I loved this video! I'm one of the original crew that worked on this. I did the tiles, FX graphics, maps, tile block construction, sound effects, dialog (with typos all over the place) and testing. You can hear my voice a lot, including HA HA! Quarantine is hard, probably impossible without using the turbo boosts (tab). The trick to beating the timers is to find the straight roads and nitro like crazy. Nitro knocks other cars out of the way too. If passengers don't want to go to a place that makes use of the highway, eject 'em! The donut mission in the final level is a bug that didn't get fixed in time. The time limit is too tight but you can exploit a bug to beat it: parking meters are frictionless so you can do a nitro slide down the sidewalk. That'll buy you enough time to get around those dumb trains. And, as someone mentioned here: use shotgun for Hoverboy. The Uzi makes more sense with a Thustmaster steering wheel, especially in the park; not so good with arrow keys.
Nah this game is not that hard as Ross depicts by his skills. I've played this several times and completed each time. It's just that old games are hard af but once you have the know-how you'll manage. Like when you need to head straight somewhere just go berzerk mode and fire ahead no matter what - you'll rarely bump into something blocking you pinball style. And that park level boss bug getting off the grid after opening map? I remember having that one, never figured out what caused it until now. You need the roof shotgun firing pellets to kill him easily. That gun is a monster till the end actually. On the note of ending sequence there is also a sequel called Road Warrior that takes place in the wasteland, very much MadMax style. Never finished that one though as I couldn't get pass something - bug or stuck I can't tell but I am definitely going to give it another try now after a decade or two! :)
***** no, that was a different crew. We worked on the London add-on packs in isolation but didn't have any influence on the main series. They may have had something to do with the main series after I left the company in 2003, but I don't know anything about that.
It's interesting how Ross mentions that Quarantine predates GTA by 3 years, considering the developer, Imagexcel, would later be acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1997 and were re-branded as Rockstar Toronto, who handled the PC version of GTA 4 and 5 and worked with Rockstar Vancouver during the development of Max Payne 3. They also developed The Warriors game in 2005.
Seeing developers of those games you reviewed in the comments section is one of the best thing about this series, you would never see something like that when people review bigger and newer games.
Helmstif, the Sarcastic Asianman If that is correct, than hats off to the devs for putting in actually relevant Chinese flavor text, instead of just throwing together random characters.
***** It seems to be. I tried entering it with handwriting recognition for Traditional Chinese into my iPhone, and got this: 營商者汪意 I couldn't get close matches for Simplified, so I'm fairly certain these are the correct characters. Google Translate produces "Wang Italian businessmen" - probably wrong, but the presence of "businessmen" leads me to believe Helmstif is correct. Perhaps it is Cantonese, thus Google Translate not understanding it?
"Omnicorp decides to release a drug into the water supply to calm everyone down and suppress criminal thoughts. Well, that backfires, and instead of calming people it turns everyone psycho." I'd love to see the performance review of the employee who screwed *that* up so badly.
Well, there was a delay on the crime statistics review that held up evaluating the project for 6 months, and by then basically everyone was dead. This meant that the charts showed near zero crime levels, due to the low population density. Therefore, the guy responsible is now the junior VP of pharmacology.
Ha, yeah. I watched the quartering whine about a game review not being the right score, but he hadn't even played the game! Most game reviewers play the games they review. More than can be said for people like the quartering who complain about reviews.
@@tmack729 I mean, most game reviewers do shit jobs of reviewing games. Most of them complain about issues that don't exist in the game, and when called out on it they have too much ego to accept criticism and let it go. Keep in mind not all reviewers do this, but way too many of them do.
Hey, this isn't related to this video, but if anyone wants to help me with pixel art for future videos, go ahead and contact me at rosswscott@gmail.com, there are lots of openings.
Bookus Hookus I suspect these are a lot of work, and with him working on the movie I doubt he'd ever be into that idea. I really shouldn't speak for other people, but as Ross said "I _have_ to make this movie." I believe him.
Accursed Farms I gess many people have recommended them already, but The Void, and E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy are some pretty nice weird/ obscure games that you could talk about.
Best game dungeon episode yet. This perfectly encompass why most games I replay for nostalgia I end up realizing had some little flaw that now ruins it completely and explains why I never finished the game back in the day.
I don't have that issue with tyrian it is just good however, the difficulty scaling is weird where the game is straight-up easy below impossible, I can't beat even one level at suicide or higher, the difficulty can't be changed in-game, the start will be harder than any part of the game until episode 5 where there are turrets that have bullets that cross a quarter of the screen per frame on impossible that shoot 2 bullets every second and each bullet takes 1/2 of the maximum possible shield or armor so the most you can survive in a row is 3 bullets
In Yugoslavia around 1995 when I was playing this game one of the local TV stations were re-emitting MTV and Cranberries - Zombie was playing all the time, so that was the soundtrack of this game for me. :D Very fond memories, to this day when I hear that song this game immediately pops into my mind. We never managed to get past the first level but still had tons of fun kitting out the cab, tho. :')
+Colin C In Carmageddon you could run over old ladies and strollers and they would stick to the spiked wheels as they went "around." This was seen as encouragement to do so in real life and so it was banned and pulled from shelves. A lot of good that did, eh?
Don't forget Carmageddon came out during the late 90s, when such games were seen unfavorably by the general public. But as someone who has played its mobile release, the game is still fun today! The Englishmen from Stainless sure know how to present a unique product with variety!
@Space Vatnik So it goes with the over-regulation of any industry. And government overreach in general (e.g. lockdowns). Westwood: gone, but not forgotten.
game called quarantine, world's gone to crap, have to stick it to the man, and false information on the internet screwing ross over? oh yeah, this is very relevant.
When I was retroactively watching every Game Dungeon a few months ago, I had a tradition of sitting down with a glass of lemonade and a couple of pumpkin spice bars. Wanting to remain true to form, when I saw this episode appear, I very excitedly went down to the supermarket and bought those two very things to celebrate and watch this just like the good ol' days. Rock on, Ross. Your sarcasm always brings a smile to my face.
