The Obsession with Bad Games 

@@SpitFir3Tornadothese monkeys will forget shit like cyberpunk when it gets some patches to make it stable and have the gall to make a paid dlc 😂

The main defense I throw into the trash would be the original pricing. On console they charged $60, if they want to charge AAA prices people expect AAA quality. I would be more willing to be lenient if they downed their price to something more reasonable for their studio size but they did not. They deserved all of the flak they got in my opinion.

​@@SpitFir3Tornado What apologism?

@@Bollibompa I'll just assume you didn't watch the video then?

Yea that seems right to me. Larian and project red were independent in a way daedelic clearly wasn't

true a large factor!

As game dev costs get more bloated this will only continue

@@sandmaneyes But Gollum didn't have high game dev costs. It had a budget of 10% what other games of its price tag normally have.

Mmm I'm not sure. While it's true it's an horrible marketing choice, it's not like No Man Sky: how many people actually pre-ordered this game? To better say so, how many people actually bought this game and played more than two hours without asking for a refund? Hate on this game came without people actually playing it, it came quite exclusively from content creators

And to add to that, didn't they offer something like a in-game lorebook that gives you basic setting info as DLC of all things?

If you knew that there was a rose buried under a pile of shit, and to get it you had to pay 50 bucks and dig through the pile for hours, will you honestly do it? The reason why this game is a shame is because it fails on literally every front except for maybe the soundtrack. It was 2023 and the game looked worse than some ps2 games and played worse than some PS 1 games.

@@Mementomori292 They never said the game was good or worth the money, they just said they found that part of the video interesting and that the narrative had potential, which literally means it didn't reach that potential. Did you go off on the wrong comment? The reaction does not seem to correlate with the original post.

literally did you watch the video? He very, VERY, clearly stated that it was not at all worth buying. @@Mementomori292

​@@Mementomori292 That's not what he said though? I know you didn't watch the part of the video where he says the bad clearly outweighs the potential but you could have at least read the comment that you're replying to

@@katiekaliber Which is fun, because that reaction is perfectly in line with most people talking or agruing about "Bad" games. Exagerations, misinterpretations, not understanding what they're replying / commenting to, current year VS PS1. All the ingredients.

That neck snap was rough and way more than I expected from the title. Because of course Ive never played it either.

Which of their games would you recomend? I want to buy their games but I am not sure where to start!

@@Hahaha12342 Hmm ok, so my personal favorite (but probably because it holds a lot of nostalgia for me) is "The Night of the Rabbit", I absolutely adore it's visuals and music. Daedalic started out with the "Edna and Harvey: The Breakout" game, so that is also a consideration. The whole Deponia series has on point humor and is all around just fun to play, so you could start with the first part of that. And besides that I think Daedalics biggest an most visually stunning game is "Silence", but that is a sequel to "the Wispered World", both very good games, more on the melancholic side of things.

@@Hahaha12342 Just get Deponia: The Complete Journey. Part 1 is a tad slow at times, but it's a nice buildup to an absolute ride.

They really punched above their weight by trying to make a 3D platformer. I bet if Gollum was just a simple point and click 2D game it would have been a success, specially because this is a very story-oriented type of game and that genre is one of the best for telling stories.

Completely agree about their point and click pedigree. I would like to recommend Ken Follet's The Pillars Of The Earth.

So strong to me how kong got any attention becuase honestly it was a shovelware game, that didn’t deserve or need any of the attention it got.

Negativity rules the internet.

Simple: negativity bias

​@@BlackxEmpeureur I am worried for your wellbeing. Who the fuck still watches top/bottom SEO optiomized clickbait garbage nowadays? Iron pineapple gets millions of views just reviewing a random list of soulslikes. Negativity bias is a thing, but it's naive to assume it's the only dirivng force for people not liking SEO optimized regurgitated dehumanizing ads and it does not explain why people making constructive content are getting millions of views.

