That's actually more of a You Tube problem tbh. I have rarely seen any reddit post actually claim that gaming as a whole is dead and if they do there is usually alot of pushback, because it's factually untrue. Pretty sure it's a bunch of content creators trying to milk the topic whenever one bad game comes out, hence there are so many videos about this.
“Gaming is dead” the only people who say that play cod, 2k, madden, and gta that’s it. If they branched out to play newer and older games they would realize how fun gaming still is.
And you know what, I'm happy that I never like modern Call of Duty, 2K sports, EA Sports, & Grand Theft Auto. Whatever happened to their player base? now in place are idiot fanboys. They are lifeless.
I know, the people who say that "Gaming is dead" are the same people who play these series you listed and don't try anything new. They need to learn that variety is the spice of life. If you just keep playing the same few games over and over again you will eventually get sick of it.
Xenoblade, Fire Emblem, Mega Man, Super Mario, Trials of Mana, Atelier Ryza, Monster Hunter, Elden Ring, Riftbreaker, Digimon Survive, Mortal Shell - there are so many games nowadays that beat the living crap out of COD, 2K, Madden and whatever else that's popular in the West, it's baffling that they would say gaming general is dead! They're just not looking at the alternatives because they spent their whole lives playing the exact same few titles and buying them yearly, now they feel trapped in a cycle they can't escape from and branch out to where the quality has always been!
Heres a tip for those that are saying "gaming isn't fun anymore": Try out a diferent types of games you would not usually play. The reason why you're not having fun is because you play the same types of games over and over again. Diversity is the spice of life as they always say.
I 100% agree with this . I had never liked turn based battle games because I thought it was boring to wait turns for enemy attacks and it takes forever for a round to end. That changed until I found South Park stick of truth. The game was so addictive and fun I bought the second game (the fractured but whole) and loved it just as much
@@michaelgum97 not going to watch this guy's video because he sounds full of shit, but it's nice to see ebf being mentioned. Great games since the old days of the flash player.
I played The Messenger one-to-two years ago, I don't play Platformers. I *platinumed* it. One of those trophies requires you to go from the start to the third boss without dying a single time, and another needs you to go through an area basically blindfolded (I didn't do that one legit, but I gave it a good few attempts before I mimicked a video, which still took a while.) It's a REALLY good game.
Oh god...I remember the video this rant focuses on. Bad enough he called Baldur's Gate 3 "woke trash," but the fact that he just shat all over Elden Ring like it was nothing is where I KNEW this guy didn't know what he was talking about.
@@0h_hey944 I assume he's focusing in on the "Body Type A/Body Type B" part, along with how all relationships in the game can be romanced by either sex. While the first is silly (we all know what the body types represent), and the second dull (the romantic relationship in this game are not interesting as, say, the ones in Mass Effect, and only exist to be something you "can do"). Is that enough to call the game "woke"? Maybe, but I don't think it impacts the game as much as it does in a game like Starfield, where every line of dialog has to be "non-binary" in nature, because they want to have pronouns, but don't want to go through the effort of adding voice acting for every option available. Overall, BG3 seems like a fun game, and most people would agree with that.
@@S_raB You literally don't have to play a game to know everything about it these days. That's what LPs are for. What on earth are you even blathering about?
NieR Replicant is so goated, but even though these are very subtle details, I feel like that would happen.. Oh well, leave the idiots to their dumb opinions and make fun of them for it, right?
What characters are gay and intersex? I only played the game once and that might be the problem since the nier games need to play them multiple times for the full story
@@codman4372wx never knew that. I gotta replay that masterpiece cause if there’s one thing that the nier team gets right it’s ost (on top of the other things they get right but man that ost is just amazing)
Maybe they'd even go as far as calling NieR Automata woke as well because it features a woman as a protagonist, like goddamn, believe it or not I've seen some idiots like that.
22:10 "PlayStation and Xbox don't charge for cloud saves" that is straight up while Xbox doesn't charge Sony DOES. you NEED a PS+ subscription to use the cloud services.
or yelling at how games are all unplayable broken pieces of shit(which to a certain degree is true) but, look at something like sonic frontiers. game is one of the jankiest games i have ever played, but is so good it straight up brought me back to being a sonic fan(the fact the writing isn't absolute dogshit helps too but that's just part of the game)
@@trashaimgamer7822 Valid opinion. No making up dumb excuses for why you don't like it, no making fun of the people who play it. You just didn't find it enjoyable. Now if only we had more people like you.
@@dimlylit3086 This is why I highly respect fromsoft. They don't try to cater towards my needs. They cater towards their fans. More developers should have that mindest.
@@trashaimgamer7822 soulslike are one of those genres that aren't for everyone. I just happen to be obsessed with RPGs even bad ones like SAO. What kinds of games do you prefer?
Glad that was picked up on. If he hates games that are below a certain graphical fidelity and he counts Elden ring as below that, the only games that could potentially even fit into his standards only came out this year. So does he hate every old game accross the board now??
Gaming is dead? So did all of my older games I still play and the newer ones I enjoy that still make devs money just up and disappear or get outlawed? Nope, they're still here and just fine. If you think gaming is dead, maybe the problem is you and YOU should find a new hobby...
“Gaming is dead!” INDIE GAMES! “But I don’t have money!” FORTNITE! “But my computer can’t run it!” FANGAMES! “But emulation is piracy!” THE LITERAL ENTIRE FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN’ CATALOGUE! “But I don’t like rhythm games!” FLASH GAMES!*
You forgot mobile too. I know, I know, it gets memed on by everyone (myself included), but there is literally no reason most phones today can’t run CoD mobile nowadays for free and everyone has a phone these days.
