Video Games Just Don't Hit the Same...
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- From golden age to unfinished games and a lack of a library. Gaming has fallen off and had a steady decline. Where are all the good games we were spoiled with? Are we growing too old?
You tell me...
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0:00 - Opening
1:16 - Have We Grown Old: Longevity
2:37 - Have We Grown Old: Why Rid the Fun?
3:25 - Have We Grown Old: Growing Up
4:17 - New vs Old: Remembrance/Current State
6:08 - New vs Old: Marketing
7:33 - New vs Old: Graphics/Gameplay
8:43 - New vs Old: Newer Games
10:22 - New vs Old: Indie Games
11:27 - New vs Old: Free 2 Play/Remasters
12:55 - Conclusion: We All Want Fun
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Fortnight. Among us, these are not good games. They're trash. They're popularity came from a bunch of desk jockey UA-camrs who had a bunch of braindead kids as a fan base. These kinds of games cannot gain traction like these because it tells the developers we don't care about standards. That we've lowered the bar. I hate these indie garbage games that infest the stores. Where are the games that had real feel to them? Where's the dedication to creation? The imagination?? When we were kids we couldn't imagine the kinds of games we'd have now. And all I see is super nentendo style games with slightly better graphics. 2nd party remakes, rip offs, for crying out loud they have hentai games on the switch store...I mean honestly who can disagree with me that elden ring and God of War where the only good things to come out to console gaming since gears and halo
Video turned out great. Keep it up your improvement comes with experience man. I enjoyed your opinion. New games don't hit the same at all.
the amount of coping in this video makes a whole cope factory explode
@@godzillazfriction Like, dude, more games are being made then ever, more rivivals of game then ever, better accessibility to games then ever, games made in more places then ever, More people play games then ever, and more many in games then ever. This is the best era of games ever.
You should and critque bad industry trends. you should complain about nonesense. about scam stuff like micro transactions. But it can't be understanted how fundemetial things like, "patches" did not even exist in the past. There is something to be said about rose tited glasses when so many games in the past were so horrifically awful.
If you are having trouble finding good games, you not looking hard enough. Despite what the games awards would have you to believe, God of War is not the pinnacle of gaming.
There is a lot wrong with the industry. One reason for cosntant quality of game changing, even between sequals, is because there is no unions for developers with there are with films industry. So creators are treated terrible and its common for people to be fired after one project. Not even successful creators are safe. The creative lead o the assassin creed franchise was fired wuthout notice on the second or third assassin creed game.
But were things better in the past? no. Growing pains and industry trains is not a excuse to pretend things were better in the past. pretending all the bad games of the past did not exist. lets not pretend that idustry before the success and rise of indie gaming was better.
I think having less time as an adult makes you really consider if certain games are worth it
You've also probably played games with a similar but much better story so most of the stories just dont feel worth hearing again just with diffrent folks sprinkled in
@@zachrohler1047 where every gta more or less was going to the top of criminal ladder gta 5 is about fuck knows what
it want's to be a gta
a spec ops flick
a third person call of duty
a payday 2 rip-off
and in the end it's just a mess of missions connected only by characters that can't even stay within their tropes
I am an adult. I have no life. I game a lot.
As an adult that has played games since 2000 I can garuntee you that todays games are a downgrade. Less meaningful choice/options. Too focused on graphics at the expense of gameplay.
Try Baldur's Gate 2. And the FIRST Deus Ex game (Not Human Revulion. The FIRST one). Those are games that give players more options and different ways to do what they do. Now compare that to what we get today.
Yes.
@@ryszakowy thank you! Since GTA5 came out I’ve played through it’s story once, meanwhile I’ve played through GTA4’s like three times.
That Halo Believe trailer (where the brute is holding up chief) gave me all the chills, and I haven’t seen that trailer in years. I missed the good ol days and the good ol games.…
Halo is very close in my heart, love that series to death. They don't make trailers like how they used to. I wish people could come together when a new trailer would drop and experience hype before the game comes out. The sense of community in something was amazing, bonds were created amongst many because they all fell in love with a game. That's rare nowadays. Last I remember, gaming is much more fun when it enhances our experiences with those around us.
@@theWheezy I'm sayin!!! I would love to have the community come together like how they used to! I never did a midnight release, and I regret not ever doing one. Since digital releases and games not actually being released at midnight anymore.
amen brother. i loved halo sooo much. getting home from work or getting up on an off day and putting halo3 on, made friends every game because literally everyone had their mic on! everyone was having fun and chatting with total strangers. people would sometimes have a soundboard and be putting in duke nukem comments and stuff, i would literally be in tears with laughter. then jumping in some ones community forge made game like "smeer the queer" oh my days! my ribs hurt just thinking about how funny it was. Halo3 literally had it all and it was so well put together, from the menus to the lobbies etc. man im actually in tears rn just remembering the fun, fun i dont have any more. 😞
One of my favorite Halo trailers was (well all the live action ones to be fair, but specifically..) the ODST live action trailer! So awesome!
It's definitely not "because we're older". I've picked up older games now that I never got a chance to play as a kid, and I still enjoy those a hell of alot more than most newer games. And I've had younger gamers tell me the same thing.
Cultural marxism plays a big part in it
Define "older games" like we talking Skyrim or Morrowind? Or Daggerfall
@@Hero_Of_Old 'Cultural Marxism,' a conspiracy theory with an anti-Semitic twist, is being pushed by much of the American right.
@@Hero_Of_Old No it doesn't. There's no such thing as "cultural Marxism" except on 4Chan boards.
It's because gaming is no longer about developing the best game, but managing an already established franchise.
