I hope you enjoy the video, and thank you to everyone who made this one possible! Remember to send dead game suggestions to my twitter: twitter.com/RyeGamess Today's sponsor World of Tanks allowed me to donate a pretty hefty amount to some server owners which was awesome so go give world of tanks a try here: tanks.ly/43na8bz ! It has the most incredible Tank pvp in the world, it's totally free AND if you guys have never played it before you can get some special rewards for entering the invite code COMBAT, like 250k Free Credits, 7 days of Premium Access & the Cromwell B tier 6 tank.
I don't use Twitter but I would suggest. Pirates Vikings knights II . It's a great game for free. unfortunately it's been mostly dead, but still has active updates and a good community. I have at least 2.5k hours in the game, been playing on and off for over 10 years. Very fun game with an extremely high skill ceiling. Three teams, unique classes, source engine, melee and ranged combat. Shit load of maps and game modes , honestly a great time when you can find a populated server. Mainly active on weekends. Deserves a lot more love, as it is insanely deep when it comes to combat. Don't be scared off by the players like me that have thousands of hours. Always down to teach newbies.
hey man it’s me warlock, from the castle miner bit! i was showing my friend the legendary game that castle miner z was while he was over at my apartment
Played a shit ton of this game myself as a ten year old . Was wild when I try to remember the name and now I finally have a reference to the badass Minecraft with ak47’s and demons from hell lol
I was thinking it would be a cool idea for streamers to do something like that. "Hey guys, this Friday I'm gonna be playing *insert dead game here*. Feel free to download it and join the party." Granted, that would also be opening the door to griefing or stepping on the toes of the game's community 🤷♂
You guys should check out Shoubis servers if you're interested, he's a really cool dude. I've been playing DOI and Insurgency with him for a couple years now.
I replied saying that this is money laundering, but my comment is gone? Replying again... that's probably a money laundering scheme. Create a "store" that sells bullshit at stupid prices and oh look, I have a successful business. It's not that my customers are actually ME, not at all.
Biggest role in game preservation actually play the developers themselves by allowing players to create their own dedicated and moderated servers, without relying on some weird rental or live-service gimmick.
@@shuriken2505 Think of CS 1.6 and CS:S that are still alive after 20+ years because they allow player-run dedicated servers. You think CoD Warzone or any other live-service game will be alive in 20 years? Most of them close down after 5 or so.
@@shuriken2505 Rye said the biggest role in keeping the games going are the players, while its actually the devs who provide that ability to keep games alive for so long.
Luyk here! Was nice playing with you, this was less than a week ago I think in Post .. I mean Squad 44. Come join us again some time! We will keep the game alive! We have a whole in house mod that is incredible and really changes the game up. Videos of it on this my channel.
@@ulisesorozco7904 It's better than any other ww2 shooter in terms of a mix of milsim and fun. It's not really dead either. The realism community is hundreds of people and we have our own mod that we play on which makes the game even better. Also those sounds? Sound design in this better than anything else, period. We just love it.
@@ulisesorozco7904 A game is never dead as long you can still play it and have people to play it with. And if a community shrinks it usually gets better because people get closer. It's much harder to actually connect with people if you have hundreds of people in a lobby and fast hectic games.
Imagine being one of those guys addicted to a dead game and coming home from work after a long day, praying there’s enough people in a server so you can play your favorite game 😓
Videos like these make me reminisce about games I used to play online a decade or so ago that are probably dead if not offline now. Stuff like the Assassins Creed multiplayer, The Last of Us mulitplayer, and all of the old WWE games.
Used to spend hours upon hours on DOI back in 2019 and bought 2 friends the game. It was honestly one of the most underrated WW2 games in the past couple years IMO. Back in its prime when I used to play it had an average player count of roughly 700-900 players. It never was really a popular game but it was certainly a fun one.
bro ngl this video got me emotional man, thank you dude. it's very generous of you even if you only think of it as 'just sponsor money', you could have pocketed all that shit & its really cool to see how tactfully you chose to not just do that with it.
Do you remember Ace of Spades? Forgotten Hope 2? AoS isn't sold anymore, you can't buy it, nor play it, but it used to be one of my fav games as a kid. Forgotten Hope 2 was amazing because big battlefield fan
@@wookiewhat genuinely that’s what makes the game great. For some reason FH2 bots are still extremely fun to play with. Bf2 and the mods out of it were amazing
Oh bro, I hadn’t thought about Ace of Spades in years. I remember downloading it after watching VenturianTale play it back in the day. It was one of the very few games that was both free and could run on my family’s potato PC back in the day. That game was so insanely fun…it sucks that it’s gone.
