You know the gaming industry has gone to shit when two of the Completionist's top 6 worst "games" are shitty situations caused by people being selfish and greedy.
@@Marinealver They are still making video games, but video games that are surrounded by NFT's, loot boxes and general monitization as core mechanics to suffer to go around.
I hope you’re feeling better Jirard! I agree that is important to talk about the Blizzard situation as no one should have to experience a toxic work environment.
@@hugoland9027 oh man, I didn’t know that, I thought it had only been sexual harassment at this point but didn’t know it drove someone to that. That’s really sad. Toxic work environment is definitely an understatement then! I really hope the ones perpetuating this awful stuff face what they deserve.
@@WonderfulWino bruh the completionist is fine, he is not like the others, yes he did clap and said some bad takes, but look at his position there, barely spoke, was extremely unconfortable and everything he said was to please the angry lady so she would stop, he's a beta, but he's innocent
It’s sad you have to talk about these things, but in the end it’s necessary. People deserve better and it’s nice that someone with such massive reach is talking about it, well done
Extremely disappointed in this guy, at first I assumed he was just in a uncomfortable position that he couldn't do or say much about but then he starts clapping supporting Frosk and her crazy rants as she labels every single little thing as sexist and goes talking about things she clearly knew nothing about.
@@UltimateGamerCC I disliked the video because Jirard's bitching about activision ¨situation ¨ like a bleeding heart was unwelcome, unnecesary, and out of place in a list like this
Thanks for taking time to highlight the Activision/Blizzard scandals. Hopefully it will encourage a few more people to get informed about these allegations and increase the pressure on them. As consumers we have tremendous power to push these companies make changes in their work culture, even as outsiders, but we all have to be pulling in the same direction.
Sadly, people will vote with their wallets and make it ok for the company to continue acting like this. Playing WoW will be more important to too many that some nebulous alleged problem that doesn't affect them.
I'm honestly surprised that you didn't include eFootball 2022 or Popeye on Nintendo Switch on this list... Then again what is there to "complete" in those games?
@@brettquimby3274 Same here. Yes the Series X costs more but I feel it’s worth it because the Series S is a digital only console, and I still want physical media.
The reason I follow you and your team is because of honesty. The fact you would turn down a pay check because you didn’t t want to lie to us or make them take bad pr. That’s legendary
Despite the quite dour message of the no.1 in this video, as well as you getting covid (hope you'll recover fully!) I must say that the comedy skit of you lying facedown on the floor at the start was really fucking funny to me.
I'm glad that you talked about the Activision-Blizzard situation. Personally, there are some games I would love to try such as Overwatch, Diablo, or Warcraft, but it does not feel right to me. Nobody should experience a toxic environment, whether in work, school, family, or with friends. Toxic environments are a big problem in the world, and that makes me sad.
As a person part of the overwatch community as well as a huge diablo fan. Its tough but one thing I was reminded of is you can support a game, but not support what a company stands for that's what makes up majority of Blizzard's fanbases. It is tough at times especially because you feel like you're encouraging the problem so reminding myself what I said is helpful.
Lack of crunch and coddling whiny employees like babys is creating this shit industry filled shit games. When you hire a bunch of college hacktivist devs who don't respect authority and are entitled you end up with the industry as of now. Once being a game dev became "cool" the industry was infiltrated by twats. Bring back the older devs from the early 2000's when gaming was Peak.
@@hyrulehollowtitan9657 indeed? Understatement of the year. The organisation literally broke down and Jirard found out he no longer had a job when they announced it on twitter
please distance yourself from G4TV, I saw your face on that show, your face for a moment showed disgust (or so I want to believe), I know that you are not like them. This has always been a channel that doesn't put any of that kind of stuff in its content, I don't want them to associate that crap with what your content is.
He just wanted to get off screen so fast. He knew that the backlash would have him painted as a target. Looking at the comment under he has already been flagged as a republican hating person because of Frosk. Looks like attacking people by association is not exclusive to SJWs.
To be fair, from my perspective as a GameStop worker, it seems to be getting better when it comes to system restocks, especially around the holidays as towards the end of the year, my store managed to sell the PS5 twice in the last 2 months. And there were a great number of PS5s, too. Almost 100 total by my count. All of them sold out with the quickness. The Switch OLEDs have also seen a great increase in restock as well, starting off slow earlier that year as we had 4 to 8 every couple of weeks or so, to having a great number of them available along with the other systems. In fact, my store STILL has XBOX Series X systems from before Christmas. Whether or not that's a good or bad sign is yet to bet determined, but the fact remains, getting a next gen system seem to have been easier in 2021 than it was in 2020.
Yeah, dont know if it was meant sarcastic. Most sources already said that the most optimistic forecast is maybe that at the end of the year things get better. I really hope 2023 really is finally the end of the chip shortage.
I completely support your decision to cut the video short, it's important to be aware of such awful things happening in the games industry, what's going on at Blizzard and Activision is not okay. It's very yucky, and bringing light to these issues is the first step in solving the problem. Thanks for talking about it!
nah, he'd only ruin his name in an industry where he's clearly trying to climb the ladder. the best thing he can do is stay silent. sure many of us want to hear him say something negative about the situation, but he has virtually nothing to gain by making a statement. If you want to pressure him, unsub from this channel or start an unsubbing campaign, I doubt it would get much traction though.
@@GreebusBleeb she even admitted they all get "harassed," she is just too thin skinned to hang. you know what they say: women can do anything except take a joke.
Jirard, I hope you know very well that this is one of the "best" worst-of videos to date. You didn't just dunk on games for the sake of dunking on them as some would. You highlighted the good AND the bad in each, and also made some VERY important conversation about things that need to be addressed in gaming itself. Your content is always wonderful and thoughtful, and I'll always appreciate that.
I respect you and a lot of others for dedicating time to talk about the gaming industry problem brother. It can't be fixed by putting our heads in the sand and praying that the money hungry sex offenders will just leave when they feel like it. Giving your voice to these issues is important and I like the support I see for the workers that had to put up with this kind of mistreatment.