I suspect that the Australian band thing is a nod to the Mad Max movies, I believe they're set in Australia and they're all about violent dystopian futures where people drive anyway with an every-man-for-himself attitude and everybody looks weird, LOL!
@@danielsurvivor1372 Ross concluded that he'd gotten a taste of actual Hell after playing that game long enough. The game devs thought they could shave a fair bit of work off the project by capitalizing on procedural generation and instances, effectively letting the game build large parts of itself. Unfortunately, while those are powerful tools, they didn't really feed it anywhere near enough inputs, so the game ended up being _incredibly_ repetitive. Ross, being the absolute hero he is, soldiered on to the end - but at great cost to his sanity.
*PLOT* "KEMO city was known for the manufacture of hovercars, meeting the country's demands for transportation until 2022. Over time, however, the crime rate had risen so far that the economy collapsed and the city descended into disorder" This game came out in 1994
This is probably my favorite review video of all time. I remember this game fondly, and how my mom would ask why the taxi game required me to, quote "Shoot all those cars". Life is hard in the future.
"That's right, the hovercars work on an electric grid, like trams. This limits where you can drive - it's like DRM for your car. _I can't wait for the future!"_
If you want to recreate a similar experience to what Quarantine offers; chaos, driving, shooting and insanely dressed people, in a more playable game. Take GTA San Andreas, add a FPS mod (preferably one where the camera fixes onto CJ's neck), enable the "riot" cheat, "pedestrians carry weapons" cheat, "aggressive drivers" cheat and the "sex party" cheat, then get a Taxi and try to complete taxi fares in the conditions you have made (Note: these conditions are pretty extreme in GTA SA, since peds will carry rocket launchers with the "peds carry weapons" cheat, but no one said it should be easy, or without pure luck to be exact.). And as a final rule you should start playing with no money what so ever. There might be some car weapon mods you could add as well, but it might not be necessary (unless you want it to be a Quarantine experience, in which case you would need a whole bunch of mods to do that) since drive-by shooting usually works fine in GTA SA.
I actually did try that before the Ross's episode, and can confirm that it does, indeed, feel like it :D I didn't use the FPS mod though, was a bit easier to dodge rocket launchers that way.
"Bullshit like this is why you have to be a punk and fight the establishment." There is conviction in that delivery. Ross is proof positive that punk is about more than just spiking your hair and helping some strangers flip a minivan. What matters is not accepting the status quo just because that's how things are. It's not pushing first so much as it is pushing *back*. Anyway, I remember seeing a promo of Quarantine in, like, Game Informer or something and thinking it sounded rad as hell. The idea of having an actual job in a cyberpunk hellhole is still novel, and would be a good basis for even a more story-driven game; too many have the player starting as a badass action hero already fighting the system. As it is, Quarantine could definitely use a modern update that cuts down on the tedium, but its still an interesting game and deserves the notice you've given it. Great review of an old title, thanks for doing these!
I Don't remember exactly how it goes, I think it was more famous people but, Person 1 asks: " _What is Punk?_ " Person 2 kicks a trash can over and says " _That's punk._ " Person 1 is confused " _That's punk?_ " and kicks a trash can over himself. Person 2 shakes his head exasperated and says " _No! That's trendy._ "
If anything ross radicalized me to the plight of copyright infringement way before i had any grasp on it whatsoever i thought pirating was like dark web shit now i know pirates are the least that movies and games have to worry about the pirates were the scapegoats! We all suffer cause 1 person made some fat CEO's bottom line not buy him the yacht he wanted that month and he had a personal grudge from then on and made sure all of us had to jump through hoops so he could keep the line steady
This is one of Ross's greatest game dungeons yet! Honestly, i love this particular episode so much i have watched it either 5 or 6 times, with no signs of stoping!
I've run into the copy-and-paste-the-wrong-info a hundred times. I even tried contacting a site to help them correct it, but they just shot an angry, name calling Email back to me telling me they have nothing to do with the website end of the franchise and to contact the admin. "I would do that, but this is the only contact info your site has. Not only that, but you neglected to provide any name, address, Email or other information that would be remotely useful to accomplishing that. So you can keep your site full of copy-and-pasted mis-information."
ToxicHolyGrenade THG The top 7 song lyrics sites that Google gave me at the time, whatever they were. This was at least 10 years ago. And the site that sent a nasty email with a "no-reply" address was the official KMFDM website.
"It's like DRM for your car! I can't wait for the future!" Hello! Future here! Mercedes is instituting a subscription fee to "unlock" the full power of your car's engine!
Dear god, this review takes on a different tone in 2020. "I'm sorry your pizza was late, maybe just be thankful you don't have to step out into this hellhole!" Quarantine indeed.
This series kinda makes me want to go back and play other old games I never finished. Like Albion, that game had tons of shit going on, I need to revisit that.
WELSHGAMER PRODUCTIONS i agree with you two, in my case there are two i want to revisit, Outlaws which is like the wild west version of doom, and Blood, which actually NAILS the ''Hell on Earth'' theme
i recently went back to "cosmo's cosmic adventure" which must have been one of the first video games i ever played... im pleased to say it still holds up :D, only thing is that it doesnt respond well to button mashing, you need to make very deliberate button presses, but thats a good habit to get into anyway sooo not really a big deal
YES! I loved Quarantine. It's one of those games that I wish a studio would pick up and make. As well as fix, because honestly, it's one of the cases of too long... also, if you wanna know hardcore. This is it. Oh Oh! You missed the eject feature. You CAN eject passengers into the street.
It does, but the upside is that you kicked someone out of a moving car. Which honestly. Some of these people deserve it. When I was much younger, one of them got too snarky when I picked him up. I ejected them on the other side of the map. Yeah, that'll show 'em.
