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I am very tired about these people that only play Call of Duty and Fifa every year, and then complain that all games are bad
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I actually think most people that only play those games don’t even really think about the broader industry since most people that play games in general do so casually and don’t think about it beyond the surface level entertainment (which is perfectly fine). And if they do they generally direct that hatred toward the game that they refuse to just stop playing despite not liking it. You won’t find someone who hates cod more than the person who plays it for 1000 hours.
@@R17759This is exactly right, I play fifa every single year and everyone else who I know who plays it hates fifa and actively looks forwards to other game releases to have a break from the fifa cycle. I think the ‘Fifa and COD’ players actively enjoy games like Elden Ring and other games way more because of their hatred towards the games they play the most
THANK YOU!
@Epelpaj can you tell me who said that?
Some people derive more enjoyment from being mad at something than liking it. The rise of outrage bait TH-cam channels shows there is a big market for negativity.
Yup. I just finished Far Cry 6 a few weeks ago (had such a good time with it by the way) and saw someone uploaded a video a few months ago with how hard Far Cry 6 flopped. Of course, hundreds of thousands of views. Rage bait = clicks = money. The game came out 2 years ago, move on lol.
@@mattwho42 Bro, I don't care what you say man. Vas is still the best video game antagonist of the whole series.
The platform was basically built off of shitting on video games. With AVGN and all his copy cats, Game Grumps who are infamous for playing games they know they don’t like. While entertaining, like most humor, the longer it goes on the less ironic it becomes.
I'm not sure its joy, it is that people aremore likely to instantly do thing in response to rage then they are to steady, pleasant joy. Angry people are very vocal and exciting
This is true for most games, but the Halo fanbase is one of the worst. Never have I seen a fanbase that loves to hate the newest releases so much. It's not a new 343 thing either, it's been a thing since Halo 2.
Chicken!
On a more serious note, I can't tell you how happy I am that you mentioned Future Redeemed. It was my game of the year and didn't get near enough praise or talk from the mainstream outlets.
Pre ordering is something that used to matter back when every game was a physical copy, at the game store to ensure you got the game on the day of release you needed to pre-order or they might not have enough to sell you the game.
every form of media industry now runs off anger, people will engage way more when they’re pissed at something instead of having a fine time
Something the food industry has known for decades. Many times i have a noticed a pattern of rude supermarket employees at certain times of the month where people have just gotten paid as if they were trying to get customers angry so they would buy more since it did not make sense they would want to lose their customers.
Gamers are a notoriously toxic crowd.
@@77ArcturusThat… doesn’t make any sense at all. Also have you worked retail? The customers are incredibly rude
Here is the answer Allanah. All social media including TH-cam have changed their algorithm to rewards negativity- so your favourite content creators now makes more money when they complain about bad games than talk about good games, this give's the impression that everything is bad because viewers just see negativity day in day out
@@ms3862 The algorythm is an adaptive system that learns from actual user data though. Nobody programmed the algorythm to promote negativity, the algorythm just sees that negativity gets more engagement, so in response it starts to push it forward more and more.
Chicken. Thanks for presenting interesting videos and actually caring about video games. Always a refreshing watch.
There are many reasons, the main being; the algorithm, growing monopolization of the games industry and culture wars.
The "algorithm" will push things similar to what you interact with. It's very rare for me to open TH-cam and see garbage. It's very rare to open Steam and see garbage.
Y'all crying about the algorithm are either hypocrites or just don't understand how it works. My guess is the first one for most people cause they don't want to admit that they like the garbage.
I'm going to be honest, I've tapped out of gaming. Because I don't like modern games. I used to complain about it, but I've accepted it. I still consider myself a gamer because I still play games. I play classic, retro, and vintage games. I'm playing through Max Payne at the moment and I'm loving it. There's plenty in my backlog to keep me occupied for years. Replaying games from when I was a kid or ones I didn't get around to. So, no, I still maintain modern games are crap. I'm not going to be a negative nancy and list why and go on a tirade. But there's far more for me in older games than new ones. I realised when I played Spider-Man PS4 and everyone told me it was the greatest thing ever and I was just bored. That's how I describe modern games: boring. Chicken.
Yup. People need to install some older games and just compare.
they wouldn´t dare to include paintless climbing spots in modern games. It always has to be painted in yellow or white for you.
they wouldn´t dare to include balancing over a ceiling with total control over your character in modern games.
they wouldn´t dare to include jumping with total free roam control so you can fail if you did not time it right.
Older games pre 2013 do not have this stupid x-ray vision which negates all the tension playing the game.
Modern games also forgot to include gameplay within 10 minutes of starting it. It always needs to have some 5 minute cutscene, 5 minute of useless walking, 5 minutes of standing and listening. IT IS SO FUCKING ANNOYING.
I literally compared God of War 2005 and God of War 2018 now.
TLDR: Older games don´t think you are an idiot and you are allowed to fail. In modern games they always want you to succeed.
Modern games are a task list you have to get done (crafting, collecting, listening to stupid dialogue, walking 5 minutes without anything to do), older games just wanted you to have fun.
I am talking strictly about Triple A Games. The worst offenders are Ubisoft games and Sony Movie games. There are many more like Square Enix, Activision, Blizzard, Xbox Game Studios etc etc
@Samymaniac another one for me is when a game will try twenty different things, but do them all badly. Just pick a genre or a style and stick with it. I can play countless other games for this two minute experience you just did poorly there. You just know that the reason why games throw every mechanic under the sun into a game even when it's not welcome is because a board of suits said, "These games are all popular. Include these mechanics in your next game somehow!"
