@@LinkWarrior85 Your vid is cool and all, But you basically did say "If you play F2P you will be at a SEVERE DISADVANTAGE." huh, Have you ever seen an F2P fifa player? If someone can beat EA games without paying money, Then literally any game is possible without paying money.
I’ve been a 3on3 player almost since it came out. Seeing it deteriorate into such a cesspool of wallets, extremely toxic community, and just awfully broken characters. Honestly I’ve grown tired of it, I got triple S and that was back in like 2021 maybe and that was the pinnacle of my comp scene of it. I’ve never enjoyed the game the same ever since then. Seeing this video really reaffirms my choice in just not really playing the game anymore, from one 3on3 player to another. Thank you
Years ago one time I played with a youtuber I looked up and dude was just rude as hell whole time when I was literally a kid ofc im not that great at the game. Unsubscribed after that 💀
I played this game back then and I still play to this day I still won’t ever recommend this game to anyone cause they don’t deserve to feel the pain and suffering
@@bartmakeslife8625 I’m ngl this sounds like someone in a rehab group and I 100% know where you’re coming from but hey it’s either we play this or…..2k.
I played it back when it came out in 2016 and thought it was a fun little free basketball game for those who can't afford 2k. Can't believe it became this
Used to play this game, dropped a few hundred on it at least too. I think one of the most unsung vices of this game is the fact that in the later years of the game content came out too fast to let new players focus on a certain position to upgrade for pbuffs. I remember when i first played after like a year or so i had my shooting gaurds pretty decked out, and the meta was joey kim, lee/fat bastard(forgor his name) so scoring was still possible. Then jack came out and set my progress back a solid half a year because even the most walleted team couldnt beat a double jack murdock who knows how to switch.
I started playing 3on3 in June of last year, and I have almost 700 hours on steam. Im f2p, and being f2p has gotten more manageable over the last couple of months. Characters have been made f2p accessible, giving daily gold packs, and the BP becoming f2p friendly. You can still be good at the game, but just accept that you won't have the cracked stats others have unless you get lucky cards. They just recently gave Ayla for 120p, and f2p shamgod is going to be a game changer when I build her.
Bro, I’m like he couldn’t have played recently but he has. At the end of the day characters are OP, the p-buffs and trick shots crazy, but as long as you’re having fun still catching wins on the non - pay to players, I’m having fun. And when I know the onlyyyyy reason these niggas are beating me is cause they’re character is moving 100% faster, or whatever it’s okay cause I don’t play them every match and have fun.
@@ItsClutchEBK understandable but they took out Rin’s Flying Kick jumpshot when she came out because they knew it would be OP they should’ve done the same thing to the first player who had it so we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Power creep outclasses older characters phasing them out and making them irrelevant. That's why Joy City hasn't rolled out any P6 updates for over half the original roster in years but they'll still release new P7 characters.
I’ve been seeing this game come up when browsing on my ps5. I thought about picking it up for a while but now I wanna give thanks for the heads up about it.
Bro everything you explained was spot on I remember when the game had unlimited freestyles, I thought those were bad times,but the state the games is now is just 50 times worse than that
I been on here since 18 and if it wasn’t for the guys this shit would’ve got deleted years ago. Ps. Do not play shit by yo self I repeat do not play this shit by yo self
Former 2017 Player here. This game died for me when they added Jack and the freestyles. The old strats with Kim after the screen run was enough to make this game annoying as it was. Now it’s not playable for people like me who built their account from the bottom and played with the pros back then. GGS guys was really fun playing with you. AKA AnimeDeathKid_1
Even tho I played this game for only a week like a 3 years ago, and now i came back to this game to play with friend, this knowledge from this video will be helpful, thanks
ive been playing this game on and off from the start on xbox and i have no idea how this game is still up. game went downhill as soon as freestyle shots came out
You forgot to mention the god awful rng when it comes to getting decent cards unless pour money into the game. Another incentive they shove down your throat if you want to be even viable on the court. They core game is fun, but the toxic community and the shitty development from Joycity is what makes this game so suffering to play.
yeah i rushed over a lot of stuff, i could’ve gone over how there’s no cross progression, all the rng when it comes to opening cards and stuff, how all the events center around spending money, etc. i could maybe make a part 2 later on
It's a shame. I was lucky enough to play this game during the closed beta testing. I've been a huge fan of Freestyle games since 2005, and playing this in 2016 was a blast. I believe I "quit" playing around 2018 or sometime before Jack. The cards used to be based on days, so you could only get buffs on those days (i.e., Monday, Tuesday). It sounds stupid, but it kind of worked out. I recently installed this game but don't recommend it to friends. I only play when I have friends over. That's the only type of fun I get from it.
