Aio was a newly colonized 'planet'. . this "planet" wasnt a planet at all, but an enormous, cosmic sized plant laying dormant. mankind accidentally awakened the plant, which grew and blossomed.theres your explanation.
i loved this game. :P
rumors suggest that ubisoft had much greater plans for the story, to even be included in other games, but since intel bought up most copies of the game and made it a packaged title with new computers, it didnt get its chance for popularity as a regular title.
@zarphus This backstory, if true, doesn't matter. THEY DIDN'T SAY IT IN THE GAME. And I have heard different explanations. And worse, IT'S STILL STUPID. I don't see why I should give a half finished game more credit than it deserves.
@zarphus All this shows me is that you were as confused as I was when you saw it and you had to check if there was any reason this stupid ending existed.
I figure the flower thing is like part of POD's life-cycle. Its peeled back the surface of the planet to release its spores. I figure it probably needed some elements the planet simply didn't have so it went dormant.
But yeah, if you read up, it was meant to have RPG elements. Half of the game is missing because the budget was fucked. The racing was supposed to be like a side-game but Ubisoft decided that was too complicated for players and nerfed it.
@osakanone BTW, there was a backstory on the official POD page way back when... What POD needed to grow was oxygen. It lay dormant until Io was terraformed by humans and became rich in oxygen.
Bwahahahah! Your brother sounds awesome. I'd have done the same thing.
I like this game and I think the ending's cool. The graphics suck because you're playing the low-res version, not the 3DFX version. Also, the "meaning" of the ending is simple; POD is a lifeform that spreads itself through space by turning planets into these giant blooming flowers. I thought it was a cool idea.
man this was one of the oldest games I played and i found it pretty awesome. totally loved the intro and scorp was my fav. but I remembered downloading lots of cooler cars and tracks online thru the game... awesome days :D
I havent played this game in a very long time. I loved the intro even though it was a racing game. Oh! and another thing, the Scorp may have been the slowest car, but to an 8 year old it was the best car!
scifi mmmm racing or maybe an Abe's Odyssey ripoff. No actual npc's seen just some speeding ships, vehicles, machinery, and chaotic environments. Compelling, but not making me CARE just yet...these are my thoughtsafter the pause.
If i nt play this game, based off of the opening. I would say this game would be a sci-fi thriller, action game. luckily i didnt play this game i was too engrossed in the final fantasy series
Holy shit, I played this game when I was probably 12 or 13.... and I remember how that ending made me go "WTF" even then. Planet turns into flower. Seriously? Great game otherwise, though. I still love the in-race music.
LMFAO for a racing game I think they were smoking something coming up with a plot that throws gamers completely off but to be honest I should have guess it the moment I saw that long track appear not to long at the start of pod's intro. And the ending....wtf
Watching Pod's opening scene it has the inkling of a mystery perhaps horror genre, it's not uncommon for some scifi element type of movies or stories to have a plot based solely on mystery, action, suspense etc. All in the spirit of not cheating when watching this video though it be months too late lol
Maybe the other drivers let you take the ship because they were too slow and then the PoD caught them :) Just a thought.
And I actually do think I see the symbolism in why the planet becomes a flower. Perhaps it's meant to represent what will happen to Earth once mankind is wiped out, either by its own doing or a planetary disaster. That is, Earth will be beautiful again.
It's still pretty lame though. The ending would have been better if you simply escaped and it stopped after that.
@NailStrafer My and my bro thought of a million symbols for this game... then we realized they spent about 6 seconds thinking up an ending for this game... so we wasted our time....
@TheFFFanatic I think it's far from being the worst game ending ever though, and aside from the random flower thing it's fine. It's still a satisfying conclusion and I'm glad I got to see it.
Alone in the Dark 2008 is much worse than this, mostly because in both endings the game just kind of stops and you never get a true plot resolution.
@TheFFFanatic Haha, you know, after I talked to you, I had another idea about this weird ending.
You said it yourself that the production team really went all out making that glorious opening FMV. Well, maybe they just wanted one last big hurrah to show off all their computer graphics skills =D I mean, that's what older games usually do. They save the really pretty stuff for the end of the game as kind of a reward to the player. So maybe the answer is just that simple.
you cant stop me from posting because i live in America and because of that there is something called FREEDOM OF SPEECH! And you are an idiot because the video at the end when you lose is still considered AN ENDING CUT SEEN YOU FUCKING FAGGOT, where you from boy, from the crack in the wall im guessing you live in shit town India. I didnt even know you could afford cameras that good or cameras at all there. shows what i know.
