5 Ways the Internet is Ruining Gaming 

13 minutes in and i see two ads in the video.This is not television.I am not watching this.

renn i been watching you for the past 2 or 3 years and always felt your content was umong the greats. your production value is crazy well thought out and now i notice you only have 100k subs...thats criminal i thought you were for sure milli sub kinda guy...too mind blowing i guess i gotta tell my friends to check you out...scratch that im putting you one when we chiling im forcing this content in there mouths

You are so incredibly witty man. So much so that it sets you apart from all other videogame content creators

😅I actually just got a Flexispot E7 desk + C7 chair too. My desk isn't the "pro" model, it's the E7 Noob, but it's still pretty legit. I've actually found myself using it at standing height a lot more than I expected to. Another unexpected benefit was that it makes cable management a lot easier when you can raise it up like 4 feet off the ground... Pretty dope, I actually would recommend it for people that want a decent sit/stand desk without having to pay $1000+.

The ending is whacky, you literally ascended yourself by using FlexiSpot

Came to the comments looking for this sentiment

The internet have corrupted desks

​@callmeidk1682yeah only seen like 6 of his vids sofar but every time he goes above and beyond with the public clips😂 gotta give it to him for that creativity

How naive.

Certified Finger Maiden Husk.

Seriously! Poor girl did an excellent job of humoring this very strange customer.

She reminds me of one of my old classmates. Such a wonderful person. But her mother passed away in cancer in elementary school, which is horrible.

It's impossible to be mean to Renn

Can we take a moment to stop being simps

​@@AlexKr.Decency = simping Weird guy

There can be satisfaction in the power itself, but most games aren't set up for that, and not everyone can enjoy that even if they are

typically the most important thing a game can have is difficulty, if there's no struggle for anything is there even a point in doing it?

​@@mostsatisfied1053 I'd say that stellaris is a game where that satisfaction of holding power is the best feeling I've ever had in a game and I don't entirely know why.

I never did, the most I would do is see a walkthrough when I was a kid.

Everytime I have gotten lazy in a MC world, and swapped to creative to just add a few items, I instantly lose interest and have to start a new world.

ayo harley being kind and supportive to smaller creators?

I agree, but I think my video could've used more bacon. thanks for your kind words!

@@RennsReviews Renn you look like a Tom Scott cosplayer.

THINK IT, DREAM IT, DO IT!@@RennsReviews

I would also note that the reviewers don't have to be directly paid off to still be manipulated to give more positive reviews. Aside from giving them review copies, game companies might send these people to their conventions to preview a big release where they are treated very nicely and are given luxuries they might not otherwise afford on the regular. They actually employ this tactic with RU-vidrs quite a lot too and all it does is completely destroy any critical perspective they might have as they will be very likely convinced by all the comfort the game companies treat them with in regards to game previews and review copies. After all, would you want to soil your relations with the people who treated you so well even if their game turns out to be absolutely sub-par and clearly not worth the money it's asking for?

This is half true.

​@@superplayerex2431I know that was the case with the great canvas bag controversy of Fallout 76. They told the people who paid for them that they basically couldn't secure the material only to give the exact bags out to influencers

IGN as a company isnt getting anything for reviews no. the reviewers certainly get some kickbacks, non-monetary or otherwise. at least this was the case when I knew an IGN employee 7-8yrs ago; they didnt waste any opportunity to explain how IGN is kind of scummy from the inside.

​@@superplayerex2431They did this with Payday 3! A lot of youtubers who reviewed the game early included footage of how they were flown out to New York to drink champagne with other youtubers and do a Payday heist in real life (I think they "robbed" a jewelry store). All the videos I saw from those guys said positive things about the game. Lo and behold, the game comes out and servers are down for like a week on release. As it becomes playable, people realize they took so many steps back from Payday 2.

Like MF Doom, your favorite RU-vidr’s favorite RU-vidr

@@HeffyGidk about all that now, I will be tuning in to every mf video though.

Man that's the best compliment ever!

Nah thats jontron. Renn is the Mark Normand of gaming youtube

@@texanarchy666 jontron is no Norm whatsoever

There is an indie game I was enjoying but I got stuck on one level, and it is not worth it to me to trial and error for 45 minutes to see if it gets good again in the next level. But there are no Steam Guides or RU-vid Walkthroughs that far into the game and it sucks.

Name the game!! ​@@haruhirogrimgar6047

​@@haruhirogrimgar6047Which game was it? It is a crapshoot but there is a small chance someone here may know the answer or a resource.

