One of the most unique & enjoyable fps I’ve ever played, so of course it’s been mismanaged almost to death. Paladins deserves to be around 10 years from now.
"The best advertising is a working game" This should be obvious by now. I took part in the development of Super Smash Flash 2 as a voluntary aninator/cleaner-uper/playtester/Q&A/translator/idea guy, it was an indie Super Smash Bros. clone made in flash (if that wasn't obvious) and at some point I was invited to be a dev but refused, though I was always considered a sort of unofficial dev as I knew a lot about the game, conducted interview with the devs, datamined the game, got told secrets quite often, and briefly had access to the dev are of their forums. One thing I always banged heads with "the other devs" was that they should polish the game instead of trying to shove content and making it harder to debug later, because they kept telling me "content is what brings attention to the game and keeps it afloat". When the lead developer finally understood that, stopped, took a break to plan what they wanted to do and both rewrote the physics engine + polished the game overall and added new techs it really slingshoted. There was an initial dip, but the fanbase was more than happy to play the improved engine because it felt so much better, as well as the polished graphics, and after some time the news spread and things snowballed, more and more people were downloading the game each patch, the scene grew, the game was taken more and more seriously, and the devs reported it was easier to keep and update the game as it was internally more polished as well (the development tools. They could externally develop characters and liad them into the game, for example, so devs could work on them without messing with the source code, and it also made the game load faster as it could load characters and maps later on). We may check games out because they're shiny, but we stick to it if it is good to play. Agar and Minecraft are great examples of games that look shoddy but captivated people and grew over time. Heck, SSF2 as well.
That's some great insight. Never heard of SSF2 so I watched some videos on it. How has Nintendo not carpet bombed it with lawyers? Is it sanctioned somehow?
I remember the early days of SSF2, heck I remember playing and 100% completing SSF1 way back then, the engine change vastly elevated the game from your average flash game to a really serviceable Smash clone. And although the game is still extremelly limited by it's engine compared to other Smash-esque fan/indie games nowdays (30 FPS cap, choppy camera), the sheer improvement and the fact that such a large project was done in Flash to begin with is nothing but impressive. So kudos if you participated in making the game be as good as it is now.
For what it's worth, SSF2's success has led the creator and team to develop a new platform fighter full of indie characters called Fraymakers with an entirely new engine
No more screenshake. No more magnetic walls that steal movement. Fix the bugs. Bring back kill cam and top play. There's a lot they could do and then this would be the #1 hero shooter
No more screenshake is a huge one. I remember there was an old bug with koga's claws that disabled the animation and thus screenshake on the player's side. I thought I was just shit at aiming, but every time I had that bug I never missed a shot. It's actually insane how much screenshake can make an ability so much more inconsistent.
@@monitorcrazy9639 my guess is that the bulk of the people left are long term players. I dont suspect we'll see the game die muchhh more than it already has anytime soon. If HiRez doesnt rebuild the game on UE5 or another engine to remove their spaghetti code that causes all the weird and constantly new bugs, someone else will eventually make a clone or another very similar game will come out. OW would be a fun game if I'd never played Paladins. But knowing the difference I can say OW is like a terrible watered down version of what it could be And i know I'm not alone, Paladins is leagues beyond OW. Theres so much potential in this genre. That can't get slept on forever
Anyone who has taken the time to dedicate a minimum of hours to the game can realize the potential it has, but the only ones who do nothing about it are the managers of hirez, sometimes it even seems that they make an effort to make the game fail
really good video btw, it pains me so much to see such an amazing game go to sht. I genuinely had so many fun memories playing this game. It just hurts to see such a magical game rotting away because of mismanagement.
It's almost a miracle from heaven (or from Pyre for us Paladins players) that in 2023 things have started off relatively well, introducing a new character that's interesting for the lore, and relatively balanced in the game, the fact that now Payload has returned again and today, March 29, they have finally managed to bring the remaining maps of Payload, not to mention that the event of The Rise of Furia returns. Hope is the last thing that is lost and apparently new programmers have been hired and maybe a new art director, and I understand that EM will be more independent from Hi-Rez having more creative freedom so maybe we will start having more champions originals and maps.
Yep on top of this the playerbase has increased by like..double the amount, hopefully this is going to convinec someone at high rez to give these poor people some more money, they literally had to remove all splash arts for it
Paladins is one of those games i deeply fell in love years ago but i dont want to play it, the bugs, the unbalanced champions and so many other reasons make me NOT want to play, but the visuals to the gameplay is so addicting, i love it even when im frustated with the game. Paladins is such a unique game with its charm but the higher-ups dont care to make it a functional game, they only want access to the players wallets.
Just came from Overwatch2 yesterday. I've been a consistent Gm player in overwatch for a few years now and that game is going so downhill with the stale team comps, the boring dripfed content ,and the terrible rank inflation and matchmaking. I started playing this game with 5 of my friends and we genuinely are having the most fun time in a game in years. We steamrolled kids for the first day until the matchmaking put us against better players and its so much fun seeing how different builds and team comps with over 50+ champs play out on each map. I hope that more OW2 refugees will make their way over to this game and that the traction will inspire HighRes to add to their workforce and realize that this could comeback to be one of the best hero shooters on the market.
"Show us we are not wasting out time" followed by the paladins theme like legit made me start to cry. Ive played since the beta on ps4 then swapped to pc last year. This is genuinely my favorite game
A friend of mine introduced me to Paladins in late 2017/early 2018. I liked it and we played a lot, sometimes hours on end. But something always felt a little off and eventually i stopped playing. Kinda wanna give it a go after this video and see how it fairs compared to back then.
He's right abt something going wrong and people moving. I'm an ow2 player who sunk 300 hours into seasons 2,3 and 4 (which is a lot for me) but after the PvE news and the announcement they're introducing more CC me and my ow duo moved to this game after hearing it was basically an ow clone. Proud to say i love this game's VA, graphics and the gameplay, while confusing at times, is great and both the perk buy and talent system allow counterplay that doesn't shut people down completely but stops comps like 3 tank 2 heal being oppressive (like maeve having access to street justice into tank heavy lobbies) and things like illuminant or resilience help combat CC and stealth like skye. I do hope this game gets more attention, we've already experienced lots of UI bugs and I've clipped through the map a few times when going for multi-kills, but I think this game's a great alternative for people who lost hope in blizzard
12:37 you really captured the essence of Paladins: hoping the game gets fixed, amazing gameplay, EPIC SOUNDTRACK! I was wondering when the crash screen was gonna hit 😂
I finally left Paladins a few months ago after having played it almost every day for so many years. The bugs, the server lag, the terrible matchmaking and certain balance changes finally cracked me. Paladins is theoretically the best game ever to me, its incredibly unique. After leaving, ive been playing OW2 a lot, but theyre so different, i miss playing Sha lin, i miss carrying with Seris and Lillith, i miss making the entire enemy team fly around as BK, i miss Paladins
This is great, you deserve way more subscribers. I've been playing on console on and off since 2017 and I just hope it someday reaches its full potential
Hopefully Paladins will be able to survive these troubled times and retain a modest player base. 5th Anniversary event that is ongoing right now gives you free stuff and you get tho choose a good skin from a selection of older but nonetheless good looking battle-pass skins if you just play 15 matches.
Im literally watching this vid because i quit OW after the PvE cancelation and am looking for Paladin vids to catch up after years of not playing. Really hope they can make this game more playable so more of my friends more over with me.
Very good video, it is as you said Paladins is worth saving cause the untapped potential it has is insane, I firmly believe we have yet to reach the games full potential.
I haven't watched yet, but Paladins is indeed worth saving. The current devs seem much more knowledgeable than some of the ones that left for varying reasons. If you see this video and haven't played paladins I highly recommend it. You'll encounter bugs, your game will crash, but if you can put up with the problems, the game is a lump of coal just waiting to be turned into a diamond. I also wanna say your sense of humor is great and I laughed a good amount over the duration of watching the video. Thanks for spreading a positive paladins message rather than the doom and gloom that plagues my youtube feed.