Ross: I really appreciate the intelligence you bring to the Game Dungeon videos. A lot of reviewers seem to be on a mission to outdo each other's immaturity. I guess they think that's what gaming's about, or maybe they think it's all about them and their cult of personality. You have a strong personality and it comes across, but you're self-deprecating, not self-aggrandizing, and you don't put yourself in front of the camera or try to make it the Life of Ross. It's about the games, and that's a breath of fresh air. Your wit has range and nuance, and you say sharp things, e.g. calling out Digital Age journalists for failing to do traditional legwork and fact-checking. I work in a closely related field where I consume a lot of journalism, and your assessment is spot-on. (Right after the Boston Marathon bombing, a missing young man's reputation was compromised by reporters' lazy reliance on social media. Turned out later that he'd taken his own life long before the bombing happened.) In your Tyrian review -- helluva good choice to kick off the series -- you made a point about "graphics snobs" failing to appreciate the variety that video game history affords us. "What are you doing with your life?" you asked them, and I cheered. The big-picture commentary makes your reviews *more* than just video game reviews. If there's one criticism I can make -- and I hope you'll hear me out, since this is coming from respect for how good the videos are -- it's that, on the whole, they can be shorter. The Tyrian and Helious reviews were the perfect length. The 3-part Arcade America review was a slog, like driving around the game's stupid map. Unless intelligently reviewing a game really requires it, you don't need to go into quite this much detail. One thing reviewing aims for is boiling something down to its quintessential qualities. You do identify those qualities, each time, but I think editing for greater brevity (maybe a 20-minute max) would help them rise to the surface. Keep up the clever videos! And sorry for the hypocritically long-ass comment.
This comment is made really funny in hindsight considering the videos only got longer with more thorough looks on each, seems like the shorter ones are for ones he doesn't have as much to say on like Harry Buster or Black Future 88 (Which I'm not complaining, I like long videos generally and it clearly seems to be what Ross needs to get his point across especially with some games that needed it like Phantasmagoria, Trackmania, The Crew or Journeymen Project, I'd hate to see what a 20 minute version of the Fahrenheit review would look like lol, it'd be about as disjointed as David Cage himself)
I remember playing this game back in the late 90s/early 00s, very impressed at how well realised the cyberpunk dystopia future was on such primitive technology.
@@mdalsted Yes it has flaws but that game was amazing - it was so much fun like the developer said nitro all the way and if you get frustrated with the other cars then you blast them whenever you can! My only annoyance was the twitchy driving with keyboard controls.
Honestly this game needs a redux, improve the handling (but also give an option for OG handling for any who want that), a difficulty slider as to determine just how bad it gets off the bat (1 means essentially a pleasant sunday drive through the ghetto while 10 means Active Warzone, everyone's trying to kill each other from the start) which gives a gradual increase as you go along the game (at 1, it ends at difficulty 5, likewise difficulty 5 ends at difficulty 10, 10 never moves at all, it is just OG Quarantine the whole way, including the bullshit). Better bosses (Not as much bullshit, plus let the player decide when they fight said boss after the story mission prior to it so they can go for more fares and load up). Cutscenes and achivements (give us more for our protagonist, give reasons to put the slider at levels where the game becomes bullshit) and yes, detail it up!
i couldn't get my fare out of my cab, so i start hammering random keys and then i just violently ejected my fare right out onto his destination and he fucking died 10/10 game, i adore its chaotic nature remaster/remake when
Gordon Freeman. That's who would fit in in this world. Seriously...walking around in a hazard suit with lots of guns and a crowbar? If that doesn't fit here, what will?
I actually discovered the band The Fauves, the guys who did the song about goading a guy into admitting to a hit and run, through this game. I really like them.
Ross, there's a game I would love to see you review a game called The Ur-Quan Masters. It's literally just Star Control II but made for modern hardware and renamed for copyright reasons. It's about a science team who is sent from Earth to an uncharted planet to research an abandoned underground factory. The team gets stranded, but soon figure out that the factory is for making starships. There aren't enough resources on the planet to make all of it, so all you have is the basic frame, the cab, and two thrusters. It's barely enough to get into space. When you return to Earth, an alien race called the Ur-Quan have taken over pretty much everything. Your job is to explore space and try and start a rebellion against the Ur-Quan. I have no idea if you'll like it or not, but it's an interesting game none the less.
5:08 im actually really happy that someone else shares my strange fascination with mapping out video game worlds. i can totally appreciate the work that went into this.
It'd be really cool if Ross covered the Mad Max game, it seems in line with the type of driving game he usually likes, with huge beautiful open worlds and unique aesthetics. At least i would love to hear his commentary on it.
I feel like we should give Ross props on how REWATCHABLE most Game Dungeon episodes are. I wonder how many times I’ve rewatched this, Dungeon Siege, Carnevil, Polaris Snocross and so many others. It’s overall a great show, and I’m glad it still continues.
Apparently, there is a song from Custard (yes, the Custard with lead singer David McCormack, who you may know as the VA of Bandit from Bluey) in this game. We live in the weirdest timeline.
That intro is why I watch these videos despite having no prior inclination of what these games are. As I've said previously and could never say enough, thank you for your work :)
I remember playing the shareware version over and over. The shareware version is the first level only without access to service shops and anything beyond the basic weapon of each category. I believe that one did not have any story missions. So it feels like the purest form of Quarantine still.
Wow, after just one month, you're back on the horse again. Way to go Ross! - I freakin' adore your commentary, it's like you're reading off a script. Fantastic! - Unfortunately theres not a lot of people out there who appreciates this type of commentary, they want the Pewdiepie's and Jacksepticeye's of the TH-cam who just screams at their monitors. This is prima content, and i can tell you put a lot of effort into this. Keep going Ross!
Ironically enough, if he's pushed hard enough from a game, Ross here starts to scream too. The difference is that Ross screams while making an informative rant.
I remember when IE did a review on this game back in the mid 90's. "Some would call it a Doom clone, I prefer bumper cars with an attitude" I think they got it right. God damn this game was a chore to play, I hated to love this game and thanks to you Ross I dug out my old floppy disc and external drive so I could torture myself for a few hour. I still enjoy playing this over any COD,BF or Halo made in the last 8 years. On that note I'm off to pick up some fares and run over some cyberpunk junkies in good ol 2.5D fashion!
