I loved Shadow of Mordor, it really nailed the vibe of Lord of the Rings and Gollum had a fantastic portrayal in it (the combat was also really fun once you got good you could take down an entire army of Orcs and it was so satisfying and felt awesome)
Game was boring as shit and was so brown. I don’t even remember the story. Just the nemesis system. If it wasn’t for that it would be a very forgettable game.
I haven’t experienced too many games like Mordor or Shadow of War. The gameplay and Nemesis is just so damn fun and so are the powers- especially in War. I’ve yet to finish War though, so maybe I’ll do it soon.
We've had bad games at all times, though. Nowadays we're having more bad games, because we have more developers and releases than before. But we're also getting amazing games, especially from indie developers. Also most of the triple AAA developers that we love today were indie developers when we loved them.
@@szczurman83 I would have been perfectly fine with that being the legit ending. Truly, that game has been torn to enough shreds by enough people, to the point where everyone knows that everything about it is a mess. So it works on both practical and comedic levels (unlike 85% of similar non-endings that only use the comedic stuff with perhaps a nod to the practical side if they think about it).
I don't know if you've made a video about this, but how about the 10 Best/Worst HUDs/UIs in gaming? A good interface can make or break a player's experience.
The same could also explain Fallout 76. Before Microsoft bought Bethesda, a Venture capitalist firm got the majority of ownership of Zenimax. Fallout 4 was in development, as was Deathloop. FO76 and Redfall were incepted under the leadership of the capitalists.
@@gameranxTVt’s over exaggerated sure. But compared to other games released these last 10 years they had no care put into them especially the definitive edition of San Andreas
I’ve been playing through MGS1, MGS2 and MGS3 on my PS2. I love those games so much. And for their time they were so detailed on so many minor things. You can tell how much the developers cared when making those games. All the little secrets, funny codec/radio calls, creative ways items can be used etc. and best of all through playing all 3 games not ONCE have any of the games crashed. I miss the way games were made back then. They were made with care and people had passion to make them. It wasn’t completely all about just making money on some low effort crap they expect people to spend an arm and a leg for. Maybe that’s my nostalgia talking, and I probably sound like an old fart, but I just don’t feel that games are made with nearly as much care nowadays. Even modern games I do like feel like something is missing. Like a certain charm is gone now. or it crashes constantly at release (or just forever…) and just ruins the immersion and fun and makes it a hassle to play. Sorry for ranting it’s something that’s been on my mind a lot recently as I’ve been playing on my PS2 lately.
Sadly, that's how it is these days. Game productions were probably not expected to compete with other medias, and the employees wanted to do it rather than go work somewhere else that might pay better (despite being able to! Seeing their creative solutions in code is amazing) Today you either have developers under control of publishers, so having passion doesn't amount to much. Or indies that have lack of budget and experience (not to include all of them, and not to say it's only a bad thing)... I wish new games were less about competing with others about new shiny graphics but with similar gameplay to older games, and more innovation and polish. They also abandon concepts that created an IP for the currently popular thing (like AC abandoning their best feature, assasination, for empty RPG elements, and FF abandoning their RPG elements for shiny action combat) The worst thing is, it's all thanks to us consumers. Most people just want their fix, and are willing to pay for that crap (I share the blame for that myself). If only people absolutely stopped touching Blizzard content for a month (or a week) after each scandal, mass refunded a game after a bad release, etc... Maybe they'd learn.
@@VioletElite4 you should play through the originals. They are so amazing and fun (well except for the escort mission for Eva in MSG3. That part made me want to throw my controller 😂). I’m pretty excited for the MSG3 remake. I hope they keep most of the original game intact but just make some improvements to the graphics and ironing out some of the mechanics or camera (and maybe just cut out the whole escort mission lol). Other than that it’s already an amazing game. I’m very close to beating MSG3 and then I’ll be playing MSG4 soon. I’ve just been on an absolute Metal Gear game binge lately and it’s been so much fun now that I’m older and can understand the story a little better vs when I was a kid playing them.
No, that’s not nostalgic rose tinted glasses talking. I remember playing games on my PS2 and very VERY rarely having issues with any games. The only game I ever really had a problem with was some semi truck racing game that just refused to be read. Other than that, it was smooth sailing with no extra bs that was left out for dlc.
Stranger of Paradise's Talk Menu is specially intriguing because they were very obviously planning to throw a bunch of NPCs in a 3D environment, like is the standard procedure, they had all the assets, but for some reason they just choose not to do it
Oh that camcorder comment. I'm old enough to remember using the old VHS camcorders, the heavy ones that you needed to use a stand or sit on your shoulder.
