long time viewer here. i think one of the main reasons yba feels so different today than it does back then is simply because of how much larger it's become. it used have very simple graphics, easy to grasp mechanics, and a very nice feeling combat system. these days, that's all gone now. not to mention that with how convoluted and overpowered things are these days, it's even more of a hell for new players than it was prior. in all honesty, the game is still enjoyed by tens of thousands of people daily. but it's just that for myself, and many others, we aren't those people. and we aren't going to be. regardless, i hope uzu and the team still does well, as i can't deny the game is stunning visually and all. i just hope sometime that same spark it had before can be reignited. keep up the good work, big man.
Yeah the simplicity aswell as the feeling of playing such a good Jojo game back then is the main reason why it feels so different I'm also an old fan of his since his first twoh video and been playing since January 2020
i think another reason is how complicated the game is now, like a spec has the same amount of moves as a stand meaning u have to spend ages memorising every key on your keyboard just to be able to play 1v1's against sweaty players. at this rate specs are more so secondary stands having a barrage and all
i miss old yba, you may not see this, but i am incredibly greatful for everything you've done for YBA, i used to love the game, and you sometimes talking about how the game isn't as toxic as it seems really helped me as that was something i struggled with most, i'm glad that someone who's a good person like you got to the position you did instead of one of the toxic players, i can't possibly describe or thank you enough The good days
I literally started to smile and cry with emotion watching the flashbacks at 18:18 I used to play since 4 months after release like Eclipse and fell off after Crazy Diamond's rework update, I felt the game wasn't the same, it was good and all but... me and my friends wasn't enjoying playing as much as we did before, and we didn't know why at the time. Thanks for being my favorite youtuber since 2021, Eclipse. I met you through YBA, stayed for you. I like to see this video as a letter to YBA and it's community as a whole, seeing the good, the bad and the ugly from 3 years of YBA. I enjoyed watching your videos in the morning before playing with my friends at night, and now I enjoy watching your videos besides don't playing the game for months, and see what the fuck are the devs doing with those new stands and reworks. Thank you Eclipse, I see you next time.
i started playing yba around 6 months after you did. my join date says it was in November, but i got the prestige 1 badge on October 5th, 2020. this video really resonated with me, especially the latter half of it. i do miss the days of the best combat out of any roblox anime game, the days of eclipse playing telephone with the devs or tuning into tournament livestreams. some of the moments from the last little bit of the video, i watched those videos as soon as they came out, and i remember laughing at whatever silly incident happened in the clip. even though new yba has so many pros to old yba, old yba still will be yba's prime. not just for gameplay, balance, effects, but also the memories and the state of the game and whatnot. i also remember the week of the heaven update which added made in heaven and twoh, the game had 100k players. it's so hard to believe that the game had over 100k players for a solid while. but, oh well. good video, i think you really conveyed your thoughts well. cheers, eclipse.
does anyone else remember that short length of time where m1s had enough stun to combo into each other which basically turned the game into another generic fighting game?
everything you said, but im too lazy to explain it. was a good memory. honestly the reworks, are for the worst.. the moves are spammy and take zero skill, even when they nerfed vamp its just really sucks, and i miss old combat and honestly for the longest time, i kept grinding skins (A LOT) and just lost my sanity, with bad ping, bad players, to the point where im just done. also a long time viewer.
I don’t remember the exact date but i started playing right before the steel ball run update, and i still remember how crazy the requiem stands were when they first came out. I walked up to a GER and asked him if he could kill me just to see the cutscene
I thought this was going to be like one of those videos like reviewing a game, but no, this was much better than I thought. 20 minutes just about reminiscing over a game that's over 3 years old that i didn't even play very much with gameplay in the background and commentary over it was still entertaining to watch. This is why Eclipse has to be one of my favourite youtubers to watch any day of the week.
Damn the ending of this hit way harder than I was expecting, now that I'm in my 20s I'm starting to feel that way about lots of things including YBA. I was not expecting a "haha Eclipse is gonna rant about YBA again" video to turn into that 😭
Nothing nostalgically hits harder than remembering hopping on yba after school and fighting the entire server with my friends. We used to literally discuss plans on how to counter the meta stands and where in the map we could run to for cover. I used to run sf Hamon for fun and actually got decent with it. Despite there actually being better/worse stands, you could play every stand and do okay if you know what you’re doing with that stand’s playstyle. They took that uniqueness and replay ability out by just making every spec have a combo. There’s no more character to it, it’s just another good looking jojo game with combos. It’s really sad something so special and well built upon was just replaced by what made it stick out.
Sucks how hard the game has changed so fast, old players like me (started 2020) literally can NOT deal with the new stuff. This hits so hard since I saw the uprise of eclipse's youtube channel (saw him go from 400 to where he is now), and being on the same level as him in terms of combat skill and game knowledge, I had a lot of common understandings, laughs, and grievances with his videos. And this? This hits like a truck, because I couldn't agree any more than I can right now. YBA may be good for the newer generation players, but oldgens like us just lost the game we once loved
I started late 2020 I think. At least that’s what it says I joined in (even though it can be wrong). But at least I joined in a good time before all these new rib stands and over heaven stands. I even remember seeing MIH slowly evolve
100% agreed. I joined during the heaven update but i was a huge beginner to enjoy the heavenly stands tho the grind with friends was good. New yba is just so confusing and complex.
Yba combat has changed a lot. Back then it was more simple because stands and specs where not that complicated but now most reworked stands has over 7 moves and specs are also really complex now
I have been watching since the start, I remember I would always check out your new videos right when you uploaded, I would hop on YBA nearly everyday to play, and I would generally have so much fun and many laughs. I miss the old days and the old YBA. I also nearly cried at the end part, I started playing right around when you did too, and to see all of those memories and flashbacks from your previous videos was just so nice, I used to recommend this game to alot of my friends and we would enjoy it together. And Eclipse, you have done a huge impact on this community, a great one, you practically saved the game with your content, events, messages to staff and it was just great. This is a very great video and I would like to say I just miss the old YBA and the old fun. Thank you Eclipse, Thank you for everything.
This video made me ALMOST tear up. The clips you showcased from back then brought the nostalgia as I recognized some of the clips from your previous videos. Not even just about YBA; if I could rewind time to when I was that happy, I would 😢
Everything explained in this video represents my feelings towards the current state of this game so well. And that last bit at the end with the old YBA music and the old clips really hit hard for someone like me who’s been playing for almost 3 years and has been a fan of yours ever since the first YBA video.
Thanks for everything you do Eclipse. I've been watching ever since I joined YBA in mid 2020 and I have branched out into more of your content as well. All of the games that I play would feel massively different without having your input and reactions to them. You helped me get into so many games (Mostly Subnautica) and left a huge impact on how I approach situations in-game and out. Truly, Thank you for all of your hard work.
ive literally been here ever since yba released, I remember getting star platinum on my first arrow lol. fr tho coming from a guy who played YBA since release and a fan of yours since you had around 200 subscribers, its a shame how much the game has changed, its like a whole new game now and it no longer had its charm that it once had before. i remember dominating main game with twoh and killing people in sbr with my friends having a blast but now it just wont feel the same knowing about the newer PVP of one shotting everyone. and if you're not playing the game for that its just a grindfest for skins that wont do you any good in the long run. yba has changed, and in my opinion, for the worse. I quit YBA around 2 months before the Stone Free update, then came back to it on April of this year, and I feel like I'm a literal noob when I was clearly not. every stand that releases nowadays is always so broken and then pairing that with a spec increases the craziness by ten fold. effects cover up your whole screen, still no new gamemodes, and more. back then, yba had a terrible balancing, but it had a charm to it that many of you guys can probably agree with me on. the PVP was stupid but in a good way. i miss being one comboed by a twoh or sptw. i miss ger yoinking all my health because of scorpion and barrage. i miss the infinite speed on mih... (actually idk about that one) anyways, on a real note I truly miss yba. clearly its now out of its golden age and onto its modern era. but ill forever miss the good old days... arigato, yba.
YBA... has changed. It's no longer about balanced movesets, free flow combat, or having fun. It's an endless series of gang wars fought by sweats and one-shot combo users. YBA - and it's production of skins - has become a well-oiled machine. YBA has changed. ID-tagged players carry ID-tagged stands, use ID-tagged specs. Hamon infusion inside their bodies enhances and regulates their damage output. Genetic control. Information control. Emotion control. Battlefield control. Everything is monitored and kept under control. YBA has changed. The age of Balance has become the age of Skins... All in the name of averting catastrophe from revenue drops. And he who controls the skins... Controls the players. YBA has changed. When the players are under total control... Unbalanced reworks become routine.
As someone who started playing the game because of you, i am with you, i miss the old game so much. Also thank you for being an amazing member of the community, with the hours you spent trying to help this game be as good as its potential showed.
I agree Eclipse, the game has changed a ton since release. Gameplay has changed and the game has had many ups and downs in general. However, I’m glad we all had good times while they lasted.
I remember playing YBA when the heaven update was released. Seeing YBA grow into the unbalanced but visually stunning gameplay (even though it makes it so laggy) is such a blast from the past and I can’t thank YBA enough because it was the only reason why I made such great friends. I love this game, as broken as it may get down the line, I love it with all my heart and I do wish that it will continue growing.
I was there a bit before the heaven update (basically when ribs came out) and I still feel nostalgia Gonna be 2 years after I joined (although join date can be innacurate)
Finally. Someone put what everyone's been feeling into words. and dammit Matt, making me damn near cry at the end. I remember all those old videos coming out, watching them in discord calls with friends. I remember how that game used to make me memories. It just "isn't the same anymore" and I think that hurts more than the game straight up being gone.
Bro I would be getting ready for school in the morning and *bzzz* I had to watch all the videos as soon as they came out. From the build or bust to the 1 minute exploiter clips
I remember the days that I skipped school just to play yba with my best friend, JorgeAche, we played hours and hours, and he sadly passed away 5 months ago. I never heard his voice, and I did not even see his face. He was a discord friend... but he was the best. Sometimes, I play yba to keep his memory alive, I miss him so much... I love you, Jorge.
All goods things must come to an end. Well, it would be more accurate to say that nostalgia for the old, broken mess rather than for the new broken mess is inevitable. Eclipse, I discovered you through your GER is broken videos (the first one) and never missed an upload for YBA since that day. For me, the reason why I kept watching your videos was because you were genuinely helpful when it came to being good at the fighting aspect of the game. I as a stupid kid wouldn't have figured out all the kinds of jank you can do with stuff like King Crimson, Hierophant Green and GER back in the day. Even now with your new vampire and S&W videos you showcased some combos that many people didn't even know you could DO (at least me). You're very informative whether you realize it or not. I don't play YBA anymore, and you can probably guess the reasons. But I still watch your YBA content because its YOU that presents it. I can understand why you would quit too, and if you will eventually stop uploading YBA because of what it has become, most of us will understand. Adapting to all the BS this game throws at us is annoying as hell, but if you decide to keep at it, rest assured. We will all support you. If not, I'm gonna smile at the memory of the best YBA youtuber there ever was.
You can't imagine the amazing felling of seeing those old videos at the background. Thanks Eclipse. Dude, the final part of the video, those memories of you, and at the end, of all the olf fans, i dis almost cry my man, i've enjoyed all of your content, i just wanna say thanks for those laughts you made all of us get, ty so much, Eclipse.