I kinda doubt you'll ever see this Ross, but I just wanted to say thanks for making all these videos. Strange as it sounds, I've found no better way to zone out and chill out for countless hours, than letting youtube autoplay your game dungeon videos for hours. Thanks again!
I loved this video! I'm one of the original crew that worked on this. I did the tiles, FX graphics, maps, tile block construction, sound effects, dialog (with typos all over the place) and testing. You can hear my voice a lot, including HA HA! Quarantine is hard, probably impossible without using the turbo boosts (tab). The trick to beating the timers is to find the straight roads and nitro like crazy. Nitro knocks other cars out of the way too. If passengers don't want to go to a place that makes use of the highway, eject 'em! The donut mission in the final level is a bug that didn't get fixed in time. The time limit is too tight but you can exploit a bug to beat it: parking meters are frictionless so you can do a nitro slide down the sidewalk. That'll buy you enough time to get around those dumb trains. And, as someone mentioned here: use shotgun for Hoverboy. The Uzi makes more sense with a Thustmaster steering wheel, especially in the park; not so good with arrow keys.
+Nomad We worked on GTA London but didn't have any influence on the main series.
did his theory about people targeting you more when you have armor hold true?
nope.
Nah this game is not that hard as Ross depicts by his skills. I've played this several times and completed each time. It's just that old games are hard af but once you have the know-how you'll manage. Like when you need to head straight somewhere just go berzerk mode and fire ahead no matter what - you'll rarely bump into something blocking you pinball style. And that park level boss bug getting off the grid after opening map? I remember having that one, never figured out what caused it until now. You need the roof shotgun firing pellets to kill him easily. That gun is a monster till the end actually. On the note of ending sequence there is also a sequel called Road Warrior that takes place in the wasteland, very much MadMax style. Never finished that one though as I couldn't get pass something - bug or stuck I can't tell but I am definitely going to give it another try now after a decade or two! :)
***** no, that was a different crew. We worked on the London add-on packs in isolation but didn't have any influence on the main series. They may have had something to do with the main series after I left the company in 2003, but I don't know anything about that.
All Game Dungeons are infinitely rewatchable, but there's something special about the Quarantine episode.
Especially watching it while quarantined...
It's the industrial theme and music.
COVID19!
It's fun when ross really likes a game
It's the first time the awards show up
It's interesting how Ross mentions that Quarantine predates GTA by 3 years, considering the developer, Imagexcel, would later be acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1997 and were re-branded as Rockstar Toronto, who handled the PC version of GTA 4 and 5 and worked with Rockstar Vancouver during the development of Max Payne 3. They also developed The Warriors game in 2005.
@I Manhunt too
The writing for the passengers is absolutely hilarious. "Could you help me out? I need to get to work on time. I'm lonely, too."
"Do you want to see pictures of my friends? Do you have any donuts?"
The world is so dystopia they want to be frens with taxi driver 💀
Seeing developers of those games you reviewed in the comments section is one of the best thing about this series, you would never see something like that when people review bigger and newer games.
you are completely right
I think devs usually can't talk about their game/s because of publisher NDAs, but not sure
@@DyoKasparov Even in 30 year old PC games?
@@heardofrvb He specifically mentioned newer games, these are older games that they're commenting on.
Ross, im a taxi driver and this game is almost an exact replica of real life...
I'm so sorry...
@@yourpalsammy9773 don't worry, life got better, stopped working on taxis...
Were you allowed to carry your own uzi or did you only use company provided arms?
@@unom9515 the amount of character development in this comment thread alone tops that of most triple A games
Did you ever wish you had the customer melter from Heavy Metal?
"- For only 300$. Free shipping!
- %Evil shop owner laugh%"
Holy shit, Ross
That still makes me laugh heartily whenever I re-watch this video.
Glad I'm not the only one who found this absolutely hilarious
You're certainly not the only one mate.
It never gets old :D
The Chinese at 24:20 says "business owners beware". You're welcomed Ross ;)
Helmstif, the Sarcastic Asianman
If that is correct, than hats off to the devs for putting in actually relevant Chinese flavor text, instead of just throwing together random characters.
Right on.
Helmstif, the Sarcastic Asianman Much appreciated!
fuck yeah
*****
It seems to be. I tried entering it with handwriting recognition for Traditional Chinese into my iPhone, and got this:
營商者汪意
I couldn't get close matches for Simplified, so I'm fairly certain these are the correct characters.
Google Translate produces "Wang Italian businessmen" - probably wrong, but the presence of "businessmen" leads me to believe Helmstif is correct.
Perhaps it is Cantonese, thus Google Translate not understanding it?
"Omnicorp decides to release a drug into the water supply to calm everyone down and suppress criminal thoughts. Well, that backfires, and instead of calming people it turns everyone psycho."
I'd love to see the performance review of the employee who screwed *that* up so badly.
He might have got promoted. The corporate works in mysterious ways.
Well, there was a delay on the crime statistics review that held up evaluating the project for 6 months, and by then basically everyone was dead. This meant that the charts showed near zero crime levels, due to the low population density.
Therefore, the guy responsible is now the junior VP of pharmacology.
They probably just payed an FDA fine, then re-branded it and sold it as something else.
basically this th-cam.com/video/AC9SF7TOyHQ/w-d-xo.html
Boi! I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder!
One of the finest game reviews. Ever. Not pretentious. Good analysis. Actually played it. Well done.
Eeeyyyyyyyy!
Ha, yeah. I watched the quartering whine about a game review not being the right score, but he hadn't even played the game! Most game reviewers play the games they review. More than can be said for people like the quartering who complain about reviews.
Dude, you got to do a stream of this game.
Do the Capellans use hover tech?
@@tmack729 I mean, most game reviewers do shit jobs of reviewing games. Most of them complain about issues that don't exist in the game, and when called out on it they have too much ego to accept criticism and let it go. Keep in mind not all reviewers do this, but way too many of them do.