These videos have sent me down nostalgia lane, reconnecting with old games of ages' past. It would be PHENOMENAL if you covered Tremulous, that was a game me and my siblings grew up playing extensively! It holds such a community-based, lost section of my heart that I will always cherish
I frequently play Squad44 (previously Post Scriptum) and almost always play Logistics on there. I've seen all the stages of development the game has gone through over the many years, both the positives and the negatives. Even with some of the updates a lot of folks disagree with, the game has one of the most tight nit communities I've ever been involved in. A lot of the same regulars will typically get on most nights and just have a ton of fun. Its very rare to meet someone that won't be overly helpful to new players or encourage you to try your best without getting mad at you. Squad44 is an absolute gem of a game and I'm glad you were able to cover it. ♥ P.S. - My Logistics team built that FOB you spawned at 19:52, likely that was me dead on the ground from a sniper that was shooting us under the radar 😂
And I'm the quiet female you'll always see tagging along behind JMM either as his Infantry Radio'man' or as his Logi sidekick... dying often and killing few, but keeping the rally refreshed and digging my little heart out. :D
Playing Day of Infamy was a blast. Looking back in my Steam library, last played 2019. Didn't realise it had been so long. Dunkirk was a blast, one of my favourites along with Foy. I remember being the last guy defending Dunkirk (I can't remember the game mode, invasion maybe?) and managing to clutch out a 20+ kill streak to win it. I liked all the maps and they were usually pretty full, never had problems finding a match. Brittany always felt like an actual clusterfuck lol, flamethrowers just bursting out of walls or round corners
I've been using youtube as my primary form of entertainment for over 15 years now. You are easily one of my favorite creators at the moment. I always click on your videos when I see them. Keep up the great work!
Rye, your videos always make me super nostalgic in such a good way. I used to play crysis 3 multiplayer back in like 2014 and 2015, only the infantry mode not that nanosuit mode tho. I was too good at the time along with some guy named charizard, we would drop 80 to 100+ kills every match and use the text chat to talk and goof off. In late 2015 i got banned from every active server because they all thought i was cheating. Your videos always make me remember charizard, god i pray hes doing well in life
Castle Miner Z was my childhood man! So many good memories on that game because Minecraft wasn’t there on Xbox at the time. It was awesome! Thanks for the memories man!
Going on about server owners for smaller servers and how important they are kinda made my day, in another world I run a server for a smaller/dying game and it takes so much work, time and resources to keep it running even just for the 10-20 players each day. It's worth it! XD
Bro you literally slapped me in the face with nostalgia when you put Assault Cube at the beginning. I used to go around my friends house with my laptop and we would do 1v1s on Assault Cube all night!
I am not sure if you'll see this, but I have to say it's very wholesome and really sweet to see you donate to them. There is something really nice how comparably little money goes such a long way to keep these small groups of friends and their loved "dead" game to keep going. It feels like you're keeping a friend of theirs on life support where everybody else has kind of moved on and given up. It's like if you knew there are 20 people who could continue to play a game for a year and all you had to spend was 200 dollars? Sure, it's money they could throw together but still. It's a worthwhile gesture and deed.
Squad 44 is anything but dead, it’s actually been revived! I’m seeing servers that were gone and now back, plus really new servers with full and with 15+ people in line to join. There all legend, each and every one of them. Also, they are the nicest, most communicative People I’ve ever seen, it’s so rare to join a game that is complete silence, when it dose happen it’s either everyone left or people are too tired lol
i remember having an xbox live friend that would speedrun castle miner z with me, on xbox 360. we sped ran it so many times and had so much fun doing it together. I hope he's doing well and, unfortunately, idr anything about how to speed run it. i only remember the amazing memories i made with him. edit: i forgot to add how amazing you are for being so generous and supporting these dead games, the way you have been. you're an absolute legend
Omg the Nostalgia lol I used to play Castle Miner Z on the Xbox 360 and completed all achievements, it gets harder the further away you get from spawn as there’s more biomes and enemy types.
Hello Enlisted players! On enlisted there is a custom game/server mode, it would be fun if more of us would join them because we're mostly 20 playing them so its kinda boring, but the maps and the mods are insane: Modern Conflict Extended maps and many more! Have a good day guys! ❤ Ah and if you're not an Enlisted player give it a try, it's a free squad managing WW2 fps. I find it very immersive!
Good video mate. Glad you reinvested your own money to keep some of these games going. They aren't my cup of tea, but it's good to know good people are still out there.
The best part about castle miner z on the 360 was you got to play as your Xbox avatar, we had a golden master chief assassins creed characters all running around with aks and stuff man those were some wild times. Thank you for the nostalgia trip!
Just a congrats on 250k, luckily, the algorithm blessed me with your content early on, 10k or so. Legit, some of the best gaming content, been wild to see big RUclipsrs doing the ‘exploring empty games’ thing. You’ll be at 1m in no time!
I am more of a PS2 console guy. I have been since late 2000. Before that, starting in 1997, I was a computer gamer. I tried cellphone games but am really annoyed with all of the ads they make a person watch and, for that reason, I rarely play a cellphone game. Your channel appeals to me because I love how you present your videos and, believe me or not, they are fun and insightful videos to watch which I really love. 🤗🤗 Just felt to share my thoughts since I had some time on my hands.
