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Sh*t Soulless Games
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Yep, they're pretty sh*tty.
The point of this video was mostly to make fun of bad mobile games and generic new AAA releases, but I also wanted to have a crack at figuring out why some people (including myself) perceive some specific games as being devoid of any life.
Music (in order of appearance) -
oDDling - Reverie
SpongeBob OST - Twelfth Street Rag
Efence - Spaceflight
8 Bit Universe - For the Damaged Coda (8 Bit Remix)
Chris Christodoulou - The Rain Formerly Known as Purple
Chris Christodoulou - They Might As Well Be Dead
Gameplay and other important bits I totally stole from -
Left 4 Dead zombie animations - Crowbcat
Battlefront 2 gameplay - Battlefront Knight
Escape from Tarkov gameplay - Battlestate
Call of Duty Cold War gameplay - jackfrags
Call of duty Vangaurd gameplay - THE ONE BOOM
Call of duty Vangaurd comparison - GameV
Call of Duty Vangaurd bug - WILDCAT
Battlefield 2042 gameplay - jackfrags
Stardew Valley gameplay - Chill Gaming
Undertail gameplay - top legend (I did find this on my actual playthrough too though)
TF2 jojo poses - SFMist
Soldier voice lines - 15.ai
Well that's that... why are you here?
Why are you reading this?
what?
What?
The way you can put it is : Does the game feel like a game, or a product?
Holy shit, pure gold
This.
That is probably the best way I have heard of describing this idea in a while. Thank you.
Elden ring feels like a game while madden 22 feels like a product
Genshit impact
Pat, Soulful and Soulless are very well-defined.
SOUL = Stuff I like
SOULLESS = Stuff I don't like
Simple, right?
More like
SOUL = old
SOULLESS = new
Much better.
@@P-Bean accurate
@@P-Bean true, games like quake and doom and half life had soul and it wasnt a product, unlike call of duty old games are so soulfull
@@DFFilmmaker Wait you unironically think this
@@littlemoth4956 yeah so? Old games were made by developers who put effort and wanted their game to be as fun as possible
the commodification of video games will continue as the industry grows, people who care just gotta spread the word about amazing games :)
Inscryption is a good one, for the record.
Yeah.
A hat in time is a good one too
Tower Unite!!
yeah
You know the mobile gaming market is shit when stuff made by passionate game developers get buried under by deceitful games that ruin your hopes and dreams more than losing a 50/50 in a gacha game.
speaking about gacha games, Mihoyo in general is an example of a more "respectable" mobile games developer, at least in my opinions. Despite their newest gacha game (Genshin Impact) is generally hated by everyone, the amount of effort put into a mobile game is more than most mobile games you see on the google play's leaderboard and one more thing I respect them is they are a Chinese company. And bois, it is a pain in the ass to develop an anime-style game while also having to pass the CCP's extremely strict censor system.
sub norms need to stop buying them, either discourage them, or do something else because the only reason they can get away with making this trash is idiots buy it because they are simple minded and animalistic. They lose to skinners box mindless mechanically bare bones flashy lights and sounds audiovisual stimulation.
@@aquabutnotuseless I wouldn't say respectable, but definitely not the worst
generally any company who relies on the gambling addiction of their consumers isn't exactly the most respectable kind of business
@@aquabutnotuseless
This is a shit game. Infinite grind, micro transactions and anime but even I can’t deny that it still looks much more playable than 95% of other free mobile games. I still hate it, I won’t play it
Like any halfbrick game. Say jetpack joyride or Dan the Man.
There is nothing more soulless than streamlining user interfaces. Just take a look at the past 3 call of duty games.
Some UI and huds can get pretty repetitive but it's hard to keep it fun while being easily readable,
good point though.
I mean mw had was a cod game but it was different until it was just shit out again
I think Star Wars Battlefront 1 had a pretty streamlined UI, and it wasn't really soulless
What does steamlining user interfaces mean?
@@mufticalvinable making them as clean and with as few things as possible, but that's a very basic explanation
i always thought that when people say a game is soulless it means the devs didn't care about the game, and when it had soul it means the devs actually did care and loved what they were doing. i never really thought about the complexity of the term
Well you’re not wrong, as simple it is, this is actually correct. The guy on the video had to need facts instead of blurry concept so he made it sound more convincing (he basically said the same but more science way)
That's how I always viewed it, and it's how I'll keep viewing it. It's perfectly valid to say you like something because you can appreciate the passion the developer put into it rather than the actual quality, and that you don't like something because of the lack thereof. Those are, in my mind, the most interesting media products, specifically because they are perfect in their own strange way.
The thing is the dev care about what aspect of the game?