wow i played this game back in 2017 and it was fun. they had NONE of those new cashgrab mechanics kinda crazy how off the rails with greed it ended up going into
Dope vid, I appreciate any spotlight on Joycity for their dumbass game designs, truly can’t be understated how much they actively have tried to ruin the experience of their player base one update at a time
As a longtime player, I’m trying so hard to get the platinum trophy (as I’m 1 away) for this game so I can retire peacefully. Problem is, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME IS WRONG. They stripped away all the fun. They massacred my boy…
Whenever I get bored this game crosses my mind and I kinda want to start playing it and try to be f2p and good but then I realize that its a big waste of time, great vid tho
Yeah, It's unfortunate. I used to play a lot and I Bought Jessie because she looked cool, didn't know I needed to pay like 5000 Dollars to compete in the Actual game without looking like I suck.
Nice content... The problem is that even though almost all of us know these things, we still keep playing and keep this game alive. In fact, I see that people still continue to spend money (wdf 55-60k dollars) So, if we are going to continue playing, I think we have no right to cry.
yeah i mainly made the video to dissuade other people from putting themselves in the same position i was back then, if i could have told myself to stop playing then id be so much happier💀
I played like a game or two when I couldn't afford 2k as a kid. As scummy as the pay to win shit is I think it's just down to being a free to play game, they gotta keep the lights on somehow, and that's the main thing they care about as a company. Glad you got the 2k experience for free rather than $60 a year. The community there too is.... oh god
Funny thing is I called them out on steam for purposely not letting people with a ps4/5 acc link with pc, and they never responded to my post on their community page, but they responded to everyone else not calling them out within 24hours this company is predatory at its finest 😂😂
You have translated my feelings that I have wanted to share for a long time. I started playing the game in its first year, and even though I spent 1500 hours, I lost to the competition because I didn't pay enough money, so I took a break for 2 years and came back. Freestyle crap ruined the game. Your video is valuable for all of us, take care of yourself my friend.
Spending immense money on a small Pay2Win game like this is a mental illness similar (sometimes worse) than a gambling addiction. It needs to be studied & talked about more. I wish there was more help out there for people like Coolan. I genuinely don't think he should be shamed for any of this. The companies of these games prey on people like him & there are no restrictions in place to help people prone to such behavior from slipping into that hole & ruining their lives.
It WAS a great game when it first came out. Paying for cosmetics are fine 👍 my big problem rises when a game is dependent solely on paying for items in game to have an edge over others. There’s no “skill” involved. Just horde all the defense resist, 3 point and speed cards you have. And don’t get me started on p buffs… what was a 5 out of 5 game in its inception, turned into a solid 2 out of 5 for me. Concept of a 3 on 3 basketball game is brilliant, joy city had a chance to make something special out of this product.
Let’s say you’re level 31, congratulations. You’re officially locked out of low tier matches. Only players you’ll play are people who actively throw 💰 at the game. And then they’ll bully you, because there’s no proper build you’d have access to. Teammates scold you because you can’t guard players with double 9cm speed p buffs and plat and/or gold speed/drive speed cards. It’s almost like you must pre determine where the opponent will take their shot. And even if you’re in their LOS (line of sight) they have defense resist capabilities.😅 this all creates the toxic community you’re referring to, especially in discord channels. You’re trash because of this: 💰 not this: 🧠
Before I watched I was iffy, but I watched the entire thing and I gotta say, I’ve been playing this game pretty much nonstop since ps4 release, and I agreed with every point of the video.
Ngl the downfall of this game was when they started adding OG characters from freestyle 1 and 2, for me that's when they just started adding things that weighed the game down further to me.
Honestly... to me (at least) 3on3 feels kinda like a gacha game. That's how most gacha games be they just come out with new stuff all the time to drain your money. 😅 Although it's true that they incentives you to spend money like crazy but.. which game in 2024 that's popular doesn't? Paying 90$ to have the full version of the game and from there starting to build up it's pretty much like buying a game full price online or at the store. I know that they have low-tier and high tier type of queue matchmaking but... they should impliment some type of medium tier so people that just started don't get destroyed by comp players because truthfully... it's not fun for both parties involved. I could rant the whole day about many problem that this game have but... It's pointless to be honest. The many unfixed bug + the communication/feedback response between the devs and the community is very low which sorta kills the game since we feel like our voices don't matter to them :/
The voices don't matter, the money does. The community could complain all it wants, but as long as people are still spending money on it, they have no incentive to change things. Sadly with the way even 2K is, the entire basketball video game genre is just putting together a game that barely works and then making it pay to win. Same thing for all of the big sports games really.