Thank you so much for making this video everything you said in the later half of the video is exactly how i feel about yba. I used to be in a gang with a couple of people for a long time and ended up quiting yba for like 4 months due to personal reasons and i never really reconnected with them. I made some of my best memories with those guys.project, ginge, epixgamer, cheesecake, this is fixer.if you see this i wont ever forget you guys i cant reach u in in discord cuz i lost my old account but i really loved playing with all of you. Those midnight gang wars were sick 😂
This made me happy to read. Sure its sad that they're gone, but seeing somone make memories other people would never normally have is such a powerful thing. To old yba 🍻
As another Content Creator who has been playing YBA since February 2020 I 100% agree I just feel like YBA lost is uniqueness simplicity and its actually great PVP, back then when you que up for ranked you wouldn't know what stand you would come across however now it's always the Stand Skin with the highest values (usually SP, KC, TW/TWOH, etc). I know nostalgia is a huge factor but the older specs (besides old Spin) complimented stands more rather than it being a second stand you know? I just feel like Uzu's trying to turn this game into some JoJo Blox Fruits which would be hella lame
I've been playing Mr President Hamon for a week now, and I noticed how FREE I could mash moves without getting punished. I can throw Zoom Punch, Scarlet Overdrive and Sendo Overdrive in neutral and not get punished with how giant the hitboxes are and how little endlag they have. Back then, throwing out Zoom Punch/Eye Gouge wildly was just gonna get your ass folded and lose half your hp with how small and commital they were. But landing them felt like you actually EARNED to land them. Eye Gouge was THE exemple of that : the longest spec stun in the game, but also the longest spec endlag and an extremely shitty hitbox. Landing it allowed you to confirm anything your stand have, with the only exception being lifeforms creation of GE/R and Road Roller, but missing it/having it cancelled meant your opponent could do that to you too and more. It was also extremely simple to keep track of cooldowns since every spec but Pluck had 3 moves at most.
@@vorachi yeah you described the old specs all too well. I like them, especially pluck... it's like a side dish in your fast food order and the stand being the main meal.
I also started playing almost three years ago, and I agree with most of what you said. However, I feel like skins themselves aren't really that detrimental to the game on paper, but in reality, people have gotten WAYYY too addicted to them. It's to the point that a majority of people don't even want to improve on their combat skills. It was way easier to find a competent opponent to play a fun 1v1 back then but nowadays hardly anyone is remotely decent at the game. I've already quit YBA for a few months, but some of my friends still play it and they can back me up on my claims. Another thing I don't agree about is the map change. Sure, I think that the map was a lot better than the old one. The main issue is though, it is a LOT laggier than the old one. For comparison, with the fps unlocker, I could manage to get 120+ fps on the old map in a vip server. Nowadays, I can barely manage 40. This may not be as big of a problem on other platforms, but we're talking about Roblox here. Most of the people playing aren't very old and are usually playing on low end laptops and phones or tablets. I know that the developers have put efforts into making it not such a laggy mess, but it just isn't enough. I agree with everything else though, and it's sad to see that the only aspects that made YBA stand above other games (mainly the combat) have just been ruined with 50% hp combos. It was rare to see a skin back then, and now it's become the norm. How good the balancing is right now is still quite similar to what it was back then (horrible of course), but I would argue it still feels worse right now. The combat used to be void of massive combos, which is what made it stand out in the first place, but now the new reworks are just riddled with huge true combos. I feel like it's just sad to see the original main attraction of the game being completely destroyed.
I remember when YBA was released, ABD was the popular game at the time and I would tell my brother how YBA is gonna be the next big JoJo Roblox game. (I’m talking when it was in BETA)
Yo eclipse, dont know if you gonna see this but, i follow your channel since around the start of 2021 (or more, my memory if bad) i have been playing yba since the first month of release but i have never activelly played it, only when i decided to get like twoh and max prestige. But i actually enjoyed a lot watching the game on your channel, all the opinions, reviews, the fun different videos, bingos (i love these) its everything right on the back of my mind, i find it really nostalgic to even think about all the fun i had watching you playing the game. I got to know a lot about the game by your channel and i followed the game state from all these years until today even though i have almost not even played it (not even 100 hours for someone who started playing almost 3 years ago). The point i'm writing this is to show my appreciation for all your hard work over this game, and for bringing me a lot of fun times, when you stopped playing it i also stopped watching it but now, you're coming back and im back at having fun. This is my open discurse to eclipse, thank y'all and specially you eclipse for all of your work, the flashbacks on the end of the video almost made me cry, see ya (sorry if i have a bad english, not my first language)
I used to play a lot of yba around 2-3 years ago, I remember how hard it was for me back then to win fights. I made a lot of friends and even a whole gang just so we could help each other, especially in sbr. It was a lot of fun since we actually needed to use our brains and think of ways to win the game, but now that's all gone.
I got hooked on YBA around September 2020, and have also been watching you since you were around at 12k subs. I remember I got hooked on your channel when I saw the “YBA has fallen from grace” video and liked your style of making videos. I loved Yba from its simplicity and all the fun glitches that would happen, although some stuff was agonizing. It was a fun ride to play the game whether it was agonizing to grind or I got in heated gang wars. I stopped playing a year ago and faded away from your channel after trying to focus on other things. This just came in my recommendations and it was nostalgic to see all those old clips of your old videos of the game I once loved. Thank you Eclipse for the work you did in this community, and all the laughs you gave us.
Yeah, I also remember the wacky but good times in YBA. Especially when using GER back then was way more fun than now imo. When scorpion barrage was a thing, counter startup being annoying but kinda funny, being able to stand on the tree, awakening turning you into a literal terminator, etc. Btw you should have included the old clip where you killed a TWOH with hermit purple. I found that clip super funny! Great video though and nostalgic :)
Started playing a bit before the heaven update, and I feel like a fish out a water trying to m1 trade. It makes me kinda sad to remember the day of KiLl TrAde is gone.
Have never touched YBA in my entire life. However, it was good seeing the content you, and the ones inspired by you made. But, all good things end, eventually.
I feel like a way of balancing out the new reworks is increasing to maximum vitality rather than changing the damage of stands. If this is the route Uzukee is going to take with YBA from here on out, at least let us be able to survive the long combos
yeah increasing max vitality to 500 would 1. make vitality upgrades worth more health per 2. increase the "touch to kill" from just barely not one to a much more forgiving 4 *without* cutting back on the ridiculously long, dramatic combos that Uzu seems to be pushing for
@@tedtubegaming not only that but at least then fights will last longer. I feel they went in the right direction nerfing spec damage by 20% making them less of a second stand and an actual sub ability
i suggested that to paragon on the dc and he denied it saying it wouldnt solve problems long term he just said that certain abilites would still be better than other and ofc they will idk what he was saying there i think that change would be great
@@potato4049 Well it seems like a lazy move. Its basically the same as just decreasing all damage by 50%, except with the hp increase executes become much, much better, making the stands that have them op and the stands that lack them not good. Also, having a hp amount that goes above about 250 would completely go against how the game has been for ever since release (EXCEPT FOR VAMPIRE SUBSPECS EFFECTIVE HP, WHICH WAS BROKEN). But hey, thats just my view and you may think its good.
Man, the montage of old memories at the end of the video really got to me. Eclipse, that ending montage in black and white almost made me cry. At least we have the memories of the old days.
Having started at around the same date, the feeling of the game is definitely a lot different. That sort of jank was a real charming part of the game and despite the overall balance still being terrible even then, it almost felt more excusable in some ways. The game isn't unplayable for me or anything now -- I can still enjoy playing with some of the new stuff, but there's just a much different feeling in my gut when I hear a stand or rework is released today as compared to all that time ago. It felt a lot more, I donno, special for sure.
Bruh same. I used to play this game so much, I stuck with purple haze vampire till the end, discovered new strategies and even got to the #100 PvP spot. Now that things are changing, I feel like I’m unable to really enjoy this game as much anymore due to the changing meta and rapid speed that I didn’t have to deal with in the past. Furthermore, people don’t even play this game to get the stand they want anymore. They just farm skins all day. It’s getting harder to adapt and really enjoy this game as much as I could before to the point where I stopped playing YBA entirely and only on rare occasions with my friends. I miss you YBA 😢
the only way i see yba not having 90/100% combos is to just increase everyone's health cuz they aint fixing those 90% combos :( as someone who also has been here (yba) since the almost very beginning i miss how it was just something special you needed to have skill for before it became the shiny grinder/ autocombo simulator it is toady and i think that that is very sad
Each time hearing the re:zero (straight bet) song that used to play in YBA main game long time ago, lots of memories of the games run through my mind..
The time I started playing YBA (keep in mind I've stopped playing now) was I believe nearly right next to initial release. I wasn't the FIRST to play it in any regard, but I do remember being there before SBR, Requiems, or Prestiges were even added. Rokakakas actually used to reset your level and you'd need to find a pure rokakaka which only reset your stand if you wanted to keep it. I watched YBA turn from a cool passion project that was original and enjoyable despite it's lackluster (at least, compared to the modern day) stands because, well, it was a passion project based on one of my favorite things to a corporate hellhole where all Uzu and the dev team seem to care about is money. The more popular YBA got, the more greedy the devs became until everything just... sucked. We have a game today that is devoid of all substance; what made it fun is long gone. No more new mechanics, no more new gamemodes, hell, we haven't even gotten a requiem past SPTW and Uzu promised that EVERY stand would have a requiem. I'm not saying old and simple is always good, but I think I'd prefer if all stands dropped their *visual* quality in favor of a backtrack to the fun and nostalgic feeling as well as FINALLY a decent update schedule. Also, why the hell does the storyline give you a requiem arrow?! What??? I remember working my butt off every single day in SBR and FINALLY after LITERAL DAYS beating SBR ONCE. In the past, SBR used to give you access to the requiem arrow; it was this whole quest thing with a lengthy but really rewarding process. You'd talk to the prestige master at prestige 3 in SBR, he'd give you a quest to simply beat SBR, you do so, and you get the ability to craft a requiem arrow at a different NPC for a hefty sum of money. I PREFERRED THAT SO MUCH. That last SBR game that gave me access to requiem was INSANE. Like seriously! The only requiem that was out was Gold Experience's (which at the time looked AWESOME compared to all the other stands) so I had Gold Experience and I would try for I think a whole MONTH to beat SBR. And that feeling when I got requiem was so amazing, it felt like I was a cut above the rest for all the hellish work I put in, that I actually accomplished something of worth. Aaaaaand of course they decide to make the end of the storyline give you requiem. What once was a super rewarding experience after beating SBR is now replaced with +1 pelvis and no other rewards except maybe money (I got Tusk Act 4 by literally inputting a code...) So yeah, sorry for ranting but basically what I mean is, YBA has lost all of it's original charm for me. It used to be a fun passion project, and now I can't really find any reason to play it anymore. It's a broken mess of terrible balancing and none of my friends want anything to do with it (hey, I see why). YBA just doesn't even feel like the same game anymore. And yes, drawing in children for hours on end just for them to get a slight remodel of a stand that they apparently really want IS scummy and it always has been. I've really always hated the idea of skins for that reason but obviously I won't rag on others for having them, in the end you're not FORCED to get skins since it's your choice if you want to grind for them. In summary, a lot of aspects may have improved a LOT, but it's never worth losing all of the original charm. I miss and will always miss the old YBA.
