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@@goochipoochieOp Metro/Locker and Community Ops with 4x the match length is the most fun I ever had in a pvp shooter Im talkin 250+ kill counts with no vehicles imagine shipment but 100x bigger and 20x the match length 🔥🔥🔥
Hahaha i cant believe i've been loving BATTLEBIT so much...i know there's a lot of merit from the 3 devs who made it😂 but also it says a lot of how trash AAAs are now
Even thought indie games thar up more and more of my overall gaming time. My mind fails to produce hype for it. I mean I want to play yes, your highness: snowfall. But I won't watch every single peace of information the developers drop, watch TH-cam videos about it and think about it at work.
Yes, this is a re-upload. There were some issues with the original. Changed up the thumbnail and title a bit while I was at it. I hope you guys enjoy regardless, and thank you for all the support as always!
I remember watching the battlefield 3 trailer on repeat for weeks. I was so hyped for it. I remember being in my junior year of highschool staying up all night the night it released. I know I at least 5k hours in that game easy.
these were the good ol days in bf.. the times of a level 100 and the famous shitbucket.. man.. i had almost 10k hours in it, but after that all declined into madness
You forgot that part where the game release, it's garbage, people don't play it. I remember my coworkers doing the same shit, watching for those screenshot preview everyday, just to become super silent as soon as the game release. Bros weren't even playing the game :))
Bf3 was a trash tier game that flopped hard though (no official servers, no matchmaking, riddled with microtransactions and DLCs, no balance, full of bugs till this day) So not sure if you are trying to support or disprove the argument
Something i think should be done more in AAA games is simply just DARE DARE to innovate DARE to be different What i see in those old games is that they simply dared to be different they weren't afraid to try to innovate to make better looking games better feeling games than what was already on the market games that had new and interesting mechanics new themes and storys that had never been seen in gaming before or atleast not in large numbers Modern AAA studios have more devs more money than they had back then but still they dont try to make anything too different Meanwhile a lot of indie games are doing that despite the lack of devs and money compared to AAA studios
I think the issue is exactly what you said, the risk. AAA studios build big games, games that take years upon years to develop. They use more money, more manpower, and more time to develop a truly well thought out and designed games. Whereas indie studios build smaller games, they can risk it, and they often succeed, but sometimes they don’t. If a AAA game with a bad idea flops, it could shut down entire departments in a studio. If an indie game flops, it still hurts, but they can just get cracking at another idea to bring to life.
Really like the thumbnail design on your last 5 videos - the font you use and use of colour really make it stand out on the feed as a Rilou video to me! Keep it up (:
The thumbnails have been good. However, I find some of the typography in the videos a bit weak at times. Such a small nit picky thing to point out, but just my two cents. Im sure it will get better. The videos have been pretty good. You’re making me really hyped for GZW.
it's laughable to suggest that the AAA game industry isnt objectively worse now than it was in 2011 and using the indie teams as a crutch doesnt really work
This might be one of my favorite videos in all of TH-cam. It's exactly what I needed to hear as I've been thinking about not only this industry, but my own expectations, my obsession with "the good Ole days", and my passion for gaming that has felt like it's been dying the last few years. I'm still processing this video and my own thoughts and feelings, but this does bring me out of a sort of hibernation if you will. I sound crazy I know, but thank you for this ❤
Idk man I don’t really think it’s my expectations at all. As long as bugs aren’t completely game breaking, I can look past them and don’t care. I’m not one of those people who automatically freaks out and writes off a game if there are bugs or something. I’ve put up with Halo Infinite since it launched and that game had serious issues. My biggest issue with modern games is the lack of social features and them focusing so much on monetization and cosmetics. Not really an expectation thing for me. It’s more just like I’d rather games actually be fun instead of being a constant grind fest.
@alexschneider8494 I mean that's essentially part of it. You're expectations are that games don't come out with a primary focus on just making money, but also giving the players a fun experience. There's a ton of layers to that.
@@Magswap I mean true I guess that’s an expectation of mine, but isn’t that what a game should be first and foremost? Fun to play? My expectations are basically wanting games to be what gaming always was up until the last decade or so. I don’t think I’m being unrealistic about that. It’s not like it’s too much to ask for a game to just be fun focused and allow me to really socialize online. Saying that we don’t enjoy modern gaming because of our expectations implies that we’ve started demanding more when in reality we’re just demanding they put the same love and care into their games that they did just ten years ago.
@alexschneider8494 I see what you're saying and definitely agree with you. Whether it's standard or expectations, I think that just comes down to subjection. We both want the same thing and you would think companies would agree. I will say there definitely are indie companies that have tried to focus on fun...Insurgency Sandstorm is my favorite example even though they had some controversy. However, pretty much any AAA studio is just money focused (I know it's a business, but there's a limit) and sometimes it's up to the players to show companies that it's not okay to go past that. My favorite example of that is Battlefront 2. But yes you are right it's less of an expectation and more should be thought of as a basic standard.
Ok seriously, this is one of my favorite videos on youtube. The fact that this guy puts so much effort into his videos shows his passion dedication to his craft. And the fact that this only has 2500 views is a travesty. Massive respect you deserve it all brother. Cheers!
I know I said this to myself before and I did again now "Oh great one of 'those' videos" but honestly, this has got to be one of the best videos on "modern gaming" that I have ever seen. The closest thing I have to this video was a segment in Friends Per Second where they respond to a listener question. I said that it was a "make or break video" but wow this is more than just a Make video.
Bro I don't even know where to start... back in 2011, I fell head over heels for BF3, and the parts for that game in your video really REALLY took me back. As for the industry and how things have evolved/ continue to evolve, I cannot agree more with the complexity of this whole situation, and how we as consumers have to support the passionate teams, doing what's right. As for you, well, be on the lookout; as your channel will surely be going places. Trust me on that!
Agree, hell i have some bf3 vids on my channel from back then. As for supporting pashen projects, agree there too, which is why iv been supporting star citizen for over a decade now.
