remember back then in the old days when you could put your game disc in and play the damn thing without it downloading?

Firestorm42 if anything games are bigger with less content. Just rushing out giant hunks of shit to meet the deadline.

@stankorplank yes, I am sure the baby boomer generation of the 1940s agree with his thoughts

I do and I miss this but I hate more those requiring wifi at all times for just playing the solo stuff that's not on online servers, It's just bad

His point is that games don't fit on discs anymore. And because you're gonna be downloading shit anyway, game devs just release an unfinished game and patch it after release. Besides, not everyone has fast internet. I download at about 14 Mbit/s (1,7 MB/s) and things like GTA V with its 100 GB take quite a bit of time.

The reason you have to download games now is because its larger so  it needs to be downloaded

Because the games have gotten so large, you cannot load the entire game on RAM, meaning pieces of the game must be swapped in and out of RAM. To keep the wait time to a minimum, most modern games simply install most, if not all, of the game from the game disk onto the HD when you first put it in.

I hate saying this but i think its valid:

'Ok Boomer'

Yeah I remember when games where a tenth as big and had a quarter as much content.

Or was that not your point


they would even give up raid shadow legends???


The indie games you showed for not having promotion did have promotional material, but there wasn't any hype because they got big by people (cough youtubers cough) playing them and then giving opinions instead of giving expectations, then playing them and being disappointed


I feel like there’s still some good in the AAA industry, games like Horizon: zero dawn, the new God of War, Bloodborne, a good portion of the PS4’s library is fairly untouched from some of the problems you’ve described.

@Glizzy Gobbler When I say simpler times, I don't mean better times. Sorry for not making that clear enough. What I meant with my reply was that younger people don't look back on older games as fondly as order generations because younger generations didn't grow up playing those games. I'll take the 2010s over the 2000s any day.

@Mutantvine simpler times? Like what lmao. Games have been amazing atbleast for me. Witcher 3, bannerlord, total war titles, valorant, among us, apex legends and a shit ton more bangers

@CondemnedMarine The New God of War game definitely has not the deepest combat mechanics, but Matthewmatosis was way too pessimistic with his analysis, and generally speaking he doesn't really like anything past Devil May Cry 3 in terms of Combat, which is absurd imo as not everything is supposed to be like that game.

Zoomers like us don't have simpler times to look back on yet

yea, there are still diamonds in the rough, but theres so much shit in the market <br>"i love going on message boards and complaining about games ive never even played" (super paper mario)

yea, there are still diamonds in the rough, but theres so much shit in the market
"i love going on message boards and complaining about games ive never even played" (super paper mario)

@Glizzy Gobbler It really isn't. There's a great video from Matthewmatosis on it.

@AK-Purple god of war 4 has a more complex fighting system, it looks like it at least. I may be wrong tho.

Also, there are still “simple games”, the indie game industry is almost entirely that


EmpLemon, I have a video recommendation. Could you do a “There will never ever be a video game like ____” I would love to see it. As for the video game in particular, my personal pick would be Metal Gear Solid 2 but you could do other games. Do what you want!


20:19 i thought i was the only one who thought this!


I would honestly choose to play 2000s games just for tf2 (and I'm not even thinking about the other masterpieces of the 2000s), I have 5000 hours on my boy demo.

 Now I can't even play tf2 without getting depressed for a whole weekend, the game is literally a massive dumpster fire. The community is there saying that the game is still good (and it is if you talk exclusively about the mechanics that remain unchanged to this day), but in the end we all know that valve fucked up from the quick play to the economy in the last 5 years.

User with a long ,worthless and imbecilic name


This is exactly why I stick to only a small handful of games I actually like, I just ignore people who judge me for liking games like Overwatch or Brawlhalla, despite me agreeing that they're not really all that good. It's sad that people can't play video games for fun anymore, what happened?

Overwatch? Fun? Wheeze. Brawlhalla is great though, but I’m glad I quit overwatch, shit was making me worse at shooters.

Feel free to play any game you want.

Except for Overwatch. What a garbage game. :>

Honestly the only reason I judge people for playing OW is because Blizzard is a CCP shill company that cares more about a Chinese audience than human rights.

Unlockables, tier-systems, and player stats happened. If you're not playing competitively, you're playing against your teammates.

I don't hate overwatch I liked it when it first came out.

Community. Every major problem I have with modern gaming is in my opinion the communities flaws, only a select few are the fault of developers and publishers.

They are good though, most people agree on that


"A movie from 1986 will have worse special effects than a movie in the modern day"

Actually thats pretty false, they used there limitations to there advantage and didn't get lazy with CGI, most modern movies just use CGI and never use practical effects which look objectively better when pulled off correctly

Watch The Thing from the 1980s than any modern horror movie, heck even Predator 1 was more convincing than the modern predator movies that used cgi

@Joshua Bennett most of the time in modern movies it looks like shit

People praised Interstellar for its awesome gravity effects, but completely forget that 2001 A Space Odessey did it a half century earlier.

@𝓕𝓾𝓬𝓴 𝓕𝓪𝓬𝓮 what about Little Shop of Horrors?<br> The plant was actually a sped up puppet.

@𝓕𝓾𝓬𝓴 𝓕𝓪𝓬𝓮 what about Little Shop of Horrors?
 The plant was actually a sped up puppet.


maybe this is why we dont know much about silksong yet


the gaming industry is gonna crash and bury it self in the new mexico desert because it would be a good marketing stunt


I don't have much time to write a lot about this, but I've been thinking about this for a while too. And if you ask me, the difference between games then and now, it's just heart, effort, and passion. Think of Undertale, a revolutionary game that everyone loves, it was made by an incredibly small team, with some pretty mediocre graphics, but it just felt so amazing to everyone because Toby genuinely cared about the project. So many games feel like that too, and it may be why everyone loves that first game in the series, because while the later ones are clearly superior in terms of feature, graphics and more, you can tell they were made by a bunch of people who were just at work, doing their jobs for money alone. Now people exploit tropes to make games that sound good when in reality, I suppose you could just say that you should do what's right for it. Toby didn't add fetch quests to an RPG game because he simply knew that they weren't really enjoyable, and that they took away from the main feel of Undertale. Anyways, I made this in a rush so I probably got some stuff wrong, but I just wanted to say that


I think what people may forget is that, at the end of the day, it’s really the consumer’s decision if they want to purchase a game. Producers will try to sway them to get it with flashy adverts and whatever means they’ll try, and the people close to said person will try to give their opions on it, either good or bad. But it still the choice of weither they’ll commit to getting it or not.
Unless they received it as a gift, in which case, you can do whatever you want with, you didn’t use your own money for it.
Hell, even if you did purchase it, you can still do jack all to it, it’s not like anyone would really care, except for those that have a rather large stick up their backside for those kind of things, and of course, you, if you’ll have second thoughts about it.