Hey, this isn't related to this video, but if anyone wants to help me with pixel art for future videos, go ahead and contact me at rosswscott@gmail.com, there are lots of openings.
Ross, if you could do game dungeon every 2 weeks i will love you forever :3
Bookus Hookus I suspect these are a lot of work, and with him working on the movie I doubt he'd ever be into that idea. I really shouldn't speak for other people, but as Ross said "I _have_ to make this movie." I believe him.
Hey Ross have you tried the Strife remake thats on steam now? I want your opinion on how good it is.
Accursed Farms I gess many people have recommended them already, but The Void, and E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy are some pretty nice weird/ obscure games that you could talk about.
Hey ross did you ever see the 1981 film "heavy metal" the first short film in it really reminds me off quarantine.
Best game dungeon episode yet. This perfectly encompass why most games I replay for nostalgia I end up realizing had some little flaw that now ruins it completely and explains why I never finished the game back in the day.
Hey I have not seen you in a while. how you doing?
Doing great. We started a new Let's Play channel called Opposites Attack.
cool I will check it out
I don't have that issue with tyrian it is just good however, the difficulty scaling is weird where the game is straight-up easy below impossible, I can't beat even one level at suicide or higher, the difficulty can't be changed in-game, the start will be harder than any part of the game until episode 5 where there are turrets that have bullets that cross a quarter of the screen per frame on impossible that shoot 2 bullets every second and each bullet takes 1/2 of the maximum possible shield or armor so the most you can survive in a row is 3 bullets
That's what cheat codes were made for imo.
In Yugoslavia around 1995 when I was playing this game one of the local TV stations were re-emitting MTV and Cranberries - Zombie was playing all the time, so that was the soundtrack of this game for me. :D Very fond memories, to this day when I hear that song this game immediately pops into my mind. We never managed to get past the first level but still had tons of fun kitting out the cab, tho. :')
2022 they still repeat that song on many stations lmao
thats a lovely memory ❤️
i'm surprised that carmageddon generated so much controversy even though this came out years before
+Colin C In Carmageddon you could run over old ladies and strollers and they would stick to the spiked wheels as they went "around." This was seen as encouragement to do so in real life and so it was banned and pulled from shelves. A lot of good that did, eh?
carmageddon had way more marketing!
Carmageddon sold more and was in the spotlight more.
Don't forget Carmageddon came out during the late 90s, when such games were seen unfavorably by the general public. But as someone who has played its mobile release, the game is still fun today! The Englishmen from Stainless sure know how to present a unique product with variety!
@Space Vatnik So it goes with the over-regulation of any industry. And government overreach in general (e.g. lockdowns).
Westwood: gone, but not forgotten.
"Quarantine... now here's a fucking GAME." I like to think that everyone has some game in their past that provokes this kind of feeling.
God Hand :)
Doom (2016)
I...
I don't think I do...
Alpha Centauri.
2020 Update: This game is crazy realistic and accurate.
Not yet, still needs a few more years
@@mikitadou Just issue a news report that we are running out of TP again.
game called quarantine, world's gone to crap, have to stick it to the man, and false information on the internet screwing ross over? oh yeah, this is very relevant.
@@Numdenu wow, for real
Instead of a cab driver, he'd be a doordash delivery driver.
At 11:30 regarding the music, it might be that the Australian punk rock soundtrack is there as an homage to the film 'Mad Max'.
That would make sense, huh.
This game's sequel is also called "Quarantine 2: Road Warrior"
When I was retroactively watching every Game Dungeon a few months ago, I had a tradition of sitting down with a glass of lemonade and a couple of pumpkin spice bars. Wanting to remain true to form, when I saw this episode appear, I very excitedly went down to the supermarket and bought those two very things to celebrate and watch this just like the good ol' days.
Rock on, Ross. Your sarcasm always brings a smile to my face.
I went through a phase of doing that but with AVGN and waffles with Nutella
That game box cover art. Minimalistic but very graphic.
I like it, too.
Just another day on the job
I suspect that the Australian band thing is a nod to the Mad Max movies, I believe they're set in Australia and they're all about violent dystopian futures where people drive anyway with an every-man-for-himself attitude and everybody looks weird, LOL!
Naw Take2 had already worked with a video production company from Australia for another game that required FMV. Something with a wizard.
Ross: "Quarantine has pissed me off more than any other game on the show so far."
Hellgate London: [quietly giggling to itself in the background]
What's going on in that episode? 😰
@@danielsurvivor1372 Ross concluded that he'd gotten a taste of actual Hell after playing that game long enough.
The game devs thought they could shave a fair bit of work off the project by capitalizing on procedural generation and instances, effectively letting the game build large parts of itself. Unfortunately, while those are powerful tools, they didn't really feed it anywhere near enough inputs, so the game ended up being _incredibly_ repetitive. Ross, being the absolute hero he is, soldiered on to the end - but at great cost to his sanity.
*PLOT*
"KEMO city was known for the manufacture of hovercars, meeting the country's demands for transportation until 2022. Over time, however, the crime rate had risen so far that the economy collapsed and the city descended into disorder"
This game came out in 1994
2022, not far off.
@@nik123true Do you think we'll get hovercars in those two years remaining until 2022?
@@caav56 Realisticly, no
We already missed 2015 ;)
@@nik123true I guess...
Reminds me of "2015A" BTTF fanfic, which explores, why 2015 wasn't like 2015.
caav56 hovercars already exist Bruv
This is why i'd rather watch 30 - 60 minute TH-cam videos than cable TV.
only people born before 1980 watch TV :)
This is probably my favorite review video of all time. I remember this game fondly, and how my mom would ask why the taxi game required me to, quote "Shoot all those cars".
Life is hard in the future.
Fuck man I just found your channel like a month ago
So this is happening live as we speak, all over the world.
All we're missing is the DRM hover cars and people walking around who look like the guy at 7:36
@@thefirkman7400 If I live that long, I hope I can remember this line, dress up like that and post a photo of it.
Came back to this video to look for a comment like this, lmao
6:14 yep damn coronovirus
I wish
Been too long since Darwin came a-knockin
"Stay Inside"
Pandemic season 2020 radically updated the subtext of this game. No patch needed!