I'm 21 and have for the last year I have been playing going back and playing games that I never got a chance to play when I was much younger such as Mass Effect, the early fallout and elder scrolls games. One thing I noticed routinely in these much older games in contrast to newer releases is the level of creativity in world building and characters.
When I'm playing the Original Mass Effect trilogy I'm enthralled by the complexity of the world it is set in, the backstory, the characters motivations and lore. I actually want to read the codex within the game. Compare this to modern games where the world seems bland and cliched like in the Outer Worlds which is nowhere near the level New Vegas was on. I think a lot of games fail at the fundamentals nowadays in terms of storytelling and translating that into engaging gameplay.
Open world games are one of the hardest game types to do well but theirs plenty of newer great ones like subnautica rdr2 Elden ring prey ghost of Tsushima etc just play different games
I'm 27 and this year was the first time I asked myself "is it me the one who's getting old or the industry is getting shittier each year?"
Both
Not even trolling. I'm almost your age and I've recently pondered questions like this, usually with the conclusion, "it's a combination of nostalgia, changing times, and worse practices."
It's the industry getting worse, that's why there are more and more good Indie games, because the Indie game devs still continue to have passion about gaming and not just about money or politics. Also there is a trend to put some subtle political message in some of the AAA titles, which makes the games very bland, because for that political message to be "heard" the story is completely destroyed. Also the games are more and more run like corporations, only for profit and when you do something only for profit all is already lost, if you don't have some actual fun of making the thing, it would not do well, your indifference would be felt. Also there is much more censorship these days, especially for the big titles. It goes so far, that for example in Mass Effect Andromeda, all the females are ugly, they've stopped making sexy girls in games to be closer to the real life... (to push the political message, that not all girls are perfect) but people who play games don't care about "the real world" they care about the story and the characters, and for example I don't like ugly characters (doesn't matter if male or female). There is more and more "woke" propaganda everywhere and it destroys, not only games, but also movies and TV series... that obsession of things to be "realistic", there was never such an obsession in the past, on the contrary, in the past we tried to crate in movies in games, what we didn't have in the "real world", not they don't want to give us even that. The political message is in general "you don't deserve nice things even in your mind". So that's the real reason why the games have become from bad to worse.
Of course for now Indie games are still made with passion and don't care about any political messages, the Indie developers still make their games the way they like and not to "send message" or make their games "realistic" or anything like that. That's why, Indie games are becoming better and better alternative for the AAA titles.
Bruh same
Honestly, I think getting older and becoming and adult also plays a big factor. At least for me and how i feel it and i'm only 21
It’s not just gaming, it’s all aspects of society
It’s all these queers insisting how everything has to be woke these days, like TLOU2 or Life is Strange.
Yes true especially music and movies
@@e-moon4438 nothing screams "not worth the time or money" than the last of ass 2 first trying to paint the main antagonist as a tragic character and then taking away from the player option of murdering the fuck out of that abomination.
@@ryszakowy how do you fall for a troll with a trollface pfp 😭. You don’t need to touch grass you need to eat dirt.
@@EggEnjoyer bro I’m trolling, cmon now.
Thank you for addressing this issue, 2008-2013 was the glory years of multiplayer gaming. Damn I miss halo 3
Man, I missed the days when we played game for fun and not due to fear of missing out and grinding
My friend and I are starting to have that jaded feeling. I'm honestly in denial. Back in the day we had fallout 3, fallout new vegas, oblivion, Skyrim, gears of war, halo, BioShock, mass effect, Minecraft, borderlands, left 4 dead, dead island, fable, dead rising, state of decay, devil may cry, resident evil, read dead redemption, GTA IV and V.
Every single one of these games and their sequels came out over the span of 10-13 years.
What do we have now that isn't a broken mess and good? Elden ring, god of war, RDR2... uhhh... idk what else.
It's been 9 years since gta V, 11 years since Skyrim. Its also been nearly 4 years since the elder scrolls 6 was announced. When is it coming out? Never?
It's been the same amount of time since the new fable got announced, where is it? I haven't heard a thing about it since then. I remember when I game was announced it was coming out just over a year or less.
Its like flipping a coin with a new game release, I don't even pre-order anymore.
Also shout out for the kenshi music near the end there. Kenshi is a good game too.
In conclusion, gaming isn't the same anymore, it's about politics, appeasing journalists and investors. Watering down creativity to create the most basic of games and squeezing money from it at every turn.
I may sound really negative but truth is, I care about gaming and always will. I just want it to be better. They had it in the bag just a decade ago. Why "fix" what ain't broke.
Recent good games like Elden Ring and Monster Hunter were actually kind of broken at launch, but it was very clear those games had the intent of trying to be great games first instead of exploiting monetization practices. Their buggy state was pretty much universally forgiven whereas other AAA games that only had a working cash shop at launch were rightfully disparaged.
I've recently been getting into older games I haven't played, and I've recently beaten Fallout 3 and it was such an amazing game. I started New Vegas about a few weeks ago and started some other games released back in the early 2000-2010s(Overlord, Splinter Cell, Skyrim, and some others I cant remember the top of my head). Newer games like Elden Ring blew me away, and I hope games can follow what Elden Ring did, don't rely on what sells, just make it fun and enjoyable. I've found enjoyment in Red Dead Online, CoD MWll, and some other more recent games, but compared to older stuff like L4D2 which I still play often, doesn't feel the same.
completely agree 🤝
I feel like I'm losing my mind. A lot of those games mentioned are now seen as horrible compared to their predecessors.
Oblivion and Skyrim are seen as worse than Morrowind.
Bioshock of worse system shock 2
Mass Effect was good but that third game bombed hard.
Fable was good but two and three were horrible games. especially three
Fallout 3 was a pale imitator of the previous two games. New Vegas was good though.
Dead island was just not a good game.
