Gamers: critiisizes the gameplay, cringe story, and unlikable characters. Devs you just hate the game cause the main character is blck and your an ist and phone. Gamers:🤦🏼♂️🤦🏾🤦🏿♂️🤦🏻♀️
@@Marinealver is the entire point of investors investing on something is to make a profit without the customers investors, money will just stay stagnant and the only way to pay them back. Is to steal money from other investors?
@@Marinealver my computer, my credit card, my steam account. They can make a new Dustborn every week if they want. I'm not playing it. Given the financial state of Ubisoft I'd say I'm not alone.
@@Marinealver oh yeah the STATE is the ones giving millions to the companies that are selling millions of copies of their games black myth for example. If no one buys their games sure they can somehow get some funding from the government but that ain't gonna keep them afloat at all.
@@NuchiAsaki Actually concerning, as a Latino myself, there's a GREAT pollution of Reggaeton all around and it's overall BRAINROT, with singers that only use autotune and sing about women, drugs, sex, and worse, luckily I know it's not all people.
> _"Yes, but we were never never out to provoke."_ *You literally designed a main character who constantly manipulates people* > _"We just wanted to make a game with characters that are different."_ *They look like the ragtag group of "freedom fighters" from every movie within the last 10 years* > _"We didn't think it would be so controversial that a group would fight against a fascist regime."_ *The "controversy" stemmed from the game mechanics (Bullying, canceling, isolating people etc.)*
1) 💯😌👌🏾 2) Makes sense, the game never evolved past 2017 while in production 3) Indeed, also the writing sucks huevos. I can't give a pass to a game that thinks it's not propaganda when an embodiment of "logic and facts" is an enemy boss.
'That is their trick, it is all performative. A theater play. A two-faced mask so they can conveniently switch between facades.' 'I think the funny thing here is, people like the dev of Dustborn seem absurdly confident that they will never get fact-checked.'
Ah yes, when a group of "rebels" use dystopian methods to crush everyone including: Other rebels, people who agree, people who disagree, the actual "good guys", and a bunch of normal innocent people. But sure, let's say they only stood up to an evil regime. 😇
eh I don't doubt that he's received some of that kind of stuff tbh. there are easily enough absolute idiots on the internet to send him some way ott stuff, casually tell him to off himself or w/e. the problem is that represents a minuscule fraction of the people who don't like his game but their actions will ALWAYS be used as a shield, and mean that he doesn't have to address the legitimate reasons that no one bought it, at least not in public
@@-yeme- But the funny difference is, we openly point out this is too far and shouldn't be done. With switched sides, they endorse the extreme behaviour instead of cutting it off from the voice of majority.
@@kaksspl Sadly, you'll never get them to acknowledge that hypocrisy. Because they are the 'virtuous side' saving the oppressed people from the 'evil heterosexual religious white man'. Never mind that they have basically turned themselves into a rainbow colored religious cult.
“If you don’t like it don’t buy it” “Why do you care so much it’s just a video game” are things they’ve been telling us for years, the fact they’re surprised is more surprising for me 😂
@@amicableenmity9820 As if there aren't countless works and series that are getting gutted and destroy by these types, currently. If they only made their own shit and stood in their corner, sure.
@@amicableenmity9820 That's the way I look at it too. Make all the garbage you want, I don't have to like or buy it, but you have the right to make it for those that do. Just leave the good IPs alone, and don't call me names because I didn't buy the thing you already said wasn't for me. I have no issue with Dustborn existing , it doesn't change my life in any way.
"This game is shit. The writing is awful, the premise is preposterous, the content is racist and sexist, the acting is terrible...what were they smoking?" = 'Harassment' "We might not want to make games anymore." "GOOD!" = 'Threats.' I miss the days when devs would own up to their mistakes and try to correct them. When they'd try to make fans happy and have fun interacting with them and watching them enjoy their games. Not dodge criticism and try to act like they've done nothing wrong despite openly mocking their potential customers, and playing the victim when things blow up in their face. Sad.
Most devs never owned up to mistakes because pretending you care either way wasn't seen as a viable marketing strategy. Whatever cherries you got in your basket don't make a pie. The truth is you can now see the babies crying because of twitter, but they were always crying.
Honestly, I don't doubt that there have been *a few* threats. But all it takes is one single asshat, and they exaggerate it into them being "targeted". It's always the exact same thing with these people...
Seriously, threats to your life should be reported to the police... So i need to see some police reports/statement saying they are tracking these people down.... Press X to doubt.
"Tidal wave of hate and abuse" is ironic coming from the "inclusive" people who turn anyone who doesn't worship them into enemies to demonize and silence.
The hilarious twist is that people are canceling it just like their game is requiring people to do. It’s just amusing that they think people wanted this game when no one really did in a way.
11:12 "This hampers creativity among developers..." As apposed to forced DEi increasing creativity? 90% of DEI-focused games I've seen always have the same cookie-cutter characters, since they're forced to put certain characters in the game, and they only have a few stereotypes to work with.
Imagine say the comments section under this video being given the task to make a video game, but the challenge was to do it with the same DEI checklist. I’m 100% certain we would come up with a more successful product as we would all put in the time and effort to find creative solutions towards the enormous and mountainous obstacle in front of us, that being to create a DEI checklist game. When looking at it as a problem to work around, we would be inspired through our creativity to push out something that may not be the best game of all time, but still certainly leagues better than what Concord, and Dustborn has to offer because we recognize that the DEI is a “problem” and not some magical seasoning you add to a video game that suddenly makes all of the experiences better. And through that our creative solutions, to such a problem, would be far more refreshing of an experience to any gamer even willing to give it a chance or perform a comparison between it and other games, that use DEI as if it were a boon to the game”s development, rather than the curse it actually is…
@@jehmmadicine4367 Exactly. When Kim Belair said she wants to see herself in every game she plays, she really meant it. Nearly every game that sweet baby works on has her in it(just look at Angraboda in god of war). Another point, they talk so much about representation, but I've never seen them put someone like me in any game. I'm a colored from South Africa, and I've never seen them put anyone like that in a game. Or any other African country for that reason. It's usually just African Americans(nothing against them as a race though). You don't even see Latino characters that often either, so what representation are they even talking about
@@MrFiekie123 Yeah, they spout a lot of nonsense as if they are the godsend to people looking for diversity when in reality they’re usually the biggest offenders. Like you said, where’s your representation. Why isn’t there a game story about someone like you washing ashore some American beach after capsizing on a boat, and suddenly having a Yakuza Like A Dragon themed adventure. Meeting new friends completely different from you along the way, in a natural setting without the need to push agendas but just emphasizing the humanity behind us all?
As opposed to having your game (the likes of KCD or The Witcher 3) being labeled as racist for not being diverse enough. But I guess that doesn't hamper creativity. Better yet, it only hampers the *wrong* kind of creativity.
