So a bit of clarification; Bunkasha only developed the Xbox port of the game, which released in February 2002. The PS2 (which Eden played here) and the Gamecube ports were done instead by 'Stealth Studios'. No I've never heard of them either. Those particular ports released in November that same year. IGN's review that was highlighted at the start of the video WAS for that Xbox port, which having played myself, is visually far superior and has better driving physics, plus for some bizarre reason, having replays that are very reminiscent to that of *Gran Turismo 3.* (Its also the source of where the game's cutscenes originate, which ran off of that port's engine.) That being said, I'm firm in believing that the "9" score given to the game was all down to marketing hype (which this game strangely had LOTS of at the time) because of the Xbox being the 'powerhouse' console of its generation. Like, the Xbox port isn't actually too bad in all honesty, but I probably wouldn't have given it any higher than a 7 myself. IGN *DID* review the PS2 port as seen here, where they only gave it a 6.8 in comparison. Which is still far higher than I'd give this particular port, lmao. Ironically, GameSpot also gave a 6.8 score, but for the Xbox version instead. They were harsher on the PS2/Gamecube ports, giving a 5.6 and 5.4 respectively. *Still higher than I would've given it.* Fun fact; This game actually has a *sequel,* but was only released in Japan, and ONLY on the Xbox, known as "Double S.T.E.A.L. The Second Clash" (The first game was called Double S.T.E.A.L. in Japan, instead of Wreckless). Despite being a Japanese only release, the game *is entirely in English.* It released in Summer 2005 and can natively output at 720P. Pretty underrated game, honestly.

Whatever the devs were smoking I want some of that stuff too cause you'd have to be high out of your mind to create stuff like this

WRECKLESS: The game where you WRECK MORE than every other driving game combined.

This game was originally an Xbox title. That version didn't have rockets , slow motion or the ability to run over pedestrians, but it looked a million times better than.... whatever this is

Never thought that RE1's voice acting could be topped, but here we are. Jil sandwich? Step aside. Chubby wubby? Here's hubby dubby

i got this game as a christmas gift one year and played it almost religiously, i havent thought about this game until now and this made me want to go back and play it again

I unironically love this game, I 100%d it as a kid. It was also the first time I ever heard the word "Yakuza" so I genuinely pronounced it like that for a while

I've been randomly saying "fission mailed" when I would lose a round or actually fail in games, but to see it here in the stream highlights brings a tear to my eye, because it actually makes sense. Nice job, anon.

You know your day is going good when Dustin uploads 47 minute video about some weird game. Thanks, man.

I love how the editor put the "Yakuza" line all over the video, it made me chuckle

This is definetly one of the games of all time, a game to surpass the metal gear

After Takagi's appearance I'm pretty sure this is a Bollywood themed game, everything makes sense that way

Oh my god. I remember this game. It was stuck inside my memory with its extremely weird cut scenes. I know that I used to play it, but I had no clue what to do honestly as I was still quite young. And I could never revisit the game, as I have never owned it, but just lended it for a week from a video game store. I forgot what the name was, but now I know again thanks to you Dustin. I don't plan on playing this thing ever again, but it did annoy me that I couldn't get a grasp on how this game, that was stuck in my memory for way too long, was called.

My favorite part of the game was when the 2 chicks said "we are the Yakuza Kiwami 2" and yakuzad all over their enemies

Bro, ive beaten it on xbox, and before i ever played it i had never considered the genre "car platforming" ...now it haunts my dreams. Seriously some of the most difficult "racing" content ive ever completed. I suggest it to anyone that wants to really test their driving ability. Bonus points if you play without component cables on composite low resolution, and a sub 15 inch tv display with terrible color balance to the point you cant see anything in those god forsaken tunnels... No specific reason, not how i played it at all...

You should try The Getaway Black Monday, the only one game where you can explore a real city with a real car/motorbike, go for a walk, shoot, even arrest criminals, with an interesting storyline, multiple choice missions and great cutscenes. A real Masterpiece .

completely forgot this game existed and this has unlocked a core memory

I am pretty amazed how well it captured Hong Kong for a 2002 game (except the sewer mission, of course) from the Taxis, Mini buses to double deckers buses, and the Police outfit (roaming pedestrians ) they did extremely well one thing tho AM number plates ( 33:47) are for Government uses only so some mistakes are made.

5:52 - Wait, that's Greg Eagles! A.K.A. the voice actor for Grim in Billy and Mandy, Aku Aku in some of the Crash Bandicoot games, and god-damn Gray Fox in Metal Gear Solid.

i ma be honest, games in the 2000s feels like the devs where on some CRACK like how can you come up with some of those batshit insane ideas?