@@optiquemusic6204 imagine complaining about someone using a term that is perfectly applicable in anything. I bet you'd have an aneurysm when you see/hear someone say "swag" nowadays lmao
Style and art direction are WAY better than graphics, there is a good chance he is confusing art direction with graphics like most people. For example AC4 Black Flag has bad graphics for nowadays but the art direction is very good in my opinion and this makes it look less old, or Batman: Arkham Knight wich has decent graphics but the art direction and the style makes it look better than alot of recent triple-A games.
I keep going back and forth. He's so awful and such a dick that he can't possibly think he's funny right? But also... How can he not know what "indie" means? This is all just a troll right? Ragebait or Absolute Zero F*cking Self Awareness?
No wonder he hates Baldur's gate, the whole point of the game is to cause certain cutscenes through choice or action. I personally enjoy sitting around doing nothing with the characters and just chatting, getting to know each of the people around me.
People say “gaming isn’t fun anymore” and then talk about just Minecraft gta and cod. Maybe the reason it’s not fun is because your only playing like 5 games for the last 10 years non stop
To all you tubers that put gameplay in the background; can you please put the name of the game in the description. I've lost count of the number of times I just ignore the video and start googling and sleuthing to find that game...
Heck, I've seen people calling Resident Evil 4 Remake "woke garbage", dang even some cool looking indie game I saw back then with some cute anime girl as a protagonist was called "woke" by someone because it features a woman as a protagonist like, what the hell. These people can get as obnoxious as the weirdos on twitter who demand DEI or complain about the lack of it.
@@fanboy1148 They're just searching for a reason to be mad, while also trying to justify they're not so hidden problematic (to say the least) ideologies, if the protagonist is woman and isnt a walking p*rn model its woke, if the protagonist isn't their weird definition of masculinity its woke.
I took a 15-year break from gaming, so i came back as an unsuspecting newcomer.. I was dissapointed before i even started back because of the voices screaming this loudly.. That said, i still bought the AAA games that were hated the most and enjoyed the hell out of them. I love the beautiful graphics and good gameplay. I also enjoy AA and small studio games. I have almosr 2,000 games on STEAM accumulated now. I then started to chalk up social media gamers are toxic babies like most other online cultures. Go ahead, cross your arms, and whine into the wind - im going to enjoy my life.
Yeah just enjoy the games you want and don’t listen to the people like the guy that’s getting dunked on in the video. And if you know where to look you can find some people that like the games that you do that don’t whine like crazy
@@leosmii I get these games through Fanatical, Humble Bundle, CDKeys and Steam sales. The first three are thoroughly evaluated and approved for us to use.
The jokes just write themselves, “obsession with graphics”, “Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 are mediocre”, “turn based combat is bad”, and now “indie level trash”. I’ll be honest I’m shocked this guy hates Sony exclusives because these are the exact statements a PlayStation fanboy would make. If it wasn’t for indie and double A studios, people would have quit this hobby a long time ago.
Indie games are really saving the hobby. Triple a releases are so much lower than the good old days of 360 and prior. But I love gaming so much so, I don't really watch movies or TV shows. Thank goodness for indie devs.
2:20 Cyberpunk is its own can of worms, because the developers said "it's not ready yet" and the paymasters said "release it anyway" after it had been in Production Hell for months. Sure enough, half a year after launch, it ran just fine for me with no issues on my mediocre PC.
I remember I used to be that person that called gaming dead but when Elden ring(my first time playing a souls like) came out it changed my perspective on gaming as a whole
There’s also the case where games that launch in an unfinished, unoptimized, buggy state can make a complete transformation into something actually worth playing and, in fact, amazing games (Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, etc).
well, he got a point. ONE point, to be clear. if you make your game for everyone you make a Game for noone. you sould have a target audiance that is not too broad, so you can make a product that fits the needs and wants of this specific audiance better. for example, Fromsoftware didnt make AC6 with the idea in mind, that it would be the "next big game" because they knew that the target audiance for the game is relatively small. but the people who do like AC-games like AC6 and Fromsoft made a profit of it. they made a game which was for a small group and the group absolutely loved it. and i think thats how games should be made: very good for the small group its for and not okay for everyone.
I think the point he mentions about the graphics says it all, if you like imagination (therefore you're likely on the lower end of the bell curve) then of course graphics matter greatly since your mind can only process visceral experiences.
The thing you have to remember about indie games is for every 1 hit that comes out 100 or 1000 failures or games that never gain any real notoriety come out as well. Each year hundreds or thousands of indie games are made and maybe 5, if that are ones that become big names like undertale or minecraft, for every "hollow knight" theres 100 "days before" made so neither AAA nor indie is doing good
This is a bad take. The majority of movies that are released don't become blockbusters. The majority of books that are released don't become notable sellers. The majority of media is average or below average. For the consumer, there are always a ton of options of high quality. I don't see how anything you said makes the state of gaming poor. By your logic, all media is poor.
@@blastimbre please show me where I said the state of gaming was poor because of this? I said they ain't in good spots and can honestly never be in good spots they can just not be failing because it's the truth that hundreds or thousands are made and maybe 5 a year get big, pretty much everyone can tell the gaming industry is in a bad place because most games that come out now fail where they used to at least last a few years with a small dedicated player base or last forever with a cult following, we've got games dying almost literally day 1 rn, those are reasons the gaming industry is in a poor state, companies are so quick to drop support of games now it's wild, indie technically can't do good or bad because they encompass all non AAA games being made
@StarFreighterPilotGothJesus If you say both indie and AAA games are in a bad place. You're pretty much saying gaming is in a bad place. That's why I said that. To counter your point. More games are being made now than ever. Of course, there are more games of low quality. There are still dozens of great releases a year. I don't see how indie is in a bad state. It's literally the opposite.
