Death of a Game: Battleborn

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  • @TheDoctorThrax
    @TheDoctorThrax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3778

    "Next Case"
    It's Heroes of the Storm isn't it.

    • @sms1655
      @sms1655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      evolve 100%

    • @leolarose2099
      @leolarose2099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      This comment got pinned

    • @alucardvigilatedismas2868
      @alucardvigilatedismas2868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      Maybe it's to throw us off of the scent; my money's on Life of a Game: Hello Kitty Online

    • @theragequitter910
      @theragequitter910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Evolve

    • @galacticdino
      @galacticdino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It is heroes of the storm, N.S. uses the phrase of Raynor from the trailer

  • @rasmusdegn9690
    @rasmusdegn9690 5 ปีที่แล้ว +927

    My favorite way i've heard Randy Pitchford described is: "He's basically a lost It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia character"

    • @patrickdmuzangi9639
      @patrickdmuzangi9639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I have always referred to him as "Rusty Pitchfork"

    • @stylesrj
      @stylesrj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@patrickdmuzangi9639
      Randy Bitchford.
      Jim Sterling has a real hard-on for him.

    • @patrickdmuzangi9639
      @patrickdmuzangi9639 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stylesrj Oh definitely, ricardo pitchio is another favourite

    • @timbow1833
      @timbow1833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stylesrj i can imagine Jim Sterling locking Randy in a room and slowly walking towards him while Randy stands there terrified. ''i hear you are telling people i have a hard-on for you little Randy boy, and despite all the shit that comes out of your pretty little mouth, you actually told the truth for once, and now i'm going to do something about said harad-on''

    • @stylesrj
      @stylesrj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@timbow1833
      Then a wrestling match follows as Jim dresses up as Sterdust and forces Randy into a Boglin outfit. Or dresses him up as a pog...

  • @akba666
    @akba666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1992

    Come on, Randy is not polarizing. He's just generally disliked.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 5 ปีที่แล้ว +354

      @Moist Tony He's an egocentric, self-aggrandizing, tasteless manchild who runs a company and does *all* the things one would think such a person might do.

    • @TDOTCRFH4
      @TDOTCRFH4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      "polarizing" is often just a diplomatic way to say "hated"
      it's rarely actually used to mean polarizing

    • @Alexwesker7
      @Alexwesker7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Look what happened to alien colonial marines so bad

    • @chemergency
      @chemergency 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      He's got a shitty, egotistical personality and he grossly mishandles the Duke Nukem IP while also holding early historical builds of DNF hostage.

    • @bloodondope
      @bloodondope 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@chemergency as well as the aliens IP.

  • @Larry
    @Larry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    My favorite story out of this was Randy Pitchford was so desperate to keep Battleborn relevant, he was endorsing Rule 34 art of the characters on Reddit, only for the room to be filled up with Rule 34 art of Overwatch :P
    Also, just noticed Furious 4 and Battleborn both have a heavy called Montana. I wonder if there was supposed to be some sort of connected lore/shared universe there.

    • @NeflewitzInc
      @NeflewitzInc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I mean I'm working on a little game and if anyone ever wanted to draw R34 of the characters I would totally love it.

    • @SpaceManRD
      @SpaceManRD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Rule 34 is like a fart; you can't force it or it'll just be weird and awkward for everyone involved. Case in point.

    • @Bizargh
      @Bizargh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I believe it was said that character Montana was very much salvaged from Furious 4 (I would not be able to relocate the source(s) on that though, but I recall it being Gearbox staff making that mention). And something tells me the moderators for that Subreddit were not happy with Randy's referral to it either, least of all what artists were just trying to draw their smut in peace as there were also memes & mockery directed at Randy on top of the aforementioned spam, if not for some time after (I did check for Randy's Tweet back in 2018 when writing a personal Steam review for the game & it was indeed still there, with reason to believe it still remains & that the Subreddit was able to carry on as usual even if I doubt much activity occurred there).

    • @vicgc96
      @vicgc96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Pitchfork and Blezinsky, two main reasons why Tf2 hasn't died.

    • @loathbringer
      @loathbringer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m so pissed that randy is the dude who owns the rights to duke Nukem

  • @chadkearbey6007
    @chadkearbey6007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1298

    No trolling. Bought both Battleborn and Overwatch when they first came out. Played the hell out of Battleborn. I loved it.

    • @garrettwade1294
      @garrettwade1294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It's still my favorite shooter to this day. RIP battleborn

    • @pkslush
      @pkslush 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      the single player was so fun, especially in couch coop!

    • @_ANDRE.
      @_ANDRE. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Video Game Donkey In all onesty. Battleborn was the best game i ever played, in terms of gameplay and lore.

    • @theshadowman8801
      @theshadowman8801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Video Game Donkey it was a good game for grinding

    • @KohlKovet
      @KohlKovet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I loved that game so fucking much AMBRA FOREVER

  • @omnithewolf3628
    @omnithewolf3628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I was a die hard battle born player. I knew this video was coming, but it’s still sad to see. Ima go cry

  • @Larry
    @Larry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1686

    This and LawBreakers were really in a perfect storm of bad timing to release a game.

    • @Exigentable
      @Exigentable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Oversaturation of live services is at fault. Gearbox is stupid for not seeing the writing on the wall, I have no sympathy for Randy Diddleford.

    • @fuyahanabi1304
      @fuyahanabi1304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @jocaguz18 Being a company doesn't really matter. Artists and developers just get their regular paychecks whether or not the project they worked on succeeds or fails. It's the CEO and the higher ups on the board that lose their credits from a failed product.

    • @fuyahanabi1304
      @fuyahanabi1304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @jocaguz18 lol wow way to jump to conclusion. ok dude whatever. I didn't say anything against the creators. Read again. The person hating on Randy was the other reply. I'm just stating the obvious and realism here. Nobody wants any "win" or whatever you've fully convinced yourself over with, but go on stir up the drama.
      Plus Battleborn has A LOT of other problems unrelated to its CEO but seeing you being riled up over this little thing I'd just gonna head out. Bye.

    • @chloepechlaner7806
      @chloepechlaner7806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Its not even bad timing on their (at least Battleborn's) part. It was intentionally good timing on Blizzards part; they purpousefully neutered the other games because they had the money and leverage to do so.

