Gaming is Dying, and YOU are Killing It | A Rant
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
- You want a rant, I'll give you a rant. Don't take this one too seriously, guys, I sound like a raving madman in this one. But I do believe the gaming industries' decline is largely because of Casuals, fanboys, SJWs, and youtubers like @JimSterling and @TheActMan .
#Syntheticman #JimSterling #TheActMan 
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What’s so sickening is this is how the top 7 of us talk to the world but not about something so dumb as gaming when compared with the lives of ppl, this is how we talk to you imbeciles about the ppl who rule your world who are known as the black nobility, I would say the fact that your video is about gaming when the topic I’m typing about is the only one important, meaning the future lives and planned hits on the majority of ppl living.....and you use the way you are talking for video games...pathetic
@Something Diabolical I used to love watching Sterling. And yeah I think muppet about covers it. He's gone off the rails taking offense with just about anything. I think he's just been mired in the swamp too long and has gone from playing cynical characters , to being one. I think he needs a rest, and some fresh perspective. Always sucks when you see someone pulled under like that , he used to be pretty objective.
@@Cyberweasel89 Oh no, you're trying to shame people into believing lies about reality. GTFO
@@Cyberweasel89 "Define "muppet" and did you just casually go transphobic like a racist bigot might?"
You made two comments.
Oh Joy…homework.
You know gaming is bad when your reaction to a game being announced is, "That looks cool, but will it even work at launch?"
Man, this is why I buy mostly indie these days. They have their own issues like falling into their own trends, a lot of devs being woke (it's worth noting that woke people dont always make woke games), and the occasional slimy dev but I can play them and actually get something new on occasion
@@triplehelix3207 i have some friends who laugh at me for buying indie games over the years; now here i am sitting on games i've enjoyed for years and not just for two days and never play it again.
Yeah and thats so sad that thats how it is now.
Gaming is good actually
When Cyberpunk2077 came out the cost of game development had already been covered by pre-orders alone and they actually made a profit. Business people see this and think, "it doesn't matter what we put out, we will still make money just by hyping up the product before it's release".
CDPR proved this by spending millions on marketing and it paid off.
The biggest issue with games is that it has gone mainstream.
and whenever something does, it gets turned to shit to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
Yeah, they are trying to appeal to everyone and make quick crash grab, those game tend to be forgotten in a couple of months and have to release games every year or so to be relevant, the short-term strategy
bingo
When it went mainstream the games it seems to me got easier
Platinum Games fans: I have little to worry about
Na you just got lazy and stopped looking for good games, and just took what was in front of you. And news flash if there selling something its already mainstream. Fucking hipsters man......water tasted better before everybody started drinking it looking ass
Being able to patch games after release has allowed developers and studios to cut corners and basically put out incomplete games knowing they can just fix them later with patches
And a lot of the time, they fail to do even that
Bethesda did it way back in the day with patches on floppy discs for Daggerfall (1996)
Called out Act Man and fast forward to now and he’s garbage.
He did apologise and called out "consultancy companies" at the end
Gaming becoming mainstream is what killed it. When a market such as gaming grows as large as it did it's no surprise that shareholders saw the dollar signs and nothing else. Creativity takes a back seat for the most part in favor of "appealing" to a wider audience. Decisions now are made because of the money and not because of what the player actually wants.
@@Black_Sheep186 hell no. really small amount of people outside usa and japan were playing games back then
@@reyy213 yes but the whole gaming scene was really different. in a lot of places where export due to communism wasn't allowed (my country) we didn't even knew that something like videogames were a thing.
Bingo. Players took a back seat to boomer investors who couldn’t give less of a shit about video games except as a source of revenue. We stopped being the real customers and turned into numbers on a spreadsheet.
@@Black_Sheep186 Maybe you're an old guy pushing 50 years old for all I know, but I don't think you're entirely correct here.
Millennials and Zoomers were both too young to remember the arcade gaming scene. That was basically a Gen X thing much like MTV was for them that got more popular in the 1980s.
This dude who made the video (Synthetic Man) was practically born in circa 1994 - 1996, based on the videos I've watched of him. So he was definitely too young to remember the 80s and 90s.
My sister who is now in her mid 40s started gaming on the NES console during the mid - late 80s, shortly after Super Mario Bros 1 went on the shelves. There was definitely a culture surrounding gaming. Just look where James Rolfe (Angry Video Game Nerd) came from.
The problem is gaming got too big. That's the point that this comment that we're responding to was trying to make. It's the same thing with Hip Hop. It was getting big in the 1980s and 1990s, but it was still based and highly creative. The same thing applied to gaming back in the 1980s to early - mid 2000s. Rap music was accessible to a lot of different people back in the 1980s, but it definitely wasn't as big as it was 20 - 30 years later.
Back in the 1980s gaming had a more specific audience. That doesn't mean it wasn't booming because it certainly was back then. My sister can attest to that. Some Hollywood movies of the time period had scenes of kids playing at arcades, especially since they made a lot of films focusing on the youth like Lucas (1986).
Gaming has gone downhill in very much the same fashion that Hip Hop went downhill before it. Suits came in and started purging the subculture with diversity crap.
@@1OO_k You just have to look at games like Metal Gear Solid 2, the original Deus Ex, Jak & Daxter and compare them to modern games like The Last of Us Part II, Far Cry 6 and the upcoming Saints Row Reboot.
I didn't believe for one second that Far Cry 6 or the Saints Row reboot were made with the real customers in mind. Just look at the fucking characters in these two games. It's painfully obvious that they're trying their damnest to appeal to a wider audience, whilst dropping the real gamers.
The problem with the gaming industry is the same as the film industry- the cost of producing a AAA title has balloned exponentially. As a result creativity is strangled.
eh, the issue is that AAA companies are trying to use all the tech they invested heavily in instead of making a pure and simple game. motion capture is one of the major reasons cost for games have sky rocketed and it doesnt even add anything to the over all gameplay.
No, the problem is people paying them in advance via pre orders. They're clearly spending less time then they should because people are paying before the game launches, so it doesnt matter if they finish the product or not. Nobody eats a half meal, or takes home a broken car, only the gaming community likes and accepts abuse. The CEO's and executives understand they can abuse this community and lauch unfinished products, profit and move on to the next project, so it's up to the consumer to make the decision to NOT pre order anything. Never.
The problem is wokeness plus greed asshole suits who dont care of gamers but only money and the micros scam and half assed pre lunches of games and the idiots who buy the micros.
@@naiustheyetti Mo-cap's fine when used correctly. Just look at Left 4 Dead vs Back 4 Blood. L4D mo-capped the dying animations for zombies while B4B just uses ragdolls. The end result being that in L4D you really feel as if your shots are heavy and hitting whereas in B4B everything just feels weak and floaty.
Doubt it. AAA companies net worth tripled since the introduction of in-game monetization. As long as they make more money, who cares if they releasea one crappy game that will be forgotten before they announce the next
3 years later and you were right about Act Man! King Shill
Shill man or act shill
What exactly has act man done different dude still calls out bullshit when he sees it
@princemwamba5230 he skilled for a game that paid him to (cant remember the name). Got so much backlash he deleted the video.
Went after HeelsVsBabyface for being annoyed that all the new games coming out have lgbtq and pronoun shit in it.
@@Based_Comment which was completely deserved that shit was sad to see for something so small
@@Based_Comment and he recently addressed the issue with payday
Act Man literally says in his COD World at War video that he liked when games were rated M for mature because you needed an adults level comprehension to enjoy it. It's not a shitty video made for 14 year olds when he explains to you that being an adult that passed history class helps you appreciate the effort Treyarch put into their games at the time.
There's problems with the gaming industry as a whole, but there's also problems with gamers as a whole. Like how this guy just assumes only 14 year olds play call of duty xD
Also, why should Act Man play other games when he can talk about and play what her likes and what's important to him? He's not chasing clout or anything.
This is completely anecdotal but my 15 year old cousin brings up Act Man just about every time he talks about Halo or CoD. He pretty much just repeats everything Act Man says, even about games he never played considering he hadn't even been born at the time. Many of his videos are basically just nostalgia pieces and although they're relevant to those of us who did grow up with those games it seems aimed at younger audiences who didn't. Not necessarily a bad thing since it encourages them to go play those games, and I don't hate him or anything, but I'm just saying that seems to be a significant part of his viewership.
The whole M rating thing isn't really evidence of anything. Kids can understand adult rated media. They're much smarter than you think. I mean I was 11 years old when WaW released and I was excited for another WW2 Cod having played the previous ones. I really enjoyed the gritty theme and history was always something I was interested in. CoD isn't the best historical source, and I recognized that, but it was still historically themed and that was good enough.
Being an adult that "passed" history class doesn't really much mean anyway.
Yeah but act man is also a cringey atheist, irrelevant to this but that’s enough reason to take his otherwise reasonable points not so seriously.
@@rubenthekid because hes a atheist his opinions on games don't matter? wtf does you being a atheist have to do with opinions with games
@@kumxri an atheist's opinions on anything should be disregarded, they're too stupid to have an opinion on anything anyway. They're akin to flat earthers, in denial of truth.
Your video has that "old school" RUclipsr (2007-2011) vibes due to it being honest, unapologetic & to the point. Nowadays these types of videos are rare due to anyone worrying about "muh algorithm" & "muh ad money". ItsAGundam was like that at first but then started censoring himself & his content never hit me like before. Thank you for going against the grind & to have the balls to be yourself!
To the point? Are you serious? He repeated the same exact things multiple times in the video. For his sake, hope he stopped making videos off script since this video got out. Besides that, he's so butthurt his old videos aren't getting views, he made two "YOU ALL SUCK" rant videos blaming the whole world without even stopping to think if he might be the reason. I was totally ready to stand behind his opinions because I feel similarly about the industry today, but his constant incoherent whining made me quit after 10 minutes.
To be fair, Gundam was/is constantly on the chopping block for RUclips because he doesn't make "safe" content. He has to censor himself because he's big enough to be noticed by RUclips and big enough to be scrutinized by RUclips.
