Night-Runners is a game rooted in PS2-era racing and Japanese car culture from the late 90s/early 00s. Luke's played the prologue, which is out now on Steam
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Half expected Luke to remove the sunglasses to reveal the distinct eyeliner of evil Luke. That would have been a throwback.
💯 Same
Had the same exact thought. "Eyeliner pencil? You're evil Luke from the mirror dimension!"
Thought the same too haha
or a second pair of smaller sunglasses
We’ve not seen evil luke in some time… you don’t… you don’t think… this IS evil Luke?
"I was too scared to buy cigarettes!" has the same vibe as "I'm doing normal things. I'm a normal adult man."
Luke trying to be cool while wearing one of the most square T-shirts known to man is also a mood.
I bought that tshirt & wore in to a ten fest. Got a lot of looks.😂
What video was that? That absolutely killed me. I remember it was a drawing thing.
@@fanglespangle110 It was a drawing thing and it had something to do with Bowsette, I think. Luke was drawing, Andy walks in and asks “What ARE you doing?” while Luke panics and tries to hide the drawing. And then says that line.
He's just a normal man, just an innocent man
"If you take a wrong turn in an illegal street race... you'll go the wrong way." - From the Proverbs of Luke
Luke 'Will Buxton' Westaway
Instructions unclear, tried putting on a jacket but now I'm in an illegal street race.
Skill issue.
But is the jacket on? If so, you did it right; if no, you did it wrong
Just remember to hit the NOS and Family and you'll be fine.
Mike is somewhere right now, beaming with pride and joy. He is thinking,"He's one of us now". Thanks for the fun.
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US 😂
I literally laughed out loud when Luke said, “I’ll tell you a cool way to put on your jacket” and then proceeded to demo the method that my kids were taught by their preschool teachers.
Same 😂
Where he went wrong was putting it on the floor, he needed to put it on like Martin Sheen ...same thing really though
Came here to say this... my 3 year old calls it her 'coat trick' and is impossibly proud of it
Their _extremely cool_ preschool teachers, I presume.
Incidentally, that in reverse is how I take off a jacket, on the rare occasions where I have one on while buckled into a car and then need to remove it.
Bad boy Luke doesn't fill the kettle after making is tea. Bad boy Luke hangs out with the goose from Untitled Goose Game. Bad boy Luke only draws Waluigi-ette. Bad boy Luke DOESN'T show Ellen spiders because he's not abject evil bastard Luke.
I genuinely think it’s hard to name many presenting duos stronger than Luke and Ellen - they have it down to a fine art.
Crazy thing was I believe before the first show that hadn't actually met.. just that very rare instant brother/sister chemistry which so many shows spend forever trying to nail!
Luke “going bad” is just about the same as when Moss “goes bad” in The IT Crowd.
Didn't Roy try to do that too, trying to attract a girl? I remember him saying "I am SUCH a bastard!"
@@timallenbrown YUP! That episode is one of my all time favorites. Roy bet Jen that he could get a response on Lonely Hearts as a total bastard. The shades and leather jacket killed me. Moss going bad was hysterical because he was shoplifting video games.
Just from the picture used in the thumbnail is giving me a heavy Shutokou Battle feeling and without watching the video I'm instantly all in! I'm still watching the video right now anyways
@@Fsant Yes I got those vibes too! I used to play the US version (Tokyo Xtreme Racer) for Dreamcast - even got a racing wheel for it lol
@@seanoconnor5473Not even video games, it was four copies of Grand Designs on DVD.
i love that the faces & license plates are pixelated out
This video has an Xtra amount of Luke Westa-vibes.
Luke's Takumi Fujiwara phase > Luke's Steam Deck phase
Lukes F1 Phase walked so that Lukes Takumi Fujiwara could run
All I did was look at the thumbnail and the Eurobeat intensified
I love how Ellen is excited for Luke even though its clear she’s not a driving game fan herself. You can see the friendship between them. I love these two, and would watch them discuss pretty much anything.