    • @RunehearthCL
      @RunehearthCL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Titanfall 2 too, it was so rough that the game was abandoned by the devs, meanwhile tf1 got some expansions

  • @dupdig
    @dupdig 5 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    I'll be honest. I went all these years not knowing Battleborn wasn't a hero shooter. This video was the first time I heard of it having pve or being a moba

    • @spiritwildfiregaming1975
      @spiritwildfiregaming1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      O _ O
      I bought the game for the PvE...

    • @battlecast9202
      @battlecast9202 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spiritwildfiregaming1975 same

    • @nanashi4147
      @nanashi4147 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Battleborn is a hero shooter. Hero shooters can also be considered FPS MOBAS. This did have PVE so that made it basically two games in one

  • @DammitSinged
    @DammitSinged 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4518

    _Let's be honest here, Overwatch won because they had better porn._

    • @olivierluisin1790
      @olivierluisin1790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +462

      You speak the language of gods

    • @anon9579
      @anon9579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +318

      We all spank it to Widowmaker

    • @uDave247
      @uDave247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      It's a well known secret that porn drives the tech industry, why wouldn't it drive games too?

    • @Cruddyhorse
      @Cruddyhorse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Yeah but did Blizzard endorse it like Randy did?

    • @JABRIEL251
      @JABRIEL251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@anon9579 I understood that reference.

  • @YourCrazyDolphin
    @YourCrazyDolphin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    21:30
    Reminds me of the Bowsette meme, which rose Nintendo's stocks more than the actual trailer that spawned it.

  • @Listoric
    @Listoric 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    I'm really sad that Battleborn was a failure, it's standard moba mode was actually quite fun and I really enjoyed the beta. But just like everyone else, if you compare it to overwatch as a hero shooter, and that was the angle they took early on and stuck with it, it was just not good enough. Battleborn should have taken the Smite route, being f2p with 25€ for all heroes, with advertising as the first AAA fps moba, and it would have found it's audience.

    • @Yogizilla
      @Yogizilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100% this. That said, the gunplay felt good.. but competing with Overwatch was unfortunate. They should have gotten away from that fast!

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Yogizilla Unfortunately Randy Pitchford is an idiot and is just begging to be punched in the face

    • @A1phaz0ne
      @A1phaz0ne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Its so unbelieveably stupid that this game was compared to Overwatch. That's like comparing League of Legends to Team Fortress 2.
      This game deserved to succeed, it was so fun, man.

  • @SangoProductions213
    @SangoProductions213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    It's crazy how the timeline of incidents just seems so distorted from reality.
    I feels like just a year or two ago that Overwatch launched, but I also remember Total Biscuit trying to defend Battleborn from comparisons to it. It feels like it's been such an eternity of time without him.

    • @anon9579
      @anon9579 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      May he R.I.P

    • @stryke-jn3kv
      @stryke-jn3kv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Honnestly I think TB succumbed to one of this own tenets which he absolutely crucified Borderlands 2 for. Just because you're having a lot of fun with your friends does not actually make for a good game. Especially given what they were streaming looked awful to a lot of viewers.

    • @SangoProductions213
      @SangoProductions213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@stryke-jn3kv that is a misrepresentation of what he said. He said that every game is more fun with friends, and that doesn't mean it's a good multiplayer game.
      He then follows it up by stating how no mechanics in Borderlands actually interact.

    • @angyem
      @angyem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      man, i was just thinking about him the other day, and same had a thought that it feels like it was yesterday

    • @kyotheman69
      @kyotheman69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we lost great gamer news outlet, TB will always be missed

  • @Calvin_Coolage
    @Calvin_Coolage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    This is probably the first one of these that is *really* gonna hurt me. I liked Battleborn a lot and to this day I think it's a much more fun experience than it's supposed rival Overwatch. It's a very neat take on MOBA's that I don't think we'll ever see again. At the very least I got a doofy looking figurine out of my pre-order.

    • @FlameJackstar
      @FlameJackstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I feel you, man. :(

    • @thatsplinter
      @thatsplinter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I played the fuuuuck out of Pendles, Shayne (and Aurox) and the main gurl herself, Thorne!!

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@thatsplinter I always liked Oscar Mike, Rath and Caldarius the most.

    • @thatsplinter
      @thatsplinter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Calvin_Coolage So many cool ass characters, all gone now.
      It sucks.
      There was this chick with a Sword and Shield too! Can't remember her name, but shiiiiiiit I loved her too.

    • @ciary
      @ciary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I really loved phoebe. So sad to see that all those great characters are lost and will never be seen again. I would still buy a phoebe figurine if I could find one. she just looks rad!

  • @mauythai4585
    @mauythai4585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    This was...tragic. Tragic is the only word I have for battleborn.

    • @NoOne-fe3gc
      @NoOne-fe3gc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      agree, it is a tragedy that it didn't flopped harder and brankrupted the company with it

    • @juliankiz
      @juliankiz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've got one: Hilarious.

    • @soloqueuepixy
      @soloqueuepixy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Even with Randy Pitchford at the helm, it's hard not to feel bad for all the devs who just want to make games or collect a paycheck. They have to watch something they personally worked on for years get mocked for being stuck with Randy.

    • @glitchas4593
      @glitchas4593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@NoOne-fe3gc Jeez, you must be such a fun person!

    • @chikarasu7760
      @chikarasu7760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This game was dead in the moment it was released. Why do a Beta Test and not even fix one Bug or Ballanceissue that were anounced by the players. And the Ingamestore was the Funeral at the End ignoring still the most Problems of the game.

  • @spiritwildfiregaming1975
    @spiritwildfiregaming1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    I remember watching the trailer every night before the release for a month. I loved the style so much. I even bought it for the Singleplayer and the Characters/Universe, not the Multiplayer.
    So I loved the game. I got the achievement "Master of Phoebe", even with almost dead PvP. Every time I want to relax I just start the first mission The Algorithm (I've replayed that mission more than 50 times, no joke). I just love that damn thing. It's sad that I won't be able to play the Singleplayer after 2021, but at least it was fun. And hey, if I ever get the chance, I'll probably reference the game in one way or another.

    • @brentrichardsen7439
      @brentrichardsen7439 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would've gotten master of Isaac, but nobody was willing to play Kleese/Kreese/floating chair guy, even on split screen co-op

    • @spiritwildfiregaming1975
      @spiritwildfiregaming1975 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brentrichardsen7439 Ouch.
      He may not be as fun as most other characters, but they should've at least helped you with that achievement...I think.

