The Warriors - Rockstar's Overlooked Gem 

Crazy how little this movie is talked about. All time classic. Those who have seen it rarely say anything truly bad about it.

I think it's crazy how the movie and the game are masterpieces, yet they are both criminally underrated.

This was genuinely one of the best video games I ever played. Like everything about this was great. The fight system, the arcade game in your club house. This was one of the best ever released and should be played once by anyone who's ever seen the movie. Absolute classic.

Putting the Wonder Wheel on the main screen was a genius stroke that proves Rockstar really understood the movie.

We will never see these kinds of creative risks taken by major studios _ever_ again This was truly the golden era of gaming F's in the chat 😪🙏🏻

I love how rockstar went from diversifying and making different games without being scared of criticism to milking a 10 year old game

Really is a shame Rockstar don't spread there wings like they did in the PS2 days and dive into different genres as they have proved they got the talent with games like Manhunt, Bully and The Warriors.

I remember being 5-6 living in my aunt’s tiny apartment, playing this game with my brother and a bunch of local kids. We struggled for sooo long on that Top Hat cart mission, until my friend beat it with about 7 of us kids cheering him on. Great memories, would be nice to see this get remade.

This is hands down my favourite PS2 game. When it was released I was blown away because of its addictive gameplay, story and lore (with all those colourful and charismatic gangs). And also I love the great way it adapted the movie.

They really went above and beyond with this game, it easily could've been a cheap movie tie in, but instead they flushed out the ENTIRE world around the movie in such an authentic and enjoyable way that made the experience feel like an enhanced version of the movie littered with extra behind the scenes moments we could never have gotten otherwise.

This game was my GTA growing up. Everyone had San Andreas, GTA 3, while I had The Warriors. I poured thousands of hours into this game with my brother and had endless fun replaying the missions

I used to play this game for HOURS. Gameplay was so fun. One thing I loved is the different ways you could CO-OP fight guys. Major nostalgia going on right now

"Now there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town!" God I love this game

Back when Rockstar actually cared about making genuinely good games and taking creative risks. Now they’re just milking shark cards and GTA+

I was 18 when this came out and it reminds me of my senior year in HS. Coming home late stoned and playing it on my 17 inch flat tube tv. Nostalgia overload

One of the greatest games of my childhood/ ever . All hands , no guns (except the last boss) just fighting , coop play (no games have coop anymore it’s terrible) and the fact that the camera splits when you seperate from your cooperative was something no game has ever done and was pure genius .

One thing i like about this game is after every mission, we get to listen to the radio hearing the current event. As well as the impact the gang is making in the city like how we are going-up the ranks of the city's gang hierarchy. An other events going on around the city with other gangs and what they are doing.

I can't explain the joy i feel every time I see someone remembering this game. So glad you reviewed it, good job. This is so underrated, one of my favorite game of all time. Since the first time i played it, I fell in love with everything from the atmosphere, the artstyle, the combat, the gangs, the level design, the warriors hideout, the way they build and fleshed out so much from the movie. And i may be in the minority but i recently noticed that one of the paramedic in GTA 5 is voice by the actor who played Cleon (Dorsey Wright). I wasn't expecting it and it really caught me off guard.

This game influenced me so much as a kid, I remember being in 5th grade starting a gang at school where we had our own hangout by the sand pits and then another kid at school who is still my friend to this day started a gang called purple dragons, a long story short we had a turf war and regardless of how young we all were we came home with bruises that day. We got in so much trouble, parents ended up getting involved and their was a long lecture about gangs and violence at the school parade thanks to this incident. I remember my mum snapping this warriors game disc right in front of me, I was so sad and tried for months to see if the disc would still read haha PS: I grew up in a nice and safe town in Australia where gangs and violence were definitely not a problem.

Love this game. The combat is so simple you'd think it would get tiring. It really doesn't. I loved the levels where you played as the cowboy hat dude. The goal was to finish the level with your hat still in your possession.

Seriously man thank you for reviewing this game and putting a spotlight on it. I'm 25 and my older brother and I have been playing this game co-op since it came out. It actually introduced me to the movie, which has become one of my top 5 favorites of all time. This is my comfort game and it's one that I learn more about everyone time we play through it.

This game and Scarface were so fire!!

The game that made the movie look better than it actually was, that took inspiration from the original novel and made everything better taking some liberties. Amazing. I love this to my core since i was i kid. It gots everything a good beat em up game needs

The fight with the skin heads inside the bar while the band was playing was so much fun

That opening, the music. Goosebumps...Truly loved this game, played it for hours on end. A true classic, the Warriors and Scarface were and still are classics and will never be forgotten! Wish Rockstar still made games like this, instead of GTA. The fans want games like this! Great video 🙂

The unlockable double dragon style game that was unlocked upon completion was wild! Such an incredible game and movie

I watched the original movie growing up in the 80’s. This game was spot on and blew me away when it dropped. Couldn’t believe how accurate and amazing it was. UNDERRATED!