Since last year, it felt like Jirard was kinda cheating by putting not actual games on his worst games lists... Don't get me wrong, the Blizzard thing is important and worth talking about, but that kind of serious topic feels like it should be in a different kind of video. It kinda defeats the purpose if you're not actually putting all "games" on a worst games list.
It’s kind of irrelevant either way. Everyone’s more than aware, and the state government is looking into the case. If any change happens, it’ll because of that, not because of articles. There’s not a whole lot people on the outside can do. Corporate will brush it off until there’s legal action, which either has to come from the government or the employees.
Jirard don’t saddle yourself with G4s problems. Refocus on your own content! Your views at the end of this video are of course perfectly agreeable. People that do bad things are bad and your viewpoint is in good faith.
@The Conundrum he only applauded at the end and you can tell only out of desperation since he didnt know how to react! You act like he was gonna stand up during her rant and tell her to stfu smh rewatch the video he even said in the beginning "I didnt know you where gonna take it their"
Yeah, but Jirard didn't do anything wrong, as far as I know. He didn't applaud that weird kid from zoo station in her rant and he seemed quite uncomfortable. I don't know much about Jirard's political views because I have never heard him say anything controversial or political. (He probably shares the same views as the others, or else he would not have been on the show, considering that Sessler hates everyone who isn't a far left lunatic, but still.) I don't care if he is an SJW in private. We're not like them! Making Jirard's channel suffer would be really unfair, so I hope that people do not do that.
@@D-Nova I don't think I've ever heard Jirard say anything directly. I've heard Alex and Davis say some stuff on the Starwars podcast with Jesse, which unfortunately kind of ruined all these channels for me. It's been a year since I've watched anything from Jesse, Jerard, etc. Wasn't anything too vitriolic but it was clear they didn't really care to have "certain" people as part of the base. Nothing bad to say about any of them, I've gotten a lot of enjoyment through the years from them. Just can't rock with some of this stuff.
In my opinion, while Microsoft may be able to restore order they’re leaving things the same for now the people responsible for the situation are still in charge, on top of that Microsoft doesn’t exactly have the best track record for acquiring companies and making them work. Let’s not forget what happened to mixer.
Man, I just saw that G4TV meltdown, it's messed up. I'm sorry you got roped into this whole thing, judging by your facial expressions during that particular moment you weren't having a good time. It's too bad there wasn't anything you could do to not attract attention other than giving in. You could've have probably said nothing, but I don't think you were in the calm and comfortable situation to make the best decision, especially since any of those decisions would have a lot of consequences for your public's overall outlook on you. Not everyone can afford to call out something they clearly don't like or stand up for themselves, especially when their whole image is built on not delving deep into stuff like politics and simply sticking to video games. The people in this comment section have become really hateful after that particular mess and even started putting names on you that you never claimed to associate with. The best thing to do right now is to try to disassociate yourself from that channel and focus on your own. You could probably try to quietly sit it out until it's over, but that might end up being pretty damaging to your reputation in the long run judging by how a lot of people react to it all right now.
@@superplayerex2431 He gave her his support after her rant and he hasn't come here to straighten it out. I would say that it's obvious that he supports what she said.
@@Crono1973 I wouldn't be so quick about it. He was quite uncomfortable when she was ranting on camera, it was written on his face. It even took him a bit to start clapping when everyone else started doing so. Anyone can easily say one thing to someone's face while having another drastically different view in their head, so it's not exactly certain if those are his true feelings. Also, people often don't know how to deal with drama such as this, so he may be way over his head. I think he is staying quiet because he knows it will backfire him online regardless of what he says, and that's true. People are now going after him on social media and even in this comment section and are posting a lot of hateful messages, including a lot of ones that aren't even true to begin with. It would be best to not trust complete strangers online (I suppose I am one too, but at least I don't jump straight to conclusions). It's a pretty delicate matter at the moment and I suppose only time will tell, but for as long as I've known him online, Jirard was always a good guy. I've never seen him getting roped into something like this before, and this whole thing just sucks.
why does that bald guy on your new show want to his family to die just because they are republicans, my mom and dad are republicans and they are not bad people so please don't do a show with mean people
I appreciate your message in the #1 spot. Something does have to change, and we should encourage that. Thank you for talking about it. Have a good year bro.
Hello Jirard and everyone from this channels team. First of all Jirad I wish you to recover soon and congratulations on this very good video. I just want to say how proud I am for seeing my favourite content creators exposing not only the good things of gaming but also the ugly side of this industry and to be honest with you im 1000% with you. When I found out about the situation of the studio and the release of metroid dread I decided to not purchase the game, despite my love for metroid. That kind of treatment is disgusting and in my opinion we as gamers should inform in any way other people who aren't aware of crunch or the unpaid overtimes of a lot of developers
The blizzard situation and the resulting choice we as fans face because of it is difficult. I can see both sides of it, what happened was wrong and I can see why people don’t wanna give that company money. On the other hand I can see people say it was a collaborative effort and that the game was a collaborative effort and they are supporting the hard work of those who weren’t guilty of anything… that I can see too. It’s the whole “death of the artist” thing. Can a persons work once into the world be disconnected from the person that created it? Can you enjoy Rosemary’s Baby even though it was directed by Roman Polanski? Can you enjoy Pineapple Express even though James Franco is in it? Can you enjoy The Usual Suspects even though Kevin Spacey was in it and Brian Singer directed it? Can you enjoy a Marilyn Manson song? Can you not like the Harry Potter books/movies cause of JK Rawling? Can you not like the Bill Cosby show because of what he did? For me I try to gauge it, the more people involved in the creation and release of “the work” the more likely I will support it because I respect the work those people put into it even though one of them was a piece of garbage. That’s just me though.
@@monotaroleader7805 The sad thing is if he ever leaves, he'll have an armada of golden parachutes to sustain him, while the company falls (if it does) and the many workers on the ground floor who were victims will now be out of work struggling even more. Stay or Leave, he's going to be more than fine.
we cannot solve issues like this through individual boycotts. People have to realize that this kind of stuff i an intrinsic feature of capitalism. As long as we live in a capitalist framework, there will be crunch times, union busting or even way worse stuff that happens in other industries, like literal slavery. Only recently there was a story that uncovered immigrants being used as slaves on farms in Georgia, US and here in germany similar stuff is happening to lots of guest workers from eastern europe. Give capitalism its final bow.
