They had a really DOPE idea for a classic competitive shooter game : Team combos with elements/ Skill oriented gameplay (specifically with the ice gauntlet) / really good movement options as a 3rd person shooter / really strong PVE potential. And they decided to make it a battle royale which is the worst game mode for spellbreak. Why ? Just think a minute. Team combos with elements
Honestly, I wouldn’t really call Fall Guys “dead”. It’s definitely not in the spotlight anymore, but I and many people I know still play it. It’s a fun brain-off game, and even if it’s not where it was before, 10,000 players on average is not what I would call dead. The game still has a playerbase.
I’d like to consider dead games as games that you can barely find matches in and that have a very small player base. Fall Guys and Rogue Company are still updates frequently and has tons of players returning every day
@@itzhamison1591 How fast you find a game is pretty dependent on the server you play on. I play on the EU servers, and I always find a game within 30 seconds in most modes. I personally don’t think Rogue Company is dead. It’s just not that popular, and I think that’s mainly because Hi-Rez don’t promote it enough. Rouge Company has a lot of potential imo, the developers just need to make the right decisions. If they don’t, the game will die. I hope not, because I do love the game.
that's meaning is probably the more true meaning. when most players call a game dead, they usually just mean it isn't anywhere near as popular or mainstream as it once was.
I loved it and got really good at it. Me and my friends thought it was gonna be the next big game but with literally no updates and the matches becoming filled with bots because it couldn't find players. The game got stale and super super unsatisfactory when I'm not doing anything but fighting AI. Same reason I quite fortnite at a point
@@Taexer yea, it sucked when fortnite added bots. You would get 10 kills thinking you’re good then instantly get lasered by a try hard builder. It felt like they were trying to make you stay by giving you easy kills
Yeah we could tell from your Spellbreak vid (or at least, I could tell) that you did love Spellbreak Punch. Its cuz of you I started playing it myself. And I miss it.
I feel like spell break would really benefit with a reboot, maybe having a story based setting or maybe a wave fight set up. That could get you into the mechanics of the game so you understand the basics against A.I. and then you can play on a pvp setting after getting the hang of it. But I loved the art style and feel of the game, just Earth always was used and it was just imbalanced with no incentive to change up play style. On numerous occasions I thought of going back to it, with now that not being a case at all, but the one thing that turned me away was that if I was going to play. I couldnt do it casually.
I love watching videos like these seeing how outdated they became because of the game returning and it's cool to see how a game I joined after its re-spike once went threw a tough journey of almost dying.
Not dead games, but ones that reached their peak at some point and now have a consistent, stable player base. Not every game needs to maintain its peak popularity for all of its lifetime
I wouldn't call Fall Guys "dead" more or less dying or less popular. This because you can still get into a match pretty quickly and also updates a still being churned out by the devs
@@notrod5341 True, me and alot of other still play Fall Guys and get hyped for updates and come on you really can't call a game with 13k+ concurrent players "dead"
As said by TheRussianBadger "To the credit of the negative nancies, the game was a buggy mess, from somethings being another thing to laugh at, to more deadful ones. But this is just battlefield to me! When has EA released a polished launch product?! Since bad company two!" -Basically
They are all different though, you can't define a dead game... well a dead game if there are players willing to stand up for it, unless the fact is evident that the game hasn't been doing so good in terms of always having something to do, like the original Gears of War, and the 'line' of super popular games... I don't even know what that points out. Like macro said, the games you speak of "Diehard Fanbase" have longevity, and have at least sustained for a 'couple' of years while games like these don't have it.
Legitimately some of the best times I had gaming were on spellbreak :/ such satisfying combat, tons of potential for flashy kills, high skill ceiling allowed for crazy outplays. So sad where it’s at now. The only reason I stopped playing is because I would search 30+ min without finding a match. Just lack of updates and pushing away the core player base really did it in
Yeah RoCo has a steady player base. I think what's throwing Macro off is the high skill ceiling. He's used to games like Apex and as a result he find rogue too difficult and "clunky" when in actuality combat flows once you master it.