I find it hilarious that you (or the guy you're quoting) bring up LZ: The Wind Waker at one point in a discussion about graphics. One of my earliest memories of rummaging through online forums, circa 2005, was having to read thread after thread after thread of how bad "Celda" was because of its graphics and how the franchise was doomed if it didn't make another game that was exactly like Ocarina of Time. xD Also, associating PlayStation games with excessive amounts of cinematics. Sony also owns Columbia and TriStar, movie production companies! ^^
While he’s wrong mostly. His right about pokemon somewhat. The games feel like they WANT you to just buy both. Which sucks. Games like Platinum and Emerald, sure. But even the BEST games… like Black/White 2 and Heart Gold/Soul silver still lock out some pokemon or events from you. Heck, DIFFICULTY options were version dependent, and they were bugged and didn’t work as intended. He’s still one of those “My graphics!” People that I can’t fully get behind but for the pkmn section he was spitting… somewhat.
Its obvious he only plays triple A even if he plays only on console like my self there is no excuse given how much more indie and double A games are able to release on consoles.
Meanwhile, we have people who grew up Pokemon still playing it. And then there's the many other games inspired by Pokemon that gain popularity. *cough cough* Palworld.
The moment i started expanding my horizons into multiple game genres instead of just shooters was when i truly began having fun. I dont have a massive amount of time to game these days but the best thing i can say is that i feel alot of the "gaming is dead" people are genuinely just depressed
Blud really used ELDEN RING the game named by many (me included) game of the decade as an example for a bad game and starfield one of imo biggest disappointments in gaming history as an example for a good game other than that i agree with everything he said about Nintendo and pokemon (except of the whole indie games are trash thing)
Yes I 100% believe it. As it's the same way for some people who can't enjoy a game if they genuinely can't connect to character, because of their race or sexuallity.. Like I genuinely feel sad for these people. The same kind of sadness for people who literally don't have an imagination, because they are unable to enjoy reading any fantasy or scifi books, because they literally can't imagine what the world or characters would remotely look like.
Please answer this I tried my hardest to get into ffx but I just can't like when I try to play I just die of boredom yet ppl call it their fav game of all time please am I missing something??? What part of the game makes it fun for u?
@@GJikok Maybe it's turn based combat and/or story isn't for you... the same reason that most battle royal and extraction shooters aren't for me... as I usually prefer my multiplayer games to have no FOMO, no battle passes, no Microtranactions over 5 dollars, no sbmm/eomm, and the ability to play with just AI bots as an possible option. The bots aren't required, I just like them to be in a game so I can still play the game years down the road when the playerbase is dead, or overrun with cheaters/hackers. That's why I hate the latest cod games, but I still play the older ones.
Looks, there is KIND OF a demographic that would always think that if a game doesn’t have a ball or gun in it, it’s automatically lame. You know these people, and these people know who they are. The prosecuted is one of these folks.
Literally the only AAA games worth their salt are fromsoft titles because they actually make it worth their 60 dollars and not the typical 70 dollar micro transaction infested grifts big companies try to spew I stick to AA and indie games because their comparatively more sparse resources and funding forces them to get far more creative and effective with what they have
This is insane to me since the last 3 years my backlog grew with all kinds of games. In that time I got to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3 + DLC, Elden Ring, Zelda TotK, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter World + DLC, Monster Hunter Rise + DLC, Animal Well, Death's Door, TUNIC, Age of Empires 4, Metal Hellsinger and a ton more I can't remember right now. On my wishlist I still got Armored Core VI, Persona 3 Reload, Baldurs Gate 3, Black Myth: Wukong, Ghost of Tsushima, Sonic x Shadow Generations and I wanted to play Shadow of the Erdtree, but then the whole Kingdom Hearts collection dropped on Steam and I'm deep into that right now. And that's just my list with my personal preference, there are a ton of games missing I wanted to play at some point and even more missing which are outside of my prefered genres, but I still would try out if I actually had more time. There are so many great games coming out all year, it's impossible to not find good games to play except if you just don't like games in general anymore.
I used to hate games with bad graphics, I never enjoy them. but here I am now, playing sekiro, on 800 x 700 something resolution windowed because Im using a low end laptop, having the time of my life.
I would rather play a game that offers me entertainment than playing a game 24/7 without sleeping to get that one once in a life time reward as if i was in a job
The fact he has music from toukiden Kiwami playing in the background at one point kind of disproves everything he’s saying, it’s really unlikely he’d know that song without having played a LARGE portion of that game (that track doesn’t play until you beat the base game) and yet, it’s a ps vita game with very dated graphics 🤔
as someone who would consider himself anti-woke I do not agree with the guy at the start of the vid. the game itself may or may not have had a little of that leaning implied in the game. however he either forgot or is missing a very critical detail about why people are anti-woke to begin with. we've noticed it often results in bad writing caused by both a need to force a political message into the plot and/or an incompetent writer. if something were "Woke", written well, and in my realm of interest I would consume it. I have an example of this, I really like the magicians (a TV show on netflix). show is woke as hell and to my understanding the books that the show is based on are just as woke and I really like that show.
i dont really care about graphics i think stylized is better it also make it look less outdated in the next few years the mid 200 a lot of games went you realistic graphics making them outdated within a few years but more stylized ones aged way better im not saying the gamplay isent good but it made them look outdated at least some say so stylized ones like wind waker aged better compaired to twlight princess
Even if DND are not good ( which they are ) you shouldn't make fun of people playing games as long as they aren't saying stupid stuff. I like starfeild and a lot of people don't like this
Yeah some games are just objectively bad like star field if you can find enjoyment go do it if you want(also DND is not good not are not good) which it is good
15:45 - I would generally go by the user score over Critic score, which in this case is still a great score. Too many 'professional' reviewers hand out 9's and 10's like candy on Halloween despite at times there being recognized issues with the games they're scoring as basically perfect games.