I would love a competettive mode without any extra ability BS or upgrades. Have an equal gamemode. Let skill win, not silly gimmicks, OP abilities or random luck. Also award less selfish players more. Sometimes the MVP in the matches are total BS. I don't mind the game, it has elements that reminds me of NBA JAM. Unfortunately lot of players are selfish and greedy (one of the reasons why I play 1v 1 more than 3 v 3). My win rate in 3 vs 3 is only 50 ish %. However in 1 v 1 I have 89%, and the reason is simple, I pass the ball and create space, the way you are supposed to play the game. The community has a lot of narcissists that wants MVP in every match, so you won't see a lot of passing. Just kids spamming the dribble button, and shooting (even if you have 3 players on you). Shame, cause it takes away the aspect of teamwork in a team sport, and it makes it impossible to play when you end up facing an experienced crew that plays properly. I'm glad i haven't spend a single penny on upgrades or characters. Grinding from scratch made the platinum trophy a lot more challenging, but also more fun and cheaper to play.
13:54 These characters also does appear on "Freestyle Football R" game, made by JOYCITY too. Altough I have never played 3on3 Freestyle, most of the arguments in your video does also apply on their football game, it's unplayable too if you don't spend a good money on it
@@LinkWarrior85 Now this proves your point of them reusing characters. At 1st, I'm like why this nigga hating, it's their game, their universe, and it's from their other basketball game, they can use em. Why come up with all new shit, this our game on cosole. But hearing they're on a football game too, now you're just lazy. These niggas can just play every sport, lol.
What's crazier is that the PC version of Freestyle 2 that this is based on is trying to make the game less pay to win to bring in more people and level the playing field
I played this game with my Dad for about a year or two when it came out, then dropped it in favor of Fortnite. I never kept up with it, and clicked on this video thinking "that's a bit egregious, and probably biased opinion." But halfway through, holy cow... That's ridiculous.
Adding P2W elements in a damn sports game is a cardinal sin and it was a core part of the game since day 1. I know the game is free but sheesh!! If they weren't as greedy and predatory with it I probably would have stuck with it cause I thought it always had potential
I've been playing since early 2017 and all I gotta say is that the times where I put the game down for months at a time are usually when I am my happiest. I wish they would have kept shit the same as launch when the only ptw feature was cards and every character was seen as viable. But I got that sunk cost fallicy too, so I'll see you on the court to piss you off with my Genesa.
as crazy as this sounds i started the game 2 weeks ago and i did p6 on ox queen because she seemed dope. I totally agree with everything you said lol. However, coming from fifa ultimate team this really doesn't even seem that bad. Atleast you know what you're paying for and its not loot box gambling mechanics. also it isnt a new game every year like fifa, and i can keep the same account for a while ideally. I don't really care to be the best player i just get really stoned and try to cross mfs up. ur right tho jack and genesa fuck me up. However, I hear ya that u like the competitiveness at ss+ , this game seems more goofy to me than competitive but for casual ppl like me who dont mind spending a lil this game is perfect.
Yeah the game is great, i keep playing it because i do find it fun most times. Mainly the video was just to bring up how much you have to spend to keep up in higher ranks but as a casual player, i just don’t want others to spend money yk?
Ngl after finding out that this game is not beginner friendly and won’t let you continue to play with casuals past level 30 is when I started to see a lot of the flaws with the game, it saddens me because this used to be my favorite game to play all.
It was so fun when i was 9 back in 2018. Now it just makes me sad to play but i have too many happier memories than terrible ones to quit. Im not telling any friends to play it though. Maybe if time travel existed.
Hey man, quick update. They've been making EVEN MORE CHARACTERS F2P for a limited time In the 7ish months since I commented. Jack. With ingame Points, I got access to Howl, Jack, Liu, and Fox, some of the best people in the game, all f2p.
All you had to do was talk about the 4 characters you named with their own section and the video was complete😭 and this is coming from a going on 7 year player
Thats sad, because streetball all star, basically the mobile version of 3on3 is VERY generous to free to play players. Spending money is there to grind less So they really are more greedy then a mobile f2p game 💀
I remember the players would run around like they where on ice then that's when I stopped playing. That was before the pandemic are they still doing that?
I’m mostly free to play and have only bought sum characters no ppoints or battle pass and still compete at high level all my cards took years to get😭 but nowadays there becoming more generous You can buy most dlc with red points and grind rank and events to get them. Nowadays is way better than back then. Before the game was ungrindable. Now u can grind so much out. Yes this is copium but I feel like the game is so much more manageable then back then as a new player. They hand out gold packs like cookies now.
