Solid review. Thanks for highlighting this game and the immersive sim genre.

Woah thank you! I am a huge fan of System Shock, I never thought this was a thing! I can't wait to try that out.

Quality video, subbed. Definitely picking this game up. It popped up on my Steam recommendations and yours is the first review I found. Sold!

Where do you find this stuff?

6:14 whats the code for that door, i cant find it?

Finally was able to watch this whole steam, but dude you dominated! Super appreciate ya playing :)

Looks very interesting. I'll give this game a go.

So, my dumbass left the microphone active while playing. My friend and I don't say anything offensive, but some of our discussion is personal. As such, I replaced all of the audio with KZfaq's song library. Also, I have no idea why the game was stuttering so much or why HDR decided to be washed out.

Ah yes. Piss off'ed. I get puss off'ed sometimes, especially when I'm cut off in traffic by a set of legs.

I remember the og game that I saw as a child in a magazine back in 94ish and didn't understand wtf "p.o'ed" ment 😂

100% respect for PO'ed. i still love my ps1, one.

I am a total doofus and had my microphone muted for a good portion of the stream. Next time, I'll make sure to check that before starting, haha.

I was one of those 10 3DO owners, and I loved this game. Fond memories of this game, Killing Time, Quarantine, and Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels.

Very nice Video Review. Altough I had some troubles reading the Font you have choosen. But all in all I liked the script and the way you read it a lot

OMG Paper Mario came out in 2001???? Are you serious? I was like 17 at that time and yeah, the PS2 was in the the thick of it. The N64 was still a solid console though. Wish I grew up with this honestly.

What a surprise from Nightdive! This is one of the more forgotten early FPS titles. I had it on both Playstation and 3DO (speaking of 3DO, I don't know that I'd call it "EA's console" - the two have Trip Hawkins as a founder in common, but 3DO was a partnership of many companies including EA). As you noted, it's a zany, ambitious, and flawed experience, and you're right that playing at sub-30 fps on a 7-button controller could be...challenging (although, speaking again of 3DO, it does indeed have dedicated strafe buttons with the L and R shoulders). Despite its flaws something about this game really captivated me back in the 90s. The vertically-oriented levels and six degrees of freedom with which to explore them were impressive for the time, especially on the weaker 3DO hardware. And just being in these huge, abstract environments, with their inscrutable, paper-thin architecture, hearing the sounds of machinery humming in the distance, created an eerie atmosphere at times. PO'ed may be an early contender for representation of "liminal spaces" in video games. Oh and the weapon selection was nuts! I liked the missile you could guide to its target, and how after doing some up close and personal alien drilling, your character wipes the blood off the screen. Also did you know you can backflip, accompanied by an extremely cheesy Bruce Lee-inspired sound effect? Is there a single other FPS with a backflip button? That's gotta count for something right?? The hub world doesn't ring a bell, that sounds like it might be an addition by Nightdive. I recall level progression being strictly linear in the original.

It looks cool I will add it in my wishlist. Thanks for the review.

I remember playing this on my rich friend's 3DO back in the day. I Never forgot it and it's most fun weapon, the rocket cam! After the disappointing PS1 port I never thought id see it again. I'm delighted to see this brought back and can't wait to jump back in.

Why remaster this and not something like Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold?

I would love to see Nightdive tackle the 3DO version of Killing Tine.

Speed running is as old as the timer in Mario

I heard about this game in game pro way back in the day, I always thought it was a joke

There goes my excuse for buying the PS1 version.

How the hell did this get re-released? FANTASTIC!

interesting video, Peter. one thing you mentioned that is still prevalent now more than ever is that discussions around video games often turn into dunking. as a reviewer, I always find it hard to give a negative review but when it comes, I do my best to explain and justify it. ultimately tho, while not all press is good press, I do agree with your point that sometimes even a negative review can peak someone’s interest and that’s a job well done at the end of the day.

Please whenever you do, don't change your review style. I couldn't stand GmanLives, you are just perfect, straight to the point, no clickbait, not trying to be funny, no shitty editing, no spoilers. I'm going to follow you.

1:15 it's funny that you should say that it was probably hellish to get games like PO'ed running on modern systems because I have high hopes that AI will be able to counter-engineer old games like this and get them running on new systems in a fraction of the time and effort it would take a human.

