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  • Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
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    The latest games in the Worst Game On Steam series by far are genuinely the worst. School Trip, Mega Zombie Explosion, World of Barn and Murder of the Bear Lake are just a few of the many examples on steam, of lazy developers hiking up the price just to sell for even more than it's worth on a big discount.
    These games were made by Ready to Play and the Worst Game On Steam series usually looks at games that at least show some kind of effort. But School Trip, Mega Zombie Explosion, World of Barn and Murder of the Bear Lake have clearly been made without any real effort, care or passion. They simply are just games, engineered to trick you into buying out of curiosity with either fake reviews (can't verify this) or reviews from friends.
    It's a rare case and thankfully not too many people fall for it. I hope you don't either!
    0:00 Intro
    0:36 School Trip
    9:41 Mega Zombie Explosion
    16:40 World of Barn
    24:00 Murder of the Bear Lake
    29:36 My Thoughts
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    I'm WickedWiz from the What Went Wrong series coming at you with some of the most cursed indie games on Steam. This new series is for games that are so bad, that they're actually good. Worst Game On Steam, is a question that hopefully turns out to be false each time. These are games that won't fit the longer form What Went Wrong videos.
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  • @ApoLk_
    @ApoLk_ 10 місяців тому +1162

    _Oh no! It seems I've been a victim of a horrible accident! Better find a nearby cave!_

    • @alienigga
      @alienigga 10 місяців тому +28

      That's exactly what I'd do

    • @roycrownguard
      @roycrownguard 7 місяців тому +40

      I was like wtf too like THE POLICE ARE RIGHT THERE why dont you ask them for help??

    • @brandonsutton7474
      @brandonsutton7474 7 місяців тому +24

      It was the cops, you just can't trust em nowadays 😂 no matter what situation

    • @OGbrundle
      @OGbrundle 4 місяці тому +5

      Oh look there's the police, I better go to this cave... Smart kid

    • @Koldyuki
      @Koldyuki 4 місяці тому

      Thats how batman came to be

  • @ShogunRyuusha
    @ShogunRyuusha 10 місяців тому +790

    Wounded child: Approaches, limping and afraid.
    Winston: I'll help you if you help me. Go out into the forest and find a gas can. Oh, right, the key is behind a rock on the other side of the forest.

    • @alfsleftnut9224
      @alfsleftnut9224 10 місяців тому +81

      Also, who's bank account did the money for the gas come from? Presumably from the player characters bank account because Winston never gave you any account details

    • @masterbaiter6969
      @masterbaiter6969 9 місяців тому +88

      @@alfsleftnut9224 So winston basically scammed a kid for fuel money... 10/10 plot

    • @brandonwithnell612
      @brandonwithnell612 7 місяців тому +23

      @@masterbaiter6969 honestly surprised he actually took him to school and didnt just kidnap or murder them

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents 5 місяців тому +11

      He must of just been in a good mood as there's only one reason to live like that in the forest and create reasons for people to enter an abandoned shipping crate in the middle of nowhere.
      He later stopped in the middle of nowhere and got his axe out.
      He definitely considered murder several times

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents 5 місяців тому +6

      Especially as the gas can was empty as you had to buy him gas anyway , so it was just a trick to consider murder. Unless it was to grab the empty can so you can pay for filling the car and the can too for him

  • @zulubunsen9067
    @zulubunsen9067 10 місяців тому +1720

    "You've got two variants of skeletons: the stabby ones and the magic shooty ones." So there are both British and American versions?

  • @batsardmoray3580
    @batsardmoray3580 10 місяців тому +1112

    i felt genuinely scared when winston said he would take the player to school and then it cut to an open field with winston standing there with an axe. i thought it was going to turn into a horror game suddenly

    • @thunderfire741
      @thunderfire741 10 місяців тому +117

      Would make it much better than it is

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 10 місяців тому +90

      My brain is still broken at why the police were shown there for the accident if the main character instead just goes off into the woods. Sounds like it would've made a bit more sense to have removed the cars, thus giving a reason for seeking help elsewhere. But that's me asking a lot for a game that had almost zero effort put into it 😂

    • @stormdavidson8485
      @stormdavidson8485 9 місяців тому +44

      ​@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValleyliterally decides to wander off into the forest to find help and go back to school after being jn an accident instead of going with the police to the hospital and then home 💀

    • @bruschetta7711
      @bruschetta7711 8 місяців тому +33

      Every instance of it sounds like it could turn into a horror, but no, it's just him being so bad at making the game that it makes everything so suspicious

    • @brandonwithnell612
      @brandonwithnell612 7 місяців тому +26

      the biggest plot twist was that winston actually took him to school

  • @nicholasdelaney1407
    @nicholasdelaney1407 10 місяців тому +2561

    By the way, FUN FACT! that character Winston you met in this game was just another character model from another game called: Angry Neighbour. Which goes to show how lazy the people who made this game were...

    • @williampalmer8052
      @williampalmer8052 10 місяців тому +515

      He's a free asset from the Unity Store. They didn't even change his name. Hopefully, whoever made "Angry Neighbour" at least came up with a new name for him.

    • @nyanyania
      @nyanyania 10 місяців тому +245

      im almost 100% sure the model is just a free or really cheap asset bc angry neighbor is on par with the quality of these

    • @nicholasdelaney1407
      @nicholasdelaney1407 10 місяців тому +164

      Another fun fact! Angry Neighbour is a Hello Neighbour rip-off...

