How Good Games Go Bad 

TF2 Update: - Valve announced that TF2 will get a "community" "update-size update". A lot of people are hyped, but I'm not too keen. The bots have not been mentioned... TF2 UPDATE 2: - Text has now been changed to a "community holiday-sized update". Told you I wasn't keen. It's something but yeah, way to grab a L - Siege is killing their esports scene with a lack of communication, and my beloved BeNeLux esports scene I played in is getting radio silenced by their superiors and is set to close - Nintendo killed my dog. Also the N64 lawsuit is fake news apparently. Apologies! NEXT UP: The Painful Love of Death ☆ Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=87093422 ☆ Discord: discord.gg/SgZfdp7KBK ☆ Twitter: twitter.com/Archmeton

As a member of the Titanfall community it is actually scary how similar TF|2 and TF2's situations are

This made me realize that out of the three companies, that the one trying to help but failing is getting severely punished, and the one that isn’t doing anything is fine

Valve: you guys still havin' fun? Keep giving us cash Ubisoft: What do you mean you guys don't like our vision? Nintendo: YOU DARE TOUCH OUR OLD STUFF AND REFUSE TO LET GO OUR OLD GAMES?!

I used to be staff in a fairly big discord server (~100k members) and we had a separate discord server for staff discussion (~30 members). That server had a mario icon, and one day we got an email from Nintendo telling us to change that icon. Absolutely insane

I don't think ive ever seen this much care put into a documentary by a one person team. And yes, your content and editing style looks like its been made by a team. Keep up the fantastic work!

I really love how similar your videos resemble Ahoy's, simple thumbnails with similar art stlye that don't give away much information, high-effort and heavily-edited informative videos about games and both focusing on the main topic without any promotions, shoutouts or pauses, great job overall

There are many things I dislike about the way Siege has been steered, but making it slower and tactical isn't one of them. It was definitely the game's vision as intended and unfortunately the players do what they do and optimize things and engineer the fun out of it. I don't agree with how they nerfed their way to this point, but I play siege not for a twitch action shooter, but for the dynamic of site set ups, gadgets, and creative play. I'm glad to see lean spamming instant ADS Ash type stuff die.

i like how he ended the nintendo section with "nintendo will burn in hell"

the fact that this channel has 10k subscribers with two videos shows the quality of the content

I played Seige for a little bit and I remember there was at least a few times where I asked my friend "why is this the way it is?" And I kept getting "It used to be better but they changed it" also the worst thing they did from my perspective is remove maps completely from the game, I don't see why any company would do something like that ever

It's just crazy to me how much Nintendo hates the people that give them money. I wish Nintendo had a philosophy like that of, ironically, SEGA who absolutly adore their fans and encourage fan creation.

Update on Nintendo, they are making gmod remove all Nintendo content from the steam workshop.

What I've noted: Never leave the community radio silent. If you're going to abandon the game for a bit or forever, let them know. Hell, let the community take a bit of control from there on perhaps. If you're making your game less fun because it's less effort, you're not exactly doing it right... Who knew that putting passion into games and putting the experience and fun above money and all else was a successful way to make games? please add more notes in replies if you wish I like to learn about these things Great Video, by the way! Very well edited!

Having sunk 2000 hours into siege(since 2015) and 1200 hours into tf2 (Since 2014) i can say your analysis of both games is very accurate, thank you for putting my thoughts into words, making an amazing concise video which really adresses all my grievances with ubisoft and valve, some of your sentences literally felt like they were plucked from my brain and put into the video, i truly hope this video goes viral and you get the recognition you deserve.

Basically, what I got out of this amazing video: Valve: Makes great games but doesnt mantain them and just profits off of their success Ubisoft: Forces their own ideas onto games that were already good/going in a good direction, mostly for the worse Nintendo: Makes amazing, memorable games but only wants people to enjoy them their way, and their way ONLY.

I'm honestly kinda surprised respawn (basically an EA hand puppet now) wasn't on this list. When Titanfall servers got ddossed they shut down the servers for the first game and took like 6 months to fix the servers for titanfall 2 But when apex got ddossed it was fixed in about a week just because it makes them more money

I feel it's worth mentioning with valve their unique management, there's no "managers" and people choose what projects they work on. They get ranked and if an employee feels like a game won't increase or help their ranking, they wont take the risk

Honestly, you only need to watch a couple of minutes of this video, to know that its top tier.