I love how your poll on twitter is EVERYONE is willing to give up.... Also, no good sports games on the market? But you only showed like 4 sports. Baseball has good games, golf is still average and good to some people, tennis is doing pretty good. With how long between your uploads you would think do actually good research but this is rookie levels.


Games are fine. Corporations just suck at making them.


My only argument to this video is half life Alex


3:03 - 3:30
That's like buying an album from the record store, but you only get 3 demos. And to get the full album you have to pre-order it on Spotify, but even after you only get half of the album.


all sports games are trash these days :(


Not video games only, but POP CULTURE. that shit is dead since the late 90s early 2000s


It's so bad now, they can't even remake a game right, no point in buying a ps5


older videogames didn't have the impossible expectations and impatient crowd we have today. they could say we are releasing the next chapter and everyone will be hyped and still play the current one while waiting because they knew they were taking their time to craft the story. now its as soon as a new game is teased at everyone expects it to come out very soon and have everything the older games had only to be disappointed by rushed crap and bare bones story because the people that run the company make the creators of the game leave out all the fun stuff and take the fun easter eggs and say "you want the fun? well you have to buy it" even though you already overpayed for the barely playable game while taking all the joy from the creators and having them go from a portrait that they had been excited to work on and make fun and enjoyable to the sad neglected husk of their once proud creation.<br>it's why we still like the older games. they were completed with pride and care, filled to the brim with content and lore that the developers poured their heart and soul into. made to be replayable.

older videogames didn't have the impossible expectations and impatient crowd we have today. they could say we are releasing the next chapter and everyone will be hyped and still play the current one while waiting because they knew they were taking their time to craft the story. now its as soon as a new game is teased at everyone expects it to come out very soon and have everything the older games had only to be disappointed by rushed crap and bare bones story because the people that run the company make the creators of the game leave out all the fun stuff and take the fun easter eggs and say "you want the fun? well you have to buy it" even though you already overpayed for the barely playable game while taking all the joy from the creators and having them go from a portrait that they had been excited to work on and make fun and enjoyable to the sad neglected husk of their once proud creation.
it's why we still like the older games. they were completed with pride and care, filled to the brim with content and lore that the developers poured their heart and soul into. made to be replayable.

I don't think this is accurate.
I've heard criticisms for example that games are released far too fast, like Far Cry having a five year span between games to now being two.
I don't see people aggresively pressuring companies to release more content faster, there's even a popular quote about delayed games eventually being good.
Maybe gamers expect too much in some cases, but this certainly is not one.
If anything, I think we want games coming out slower, if it means less glitchy, hollow, empty games.
I can't speak for everyone but I agree.


All you need to be happy is your mates, a schoolbus, and a ds


youtube merch thats not a bully magnety?!??! wtf?!?!?


The internet is the reason why because when companys try something different the internet assblasts it so if they try something safe then no assblasting

@Hardcore patriot the most infamous example is cod wwii aka the worst cod game it was a shitty  version of waw a game that came out 9 years ago as of the release date of cod wwii that game censored nazis out of the multiplayer

@Staringcorgi6 something more companies need to start doing is ignoring the media. Stop censoring or removing shit because it might offend

@Hardcore patriot but the media's influence is so huge ; bigger then it was in the 2000s


This reminds me of a quote  "The men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck."


emplemon proving why laissez faire economies are the best 4:30 - 4:50

He literally said why they are useless

If you let conpanies have a monopoly everything goes to shit, the monopoly in this case being owning exclusive licenses to the ip


11:45 dude come on, he could find a real job


I feel like this video should have been labelled "Have AAA Video Games been on a Downward Spiral?" rather than "Have Video Games been on a Downward Spiral?"

@Edler Krieger wat indie games just as much can be bad games. Just bc you make an indie title it still takes alot of work and effort and time to make a good game.
I'd say its harder with a smaller team and less buget.

Oh ok I missread yea but they are alot less afflicted with alot of the problems bigger productions have.

@reptilian huntress <br>Again there's more AAA games and most and get more attention, indie games are also not garaunteed to be good just because are indies.

@reptilian huntress
Again there's more AAA games and most and get more attention, indie games are also not garaunteed to be good just because are indies.

@Edler Krieger that's not true theres alot of indie games out there. It's just people pay more attention to AAA games.


How many are playing modern games, and how many play shitty old titles? right... theres your answer.


TL;DW:<br>STOP. PREORDERING. GAMES. OH. MY. GOD.

TL;DW:
STOP. PREORDERING. GAMES. OH. MY. GOD.


Every time I hear that fucking cha-ching sound effect I open eBay


When I asked myself the question of 00's vs 10's I found myself realizing that I'd only really miss 4 games from the 2010's, that being Minecraft, Skyrim, Titanfall 2 and Celeste. When I looked at what I'd gain from choosing the 00's I re-found games like Wii Sports, Club penguin, Smash Melee/Brawl, NHL Slapshot, Mario kart 64, Majora's mask, ect. I realized that originally when entering this video and hearing this question I was inclined to say the 2010's, but after properly thinking everything through I'd 100% prefer the 2000's and before.

I also realized how much more healthy it would be to play those games. In my experience depression and online toxicity have gone hand in hand in my life + the online nature of video games have had me sitting for hours upon hours meaning I never really got exercise. I find with older games you can only play them for so long in a single day before they become boring, and in turn you'd have more time to do other things such as exercise and social interaction.

Overall the 2000's in my opinion is just an objectively better era even beyond the gaming aspect of it and the only reason I haven't completely stopped playing any games is because of those big 4 games that have had a solid amount of influence on my life both negatively and positively.


there have been some great games put out over the last few years that would not have been posible
scrap mechanic, beamng
these are fairly simple games that are fun, yes theres a lot to them past the surface but they are good


A lot about what you enjoy about old games can still be found in indie games


Such an underrated video... The world needs more content like this. And more good games lol.


Awesome video once again, Lemon. Keep up the good work!


I see this under a completely different lens than Lemmy.

I for once hated most simple games from the early 2000s. While say late 90s Need For Speed had a lot of added features and user made content, the 2000s series had a lot of customization but user made made content was decreased to a minimum and this can be said for pretty much every game of that decade, in fact I believe its what pushed developers to make so many online games and whom eventually went on to amass the impressive indie game industry we have today.

Take games like  ''Stardew Valley'' or even worst ''The Legend of Princess'' for example, those would've never flown in the early 2000s because Nintendo would've sued the god dammned ar**e of whatever company that attempte such a thing, but through an open platform the indie developer was able to pull it off and probably polish off his skills to do other passion project its just that by then privated companies get a hold of these people like they've always done and they work in whatever they are contractually obligated to do so.

Regarding competiton I can't speak for Madden as I don't like American football but ever since 1995 EA has contested with Konami over the supremacy of Association football games with FIFA soccer games in one hand and Winning Eleven (now Pro Evolution Soccer) on the other  (not to mention the countless amount of other association football games with singinificant notoriety such as Football Manager or the Captain Tusubasa franchise) and they've both have been on a decline recently. And there are some companies that are practically unrivale in their reach and still release quality games ¿How is it Assasin's Creed Odyssey so much worst than Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time? I'd argue it is better in virtually any feature and or subject immaginable.