"I made a bad game, people didn't like it, so they didn't buy it, this is hampering creativity! You must be forced to spend your hard-earned money in order to fuel my creativity!"
Because we have sold the idea that you can avoid the consequences of your actions, nay that to receive negative consequences is an evil. Unfortunately, the people who internalized this worldview end up throwing a temper tantrum when negative consequences fall upon them.
I don't think they make higher grade copium than whatever they're huffing. I guess it doesn't matter as long as daddy government funds their shit factory.
They are right, but not on the way they think. The game was made on a multi-million euro grant from the goverment, so the studio alreadi profited before the game hit the store.
It's funny how he tries to be the victim. "I've been working for video games for like 30 years" and he only worked for games nobody has ever heard off, because they were always just cheap cash grabs or mediocre to bad games. You can see his track record on Mobygames.
Eh, I decently enjoyed the Dreamfall series under Funcom and Törnquist. It's nothing like a masterpiece or anything like that, but the lore was interesting enough to keep me going. However, Crustborn is just way too over the top and promotes some rather dangerous narratives à la it's okay to bully if you're the "morally correct" side. If the dude seems happy in his little bubble with like 100 people playing his games, that's fine. He himself admits it's not for everyone and his games are very niche, so whatever. I'm never going to pay money to waste my precious lifetime on what he calls a "game", so each to their own.
@@WindmelodieI liked the series until the third one. It failed to grab me and then I stopped playing it when it advocated for his favored political party. I honestly felt ripped off and insulted by the time I uninstalled.
And yet they overreact with "oversexualized" women, add unecessary dialogue about their politics in translations not relevant to the script, to name a few. Shows how hypocritical they are when they use that line. They continue to justify their actions, promote their product and position by playing both as a victim and a bully. All the while, insulting people and not really caring for the actual movement and instead uses it to further their careers, profit from it through donations or attention and stay relevant. The sheer disrespect I have for people like this is immense. I am glad Dustborn and other DEI projects failed horribly.
@@nolilado5452 I'm legit so spiteful towards these types at this point that I'm almost concerned it's making me an shittier person in general. Like, my temper hasn't been this hair trigger since high school.
@@xenogorwraithblade2538just remember, they aren't your fellows and you didn't decide to make them your enemies. They are malicious people who are completely deranged. There's only harm in considering them to be legitimate, sensible, and trustworthy.
If it plays like a flop, sells like a flop, reviews like a flop, then it's a flop. Don't care if government funds (meaning Norwegian and EU taxpayer money) were wasted on it.
It looks like a lot of RTG's game are funded by gov't funds. Dreamfall was funded with crowd funding as well. Beyond Dreamfall which peaked at over 1600 players on Steam, Draugen peaked with a few hundred. I don't see how they're turning a profit and I would bet they are just milking the gov't funds to release mid games at best.
@@TWoodringFishingUnfortunately, that's the norm for the Norwegian game scene. There's Funcom, and then everyone else suckling at the culture committee teat. Don't see the cycle ending any time soon unless and until some dev team bucks the trend again.
Proof that 'hard work' does not necessarily equal good results. You can work hard digging a hole, but if no one wanted that hole, then you accomplished nothing in the end.
'That is selective and creative interpretation right there from the dev.' 'Instead of looking at how many people did not play the game or the amount of profits it did not make, he smoked fentanyl copium and said: Well, 7 people liked it, so this means this is successful!'
@@ryanvenjoyer When I first read the descriptions of the main character's powers, I thought to myself "...These are unironically more evil than most of the dark side powers in Star Wars..."
Considering the director said the game was made as a response to Trump's election in 2016... yeah. He's full of shit. He says that to get his ass out of the line. To paint the backlash as unwarranted.
@@howardxu8050There is Hel, a frozen realm where dead people go. Valhalla is the closest thing you have to heaven in that mythology, but only great warriors get to be there.
@@lekhaclam87 Freya has her own Hall, as does Njord Njords hall is for people who died braving the oceans. Freya's hall gets half the warriors- Odin gets the other half. Freya also accepts those who died "noble" deaths. There is less feasting, boasting, and wrestling in Freya's hall than in Odins- though it is supposed to be exceptionally beautiful.
@@SpaceXfan2005I thought you were joking at first but apparently you've sent that comment several times on the channel. We actually found a dustborn shill, that's crazy.
@@SpaceXfan2005 go ahead and elaborate on how a game based on Journey to the West, a book written in the 1500s, is somehow propaganda for the CCP which was founded in 1921, I'll wait.
The games industry is fine. Make a good, fun game that isn't predatory to your users, you'll be successful. Space Marine 2 and Black Myth Wukong are recent examples.
Or sparking zero, or metaphor, or helldivers. There has actually been a lot of amazing games come out this year. But it always feels like the extremely vocal bad games overshadow the good
@@dinoblacklane1640 It's harder to look away from a burning dump truck. You know the good stuff is safely tucked away, you just making sure the trash fire doesn't spillover into your fun.
No, this game was never meant to be popular. It was a failed government attempt to help us "educate ourselves" ahead of elections. If you look at dev commentary, the tax dollar funding, and analyze the game, you'll see it. They've turned Rules For Radicals into an interactive instruction manual disguised as a game.
It's even harder when said dumpster fires are the ones that seem to get a lot of coverage and even then the good games that have been coming out have have some drama connected to them specifically with their publishers. The industry has gotten extremely depressing as of late.
I can't even begin to describe how many death threats I've gotten online. You are only bothered by them if you are an e-girl, a 13yo, or a dev that made an intentionally insulting game. The only one that has any reason to take it seriously are e-girls
Reminder that one of the powers you can unlock in game is literally the ability to cancel people. Oh, and another one where you can "trigger" yourself.
The cancel and trigger ability is actually a negative. If you use those abilities too much then you would get the bad ending. One of the bad events that happened in the middle of the game is when you used "Cancel" on a traffic cop then it would cause the cop to get hit by the car and the party of heroes looking a bit traumatized from said event.
CEO has an entirely flawed perspective. I highly doubt this is genuine. Yes, they WERE singled out. Gamers made an example out of them, and they will continue to do so. They can childishly call it “bullying”, “racist”, or whatever cope they feel like, their funeral. They’d be lucky if anyone even gives them an explanation or debate these things anymore, because everyone is done with this junk and will only clown on them.
It's delusion to expect people to give you money for something they don't want, or to insist that you must like their offerings. It smacks of Cain's offering, a selfish, prideful demonstration of his personal hard work, but it wasn't what God requested, and so was rejected.
The cancel and trigger ability is actually a negative. If you use those abilities too much then you would get the bad ending. One of the bad events that happened in the middle of the game is when you used "Cancel" on a traffic cop then it would cause the cop to get hit by the car and the party of heroes looking a bit traumatized from said event.
"It's done with humor and exaggeration." Then why is it not funny and why does it feel like an accurate and realistic representation of the people it portrays?