If the dev cares too much about political correctness of the game, it becomes a shitfest of propaganda
If the dev cares too much about monetization to keep the game afoat, while it can survive and cover the cost, it may damage in the long run
If the dev cares too much about his game vision without concerning about player feedback, the game is better off for the creators to play, not the general audience
All these 3 things, and many more I haven't listed, are valid concerns from each developer.
There are many things to care in the game. That's why every definition is made to be concrete and detailed as possible.
Gosh I feel so fat and lazy looking at the thousand of indie projects that just go nowhere. Makes you wonder if trying to put in an effort to any creative outlet is worth it.
Good video overall. Me big enjoy. I love content creators like you who are not only critical of what you discuss but also positive-minded, as in, you are constantly doubting yourself and making allowances out of an interest in proliferating thoughts of growth, advancement, and good faith. You remind me of channels like Kuncan Dastner or Scott Cramer.
Your video definitely has soul. There's love in the editing and just about every facet of it. Top tier.
It really is unfortunate, but there are other reasons to make put out creative work, especially in a hobby. Indie games are in a tough spot because of how competitive that market is, it really is sad how some incredible indie games that takes years of passionate work won't see much success.
Thanks for the kind words as well.
The project should be fun to make. Even if it failed, you still loved to do it. It’s about creativity that goes from heart. If you loved working on it and you love the end project, it doesn’t matter that it fails, you had fun and experience that may higher your chances in the future. Just look how happy were team psykskaller when they were done making cry of fear. They genuinely loved and that’s why the game is considered genius indie masterpiece that still overpowers most of horror games. A free indie game based on half life mod made by a small team of devs (they were so small that one of them voiced 3 of characters in the game)
@@thatlittlemonstrosity I have to agree with you. Indie devs make their games simply for the joy of it, and they publish it simply so they can share it with others, whether only five people see it, or millions. It's an intrinsic ordeal rather than an extrinsic one.
If you want to earn a paycheck in game development, you should work with a studio who will guarantee you one (which is, usually, no longer Indie).
@@thatlittlemonstrosity nah. Each job has shitty parts. Even one you love and are passionate about. It's never smooth sailing, it's months of chasing small bugs to later get a week of perfect dev where everything is good and the mechanics you are implementing are fun and fit the game. It isn't just passion and hard work, it takes a special kind of person to go through the shitty parts. And then you don't really get anything out of it, because there is a hundred thousand other people who did the same thing as you did.
Great video, kinda had an emplemon like feeling to it. Great pasting and a well written script
Thanks, it's cool that my video can remind you of something like that.
HE EVEN SAID DOWNWARD SPIRAL!
EmpLemon, but when he was good and not just edgy for the sake of it
@@TheZaz969 he's always been edgy what you mean
I wonder how we escape this era of game design mentality, as I feel this approach has more or less come from the recent extremely corporate approach to all forms of media.
From movies, shows, games and more, there's a noticable decline in quality when the product's own "fun valve" isn't considered. I only wonder what we could do to escape this beyond just stop giving them money, but that's not something that can just... happen.
Video games are weird because they're in an extremely young market as well. The music and film industry have had a lot of time to work these things out and consumers have (what I believe) come out on top. Only time will tell what happens.
The problem is a majority of the mitwit and low intelligence population were afforded access to games generally due to mobile phones, so they exert their considerable influence, they like simple minded games because they are simple minded, so develops are able to make these trash games because so many brain dead people exist, if they didn't exist or have such sway over games, then this wouldn't be a problem.
hey lmfao
@@Nikotheleepic do you have any idea on how we could maybe steer people in those markets towards better made games?
@@dink6530 If better games want to come out on top of bad ones, they can only do so with appropriately designed, carefully planned out and most of all more costly marketing campaigns directed to researched audiences. You'll never find an audience if you don't reach out to them - and doing so demands money to pay off ad slots, sponsored articles, press information, conference meetings, journalist packages, spots on e3 etc. Word of mouth and loyal customers can only do so much for a game.
i think "soulless" perfectly describes products so indistinguishable between sequels or compared to the rest of the market that they might as well be algorithmically created by a computer with very small variations to justify calling it a "new" product
tl;dr a product created by a soulless computer is just as soulless
Something something GTA Remaster.
So basically an asset-flip? Sounds about right.
Like Overwatch "2".
Yeah. There's a lot to criticize about Nintendo, but one thing I love is that they put in the effort to make every game distinct, with some exceptions like the New Super Mario Bros games. BUt like, compare Mario Odyssey to Galaxy, Sunshine, or 64, all games that follow the same style of 3D Mario but all have their own completely unique mechanics. There will always be a reason to play each game over another.
