10 Video Games We All Wanted (But Nobody Bought)

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[@guillepankeke2844]

"10 Games We All Wanted But The Publishers Screwed Up" Is what this list is more about...

[@2_572]

Preach brother.

[@Faustustopheles]

exactly

[@Nickc86]

Biggest mistake Prince of Persia made was not putting it on steam

[@dhimmyjazzy696]

FACT

[@ForeverMasterless]

How could you say something so true.

[@Philpot1992]

Yeah same with Alan Wake 2

[@masonrock]

It had to be worth it or they would’ve canceled the one that is coming out on Steam soon. Epic I’m sure paid an arm and a leg for the right.

[@joels5150]

My hot take is that corporate executives in the gaming industry are quick to write off a game as a failure (and I think it’s totally intentional) if it doesn’t sell say 2 million copies in the first month. They do this so they can use ‘creative’ (re: dishonest) accounting to justify underpaying or (just laying off) the developers, after a product is finished and released, while the execs pocket all the profits. A good game can have steady sales for months, ultimately more than making back its budget, but the powers that be don’t want to talk about that, and the gaming media is too often complicit in going along with this dishonest narrative.

[@Johnny_the_5]

More like on release day

[@annonjames2433]

Facts

[@CameronHuff]

Just like all Hollywood movies never make a profit.

[@FelisImpurrator]

Ice cold take, literally just true

[@Betito1171]

I felt the same way for awhile now. I’m pretty sure everyone in the medium feels like the people in charge care too much about the money and not enough about the art

[@braddrcrushalot3785]

Has Square Enix released a game in the past 10 years where sales actually met their expectations?

[@Bman32x]

Kingdom Hearts MIGHT be the closest to that?

[@TinKnight]

Nier: Automata sold so strongly that Square Enix attempted creating a full franchise out of Nier. Reincarnation & Replicant have done reasonably well, even though their reviews are less stellar.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

FF14 makes a huge amount of money for them.

[@playername9391]

FF7 remake. fF15 Kh3. Dq11. So2r. There's alot stop using that lame excuse for FF7 rebirth bombing. Ff isn't just that popular anymore

[@ErgoDog]

FF 15 was actually huuge

[@DMBLaan]

I think the 2 biggest reasons games like these "fail" are 1. They take way too long to come out. Like who today cares about Beyond Good and Evil 2 today in 2024 who didn't already like it when the first game came out in 2003? and 2. The games change so much that they may as well be a new IP. If you played Sand of Time as your first PoP game, are you really wanting a 2d Metriodvania game for the series first new game in over a decade?

[@busterkeaton1041]

True, I wanted a new game in the Sands series, not what we got. The demo was okay, just not anything that I'm excited about.

[@Erawk]

also $70 a pop doesn't help

[@ZlothZloth]

Plus their fans aren't playing after school - they've got to work in time between their jobs and their kids' needs. Wait another 20, though, and you can catch them with empty nests.

[@randyhamm3862]

The Dreamcast was the most underrated ahead of its time console ever created

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

It sadly released abit early which sucks because it did kicked off the 6th gen of video games. Plus they had quite a bit of good exclusives

[@Deviljho5]

Agreed 👍

[@charlieb308]

No DVD drive and no second thumb stick

[@RyzenZegend]

Viewtiful Joe 2 is 10/10 game!

[@maeburekaiser]

I'd actually say it was behind it's time. It wasn't next gen, it was a high quality competitor for the Playstation, but the next year the PS2 released and was so far beyond the Dreamcast it drowned it just with anticipation.

[@Basicallykhaled]

0:33 Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown 1:49 Mirrors Edge 2:55 Viewtiful Joe 2 4:02 Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams 5:03 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 6:18 Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne 7:24 Chrono Cross 8:31 Lawbreakers 9:34 The Last Guardian 10:40 Shenmue 1 & 2

[@SussySerbo]

thank you for your service 07

[@Basicallykhaled]

@@SussySerbo My pleasure

[@tavianfloyd6589]

As someone who completed lost crown and was very impressed, it was definitely overpriced. The metroidvania market just isnt at the point where you can charge $40 or $50 at launch. I waited until i could get the game for around $25 and was happy with the game, but i cant lie, i almost forgot it existed before i saw that sale.

[@mikespike2099]

Most gamers are getting wise to the fact that most games get half price sales within 6-12 months. There are now plenty of games to keep playing as we wait for that sweet sale!

[@duhmzdaih]

That and also most games are actually complete one year later or more. Paying to be a tester of an unfinished product isn't fun.

[@RippahRooJizah]

​@@duhmzdaihI do admit, Crash Twinsanity can be pretty fun. If anyone tells me that was a finished product I'll laugh at their face. And in their face.

[@TheKgr320]

Even less than that to be frank. More and more AAA games are slashing their prices after only 6 to 8 weeks, sometimes even less than that. Unless you're a content creator, or someone else who really needs that day one experience, there's really not a point to shelling out day one anymore. Also frankly there's a boat load of games I've been hyped about and then day one it turns out there's a *huge* turn off for me to actually invest in them.

[@RippahRooJizah]

@@TheKgr320 Generally speaking if it's a game I believe in, I'll pay full price for it (and this has very rarely turned out poorly for me). Plus, some games would benefit an earlier purchase. One example, don't be the guy who decides to wait a year before buying a fighting game on sale, then going online and getting mad that the people online seem to, oddly enough... know how to play the game. Another example, spoiler risks, because sometimes you have to be extra careful to not get spoiled by a game on accident just looking around on YT. Then there's also the preorder stuff. I know a lot of people say to never preorder, and all I can say is I've seemed to have had far better experiences than most pertaining to preorders.

