He's a game reviewer that hardly ever reviews games. He's a chill dudebro that keeps involving himself in drama. He's a pro-consumer youtuber that keeps taking biased sponsorships.
Insane notion since his entire diablo 4 review and the two videos he made after that about diablo 4, disprove this. Also BF classic collection video? Go to his channel there's a fucking dozen bro, like what? Also "drama" is him talking about creators (Speed and SSSniperwolf) abusing copy right strikes and being overall terrible people for the platform, since yknow his entire career was basically almost destroyed because youtube refused to talk about it so he's kinda obligated to give input, food for thought.
He took a sponsorship for a mobile game he obviously doesn't play and turned an entire video into on big ad. Same for new world and payday 3. He allowed himself to be influenced by publishers which is the kind of thing he would criticize ign and the like for. also he only calls out games when it is safe to do so. D4 and BF being bad were not controversial opinions. Afaik he's not put out a dragons dogma video and he might never since that game's controversy isn't so black and white.@@Chazz3.o
_Act Man is good at manipulating his young audiance. I say young because his audiance is mostly kids and anime weebs. But you can catch him when he contradicts himself. Afterawhile, It makes one wonder if he believes in what he's saying or is he pandering to remain relevant on youtube? I would say that most big RU-vidrs do this, and so if your a wise person who isn't a follower and can think for yourself it's probably good to just not be a "Fan" of any youtuber._
I remember it was around the time he made a video about bad takes from Elden Ring. He mentioned the horrid response from someone named "Quantum TV" Or something like that. Act pointed out the dude abuses the copy right system, then the guy went on to copyright Act's video. Act appealed but RU-vid said no, that it isn't fair use. His channel was demonitized I believe. Was extremely infuriating to see this guy get away with it. But then Act came back and started doing video's again. But you could just tell something was different about it. Edit: Ah, you talked about it. So nvm
for real been watching him since around 2018. I thought there was a noticeable difference in his videos and his RU-vid personality and after seeing this video I see it wasn't just a case of me growing out of his content. I used to be so excited when he uploaded because his 40 minute videos were so engrossing and the video would be over before I knew it. I think what really got me was his MW2 (22) video. Bro really called it awesome 💀
I wanna really like the act man but there's always this one moment thst makes me questuon him alot. In his cyberpunk review he says "we dont know why johnny silverhand hates corpos and arisaka" ... I- We do? Its pretty clear halfway through the story that johnny hates arisaka due to them turming his girlfriend into an all powerful ai. I don't know how much clearer that can be?? I understand the game had a bad wrap at launch but ignoring the launch, it feels like he played through 25 percent of the story, did some side quests, and just wrote up a video. I really wanna like the act man cause i like some of his vidoes but this one reaaaally makes me question the legitimately of his reviews.
he kinda hates them for me then just the gf thing tho he was was meltech jarhead and seen first hand what corpos did and watched a good amount of his friends die. Turning his GF into a AI was pretty much the end point
Unrelated to the topic, criticism on production quality: your mic picks "s" sounds and makes them more pitched so it's kind of hard to listen to this. If I lower the volume I can barely hear anything and if I increase it the s sounds become a little too intense.
Looks like he is going down the same path as Angry Joe. Why can't people stick with what their good at and not give in to drama? It's a shame. But plenty of other content creators out there who aren't lame. Will watch them instead.
Doing a video on Angry Joe would be a few hours long, he did the unforgivable sin and started to blame/call out his audience when they "demanded" game reviews....
