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Fun fact: the many people you see claiming to be a sega fan being a xbox hater doesn't make sense, and many don't get someone to say somenthing to break it

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As someone who regularly plays Invisible War (version 1.0, without patches) on period-correct PC hardware (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz + GeForce3/GeForce4 mostly in my case) I can confirm that there are technical oddities with that version. The ones that affect the game itself - broken ladder climbing and potential physics weirdness (etc.) - can be solved by locking the frame-rate via V-sync (too high of a frame-rate, far exceeding 50/60 frames/sec, was most likely not accounted for by the devs), however most of the problems stem from other quirks not related to the game logic/loop. (1) All in-game settings automatically resetting to default values and resolution defaulting to 640x480. This happens *every* time you launch the unpatched version of IW. The reason why it does this has to do with how settings are kept by the game; each time you make a new game the changes you make to the settings for that “session” are stored whenever you save your current game. This means that each save file will recall the exact settings you made for that specific play-through when loaded, which is kind of neat but I can see why the default settings at start-up could be seen as an annoying bug/oversight. (2) Copy-protection scheme locking up the game (and Windows to an extent) in the middle of loading screens after X amount of area transitions (I haven’t counted, not sure if it’s random or after a fixed amount). This one is genuinely an issue as it makes it frustrating playing the game it was meant to be played (no nVidia required). The game will do the usual pause to check the CD before the loading begins proper but when the issue occurs this CD-check stage keeps going forever, forcing you to either power down the PC or CTRL+ALT+DEL rebooting the system (I couldn’t figure out a better method). The solution? Use a no-CD patched game executable. That’s right, cracking saves the day (and slightly shortens loading pauses)! I don’t know how common this issue is across PCs of that era and, hell, maybe I’m just unlucky but it certainly *can* happen. The only caveat with this “fix” is that you have to copy the whole game directory and only crack the copied executable or else the game refuses to start up again without re-installing it (an anti-piracy measure?). At least that’s what I had to do… (3) The mouse lag does occur in unpatched IW on PC but it’s only really an issue when there is a lot of slow-down happening and I still find it a lot easier than using a gamepad to aim and shoot. Not something that I personally find to be an annoyance. Default mouse sensitivity is pretty high, however, so lower it like crazy before getting used to the game. (4) Playing unpatched IW with an ATi Radeon 8500 card (GeForce3 competitor in 2001) causes bloom lighting to multiply in intensity to the point of making everything look like it’s glowing with extreme radiation. Doesn’t happen on Radeon 9500/9700/9800 series cards. This is a blinding eye-sore that can only be fixed by disabling bloom lighting wholesale. I don’t know if an “ATi fix” patch was ever issued, maybe one of the patches for IW fixes this? Either way, this is an out-of-the-box issue that is very much real. (5) The game supports PC game pads of the time (Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power is what I have and sometimes use) but it’s pretty clear that stick aiming/looking doesn’t quite feel right in IW. Maybe there is a Windows setting I’ve missed or maybe it’s an issue with this particular model of game pad but looking diagonally has a certain stiffness to it I can’t quite explain that’s definitely not in the Xbox version. Maybe the PC game has issues registering the X- and Y-axis simultaneously with sticks? I don’t know. I didn’t test this very extensively so it’s possible I missed something but it was yet another unpatched issue I came across. There might be some other quirks I missed but these were the freshest in my mind. Anyway, thanks a lot for the video! It’s always refreshing hearing a perspective that doesn’t outright slam the game. I don’t personally find the universal ammo to be a problem. The bigger issue for me was how quickly you max out your biomods and how upgrade cans and money become obsolete in the game’s latter half unless you constantly change your play style. Some biomods being more useful than others is another thing I wish was addressed.

The Godfather had similar mechanics

Nice review. I’ll download that control patch right away 😂 From looking at the gameplay, I kinda get a Drakengard vibe from it. more specifically the flying missions

If they remake this game ill buy in a heartbeat

I don’t think it’s A gta clone at all. Just A studio taking advantage of what was already done for “open world/ sandbox” games at the time. Different approach same execution. The gta comparisons killed the game along with bugs. NY was wayyyyyy better than LA idk why LA was so popular

Took you so long to do the review, but i kind of loved the video structure on its own right. It feels more like travelling to the past.

Man i gotta say resistance fall of man is way too overhated. Loads of reviews I seen on TH-cam are people just talking trash on the game and saying how it didn’t age well and that the game was too difficult (which I find odd because they all play the game first on hard mode) it’s just nothing but hate for this game but you’re one of the few that haven’t and you do a super well job going in depth on this game and its history with the ps3. I love the weapons in this game and i absolutely love the artstyle. Resistance 2 I feel like just wasn’t as good as the first one mainly due to how they structure the game and its 2 weapon limit but Fall of Man has surprisingly been very fun. I discovered this game when a classmate of mine told me to play it with him after school and I didn’t expect much considering I never heard of it but wow I really discovered something great and I’m super thankful to have known about the game since. Anyway amazing video and I’m glad someone has talked about this hidden gem!