I think I remember one of the core issues Valve had with trying to fix the bot problem is most fixes they thought of were either more detrimental to players, or could easily be bypassed with an add-on or website

As an avid melee player, I laughed out loud when you showed some footage of brawl being played when you said "this is melee!" It's going to make so many people mad, but it would also go over so many people's heads 😂

Now bring EA into the mix and you have the 4 horsemen of "Making good games bad"

Arch is the only person who can make me watch a 30min video of a game that I've never played 😸

I believe you picked the perfect order to put those companies in on the Hanlon's Razor scale of incompetence/stupidity to evil/malice. As much as I'm upset about the current fate of TF2, I can't be mad at Valve about it. There have been many times in my life, and I'm willing to bet in yours as well, when I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt I should do something and still I didn't do it. The state of TF2 feels like the state of a regular game night with friends that stopped being regular despite everyone's best wishes and constant reminders to get the next one going. Valve are still doing many good things and I'd rather appreciate those than hold a grudge over their mistakes, as saddening as they may be. We are only human after all and so are they. Ubisoft is a company I strongly dislike for what they did to many titles I hold, or at least held dear to my heart. Their half-assing and lack of care feels as foolish as it feels greedy; with every very clearly bad decision or change they implement into their games I just kinda accepted it more and more that they can't be trusted, but can still provide fun experiences despite that. I will never buy another game from them again, because I wish for someone else to take their spot, but that won't stop me from playing and enjoying the ones they haven't ruined. Nintendo is straight up evil. Playing their games is like signing a deal with the devil. You will certainly have fun, likely life-long treasured memories, possibly discover a passion, aaaaand... you will feel bad about it all, knowing that not only you've paid, but become a fan of people who would kill your dog for a coin. You have now directly contributed to a legal machine of strongarm exploitation, tirelessly working to ruin every and anyone they can that might cost them even a penny. There is no morality here, no reasoning with them, any understanding you might come to with Nintendo they can and will discard without missing a step if it means they can let their legal team rip. I do not have words in this language (I do in polish tho) for how much I despise Nintendo's method of action, and I can't help but feel as if every single customer who knows even a smidge of what they've done is an accomplice, most of them unwilling, like addicts coming back for more drugs to the CIA- excuse me, I meant the mafia. And like addicts they know what they're doing is helping evil continue, but... it feels so good. I wish Nintendo wasn't selling cocaine.

to be honest there is nothing wrong with siege being a slow and tactical game . The issue is that they had a player base who was accustomed to a faster pased experience.

These videos are like nothing I've ever seen before, extremely well edited, you're a god damn artist mistah Arch

Only 11.1k subscribers and 2 videos? I'll see your channel grow from here, because the presentation and research put into these videos are phenomenal. The animation, narration, script, research, topic, music and sounds are all gloriously composed into a single video. As a game designer, I find these videos greatly helpful and informative! I subscribed and will stay tuned for the next video.

Ever since the new RU-vid CEO is thinking about ideas that might ruin in the near future, content creators won’t give up so easily. *Keep doing what you do best*

I'm so glad I found this channel! I've been wanting more game design videos that are engaging. It's a passion of mine but I have a hard time finding ways to learn more about it

I rarely ever comment on videos but I just want to say your editing style and understanding of game mechanics make for a very entertaining video. Hope you get the attention you deserve soon! Edit: I feel that “I had to install siege and I’ll never do it again”.

WOW! Arch, it is insane how much you have progressed in content creation, from rather medioker (editing ways)video to this masterpiece of a documentary. As a gmd player, I LOVE documentories and gmd content creators make a lot. BUT THIS vid/documentary was the best I've seen in the past few years I know nothing about the the first two games but somehow you made me enjoy it despite me being clueless at first 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Remember that Nintendo's legal team is different than the development team !

In terms of R6 Seige, I genuinely enjoyed playing the shield characters because it gave me some security clearing corners, as such I started playing monty (I think?) and more importantly- Recruit. He used to have a small shield that I thought was really fun and played the game a lot.. until they removed the shield for some reason- and ofc I also stopped playing.