Youre the first person ive ever seen mention the game tips turning on every time we log in, Thank you. The few times i'd forget to turn it off and it killed me, oof it made me so frustrated
I agree with all you’ve said here I’ve been obsessed with paladins starting on ps4 and moved to switch because of economical problems but I really had a fun journey to a game super loaded with issues it’s one of the best champions role play games ever played in my experience
Just randomly finding small RUclipsrs with quality videos, feels weird Edit: You mentioned another chance, it made me laugh. I told my friends that Paladins would absolutely win once OW2 came out, and I was so wrong. I feel like if Hi Rez was more willing to fix the game it could certainly be up there. I played the shit out of this game when I was younger. I’d love to come back, but I can’t get motivated.
It never had the polish of OW, but imo the roster is way more unique. I never feel like I'm "stuck" playing healer or tank. Almost every hero is fun to play.
No matter where i go no matter what i play.....i always come back and crawl to paladins. It is the only game that makes me happy to play through all of its faults it is my favorite game to exist. I have hope that they arent unreasonable and see the god given opurtunity they have. I wish i was smart enough to program because i would love to dedicate my time to squashing bugs. I wish i was fortunate enough to have money because i would dedicate my money. All i can do is dedicate my time to enjoying a game worth saving.
over time since 2018 i spent about 200 on Paladins until i quit at 2020-21 , would be about 350 by now if the bugs would've been fixed, i can't even remember how many times i loaded up a match as Strix and i couldn't even turn the character. Not to mention the fact that because i was slightly better than average i had to que dodge these few 5 stack daimonds and GMs, i haven't even touched Diamond :(. Sucks because i really thought they would continue with what they did right before tiberius and just refine stuff, losing that fourth talent was a pretty big deal, but helped out balance wise in long run (F Death and Taxes), and that huge wall of bug fixes got me excited. That didn't last long though.
i still daily this game, i love it so much and im so lucky that the group of friends that joined me in it at my suggestion, but you are so right. Things need to change. I sent this video to my buddy who plays on console and he was shook that he wasnt the only one who thought that the aiming on controller was so f'd.
I come from a lot of Smite experience, started playing Smite back in 2017 and have thousands of hours in that game. I also first played Overwatch in 2016 and loved it back in the day, it was one of the first "competitive" games that I took somewhat seriously, and playing with a full party of friends is hard to beat; I have a lot of memories from back then. But in it's modern day state it's somewhat dead to me, especially after the whole PVE debacle. It's really sad to hear the state that Paladins is currently in, according to this video. Although I am new so I don't know for sure what the extent is. I only have like 12 hours total in Paladins over the course of it's entire existence. However, I've been playing lately and really enjoying it, the game is satisfying and has a lot of cool stuff going for it. I love the systems of Cards and Talents, you really can customize your loadout to your liking and truly enjoy whatever playstyle suits you the most. This is one of the best things about the game, alongside the skill floor and skill ceiling, which both feel appropriate. Also, the Item Shop system is really nice as well. I like that you can use Kill to Heal or Life Rip if you aren't receiving a lot of heals, or don't have a Healer. Likewise, you can use Rejuvenate if the opposite is true. Resilience if you are being pestered with Crowd Control. Nimble and Lethality give lots of control over your movement. Bulldozer and Wrecker if needed in certain situations. A lot of it reminds me a lot of another game from the 2016 hero shooter era, called Gigantic, which unfortunately died in 2018 (unless you know how to get into the private server on PC.) Gigantic was a sort of hybrid between a 3rd-person shooter with some MOBA elements, and you could similarly pick & choose upgrades during a match that slightly altered how your character functioned. It was a lot of fun, that game was ahead of it's time and some of the Champions and in general the fantasy aesthetic sometimes reminds me of Gigantic. Coming from Smite (Also DBD to some extent) I'm used to games being a buggy shithole sometimes so I'm prepared for that. But I am more worried about getting into Paladins but if the game doesn't have a stable player base, that would be pretty upsetting.
Glad you're enjoying it, on console I still get games quick. Playerbase seems steady, at this point I think it's mostly people like me who will keep playing no matter what.
@@westlayne That is good to hear. I only hope for good things in this game 😅😅 I am playing on Steam and so far queue times are good although the 1 times when I tried to queue for only KOTH the queue time was quite a bit longer. So far enjoying Inara but am going to try Furia soon
I've only been playing since mid 2017 (or at least I believe so since thats what the date on tutorial complete says for me) but personally I haven't had the same issues as you or every Paladins is dead video but I absolutely agree that Paladins deserves to be saved and helped to get the player numbers up I don't want Paladins to end up shut down like Strike was unfortunately
this video title makes me so sad... i re downloaded the game recently because i heard they re added a nostalgic gamemode that i always advocated for, and although i can't play it because of bugs of all things (it just won't make me queue for the special gamemodes for some reason), it gave me a good reason to play siege anyways and from the first game i had i realised why i was so obsessed with this game. the fun value is maxed out, i don't think there is a single online competitive shooter out there that has the same effect paladins has on me, still the fact that they don't have the resources to invest into better updates makes me so mad. like if updates made the game unplayable i'd be upset but i would understand they want to bring the game in a different direction, but the fact that the game is still one of the most fun experiences i've ever had in gaming makes me livid, it's like they are just WASTING this much potential without even giving it a single chance
Got back into this game similar to you,after 4 years of hiatus. I started,I think it was either September or October 2016 and shit was so much different back then,I kinda miss it. I played a lot during 2017 before my old PC died and had to retire from the game for a while,then in 2018 and for a bit of 2019 I played on a friend's PS4 and yeah,the aiming is so strange,and speaking of aiming,the aim assist is still busted af I think. In 2019 after I got my new PC,I played for a while till I got too frustrated with the game and left for 4 years. Now in 2023,there are way too many champions imo so they should slow the fuck down with them and polish the game. Tho one thing I miss dearly from the old days was the emphasis on mobility. The only character that still has that feeling of old mobility is VII which he is gonna get nerfed,I understand why but still. And speaking of changes and/or reworks,I was an day 1 Torvald main and when they reworked him,I stopped playing him as I found him boring now. So now my only way to feel like I'm playing old Torvald is Kasumi,I know that the community dislikes her,but I don't,I find her fun to play as. Lastly,Im still salty that they never brought back Grohk's old default skin as an option to buy as I started maining him back when he was considered a meme/throw pick. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
I had a fairly similar experience recently. I stopped playing when payload was first in. I had shifted focus away from gaming. Last year I moved and had no way to hardwire my ps4. Which was my primary online gaming device. Started playing paladins on switch, not trying to flex. I legitimately had fun but was shocked by the lack of polish. The fore mentioned bugs and aiming in the video I felt hard. I was honestly saddened by the state. I thought by now these basic quality of life issues would be handled, low and behold Apex Mobile is more stable game on my pixel 3. Sorry for the back to back Ted talks.
You know a funny thing, I played this game a lot on pc, to the point I spent money on the champion pack and some skins, when I got my ps4, which is still better than my old ass pc, cross save was a thing , but when I tried to retrieve my account, it didn't let me, so I lost over 50 bucks, I can still play on my pc with my old account but it is a problem I've addressed to the technical team several times and they still have me on hold, I've been like this since koga was released , and no one is helping me retrieve my old account, and the champion pack is non existent now so I can't get the new champions without grinding my ass of
@@westlayne agreed, it's a game with a LOT of potential. Also I haven't seen anyone else point out that the Character art section has basically the same amount of people working on it as the whole programming team my god- I like that u brought attention to that The skins are fantastic, probably the best I've seen in any video game but for two years I haven't been able to double jump without getting dragged to the ground :')
They have a daily player count of 20.000 daily so they reallllllly need to step up their game honestly I would first just focus on fixing bugs and quality of live changes to make the game better
This is probably gonna be a terrible analogy but I feel like Hi-Rez is trying to run Evil Mojo like ancient civilizations made bread. They didn't have readily available yeast. So what did they do? They used the last batch of bread as a starter and kept adding to it. Sure you can keep pumping out more bread, but holy shit can you imagine how much festering is done in that.. thing? They keep adding and adding to the mess without getting some grounding to start fresh. Hi-Rez needs to let EM take the year+ or so to unravel the damn code and also migrate to UE5 or at least 4. I remember someone doing a demo of Paladins in just UE4 showing like 5s clips in the shooting range and it looked insane. Like actual 2022 triple A title shit. An engine update and getting the code into a state where bug fixing doesn't take 6 months for minor issues would be the saving grace for Paladins.