I think I somewhat disagree. While yes, best 10 lists are more often than not the same ten games in a slightly different order, so are the worst 10 lists And not just this year, the worst of all time and such lists are also basically the exact same, and more often than not the list creator played few or none of the games they list, so it's just regurgitation popular consensus

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it made me emotional wtf

kind of like gollum himself :(

Same 😕

yea sad for paying 50 $ for this sht

It's a quote from Mark Rosewater, a designer from Magic: The Gathering.

just don't suck and everything will be fine ~TotalBiscuit

As they say "difficulty is well, dif^H^Hard!" :D

Good music and sound design is much the same, if done well, it will seamlessly engage the viewer in the moment with them not conscious of the music's quality or role

@@verminjerky "one of the most masterful game endings in history" yeah alright pal lets not get carried away now, you're kinda falling in the exact same hyperbole trap that the video criticizes, where something is either absolute garbage or the best thing ever. Its a 7/10 ending with a great emotional punch.

Yeah... went and bought the game for ps5 after seeing this video. Never though I would spend a dime on this game before.

@@zangbang9886 Whilst it is an over exaggeration, if you know LotR lore and how Tolkien wrote the story of Gollum and what he was meant to represent, it's extremely touching and a great bit of writing by whoever was in charge, and also shows a very deep understanding of Tolkien's world

its so sad with the nice birdy i cried 🐦

@@zangbang9886 Jesus Christ, you didn't have to be a dick about it. God.

Nuance does appear to be difficult on the internet. The tribalism of popularity contests seem to have encouraged the worst out of people.

So wholesome chungus XD

lol

@@Beakerbite I don’t really do or want to engage in nuance when I’m paying 60 dollars to receive a shitty product followed by an AI written apology on twitter. Why should I empathize with thieves? Also, very wholesome 100 of you, whoever made a shitty game was probably more happy to receive your 60 dollars than you were sad to lose them. The overall happiness in the world increased, so whatever.

@@max7971refund on steam, dumbass. You're the one buying gollum

Yeah huge expectations and deceptive marketing is the main reason for the starfield fallout. Still worth doing it like that for bethesda for the $.

And that's not even a bad game. It just fell short of a lot of people's expectations. I generally enjoyed my run. I found the game very comfy and relaxing. It's a flawed game, not great game. But decent. I still play from time to time when I just want to relax and watch the sunset on some planet while scanning flowers or something.

And you're making excuses for trash.

or maybe new western entertainment has become so bad, people rather watch someone shit on it , as a form of entertainment ? i haven't watched a single new western movie in past 5 years, but i definitely watched hundreds of videos making fun of them.

Pretty big in Germany is still niche around the World.

I liked some of their point and clicks, its a great return for me to a niche childhood genre

I didn't even realize they were the same guys that made Deponia series. Shame they didn't continue working on more point-and-click adventure games. That's a niche that's seriously lacking these days.

Same! Daedalic is a studio I've followed for years, and I think Gollum was simply too different from what they were used to making (2D, point and clicks, narrative-driven, minimalist controls). I felt sad hearing the news that they plan on only publishing games (rather than developing them) from now on.

Yeah I was surprised to hear the game was coming from Daedalic, being familiar with their point and clicks, and when it failed so hard it was more upsetting to me than anything else. A team very experienced with one type of game taking a turn like that, and I heard the devs were treated like crap behind the scenes too.

LMAO! Nice!

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i think the point being made here is that there aren't any fans to defend Big Rigs or Gollum, no matter how poorly you talk about them, everyone agrees they're bad

What a line given NKB newest video...

And if the bad game turns out to be someone's first published project, the gaming audience risks creating another Jim Theis situation.

Oh yeah. Daedelic had some incredible talent. But it was limited to the point & click adventure genre. But when Poki left in 2020, those times were over with no chance of going back. The saddest thing is that according to Gronkh, a content creator who is a friend of Poki and even featured in several Daedelic games as a voice actor, some time after Deponia Doomsday released in 2016, they """might""" have been working on another 2D adventure game that got scrapped instead. If true, that's a fucking shame. To me, Deponia is more fun than even Monkey Island.

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Punctuation errors aside, agreed.

