7th gen is probably the last generation when many studios took risk. Now you barely see anyone coming up with something new. For that people turn to indy studios. 7th gen also was when physical media was still in full swing. I find the 7th gen library very fast, but you do bring up a good point. A Looooot of fps games was made. Dafuq how does: wanting backwards compatibility = being poor? My dude have you seen 5 & 6th Gen prices?
Every game was a brown or green over the shoulder or a first person shooter. There weren't nearly as much interesting big studio games as the previous two generations and indie games weren't there yet so it was kinda a boring Inbetweener for me
@@otto_jk It was also the era of Japanese studios having an identity crisis and making some of the worst games in their franchises. If you were to make a list of 100 best JRPGs of all time how many of them were on PS3,360 and Wii and where are they on the list.
Really hated how last gen made the annual release a thing. Nothing says awesome game like recycling the assets and doing very little to improve upon a series as a whole. Gotta make that yearly deadline guys.
BackLoggGamer nothing new there. Megaman was annualized back on the NES. Sonic was annualized on the Genesis. stop complaining about stuff that happened before but suddenly is only a problem now
@@DonutTPOTer thats not true at all. If you think Call of Duty isn’t as innovative or influential as something like Sonic was on the Genesis then you’re in denial.
My biggest problem with the 7th generation was that it was very discouraging to poor teenagers that wanted to play the games to the fullest during that time. My experience was mostly between 2008-2012 with the xbox 360 and looking at my library it was pretty much only shooter games (almost everything after cod 4) it was a problem especially with the yearly releases of the games because by the time i could afford a one month XBLA membership i didn’t have much money leftover to play the new cod games online because everyone else moved onto the next game or required the new map packs which were an extra $10-$15 ontop of the price of new or used copies of recently released games. Looking back at the wii, which i did not enjoy very much (only had like 9 games) but i realize there was actual variety to what i had; smash bros, mario galaxy, mario kart, zelda twilight princess, with the only 2 shooter games i had were metroid prime 3 and the conduit and most of the other stuff for it was virtual console games but no shooters. During the time of the 7th gen i started to appreciate the previous generations of gaming much more as there was a lot that i missed out on and during that time, games felt much more whole.
One thing I liked about the seventh generation of gaming is: that was when indie gaming began to pick up steam on the major consoles, which has helped to democratize the industry and bring us thousands of great games of all genres by innovative and independent developers.
10:58 and this is also a reason for me imo that the 3rd,4th,5th, and 6th gen consoles will always be the best. it did not rely on online and patches for unfinished products.
I'm kind of torn on the subject, I mean we got some unique gems like Catherine, Nier, Resonance of Fate, No More Heroes, Vanquish, etc. but at the same time, we didn't really get any sequels to already existing games (Well we did get a few like Drakengard 3). In contrast, the current gen already has sequels out/ planned, for some of my favorite games. The 7th gen felt like the beginning of 3rd party gaming and that is why so many casual games (aka sports, racing, generic shooters) were released. The 8th gen feels more like its already in the "3rd party club" and doesn't have to try hard to draw in the casual consumer.
Agree with you, but the general consensus is that the 7th gen is easily generalized to heavily underpowered hardware, FPS bloat, Wii audience catering, etc. Though I'll always be thankful for Catherine, Scott Pilgrim, Yakuza and many more. But it''s thanks to developers, and that wasn't the norm
From a PS3 perspective some good things: Gone are PAL, SECAM, NTSC confessions, gone is region lock (helped the Souls franchise get big for example), very good multimedia capabilities (like, insanely good), no more memory cards, no more wired controllers, WiFi, Digital Store for older games (hard to find, pricey games in a bad shape?, nah just go to PSN Store), good with PSP and PS Vita, lots of games and new franchises I enjoyed alot, etc. Even though I'm prone for Nostalgia Boner and really like old school games, I still like my PS3 the most. Way more ups than downs for me. Also, like your vids, keep up the good work :)
Personally I liked last gen more then the 6th gen overall because the only things I found super memorable from 6th gen were Disgaea, Dynasty Warriors, and the Resident Evil Remake. But I don't think anything compares to the SNES or PS1 eras.
Growing up and playing console FPS was always painful, and when I was old enough to understand and gain access to PC games during 7th gen I then got to watch 90% of FPS series die in front of me immediately. 7th gen console games became overall better but also became waaay simpler/casual, while PC games were absolutely gutted.
I'm not even exaggerating; I call the 7th gen ''the dark ages of gaming'' because those past years from 2009 to 2014 were the worst years in my life in terms of console gaming. I'm just thankful that handhelds were still amazing to keep me from becoming a complete retro gamer like the AVGN lol And I'm not even talking about the technical aspect like the frame rates or the bullshit business practices, I'm strictly talking about the games themselves. While last gen gave us great games like Nier and the Yakuza games, it also gave us lots of bad games from the western shooters to the Japanese disappointing games like FF13 and RE5. Plus it was the first gen in my life where I experienced the ''death'' of my favorite IPs; No new Ape Escape game, no new main Persona game, no new Digimon game, no new Rockman game etc. Last gen was also my dark age of gaming because it was the only one where *both* the Playstation *and* Nintendo consoles were disappointing to me because I didn't like the PS3 nor the Wii as much as I like their predecessors. I'm just glad that we're finally past it with the PS4, Wii U and (hopefully) the NS being great lol.
Best Comment on this section I agree last gen was defo a dark age alot of the games ive collected over the years I just look at as Junk now never will replay never will look at it again.At this point I only like the 7th gen for its hidden gems yakuza nier tales of games atlier blaz blue bayonetta and more
I agree 100% dude. Thank God for the handheld side of things for holding it down lol. And that's what I'm talking about, the "death" of so many franchises that I loved just completely vanished last gen. That, or they either sucked, or Japanese games tried to streamline their games to cater to the Western demographic....which made them suck lol. And JRPGs outside of a handful were pretty bad, and I consider that generation to be the death of 3D platformers. Even though this generation still has a lot of problems from business practices, and performance, it looks like games are finally starting to go back to catering to everyone. It's been a very long time since I was generally excited for gaming. I honestly thought I was just growing out of gaming last gen, because I wasn't having very much fun lol.
7th generation was definitely the beginning of the descent. We just passed the 8th gen and it sucked. Games looked beautiful, but what was the point if most of the games were the same?
Blandrew yes you do. I did a boruto English dub. it was an independent project, you should check it out and give me your thought. I'll probably become a voice actor I'd I can't get a comic out in the next 3 years.
I love you Blandrew, we share the exact same opinions and thoughts. It's refreshing to see people like you in this world filled with clueless, stupid gamers who accept getting fucked by dev and company practices.
