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@@Blazedwizard4 " why do you think bc a triple a studio makes vr it will make it any more popular " Because that literally happened when Valve made Half-Life Alyx. Steam added over 1 million more connected headsets in just a month right before Alyx's release. That's how this works. Games sell platforms. This has nothing to do with your dumb console wars or what ever. Come off it, man.
The advice at the end of video is paramount. if gaming isn't doing it for you, TAKE A BREAK, otherwise change up your approach and try something new! This makes the world of difference. I say this as someone who lost their lust for gaming @ 34 but rediscovered it while relearning what made gaming fun. Give it a break, its worthwhile and makes the world of difference when you come back, even if its only to give the favorite genera's a break!
Agreed. I’m 27 and started really getting burnt out on gaming the past year. I’ve taken more time to focus on my photography and getting back into music. Sometimes the best thing is to step away from gaming for a bit to really enjoy it again.
I just don't even bother playing most modern games with a few exceptions and just stick to playing on old consoles. This alone helped to sort of minimise my negative stigma of the gaming industry as a whole and I'm only like 23 lol
It's kind of like the current movie industry imo. The blockbusters are worse than before but the indie scene still got lots of great stuff for people who are willing to spend time searching
What is happening to Hollywood now is very similar to the collapse of the Soviet film industry. Once upon a time, good films were shot in the USSR, which brought great profits, and the director who made a good film received a huge cash bonus, this caused great envy. Of course, there were many directors who could only push the agenda but were unable to make a good film. In the end, bad directors said: our bad films are stuffed with an agenda, but no one watches them because there are good films, let's just forbid making films without a communist agenda. I think you understand how it all ended. In the USA, the situation is exactly the same now, good directors are simply forbidden to make films. Quentin Tarantino wanted to film a new part of Star Trek, but he was simply not allowed to do so. In fact, those people who control the US are simply destroying Hollywood and the gaming industry for the sake of their insane ideology. Sometimes some directors still manage to make a good movie, sometimes some studios still manage to make a good video game, but these lunatics don't stop. At least they don't stop on their own.
I think thoughts and videos like these are what saved my enjoyment of gaming in the first place. Coming from a gamer who jumped into gaming around 2017 and only saw the negative and pessimistic side of gaming.
I am going to look old school here but personally I feel that the “golden age” of gaming was the late 90s to early 2000s. The PS1, N64, Game Boy / Color / Advance, and PS2 were so legendary and most of the games that came out for them all are timeless classics today. I feel that those years were the days when developers were actually making games with passion and the games themselves felt complete and were also simple. Nowadays developers tend to release unfinished games and rely on post patching to really “complete” their games. With that being said, the games today also feel like they’re made with business in mind and no passion anymore. Lastly comes all of the bs that’s the opposite of simple for example what happened with Gran Turismo 7 regarding the “always online requirement” like why??? What happened to putting a disc in your console and immediately playing? Now you put a disc in and immediately get bombarded with downloading all of these patches, getting terms and conditions pop ups about how to use the game and online, and even this so basically if the servers are under maintenance down to your wifi box going out, you can’t play the game?? Come on man. Then going back to the business thing, when Polyphony had the audacity to release that infamous patch which reduced the credits you received from anything and made the cars more expensive. Clearly was done to be greedy. Definitely was the last thing to expect from Polyphony of all people and especially for a series that used to be legendary 20 years ago. Activision and EA were the ones that really started those whole greedy business trends and it feels like everyone slowly is getting that same greedy corruption which is creeping into their games in obvious ways.
I completely agree. My problem with video games today is there's no personality or variety anymore. Everything is just generic hogwash. Probably the vast majority of AAA games now are games with generic first person shooter combat, generic gritty artstyles, generic storylines, same control schemes / movement / weapon types, often enemies that play the exact same way of games. There are many games that have basically no depth in their gameplay and they may augment their shallowness by marketing themselves as a "co-op game" but you look at the game itself and it's shit and you just stand in one place, aim down sights, and shoot at a hovering, bullet spongey enemy that takes tons of hits, and then move and do the same thing against the next enemy. I'm not saying I have a problem with shooters or 'gritty' games, but I remember when games of that type used to be "experimental" or "artsy". Like you play Goldeneye 007 and the fluid movement, the stealth mechanics, the openness and objective feel to the levels, etc, it felt like it was trying to be its "own" thing. I don't necessarily mind games like Gears of War because its cover system was revolutionary and it had shit like the Lancer that was unique. But more and more games that followed down this road, there's no uniqueness or artsyness or soul to it anymore. Games are just being this because they have to, I guess. Me, I consider myself a 'real' gamer. I know I'll be the guy that gets shit on for gatekeeping, but what I mean is like, i actually have an _adventurous_ taste in games. i like to see games have different styles and gimmicks and try new things. I like the _entire spectrum_ of video games. My favorite games are hack n' slashes, early survival horror (e.g. Resident Evil 2 on PS1), some early first person shooters (Doom, Quake, Halo CE), and some action or adventure platformers like Megaman or Metroid. But even I need like, say, a Mario Galaxy or a Kirby game. Even I need a more 'gritty' game like, Dark Sector on Xbox 360, or Alien vs Predator 2010. Gamers these days aren't really 'gamers'. They have these extremely, _extremely_ narrow tastes and it just bogs things down for the gaming 'nerds' myself. I don't want games that are first person 24/7, I want _different_ perspectives. I liked fixed camera games, I like sidescrollers and 2D games. Gamers now are like "oh if its first person and it doesn't have guns in it, then i dont want to play it". Or there are people who "only play games for the story" and they're another form of cancer because they're often causing games to be designed and marketed more like movies. There are so many people who don't even want to explore new kinds of games and are just lazy I feel like the vast majority of people into games just don't have the same passion as someone like me. I was 'autistic' over video games at an early age and now you see the industry 'drained' by people who have an extremely shallow and barebones interest in it. It sucks away my enthusiasm, honestly.
I feel like most people have rose tinted glasses when it comes to older eras of games. A good example is the argument of “this game is unfinished”. We hear it constantly but…what does it actually mean? The concept of a “unfinished game” is complex as…well…what do you define as a “finished game”? Is it a game that has every single bit of content in it? Cause that would disqualify a shit ton of our favorite games from the past. Maybe it’s a game that’s bug free…which would also disqualify tons of beloved classics. I personally qualify a finished game as one that is playable from start to finish. However, even my own definition is flawed as some games aren’t intended to have a end. Then we get into the concept of dev time. So many people say stuff like “they should have pushed the launch date back” or “this game was rushed” when that isn’t always the case or even possible. This ties into a single issue: people are stuck in the past. As games get more and more complex with larger and larger development budgets: there is a larger and larger chance for bugs. I’m also gonna go out on a limb and say that games now are actually more feature rich than in the past. Think about it honestly. Back before updates were a thing for games: you could only add so much. Now, you can continuously add more and more content and fix bugs after launch. I also wanna add one last thing: the internet. Back in the PS1/PS2 days: the internet as we know it was just starting to kick off. If you wanted to find info on a game, you had to hunt down a magazine or some obscure internet article: now you can just google the name and immediately get all the info you want about a game. It’s not that we are getting more and more “broken” games and “unfinished” games: it’s more so that we know more and more about said games in general thanks to the internet.
Heck, Mega Man 3 and Devil May Cry 4 have had TONS of cut content to rush the game out on time, and they're both extremely gratifying experiences. Mega Man 3 one of the best on NES !!! That's why they recycled bosses from Mega Man 2, they originally wanted 4 more unique bosses. it didn't detract from the near flawless design .
@@kyokusagani8869 Mario 64 had more content removed than added. For instance: Luigi was actually supposed to be playable but he got cut at the last second.
Well said. Also as games get bigger and bigger they also get harder and harder to develop. Require much bigger teams and of course are going to have more bugs. Sure tactics like "Fix it later" are becoming more and more common and obviously money plays a huge part. People seem to only remember the good games when they look back. I remember hearing someone unironically saying "The PS2 had no bad games." No, the PS2 had TONS of crap. Of course there's also trends. I got started playing Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 and I would LOVE a return to deathmatch games. I wish Doom eternal had deathmatch... Indie games are definitely killing it currently. Looking forward to Trepang2. Edit : Well said about "Dead." So many times I hear people dismiss stuff as "Dead game" when it has thousands of hardcore fans. I feel people in general are also just more toxic these days too. Talking about Trepang2 before look at some of the comments on the trailers on IGN... lol
This is true but to also debunk some of these points One problem games make more money than ever in the history of gaming that's the issue cyberpunk for instance they were exposed for not hiring play testers same with ea with anthem it's just companies are more greedy than ever too Also they use the old if ain't broke don't fix it method and it works out look at cod, fifa, and Madden even tho their usually the most broken games to launch they usually do the most well as well so I blame us cringe word "gamers" for this modern gaming Madden for instance ever since Madden 13 introduced ultimate team and such you can tell the sharp decline in polish the Madden games around that time just to prove my point even further Basically I agree with you it's just companies are more lazy and games make more money than any industry so keep that in mind But the indie industry to me is where it is at
The whole thing of releasing it now and fix later shouldn't not exist though, games are much harder to make nowadays than ever before, sure but that's why the dev teams keep getting bigger and games as result also get more expensive right? On top of that the industry makes tons of money nowadays too so in my view there's literally no excuse for releasing broken shit. The only reason they do so it's because people don't care. The AAA industry is literally slapping the whole community across their faces and still folk keep supporting them. It makes no sense to me and i genuinely have a hard time understanding people who are willing to shit out 70+ quid for a game that barely functions.
"Also as games get bigger and bigger they also get harder and harder to develop" that make no sense imo. let me explain. i think games are not getting hard to develop but they become too bloated. not only now we have more vet developer in the industry more than ever (already a more than 30 years old industry) but also the amount of automation and easy use with many tools and engines. and even when in the next few years when we get AI help with coding and AI writing stories and even art for the game. the games will still be a mess. it's not a money problem (do you even see how big today game budget is) or men power problem. like now a days. no "AAA" company have less than 500 employees (unless if you are efficient +weird like Valve who also neglected tf2) it's an organization/focus/vision/management of resources problem.
In recent videos you touched the topic of releasing unfinished games. I am an experienced enterprise programmer and I started by career as gamedev, so I know some devs in the space I will share some knowledge why games are often released unfinished. It is more complex than modey and greed Making games is hard. So studios try to expand their management strategies. In enterprise software there is a very popular and successful set of management principles, collectively known as "agile" . Game producers see that success and try to incorporate them in gamedev, because both are software. A core agile philosophy is "release often and get feedback from customers" . The whole software as a service methodology started here as a way to make software updates more agile. Agile has many facets and some good reasons behind it, but it is very easy for managers to misinterpret it as "it is ok to use your customers as testers" . This is what happens in enterprise, it is worse in gamedev. The real idea of agile is to start with something good and humble and gradually build on top of it. It can produce amazing games like Path of Exile and Warframe. But it does not fit gamedev while being heavily pushed there.