Great video and perspectives. Having recently discovered Act Man I wondered why some of his latest videos felt off compared to the videos he made in the past that were recommended to me
@@SvikterI don’t know if you’ll see this but I was in act man’s discord and i accidentally used a mod ticket I think and this was completely on accident and I didn’t know how it like worked at the time so I thought I was talking to some bot or something, and the mods were pretty mean about it, even though I said it was an accident, an honest accident, and still they were being rude about it. Again this happened like 1-2 years ago I think. I may have gotten some details wrong but that’s the gist of it,
_Act Man is good at manipulating his young audiance. I say young because his audiance is mostly kids and anime weebs. But you can catch him when he contradicts himself. Afterawhile, It makes one wonder if he believes in what he's saying or is he pandering to remain relevant on youtube? I would say that most big RU-vidrs do this, and so if your a wise person who isn't a follower and can think for yourself it's probably good to just not be a "Fan" of any youtuber._
Actman? More like the soldout man. I was a fan too but I just can support someone who only values money above all, even over their own integrity. Now I am forever distrustful of content creators that get free early codes and say the game is good. And tend to stay away from those reviews until after the game has been out to see if they were shilling or being honest. Starfield was the last straw for me with some of these content creators eg gmanlives, actman, ect.
Well its also the fact that alot of companies know that ordinary gamers no longer trusts journalists. Instead they use influencers/content creators as marketing tools now instead... I think Act Man has a good heart though, and will hopefully come around.
am i stupid? Act man just liked a few games others didnt and took sponsorships for them? messed up a few like 3 times on twitter? how does this make him changed by money?
dudes been even leaving some nasty comments on videos like this time and deleting them at times, i watched a video on the shit show that was pay day 3 and included a part on his paid sponsorship before the game was released and in the comments act man went off calling the dude a rat cuse apparently he subscribed to his patron once months ago it was weird, he just gets really weird anytime someone criticize him, idk him personally but it looks like classic youtuber ego syndrome. -edit- the video was not even about him just the dangers of taking sponership before a product ships.
Honestly I just found out about this guy and I'm not sure what people really are all up in arms for. He played Payday 3 as his first payday experience, while not dealing with online servers, with new people he enjoyed meeting, while also getting paid. I'm sure he did have a good time, who wouldn't?
He knowingly promoted a broken game and got paid for it. That’s what we call, unethical. I understand your haircut is bussin so you may not understand ethics so it’s ok to have a bad take here
Kinda have to correct you on a few things: 1) The tweet you showed on Act Man liking the game? Yeah aged like milk. He made this tweet when he was really early in the game. A month later, he admitted that the game was just mediocre, and even added it in the list of best and worst games, and called it disappointing. 2) While he did apologize about the Payday 3 situation on a community post, he also addressed this on his best and worst games video of 2023, and he addressed by claiming that they gave him and other RU-vidrs a build by the devs that was not representative of the build at launch. He pointed out that the video wasn't a review, just a first impression, and he apologized for not disclosing enough the fact that the footage was not representative of the game at launch. Other than that though, great video.
4:23 he said it was the most disappointing game of the year, didn’t do a review, I don’t get this point. Also with the sponsored video thing, his channel gets destroyed by RU-vids money. With the payday thing I kinda get it but no he didn’t have to say the game was good, he was just given a great experience. (Still shoulda made a bigger deal) Also this is nothing against you just my thought
I blocked Act Man's channel and videos when he started with the whole QuantumTV thing. I saw the direction he was going years ago and it wasn't the content I was subbed for. Turns out I was right. Oh, you just started talking about QuantumTV as I was typing this. Edit to say that Act Man is the new Angry Joe.
little ironic you're watching a drama video on act man but this isn't the content that made you stop watching actman just an observation not accusation i dont even know who actman is
act man is the new angry joe, except instead of not knowing jack shit about movies, actman just misplaced his senses and has been fumbling in the dark ever since, any correct evaluation hes made about a game since then is purely coincidental
in cyberpunk 2077 it changes your voice to sound male or female for V in character creation not really pronouns, you could do that even in older games like BG1 (boulder's gate 1). unrelated female V is the better voice actor.
@@wingedassassin9999The guy who made this video is undoubtedly hoping that Act Man will respond to his video or retaliate and thus he hopes that that will gain him new subs.
how is this clout, nowdays if any old fans wants to create a channel that their youtuber did something dishonest are clout chasers, you want creators that did dishonest stuff to not be criticized and move on and continueing them.
I stopped watching act man like idk after his FNV/cyberpunk video which was like idk 19-20 (crazy how time flies), idk he makes good analysis videos but something about the dude seemed fake af to me always. I literally stopped watching him just out of a feeling like I dont like this dude.