Came for the drama, stayed for the chicken
Soup?
@@ArgyrosVivum blood
I used to buy battle passes for games a couple years ago and when I had so many in so many games I realized I can’t keep up with it and gave up.
Only a couple months later I realized that I was just hella addicted to FOMO stuff and started to feel better about missing out on the other new stuff because I preferred just logging in and playing whenever I actually wanted to.
yes, me too. I suspect we are not in the normal curve here but I feel exactly like that. I got a battlepass with D4 and I stressed so much about completing it. It became stressing! Instead I think I should play what I like and how I like it, dont be afraid of missing out on the battlehype
i think as more time goes on the more people will come to same realisation... or new gamer kids will be created and the process will continue.
either way, seeing people can fall for the trap, but get out of it, is low key giving me hope. Good on both of yous for breaking out
@@CrazyGaming-ig6qq I looked up and apparently when you buy a battle pass you have to reach the rewards in a specific limited amount of time, otherwise you'll lose them forever.
Which is insane to me, considering that YOU PAID REAL MONEY for that pass.
A timed system like this would be fine (although frustrating and not fun in the long run) for a completely free game, not one that you pay for. If you pay, you should have all the time in the world to reach the objectives, at your own pace. Just like you do in a "traditional" paid game.
I can't fathom why people is willing to pay money for that.
Same I haven't bought one in a long time now, it makes whatever game you are playing feel like a chore and ruins the experience. I play multiple games based on my mood, so being tied down to one game does not work for me. The only game I have ever seen do the battlepass correctly is Rainbow six siege. In that game your pass doesn't end at the end of the season, you have the choice to activate whichever battlepass you want and progress through it at your own pace, so there is literally no FOMO. In a full price game there should be no FOMO imo.
Plus whatever happened to earning and unlocking challenges that reward you with cosmetics? Now everybody has all the same shit, that doesn't show off your skill level or how much you have played. The older Halo games used to do this really well with armor sets that made you stand out as a really good player.
You were in the ideal scenario for subscription service: So many things to do, so little time, eventually you slip up and the money you spent was wasted, exactly how the companies like it. I have to be honest: I myself pay for Destiny 2 expansion which is a form of subscription, but that is the only game I pay a subscription for. (I play on PC as well so console subscriptions are excluded)
>against the storm is like nothing i've ever played before
>said the person who's been fortunate enough to never suffer the top level guantanamo bay torture know as "knights and merchants"......
Maurleur - Today at 3:38 PM So true
I'M NOT A FAKE GAMER!!! I just don't have the time anymore....sniff
Being an older gamer I feel this has been happening for quite a while. Could it be it's just more noticeable now for some reason? Anyways, have a chicken and thanks for your content.
*floor chicken
@@conaldeugenepeterson2147 *Wall chicken
tru dat😂
This is mostly just a internet thing, not a gamer thing. People love being negative on the internet
Wtf chicken????
Fucking preach, sister. Its not just happening in the gaming industry. Chicken
Chance the p to a b. There you go.
lol wut
@@isaac1403
@@isaac1403breach?? Are you illiterate or
The 4chanification of the internet
Yep, movies, anime, sports, cooking, etc..
I'm sick of women too.
I think part of it really is about how negative stuff sticks in our minds more than positive stuff. Also while overall the year has been great, at the same time the bad games this year have been quite a lot worse than bad games in previous years so that might also be part of the sentiment
A lot of us are struggling with the idea that we once loved something and now we don't. Music, films, games, books - it doesn't really matter. Some of us learn to love these things when we are very young, and as we grow we move beyond them. But it's hard to accept that you might simply have more demands than the medium can possibly meet.
I’ve come to accept that and I think I’m actually starting to enjoy movies and games more because of that
Years ago I used to have a very critical mindset about what movies or games I enjoy which meant I spent far too much time discussing and arguing about them rather than actually enjoying them, but now I’m a working man and it’s made me come out of that phase of life and realise that now I’m less critical about things than I used to be and now I play games or watch shit for my personal enjoyment rather than trying to give it a rating or brag to people online about my knowledge of media
@@RaymondStormbl3ssed Make the most of this phase of your life. There may come a time when some games are just beyond you, and complex movie plotlines are impenetrable! Maybe you'll be lucky and have all your faculties well into your dotage. For me, the war is nearly over! lol
I'm tending towards games that I have loved for a long time, and finding new games (especially the big AAA titles) increasingly annoying. I just wanna have fun, and maybe a few good laughs!
Is that too much to ask for?
Meanwhile I am still obsessed with Club Penguin
"Chicken" as a word plays in my head in a very particular way, namely the announcer on Tekken 3 Tekken Force mode saying "chicken" every time you pick up a chicken from the floor to restore health.
omg that threw me right back. What a fun mode that was x
I think everyone knows indie games are good... People complain about "bigger" games, because they used to be good.
A Lot of people Say that then proceeds to not Buy any indie Game if it's not on a cheap bundle
@@diegosotomiranda4107dumb take, if games are regularly fairly cheap why would you ever pay full price for it? That’s stupid
I remember when being a gamer was frowned upon. When I was in high school, people made fun of me for being a gamer.
and now they complain that hardcore gamers aren't inclusive enough, even though they were the ones who voluntarily excluded themselves.
