I actually requested that game to Shane for Just Bad Games, and he said that he and Adam are going to do a episode on one of those games, the other game I mentioned was Alien Resurrection
Ever had a franchise where the main characters get so unbelievably lucky in every single scene and any bad thing that happens to them magically ends in the most cliche way possible, that you root for something bad to happen that kills them more than you root for their survival? Yeah, that's F&F at this point
15:57 The crazy thing is that if this were an actual movie in the franchise, that would probably be the scene they use for that scenario. The absurdity has gotten that regular.
This whole video was great, but the "giant loofah swinging behind the car" visual in particular made me scream with laughter at the end of a very trying day - Thank you guys, I dearly needed that.
And so, gamers around the world learned their lesson and never got themselves overhyped for a game they knew next to nothing about just because they liked the company involved.
Former game dev here. I have to imagine all those hilariously horrible things you pointed out were called out by the team. The question is: Why weren’t they fixed? Usually it’s about time. But what could have made this game get rushed out like an annual sports franchise? It’s a licensed game untied to an actual upcoming movie, coming from 2 studios with decent reputations. Weird...
The reason: Ian Bell. The ex head of SLS. He is not a nice guy, super thin skinned and dictatorial micromanager. Has made several absolutely amazingly bad decisions and yet was the head of SLS for 2 decades. Is not there anymore, EA sports bought it to make F1 franchise more attractive to simracing audience. SLS had the best devs in the business once, the foundations they created back in the day are still visible in the simracing today. But.. Ian Bell is a knobhead.
That feeling when Need for Speed: Payback, which I consider to be the WORST entry in the franchise, is a better Fast & Furious game than an actual licenced F&F title. I would also like to point out that Crossroad's current all-time peak player count according to Steamcharts is a grand total of........ *_21 players_*
Yeah that's the thing I'm confused about they can't talk bad about how unrealistic about the things that happens inside the fast in the furious. The fast and the furious is pretty much anime.
And it's just one of the many reasons why I hate what the series became. I miss the days of underground street racing and espionage as opposed to bootleg Twisted Metal.
@@CommodoreFan64 I was out of the series since about then too. Then years later I saw a clip of Terry Crews in an armored SUV with mini guns and missile launchers, halo dropping onto an Arctic lake and getting in a car battle alongside others. I thought, "Oh cool, is this a new IP or something?" Then I saw F&F pop up. I was instantly not interested. At all.
9:22 Wait, so you’re telling me that they used a 2D sprite for that dude in the suit as opposed to a 3D model despite the game being released in 2020? 😲
13:38 MY LUNGS ARE HEAVING FROM LAUGHTER. I am just in utter disbelief that your car, supposedly to look cool, goes through tubes of pipes, only to suddenly shoot back outside where it first entered HAHAHAHA
@@confusedkemono Well, no. But it was THAT one guy. Not me though. I didn't even know this game existed before this video. I mean, I did know Vin Diesel is a huge fan of gaming, not just video gaming, he also apparently is a D&D fan too, and he even starred in the Chronicles Of Riddick game, which was a prequel to the movie itself, and even has his own video game studio, which is pretty cool, because it's rare to see a celebrity not only own their own game studio, but be such a fan of it that they've starred in their own games about the movies too, even if said games weren't very good. But at least he tried. He was also Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy movies too. Apparently he's also a renowned breakdancer too. Well, he's multi-talented at least.
In the original The Fast and The Furious, Dom and his team hijack trucks carrying TV/VCR combos, and were completely thwarted by a single truck driver with a gun. In F9, the Fast and Furious Saga, Dom’s team defeat an army and fly a rocket car to the international space station.
@@micah3608 Found on 2F2F DVD there was a strange lost game featuring orange Supra and a black Charger in Los Angeles and drag racing against a red RX-7.
@@dubstepbeecorsi6892 Spider-Man: Gwen Stacy in turtleneck sweater, trench coat, miniskirt, boots that covers her attractive legs, and a headband. Prototype: Pedestrian Girl in lace bra, elbow sleeve button shirt, garter belt, stockings that covers her attractive legs, belt, pencil skirt, and a pair of high heels.
10:12 Lol, I just imagine the dude with the gun being like "Just... stop moving the car. Just hold it still. Stop! I cant line up a shot if you keep moving! Dude just lay of the gas! STOP COME ON DUDE!"
Considering the game awards are a glorified advertisement for new games with meaningless awards given out to those who played nicest politically with the judges along with giving them crap tons of money no this game fits perfectly in the game awards as it's as broken and hollow as the awards
My same comment about The Last Of Us 2. Ghost of T should have won it. I laughed hard when Cyberpunk 2077 was a contender, like are you joking ? The way it ended up should have dropped it entirely. Game Awards is all about flash over substance
@@jacksonteller3973GOT is actually really cool most people really enjoyed it. LOU2 probably deserved GOTY though and I agree Cyberpunk is actually pretty good. Had they just made a 10-15hr linear fps rpg it could be one of the best games in the past years. The open world aspect ruined most people’s perception of the game even though the main story was great.
@@ChaseMC215 IDK, 2 Fast 2 Furious had a number of silly moments too. Drawbridge jump and boat jump come to mind. Though they were more about car culture and racing then saving the world action movie type stuff. Still I like them all, though the first one is probably my least favorite, that first race just lasts so long and is so poorly done, like 90% CGI blur out the window.
@@scottthewaterwarrior That's part of the charm of the older Fast and Furious movies - They're about car culture first, goofy but plausible plots second. They were just dumb car movies with largely throwaway plots, contained to one or two locales. One of those things where bigger isn't always better, y'know?