It still is, just dont watch the slop

Play a niche game. There are thousands of games without video guides which are that specific or highly promoted by the algo. EDIT to list some examples - a response to someone else isn't going through. ---- Eight games in seven different original IP which I have all played. All of them are on modern consoles and PC with international releases and publishers including Arc System Works and Marvelous as well as titles which have been highlighted on Nintendo Directs and have demos (one of which I played at an event in London). I'd be surprised if you played any of them without feeling some of that mystery from the pre-RU-vid age. (I could pick games which are only in one small region for another language, have zero reviews, have no modern release (digital and/or physical), are on niche platforms (DLSite, MangaGamer, Itch.io) primarily but ultimately some of those get English guides if people are passionate enough to make one even if they don't blow up. Someone below mentioned ROM Hacks and total conversion mods too which probably number quite high in surprises especially when considering randomisers and barely any guides) 1) Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin - Most guides seemed to be based on the farming component and it got updates which may make even that outdated. 2) Brok the InvestGator - It has an in-game hint system and clues which make it easy enough to figure out how to go your own way in the game, not many guides from what I can tell and not because it isn't popular or polished. 3) Underdungeon - No guides, though some playthroughs if you want to know how to get the true ending but nothing that makes you actually good at the game nor especially popular clickbaity content. 4) Mable and the Wood? No guides at all from what I can tell (not even for the good ending which I still haven't gotten) and it is a four year old Metroidvania with some cool potential skips and speed tech. 5) Aeternoblade 1 and 2 - Both games have no proper English guides to date despite the IP being over 10 years old at this point. 6) Scrap Riders - Some playthroughs, but no guides and barely any reviews. 7) Summer in Mara - The only decent guide is the one that I made as far as I know, but it is hardly sweeping the internet or twisting the meta. It just makes a buggy and tedious game easier to track and understand. Is it possible that there is a notable cheese for some of these games? Most likely but it isn't well documented or sweeping the internet. Even when I work on my Aeternoblade guide and if I find easy cheese to beat every boss or skip to the end, I'd probably frame it in a way for speedrunners rather than deliberately try to upset the balance of someone's first playthrough. This is actually what happens for most games though in the case of some games with strong competition, challenge run culture or speedrunning - it can get more dicey. Monster Hunter has a grind and co-op components, so some people will be tempted to look into the speedruns and shortcuts even if they aren't necessarily fun based on your weapon preference. It may be a minority, there are a lot of guides and content about Monster Hunter, so it is definitely impacting some people's growth though I think it is a sign of how limited the tools to learn in the series are - not just a culture of FOMO from watchers and content creators.

ill let you in on a secret, it can still be. you just have to remove yourself from the sphere. simple as that. i speak from experience, best thing i ever done. you gotta get over that fear of missing out, cause you arent missing out on anything, gaming community is toxic as shit and you generally only have to gain from separating yourself from it. learn to go blind to shit all over again, enjoy life without validation from ANYONE.

Literally just stop consuming content spoiling it ??

I don't miss being stuck and never figuring out the solution, like SH2 orange juice in garbage disposal made me quit in frustration so many times before I randomly got it

And the angry stans

That's what it's all about! Takes me back to the old days of playing SNES/SEGA Genesis/N64 with my brother or a friend. Taking turns every death or every level and putting our heads together to experiment and figure stuff out. Good times.

Yep that's a good strategy

Same. I never do guides unless I deem it totally necessary. I love figuring things out on my own.

I agree and have the same mindset, especially for single player games. For a game like TOTK for example that is the fun of the whole game. getting stuck on a problem and trying solutions until you find something that works. The greatest is when you surprise yourself with what is possible. Guides kill that sense of mystery and discovery so the idea of using guides for a whole playthrough has always baffled me.

Been doing this for quite a while, it's very nice

I wish i had friends to play games with in general lol 😂 wanna play something sometime? I feel like we look for similar things in gaming

Same here, I love the writing and production value

We still call it smurfing in Overwatch, so I guess it's just a zoomer term?

​@@CuteSkylerI've always understood smurfing to mean: experienced players starting a new account to wreck noobs. That's different from reverse boosting which happens on your main high level account.

@@piotr78 Well...to play at a lower competitive rank, not necessarily to style on worse players. A lot of smurfing is done with characters or strategies that are not effective at a high competitive level but the high rank player still likes and wants to do. Like smurfing in League because you had literally never played some character before and while your knowledge of the game from a competitive perspective puts you above the average player, you will lose a fair bit and have good back and forth with less skilled overall players who have thousands of hours in the character they're playing. At least until you start taking the smurf seriously then you gotta spin up a new smurf.

Smurfing is as old as multiplayer gaming.

​@@piotr78smurfing just means you're playing with others below your real skill level. Whatever route you take to get there is negligible.

Always good to see a comment from my boi Odium! You've been here for like 5 years!

@@RennsReviews Believe it or not, I've actually been watching since your Halo 4 videos (that really resonated with me at the time, especially leading up to the even worse disappointment Halo 5 turned out to be) and watched your early Destiny stuff, I think I subbed some time before or after you released the Halo trilogy valentines day special (if memory serves me right, I can't really check when I did) because I re-discovered the channel. To this date you're the only person worthy of my patreon money and it has been a blast enjoying your vids, one of my shameful favorites being the eating in the drive-thru prank, even though I definitely understand why that doesn't deserve to ever see the light of day again...

