Games journalist are not gamers ( most of them) . They are journalism graduates who get into writing about games because it is essentially the lowest hanging fruit and least competitive area to get break into. Most of them will move on to politics or other writing production and actually lie about their past as "games journalist" because they are embarrassed about that period of their lives. I studied journalism in college. The field is really broken and there is usually one type of person that goes into it.
Another person's review isn't always relevant, also, let's not start getting mad cause game reviewers give games bad scores cause of poor gameplay functionality and uninteresting story, not cause of "woke" nonsense.
Truth be told the whole company is free of woke trash and DEI money so they can afford to make these comments without suffering any backlash from the alphabet diaspora.
They also gave Concord an amazing beta review, but then once the game was released, and they saw all of the negative feedback from actual players, then all of a sudden it was “abysmal.“
It's now important we support this bloke. He's had the gonads to speak out with the real potential to get "cancelled" by the legacy media. Only as long as 3 to 4 months ago we weren't hearing from these developers, now they are starting to speak out. Keep it up smash no doubt he's been encouraged by creators like you speaking up. Smash on!!!
We need to keep an eye on this situation, with the new investors Crestview gained a seat on the board. They are RIFE with wocheness and have EXTENSIVE policy pages on their site.
"You need to hire us to be sure your game doesn't offend people" Funny/ironic part is that after the game has been changed by activists, it offends most actual players.
keep falling to their bs propaganda just remember these are the ppl that gave the ok to completely disregard the lore to install propaganda like female custodians and what does a female custodian look like? ITS MA'AM! that's what they look like so nope fuck him im not falling for his bullshit.
It’s not “being negative” if you are simply telling the truth. The reality is that there’s a ton of BS going on right now that needs to be called out. If we want positive change it must be done.
Some companies got tired of loosing money, it was inevitable, forcing any type of agenda into your media will imediatelly alienate a part of your potential cudtomer base, when you focus on pushing your beliefs and dont give a shit about the quality fo the game then its a recipe for disaster, concord, dustborn and the latest saints row are a perfect example of it, not oly are the cringe, but they are objectivelly awfull games
To be fair quite a bit of games do tend to take awhile to make with some being upwards of 10 years depending on studio size. Not an excuse for Crapborn, just thought I would mention that.
@@chalkymidnight Most of the best video games in history were produced with natural crunch in 4-5 years. All of the 8+ year long dev cycles do not produce lasting games. This is something we really know to be true now, you cannot make media via commitee like Hollywood and Western Gaming does, you MUST have a creative director who directs the creative process, with an iron fist. Compare Jurassic Park 1/2/3 to the new movies, Jurassic World, you can clearly see that the iron fist in the first three kept the story cohesive and moving, I can't even really remember the newest movies, they are that cookie cutter and bland and mainly focus on feelings and not the dinosaurs.
@@Rexhunterjfacts. That's why I stopped caring for the BS about Crunch as if it's a bad thing , when it's more helpful to focus the team to produce a quality product
The moment I heard the story that the devs of Space Marine 2 rejected the DEI consultants with a simple "No." I pre-ordered the Ultra Edition. No regrets. Amazingly fun game, and amazingly based devs. While playing it I felt oddly nostalgic, like I was playing an Xbox 360 game, and CEO's comment made me realize that the games were like that 10, 15, 20 years ago. Just a dumb mindless fun and no bullshit politics.
The sales of Space Marine 2 beats the combined sales of SW-Outlaws, Dustborn, Concorde and Suicide Squad easily with a power-hammer. How do the critics explain that?
@@Hagen838crying and denying reality but not much is new "it's not because of dei we promise" tell it to Concords design by committee forced activism
Remember, the company also said Games Workshop has final say on what they put in the game, the same games workshop that’s 15% owned by BlackRock and has been retconning 40k to be more DEI compliant. So don’t celebrate too early.
What I want to know is, these investment groups don’t really care about inclusion diversity etc, they’re not trying to make the world a better place so what are they up to? They push the agenda even when it costs them money, so what is it that they are really after?
Seriously wonder how long he'll be allowed to continue in the industry at this rate. Man seems too based and down to earth for the wokies to let him just do his thing. Glad to see Space Marines isnt an utter embarrassment thanks to him and his team's efforts!
Crazy thing is the world of 40K is what the wokies are encouraging. They literally hate the world they're creating. 🤣 Their behaviour literally results in divisive societies like 40K's.
@@diegohg8786 They literally changed the lore to fit female custodians to add it's ma'am characters to me that's enough to see how far they are willing to go to bent the knee to DEI you may say but it doesn't affect the gameplay sure the game was still made by ppl that care about it and are good at their job but you are not gonna tell me to close my eyes and pretend its not happening most destroyed franchises start slowly getting woke they didn't just turn woke just like god of war.
Black Myth Wukong, Stellar Blade, Elden Ring, Armored Core VI, Space Marine 2, Palworld, heck even Wanted Dead, alongside competent, professional and passionate developers are healing gaming. This is a small victory, and must continue to support the games that cater to US the gamers and call those who hate us!!! KEEP FIGHTING GAMERS!!!!✊👊💥
Yeah seems like people voting with their wallets are making the difference, not the game "journalists" that bitch about problems that thry invent themselves, the succes of the games you mentioned and the fact that games like the new saints row, concord, dustborn failed spctwcularly is proof of that, hell these games werent even dead on arrival, they were dead on their first trailer release
@@De4d4TheRestI am a bit biased because I myself did not like the game, but yes: you are correct to question S.Blade and ask why it would be ranked with the other titles. IMO, were it not for the fact that Western gamers were in need of a sexy female protagonist, the game would not have been that big. However, this is just an opinion, and clearly, it does have its merits in terms of gameplay and graphics (but certainly not plot, placement, pacing, or character). Overall, sure, it’s a solid game, but it isn’t revolutionary with Nier Automata and Bayonetta having already existed. I think if you wanted a “game” to play, it could provide that; but in terms of thrill, there might be others. Again, all just my opinion.