I wouldn't mind chaos on the streets such as this game, it would be fun
@@SamuelBlack84 bet you got what you wished for
@@dontspikemydrink9382 Regretfully, no I didn't. People here are very dull
The major sites have now the correct level codes posted. Something tells me that this particular video was a catalyst of that happening.
"That's right, the hovercars work on an electric grid, like trams. This limits where you can drive - it's like DRM for your car. _I can't wait for the future!"_
If you want to recreate a similar experience to what Quarantine offers; chaos, driving, shooting and insanely dressed people, in a more playable game. Take GTA San Andreas, add a FPS mod (preferably one where the camera fixes onto CJ's neck), enable the "riot" cheat, "pedestrians carry weapons" cheat, "aggressive drivers" cheat and the "sex party" cheat, then get a Taxi and try to complete taxi fares in the conditions you have made (Note: these conditions are pretty extreme in GTA SA, since peds will carry rocket launchers with the "peds carry weapons" cheat, but no one said it should be easy, or without pure luck to be exact.).
And as a final rule you should start playing with no money what so ever.
There might be some car weapon mods you could add as well, but it might not be necessary (unless you want it to be a Quarantine experience, in which case you would need a whole bunch of mods to do that) since drive-by shooting usually works fine in GTA SA.
Haha I will have to try that
I actually did try that before the Ross's episode, and can confirm that it does, indeed, feel like it :D
I didn't use the FPS mod though, was a bit easier to dodge rocket launchers that way.
"Bullshit like this is why you have to be a punk and fight the establishment." There is conviction in that delivery. Ross is proof positive that punk is about more than just spiking your hair and helping some strangers flip a minivan. What matters is not accepting the status quo just because that's how things are. It's not pushing first so much as it is pushing *back*.
Anyway, I remember seeing a promo of Quarantine in, like, Game Informer or something and thinking it sounded rad as hell. The idea of having an actual job in a cyberpunk hellhole is still novel, and would be a good basis for even a more story-driven game; too many have the player starting as a badass action hero already fighting the system. As it is, Quarantine could definitely use a modern update that cuts down on the tedium, but its still an interesting game and deserves the notice you've given it.
Great review of an old title, thanks for doing these!
I Don't remember exactly how it goes, I think it was more famous people but,
Person 1 asks: " _What is Punk?_ "
Person 2 kicks a trash can over and says " _That's punk._ "
Person 1 is confused " _That's punk?_ " and kicks a trash can over himself.
Person 2 shakes his head exasperated and says " _No! That's trendy._ "
If anything ross radicalized me to the plight of copyright infringement way before i had any grasp on it whatsoever i thought pirating was like dark web shit now i know pirates are the least that movies and games have to worry about the pirates were the scapegoats! We all suffer cause 1 person made some fat CEO's bottom line not buy him the yacht he wanted that month and he had a personal grudge from then on and made sure all of us had to jump through hoops so he could keep the line steady
That conviction is now even more evident with him leading the charge against games-as-a-service overreach (Ubisoft shutting down The Crew)
This is one of Ross's greatest game dungeons yet! Honestly, i love this particular episode so much i have watched it either 5 or 6 times, with no signs of stoping!
I've run into the copy-and-paste-the-wrong-info a hundred times. I even tried contacting a site to help them correct it, but they just shot an angry, name calling Email back to me telling me they have nothing to do with the website end of the franchise and to contact the admin. "I would do that, but this is the only contact info your site has. Not only that, but you neglected to provide any name, address, Email or other information that would be remotely useful to accomplishing that. So you can keep your site full of copy-and-pasted mis-information."
ToxicHolyGrenade THG The top 7 song lyrics sites that Google gave me at the time, whatever they were. This was at least 10 years ago. And the site that sent a nasty email with a "no-reply" address was the official KMFDM website.
Sir, this is an Arby's
Ever since the mid-90s, this game has been exactly how I imagine the United States of America to be on a good day.
Ghost81 Nah, only Florida.
Don't generalize just because you saw an accurate portrayal of Michigan.
So.... This is southern/midwestern America?
Chicago perhaps.
Really? Because this is pretty much a snapshot of Russia.
"It's like DRM for your car! I can't wait for the future!"
Hello! Future here! Mercedes is instituting a subscription fee to "unlock" the full power of your car's engine!
Dear god, this review takes on a different tone in 2020.
"I'm sorry your pizza was late, maybe just be thankful you don't have to step out into this hellhole!"
Quarantine indeed.
99.9 survival rate hellhole.
This series kinda makes me want to go back and play other old games I never finished. Like Albion, that game had tons of shit going on, I need to revisit that.
I agree I have many childhood games I need to go back to.
WELSHGAMER PRODUCTIONS i agree with you two, in my case there are two i want to revisit, Outlaws which is like the wild west version of doom, and Blood, which actually NAILS the ''Hell on Earth'' theme
Krim Yeah, I need to go back and finish Tetris .
i recently went back to "cosmo's cosmic adventure" which must have been one of the first video games i ever played... im pleased to say it still holds up :D, only thing is that it doesnt respond well to button mashing, you need to make very deliberate button presses, but thats a good habit to get into anyway sooo not really a big deal
+Daniel Manrique Blood and The first Mega Race for me.
YES! I loved Quarantine. It's one of those games that I wish a studio would pick up and make. As well as fix, because honestly, it's one of the cases of too long... also, if you wanna know hardcore. This is it.
Oh Oh! You missed the eject feature. You CAN eject passengers into the street.
Yeah I know, but then that just means 2 more ferry missions.