That’s your opinion the show has really good reviews? So penginz0 you’re gonna say “sold out”? God these comments are reminding me of that eight thoughts guys comments
Honestly. Act Man - to me - is just an entertaining, funny guy that puts effort into his videos. And it seems kinda weird to me that he got shit for doing a few sponsored vids, meanwhile, other game reviewers do the same and no one calls them out.
Because other content creators don't immediately go into defensive mode, when criticized. I can't remember who it was, that made a video criticizing every major creator that was sponsored by Payday 3, out of those creators, the only one who went on the defensive, was The Act Man. Instead of just admitting he sponsored a terrible, terrible game, he doubled down on it. He lost a lot of points in my book for that behavior.
The main problem with Act Man is that he gets PAID to push THE MESSAGE. The single biggest and most nefarious thing in ALL of "entertainment." "Entertainment" is more accurately called entrainment. But I wouldn't expect anyone who watches his videos to understand basic concepts, so this comment falls on deaf ears I'm sure.
I'm just confused on this because who gives af if a guy takes sponsorships and then makes a review on the game he was sponsored by just don't watch it if u care
I’m a fan and that was silly but not a big deal tbh I don’t really understand why people watch a RU-vidr and then base their opinions off of them just look at the reviews don’t watch a RU-vidr if the majority are bad then don’t buy the game anything above that is up to you
@@Manting-ed2ceit was just tone deaf at the time to make a 10 minute ad for that kind of game, and pretend he'd think any of his fanbase would play it.
Good video even though I don't really care about the drama. One note that I just have to scream into the void is that people love flaunting steam reviews when it suits them but conveniently forget when it doesn't such as the case with kill the justice league
just adding on, confirmation bias is funny like that, when the scores for a bad game are high (or decent) people point out how obtuse/uncaring general audiences can be to quality standards, an argument in the same line as 'people liked the transformers movies' and one i wouldn't disagree with. Then when talking about a good game alla witcher 3 they go 'something about this game clearly works, the audience approves!' of course its expected they go further than that but its a funny quirk ive been noticing a lot recently as well.
I highly agree with that point, but I think in Justice league's case is the fact that almost no one bought/played the game hence a skewed steam review positivity. As you need to have played the game to review it unless im mistaken.
@Svikter you're right but there's plenty of games that sold like shit and still reviewed like shit. Literally more games than I can ever count. Even though kjl didn't sell the best it still sold more than enough to get a good estimation of average score. And it holds a strong 80-85 on all three platforms. This doesn't mean that it's an objectively good game, no game is that. But it does mean that the vast majority of people who actually play it enjoy it.
I assume you mean socialblade? the income range varies are insane, can be anything from between 1k month to 8 k, the true numbers are impossible to nail down from an outsiders POV.
I totally agree, Angry Joe&other Joe,Act Man,and many more creators were lied to about Payday 3 just like ALL OF US. It's so f**king stupid. People who don't like Act Man will never stop with this bulls**t. Glad someone has common sense
the comments are stupid i can see the point of the video but of 1000's of videos 3 or so sponsored videos arent that bad money is money he lost a lot im sure when his channel got taken down for awhile and he took about a month off. at the same time people are just calling him a sell out hes really not and he does do many many reviews of games he just played all of red dead and gears of war again i bet theres a big video coming on rdr2 i dont see how people are complaining so much about this
And like is this not his career? Isn’t this what he uses to pay for his life and food and taxes? (I’m not clear on how content creation and money works in that field.) this is your job and how you get a living I’d like to see all these comments be given chances to get bonuses and and have their morals go “oH I CaNt gIVe iNtO CopEraTe GreED” no you’re trying to live.