I like how Ellen didn't KNOW Luke read Lord of the Rings before the movies came out, but she knew it.
Luke's no scrub
Ha! I've got him beat. I was on the LOTR discussion boards on Prodigy _years_ before the movies came out! (I don't often get to count a win that way) ...I read the books _before_ discussing them in the boards.
Ellen's face at the end 😂 (pretty sure that jacket trick is for teaching kids how to put on a coat themselves xD)
sunglasses..? eyeliner pencil..? oh, no, is it evil luke!? oh no, thank goodness, its normal adult man who was scared to buy cigarettes XD
Luke discovering JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) is an ~aesthetic~ in itself.
If this is what show of the weekend is becoming (a highlight of games that are under the radar) I'm all for it. The gameplay/music blasted my ears off though.
Yeah, this video needs better sound normalization. The gameplay was really loud on a set of studio monitors.
@@daftpanda6533 To be fair, "needing better sound normalization" is a hallmark of pretty much everything Oxboxtra does.
Luke showing you how to put on a jacket at the end 😂 Can tell someone has a toddler 😅
Luke's descend into car-nerddom over the last years is one of the most fascinating things on this channel.
I really hope this Game gets more exposure because it REALLY deserves it.
The missing the turn off issue reminds me so much of Midnight Club 3. Sometimes it wasn't even because you didn't see the turn but because you were going so fast you achieved escape velocity and were mid air when you needed to turn.
Midnight Club 3 is still imho one of the best racing games out there. Rockstar needs to make another one.
3:18 Luke feels like an impostor for not being into this scene when it "originated", but I think that makes him liking it now more genuine. You're not vibing with it because of just nostalgia, what it would have made you feel back then, but because of what it makes you feel like now.
This reminds me of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series on PS2. Luke also nailed what those games were all about when he talked about aesthetics. In high school (decades ago now WTF) my small group of friends would trade these games and talk about them and developed our own little culture that embraced anything Japanese. That might be why I’m still such a filthy anime nerd to this day. Even mentioning the bugs and issues he had with the title.. Games were full of bugs back then and the industry didn’t really have a best practice for UI design or accessibility yet either but it didn’t matter because the vibes man, the vibes…
Luke out here looking like Kavinsky's Nightcall in human form. I dig it. 😎👍
The cool guy way to put on his jacket is the same way I taught my kids to do it when they were toddlers. So, cool kids or toddler man?
Is this the Need for Speed Underground spiritual successor we’ve been waiting for? 😲
I sure hope so. Underground was the best racing game.
More on the side of Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
Races? Intense. Vehicles? Precise. Vibes? Immaculate. Hotel? Trivago.
Luke is too [ C O O L ] for us mere mortals.
Bad Boy Luke Lukerson here seen right before taking on Oxblades in a final showdown involving A Lot of tense lip biting. Producer John, hit the crash zoom, it’s time to get gnarly.
Excuse you, *TEAM* Oxblades.
@@dominateeye How could I forget! Especially after I made that deal to respect them in public! 😂
I love that Ellen is always happy
it's absolutely criminal you let us go a full five minutes before hearing how well tuned those engine noises are, the sound design on this is wonderful
Very much a Need for Speed: Underground feel. I like it. 🙂 Hopefully the aesthetic continues through development.
glad i can watch this Show before the Weekend
So happy to see Luke covering and being excited about this! I've been a fan of the Shutoku Battle/Tokyo Xtreme Racer games forever, and all of us in the scene are very happy to see another game like this being put out there.
9:35 and now we wait for Luke to farm 20,000,000 credits in Forza Horizon 5 so he can buy the Trueno off the Car Auction
Luke putting on the jacket like a toddler was just too perfect 😂
Would 100% buy "cool guy aesthetic Luke" on a t-shirt
The only racing games I've ever loved are Burnout Paradise and Need For Speed Underground. I think I'm about to love a third racing game
This definitely gave me huge Need for Speed Underground vibes. I'll check it out for sure
That WAS a very cool way to put on a jacket.