You should play forgive me father for background gameplay if you haven’t played it before. It’s a lovecraftian horror game that looks like old doom games
*someone plays a game that has no effect on anyone else
Brain dead redditors: um, yeah gaming's going down the toilet
That's actually more of a You Tube problem tbh.
I have rarely seen any reddit post actually claim that gaming as a whole is dead and if they do there is usually alot of pushback, because it's factually untrue.
Pretty sure it's a bunch of content creators trying to milk the topic whenever one bad game comes out, hence there are so many videos about this.
“Gaming is dead” the only people who say that play cod, 2k, madden, and gta that’s it. If they branched out to play newer and older games they would realize how fun gaming still is.
And you know what, I'm happy that I never like modern Call of Duty, 2K sports, EA Sports, & Grand Theft Auto. Whatever happened to their player base? now in place are idiot fanboys. They are lifeless.
I know, the people who say that "Gaming is dead" are the same people who play these series you listed and don't try anything new. They need to learn that variety is the spice of life. If you just keep playing the same few games over and over again you will eventually get sick of it.
Those four also have the most toxic players as well, not to mention
Xenoblade, Fire Emblem, Mega Man, Super Mario, Trials of Mana, Atelier Ryza, Monster Hunter, Elden Ring, Riftbreaker, Digimon Survive, Mortal Shell - there are so many games nowadays that beat the living crap out of COD, 2K, Madden and whatever else that's popular in the West, it's baffling that they would say gaming general is dead!
They're just not looking at the alternatives because they spent their whole lives playing the exact same few titles and buying them yearly, now they feel trapped in a cycle they can't escape from and branch out to where the quality has always been!
You don't even know where this whole thing begins lmao it's not mainstream players saying it
That guy is the personification of the "Quit Having Fun!" meme
Ah yes. The Classic "Anti-Fun Police". The Beta Folks of the NFS Cops.
"I don't play games that look dated" "I only enjoy playing older games" This guy is talking some straight nonsense!
"i dont play games that look dated"that guy is missing on pure gold
"Wah ... this game is a few years too old" ....
He's probably trolling or doesn't realize his points contradict themselves
@@sanguinetales I think he has dementia.
A literal cave man has better takes than this
"game fun, game good. game not fun, game not good."
-A caveman I interviewed at a local walmart
Rock is hard, rock tool, rock weapon
Rock attack, rock defend
Rock is like cave
Cave protect family
Unga bunga
Heres a tip for those that are saying "gaming isn't fun anymore": Try out a diferent types of games you would not usually play. The reason why you're not having fun is because you play the same types of games over and over again. Diversity is the spice of life as they always say.
I 100% agree with this .
I had never liked turn based battle games because I thought it was boring to wait turns for enemy attacks and it takes forever for a round to end. That changed until I found South Park stick of truth. The game was so addictive and fun I bought the second game (the fractured but whole) and loved it just as much
@@IronShorts950
Epic Battle Fantasy also has a faster paced battle system and it's super fun with fantastic music.
Variety is the spice of life. Diversity is a poison.
@@michaelgum97 not going to watch this guy's video because he sounds full of shit, but it's nice to see ebf being mentioned. Great games since the old days of the flash player.
I played The Messenger one-to-two years ago, I don't play Platformers. I *platinumed* it. One of those trophies requires you to go from the start to the third boss without dying a single time, and another needs you to go through an area basically blindfolded (I didn't do that one legit, but I gave it a good few attempts before I mimicked a video, which still took a while.) It's a REALLY good game.
People are really trying to make ragebait the new meta.
@@TheRealRuddRants Great comment. But I was talking about the guy the video is about.
@@dwaynejackson551 I mean who's the guy that says gaming is dead?
@@TheRealRuddRants The guy in the video Sneaky is talking about?
@@TheRealRuddRants Did you not watch the video?
@@TheRealRuddRants i think you confused the two
with eachother
Oh god...I remember the video this rant focuses on. Bad enough he called Baldur's Gate 3 "woke trash," but the fact that he just shat all over Elden Ring like it was nothing is where I KNEW this guy didn't know what he was talking about.
mentions BG3 being woke and doesn't elaborate.
@@0h_hey944 I assume he's focusing in on the "Body Type A/Body Type B" part, along with how all relationships in the game can be romanced by either sex. While the first is silly (we all know what the body types represent), and the second dull (the romantic relationship in this game are not interesting as, say, the ones in Mass Effect, and only exist to be something you "can do").
Is that enough to call the game "woke"? Maybe, but I don't think it impacts the game as much as it does in a game like Starfield, where every line of dialog has to be "non-binary" in nature, because they want to have pronouns, but don't want to go through the effort of adding voice acting for every option available. Overall, BG3 seems like a fun game, and most people would agree with that.
@@schorltourmaline4521 Love this... commenting on a game you've never even played. Peak UA-cam 2024 😂😂😂
@@S_raB You literally don't have to play a game to know everything about it these days. That's what LPs are for. What on earth are you even blathering about?
