Outsidexbox lore: Mike like car, Jane like space, Andy like pirate, Ellen like cat, Luke like Triceratops

A detail I really appreciated in Fall of Rapture was that as your character ranked up, your player model became more disfigured from splicing.

Mike saying "And I will" and then eating a donut was for some reason the highlight of my day, so thank you!

‘Which was a fun new way to find out what my mother had been up to’ 😂 So deadpan, Jane.

Mass Effect 3's multiplayer is my go-to pick for tacked-on multiplayer modes that turned out surprisingly awesome. The mode was your basic horde-mode shooter affair with objectives between waves of foes then an extract, but the mode got a ton of support post-launch. Loads of new characters, including fan favorites like Krogan and Volus, new weapons, entire new enemy factions, and maps. Especially fun on PC where you could break up the omni-key (one button was for sprint, cover and pick up and on PC you could reassign those using an edit), I'll forever remember my favorite, the N7 Paladin, the one man explosion machine.

"Don't get upset if someone describes the content of your Boxershorts as Sus" That got me of guard not gonna lie

The fact that the Assassin's Creed and Bioshock 2 multiplayer modes have an impact on the storyline of the games themselves is what I always found most impressive to be honest. They're both great, and deserved far more love than they got.

As a kid my friend who lived next door had Future Cop LAPD, we spent so many hours in that multiplayer mode. I am so happy and surprised to see it pop up on a list. Ahh, so many good memories.

I'm kinda hoping Mike had to do a half dozen takes, half eating multiple donuts as he laments not having the opportunity to eat more donuts 😂

Watch dogs had a social stealth multiplayer mode that worked just like the assassins creed one, except that it was seamless into your main campaign. A player could drop into your game and stalk you without being any the wiser.

I liked "murderous hide-and-seek" a lot better when it was Oxboxtra, Eurogamer, and Dicebreaker playing that particular game mode in Among Us.

Nothing beats you guys' delivery. No matter how cheesy, or corny the joke I nearly always laugh. I've been watching this channel for half a decade or more and I haven't owned an Xbox since the 360. Just wanted to say thanks, and you guys bring me a lot of joy. Much love!

Husband has recently started to rewatch all of your content from a decade ago. And I can confirm you've not aged, so you're all vampires! That's why you play Vampire Masquerade so well! Is any of that part of Outside Xbox lore??

The OxBox lore I know: The classic outro of, "So, who's up for lunch?" was introduced after they lost the kitchen.

Bioshock 2’s online mode was the only multiplayer game that I have ever enjoyed. It was so fun, I was sad when the servers shut down

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory's Spies vs. Mercs was the business. I played so much of that mode, it was incredible.

Dead Space 2 had a multiplayer mode in which players controlling members of titan station security would try and complete objectives while other players controlling the necromorphs would try and stop them from doing so. It can't be played anymore since it got shut down on the eighth of December last year though.

There WAS Oxboxtra lore back when we had Show of the Week AND Show of the Weekend, lol. Like Jane's underground lab! Who else remembers that tidbit?

The creators of League of Legends specifically mention Future Cop LAPD as their inspiration for their first MOBA mods in StarCraft and WarCraft. It’s way more than just a coincidence.

_"If you've missed them, maybe just watch the 4000 or so videos we've made again"_ Don't threaten me with a good time.

I'm quite gutted that I missed out on the chance to play AC multiplayer when it was big, nowadays the maps feel very empty even for Black Flag

My favourite OxBox Deep Dive lore is an ancient reddit post from someone claiming they think Mike and Andy are both married, but due to unclear wording, accidentally implying Mike and Andy are married to each other. I fully recommend watching videos with the head canon that they're a bickering married couple. 10/10 no notes.

The intro 😂

Mike: Think they bought it? Jane: We’re still rolling. Mike: *Smiling while nervously giving a thumbs up*

I really appreciate when games give the multiplayer a lore reason for exisiting. If I recall correctly Halo Reach and Halo 4s multiplayer was basically described as being essentially a training mission.

Oh my gosh Future Cop LAPD! Someone else who actually remembers this, me and my bro loved this fun little game as kids - I still have it, its fun!