    • @Beepers559
      @Beepers559 10 місяців тому +48

      I knew that character looked familiar! Sheesh that brought back memories

    • @Lewdie.
      @Lewdie. 10 місяців тому +28

      vinesauce joel

  • @Goob_Alert
    @Goob_Alert 10 місяців тому +2499

    The RPG was the worst part. Almost everything was already made and they still found a way to make it horrible.

    • @dustgraystone9448
      @dustgraystone9448 10 місяців тому +70

      I mean, at least that one was actually playable. And it looked like it could be fun for certain people. Maybe.

    • @Goob_Alert
      @Goob_Alert 10 місяців тому +145

      @@dustgraystone9448 Yeah it is playable, but they were able to sell a game on steam for 0 effort. Practically everything was premade.

    • @dustgraystone9448
      @dustgraystone9448 10 місяців тому +28

      @@Goob_Alert I won't argue that. It just gave me a little smile that Wizard was having some fun from the game.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 10 місяців тому +30

      Imagine the amount of people having great ideas at home, being held back by their inability to code. For those people these editors are perfect. But it also invites the bad crowd.

    • @Warrior9645
      @Warrior9645 10 місяців тому +10

      @@Goob_Alert Most of the assets, if not all were premade. Probably the only things not premade was some of the basic missions, dialogue and the loading sequence of the scenes. Not even the materials or textures where altered in any way.

  • @ShadowyCookies
    @ShadowyCookies 10 місяців тому +2161

    Hearing him calling Steam a dumpster just immediately reminded me of iron pineapples "Steam Dumpster Diving"

    • @wicked_wizard
      @wicked_wizard  10 місяців тому +653

      Big fan of the dude, always watching his stuff on a rainy day

    • @EatsBread
      @EatsBread 10 місяців тому +111

      ​@@wicked_wizardyou doing this is filling the voids between Iron Pineapple's steam dumpster diving. I hope full time youtubing is going well Wiz! Love your content

    • @damiencouturee6240
      @damiencouturee6240 10 місяців тому +23

      Metal fruit! Metal fruit!

    • @korosheht5446
      @korosheht5446 10 місяців тому +34

      " i played nine more souls likes that you probably never heard of "

    • @solaireofastora5999
      @solaireofastora5999 10 місяців тому +19

      @@wicked_wizard but it's always raining

  • @BENOTAFRAID689
    @BENOTAFRAID689 10 місяців тому +253

    "I need help, that crash was insane!"
    > Invisible wall between player and police cruisers, forced to walk in the opposite direction.

    • @ysanne7550
      @ysanne7550 Місяць тому +5

      They actually write the word chrash

  • @jamesmillerjo
    @jamesmillerjo 10 місяців тому +523

    An elementary school kid can make silly game, but he should not sell it for money.

    • @ninjab33z
      @ninjab33z 10 місяців тому +88

      i don't think a kid that young would understand and utilise the predatory pricing this person is

    • @jamesmillerjo
      @jamesmillerjo 10 місяців тому +27

      ​@@ninjab33z Yeah, that analogy might meant be interpreted to that someone who makes that level of game cannot have the cognitive ability above elementary schooler.

    • @bzipoli
      @bzipoli 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@ninjab33zsomeone else might gave the idea on pricing (or put on steam)

    • @dieyng
      @dieyng 10 місяців тому +31

      Pretty sure that is an adult with absolutely no skill or scruples. The pricing kind of hints at that.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 10 місяців тому +6

      I've been dicking around with RPG Maker for like 15 years, but I would never get the idea to release or even sell that stuff-

  • @Rymdpandan
    @Rymdpandan 10 місяців тому +820

    Why would you put police cars out of reach and then tell the player to go find help? The help is right over there!

    • @dmd8552
      @dmd8552 10 місяців тому +221

      It's political commentary, the player's character is black.

    • @KirbyUber
      @KirbyUber 10 місяців тому +86

      I thought the same thing XD Here's the plot twist, the police are the ones who caused the crash to silence someone on the bus! Winston is the legend that gets you out of this government hit/cover-up, you were on the run the entire time! haha.

    • @squidddinator
      @squidddinator 10 місяців тому +52

      ah you see that's because the police don't help 🖤

    • @10011110011
      @10011110011 10 місяців тому +35

      Kid caused the accidentes

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 10 місяців тому +5

      ​@@10011110011Yea but they're Police...

  • @ferasabdallah7655
    @ferasabdallah7655 10 місяців тому +348

    The weird character in the first game is actually a default character that you get from a software called character creator 3, how lazy do you have to be to not take 3 minutes to change some sliders and make a new character design.

    • @WyrdSimi
      @WyrdSimi 10 місяців тому +31

      I was wondering, I was like I've seen that model... somewhere before. I knew someone in the comments would have it

    • @kaitlando636
      @kaitlando636 10 місяців тому +2

      He did look familiar. I wasn't sure where from though lol

    • @legendofliam11
      @legendofliam11 10 місяців тому +3

      And the entirety of the last game was stuff used in a different game so that's really lazy

    • @Booba69698
      @Booba69698 7 місяців тому

      It was made by like 10 years old. That is what happens when you say programming is easy and taught it to a child.

    • @Ilikelittlekids911
      @Ilikelittlekids911 Місяць тому

      ​@@WyrdSimithat model was in the game angry neighbor i think.

  • @LazarheaD
    @LazarheaD 10 місяців тому +585

    Can Valve stop letting 10 year olds put their garbage on their service?