I mean I’m not a fan of BG 3 myself but the game is anything but woke
This is the type of dude who would Call a game like Nier replicant 'woke' because it has a gay character, and an intersex character
NieR Replicant is so goated, but even though these are very subtle details, I feel like that would happen.. Oh well, leave the idiots to their dumb opinions and make fun of them for it, right?
What characters are gay and intersex? I only played the game once and that might be the problem since the nier games need to play them multiple times for the full story
@kiranikib42 emil is gay, Kaine is intersex.
@@codman4372wx never knew that. I gotta replay that masterpiece cause if there’s one thing that the nier team gets right it’s ost (on top of the other things they get right but man that ost is just amazing)
Maybe they'd even go as far as calling NieR Automata woke as well because it features a woman as a protagonist, like goddamn, believe it or not I've seen some idiots like that.
22:10 "PlayStation and Xbox don't charge for cloud saves" that is straight up while Xbox doesn't charge Sony DOES. you NEED a PS+ subscription to use the cloud services.
True
pepoul having actully fun in video games
everyone on reddit: gaming is dead microtranactions are good acctully
or yelling at how games are all unplayable broken pieces of shit(which to a certain degree is true) but, look at something like sonic frontiers. game is one of the jankiest games i have ever played, but is so good it straight up brought me back to being a sonic fan(the fact the writing isn't absolute dogshit helps too but that's just part of the game)
People: *Having Fun With a Game*
This Guy: What kinda heresy is this?!
elden is trying to push a message. that message is that triple a games can still be fun and a work of art. also be challenging
I personally found elden ring boring. But I also recognize it's a me problem cause I simply can't stand soulslikes.
@@trashaimgamer7822 Valid opinion. No making up dumb excuses for why you don't like it, no making fun of the people who play it. You just didn't find it enjoyable. Now if only we had more people like you.
@@dimlylit3086 omg ikr
its such an annoyance of mine when people say a game sucks when they didnt like it
@@dimlylit3086 This is why I highly respect fromsoft. They don't try to cater towards my needs. They cater towards their fans. More developers should have that mindest.
@@trashaimgamer7822 soulslike are one of those genres that aren't for everyone. I just happen to be obsessed with RPGs even bad ones like SAO. What kinds of games do you prefer?
"Graphics are as important as gameplay"
"Gaming peaked in the 360 era"
"Elden Ring has bad graphics"
What the fuck lmao
Glad that was picked up on. If he hates games that are below a certain graphical fidelity and he counts Elden ring as below that, the only games that could potentially even fit into his standards only came out this year. So does he hate every old game accross the board now??
This guy just reminds me entirely of the "No, you are NOT a gamer." copypasta it's crazy
Yeah that guy really is the personification of that copypasta so much it’s crazy
Is that fucking Young Defiant? The troll only notable for calling every game bad?
nah its some guy by the name of Imkeys or imkey or something like that lol
Isnt he the same guy to say something suck even when its not even out? If yes then he wildin😂
Gaming is dead? So did all of my older games I still play and the newer ones I enjoy that still make devs money just up and disappear or get outlawed? Nope, they're still here and just fine. If you think gaming is dead, maybe the problem is you and YOU should find a new hobby...
And a new life.
exactly but its an obviously very trending grifft so they gonna milk that shit for all its worth
“Gaming is dead!”
INDIE GAMES!
“But I don’t have money!”
FORTNITE!
“But my computer can’t run it!”
FANGAMES!
“But emulation is piracy!”
THE LITERAL ENTIRE FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN’ CATALOGUE!
“But I don’t like rhythm games!”
FLASH GAMES!*
didnt flash die
"But, uhhhhhhh"
@@someguy73122 "But flash is not supported"
@@Paddylol stepmania is fnf but good, you should have included it instead and well, flash got killed, at least we have ruffle and flashpoint though
You forgot mobile too. I know, I know, it gets memed on by everyone (myself included), but there is literally no reason most phones today can’t run CoD mobile nowadays for free and everyone has a phone these days.
For someone who hates normies, he has the most normie taste in games I've ever seen. He reeks of casual.
Imagine unironically saying "Normie" in Current Year.
@@optiquemusic6204 Imagine having a problem with the term when the people it refers to still exists
@@optiquemusic6204 imagine complaining about someone using a term that is perfectly applicable in anything. I bet you'd have an aneurysm when you see/hear someone say "swag" nowadays lmao
@@optiquemusic6204 OWNED that FUNDIE! That response was BEAST my broski😎
Norm Casul
Style and art direction are WAY better than graphics, there is a good chance he is confusing art direction with graphics like most people.
For example AC4 Black Flag has bad graphics for nowadays but the art direction is very good in my opinion and this makes it look less old, or Batman: Arkham Knight wich has decent graphics but the art direction and the style makes it look better than alot of recent triple-A games.
Graphics can only work will the if the art style can back it up
as an adult getting a big mac is probably still the highlight of my day tbh
He never once mentioned a game he thought was good.
Everyones just trying to be the next AVGN.
Except they forgot the Nerd is meant to be a CHARACTER.
I keep going back and forth. He's so awful and such a dick that he can't possibly think he's funny right? But also... How can he not know what "indie" means? This is all just a troll right?
Ragebait or Absolute Zero F*cking Self Awareness?
His audio hurts my brain. Then again I can’t speak much.
Then again he can barely speak
What is wrong with turn based games
Give them South Park stick of truth or fractured but whole and they will take it back
Nothing. This guy is just weird lol.