@Killbot20 Are you really bringing up freedom of speech? especially after you told me to kill myself? First off, I'm older than you... second, its CUT SCENE not CUT SEEN. Third, I live in the US. APPARENTLY, you don't know anything, especially when you can click on the channel to find out. Fourth, according to your logic, a game over screen is an ending cut scene. And fifth, THIS GAME SUCKS, and I'm not going to debate this with you anymore!!!
@Killbot20 I can think of 20 better racing games in the 90s and so can you. And I thought you were finished? It's sorta pathetic you've had to stoop to pretending to have sex with my mom. When you grow up, maybe you'll think of some better insults. Keep trying though!
@Killbot20 It was the 90s?!!?!! Practically every RPG in the 90s, and most other games in the 90s had better endings than this one did. If it had just said 'You Win', it would have been better than this stupid crap. This game sucks and if you think this ending is good, or makes any sense, you suck.
@TheFFFanatic Ok aperently you never beat the game and are pulling shit out of your ass because there are 2 endings one you escape in the pod, and one where you get devoured by what ever is devouring the planet you suck at life and you should go away untill you know what you are talking about good sir or kill your self which ever comes first
It looks like a fucking Venus Fly Trap, just floating through space, eating shit!!!!! I played this when I was a kid and like you am still confused by it. The game was alright though for it's time, compared to other racing games.
Best game ever!
Anyone who tells any different is wrong!
Canonbolzer 1 week ago
First Person Shooter, jokes maybe adventure with puzzles throughout the game
BigSauce7 3 weeks ago
Aio was a newly colonized 'planet'. . this "planet" wasnt a planet at all, but an enormous, cosmic sized plant laying dormant. mankind accidentally awakened the plant, which grew and blossomed.theres your explanation.
i loved this game. :P
rumors suggest that ubisoft had much greater plans for the story, to even be included in other games, but since intel bought up most copies of the game and made it a packaged title with new computers, it didnt get its chance for popularity as a regular title.
zarphus 3 weeks ago
@zarphus This backstory, if true, doesn't matter. THEY DIDN'T SAY IT IN THE GAME. And I have heard different explanations. And worse, IT'S STILL STUPID. I don't see why I should give a half finished game more credit than it deserves.
TheFFFanatic 3 weeks ago
@zarphus All this shows me is that you were as confused as I was when you saw it and you had to check if there was any reason this stupid ending existed.
TheFFFanatic 3 weeks ago
Puzzle
TheTon1789 1 month ago
I figure the flower thing is like part of POD's life-cycle. Its peeled back the surface of the planet to release its spores. I figure it probably needed some elements the planet simply didn't have so it went dormant.
But yeah, if you read up, it was meant to have RPG elements. Half of the game is missing because the budget was fucked. The racing was supposed to be like a side-game but Ubisoft decided that was too complicated for players and nerfed it.
osakanone 3 months ago
@osakanone BTW, there was a backstory on the official POD page way back when... What POD needed to grow was oxygen. It lay dormant until Io was terraformed by humans and became rich in oxygen.
softy8088 2 months ago
It was originally meant to have RPG elements, similar to Monkey Island.
osakanone 3 months ago
Bwahahahah! Your brother sounds awesome. I'd have done the same thing.
I like this game and I think the ending's cool. The graphics suck because you're playing the low-res version, not the 3DFX version. Also, the "meaning" of the ending is simple; POD is a lifeform that spreads itself through space by turning planets into these giant blooming flowers. I thought it was a cool idea.
softy8088 3 months ago
This game scared the piss outta me for some reason when I was a kid. And I still played it!!!!!
amthomas0412 3 months ago
I think the game is some kind of sci fi strategy game or something....A racing game??? Are you kidding???
martinzalle 4 months ago
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martinzalle 4 months ago
Obviously never played Ghostbusters for the NES. CONGRATULATION!
greyfox37 5 months ago
man this was one of the oldest games I played and i found it pretty awesome. totally loved the intro and scorp was my fav. but I remembered downloading lots of cooler cars and tracks online thru the game... awesome days :D
raptorclans 5 months ago
This is the funniest video game review I've ever seen I think. I had to pause it a few times because I was laughing so hard.
da187superman 6 months ago
Sci-fi fantasy/mystery
sephiroth692 6 months ago
9:00
I Know EXACTLY WHAT THIS ENDING MEANS;
THE ENDING REPRESENTS A GIANT TURD blossom!!
>NOW TELL YOUR BROTHER THAT IN HIS FACE. SEE HOW HE REACTS!