You're one of my favorite youtubers ever, thanks to you I discovered yba and stayed in your channel not for the game you were playing but because of your great content and personality, and I'll stay for that too Long gone is that game but I'm glad you're still here Still I'm glad there's a yba replacement in your channel and thanks to it more old-like videos like stand reviews, bingos and so on will keep been made, it's heart warming how the games you play keep changing but you don't Keep up the good content and take care
I think the main reason playing yba feels different than it used to is not just because of the game changes anymore. I believe we all have changed a fair bit since the time we started playing yba and maybe grown out of it. It is not that easy for a game built in a kid's platform to sustain the charm it had for players that have since grown older anyway. Having said all that, I miss the good old times as much as the next person.
Even though the current YBA is 'fine' it does not feel nowhere near as fun or 'balanced' as it used to be. Old YBA was not balanced at all but nor is the new YBA. I feel as if somewhere in the midway of its lifespan was it the most 'fair' but even when broken as hell, it was still so fun. Eclipse, if you are reading this, you are incredibly enjoyable to watch no matter what content you make. Thank you for being such a fun and relatable youtuber... Also, I just want to say that there is a OST in the game that used to play (I still think it does) called 'made in abyss: forever lost', please listen to it! It involves huge YBA nostalgia! Thank you, Eclipse... and thank you Old YBA. I miss you, old YBA.
The combat has changed so much that AUT might actually be better after some time, the thing that separated them was the fact blocking, parrying and M1ing were wayyyy more important than in AUT, with the combat rework and recent spec and stands reworks in YBA Aut might have a chance of surpassing it, because if they balance the stat points the heat mechanic makes fighting better, since you need to land hits before peforming your 100-0 combo
yeah but at least in yba you can barrage out of the combo, in aut once you get hit with a singular stun when your enemy has half a bar you are done and you die
i remember starting yba around like 2020, i didnt understand the game much so i jus quit after getting like 2 levels. Somewhere around mid 2020 i joined back and began playing, i always quit for around 6 months or more and then start playing for 2-3 months. its a cycle, you cant escape YBA.
You are right Eclipse. New YBA is visually stunning and the quality of life has changed a lot. But nothing can compare to the old YBA. It was a mess but it was the mess I fell in love with. I joined a little bit after the Heaven Update had released and I was kinda confused on how to play, but it was so fun learning the ropes and have so many friends helping me. We used to have so much fun together and so many laughs. This game is filled with some of my best memories, some bad ones and with friends I made along the way. The combat was always kinda unbalanced but in old YBA it was a lot smoother and you needed more strategy to beat your opponent and not just hit one move and you getting a kill. I remember when the game was a skin simulator for that one year with no content updates and honestly it was kinda better than it is now. I haven’t played the game in months but I still watch all your vids because I respect you so much and I feel like we’ve been through all of the changes and we’ve played together for as long as I’ve watched your vids. And man the end of the video was just…touching as hell. It’s so funny how I remember all of these videos and I laughed when I saw the clips just like I did with the full videos when they came out…ok…maybe I cried a little too. Thank you so so much Eclipse for being in my childhood the way you did, you only affected me in the best way you could hope for. Keep up the good work, I am rooting for you.
The game kinda lost its uniqueness especially in combat, the old days of doing m1s trades are no more instead you mash alot of moves and win and stands just dont feel valuable anymore which may or may not be a good thing to some people
@@weedGatopretty much every new/reworked stand/spec has atleast 1 combo starter with low cooldown and no endlag, that can be thrown out with no fear of getting punished.
I've watched almost all your videos since you started posting yba back in early 2020, your original guide video helped me so much, and where you, yba and I am in life are completely different. YBA is completely different to when I started it in december of 2019. I don't know where you are but I can tell it's way different then where you were back then. Where YBA is in comparison to before is drastically different. And where I am is drastically different, I got super into JJBA and YBA my freshmen year and now I'm a senior in HS and could care less about both of them, it's not yhe same game and doesn't have the same spark that ignited my passion (both jjba and yba).
I just got off of playing YBA after not playing the game for a year, I’ve been playing this game from almost the games first release and it is crazy how much has changed for more over the worse in my opinion. There’s a lot of great quality of life and other things but just the game itself has changed so much, YBA used to be the Jojo game people played because it was different, it wasn’t a skin farm sim ability spam game you had chains and bread and butters, now it’s just like any other jojo game idk if you should even engage in m1 combat unless you have one of the new specs that can do everything. The sheer amount of moves as well is so much you have the now 5 spec moves (maybe more I’m not sure) and your stand moves which is so much to even juggle on the keyboard like using vampire with a stand like killer queen is near impossible with how many keybinds you need for all the abilities. The sheer amount of those keybinds is just a symbolism for how much the game has changed it’s just so bloated with all the stands and bugs that have not been prioritized because of the new skins and the new design philosophy as there’s no way they can not be knowing what they’re doing when they make some of these stands and specs. The game has just now been bloated with all the effects and the lack of drive to make the game good and it’s sad to see it become this.
Perfect video. I joined the day this game came out and I had similar memories of this game, hanging out with friends, fighting whole servers, waiting for updates and watching your vids. Times have really changed since then. I miss those days...
I used to play YBA with some of my online friends almost every day for roughly 2-3 years and the final moments of this video hit me quite hard. Old YBA was definitely a product of it's time but definitely carried a unique sense of fun that not many games (or itself) has quite achieved to this day. There was a certain charm that the old YBA had that the new version just simply cannot match anymore. I stopped playing YBA about a year ago and still to this day have no interest in returning to it so it's a shame to see such cherished memories with my friends almost fade into obscurity overtime and watch this game almost crumble into dust especially in the balance department. I remember watching a lot of your old YBA videos too, and would share them with said friends to gather their opinions on the stand you were reviewing. It was honestly some of the most fun I've had on Roblox and online as a whole. Shame too, because I only speak to one of them now as opposed to the five that there were. Thanks for bringing awareness to us older players to the many issues this game continues to face and a reminder to always cherish things before they're gone.
the best feeling from old yba was when you got randomly ganged up on and you call your friends over to absolutely demolish them and that feeling always made me like the game
Them gangs always pissed me off, and the release when I manage to make them rage quit with twoh was great. The game isn't fun like that anymore, the only thing I did after retrying the game was anger a gang and block myself in pizzeria and use d4c:lt to teleport me and my friend out when the wall broke
0:35 Quality of Life 3:43 The Map 5:10 Visual Effects And Sound Design 7:20 Updates 10:28 Balance 12:36 Combat 16:04 Community (Personal timestamp) 18:16 - The end Nostalgia on Old Yba
I've been watching since forever and been playing almost as long as you This video, as cringe as it is, made me kind of emotional. I started playing YBA when I was like 14 in mid-late 2020, I bonded with friends over the game, I played it just about every day, I used every stand spec combo I could think of and adored every aspect and now whenever I boot up Roblox to try it out again I find myself quitting because I have more keybinds than keys and end up just throwing things out. I loved this game, I was on the 1v1 leaderboard multiple times, I had so much fun and now I just hope that it isn't over forever. Thanks for all the memories, Eclipse, absolutely banger video.
another long time viewer here, where to start. I started yba a month or so after launch, but didn’t really continue to play and actually grind out to prestige 3 around the heaven update. This was around the time your channel had blown up and i remember watching the kc hamon review and seeing you easily take over yba YT as a whole. Besides having legitimately creative youtube ideas for such a niche genre, you were also pretty steadfast in making content you enjoyed which was again also super rare on YT as well as something as random as a jojo roblox game youtuber. I can’t even imagine how much hours i put into the game and can really empathize with your feelings of passion. Despite the absolute mountain of bs rampant throughout the game just the amount of freshness using a new stand combo from a youtube video or carrying a friend in sbr kept me satisfied. I never really engaged in the community much mostly out of a lack of knowledge on discord activity and what not but when I did I had a lot of fun. I participated in that first tournament (diamondmaster3600/mlgtricks) and placed second, which friends in yba talked abt so much at the time. it was just a really cool experience and in a way your channel has been that timelog every step of the way. As of rn i haven’t really played yba consistently since the halloween update, but i pop into your channel almost all the time just to hear your insight on topics and it reminds me of that golden period of yba. cheers
I was first introduced to YBA in the middle of March 2020 by one of my cousin's friends. And then when my cousin joined we immediately loved YBA. Almost every single day my cousin would ask me if I wanted to play YBA and we would have a great time fighting against each other and other players and playing in SBR. When the Stone Free update was released most of my friends left the game. Me and my cousin were the only ones still playing. After a while, my cousin dropped the game. Then it was me. Now I don't even play the game anymore. It's so sad to see a game I used to play all the time become this. Even though I still have frustrating issues with YBA I'm glad that I got to hold on to the memories of when I played with my cousin.
Most of those clips at the end I rewatched a couple months back reminiscing those times I would wake up early just to watch your videos while waiting for my friends to hop on yba, now seeing it again it really shows how good those times were even at a time of the pandemic this was my getaway from those problems in my life in a way, though I joined yba a bit late around mid 2021, I get that and feel that, I would do anything to re-experience those times again..
This genuinely made me cry in a very lovely and beautiful way, as an old viewer and subscriber, I have been enjoying your videos since the old TW days, I loved the love train d4c SBR challenge that you used to do with your friends, even though yba has changed the only thing that will never change is old YBA inside my heart. Thank you for making me happy Eclipse, thank you.
I remember getting into this game in 2021, during the time of the content drought. Your YBA guide was the very first video I watched, and I have been a longtime viewer since.
The end part of this video gave me a huge sense of nostalgia, though timewise it might have not been that far long ago yba has changed SOOO much since this
Bro Eclipse It's good to have you buddy you're really a saver for the community, back then when I first started playing YBA I didn't know what to do and so I searched for YBA guide and first video I watch was yours titled The Ultimate Beginners Guide To YBA and because of that I got to play properly and I got to complete the whole story line because of your help, man If it weren't for your videos I wouldn't have played YBA nor got interested in it I give my thanks to you Eclipse been here watching your content for the last 2 years apparently keep it up!
Yba is the game were i met my friend group. I had so much fun with them, the gang wars, the screams in vc while playing sbr. I miss all of that. I quitted after the new map was released and rejoined after the soft and wet update out of nostalgia and i was stunned by how different things had become. Back in the day it was fun to try and beat unbalanced stands but rn it's a pain thx to all of the sheer amount of effects that destroy the framerate. I can say that you are the yba youtuber that i had the most fun watching. The videos always had a friendly vibe and would make me crack up from the laughs. I remember the d4c lt sbr video. The same day that video came out i asked my friends if they wanted to try and do that. At the end of the day what i feel the need to say is ty yba for making me meet the friends who helped me grow as a person and ty eclipse for always showing your love for the game and for its community.