The archery animation in D&D actually could've been good and shown just how much power the archer was generating with very little effort if they hadn't had that big scream
Okay come on now. Grayhill Incident is the most obvious parody. The guy at that " The aliens are getting in " screams about the aliens needing to " GET AWAY FROM THAT HOLE " - or something close to it. ... They're probing people and animals up the butt. It's very clearly a joke.
To be fair, I have run into chimneys that were bricked closed. I imagine it's cheaper than paying someone to remove the entire stone structure and rebuild that part of your home when you stop needing the fireplace. Really weird part is it looked like that one in the video was coming down into the middle of a garage.
"they have made a lot of improvements over the last year, and it's definitely in a better place than it was at release." That's literally every game that comes out these days.
In terms of animations, the latest Assassin's Creed games along with both open-world Ghost Recon games have some of the worst animations in AAA games I've honestly ever witnessed. From the floaty, ice-skating-like movement in RPG AC games when you're locked onto an enemy... up to the reloads and buggy takedowns from Wildlands and Breakpoint. It's funny, as well, for Ghost Recon cuz the animations from The Division 1 and 2 honestly look way more real and believable than what you end up getting from what's supposed to be a more serious, grounded military shooter. Been playing through The Surge 2 recently, and it makes me wish the RPG AC games actually took weight into consideration for their combat. Oh, and I'm not even talking about how bad the facial animations have become across the years for a lot of modern Ubisoft games.
Take note developers. You don't need the best looking graphics of all time, just be consistent, look nice enough, and most importantly fun. Best game I've played this year, the original Resident Evil 4.
Who in their right minds would choose to make a rushed, very bad looking, with outdated as fuck gameplay Gollum game instead of a big openworld game set in Middle-Earth with realistic combat and graphics like Shadow Of Mordor/War? WE NEED A THIRD GAME or some sort of spiritual sequel in the LOTR universe.
My new head-canon is that games like Redfall are a sabotage effort by the developers to try to stick it to the corpos. Makes them sting a little bit less.
I think you are absolutely right. Arcane made Redfall bad ON PURPOSE, just because they were FORCED to make it. If an artist is good at paintiing flowers, you cant FORCE him to paint a lion, and then expect it to be good, can you? Especially if he HATES painting lions. So that was Arcanes way of saying: Don't EVER force us to make a game we don't WANT to make, because this is what you'll get. Good on them!
Gollum was like someone accidentally deleted all the assets and scripting 2 weeks before it was scheduled to be released. Some of the environments looked pretty good, but anything that moved was just... wtf guys. They took YEARS to develop that game. Something happened. There is no way thats the best they could do and no way the final product took years to create. No way the devs said "yep. Thats what we were going for." The previews we got long before release looked so much better. I am convinced someone deleted all the progress or the computer it was on puked and the backups were unrecoverable or something. Its yet another example of another delay being better than releasing a half-assed game. When I managed a kitchen, I always had to assure the wait staff that customers would rather their meal take 5 more minutes than come out wrong. If you send out old fries or an overcooked burger... its gonna be sent back anyways and then there goes your tip. 😂 Gollum was the undercooked piece of chicken that got dropped on the floor and stepped on, and then got sent out anyways 🤣
I’ve not only used a camcorder but I used to have the OG Camera with the VHS tape in it to record and a battery the size of a 12V pack. It had the ability to look thru the optic to review the video. Like Stanger Things season 2 Bob style camcorder for all you youngins.
"You don't typically spellcheck an INI file" As a software developer, there is nothing I love more than the cspell tool. Not only is it spell check - it would have caught that capital "A" mistake too. A little automated quality assurance goes a long way!
Be aware that a ton of houses have fake chimneys like that, especially with gas/electric fireplaces being more and more common Also, that archer animation wasn't "throwing her hand back" from how strong it is. She was reaching back for an arrow from the quiver.
I'm not sure if it's a detailed issue, but in Call Of Duty or more specifically warzone 2, if you get hit by a incendiary round and jump in the water, you still take damage like water just doesn't put an end to it or else patched but that's just confusing.
I'm going to have to disagree a bit with Strangers of Paradise. If you keep talking to the NPCs through the game, you learn about how saving the crystals is actually making life harder for people rather than just being a good thing. Such as saving fixing the Earth Crystal actually added too many nutrients and such ended up killing the plants or how fire became a lot hotter than they were used to which made forging and cooking much harder because they weren't used to the heat.
@@mgiebus1869 i had san Andreas as a digital download for years. I beat it with my ex girlfriend a few years back but when the trilogy came out they took away my ability too download it making you buy the new version
I might be the only one but I think Vice City is still my favorite GTA game the feel the voice acting the story everything and the sound track was really good
I actually feel bad for the Studio that made Gollum. It's a german Team from Hamburg and in germany there aren't many studios anyway but now they have to shut down, while in the past they where actually making good games like Deponia.