Triple A fans think it's lazy for some reason
ITS BAD BECAUSE I SAID SO
Idk. I’ve loved turn based ever since I was younger. To me turn based requires more of a strategy then others
I can’t stand people who shit on those for liking specific games.
No wonder he hates Baldur's gate, the whole point of the game is to cause certain cutscenes through choice or action. I personally enjoy sitting around doing nothing with the characters and just chatting, getting to know each of the people around me.
“Gaming only caters to normies, also graphics are critical to a game being good.”
* slowly holds up mirror *
People say “gaming isn’t fun anymore” and then talk about just Minecraft gta and cod. Maybe the reason it’s not fun is because your only playing like 5 games for the last 10 years non stop
To all you tubers that put gameplay in the background; can you please put the name of the game in the description. I've lost count of the number of times I just ignore the video and start googling and sleuthing to find that game...
"calls bg3 woke garbage" ok so he's one of *those* people
Heck, I've seen people calling Resident Evil 4 Remake "woke garbage", dang even some cool looking indie game I saw back then with some cute anime girl as a protagonist was called "woke" by someone because it features a woman as a protagonist like, what the hell. These people can get as obnoxious as the weirdos on twitter who demand DEI or complain about the lack of it.
@@fanboy1148 They're just searching for a reason to be mad, while also trying to justify they're not so hidden problematic (to say the least) ideologies, if the protagonist is woman and isnt a walking p*rn model its woke, if the protagonist isn't their weird definition of masculinity its woke.
They’ll even see the teeniest tiniest representation of let’s say the LGBT and label the whole product woke
BG3 does have some woke garbage in it but it's still good despite the cringe aspects
I've seen woke garbage, and this isn't that.
I took a 15-year break from gaming, so i came back as an unsuspecting newcomer..
I was dissapointed before i even started back because of the voices screaming this loudly..
That said, i still bought the AAA games that were hated the most and enjoyed the hell out of them. I love the beautiful graphics and good gameplay. I also enjoy AA and small studio games. I have almosr 2,000 games on STEAM accumulated now.
I then started to chalk up social media gamers are toxic babies like most other online cultures.
Go ahead, cross your arms, and whine into the wind - im going to enjoy my life.
Yeah just enjoy the games you want and don’t listen to the people like the guy that’s getting dunked on in the video. And if you know where to look you can find some people that like the games that you do that don’t whine like crazy
2000 games?!
And I thought me having 91 game was alot
@@leosmii I get these games through Fanatical, Humble Bundle, CDKeys and Steam sales.
The first three are thoroughly evaluated and approved for us to use.
The jokes just write themselves, “obsession with graphics”, “Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 are mediocre”, “turn based combat is bad”, and now “indie level trash”. I’ll be honest I’m shocked this guy hates Sony exclusives because these are the exact statements a PlayStation fanboy would make. If it wasn’t for indie and double A studios, people would have quit this hobby a long time ago.
Indie games are really saving the hobby. Triple a releases are so much lower than the good old days of 360 and prior.
But I love gaming so much so, I don't really watch movies or TV shows.
Thank goodness for indie devs.
well he is delusioned and he is maidenless
2:20 Cyberpunk is its own can of worms, because the developers said "it's not ready yet" and the paymasters said "release it anyway" after it had been in Production Hell for months. Sure enough, half a year after launch, it ran just fine for me with no issues on my mediocre PC.
I remember I used to be that person that called gaming dead but when Elden ring(my first time playing a souls like) came out it changed my perspective on gaming as a whole
As an avid fan of takes, this take is, you could say, lacking a certain type of luster
There’s also the case where games that launch in an unfinished, unoptimized, buggy state can make a complete transformation into something actually worth playing and, in fact, amazing games (Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, etc).
26:57 In the words of Ron Swanson, "Never Half-ass two things, Whole-ass one thing."
I hadn't even thought about that. '23 was actually a pretty fire year for games. Huh.
well, he got a point. ONE point, to be clear. if you make your game for everyone you make a Game for noone. you sould have a target audiance that is not too broad, so you can make a product that fits the needs and wants of this specific audiance better. for example, Fromsoftware didnt make AC6 with the idea in mind, that it would be the "next big game" because they knew that the target audiance for the game is relatively small. but the people who do like AC-games like AC6 and Fromsoft made a profit of it. they made a game which was for a small group and the group absolutely loved it. and i think thats how games should be made: very good for the small group its for and not okay for everyone.
I legit can't understand, some words this guy is saying over the loud God of War 3 music.
Same with the Pokémon section. Is poor audio editing a form of rage-bait?
I think the point he mentions about the graphics says it all, if you like imagination (therefore you're likely on the lower end of the bell curve) then of course graphics matter greatly since your mind can only process visceral experiences.
“Elden ring proves gaming is still alive.”
*Battle against a true hero starts playing.*
Perfect.
Man I’ve been cosplaying as Sepheroth in Elden Ring pvp with the giant katana best fun I’ve had
The thing you have to remember about indie games is for every 1 hit that comes out 100 or 1000 failures or games that never gain any real notoriety come out as well. Each year hundreds or thousands of indie games are made and maybe 5, if that are ones that become big names like undertale or minecraft, for every "hollow knight" theres 100 "days before" made so neither AAA nor indie is doing good
This is a bad take. The majority of movies that are released don't become blockbusters. The majority of books that are released don't become notable sellers. The majority of media is average or below average. For the consumer, there are always a ton of options of high quality. I don't see how anything you said makes the state of gaming poor. By your logic, all media is poor.