@@powerbeard5653 This is what happens when normies want to be apart of geek culture without bothering to understand the culture. Same thing happened to Comics and now Anime.
@@omegashenron8 I totally agree.
I was in high school 6 years ago. I talked about games and anime with my friends. Wore game or metal band t-shirts, oversized leather jacket, leather boots. Read manga during class when I was bored (not in my phone, actual books).
The school had about 180 students. I talked with 5.
@@fall1n1chan you’re not alone
There's so many good games out there and it's crazy that some are only focusing on the bad aspects on gaming. Hit the nail on the head
So which team are you on? Oh you changing sides now? Oh yea and there are those other lesser known games too. Oh you are aware, you just don't have time for them? Oh ok.
so freaking based comment from a channel having Morgana as their profile picture. there are good games out there but maybe not that many from western studios.
@isaac1403 The one that focuses on the positive side of gaming. I actually don't think you understood what I said
@@Cha1nn- Dude, China and Korea make an equal amount of slop to the west.
This is just a bad lol. There are plenty of good games from all around the world that come out all the time@@Cha1nn-
it seems we have an obsession with bad games. neverknowsbest's take on it is very enlightening - never would have known the gollum game actually had potential, as bad the end product turned out. the video made me realize just how much influence we get from reviewers/youtubers and how much of the content gravitates towards the bad parts
I get tired of gamers being always trendy and only playing popular current games instead of appreciating and acknowledging when we all have backlogs we want to progress.
Don't forget the people that say "I'm a gamer, I (only) play Halo." 🤦♂️
I personally think that part of the reason "bad games" get so much attention is due to the developers/publishers hyping their games up with fantastical looking trailers that hook the "player" into jumping on their bandwagon and continuing the hype and spreading it to their respective communities. But I do think you are right there are so many good games out there and they just don't get the recognition and praise they deserve. Happy New Year CHICKEN.
It's crazy how people now watch a trailer that's nothing more than an advertisement and proclaim it's going to be the best game ever without playing it first.
Gaming has a hype problem but it's such an important part of marketing in the space I don't think it is going to change anytime soon.
Thing is, if said person is even mildly into video games, they'd know that cinematic trailers and such are just that, cinematic trailers to show lore or something in the best light possible and is absolutely NOT what you'd get to play. There's also people with wildly unrealistic expectation whenever the developers say anything and is somehow mad and surprised when it's nowhere near their expectation. I think these people think they look smart when they get mad at stuff like this even when it makes no sense when you think about it.
@@playtester6635if it doesn’t meet the hype, then it deserves the negative press. Consider that deception. That’s why games like No Man Sky got all that heat back in the day.
@@Kaxology No I just have idiot brain and I always get super hype for game trailers lol
It also being done to games that aren't necessarily poor, but just average or modestly okay, and they also become the targets of undue criticism. I've recently been playing the Avatar game, which is surprisingly decent. But because it's a Ubisoft game, it's an easy target because of their track record. The tendency among content creators to hastily criticize it and focusing only on the negative aspects, often for the sake of views totally skews public perception and overlooks the potential enjoyment some players might find in an Avatar game. It's hard to detect where the line between genuine criticism and sensationalism becomes blurred. Also, Chicken and Happy New Year.
For me it's also just an inherent trait of the internet where nuance is swept under the rug and only the extremes get any sort of engagement. You either love or hate, having the audacity to enjoy something yet point out faults will draw out some zealous followers whereas vice versa will have a similar effect.
Ubisoft titles aren't anything special since they recycle formulas from other titles, but they are usually pretty enjoyable to sink time into and have a decent amount of content (minus the checklist activities). They're perfectly serviceable titles and for the most part don't suffer extreme bugs or glitches apart from the now infamous launches of some previous titles.
Not everything is GOTY material, and that's ok, so long as the game works and you enjoy you're time with it, then go crazy, just don't support the crappy practices that have been normalised during the past few years.
One creator said that avatar game was the worse game of 2023
Honestly most Ubisoft games are not terrible or hot garbage as the Internet likes to treat them as. Most of them are what I would consider good, but not amazing. But because they're not amazing or outstanding, they become an easy target for lambasting.
Honestly, not every game needs to be a GOTY contender though like you said. There can be a room for good but not amazing games in the industry. But when you point, this out ppl on the Internet will attack you for "shilling for mediocrity" or some shit.
Spot on if you look at many gaming subreddit i see some many post about a popular game with some calling it overated and acting like their opinion is the right one. If you do like a game fine but find one you like and talk about that. Ubisoft gets to much crap some of their games have more potential. I really enjoyed playing farcry primal recently really unique setting that has alot more potential.
Horizon forbidden west complete edition "
Reprint disc.
All patches, updates, Exstra content and DLC included on the disc's without having to connect online.
Playstation 5 offline plug and play "
This is the way too do it.
Patiance always reward at the end of the day.
I would do the same if I ever would bay Ubisoft AVATAR GAME.