Of course, this mindset can be actively harmful in certain ways (the Punch-Out and F-Zero series are dead because of this very mindset), but generally I find it really refreshing.
@@SammEater Well it was getting some new shit. But we both now how that went.
I love that this video isn't just the same "video games are declining" and "AAA bad and Indie games good" mentality I've seen for 3 years
The P-Bean knows how videogame development works
And the real gaming market is much more complicated
Some AAA games today still rock
Luigi's mansion 3 Kirby and the forgotten land
I'd mention more but I'm a Nintendo fan and stating anymore would make me look like a shill
In addition the fact he mentioned all the failed Indie games make me so happy
It's unrealistic to think that indie games are more consistently good
If I had a nickel for all the failed Indie games I could make a AAA game
Agree, I also wanna add that indie stays indie for a reason. Because you have to search for them and browse a lot of them. AAA games have advantage of marketing. So while there are good indie games, they are lack of exposure. I think if we introduce more store for indie games and let people know. They will know where to find.
Steam is a good place to sell but not to start. The competition is very high in there.
2:07 I just wanna thank you for your Tomb of the Mask representation really quickly, because nobody ever talks about that game and I feel like that’s such a shame when it’s so much better than literally 90% of the mobile game market
Yeah, I played on a tablet for only a year or two when the market was still okay-ish, it was definitly a great game.
The fact that we're talking about this is what will change the market. AAA developers are slowly starting to see that the same game every year and rushed new releases isn't cutting it. Nintendo has delayed their 2 currently most hyped games, and battlefront 2 removed its pay to win gameplay, and valve made a singular pretty decent game which is a big step for them.
Videos like this are my favourite; interesting takes on the games industry in a soulful (eh?) style, with great attention to detail. You're up there with Funke in terms of quality. 👏👏
Although I appreciate it, the quality of my videos don't quite match that, but I am working on it!
You'd think that the company stealing all these game designs from indie developers and student would be Chinese, right?
Nope. It's the Fr*nch.
Oh god, anything but the Fr*nch!
Words cannot describe how much I hate Fr**ce right now
look at those fr*nch with their silly mustache and hand movements
why did you censor french
@@almiskar AHHHH HE SAID THE F-WORD
Great video mate! You sure put a lot of soul into this!
Thanks lol
teehee 😊
P bean please don’t ever quit even if you don’t get a lot of views! You have so much potential with your editing and humor and it’d be so sad to see you go.
I won't go anywhere, I enjoy the video creation process a lot, thank you though! :}
Great vid :D
Also really liked how you pointed out how we dont see all the indie games that fail, I respect that you include all aspects even ones that dont exactly fit what we all think.
That's definitely an ugly part of the market we don't see all the time, there's just so many indie games and we can't play and experience all of them. People can spend years of their lives working passionately on an indie game, and even if it comes out of the highest quality the fact is that people's time can be spent on other things.
@@P-Bean Yeah, though it should be more common to talk about things even if you dont personally spend time on them
I always tought that. Regardless of how vague soul can be, Souless definetly is way more precise and apt and frankly should be used more because it makes sense and most people can get it, even if we have a harder time putting it into words.
If we are to define soul, i think it should include 'when it clicks'. Passion and care, heart and soul(of a developer) can be poured into something that can still feel hollow in some way (ive seen a few of those). Im not saying flaws or bad gameplay/implementation/tech, more like all the good intent and energy being misplaced.
Regardless of flaws, intent, being purposeful or by accident (theres a lot of happy aciddent messes full of soul, some great ones), i think what makes it hard to put soul into a good definition is this bit of 'when it clicks'- when things fit enough in a way that makes sense or reflects a sort of personality conveyed in the project.
Like an AI with a fuzzy algorithm our brains is very good at noticing this sort of thing, what makes it hard to quanitify is the how/why it fits or clicks well varies in each and every case, to the point no formula can be put unto it... thus making anti-AAA by definition. It can and do still happen in AAA, both by accident as well a good creative lead.
It's important to remember that games lose 'soul' with time, just look at how Valve treated Team Fortress 2. The downfall of a game might not just be because of this update that added this mechanic which ruins this experience but the fact that the update clearly came out too early, is filled with bugs and is generally made without passion.
valve didnt hire a bunch of new assholes that ruined the game, the tf team IS the valve team, it's just because valve's business system that makes its team just a HUGE team of indie developers, they can do something really not corporate
For example, trolling one specific multiplayer game among their vast multiplayer games and only have in average two random employee to fix the game
While Valve has a structure of doing anything you want. You are forced to work at meaningful projects. It's pointless to work on TF2 since the game can not generate any more value for Valve to capture. It still has value to Valve, but only at stagnant rate. That's why they don't shut it down. Anyone who works on TF2 are told to work on other projects. Even if they are persistent, what can they do with the spaghetti Source code in TF2
To Valve, the game has already pushed its limit. They have maintained it professionally for more than 10 years. And in that 10 years, the community had made Valve headache lots of time. There is passion within community but those passion don't translate well to Valve's quality. As a result, Valve has to cut lots of content because oh wow, who could have thought some ideas can be shitty as well. Also lots of infighting within community content creator causing Valve to stay away from community.