@@angryyordle4640 Capitalism is fine when kept in check. That last part is very important, and you can see widely that it hasn't been, no one has kept them on a leash to stop this kind of behavior.
It may not be a "fun" end to the video, but I think that was probably the *best* way to end a video of the worst of video games in 2021. My thanks to you and the team at the Completionist for putting out a great show. Feel better sir.
Thanks for mentioning the whole Blizzard/Riot/etc situations and not backing down/regretting it. It's such a shame that the industry has been so messed up for so long. Here's hoping that it will finally change and get better for everyone.
For a second I was like "Huh, I spend a lot of time on UA-cam and have never heard of this game 12 minutes or seen anyone playing it. I wonder why" and now I absolutely understand why I saw no one touch it lol
I hope you feel better and thank you for speaking your mind about the gaming industry. This is your channel and if you find something important enough to talk about, do it and don't you dare feel any regret for that! The only youtuber i know who talks about this is jim sterling ( who also goes by a different name nowadays) but i like to see more people talk about this. Not forced but because they find it important to share, thanks you!
I’m here as a result of that catastrophic meltdown live stream. This guy seemed like possibly the only sane one on the set. I came to see what type of content he puts out and whether or not he’s just another deranged weirdo. Cancel culture is not always the answer.
@@mrdudetou Of course not. Taking the high road does not seem to work on the internet, and now that there's an opportunity to cancel the cancellers, you better damn well believe people are gonna take it.
Thanks for speaking out on this, only a handful of gaming specific channels I watch talk about the Activision/Blizzard thing. Going out of your channels comfort zone when you could get backlash shows you care. Hope you feel better and love your videos!
As a woman: THANK YOU for calling out Activison/Blizzard. Knowing how many gamers get up in arms when they get called out is depressing AF, so I have special appreciation for those who do call them out knowing they'll probably get hate for it
It's disgusting that anyone thinks liking a product means you have to justify the behind-the-scenes toxicity - as though it's an attack on them personally, somehow?
@@aperson6505 If they take it that harshly, there may be more to it than that. You never know, some of that hostility could be coming from a guilty conscience, or could honestly just be entitlement because that's usually what it is.
@@RokushoTheRavager I think (and hope, to be honest) that for the vast majority their indignation isn't a manifestation of their own misconduct towards others, but I believe it does reflect something about their character, yes.
@@aperson6505 In that case you put way more faith in humanity than I do. I'm programmed to see the worst in people because that's what the degradation of internet has shown me overtime.
The ending song is very symbolically true to the state of us and blizzard. In the Diablo series (Especially Tristram) the Heroes being a day late and a dollar short and turning our entire journey into something extremely bittersweet.
Knowing Jirard, I assumed he'd be a little more lenient towards Balan Wonderworld, being the lover of 3D platformers and retro throwbacks that he is... Well at least he gave it some fair and valid criticisms worth pointing out, rather than just flat out shat on the game like everybody else did... Also the "Cats of the video game world" joke was actually pretty funny. XD Though IMO Balan Wonderworld's cutscenes and musical numbers are way better and more entertaining than anything from sCats (Then again what isn't?) XD
Catching COVID-19 in the first ten days of 2022 ... That's a hell of a way to o start the new year . Hopefully this only means it can get better from here . Hope you recover soon
I understand if peoplw want to keep games to the joy they bring and that's completely fair. But we should still call out and talk about genuinely bad shit happening in the industry, its not great to just stay silent about it.
You should leave G4TV. Your passion is gaming not politics with an insane woman-man-baby. But anyways.. YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP. If you're in this for us the fans/the people/video games you speak up about the recent situation..If you're just in it for yourself then stay quiet and continue to have no voice.
Wow. I honestly didn’t see 12 minutes getting on this list. Though I guess that some of the points that you brought up where valid. I do however feel like the game could be expanded into something really cool if a sequel were to be made. Interesting view on the game!
I hope you’re feeling better from Covid, Jirard. I don’t know the trials you and your team have been facing lately, but its become clear that this channel just isn’t producing content that I’m proud to watch any more. I’ve stopped clicking each and every video put out. To be clear, I did watch this video and enjoyed it (except for the part about the D&D brand deal & of course the sad situation about activision/blizzard) Don’t get me wrong. I love the completionist team and Jirard. I guess I’m just put off every time “revenue” and “profit” are brought into these fun & light-hearted conversations about video games. It makes me feel guilted into supporting the channel. While this is a job for the completionist team, it’s sad to see these videos turn into a product as a viewer when it used to feel like a conversation. I hope to see this content improve in the future. Perhaps getting back-to-basics is what this team needs? I’m not really sure. Either way, keep rolling along and doing your thing!
Thank you for speaking out about the big issues. It's important for people like you to do that. You have a big audience and you can make more of an impact than the average gamer. If we want to honor the hard work these people put in to make the games we love, we have to also fight for their rights to be treated properly.
Not mad about the end of this video. Understandably your focus is on more on the gaming industry, but I do have to say that many companies around the world treat their employees like garbage...including the company I currently work for. The pandemic helped shine a light on some of those issues that are happening here in the United States.
Game devs need unions to protect workers. Activision and ubisoft have shown that they protect abusers and will not change that. People feel like they have no recourse and being made to crunch for months or years, it's not fair to those who make the games we love
Well it was nice watching your channel until now after what happened in G4’s i’m just going to be honest your latest videos haven’t been the best of quality I remember when you use to make me laugh and was actually creative but now it almost feels like the creativity has died off but hope you get off this Rocky road and go back to being what you once where until then so long
All this time, I actually didn't realize that it was called Balan WonderWORLD until Jirard brought it to my attention. I've watched a bunch of reviews since it came out and have never realized 😅
Proud of you for speaking on the whole Activision Blizzard mess. I've seen other content creators shy away from that, still calling it bad, but avoiding really speaking about it at length. It's refreshing to see when people are going to actually stand up for what's right. No one should have to go through what these awful people have done to others. Reading through the lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard isn't something I can easily recommend, as it treads into some pretty serious material, but there is one account in particular that felt so incredibly messed up... I sincerely hope that we can hold companies more accountable so something like that never happens again.