    • @Kirkland-Consumer
      @Kirkland-Consumer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brentrichardsen7439 Zamn I was a floating chair guy main for a bit lol

  • @0oidiedinatimemachineo024
    @0oidiedinatimemachineo024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    0:14 lmao holy shit I just KNEW Randy Pitchford was the type of guy who'd pull out an acoustic guitar in the middle of a party and start singing

  • @Indigo_Gaming
    @Indigo_Gaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    Featured Game on the TH-cam video: Overwatch.
    Ouch, baby. Really ouch.

    • @nerdSlayerstudioss
      @nerdSlayerstudioss  4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      The unintentional dagger

    • @SporianSummit
      @SporianSummit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Then overwatch tried to fight with tf2, forcing itself to get a sequel to try to stay relevant.
      Now i barely see anything about overwatch but alot of tf2 stuff.

    • @SporianSummit
      @SporianSummit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AniGaAG thing is though, tf2 is more profound and memorable than overwatch but its still alive.
      also overwatch 2 is gonna be garbage, i know it.

    • @SporianSummit
      @SporianSummit 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AniGaAG but tf2 is infact memorable unlike overwatch, therefore both arguments are true.
      do you not read?

    • @SporianSummit
      @SporianSummit 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AniGaAG actually i do, you clearly acted like every game is for trends and thats it.
      nice try kid, it aint gonna work like that.

  • @johnbiff2664
    @johnbiff2664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    Yeah, as one of the few long time Battleborn players, I can say with certainty that its death was no mystery to anyone. Battleborn probably had just about every conceivable problem a game could have throughout its short lifespan. Very poorly and confusingly advertised, incredibly tough competition and poor launch dates relative to said competition, overly priced (mostly in comparison to competition), required grinding and character unlocking at launch despite being full priced, very unwelcoming to newcomers, very poorly balanced at the beginning with relatively slow response to balance issues, broken matchmaking (which combined with rapidly declining players actually made finding a match super difficult almost immediately), poorly designed maps with cheesable objectives (eventually fixed tho), poor pc optimization for many maps, many somewhat unfun and heavily snowbally modes, poorly balanced gear system, art style+particle spam could make matches very confusing and hurt people’s eyes and make it hard to know what is going on at any time, long matches that took a lot of time investment plagued with people leaving matches with no penalty, poorly balanced early story missions that were unnecessarily difficult, R A N D Y P I T C H F O R D, and yeah basically the list just goes on. Despite all this I still can’t help but like it though, and I think the balance eventually reached a nice state. Its unique blend of fps and moba is an experience I can’t find anywhere else and I hope that a spiritual successor of some sort manages to be more successful eventually.

    • @SageRuffin
      @SageRuffin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Regarding "unwelcoming to newcomers", I remember many threads asking Day1 players to have mercy on the newer players. I got into a lot of, erm... disagreements about people holding back in PvP.
      Crazy times, I tell ya.

    • @johnbiff2664
      @johnbiff2664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@SageRuffin It can just be a somewhat confusing game to get into sometimes. The difference between veterans and new players can be pretty massive, and there's never been much of a middle ground between the two as soon as the population dipped. You either stack 5 vets into matchmaking and win every match or solo queue as a new player and lose every match. Vets coulda held back a bit sure but even then it gets to the point where you can gimp yourself as heavily as possible and people would still get stomped, and it wouldn't even be fun to play if you physically had to dumb down your playstyle, so what can ya even do. Game needed more population over a wider range of skill levels.

    • @trevordavis6830
      @trevordavis6830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That Sage Guy The hardcore community was one of the things that really killed my interest in the game. I could never really experiment with new characters in that game because I getting into matches with super toxic and competitive players who would keep telling me to uninstall the game because I didn’t know how to use characters(of which you couldn’t switch out of during the match) properly. It’s hard to enjoy a game when you can’t even learn how to play new characters without getting a volley of insults thrown at you.

    • @trevordavis6830
      @trevordavis6830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      john biff I think what would have really helped the game is have a competitive and casual mode. That way the hardcore community who only cared about winning proper team comps wouldn’t have to deal with unskilled players, and more casual or new players who just wanted to have fun or practice wouldn’t have to deal with toxic hardcore players.

    • @johnbiff2664
      @johnbiff2664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Diedkid 145 Actually I’m pretty darn sure that early on they did make a split for a casual matchmaking option and a competitive matchmaking option. It got called out as a copy of what Overwatch was doing or something along those lines and never worked. And the population of the game was already too low to go splitting the matchmaking.

  • @gregorybillings9458
    @gregorybillings9458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    "battleborn biggest triple A flop"
    *Anthem and fallout HMB

    • @deathmetalalchemist5861
      @deathmetalalchemist5861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      True, Bethesda and Bioware are far bigger names in the industry than GBX

    • @unrelentingawesomeness7501
      @unrelentingawesomeness7501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@deathmetalalchemist5861 Bethesda is the most expensive game company

    • @weirdbro6597
      @weirdbro6597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      At least people talked about anthem and fallout. In case of battleborn it's just radio silence after a week release.

    • @Brian-iz8fi
      @Brian-iz8fi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't play 76 but I'm pretty sure it did not flop.

    • @gregorybillings9458
      @gregorybillings9458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Brian-iz8fi it's numbers were bad and it sparked a class action lawsuit

  • @gmanthewinner
    @gmanthewinner ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Still miss Battleborn. Really wish they made it so you could still play single-player/bot modes. Had so much fun doing that

  • @Musically_Declined
    @Musically_Declined 5 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    I just now realized he has all his different series of his channel as signs on the building in the intro

    • @Exigentable
      @Exigentable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Props to the editors too, it elevates this series. Great production values here all around.

  • @MoreImbaThanYou
    @MoreImbaThanYou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Just imagine Randy shutting his mouth and let the game actually be advertised as a MOBA - during a time, in wich MOBAs were quite hot. (Not they they aren't now, but the hype has settled down a bit.)

    • @devinbaird2470
      @devinbaird2470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Honestly that and they should've pivoted to Free to Play and gave people who spent $60 (me) access to all characters and maybe XP boosts could've saved the game. I truly loved this game and I'm worried that a shooter MOBA will never be a thing again.

    • @MoreImbaThanYou
      @MoreImbaThanYou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@HighLanderPonyYT To be honest, I still enjoy Dota a lot. And The International is one of my favorite weeks of the year.

    • @jakeapplegate6642
      @jakeapplegate6642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They were so desperate to not be put into a box by putting labels on it and insisted that it was completely new and unique that they wound up with an identity crisis. The lack of balancing and post launch support is what really killed it in the long run. It could have been an esport but they expected it to just become one all on its own without support.