Honestly they're so right too. Some of the best games have the simplest gameplay loops. One of my favorites of the last few years was Doom Eternal which it sounds like is quite similar with glory kills and such, but now so often devs get bogged down with so much stuff that just doesn't matter. Seeing devs like this definitely helps add some optimism for the future of the industry.
Just beat doom eternal a few weeks ago and couldn't agree more. Bought it years ago and gave up on it at the maurader. Found a tutorial for it though and it really is the perfect game
@@ashwolf2006 I bought it twice haha. Switch and PlayStation. Same with 2016. 2016 was great but eternal is S tier. Glad the new one isn't xbox exclusive
Hell, the perfect example of how a gameplay loop can be timeless that comes to mind is the Warriors games. Koei has been making those things since PS1 and both times they tried to massively change the formula (Dynasty Warriors 6 and DW 9) it was rejected, and the next game that went back to the core formula succeeded.
they didn't. they added forced black and Asian space marines when the 1st game didn't have or need them, wokehammer will still be woke at the end of the day
not just that though, all the bleating about no females in space marine or in 40k games is just wrong. its just the game is not about being inclusive, its about a war. about space marines called in to fight the aliens, not about a diverse community - and ironically, the imperium doesnt discriminate against any of its own people. so long as they remain loyal to the emperor and do their assigned roles in society, they are oppressed just the same amount as everyone else is. that is equal representation, imperial style. and because there are no marginalised groups in the imperium (or else you meet some very unpleasant inquisitors) it doesnt need to be shown in space marine 2. if that makes the game woke its been woke for 40 years, but i wouldnt call that woke. i would call it realism. and a fun game that can shrug when they criticise and point to the lore, and then say there isnt any discrimination against humans. even servitors arent discriminated against - mainly because they're lobotomised former criminals. and they dont complain anyway.
Saber Interactive: "Oh look! Truckloads of money!" Ubisoft: "We don't care about truckloads of money; we have silos full of woke points... BTW we'll trade you 12 silos of woke points for 1 small bucket of money..." Saber Interactive: "no, can't pay our employees with woke points"
I honestly miss the old days of gaming. PS2/360 was the best era of gaming. We didn’t have consultancy firms or DEI back then. These people are the REAL grifters because they see how successful the gaming industry is so they have to insert themselves into it even though nobody asked for them.
1990s was the best, that generation you talk about is just refining the gameplay loops discovered in the 1990s, almost all games are based on the loop of a game made in the 1990s or even the 1980s.
No, they never were. 40k was rettconned entirely after 40k rouge trader which was the 1st edition. 1st edition included all sorts of things that aren't cannon anymore, The Emperor being simply a regular man as one of many dumb things. Bringing this up has been a recent thing and is only "popular" as a tool to drive the community to doubts as to the validity of long established lore. There bing no fem space marines is OLDER as a concept than these things people keep bringing up. - Inquisitor Ligmatus
I just hired Sweet Baby Inc to consult my bathroom practises and they said all is fine, its brown and mushy, but refrain from eating too much marshmallows.
Nowadays, and you even said it, companies just want to have more money before they even make the game. But, when a company says "You know what? I have confidence that my game might be simple, might not be the best of the best, but it will be fun, and you might love it". Hell, this year the game that most entertained me was Stellar Blade. It might not be the best of the best, but it kept me wanting to come back every day for a month. So, that's important. I still haven't played Space Marines 2, but I do hope to do some time in the future. You know why? Because it might be fun. Something that some of the biggest companies have forgotten (Except Nintendo, thankfully). Hail Smash JT :D
Agreed. Stellar Blade was so good and one of the few games out there that made me start a ng++. I finished it 3 times just to get the extra 2 or 3 outfits for Eve :D Easy 9/10 for me
And yet they still hired Ashley Cooper as a DEI hire..... And remained quiet when Cooper lied about his role at Sabre. Ashley cooper had Senior writer on space marine 2 in his twitter bio but the end credits revealed he was only an additional writer.
@@DanielNuttall-j2p Credits are there to show people who contributed to the project. No matter how long they worked there (well, as long as it was more than a couple of weeks, lol). If a person did something at the beginning and then quit, they will be listed in the credits. In addition, she indicated working for another company for at least the past year.
Not to be a downer, but I want to also point out that the CEO? of Helldivers 2 said similar things, then started stabbing the fans in the back. Like refusing to get rid of overtly political moderators.
@@echoesofmalachor3700 Sounds like a personal problem. Imagine letting these publishers ruin your career for a few bucks. Morals and ethics over greed guys, remember this.
@@Rexhunterj not sure why you’re trying to lecture me? I sure hope you didn’t think I was defending Sony or helldivers. That would just be embarrassing if you did
Im not going to miss this era of gaming where warriors and soldiers have need to tell/express what they do in the bedroom. Hope this is not first and only page on this journey where devs step up.