Man you actually made me feel a little something at the end there 😭 I’m kinda missing old YBA now (been playing since mid 2020 and played a few times way before that)
Fuck that ending hurt man. Hit me in the feels. I came into your days of YBA and loved em... Not because it was roblox jojo but because you ALWAYS had something funny, or silly... I miss that... Feels bad man... Lots of love brother, i know what its like to loose a game that feels like an old friend...
that was an emotional way to end the video, i remember back when i met my first group of online friends through yba. it was still so fun and mysterious to play, and the game had me hooked and interested, i dont know how long ive been subscribed to you but all i know is that ive enjoyed your videos and i miss the only yba too
Viewer since pre-50k here. I’ve seen YBA’s transition from the beginning, and everything that you pointed out here is dead on. Although we wish we had that game back, we likely will never get it back as long as ambition and greed exists. It’s sad to know that, but that’s become the reality of it.
i started playing the game around july of 2021 which isnt too long ago, but the end just reminded me of getting off of school to play with friends that are no longer active anymore and watching every single one of your videos to try and get better at the game which was just enough to make me shed a few tears
I feel exactly like you, I used to play so much and i loved this game a lot, i quit during the one-year update gap but sometimes come back, mah e to check out an update, and i don’t really recognize the game anymore, it changed so much. Maybe it’s because I myself changed, but i don’t really enjoy it like i used to, when i played daily with my friends. I’m a long-time viewer, dare i say, I came for YBA guides and stayed because i love your sense of humor, so that last part that included footage from your older videos hit hard. I can’t say YBA is worse now, it’s probably better off, but dammi i miss the old times.
I've been watching Eclipse for as long as I can remember. The Old yba days were so messy but the good kind, the new yba players could never understand. I'm a former yba god, though just a random person you've probably met in the old yba I was equal to or better than many youtubers such as Eclipse who was equal to me. Some youtubers I have beaten include GamerTiny, Gohanhino (former yba player) and much more youtubers and as lucky I was to meet them it was even more fun to play with them and find out what kind of person they are. But as the game changed and I was still behind on the meta I learned it was time to let go and let the other players shine. (Totally not because I got hacked and they erased 50k robux worth of gamepasses so I quit yba for a year then I come back to find out it's way too different for me to catch up on)
The ending hits really hard, i started the game about mid 2021 when it was the mih and twoh update. I vividly remember how a guy helped me with story mode and taught me how to play, I had no idea about pity or skins back then and you cant imagine how happy i was to getting the world on my last arrow, also I was helping my friends with rkers and getting happy to the worst skins there are. I wish I could go back to that time and enjoy yba again, im crying while writing this. Im not an og of your channel but Im still thankful for your great vids, keep up the work. 👍
I've been playing yba for ever since December 2020. I have to agree with nearly every point mentioned. The combat was way more fun back then, specs didn't require you to map a whole new moveset rather like 3 keys max. Another small thing you didn't mention in the combat section was the ability to see players health bars, This small change actually matters a lot. People in 1v1s would sorta heal trade. And nowaday you don't see anyone doing this because of how much the combat change to big op combo does 70% your hp. And now with every update it takes like 3 months to make a single stand that looks amazing but is a pain to fight against and isn't tested. Not sure how to transition this but I love the content hope you keep it up 👍
I've been watching your channel since pretty much the beginning. To say that this video hurt me to my core is an understatement. Especially the memories segment near the end. I really wish the circumstances were different.
i think some of my favorite videos to watch of yours were the ones just titled “muda” or “ora” or “fast” where you just, played a stand in 1v1s, talked about it, comment about the fight, and that’s about it. unfortunately, it’s difficult to replicate that format now, since everywhere you go, it’s a Scary Monsters 70% combo, or maybe a TWOH Vamp combo that one-shots you with a single TS (that happened to me once). now i feel that this is less of a game to relax on after a day of school or work or whatever you do, and more of one that requires you to use some ludicrously overpowered stand to even stand a chance against others doing the same, pressing 7-10 buttons on your keyboard and, hey would you look at that, they’re dead on the floor. anyways, i think this is a tipping point for YBA and the devs, it’s at a point for them to decide where they want to take the games combat and mechanics: either returning all the absurd stands to zero (GER go brrrrr), or to continue this path to absolute power creep hell. and i’ll be honest, i miss the stupid hit boxes of certain moves, and i do miss how janky the game was sometimes, but this is, well, too much jank. and if anything, we can only hope that maybe you can do something about it, Eclipse.
I thought I was alone with how I felt about this. I was starting to believe that I truly was unreasonable with quitting. I mean, what was I thinking, it’s the same game, right? I said those exact words on your end screen, Eclipse.
Rip to the game that I loved Aswell and the friends I made and abandoned because of it. I'll never get back those few years of practically wasted effort and time but I wouldn't have traded it for the world.
Long time viewer ( I was in the king crimsion video bingo) and 2021 February player here Back then in 2021 ybas combat was MUCH more simpler, didnt have any cool effects, no flashy moves, just regular stand moves with pretty bad effects. Back then M1 Trades where actually important but now a days combat all matters about landing 1 move then doing 95 percent of your hp Specs where also pretty boring but also very simple to use, stands where also pretty fun but also the moves where simple I feel like yba now a days is just based off landing moves and other stuff I think uzus main goal here was to turn this game into a evolved jojo game I have mix feelings for this game now and Im proud that uzu decided to change the whole game Eclipse I do miss your tournament streams Build or bust videos stand reviews stand bingos wiping sbr with friends I really do miss the old times
Every single time I come back to this the ending gets me. As a pretty old playing watching how the game used to be with that music as well just hits me hard and I can't help but let out a tear.
Man, YBA is quite the game… I’ve been playing since around June 2021, and I used to be pretty good at the game. I’d run almost every stand/spec combo you could think of, but I remember my favorites being Star Platinum boxing, Hierophant Green Hamon and MIH Boxing. I made a lot of memories in this game, and after the white album rework I was having fun with it but got a nasty feeling that YBA might devolve into a combo f*ck fest where you land a single move and your opponent dies. After the vamp rework I knew my fears were true and the game I had once loved so much had become a combo fest with almost zero game balance. I still occasionally play, but now I’ll see people pull off combos that do all of your hp and it just makes me sad knowing what the game once was. I only started watching around September 2023 because I wanted nostalgia for old YBA and I stuck with the channel. I may not be a long time viewer but I am a long time player, and it feels bad to see what was once my favorite game become this sh*thole Uzu turned it into.
16:12 Bro.. the nostalgia from this theme at train station (i know it comes from parasyte) almost bought tears to my eyes, i've been playing this game for a while too, like 1 month after it released.
Damn. I remember those days when Eclipse would upload stand reviews or do live streams tournaments and always having to call a lot of friends to do gang wars, I will never forget those memories. Sadly all good things must come to an end and I'm glad that I played a game like YBA and thank you Eclipse for all the memories and the things you did for the game and community. For anyone wondering I started playing since December 16 2020
Damn i miss old YBA, back then watching your videos. I even watched your beginners guide because i had no idea about this game. I had so much fun seeing you rage with whitesnake, that was my favourite part. I still miss the Bingos, Build or Busts, Tournaments, Streams. Thank you for this amazing video, Eclipse
YBA was one of, if not my first experience In roblox, I started playing due to one video about Jotaro and Dio’s fight made in YBA, and I got hooked quickly, i met most of my close friends there, and of course, eclipse’s amazing channel, which i enjoyed (and still enjoy) after so long, three years sharing laughs, frustration, fun, and anger, i wish I could turn time back to where the game was at his highest point, and enjoy it one last time before closing the door behind me, but I will always remember all those nice moments that I had with the game, and all the fun I had watching your videos all up until now, thank you eclipse, for always giving people laughs and fun.
Like you Eclipse. I used to play YBA all the way from when Twoh was released and even longer when KCR was first leaked. This game just fell to loophole i cannot return from. The game that i played before was when i used to play with my friends. The combat was actually great. Me and my gang were doing once a day a steel ball run to mess with people and have some fun. But now. Time flies. Yba grew up. And we did too. I absolutely enjoy the first initial releases of YBA. Back when people called SPTW the best stand in the game. How TWOH was absolutely overpowered when it first released and people begging the staff to buff MIH. I've been watching your videos since the first ever yba video you posted. And i'll still be here since i do thoroughly enjoy your content and what your channel is trying to achieve. For now i can safely call it. Rest in Piece Old YBA. You will be missed. But not by alot. (btw the part where i enjoy TWOH being op...Yeah i didnt. I just had the stand and it was fun LOL)
I’m playing the game since March 2020 and I can’t genuinely express how joyful I was playing this game! From the music, the map, the combat, it was just better. Now the map doesn’t have this charm, the old music was better, the combat relies on 1 hit to win the battle. Before there were gang wars, arcade gatherings now there’s nothing, just trading for skins. In my opinion everything started going downhill after the stone ocean update. Now I don’t play the game, but me and my friends still remember the good old days. The last 2-3 mins genuinely brought a smile on my face irl! PS: Ty Eclipse for making those videos.
long time viewer here.
i think one of the main reasons yba feels so different today than it does back then is simply because of how much larger it's become.
it used have very simple graphics, easy to grasp mechanics, and a very nice feeling combat system.
these days, that's all gone now.
not to mention that with how convoluted and overpowered things are these days, it's even more of a hell for new players than it was prior.
in all honesty, the game is still enjoyed by tens of thousands of people daily.
but it's just that for myself, and many others, we aren't those people.
and we aren't going to be.
regardless, i hope uzu and the team still does well, as i can't deny the game is stunning visually and all.
i just hope sometime that same spark it had before can be reignited.
keep up the good work, big man.
Yeah the simplicity aswell as the feeling of playing such a good Jojo game back then is the main reason why it feels so different I'm also an old fan of his since his first twoh video and been playing since January 2020
It’s true, I miss the old map so much, it was so damn simple and the room where u get vamp spec was cool.
im also in the same boat i think they should release a version of the old game with the old map for the players who love it so
i think another reason is how complicated the game is now, like a spec has the same amount of moves as a stand meaning u have to spend ages memorising every key on your keyboard just to be able to play 1v1's against sweaty players. at this rate specs are more so secondary stands having a barrage and all
i think the combat has much more combo extenders and increased stun on everything now making it best to just use broken 80% health combos
i miss old yba, you may not see this, but i am incredibly greatful for everything you've done for YBA, i used to love the game, and you sometimes talking about how the game isn't as toxic as it seems really helped me as that was something i struggled with most, i'm glad that someone who's a good person like you got to the position you did instead of one of the toxic players, i can't possibly describe or thank you enough
The good days
Old yba has unbalanced stuff than new yba
@@seanmarley3598 sure buddy just look at new vamp
@@seanmarley3598 new boxing too
bro go outside eclipse isnt ur dad 💀
@@majorfender6054 💀
It’s sad to see a once beloved game that I used to play EVERY SINGLE DAY go down this path… it hurts me to see how little uzu cares anymore
"how little uzu cares" nigga what
"how little uzu cares" nigga what
Same around when the heaven update came out is where I was enjoying it the most. Things went shit for me when they nerfed ger.
true.
kcr no spec my beloved still
Uzu does care about the game. He's just doing things wrong.
I literally started to smile and cry with emotion watching the flashbacks at 18:18
I used to play since 4 months after release like Eclipse and fell off after Crazy Diamond's rework update, I felt the game wasn't the same, it was good and all but... me and my friends wasn't enjoying playing as much as we did before, and we didn't know why at the time.
Thanks for being my favorite youtuber since 2021, Eclipse. I met you through YBA, stayed for you. I like to see this video as a letter to YBA and it's community as a whole, seeing the good, the bad and the ugly from 3 years of YBA. I enjoyed watching your videos in the morning before playing with my friends at night, and now I enjoy watching your videos besides don't playing the game for months, and see what the fuck are the devs doing with those new stands and reworks.