    • @TheGreyShaman
      @TheGreyShaman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MoreImbaThanYou to be honest I wouldn’t have gotten it knowing it was a moba, playing it and finding out it was a moba through gameplay didn’t turn me off though because I didn’t like mobas at the time and still don’t but this was the exception for me

    • @gamersedge4867
      @gamersedge4867 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think advertising it as a moba would've helped because being advertised as a fps people still saw hero shooter and with the launch of OW the hero shooter portion was even more apparent, turning free to play would have been the move to save the game because many of my friends were waiting for FTP including me and I would've spent the money for skins/heroes but the time never came and when it did I was so deep in Overwatch I didn't want to play it FTP was the move they needed to be even close to competitive to Overwatch

  • @midnightanimal4598
    @midnightanimal4598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Randy might not be a good salesman, but he is a great magician. He made the money meant for Colonial Marines vanish and he made Battleborne's playerbase disappear.

  • @dubbsyubbsy9815
    @dubbsyubbsy9815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Man this video came out right on time, I’ve been missing Battleborn a ton recently. Yes of course it wasn’t perfect and had loads of issues, but it was so unique and there is no other game like it. I’ve got my fingers crossed that Bleeding Edge scratches a similar itch next month.

    • @toastertastic5085
      @toastertastic5085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So about Bleeding Edge...

    • @despairfollows591
      @despairfollows591 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@toastertastic5085 bahahahahaa

    • @una-mura
      @una-mura ปีที่แล้ว

      Death of a Game: Bleeding Edge lol

  • @Neumonics429
    @Neumonics429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Say what you will about Cliff, but I never felt like he was trying to piss on my head and tell me its raining. Infact he would often own up to his own failings.

  • @justbear9641
    @justbear9641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    "So Battleborn is a MOBA ?"
    Randy Pitchford: Well yes but actually no.

  • @TheShadowInTheMask
    @TheShadowInTheMask 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    It's really sad this game was so fun at the time. Would sit with my buddies for hours honing our skills with fav characters was a good time. T-T

    • @TheShadowInTheMask
      @TheShadowInTheMask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @frank grimes hot take maestro

    • @TheSolitarysun
      @TheSolitarysun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I logged probably 1.8k hours on this picking up almost every character, playing every day after work. Never did manage to figure out Gali or Thorn. Good times, man.

  • @Skullybot
    @Skullybot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Remember that one time this channel is one of the few S tier channels on youtube but still somehow has not hit 1 million subs? Cause i do. Long live Nerdslayer!!
    I never actually played battleborn
    And i’m pretty sure the reason why was because all of my friends just played overwatch instead. Wrong time for it i think, but i also can’t really say, as i STILL have never tried it.

    • @Exigentable
      @Exigentable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meh, you didnt miss anything. It was okay. Not good enough to warrant more than a few hrs of your time or attention. If it was f2p, maybe it woulda attracted players.

    • @Inzaneamaru
      @Inzaneamaru 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It probably has to do with the lack of constant video uploads. Sadly we live in an age of quantity over quality...

  • @owenlee7146
    @owenlee7146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Tbh how many games was killed by ow in your" Death of a game "list start from lawbreakers

  • @kierany9
    @kierany9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    "Let's try and compete with Overwatch" really is becoming a bit of a pattern in these videos isn't it.

    • @thepassingstatic6268
      @thepassingstatic6268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But why? Like, they saw how much marketing and hype was behind OW, right? The hubris. The sheer hubris.....

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thepassingstatic6268 The same reason we haven’t gotten a new Duke Nukem game in a looooong time…
      *turns on Civvie11 clip* Randy…!

    • @A1phaz0ne
      @A1phaz0ne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thepassingstatic6268 And it wasn't even the same genre as OW. Its like DOTA trying to compete with Team Fortress 2.
      Like, what. You're not even the same kind of games man lol

    • @mcbrahs7190
      @mcbrahs7190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's either that or "and then World of Warcraft came out, and things went bad"

    • @youtube-kit9450
      @youtube-kit9450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Let's try and compete with Overwatch (Hero shooter), WoW (MMO), Destiny (Looter Shooter) or fortnite (BR" is like 80% of "death of a game" in a nutshell.

  • @nilzero5686
    @nilzero5686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    "Battleborn scored a 69 out of a hundred on metacritic"
    nice

  • @HopexWinter
    @HopexWinter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    I really enjoyed battleborn, even though i think Randy Pitchford is a terrible person, I am sad the game died

    • @mtgUK2015
      @mtgUK2015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Brainjock 1 thing he did was delay the f2p for so long, which if done earlier could've saved the game.

    • @rangedfire8179
      @rangedfire8179 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me two i loved this game and wanted a sequel.

    • @darthmisogyny3828
      @darthmisogyny3828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Brainjock ohhh boy

    • @Giliver
      @Giliver 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brainjock man have you been living under a rock.

    • @Giliver
      @Giliver 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brainjock well the list is too long.

  • @Nick-rc7il
    @Nick-rc7il 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Video: watch a silly man slowly destroy any chances his game will do well

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah… THANKS RANDY!!!

  • @harelipnirnroots897
    @harelipnirnroots897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This DoaG was really good. I've been watching these from the beginning, really like them. The quality of your vids is very good.

  • @primmtravels450
    @primmtravels450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I've always wondered about this game, sure happened quickly didn't it!
    Also just realised this is probably the last game you will talk about which TB criticised.

    • @tnecniw
      @tnecniw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      *Salutes the mention of the cynical brit*

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I still miss TB.

    • @GatorRay
      @GatorRay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      RIP the Cynical Brit. I still miss him.

    • @primmtravels450
      @primmtravels450 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GatorRay Same.

    • @alejandrojoserodriguezarre45
      @alejandrojoserodriguezarre45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We lost one of our greatest when we lost TB

  • @Kalo_
    @Kalo_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I loved this game, appreciate you doing the research on it.
    There's a story buried in there about Varnell (the other Randy) battling Pitchford's self destructive tendencies by being extremely active with the community, and the game a lot of the devs got moved to was actually another PvP game that never saw the light of day.

  • @AirshipFury
    @AirshipFury 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Kudos to you man, you managed to use so many beautiful and flowery words to describe the sewage elemental that is Randy.

