This Game NEVER Should Have Returned | Gigantic 

Before I get blasted in the comments just remember this is MY OPINION. Also if you enjoyed the video go ahead and drop a sub it means a lot! ru-vid.com/show-UCk4TrR4GtgszucLqJsjTK0Q

I would also like to mention the community who kept the game alive in spirit for 6 years! It’s far less toxic than any of its competitors, and the fans are loyal. If nothing else, the old fans got a game we love back… I don’t think that warrants NEVER bringing a game back to life when there is a community who genuinely loves it.

I played the heck out of this game in college! It was so much fun and to me was the superior hero shooter at the time. May it rest well

returning with a pricetag was a braindead move tbh. Might actually have done decent if it was free. Atleast for a longer while.

banger

Gearbox didn't do Half Life, that was Valve

Man did I really just listen to a full review of a game by a guy who only played it 6.9 hours...damn.

I strongly disagree with the conclusion of this video. While its true that the game will likely never reach the popularity of its competitors, I dont think thats valid enough reasoning for the game to not come back. Obviously it'd be nice if gigantic became as popular as tf2 or OW, but for myself the only thing i really want out of a revival is a second chance to enjoy an amazing game i feel died too soon. As long as the game makes enough money and has a large enough playerbase that gearbox feels it can justify keeping the servers up and fixing any major issues for an extended period of time, thats enough for me. I imagine most people that played gigantic in the past feel this way too.

gigantic is the best thing to come back in my opinion, although i see what you're saying about their funding issues and lack of showcasing. but f jizzard and OW2

Motiga and its developers did not deserve the terrible treatment they received from their investors (who in the end only hindered the development of the game) and from OW fans (who denigrated the game, calling it a "poor man's copy of Overwatch", I even remember that the developers at Gigantic were beset by a controversy over the design of the HK-206, as people said it was a copy of Bastion, even though the HK-206 had been shown since 2013)

i dont see why people disagree with the video and giving it a dislike. the points here are totally valid. also when you mentioned hero shooters you didn't mentioned valorant and apex legends. although they are not strictly hero shooters but they have the mechanics of that. gigantic with a pricetag will have a very difficult time to compete against all these free to play titles.

Honestly, showing Overwatch and TF2 as unbeatable giants of the genre *paints a picture that doesn't match reality.* *TF2 has nearly no support from Valve and no prospects for the future.* The game is mantained by the sheer resilience of its community, but it ain't gonna be drawing new players. *Overwatch 2 is very much disliked by the community and took a lot of Ls since launch.* Devs left, players left, the competitive scene keeps growing weaker, and new players have less reason than ever to get into the franchise. *Honestly, though it would still be hard to release a sucessful hero shooter, the competition hasn't been this weak in over a decade.*

Game is more alligned with smite than overwatch or paladins.....

as much as im very biased towards gigantic, i cant ignore whats going on right now. The game needs a drastic improvement in almost every aspect if it wants to keep player retention. It very much feels like a 2017 game and that wont appeal to the player base that it desperately needs if it wants to stay alive. With that being said, its been a week since its re-release and the devs have BARELY managed to get things in a "decent" state with their servers, but there is still times when the server will just completely brick in the middle of matches. That's literally all they managed in a week. They have yet to even acknowledge ANY of the threads created in their "bugs" and "feedback" section of their discord, which there is literally a mountain of. Like is there just a few, hell even ONE dev working to maintain the game? Its kind of ridiculous. Id like the think that they brought the game back with intentions of growing / expanding it. but the bare minimal effort is a real elephant in the room in this situation.

i think f2p is the only way for a game like this to thrive. not necessary of course but it'll bring even more players. but i get it because "no microtransactions", how they gonna make money?

gigantic is a very raw rare gem it needs polishing but despite that it's still a gem i loved it before and i never been happier its back i been having a blast with it and not only i believe it deserved a come back but deserves more love as it has so much potential

Too bad Overwatch keeps shooting themselves in the foot. And Im sure that even if this game isnt UBER successful its still gonna get the support and server space we want to play it

To say that Gigantic "should not have been revived" is way too far. The amount of joy this game brings to thousands completely justifies the difficulties you point out in my opinion. All your critiques are valid but the point of videogames is to have fun, and Gigantic does that, so of course it should be available for people to enjoy.

It will probably be shut down again, lmao.

To be fair, this game isn't revived for new players, it's for the fans. I think Gearbox won't purchase its rights if they didn't see its potential. I haven't purchased the game yet, it's on top of my list to buy, but if you said it didn't changed much then I think it is a good thing! This game didn't need to change! It needs a Single Player game mode though, the queue has been an issue the first time they launch too

So, players suffering from long Queue times are just kind of dumb. If you pay attention to the game, the Crew system seems really buggy. If you Queue for a game with a fresh Crew, (even if it's only you), typically, it will work and you'll join a game. If, after you finish that game, or the game fails because a player drops out, you are put in a bugged Crew that will constantly get a false 'Player has left the game' message instead of joining a game. I'm not sure if you're actually ruining real games, or if the game is false to begin with, but it's this bugged Crew mechanic that causes the super long Queue times as well. If you've waited for more than 10 seconds, unselect your character to disband your Crew, then reselect it and Requeue. I was playing consistently on the first day with this trick.

Your entitled to your own opinion,but this game is nothing like LOL or Overwatch ,more like Battleborn than either one of those

We still have GTA 6 boys Gigantic is dead 💀 burry it

never got to into paladins because i figured "why play that when i could play overwatch?" and as for overwatch, im sorry to say it just became so unfun to play. thats why I love Gigantic returning. The wacky art style is right up my alley and the gamplay is unique and not just copy paste from other games. Its fun. I like to play for fun. Perhaps it will die again. Maybe it will rize up. Im going to enjoy the ride regardless. cheers!

Although I don't agree that Gigantic shouldn't have been brought back (I think many of it's flaws can be eliminated with some effort and luck), you make some reasonable arguments so the vid gets a thumbs up from me 👍👍I hope this vid doesn't get any uncritical hate

dont think it will live that long. but i hope it live on for this year

we making it outta the hood with this one

Gigantic is the only good game there is

Microsoft/Xbox killed it, hope it survive now..

not sure why you and many others compare it to OW when its in an entirely different genre. its a bit like saying tgat apples are trying to steal tea enjoyers. personally i am glad it came back and i am enjoying it so far, even with the few problems it has, at the core it feels good, its fun. let a company make some mistakes as long as the intent is clearly to make an inspired unique experience :P

please lower the volume of ur sound effects next time

How about not everything is about making money? How about its not necessarily all about taking players from other games but having games be what they have always been about. FUN. I completely agree with all your points, you don't say anything incorrectly, but saying the game should not have come back is a seriously dramatic statement. It may not make financial sense to gearbox, but that doesn't completely solicit the game to be lost to time forever.

Bruh...Gigantic goes crazy. When it first dropped it went hard and its been fun even with its issues, which other games cant do well

Wasn’t overwatch originally a 60 dollar game ?

I want to love the game but the FPS lock @58 FPS is too much for me. If that is fixed I'd no life the game but seeing as the physics are tied to the FPS I don't think that will happen in the short run, if at all.

gearbox is not the owner anymore btw. is arc games

the time to kill times are so weird in my experience. your dead in 5 seconds and the enemies are unable to be killed despite being shot for 4 whole minutes

i think the problem with the game is that it isnt fun

Keep up the good work, videos hit

Them making it paid was the biggest L of 2024