I really wouldn’t call fall guys “dead” or “dying”. The game still has a dedicated fanbase. also the biggest reason for its decline is because of among usz
With Rogue Company, i enjoyed playing it with a few of my friends a lot, but we eventually started playing Warzone and Fortnite a lot and kinda forgot about it. We were pondering what to play one day and we remembered it, and when we went to play it, They had COMPLETELY destroyed everything going for it. Guns has more bloom and the TTK was faster. So now you could only hit shots if your lucky and you died in 2 bullets. Looked it up and turns out they had changed and reverted it multiple times. We havent played since.
I remember being in Rogue Company's closed alpha under NDA and thinking "man, theres potential in here, hope they don't fuck it up" and then it released and I remembered its a hi-rez game. Its still kinda alive but there's certainly a lack of anything to keep me engaged compared to other FPS I play.
Spellbreak will forever be my favorite game that never popped off. I can’t argue, it is hard to get into, and I was lucky that I was there since the early days and was able to grasp things when everyone was learning -even after leaving for a long while and coming back nothing has changed so I didn’t need to learn anything. I wish this game became something and I still enjoy hopping in and playing alone or with friends for a laugh, but there’s a reason I play more fortnite than spellbreak even though I personally like spellbreak more. It’s just a content thing
I personally still play Rogue Company and honestly think people I know didn't give it a fair chance. Like it constantly updates, gives free rewards just for logging in, has cool cosmetics (which adds new voices). Also, it's free.
Okay I’ll give you that it’s incredibly underrated and people (no offense) like macro are kinda I don’t wanna say biased but unfair. Like he said it has a “weird pay to win system”, when games like rainbow six siege or apex legends do legit the exact same thing but when rogue company does it it’s a problem? Which is odd despite people liking those two games a lot. But rogue company is a literal hot unbalanced mess.
@@brayanfavela9423 all games are toxic and it’s so easy it’s not sweaty I mean I have seen people get mad for not getting ten kills in the first match but then you play games like val and rainbow 6 and your like 🤷🏾♀️
At best it’s alright, and I’ve been playing on and off for a few months at a time since the first month of closed beta. It’s gotten better but it’s still got a lot of issues, especially if you play on Switch because Switch players are a joke to Hi-Rez. On Switch you can’t play anything above 4v4 (Overwatch is 6v6 and RoCo can’t do that for some reason), the game crashes repeatedly just trying to run like normal, you can’t rejoin matches anymore so if the game crashes you lose all your exp and challenge progress, and forced crossplay between PC and consoles is garbage (again, especially on Switch).
The term "dead game" should be reserved for actual dead games like Lawbreakers, Battleborne, and stuff like that. 😅 These games are still alive due to the fact they have there dedicated playerbase albeit a lower playerbase. Although I agree I don't think these games will ever come back into the spotlight, they still deserve new players as some are pretty fun.
@Emily An I understand a lot of people had that issue. I had no server issues. My personal problem with rogue was the constant people who leave matches with no backfill and you're stuck with a 3v4, 2v4... Ruined my rank experience. But the casual modes were still fun enough like battle zone, real enjoyed that one.
Problem with Rogue is that the servers are really unstable, and whenever there's a rogue that's too good, they leave them as is instead of nerfing, opposite of R6
I actually like Spellbreak. It was just a new twist on the battle Royale genre. But the last circles were just always so bad to play. Still sad to see it gone
Spellbreak is honestly really interesting, it's one of the most unique BRs out there and creative. I'm suprised they didn't add new gauntlets/combos with each season.. like at least a new element every 6 months, maybe cycle some of them so people are forced to learn more variety.
Honestly i still think Rogue Company holds up pretty well, and I still think it's got a chance. The game it's plenty of qol updates, and has a pretty active community. And it's pretty clear the devs are passionate about the game. I think it can bounce back with enough love and care
Certain guns and to test each out is a pain in the ass lol one of the reasons I didn't play much aprt from the fact that there's too much run and gun in a game where your movement is defined by the characters you play.
