@@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
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
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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 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.
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
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💀
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.
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
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: 🧠
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
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 😂😂
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bro istg this game sucks I was playing it with my cousin to see how much it sucked and in the middle of the game this thing popped up and said security verification and idk what that meant because i dont have a verification code for this horrible game and it said if I fail 3 times I will be identified as a macro user and receive a penalty and I tried 3 times and it kicked me from the game and said I was identified as a macro user and I was mad after that
And also when somebody scores on me they push me and might even twerk and I'm like wtf is on my screen and they play the game in the weirdest places, isn't one of the places the strip club and the characters are cringe af like I don't wanna guard a half naked woman and also when I shoot the ball the ball has been in the air for about 4 seconds then this guy blocks the shot mid air and I am considering deleting the game bcuz I already did before and the commentator is annoying af and the teammates won't pass the ball like the game is trash
My point though, 3on3 is F2P, free to play, this is how majority of f2p work sadly, pay to the play, but you can have fun without investing in the game, especially nowadays. I remember when I had 0P foreverrrr, 2016ps4 player, nowadays they give it out damn near like candy. I have 300+ currently. Also everybody doesn’t have these crazy character and if they do they might be ass with em or haven’t invested into em.
@@LinkWarrior85 I kinda wanna take this back, late night sessions I'm running into a sweat team and my team cant keep up. Our characters not that level, no good pbuffs, dont have the character. Shit crazy, I run ggs in the day time tho regular hours.
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.
you didnt even touch on the super important aspects of the game being the insane prices for anything for an advantage, the terrible community, the terrible events and the games overall buggy filled mess. ive been playing since the first ranked season ever and even hit sss in 2020-2021 winter season, that wasnt even my peak as my peak is rn but i dont even want to play. a new character bundle can cost $14-$55 and the $55 version gives you the same as the $14 except you get overpriced 250 p, and some card and upgrade stuff that doesnt even get the character closed to being useable, everything from pets to pbuffs is rng and i think you should make a part two about more of the smaller things like $1=10p (not even enough for one gold pack) and the rng of pets pbuffs and rng events
Eh, I will say what you’re saying as far mechanics with characters and just how the game is, you’re not wrong. Spoke facts but does that make it the worst game of all time? Not at all. I’m SS ranked and I haven’t spent a dime on the game ever, there’s comp in SS. But for sure at a certain point you not finna be able to advance without investing in these characters, p-buffs, all that. Some moves be damn near unblocksble especially against og characters.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joycity always making pay to win games. Their PC only Freestyle 2 Street Basketball is on it's last breath playerbase wise due to Joycity's greed (only caring about adding more characters with overpowered and broken animations and better transformation buffs that are forced into gacha and cost $300 to guarantee you get them).
I used to love play this game I can't believe this happened. Thanks for making this informative video. At least the chracter design is still good, but then again I don't think this game deserves the artists they have.
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 have two p6 characters with about half plat and a p5 and I have like 5 other characters you can’t get with coins or red coins and I’ve gotten the battle pass all FREE TO PLAY NOT A SINGLE DOLLER so it is doable
I loved this game when it was in it’s vanilla stage. When I got the ps4 at launch it was pleasant and you only had to worry about post fakes and step backs with occasional double clutch cheese. Now this is just Sad how glitchy this game has become.
@@LinkWarrior85 like it was cool cuz it felt like a fighting game cuz you had to be strategic with the line ups but now since everyone can do the same thing if not better like you said it’s like maining Scorpion with scorpion as a kameo fighter in mk11.
