Games You Can't Buy Anymore 3: Battleborn To Die [Bumbles McFumbles] 

You're kinda wrong about the "end of Battleborn" ! It is true that the game is no longer playable multiplayer as even private "servers"(they were just private lobbies) need gearbox servers to be online...but there still is a community that is active for it. The "official" (not really, was just shared by gearbox but not made by them) Battleborn server is active and...there's a "mod" called ReBorn that allows people to play through the story by bypassing the game's online checks, and the mod's creator ( Gweg 🙏) has plans to add coop and multiplayer in the future. The game may be dead but...the community's still alive and trying!

It genuinely astounds me that the tweet at 8:35 was made before Chat GPT. That seems like the kind of word salad you would get from saying "Describe an FPS hero shooter called Battleborn". Randy was ahead of his time in the most baffling way.

One more thing about Multiversus is how they killed the game's modding scene. There was a surprisingly active modding scene creating character replacements for the game that also worked online, but WB ended up DMCAing the Gamebanana page so now nobody gets to have any fun. I know a friend of mine who created a bunch of mods and was even a manager for the Gamebanana page being bummmed out about it. I mean yeah, there's the off-chance someone could make a mod to make all the character costumes free, but to my knowledge a lot of Gamebanana pages end up removing those sorts of mods regardless.

Jack I'm scared, the thumbnail changed

25:25 man that comment made me double take. I always forget that Blizzard wasn't always commonly known to be run by Satan.

Honestly Randy could have been onto something Porn is what kept overwatch alive during its dead phase and is still considered the franchises best aspect

the battleborn porn subreddit is deeply, deeply funny because it turns out that when the CEO posted about it, it had exactly... No posts. At all. in fact it's highly likely that the subreddit was created BY THE CEO HIMSELF.

'Blizzard can do no wrong,' is the funniest aged statement ever. Edit: also they entirely changed Orisa, then proceeded to put in Orisa but evil and you have to unlock them

Remember kids: Emulation & Piracy is probably the most important thing for game preservation since companies decided that they can just stop selling stuff, or worse, take away stuff you already bought

And now that Warner Bros is delisting all Adult Swim games, you’ll have a lot more games to bring up in your next video

Hell the fact they put LeBrom James in Multiversus _(aside from being even more embarrassingly shameless a corporate commercial than both Space Jam movies combined)_ all but puts a HUGE licencing albatross around the game's neck making it impossible to to survive past a console generation. Cause this ain't a fictional guest character like Omni-Man or Akuma or half the cast of Smash, it's a real life person who is a well known and overpaid sports star, you know half the sales in microtransactions are going to paying him royalties! Hell I wouldn't be surprised if said royalties ended up burning through the "early beta's" budget faster than a star going supernova. Space Jam really does ruin everything!

I own the Ultimate Badass Edition of Battleborn and I can confirm that some people make some bomb ass ribs and the yearly potluck.

Let's be real Balan wonderworld isn't making it past Highschool

Fun lil personal anecdote about battleborn one of the characters Oscar Mike (generic soldier guy) has a voice line where he says "feminism is awesome!" which is just a funny har har that he gets to kill men and women. However since it was the mid 2010s him saying that caused "the gamers" to get a bit upset about it. Nothing really came of it but like 4 years later I saw some video where in it it said that voice line was the reason why battleborn died. At the time I was stupid and thought stuff like that was true but that take was so fundamentally bad it shook me to my core and made me stop thinking like that, so I guess I have battleborn to thank for making me not transphobic.

Remember the Transformers game they stole from us.

Randy's story is one that gives hope to people. No matter how incompetent at your job you're, Randy is still more incompetent and he still remain at his spot

Its funny seeing executives chase that cash cow model like a junkie chasing their next high.

I became so addicted to yugioh that I can recognize the cards on the transition, and that sure scares me

multiversus having Lebron James be playable is kind of like if Nick All-Stars had the Mime in it, isn't it?

Because of Multiversus I can call LeBron James a fighting game character so I'm glad that it existed

Awesome video as always, you deserve top marks for all your research.

All the criticism of Multiversus are 100% valid The only one I have a problem people making is that it’s “dystopian” to have Bugs Bunny fight Aria Stark since their so wildly different mediums and tones and are shoehorned in because they own the rights When like, that’s what makes it cool/funny? And Smash does this all the time with Kirby being able to swallow the sexually charged Bayonetta and gain her sexy hair glasses and mole.