Falcon your RedFall theory is right on point. Its what I was thinking back when the game released. As a developer why would you put your best work into some exploitative POS you don't even want to make?
Thanks for making me feel old. I used to have a handheld camera that used the little tapes and came with a big vhs type tape holder. You watched them in vhs.
I've not seen much of the Saints Row reboot, so when you showed the clip of the motorcycle running into the back of a truck and it made a bonk sound, i said "is that seriously it!?" out loud to myself
I try to give a little benefit of the doubt to developers, because they're saddled with extemely high expectations from everyone, their bosses and gamers alike. Not saying that everything needs to be excused, but when corners are cut, I want to find out the reason on what went wrong.
They ran out of time. Not only was the team split in half during development, but the game was mandated to release in 2006 for Sonic's Anniversary. This game is literally running on an older build, because the current build they had, was more buggy, and they didn't have time to patch it. So they had to use the older build. That's why 06's demo runs better, cause the demo was a piece cut off from the current build, that had to be ditched.
Transcript from a Crime Boss: Rockay City development brainstorming call... D1: This will be fun, but some might find its game play a tad derivative. D2: Maybe we could provide options for different problem solving approaches. Some player will prefer to go in guns-blazing, but we could also offer a stealthier approach. Players could sneak around and eliminate threats by hitting the self-destruct butt... D1: Sounds intriguing, but I think you cut out there. D2: Nope.
Notice how none of these are games made by Nintendo. Also, the only time Nintendo didn't bother with ALL the details was back in Super smash Bros Melee, which is explained by the game being rushed, announced before it was even in development. Because it was rushed, certain details in the mechanics went overlooked, which is why wavedashing exists in it. Sakurai has since worked diligently to make sure that NEVER repeats, as these wave dash-like techs get patched out the moment they get discovered online. So every time someone with a streaming channel, or a youtube channel brings up "advanced tech for movement in Smash! Newly discovered!" Nintendo sees those videos and rumors, tests out the speculated "advanced tech", and says "Nope! that's exploiting a glitch! Gotta patch that out!", and they fix it. Smash Melee is the ONLY game in the Smash Bros franchise to be rushed and plagued with bugs!
Arrow girl in dnd is reaching back to grab a new arrow from the quiver thats why her hand goes back like I think. Although it does look weird that the string over the bow is so short. It should be extending towards the full top and bottom of the bow where it's recurved. The amount that it's being pulled back makes it look like a kid's toy.
Although yes the story, writing, and dialogue in stranger of paradise are brutal most of the time, I thoroughly disagree that the gameplay systems are half-assed. Similar to alot of team ninja games, they specifically make it so in depth gameplay features are less required for main story for casual players, while incredibly important for post-game for hardcore players. Things like job affinities, equipment and weapon stats that people rarely delve into during the main game are crucial to survive in ng+ or postgame. For example the Sage job if you reached 400% job affinity it passively allowed your potions to also restore Mp and Break and also allow your block to compteley negate all magic damage. Each job had their own playstyle, and since you can have high affinity in any job even if it's not the one you're using, you can make endless over the top and insane builds. It does bog you down with lots of gear, but you are generually supposed to turn on auto recylce so it instantly breaks it down bad stuff for you to give you upgrade materials
Sonic 06 A master class of getting hyped for something then finally getting a present for your Birthday and opening it to see. Finally playing it and. . . Well you know the rest.
It's not that they didn't care about the details, they didn't care about the game at all becouse those aren't games done passionately, those are rushed projects made in the shortest development time possible, with the lowest budget possible and with no respect for the costumers, the developers or the game and which only objective was for them to be cash grabs.
What baffles me is everyone knows about the typo in Aliens Colonial Marines but Gearbox still didn't patch it. They really didn't care making that game.
As bad as Aliens Colonial Marines could be, I had a blast playing through it on PC in co-op on Ultimate Badass difficulty with the TemplarGFX Overhaul mod installed. That mod actually makes the game playable and enjoyable ie what it should've been at launch.
I think the biggest shock in this video is that Strangers of Paradise was well reviewed. Like damn, that game was so terrible. The only positive I can think of is that the main character is so one-note that he loops around to being interesting, which I don't think was on purpose.
I always consider the Grayhill Incident to be a highly exaggerated satirical spoof of people in the 80's and 90's during the height of the conspiracy theorist, X-Files generation, up to, and including, the cheesy alien grays. The B/W TVs actually play into the satire, giving you the feeling of a world with the original Twilight Zone and Outer Limits and such being on the TVs in B/W, so that's what the TVs are like, here, to add immersion to the satire. But, that's just my view, and opinion, of the game.
Man, this actually makes the game so much worse if it's true. I thought it was just a simple bad game made by one person in their spare time that kinda got a bit viral, but if all the weirdness and jank was actually intentionally supposed to be all that because that somehow equals "satire" and "humor"...ugh...