This reminds me of when the news only focuses on sensational stories to draw a bigger audience. Such cynical tactics may work, but do a disservice to everyone involved in the long run, which is such chicken poop.
sounds like something a faker gamer would say 🙊
Chicken!!!! THANK YOU!!! Someone finally said it! It's honestly so exhausting even on social media when people do nothing but clout chase for views rather than talk about what we care about games
The Super Mario Brothers film of 2023 dominated the April box office. Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 were huge box office hits along with the Mortal Kombat film. The Last of Us, Castlevania, Cuphead and Halo have all been tremendous series with millions of viewers. Now it's the time for gaming properties and anime properties to dominate streaming series, TV and the box office. Here are some gaming properties that deserve to have a streaming series or a bunch of films:
1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Metroid
3. Yakuza from SEGA
4. Crash Bandicoot
5. Bioshock
6. Red Dead Redemption
7. The Walking Dead Clementine Adventures by Telltale Games
8. Heavy Rain
9. Mass Effect
10. God of War. (This may get a series and it deserves it.)
11. Gears of War
12. Def Jam Vendetta as CGI films
13. Spyro
14. Dino Crisis
15. Punch Out!!
16. Remothered: Tormented Fathers
17. Detroit: Become Human
18. Double Dragon (To be done the right way)
19. Contra
20. Battletoads
21. Life is Strange. (This may get a series and I hope that it does since it is a great franchise.)
22. Until Dawn
23. The Quarry
24. The Wolf Among Us by Telltale Games
25. Call of Duty
26. Pac Man
27. Final Fantasy done right
28. Monster Hunter
29. Beyond: Two Souls: You can tell that Stranger Things was inspired by this game.
30. Dragon Quest
31. Psychonauts
32. Stray
33. Sifu
34. Shadow of the Colossus
35. The Last Guardian
36. Soul Calibur
37. Virtua Fighter
38. The Suffering because the character of Dr. Killjoy must be discovered by more people.
39. Kingdom Hearts
40. Myst
41. King's Quest
42. Killer Instinct
43. Timesplitters
44. It Takes Two
45. Mega Man
46. Army of Two
47. As Dusk Falls
48. Little Nightmares
49. Guacamelee!
50. Rayman
51. A Way Out
52. Obscure
53. Clock Tower
54. Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons
55. Cold Fear
56. Portal
57. Half-Life
58. Indigo Prophecy
59. Persona
60. Dead Space
61. Lies of P
62. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Go to any gaming subreddit and I swear everyone is so cynical about even great games. Like talk about how great BG3 is and the cynics will be quick to point out bugs in the second half of the game. Talk about any bad game and it's a colossal circle jerk.
@@marzoval9551 Yeah that's even how it is with my JRPG group we have people who will LOVE a game and then there's some whacko cynic coming in because they got mad at certain dialogue being written
@@sterlingkart9562 i love jrpgs but im definately a cynic towards FE Engage
There’s a game called Persona 3 Reload coming out and I’ve been inundated for a year with “P3 remake problems” or “I don’t like P3 remake/P3 remake is bad”. It’s insane cuz it’s about a game that hasn’t even come out yet. A lot of complaints become completely outdated when new info comes out cus the OG video was based off incorrect info or assumptions due to lack of info.
I get being worried but it’s insane how many complaints ppl will have for a game they’ve never played so they can go in being biased and upset.
Chicken. Also this is a great way to call out these trends while turning some attention to some of the awesome games that have been coming out. I'm glad you put this out there!
It's a lot easier to throw vitriol at games that are already bad, than to expend energy actually doing research and critically reviewing a decent game. I guess it's the path of least resistance. I had wanted to try Talos Principle for a while and forgot about it --- but this review got me interested in this title again, ty!
It's because when gamers start being too positive, the corpos start getting more predatory. If yt and tt have taught us anything in the last 7 years it's that a toxic positivity culture is easy to cultivate.
Really loved the shout out for Future Redeemed. Not only was the gameplay good, but that "oh snap" moment towards the end for people who've played the previous games was amazing. Chicken.
I feel like people also do this for shows and movies too. Easier to talk about universally bad stuff then to actually explain why something is good. Also have a very chicken new year!🎉
I agree 100% negativity has become so popular in our media.
Yup.
It's even worse for the film/tv youtube space.
Why demonstrate your enjoyment of media when you can fart out 100 low effort videos about Disney.
"CHICKEN" Yes, stop pre-ordering when you get literally nothing of value or just some stupid texture a dev painted in a day as a "bonus" for a game that most probably will be bad anyway so you will have literally no use for it.
On the 4:30 point, I also stopped playing any games that have "daily quests" years ago, because publishers are trying to make it a habbit of playing a game, instead of making something that is enjoyable on it's own.
Also how many times have you heard people say "I hate game X but i have to do my daily quests". People absolutely wasting their time with games that are made with wasting time in the first place.
Agreed. Also, as someone who works in indie game development...
I'm sick of people complaining about indie games. We get it, we aren't AAA - doesn't mean we should pack up our bags and go home! UGH.
such a whirlwind of gaming news this year. i wonder what the new year would bring. also, i like the "chicken out" part of the vid, nailed it. 😄
Chicken. Happy New Year and thanks for all the videos you released this year, giving a balanced and sound perspective of a crazy industry.
These people never play Japanese or indie games but say games are all terrible nowadays.
Answer is simple: negativity grabs more attention than positivity.
But really, one big thing that I definitely have noticed is gamers and journalists who feel the need to white knight devs who work for predatory companies.
They will say on one breath they hate these practices, but will excuse engaging with them because “the poor devs” when it’s usually these devs who create those predatory problems.
The industry is easily the most anti consumer industry out there and it’s gotten to a point where, even when I want to play a game, I refuse due to how terrible they treat the consumers (Bungie and Destiny is my prime example).