Noice!!! Imma look for it now.

the thing that takes me out of it is how many hits enemies take whilst still fighting and moving just fine makes the swords seem blunt

Good video, you have an underrated channel.

I bought this when it came out I'm from NY and was living in st louis and got home sick bad as shit I was in this fame for hours just because it was in ny

Great review, loved that game, just one thing you said San Andreas is huge. It took 9 minutes to circle the whole map on the fastest bike in San Andreas. It took 45 minutes to circle the whole map on the fastest bike in True Crime:NY. I timed it 17 yeas ago. And the fastest bike in True Crime is crazy fast on full speed. so basically 5x the size of San Andreas😁

Wait at 43:20 you’re talking about high school graduation money????? You got money for graduating high school???!!

Me and my friend played the living hell out of this game. I played the PS2 version while my friend played the PC version. My favourite thing about True Crime New York City is definitely the story. The reason why this game means so much to me is also because it was a Christmas/B-Day present from my dad. I don't have my old copy of TC:NYC anymore, since the disc stopped working. So hopefully I will someday get a new PS2 copy of the game someday in the future.

really good video

omg that intro <3

what a video.. ❤ it

Why did this video show up when I typed "longest monkey sentence" in youtube

dude why emulator frame is bit choppy, it's evident in gt3, is it emulator limitation or your computer? amazing video though, thanks for nostalgia burst

Got my ps2 summer of 2005 so I was late to the jak/daxter party but such a great game. I really miss this era of gaming the 6th generation was good times.

Oooo this gonna be fun 🤩

I'm so glad you mentioned Kinetica bro!!!

I beat this game by keeping my PS2 on all weekend because i didn't have a memory card.

The sound sync if off, but I'm gonna leave it be. I have had to upload this video three times because TH-cam's processing has screwed it up three times in a row. It was and still is an issue on youtube's end. To see a 1080p quality version with better sound go here: rumble.com/v5trw4n-jak-and-daxter-on-the-ps2-a-review-from-a-nobody-with-a-look-back-at-55-oth.html 0:00 Intro 1:37 Building the Scene 4:37 PS2 vs DC 6:43 2nd generation software 7:39 2001 recap 11:02 Jan 13:04 Feb 14:12 Mar 20:23 April 21:52 May 25:33 June 26:58 July GT3 30:33 Aug 31:22 Sept 34:59 Oct 36:46 GTA3 41:38 GC and Xbox Launch 44:39 Nov 49:23 MGS2 56:14 Dec 1:00:34 Jak & Daxter Review

Fun Facts: If you go through blocked bridges in the game, you can see where the developers were originally going to add Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx to the game but the systems at the time weren't capable enough to handle the extra space. Also, Ground Zero is on the game too.

I only played True Crime: LA. At first I thought that it was wack, but you have to get into it. New York City never attracted me until now. Thank you, put out more game reviews tho!

Put out more game reviews

Such nostalgia watching gameplay of this, might fire up the old ps2 for this one

Love your intro. Thanks for reviewing this masterpiece 😁

Come on, we all want to hear the game's music.

I’d love to see these remade with modern graphics and gameplay mechanics. The Getaway too.

My nickname for Resistance 2 was, 'Resistance 2: Rise of the Elevators' What I remember most about it, was those dang elevator chats with the Doctor character.

This game and Scarface 🔥

One of my favorite games

As a GameCube owner, this was my GTA 😂😂

I put in so many hours into True Crimes NY. The best part was when you were such a bad cop, they would demote you from detective to patrol and gave u a whole police putfit 😂🤣

This game massively deserves a remaster and expansion

Sleeping dogs turn out to be the third game, which we all know was True Crime: Hong Kong. But before that, it was going to be called True Crime: False Justice.....

We used Google Maps and fed that data into the game to make 100% accurate street maps for True Crime LA and NYC. For NY I got to direct Darth Maul (AKA) Ray Parks to do all the mocap for fighting styles you could buy.

NO overediting (Spamming the video with meme snippets) Thanks!

The gore fx are hilarious. People without head or limbs keep screaming while moving them around levitating in the air.

Dude, I remember rocking up to a convenience store in my Limo with a personalised registration plate. Upon entering the store there seemed to be a criminal attempting to steal something, so naturally I whipped out my double bladed staff and proceeded to dismember the peep before he could get away. Amazing game.

Mercenaries Was out around this time too I think. And a much better game to play in terms of scale and multiple players with different styles

This was my GTA because I had a GameCube at the time. Very fun game!

Very fun game

grow up playing on the ps2 and oh Xbox had both games in the series. When I became adult and bought an GameCube to add to collection had to add the GameCube version as well.