Thank you Eclipse, I see you next time.
☠️
I left immediatley after vampire
its not that deep LOL
@@mob66666 even if it is not that deep, it means A LOT to me
@@endless-night I played on november 2020 and i basically would say the same thing because i used to play alot back then.
i started playing yba around 6 months after you did. my join date says it was in November, but i got the prestige 1 badge on October 5th, 2020. this video really resonated with me, especially the latter half of it. i do miss the days of the best combat out of any roblox anime game, the days of eclipse playing telephone with the devs or tuning into tournament livestreams. some of the moments from the last little bit of the video, i watched those videos as soon as they came out, and i remember laughing at whatever silly incident happened in the clip. even though new yba has so many pros to old yba, old yba still will be yba's prime. not just for gameplay, balance, effects, but also the memories and the state of the game and whatnot. i also remember the week of the heaven update which added made in heaven and twoh, the game had 100k players. it's so hard to believe that the game had over 100k players for a solid while. but, oh well. good video, i think you really conveyed your thoughts well. cheers, eclipse.
does anyone else remember that short length of time where m1s had enough stun to combo into each other which basically turned the game into another generic fighting game?
everything you said, but im too lazy to explain it. was a good memory.
honestly the reworks, are for the worst..
the moves are spammy and take zero skill, even when they nerfed vamp its just really sucks, and i miss old combat
and honestly for the longest time, i kept grinding skins (A LOT) and just lost my sanity, with bad ping, bad players, to the point where im just done.
also a long time viewer.
I don’t remember the exact date but i started playing right before the steel ball run update, and i still remember how crazy the requiem stands were when they first came out. I walked up to a GER and asked him if he could kill me just to see the cutscene
@@johnsai4074 yeah that was horrible since they also still did 10 damage per hit
The join dates are bugged and only go as far back as november sadly
I thought this was going to be like one of those videos like reviewing a game, but no, this was much better than I thought. 20 minutes just about reminiscing over a game that's over 3 years old that i didn't even play very much with gameplay in the background and commentary over it was still entertaining to watch. This is why Eclipse has to be one of my favourite youtubers to watch any day of the week.
Damn the ending of this hit way harder than I was expecting, now that I'm in my 20s I'm starting to feel that way about lots of things including YBA. I was not expecting a "haha Eclipse is gonna rant about YBA again" video to turn into that 😭
Nothing nostalgically hits harder than remembering hopping on yba after school and fighting the entire server with my friends. We used to literally discuss plans on how to counter the meta stands and where in the map we could run to for cover. I used to run sf Hamon for fun and actually got decent with it. Despite there actually being better/worse stands, you could play every stand and do okay if you know what you’re doing with that stand’s playstyle. They took that uniqueness and replay ability out by just making every spec have a combo. There’s no more character to it, it’s just another good looking jojo game with combos. It’s really sad something so special and well built upon was just replaced by what made it stick out.
Sucks how hard the game has changed so fast, old players like me (started 2020) literally can NOT deal with the new stuff. This hits so hard since I saw the uprise of eclipse's youtube channel (saw him go from 400 to where he is now), and being on the same level as him in terms of combat skill and game knowledge, I had a lot of common understandings, laughs, and grievances with his videos.
And this? This hits like a truck, because I couldn't agree any more than I can right now. YBA may be good for the newer generation players, but oldgens like us just lost the game we once loved
i still like it …
been playing since before anubis and magicians red reworks btw
I started late 2020 I think. At least that’s what it says I joined in (even though it can be wrong). But at least I joined in a good time before all these new rib stands and over heaven stands. I even remember seeing MIH slowly evolve
100% agreed. I joined during the heaven update but i was a huge beginner to enjoy the heavenly stands tho the grind with friends was good. New yba is just so confusing and complex.
@@Walkingcheese967 I joined a bit before that
Yba combat has changed a lot. Back then it was more simple because stands and specs where not that complicated but now most reworked stands has over 7 moves and specs are also really complex now
Eclipse was holding back his soul while talking positively about YBA
Fr 💀
I have been watching since the start, I remember I would always check out your new videos right when you uploaded, I would hop on YBA nearly everyday to play, and I would generally have so much fun and many laughs. I miss the old days and the old YBA.
I also nearly cried at the end part, I started playing right around when you did too, and to see all of those memories and flashbacks from your previous videos was just so nice, I used to recommend this game to alot of my friends and we would enjoy it together. And Eclipse, you have done a huge impact on this community, a great one, you practically saved the game with your content, events, messages to staff and it was just great.
This is a very great video and I would like to say I just miss the old YBA and the old fun.
Thank you Eclipse, Thank you for everything.
This video made me ALMOST tear up. The clips you showcased from back then brought the nostalgia as I recognized some of the clips from your previous videos. Not even just about YBA; if I could rewind time to when I was that happy, I would 😢
Nigga youre crying over a lego game? 💀💀
@@YoKRz tearing up is a bit crazy but old yba was the true jojo game, everyone who playedbefore misses the old one
@@sldoeeWord.
@@sldoee word.
@@sldoeeword.
Everything explained in this video represents my feelings towards the current state of this game so well. And that last bit at the end with the old YBA music and the old clips really hit hard for someone like me who’s been playing for almost 3 years and has been a fan of yours ever since the first YBA video.
A quality of life change that you didn’t mention were Rokas.
In the Beta at least, they reset your level as well 😂
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Lol yeah, but those days are long gone. Since I've been playing in November 2020, rokas havent reset level.
I like how I keep farming level and then reset my level just for rolling a new stand when playing yba that time 💀
hop on a bizarre day
Damn
I remember back when I started playing YBA because of a friend, fun times. Found your channel down the line and enjoyed your content a lot.
Thanks for everything you do Eclipse. I've been watching ever since I joined YBA in mid 2020 and I have branched out into more of your content as well. All of the games that I play would feel massively different without having your input and reactions to them. You helped me get into so many games (Mostly Subnautica) and left a huge impact on how I approach situations in-game and out.
Truly, Thank you for all of your hard work.
ive literally been here ever since yba released, I remember getting star platinum on my first arrow lol. fr tho coming from a guy who played YBA since release and a fan of yours since you had around 200 subscribers, its a shame how much the game has changed, its like a whole new game now and it no longer had its charm that it once had before. i remember dominating main game with twoh and killing people in sbr with my friends having a blast but now it just wont feel the same knowing about the newer PVP of one shotting everyone. and if you're not playing the game for that its just a grindfest for skins that wont do you any good in the long run. yba has changed, and in my opinion, for the worse. I quit YBA around 2 months before the Stone Free update, then came back to it on April of this year, and I feel like I'm a literal noob when I was clearly not. every stand that releases nowadays is always so broken and then pairing that with a spec increases the craziness by ten fold. effects cover up your whole screen, still no new gamemodes, and more. back then, yba had a terrible balancing, but it had a charm to it that many of you guys can probably agree with me on. the PVP was stupid but in a good way. i miss being one comboed by a twoh or sptw. i miss ger yoinking all my health because of scorpion and barrage. i miss the infinite speed on mih... (actually idk about that one) anyways, on a real note I truly miss yba. clearly its now out of its golden age and onto its modern era. but ill forever miss the good old days... arigato, yba.
YBA... has changed. It's no longer about balanced movesets, free flow combat, or having fun. It's an endless series of gang wars fought by sweats and one-shot combo users. YBA - and it's production of skins - has become a well-oiled machine. YBA has changed. ID-tagged players carry ID-tagged stands, use ID-tagged specs. Hamon infusion inside their bodies enhances and regulates their damage output. Genetic control. Information control. Emotion control. Battlefield control. Everything is monitored and kept under control. YBA has changed. The age of Balance has become the age of Skins... All in the name of averting catastrophe from revenue drops. And he who controls the skins... Controls the players. YBA has changed. When the players are under total control... Unbalanced reworks become routine.
Took me a while to get this one LMAO. Well played o7
@@EclipseGameplaysahhhhh I don't understand the reference helpppp
@@xatime2833it’s from Metal Gear Solid 4
LOL
🔊🔊
As someone who started playing the game because of you, i am with you, i miss the old game so much. Also thank you for being an amazing member of the community, with the hours you spent trying to help this game be as good as its potential showed.
I agree Eclipse, the game has changed a ton since release. Gameplay has changed and the game has had many ups and downs in general. However, I’m glad we all had good times while they lasted.
I remember playing YBA when the heaven update was released. Seeing YBA grow into the unbalanced but visually stunning gameplay (even though it makes it so laggy) is such a blast from the past and I can’t thank YBA enough because it was the only reason why I made such great friends. I love this game, as broken as it may get down the line, I love it with all my heart and I do wish that it will continue growing.
Never expected to see a DMC enjoyer here
supposedly they are trying to balance it
i just started playing recently
@@StubbieeNo they are not doing shit.
I was there a bit before the heaven update (basically when ribs came out) and I still feel nostalgia
Gonna be 2 years after I joined (although join date can be innacurate)
Finally. Someone put what everyone's been feeling into words. and dammit Matt, making me damn near cry at the end. I remember all those old videos coming out, watching them in discord calls with friends. I remember how that game used to make me memories. It just "isn't the same anymore" and I think that hurts more than the game straight up being gone.
Bro I would be getting ready for school in the morning and *bzzz* I had to watch all the videos as soon as they came out. From the build or bust to the 1 minute exploiter clips
@@thecomet653 Fr. Eclipse helped me through many late nights of assignments and college applications
I remember the days that I skipped school just to play yba with my best friend, JorgeAche, we played hours and hours, and he sadly passed away 5 months ago. I never heard his voice, and I did not even see his face. He was a discord friend... but he was the best. Sometimes, I play yba to keep his memory alive, I miss him so much... I love you, Jorge.
Remember mate. Heroes. Never. Die
Damn dawg that ending hit hard. YBA will never be the same
It would be nice if uzu maybe released old yba as a separate game...
yeah, your going on the rape list 😂
@@TheReal_KitCat but it would never be the same though
@@TheReal_KitCatfunny how you kinda predicted that except it was not uzu
All goods things must come to an end. Well, it would be more accurate to say that nostalgia for the old, broken mess rather than for the new broken mess is inevitable.
Eclipse, I discovered you through your GER is broken videos (the first one) and never missed an upload for YBA since that day. For me, the reason why I kept watching your videos was because you were genuinely helpful when it came to being good at the fighting aspect of the game. I as a stupid kid wouldn't have figured out all the kinds of jank you can do with stuff like King Crimson, Hierophant Green and GER back in the day. Even now with your new vampire and S&W videos you showcased some combos that many people didn't even know you could DO (at least me). You're very informative whether you realize it or not.
I don't play YBA anymore, and you can probably guess the reasons. But I still watch your YBA content because its YOU that presents it. I can understand why you would quit too, and if you will eventually stop uploading YBA because of what it has become, most of us will understand. Adapting to all the BS this game throws at us is annoying as hell, but if you decide to keep at it, rest assured. We will all support you. If not, I'm gonna smile at the memory of the best YBA youtuber there ever was.
It's so cool how eclipse went back in time to record footage for this video; the dedication is crazy!
You can't imagine the amazing felling of seeing those old videos at the background.
Thanks Eclipse.
Dude, the final part of the video, those memories of you, and at the end, of all the olf fans, i dis almost cry my man, i've enjoyed all of your content, i just wanna say thanks for those laughts you made all of us get, ty so much, Eclipse.