This is kinda Freestyle Basketball 2, that i actually play but i didnt paid, the guys who pay are so fucking op, its like this, but i can win sometimes, u just have to play with so much iq and spend MANY HOURS to get a decent character, now im joining to 3on3 to change a lil bit, i know i will have to spend many hours again but idc, i will get good with the time and cook ik lol
Honestly, I spent 17 dollars on the game, I bought ox queen , i have p5 Joey, ox,saru, and Carolina . I have all the basic characters p4’d , I’m a sr level player. I’ve never bought p Coins outside of the staters pack (5 dollars). You don’t need ptw characters ! You just have to be smart ,log in and play the game to get good cards , it’s free, skill balls, play the game and log in . Ive gotten cooked by Kim and Joey so many times .so I disagree with this video. Ive been a 2k player for so long so so so long, and I spent 40-100 dollars on the game every year so this is a lifetime game that I’m pretty decent at . Mind you I only spent 17 on cause I wanted to. But the glitches are stupid and could cost the game I agree but lots of games is ptw, but it’s not that bad of a ptw
As a completely free player I love this game since intensive characters like the new one as of know as I’m typing this is Pedro well, I do agree that some new characters are overpowered the older characters go MASSIVE boosts like Joey p5 like if you’re losing by two to three points it’s pretty much a guaranteed shot if you don’t get blocked and Fred which is a hot streak hunter and basically you almost can’t miss if you get three points in a row both are characters you can get in the first two lvls and Lee is overpowered all together so don’t get me started
When i first played this game not gonna lie i wanted to grind this game without spending money but heres the thing the only way to get the buffs i need i had to get the players for the buffs and i mad a rule the only way i could spend money is just to buy a character and not spend money for the build and have to grind from scratch 😂😂 and the build plus i lve hit double s in ranked ive tried going for triple s and the only way u can hit it in my opinion is by having a good squad
My genuine question is; why even play the game? It doesn't look anywhere near fun enough to justify any of the cons and it clearly doesn't respect the player. There's no explanation outside sunk cost fallacy. It's so confusing.
Here to tell you , you dont need spend that much money to get 2 characters built just constantly logging in everyday and playing ranked when its out spent 30 bucks on ox queen and some starter packs
@@LinkWarrior85 hoopers and 2k players mostly cause there used to shelling out a 100 bucks every year plus another 1000 on Vc 2ks monopoly on the sports genre needs to end
As someone f2p that's played since November 2023, I do want to mention a few things: Problem # 1 and # 2 (Pbuffs/Chars): All the characters up to big joe are now f2p accessible which makes it alot easier to build pbuffs not even including characters from events. I completed my C pbuffs by late December and that was prior to big joe being free. My biggest problem is that it locks all the chars in a position to almost be played the exact same way. I wish they allowed you to set a pbuff preset for each character. Problem # 3 (Cards): In my experience, I haven't had too much of an issue with acquriing cards especially with the 9 gold card tickets you can get daily. It is a p2w advantage though as I don't think a f2p player would ever have full plat of great cards unless they never build any other characters.
@@LinkWarrior85 hasn't been too bad. Mainly started off using camila and lee. Eventually saved enough points to get howl during a sale. Now just working on pfs. Definitely still debating if the battle pass is worth it as a f2p player. Thinking its probably better to just save for shooting challenges.
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.
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^^^^
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 😂😂
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
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
That guy that spent 60 k sounded like he is given up on life
@@bogdanvlad9165 real
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.
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
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.
The community is so small now that i recognized the people you played against and with in this video💀
that’s actually crazy💀
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
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
donate the earnings from this video into my giant g cards 🙏
aw heckie nah
pf with 170 speed is crazy
I'm already in too deep😭
me too💀
Same
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
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 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.
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🙏
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💀💀💀
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
I have thousands of hours... i cant stop playing
@@reesedoesgaming that’s what they want you to think
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
We played on the West server with Coolan69 and his crew of decked out cheaters. That game was an exercise in frustration.
@@TruthfromanAlien ☠️☠️☠️
Only spent like 500$ 😢, whole game went downhill from the moment they added QP lmao.
facts🙏
Only 500😭
Another fire video. 🔥
I bought a character and my character literally didnt DL and ofc no refund so i just never spend money on this ever again
I just play this game for fun on and off. Never spent any money.
I laughed so hard at 3:05 bro lmao
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.
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 🤔
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
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💀
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 🙁
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.
facts 🙏
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: 🧠
the p2w aspect is quite cringe but the gamr in is pretty cool and unique
wish they would’ve made the game better ngl
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
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 😂😂
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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🫡
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.