    • @jcohasset23
      @jcohasset23 10 місяців тому +98

      Considering Steam has been doing so since at least 2014 and 2015 I think it's pretty safe to say that Valve takes a pretty hands-off approach. Granted with them often getting some 30 new games every day Valve has built a monster that is nearly impossible to police, especially with games that are in "early access".

    • @iloveanothermanswives4278
      @iloveanothermanswives4278 10 місяців тому +122

      If Steam really does that, majority of AAA games nowadays would not be there.

    • @logan_wolf
      @logan_wolf 10 місяців тому +33

      @@iloveanothermanswives4278 Wazing! Bam! Gottem!

    • @marcelosoares7148
      @marcelosoares7148 10 місяців тому +26

      They killed Steam Greenlight so now they're getting money for these games, a better quality control is not happening anytime soon

    • @Kaluguin
      @Kaluguin 10 місяців тому +31

      Thanks to everyone who complained about Valve not letting them coom with their hentai games we now have masterpieces like this.

  • @purpleguy319
    @purpleguy319 10 місяців тому +191

    After so much online horror, the fact the child got to school alright was very surprising.

  • @Squidsabyss
    @Squidsabyss 10 місяців тому +190

    Hi, the reason the skeletons just sink into the ground like that when they die is because the bones are not set up correctly on their death animation, so when they try to do the death animation they just sorta do *that* instead
    Also, a lot of the models used are from synty studios, theyre pretty good for low poly backs but also are aware of the previous problem (they do not have 5 fingers but rather a bit of a mitten hand) so they also tell you how to make sure the avatars are set up for proper animations
    also also, the popping in is an unbelievably easy fix by adding different LOD groups, since the skybox is the unity default its safe to say its developed in unity, which allows the use of LOD groups, there is no code involved and a checkmark that allows "crossfading" instead of just popping in
    Many of these games could very easily be made so much better if he did like even a second of talking to anyone in game dev space, but as is clearly the case, the dude doesnt care

    • @jiejiii
      @jiejiii 10 місяців тому +1

      I was gonna say something like that but you did it perfectly

    • @cvabds
      @cvabds 10 місяців тому

      But who?

    • @comix2624
      @comix2624 Місяць тому

      ​@@cvabdswhen it comes to software tips, creation advice, etc. Newgrounds is the first place to come to mind! The site has a forum **dedicated** to topics such as either hiring people, enlisting for passion projects, or just asking a question and getting some pointers! One thing about creative interests is most people are more than eager to talk about their passions and point beginners in the right direction! It may not be AAA dev grade, but online forums or platform groups with an art presence can usually at least tell you how to rig a skeleton or use your shaders.

    • @joeyrinard6997
      @joeyrinard6997 17 днів тому

      Or he tried to ask them but they wanted bunch of money 🤑💰 for info

    • @Squidsabyss
      @Squidsabyss 17 днів тому

      @@joeyrinard6997 There's an awful lot of both communities and widely available information on the topic of developing games. I don't believe he tried in any meaningful way.

  • @Jackdaniels-bi4hg
    @Jackdaniels-bi4hg 10 місяців тому +197

    The first game easily could have been a pretty interesting horror game due to how unsettling the whole vibe was

  • @BsKHacker
    @BsKHacker 10 місяців тому +84

    The first game almost feels like a horror game. Now i want to make a horror game that's a bad game in disguise.

  • @LiilYogurt
    @LiilYogurt 10 місяців тому +399

    I love all the people who commented before actually watching the first minute of the video. He bought the games on sale for 6 pounds, 200 is what they're listed for when not on sale

    • @purestench9263
      @purestench9263 10 місяців тому +5

      Too late

    • @the_birthday_skeleton
      @the_birthday_skeleton 10 місяців тому +43

      _6lbs? Jesus. You can buy like 6 things at Lbland with that kind of wonga._

    • @TrianglePants
      @TrianglePants 10 місяців тому +2

      That...might as well be a fake sale...

    • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
      @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy 10 місяців тому +4

      @@TrianglePants Just like every price out there, a AAA game is announced they place a 100 euros price, few days later it's 80 then 60 then next thing you know the game comes out next to nobody bought it and they drop it down to like 5 dollars. The Resident Evil 2 Remake had a 90% off the 1st day it was published, the only reason why it sold 100k copies. Later the publisher uses those fake sale numbers to rub it into the investors money, see you investment is in good hands ... it isn't. On to milk the next garbage.
      So these vaporvawe games and AAA titles are not any different, you have to be insane to pay 5 euros let alone 100-80-60 plus dlc and other garbage they ask money for ...

    • @pyroflare7774
      @pyroflare7774 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@the_birthday_skeletontf is a wonga?

  • @Pipkiablo
    @Pipkiablo 10 місяців тому +73

    I think the true twist ending of the first one was that it's about a lazy but well meaning guy who genuinely planned to help a kid lost in the woods find his way to school and not some survival horror game about a kid wandering away in a daze after surviving a bus crash and then getting abducted by a crazy old hermit in the woods who keeps him hostage in a steel storage crate behind his house.

  • @cassieisnothere
    @cassieisnothere 10 місяців тому +37

    Winston literally send an injured child walking through the whole forest before even beginning to help

  • @glynn4216
    @glynn4216 10 місяців тому +220

    I love how Wiz turned the key bit in the first game into a horror game by adding the rising strings and the desperation in his voice. Love the videos

  • @benedicthargision828
    @benedicthargision828 10 місяців тому +107

    I think the first game makes more sense as a crazy story a kid is telling his teacher to explain why he's late to school.