I used to play assault cube from 2009-2014. The game was amazing for a free game. It’s a really competitive game. I enjoyed the sniper osok servers. And the modding community was thriving. With those parkour maps you described. So much fun, so much variety, for a free game any pc, mac and linux can run. I played on Mac, so my choices for fps shooters were limited. I played cod4, assault cube, and aoe3 on mac
Squad 44 is not dead, and never have been. Having a few servers up for that game is plenty enough to have fun. In addition new dev team making a lot of improvements, therefore I advise everyone to try it out!
Assault cube from what I know of is the main game most game hacking tutorials use to help rookies learn a bit of everything. So please be careful if you decide to play it, I have no idea what kind of exploits people have found.
I love how these games have their own little communities. I bet they all recognize each other in game. Nice one for donating to the games to keep them alive. You earned my sub 😁
How did you miss soldner secret wars? It was released in like 2002, got dropped by the original devs and now is community run with max 30 players at peak times. Used to play it with my dad when I was a kid. I still go back to visit it from time to time
im only up through day of infamy but youre a wholesome dude man, giving these fine people some cash to keep these old games chugging along. its something i wish i had a bit more spare cash to do, some of these old games are timeless
Luckily, it's still populated (even if it's a small community) but the different games using that engine still have populations also and some of them have fairly decent populations as it is. I mean not thousands of players, but you know, a few dozen or so. Look at a game like Red Eclipse (which is on the Cube 2 engine, another banger of an old game with a cool engine system like AC) it has a decent population to this day and it's old as well.
The background music you put in these videos really makes me feel more immersed. Your voice is so calm, on top of hearing OG Minecraft and Legend of Zelda music, it warms my heart.
Squad 44 player here. This gem of a game may be low player count but it is far from dead. Those of us who still play it don’t have any plans to move on and now that it has support from OWI the future is brighter than ever. If anyone is on fence about it, right now is the perfect time to get in on the action.
Such a combination of sad and wholesome at the same time. Sad that the games are dead but wholesome because of the few amazing people that remain. So happy/proud you were able to help create and keep some servers going with a little ad money. Thank you for doing what you do:)
These are some of the few videos I actually look forward to as soon as I actually notice that they're there I click them. I love what you doing man. Keep it up
I love that you're exploring these games. Even more, you donating to keep these games alive is amazing! THAT got me to sub. I'll absolutely watch all I can to help you via ads (if I had money I'd give it... but I can give support).
Not gonna lie, I started the video, haven't ventured past the first game so far. Assault cube was my jam for a long time and is still a game I go back to every once in awhile. Wonderful game when you are playing with friends! Can feel almost like old LAN party games when you get a few friends to play it!
I played Assault Cube in high school. I remember taking it on a flash drive to my BCIS 2 class. We all would play different games together, and for a few days, it was Assault Cube.
I like how you always remain calm and friendly towards the players left in the dying games. Personally, I play Day of Infamy here and there, and it's a pity the developers don't care for a second game.
I love watching these. They give such a unique indescribable and thought provoking experience. Loneliness, the human condition, camaraderie, who we are as individuals, nostalgia etc. Hahaha perhaps a lot deeper than intended
Neat seeing Assault Cube here. I used to play the sequel, Cube 2: Sauerbraten. The neat thing with those games is that the level terrian isn't a traditional 3d model, but an octree system. Cube 2 had a pretty in-depth level editor that I used to spend a lot of time in.
Assault cube was my jam back in ~2007. Whats even funnier is CastleMinerZ came out before Minecraft did for Xbox 360 and was for a lot of people our intro to this type of game. The main draw was you would try to get as far as possible from spawn, the further you got the harder the game got. You could craft guns to shoot dragons and Zombies and the goal really (for me) was to get as far as you could running in any one direction.
Little advice.... whenever doing a frame perfect trick/glitch lower your fps. The frames are tied to the hz..lowering it giving you more time to do the input on time eith the frame.
As a Squad 44 player I'll say that yes, when the first update by Ow dropped mamy didn't like it (included myself) because it changed logistics, BUT the devs listented and decided to back down certain things and kept some other. I'll just say, somehow it feels better than before (Post Scriptum Ogs don't kill me for this). The thing is that before logistic felt like a glorified delivey guy, now it feels more confortable. I do believe Ow is taking the right direction, they just need time and support. Honestly, Squad 44 can become one, if not the most inmersive WW2 shooter ever created
It's not OWI though, but a group of modders that don't seem to have the same experience or talent as the OG team (and I don't mean the 2nd team) or OWI core dev team. That's what made me quit after I realized that the quality on level design will be poor. Not sure how active you are in Discord but over 90% of the levels were made by the OG team (including Chapter 4) and they left a long ass time ago. Some of the levels are insane in detail and immersion, like Utah, Grave or Carentan. I don't see the new modder team being able to pull off something like that. My group were spying on the OG whereabouts and some of them are in lead dev positions or in really nice studios. Their story is still very strange, they all quit all of a sudden years ago, but the CEO. I bet the latter was responsible for the crap development. I think OWI will milk this as long it is marginally profitable. They now hold the IP, so if they want to start a new WW2 tactical shooter, they can from the ground up by luring old PS players.
i love watching these vids dude, some games don't deserve the fate that was brought onto them, and then you proceed to help them out and donate and keep the game alive, i love it! keep up the work rye, much love :)
Man castle miner Z gives me so much nostalgia. Me and my friends played countless hours on Xbox 360. I just remember hopping in the party and joining their worlds.