Truly every generation will always complain about the games they have now in comparison to when they were kids.
@@DraconicMordred ah overlord. Good 7/10 game. Too bad the sequel was garbage.
This might seem odd but the better graphics has possibly made gaming worse.
They drain a great portion of the budget sadly and shouldn't be the focus. That's a lesson learnef by playing Game Dev Tycoon
Old games really do feel like there was more heart and effort put into them, despite the limitations of the time, older games are often more enjoyable than the newest title.
They had charm and soul to them
Passion has been mostly cast aside for profit. Replayed Silent Hill 3 and my god what a wonderdul experience. Elden Ring, and Sekiro along with RDR2 are the some of the few games that made me feel like a kid again.
I am from a newer generation, and it is hard for me to find good games. Usually because they feel pay to win, or very competitive. Since I am still young, I don't necessarily have the freedom to buy games so I try to play free ones. I feel games nowadays don't help you socialize or team up since they are very competitive. Some others might have different opinions than me since they know good games that I don't, or have more freedom to buy games. But I think that games nowadays are somewhat bad, but there will always be a good game that you know or don't.
I'm 26 started with PS1 so I guess I'm part of the old guard now and it's good to see that some from the younger generation of gamers see the issues with what modern video games have become. I truly feel like 2000-2015 was the golden age. (Or at least one of the golden ages) of games and I'm thankful to have lived it. Half Life 2.. Halo... Assassin's Creed etc etc. Hopefully you younger guys can get some "gamechangers" as my generation did. No pun intended haha.
Very true, recently I decided to hit up classic titles again like Bioshock for example. The feeling of exploring Rapture and seeing all of what it can offer still resonates with me. It had me feeling like kid experience something new all over again.
Play indies.
@@AL-lh2ht I see people say that a lot, (and don't get me wrong, I used to play a lot of Indie games, even as far back as circa 2010, Half life 2 mods/source mods, which some big games now we're built off the source Engine) but if your a fan of say, story based FPS, like the COD campaigns. You would be hard pressed to find the kind of spectacle and gameplay tightness in an Indie title. That's why a commenter above me made a good suggestion in playing older PS2 Xbox 360 games.. back when there were actually AA games being made. Which is a gap in the market that I hope indie devs will eventually fill. But as of now I can't think of one badass indie SINGLE PLAYER FPS or TPS games. I'm sure they exist, but I don't know any.
Also I'm limited in playing on Xbox rn. No PC. So that limits me that much more.
If anyone has any suggestions, please give them!
Most free to play games are actually pay to win. And don't start to think if you pay in these (Pay to Win games) you will enjoy them more, there is always someone with a bigger wallet than yours, who will destroy your fun. Some of the worst games in my Steam library are free to play games. In contrast, some of the best games are from Indie developers. And of course there are games like Skyrim which are always repayable because of the mods.
"You just got older" Sounds like such an industry talking point. Being tired of busted launches and MTX's isn't the nostalgia talking.
Exactly why most of the games I play are pretty much old school I can play those games for hours while compared to the new ones feels like a chore and a snooze fest.
@nathanB404 You actually going say the industy is dead when more poeple are playing games and the industry is making more money then ever...
@tgtgamer101 bro Elden ring and GOW will be remembered also the past couple years less anticipated games have been coming out cause of covid but 2023 has Spider-Man 2 BOTW 2 Diablo 4 Resident evil 4 street fighter hogwarts legacy new Jedi fallen order play different games
"People say money is the root of all problems. It never was. Greed is."
Money is a creation of greed..
NIV 1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Because everybody gets the quote wrong, there it is.
@@BlueBedouin no. Money is merely an form of trade being a fancy IOU everyone can agree on and choose to spend on their own time. Not needing to relate on doing flavors or giving something up of value for payment.
IMO the money to content ratio is what kills my vibe with a game like before you would pay to get content and immediately unlock all the content but now it’s but the season pass and play the game to unlock it and by the time you get what you want out of the pass you just kinda feel burned out on that game
I agree Kory, I don't personally mind the new battle passes and crap like that. It's just the DLCs and paid content that we miss out on that bums me out. I didn't mind paying if it meant well-done content that would add to the experience. I don't want no skins, I want new maps, weapons, characters, etc.
it’s the recent trend that I think Call Of Duty makes its money off of, we’ve this process upon multiple occasions with cod games, promised content in the unforeseen future that sometimes isn’t what you wanted/expected.
if the game has battlepass , dlcs or other shit that should've been in the base game from the beginning
and all the paid content is hard locked from being used without paying
i consider the game to be a failure
what's the point of playing the game when you won't see everything without paying the price of the game three separate times
@@theWheezy idk. I used to think like this but lately I've been wondering. I paid for games with a lot of content for the money but just not had fun with them. Conversely I've paid for games that I can beat way quicker but I remember my time more with them. They are somehow more enjoyable to play.
Ngl this channel deserves better
It's reminding me of those channels that gain millions of views with slight amount if subs
Hope you rise N shine in this platform ❤️
I appreciate your kind and loving words, I am still making content for comments like this
@@theWheezy he's right man, your videos are spot on with relatability and genuine feelings. I agree with....oh that's his UA-cam handle 😂, I agree with MasterChief OnlyFans Free teir III subs. This channel definitely deserves more subs. People would be missing out on your genuine content otherwise.
That is true. Most companies nowadays are fixated on getting big revenue instead of caring about what gamers want.
The last game i was so hooked on was Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. that game was a Kickstarter and made with Passion and love.
It's harder for games to feel special now because the market is bigger and we have more choices. Back in the day, (it could feel like) everyone was playing Goldeneye. Everyone was had Final Fantasy 7. Everyone played Metal Gear Solid. Everyone could talk about Half-Life. Everyone knew who Jim Raynor and Thrall were. We all had a main in Smash bros. Everyone had a crush on Laura Croft or the DoA girls, and the only survival horror game was Resident Evil 1.