I wish they just make a new Paladins from scratch. Essentially recreate the game in a new engine. Bring over all current champs, skins, maps and modes. It would have an initial patch of labor. But then maintenance and updates would be much easier. No more spaghetti code, legscy bugs etc. And most of your dead zone controller issues seem to be a common issue on Xbox. Resident Evil 4 had this issue, Redfall, and many others. PS4/5 seems fine.
This guy gets it. I started to play... late 2015 or so? Best experience online in all my life both solo and group... No i am not exagerating, compared to COD, fifa, LOL this is way much better experience. I stopped playing somewhere around... mid 2020? and hey I am back now that i got a low end gaming pc and I still love it, just wish more people get to see the fun of the game and the devs would fix... 70% of the problems? I bet you, just that alone would get people to come back. And would get me spending some of my hard worked bonuses for them, the skins of this game OMG.
I'm a little late but recently RUclips recommended your video and something I don't understand is what you say about aiming. For as long as I can remember the game has always felt good when aiming on my playstation controller, of course there are cases where I'm not completely happy with the sensitivity, but they are very rare cases, I would say 95% of the characters feel good. If I don't forget, I'll try to answer this comment with my current settings, maybe they'll work for you, even if I change something from time to time.
I have my controller deadzone is minimum. The type is dynamic i think. The sens is 7/7/7. If you dont like acceleration do 7/7/0. You can up or down the sens if it's not your thing, but I've gotten really good at aiming with people like Androxus with these settings.
since i started online multiplayer games, paaladins became my most favorite, i waas actually planning to play overwatch when i found that paladins existed and it ws free, i check few videos on youtube from andrewchicken, then i changed my mind to plaay it instead and it became my main game for now 3 years if i remember right, have 1k hours at the moment and its by far my most played game of all time. i relly love the game so much but passion wont fix the game, i play one and ignore the bugs and all but at times it becomes to much, so far have spent some time off of it, was thinking of playing again this weekend but i just wish this game would last and get fixed, i really cant have the same fun even in overwatch2 that i have in paladins, have gotten alot of friends with in this same game, the main reason i had stopped playing lately is the lag, it has been too terrible to make matches painful, not sure what the problem was but i had to relax ranked for the same reason, but for what its worth i hope hi rez does their part because i think evil mojo tries the rest is up to hi rez to save the game
Despite the bugs, glitches, and occasional crashes, let me tell you a story that'll make you chuckle 😄 It was a few years ago when Ascension Peak was released, right in the midst of Fortnite's reign 👑🎮 I had just finished my exams, and my dad reloaded my Steam account like a superhero 💪 Without wasting any time, I eagerly launched Paladins and splurged on the entire event like a giddy kid in a candy store 🍬🎉 While Fortnite was the talk of the town, my loyalty remained with Paladins because it had captured my heart ❤️ And trust me, it still does, despite its occasional quirks! I have countless memories of me, in all my dorkiness, imitating Paladins characters in real life 🤪 Whether I was unleashing my ultimate like Jenos and dramatically proclaiming, "Step into the light and perish," or pretending to be Androxus, holding my imaginary gun and dramatically declaring, "Death awaits you all," I couldn't resist being a goofball and embodying these awesome characters! And let's not forget the VGS system-Paladins' secret language for strategic communication with teammates 🗣️🤝 It's a gem that deserves all the appreciation! But hey, despite its flaws, Paladins has a special place in my heart 💖 It makes me a little sad to see its gradual decline, especially considering the substantial financial investment I've made in the game. But you know what? Love knows no bounds, and my love for Paladins remains unwavering! 💖 Even though I haven't played Smite myself, I often wonder what makes it stand out. But Paladins, oh boy, it's a game that brings back nostalgic memories, especially from my teenage years-those awkward times of figuring out love and life, with Paladins by my side! Here's a fun tidbit for you: I've had three girlfriends so far, but my love for Paladins has survived all those relationships! 😅 The only breakup that would happen is if someone disrespected me-I have zero tolerance for that! But when it comes to Paladins, it's just Paladins, and I absolutely adore it! ❤️ Dude, your passion for Paladins is awesome! 🙌 It's heartwarming to know that others share the same love for this game. In fact, I'm seriously considering making videos about Paladins too, because I refuse to let this amazing game fade away. As Lex-o Suit would say, "Couldn't have done it better myself, sorry, that's a lot!" Let's keep the flame of love for Paladins burning bright! 🔥✨ And let's not forget that despite the occasional bugs and glitches, Paladins is undeniably worth saving! As an avid player who has spent over $2,000 on cosmetics and DLCs (I know, my wallet cries too 😅💸), I can confidently say that Paladins has provided me with countless hours of enjoyment and unforgettable experiences! One event that really stands out in my memory is Ascension Peak 🌄🏞️ The immersive storytelling, unique challenges, and captivating lore made it one of my all-time favorites! It showcased the developers' creativity and attention to detail, leaving a lasting impression on me and countless other players. 🎭📚 Despite the occasional technical hiccups, the developers of Paladins have consistently shown their commitment to improving the game! Regular updates and patches address known issues and introduce new features, proving their dedication to delivering a polished and enjoyable experience. 🛠️🎮 Their responsiveness to player feedback further reinforces their commitment to the community and their desire to create the best possible gaming experience! 🙏🌟 And let's not forget about the diverse roster of champions in Paladins! Each one with their own unique playstyles and abilities, adding depth and variety to the gameplay 🎭🔥 Whether I'm in the mood for agile flankers, sturdy tanks, or versatile supports, there's always a champion that suits my preferred playstyle. The continuous addition of new champions ensures that the game remains fresh and exciting, providing me with plenty of options to explore and master! 🏹🛡️💥 So, my friend, despite the occasional bugs and glitches, Paladins has captured my heart and kept me invested for years. From the countless hours of gameplay to the significant investment in cosmetics and DLCs, my dedication to the game speaks volumes! 🎮💙 With its engaging events like Ascension Peak, the developers' commitment to improvement, and the vibrant community, Paladins is undoubtedly a game worth saving and supporting! Let's keep the love for Paladins alive and thriving! 💪❤️🔥🎉
my pc just randomly decides to completely restart, not the game, but my entire pc when i play paladins. not a problem w my pc either bc it only ever happens w paladins
Its been 7 long fuckin years and maybe just maybe im gonna witness a reinassance of this game after ob64, this game is so special and its incredibly fun at its core, if only it was managed ever so slightly better by the devs it could be amazing, that probably goes for most hirez products though
For my best friend and I, the game died when Kasumi got released. I believe playerbase dropped significantly after that. Then when I came back, the whole UI was changed from an original UI to a generic mobile game looking one, removed splasharts etc. I do have high hopes for the future of this game, it has such good potential
This video is exactly what I think about Paladins. I have platinum trophies for the Dark Souls games, I was never a multiplayer guy, but Paladins is the only multiplayer game I play, and it's damn worth it keeping this gem alive
@@westlayne Oh, I think the issue you have is high input delay, if you play with a controller on PC you can make tiny adjustments, but the game is janky on console because Vsync enabled by default causes huge input delay.
Today I tried to close the game but the music kept playing after it closed. I checked task manager and it said the game wasn’t open. Discord said I could still stream it somehow.
Shammy's ancient video on this game still holds very true to current day. Damage output is ridiculous, the time to kill is very low and it'd basically be non-existent if mobility wasn't a thing. I genuinely think HiRez has the best team-based shooter on the market, they just don't do anything good with it. I remember back in the beta when tanks and supports had a higher health pool and team fights felt like there was more of an emphasis on positioning and strategy. Damage characters weren't ridiculously busted because grenade spam / spammy kits weren't as prevalent. Basically, the damage class is objectively the best and tank is completely worthless. 4000 health will disappear almost instantly if the enemy team's damage champs aren't lobotomites. "Ape push button, me kill man. Me make big damage, me throw fire bomb". Just about every balance related issue with this game would disappear if they brought supports and flanks back to how they were in the beta or if they just straight up deleted the damage class. It's wild. I'd say the main thing keeping me coming back to this game is the ridiculous amount of depth and nuance in character kits. Specifically the support class and maybe tank. Too bad tank is the most optional class in the entire game. Holding the point doesn't mean anything if you get melted instantly, or if you could just pick damage and wipe the enemy team, then cap the point. TLDR: Damage is busted, delete em and the game would probably be 10x better. In a game with so much depth, a class with zero depth is a huge blemish on what could be the best hero shooter out there rn.
100% legit true...also I still don't know what points of having pts because it feels like only for a joke if they can't do the right thing in fixing and balance all damn crap...