I just wanna know is he shitting on everybody in SS/SSS ranked, because the comp is there with no pay to play stuff! The game is way better nowadays they must have made a change cause of his video.
I haven’t played the game in years, I can’t believe its gotten this bad 😩
Appreciate the support with the music though 😎❤️🔥
Of course bro thanks for allowing me i really do appreciate it. (YOUR SONG IS THE BEST PART OF THE GAME)
@@LinkWarrior85
Your vid is cool and all, But you basically did say "If you play F2P you will be at a SEVERE DISADVANTAGE."
huh, Have you ever seen an F2P fifa player? If someone can beat EA games without paying money, Then literally any game is possible without paying money.
@@SaltyGaming-b3sfifa is p2w and shit too you didn’t prove anything
That guy that spent 60 k sounded like he is given up on life
@@bogdanvlad9165 real
It’s crazy how people can be this stupid to spend that much money
probably living with mom on disability checks
55k on a game is crazy. That’s a down payment on a mansion depending on where you live.
Alr unc
nah fr💀
@@XLR8ohbroke bum mindset
Nah fr broo
Someone on Reddit says they want ppl to pay for the game 😂😂
The community is so small now that i recognized the people you played against and with in this video💀
that’s actually crazy💀
$60k on a game is crazy.
Yeah bruh you could've spend that money on buying 120,000 bags of Ruffles, bro is not financially wise
How is that even possible is what im stuck on
@@EX-Flashkick70 IQ + addiction (idk how u can be addicted maxing anime basketball characters but yes)
I’ve been a 3on3 player almost since it came out. Seeing it deteriorate into such a cesspool of wallets, extremely toxic community, and just awfully broken characters. Honestly I’ve grown tired of it, I got triple S and that was back in like 2021 maybe and that was the pinnacle of my comp scene of it. I’ve never enjoyed the game the same ever since then. Seeing this video really reaffirms my choice in just not really playing the game anymore, from one 3on3 player to another. Thank you
you love to see it bro this is what i’m talking about^^^^
Fax’s I came back to play it after a year deleted it within 3 matches
go back to fs2 twin
Years ago one time I played with a youtuber I looked up and dude was just rude as hell whole time when I was literally a kid ofc im not that great at the game. Unsubscribed after that 💀
WHATS THAT?@@cliiiiiq8787
Bro spent 60k on 3on3...in this economy.
Dude could’ve used that $60k to start a business
One thing i will give this game credit for is it's charters design
yeah true at least the characters that weren’t recycled are pretty cool looking
The characters are baddies fr
Idk these cosmetics look like overdesigned messes
Every female character looks like an OC from an r34 artist
They made the black people look like gorillas ts look awful
I played this game back then and I still play to this day I still won’t ever recommend this game to anyone cause they don’t deserve to feel the pain and suffering
real.
for super rich people
@@bartmakeslife8625 I’m ngl this sounds like someone in a rehab group and I 100% know where you’re coming from but hey it’s either we play this or…..2k.
@bobheyotue9850 basically you're fucked either way.
I always saw ads for this game in the ps store and have never actually seen gameplay nor have heard of anyone playing this game until this video
As someone who plays COD, I'm amazed that this game has somehow managed to be worse than Activision when it comes to greed
I played it back when it came out in 2016 and thought it was a fun little free basketball game for those who can't afford 2k. Can't believe it became this
NBA 2k watching like a proud father
Used to play this game, dropped a few hundred on it at least too. I think one of the most unsung vices of this game is the fact that in the later years of the game content came out too fast to let new players focus on a certain position to upgrade for pbuffs. I remember when i first played after like a year or so i had my shooting gaurds pretty decked out, and the meta was joey kim, lee/fat bastard(forgor his name) so scoring was still possible. Then jack came out and set my progress back a solid half a year because even the most walleted team couldnt beat a double jack murdock who knows how to switch.
I started playing 3on3 in June of last year, and I have almost 700 hours on steam. Im f2p, and being f2p has gotten more manageable over the last couple of months. Characters have been made f2p accessible, giving daily gold packs, and the BP becoming f2p friendly. You can still be good at the game, but just accept that you won't have the cracked stats others have unless you get lucky cards. They just recently gave Ayla for 120p, and f2p shamgod is going to be a game changer when I build her.
i respect the commitment bro i could never
Bro, I’m like he couldn’t have played recently but he has. At the end of the day characters are OP, the p-buffs and trick shots crazy, but as long as you’re having fun still catching wins on the non - pay to players, I’m having fun. And when I know the onlyyyyy reason these niggas are beating me is cause they’re character is moving 100% faster, or whatever it’s okay cause I don’t play them every match and have fun.