I love this, it's not often you see someone with so much passion and talent, who also shares so much knowledge at once.

I am calling it, this channel will amass large number of supports in the near future. The amount of effort and details that are put into this video is impressive. I never got bored watching two of your videos, they're really engaging. I will look forward to the future of this channel.

Games called tf2 (titanfall 2, team fortress 2) seem doomed by developer neglect smh

Your content is absolutely amazing. I'm stunned, this is one of the best produced channels I've ever seen and really interesting on top. Good work, man

A great documentary, even better editing, and well paced? This is great, can't wait for more! 👍

Just discovered you a few days ago and I'm loving the videos you put out! As someone who played Rainbow Six Siege for the first couple of seasons I can relate to the horror of Ubisoft's antics. What prompted me to write this comment was your description of the "vision" for the game, which was admittedly quite opposite to what I felt my relationship with the game was. When I first saw the E3 trailer, the tense, grounded, and tactical shooter instantly reminded me of an old favourite of mine, SWAT 4. Seeing the players work closely to clear the map and secure the hostage made me really excited to see a next-gen successor to the cult classic. Cut to launch day though, and I was taken aback by the totally different product that was released, which to me felt less like the shooter-chess game that SWAT 4 was and more of a "slower CSGO with more mechanics and tactics". This uncanny feeling was exarcebated by the change in the meta towards the fast-paced versions of the middle season operations. While the direction they took in the middle seasons was definitely a good one considering the response from the prayer base, I feel that had they properly implemented the same vibe that they had in the E3 trailer, and more importantly have a more SWAT 4-esque fleshed out single player instead of those god-awful "situations" or "terrorist hunts", they would've just as easily suceeded in making a groundbreaking SWAT-ey game with having a good springboard to base another fast-paced shooter on. Coincidentally, this was also around the time where Ready Or Not and other realistic-sim games were announced/teased, which brought my hopes back up for the SWAT genre. I just feel that had Siege marketed itself as a fast-paced shooter from the get go, then even with their esports-focussed vision they could've made a pretty solid game nonetheless.

Where is Activision

what a video! I love your editing style and the documentary overall. keep going

Damn, two high quality videos in a single month. I really got to applaud you for all the time and effort you put in these videos

I loved this video and its ending. Keep doing work like this, I love it!

what you said about rainbow 6 are my exact thoughts on overwatch. I loved playing my favorite heroes and being able to organically adjust what I'm playing based on the needs of my team, but as the game evolved that changed into a sweat-fest chess-like formula where I needed to pick one type of hero and use whichever hero countered the one the enemies used. the game became super unfun and eventually I swore it off entirely. I still remember all of the fun I had, but the disappointment and frustration of what it became has obliterated any desire to ever return.

Valve's project assignment is interesting, but there's two important points to raise. 1) Valve's issues with toxic workplace environments and the failed implementation of the "no bosses" strategy is well-documented 2) Nothing gets done As for the point onSiege's balance, I absolutely understand the gripe that Ubisoft decides to nerf operators to the lowest common denominator rather than attempt to fix fundamental issues with bad operators, but in a game like Siege where a TTK of 200 milliseconds is considered piss poor there is absolutely a concern of power creep. This concern doesn't outweigh the opposing concerns though, as it really does feel like Siege is becoming more rock-paper-scissors than finding something that works against what the enemy has using what you have. And yes, it is incredibly myopic of the Siege team's leadership to think that nerfing one operator won't have any discernible ripple effects on others. If you read the historical releases of operator pick/win matrices, you'll see that a pattern emerges where a fast and fun operator is too powerful, gets nerfed, and the community moves on to a slightly less fun and slightly less powerful fast and fun operator, who then gets nerfed. Considering the impossible number of ripple effects to keep track of given the number of operators in the game, this has been death spiraling into a "nerf everything until indistinguishable" mindset that really is poisoning the game.

That Nintendo story about suing the guy for selling his N64 is a fake. The website that published it Hard-Drive is a satirical news site, like The Onion, but for tech and games.