10k+ hours on the game(half on the original launcher), mostly ranked, but I can say there is only 2 major complaints I have with the game. The matchmaking system(no, not the way it figures out who to pair you with) is so incredibly buggy and broken. Once you are in game Paladins is actually pretty dang polished, but everything else, the UI, the draft, the friend/party system, the chat system is all so fkn buggy now more than I ever remember it being in 6 years. That being said, if you can get past that the actual game itself is PHENOMINAL, very very few bugs and the gameplay is just leagues and bounds better than OW. It's clear the game has just given itself such a bad reputation and now with all these out of game bugs, it just puts people off of even wanting to play it, which is absolutely bonkers, the potential is... just wow, TF2 was a great analogy. My other major complaint is the character/skin/lore direction. May sound petty but personally I think one thing that really made this game special, the cherry on the gameplay sundae, was that it had such unique characters with outstanding voicelines. A tree with an axe(well i guess that one isn't 100% unique, but still great), a hot spanish buff dude with a flamethrower and a huge ego, the little demon old world Asian monkey, the outer space cosmic man of mystery, ninjas, a big fkn turtle with an anchor and a shell shield... like man I could keep going but the character design was fabulous and the voice lines for them were just so fkn sweet. Now? Lol now 85-90% of new champions and skins are some weird edgy abyss demon horns(on fkn everything), demon this, dark that, edgy edgy edgy. Some of that stuff was cool, i mean Raum is your stereotypical big demon dude and Seris a traditional oracle, but all the anime looking characters as well(I like anime, but I see what's going on here). But it's gone well beyond that and shows no signs of wanting to do anything but that. Surely it's what sells, who our community is mostly comprised of, but I can guarantee you guys the game will die like that. It's a super small niche and this is the kind of game that will only strive with lots of players feeding the matchmaking algorithm, the gameplay needs to be spot on(it is), it needs to be unique to set itself apart from OW(it is), and it has to have a nice diverse range of characters for all the kinds of people who are going to be playing it(it does, but that portion of the game is getting smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller with the homogenization of champions to dark edgy anime characters).
Recent skins especially are trending that way. The hero lineup is a testament to what Hi-Rez used to be so damn good at. Wild innovation that actually works.
shoutout to the old ass bug that was SUPPOSEDLY fixed that wasnt. for me, strix, androxus, and viktor all have notifications in the champions menu that i Cannot Get To Go Away. its so annoying having to just .. *look* at that and do nothint about it.
Smite has been my favorite game since I was introduced back in 2020 and Paladins has been my go to fps since the whole OW2 situation. They definitely share some similar issues bug-wise (both are live service games running on UNREAL ENGINE 3), game crashing regularly, HUDs and in-game menus breaking, etc. Paladins however has so many present technical issues within the gameplay itself that, as you've addressed, they simply don't have the numbers nor correct development goals to fix. I would love to see both games move to a newer engine and/or be rewritten from the ground up but the task is so heavy for either game and neither has the lack of success I suppose to warrant the resources for it. Also the monetization for both games is pretty upsetting, Gem and Crystal conversion to US dollars are abysmal (In no game should you have to spend $25 dollars for a single skin for a single character out of the hundreds of skins available). Those are some vague gripes I have with both games. Me and my friends however have started playing Paladins more as of late and it's way more fun than I remember it, even with the day 1 issues. Anyways your video was great, I and many others can appreciate a positive stance on a game surrounded with nothing but disgust and disappointment. Hopefully we can see a shift someday in not only the management of Paladins but also the gaming industry as a whole.
the thing with paladins is that it's fundamentally a really good game and is why ever since i have owned a pc if i'm not consistently playing it i'll come back after a year for a few months because i deep down love this game. but for new players somethings thats also very discouraging is this games reputation. outside of people who have played or been part of the community maybe through youtube, paladins is just the shitty overwatch clone that is still not dead for some reason, and is "obviously" a shitty game
I remember paladins at the age of 10 simping over meave and going goated. But then paladins just got boring then here comes me at 16 im addicted to from software
it sure felt i was let down bc of my tanking role with the 3 new bronze teammates agaisnt plat plus players bc they couldnt hit a single shot even though i was making huge windows and opportunities and serving them on silver platter but what can you do against who knows the basics with who doesnt know anything
Nice video. I realize every other video on this subject has answers to make Paladins great again. But Hi-Rez suffers from having the wrong people in charge and can't make changes without rattling some political cages. This looks too familiar to me. I still love this game and every unique character in it. I'll probably still enjoy it for as long as the game is still online.
If anyone you know watches videos like this, recommend it in their chat. Maybe someone will watch. I just left a prayer in CONEYS YT. He likes to watch things like this. Not to get in moist critical streams and recommend it when he does casual nights. This is only two weeks old at time of writing. I want the algorithm to choke on it.
Paladins is such an amazing potential FPS team based game. Not only it’s suffered bug attacks, they removed some amazing game modes like Rise of the Furia and the dragon blitz ball. So there’s no point for me to come back 🥺
Ever since they added so many champions so quickly my interest for the game fell down, they should had just focused more on the gameplay it’s self instead of just adding champions. I didn’t really feel motivated to play the new champions because they came out so fast. Anyways ever since ow2 became free I just made the switch, the game polish and the transparency of the develops makes a huge difference. Gonna miss paladins though, it had great potential but was just really poorly executed.
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"The best advertising is a working game"
This should be obvious by now.
I took part in the development of Super Smash Flash 2 as a voluntary aninator/cleaner-uper/playtester/Q&A/translator/idea guy, it was an indie Super Smash Bros. clone made in flash (if that wasn't obvious) and at some point I was invited to be a dev but refused, though I was always considered a sort of unofficial dev as I knew a lot about the game, conducted interview with the devs, datamined the game, got told secrets quite often, and briefly had access to the dev are of their forums. One thing I always banged heads with "the other devs" was that they should polish the game instead of trying to shove content and making it harder to debug later, because they kept telling me "content is what brings attention to the game and keeps it afloat". When the lead developer finally understood that, stopped, took a break to plan what they wanted to do and both rewrote the physics engine + polished the game overall and added new techs it really slingshoted. There was an initial dip, but the fanbase was more than happy to play the improved engine because it felt so much better, as well as the polished graphics, and after some time the news spread and things snowballed, more and more people were downloading the game each patch, the scene grew, the game was taken more and more seriously, and the devs reported it was easier to keep and update the game as it was internally more polished as well (the development tools. They could externally develop characters and liad them into the game, for example, so devs could work on them without messing with the source code, and it also made the game load faster as it could load characters and maps later on).
We may check games out because they're shiny, but we stick to it if it is good to play. Agar and Minecraft are great examples of games that look shoddy but captivated people and grew over time. Heck, SSF2 as well.
That's some great insight. Never heard of SSF2 so I watched some videos on it.
How has Nintendo not carpet bombed it with lawyers?
Is it sanctioned somehow?
Hey. Thanks a lot. I played a shit ton of smash flash 2. That game made highschool a lot more bearable.
I remember the early days of SSF2, heck I remember playing and 100% completing SSF1 way back then, the engine change vastly elevated the game from your average flash game to a really serviceable Smash clone. And although the game is still extremelly limited by it's engine compared to other Smash-esque fan/indie games nowdays (30 FPS cap, choppy camera), the sheer improvement and the fact that such a large project was done in Flash to begin with is nothing but impressive.
So kudos if you participated in making the game be as good as it is now.
For what it's worth, SSF2's success has led the creator and team to develop a new platform fighter full of indie characters called Fraymakers with an entirely new engine
Bro i used to play SSF2 in high school when I was supposed to be doing work.
Fun fact: we actually have 3 programers now :)
Nah no way!?
@@Redmentoos check credits on pts :)
@@Redmentoos yeah. It's been updated
…why
@@westlayne I heard (heard) that some resources will be distributed to Smite and then some for the revival of Realm Royale
No more screenshake. No more magnetic walls that steal movement. Fix the bugs. Bring back kill cam and top play. There's a lot they could do and then this would be the #1 hero shooter
No more screenshake is a huge one. I remember there was an old bug with koga's claws that disabled the animation and thus screenshake on the player's side. I thought I was just shit at aiming, but every time I had that bug I never missed a shot. It's actually insane how much screenshake can make an ability so much more inconsistent.