But DESPITE all of this eventually companies give us great titles out of the blue like Okami, Child of Light or Ni No Kuni and the fact that companies have left that nieche space is the reason why we have games like Fez, A boy and His Blob, The Banner Saga, Cuphead and yes even Minecraft.

 IMHO Games are neither worst nor better than before, they simply have evolved differently bassed on the demands of the market and creative control by major companies, and this has always been the case. So to me, this is a very subjective issue, my favorite game will always be ''Time Commando'' it clicked at the right time and place to tingle my inner player and despite looking extremely horrendous today I still can't find anything that compares to it in terms of how I feel about it and I think the people who played The Oregon Trail on a typwriter all the way back in 1971 or Another World on the Amiga exactly 20 years later.

So yes, party games have suffered lately, but that's only because we're evolving the interface which due to development on online gaming has not reached a satisfactory point, eventually party games will come back.

I see this under a completely different lens than Lemmy.

I for once hated most simple games from the early 2000s. While say late 90s Need For Speed had a lot of added features and user made content, the 2000s series had a lot of customization but user made made content was decreased to a minimum and this can be said for pretty much every game of that decade, in fact I believe its what pushed developers to make so many online games and whom eventually went on to amass the impressive indie game industry we have today.

Take games like  _''Stardew Valley''_ or even worst _''The Legend of Princess''_ for example, those would've never flown in the early 2000s because Nintendo would've sued the god dammned ar**e of whatever company that attempte such a thing, but through an open platform the indie developer was able to pull it off and probably polish off his skills to do other passion project its just that by then privated companies get a hold of these people like they've always done and they work in whatever they are contractually obligated to do so.

Regarding competiton I can't speak for Madden as I don't like American football but ever since 1995 EA has contested with Konami over the supremacy of Association football games with FIFA soccer games in one hand and Winning Eleven (now Pro Evolution Soccer) on the other  (not to mention the countless amount of other association football games with singinificant notoriety such as Football Manager or the Captain Tusubasa franchise) and they've both have been on a decline recently. And there are some companies that are practically unrivale in their reach and still release quality games ¿How is it Assasin's Creed Odyssey so much worst than Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time? I'd argue it is better in virtually any feature and or subject immaginable.

But DESPITE all of this eventually companies give us great titles out of the blue like Okami, Child of Light or Ni No Kuni and the fact that companies have left that nieche space is the reason why we have games like Fez, A boy and His Blob, The Banner Saga, Cuphead and yes even Minecraft.

 IMHO Games are neither worst nor better than before, they simply have evolved differently bassed on the demands of the market and creative control by major companies, and this has always been the case. So to me, this is a very subjective issue, my favorite game will always be _''Time Commando''_ it clicked at the right time and place to tingle my inner player and despite looking extremely horrendous today I still can't find anything that compares to it in terms of how I feel about it and I think the people who played _The Oregon Trail_ on a typwriter all the way back in 1971 or _Another World_ on the Amiga exactly 20 years later.

So yes, party games have suffered lately, but that's only because we're evolving the interface which due to development on online gaming has not reached a satisfactory point, eventually party games will come back.


I didn’t really understand the “death of local multiplayer” part, especially when you compared it to Nintendo, which has never dropped local multiplayer, on the 3Ds or Switch


I think the best games, on consoles right now are
Spiderman, doom eternal, and crash 4.
To me, its not about how good the graphics are or the storyline.
Its about how fun the game is.
These 3 games are the most fun I had with games in a while.
(Even though spiderman, has a great storyline its the cherry on top of what is a great game on its own.)
This is why I disagree with last of us 2, winning game of the year.
And why critics are pointless.


I think the concept of things being recreated by newer titles is why I enjoy a game like Siege so much because there’s not really anything like it


I just hope I get to play another great Duke Nukem game before I die, although before that happens, 3D Realms needs to get their hands on the license again (whether that means re-acquiring the ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise or working together with Gearbox Software). I mean, if Doom was able to make a resurgence, then there's hope for the Duke.


My god!!! You included TF2. Not only TF2 but also Team "FRICKIN AMAZING" Fabulous!!! Kinda sad seeing games that enhanced FPS die out (not die out but become less relevant). You don't see nowadays kids talking about Half-life or Doom (Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal are great games but their fan bases and player counts aren't very high) but instead about Fourthneighate (I personally like Fornite somewhat but it shifted from being a game to enjoy to a game to play competetively and spend money on customisations). And don't call me "boohoo you dont like modern games *monke sounds*" because i am also the same age as most of fortnite's player base.


I really enjoyed this video, but I find this idea kinda ridiculous, the past 10 years has led to a lot of poor trends in the industry and a lot of stale releases but it has also led to what I consider some of the greatest games of all time like Skyrim, Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, GTA 5, Terraria, Spider-Man PS4, Last of Us, etc. I would never give these games up to only play games of the past but I guess thats just my opinion


Let's be real the 2000s was the best and last great decade ofgaming. then the 2010s came and messed it all up!


I thought the rise of indie games was a pretty succulent cherry on this decade's shitcake

Also what's teespring?


as a mmo player in the 00's I cried when athas was defeated<br>in 10's I cried when I was told to remember that they once lived,

as a mmo player in the 00's I cried when athas was defeated
in 10's I cried when I was told to remember that they once lived,


Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors are still as good as before. tho still called shitty games by a lot of people, they give me an immersive experience I can't feel with anything else.


My brother and I have well over a decade between us in age, I introduced him to the original Halo after he'd played games like fortnite, Fall Guys and a few others. His favorite games now, as a 13 year old, are ones like Halo CE, Smash Melee, Resident Evil 4, etc. He doesn't like a lot of the new games anymore, unless it's from the companies that put actual effort into their games like most of the recent Capcom titles (obviously not all) and how well ID has done with Doom. It's nice that there are still a few games that you feel the passion that went into them, but its sad that games we grew up playing from companies like EA, Ubisoft, Activision, and Bethesda have really screwed up over the past 5 years. Hopefully things take a turn soon though everyone, Nintendo did great with BotW, Odyssey, and (Hopefully) we'll get more on Metroid Prime 4 soon


Is it just me, or have modern graphics gone too far, beyond realism and weirdly perfect. Like, your RTX 4K environments don't actually look anything like real life. That's why I think minecraft looks better without shaders.


This man just called Drawn to Life shovelware

Correct me on this if I'm wrong, but it's the <i>Wii</i> one that people seem to not like (the one shown in the video), it's the DS one that's almost universally liked, to my knowledge.

