John Woo's Stranglehold review | minimme
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0:00 Single Player
15:16 Multiplayer
17:10 The Cancelled Sequel (co-starring Vin Diesel!)
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do a review of enter the matrix or path of neo now!!!! i played and unironically love Enter the Matrix and Path of Neo always seemed like a cool one to try as well. i also saw someone brought up the Riddick duology and those games need more attention too
Ur so underrated
For the love of god PLEASE Review Wall-E The Video Game
Reservoir Dogs and Made Man games reviews need to happen...
@@emulation2369 I second the Reservoir Dogs recommendation.
Great video.
I was a designer on this game.
Thank you for the fun flashback.
I worked on the first level, that railing to food cart moment was me. I tried to make it at as simple and rewarding as possible given our systems and constraints.
I also had a huge hand in that Gunnrunner hotel section.
Whoa, for real?
Dude i love this game. Great work.
Too bad that the sequel was canceled
What do you work on these days?
Badass bro
Dude great work, made my teenage years so enjoyable. I used to come home from school and play this game ritualisticly.
Now we want a WET review ;)
I'll wet myself if it'll happen.... 😳
@@emulation2369 go eway
And made man
One of the worst games I've ever played tbh. Everything about that game is just so.. off.
Bah ça pour une surprise !
These are the kind of games that deserve a Remake, imagine this game with updated graphics and it's gameplay design fixed, would be amazing.
I agree. They need to focused on the games with potential instead of games that were AAA
The game is perfectly playble, just play it, we do not need to remake/remaster every good old game, at least ask for a new entry in the series.
Wish I could play this on a ps5
I remember seeing screenshots of this game in PSM magazine WAY back when the PS3 was rumored to be a super computer with 2 HDMI ports that'll blow away the 360's graphics. Fun naive times
What are you supposed to do with 2 HDMI ports? Plug it into 2 TVs for coop?
@@bluejob01 Double and triple monitor setups are common in PC gaming, with two HDMI ports the PS3 could have had something like that.
Multi screen PC gaming in 2006
Yeh
@@bluejob01 Keep in mind that Sony had bold plans for the Cell intending for it to expand beyond just the PS3. Presumably they had those initially as they wanted some level of inoperability with then mid to high tier PCs
Wild how Midway (and Atari, funny enough) had all these middle market games that were so unique & so close to being good, but just fell short. Wheelman, Enter The Matrix, Stranglehold, the more adventurous Mortal Kombat games... I miss when devs took risks like this. Was fun playin' multiplayer with you though!
also what is the story behind the patron named Test Drive Unlimited 2?
He's a mate who's clamoring for a TDU2 video
Kacey. 15 hrs ago. Pretty sus
Man, I'd give Stranglehold a 9/10, personally. I've owned a physical copy since launch and just bought it again on GoG for the sake of convenience. I come back t it once a year and play it from beginning to end. Just stupid fun shooting.
Kacey with the early access privileges. What's the story dude
@@commanderkeen3787 I'm a Patron, you should be too!
Man, I wish they'd make these kind of linear, highly focused third person shooters again. Feel like most AAA games are either open world games with huge maps and barely anything fun to do them in or just glorified microtransactions shops with added fun of grind.
I agreed. I miss those linear third person shooters too. Glad I still got my PS3 and still playing them til this day like Spec ops the line, Max Payne 3, Stranglehold and so on.
For example. Uncharted 4 was way too open, felt unfocused.
This, most games now sticks an open world to the game, is very boring.
@@steffan9415 not gonna lie it is true
Dude they were my jam as a kid, thought they were lame but compared to games nowadays, they're still fun as hell.
Have you considered reviewing Total Overdose? A game of a very similar vein, and with even more tequila!
I second this! Total Overdose would fit this channel for sure!
THIS!!!
Total Overdose was great i still hope for a sequel or remake :>
@@k1z4cz3k
IIRC, there was a PSP one. But it was just a endless run & gun game with bosses.
This would be very fun! Can't wait to see Total Overdose revisited (or, visited) from minimme
I remember replaying the demo for this over and over as a broke kid 😭
No photoshop face-lift? I reported you
There is a hand-lift tho
@@regularbloke2117 not enough
You’re doing gods work fam. I commend you
@@sultanjelle9168 WTF
@@chrismassey9892 What are you crying about?
You need to play The Punisher game from back in the day,if you haven't
Do a video on that please
Such a great game.
YES!!!
Stranglehold has been my ‘dream’ video for Minimme for make and now it’s The Punisher! 😭
Yes-yes and yes again... Still, thq Nordic won't re-release it for some reason, it sold super well back in the day for a game like this
Do 50 Cent bulletproof or blood on the sand next! Love your work.