Ultramarines Geneseed is well known lore-wise to barely make any physical altercations to the looks of its space Marines Ultramar also spans 500 worlds which has trade routes to the rest of the imperium which will import many different ethnicities. I am not for DEI pushing but the diversity you see in the Ultramarines is lore accurate.
@@spookieboogi6161 that's not how gene seed work, just to remember there are corrupted gene seed (ex. Sanguinius), the sources are all in the Black Library (read some books, games have 5% of Wh40k lore)
The CEO just said "This game will be fun, make it fun, no politics...no message, just release a fun game that is rather polished." And sadly the gaming world is floored and amazed by the outcome.
Never stop what your doing smashjt. You are at the forefront of a movement within gaming. I see you as one of the leading pioneers taking a stand against this age of corruption and agendas within the gaming industry we grew up knowing and loving. We want simpler times. We want fun to be the focus of game companies again. This is truly inspiring
Remember, Matthew Karch isn't gamesworkshop. Gamesworkshop is extremely woke and has no qualms about attacking their own true fans and rewriting established lore just to appease the woke mob.
some of us are also still years behind on games, when there are no good new games you still have the entire library of games from the 90s and 2000s, a whole bunch of amazing indie titles, and certain games that can drag you along for hundreds and thousands of hours. so finally having a new AAA dev coming out for the gamers is refreshing, and I've been waiting for a new interesting AAA release for a while, but I don't do well with shooters and souls likes, so I will wait until one of my friends get the game(co-op games are something I love regardless of genre), because it still looks good even if it's not my type of game.
A powerful and prophetic message for where the future of gaming is going. Amid massive layoffs across the gaming landscape, developers & publishers are forced to choose between sticking to the woke agenda & continuing to fail, or abandoning the propaganda in favor of sales & success.
*CONSULTANTS:* we need to sell these people a problem *ENTIRE GAMING AUDIENCE:* there isn’t really a problem *CONSULTANTS:* we can fix that for the low low fee of say, 1 billion dollars
He's right about both simplicity and avoiding putting the political agendas in the games. Making overly complex games is annoying. Nobody wants to play games that are as wide as an ocean but as deep as a puddle. Just give us basic mechanics that are satisfying, point us at the bad guys and make it a good time. It's really that easy. You don't need to add crafting, merchants, excessive collectibles, or even multiplayer to get people to buy your game. Make the game for cheaper, charge less, and have a ton of people playing it. Everyone wins.
I really want to get the game and support the devs, especially if they want to make good games. SM2 looks really fun and beautiful. BUT it contains EOS which I don't want on my PC. It's not even a mandatory service, but it gets installed anyway (some people said it even reinstalls itself). If they remove this, I'd be happy to buy the game even for full price.
Thank you for sharing this! I have been wanting to get in the game industry. I used to be excited working for a particular gaming studio however, lately I haven’t been wanting to work for a studio since I’m not excited and what is being pushed. So I’m in the process of building my own gaming studio. Since what is going on in the Industry. It doesn’t make sense to bash gamers, but then begging them to buy their game. The logic doesn’t make sense. Hopefully things can change and get these people that’s causing chaos in the industry.
I remember getting banned from the PC gamer comment section over a decade ago for criticizing them for being too political. It is gods will that they will be shut down soon, and all of their employees will become destitute! It is only a matter of time...
The tide is indeed turning. Which also explains why they are getiing more vicious with their attacks and scrambling to push out their DEI projects as fast as they can.
This is what I like. Fair, balanced, fact based reporting. By a gamer, for gamers. The wheels are turning. The reset approaches, people are waking up and vocalising our displeasure. Follow the money everytime.
He also commented on moists review about it. Game made me remember why I used to play games and looking fwd what they come out with next. I thought I was getting older and that's why I stopped gaming. Everything he commented is spot on why I slowly stopped gaming.
Insurgency Sandstorm, also known as a PTSD simulator, was developed in collaboration with Focus Entertainment. The gameplay of SM2 represents one of the best comebacks in the hack-and-slash/run-and-gun genre, revitalizing a classic style with refined and modern graphics.
Definitely give this a go. Like one of the reviewers, I know nothing about Warhammer or whatever the franchise is but if the fans are enthusiastic, I want in. Might have to wait for it to go on sale cos I'm poor but that'll be my treat for the month. 🙂
"It took 4 and a half years..." If only the devs for Concord were this based -- they could have made 2 masterpieces in about the time it took to create a flop so massive it left a crater in the gaming landscape.
the reason a game is popular is mostly 'gameplay'.. thats the fun bit, story is usually just enough to string the fun parts together.. this is why game movies are rarely any good as it removes the thing that made it fun in the first place, turns it into a passive experience.. gameplay is what most of us are here for..
It is great to hear that there are still developers that actually believe in making games instead of propaganda pieces. Sabre definitely has my support.
Published by Focus Entertainment. I keep telling people Focus has been publishing some of the best games recently. Both Plague Tale games, Evil West, Banishers, Greedfall, The Surge, Vampyr and now Space Marine 2 just to name a few. Definitely a publisher to keep your eye on.
It’s about time for the game industry to return to form. Gamers today are disenfranchised with AAA games and the industry in general. Make this madness end.
I mean, SM2 STILL has DEI (female Custodes). Just not as much of it. The bar has really sank so low that we're grateful for games with only a little forced diversity. Even if it is canon breaking (which it is).
