Sometimes I like to see what a change in dialogue could do to a bad game. For instance, in this one I would have started off with something like "10000 years ago the 99 Dragons clan was entrusted with guarding the soul portal artifact, a gate to the spirit world. But guarding something does not pay the bills, and it turns out the same skills needed to guard something makes you good and attacking someone. So we became assassins. Some work by stealth, some work slowly. Me, they call on me when they want a lot of noise and don't care about collateral damage. I'm not very subtle, but I enjoy my work. I am Drake." There you go. Back story and establishing this guy as a block of muscle. Then later when facing attacking a building you could have had him say "Normally on this kind of job I'd have a team of my clan behind me. We could attack from different directions or do a full frontal attack with many guns. But my Clan is dead. Doing this work solo requires special techniques. I don't know them. All I have is my guns, and my Tattoo. I hope it's enough. Time to start learning." So you give a reason why this guy is an idiot. You see he is lost without his clan, and he is vulnerable. That could have made the meathead likeable. But NOOOOOO, we have to have the arrogant idiot and solo muscle. Waste of potential of what could have been an interesting story of character growth and stuff. Ah well.

Considering that Drake dual-wields firearms in a trench-coat, I get the feeling that Drake of the 99 Dragons was trying to cash-in on the success of the likes of Max Payne and The Matrix, but fail to understand what made those work so well.

Spoiler Alert: Drake would eventually get hired by Blizzard to play the role of Reaper due to his ability to wear trenchcoats and pull guns from it.

What a nice Christmas present from Jadow: a review of one of the worst games of all time. As a guy who wants to publish a book, the story is the biggest sin to me (you know, aside from the game being a hundred different kinds of broken). Behind the lame characters, plot points that go nowhere, clichés and utter lack of explanation, there is a story that WANTS to be told, but no one knew HOW to tell it.

Hunt Down The Freeman was the worst first-person shooter I've ever played. Drake of the 99 Dragons is the worst _third_-person shooter I've ever played.

I was actually gonna get this game. Then I saw that Bayonetta was available. I chose Bayonetta. I got lucky. Very lucky.

If 'dying repeatedly and doing basically nothing useful the entire game' is the Master's idea of utterly amazing 'skill and presence', I'd hate to see what the opposite end of the spectrum looks like.

*Inserts Drake of the 99 Dragons, turns on console "YoU wEaK pAtHeTiC fOoL i'Ve CoMe FoR yOuR sOuL!"

This game is like Bubsy 3D but with guns.

My jaw dropped when I read the title, I couldn't believe you actually reviewed this game.

It’s weird how this game had such a cool premise, yet it fails on every level. This could’ve been a really awesome new IP. But nope. It’s an awful game. If they were to give this game a hard reboot like they did with Shaq-Fu, then maybe it would actually gain some traction.

I've seen like five guys review this game, and I still can't believe this game exists. It's like Donnie Yen took a huge liquid shit onto the screen of an xbox

Drake's run cycle would go perfectly in a patch of flowers, tbh.

6:53 - 7:50 As a long time fan, that part made me realize exactly how far you've come and I'm still here watching ya do your reviews Keep going my friend and happy new year/christmas

Well, Jadow... you did it. You defeated one of the most powerful Worst Games to ever be created. You've made your ancestors proud. You deserve a good game. What d'you say about Max Payne? Edit: I ask about Max Payne due to the fact that it's what Drake of the 99 Dragons was supposed to be. Kind of.

It seems to be the most common thing with games like this. A series built up to be the next big thing, with all kinds of stuff like movies, shows, and so on in plan when the game isn't even out yet...and then it comes out and sinks every single one of those plans.

Fun fact, during my playthrough of this game, I actually found out that the easiest way to defeat the cyborg during the tutorial level is to constantly run away from him as you fire at him. (No jumping involved.) This is due to the fact that the cyborg has to stop in his tracks every time he does his attacking animation, which allows you to simply back away from it.

This popped up in my recommended feed when I listened to the 8bit version of the Drake and Josh theme. You are doing very good!

MERRY CHRISTMAS JADOW! 😁 Love your videos and content

Ooh a Blue Lantern x3 also, Merry Christmas, Jadow!

Merry Christmas, Jadow! Thank you for this bountiful gift. I hope you have a great holiday.

You should review a good game and give yourself a break.

I've found a digitized comic copy. It isn't any better, but it somewhat explains things a little clearer, although not perfectly. Here's the link: lparchive.org/Drake-of-the-99-Dragons/Comic/

Yo, Dartz was OP with all those life points he had! And those field spells were broken as hell, as you have to destroy the current one in order to place a new one unless the 2 other seals were just ordinary continuous spells.

thanx for the xmas video buddy. really love your gaming videos & looking forward to seeing you play more garbage games in 2019 😊😊 But.........i'd love to see you play something decent for a change. maybe just pick one of your favourite games & tell us why you enjoy it. have an awesome xmas & thanks for all your efforts 😊😊

Not really surprised by the positive reviews. Standards were a lot higher a decade ago, a shitty game from back then would win GOTY nowadays.