Thank you so much for making this video everything you said in the later half of the video is exactly how i feel about yba. I used to be in a gang with a couple of people for a long time and ended up quiting yba for like 4 months due to personal reasons and i never really reconnected with them. I made some of my best memories with those guys.project, ginge, epixgamer, cheesecake, this is fixer.if you see this i wont ever forget you guys i cant reach u in in discord cuz i lost my old account but i really loved playing with all of you. Those midnight gang wars were sick 😂
This made me happy to read. Sure its sad that they're gone, but seeing somone make memories other people would never normally have is such a powerful thing. To old yba 🍻
@@retard_check2063 cheers bro 🍻
Man I remember every single thing from the flash back sequence. And I will always remember "fight Joe Kujo, get beatdowned"
Kill Joe Kujo, no disc. Next server...
@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 laugh at Joe Kujo for missing his beatdown, die because you laughed at Joe Kujo for missing his beatdown.
As another Content Creator who has been playing YBA since February 2020 I 100% agree
I just feel like YBA lost is uniqueness simplicity and its actually great PVP, back then when you que up for ranked you wouldn't know what stand you would come across however now it's always the Stand Skin with the highest values (usually SP, KC, TW/TWOH, etc).
I know nostalgia is a huge factor but the older specs (besides old Spin) complimented stands more rather than it being a second stand you know? I just feel like Uzu's trying to turn this game into some JoJo Blox Fruits which would be hella lame
Vorachi
I've been playing Mr President Hamon for a week now, and I noticed how FREE I could mash moves without getting punished. I can throw Zoom Punch, Scarlet Overdrive and Sendo Overdrive in neutral and not get punished with how giant the hitboxes are and how little endlag they have.
Back then, throwing out Zoom Punch/Eye Gouge wildly was just gonna get your ass folded and lose half your hp with how small and commital they were. But landing them felt like you actually EARNED to land them. Eye Gouge was THE exemple of that : the longest spec stun in the game, but also the longest spec endlag and an extremely shitty hitbox. Landing it allowed you to confirm anything your stand have, with the only exception being lifeforms creation of GE/R and Road Roller, but missing it/having it cancelled meant your opponent could do that to you too and more. It was also extremely simple to keep track of cooldowns since every spec but Pluck had 3 moves at most.
@@vivelespatat2670 exactly, all the strategic pvp is lost and i heavily miss the simple but effective gameplay it used to have
@@vorachi yeah you described the old specs all too well. I like them, especially pluck... it's like a side dish in your fast food order and the stand being the main meal.
Stop crying and give a better arguments then this
I also started playing almost three years ago, and I agree with most of what you said. However, I feel like skins themselves aren't really that detrimental to the game on paper, but in reality, people have gotten WAYYY too addicted to them. It's to the point that a majority of people don't even want to improve on their combat skills. It was way easier to find a competent opponent to play a fun 1v1 back then but nowadays hardly anyone is remotely decent at the game. I've already quit YBA for a few months, but some of my friends still play it and they can back me up on my claims.
Another thing I don't agree about is the map change. Sure, I think that the map was a lot better than the old one. The main issue is though, it is a LOT laggier than the old one. For comparison, with the fps unlocker, I could manage to get 120+ fps on the old map in a vip server. Nowadays, I can barely manage 40. This may not be as big of a problem on other platforms, but we're talking about Roblox here. Most of the people playing aren't very old and are usually playing on low end laptops and phones or tablets. I know that the developers have put efforts into making it not such a laggy mess, but it just isn't enough.
I agree with everything else though, and it's sad to see that the only aspects that made YBA stand above other games (mainly the combat) have just been ruined with 50% hp combos. It was rare to see a skin back then, and now it's become the norm. How good the balancing is right now is still quite similar to what it was back then (horrible of course), but I would argue it still feels worse right now. The combat used to be void of massive combos, which is what made it stand out in the first place, but now the new reworks are just riddled with huge true combos. I feel like it's just sad to see the original main attraction of the game being completely destroyed.
bruh i thought i already commented on this LOL
agreed
bro these people collect skins like they're nfts
I remember when YBA was released, ABD was the popular game at the time and I would tell my brother how YBA is gonna be the next big JoJo Roblox game. (I’m talking when it was in BETA)
Yo eclipse, dont know if you gonna see this but, i follow your channel since around the start of 2021 (or more, my memory if bad) i have been playing yba since the first month of release but i have never activelly played it, only when i decided to get like twoh and max prestige. But i actually enjoyed a lot watching the game on your channel, all the opinions, reviews, the fun different videos, bingos (i love these) its everything right on the back of my mind, i find it really nostalgic to even think about all the fun i had watching you playing the game. I got to know a lot about the game by your channel and i followed the game state from all these years until today even though i have almost not even played it (not even 100 hours for someone who started playing almost 3 years ago). The point i'm writing this is to show my appreciation for all your hard work over this game, and for bringing me a lot of fun times, when you stopped playing it i also stopped watching it but now, you're coming back and im back at having fun.
This is my open discurse to eclipse, thank y'all and specially you eclipse for all of your work, the flashbacks on the end of the video almost made me cry, see ya
(sorry if i have a bad english, not my first language)
I used to play a lot of yba around 2-3 years ago, I remember how hard it was for me back then to win fights. I made a lot of friends and even a whole gang just so we could help each other, especially in sbr. It was a lot of fun since we actually needed to use our brains and think of ways to win the game, but now that's all gone.
I got hooked on YBA around September 2020, and have also been watching you since you were around at 12k subs. I remember I got hooked on your channel when I saw the “YBA has fallen from grace” video and liked your style of making videos. I loved Yba from its simplicity and all the fun glitches that would happen, although some stuff was agonizing. It was a fun ride to play the game whether it was agonizing to grind or I got in heated gang wars. I stopped playing a year ago and faded away from your channel after trying to focus on other things. This just came in my recommendations and it was nostalgic to see all those old clips of your old videos of the game I once loved. Thank you Eclipse for the work you did in this community, and all the laughs you gave us.
It really has. It's full of one-shot combos that could be easily avoided but still somehow made it through
Yeah, I also remember the wacky but good times in YBA. Especially when using GER back then was way more fun than now imo. When scorpion barrage was a thing, counter startup being annoying but kinda funny, being able to stand on the tree, awakening turning you into a literal terminator, etc.
Btw you should have included the old clip where you killed a TWOH with hermit purple. I found that clip super funny!
Great video though and nostalgic :)
Started playing a bit before the heaven update, and I feel like a fish out a water trying to m1 trade. It makes me kinda sad to remember the day of KiLl TrAde is gone.
Have never touched YBA in my entire life. However, it was good seeing the content you, and the ones inspired by you made. But, all good things end, eventually.
I feel like a way of balancing out the new reworks is increasing to maximum vitality rather than changing the damage of stands. If this is the route Uzukee is going to take with YBA from here on out, at least let us be able to survive the long combos
yeah increasing max vitality to 500 would
1. make vitality upgrades worth more health per
2. increase the "touch to kill" from just barely not one to a much more forgiving 4 *without* cutting back on the ridiculously long, dramatic combos that Uzu seems to be pushing for
@@tedtubegaming not only that but at least then fights will last longer. I feel they went in the right direction nerfing spec damage by 20% making them less of a second stand and an actual sub ability
i suggested that to paragon on the dc and he denied it saying it wouldnt solve problems long term he just said that certain abilites would still be better than other and ofc they will idk what he was saying there i think that change would be great
@@potato4049 Well it seems like a lazy move. Its basically the same as just decreasing all damage by 50%, except with the hp increase executes become much, much better, making the stands that have them op and the stands that lack them not good. Also, having a hp amount that goes above about 250 would completely go against how the game has been for ever since release (EXCEPT FOR VAMPIRE SUBSPECS EFFECTIVE HP, WHICH WAS BROKEN). But hey, thats just my view and you may think its good.
@@cencordduetocringe the new move sets go also against how the game was
Man, the montage of old memories at the end of the video really got to me. Eclipse, that ending montage in black and white almost made me cry.
At least we have the memories of the old days.
Having started at around the same date, the feeling of the game is definitely a lot different. That sort of jank was a real charming part of the game and despite the overall balance still being terrible even then, it almost felt more excusable in some ways. The game isn't unplayable for me or anything now -- I can still enjoy playing with some of the new stuff, but there's just a much different feeling in my gut when I hear a stand or rework is released today as compared to all that time ago. It felt a lot more, I donno, special for sure.
Bruh same.
I used to play this game so much, I stuck with purple haze vampire till the end, discovered new strategies and even got to the #100 PvP spot. Now that things are changing, I feel like I’m unable to really enjoy this game as much anymore due to the changing meta and rapid speed that I didn’t have to deal with in the past. Furthermore, people don’t even play this game to get the stand they want anymore. They just farm skins all day. It’s getting harder to adapt and really enjoy this game as much as I could before to the point where I stopped playing YBA entirely and only on rare occasions with my friends.
I miss you YBA 😢
the only way i see yba not having 90/100% combos is to just increase everyone's health cuz they aint fixing those 90% combos :( as someone who also has been here (yba) since the almost very beginning i miss how it was just something special you needed to have skill for before it became the shiny grinder/ autocombo simulator it is toady and i think that that is very sad
Each time hearing the re:zero (straight bet) song that used to play in YBA main game long time ago, lots of memories of the games run through my mind..
The time I started playing YBA (keep in mind I've stopped playing now) was I believe nearly right next to initial release. I wasn't the FIRST to play it in any regard, but I do remember being there before SBR, Requiems, or Prestiges were even added. Rokakakas actually used to reset your level and you'd need to find a pure rokakaka which only reset your stand if you wanted to keep it. I watched YBA turn from a cool passion project that was original and enjoyable despite it's lackluster (at least, compared to the modern day) stands because, well, it was a passion project based on one of my favorite things to a corporate hellhole where all Uzu and the dev team seem to care about is money. The more popular YBA got, the more greedy the devs became until everything just... sucked. We have a game today that is devoid of all substance; what made it fun is long gone. No more new mechanics, no more new gamemodes, hell, we haven't even gotten a requiem past SPTW and Uzu promised that EVERY stand would have a requiem. I'm not saying old and simple is always good, but I think I'd prefer if all stands dropped their *visual* quality in favor of a backtrack to the fun and nostalgic feeling as well as FINALLY a decent update schedule.
Also, why the hell does the storyline give you a requiem arrow?! What??? I remember working my butt off every single day in SBR and FINALLY after LITERAL DAYS beating SBR ONCE. In the past, SBR used to give you access to the requiem arrow; it was this whole quest thing with a lengthy but really rewarding process. You'd talk to the prestige master at prestige 3 in SBR, he'd give you a quest to simply beat SBR, you do so, and you get the ability to craft a requiem arrow at a different NPC for a hefty sum of money. I PREFERRED THAT SO MUCH. That last SBR game that gave me access to requiem was INSANE. Like seriously! The only requiem that was out was Gold Experience's (which at the time looked AWESOME compared to all the other stands) so I had Gold Experience and I would try for I think a whole MONTH to beat SBR. And that feeling when I got requiem was so amazing, it felt like I was a cut above the rest for all the hellish work I put in, that I actually accomplished something of worth. Aaaaaand of course they decide to make the end of the storyline give you requiem. What once was a super rewarding experience after beating SBR is now replaced with +1 pelvis and no other rewards except maybe money (I got Tusk Act 4 by literally inputting a code...)