  • @loathbringer
    @loathbringer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact that my brain did that thing where I heard the name Randy Pitchford and immediately let out an audible “ugh” without even fully processing a thought on him, says quite a bit about him

  • @OnimaruAnji
    @OnimaruAnji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Way late comment but, let's not also forget that there was a DESPERATE attempt they were making to tie Battleborn into the Borderland's Universe, either an 'elseworlds' or parallel dimension, I remember the Reddit post from one of the guys who got fired when Battleborn started to tank. Gist of it was like this :
    The whole 'Devourer of Stars' the Destroyer, that Tyreen was supposed to unleash/fail to become. THAT is the 'entity' from the 'other Universe' that you were fighting against in Battleborn, sort of a 'this is the future if you lose' kind of tie in. The Destroyer consumed all the Stars in your Dimension when you didn't stop it, and now it went after Another, aka the Battleborn Universe. However, when Battleborn TANKED, they no longer wanted their 'Flagship Series' to be narratively tied to the Failed Battleborn, thus all the little story Easter Eggs that was supposed to be part of the story, basically time traveling 'echoes' to warn you, and help guide you to victory, because 'historically' you were supposed to lose... So they had the maps already programmed with these 'exposition' points but now had nothing to put there, so what did we get? The suddenly MASSIVELY IMPORTANT CHARACTER, the one EVERY Vault Hunter EVER has idolized, but never mentioned before, Typhon DeLeon's Echo Recording points.... And basically the whole story had to get overhauled.
    The Cult of the Vault wanting to unleash the Destroyer, became the Children of the Vault with the 'Twin Gods' somehow being more capable than everything before with their infinite bullshit..... I mean come on, you played the game.... The story was so fucking shit, SOO shit, and this is why, because half way through development, they had to rewrite the story. And as a result this fun but mediocre game caused the sometimes flawed but amazing Borderlands Series, instead of ending with a Bang, end with a wet fart.... Shame, real shame.

  • @gazashotshell9099
    @gazashotshell9099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a frequent player of Battleborn, I appreciate the thorough nature of your video and the publicity the game is getting as a whole since its being shut down, seeing channels cover its demise feels like a bunch of strangers meeting at a funeral for the town drunk but in like a good way, you didnt know him that well but heard his name once or twice and have no real reason to hate him, so you show up to the memorial out of respect because he still deserves to be remembered in some way, his dad Randy sure as shit isnt going to attend with any dignity. I'll admit i loved battleborn purely for the story missions due to the fact that certain pieces of Dialogue would change each time you played and the minion enemies where really fun to beat up with the melee combat. Battleborn has the most satisfying robot destruction and melee of any game ive ever played, I cannot find anything as casually fun and relaxing as tearing apart those clankers with Attikus or Aurox. (P.S. If anybody can suggest story games with really good first person Melee please give me something. Ive gotten so used to it being my stress ball of sorts and I need something close to fill that niche)

    • @gazashotshell9099
      @gazashotshell9099 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @DerShrimp1 good suggestion but I've tried vermintide and the upgrade progression was really slow and wonky for me, I was looking at warhammer space-hulk because it's similar with better overall gameplay but I've also heard melee sucks due to localized limb damage. I'm also unsure if it's on Xbox one since I'm a filthy console peasant

  • @malohn2068
    @malohn2068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Could you look into Death of a game: Atlas Reactor next? that game was super unique but was shut down aswell. Such a shame

  • @NotTheAverageGamerz
    @NotTheAverageGamerz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I remember when this game came out ( I bought it ) and I went on vacation for 2 weeks and when I came back it was dead and Overwatch had just released and everyone was playing that instead .

  • @loathbringer
    @loathbringer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Every time I see randy I am filled with indescribable rage

  • @sam-lg2lh
    @sam-lg2lh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Today it died officially

    • @eldeano9964
      @eldeano9964 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      F

    • @thepassingstatic6268
      @thepassingstatic6268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *pours one out* RIP. Such a shame, and a lesson in how timing/marketing are CRUCIAL in a games success, and failure

  • @JoshuaBojangles
    @JoshuaBojangles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    This one hurts man. I really wish Battleborn could've managed to steal a decent audience.
    The first couple weeks after launch were some of the most fun I've had in my 20 some odd years of gaming

    • @TheGreatMoonFrog
      @TheGreatMoonFrog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why did you stop playing then? Not harping, I'm just genuinely curious why the playerbase it did garner seemed to drop off so quickly.

    • @JoshuaBojangles
      @JoshuaBojangles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheGreatMoonFrog The playerbase dropped off the face the earth. It's just kinda what happens when uninformed consumers go in expecting either a)A borderlands-esque experience or b) shittier overwatch.
      It wasnt terribly exciting waiting in incredibly long queues to either get completely shit stomped by one of the few "pro" teams that were floating around or completely annihilating some poor randoms who had no idea how moba mechanics work. The population for balanced, enjoyable matches just wasn't there anymore.
      It didnt help that the few loyal players we had were spread thinly across 3 platforms. Maybe if the free2play transition was also accompanied by some cross play functionality we might've been able to sustain a healthy enough population, but alas

    • @baklazan777
      @baklazan777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheGreatMoonFrog As someone with similar feelings of love for the game, it's because other people stopped playing. I remember after like 2-3 months I'd queue up and watch 20 minute episode shows on the other screen, I stopped playing regularly when it reached 3 episodes, over an hour, to get into a game that'd end in like 5-15 minutes, especially that I played the game so much that I would be considered "pro" as in the previous comment(I really, REALLY no lifed the game when it launched), being in a team helped sometimes but finding people who still consistently wanted to play was also frustrating.
      For the last week or two of me playing the game I was mostly farming the character challenges to unlock their legendary unique gear and achievements, which in most cases was dogshit, but I just wanted to 100% the game, but I left when I realized how horseshit Toby's last one was(before it was changed but I was long gone)
      I even tried going back to the game a couple of times but each time finding a match was just impossible so I just did a few pve missions for kicks but those get boring fast.

    • @Irraptured
      @Irraptured 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lel

  • @ThrillSeekerVR
    @ThrillSeekerVR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of my favorite series on TH-cam flat out.

  • @alie_rose
    @alie_rose ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Good news everyone!
    You're able to play Battleborn via the PC with some limitations.
    The news comes from the official Battleborn discord server. More info in there and how it's possible :D

    • @chocoloutre
      @chocoloutre ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree, already streamed +4hrs on it like other fans :D

  • @PonchoANS7
    @PonchoANS7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    Let's be honest, a good chunk of Overwatch's success is owed to coomers.