Another problem with this generation? Three things. 1) Trying to make EVERYTHING griddy. Technically this started midway through the 6th generation, but during the 7th, and ONLY in the 7th did it become outta control. Did we need Sonic kissing humans? No. Did we ask for Bomberman to look like the Terminator? No. Did we wish Mega Man look like someone was making a griddy adult fan movie? No. It was either have your beloved franchise stay the way it should be and sell like shit, or change it for an audience that doesn't give a shit about it and ruin the franchises reputation. Rather then build upon the ideas that the 5th and 6th generations brought, this generation was all about making preteen boys feel inferior and pressuring them into screaming "MY BALLS ARE HUGE I SWEAR!!". I'm so glad we're past this trend and a lot of beloved franchises are returning to their routes. 2) Mandatory Motion controls. Sure the Wii's motion controls may have been cool in 2006, but its reputation started to go bad when nearly every Wii game required motion controls. Like would it have killed Nintendo to make the motion controls OPTIONAL? They did so in things like "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and "Mario Kart Wii", but why not also have things like "Mario Party 8" and "Mario Super Sluggers" support the classic and or GameCube controllers? Then when knect and move showed up, it got even worse. Motion Controls can be great, but they should also be OPTIONAL! 3) Watering down everything for the casuals. Because non gamers started to become the majority of a consoles install base, Nintendo kept trying to water a lot of things down, to appease casuals so the game would sell safely, and sadly other companies have followed that mindset as well. Again, thankfully we're out of the causal age.
Agreed. I dislike the 7th gen due to the FPS genre diluting the market, platformers from 6th gen and before like Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter etc dying out somewhat and the focus on online multiplayer. 6th gen was my childhood, I only got a ps3 to enjoy a few 7th gen games for their awesome cinematic experience etc such as Uncharted. 8th gen is great. 7th gen was a weird blip imo.
LMAO! You and BrokenGamezHD arguing about backwards compatibility for PS4 PRO on Twitter was pure comedy haha. Great video! I personally enjoyed PS3, not so much XBOX tho it did run games better. But you being the weeb that you are(I say this with respect lol), I can see why you hated it.
I think people who found 7th gen to be their favourite are those whose first console was a 7th gen console. My first console was the MegaDrive and it's definitely my favourite gen! I think game variety improved tremendously in gen 8 due to UnrealEngine4 and Unity and I see it only getting better in gen 9 due to new competitors entering the market.
No my first console was ps2 put the 7th gen really Awesome you have every Game ratings here start with rpg , fighting games ooo Boy golden age of fighting games shooting games golden age of call of duty and more and more man this generation is really the best of all the time
No my first console was ps2 put the 7th gen really Awesome you have every Game ratings here start with rpg , fighting games ooo Boy golden age of fighting games shooting games golden age of call of duty and more and more man this generation is really the best of all the time
God this makes me feel like im lost in this new generation of gaming. Its not the same anymore....im 27 and its just sad to know there won't be a great generation of the 6th generation of complete made wity no bugs, graphical enhance, unlockable content built into the game, long lasting replayalable games.... Man those games were epic. And yet i gess what im asking for seems to be TOO MUCH apparently others say. Its too much money to ask for.... Like really? Why has it worked before during the last 30years from 1986 to 2006? Well up to 2012 if you ask me on a fair amount of games during ps3, 360 era
There are a lot of Gen 7 games that I like, but most of them are on PS3, and a lot of them came out from 2011 onwards. In my opinion, the seventh generation didn't really start in earnest until 2009~2010. It did give us Tales of Vesperia, though, and that game is amazing
Looking back, it was peak gaming on all fronts, or atleast 1997-2016 was if you are looking at gamings entire life span, but besides vr and br, what didnt they have back then that is needed? And im not talking about all the gimmicks. The formula was right, the consoles just weren't strong enough, if all those games ran at 60 or had propper aa, that would make a huge significance
You calling Marvel vs Capcom 3 not good!? For real!? It had some of the best presentation in a game ever. From visuals, artstyle, voice acting and music everything was top notch. The absence of Megaman was baffling though.
7th gen sucked some good games( Mario Galaxy, Scott Pilgrim, Dragons Crown, P4AU, Hatsune Miku, Bayonetta) but shitty dlc practices, frame rate issues, and annoying patches killed the experience but if I had to rank which one I enjoyed out of the 4 I'd say PS3 since it had the most games I enjoyed
I think the 7th gen is a result of letting Xbox grow in popularity. Let's not forget that the Xbox pretty much is a failure in Japan, but once it started growing in the States, even japanese devs would have to cater to those people, which would mean altering/killing many known IPs in the process and getting an infestation of shooters in fear of losing a shitload of money because things were getting expensive.
For J-Hack and Slash fan, 7th gen are literal nightmare! - Devil May Cry 4 - Bayonetta - Metal Gear Rising - Ninja Gaiden 1-3 (rip) - Lolipop Chainsaw? If you could count it as hack and slash That's all i could find on 7th gen. Such a painful era. PS2 Era are probably the best.
Great to see you uploading bro and a real great topic. Liked to see a snippet of Bust a Groove gameplay in there aswell, plus love to see Yakuza in there :)
Awesome video completely agree with you man, there are only like 10 games from the last generation that I'd like to replay someday. And man, I feel so guilty for not playing Nier when I had the chance.
7th Gen was........tolerable. While I get all the negative bullshit aspects. With performance, I dont mind 30 but it should be really consistent at the very least, or be pushing out the kind of visuals that make me as an atheist believe in black magic. Seeing the Unreal engine logo on consoles made me angry for 2 reasons. 1. The performance was almost always terrible on PS3 2. ALMOST EVERY GAME LOOKED THE FUCKING SAME, is minor visual variety too much to ask these days? Also, why do all games control the same way these days? Remember when there was variety on that too? I think the key to this gen being what it is is the lack of variety that there once was. I mean, ok there was variety......if you looked for it. With PS2 the mainstream was already full of variety, and then when you finally get around to those hidden gems it's like "holy shit how many good games does this thing have?". The microtransactions and dlc I mostly ignored it. Thing like fighting game characters are a pain if you want to play that game in any kind of "serious" capacity then you gotta get those characters eventually and it's always a pain. Costumes I don't think it's that bad, I mean it dosen't take anything away from the game other than something to look at, unlike a fucking character does. As for patches, eventually most of them will be uploaded to the internet and people will patch their games with modded consoles so I wouldn't be worried. I have not had a PS3 die on me, and I know of only 2 people who have had theirs die. With the 360..... with all the people who I know owning that konsole, only one person has had his 360 not die on him even once. As for the 8th gen, meh. I bought a PS4 about a month ago and don't have much for it yet, so hard to say too much yet. I'm seeing stuff I want on the horizon. I want to play some Nier 2, even if I didn't play the first one, I just love me some Platinum. Persona 5 even if it is for PS3 as well, why not. Tekken 7 looks cool. but time will tell if I'll have horrible buyers remorse for this thing. For right now I think PS3 sevrved me well enough. TL;DR: not sharing the disappointment but I get it. Also everyone buy 6th gen games, they're cheap right now, but won't be once those discs start dying.
Great video, but I have a correction to make @ 20:20 the FF7 Remake won't be a full game broken into various parts sold seperatly (think of the latest Hitman or TellTale games), instead it will be 3 full games, each expanding on their respective parts of the original FF7, this is akin to the 3-part FF13 saga (which I didn't play, but understand that they are all full seperate games that constitute the FF13 universe). It doesn't follow the western convention of partial releases we are used to, which are usually much shorter individually. So while yes, technically it's just FF7 broken into 3 parts, the total playtime will (supposedly) also be 3x as big and each of them will have a beggining-middle-end flow, greatly expanding on the universe, zones and quests. It's up to you whether you trust them on their word, but that's the situation.
I've never noticed the difference between 30fps and 60fps so much as watching this video. did you do something to the 30fps footage to make it more obvious because there's huge stuttering here on the 30fps footage games.