I'm going to paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt here and say glory goes to the man in the arena. Often times what critics like, and what the audience likes aren't the same. Sometimes these two things can be so wildly off from each other that one has to wonder just what critics (or even the audience) were thinking. Perhaps the most recent example I can think of was the very.....charged opinions over The Last of Us 2. Critics loved the game, and dropped endless praise upon it. The audience by and large were not as enthusiastic about it. Arguably, i could even argue that companies listening to critics over their customers can be detrimental to the end product then if they'd simply not done so at all. Take for example the Earth Defense Force series of games. Critics often maligned them for being repetitive, with often lower quality graphics of comparable games of a similar generation, and featuring ridiculous plots and nonsensical characters. Whenever an EDF game gets released to address these issues, they're much worse to the mainline series because what appealed to the critics isn't what made the games unique. It makes one question if critics really know anything, if they couldn't see why the games were so successful in spite of these "problems". The short version is that critics may spend time critiquing the work of others, but ruthless deconstruction isn't helpful if the goal is destruction.

​@@mrbigglezworth42This really isn't true about The Last of Us 2. It had a very vocal group of people who loudly hated it, but the game was incredibly successful and is well loved by most who played it. I'm definitely not going to claim all its hate was political, but it also has an ardent group of haters that are just mad it has a lesbian couple and a muscular woman and a trans kid. Around launch it was hard to even find good-faith criticism that wasn't just Gamers™ losing their shit over politics.

@@jerrodshack7610 Not true, much of the controversy around TLoU2 began long before the game released when the story for the game was leaked revealing Joel’s rather unceremonious death. When those leaks turned out to be true only cemented the core issues people had with Druckman and the game as a whole. IE killing a beloved character in Joel and assassinating the character of another in Ellie. All in favor of Abby who hardly anyone liked, and liked even less after the game released proper. The whole homophobia and tranny bit was deflection, stirred up no less by journalists and reviewers, to hide the fact that people did not in fact like the way the game was heading. Hell, I’d argue the game was far less successful then we were told and after the incredibly divisive entry that part 2 was, it’s unlikely that it will be again. So no, it wasn’t because of divisive politics that people didn’t like the game. It was idiotic story choices spearheaded by one man that made it divisive.

​@@jerrodshack7610strong female characters are poorly designed. Strong female characters are literally masculinsed women. I roll my eyes when devs think that the average woman stands a remote chance in hand to hand combat with a man. Animated Mulan is a strong female character. Butch lesbians with plot armour are not.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all

I don't think either Starfield or Forspoken are bad. They're more like, meh games people had unreal expectations for.

Rockay City literally proves the rule that ANY game that has a ton of Hollywood celebrity involvement is going to be total trash. I theorize a big part of this is because the game company just wants to bask in the limelight and thinks starpower can sell games, without themselves having any real talent or passion, often tinged with narcissism. Mass Effect 2 included, that was one of the worst games I ever played. The sole exception was Cyberpunk 2077, that itself helps prove the rule by what an absolute disastrous release that was (although, perhaps ironically, more of its problems was due to fucking nVidia rushing them to finish and release it in time for their shitty RTX 30 series with the bad vram, bugs, driver issues, and flaming 3090s, because nVidia's execs literally had banked on selling the entire fucking GPU line with that game so that's why we got the abortion that was CP2077 release). Near all the great games had minimal or no celebrity involvement. Master of Orion 4 was another great example. Anything that tries and sells itself by celebrity voice acting is basically guaranteed to be a pile of shit. It's hilariously like a continuation of the "licensed games=shit" rule.

Lol, this stood out to me immediately... putting themselves in the "esteemed" company of diploma mills, puppy mills, and pill mills. It's so on the nose as to almost seem intentional

unironically yea

Lol I kinda wanted to say the same thing... I think we are softys dude.

yeah I felt compelled enough to google if the other ending for Little One was possible. Not compelled enough to play the game though lol

"It's a pity that Daedelic didn't cancel Gollum when they had the chance." "Pity? It's a pity that stayed Daedelic's hand. Many released games deserve to have been cancelled. Some cancelled games deserve to be released. Can you give it to them? Do not be too eager to deal out cancellation in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Daedelic may rule the fate of many."

@@fudgepacker2858 I don't know where anyone implied they spent any actual time on the game, let alone hours.

I like your mindset; I hope you keep writing!