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on the DS had an excellent asymmetric multilayer, where one side was Link scurrying about through a Pacman style maze retrieving mcguffins and taking shelter in the safe zones his enemies couldn't enter. The other player controlled several invincible guard golems, and sent them about the map by drawing paths for them to patrol. They couldn't cross the safe zones, and Link wasn't shown on that player's map until Link picked up a mcguffin, leading to a dash for Link back to safety as the other player vectored their guards in to intercept. It could be played on yours and another nearby DS while only requiring one copy of the game.

Arkham Origins and Brotherhood multiplayer were so damn good.

Mad Effect 3 has an amazing hoard mode multiplayer. It's one of the reasons I look back on that series so fondly.

"which was a fun new way to find out what my mother had been up to" caused me to actually spit out my cornflakes 😂

I was not expecting Future Cop: LAPD to make an appearance. Such an underrated game.

Oh wow, Future Cop LAPD, that was one of my favorite PS1 games as a kid. Sucked royally at it but still loved it.

I adore Future Cop: LAPD. I spent countless hours playing the Precinct Assault mode with my brother and uncle. The campaign was really fun too and can be played in co-op. It also got ported to PS3 as part of the PlayStation Classics library

I'm very happy to know that I'm not the only person who remembers and appreciates fondly the game Future Cop LAPD.

I swear I put way more time inot Bioshock 2 multiplayer than normal. It was fantastic and really addictive. Plus, you get your own sweet home with ocean view!

You should check out the multiplayer in Salt and Sacrifice! Little known game, but it is AWESOME. It’s an indie Soulslike metroidvania, sequel to Salt and Sanctuary. You can get, like 6 people in one world, all with different alliances goals, for a massive murder party with people showing up to kill you, people showing up to kill them, people killing the enemies and people killing everything that moves. All while the enemies in the world are just trying to do their thing. It’s fantastic.

Always appreciate a bit of Herzog Zwei recognition. Also arguably the beginning of RTS games

Future Cop LAPD is one of my favourite multiplayer memories, so many hours spent on that in my teens!

I love Future Cop LAPD! The multiplayer mode had an AI option which was still good. I'm glad I have it on my PSP as I don't have anywhere to hook my PlayStation or PlayStation 2.

Future Cop: LAPD consumed so much of my time after my brother got it on PC. That was an unexpected nostalgia bomb, thanks!

Never thought I'd see Future Cop on ANY list. Loved that game. And the tutorial video for Precinct Assault still makes me smile. *in a deadpan, uninterested voice* "Oh, about the radar; the red arrow points to the red base, the blue towards the blue base; whoopie."

I will never forget 007 Everything or Nothing and having so much fun with the split screen multiplayer, that game was such a gem. And the fun multiplayer mode really came out of nowhere but man was it fun.

Future Cop LAPD was awesome back in the day, used to play it a lot with a friend.

Future Cop LAPD Precinct Assault mode was epic. Probably played more of that than any other multiplayer game with my buddy at the time :D

That Watch Dogs app mp was the best. I loved using it while at college waiting for classes to start lol Chaos Theory is also my absolute fav mp in any game

Oh, would Resident Evil Outbreak count? That game was one BIG multiplayer mode with awesome idea that sadly never went anywhere, and to me is one of the Resident Evil's best games...

Future cop lapd was great. Or rather my friends and I have great memories of staying up all night to beat it. Thank you Andy for reminding me of that gem.

Oh my god I have literally never heard another human being mention Future Cop LAPD in my entire life. I played the demo for that game over and over and over as a kid - just constantly. Seeing and hearing it again hit my nostalgia HARD

Future Cop: LAPD was my favorite game as a kid, specifically for the multiplayer.

Thank god you mentioned Arkham Origins pvpvp mode, it was so fun and I will forever wish we got more in other games, making my own bane or joker member, unlocking gang specific tech, becoming your gang leader for a bit. So good!

OK, so I have a game mode that while is not ambitious, it was so fun that it made me and my friends laugh and play for hours... It was XIII's The Hunt mode. To explain quickly, you and other people were put into a multiplayer map where you were given a hunting gun and nothing more, you could shoot each other with it, but the main focus was you had to hunt down this high-pitched singing Ghost that darted around the map and would kill you instantly if you got touched by it... The more you shot at it, the smaller it would become, but the more faster it got. Me and my mates would play this for HOURS on PS2. We laughed every time we ran past a hallway and heard it's helium sounding voice, or when it would appear out of nowhere and instant kill one of us... God I had such a great time with it. Also a special mention, IMO has to go to Condemned: Criminal Origin's Cops vs Criminals mode, so scary in those pitch black maps being chased down by melee welding crazy people.