7th gen for me didn't exist in my mind untill 08-09 with insomniac games still going strong and in 2011 with the psn scare,it's only as of late I see myself coming back to it to play shuff like DisgaeaDD2 but I can find the cool stuff on PC with indie titles. 7th for me was killed by publishers going nuts after 2011-2012, it's the only turning point period I come back to and see the word "season pass" popup and start spreading like a virus,
I feel like the 7th gen was just something you had to grin and bear. Without every major home console making their respective company buckets of money, there would've been a good chance of either Nintendo or Microsoft leaving the home console market. It was sort of a feel-good "everybody wins" generation to that end, which is something that hasn't really happened since the PC Engine/SEGA Genesis/SNES era.
I did like the beginning of the 7th gen but after a while those shooters and 3rd person action adventure games we kept getting over and over and over got so old. The 8th gen is a continuation of this gen which is why right now and probably the last year I haven't bought many games and currently not enjoying gaming.
I kindly respect your opinion and you make some good points but I have to disagree with you on this one because I really enjoyed the 7th generation console era it was last GOLDEN ERA for video games and gaming in general before 8th generation and 9th generation took away of what we loved about THE GOLDEN ERA of video games and gaming in general and we rarely or sometimes get that nowadays because triple A companies and developers are afraid to experiment and try something new and be different from everybody else except for Nintendo because their developers are putting in that hard work IMO! I’m so glad that I got a Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck to keep me company until the next GOLDEN ERA comes with isn’t going to be here for a long while until something changes for the greater good!
7th gen was god awful. And almost every game had a terrible color filter on it, either piss yellow/orange or a deep blue. Every game looked like absolute garbage minus a few titles. The creativity was lacking way too much,
I agree, the only new games I mostly play are either indie games or some games on the 3ds or the vita. Other than that I've only really been playing my ps2 and trying to catch up on Japanese ps1 and ps2 games that I've missed out on.
It’s odd the the 360, Ps3, and Wii were HUGE in pushing gaming to be way more “accepted” I suppose is the word. Or “Household norms.” You were no longer a nerd or lazy bum for playing an Xbox or Ps1. You weren’t immature for playing Zelda on your N64. With the 7th gen of gaming, it became like the NORM and standard of living to play a good amount of video games. It was finally completely integrated in day to day life and accepted in every aspect. I remember that was the generation where my parents and grandparents actually started playing games. I’m not an anthropologist, so I don’t know the reason as to why this change happened. But it’s odd that one of the worse gens of gaming just so happened to be one of the most influential in pushing gaming as a whole forward.
ok frame rates whatever but games are so like watching a video they are not games anymore just watching playable videos and so boring especially gta5, mario, callofduty nothing like original sonic so fun... you get more graphics but less creativity less fun the whole game you can kinda guess whats gonna happend. and what about online yay level up all you can really do.
7th gen feels like both the peak of gaming and the downfall at the same time. Like, so many incredible games came out that gen. Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, practically every game Valve put out that generation, etc. but man did it have its pain points. So many brown and oily looking games. COD destroying the rest of the FPS genre, the beginnings of day-one patches, on-disc DLC, and microtransactions, Wii shovelware, pretty much everything regarding the Xbox 360 (from the hardware failures to the shift of focus towards Kinect and non-gaming stuff), Japanese companies trying to conform to western trends (most notibly Capcom). Compared to the 6th gen, its certainly far more of a mixed bag than many remember.
Personally the SNES is my favorite console of all time with Gamecube being the second. Either way as for the PS3 and Xbox 360 I did manage to find a few games for xbox that I enjoyed and the PS3 I managed to find a lot of games I liked. Don't know if you've played 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3 but I enjoyed that game quiet a lot. Plays like the original Legend of Zelda on the NES.
40 games on ps3/360. That's all I have or want. I'll never play half of those again and am keeping them for collection purposes only. Never bought DLC. It's stupid. Never paid for online play. That's stupid too. I'm just waiting for everyone else to stop spending money on that stuff, so it will all become free again. In contrast, there's about 200 PS2 games I liked/wanted. I wanted everything on Dreamcast and half of everything on SNES. Oh well, I suppose I'll get around to playing some of these partial/incomplete games in the future when they release remakes for them on PS5. I'm definitely not buying FF7 if it comes in separate full-priced installments. I'll wait 3 years for the combo collection.
I remember collecting ps2 games during the final days of 6th gen. There where always some title that i found worthy of buying. In regard to my xbox 360..I more or less dont care that much.
Only games I remember from the 360 gen were blur, Fallout New Vegas, Castle Crashers, Splosion man, and SplitSecond, and Fable 2. The 7th gen gave us some criminally underrated games, these days you would be super lucky if they were functional.
I liked the 7th generation there was a lot of good stuff (imo)if I was to be honest my least favorite generation would have to be first and second gen I respect them and stuff but yea in the past three generations I think the seventh was probably the weaker of the of the past three
Huh, I actually played the most games of my career on the 7th generation and utterly enjoyed a lot of them. I easily played about 300-400 games on PS3 and while many of them sucked I had a blast with a lot of them. Performance doesn't really bug me all that much (although some games just aren't tolerable). The only thing I hate about the 7th generation was the lack of good JRPGs to be honest.
Video was great, but I have one minor or major complaint: The part where you insulted gamers in a few parts of the “gamers” section, aka most of the audience watching the video really was a low-blow, and I am frankly sick of videos and under 1M YTubers doing that. 16:38 especially. While it is true some people say that as an excuse, not everyone uses it as an excuse. They could be deducting a reasoning could be for Sony making this decision. It doesn’t make them justified for making us pay for online since Valve is doing completely fine with free online on PC, even when servers are potentially more expensive, but there IS a reason. Personally I’m not getting online subscriptions given that I don’t have that much multiplayer to begin with. So the fact that you unintentionally lump those people like me and a few others with other gamers making excuses is… ehhh 16:57 As for free games online, this might have aged poorly judging by the date of the video. You do get free games to keep *so long as you have PS+ (although the games that get offered every month are random…)* 18:09 also saying that they are crying and calling them poor makes you look like the biggest jerk in this video. Regardless of what mistakes “we” made. As well as telling gamers to get a new hobby or get a job, like DUDE ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!? YOU DO KNOW WHO IS WATCHING THIS VIDEO, RIGHT? *GAMERS!* which happens to be nearly EVERYONE watching this video. 20:08 but you called some people poor for not being able to afford $60 of online. You weren’t defending it of course, but still… And the whole FF7 thing being separate games. In some cases, those people are nostalgic. And calling people stupid and idiots like 100% of people caused the bad practices was just the biggest “F you” in this video. In all honesty, this entire part could be cut out and I would be watching this video a lot more often. It’s the biggest blemish on this video. If people are the reason why you hate a generation, ehh, it seems unfair. To me anyway. And this video gave me even more insight into why this generation had the highest highs and the lowest lows beyond performance and frankly, ugly graphics, in my opinion anyway.
Yeah. All that shit with DLC, Online Only BS, Microtransactions, Incomplete games, lack of local multiplayer, etc., is why in my game collection I have more old than new games. There are some good games out there in the 7th generation and above but a lot of games are focused on DLC, microtranactions, online, internet connectivity, patches and more, and that's just not a good thing in gaming these days. Lots of games are shit because of it, incomplete glitchy BS and it's not as fun as the old days. Gaming have taken a turn for the worse over the years and it's turned me away from a lot of games as I'm not into all that online crap. Local multiplayer isn't even much of a thing these days, especially in racing games when a buddy and I could race together in the same room, we don't care to play online as much, especially cause he's not always in a place with good internet and even now, he's still having internet issues with his Xbox 360. I'm with this guy in this video above, I'm not a fan of how gaming over the years had went. Before the 7th generation will always be memorable to me.