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redfall kinda got railed against VERY disproportionately, that's a very strange example to use

@@Plain--Janeexplain I’m truly interested

With bash fest getting really old, it didn't help that both back then and now that one can see the whole "angry reviewer" shtick getting old. There's only so many laughs one could try to milk from shouting vulgarities before it ends up being unfunny. And there were already a number of unfunny AVGN knock-offs back then. Games like Redfall getting reamed is no doubt warranted and in Redfall's case, it goes in much further when considering how you have a modern title from a developer that has made a number of good games previously such as the Dishonored games and Prey.

@@Plain--Jane Didn't know that, don't follow discourse much anymore due to the aforementioned bashfest every time something less than perfect is released. I used it more as an example because of what it is, a game far outside the expertise of the studio making it that seems to have been made entirely so the publisher, Microsoft could rack up more Gamepass subscriptions.

I've actually been thinking about this for a while, more particularly what makes a good game good? Like why is it that essentially every game from a developer like rockstar, or naughty dog, or nintendo or so on is pretty much always "good"? are their developers simply more skilled? Do they just have better people in charge? Because i refuse to believe that every single developer at a studio like rockstar is more talented than every single developer at say EA, i also refuse to believe that certain companies just "care more", no complany wants to make a bad game because that means they dont make as much money. i dont know, i dont work in the games industry and probably never will, but all of these behind the scenes factors interest me so much. maybe it really is that some companies are managed better, and some developers care more.

@@chickennugget6654 Yeah, that's a great point. If good games were only the result of blind luck then you wouldn't have consistently good track records from some places and not others. Although I will quibble with you about "pretty much always "good"". I'd say Nintendo and Rockstar have a better-than-average track record for sure. But your point stands. I've worked at 9 or 10 studios over 28 years and I've seen so many projects crash and burn, get canceled, or practically destroy the team to get them out the door in a quality state. I've also seen really well run, healthy teams that end up with a great game (Descent 3) and a mediocre one (Alter Echo). One of the best games I worked on (Ori and the Will Of The Wisps) came out of a practically dysfunctional team with horrible leadership. (There was an article about that last year) I've been on small inexperienced teams, (Diablo Hellfire) huge veteran-packed teams (Guild Wars 1 & 2), and everything in-between. I honestly can't tell you what part of that chemistry resulted in good vs bad games because every configuration I've been in has produced both. I guess I will say that the landmines I mentioned that can wreck a game CAN often be spotted by experienced developers and navigated around by good leadership. And even if the good leadership has left, often the production pipelines that were developed remain in the DNA of the studio, so that may explain why some places end up with a better track record than others.

Not a game dev but I've been a part of many long project for work, and when it's going terrible it's usually really hard to tell who or what is responsible, even if you've been a part of the project from the beggining. If some outsider announced he knew exactly what the problem was with the extreme confidence you see in those YT video it would make my blood boil lmao

@@Dext3rM0rg4n Yes. This. But I do wanna say, that's also when an outside perspective can be useful, but mostly after they have been brought in and thoroughly educated on the team and process.

I feel the same way

If a decline in quality is gradual enough peoples standards will drop accordingly so sales arent a completely reliable measure. Comparing products from different eras fixes this though it may have different weaknesses

They are brilliant after all :D

Because YouAlwaysKnowBest?

It's voice ..smooth,retrospective..relaxing sound of reason

Why am I obcessed with your eyes?

Because of his sexy voice

Precisely one of the reasons I love these videos as well. They are always thoroughly interesting, cleverly funny, and thought provoking as well.

You are so blind..., you should be happy!!

Oh dude I know. I hate when essays make these ridiculous leaps of logic to make a point for one reason or another (bias or just plain desperation to make their point sound cogent)

Doesn't mean he's right

@@Wilhelm4131he doesn’t NEED to be right. Opinions aren’t always about right and wrong.

*Western Europe. In Eastern we just had Dendy. And other famiclones. Sega Master System is something I learned from RU-vid, we had Mega Drive (and no SNES). We also lacked more complex games like Zelda and later Mario titles. So have different nostalgic at 9999 in 1 carts but we played some Famicom Japanese exclusives.