Gaming was smaller, so it was easier for one amazing game to come along and break through the entire gaming space. It would be on the cover of EGM, there'd be a giant cardboard cutout of the Master Chief at Electronics Boutique (previously Funcoland). Today, there are soo many choices and it's much easier to silo yourself into a gaming "community", all online with no face to face interaction. LAN parties, launch events, holding a physical copy of that Sonic Adventure game I saved up for. Sitting next to the guy you were hooligan comboing. The Dire-dire-docks song. It was a golden age and we didn't even know it.
You kinda just sound like an introverted boomer 💀
Completely agree with you man soulless cash grabs are really killing the fun.
It used to be that games had to be finish before they shipped. Now games are about preorders and early access. Who gives a shit about finishing the game when we already have the money? Also the graphics dont need to be the greatest thing ever. Forget that and put that money into storytelling and gameplay.
Also I am a game soundtrack composer and I think that if more games allowed full orchestration for their soundtrack we could boost emotional connections like they did when games like Halo and World of Warcraft did back in the days.
Money makes the world go round, it sucks that it's affected gaming that much to where they don't care anymore. They don't see the benefits of putting smiles on lots of people's faces and entertaining millions of nights. They don't see the friends and interesting people you meet online anymore. It just sucks, hopefully an outcry of this will help a return to form. Or indie games start making bigger punches to make them more well known.
And I completely agree with music and game soundtracks. There's a reason why so many people in the world love music, people get attached to it and it pokes our emotions. Music in gaming is underrated and a lot of times people will remember games from their music and go through nostalgic memories. Soundtracks really help and add to a game. It's beautiful.
Graphics are overrated.
Older games do meaingful options and consequences better. What's the point if players can't heve meaingful conversations and make the hard calls? Now it's reduced to blowing things up and brain dead shooting.
It's not that I'm bored. I never get bored. The problem is lack of MINEANGFUL consequnces. Do you want a game that MEANS something or excuses to go "pew pew" because of desperation for fun that dies off? Some of the best games are over 20 years old and STILL are loved because they give you more options. Your decisions. Your actions. Your choices. Your pain and suffering when you have to adapt to the harsh reality you are placed in. THAT is a game. That is meaning reason and purpose.
At least Shadow of War shows that a fair bit. Both with the game mechanics and the story.
"It used to be that games had to be finish before they shipped"
*old school RPG players are looking away nervously.
This hits me the hardest with Gears of war, I started the franchise with GOW3 and got it 3 years after it's release. Still my most played game to this date, it was a complete game with hardly any bugs
ye when I started GOW3, I just fell in love with it.... if you haven't noticed, I'm talking about the better GOW 😏
@Wheezy To be fair the indie and double AA are doing better than most modern gaming for example:
- Darktide
- risk of rain 2
- vermintide 2
- hades
- dead cell
- scathe
- metal hellsinger
- hollow knight
- atomic heart
- hyper light drifter
- ghost song
- alien marauder
- evil west
- knights of honor 2
Gaming truly is a shell of itself.
companies stopped caring about making good games and more about getting little kids to spend as much as humanly possible on stupid cosmetics
Damn you deserve more views, this is grade A content keep at it :)
Hey much appreciated Glooby, if peeps like it enough then it shall get the views it deserves 😎
Ikr
Everything that becomes mainstream turns to shit. Gaming now belongs to corporations, not to gamers. Hence all the problems - fear to risk (no new ideas), lazy remasters (which worse than originals), squeezing fans to a penny, cut content for DLCs, battle passes, etc., etc. No real passion, no talent, no fun, no energy, no soul. Just content.
As someone who didnt grow up with these games and am only playing them now, even i notice this. The feel of older games is that you're playing to have fun, not to collect something, or open some box, or earn more game currencies or customisation all the time. It was about enjoyment... And only some games are centered on this now
I think another reason why newer games aren't as great as games in the past is primarily due to much of the industry going public and accepting shareholder money. They're basically at the whims of the shareholders, who have greater authority and power over how games are made than the developers and even the CEOs do. Think about some recent games that came out in the past: Mass Effect Andromeda; Anthem; Warcraft 3 Reforged; Cyberpunk 2077; Final Fantasy XIV 1.0; Battlefield 2042; Overwatch 2; and many others I'm likely glossing over. What do all of those games have in common? They were released way earlier than intended in order to meet a quarterly earnings report from the shareholders. Had the developers/CEO had an actual say in the matter, I bet they would have said "No, this game is not yet ready. We're going to push back the release date until the game is truly ready to be released."
Most of these shareholders are not gamers and probably don't understand how complex game development is. Their first thought and orders are to make a product as cheaply as possible, as quickly as possible to make the most money. Why have we been seeing more and more game studios push into the mobile gaming market? Why do we see more and more always online, live-service crap while seeing less and less offline, single-player games? Why do we see more games with microtransactions? Why do we keep seeing games launching in an unfinished, buggy, and unplayable state? Answer: The shareholders are to blame for all of these.
I love the conversation you’re trying to have here. Please keep this up.
EDIT: the mere fact that you had to time your reloads and constantly adjust the camera while sprinting in GoW1 was godlike.
Your videos have hit me hard the past few days. As I’m finding more time to relax now with work slowing down close to the holidays, I find myself itching to look for games that can bring back that nostalgia. I lived thru the halo 2/3 days, I participated in machinima, trick shotting, modding on halo 2, MLG, Gears of War co op, Skyrim marathon and skipping school 😂, the commentating is spot on my friend, we had it good, and I can say others who have witness it, deep down wants to re live those memories to a certain extent.
