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  • Опубліковано 21 гру 2024

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  • @TheCursedJudge
    @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +14051

    Things I have learned from the comments:
    1. Outer Wilds covers much of the same topic.
    2. OneShot covers much of the same topic.
    3. OneShot is the game that has that cat creature I see everywhere.
    4. I made a LOT of people cry

    • @Aeonsteel
      @Aeonsteel Рік тому +704

      That "cat lady" (Niko) has no canonical gender, like Frisk and Chara from undertale

    • @Pamporito
      @Pamporito Рік тому +504

      It may sounds like asking too much but... play Outer Wilds. It's just... that kinda of game you wish you could forget everything about just to play it again and relieve those moments.

    • @Dchicochan
      @Dchicochan Рік тому +70

      This video made me go through a nostalgic crisis

    • @thacoolest13
      @thacoolest13 Рік тому +47

      @@Aeonsteel I'm sure that cat lady appreciates this

    • @shiranuithewolf8559
      @shiranuithewolf8559 Рік тому +131

      Outer wilds is easily one of the best games I’ve ever played, I wish I could forget everything about it and play through it for the first time again. Your only limit in the game is your own knowledge

  • @Welyn
    @Welyn Рік тому +16174

    that parallel of the last mission of reach to the theme of the video is inspired film making 10/10

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +878

      I appreciate it Weyln, I remember watching your Rust stuff when you first blew up and I found your channel again recently, it's cool to see you.

    • @cozmicow
      @cozmicow Рік тому +88

      the goat just commented on such a peak video

    • @zonkedyo
      @zonkedyo Рік тому +45

      wait wtf do u remember playing with a random kid on a rust server like 7 years ago? had a big ass rock in the snow completely walled off on the inside of the rock. i remember you showing me your channel back then at like 1k subs. con fucking grats on blowing up dude not sure how i never realized.

    • @phrogdn7062
      @phrogdn7062 Рік тому +10

      Welyn! I love your content, it's what made me appreciate great commentary like this

    • @ghsrthstrhsrthsthstrh9654
      @ghsrthstrhsrthsthstrh9654 Рік тому +4

      wot u doin ere mate good ta see ya

  • @ThCrmsnFx
    @ThCrmsnFx Рік тому +2893

    Two quotes from Satoru Iwata before he passed away “If I could start over, I wouldn’t change a thing.” “No part of my experience has been a waste of time”

    • @AirLancer
      @AirLancer Рік тому +73

      Damn, serious Raoh energy. "Of this life, I've not a single regret!"

    • @MrAjking808
      @MrAjking808 Рік тому

      Okay?

    • @superslash7254
      @superslash7254 Рік тому +41

      "but in my heart... I am a gamer". Said at a time when gamers were stigmatized and demonized by the entire mainstream political and media establishment.

    • @macias1236
      @macias1236 Рік тому +7

      " If I start my life over again, it's bad for one life time, but I don't start my life over again, it's bad forever." - Iwata

    • @diogocastanheira2664
      @diogocastanheira2664 Рік тому +1

      satoru gojo

  • @forsain4533
    @forsain4533 Рік тому +4403

    I was expecting a generic list.
    I was not expecting an incredibly sad, melancholic, nostalgic, somehow eye-opening and genuinely emotional experience.
    I've never seen your channel before, and I wasn't subscribed...
    ...I am now, because this was fucking amazing.

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex Рік тому +18

      same af.

    • @BM-94
      @BM-94 Рік тому +25

      Viewer: How depressing is your next video on games going to be?
      The Cursed Judge: Yes

    • @_nikdo
      @_nikdo Рік тому +10

      Yes, this was a different kind of experience...

    • @davidlundmark9359
      @davidlundmark9359 Рік тому +3

      I fucking agree

    • @JamesBille-hu4cq
      @JamesBille-hu4cq Рік тому +1

      R.I.P Strikeforce

  • @SamLSkates
    @SamLSkates 11 місяців тому +477

    “Spartans never die, they're just missing in action”

    • @ClimberinChrist
      @ClimberinChrist 4 місяці тому +2

      Another words their dead

    • @redvalens8861
      @redvalens8861 3 місяці тому +7

      @@ClimberinChrist *in other words

    • @Pugerino
      @Pugerino 2 місяці тому +3

      @@redvalens8861also they’re*

    • @HatsuneM1ku01
      @HatsuneM1ku01 Місяць тому +3

      At this point, they are dead like the franchise that 343 made sure to try and kill off

    • @ZeldaSam1
      @ZeldaSam1 6 днів тому +1

      No, they're dead...😢

  • @devonwenger4103
    @devonwenger4103 Рік тому +3546

    "Whats more human than being irrational" that line hit me hard

    • @puhddles3981
      @puhddles3981 Рік тому +38

      I’m a word freak, and that line is phenomenal

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman Рік тому +15

      Because you're also genZ and now you're gonna put that in a tiktok

    • @jeremiasbissovolpe5472
      @jeremiasbissovolpe5472 Рік тому +65

      ​@@solmoman woah dude he just was giving away how he felt lol

    • @superk9letsplays419
      @superk9letsplays419 Рік тому +7

      ​@@solmoman that is gen alpha

    • @PraniGopu
      @PraniGopu 8 місяців тому +2

      Why did that line strike you the way it did?
      I say being rational is more human; it’s what separates us from other animals

  • @plsrafa
    @plsrafa Рік тому +11878

    Halo Reach actually changed my brain chemistry soo much. I don't think there is any game that is like it.

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +925

      It's my favorite game of all time, I actually made a video like 3 years talking about it, but it's unlisted.

    • @BIGNUGGET5434
      @BIGNUGGET5434 Рік тому +267

      Three words, Red dead redemption.

    • @Elitaria
      @Elitaria Рік тому +34

      ​@@TheCursedJudge where linkie

    • @Fje8sbbc
      @Fje8sbbc Рік тому +97

      ​@@BIGNUGGET5434Red Dead Redemption 2

    • @Mr.Frogmutt
      @Mr.Frogmutt Рік тому +34

      It made me cry ngl

  • @mclera8566
    @mclera8566 Рік тому +2210

    As I heard the words "Obsessed with undertale as a kid" it became clear to me that I'm a fairly old man.
    I still recognized it as a, maybe not new, but definitely not as an old game. So I googled it and it dawned on me that this game is nearly 8 years old.

    • @aduantas
      @aduantas Рік тому +188

      I'm 29, I think being on the internet kind of makes this seem much older because we are now surrounded by kids online, the reality is that we are not really old, not truly old, we don't even know what that feels like yet, but we have an artificial sense of being ancient because we are always interacting with people we normally wouldn't have due to the age gap

    • @ikbendom5663
      @ikbendom5663 Рік тому +67

      Hearing that line I automatically assumed Undertale was a rerelease or remake from a 90s game and the guy in the video played the old version as a kid. Only when I read the comments it became clear he was definitely referring to a game that, to me, did not release that long ago. I still can't wrap my head around how someone was "a kid" a few years ago and now making youtube documentaries.

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL Рік тому +9

      Undertale came out when I was 16

    • @mclera8566
      @mclera8566 Рік тому +24

      I think what´s also weird is that he talks about halo 2 like he was there.

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex Рік тому +13

      @@aduantas i'm 22 and feel the same. My Steam account is going to be a decade old soon, and although that's not quite half my life (made it when i was almost 14), i still feel like an old man for having a near-decade old Steam account.
      and granted, some people have had it since Steam launched almost 20 years ago.... but i'm not one of those.

  • @ShwappaJ
    @ShwappaJ 11 місяців тому +322

    The Halo 2 story was the most bittersweet. Before voice chat or typing were introduced to HALO, let alone consoles, the only way anyone could "communicate" was through moving around, rotating, or shooting at something.
    The final two players that remained, despite not being able to talk or text, seemed to feel some kind of kinship. That clip you showed where they were the only two players left? They looked like they were doing the bro hug.
    Then the clip where the last guy was running around. Just running around, not shooting anyone, not competing or cooperating. The last player on a dead server.
    ...I bet ApacheEnforcer felt like he was stuck in Purgatory.

  • @cheqers_
    @cheqers_ Рік тому +5238

    "As someone who was desperately obsessed with Undertale as a kid"
    Jesus I'm getting old

    • @badmotorfox1097
      @badmotorfox1097 Рік тому +148

      As someone who was playing Donkey Kong Country as a kid, same

    • @Psmeijers
      @Psmeijers Рік тому +274

      Insane how time works. This line stood out to me more than the whole essay.

    • @osmium6832
      @osmium6832 Рік тому +170

      To me, Undertale is another game in my backlog that I bought "a couple years ago" and I'll get around to playing any day now.

    • @Zartanyus
      @Zartanyus Рік тому +83

      Undertale was released less than 8 years ago. There is no "was" here. This dude either wasn't a kid then or he is still a kid now.

    • @LaRavachole
      @LaRavachole Рік тому +188

      @@Zartanyus 8 years is only 2 years away from being a decade. Someone who was 15 years old then is 23 now.

  • @AwkwardSilenceGames_
    @AwkwardSilenceGames_ Рік тому +4711

    "It's a brutally depressing experience, where nothing you do can erase the mistake you made and every option gives you a sliver of the life you had before. The world around you is dead, no matter whether you survive or not." Is high praise 🙏
    Thanks for remembering my dumb little flash game ❤

    • @R2Friend
      @R2Friend Рік тому +270

      It genuinely is such a unique game and you did wonderfully with it ❤

    • @diro5910
      @diro5910 Рік тому +188

      DUMB? Nah man, you’re a legend. I love your game! It’s a beauty!