@@Hyrdonemicus Yeah, his most common joke was that Susan had a gun pointed to his head the milisecond he said something even remotely edgy.
Pretty sure its cuz most youtubers dont wanna have a normal job, I get it but if everyone does that than it will affect society at a larger scale, kids only wanna be fortnite streamers instead of doctors and construction workers or manufacturers, theres tons of cash to be made in trades but "nah that's too hard"
That comment about ItsAGundam is accurate. He just lost what made his videos so entertaining and funny when he started censoring himself... and I understand why he did it, as I'm sure we all are familiar with the authoritarianism of RUclips and Big Tech as a whole at this point. RUclips hit him with strikes and essentially threatened to take him down, as they have done to any non-PC creator that gets enough attention. Still sucks though, because every once in a while Gundan will make a slip and stop censoring himself for a moment, and those moments are always his best.
Do you love it when you listen to rants about how gaming is declining then an ad about a gatcha game suddenly play?
Lol!
You see ads? Why?
...wtf do u even have ads tho. no hate but u ARE the casual he's talking about. this dude is WAY to soft bc he didn't tell his subs to ALWAYS pirate first, then buy if its not the usual trash. or just get Cyberpunked like a million morons did. about the ads... if ur on iPad or pc use ublock/blokada with a vpn, if ur on android use blokada and newpipe. dude, those are BASICS, not even jailbroke.RUclips
@@MrZiad32 lol i just said the exact same thing. bc he's a casual. im starting to realize WAY to many ppl dont know how to use their own electronics. like those ppl that buy "gaming rigs," instead of building a pc for much cheaper in an hour. i mean there's prob 10,000 DIY on YT alone, along with how to block ads.
@@briankeys5941 or just use RUclips vanced cuz it's open sourced and fucking awesome
I agree with everything you said. People just cant keep their money in the pockets. These unfinished slop games wont stop being made until gamers start boycotting this shit. Once these executives bottom line is at stake then things will start to change.
@yotedgr45
I Could NOT Agree With
Your Statement Anymore Sir.
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People have no idea what makes content good. That's why fanfics are never Hollywood quality content. The idea that a game should cater to the tastes of "gamers" is as valid as the absurd idea that the customer is always right. People who are passionate need to be given a small budget and forced to make a game that caters to a small audience and then the product will be a good quality. All this focus grouping attempts to appeal to everyone makes everyone unhappy.
Preach
Gaming used to be great when it was that nerdy thing that losers did, once it became mainstream to play games devs started treating it like hollywood. Blockbuster games meant to satisfy just long enough for the next big release a month later, constant needless 1up "improvements" to add a tagline to the back of the box, spectacle products that don't trust the player to make interesting shit happen so they force you to watch cinematics. The vast majority of ps4 first party games can't even be called games. How do people get enjoyment out of watching a movie that requires you to push forward every couple of minutes?
That's why older games are becoming more interesting. They actually valued the player and wanted to be interactive games.
RE3 1999 vs. RE3 2020 is a great example of this. RE3 2020 pretty much commits all the sins of terrible game design in modern AAA gaming.
@@Gruntvc I would also say some Indie games are also becoming interesting.
I agree.
I agree all ps4 exclusives are trash except knack 2
@@abovethelaw4417 At this point you are just trolling for attention...
The 2008 recession played a big factor in embolden the publishers to do less experimenting and play safe.
Also covid
That's just not true. We see big budgets thrown around in gaming all the time. They are experimenting all the time.
The fact at matter is that people buy the same trash they complain.
Look at FIFA as a good example. COD is another one that comes to mind, and I bet I can dig into more if I'd take the time to think of all the trash sequels that we get year after year.
@@misterfields87 the fuck you talking about? Covid wasn’t there until year ago.
@@starscream007 i was stating during covid developers have been fucking up games remember Avengers
@@misterfields87
Then you must be new to gaming. Before 2020, we had and still have
Online pass
season pass
mictrotransactions
Dlc
Loot boxes
Broken games
Empty games
Milking of more ips
Fps wave
overhyped fake E3 games.
factors that started around 2006 with horse armor in elder scroll obli, and this trend peaked around 2014 with 11 Bigg AAA being broken at day one.
Andthe worst example is No man sky
I miss the days where split screen was a thing, I miss the days when going online players were not try hards, taking the games so serious, being toxic, etc. I miss when you didn't have to install a game back then, you could just play it without internet. I mainly grew up playing resident evil 2,3,0, and 1 remake on a gamecube also Luigi's mansion which many people seem to like like, I played metal arms too. I know this video is a year or so old but you got a new subscriber keep it up!
Even being up against lots of try hards would be acceptable if it meant going back to the days before Cronus & Titan, mouse & keyboard & Xim Apex on consoles. This is destroying online games.
I grew up on Counter strike 1.6, gamers were always sweaty and toxic
Try-hards always existed in gaming, just look at retro arcades
Yeah Mobile games that are free want you to pay a 100 dollars for a few resources.
There was definitely try hards back then but we called them gods
Normies destroy EVERYTHING.
What's new?
"Sony exclusives are copy paste"
Hmm yes i wanted to buy uncharted but accidentaly bought god of war
This guy is baiting hate. This dude is literally saying last of us two has a social engineering
@@epicfish8134 i know he is baiting,trashtalked cod while he plays it on backround
GoW was decent, but it is a solid copy paste of a handful of AAA games that came before it. That is evident in how it abandoned what it was and became The Last of Souls.
@@phant0mdummy nah
@@phant0mdummy
The franchise NEEDED to evolve because its old, stale hack'n'slay formula wasn't selling anymore. It would've been the end of GoW if the devs hadn't changed anything about it. But it's a GOTY now and the sequel is the most awaited game for 2021. Rightfully so!
Times change and the audience changes with them, they grow up and develop different tastes and preferences. And the matured fans of GoW are now enjoying a matured, grounded Kratos and his relatable issues and goals way more than a somewhat generic Hulk-like creature raging through somewhat generic narrow levels. GoW is more personal now, from the camera angle to the melee combat and right to the characters and story. And ppl appreciate that approach. Mindless button mashers are dying out on the AAA market, because now games can be and do so much more to bring their message across. It's all about immersion now.
Capcom also learned their lesson and upgraded their RE franchise even on different levels with modernised remakes of their old games and a complete overhaul with RE Biohazard and RE Village, so that everybody can experience and enjoy this awesome franchise. And so far ppl have been loving every single game that was released recently. Imagine what would've become of RE if Capcom still released their games with a fix camera and those horrible clunky gameplay mechanics. This franchise would've been pretty much dead by now.
Evolution and progress is key. You can't expect the same old formula to work forever just because it was successful once. Nothing works like that. Everything changes in this world, so as a game dev and/or publisher you either adapt or you lose.
Therefore there's no reason in condoning those devs who chose the former option, as long as it works out for them well. If you don't like their new approach, let it be. Enjoy their older games and move on to other ones which give you what you want. Simple.
To respond to the Act man portion, Act Man is making content on mostly reviewing new games and games that have come out. He doesn't just make videos on call of duty. He makes videos about things that he wants to make videos about. Sure he's reviewing and playing new games, but that's usually all that gaming is. You play the newest and most popular thing, and if you think it sucks, that's your opinion. I'm not gonna persuade anybody into thinking differently about The Act Man, I'm just trying to state my views on the matter. Besides, like half of the Act Man part were just insults to what his channel is and what he makes as a content creator. RUclips Channels are made by a certain person, and are shaped into what they want it to be, so why do you care about what The Act Man makes? He can make what he wants to, as long as it satisfies himself, and the youtube terms of service.
But again, that's just my say in the matter.
First of all, he only covers 2, maybe 3 new games max a year. It's pretty evident that he covered every COD because it gets him views. You can't seriously suggest to me that he is so passionate about the franchise that he would make videos on every game, nearly back to back.
@@SyntheticMan woaw, people are passionate about things!!! crazy, isn't it?
@@SyntheticMan he did the same thing with halo, but I see where you're coming from.
@@SyntheticMan I literally discovered his channel through his Halo content, which he has made a lot of. So quit your whining.
@@SyntheticMan like made how many cyberpunk videos for views right?
Hey, not even sure if your even gonna read this, but all I’ve got to say you have what other creators lack, which is honesty. I feel like creators these days have to have a persona, but it’s nice to see that your just sharing your passion with gaming, keep it up!
I laughed my ass off, listening to his points. I'd say similar things to Synth only in the faces of close friends who also game, LOL.
Gaming is not dying. The ability of people to differentiate between good games and trash is dying. Vast majority of gamers today are like kindergarten children who are attracted to everything that is colorful and shines. Quantity of content has completely overshadowed the quality. This situation becomes worse in this era of social media where people treat others like enemy of nation who disagree with them.
The gaming industry might not be dying, but it's definitely gotten less creative and soulless over the years.
I miss when I got my Gamecube, popped in Metroid Prime, and was enthralled for months. Then I got the second one and it blew my mind how much better the game could get. Same for Dead Space 1 to 2, what an amazing transition. I miss the advent of Xbox Live and late nights of Halo 2 online.
I wish I could go back to replay them all for the first time again.
The suit/ missile/ morph ball upgrades etc. would be microtransactions these days.
Halo 2 online chat was problematic.
As it should be.
🙂
Ayy Metroid dread is a solid banger.
Wow... Metroid Prime was a revelation
Halo 2 was the best
This guy’s opinions are so all over the place that I can’t take his criticisms seriously.
@Fred Fuches it hurts gaming because these larger companies that produce crap eat up smaller companies.
@Fred Fuches Yeah play Fortnite and Call of Duty... just don't buy the microtransactions.
@Ward Cleaver dude get over yourself and fucking branch out with your games you bloody numb nuts. This is why I am glad I am not in the majority or minority of gamers who claim to be “gamers” when all they do is bitch about gaming franchises they hate much like you are doing too. We get it, COD is repetitive but there is no need to say more when it’s been covered in this confusing opinion video as that’s what it is. Now please stop whining, relax and go play your games instead of giving the name of gamer a more bad name as it is like the numpty in the video and just enjoy what you like and support them. Simple but I doubt you are part of the solution of doing that so you naturally cry out to people on YT.