@@blastimbre please show me where I said the state of gaming was poor because of this? I said they ain't in good spots and can honestly never be in good spots they can just not be failing because it's the truth that hundreds or thousands are made and maybe 5 a year get big, pretty much everyone can tell the gaming industry is in a bad place because most games that come out now fail where they used to at least last a few years with a small dedicated player base or last forever with a cult following, we've got games dying almost literally day 1 rn, those are reasons the gaming industry is in a poor state, companies are so quick to drop support of games now it's wild, indie technically can't do good or bad because they encompass all non AAA games being made
@StarFreighterPilotGothJesus If you say both indie and AAA games are in a bad place. You're pretty much saying gaming is in a bad place. That's why I said that.
To counter your point. More games are being made now than ever. Of course, there are more games of low quality. There are still dozens of great releases a year. I don't see how indie is in a bad state. It's literally the opposite.
25:20 LITERALLY JUST YESTERDAY I crushed armies for fun in AC6. additionally, ALL OF GOD FO WAR AND DOOM FRANCHISES.
Also, another thing different about Pokemon releases is that each version has their own specific Pokèmon.
Look, Elden Ring might not be the masterpiece a lot presented it as, but it sure as Hell ain’t mediocre. This guy is NUTS 🥜
As a "kid who rode the short bus" I never really liked Pokemon, but I can see why people love it.
Yeah I’m special needs kid too, I’m not a fan of Pokémon but I have friends without disabilities who like it
I adore older games. Chrono Trigger is amazing. Silent Hill (OG PS1) still creeps me out more than most modern horror.
I find it hilarious that you (or the guy you're quoting) bring up LZ: The Wind Waker at one point in a discussion about graphics. One of my earliest memories of rummaging through online forums, circa 2005, was having to read thread after thread after thread of how bad "Celda" was because of its graphics and how the franchise was doomed if it didn't make another game that was exactly like Ocarina of Time. xD
Also, associating PlayStation games with excessive amounts of cinematics. Sony also owns Columbia and TriStar, movie production companies! ^^
While he’s wrong mostly.
His right about pokemon somewhat.
The games feel like they WANT you to just buy both.
Which sucks.
Games like Platinum and Emerald, sure.
But even the BEST games… like Black/White 2 and Heart Gold/Soul silver still lock out some pokemon or events from you.
Heck, DIFFICULTY options were version dependent, and they were bugged and didn’t work as intended.
He’s still one of those “My graphics!” People that I can’t fully get behind but for the pkmn section he was spitting… somewhat.
Yeah the pokemon stuff was his only good takes, and even then he had some awful ones.
"A broken clock is right twice a day" type of thing
Listening to this guy you’re doing a commentary over is definitely the type of person I actively avoid talking with unless I’m FORCED to.
Its obvious he only plays triple A even if he plays only on console like my self there is no excuse given how much more indie and double A games are able to release on consoles.
"We dont get power fantasy games anymore"
Guess devil may cry dosent exist lmao
"Pokemon is for kids who rode the short bus" WTF!? 😂
Meanwhile, we have people who grew up Pokemon still playing it. And then there's the many other games inspired by Pokemon that gain popularity. *cough cough* Palworld.
I was bullied for liking Pokémon in middle school by the same kids I was excluded from their Pokémon convos…
@@topaz3452 Sorry you had to go through that. Hope your doing better now.
@@topaz3452 Damn. That’s sad.
Not really a fan of pokemon, but dissing like 60% of kids because you don’t like a game is man child behaviour
Peter didn't permanently retire, he's just taking a break
The moment i started expanding my horizons into multiple game genres instead of just shooters was when i truly began having fun. I dont have a massive amount of time to game these days but the best thing i can say is that i feel alot of the "gaming is dead" people are genuinely just depressed
Gaming isn't dead. sometimes I wish yelling loudly was though.
Worst take ever???
ALSO DID DUDE CALL ELDEN RINGS MEDIOCRE?
it is mediocre tbh. It's open world DS3
@ac300 so? ds3 was good
@@sneakycacti mediocrity lovers
@@ac300bitch where?
@@ac300 couldnt get past margit huh?
7:34 It's now the opposite for me. Games with good graphics will make me skeptical about a game because how much is it gonna lag and crash on me?
What game are you playing in the background?
If the game is good I’d like to support it
Prodeus. It is very good!
Blud really used ELDEN RING the game named by many (me included) game of the decade as an example for a bad game and starfield one of imo biggest disappointments in gaming history as an example for a good game other than that i agree with everything he said about Nintendo and pokemon (except of the whole indie games are trash thing)
If Graphics is King...
Why are Text-Based Games like Visual Novels with RPG Game Mechanics still Selling...?
Ok there's no way that he thinks that graphics = good, I mean look at games like final fantasy x.
Yes I 100% believe it.
As it's the same way for some people who can't enjoy a game if they genuinely can't connect to character, because of their race or sexuallity..
Like I genuinely feel sad for these people. The same kind of sadness for people who literally don't have an imagination, because they are unable to enjoy reading any fantasy or scifi books, because they literally can't imagine what the world or characters would remotely look like.
Please answer this I tried my hardest to get into ffx but I just can't like when I try to play I just die of boredom yet ppl call it their fav game of all time please am I missing something??? What part of the game makes it fun for u?
@@GJikok
Maybe it's turn based combat and/or story isn't for you... the same reason that most battle royal and extraction shooters aren't for me...
as I usually prefer my multiplayer games to have no FOMO, no battle passes, no Microtranactions over 5 dollars, no sbmm/eomm, and the ability to play with just AI bots as an possible option. The bots aren't required, I just like them to be in a game so I can still play the game years down the road when the playerbase is dead, or overrun with cheaters/hackers. That's why I hate the latest cod games, but I still play the older ones.