Correct me on this if I'm wrong, but it's the _Wii_ one that people seem to not like (the one shown in the video), it's the DS one that's almost universally liked, to my knowledge.


internet historian at the end really was a pleasent suprise


I see people say that indie games are the future,  it with indie games you are so limited. Sure they can be fun and good, but only AAA companies can really stretch the limits of what is possible and can make bigger and better games in different ways since there’s more people working on them. Just look Nintendo


This is why lately indie games and small developer games with bold creative ideas catch my eye way more than a triple A game with great graphics


Anime game isn't a genre

All of them fit into actual games genres

Yandere simulator was a stealth game

@Daedliy just because you're not in stealth 100% of the time doesn't mean the main gameplay mechanic isn't hiding yourself and your actions

Yandere Sim tried to be Hitman but animoofied and with social interaction

@Airank As someone that played way too many jrpgs with anime cutscenes, i'll have to disagree.

@BlayKay - 47 Depends what you consider anime i guess, I've noticed that alot of actual games based on anime are kinds shitty. But games with anime style's have been really good since the 90s lol.

@Rollinontheboard Every animated thing is for kiddos and animation is a genre.

@KluEvo oh definitely I think that the lore is pretty cool but the way they go about explaining it is really REALLY dumb. Instead of finding this stuff out yourself its just characters monolouging for what feels like forever

@Daedliy it tries to be blood money but without any of what made it good.

It's more of a hitman game to be honest, get a target, choose your method of approach, eliminate before deadline.<br>it only tries to mimic the ""anime"" artstyle with stolen assets and furiously shits all over it

It's more of a hitman game to be honest, get a target, choose your method of approach, eliminate before deadline.
it only tries to mimic the ""anime"" artstyle with stolen assets and furiously shits all over it

@BlayKay - 47 id say that's a damn shame cause when done right they can be done amazing. Look at DBZ fighterz.  and depending how you look at it, genshin impact

yup, which means unless they are unaware of metal gear solid, they were incorrect


Fatigue is basically what happened to me with Minecraft. Since 1.0, the updates that came after weren't enough to keep me interested in the vanilla game for too long. I only updated to 1.7 because of the mod TerraFirmaCraft, which sadly couldn't be updated further as updating to MC 1.8+ required a complete rewrite of the mod.

After a while since I took a break from MC, tho, I realized that since 1.12, Mojang had been implementing features we'd been requesting since Alpha, effectively pulling me back to the game. It's like Mojang purposely did the less interesting updates first to keep the game from stagnating later down the line.


The part where you said you get made fun of for what you play is so true my friends did that


Dovetail Games is the epitome of paid content, they blow EA out of the water. One of their games costs $50 but has thousands of dollars worth of official DLCs.


Gaming not in dire strates for all the amazing rpg series we had in 2000 - 2010 we get a rocket league in return...wait what?!


That image at 3:03 makes me want to cry! Those were the glory days of Gamestop! The worst part about some locations, were the morbidly obese, smug, neckbeards behind the counter, or the emo band hipsters.


Nintendo may be jerks to their community but man they made the best Zelda of all time.  The other big developers are falling flat on their face compared to that game just in my opinion though.


I think the 2010s was probably the best decade for gaming but recently probably starting in 2019 games seem to have gone down hill Red Dead 2 was the last good big game there were also a few good smaller indie games after that. Companies have started putting politics into their games and companies have stopped caring about their games and now only care about micro transactions. These companies make billions off of these practices so I don’t see them stopping.


Can’t relate to the points made in this video really. Now during the pandemic my passion for video games has been rekindled, visiting old classics and enjoying new stuff as well. Currently tackling AC Black Flag and God of War 4


I just want my old franchises back. TimeSplitters, Jak and Daxter, Rachet and Clank (the edgy 2000’s version not this Pixar-esque bs), Skate, Burnout, Sonic, Banjo Kazooie, Turok, Twisted Metal, etc.

The landscape of gaming is almost completely alien compared to when I was a kid, sure there’s replacements like Steep being a replacement for SSX/Cool Boarders, and even though we’ve gotten some of the best games ever made this last decade (GTA5, RDR2, FF7 Remake, etc, the familiarity is mostly gone, and that’s what I miss most.


I have to disagree about that racing game point: Forza Horizon 4 may just be another open world car game, but the freedom of gunning off any 'ramp' you want at 200 MPH without any objective, time limit or any other reason than "check this out".... It wasn't a possibility back then but shoot it's great.


In the early 2000s, games were practically polished gems. Now, they're polished turds in the same way most earlier games (notably the ones reviewed by AVGN) were.


it is unreal that you referenced both that whack clay series and "the game" series in this video, I've never felt such personal connection wtf


@Miguel Mateus I think youth is always linked to happiness. Always strive for happiness, then you'll never feel old

Yeah, maybe getting old isn't all that bad. I, for one, have a huge fear of it, but it's inevitable anyways


As for me, I agree that gaming is oversaturated. Me I keep buying games until I find one that I have a blast with. If not I just play an old game.


The local split screen feature in Divinity 2: Original Sin was the selling point of the game for me and I’m so glad I did. But for single player games, I still worship FROMSOFTWARE in that aspect. Larian Studios and FROMSOFTWARE are the last two AAA companies yet to be tarnished by greed. SO I SAY LETS FUCKING OOOOOOOOOOOOOH FOR ELDEN RING BABY


This man needs to play some Nier, Persona, Red Dead 2, etc. Wait a minute all the great games I can think of recently are single player...Ok he's right about multiplayer games, minus Mario kart and large party Smash Bros Ultimate that aren't competative.


im too dumb to understand these things but all i know is that videogames are a safespace and always should be, theres a reason i have 671 hours on team fortress 2.... i play it to alleviate the stress of school and life. And if video games become more stressfull I'll stop buying new ones and just start playing old games i've never played


Gamers do this to themselves. Constantly chasing things that literally don't matter like graphics, length, and scope.

Here's a pro gamer tip: if any of the following sell you on a game, you're part of the problem. None of these have artistic integraty:
- 100+ hours of content
- next gen graphics
- "the last game you'll need"

my standards for a masterpiece is basically any of the following:
- short and extremely sweet
- absolutely gorgeous art & graphics
- can make me cry and/or feel

i dislike a game having 100+ hours of content unless it still is good even without spending too much time on it (a prime example being Minecraft), and next gen graphics mean nothing to me as i prefer art games (both GRIS and First Snow have beautiful art styles and differing from the usual realistic graphics helps them)


I've never felt as proud for playing tf2 since I am 9


Welp I still have the most fun with Morrowind and Thief. These games are supported and modded by fans to this day.


I'd say entertainment as a whole is getting worse each year with a few exceptions every now and then that equal or even surpasses classics.
 If you ask me why I'd say that I have no clue and probably there isn't only one reason.
 But I can think of a few without, although like I said I have no actual clue or proof.
 1- Scheduled production times are WAY too short.
2- Big corporations too worried about making something that isn't controversial and makes the most amount of money instead of making something actually good, with personality that sell well too.
3- Online updates allowing the first point to be acceptable. And cutting resources of the campaign for mediocre online content.
4- Loot boxes and similar concepts as a whole.


