The dog whistle effect of mentioning Naughty Dog in a TH-cam comment continues to be some stone cold hilarious sh!t. Ya’ll would find a way to whinge about LOU2 while delivering a eulogy at your mom’s funeral if you were allowed to put a self-like on it. lmfao.
I honestly find it super impressive they were able to create something serviceable enough at the time to incite a publisher bidding war, especially considering all their limitations and budgetary constraints.
I think it WotW shows how clever and talented the developers were: Deciding to go with a fighting game was a clever choice, as there was a "fighting games" gold rush at the time. They crafted and delivered the game without delays and the final result is impressive if you're looking at still images in a gaming magazine. The game itself was serviceable enough at the time and didn't stain their reputation... All in all I am sure the publisher was pleased with what they got.
I'm not gonna pretend this game was good, but there's still a certain impressiveness that two guys did basically glued this thing together with a shoestring budget, no priori experience in even a related style of game, and absolutely none of the things that Ed Boon et al used to make it work (trained professionals for the acting, real money spent on sound design, and the like). It's very "In a cave with a box of scraps" energy, and that's commendable.
Fun fact: At a very early point in Crash Bandicoot’s development, the game was originally going to have a bonus level called, (“Way of the Wombat”,) back when the game was called Willy the Wombat.
Okay Matt, I haven't watched yet, but I'm gonna bet I've got a bit a trivia about this game most don't know. Back in 93-ish I was at CES in Vegas and saw this game on the show floor. We were trying to make a 1v1 fighter internally at EA and I suggested that we contact the developer about taking their engine, implementing our art (for the cancelled "Savage Heroes"... but that's another story) and then tune it, since it played like ass. I reached out to the then-unknown developer, Naughty Dog and they heard, "EA" and almost hung up on me. My boss, Scott "Chakan" Berfield found out that they had formerly worked for EA and EA had a first-rights clause on their games. So.... Naughty Dog was forced to send us (me) a build. I wrote up the proposal on how we'd take the game and make it into our own Primal Rage-esq fighter, but EA didn't want to pony up for a 6 month dev cycle and wanted me to focus on other things (like the cancelled, then not-ish Future Strike/Cop, but that's another story...) So, Naughty Dog off the hook, no 1v1 fighter from EA except That-Which-Will-Not-Be-Named-Fu, Future Strike in limbo, etc... etc...
The research, the editing, the script. This show is peek entertainment for me. I hope he never finds the worst fighting game. I want this series to last forever. Thanks to Mr. Muscles and his team! P.S: that panel "HAHAHA YES!" was my face exactly when i saw the upload on my feed. Cheers
@@RetroGamerBB yes that's the one i fear. Nothing at all works in this game if only the terrible voice acting. Dangerous street close second if not equal. One of the 2 will be the end of his quest i fear.
>characters are friends and family in Chinatown halloween costumes >soundtrack is just a Rob Zombie CD >features an edgy talking 3D Skull that says "yeah" This game is a gift
There's a minor inaccuracy here, Matt. Galub Jamun is not a real boss, but a secret boss akin to Mortal Kombat 1 Reptile. Fighting Galub requires going through a secret alternate path where you fight pallette swaps of some characters (this time referencing MK2) and this path unlocks by a set of obtuse and complicated conditions. And I don't think those conditions are recorded anywhere, beyond an issue of Tips & Tricks magazine or its predecessor, Video Games magazine. Ironically it's easier to play as Galub by entering a cheat code. Still wondering if anyone will be masochistic enough to do the full secret path for Way of the Warrior and post it on youtube.
Message to myself from the future: February 1995 issue of Video Games magazine. Have to a get a perfect winning round, a "Second Wind" and not use a specfic button/action.
I never thought I'd be hyped to see terrible games, but man, this series really managed to get me excited for _Way of the Warrior._ A grand achievement, all things considered.
The funniest thing about this one is the story of the making of the game- the most "do it yourself" thing ever, getting their friends to play the characters. "Major Gaines" had such hardcore Small Man Syndrome that he wanted his character to be way taller than all the other fighters (hence his "Growing" move) and wouldn't shave his soul patch because it took so long to grow in, so it shows up on his character portrait.
Imagine having your friends and family as characters for your fighting game. That would be pretty funny, actually. If I were a braver man, I would love to have a sign-up in my college for any students willing to mokap a fighting game.
I mean it's been done. There's that Chinese fighting game made by a bunch of fans that was just that, Streets of Fury EX more or less did that but in the beat 'em up genre...
Fun bug in this game: if you do a back throw as Ninja while you're at low health, because he technically enters knockdown during his animation, he'll get up in the "ready to be fatalitied" dizzy state. You'll lose the round and give your opponent a bunch of skull points for landing a throw
In defence of Tan coloured chroma key screens, they're making a comeback as they were used extensively during the production of Denis Villeneuve's Dune to help better integrate the action into the sandy environments without having to deal with weird blue or green fringing.