Yeah that's the part that i don't understand, it take itself too seriously to be funny, it has too many character bonding moments, if the game was supposed satire of the lefties believes makes me more angry than making fun of them.
*How in the **-Hell-** are you caught off guard with this travesty of a game!?* *Are these people THAT out of touch with the market demographic they are trying to sell to?*
"We don't feel we've made a game that's primarily about politics. It's more about language and relationships between people". Translated: It's about weaponizing language and relationships between people in order to push politics.
Love how it lists him living at a "secret address". Like no shit, my address isn't know either to the broader public is it? Urinalist writing like he's had to go in hiding in the forests of Siberia because the gamerchuds are tracking him down relentlessly.
In Sweden you have no privacy: some things, like your address and financial statements, are information openly available. Don't know about Norway. You know, while in some countries companies buy your information, in Sweden, it's free real state.
The funniest part was is there's a fandom wiki page of Dustborn and got hacked a few days ago which was hilarious because the hackers edited everything and replace it with funny sh*tposts, I saw it from a TH-camr called SodaJump
To be fair, critics HAVE mostly been positive about this game, the fact that its sitting at an 67 critic score when it should be down in the low 30s or even 20s is proof of that. They've blown as much smoke up this games arse as they possible could just like with Concord.
The key word here is critics, you should not trust, remember what they say about Crash Bandicoot the way they try to take down Hogwarts Legacy and Stellar Blade, not to mention the lies they said about the company that make Wukong, the most just keep going do not trust the critics, they aren't reliable.
@@DarkHeartTheEmo No sh*t the key word is critics, thats the part I was addressing. Him disagreeing with the idea that critics have been positive about this game lol. These critics don't speak for gamers, they're frauds and the sooner EVERYONE realizes this the better.
7:15 "group (fighting) against a fascist regime".... but the same group are using tactics similar to a fascist regime... And America is the least police state compare to many places; apparently in England, you can get arrested for offensive remarks. Modern authoritarian starts with the media, then men with guns follow. Dustborn is a game where you manipulate your friend to get what you want and threaten people who are simply doing their job. On top of that, if a game was about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, why is robot racism so prevalent with the MC? If I want to play a fuckin' game that's about diversity, acceptance, and love, I'd rather play Undertale, and that's an optional playstyle. Hell, I even vouch for The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories than this pile of utter nonsensical garbage.
Rev pointed this out about a month ago, this game was created as a response to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory. The who existence for this game was politically motivated at the roots, it’s beyond parody.
Redthread is free to make a game for whatever niche they want. But that does not exempt them from criticism, and they definitely shouldn’t be using taxpayer dollars to make said game.
Why did a Norwegian even create an American culture war videogame? Why not just create a game based on Norwegian culture? That would have been way better and gotten more eyeballs.
I remember an old comic saying that no matter how much you cover a pile of shit in gold and decorations, it is still a pile of shit. If I remember right, at the time it was about lootboxes and microtransactions. But it is clear that nowadays those were exchanged for DEI.
ok so how are they the victim here? when they wrote the handbook on how to be a bully. now the community is using the same tactics the Dustborn devs have shown us they use against everyone else in their daily lives. they made a game about being politically correct, lgbt, and cancel culture...how is that supposed to be a good game anywhere?
If he is so worried about the future of the industry, then why doesn't he look at the success of games like Stellar Blade, Palworld, Black Myth: Wukong and Space Marine 2, and strive to follow their example? The answer is simple: these people care more about lecturing their audience instead of entertaining their audience.
@@mablesfatalfable6021 The villains in this game are not "normal people", they are cultists. And a cultist fighting another cultist from a different cult is not anythingless of a cultist for it. Stop telling yourself that people who oppose bad people must be good people. That's the exact mindset that the people you're opposed to have; only seeing it as wrong when the other does it. A lot of times in history, it's just villains vs. villains, and then the moral choice is to root for neither.
@@RokuroCarisu people still choose in both history and in fantasy like WH40K to side with the "villains" that they liked most or could associate with best. It's not about being "heroes or villains" because realistically everything is morally grey and swapping perspectives can change something from being a "hero" action to a "villain" action. Using the term cultist paints them as bad as cults are generally a negative thing as accepted by the general population but people will still go into cults and become a cultist by their own will, so even in that example you're over simplifying it by just implying it's a cult.
If I had a dollar every time an actor or game dev came out and said they endured threats and hate speech following their terrible DEI games and shows/movies, I'd be a billionaire, and then I'd use that money to buy the studios that hire these people, fire everyone, and hire competent people, and if that doesn't work, I'd force the old people to make good products so I don't have to sit and listen to the same old repetitive victim cards they keep pulling.
Ragnar Tornquist made some pretty good games before. The Longest Journey, heck Dreamfall - I still remember waiting for it and playing it. I guess he got ideologically captured.
Yep. TLJ and Dreamfall were amazing (the Chapters one less so but still pretty good). I'll always have respect for the people who are able to create games, worlds... stories like that.
I'd bet he did . However i'd bet he also got them over the last part of his Longest Journey games. It's just ridiculous for him to pretend it represent anything but unhinged individuals , and some actual movement.
I’ve played Dustborn out of curiosity (I pirated it) and it’s just a boring game. The game has it’s good moments somehow, but for a game where bonding with your character is important, none of them are likable, all of them act rude and seems like they hate each other. The story is just not interesting at all and the devs think adults acting like a child is profound writing or something.
The complaints about threats are so weird. You made a politically charged product in the internet age. You will receive threats. You can't be surprised by this
The biggest flaw with the creators thinking is not accepting the fact that they invariably created the worst human beings imaginable and created a tale of thier exploits of being the worst humans imaginable while fervently believing that anyone would want to play as them.
Why can't these modern devs understand that making good games will have diversity and inclusivity come along naturally without focusing or obsessing on it?
"We all care a lot about each other and enjoy working together." Then why did he say he didn't like the fact that most of his team is white and wants to change that?
Boys are playing in the scool yard. A girl joins and plays. She starts to demand changes to the way the boys play. Some boys leave. A new boy joins who likes the girl and insists more changes are made to favour the girl. He then brings in his friends who make changes that boys and girls will hate. More boys leave. Eventually the original girls leave too. No one is there to play. The new boys and girls are now upset that no one wants to play games. The orignals say " no we just don't wanna play with you"
The entire interview reeks of him trying to pretend he wasn’t fully aware of how polarizing and inflammatory his game was in spite of every single indication including their own past statements indicating that as the intent. I imagine what he didn’t realize was just how far off the mark his beliefs are from appealing to the average person
Have they ever tried just making games that would be fun to play? Or, rebranding these fictional-documentary games as "sleep aid" games, as even an insomniac would pass out playing these.