Really funny review, Jadow!! I hope you had a great Christmas! 🎄😂👍

Highlights: Jadow having trouble killing the tutorial cyborg. His death montage ending with Jadow screaming at the end. (Even funnier when you slow it down.) Jadow realizing that he has to charge into the enemies to get anywhere. Trying to jump out! Stuck on scenery! Jadow's reaction to Drake charging himself out the window. He is too dumb to live indeed. Brilliant! (Appears when the enemies can't reach Drake cause they are too dumb to go around the ramp. Who are Serpent-Eye and Pock? "How is it possible that the Master has a even worst voice than Drake?"

Merry Xmas, friend! Thanks for the video.

20:24 Omg, that guy took out 41% of your health in less than a second.

New subscriber here Really loving your content Years ago I remember seeing this game in a bargain/clearance bin, at the time I thought it seemed cool but I didn't have an XBox. Pushed it aside to find Gungrave: Overdose (PS2) under it. Dodged a bullet there!

1:55 OH MY GOD........THE TRENCH COAT, THE THROWING THE GUNS AWAY AND PULLING OUT MORE INFINITELY THE FIXATION ON, AND OBSESSION WITH DEATH........THIS IS WHERE THE INSPIRATION FOR REAPER FROM OVERWATCH CAME FROM ISNT IT?!?!?!........😧😲

The concept and the character of Drake kinda fascinates I mean a supernatural undead assassin sounds badass on paper

:D Thanks for the gift, was hoping to see this at some point

I actually bought a used original Xbox with this game and Need For Speed: Most Wanted in an system double deal at Gamestop. I saw that when I got the deal, it was only 89 cents by itself. (That should've been a red flag in itself). I was so appalled by it, I smashed it into thousand pieces, burned it in the microwave, and finally threw it in the trash. (Yes, I smashed it before I burned it; brutal but effective). By destroying that game, I think the world a favor. I hope.

Shame the comic that would've started from this flopped, since it looked pretty decent.

Great review, as always. Merry Christmas, bro!

Well that was a painful 31 minutes. Great review as always Jadow!!

I've been watching your stuff for a while, but this review finally convinced me to properly subscribe. Good work Jadow.

Merry Christmas, Jadow! Thank you for suffering through this game!

6:43 that scream

When the training level causes a game over to happen......you know you are in for a bad time. Also, I love Darts. He's one of my favorite YuGiOh villains. Season 4 was a very good season.

24:55 I love that line

It's like Max Payne if Max Payne was horrible and programmed by drunk people.

ProJared makes this game look easy.

18:15 So basically this game takes inspiration from Sonic Adventure 2's cutscenes.

If you would like a recommendation for a good game, try "Custom Robo" for the Gamecube.

This is something that Randy Pitchferd that did Colonial Marines would write. Only more broken than before that doesn't know how to spell tether correctly in program and given 7 weeks to complete said game

Praise God, Santa and Jesus! You actually did make a review of this infamous game. And Merry Christmas btw.

It is not that the hit detection is worse in the pc version, it is that on the pc version they removed the auto aim that made so drake would automatically aim at the enemy making him hit way more.

I remember playing this on the original Xbox, and it certainly was a misguided affair. I feel like the concept is interesting, it's just that the entire thing (both story and gameplay) is rushed.

Just saw that you uploaded, guess I'm staying up for another 30 minutes.

To quote adam seslor from his review of this game "running is an effort"

Was that strategy you used to break through the levels worked on the tutorial or was the level too broken for even that to work?

I also had that problem with the characters. The game treats it like your already supposed to know who all these characters are or what the world does or the stuff you have does. This is the first time we hear about this stuff. They can't expect us to know about them.

Merry Christmas Jadow

I think we've finally found the perfect game for DSP =P

Love your videos man

at least the shooting in call of duty is better and didn't become a franchise like ride to hell also merry Christmas jadow

The Drake of the 99 Dragons bus broke down before it even started.

I looked at a screenshot of the XBOX version of this game and Majesco actually trademarked the Freeze Motion ability. The only thing I like about this game is the music, especially the credits music.

I HAD to click this as soon as it came up on my Notifications.

Holy shit the Sonic Boom shade lol

Merry Christmas man

Could you review spiderman 2 for pc?

For the tutorial, just glitch onto the central platform and spend an hour emptying bullets into the cyborg. I have no better way to do this.