What I'm worried about the most is people becoming so negative and distrusting that they mentally can't support the big studios who have passion and need it the most. I'm worried that the "modern gaming sucks" sentiment will become so ingrained that I'll cause gamers to forsake the future by clinging to the past.
It's almost like the corpo rats have been ruining modern gaming, and not developers. The choices they make is what we see because that's what the developers have to comply with, it's why we see all the incredible talent going to these smaller studios without shareholders.
Back when BO1 released, I was just a kid that was so excited for every release because, "what are they going to improve on this new release!" Now there isn't really improvements taken from previous generations of games. It's mostly just, "what can they skim out at release and then package it later (most likely as dlc)".
@@riloegamingfor some, CoD MW3 has “improvements”, which are basically just rollbacks to game mechanics that some people preferred. Other than that it’s a total regression both in terms of gameplay and content. One can argue the same for BF2042.
Cheers! Ngl I'm nostalgic for the 2003-2007 era, I feel like we appreciated things more and had more patience when all we had was magazines and demo discs, while still having some access to online connectivity.
I’ve found myself fall back in love with gaming by basically quitting multiplayer gaming. Instead over the last few weeks I played the RE4 remake, I replayed Horizon Forbidden West for the second time, currently playing Pacific Drive. For me multiplayer games these days just all feel the same, it’s all battle passes and stores, feels like it’s all just about playing to “earn” something and feel rewarded but the gameplay itself is just bland and repetitive. Single player games are the way forward I think.
This is an excellent video, I was getting pretty jaded on gaming since it’s felt for years that games went from being fun to about selling content to you. Algorithms tend to push people towards negative content because it’s what gets more engagement but there’s more than what the recommended tab shows you.
Sad to think battlefield will never be what it used to be. As standards and industry practices change, so do games. At the moment the trend is to deal with shovelware being forced down our throats with a side of predatory micro transactions.
Modern gaming is full with pre-ordering which seem to provide the developer with easy money.. which causes them to slack... Back in the day.. there was no preorder marketing like there is now.
To preface I’m 25, my golden days were relentlessly grinding for gold in bo1, imo I think nostalgia, the streamer communities, and the over use of technology has plagued the gaming industry. Nostalgia : when I look back at staying up all night to find 1 singular slime in minecraft mining a big a ass square underground to get them to spawn, that grind was SO painful, when I look back on this memory it’s me and 6/7 guys laughing our asses off at some off the wall shit. I now have 3 major friends who I game with and sometimes those goof moments happen but not very often and that’s what I miss. Streamers: industries listen to them TOO much. I get it, it’s their livelihood but making shit to cater to them and leaving out the casual “dad gamer” just doesn’t work. I wish all games had a casual and ranked section and in that ranked streamers are given exactly what they want. The streamer grinding 50 kill WR in war zone does not represent me. I just want to pass time and have been gaming for long it’s something I don’t think I’ll get rid of and I’m sure most casuals feel this way. Technology: with so many ways to obtain dopamine rushes now a days, indie games leveling the playing field with AAA titles so they can explore places AAA is afraid to do bc of sales, and seeing some of the same ole shit in every new game just demotivates a person to stick with that game unless ur a one game Andy like myself (currently obsessed w tarkov even tho I suck donkey balls)
The maturity, organization of information, and honest message on the current state of the industry and gaming community is very refreshing man. Keep up the great work! Worth the watch and even more so the listen. Stay true to your roots man!
been watching your tiktoks for a while and loved your tarkov lore, but this is genuinely a very well edited/paced video, was half an hour but felt like 15. Your perspective on the gaming space is very refreshing and I hope you continue to deliver such high tier content
Your entire premise that games arent actually bad now revolving around how they're marketed and that apparently people dont 'buy into' the hype despite evidence being clear to the contrary.
I think when people talk about "Ye Good Ole Days", they more talk about the studios of that era: Blizzard, Infinity Ward, Treyarch, EA and so on. These names were juggernauts of innovation and talent, clawing their way into the limelight through sheer force of will. But today, they are bloated carcasses, sustained by the nostalgia and good will earned in years past, and it hurts us to see what our heroes have turned into.
Wow.... just wow...... it's definitely bringing something from deep inside me. I looked at my notes about the games that im looking forward to, and i realized there are quite a lot of them, and almost all of them were completely new devs. The indie games now are literally aaa games in the past. Its the devs that need to prove themselves. The only reason im not completely immersed in the hype is because...... i really..... REALLY dont want to be disappointed. Let's enjoy our present and try to create a better future. Peace. Peace is something we really need.
Geez, I remember day of release of Battlefield 3 - I was in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and there was a huge line for videogames store in mall I was working in. Sadly being poor I have not PC good enough nor a console that time and played it myself only in summer of 2012 (but then it was really nice PC that chewed the game with all setting on max).
amazing video, that last line before the sponsor segment honestly made me cry a little. I love the visual style of the video, the text popping up to reinforce what you are saying in that moment, really well put together. you have earned another sub, highly looking forward to whatever you do next
2007 to 2012 is what i call the death of couch co-op. Almost every game released after 2013 had almost no splitscreen compatibility. It makes me sad the memories we once shared through LAN parties will not be experienced by the newer generations of gamers.
This video genuinely speaks to my soul. I see far too many people (especially on the internet) give in to despair not just when it comes to video gaming, but to other stuff as well. Plus they seem to be so deep in the hole that they get offended when someone's genuinely happy or looking forward to something (probably also doesn't help that big media and even some TH-cam channels feed on this sort of negativity). I think what we are seeing is a shift rather than a decline. I can only begin to think of how many recent games that have really struck success or show great promise. Elden Ring Baldur's Gate Friends vs. Friends The Finals Cult of the Lamb Lethal Company Harsh Doorstop Helldivers II And these are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I know for certain there are far more. In any case, I think this was an excellent video, and I'm definitely saving it for future reference.
chears m8 I some how skipped over this one when deep binging this stuff but MAN this just drives home how your videos and mentality feels even further. Thanks for reminding me that yeah we've got good games right here, already in the library, or maybe revisit some old ones , and further encorage the small groups taking the risks making something that we actually want. love this stuff, keep it going
I found your channel recently and your content is amazing and immediately subbed. Your my only news source for grayzone and i just wanted to say thanks for making content and i wish you were a larger channel.