I've played this game so much when it came out and couldn't get enough of it. Because of this game I was introduced to the movie. Great video

18 years later and I'm still mad that they only allow us to play as Snow once in the whole story mode, you can even beat his level without hitting anyone, he's 1 of the strongest characters in the entire game, come on, Rockstar.

I played this game in like 2005/2006 with my sister in its entirety, my dad even let us have a day off school because I think he enjoyed us bonding over a game of a film he loved. Was easily one of the best gaming experiences of my life Side note sangre por sangre brother, Blood in blood out is a great film and I defo recommend anyone to watch it, it does have a few messed up scenes and themes. Is also 3 hours long so is an investment

I loved this game, playing co-op on the ps2 for hours on end breaking into cars and steeling radios what a blast.

Great to see someone making a in depth video about this, it definitely deserves a proper remaster if not a remake with possibly a online mode

The movie and game have a special place in my heart. As a kid I remember going to a swap meet my parents knew I loved gaming so they bought me a new copy. playing this game made me appreciate developers and how they could make a story in a graphical manner, i had watched the movie before playing the game so seeing it in game form was great and even playing it now I get that same feeling when I was a boy.

Rented this game back in the day and was really surprised how much i liked it. This and the Punisher were 2 underrated gems from the era.

YOOOO. I adored this game growing up and recently started playing it again. First booting it up I just sat on the menu screen for a few minutes, reminiscing. I have yet to actually start this video but I am already so pumped. Thank you for taking a look at this old gem.

Love it. I get why you didn’t go through the “origin” missions, but damn, finding the biggest bopper hat has got to be one of my favourites in the entire game

You mentioned early on in the review about not being able to do damage to your fellow Warriors, and it reminded me of a funny experience I had with the game. I was on the late game mission where the Punks follow you into the bathroom. I wanted 100% completion which involves getting the high score, so I needed 2000 points before I could exit the level. I'm about 500 short, all the enemies are dead, and I've broken every destrucible prop in the room. It occured to me that environmental head smashes are worth a good chunk of points. So with no other options I targeted Cowboy, grappled him over to the mirrors, and threw him into the wall a couple times. Easy points!

*_Finally!!!_* _God nostalgia is hitting me already!_

I remember before this game came out and seeing demos of it on Spike TV. It made me go rewatch the movie a few times before getting my hands on the game, I remember my first playthrough and being so drawn into all the extra lore I got from the game. I miss this rockstar

The Double Dragon neon theme at the end had me dying 😂😂. Great video man. I wish they remade this game with better graphics for sure. But I have it in ps5 classix

"You Warriors are good. Real good."

Not across NYC. THROUGH NYC. The meeting takes place at Dyre Ave in the Bronx. One of the points most north in the 5 boroughs. Coney Island is in south Brooklyn. One of the furthest south points of the city short of Staten Island

Thank you so much for making this video, The Warriors is literally a classic

Bro, this video better go viral. It 's too good to not ride the algo in the "oldschool videogame video essay" crowd. This game was so fun playing with my friend and brother in coop.

Didn't play the game but the movie is an absolute masterpiece

Blood in blood out, what a movie. Watched it a few times two weeks ago 😂

Great review mate, very clear succinct, with great reporting.

solid work so far, about halfway through, but subbed and liked. I appreciate your style. Thanks for the entertainment!

God i remember playing this game for hours. This right here shows just how great the PS2 and it's lineup was. Shame that this game isn't remastered or for the XB1/XS

This really is a gem and a time when publishers took risks. Watched the movie after the playing but enjoyed the game much more.

I recently watched Streets of Fire, and I am convinced that, that movie and the warriors are the main inspiration for the entire Beat em up genre that dominated the late 80's to early 90's arcades. The night time metroplean areas, the punk look and and neon backdrops. The small group of people vs an onslaught of gang memebers etc. etc. Both Streets of Fire and The Warriors are directed by Walter Hill who also directed the classic 80's buddy cop movies 48 hrs and Red heat.

This game needed a video like this, and you nailed it 👌this game was so much fun but pretty hard as a kid

I REALLY wanted a remaster of the Warriors! .....right up until the GTA Definitive edition released 😂 Awesome video mate, classic game!

The Warriors was an absolute gem and I was so lucky that my friend had this game for the Xbox so I learned about it, I got the PS2 version for myself and needless to say that epic co-op sessions were had every time we got together with anyone on our friends group. It was a wonder that none of our neighbors called the cops on us when we were yelling in the apartment things like "the drug dealer stabbed me, kill him and get the money before he escapes!!!"

This game is phenomenal. I really hope they do a remake.