Lack of trust to community content + The game reaches its limit + Burn out from 10 years of developing + Lack of value to generate
You're right that games over time will lose its soul. But the general consensus I get is always that "they're lazy, heartless and stupid". No, you have to look at the situation at the most logical and rational sense. Every stuido has their own story. Some are indeed stupid as fuck but some have their own reasons.
Soul is undefinable
Soulless is very easy to agree upon
Good video. I enjoyed the editing and I like the way certain game elements, like the mercs from tf2, was used to facilitate the experience.
Thanks, I probably overuse SFM bits in the video but it's just the way my editing style has adapted.
@@P-Bean i like this kind of editing as it is not something you'd find in most RUclips video and it was also fun to see different characters that you can recognise easy as it kept me interested all the time. Good job
Great video!
From my observation for shitty mobile games, I think the main reason why these games are so popular is because of how smart phones are getting more and more accessible and consequently results a larger user base (like how parents would buy a smart phone for their child) and it gets to the point where most cities nowadays incorporate the usage of smart phones to get around (transaction, communication, transportation, etc.), not because it's impossible to live in the cities without a phone, but it sure provides a hell amount of convenience to those who have it. There are more people who own smart phones than PCs and consoles globally.
Consoles lag far behind; consoles are almost only exclusive to gaming, but they are only available at a set price and and in certain regions or for those who can afford it, unlike smart phones which come in a variety of price tags which makes them accessible to poorer regions and more worldwide, most people wouldn't even need a console anyway.
There are more people who use PC (laptops and desktop) mainly for work purpose like business (from financial to creative design) or academic. The rest are, well, ones who use computers for entertainment, mainly video games. PCs are more affordable to game than consoles, and some people opt for PC's affordability instead of spending most of their wages (which are lower due to the economy of the places they live) on consoles.
Compared to consoles, there are still at least some wacky and less polished games that are being played on PC, and on mobile? Even more wacky and less polished games that are being played.
Apparently, a larger amount of audience results in lower standards of audience for the video games due to how more diverse the audience is in age groups and occupations (how much time do they have and how much do they care for games), but also providing a larger market share that many companies make use of by pumping out these kinds of games, or how bigger AAA companies are moving to mobile just because of the popularity of mobile games, it's only natural.
PC and *especially* console games are more polished because the audience narrows down mostly to people who would judge the quality of new games and decide to whether play it or not (higher standards), unlike mobile games. And as long there's a significant amount of people that play shitty mobile games, mobile games will continue to thrive.
For modern AAA games, I think the fact there are still players who would genuinely play modern AAA games (AC, CoD, Far Cry) no matter how dull or bland they are which led to lazier and less unique gameplay. But fortunately, there's still a few of new but "good" AAA games (I haven't played Elden Ring, but people seem to really enjoy it), so I still somewhat have some hopes for the future for AAA games.
For mobile games however, it's only dread.
Again, this is just my sole perception of my experience on all three platforms and probably still have mistakes. I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this, haha.
Great insight, you're right about mobile games being very accessible and lowering the bar. There's a lot more people on mobile games that don't actually know what good games are like, and mobile developers take advantage of that by releasing lots and lots of stuff to catch their attention. Mobile games, unlike console and PC games, aren't something that's meant to be thoroughly enjoyed and taken in, most people rarely play mobile games for more than a week, so there's less incentive to make a good game rather than many many bad ones where one might just get lucky.
The big name games like CoD have fans that would buy the next game even if it just gave you a blue screen with the words "go fuck yourself", new CoD games coast on the legacy and the fans, so you're very right about that.
I'm reading your description 'cause you make good content, mister P-Bean. I also would like you to know that I greatly enjoy watching your stuff and also appreciate the Emplemon reference. Here's to seeing some more of that soulfulness you put into all of your stuff, man, thank you.