I like rythm games, fighters, and pretty much only persona as an rpg. collectathons were owned but I mostly played to kill time, sorry if I'm talking too much.
The only console changing games up was the Nintendo WII. I remember going at a Gamestop and looking for a new game to play on my PS3 and I spent 4 hours and walked out with nothing, because all of the games were just straight up shooters.
7th gen was the last good fun era, I miss when video games were niche instead of trying to make the most money out of. Wii u ps4 was average, switch is hit or miss while ps5 is non-existent. Starting to feel like I'm growing out of games.
I can't agree with you...there was lot more games and good ones than only FPS!!! Do you want Examples?? Assassin's creed Games( AC 2 is the best in the franchise for many)NOT FPS Dragon Age franchise ( good RPGs and when the name Boiware meant someting) NOT FPS Portal Games (you have a gun but you only do Puzzles)NOT FPS Infamous( holy shit the karma system was amazing how YOU would use your powers and story was very good)NOT FPS Persona 4/5 ( my god how those games made me look to JRPG from that point on) NOT FPS Maybe lot pepole don't care but i loved Playstation Home to just hangout,chat,play mini games with freinds and even meet new pepole and make new freinds....and now??! You have nothing like that.... I can continue but i think i made my point....7th gen was the last good gen and a true golden era and it was when companies took risks and tried someting new....do any of you remenber AA Games??!!well i do and miss those!! now it's only small indie or AAA games... Now?this gen??? It's the true boring one...why???? WELCOME TO THE AGE OF EVERY FUCKING THING NEEDS TO BE LIVE SERVICE GAMES,MICRO-TRANSACTIONS,BATTLE PASS,NFTS, MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION.....not even talking the broken state they launch...
Idiotic acceptance is something nintendo fanboys do alot these days. Whenever they put out a mediocre or okay product, they always defend it because hurr durr its different. Difference doesn't hide mediocrety or make it okay. We have standards for nintendo, whether its more of the same or experimentation. We don't expect every made or published by the big N to be masterpieces like ocarina of time, metroid prime or super mario galaxy, but we expect at least a great game. Rant over
I feel like its the opposite. A lot of Nintendo fans expect that Nintendo always publish top quality games and are disappointed when its not like a previous entry.
Kureiji Daiyamondo All three of the games are controversial because maybe people want them to have a certain style of gameplay which they lack (I heard that Sticker Star was legitimately bad, though).
I can say yes it was a bad gen imo but with a few exception of games that were good in 2010/2013. Bad performance yes I agree. The PS3 was a good machine but when it comes to perform games I was disappointed. Xbox 360 had good games like lost oddyssey, Tales of vesperia, DBZ burst limit HD version of Budokai. Mediocre games I tried to like it but got very disappointed was: Sonic Unleashed, Sonic generations, Star Ocean the last hope, Blue Dragon, and Sonic 06. But I prefer beter performance at games.
don't trust youtube videos. Most 6 gen games' framerates were more stable and even 60fps. The only reason modern gamers believe old games never reached 60fps is because RUclips only allows 60fps with 720p resolution onwards. Even if a 6 gen game runs at 60fps RUclips will compress the video and reduce its actual quality since 6 gen games were 480p.
dude I know what I'm talking about, I have played a lot of ps2 games with choppy framerates, same for ps3 but I think overall the ps3 framerates were better
played blinx guilty gear XX jetset radio future and mk deadly alliance for months EXTREMELY bingey!! i have been going to school, going home and playing games until I pass out after eating.
Its not nostalgia old games just had charm and they where complete no DLC and no greed they did DLC right they had expansion packs i think DLC is bs and i think micro transactions are even more bs when they can sale there game cheaper maybe sale more copies then they would by over pricing there game and i rather cheap 2d games one less glitches and it runs alot faster i found mega man 9 and 10 on the ps3 perfect same with shovel knight
I liked the 7th but man it started some bs. I still question how ANYONE defends to paying to play online.... Especially the same PlayStation guys that was making fun of xbox fans last gen for that like the fuck?...
7th gen is probably the last generation when many studios took risk.
Now you barely see anyone coming up with something new.
For that people turn to indy studios.
7th gen also was when physical media was still in full swing.
I find the 7th gen library very fast, but you do bring up a good point.
A Looooot of fps games was made.
Dafuq how does: wanting backwards compatibility = being poor?
My dude have you seen 5 & 6th Gen prices?
Every game was a brown or green over the shoulder or a first person shooter. There weren't nearly as much interesting big studio games as the previous two generations and indie games weren't there yet so it was kinda a boring Inbetweener for me
@@otto_jk It was also the era of Japanese studios having an identity crisis and making some of the worst games in their franchises. If you were to make a list of 100 best JRPGs of all time how many of them were on PS3,360 and Wii and where are they on the list.
I'd say the 7th gen added as many improvements to the gaming industry as it added shit to ruin it.
agreed
The 8th gen ruined everything
@@jumpman2326 yup
I MISS BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY!!!
Same here.
That's what was so good about launch PS3, backwards compatible with ps2 and ps1
@@Guttlegob but some games on the ps3 that played the ps2 games didn't work correctly.
@@Guttlegob ruclips.net/video/kf-oYO5jo94/видео.html
@@KM-lc6hjyeah mortal kombat deadly Alliance welcome
I miss the era of gaming studios trying to deliver something new and fresh. And not just trying to be the next big(Add best selling title)
you bring up some pretty good points, most titles I collect for my ps3, are pretty unknown by a lot of people
Holy shit. I personally love the 7th gen for the games but you made some amazing points that really opened my eyes. Cheers.
Yeah, but indie games can and will be the best for all of us
Really hated how last gen made the annual release a thing. Nothing says awesome game like recycling the assets and doing very little to improve upon a series as a whole. Gotta make that yearly deadline guys.
BackLoggGamer nothing new there. Megaman was annualized back on the NES. Sonic was annualized on the Genesis. stop complaining about stuff that happened before but suddenly is only a problem now
@@aBDKstan games back then were much simpler, meaning they took less time and money to make.
@@aBDKstan they at least had a reason to not innovate, and they still did more for their gen than newer annual games
@@DonutTPOTer thats not true at all. If you think Call of Duty isn’t as innovative or influential as something like Sonic was on the Genesis then you’re in denial.
@@aBDKstan oh i was thinking sports games haha
Handheld gaming at the time was LIT though
My biggest problem with the 7th generation was that it was very discouraging to poor teenagers that wanted to play the games to the fullest during that time.
My experience was mostly between 2008-2012 with the xbox 360 and looking at my library it was pretty much only shooter games (almost everything after cod 4) it was a problem especially with the yearly releases of the games because by the time i could afford a one month XBLA membership i didn’t have much money leftover to play the new cod games online because everyone else moved onto the next game or required the new map packs which were an extra $10-$15 ontop of the price of new or used copies of recently released games.