I did the same. I waited a day then saw another video of angry blond person with adam and someone else and her not know about games and making ridiculous statements(and she reads a script and doesnt even play the games)and this guy sitting there silent like a tool once again afraid to speak out. Farewell.
Thank you Jirard. The Dark secrets of the industry need to be brought to light. All this has been going on for far too long and I'm really hoping for some change.
dishonorable mention goes to Pokemon Unite, for uniting ALL the most predatory monetization tactics & aiming them explicitly at Children for ludicrous prices despite being the highest earning Franchise in all Media
another thing you could add is gaming companies going into NFT'S which is a dumb and greedy practice. especially with Konami doing it as a way of celebrating Castlevania.
Happy New Year Jirard & Team! Thanks for another great video and another great year! I agree that it’s unfortunate that the Blizzard Activision culture has taken centre stage, because I’m sure that like most gamers, we wish to believe that everyone in the industry, from developers to games, are all happy & safe. One thing I’ve heard is that it’s important to still support the actual developers by playing the games they produce, even though they may work in environments that aren’t as supportive or respectful as we may hope. Here’s to hoping that 2022 is a better year for all in our much-loved gaming industry!
I love you Jirard! And Alex and Brett and Ted and the whole crew! You all work so hard no matter what is happening and consistently deliver content that's great!
Not a letdown at all! That's using your voice for something important! Proud of you Jirard, your team is making amazing choices video after video. Really glad you talked about this!
I'm a 3D artist and I've been job hunting to work for a video game company and these kind of comments are in my mind when considering where to apply. Shame on you companies that mask these issues! Without us artist, everything goes to 💩 And yeah, you could say that thousands are behind me for X or Y positions, but how long will people would be willing to put their health aside just to work at "their dream company"?
I just want you to know that you speaking out about Activision Blizzard finally convinced me to delete all of their games, and boycott them for the foreseeable future
Man I miss Total biscuit, imagine if he was here in this time and what he would have to say for the bs happening in the industry, Gerald, you have my full support and I wish the best for your future endeavors
You know the gaming industry has gone to shit when two of the Completionist's top 6 worst "games" are shitty situations caused by people being selfish and greedy.
The Industry isn't making games anymore.
They are making NFTs.
At least #2 is a case of “dont mistake stupidity for malice” ane yuji naka as a director is almost guaranteed to be the former
@@Marinealver BRO WTF
@@Marinealver They are still making video games, but video games that are surrounded by NFT's, loot boxes and general monitization as core mechanics to suffer to go around.
this video very much interested me when he said he’d include not only bad games but bad gaming industry practices
I hope you’re feeling better Jirard! I agree that is important to talk about the Blizzard situation as no one should have to experience a toxic work environment.
You misspelled Deactivison-bLizard 🦎
When i heard that he has that.......thing...i started hoping that he gets better fast.
"toxic work enviroment" a worker killed herself because of the harassment. Understatement of a lifetime.
People would take that more seriously if they didn't cry wolf so much. It's positively _weird_ hearing _credible_ allegations for once.
@@hugoland9027 oh man, I didn’t know that, I thought it had only been sexual harassment at this point but didn’t know it drove someone to that. That’s really sad. Toxic work environment is definitely an understatement then! I really hope the ones perpetuating this awful stuff face what they deserve.
Wtf was that G4TV stuff dude?
Just wow...
Go to beeyyyytttaaaa hell bro
Looks like attacking people by association is not exclusive to SJWs.
@@mrdudetou look at this simp simping for a beta
@@WonderfulWino Looks like you have nothing intelligent to add that is actually against besides hate for someone you don't even know. Just like a SJW.
@@WonderfulWino bruh the completionist is fine, he is not like the others, yes he did clap and said some bad takes, but look at his position there, barely spoke, was extremely unconfortable and everything he said was to please the angry lady so she would stop, he's a beta, but he's innocent
It’s sad you have to talk about these things, but in the end it’s necessary. People deserve better and it’s nice that someone with such massive reach is talking about it, well done
That's true
Extremely disappointed in this guy, at first I assumed he was just in a uncomfortable position that he couldn't do or say much about but then he starts clapping supporting Frosk and her crazy rants as she labels every single little thing as sexist and goes talking about things she clearly knew nothing about.
The whole Activision-Blizzard thing needed to be said, Jirard. They deserve every ounce of scrutiny and shame.
Now lets hope it doesn't get forgotten with PR as usual.
no, it needs to stop for a bit, it's all people want to talk about, the literal definition of beating a dead horse.
@@UltimateGamerCC I disliked the video because Jirard's bitching about activision ¨situation ¨ like a bleeding heart was unwelcome, unnecesary, and out of place in a list like this
@@fanofgodjimindiva2497 People like you is the reason why every shitty thing that is happening gets throw under the rug
And a reminder that Ubisoft hasn't even done the bare minimum in addressing their toxic culture. Yes, even AB has done more at this point.
Thanks for taking time to highlight the Activision/Blizzard scandals. Hopefully it will encourage a few more people to get informed about these allegations and increase the pressure on them. As consumers we have tremendous power to push these companies make changes in their work culture, even as outsiders, but we all have to be pulling in the same direction.
You misspelled Deactivison-bLizard 🦎
Sadly, people will vote with their wallets and make it ok for the company to continue acting like this. Playing WoW will be more important to too many that some nebulous alleged problem that doesn't affect them.
Coming here to tell you to get out Jirard.
I'm honestly surprised that you didn't include eFootball 2022 or Popeye on Nintendo Switch on this list... Then again what is there to "complete" in those games?
You can complete your meme collection as every second of the animations in eFootball is a gold mine
Walked into target yesterday to buy a series S. All they had was a series x, which was way more than I thought I'd be spending
I’d consider myself lucky if I were in your shoes.
@@brettquimby3274 Same here. Yes the Series X costs more but I feel it’s worth it because the Series S is a digital only console, and I still want physical media.
@@BloodRedFox2008 As a bonus, the visuals on the Series X are in 4K and it has more memory storage.
it's worth the extra. my friend has the S and although it's great the x can handle 4k visuals and is just more capable.