Sandy environments are probably the only thing they'd work well against, though. Tan is just too close to skin colour for it to be worth using against any other background.
Wouldn't you just try to use separate lighting for the actors in that case? Ie light the actors tan while keeping the green/blue screen on its own lighting setup in the back
So this is the game that brought Naughty Dog to make Crash Bandicoot for Universal, huh. Never knew it's devs kept on their own way to get things done and survived the 3DO. Heck of a story.
I´d have a recommendation for this series actually, it´s a game called Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft for the Playstation 1, it is one of the weirdest 3d fighting games I´ve ever seen in my life. Granted I don´t know if it would be as bad as some of the games featured in this series so far, at the same time it kinda reminds me of Killing Zone in a way. But it´s up for you to decide if you wanna take a look at it. Great video as always.
My brain on the concept of _Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft_ when I hear about it: - _D&D Fighting Game:_ A D&D fighting game has potential: You got various classes to provide a unique and distinct cast of characters and would allow for unique styles and tactics to be had. - _Is Ravenloft Themed:_ Uh, okay. Not as versatile as Forgotten Realms or Mystara. But hey, we'll get some cool monsters and even some of the Dark Lords as fighters! - _Starting characters consist mostly of normal fantasy stuff, with only a gargoyle, skeleton and werewolf as thematic, with Strahd only appearing as a boss or through a cheat-code:_ That's... underwelming. But hey, at least the gameplay could be goo- - _Gameplay is awful:_ GOD DAMN IT!
"You should remake Way of the Warrior!". Naughty Dog: We don't know what that is... Also why? "Cause it be cool! It was one your early games too!" Naughty Dog: Not it wasn't.
I think this *technically* makes it the first platform fighter. Actually, wait... a fighting game with vaired platforms, random item drops... clearly Super Smash Bros is a Way of the Warrior knockoff.
@@kevingriffith6011 “Mr. Sakurai, what were your inspirations when creating Super Smash Bros.?” *horrible war flashbacks of playing way of the warrior* “Uhhhh I kicked some dude’s ass in King of Fighters once”
I remember when this trash ass game came out back in 1994. The reason it didn't sell big and wasn't critically acclaim is because of two reasons. 1. It was a Mortal Kombat rip-off 2. It was on Panasonic 3D0 which at the time was $700. Not many people had the 3D0 at that price back then. None of my friends and middle school classmates had it I know that. The worst fighting game of all time. And they had the nerve to put it on an expensive ass console like the 3D0.
I have a feeling that the White Zombie music was there because the devs used it merely as temp tracks during development, but since no one was willing to compose music that could replace them, they chose to let their publisher Universal license the temp tracks out to use in the retail game, which could also double as a back-of-the-box marketing thing to drive interest.
Its interesting to think that this game is what gave us Crash and Naughty Dog as we know them. Yeah the game isn't great, but it was impressive enough to give them a contact with future games.
This game looks like something from sitcoms shows where the character desperately wants this game, but steals it or get a allowance, or a job. Then learn morals from these characters...
When I saw the title, I got this confused with Insomniac Games first game Disruptor. This game was also based on a popular genre at the time (first-person shooters a la Doom), meant to be released on the 3DO (which they were smart enough to realise was a lost cause) and they were desperate for publisher when Universal Interactive swooped in and saved them from forever obscurity. These two developers were truly meant for each other back in the day!
Okay, since now you're covering 3DO games you should definitely take on the legendary game known as "Shadow: War of Succession" It's so bad it might actually beat Criticom off its throne (or maybe the closest to do so).
Honestly this whole series so far has been a blast never realized it’s this easy to make a trash fighting game but here we are the way you script and present them I enjoy keep up the good work
I had a 3DO with this game when I was a kid and I absolutely loved it, so much so that I made my own Book Of The Warrior and used to do katas towards it.
Having the fighters come from an evil book is an interesting and unique concept. One way to have it matter would be for them to be evil warlords who were sealed away long ago. Now they're free to wreck havoc and the humanity has to send their best warrior to fight them (chosen by a tournament. Maybe the warlords threatened to nuke the planet if they weren't fighting 1-v-1.
I remember when some game magazine, I believe it was EGM, was getting bombarded with letters about WOTW's review scores, some of which had specifically mentioned the less-than-optimal 3DO controller as a major flaw. But then an adapter which let you connect Super NES controllers to the console came out, and the letters were telling them to re-review the game to account for playing with the adapter. So they did!... And it wasn't much better, just by virtue of how many bizarre choices Naughty Dog had made at a fundamental level. Also, please please PLEASE cover Tongue of the Fatman a.k.a Mondu's Fight Palace a.k.a. Slaughter Sport.