    • @d_mb
      @d_mb 4 місяці тому +6

      Actually kind of an interesting take on that weird shitt

  • @RazeRRedux
    @RazeRRedux 10 місяців тому +34

    the last game had such bad grammar and spelling it honestly started feeling like satire

    • @CainXVII
      @CainXVII 10 місяців тому

      I wondered if it was written by a 9-year-old that didn't speak a lot of English. It hurt to read

    • @derekrequiem4359
      @derekrequiem4359 3 місяці тому +3

      You: Bye
      Man: Bye

  • @norielgames4765
    @norielgames4765 8 місяців тому +24

    I went to a game development course and these games are literally the kind of stuff we'd make in a couple of hours.

  • @SewerTapes
    @SewerTapes 10 місяців тому +31

    Wait, what? You can just throw together free assets, call it a game, and people will pay money for it on Steam?

  • @janbiaas6650
    @janbiaas6650 10 місяців тому +19

    2:55 I remember this asset being in a crappy mobile fake Hello Neighbor game that got removed from Appstore and Google Play like 4 years ago

    • @nonsense-me
      @nonsense-me 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah

    • @janbiaas6650
      @janbiaas6650 10 місяців тому +1

      I remember now it was called "Big fat neighbor"

    • @nonsense-me
      @nonsense-me 10 місяців тому +1

      @@janbiaas6650 lol

    • @nonsense-me
      @nonsense-me 10 місяців тому +1

      @@janbiaas6650 and in "Angry Neighbor"

  • @11viewer77
    @11viewer77 10 місяців тому +112

    It would be hilarious if the first game would have a secret ending, and you could achieve it by just walking to the police cars in the beginning. The game would be over in under five seconds *XD*

  • @Rfanq
    @Rfanq 10 місяців тому +11

    Always remember: if you find yourself in an emergency, do not approach emergency services. Go run errands for random people in the woods instead!!

  • @fignunu9656
    @fignunu9656 10 місяців тому +41

    The last game was truly the greatest mystery of all time.

  • @thefischdeo
    @thefischdeo 10 місяців тому +94

    Four -asset flips- games in one video? Let me quickly go grap some popcorn and get comfortable.
    Bye

  • @requiemagent3014
    @requiemagent3014 10 місяців тому +75

    200 pounds? Jesus. You can buy the collectors edition of Space Marine 2 for that kind of money.

    • @davisvoelzke8011
      @davisvoelzke8011 10 місяців тому +3

      6 dollars actually

    • @0008loser
      @0008loser 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@davisvoelzke8011 yes but that's if they are on sale

    • @felicityc
      @felicityc 10 місяців тому +4

      you could buy a third of the dlc for a paradox game!!!

    • @chihaialex
      @chihaialex 10 місяців тому

      @@davisvoelzke8011actually 132 pounds or 166 dollars

  • @DeeGeeG
    @DeeGeeG 10 місяців тому +35

    Wild how the RPG basically already had all the assets and coding done for you and they still messed it up

  • @Shyiev
    @Shyiev 10 місяців тому +55

    The correct question to ask yourself is not "Is it worth the price?". the right question is: "is it worth the trauma?".
    "Okay, but i warned you."

    • @dustgraystone9448
      @dustgraystone9448 10 місяців тому +7

      "Bye"

    • @Shyiev
      @Shyiev 10 місяців тому +5

      @@dustgraystone9448 "bye"

    • @ivy_v69
      @ivy_v69 7 місяців тому

      ​@@dustgraystone9448"Bye"

  • @amirulhakim6899
    @amirulhakim6899 10 місяців тому +30

    you know i've seen a screenshot of a guy buying something online and he found out that the thing was fake. then he gave a review saying it was fake. the seller replied: "hehe"
    i think if you ask the dev of these games, they would probably say the same thing as well.
    hehe

  • @AmeliaDoesYT
    @AmeliaDoesYT 10 місяців тому +13

    13:52 , this is one of those unity coding errors that doesn’t reset your downwards velocity from gravity when you’re on the ground, so it just keeps getting higher. Literally every beginners unity tutorial for movement brings it up and shows how to fix it. The fact that it’s there just makes this game so much better

  • @oceandude5
    @oceandude5 10 місяців тому +61

    All of the character models for Murder of the Bear Lake come from another game called perfect Heist. When I saw them I actually googled to try and remember where I knew them from because the second I saw them I said to myself: "Hmm I know those models." It's actually sad how little effort was put into all of these games.

    • @MrS4TURN9
      @MrS4TURN9 10 місяців тому +28

      It's the Polygon Heist asset pack by Synty. Gets used a lot.