@@KasumiRINA The Dendy.. what an interesting pirate console that was.

Those are all point and click games... What is an P&C Adventure game company doing making 3d action RPGs

Unfortunately, Daedelic as an employer was incredibly bad. They did Poki really dirty and since he was the creative genius behind Deponia and the Edna/Harvey games, they drove away their very best "workhorse". He's doing fine with his band. There's a fairly recent video/podcast (I think both) about how bad Daedelic was run as a studio. I don't feel bad they closed. I feel bad for the people there doing their best who lost their jobs because of the asshole CEOs.

Daedalic wouldn't have been able to make more of those games anyway, as the devs/designers of those game had left Daedalic a while ago.

The cost plays a part, though. Daedalic was never a big studio, and even though their previous games were good, they were small pseudo-indie titles generally made for a niche genre. Gollum had a budget of at least 15 million. A failure like that may be able to be eaten by someone like EA, but a team like daedalic isn't big enough to.

I see. I wasn't aware that the company had such bad problems. But I hope the people who made the gems will get to work in better conditions elsewhere or make their own. I loved a lot of the stuff they've made, and I'm sure they'd be successful

faint praise indeed, my preciousss.

who is the Gervais in there? I'm assuming it's not Ricky for a couple of reasons... the first of which is that I don't think he does video essays (?)

@@idontwantahandlethough oh lol, Noah Caldwell Gervais is the full name of another game essayist

NCG is alright but not really as unique or thought provoking as NNB, plus his Dark Souls video was just annoying, he seems to absolutely despise the fanbase of the game, with a passion

@MentokTheMindTaker OH no, what did NCG say about the Dark Souls fans? Who, rightfully so, are borderline sanctimonious group of twats that don't shut the hell up about an overrated game series including Elden Ring?

BG3 Was extremely boring, so were the soulless TOTK and Mario Wonder. I really don't get what's wrong with me.

BG3 Was extremely boring, so were the soulless TOTK and Mario Wonder. I really don't get what's wrong with me.

BG3 Was extremely boring, so were the soulless TOTK and Mario Wonder. I really don't get what's wrong with me.

BG3 Was extremely boring, so were the soulless TOTK and Mario Wonder. I really don't get what's wrong with me.

@@i-am-the-slime Did you mean to post this 4 times? Well, as far as what's wrong with you goes, nothing that I'm aware of. I loved BG3 but disliking it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you.

> can talk problems out and come to amicable compromises We cannot. But we can just not buy them. Company of heroes received a new instalment this year (or maybe 2022, time flies). I didn't buy it because of their track record, preferring to hold off on what it would end up being. The community that bought it at release and were disappointed.. well what can you expect really? Likewise the vocal COD community that prefer some old version they think was better yet will still buy the latest version, only to want the old version they like. The quakeworld community is sort of on the right track - they play the original version from 25 years ago and are happy with it. If more consumers didn't buy shit games and played what they already liked instead of chasing the next big thing (which is almost always worse) then we wouldn't have the situation we have.

@@joel6376 Yep, things like that are some of the reasons why I said we are not in that kind of relationship

Great comment mate. It's unbelievable how easy it is to get rid of anti consumer corporations and gaming studios if more people had the tiniest bit of self respect and patience when it comes to throwing away their money. I've become a big pirater now, refusing to give my money to companies and fucking them over at the same time lol. Once you've gone through the absolute psychologically manipulative game franchises that want to squeeze as much money out of you as possible *cough* *cough* (Destiny 2 and Bungie), you just begin to have a complete and unforgiving hatred towards majority of Triple A studios and new mediocre game releases.

I liked the shadow game quite a bit. Fight me lol

The games this guy decided to list are easily some of the most expensive and ambitious Sonic games. It is still criminal that Sonic Unleashed still has this bad reputation outside the fandom because of low review scores.

I did too but but it's still pretty bad lol ​@@Ellimist000

Sonic fanbase are used to decades of mediocre Sonic games to be fair.

Bet he had to do it for the shock value

Lore accurate Gollum lmao

It was unironically a good scene and painful.

Time stamp?

​@aknkerse3256 ehh kinda.... Little one is why gollum is constantly a prisoner. Killing the bird is the cannon ending.