    • @matthewlinus4691
      @matthewlinus4691 Рік тому +142

      I remember getting recommended that game by a Vsauce video and I still stand by my decision to work in the lab every day. Your use of permanence was very novel and I have huge kudos for the vision of the game.

    • @pouncelygrin6699
      @pouncelygrin6699 Рік тому +60

      OH SHI- It's you! Hahaha man your game was a rollercoaster of emotions, thanks for making it 👍👍

    • @angeL_ocracy
      @angeL_ocracy Рік тому +38

      I remember watching Letsplays of it! I’d say it influenced Indie gaming, and the story was great! 💗

  • @FBWalshyFTW
    @FBWalshyFTW Рік тому +2413

    Oh man, I remember when we were all trying to stay on the Halo 2 servers as long as possible. Thank you for the trip down Memory Lane.

    • @FrostedRaps
      @FrostedRaps Рік тому +42

      Walshy the 🐐

    • @tannerl11794
      @tannerl11794 Рік тому +14

      R3AP3R117 was there

    • @Ninja-Warrior99315
      @Ninja-Warrior99315 Рік тому +19

      I was level 50 in swat MLG. I still have the same account but no proof of my rank. sad.

    • @aleyzeeo-aleyzee2101
      @aleyzeeo-aleyzee2101 Рік тому +11

      There's a philosophy in game making. Games must be places of joy. And keeping players there for any other reasons would makem places of boredom. You were playing for no joy.

    • @ifirespondiamstupid7750
      @ifirespondiamstupid7750 Рік тому

      ​@@aleyzeeo-aleyzee2101huh?

  • @firefly8559
    @firefly8559 4 місяці тому +75

    I was expecting some lighthearted "oh these are lost games you cant find anywhere", not an emotional video essay about permanence and determination and what it means to be human. thank you for making this, its genuinely so beautiful

  • @congruentcrib
    @congruentcrib Рік тому +949

    I still remember dying for the first time on “Lone Wolf”. I kept expecting the objective to update, but it never did. As soon as I saw the special cutscene I knew what it really meant. Felt like I had my heart ripped out. Hurt having reality set in

    • @Mark-in8ju
      @Mark-in8ju Рік тому +24

      The original Halo trilogy contained Christian themes in its lore. Can the Covenant be forgiven for the war they started?

    • @professorhaystacks6606
      @professorhaystacks6606 Рік тому +7

      Did anyone ever find a way to trick that into rolling credits without you actually dying? Star Ocean 2 and FF7: Crisis Core had 'unwinnable' battles that you could glitch the game into going past... you still lose as far as the game is concerned of course.

    • @congruentcrib
      @congruentcrib Рік тому +34

      @@Mark-in8ju I honestly liked the religious symbolisms and themes in Halo. Sure it could be taken multiple ways, but I feel like it added a lot more depth to the lore.

    • @monnomestletien
      @monnomestletien Рік тому +15

      Spartans never die, they're just missing in action.

    • @MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099
      @MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099 Рік тому +1

      @@congruentcrib I agree

  • @auser2045
    @auser2045 Рік тому +2394

    A game that would've fit perfectly into this video is OneShot, as the entire game's permise revolves around the idea that you only have one try of completing the main charachters goal (hence the name OneShot, as in you only have one shot). Even though the version on Steam does have a "secret" ending after your initial first playthrough, after completing the game for a second time, it will lock you out of playing it ever again.

    • @Ver0Epsilon
      @Ver0Epsilon Рік тому +379

      [SPOILER WARNING!]
      It doesn't really lock you out, you can play again, but instead of Niko, you play as TWM who is posing AS Niko. But it will never be the same, because you know what happens next and what will occur. Oneshot is magical for its ability to make you realize, that you can only really play once. Even when you are replaying, it isn't the same, because you know everything.

    • @auser2045
      @auser2045 Рік тому +146

      @@Ver0Epsilon True, I forgot about that. As you said, OneShot plays a lot more with the idea of the player only having one "true" playthrough than other games.

    • @masterboa6321
      @masterboa6321 Рік тому +36

      I almost didn't watch the video because I'm dodging spoilers for that game and was certain it would be here.

    • @Ver0Epsilon
      @Ver0Epsilon Рік тому +45

      @@masterboa6321 dont go anywhere Oneshot related, I spoiled myself the beginning, and it was boring and pred8ctsble, cause i knew what to do. I hate spoilers, everyone does. For your enjoyment, please dont read my previous reply.

    • @Cielesis
      @Cielesis Рік тому +44

      ​@@Ver0Epsilon The original OneShot (not the steam version) was special, if you close this game, Niko is DEAD, with nothing you can do to undo it...

  • @WITCHTICS
    @WITCHTICS Рік тому +525

    almost made me burst into tears lmao. been dealing with the whole "nothing lasts forever, time won't slow down for you, stop living in the past" kind of vibe lately, and this video just really nails that feeling. It's a bittersweet feeling for sure but god damn, if it isn't human to feel this way!!

    • @robertlupa8273
      @robertlupa8273 Рік тому +5

      Then I won't watch it. I feel bad just reading comments about how Pokemon was never good and the like. I doubt I'd be able to handle watching this video, even though I'm pretty sure the only game I recognize (I skimmed through the preview that shows up when you hover over the bar) is Undertale.

    • @Manelneedsaname
      @Manelneedsaname Рік тому +1

      Then I recommend you play Xenoblade Chronicles 3, it plays into that theme beatifully

    • @RootcityMusic
      @RootcityMusic Рік тому +1

      Stop being so uplifting, you're making me teary eyed lol

  • @nooneimportanttoyou
    @nooneimportanttoyou 11 місяців тому +109

    In the christmas of 1995 my parents bought me and my brothers a playstation. They did not buy us any games for it because it was too expensive, we simply had the developer disc that game with it. I was a little kid but I remember seeing it boot up the first time. I remember the game "Battle Arena Toshinden" and how when we saw the 3d characters for the first time, we all lost our minds. It was so real. Each attack, he combo, felt like we were watching a live action movie. We can never have that exact same experience again. If I went back in time to that moment, I already experienced it once so I can't really have that exact same moment.
    There is something amazing about reading a book for a first time, seeing a movie, listening to a song, playing a game, just experiencing something the first time. I envy those who get to have those moments again. I ran a D&D game for some younger kids back some years ago, tried real hard to make a whimsy fun game with memorable characters. I remember the look on their faces when I introduced a silly bird NPC. They hadn't gotten to experience something like this before. They are all adults now and no doubt have had better written stories given to them. But I am sure they still remember that first time.
    My old elementary school was torn down, you can never walk those old halls. Many of my favorite restaurants growing up have gone out of business. This applies to so many things. Time marches on, the things we love disappear sometimes as well. You never know when something you do, will be the last time you do it, or someone you talk to you never speak to again. Time marches on. It's sad, but at the same time it's what makes it so special. You should always try to appreciate what you can for that reason. "Transient guests are we..."

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 10 місяців тому +7

      The scary thing is millions of people have come before us, living all sorts of lives in different time periods. They are all gone, with the most famous just text in history books. Millions more will come after us too. Life will move on even from us and our world. The change never stops even if we wish it didn't. Everything has it's day, then it's over.

    • @Outlawstar0198
      @Outlawstar0198 5 місяців тому +1

      Like tears in rain

    • @ninjabluefyre3815
      @ninjabluefyre3815 5 місяців тому

      What did you think of Tekken 3?

    • @gunnasintern
      @gunnasintern 25 днів тому

      the things that leave our life makes space for better things to come

  • @jjerryw
    @jjerryw Рік тому +443

    I was expecting a trivia video about games that can't play anymore, but instead received a philosophical discussion about time, about life is ephemeral and how we can't just fight it, no matter how hard we try.
    Well done

    • @Raulikien
      @Raulikien Рік тому

      That's just not true, life expectancy keeps growing and immortality will eventually be a thing if we don't destroy ourselves first.

  • @The_Digital_Soul
    @The_Digital_Soul Рік тому +733

    I love how you tied the Halo 2 server story with Halo Reach’s Lone Wolf mission. Insanely poetic

    • @v.rokumonsen9338
      @v.rokumonsen9338 Рік тому +3

      Was that what they were going for with the mission?

    • @krischurch3763
      @krischurch3763 Рік тому +7

      ​@@v.rokumonsen9338 nah, couldnt be bro. Game was done by then. Cool that Bungie left the lights on til the last person left, so to say.

    • @superk9letsplays419
      @superk9letsplays419 Рік тому +2

      ​@@v.rokumonsen9338 not it, it tied well, but they didn't have that in mind

  • @BxPanda7
    @BxPanda7 Рік тому +978

    This video is pure nostalgia, and not just because it talks about games that are no longer, but because it managed to put me in a mood I haven't experienced for years, I don't even know how to describe it, it's a weird mix of existential dread, inspiration and pure focus on the here and now while also thinking about the past. You truly managed to transport my mind to a place I haven't visited in a long time, it's been a while since a piece of media captivated my attention to the point where it felt 10x longer than it actually was, and even now that it's finished I'm still actively thinking about it an hour later. Bravo.

    • @Ribcut
      @Ribcut Рік тому +47

      @@RobotronSage This reads like satire. On the off chance you're serious, there's an important point you're seeming to intentionally miss.
      The community and atmosphere of Halo 2 being mainstream, easily accessible without 3rd party software, and feeling completely alive knowing everyone at school most likely had an account and also played is what truly "died."
      Let's consider the Mega Man battle network legacy collection that is about to release in April. Why am I going to spend $60 on it, even though the roms are readily available for free? Because of accessibility and an actual online community that will breathe life into a niche series. Being able to queue up against and trade chips with an actual online community as opposed to some niche circle in a discord is a night and day gaming experience.
      You as an enthusiast yourself must surely know what I mean when you give your pitch to normal people about the preserved classics.
      If it's not on Steam, Epic, PS5, Xbox, Switch, BNET, etc. no one is going to care about playing it or taking the admittedly tedious route of emulating and connecting with people.
      These preserved classics typically rely on P2P and never have dedicated servers, or any of the updates and features / DLC / patches that come with a game actually being kept alive by the company itself.
      What you're describing exists, but it's just not comparable unfortunately. I've went down that route with Dolphin/ Slippi with Melee for gamecube and Project M. There was a community of like maybe 200 people globally because millions of people instead were playing Ultimate on the Switch.