Now what does suck is freestyles. I wish they would take ALL FREESTYLES out. Shamgod dribble is ridiculously broken
TRUE
Shammgod isn’t a freestyle
@@ItsClutchEBK understandable but they took out Rin’s Flying Kick jumpshot when she came out because they knew it would be OP they should’ve done the same thing to the first player who had it so we wouldn’t be in this mess.
They’d get sued if they do because people have spent so much money on freestyles and leveling them up. It’s sad
You wasted thousands dollars
I think one of the main reasons i may play 3on3 is how different from any other sports games(besides the overspending)
it’s actually lowk fun but the game is just so p2w like it’s a shame they sold
@@LinkWarrior85I know right. I made a vow that when/if I get rich. Im hardcore playing this game
What is p2w?@@LinkWarrior85
@@SergeantJamesDoakesTBHBdude made a promise to spend money
@@SergeantJamesDoakesTBHB that's the saddest thing I've ever heard
New characters are op thats the biggest problem
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Power creep outclasses older characters phasing them out and making them irrelevant. That's why Joy City hasn't rolled out any P6 updates for over half the original roster in years but they'll still release new P7 characters.
I’ve been seeing this game come up when browsing on my ps5. I thought about picking it up for a while but now I wanna give thanks for the heads up about it.
The paywalls are the worst. You can spend $15 on a new character but they aren’t even a viable pick sometimes until p5 or p6…happened to my Liu.
fr bruh
Bro everything you explained was spot on I remember when the game had unlimited freestyles, I thought those were bad times,but the state the games is now is just 50 times worse than that
I been on here since 18 and if it wasn’t for the guys this shit would’ve got deleted years ago.
Ps. Do not play shit by yo self
I repeat do not play this shit by yo self
I laughed so hard at 3:05 bro lmao
Well said Link. So much op characters in the game, I can't even play someone Like Clarke at a high level
🙌🙏ty🫡
How dare you 👿
@@YumiruhLol
Former 2017 Player here. This game died for me when they added Jack and the freestyles. The old strats with Kim after the screen run was enough to make this game annoying as it was. Now it’s not playable for people like me who built their account from the bottom and played with the pros back then. GGS guys was really fun playing with you.
AKA AnimeDeathKid_1
@@ADKXP0398 real
We played on the West server with Coolan69 and his crew of decked out cheaters. That game was an exercise in frustration.
@@TruthfromanAlien ☠️☠️☠️
at 1:26, let the toxic community tell it, it's all skill based and doesn't matter if you have the buffs.. Yeah ok. 💀
This is one of those games you’d have to be a bird brain to put money into lol
Even tho I played this game for only a week like a 3 years ago, and now i came back to this game to play with friend, this knowledge from this video will be helpful, thanks
DO NOT bro trust🙏
ive been playing this game on and off from the start on xbox and i have no idea how this game is still up. game went downhill as soon as freestyle shots came out
God we’ve been waiting such a long time for a great basketball game.
You forgot to mention the god awful rng when it comes to getting decent cards unless pour money into the game. Another incentive they shove down your throat if you want to be even viable on the court.
They core game is fun, but the toxic community and the shitty development from Joycity is what makes this game so suffering to play.
yeah i rushed over a lot of stuff, i could’ve gone over how there’s no cross progression, all the rng when it comes to opening cards and stuff, how all the events center around spending money, etc. i could maybe make a part 2 later on
Dont even play this game, but damn good vid. 10/10 bro.
I turned to this game when KO City shut down. Played the tutorial and then gave up lol
Because of you I now play this game and genuinely enjoy it you passed the curse on to me.
I have spent 150 dollars on this game
It's a shame. I was lucky enough to play this game during the closed beta testing. I've been a huge fan of Freestyle games since 2005, and playing this in 2016 was a blast. I believe I "quit" playing around 2018 or sometime before Jack. The cards used to be based on days, so you could only get buffs on those days (i.e., Monday, Tuesday). It sounds stupid, but it kind of worked out. I recently installed this game but don't recommend it to friends. I only play when I have friends over. That's the only type of fun I get from it.
people would ask me what the game was about and i would just tell them never to play it💀
Every game video I click on for almost any RUclipsr is talking about how every game is greedy.