My joy in gaming only has increased over the years. I'm still surprised by a lot new stuff that gets released on Steam every month or so. I'm not someone that really chases trends so I can avoid "those" games. I tend to take risks too, and thay feeling when you like it by the end is amazing. Seriously, people need to get out of their comfort zone and play new stuff. You'll get burned even with your favorite game.
Modern gaming has been mostly fine. There are issues, but we also get bangers. People who hate modern gaming refuse to try anything past their childhood franchises, franchise that suck now
But at same time, a lot of those people will say the new games they didn't grow up with in those franchises suck regardless of actual quality, and if you want a great example of that just look at the Pokémon fanbase where starting from Black and White 1 (from around 13 years ago) the fans are outright looking for an excuse so they can say the newest games are the worst in the series before they even play the games, and for BW1 the art style being slightly different was enough to say they suck and the search for more reasons began...
@Gomam0n yeah sounds to me like you haven't experimented enough with new releases or mainly look to triple A franchises you've played before. Try Hell Let Loose, Hrot, Dusk, Hunt: Showdown, or any of the many great other double A or indies out there. Just because most of triple A is crap, doesn't mean it's bad.
The Borderlands saga is also like that, linear storyline that is split into many areas that are open world and you're free to return to previously visited ones to explore or do sidequests.
Seriously take Jarek's advice if you're feeling burned about gaming. Take a break from your usual genres and step out of your comfort zone or stop gaming for a bit and pick up a hobby. Also I agree with Jarek saying that it might not be a good idea on making your hobby your job, I tried that back when I got out of school and it almost killed my joy in writing. You are a tougher man than being able to do this a a job since I would have broken a long ass time ago.
I see a lot of people talk about how bad modern gaming is, but noone ever actualy tries to properly look at it, and instead just go with their gut feeling. So seeing a proper analysis like this is refreshing.
One thing that really bothers me in new games are the UI. It's bloated beyond comprehension; why do I need dozens of color coded data, key popups, medals, prompts, DLC ads and all that Excel sheet aesthetic while all I want is to point a gun and shoot, for instance? When i play old games, the first thing I notice is how cozy the UI looks, how clean everything looks on my screen without dumping me in unecessary information.
Get well soon Jarek! Honestly, I think another big problem is that the internet has become too cynical, it's nothing to do with toxic positivity or "good vibes only" crap, there are games coming out with genuine issues, some others are legit not up to par for their bloated $70 pricetag, but this year in particular I found it specially tiring when something like Atomic heart happened. If you only ever listened to the usual reviewers and content creators, you'd think Atomic Heart is a stinker that shouldn't had been made to begin with, but then you play it and it turns out the game is actually good and fun. I've started branching out into playing different games from my usual on my backlog, and turns out I'm re-kindling my love for gaming in a big way, even at 34 years old gaming is still filling my depression ridden heart with joy. Also I stopped looking at cynical reviews and angry gamers who are never happy with anything because I started noticing being around that crowd was actually affecting me negatively, misery loves company and I'm honestly quite done being dragged down into it.
my fondest memories will always be rushing home from school to turn my 360 on and just play Halo with all my buds from school We have been very depressed halo gamers since. We still do customs on MCC and its a blast. we all hope that one day Halo will return back to its glory days.
We're doing good as ever, since Indie thrive and AAA still going strong (besides monetisation, loot box, developer toxic workplace, mass layout etc.), We might not get many banger anymore but I enjoyed the experimental Indie game more then mainstream.
I play the OG Quake games, especially Quake 3 Arena and UT 99 all of the time. And the Halo games, Crysis, STALKER, BioShock, Half-Life 1 and 2, the DOOM games, especially mods like Brutal DOOM, DOOM Eternal, Postal 2, Turok (Nightdive version) and Duke 3D. I have more fun with these games than ever. Of course I play other games, but these are my favorites.
About "broken at launch": this is one of the problems i have with Steam/EGS/Battle net and others. I have paid 60 euros for the product. i want to enjoy it, not pulling hair from my head, because of bugs/glitches/server errors. I don't want to be your tester at launch. and i always got triggered by comments " they'll fix it on launch", or "we're sorry" Look at the Capcom. or Mundfish. They release well-optimized game at launch, and didn't have triple-A publisher behind them.
For how common the "I don't have much time anymore" argument is, people don't do anything to fix that. Most games today are made grindy, even indies with the roguelites. I've seen people saying that while playing Persona 5. How about playing an old console game or an arcade one and actually enjoy a game instead of making repetitive tasks with text as reward? Same with the lack of innovation. Play the library of a console you never had. I never had a PS2 and it's full of pretty unique games.
That last point about trying new genres is dead on. If something catches your eye on a steam sale and you have the cash, pick it up. Even if it's a genre of game you aren't sure about. I thought I would never be into jrpgs until I picked up Persona 4 on a whim, now it's one of my favorite genres.
People that say, "modern gaming sucks," generally only play AAA and don't look beyond the front page of Steam, etc. I enjoy so many games, particularly from the indie scene. So, yes, modern AAA is not so great (I'd say it's probably better than the miserable, monotone be we got in the early to mid '10s), but in general gaming is better because we have so many more options than we did before.
I think modern gaming is the best it ever been with a lot of projects indie, AAA in many genres. But the problem with AAA gaming is that standarts are higher than the fuc_ing sun and with multiples consoles and pc ports that are made for a single AAA game they will most likely to fail even with the proffesional team and the vision for the game being completely finished
Really, really good video. As a 29 year old I feel exactly the same, confused and anguished by the fact that it will never be as good as my memories playing half life DM or really enjoying blood 2 the chosen (i know... it sucks)
@@grammajam3682 yeah I do too, but mostly because when I was a lil kid it was so edgy and over the top for me that it really amazed me back then, but playing it now it shows it's flaws.
This video actually sums up my gaming experience as a new gamer (started playing around 2017). At first with all that talk of "gaming used to be better" and "Gaming is dead", it felt like I jumped on gaming way too late for me to enjoy it. But after sometime playing good games I enjoy (Hitman 3, sekiro, breath of the wild), I think I can conclude that I am not late to gaming and in some ways, I jumped on the perfect time. I am still enjoying gaming and with new good games releasing, which includes AAA games like Hi-Fi rush and indies like Tunic, I am enjoying games now. Is the gaming industry (AAA) not that good? Yeah. But that shouldn't be an excuse to end a hobby you enjoy. For any gamer out there, whether new or old, who still enjoy games, take it from me. Never devalue your enjoyment and play the games you love.
I really liked Industria, I just wish it was longer. I know it seemed like they wanted to make it episodic, but the funding just wasn't there and nothing happened.
Hi Fi Rush, Nier Automata and Metal Gear Solid are games that made me glad gaming is my hobby. Sometimes you gotta step outside your comfort zone and try something different.
I think someone mentioned to be about Media Entertainment and why the older generation will think "These new things sucks now", be it music, movies, comics, cartoons or even videogames. I don't think modern videogames "sucks" now, more like the new games isn't made for "our" generation anymore and for the new generation. Sort of like when TV came out, the older generation prefer listening to Radio Drama shows and before that those prefer newspaper than Radio if you get my saying.
I do think that my enjoyment of games has lessened slightly over the last few years, but... I'm also enjoying them in A way that was impossible for me to do when I was younger. I've been learning programming, 3D modeling, and game development. So now, I see the work put into what's going on, and find myself contemplating how I would do it. I love where PC gaming is right now. Both Ashes: Afterglow and The Citadel exist now. I don't know what subgenera those games are, that normal boomer shooters are not, but I absolutely love those games. When I make my own FPS, those will be a major inspiration.
As a person who plays mostly older games, i do have to say - they were overall cooler, but sometimes they Black accessability. My favourite type of games is a PC western CRPG from the 90's, and oh boy - in many games you HAVE to read the manual to continue progressing the main story. As much as i love things like Baldur's Gate, Arcanum, Daggerfall etc - modern Gaming definetly improved a lot on this Aspect. Unfortunately, in Order to make the games more accesible, they become way to easy
Games during those mid 2000s and older akin to 90s were definitely very tailored for actual nerds and niche communities compared to how growing and still increasingly more mainstream, this has gone to the point that audiences aren't just being less critical, but also very defensive towards lowering and lowering of video game standards
Right before I watched this video (which recently came out) I was watching a video in my playlist called "Modern Gaming Sucks" and the video I was currently watching was "Games As A Service is FRAUD" by Ross Scott. Guess it is time to add this one.
Honestly the best thing you can do in regards to getting back to gaming if you have a PC is to simply try emulation. For example I've been having a blast playing the Armored Core games.
I have been enjoying the retro throwback fps wave. Saying that I have not been blown away by anything in a long time. In fact I went back and played most easily accessible older games as I could. The ones that I was interested in at least. For years I jumped onto the survival game trend. As flawed as a lot of these titles were I continued to enjoy gaming a lot. Having a disability and related health problems I never ended up working. Over time I realised that work makes recreation time more rewarding (back when I had school as a substitute). Not having much more on during the days it often turned into something to do to paas the time. I think ppl have preffered styles of games . These styles of games usually come from different eras. Its like someone prefereing music or movies from the 80's compared to now.
I think gaming has already peaked at a time between 10 and 15 years ago. And that’s why so many studios are remastering their older and better games, take the RE4 and dead space remake for an example.Don’t get me wrong there are still some AAA bangers that have came out over the past few years.
No thats just because people at those companies cant come up with any original IPs anymore, just keep milking something to death and the dumb fanbase will follow regardless
I cannot imagine myself playing games like Fallout New Vegas or Yakuza now since they are story heavy games and I just don’t have the time to sit and listen/ read for hours.
Naturally I would say 90/early 2000, PC gaming was so new, had rapidly advancing tech and the arrival of the internet. It wasn't just new to me because I was younger but it was new to humanity in general, everyone young and old was excited and that's why I think it was such a revolutionary time for both people who worked in the the industry and those consuming it. These days a lot of games are treading old water due to so much money being involed, less chances are taken and more quick bucks are being made due to gambling. Also not everyone having internet back in the day meant that games could not be as broken or rushed because they relied on the word of mouth and less on the word of some prepayed internet celebrity to promote them.
I do think gaming has gotten worse and now every game has a battle pass that basically require you to play only that game like if it’s your job (like COD and Apex for example) customization is locked behind micro transactions and battle passes now. Gaming back then was better
Games used to be designed to be fun as fun games were the most profitable. Now games are designed to be addictive as addictive games with micro-transactions are now the most profitable. The design philosophy has completely changed and it shows.
I think a good example of a unique modern AAA shooter is Titanfall 2. On the surface, it just looks like Call of Duty with mechs, but when you actually play it, you see how much it stands out from the crowd.
Golden age of FPS was 1993 - 2006, in particular 1996 - 2001. There were a handful of decent games from 2006 onwards, especially 2011, but thankfully, we've been blessed with throwback shooters that remind us of the glory games. And fuck AAA gaming. I hate COD and all that boring modern FPS garbage, and mediocre console FPS gruel. Fuck that shit. Zero creativity. Yes, games were WAY better back then. Then again, I'm 40. I was an adult when stuff like Serious Sam, Red Faction, Undying, Halo etc. came out.