Ooh, what a lovely video to wake up to. Glad I'm subscribed. c:
When i was a kid, i always dreamed about making a game. Not as being a part of someone's big company working on the game like cod (just an example) or something, but to come with something unique that won't be just another generic 1st/3rd person view game. To this day, i still have no idea what kind of game I'd like to create that would be pretty unique and interesting at the same time 😅 How hard it is actually to be creative
I love the editing and variety in these videos. good work dude
Very good pacing, great graphics and animation just the right length and great commentary. Amazing work...really shows character and passion keep it up
Oh have I not seen such soulful content creators in a while! You genuinely make people enjoy the minutes they spend on watching your incredibly well done works. Thanks for your investment in the community of gaming bro
Literally the most soulless video on RUclips,liked and subbed.
In my opinion valve is probably the best example of a bigger company with games that have “soul”, which in this case is passion clearly put into it
As you said though, soul is very vague so it’s hard to describe what I mean
But one thing is that they never count to 3.
Basically, its very easy to tell that a game is soulless due to it having no integrity, identity and enjoyment
0:35 that intro was so good I have to replay it like a epic moment in a movie
You say vague weird and I like that. It gives your video soul
literally the only good mobile game I remember playing is Vector, and its not even on the app store anymore
God the risk of rain soundtrack is so good, especially the song used at the end.
7:58 dang. The music and the way it is presented sounds like the end of some great game, with the credits rolling or whatever. You can even swap out some words, and it still sounds good.
This is the reason why I subbed bro. Great video. You basically took the words I’ve been saying since like 2016 and put it into a very well constructed video.
The predecessors of these shitty mobile games were actually decent games that you can pick up quickly and kill quite a bit of time, I feel pretty bad for the developers seeing their new format get reused in such a shitty way
Honestly this helped me fully understand the dilemma that I have been having about video games, sure I love them but like you explain they are getting soulless, and another reason I say that they got worse over time is partially just getting older, and so it technology, one part of games that made them so fun was the interest to figure out new cool things yourself but now everything is online and you don’t get that joy of finding that anymore. Another part is that people over time just get better at games and when they are basically the same game over and over its bound to stop being fun because it’s now just people that are way too good playing and you don’t get that joy of discovering a new game and the strategies and stuff.
jesus dude these edits are so fucking good, i wish one day to have even 10% of the skill you do
This editing is sublime.
Well since you read every comment let me make one. I noticed that modern day shooter that all look bland and same are in a race to see who can make a "best gun customization system for attachments". This race is like the cold war arms race. They fail to understand that if you give people too much customization they can make weapon builds where the pros tottaly cancel out the cons and thats where we get the term "fatherless gun build". TF2 gives a great example on how to do this. BUT if you give them too little customizaton and personal freedom people will have have to rely on one another TOO much.
-Fine example: In the Roblix experience "Warlords" you get to pick a unit when you start out. I picked the "Spearmen" because in real life they were very veristile and easy to use weapons. Turns out the game wants you to sit behind your teammates and watch for cavalry. Yes my first 2h of the game gave been spent on grinding with the worst unit in the game. I was hopeless without my team. After that i switched to the Roman legion and got run over by heavy cavalry because i didnt wait for my spearman teammate. So i bought some cavalry and got oofed by spears because i didnt let friendly swordsmen go first. So the cycle repeats again...
-Hope you respond!
Thanks for the comment, I actually had no idea about that arms race for shooter game attachments, (if I'm being honest I still play black ops 1 multiplayer on PC and that's as much attachment customization as I'm used to).
The Warlords thing is a bit of a shame because rock paper scissors gameplay has always been pretty one note in my opinion. But in all fairness the roman heavy infantry was heavily countered by cavalry, such as the Battle of Carrhae which was Crassus' biggest blunder. That being said there HAS to be better ways of balancing that sort of thing so you have a great point.
@@P-Bean I understand that Roman heavy infantry gets counterd by cavalry, thats why you dont stand in a open field with a shield formation without anti cavalry. But what i dont understand is that the "pilum", which Roman soldiers have doesn't get stuck in the armour of heavy cavalries. Which leaves them tottaly defenseless. In a rock paper scissors game that wouldnt be a bad thing, except other units have something to compensate for their weaknesses.
Example: Shock infantry has a large focus on its primairy weapon and its ability to make holes in enemy lines with abilities such as:
-Crusaders=>Deus vult
-Berserkers=>Berserker rage
-Claymore=>FREEDOM!
Most shock infantry in Warlords doesn't have shields so giving them one was a great idea. They all share a "shock charge" that lets them charge in the direction you are facing and stun the enemy for 7 seconds on hit. Natural counters _would_ be cavalry and ranged units, EXCEPT the shock charge lets you close the distance with ranged units and somehow stun cavalry?! All ranged units have a secondairy melee weapon to be used if things go wrong. Spearmen, which are the weakest unit dont have a secondairy to compensate for their cons can only fight one thing.Weapons of units are not treated as solids, meaning that the tip of your spears cant defend a chokepoint. The enemy can walk up to you and make you defenseless. Spearmen being bad is just bad balance, but lets talk game design. You may think it is an rock, paper, scissors game with a simple 3 unit system. But its more complex than that. Because you have
-Shield infantry(Romans,Aztecs,Spartans,etc...)