Looking back at the wii, which i did not enjoy very much (only had like 9 games) but i realize there was actual variety to what i had; smash bros, mario galaxy, mario kart, zelda twilight princess, with the only 2 shooter games i had were metroid prime 3 and the conduit and most of the other stuff for it was virtual console games but no shooters.
During the time of the 7th gen i started to appreciate the previous generations of gaming much more as there was a lot that i missed out on and during that time, games felt much more whole.
One thing I liked about the seventh generation of gaming is: that was when indie gaming began to pick up steam on the major consoles, which has helped to democratize the industry and bring us thousands of great games of all genres by innovative and independent developers.
Give it a few Months, Blandrew. You will blow up in a big way because your content is top notch.
I hope so, and thanks! :)
Stop lying
@@mrloading6827yup 6 years not even 10k subs
@@Jpcraquesad lol
10:58 and this is also a reason for me imo that the 3rd,4th,5th, and 6th gen consoles will always be the best. it did not rely on online and patches for unfinished products.
The 8th generation started the always online and unfinished games
I'm kind of torn on the subject, I mean we got some unique gems like Catherine, Nier, Resonance of Fate, No More Heroes, Vanquish, etc. but at the same time, we didn't really get any sequels to already existing games (Well we did get a few like Drakengard 3). In contrast, the current gen already has sequels out/ planned, for some of my favorite games.
The 7th gen felt like the beginning of 3rd party gaming and that is why so many casual games (aka sports, racing, generic shooters) were released. The 8th gen feels more like its already in the "3rd party club" and doesn't have to try hard to draw in the casual consumer.
Agree with you, but the general consensus is that the 7th gen is easily generalized to heavily underpowered hardware, FPS bloat, Wii audience catering, etc.
Though I'll always be thankful for Catherine, Scott Pilgrim, Yakuza and many more. But it''s thanks to developers, and that wasn't the norm
Ya know, I found this video very insightful. I forgot how there was shooter everything back in the day. o.o
-brown linear shooter
-barely hit 30 fps on ps3
-skin headed dude protagonist
-quick time events
Who's to blame? COD?
From a PS3 perspective some good things:
Gone are PAL, SECAM, NTSC confessions, gone is region lock (helped the Souls franchise get big for example), very good multimedia capabilities (like, insanely good), no more memory cards, no more wired controllers, WiFi, Digital Store for older games (hard to find, pricey games in a bad shape?, nah just go to PSN Store), good with PSP and PS Vita, lots of games and new franchises I enjoyed alot, etc. Even though I'm prone for Nostalgia Boner and really like old school games, I still like my PS3 the most. Way more ups than downs for me.
Also, like your vids, keep up the good work :)
Personally I liked last gen more then the 6th gen overall because the only things I found super memorable from 6th gen were Disgaea, Dynasty Warriors, and the Resident Evil Remake. But I don't think anything compares to the SNES or PS1 eras.
I think you should direct this attention to 8&9th Generation
Facts, we have even less variety in the aaa space now and even bigger games with even longer downloads and even more unfinished games.
Growing up and playing console FPS was always painful, and when I was old enough to understand and gain access to PC games during 7th gen I then got to watch 90% of FPS series die in front of me immediately.
7th gen console games became overall better but also became waaay simpler/casual, while PC games were absolutely gutted.
The Wii was my very first console ever and thanks to the Wii the 7th generation is seen as gold to me
Wii was better gamecube this is 6th gen
2007-10: FPS
2010-Present: Open world FPS
I'm not even exaggerating; I call the 7th gen ''the dark ages of gaming'' because those past years from 2009 to 2014 were the worst years in my life in terms of console gaming. I'm just thankful that handhelds were still amazing to keep me from becoming a complete retro gamer like the AVGN lol
And I'm not even talking about the technical aspect like the frame rates or the bullshit business practices, I'm strictly talking about the games themselves.
While last gen gave us great games like Nier and the Yakuza games, it also gave us lots of bad games from the western shooters to the Japanese disappointing games like FF13 and RE5. Plus it was the first gen in my life where I experienced the ''death'' of my favorite IPs; No new Ape Escape game, no new main Persona game, no new Digimon game, no new Rockman game etc.
Last gen was also my dark age of gaming because it was the only one where *both* the Playstation *and* Nintendo consoles were disappointing to me because I didn't like the PS3 nor the Wii as much as I like their predecessors.
I'm just glad that we're finally past it with the PS4, Wii U and (hopefully) the NS being great lol.
Best Comment on this section I agree last gen was defo a dark age alot of the games ive collected over the years I just look at as Junk now never will replay never will look at it again.At this point I only like the 7th gen for its hidden gems yakuza nier tales of games atlier blaz blue bayonetta and more
The Strategist exactly.
I agree 100% dude. Thank God for the handheld side of things for holding it down lol. And that's what I'm talking about, the "death" of so many franchises that I loved just completely vanished last gen. That, or they either sucked, or Japanese games tried to streamline their games to cater to the Western demographic....which made them suck lol. And JRPGs outside of a handful were pretty bad, and I consider that generation to be the death of 3D platformers. Even though this generation still has a lot of problems from business practices, and performance, it looks like games are finally starting to go back to catering to everyone. It's been a very long time since I was generally excited for gaming. I honestly thought I was just growing out of gaming last gen, because I wasn't having very much fun lol.
+Blandrew agreed bro although I like neptunia Lol Im with you in saying this gen is cleaning up all the slop from last gen.
Crash Bandicoot is a prime example. It completely died out in 7th gen. Thank goodness it made a comeback this year
This sounds just like gen 8 and gen 9 so far. Maybe a crash will fix and reset things and we can go back to the heights the hobby once reached.
7th generation was definitely the beginning of the descent. We just passed the 8th gen and it sucked. Games looked beautiful, but what was the point if most of the games were the same?
I have a RUclips channel?
Yeah
Blandrew yes you do. I did a boruto English dub. it was an independent project, you should check it out and give me your thought. I'll probably become a voice actor I'd I can't get a comic out in the next 3 years.
1. 6'th gen
2. 5'th gen
3. 8'th gen
4. 7'th gen
5. 4'th gen
6. 3'rd gen
7. 2'nd gen
8. 1'st gen
I love you Blandrew, we share the exact same opinions and thoughts. It's refreshing to see people like you in this world filled with clueless, stupid gamers who accept getting fucked by dev and company practices.
Another problem with this generation? Three things.
1) Trying to make EVERYTHING griddy. Technically this started midway through the 6th generation, but during the 7th, and ONLY in the 7th did it become outta control. Did we need Sonic kissing humans? No. Did we ask for Bomberman to look like the Terminator? No. Did we wish Mega Man look like someone was making a griddy adult fan movie? No. It was either have your beloved franchise stay the way it should be and sell like shit, or change it for an audience that doesn't give a shit about it and ruin the franchises reputation. Rather then build upon the ideas that the 5th and 6th generations brought, this generation was all about making preteen boys feel inferior and pressuring them into screaming "MY BALLS ARE HUGE I SWEAR!!". I'm so glad we're past this trend and a lot of beloved franchises are returning to their routes.
2) Mandatory Motion controls. Sure the Wii's motion controls may have been cool in 2006, but its reputation started to go bad when nearly every Wii game required motion controls. Like would it have killed Nintendo to make the motion controls OPTIONAL? They did so in things like "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and "Mario Kart Wii", but why not also have things like "Mario Party 8" and "Mario Super Sluggers" support the classic and or GameCube controllers? Then when knect and move showed up, it got even worse. Motion Controls can be great, but they should also be OPTIONAL!