Just ignore ALL gaming wokenalists and focus on what the players think, game journos sell review scores and focus on political narrative propaganda. I myself will go and buy SM2 after CEO tweet. I want to support a developer with such passion and understanding of what players want.
I've bee having a blast with this game and I'm excited for the upcoming 40k MMO that Jackolyptic games is currently developing Jack Emmert said he is looking to both of the Space Marine games for the Combat model...it would seem this IP is really affecting the industry as a whole
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PC Gamer gave Space Marines 2 a 60/100, and gave Gollum a 64/100.
Never forget.
It’s time to start demanding game reviewers be fired.
@@DaFro3713
Just ignore and move on, game magazines are already dead since like 14 years
Games journalist are not gamers ( most of them) . They are journalism graduates who get into writing about games because it is essentially the lowest hanging fruit and least competitive area to get break into. Most of them will move on to politics or other writing production and actually lie about their past as "games journalist" because they are embarrassed about that period of their lives. I studied journalism in college. The field is really broken and there is usually one type of person that goes into it.
@@PuellaMagiHomuraAkemi I’m making fun of that one headline by The Gamer. The one where they say “It’s time to start trusting video game reviewers.”
Another person's review isn't always relevant, also, let's not start getting mad cause game reviewers give games bad scores cause of poor gameplay functionality and uninteresting story, not cause of "woke" nonsense.
The tides are turning. 7 years ago developers wouldn't have dared to make these comments in fear of getting cancelled.
as the saying goes : reject modernity , embrace masculinity :D
its a good thing saber interactive bought themselves out from the blackrock pyramid scheme. gives them at least some platform for truth to get out
Thanks Elon
Truth be told the whole company is free of woke trash and DEI money so they can afford to make these comments without suffering any backlash from the alphabet diaspora.
It's so beautiful. The messages from all these rainbow assholes are going, going and hopefully soon GONE.
PC Gamer gave Space Marine 2 a score of 60...
They gave Gollum a score of 64.
Game journalists and critics like that deserve to be unemployed.
Game urinalists*
@@Ryan-qo9pr Dead on 🤣
They also gave Concord an amazing beta review, but then once the game was released, and they saw all of the negative feedback from actual players, then all of a sudden it was “abysmal.“
We call this fake news. Objectively good games are slammed and agenda ridden garbage is praised for aligning with their outrageous beliefs.
@@Ryan-qo9prthat’s brilliant! lol
"People who get offended deserve to be offended." - Linus Torvalds
Except he surrendered Linux to trannies.
Indeed, always liked Linus' bluntness
@@ltxr9973 lol same! Kid's a beauty!
...... I'm more of a Stallman myself.
@ltxr9973 dude wrote "your code is shit" to another dev 😂
That "defend the Banner" scene in the game I.M.O holds some real life cultural connotations, especially now.
Warhammer40k: Woketide
I love how it's also a HUGE lore point for the Honor Guard and Astartes in general: None shall let the sacred Battle Standard touch the ground!
Absolutely. I was on the fence but after seeing that... I'm all in.
That's a Dev I'm willing to keep supporting!
Fr I’m willing to throw money at this company cause they did a fantastic job
I would love to! But the way they sell their games tells me there is a very easy to pull rug under our feet.
It's now important we support this bloke. He's had the gonads to speak out with the real potential to get "cancelled" by the legacy media. Only as long as 3 to 4 months ago we weren't hearing from these developers, now they are starting to speak out. Keep it up smash no doubt he's been encouraged by creators like you speaking up. Smash on!!!
Agreed. These are the folks that need to be noticed for all the right reasons!!
@@SmashJTbuy hisngame, also make more positive videos about the good guys, the bad guys only need 1 or 2 videos, lets hype these good guys up
We need to keep an eye on this situation, with the new investors Crestview gained a seat on the board. They are RIFE with wocheness and have EXTENSIVE policy pages on their site.
My comments about Crestview being on the board now keep getting deleted. The fight isn't over...
I had the game through game share with my brother. Bought the ultra version just to support
"You need to hire us to be sure your game doesn't offend people"
Funny/ironic part is that after the game has been changed by activists, it offends most actual players.
Soooo fkn true
apparently players/gamers are not people, from their perspective
Space Marine 2 CEO is a true CHAD MVP!
We need more gamers in the game dev industry! 🙌🏻
Buy the game and we will get more
Don't forget the CEO of Larian Studios, the makers of Baldur's Gate 3.
He's about to become very rich, very successful, if he keeps this up.
keep falling to their bs propaganda just remember these are the ppl that gave the ok to completely disregard the lore to install propaganda like female custodians and what does a female custodian look like? ITS MA'AM! that's what they look like so nope fuck him im not falling for his bullshit.
Cuz, He is the Emperor! Emperor protects!
It’s not “being negative” if you are simply telling the truth. The reality is that there’s a ton of BS going on right now that needs to be called out. If we want positive change it must be done.
Great point!!
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke
@@StressmanFIN Amen to that!
Some companies got tired of loosing money, it was inevitable, forcing any type of agenda into your media will imediatelly alienate a part of your potential cudtomer base, when you focus on pushing your beliefs and dont give a shit about the quality fo the game then its a recipe for disaster, concord, dustborn and the latest saints row are a perfect example of it, not oly are the cringe, but they are objectivelly awfull games
@@StressmanFIN
Yet you won’t forcefully throw Kamala out after her second attempted assassination of trump.
Space Marine 2 took 4.5 years to make? Concord and Dustborn both took 8 years each to make. Let that sink in.