@@EntrancedOptics or when cor example i play azaan, I CANT PLAY HIM BC HE HAS THAT SCREENSHAKE WHEN HE SHOPTS AND IT'S SO ANNOYINGG
Sorry but ive never had problems with bugs in Paladins never seen any screenshake.
I have 1077 hours
@@wegpiraatjochem rookie numbers try 13k hours over 2 accounts
I got into the game late so I was unaware of its downward trajectory but for the past year or so my friends and I have been having a blast playing!
Oh yeah, it still has it's moments 4 sure. It's just sucks seeing another fun game getting it's grave predug because of the mismanagement
@@doodlep3ri it is sad, I feel like I just got here and now it's gonna die. Don't let the flame die out!
@@lemon7503 we won't we all love the game so much, but we gotta wait for paladin to get everything back n order
@@monitorcrazy9639 my guess is that the bulk of the people left are long term players. I dont suspect we'll see the game die muchhh more than it already has anytime soon.
If HiRez doesnt rebuild the game on UE5 or another engine to remove their spaghetti code that causes all the weird and constantly new bugs, someone else will eventually make a clone or another very similar game will come out.
OW would be a fun game if I'd never played Paladins. But knowing the difference I can say OW is like a terrible watered down version of what it could be
And i know I'm not alone, Paladins is leagues beyond OW. Theres so much potential in this genre. That can't get slept on forever
Anyone who has taken the time to dedicate a minimum of hours to the game can realize the potential it has, but the only ones who do nothing about it are the managers of hirez, sometimes it even seems that they make an effort to make the game fail
really good video btw, it pains me so much to see such an amazing game go to sht. I genuinely had so many fun memories playing this game. It just hurts to see such a magical game rotting away because of mismanagement.
The worst part is, it's multiplayer.
When it's gone, it actually is..gone.
Unless you count someones private server.
@@westlayne the aiming feels normal to me on console and pc roller its just a different aiming style compared to other games
@@zatchbell366 If you feel like it, comment your aim settings 4 console.
I'm down to try anything at this point.
@@zatchbell366nah bro the console controlls are really swammy, its not that good and i played paladins since 2018
@Westlayne I've gotten really good at aim on console with 7/7/7.
It's almost a miracle from heaven (or from Pyre for us Paladins players) that in 2023 things have started off relatively well, introducing a new character that's interesting for the lore, and relatively balanced in the game, the fact that now Payload has returned again and today, March 29, they have finally managed to bring the remaining maps of Payload, not to mention that the event of The Rise of Furia returns. Hope is the last thing that is lost and apparently new programmers have been hired and maybe a new art director, and I understand that EM will be more independent from Hi-Rez having more creative freedom so maybe we will start having more champions originals and maps.
Yep on top of this the playerbase has increased by like..double the amount, hopefully this is going to convinec someone at high rez to give these poor people some more money, they literally had to remove all splash arts for it
RISE OF FURIA IS COMING BACK???
Paladins is one of those games i deeply fell in love years ago but i dont want to play it, the bugs, the unbalanced champions and so many other reasons make me NOT want to play, but the visuals to the gameplay is so addicting, i love it even when im frustated with the game. Paladins is such a unique game with its charm but the higher-ups dont care to make it a functional game, they only want access to the players wallets.
Man I remember the days of playing Paladins and Realm Royale. Those were the days.
Just came from Overwatch2 yesterday. I've been a consistent Gm player in overwatch for a few years now and that game is going so downhill with the stale team comps, the boring dripfed content ,and the terrible rank inflation and matchmaking. I started playing this game with 5 of my friends and we genuinely are having the most fun time in a game in years. We steamrolled kids for the first day until the matchmaking put us against better players and its so much fun seeing how different builds and team comps with over 50+ champs play out on each map. I hope that more OW2 refugees will make their way over to this game and that the traction will inspire HighRes to add to their workforce and realize that this could comeback to be one of the best hero shooters on the market.
"Show us we are not wasting out time" followed by the paladins theme like legit made me start to cry. Ive played since the beta on ps4 then swapped to pc last year. This is genuinely my favorite game
💯 one of a kind
A friend of mine introduced me to Paladins in late 2017/early 2018. I liked it and we played a lot, sometimes hours on end. But something always felt a little off and eventually i stopped playing. Kinda wanna give it a go after this video and see how it fairs compared to back then.
There is nothing else quite like it, but it could be SO much better.
He's right abt something going wrong and people moving. I'm an ow2 player who sunk 300 hours into seasons 2,3 and 4 (which is a lot for me) but after the PvE news and the announcement they're introducing more CC me and my ow duo moved to this game after hearing it was basically an ow clone. Proud to say i love this game's VA, graphics and the gameplay, while confusing at times, is great and both the perk buy and talent system allow counterplay that doesn't shut people down completely but stops comps like 3 tank 2 heal being oppressive (like maeve having access to street justice into tank heavy lobbies) and things like illuminant or resilience help combat CC and stealth like skye. I do hope this game gets more attention, we've already experienced lots of UI bugs and I've clipped through the map a few times when going for multi-kills, but I think this game's a great alternative for people who lost hope in blizzard
The best proof, that you know what it means to love this game was the 3:3 matchpoint-music at the end.
Just incredible memories
12:37 you really captured the essence of Paladins: hoping the game gets fixed, amazing gameplay, EPIC SOUNDTRACK! I was wondering when the crash screen was gonna hit 😂
That soundtrack is some Hans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean shit 👌
I finally left Paladins a few months ago after having played it almost every day for so many years. The bugs, the server lag, the terrible matchmaking and certain balance changes finally cracked me. Paladins is theoretically the best game ever to me, its incredibly unique. After leaving, ive been playing OW2 a lot, but theyre so different, i miss playing Sha lin, i miss carrying with Seris and Lillith, i miss making the entire enemy team fly around as BK, i miss Paladins
Just got this recommended, hope it does that weird thing where a BUNCH of people suddenly start seeing it because bro was spitting fax
This is great, you deserve way more subscribers. I've been playing on console on and off since 2017 and I just hope it someday reaches its full potential
Hopefully Paladins will be able to survive these troubled times and retain a modest player base.
5th Anniversary event that is ongoing right now gives you free stuff and you get tho choose a good skin from a selection of older but nonetheless good looking battle-pass skins if you just play 15 matches.
I've been playing for about a year or two now and I've noticed issues but I tend to deal with them just because I love bomb king so much. Nice video!
Im literally watching this vid because i quit OW after the PvE cancelation and am looking for Paladin vids to catch up after years of not playing. Really hope they can make this game more playable so more of my friends more over with me.
Very good video, it is as you said Paladins is worth saving cause the untapped potential it has is insane, I firmly believe we have yet to reach the games full potential.
I haven't watched yet, but Paladins is indeed worth saving. The current devs seem much more knowledgeable than some of the ones that left for varying reasons. If you see this video and haven't played paladins I highly recommend it. You'll encounter bugs, your game will crash, but if you can put up with the problems, the game is a lump of coal just waiting to be turned into a diamond. I also wanna say your sense of humor is great and I laughed a good amount over the duration of watching the video. Thanks for spreading a positive paladins message rather than the doom and gloom that plagues my youtube feed.
Damn this vid is the most truthful videos ive seen in a long time (about paladins)
Youre the first person ive ever seen mention the game tips turning on every time we log in, Thank you. The few times i'd forget to turn it off and it killed me, oof it made me so frustrated
💯 makes me unreasonably angry.
This is such a good video, well done and mad props
I agree with all you’ve said here I’ve been obsessed with paladins starting on ps4 and moved to switch because of economical problems but I really had a fun journey to a game super loaded with issues it’s one of the best champions role play games ever played in my experience
i played in 2016 on the beta this game always has a good ass potential, i hope someday gets popular its really nice game nowdays w lot of champions
This aged well
paladins is like that one boy in school who never talks, once you get to know him he would turn out to be the best
Just randomly finding small RUclipsrs with quality videos, feels weird
Edit:
You mentioned another chance, it made me laugh. I told my friends that Paladins would absolutely win once OW2 came out, and I was so wrong. I feel like if Hi Rez was more willing to fix the game it could certainly be up there.
I played the shit out of this game when I was younger. I’d love to come back, but I can’t get motivated.
It never had the polish of OW, but imo the roster is way more unique.
I never feel like I'm "stuck" playing healer or tank.