    • @mrmicksicksux
      @mrmicksicksux Рік тому +9

      ​@@RobotronSage talks about gamers but plays pinball 😤 smh

    • @BxPanda7
      @BxPanda7 Рік тому +14

      @@RobotronSage Maybe lay off the crack for a while, nothing in this life lasts forever, you can preserve games as much as you want, one day no one will care as everyone will have moved on to newer things.
      Things change, it's inevitable, and there's no point in staying attached to the past, this has nothing to do with corporate propaganda, it's just a fact of life, you have to learn to move on a let the past be.
      If you really care that much about old games, the best you can do is remake them with current technology as this will breathe new life into them and a new generation of gamers will get to experience them.

    • @hampterjr.1350
      @hampterjr.1350 Рік тому +2

      @ribcut well said!

    • @Bakumatsu1
      @Bakumatsu1 Рік тому +2

      @@RobotronSage you're wrong and you should feel bad

  • @limoncheto
    @limoncheto 8 місяців тому +8

    9:43
    the way to replay one chance is by playing it in incognito
    and then when you beat it close the incognito window and then open another one
    your progress wont be saved and you can play again

  • @DeepSpaceIndustriesLOL
    @DeepSpaceIndustriesLOL Рік тому +1231

    When I was a kid I had to convince my mom Halo reach wasn’t violent because it was alien blood… if only she knew, one of the best and most memorable experiences in my life

    • @miitch99
      @miitch99 Рік тому +29

      On the Arbiter missions, it was MY mission to paint entire rooms with my friendlies' lovely blue blood 😂😥

    • @chromaticswing9199
      @chromaticswing9199 Рік тому +2

      Lmaoo I had to do the exact same thing, good times

    • @TheDeepThrill
      @TheDeepThrill Рік тому +1

      Can’t you tell her?

    • @Andrew_Sword
      @Andrew_Sword Рік тому +19

      ah he took the "its only aliens" route

    • @rainbowGZUS7
      @rainbowGZUS7 Рік тому +11

      I was at a friend's house and he just got halo, his mom heard Johnson say shit then kicked everyone out the house and beat his ass. Lol

  • @UnrivaledPiercer
    @UnrivaledPiercer Рік тому +582

    Halo Reach has one of the best endings in video game history to me. The ending to that game is so amazing while being something that is ultimately depressing at the same time. The thrill ride that that story is, is found basically nowhere else in gaming. It's one of those games that I wish I could entirely forget to replay again because I want to experience it again for the first time.

    • @MILDMONSTER1234
      @MILDMONSTER1234 Рік тому +6

      Oh boy lemme tell you about FF crisis core which basically has the same ending as reach

    • @Joshua_Wolfe
      @Joshua_Wolfe Рік тому +7

      @@MILDMONSTER1234 I tried so many times to survive and hope there was a beatable outcome to crises core only for it to be hopeless. Great memories I wish I could do again for the first time. Over 15 years later its still as memorable as ever. Rip Zack

    • @eziothedeadpoet
      @eziothedeadpoet Рік тому +1

      Halo Reach is the most recent game I played to the credits a few weeks ago.
      So the feels and everything about it is still fresh and boy did it hit me hard.
      Such an amazing merging of gameplay and storytelling.

    • @busterscrugs
      @busterscrugs Рік тому +7

      A couple weeks ago, I played through Reach for the first time ever. Fantastic game, though I wish it was a little longer.

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 Рік тому +1

      We are emotional junkies.

  • @seanhill5904
    @seanhill5904 Рік тому +1147

    I havent cried in two years but this video has me tearing up on the brink of crying as the last points you made in the video about our memories never being changed or altered hit me hard since my brother died in a fatal car accident and one of my fondest memories i have is of me and him playing halo 3 together, even though he always demolished me in that game i always loved playing it with him and after his death ive never found as much joy in my life as i did when he was still here. To this day i still have his xbox 360 and the same exact game disk we played together on which i clean frequently so that when im feeling sad or lonely i can play it and explore the worlds we made together in forge and get a rush of memories that always brightens my day even when it comes with a sense of mourning. Words cant describe how touched i am by this video

    • @yrn7523
      @yrn7523 Рік тому +18

      ❤❤❤

    • @filipides1059
      @filipides1059 Рік тому +30

      Awwwww now Im crying🥹🥹
      That is a beautiful story
      My condolences and I wish you the best❤❤
      And remember, Spartans never die they just go missing in action❤

    • @craftysteve176
      @craftysteve176 Рік тому +9

      I'm sorry about your brother. Glad you can somewhat be happy with the memories and its so cool that you clean the disc every so often

    • @RandomPerson28337
      @RandomPerson28337 Рік тому +6

      Rest in peace bro

    • @kevinlynch3062
      @kevinlynch3062 Рік тому +6

      This comment is beautyful

  • @marziiepan
    @marziiepan 7 місяців тому +43

    goddam as someone with a constant fear of time and death, i was not expecting to relapse that fear in a yt video
    this was beautiful though, despite showinf up a year late im happy to see this

  • @Guimaster127
    @Guimaster127 Рік тому +504

    "Goodbye To A World", by Porter Robinson, is a song that encapsulates that feeling of seeing the world of your favourite MMO, one you've spent countless hours in, disappear becasue the servers shut down. I think it's a beautiful song and I wholeheartedly recommend everyone listening to it.

    • @ICanHazRecon911
      @ICanHazRecon911 Рік тому +24

      Oh wow, I did not realize that song was genuinely inspired by the concept of MMO games being shut down. That's pretty dope. Extra cool because I associate that song with Undertale too lol

    • @Yodeling_Tornado
      @Yodeling_Tornado Рік тому +7

      I heard this song a few years before my memory started remembering. (Which isn't saying much because I only started properly remembering like 3 years ago and I am 15 almost 16), but I used to sing "Lonely, I am so lonely, and it's the end of the world, don't blame yourself now" Because I didn't know the lyrics properly because of how much of a foggy memory the song was. But the first time I rediscovered it, I oddly felt like I had found an old part of myself again. This comment made me rediscover it a second time, and it yet again feels like finding old memories of me playing at the playground of the old daycare I went to, sitting on the bark pretending to sell ice-cream down under the slides in the wooden box. When all I had to worry about was if the girl I had a crush on liked me back and if my iron beads were heated properly so I could take it home. Those were good times. I don't have a good way to end this comment off properly so.. Thank you, genuinely, thank you :)
      Have an amazing day and if times aren't looking up for you at the moment, it will get better, good job for sticking through it all. and if they are looking up, good job on playing your cards right. Signing off.

    • @primalfeline
      @primalfeline Рік тому +10

      @@ICanHazRecon911I’m pretty sure it wasn’t actually supposed to be about MMOs. I think OP just interpreted it that way.

    • @purpleneons
      @purpleneons Рік тому +2

      thank you, this reminded me of NFS World. i could only play it for a year as a kid because the servers shut down in 2015, but that game meant the world to me. i still remember the fireworks going off in free-roam exactly when the plug was pulled. me and tons of other people gathered up in that one spot, watching those fireworks, sending goodbyes in chat, reunited in this virtual final gasp of life... i couldn't not shed a tear.
      i had dumped my profile beforehand, so i could play it offline, as such a project was announced before the shutdown. it did come to fruition eventually, and i could play my game again, albeit by my own. multiplayer was planned, so i kept waiting... until my old hard drive died 3 days before i wanted to back it up.
      my profile, the last screenshot from the official servers, named "the end of the world.png", all gone.
      true, the game did receive a fan-made revival a few years later, and i did play it extensively for some time... but that just wasn't the same. i was a different person by then. the memories did not fully match what i was playing.
      i should not have opened that HDD that one day, maybe it was still possible to save it... well! thanks again, i guess i needed this.

    • @GK_Squid
      @GK_Squid Рік тому

      I have that record, it's an amazing soundtrack

  • @non1263
    @non1263 Рік тому +2450

    I was expecting you to mention the Outer Wilds. That's probably the first game where not being able to play it again hit me like a brick.

    • @DeathAngel-ft8oz
      @DeathAngel-ft8oz Рік тому +179

      I know I can't ever truly re-experience it for the first time again.
      But I admit I still revisit it. I still go flying around and looking at this strange, scary and yet wonderful solar system.
      I've practically beaten the game 100%. But I still play it anywa6, cause I love it so much.

    • @rxjsamira
      @rxjsamira Рік тому +105

      @@DeathAngel-ft8oz I've been thinking of giving this game a chance for quite a while now, and honestly? I probably will now. I've heard a lot of good stuff, heard some music, but I never touched it. In hope it's really as good as portrayed! ^^

    • @calvinjessen6960
      @calvinjessen6960 Рік тому +30

      the only literal version of this title

    • @aurora9883
      @aurora9883 Рік тому +55

      @@rxjsamira please do, it's a piece of beautiful art that each person can only experience once each lifetime.

    • @dehtyarUA
      @dehtyarUA Рік тому +29

      @@rxjsamira probably the best game I ever experienced. Do not look up any information about it before playing.