I think you're sharing a very good sentiment in this video, the world needs more optimism. But you should be wary of indie studios, they aren't all sunshine, rainbows, guardian angels, and step-mothers of all adult movie fantasies. One of the best examples is DayZ(I think fits at the very end of the transition period you talked about when Twitch started to get big), which over-promised and changed its design in a way that didn't seem like it would. More recently, Ready Or Not pushed out a 1.0 despite the game having bugs, overcooked AI, and some questionable practices(they used AI art for some of the in-game posters). Squad got bought out by Tencent and despite promises of no microtransactions during Kickstarter, it now has them, now that the CEO changed. Be happy with what we have, and encourage everyone to keep making more of what makes you happy. But don't let them push crap just on wishful thinking.
Damn haven't watched a banger of a video like this for a while! Awesome job. Helldivers II is another current example of what gamers want and it's great to see it's getting the success it deserves.
im gonna be honest him saying "i dont care that people who arent subscribed are watching these videos" at 3:46 made me subscribe because it shows how he doesnt have that 'feedback greed' like so many others do
Wdym you don't blame the consumers? I totally do. And I saw it happening as it was happening. We were playing CoD4's DLC and people were like "omg, I wish next CoD has more DLCs". At that point, we were doomed. People are too stupid. After that day, more and more games were released with content cut off just to be sold separately. And this issue progressed to the point that now it's even socially acceptable to release games totally unfinished, completely broken, with pay walls, grindy af just to make people buy loot boxes and even XP boosts to play offline games. And now, instead of consumers, we've got consoomers. No matter how bad the game is or will be, you'll find a plethora of morons defending evil practices and dumb ideas, flat out handicapping each game's potential just because they think they are blessed to be receiving anything at all from devs who are considered flawless gods in the gaming community. And it doesn't stop there. Publishers took a notice in the ramifications of this. The more players, the more losers to pay for their stuff. So games are souless now. And even hardcore games made for a niche end up doing a 180 and going casual because they need to cater their games to the casual noobs and surf on this GaaS wave. And it's a f'ing cesspool. Disgusting! **spit**
You gotta go back further than 2011. Ever since gaming went HD, quality and diversity in gameplay has been in a downward spiral. Even comparing the ps1 to the ps2, the ps2 falls short. The ps2 era was the strongest gaming generation because of the DC, GC, XBOX, and ps2 combined. That and the first 2 years of the ps2 were insane. But on a console vs console bassis, nothing really beats ps1. SNES comes relatively close though. Considering it's lack of 3D capability.
PS1 was peak. Everything afterwards has been less than the console that came before. In the ps2 era I needed an xbox, GC, and PS2 to cover what the PS1 did by itself. I'm just saying, that as dry as the ps3 felt in its own time, it's golden compared to the ps4 and ps5. We at least got a new Twisted Metal that gen, as flawed as it was. And I can think of quite a few other bangers that gen that were well above the corporate mush cash grab bs.
@@napalmsanctuaryx4129 Yeah completely agree about the cross platforming, I remember having to have every console for different games. Wtf is even that…. The ps4 and 5 and Xbox one and series x has been got to be the worst era of consoles ive ever seen in terms of games. There’s hardly any games. The output back in the old days was insane and they actually took creative risks. It was better when it wasn’t as commercialised. Then it was actually art.
Just found your channel and your going for greatness man, your smare and look in to things that normal people don't and and you explain it it with words that make sense and you dont confuse the hell out of me
I just remember getting up at like 2AM when Battlefield 3 released to play the campaign before going to school (I was 12). No game has had me that excited since then.
cheers man that was beautiful, and i think you are totally right. We focus too much on known names, expecting them to bring us even more innovation and ground breaking experiences even tho for a human let alone a big studio full of compromises that kind of a feat is a "one in a life time hit" therefore I think we may still be right feeling disappointed in them but we are in the wrong for giving them attention and not focusing on those that might actually bring us those experiences because of the trust we placed in the now big studios for doing that in the past... nobody is going to be great forever but everybody deserves a chance to be great. We as gamers need to remember that if we want that same level of quality of innovation to remain relevant. Great video.
I remember the BF3 beta fondly. I was playing on xbox, and was enjoying the beta at the same time I first purchased an 1080p HD tv. It was literally night and day difference for that beta while black ops didn’t seem to change much. I remember being able to use sniper rifles without scopes and actually perceive heads at the same distance as I previously could with a scope. I swapped tvs back and forth in match to just marvel at the difference. Such a technical jump in fidelity of visuals, animations and sound. The next instalment that I really enjoyed was actually BF Hardline, with less OP vehicles dominating large maps it brought back a lot of fond memories of BF3.
Man, the emotional depth and the amount of relatable feelings, and the way you perfectly describe them, and reasons for our feelings, is so very well done. I believe this is truly a video that embodies us as a generation and how we feel. Everything we always think and say but feel so unheard. We all feel it. Just a different time, the best times. But maybe there is more to come, and you give us that hope. Well done. Cheers.
Man I got lost in this video, that was the best 28 minutes of viewing, your words, editing and style is almost hypnotising, the points made in this video hit me in a way that was understood and also informative, I grew up playing a lot of these titles and can say that i am guilty of complaining about the modern gaming standards, but the point you made about "playing the wrong games" is too true 😆(for me at least). Cant wait to watch more but for now ill watch some of your older content to fill that gap. keep doing the best
god dude this is just EXACTLY how i remember bf3. i was 17 the beginning of my senior year of high school and i9 had a couple surgeries that winter and ALL i did was play battlefield
Cheers mate, you made a great video, you keep me hopeful and excited about the future of gaming. And all the praise and following you're getting is well deserved, keep it up and you'll only reach higher. Take care mate and have fun while doing it.