"They would be willing to give up seamless DLC and patches" lmao. Yes and we would also be willing to give up poverty and mortality.

@DogFrogBird MMOs and Fighters without patchs is hell

@Totally a Human No, QA testers exist for a reason. An extreme example is cyberpunk, where the QA testers found all of the major bugs that have been complained about and the devs ignored them because the game was rushed and they could fix it later. I am not saying that the ability to patch games after release is bad, I am saying the mentality that "The game will be good later" is.

@DogFrogBird You realise that most bugs are not found until after release. What do you want them to do then just leave them in?

@Totally a Human because it would force them to fix bugs BEFORE release


Man I just miss the old days where we play Pogs for fun


Hades: Yes
Risk of Rain 2: Yes
Doom: Yes

@Yami Tristan the only reason why I am keeping mine is for when BOTW 2 comes out. If they screw up that (as well as the next pokemon games) I'm just gonna be done with it.

Hades is the only reason I didn’t sell my switch


did you just call DeBlob shovelware? I really felt there was spirit in the game especially with its music and themes


The Public: "You mean you built hype and killed your own franchise so that you could... pretend to be successful?!"

Greedy game companies: "Oh, I'm rich alright! Rich enough to beat you! And I did without any finalization, your "oh so special standards!"

I'll give them hype alright. I'll give everyone the most hyped up game that anyone's ever seen!
And when I'm old and I've had my fun, I'll sell my company so that everyone can be hyped for a new game! Everyone can be hyped!

And when everyone is hyped for a new game... no one will be.

*The Public:* "You mean you built hype and killed your own franchise so that you could... pretend to be successful?!"
*Greedy game companies:* "Oh, I'm rich alright! Rich enough to beat you! And I did without any finalization, your "oh so special standards!"
I'll give them hype alright. I'll give everyone the most hyped up game that anyone's ever seen!
And when I'm old and I've had my fun, I'll sell my company so that everyone can be hyped for a new game! Everyone can be hyped!

And when everyone is hyped for a new game... *no one will be.*


2006 i’ll never forget i brought my DS to school for Recess and i never got in trouble & the teachers took my DS while i was playing it lowkey and it pissed me off i cried 😂😂 grade school days 🐒


DLC content, preorder bonuses, paid cosmetics, always online, day one patches, microtransactions, lootboxes


I even preferred the older need for speed games like my favorite will always be need for speed 3 hot pursuit


Allow a 67 year old gamer a little time. My first console was the Playston not called the one (1) these are actually collectors items. If you have one on the back is a serial port. If you never forked o

ut to money for "steel Battalion" and played what almost all commented the toughest game ever made. It would even wipe out your save file at times if you lost too bad. Look at the controller on ebay and yes you had to know how and when to use. Even the windshield wipers! Or wating for a couple of years to finish a series, the Xenosaga trilogy. I never had a game arouse so many emotions. I think it still has the reccord for amount of cut scenes you could skip but lose the plot. And the ultmate "bad Girl" ha ha I comfess dream girlfriend Kos-Mos! I stiff feel she could wipe the frool with just about anyone. Plus you got Mechs a plot that changed like the wind . I think what caused the fall was having to make games work on all platforms and phones and all. A final point some feel the finest fighter was Soul Caliber on dreamsact. Hope you enjoyed my little "tale of the good old days" R


I think a lot of this is because you and many who were kids when things like the ps2 were at their peak are getting older.


Imo I think the next leap in gaming is going to be vr. I'm waiting for ready player one to happen irl


same thing happened with fifa as happened with nascar, fifa street was the peak of fifa. they just stopped listening to the fifa game fans and never returned to it and started releasing annual fifa games.


I think the problem now, is that people are done griping about graphics, but they've already set that precedent that they'll still buy something regardless of the predatory monetization or lack of any diversity in gaming mechanics. But you can't break that stigma now, because companies don't need to listen to us because they already have that large player base known as "casuals". Not the rude version but people who legitimately just don't care about the quality of the game and will just buy the next game to chill out after work and game with your friends. Reject AAA, embrace indie.


If you don't think games are getting worse then allow me to point out that AI in games still hasn't progressed past the original FEAR which is more then a decade old


YouTuber: criticises the video game industry by saying youtube critics are part of the problem
it hurt itself in it's confusion

YouTuber: criticises the video game industry by saying youtube critics are part of the problem
*it hurt itself in it's confusion*


F1 201X series is great, but EA purchased the company that make this games so we probaly gonna see the fifa effect that happens to sports game, what a shame.


This is why I literally ingnore everything and prey and reminisce on the best old shit lol

@That_ Deadeyegamer79 you right dog their are some things I prey for but they ducked my movie spirit stallion of the west so duck them lmao

And this is why you'll always be held back by your past, instead of moving on. Instead if wishing for something now to be as good as it was back then, find something that's good now and keep it.


Perhaps we have too many games, all trying to be different, ending up the same, poor sad state.


18:27

My face while watching videos about why the Last of Us 2 sucks, despite not even knowing there was a first one! . . . It's so interesting hearing about a car crash.


There isn't enough time in the day anymore to make these games deep. They used to make gta year after year. Now it's been gta 5 since 2013


"In my opinion, this thing I coincidentally played as a child is coincidentally the best thing"

Love the message, hate the delivery.


bit of a cop out ending but ok, I rate this video a 6/10


This is why i play pre 2012 valve games and Gran Turismo 4 and 6


Wish we could turn back time
To the good old daaaays

Back when if I bought a game it was finished
Aaauuu


I'd recommend not buying triple A games anymore. Most of the best games in the last couple of years were from smaller studios and new indie devs(Shovel Knight, Hollow Knight, Syntetik, Salt & Sanctuary, Cross Code, etc.. ). Some triple A games are still good don't get me wrong, but most of the big game studios really don't care about good games anymore. Atleast that's what I've seen.


Atv 2 was the most satisfying games to play


The string of disappointments:
-No Man’s Sky
-Mass Effect Andromeda
-Star Wars Battlefront 2
-Sonic Forces
-Fallout 76
-Anthem
-Crackdown 3
-Pokemon Sword and Shield
-Death Stranding
-The Last of Us Part 2
-Project Cars 3
-GodFall
-Cyberpunk 2077


Manufacturers need to get with the times. Make a PSP with full controls, modern GPU etc etc. Tailor it towards emulation. Since around 2000 games graphics have been "good enough" for immersion. Nintendo and other corps need to sell non transferable copies of roms. Bring the 'high end' consoles of last gen to the portables of today. Bring all last gen crap to phones and have manufacturers sell some good controllers, again, "microtransaction" selling ROMs. These corporate beasts are no longer needed and are from a dying age like cable TV.