  • @Kmac2021
    @Kmac2021 Рік тому +1395

    incredible video, thank you

  • @kolkol7851
    @kolkol7851 6 місяців тому +5

    the way this video is structured, scripted and thought out is absolutely incredible. my personal favorite video of all time. beautiful

  • @sebastianphillips2772
    @sebastianphillips2772 Рік тому +576

    I can't explain why, but this was soul crushing. Had a lot of good buddies from school that used to play halo. We All graduated, started families, and never spoke again.

  • @Insym
    @Insym Рік тому +215

    You made me create a new playlist to save masterpiece videos like this to remind me why I love games so much. Thank you for making this!

    • @jonathanwright108
      @jonathanwright108 Рік тому +2

      Oh shit I didn't expect to see you here
      Love your videos

    • @cognifi
      @cognifi Рік тому

      There is one such video that i know of that can be called a masterpiece video - "The mystery of "MICHAELSOFT BINBOWS" by nick robinson. check it out if you havent already

    • @queball19
      @queball19 Рік тому +1

      @@jonathanwright108 same

    • @nitroexsplosion
      @nitroexsplosion Рік тому

      Wild Insym spotted

  • @krisdeluxe4417
    @krisdeluxe4417 Рік тому +224

    My heart goes out to those players, who held on as long as they could.
    thanks for making this video, it hit hard.

  • @Jade_Mochazuki
    @Jade_Mochazuki 4 дні тому +1

    This hits so hard and so close to my gamer heart, thank you for making this poor soul happy saying goodbye to the nostalgia and hello to new beginnings

  • @RagnarR1
    @RagnarR1 Рік тому +414

    Every time I see Halo, it reminds me nothing is the same, and it can't be repeated. That was my friends' and I high school video game, and now I don't even know where my friends are...😢

    • @CameronBarke
      @CameronBarke Рік тому +34

      Different time in our lives; its super weird now...

    • @TIZFUNK
      @TIZFUNK Рік тому +23

      Fuck man. I miss my homies too.

    • @ianc8063
      @ianc8063 Рік тому +4

      Same with my buds I played GOW3 with online. Had our crew and had a lot of fun...no longer

    • @RNAPolymerase
      @RNAPolymerase Рік тому +16

      Strange that in the presence of so many social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat) ... that people are as alone as ever.

    • @nathanael9159
      @nathanael9159 Рік тому +2

      ​@@RNAPolymerase Indeed.

  • @Timoxa_who
    @Timoxa_who Рік тому +490

    This is the best video essay Ive seen in a minute
    The soundtrack
    The wording
    The nostalgia..
    10/10

  • @blaney1014
    @blaney1014 Рік тому +234

    Holy crap. This video actually made me quite emotional. How most people would see the last matches as survival, it was actually a labor of love for so many. Truly inspiring thank you

    • @washinours
      @washinours Рік тому +2

      Glad to see I'm not the only one

  • @millerduval8569
    @millerduval8569 5 місяців тому +5

    Excellent video. You've captured something intangible in this work of art my friend

  • @darreldarrenman3334
    @darreldarrenman3334 Рік тому +1522

    Your thoughts about Halo and undertale are Awesome.
    Undertale for a long time had a really bizarre feel about it. There's the bright side with all the quirky characters, jokes, and happy endings, but then there's this crushing feeling of repetition and hopelessness. The characters are stuck in a loop and you're perpetuating it. On top of that, it does an effective job at commenting about player agency, and how players slowly realize what Flowey really means as a character.

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +117

      One day I wanna make a video just gushing all about Undertale, there is so much to that game

    • @darreldarrenman3334
      @darreldarrenman3334 Рік тому +19

      @@TheCursedJudge Then the only rational thing for me to do is subscribe and wait
      Your channel is great

    • @Milkmangood58
      @Milkmangood58 Рік тому +8

      Somtimes I think I'm the only person who just despises Undertale

    • @zenrhys589
      @zenrhys589 Рік тому +19

      ​@ChipTheOtter you are. There is no reason to hate it with the exception of the fanbase. Its truly a masterwork in player centered story telling.

    • @lefeeshchopped8286
      @lefeeshchopped8286 Рік тому +2

      @@Milkmangood58 I wish it were so

  • @Jackaboy1476
    @Jackaboy1476 Рік тому +513

    This made me look back at the last 22 years of gaming. 22 years of fun, friends, and game after game. Some we’ll never get back again, others will live forever. But this point that you’ll never get that first feeling again, you’ll never be a kid after school at a buddies house again. Time moves on, but the memories are forever

    • @dr.dreamer8914
      @dr.dreamer8914 Рік тому +10

      Until you forget or all who could remember are dead.

    • @sanjivinsmoke2719
      @sanjivinsmoke2719 Рік тому +6

      No one can beat time. At the end of the road even memories fade away.
      We only have our actions and what we left behind weather it be bad or good. Though no one will remember a whisper of it in a century. It doesn't mean that they had no impact.

    • @zackleblanc5783
      @zackleblanc5783 Рік тому

      I needed this thank you Jack

    • @jacobmaz8157
      @jacobmaz8157 Рік тому

      Wow, wise words…

    • @happypandaface710
      @happypandaface710 Рік тому +2

      @@dr.dreamer8914 my cod2 highlight reels will live on foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • @mikelm5806
    @mikelm5806 Рік тому +232

    Today I finally completed the 100% of Super Mario Galaxy, a game I have played since I was a kid. Now I have watched your video and I'm crying remembering all the moments I lived playing it, how I struggled with the first boss and the satisfaction when I beat it, the first time I heard Gusty Garden Galaxy... Even if it's sad to think that I will never experience that for the first time, I'm happy it happened. Thank you so much.

    • @Dave5400
      @Dave5400 Рік тому +5

      If I had to choose, that's probably my favourite game, and I don't even really play consoles. A great game, for me, is one that you can re-play and still get some satisfaction out of. OK, you know the plot twist and what will happen at the end, but I still get a good deal of satisfaction seeing it all play out again. Same goes for other media: if I can't re-watch a film (or read a book for that matter) and still get at least some satisfaction about how the story is told, then it's not a good film for me.

  • @joffresalies9406
    @joffresalies9406 8 місяців тому +1

    Every time I watch this video I cry. It is such a deep dive into the meaning of life. Thank you for making me reflect on everything

  • @reiswindy
    @reiswindy Рік тому +600

    Going through abandoned VR Chat worlds gives me those same feelings you mentioned in the end. Especially if they have pictures of the people that used to play there on the walls. Who were they? What made them leave? Are they even still alive? Doesn't matter, all that's left are their memories.

    • @1_ElFox
      @1_ElFox Рік тому +41

      I took videos of my gameplay on those abandoned worlds, its hard to watch them when they were full of players and a younger me behind the headset.

    • @ShadowWulfGaming
      @ShadowWulfGaming Рік тому +26

      As a fellow VRC player, I cry looking back at all the photos I've taken. knowing so many beautiful people and even meeting a lot of them irl. it hurts knowing the inevitable, but it makes the memories made that much more bittersweet

    • @dabootvv
      @dabootvv Рік тому +4

      you should try visiting historic places like pompeii THATS powerful

    • @SeekerGoldstone
      @SeekerGoldstone Рік тому +6

      ​@@dabootvvI think Pompeii feels a little different because it isnt an instance that was loaded into reality for me and me alone.

    • @rynnziolkowski4642
      @rynnziolkowski4642 Рік тому +2

      Similar experience with abandoned second life sims

  • @SonsOfJupiter
    @SonsOfJupiter Рік тому +299

    That was one hell of a video. I don't think I've ever had someone so perfectly summarize why video games in general are painful for me as I approach 30. I boot up games now and either they are the same thing I've already put 1000 hours into and can't possibly explore more, or they're unfamiliar and deeply unsatisfying because I have already experienced so many endless hours of incredible joy and curiosity. No matter what I do, every time I pick up a controller these days I am simply overcome with a deep sorrow and wistfulness for those careless summer days where I knew that my friends would come over, we'd boot up the latest obsession, and the hours would breeze by with unfettered joy. I find that emotion in other things these days, but after so many ups and downs for so much of my life, video games are just too emotional and embittering to enjoy anymore.

    • @ThePhil-Osopher
      @ThePhil-Osopher Рік тому +11

      Bro I'm starting to feel you, it's all either too familiar or too foreign. I want something comfortable, but not something I've played a thousand times. By the time I played Halo Reach almost all enjoyment of it was lost on me. I didn't care about the story enough to continue, or the gameplay. I was confused how people could love it so much since I couldn't, but it was perhaps the burnout that ruined the game.

    • @ZEKO_B
      @ZEKO_B Рік тому +1

      wow this touched me :') i hope that a game of some sort come round and that you and your friends can enjoy it together as the hours go by and endless joy comes through.

    • @briguy459
      @briguy459 Рік тому

      In my late 30s so I feel your longing for the games and types of games you miss & put time into. But, gaming as a hobby is just that. If you don't like the games your playing, try a different genre or platform/console. The back of games I have from even 3 years ago, is still in the teens. I find newness & enjoyment from top 10 games that are highly rated everywhere, by multiple sources. But, I don't let my hobby consume me. There's still lifting heavy objects and putting them down. Overall, my time is very limited these days...dang my kids and thier video games. 😅

    • @pandaboogus
      @pandaboogus Рік тому +11

      Tldr; video games aren’t enjoyable and fun anymore so we should all find different hobbies to do until a new big hit comes out which is a low chance

    • @spunkysamuel
      @spunkysamuel Рік тому +1

      Probably just a you issue

  • @vincentmarcellino7183
    @vincentmarcellino7183 Рік тому +272

    The last guy in Noble 14 when the other guy went off: Gentlemen... It has been a privilege playing with you

    • @PraiseToTheLordGodAlmighty
      @PraiseToTheLordGodAlmighty Рік тому +10

      That hurts

    • @offworlder1
      @offworlder1 8 місяців тому +1

      They could still meet up in Halo 3, ODST, Reach and beyond if they shared gamer tags and added each other as friends.