Luke has clearly never once smoked a cigarette, and it's so wholesome.
Luke is the kind of person that would be nervous to buy a lighter from a gas station lol.
The way these clips make you feel the momentum is breathtaking! I'm right with Luke on this one, it feels too fast. It feels too cool. I'll give it a whirl!
As an American ＆ a language nerd， I frequently jot down the Britishisms I discover from Oxtra’s œuvre - and “pull the other one， it’s got bells on” has to take the cake for all-time best!
Love the jacket flip. That is exactly what they taught my 3 year old daughter in preschool!
This game is giving me heavy Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero vibes. It’s an awesome PS2 game that I played the hell out of back in the day.
10/10 on the move you used to put the jacket on at the end Luke. 10/10
Luke's "Cool Guy" way of putting on a jacket is exactly the same as the preschool children in my library, except sometimes they have to lie down on the floor to do it.
The look on Lukes face when she dared ask had he read Lord of the Rings before the films came out is priceless! It screams: “Are you crazy? How could you even dare ask that question? Of course I did!” 😂🤣
Ellen mocking Luke's 'hobbit phase' but then Luke becoming the judgemental one at the concept of anyone NOT reading LotR before seeing the movies 🤣🤣🤣
I can guarantee you that Luke only knows that jacket technique because he's a father - because that's exactly how my small nephews have learnt to put their coats on 😂
I was fully expecting the game to have eurobeat in its soundtrack:D Always preferred rally over street racing, but this seems worth taking a look, even just to check the vibe (and to see how serious the game is taking itself). Thanks, Luke!
Luke: "If you are a car nerd, which unfortunately I increasingly am." Mike : "Luke- I am your father! Welcome to the dark side!"
Yes! It's a spiritual successor to Tokyo Highway Challenge. Except now with even more vibes (should it be vibez for this era? Yes, vibez)
Ellen absolutely nailing Luke's Tolkien nerdery was far too funny for this early in the day 😂
I love a good oxboxtra video
"You read the books before all the movies came out, right!?" The visible confusion in Luke's face like "....WHO HASNT?" Same Luke...same...
Luke showing the jacket trick at the end is every parent/aunt/uncle who just saw their child relative do the thing they get taught at daycare
Luke has entered his Ryan Gosling "Drive" era.
Welcome to the new super cool oxtra cast member. It's weird that him and Luke were never on screen together, but I'm sure that's just a total coincidence.
2:30 - Ellen casually calling out most of the audience born in the 80's.
Teenaged me, who loved Midnight Club, NFS Underground and Initial D would be losing his mind about this game. Also, that jacket is so sick!!
Willing to bet Luke learned his special “how to put on a jacket” trick from his kid. That’s how we teach them to do it in Montessori.
Loving the cool car guy arc Luke has been on over the years Keep the revs up brother
Anyone else misread that as “Haruto had a bad lunch”?
These videos make me so happy, and it's nice that they just come out any old time now. Just great little surprises.
This game reminds me a lot of the NFS Underground games, which are still my favourites from that series
There may only be about 30 people in the comments section that know what you're talking about, but you ain't wrong sir. Even though my friends were into the GT series at the time, there was something undeniably magical about that game. Felt the OST was ahead of its time too... Kudos
I love how the chatter about games you are interested in! (My wish came true! :D) and the slight SOTW silliness slipping straight in. For me it's a great way to continue the legacy of SOTW - great video! :)
I love the way luke talks about things he enjoys. I am not at all a car game person but I was enthralled by him talking about this game
Little did they know, they are the aesthetic
Having now played this game, it's honestly amazing that anyone gets to the car mechanic part, considering the opening race continually sends you down 4 exit high ways, with the "right one" being impossible to tell from the others, even when you're expecting it. Combining the baffling level design with the fact that your speed = music volume and tempo, it just feels like shit to have to slam on the brakes and backtrack, because it's basically silent while you do that.
you know luke turned into mike so gradually i didn't even notice
I remember seeing Midnight club 3 for the first time, on my way to school, a friend was playing it on his PSP, I had to have it... And about a year later, I did. The fact that game looked as good, controlled as good and ran as good on the bloody PSP still baffles me to this day, same with resident evil revelations on 3ds during my college days...