@@justsomeoldyoutuber6093 well, you are the target audience at the middle of this rant. It's your profile description.
Because you deliberately choose to invest into a franchise that is sucking the soul out of a concept like 'gaming' is what is ruining the gaming scene.
@@zauxst But it’s not. I don’t see how people can continue to perpetuate the argument that gaming as a whole is dying because of a select few franchises. Gaming gets bigger as a whole year after year, and no I’m not talking from a financial perspective because I’m a simple consumer for the most part. I’m talking about the fact that gaming as a whole is one of the most diverse hobbies in the world right now. There are so many games in my backlog and wishlist from a myriad of genres and developers that it’s simply ridiculous. This is the first year we’ve had an INDIE game become notable enough to be a GOTY contender. Someone’s gaming preference doesn’t make them an issue...for the most part. I do agree that certain aspects of the industry are stagnating because of a select few genres, but outside of that gaming is doing pretty damn well. I think people on all sides need to branch out and discover more games they like.
Anyone else enjoy opening up a SM vid and just admiring the SEETHE in the comments and dislike bar?
I have a feeling Synthetic has never actually watched Act Man's COD videos through. They aren't jingling keys for babies, they're actually made from the love or disappointment he has for a franchise he grew up playing. I feel like the reason Synthetic assumes he's just trying to appeal to everyone is because he thinks that anything remotely casual is destroying video games. It's almost like maybe the problem isn't the casual gamers, but what companies and devs do to appeal to them.
It's pretty clear that the guy who made this video is just and edgy teenager that is bitter just because he feels good about being bitter lmao
@@heavensgate2245 yeah the dude is obviously jealous of The Act man just look at the view they were pulling 2 years ago.
Act man: in his prime consistently pulling in 1.5M views
Pathetic man: just started uploading.
hell even the name is a copy
@@heavensgate2245 no
@@detective2221 yes
@@heavensgate2245 pretty much if you've seen his videos
Ill be real. The casuals have their place. That is like saying sitcoms killed TV. They are everywhere but other TV exists. Indie is the new AAA. You want good games? Go to small unknowns. Just like fast food vs restaurant, then from say chillies compared to some ritzy steakhouse.
This is something movies went through and are still going through.
Unless you like certain types of games which can only feasibly be made by AAA
Agreed. Videogames are now only about 5-10 years behind movies in terms of decline. Its a sobering thought that in the near future there will be none worth your time at all, and 90% of the games will belong to FPS genre.
It's still tough. The issue is, no matter how bad it gets, there will always be people who want to spend their money on videogames for entertainment, even if they are terrible, and as long as they are still making money, the products will only get worse.
@@IAmVenix what are you 10? expand your taste
@@mondude89 so? that doesnt change the fact that certain types of games are only feasiblt made as AAA, and that sucks
@@IAmVenix I disagree. It's not that certain kinds of games can only be made by AAA studios, it's that the middle market games like 3d platformers, hack and slash games, RPGs, arcade racers, etc between the indie industry and the AAA industry have evaporated and don't exist anymore. THQ was the poster child of middle market companies. Saints Row, Battle for Bikini Bottom, Darksiders, Destroy All Humans, Red Faction, need I go on? That's where gaming died, when the AA market died.
D!ckheads like ^this guy who's like "HuR ExpAnD uR TaStE" is like the people who tell you to listen to underground music when you complain about modern pop music sucking. It's just like Synthetic Man says in the video addressing the comments to this one:
Yeah you could get into synthwave or like heavy metal. But that doesn't bring back pop music.
There's also the investors who have a say in companies' future games. When game developers were just small companies, they were passionate. Now a lot of companies take themselves too seriously, especially Naughty Dog with that "we don't use the word fun" nonsense. It's this kind of statement that makes me feel that the wrong people are calling the shots.
Playing old games in this generation gave me a newfound appreciation for what we had. I used to look forward to cutscenes back in the PS1 and 2 era, now I just feel every game is bloated with dialogue and scenes and cumbersome menus and tutorials and patches....also, exploration kills the pacing of most games and there's hardly any gameplay involved.
After Cyberpunk and bf2042 i disagree, while it is true the 50 year old rich investor will have way more recognition than the average yt game reviewer, investors in itself is a business and game publishers will always have a bait and switch for investors just as players. Just not as elaborate as for the typical normal gamer, who cares if you hate BF2042 or not, who cares if you dont like their game, they dont listen to you anyway
Here is the full quote:
"For us, with The Last of Us specifically (Uncharted is a little different in our creative approaches), we don’t use the word 'fun,'" Druckmann told Buzzfeed when asked if the team ever tries to make the combat less serious. "We say 'engaging,' and it might seem like a minor distinction, but it’s an important one for us."
"We believe that if we're invested in the character and the relationships they’re in and their goal, then we're gonna go along on their journey with them and maybe even commit acts that make us uncomfortable across our moral lines and maybe get us to ask questions about where we stand on righteousness and pursuing justice at ever-escalating costs."
I find this ironic that you would have a problem with that quote. Casuals are having fun when they play the new COD or Madden every year.
@@blindeagleace3629 Thank you for posting the full quote.
@@blindeagleace3629 *"I find this ironic that you would have a problem with that quote."*
Though I have a problem with the fact that what we're talking about is much more of an Interactive Story than a traditional video game, engagement/immersion is absolutely a good thing.
I have to call out the B.S. in this statement, though: *"...and maybe even commit acts that make us uncomfortable..."* There's no maybe about it. Unlike the case with well-designed gameplay, the player is merely along for the ride. Instead of pressing 'Play' once at the beginning, we have to press it a thousand times just to get through the movie.
Act man has a good head on his shoulders and is the only RUclipsr I’ve seen review CoD thoughtfully and honestly, gonna have to drop a recommendation
I agree. I like TheActMan. He knows what he likes, but he's not a brain dead fanboy so I don't get the hate.
Rip. RUclips doesn't like quality on their platform
Bro wanted to drum up views by talking about a content creator with more of an audience than him, nothing more and nothing less
Check out his video about Halo Infinite LOL. At launch it was well received, so he did a video "Why is Halo Infinites Multiplayer so AWESOME", and as soon as the public reception started to shift he also shittalked it LOL
@@user-oo3oi9ki2j It WAS awesome when it dropped, comparatively speaking when Halo infinite launched it was great, it worked, there were problems (which he talked about in his video) opinions change, "tim" and with the recent problems in 343's inability to deliver on their promises who wouldn't change their stance on things? Compare the current state of Halo Infinite to how it was pre-release, 343 were taking in feedback from all sides, offering flights for people who wanted to give their opinions on things, even minute things like the Sound of the needler.
Now compare it to know where people had MAJOR problems with how Halo Infinite's Live Service is, and well, they're all true? there's no content, the Customization per Core is shite, No match XP, they aren't LISTENING to their fanbase, while the game itself is FUN there is nothing to DO on that game. Plus he's more upset about 343 completely cutting off a feature they promised 5 years ago.
It's as if you can't change your opinion about a multiplayer game the longer you've played it and realize there are problems.
2023 checking in. Jim and Act Man still are a problem lol. CurrentYearStreamers with no grounding. Both are pathetic.
Now, I would have to disagree with the part on how the consoles ruin the gaming industry. Because as a friend of my had said to me when i made the same argument about this is "That most people don't want to play a complicated game where they have to struggle just to progress in the game. Most of them are people who comeback home after a tough day at work and just want to relax and boot up a game like COD or something like that and just have a good time before they have to go to work the next day." and I honestly I agree with this because a family member of mine work their ass off everyday and comes back home tired like everyone else. and what he does is boot up Call of Duty World War 2 because he likes the game and has fun with it.
Also I know what your gonna say. Why doesn't he or other casuals pick up an old game. Now the thing is that the majority of Casuals don't want to buy old console generations because they have friend who are playing the new multiplayer stuff and they want to have fun with them playing video games. Sure, you can invite some over to your house and playing video game but do you really think that your friends would have the time to do that with you from time to time or better yet do you think your friend would enjoy playing old video games with you?
Finally , one last thing nobody is to blame for the gaming industry being has it is now. Sooner or later game was gonna change like everything else does. It will have trends like everything else does, it will have great game like everything else does, it will have horribly bad games. It just like movies, tv, books, sports and marketing. So, It was inevitable because that just how progression is works.
Games are supposed to be made for everyone casuals, fanboys and fangirls or even gamer like you and me to have fun with and enjoy hell maybe inspire with how the game is played or how the graphics look to be or do something that you would want to do.
Saying that is dying because of them is a fallacy. Because they are what make up the video game community and they are what keep it alive.
Not to say that I don't understand where you coming from I though the same. I would want old game to comeback because they did all feel unique in my eyes. But, the thing is that we can't go back to the what thing where. We can however use them as inspiration for future game devs to remake or mix up maybe have the next generation feel like the ps2 or xbox games but with their own style. But yeah.
Idk if you'll read this but if you do one thank you and your channel is great I like when people talk about old games I make feel like their would one day be a chance that some would bring them back updated but not totally changed.
Casuals are absolutely not what keeps a game's community alive. Do you think DOOM's community survived on casuals for over 20 years? Do you think the Skyrim community did? These communities absolitely NEED the dedicated hardcore players and modders to live. It's also the reason console games don't survive and need remakes, whereas PC games don't. Just look at Half-Life, which was remade completely by the community.
That's just an excuse. I was working 7 days a week, with a busted knee(that later got operated on), running around 10-14 hours a day, and with my knee I was in constant agony. During this period, I completed Dark Souls, which was the hardest game I ever played at the time. It took me 3 months to get through it, haha. And what, do they play COD online? 'cause that's anything but relaxing.
@Fred Fuches I have no idea what you're talking about.