@Gomam0n I liked the first two COD games too, when they were still an action-packed WW2 franchise. After that, it was just like another bazillion Honorcallfield of Blackmedaldutyops military shooter of which there are far more than there should be.
Fallout 76 IMO had a large part to blame in the downfall of modern gaming. Not only was it broken at launch, but Bethesda tried to salvage it by adding the Fallout 1st subscription. Bethesda may have been saved by Doom Eternal, but they were in some serious hot water. It is still the economy, and studios are attempting to make money. I think that most studios care more about money rather than passion. Passion really makes your game stick, which is why Doom Eternal is still fun 3 years later.
i remember a comment dont remember what video it was but it just says "the best time for gaming was wen i was 10" witch seeing hiw people talk about gaming in older times it makes sense
@@Jarekthegamingdragon it depends everyone have and well have that moment that they consider the best or the golden age of not just gaming but anything
I think once you're in the realm of expensive VR headsets and high-end desktop PC gaming you're a different kind of buyer. I have a steam deck, valve index with a dedicated playspace and around 400 to 600 games across all platforms. Myself and a regular console player are miles apart, for them it's a fun toy in their living room. For me it's partly a way of life😅. I don't think a console gamer is lesser, all are welcome to the gaming club but they are a different thing.
What makes me still love video games was my willingness to try other genres. In my younger days, I mostly stuck to Fighters, Strategy, and FPSs. I thought back then that RPGs were too complex for me to enjoy. If I wasn't open-minded, I would never have loved some of the best Single Player RPGs I've ever played like KOTOR, Oblivion/Skyrim, Dragon Age Origins, Witcher 3, Fallout 3/New Vegas/4, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dragon's Dogma, etc. Of course I do other hobbies besides gaming because getting burned out is a possibility from playing so much video games. Try to find a balance. Like u said, maybe you don't enjoy gaming as much now because you enjoy life less. Thanks for the video Jarek. It was very insightful and made me think about how my passion for gaming is stronger than ever in my 30's. Sure stuff in my life has changed and of course the negative reception of modern gaming nowadays is very prevalent, but I still enjoy playing video games because I make an effort to branch out and try other types of games rather than sticking to what's familiar. Who knows? I may find hidden gems I'd never thought of liking.
I don't believe modern gaming is bad *in general*, but there are definitely parts of it which have become dull to some and amazing to others. The boomer shooter revival has been going fairly strong for years now with major studios in the scene focusing on entertaining, fully functioning titles like DUSK, Amid Evil, Ultrakill, Ion Fury, Prodeus, Nightmare Reaper, REKKR, Selaco, Trepang 2, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, etc. (half-likes aren't boomer shooters in design terms, but they are a return-to-roots genre in the same way actual boomer shooters are) I would play a boomer shooter or a half-like over any AAA title any day of this past decade for the quality and performance alone.
Halo and battlefield need to actually make a good multiplayer first. Those devs are massive and absolutely can support a season pass, they just didn't even offer a finished game to start.
With so many great indie games that are far cheaper and that I enjoy a whole fucking lot more than AAA games and a shit tons of free mods for games I already have... I really don't see why I should care for AAA games.
Two reasons for me. If you find that meme of the burger that is SO true. In golden era we got the complete game and add ons/ mission packs. Now you get a buggy/broken and “live service game”. Secondly, games now chase trends. Battle Royale, Souls like, Extraction shooters. YES I know we had Half Likes and DooM Clones but the quality of the final product now is less than it was. Also yes, you do get less time and energy for games. Life gets in way as you get older.
I will be 38 years old next October and I have been gaming since I was 6... I still enjoy playing games (mostly the old ones but still try some of the new ones) but I really don't like the direction this industry has been heading for the last 10 years at least... low standards and quality, unfinished products, predatory practices, egregious pricing, tone deafness on part of the developers as to what consumers want and the list goes on... Nowadays I am more likely to buy and enjoy an indie game infinitely more than whatever unfinished mess the AAA industry has to offer.
I think modern gaming is a mixed bag . About Tripple A : Its horrible . I would even say we dont need tripple A overall because many huge Corpos made not only bad schlock but they dont carry anything lately that makes them really a spotlight except advertising and Cringe events . Tripple-A aint totally useless but right now they made themselves right now. Only Corpos like THQ-nordic and Embracer-group seems trustworthy . Indie-gaming : That depends and is mostly good . What really breaks often indie-games are trends again . The same with Tripple-A is now with indie-games but atleast Variation is still their key to success while samey games like a ton of boomer-shooters that are like quake or Doom can ne oversaturated lately but even there are some significant differences that could be worth a look . Im still waiting for more horror-FPS and more akin to 90s Horror games with consistency with its horror , style and actual great writing . About Age : Ive seen , played and experienced many games in my life-time and what i really can say is that i crave for more cool and unique spins or something more personality in games that doesnt replace the one with another from its concept to its design . I watched so many cancled projects that had a very promising concept and design which begs me the question why nobody even take and being inspired by those concepts of those cancled projects and make their own projects out of it ? Those are already great foundations that need to be made great in its execution. For me , my age only asks for more freshly daring concepts and bold designs to play and experience it . Even writing should finally be more intelligent and nuanced then what we got nowadays . I mean the story to the Soul reaver games (or better the whole Legacy of kain games ) are written almost shakesperean but now its most of the time so juvenile and flat that its mostly an instant-pass or a playthrough of boredom or suffering. I would say that modern gaming lost its spicey edges and its multitude of variation in different inspirations that even lowers quality and passion overall. Not only for the Developers but its Players too .
To me it's pretty terrible now. Only things I've gotten recently are remasters, collections, or PC ports of PS4 games and the Halos. MW2019 is probly the most recent new game I've gotten. I don't like open worlds, gigantic skill trees, modern storytelling tropes/dialog, the direction multiplayers been taking, or story taking time away from the gameplay. I just wanna sit down, have an interesting or great story to hook me, cool visuals and music, and play through fun levels with enjoyable mechanics. I don't wanna support some self indulgent project that thinks it's effective storytelling art, or head to multiplayer to be shown these smartphone UIs begging me to buy things. Gimme GoldenEye, gimme Syphon Filter, FEAR, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden. And no I'm not saying bring us back to the old days because all games were flawless, I'm just saying bring back the ideals of having fun game design with the toppings of artistic merit. The industry's just gotten too big and it's not the game designers making good projects anymore. It's charts deciding what works on the market, and it's soulless.
I mostly play indies 90 percent of the time. My favorite gaming time was the ps2 era. Huge variety. With that being said I am looking forward to finally playing armored core.
Speaking of venturing out and trying something new. I am not a fan of turn based RPGs, I cannot stand JRPGs, but one game I spent a lot of time with and really enjoyed was "Tales of Maj'Eyal." It's pretty much a singleplayer version of a traditional tabletop DND style game. It's just a big ol' grid board, an open world with plenty of quests, random encounters and LOTs of numbers. My favorite character was a "Doombringer" class, think a Barbarian and a demonic sorcerer rolled up into one big ball of death.
Depends on what you play and how optimisic you are. Like id say gaming is still good, but ive been using indies, mods, and boomershooters as a shield agaisnt the worst of it. but if you're a console player playing mostly AAA stuff, its probably pretty damn bad.
I don't know, I've been gaming on a friend's xbox from time to time, and just looking at gamepass alone I can see a wealth of great games, both indies and AAA, same by looking at the storefronts, so it's not like there's a shortage of great games on consoles, you just have to look for them because right now the bigger AAA companies are just not interested in marketing them towards you.
I agree, for PC gamers is the best time. Modding community is never been stronger. I enjoy mods way more than the AAA games. I just finished Unreal The One. Fantastic mod. For those who like Unreal (1998) is a no brainer.
For me, one of the things that has made videogames less fun is the huge trend over the past decade of grind heavy free to play multiplayer games. I.E. Warframe, Destiny 2, War Thunder. The idea of just being able to have fun is no longer the point of the game, the point is to grind for 300 hours to finally be able to have fun, until you realize that actually what you were grinding for wasn't all that great in the first place. I love raiding in D2, I love shitting on other players in War Thunder. I don't enjoy that it took hundreds of hours to be able to have fun. We're lucky that nowadays there's a renaissance of indy studios rediscovering how fucking awesome immersive shooters like half life were and creating new experiences like them.
I remember times when i had outdated PC i was playing games like Metro 2033, Half Life 2, Stalker, Garrys Mod... and i was dreaming one day i will play new games like Metro Exodus, Titanfall 2, Doom Ethernal and others games, after 7 years i have new PC with RTX 3060Ti and i was really happy to try out these games i really enjoy them, but then i was like what now? what should i play now? and o the steam i bought games like FEAR 1, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 4, Doom 3 and others games from time when i was a child, and still enjoy them. Im more interested in singleplayer / coop games and well they arent not many AAA games that got my interest... really only new games that i will buy this year are only Stalker 2 and Trepang 2 (for now). What i consider my best games is Cry of Fear (Story), FEAR 1 (Gameplay), STALKER and Metro (Atmosfere), Black Mesa (visuals), Doom 2016 and Eternal (Gameplay), Titanfall 2 (gameplay), Ori and Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps (Story and Visuals), Gears of War 2 and 3 and Halo 3, ODST and Reach (Coop and Story), Perfected Doom 3 (Gameplay), Boneworks, Into the Radius, Dead Effect 2 VR and Half Life Alyx (VR games that i love) and other games. I just dont know... i just losing interest in new games because all its just money business, games like Vanguard are bad and well they still manage to get more money then World at War or older CoD... maybe i just looking at different view... and dont understand new trends or maybe im just retro Nice video Jarek, i really like your channel i even try out few games from your reviews and enjoy them, just keep up the good content... only shame that Ori Will of the Wisps Review is so underrated in this channel
In my opinion game engines like unity and unreal being so easy to develop for has made it so much easier for smaller groups to get together and make a game than ever while still having it look and play like a reasonably budgeted game. add in digital distribution (such as steam) becoming the norm and we see a lot more people willing to have a go at making a game and therefore more hidden gems not plagued by corporate greed stifling creativity.
I had 13 year hiatus from video games and I started playing last month. To be fair, even when playing the same games. It's just not there for me anymore. I could play for hours on end as a kid. Now I can barely play for like 30 minutes to hour in one session. I absolutely enjoy playing but it's not the obsession it once was. Age has to do something with it absolutely. However newer games also add more and more complexity to the software and gameplay but usually not in a way that makes them more challenging just more complicated or feels overly restrictive.
Frank in House of Cards would sit down at the end of a long day destroying peoples lives with a game of Call of Duty. I was just thinking about the Orange Box the other day and how it is still one of the best values and overall packages in gaming history, but then we also had Halo 3 coming out at the same time with its Legendary Edition too! Then World of Warcraft had Wrath of the Lich King.. on top of everything I had the best time of my life just out of college with friends and relationships, it was the best years ever around 2005-2008 I honestly also don't think the Season Pass system is bad in theory, it's just game companies never use it the way it should be used. That in turn makes me pine for the days when we had expansion packs for games on PC.. I did not like map packs though for console games, like full on expansions for PC games is what I remember the most growing up for PC only.