It was your fault wasn't it Falcon? "Let's not get into the details" is always code for "I screwed up, stfu, don't ask questions". But now I'm curious how does a bird of prey find themselves involved in a vehicular collision?
That Gollum is soo weird. I dont know word to put it. Its when I learn how to make game. Put barrel, put smoke particle. When detonate put explosion particles. If your character in range, you dead. 😂
I was extremely disappointed in Stranger of Paradise and couldn't wait to be done with. FF is my favorite series too but it's like an edgelord angsty teen's fanfic.
What about Outriders by People can Fly/Square Enix? On release there were many game-breaking bugs, no audio for enemies shooting at you, very rushed story and end game, so very over-the-top dark it makes you laugh. Game still seems broken, even if it is playable to the end.
Redfall's atrocious water graphics - especially on the boat at at start - still give me nightmares. Sadly, I almost bought Crime Boss just for laughs, knowing it'd be bad, but thankfully, I came to my senses and saved some coin. Also, my hand's raised here as I remember the humble camcorder. (I was born right before the advent of Intellevision, digging Pitfall and BurgerTime, whilst my dad got hooked on Snafu, staying up late to play as Mom got mad.)
I loved Shadow of Mordor, it really nailed the vibe of Lord of the Rings and Gollum had a fantastic portrayal in it (the combat was also really fun once you got good you could take down an entire army of Orcs and it was so satisfying and felt awesome)
Game was boring as shit and was so brown. I don’t even remember the story. Just the nemesis system. If it wasn’t for that it would be a very forgettable game.
It's all fun and games until they make Shelob a sexy goth chick...
@@BarkerVancity fun for me
@@BarkerVancityEveryone has their own opinion, but it was hella fun to me.
I haven’t experienced too many games like Mordor or Shadow of War. The gameplay and Nemesis is just so damn fun and so are the powers- especially in War. I’ve yet to finish War though, so maybe I’ll do it soon.
This could be a 4 part series with modern games
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This could be a WEEKLY series!
Facts could go all year tbh
needs its own channel
We've had bad games at all times, though. Nowadays we're having more bad games, because we have more developers and releases than before. But we're also getting amazing games, especially from indie developers. Also most of the triple AAA developers that we love today were indie developers when we loved them.
I laughed out too hard when you said number 1 and jokingly ended the video. Gold.
So did I that was great
Dude, I was dying because I thought it was legit.
@@szczurman83 I would have been perfectly fine with that being the legit ending. Truly, that game has been torn to enough shreds by enough people, to the point where everyone knows that everything about it is a mess. So it works on both practical and comedic levels (unlike 85% of similar non-endings that only use the comedic stuff with perhaps a nod to the practical side if they think about it).
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I don't know if you've made a video about this, but how about the 10 Best/Worst HUDs/UIs in gaming? A good interface can make or break a player's experience.
I would love to listen to Falcon rant about how the crosshair looks like a fruit loop
I second this
Redfall theory sounds accurate. Supposedly Arkane hated the game, didn't want to make it, and like 60% of the studio jumped ship because of it.
agreed.
The same could also explain Fallout 76. Before Microsoft bought Bethesda, a Venture capitalist firm got the majority of ownership of Zenimax. Fallout 4 was in development, as was Deathloop.
FO76 and Redfall were incepted under the leadership of the capitalists.
@@uncleshorts7948then why the hell release it lol
@@alihorda Because it did cost money to make? Even a bit of revenue is better than nothing, even if it kills a profitable studio.
@@alfredkugler3043 a bit of revenue from those 100$ bundles, i guess?
Gollum: *inside an ultra-safe save room where no being could harm him ever*
Game: GAME OVER. YOU DIED.
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@@gameranxTVNice to see a 7M+ channel replying comments 👊
These games were made with literally no care
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@@gameranxTVt’s over exaggerated sure. But compared to other games released these last 10 years they had no care put into them especially the definitive edition of San Andreas
No care ever
They did care though….. about money
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I’ve been playing through MGS1, MGS2 and MGS3 on my PS2. I love those games so much. And for their time they were so detailed on so many minor things. You can tell how much the developers cared when making those games. All the little secrets, funny codec/radio calls, creative ways items can be used etc. and best of all through playing all 3 games not ONCE have any of the games crashed. I miss the way games were made back then. They were made with care and people had passion to make them. It wasn’t completely all about just making money on some low effort crap they expect people to spend an arm and a leg for. Maybe that’s my nostalgia talking, and I probably sound like an old fart, but I just don’t feel that games are made with nearly as much care nowadays. Even modern games I do like feel like something is missing. Like a certain charm is gone now. or it crashes constantly at release (or just forever…) and just ruins the immersion and fun and makes it a hassle to play. Sorry for ranting it’s something that’s been on my mind a lot recently as I’ve been playing on my PS2 lately.