Remember this dude lives in Norway. Scandinavia is one of the wealthiest and welfare-positive regions in the world. He has NOT A SINGLE CLUE what it’s like for low-income people in other parts of the world.
they say it wasnt meent to be taken serious and just satiric and fun....yet it feel mean spirited, on the nouse, preachy and straight out as a political statement...if their intent was to be "fun" they failled miserably....if they want something that doesnt take itself serious to be fun they might want to take a look at devil may cry as a great example of fun over seriousness
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This Evangelion omedetou is dusty. 🎉🎊🎊🚔
@@Xmusicana when she dust on my born till I concord
“Hey, I think your game is bad.”
“HOW DARE YOU THREATEN ME! WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH MEAN THINGS?!”
"Are all these death threats in the room with us now?"
Gamers: critiisizes the gameplay, cringe story, and unlikable characters.
Devs you just hate the game cause the main character is blck and your an ist and phone.
Gamers:🤦🏼♂️🤦🏾🤦🏿♂️🤦🏻♀️
Local Game Deverloper creates game about glorifying toxicity and hatred, baffled when the response to the game is toxicity and hatred.
Criticism? That's a hate speech right there
Also, most only mock and criticize, VERY FEW do threat. Effing projection
Pretty sure we're more unhappy with his cancel culture training simulator
Guy: describes a person and says his skin tone so they know who he’s talking about.
Pax: YOUR RACIST.
Their lack of hope for the future of the industry gives me hope that it can only get better.
@@ToxicVex267 Many in real life think like pax. Let that sink in.
@@eneco3965 Last time I let the sink in it broke my kitchen counter ≧ ﹏ ≦
@@Porcupine2009"And I'll fackin' do it again!"
That isn't even a game, it's pure propaganda. Games are fun, this thing is not.
how did you like playing it?
Well, games are supposed to be about fun, but that's clearly lost in the memo. Appealing to everyone makes it appeal to no one.
They even imply that it wasn't designed to be fun, lmao.
It legally is propaganda too since it was bankrolled by the Canadian government.
It's actually fun if you never install it. 😂🤌🏻
The fact that players collectively rejected Dustborn is a healthy sign and a glimmer of hope for the future of the industry.
Assuming customers have control of the market.
To be honest, it is the STATE that controls the markets.
@@Marinealver is the entire point of investors investing on something is to make a profit without the customers investors, money will just stay stagnant and the only way to pay them back. Is to steal money from other investors?
@@Marinealver my computer, my credit card, my steam account.
They can make a new Dustborn every week if they want. I'm not playing it. Given the financial state of Ubisoft I'd say I'm not alone.
@@Marinealver oh yeah the STATE is the ones giving millions to the companies that are selling millions of copies of their games black myth for example.
If no one buys their games sure they can somehow get some funding from the government but that ain't gonna keep them afloat at all.
@@Marinealver up until the state fails.
Reminder they rhymed "porn" with "newborn" for their title song in game.
One character do talk about the lyric and the main character's reaction was:
"People doesn't listen to lyrics anyways." XD
@@bobbobber4810 They are kind of right about that. How many listens does it take for someone to realize Hey Ya by Outkast isn't a happy song?
@@NuchiAsaki Actually concerning, as a Latino myself, there's a GREAT pollution of Reggaeton all around and it's overall BRAINROT, with singers that only use autotune and sing about women, drugs, sex, and worse, luckily I know it's not all people.
@@NuchiAsakiThe dustporn song lyrics are presented on screen during the song.
Also stating as immigrants are coming for you. Behind you specifically.
"we're used to people not liking our games..." bold self own on his part
'It is high-premium copium.'
He made it for the GOVERNMENT
NOT for gamers
natural galaxy gas from Norway
>I'm not sure how bad their other games are.
>Diversity has been core to our games for years.
They must all be bad then.
i loved Anarchy Online, wish they did more on that universe instead of this.
> _"Yes, but we were never never out to provoke."_
*You literally designed a main character who constantly manipulates people*
> _"We just wanted to make a game with characters that are different."_
*They look like the ragtag group of "freedom fighters" from every movie within the last 10 years*
> _"We didn't think it would be so controversial that a group would fight against a fascist regime."_
*The "controversy" stemmed from the game mechanics (Bullying, canceling, isolating people etc.)*
Yup this looks like a failed remake of the failed remake of Red Dawn lol
1) 💯😌👌🏾
2) Makes sense, the game never evolved past 2017 while in production
3) Indeed, also the writing sucks huevos. I can't give a pass to a game that thinks it's not propaganda when an embodiment of "logic and facts" is an enemy boss.
@@SelecaoOfMidas i played N64 games with better graphics than Dustborn.
'That is their trick, it is all performative. A theater play. A two-faced mask so they can conveniently switch between facades.'
'I think the funny thing here is, people like the dev of Dustborn seem absurdly confident that they will never get fact-checked.'
Ah yes, when a group of "rebels" use dystopian methods to crush everyone including: Other rebels, people who agree, people who disagree, the actual "good guys", and a bunch of normal innocent people.
But sure, let's say they only stood up to an evil regime. 😇
They always claim hate and harassment made against them but never cite said hate and harassment made against them.
eh I don't doubt that he's received some of that kind of stuff tbh. there are easily enough absolute idiots on the internet to send him some way ott stuff, casually tell him to off himself or w/e. the problem is that represents a minuscule fraction of the people who don't like his game but their actions will ALWAYS be used as a shield, and mean that he doesn't have to address the legitimate reasons that no one bought it, at least not in public
Burden of proof for thee, but not for me.
-the Right Side of History people
@@-yeme- But the funny difference is, we openly point out this is too far and shouldn't be done. With switched sides, they endorse the extreme behaviour instead of cutting it off from the voice of majority.
If you play the game, you'll know that they don't care about what's true, they only care about deceiving others to get power.
@@kaksspl Sadly, you'll never get them to acknowledge that hypocrisy. Because they are the 'virtuous side' saving the oppressed people from the 'evil heterosexual religious white man'. Never mind that they have basically turned themselves into a rainbow colored religious cult.
“If you don’t like it don’t buy it”
“Why do you care so much it’s just a video game” are things they’ve been telling us for years, the fact they’re surprised is more surprising for me 😂
At least they've finally made their own games.
@@amicableenmity9820 As if there aren't countless works and series that are getting gutted and destroy by these types, currently.
If they only made their own shit and stood in their corner, sure.
Then they wonder why no one plays it and proceeds to call us all the ists
@@amicableenmity9820 That's the way I look at it too. Make all the garbage you want, I don't have to like or buy it, but you have the right to make it for those that do.
Just leave the good IPs alone, and don't call me names because I didn't buy the thing you already said wasn't for me.
I have no issue with Dustborn existing , it doesn't change my life in any way.
But if you don't buy it they also call you a bigot
"This game is shit. The writing is awful, the premise is preposterous, the content is racist and sexist, the acting is terrible...what were they smoking?" = 'Harassment'
"We might not want to make games anymore." "GOOD!" = 'Threats.'