@@judson5203 huh I’m confused? Are you saying it’s confusing for new players because the characters are locked? And with the first paragraph are you saying movement or your play style is defined by the rogue you play? And the whole there are different weapons from each rogue cuz like you can just steal your enemies or just go to the training ground. Maybe I’m dumb idk I can’t rly understand anything your saying……
@@djsuperqueen1248 well I haven't tried out the range recently or for that matter in a year so I might be outdated it was just the reason I stopped playing, and yea some rouges have some movement abilities right (I think so forgive me if my memory is so bad) I'm talking about them
I really enjoyed Spellbreak but it just took so long to find a match. Even if it's not a 'good' game, if enough people play it and it doesn't take forever to get into a match, I think it'd be more enjoyable. But then again, if it isn't a 'good' game, people wouldn't play it in the first place.
I absolutely loved Knockout city when it came out! And I even was skilled enough that I reached max rank in ranked. But the overall lack of new consistent content, and things to grind for is what eventually lead me to take a break, and try other game titles out there.
I have over 20 days played on rogue. It was fun back then until it started getting sweaty and then I completely dropped it. I got sad when it died because I have so much on the game
Spellbreak also suffered from developer ego. They thought of themselves as being too high and mighty for the community and they were not transparent at all with communication
When I played 2042, I had no bugs or annoying issues. Although I could see that even though the game was dying super fast, it was just chaotic overall when playing against so many other people.
Honestly I was pretty decent at Spellbreak and I played it a lot (mostly the poison gauntlet) and im thankful for it because it introduced me to the larger battleroyal gameing community but i Don think they minimal player base (and longer Que times becase of that) inadition to the low updates were really what killed at and I whould love for it to come back hopefully after learning from there past mistakes on the title. And if it did come back I'd try it out again.
I think if fall guys becomes free to play and finally comes out on Xbox and switch it could make a comeback and if they make a huge tournament it would become great again
Dude Rogue company dying was the hardest to accept, I remember playing the beta and having so much fun but after a while it just started to get a bit stale.
The thing is fall guys is not dead I think they still have a really have a dedicated fan base and I heard they are going to revamp it on the 15th of may
good vid. for spellbreak the devs have been silent for 8 months and ended season 3 early. season 3 was a bust due to the changes in levitation hoping it comes back. they should of added some limited time modes.
Macro, I dont know why or how, but when we played spellbreak, we played 12 games and won 11. For some reason we were on top of the world for that session. Haven't touched the game since
Hyperscapes was such a good game but it died cause it couldn’t handle the playerbase 😢 I went and played it again the other day and it’s so fun but the problem with it is lobbies have like 7 players
Nah, it died because all weapons were hitscan, letting veterans annihilate noob, not enough variety and the way the “safe zone” worked was very annoying
It was the 1st game that I wanted to commit grinding at got highest rank 1st season. A few months later and i could barely find games anymore. Sad times
I’m sorry but Hyperscape was annoying to play and way too tactical for me. Battle royales give you multiple ways to play, but Hyperscape was more or less forcing you to play it safe all the time, which I just didn’t enjoy
Hey macro! Would you consider a new series? For apex. Character for pros Basically instead of teaching Noobs about the passive tactical an ultimate ability of characters you talk about tips and tricks for characters that could upgrade your gameplay
I’m not gonna lie, I had such a blast playing rogue company and spellbreak, I thought it was very fun and I liked it a lot. I knew that the games were gonna die sometime but I still loved them. (I don’t play either now)
Heavy Metal Machines (PC, Xbox One/Series X, PS4/5) would be a probably fun one to cover. Had a blast with it myself up until a good couple months ago, they stopped adding new content.
I stopped playing rogue since it felt pay to win, which you mentioned in this video, my friend bought some of the best characters which made the rest of us stopped playing since it was pay to win and online got too boring. Another dead game (which doesn’t deserve to be dead) which is still fun and not pay to win is splitgate.
I still play Knockout City - it’s a ton of fun! Just went free to play and a new ball that takes some skill to get used to. I think you should give it another chance. The issue with long queues is the grouping aspect. If you are not in a group and solo queue, it takes a while, but I find matches fast with a 3 person group queuing. I don’t think it’s dead - it has a pretty diehard fan base though and I think that’s enough to keep it from being dead.