Man, so good seeing Future Cop: LAPD on here! I remember somehow randomly playing that one time with my brother, and after playing a little coop we discovered the precinct mode. We played it so much that we rented the game a few times just for that. And can't leave a comment without stating how much I LOVED AC Brotherhood multiplayer mode and Splinter Cell's Spies VS Mercs mode. Both were amazing and played the heck out of them. The later AC multiplayers brought some fun stuff, but I missed the truly hardcore mode in Brotherhood. (The whispers in later ones made it a little too easy to catch someone sneaking up on you.)

Two games come to mind for multiplayer twists: Command & Conquer: Renegade (Which still has a fan base with Renegade X.) Your typical first/third person shooter got a whole lot more interesting as each base let you buy unit upgrades/vehicles. These units how ever were dependent on having the buildings to make them and having your ire harvester alive to being in currency. The other was Geist. It had 3 modes, a death match where you could possess different characters to fight and switch when they were on low health along with super units to find on the map. A “king of the hill” mode where you tried to possess the target the longest. And a ghost hunter vs ghost mode. All none that needed to be added to the game, but added another scoop of fun to it.

wow, i did't even detect that Donut of Detection.. good job Mike !

What's that? Lore I missed?? Well then, back to the early videos where the team openly swore every other sentence!

Ahh, Future Cop LAPD. I'd love a remastered version of that. Both coop- and versus-multiplayer stole so many evenings xD

FUTURE COP. I haven’t thought about this game in 20 years. I miss this so much

Oh, wow! This is such a coincidence. A couple weeks ago I was trying to remember what Future Cop LAPD was named and couldn’t figure it out. I ended up deciding it wasn’t real and I imagined the whole thing. It’s so weird to go literally decades without thinking about it and then have it show up twice back to back

On companion apps - I did use the Black Flag one. It was basically the minigame where you sent ships you'd captured off to do stuff to make money. It was kind of useful to be able to keep that going while you weren't actively playing the game. I think it also had a map in it as well so you could refer to that while playing the main game.

WOAH! Someone brought up Futurecop LAPD! I played it as a kid and LOVED the multiplayer mode. It's one of those games like Legend of Legaia that I am shocked when someone else even knows it exists!

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal had a multiplayer mode that nobody expected from the usually single-player series, and it was quite a fleshed out mode too, featuring many of the iconic weapons and gadgets from the series. While I never had a chance to play it on either PS2 or PS3, I remember often hearing how it was a much loved experience by other Ratchet and Clank fans

"Gamers of a certain vintage" is a great way to say older.

Damn, just last year I was reminiscing about Splinter cell multiplayer and telling about it to my friends as a case example of an early asymmetrical multiplayer. Good picks! Used to love Future cop multiplayer mode on my ps1 demo disc :D

The lovely lads at DefendTheHouse have been going through the Call of Duty Zombies maps, including doing the Easter Eggs that make up the lore, and then summarizing What Just Happened. They're up to Black Ops 3 after a long time in Advanced Warfare.

It's amazing how consistent this channel is, I've been watching these guys, I think, for more than 10 years now and its good quality is still as those old good days

Bioshock 2’s multiplayer was random and fun, i was kinda bummed out that they didn’t try it again in the next game

That Splinter Cell mode was fantastic!

I used to watch this channel so much when I was a kid and I looked it up and it generally still feels the same. Really nice

Please do a companion app video!! Best one ever in my opinion was the AC: Black Flag one where you could send ships out to gather resources. It was a perfect way to progress my character and keep “playing” black flag even when I could play the actual game at home.

I remember watching this channel like 10 years ago. Good to see it is still going strong.

My grandma owned a Fiat Multipla, and it really did ruin my day 😭😭 x

I ADORED the Bioshock 2 multiplayer. It may have been the first multiplayer game I played that not only had story ties to the actual lore of the main games, but lore inside the mode itself. I found that utterly fascinating. Also, it was just a really fun time. Mixing and matching the loadouts gave lots of variety, and it was a pretty darn balanced game. I played that thing like it was my CAREER. I was even in the top 50 leaderboard for some time on 360.