Been on my watchlist since it was mentioned despite never playing the original. Didnt realize it came out. Great review

Better games worthy of remastering where junk like this deserves to be forgotten why nightdive why

Since they've done PO'ed, I hold out half a hope that Nightdive or someone will remaster Killing Time. The 3DO game, not the PC one.

This was my first PS1 game. It came bundled with the system. I remember it being OK, but nothing special. I'm sure it had to be somewhat better remastered. Good times nevertheless.

You're killing it, man. Love to see it.

Ever played through dungeons in a low-budget RPG? This is, what this game reminds me of. You have a super simplistic dungeons... and suddenly, some sort of gimmic gets introduced. In order to solve the gimmig, you have to do something super simple. So... that's for the introduction... and in the next room, the same gimmic, but harder... but still extremely simple. And then it gets used a last time, but even harder... but simple enough to serve as the introduction in a big budget title. After that, the gimmic is gone from the game. It's never used again, it never got close to be challenging or thought provoking. It's like the designer have some awesome ideas but are either too afraid to challenge their audience or they aren't experienced enough to do something worthwhile with their idea.

If Nightdive is willing to remaster something this obscure, it gives me hope for a Realms of the Haunting remaster

Ty for the review. Picked it up cause I loved it as a young edgelord. That jetpack is one of the best ever.

I'm one of the 10 people who had 3DO & this game was a great alternative to Doom.

bought it the moment it dropped on steam. is it a good game ? not chance but i must support nightdive, doing my part, they did a great thing and i want them to do more, happy to own a piece of history since i never played it......but i am gonna play it soon, and i hope KILLING TIME is next...and in a perfect world....OPERATION BODYCOUNT.

I had this on PS1 and...god I hated it. It didn't run bad at all, from memory, but the controls were god-awful and it looked chunky as all hell. The level design is crazy, and I would call it bad. (Typing this as I watch, following up from my premature comment, also best song in Quake II...you have great taste. Nevermind. You just used the menu music from Wolfenstein 3D. Lol. You sunofabeotch.) Great review, and even greater idea for a review. I don't know who else would even bother with this. I never played it on the 3DO, but I can't imagine it played anywhere near as well as it did on the PS1, and even there it wasn't good. The 3D map is definitely a must. I remember buying this for the PS1 because it was $3, complete, and in a long box, and even back in the mid-2000's, long boxes had some extra appeal. Great review and perfect point. Even bad games need to be remembered. And even bad games deserve a chance to be better, which...this does look better.

Immediately appreciate the best song in the entire game of Doom.

Makes me wish Sony would remake the Jumping Flash games!!!😮

I remember renting a 3DO from Blockbuster Video to play this and Rebel Assault. I continue to play FPS games to this day and to me, there are usually 1 or 2 FPS games that come out every year that I find are worth playing, not much after Doom Eternal in 2020 though. I hope Nightdive continues this remastering trend because I enjoyed the Dark Forces remaster.

Interesting title. Always good to have more games preserved.

I just don't understand why Nightdive Studios would have chosen PO'ed to remaster.

Remembered this game being gaudy and abstract as hell but seeing it all these years later it's sort of reminiscent of things like cruelty squad and makes me wonder if it was intentional or they just had terrible taste. I assume it was the latter. Will be getting it once it starts hitting decent sale prices. I prefer nightdives more bare bones ports and being an fps fan with some nostalgia for the messier side of the 90s I know I'll "enjoy" it.

Thanks for the review KillAll! Algorithm threw me a bone, I did not know this game even existed. I do know the previous title of this developer that you mentioned. The sprite work in that one are pixelated versions of some guy's (copyright free) artwork, so they weren't originals even then :P

0/10 none of them rose

What, 3 hubs?! I thought I finished the game after the 1st one. I though...eh, another one? What could the game possibly offer after the 1st "episode"? I've only done one map from ep2, and so far it gave me fewer checkpoints and more frustrating enemy encounters and a rail gun. This game's too late to the party, as you said. I followed the development and it was a total disappointment. They claimed that they wanted to be agile and all, but this is the complete opposite of agile software development. We've got a bloated, underwhelming game with too many ideas and no clear focus.

This is almost exactly like the dungeon crawling segments from Ultima IV!! Boy, nostalgia sure is a good drug!