Quality channel, amazing editing and graphics, I hope you keep making videos

i love the editing and the documentary , good insight. well done

wow, this channel is criminally underrated. amazing editing, amazing script, and amazing thought put into your videos. nice work!

Watched most of your val videos, and I absolutely love everything about your channels. Your accent, your editing, your deep dives and explanations. Can’t wait to see your new channel blow up!

i’m super impressed with your visuals! i’ve never played any of these games but this video got me invested!

Thank you for making this video, i couldnt explain how i felt about my favorite games in any comparable way to how well you explained it in this, your hard work and dedication shows in the quality of this production

Though this video and its intentions seem all over the place I still think the overall experience was great. The editing is simplistic and stylish, the narration clean and captivating, and (despite this video feeling a bit scattered) the general premise/information told is intriguing. A "documentary" that may not have had a clear purpose or takeaway but one that still compiled some interesting information and presented it to others who may have otherwise never been aware of. With only two videos so far I think that this is insanely well done and am excited to see more content and how far this channel goes.

I love how every minute detail is mentioned to each games and their ups and downs! I definitely can’t wait see more of your upcoming content!

I actually like the more tactical side of siege but ubisoft isnt even taking advantage of its nore tactical elements

The "skins making you harder to see" thing is a problem a number of games have gone through. CS:GO got in some hot water when they first introduced alternate skins for this reason, although they did respond fairly quickly... by editing the maps so that the new skins stand out more. I also remember a Jimquisition episode (or maybe it was just a news video, back when they were regularly doing those) about PUBG monetizing their cosmetics despite some of them making you objectively harder to see, and that was way back in 2017 when it was still in early access. It's almost as if taking the focus off actually making a fun game and shifting into selling in-game items for money is fundamentally a bad idea!

This Channel is gold, glad I found it early. Thank you for making such a high effort video, I will share it with my friends ^^

This channel editing style reminds me a lot of Ahoy, the plain colors, incredible editing and the cool visuals are mesmerizing

Thank you for making such high quality content for free. I love your videos and i’m sure everyone else who watches them does too.

Stunning editing and storytelling. Really cool vid.

Love your editing and story telling, keep it up, you have one of the best content creating that is genuinely interesting to both gamers and non-gamers!!

Gotta say, Arch, your videos are amazing! I watched both and I absolutely love them. Congrats on reaching 10k subscribers (refreshed page and already on 11.5k). We need more people on this platfor with dedication to their content like you and I really love the editing of your videos. They are both pleasant to watch and listen to! I wish you luck on your RU-vid journey

what a gem of a video, for a channel this small! Well done!

great video, went into it expecting to click away a few minutes in but it hooked me, even never really having played any of the games you talked about.

I watched your first video without even knowing and thought "huh this guys is good, he prob has like a few hundred thousand subscribers" its insane how good these videos are, you definately deserve more.

I think the biggest problem with really popular games is when the bad part of the community enters and grows very fast like sweat and stuff

loved this, now time to go binge ur other content coz of how much i enjoyed it.

first video i've clicked the like button on & commented on in probably 2-3 years. love your style and knowledge. you voice my opinion and many others in the gaming community. you do a really good job at putting our frustrations out there. you'll go a long way on youtube with the quality you're producing.

This channel's gonna blast out in popularity soon enough, I watched this guy from the start of his archmeton channel watched all his videos with theories and I know he'll grow .....Best content so far (for accuracy and theoretical backing).

Amazing video, thoroughly enjoyed the watch, great job!

Good to see you still uploading, will be checking in next year.

Its truly sad that this video even has to be made, but it has to, we need to call out the downfall of the things we once loved and enjoyed, back when they were solely there to bring us happiness

The problem, once again and probably forever, it's greed and money. What a world to live in. Thanks for making such an AMAZING documentary, I really enjoyed it!

Im glad I watched to the end to hear you say Nintendo executives will burn in Hell, the drastic changed in tone was really funny keep aup the good work! :)

Man, I don't know how you don't have a million subs already. Keep up the great work. Love these videos.

this video is so aesthetically pleasing, and so structurally beautiful, i am honestly scared that i didn't even notice 33 minutes and 48 seconds go before my eyes, and even more that i don't regret it

14:16 💀 bro what the fack

Algorhythm really pushed your sniper video, I saw it like 6 times before finally watching it, but I'm so glad I did. Very nice to find a new high quality channel with interesting topics and the opportunity to learn something. Congrats it worked out for you & keep it going :)

Wow, this channel is blowing up extremely fast! And with the quality of your videos it's unsurprising, really. Keep up the good work!