-Shockinfantry
(Hammers,Crusaders,etc...)
-Polearms
(Halberds,Lances,Glaives,etc...)
-Ranged
(Longbow,Rangers,Kyudo,etc...)
-Swarm infantry
(Peasants)
-Heavy cavalry
(Mongol heavy)
-Light cavalry
(Quibing)
-Support
(Tactician)
For its complexity its really balanced most of the time.
Amazing video, loved that flex you made with that little unity segment
7:45 What's the name of this game?
It's my own game that I'm working on. I hope to release it to steam some time next year.
9:43 woa! was not expecting to see Gigantic gameplay. i was so excited for that game and even supported it in the Alpha/Beta. such a shame it never took off though we have many hero shooters all releasing at the same time to thank for that
I'm so happy I found this channel. I found you when you had only maybe 200-300 subscribers, a lot of people but small by youtubr standards. You've been making amazing content from the start and its just incredible. Subscribing to you was an investment that has paid off tenfold already. Keep up the great work!
This perfectly describes the way that games are being made nowadays I’ve felt the same way about games and mobile games the way that you do and to find a video that expresses those thoughts so well I appreciate it. I’m subbing (also you saying “soulless” isn’t cringe)
Damn your editing is getting really good this was a fun video to watch
Good video. I love the work you put into this video. The editing, music, and narration is very good.
Thank you :)
Madfinger games be ditching out some awesome ass mobile games. Gameloft too, with asphalt and modern combat. Beginning of this video really resonated with me, so much shitty games and advertisments towards mobile games industry.
I felt like this for years, but you finally put that feeling into words and you did it so well.
Triple AAA gaming is always a hit or miss with me. If it’s another sports game or another generic shooter, it’s a miss. If it’s new Yakuza games from Sega, it’s a major hit.
That’s it, that’s the comment, lol
“You never hear about the failed indie games” is such a hard line, but seriously, if an indie game fails then since they usually don’t have advertisement you’ll never hear about them or see them outside of a friends steam account.
Very nice video, and good use of tf2 throughout. I also noticed the left4dead footage as great example of games with a lot of attention to detail. I think the footage for those sections were perhaps taken from crowbcat's b4b video?
Indeed it was (it's in the description), L4D2 has so much detail in the gameplay and visuals it's crazy, that video and the comparison to B4B really demonstrates that.
7:17 respect for putting will you snail
There's few hidden gems on mobile that don't get recognized and get popular these days.
Very true, there's tons of great mobile games out there once you start looking, the problem is you have to look through mountains of typical mobile garbage.
@@P-Bean yeppp maaaannn
This was a really great video! The editing was so well done, using the mercs for the assets in the video, editing them and actually putting them in the video must have been tedious and time consuming, but it gave the video so much charm!
But I feel like the cherry on top of all of the points you made in the video, is that you yourself made an example of how easy it is to make one of these games (when refering to the mobile ones I mean), I think I wouldn't be able to do something like that if I made a critic of something, but you went out and actually make one just to give more force to your arguments, and it worked!
Great video, great editing, really loved it ^^
Thank you kindly :)
Hey long time since you upload and you came here with another good video I hope you and your gf are doing wonderful and if not I hope things get better
Thanks, I appreciate that a lot.
@@P-Bean np lad I'm for the journey with your channel I enjoy your content and neko is more meme posting perfect pair hehehehe keep up the amazing work
This video expressed exactly what I’ve been thinking about for the longest time in a perfect way. I’m also a huge fan of the editing, I subscribed.
Dear P-Bean,
Never stop these videos. It’s obvious you put a lot of soul/effort into your content. The view count may not be the biggest and I hope that doesn’t discourage you. Every video on this channel is worth it. You don’t upload too often, but I anticipate every time you do. I can’t get enough. I just wanted to say thank you.
Okay bye bye.
0:48 a game i can recommend if your looking for something with soul, or just true qualities in general are soul knight, a bullet hell rougelite that i have poured a lot of hours into. the devs, chillyroom, have ported a game they have like soul knight called otherworldly legend to steam, so one day we can get a true gem of a mobile game like soul knight in steam
I 100% rather playing Indie games than playing Triple-A titles, they just feel so full of life, and feel like the developer(s) actually put time, love and effort to make them
And there's so many indie games that you seriously couldn't play even a fraction of all of them even if you devoted all of your time to it.