SkyRifter 6 months ago
I havent played this game in a very long time. I loved the intro even though it was a racing game. Oh! and another thing, the Scorp may have been the slowest car, but to an 8 year old it was the best car!
1r0nbane 6 months ago
what the fuck?
nickz777 6 months ago
sci fi racer???
erflesmcbride 6 months ago
I was like 8 when i got this game.. I loved it. Ofcourse it looks weird these days, but 14 years ago it was the shit :)
cabalm 6 months ago
scifi mmmm racing or maybe an Abe's Odyssey ripoff. No actual npc's seen just some speeding ships, vehicles, machinery, and chaotic environments. Compelling, but not making me CARE just yet...these are my thoughtsafter the pause.
mikejpete 7 months ago
@mikejpete LOL I WAS RIGHT!!!
mikejpete 7 months ago
I thoguht it would be a space ship shooter, but the title reminded me of that Star Wars Episode I Pod Racers game.
STAYNDEBOKZRZ 7 months ago
If i nt play this game, based off of the opening. I would say this game would be a sci-fi thriller, action game. luckily i didnt play this game i was too engrossed in the final fantasy series
austinxhensl 7 months ago
irony leads me to think it is a shitty puzzle game.
psofan2000 7 months ago
Holy shit, I played this game when I was probably 12 or 13.... and I remember how that ending made me go "WTF" even then. Planet turns into flower. Seriously? Great game otherwise, though. I still love the in-race music.
TheLastPaladin 8 months ago
LMFAO for a racing game I think they were smoking something coming up with a plot that throws gamers completely off but to be honest I should have guess it the moment I saw that long track appear not to long at the start of pod's intro. And the ending....wtf
Jaegar19Ultima 8 months ago
Watching Pod's opening scene it has the inkling of a mystery perhaps horror genre, it's not uncommon for some scifi element type of movies or stories to have a plot based solely on mystery, action, suspense etc. All in the spirit of not cheating when watching this video though it be months too late lol
Jaegar19Ultima 8 months ago
Maybe the other drivers let you take the ship because they were too slow and then the PoD caught them :) Just a thought.
And I actually do think I see the symbolism in why the planet becomes a flower. Perhaps it's meant to represent what will happen to Earth once mankind is wiped out, either by its own doing or a planetary disaster. That is, Earth will be beautiful again.
It's still pretty lame though. The ending would have been better if you simply escaped and it stopped after that.
NailStrafer 9 months ago
@NailStrafer My and my bro thought of a million symbols for this game... then we realized they spent about 6 seconds thinking up an ending for this game... so we wasted our time....
TheFFFanatic 9 months ago
@TheFFFanatic I think it's far from being the worst game ending ever though, and aside from the random flower thing it's fine. It's still a satisfying conclusion and I'm glad I got to see it.
Alone in the Dark 2008 is much worse than this, mostly because in both endings the game just kind of stops and you never get a true plot resolution.
NailStrafer 9 months ago
@NailStrafer It's the worst to me...
TheFFFanatic 9 months ago
@TheFFFanatic Haha, you know, after I talked to you, I had another idea about this weird ending.
You said it yourself that the production team really went all out making that glorious opening FMV. Well, maybe they just wanted one last big hurrah to show off all their computer graphics skills =D I mean, that's what older games usually do. They save the really pretty stuff for the end of the game as kind of a reward to the player. So maybe the answer is just that simple.
NailStrafer 8 months ago
pod is great!!!! i love it, the best worse and buggiest game ever!
SgtKolea 10 months ago
Huh?
kain424 10 months ago
Ur wrong, this game is awesome, and the ending is just fine.
12NiBer12 11 months ago 4
@12NiBer12 oh please...
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
I had this game, but i never cared finish it so i never saw the ending.
Silur435410 11 months ago
I know I'm late, but this sounds like a Sci-fi....am I right?
FangirlsUnite1010 11 months ago
PoD is part of my childhood, you're mean :c
jettan 11 months ago
@jettan POD is part of mine too, a part I hated....
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
you cant stop me from posting because i live in America and because of that there is something called FREEDOM OF SPEECH! And you are an idiot because the video at the end when you lose is still considered AN ENDING CUT SEEN YOU FUCKING FAGGOT, where you from boy, from the crack in the wall im guessing you live in shit town India. I didnt even know you could afford cameras that good or cameras at all there. shows what i know.
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 Are you really bringing up freedom of speech? especially after you told me to kill myself? First off, I'm older than you... second, its CUT SCENE not CUT SEEN. Third, I live in the US. APPARENTLY, you don't know anything, especially when you can click on the channel to find out. Fourth, according to your logic, a game over screen is an ending cut scene. And fifth, THIS GAME SUCKS, and I'm not going to debate this with you anymore!!!