I miss the days when devs would own up to their mistakes and try to correct them. When they'd try to make fans happy and have fun interacting with them and watching them enjoy their games. Not dodge criticism and try to act like they've done nothing wrong despite openly mocking their potential customers, and playing the victim when things blow up in their face.
Sad.
Most devs never owned up to mistakes because pretending you care either way wasn't seen as a viable marketing strategy. Whatever cherries you got in your basket don't make a pie.
The truth is you can now see the babies crying because of twitter, but they were always crying.
Just shows these people are not actually Game Developers, their activists who DEI'd there way into game studios while pushing out the real talent.
Honestly, I don't doubt that there have been *a few* threats. But all it takes is one single asshat, and they exaggerate it into them being "targeted". It's always the exact same thing with these people...
Ah yes, the old "they threatened my life" excuse with no evidence.
Seriously, threats to your life should be reported to the police...
So i need to see some police reports/statement saying they are tracking these people down....
Press X to doubt.
'Reminds me of that guy who claimed he was jumped by two Trump supporters with MAGA hats.'
"Then they screamed: 'This is MAGA country!' and drove off."
Developer: I got texts threatening my life!
Journalist: May I see them?
Developer: No.
Journalist: Ok.
@@oompalumpus699 In Chicago no less. That’s what made the story immediately suspect.
"Tidal wave of hate and abuse" is ironic coming from the "inclusive" people who turn anyone who doesn't worship them into enemies to demonize and silence.
That's what I'm saying. You think they'd be thrilled people are canceling like the game requires you do😂😂.
The hilarious twist is that people are canceling it just like their game is requiring people to do. It’s just amusing that they think people wanted this game when no one really did in a way.
game skill: CANCEL
then they cried when they got cancelled
@@mikediaz2816 UNO reverse card
Look at what they literally just did to Asmongold.
"While critics have generally welcomed Dustborn" - Well there's your problem right there.
Which is not even true.
It's like saying "While vegans have generally welcomed this steakhouse"
Not even those critics have played or finished the game even lol
Toxic positivity is the glue that keeps this volatile symbiosis of entertainment, journalism, capitalism, and politics together, for the time being.
To think that critics liking game is automatically good sales is just so funny and out of touch with reality, I just can't
11:12 "This hampers creativity among developers..." As apposed to forced DEi increasing creativity? 90% of DEI-focused games I've seen always have the same cookie-cutter characters, since they're forced to put certain characters in the game, and they only have a few stereotypes to work with.
Imagine say the comments section under this video being given the task to make a video game, but the challenge was to do it with the same DEI checklist.
I’m 100% certain we would come up with a more successful product as we would all put in the time and effort to find creative solutions towards the enormous and mountainous obstacle in front of us, that being to create a DEI checklist game.
When looking at it as a problem to work around, we would be inspired through our creativity to push out something that may not be the best game of all time, but still certainly leagues better than what Concord, and Dustborn has to offer because we recognize that the DEI is a “problem” and not some magical seasoning you add to a video game that suddenly makes all of the experiences better. And through that our creative solutions, to such a problem, would be far more refreshing of an experience to any gamer even willing to give it a chance or perform a comparison between it and other games, that use DEI as if it were a boon to the game”s development, rather than the curse it actually is…
@@jehmmadicine4367 Exactly. When Kim Belair said she wants to see herself in every game she plays, she really meant it. Nearly every game that sweet baby works on has her in it(just look at Angraboda in god of war). Another point, they talk so much about representation, but I've never seen them put someone like me in any game. I'm a colored from South Africa, and I've never seen them put anyone like that in a game. Or any other African country for that reason. It's usually just African Americans(nothing against them as a race though). You don't even see Latino characters that often either, so what representation are they even talking about
@@MrFiekie123 Yeah, they spout a lot of nonsense as if they are the godsend to people looking for diversity when in reality they’re usually the biggest offenders.
Like you said, where’s your representation. Why isn’t there a game story about someone like you washing ashore some American beach after capsizing on a boat, and suddenly having a Yakuza Like A Dragon themed adventure. Meeting new friends completely different from you along the way, in a natural setting without the need to push agendas but just emphasizing the humanity behind us all?
As opposed to having your game (the likes of KCD or The Witcher 3) being labeled as racist for not being diverse enough. But I guess that doesn't hamper creativity. Better yet, it only hampers the *wrong* kind of creativity.
"I made a bad game, people didn't like it, so they didn't buy it, this is hampering creativity! You must be forced to spend your hard-earned money in order to fuel my creativity!"
“Caught off guard” is crazy work
They really heard that We’re the dustborn song and said yup this is 🔥🔥
"How could people not like this? I just don't get it!"
If he bothered to pay attention to what the general consensus is to these games, he should've seen this coming
How did it caught them completely off guard? They made a bad game and received bad consequences.
Because we live in a world where poorly functioning adults are told “consequences are optional”.
they just wanted those funds, making the game is the big excuse and defending it is just theatrics
Because we have sold the idea that you can avoid the consequences of your actions, nay that to receive negative consequences is an evil. Unfortunately, the people who internalized this worldview end up throwing a temper tantrum when negative consequences fall upon them.
They all had to have been smoking the za za cause you can't tell me nobody played this game and didn't cringe at least once.
I'm going to guess a "toxic positivity" bubble that wasn't popped till the release.
"nOt A fLop", according to 7 players....
I don't think they make higher grade copium than whatever they're huffing. I guess it doesn't matter as long as daddy government funds their shit factory.
Hell, Concord had more players and it still flopped.
@HikariLight121 playing devil advocate for concord, they cost a 400 mil to make.
They are right, but not on the way they think.
The game was made on a multi-million euro grant from the goverment, so the studio alreadi profited before the game hit the store.
It's funny how he tries to be the victim. "I've been working for video games for like 30 years" and he only worked for games nobody has ever heard off, because they were always just cheap cash grabs or mediocre to bad games. You can see his track record on Mobygames.
So he's actually a grifter that saw a chance to get in on that DEI money by making this dumpster fire, gotcha.
Eh, I decently enjoyed the Dreamfall series under Funcom and Törnquist. It's nothing like a masterpiece or anything like that, but the lore was interesting enough to keep me going. However, Crustborn is just way too over the top and promotes some rather dangerous narratives à la it's okay to bully if you're the "morally correct" side. If the dude seems happy in his little bubble with like 100 people playing his games, that's fine. He himself admits it's not for everyone and his games are very niche, so whatever. I'm never going to pay money to waste my precious lifetime on what he calls a "game", so each to their own.
I'm not sure at what point he thought that's something to be proud of. The CIA couldn't get such an embarassing confession out of me.
Can you sugest any games ?
@@WindmelodieI liked the series until the third one. It failed to grab me and then I stopped playing it when it advocated for his favored political party. I honestly felt ripped off and insulted by the time I uninstalled.
“It is just a video game, why is it a big deal?”
"why do you care chud?" Well they obviously do care a lot.
And yet they overreact with "oversexualized" women, add unecessary dialogue about their politics in translations not relevant to the script, to name a few. Shows how hypocritical they are when they use that line.