Damn CastleMiner Z now that takes me back. I remember when me and my boys found this game on the Xbox play store and we were so excited to have something like Minecraft on your xbox. And then like 4 years later Minecraft came out on the Xbox lol so many great memories playing that game. I remember when me and my buddy played that game one time and we wanted to see if we could circumnavigate the entire map and come back to the center again. It took us like 2 hours and a lot of ammunition but by the time we came back we had all Bloodstone weapons and tools and has so much ammo we basically never had to create ammo for the rest of the time we played on that map.
I really like this series of yours, it keep some of good old games open to discover by someone later on when the games might no longer exist. Also it brings nostalgia to the old old games. "Great success".
I hope you enjoy the video, and thank you to everyone who made this one possible! Remember to send dead game suggestions to my twitter: twitter.com/RyeGamess
Today's sponsor World of Tanks allowed me to donate a pretty hefty amount to some server owners which was awesome so go give world of tanks a try here: tanks.ly/43na8bz ! It has the most incredible Tank pvp in the world, it's totally free AND if you guys have never played it before you can get some special rewards for entering the invite code COMBAT, like 250k Free Credits, 7 days of Premium Access & the Cromwell B tier 6 tank.
I sure will enjoy the video!
I don't use Twitter but I would suggest. Pirates Vikings knights II . It's a great game for free. unfortunately it's been mostly dead, but still has active updates and a good community. I have at least 2.5k hours in the game, been playing on and off for over 10 years. Very fun game with an extremely high skill ceiling. Three teams, unique classes, source engine, melee and ranged combat. Shit load of maps and game modes , honestly a great time when you can find a populated server. Mainly active on weekends. Deserves a lot more love, as it is insanely deep when it comes to combat. Don't be scared off by the players like me that have thousands of hours. Always down to teach newbies.
you really need to play tremulous
Eww WOT 🤢
movie battles 2, mp mod for jedi knight jedi academy
hey man it’s me warlock, from the castle miner bit! i was showing my friend the legendary game that castle miner z was while he was over at my apartment
Legend, man. How awesome of you to see this video! :D
The GOAT himself
You seem like a super wholesome guy. I'd play with you! Do you have a gaming channel 😊
LEGEND
Played a shit ton of this game myself as a ten year old . Was wild when I try to remember the name and now I finally have a reference to the badass Minecraft with ak47’s and demons from hell lol
I was in the room with my buddy (warlock) while he was playing this. He vividly remembered this exact experience I sent him the video
Tell Warlock he's THE GOAT
@@XxSoakCokexX will do
@@zaynethornton4135 THANK YOUUUUUU
What’s his Yt?
@@Vixevity He (warlock) commented as well, just a few up from this one, can't remember the name but you'll find him easy!
It was super sweet of you to donate to x-ray to help keep his game alive. Keep doing what you're doing 🎉
there should be a big charity event like games done quick but its just a big gathering of people to play dead games
thats a cool idea i would love to be interested in.
I was thinking it would be a cool idea for streamers to do something like that. "Hey guys, this Friday I'm gonna be playing *insert dead game here*. Feel free to download it and join the party."
Granted, that would also be opening the door to griefing or stepping on the toes of the game's community 🤷♂
This is already a thing, most communities in these dead games host events where everyone hops on and play the game
@@collinmclaren6608Rye actually has hosted events like that before
Hold up
Let him cook
Loved the video and thanks for including one of my clips! I’m hoping stuff goes into the right direction for Post Scriptum sorry “Squad 44”
Shut up
OH LOL Post Scriptum is a name I recognise, was wondering what people were referring to by saying “post-“
It will man, it already being brought back to life
Donating to that guy’s server made me cry
agreed
Nah, it was these onions.
(I got your back, yo)
same bro
You guys should check out Shoubis servers if you're interested, he's a really cool dude. I've been playing DOI and Insurgency with him for a couple years now.
Stop it. If you cry over that you have sugar in the tank
That last bit where you accidentally became an investigative journalist was pretty funny.
Rye definitely found a money laundering scheme.
Definitely some kind of money laundering scheme, but who runs it? Very creative way to launder money though.
A damn good one too lol
I replied saying that this is money laundering, but my comment is gone? Replying again... that's probably a money laundering scheme. Create a "store" that sells bullshit at stupid prices and oh look, I have a successful business. It's not that my customers are actually ME, not at all.