Don't be so harsh on yourself. Try to distance from your writing when you're in the mood for a critique, try to read it as a reader, not a writer. You'll see the flaws and will surely make your story better. And then, it will also be easier to show it to your friends, family and eventually - your primary audience. Please, remember that objectively, there cannot be a perfect story, as all of the narrative is subjective and is percieved with subjectivity. Also, the fact that you enjoy critiques like this video proves that you can likely withstand a critique of your own work and even better - you are capable of perfecting your writing, as you are interested in flaws and strengths of narratives. So please, stay strong and be proud of your work. (Saying this for myself as well lol. We're all in the same boat as creators)

@@user-gi2ez1ct6g Thanks for your reply. The fact you took time out of your day to write this did mean a lot.

@akshyun8920 if it sucks, no one will care. If it's decent, people might care. That's the rationale for releasing any of my work. You literally have nothing to lose

Yeah I totally said that about his mass effect video.. And never in a million years did I ever expect to have some sort of emotional Reaction to a game Comprised of generic label - insert Desired emotion selection... Configure and then insert dialogue from Selection b, people, Behavior Interaction... Now insert dialogue that best represents (selection b, people, behavior interaction). And yet as he was Narrating and adding that necessary context and weight, A video I had on in the background suddenly just took center stage.. I still feel like that has a little bit more to do with His presentation And storytelling capabilities but, Somehow he was able to pull And filter out Actual real Human emotion... Perhaps the barrist Of base extracts that were used for The synthesis of the generic off-label Stock cookie cutterVersions that Give this impression as if the game makers never actually Had been familiar with things like human or interaction or character or dialogue From people or person in.. Outside environment... Rare treat when someone is willing to dedicate that level of effort into something that, They themselves Are entirely aware of its artificially... In stark contrast to the Zeitgeist, Which benefits from a level of suspension of disbelief and cognitive dissonance, As insertThing here automatically translates to the actualThing, as if it was from a real person... What makes it all kind of incredible is that... This is someone that Regularly enjoys and consumesMM o's and other content that is probably some of the worst examples of this, Both narratively and interactively and character... To find someone that is both self-aware of the reality of things and still enjoy them, And still be able to provide an analysis from a actual person that Also understands narrative and human and human Interaction and character... That's pretty much a unicorn right there. The fact that he has a Staggered cadence in his narration, Which adds So much toThe delivery that it's hard to even describe given how multitasking it is.. The first time I ever heard someone talk like that was a Weekend overnight radio DJ on a public radio station... And they single-handedly changed my life.. They also disappeared at 4 in the morning in the middle of A show... And I would only find out years later they were even still alive... Anyhow never if you're reading this For one apologies and congratulations on getting this far... LOL I'm on a Samsung phone and it Somehow makes the act of speech to text both a skill based dexterity game, And endurance struggle... And active attempt to not throw your phone into a wall simulator, Also expanding your grammatical capabilities to figure out how to Work your way around those phrases and words that it just doesn't want to do.. while adding an element of danger that it could all get deleted immediately or we'll just delete in the middle of it and commonly does. And also that you're you're pretty cool is all.. and appreciate you... And also I'm pretty sure you are quite possibly one of the most unique of all creators on this channel so you can take that home and do what you will with that.. Certainly of the video game folk, you and grimbeard Have an almost completely unique Delivery and methodology That I don't even think people would know where to start to copy... And if they did it just wouldn't work because a large part of it is whether how utterly earnest things come across... I spent a stupid amount of time ranting at my dad , who lovingly and patiently listened to me as I went in circles too the modern day PR speech that exists and pervades pretty much every facet of official communication, And how it in no way could possibly Be construed for genuine even if they are.. You're pretty much the opposite of that... Like in every way really.