I still have my wii from 2006 and I still play the very same copy of cabela's big game hunter 2012 which I play every 1 or 2 days because I like the story that much....


has anybody else noticed how the san sprite looks so weird at 16:41


i played spy hunter on the 3ds i thought it was a ok enough game.


since i only play minecraft and terraria, both of which are indie, this is actually really interesting for me. minecraft and terraria are the kind of games to receive constant updates, even though they are technically finished products. so for people like me, gaming has only gotten better because of all the new features

im aware that terraria had its final update, however modded is still very prevalent in the community


half-life was changed tho... actually it changed a lot


I think it’s just that someone just naturally like things from your childhood more, so many people for all feel that games are declining are just older people who’ve been playing games for years where as a young person who only knows these modern games enjoys them as much as you enjoyed the old ones from your childhood. It’s almost the classic ‘back in my day’ phrase


"But how many of us can actually name another game in the genre?"<br>I mean it's just a shitty, lower-quality hitman game for weebs.

"But how many of us can actually name another game in the genre?"
I mean it's just a shitty, lower-quality hitman game for weebs.


Was playing HL2 Episode 2 while listening to this lol.


You can be a fanboy and a hater at the same time. Important point you missed.


Great video.  But Chase for the Cup 2005 was better 👍


I still think the nascar rasing intro is one of the best ways to start a yt video I've seen


A second video game crash is coming... I can feel it

There won't be because there isn't any misleading box art  unlike atari 2600 boxart

Probably not....well I hope it happens but sadly it's more complicated then that


I remember how good wwe game back then. Smackdown vs raw ps2 is the best compared to the wwe2k


I just play what I enjoy and maybe even buy it if it's good


Do you just only mean the games themselves or just everything else for that matter? This is actually the best time in history we're living in right now if you're speaking relatively on how humanity is of itself at the moment. Only social media would actually want change your mind on that one and make you believe that fact is true even though in reality is relatively not true at all.


The only people who claim games are getting worse or that they're not as good as they used to be are those who have no idea where to look. If all you do is play "AAA" games from mainstream publishers then no wonder that's what you'd think. You're playing corporate garbage made to earn money, not to be a fun experience. Why would you do this to yourself?

Instead you should be playing games that are actually good. Things like Factorio, Terraria, Hollow Knight, Subnautica, Dead Cells, Hades, Slay the Spire and literally COUNTLESS other great games. I cannot understand why so many people act like games are bad nowadays, when there are good games getting released on pretty much daily basis and we're also getting a few absolutely amazing games every single year too. Also, they are much cheaper than the trash that comes out of EA, Ubisoft or any other mainstream publisher.

So no, games are not in a downward spiral. If anything they're in a better spot than ever, since the mainstream gaming industry has alienated enough people to pump a lot of new people (and cash with them) into the independant sector, fueling the creation of games made by passionate developers who want to make good games first and foremost. Ironically, we should be thankful to those big companies that make horrible video games, they made all of this possible. If not for that we might've never gotten gems like Hades or Hollow Knight.

AAA games are  everywhere  and it's shit

AAA games are  everywhere  and it's shit

Indie games can't replace AAA. AAA used to be good and there were plenty of good AA too. Now AA is pretty much dead


Yes and no you see they just took the game and cut it in half and say hey let’s make this all dlc


Gran Turismo 4 was the last great racing game, please prove me wrong.


All of the 2000s votes were for one reason... Smash Bros Melee!


spend another 100 hours with mods in Rimworld and Cataclysm DDA
OR
buy another soul crushing, disappointing and shallow AAA game...


Rocketleague knocks all the other sports games out of the park (zing) yes or yes?


Graphics will always kill a game. Theyre such a time and money sink.

the graphics that i look for in great games aren't impressive and realistic graphics, it's a unique and defining art style and visual design. for example, GRIS looks like it's a work of art at every screen, which is refreshing and wonderful especially when compared to how realistic the graphics usually are. Cuphead also falls under this, although honestly i haven't checked out the game much yet

Remember cod ghost when they boasted about dog models


i prefer my games to be complete on release and no dlcs thank you very much

What do you have against additional content in games?

Remember when DLC's were usually expansions at a minimum or free price tag?


10:39 Ok Emp I know you wanted to show an image that shows all the shovelware games but.............!!WHY THE ONE WITH DE BLOB IN IT!!
Seriously why?!


Just watched the first 3 minutes... Emp I enjoy your content but this is cherry picking 101


To be completely honest I just can not watch people play a game I prefer to just watch things like this but ill only watch a game if its funny and make me laugh and prefer there jokes over the actual game play and can not stand competitive gameplay idk just wanted to say this.


jesus christ, i was browsing steam for a new game just before clicking on this video, and i not even found one yet

I too like to invoke the name of 2000 year old Jewish rabbis when I speak about purchasing steam games

What does Jesus Christ have to do with that?


People ask me why I dont play ranks in game <br>I say I dont want to take a game seriously

People ask me why I dont play ranks in game
I say I dont want to take a game seriously


I think the 2000s are being looked at with rose tinted glasses. Yes some games arent finished and some have scummy practices but look for the good. The best spiderman the best god of war amazing open world games like horizon or breath of the wild rocket league minecraft and terraria were fully released and both became incredible over time. Its not like there wasnt shit back then

Oh it's all rose tinted glasses. Take it from a 2000's gamer. The main thing 2000's had over now a days is variety and I think that's the real problem. Three of the games you listed is an open world third person action rpg.


Knew you were gonna say TF2<br>Same here honestly

Knew you were gonna say TF2
Same here honestly


I think you missed the point. This seems the be a result of any industry built for profit. Tech and video games have always been like this. Member the crash? Maybe you weren't born yet, but you can read about it!

Not really no, older games had more depth to them compared to today's simpler games to appease as many buyers as possible


I bought a PS2 after Cyberpunk...so much better even with the worse graphics

@Billy Boleson I can’t stop playing my Ps2 lol a million times more fun

This, I modded it too and it's been a entertainment beast


Hey, I didn't expect good ol' Sargon there. Nice.


13 minutes in is where it started to take a bad turn


Ori WotW came out not that long ago so i would say no.


This is why I only play indie and mainline Nintendo games


The best gaming era was 16 bit SNES/Genesis. Everything after PS2 and Gamecube wasn't good anymore. Fortunately there are many great indie developers today who make games that are as good as they were back then or even better.

Development times blew up and the ideas were stale by the time they were released.

I can agree in some points for example games in that era are timeless and will always age well unless it's sega cd or fx chip games


13:51 EmpLemon and Political Juice are the same person confirmed?


Dude local multiplayer isn’t dead you can just friend your friends on online

Online and offline experiences aren't the same


Michael Christie The Wii version was shovelware, the DS games, however, were masterpieces.

>de Blob
>shovelware

now THAT is a bruh moment

Bruh good eye I didn't even see that and you're right.

@Beef Supreme Diddy Kong Racing is a low bar?