For Multiversus, I can tell you first hand that there are actually quite a lot of people willing to give it a second chance, mostly thanks to the open communication PlayerFirstGames has with players (well, sometimes at least). I can also tell you for certain that WB is not the ONLY reason the game suffered those issues. WB's mandates of Gremlins and Black Adam being pushed early and outlawing all mods was a factor for sure, but ultimately PFG were stretching themselves too thin and just needed more time in the oven to cook. They went 4 months without a new character after half of a year of 1 every 2 weeks, that impossible pace would be too much even for Nintendo. And that long with nothing new would lower any game's playerbase. I think they still have a chance, but they have quite the pit to climb out of.

When I see the over-abundance of live service games these days and how some games with genuinely-good ideas and gameplay mechanics get buried under a sea of battle passes I think back to a different model of "live service" game that I wish took off instead: Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled. The game wasn't free-to-play, sure, but the seasonal passes were all free and it was VERY manageable to grind out the cosmetic items simply by playing online without having to drop a dime. We all thought we were getting burned out with the amount of CTR being released every month but, looking at the state of these battle-pass-focused games nowadays I think most of us realize now that we actually had it pretty good back then.

I miss Rumbleverse. Also happy 80th episode, it's a wonder you've made so many quality videos in only 2-3 years. You're one of the most underrated creators I've seen in quite some time and i hope you get the recognition you deserve.

This video got me through Splatoons Side Order on a Wii Remote, thanks for this vid

Dude Huge... Dude... Huge... Douche... Wow, that's clever.

honestly kind of insane how even after this video was uploaded there's things that are changing with overwatch, they announced yesterday that they're actually going back on a lot of greedy decisions for the game, they're giving currency in the battle passes now, they're giving all players access to all heroes permanently and is launching with a new hero, they're putting more focus into changing problematic maps for the game and giving a more accessible way to get feedback on changes they want to implement, a big part of that is because literal satan isn't running blizzard anymore but even with that I'm genuinely glad that they're trying to bring back goodwill with the community, at this point if overwatch can come back from the trenches it was in i think multiversus can too

Live service games will keep this series going for years (pain)

38:39 Man I want to hear you talk about MVCI, I feel like you’d have a gold mine with that game’s development and story mode. 45:49 And now you make me want to see you talk about KOF.

'With old school and new school shooters' Poor choice of words Bumbles

I remember about 2 years back when I got a PS4 for the first time, and my brother gave me a few sealed games that he just had laying around. It was Battleborn, and it just didn't seem that interesting to me, so I gave it to my friend since I figured he'd like it. He called me 2 days later dying laughing and said that he popped it in and all the servers were shut down.

Checking back-in for the relauch of Multiversus!! When it came back from the dead, not all of it came back.

It seems that the decades have a curse oversaturation in genres; For the 90s had mascot platformers, the 2000s had kick-started edgy and gruesome shooters, the 2010s mostly had battle royales and now the 2020s are starting an inflation on live service games (although they got their popularity in the 2010s not counting games like World of Warcraft).

With Multiversus, the lack of new characters after Marvin, lack of single-player options, battle pass grind, and lack of way to earn currency for skins that didn't require my credit card number, are what drove me away. If they'd actually show off new characters and single-player content before the relaunch, I might actually get a bit excited, but for now, I just don't really care.

Games that if you bought physical copies off they might as well be door blockers .

"no one even knew what battleborn was" i didnt even know what battleborn was until this video

With so many games getting de-listed, I guess I might as well take the plunge Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot Drink up me hearties, yo ho We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack Drink up me hearties, yo ho Maraud and embezzle and even hijack Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

Calling your game a "Live Service" is just telling your audience their kids and grandkids will never get to play it

19:23 After all these years of trying to understand the joke Rank10ygo made in his Legacy of the Worthless triple feature with Dark Scorpions, I finally get the reference.

Knowing Randy, I wouldn't be shocked if Randy himself didnt know it was a MOBA

Another good thing to note about live service/GaaS games in particular is that, unlike other games where you play and you're dome with it, because it wants you on the Infinite Money Treadmill, there is an inherently limited supply of players since most people can only handle one or two of them. And we're at a point so far with these games that everyone either has one or doesn't want one. Personally, I think a big reason behind Helldivers 2's success despite being live service is that they *don't* have any form of Progression Treadmill, you can play whenever you want and there's no dailies, plus you can just get the currency in-game easily, and not for comically small amounts either.

Battleborn broke my heart. I know ReBorn exists but like...I can still be absolutely furious at how it was treated. I usually hate most of the pieces involved in Battleborn, but they managed to connect them in a way where I was even fine dropping into genuine PvP without getting tilted. Then Randy Pitchford decided to crank his 'Bitchford' dial to 12: Had to compete with Overwatch despite not overlapping with the game beside gunplay, so y'know butting heads with the biggest shooter release at that moment. ...then Gearbox didn't market the game. Then the game wasn't something as plebian as 'Free-to-play' once they swapped to that. It was just a 'free trial', you peasant, you don't get the *actual* game...or that's what he wanted you to think. *Then* he decided to tweet about the r34 Battleborn subreddit...publicly, as advertisement for the game. (Tweet's still up by the way, if you wanna go point and laugh.) Honestly just...the overall treatment of Battleborn gave me a bias against him even before all of the *other* stuff.