@@1SWINZ1 thats you and probably some people around the world that yes are hard working and wouldn't booting up a game like dark souls to have fun. I do the same thing. But thats the thing its us and few people at most maybe. The majority would rather play a game like cod or something that doesn't test them as much to enjoy it
@@beetheimmortal Btw this the same person brawlingspirit on this account cause why not. But i do have to say I agree with you say that hardcore player and modder do keep games like skyrim and doom. But you have to understand that casual are just as important. Because if you look at the gaming ads that play on tv or youtube you can tell that its just aimed for hardcore players of that specific game but its target toward casuals as well. And those casuals would get interested in the game advised. Buy it, play it maybe become a dedicated player to the game maybe not either way they their going to the company that makes the game so that they can make more of the games that dedicated players like. You see where i am going with this.
"I dont like indie games because i dont like 2d platformers"
Dude, you just want to look at the AAA and cry about it... come on...
Indie games have every single genre out there, rts, sports, racing, all flavours of rpg, survival horror, plenty of good shit and you dont want to look at it.
the whole casual segment just gave it away. the man went after casuals with the generalization that all casuals care about graphics. calling them the worst of the people yet they're also the largest majority of gamers and game companies are still businesses. i consider myself casual nowdays since i stopped playing multiplayer games to avoid pvp.
@@trickydicky3220 I'm also a casual since I have a lot of things to do nowadays and I can't spend all my money in games anymore, most of the games I play are from 3 or 5 years ago, for real is so much more fun in this way since most of the glitches are patch to this point also it's cheaper, the thing with the whole casual BS is that most of the casuals just want to have good time, the most of the people complaining about the graphics are the idiots that think console wars and PC master race are things to be taken seriously, most of them are just dumb teenagers, guys just play the damn games that you like and stop making a big deal because you don't like X game, look for games that you like, because in some years you won't have the time to play them.
Lol i was just going to make that statement, i dont support micro transactions or pay to play but calling you gamers assholes and fuckfaces, thats just interesting choice of words. This guy seriously likes smelling his own farts. Doesn't like indie games and then doesnt like aaa games.
@@PEDROGARCIA-qj3gr I’m buying any old game that’s good I can buy on PC because 1 there cheap around 3 to 8 dollars and 2 it’s more worth my time than way to expensive garbage open world games that I won’t care about
Yeah that one was a bad take, but i think he wanted to say that he doesn't like 2D plataformers at all and because there too much of them in the indie scene
I remember Battlefront 2005. That game had players that were kinda shit and kinda good. It was balanced and fun with all heroes and villians. Playing on your favorite maps with your favorite lightsaber hero. People played like an army in the movies. Doing objectives and more.
Not to mention local splitscreen co-op. I remember playing with my stepdad when I was 7.
Do you know why old men tend to be grumpy? Because they've lived long enough to start realizing things like this. 🤣
Facts
I've played 4 games in the past 7 years..... This industry is creativity and artistically bankrupt.
It has nothing left to offer..... And no.... The indie games are NOT an alternative. They don't have the money to create anything worth a damn. People need to get paid.
This is not rocket science.
This comment section is a war zone but I just wanna hear some game recommendations. There are a few gems these days, but Cyberjunk76 has taught me that the gaming industry is most definitely screwed.
Any specific genre? Which platform? Do you mind older games?
@@SyntheticMan I play on PC,PS4 and I have an xbox360, GameCube and PS2. I don’t mind older games that hold up. I like RPGs, and action adventure games mainly. Thanks for replying btw, I thought you talked a lot of sense in the video. I too have never found Ubisoft open worlds to be good, they feel so copy pasted and lack that organic feel of Witcher 3 and GTA5. Any classic PC games I should check out? Are the first 2 Diablo games good?
@@RhubarbRehab I'm actually not a huge fan of Diablo, mostly because I don't like loot games. Diablo 2 is one of those highly influential old games that people are still nostalgic for, so I'm not sure if it holds up if you actually like loot games.
I've still got to play a lot of old PC games so I'm probably not the best guy to ask. The first 2 Thief games are pretty good (I reviewed them recently). On PS2, the original Ratchet and Clank games and the Jak & Daxter trilogy are really good. On the sort-of RPG side, Valkyria Chronicles is an underrated turn-based strategy game in an anime style alternate WW2 with some light RPG elements.
If you get more specific I could suggest some other stuff too.
@@RhubarbRehab I recommend kenshi it's a sandbox rpg on Pc it's a bit hard to get into at first but as soon as you figure out how to not bleed to death it starts to get fun.
Go play The Deus Ex series, and the thief trilogy (the first 3 games not the 2014 garbage).
Mainstream gaming is dying just as hollywood is - same thing really. Gaming as a whole tho... not so much. Darkest dungeon, cuphead, hollow knight, sekiro, monster hunter, shadow warrior, vermintide - these are just a couple of the games I adore and id wager have none (or few) of the regular triple A trappings. There are many outstanding games out there, the problem compared to 2007 for example is just that theres too much to keep track of nowadays. And all the big budget, overhyped stuff is turning out as garbage so take a guess what kinda news are dictating our perception of gaming....
I'm in Hollywood- there is never a shortage of content creation. There's never been more choices on what to watch or play
@@Matanumi He doesn't mean Hollywood as a location, but rather Hollywood "The Dream Factory", which was already criticized in the past in a study for increasingly adopting the "audience study" where they show concepts to a sample audience to see which direction they would go for. This study falls flat cause they would always reject film concepts they never experienced (and therefore didn't know if they would like) over those they already experienced and were pre-established.
The exact same shit has been happening for the past 20 years with the videogames industry. Only way the AAAs are going to innovate is if they "steal" the concept off an indie game that strikes gold.
Sekiro is mainstream even if it isn't. Dark Souls-style combat and mechanics are EVERYWHERE. There's a large market for "Dark Souls but easier" and everyone is cashing on it.
The core parts of your argument can honestly be applied to modern music and film as well. Two behemoth industries that have churned out so much crap in recent years that people's standards have been lowered and now the casuals, or General Audiences, have no clue what actually makes something good. Point being this shit is pervasive throughout all modern art/entertainment.
Synth called it early on Ack Ma'am
Hell yeah bro, 90s early 00s was the best Era of gaming! I wish these youngsters would really do their research and see just how bad these gaming companies are using them. It's sick and pure evil.
Thank god I grew up on older cod and MK 1-3
@@largegummyhitman5786 ikr! Back when devs wernt corrupt, doing anything they can for these kid's money. I wish this generation would stand up to this crap, but they think it's the norm...*sigh*
@@blazers4life994 The only downside was that bosses were cheap as fuck as they were designed to make you spend as many coins as possible
@@largegummyhitman5786 oh yes the great arcade scam LOL
@@blazers4life994 Indeed
I can empathize, I remember like ~10 years ago I started getting jaded by all of the then-modern games (think 2011/2012). That’s when I got into replaying my old childhood favorites from the PS2/Xbox/GC era, as well as PC gaming with emulation.
My advice: ignore the release dates of *_every_* game that you come across and go into it relatively blind with tempered expectations. Just search around for good games, whether they’re genres you’re familiar with or not, and dive into it.
Two games that immediately come to mind as surprisingly good were Age of Empires II and Persona 4… odd combination of games, I know, but that’s kind of what I’m trying to get at here. I’ve been playing 3D Platformers and First Person Shooters since I was a young’n, and as a result of 3D Platformers essentially dying during PS3/360 era, I was railroaded into those modern military shooters, which in turn drove me away from console gaming in general
I guess gaming is more enjoyable if you’re the “Jack-of-all-trades” kind of gamer and are willing to jump into any genre from any generation
I think one of the few ‘mainstream’ publishers that actually tries to care is Hanger 13. It got a ton of backlash for Mafia 3’s approach, and then listened to it, making three great DLC’s and Mafia Definitive Edition. They actually listened to the fans, and support actually comes with a fix you can make yourself to the hat-glitch in Mafia 2 DE. It’s sad they don’t get the praise they deserve, and I really hope they keep doing a great job in the upcoming Mafia games.
He's right. Gaming is dying. There's no enthusiasm for it anymore because more pressing real life issues are coming to the forefront and affecting EVERYBODY.
There's no more retreating into your virtual safe haven, fantasy worlds. The 'Woke Brigade' has been infiltrating the game industry as well and it will be their demise.
There's no more incentive to buy a game at full price anymore. Why should I? They're all buggy anyway.
This is gonna sting some people but only suckers 'pre-order' and pay full price for a buggy piece of crap. I get it...'exclusive pre-order content and collectables' Not worth it.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me."
My first and final learning straw was pre-ordering Mass Effect 3. Nevermore. Learned my lesson. All the hype. All those lies. All that greed. Stupid people can be manipulated easily. They are the problem. Because they support all those money hungry filth who produce untested, half-baked bugfests year after year. F**k your agenda, f**k your politics. There's no place for it in gaming. If you think otherwise, the problem is you!
dude just stop complaining about the mainstream and take a look at the indie gaming scene, not only for videogames but for boardgames and tabletop rpgs, music, etc. It's easier than ever to create stuff, and there's A LOT of amazing stuff out there, like freaking Hades!
No he's not its growing every year. Quality games might be dying but not the industry.
@@Wh17E3aG13 It was mafia 3 for me. Then i tried again with cyberpunk. 🤦🏾♂️ I just wanted to believe. 🤣
He is right, but he is wrong to play in the casuals when he should be blaming the RUclipsrs!
Cuz who are the ones who keep buying games for investments for their channels? Who are the ones buying games to literally tell people not to buy a game? That's right, the f****** RUclipsrs.
But somehow it's a casual players fault because they don't give a f*** anymore and they're tired of being ripped off every f****** season? Give me a f****** break.
His opinions, his complaints, his reasonings are actually valid. It's too bad half of these RUclipsrs including himself cannot take their own f****** advice!