"hey so I've been wondering what's the deal with your ga-"
"THE IRS IS NEVER GOING TO CATCH ME ALIVE!" *-companies undergo mitosis several times*
Biggest role in game preservation actually play the developers themselves by allowing players to create their own dedicated and moderated servers, without relying on some weird rental or live-service gimmick.
What
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@@shuriken2505 Think of CS 1.6 and CS:S that are still alive after 20+ years because they allow player-run dedicated servers.
You think CoD Warzone or any other live-service game will be alive in 20 years? Most of them close down after 5 or so.
@harryshuman9637 yeah I get that but idk what your original comment was trying to say
@@shuriken2505 Rye said the biggest role in keeping the games going are the players, while its actually the devs who provide that ability to keep games alive for so long.
Luyk here! Was nice playing with you, this was less than a week ago I think in Post .. I mean Squad 44. Come join us again some time! We will keep the game alive! We have a whole in house mod that is incredible and really changes the game up. Videos of it on this my channel.
Legend!!!
Postscriptum rocks :,(
I have a genuine question and i mean no hate. why do you play a dead game it seems sad to me, why not play a popular game, what do you find fun in it.
@@ulisesorozco7904 It's better than any other ww2 shooter in terms of a mix of milsim and fun. It's not really dead either. The realism community is hundreds of people and we have our own mod that we play on which makes the game even better. Also those sounds? Sound design in this better than anything else, period. We just love it.
@@ulisesorozco7904 A game is never dead as long you can still play it and have people to play it with. And if a community shrinks it usually gets better because people get closer. It's much harder to actually connect with people if you have hundreds of people in a lobby and fast hectic games.
You're a legend for helping keep these old communities alive by donating my dude! Love to see it.
*"Do you know how crazy that is?"*
*"I don't know how crazy that is."*
*"But that's crazy.."*
10/10 😂
So how crazy is it?
@@rahmiakn1690 As crazy as crazy gets.
I think...
@@thealmightybrick1393 omg that's crazy
to a 21yr old, yeah
" Do you know how crazy that is?
I don't know crazy it is, but its pretty fucking crazy "
Good effort 🫡
Imagine being one of those guys addicted to a dead game and coming home from work after a long day, praying there’s enough people in a server so you can play your favorite game 😓
Who knew you'd be Sherlock Holmes-ing a developer into defensive tactics just by wanting info on your dead games. Great video again Rye!
the castle miner z sound effects are so scary 😭i remember playing this all the time just meeting random people and telling my friends about it
Videos like these make me reminisce about games I used to play online a decade or so ago that are probably dead if not offline now. Stuff like the Assassins Creed multiplayer, The Last of Us mulitplayer, and all of the old WWE games.
Assassins creed multiplayer was the shit though
The last of us still has a pretty healthy player base
Last of us is still active - Though I only ever played the remaster and not the of ps3 game
@@jacobtomlinson9219 Makes me wish I had a PS4 or PS5 sometimes. I was going to buy the PC version, but I read it doesn't include the multiplayer.
Used to spend hours upon hours on DOI back in 2019 and bought 2 friends the game. It was honestly one of the most underrated WW2 games in the past couple years IMO. Back in its prime when I used to play it had an average player count of roughly 700-900 players. It never was really a popular game but it was certainly a fun one.
It was so fun
Bro this is legit one of the most wholesome channels on youtube.
Keep doin what you do!
bro ngl this video got me emotional man, thank you dude. it's very generous of you even if you only think of it as 'just sponsor money', you could have pocketed all that shit & its really cool to see how tactfully you chose to not just do that with it.
Your an absolute legend donating to keep those servers up. The gaming community is seriously a special place.
Do you remember Ace of Spades? Forgotten Hope 2? AoS isn't sold anymore, you can't buy it, nor play it, but it used to be one of my fav games as a kid. Forgotten Hope 2 was amazing because big battlefield fan
Open Spades might be a good fit for a video, I don't think it has many players these days
FH2 is still being updated. I play single player with bots pretty often, it scratches a weird itch that no other game does
Dude ace of spades and open spades childhood memories
@@wookiewhat genuinely that’s what makes the game great. For some reason FH2 bots are still extremely fun to play with. Bf2 and the mods out of it were amazing
Oh bro, I hadn’t thought about Ace of Spades in years. I remember downloading it after watching VenturianTale play it back in the day. It was one of the very few games that was both free and could run on my family’s potato PC back in the day. That game was so insanely fun…it sucks that it’s gone.
These videos have sent me down nostalgia lane, reconnecting with old games of ages' past. It would be PHENOMENAL if you covered Tremulous, that was a game me and my siblings grew up playing extensively! It holds such a community-based, lost section of my heart that I will always cherish
Massive respect for donating to the Day of Infamy server hosting
"oh bloody hell rye you are playing?" that there is pure happiness and excitment to hear someone you knew long ago and had fun with, legend
Wow that atomic fabric dev story is wild. Well done Rye. Never stop these videos ❤
So hype to see another rye video
Edit: I cant believe you played CastleMiner Z! Ive played it since i was 11. Surprise nostalgia.