The reason I follow you and your team is because of honesty. The fact you would turn down a pay check because you didn’t t want to lie to us or make them take bad pr. That’s legendary
Real quick, I wonder how he deals with working with such hateful and bigotted people like Adam Sessler.
What's up with Adam Sessler? Idk the guy. :P
Despite the quite dour message of the no.1 in this video, as well as you getting covid (hope you'll recover fully!) I must say that the comedy skit of you lying facedown on the floor at the start was really fucking funny to me.
I'm glad that you talked about the Activision-Blizzard situation. Personally, there are some games I would love to try such as Overwatch, Diablo, or Warcraft, but it does not feel right to me. Nobody should experience a toxic environment, whether in work, school, family, or with friends. Toxic environments are a big problem in the world, and that makes me sad.
As a person part of the overwatch community as well as a huge diablo fan. Its tough but one thing I was reminded of is you can support a game, but not support what a company stands for that's what makes up majority of Blizzard's fanbases. It is tough at times especially because you feel like you're encouraging the problem so reminding myself what I said is helpful.
If you want to play a Diablo game try Path Of Exile. It's free and just a better game overall.
@@DodgeThisBam I haven't heard of that game I will have to give it a look, thanks for the advice :)
@@xandercivinskas3884 It was made in the vein on Diablo 2. It came out in 2013. It gets a new season every 3 months or so.
Lack of crunch and coddling whiny employees like babys is creating this shit industry filled shit games. When you hire a bunch of college hacktivist devs who don't respect authority and are entitled you end up with the industry as of now. Once being a game dev became "cool" the industry was infiltrated by twats. Bring back the older devs from the early 2000's when gaming was Peak.
You should distance yourself from G4TV.
Indeed
@@hyrulehollowtitan9657 indeed? Understatement of the year. The organisation literally broke down and Jirard found out he no longer had a job when they announced it on twitter
please distance yourself from G4TV, I saw your face on that show, your face for a moment showed disgust (or so I want to believe), I know that you are not like them. This has always been a channel that doesn't put any of that kind of stuff in its content, I don't want them to associate that crap with what your content is.
Sooooooooooooo how’s G4TV going for yeah?
He just wanted to get off screen so fast. He knew that the backlash would have him painted as a target. Looking at the comment under he has already been flagged as a republican hating person because of Frosk. Looks like attacking people by association is not exclusive to SJWs.
@@mrdudetou Yeah it’s pretty messy. I hope he finds a way out of this otherwise it’s not going to be pretty for him and his reputation.
@@mrdudetou I've no clue what you're talking about, but hating republicans is based
To be fair, from my perspective as a GameStop worker, it seems to be getting better when it comes to system restocks, especially around the holidays as towards the end of the year, my store managed to sell the PS5 twice in the last 2 months. And there were a great number of PS5s, too. Almost 100 total by my count. All of them sold out with the quickness. The Switch OLEDs have also seen a great increase in restock as well, starting off slow earlier that year as we had 4 to 8 every couple of weeks or so, to having a great number of them available along with the other systems. In fact, my store STILL has XBOX Series X systems from before Christmas. Whether or not that's a good or bad sign is yet to bet determined, but the fact remains, getting a next gen system seem to have been easier in 2021 than it was in 2020.
Finally an award Balan Wonderworld can win
And it didn't even win that
Mr. Kotick won't let that happen.
2:44 "the chip shortage should come to an end in 2022..." Jirard bringing the comedy gold
Yeah, dont know if it was meant sarcastic. Most sources already said that the most optimistic forecast is maybe that at the end of the year things get better. I really hope 2023 really is finally the end of the chip shortage.
Clap clap buddy. Good boy. You may hope its forgotten but we will always be here for you my man. Pepperidge Farms remembers.
I completely support your decision to cut the video short, it's important to be aware of such awful things happening in the games industry, what's going on at Blizzard and Activision is not okay. It's very yucky, and bringing light to these issues is the first step in solving the problem. Thanks for talking about it!
I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I think you should abandon your TV contract and go back to making native UA-cam content.
No going back now mask have slipped.
you goin to make a video about the g4tv disaster? nows the time to distance yourself dood
nah, he'd only ruin his name in an industry where he's clearly trying to climb the ladder. the best thing he can do is stay silent. sure many of us want to hear him say something negative about the situation, but he has virtually nothing to gain by making a statement. If you want to pressure him, unsub from this channel or start an unsubbing campaign, I doubt it would get much traction though.
A person asked not to be harassed and y'all just will not let it go
@@GreebusBleeb she even admitted they all get "harassed," she is just too thin skinned to hang. you know what they say: women can do anything except take a joke.
Jirard, I hope you know very well that this is one of the "best" worst-of videos to date. You didn't just dunk on games for the sake of dunking on them as some would. You highlighted the good AND the bad in each, and also made some VERY important conversation about things that need to be addressed in gaming itself. Your content is always wonderful and thoughtful, and I'll always appreciate that.
I respect you and a lot of others for dedicating time to talk about the gaming industry problem brother. It can't be fixed by putting our heads in the sand and praying that the money hungry sex offenders will just leave when they feel like it. Giving your voice to these issues is important and I like the support I see for the workers that had to put up with this kind of mistreatment.
Just wanna say I love your dp. Might change mine to Uka Uka now😂
Damn after that g4tv disaster I've lost a lot of respect for you.
What disaster is that?
Since last year, it felt like Jirard was kinda cheating by putting not actual games on his worst games lists... Don't get me wrong, the Blizzard thing is important and worth talking about, but that kind of serious topic feels like it should be in a different kind of video. It kinda defeats the purpose if you're not actually putting all "games" on a worst games list.
Gaming related things then?
It’s kind of irrelevant either way. Everyone’s more than aware, and the state government is looking into the case. If any change happens, it’ll because of that, not because of articles. There’s not a whole lot people on the outside can do. Corporate will brush it off until there’s legal action, which either has to come from the government or the employees.
Jirard don’t saddle yourself with G4s problems. Refocus on your own content!
Your views at the end of this video are of course perfectly agreeable. People that do bad things are bad and your viewpoint is in good faith.