Battleborn just makes me sad, because I actually did genuely like the game. I liked the multiple heroes and the PvE campaign and coop dlc the most, the PvP I couldn't care about. Overwatch 2 didnt have pve, so I didn't play it as much. Overwatch still didn't have PvE. Overwatch 2 cancelled the real PvE mode everyone wanted. Now theres no coop hero game. But we have Helldivers 2 now so I'll call it a win.

Good stuff. I like that this was a more themed episode of live service games with just the worst launches. I had never heard of Lawbreakers before this.

Well I think its safe to say that Bumbles called his shot correctly, you might be able to play it right now but the Multiversus launch is basically dead on arrival. RIP

ESO sold me on the Games as Service model. For the first time since the earliest days of the series, you can walk from one end of Tamriel to the other, and a game of that scope just wouldn't be possible outside of the live service model. That said, live service games certainly don't need to be as plentiful or lazy as they are now.

I feel like the worst part of most these situations is how a lot of dead games just look a little fun. Most aren't around apart from their trailers so all these online games just become reminders of what we could have had. If only some of these games had better parent companies, maybe they would have had a better chance.

TREVENANT MENTION LETS GOOOOOOO

And now Concord just gave us a new record for a big budget game getting the plug 3 weeks after release

I own 2 delisted games (Cherry Tree High Comedy Club and Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls!), it deeply saddens me that less and less people will be able to experience the goofy adventures of a high school girl as she blackmails her friends and classmates, gaslights her neighbour and sells her best friend's personal info to a pervert/creep, all for the sake of a school club.

Ah, trap monsters. Because the games are traps and the publishers are monsters. Clever

Man, I hope Multiversus can pull a NASB and earn its goodwill right back.

Finally a new BmF! No more of that $60 multiplayer-only bullshit!!

Oh, rad, a new video! I love hearing about stuff I've never had any interest in before - somehow, you do a great job of being fascinating!

I had no idea until this video that battleborn was a MOBA

Muscle March cries in being lost Wii ware. That and every 3ds hidden gem.

As one of the few people who played Knockout City I gotta point out it actually wasn't a battle royale: it was a cartoony dodgeball game, like a sports deathmatch more than anything. It was very fun! But it says a lot about how badly it was marketed that everyone thought it was BR lol It also *sort of* lives on as the devs released the tools to host private servers!

Honestly if I knew battleborn was a first person moba, I definitely would have checked it out

the scarlet and violet joke was amazing

bumbles i beg make a video on the pizza tower noise update or ULTRAKILL act 2(i will do nothing different from my life if you do or don't)

im genuinely shocked you mentioned the unreal / unreal tournament series but didnt actually mention that series ALSO being something you cant buy anymore

I’m letting you know that seeing the thumbnails change in real time is an experience that I never thought I would witness before.

Randy's the type of hype man that talks all this shit till his friend gets knocked out.... then pivots to being the chill guy in the room like he didn't cause all this

9:39 Trevenant is both my favorite Pokémon and my main in Unite, so I dont know whether to take this as an insult or a compliment

Im hopeful that Battleborn could potentially make a comeback since Gigantic somehow managed to get revived. I miss Battleborn so much because it was actually fun.

I’m sure Cliff Bleszinski is thrilled for you to be the first person to call him ‘Dude Huge’

Ah, so it’s a focus on live-service games this time. I suppose store closures will be getting their own video some time in the future.

Law Breakers was one game I wanted to play. But it came and went so fast, I didn't realize it had come out.

love the new thumbnail style, jack!

Battleborn and Lawbreakers makes me cry everytime i see it. I wish the game got the Space Marine 2 treatment

I actually had no idea they stopped Multiversus. I just thought it just went into its little corner with its little player base not dropped altogether. Go figure.

can confirm, game is still playable currently, atleast storymode and operations rn thanks to a fan project. more features are in the works

To this day, the only "battlepass" I've seen done correctly is Deep Rock Galactic.

multiversus fan here, ive been unironically waiting for the game for the whole time its been gone and im so excited for it to be back, also its key to point out anything bought or earned during its beta, stays with you on full release

Man, I have some really fond memories of Battleborn. Got my first ever rage DMs from kicking ass at it lmao

The Princess at 4:01 Social media was obsessed with her design for good while.

You can still play Knockout City nowadays because the devs released a private server edition that’s free on their website.