Castle miner z was the best thing since sliced bread
@FanetoMussolini💀💀💀
I frequently play Squad44 (previously Post Scriptum) and almost always play Logistics on there. I've seen all the stages of development the game has gone through over the many years, both the positives and the negatives. Even with some of the updates a lot of folks disagree with, the game has one of the most tight nit communities I've ever been involved in. A lot of the same regulars will typically get on most nights and just have a ton of fun. Its very rare to meet someone that won't be overly helpful to new players or encourage you to try your best without getting mad at you. Squad44 is an absolute gem of a game and I'm glad you were able to cover it. ♥
P.S. - My Logistics team built that FOB you spawned at 19:52, likely that was me dead on the ground from a sniper that was shooting us under the radar 😂
RIP
And I'm the quiet female you'll always see tagging along behind JMM either as his Infantry Radio'man' or as his Logi sidekick... dying often and killing few, but keeping the rally refreshed and digging my little heart out. :D
Tan comander and sometimes squad leader, you guys do gods works on the battlefield
@lepeep7220
There's females that enjoy these MP wwII games?
Good for you, homegirl.
@MooncricketsInc 💯
Playing Day of Infamy was a blast. Looking back in my Steam library, last played 2019. Didn't realise it had been so long. Dunkirk was a blast, one of my favourites along with Foy. I remember being the last guy defending Dunkirk (I can't remember the game mode, invasion maybe?) and managing to clutch out a 20+ kill streak to win it.
I liked all the maps and they were usually pretty full, never had problems finding a match. Brittany always felt like an actual clusterfuck lol, flamethrowers just bursting out of walls or round corners
I was playing around this time as well. It was super awesome sad to see it's dead. It truly isn't fair
I've been using youtube as my primary form of entertainment for over 15 years now. You are easily one of my favorite creators at the moment. I always click on your videos when I see them. Keep up the great work!
Dude you're awesome to not only donate to these but give them light so hopefully they'll continue on, and Adam seems like a legend
Rye, your videos always make me super nostalgic in such a good way. I used to play crysis 3 multiplayer back in like 2014 and 2015, only the infantry mode not that nanosuit mode tho. I was too good at the time along with some guy named charizard, we would drop 80 to 100+ kills every match and use the text chat to talk and goof off. In late 2015 i got banned from every active server because they all thought i was cheating. Your videos always make me remember charizard, god i pray hes doing well in life
Castle Miner Z was my childhood man! So many good memories on that game because Minecraft wasn’t there on Xbox at the time. It was awesome! Thanks for the memories man!
0:04 IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT GAME FOR YEARS AND I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT AND HERE IT IS IN A RANDOM VIDEO ON MY RECOMMENDED PAGE
Murder Miners. He mentions it at 5:25.
murder miners ^^ - used to play it a lot
Going on about server owners for smaller servers and how important they are kinda made my day, in another world I run a server for a smaller/dying game and it takes so much work, time and resources to keep it running even just for the 10-20 players each day. It's worth it! XD
Bro you literally slapped me in the face with nostalgia when you put Assault Cube at the beginning. I used to go around my friends house with my laptop and we would do 1v1s on Assault Cube all night!
I am not sure if you'll see this, but I have to say it's very wholesome and really sweet to see you donate to them. There is something really nice how comparably little money goes such a long way to keep these small groups of friends and their loved "dead" game to keep going. It feels like you're keeping a friend of theirs on life support where everybody else has kind of moved on and given up. It's like if you knew there are 20 people who could continue to play a game for a year and all you had to spend was 200 dollars? Sure, it's money they could throw together but still. It's a worthwhile gesture and deed.
you're the GOAT for donating to those servers Rye. as always love your videos
Squad 44 is anything but dead, it’s actually been revived! I’m seeing servers that were gone and now back, plus really new servers with full and with 15+ people in line to join.
There all legend, each and every one of them.
Also, they are the nicest, most communicative People I’ve ever seen, it’s so rare to join a game that is complete silence, when it dose happen it’s either everyone left or people are too tired lol
Holy shit you just unlocked some memories for me. I remember playing assault cube LAN in the computer class because we could run it off a usb sticks
i remember having an xbox live friend that would speedrun castle miner z with me, on xbox 360. we sped ran it so many times and had so much fun doing it together. I hope he's doing well and, unfortunately, idr anything about how to speed run it. i only remember the amazing memories i made with him.
edit: i forgot to add how amazing you are for being so generous and supporting these dead games, the way you have been. you're an absolute legend
Loving this series!
Omg the Nostalgia lol I used to play Castle Miner Z on the Xbox 360 and completed all achievements, it gets harder the further away you get from spawn as there’s more biomes and enemy types.
Hello Enlisted players! On enlisted there is a custom game/server mode, it would be fun if more of us would join them because we're mostly 20 playing them so its kinda boring, but the maps and the mods are insane:
Modern Conflict
Extended maps and many more!