The thing about actman is...what if he actually genuinely enjoys the cod series. Like, what if it's a guilty pleasure. Idk, I mean are you implying that he's actually been bought off by infinity ward or something? Because I've never felt he was being disingenuous
That's kind of what happens when you generalize people or groups of people. It's like damn, what have they done to you? lol
This is literally just a case of "a majority of people are enjoying something I'm not, I don't get why they're enjoying it, they're wrong for enjoying it" That's literally it. There's a case to be made about consumers enabling cod to copy and paste, sure, but this ain't it. This is just a dude who'd unironically call himself "based and redpilled" angry at people for enjoying something
I don't think anyone actually enjoys a single franchise that much. RUclips cash encourages you to stay in your lane, or even chase a popular lane to stay in, because why would your CoD audience watch a video where you talk about non-CoD shit?
@@Stigmaphobia777 you're Activision. How much do you pay act man to shill for cod?
@@alivape it has nothing to do with Activision. It happens in MMO's a lot, youtubers make their entire careers about one game/franchise and it's all they ever get to do because it's all they're known for.
I stopped buying any games at launch years ago and I typically don't listen to hype or reviews deliberately because of everything you're saying. Because good games do exist these days, but 90% of the time they aren't developed or released by any studio/publisher that gets exposure. You kind of have to dig or keep an eye out
I've turned my attention to indie games recently. The sheer amount of polish and care will put any triple A game to shame.
It's got to the point that I'm more interested in a indie game release than anything major.
The gaming industry has become lazy with no passion towards developing a game, no aspiration to push the bar higher or innovate. Money is the motivator and it's killed the golden age of gaming. And you're right that the consumer is the cause because we still buy the shit products they are churning out for the masses.
I would also say the political wokeness forced in game story's too, that would be a massive issue when it comes to making a good story or game idea. But greed is the bigger issue by far.
Money was always an important motivator. We live in America, not China, not the USSR, or North Korea, We are free to hate a game and not buy it , as the game companies are free to make shitty games, if you don't like it don't buy it, vote with your wallet.
If you want passion/creativity, you need to look at the indie space. AAA studios have on the contrary become so risk averse beacuse development has become so expensive. The hyper focus on improved graphics is largely the culprit for that
@@BLADEMASTER998 Define "wokeness"? I bet you can't
Speak for yourself. I don't buy these games
„I don’t like indie games cause I’m not into 2D platformers“. Someone has to tell this guy about the doomer shooters. It make him coom though.
From what he said, it sounds like he's not looking hard enough for the good indie games.
Indie games are some of the best games you can find because the people making them are genuinely passionate about making games unlike the massive corporations that only care about turning a profit
@@ac5849 I'm really exited to get the new little nightmares i fucking loved the original I came across it by accident and adored it
SYNTHETIK is pretty fucking great
tactical rougelike shooter made by 3 krauts thats amazing
and they just added a big ass update to it
@@dhan07404 yeah the first little nightmares was amazing let’s hope the second one lives up to it but from what I’ve seen so far it looks pretty good
This is why retro gaming is better. When we moved to the 8th gen consoles, games tanked. 7th gen was a high point.
It frustrates me how all new gamer’s care about is that a game looks good
If I wanted to watch something purely for the visuals, I'd go to a painting gallery.
@@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 fr
Gaming has changed, while its easier than ever to create art asset pipelines ie. open worlds, developing everything else has become increasingly difficult. Immersive sims, platformers, adventure games, RPG's with player choice, the things we grew up on.
"stop buying shitty games"
"buy games you're interested in"
well people buy those shit games because they are interested in them. While i agree with you on a lot of things and mainly most current games ARE DOGSHIT, you literally contradict yourself the following sentence. People dont want to play "spyro" and dont find enjoyment in it like we used to/do because it is boring to the masses.
dont forget the only ways to play it, is to fork over several hundred dollars for an unscratched copy, to a sweaty tryhard who thinks hes all that.
@@notjimpickens7928 emulators
@dayRman Ikr I read that twice and still didn’t get it lol
@dayRman Emulators are such a blessing haha. The fact that I can play NES, SNES, Genesis, GB, GBC, GBA, NDS, DSi, Atari 2600/5200/7800, and even some PS1 and N64 games on my New 3DS XL, with the entire complete collection of games ever released for most of those consoles sitting comfortably on its micro SD card, easily accessible with a few button presses, in a *handheld console,* is such a magnificent gift from the heavens.
exactly like look at elden ring for example, do you think it would have been as successful if it wasn't open world just like any other big budget game. People or should i say usa gamers love the triple A department and these reddit posts and youtube videos who do nothing but shit on it need to understand what the people want
Drink up everytime He says "dude" or "i dont give a shit"
Right when you mentioned the cod part I felt heroic. I’ve sat out on call of duty and a lot of other garbage for years. Glad others get it. Art in general is struggling
People buying games for the visuals and how "cinematic" it looks. Publishers now know that its way easier to make money on the hype of the game than the game itself.
I should literally start a channel that predicts BS games based on "cinematic" bs trailers.
I think the rise of youtubers also helps poison the industry too because a lot of players will only play whats "being played" and a lot of youtubers, even those who dont need the money still continually take money to market games that they have no real passion for.
That "trailer" idea sounds good. You should try it if you have the passion for it.
Do it. It sounds good
He mentions how important it is to play old games, but when talking about the PC Master Race he doesn't mention that PC is the best way to play many of those old games for reasonable prices. These games are sold on sale on Steam and GOG for absurdly low prices and can be played at 1080p, 60+fps. Some mods will iron out the aging mechanics or bad textures. And we haven't even begun to talk about emulators. Still needs no mention?
Fuck off with your pc master race bigotry.
@@DRNT940 While I have a PC and game plenty on it, I wouldn't call myself a PC Master Race person. Moreover, Xbox is adopting these features more and more, which I see as a positive development.
Yeah after playing on consoles for years I made the switch to pc this year and I’ve been able to play so many old games that I never would have been able to play on consoles not to mention that because of the amazing steam sale going on I was able to buy all the deus ex games all the Witcher games and ori and the will of the wisps and hades for around $60 which if I was on consoles I would only be able to buy one modern game that probably wouldn’t even be good
@@DRNT940 pcmr was literally made to trigger people like you. its not about being better than anyone for playing one platform over another, its about the people who refuse to recognize top end pc will ALWAYS beat top end console. even REAL console players know this. that dosnt mean consoles are shit. so being triggered by 'pcmr' quotes and jokes just shows everyone how little you understand about hardware.
@@3ddan148 spare me. You call people "peasants" that shows you believe your superior as a person. Your a bigot, that's what you are. Change or fuck off.
I wrote my thesis on "The Consumable Identity", in short, where since the disappearance of Christendom in the West, and the pathologization of "a people to call you own" (racist) and the banning of nationalism and religion, and the liberal push for secularism, has "freed" the individual from collectivism like the community (and now the middle class), nationality, religion and ethnicity.
People used to identify as 1: Religion 2 : Nationality (attached to) 3: Ethnicity
Blowing up the nuclear family was revisioned as "freedom from collectivist oppression", this "freeing" allowed multinational corporations to multiply and sell their products to the fragmented individuals of the family, as the family no longer shares a home, tv, car, phone etc.
In the realm of social engineering and identity, it turned people into blank canvases that corporations could paint onto what they wanted, in this identitarian vacuum, people will consume their identity, ("I'm the Adidas guy, I'm the Fender/Gibson guy, I'm the Nintendo guy, I'm the Marvel guy/Avengers guy")
And there was and is, a lot of money to be made this way.
"Graphics dont matter"
procceds to critique games of release because of bad Graphics.
If you have bad gameplay you better have good graphics at least
RD2 was awesome, it was genuinely like playing a cowboy in a cowboy film. The argument that it is slow is the kind of argument you would expect from the console gamers that you are complaining about that need explosions every 2 seconds and flashing lights being flung across the screen so they can keep mashing their gamepads like over excited chimps. Not every game has to be Call of Duty.
Same thing about what he said about God of War. “Slow Pacing. Too many cutscenes. I want to go and kill shit”. He was literally complaining at the start about how some games now can be barely considered art and yet he complains that it’s not a mindless action game? Wtf
@@stephenthemaverick Well tbf, when you have to do a forced walking section in the beginning of a freaking God of War game with no context whatsoever...
@@stephenthemaverick I mean just imagine that in Devil may cry...
It may be slow but the rest of the game more than makes up for it. There's a lot of genuine challenge in God of War as well as fast-paced combat in RDR2, if you look for it.
Oh yeah, except - consoles (mosty Sony) invented slow, narrative driven games in AAA gaming for a large scale with The Last of Us and brought hardcore gaming back to masses with old Demon's Souls, while PC gamers brag about how they beats Doom Eternal on Ultranightmare 3 times a day for a breakfast. And now, you're just some consoles pussies praising cinematic craps with lots of dialogues and cutscenes like RDR2 XD?? Did you lost your virginity at last? I don't get it, after all, you're the ones hating "cinematic experience" and saying, that "real gamez haz gameplay and lotz of boom boom and blad". Until some "cinematic experience conzole crap" comes out to PC of course - then it's an instant sales hit XD I love PCMR, their arguments are so dumb.
PS. I love RDR2, for me, it's one of the best games ever created, the rant on RDR2 was just to fit my narration XD Love my PC too - I just make fun of PCMR, cause they're total morons and I was the same moron like 10 years ago with this PCMR bullshit, so I'm practically making fun of my old self XD
"The only one I visit is One Angry Gamer"
Breh I knew your arguments were shit already, you didn't have to tell me WHY.
Join the 42%.
@@SyntheticMan go back to /pol/
@@milla8632 go back to reddit
@@Jesion-kv9tu /pol/tards in action
@@TheCrowSpy i don't even browse it
Little late to this one, but he's 100% correct. There's a reason people still play Skyrim and MW3. Studios these days are only about squeezing as much money as possible out of a title and not about delivering a quality product to their fans
I just found your channel (which makes it clear the RUclips algorithm is fucked) but you're some kind of fucking sorcerer because everything you say comes true. This is 3 years old and you have the platform to say what I've been saying for years. Also. Act Man is trash now.