This guy is the personification of a toxic gamer his entire criticism can be boiled down to
"I don't like it therefore it's bad"
Hogwarts legacy being listed as a “great game of 2023” is a huge stretch
15:04 As long as the short bus kids, remember.
Looks, there is KIND OF a demographic that would always think that if a game doesn’t have a ball or gun in it, it’s automatically lame. You know these people, and these people know who they are. The prosecuted is one of these folks.
Literally the only AAA games worth their salt are fromsoft titles because they actually make it worth their 60 dollars and not the typical 70 dollar micro transaction infested grifts big companies try to spew
I stick to AA and indie games because their comparatively more sparse resources and funding forces them to get far more creative and effective with what they have
This is insane to me since the last 3 years my backlog grew with all kinds of games. In that time I got to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3 + DLC, Elden Ring, Zelda TotK, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter World + DLC, Monster Hunter Rise + DLC, Animal Well, Death's Door, TUNIC, Age of Empires 4, Metal Hellsinger and a ton more I can't remember right now.
On my wishlist I still got Armored Core VI, Persona 3 Reload, Baldurs Gate 3, Black Myth: Wukong, Ghost of Tsushima, Sonic x Shadow Generations and I wanted to play Shadow of the Erdtree, but then the whole Kingdom Hearts collection dropped on Steam and I'm deep into that right now.
And that's just my list with my personal preference, there are a ton of games missing I wanted to play at some point and even more missing which are outside of my prefered genres, but I still would try out if I actually had more time.
There are so many great games coming out all year, it's impossible to not find good games to play except if you just don't like games in general anymore.
14:57 doesn’t Zelda count as puzzle game or no? genuine question
Zelda is considered action adventure.
I guess they just wanted an interactive movie than
i think that already exists
Does he even list any of these games he thinks are 'good games' in his video?
Its the audio more then anything that takes up massive download space texture files dont take near as much space as a lot of people think
Oh no a company just wants to make money?!?! How absurd!
"Indie games bad" *coughs in Ultrakill, Trepang, insert more here*
Him saying Pokémon is "gay furry bait" is hilarious because nothing in Pokémon wouldn't really appeal to furries
Lopunny
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 the mega evolution on that thing is cursed
Were you not around for the Gardivuar era?
@@ThisisKyle I'm more of a gen 2 and 3 fan.
Lets see, Lopunny, Inceneroar, Urshifu etc
“Normies are ruining games”
“I only play games with good graphics”
I used to hate games with bad graphics, I never enjoy them. but here I am now, playing sekiro, on 800 x 700 something resolution windowed because Im using a low end laptop, having the time of my life.
You also can catch all the Pokemon with both Pokemon games either. Not that you really need all of them.
The sheer fact the guy says that graphics are the main thing just makes him one of the "normies" he hates so much
Pokémon did have great graphics on handheld.
Black and white series looked beautiful.
Emerald looks amazing on GBA.
I would rather play a game that offers me entertainment than playing a game 24/7 without sleeping to get that one once in a life time reward as if i was in a job
The fact he has music from toukiden Kiwami playing in the background at one point kind of disproves everything he’s saying, it’s really unlikely he’d know that song without having played a LARGE portion of that game (that track doesn’t play until you beat the base game) and yet, it’s a ps vita game with very dated graphics 🤔
as someone who would consider himself anti-woke I do not agree with the guy at the start of the vid. the game itself may or may not have had a little of that leaning implied in the game. however he either forgot or is missing a very critical detail about why people are anti-woke to begin with. we've noticed it often results in bad writing caused by both a need to force a political message into the plot and/or an incompetent writer. if something were "Woke", written well, and in my realm of interest I would consume it. I have an example of this, I really like the magicians (a TV show on netflix). show is woke as hell and to my understanding the books that the show is based on are just as woke and I really like that show.
Ay man what’s that game you playin in the background? Looks like ultrakill meets doom! Looks fun asf.
There is a game called Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead that is community made and is free, no microtransactions.
Laughs while playing Battle Engine Aquila on min settings on a netbook I've been restoring as a cheap tinker project
i dont really care about graphics i think stylized is better it also make it look less outdated in the next few years the mid 200 a lot of games went you realistic graphics making them outdated within a few years but more stylized ones aged way better im not saying the gamplay isent good but it made them look outdated at least some say so stylized ones like wind waker aged better compaired to twlight princess
Baldurs gate would've been tuff if it wasn't turn based but I get it is based on dungeons and dragons so is what it is
27:35 If you mean the villain team, then no, that's exclusive to Ruby and Sapphire and their remakes.
Even if DND are not good ( which they are ) you shouldn't make fun of people playing games as long as they aren't saying stupid stuff. I like starfeild and a lot of people don't like this
Yeah some games are just objectively bad like star field if you can find enjoyment go do it if you want(also DND is not good not are not good) which it is good
"Indie level trash" "indie slop"
Yep, he's a lost cause.
15:45 - I would generally go by the user score over Critic score, which in this case is still a great score. Too many 'professional' reviewers hand out 9's and 10's like candy on Halloween despite at times there being recognized issues with the games they're scoring as basically perfect games.
The first clip already has me dying
You should play forgive me father for background gameplay if you haven’t played it before. It’s a lovecraftian horror game that looks like old doom games
BG3 is not for everyone
Elden Ring or souls game is not for everyone
but those are an amazing games