Yeah honestly all this hate in the comments seems so unwarranted.. I’ve seen plenty of bad people who deserve their own video like this, but Actman is not one of them. He’s probably dealt with more bullshit than most of the people commenting
eh, i still liked watch actman video . i dont know why you must make a video like this. in the end of day, we as a human still gonna have to earn money. without money we cannot live as human being. 😊
he was given a different build for Payday 3, I don't hold that against him. he even changed the title way before he even discussed it(I know because I was scrolling through his videos one time and the thumbnail did not match the title for the payday 3 video). the changed version: Title: Payday 3 WAS a certified banger thumbnail: Payday 3 is a certified banger
For me, Act Man absolutely PEAKED in his "SJWs Vs. Videogames" video. It was the time I was convinced to subscribe to him for good and boy, he did NOT disappoint me in the following months and, I don't know, 2 or 3 years after that. But after that point, I could definitely see a gradual but noticeable weakening of his "spine" by avoiding "hot takes" more and more as the time went on. What happened to him?
@@Svikter I thought polarization was at its worst back in 2016 to 2020, though? If there was a risky time to take sides, it was back then and not really now. But that's just my perception as a non-american. I might be wrong about just how bad the political climate is in the country right now.
Hes a reviewer, its his job to? Like yeah, i cant blame him for not finding server issues but how do you not notice there is no single player mode, that theres less maps than the original had, its season pass sucks, the fact half the objectives ask you to sit in circles, etc. These arent things that can be changed within a month of launch. Whats the point of a reviewer who cant review, especially when he shits on gaming journalists for the same kinda cluelessness.
4:10 It is? What are the arguments against it? Like, it seems like something very inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. The option can be there for those who want to make use of it, but that is that. I don't really see what more there could be to it...
Well yeah, there's an entire discourse occurring and has been occurring for sometime now and not just about pro-nouns. It isn't generally visible to people not in the know. That's what this whole back and forth between The Act Man and Az stems from, the argument between people who don't want this stuff in games and those who do. It seems inconsequential to people like you, probably because you're just an ordinary person going about their life (no offense) but it's part of the overarching political, cultural and social situation right now. If I were you I'd stay away from it, it gets pretty miserable.
@@user-cs7fg5eq9r I mean I am aware of the fact that there is this big discourse (I didn't know that this in particular was such a big aspect of it, but I did know about its existence in general). I am not an active part of that discourse or keeping up with it, but I do know it exists. I just think that it frankly shouldn't be something "controversial" because of how inconsequential, minor, easy to solve and frankly dumb it actually is. This is why I think we should not treat this as some kind of valid debate, but we should treat it as the childish squabble that it is. I wrote my comment because I wanted to share and give people the opportunity to challenge that viewpoint. Maybe there are somewhat valid points against it that I am simply not aware of, although I can't really see how that could be the case.
@@emptyptr9401 On one hand you are correct, this really isn't or shouldn't be that big of a deal, optionality being the obvious solution. However it's connected to a far larger discussion about, if you'll forgive the term, 'wokeness' in video games. I'm sure you know of this, and given what you've said you likely take a fairly neutral stance if you take any at all. As for myself I am firmly on the 'anti-woke' side of things for reasons I'll elucidate if you are willing to listen to me.
@@user-cs7fg5eq9r Sure, I am always willing to listen. I will "quickly" go into my stance on this also though. "Wokeness" is a very general buzz-term of a lot of things. Personally I think this should be handled on a case by case basis. Some of the "woke" things are just truly pointless, other have merit. For example, if "representation" of certain groups actually does improve the game-play experience of those represented, then it is a "objectively" (In quotes because good game sign is inherently subjective) good thing. However, in regards to sexualisation of videogame characters for example I have heard very compelling points and have been shown some studies that this is more akin to violence in videogames debate, meaning that it is a non-issue outside of some specific edge cases. Or if certain measures have actually empirically been shown to lead to less prejudice for example (And they can be implemented without very significantly chaining the game-play experience), then they are "objectively" good generally speaking, but if they are shown to be pointless, then well, what is the point? Then there is no reason to invest resources into properly implementing that thing. And of course, if you implement many pointless things like that for seemingly no reason at all, and then start blaming those for not implementing said pointless thing, then you start alienating players and hamper potential future efforts that are not pointless.