    • @nephillim8641
      @nephillim8641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ok buy Mei fine as hell

    • @orionfire1947
      @orionfire1947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Remember when blizzard tried to shut down the coomers.
      That was a funny time.

    • @TheeOK1
      @TheeOK1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@orionfire1947 why tho? Any publicity is good publicity. I know a guy who only started playing final fantasy realm reborn because of the. . . "Parodies" of a certain character. The art of said material was so good he went to play the game to meet the character every artist and their mother was absolutely destroying. After beating the first part of the story he found out that the character was a PC (player character) that the player themself payed, and drew, p0rn for. He hasn't stopped playing since as the game itself is great, hard to pay attention to the lore in the beginning but when you do it's a good ride.

    • @cosmosofinfinity
      @cosmosofinfinity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheeOK1 Yeah, you can't help what your first exposure to a game (or anything else) is, what's important is that people potentially interested in what it offers DO get exposed to it. You can't play a game that you don't know exists. Like it or not, porn, like any other fanart, is a way of the fans showing their love for it to other people, and it's a pretty terrible thing to do to your loving community to shut down however it is they express that love which effectively amount to positive word of mouth or otherwise just awareness for your game

    • @code066funkinbird3
      @code066funkinbird3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like what now?
      Damm
      Even youtuber like jacksepticeye and markiplier played overwatch

  • @wizgi7201
    @wizgi7201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Im gonna miss this game
    Its one of my favorites
    I love the characters as well, and unlockling more backstory for the characters by completeting challenges for them

    • @chrismassey9892
      @chrismassey9892 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who The F Asked You Nobody So Shut Up

  • @fiffe2243
    @fiffe2243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    i have a recommendation of a game to you, it's "draw to death" it is yet again another competitive shooter, a third person one, with a really unique art style, and was supposed to be a big thing, it's a game from the dude behind god of war and twisted metal and for some reason was given for free at launch on the ps plus, i had some days of fun with it and then completely forgot about the game, and apparently the servers were shut down last year, that's it, and i really appreciate those videos, keep it up mah man

    • @goosechaser13
      @goosechaser13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It died for many reasons, poor map design, the devs refused to listen to the community, and it was just super unbalanced

    • @WalcomS7
      @WalcomS7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@goosechaser13 I remember playing it at PAX for like 45 minutes just using a MInigun or something and nobody could stand a chance, nothing in the game was even close. It was an interesting game but when it launched I had other stuff to play so I didn't care.

    • @Exigentable
      @Exigentable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, was a shame to see. Jaffe is such a legend tho that even that game flopping hard didnt damage his goodwill with Sony

    • @CMWick
      @CMWick 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried playing like 2 months after it launched and I couldn't even find a game

    • @-pressxtostart-
      @-pressxtostart- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kaylakaze yeah i got all trophies

  • @imreplyingtothiscomment2378
    @imreplyingtothiscomment2378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Nier and overwatch has almost the most non real porn on the internet

    • @thatsplinter
      @thatsplinter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I remember Overwatch being one of the top searches on Pornhub a few years ago.

    • @majikku-chan
      @majikku-chan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Your sentence makes no sense tbh.

    • @thatsplinter
      @thatsplinter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@majikku-chan They mean, that those two games have the most virtual porn on the internet. Out of pretty much any other cartoon other game.

    • @almalone3282
      @almalone3282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      oh no that award goes to my little pony
      damn furries

    • @thatsplinter
      @thatsplinter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@almalone3282
      But when it comes to gaming porn tho.
      Can't believe I'm having a legit conversation about virtual porn, lmao

  • @momtom10
    @momtom10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I was in my second year of high school when this game came out, and I adored it. I bought this and overwatch and immediately told all my friends to not compare the two. I played it so much i 100% many of the characters. And I loved most if not all of the characters and their personalities. I spent hours having fun with my friends. I despise its downfall. I watched this video and got depressed thinking "what could have been". I didn't have a game i liked so much as this one when it came out. And it's safe to say that's rarely happened since. I miss this game so much, and if i ever wanted a game to have a remake/sequel this would be one of them. The other would probably be evolve (which i had a similar relationship to with battleborn).

  • @JYMBO
    @JYMBO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think the reason he tried to steer away from the MOBA thing was because people don't pay £60 for MOBA games, since he realized the game wasn't going to be free like every other MOBA on the market he had to start calling it something else

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Ah, Battleborn. I personally consider it to be the most underrated game of the last decade. If they'd just focused more on the MOBA/Hero Shooter crossover and completely forgotten the single player stuff, it could have been my favourite game of the last decade as well. Hell, it almost still is, even though the length of time there was enough of a player base here in Australia to find a game was incredibly brief.
    I bear a grudge against everyone who tried to make it seem like you had to choose between Overwatch and Battleborn. They were so different.

    • @keionjg9627
      @keionjg9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Titanfall 2 was super underrated too

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@keionjg9627 It was, yeah, to some extent. Certainly it was a brilliant game. But unlike Battleborn, pretty much everyone who played Titanfall 2 agreed it was very good. It just didn't get enough people playing it. That said, it still had a much healthier online population than Battleborn.

    • @keionjg9627
      @keionjg9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DodderingOldMan yeah I’d be playing battle born right now if it had more players it was the best league of legends type game on console. The only thing I didn’t like were some of the weak characters and one map on the spider mech mode

    • @magister1530
      @magister1530 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I chose Paladins

  • @jesserogalski1402
    @jesserogalski1402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    At this point, I blame every weak point of Gearbox on Pitchford; every positive seen on the development team themselves.
    Purely out of merit, and because I can.

    • @Exigentable
      @Exigentable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I agree, Diddleford is incompetent and arrogant. Dude is a trainwreck.

  • @0blivius
    @0blivius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’ve literally been thinking about you making this vid. Loved battleborn. Rip

  • @0smundSaddler
    @0smundSaddler ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know in hindsight we really backed the wrong horse in the Battleborn/Overwatch race. Battleborn was actually really fun and the character design while less sexually appealing was more varied and creative.

  • @Tuggieman
    @Tuggieman ปีที่แล้ว +4

    After hearing the news from OW2’s cancelled pve content, it made me think of Battleborn, and all of the content it had upon release. Which made me look for vids on TH-cam. Every video discussing the “death” of this game all has similar comments. People missing the game, that it was fun or amazing, myself feeling the same. Can’t help but imagine if it was re-released, how well would the game do now. I believe it would be an awesome move to turn the servers back on in response to the recent news.