We need a company which takes in all these great developers, starts creating games people want ,and treats customers and their workers right . We also need unicorns sh*tting gold 😔
Pretty sure many people got that feeling of excitement whenever you make a new video about Gray Zone Warfare,the reason why I searched for this channel a couple of minutes ago
Happy for you that your channel is growing nicely, you deserved it. I'm crazy or the quality is still improving ? Your pace is on point, didn't see the time pass ! I still play battelfield 3 with friends every year or so when nostalgia hit, this game is just so resilient to time, it's still fun to play today and that crazy. I think the future of gamming can only be bright, big studio's profit start to go down, some good gems can be found easily every few months. Gamming industry needed a second wind, and it was hard to find a way to create video games outside of big studio and publisher. The industry wobble for some years to find this new path, with harsh obstacles and disappointments along the way, but I think it started to stabilize itself. Yes big studio are still gonna be here and try to make thinghs hard for us, but with enought time their inertia is going to fade and they will adapt or disapear.
Bf3 hype will probably never be matched. Long lines outside of gamestops at midnight(yes this nerd was there), game demos available near the door with cool people around you watching as you fly an f18 hornet for the first time in battlefield…it was something very special. It helped a ton because the game was actually insanely good.
Another thing to note was the tagline "Is it real, or is it Battlefield?"... Cameras (especially phone cameras) were just ass back then, therefore the lower standards
This is so well done, the cinematics, the research, the attention to detail! I 100% agree with your point. For me, working in gaming industry with all the giants, it's easy to overlook all the nice things happening in the industry, while seeing all the shitty things. Happily, yes I got to know GZW (bc of you), I played BG3, I've seen Beautiful Light, and some other titles, so the future is probably brighter than we see it. I've read somewhere that 2024 may be the best year for gaming up to date (and 2023 was called that too)! Cheers to that
Honestly love the content. The perfect amount of critisizm of both sides and realistic but optomistic view on it all is amazing. Cheers bud, keep up the amazing work.
This is genuinely some great analysis and honestly the only thing I feel is worth saying is to keep doing what you are doing now, your video style is some of my favorite thus far
I think a big part of that "hype" was that technology was still being developed when I was younger to make video games better like the jump from 2D to 3D and then higher polygon counts, higher framerates, etc. it was very exciting to see what they were going to do next because we truly had no idea. Eventually though we hit a kind of plateau where video games cant really look any better or more realistic, and at this point they have implemented and tried enough ideas for there to be genres of video games and all those genres have at this point implemented all kinds of ideas. The reason it doesn't feel the same anymore is because we aren't blazing a trail anymore to show what can be done. We've done it. Now its all just different flavors of the same thing. Now the people that run these games companies care about releasing games they know will make money instead of taking chances on completely new ideas and IP like their predecessors were.
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what happpened why did you repost
Before you buy:
The best of that free stuff is temporary.
The learning curve is harsh
Your soul shall be consumed
Long story short, War Thunder is a great game, play it. Now.
Prefer it's Grey Zone Warfare...
Ok now do one exactly like this about Tarkov exclusively. 😂
I pray we never stop updating and making it better and better
two great examples of games of the last 5-6 years would def be Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima.
Getting sponsored by War Thunder and praising it to high haven in the context of this video is just ironic.
Anything for the bag
man’s gotta pay bills 🤷♂️
War thunder is the poster child for shitty business practices anyway back to grinding 11.3 jets
alt f4s war thunder cause it's a bad game, goes to watch yt, sees this.
BF3 walked so that BF4 could stumble and crawl (but fly eventually)
Both were trash games and remained trash till date. No idea what you talking about
@@goochipoochie someone lacks taste lmao. Must be a salty MW3 fanboy
@@goochipoochiewhy are you trying to bait so hard.
@@goochipoochieOp Metro/Locker and Community Ops with 4x the match length is the most fun I ever had in a pvp shooter Im talkin 250+ kill counts with no vehicles
imagine shipment but 100x bigger and 20x the match length 🔥🔥🔥
when i tell my kids bout bf3 and bf4😢
Indie Games: *"Hold my Controller"*
I appreciate you coming back to leave this comment again 😄
@@riloegaming :)
I wish both good AAA and Indie can exist peacefully
Hahaha i cant believe i've been loving BATTLEBIT so much...i know there's a lot of merit from the 3 devs who made it😂 but also it says a lot of how trash AAAs are now
Even thought indie games thar up more and more of my overall gaming time.
My mind fails to produce hype for it.
I mean I want to play yes, your highness: snowfall. But I won't watch every single peace of information the developers drop, watch TH-cam videos about it and think about it at work.
Yes, this is a re-upload. There were some issues with the original. Changed up the thumbnail and title a bit while I was at it. I hope you guys enjoy regardless, and thank you for all the support as always!
i was halfway through the first upload walked away and came back to it being gone lol
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out of curiosity did the re upload affect how the video performed compared to normal?
6:39 this is what we were WATING for
I remember watching the battlefield 3 trailer on repeat for weeks. I was so hyped for it. I remember being in my junior year of highschool staying up all night the night it released. I know I at least 5k hours in that game easy.
Best online FPS shooter ever.
these were the good ol days in bf.. the times of a level 100 and the famous shitbucket.. man.. i had almost 10k hours in it, but after that all declined into madness
You forgot that part where the game release, it's garbage, people don't play it. I remember my coworkers doing the same shit, watching for those screenshot preview everyday, just to become super silent as soon as the game release. Bros weren't even playing the game :))
Cheers!
Bf3 was a trash tier game that flopped hard though (no official servers, no matchmaking, riddled with microtransactions and DLCs, no balance, full of bugs till this day)
So not sure if you are trying to support or disprove the argument
Something i think should be done more in AAA games is simply just DARE
DARE to innovate
DARE to be different
What i see in those old games is that they simply dared to be different they weren't afraid to try to innovate to make better looking games better feeling games than what was already on the market games that had new and interesting mechanics new themes and storys that had never been seen in gaming before or atleast not in large numbers
Modern AAA studios have more devs more money than they had back then but still they dont try to make anything too different
Meanwhile a lot of indie games are doing that despite the lack of devs and money compared to AAA studios
I think the issue is exactly what you said, the risk.