I remember going to GameStop with my grandma when I was younger and she said she would buy me one thing in the store. I chose one of the cheapest, used Xbox 360 games on the shelf, which was Stranglehold, and around 10 years later I never forgot about that day and this game! I don't think I even really wanted it, I mean, I only got it because she wanted to get me something and this was extremely cheap, but I gave it a shot and it ended up being one of my favorite single-player games!!
My memory of the game is a little foggy but watching this gameplay rekindled a lot of old memories and of that day with my grandma :)
Suggestion: Review the underrated Pursuit Force games which were released on the PSP.
This game was absolutely awesome back in the day. I still play it from time to time and still have fun with it.
Did anyone tell him about Maximum Action? Somebody really needs to tell him about Maximum Action. On another note, one game I would really love to see him cover is Mercenaries 2. This theme of "mediocre games, secretly loved" definitely encompasses that one.
Oh no you didn’t
Mercernaries 2 was cracking fun, the first PS3 game i owned.
The pc version of mercs 2 is effectively unplayable. There's long qte's that use generic button prompts on pc. Not w a s d, but generic icons (like a kicking icon or a punching icon) that correlate to specific keys and clicks. It's insane how that slipped through
I can't believe I've never heard of this game, it looks really fun
Its fun but gets kinda boring because all your doing is running around shooting and jumping around to abuse the slo mo mechanic to mow through the enemies as quick as you can just to get to the end.
@@randompurplehippo this.but also it isn’t a long game so it doesn’t overstay its welcome in my opinion.
It looks incredibly bland and run of the mill to me...
Go get it! It's a ton of fun!
@@planescaped you're not entirely wrong. But in the mid- late 2000s, Max Payne ports sucked and the only similar games on console were the matrix games. For the time it filled a purpose.
Sunset overdrive has a button to magnet to the rail like tony hawk its just once your on your on. Id also imagine the idea of jumping and attaching to rails was tested during dev but with how noisy some of the levels can be it would have had lots of moments where you attach to the wrong object and die.
Yeah I realised this error I made a tad too late - my bad!
Kinda like jumping and pressing the circle button in Sly Cooper. :D
@@FCV0511 sly kinda has to attach to wrong object sometimes and it's more linear parkour wise. In sly when it works its super satisfying imo
glad to see you reviewing this underrated gem, it deserves recognition!
I wouldn't say it's underrated, it's rated very accordingly to its quality
Not saying it's not fun, tho, just not a very solid game, lol
@@krakenloco it’s definitely a fun game imo, been awhile since l’ve played it ages ago now lol
Too bad he just whines about it
I love how you cover lesser known games this extensively, great stuff and quite unique in its way!
I remember playing the Demo so many times and loving it, but when i finally got the game, it felt really boring and awkward to play. 😂😂😂😂
I felt the same with the demo of Bulletstorm! The demo was ADDICTIVE! The full game... Really bland.
Wow
@@MXOY99 i played that and payday 2s demo everyday for like a year
Always a delight to see another video from you!
This game always reminded me of Jet Li's Rise to Honor...
I love the amazing niche that you have carved for yourself, it never fails to entertain me. Love your stuff bro
I know there’s very little likelihood of it happening, but I’d love to see an HD remake of this.
I was also thinking about it, maybe rockstar doing a cameo for stranglehold in a max payne game haha
The game is already HD (at least on pc), but an entire remake could be interesting.
Play it on the pc, it's already in HD and you can fix the low FOV that plagues the console version.
@@StabStabStabStabby Is it possible to fix the ugly sepia filter when bullet time is active?
Very happy to see you review this. One of my all time favorite games!
@minimme i have been into gaming forever and have used TH-cam for info on them for years, but your channel is the first that i have continuously returned to. awesome stuff man, keep it up!
I love this game dude, a classic imo! Back in the day I used to play the shit out of this game as a kid. I personally never really encounter any issues with the controls, but I can see why someone could have problems with it. But man, this game was sooo ahead of it's time. I mean it's 2021 and no game since has ever come even close to the level destruction in this game. Imagine a game that has interior destruction like this and the exterior destruction from Red Faction Guerrilla, that would be the best thing ever. But it seems like no one is interested in pushing gaming like that anymore. They can give you all the ray-tracing, frame rates and resolution they want, but it's games like this that used to (and still do) blow my mind and where insanely fun to play. If only one day, gaming would get back to these kinds of games. Does big budget mid-games. Not every game has to be this 50+ our open world game with boring side missions in it. Just make a linear game where you push the technology to the max like this game did in its time.