These videos are so well edited It’s so surprising that this is only your second video! Keep up the good work man

Dude the quality of this video is amazing how is this the first time I hear from u? Keep up the great work!

you deserve so much more wit hthese videos i mean this is crazy good

Didn’t this RU-vid channel just start? Holly you blew up. Rightfully so the quality and time put into these videos betters others with huge budgets. Good job 👍

honestly i saw the length of this video and thought i would only watch like 5 minutes or so, but ended up watching the entire thing without realizing it. amazing stuff bro

Its insane that you7've only made 3 videos so far. I didn't even realize you were a smaller youtuber til the end of this video. Love the content so far, v nice keep it up.

Those Videos are sooo well edited and animated

This was honestly such an incredible documentary and covered basically all of the important bases I was hoping from a video like this, keep up the great work, cant wait to see more of this!

I just watched your video about the SNiper Rifle, and it was fantastic. I came looking for more gold, but I found diamond. Thank you for making such good videos, you deserve alot more attention!

this is amazing, this really shows what went wrong and how it did thank you

hey dude, love your videos - exams are stressful at the moment but thanks for making what you have :)

Hey dude you deserve more followers, your editing is awesome! The flow to your videos is great and the visual design is top notch.

I can't believe you've perfectly encapsulated how I felt about Siege ever since I quit circa 2018-2019 after loving the game for 3 years. It was the game I invested the most time in ever.

DUDE I CANT KEEP UP WITH THE QUALITY OF THIS VIDEO KEEP MAKING THESE

I loved siege. The level of fun compared to dmg is right on.

You have a really engaging art style and explanation style! Your care and work put into this is really evident!

This has been one huge ride to watch! It sucks to hear that Siege was really kicked down that much by Ubisoft's balancing approach, and I've been wanting more and more to check out TF2 again since I tried TF2 Classic, so that should be fun to do whenever I do :) Also the comment is edited because I was going to ask about the "Melee" nametag being a joke or not (I had the feeling as I noticed the one video you used for it) until you named it again lol

loved the docu

Amazing video very interesting i wasn’t sure about if it was worth watching but now I am happy I did and I knew you were Dutch after you said Antwerpen haha this video deserves more recognition fr

I thought there would be a ton more videos on this channel I love the way you make videos and keep it up

This video was extremely well made and an enjoyable watch. Your perspective on Siege as a game was much different than my own and I'm glad to see new ideas and preferences for the game. I hope to see more of you work in the future. Personally, I enjoy some of Siege's changes. I got into R6 Year 1 for the promise of tactics, however it wasn't your bread-and-butter type of tactics. "Destruction" was the name of the game to me, my favorite moments and plays during my time in siege are when I am able to warp my surroundings to out play the enemies. In fact, I dreaded the phase of siege where it was seen more like COD with everyone rushing in with a 3 speed. The problem is I don't think their speed was an issue, just a mindset of the player base. What siege fails to do these days is equally reward a tactical playstyle opposed to the fragging style of play. I do feel I enjoy parts of siege more now, as I always liked being able to deduce the best method to disassemble an opponent's plan of attack. The thing is that even though I enjoy some aspects of current day siege, I long for year 1 siege. Some tactics and strats are now impossible and everything oozes ESPORTS ESPORTS ESPORTS. There was a very small, sweet spot, where I felt everyone was happy. I, and others like me, got to methodically plan the different outcomes of situations all while in the middle of a gunfight. And those who preferred to rely on their mechanical skill and fragging potential were able to do amazing! There was this perfect Yin and Yang between "supports/intel" operators and those who knew how to kill quickly and efficiently. I felt that even with my passive playstyle I was a contributing part of my stack, and today I feel as if there is a stark lack of comradery that used to be present. Siege forces players to be tactical now, but at its peak, everyone could play how they wanted while benefiting those around them. Which in a sense made this perfect gaming ecosystem that I yearn for are turn to.