Gaming is the only industry I can think of where the makers feel they can sell a broken product but still expect people to buy it with the promise they may fix it within a year or two because “making games is hard”.
Making a good product is hard regardless of what it is…it’s no excuse to sell a broken product and gamers are so dumb that they will still excuse devs who do this.
Honestly, I used to be someone who bought new games all the time to be part of the “zeitgeist” and talk about the game when it comes out…but with them being broken, incomplete or in some cases soulless, I’ve stopped buying them on release and wait until they are “fixed” or complete with all DLC before I buy it.
Exceptions are Monster Hunter or indie games that are priced right.
Oh and chicken
in LA all the failed actors are becoming "streamers" and these spaces are FLOODING with these "fake gamer" type people willing to take horrible sponsors and play the dumbest stuff. it is very odd
but like all things, MONEYMONEYMONEY CHICKEN MOOOOONAAAAAYYYY
MOOOOOONNNNNAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"walk around having opinions on video games but dont even like them or even hate them?"
So your average game journalist...
imagine, having a consumer based Identity and getting mad at how other people ..consume..
Jokes like this are outdated because these days, it's youtubers and "fans" who have opinions about games despite hating them and accusing journalists of being shills for praising games.
yeah like her, and all her buddies
It's weird that I've heard dozens of CC's talk about how bad GameMills is but they seem to universally overlook just how much of that lies on the devs. IguanaBee is just as full of shit as the publisher. When they say we had 2-20 people working on it what they mean is that GM paid them what they felt was appropriate for 20 people to work a year. Only two months later when the publisher said 'ok, you have 10 months to finish it' the dev said screw it, pulled 18 of the 20 people who were already paid and had them work on other projects. They're all corrupt and should all be put on gamers' do not buy lists.
Chicken!
I see a mix of people that onky play certain games or others still wrapped up in console wars.
Do you make a list somewhere each year of games you played/ recommend?
I play Fighting games, Action Adventure (DMC, Hi Rush) and some platformers like The Messenger.
Never heard of Cocoon till you mentioned it, I'll go check it out!
Chicken!
I've had "Against the Storm" sitting in my wishlist for a while now and you convinced me to buy it. It's currently on sale on Steam though I think the winter sale is about to end.
It's an excellent game. I've played it on my Steam Deck these past few days. You're basically playing the first few years of a settlement which is arguably the hardest and most enjoyable part of colony sims and they built a game around it. Good fun!
I feel like there is a place for award shows but I would love something like this where it is a wrap up of good games. Don't have to be the best just good.
I don't like horror, shooters, or souls like games and I'm more into JRPGS, RPGS, Platformers, simulations, and some action games.
So some games are just not targeted to me and I have to accept that.
Chicken! I loved the eclectic selection of good games towards the end. Nice to see another semi-RTS and throwback shooter. I'll have to check those out.
I think one of the things you're discounting is how licensing agreements work. Oftentimes agreements will have a clause that will revert the IP back to the original owner if the publisher sits on it for too long and does nothing with it. Oftentimes studios will realize this at the last minute and instead of allowing the IP to revert back to the original owner, they'll crap out something that's terrible simply so they can hold on to the IP longer. This has happened with the Wheel of Time on more than one occasion (although the most recent iteration just seems like a steaming pile of crap, not a last minute attempt to keep the IP).
So it may not be "TH-camrs talk about bad games, so studios make bad games because it's free marketing." In fact, if you look at their sales (which is the only thing they really care about in the end) for Kong and Gollum, there's no way this is a viable tactic. People aren't buying games on the anti-recommendation of their favorite TH-camrs. They're passing them by, which means that there's no money being made by these studios.
FAKE GAMERS?????????? SO LIKE....... YOU MEAN TO SAY........ THAT ALL............ TWITCH THOTS ARE NOT REAL GAMERS????????????????? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D
DUDE!!!!!!! ARE YOU STUPID????????? THAT IS NOT AN IP!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS A TRADEMARK!!!!!!! THEY ARE LITERALLY DIFFERENT THINGS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!! :D :D
IP rights are a cancer. but so are creatives who are so insecure about making their own IP that they would rather slave away on a doomed game just to help some corpos hold onto IP rights. specifically, the creatives with executive control, like directors and stuff. it's saddest for the lower rung programmers and animators, who might get a permanent stink on their resume from then on, and they usually don't really have a choice if their employer picks up one of these turds. then there are the freelancers who get sucked in, altho i think they at least have the freedom to choose which projects to contribute to and can ignore turds if they do their research? but sometimes work is work and u gotta just kill your passion a little in exchange for food on the table.
which brings me to the real point: dying passion. if art loses its soul, then all that's left is crap, intentional or potentional or chicken.
we can't expect gamers/consumers to behave rationally without real motivation. i enjoy some of these f2p time wasters but i personally NEVER spend a cent on microtransactions. once an f2p game hits some sorta paywall, i usually quit. if i'm in some sorta guild, i would even encourage people to move on and find a less soul-sucking game to enjoy. but my personal advocacy is simply insufficient. we need a coordinated movement, a consumer's guild of sorts. something like a best practices bureau for gamers, who can police the industry with the power of full transparency and genuine testimonials. steam has done quite a bit; but they are corporate after all and their values do not 100% align with the interests of gamers.
we need ORGANISEd REPRESENTATION. a gamers' union.