They continue to justify their actions, promote their product and position by playing both as a victim and a bully. All the while, insulting people and not really caring for the actual movement and instead uses it to further their careers, profit from it through donations or attention and stay relevant.
The sheer disrespect I have for people like this is immense. I am glad Dustborn and other DEI projects failed horribly.
@@nolilado5452 I'm legit so spiteful towards these types at this point that I'm almost concerned it's making me an shittier person in general. Like, my temper hasn't been this hair trigger since high school.
@@nolilado5452they view language as a thing that exists to gain power. Nothing more.
@@xenogorwraithblade2538just remember, they aren't your fellows and you didn't decide to make them your enemies. They are malicious people who are completely deranged. There's only harm in considering them to be legitimate, sensible, and trustworthy.
It's "not a Flop" because most of their funding isn't theirs, it's a Norwegian government grant.
Can't lose what was never yours to begin with.
If it plays like a flop, sells like a flop, reviews like a flop, then it's a flop. Don't care if government funds (meaning Norwegian and EU taxpayer money) were wasted on it.
It looks like a lot of RTG's game are funded by gov't funds. Dreamfall was funded with crowd funding as well. Beyond Dreamfall which peaked at over 1600 players on Steam, Draugen peaked with a few hundred. I don't see how they're turning a profit and I would bet they are just milking the gov't funds to release mid games at best.
@@SelecaoOfMidasNorway isn't in þe EU
@@TWoodringFishingUnfortunately, that's the norm for the Norwegian game scene. There's Funcom, and then everyone else suckling at the culture committee teat. Don't see the cycle ending any time soon unless and until some dev team bucks the trend again.
30 years of experience and didn't realise that "game" was a joke? Seems like 30 years wasted
Proof that 'hard work' does not necessarily equal good results. You can work hard digging a hole, but if no one wanted that hole, then you accomplished nothing in the end.
30 years of experience still make you-
I think he means 29 years of rpg maker, and 1 year of cookie cutter LGBT content. lol
"...but also a lot of positive feedback. Those who actually play it seem to enjoy it."
Yeah. I'm sure. All...7 of them
Game journalists.
They feed them good critic and blind the developers.
'That is selective and creative interpretation right there from the dev.'
'Instead of looking at how many people did not play the game or the amount of profits it did not make, he smoked fentanyl copium and said: Well, 7 people liked it, so this means this is successful!'
Dustborn looks satirical but really is serious
Killer Move: Serious Series: Serious Trash
They're telling us who they are. The main characters aren't just evil by our standards, they're evil *by their own standards*
@@ryanvenjoyer When I first read the descriptions of the main character's powers, I thought to myself "...These are unironically more evil than most of the dark side powers in Star Wars..."
Considering the director said the game was made as a response to Trump's election in 2016... yeah. He's full of shit. He says that to get his ass out of the line. To paint the backlash as unwarranted.
@@StBrodes Force Cancel.
Dude has the most viking name ever and he acts like a broken hearted teenager. His ancestors must be rolling in their graves now.
'He does not deserve the name. It should be revoked.'
'He deserves to be named something bland. Something like Dave Cuckenholden.'
Is there a hell or something in Viking mythology?
@@howardxu8050There is Hel, a frozen realm where dead people go. Valhalla is the closest thing you have to heaven in that mythology, but only great warriors get to be there.
His last name is very similar to a very infamous traitor who started to work for the germans during ww2 lol
@@lekhaclam87 Freya has her own Hall, as does Njord
Njords hall is for people who died braving the oceans.
Freya's hall gets half the warriors- Odin gets the other half. Freya also accepts those who died "noble" deaths. There is less feasting, boasting, and wrestling in Freya's hall than in Odins- though it is supposed to be exceptionally beautiful.
So much projection you'd swear this was a movie theater.
Dude could fit 16 screens in it! 😂
@@SelecaoOfMidasHow much for tickets tho?
'And so much copium huffing he might overdose.'
"Caught off gaurd." I'll take lies for 800 alex.
No... he's just delusional.
Dude lives in an Echo Chamber under the sea.
It's not a lie, they thought they had a bigger audience.
-"Your game sucks"
-"Oh my god, did you just threaten my life?"
His "game" is just propaganda. I don't count that thing as a game.
Wukong is CCP Propaganda, Dustoborn is pro-human
@@SpaceXfan2005 Every DEI game is corporate WEF propoganda, take the boot out of your mouth fool.
@@SpaceXfan2005I thought you were joking at first but apparently you've sent that comment several times on the channel. We actually found a dustborn shill, that's crazy.
@@rugalbernstein5913 So you prefer CCP propaganda games over a pro-human games, right?
@@SpaceXfan2005 go ahead and elaborate on how a game based on Journey to the West, a book written in the 1500s, is somehow propaganda for the CCP which was founded in 1921, I'll wait.
The games industry is fine. Make a good, fun game that isn't predatory to your users, you'll be successful. Space Marine 2 and Black Myth Wukong are recent examples.
Or sparking zero, or metaphor, or helldivers.
There has actually been a lot of amazing games come out this year. But it always feels like the extremely vocal bad games overshadow the good
@@dinoblacklane1640 It's harder to look away from a burning dump truck. You know the good stuff is safely tucked away, you just making sure the trash fire doesn't spillover into your fun.
No, this game was never meant to be popular. It was a failed government attempt to help us "educate ourselves" ahead of elections.
If you look at dev commentary, the tax dollar funding, and analyze the game, you'll see it. They've turned Rules For Radicals into an interactive instruction manual disguised as a game.
I wouldn't be surprised if similar games become part of school and college curriculum, since nobody is buying them.
It's even harder when said dumpster fires are the ones that seem to get a lot of coverage and even then the good games that have been coming out have have some drama connected to them specifically with their publishers. The industry has gotten extremely depressing as of late.
I’m more surprised to learn that the dev was a man.
"trans" "man"
Joking: How DARE YOU ASSUME A PENIS CARRIER IS A MAN?! LMFAO
That dev might be male. But 'man' might be a little on the strong side.
Being a born, biological man is not enough to be a true man figuratively. Being a man or an adult is about attitude.
Pretty sure it's a chick with male pronouns.
I can't even begin to describe how many death threats I've gotten online. You are only bothered by them if you are an e-girl, a 13yo, or a dev that made an intentionally insulting game. The only one that has any reason to take it seriously are e-girls
And they provoke it anyway
Naw, the e-girls are the safest and most protected group in the world. They have absolutely nothing to fear.
These are the type of people who threaten to self delete just to get sympathy and attention.
"Profitability 'takes time.'"
Dragon ball sparking zero: "wassup"
A decades-old franchise is not the best counterpoint.
Wukong: Wazzap?
Hogwarts: Yo?
Profitability does take time. At the rate this dev is going, he's lucky we'll have life-extension soon, he's gonna need it.