Sadly, that's how it is these days.
Game productions were probably not expected to compete with other medias, and the employees wanted to do it rather than go work somewhere else that might pay better (despite being able to! Seeing their creative solutions in code is amazing)
Today you either have developers under control of publishers, so having passion doesn't amount to much.
Or indies that have lack of budget and experience (not to include all of them, and not to say it's only a bad thing)...
I wish new games were less about competing with others about new shiny graphics but with similar gameplay to older games, and more innovation and polish.
They also abandon concepts that created an IP for the currently popular thing (like AC abandoning their best feature, assasination, for empty RPG elements, and FF abandoning their RPG elements for shiny action combat)
The worst thing is, it's all thanks to us consumers. Most people just want their fix, and are willing to pay for that crap (I share the blame for that myself).
If only people absolutely stopped touching Blizzard content for a month (or a week) after each scandal, mass refunded a game after a bad release, etc... Maybe they'd learn.
I've never played the old Mgs games and I'm so excited that they are getting remastered and added to Steam
@@VioletElite4 you should play through the originals. They are so amazing and fun (well except for the escort mission for Eva in MSG3. That part made me want to throw my controller 😂).
I’m pretty excited for the MSG3 remake. I hope they keep most of the original game intact but just make some improvements to the graphics and ironing out some of the mechanics or camera (and maybe just cut out the whole escort mission lol). Other than that it’s already an amazing game. I’m very close to beating MSG3 and then I’ll be playing MSG4 soon. I’ve just been on an absolute Metal Gear game binge lately and it’s been so much fun now that I’m older and can understand the story a little better vs when I was a kid playing them.
No, that’s not nostalgic rose tinted glasses talking. I remember playing games on my PS2 and very VERY rarely having issues with any games. The only game I ever really had a problem with was some semi truck racing game that just refused to be read. Other than that, it was smooth sailing with no extra bs that was left out for dlc.
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Spider-Man going splat in the Spider Man 3 game along with the woman saying "we're going to die" still cracks me up even yet .
Stranger of Paradise's Talk Menu is specially intriguing because they were very obviously planning to throw a bunch of NPCs in a 3D environment, like is the standard procedure, they had all the assets, but for some reason they just choose not to do it
The ending killed me. You really could have done that and we'd have all been like "Ok, understandable. Thanks for the video."
That would’ve been a hilarious ending! Great content as usual y’all. Appreciate it for sure!
Oh that camcorder comment. I'm old enough to remember using the old VHS camcorders, the heavy ones that you needed to use a stand or sit on your shoulder.
I can’t believe Gollum was even a concept. Feel bad for the devs that wasted their time.
It could of been good if they made it right. Though a stealth game with Gollum isn't exactly something people were clammering for to begin with.
It could have been cool if they made it more like Theif or something.
@twistedinnocence8617 they didn't even let you eat babies out of their cribs or anything Book Gollum was famous for.
Well the devs are fired, studio closed. I expect the suits who decided to make that game with insufficient/wrong means are doing fine.
@@tubensalat1453 sad but true
this was a great watch as always, thank you for your hard work!
My pleasure!
As opposed to the work of the game developers here HEYOOOOOOOOOOO
These lists are always spot on...thanks Falcon
Very welcome
12:49 you are not a bird... I will forever be convinced that you are a semi-sentient AI.
Just do ANYTHING to prove me wrong, Falcon.
The archery animation in D&D actually could've been good and shown just how much power the archer was generating with very little effort if they hadn't had that big scream
Here’s an idea for a top 10 list: Games that the Devs didn’t want to make but were forced to make because their parent company said so.
Hmmm, Babylon's Fall.
I know Platinum is independent, but either way... WHY??
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Okay come on now. Grayhill Incident is the most obvious parody. The guy at that " The aliens are getting in " screams about the aliens needing to " GET AWAY FROM THAT HOLE " - or something close to it. ... They're probing people and animals up the butt. It's very clearly a joke.
HR interviewer: What games have you previously worked on?
Game developer looking for job: 3D modeler on GTA Definition Edition
HR Interviewer: NEXT!
To be fair, I have run into chimneys that were bricked closed. I imagine it's cheaper than paying someone to remove the entire stone structure and rebuild that part of your home when you stop needing the fireplace. Really weird part is it looked like that one in the video was coming down into the middle of a garage.
"they have made a lot of improvements over the last year, and it's definitely in a better place than it was at release."
That's literally every game that comes out these days.