@@alveolate You're idea of a bureau seems good. Until the game industry captures your bureau, or by any group of political activists that does not align with the gamers.
And we're paying customers, I don't know how an union would work.
I legit love The Wheel of Time pilot Winter Dragon.
It's so bad, so bad. It's great.
I'm sick of fake gamers!! ANYWAYS HERE'S A SPONSORSHIP!!
I grew up in the birth of video games you cant beat what the game industry was and can reapect the inovation and evolution of what gaming is, but it has become a little greedy, especially with talks of not owning games and only subcribing to them sees the industry in the wrong direction.
This happens in other communities too, in film related communities for example there will be someone with fair criticism towards blockbusters and someone in the replies will be like "Movies suck nowadays, everything is MCU garbage, back in my day we had good movies like the Godfather" and it's really obvious that they don't follow films at all and just want to talk for the sake of talking.
I personally don't think there's anything wrong with talking at length about bad games or bad movies, it's interesting analysis and it's often entertaining how bad they are. The problem is when people who don't know what they're talking about see that and try to spin it into a narrative that they are not qualified to make. Also chicken is pretty good
Appreciate the recommendations Allanah! All these games you listed look amazing. With such a wide range of great games that came out just this year alone it is honestly baffling how anyone can claim “all” games suck now smh… oh and chicken.
True chickens will understand how well thought out this video is. You nailed one of the biggest issues with gaming today. Another great video.
Not only do I agree, but I go further: we pay too much attention to things we don't like in general.
(vegan) chicken
"Predatory practices in the games industry"? Oh geeze, that can of worms goes back decades, easily. "Space War"? Ties to the mercenary industrial complex? smdh, it's grim. Albeit, I am beyond burnt out. Even after I gave away my video game collection in 2009, I still ended up working for The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (a 503c1 nonprofit playable video game museum with a Library of Congress DMCA exemption for software preservation) and was surrounded by *even more* video games. It's as if I cannot escape it.
Chicken! Lots of great recommendations. Unfortuantely it seems like good games are starting to become a niche in the overall gaming community. I have friends and coworkers who haven't even heard of Alan Wake or Baldur's Gate (not to mention all the other great indies) until they "robbed" Spider-Man 2 at the Game Awards. It definitely made me wish that they would broaden their horizons a bit.
There were so many great games this year. So many that it's a struggle to try to get to them all! I feel like I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to play as many as I can.
I played 11 new releases this year and I still haven't gotten around to Baldur's Gate, Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil, Armored Core yet
And you played a lot of em too 😮💨
Woah the chicken trick really worked on us, 15k comments! So many comments
Its the new customers that are buying battle passes and pre order games because thats all they know, and then its the older peeps making these arguments. Nothing is going to change but get worse in that department.
New customers? Ain't they kids who just turned 8 and discovered there's such a thing as videogames and consoles they want for Christmas.
I’m really liking your chicken channel. I’m a very noob gamer and you really open my eyes to a lot of things. And I really appreciate your recommendations. And I think it’s amazing how you always speak for the actual hard working people and never forget to include them in your thought processes. You’re genuine and awesome! ❤
This is so kind, thank you!
Yea Alannah's video are dope!
Yeah! I'm prefer searching these counter-trend "gaming isn't dead" that deals with "gaming is dead" trend because I was like "hey, they didn't play good games across all times (1985's to present) but they played Candy Crush, bootleg mobile Hypercasuals, and those bad games?" everytime I encounter these "bad" gamers for not playing good games nor both get good and enjoy at playing these. Even most good games (specially those good old mobile games I still playing 'til this day) didn't get attention and love it deserves, and I'm so sad at it
Its final nail in the coffin is the NON-GAMER people (like a news host who literally said to the "boy who set World Record to beat Tetris" to go touch grass, I mean what's wrong with this person) who gets in our way
Happy holidays and happy new year to all the chickens out there. Thanks for the all the great videos this year.
I think the problem starts when people fail to recognize that "liking" and "finding it good" are subjective concepts. People are used to communicating these concepts as if they were absolute, and due to the lack of analysis of their own speech, they begin to believe it.
There are no "Bad Games". There are games that became popular because several individuals generated their individual negative opinions about games.
This also happens the other way around, when games are widely known for being good, or when developers are worshipped. (Rockstar, Team Silent, Shinji Mikami, Hideo Kojima...)
This non-individual view on how interesting a game is, how good it is and how much you like it is what generates this shitty content about "THE WORST GAME OF 2023" "MOST DISAPPOINTING GAME OF 2023".
If each individual constructed their individual opinions with an open mind, without creating expectations, without creating the prophecy of self-fulfillment, there would be a better video game community.
one more thing: Spoiler-free analysis videos are cancer. See: If you watch the video before playing the game (that's why you value spoiler-free content) you are creating expectations and precepts of the game before playing it. And if you've already played the game and are watching the review, you don't need it to be spoiler-free.
Metacritic is cancer. Rotten Tomatoes is cancer. The only valid rating is your own.
The only valid source of game suggestions is the interest your brain generates when exposed to these games. Or of course, the suggestion of close friends who you trust the good taste.
Reviews have created a false impression that it is possible to know what you are going to play before you play. This is not true. You will buy expensive games that you won't like. This is natural. That's how things work.
The new AI monitors will change gaming forever. The golden era of challenge/skill based gaming is over.