Have a good day guys! ❤
Ah and if you're not an Enlisted player give it a try, it's a free squad managing WW2 fps. I find it very immersive!
Around 2011 - 2012 I loved Assault Cube, but the community was so sweaty I have always resort to tricks to get some kills at the age of 11.
Good video mate. Glad you reinvested your own money to keep some of these games going. They aren't my cup of tea, but it's good to know good people are still out there.
The best part about castle miner z on the 360 was you got to play as your Xbox avatar, we had a golden master chief assassins creed characters all running around with aks and stuff man those were some wild times. Thank you for the nostalgia trip!
Played AssaultCube and Cube 2: Sauerbraten a ton as a kid, redownloaded like yesterday, and BAM, here's your video hahaha
Just a congrats on 250k, luckily, the algorithm blessed me with your content early on, 10k or so. Legit, some of the best gaming content, been wild to see big RUclipsrs doing the ‘exploring empty games’ thing. You’ll be at 1m in no time!
I am more of a PS2 console guy. I have been since late 2000. Before that, starting in 1997, I was a computer gamer. I tried cellphone games but am really annoyed with all of the ads they make a person watch and, for that reason, I rarely play a cellphone game. Your channel appeals to me because I love how you present your videos and, believe me or not, they are fun and insightful videos to watch which I really love. 🤗🤗 Just felt to share my thoughts since I had some time on my hands.
One of the coolest of not the coolest gaming youtube video ive seen in years idk why but this one just hit
you are the coolest youtuber ever man finished my work week and started my weekend with your video, thank you
I used to play assault cube from 2009-2014. The game was amazing for a free game. It’s a really competitive game. I enjoyed the sniper osok servers. And the modding community was thriving. With those parkour maps you described. So much fun, so much variety, for a free game any pc, mac and linux can run. I played on Mac, so my choices for fps shooters were limited. I played cod4, assault cube, and aoe3 on mac
Squad 44 is not dead, and never have been. Having a few servers up for that game is plenty enough to have fun. In addition new dev team making a lot of improvements, therefore I advise everyone to try it out!
Assault cube from what I know of is the main game most game hacking tutorials use to help rookies learn a bit of everything. So please be careful if you decide to play it, I have no idea what kind of exploits people have found.
they use an old version (1.2.0.2)
I love how these games have their own little communities. I bet they all recognize each other in game.
Nice one for donating to the games to keep them alive. You earned my sub 😁
Congrats on 250k subs!
How did you miss soldner secret wars? It was released in like 2002, got dropped by the original devs and now is community run with max 30 players at peak times. Used to play it with my dad when I was a kid. I still go back to visit it from time to time
I'm exploring videos uploaded so soon they only have 4 views. This is how my journey began.
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im only up through day of infamy but youre a wholesome dude man, giving these fine people some cash to keep these old games chugging along. its something i wish i had a bit more spare cash to do, some of these old games are timeless
man, assault cube. i remember playing that back in school. you could run it off a usb so we did
We had browser MC 😭
Luckily, it's still populated (even if it's a small community) but the different games using that engine still have populations also and some of them have fairly decent populations as it is. I mean not thousands of players, but you know, a few dozen or so. Look at a game like Red Eclipse (which is on the Cube 2 engine, another banger of an old game with a cool engine system like AC) it has a decent population to this day and it's old as well.
Really cool of you to donate to the server hosts.
love this series
The background music you put in these videos really makes me feel more immersed. Your voice is so calm, on top of hearing OG Minecraft and Legend of Zelda music, it warms my heart.
No way Warlock, that’s my buddy’s account
Squad 44 player here. This gem of a game may be low player count but it is far from dead. Those of us who still play it don’t have any plans to move on and now that it has support from OWI the future is brighter than ever. If anyone is on fence about it, right now is the perfect time to get in on the action.
Discord notification squad assemble!
Nope just a no life here ☺️
I just got lucky 💀
This video is so wholesome thanks for helping preserve these games
Still putting the same thumnails?
Lol i just noticed
Such a combination of sad and wholesome at the same time. Sad that the games are dead but wholesome because of the few amazing people that remain. So happy/proud you were able to help create and keep some servers going with a little ad money. Thank you for doing what you do:)
248K subs and only 1500 views?? Bro fell off
Dude chill it was uploaded a few minutes ago
Omg 2 subs and no friends???
@@light_fade4401 lmao
@@light_fade4401Bro the typa guy that if he was a medieval king to execute the jester for making a bad joke.
The hell are you on about 💀
These are some of the few videos I actually look forward to as soon as I actually notice that they're there I click them. I love what you doing man. Keep it up
I love that you're exploring these games. Even more, you donating to keep these games alive is amazing!
THAT got me to sub. I'll absolutely watch all I can to help you via ads (if I had money I'd give it... but I can give support).