@The Conundrum he only applauded at the end and you can tell only out of desperation since he didnt know how to react! You act like he was gonna stand up during her rant and tell her to stfu smh rewatch the video he even said in the beginning "I didnt know you where gonna take it their"
The worst thing to happen to gaming…and maybe your channel in 2022 so far is G4TV
You can blame frosk for that
@@thisiswhatgarbagelookslike3864 lmao as if galf the team and adam sissler arent part of that lmao.
Yeah, but Jirard didn't do anything wrong, as far as I know. He didn't applaud that weird kid from zoo station in her rant and he seemed quite uncomfortable. I don't know much about Jirard's political views because I have never heard him say anything controversial or political. (He probably shares the same views as the others, or else he would not have been on the show, considering that Sessler hates everyone who isn't a far left lunatic, but still.) I don't care if he is an SJW in private. We're not like them! Making Jirard's channel suffer would be really unfair, so I hope that people do not do that.
@@D-Nova I don't think I've ever heard Jirard say anything directly. I've heard Alex and Davis say some stuff on the Starwars podcast with Jesse, which unfortunately kind of ruined all these channels for me. It's been a year since I've watched anything from Jesse, Jerard, etc. Wasn't anything too vitriolic but it was clear they didn't really care to have "certain" people as part of the base. Nothing bad to say about any of them, I've gotten a lot of enjoyment through the years from them. Just can't rock with some of this stuff.
Your Number 1 is the best for a list like this. I am so proud to see more people with a platform talking about it.
In my opinion, while Microsoft may be able to restore order they’re leaving things the same for now the people responsible for the situation are still in charge, on top of that Microsoft doesn’t exactly have the best track record for acquiring companies and making them work. Let’s not forget what happened to mixer.
Man, I just saw that G4TV meltdown, it's messed up. I'm sorry you got roped into this whole thing, judging by your facial expressions during that particular moment you weren't having a good time. It's too bad there wasn't anything you could do to not attract attention other than giving in. You could've have probably said nothing, but I don't think you were in the calm and comfortable situation to make the best decision, especially since any of those decisions would have a lot of consequences for your public's overall outlook on you. Not everyone can afford to call out something they clearly don't like or stand up for themselves, especially when their whole image is built on not delving deep into stuff like politics and simply sticking to video games. The people in this comment section have become really hateful after that particular mess and even started putting names on you that you never claimed to associate with.
The best thing to do right now is to try to disassociate yourself from that channel and focus on your own. You could probably try to quietly sit it out until it's over, but that might end up being pretty damaging to your reputation in the long run judging by how a lot of people react to it all right now.
l'm pretty sure it was staged.
You know he supported that thing's behavior, right?
@@thebigdawgj Did he really have a choice there? Something tells me he didn’t.
@@superplayerex2431 He gave her his support after her rant and he hasn't come here to straighten it out. I would say that it's obvious that he supports what she said.
@@Crono1973 I wouldn't be so quick about it. He was quite uncomfortable when she was ranting on camera, it was written on his face. It even took him a bit to start clapping when everyone else started doing so. Anyone can easily say one thing to someone's face while having another drastically different view in their head, so it's not exactly certain if those are his true feelings.
Also, people often don't know how to deal with drama such as this, so he may be way over his head. I think he is staying quiet because he knows it will backfire him online regardless of what he says, and that's true. People are now going after him on social media and even in this comment section and are posting a lot of hateful messages, including a lot of ones that aren't even true to begin with. It would be best to not trust complete strangers online (I suppose I am one too, but at least I don't jump straight to conclusions).
It's a pretty delicate matter at the moment and I suppose only time will tell, but for as long as I've known him online, Jirard was always a good guy. I've never seen him getting roped into something like this before, and this whole thing just sucks.
"It's the Cats of the video game world" Is the most accurate way to summarise Balan Blunderworld tbh 🤣
But isn't Blizzard and G4TV the different sides of the same coin? Both are toxic.
But one lines his pockets so it's all good!
why does that bald guy on your new show want to his family to die just because they are republicans, my mom and dad are republicans and they are not bad people so please don't do a show with mean people
I bet Jirard is happy he has his actual channel to fall back on.
I appreciate your message in the #1 spot. Something does have to change, and we should encourage that. Thank you for talking about it. Have a good year bro.
I hope you didn't sign a contract
Do you actually complete the games? Or do you just get scripts? Feeling that Froskbite yet?
Hello Jirard and everyone from this channels team. First of all Jirad I wish you to recover soon and congratulations on this very good video. I just want to say how proud I am for seeing my favourite content creators exposing not only the good things of gaming but also the ugly side of this industry and to be honest with you im 1000% with you. When I found out about the situation of the studio and the release of metroid dread I decided to not purchase the game, despite my love for metroid. That kind of treatment is disgusting and in my opinion we as gamers should inform in any way other people who aren't aware of crunch or the unpaid overtimes of a lot of developers
Well the worst of 2022 has already got a leader with the meltdown at G4TV. Sorry you got mixed up with that mess.
Sooooo, g4tv, wanna talk about it?
The blizzard situation and the resulting choice we as fans face because of it is difficult. I can see both sides of it, what happened was wrong and I can see why people don’t wanna give that company money. On the other hand I can see people say it was a collaborative effort and that the game was a collaborative effort and they are supporting the hard work of those who weren’t guilty of anything… that I can see too.
It’s the whole “death of the artist” thing. Can a persons work once into the world be disconnected from the person that created it? Can you enjoy Rosemary’s Baby even though it was directed by Roman Polanski? Can you enjoy Pineapple Express even though James Franco is in it? Can you enjoy The Usual Suspects even though Kevin Spacey was in it and Brian Singer directed it? Can you enjoy a Marilyn Manson song? Can you not like the Harry Potter books/movies cause of JK Rawling? Can you not like the Bill Cosby show because of what he did?
For me I try to gauge it, the more people involved in the creation and release of “the work” the more likely I will support it because I respect the work those people put into it even though one of them was a piece of garbage. That’s just me though.