Last night I played one of my favorite games on the pc - Hell let loose, I find it being a game that you can just get on meet new people, communicate, and have a blast playing a ww2 game that’s super realistic.
Made me think about all the other games that had welcoming communities. I will never forget the lobbies of mw2 and halo 3. Rip
Although I didn't grow up with the legend games... they feel amazing. even today a little bit of 2009 mw2 or halo 3 just feels like it would have been better with others.
Keep it up homie you make very good videos and I can't wait to see where this channel goes!
Im in my mid 30s and ive tried telling people this for years. I told my kids they couldnt imagine how big the launch of Halo 3 was, and how games dont have the same soul they used to. Noone experiments anymore i go back and play old games all the time. Every once in awhile new games are decent but not nearly as often.
Like I was saying on another channel, here is what happened to me the other day: A few days ago, I picked up and played Final Fight, TMNT the ORIGINAL non-NES arcade game; I played Bad Dudes the Arcade game and Batman Returns on the Super NES and in those games, there was INSTANT non-stop arcade-styled action the moment I turn the game on and I was GLUED until I got to the end of each game. This is VERSUS games like today's Batman games where you have to learn what ALL of the buttons do, you have to solve a puzzle, solve a riddle, read through stuff, sit through long cutscene to know what to do next, do tutorials and do XYZ before even getting to see ANY action. And even with the BITS of action in the game, you still have to go FIND action even after completing XYZ.
So, my experience just a few days ago pretty much sums up games today vs. games during the 8 bit, 16 bit, arcade coin-op days. And such is what's wrong with games today. Games today HAVE become more boring. Plus, they don't come complete. They're constantly updating the damn games and we have to register to even play our system AND register AGAIN for some games....
I was in college during the Golden Era. It was a special time. Talking trash, meeting new people, so many adventures we did. It was glorious. Never thought gaming would become stale.
Also, just noticed you have 3k subs?! I've recently discovered your channel, and your videos have so much quality to them. AND they're not a 10 hour video essay. That definitely deserves a sub.
The growing up thing definitely has something to do with horror games. I mean if your a grown adult you shouldn't be getting scared of a game, sure jump scares might get you but thats about it. Don't get me wrong I still enjoy them but I may aswell be playing cod going through dead space or resident evil 4. The only thing to creep me out in years was resident evil village with the baby.
Real
We must have had almost the exact same gaming experience growing up lol. Great work on this vid bro! Also great choice of music all throughout the vid.
Getting older does play a factor, as we age we are more discerning with how we spend our diminishing free time. But that can be true at the same time as a decline in video game quality also being true.
If anything, getting older causes us to notice the decline even more.
Super Mario 64 is still Super Mario 64.
Thank you for saying what I wish I had a platform to say on, older games were passionate. The feelings I get in these trailers aren't giving me goosebumps but when I watch gears of war 3. That shit means a lot with the most amount of love through the trailer growth and background lore production from gears of war 1 trailer to the 2nd then finally the ashed and lambent.
I'm a new viewer to your content, but I have to say you commentary speeks to me, and I think you're doing a great job. Thanks for voicing the thoughts I couldnt find the words for
Amazing video! I agree wholeheartedly. Im so happy I was a kid in those days. Halo trilogy, Gears, Mass Effect, Bioshock, CoD Blops1 and 2. Gone but never forgotten.
TLOUS 2 exposed a nepotism prohlem within the gaming medium. As publishers only create games with Game Jurnos in mind, instead of new or long time fans, while a few stand from the crowd.
Loved the Last of Us 2, that would probably get me some flak but really got me emotional.
Oh no that just cemented the issue. We knew this back during “gamergate•
@@theWheezy facts people hate on me when they hear I liked the game lol
Large UA-camrs beg to differ, which only raises the question of why they chose that hill in particular to die on.
they did it to themselves with that one. the marketing hid the real game for a reason. they knew.
You are an absolute legend for putting these old masterpieces in that video. As sad as the current situation is I just hope everyone is doing it like me and avoids the new games or doesn't buy any microtransaction and goes back to the good old games. Maybe something will change
im a teenager but my parents were broke and raised me mainly wth the xbox 360 and i played every major game that was on there. the days of just popping a disc in and waiting for the loading screen to finish are long long gone
when i play old games i have no nostalgia for and then play a new triple a release, i can in fact say beyond any doubt that no, it's not because we've grown up
Fall and War For Cybertron are probably still the best Transformers games that exists that I would buy if I could find a good copy for either game.... man I wished I was still back in that time of Gears 3, Gears 2, Halo 3, and the Cybertron games
It's greed simple as that. 99% of AAA games goal is to make the most money. Not to make a good game. Indie gaming is carrying the industry because their goal is to make the best game they possibly can.
03:02 Baker! stand in the door!
Most modern games being online only has ruined it for me completely.
There is a single game I go back to time and time again, something I LOVE and has gone from something I played the shit out of as a child to even now being able to 100% and enjoy once a year or so, maybe I'm nostalgic but for those of you with a PS2 emulator, give it a try: Road Trip Adventure. I have played many many games from my childhood and a bit beyond to recapture that magic, but nothing came close. Not even Skate 3
My dad used to play video games in the "golden age" of gaming during the 360 games, anytime I used to ask him if he wanted to play something newer he usually didn't really have as much fun but he used to with the older ones before thinking he was simply just too old for games, i dont know at this point
you had to be there. you could play halo3 now but it wouldnt be the same, theres hardly anyone playing, none of them have a mic on, most of the stuff in the game is missing now if im correct? not looked in ages. i remember halo3 had a player online counter and it was literally in the millions daily for a long time. those were fun times.