  • @SageTheYandere
    @SageTheYandere 5 місяців тому +6

    I wasn't expecting something of this magnitude.
    How eloquently put. How.. eloquently put.
    I've seen most of these games. Loved them, too. You got yourself a new subscriber.
    Take life as it comes, everyone.

  • @bread-fish
    @bread-fish Рік тому +663

    Man flappy bird was hilarious, everyone was just confused when it was taken off the app store

    • @jacoblister3244
      @jacoblister3244 Рік тому +9

      I got the APK file if you want it

    • @mahirooyama9424
      @mahirooyama9424 Рік тому +91

      Very legit prob not a virus

    • @lefeeshchopped8286
      @lefeeshchopped8286 Рік тому +11

      Honestly I completely understand why he did it. It takes a big person to do something like that.

    • @leithfischer9431
      @leithfischer9431 Рік тому +11

      I remember some kid murdered a family member out of frustration and then a week after that it was off the app store, probably no relation but at the time I thought that was the reason the creator decided to take it down

    • @benito1620
      @benito1620 Рік тому

      @@leithfischer9431 no that was a fake story.

  • @justanothermeltingchannel
    @justanothermeltingchannel Рік тому +553

    This was…incredible. It’s been so long since I felt what this video made me feel. 41 years old, sitting here with my dogs, listening to my wife talk in the phone, and just feeling memories flood my mind of Halo 2 matches, as my tears flood my eyes.

    • @REDEEMERWOLF
      @REDEEMERWOLF Рік тому +20

      Go outside and touch grass

    • @skycaptain95
      @skycaptain95 Рік тому +5

      Ok boomer

    • @FanGirl9463
      @FanGirl9463 Рік тому +1

      Lmao

    • @martygusto3056
      @martygusto3056 Рік тому +60

      I swear as good as the comments are, the replies can be totally opposite and cringey as possible.

    • @samueldavis5895
      @samueldavis5895 Рік тому +17

      42 and I still have such a fond spot in my heart for halo 2 and then halo reach… unforgettable times and memories. I feel you brother 😢

  • @idodeisrealnofake
    @idodeisrealnofake Рік тому +1506

    The halo 2 story would have been even more wholesome if the last 2 players became friends and met in real life

  • @jayhovah5621
    @jayhovah5621 8 місяців тому +1

    I kinda needed this I think. Going through.. Dark stuff.
    Just really latched on hard to Cyberpunk, I've never experienced what I would call true escapism from video games before, though there is no question I have missed out on a LOT of life due to video games.
    I dont know how to describe it, I just want to jump back in but there is nothing left for me there. Just binge watched the anime again last night. Can't lay off the UA-cam videos about secrets, I'm sure that's why the video got recommended.
    It's just, hard to not feel that characters... Don't exist. That they've never done something that wasn't written by somebody else. I'm almost 38, I feel absolutely ridiculous. But I just wish I could go back to the journey. The destination was death of that world.

  • @zethrenbeltran4071
    @zethrenbeltran4071 Рік тому +755

    "Whats more human than being irrational" this was an epic video. Im not crying, youre crying.

  • @thegameologist777
    @thegameologist777 Рік тому +120

    I couldn't even begin to imagine the emotional roller coaster the last player went through knowing once he was gone, it would be no more.

  • @MrChezzStudios
    @MrChezzStudios Рік тому +337

    This "short" video felt like hours. It was a deep, heartwarming video that I will have a hard time finding anywhere else. Thank You!

    • @ApofKol
      @ApofKol Рік тому +4

      It's a shame it wasn't hours

    • @boredgeneral770
      @boredgeneral770 Рік тому +3

      ​@@ApofKol it didnt need to be. It was beautiful as it is

  • @nathanbryan4380
    @nathanbryan4380 7 місяців тому +3

    Hey, wanted to start by saying that this video was awesome. I’m a night shift custodian and I’m walking around sweeping the floors replacing trash bags, the regular janitor shit. Lol. Anyways I got to the end of your video and the way you described how those players in halo 2 “waved goodbye” made me cry. I lost my grandfather a week ago and had the honor of speaking at his service, what you said made my cry tears of happiness because it made me feel like that’s what my family was doing this past Friday. So thank you, you earned a subscriber 🤘

  • @ludwigthestrange
    @ludwigthestrange Рік тому +538

    This video is a piece of art and I was crying at the end. I'm in a point in my life right now where I feel like no matter what I do it won't matter, but knowing that there are people who will still fight to the end, even if it seems hopeless, that's what I live for. I'm going to keep fighting, even if it seems hopeless.

    • @josephbass2980
      @josephbass2980 Рік тому +35

      Hey friend. You're worth while and people love you. Always remember that. Don't give up hope.

    • @GDKF0238
      @GDKF0238 Рік тому +13

      Fighting to the bitter last. For if I don’t fight, why am I here?

    • @angelgonzaleza.6848
      @angelgonzaleza.6848 Рік тому +7

      We are all fighting together my friend

    • @ELXIXXX
      @ELXIXXX Рік тому +4

      Bro gave a whole sermon 💀

    • @yatosmoon7501
      @yatosmoon7501 Рік тому +13

      Don't you dare go hollow.

  • @differentone_p
    @differentone_p Рік тому +243

    It's so sad when you played a game, you liked it, but forgot about it for some years. And after it you realize that that one game you loved was deleted forever. And all was left it's burning memories.

    • @jomancool55
      @jomancool55 Рік тому +2

      Battlefield heroes... such great memories

    • @bobzilla-1
      @bobzilla-1 Рік тому

      But on the other side of the coin. It's knowing that that game got a proper burial provides a bitter sweet feeling. You won't get to play it again, no one will. That won't prevent you from moving on as a person. There will always be other games, and no one else can take away the memories u made playing it to begin with.
      Recently, The Completionist went onto the 3DS game store and purchased every single game, and stored their base save files along w/ all possible DLC on Hard Drives to be placed in a "Video Game Museum".
      But I kinda feel if that goes against what the developers want. The store went down for a reason, these games lived, and they died. Trying to preserve something robs it of its right to pass on. In the same way it would feel immoral to resuscitate some1 who doesn't want it; it feels wrong to permanantly store a game that was destined to disappear forever. It's knowing that the game will be gone that gives it meaning. It almost invalidates its very existence when u refuse to let it go away in peace.

    • @Earadon
      @Earadon Рік тому +1

      Heartaches...heartaches...

    • @maxbowen6482
      @maxbowen6482 Рік тому +3

      Sounds daft but I’m like that with some flash games😂

    • @biggiepiggie
      @biggiepiggie Рік тому +3

      @@Earadon my loving you there’s only heartaches…

  • @dude_list
    @dude_list 5 місяців тому +6

    Halo Reach. My first ever Halo game I was so excited when I got it, I played it nonstop and refused to uninstall it to install my new game and then when I beat it, I felt empty I was so immersed in Halo Reach, All of those mission's only to die...

  • @Neckromorph
    @Neckromorph Рік тому +908

    Even nearly a decade later I'm still coping with the cancellation of Silent Hills and the removal of P.T. That was going to be such a good game.

    • @DocTime56
      @DocTime56 Рік тому +17

      I’m hyped for Silent Hill F, but that looks more like a Fatal Frame that a Silent Hill.
      The teaser for Silent Hills (the non playable one) looked awesome with Norman Reedus too

    • @Neckromorph
      @Neckromorph Рік тому +9

      @@DocTime56 I'm pretty excited for F too, and also the SH2 remake. I'm happy Konami is finally doing something with the franchise, instead of just sitting on it like they have been for the past 8-9 years

    • @Rahburrito
      @Rahburrito Рік тому +9

      After Silent Hill: Downpour, I really hope they have their Resident Evil 7 moment and turn the franchise back into what it used to be

    • @pe3094
      @pe3094 11 місяців тому +3

      They did Kojima so dirty

    • @zombieslayer02gjustzombies85
      @zombieslayer02gjustzombies85 10 місяців тому +2

      @@pe3094yea idc what they might do good I still hate the company for what they did to him

  • @horrorwood1331
    @horrorwood1331 Рік тому +103

    i cannot imagine the surreal feelings ApacheEnforcer experienced being the last person on the Halo 2 servers. To be that person means that the game probably meant a lot to them, so to be the LAST person to be on the servers- the last person to ever experience your favorite game...i can't imagine how it would feel. it would be so isolating.

    • @thatguythatplaysgames3221
      @thatguythatplaysgames3221 Рік тому +6

      Didn't he get rewarded or acknowledged by Microsoft?

    • @lockedontarget770
      @lockedontarget770 Рік тому +3

      ​@@thatguythatplaysgames3221I hope so. He has more dedication than everyone at Microsoft combined.