@@monotaroleader7805 The sad thing is if he ever leaves, he'll have an armada of golden parachutes to sustain him, while the company falls (if it does) and the many workers on the ground floor who were victims will now be out of work struggling even more. Stay or Leave, he's going to be more than fine.
Your money isn't going into the developers' pockets, it's going into the higher ups' coffers.
we cannot solve issues like this through individual boycotts. People have to realize that this kind of stuff i an intrinsic feature of capitalism. As long as we live in a capitalist framework, there will be crunch times, union busting or even way worse stuff that happens in other industries, like literal slavery. Only recently there was a story that uncovered immigrants being used as slaves on farms in Georgia, US and here in germany similar stuff is happening to lots of guest workers from eastern europe. Give capitalism its final bow.
@@angryyordle4640 Capitalism is fine when kept in check. That last part is very important, and you can see widely that it hasn't been, no one has kept them on a leash to stop this kind of behavior.
I appreciate you addressed the final topic. Sometimes all we can say is exactly how we feel about it. To help bring light onto that issue.
It may not be a "fun" end to the video, but I think that was probably the *best* way to end a video of the worst of video games in 2021.
My thanks to you and the team at the Completionist for putting out a great show. Feel better sir.
Thanks for mentioning the whole Blizzard/Riot/etc situations and not backing down/regretting it. It's such a shame that the industry has been so messed up for so long. Here's hoping that it will finally change and get better for everyone.
For a second I was like "Huh, I spend a lot of time on UA-cam and have never heard of this game 12 minutes or seen anyone playing it. I wonder why" and now I absolutely understand why I saw no one touch it lol
I hope you feel better and thank you for speaking your mind about the gaming industry. This is your channel and if you find something important enough to talk about, do it and don't you dare feel any regret for that! The only youtuber i know who talks about this is jim sterling ( who also goes by a different name nowadays) but i like to see more people talk about this. Not forced but because they find it important to share, thanks you!
Jirad thank you for all you do for the gaming community at large, hope you're feeling better.
I got a series x and a PS5 and once the initial “new console high” went away I was so bummed out. There just aren’t any games for either of them yet.
Sorry bud. As long as you're associated with that virtue signaling crap that used to be a good show, I'll be done here
Looks like attacking people by association is not exclusive to SJWs.
I’m here as a result of that catastrophic meltdown live stream. This guy seemed like possibly the only sane one on the set. I came to see what type of content he puts out and whether or not he’s just another deranged weirdo. Cancel culture is not always the answer.
Also unsubbed. Disgusting.
@@MoneyManHolmes Some groups do end up turning into the group that they hate. It is sad to see that group turn into Cancel Culture.
@@mrdudetou Of course not. Taking the high road does not seem to work on the internet, and now that there's an opportunity to cancel the cancellers, you better damn well believe people are gonna take it.
Thanks for speaking out on this, only a handful of gaming specific channels I watch talk about the Activision/Blizzard thing. Going out of your channels comfort zone when you could get backlash shows you care. Hope you feel better and love your videos!
At least... 2020-1 is over...
Can't get any worse...
This year...
Thank you for being honest and upfront, Jirard. Glad you’re feeling better and wishing you and the team a great new year!
As a woman: THANK YOU for calling out Activison/Blizzard. Knowing how many gamers get up in arms when they get called out is depressing AF, so I have special appreciation for those who do call them out knowing they'll probably get hate for it
It's disgusting that anyone thinks liking a product means you have to justify the behind-the-scenes toxicity - as though it's an attack on them personally, somehow?
@A Person Or that because its their hobby absolutely nothing critical can be said nor should get in the way of the production of games.
@@aperson6505 If they take it that harshly, there may be more to it than that. You never know, some of that hostility could be coming from a guilty conscience, or could honestly just be entitlement because that's usually what it is.
@@RokushoTheRavager I think (and hope, to be honest) that for the vast majority their indignation isn't a manifestation of their own misconduct towards others, but I believe it does reflect something about their character, yes.
@@aperson6505 In that case you put way more faith in humanity than I do. I'm programmed to see the worst in people because that's what the degradation of internet has shown me overtime.
So...what are your worst games though?
The ending song is very symbolically true to the state of us and blizzard. In the Diablo series (Especially Tristram) the Heroes being a day late and a dollar short and turning our entire journey into something extremely bittersweet.
Heartfelt speech at the end while wearing a Gfuel tshirt…
Knowing Jirard, I assumed he'd be a little more lenient towards Balan Wonderworld, being the lover of 3D platformers and retro throwbacks that he is... Well at least he gave it some fair and valid criticisms worth pointing out, rather than just flat out shat on the game like everybody else did... Also the "Cats of the video game world" joke was actually pretty funny. XD Though IMO Balan Wonderworld's cutscenes and musical numbers are way better and more entertaining than anything from sCats (Then again what isn't?) XD
I agree
Pretty much everything about Balan except the gameplay is like the cats stage musical
Gameplay is the movie
Catching COVID-19 in the first ten days of 2022 ... That's a hell of a way to o start the new year . Hopefully this only means it can get better from here . Hope you recover soon
I understand if peoplw want to keep games to the joy they bring and that's completely fair. But we should still call out and talk about genuinely bad shit happening in the industry, its not great to just stay silent about it.
You don't REALLY support Frosk and her attacking G4's fans, do you, Jirard? Silence will be taken as a yes
You should leave G4TV. Your passion is gaming not politics with an insane woman-man-baby.
But anyways..
YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP. If you're in this for us the fans/the people/video games you speak up about the recent situation..If you're just in it for yourself then stay quiet and continue to have no voice.
He's on their side and he'll prove it by not disowning them
@@iHaveTheDocuments I hope that's not true cus I'll have to unsub
Here, Here!
@@KingAtheist He has he/him in his twitter profile. I wouldn't keep my hopes up.
@@johnwayne4911 OH yikes. I'm unsubbing. That's for the heads up
This is the leadership we need in gaming. We absolutely f'n love you, i hope you feel better but.... good lord thank you
Wow. I honestly didn’t see 12 minutes getting on this list. Though I guess that some of the points that you brought up where valid. I do however feel like the game could be expanded into something really cool if a sequel were to be made. Interesting view on the game!