  • @alxlima
    @alxlima 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What saddens me it's that Battleborn has an awesome roster that I don't know if we'll ever see again

  • @Deberry59
    @Deberry59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I genuinely had a lot of fun with battleborn, sad it was heavily based on community play and came to a dead end

  • @AverageKid-o4c
    @AverageKid-o4c 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just started watching so I dont know if you already do this but a "life of a game" series would be amazing probably gonna comment this on something more recent

  • @0Wayland
    @0Wayland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    How is it possible that every single 'recent' hero shooter released virtually at the same time?

    • @Halfort57
      @Halfort57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @William Black Paladins was in Aplha state when Overwatch was first announced

  • @SifrinCrusader
    @SifrinCrusader ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually had to sign into youtube to comment how much I both loved the coop, story, and characters. Heck even the multiplayer I picked up often and I'm not a pvp kind of person. It tears my heart open everytime I hear about it and desperately wish for some kind of offline/lan patch.

    • @SifrinCrusader
      @SifrinCrusader ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just found a rough hack for the game that lets you play the PvE story missions & DLC missions, but can't play through the other variations of any missions. Created by gwog a month ago in the unofficial battleborn discord run by Chromero!

  • @Mrbloodygloomy
    @Mrbloodygloomy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    i would like to see a Death of a Game: Battlerite

  • @devilishlyme834
    @devilishlyme834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And now Blizzard made Overwatch 2 into a cash grab ...RIP Overwatch 1, you will be missed.

  • @Movie_Games
    @Movie_Games 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This game was awesome. It just needed many more maps.

  • @keabob9440
    @keabob9440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This game was the most fun I’ve ever had in a game ever honestly so it makes me extremely sad to know I can’t play this anymore since the servers were killed :/ wrath was such an animal at getting kills with his ult

  • @ThunderbolttheFox
    @ThunderbolttheFox ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In recent retrospect of the kind of company blizzard is, I really wish things turned out different and battleborn absolutely crushed overwatch

    • @eldeano9964
      @eldeano9964 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone on Discord has made Battleborn available to play on PC. Missions and operations only, not PvP.

  • @NCGhostshards
    @NCGhostshards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t know you had a battleborn one too!!! I can’t wait to watch this

  • @Uwujarvis
    @Uwujarvis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    8:25 gigantic wasn't deserving of what happened to it. It still hurts me to this day what happened to jt

    • @Giliver
      @Giliver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The only MOBA like games I've ever liked have all died.
      Gigantic, Paragon and Battleborne all died. Lol

    • @cryw1092
      @cryw1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Giliver I didn't even find out about Gigantic until after it died, but I feel the same about the other two.

    • @armintor2826
      @armintor2826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goddamn i loved gigantic...

    • @wizgi7201
      @wizgi7201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loved gigantic
      The art style was so unique

    • @YouPooper
      @YouPooper 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you aware of Project Stamina?

  • @samuelxd7954
    @samuelxd7954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I actually really enjoyed this game when it came out. Such a shame they couldn't make a proper free 2 play model. It might of saved it.

  • @ectofriend
    @ectofriend 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "I wonder what Battleborn scored on the critic side of Metacritic."
    *Watches video*
    "Nice."

  • @ShutterSpeedGaming
    @ShutterSpeedGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The intro made me subscribe!! It gives me this 90s TV show vibes! Reminds me of “The Critic” TV show from back in the day lol

  • @kh.754
    @kh.754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    This one has bothered me ever since it's downfall. I enjoyed it alot

  • @300IQPrower
    @300IQPrower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I still miss it. Even to just be able to replay the campaign I even went out of my way to pick up a physical copy when they announced the shutdown (by then only $5) just so I could at least own a copy

  • @Villyzp
    @Villyzp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Detective Conan music in the end just hits the spot

  • @nebufabu
    @nebufabu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    21:30 Pitcford, to the board; "See? Magic squirting is totally relevant to the business!"

    • @rommdan2716
      @rommdan2716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HAHA!!
      Oooh Randy....
      * 80's Sitcom Music *

  • @ryancory5958
    @ryancory5958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Battleborn is an amazing game, still have it installed wish i could play matches but its 2 dead.
    the Helix system and the gear that u can aquire in pve and use in pvp is a great addition, being able to customize ur characters is always welcome

  • @LaEve
    @LaEve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just discovered your channel. I gotta say, I love your content already. It's stylish, well-thought-out and there's Conan music!!!

  • @imtoolazyforaprofilepic4961
    @imtoolazyforaprofilepic4961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Wait a minute, you genius!

  • @dania3956
    @dania3956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love mobas and I literally never knew this game was a moba till now. I would have played this for sure.

    • @pierreo33
      @pierreo33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Define "moba"
      "multiplayer online battle arena" isn't that literally every multiplayer game? you could say CS is a moba. it's just a stupid buzzword

    • @the_batmonkey_7
      @the_batmonkey_7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What if we all unite and revive it from its death before it totally dies?? Lmao

    • @tommysuhlami6241
      @tommysuhlami6241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      U really missed out. Insane action. Very open maps with plenty of ledges to jump and change direction. It was one of the best games the last 10 years TO ME. It was my first moba experience and last tbh. Absolutely amazing. Never had lag. Skills always worked. No complaints. Genuinely a great experience

    • @tommysuhlami6241
      @tommysuhlami6241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The diversity in characters was insane. Their were 4 or 5 characters that had gun main meta and they allll were soooo drastically different. Foxtrot was an absolute animal to a high skilled player. Where oscar mike was just plain fun. Motana was my main, and trust me i was probably thee best motana player ever on that game (ps4)

    • @jex-the-notebook-guy1002
      @jex-the-notebook-guy1002 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pierreo33 yay someone else with this oppinon. Another one is in this video, hero shooter. Here's some more roguelike/lite, soulslike, and metroidvania.

  • @darkrage5758
    @darkrage5758 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how overwatch basically killed both battleborn and lawbreakers and now overwatch 2 is dying

    • @Kagetora-
      @Kagetora- ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think OW2 is dying

    • @darkrage5758
      @darkrage5758 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kagetora- in my opinion it is especially compared to OW1

    • @crissis3263
      @crissis3263 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Kagetora- well, here is the thing, just because it has more players compare to other games doesn't mean it's not dying

  • @xPandamon
    @xPandamon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The resurgence is here, it is finally playable again even if some stuff is still missing!