Almost every hero is fun to play.
They need to come out with Paladins 2
No matter where i go no matter what i play.....i always come back and crawl to paladins. It is the only game that makes me happy to play through all of its faults it is my favorite game to exist. I have hope that they arent unreasonable and see the god given opurtunity they have. I wish i was smart enough to program because i would love to dedicate my time to squashing bugs. I wish i was fortunate enough to have money because i would dedicate my money. All i can do is dedicate my time to enjoying a game worth saving.
This video is a masterpiece +1 instantly
Ying dancing at the end... 😳😳
I hope someone on the dev team sees this
over time since 2018 i spent about 200 on Paladins until i quit at 2020-21 , would be about 350 by now if the bugs would've been fixed, i can't even remember how many times i loaded up a match as Strix and i couldn't even turn the character. Not to mention the fact that because i was slightly better than average i had to que dodge these few 5 stack daimonds and GMs, i haven't even touched Diamond :(. Sucks because i really thought they would continue with what they did right before tiberius and just refine stuff, losing that fourth talent was a pretty big deal, but helped out balance wise in long run (F Death and Taxes), and that huge wall of bug fixes got me excited. That didn't last long though.
Dope vid, high quality, informative and funny
i still daily this game, i love it so much and im so lucky that the group of friends that joined me in it at my suggestion, but you are so right. Things need to change. I sent this video to my buddy who plays on console and he was shook that he wasnt the only one who thought that the aiming on controller was so f'd.
Glad you still play, & thanks for sharing the vid.
I come from a lot of Smite experience, started playing Smite back in 2017 and have thousands of hours in that game. I also first played Overwatch in 2016 and loved it back in the day, it was one of the first "competitive" games that I took somewhat seriously, and playing with a full party of friends is hard to beat; I have a lot of memories from back then. But in it's modern day state it's somewhat dead to me, especially after the whole PVE debacle.
It's really sad to hear the state that Paladins is currently in, according to this video. Although I am new so I don't know for sure what the extent is. I only have like 12 hours total in Paladins over the course of it's entire existence. However, I've been playing lately and really enjoying it, the game is satisfying and has a lot of cool stuff going for it.
I love the systems of Cards and Talents, you really can customize your loadout to your liking and truly enjoy whatever playstyle suits you the most. This is one of the best things about the game, alongside the skill floor and skill ceiling, which both feel appropriate.
Also, the Item Shop system is really nice as well. I like that you can use Kill to Heal or Life Rip if you aren't receiving a lot of heals, or don't have a Healer. Likewise, you can use Rejuvenate if the opposite is true. Resilience if you are being pestered with Crowd Control. Nimble and Lethality give lots of control over your movement. Bulldozer and Wrecker if needed in certain situations.
A lot of it reminds me a lot of another game from the 2016 hero shooter era, called Gigantic, which unfortunately died in 2018 (unless you know how to get into the private server on PC.) Gigantic was a sort of hybrid between a 3rd-person shooter with some MOBA elements, and you could similarly pick & choose upgrades during a match that slightly altered how your character functioned. It was a lot of fun, that game was ahead of it's time and some of the Champions and in general the fantasy aesthetic sometimes reminds me of Gigantic.
Coming from Smite (Also DBD to some extent) I'm used to games being a buggy shithole sometimes so I'm prepared for that. But I am more worried about getting into Paladins but if the game doesn't have a stable player base, that would be pretty upsetting.
Glad you're enjoying it, on console I still get games quick.
Playerbase seems steady, at this point I think it's mostly people like me who will keep playing no matter what.
@@westlayne That is good to hear. I only hope for good things in this game 😅😅
I am playing on Steam and so far queue times are good although the 1 times when I tried to queue for only KOTH the queue time was quite a bit longer.
So far enjoying Inara but am going to try Furia soon
That was a veryyy good video and I completely agree, thanks for making this
I've only been playing since mid 2017 (or at least I believe so since thats what the date on tutorial complete says for me) but personally I haven't had the same issues as you or every Paladins is dead video but I absolutely agree that Paladins deserves to be saved and helped to get the player numbers up I don't want Paladins to end up shut down like Strike was unfortunately
this isn't a video hi rez deserv this is a video hi rez need
this video title makes me so sad... i re downloaded the game recently because i heard they re added a nostalgic gamemode that i always advocated for, and although i can't play it because of bugs of all things (it just won't make me queue for the special gamemodes for some reason), it gave me a good reason to play siege anyways and from the first game i had i realised why i was so obsessed with this game. the fun value is maxed out, i don't think there is a single online competitive shooter out there that has the same effect paladins has on me, still the fact that they don't have the resources to invest into better updates makes me so mad.
like if updates made the game unplayable i'd be upset but i would understand they want to bring the game in a different direction, but the fact that the game is still one of the most fun experiences i've ever had in gaming makes me livid, it's like they are just WASTING this much potential without even giving it a single chance
Easily one of my favorite multiplayer games ever.
Got back into this game similar to you,after 4 years of hiatus.
I started,I think it was either September or October 2016 and shit was so much different back then,I kinda miss it.
I played a lot during 2017 before my old PC died and had to retire from the game for a while,then in 2018 and for a bit of 2019 I played on a friend's PS4 and yeah,the aiming is so strange,and speaking of aiming,the aim assist is still busted af I think.
In 2019 after I got my new PC,I played for a while till I got too frustrated with the game and left for 4 years.
Now in 2023,there are way too many champions imo so they should slow the fuck down with them and polish the game.
Tho one thing I miss dearly from the old days was the emphasis on mobility. The only character that still has that feeling of old mobility is VII which he is gonna get nerfed,I understand why but still.
And speaking of changes and/or reworks,I was an day 1 Torvald main and when they reworked him,I stopped playing him as I found him boring now. So now my only way to feel like I'm playing old Torvald is Kasumi,I know that the community dislikes her,but I don't,I find her fun to play as.
Lastly,Im still salty that they never brought back Grohk's old default skin as an option to buy as I started maining him back when he was considered a meme/throw pick.
Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
Great comment, & I agree 100% about mobility. Feel like Nimble 1/2 is a must on a lot of champions just to feel like I'm moving at all.
I had a fairly similar experience recently. I stopped playing when payload was first in. I had shifted focus away from gaming. Last year I moved and had no way to hardwire my ps4. Which was my primary online gaming device. Started playing paladins on switch, not trying to flex. I legitimately had fun but was shocked by the lack of polish. The fore mentioned bugs and aiming in the video I felt hard. I was honestly saddened by the state. I thought by now these basic quality of life issues would be handled, low and behold Apex Mobile is more stable game on my pixel 3. Sorry for the back to back Ted talks.
Thanks for the Video :) Keep up the good work
You know a funny thing, I played this game a lot on pc, to the point I spent money on the champion pack and some skins, when I got my ps4, which is still better than my old ass pc, cross save was a thing , but when I tried to retrieve my account, it didn't let me, so I lost over 50 bucks, I can still play on my pc with my old account but it is a problem I've addressed to the technical team several times and they still have me on hold, I've been like this since koga was released , and no one is helping me retrieve my old account, and the champion pack is non existent now so I can't get the new champions without grinding my ass of
That sucks. I bet they dont even know what's wrong with cross save or how to fix it.
really good video, actually adds to the conversation
Got a little tired of people saying it's already dead.
Still has a chance, even if it's small.
@@westlayne agreed, it's a game with a LOT of potential. Also I haven't seen anyone else point out that the Character art section has basically the same amount of people working on it as the whole programming team my god-
I like that u brought attention to that
The skins are fantastic, probably the best I've seen in any video game but for two years I haven't been able to double jump without getting dragged to the ground :')
this aged well
They have a daily player count of 20.000 daily so they reallllllly need to step up their game honestly I would first just focus on fixing bugs and quality of live changes to make the game better
This is probably gonna be a terrible analogy but I feel like Hi-Rez is trying to run Evil Mojo like ancient civilizations made bread. They didn't have readily available yeast. So what did they do? They used the last batch of bread as a starter and kept adding to it. Sure you can keep pumping out more bread, but holy shit can you imagine how much festering is done in that.. thing? They keep adding and adding to the mess without getting some grounding to start fresh. Hi-Rez needs to let EM take the year+ or so to unravel the damn code and also migrate to UE5 or at least 4. I remember someone doing a demo of Paladins in just UE4 showing like 5s clips in the shooting range and it looked insane. Like actual 2022 triple A title shit. An engine update and getting the code into a state where bug fixing doesn't take 6 months for minor issues would be the saving grace for Paladins.