    • @RusticRonnie
      @RusticRonnie 10 місяців тому +1

      Its one of the most common asset packs. Its a set that if you buy all of them you end up with like 1400 characters

    • @thegreenberretwearingbrony9678
      @thegreenberretwearingbrony9678 10 місяців тому +2

      I saw these guys in the Walking Zombie 2

    • @Keftyable
      @Keftyable 7 місяців тому

      I was wondering where i know them from, thanks bud

    • @bogeymanbear
      @bogeymanbear 4 місяці тому

      @@thegreenberretwearingbrony9678yeah those character assets are in a lot of games

  • @rottennugget8197
    @rottennugget8197 10 місяців тому +48

    The thing is, the person who has put the games on steam had to pay 100$ for each game

    • @Booba69698
      @Booba69698 7 місяців тому

      Really? Damn, he must have pretty confident in his games or must be a spoiled rich kid😂

  • @darrinfromvault801
    @darrinfromvault801 10 місяців тому +12

    I live 3 hours from Bear Lake and will let everyone know if I see any weird badly designed shit happen like in the game

  • @wolfman1773
    @wolfman1773 10 місяців тому +22

    Imagine spending about 400 to 600 on Unity assets to get that money back

    • @DragoEliteN
      @DragoEliteN 10 місяців тому +3

      Kid haven't spend a penny, they wasn't bored spending 5min in any asset editor for simplest of models. So they just pirated them. I'm absolutely sure.

  • @Tehgon
    @Tehgon 10 місяців тому +52

    Games like these inspire me to try and make a game it clearly takes little to no skill and if I'm lucky a youtuber will buy it just to show off how bad it is.

    • @qv43v
      @qv43v 10 місяців тому +5

      I honestly think a kid made these

    • @khlobbia
      @khlobbia 10 місяців тому +1

      @@qv43v You can already tell from all the spelling errors. The kid just downloaded some templates and changed around a few sliders

    • @roseedge5626
      @roseedge5626 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@qv43vIt was most likely some Chinese company looking for money.

  • @wvu9787
    @wvu9787 10 місяців тому +22

    I think old Winston is beyond help 😂

  • @korosheht5446
    @korosheht5446 10 місяців тому +14

    This is peak gaming but the world isn't sophisticated enough to understand it yet

  • @nikob5215
    @nikob5215 10 місяців тому +3

    The first one got me hooked though: a wounded child after a bus crash running AWAY from the police cars? And then it just tries to get to school as if nothing happened? This kid is definitely responsible for whatever happened on that bus.
    Sure it COULD be just be a nonsense-plot and it definitely is

  • @DEV42_-gh8gl
    @DEV42_-gh8gl 10 місяців тому +4

    "im hurting i need find help! that bus chrash was insane"
    -2023 best video game on steam

  • @BSideWasTaken
    @BSideWasTaken 10 місяців тому +10

    Not much you can't achieve with Unreal Studio and your mum's credit card on the asset shop in an afternoon, seemingly.

  • @sienihemmo
    @sienihemmo 5 місяців тому +1

    29:51 I know the video is 4 months old by now, but just to try and dispel the myth: Steams 2 hour refund window isn't a hard limit. The 2 hour limit is just where Steam doesn't need any reasoning for why you should get a refund. You can still request a refund even past the 2 hours, but you need to justify why you should get it.
    For example, I've gotten several refunds after around 4-6 hours of playtime because I gave Steam a reason for it. Like for a slow paced strategy game, I plainly explained "The tutorial was 3 hours long, so I only realised the game wasn't for me after 4 hours." So for the pack in the video, a good enough reasoning would likely be "there were 4 games in the pack and it took me 45 minutes each to realise that all of them were cheap asset flips that don't have any more content to play through."
    The only thing you need to keep in mind is that Steam will keep count of how often you do it. So if you're constantly refunding games after 6 hours of playing, they'll block you from getting any refunds for a period of time. But once or twice a year is fine.

  • @TheRogueAdventurers
    @TheRogueAdventurers 10 місяців тому +8

    Ive seen most of these props when finding free props for my student projects

  • @xenongd6974
    @xenongd6974 8 місяців тому +3

    in the last game, wiz continuously saying "hello... hello" or "bye...bye" in such a monotone voice is so funny to me xD

  • @zogmorp
    @zogmorp 10 місяців тому +8

    It's funny how some people complain that if they close their eyes and purchase any random crap on the free marketplace of Steam that it might be crap. The marketplace pretty much curates itself based on sales. The good stuff rises to the top and the crap is so buried that you usually pretty much have to dig to find it. Either way, it seems there are a lot of people who hate the idea that they have to make their own decisions and that there is no guarantee of quality for every single thing available there. Steam is a place where any aspiring game dev or indie dev can put their game up and possibly have success without having to deal with a publisher. It's up to customers and word of mouth to help the quality succeed while letting the crap get buried. Y'know, just like how on UA-cam anyone can upload stuff and try to monetize, and it's the audience that determines their success. What I take from all these people who complain about this is that they don't like to make any decisions for themselves, or are unable to determine if something is good before they buy it? If people want to shovel effortless crap onto Steam, is it a problem? This crap doesn't get in the way of the good stuff. This stuff gets no sales except for UA-camrs who make entertaining videos making fun of it.

  • @Crystallinesoup
    @Crystallinesoup 10 місяців тому +2

    Every conversation ending with
    You: bye
    (Character): bye
    Got me everytime even though you know it's coming

  • @kazillaindustries815
    @kazillaindustries815 10 місяців тому +7

    i work with unity and godot engines. the script to capture the cursor in the game window is less than 5 lines of code.

    • @targard.quantumfrack6854
      @targard.quantumfrack6854 10 місяців тому +6

      you think this guy coded anything?

    • @kazillaindustries815
      @kazillaindustries815 10 місяців тому +2

      @@targard.quantumfrack6854 nope probably used premade libraries. just saying that to highlight the laziness. also collision for objects is just a checkbox

    • @dmd8552
      @dmd8552 10 місяців тому +1

      5 minutes is a long time when you're strapped to a chair in an Indian sweatshop and need to produce a new game every half hour.