Great Stuff! 90’s cheese was at it’s peak with the arcade shooter Revolution-X. It was a genuinely _pure heart,_ soaked in blood. You position that between the Sega 3D Star Wars and Gunblade NY cabinets at a busy arcade (or the Playland which now the Olive Garden at the foot of Times Square) and you have yourself, _a good summer._
WOTW was one of my favorite bad games of my youth, we were all well aware of how shit it was but we loved it all the same. I will always remember how surprised I was that Naughty Dog not only wound up making another game after that, but that game turned out to be Crash Bandicoot. My two favorite things about the game were that you could 1) do fatalities on the first round, after which round 2 would proceed as if nothing happened, and 2) also do this to the bosses, which could result in you ripping the heart out of a skeleton man who has no heart. 100% disagree with you about the soundtrack though, it introduced me and several of my friends to White Zombie and did an absurd amount of heavy lifting for this terrible, terrible game.
"Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin felt their creativity was held back by far too much micro-management from EA"..... EA?! Micro-managing things way too much?! Surely you jest!
Wow! That's probably the cheapest possible way to make a digitized fighting game. No wonder the 3DO and it's library of games were doomed from the start!
The duo got screwed over by EA (big surprise) and were on a shoestring budget; they had little choice. In fact, were it not for the bidding war that this game started, they'd be known as a couple of nobodies.
Cyborg Justice on Sega Genesis. Half side scroller, half fighter. Fun but shoddily implemented feature let you tear off an opponent's arm and use it to replace your own
Imagine being the studio that developed this mess, then, more than 20 years later you release the remake of one of the most beloved games ever made and all internet is talking about you and most of those people doesn't even know your very humble begginings.
Actually owned this game in 95. The only redeemable quality was the soundtrack. Only good 3DO games were Return Fire and Gex Also owned a 32x. Glad I didn't wait for the "M2". Those were dark days... until the PS1 came out.
Surely, I must be the tenth person to point out that gulab jamun ("goo-lob jah-mun") is the name of an Indian dessert. It's something like a donut hole in hot sweet syrup. Dammit, now I want some.
Way of the Warrior looked AMAZING to me at the time. Remember, in 1994, the only way we previewed games was through screenshots. Trust me, a lot of 3DO (as well as jaguar games) looked pretty darn impressive when all you had to go on was a motionless, 2-inch square. I still have a soft spot for Way of the Warrior’s visuals.
Hey now, the 3DO sold like 3 million units. That's not quite the colossal failure some other notable consoles like the Jaguar were 😅 I mean, even the Genesis/Mega Drive only sold around 3 million... in Japan... while the Saturn only sold 1.75 million... in North America... 😁
After watching a previous video and hearing about a fighting game Naughty Dog made that never caught on, I immediately knew it would appear here. Talk about a Crash in an era.
Just came across your channel a few days ago. Criticom came to mind for some reason one day and I decided to look it up (haven’t played it since like ‘97. Played it once lol). I’m loving the “worst fighting games” videos. You’re absolutely hilarious and I enjoy the history you provide for each one. Interesting and funny. Subbed! 😁
If you want the worst fighting game ever made, look no further than Micronet's Heavy Nova for Sega Genesis. It's a fighting game where, due to a programming issue, characters become completely invincible whenever they jump. That should tell you all you need to know about this game.
It's amusing to see how often one of these stinkers features some bizarre fighter that I know has been imported into MUGEN, having seen them on saltybet or spriteclub for years, but never having known where they originated. Thanks for all the hard work, Matt!
I have a suggestion for the Burn Book: "Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls" I was a decent enough fighting-games guy back in the day, but this game...just fight Sekka, to get what I mean. The AI is sssooo difficult, and the fighting mechanics are too basic to let you overcome the sheer cheese with style. Ooh! And thank you for mentioning me in your Mortal Kombat Remakes Wha' Happun! That was wild ^^
I'm impressed of how well this video series format has evolved. Very informative and surprisingly crazy stuff in this corner of video games world. The Worst Fighting Game series is great, awesome work!
@@ESFAndy011 especially the ones which are fake versions of famous youtube channels making "giveaways" on whatsapp or telegram, now that's a good recipe for getting your money stolen
There's a game called Legend of the Dragon on the Wii that absolutely deserves to be covered for this show. It has some of the worst motion control jank I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing. (Why would you use motion to do specials in a fighting game? WHY!?)
Even Naughty Dog wants to forget this game ever happened. One of my close friends worked for them for years, and he’s never even heard of Way of the Warrior.
I was so in love with my used 3DO when I was a kid. My friend had a Saturn and I was naively hell bent on convincing him that my 3DO was better. He showed me virtua fighter (b4 remix) with launch and I showed him this. His laugh was the final blow that shattered my undying belief that somehow the 3DO wasn't a pile of junk. Every time I see this game all those memories come flooding back.