They somehow made an unlikeable lotr character even less likeable! 😂
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In terms of animations, the latest Assassin's Creed games along with both open-world Ghost Recon games have some of the worst animations in AAA games I've honestly ever witnessed. From the floaty, ice-skating-like movement in RPG AC games when you're locked onto an enemy... up to the reloads and buggy takedowns from Wildlands and Breakpoint. It's funny, as well, for Ghost Recon cuz the animations from The Division 1 and 2 honestly look way more real and believable than what you end up getting from what's supposed to be a more serious, grounded military shooter. Been playing through The Surge 2 recently, and it makes me wish the RPG AC games actually took weight into consideration for their combat. Oh, and I'm not even talking about how bad the facial animations have become across the years for a lot of modern Ubisoft games.
Man.. the GTA SA rain at launch was such a pain to watch
Take note developers. You don't need the best looking graphics of all time, just be consistent, look nice enough, and most importantly fun.
Best game I've played this year, the original Resident Evil 4.
17:46 laughed way harder than i should have
Who in their right minds would choose to make a rushed, very bad looking, with outdated as fuck gameplay Gollum game instead of a big openworld game set in Middle-Earth with realistic combat and graphics like Shadow Of Mordor/War? WE NEED A THIRD GAME or some sort of spiritual sequel in the LOTR universe.
My new head-canon is that games like Redfall are a sabotage effort by the developers to try to stick it to the corpos. Makes them sting a little bit less.
Your headcanon is unironically canon.
I think Gollum was inspired by Steve Buscemi’s likeness.
I think you are absolutely right. Arcane made Redfall bad ON PURPOSE, just because they were FORCED to make it. If an artist is good at paintiing flowers, you cant FORCE him to paint a lion, and then expect it to be good, can you? Especially if he HATES painting lions. So that was Arcanes way of saying: Don't EVER force us to make a game we don't WANT to make, because this is what you'll get. Good on them!
The Saint Row reboot crash had more effect going into an ad than what it looks like.
#2 was weirdly in depth when it was pretty much just about a TV in an indie game.
Gollum was like someone accidentally deleted all the assets and scripting 2 weeks before it was scheduled to be released.
Some of the environments looked pretty good, but anything that moved was just... wtf guys.
They took YEARS to develop that game.
Something happened. There is no way thats the best they could do and no way the final product took years to create. No way the devs said "yep. Thats what we were going for."
The previews we got long before release looked so much better.
I am convinced someone deleted all the progress or the computer it was on puked and the backups were unrecoverable or something.
Its yet another example of another delay being better than releasing a half-assed game. When I managed a kitchen, I always had to assure the wait staff that customers would rather their meal take 5 more minutes than come out wrong.
If you send out old fries or an overcooked burger... its gonna be sent back anyways and then there goes your tip. 😂
Gollum was the undercooked piece of chicken that got dropped on the floor and stepped on, and then got sent out anyways 🤣
As always nice work and thank you for all you do
Very welcome
I’ve not only used a camcorder but I used to have the OG Camera with the VHS tape in it to record and a battery the size of a 12V pack. It had the ability to look thru the optic to review the video. Like Stanger Things season 2 Bob style camcorder for all you youngins.
"You don't typically spellcheck an INI file" As a software developer, there is nothing I love more than the cspell tool. Not only is it spell check - it would have caught that capital "A" mistake too. A little automated quality assurance goes a long way!
Be aware that a ton of houses have fake chimneys like that, especially with gas/electric fireplaces being more and more common
Also, that archer animation wasn't "throwing her hand back" from how strong it is. She was reaching back for an arrow from the quiver.
I'm not sure if it's a detailed issue, but in Call Of Duty or more specifically warzone 2, if you get hit by a incendiary round and jump in the water, you still take damage like water just doesn't put an end to it or else patched but that's just confusing.
I'm sure that some incendiary materials can burn underwater. Don't know if they're used in real-life incendiary ammo though.
Water can actually make some chemical fires worse.
@@radagast7200 true but if you don't have the necessary hardware to deal with a chemical fire you'll probably try water if it makes it worse or not
During 2000s GTA San Andreas looked so realistic to me. Now it looks like PS1 pixelated.
I'm going to have to disagree a bit with Strangers of Paradise. If you keep talking to the NPCs through the game, you learn about how saving the crystals is actually making life harder for people rather than just being a good thing. Such as saving fixing the Earth Crystal actually added too many nutrients and such ended up killing the plants or how fire became a lot hotter than they were used to which made forging and cooking much harder because they weren't used to the heat.
His main complaint was how it was executed not just what the npcs were saying.
And besides, that "May the Crystals' blessing be with you" line is a reference to how too many NPCs said that same line throughout the original FF.
Can we get a update on the GTA Trilogy? I’m wondering if it’s worth picking up now… 🧂
No of course it's not. Just pay the real ones
@@mgiebus1869unless you can emulate on your computer or have a original physical copy, you cant play the originals anymore
@@mgiebus1869 i had san Andreas as a digital download for years. I beat it with my ex girlfriend a few years back but when the trilogy came out they took away my ability too download it making you buy the new version
Release dates shouldn't be public until the game is actually ready.