It does, but the upside is that you kicked someone out of a moving car. Which honestly. Some of these people deserve it. When I was much younger, one of them got too snarky when I picked him up. I ejected them on the other side of the map. Yeah, that'll show 'em.
gamers back then was way more hardcore. we actually created the word Nerd, involuntarily :D
"Free Shipping!" *MWAHAHA~*
ehahahaaa >:D
had to scroll down just to find this and like it
now I can continue watching
Ross: I really appreciate the intelligence you bring to the Game Dungeon videos. A lot of reviewers seem to be on a mission to outdo each other's immaturity. I guess they think that's what gaming's about, or maybe they think it's all about them and their cult of personality. You have a strong personality and it comes across, but you're self-deprecating, not self-aggrandizing, and you don't put yourself in front of the camera or try to make it the Life of Ross. It's about the games, and that's a breath of fresh air.
Your wit has range and nuance, and you say sharp things, e.g. calling out Digital Age journalists for failing to do traditional legwork and fact-checking. I work in a closely related field where I consume a lot of journalism, and your assessment is spot-on. (Right after the Boston Marathon bombing, a missing young man's reputation was compromised by reporters' lazy reliance on social media. Turned out later that he'd taken his own life long before the bombing happened.) In your Tyrian review -- helluva good choice to kick off the series -- you made a point about "graphics snobs" failing to appreciate the variety that video game history affords us. "What are you doing with your life?" you asked them, and I cheered. The big-picture commentary makes your reviews *more* than just video game reviews.
If there's one criticism I can make -- and I hope you'll hear me out, since this is coming from respect for how good the videos are -- it's that, on the whole, they can be shorter. The Tyrian and Helious reviews were the perfect length. The 3-part Arcade America review was a slog, like driving around the game's stupid map. Unless intelligently reviewing a game really requires it, you don't need to go into quite this much detail. One thing reviewing aims for is boiling something down to its quintessential qualities. You do identify those qualities, each time, but I think editing for greater brevity (maybe a 20-minute max) would help them rise to the surface.
Keep up the clever videos! And sorry for the hypocritically long-ass comment.
This comment is made really funny in hindsight considering the videos only got longer with more thorough looks on each, seems like the shorter ones are for ones he doesn't have as much to say on like Harry Buster or Black Future 88 (Which I'm not complaining, I like long videos generally and it clearly seems to be what Ross needs to get his point across especially with some games that needed it like Phantasmagoria, Trackmania, The Crew or Journeymen Project, I'd hate to see what a 20 minute version of the Fahrenheit review would look like lol, it'd be about as disjointed as David Cage himself)
I wonder if Ross ever got any of that fanart he talked about there?
I hope cause imagine doing shrooms and seeing what abstract shit could get cooked up
Basically, this game is essentially "Detroit/Middle East Taxi Driver Simulator"
Ross: If you could take any game and keep it the same but give it a modern graphics remake..."
2021: *Cybertaxi released*
"Modern news reporting is not much different"
You definitely got that right...
"That's why you have to be a punk and fight the establishment." -Ross
I remember playing this game back in the late 90s/early 00s, very impressed at how well realised the cyberpunk dystopia future was on such primitive technology.
2015: Playing Quarantine
2020: Living Quarantine
Ha! Tell me about it! This game just showed up in my recommended list and I *had* to rewatch it for the irony.
"STAY INSIDE"
@@ChadMojito It's December, that's what a lot of people in my part of the world do right now, anyway. :P
Yep... In the words of Palpatine...
*Ironic.*
A Ross's video? MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH JOY AND PLEASURE ONCE AGAIN
That picture of yours SO fits that comment.
SwaginSammich I don't know what's better, the picture, the comment, or how they all correlate together to bring to mind a particular image.
Triple Threat: DJS, An Anime Podcast
hahahahahahaha ikr
SwaginSammich
the real question is are you a girl?
2steee Why does it have to be a girl ;)?
I swear, Ross does the best voice-overs.
Now this is a game I want rereleased on Steam.
It's still better than 90% of what's put on Greenlight these days.
+Crybaby Merkel Studios 97%
With all the flaws Ross mentioned?
@@mdalsted Yes it has flaws but that game was amazing - it was so much fun like the developer said nitro all the way and if you get frustrated with the other cars then you blast them whenever you can!
My only annoyance was the twitchy driving with keyboard controls.
Honestly this game needs a redux, improve the handling (but also give an option for OG handling for any who want that), a difficulty slider as to determine just how bad it gets off the bat (1 means essentially a pleasant sunday drive through the ghetto while 10 means Active Warzone, everyone's trying to kill each other from the start) which gives a gradual increase as you go along the game (at 1, it ends at difficulty 5, likewise difficulty 5 ends at difficulty 10, 10 never moves at all, it is just OG Quarantine the whole way, including the bullshit). Better bosses (Not as much bullshit, plus let the player decide when they fight said boss after the story mission prior to it so they can go for more fares and load up). Cutscenes and achivements (give us more for our protagonist, give reasons to put the slider at levels where the game becomes bullshit) and yes, detail it up!
Watching this in 2020, cause I like this Quarantine better.
Hmmm. Perfect time to watch a video about quarantine.
The game was DRIVING you crazy XD
Sigh... Did you just-- ugh... Goddammit.
Hey blame Ross for not catching it.
Gat720Dua Hey, mabye Ross is not good at CATCHING a CAB.
Musleblast TheUltimateGamer I think you should have PULLED OVER on that one.
you saw a opportunity and you took it by the horns
Hey look! A new video from Ross Scott! Awesome!
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Glorify the weak.
Glorify the weak.
Glorify the weak.
HE JUST STEPPED FROM THE GLORIFY INTO THE WEAK?
Rayle Entair Glorify the weak.
Also know as the "New York City Simulator"
i couldn't get my fare out of my cab, so i start hammering random keys and then i just violently ejected my fare right out onto his destination and he fucking died
10/10 game, i adore its chaotic nature
remaster/remake when
That Sublime analogy was unexpected but further increases my respect for Ross
I like the simplistic design of Quarantine's boxart
This game NEEDS a remake!
He just stepped from the roooad into your headli-hi-hights, headli-hi-hights...
freeman's mind was the first thing i watched on this channel, so every time i watch ross's came dungeon, i picture Gordon freeman playing the game
*Ross's came dungeon*
Ross' cum dungeon is a different kind of show
“Stay Inside” - Really good advice for this day and age, as well. 😅
Game Dungeon is honestly my favorite video game review show on YT. Good shit, Ross.