The one Naughty Dog game no publisher has the balls to re-release
You mean balls 3d?
And still has a better story than part 2
After the disaster of last of us part 2 they might need to remake this game. Cause no one is gonna be excited for part 3.
The dog whistle effect of mentioning Naughty Dog in a TH-cam comment continues to be some stone cold hilarious sh!t.
Ya’ll would find a way to whinge about LOU2 while delivering a eulogy at your mom’s funeral if you were allowed to put a self-like on it. lmfao.
@@bearerofbadnews1375 fucking deal with it
I didn't know these guys would go on to become Naughty Dog so that "Their next game, Crash Bandicoot" hit me like a punch right to the head
Having a skull with a bloody Ying Yang sign talking in a dark satanic voice is the most 90's thing ever lol
Also best part of this game.
It would make a boss tattoo honestly.
It's so badass in the corniest way possible lmao
The game itself says the symbol represents, good, evil, and *the bloody conflict between them*
So much edge
@@universalperson that's kinda cool actually
It definitely looks like the kind of things you'd see on pogs back then. They probably made some.
I honestly find it super impressive they were able to create something serviceable enough at the time to incite a publisher bidding war, especially considering all their limitations and budgetary constraints.
Some people take the EGM review too seriously…
@@MrSniperfox29 Thank god the industry corrected this.
and then even more amazing at the next game they made becoming a best seller for the PS1. talk about learning from their mistakes
I think it WotW shows how clever and talented the developers were: Deciding to go with a fighting game was a clever choice, as there was a "fighting games" gold rush at the time. They crafted and delivered the game without delays and the final result is impressive if you're looking at still images in a gaming magazine. The game itself was serviceable enough at the time and didn't stain their reputation... All in all I am sure the publisher was pleased with what they got.
@@MrSniperfox29 Now there's a familiar name. Old FF boards a decade or so ago?
I'm gonna be honest buying your costumes from a Chinatown costume shop is a grind ya gotta respect.
Lol yeah
Dude this game might be trash but I respect the hell outta the hustle that went into making it.
Not just any Chinatown, Boston’s Chinatown. That just feels even jankier to me
@@guiltygearalonecompl especially with their most expensive costume costing $150!
I'm not gonna pretend this game was good, but there's still a certain impressiveness that two guys did basically glued this thing together with a shoestring budget, no priori experience in even a related style of game, and absolutely none of the things that Ed Boon et al used to make it work (trained professionals for the acting, real money spent on sound design, and the like). It's very "In a cave with a box of scraps" energy, and that's commendable.
I liked it when I first got my 3DO back in the day. Shit made me laugh my ass off. It’s better than the first mortal kombat in my opinion.
Básically that's why Naughty Dog is a big studio nowadays.
Fun fact: At a very early point in Crash Bandicoot’s development, the game was originally going to have a bonus level called, (“Way of the Wombat”,) back when the game was called Willy the Wombat.
You know, it's a bad game, but I'm oddly heart-warmed by how it ended up changing these guys' lives.
I am shocked that this game is what helped create the Studio Naughty Dog
Okay Matt, I haven't watched yet, but I'm gonna bet I've got a bit a trivia about this game most don't know. Back in 93-ish I was at CES in Vegas and saw this game on the show floor. We were trying to make a 1v1 fighter internally at EA and I suggested that we contact the developer about taking their engine, implementing our art (for the cancelled "Savage Heroes"... but that's another story) and then tune it, since it played like ass. I reached out to the then-unknown developer, Naughty Dog and they heard, "EA" and almost hung up on me. My boss, Scott "Chakan" Berfield found out that they had formerly worked for EA and EA had a first-rights clause on their games. So.... Naughty Dog was forced to send us (me) a build. I wrote up the proposal on how we'd take the game and make it into our own Primal Rage-esq fighter, but EA didn't want to pony up for a 6 month dev cycle and wanted me to focus on other things (like the cancelled, then not-ish Future Strike/Cop, but that's another story...) So, Naughty Dog off the hook, no 1v1 fighter from EA except That-Which-Will-Not-Be-Named-Fu, Future Strike in limbo, etc... etc...
As someone who had no idea who Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin were, the first six and a half minutes of this video were an absolute rollercoaster ride
The research, the editing, the script. This show is peek entertainment for me. I hope he never finds the worst fighting game. I want this series to last forever. Thanks to Mr. Muscles and his team!
P.S: that panel "HAHAHA YES!" was my face exactly when i saw the upload on my feed. Cheers
Haha, thanks Dan!
Sicko.
Shadow war of succession is probably the worst on 3do. Jag has a couple of really terrible fighting games too.
@@RetroGamerBB yes that's the one i fear. Nothing at all works in this game if only the terrible voice acting. Dangerous street close second if not equal. One of the 2 will be the end of his quest i fear.