Modern gaming is one of the reasons I mainly keep to indie games. Even games like Halo started out with a small group of devs that could be seen as indie devs with today's classification; just a group of college guys working on a game they really like without much of a budget, but they managed.
Jarek, if you enjoy linear, story driven and atmospheric first person shooters, I would recommend Clive Barker's Undying. It has all of that and you more or less have a dragon's head as one of the weapons.
Problem is back in the early 2000s quality in everyday life was better not just games everyday things were built with quality. Nowadays everything isnt quality but a quick money grab for a product that isnt up to standard and breaks easy same with games developers want preorders and quick money grabs but release sub par games very rare having a game release now that doesnt need so much work to get it up to standard games realease so poor nowadays that majority people leave before developers actually fix their poor product. Another thing is finding a actually good developer that actually listens and works on their game on the daily basis.
The post launch support of the modern gaming industry is faaar better than it was 10 years ago and everyone seems to forget it. Personally I'd take an unfinished release that gets 5+ years of solid updates over something that releases in a polished state but never improves and makes you buy a sequel in 2 years time. For example, Stellaris came out kinda half baked in 2016 but has received about 3 sequels worth of content in DLC and free updates, and I'd take that over several sequels any day
It sure is but yet there's no excuse for releasing stuff that barely works at launch regardless of that. What's even point of paying upfront 70$ or so to try to play a game that doesn't work at release just for you to have to wait a couple more months to be able to enjoy it? You might as well wait and buy it later, for a cheaper price preferably too. Most importantly that type of practice affects AAA reputation significantly not that matters too much currently since people keep buying broken shit for some god forsaken reason. My only hope is that people start actually giving out money to devs that deserve it instead of others who couldn't give 2 shits about the community and just care about milking them dry instead.
@@epic8923 agreed. I think publishers just need to start being more realistic about what their games are actually worth at launch and how they're labelled. If BF2042 launched for $25 in Early access, it wouldn't have received nearly as much criticism or damaged the brand as much as it did. Even though I enjoy 2042 now there's just no recovering from the negative reception it got on launch and AAA publishers need to learn that the way they're operating isn't sustainable in the long term.
The game industry has become as important and as big as the film industry now. Look how real life actors have made the jump to do motion capture for big AAA games like god of war for example and because of this the demand is higher, costs have risen and deadlines have to be met. This then causes developers to cut corners and rush games out. Look a cyberpunk for a classic example of this and it's a shame. Gone are the days a game would come out and if it sucked, it sucked forever because patches didn't exist so developers ensured they got the game to it's very best before release. We have to accept that now a good game will very rarely ever be released and be amazing from day one. Games will take a good 6 months of patches to get it right after it's been released.
4:00 I somewhat disagree. Pushing 40 soon, wife and kids. I always found time to play. And whilst I still play nearly everyday, I mostly just grind on ff8 or play some ps2 games. The last game I bought was cyberpunk and already by that point most of my gaming purchases were geared towards the retro end of the spectrum. There's many reasons as to why I've not gelled with modern titles, maybe chief amongst being ubiquitous "best practice"
Im not a father myself, but I think it depends on a lot of things like your commuting time to and from work, your hours worked daily/weekly and how much attention/care your family demands. I think a lot of people have zero time for gaming on workdays unless they're willing to sacrifice sleep.
Great video man, I was feeling very jaded with FPS'es (because I also like Half likes). So I heard of the Dead Space and RE4 remakes. I had not played any survival horror action games since 2014. I bought these two and Iam having a great time.
One thing I would definitely say makes modern gaming worse from a AAA perspective is the amount of games coming out. PS5 has been out for years now but there's still only a small handful of worthwhile exclusive games for it, and Series S/X has like nothing still that's actually any good. Nintendo is the only one who have a decent library on the switch of exclusive titles even though many of them certainly are cookie cutter in nature.
I was thinking this as well. I've been wondering if I like games less. Most of the games I've been playing have been games i played as a kid, games i never played as a kid or games that ape the style of games i played as a kid. So i wondered whether i disliked modern games. I realised i seem to dislike modern AAA games. Grindy open world games just bore me. I enjoy a solid linear story drive game. Even if the story is basic. But these are few and far between nowadays (especially for someone like me on console) most of the modern games i enjoy have been indie. There's the occasional AAA game I enjoy but it's mainly been indie. I absolutely enjoy the Metro games, Cuphead, Aragami, Ion Fury, Evil West, Shadow Warrior and others. Doom, Wolfenstein, Resident Evil and Devil May Cry are really the only modern AAA games I'm into
I think what makes older titles better in some regards, is that they flourished with interesting ideas. Not well thought out ideas at some points, but a good premise. I think one game that REALLY proves my point is Cryostasis. It did MANY things that were new, fresh, and generally interesting additions, but the execution of certain mechanics left lots to be desired. I think AAA gaming could really do with more interesting ideas that just come from putting the best parts of one game into a different context, like "What if we made a COD campaign for Tarkov?" or "What if we decided to add Jojo Stands into a Quake-like?", stuff like that.
on the FPS is the one getting views. thats a massive problem whit youtube. I used to watch a chanel (channel stopped posting years ago). and said channel made 2-3 kinds of video I was only interested in one of them (the other war car related) this was years ago so before youtube got weird. and there is no function really to make it so that if your channel have more then one topic it does not just push to the subsciber the correct playlist so to speak. the only real practical way is to make multiple TH-cam channels/account. on the rant on the session pass. we also have to remember that back then game was released full stop and then we usually got expansion packs (those been large, justifying filling a full CD/DVD, and most of them been good money for value). also as someone that tried to play EU4 ones (the amount of DLC and content packs) are just insane. back then you had the game then maybe 1-4 expansion packs (exlucing the game of the year edition that was just the base game plus 1 expansion and patches). today you got the game and then 30 diffrent DLC packs. peaple was more intriged to buy the full size expasnions even if they was more expensive then a DLC because there was less of them and it was easier to keep track on what was needed (presuming that they was not released faster then the weekly allowance could tick up).
I think the main reason games suck so much nowadays is because of the poor state they release in anymore. Not only that, but they hype it up so much. To get you to preorder it. So the reason modern gaming sucks is. 1. The: "We'll fix it later" mentality. 2. Raising everyones expectations through the roof to then just have them disappointed. Due to buggy launch, or lack of content. Which can be sighted back to the first point. 3. Greedy Micro Transactions, sure crates and such were bad, but you could earn them, and they were cheaper. Nowadays we have skins and battle passes 15 dollars and up. Even in the case of COD over 20 dollars. 4. This is just to sum it all up... Probably the biggest issue, and the root cause as to why games are now so shit. Games as a Service.
Easy way to tell if games were better back then: Just play an older game that's considered good. You'll find it's actually much better than any AAA slop today so indeed big games back then were better than today's big games. However, smaller AA titles and indies are great even today.
Or some masterpieces didn't age quite as well as you had hoped / you looked at them through rose tinted glasses. Unreal Tournament 2004 is just as flawless today as it was back then, but Half Life 2 halting you dead in your tracks to spout exposition at you for 5 minutes... really isn't the best level design.
Loved this video. Your the best as always Jarek. Lately to be completely honest, I have been feeling the exact same way. Some games these days are as fun as any ever have been and some are so broken there completely unplayable. You're definitely right about life not being as enjoyable as we get older. I don't know what the solution is tbh. But I can definitely tell you that you're not alone in feeling how you do.
i always said that the golden age was between 1996-2011. yes we did have really bad games even back then, the problem simply the majority of game released now are just bad and below average. So when a game like elden ring get released. a above average game. people act like they never played any good game in their life and declare it's the best thing ever (i don't hate elden ring but you get my point). back then games were truly fighting for you to buy them. because like every game was really good. and a lot of gaming studios do go under if they fail and stuff. now a days mediocrity is rewarded and investment money is truly what pay for the game. they can keep releasing trash after trash because who cares about buying games. they will release trash next year and will not be go under or fired. why stories are bad? empathy. why gameplay is incoherent and copy elements from everywhere. empathy and to add it to the marketing checkbox. why games look so similar and look like they are all made in the same factory of CGI mess like modern movies ? IT LOOK PRETTY NOW WHO CARES.
I guess the popularity of gaming in general created the ''marvel studio movie franchise'' games, very big budget, beautiful to look at but shallow so a lot of people can play it. The industry was more about passion back then, just look at EA, they were one of the greats with classic after classic then they got really really rich and boom, all over.
10:58 I understood and found the game Industria you mentioned but the subtitles say "adaka" is the 2nd game? I can't find that anywhere, I have tried all kinds of variations of that word on youtube and cannot find the game you are showing, I cannot find it on Steam. It does not seem to exist at all. Edit: Ah it is spelled Adaca, I had to type in "industria and adaka" into youtube to find an older video you made about it.
These questions don't really affect me because I often don't care much about new releases, with the prices being so high where I live. When it comes the time and whatever game picks my interest, I go for it, otherwise, I'm kinda inside of a bubble.
We've been in a gaming drought for a while. I remember 2011 - 2012 sort of felt like it, even though there were banger games, nothing felt new or innovative except the graphics. If you ask me, higher ups need to have more faith and confidence in their dev teams to do things their way. And dev teams need to be given the time and ability to branch out, like how we've seen smaller budget titles from bigger companies blow up. Because they can't just work on the same triple A millions of dollar fps open world that EVERYONE literally expects, these devs wanna do something unique with their abilities and reap success from that too. Rest in peace Dice lol
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@@Blazedwizard4 " why do you think bc a triple a studio makes vr it will make it any more popular "
Because that literally happened when Valve made Half-Life Alyx. Steam added over 1 million more connected headsets in just a month right before Alyx's release. That's how this works. Games sell platforms.
This has nothing to do with your dumb console wars or what ever. Come off it, man.
The advice at the end of video is paramount. if gaming isn't doing it for you, TAKE A BREAK, otherwise change up your approach and try something new! This makes the world of difference. I say this as someone who lost their lust for gaming @ 34 but rediscovered it while relearning what made gaming fun. Give it a break, its worthwhile and makes the world of difference when you come back, even if its only to give the favorite genera's a break!
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Agreed. I’m 27 and started really getting burnt out on gaming the past year. I’ve taken more time to focus on my photography and getting back into music. Sometimes the best thing is to step away from gaming for a bit to really enjoy it again.
I was getting burnt out big time and ended up picking up Sim Racing, now I'm playing games for hours every day again.
Straight up man. I took 3 months off and feel much better.
I just don't even bother playing most modern games with a few exceptions and just stick to playing on old consoles. This alone helped to sort of minimise my negative stigma of the gaming industry as a whole and I'm only like 23 lol
"It's not that you're enjoying games less, just that you're enjoying life less"
This one hurts..