@@emptyptr9401 Your stance is noted. So to understand 'woke', you'll have to understand some history and political theory, so strap in. 'Woke' as an ideology, ultimately stems from Karl Marx's conception of the class struggle (The Proletariat vs The Bourgeois). It is this idea that lays the ground work for our modern 'woke'. An Italian university student, by the name of Antonio Gramsci reads Marx and takes his idea of class struggle and applies it to other demographics, expanding the concept beyond mere economic classes. Antonio Gramsci dies as a political prisoner to the Fascists, but his work lives on, being taken and utilized by the Frankfurt School (which is both a physical place and school of thought). An American Frankfurt School is established, due to persecution by the Nazis and Fascists. The students of this school bring Gramscian Marxism (critical theory) to America. They call themselves 'liberals', despite being liberal in no way whatsoever and infiltrate the institutions of American society, eventually infecting higher American education. This is why college kids tend to be 'woke'. This is why me and others are deeply concerned about 'woke', because it isn't just 'representation and diversity are good', it's inherently ideological and subversive in nature. As some disclaimers, this is a very broad strokes overview and I do recommend ShortFatOtaku's video 'Antonio Gramsci and the Socialist Intellectual Ecosystem' as it will fill details I missed or got wrong. Furthermore, just for my own sake, I'm not a racist, sexist, Facist or Nazi. I'm also not a communist. I hold all of these ideologies as morally equivalent to one another and evil.
Tyckte du lät som en svensk tills jag såg bilden på disliken på ActMans dissvideo. Har en polare som gillar att se på hans videos men själv tycker jag att han är hitt or miss.
RU-vid money, clout, adoration... These are fruits of content creator's labour. Every one of them wants to get this precious and hard to get prises. But the hardship of content creation breeds vices. Greed strong enough for a youtubers to sell their souls to corporations they used to mock. Prise strong enough to blind a person to the obvious truth and support the putrid lies of DEI. Jealousy strong enough to make a fighter for justice abandon the oath of tranparency. Anger strong enough to make an idol abandon and bertay the loving and supporting community. This is how it ended. This is how The Act Man fell from grace.
ActMan should have never gotten his monetization back, honestly. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. I honestly think he acts like this because in his own head, he can't be touched.
Bro it got to the point where a lunatic was calling his Mother to intimidate him and his family. And you’re saying he thinks he can’t be touched? He got demonetized for a short period that’s literally being “touched” 😂
Fick en hjärtattack när jag hörde dialekten haha. No hate, just funny to notice an accent so close to what you hear at home, like hearing someone suddenly speak a foreign language only to realize it's your own lol.
I used to watch Act Man a lot in the past, not as much nowadays but I still enjoyed his content and I'll probably still watch him from time to time but it's gonna be painful to do so knowing that he exposed himself as a buffoon and someone who can't see his own faults. Also... The DM leaking was just pathetic and made him look completely untrustworthy.
I really don’t get it the dude was having a meltdown over pronouns is this really a thing we are like supporting 😭 I’m with the act man that shit was childish grow up
I think there is a bit of truth on either side. On one hand, Act Man did fuck up in the past. Took on some sponsorships too quickly for a quick cash grab, but who can blame him. It is his livelihood after all. His goal is to make money first and foremost. On the other hand, however, Act Man shouldn’t be blamed for how games turn out. If he receives a sponsorship to play a game, and he actually had a fun time playing the game, then it’s fair for him to make a video discussing what he enjoyed. To quote The Act Man himself, “Of course, it’s biased. It’s a REVIEW”. I think anyone who has a problem with reviews being biased needs to learn how to separate “entertainment” from reality. Develop some critical thinking skills and know how to make decisions for yourself. Personally, if his video is good, then I’ll give the game a shot. If it’s shit, it’s shit. That was my decision that I made. It’s not Act Man’s responsibility I think you pointed out a key element in The Act Man’s YT career that explains this sudden “change” but you drew the wrong conclusion. It’s not Act Man that changed. It’s how people are criticizing him. After the Quantum TV drama, Act Man now has more attention on him than ever before. So, naturally, people are going to be more critical of his actions and trying to point out every flaw they noticed. Nobody talked shit when The Act Man reviewed Call of Duty Ghosts, despite the obvious reason why he chose to play a game that he clearly did not enjoy
Eh i sometimes watch his videos and i find the act lawyer shiet funny, and sometimes drama content is entertaining too. Didnt know about the poopy games he praised for money tho.