I'm already in too deep😭
me too💀
Same
wow i played this game back in 2017 and it was fun. they had NONE of those new cashgrab mechanics kinda crazy how off the rails with greed it ended up going into
Dope vid, I appreciate any spotlight on Joycity for their dumbass game designs, truly can’t be understated how much they actively have tried to ruin the experience of their player base one update at a time
I KNEW I WASNT THE ONLY PERSON THAT THOUGHT THIS
@@LinkWarrior85I truly hate these devs, but what kills me the most is that I know I truly fucking love the core of this fucking game 😢
@@YourPalYeehaw we are addicted 🙁
As a longtime player, I’m trying so hard to get the platinum trophy (as I’m 1 away) for this game so I can retire peacefully. Problem is, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME IS WRONG. They stripped away all the fun. They massacred my boy…
Whenever I get bored this game crosses my mind and I kinda want to start playing it and try to be f2p and good but then I realize that its a big waste of time, great vid tho
Yeah, It's unfortunate. I used to play a lot and I Bought Jessie because she looked cool, didn't know I needed to pay like 5000 Dollars to compete in the Actual game without looking like I suck.
@@toppi. fr bro🫡
Nice content...
The problem is that even though almost all of us know these things, we still keep playing and keep this game alive. In fact, I see that people still continue to spend money (wdf 55-60k dollars) So, if we are going to continue playing, I think we have no right to cry.
i think the main problem, they only care about wallet players. So only 100 wallet players stay in game JC will be ok with that
yeah i mainly made the video to dissuade other people from putting themselves in the same position i was back then, if i could have told myself to stop playing then id be so much happier💀
@@terliksizhayvann yeah we pay their salaries ig
Omg i used to play this in 2018 because my parents dont used to buy me games now i play 2k so i can understand yall pain
60k on THIS GAME!?! 🤯 bro better be Top 10 Rank .
donate the earnings from this video into my giant g cards 🙏
aw heckie nah
pf with 170 speed is crazy
You hate this game so much you made a 15 minute video ranting about how much the game sucks. Respect.
I played like a game or two when I couldn't afford 2k as a kid. As scummy as the pay to win shit is I think it's just down to being a free to play game, they gotta keep the lights on somehow, and that's the main thing they care about as a company. Glad you got the 2k experience for free rather than $60 a year. The community there too is.... oh god
I liked the vid, you should post more brodie
Funny thing is I called them out on steam for purposely not letting people with a ps4/5 acc link with pc, and they never responded to my post on their community page, but they responded to everyone else not calling them out within 24hours this company is predatory at its finest 😂😂
fr
I remember reading somewhere that Freestyle 2 would give players $40 to leave positive reviews
How does a 2K game have less predatory monetization than this game?!
You have translated my feelings that I have wanted to share for a long time. I started playing the game in its first year, and even though I spent 1500 hours, I lost to the competition because I didn't pay enough money, so I took a break for 2 years and came back. Freestyle crap ruined the game. Your video is valuable for all of us, take care of yourself my friend.
thank you bro i appreciate the love🙏
“Anything below SS isn’t fun…”
My guy, you cannot complain about the P2W sweat, YOU LIVE IN IT!!
I just got a p6 book out the shopping back first try thank the heavens… but it was for CENTER 😭
yo you’re crazy lucky💀💀💀
I didn’t think people actually played this game LET ALONE SPENT MONEY ON IT
Spending immense money on a small Pay2Win game like this is a mental illness similar (sometimes worse) than a gambling addiction. It needs to be studied & talked about more.
I wish there was more help out there for people like Coolan. I genuinely don't think he should be shamed for any of this. The companies of these games prey on people like him & there are no restrictions in place to help people prone to such behavior from slipping into that hole & ruining their lives.
Gang I used to play this shit every day. Then shit went downhill when those fucking cards came out. Steelnsc was my user.
hi bro, can u tell me more about ur keyboard ? pls look sooooo nice !!!
It WAS a great game when it first came out. Paying for cosmetics are fine 👍 my big problem rises when a game is dependent solely on paying for items in game to have an edge over others. There’s no “skill” involved. Just horde all the defense resist, 3 point and speed cards you have. And don’t get me started on p buffs… what was a 5 out of 5 game in its inception, turned into a solid 2 out of 5 for me. Concept of a 3 on 3 basketball game is brilliant, joy city had a chance to make something special out of this product.
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Let’s say you’re level 31, congratulations. You’re officially locked out of low tier matches. Only players you’ll play are people who actively throw 💰 at the game. And then they’ll bully you, because there’s no proper build you’d have access to. Teammates scold you because you can’t guard players with double 9cm speed p buffs and plat and/or gold speed/drive speed cards. It’s almost like you must pre determine where the opponent will take their shot. And even if you’re in their LOS (line of sight) they have defense resist capabilities.😅 this all creates the toxic community you’re referring to, especially in discord channels. You’re trash because of this: 💰 not this: 🧠
Only spent like 500$ 😢, whole game went downhill from the moment they added QP lmao.