To be fair quite a bit of games do tend to take awhile to make with some being upwards of 10 years depending on studio size. Not an excuse for Crapborn, just thought I would mention that.
@@chalkymidnight Most of the best video games in history were produced with natural crunch in 4-5 years.
All of the 8+ year long dev cycles do not produce lasting games.
This is something we really know to be true now, you cannot make media via commitee like Hollywood and Western Gaming does, you MUST have a creative director who directs the creative process, with an iron fist.
Compare Jurassic Park 1/2/3 to the new movies, Jurassic World, you can clearly see that the iron fist in the first three kept the story cohesive and moving, I can't even really remember the newest movies, they are that cookie cutter and bland and mainly focus on feelings and not the dinosaurs.
@@Rexhunterjfacts. That's why I stopped caring for the BS about Crunch as if it's a bad thing , when it's more helpful to focus the team to produce a quality product
The moment I heard the story that the devs of Space Marine 2 rejected the DEI consultants with a simple "No." I pre-ordered the Ultra Edition. No regrets. Amazingly fun game, and amazingly based devs. While playing it I felt oddly nostalgic, like I was playing an Xbox 360 game, and CEO's comment made me realize that the games were like that 10, 15, 20 years ago. Just a dumb mindless fun and no bullshit politics.
The sales of Space Marine 2 beats the combined sales of SW-Outlaws, Dustborn, Concorde and Suicide Squad easily with a power-hammer. How do the critics explain that?
Weirdos don’t play games, they are to busy on social media.
They don't have time to explain. They are crying.
@@Hagen838crying and denying reality but not much is new "it's not because of dei we promise" tell it to Concords design by committee forced activism
Remember, the company also said Games Workshop has final say on what they put in the game, the same games workshop that’s 15% owned by BlackRock and has been retconning 40k to be more DEI compliant.
So don’t celebrate too early.
My comments about Crestview being on the board now keep getting deleted. The fight isn't over...
good post more ppl need to know how Games Workshop has Blackrck as investors. I didn't buy Space Marine 2 because of it.
What I want to know is, these investment groups don’t really care about inclusion diversity etc, they’re not trying to make the world a better place so what are they up to? They push the agenda even when it costs them money, so what is it that they are really after?
The fight never ends. Eternal vigilance brothers
@@dkindig my comment is gone too, I see the replies but not my original comment 🤷♂️
Seriously wonder how long he'll be allowed to continue in the industry at this rate. Man seems too based and down to earth for the wokies to let him just do his thing. Glad to see Space Marines isnt an utter embarrassment thanks to him and his team's efforts!
When the company will be getting money noone will dare otherwise hire woke people and see wts the result, go down like ubislop
Crazy thing is the world of 40K is what the wokies are encouraging. They literally hate the world they're creating. 🤣 Their behaviour literally results in divisive societies like 40K's.
They have a choice, wokies or their money.
I think they have the benefit of having their original studio based in st.petersberg
Fortunately the devs are russian. So, they are woke slop proof
DEI: Division, Exclusion and Indoctrination.
This! 💯 fact!
man i hope this gets upvoted to a billion
DEI defenders and deniers will be out in full force soon
They are calling MS2 a woke game 😂😂
Don't let them fool you. They are already out there putting in work in all of these comment section trenches.
@@diegohg8786 They literally changed the lore to fit female custodians to add it's ma'am characters to me that's enough to see how far they are willing to go to bent the knee to DEI you may say but it doesn't affect the gameplay sure the game was still made by ppl that care about it and are good at their job but you are not gonna tell me to close my eyes and pretend its not happening most destroyed franchises start slowly getting woke they didn't just turn woke just like god of war.
@@diegohg8786 Bayonetta franchise can be called "woke" even though Bayo got married 😂
Yup, I can see space marine 3 having forced DEI shite in it unless GW correct coarse, which I doubt they will.
The CEO we need, the CEO we deserve.
I approach this problem like Black Templars.....the Crusade never ends...
Black Myth Wukong, Stellar Blade, Elden Ring, Armored Core VI, Space Marine 2, Palworld, heck even Wanted Dead, alongside competent, professional and passionate developers are healing gaming. This is a small victory, and must continue to support the games that cater to US the gamers and call those who hate us!!!
KEEP FIGHTING GAMERS!!!!✊👊💥
Yeah seems like people voting with their wallets are making the difference, not the game "journalists" that bitch about problems that thry invent themselves, the succes of the games you mentioned and the fact that games like the new saints row, concord, dustborn failed spctwcularly is proof of that, hell these games werent even dead on arrival, they were dead on their first trailer release
And POE2 coming soon
Why is stellar blade in a list with the likes of these games. Is it that good? Haven’t played it
@@De4d4TheRest give it a shot.
@@De4d4TheRestI am a bit biased because I myself did not like the game, but yes: you are correct to question S.Blade and ask why it would be ranked with the other titles.
IMO, were it not for the fact that Western gamers were in need of a sexy female protagonist, the game would not have been that big. However, this is just an opinion, and clearly, it does have its merits in terms of gameplay and graphics (but certainly not plot, placement, pacing, or character). Overall, sure, it’s a solid game, but it isn’t revolutionary with Nier Automata and Bayonetta having already existed. I think if you wanted a “game” to play, it could provide that; but in terms of thrill, there might be others.
Again, all just my opinion.