@@MattMcMuscles Shadow War of Succession is the worst.
>characters are friends and family in Chinatown halloween costumes
>soundtrack is just a Rob Zombie CD
>features an edgy talking 3D Skull that says "yeah"
This game is a gift
There's a minor inaccuracy here, Matt.
Galub Jamun is not a real boss, but a secret boss akin to Mortal Kombat 1 Reptile. Fighting Galub requires going through a secret alternate path where you fight pallette swaps of some characters (this time referencing MK2) and this path unlocks by a set of obtuse and complicated conditions.
And I don't think those conditions are recorded anywhere, beyond an issue of Tips & Tricks magazine or its predecessor, Video Games magazine.
Ironically it's easier to play as Galub by entering a cheat code.
Still wondering if anyone will be masochistic enough to do the full secret path for Way of the Warrior and post it on youtube.
Also not mentioned… it’s delicious!
@@gouravchakraborty9801 i stand corrected
@@btr3klol.
If it helps, he was going to be named "Swami" at one point.
Message to myself from the future: February 1995 issue of Video Games magazine. Have to a get a perfect winning round, a "Second Wind" and not use a specfic button/action.
I never thought I'd be hyped to see terrible games, but man, this series really managed to get me excited for _Way of the Warrior._
A grand achievement, all things considered.
GULAB JAMUN??! bruh that is literally just a milk solid sweet made in India... that's like calling Kintaro something like PopTart
I wonder if they just grabbed a name off a menu.
There are a ton of cool names in Indian mythology, they really didn't make much of an effort.
i heard him say it and was like. wait. i've ordered that for dessert.
My GOD that's dumb!
These were the same people who made _Crash friggin' Bandicoot;_ ridiculous names are kinda their schtick.
Man, I swear the production value gets better with every year.
"Crash n' burn". What a perfectly fitting and prophetic launch title for the 3DO
The funniest thing about this one is the story of the making of the game- the most "do it yourself" thing ever, getting their friends to play the characters. "Major Gaines" had such hardcore Small Man Syndrome that he wanted his character to be way taller than all the other fighters (hence his "Growing" move) and wouldn't shave his soul patch because it took so long to grow in, so it shows up on his character portrait.
Still nominating the incredibly abysmal PC fighting game called Catfight.
I will not give up!
Yeasss... "Catfight".
@@grhp4610
Not the Yakuza 0 minigame
@@lvl5Vaporeon I know...
That "Catfight" fighting game from PC, right?
@@grhp4610
Yes. I didnt even tell Matt about Bikini Karate Babes either...
@@lvl5Vaporeon Can we not do that one? Can we leave the weird sexual ones in a landfill somewhere and forget they ever happened?
Imagine having your friends and family as characters for your fighting game. That would be pretty funny, actually.
If I were a braver man, I would love to have a sign-up in my college for any students willing to mokap a fighting game.
Kinda reminds me of how Max Payne 1 had the creator's mom playing the villian 😄
That’s why you gotta love Full House Tournament Fighter! ;v
I mean, Nintendo had a DSiWare game called Photo Dojo that allowed you to do that.
I mean it's been done. There's that Chinese fighting game made by a bunch of fans that was just that, Streets of Fury EX more or less did that but in the beat 'em up genre...
@@harleymitchelly5542 I think that's Dong Dong Never Die?
Minor detail I really like is the individual logos for each character - makes them feel like iconic 90s wrestlers.
Fun bug in this game: if you do a back throw as Ninja while you're at low health, because he technically enters knockdown during his animation, he'll get up in the "ready to be fatalitied" dizzy state. You'll lose the round and give your opponent a bunch of skull points for landing a throw
“ready to be fatalitied” dizzy state. I love it! 😆
In defence of Tan coloured chroma key screens, they're making a comeback as they were used extensively during the production of Denis Villeneuve's Dune to help better integrate the action into the sandy environments without having to deal with weird blue or green fringing.
Sandy environments are probably the only thing they'd work well against, though. Tan is just too close to skin colour for it to be worth using against any other background.
Wouldn't you just try to use separate lighting for the actors in that case? Ie light the actors tan while keeping the green/blue screen on its own lighting setup in the back
utterly shocked how it was never mentioned that the Fox character looks like KoF's Seth five years before Seth was introduced
So this is the game that brought Naughty Dog to make Crash Bandicoot for Universal, huh. Never knew it's devs kept on their own way to get things done and survived the 3DO. Heck of a story.
I´d have a recommendation for this series actually, it´s a game called Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft for the Playstation 1, it is one of the weirdest 3d fighting games I´ve ever seen in my life. Granted I don´t know if it would be as bad as some of the games featured in this series so far, at the same time it kinda reminds me of Killing Zone in a way. But it´s up for you to decide if you wanna take a look at it. Great video as always.