Honestly I think this guy is just blinded by nostalgia he talks about the good old days and how bad the modern gaming industry is but barely talks about the good games of the generation and also he talks about Nintendo fanboys clinging on to nostalgia when this whole video is basically talking about the good old days
Cause those games would shatter his argument
@@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent especially the ones on the indie scene
@@JavaSchoolBlues exactly-instead of looking at the indie scene or mid range developed games he just looks at the triple A scene and says that gaming is dying
I think so too since he said just play the older game or something like that when he was talking about the switch.
So he's basically a boomer?
The death of gaming is RUclips and social media period
Years ago the reason why games were so good is because we would all experience it ourselves without the bullshit opinions of others. Hype wasn’t a thing because we wouldn’t be seeing early gameplay constantly.
And we take people’s opinions on RUclips as gospel just because they get a lot of viewers, that’s the issues , developers listen to you tubers nowadays and that’s a serious problem
Yup, once RUclips gameplays became so common. The mystery behind new games died
Tbh a lot of "negative" YTbers make ppl feel a game is worse than it actually is, 9/10 times.
Such as this channel
You sir are a true gamer
THANK YOU!
Take a shot every time this guy says “fuck” lmao
"Fuck man"
Lmao
I haven't yet had the occasion of perceiving the view of someone as a sincere expression of my thoughts until I found this channel.
I wish we had more youtubers like the act man who write thoughtful and funny scripts with a structure to his videos instead of cluster fuck rants, thats why people can watch an hour long act man video (or multiple back to back) but might click off a 30 min video halfway through like this
I found this enjoyable actually I don't agree with it nesscarily but it's still entertaining
You made it half way through? I stopped after about 30 seconds.
Literally. I’m only 5 minutes in but I think ima head out lol
he makes his own opinions with constructive/valid criticism, which is good
actually, I am watching this video up until the end.... the reason is that I value in-depth criticism
if you don't love; you can literally F off😃
he has his reasons and there are people who support him
and in the end... he has his idea and his thoughts, he is not forcing you to do anything!!!!
he is showing what you can do to make this industry shine again.... if you don't want that get the hell out off here
I was with you until the Switch bashing. There was little mention of the myriads of good games on the Switch. Astral Chain? Fire Emblem? Valkyria Chronicles?
I think you're the same as the fanboys you don't like; the only games that are good are the games you think are good.
i agree
I wish more people bought Valkyria chronicles 4. Sure it's not a big step up from the older games but still a solid game overall.
@@buckroger6456 VC4 was my first VC game and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm currently playing VC1.
One of my favourite features is the scripted events; they were so frustrating, especially so because I tried to get A ranks on my first attempt at each chapter.
@@ifeanyioraelosi7305 I platinum both of those games on ps4 and originally played VC1 on ps3. VC1 is still my favorite of the series but I did like how VC4 made snipers and tanks more useful. VC1 is a harder game then 4 but the story is on a whole nother level, it's just epic.
@@buckroger6456 My first experience with the difference in difficulty was the battle against Maximillian in that tank; so early in the game! Looking forward to more difficult battles.
It IS quite literally feeding on the addictions of minors and that to me is pretty criminal.
I agree with this in some ways but attacking the act man seems unnecessary as it serves no relevance
Let the hate flow through you
CIKUS LEO wdym
My own random thoughts on your video and gaming as a whole:
Your video was pretty good, but you did trail off a bit on some parts. Also the constant bashing of “casuals” definitely doesn’t help your stance, as it comes off as “Anyone who doesn’t play games that I think are good is a casual.” I don’t think thats what you meant, but be careful. Everyone enjoys different kinds of games, and may want more of that genre, hence they go and buy more of that genre/franchise. I am a HUGE Metroid fan myself, and I must admit that I have nearly every game in the series. Sure, am I selling out to Nintendo by buying the same formula over and over? Maybe. But its what I enjoy. Its my money and my free time. Others may complain that every Metroid game is basically the same, but thats kind of what I want. I want to play a classic Metroid adventure with some new features. I want to play Metroid goddamnit, and I don’t care what other people have to say. I think thats what many of the CoD, AC, and FarCry fanboys are on to. They want to play CoD goddamnit, and they don’t care if it makes them a casual. Its their free time and thats what they want to play. Its how they have fun. Who am I to tell them that the games they are buying aren’t “true” games? At that point I am just like that asshole screaming into a church that their faith is dumb. Just leave them be, dude. Games are made to be enjoyed, and the kinds of games that people enjoy are up to them. While personally I don’t like a lot of modern games, that certainly gives me no right to claim that they aren’t good games. Goodness is subjective, and always will be.
But why do these “casuals” continue with their savage ways? Why do they refuse to “learn” to enjoy better games? Like I mentioned before, goodness is subjective, but there is something else here that is more important. Its the fun factor. In a world so connected by the internet, its no surprise that games have also become connected. Why experience the fun of a game by yourself, when you can do it with others? I believe that this is why games like CoD, while low effort, have such an appeal. Being able to hang with friends, do hilarious shit, and just in general enjoy a game with friends is sooo much fun. For example, a bunch of my friends and I play Warface, a free to play shooter that is hyper monetized and bad in every sense of the word. But… I love it. I have so many fond memories of hilarious moments with my friends in that game that I can overlook all of its shortcomings. In the end, I had fun with the game despite it being completely shit. This here, is the core of the matter. Games are for fun. When I get home from a long day of work, I want to unwind and relax with some mind numbing fun. Sure, am I not experiencing “true” gaming by playing Apex instead of MGS? Maybe. But in the end, I am having fun. Some of the games that you mentioned that are “better” than other, modern games aren’t that fun to me personally. BoTW has to be one of the worst and least fun games I have played in years. The combat was skin deep, the story was inconsistent and also skin deep, and the whole “breaking” mechanic was so poorly implemented to the point of the game not being fun to play. Sure, to you BoTW may be one of the better games, but I’d rather play CoD than that any day.
At the heart of the matter, my largest criticism is that what you are saying feels…very elitist. Lets do a little reversal here. Someone comes up to you and starts telling you that modern games are “true” games, and that playing outdated, clunky old games is just something for people who are too weak to adapt to modern gaming. That old games are for people who are too dumb to fully understand modern games. Based on this video, your reaction would probably be along the lines of, “Dude, shut the fuck up.” And that, my friend, is my polite advice to you. Everyone enjoys games differently. Just because someone enjoys something differently does not mean that the objects of their enjoyment aren’t worth their time. I am all for pushing developers like EA to actually INNOVATE FOR ONCE instead of ctrl c, ctrl v‘ing their games, but the way you went about it came out as very elitist. While personally I don’t like many modern games, I don’t hold anything against people who do. Gaming is for fun, making it about “elite” and “casual” is pretty immature in my opinion. Everyone should be open to enjoy games the way they want to, whether thats sinking 160 hours into Persona 3 like me, or playing 1000 hours of CoD. Can we all just get along and play?
PS: Random other comment: I went through a phase where I was just like you are now in this video. I had finished Shadow of the Colossus, my all time favorite game. I was moved to tears by the story, and the world and gameplay was unlike any other game I had ever played. The world…so vast, so empty, yet every tree had a purpose. Every crumbling edifice, a history. Nothing was out of place. The world was crafted with love, and it truly felt alive, without having any NPC’s, enemies, or wildlife to populate the landscape. There was no endless side quest checklist, only an open world with sixteen bosses you needed to defeat. The journey to each taking you through the beautiful vistas of the land. Despite only running on the PS2, I still consider it beautiful. Every time I play through, I get lost in the world and end up somewhere I have never been in over 10 years of playing the game. The game wove a more compelling world than any game I had ever seen, and I loved it for that. To me, this game was perfect. It was art. It was fun, beautiful, and meaningful THIS was what gaming truly was.
Yet… when I recommended it to my friends, they would all try it and maybe get through the first Colossus before putting the game down. I was shocked. How come no one was liking it? It was clearly superior to any modern AAA game, so how come no one was enjoying it? I kept trying to explain to my friends what was so great about the game, but they just couldn’t see it. For the longest time I thought that they were “casuals” who couldn’t appreciate true games. But when I asked all my friends why they put the game down, they all said that it simply wasn’t fun. It was then that I realized that my idea of a “good game” didn’t work for everyone. And this is one of my problems with this video. Some people may simply not like some older games. It doesn’t make them “lesser gamers”, it just means that they have different interests. Shadow of the Colossus means a lot to me. It changed my life, and no one can take that away from me. But in turn, I shouldn’t be able to take the meaning of a game away from someone else, even if I think that game is bad.
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@@zh4835 Yeah, I guess so. I had a bit of free time and a keyboard in front of me so I figured I would get my thoughts out.
Then he says RE4 is the best game ever. The most casual RE on the market.
Well said, man
@@2cents4u Again, its a matter of taste. I haven’t played RE4 to be honest (Although I do own it), but I have heard good things
At the beggining of the video i was like "that's impossible gaming can never die", and at the end of the video i was like "fuck gaming is dead"
This vid earned my sub. Keep your integrity and keep putting out great content.
The Actman portion just sounds pretty salty.
It is lol
not really, he said he actually likes the actman, just seem like he doesn't like COD and is sick of everyone talking about them, i think SM should actually watch AM's videos though cause he actually talks about how the COD series used to be good and have turned to shit, honestly SM would probably like them if he gave them a chance.
The moment he talked about the graphics I knew this guy was not just ranting, he is actually explaining the sh*tshow.
I still think it's funny how he complains that open worlds are generally dull and "not dense", then praises Breath of the Wild's open world, which is frankly far too big for the tiny amount of content that there is. Large chunks have nothing at all going for them, outside of a shrine, and could have been removed with nothing of value being lost. This includes those shrines, because most of them have no real substance to them.
BotW is the poster child for open world games that needed to be downsized and consolidated.
Ive been having tons of fun with "AA" games these past years, i discovered the Ys series this year and i fell in love with it and i heard the latest game of the series released in 2020 in Japan and 2021 world wide is amazing so there is still good games around but not on the "AAA" part of the industry.
The Ys series is so good. Even though Ys 8 has a bit too much in the way of cinematics for my taste, it's still some of the best combat in action rpgs. If you like Ys, another to try is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, since it kind of has the same feel to it.