Honestly they're so right too. Some of the best games have the simplest gameplay loops. One of my favorites of the last few years was Doom Eternal which it sounds like is quite similar with glory kills and such, but now so often devs get bogged down with so much stuff that just doesn't matter. Seeing devs like this definitely helps add some optimism for the future of the industry.
It’s so refreshing!
Just beat doom eternal a few weeks ago and couldn't agree more. Bought it years ago and gave up on it at the maurader. Found a tutorial for it though and it really is the perfect game
@@Matt-jc2ml cant play Doom Eternal but. i did play classic doom with and without mods and i can see why people love it.
@@ashwolf2006 I bought it twice haha. Switch and PlayStation. Same with 2016. 2016 was great but eternal is S tier. Glad the new one isn't xbox exclusive
Hell, the perfect example of how a gameplay loop can be timeless that comes to mind is the Warriors games. Koei has been making those things since PS1 and both times they tried to massively change the formula (Dynasty Warriors 6 and DW 9) it was rejected, and the next game that went back to the core formula succeeded.
Almost all "conspiracy theories" turn out to be true after all.
as always.
The equation is a t relation so their truthfulness only changes with time.
It isn't happening
It's happening but it's not a big deal
It's happening but it's good
People don't want to believe that our elite are pedo-satanists.
Conspiracy theories are just spoiler alerts.
Don't call it a throwback or old-school.
Call it taking back fun.
Kudos to this CEO for rejecting DEI.
they didn't. they added forced black and Asian space marines when the 1st game didn't have or need them, wokehammer will still be woke at the end of the day
@@stevebear6295 correct.
Why eat slop when you can have gourmet? That’s all we’re saying.
Great pfp 👍
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No one wants to be lectured on real world stuff when playing videogames. We play videogames, for whatever reason, but the bottom line is escapism.
I would say we play games to space out and enjoy with the bois and not think about real world stuff for a moment
not just that though, all the bleating about no females in space marine or in 40k games is just wrong. its just the game is not about being inclusive, its about a war. about space marines called in to fight the aliens, not about a diverse community - and ironically, the imperium doesnt discriminate against any of its own people. so long as they remain loyal to the emperor and do their assigned roles in society, they are oppressed just the same amount as everyone else is. that is equal representation, imperial style. and because there are no marginalised groups in the imperium (or else you meet some very unpleasant inquisitors) it doesnt need to be shown in space marine 2. if that makes the game woke its been woke for 40 years, but i wouldnt call that woke. i would call it realism. and a fun game that can shrug when they criticise and point to the lore, and then say there isnt any discrimination against humans. even servitors arent discriminated against - mainly because they're lobotomised former criminals. and they dont complain anyway.
Saber Interactive: "Oh look! Truckloads of money!"
Ubisoft: "We don't care about truckloads of money; we have silos full of woke points... BTW we'll trade you 12 silos of woke points for 1 small bucket of money..."
Saber Interactive: "no, can't pay our employees with woke points"
That comment alone probably sold another million copies.
Couldn’t agree more
I honestly miss the old days of gaming. PS2/360 was the best era of gaming. We didn’t have consultancy firms or DEI back then. These people are the REAL grifters because they see how successful the gaming industry is so they have to insert themselves into it even though nobody asked for them.
1990s was the best, that generation you talk about is just refining the gameplay loops discovered in the 1990s, almost all games are based on the loop of a game made in the 1990s or even the 1980s.
@@Rexhunterjtrue. Best games out now like tekken are from the 90’s
@@hands-ongaming7180 98 was peak. Fallout, Baldur's gate, Age of empires, Half life, what a time to be alive back then
then, logically.....they might have fired that community manager that was talking shit.
I read that GW is planning to bring female space marines and custodians to the lore for DEI & ESG reasons
Aren’t female space marines already a thing?
No, they never were. 40k was rettconned entirely after 40k rouge trader which was the 1st edition. 1st edition included all sorts of things that aren't cannon anymore, The Emperor being simply a regular man as one of many dumb things. Bringing this up has been a recent thing and is only "popular" as a tool to drive the community to doubts as to the validity of long established lore. There bing no fem space marines is OLDER as a concept than these things people keep bringing up.
- Inquisitor Ligmatus
@@Ollybollykno they never were the closest you’ll get is the adeptus sororitus never has their been a female space marine or custode
I just hired Sweet Baby Inc to consult my bathroom practises and they said all is fine, its brown and mushy, but refrain from eating too much marshmallows.
Nowadays, and you even said it, companies just want to have more money before they even make the game.
But, when a company says "You know what? I have confidence that my game might be simple, might not be the best of the best, but it will be fun, and you might love it".
Hell, this year the game that most entertained me was Stellar Blade. It might not be the best of the best, but it kept me wanting to come back every day for a month. So, that's important.
I still haven't played Space Marines 2, but I do hope to do some time in the future. You know why? Because it might be fun. Something that some of the biggest companies have forgotten (Except Nintendo, thankfully).
Hail Smash JT :D
Hail, Zan!! And yeah I completely agree!!
Agreed.
Stellar Blade was so good and one of the few games out there that made me start a ng++. I finished it 3 times just to get the extra 2 or 3 outfits for Eve :D
Easy 9/10 for me
Stellar blade was good but black myth wukong was way better
I'm really looking forward to Stellar Blade hitting PC.
And yet they still hired Ashley Cooper as a DEI hire..... And remained quiet when Cooper lied about his role at Sabre. Ashley cooper had Senior writer on space marine 2 in his twitter bio but the end credits revealed he was only an additional writer.