  • @Skelosk
    @Skelosk 10 місяців тому +6

    The dialogues in the "murder" game sound like they were written by a 6 year old

  • @silvertail7131
    @silvertail7131 7 місяців тому +3

    I'm reminded of a game project I did some bugtesting for, student project. No idea what happened within their team but only ever got a very uncompleted version. No finished events, empty buildings, basically just movement mechanics. But you know, much as I tried I couldn't get out of bounds.

  • @Vegetabawz
    @Vegetabawz 10 місяців тому +14

    "Unlike your Dad, I came back..." That caught me off guard. Haha!
    Great video as usual!

  • @JasonLihani
    @JasonLihani 10 місяців тому +2

    Sometimes the comedic timing of UA-cam ads is amazing.
    "But somehow it's even worse."
    Cuts to shot of disembodied, headless player character for a half second.
    Cuts to Nord VPN ad.

  • @brycedaugherty9211
    @brycedaugherty9211 10 місяців тому +16

    I rate these games "okey" / 10

  • @jakeparkinson8929
    @jakeparkinson8929 10 місяців тому +3

    You are actually the bus driver in school trip, Winston just happens to be an in-law that is helping you avoid police custody. It is why you run away from the cops in the beginning, you crashed the bus and killed a small school of orphans in a boarding school. 10/10 narrative.

  • @iliba
    @iliba 10 місяців тому +17

    There's no way these aren't crypto mining games right? I mean, wtf is their purpose besides that? Loving this series Wiz, keep em coming mate!

    • @From_A_Diverging_Timeline
      @From_A_Diverging_Timeline 10 місяців тому +13

      If they were crypto miners there'd probably be more to it so you ran it for longer. Also wiz would have mentioned his cpu being 100% etc. I think the dev just wants a quick buck with 0 effort.

    • @From_A_Diverging_Timeline
      @From_A_Diverging_Timeline 10 місяців тому +1

      I shouldn't even say dev.

    • @Beanee27
      @Beanee27 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@From_A_Diverging_TimelineThey definitely got one thing right - the zero effort.

    • @robertwildschwein7207
      @robertwildschwein7207 10 місяців тому

      You don't get it.
      It's like haha funny because they are so bad and so expensive.

  • @kristinaiskrazzy
    @kristinaiskrazzy 9 місяців тому +1

    the 180 pan to the school and back at winston: "i was worried for a second not gonna lie" KILLED MEEEE iegwnlsiosklv

  • @andrewhorvath6864
    @andrewhorvath6864 10 місяців тому +7

    Twist to School Trip: the player caused the crash, and goes to school to kill everyone else; Explaining why the player character didn't go to the police.

  • @Proserpira
    @Proserpira 10 місяців тому +4

    the last game's writing immediately made me think of my dyslexic sister. She types the exact same way.

  • @RichardDong68
    @RichardDong68 8 місяців тому +3

    Murder of the Bear Lake seems to like the word "bye".
    Sums up my entire experience sitting through this guy playing it.

  • @derekrequiem4359
    @derekrequiem4359 3 місяці тому +3

    The dialog for the last game was incredible.
    "Bye."
    "Bye."

  • @positivepenny5477
    @positivepenny5477 10 місяців тому +187

    Steam is supporting actual gaming scams and you're doing a great job of displaying it.

    • @moistloaf3854
      @moistloaf3854 10 місяців тому +63

      Anyone who would see the steam pages for these, still buy it and then play enough of it to not get a refund deserves to be ripped off

    • @LiilYogurt
      @LiilYogurt 10 місяців тому +51

      Yeah I wouldn't call this a scam, it's just a bad game, steam has an amazing feature called "refunding", the rules for their refunding are even pretty lax, I've gotten games refunded after like 5 hours of playtime. If you play long enough to not get a refund, that's 100% on the consumer.

    • @mayonotes9849
      @mayonotes9849 10 місяців тому +26

      I mean, at this point it's the fault of the consumers if they buy this crap and don't get a refund.

    • @poopww5378
      @poopww5378 10 місяців тому +9

      It’s not a scam it’s just a really bad game it’s a difference it woyld be a scam if the thumbnails of the game were completely different

    • @gimok2k5
      @gimok2k5 10 місяців тому +11

      It's either just someone wanting to make a quick buck with the least amount of effort imaginable, or a money laundry scheme.

  • @TheRicoss
    @TheRicoss 10 місяців тому +18

    First game there where 3 police cars standing at the crash site and this dude thought f*ck it I am gonna walk.

    • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
      @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 10 місяців тому +5

      During that segment I kept getting that famous Mr Rogers' quote in my head about how you have to "find the Helpers" when bad things happen; just the idea a traumatized kid would walk away from the burning bus to start running errands for Winston lol.

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 10 місяців тому +1

      Concussion maybe 😅

  • @WeirdWonderful
    @WeirdWonderful 10 місяців тому +3

    Imagine meeting an injured person and telling them they have to go fetch your stuff from the forest before you will agree to help them.

  • @acrofanatic
    @acrofanatic 10 місяців тому +5

    But....did you grap the man his mushrooms??
    I need to know!
    😂

  • @fluttershystayshigh4202
    @fluttershystayshigh4202 10 місяців тому +10

    You'd think there would be laws against selling games like this.