  • @iAlcatrazZ
    @iAlcatrazZ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I kind wish Battleborn was released as offline, I would still play the game because it has full-fledged moba experience and pve

  • @rxibot
    @rxibot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Someone will pay dearly for making me go outside!
    ~Klese

  • @survivalhh2995
    @survivalhh2995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4 months after this game came out I remember going to this store near me it’s a 5 dollars and below store and I remember going passed the electronics section there were tons of battleborn disks for ps4 and Xbox one lmao

  • @dukeofnylon
    @dukeofnylon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    2021?? I thought this was already shut down 😂. Shame really, I found the game to be more fun than Overwatch but it waited too late to go f2p, thnks to Randy's ego to the surprised of no one. R.I.P.

    • @firekingM101
      @firekingM101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Overwatch > battleborn

  • @erementsuna
    @erementsuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that "Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin" clip at the beginning took me back to when I use to watch them back in the day. damn were does time go.

  • @Vinicius_2911
    @Vinicius_2911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i can't believe they just delet such a beautiful game with such amazing characters ;- ;

  • @toddvogel8887
    @toddvogel8887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Battleborn is the only hero shooter, or moba, that I've ever liked. I thought Smite was OK, and I've never liked any hero shooter, but Battleborn was my jam, I loved the characters, loved how it played, and just wanted more of it and for more people to enjoy it too, but every time I mentioned the game people just said "No, play Overwatch instead." I have yet to play Overwatch and retain my 0 interest in it. I will never pay for multiplayer only games.

    • @Whiteshade
      @Whiteshade 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have Overwatch and never liked it but I enjoy Battleborn it was such a good game. Everyone liked Overwatch because precious master blizzard makes it.

    • @FrostySnow1000
      @FrostySnow1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whiteshade I dislike mobas and with Randy making confusing statements in whether it’s a moba or not, made me steer clear of it. Overwatch also has characters that feels like they were in the same universe. Overwatch was also great for artists, musicians, and cosplayers since characters were iconic and would help with commissions.

    • @cryw1092
      @cryw1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly same. I never got into Overwatch, and nowadays I feel like I dodged a bullet. As for Battleborn, everytime I hear about it I get an itch to play it, then I get sad because I know I can't anymore. It's just sad.

    • @elitereptilian200
      @elitereptilian200 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cryw1092 indeed..

  • @mechdonald7848
    @mechdonald7848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    im new to the channel, great content! and btw i think you should create an episode about how Evolve died.

  • @chocoloutre
    @chocoloutre ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Since some weeks, Batleborn's fans are active on social media, and a petition has emerged, and need all fan around the world to be sign and share. Even Jim Foronda, voice of Oscar Mike/Wiskey Foxtrot/ISIC sign it! And other people who worked on it missed the game to, even Randy Varnell (producer). If you're intersted to give a hand to the game, don't hesitate^^

  • @verguco6051
    @verguco6051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    battleborn didnt have porn and thats why it failed, randy noticed and created the subreddit porn, but was too late. and im not joking really the porn helped overwatch a lot, the atractive female characters it got me interested on the game, and not only because of porn, fanarts in general, the amount of content created by fans helps a lot

  • @jmh8817
    @jmh8817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is this the introduction of the final deduction music? That was a masterstroke in hindsight, given how catchy and iconic it is.

  • @davidschaftenaar6530
    @davidschaftenaar6530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Using advanced mitochondrial DNA sequencing I believe I can lend credence to an alternative hypothesis, detective: This game had fewer waifu and they were low-tier to boot. A terminal flaw.

    • @elitereptilian200
      @elitereptilian200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah Overwatch had better porn and essentially that killed Battleborn..

  • @cosmosofinfinity
    @cosmosofinfinity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And just a couple years later, you would do a video for Overwatch... Pretty crazy, pretty scary

    • @verguco6051
      @verguco6051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      well ow 2 will came out in two weeks at the moment im writting this, is ow 2 the same game as ow1? ow1 died or just got an update? ow 2 will die? im really worried, the free to play model seems the game is going to be monetizated up your ass

  • @hoshi314
    @hoshi314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    aaaaah the next case is HoTS indeed
    prove : Jim Raynor saying "come out come out wherever you are" is in the trailer for HotS
    i'm more interested in the part where it was at one point called "Blizzard DOTA" and since we all know the debacle with WC3 reforged custom maps ownership this is gonna be interesting
    also you used Detective Conan OST in a recap part..... not so subtle bruh i instantly knew the track when i hear one

  • @Alernategem
    @Alernategem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Battleborn, the characters felt fun to me and the campaign was fun along with the leveling progression. It was nice

  • @terrajoul
    @terrajoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Battleborn is my most favorite multiplayer game ever. Over these 5 years I have played over 1700 hours. I came to love every character in it, the uniqueness of all 30 characters is incredible, not just their looks and lore, but gameplay as well. It definitely is a moba, and wouldnt spent so much time playing it if it wasnt done right. Nowadays, we play private matches every weekend with other undying fans of battleborn. I may not seen any of them irl, and they are all from other countries, but they are like family to me at this point.
    Its sad we wont be able to play in 2021, but I guess every good thing comes to the end at some time.

  • @FlameJackstar
    @FlameJackstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    No matter how bad the timing of the release was, it would be a perfect timing to actually revive this game NOW. Nobody likes Blizzard at the moment. They're at their absolute low. People are turning away from the company and seek alternatives. How can they not see that this would be the perfect phoenix opportunity? Make some tweeks, make it properly f2p with fair monetization, and advertise it. _BATTLEBORN IS BACK, BABY!_ But instead, they just shut it down and flush all that potential down the drain. I loved this game, man. Yes, it's a big hybrid of mechanics... but it's also actually REALLY FUN! :(

    • @chloepechlaner7806
      @chloepechlaner7806 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont think that would work. I would love if it did. Fuck blizzard; sure, Randy is a shithead and should be removed, but Blizzard is a slimeball of a company even compared to Gearbox at its worst.

    • @FlameJackstar
      @FlameJackstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chloepechlaner7806 I know it wouldn't work... And it won't happen. But hey. Dreams will be dreams.

    • @MukuonChannel
      @MukuonChannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      By the end of the day, Battleborn served only as a last-minute competitor of Overwatch, like Lawbreakers. Instead of just working with the game, they just up and abandoned it, devoid of its potential.