Hello, fellow writer here. Please do not think that this novel will be your first and last. Your first book is always an experiment and you will use what you learned for your second and third book. You're not supposed to approach writing with a success/failure mindset. It's something much more deeply connected to your individual self. As you better yourself, which simply comes with living for decades, so will your writing, and the more you write the better your writing technique will be. Writing it's an evolution of the self, it's about honing both of the things I said. If you're solely chasing success it's very simple: write controversial stuff, possibly porn like 50 shades of grey, but you will pay that with your soul. Do not write for the approval of others, write for yourself. Make your inner self shine, and so will your artwork. Give your novel to family and friends: writing (and reading) creates connection with people, and even if you're not going big that shared experience will give you something that no amount of success will. Pasolini, an italian intellectual, said very similar things about success, I suggest you to watch some videos. Some will say that this is loser mindset, but I assure you it's not, it's just that society makes you think that you're only worth as much as your money. Happiness truly is in the smaller things. After writing for a decade, where I tried to make it big, I came to the conclusion that I'd rather be a small and unknown author but with some genuinely interested people in my work. There's much, much more freedom of expression and human contact when you don't have to worry about sponsors or angering the general public. You can choose to write for your happiness or for the market, and if you really want to create something truly meaniningful you better do the former. Art is meant to be shared. Don't be afraid. Such is the essence of writing, and thus the essence humanity

very good point, the combination of micro computers and thriving gaming publications supporting that industry really helped us avoid what the US faced.. probably also helped many of us were gaming on cassette tapes that were not exactly expensive then floppy disks that meant we always had a stream of "free" games to play

And in Eastern Europe videogames weren't a thing and people played Ataris and Famiclones in 90s, so there was nothing even close to crash, everything was new as in USSR fun was illegal.

Maybe he was talking about Free Riders xD

So your average Souls game stream? XD

@theoaremevano3227 exactly lol. It's like letmesoloher

yup it was all due to oversaturation and bad business practices. The success of the NES a couple of years later showed that people still wanted to buy games.

You still pay the marketing department regardless of if the game is released or not. They saved in printing the physical discs and server maintenance.

@@GloomGaiGar They simply dont market it. And the highest cost in marketing is paying for ad-space or influencers.

Yep I'm sure it was to save face, CA has lost a lot of goodwill in the last few years, they really can't afford everyone on the internet making fun of them for months. There was just no way the game wasn't going a giant flop. Hyena died silently instead of becoming the new hottest punching bag.

Well, at least you are someone who can reflect and aren't one of the hundreds of comments calling this video woke or bad because he isn't another person who hates gaming. We should all have our own experiences. Listening to RU-vidrs or other influencers is a bad thing to do because they often just call most things bad because a good game doesn't give clicks; a bad game they can hate sure does.

@@Syae22 Wait, there are people who call this video "woke"? lmao

Me neither. Nice surprise. This is what we need more of instead of the constant toxic faux fanboy RU-vidrs and their simps.

@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax so not liking a game is toxic and being a simp. bet you think starfield and lords of the fallen are amazing games

@@marushall263 thanks for proving Rage ( kinda ironic) point.

@@marushall263 This is exactly the type of tone deaf response I expect from someone who is subbed to the guy who had a meltdown over pronouns in Starfield.

Who determines overreaction? What’s an appropriate reaction for paying full price for a gollum game and experiencing it? Please tell me how I should react to red fall, I really want to know.

@max7971 at least indifferent. Why focus on one terrible game forever when there is dozens of video games that deserves more love and attention? Honestly I agree with this guy. The gaming community is filled with so much negativity, that at this point people focus only on the bad stuff.

​@@max7971Burn all your belongings and go live in the woods, as you're clearly too attached to money. If you have enough money to spend on a game instead of pirating it you have no room to complain. Spend on things you actually need next time, maybe only buy a game after you pirated it to support the developer you like. It's not Gollum's fault you bought it.

I hate the gaming community more than the industry.

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I am fairly confident a lot of older games would of burned and died if we were at the height of social media we are today(YT included).

@@fudgepacker2858 then stop looking toward the usual culprits. Plenty of games are released this year alone without all the problems you mentioned, they're just not made by infamous names like Konami or Ubisoft or Bethesda

@@fudgepacker2858 ...I never said this game doesn't deserve hate, what?

​@@fudgepacker2858People under 50 are NOT allowed to have an opinion on video games- agree 100% You must be this tall to enter the ride and all that

@@fudgepacker2858 i... what? I have never said anything about anyone giving criticism No, what I meant is that there's still games with passion and love out there that's just like your older games, you just need to stop looking at the *companies* known to be releasing bad games.