    • @onomatopoeia7505
      @onomatopoeia7505 10 місяців тому +6

      I think it's called the Geneva Convention 🤔

  • @ShelldonJPlankton
    @ShelldonJPlankton 10 місяців тому +2

    I recognize Winston from a hello neighbor ripoff that vinesuace Vinny played called angry neighbor

  • @Inveterate-introvert
    @Inveterate-introvert 10 місяців тому +2

    Why not just go to the police for help? Can you imagine a real world scenario where you're just chilling out outside your cabin, and an injured person, bleeding from a bus crash arrives and you're like - "Yeah, I can help you. But first I need you to complete a series of mundane quests."
    These are the only games under 2 hours that you can finish and request a refund without a moral quandary. But don't do that to good games under a couple of hours, people were refunding Dave Szymanski's games and that's just being a dick.

  • @felman87
    @felman87 5 місяців тому +1

    4:40. Wait, the guy not only knows he dropped the key in the forest, but he remembers where he saw the key he dropped? If he saw it, why did he not pick it up? Did he really go "Oh hey, that looks exactly like my key that I no longer have. Whelp, that's enough of this forest for me."

  • @phoquedisshit1710
    @phoquedisshit1710 10 місяців тому +3

    I feel like games where they didn't even put any amount of effort to scam a quick buck through asset-flipping don't end up making for great commentary since it's mostly about "hey, it's an unoptimized asset pack" vs. dissecting absurd attempts like all your previous videos that were more about "so bad that some of it is good" games that were either bad game design decisions or overly-ambitious fever dreams. Still happy to hear your voice + see you push content more frequently. Your observation is very correct (vis-a-vis effort): the subject topic on this one is hard to bounce off of because the dev put nothing in it. Edit: 60K views in less than 10 hours, congrats mate! Happy for you

  • @jaymaybeplays5923
    @jaymaybeplays5923 10 місяців тому +28

    Wiz I dont know how you find the patience to play these games lol . Dont get me wrong, Im greatful you do cause the videos are great! 😂

    • @TheReZisTLust
      @TheReZisTLust 10 місяців тому +3

      Money increases patience lol

  • @fatalityin1
    @fatalityin1 10 місяців тому +9

    The winston model was from a 'hello neighbour' clone called goodbye neighbour, it was wonky as hell with aliens and other shenanigans, vinesauce played the everloving stuff out of that one. I am also pretty sure it is the same devs as that game. Refund their game, they are just in it for quick cashgrabs and they try to use as many modern trending horror games as possible. So far the only asset they created was that dude with a nose, but they have thrown him into every map possible

    • @PutYourQuarterUpGaming
      @PutYourQuarterUpGaming 7 місяців тому +1

      They didn’t even make that. Default asset from a game making toolkit.

  • @lighthunter8075
    @lighthunter8075 9 місяців тому +9

    Last game has some intense dialog. Really keeps you on edge 😂

    • @Booba69698
      @Booba69698 7 місяців тому

      "I go now bye" Game of the Year moment

  • @ForbiddenFF
    @ForbiddenFF 10 місяців тому +3

    The school trip town area looks familiar. Like it was from some mobile game I played or something.

  • @SaltWaterDrums
    @SaltWaterDrums 10 місяців тому +2

    The editing in this when you were hunting for the key was hilarious, love your vids dude.

  • @GreatFox42
    @GreatFox42 10 місяців тому +8

    Oof, these were painful.
    I've always found it hard to nail down what it means for a game to feel soulless, and this series does an amazing job of making me ask that question repeatedly. Because yeah, you can absolutely tell there was no love for any of these games when they were made. Compared to other, arguably equally unfunctional games that have even been on this show before, somehow there's still a tangible feeling of "they're trying" in the others. They might have failed, but you can tell they were trying their hardest, but just were too inexperienced to know what they were doing and the games fell apart as a result.
    Not here. These are just soulless husks. And despite how long this series has gone on for by now, I still just can't quite figure out what makes that tangible difference.

    • @FionavanDahl
      @FionavanDahl 10 місяців тому +1

      I think the better games started with an exciting concept before (failing at) production, whereas these games skip to (failed) production and hence feel like they're made up as they go along - the game isn't the product of a project, it's all soulless product

    • @CainXVII
      @CainXVII 10 місяців тому +1

      They also tend to have some thought for detail put into them, maybe it's real ugly and glitchy and you can't for the life of you understand why, but when you look through the window someone has gone through the trouble of putting something on the other side. Or thought about tricky puzzles. It feels like someone spent time on it, they just didn't have the tools to do it well. These feel like the least time possible was spent on the games. Nothing was even proofread. The tiny bits of gameplay were only there to make it possible to call this a game.

    • @robertwildschwein7207
      @robertwildschwein7207 10 місяців тому +1

      The first one is fucking hilarious though.

  • @Psycho_Badass
    @Psycho_Badass 10 місяців тому +4

    This is how i imagine the future where games will be designed by AI

  • @TwentyEight23
    @TwentyEight23 10 місяців тому +1

    UA-cam recommended you to me today. I am glad they did, watch several of your videos now and subscribed! They are such entertaining content and I hope that you can keep it up!

  • @blankfrankie3747
    @blankfrankie3747 9 місяців тому +2

    I'm a VR early adopter; every one of these stock assets is like an old friend at this stage.

  • @glitchedoom
    @glitchedoom 10 місяців тому +7

    2:56 It was very nice of Zach Hadel to lend his likeness to an indie game.