The only thing I didn't like though was that damm second level that just never EVER ended. And that turret sequence (like in most games) was hot trash.
First played this game at a friends house on the 360. Got a ps3 for Christmas later that year and a copy of stranglehold. One of the first games I played on it. Must’ve been 2009 as I also got the newest cod at the time as well, world at war. Loved this game. The bosses were epic and at the time there was no other game that did bullet time like this game. Not even Max Payne. That mechanic where you get to see the bullet up close and pierce an enemy wherever you decided to shoot him was next level. You aimed for his balls he held them and screamed. You aimed for his neck he grabbed it and choked on his blood in slow mo. The environmental actions you could do like the cart and siding down a railing. It was just epic. It was funny, emotional at times, bad ass at all times, and just incredibly fun to play. Nothing but fond memories for this game
I remember getting this game thinking it was awesome, then got to the island level and just stopped playing when I failed it a few times to broken mechanics . Came back months later to finally beat that level and then I couldn’t stop playing till it was over.
YES!!
Edit: I'm so glad you did this review. Very nostalgic for me. Great work!
This made me wanted to watch hardboiled back then
love this game alot
I was waiting for another minimme video
I Swear To God I Was Just Trying To Find This Game.
They have it on GoG. Runs great. Or were you looking for a copy you already owned? haha
Maybe just trying to remember what it was.
Good stuff man, loved this review. That open world coop set in Eastern Europe sounds quite intriguing
Was just looking for something to watch too. Thanks mini.
Stranglehold came out at a time when I was working at Hollywood Video and was DEEP in watching old-school Hong Kong action flicks. It felt like the perfect time to pick this up on my 360. This review definitely makes me extremely nostalgic... though maybe not on the Xbox. I did love unlocking all those silly behind the scenes videos.
Great video minimme. Only game reviewer I can trust.
This feels like a game that could be *awesome* if it was done nowadays.
Ooh, closing in on 200k subs. Well deserved.
Just gotta say I love your script here. You're a great narrator!
Absolutely loved this game as a kid and unlike most games I look back on, this one still looks like a really fun time
Love your stuff, keep working hard.
Man I used to have an addiction to this game as a kid
Same bro i replayed this so many times so i still remember the every exact things in the firdt mission
exceptional review, as always!
i dont know why i really enjoy those 2000's shooter or racing games, sadly alot of them are not on steam
Have you ever though about doing a video on "True Crimes Streets of L.A." ?
fuckin fire game
@@malcolmmacdonald3597 i always prefered true crime nyc
Great video as always mate 😎👍
One of my favorites back in the day, rented this several times from Movie Gallery to get all the achievements
Jesus, i clearly remember playing this game demo on my ps3 fat. The nostalgia is real. I miss the old days, when 99,9999% of my playtime, was testing various demos from PS Store. I'll never forget how my mind was completely blown away when i'd downloaded Battlefield Bad Company 1 multiplayer demo, and experienced online in all its glory for the first time on consoles.
This one's a bit hard to find, but can you do a review of Playboy: The Mansion on PS2?
i know better one , sexy beach 3 , i do not know where to get that one
Ok, John calm down
What about Summer Time ?
Hell yes, I've been looking forward to This
Yo you are one of my favorite TH-cam channels, and you are gonna be real big real soon I can tell brother
What will it take to blow this channel up its so good no one reviews these games keep it up
I love when a TH-camr I like happens to drop video about a game that I was thinking about.
Don't forget if you got the special edition for these games. On 360, you got some behind the scenes footage, and on PS3, you got the full movie of Hard Boiled, mostly because PS3 used Blu-Ray discs... it's awesome...
I was waiting for you to get around to this game! It's right up your alley. I really like the game but never finished it because I got stuck at the lazer fight
The driving sections in the "Gunrunner" prototype give me vibes akin to the driving sections in "Enter the Matrix", playing as Ghost had you shooting in an on-rails segment, whereas Naomi had you drive the car. It wasn't Co-Op though, unfortunately.
Also, the talk of no more Co-Op shooters makes me miss Army of Two.
I remember I used to play the demo for this all the time when I was younger - Kane and lynch also
i have been looking for this game for years everytime i typed in stronghold on google i couldnt find it, thank u!!!
I play this game religiously, I absolutely love playing stranglehold back then and still now
This is one of the most underrated and overlooked games ever made. It’s nonstop fun action
I remember being really interested in this game, but I didn't have a PS3 or 360 yet, and by the time I did the game had kinda come and gone. So I never got around to playing it.
But a lot of this review strongly reminded me of Wet, since that game was also about Max Payne style slow-mo shooting with an emphasis on parkour and a scoring system that encouraged you to play stylishly, and the best parts of the game were in open arenas where enemies came at you from all sides.