3) Watering down everything for the casuals. Because non gamers started to become the majority of a consoles install base, Nintendo kept trying to water a lot of things down, to appease casuals so the game would sell safely, and sadly other companies have followed that mindset as well. Again, thankfully we're out of the causal age.
Agreed. I dislike the 7th gen due to the FPS genre diluting the market, platformers from 6th gen and before like Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter etc dying out somewhat and the focus on online multiplayer. 6th gen was my childhood, I only got a ps3 to enjoy a few 7th gen games for their awesome cinematic experience etc such as Uncharted. 8th gen is great. 7th gen was a weird blip imo.
I feel like most of the best 8th Gen Games were either Remastered or Remakes
LMAO! You and BrokenGamezHD arguing about backwards compatibility for PS4 PRO on Twitter was pure comedy haha. Great video! I personally enjoyed PS3, not so much XBOX tho it did run games better. But you being the weeb that you are(I say this with respect lol), I can see why you hated it.
I think people who found 7th gen to be their favourite are those whose first console was a 7th gen console. My first console was the MegaDrive and it's definitely my favourite gen! I think game variety improved tremendously in gen 8 due to UnrealEngine4 and Unity and I see it only getting better in gen 9 due to new competitors entering the market.
No my first console was ps2 put the 7th gen really Awesome you have every Game ratings here start with rpg , fighting games ooo Boy golden age of fighting games shooting games golden age of call of duty and more and more man this generation is really the best of all the time
No my first console was ps2 put the 7th gen really Awesome you have every Game ratings here start with rpg , fighting games ooo Boy golden age of fighting games shooting games golden age of call of duty and more and more man this generation is really the best of all the time
Fifth generation was my first generation, and I think seventh is great. Sixth was the best though easily.
God this makes me feel like im lost in this new generation of gaming. Its not the same anymore....im 27 and its just sad to know there won't be a great generation of the 6th generation of complete made wity no bugs, graphical enhance, unlockable content built into the game, long lasting replayalable games....
Man those games were epic. And yet i gess what im asking for seems to be TOO MUCH apparently others say.
Its too much money to ask for....
Like really? Why has it worked before during the last 30years from 1986 to 2006? Well up to 2012 if you ask me on a fair amount of games during ps3, 360 era
Blandrew, your the man. My copy of Nier just came in this morning.... so thanks for that. Good day to you sir.
NICE! Let me know what you think once you beat it!
LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, I DEMAND YOU MAKE A TOP 100 FAVORITE GAMES OF ALL-TIME LIST!
*1985 - 2005* = Golden Age.
I would say 2006 tops because of a lot of great PC games.
There are a lot of Gen 7 games that I like, but most of them are on PS3, and a lot of them came out from 2011 onwards. In my opinion, the seventh generation didn't really start in earnest until 2009~2010.
It did give us Tales of Vesperia, though, and that game is amazing
Looking back, it was peak gaming on all fronts, or atleast 1997-2016 was if you are looking at gamings entire life span, but besides vr and br, what didnt they have back then that is needed? And im not talking about all the gimmicks. The formula was right, the consoles just weren't strong enough, if all those games ran at 60 or had propper aa, that would make a huge significance
You calling Marvel vs Capcom 3 not good!? For real!? It had some of the best presentation in a game ever. From visuals, artstyle, voice acting and music everything was top notch. The absence of Megaman was baffling though.
7th gen sucked some good games( Mario Galaxy, Scott Pilgrim, Dragons Crown, P4AU, Hatsune Miku, Bayonetta) but shitty dlc practices, frame rate issues, and annoying patches killed the experience but if I had to rank which one I enjoyed out of the 4 I'd say PS3 since it had the most games I enjoyed
Out of the 4? I thought it was just the wii,ps3,and 360.
7tth gen was a mixure of good an really f bad.
The 8th gen was way worse than the 7th gen
The 9th Gen was even way worse than both of those generations
I think the 7th gen is a result of letting Xbox grow in popularity.
Let's not forget that the Xbox pretty much is a failure in Japan, but once it started growing in the States, even japanese devs would have to cater to those people, which would mean altering/killing many known IPs in the process and getting an infestation of shooters in fear of losing a shitload of money because things were getting expensive.
Y'know I never thought about it that way
For J-Hack and Slash fan, 7th gen are literal nightmare!
- Devil May Cry 4
- Bayonetta
- Metal Gear Rising
- Ninja Gaiden 1-3 (rip)
- Lolipop Chainsaw? If you could count it as hack and slash
That's all i could find on 7th gen. Such a painful era. PS2 Era are probably the best.
No more heroes 1 & 2
Killer Is Dead
Vanquish
I remember that top 10 square Enix list blandrew.
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Great to see you uploading bro and a real great topic. Liked to see a snippet of Bust a Groove gameplay in there aswell, plus love to see Yakuza in there :)
Awesome video completely agree with you man, there are only like 10 games from the last generation that I'd like to replay someday. And man, I feel so guilty for not playing Nier when I had the chance.
7th Gen was........tolerable. While I get all the negative bullshit aspects. With performance, I dont mind 30 but it should be really consistent at the very least, or be pushing out the kind of visuals that make me as an atheist believe in black magic. Seeing the Unreal engine logo on consoles made me angry for 2 reasons.
1. The performance was almost always terrible on PS3
2. ALMOST EVERY GAME LOOKED THE FUCKING SAME, is minor visual variety too much to ask these days?
Also, why do all games control the same way these days? Remember when there was variety on that too?
I think the key to this gen being what it is is the lack of variety that there once was. I mean, ok there was variety......if you looked for it. With PS2 the mainstream was already full of variety, and then when you finally get around to those hidden gems it's like "holy shit how many good games does this thing have?".
The microtransactions and dlc I mostly ignored it. Thing like fighting game characters are a pain if you want to play that game in any kind of "serious" capacity then you gotta get those characters eventually and it's always a pain. Costumes I don't think it's that bad, I mean it dosen't take anything away from the game other than something to look at, unlike a fucking character does.
As for patches, eventually most of them will be uploaded to the internet and people will patch their games with modded consoles so I wouldn't be worried. I have not had a PS3 die on me, and I know of only 2 people who have had theirs die. With the 360..... with all the people who I know owning that konsole, only one person has had his 360 not die on him even once.
As for the 8th gen, meh. I bought a PS4 about a month ago and don't have much for it yet, so hard to say too much yet. I'm seeing stuff I want on the horizon. I want to play some Nier 2, even if I didn't play the first one, I just love me some Platinum.
Persona 5 even if it is for PS3 as well, why not. Tekken 7 looks cool. but time will tell if I'll have horrible buyers remorse for this thing. For right now I think PS3 sevrved me well enough.
TL;DR: not sharing the disappointment but I get it.
Also everyone buy 6th gen games, they're cheap right now, but won't be once those discs start dying.
Great video, but I have a correction to make @ 20:20 the FF7 Remake won't be a full game broken into various parts sold seperatly (think of the latest Hitman or TellTale games), instead it will be 3 full games, each expanding on their respective parts of the original FF7, this is akin to the 3-part FF13 saga (which I didn't play, but understand that they are all full seperate games that constitute the FF13 universe). It doesn't follow the western convention of partial releases we are used to, which are usually much shorter individually. So while yes, technically it's just FF7 broken into 3 parts, the total playtime will (supposedly) also be 3x as big and each of them will have a beggining-middle-end flow, greatly expanding on the universe, zones and quests.
