some of the most satisfying driving mechanics and car feel that beats out most open world games of the time and I argue even ones from today. It's parkour isn't a button you hold down to move automatically like Assassin' Creed 3 that was released at the time so it wasn't as fluid but there's a great sense of delibracy to it. The game stacks the amount of times you press the jump button when on a ledge and will continue to have Sean leap from ledge to ledge continuously. The gunplay has a good feel to it and even your early game guns still have use late game since not many enemies are bullet sponges and could be put down with a headshot from a Luger or the Walther PPK. It's a pretty huge step up in gunplay from Mercenaries. My only problems with The Saboteur is there can be some pretty save-breaking glitches, anachronistic and fictional guns that really shouldn't be used by 1940s German forces though I don't mind their additions to the sandbox, and lack of races that really show off some nice areas of the map and the handling of your race cars. That and you could put every racer at gunpoint and win the race with no opponents. Even with some problems this game just oozes so much style with the music, aesthetics, and characters that I can't help but love the game. Out of all the games in my library, The Saboteur is the only one I come back to every few years and 100% every time.
@Reds-Retros
@Reds-Retros 5 лет назад
EA: "We don't understand why we're seen as the bad guys..."
@Legion849
@Legion849 5 лет назад
They are playing dumb and they are aware of everything that's going on.
@MasterGaryFan
@MasterGaryFan 5 лет назад
Literally the first hidden gem I ever found in GameStop back in 2013. Got it used for $12 after never hearing about it. Great game. Though the ending of the game seemed rushed.
@rogerlynch5279
@rogerlynch5279 5 месяцев назад
It WAS rushed A minute after they finished it the lights went out for forever at PANDEMIC.
@ryohazuki3161
@ryohazuki3161 5 лет назад
I loved the saboteur everything from aesthetics to design to gameplay to music. It was a gorgeous game that's didn't receive the love it deserved and was made by a studio that was woefully under used
@tobiasrud
@tobiasrud 5 лет назад
Thank you for making this. The Saboteur is a truly underrated gem. Love this game to bits, even if it's rough around the edges.
@AncientCS
@AncientCS 4 года назад
one of the greatest games ever made!
@fluuboi2839
@fluuboi2839 5 лет назад
"yeah this is fun but foocking hell Hans"
@jorgejuantorresquiroga5441
@jorgejuantorresquiroga5441 4 года назад
If you mean that quote when Sean slides down a rope, he says "Oh it's fun, but hell on me hands!"
@CPUT99
@CPUT99 5 лет назад
I loved Saboteur, its monochromatic non-liberated zones and the general gameplay of attacking outposts was replicated in many games following.
@sportfuryman
@sportfuryman 3 года назад
Absolutely loved this game. The efile tower ending was superbly done
@Liam-sb8jj
@Liam-sb8jj 2 года назад
I was expecting a big boss fight so it was really tense going up there and seeing all those officers just sitting there. It really captured the hopelessness of the nazi cause near the end of the occupation. I love that they didn’t make you fight anyone
@rickylovesyou
@rickylovesyou 5 лет назад
Lol and ten years later nothing has changed. EA continues to close beloved studios or ruin them. Continues to be bane of the industry. Continues to draw in the sheeple to throw away their cash. 🤦🏻‍♂️smh.
@HelloChief117
@HelloChief117 5 лет назад
Thank god that loot boxes are ethical and fun surprise mechanics, though.
@Ghostie.
@Ghostie. 5 лет назад
The History of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
@iiPotatoes
@iiPotatoes 5 лет назад
Mercenaries and The Saboteur are two very unique and fantastic games. Completely underrated in my opinion.
@adamfrazer5150
@adamfrazer5150 2 года назад
Somewhere in the tangle of christmas lights that is my mind, there sits a quiet cemetery for those studios and their creations lost to us. It continues to fill. Many thanks for another quality topic and top-shelf production - this channel is missing a couple of million subs 👍
@mr.sinjin-smyth
@mr.sinjin-smyth 5 лет назад
Truly a unique game. One of the very few Third Person games set in WW2.
@BT-ex7ko
@BT-ex7ko 5 лет назад
An absolutely fantastic game. My other fav 3rd person WWII was the Brothers in Arms series. Which unfortunately became an uninspired mobile game than the character based drama that it was.
@leonmcaffrey4625
@leonmcaffrey4625 5 лет назад
And being only ww2 title to be open world.