AAA studios build big games, games that take years upon years to develop. They use more money, more manpower, and more time to develop a truly well thought out and designed games.
Whereas indie studios build smaller games, they can risk it, and they often succeed, but sometimes they don’t.
If a AAA game with a bad idea flops, it could shut down entire departments in a studio.
If an indie game flops, it still hurts, but they can just get cracking at another idea to bring to life.
"Who dares, wins." -the British SAS motto
Really like the thumbnail design on your last 5 videos - the font you use and use of colour really make it stand out on the feed as a Rilou video to me! Keep it up (:
THANK YOU it’s very different and experimental, I’m overjoyed that people like it!
A +1 on what @lukemarques3807 said. They look really good, not the same style but "Ahoy"esque in quality @@riloegaming
The thumbnails have been good. However, I find some of the typography in the videos a bit weak at times. Such a small nit picky thing to point out, but just my two cents. Im sure it will get better. The videos have been pretty good. You’re making me really hyped for GZW.
@@riloegamingDo you take inspiration from Ahoy?
it's laughable to suggest that the AAA game industry isnt objectively worse now than it was in 2011
and using the indie teams as a crutch doesnt really work
Jackfrags's Only in Battlefield 3 video is still one of the best videos; go watch it any time, any day, and get hyped out of your god damn mind.
"I've seen it"
"What do you mean, it's brand new"
This might be one of my favorite videos in all of TH-cam. It's exactly what I needed to hear as I've been thinking about not only this industry, but my own expectations, my obsession with "the good Ole days", and my passion for gaming that has felt like it's been dying the last few years.
I'm still processing this video and my own thoughts and feelings, but this does bring me out of a sort of hibernation if you will.
I sound crazy I know, but thank you for this ❤
Awesome to hear, thank you!
Idk man I don’t really think it’s my expectations at all. As long as bugs aren’t completely game breaking, I can look past them and don’t care. I’m not one of those people who automatically freaks out and writes off a game if there are bugs or something. I’ve put up with Halo Infinite since it launched and that game had serious issues. My biggest issue with modern games is the lack of social features and them focusing so much on monetization and cosmetics. Not really an expectation thing for me. It’s more just like I’d rather games actually be fun instead of being a constant grind fest.
@alexschneider8494 I mean that's essentially part of it. You're expectations are that games don't come out with a primary focus on just making money, but also giving the players a fun experience.
There's a ton of layers to that.
@@Magswap I mean true I guess that’s an expectation of mine, but isn’t that what a game should be first and foremost? Fun to play? My expectations are basically wanting games to be what gaming always was up until the last decade or so. I don’t think I’m being unrealistic about that. It’s not like it’s too much to ask for a game to just be fun focused and allow me to really socialize online. Saying that we don’t enjoy modern gaming because of our expectations implies that we’ve started demanding more when in reality we’re just demanding they put the same love and care into their games that they did just ten years ago.
@alexschneider8494 I see what you're saying and definitely agree with you. Whether it's standard or expectations, I think that just comes down to subjection. We both want the same thing and you would think companies would agree.
I will say there definitely are indie companies that have tried to focus on fun...Insurgency Sandstorm is my favorite example even though they had some controversy.
However, pretty much any AAA studio is just money focused (I know it's a business, but there's a limit) and sometimes it's up to the players to show companies that it's not okay to go past that. My favorite example of that is Battlefront 2.
But yes you are right it's less of an expectation and more should be thought of as a basic standard.
Ok seriously, this is one of my favorite videos on youtube. The fact that this guy puts so much effort into his videos shows his passion dedication to his craft. And the fact that this only has 2500 views is a travesty. Massive respect you deserve it all brother. Cheers!
I know I said this to myself before and I did again now "Oh great one of 'those' videos" but honestly, this has got to be one of the best videos on "modern gaming" that I have ever seen. The closest thing I have to this video was a segment in Friends Per Second where they respond to a listener question. I said that it was a "make or break video" but wow this is more than just a Make video.
Awesome! I thought of your comment while making it 😄
@@riloegaming I'm glad my comment gave you some motivation. I would consider this video your best video so far. Really love the message at the end.
Bro I don't even know where to start... back in 2011, I fell head over heels for BF3, and the parts for that game in your video really REALLY took me back.
As for the industry and how things have evolved/ continue to evolve, I cannot agree more with the complexity of this whole situation, and how we as consumers have to support the passionate teams, doing what's right.
As for you, well, be on the lookout; as your channel will surely be going places. Trust me on that!
Agree, hell i have some bf3 vids on my channel from back then.
As for supporting pashen projects, agree there too, which is why iv been supporting star citizen for over a decade now.
What I'm worried about the most is people becoming so negative and distrusting that they mentally can't support the big studios who have passion and need it the most. I'm worried that the "modern gaming sucks" sentiment will become so ingrained that I'll cause gamers to forsake the future by clinging to the past.
It's almost like the corpo rats have been ruining modern gaming, and not developers. The choices they make is what we see because that's what the developers have to comply with, it's why we see all the incredible talent going to these smaller studios without shareholders.
Jesus christ dude, every single time I click on a new long video essay of yours I'm constantly blown away by your quality. Keep it up
I think someone said years ago. What we are seeing now is the result of the gaming industry shifting their focus from Gamers to Shareholders.
Back when BO1 released, I was just a kid that was so excited for every release because, "what are they going to improve on this new release!" Now there isn't really improvements taken from previous generations of games. It's mostly just, "what can they skim out at release and then package it later (most likely as dlc)".
It’s interesting, what’s been improved isn’t what we expected. There have defenitely been improvements… and de-evolutions in some cases 😅
@@riloegamingfor some, CoD MW3 has “improvements”, which are basically just rollbacks to game mechanics that some people preferred. Other than that it’s a total regression both in terms of gameplay and content. One can argue the same for BF2042.