A multiplayer mode I remember playing a lot of back in the day was Kid Icarus Uprising. It had two teams of faceless, nameless angel soldiers fighting each other in PVP until someone got enough kills to become Pit, for the light team, or Dark Pit, for the dark team. It was honestly a really fun mode! And the daybreak item from Smash Ultimate is from that mode too!

Assassin creed online was so fun back in the day I forgot about it. You just unlocked such good memories thank you

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood multiplayer is one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. Such a great, unique concept!

Singularity should be on this list. On top of having a real cool story and time manipulation gameplay, the multiplayer was unique in that it was monsters vs humans where each monster had its own unique abilities and controls.

In Mikes defense, National Donut Day is a very big day.

Outside X Lore pitch: Since they have mentioned the black chair they sit on is Robert, and he wants revenge on whoever burnt down his furniture factory home, I stipulate that Jane did it in response to the murder of her first husband, who was in fact murdered by red chair who she mistook for Robert.

Assassins creed multiplayer was amazing when first came out. So many people would be crying in the lobby because they got 15 kills in one game and only got 1000ish points, but someone with 3 kills got like 5K. They didn't realize if you run around like mad speed killing everyone you got barely anything. Taking your time and setting up a kill was amazingly fun and rewarding when you dominated a match with barely any kills because you did it with style. My favorite was poisoning someone when you walk past and them just about to kill their target and dropping dead.. you see the guy that almost got tapped freeze like, "Wtf happened" then you'd get them as a target hopefully and half the job of finding them was done.

Precinct Assault was a decent enough mode in single player too (lucky, friendless me), especially when you unlocked the weird map. I say it's the weird map; really it's just one of the other ones but with insects - and weirdness.

Spies vs Mercs was so good I spent hours replaying the double agent demo where you got to play a round of it on a single map

If you want "ambitious", how about the time Mike talked Jane and Andy into doing a whole list video just so he could claim a doughnut on expenses

Petition for Mike’s TED talk, presumably based on the idea that zombies have no inherent political interests (that we know of)

Becoming the big daddy in bioshock 2 multiplayer was so fun I miss that mode

Future cop LAPD was one of my all time favorite coop games. Me and my mate played so much of it. Im pretty sure you could play the multiplayer mode singularly too

FINALLY!!! FUTURE COP LAPD gets a mention!!!! That brings back my childhood!

Mike's most GIF-able video 😂

Some folks have mentioned ME3 multiplayer already, and by gods, do I miss it.

Thanks for the confirmation that I wasn't the only person in the entire world who played Future Cop LAPD. I loved that game, especially the multiplayer.

So many good modes! Assassin's Creed's Seek & Murder, Spies vs Mercs, Bioshock 2 multiplayer. Those were the only on the list that I played and miss them all.

I always resent these admittedly really cool and creative multiplayer modes because the game would force you to play them for trophies, and now quite a few Platinum trophies are lost to time because the servers went down

That Assassin's Creed multiplayer mode only gave me one good memory, and it was the guess the target game, where I sit on the same bench as the two other NPCs, THAT look like me. From there, my pursuer had to guess which one I was, safe to say, this strat is gold.

Delightful as always

Ac Brotherhood multiplayer was the first ever xbox live game i ever played! Absolutely loved it. Used to play manhunt a lot as a kid and this felt like that! Took it so seriously!

That AC Brotherhood mp mode has given me so many cool moments to look back on. I think my favourite was seeing my pursuer walking towards me - me then slipping around the corner and parking on a bench and using the ability to transform the few npcs around you into the same character model as you. And watching as he approached, hesitated and then stabbed the character next to me. Good times were had in that mode

Conker's Bad Fur Day's multiplayer modes were five full-on parallel campaigns taking place at various points in the main plot starring their own casts of characters and focusing on a different form of gameplay.

Spies vs Mercs was so damn good. Feels like a lost memory playing that, don’t think I’ve ever met a single person who played it lol

Thank you Jane for checking off one of the boxes of my hidden bucket list I didn't realize I had. Hearing, "I'm Batman" in a posh British accent.

I loved playing Brotherhood's multiplayer, it was the most hype moment when you'd outplay someone and all your homies are popping off like you just broke someone's ankles in basketball.

Holy Shit, They talked about Future Cop!!! So many good memories with this game!!!