So yeah, sorry for ranting but basically what I mean is, YBA has lost all of it's original charm for me. It used to be a fun passion project, and now I can't really find any reason to play it anymore. It's a broken mess of terrible balancing and none of my friends want anything to do with it (hey, I see why). YBA just doesn't even feel like the same game anymore. And yes, drawing in children for hours on end just for them to get a slight remodel of a stand that they apparently really want IS scummy and it always has been. I've really always hated the idea of skins for that reason but obviously I won't rag on others for having them, in the end you're not FORCED to get skins since it's your choice if you want to grind for them. In summary, a lot of aspects may have improved a LOT, but it's never worth losing all of the original charm. I miss and will always miss the old YBA.
That requiem obtainment still exists alongside the storyline one. Did you actually find it fun grinding for a whole month?
@@olajoaocopia ger wasn’t the best in the game after twoh, you obviously don’t remember old scr 💀
@@olajoaocopia you said “on my opinion” which doesn’t mean the same thing as “in my opinion”. Maybe it would help if you read the comment too idk
@@olajoaocopia It was undoubtedly the best in every situation but whatever u say
You're one of my favorite youtubers ever, thanks to you I discovered yba and stayed in your channel not for the game you were playing but because of your great content and personality, and I'll stay for that too
Long gone is that game but I'm glad you're still here
Still I'm glad there's a yba replacement in your channel and thanks to it more old-like videos like stand reviews, bingos and so on will keep been made, it's heart warming how the games you play keep changing but you don't
Keep up the good content and take care
I think the main reason playing yba feels different than it used to is not just because of the game changes anymore. I believe we all have changed a fair bit since the time we started playing yba and maybe grown out of it. It is not that easy for a game built in a kid's platform to sustain the charm it had for players that have since grown older anyway. Having said all that, I miss the good old times as much as the next person.
Dawg yba isn't that old
Even though the current YBA is 'fine' it does not feel nowhere near as fun or 'balanced' as it used to be. Old YBA was not balanced at all but nor is the new YBA. I feel as if somewhere in the midway of its lifespan was it the most 'fair' but even when broken as hell, it was still so fun.
Eclipse, if you are reading this, you are incredibly enjoyable to watch no matter what content you make. Thank you for being such a fun and relatable youtuber... Also, I just want to say that there is a OST in the game that used to play (I still think it does) called 'made in abyss: forever lost', please listen to it! It involves huge YBA nostalgia! Thank you, Eclipse... and thank you Old YBA. I miss you, old YBA.
The combat has changed so much that AUT might actually be better after some time, the thing that separated them was the fact blocking, parrying and M1ing were wayyyy more important than in AUT, with the combat rework and recent spec and stands reworks in YBA Aut might have a chance of surpassing it, because if they balance the stat points the heat mechanic makes fighting better, since you need to land hits before peforming your 100-0 combo
AUT is still shit so I doubt it unless they add actual evasives on every ability to YBA like some people think they're planning on doing.
yeah but at least in yba you can barrage out of the combo, in aut once you get hit with a singular stun when your enemy has half a bar you are done and you die
Current AUT meta is legit fucking spray and pray. It’s dominated by Sakuya mains. Your entire fucking point makes zero sense.
aut is shit cant do animations cant do pvp and visuals at the same time cant be original
@@matemo9752not much different from current yba it seems
i remember starting yba around like 2020, i didnt understand the game much so i jus quit after getting like 2 levels. Somewhere around mid 2020 i joined back and began playing, i always quit for around 6 months or more and then start playing for 2-3 months. its a cycle, you cant escape YBA.
i forgot about yba
You are right Eclipse. New YBA is visually stunning and the quality of life has changed a lot. But nothing can compare to the old YBA. It was a mess but it was the mess I fell in love with. I joined a little bit after the Heaven Update had released and I was kinda confused on how to play, but it was so fun learning the ropes and have so many friends helping me. We used to have so much fun together and so many laughs. This game is filled with some of my best memories, some bad ones and with friends I made along the way. The combat was always kinda unbalanced but in old YBA it was a lot smoother and you needed more strategy to beat your opponent and not just hit one move and you getting a kill. I remember when the game was a skin simulator for that one year with no content updates and honestly it was kinda better than it is now. I haven’t played the game in months but I still watch all your vids because I respect you so much and I feel like we’ve been through all of the changes and we’ve played together for as long as I’ve watched your vids. And man the end of the video was just…touching as hell. It’s so funny how I remember all of these videos and I laughed when I saw the clips just like I did with the full videos when they came out…ok…maybe I cried a little too. Thank you so so much Eclipse for being in my childhood the way you did, you only affected me in the best way you could hope for.
Keep up the good work, I am rooting for you.
The game kinda lost its uniqueness especially in combat, the old days of doing m1s trades are no more instead you mash alot of moves and win and stands just dont feel valuable anymore which may or may not be a good thing to some people
i've not played this game since the scr rework but how would you confirm moves if you don't use m1s? Outside of maybe counters
@@weedGatopretty much every new/reworked stand/spec has atleast 1 combo starter with low cooldown and no endlag, that can be thrown out with no fear of getting punished.
I've watched almost all your videos since you started posting yba back in early 2020, your original guide video helped me so much, and where you, yba and I am in life are completely different. YBA is completely different to when I started it in december of 2019. I don't know where you are but I can tell it's way different then where you were back then. Where YBA is in comparison to before is drastically different. And where I am is drastically different, I got super into JJBA and YBA my freshmen year and now I'm a senior in HS and could care less about both of them, it's not yhe same game and doesn't have the same spark that ignited my passion (both jjba and yba).
I just got off of playing YBA after not playing the game for a year, I’ve been playing this game from almost the games first release and it is crazy how much has changed for more over the worse in my opinion. There’s a lot of great quality of life and other things but just the game itself has changed so much, YBA used to be the Jojo game people played because it was different, it wasn’t a skin farm sim ability spam game you had chains and bread and butters, now it’s just like any other jojo game idk if you should even engage in m1 combat unless you have one of the new specs that can do everything. The sheer amount of moves as well is so much you have the now 5 spec moves (maybe more I’m not sure) and your stand moves which is so much to even juggle on the keyboard like using vampire with a stand like killer queen is near impossible with how many keybinds you need for all the abilities. The sheer amount of those keybinds is just a symbolism for how much the game has changed it’s just so bloated with all the stands and bugs that have not been prioritized because of the new skins and the new design philosophy as there’s no way they can not be knowing what they’re doing when they make some of these stands and specs. The game has just now been bloated with all the effects and the lack of drive to make the game good and it’s sad to see it become this.
Brev is onto nothing
Perfect video. I joined the day this game came out and I had similar memories of this game, hanging out with friends, fighting whole servers, waiting for updates and watching your vids. Times have really changed since then. I miss those days...
I used to play YBA with some of my online friends almost every day for roughly 2-3 years and the final moments of this video hit me quite hard. Old YBA was definitely a product of it's time but definitely carried a unique sense of fun that not many games (or itself) has quite achieved to this day. There was a certain charm that the old YBA had that the new version just simply cannot match anymore. I stopped playing YBA about a year ago and still to this day have no interest in returning to it so it's a shame to see such cherished memories with my friends almost fade into obscurity overtime and watch this game almost crumble into dust especially in the balance department. I remember watching a lot of your old YBA videos too, and would share them with said friends to gather their opinions on the stand you were reviewing. It was honestly some of the most fun I've had on Roblox and online as a whole. Shame too, because I only speak to one of them now as opposed to the five that there were. Thanks for bringing awareness to us older players to the many issues this game continues to face and a reminder to always cherish things before they're gone.
its really sad that the game we all used to cheerish turned out like this
@@Lizard_3 pretty much blox fruits rn
@@Lizard_3 Big facts.
@@Lizard_3it's the memories u cherish nor the game yba as a whole is better than it wqs
@@12yroldedgelord41boring game I can't play it for a single minute yba has nothing good anymore geges
the best feeling from old yba was when you got randomly ganged up on and you call your friends over to absolutely demolish them and that feeling always made me like the game
Them gangs always pissed me off, and the release when I manage to make them rage quit with twoh was great. The game isn't fun like that anymore, the only thing I did after retrying the game was anger a gang and block myself in pizzeria and use d4c:lt to teleport me and my friend out when the wall broke
I feel like YBA evolved both forwards and backwards at the same time.
Thats just called change
this video actually made me cry, Yba nowadays isnt very fun, but seeing this nostalgia made my day
0:35 Quality of Life
3:43 The Map
5:10 Visual Effects And Sound Design
7:20 Updates
10:28 Balance
12:36 Combat
16:04 Community
(Personal timestamp)
18:16 - The end
Nostalgia on Old Yba
thanks
@@redy189 No problem
I've been watching since forever and been playing almost as long as you
This video, as cringe as it is, made me kind of emotional. I started playing YBA when I was like 14 in mid-late 2020, I bonded with friends over the game, I played it just about every day, I used every stand spec combo I could think of and adored every aspect and now whenever I boot up Roblox to try it out again I find myself quitting because I have more keybinds than keys and end up just throwing things out. I loved this game, I was on the 1v1 leaderboard multiple times, I had so much fun and now I just hope that it isn't over forever.
Thanks for all the memories, Eclipse, absolutely banger video.
5:01 the words “I’m just need spin” reverberated in every steel ball run player’s head until this was implemented
The parasyte bgm truly touched me, especially remembering that the remix version was in the game
another long time viewer here,
where to start. I started yba a month or so after launch, but didn’t really continue to play and actually grind out to prestige 3 around the heaven update. This was around the time your channel had blown up and i remember watching the kc hamon review and seeing you easily take over yba YT as a whole. Besides having legitimately creative youtube ideas for such a niche genre, you were also pretty steadfast in making content you enjoyed which was again also super rare on YT as well as something as random as a jojo roblox game youtuber. I can’t even imagine how much hours i put into the game and can really empathize with your feelings of passion. Despite the absolute mountain of bs rampant throughout the game just the amount of freshness using a new stand combo from a youtube video or carrying a friend in sbr kept me satisfied. I never really engaged in the community much mostly out of a lack of knowledge on discord activity and what not but when I did I had a lot of fun. I participated in that first tournament (diamondmaster3600/mlgtricks) and placed second, which friends in yba talked abt so much at the time. it was just a really cool experience and in a way your channel has been that timelog every step of the way. As of rn i haven’t really played yba consistently since the halloween update, but i pop into your channel almost all the time just to hear your insight on topics and it reminds me of that golden period of yba.
cheers
I was first introduced to YBA in the middle of March 2020 by one of my cousin's friends. And then when my cousin joined we immediately loved YBA. Almost every single day my cousin would ask me if I wanted to play YBA and we would have a great time fighting against each other and other players and playing in SBR. When the Stone Free update was released most of my friends left the game. Me and my cousin were the only ones still playing. After a while, my cousin dropped the game. Then it was me. Now I don't even play the game anymore. It's so sad to see a game I used to play all the time become this. Even though I still have frustrating issues with YBA I'm glad that I got to hold on to the memories of when I played with my cousin.