Same here. It also makes it an easier experience when I do go back because I tend to drop the difficulty to easy when collecting since I've already beaten the game by that point.

Yeah man you're the ONLY one playing a game without guides lol

Completely agreed. The biggest hole in SBMM is exactly what Renn pointed out, but didn't quite lay out in words. In a non SBMM system, you can get a team of sweats, casuals, or a mix. You have no control or influence over it. In SBMM, good players can purposely make new accounts, tank their rating, etc to play with people that they can stomp, while less skilled players have absolutely no alternative. This simple realization is what made me walk away from any kind of ranked matchmaking or SBMM PvP. Nowadays, all I play is Battlebit or Tarkov. Tarkov has a lot of sweaty players, but it's also easy to find people who just want to play and aren't obsessed with getting every tiny advantage they can get. Even then, the low ttk means that you can run into some dripped out enemy and still stand a good chance. While the game has its issues, I think it's found a great balance of giving incentives for good gear/using meta while simultaneously making the alternatives still viable. Games with high ttk inevitably make 1v3'ing extremely difficult if not impossible. Low ttk means you can still have a real chance if you play right, make good shots, and think before you act. I'm so glad I never got sucked into the meta, glitch, or cheating routes with any kind of game. That sense of exploration, discovery, and experimentation is what keeps games interesting for me.

Next week 🥸

@@RennsReviews sick

​@@RennsReviewsLie.

I'm a huge souls fan, but just couldn't get into it. I think it was the jarring difficult difference jumping between the linear level sections and boss fights. Traversing felt like a sneeze, and the bosses just had too many attacks with large telegraphs, but incredibly quick execution times. Just didn't gel well for me & I love souls games and soulslikes. The artstyle also just isn't me at all. I like dreary and oppressive settings

@@bbbbbbb51I don’t remember asking+ you’re wrong 🤣🫵🏻

Pretty similar with how I go about it, except I usually go for the more “normal” difficulty first just to see the intended experience to take everything in, get used to the keybinds, combat mechanics, etc. Then, I’ll do the hardest difficulty or go for a survival mode if offered (like Fallout where there’s severe limitations) while tailoring certain things with the game if given the options (hide HUD, disable stuff, etc.). Those are usually the funnest runs I do. After that, it’s a free for all where I will mod a game to hell and back (if possible for the game) and search for Easter eggs, collectibles, check off achievements, etc. but that’s if the game piques my interest enough beyond the first play through. Been a number games I’ve played that are such a drag to get through that I don’t even bother replaying them or care whether I tick off achievements for it.

🎉 didn't realize this one was gonna be my 100th until a couple days ago!

On the other hand, it depends on the reviewer. IGN specifically writes reviews with their target demographic being parents and gaming casuals. Their reviews are meant for the people who buy CoD + FIFA + 1 game like Skyrim/Spiderman each year, or parents wanting to know which would be a better gift between Mario Kart and Smash bros. All of their reviews make perfect sense through that lens. And for story-focused, it could just be the case that people who love gaming enough to dedicate a job to playing + analyzing + writing about them, like it when there is thematic depth. Mario is openly stated to be designed like a children's toy. There isn't much going on with a game like Mario, but for The Last of Us there is a lot of emotional + thematic depth to think about and engage with. I barely give a f"ck about a game unless it has good writing, I assume a lot of people who write about them for a living can be the same.

The only thing I'll look up for Souls games are quest guides lol, which I think most everyone can understand.

For real i was an achievement hunter ( well sorta am ) but would turn my games in jobs/ grinds example is I would play one game and keep it on my console until I 100% it and then move on but that would just make it feel like I'm forcing myself to play the exact game by force instead of fun

eeermmm cope????

@@luisaazul Cope with what?

Striking Distance shill. The combat is brain dead and the story is beyond shit.

My favorite thing to do in BotW was just BTB off an enemy flinging myself off in a random direction to go explore. Was endless fun

Rip blockbuster

Absolutely not. Some people are completionists and get immense enjoyment from getting every achievement in a game while not having to play it 2 times over. Might want to just change that "Always" to most of the time. Different strokes for different folks.

​@@sphyre1196vehemently disagree. People who play games to see "100%" have lost sight of what makes games special or engaging. If you're playing anything for the achievements and completionist mindset first, you need to do some seriously self-evaluating.

@@bbbbbbb51 You don't get to tell me and a huge community like true Achievements how to enjoy our games. Take your overbearing nonsense elsewhere.

Are they?!

Dude this a question or ?

Thank you?

I agree?

Hey, I love this comment thread?