Agreed
I still think that with the fixed A.I. Aliens would have been amazing on the Wii U with the Game Pad, oh well, we will never know. 😢
Funny how almost all of this came out in last 3 years...
*Can we take a moment to appreciate how much work he puts into these videos for us 😍*
Calm down, buddy
It's must cost an absolute fortune for failure. I loved the 90s snes and mega drive days
Is this the kind of video you have to make when there is nothing else to talk about?
I don't know what you're talking about. "Deadly Butt Punches" should be an entire standalone stealth video game!
I might be the only one but I think Vice City is still my favorite GTA game the feel the voice acting the story everything and the sound track was really good
I actually feel bad for the Studio that made Gollum. It's a german Team from Hamburg and in germany there aren't many studios anyway but now they have to shut down, while in the past they where actually making good games like Deponia.
They are not shutting down, they will just focus on publishing in the future
@@Seismo2077 yeah but the development is shutting down
The middle Earth games need more love...
And hopefully a multiplayer edition as orcs soon lmao
I thought Crime Boss was trying to be a "different" Payday style game...
Wasn't Arkane hoping that RedFall would be cancelled?
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The AI of the KSEC guards in _Mirror's Edge: Catalyst._ They attack where you _used_ to be and slip off the edges of buildings.
Falcon your RedFall theory is right on point. Its what I was thinking back when the game released. As a developer why would you put your best work into some exploitative POS you don't even want to make?
Thanks for making me feel old. I used to have a handheld camera that used the little tapes and came with a big vhs type tape holder. You watched them in vhs.
I've not seen much of the Saints Row reboot, so when you showed the clip of the motorcycle running into the back of a truck and it made a bonk sound, i said "is that seriously it!?" out loud to myself
I try to give a little benefit of the doubt to developers, because they're saddled with extemely high expectations from everyone, their bosses and gamers alike. Not saying that everything needs to be excused, but when corners are cut, I want to find out the reason on what went wrong.
They ran out of time. Not only was the team split in half during development, but the game was mandated to release in 2006 for Sonic's Anniversary.
This game is literally running on an older build, because the current build they had, was more buggy, and they didn't have time to patch it. So they had to use the older build.
That's why 06's demo runs better, cause the demo was a piece cut off from the current build, that had to be ditched.
The ppl who green lit Golum had to be trolling lmfao cause aint no way half a team of professional game designers decided to make that shit 😂
"Aliens : Colonial Marines. That's it. That's all for today." - The world's greatest avian.
>"its embarrassing to be seen with you
>*returns to his notre dame hideout*
Transcript from a Crime Boss: Rockay City development brainstorming call...
D1: This will be fun, but some might find its game play a tad derivative.
D2: Maybe we could provide options for different problem solving approaches. Some player will prefer to go in guns-blazing, but we could also offer a stealthier approach. Players could sneak around and eliminate threats by hitting the self-destruct butt...
D1: Sounds intriguing, but I think you cut out there.
D2: Nope.
"Color tv's have been the standard for two decades" still brings you to 2003, not the early 90s. It's been the standard for 40-50 years.
"I don't expect anyone to be that old", damn. That cut deep.
Notice how none of these are games made by Nintendo.
Also, the only time Nintendo didn't bother with ALL the details was back in Super smash Bros Melee, which is explained by the game being rushed, announced before it was even in development. Because it was rushed, certain details in the mechanics went overlooked, which is why wavedashing exists in it. Sakurai has since worked diligently to make sure that NEVER repeats, as these wave dash-like techs get patched out the moment they get discovered online. So every time someone with a streaming channel, or a youtube channel brings up "advanced tech for movement in Smash! Newly discovered!" Nintendo sees those videos and rumors, tests out the speculated "advanced tech", and says "Nope! that's exploiting a glitch! Gotta patch that out!", and they fix it.
Smash Melee is the ONLY game in the Smash Bros franchise to be rushed and plagued with bugs!
Everyday I watch Gameranx for my nightly dose of bright white screens. Thank you, Gameranx
another detail in Gollum is that his irises are flat. the light reflects off the surface like a flat object and not a curved object.
Arrow girl in dnd is reaching back to grab a new arrow from the quiver thats why her hand goes back like I think. Although it does look weird that the string over the bow is so short. It should be extending towards the full top and bottom of the bow where it's recurved. The amount that it's being pulled back makes it look like a kid's toy.
