Why ActMan is getting ACTMOGGED?!
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- I don't mean to get political but ActMan's video is pretty uninformed. I think it should basically get disavowed and he should get a more enlightened take and make a better video. If you come here first, the video is disproving ActMan's recent "Why Triple A games are getting worse video", link below. I was impassioned because it's so similar to another video I criticized "Why games are too big" by Noodle, except that video is longer and wrong-er. This is sort of a redux so I could practice editing more and as a break from April which was a more work intense month for me. I don't mean any ill will towards ActMan, there are a few harsher lines in there but I only want ActMan to improve.
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Why are AAA Games getting Worse - Act Man
• Why Are AAA Games Gett...
Why Games are too Big - Noodle
• Why games are too big
Tim Cain
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• Game Development Caution
• Why I Left Carbine's W...
ESRB
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My Video
• Why Games Are Too Big
The HellDivers 2 May 3rd Incident
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"HellDivers2 is original despite it taking inspiration"
Everything takes inspiration, true, but HellDivers 2 is literally a sequal to a more unique and original game. This section was also to reinforce a later point that HellDivers 2 is a risk.
"The risk is the game being made"
That's a constant risk of any project ever and missing the point about what is viewed to be a "safe" and a "risky" project. Call of Duty mine workers have a relatively safe job, Tango GameWorks doesn't.
"Some of the points seem nit picky and didn't detract from Act Man's arguement"
I agree, the video was rushed out to fit into the algorithm and it's lesser for it. Some points were caught after rendering but I tried mostly on just getting the video out. I was passionate about the topic and could've cut some less important points but on the other hand I didn't want to miss anything. For reference at time of writing and basically since release, the video's sat at 50/50 likes/dislikes. I hope no other big channel makes a "Why Triple A games are bad" video again soon but if they do I'll try to be more accurate and punch harder with better points. - Ігри
we are at a weird time where all the big channels are basically virtue signaling. they catch wind of something small and blow it out of proportion. Hell Divers 2, Dragons dogma 2, Ghost of tsushima coming up ... im kinda tired of these guys and hope you become successful to switch it up
I agree with a lot of your points, however at least some of them were quite nit-picky and did not detract from Act Mans main arguments. I totally think that a lot of games cost way too much to make nowadays as Act man clearly argues. I loved your end point that the teams making games are top and bottom heavy with no real power in the middle. I've not thought about it like this before and it seemed to me to be a really great original point (or at least not well thought about in the moan about games YT scene). Please do a video exploring that in more detail (good examples parallels in other industry's etc.). It occurs to me that this could at least partially explain why so many stories in games are so badly written/presented nowadays (I've not heard a really good explanation for this).
I agree. I rushed out the video and it's lesser for that. When rewatching with my test friends I think just about half the retorts should've been changed or cut. AAA Games do cost too much to make now, but Actman didn't really explore it. I probably should have. From my own research and also getting head hunter calls, a big problem is predatory contracting agencies where a studio will pay an agency a tonne of money, most of which doesn't go to the contractor but that's another problem. Halo Infinite/343 and most of MicroSoft's larger studios have this problem too. It's a negative feedback loop where the next game needs more, keeping it vague, so you get more contractors, ending the contracts of the old ones in between titles, and repeating for the next. I'm glad you liked the insight at the end. It's mostly theoretical but I think it's a backlash to the auter/super star leader theory of basically pre 2016. I think executives and to some degree devs are scared of another Kojima, Howard, or worst case Gabe Newell who made probably one of the best gaming ecosystems right now though even Steam could probably do with improvement.
"Helldivers isnt original because it takes things from 3 movies 2 tv shows and 4 games." How much of a mix up of ideas do you want to consider something original? Such an actman level argument
Just a critisism while im about 8 minutes in. You seem to be not making any real 'points' on anything, just rambling about games that actman mentions.
Im struggling a bit to understand the overall point this video is trying to make.
18:30 i mostly agree with your schizo ramblings point, but you havent really said anything of substance apart from that
20:15 risk is what comes before the game releases. By paying people money to make something for you, then expecting other people to buy your product so you can be a successful business, you are taking a risk.
Every game with the goal of making money from it is a risk for the business.
Im not sure why you are asking if an already successful game is risky because the game already took its risk and came out on top
23:21 yes, yes you do need to eleborate on your points. You cant just say things like "anthem sucked" and expect that to just magically counteract everything actman is saying.
I understand some of the examples youve given but you dont explain your perspective at all, so i just have to jump to conclusions constantly.
28:40 to be completely fair, actman just did what youve been doing this whole video. And thats not elaborating on his point.
So i can understand why you said "no" here.
But at the same time hes been pushing ideas for 25 minutes to help you gain perspective on the overall point he is trying to make. That being; the video games industry is too large to sustain itself in a AAA environment.
The subpoint here is that when investors get invovled, and the budget gets larger, the risk becomes greater. When there is more at risk of being lost or wasted, companies will play it safe with familiar IPs and microtransactions to minimise the amount of risk associated with releasing a game.
In turn, their focus has been shifted, and they no longer are making a fun game, just a money investment.
You have completely missed the overall point of actmans video by choosing to ignore his perspective and give single examples without any context or elaborations.
@@deodorantcan1200 Two people who can't properly explain themselves. Yeah, this is UA-cam.
Glad I found this video. I feel there are a lot of gaming UA-camrs who genuinely don’t know what they’re talking about but talk as confidently as if they were on the teams themselves. I won’t claim to know everything either, but that’s why I don’t go proclaiming the objective state of gaming lol
ActMan just plays it all on saying bullshit with confidence. I hardly recally a video of his that was well informed, well articulated and well exposed. I instantly knew he was just going to yap when he called Helldivers 2 an "indie game".
I guess being published and funded by Sony doesn't mean anything. He has a couple good points every now and then but that's it.
i have no idea what's going on in this video but to me it sounds like the triple a video games industry is just following the same pattern that the film industry does where the people with the money opt to solely support things that worked before, overusing ips, things start looking bad, somebody throws a good director / studio a bone, they make a good movie / game, then if it's good it becomes the new overused thing as investors pressure studios to make similar stuff because it worked before. independent studios in video games are a big source of novel and good games because games without advertisements only become famous if they make money. there's a lot more independent companies than there are well-known independent games. that makes the independent scene a lot simpler than the triple a scene, because every triple a game gets beamed directly into everybody's brains before launch and they're all pressured to do stuff that investors have seen before. maybe you or the other guy were saying the same thing or maybe you were both saying something different, i can't figure out the main points of either video. i can see how the average internal environment might have changed in video game studios, causing triple a games to suck more often, but the way i see it, the same amount of decent games come out every year and it's just the amount of people throwing their hats in the ring that's changed. and also maybe investors started putting too much pressure on triple a companies. who knows. act man seems pretty misleading though i guess so thumbs up
ActMan is a visible midwit, so he's not worth watching unless you want to hear someone agree with points like "Elden ring is good" or "Star Wars is fun". I dont want to watch him anymore
look, relatively dogshit points, but you have something in you- the layout of your description, your fantastic editing, fairly ok commentary. keep making videos, take some inspiration from some other channels, come up with some better points and I think you'll make it.
also add some wit in your dialogue not just your editing.