Cheers! Ngl I'm nostalgic for the 2003-2007 era, I feel like we appreciated things more and had more patience when all we had was magazines and demo discs, while still having some access to online connectivity.
simply a lake in story telling, these game dev need to study history rather than other media based on history.
I’ve found myself fall back in love with gaming by basically quitting multiplayer gaming. Instead over the last few weeks I played the RE4 remake, I replayed Horizon Forbidden West for the second time, currently playing Pacific Drive. For me multiplayer games these days just all feel the same, it’s all battle passes and stores, feels like it’s all just about playing to “earn” something and feel rewarded but the gameplay itself is just bland and repetitive. Single player games are the way forward I think.
This is an excellent video, I was getting pretty jaded on gaming since it’s felt for years that games went from being fun to about selling content to you. Algorithms tend to push people towards negative content because it’s what gets more engagement but there’s more than what the recommended tab shows you.
Sad to think battlefield will never be what it used to be. As standards and industry practices change, so do games. At the moment the trend is to deal with shovelware being forced down our throats with a side of predatory micro transactions.
Yo can y'all believe that internet was created 35 years ago only???? Can you imagine that???????????
Modern gaming is full with pre-ordering which seem to provide the developer with easy money.. which causes them to slack...
Back in the day.. there was no preorder marketing like there is now.
To preface I’m 25, my golden days were relentlessly grinding for gold in bo1, imo I think nostalgia, the streamer communities, and the over use of technology has plagued the gaming industry.
Nostalgia : when I look back at staying up all night to find 1 singular slime in minecraft mining a big a ass square underground to get them to spawn, that grind was SO painful, when I look back on this memory it’s me and 6/7 guys laughing our asses off at some off the wall shit. I now have 3 major friends who I game with and sometimes those goof moments happen but not very often and that’s what I miss.
Streamers: industries listen to them TOO much. I get it, it’s their livelihood but making shit to cater to them and leaving out the casual “dad gamer” just doesn’t work. I wish all games had a casual and ranked section and in that ranked streamers are given exactly what they want. The streamer grinding 50 kill WR in war zone does not represent me. I just want to pass time and have been gaming for long it’s something I don’t think I’ll get rid of and I’m sure most casuals feel this way.
Technology: with so many ways to obtain dopamine rushes now a days, indie games leveling the playing field with AAA titles so they can explore places AAA is afraid to do bc of sales, and seeing some of the same ole shit in every new game just demotivates a person to stick with that game unless ur a one game Andy like myself (currently obsessed w tarkov even tho I suck donkey balls)
The maturity, organization of information, and honest message on the current state of the industry and gaming community is very refreshing man. Keep up the great work! Worth the watch and even more so the listen. Stay true to your roots man!
been watching your tiktoks for a while and loved your tarkov lore, but this is genuinely a very well edited/paced video, was half an hour but felt like 15. Your perspective on the gaming space is very refreshing and I hope you continue to deliver such high tier content
Your entire premise that games arent actually bad now revolving around how they're marketed and that apparently people dont 'buy into' the hype despite evidence being clear to the contrary.
Modern AAA is dying, and will be better for it, but the industry as a whole is at its highest rn. Definitely agree with this vid
The simplest way to describe your videos i feel is "light".
I think when people talk about "Ye Good Ole Days", they more talk about the studios of that era: Blizzard, Infinity Ward, Treyarch, EA and so on. These names were juggernauts of innovation and talent, clawing their way into the limelight through sheer force of will.
But today, they are bloated carcasses, sustained by the nostalgia and good will earned in years past, and it hurts us to see what our heroes have turned into.
Ending the video with that ODST theme was heartwarming, I found my favorite TH-camrs and I think he will fail to deliver the best content.
Wow.... just wow...... it's definitely bringing something from deep inside me. I looked at my notes about the games that im looking forward to, and i realized there are quite a lot of them, and almost all of them were completely new devs. The indie games now are literally aaa games in the past. Its the devs that need to prove themselves. The only reason im not completely immersed in the hype is because...... i really..... REALLY dont want to be disappointed.
Let's enjoy our present and try to create a better future.
Peace.
Peace is something we really need.
What games are you looking forward to releasing, if you don’t mind me asking?
@@rickfastly2671 *Looks at notes*
1. GTA 6
2. uhhhhhmm...
@@Ghostshadow112 yeah gta6 is gonna be wild.
Geez, I remember day of release of Battlefield 3 - I was in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and there was a huge line for videogames store in mall I was working in.
Sadly being poor I have not PC good enough nor a console that time and played it myself only in summer of 2012 (but then it was really nice PC that chewed the game with all setting on max).
I didn’t play it at release either - might be part of why it was so exciting to me, it wasn’t something I could get my hands on immediately
@@riloegaming yes, it helped to sustain the hype. And it was worth it.
amazing video, that last line before the sponsor segment honestly made me cry a little.
I love the visual style of the video, the text popping up to reinforce what you are saying in that moment, really well put together.
you have earned another sub, highly looking forward to whatever you do next
Thank you glad you enjoyed!!
BF 3 teaser was insane I remember being so OVER hyped for it. Last time i felt hype like that was cyberpunk and before that it was BF1
i miss the flavor of final fantrasy 7.. still remember this christmas 1998
Ragebait format meta: “Modern” + [insert some shit to complain about]
Call me a nerd for nitpicking but you misspelled “waiting” at 6:38 great video btw
NOOOOOOOOO
2007 to 2012 is what i call the death of couch co-op. Almost every game released after 2013 had almost no splitscreen compatibility. It makes me sad the memories we once shared through LAN parties will not be experienced by the newer generations of gamers.
Riloe is like LEMMINO in gaming industry
Nah, that’s Ahoy.
Moral of the story: normies ruin everything they touch.
Gaming is not dying. AAA is losing its grip over the gaming community.
This video genuinely speaks to my soul. I see far too many people (especially on the internet) give in to despair not just when it comes to video gaming, but to other stuff as well. Plus they seem to be so deep in the hole that they get offended when someone's genuinely happy or looking forward to something (probably also doesn't help that big media and even some TH-cam channels feed on this sort of negativity). I think what we are seeing is a shift rather than a decline. I can only begin to think of how many recent games that have really struck success or show great promise.