I love how you got a few things about Overwatch 2 wrong, but hit the nail on the head with "the world's coolest racist"

WAKE UP BABE NEW BUMBLE MCFUMBLES VIDEO JUST DROPPED!!!!!!

MultiVersus came back before the video was even finished and now Lawbreakers is back wiithin a month of being uploaded. At this rate BattleBorn will be playable again within the year

As somebody who loved MultiVersus and is eagerly awaiting its return, I have to admit the way the game’s open beta went down was insane. Season 2 was cosmetic focused, only had one new character, and there was radio silence from the devs for months until it eventually shut down. Compare that to S1 (seasons in an open beta was crazy) where there was a new character every two weeks or so. Like… something happened back there. It’s weird.

I still remember me and my friend getting the game and running into the same guy as the only other person in matches over and over again. We figured out eventually that we were the only three people in our part of the world still playing it. We gave up on multiplayer after that.

come on, dude, "Battleborn to Combatdie" was right there!!!!

For those that are interested in preserving art Ross from accursed farms is making a big push towards making bricking games illegal

The good will doesn’t seem to burned on Multiversus. They’re doing some good work to get people back into the game. Now it’s just hoping the game isn’t a mess when it comes out because they had to literally rebuild the game from scratch. It’s why it took so long.

Other Examples PT for Silent Hills: A playable trailer for Silent Hills (Reboot). However after a falling out, Silent Hills was cancelled, and PT was absolutely gone off the PS Store. The only way you can PT is if still downloaded on PS4. Digital Games on Wii, 3DS, & Wii U: Their Eshops are dead. RIP Pokemon Rumble. Club Penguin: It died due to a decline in players. A Pokemon Fishing Game: Visiting the PokePark a *dead* Theme Park in Japan you could get access to an Exclusive Pokemon Game. Jump Rope for Nintendo Switch: Made for the COVID Pandemic, but once it Calmed Down Limited Time. Super Mario 35, 3D All Stars, and Fire Emblem 1: The Darn Limited Time Strategy.

I like how you used the stranger sewers introduction scene from dark deception chapter 3!

45:18 "survival games are like drug dealers" a perfect way to sumirwze ARK

New thumbnail style got me shaking like a frightened cat

The day I see Omega Strikers in one of these is the day I remember how to cry

Ooooooo, new thumbnail style!

Ok, I've been hearing the whole physical media line a lot recently, so I think this bears repeating: physical releases do not prevent games from being killed. Its always DRM.

Multiversus came at a perfect time for me, with a lot of my friends moving away and still being able to play with them online. However, it did have a horrible offline mode. I'm excited to see it return, but I don't expect it to stick around again.

2:32) Tbf, I'd say Master Duel is probably one of the games that does it correctly since you can earn the Gems you need for the battle pass through your credit card OR Online Duels, not just your credit card exclusively

Remember when we thought battleborn killed itself? Overwatch 2 was slitting its wrists so hard its arms wet cut in half.

Tbh I prefer the old style of thumbnail ingrt wanting to make the number less prominent but i found the style of large numbers in background was very much unique and always made me knuw of ueah its mcfumbles time

Well when part 4 gets released you’ve got to talk about concord

Man I am still sad Rumbleverse died as quick as it did. I'm not even that big into wrestling but that game was FUN thanks to Iron Galaxy having the pedigree to know how to make what's effectively a Grappler Battle Royale work thanks to their experience with fighting games. I mean name another game that let you do a Zangief Spinning Piledriver off a skyscraper & have the damage SCALE TO THE DISTANCE YOU FALL WHILE ALSO LETTING YOU BOUNCE OFF CARS FOR EXTRA FALL DISTANCE

While it was only the western side that got shut down (yet), it feels like a good opportunity for me to vent over Disgaea RPG. Not every game series is going to make a smooth transition to a live service. In fact, when the series has a fanbase that mostly consists of powergamers, you could say it'd make a *terrible* transition! The Reincarnation system was adapted as the game's answer to limit breaking. Except it also set you back to Level 1 every time and you had to go from 100 to 9999 in multiples of 100, presumably just to be extra annoying. Then there was the infamous Communication Error that resulted in *the entire western playerbase* being unable to play the game until it was patched. To add insult to injury, the default error message sounded like it was blaming the user and this bug was apparently a carryover from the JP server's early days. When the PVP was implemented, players were already jaded thanks to all the annoyances. They were treating it less like a friendly competition and more like a chance to obtain more NQ, so they ran meta even harder than usual, making it a really bad time for casual players and boring for competitive ones since it often meant using similar builds. This only got worse with the introduction of *Super* Reincarnation meaning you had to grind even harder to catch up. By the time the End of Service was announced, people were mocking the way the publisher handled the property. Some would even change their names to things like "deadgame", to which the JP players joined in.