@NexusKin
@NexusKin 4 года назад
It also had so many features and mechanics packed into one game, even if they weren't entirely as fleshed out as they could've been!
@Meatzonee
@Meatzonee 5 лет назад
One of my favorite games of all time. damn, I want a remake. love it so much
@screamingfox5666
@screamingfox5666 3 года назад
I like to park a car in a rural area and leave Sean just outside the car (so i can still hear the music) when I go for a smoke break, it is funny because Sean understands it and also light one.
@micpere1991
@micpere1991 5 лет назад
I found this game for $10 brand new at a 2nd and Charles store a couple weeks ago and bought it. I never played it so watching this video has gotten me hyped to play it when I have time.
@Pyke64
@Pyke64 5 лет назад
As long as EA is around there will always be fuel for this series.
@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz
@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz 5 лет назад
The history of the Midnight Club series please
@BobV97
@BobV97 5 лет назад
The history of the Midnight Club Still Cancelled Soz series please
@ZiqM4
@ZiqM4 5 лет назад
loved that game, would love to see it on a GVMERS playlist.
@126theman
@126theman 5 лет назад
Yes!!!!!! That'd be sick!!
@126theman
@126theman 5 лет назад
When will they remaster 3!?
@v-trigger6137
@v-trigger6137 5 лет назад
Why am I not surprised lol
@busyak
@busyak 5 лет назад
Incredible game, and a beautiful swan song for Pandemic. Played through it 3 times, always great. Truly remarkable command of tone - as much a b-movie as possible without spilling over into cringe.
@davebeat
@davebeat 5 лет назад
One of the most underrated games of all time. This is an absolute treasure.
@OlDMEGR01N2nd
@OlDMEGR01N2nd 5 лет назад
Any chance we could get a “The Rise and Fall of” the Conflict series? My childhood favorite games were Conflict: Desert Storm 1/2 and Conflict: Vietnam. Would love to hear your take on it.
@ROBOHOLIC1
@ROBOHOLIC1 5 лет назад
I love how the hardest difficulty in game is just called Fekkin' Hard
@adamnope4577
@adamnope4577 5 лет назад
i remember finding this at game stop for the first time, at random. Best hours of my life until it glitched at the part where you defend the rebels hideout, and blow up a tank, and sadly putting away when I painstaking trudged through the campaign 2 more times only to find it was a glitch I was permanently never going to pass. Good times though.
@psycomutt
@psycomutt 5 лет назад
You guys should do "History of" popular devs, alive and dead. Focusing on one game is awesome, but I would love the whole story.
@egyptik
@egyptik 5 лет назад
I had a feeling Saboteur would be next
@pyroshilov8474
@pyroshilov8474 5 лет назад
16 minutes in one second: EA cause a fuckup, blame the studio and shut it down
@alexanderaspiring2479
@alexanderaspiring2479 2 года назад
It's a game of my childhood. I spent the best time playing Saboteur. Seriously, I don't know exactly why I'm so addicted to this game even after years. Besides, I love the Paris atmosphere there, storyline with struggles to punish the villain, adorable music. It's almost forgotten, but despite this, I'll keep my love to Saboteur. Only a few creators on channels like that still making and showing this game, giving a ray of Sun throughout a decade. Existence of this games makes my time spending more fascinating even now, regardless playing many times. People do underestimate this game, showing on something other instead of remembering the masterpiece
@Unpopular_Duality.
@Unpopular_Duality. 5 лет назад
Everytime I watch one of these videos I lament over a game I missed out on or never knew of. Love the video.
@justletmelistthese
@justletmelistthese 5 лет назад
"We will make a French Resistance game" "Now, now the last high fantasy game tanked, make it about an Irish GTA'ing Nazis in Paris" "RELEASE IT NOW"
@Madjo-qj2ge
@Madjo-qj2ge 4 года назад
I like this game Nice simple Stealth system Nice Car to Drive Killing Nazis Sabotaging with explosive Doing some Terrorism.... i mean Liberation activity Nice Gunplay And Nice Simple Parkour system And also good story
@amnril
@amnril 2 года назад
The Saboteur is still the only game I’ve ever obtained a platinum trophy. Loved it, a total gem of a game.
@SymbolicSplenetic
@SymbolicSplenetic 4 года назад
I LOVE this game. Still play it to this day. Owned it for PS3 (when I had one) and now own it on PC and 360.
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