The paywalls are the worst. You can spend $15 on a new character but they aren’t even a viable pick sometimes until p5 or p6…happened to my Liu.
fr bruh
I used to main pedro for his shadow steal, but yeah that game got fucked
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Hey man, quick update. They've been making EVEN MORE CHARACTERS F2P for a limited time In the 7ish months since I commented. Jack. With ingame Points, I got access to Howl, Jack, Liu, and Fox, some of the best people in the game, all f2p.
Honestly... to me (at least) 3on3 feels kinda like a gacha game. That's how most gacha games be they just come out with new stuff all the time to drain your money. 😅
Although it's true that they incentives you to spend money like crazy but.. which game in 2024 that's popular doesn't? Paying 90$ 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.
Nah But quick thought, new to the game here but in non ranked it aint really broken like that, so just play that? Or is that silly?
@@zacharystimpson7017 honestly i would say don’t play at all and if you do just don’t spend money
They always made it where the newest character doesn't get the cards for that szn 🎉
TRUUUU
Never introduce this man to a casino 😭
Bro istg this game sucks I was playing it with my cousin to see how much it sucked and in the middle of the game this thing popped up and said security verification and idk what that meant because i dont have a verification code for this horrible game and it said if I fail 3 times I will be identified as a macro user and receive a penalty and I tried 3 times and it kicked me from the game and said I was identified as a macro user and I was mad after that
LMAO
And also when somebody scores on me they push me and might even twerk and I'm like wtf is on my screen and they play the game in the weirdest places, isn't one of the places the strip club and the characters are cringe af like I don't wanna guard a half naked woman and also when I shoot the ball the ball has been in the air for about 4 seconds then this guy blocks the shot mid air and I am considering deleting the game bcuz I already did before and the commentator is annoying af and the teammates won't pass the ball like the game is trash
The shooting gauge DOES NOT WORK
wouldnt be surprised ngl
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 💀
Thank you so much for this video 💚
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
My point though, 3on3 is F2P, free to play, this is how majority of f2p work sadly, pay to the play, but you can have fun without investing in the game, especially nowadays. I remember when I had 0P foreverrrr, 2016ps4 player, nowadays they give it out damn near like candy. I have 300+ currently. Also everybody doesn’t have these crazy character and if they do they might be ass with em or haven’t invested into em.
yeah true, i just wish i didn’t spend so much on it💀
@@LinkWarrior85 I kinda wanna take this back, late night sessions I'm running into a sweat team and my team cant keep up. Our characters not that level, no good pbuffs, dont have the character. Shit crazy, I run ggs in the day time tho regular hours.
@@tyronetb3 the switch up is crazy💀
@@LinkWarrior85 After all the shit I was talkin, lmao. It's just annoying how every1 is using the OP shit, you feel forced to have to use it yourself.
@@tyronetb3 facts bro ranked is literally the only reason i play and not even because i want to i feel like i have to
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.
you didnt even touch on the super important aspects of the game being the insane prices for anything for an advantage, the terrible community, the terrible events and the games overall buggy filled mess. ive been playing since the first ranked season ever and even hit sss in 2020-2021 winter season, that wasnt even my peak as my peak is rn but i dont even want to play. a new character bundle can cost $14-$55 and the $55 version gives you the same as the $14 except you get overpriced 250 p, and some card and upgrade stuff that doesnt even get the character closed to being useable, everything from pets to pbuffs is rng and i think you should make a part two about more of the smaller things like $1=10p (not even enough for one gold pack) and the rng of pets pbuffs and rng events
Eh, I will say what you’re saying as far mechanics with characters and just how the game is, you’re not wrong. Spoke facts but does that make it the worst game of all time? Not at all. I’m SS ranked and I haven’t spent a dime on the game ever, there’s comp in SS. But for sure at a certain point you not finna be able to advance without investing in these characters, p-buffs, all that. Some moves be damn near unblocksble especially against og characters.