Stay inside.
That's what I was going to type
Would love to see a follow-up with Quarantine 2: Road Warrior
Gordon Freeman. That's who would fit in in this world. Seriously...walking around in a hazard suit with lots of guns and a crowbar? If that doesn't fit here, what will?
I actually discovered the band The Fauves, the guys who did the song about goading a guy into admitting to a hit and run, through this game. I really like them.
What a pleasant surprise to see this in my sub box.
I was about to say the same thing!
warfjm Good to know! :3
seconded! Glad Ross is still uploading :)
HashSl1ng1ngSlasher
he did say he would. There are just other things to do.
ROOOSS!! CANADA LIKES YOU!
This was pretty amazing. I should watch this show more often.
Backlog's there for you to feast on!
some of the best content on youtube here, friend
I went outside. It was pretty much this
Damn, we went from talking about cheat codes to deep social commentary about the media in under 20 seconds. That's amazing.
The cover art for this game is so brilliant. It's a blood-covered windshield that also creates a reaper's scythe shape.
Awesome to see the first episode with awards, and they are introduced as high quality as they still are to this day. Punk Approved.
Ross, there's a game I would love to see you review a game called The Ur-Quan Masters. It's literally just Star Control II but made for modern hardware and renamed for copyright reasons. It's about a science team who is sent from Earth to an uncharted planet to research an abandoned underground factory. The team gets stranded, but soon figure out that the factory is for making starships. There aren't enough resources on the planet to make all of it, so all you have is the basic frame, the cab, and two thrusters. It's barely enough to get into space. When you return to Earth, an alien race called the Ur-Quan have taken over pretty much everything. Your job is to explore space and try and start a rebellion against the Ur-Quan. I have no idea if you'll like it or not, but it's an interesting game none the less.
I can think of at least 5 games that gets the "Doesn't Respect Your Time" award.
Nearly every Ubisoft game in the past decade wins that award.
GTA Online too
@@Kadett-rr7ry Any Battlefield title from 4 onward
Warframe grinding, very often, does not fucking respect your time.
5:08 im actually really happy that someone else shares my strange fascination with mapping out video game worlds. i can totally appreciate the work that went into this.
You do a great job at keeping the viewer engaged over 30 minutes. I love Quarantine, but was not planning on watching the entire thing.
"Now after a while you may wonder if there's an actual purpose to this game, or if it's just someone's vision of the future....."
This has aged a little *too* well
solemn forbodance desaturate yoshi
I love it when you are rage reviewing at times
Well this goes on the list of games that deserve remaster.
You always bring me these radical titles I've never heard of.
I remember when I got this game on a PC Gamer demo CD.
Soon as I started playing I lost my mind and was hooked.
This was GTA back in the day
My favourite episode, watching it is like being on an adventure.
It'd be really cool if Ross covered the Mad Max game, it seems in line with the type of driving game he usually likes, with huge beautiful open worlds and unique aesthetics.
At least i would love to hear his commentary on it.
This game definitely needs and deserves a remastered version...with little gameplay changes:)
I've played it about 1995 and loved it...
I feel like we should give Ross props on how REWATCHABLE most Game Dungeon episodes are. I wonder how many times I’ve rewatched this, Dungeon Siege, Carnevil, Polaris Snocross and so many others. It’s overall a great show, and I’m glad it still continues.
I just love listening to this guy's voice.....
@@hopefulkoala01435 im doing that right now!
@@pancakehm5563 haha it's 4:30am for me and I'm about to do the same. Goodnight buddy!
Welcome back, Ross. We missed you.
Who else is watching this from quarantine? Fuck ya!!
Apparently, there is a song from Custard (yes, the Custard with lead singer David McCormack, who you may know as the VA of Bandit from Bluey) in this game.
We live in the weirdest timeline.
That intro is why I watch these videos despite having no prior inclination of what these games are. As I've said previously and could never say enough, thank you for your work :)
No better time to rewatch this
6:13 "stay inside"
yeah-yeah-yeah, I know...
Hey! That's TeknoAxe's "Hyperbole" at 25:50!
Anyone else get a carmageddon feel when watching the first few minutes of this?
This is the OG.
Accursed Farms The What? OG? sorry, not knowing that
Original
Ilan Smolders Original
especially the screams of the pedestrians reminded me of carmageddon =)
I remember playing the shareware version over and over.
The shareware version is the first level only without access to service shops and anything beyond the basic weapon of each category. I believe that one did not have any story missions. So it feels like the purest form of Quarantine still.
13:37 I played this back then -- and seriously regret "just" having the disk-version...
Thanks for going into the details of the games you do here!
Wow, after just one month, you're back on the horse again. Way to go Ross!
- I freakin' adore your commentary, it's like you're reading off a script. Fantastic!
- Unfortunately theres not a lot of people out there who appreciates this type of commentary, they want the Pewdiepie's and Jacksepticeye's of the TH-cam who just screams at their monitors.
This is prima content, and i can tell you put a lot of effort into this.
Keep going Ross!
Ironically enough, if he's pushed hard enough from a game, Ross here starts to scream too. The difference is that Ross screams while making an informative rant.
*he is reading off a script, most likely
I remember when IE did a review on this game back in the mid 90's. "Some would call it a Doom clone, I prefer bumper cars with an attitude" I think they got it right.
God damn this game was a chore to play, I hated to love this game and thanks to you Ross I dug out my old floppy disc and external drive so I could torture myself for a few hour.
I still enjoy playing this over any COD,BF or Halo made in the last 8 years. On that note I'm off to pick up some fares and run over some cyberpunk junkies in good ol 2.5D fashion!
Glorify the weak.
Shaa
Thank you, youtube recommendations
I kinda doubt you'll ever see this Ross, but I just wanted to say thanks for making all these videos. Strange as it sounds, I've found no better way to zone out and chill out for countless hours, than letting youtube autoplay your game dungeon videos for hours. Thanks again!