I see some of his points. But tbh he sounds sad that it’s not 2002 anymore. If someone would of showed me what games are now back then I would of lost my shit. Games are amazing. They’ve always had problems. But they definitely aren’t dying 🤣 it’s the only industry that grows each year.
Agreed. I have played games since Pong so I have experienced the entire lifetime of video games. I now have so many games to chose from. I get it that the last few years are showing some problems in the industry but there are still many more good games than I could play in many lifetimes. And not all of them are old. The number of people supporting games have allowed an unprecedented number of games being developed from the full spectrum of great to crappy. Older games had just as many issues (bugs not included) mentioned in this video but we were just so damn happy to get anything. Every game I have played I could bitch about something in comparison to something another game does well.
Edit: now that I think about it there were always too many games than I could play. Most of my adult life I have played at least 30 hours a week and I am still picking up things like FF series that I didn’t play when they first came out. Mainly because I haven’t been a console player until the Switch came out and I could play XC2 on the train to work.
@TheMasterChief2020 Game industry was literally more profitable than the movie industry last year , so there's your growth right there , and regarding quality , existence of some shity AAA titles make gaming dead as much as Fast and Furious sequels make cinema dead. Might want to get of the nostalgia goggles .
@TheMasterChief2020 there'll be ups and downs. It's natural. In fact, the more boldly something goes forth and expands the more waste, mistakes, and deformities will arise due to mutation. What I like to remind myself is that as tech improves it gets easier for newer smaller developers to make games of a high quality.
Define 'grows' first. The growth of company $$$? yes. The growth of original ideas?? NO.
@@faithhopecharity2843 the growth of attempts is something on the rise and if we still only have 3 okay games, 2 good games, and 1 great game a year made remember they used to only make a handful of games decades ago. The thing that sux is you don't have unlimited money to try them out but on the upside we have the internet to show us before we buy how something is.
No one wants to come home after a long hard day of work and sweat in an online focused game devs need to stop appealing to competative players and make better single player experiences.
If you like nintendo, don't talk about copy paste half assed games.
So, you're criticizing act man because, he makes videos about games he likes instead of the ones you like? Wtf
Synthetic man is a fucking tool
@@synicritic524 Cry some more.
@@synicritic524 nah act man is awesome. Even if he is a generic dude bro gamer. He's one of the best with valid criticisms
@@Matanumi yeah, I know i wasnt criticizing act man, i was criticizing the synthetic man
Also Nintendo fans because they can't let go of the past. Saying it while playing Ratchet and Clank and talking about how great gaming was in the past lol
Really don’t understand the actman part, “catering to the lowest common denominator”what does that even mean lol? So what if he reviews cod games….so what. He’s a gaming channel, he reviews games. And then you say, “oh bro you need to play more games.” Like huh? How does reviewing COD or any game mean you have no dignity? Then you tell him to review the games that YOU want to see on HIS channel. Doesn’t make any sense. It’s sounds like if nobody doesn’t play the games that synthetic man plays, it automatically makes them a no brain casual. Like what????? Funny thing is, everything Synthetic Man has pointed out in this video, the act-man has covered and has fought back against.
@Adolfthejewbaka _ "ReAl GaMeR!" Man please grow up
@Adolfthejewbaka _ yes? What's your point? A casual gamer is still a gamer. Someone who likes to play games. Besides I haven't really seen anyone use the term "real gamer" besides kids below 10 and some manchildren.
@Adolfthejewbaka _ It's called a niche gamer that has a life and focus on his favorite genre so he can have time to work and have a life outside of playing game after game after game.
@Adolfthejewbaka _ he clearly has played and plays a lot more than just CoD and Halo, just because he likes them more, doesn't mean he only plays them. And who decides what games make someone a """"real gamer""""?
@Adolfthejewbaka _ I like being a casual gamer :)
In 2023 I find myself playing old games more than ever. Borderlands 1 and 2, Warhammer Inquisiter, Civ, Starcraft, D2, KoToR, etc. My Xbox library has over 1000 games and I am constantly finding old games that are new to me, and they are all so much better than 99% of new releases.
Thank you for this video. I began in the 16 bit era, and this I'd what's happening.
Your words were compelling but the moment you put Metroid Prime music in the background I subbed
apart from many of the correct things that you mentioned, a special thank you for playing the Silent Hill theme, always makes me shed a tear for the passion that game was made from
You remind me alot of youngdefiant.
It's clear to me that you're burnt out in gaming and you need a long rest.
take the year off or longer.
I did myself back in 2013and started to game in 2016. it really helped my mental state and now i play games casually. If you eat the same thing daily you will get sick of it. same with gaming make sure to have a blend of other things in you're life or you will get bored easily. you're not a kid anymore. you won't enjoy gaming like u did before.
Don't put you're opinions as facts and blame others for the things they enjoy. Gaming isn't dying you're just not enjoying games as much as you did before.
I feel like you're the type who plays every game good or bad. Remember this is ur channel, play what you want. just because you hate it doesn't mean others will.
Just because you believe gaming is dying doesn't make it true.
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
I'd advise you to be open minded and try look at it from others point of you before you start judging and blaming others for a problem that only you have.
YoungDefiant is a troll channel. The guy is just trolling. The whole "everything sucks and I'm the smartest guy alive" is just his schtick. It's an act.
youngdefiant is one of the best youtuber
I sure hope he got to read this comment..
That 3rd paragraph is exactly what I wanted to type myself
Surprised it took me till recently to find this channel, I would have watched the spyro video.
Man i wish i found this channel a long time ago been watching for a about a year or so now. I respect the consistency even when its damaging you could take the audio from this vid and use it for your new reviews not to say its repetitive buts hard to find CCs who dont sell out when the views climb truly the king we didnt deserve but needed.
This sounds more like victim blaming then actually blaming who's responsible, the people at the top. Don't be mad at the people who just want some fun, blame the people who plan this shit and garbage. They're the ones to blame.
I think you are missing the point. All industries are driven by profit and pleasing share holders. The board of directors of every triple-A company will demand that the game they approve will check off all the boxes for maximum profit : "micro transaction, game as a service, seasons, dlc, good graphic, etc..".
If we change the way we consume their products, they will have to adapt. As long as people pre-purchase, drop massive amount of real-life money to gain advantage over other players (battlefront 2 for ex.), buy super legendary edition, etc.... the company will continue to make games with the same mindset.
The prime example is Classic wow/tbc. They released Classic wow with almost no changes & no microtransation and people started buying gold in crazy proportion. Blizzard observed the community and realised most people will spend real money to gain advantages. For tbc they released a "dark portal pass" and almost the majority of people bought it....
Todd Howard literally told us he will stop reselling Skyrim when people stop buying it, and what happened with the most recent release
They keep doing it because we keep buying it. If a product doesn't sell, it won't be made anymore; if they can put out a garbage produce and make huge profits on it, they will keep doing it. That's basic economics dude. A purchase is a vote. If you don't like these games, DON'T BUY THEM!!! It's only when they are hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to their investors because they can't get a return on the investment, because nobody is buying their garbage, that they will start making a better product.
If I own a company that makes canned tuna, and I start packing the cans with dirt and feces and garbage, why should I stop if people keep buying it? I'm making higher profits because I don't have to use real, costly fish. I don't care how much people are complaining, they are still buying it and my company is being rewarded, so why the hell should I stop?
We are the ones to blame. Were the ones who handed off the power to a few. Its the same in any system, in the end its millions versus a few, we just acquiesce so we dont have less than we do now.
But you aren't a victim, you're a consumer willingly purchasing a non essential broken product. The only incentive that drives gaming companies or any company for that matter is profit. If you eat the shit they sell you why would they stop selling you shit?
Synthetic Man: Play old games and stop caring about the graphics. You're the problem.
Also Synthetic Man: Stop playing ports of old games on the Nintendo Switch. You're the problem.
@@Swampy_OG_YT I was just pointing out that those two particular complaints are in conflict with each other. I didn't bring up Nintendo myself; I was just paraphrasing two of Synthetic Man's points that came up very close to each other.
Maybe ports and remasters can have problems, but they allow gamers to experience a wide range of games from different eras on a single console.
Synthetic Man: Nintendo fanboys are high on nostalgia and need to let it go
Also Synthetic Man: You should go play old games, they are way better than the new ones, I also want MORE sequels of sequels.
Synthetic Man: PC Master Race, you have you head up you ass.
Also Synthetic Man: So I dont really care about PC exclusive because I have my head VERY far up my ass of Playstation fanboy.
I do love good rant, but GOD DAMN that was incoherent and he just contradicting himself very hard.
@@Pers0n97 yeah ok
Synthetic Man: Do you even buy other consoles?
Ummm, no. Most people don't have the money to buy multiple consoles especially when they can be what $600, $700, $800 dollars depending on the country you live in. I'm not spending over $1000 just so I can have multiple consoles.
Synthetic Man: Odyssey is the worst 3D Mario.
Please, 64 has aged the worst.
100%... been saying this for ages. "So many games, so few lifetimes" Tons of amazing older games out there just waiting to be discovered.
"34:34 if it just become about me trying to be funny, then its not about the games anymore"
nailed the main issue with youtube
I ADORE Ghost of Tsushima but I think 8/10 is a fair score to give it. It's more of a great work of art than a masterful videogame.
It's a downgraded rip off of AC origins and sekiro
@@abovethelaw4417 i can tell you that i forced myself to platinum Sekiro ( to be worthy playing another sword samurai game in my mind ) then i had GoT day one , went full lethal asap ..it was a peacefull journey , very easy and yeah i used the ghost mode combat whenever i had it and wrecked everything . Beautiful game but i coming from Sekiro, nothing to compare hehe. Sekiro , Bloodborne are on another planet. i m just amazed on the work done
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Bloodbored is just a reskinned dark souls. At least sekiro is doing something different and it worked . Demon souls remake looks even better than DS1 and bloodbored
@@abovethelaw4417 Not sharing your opinions at all. and just like people who love Tlou2, last thing i will do is argue. so thats that. enjoy your games and cya !