UE4 is the dream
I wish they just make a new Paladins from scratch. Essentially recreate the game in a new engine. Bring over all current champs, skins, maps and modes. It would have an initial patch of labor. But then maintenance and updates would be much easier. No more spaghetti code, legscy bugs etc.
And most of your dead zone controller issues seem to be a common issue on Xbox. Resident Evil 4 had this issue, Redfall, and many others. PS4/5 seems fine.
This guy gets it. I started to play... late 2015 or so? Best experience online in all my life both solo and group... No i am not exagerating, compared to COD, fifa, LOL this is way much better experience.
I stopped playing somewhere around... mid 2020? and hey I am back now that i got a low end gaming pc and I still love it, just wish more people get to see the fun of the game and the devs would fix... 70% of the problems? I bet you, just that alone would get people to come back.
And would get me spending some of my hard worked bonuses for them, the skins of this game OMG.
I'm a little late but recently RUclips recommended your video and something I don't understand is what you say about aiming. For as long as I can remember the game has always felt good when aiming on my playstation controller, of course there are cases where I'm not completely happy with the sensitivity, but they are very rare cases, I would say 95% of the characters feel good.
If I don't forget, I'll try to answer this comment with my current settings, maybe they'll work for you, even if I change something from time to time.
X axis : 8
Y axis : 8
acceleration: dynamic
Inner Dead Zone: Minimum External dead zone: Minimum
aim assist: 100%
Honestly paladin’s story is a really sad one and I hope that Hi-rez can maybe breath some new life into it.
I have my controller deadzone is minimum. The type is dynamic i think. The sens is 7/7/7. If you dont like acceleration do 7/7/0. You can up or down the sens if it's not your thing, but I've gotten really good at aiming with people like Androxus with these settings.
nice video, you are on point about a lot of things.
My favorite game. All the disconnects is what gets me heated. 😢
12:57 i felt that khan buddy sleep well
you are hilarious and so right if you were more popular you could make such a big impact
What up buddy. Hope you're well. I stopped playing multiplayer FPS games around BF3, but I'll watch anyway. :)
Thanks, I am. Would have replied earlier but youtube is doing that thing where it shows me comments 2 days late.
Really hope it doesn't die
since i started online multiplayer games, paaladins became my most favorite, i waas actually planning to play overwatch when i found that paladins existed and it ws free, i check few videos on youtube from andrewchicken, then i changed my mind to plaay it instead and it became my main game for now 3 years if i remember right, have 1k hours at the moment and its by far my most played game of all time. i relly love the game so much but passion wont fix the game, i play one and ignore the bugs and all but at times it becomes to much, so far have spent some time off of it, was thinking of playing again this weekend but i just wish this game would last and get fixed, i really cant have the same fun even in overwatch2 that i have in paladins, have gotten alot of friends with in this same game, the main reason i had stopped playing lately is the lag, it has been too terrible to make matches painful, not sure what the problem was but i had to relax ranked for the same reason, but for what its worth i hope hi rez does their part because i think evil mojo tries the rest is up to hi rez to save the game
Despite the bugs, glitches, and occasional crashes, let me tell you a story that'll make you chuckle 😄 It was a few years ago when Ascension Peak was released, right in the midst of Fortnite's reign 👑🎮 I had just finished my exams, and my dad reloaded my Steam account like a superhero 💪 Without wasting any time, I eagerly launched Paladins and splurged on the entire event like a giddy kid in a candy store 🍬🎉 While Fortnite was the talk of the town, my loyalty remained with Paladins because it had captured my heart ❤️ And trust me, it still does, despite its occasional quirks!
I have countless memories of me, in all my dorkiness, imitating Paladins characters in real life 🤪 Whether I was unleashing my ultimate like Jenos and dramatically proclaiming, "Step into the light and perish," or pretending to be Androxus, holding my imaginary gun and dramatically declaring, "Death awaits you all," I couldn't resist being a goofball and embodying these awesome characters! And let's not forget the VGS system-Paladins' secret language for strategic communication with teammates 🗣️🤝 It's a gem that deserves all the appreciation!
But hey, despite its flaws, Paladins has a special place in my heart 💖 It makes me a little sad to see its gradual decline, especially considering the substantial financial investment I've made in the game. But you know what? Love knows no bounds, and my love for Paladins remains unwavering! 💖 Even though I haven't played Smite myself, I often wonder what makes it stand out. But Paladins, oh boy, it's a game that brings back nostalgic memories, especially from my teenage years-those awkward times of figuring out love and life, with Paladins by my side!
Here's a fun tidbit for you: I've had three girlfriends so far, but my love for Paladins has survived all those relationships! 😅 The only breakup that would happen is if someone disrespected me-I have zero tolerance for that! But when it comes to Paladins, it's just Paladins, and I absolutely adore it! ❤️
Dude, your passion for Paladins is awesome! 🙌 It's heartwarming to know that others share the same love for this game. In fact, I'm seriously considering making videos about Paladins too, because I refuse to let this amazing game fade away. As Lex-o Suit would say, "Couldn't have done it better myself, sorry, that's a lot!" Let's keep the flame of love for Paladins burning bright! 🔥✨
And let's not forget that despite the occasional bugs and glitches, Paladins is undeniably worth saving! As an avid player who has spent over $2,000 on cosmetics and DLCs (I know, my wallet cries too 😅💸), I can confidently say that Paladins has provided me with countless hours of enjoyment and unforgettable experiences!
One event that really stands out in my memory is Ascension Peak 🌄🏞️ The immersive storytelling, unique challenges, and captivating lore made it one of my all-time favorites! It showcased the developers' creativity and attention to detail, leaving a lasting impression on me and countless other players. 🎭📚
Despite the occasional technical hiccups, the developers of Paladins have consistently shown their commitment to improving the game! Regular updates and patches address known issues and introduce new features, proving their dedication to delivering a polished and enjoyable experience. 🛠️🎮
Their responsiveness to player feedback further reinforces their commitment to the community and their desire to create the best possible gaming experience! 🙏🌟
And let's not forget about the diverse roster of champions in Paladins! Each one with their own unique playstyles and abilities, adding depth and variety to the gameplay 🎭🔥 Whether I'm in the mood for agile flankers, sturdy tanks, or versatile supports, there's always a champion that suits my preferred playstyle. The continuous addition of new champions ensures that the game remains fresh and exciting, providing me with plenty of options to explore and master! 🏹🛡️💥
So, my friend, despite the occasional bugs and glitches, Paladins has captured my heart and kept me invested for years. From the countless hours of gameplay to the significant investment in cosmetics and DLCs, my dedication to the game speaks volumes! 🎮💙 With its engaging events like Ascension Peak, the developers' commitment to improvement, and the vibrant community, Paladins is undoubtedly a game worth saving and supporting! Let's keep the love for Paladins alive and thriving! 💪❤️🔥🎉
Honestly $2k aint even that bad, I know people who dropped way more on way worse games.
@@westlayne Well that depends, I it's just sad to see paladins is now on slow- death 🪦.
I wonder if the Realm Royale revival is going well. If it is, than we might have hope for a Paladins Reforged (on a new engine if possible)
Always a chance
my pc just randomly decides to completely restart, not the game, but my entire pc when i play paladins. not a problem w my pc either bc it only ever happens w paladins
I want paladins "2" the fresh plate of spaghetti code we deserve
Paladins serves up that bottomless spaghetti.
Its been 7 long fuckin years and maybe just maybe im gonna witness a reinassance of this game after ob64, this game is so special and its incredibly fun at its core, if only it was managed ever so slightly better by the devs it could be amazing, that probably goes for most hirez products though
Honestly that is kinda the HiRez way
For my best friend and I, the game died when Kasumi got released. I believe playerbase dropped significantly after that. Then when I came back, the whole UI was changed from an original UI to a generic mobile game looking one, removed splasharts etc. I do have high hopes for the future of this game, it has such good potential
This video is exactly what I think about Paladins. I have platinum trophies for the Dark Souls games, I was never a multiplayer guy, but Paladins is the only multiplayer game I play, and it's damn worth it keeping this gem alive
If you want smaller minimum inputs, reduce your inner deadzone. It is medium by default which is way too high.