It's kind of like the current movie industry imo. The blockbusters are worse than before but the indie scene still got lots of great stuff for people who are willing to spend time searching
And every so often, we still get a good blockbuster here and there. Makes it easy to appreciate it when it comes
We still get great blockbusters movies every year where for gaming its more harder to find a gokd modern game
There's a ton of old movies I haven't watched, so I'm sorted. 👌
What is happening to Hollywood now is very similar to the collapse of the Soviet film industry. Once upon a time, good films were shot in the USSR, which brought great profits, and the director who made a good film received a huge cash bonus, this caused great envy. Of course, there were many directors who could only push the agenda but were unable to make a good film. In the end, bad directors said: our bad films are stuffed with an agenda, but no one watches them because there are good films, let's just forbid making films without a communist agenda. I think you understand how it all ended. In the USA, the situation is exactly the same now, good directors are simply forbidden to make films. Quentin Tarantino wanted to film a new part of Star Trek, but he was simply not allowed to do so. In fact, those people who control the US are simply destroying Hollywood and the gaming industry for the sake of their insane ideology. Sometimes some directors still manage to make a good movie, sometimes some studios still manage to make a good video game, but these lunatics don't stop. At least they don't stop on their own.
Oh yeah.
May I give out the name of a movie called Arkansas and Come to Daddy.
I've been struggling with these same questions a lot lately. This video did a fantastic job of putting into words my feelings as of late. Thank you.
I think thoughts and videos like these are what saved my enjoyment of gaming in the first place. Coming from a gamer who jumped into gaming around 2017 and only saw the negative and pessimistic side of gaming.
I am going to look old school here but personally I feel that the “golden age” of gaming was the late 90s to early 2000s. The PS1, N64, Game Boy / Color / Advance, and PS2 were so legendary and most of the games that came out for them all are timeless classics today. I feel that those years were the days when developers were actually making games with passion and the games themselves felt complete and were also simple. Nowadays developers tend to release unfinished games and rely on post patching to really “complete” their games. With that being said, the games today also feel like they’re made with business in mind and no passion anymore. Lastly comes all of the bs that’s the opposite of simple for example what happened with Gran Turismo 7 regarding the “always online requirement” like why??? What happened to putting a disc in your console and immediately playing? Now you put a disc in and immediately get bombarded with downloading all of these patches, getting terms and conditions pop ups about how to use the game and online, and even this so basically if the servers are under maintenance down to your wifi box going out, you can’t play the game?? Come on man. Then going back to the business thing, when Polyphony had the audacity to release that infamous patch which reduced the credits you received from anything and made the cars more expensive. Clearly was done to be greedy. Definitely was the last thing to expect from Polyphony of all people and especially for a series that used to be legendary 20 years ago. Activision and EA were the ones that really started those whole greedy business trends and it feels like everyone slowly is getting that same greedy corruption which is creeping into their games in obvious ways.
I completely agree. My problem with video games today is there's no personality or variety anymore. Everything is just generic hogwash.
Probably the vast majority of AAA games now are games with generic first person shooter combat, generic gritty artstyles, generic storylines, same control schemes / movement / weapon types, often enemies that play the exact same way of games. There are many games that have basically no depth in their gameplay and they may augment their shallowness by marketing themselves as a "co-op game" but you look at the game itself and it's shit and you just stand in one place, aim down sights, and shoot at a hovering, bullet spongey enemy that takes tons of hits, and then move and do the same thing against the next enemy.
I'm not saying I have a problem with shooters or 'gritty' games, but I remember when games of that type used to be "experimental" or "artsy". Like you play Goldeneye 007 and the fluid movement, the stealth mechanics, the openness and objective feel to the levels, etc, it felt like it was trying to be its "own" thing. I don't necessarily mind games like Gears of War because its cover system was revolutionary and it had shit like the Lancer that was unique. But more and more games that followed down this road, there's no uniqueness or artsyness or soul to it anymore. Games are just being this because they have to, I guess.
Me, I consider myself a 'real' gamer. I know I'll be the guy that gets shit on for gatekeeping, but what I mean is like, i actually have an _adventurous_ taste in games. i like to see games have different styles and gimmicks and try new things. I like the _entire spectrum_ of video games. My favorite games are hack n' slashes, early survival horror (e.g. Resident Evil 2 on PS1), some early first person shooters (Doom, Quake, Halo CE), and some action or adventure platformers like Megaman or Metroid. But even I need like, say, a Mario Galaxy or a Kirby game. Even I need a more 'gritty' game like, Dark Sector on Xbox 360, or Alien vs Predator 2010.
Gamers these days aren't really 'gamers'. They have these extremely, _extremely_ narrow tastes and it just bogs things down for the gaming 'nerds' myself. I don't want games that are first person 24/7, I want _different_ perspectives. I liked fixed camera games, I like sidescrollers and 2D games. Gamers now are like "oh if its first person and it doesn't have guns in it, then i dont want to play it". Or there are people who "only play games for the story" and they're another form of cancer because they're often causing games to be designed and marketed more like movies. There are so many people who don't even want to explore new kinds of games and are just lazy
I feel like the vast majority of people into games just don't have the same passion as someone like me. I was 'autistic' over video games at an early age and now you see the industry 'drained' by people who have an extremely shallow and barebones interest in it. It sucks away my enthusiasm, honestly.
"TF2 is dead"
Why I still can find people playing TF2 then?
People really need to learn what "Dead" means
Even Jareks advertisements are comfy and funny. This channel is such a nice break from the doom and gloom of some major gaming channels
I feel like most people have rose tinted glasses when it comes to older eras of games. A good example is the argument of “this game is unfinished”. We hear it constantly but…what does it actually mean? The concept of a “unfinished game” is complex as…well…what do you define as a “finished game”?
Is it a game that has every single bit of content in it? Cause that would disqualify a shit ton of our favorite games from the past. Maybe it’s a game that’s bug free…which would also disqualify tons of beloved classics.
I personally qualify a finished game as one that is playable from start to finish. However, even my own definition is flawed as some games aren’t intended to have a end.
Then we get into the concept of dev time. So many people say stuff like “they should have pushed the launch date back” or “this game was rushed” when that isn’t always the case or even possible.
This ties into a single issue: people are stuck in the past.
As games get more and more complex with larger and larger development budgets: there is a larger and larger chance for bugs.
I’m also gonna go out on a limb and say that games now are actually more feature rich than in the past. Think about it honestly. Back before updates were a thing for games: you could only add so much. Now, you can continuously add more and more content and fix bugs after launch.
I also wanna add one last thing: the internet. Back in the PS1/PS2 days: the internet as we know it was just starting to kick off. If you wanted to find info on a game, you had to hunt down a magazine or some obscure internet article: now you can just google the name and immediately get all the info you want about a game. It’s not that we are getting more and more “broken” games and “unfinished” games: it’s more so that we know more and more about said games in general thanks to the internet.
Heck, Mega Man 3 and Devil May Cry 4 have had TONS of cut content to rush the game out on time, and they're both extremely gratifying experiences. Mega Man 3 one of the best on NES !!! That's why they recycled bosses from Mega Man 2, they originally wanted 4 more unique bosses. it didn't detract from the near flawless design .
@@kyokusagani8869 Mario 64 had more content removed than added. For instance: Luigi was actually supposed to be playable but he got cut at the last second.
Hope you get better soon jarek
Well said. Also as games get bigger and bigger they also get harder and harder to develop. Require much bigger teams and of course are going to have more bugs. Sure tactics like "Fix it later" are becoming more and more common and obviously money plays a huge part.
People seem to only remember the good games when they look back. I remember hearing someone unironically saying "The PS2 had no bad games." No, the PS2 had TONS of crap.
Of course there's also trends. I got started playing Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 and I would LOVE a return to deathmatch games. I wish Doom eternal had deathmatch...
Indie games are definitely killing it currently. Looking forward to Trepang2.
Edit : Well said about "Dead." So many times I hear people dismiss stuff as "Dead game" when it has thousands of hardcore fans. I feel people in general are also just more toxic these days too. Talking about Trepang2 before look at some of the comments on the trailers on IGN... lol
I would some doom eternal death match, maybe one day brother
The term “dead game” is almost overused to the point of hilarity these days, though usually it’s just used by people who REALLY hate certain games
This is true but to also debunk some of these points
One problem games make more money than ever in the history of gaming that's the issue cyberpunk for instance they were exposed for not hiring play testers same with ea with anthem it's just companies are more greedy than ever too
Also they use the old if ain't broke don't fix it method and it works out look at cod, fifa, and Madden even tho their usually the most broken games to launch they usually do the most well as well so I blame us cringe word "gamers" for this modern gaming
Madden for instance ever since Madden 13 introduced ultimate team and such you can tell the sharp decline in polish the Madden games around that time just to prove my point even further
Basically I agree with you it's just companies are more lazy and games make more money than any industry so keep that in mind
But the indie industry to me is where it is at
The whole thing of releasing it now and fix later shouldn't not exist though, games are much harder to make nowadays than ever before, sure but that's why the dev teams keep getting bigger and games as result also get more expensive right? On top of that the industry makes tons of money nowadays too so in my view there's literally no excuse for releasing broken shit. The only reason they do so it's because people don't care. The AAA industry is literally slapping the whole community across their faces and still folk keep supporting them. It makes no sense to me and i genuinely have a hard time understanding people who are willing to shit out 70+ quid for a game that barely functions.
"Also as games get bigger and bigger they also get harder and harder to develop"
that make no sense imo. let me explain. i think games are not getting hard to develop but they become too bloated. not only now we have more vet developer in the industry more than ever (already a more than 30 years old industry) but also the amount of automation and easy use with many tools and engines. and even when in the next few years when we get AI help with coding and AI writing stories and even art for the game. the games will still be a mess. it's not a money problem (do you even see how big today game budget is) or men power problem. like now a days. no "AAA" company have less than 500 employees (unless if you are efficient +weird like Valve who also neglected tf2) it's an organization/focus/vision/management of resources problem.
In recent videos you touched the topic of releasing unfinished games. I am an experienced enterprise programmer and I started by career as gamedev, so I know some devs in the space
I will share some knowledge why games are often released unfinished. It is more complex than modey and greed
Making games is hard. So studios try to expand their management strategies. In enterprise software there is a very popular and successful set of management principles, collectively known as "agile" . Game producers see that success and try to incorporate them in gamedev, because both are software. A core agile philosophy is "release often and get feedback from customers" . The whole software as a service methodology started here as a way to make software updates more agile. Agile has many facets and some good reasons behind it, but it is very easy for managers to misinterpret it as "it is ok to use your customers as testers" . This is what happens in enterprise, it is worse in gamedev.
The real idea of agile is to start with something good and humble and gradually build on top of it. It can produce amazing games like Path of Exile and Warframe. But it does not fit gamedev while being heavily pushed there.
My joy in gaming only has increased over the years. I'm still surprised by a lot new stuff that gets released on Steam every month or so.
I'm not someone that really chases trends so I can avoid "those" games. I tend to take risks too, and thay feeling when you like it by the end is amazing.
Seriously, people need to get out of their comfort zone and play new stuff. You'll get burned even with your favorite game.
Modern gaming has been mostly fine. There are issues, but we also get bangers. People who hate modern gaming refuse to try anything past their childhood franchises, franchise that suck now
But at same time, a lot of those people will say the new games they didn't grow up with in those franchises suck regardless of actual quality, and if you want a great example of that just look at the Pokémon fanbase where starting from Black and White 1 (from around 13 years ago) the fans are outright looking for an excuse so they can say the newest games are the worst in the series before they even play the games, and for BW1 the art style being slightly different was enough to say they suck and the search for more reasons began...