Thanks for the hard work you’ve put in all year again, happy new year too everyone! And 2023 was a CLUCKING great year for games!🎉🎉
I'm glad that I now have a list of interesting games to Chicken out! As a "Dad Gamer" who has to pick and choose what I play, it's good to see some unique and great things to play!
We center more on the negatives because we don't want to waste 40 to 70 dollars in a game that's gonna be shit, better to be safe than sorry
Love what you do for the gaming community "Chicken". Thanks for promoting all these great games. Happy New Year.
Chicken in! Fully agree with Cocoon being on your list (which is the only one from your list that I've actually played). My personal favorite is Stray Gods. This one has left a lasting and ever growing impression. I hope people get better at choosing which games are actually "for them" and which are not. Playing games you like brings so much joy!
Tbh I felt I couldn’t include Stray Gods because it has gotten A LOT of attention on this channel :P. Tried to mention things I hadn’t already spoken about.
@@charalanahzard yup, and there are more of this kind. 👍
And here I sit still messing around with Cities Skylines 1. Chicken
It's the same trend as when film just started becoming common in the early 1900s.
You're a journo in LA. You really don't have a leg to stand on.
Really really appreciate all of those just chicken tier recommendations, definitely some I’ve never heard of! Seriously thanks for covering this, amazing video!
I think the issue isn’t that all games suck, but that so many higher profile games contain elements that people find offensive. These are often likely infused into the game by upper management.
Looking at the good games list in the video, I suspect none of them fell victim to this.
All fake gamers are "gaming journalists" that talk into their webcams Ms.Chicken
Well said; with Armored Core 6 and Baldur's Gate 3, not to mention Phantom Liberty and the 2.1 patch finally making CP77 feel "complete" (though still buggy) to me, 2023 has been a great year for gaming in my opinion. Thanks for the recommendations and Happy New Year, chicken.
The majority of fake gamers are the people who write about them. People who work at ign for example.
Chicken.
This is what happens when you DON'T gatekeep. You get people who don't like the hobby, getting in the hobby so they can ruin it for other people. They're tourists. They come in, don't invest, and just leave their garbage everywhere.
Push them back out. Let them know they're not welcome.
She gatekeeps herself through ignorance. Plus she does this for a living, so it's all very safe, only recommending shiny accessible games that have been praised and acclaimed by all. Gotta love the irony when a woman interprets something literally.
Chicken!
Whats crazy is some people think Im weird for not playing those types of games but I just find them repetitive and boring. I need something more story based to hold my interest.
Chichen! Great list of less talked about games. I finished Cocoon and it was a joy from start to finish. Very well designed puzzles with just the right amount of challenge, gorgeous visuals and a very moody soundtrack.
Been a gamer all my life, and yes a lot of games today are bad, its because the people that make them are not gaming developers, they are political journalists, they divide people, and ruin good games, and they hate the characters and the stories that they are making, because they hate themselves, people that are pissed about this are not fake gamers, the people who ruin series and games for ESG points are fake gamers, hopefully things will change and a lot of the gaming companies focus on what we gamers want.
Yeah... No. The fact u focus more on "ESG" and "PoLiTiCaL" elements instead of focusing on you know, gameplay, shows where your priorities lie. My guess is you're just a staunch conservative?
I agree with you but to an extent, because I wouldn't like myself to be called a "fake gamer" for playing only 10+yo video games because i'm late af
edit: also, chicken
Chicken.
Thank u for the recommends. Had to use the TH-cam Transcript to catch the titles so I could add to my Steam Wishlist.
I love chicken! Great recommendations. Thanks! And yeah... in a time where bad publicity is good and everyone's a game critic with an audience, the publisher still wins from all the attention it's getting, good or bad.
Thank you for mentioning The Talos Principle 2 chicken. Such an amazing game that not a lot of people seem to talk about.
I prefer single player games but the new suicide squad game despite being live service all the hate is aimed at the devs not making an Arkham game when that's all they made for near a decade
The thing i miss the most is to be excited about a game created by famous developers like Bioware, Blizzard, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Bethesda Softworks, 2K and Deck Nine Games. The issue i have with many AAA developers that work for the big company is that they have such big bug issues when they are release and also have activist who want to tell "thier" point of view story with "thier" political opinion which drag the game down to be excited about.
Of course i hate Battle passes, seaon pass, DLC content and cosmetic stores but i think Western developers do a hurrible job creating good stories with great gameplay that we used to get 10 years ago.
I'm something of a fake gamer myself.
I wonder how many of those gamers will watch this video?
Alot cuz clickbait + hot chick.
Can't believe you forgot to mention the sleeper hit of the year, Chicken Wars 2092.
I love this quote: "I've been saving the princess long before you were even born"
Since you asked, "Chicken."
I’ve said this for years, we’ve monetized hate. We hate games, we hate gamers in other gaming communities and it makes sense because hate is a strong emotion. I think it’s amazing how much effort goes into to making a video about things we hate rather than moving on to another game. Watch the likes and the fact that people’s vids get ad rev. We love to hate.
It's funny (no), I feel it's the same in music, especially when entering a specific genre (rap, metal, kpop). People love their genre, and they might enjoy a few subgenres, but they'll quickly start hating people liking things enjoying a slightly different things than them. ie somebody enjoying death metal that hates when people say they love numetal or what not.
And the worst part is when people do content to say "I love this", they're quickly labeled as being shills. That makes little to no sense. Anyhoo, I think you're right.