"Have no fear! The Shunt buttons are here!" That is... a very unfortunate word to use. Anyone else who's seen the 1989 movie 'Society' knows what I mean.
The driving mechanics remind me of F-Zero GX for the GameCube, you had to balance speed for grip and control, and each vehicle had different stats for grip, the lower the letter, the worse the grip, and using the left and right shoulder button also shifted you left and right
Just a slight note about the electric jaguar emitting steam when damaged. Electric cars still have radiators and coolant, and can absolutely emit steam when damaged. I don't fault you for not knowing though
@@thearousedeunuch I wouldn't think it's easy to fact check. "Do electric cars steam when crashed" isn't exactly a productive Google search. These are video game guys, I don't expect them to know cars
@@ethanlandau6333 Given that fucking Slightly Mad Studios helped develop this shitpile,they most likely already knew that about electric cars emitting steam.
14:24 - I have a suspicion that the bus is meant to do that, to throw you off while tailing. I have seen a few things like this, when in chasing/tailing missions before. I'm certain it is because of that, and not the horrible AI, but of course, can't tell with this game.
So they were basically handed an excuse to delay the game on a silver platter and spend that extra time to make a better game, but instead just shipped it out in a somewhat broken state and said eff it? Do they share employees with CD Projekt Red?
To be fair Fast and Furious did get a good game for Tokyo Drift. It's just basically Rip off of Tokyo Xtreme Racer, but still miles better then this even with the questionable driving physics of the Tokyo Drift game.
Oh deer, that makes me remind to a twitch commentary that I saw in a stream of the full story mode(similar to this one): I hate to say it, but I´m glad that Paul Walker isn´t alive to see it
9:26 For anyone that remembers the way classic Doom characters moved and didn't move in terms of their three dimensional plans, this is exactly what this is. If they're standing still, they will only move with the camera, just like this game somehow replicated with technology years after classic Doom.
"All the realism of a Saturday morning cartoon" Yeah, that's why I don't like F&F anymore. I miss the days of street races and tuner cars, not explosion filled Twisted Metal ripoffs.
Frankly, I would've liked if they went the way of Gone in 60 Seconds or Baby Driver, where it's an action crime flick but with a large emphasis on cars.
Yeah. What happened to the old "criminals boosting cars for illegal street races" plot? Now they have characters fighting each other with futuristic technology.
@@Xehanort10 Yeah. This is what led me to write my own stories about that sort of thing. While I doubt it would ever come to solid fruition (especially in this state the world is in), I can always dream.
The funny part is, they didn't learn their lesson. They released a game just like this about 10 years ago. Its called WHEELMAN, starring vin diesel. And its just as awful, if not worse, than this. The only reason i played it, is because you get to drive a Pontiac G8. And even then, its just not worth it. These games need to go away forever, and ill never miss them.
Saying that the game is “set in the same universe” as the movies makes the movies sound like it’s a sci-fi franchise. And given how they portray physics in the film, it might be the best way to look at them.
this game actually makes the ridiculous stunts in F9 less insane. *sees Rocket car in F9 trailer* they've lost their minds.. *sees 1 scene in Crossroads* uhhh.. *sees Rocket car in space in F9* I'm sorry I ever doubted you
@@blackice9088 NFS Underground pink Eclipse with Vapor bodykit and aqua unique vinyl... iconic with the orange-gold Skyline with Mantis bodykit and unique griffin vinyl.
As opposed to every other period which definitely weren't full of rush-job shovelware. Especially the '80s and early '90s, which definitely didn't have enough of it to kick off the career of one of the most famous gaming personalities on RU-vid. Nope.
@@stevethepocket To be fair, I don't recall many AVGN-reviewed games from the 80s and 90s that were unfinished or incredibly buggy. A lot of them just inherently sucked due to bad and/or boring gameplay.
reminds me of several Flat Earthers who claim that "operation fishbowl" (an A-bomb test) was actually "The Government" trying to break through "The Firmament"!
@@douglasthequilava nick made THq Nordic rushed the game to tie it in with the new Spongebob movie. But then the pandemic happened and it got delayed. Nick still told them to continue regardless.
I mean yeah. Last film they entered orbit by modifying a sport car and strapping it to a rocket. Next step... Hollywood scriptwriter: "Ok... hacker... mafia... russian nuclear sub... flying car to the space... uuughhh...... CLONING! YEAH! Cloning! Bad guys invented cloning! Imagine an army of Vin Diesels in the 3rd act! Wooooo"
@@al112v4 It's hard to show in text form. I speak Spanish, and if I want to show something, English speakers will say something. I know it's not Barthelona.
@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Genki's F&F game driving a Brian's Supra in Los Angeles PS2 and Xbox November 2003-planned mission-based driving game that later cancelled but became Street Racing Syndicate's final build found on 2F2F DVD.
I know right? I mean, I'm one of the weirdos that actually likes the action focused Fast & Furious movies (as well as the original trilogy), and it would've been pretty cool to play the greatest hits of the franchise, much like the Lego Star Wars games. If there were more thought and effort into it, this would've been a pretty decent game.
5:52 I'm pretty sure that's a reference to Need For Speed Heat, why? Because Slightly Mad Studios has a thing against EA after EA rejected their idea for Need For Speed Shift 3, since then they hate EA to the point where they got into the NFS Payback reveal stream and actually revealed this game before time and said "We are making a better Fast and Furious game that this knockoff they made" they also said that Project Car 3 was what they were planning for NFS Shift 3 (and watching how much the people hate PC3 maybe it was a good call from EA to reject it).
@@starspeculation Imagine if you played an Original Xbox (or Xbox 360) port of Roblox from 2006/2007 (via Super Nostalgia Zone on Xbox One) on Xbox One via backwards compatible.