Man I am late, but just wanted to say that I adore the quality and soul (har har) you put into your videos, youtube needs more people like this
To be honest it just feels like childhood games were full of "soul" but if you play them again 15 years later you'll get bored quickly and move on. I think games being soulless is more of a consequence of overabundance of games, be it good and shitty games. Only the top 1℅ of games become recognizable because of this, there's just too many games on the market at once including the AAA ones which creates this effect that most games are soulless but in reality it's players who have just matured and lost this innate curiosity and fun in playing games after having played thousands of games. You don't see 8 year olds complaining about games having no soul because their imagination does the rest of the work to have fun for them.
Nowadays when I play a game I have to seek a challenge to overcome or try to make a meta build to complete objectives easily but when I was a child I clearly remember that just seeing cool stuff and playing with that was enough.
It's the same thing for real life games like football, when you're a kid just playing is enough but as you mature and play thousands of football games you stop just having fun and it becomes either competitive or you stop playing and start watching others play it competitively (esports for vidya). The best solution I've found is to start having other hobbies like reading novels or gardening so as to let my passion for games recuperate.
Yeah nostalgia has something to do with it for sure, and you're right about there being an overabundance of games since the medium has exploded over the past couple of decades.
Interesting point about the main game audiences maturing, I hadn't really thought about it but yeah the target demographic has only gone through a single generation.
Getting other hobbies helps you from getting burnt out but for me it has less to do with how I perceive individual games.
i like the emp lemon reference. you are a good youtuber 🤗
Dunno bout you but games intentionally designed to be realistic feels differentiable for me, probably the difference in time
The games that have different settings are really the only ones that differentiate themselves for me. I might just not play enough hyper realistic games though. If you can pick apart the different styles then that's great.
Solid editing man, love your videos
I, personally, define soul as how much of the game is made in a way that is indicative of passion and creativity.
I just see the opportunity. When I'm gone, everyone gonna remember my name... Big Smoke!
people already forgot how many hours they wasted playing shitty flash games in the 2010s?
those games HAD soul.
Yeah most of them we're using badly drawn/cropped clip art but they were made by individual people or small teams, often on websites with little ads and no paywalls. Compare this to the average mobile "game" (if u can call it that) and yeah you can see the difference.
I'm not trying to say that old stuff was better and times changed badly in a boomer-ish fashion but even taking off the rose tinted glasses and looking back you can see how it was different.
I’ve got to say that I adore your videos. You explain everything in such a great way. Definitely one of my current favorite channels.
bro actually pronounces vague "vag"
Literally only ever found 2 gems on mobile app stores, One being a firefighting simulator and another being a 2.5D War Game RTS which is also on PC. Any other games I found were cash grabs or copy and paste.. Nice video man.
the ONLY, i mean ONLY good mobile games are cod mobile, apex mobile (still coming soon) and most supercell games. Literally everything else is garbage lol
Disagree, there are good games that hiding in the flood of this generic soulless game. You just play the games people mostly talks about
@@TypeKK i know i was too lazy to write
@@CroatGMD you shouldn't say everything in the Google Playstore is trash though
Angry birds,pvz
Breach Wanderers and Soul Kinght are both quite good
This honestly makes me so sad, because I really, really want to try my hand in the gaming market, but my only options are:
- Create soulless cash-grabs that kill any creativity or passion I've ever had
- Work for a big company and be crunched into the ground until I die of stress
- Work for an indie company/found a company and create a game or two that reap next to no profit and fall into the thousands of failed indie projects.
I'm honestly really, really wanting to continue with creating games, but I have no clue what to do.
There are other ways of being successful as a game developer, you can get a publisher to support you and take a cut of the profit to minimize risk, or you can be a hobby dev (I personally fall into this category) and make games on the side of a more secure job, obviously it makes development time a lot slower but you get to make what you want while not worrying about the success of your project. Being a solo developer shouldn't just be about profit anyway, since game dev is, to be frank, a very unprofitable job or hobby.
And smaller already established indie teams or studios can still be stable, you just won't be working on your vision.
I can't tell you exactly what to do but there are options and there is hope.
@@P-Bean thank you so much for this advice. My clear cut goal is to be a creative director somewhere by working up the corporate ladder, but if that doesnt work I know ill always have the heart and desire to work on games.
Also, what do uou mean by publisher?
Finally someone talks about the subject and the way it should be seen
What great level of editing
Cool presentation, but I feel like this video falls very short on the front of... content. I feel like it serves more like an aimless tour of the state of video games than it does anything else. Towards the end, you had stated that you were trying to define soul, and at this point in the video I thought "oh shit, I didn't even realize" as if I was not actively watching the video. If I had to say what to do different, PLEASE grant some focus to your script. This video didn't feel clear in what it was talking about, and when it was clear, what you were talking about was heavily inane.