Games That I have high hope for:
Atomic heart by mundfish
Sons of the forest by endnight(first game was my full 2016 summer. played tf out of The Forest)
My favorite coop still being updated...
Ready or not by void interactive(the best tactical coop game with super good AI)
Deep Rock Galatic by ghost ship(4 player coop where it makes you love helping and working with your team while mining upgrading and fighting a fully destructable world.)
i sighed hard when i saw MOH: Airborne. i remember taking turns playing it with my brother. we died so much and thought it was so har. i recently came back to it, its surpisingly easy XD
Gaming is stuck in a culture war that being battle royales, open world games that are too big that it’s empty because of the size of them, influencers, politics and greed.
Elden ring was the last of game to be feature complete on launch on all platforms, granted it was rocky on pc but overall it felt like it was the end of an era
You just put it perfectly...I thought I was getting old and I just don't have that inner fire for games anymore, but after watching this, it's opened my eyes that games back then were just better. If I'm just old, then how come I still play my PS3 every day and play all these old games? Even going back to PS2 the games are just timeless fun. I tried playing Fortnite on my best friend's PS5 and even got to be 10th on my first go at it, but the entire time I was thinking, "wait, this is it? Why is this game so huge? Are games changing or am I changing?" After a couple rounds I was downright bored with the game. I wanted to like it because the when world did, but inside I wanted to go home do another campaign playthrough of Cod WAW on my PS3. Excellent video.
Yeah, im 32 and this is the thing we reflect on weekly with my gamer buddies of 20 years. Its just not the same anymore. From cod 4 and bf bad company 2 to nicki minaj and the broken hero shooter what 2042 is. Its just sad. The microtransactions, season passes and pay to win colorful fortnite skins, skill based sweat lobbies.. Multiplayer games are ruined for good. Im glad that there still are games like god of war (2018) and ragnarok that give me hope for the future.
0:33 going back in time recently started playing all those games i used to play
Triple A games have been degrading in quality to create more quantity for better profit. If you want to enjoy gaming search through passionate Indie devs and you will find obscure gems. If I had to give a recommendation I would give it to Squad from Offworld Industries, something about the communication in that game gave me classic Xbox Live vibes where everyone used mics and the amount of replayability and different strategies.
I will say i think i am a unique individual here, I'm in my golden days of gaming, i get on with friends laugh and enjoy myself everyday making memories that last, i believe that the difference comes in the people we enjoy our games with. Back then we had LAN party's with all of our closest friends in the same room playing halo, but im still making those memories i encourage others to find your people cause the golden age was never the game it was the people you shared it with
This hurts me because me and a friend had this exact conversation like a week ago and I completely agree with all your points
At 0:34 I noticed a lot of the games shown were either completely single-player focused or had great singleplayer stories along with great multiplayer and/or cooperative modes. But then at 0:38 the games shown are all highly competitive or completely multiplayer focused (except for elden ring and red dead 2). I'm not saying those games are bad because they are competitive or multiplayer focused, but as someone who's never been that interested in competitive games, it makes the void left by a lack of good singleplayer AAA releases hit that much harder. We just don't get those full package games with a great campaign, multiplayer, and cooperative modes anymore.
I understand how you feel, I started playing gears of War with my brother from the start again after 12 years like we use to and it felt so different but so more fun then now a day games
My dad used to play videogames a lot, he just stopped caring about it with the pass of time. Its kinda sad when i think about it. I mean he has no hobbies, all he does is work and watch TV. He used to do a lot of stuff when he was a bit younger, fuck he did archery andplayed piano. But he stopped doing all of that as he grow older. Im 21 now, one of my best gaming experiences was finishing halo 4 with him when i was 10. I just hope that if i have the energy to keep doing what I enjoy when i reach 50.
I heard someone say that the popular a nerdy thing is, the less available it would be. I think you could say that to video games. They used to be such a niche thing, but now is big thing. Developers (specifically big ones) realize this, and just want money more than making a real game. So many people play video games now, and that made the business know that the more games they produce, the more money they make. They don’t have to care if the game is good or not, they just want a quick buck.
I’m just going to add that yes, video games are becoming forgettable. Hype is gone now, left with broken promises. Free to Play games are my least favorite games in the modern era, period. So many people play them, and they have the mentality of micro transactions and bull crap currency. In Halo specifically, you could earn suits by playing the game. If you look at Halo Infinite you have to PAY MONEY to get the suit. It feels less rewarding and a total waste of your money. Video games used to be much nerdier, and I totally agree that nerdy gamers back then were much cooler than gamers today. Back then, no hot chick was going to play Halo 3 with you, that was for sure. It felt more accessible, and the people that made these games cared. They didn’t just want money, they wanted their fans to love their game. Valve’s multiplayer games stuck that mentality hard, with games like Team Fortress 2, and yes it’s a free to play game, and you do have to pay for items, but the game was Actually fun, which made the game fun to play even to the person who was not willing to pay any money for the game. One of the worst games to come out of this shit hole is Roblox. Roblox by itself is crap game, with broken physics and shitty controls. The only way that game has stayed relevant was the idea that you could make your own games, but games have done that much better, and Roblox is very forgettable. No joke, when I was a kid, I played Roblox a bunch, and I remember NOTHING from it. Games like Halo and TF2 made me have so much memories as a kid, remember Inc my first forge map, and flipping over my warthog and still shooting. I remember all of those things, but not with modern games. Again, I agree that some modern games are good, and indie games are truly at a high, but that’s my point. Triple AAA games are a joke, but they never were a joke. PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo all had fun experiences for me as a kid, and Nintendo is the ONLY company keeping that mentality alive.