I second this
An AD&D FIGHTING GAME? Surely there were no issues adapting a tabletop RPG faithfully into that genre.
Oh god, I think they did a Scrublords on this game...
@@MrRuano825 Yes they did!
My brain on the concept of _Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft_ when I hear about it:
- _D&D Fighting Game:_ A D&D fighting game has potential: You got various classes to provide a unique and distinct cast of characters and would allow for unique styles and tactics to be had.
- _Is Ravenloft Themed:_ Uh, okay. Not as versatile as Forgotten Realms or Mystara. But hey, we'll get some cool monsters and even some of the Dark Lords as fighters!
- _Starting characters consist mostly of normal fantasy stuff, with only a gargoyle, skeleton and werewolf as thematic, with Strahd only appearing as a boss or through a cheat-code:_ That's... underwelming. But hey, at least the gameplay could be goo-
- _Gameplay is awful:_ GOD DAMN IT!
Man, I love hearing stories where developers make a bad game and then immediately make a great game
Gulab Jamun is an Indian dessert and I HIGHLY recommend trying it if you haven’t
It sounds interesting. I'll try it!
What, did they watch Top Secret! and think "Chocolate Mousse" was a real French name too?
"You should remake Way of the Warrior!".
Naughty Dog: We don't know what that is... Also why?
"Cause it be cool! It was one your early games too!"
Naughty Dog: Not it wasn't.
I actually really like the idea of having varied verticality on stages in an otherwise-traditional 2d fighter.
I think this *technically* makes it the first platform fighter.
Actually, wait... a fighting game with vaired platforms, random item drops... clearly Super Smash Bros is a Way of the Warrior knockoff.
@@kevingriffith6011 “Mr. Sakurai, what were your inspirations when creating Super Smash Bros.?”
*horrible war flashbacks of playing way of the warrior*
“Uhhhh I kicked some dude’s ass in King of Fighters once”
The original arcade Mario Bros probably had something to do with it.
The fact that this is the same company that go on to win hundreds of game of the year awards from a zombie game is a win to me.
I remember when this trash ass game came out back in 1994. The reason it didn't sell big and wasn't critically acclaim is because of two reasons. 1. It was a Mortal Kombat rip-off 2. It was on Panasonic 3D0 which at the time was $700. Not many people had the 3D0 at that price back then. None of my friends and middle school classmates had it I know that. The worst fighting game of all time. And they had the nerve to put it on an expensive ass console like the 3D0.
Thats is some dedication. Having no studio and friends and family in cheap costumes
I have a feeling that the White Zombie music was there because the devs used it merely as temp tracks during development, but since no one was willing to compose music that could replace them, they chose to let their publisher Universal license the temp tracks out to use in the retail game, which could also double as a back-of-the-box marketing thing to drive interest.
I was hoping the White Zombie wasn’t just a fever dream type false memory. Thanks for mentioning this
Its interesting to think that this game is what gave us Crash and Naughty Dog as we know them. Yeah the game isn't great, but it was impressive enough to give them a contact with future games.
(finds out this was created by the team who would go on to create Crash Bandicoot)
Well... everyone has to start somewhere.
Ultima really putting in Pikamee whenever he edits 😆
This game looks like something from sitcoms shows where the character desperately wants this game, but steals it or get a allowance, or a job. Then learn morals from these characters...
"It's the game company's fault for making you want it so bad!"
The background: A mountaintop temple.
The music: THUNDER KISS'N FIVE FIVE FIVE YEAH! YEAH!
When I saw the title, I got this confused with Insomniac Games first game Disruptor. This game was also based on a popular genre at the time (first-person shooters a la Doom), meant to be released on the 3DO (which they were smart enough to realise was a lost cause) and they were desperate for publisher when Universal Interactive swooped in and saved them from forever obscurity. These two developers were truly meant for each other back in the day!
The only good thing about this game is the White Zombie music.
Naughty Dog's humble beginnings. I like this! They got better afterwards.
Okay, since now you're covering 3DO games you should definitely take on the legendary game known as "Shadow: War of Succession"
It's so bad it might actually beat Criticom off its throne (or maybe the closest to do so).
Makes Way of the Warrior seem like Street Fighter in comparison. Shadow is the worst fighting game I’ve ever played.
“UNDERNEATH ALL THAT GARBAGE, YOU’RE JUST LIKE ALL THE STREET PUNKS I’VE WASTED BEFORE”
Still remember that from the days of Retsupurae. Fucking hell, if that one doesn't do it, nothing else does.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET"
Holy shit, yes. Made by some teens who didn't know what they were doing, and it shows.
It's actually quite impressive that they made this game with no budget in the mid 90s.