If you're looking for similar wacky driving games, here are some suggestions The Runabout series - Has somewhat similar premise with this game, you drive a car and destroy things. The latest release was Runabout 3D: Drive Impossible (known in Western areas as Crash City Mayhem) on 3DS but the previous sequels were on Playstations (and Dreamcast) Critical Velocity - Made by the guys who brought you Ridge Racer.

I have some questions : 1. Why are the yakuzas doing these silly ass shenanigans? 2. Does their leader have an eyepatch and a snakeskin jacket?

Try the pursuit force series. It's a driving and shooting game where you can kill the enemies by jumping into their car and drive it also you can arrest them on foot and take their weapons

I remember absolutely loving this game and never getting a chance to finish it. Friday night pizza/gaming good times.

If you play forgotten racing games you can try an Italian duology of these racing games: Superstars V8 Racing (2009) and Superstars V8 Racing: Next Challenge (2010).

YO!!! i had this game when it game out!!! It's been 20 years, I was about 10. My memory of it is almost completely gone now but I remember not liking it much, especially compared to games like Tokyo Xtreme Racer 0 (which I still play). Thanks for taking me back down memory lane

Wow, this is actually fairly nostalgic for me. I completely forgot about this game but played it a ton when I was younger!

Uf, and I though I was the only human in planet Earth that unfortunately got and played this game xD. Dustin, you definitely have to try the Runabout series. Is literally the same as this but with a lot better handling and a really funny and chaotic gameplay and car list. It is even from Japan and I assure you the fun is guaranteed!

The Xbox version has different physics which alter the fun factor of some of the missions, there are some platforming missions, like one mission that takes place on a pier and requires some tricky jumps like a corkscrew, that just aren't the same as the in air physics don't allow the car to rotate

I miss these creative driving games, nowadays you are either a simulator or drift king

The game developers really proved that they were wreckless when making such a game

Many fond memories with the GC version of this game, the cheats you unlock by beating all missions with a gold are great, you get to play as a chef that can commit GTA in the most janky manner possible.

The editor going crazy with the Yakooooooza meme is why this video is funny af. 🤣🤣🤣

Wow i had a copy of this game when hollywood movies was selling stuff and use to love playing the heck out of it. Cool to see this game again!

I love how they just mix Vietnam,Japan,Hong Kong and China together and call it a day

As a hong kong citizen, i would safely that there are maniacs firing rockets at crowds of people everyday on the streets

4:49 just witnessed a war crime here lol

Now that you've gotten a taste of wacky driving games, it's time to play Super Runabout lol

i absolutely love this game. we need an anime adaptation NOW

ohh dude!!! I had a Game Shark memory card way back in the day, that had a bonus demo disc with it. It had this game, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Spy Hunter, some star wars pod racing game, an Army Men spin off and a few other games

This is scene makes me laugh already 😂👍 5:18

Wow, I completely forgot I had this game when I was younger and didn't remember until now. Also forgot how wacky the story is

We had a chipped Xbox and I was luckily to grow up playing this weird shit , couldn’t complete it though 🤣

Man, I remember renting this game back when Blockbuster still existed, it was like a fever dream playing what little I did.

DUDE YOU NEED TO PLAY THE XBOX VERSION!!! You plaed the wrong version my friend😭

Dude I played the demo for this on Xbox as a kid and couldn’t remember it for the life of me, thank you so much

This game was a fever dream and a half, I'm surprised someone ended up talking about before it faded into obscurity.

43:01 pov: James when he was editing this and lost his brain cells after seeing that clip

if you want something similar to this, check out world super police, it's fairly buggy on emulator, but most things I encountered are either fixed by just restarting the emulator or just switching to software mode

Man, I still have this game. Remembered the first time seeing this was at my uncle's place. Such a wild game... at least I know it wasn't just me being bad at it!

This is driving me nuts cause I 100% had a game growing up that had that exact cover and had things having to do with blood packs and getting them places without damage but I do not remember like 80% of the stuff you're showing, down to even the menu screen.

24:15 That can't be right... you ran over MORE than 200 people!

This is mix Driver with Carmageddon but with cartoon humor 😂

This gives me a weird dejavu though. But my 6 year old brain wouldn't be able to finish any mission. So I don't know if it's real memory or just fake nostalgia

Woah, I've never thought Elton John was a secret agent.