Truth
Wasn't she fired three years ago? I heard she only worked there for a few months.
@@robohorseWOT if he was fired three years ago then why is this dude in the credits?
@@DanielNuttall-j2p Credits are there to show people who contributed to the project. No matter how long they worked there (well, as long as it was more than a couple of weeks, lol). If a person did something at the beginning and then quit, they will be listed in the credits.
In addition, she indicated working for another company for at least the past year.
@robohorseWOT why are you referring to him as a "she"?
Not to be a downer, but I want to also point out that the CEO? of Helldivers 2 said similar things, then started stabbing the fans in the back.
Like refusing to get rid of overtly political moderators.
Yup
Oh wait they had an update now please come back...gtfoh lol
Saber doesn’t have to bend the knee to Sony
@@echoesofmalachor3700 Sounds like a personal problem. Imagine letting these publishers ruin your career for a few bucks.
Morals and ethics over greed guys, remember this.
@@Rexhunterj not sure why you’re trying to lecture me? I sure hope you didn’t think I was defending Sony or helldivers. That would just be embarrassing if you did
Im not going to miss this era of gaming where warriors and soldiers have need to tell/express what they do in the bedroom. Hope this is not first and only page on this journey where devs step up.
Imagine that the Imperium is the one bringing truth to the galaxy. Emperor protects.
But DEI was in space marine 2. The Ultramarines were very diverse in game, which breaks lore. Thats not how gene seed works.
It doesnt break lore. Ultramar is a sub-empire that spans over 500 planets, nuff said.
@@trueomen5017the gene seed makes you look very similar to your primarch down to skin color the salamanders are a prime example of that
Ultramarines Geneseed is well known lore-wise to barely make any physical altercations to the looks of its space Marines Ultramar also spans 500 worlds which has trade routes to the rest of the imperium which will import many different ethnicities.
I am not for DEI pushing but the diversity you see in the Ultramarines is lore accurate.
@@Artecius92 source? I’d like to see that bit because far as I’m aware all geneseeds function the same
@@spookieboogi6161 that's not how gene seed work, just to remember there are corrupted gene seed (ex. Sanguinius), the sources are all in the Black Library (read some books, games have 5% of Wh40k lore)
The CEO just said "This game will be fun, make it fun, no politics...no message, just release a fun game that is rather polished."
And sadly the gaming world is floored and amazed by the outcome.
congrats for Matthew Karch to reject DEI
Everything ISN'T about me !? 🥺
Never stop what your doing smashjt. You are at the forefront of a movement within gaming. I see you as one of the leading pioneers taking a stand against this age of corruption and agendas within the gaming industry we grew up knowing and loving. We want simpler times. We want fun to be the focus of game companies again. This is truly inspiring
Bro game with glory kills for the win!
I’m gonna buy it now
@@SmashJTbuy 2
The cast of the original predator movie was diverse and nobody noticed. I wonder why 🤷♂️
Not sure about a return to old school gaming. All I want are good games without any messaging.
Remember, Matthew Karch isn't gamesworkshop. Gamesworkshop is extremely woke and has no qualms about attacking their own true fans and rewriting established lore just to appease the woke mob.
Not true.
the new fans from the game don't know or care, they don't even know what 1st born means
@@hands-ongaming7180explain female Custodes, then
@@aethelfrithofbernica one does not simply explain 40k lore
@@hands-ongaming7180 yeah because you don't know the lore, just say it
future games devs won't even give review copies to the journalist after what they did.
Weird how just making a game first is such an alien concept for western devs these days
but sadly the game has one big flaw... its using EOS
some of us are also still years behind on games, when there are no good new games you still have the entire library of games from the 90s and 2000s, a whole bunch of amazing indie titles, and certain games that can drag you along for hundreds and thousands of hours.
so finally having a new AAA dev coming out for the gamers is refreshing, and I've been waiting for a new interesting AAA release for a while, but I don't do well with shooters and souls likes, so I will wait until one of my friends get the game(co-op games are something I love regardless of genre), because it still looks good even if it's not my type of game.
Can’t wait to hear this one. Glad I found you.
The good times will come back, we just gotta put the effort in
"I'm a star wars!" - ralph wiggum
Ubislop: "We can learn much from him!"
A powerful and prophetic message for where the future of gaming is going. Amid massive layoffs across the gaming landscape, developers & publishers are forced to choose between sticking to the woke agenda & continuing to fail, or abandoning the propaganda in favor of sales & success.
9:34 - 9:54
He's speaking the language of gods and truth. 😎👍
SpaceMarine 2 and Wukong are the seeds of the Renaissance in videogames
Merit should be the only checkmark.
*CONSULTANTS:* we need to sell these people a problem
*ENTIRE GAMING AUDIENCE:* there isn’t really a problem
*CONSULTANTS:* we can fix that for the low low fee of say, 1 billion dollars
He's right about both simplicity and avoiding putting the political agendas in the games. Making overly complex games is annoying. Nobody wants to play games that are as wide as an ocean but as deep as a puddle. Just give us basic mechanics that are satisfying, point us at the bad guys and make it a good time. It's really that easy. You don't need to add crafting, merchants, excessive collectibles, or even multiplayer to get people to buy your game. Make the game for cheaper, charge less, and have a ton of people playing it. Everyone wins.
It's time for Gaming to experience a Great Crusade, not a crash!!!
A bight ray of hope in a dark and frustrating time. Protect this man at all costs.