I know I’m talking too much, but I’ll just say that I missed when the only ONLY money you pay for is the game itself. In Halo 2, everyone you played had a copy of Halo 2, and nothing else. They may have unlocked some cool suit, but no new weapons to get, no nothing. They were scattered along the map, which made Halo feel fair. I hate Seasons and Battle Passes (I’m talking to you Fortnite), they felt less rewarding and just stupid. Those types of stuff back then was different, you had to EARN it, not pay 5 bucks to get that new skin, or grind literally anything. I miss good video games. Me and my friends still play Halo 2 using split screen, and we just have the time of our lives. Now when I play with friends on modern titles, it just feels like I’m just “better than them”, when really I should laughing my ass off how fun the game is.
3:37 the amount of memes made the sniper rifle look pasted in
What's the name of the song at 12:57? I swear I've heard it before but can't remember where.
Kenshi OST
I say to people a lot that video games truly were in their prime from 2007-2013. So many great games in that time frame. Most agree with me since most games after that never hit close to most during that era and now we’re just left with nostalgia, which is ok but I miss productive efforts put into games.
My dad is 58. He has been playing video games since the Sega Genesis, and he also says games aren't as good as they used to be. He struggles to find new games to play, sometimes, and it never used to be like that.
For me personally I started playing video games since the PS1 and original Gameboy but I have personally continued to enjoy video games more and more as time goes on. While I feel nostalgic for the games I played back on the PS1 or X360, I don't think of them as the "Golden Age" because I have played so many video games in recent years that are better games than what we had back then.
For me in the past few years I have played a lot of amazing and memorable games that stick with me, like: Fobia St Dinfna Hotel, Stray, A Plague Tale Requiem, Elden Ring, South of the Circle, Madison, Metal Hellsinger, Paradise Lost, Judgement, Lost Judgement, Resident Evil Village, Metro Exodus, Returnal, Tell Me Why, Life is Strange True Colors, etc...
I am not the type of person that wants to only play a single great game for months, I prefer to have great single player games that have amazing stories, characters and art style.
I find that while I agree that if we look at only Shooters and Sports games or even older franchises, then yeah Gaming can seem different or bad now but I would say that people should branch out and explore the literal thousands of other games that get released each month that are amazing and memorable.
I agree. I remember my very first video game was Super Mario Sunshine and while some people saw it as a bad game I had a ton of fun playing it. As I grew older I could analyze properly and see some flaws in the game but in no way do those flaws make it a terrible game in my eyes because the platforming and hearing the music along with the tropical atmosphere was great.
There are some games now days (mainly free to play games) that have things like micro-transactions, loot-boxes, etc. which is a way for said developer/company to earn money and continue support for said game but some of those games main thing is just nothing but advertisement for cosmetics which is clear that it's part of the market. (I'm looking at you Fortnite.)
I also think some people forgot how to have fun when playing games and focus way too much on the bad stuff like drama, bugs, toxic communities, etc. And use that as an excuse to fuel the "why modern games are bad" idea. You see it a lot on UA-cam since that's what gets clicks. I once fell into the multiplayer game rabbit hole like apex legends or call of duty, playing it alone even having fun when playing them. And yet what enjoyment I had in those games eventually faded away because the people I played with/against in online were just outright toxic to me for unnecessary reasons to the point where I just felt angry playing them.
Eventually I recognized the origin of those emotions and focused on other single and multiplayer games like Resident Evil Village, the Need for Speed games and so on. There are so many games now days that are fun alone or with friends. That tell a moving story or just let you run wild. That let you switch your brain off or let you come up with strategy's. Video games are part of the creative media and of course part of the business market. With tons of tools to access such as Unity, anyone can create a game however they want it to be and anyone can see video games however they want.
Great video and valid point but I will say it’s like when people say radio music sucks now, but in all reality it was never that great to begin with. I love Halo and Gears to this day but those games are the equivalent of listening to Drake. There’s amazing art being made everyday but we just have to be willing to learn and find what’s out there old or new.
this is so true, it hurts. My work is gets less right now because of the season, and I have more time to play. but I don't have anything good to play in that time. the last few games I was looking forward to turned out to be either a broken mess, or prioritize ways to get more money than actualy finishing the game. besides that, there is simply...noting interesting out.
and I don't want to replay the same old games for the 10th time. they are great, but you can only play games so much before even they get stale.
btw for those wondering which games I am talking about, total war warhammer 3 and darktide
Dear god putting the Walking dead theme in the background made me tear up...never actually finished it myself. But i totally agree with everything you said in the video. After BO3 came out i stopped there..being a huge zombie fan and still am but i just stuck to the old games...I might sound cheesy, but for me personally, in regards to gaming, older times were better, had better memories playing between 2010-2017..still I am glad that happend...not sure about the future, espetially considering how people react to everything nowdays
I still remember playing singleplayer games such as prince of persia series, god of war, halo campaign, need for speed games and some others. I may not be that old, but i'll never forget those games, even though they didn't look amazing, but they felt like they should've, nowdays i've lost interest in games, always wait a few months after a new release to see if it's worth the time and money... It's simply not the gaming community that has changed, it's the way we're looked at. We're just those people who will waste massive amounts of money on games and not like a full blown community of like minded individuals who wanted to be a part of it. Such as halo. Hell, nearly every game felt special in some kind of way back then... I really miss those days when you couldn't wait to get on that game and do something inside of it... Really brings out the nostalgia and emotions associated with those memories and connections made along the way...
Kenshi music hit different
3:50 is the realest shit ive ever heard. I was 10 playing games and got told to stfu ALL THE TIME 😂
I still got all these old games and consoles so I can keep them with me and when I'm old can always go back and injury the memories
Nowadays its basically FPS Hero Shooter clones and Battle Royales or MORE FPS SHOOTERS. Like guys do you know there is more genres than just Shooting a gun?