@Melonposting That's a loooooooooooooow bar.

>Cars Race o' Rama
>Shovelware

Mega bruh.

@joseaca by today's standards no doubt. i have no clue what the deal is with the series latest releases and id be surprised if it has actually innovated much but the original was entertaining back in its day. probably not a bad game for a kid.

He used a stock image. It’s not his actual opinion.

How tf was Drawn to Life lumped in there

And Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. That and its sequel are arguably the two best kart racers of all time that don't have "Mario" in the title.

Bruh i saw deBlob in there too, like wtf that game was fantastic

Dr.Sir Bruce Armstrong Mother Fucker The Third whut about deadly creatures? That was cool

To be fair, that was the Big Willy game, which I remember being pretty mediocre aside from some fun Unlockables. I was more offended De Blob was on there lol


Why
Have Video Games been on a Downward Spiral?

TL;DR? Because neoliberalism has done to gaming what it does to every creative industry before it.

Its not about the games, its about the muhnay!  $0__o£


God this is why I pirate whatever console games come out these days unless it's genuinely good.


>Shows shovelware
>Shows Lego Rockband

Nah


My take before watching: The biggest issue is that after something is around for so long such as video games or movies everything becomes a copy of something that came beforehand. Maybe they do it better maybe not. The fact remains though that it takes way more creativity to think outside the box now that "its all been done" and it takes way more creativity than most people have. This is why we get piles of trash like Death Stranding claiming to be "a whole new genre" and most good games are clones or sequels.


Honestly, I would go back to the 2000s, eventho I'm a zoomer, and born in the middle of the decade. I was pretty lucky to play with some of the games that came out in the late 2000s. The games that came out early 2010s were good too, it had some resemblance of the 2000s. Sometimes I wish that I would have born earlier to experience those games with my friends. Heck, at least I would have something that resembles better a normal childhood. Living in concrete cubes is shit, with the samey music, games, movies, clothes, sometimes I wonder, where's individuality. Being a teen nowadays kinda sucks to be honest, bc you can see that what was before you, and all you see that overall it was better.

Just so you know this whole I was born in the wrong generation thing, has been going on forever, and isn't restricted to our generation.

teens=wanting to belong (per "where's individuality")
kids=always announce age (per "i'm 12 and what is this")
tho=reddit ebonics (which is bad taste if your a sperg)

kids I think are walking cringe and should refrain from posting on the internet for fear of being in a cringe compilation.


8:28

Ok Emp, still waiting for your documentary on Team Fortress 2.

TF2 NEVER EVER
I KNOW ITS COMING
I CAN FEEL IT

Well for emperor, there a lot f things to talk about both good and bad.


I don't think they interpreted you saying they would be giving up all the modern bonuses, they only interpreted you saying they would give up all 2010s games.


Nakeyjakey is good at praising games while seeming fair


i saw sonic and the black knight in the shovelware bin and thats a sin


Man, this is one long NASCAR game review.


I think that Burnout 3 is a great example of this.


this is like when<br>my father says that the old times were better

this is like when
my father says that the old times were better

ur dad is right ,idc if im considered a boomer atleast im enjoying playing midnight cluba la.


Aw man, I hate to see this type of video this late at night. The type that hypes me up to do something, gets me inspired, but i cant do nothing because i gotta sleep, and by the morning, i lose all the inspiration i got from and even forget.

I want to go back to try and become a developer, maybe learn proggaming somewhere, search where to start and things like that, but still have to pay bills, and get better gear to work with, god i miss flash, it leaves me really sad to not learn to do this things when they peaked, if only this and only that.

Thank you anyway, great vid.


The best baseball game ever MVP baseball 2005


Yes  overall because we have many games that are pay to win shitshow like anything for ea or incompete and stright up bug games like fallout 76.

Drake&Josh Official Youtube Channel they’re delaying the loss to sell more next gen consoles lmao

Anyone who grew up in the late 80s or watched the AVGN knows that companies like LGN put out the same level of garbage or maybe even worse.

Considering Microsoft was willing to delay the launch of Halo Infinite, which is probably their biggest launch title for the New Xbox, I'm hopeful that Bethesda may become quality>quantity due to the new owner.


It's been one day, and the "Everyone's a critic..." portion is so relatable as another 'Tuber diminishes Xenoblade and Fire Emblem as nothing but a "WAiFu GaME"...

Nier Automata is a good example of an "anime" game that has an amazing story and blows a lot of things out of the park.

I think this also applies to that whole "anime" thing. Where people would just call a game crap without even playing it because it looks "anime" regardless of what genre the game is apart of and how it actually plays. I've been a fan of megaten and fire emblem for a while now, whenever I try to get people to play said games they refuse just because it looks "anime". Its as if the term carries a stigma with it, I can understand a bit where they are coming from, but to completely avoid a game just for it is stupid


Can you really blame people hating on Yandere Dev for your perception that all anime games are bad? That seems more like a issue on your end for not having subjected yourself to a  wider range of said game type.

And Pokémon does change...? That’s what people don’t like about it, they won’t stick with anything, every game has a silly new gimmick that kicks the previous games one to the curb.

Pokemon is always the same you are a kid who has a rival, beats gyms, defeat evil team, catch boxart legendary, and  defeat the league and become a champion. Mega evolutions are amazing and give old pokemon a second chance in the case in mawille or make old pokemon even cooler like mega blazeiken, z moves are poorly animated moves that look dumb, but dynamax is bad because you don't earn it like the mega ring  you earn it after your first rival battle and it makes things easier and it breaks the game because you don't need any item , it unfairly boost your stats and it gives you more stronger attacks


The Act Man’s video on this same topic also went into great detail on this perceived decline. In my opinion, growing complacency of franchise formulas, an over reliance on microtransactions and DLC, bogging down on trends, corporatization of gaming, and the games as a service philosophy led to this inevitable decline.


No, games have been shit forever. You just remember the good ones.

Look at the Ps2 launch library vs the Ps4 launch library and then try to tell me that lol


At least NASCAR 08 had local multi-player, NASCAR 09 had that feature  removed.

2007 last good year for non mario sports games


Its fine u dont want to disect the political context behind all this shit ig but ppl are saying capitalism is fucking the quality of your games up thats true


"trend" of releasing broken games happened in the 90s all the time same thing in the 00s.

But now they release a broken game so they can patch it later

but broken game in 90 doesnt have literally console breaking bug like 00s - 10s how many time that AAA game literally broken ps4 it self or deleting entire save file

Thank you . So much nostalgia based Bs on YouTube

@Mario Balotelli No, they forget about them because they usually just didn't buy them.

But sycophants like you will happily lap up the broken games publishers put out now as long as they promise to fix it later.

Artem Torubarov yeah definitely but people forget about that because the think about only the good stuff form the 90s and 00s because of how “bad” modern games are


Remember life before the internet?  Playing video games.  Alongside your friends.