I've hoped that you'd do Wet since you've mentioned it a few times (including in this video), but now I really hope you do it because it would make a good companion piece to this video.
soooooo happy people are coming back to this game. Still hope for a John Woo game on the newer systems.
It's called tequila time because bullet time is trademarked by warner brothers. Max payne 3 actually licensed the trademark, it's mentioned in the launch screen
I love Test Drive Unlimited 2 being your patreon :DD
Oh I remember now I used to play this one at my uncle's PS3 when I was younger. I really forgot about it until today.
The most normal thumbnail from you in a while
you, Scott the woz and indeimaus are the only YTers I keep up with
I know no one cares but *algorithm*
I've always wondered how a slow motion mechanic would've handled in multiplayer and as the one not using it. It is exactly how I imagined it.
Rdr dead eye is a good example
I remember playing this at a store many many years ago. so nostalgic
The way enemies seem to appear out of nowhere right behind you remind me of the "creepy watson" video.
I loved the demo to this so much so I pre ordered it.. Oh the feels and nostalgia
I still have the demo for this game on my Xbox 360. I replayed it for hours when I was a kid.
I loved this game and played it many times back then
The first gameplay clip you showed of the spinning 360 instantly kill all enemies ability had the character holding a shotgun, soaking up bullets and hip firing into a nearby wall while nearby bad guys dropped dead with no explanation.
I thought it was a wild cutscene until the ability was explained later in the video.
I like the inception in the thumb nail.
Man my cousins and I had so much fun with this game back in the day
Always loved how crazy this game's pace is
You are so on point with your review, I mean you always are. :D I played through the entire game back in 2008 or so and while it was a little clunky and the storytelling was just awkward, I still enjoyed it a lot. Though all I remember after all those years is this absolutely terrible island level and maybe the opening level which was also in the demo version of the game. I will follow your advice and give it another chance.
You're so right about the island level ... the first time I played Stranglehold, I gave up on the game during that annoying "plant the bomb" section. A few years later I went back to the game, pushed through that part and the rest, while not perfect, was a big step up from there.
BROO this game was my childhood man
I remember buying the dvd back in time only to find out my pentium 4 had not enough internal video memory to play this game, i went to my friends place who'd bought a new dual core and we booted the game and when the player close to an enemy hit him with shotgun butt, and doing vertical wall run and swirl back in slowmo kinda like Prince of Persia two thrones.... It was automatic but we've never seen that done in a videogame back in days and we were awe struck for a moment staring each other..... Good times, its an alright game... Thanx for reminding I'll try to finish sometime soon
I remember years ago reading about Stranglehold in a magazine and then I saw the IGN gameplay for the Tea Rooms level (first level) back in 2007 and I became obsessed with it. I loved Max Payne, Black and Enter The Matrix on PS2 so when I saw this had complex destruction and acrobatics, I was sold! I think the game was short at the time. It was an early PS3 title for me and I love it despite the rough edges. I was disappointed it never got trophies added to it too like a lot of those early PS3 titles!
this was one of the first 360 games i ever played.. so hype it's now available through gog
Haven't played this since launch. I never finished it but I remember having good fun
Nice video! I really should give this game another try. I played it a while ago but i never completed it for some reason. I remember the early harbor map being quite boring.
still own this game to this very day
Always great
A game worth looking into for your channel is "Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard". A game I feel wantet to be THE big comedy game that fell down because lacklustre gameplay. Still, it have some realy good parts.
This was a super fun game... Some 13 years ago.
Love this game thanks for the review
Such a underatted game glad you talking about it
Got an Xbox 360 just to play this game, was so happy to see it rerelease on GOG a couple years back!
I think you should do a video where you talk about the sales of some of the odd demakes/ports that you've talked about so far because I've always wondered if doing those was worth it at all in some cases
I spent so much time replying the first half of the first stage that was the game’s demo again and again. So much style with this game!
Best underrated action games I used to play back then
You should check out Maximum Action on Steam, it’s an Hong Kong action-movie inspired arcade fps with diving and bullet time. It’s still in early access, but it’s so fun to muck about in familiar places.
Thanks for the video!
I've actually had this game installed for a year on gog but haven't gotten around to it, might have to give it a go after watching this. Thanks minimme! (I have another suggestion for a game. Gangs of London on PSP, there's a new tv series with 9 episodes. Its really good but as for the game its a hit or miss for each person but I had my fun with it back in the day. Its like a mini gta game. I learnt if you're to emulate it on the ppsspp emulator you need to disable fast memory in the system settings)