I cannot thank you enough for doing this video about this gem called " The Warriors " I cannot fathom nor express my love towards this game as it is one of the promising and a convincing game as it is based from a movie. The movie "The Warriors" had a special place to my heart as it depicts how gangs run the streets before and the way how rockstar made it into a game and became underrated. The game needs more attention by the developers and hope that they make a remastered version of it. The tone, the style, the soundtrack, and THE GAME MENU.... I had nothing but good time and nostalgia while playing this game. Great work and great video!

Played this so much as a kid, never saw the movie till years after though

I still have my ps2 copy of the game I got on xmas day and I still love it to this day this was a great trip down memory lane the noises and quotes burned into my mind

you have realy nice commentary on all your videos ive been watching you for a while

Oh wow. Good memories playing this game with my brother! Completely forgot Rockstar made it. Great video.

I will always stand by the fact that this game explored the movie better than the movie itself

One of my favorite memories is playing this with my late brother. This and MK shaolin monks are classics, this even more so for me.

I find myself coming back to this video for my background noise. There's something so nostalgic and comforting about this games sound design. I only wish you could have included more in game tracks. But every time a new character gets introduced, that "BWUAAHH" sound is just perfection to my ears

Glad to see a video on this classic. Single player or multiplayer with my brothers, it was always fun.

This game was great. I remember playing on the arcade machine in your hideout, fighting with all the different characters to see the different attacks everyone had. Fun times. Might have to buy it again for another playthrough.

I play this the first time on PS3 and the soundtrack was pretty good, a gem, a example of a good license game well done. I play this again on PS4 and some music is gone, I can't hear Vivian Bee "Remember" again because some license issue, what a bunch of wimps.

One of my favorite movies and games of all time, that starting music with the ferris wheel is stuck in my head, I've been replaying it on the ps2 emulator for PC where you can remove the ps2 pixelation and upscale it to 2k or 4k resolution and download an HD texture overhaul that you can install into the emulator, closest thing we can get to a remaster

Great review! This is my favorite game ever. I'm working on a texture remaster that makes the characters and gangs more accurate to their movie versions.

I loved the movie and have seen it upwards of 10 times. Did find out about the game until 2 years ago and have beaten it 3 times since. I absolutely love it

The Longest Yard came out in September 05 and this game was released October 05, so my guess is David Patrick Kelly just didn't have the time to do both a Hollywood Movie and the voice work for this game. Maybe schedule clashes, but who knows Lol. Great Video.

0:25 that intro bought so many’s good memories back ❤️ clocked this over and over.

Love these videos man. You do a pretty great job explaining the story and gameplay which I appreciate because I haven't played a lot of these games you've covered. Your approach and delivery reminds me of The Salt Factory while being your own. That's a big compliment as I see it because Salt is awesome.

My love for this game and movie can’t even be put into words…truly two masterpieces.

One of my favorite combat systems in a beat em up ever. The memories I have of playing through this game together woth my brother after we first watched the movie will stay with me forever. So many laughs and just a fun time. The run and body slam was so fun to hit people with, grabbing and throwing was satisfying and he and I would often just attack each other in the game for fun. It could get tedious, one level late in the game had you spray paint multiple trains at a train yard and that level just went on and on. The chase sequence from the High Hats was fucking hilarious with how quickly you could die and the amount of restarts and laughs we had was something I wish I could relive. Not really a big Rockstar fan but this game will forever be one of my favorite co op games and I'm just really happy this got made. Also that soundtrack was great, like he said in the intro, some of the music could evoke some creepy horror vibes which fit the often dark tones of the game and movie. Go listen to the main theme from the movie too, the song is really good and played at some really hype moments in the game. Thanks for bringing more attention to this absolute classic.

Well done video my boy. Me and my cousin used to binge the shit out of the game when we were younger.

This video game was one of the best games I ever played growing up, especially the hours I spent with friends making our gangs and fighting each other in rumble mods man. You did a phenomenal job at covering this game, only thing I noticed is you were calling the Jones Street Boys the Jersey Street Boys. You were great at correcting yourself in editing but that was the only thing I could see that you missed. Very minuscule in my opinion though. Such a great video man.

You should check out the video game (I own it for PS2) Reservoir Dogs. Another pretty good movie-to-game “adaptation”. The game fills in the gaps/ not seen parts from the movie allowing the player to navigate situations as the different characters. I’ve seen three different endings based on the players moral behavior. Good channel, well narrated. I’m now a subscriber.

It’s always a good day when fuzzy uploads!

Glad I found your channel dude! Keep up the good work. One of my new favourite channels

awesome video i think this game really holds up to this day and i really want to try it after this. after finishing the video i went and watched the movie and i really enjoyed it. looking forward to the manhunt video great work as always fuzzy

One of my absolute favourite games growing up, played it like 100 times ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥Rockstar used to be a special company it's a shame they don't really make unique games like this anymore.