    • @apachen4sir631
      @apachen4sir631 Рік тому +19

      ⁠@@thatguythatplaysgames3221no. To answer your question, no “reward” or “acknowledgment” of any sort for what I did.
      [Source: I *AM* “APACHE N4SIR”, Guinness World Record Holder and the last person to be on the Halo2 servers after being kicked off after 673 hours 58 minutes after -ZERO HOUR-]

    • @apachen4sir631
      @apachen4sir631 Рік тому +21

      It wasn’t my FAVOURITE game… it was one of me favourites but it was the one that made the biggest impact in the gaming community. It was the reason why we had voice chat. Proximity voice communications. The reasons we had 100 friends on our friends list. To name a few. Without Halo 2 and all it’s framework we wouldn’t have XBOX LIVE the way we had it then and the way we have it now as it was built around Halo2. Without Halo 2, we wouldn’t be as advanced as what we were then or at that time. We have a lot to thank Halo 2 in the background even if you were not a Halo fan… you have a lot to be thankful for!!!
      Halo2 servers had the biggest following vs other games like Mech Assault or any sports game… the Lobbies in Halo were top notch and after a game it didn’t disconnect you and throw you outta the lobby like it did like Mech Assault 2 did (which was a pain in the ass, cause if you didn’t write down the Gamertag of the person you liked or got along with you had no way of finding who you were in the lobby and gaming with but in Halo 2 you could carry over from one game to another [which was nice]).
      For me personally, Halo held a special meaning to me and I wanted to play some more games with friends a few more times for old times sales. So that’s why I played and didn’t want to put down the controller… 🎮

    • @thatguythatplaysgames3221
      @thatguythatplaysgames3221 Рік тому +4

      @@apachen4sir631 Well now I feel like a dick

  • @MeMelon
    @MeMelon Рік тому +348

    This is a topic I've thought a lot about recently, I love that you brought up Undertale as its mechanics are so fresh and unique, great video as always Judge man

  • @YuYuYuna_
    @YuYuYuna_ 4 місяці тому +7

    When I was young and friends be it online ones or IRL stopped playing a game or the game when offline permanently I would get sad for awhile but then as time went on I began to realize something which is what this video (I believe) is getting at: Games that you can't experience again be it because they were multiplayer and the servers are gone or they are single player games the reality is you can never experience the same game for the first time again, ever... but that's okay. That's not a bad thing at all. What I've realized is that the sadness we all feel when we finish a game or the servers go offline is we wish we could experience it all over again and get sad because of that but we shouldn't dwell in that sadness. The reason you are sad at all is because it was something so special to you that not being able to relive it again or experience it with a clean memory having never played it before. Really if you want to you can take this idea and extrapolate it to real life with friends and family or pets. When someone passes away or moves away, you lose contact or fall out of touch, etc. It is such a gut punching feeling. Maybe I'm not the best at handling grief but the way I've always told myself to look at these types of losses is that I shouldn't get sad and sulk and get depressed that they are no longer around. Rather, I should be eternally grateful that I had them in my life and cherish the memories I have of them. Don't get me wrong it's not that I don't cry or feel sad when I lose a friend or family member or pet, I do and a lot. However I know myself well enough to know that I could very easily fall into a downward spiral of regret, wishing I could go back in the past and hang out with them again and be around them more. Same thing applies to games. One of my favorite games in the past 10 years was a game called CrossCode. When I finished it I was very very sad and cried a bit because I didn't want the good times to stop. I wanted to keep going and to keep enjoying my time with the game.
    The moral of the story is: Cherish your time with whatever or whoever you are spending it with. It's okay to feel grief and sadness when it's over as all things eventually come to an end, but do not dwell on/in your sadness. Genuinely be extremely grateful and eternally happy that you got to spend the time in that game or with that person. Think about how much fun you had and all the different experiences and emotions you felt and memories you've kept with you. The sadness you feel when good things end is BECAUSE they were good things and meant a lot to you. There was a period of time where I legit felt incredibly depressed and alone when all my friends slowly stopped playing Xbox Live and I switched to PC. Eventually I realized that I was approaching my grieving of the situation all wrong. I shouldn't be sad that it's over -- I should be eternally grateful that I was lucky enough to spend my time surrounded by amazing friends who gave my thousands and thousands of hours of laughter and hilarious memories. I remember so many good times playing Halo 3 custom games with my friend Darius (if there's some strange world where you see this, hope you're living your best life buddy - my ID was sneakysnake/poisonous zero n we used to play Halo 3/reach/COD MW2 on Xbox 360) along with a ton others that for some reason my brain right now cannot name, but I've never forgotten the experiences I had with them and the time we shared. Cherish your friends and the time you get to spend with them, take nothing for granted and don't dwell too long when things eventually come to an end. Don't be sad that it's over, smile because it happened.

  • @TenstimDabis
    @TenstimDabis Рік тому +121

    Halo: Reach was the first game to give me a more existential view of the world and everything else. It was going through the stages of grief without having lost a person. This video has reignited that feeling of "I'm only here for so long, and I shouldn't be scared of the end cause then I'll only waste my time worried about something I can't control". This video means a lot, and I know I'm not the only one who sees the beauty in dark subjects like this.

  • @Haven414
    @Haven414 Рік тому +426

    Your video essays are some of the best I’ve ever seen and I’ll admit, I’m envious of your serious talent. Keep up the good work.

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +12

      I appreciate the words Haven, and I'm glad you enjoyed!

  • @cappybara6866
    @cappybara6866 Рік тому +372

    Honestly, this is the closest a video essay has been to being perfect in my eyes. Only thing it’s missing is a mention of Outer Wilds. You should really play that game if you haven’t done so yet.

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +51

      I haven't, a lot of people have told me to play it in the comments though. I'm a little broke rn but I'll get it when I have the chance!

    • @frogfarmer3551
      @frogfarmer3551 Рік тому +7

      Dudes voice is soothing AF no homo

    • @Egonimo
      @Egonimo Рік тому +5

      @@frogfarmer3551 you spittin facts bro

    • @masonolivo5909
      @masonolivo5909 Рік тому +8

      Check out Jacob Geller. Has the same vibe as this dude in the way he delivers the information. Always good to double up on essay sources bc they take a long time to make 😜

    • @sHooIT
      @sHooIT Рік тому +4

      @@TheCursedJudge you're broke now, you'll be broken soon after playing. 10/10 dont google a single word

  • @Blazefoxxx
    @Blazefoxxx 11 місяців тому +2

    I love these kind of rant videos that always come back around in the end, gives me the feels man

  • @98loud
    @98loud Рік тому +443

    The legends that are the Noble 14. I think as the internet/gaming becomes older and game archivists' fight becomes more difficult as copyright, ownership, and corporate bs gets more complicated, their story will ring closer and closer to home for a lot of folks

    • @guard13007
      @guard13007 8 місяців тому +4

      I was just thinking about that.. About how.. that same story plays out in microscopic ways over and over again and will continue until something breaks.

  • @logwinch
    @logwinch Рік тому +206

    “What’s more human than being irrational” is one of the best quotes about life I’ve ever heard.

    • @von_Fairhair
      @von_Fairhair Рік тому

      Reminds me of “Predictably Irrational: the hidden forces that shape our decisions” (a book by Dan Ariely)

  • @noxealga
    @noxealga Рік тому +132

    Miss Halo Reach a whole lot. Me and my cousin played back when I was 4 until I was 13, we wish we could go back. Lone Wolf was such a great mission, too. A worthy end for Bungie’s Halo.

    • @abrahamlopez1879
      @abrahamlopez1879 Рік тому +8

      Me(7) and my brother(11) at the time were soo confused and thought we were doing something wrong in that mission. We both shared the controller to see who can last find the way out of that death zone, but then we realized that it must be time-based on survival. So we both shared again to see how long we will both survive. No matter how long we survived we always ended up seeing the same cutscene at the end. Then we realized, this is it. This is how the game ends. There is nothing further, but a downfall of your crew dying and eventually you at the end of it all.
      This game will always be on my list of best games I played and had the most fun.

    • @ethanshenk2058
      @ethanshenk2058 9 місяців тому

      Its still active on master chief collection though

    • @jacobwagner8984
      @jacobwagner8984 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@ethanshenk2058 Yea but 343 changed it. Campaign wise yea its fine, but online multiplayer is a shell of what it once was. Even when Reach servers were active once Bungie dropped the IP, they made changes for the worse. Idk if you remember TU Slayer, but that marked the beginning of their reign with bleedthrough shield damage. They changed the mechanics of a wildly popular game and wonder why it failed once they took over.
      You can't vote on maps, they dont cycle the old maps enough and you're forced to play on their newer ones that are terrible, they have the bleedthrough damage, spawning with a DMR and pistol is asinine vs AR and pistol because teams can focus fire kill anyone instantly. They took away creative and fun arcade style game modes in Action Sack and changed it to be king of the kill or capture the flag.
      They just never understood who the fanbase was/is. So yes, you can go play it again, but it's not the same game.

  • @anotherpewtertahoe
    @anotherpewtertahoe Місяць тому +2

    Horizon Zero Dawn was one of those games for me.
    It does such a great job at slowly working you into what happened, and at the end you're just numb by all the things you can't change.

  • @kashino55archive94
    @kashino55archive94 Рік тому +272

    Some of what you described is how I feel exploring dead Minecraft servers, still clinging until the unpaid fees finally end them for good. Same with once-bustling survival servers now housing a small, dedicated playerbase. It's very melancholy looking at everything done, everything lost, and acknowledging the things I will never see. There's a heartwarming melancholy saying goodbye to things left behind, and knowing that someone somewhere remembers them for the beautiful works of creativity they were.

    • @orange_turtle3412
      @orange_turtle3412 Рік тому +15

      Mineplex going down earlier this year hit me really hard. I have tons of memories on that server, and the reality that its time was limited had never really occurred to me before the server was gone forever. Now all I have left is Hypixel, but that will inevitably die someday as well. Online games cost money to keep up and running and, because of this, every single one has a limited lifespan. Fortnite, rocket league, apex, hypixel, etc. all have a ticking clock. Some day it will no longer be viable to keep the servers running and all those games will become nothing but memories.

    • @NehanPlays
      @NehanPlays Рік тому +5

      ​@@orange_turtle3412Wait what Mineplex died ?
      What the hell....
      That was my favourite server on MC

    • @orange_turtle3412
      @orange_turtle3412 Рік тому +2

      @@NehanPlays Yeah. It shut down earlier this year.