It's up to you whether you trust them on their word, but that's the situation.
I've never noticed the difference between 30fps and 60fps so much as watching this video. did you do something to the 30fps footage to make it more obvious because there's huge stuttering here on the 30fps footage games.
7th gen for me didn't exist in my mind untill 08-09 with insomniac games still going strong and in 2011 with the psn scare,it's only as of late I see myself coming back to it to play shuff like DisgaeaDD2 but I can find the cool stuff on PC with indie titles. 7th for me was killed by publishers going nuts after 2011-2012, it's the only turning point period I come back to and see the word "season pass" popup and start spreading like a virus,
I like all console generations. They are great in their own ways. So many good games on PS3 and Wii.
I feel like the 7th gen was just something you had to grin and bear. Without every major home console making their respective company buckets of money, there would've been a good chance of either Nintendo or Microsoft leaving the home console market. It was sort of a feel-good "everybody wins" generation to that end, which is something that hasn't really happened since the PC Engine/SEGA Genesis/SNES era.
Skate was the very best skateboarding game we've ever seen. But I understand what your saying.
I did like the beginning of the 7th gen but after a while those shooters and 3rd person action adventure games we kept getting over and over and over got so old. The 8th gen is a continuation of this gen which is why right now and probably the last year I haven't bought many games and currently not enjoying gaming.
The begining of the 7th gen feelt like an follow up to 6th. However fps/Tps took over the market.
I kindly respect your opinion and you make some good points but I have to disagree with you on this one because I really enjoyed the 7th generation console era it was last GOLDEN ERA for video games and gaming in general before 8th generation and 9th generation took away of what we loved about THE GOLDEN ERA of video games and gaming in general and we rarely or sometimes get that nowadays because triple A companies and developers are afraid to experiment and try something new and be different from everybody else except for Nintendo because their developers are putting in that hard work IMO! I’m so glad that I got a Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck to keep me company until the next GOLDEN ERA comes with isn’t going to be here for a long while until something changes for the greater good!
7th gen was god awful. And almost every game had a terrible color filter on it, either piss yellow/orange or a deep blue. Every game looked like absolute garbage minus a few titles. The creativity was lacking way too much,
I agree, the only new games I mostly play are either indie games or some games on the 3ds or the vita. Other than that I've only really been playing my ps2 and trying to catch up on Japanese ps1 and ps2 games that I've missed out on.
the bugs and glitches for the EA skate games we're pretty funny and awesome to do because the possibility of new and never been done hippie flips!
It’s odd the the 360, Ps3, and Wii were HUGE in pushing gaming to be way more “accepted” I suppose is the word. Or “Household norms.” You were no longer a nerd or lazy bum for playing an Xbox or Ps1. You weren’t immature for playing Zelda on your N64. With the 7th gen of gaming, it became like the NORM and standard of living to play a good amount of video games. It was finally completely integrated in day to day life and accepted in every aspect. I remember that was the generation where my parents and grandparents actually started playing games. I’m not an anthropologist, so I don’t know the reason as to why this change happened. But it’s odd that one of the worse gens of gaming just so happened to be one of the most influential in pushing gaming as a whole forward.
You know what they say about opnions. Love my ps3.
I really only like the Xbox 360, Wii, and DS from this gen.
ok frame rates whatever but games are so like watching a video they are not games anymore just watching playable videos and so boring especially gta5, mario, callofduty nothing like original sonic so fun... you get more graphics but less creativity less fun the whole game you can kinda guess whats gonna happend. and what about online yay level up all you can really do.
you all just the brands side hole you dont even know about real games you just wanna be able to say i got the new game.
7th gen feels like both the peak of gaming and the downfall at the same time. Like, so many incredible games came out that gen. Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy, Halo 3, practically every game Valve put out that generation, etc. but man did it have its pain points. So many brown and oily looking games. COD destroying the rest of the FPS genre, the beginnings of day-one patches, on-disc DLC, and microtransactions, Wii shovelware, pretty much everything regarding the Xbox 360 (from the hardware failures to the shift of focus towards Kinect and non-gaming stuff), Japanese companies trying to conform to western trends (most notibly Capcom). Compared to the 6th gen, its certainly far more of a mixed bag than many remember.
Favorite video on YT no cap
Personally the SNES is my favorite console of all time with Gamecube being the second. Either way as for the PS3 and Xbox 360 I did manage to find a few games for xbox that I enjoyed and the PS3 I managed to find a lot of games I liked. Don't know if you've played 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3 but I enjoyed that game quiet a lot. Plays like the original Legend of Zelda on the NES.
40 games on ps3/360. That's all I have or want. I'll never play half of those again and am keeping them for collection purposes only. Never bought DLC. It's stupid. Never paid for online play. That's stupid too. I'm just waiting for everyone else to stop spending money on that stuff, so it will all become free again. In contrast, there's about 200 PS2 games I liked/wanted. I wanted everything on Dreamcast and half of everything on SNES.
Oh well, I suppose I'll get around to playing some of these partial/incomplete games in the future when they release remakes for them on PS5. I'm definitely not buying FF7 if it comes in separate full-priced installments. I'll wait 3 years for the combo collection.
I remember collecting ps2 games during the final days of 6th gen.
There where always some title that i found worthy of buying.
In regard to my xbox 360..I more or less dont care that much.
7th generation still better than 8th generation
Only games I remember from the 360 gen were blur, Fallout New Vegas, Castle Crashers, Splosion man, and SplitSecond, and Fable 2.
The 7th gen gave us some criminally underrated games, these days you would be super lucky if they were functional.
I liked the 7th generation there was a lot of good stuff (imo)if I was to be honest my least favorite generation would have to be first and second gen I respect them and stuff but yea in the past three generations I think the seventh was probably the weaker of the of the past three
oh if you saw what was coming next
Video currently in development lol
So basically after SEGA left things started to go downhill
Huh, I actually played the most games of my career on the 7th generation and utterly enjoyed a lot of them. I easily played about 300-400 games on PS3 and while many of them sucked I had a blast with a lot of them. Performance doesn't really bug me all that much (although some games just aren't tolerable). The only thing I hate about the 7th generation was the lack of good JRPGs to be honest.
Which game is that at 9:43 ? I love the not so subtle Nier references thrown in at every opportunity. Lol
Gotta promote that NieR whenever I can lol. And that game is "Asuras Wrath".
You should really try Asuras Wrath out. It's one of the most epic games i've ever saw
Video was great, but I have one minor or major complaint:
The part where you insulted gamers in a few parts of the “gamers” section, aka most of the audience watching the video really was a low-blow, and I am frankly sick of videos and under 1M YTubers doing that.
16:38 especially. While it is true some people say that as an excuse, not everyone uses it as an excuse.
They could be deducting a reasoning could be for Sony making this decision. It doesn’t make them justified for making us pay for online since Valve is doing completely fine with free online on PC, even when servers are potentially more expensive, but there IS a reason. Personally I’m not getting online subscriptions given that I don’t have that much multiplayer to begin with.