Great stuff, man. Play after watched the movie and really like how creative the devs are in this one. Keep up the good work, brother! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Fighting mechanics and physics in this game were so ahead of their time 🔥

This is one of those handful of games after finishing that gave me that "feeling* when you know you've experienced something special and what do you do with life now as that menu music pulsates. I enjoyed it so much I spent my money to grab the film. I sadly didn't enjoy it all that much on first viewing. The game just fleshed out the characters so we'll it didn't hit right starting from the run home. A more mature me watched it a few years later with a better appreciation for film and loved it. Enough to listen to the director comments when I learnt about Fox getting killed off (can't believe you didn't mention this omg do your job /s) I think you, and self admitted the lack of buffing your characters hurt your overall experience as It really makes a difference but wow, I don't recall that many throwing objects fights. It got boring just in the video seeing that many. This is one of those games I'd give my favourite nutsack to get remade. Turf control mechanics, an explorable world that feels less empty and more rewarding to explore. I spent hours just bopping around Coney wishing I could just run and bop some fools in another terf with no strings. We can dream anyway as this game feels getting made initially was some stars aligning. Back when Rockstar actually made more than 1 game and had creativity.

I believe this is still to date the best game to ever be made after a movie. Every single aspect from the lore, gameplay, story, environment, ambiance, soundtrack, etc., was executed perfectly in tune with the source. A lot of people criticized the wonky combat in big crowds, but I actually think that's one of the coolest aspects of the game. It's not supposed to be a slick martial arts story with a one-man-army, it's supposed to depict the oppressive chaos of fighting in big numbers while just throwing wild punches like crazy and trying to survive. The characters don't control like typical fighting games where you feel light like a feather, move quick and hit hard. Instead, all the characters and NPC's feel like they have realistic weight and physics on them. Crashing against other thugs makes them awkwardly tumble and fall over and viceversa. If you get knocked down to the ground it takes a while for your character to recover from his stunned state. You can drag each other around while you struggle to break free. If your soldiers fall and you're the last one standing you quickly get overwhelmed by numbers, thrown to the ground and kicked to death with no chance to stand up. Running away is not easy and you will quickly get tackled down and surrounded if you miss a single step. It's all part of the experience and I love it. Truly a love letter in the form of a game.

I'm playing through it now on Xemu (Original Xbox) and it is fantastic. I finished it twice on my good 'ol PSP and it just felt like the best beat-em up I've played on the PSP or even ever (sans Kenka Bancho or Yakuza). What a great game, fantastic review as always!

I loved how the game covered the time period leading up to the fall of Cyrus. Each level told a little bit of how each character became The Warriors. I absolutely loved how the final level of the game covered the entire movie, culminating in the final showdown to end the game. I loved how during the game credits you could trash The Rogues out on the beach for a minute or two. There were a few landmark games for the PS2. Manhunt was fantastic. The Thing was the official sequel to the John Carpenter's movie, and it was fantastic. The Thing would be a great game to modernize. The game play was awesome.

Lord forbid we get good games with massive brawls on current gen tech

Yea I played this when it released, great beat em up, voice acting was on point, great movie as well. Hey man really enjoyed the vid, keep up the great work!

dude i loved this game SOOOO MUCH when i was in high school and it came out. i still love it to this day and would play through it at least twice lol. i was not subscribed to you and all the sudden today i saw the thumbnail at the name of this video and i clicked before you could say... WARRRRIIIIOOORRRRs. come out and plAAAYYYYAYYY. new sub here fam. we are not worthy.

I cannot tell you how much fun I had doing the campaign with my cousin. It was one of the best couch co-op experiences I've ever had. Rockstar is top tier.

One of the best games ever made. Rockstar knows how to make games

Excellent! I agree 100% with your analysis and review of this game/the state of games today. Thanks for everything you put in to this

Oh that into music and title screen how iconic so many memories. Amazing

not only is the arcade machine double dragon inspired but so is a boss fight. if you play the 1st double dragon arcade. the 2nd level looks like ur fighting warriors in a park, then u face two bigger guys who bust thru a wall, which was clearly referenced in the hurricanes mission.

Hands down one of the best games! Played it on the PS2 and PSP. The music is just top notch 👌

Aw man, this brings back so many memories! I played this in co-op with my sister for years and it was always a blast! It felt like if Streets of Rage went 3D and WORKED!

I really wish Netflix, Amazon or another better competent TV produciton company would pick this up for a long term, multi season show. The amount of lore there is and could be is massive. They could explore more of the gangs we only see very briefly in the movie and even incorporate Ajax's incareration in a season as well. It'd print money for whoever picked it up.

The game got me into the movie and god damn, it's one of the best IP's ever

I really appreciate this ride down memory lane loved this game with a passion and still play it on my p5