The fact that you always donate to the server hosters of these niche games warms my heart
Not gonna lie, I started the video, haven't ventured past the first game so far. Assault cube was my jam for a long time and is still a game I go back to every once in awhile. Wonderful game when you are playing with friends! Can feel almost like old LAN party games when you get a few friends to play it!
very sweet of u to donate to those guys man, cheers
dude, when people say gaming teaches only violence and addiction, i show your channel to them. it's wholesome and really brightens my day
He sending a video starting the server was so wholesome, ur a legend
I played Assault Cube in high school. I remember taking it on a flash drive to my BCIS 2 class. We all would play different games together, and for a few days, it was Assault Cube.
I remember playing castle miner Z, brings bag good memories!!
so awesome of you to help keep these games going! 🎉❤
That's great of you to donate to support the servers.
Well done.
I have Day of Infamy in my library.
I should actually play it. 😆
I like how you always remain calm and friendly towards the players left in the dying games. Personally, I play Day of Infamy here and there, and it's a pity the developers don't care for a second game.
Rye, I can't express how wholesome it is to see you be able to support the legends you meet in this journey of discovering dead games. ❤
I love watching these. They give such a unique indescribable and thought provoking experience. Loneliness, the human condition, camaraderie, who we are as individuals, nostalgia etc. Hahaha perhaps a lot deeper than intended
Neat seeing Assault Cube here. I used to play the sequel, Cube 2: Sauerbraten. The neat thing with those games is that the level terrian isn't a traditional 3d model, but an octree system. Cube 2 had a pretty in-depth level editor that I used to spend a lot of time in.
Assault cube was my jam back in ~2007. Whats even funnier is CastleMinerZ came out before Minecraft did for Xbox 360 and was for a lot of people our intro to this type of game. The main draw was you would try to get as far as possible from spawn, the further you got the harder the game got. You could craft guns to shoot dragons and Zombies and the goal really (for me) was to get as far as you could running in any one direction.
The fact you were willing to show us those 14 shots, 14% accuracy got my sub. 😂 Well played.
Its insane that you support this small community love it please moreee of this :D
Singlehandled my favorite series on the internet. Thankyou so much internet stranger for your videos 🙌
Little advice.... whenever doing a frame perfect trick/glitch lower your fps. The frames are tied to the hz..lowering it giving you more time to do the input on time eith the frame.
As a Squad 44 player I'll say that yes, when the first update by Ow dropped mamy didn't like it (included myself) because it changed logistics, BUT the devs listented and decided to back down certain things and kept some other.
I'll just say, somehow it feels better than before (Post Scriptum Ogs don't kill me for this). The thing is that before logistic felt like a glorified delivey guy, now it feels more confortable.
I do believe Ow is taking the right direction, they just need time and support.
Honestly, Squad 44 can become one, if not the most inmersive WW2 shooter ever created
It's not OWI though, but a group of modders that don't seem to have the same experience or talent as the OG team (and I don't mean the 2nd team) or OWI core dev team. That's what made me quit after I realized that the quality on level design will be poor. Not sure how active you are in Discord but over 90% of the levels were made by the OG team (including Chapter 4) and they left a long ass time ago. Some of the levels are insane in detail and immersion, like Utah, Grave or Carentan. I don't see the new modder team being able to pull off something like that.
My group were spying on the OG whereabouts and some of them are in lead dev positions or in really nice studios. Their story is still very strange, they all quit all of a sudden years ago, but the CEO. I bet the latter was responsible for the crap development.
I think OWI will milk this as long it is marginally profitable. They now hold the IP, so if they want to start a new WW2 tactical shooter, they can from the ground up by luring old PS players.
i love watching these vids dude, some games don't deserve the fate that was brought onto them, and then you proceed to help them out and donate and keep the game alive, i love it! keep up the work rye, much love :)
Aww man friends and I loved Castle Miner Z back in the day on xbox 360 when you used your xbox avatar to play
Man castle miner Z gives me so much nostalgia. Me and my friends played countless hours on Xbox 360. I just remember hopping in the party and joining their worlds.
This is one of my favorite channels and I'm happy you keep making these videos.
Always love it when I see a new one of these videos from you, some of the coolest wholesome content on the platform
I love your Dead Game vids so much. Please please please keep em coming!!!
Damn CastleMiner Z now that takes me back. I remember when me and my boys found this game on the Xbox play store and we were so excited to have something like Minecraft on your xbox. And then like 4 years later Minecraft came out on the Xbox lol so many great memories playing that game. I remember when me and my buddy played that game one time and we wanted to see if we could circumnavigate the entire map and come back to the center again. It took us like 2 hours and a lot of ammunition but by the time we came back we had all Bloodstone weapons and tools and has so much ammo we basically never had to create ammo for the rest of the time we played on that map.
From an entertainment video, to a wholesome video, to an investigative video. This had everything.
I really like this series of yours, it keep some of good old games open to discover by someone later on when the games might no longer exist. Also it brings nostalgia to the old old games. "Great success".