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Only 500😭
Only $500 lol
Ur a tool
ONLY?!
I thought this game was familiar, but im thinking of mario three on three for DS.
Before I watched I was iffy, but I watched the entire thing and I gotta say, I’ve been playing this game pretty much nonstop since ps4 release, and I agreed with every point of the video.
i wasn’t lying about anything🤷
It always pops up on my feed somehow.
@@MarkedMaps don’t play it bro trust me
I dont think you really know about this game if u havent heard of marked@LinkWarrior85
Room lookin like a junk bomb went off in there
This is the best video in ytb ive seen about 3on3 bro. idk u know me but it was my dream video to make 😂 so ty 👏👏👏
someone had to make the video lol
the p2w aspect is quite cringe but the gamr in is pretty cool and unique
wish they would’ve made the game better ngl
Bruh spent more than I’ve spent more on every gacha I’ve played combined and I’m a whale 😂
Ngl the downfall of this game was when they started adding OG characters from freestyle 1 and 2, for me that's when they just started adding things that weighed the game down further to me.
when i saw the enemy team dancing at the end and one of then had a bigger head for no reason i knew this game was fucked up
Honestly... to me (at least) 3on3 feels kinda like a gacha game. That's how most gacha games be they just come out with new stuff all the time to drain your money. 😅
Although it's true that they incentives you to spend money like crazy but.. which game in 2024 that's popular doesn't? Paying 90$ to have the full version of the game and from there starting to build up it's pretty much like buying a game full price online or at the store. I know that they have low-tier and high tier type of queue matchmaking but... they should impliment some type of medium tier so people that just started don't get destroyed by comp players because truthfully... it's not fun for both parties involved.
I could rant the whole day about many problem that this game have but... It's pointless to be honest. The many unfixed bug + the communication/feedback response between the devs and the community is very low which sorta kills the game since we feel like our voices don't matter to them :/
well said 🫡
The voices don't matter, the money does. The community could complain all it wants, but as long as people are still spending money on it, they have no incentive to change things. Sadly with the way even 2K is, the entire basketball video game genre is just putting together a game that barely works and then making it pay to win. Same thing for all of the big sports games really.
I would love a competettive mode without any extra ability BS or upgrades. Have an equal gamemode. Let skill win, not silly gimmicks, OP abilities or random luck. Also award less selfish players more. Sometimes the MVP in the matches are total BS. I don't mind the game, it has elements that reminds me of NBA JAM. Unfortunately lot of players are selfish and greedy (one of the reasons why I play 1v 1 more than 3 v 3). My win rate in 3 vs 3 is only 50 ish %. However in 1 v 1 I have 89%, and the reason is simple, I pass the ball and create space, the way you are supposed to play the game.
The community has a lot of narcissists that wants MVP in every match, so you won't see a lot of passing. Just kids spamming the dribble button, and shooting (even if you have 3 players on you). Shame, cause it takes away the aspect of teamwork in a team sport, and it makes it impossible to play when you end up facing an experienced crew that plays properly. I'm glad i haven't spend a single penny on upgrades or characters. Grinding from scratch made the platinum trophy a lot more challenging, but also more fun and cheaper to play.
13:54 These characters also does appear on "Freestyle Football R" game, made by JOYCITY too. Altough I have never played 3on3 Freestyle, most of the arguments in your video does also apply on their football game, it's unplayable too if you don't spend a good money on it
oh damn seriously? i knew they had another game about soccer but i didn’t know they even recycled characters in that game too💀
@@LinkWarrior85 Now this proves your point of them reusing characters. At 1st, I'm like why this nigga hating, it's their game, their universe, and it's from their other basketball game, they can use em. Why come up with all new shit, this our game on cosole. But hearing they're on a football game too, now you're just lazy. These niggas can just play every sport, lol.
Wish you would've dropped this vid a year ago my guy,.. would have saved me a lot of heart ache 😂😢
on god💀💀💀 me too.
What's crazier is that the PC version of Freestyle 2 that this is based on is trying to make the game less pay to win to bring in more people and level the playing field
I played this game with my Dad for about a year or two when it came out, then dropped it in favor of Fortnite. I never kept up with it, and clicked on this video thinking "that's a bit egregious, and probably biased opinion." But halfway through, holy cow... That's ridiculous.