11:27 why does that look like a third person mod for a game lmao. like you're not supposed to see the full animation
Love all the videos from you guys, I can always tell if it's Falcon or Jake narrating the video just from the titles lol
My favorite line from Greyhill Incident is that same guy they showed but he says "I know how to shoot because the Vietnam War" XD
Although yes the story, writing, and dialogue in stranger of paradise are brutal most of the time, I thoroughly disagree that the gameplay systems are half-assed. Similar to alot of team ninja games, they specifically make it so in depth gameplay features are less required for main story for casual players, while incredibly important for post-game for hardcore players. Things like job affinities, equipment and weapon stats that people rarely delve into during the main game are crucial to survive in ng+ or postgame. For example the Sage job if you reached 400% job affinity it passively allowed your potions to also restore Mp and Break and also allow your block to compteley negate all magic damage. Each job had their own playstyle, and since you can have high affinity in any job even if it's not the one you're using, you can make endless over the top and insane builds. It does bog you down with lots of gear, but you are generually supposed to turn on auto recylce so it instantly breaks it down bad stuff for you to give you upgrade materials
Sonic 06 A master class of getting hyped for something then finally getting a present for your Birthday and opening it to see. Finally playing it and. . . Well you know the rest.
It's not that they didn't care about the details, they didn't care about the game at all becouse those aren't games done passionately, those are rushed projects made in the shortest development time possible, with the lowest budget possible and with no respect for the costumers, the developers or the game and which only objective was for them to be cash grabs.
I actually loved dungeons and dragons dark alliance
19:44 Falcon sounds so disgusted that he had to do this list right there.
What baffles me is everyone knows about the typo in Aliens Colonial Marines but Gearbox still didn't patch it. They really didn't care making that game.
Could you consider changing the transition color from bright white? I can't watch these at night because of how bright they are. Please conder!
As bad as Aliens Colonial Marines could be, I had a blast playing through it on PC in co-op on Ultimate Badass difficulty with the TemplarGFX Overhaul mod installed. That mod actually makes the game playable and enjoyable ie what it should've been at launch.
Damn, this does exist? Someone trying to salvage this?
Is it actually worth it? I would definitely give it a shot.
I think the biggest shock in this video is that Strangers of Paradise was well reviewed. Like damn, that game was so terrible. The only positive I can think of is that the main character is so one-note that he loops around to being interesting, which I don't think was on purpose.
The Crew motorfest is a slap into the players face, they just updated the Crew 2 with an update we need in the Crew motorfest..
I always consider the Grayhill Incident to be a highly exaggerated satirical spoof of people in the 80's and 90's during the height of the conspiracy theorist, X-Files generation, up to, and including, the cheesy alien grays. The B/W TVs actually play into the satire, giving you the feeling of a world with the original Twilight Zone and Outer Limits and such being on the TVs in B/W, so that's what the TVs are like, here, to add immersion to the satire.
But, that's just my view, and opinion, of the game.
Man, this actually makes the game so much worse if it's true. I thought it was just a simple bad game made by one person in their spare time that kinda got a bit viral, but if all the weirdness and jank was actually intentionally supposed to be all that because that somehow equals "satire" and "humor"...ugh...
When Falcon said Ryder from GTA looks “grotesque” I laughed way too hard 😂😂
Main problem with Sonic '06 is that it was rushed.
the no.1 ending was perfect .It shouldve ended right there XD
It was your fault wasn't it Falcon? "Let's not get into the details" is always code for "I screwed up, stfu, don't ask questions".
But now I'm curious how does a bird of prey find themselves involved in a vehicular collision?
That Gollum is soo weird. I dont know word to put it. Its when I learn how to make game. Put barrel, put smoke particle. When detonate put explosion particles. If your character in range, you dead. 😂
I was extremely disappointed in Stranger of Paradise and couldn't wait to be done with. FF is my favorite series too but it's like an edgelord angsty teen's fanfic.
What about Outriders by People can Fly/Square Enix? On release there were many game-breaking bugs, no audio for enemies shooting at you, very rushed story and end game, so very over-the-top dark it makes you laugh. Game still seems broken, even if it is playable to the end.
That bow animation killed me😂 she like a wacky inflatable tube man lol
Took our camcorder on our most recent vacation because it still works and we had blank tapes. Don't worry Falcon, I too apparently am old.
Sadly that's the standard for modern devs/publishers of today
Redfall's atrocious water graphics - especially on the boat at at start - still give me nightmares. Sadly, I almost bought Crime Boss just for laughs, knowing it'd be bad, but thankfully, I came to my senses and saved some coin. Also, my hand's raised here as I remember the humble camcorder. (I was born right before the advent of Intellevision, digging Pitfall and BurgerTime, whilst my dad got hooked on Snafu, staying up late to play as Mom got mad.)
I truthfully think the Gollum game was a flop on purpose to take some heat off other games
I can’t believe this grown man is still roleplaying as a bird 💀