I understand what you mean, it's depressing. Even around other gamers, it's like they don't even view it as a hobby anymore but a war that must be won. They have this dystopian view of the gaming industry, as if 99% of games are money-hungry cash grabs. But yet, these same people will never go out and explore other titles. They often play those fomo-inducing games, buy without researching, and do not keep an open mind for other games. Their suffering is usually of their own making, but the internet wants you to believe it's just the developer's fault. Don't get me wrong, there are cash-hungry developers and terrible games... But many of these people need to take responsibility for their entertainment. Understand what they like, research, and keep an open mind. If they want to change the industry, the perfect way is to support games that further your vision of the industry. With that being said, I'm not sure if that type of change can ever happen due to the nature of the internet. Social media tend to make us into drama-obsessed monsters, and we tend to lose sight of what matters. It's less about making a better industry, but kicking someone while their down. I've seen many gamers just jump onto the hate bandwagon, despite if the criticism is well deserved or not. It's so bad, that people will hate on games they've never played. TLOU 2 for example, I've talked to many people who complain about gameplay, but when asked none of them have even played it. They regurgitate whatever their favorite streamer said, like their word is gospel. Not saying every person with a criticism were like that, but only the ones I talked to. Video game discussions are getting circle jerky.

It's almost as if money isn't the only variable!

When the stakes are that high, there's a certain pressure to play it safe and appeal to everyone, which often means appealing to no one Sometimes settling for mediocrity is just the safe thing to do from a business standpoint

Sanity on RU-vid? NOT ALLOWED! THIS IS THE WORST TAKE OF ALL TIME!

Well sure, that makes sense, but there's also the problem of too much awareness for the bad games and too little for the good ones. It's noticeable when you see how some youtubers would rather make 3 videos about how bad and horrible is the last call of duty, than making AT LEAST 1 video of a GOOD game that came out in the same time period. It's far too disproportionate imo.

not really the constant videos of "raising awareness" about "bad video games" drown out the "good games". Video games are subjective. A lot of highly praised games are not "good games". RU-vid promotes negative content over positive. I discovered a lot of good movies by switching to paid tv and streaming services. RU-vid most popular videos are just that popular and without substance. Its mass produced slop.

@@rockotrexx Depends on the youtuber i guess:) But yeah, i know just the type that sh*ts on everything except their few chosen titles, so i know what you mean

@@manyseas1219 Fair enough, i probably should've clarified in my comment that i was talking not only about a youtube (which can be a real cesspool sometimes) but about a whole enviroment where you can become familiar with the state of the industry and hear what a regular players think

@@Vasiliy9hells yeah that makes sense. "the state of the industry" do you refer to the gaming industry or just every industry in the world ?

Or video games these days are by in large low quality slop that are made for the average consumer which are also fed what to believe by our so called intellectual betters.

​@@Wilhelm4131Congratulations, you talk about licence games, when been around the industry for decades

@@Wilhelm4131 "Back in the olden days video game weren't made for consumer ! Please, PLEASE, think I'm smart".

But.. does it? Looks like a lot of pressure to me, as soon as you want to create something.

​@@Wilhelm4131Yes I can say buzzwords and hate everything with zero naunce or critical thought as well, please like me

This is true, so many youtubers and streamers say the same statement of "I hope the game proves me wrong" when they say the game trailers looks bad, but when the game comes out they are willing to twist the truth and their own perception just so they can tell us they were "right" with their predictions.

This is so true, so many average or even decent games that get smashed by public opinion and a hate circlejerk forms

@@rockotrexx "I hope the game proves me wrong" also just means that they like the idea and hope it does well. Not everything is just about views lol.

Didn't Kingdom Come: Deliverance get hit with this? I remember something about the game getting a ton of bad coverage for not making 1400s Bohemia not diverse enough.

That sounds like a huge cope to me. People certainly exaggerate their opinions, but overall bad game coverage is just reproducing what the viewers already think. But for that to work, the viewers need to actually think that. Just because you think a game should've been received differently, doesn't mean the reception it got was wrong.