Vibes on this are immaculate. That customisation screen really feels like walking into a branch of UpGarage. And again the joy of seeing Luke become a rev head will never get old.
God i love this game because it actually have an identity that 90% modern racing games dont like, just from a glance you can tell it is nightrunners unlike forza and gran turismo where you have to look at it for 10 minutes to figure out which is which and the soundtrack too! Its awesome it goes hand to hand with the aesthetic specially emotion engine, binary and cartz. The one complaint i have is that the song Just 2 c u by dazegxd isnt on the game
Thank you Luke! I am a car nerd and will check this out right away
5:17 Oh yeah, I remember that guy used to drive down the highway near my house around 11:30pm back in 2004.
This reminds me of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series my friends and I would play when we were younger. So cool and had a really dedicated following, but never had commercial success so it’s pretty much dead. Really cool to see the same type of game live on through this project!
glad to see this game get some love... been playing it for months
love how youtube puts this video in category Need for speed underground 2. the car shown is among the NFSU2 possible starter cars to be fair. The arrow also reminds me of the old NFS games or midnight club. The rear mirror especially reminds me of midnight club. But having an Interior? What is this sorcery? Thanks for showing us this game luke. I am intrigued.
Ooh, I _love_ this. The vibe's already got me, but that part about being able to customise the seats sealed it, for me, somehow (I'm not even a car person; I don't know what that does, I just like the look of it). Thanks for the recommendation, folks - please keep these highlights on smaller games coming!
This cat is different from any other car game. It’s a love letter to 90s car culture and 2000s tuner video games that’s slowly paving its own way
thank you for demonstrating how to put on a jacket luke i have been wondering how to do that for ages
As others have mentioned, that is how we show the four-year-olds to put on their jackets in preschool. It promotes independence, since they can do it themselves (so, basically, it is actually the coolest way to put on a jacket)
This looks so good even I, a non racing game person, am kind of intrigued. The vibe is pretty immaculate.
Loving these Shows of the Not Weekend!
As a HUGE fan of the old Tokyo Xtreme Racer games, Wangan Midnight, Initial D, and JDM in general. I thank you SO MUCH for bringing this game to my attention. Downloading the prologue now and checking my budget for the kickstarter.
Vibes..aesthetic..the vibes.. add on the sentence "it's a game" and you have me sold.
Luke's totally sold me on this and I don't even like racing games I barely even like the driving in open world games
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You have no idea how much I wanted there to be eyeliner under the sunglasses
I feel like the revival & rediscovery of lo-fi aesthetics, DnB, Jungle, CRT effects, maximalism, Polaroid cameras, 90's anime, PS1-style polygons, and low-rise jeans - all indicate one thing: Western culture peaked in the year 2000.
That, or senior game devs now were teenagers in 2000
@@rorythomas9469Bit of column a, bit of column b! 😀
It kinda reminds me of Tokyo xtreme racer for the Dreamcast
I thought for sure this video was going to be about Retrowave, but pleasantly surprised to see there's a DIFFERENT totally aesthetic car game!
80s bully who helps us save the rec center in the end: Luke Westaway
That's exactly how my three year old puts his jacket on. So cool 🙂
Id like to see Mike and Luke take turns playing this game. I think it's right up Mike's alley
Given the development stage of the game I wonder how much this video is going to boost them given the subscriber count. It's cool to think about :D
Unrelated, a Mike + Luke let's play of this game would be such good vibes
Love the early 2000's graphic engine aesthetics; reminds me of 'Fighting Force' :D Also Japan is amazing. I was so close to visiting it one point myself. I had experience with modeling and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity to visit Asia...
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