Elden Ring
Baldur's Gate
Friends vs. Friends
The Finals
Cult of the Lamb
Lethal Company
Harsh Doorstop
Helldivers II
And these are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I know for certain there are far more. In any case, I think this was an excellent video, and I'm definitely saving it for future reference.
Cheers glad you connected with this!
Your videos still give me goosebumps. Very well put together
chears m8 I some how skipped over this one when deep binging this stuff but MAN this just drives home how your videos and mentality feels even further. Thanks for reminding me that yeah we've got good games right here, already in the library, or maybe revisit some old ones , and further encorage the small groups taking the risks making something that we actually want. love this stuff, keep it going
Cheers 🎉 best days are yet to come
I despise video essays. That being said, it take a lot for me to like them, and I really love yours.
I found your channel recently and your content is amazing and immediately subbed. Your my only news source for grayzone and i just wanted to say thanks for making content and i wish you were a larger channel.
Appreciate it! As for channel size: i’m very new, it’a a marathon not a drag race 🙂
Slow and steady@@riloegaming and 50 thousand people is a lot of people for how long you've been doing youtube
we grew up.
I think you're sharing a very good sentiment in this video, the world needs more optimism. But you should be wary of indie studios, they aren't all sunshine, rainbows, guardian angels, and step-mothers of all adult movie fantasies. One of the best examples is DayZ(I think fits at the very end of the transition period you talked about when Twitch started to get big), which over-promised and changed its design in a way that didn't seem like it would. More recently, Ready Or Not pushed out a 1.0 despite the game having bugs, overcooked AI, and some questionable practices(they used AI art for some of the in-game posters). Squad got bought out by Tencent and despite promises of no microtransactions during Kickstarter, it now has them, now that the CEO changed.
Be happy with what we have, and encourage everyone to keep making more of what makes you happy. But don't let them push crap just on wishful thinking.
Damn haven't watched a banger of a video like this for a while! Awesome job. Helldivers II is another current example of what gamers want and it's great to see it's getting the success it deserves.
Awesome thank you! Nice combine pfp!
Cheers brother. Great video. Thanks
Amazing video, with plenty of meat on the bone for me to digest and think about. Keep up the grind, my good man.
im gonna be honest him saying "i dont care that people who arent subscribed are watching these videos" at 3:46 made me subscribe because it shows how he doesnt have that 'feedback greed' like so many others do
Wdym you don't blame the consumers? I totally do. And I saw it happening as it was happening. We were playing CoD4's DLC and people were like "omg, I wish next CoD has more DLCs". At that point, we were doomed. People are too stupid. After that day, more and more games were released with content cut off just to be sold separately. And this issue progressed to the point that now it's even socially acceptable to release games totally unfinished, completely broken, with pay walls, grindy af just to make people buy loot boxes and even XP boosts to play offline games. And now, instead of consumers, we've got consoomers. No matter how bad the game is or will be, you'll find a plethora of morons defending evil practices and dumb ideas, flat out handicapping each game's potential just because they think they are blessed to be receiving anything at all from devs who are considered flawless gods in the gaming community. And it doesn't stop there. Publishers took a notice in the ramifications of this. The more players, the more losers to pay for their stuff. So games are souless now. And even hardcore games made for a niche end up doing a 180 and going casual because they need to cater their games to the casual noobs and surf on this GaaS wave. And it's a f'ing cesspool. Disgusting! **spit**
You gotta go back further than 2011. Ever since gaming went HD, quality and diversity in gameplay has been in a downward spiral. Even comparing the ps1 to the ps2, the ps2 falls short. The ps2 era was the strongest gaming generation because of the DC, GC, XBOX, and ps2 combined. That and the first 2 years of the ps2 were insane. But on a console vs console bassis, nothing really beats ps1. SNES comes relatively close though. Considering it's lack of 3D capability.
The og was pc saga Saturn Dreamcast ps1 era. Then it’s GameCube Xbox ps2 era. Dead after that. Commercialism set in and it all became the same.
PS1 was peak. Everything afterwards has been less than the console that came before. In the ps2 era I needed an xbox, GC, and PS2 to cover what the PS1 did by itself. I'm just saying, that as dry as the ps3 felt in its own time, it's golden compared to the ps4 and ps5. We at least got a new Twisted Metal that gen, as flawed as it was. And I can think of quite a few other bangers that gen that were well above the corporate mush cash grab bs.
@@napalmsanctuaryx4129 Yeah completely agree about the cross platforming, I remember having to have every console for different games. Wtf is even that….
The ps4 and 5 and Xbox one and series x has been got to be the worst era of consoles ive ever seen in terms of games. There’s hardly any games. The output back in the old days was insane and they actually took creative risks. It was better when it wasn’t as commercialised. Then it was actually art.
9:49 it wasnt even a launch trailer, it was TV ad which is even more crazy
Damn seeing those bf3 scenes again and remember really gives me chills, it was more than awesome:]]]
i really miss those days
Absolutely nailed this, you're doing a great job, and I hope people listen
Cheers buddy, absolutely love your work.
2:01 the last time of true Hype? the announcement and then release of Armored Core 6 in 2023
I am currently in the "holy fuck i cannot wait for this game" phase for dragons dogma 2.
Same, I have countdown calendar for it 😂
Just found your channel and your going for greatness man, your smare and look in to things that normal people don't and and you explain it it with words that make sense and you dont confuse the hell out of me
Man I miss Bad Company.
I just remember getting up at like 2AM when Battlefield 3 released to play the campaign before going to school (I was 12). No game has had me that excited since then.
amazing video, the soundtrack and editing was mint aswell
cheers man that was beautiful, and i think you are totally right. We focus too much on known names, expecting them to bring us even more innovation and ground breaking experiences even tho for a human let alone a big studio full of compromises that kind of a feat is a "one in a life time hit" therefore I think we may still be right feeling disappointed in them but we are in the wrong for giving them attention and not focusing on those that might actually bring us those experiences because of the trust we placed in the now big studios for doing that in the past... nobody is going to be great forever but everybody deserves a chance to be great. We as gamers need to remember that if we want that same level of quality of innovation to remain relevant. Great video.