Forgot to mention that in the video, but I have it as small as it can get.
@@westlayne Oh, I think the issue you have is high input delay, if you play with a controller on PC you can make tiny adjustments, but the game is janky on console because Vsync enabled by default causes huge input delay.
I knew something was wrong with the aim in paladins but I thought I just crazy
Today I tried to close the game but the music kept playing after it closed. I checked task manager and it said the game wasn’t open. Discord said I could still stream it somehow.
It's a feature not a bug.
Shammy's ancient video on this game still holds very true to current day. Damage output is ridiculous, the time to kill is very low and it'd basically be non-existent if mobility wasn't a thing. I genuinely think HiRez has the best team-based shooter on the market, they just don't do anything good with it. I remember back in the beta when tanks and supports had a higher health pool and team fights felt like there was more of an emphasis on positioning and strategy. Damage characters weren't ridiculously busted because grenade spam / spammy kits weren't as prevalent. Basically, the damage class is objectively the best and tank is completely worthless. 4000 health will disappear almost instantly if the enemy team's damage champs aren't lobotomites. "Ape push button, me kill man. Me make big damage, me throw fire bomb". Just about every balance related issue with this game would disappear if they brought supports and flanks back to how they were in the beta or if they just straight up deleted the damage class. It's wild. I'd say the main thing keeping me coming back to this game is the ridiculous amount of depth and nuance in character kits. Specifically the support class and maybe tank. Too bad tank is the most optional class in the entire game. Holding the point doesn't mean anything if you get melted instantly, or if you could just pick damage and wipe the enemy team, then cap the point. TLDR: Damage is busted, delete em and the game would probably be 10x better. In a game with so much depth, a class with zero depth is a huge blemish on what could be the best hero shooter out there rn.
Idk why my fps keeps dropping. I have a decent laptop but sometimes fps drops to 10 or 15 fps. Is there any solution?
I wish the fandom were harsher with the game, so it doesn't end up like TF2.
Underrated
100% legit true...also I still don't know what points of having pts because it feels like only for a joke if they can't do the right thing in fixing and balance all damn crap...
based on the popularity of ur videos, you should be a paladins youtuber
10k+ hours on the game(half on the original launcher), mostly ranked, but I can say there is only 2 major complaints I have with the game. The matchmaking system(no, not the way it figures out who to pair you with) is so incredibly buggy and broken. Once you are in game Paladins is actually pretty dang polished, but everything else, the UI, the draft, the friend/party system, the chat system is all so fkn buggy now more than I ever remember it being in 6 years.
That being said, if you can get past that the actual game itself is PHENOMINAL, very very few bugs and the gameplay is just leagues and bounds better than OW. It's clear the game has just given itself such a bad reputation and now with all these out of game bugs, it just puts people off of even wanting to play it, which is absolutely bonkers, the potential is... just wow, TF2 was a great analogy.
My other major complaint is the character/skin/lore direction. May sound petty but personally I think one thing that really made this game special, the cherry on the gameplay sundae, was that it had such unique characters with outstanding voicelines. A tree with an axe(well i guess that one isn't 100% unique, but still great), a hot spanish buff dude with a flamethrower and a huge ego, the little demon old world Asian monkey, the outer space cosmic man of mystery, ninjas, a big fkn turtle with an anchor and a shell shield... like man I could keep going but the character design was fabulous and the voice lines for them were just so fkn sweet.
Now? Lol now 85-90% of new champions and skins are some weird edgy abyss demon horns(on fkn everything), demon this, dark that, edgy edgy edgy. Some of that stuff was cool, i mean Raum is your stereotypical big demon dude and Seris a traditional oracle, but all the anime looking characters as well(I like anime, but I see what's going on here). But it's gone well beyond that and shows no signs of wanting to do anything but that.
Surely it's what sells, who our community is mostly comprised of, but I can guarantee you guys the game will die like that. It's a super small niche and this is the kind of game that will only strive with lots of players feeding the matchmaking algorithm, the gameplay needs to be spot on(it is), it needs to be unique to set itself apart from OW(it is), and it has to have a nice diverse range of characters for all the kinds of people who are going to be playing it(it does, but that portion of the game is getting smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller with the homogenization of champions to dark edgy anime characters).
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Recent skins especially are trending that way.
The hero lineup is a testament to what Hi-Rez used to be so damn good at.
Wild innovation that actually works.
i hope this video gets lots of attention
Oh man I see not much has changed since the days of Helvian xD
shoutout to the old ass bug that was SUPPOSEDLY fixed that wasnt. for me, strix, androxus, and viktor all have notifications in the champions menu that i Cannot Get To Go Away. its so annoying having to just .. *look* at that and do nothint about it.
Smite has been my favorite game since I was introduced back in 2020 and Paladins has been my go to fps since the whole OW2 situation. They definitely share some similar issues bug-wise (both are live service games running on UNREAL ENGINE 3), game crashing regularly, HUDs and in-game menus breaking, etc. Paladins however has so many present technical issues within the gameplay itself that, as you've addressed, they simply don't have the numbers nor correct development goals to fix. I would love to see both games move to a newer engine and/or be rewritten from the ground up but the task is so heavy for either game and neither has the lack of success I suppose to warrant the resources for it. Also the monetization for both games is pretty upsetting, Gem and Crystal conversion to US dollars are abysmal (In no game should you have to spend $25 dollars for a single skin for a single character out of the hundreds of skins available). Those are some vague gripes I have with both games. Me and my friends however have started playing Paladins more as of late and it's way more fun than I remember it, even with the day 1 issues. Anyways your video was great, I and many others can appreciate a positive stance on a game surrounded with nothing but disgust and disappointment. Hopefully we can see a shift someday in not only the management of Paladins but also the gaming industry as a whole.
Glad you & your friends are enjoying it, so am I in spite of everything.
& yeah crystals are way to expensive even for a f2p game.
Hi-Rez after sending all Paladins Devs to reviving a dead game, creating a flop and the rest of them to Smite: 💋✨
in overwatch supports are just dps with better uttility/heals but new/casual players don't know that either
Haha when he was describing the console and aiming, i was like " shit, i play on console"
the thing with paladins is that it's fundamentally a really good game and is why ever since i have owned a pc if i'm not consistently playing it i'll come back after a year for a few months because i deep down love this game. but for new players somethings thats also very discouraging is this games reputation. outside of people who have played or been part of the community maybe through youtube, paladins is just the shitty overwatch clone that is still not dead for some reason, and is "obviously" a shitty game
💯 really hard to attract new players
5:22 so thats why it always felt horrible to aim on paladins when i felt like switching too it from overwatch.
I remember paladins at the age of 10 simping over meave and going goated.
But then paladins just got boring then here comes me at 16 im addicted to from software
so this is why I keep crashing on the Nintendo switch port, *Kindly fix that.*
Also whats the sensitivity anyone recommends for console?
W take on the ow vs. paladins dilemma
you're funny as hell bru
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i always thought paladins was the next league of legends but in shooter and surpass overwatch. Till this day i dont understand how it didnt
it sure felt i was let down bc of my tanking role with the 3 new bronze teammates agaisnt plat plus players bc they couldnt hit a single shot even though i was making huge windows and opportunities and serving them on silver platter but what can you do against who knows the basics with who doesnt know anything
Nice video. I realize every other video on this subject has answers to make Paladins great again. But Hi-Rez suffers from having the wrong people in charge and can't make changes without rattling some political cages. This looks too familiar to me. I still love this game and every unique character in it. I'll probably still enjoy it for as long as the game is still online.
If anyone you know watches videos like this, recommend it in their chat. Maybe someone will watch. I just left a prayer in CONEYS YT. He likes to watch things like this. Not to get in moist critical streams and recommend it when he does casual nights. This is only two weeks old at time of writing. I want the algorithm to choke on it.
Thank you & everyone else for showing this one some love.
Paladins is such an amazing potential FPS team based game. Not only it’s suffered bug attacks, they removed some amazing game modes like Rise of the Furia and the dragon blitz ball. So there’s no point for me to come back 🥺
Ever since they added so many champions so quickly my interest for the game fell down, they should had just focused more on the gameplay it’s self instead of just adding champions. I didn’t really feel motivated to play the new champions because they came out so fast. Anyways ever since ow2 became free I just made the switch, the game polish and the transparency of the develops makes a huge difference. Gonna miss paladins though, it had great potential but was just really poorly executed.