The worst part of the Activision Blizzard situation is how it colors people's perspective of the video game industry
It wasn't good to begin with. Most of us love video games but are utterly disgusted by the industry as a whole, this doesn't change that perception.
I hope you’re feeling better from Covid, Jirard.
I don’t know the trials you and your team have been facing lately, but its become clear that this channel just isn’t producing content that I’m proud to watch any more. I’ve stopped clicking each and every video put out. To be clear, I did watch this video and enjoyed it (except for the part about the D&D brand deal & of course the sad situation about activision/blizzard)
Don’t get me wrong. I love the completionist team and Jirard. I guess I’m just put off every time “revenue” and “profit” are brought into these fun & light-hearted conversations about video games. It makes me feel guilted into supporting the channel. While this is a job for the completionist team, it’s sad to see these videos turn into a product as a viewer when it used to feel like a conversation.
I hope to see this content improve in the future. Perhaps getting back-to-basics is what this team needs? I’m not really sure. Either way, keep rolling along and doing your thing!
Thank you for speaking out about the big issues. It's important for people like you to do that. You have a big audience and you can make more of an impact than the average gamer. If we want to honor the hard work these people put in to make the games we love, we have to also fight for their rights to be treated properly.
Humans are always going to be shitty.
Talking about it won't make it go away.
Talking about it is useless.
Second hand ps5 in the uk still going for £580 to £650
Not mad about the end of this video. Understandably your focus is on more on the gaming industry, but I do have to say that many companies around the world treat their employees like garbage...including the company I currently work for. The pandemic helped shine a light on some of those issues that are happening here in the United States.
I feel like you could have addressed the industry in another video
Stay safe Jirard! I hope you are now healthy and if not, I hope you feel better soon!
Game devs need unions to protect workers. Activision and ubisoft have shown that they protect abusers and will not change that. People feel like they have no recourse and being made to crunch for months or years, it's not fair to those who make the games we love
Based
I completely forgot that Balan Wonderworld came out last year.
Well it was nice watching your channel until now after what happened in G4’s i’m just going to be honest your latest videos haven’t been the best of quality I remember when you use to make me laugh and was actually creative but now it almost feels like the creativity has died off but hope you get off this Rocky road and go back to being what you once where until then so long
All this time, I actually didn't realize that it was called Balan WonderWORLD until Jirard brought it to my attention. I've watched a bunch of reviews since it came out and have never realized 😅
Proud of you for speaking on the whole Activision Blizzard mess. I've seen other content creators shy away from that, still calling it bad, but avoiding really speaking about it at length. It's refreshing to see when people are going to actually stand up for what's right.
No one should have to go through what these awful people have done to others. Reading through the lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard isn't something I can easily recommend, as it treads into some pretty serious material, but there is one account in particular that felt so incredibly messed up... I sincerely hope that we can hold companies more accountable so something like that never happens again.
They don't shy away.
They just don't care.
Why should we be force to care about some stranger life?
I hope you feel better Jirard man. I hope none of your other ailments get any worse because of this. Stay healthy and recover well man
That intro bit with jirard on the floor screaming had me on the floor screaming. Hysterical
Just wanted to swing by and say good job on helping wreck G4TV. Lost alotta respect here. Unsubbed.
I did the same. I waited a day then saw another video of angry blond person with adam and someone else and her not know about games and making ridiculous statements(and she reads a script and doesnt even play the games)and this guy sitting there silent like a tool once again afraid to speak out. Farewell.
Thank you Jirard. The Dark secrets of the industry need to be brought to light. All this has been going on for far too long and I'm really hoping for some change.
You should be ashamed of yourself for being part in this.
dishonorable mention goes to Pokemon Unite, for uniting ALL the most predatory monetization tactics & aiming them explicitly at Children for ludicrous prices despite being the highest earning Franchise in all Media
And for being made by Tencent
I feel bad for ya dude, you were between a rock and a hard place for sure. I thought you disappeared but I guess UA-cam unsubscribed me years ago.
another thing you could add is gaming companies going into NFT'S which is a dumb and greedy practice. especially with Konami doing it as a way of celebrating Castlevania.
GTA trilogy should have been remade in the GTA V engine with all of the dollars they make daily
When I first heard the term "remaster", I assumed that's what it was. Old games remade with the current engine or what have you.
Happy New Year Jirard & Team! Thanks for another great video and another great year! I agree that it’s unfortunate that the Blizzard Activision culture has taken centre stage, because I’m sure that like most gamers, we wish to believe that everyone in the industry, from developers to games, are all happy & safe. One thing I’ve heard is that it’s important to still support the actual developers by playing the games they produce, even though they may work in environments that aren’t as supportive or respectful as we may hope. Here’s to hoping that 2022 is a better year for all in our much-loved gaming industry!
Get well soon, Beardman.
After that g4tv disaster I've lost a lot of respect for you, the soy smell was too strong! Unsub
Lost all my respect
What happened
I love you Jirard! And Alex and Brett and Ted and the whole crew! You all work so hard no matter what is happening and consistently deliver content that's great!
Not a letdown at all! That's using your voice for something important! Proud of you Jirard, your team is making amazing choices video after video. Really glad you talked about this!
Anyone mad at you is pretty much part of the problem. Good on ya calling it out.
Feel better soon habibi
Thanks for being a big voice in the sea of video game culture history to speak out against the bs
Major respect on your number 1. Thank you for shedding light on the issues.
I'm a 3D artist and I've been job hunting to work for a video game company and these kind of comments are in my mind when considering where to apply. Shame on you companies that mask these issues! Without us artist, everything goes to 💩
And yeah, you could say that thousands are behind me for X or Y positions, but how long will people would be willing to put their health aside just to work at "their dream company"?
I just want you to know that you speaking out about Activision Blizzard finally convinced me to delete all of their games, and boycott them for the foreseeable future
Would love to see bigger studios take risks again! It's been too long since a major release really blew me away.
Man I miss Total biscuit, imagine if he was here in this time and what he would have to say for the bs happening in the industry, Gerald, you have my full support and I wish the best for your future endeavors
Happy you are alright hope you feel better and at least got to game for enjoyment over the holidays.
You were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Don't want to do anything with those kinda people. Goodbye.
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