@Gomam0n yeah sounds to me like you haven't experimented enough with new releases or mainly look to triple A franchises you've played before. Try Hell Let Loose, Hrot, Dusk, Hunt: Showdown, or any of the many great other double A or indies out there. Just because most of triple A is crap, doesn't mean it's bad.
We need more games like Metro Exodus, they are the perfect mix of Linear, Open-World, and Story Driven games
It might be my favorite game of all time
The Borderlands saga is also like that, linear storyline that is split into many areas that are open world and you're free to return to previously visited ones to explore or do sidequests.
I hope that Stalker 2 is going to be good as Metro Exodus or maybe better
Seriously take Jarek's advice if you're feeling burned about gaming. Take a break from your usual genres and step out of your comfort zone or stop gaming for a bit and pick up a hobby.
Also I agree with Jarek saying that it might not be a good idea on making your hobby your job, I tried that back when I got out of school and it almost killed my joy in writing. You are a tougher man than being able to do this a a job since I would have broken a long ass time ago.
I see a lot of people talk about how bad modern gaming is, but noone ever actualy tries to properly look at it, and instead just go with their gut feeling.
So seeing a proper analysis like this is refreshing.
One thing that really bothers me in new games are the UI. It's bloated beyond comprehension; why do I need dozens of color coded data, key popups, medals, prompts, DLC ads and all that Excel sheet aesthetic while all I want is to point a gun and shoot, for instance?
When i play old games, the first thing I notice is how cozy the UI looks, how clean everything looks on my screen without dumping me in unecessary information.
I wish I could go back some ten years, my life has just spiralled downwards in the past few months
Get well soon Jarek!
Honestly, I think another big problem is that the internet has become too cynical, it's nothing to do with toxic positivity or "good vibes only" crap, there are games coming out with genuine issues, some others are legit not up to par for their bloated $70 pricetag, but this year in particular I found it specially tiring when something like Atomic heart happened.
If you only ever listened to the usual reviewers and content creators, you'd think Atomic Heart is a stinker that shouldn't had been made to begin with, but then you play it and it turns out the game is actually good and fun.
I've started branching out into playing different games from my usual on my backlog, and turns out I'm re-kindling my love for gaming in a big way, even at 34 years old gaming is still filling my depression ridden heart with joy.
Also I stopped looking at cynical reviews and angry gamers who are never happy with anything because I started noticing being around that crowd was actually affecting me negatively, misery loves company and I'm honestly quite done being dragged down into it.
my fondest memories will always be rushing home from school to turn my 360 on and just play Halo with all my buds from school
We have been very depressed halo gamers since. We still do customs on MCC and its a blast. we all hope that one day Halo will return back to its glory days.
I still remember coming home from school and getting on Halo 3 and gears of war. Such a shame these franchise aren't cared for anymore.
We're doing good as ever, since Indie thrive and AAA still going strong (besides monetisation, loot box, developer toxic workplace, mass layout etc.), We might not get many banger anymore but I enjoyed the experimental Indie game more then mainstream.
I play the OG Quake games, especially Quake 3 Arena and UT 99 all of the time. And the Halo games, Crysis, STALKER, BioShock, Half-Life 1 and 2, the DOOM games, especially mods like Brutal DOOM, DOOM Eternal, Postal 2, Turok (Nightdive version) and Duke 3D. I have more fun with these games than ever. Of course I play other games, but these are my favorites.
About "broken at launch": this is one of the problems i have with Steam/EGS/Battle net and others. I have paid 60 euros for the product. i want to enjoy it, not pulling hair from my head, because of bugs/glitches/server errors. I don't want to be your tester at launch.
and i always got triggered by comments " they'll fix it on launch", or "we're sorry"
Look at the Capcom. or Mundfish. They release well-optimized game at launch, and didn't have triple-A publisher behind them.
For how common the "I don't have much time anymore" argument is, people don't do anything to fix that. Most games today are made grindy, even indies with the roguelites. I've seen people saying that while playing Persona 5. How about playing an old console game or an arcade one and actually enjoy a game instead of making repetitive tasks with text as reward? Same with the lack of innovation. Play the library of a console you never had. I never had a PS2 and it's full of pretty unique games.
That last point about trying new genres is dead on. If something catches your eye on a steam sale and you have the cash, pick it up. Even if it's a genre of game you aren't sure about. I thought I would never be into jrpgs until I picked up Persona 4 on a whim, now it's one of my favorite genres.
People that say, "modern gaming sucks," generally only play AAA and don't look beyond the front page of Steam, etc. I enjoy so many games, particularly from the indie scene.
So, yes, modern AAA is not so great (I'd say it's probably better than the miserable, monotone be we got in the early to mid '10s), but in general gaming is better because we have so many more options than we did before.
I think modern gaming is the best it ever been with a lot of projects indie, AAA in many genres. But the problem with AAA gaming is that standarts are higher than the fuc_ing sun and with multiples consoles and pc ports that are made for a single AAA game they will most likely to fail even with the proffesional team and the vision for the game being completely finished
Really, really good video. As a 29 year old I feel exactly the same, confused and anguished by the fact that it will never be as good as my memories playing half life DM or really enjoying blood 2 the chosen (i know... it sucks)
Oh my God, Blood 2, not too much younger than you but you just unlocked some bygone memories
as a side note, i think people seriously overblow how bad blood 2 is imo. i actually like that game
@@grammajam3682 yeah I do too, but mostly because when I was a lil kid it was so edgy and over the top for me that it really amazed me back then, but playing it now it shows it's flaws.
@@juaja1 it's def flawed but i'll never think it's a bad game, just a mid to pretty good one
This video actually sums up my gaming experience as a new gamer (started playing around 2017). At first with all that talk of "gaming used to be better" and "Gaming is dead", it felt like I jumped on gaming way too late for me to enjoy it. But after sometime playing good games I enjoy (Hitman 3, sekiro, breath of the wild), I think I can conclude that I am not late to gaming and in some ways, I jumped on the perfect time. I am still enjoying gaming and with new good games releasing, which includes AAA games like Hi-Fi rush and indies like Tunic, I am enjoying games now. Is the gaming industry (AAA) not that good? Yeah. But that shouldn't be an excuse to end a hobby you enjoy.
For any gamer out there, whether new or old, who still enjoy games, take it from me. Never devalue your enjoyment and play the games you love.
I really liked Industria, I just wish it was longer. I know it seemed like they wanted to make it episodic, but the funding just wasn't there and nothing happened.
True that! We will do our best to make better next time!
Hi Fi Rush, Nier Automata and Metal Gear Solid are games that made me glad gaming is my hobby. Sometimes you gotta step outside your comfort zone and try something different.
I think someone mentioned to be about Media Entertainment and why the older generation will think "These new things sucks now", be it music, movies, comics, cartoons or even videogames. I don't think modern videogames "sucks" now, more like the new games isn't made for "our" generation anymore and for the new generation.
Sort of like when TV came out, the older generation prefer listening to Radio Drama shows and before that those prefer newspaper than Radio if you get my saying.
I do think that my enjoyment of games has lessened slightly over the last few years, but... I'm also enjoying them in A way that was impossible for me to do when I was younger. I've been learning programming, 3D modeling, and game development. So now, I see the work put into what's going on, and find myself contemplating how I would do it.
I love where PC gaming is right now. Both Ashes: Afterglow and The Citadel exist now. I don't know what subgenera those games are, that normal boomer shooters are not, but I absolutely love those games. When I make my own FPS, those will be a major inspiration.
It's not bad
@@Knight-SgtReyesnah modern gaming is better then ever
As a person who plays mostly older games, i do have to say - they were overall cooler, but sometimes they Black accessability. My favourite type of games is a PC western CRPG from the 90's, and oh boy - in many games you HAVE to read the manual to continue progressing the main story. As much as i love things like Baldur's Gate, Arcanum, Daggerfall etc - modern Gaming definetly improved a lot on this Aspect. Unfortunately, in Order to make the games more accesible, they become way to easy
Souls-like games have been right on difficult if you don’t farm much
Games during those mid 2000s and older akin to 90s were definitely very tailored for actual nerds and niche communities compared to how growing and still increasingly more mainstream, this has gone to the point that audiences aren't just being less critical, but also very defensive towards lowering and lowering of video game standards
Right before I watched this video (which recently came out) I was watching a video in my playlist called "Modern Gaming Sucks" and the video I was currently watching was "Games As A Service is FRAUD" by Ross Scott. Guess it is time to add this one.
Ps2 through 360 era was my favorite era of gaming hands down. Even modern games cant do what Half Life 2 does.
Honestly the best thing you can do in regards to getting back to gaming if you have a PC is to simply try emulation. For example I've been having a blast playing the Armored Core games.
Great video with an interesting perspective. Been digging the recent editing too 💯
I have been enjoying the retro throwback fps wave. Saying that I have not been blown away by anything in a long time. In fact I went back and played most easily accessible older games as I could. The ones that I was interested in at least. For years I jumped onto the survival game trend. As flawed as a lot of these titles were I continued to enjoy gaming a lot. Having a disability and related health problems I never ended up working. Over time I realised that work makes recreation time more rewarding (back when I had school as a substitute). Not having much more on during the days it often turned into something to do to paas the time. I think ppl have preffered styles of games . These styles of games usually come from different eras. Its like someone prefereing music or movies from the 80's compared to now.
I think gaming has already peaked at a time between 10 and 15 years ago. And that’s why so many studios are remastering their older and better games, take the RE4 and dead space remake for an example.Don’t get me wrong there are still some AAA bangers that have came out over the past few years.
No thats just because people at those companies cant come up with any original IPs anymore, just keep milking something to death and the dumb fanbase will follow regardless
@@GMOTP5738 yeah that's what I was saying
I cannot imagine myself playing games like Fallout New Vegas or Yakuza now since they are story heavy games and I just don’t have the time to sit and listen/ read for hours.
Naturally I would say 90/early 2000, PC gaming was so new, had rapidly advancing tech and the arrival of the internet. It wasn't just new to me because I was younger but it was new to humanity in general, everyone young and old was excited and that's why I think it was such a revolutionary time for both people who worked in the the industry and those consuming it. These days a lot of games are treading old water due to so much money being involed, less chances are taken and more quick bucks are being made due to gambling. Also not everyone having internet back in the day meant that games could not be as broken or rushed because they relied on the word of mouth and less on the word of some prepayed internet celebrity to promote them.
The fact that they're releasing unfinished early alphas now calling them a final release and the gamers support this fuckery, is obnoxious
Have to look at the indie space for new and unique experiences.
I do think gaming has gotten worse and now every game has a battle pass that basically require you to play only that game like if it’s your job (like COD and Apex for example) customization is locked behind micro transactions and battle passes now. Gaming back then was better
I don't play much new mainstream games. When I did, I felt so bored.
Then I started to play boomer shooters and I am hooked again!!
Games used to be designed to be fun as fun games were the most profitable. Now games are designed to be addictive as addictive games with micro-transactions are now the most profitable. The design philosophy has completely changed and it shows.