    • @OrangeLiqueur
      @OrangeLiqueur 11 місяців тому +2

      There used to be a minigame called Dwarves Vs Zombies. It used to feel *huge* . Then, the main dev had arguments with other devs, they went a little insane, and it died. Eventually, without the main server, recieving updates and the like, all the spinoff servers died.
      There have been times I visited the old spinoff servers, and it's just empty. Games which used to host well over 20+ people, now with one. Some servers eventuallly downsized to one minigame, usually not DvZ. Some became creative plot servers. All are barren.
      The last sentence isn't entirely true, of course, there *is* a small community organising games weekly, but you have to search to find it.

  • @lunsine
    @lunsine Рік тому +475

    Damn, this dude is really underrated. I love your narration and choice of footage. Keep this up and you will definitely see significant growth.

  • @dokke-4796
    @dokke-4796 Рік тому +383

    the quality of this video is so insane that is disgusting how underrated this guy is

    • @redshift912
      @redshift912 Рік тому +8

      It has almost a million views in only ten days . It’s not underrated at all

    • @Gearsclips
      @Gearsclips Рік тому

      I agree. This is quality stuff.

    • @noopthenoop
      @noopthenoop Рік тому +2

      @@redshift912 JUDGE HIMSELF is stupid underrated not the video

    • @jeremy9474
      @jeremy9474 Рік тому

      @@redshift912 Lol literally was about to say the same

    • @jeremy9474
      @jeremy9474 Рік тому

      @@noopthenoop oh. wow this video blew up… I just looked at his other stuff that has no views in comparison to this.

  • @LeBartenderuk
    @LeBartenderuk 11 місяців тому +1

    I loved this video. It hit a lot of my childhood games and then continued to hit games of my teenage and adult life. It's sort of forced me to realise how in over our heads we are sometimes and how just like things In real life games can be shut down. They can't all last forever. Sometimes we can just sit in a room full of friends or even family and talk about the good ol' times and what we miss. I love this vid man keep up the good work

  • @bradleyduffy3880
    @bradleyduffy3880 Рік тому +124

    This is one of the best, soul wrenching yet mesmerizing video essays i have watched in a very long time. Absolute masterclass. Thank you for this, truly.

  • @Heartless_Media
    @Heartless_Media Рік тому +386

    Dude, this video actually made me feel hella emotional. It triggered so many feelings, memories and just make me think about so much. What a masterpiece of a video.

  • @isaiasrdossantos
    @isaiasrdossantos Рік тому +198

    "These experiences we had cannot be changed or forgotten; time will always march forward, and as distant as those memories get, those foggy but unforgettable moments, they'll always be a part of you, for better, or for worse."
    This hits hard.

  • @errorcode4858
    @errorcode4858 11 місяців тому +5

    Halo Reach is in my top 3 games of all time, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve replayed it
    But no matter how many campaigns I’ve beaten, or how many more. No matter how many skulls or challenges I play with. I can never recreate the first, learning that you can’t win, learning that everyone dies was such a gut punch the first time, and now that I know I can never relive that

  • @zibbitybibbitybop
    @zibbitybibbitybop Рік тому +540

    The antidote to this sort of backward-looking melancholy is novelty. I don't grieve the loss of my ability to experience great things for the first time ever again, because I know that there are countless other first time experiences still waiting for me, some of which will be as spectacular as anything I've ever seen. A life filled with novelty is a life well lived.

    • @RDUFFAL
      @RDUFFAL Рік тому +17

      I am so very blessed by the simple ability to remember and perfectly emulate the feelings of the first time I did anything. The first time I beat Reach, my entire body shuddered, and so it has every single time afterward. When I completed Shadow of the Colossus for the first time I cried as the beautiful, beautiful music played and those credits rolled, and so I do, every single time. After my mother passed away, I went to my father and told him 'I can't even remember what she looked like from memory' and we wept, and now, years and years later, I can remember that moment and cry just the same. I only wish everyone were able to remember so clearly, physically, mentally, and spiritually.

    • @bbbbbbb51
      @bbbbbbb51 Рік тому +3

      This is the exact lesson Outer Wilds teaches through the narrative front to back.

    • @TheRealHoltzy
      @TheRealHoltzy Рік тому +3

      True, but at the end of your life, there are no more new experiences and all you are left with are memories. Without preserving the past, no one would even know what you are talking about when that time comes.

  • @alazar3001
    @alazar3001 Рік тому +193

    Depression often makes me think of these moments in time and feel sad that I can't relive them. Makes me feel like there's no point to doing anything, simply because in the end, it won't matter. Watching videos like this remind me that I shouldn't be sad just because I can't do it again, but that I should be glad I did them at all. Thanks for reminding me that everything ends, and that I should just be happy to be apart of something so large.

    • @oliveryt7168
      @oliveryt7168 Рік тому +10

      I experienced similar things. Keep going, it's worth it!

    • @cinnamon5675
      @cinnamon5675 Рік тому +6

      that’s a good way of putting it

    • @alazar3001
      @alazar3001 Рік тому +4

      @@oliveryt7168 I appreciate it. I've been doing better recently but I still have those days. I'm glad to know I have peoples support 😄

    • @luckygaming6687
      @luckygaming6687 Рік тому

      There is nothing called depression it's a term for ppl who don't wanna work so they say '' i have depression so i can't work'' but they don't have it :)

    • @Kholaslittlespot1
      @Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому

      @@luckygaming6687 prick

  • @mithoviel
    @mithoviel Рік тому +246

    This invokes haunting nostalgia. I had such a close group of friends that I met online and played games with between 1999 and 2003 while we were all in college and/or recently graduated. We met up a few times a year for LAN parties, and traversed into IRL friends. As jobs, marriages, and children became life priorities, and death had its way as well, we all wandered away from the playgrounds where we fought together, and the IRC channel where we convened in the meantime. The LAN parties had dwindled as well. I still fire up a few of the games occasionally and find that the games aren't much without those people. I have been longing for that time of my life for twenty years. Of course, as cliche' as it is, I didn't know that would be one of the most memorable times of my life while I was in it. And I know that I will never have that feeling again.

    • @benjamindains6906
      @benjamindains6906 5 місяців тому +4

      I know people hate to hear, "be happy that it happened, not sad that it's over", but it's true. I lost my mom when I was a kid (18) and then I was alone in the world and it took me a long time to come to terms with what I had no control over, but when I did I finally understood that saying. No one truly knows what's after all of this (life) they can say they do but no one can prove it so there has to be even the faintest amount of doubt involved. We do know we're on a floating rock in the middle of a universe that is beyond our comprehension in size, just 100 years ago video games were not even a thought in people's minds, and by some luck (seriously what are the odds we are sitting here today after billions of years in the making) we were all born at a time when we could experience these things... Be happy that it even happened. ❤

    • @mithoviel
      @mithoviel 5 місяців тому +3

      @@benjamindains6906 wisdom. Nostalgia is still a fickle bitch. 🥲

    • @benjamindains6906
      @benjamindains6906 5 місяців тому

      @@mithoviel yup it really is! My mom was still alive when we did the LAN parties and stuff so it’s a double nostalgia punch in the gut. 😂

    • @AzuriteGaming
      @AzuriteGaming 5 місяців тому +1

      You can have that feeling again through online games with those same friends if you still are friends with them that is.

    • @mumblecake251
      @mumblecake251 5 місяців тому +1

      @@AzuriteGaming But that is the point. Everyone moves on in life. It's not the same if it happened today. Even if you did magically manage to re-assemble the avengers after 20 years. The conversations would all be about family and job and other strains of life. The blissful innocence of the late teens or early twenties is gone and the experience would feel hollow. Some things are best left in the past and while we can long to have that experience again we truly know that that can't happen and that is ok. There are new experiences and adventures to be had.

  • @peterbutterjam97
    @peterbutterjam97 11 місяців тому +2

    This is a really good video in its own right, but I also want to just say how cool it is that music from games like Celeste and Undertale has become standard fare for UA-camrs who need background music for their videos

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  11 місяців тому +1

      Those soundtracks are so insanely good. The one I most use, though, is the Beastars soundtrack.

  • @AgentCMan
    @AgentCMan Рік тому +65

    I think a line Chara gives you at the end of a 2nd Geno run puts it perfectly.
    "You are wracked with a perverted sentimentality. I cannot understand these feelings anymore."
    Many experiences I will never be able to relive, only capable of reexperiencing them vicariously through other peoples' playthroughs. I loved these experiences, and part of me always wants to feel them again, no matter the path, but it wouldn't be the same.
    Great video.

  • @syntruss
    @syntruss Рік тому +149

    i know this is basically what the video said but good but when i watched this, i felt the kind of sadness you get from looking at something nostalgic and remembering the good times you had then, and knowing you’ll never be able to experience that joy again, but also being happy that those memories even happened
    he did a really good job on this

    • @SgtJohnRemairez
      @SgtJohnRemairez Рік тому +11

      Honestly it's crazy it seems like its a bunch of people feeling the same way. I miss how I used to play Halo 3 over again, I had fun playing the missions splitscreen and messing with the ragdoll physics. Collecting skulls...Then other games like minecraft, I remember when the hunger bar was added, and Herobrine was still kind of a thing. The first time I played borderlands 2, before they patched a bunch of the fun glitches. The old community servers I would join on black ops 1 multiplayer, and the lobby was just lively. I remember being so excited to get home and play zombies. The Richtofen easter egg line was so cool to follow up on during Treyarch's reign. Man golden age of gaming is over it seems. Now games have no atmosphere, or character. Alot of games use the exact same graphics and textures it seems. I remember when older games had an artistic look to the textures, the music, everything. I feel like now games have become like a fast food product, no one really cares about creating an experience but just creating something for people to buy until they can suck it dry...at this point im just ranting but man I miss when I would be excited to play and now most games I try to play now just feel empty. Cod4, CodMW2, WaW, Bo1, Halo 3, Halo 3 odst, Far Cry 2, Assassins creed 2 and brotherhood, Fallout 3, New Vegas, Skyrim, Oblivion, Borderlands 2, Halo wars, Battlefield 1942, Mafia 2, Garry's mod, Half life 2, Team Fortress 2....the Valve games, Bungie games and earlier CoD games were some of the best games I remember playing when I was younger. Other's I wish I had played sooner than I have, because when I was younger I was so bored and not allowed to leave home to hang out with friends that I had to play video games constantly. Now that I'm older I dont have so much time, and Im playing games I never got to play as a kid because they didn't look interesting at the time. So many regrets on moments I probably missed out on.