My wallet:
Only phycical singelplayer games who do not require online connection just to play for 1 simple reason ownership "
EA:
SINGELPLAYER GAMES ARE DEAD "
EA MADE STAR WARS FALLEN ORDER SOLD MILLIONS:
EA PROVED EA WRONG "
Love to hear your opinions on stuff related to the gaming industry. Most of the time you mirror how I feel about stuff, and the times I don't, well it's okay to be challenged by a differing opinion. The world won't crash down lol.
Loved the game recommendations. Definitely some in there I haven't played that I'll have to give a go. Cheers, Chicken! :P
"Stop signalboosting the bad"
Damn
Who is crazy, the world because it sees itself as it is - or I because I see how it could be? - Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
Keep going
my problem with games currently is the lack of chicken
Chicken! 😊
Thanks fo always keeping it real and honest! Your inputs are always refreshing to hear because you always stick to what's actually important and I respect the hell out of that. You are definitely a gamer-gem!
I branched out heavily this year and started playing jrpgs. Star Ocean 2nd Story R and Octopath Traveler 2 are probably up there in my top 10 favorite games I’ve played. Also started playing Monster Hunter
Check out Sea of Stars.
which monster hunter?
The problem with Monster Hunter I keep finding is that reallife detracts me and then when I finally want to get back to it, they're already almost done with a new iteration. I can't keep up with Monster Hunter.
@@shimik11 Monster Hunter World
@@Real85Deal oh cool! I also started a new playthrough of MHW and im currently trying to finish MH Rise since i stopped right before sunbreak came out
I'm not too chicken to admit I really felt disappointed by a few major games I'd been looking forward to, which get a weird amount of praise anyway - glad it's just me, I guess. But I've felt the same for a while, that people who think gaming is a dying art just don't play that many indie games, they're too wrapped up in publisher names and IPs that broke big decades ago and kept getting milked after their prime. You just have to look around and figure out what's good. I'm always finding new gems, every other day. There are TOO MANY good video games.
To hear anyone say there aren't that many good games anymore, my gut instinct is to yell at them to pull their head out of their fart pocket, but when I think about it I just feel sad for them and wanna recommend them my whole library of games from the last 7 years - we are in a freaking golden age. I loved the 2000's as much as anyone who was gaming in that era, but to let that fixation on the past stop you from experiencing another era of greatness is such a waste of time and energy. Find something you enjoy, life is too short for anything else.
Chicken! - this is not a topic only in gaming industry but the fact that it exist in this space that we love is disgusting, this is a great video.
For a tl;dr, just read the last paragraph lol
"Why signal boost the bad so much..."
Because if we don't make people aware of these issues, then the issues multiply, exactly because people will not vote with their wallet. My cousin doesn't watch a lot of youtube and isn't immersed in gamer culture and he was about to buy that "Day Before" game. Many people buy games based on nothing but the cover art on steam or a short description. They don't look up reviews. Signal boosting the bad news about games is how we reach those people.
And your point about people playing the wrong games, I don't think that's entirely honest. People are upset because they are promised a good game, one they would enjoy, and then getting delivered some hot horse shit. People are upset that the game they DO like is littered with microtransaction p2w bs that ruins an otherwise good game. Some people may have a limited horizon but so what? Who is anyone to say that someone who only wants to play soccer games needs to expand their horizon? That person isn't interested in RPGs or shooters. They want soccer games, it's what's fun to them. And the only choice they have is Fifa for high quality games in their niche. And Fifa is full of predatory business practices up to and including literal gambling. They can't be upset because their horizon isn't expanded enough? Why?
"Gamers are already buying microtransactions and battle passes..."
Maybe that's because we don't signal boost the bad effects of these practices enough? I reckon most people who do buy battle passes and such either
1) don't care about how ethical they are either way,
2) are uninformed of why they're bad, or
3) have more money than sense and don't care how much money they spend.
The first one can't be fixed, the last one is a tiny fraction of players but the second one can be helped by talking about bad games, why they're bad, and how the microtransactions and battle passes contribute to that. And especially, by bringing to the masses the acute awareness that they CAN vote with their wallet.
Many people are upset at battle passes, but they buy them anyway because they think "I'm not gonna make a difference anyway" or they were never taught about market economics and don't know that them buying battle passes leads to more battle passes. Hell, a lot of gamers are kids who just want the shiny new thing and their parents are clueless enough to buy it. Again, this is helped by actually being exposed to content about bad games. Especially in the case of parents, this is only possible by signal boosting it as much as possible, so that it somehow reaches mothers who stay on the knitting side of youtube and fathers who watch shows about Alaskan fishermen.
You told your viewers not to preorder games. I reckon at least a few of them will take your advice and reconsider on that preorder they had placed. I personally stopped preordering because I watched TotalBiscuit growing up and learned from him. You prevented someone from preordering by talking negatively about games. That's my point in a nutshell. Talking badly about bad games and practices is how we educate people and make them vote with their wallets. The problem you identified is solved by the very thing you're saying is another problem.
The idea of a (once) journalist saying "don't signal boost the bad" is ironic. Given the whole point is to point out the good AND bad. And if you're aware something is bad, that people are anticipated for (i.e. not something only 2 people are aware of), it's your job to point it out. If you're purposefully avoiding it, you're elevating the companies above the viewers/readers you're supposedly trying to cater to.
@@mrshmuga9 True, especially for a journalist, this is a bad take. Good point.