yeah the title was a little bit of clickbait but some people agreed lmao so it kinda worked out
bro had enough if the low level teammates
i get by with double d,jessie,big joe all P6 but double d is my best character
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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'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
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🙏
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
Please keep on making these videos 🙏
bet
Bro has every meta p6
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I'll admit these are all massive problems but before i bought ult eddititon i stilled balled out with free characters and got a few p5s
i respect the grind
when the world needed him most Linkwarrior85 is back
ONE OF THE OG’S RIGHT HERE OH MY GOD WHATS UP
@@LinkWarrior85 twitch grind 🤫🤫 Im watching all the videos you post ❤️❤️
@@myhairlin3902 W supporter bro actually crazy to see you again it means a lot and actually makes me want to make videos now thank you🙏
Ain’t even a second in and I agree
bro agreed with the title alone💀
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.
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🤷
hi bro, can u tell me more about ur keyboard ? pls look sooooo nice !!!
I downloaded it cause I couldn’t buy 2k and now I’m in too deep to quit 😞
you are NEVER too deep bro trust quit while you still can
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
Bro is just mad I clapped his full squad with randoms
bro remembers
12:48 bro i tested this a while ago before watching this n when i saw that shit I knew we were cooked 😭
@@kizenlol9564 fr💀💀💀
Joycity always making pay to win games. Their PC only Freestyle 2 Street Basketball is on it's last breath playerbase wise due to Joycity's greed (only caring about adding more characters with overpowered and broken animations and better transformation buffs that are forced into gacha and cost $300 to guarantee you get them).
@@IyoSkyIsTheBestInTheWorld average joycity L
I used to love play this game I can't believe this happened. Thanks for making this informative video. At least the chracter design is still good, but then again I don't think this game deserves the artists they have.
@@bignoob24 real
Alley op Professor! Pass me! Pass me!!
the voice lines are terrible
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 have two p6 characters with about half plat and a p5 and I have like 5 other characters you can’t get with coins or red coins and I’ve gotten the battle pass all FREE TO PLAY NOT A SINGLE DOLLER so it is doable
Tell me how coolan spent 60k and still can't shoot :|
crazy diss💀
and They took away the points from the Battle pass
AND the intensive manuals in the bingo section bro like WHY
I loved this game when it was in it’s vanilla stage. When I got the ps4 at launch it was pleasant and you only had to worry about post fakes and step backs with occasional double clutch cheese. Now this is just Sad how glitchy this game has become.
@@bobheyotue9850 ong
@@LinkWarrior85 like it was cool cuz it felt like a fighting game cuz you had to be strategic with the line ups but now since everyone can do the same thing if not better like you said it’s like maining Scorpion with scorpion as a kameo fighter in mk11.
You should help me edit like this man :( my videos don’t come close to this type of edit and detail.
this took around a month to actually make bro, you gotta grind. (but i would do commissions ngl)
@@LinkWarrior85 what do you use to edit?
@deionthegreatape after effects 2020
lol I thought you where gonna go over every extra, money hungry, game ruining changes Joycity made but this was still good. nice video
would have been a hour long yap session, i might come back to it later idk
It’s mad pay too play if you want a p7 gotta spend 10000 dollars acting like we are millionaires
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worst thing about this are the cheaters.... whack skills need cheat mods to play... wtf....
@@ethansblue3studioscreat134 fr
This is kinda Freestyle Basketball 2, that i actually play but i didnt paid, the guys who pay are so fucking op, its like this, but i can win sometimes, u just have to play with so much iq and spend MANY HOURS to get a decent character, now im joining to 3on3 to change a lil bit, i know i will have to spend many hours again but idc, i will get good with the time and cook ik lol
@@Raio123 i just wish the game wasn’t so ptw
Honestly, I spent 17 dollars on the game, I bought ox queen , i have p5 Joey, ox,saru, and Carolina . I have all the basic characters p4’d , I’m a sr level player. I’ve never bought p Coins outside of the staters pack (5 dollars). You don’t need ptw characters ! You just have to be smart ,log in and play the game to get good cards , it’s free, skill balls, play the game and log in . Ive gotten cooked by Kim and Joey so many times .so I disagree with this video. Ive been a 2k player for so long so so so long, and I spent 40-100 dollars on the game every year so this is a lifetime game that I’m pretty decent at . Mind you I only spent 17 on cause I wanted to. But the glitches are stupid and could cost the game I agree but lots of games is ptw, but it’s not that bad of a ptw
Shoutout to you!