I appreciate the criticism. A problem I had when making this video was getting my thoughts across without sounding like I was rambling, and by the end I think I cut too much down that it sounded like I was just talking for the sake of talking. By the time the video was over there were over 6 different recordings from different days as I was cutting down or changing the script, which is obviously bad, you really don't want to change or revise the script midway into editing the video. Anyway I appreciate the tip and I'll keep what I learned in mind as I move on to newer videos.
Jesus Christ I found this in my recommendation where the hell where you before the productions quality is amazing
I think you meant SOVL
Damn I knew I did something wrong.
will you snail randomly appeared and i screamed out of joy
An interesting example I found of this was coming back to wii sports resort after playing the new Mario golf game.
For the time I played it, I can wholeheartedly say that the new Mario golf game was an unenjoyable experience. The music was way too loud and obnoxious for a golf game, bringing me on the edge of a headache. I turned it off in the settings, but somehow, that made the game feel blank and empty. Most assets seemed premade, the mechanics where rushed, and it overall just felt like a poorly made game despite Nintendo’s usual churn out of fun and enjoyable games.
However, Wii golf, a game made among twelve to be included into a twenty year old disc, had done all these things right and more. The difference? Love. They cared about their creation, and you can feel it.
It's been a long time since I've played any wii sports games but I will say the new mii designs look... sad, but I know that that's probably JUST nostalgia talking.
@@P-Bean it's probably a bit uncanny from all the advancements in technology they've been through, graphics-wise. the ray-traced hyperrealism doesn't go with the early 2000's miss the same was an 8-bit Mario wouldn't fit in a fully 3d game.
Amazing video Mr. P. Editing was great
it's worse than the "there has to be time in effort in these"
There is none. And i mean there is NONE. This unity template is shared with every single company that makes these. it's easier and free-er to make than fucking nfts. its pre-made with a different label slapped on the front.
also devs are working for these super-capitalist monsters cuz it means you can get money. That's it. If you don't have money you starve and the most open and easiest job they can find is working in an american Indian unity sweatshop with set in rules on never deviating from the goal of the publisher. I mean it's fine i guess you gotta follow them rulez and to never look back.
The devs are not to blame, in fact they probably get abused and fired and replaced faster than a diarrhea contest in a banned 80's Japanese vhs tape about women shitting on men then ur usual ubisoft's
I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel. You really remind of of Funke, keep it up and you'll make it big.
Additionally, I agree in that calling a game soulless isn't a very good descriptor for what is a result of a lack of passion, or a compromise of artistic integrity for the sake of turning a profit. It completely removes a game's staying power when it comes to playability, game such as TF2 still have a massive audience whilst the Call of Duty game from 3 or 4 or even 2 years ago is essentially rendered obsolete and dead.
Literally the worst video on RUclips.
Funny 12:27 moment
Remember that NBA 2k20 accidentally had the 2k19 icon for the taskbar in the PC version. That should tell you how much of a same game it really is.
1:49 imo that cartoony artstyle on the middle/left is actually decently warm, cute, and lively looking, the grubhub animations and "2d corporate artystyle" are godawful tho lol
Absolutely love the editing in this video so much! Everything is so animated and lively, it feels like it has soul :)
holy shit you deserve more subs this was so well done
'soul' is one of the things that came to mind when I was playing Kirby and the Forgotten Land. I think I first thought it during the Carnival area, though I'm not really sure what specifically made me think it, but my overall impression was that the game just had so many fun details and little things to experience that it felt like the developer's had put real care into the game.
Well I'm a subscriber now. I think discussions about vague concepts like soul in video games is inherently valuable. It may be vague and useless as a tool of measurement, but as a concept I think it conveys a lot of information very compactly.
The flying spinning baby heavy going "baba" killed me. Someone make a loop of that.
The only good mobile game developer, that has a large amount of these simple games would have to be Ketchapp. Their games have at least some quality and maybe a sprinkle of soul. They actually take some skill rather than the majority of games. Check them out if you want
My god you are SO underated
The passion segment really hit home for me, when the game isnt shaping up the way you imagined and time limits force you to work even when you dont want to i often find myself saying "this is good enough" when i know that it really isnt, that i would want something better.
When your now learning game dev i think its important not to stress on your mistakes too much and focus on actually finishing something.
But id still want to get rid of that good enough mentality as soon as possible.
Finally, someone who talks about these cesspool of chernobyl's elephant waste games.
this video has more soul than all those mobile games combined, great video.
I've seen just 2 of your videos and... wow... this is some quality content.