I think a good example of a unique modern AAA shooter is Titanfall 2. On the surface, it just looks like Call of Duty with mechs, but when you actually play it, you see how much it stands out from the crowd.
Golden age of FPS was 1993 - 2006, in particular 1996 - 2001. There were a handful of decent games from 2006 onwards, especially 2011, but thankfully, we've been blessed with throwback shooters that remind us of the glory games.
And fuck AAA gaming. I hate COD and all that boring modern FPS garbage, and mediocre console FPS gruel. Fuck that shit. Zero creativity.
Yes, games were WAY better back then. Then again, I'm 40. I was an adult when stuff like Serious Sam, Red Faction, Undying, Halo etc. came out.
@Gomam0n I liked the first two COD games too, when they were still an action-packed WW2 franchise. After that, it was just like another bazillion Honorcallfield of Blackmedaldutyops military shooter of which there are far more than there should be.
Absolute gems
Fallout 76 IMO had a large part to blame in the downfall of modern gaming. Not only was it broken at launch, but Bethesda tried to salvage it by adding the Fallout 1st subscription. Bethesda may have been saved by Doom Eternal, but they were in some serious hot water. It is still the economy, and studios are attempting to make money. I think that most studios care more about money rather than passion. Passion really makes your game stick, which is why Doom Eternal is still fun 3 years later.
Very good video Jarek!
i remember a comment dont remember what video it was but it just says "the best time for gaming was wen i was 10" witch seeing hiw people talk about gaming in older times it makes sense
Personally I'd push that forward to around high school times
@@Jarekthegamingdragon it depends everyone have and well have that moment that they consider the best or the golden age of not just gaming but anything
I think once you're in the realm of expensive VR headsets and high-end desktop PC gaming you're a different kind of buyer.
I have a steam deck, valve index with a dedicated playspace and around 400 to 600 games across all platforms. Myself and a regular console player are miles apart, for them it's a fun toy in their living room. For me it's partly a way of life😅.
I don't think a console gamer is lesser, all are welcome to the gaming club but they are a different thing.
What makes me still love video games was my willingness to try other genres. In my younger days, I mostly stuck to Fighters, Strategy, and FPSs. I thought back then that RPGs were too complex for me to enjoy. If I wasn't open-minded, I would never have loved some of the best Single Player RPGs I've ever played like KOTOR, Oblivion/Skyrim, Dragon Age Origins, Witcher 3, Fallout 3/New Vegas/4, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dragon's Dogma, etc. Of course I do other hobbies besides gaming because getting burned out is a possibility from playing so much video games. Try to find a balance. Like u said, maybe you don't enjoy gaming as much now because you enjoy life less.
Thanks for the video Jarek. It was very insightful and made me think about how my passion for gaming is stronger than ever in my 30's. Sure stuff in my life has changed and of course the negative reception of modern gaming nowadays is very prevalent, but I still enjoy playing video games because I make an effort to branch out and try other types of games rather than sticking to what's familiar. Who knows? I may find hidden gems I'd never thought of liking.
I don't believe modern gaming is bad *in general*, but there are definitely parts of it which have become dull to some and amazing to others. The boomer shooter revival has been going fairly strong for years now with major studios in the scene focusing on entertaining, fully functioning titles like DUSK, Amid Evil, Ultrakill, Ion Fury, Prodeus, Nightmare Reaper, REKKR, Selaco, Trepang 2, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, etc. (half-likes aren't boomer shooters in design terms, but they are a return-to-roots genre in the same way actual boomer shooters are) I would play a boomer shooter or a half-like over any AAA title any day of this past decade for the quality and performance alone.
Season passes work when AAA studios can actually support them (Call of Duty), but is really bad when they cant (Halo, Battlefield)
Halo and battlefield need to actually make a good multiplayer first. Those devs are massive and absolutely can support a season pass, they just didn't even offer a finished game to start.
With so many great indie games that are far cheaper and that I enjoy a whole fucking lot more than AAA games and a shit tons of free mods for games I already have... I really don't see why I should care for AAA games.
Two reasons for me. If you find that meme of the burger that is SO true. In golden era we got the complete game and add ons/ mission packs. Now you get a buggy/broken and “live service game”.
Secondly, games now chase trends. Battle Royale, Souls like, Extraction shooters. YES I know we had Half Likes and DooM Clones but the quality of the final product now is less than it was.
Also yes, you do get less time and energy for games. Life gets in way as you get older.
I will be 38 years old next October and I have been gaming since I was 6... I still enjoy playing games (mostly the old ones but still try some of the new ones) but I really don't like the direction this industry has been heading for the last 10 years at least... low standards and quality, unfinished products, predatory practices, egregious pricing, tone deafness on part of the developers as to what consumers want and the list goes on...
Nowadays I am more likely to buy and enjoy an indie game infinitely more than whatever unfinished mess the AAA industry has to offer.
I am 36 and focus primarily on indies. My backlog is full of amazing games.
People are just looging in the wrong direction
I think modern gaming is a mixed bag .
About Tripple A : Its horrible . I would even say we dont need tripple A overall because many huge Corpos made not only bad schlock but they dont carry anything lately that makes them really a spotlight except advertising and Cringe events . Tripple-A aint totally useless but right now they made themselves right now. Only Corpos like THQ-nordic and Embracer-group seems trustworthy .
Indie-gaming : That depends and is mostly good . What really breaks often indie-games are trends again . The same with Tripple-A is now with indie-games but atleast Variation is still their key to success while samey games like a ton of boomer-shooters that are like quake or Doom can ne oversaturated lately but even there are some significant differences that could be worth a look . Im still waiting for more horror-FPS and more akin to 90s Horror games with consistency with its horror , style and actual great writing .
About Age : Ive seen , played and experienced many games in my life-time and what i really can say is that i crave for more cool and unique spins or something more personality in games that doesnt replace the one with another from its concept to its design . I watched so many cancled projects that had a very promising concept and design which begs me the question why nobody even take and being inspired by those concepts of those cancled projects and make their own projects out of it ?
Those are already great foundations that need to be made great in its execution.
For me , my age only asks for more freshly daring concepts and bold designs to play and experience it . Even writing should finally be more intelligent and nuanced then what we got nowadays . I mean the story to the Soul reaver games (or better the whole Legacy of kain games ) are written almost shakesperean but now its most of the time so juvenile and flat that its mostly an instant-pass or a playthrough of boredom or suffering.
I would say that modern gaming lost its spicey edges and its multitude of variation in different inspirations that even lowers quality and passion overall. Not only for the Developers but its Players too .
To me it's pretty terrible now. Only things I've gotten recently are remasters, collections, or PC ports of PS4 games and the Halos. MW2019 is probly the most recent new game I've gotten.
I don't like open worlds, gigantic skill trees, modern storytelling tropes/dialog, the direction multiplayers been taking, or story taking time away from the gameplay.
I just wanna sit down, have an interesting or great story to hook me, cool visuals and music, and play through fun levels with enjoyable mechanics. I don't wanna support some self indulgent project that thinks it's effective storytelling art, or head to multiplayer to be shown these smartphone UIs begging me to buy things. Gimme GoldenEye, gimme Syphon Filter, FEAR, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden. And no I'm not saying bring us back to the old days because all games were flawless, I'm just saying bring back the ideals of having fun game design with the toppings of artistic merit.
The industry's just gotten too big and it's not the game designers making good projects anymore. It's charts deciding what works on the market, and it's soulless.
I mostly play indies 90 percent of the time. My favorite gaming time was the ps2 era. Huge variety. With that being said I am looking forward to finally playing armored core.
Speaking of venturing out and trying something new. I am not a fan of turn based RPGs, I cannot stand JRPGs, but one game I spent a lot of time with and really enjoyed was "Tales of Maj'Eyal." It's pretty much a singleplayer version of a traditional tabletop DND style game. It's just a big ol' grid board, an open world with plenty of quests, random encounters and LOTs of numbers. My favorite character was a "Doombringer" class, think a Barbarian and a demonic sorcerer rolled up into one big ball of death.
Depends on what you play and how optimisic you are.
Like id say gaming is still good, but ive been using indies, mods, and boomershooters as a shield agaisnt the worst of it.
but if you're a console player playing mostly AAA stuff, its probably pretty damn bad.
I don't know, I've been gaming on a friend's xbox from time to time, and just looking at gamepass alone I can see a wealth of great games, both indies and AAA, same by looking at the storefronts, so it's not like there's a shortage of great games on consoles, you just have to look for them because right now the bigger AAA companies are just not interested in marketing them towards you.
@@Roler42 depends on the genre, but id be starving for good games on an Xbox.
I agree, for PC gamers is the best time. Modding community is never been stronger. I enjoy mods way more than the AAA games. I just finished Unreal The One. Fantastic mod. For those who like Unreal (1998) is a no brainer.
For me, one of the things that has made videogames less fun is the huge trend over the past decade of grind heavy free to play multiplayer games. I.E. Warframe, Destiny 2, War Thunder. The idea of just being able to have fun is no longer the point of the game, the point is to grind for 300 hours to finally be able to have fun, until you realize that actually what you were grinding for wasn't all that great in the first place. I love raiding in D2, I love shitting on other players in War Thunder. I don't enjoy that it took hundreds of hours to be able to have fun. We're lucky that nowadays there's a renaissance of indy studios rediscovering how fucking awesome immersive shooters like half life were and creating new experiences like them.
I remember times when i had outdated PC i was playing games like Metro 2033, Half Life 2, Stalker, Garrys Mod... and i was dreaming one day i will play new games like Metro Exodus, Titanfall 2, Doom Ethernal and others games, after 7 years i have new PC with RTX 3060Ti and i was really happy to try out these games i really enjoy them, but then i was like what now? what should i play now? and o the steam i bought games like FEAR 1, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 4, Doom 3 and others games from time when i was a child, and still enjoy them.
Im more interested in singleplayer / coop games and well they arent not many AAA games that got my interest... really only new games that i will buy this year are only Stalker 2 and Trepang 2 (for now).
What i consider my best games is Cry of Fear (Story), FEAR 1 (Gameplay), STALKER and Metro (Atmosfere), Black Mesa (visuals), Doom 2016 and Eternal (Gameplay), Titanfall 2 (gameplay), Ori and Blind Forest / Will of the Wisps (Story and Visuals), Gears of War 2 and 3 and Halo 3, ODST and Reach (Coop and Story), Perfected Doom 3 (Gameplay), Boneworks, Into the Radius, Dead Effect 2 VR and Half Life Alyx (VR games that i love) and other games.
I just dont know... i just losing interest in new games because all its just money business, games like Vanguard are bad and well they still manage to get more money then World at War or older CoD...
maybe i just looking at different view... and dont understand new trends or maybe im just retro
Nice video Jarek, i really like your channel i even try out few games from your reviews and enjoy them, just keep up the good content... only shame that Ori Will of the Wisps Review is so underrated in this channel
In my opinion game engines like unity and unreal being so easy to develop for has made it so much easier for smaller groups to get together and make a game than ever while still having it look and play like a reasonably budgeted game. add in digital distribution (such as steam) becoming the norm and we see a lot more people willing to have a go at making a game and therefore more hidden gems not plagued by corporate greed stifling creativity.