StellarBlade says 'hi'
6:50 - "for about half over them, Dustborn is their first experience creating and releasing a game" - hopefully it will also be their last.
Reminder that one of the powers you can unlock in game is literally the ability to cancel people. Oh, and another one where you can "trigger" yourself.
Honestly kinda surprised that "death threat" wasn't an ability
There’s also just straight up bully as a power too iirc.
And "Hoax". Yeah I don't think a good guy has ever staged a hoax.
The cancel and trigger ability is actually a negative. If you use those abilities too much then you would get the bad ending. One of the bad events that happened in the middle of the game is when you used "Cancel" on a traffic cop then it would cause the cop to get hit by the car and the party of heroes looking a bit traumatized from said event.
CEO has an entirely flawed perspective. I highly doubt this is genuine. Yes, they WERE singled out. Gamers made an example out of them, and they will continue to do so. They can childishly call it “bullying”, “racist”, or whatever cope they feel like, their funeral. They’d be lucky if anyone even gives them an explanation or debate these things anymore, because everyone is done with this junk and will only clown on them.
It's delusion to expect people to give you money for something they don't want, or to insist that you must like their offerings.
It smacks of Cain's offering, a selfish, prideful demonstration of his personal hard work, but it wasn't what God requested, and so was rejected.
It seems that trigger mechanic they made is actually real. Ironic
They created a buzzword for their anger issues.
The cancel and trigger ability is actually a negative. If you use those abilities too much then you would get the bad ending. One of the bad events that happened in the middle of the game is when you used "Cancel" on a traffic cop then it would cause the cop to get hit by the car and the party of heroes looking a bit traumatized from said event.
That's not irony.
"It's done with humor and exaggeration."
Then why is it not funny and why does it feel like an accurate and realistic representation of the people it portrays?
Yeah that's the part that i don't understand, it take itself too seriously to be funny, it has too many character bonding moments, if the game was supposed satire of the lefties believes makes me more angry than making fun of them.
Why would a Norwegian make this? There's no reason to worship Bay Area culture especially if you're a foreigner
They probably went over to study at Berkeley.
as a norwegian: no idea lol, it seems like they spent too much time on twitter and forgot they are norwegian lmao
Communist culture is world-wide.
*How in the **-Hell-** are you caught off guard with this travesty of a game!?*
*Are these people THAT out of touch with the market demographic they are trying to sell to?*
Must be nice to live life with that much oblivious ignorance 😑
Unfortunately so
"Completely caught off guard"
That has got to be the most roundabout way of admitting to having your head WAY up someone's ass, maybe even your own.
Narcissism is a hell of a drug….
Either that or they live in a bubble so tight they severely overestimated the audience they are trying to capture.
"We don't feel we've made a game that's primarily about politics. It's more about language and relationships between people". Translated: It's about weaponizing language and relationships between people in order to push politics.
Hard facts, Stroika-unit.
Losers cling to the past while refusing to learn from their mistakes.
Real winners take it on the chin and move forward to do better.
Do not forget your past, or else you’ll just repeat your mistakes. Don’t obsess on it, just remember it for the future.
@@ronaldhanson2710 That's why I said "take it on the chin" and move forward to do better.
Love how it lists him living at a "secret address". Like no shit, my address isn't know either to the broader public is it?
Urinalist writing like he's had to go in hiding in the forests of Siberia because the gamerchuds are tracking him down relentlessly.
In Sweden you have no privacy: some things, like your address and financial statements, are information openly available.
Don't know about Norway.
You know, while in some countries companies buy your information, in Sweden, it's free real state.
Deploying gamer attack dogs now. Beginning the hunt.
There has never been a single moment in my professional career where any boss I had, good or bad, was protecting me from anything except a raise.
The funniest part was is there's a fandom wiki page of Dustborn and got hacked a few days ago which was hilarious because the hackers edited everything and replace it with funny sh*tposts, I saw it from a TH-camr called SodaJump
That was a great video
I'm shocked it actually has a wiki...
It wasn’t hacked it was just edited. Anyone can
To be fair, critics HAVE mostly been positive about this game, the fact that its sitting at an 67 critic score when it should be down in the low 30s or even 20s is proof of that.
They've blown as much smoke up this games arse as they possible could just like with Concord.
Pandering to critics, who are a tiny percentage of the population? Bold move cotton, let's see how it works out.
The key word here is critics, you should not trust, remember what they say about Crash Bandicoot the way they try to take down Hogwarts Legacy and Stellar Blade, not to mention the lies they said about the company that make Wukong, the most just keep going do not trust the critics, they aren't reliable.
@@DarkHeartTheEmo No sh*t the key word is critics, thats the part I was addressing.
Him disagreeing with the idea that critics have been positive about this game lol.
These critics don't speak for gamers, they're frauds and the sooner EVERYONE realizes this the better.
7:15 "group (fighting) against a fascist regime".... but the same group are using tactics similar to a fascist regime...
And America is the least police state compare to many places; apparently in England, you can get arrested for offensive remarks.
Modern authoritarian starts with the media, then men with guns follow.
Dustborn is a game where you manipulate your friend to get what you want and threaten people who are simply doing their job.
On top of that, if a game was about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, why is robot racism so prevalent with the MC?
If I want to play a fuckin' game that's about diversity, acceptance, and love, I'd rather play Undertale, and that's an optional playstyle.
Hell, I even vouch for The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories than this pile of utter nonsensical garbage.
Rev pointed this out about a month ago, this game was created as a response to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory. The who existence for this game was politically motivated at the roots, it’s beyond parody.
But most important, it was boring.
Redthread is free to make a game for whatever niche they want. But that does not exempt them from criticism, and they definitely shouldn’t be using taxpayer dollars to make said game.
The gaming industry changes due to companies. The gaming audience has been wanting for he exact same thing for 40 years.
Just a fun time
Dustborn needs to be put in the dustPIN...
Ayyyyyyyyyy
.... Did ya accidentally put pin?
"Diversity" and "inclusive" folks.
Why did a Norwegian even create an American culture war videogame? Why not just create a game based on Norwegian culture? That would have been way better and gotten more eyeballs.
The woke wind of Murica travelled to Europe from the north to the south, they got hit the hardest.
Well you see Jhonny, there is this place called the ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD, and things happen there as well as in the USA.
I remember an old comic saying that no matter how much you cover a pile of shit in gold and decorations, it is still a pile of shit.
If I remember right, at the time it was about lootboxes and microtransactions. But it is clear that nowadays those were exchanged for DEI.
ok so how are they the victim here? when they wrote the handbook on how to be a bully. now the community is using the same tactics the Dustborn devs have shown us they use against everyone else in their daily lives. they made a game about being politically correct, lgbt, and cancel culture...how is that supposed to be a good game anywhere?
If he is so worried about the future of the industry, then why doesn't he look at the success of games like Stellar Blade, Palworld, Black Myth: Wukong and Space Marine 2, and strive to follow their example? The answer is simple: these people care more about lecturing their audience instead of entertaining their audience.