Gulab Jamun is named after a delicious Indian dessert
Everyone gotta starts somewhere, even if its in your apartment in the 90s. 😁
The Botchamania reference had me rolling. Font and all.
Honestly this whole series so far has been a blast never realized it’s this easy to make a trash fighting game but here we are the way you script and present them I enjoy keep up the good work
I had a 3DO with this game when I was a kid and I absolutely loved it, so much so that I made my own Book Of The Warrior and used to do katas towards it.
I’d literally buy that off you if you still had it lol.
Having the fighters come from an evil book is an interesting and unique concept. One way to have it matter would be for them to be evil warlords who were sealed away long ago. Now they're free to wreck havoc and the humanity has to send their best warrior to fight them (chosen by a tournament. Maybe the warlords threatened to nuke the planet if they weren't fighting 1-v-1.
I remember when some game magazine, I believe it was EGM, was getting bombarded with letters about WOTW's review scores, some of which had specifically mentioned the less-than-optimal 3DO controller as a major flaw. But then an adapter which let you connect Super NES controllers to the console came out, and the letters were telling them to re-review the game to account for playing with the adapter. So they did!... And it wasn't much better, just by virtue of how many bizarre choices Naughty Dog had made at a fundamental level.
Also, please please PLEASE cover Tongue of the Fatman a.k.a Mondu's Fight Palace a.k.a. Slaughter Sport.
Ok but that Naughty Dog reveal was amazing.
Great Stuff! 90’s cheese was at it’s peak with the arcade shooter Revolution-X. It was a genuinely _pure heart,_ soaked in blood. You position that between the Sega 3D Star Wars and Gunblade NY cabinets at a busy arcade (or the Playland which now the Olive Garden at the foot of Times Square) and you have yourself, _a good summer._
WOTW was one of my favorite bad games of my youth, we were all well aware of how shit it was but we loved it all the same. I will always remember how surprised I was that Naughty Dog not only wound up making another game after that, but that game turned out to be Crash Bandicoot.
My two favorite things about the game were that you could 1) do fatalities on the first round, after which round 2 would proceed as if nothing happened, and 2) also do this to the bosses, which could result in you ripping the heart out of a skeleton man who has no heart.
100% disagree with you about the soundtrack though, it introduced me and several of my friends to White Zombie and did an absurd amount of heavy lifting for this terrible, terrible game.
A thorough critique of Ultra Vortek would be greatly appreciated.
"Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin felt their creativity was held back by far too much micro-management from EA".....
EA?! Micro-managing things way too much?! Surely you jest!
I'm the one man in the venn diagram that owned both a 3DO and an Atari Jaguar. This game and Road Rash were about as good as it got on the 3DO.
Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown and Shadow: War of Succession deserve to be on here.
Really now, a “Cosplay Fighter” featuring your family and friends should at the very least be an idea “So bad it’s awesome!”
Wow! That's probably the cheapest possible way to make a digitized fighting game. No wonder the 3DO and it's library of games were doomed from the start!
The duo got screwed over by EA (big surprise) and were on a shoestring budget; they had little choice.
In fact, were it not for the bidding war that this game started, they'd be known as a couple of nobodies.
@@zierin705 Damn you EA!
I have to appreciate their guerrilla approach to this game. I'm sure their friends and family loved to see themselves in a real published game.
Cyborg Justice on Sega Genesis. Half side scroller, half fighter. Fun but shoddily implemented feature let you tear off an opponent's arm and use it to replace your own
Best part is getting away playing Rob Zombie music without paying a cent to him.
Imagine being the studio that developed this mess, then, more than 20 years later you release the remake of one of the most beloved games ever made and all internet is talking about you and most of those people doesn't even know your very humble begginings.
But you also make TLO2 going back to your roots but worse
I don't really play that much fighting games, but you are making this series so fun to watch that I can't wait for new episodes. Much love Bro!
OK so it’s bad but without this game we may never had crash bandicoot
Actually owned this game in 95. The only redeemable quality was the soundtrack. Only good 3DO games were Return Fire and Gex
Also owned a 32x. Glad I didn't wait for the "M2".
Those were dark days... until the PS1 came out.
When I think back to all of these early fighting games that used motion capture to create "realistic" avatars, I can't think of one that didn't suck.
MK was horrible when ported to consoles. The only reason why it sold was because of the hype.
Surely, I must be the tenth person to point out that gulab jamun ("goo-lob jah-mun") is the name of an Indian dessert. It's something like a donut hole in hot sweet syrup. Dammit, now I want some.
Way of the Warrior looked AMAZING to me at the time. Remember, in 1994, the only way we previewed games was through screenshots. Trust me, a lot of 3DO (as well as jaguar games) looked pretty darn impressive when all you had to go on was a motionless, 2-inch square. I still have a soft spot for Way of the Warrior’s visuals.