Nah I just hate it because they don’t turn ranked on
I played this for a bit back in 2017 but I peeped the bs and quit early
Adding P2W elements in a damn sports game is a cardinal sin and it was a core part of the game since day 1. I know the game is free but sheesh!!
If they weren't as greedy and predatory with it I probably would have stuck with it cause I thought it always had potential
Good video bro alot reasons why I stopped uploading every update just makes the game more PAY to win content costs more to make then I earn
damn that's sad, you were a great creator too you hate to see it
nah fax bro I miss your vids rs
I don’t think I’ve spent no more than $30 bucks on this game and honestly, I’m ashamed lmao
I've been playing since early 2017 and all I gotta say is that the times where I put the game down for months at a time are usually when I am my happiest. I wish they would have kept shit the same as launch when the only ptw feature was cards and every character was seen as viable. But I got that sunk cost fallicy too, so I'll see you on the court to piss you off with my Genesa.
all 3on3 players are cooked💀
@@LinkWarrior85 fr
Thank you so much for this video 💚
Glad I played this back in like 2008 when it first came out for PC. Don't think it had any microtransactions and it was purely skill based.
83% in the red is craze 😭
I met a guy once that said he spent 15k on Neverwinter lol and I thought he was crazy, this dude is completely mental 50k on a game lmao
@@-Saitama 💀
Please keep on making these videos 🙏
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They always made it where the newest character doesn't get the cards for that szn 🎉
TRUUUU
Never introduce this man to a casino 😭
as crazy as this sounds i started the game 2 weeks ago and i did p6 on ox queen because she seemed dope.
I totally agree with everything you said lol. However, coming from fifa ultimate team this really doesn't even seem that bad. Atleast you know what you're paying for and its not loot box gambling mechanics. also it isnt a new game every year like fifa, and i can keep the same account for a while ideally. I don't really care to be the best player i just get really stoned and try to cross mfs up. ur right tho jack and genesa fuck me up. However, I hear ya that u like the competitiveness at ss+ , this game seems more goofy to me than competitive but for casual ppl like me who dont mind spending a lil this game is perfect.
Yeah the game is great, i keep playing it because i do find it fun most times. Mainly the video was just to bring up how much you have to spend to keep up in higher ranks but as a casual player, i just don’t want others to spend money yk?
I bought a character and my character literally didnt DL and ofc no refund so i just never spend money on this ever again
Ngl after finding out that this game is not beginner friendly and won’t let you continue to play with casuals past level 30 is when I started to see a lot of the flaws with the game, it saddens me because this used to be my favorite game to play all.
It was so fun when i was 9 back in 2018. Now it just makes me sad to play but i have too many happier memories than terrible ones to quit. Im not telling any friends to play it though. Maybe if time travel existed.
yeah i’ve told every friend i’ve ever had to never play it
I have thousands of hours... i cant stop playing
@@reesedoesgaming that’s what they want you to think
Get help
Hey man, quick update. They've been making EVEN MORE CHARACTERS F2P for a limited time In the 7ish months since I commented. Jack. With ingame Points, I got access to Howl, Jack, Liu, and Fox, some of the best people in the game, all f2p.
All you had to do was talk about the 4 characters you named with their own section and the video was complete😭 and this is coming from a going on 7 year player
Thats sad, because streetball all star, basically the mobile version of 3on3 is VERY generous to free to play players. Spending money is there to grind less
So they really are more greedy then a mobile f2p game 💀
Ultimate edition is not needed 😭 I don’t have it I’ve only brought jack and liu and it’s good
I got Pedro n Clarke and deacon dats it 😂
i mean if you have crazy cards then maybe 🤔
I remember the players would run around like they where on ice then that's when I stopped playing. That was before the pandemic are they still doing that?
I’m mostly free to play and have only bought sum characters no ppoints or battle pass and still compete at high level all my cards took years to get😭 but nowadays there becoming more generous You can buy most dlc with red points and grind rank and events to get them. Nowadays is way better than back then. Before the game was ungrindable. Now u can grind so much out. Yes this is copium but I feel like the game is so much more manageable then back then as a new player. They hand out gold packs like cookies now.
i can respect the few free to play grinders idk how they do it ngl
@@LinkWarrior85 I can’t take back the hours of my life I put into this game😭😭
I just wanna know is he shitting on everybody in SS/SSS ranked, because the comp is there with no pay to play stuff! The game is way better nowadays they must have made a change cause of his video.
But I have been playin/grindin since 2016 and nowadays this is the most P points I have gotten in my entire career. 300+P points rn. It’s different.
@@tyronetb3 exactly if u really f2p/low spender u know this the most generous the game has ever been