3:52 isn’t this something community managers *used* to do before they became self important message ambassadors. 🤔
7:38 WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY
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I really want to get the game and support the devs, especially if they want to make good games. SM2 looks really fun and beautiful. BUT it contains EOS which I don't want on my PC. It's not even a mandatory service, but it gets installed anyway (some people said it even reinstalls itself). If they remove this, I'd be happy to buy the game even for full price.
EOS?
Let's hope Henry Cavil is able to make his Warhammer show without the influence of Amazon. Amazon already is trying to change the Warhammer universe.
if the CEO or people who work for them start to interact with players through streamers, that means that we don't need Kotaku anymore, not even IGN.
"The CEO just want to make a fun game"
I Heard that line somewhere, i wonder 🤔🤔
Just started watching your vids today. Going down a rabbit hole watching all of your vids. Good Stuff
Please do not forget that Space Marine 2 is a Russian game, but with money from the USA :)
Right now I'd Take Russian and Korean Games over USA and Japan as both are Black rock Proxy studios
@@TH-camCensorsSame, they certainly know how to cook up good products for their customers
klets not forget Stellar Blade along with Wu Kong and Space Marines 2
Thank you for sharing this! I have been wanting to get in the game industry. I used to be excited working for a particular gaming studio however, lately I haven’t been wanting to work for a studio since I’m not excited and what is being pushed. So I’m in the process of building my own gaming studio. Since what is going on in the Industry. It doesn’t make sense to bash gamers, but then begging them to buy their game. The logic doesn’t make sense. Hopefully things can change and get these people that’s causing chaos in the industry.
This gives be hope for the kotor remake if he’s also in charge of that
Before the cancer that is social media, I can remember devs often dropping by their forums to discuss games, I miss those simpler times.
I remember when Unreal Tournament was new, you'd see CliffyB and other devs on the servers and in the forums. I'm old.
I remember getting banned from the PC gamer comment section over a decade ago for criticizing them for being too political. It is gods will that they will be shut down soon, and all of their employees will become destitute! It is only a matter of time...
Light at the end of tunnel is in sight? We need people like Saber Interactive CEO to lead the entire gaming sector...
Games for gamers. What a concept. Hopefully gamers will continue voting with their wallets.
The tide is indeed turning.
Which also explains why they are getiing more vicious with their attacks and scrambling to push out their DEI projects as fast as they can.
This is what I like. Fair, balanced, fact based reporting. By a gamer, for gamers. The wheels are turning. The reset approaches, people are waking up and vocalising our displeasure. Follow the money everytime.
He also commented on moists review about it. Game made me remember why I used to play games and looking fwd what they come out with next. I thought I was getting older and that's why I stopped gaming. Everything he commented is spot on why I slowly stopped gaming.
why is no one covering the DEI in GreedFall 2? it's out this week.
Karch and Tim Willits need to be protected.
Insurgency Sandstorm, also known as a PTSD simulator, was developed in collaboration with Focus Entertainment. The gameplay of SM2 represents one of the best comebacks in the hack-and-slash/run-and-gun genre, revitalizing a classic style with refined and modern graphics.
Saber Interactive making the Inquisition and the Emperor proud.
Definitely give this a go. Like one of the reviewers, I know nothing about Warhammer or whatever the franchise is but if the fans are enthusiastic, I want in. Might have to wait for it to go on sale cos I'm poor but that'll be my treat for the month. 🙂
To be fair they could have easily included lgbtv and trans characters in the game.
As slaneeshi daemons and cultists.
Offence is never given, it is taken. The onus is on the taker to get over it, not to throw a tantrum every time.
Nice to see Dev's not calling everyone bigots, homophobs etc
Haha says the team that gave us a black Ultramarine… Ffs could they not have included Salamanders?
All hope isn't lost. I wonder what's going on with that KotOR remake Saber has been working on for years now.
"It took 4 and a half years..."
If only the devs for Concord were this based -- they could have made 2 masterpieces in about the time it took to create a flop so massive it left a crater in the gaming landscape.
the reason a game is popular is mostly 'gameplay'.. thats the fun bit, story is usually just enough to string the fun parts together.. this is why game movies are rarely any good as it removes the thing that made it fun in the first place, turns it into a passive experience.. gameplay is what most of us are here for..
It is great to hear that there are still developers that actually believe in making games instead of propaganda pieces. Sabre definitely has my support.
Published by Focus Entertainment. I keep telling people Focus has been publishing some of the best games recently. Both Plague Tale games, Evil West, Banishers, Greedfall, The Surge, Vampyr and now Space Marine 2 just to name a few. Definitely a publisher to keep your eye on.
It’s about time for the game industry to return to form. Gamers today are disenfranchised with AAA games and the industry in general. Make this madness end.
I mean, SM2 STILL has DEI (female Custodes). Just not as much of it.
The bar has really sank so low that we're grateful for games with only a little forced diversity. Even if it is canon breaking (which it is).
Just ignore ALL gaming wokenalists and focus on what the players think, game journos sell review scores and focus on political narrative propaganda. I myself will go and buy SM2 after CEO tweet. I want to support a developer with such passion and understanding of what players want.
I've bee having a blast with this game and I'm excited for the upcoming 40k MMO that Jackolyptic games is currently developing Jack Emmert said he is looking to both of the Space Marine games for the Combat model...it would seem this IP is really affecting the industry as a whole
Absolutely based ceo
media vs videogames since the origin of them, but this time media is corrupting them from the inside