In Dustborn the "bad guys" sounded like rational human beings.
Not really.
@@mablesfatalfable6021 The villains in this game are not "normal people", they are cultists. And a cultist fighting another cultist from a different cult is not anythingless of a cultist for it.
Stop telling yourself that people who oppose bad people must be good people. That's the exact mindset that the people you're opposed to have; only seeing it as wrong when the other does it. A lot of times in history, it's just villains vs. villains, and then the moral choice is to root for neither.
@@RokuroCarisu people still choose in both history and in fantasy like WH40K to side with the "villains" that they liked most or could associate with best. It's not about being "heroes or villains" because realistically everything is morally grey and swapping perspectives can change something from being a "hero" action to a "villain" action. Using the term cultist paints them as bad as cults are generally a negative thing as accepted by the general population but people will still go into cults and become a cultist by their own will, so even in that example you're over simplifying it by just implying it's a cult.
5:40 they did acomplish their mission, the game surely did stand out.
If he shows cancellation in a good light, then why is he so disappointed when his own game gets cancelled?
He wasted a bunch of taxpayers' money. If anyone should be pissed, it's all of us.
If I had a dollar every time an actor or game dev came out and said they endured threats and hate speech following their terrible DEI games and shows/movies, I'd be a billionaire, and then I'd use that money to buy the studios that hire these people, fire everyone, and hire competent people, and if that doesn't work, I'd force the old people to make good products so I don't have to sit and listen to the same old repetitive victim cards they keep pulling.
Ragnar Tornquist made some pretty good games before. The Longest Journey, heck Dreamfall - I still remember waiting for it and playing it.
I guess he got ideologically captured.
Id€ologically, i tihnk he simply does not want to have funds requested back
Also Draugen
Yep. TLJ and Dreamfall were amazing (the Chapters one less so but still pretty good). I'll always have respect for the people who are able to create games, worlds... stories like that.
They should be worried for THEIR future in the industry, yes.
I can one hundred percent guarantee he got no death threat texts.
I'd bet he did . However i'd bet he also got them over the last part of his Longest Journey games. It's just ridiculous for him to pretend it represent anything but unhinged individuals , and some actual movement.
Not true, he sent them to himself from his own burner accounts
@@SilverSidedSquirrel probably
"Is it worth living this way when you have a family?"
You have a family? SMH I have to press X to doubt that.
How to tell a highly narcissistic person - completely out of touch, victimhood and insisting that they are always right
his worried about intense fans, i think his pretty safe if the tokyo game show booth was anything to go by.
The threats: "I'm not buying this game."
Ur not buying my game, ur hurting me... Reeeeeeeeee!
I’ve played Dustborn out of curiosity (I pirated it) and it’s just a boring game. The game has it’s good moments somehow, but for a game where bonding with your character is important, none of them are likable, all of them act rude and seems like they hate each other. The story is just not interesting at all and the devs think adults acting like a child is profound writing or something.
What a disingenuous take. If Dustborn is satire, you shouldn't take offensive when people hate on the "trigger", "cancel" in the game.
So is it merely disingenuous, or is it dishonest?
@@Selrisitailiterally the same thing
Hero Hei just pinned a comment and he’s EMPTIONALLY AMBIGUOUS
8:00 I don't think he knows what "satire" means.
i hope one day i see a video called how gamers took back gaming in like a few years
These people would shoot a gun in a crowd and blame the crowd for not dodging the bullets.
I love how they find a vanishingly small minority of unhinged individuals and try to prop them up like the face of all their detractors...
Isn't it funny when Pikamee gets hounded for wanting to playing Hogwarts Legacy the game journos don't care?
The complaints about threats are so weird. You made a politically charged product in the internet age. You will receive threats. You can't be surprised by this
i bet if you look through his messaging he will have SENT more death threats over BS than he ever recieved
5:02 that’s a slick lie of omission in not mentioning that they were backed by the Norwegian government.
16 person team? Financial stability? Yikes.
The biggest flaw with the creators thinking is not accepting the fact that they invariably created the worst human beings imaginable and created a tale of thier exploits of being the worst humans imaginable while fervently believing that anyone would want to play as them.
"their games is not for everyone"
yeah. Its just for the devs and about 5 people
You mean the devs, and 5 game reviewers. I wouldn't be surprised of they all live in the same apartment.
Why can't these modern devs understand that making good games will have diversity and inclusivity come along naturally without focusing or obsessing on it?
Because their goal is to gain power. Everything else is just an excuse to gain more power.
Remember how they said words are literally weapons lmao.
Why do they wish to be video game developers then they hate gamers and the culture around it?
Just remember that this game is about canceling and bullying XD
Damn... a rare 10+ minute video! love to see it.
"We all care a lot about each other and enjoy working together."
Then why did he say he didn't like the fact that most of his team is white and wants to change that?
Confirmation at least some of them need a padded cell.
Im happy this game exist, if i ever make my own game, my first goal will be "just sell more than Dustborn".
Aparrently not saying anything and just ignoring this "game" is "spreading hate" an "engaging in harrasment". They are such pathetic losers.
"Give me money or I'll call you a hateful bigot" has been their default strategy for the past 10 years.
Boys are playing in the scool yard. A girl joins and plays. She starts to demand changes to the way the boys play. Some boys leave. A new boy joins who likes the girl and insists more changes are made to favour the girl. He then brings in his friends who make changes that boys and girls will hate. More boys leave. Eventually the original girls leave too. No one is there to play. The new boys and girls are now upset that no one wants to play games. The orignals say " no we just don't wanna play with you"
“People didn’t like my game that I prioritized DEI with over being fun, I’m truly worried for future of the industry” the irony is just too much
The entire interview reeks of him trying to pretend he wasn’t fully aware of how polarizing and inflammatory his game was in spite of every single indication including their own past statements indicating that as the intent. I imagine what he didn’t realize was just how far off the mark his beliefs are from appealing to the average person
Have they ever tried just making games that would be fun to play?
Or, rebranding these fictional-documentary games as "sleep aid" games, as even an insomniac would pass out playing these.
Remember this dude lives in Norway.
Scandinavia is one of the wealthiest and welfare-positive regions in the world.
He has NOT A SINGLE CLUE what it’s like for low-income people in other parts of the world.
Nothing could have prepared him for what happened with Dustborn he went to a game convention in Japan, and no one cared
he spent the whole time having prom flashbacks
"Some games aren't for everyone" - with Dustborn being the best example for that statement
Shit-talking the majority is a disaster waiting to happen.
Pin, please.
they say it wasnt meent to be taken serious and just satiric and fun....yet it feel mean spirited, on the nouse, preachy and straight out as a political statement...if their intent was to be "fun" they failled miserably....if they want something that doesnt take itself serious to be fun they might want to take a look at devil may cry as a great example of fun over seriousness