Watching this video made me realize it's mainly shooters no wonder video games "don't hit the same" for you try playing other shit then you won't be board giving up COD was the best thing I did.
In the early 2000s Gta had competition... when Gta 5 released 2013, i never thought gaming industry would be so afraid to compete. GTA 5 has not had any competition for 11 years that says something!
I definitely agree that gaming isn't the same, but with the age thing at 41 years old work and some life instances do get in my way but I always find time to play somewhat through the week...
It's because every franchise that once was unique: gears, halo, cod, etc. Have all started chasing the trends of mobile games and fortnite and have become a lifeless watered-down amalgamation of the same formula: seasons, battle passes, limited time events, in-game currency, daily challenges, battle royales modes, emotes, live service free to play models, in-game store fronts, cosmetic bundles, etc. When you try to appeal to everyone you appeal to no one
Had to rewatch those classic trailers insane video
I think the move away from in game chat hurt the gaming community, add to that thelack of couch coop, split screen and the over abundant use of discord and now no one can enjoy the game likr we all use to
However, i do have the feeling that we are on the verg of coming back to that golden age of gaming. There are so many series that are regaining their footing. Yes halo infinite has stumbled but i think its coming back. Gears i have a high hope that a remaster of 2 and 3 could be announced this year. Cod is feeling like cod again, just finished the mw2 story and it was good. Dead space remaster is on its way and silent hill is coming back just to use a few examples. Oh and of course mass effect coming back
One franchise that has certainly had a resurgence after some death was DOOM. It was bad from doom 3, took a 12 year break, then had an absolutely amazing fourth installment. Titan fall is also a newer series that is great, especially when titanfall 2 dropped, however titanfall died so that Apex Legends could live.
that's why i usually stick to indie games. small passionate team is all you need.
Oh and the music, almost every title back then had god-like scores
Imagine if the cosmetics in a game like COD MW were sold in the same way cosmetics are sold on steam for games like CS:GO. The marketplace formula works better and keeps games alive and profitable.
The change has more to do with the fact that nowadays most games are made to be a "live service", built on fear of missing out and monetization above gameplay. This also creates Flavour of the month games that gain a following quick but lose it just as quickly like Fall Guys and Among us. When games are "free" you or more specifically your time is what becomes monetized, what was it 327 years to get all cosmetics in Overwatch 2?
Furthermore, gaming has gone from a vilified sub-culture to a mainstream past-time. With this games are made to the lowest common denominator/normies.
As someone who skipped the PS4/Xbox one era and who has jumped back in with series x. I have been taken back. But by how complicated every game has been made. There's such a steep learning curve and so many menus and options to dive through..... That it makes you not want to invest the initial time in the game to become proficient in it. For someone looking for some quick fun..... It's quite a task. That's why simpler games and mobile games have become so popular. I don't want to read 500 books and learn 20,000 potions just so I can become proficient at playing The Witcher 3..... Meanwhile experiencing mediocre combat which is what I was interested in the game for in the first place. Then sinking 20 hours into the game and thinking..... Am I having fun?
I love Chivalry 2 but sometimes i really wish there was game chat and post lobbys before the next match uuugh the trash talking and hilarious moments would be legendary
I know it’s untrue because I recently went back to play the first Onimusha and felt that spark again.
Developers used to focus on making Games, which in turn created Profit.
They now focus on making _Profit_ , and THEN they focus on the Game.
2017-2018 are the years where the games have started getting more and more soulless as the bigger companies have been trying to copy fortnite's monetization system that blew up.
I think that the reason why the games don't seem fun is because we are looking only at the games we used to love like Call of Duty, Halo, Battlefield and etc. that have been taken over by the higher ups after they saw the success of epic games, causing developers lose their abilities to do what they truly want.
So while these big companies are trying to take advantage of their popular franchise, we have games that are not as popular as other franchises which makes them have more freedom to do what they want
Insomniac for example has a library of amazing games like:
-Rachet & Clank Rift Apart
-Marvel's Spider-Man
-Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales
and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 seems that it's going the right path since they do seem to take their time
Rockstar while they remaster their games 50 thousand times they still release a good game when it's time to release an actual new game
Respawn entertaiment that is trying it's best to do a good game under the control of EA where they made Jedi Fallen Order that was actually good and upcoming Jedi Survivor that seems like a faster paced and more open game
Ubisoft that... okay we'll see if they have learned their mistakes and make Mirage good because they say that they will return to more classic AC games but we'll have to see
Their AC Origins was amazing but that was released 5 years ago so I guess I see why it was still good-
and with the growing up part... I don't know what to say about it
I have a brother that is 9 years older than me and to this day he enjoys games and doesn't feel burned out
He has a job and he plays about 2 hours daily max but he finds joy even in the most recent games
The games we both are waiting for are
-Star Wars Jedi Survivor
-Marvel's Spider-Man 2
-Hogwarts Legacy
-AC Mirage
-Sons of the Forest
So there are still some great games out there. The problem is that these games are different from the franchises we used to love and we have to accept the fact that it will be rare for games like Call of Duty or Battlefield to shine again
The last time I really felt hyped for a game was Mortal Kombat 11. It paid homage to the classic stuff, the build up was insane with new character reveals on the regular. They brought back Shang Tsung from the movie. The classic music in the trailer... Then it launched and the gameplay was boring. The grind to unlock stuff was excessive, and the promised DLC took months longer to release than expected. I've not really bought a new game at launch since then, the only one I can think of is Stray, which was great. We need the creativity and focus on gameplay and story to make a comeback.
When something is free you are the product.
12:56 is that the Kenshi OST? What a game!!
I told my dad that gaming wasn’t as fun with new games and he said to me, “then go outside”