Ya, I just started playing Knockout City a week ago, and it is so Awesome! I love the feeling when someone throws a fast ball at you from behind and you do a full 180 and catch it. Its such a fun and unique game that I will be playing for a while!
knockout city is a fun and charming game to hop on ever so often with my friends. I don't think it needs to be a favorite or be super popular, but that's just my 2 cents. I also enjoyed rogue and spellbreak
One thing I think you missed are games that come out on dying software, like the psp. I know you haven’t covered any games like that, but it’s still important to mention
The reason spell break died, was because after 2 years of being out not a single new piece of game changing meta was added and not a single new gauntlet ( aka the weapons) was made
Spell break in logic looks and plays fun like i win almost every match but the thing is im always using toxic as a main and comboing with fire or wind… so the meta is kinda unbalanced and gets boring after the fourth win in a row..
I was a Pre-Alpha tester for Spellbreak, I specifically started playing the game 10/25/2018. I was actually lucky enough for someone to notice my genuine intrigue for the game in the discord server and he gave me his extra download key, It was so fun and new at first, but by time the game fully released and everyone was talking about this "new game spellbreak" and I "had to play it with them" I had to explain to each and everyone one of them I was a pre alpha tester and lowkey already bored of the game before its release, I think I played the game maybe 2 times after the official release which is kinda sad seeing how excited I originally was to play it.
Man, fall guys is such as sad story. It actually functioned and its movement was good. Sure it was simple but falls guys is a goofy game. Its dumb fun. I've meet some life-long friends while trying to get a damn crown. Hopefully if Falls guys goes FTP or gets on switch more people would begin to play, if that happens I'm calling all my bois to get that crown.
I honestly feel fall guys is still extremely fun and i dont feel its completely dead, i just feel that the extreme hype for it slowed down a lot. But it is still played by many every now and then. But I feel since the game is really unique on its own, I think it will honestly have a long life span.
Seeing on TikTok and RU-vid knock out city as a dead game. It... Really f*cking hurts my soul I truly loved it it was unique sure it wasn't that good but it held a special place in my heart and it is now shut down forever I wish to someone have enough idea and money to reboot the game.
Hey there, I’ve been playing rogue company since it became free to play, and I have stuck around, and the reasons U said were the reasons the game died, that’s not all true, it tried to be a competitive game which left casuals at a loss, so then they tried catering to casuals and the competitive side left. So they lost heavily on both sides. Not mention that when they did make that huge marketing push, like u said, the game looked ass, mobile graphics weird ass animations and a goofy ass fly in. But the game has come a long way. The fly in is a lot cooler, we got hoverboards and jet packs now. The running animation is not goofy looking no more lol. And I actually don’t think there’s a pay wall, u can unlock all those rogues with reputation, which u get by just logging in and doing contracts, leveling up also awards rep. And weapons u have milestones, basically weapon based contracts, once u level up, the next one unlocks to make ur progression faster, u can choose to unlock all the contracts from the get go to make ur grind faster with a very few amount of REP. Plus leveling up weapons is just so u can use it on other characters, u dot have to do it, if anything, it comes naturally with just playing a character. Speaking of which, the personality part, I think they have done a good job of giving that personality to the characters, yes some skins completely change the look, but it always tells on top of ur screen what ur playing against. And idk, I’m a bit optimistic, the game is officially coming out of “open beta” and into a full release this Thursday. Let’s see what happens. I can’t wait for u to eat ur own words 😉, or maybe Al be the one. I have been playing since October of 2020, and in all that time, I have only taken a 1 month break where they fucked up their matchmaking and if I were somewhat decent, it was not enjoyable for u bc it would pair u up with noobs hoping I will carry them, the enemy team wasn’t always like that tho 😂. Besides that, I truly believe that this game still has potential and that this is its last chance as they “come out of open beta” into a full release. The game looks and feels nothing like it did 2 years ago.
"I’m a bit optimistic, the game is officially coming out of “open beta” and into a full release this Thursday. Let’s see what happens. I can’t wait for u to eat ur own words 😉, or maybe Al be the one." Oof.