Most of those clips at the end I rewatched a couple months back reminiscing those times I would wake up early just to watch your videos while waiting for my friends to hop on yba, now seeing it again it really shows how good those times were even at a time of the pandemic this was my getaway from those problems in my life in a way, though I joined yba a bit late around mid 2021, I get that and feel that, I would do anything to re-experience those times again..
This genuinely made me cry in a very lovely and beautiful way, as an old viewer and subscriber, I have been enjoying your videos since the old TW days, I loved the love train d4c SBR challenge that you used to do with your friends, even though yba has changed the only thing that will never change is old YBA inside my heart. Thank you for making me happy Eclipse, thank you.
I remember getting into this game in 2021, during the time of the content drought. Your YBA guide was the very first video I watched, and I have been a longtime viewer since.
The end part of this video gave me a huge sense of nostalgia, though timewise it might have not been that far long ago yba has changed SOOO much since this
Bro Eclipse It's good to have you buddy you're really a saver for the community, back then when I first started playing YBA I didn't know what to do and so I searched for YBA guide and first video I watch was yours titled The Ultimate Beginners Guide To YBA and because of that I got to play properly and I got to complete the whole story line because of your help, man If it weren't for your videos I wouldn't have played YBA nor got interested in it I give my thanks to you Eclipse been here watching your content for the last 2 years apparently keep it up!
Yba is the game were i met my friend group. I had so much fun with them, the gang wars, the screams in vc while playing sbr. I miss all of that. I quitted after the new map was released and rejoined after the soft and wet update out of nostalgia and i was stunned by how different things had become. Back in the day it was fun to try and beat unbalanced stands but rn it's a pain thx to all of the sheer amount of effects that destroy the framerate. I can say that you are the yba youtuber that i had the most fun watching. The videos always had a friendly vibe and would make me crack up from the laughs. I remember the d4c lt sbr video. The same day that video came out i asked my friends if they wanted to try and do that. At the end of the day what i feel the need to say is ty yba for making me meet the friends who helped me grow as a person and ty eclipse for always showing your love for the game and for its community.
This video makes me so sad and yet it’s exactly what I was thinking about. Good, nostalgic memories
Man you actually made me feel a little something at the end there 😭
I’m kinda missing old YBA now (been playing since mid 2020 and played a few times way before that)
Fuck that ending hurt man. Hit me in the feels. I came into your days of YBA and loved em... Not because it was roblox jojo but because you ALWAYS had something funny, or silly... I miss that... Feels bad man... Lots of love brother, i know what its like to loose a game that feels like an old friend...
that was an emotional way to end the video, i remember back when i met my first group of online friends through yba. it was still so fun and mysterious to play, and the game had me hooked and interested, i dont know how long ive been subscribed to you but all i know is that ive enjoyed your videos and i miss the only yba too
Lol I started playing a week before you did I’m glad they added that join date feature.
Viewer since pre-50k here. I’ve seen YBA’s transition from the beginning, and everything that you pointed out here is dead on. Although we wish we had that game back, we likely will never get it back as long as ambition and greed exists. It’s sad to know that, but that’s become the reality of it.
i started playing the game around july of 2021 which isnt too long ago, but the end just reminded me of getting off of school to play with friends that are no longer active anymore and watching every single one of your videos to try and get better at the game which was just enough to make me shed a few tears
I feel exactly like you, I used to play so much and i loved this game a lot, i quit during the one-year update gap but sometimes come back, mah e to check out an update, and i don’t really recognize the game anymore, it changed so much.
Maybe it’s because I myself changed, but i don’t really enjoy it like i used to, when i played daily with my friends.
I’m a long-time viewer, dare i say, I came for YBA guides and stayed because i love your sense of humor, so that last part that included footage from your older videos hit hard. I can’t say YBA is worse now, it’s probably better off, but dammi i miss the old times.
I've been watching Eclipse for as long as I can remember. The Old yba days were so messy but the good kind, the new yba players could never understand.
I'm a former yba god, though just a random person you've probably met in the old yba I was equal to or better than many youtubers such as Eclipse who was equal to me. Some youtubers I have beaten include GamerTiny, Gohanhino (former yba player) and much more youtubers and as lucky I was to meet them it was even more fun to play with them and find out what kind of person they are. But as the game changed and I was still behind on the meta I learned it was time to let go and let the other players shine. (Totally not because I got hacked and they erased 50k robux worth of gamepasses so I quit yba for a year then I come back to find out it's way too different for me to catch up on)
The ending hits really hard, i started the game about mid 2021 when it was the mih and twoh update. I vividly remember how a guy helped me with story mode and taught me how to play, I had no idea about pity or skins back then and you cant imagine how happy i was to getting the world on my last arrow, also I was helping my friends with rkers and getting happy to the worst skins there are. I wish I could go back to that time and enjoy yba again, im crying while writing this. Im not an og of your channel but Im still thankful for your great vids, keep up the work. 👍
I've been playing yba for ever since December 2020. I have to agree with nearly every point mentioned. The combat was way more fun back then, specs didn't require you to map a whole new moveset rather like 3 keys max. Another small thing you didn't mention in the combat section was the ability to see players health bars, This small change actually matters a lot. People in 1v1s would sorta heal trade. And nowaday you don't see anyone doing this because of how much the combat change to big op combo does 70% your hp. And now with every update it takes like 3 months to make a single stand that looks amazing but is a pain to fight against and isn't tested. Not sure how to transition this but I love the content hope you keep it up 👍
I've been watching your channel since pretty much the beginning. To say that this video hurt me to my core is an understatement. Especially the memories segment near the end. I really wish the circumstances were different.
i think some of my favorite videos to watch of yours were the ones just titled “muda” or “ora” or “fast” where you just, played a stand in 1v1s, talked about it, comment about the fight, and that’s about it. unfortunately, it’s difficult to replicate that format now, since everywhere you go, it’s a Scary Monsters 70% combo, or maybe a TWOH Vamp combo that one-shots you with a single TS (that happened to me once). now i feel that this is less of a game to relax on after a day of school or work or whatever you do, and more of one that requires you to use some ludicrously overpowered stand to even stand a chance against others doing the same, pressing 7-10 buttons on your keyboard and, hey would you look at that, they’re dead on the floor. anyways, i think this is a tipping point for YBA and the devs, it’s at a point for them to decide where they want to take the games combat and mechanics: either returning all the absurd stands to zero (GER go brrrrr), or to continue this path to absolute power creep hell. and i’ll be honest, i miss the stupid hit boxes of certain moves, and i do miss how janky the game was sometimes, but this is, well, too much jank. and if anything, we can only hope that maybe you can do something about it, Eclipse.
I miss being an absolute god at this game, now I can't even land a hit without my computer semi-crashing.
They've ruined the feel of this game
I thought I was alone with how I felt about this. I was starting to believe that I truly was unreasonable with quitting. I mean, what was I thinking, it’s the same game, right? I said those exact words on your end screen, Eclipse.
Rip to the game that I loved Aswell and the friends I made and abandoned because of it. I'll never get back those few years of practically wasted effort and time but I wouldn't have traded it for the world.
Long time viewer ( I was in the king crimsion video bingo) and 2021 February player here
Back then in 2021 ybas combat was MUCH more simpler, didnt have any cool effects, no flashy moves, just regular stand moves with pretty bad effects.
Back then M1 Trades where actually important but now a days combat all matters about landing 1 move then doing 95 percent of your hp
Specs where also pretty boring but also very simple to use, stands where also pretty fun but also the moves where simple
I feel like yba now a days is just based off landing moves and other stuff
I think uzus main goal here was to turn this game into a evolved jojo game
I have mix feelings for this game now and Im proud that uzu decided to change the whole game
Eclipse I do miss your tournament streams
Build or bust videos
stand reviews
stand bingos
wiping sbr with friends
I really do miss the old times
Every single time I come back to this the ending gets me. As a pretty old playing watching how the game used to be with that music as well just hits me hard and I can't help but let out a tear.
Man, YBA is quite the game… I’ve been playing since around June 2021, and I used to be pretty good at the game. I’d run almost every stand/spec combo you could think of, but I remember my favorites being Star Platinum boxing, Hierophant Green Hamon and MIH Boxing. I made a lot of memories in this game, and after the white album rework I was having fun with it but got a nasty feeling that YBA might devolve into a combo f*ck fest where you land a single move and your opponent dies. After the vamp rework I knew my fears were true and the game I had once loved so much had become a combo fest with almost zero game balance. I still occasionally play, but now I’ll see people pull off combos that do all of your hp and it just makes me sad knowing what the game once was. I only started watching around September 2023 because I wanted nostalgia for old YBA and I stuck with the channel. I may not be a long time viewer but I am a long time player, and it feels bad to see what was once my favorite game become this sh*thole Uzu turned it into.
16:12 Bro.. the nostalgia from this theme at train station (i know it comes from parasyte) almost bought tears to my eyes, i've been playing this game for a while too, like 1 month after it released.
Damn. I remember those days when Eclipse would upload stand reviews or do live streams tournaments and always having to call a lot of friends to do gang wars, I will never forget those memories.
Sadly all good things must come to an end and I'm glad that I played a game like YBA and thank you Eclipse for all the memories and the things you did for the game and community.
For anyone wondering I started playing since December 16 2020
Damn i miss old YBA, back then watching your videos. I even watched your beginners guide because i had no idea about this game.
I had so much fun seeing you rage with whitesnake, that was my favourite part. I still miss the Bingos, Build or Busts, Tournaments, Streams.
Thank you for this amazing video, Eclipse
YBA was one of, if not my first experience In roblox, I started playing due to one video about Jotaro and Dio’s fight made in YBA, and I got hooked quickly, i met most of my close friends there, and of course, eclipse’s amazing channel, which i enjoyed (and still enjoy) after so long, three years sharing laughs, frustration, fun, and anger, i wish I could turn time back to where the game was at his highest point, and enjoy it one last time before closing the door behind me, but I will always remember all those nice moments that I had with the game, and all the fun I had watching your videos all up until now, thank you eclipse, for always giving people laughs and fun.
The game isn’t worse, it’s in fact better, we just miss the nostalgia
It isn't as popular anymore tho
Like you Eclipse. I used to play YBA all the way from when Twoh was released and even longer when KCR was first leaked. This game just fell to loophole i cannot return from. The game that i played before was when i used to play with my friends. The combat was actually great. Me and my gang were doing once a day a steel ball run to mess with people and have some fun. But now. Time flies. Yba grew up. And we did too. I absolutely enjoy the first initial releases of YBA. Back when people called SPTW the best stand in the game. How TWOH was absolutely overpowered when it first released and people begging the staff to buff MIH.
I've been watching your videos since the first ever yba video you posted. And i'll still be here since i do thoroughly enjoy your content and what your channel is trying to achieve.
For now i can safely call it. Rest in Piece Old YBA. You will be missed. But not by alot. (btw the part where i enjoy TWOH being op...Yeah i didnt. I just had the stand and it was fun LOL)
I’m playing the game since March 2020 and I can’t genuinely express how joyful I was playing this game! From the music, the map, the combat, it was just better. Now the map doesn’t have this charm, the old music was better, the combat relies on 1 hit to win the battle. Before there were gang wars, arcade gatherings now there’s nothing, just trading for skins. In my opinion everything started going downhill after the stone ocean update. Now I don’t play the game, but me and my friends still remember the good old days. The last 2-3 mins genuinely brought a smile on my face irl!
PS: Ty Eclipse for making those videos.