  • @michaelwilson8461
    @michaelwilson8461 10 місяців тому +8

    Dude , I just suffered my first stroke last weekend (very minor thnak god).
    Watching you stammer around trying to articulate your thoughts in the first 5 minutes of "game play" had me concerned for you. Thats pretty much what I sounded like when it was happening lol. Love the content but are you sure your not doing permanent damage to yourself doing these games? lmao.

    • @picahudsoniaunflocked5426
      @picahudsoniaunflocked5426 10 місяців тому +2

      Have a speedy + total recovery & stay away from the "stroke simulator" bad Steam games!😜

    • @michaelwilson8461
      @michaelwilson8461 10 місяців тому +2

      @@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Thanks I was really lucky , pretty much full use of everything after about 4 days. Just residual cloudy brain now.
      But watching poor Wiz lose his mind is almost worth the risk of a repeat (almost)
      The bigger risk would be trying to figure out how someone has the nerve to post let alone sell some of this garbage. I couldn't imagine wanting anyone to see my work in that state , let alone charge them money for it lol.

  • @goreobsessed2308
    @goreobsessed2308 10 місяців тому +2

    Lol that lock on the container is way higher resolution than the container itself

  • @nathanwilkins6107
    @nathanwilkins6107 3 місяці тому +1

    I love the idea that if a child was in a bus accident the emergency personnel would just.., leave them there.

  • @nicholasdelaney1407
    @nicholasdelaney1407 10 місяців тому +4

    The second game at one point made me say, "SO LONG CALL OF DUTY NAZI ZOMBIES There's a new zombie horde shooter in town!" Then I saw you walk through the wall and was like,"Oh...nevermind..."

  • @Zenniverse
    @Zenniverse 10 місяців тому +7

    Wow, it’s really cool seeing a game made with RPG Builder in the wild. I’m a game dev who’s been using this system for years. It’s a fantastic tool and the creator/community around it is amazing. It’s been really popular lately and I figure a lot of people are just racing to make their game first, since this is the only other game I’ve seen released with this tool so far.

    • @bzipoli
      @bzipoli 10 місяців тому

      is it all low poly or may vary? i found that really dope

    • @Zenniverse
      @Zenniverse 10 місяців тому +1

      @@bzipoli You can use any assets you want, but the ones Blink makes are stylized sort of like WoW graphics.

  • @7th7andwich
    @7th7andwich 10 місяців тому +1

    He didn't make that city level- it's the demo scene from the Synty City Pack lol. Literally changed NOTHING besides adding a gas station lmao

  • @beamingcherry
    @beamingcherry 9 місяців тому +1

    the dialogue in murder of the bear lake speaks to me
    its exactly how i communicate in real life

  • @davidmeyer4506
    @davidmeyer4506 10 місяців тому +4

    3:00 that Model was used in some shitty hello neighbour clone for android, saw it in a vinesauce stream.

  • @edwardmagnus8316
    @edwardmagnus8316 10 місяців тому +11

    Steam really should keep these prices on check.

    • @3of6mylove
      @3of6mylove День тому

      I don't think steam decides the prices. Besides, you can just refund it. These "games" clearly have less than 2 hours of "gameplay."

  • @DaveC2729
    @DaveC2729 10 місяців тому +1

    Plot twist: these games were made by a serial killer and while you're distracted playing games, he's closing in...

  • @islandzuk8531
    @islandzuk8531 10 місяців тому +1

    The second zombie game uses a asset that's no longer being developed by the team or sold it's full of bugs and probably downloaded online for free since it's the oldest version of the asset with no recoil

  • @larrywalsh9939
    @larrywalsh9939 10 місяців тому +3

    These games have GOT to be an embarrassment to amateurish hacks everywhere.

  • @The2Ds.Gaming
    @The2Ds.Gaming 10 місяців тому +3

    Love the content man! Appreciate the effort!

  • @Xxepicshot32
    @Xxepicshot32 10 місяців тому +1

    I genuinely love your content, not many creators do I actively anticipate the next video. But you’re an exception, keep it up man, you help me get through a lot.

  • @bluespy377
    @bluespy377 8 місяців тому +1

    Does anyone else hate it when plants follow them? Just like in the first game, you can see those plants rotate to face you and i remember that happening to me in l4d1

  • @h3llb0rn3
    @h3llb0rn3 10 місяців тому +5

    I went into this thinking it was going to be funny. But now I'm just sad having watched poor wizlet torture himself so much. He should play a GOOD game next, like Crisis City!

  • @JustToSaveYou
    @JustToSaveYou 10 місяців тому +3

    Finding good games with less than 100 ratings is an actual skill you can level up. I've actually gotten kind of okay at it!
    Negative reviews carry more weight, if it's early access and doesn't have an update within three months it's probably bad, does the developer handle negative reviews well, do the negative reviews specifically call out bad controls?
    The acquired part is learning to recognize premade assets for different engines and parsing a thrown together world from a moderate to well built one. Premade Assets aren't necessarily bad, they're great for people that don't have art skills, but most cash grabs use a very specific group because they're free or extremely cheap, then put them together in really vasic ways.
    That comment got away from me, but I have a passion for the games under $5, made by tiny teams because they can be so incredibly weird.

  • @Beanee27
    @Beanee27 10 місяців тому

    Another great episode Wiz, keep em comin'! Your secretly enjoying these random games now 😏

  • @LAINVT
    @LAINVT 10 місяців тому +1

    i recognize that model from the school trip game, i'm pretty sure its a default model, i've seen it used in many poorly made mobile games that are based on meet your neighbor and more lol