I like starfield, it was like the only game I played for maybe a week, but by god when I look back on it I see why not much people like it. I was REALY hopping Bethesda would fucking fix it or something, more than half a year later and nothing. Good thing I got it on gamepass
he said in his best and worst video games of 2023 video that he was sorry for misguiding people with pay day 3 saying that the version he played was different to the game that launched and he should have put a warning that this is not the version that will ship when it launches things may change and still this is a recommendation he has his own opinions about games and the pronoun stuff that was going on why are we giving him shit when we are the ones who blindly followed him to buy the game maybe look at yourself instead of trying to be the victim
@@paulgregoriou6574 he shouldn't have done that that is really fuckin shady but again it was a recommendation you guys blindly believed him without doing more research he didint have a gun to your head forcing you to buy it look at yourself instead of trying to be a victim
@@the_strange_man84 I don't believe anything that grifters post on the internet. I never bought the game nor was I ever interested in it. The dude in question was clearly swayed by the swag the developers sent him.
In all honesty. Sweet baby inc is absurd. Everything about it points to it being entirely blown out of proportion. I won't act as if their saints or anything but the "changes" they make are never really part of contributing to why some games are bad. And just scrolling through all the stuff they've worked on you'll notice basically all of it that's bad is legit cause the games just suck. Suicide squad, bad MTX filled grindfest with zero substance, bad writing(you could potentially chuck that up to SBI but i wouldn't really)mediocre gameplay and more Star field is self explanitory. The entire situation surrounding them is quite frankly stupid. The fact anyone has the energy to care THIS MUCH about something so inconsequencial is just insane to me. Otherwise nice video!
You can downplay SBI all you want but the truth is out there. Games didn't suck before these "groups" got into power. Check out Fritanga, Endymion, NERDwars and Kirsche for more info. And join the curator group.
Right, forcing open racism and sexism into games and making sure that everything is political in nature is totally overblown. That's why literally every single sellout games journalist is marching in lockstep to defend the megacorp that openly extorts developers instead of siding with the audience.
I think its more the language and stuff the CEO spouts in different interviews which sounds quite anti gamer and reeks of identity politics, but. Even without SBI the justice league game would have sucked, because its fundamentally flawed.
What are people not allowed to make a living on this platform? Sold out this, soldout that. Who cares? Is it hurting you personally? Thats the question you all need to ask yourselves.
If chasing the bag gets to the point where you shill, lie and grift? Yeah, it’s annoying for people who watched him. Also, no, of course this doesn’t affect people personally. Does it have to? Is criticism foreign to you? Do we have to reach a certain threshold you made up so this can be discussed? Act man needs to get his act together.
@@Takinu what are you talking about? Just tap the right side of your phone 7 to 10 times and you can skip every sponsored ad. Don't like sellouts? You don't have to. Just skip the personal ad in video.
You did not watch the video, did you? This isn’t just about raid shadow legends, this is about him shilling whole ass games for people to throw big bucks on, like payday 3. He did that shit multiple times, and apparently he has dementia because he won’t learn. And even if, he is willing to grift for that money too, like he did when he saw it was popular to shit on az, and when they wanted to squash the beef, he uploaded a video shitting on him again, despite his request to first have that chat, in the spirit of having a fair and respectful discussion. And now that he sees that it’s currently popular to shit on sbi, he did a complete 180 on the whole progressive shtick, saying it makes him sick. I dunno if I am missing context, but that is how I perceived the whole shit show. Anyways, act man did done do the dirty, and I think he should explain himself at least.
Decided to watch ur whole video out of interest and my love for the Act Man, I severely regret wasting 22 minutes watching a series of absolute garbage