Remember in the bust when the gang would bust out ds to play Mario kart ds Pokémon Mario 64 ds.


The biggest problems I have with games today is that most have been dumbed down to the point of explaining every single detail as well as releasing games 50% done and releasing the other half in the span of a year or two like with battlefront 2 and pretty much any game you buy today.

Then there are games with too much focus on story and graphics to the point of making the gameplay boring and repetitive with it no longer being a game and instead being a movie with sections you have to go through yourself for 20 minutes till you can continue watching it again. These games can be done well like with the last of us 1, Spider-Man ps4 and god of war 4. But, if done wrong then it can be pretty boring and you’re better off watching somebody else play it or just watching the cutscenes on yt.


It’s not the games themselves that are getting worse. Playing video games is getting boring. That dopamine rush you feel when you get a kill or score a goal doesn’t hit the same after 10+ years.


Based on the rant starting around 13:03 and several little rants about how humans are really stupid nowadays.
Next video: “Is the Human Race on a Downward Spiral?” I’d like to see that one.


That Klay World clip was a hella trip into nostalgia.

And having Internet Historian and Rusty Cage in your AD was GOLD.


Before even finishing this video, I'm going to throw my hat into the ring: the rise in online matchmaking and the wholesale removal of the ability to host your own servers has been a massive problem. In the old days, you could have a handful of servers full of people you knew who you played with using rules you liked and everyone got along fine. These days, it's hard to find games that don't force you into some online matchmaking panopticon where you have to constantly police your own conduct (because your familiarity with the people you're playing with is nonexistent) and get a shittier gameplay experience (can't set rules, can't use mods, the matchmaking server is going to pick the shittiest potato computer to actually host the game on, etc.)


And people still scorn me for playing Explorers of Sky...

Anyone who scorns you for playing PMD2 is objectively wrong


Here because the THING video was removed. We support you Emp, despite YouTube's messed up terms.

@Ian E I liked it so much I named my cat after it.

@MrJibsIV dont google hp lovecrafts cat name worst mistake of my life

Why tf did it get axed? I wanted to watch it... <br>Don't tell me, Lovecraft is mentioned for half a second so therefore "HURRRRR WACISTT!!!"

Why tf did it get axed? I wanted to watch it...
Don't tell me, Lovecraft is mentioned for half a second so therefore "HURRRRR WACISTT!!!"


Newest Pokémon games making this more relevant


I've been thinking about this for a while now, it's nice to see the Emp do the work for me yes


"these are the words I found in my Thesaurus" got me pretty good hahaha


i actually don't know what's up with yandere simulator, can someone explain? (this is just because i am horrible at knowing anything, then "oh there's nothing wrong here")

People are mad that he hasn't finished the game or the demo for it. That's all you really need to know it's not that complicated but more sad then frustrating at least for me since I really excited to see what he can make


"Gamers don't know what they want" is the truest thing

@Smartfork The fact that this one game, which is half a decade old at this point, keeps being brought up as the sole savior of the industry, should be enough of evidence that things aren't going great. It's an anomaly, not the standard.<br>And jrpgs are only niche in the west, they're made primarily for the japanese market, so it's not a great example either.

@Smartfork The fact that this one game, which is half a decade old at this point, keeps being brought up as the sole savior of the industry, should be enough of evidence that things aren't going great. It's an anomaly, not the standard.
And jrpgs are only niche in the west, they're made primarily for the japanese market, so it's not a great example either.

Russell Doty one that comes to mind for me is the Zelda fanbase

Marcus Borderlands imagine being a game dev and reading forum rants about people not liking the story or that the game doesn’t have enough features in it

Bolek Lolek Bolek Lolek If something is for everyone then it’s for nobody is such a contradictory statement.

Idk what you mean by niche. There’s plenty of newer games that appeal to certain genres. If you want an old school feeling rpg there’s dragon quest xi. If you want a more action adventure RPG you can play Witcher 3. I could go on but I don’t feel like it.
I do agree though that the corporatization of games has brought some staleness to the industry but companies are just gonna do what makes money.

I dunno man, i just want first person Deus Ex with like 300 unique firearms all modeled perfectly. Now if only the companies would listen to me...

@Russell Doty That's because companies want to mae products that appeal to literally everyone, instead of picking a niche and focusing on cathering just to them. If something is for everyone, it's for nobody.

Dunno if gamers don't know what they want so much that there are so many gamers out there that it's near impossible to have a consensus. Think of it like the Sonic fandom, but stretch it across an entire industry.


Just a simple man working his way in the universe


I wish there was more classic Gran Turismo lounge music.


16:02: "Compare that to a platform like Kickstarter which has become notorious for churning out disappointment after disappointment ..."

27:27 "Whether you like this genre of game ort not, 'frick-you', go to Kickstarter and check out this game"

gtfoh.

16:02: "Compare that to a platform like *Kickstarter* which has become notorious for churning out _disappointment_ after _disappointment_ ..."

27:27 "Whether you like this genre of game ort not, 'frick-you', go to *Kickstarter* and check out this game"

gtfoh.


It depends who you talk to.

If its Mobile; Unending. If its Console; Lacking, somewhat. If its PC; Same.

Don't take this seriously.


Hey guys there are still simple games just that they are on steam unfortunately thankfully I have steam so I'm good but if you don't have steam you're out of luck some games nowadays are not good but some of them are good it's just depends in 2022.


This is the most biased video on the planet.


teespring stinks got a shirt that didn't have the coating so it came out


Esports ruined games. It sucked the fun out of it


Roblox was made in 2004 name because Roblox in 2006 and it has its roots in 1998


why did everything good end in 2004 my birth year


Or how about this: one time were going to play, xbox or wii switch, whatever console. and the thing needed to update like an hour or whatever. So, I plugged in n64 and in less time it takes me to boot the fucking TV we where playing some Pokémon stadium games. all 4 of us.


Theme that plays at the beginning of the video?


some guys from 4chan and me have been playing Worms Armaggedon a game from 20 years ago online, I love the little comunnity we made

Oh yeah. Worms Armageddon is great.
Granted, I've only played the Game Boy Color version, but even that was a legitimately good multiplayer experience.

Oh yeah. Worms Armageddon is _great._
Granted, I've only played the Game Boy Color version, but even _that_ was a legitimately good multiplayer experience.


“only way to pay his bills,” actually most people have real jobs


Nintendo has been the odd one out among all other game devs, they aren’t afraid to innovate, look at Mario odyssey, a really creative game that sold well


Its unfortunate that the birth of fan bases cause things like this to happen.


16:58 That video (Along with other videos from that same kid, SammyClassicSonicFan), had Sammy acting in an exaggerated way, just wanted to say that


Elden Ring a breath of fresh air in gaming


The reason for the recent rise of indie games right here folks


Nascar inside line to nascar 15 was good


Even if a good triple a game comes out, its probably off the back of unpaid overworked employees, and that sucks alot of the enjoyment out of it