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@Killbot20 your still a nigger and that makes your point invalid
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 And the idiocy is revealed. Be proud my friend, you are a fucking moron.
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic and your probably one of those dick sucking faggots who thinks black ops is a good game. so who here is the real fucking moron
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 You. I hate Black ops.
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic ohhhh srry, halo its all the same shit.
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 Hoo boy... I don't play shooters dude. Are you finished embarrassing yourself yet? Or will you keep trolling until the end of time?
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic naww done trolling im going to play pod get drunk then have dirty sex with your mother
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 I love how you think I'm insulted. Have fun playing a piece of shit.
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic i will have fun playing the best racing game of the 90s, and it will feel so much better when i pop that quick one off in your mother
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 I can think of 20 better racing games in the 90s and so can you. And I thought you were finished? It's sorta pathetic you've had to stoop to pretending to have sex with my mom. When you grow up, maybe you'll think of some better insults. Keep trying though!
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
go fucking suck a duck, it was the 90s and it had a good ending you just suck
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 It was the 90s?!!?!! Practically every RPG in the 90s, and most other games in the 90s had better endings than this one did. If it had just said 'You Win', it would have been better than this stupid crap. This game sucks and if you think this ending is good, or makes any sense, you suck.
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic aperently you got a shit coppy of the game because i did have an ending cutseen and it was pretty boss
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 Bull...There is no other ending... How could you make something up like that....
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic Ok aperently you never beat the game and are pulling shit out of your ass because there are 2 endings one you escape in the pod, and one where you get devoured by what ever is devouring the planet you suck at life and you should go away untill you know what you are talking about good sir or kill your self which ever comes first
Killbot20 11 months ago
@Killbot20 Listen idiot... the video you see when you LOSE the game, is NOT the ending... Don't ever post a comment again and learn to spell.
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
fuck you man . POD is awesome !
subscribe4cookie 11 months ago
@subscribe4cookie lmao
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
@TheFFFanatic whaha , Kidddin , but i think its awesome, cuz it was ma first game man haha
subscribe4cookie 11 months ago
@subscribe4cookie no prob.
TheFFFanatic 11 months ago
It looks like a fucking Venus Fly Trap, just floating through space, eating shit!!!!! I played this when I was a kid and like you am still confused by it. The game was alright though for it's time, compared to other racing games.
TheScottishBaker 11 months ago
im so glad i gave up on this and never finished it :D
martynlakeland 11 months ago
You're an idiot !!
AndrewFletcher01 1 year ago
@AndrewFletcher01 I suppose you can explain that ending, can you?
TheFFFanatic 1 year ago
Booya! Right!
Rebirthsouls 1 year ago
Racing? I thought it was racing. From the first thing you see. There are two cars speeding
Rebirthsouls 1 year ago
@Rebirthsouls It shouldn't have been though....
TheFFFanatic 1 year ago
Did the planet really turn into a freakin' flower!? I feel so bad for you man. Going through all of that and then the outcome is that?
TytsyFly 1 year ago
maybe a RPG kind of game that uses lots of fighting other planets and puzzles to unviel possibilities of saving everyone, right?
matt785luvsG4 1 year ago
4:25
This game I bet...and this is no cheat...I bet it's a racing game.
banglefaar 1 year ago
racing
tyler222june1 1 year ago
I guess an over the top space shooter, like galaga.
piplh 1 year ago
I'm gonna guess that it is a scify action first person shoot em up.
mykoko96 1 year ago
yeah i remeber this game...as soon as i found out it was a racing game....i pulled out the disk and it entered my bin...never to return
StonnerMaterial 1 year ago
It is a racing game
Funny Video
the ending is a dumb mindfuck... It has bothered me for years.
scolastican1 1 year ago
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jdmaltz100 1 year ago
I feel like I just watched a shitty beginning to an even shittier movie.
Ummmm..Maybe adventure/action with a sci-fi twist? Kinda like StarOcean.
MilkehWay101 1 year ago
Sci-fi horror, similar to Dead Space.
TheScienceNerd 1 year ago
Flight survival simulator with RPG elements
Vindrax 1 year ago
Um...What just...happened...That was the biggest mind rape...I've ever seen. ...Just...wow...
Raizhen010 1 year ago
Horror? I don't know.
Raizhen010 1 year ago
Holy shit now that was terrible. I salute you mate.
yugitashi 1 year ago
Um...Horror? I have no idea.
Raizhen010 1 year ago