I had 13 year hiatus from video games and I started playing last month. To be fair, even when playing the same games. It's just not there for me anymore. I could play for hours on end as a kid. Now I can barely play for like 30 minutes to hour in one session. I absolutely enjoy playing but it's not the obsession it once was. Age has to do something with it absolutely. However newer games also add more and more complexity to the software and gameplay but usually not in a way that makes them more challenging just more complicated or feels overly restrictive.
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Boy do i wish that i learned this earlier
Frank in House of Cards would sit down at the end of a long day destroying peoples lives with a game of Call of Duty.
I was just thinking about the Orange Box the other day and how it is still one of the best values and overall packages in gaming history, but then we also had Halo 3 coming out at the same time with its Legendary Edition too! Then World of Warcraft had Wrath of the Lich King.. on top of everything I had the best time of my life just out of college with friends and relationships, it was the best years ever around 2005-2008 I honestly also don't think the Season Pass system is bad in theory, it's just game companies never use it the way it should be used. That in turn makes me pine for the days when we had expansion packs for games on PC.. I did not like map packs though for console games, like full on expansions for PC games is what I remember the most growing up for PC only.
I have never stopped enjoying gaming because of that. My tastes are varied and there is always something really cool to play
Answer: bad.
Now, back to Uncharted 3 for me.
Modern gaming is one of the reasons I mainly keep to indie games. Even games like Halo started out with a small group of devs that could be seen as indie devs with today's classification; just a group of college guys working on a game they really like without much of a budget, but they managed.
Jarek, if you enjoy linear, story driven and atmospheric first person shooters, I would recommend Clive Barker's Undying. It has all of that and you more or less have a dragon's head as one of the weapons.
Problem is back in the early 2000s quality in everyday life was better not just games everyday things were built with quality. Nowadays everything isnt quality but a quick money grab for a product that isnt up to standard and breaks easy same with games developers want preorders and quick money grabs but release sub par games very rare having a game release now that doesnt need so much work to get it up to standard games realease so poor nowadays that majority people leave before developers actually fix their poor product. Another thing is finding a actually good developer that actually listens and works on their game on the daily basis.
The post launch support of the modern gaming industry is faaar better than it was 10 years ago and everyone seems to forget it. Personally I'd take an unfinished release that gets 5+ years of solid updates over something that releases in a polished state but never improves and makes you buy a sequel in 2 years time. For example, Stellaris came out kinda half baked in 2016 but has received about 3 sequels worth of content in DLC and free updates, and I'd take that over several sequels any day
It sure is but yet there's no excuse for releasing stuff that barely works at launch regardless of that. What's even point of paying upfront 70$ or so to try to play a game that doesn't work at release just for you to have to wait a couple more months to be able to enjoy it? You might as well wait and buy it later, for a cheaper price preferably too. Most importantly that type of practice affects AAA reputation significantly not that matters too much currently since people keep buying broken shit for some god forsaken reason. My only hope is that people start actually giving out money to devs that deserve it instead of others who couldn't give 2 shits about the community and just care about milking them dry instead.
@@epic8923 agreed. I think publishers just need to start being more realistic about what their games are actually worth at launch and how they're labelled. If BF2042 launched for $25 in Early access, it wouldn't have received nearly as much criticism or damaged the brand as much as it did. Even though I enjoy 2042 now there's just no recovering from the negative reception it got on launch and AAA publishers need to learn that the way they're operating isn't sustainable in the long term.
For the love of god, pls Jarek play Deep Rock Galactic! It will revive your gaming experience
The game industry has become as important and as big as the film industry now. Look how real life actors have made the jump to do motion capture for big AAA games like god of war for example and because of this the demand is higher, costs have risen and deadlines have to be met. This then causes developers to cut corners and rush games out. Look a cyberpunk for a classic example of this and it's a shame. Gone are the days a game would come out and if it sucked, it sucked forever because patches didn't exist so developers ensured they got the game to it's very best before release. We have to accept that now a good game will very rarely ever be released and be amazing from day one. Games will take a good 6 months of patches to get it right after it's been released.
4:00 I somewhat disagree. Pushing 40 soon, wife and kids. I always found time to play. And whilst I still play nearly everyday, I mostly just grind on ff8 or play some ps2 games. The last game I bought was cyberpunk and already by that point most of my gaming purchases were geared towards the retro end of the spectrum.
There's many reasons as to why I've not gelled with modern titles, maybe chief amongst being ubiquitous "best practice"
Im not a father myself, but I think it depends on a lot of things like your commuting time to and from work, your hours worked daily/weekly and how much attention/care your family demands. I think a lot of people have zero time for gaming on workdays unless they're willing to sacrifice sleep.
Great video man, I was feeling very jaded with FPS'es (because I also like Half likes). So I heard of the Dead Space and RE4 remakes. I had not played any survival horror action games since 2014. I bought these two and Iam having a great time.
One thing I would definitely say makes modern gaming worse from a AAA perspective is the amount of games coming out. PS5 has been out for years now but there's still only a small handful of worthwhile exclusive games for it, and Series S/X has like nothing still that's actually any good. Nintendo is the only one who have a decent library on the switch of exclusive titles even though many of them certainly are cookie cutter in nature.
I was thinking this as well. I've been wondering if I like games less. Most of the games I've been playing have been games i played as a kid, games i never played as a kid or games that ape the style of games i played as a kid. So i wondered whether i disliked modern games. I realised i seem to dislike modern AAA games. Grindy open world games just bore me. I enjoy a solid linear story drive game. Even if the story is basic. But these are few and far between nowadays (especially for someone like me on console) most of the modern games i enjoy have been indie. There's the occasional AAA game I enjoy but it's mainly been indie. I absolutely enjoy the Metro games, Cuphead, Aragami, Ion Fury, Evil West, Shadow Warrior and others. Doom, Wolfenstein, Resident Evil and Devil May Cry are really the only modern AAA games I'm into
I think what makes older titles better in some regards, is that they flourished with interesting ideas. Not well thought out ideas at some points, but a good premise. I think one game that REALLY proves my point is Cryostasis. It did MANY things that were new, fresh, and generally interesting additions, but the execution of certain mechanics left lots to be desired. I think AAA gaming could really do with more interesting ideas that just come from putting the best parts of one game into a different context, like "What if we made a COD campaign for Tarkov?" or "What if we decided to add Jojo Stands into a Quake-like?", stuff like that.
I think you would really like The spy who shot me, its a comedy spy FPS
on the FPS is the one getting views.
thats a massive problem whit youtube.
I used to watch a chanel (channel stopped posting years ago).
and said channel made 2-3 kinds of video I was only interested in one of them (the other war car related) this was years ago so before youtube got weird.
and there is no function really to make it so that if your channel have more then one topic it does not just push to the subsciber the correct playlist so to speak.
the only real practical way is to make multiple TH-cam channels/account.
on the rant on the session pass.
we also have to remember that back then game was released full stop and then we usually got expansion packs (those been large, justifying filling a full CD/DVD, and most of them been good money for value).
also as someone that tried to play EU4 ones (the amount of DLC and content packs) are just insane.
back then you had the game then maybe 1-4 expansion packs (exlucing the game of the year edition that was just the base game plus 1 expansion and patches).
today you got the game and then 30 diffrent DLC packs. peaple was more intriged to buy the full size expasnions even if they was more expensive then a DLC because there was less of them and it was easier to keep track on what was needed (presuming that they was not released faster then the weekly allowance could tick up).
I think the main reason games suck so much nowadays is because of the poor state they release in anymore. Not only that, but they hype it up so much. To get you to preorder it.
So the reason modern gaming sucks is.
1. The: "We'll fix it later" mentality.
2. Raising everyones expectations through the roof to then just have them disappointed. Due to buggy launch, or lack of content. Which can be sighted back to the first point.
3. Greedy Micro Transactions, sure crates and such were bad, but you could earn them, and they were cheaper. Nowadays we have skins and battle passes 15 dollars and up. Even in the case of COD over 20 dollars.
4. This is just to sum it all up... Probably the biggest issue, and the root cause as to why games are now so shit. Games as a Service.
Easy way to tell if games were better back then: Just play an older game that's considered good. You'll find it's actually much better than any AAA slop today so indeed big games back then were better than today's big games.
However, smaller AA titles and indies are great even today.
Or some masterpieces didn't age quite as well as you had hoped / you looked at them through rose tinted glasses. Unreal Tournament 2004 is just as flawless today as it was back then, but Half Life 2 halting you dead in your tracks to spout exposition at you for 5 minutes... really isn't the best level design.
Loved this video. Your the best as always Jarek. Lately to be completely honest, I have been feeling the exact same way. Some games these days are as fun as any ever have been and some are so broken there completely unplayable. You're definitely right about life not being as enjoyable as we get older. I don't know what the solution is tbh. But I can definitely tell you that you're not alone in feeling how you do.
Man I just want FEAR with a total visual modernization with the gameplay relatively untouched.
Im starting a new job on Monday and i just got sick as well...
i always said that the golden age was between 1996-2011. yes we did have really bad games even back then, the problem simply the majority of game released now are just bad and below average. So when a game like elden ring get released. a above average game. people act like they never played any good game in their life and declare it's the best thing ever (i don't hate elden ring but you get my point). back then games were truly fighting for you to buy them. because like every game was really good. and a lot of gaming studios do go under if they fail and stuff. now a days mediocrity is rewarded and investment money is truly what pay for the game. they can keep releasing trash after trash because who cares about buying games. they will release trash next year and will not be go under or fired.
why stories are bad? empathy. why gameplay is incoherent and copy elements from everywhere. empathy and to add it to the marketing checkbox. why games look so similar and look like they are all made in the same factory of CGI mess like modern movies ? IT LOOK PRETTY NOW WHO CARES.
I guess the popularity of gaming in general created the ''marvel studio movie franchise'' games, very big budget, beautiful to look at but shallow so a lot of people can play it. The industry was more about passion back then, just look at EA, they were one of the greats with classic after classic then they got really really rich and boom, all over.
Nice! What is the FPS at the end that looks like FEAR, just before the Nexomon screen? It looks nice
10:58 I understood and found the game Industria you mentioned but the subtitles say "adaka" is the 2nd game? I can't find that anywhere, I have tried all kinds of variations of that word on youtube and cannot find the game you are showing, I cannot find it on Steam. It does not seem to exist at all.
Edit: Ah it is spelled Adaca, I had to type in "industria and adaka" into youtube to find an older video you made about it.
These questions don't really affect me because I often don't care much about new releases, with the prices being so high where I live. When it comes the time and whatever game picks my interest, I go for it, otherwise, I'm kinda inside of a bubble.
We've been in a gaming drought for a while. I remember 2011 - 2012 sort of felt like it, even though there were banger games, nothing felt new or innovative except the graphics. If you ask me, higher ups need to have more faith and confidence in their dev teams to do things their way. And dev teams need to be given the time and ability to branch out, like how we've seen smaller budget titles from bigger companies blow up. Because they can't just work on the same triple A millions of dollar fps open world that EVERYONE literally expects, these devs wanna do something unique with their abilities and reap success from that too. Rest in peace Dice lol