2000s era, especially for Japanese game was wild era wasn't it The freedom it's just so wide~ After the R: Racing Evolution, then we had this special agent crazy taxi GTA waifu stuff to giving us fanservice of it

I love the impromptu YTPMV at 43:43

I played the Xbox version of this and loved it. It had such a unique atmosphere, but it was always so weird to me that they made this whole city and didn't let you explore it in free-roam.

Hand this game to Kuru and just say “here, have fun” and nothing else 🤣

I played this game as a kid, actually my 3rd game on my GameCube and I gold every mission, wish I knew car selection mattered based on mass but it's extremely entertaining watching you play such an old chaotic game Is it worth it? Hell no, pure CBT XD

44:24 when you finish tetris with a high score

You should play some of the Roundabout games, as I think they were the inspiration for this game, although that's just speculation on my part. I recommend Super Runabout especially, it has the most content and has cutscenes that are far worse than Wreckless! They're also a little less hair-pulling in difficulty.

3:54 you think this is bad mate? Wait till the community starts asking for Quantum Redshift

I remember this game as a kid, kind of a bizarre “racing” for sure but there were some cool cars that you can find as a secret.

Lmao that magic School bus song though 🤣 noice touch

Some of the game's soundtrack was done by Brian "BT" Transeau. However, it's all recycled music from Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas, released two years prior.

Time to age myself. I bought this used at gamestop in 2004 for 15 dollars. Needless to say that I traded it in to get Total Overdose....... Which was it's own mistake.

Shoutout to the editor again, there's some real shitpost stuff in here and i'm all for it

Unfortunately back in the day, we didn't know any better and would just buy games and not know if it was good or bad. Wreckless was one of those games.

"Yeah! Manslaughter!" - DustinEden (2023) That's what DJ Joni can do... In Need for Speed: ProStreet - Kingmaker.

You just unlocked a memory so deep in my brain of me playing this as a kid. thank you

That Patrol-1 police car reminds me so much of the goofy cars in DragonBall Z

This game, alongside Stuntman (and the sequal), Super Runabout, and a Demolition Derby game that was on the Original Xbox made up my youth

Hey Eden, you know Racing Lagoon? It´s made by SquareSoft, PSone, Japan exclusive.

I took one look at the video clip from your last video and knew I had to own this one immediately. My copy is on the way.

Your Fun fact of the day : The police chief advisor is definitely Grim from Grim Adventures , uncredited Greg Eagles.

Those missions gave me vietnam flashbacks from missions from Carmageddon series.

LMAO i just saw the "racing games rated by gamers" last night and saw how much you wanted to try this one out bro blessed me this morning frfr

Just want to say, loved that you followed up on this game from the IGN list!

Wow, I actually remember this as a launch title for the original Xbox. My mind was blown by all the craziness going on, even if it was, incredibly jank. Kinda wanna replay it now

Dude I remember renting this from my honetown dvd rental shop, brings back memories

I forgot this game existed until i saw the opening cutscene and it brought back memories that I most likely had buried deep in my brain

Wow, this unlocked a memory core. My sister had this game on her xbox and I booted it up when I was really young and did not understand what was going on nor I could read lmao.

"YEAH!! MANSLAUGHTER!!" quote for today motivation before going to work

Just found out bt (the same guy who made the soundtrack for the first Fast & Furious film) made the soundtrack for this game

Wreckless were chaos is sub mission goal.

1:52 Forza Devs behind The method of picking cars to add to Horizon.

What crack for me trying out this game that is typically a mashup of James Bond alongside GTA and Crazy Taxi. This racing game is also a joke to me. And given that this game is made by "Activision" where they mostly known for Call of Duty, I really will avoid this game and seeing this video's title made me convinced to watch and understand the flaws that this game mostly suffers...

Holy crap I barely remember this but I found a GameCube disc to it a few years back. Was baffled cuz here I was with this gold and black Pittsburgh Steelers looking disc that my family somehow had.

That seems like a Lidl version of Midtown Madness. Passing missions and unlocking cars to drive.

Loved that you are a bigger menace than the YAKOOZA!

5:33 This hurts

Great video! Now I want a full version of the shuttle song.

Reminded me of Critical Velocity (another Ridge Racer spinoff)

i don't know about you guys but i love 2000s games with this aesthetic, dated 2000s graphics

This goofy thing brings back memories

0:30 Don't Shit Your Pants! Classic.

I remember seeing the previews for this game on xbox and the visuals blew my fucking mind they were better then PGR one which already floored me. Sadly from what I recall the PS2 and GC versions were a significant step back visually.

Man I remember renting this game so much as a kid and playing but not knowing what to do 😂

As a kid, I remember my dad buying this and I remember playing it but never really remember it much. I still have the copy - so thank you for reminding me :D