"Cheers" mate ! It was really good. Thank you for your video and all your hard work behind that.
I remember the BF3 beta fondly. I was playing on xbox, and was enjoying the beta at the same time I first purchased an 1080p HD tv. It was literally night and day difference for that beta while black ops didn’t seem to change much. I remember being able to use sniper rifles without scopes and actually perceive heads at the same distance as I previously could with a scope. I swapped tvs back and forth in match to just marvel at the difference. Such a technical jump in fidelity of visuals, animations and sound. The next instalment that I really enjoyed was actually BF Hardline, with less OP vehicles dominating large maps it brought back a lot of fond memories of BF3.
when yall only play fortnite and cod ofc the gaming industry is shit as hell like go try stalker or something or wait for stalker 2
2:00 I feel it everyday, for so many things, but mostly the Turbo Overkill console port.
2:28 god I miss the cycle frontier....
Man, the emotional depth and the amount of relatable feelings, and the way you perfectly describe them, and reasons for our feelings, is so very well done. I believe this is truly a video that embodies us as a generation and how we feel. Everything we always think and say but feel so unheard. We all feel it. Just a different time, the best times. But maybe there is more to come, and you give us that hope. Well done. Cheers.
Thank you, glad you could connect with it 🫡
Man I got lost in this video, that was the best 28 minutes of viewing, your words, editing and style is almost hypnotising, the points made in this video hit me in a way that was understood and also informative, I grew up playing a lot of these titles and can say that i am guilty of complaining about the modern gaming standards, but the point you made about "playing the wrong games" is too true 😆(for me at least). Cant wait to watch more but for now ill watch some of your older content to fill that gap. keep doing the best
Cheers tysm!
Solid video as always Riloe, keep up the great work dude!
6:40 You forgot a letter in the word "Waiting". Great video btw, I love it !
Keep it up Riloe. Class content as always
god dude this is just EXACTLY how i remember bf3. i was 17 the beginning of my senior year of high school and i9 had a couple surgeries that winter and ALL i did was play battlefield
holy crap is that the cycle frontiers soundtrack at 2:30????? RIP that game dude.
Cheers mate, you made a great video, you keep me hopeful and excited about the future of gaming. And all the praise and following you're getting is well deserved, keep it up and you'll only reach higher. Take care mate and have fun while doing it.
We need a company which takes in all these great developers, starts creating games people want ,and treats customers and their workers right .
We also need unicorns sh*tting gold 😔
26:37 I like this message. Gives me hope for the industry.
Great takes man, cheers Riloe
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You’re content is so well edited and put together. Great talking points and analysis. You’ve earned my subscription 👍🏼
cheers ♥
Cheers !
Thanks for the video, the Hope it contains is actually needed
Pretty sure many people got that feeling of excitement whenever you make a new video about Gray Zone Warfare,the reason why I searched for this channel a couple of minutes ago
Happy for you that your channel is growing nicely, you deserved it. I'm crazy or the quality is still improving ? Your pace is on point, didn't see the time pass !
I still play battelfield 3 with friends every year or so when nostalgia hit, this game is just so resilient to time, it's still fun to play today and that crazy.
I think the future of gamming can only be bright, big studio's profit start to go down, some good gems can be found easily every few months.
Gamming industry needed a second wind, and it was hard to find a way to create video games outside of big studio and publisher.
The industry wobble for some years to find this new path, with harsh obstacles and disappointments along the way, but I think it started to stabilize itself.
Yes big studio are still gonna be here and try to make thinghs hard for us, but with enought time their inertia is going to fade and they will adapt or disapear.
Bf3 hype will probably never be matched. Long lines outside of gamestops at midnight(yes this nerd was there), game demos available near the door with cool people around you watching as you fly an f18 hornet for the first time in battlefield…it was something very special. It helped a ton because the game was actually insanely good.
riloe your editing style is so good, it reminds me of old ahoy videos but done in a different way, these videos are going to be huge for sure
The reason there was hype for bf3 was the innovations that they were public about. No innovations are happening.
Another thing to note was the tagline "Is it real, or is it Battlefield?"... Cameras (especially phone cameras) were just ass back then, therefore the lower standards
i have been watching you since day one and i love how you blew up so fast! you earned it
Cheers thank you for being here!
This is so well done, the cinematics, the research, the attention to detail! I 100% agree with your point. For me, working in gaming industry with all the giants, it's easy to overlook all the nice things happening in the industry, while seeing all the shitty things. Happily, yes I got to know GZW (bc of you), I played BG3, I've seen Beautiful Light, and some other titles, so the future is probably brighter than we see it. I've read somewhere that 2024 may be the best year for gaming up to date (and 2023 was called that too)! Cheers to that
Honestly love the content. The perfect amount of critisizm of both sides and realistic but optomistic view on it all is amazing.
Cheers bud, keep up the amazing work.
This is genuinely some great analysis and honestly the only thing I feel is worth saying is to keep doing what you are doing now, your video style is some of my favorite thus far
I think a big part of that "hype" was that technology was still being developed when I was younger to make video games better like the jump from 2D to 3D and then higher polygon counts, higher framerates, etc. it was very exciting to see what they were going to do next because we truly had no idea. Eventually though we hit a kind of plateau where video games cant really look any better or more realistic, and at this point they have implemented and tried enough ideas for there to be genres of video games and all those genres have at this point implemented all kinds of ideas. The reason it doesn't feel the same anymore is because we aren't blazing a trail anymore to show what can be done. We've done it. Now its all just different flavors of the same thing. Now the people that run these games companies care about releasing games they know will make money instead of taking chances on completely new ideas and IP like their predecessors were.
OH MY GOD AND THE INTRO IS ABOUT BF3 YOUR MY TH-cam SPIRIT ANIMAL
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