@@abovethelaw4417 how is bloodborne reskinned DS? Explain.
Timestamps for your convenience:
1:11 Casuals
5:02 Yet another Ubisoft rant
7:02 Gamers won't play old games
9:32 The problem with Sony games/Fanboys
11:36 Ghost of Tsushima/Another open world rant
15:30 I attack the audience, not the best idea...
16:33 This is the worst console generation
19:30 Nintendo Fanboys
23:40 What will we remember from this gen?
24:54 Xbox/PC Fanboys
27:45 Feminists/SJWs
29:51 Jim Sterling
30:51 The Act Man
Synthetic Man- All i have to say is WOW! You have literally called all of my favorite games Shit! PS4 exclusive games, Tlou 2, the witcher 3, red dead 2, ghost of tsushima and countless others. Despite me your volatile and irrational hatred of nearly ALL modern games, you instead blame me and everyone else for your crazy yet false hallucination of what you perceive as the downfall of modern gaming. That being said, I thank you for one thing. There are 2 other exclusive PS4 exclusive titles which are among some of the best masterpieces in my entire collection. However I will NOT tell you what they are, therefore preventing you from raping their well earned reputation as phenomenal games. Had you talked about these two games, I would have been extremely mad and triggered.
You are out of your FUCKING mind and insane! Go see your doctor and get some new medications! I am NOT a loser, faboy or sheep for buying an ea, ubisoft, rockstar, naughty dog or bethesda game and that IS putting it lightly. You in this video call me a worthless, pathetic motherfucker who is contributing to the downfall of gaming if I support any of these companies which is the biggest FUCKING LIE FUCKING ever! There is so much more I want to say, but I won't because I am a civil person and you are NOT worth my time! I clicked on your video expecting some rational reasoning, but with this video you prove yourself as nothing but a Troll and an angry, irrational Hypocrite! I had replied to your review of ac valhalla, but I will be deleting my reply. I will NEVER watch another one of your videos EVER again!!
Lastly, I'm sure that you will assume me to be an angry child and ignore my opinion, but WRONG!! I am a 44 yr old gamer who has been a gamer since the og nintendo era(Over 30 years! Yeah!Let that sink in!)so I KNOW WTF i'm saying and where the FUCK I stand!
@@danielmoung9098 You liking TLOU2 says everything I need to know about you. And I can now say for a fact that Synthetic Man was at least right in YOUR case.
@@duhzeez7462 Delete my reply huh? That's because you're a piece of SHIT! Go ahead and delere this one too, it won't stop me!
@@danielmoung9098 What are you babbling about?! I never said for you to delete your reply. And I WILL NOT go ahead and delere that one too(whatever delere means)! I was just making fun of you liking TLOU2. Chill man and take a breath. It was just me ribbing you. Don't take it so seriously. Have a good night bud.
@@duhzeez7462 I'm chill now and I see what you're saying, however that still doesn't change my opinion of tlou 2. You may not like tlou 2 and that's fine, but I don't consider tlou 2 a joke. Tlou 2 is one of my favorite games.
"they copy paste assassins creed games"
"we had 4 ratchet and clank games on PS3, those were the days"
your argument makes no sense
His whole video doesn't. He's just ranting and raving. Moans about sony exclusives even though it existed before Xbox and its a business, the games are still great. If they were bad it'd be an issue.
The problem are the low effort, high priced generic garbage. Like 50-60 for a Lego game vs the same priced big open world with actual effort put Into graphics and textures, voice acting like god of war or horizon. Lego trash is clearly the same value...
Sims 4 is outrageous, there's like 100 dlcs. Its appealing. Sport games take the piss every year. His arguments make no sense.
@@leightonrud66 You can't really say gaming is dying when there are such awesome upcoming releases. Also, amazing games that take it to the next level of innovation regarding mechanics are still being made. In the CRPG genre alone, I can mention Pathfinder: Wrath of The Righteous (released last year) and the upcoming Baldurs Gate 3 that honestly has passion project vibes all over. It might not be your cup of tea, but if you see a review or two you will acknowledge they are awesome. For shooters, there's Arma and Hell Let Loose that deviate from corporate fps crap.
@@cassius573 Dude if you don't think gaming is dying you aren't looking at the big picture. AAA studios used to release good games, and now pretty much all of the major franchises are dead because the people in charge don't care. Also, the games you're listing are either old releases or a niche. Arma, for example, came out several years ago, so that doesn't count; and Hell Let Loose, albeit a good game, is a cliche'd WW2 shooter (like we didn't have enough of those...) that was in early access for quite a long time before it just recently came out of it and its basically a Rising Storm clone, made by an Indie company. So I fail to see how that disproves at all that gaming is dying when all you need to do is look at how many beloved franchises are going down in flames.
@@LethalByChoice I see your point, but I really don't see like gaming is dying from the business or the quality standpoint. Only if you refuse to let go from titles that used to be good and we're screwed by their respective companies at some point or another. They do it because it makes money. The moment it stops making money, they will adopt another strategy, it's that simple. Like Assassin's Creed for example, I agree the franchise took a dive but there are some honorable mentions like Origins. And honestly, I didn't think Odyssey was that bad because I crave Hellenic setting and it simply isn't a very explored setting in gaming. Also, I applaud their effort for discovery mode. Sure, the games are kind of a copy paste of each other, in different settings...but that is the point of assassin's Creed, I guess?!
Games like the ones from EA Sports for example, I'm sorry but they just make too much money for them to let go of this format. I'm not gonna shoot myself in the head if it's not my favorite games. I do have Fifa that I bought from an 70% discount and I play it with friends or occasionally alone and have some fun. Sure it's nothing that reinvents the wheel, it's just a fucking soccer game. I'm not crazy for this kind of game, but a lot of people are and I can respect it. Same with games like Fortnite and League of Legends, that I never brought myself to play because I think it is shit. For me. But people like it, so good for them. I'm not entitled to think gaming should only cater to ME. There are enough titles that satisfy me, while others downright disappoint me. But such is life. If I had to shoot myself in the head because Cyberpunk is shit and CDRP 'betrayed' gamers...well, I'd just be a very miserable individual. I had some occasions that I felt like a fool, like Avengers game for example, that represents greed and everything wrong with gaming. I fell for the hype and pre ordered that souless piece of shit. But hey man, I learned my lesson and now I just don't get hyped for things I don't test anymore. I'd rather pirate a game to test it than falling for hype again. Every genre has it's audience, big or small. I, for example, never played fucking Halo and I really don't intend too. Just because you consider an audience of said game smaller you can't just write it off as irrelevant. Pathfinder is a very complex RPG adaptation and clearly not made for casuals since you have a lot of learning and reading to do to understand how the game works. BG3 is coming along fine, their audience is supporting the hell out of Larian Studios and they have grown since their last game. I didn't get the feeling they were indie by any stretch of imagination. Good gaming companies tend to grow too so that brings a smile to my face. If they ever 'betray' gamers in the future...well, I hope people just stop buying it.
I love the Dead Space 3 music.
“Good men mean well. We just don’t end up always doing well.”
This is the reason i'm diving into indie gems, it's evident when developers love what they are doing, look at hollow knight, dead cells or even cuphead
I honestly can't stand people like this dude. Says games shouldn't be movies but likes mgs3, says nothing good is being made in the industry when the indie scene is thriving. Hollow knight, the outer wilds, hades, dusk etc. Are some the best games I've played in years. He says to play old games and yet doesn't wanna play old pc rts'. I completely understand the apathy towards modern gaming and it's shortcomings over the past decade, but acting like almost nothing good has come out of it is just plain wrong. The man has got to get outside of his own bubble and try some new stuff. Even if he doesn't want to, we still got psychonaughts 2, fh5, halo had fantastic gameplay, metroid dread, no more heroes 3 and so many more titles from the triple a space. I can see where he's coming from, but if he only focuses on four studios, of course he's gonna be disappointed every year.
@@jonathonmccomas3019 but as the industry grew i started viewing the sheer amounts of games that started coming out, i mean if you make a list of every game that's being made i'm kinda positive that 75% of them are trash, if not trash just decent games made just for money
@@francescoluchena8302 I think looking at the industry in only that way doesn't help the apathy in the triple a space right now. Seeing it in such a nihilistic way only hurts the passionate developers in those studios, the people that really do want to make a great game. There's great games being put out, you just gotta pay attention.
@@jonathonmccomas3019 yeah you are right, it's just a tad sad, that's what i'm saying, i loved assassin's creed games and far cry 4 was a blast for me, just seeing so many great names fall short because of greed is sad
@@jonathonmccomas3019 Man this guys just a video game doomer. Too many of these people that don't realize video games have grown past the days of galaga contra and ninja gaiden lol. They act like if they have to leave combat or stop smashing buttons for two seconds the game bores them to death. Attention span like goldfish. They dont understand true depth and escapism because they don't have the patience for it. They just wanta be hyper engaged the entire time while their eyeballs water. I'm the opposite. I wish rolling around in circles and occasionally hitting an attack button was engaging to me. Making games like that must be much easier and less time consuming lol
I Love how you added Dragons Dogma footage. Such a underrated game IMO and i still play it on my PC
the reason all these gamers these days say "gaming is dead" or "no longer fun", etc is because their synapses are burnt out from years of overloading them from playing games constantly. It's just like a coomer's coombrain, and there's no fixing it, EVER. Permanent brain damage!
All you need to do to see this is true is look at Madden. People can't even successfully organize a boycott on a legit anti-consumer evil exclusive deal that's been going on for almost 20 years now. People can't even have enough restraint to at least buy used copies if they can't resist the urge. The Madden series despite getting worse every year still has the same dumbasses pre-ordering year in year out and it continues to somehow be a top 5 selling game every year. Once gaming became mainstream and AAA budgets ballooned to monstrous proportions this was inevitable. The big production companies are strictly concerned with their shareholders and there is no love or passion for them its only about the bottom line. Games are now at the point that mainstream movies and music is, so it's only the few hidden gems and indies that will be worth playing.