It hurts already

This is the funniest video ever

Tis the season to be jollllly... fa... lala... lalalalallalalalalla.

I highly recommend you get an original Xbox, they're not too expensive, highly modifiable to put emulators with thousands of games on the hardware, and collecting games for it is pretty cheap at the moment. There's a lot of really good games on it, such as KotoR 1 & 2, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Ninja Gaiden and Black, an FPS made by EA back when they weren't evil.

Talk about Headless Kamikaze (from Serious Sam) logic in playing this game..

You know.. I legit had an idea about how to make Drake of the 99 Dragons good.... albeit the first one being.. have a better control scheme and not glitchy as hell.. as well as MUCH better gameplay.. maybe more like Uncharted, but I also thought of a way to make the story much more coherent.. Have it be an ORIGIN STORY. Talk about how the world they live in came to be, like maybe in this world.. Asia is more of a powerhouse during this time and it MILES AHEAD of technology and shit.. Introduce Drake as this loner vigilante who acts about as edgy as he does in the game, but its actually a veil to cover up self-loathing issues as he believes that he's not very good at anything other than being violent.. Than during a failed mission he's saved by this master, nurses him back to life, have him go through training throughout the years as he gets better at assassination skills, the mythology of the 99 dragon clan, have only TANG be the bad guy here, maybe he's a former member of the 99 dragons who decided to take all their teachings and use them for personal gain and it left him with an endless taste for power.. which eventually leads to him wanting to take over the world.. and Drake still learning to accept and respect himself, confront some dark aspect of his past, he eventually becomes the hero the world needs... albeit anti-her and having to hide from coppers.. Maybe Drake can be a little snarky and cynical and his 'edgy' persona he puts on is constantly made fun of by the other characters.. even his dumbass 'out of this world' catchphrase is poked fun at.. And near the ending of the game, Drake unknowingly taps into his tattoo power to stop Tang from whatever plan he's doing, finally learning to accept/forgive himself for that dark past.. and his name being heard of throughout the land.. as the assassin who hunts down the worst of the worst.. that he is.. 'DRAKE OF THE 99 DRAGONS'.. but that's how I"d do it. And than if the good game did well enough, make sequels, spin off stuff.. that cartoon for 'ADULT SWIM' cause well.. all this would not suit for children stuff.. make the comic series.. and introduce the rest of Drake's rogues one by one.. introduce them properly, good backstories, reasons for having powers and shit.. BOOM.. instant success..

22:00 son of a Glitch

Ouch. I hope you just sleep for the next week to shake off the horribleness of all the shitty games of the year, and the general horribleness of the 'tripul aayy' industry in the past 3 months. Wonder if you unfortunately played Fallout 76 or Battlefield 5.

So what we have here is a tie-in to a comic/animated series that would have existed if the game based on it was successful, who would thought the 6th gen had it's own Cheetahmen/Bubsy.

Review the Spiderman ps4 dlc story

I wish I could double- or triple-like this video! You deserve it after all your suffering!

Yeesh. There were actually plans to make a franchise out of this. Anyway, Merry Christmas, Jadow. May the games you find under your tree be better than this.

I'm so curious on what the death counter got up to.

Quite sure the original Tomb Raider for DOS handles shooting while jumping better than this 2003 game

This was such a good review of this legendary bad game

well that blows

I was wondering what happened to the Bionicle dude.

6:44 JEEEEEEEEEEZUS!

1:04-1:19 I will never not laugh at that.

6:24 to 6:49, I never thought I see the words Game Over that many times in 21 seconds... this game is a mess.

This thing is on PC!? Damn O_o

Happy Holidays Jadow, lets play a shitty game Edit: Why didn't they just make him a Zombie that has an has an inner monologue?

so, DarklordJadow1, how long til you can get to review "Fallout 76"? I know it WILL be a while since its price is still kinda prohibitive for that but I'll be waiting for it... and for .EXE's invasion to your station when "Sonic '06" gets its turn to be put thru "Jadow's Force-Choke"!

Talk about a Matrix wannabe with a laundry list of issues. I’m glad I never played it twice

I like how when you get a Game Over, the time still runs!! Shit, this game is terrible!

The Order 1886 and Mighty No.9 should've looked at this game and learn not to sell the franchise before the first game comes out.

Gerald

23:21-23:24 that was funny.

I thought you actually have done this!

Why doe Drake not have pupils?

Actually, the claim that the game was only developed in six months might not be true. If you’re interested, here’s a link to an interview with a QA tester for the game (which I found neat): www.badgamehalloffame.com/blog/interview-andrew-bado/

Are you going to do an update to the worst games you've reviewed ?

Actually, you did have a good reason not to review this game; Projared already did. :(

6:18 I think the developer's answer is... you don't.