    • @tasman1934
      @tasman1934 Рік тому +2

      Love that old quote, don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

    • @rhaws2683
      @rhaws2683 Рік тому

      @@SgtJohnRemairez i am reading allat 😢

    • @TheWoofND
      @TheWoofND Рік тому

      The Halo 3 title theme kills me, it makes me cry as i remember playing it with my school friends when i was a teenager.

    • @internetexplorer121
      @internetexplorer121 Рік тому +1

      The Portuguese word saudade perfectly describes the feeling you describe

  • @Reversals
    @Reversals Рік тому +294

    This video is actually so beautifully put together, and your channel is so criminally underrated. you've definitively deserved a sub

  • @JReybabay
    @JReybabay 6 місяців тому +3

    4:17 the Culling was literally one if my favorite multiplayer games of all time. Im literally dying inside now that you mentioned it, just remembering how amazing and unique it was

  • @LuisCastillo-rt5nk
    @LuisCastillo-rt5nk Рік тому +48

    This video reminded me why I love videogames ever since I was a little kid.
    They let you live thousands of different lives, have millions of different experiences, you can do things not even you could dream of, you meet people you never thought even existed, because all those characters in your favourite videogame were created, were designed, were given life by somebody else, just like you.
    Definitely more than "just a videogame".

  • @angeL_ocracy
    @angeL_ocracy Рік тому +133

    You explained the feeling of grievance to the absolute perfect degree. This is exactly how I felt when LBP2 online servers had to be cut off, knowing that I’d no longer be able to have slap battles with my friends, stay in the pod for HOURS to simply decorate it, create stupid, goofy costumes and levels with with them. It was a realization that my childhood game, the game that has pretty much shaped me into the person I am today was gone. It felt barren. People were still online, sure. But you could only play by yourself, and realizing that option of “Diving In” with a random person has suddenly dissipated, that ruined me. I miss the Little Big Planet franchise with every fiber in my body, but I’m getting older, and those memories will always stick with me. It’s time to move on 💗

    • @Ghost996
      @Ghost996 Рік тому +7

      Oh my god Little Big Planet 2 was so fun for me, meeting random people was pretty enjoyable, even when I came across literal bullies I found it amusing. The fact you can dress up your character, be the character you want to be was really cool.
      I came across so many people on Little Big Planet 2, playing that hide and seek level/game that was made. Their was a classic Jeff The Killer survival game. That other survival game where you gotta dodge the bombs. Also messing around with the AI within story mode and putting stickers all over them.
      I could go on and on about Little Big Planet 2 and 3, I feel like they should do a re-release of the 2nd game for both Ps4 and Ps5. I know the 3rd is still up I believe for the Ps4 and 5 but for some reason I enjoyed the 2nd game the most.

    • @flowershopapt
      @flowershopapt Рік тому +1

      Yeah, it's crazy logging in now. So many functions are unavailable and inaccessible, it's like the game is missing a huge part of its soul.

    • @TheFirstCurse1
      @TheFirstCurse1 Рік тому +1

      Man this hurt me. My brother and I loved Little Big Planet and especially Little Big Planet 2. They were our childhoods. Part of me died when I learned that the servers went offline.

  • @georgedoucherson1142
    @georgedoucherson1142 4 місяці тому

    the feeling this video gave me was something i wasn't expecting. it was honest, cut throat and makes me think that the passing of time is the only challenge we seek to over come. life is so strange. truly awesome video.

  • @severalbees5115
    @severalbees5115 Рік тому +141

    This actually made me cry. I think everybody who enjoys video games knows that nothing can ever begin again. But man it stings.
    I’ve long stood by the idea that the mark of a good video game is an emotional farewell; that the ending means something. If you want to go back and experience the magic anew, then it was something worth playing. But nothing can ever begin again.

    • @kvjbreaker7054
      @kvjbreaker7054 Рік тому +1

      As someone who knows that I can never experience the masterpiece of a franchise that was the mass effect trilogy for the first time again, I feel this. I would give up some of my most treasured moments of gaming just to be able to join Shepard and the crew of the Normandy on their mission for the first time all over again.
      Encountering sovereign for the first time…
      Seeing the citadel for the first time…
      The moral debacle you must make on virmire for the first time…
      Discovering the truth of the protheian extinction for the first time…
      The list goes on. I will never get that experience back, and for that I must remind myself that I shouldn’t be sad because it’s over, I should be enjoyed because I got to experience it to begin with at all.
      The human psyche is truly fascinating our fascination of reminiscing about experiences we had for the first time, and our struggle in vain to recapture those moments.

  • @neaputbutter
    @neaputbutter Рік тому +78

    15:36 "...after all, what's more human than being irrational." man that's deep. I've always thought of humans as striving to be the most rational creatures, but we hold on to things for irrational reasons. Great video.

  • @ashryver3605
    @ashryver3605 Рік тому +48

    It's less about playing them, but about feeling the way you did at the time, the raw first experiences, the people you met, the community you interacted with.
    Ill never forget those fleeting moments of memory that come to mind when I look back on those days as a teenager playing H3 and HReach.

  • @dientimuri3956
    @dientimuri3956 8 місяців тому +4

    Being there when the servers shut down for the final time on a game can be a really bitter experience.
    Looking up at the pulsing red moon as the server messages counted down to the final shutdown before we were shown the cutscene of Dalamud's fall and the first time we heard Answers was an experience. And there we knew that the game would come back, that our time spent in Eorzea would carry forward to FFXIV: ARR.
    Conversely, I was new to City of Heroes when it got shut down, but I could feel the palpable sorrow of other players trying desperately to create a few final memories just before the plug was pulled. That one didn't hit me personally as hard as FFXIV shutting down because I didn't have the investment, but it was far more final. Even as a fairly new player when it happened, I found myself trying to get out to places I had never had a chance to go to because I would never get another chance to see them.

  • @usrnmntavlibl2666
    @usrnmntavlibl2666 Рік тому +86

    “No one can escape time. It delivers us all to the same end. You can't plug your ears and cover your eyes.”

    • @hwanniggles187
      @hwanniggles187 Рік тому

      Persona 3 baby. Lesss gooo

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL Рік тому

      That's dark

    • @usrnmntavlibl2666
      @usrnmntavlibl2666 Рік тому

      @@hwanniggles187 “I’ll be watching you, even if you forget about me. And so it begins”
      .”

  • @WinterPhoenix
    @WinterPhoenix Рік тому +54

    Seeing the quote "There'll be another time" during Lone Wolf always hits hard

  • @Calyptonaut
    @Calyptonaut Рік тому +49

    So glad you talked about One Chance!! I remember being so desperate to try again as a kid that I was downloading different browsers just to get another chance

  • @thedobbsfactor8630
    @thedobbsfactor8630 3 місяці тому +7

    "What's more human than being irrational?" sounds the foundation of a great philosopher's legacy. That question is actually fucking me up more than anything I've ever heard in the context of gaming. This video (especially the outro) just kicked my ass. I gotta think about it so I can start healing from it.
    This video is a masterpiece. I subbed, and the bell is on.

  • @JamieCracker
    @JamieCracker Рік тому +44

    god fucking damn this was such a good video. I tapped this thinking "man I like halo reach I wonder what they talk about" and holy shit. I am actually in tears. The way you threaded your words seamlessly into the visuals and explaining these things hit me in a way I don't know how to explain. Thank you

  • @Godspeednihilo
    @Godspeednihilo Рік тому +44

    What a gem it is to randomly come across this channel. Long I've waited or stumbled upon another channel that incorporates philosophical themes to video games and/or other mediums or art forms. I first saw this video on my feed around 3-4 days ago and I resonate with the style of your essays, atmosphere, and presentation. After watching this and "Why is the Out of Bounds so Terrifying?" I must say this is becoming or already is one channel I am biased towards. I have always liked introspective, reflective, and philosophical or abstract thinking. The eloquence of the writing, the amount of research and the tying of concepts to relatable experiences is just marvelous! Props to a new subscription, may your efforts and art bear more fruits.

    • @TheCursedJudge
      @TheCursedJudge  Рік тому +5

      thank you very much, ignore the weird bot comment before now if you saw that

  • @Anna-ht7xx
    @Anna-ht7xx Рік тому +32

    Jesus christ, those final words you spoke about how time moves on and how memories get more and more distant, genuinely made me tear up.

  • @thatoneaziankid7969
    @thatoneaziankid7969 3 місяці тому

    I've always knew this, and thought I analyzed into it too much. But wow you encapsulated this so well. Thank you

  • @zodiepupper
    @zodiepupper Рік тому +114

    Great video. It really expresses the feeling I have all the time and something I've said for years about different games.
    "I wish I could play Undertale for the first time again."
    There truly is something special about video games and the experiences and social interactions they facilitate. It's magical.