Hey now, the 3DO sold like 3 million units. That's not quite the colossal failure some other notable consoles like the Jaguar were 😅
I mean, even the Genesis/Mega Drive only sold around 3 million... in Japan... while the Saturn only sold 1.75 million... in North America... 😁
After watching a previous video and hearing about a fighting game Naughty Dog made that never caught on, I immediately knew it would appear here.
Talk about a Crash in an era.
Would like to see one of the Micronet Sega CD games get covered:
Heavy Nova
Black Hole Assault or
Revengers of Vengeance (Battle Fantasy)
In a strange way, "Way of the Warrior" had to walk so Crash Bandicoot could run.
Just came across your channel a few days ago. Criticom came to mind for some reason one day and I decided to look it up (haven’t played it since like ‘97. Played it once lol). I’m loving the “worst fighting games” videos. You’re absolutely hilarious and I enjoy the history you provide for each one. Interesting and funny.
Subbed! 😁
If you want the worst fighting game ever made, look no further than Micronet's Heavy Nova for Sega Genesis. It's a fighting game where, due to a programming issue, characters become completely invincible whenever they jump. That should tell you all you need to know about this game.
It's amusing to see how often one of these stinkers features some bizarre fighter that I know has been imported into MUGEN, having seen them on saltybet or spriteclub for years, but never having known where they originated. Thanks for all the hard work, Matt!
I have a suggestion for the Burn Book: "Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls"
I was a decent enough fighting-games guy back in the day, but this game...just fight Sekka, to get what I mean. The AI is sssooo difficult, and the fighting mechanics are too basic to let you overcome the sheer cheese with style.
Ooh! And thank you for mentioning me in your Mortal Kombat Remakes Wha' Happun! That was wild ^^
I was not expecting this to be a Naughty Dog game, that's hilarious
I'm kind of sad that this style of games died (with digitized humans). Now that indie gaming is booming i wish someone makes something like the OG MK.
There are a few of those, if you look hard enough.
@@MattMcMuscles Thanx Matt,i'll have to do my research then!
I'm impressed of how well this video series format has evolved. Very informative and surprisingly crazy stuff in this corner of video games world. The Worst Fighting Game series is great, awesome work!
If they went with Trip Hawkins then we would never get Crash Bandicoot.
Let that sink in and flood the room.
Gulab Jamun is an Indian dessert isn't it
11 year old Mortal Kombat & White Zombie fanatic me wanted a 3DO for this game so bad... still think Kull the Despoiler is badass!
I remember playing a really terrible Ranma 1/2 fighting game on the SNES, I never figured out how it even worked
I did like the Lava stage where you could easily knock the opponent into the lava and their skeleton would hit the screen.
I was flummoxed to hear this was a Naughty Dog game. Good for them--this is actually inspiring somehow.
Finally, a fighting game I own a copy of!
Now if only Naughty Dog would make an HD remaster of this...
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@@LuckyLeverVIEJO Jesus, the bots are on a spree lately...
@@ESFAndy011 especially the ones which are fake versions of famous youtube channels making "giveaways" on whatsapp or telegram, now that's a good recipe for getting your money stolen
There's a game called Legend of the Dragon on the Wii that absolutely deserves to be covered for this show. It has some of the worst motion control jank I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing. (Why would you use motion to do specials in a fighting game? WHY!?)
Gulab Jamun is a really delicious Indian dessert. Highly recommended if you can find it at a restaurant.
I'll second that. Gulab-jamun is tasty
From the developers who later on couldn’t stay way from TLOU for nearly a decade.
I would love to see another Jax and Daxter entry from modern Naughty Dog tech and without crunch culture being the norm.
I know right. Many people (including myself) want Jak and Daxter 4, but no, let's re-release The Last Of Us 1 for the 3rd time in 9 years.
ND need to make a new IP ASAP, Insomniac keeps RaC alive sure but at least they continue to make a bunch of different games too.
Damn you matt for making me grin and chuckle at an undertale reference in the year of our lord 2022
You should review Kabuki Warriors and Tao Feng for the OG Xbox.
The Botchamania joke killed me XD
Way of the warrior: a free game with my White Zombie album, what's not to love?
Even Naughty Dog wants to forget this game ever happened. One of my close friends worked for them for years, and he’s never even heard of Way of the Warrior.
OKAY. The Crash Bandicoot plot twist legitimately shocked me
Man, getting the video on Masters Fighter on recommended was the best thing ever, I've been binging this series all day long
I was so in love with my used 3DO when I was a kid. My friend had a Saturn and I was naively hell bent on convincing him that my 3DO was better. He showed me virtua fighter (b4 remix) with launch and I showed him this. His laugh was the final blow that shattered my undying belief that somehow the 3DO wasn't a pile of junk. Every time I see this game all those memories come flooding back.
That Nagito Yuki clip sent me back to my college years holy shit what an oldie