So the fact that you unintentionally lump those people like me and a few others with other gamers making excuses is… ehhh
16:57 As for free games online, this might have aged poorly judging by the date of the video. You do get free games to keep *so long as you have PS+ (although the games that get offered every month are random…)*
18:09 also saying that they are crying and calling them poor makes you look like the biggest jerk in this video. Regardless of what mistakes “we” made.
As well as telling gamers to get a new hobby or get a job, like DUDE
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!!? YOU DO KNOW WHO IS WATCHING THIS VIDEO, RIGHT? *GAMERS!* which happens to be nearly EVERYONE watching this video.
20:08 but you called some people poor for not being able to afford $60 of online. You weren’t defending it of course, but still…
And the whole FF7 thing being separate games. In some cases, those people are nostalgic.
And calling people stupid and idiots like 100% of people caused the bad practices was just the biggest “F you” in this video.
In all honesty, this entire part could be cut out and I would be watching this video a lot more often. It’s the biggest blemish on this video. If people are the reason why you hate a generation, ehh, it seems unfair. To me anyway.
And this video gave me even more insight into why this generation had the highest highs and the lowest lows beyond performance and frankly, ugly graphics, in my opinion anyway.
What are the games at 1:08, 3:33, 6:15, 6:18, 7:45, 8:25, 14:36 and 22:35?
Great 7th game:* exists*
Nintendo:oh great lets make a shitty port of it
Yeah this is when i bailed on box consoles for handhelds.
preach blandrew omg u hit it righr on the head
Yeah. All that shit with DLC, Online Only BS, Microtransactions, Incomplete games, lack of local multiplayer, etc., is why in my game collection I have more old than new games. There are some good games out there in the 7th generation and above but a lot of games are focused on DLC, microtranactions, online, internet connectivity, patches and more, and that's just not a good thing in gaming these days. Lots of games are shit because of it, incomplete glitchy BS and it's not as fun as the old days. Gaming have taken a turn for the worse over the years and it's turned me away from a lot of games as I'm not into all that online crap. Local multiplayer isn't even much of a thing these days, especially in racing games when a buddy and I could race together in the same room, we don't care to play online as much, especially cause he's not always in a place with good internet and even now, he's still having internet issues with his Xbox 360. I'm with this guy in this video above, I'm not a fan of how gaming over the years had went. Before the 7th generation will always be memorable to me.
I like rythm games, fighters, and pretty much only persona as an rpg. collectathons were owned but I mostly played to kill time, sorry if I'm talking too much.
Great video and accurate criticisms!
The only console changing games up was the Nintendo WII. I remember going at a Gamestop and looking for a new game to play on my PS3 and I spent 4 hours and walked out with nothing, because all of the games were just straight up shooters.
You sound like Mr. JRPG.
7th gen was my favorite
my bad* 6th is my favorite and 7th is second best
agreed with a lot of points but I'm a fan of shooters so i enjoyed the generation
Very valid points regarding 7th gen. Also, out of curiosity, what game is that white robot shown near the end from?
That my friend would be E.X. Troopers......never released outside of Japan :/
It's an anime version of Lost Planet basically.
That makes sense, I'll have to check that out, thanks for the info!
The 7th Generation was my favourite in my opinion.
what games are 8:17 and 8:19
7th gen was the last good fun era, I miss when video games were niche instead of trying to make the most money out of. Wii u ps4 was average, switch is hit or miss while ps5 is non-existent. Starting to feel like I'm growing out of games.
@Zalkova Nope. PS2 opened the gate for a mainstream audience.
I can't agree with you...there was lot more games and good ones than only FPS!!!
Do you want Examples??
Assassin's creed Games( AC 2 is the best in the franchise for many)NOT FPS
Dragon Age franchise ( good RPGs and when the name Boiware meant someting) NOT FPS
Portal Games (you have a gun but you only do Puzzles)NOT FPS
Infamous( holy shit the karma system was amazing how YOU would use your powers and story was very good)NOT FPS
Persona 4/5 ( my god how those games made me look to JRPG from that point on) NOT FPS
Maybe lot pepole don't care but i loved Playstation Home to just hangout,chat,play mini games with freinds and even meet new pepole and make new freinds....and now??! You have nothing like that....
I can continue but i think i made my point....7th gen was the last good gen and a true golden era and it was when companies took risks and tried someting new....do any of you remenber AA Games??!!well i do and miss those!! now it's only small indie or AAA games...
Now?this gen??? It's the true boring one...why????
WELCOME TO THE AGE OF EVERY FUCKING THING NEEDS TO BE LIVE SERVICE GAMES,MICRO-TRANSACTIONS,BATTLE PASS,NFTS,
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION.....not even talking the broken state they launch...
Idiotic acceptance is something nintendo fanboys do alot these days. Whenever they put out a mediocre or okay product, they always defend it because hurr durr its different. Difference doesn't hide mediocrety or make it okay.
We have standards for nintendo, whether its more of the same or experimentation. We don't expect every made or published by the big N to be masterpieces like ocarina of time, metroid prime or super mario galaxy, but we expect at least a great game.
Rant over
I feel like its the opposite. A lot of Nintendo fans expect that Nintendo always publish top quality games and are disappointed when its not like a previous entry.
Tyke because people defended Sticker Star, Color Splash, and Metroid Prime: Federation Force... those three games got the most backlash
Kureiji Daiyamondo All three of the games are controversial because maybe people want them to have a certain style of gameplay which they lack (I heard that Sticker Star was legitimately bad, though).
Zchannel0923 thats what we want from them because we know they can do it. Look at the GC/GBA era
Zchannel0923 sticker star was a huge piece of garbage
I can say yes it was a bad gen imo but with a few exception of games that were good in 2010/2013.
Bad performance yes I agree. The PS3 was a good machine but when it comes to perform games I was disappointed.
Xbox 360 had good games like lost oddyssey, Tales of vesperia, DBZ burst limit HD version of Budokai. Mediocre games I tried to like it but got very disappointed was: Sonic Unleashed, Sonic generations, Star Ocean the last hope, Blue Dragon, and Sonic 06. But I prefer beter performance at games.
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8:22 Game name?
actually 6th gen framerates were worse than 7th, its just that as graphics fidelity increase, the drops are more noticeable
don't trust youtube videos. Most 6 gen games' framerates were more stable and even 60fps. The only reason modern gamers believe old games never reached 60fps is because RUclips only allows 60fps with 720p resolution onwards. Even if a 6 gen game runs at 60fps RUclips will compress the video and reduce its actual quality since 6 gen games were 480p.
dude I know what I'm talking about, I have played a lot of ps2 games with choppy framerates, same for ps3 but I think overall the ps3 framerates were better
@@lettmons hard to call ps3 framerate better when 80% of the games ran at 30fps
played blinx guilty gear XX jetset radio future and mk deadly alliance for months EXTREMELY bingey!! i have been going to school, going home and playing games until I pass out after eating.
Its not nostalgia old games just had charm and they where complete no DLC and no greed they did DLC right they had expansion packs i think DLC is bs and i think micro transactions are even more bs when they can sale there game cheaper maybe sale more copies then they would by over pricing there game and i rather cheap 2d games one less glitches and it runs alot faster i found mega man 9 and 10 on the ps3 perfect same with shovel knight
What's the robot game at the beginning???
I agree on so many levels
I liked the 7th but man it started some bs. I still question how ANYONE defends to paying to play online.... Especially the same PlayStation guys that was making fun of xbox fans last gen for that like the fuck?...