Crazy to see someone willing to grind, i gotta respect it 🫡
I knew soons ox queen drop the game was going to a downward spiral
@@devongrady2747 ong
As a completely free player I love this game since intensive characters like the new one as of know as I’m typing this is Pedro well, I do agree that some new characters are overpowered the older characters go MASSIVE boosts like Joey p5 like if you’re losing by two to three points it’s pretty much a guaranteed shot if you don’t get blocked and Fred which is a hot streak hunter and basically you almost can’t miss if you get three points in a row both are characters you can get in the first two lvls and Lee is overpowered all together so don’t get me started
@@james-eu9ud i wish i never spent any money😭
When i first played this game not gonna lie i wanted to grind this game without spending money but heres the thing the only way to get the buffs i need i had to get the players for the buffs and i mad a rule the only way i could spend money is just to buy a character and not spend money for the build and have to grind from scratch 😂😂 and the build plus i lve hit double s in ranked ive tried going for triple s and the only way u can hit it in my opinion is by having a good squad
you almost have to spend money to get good bro it’s just sad
@LinkWarrior85 bro I don't even have the special lounge 💀💀
@LinkWarrior85 and ima tell u the only way I got a character was me just spending money for the character and not spending money on the build
My genuine question is; why even play the game? It doesn't look anywhere near fun enough to justify any of the cons and it clearly doesn't respect the player. There's no explanation outside sunk cost fallacy. It's so confusing.
@@Afrominican1 addiction is one hell of a drug
It sounds almost the same like Street ball allstar just have lil advantage but there still decent chact but some do job better for certain positions
Just get character lock behind the limit event and need to drop at least 40$ just max almost 200$ for Ace rank
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W DART🔥
Im from Argentina, and here there is no servers in Brazil, so i go with 130 ping. thats is bad too of the game.
lowk a blessing in disguise
I’ve never spent any money at all and still dog walk those no skill fade away kims😭🙏
@@Kwero. ☠️
Sad I was just about to get into the game but if it’s paid to win might as well play 2k
so glad i could save someone
Here to tell you , you dont need spend that much money to get 2 characters built just constantly logging in everyday and playing ranked when its out spent 30 bucks on ox queen and some starter packs
@@crisisakagod perhaps but who wants to play 3on3
@@LinkWarrior85 hoopers and 2k players mostly cause there used to shelling out a 100 bucks every year plus another 1000 on Vc 2ks monopoly on the sports genre needs to end
As someone f2p that's played since November 2023, I do want to mention a few things:
Problem # 1 and # 2 (Pbuffs/Chars): All the characters up to big joe are now f2p accessible which makes it alot easier to build pbuffs not even including characters from events. I completed my C pbuffs by late December and that was prior to big joe being free. My biggest problem is that it locks all the chars in a position to almost be played the exact same way. I wish they allowed you to set a pbuff preset for each character.
Problem # 3 (Cards): In my experience, I haven't had too much of an issue with acquriing cards especially with the 9 gold card tickets you can get daily. It is a p2w advantage though as I don't think a f2p player would ever have full plat of great cards unless they never build any other characters.
i respect any f2p player, it must be horrible.
@@LinkWarrior85 hasn't been too bad. Mainly started off using camila and lee. Eventually saved enough points to get howl during a sale. Now just working on pfs.
Definitely still debating if the battle pass is worth it as a f2p player. Thinking its probably better to just save for shooting challenges.
Amanda p7 onna way?!?!?!
we boutta find out
and card combination system is bullshit too
facts💯🔥
4:30 Why 55 shots?
2 minutes of me shooting nonstop was 55 shots