[@duhmzdaih]

@@RippahRooJizah Well, about the fighting games, you can be the guy that waits a year before buying and then doesn't get mad at something that's easy to expect. Just take your time to learn the game before going online. When it comes to content, most fighting games nowadays are A JOKE in day one in comparison to the classic titles. Besides, characters are nerfed, patched, rebalanced, etc. anyway all the time in online games. About spoilers, I think this only has happened to me once, being spoiled on accident, so it's not a big deal.

[@jamiekjackson]

Square had a guaranteed way to print money for FF7R. All they had to do was leave the script alone, and only update the graphics/gameplay. It also broke my heart, almost no one knew what chrono cross was.

[@Pulmonox]

Chrono Cross might be a great game, but there will always be a stigma in my heart for it because it completely erased everything you worked for in Chrono Trigger on account of the game not initially intended to BE a sequel to Chrono Trigger but they wanted some kind of name recognition, but the only way they could adapt the story is to completely nullify the story of the previous game, and when a sequel does that it is ALWAYS a pet peeve of mine.

[@WhitebeardisKing]

The problem with FF7 remake/rebirth isn't the story, maybe it plays a small part but the fact is that their biggest market(Japan) isn't as invested in the ps5 as the US so of course they would lose money making it a only ps5 game.

[@hosswik]

@WhitebeardisKing Them limiting it to PS5 did limit sells and some people were upset about the story…. But if you look at the reviews most of the complaints were about the lackluster combat. Same thing happened with FF16, Action RPG’s can, and often are good… but they missed the mark with both FF7R games and FF16, by opting for watered down uninspired gameplay instead of playing it safe and using the traditional system. This is in my opinion, the primary reason why most fans are waiting for it to have a good sale before buying.

[@WhitebeardisKing]

@hosswik the biggest market for final fantasy is Japan and the fact they made both of the new games ps5 only destroyed the sells, personally I loved ff16 but I love most of the ff games except 9, sure the gameplay can kinda get repeative but what game doesn't? I mean I'd wager that alot of ff players also play things like cod or battlefield or halo.

[@user-zf2ru4eq4w]

Interesting enough; Viewtiful Joe has his own anime that was released in 2004 which is around the same time VJ 2 was released. Also, to those interested in playing Chrono Cross; it got rereleased as the Radical Dreamers edition.

[@Thomas-fb5tf]

are there any ways to play viewtiful joe now days? did anyone port it?

[@TomTomW90]

FF7 OG is maybe my favourite game. And I've enjoyed Remake and Rebirth for what they are.

[@moisteunicorn8090]

Max payne was my earliest addiction

[@nathansaillant4703]

Agreed I've played doom quake turok re 1-re3 but max payne was a masterpiece and one of my best childhood experiences

[@alexfelix6699]

My brother and I loved Max Payne 1 and 2... was the first ever nude patch using naked Mona as the main character... game would eventually freeze, but we'll worth it.

[@PennywiseThedancingclown-ws1lh]

Same here

[@maynardperalta3188]

Same. I was addicted to Max Payne like I was addicted to painkillers.

[@southernpanda33]

I played through FFVII Rebirth 3 times and both Shenmue 1 & 2, as well. I enjoyed them.

[@cubie30dimh]

I didn't even know it was out until this video. Looks like I'm headed to the psn shop.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

I just started my third playthrough of Rebirth. I just can't get enough of the world and its characters. I'm a little sad we're not getting DLC and have to wait 3-5 years for Part 3.

[@ZlothZloth]

Oh sure. Just keep playing Rebirth over and over, while your PC mas... brothers are stuck out in the cold. I see how it is!! 😉

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

@@ZlothZloth personally, I can't wait for the PC release. Not for me, I prefer consoles, but because I want the sales to go up. I think everyone should be able to play it. Except for maybe the Switch players. I can't imagine how big of a downgrade that would be. And the Series S is why Xbox won't get it either. But I'm hoping all you PC guys make the sales for Rebirth and XVI go through the roof!

[@kevinclapson]

Some of these did it to themselves. PoP dropping as a Metroidvania at full price was a huge gamble, one that doesn't seem to be paying off. Chrono Cross wasn't billed as a Chrono Trigger sequel, in fact the only indication it may be as much was it's name. It also got some flack for how the games titular mechanic (the Chrono Cross) worked and how poorly implemented the mechanic was. FF7 Rebirth got what it deserved. SE dangled people for years with the promise of FF7 remade from the ground up with Advent Children visual assets. What they delivered was a 3rd person hack'n'slash hybrid full of retcons and a ton of filler content. With the added bonus of SE milking this cow for all its worth by breaking the remake into chapters, all full priced titles, and spread out over several years. Even people who liked what they did with FF7R are waiting for the project to be complete before they keep throwing money at it.

[@GoodBoyGoneDad]

Yes I liked FF7 remake yet I have no desire to play crisis core right now. I'll wait til it's on PS+ or Gamepass and maybe play it then.

[@BK4LF1]

Chroncross also had its twist spoiled in a review

[@DC-FGC]

Chrono Cross deserves the loss. It's a prime example of pumping resources into areas that don't make sense(only 5 or 6 of the 45 playable characters are in any way important to the overall story) and using the good reputation of another title to get more anticipation and praise than actually deserved. The only connection between the 2 games was a late-game reveal that nothing seemed to be working towards, so it came entirely out of left field. People are still clamoring for a proper sequel to Chrono Trigger because Chrono Cross wasn't one.

[@dragonwing1982]

Agree 100% cross sucked.

[@Pulmonox]

Not to mention canonically the kingdom of Marle and Chrono was overthrown by Dalton and then wibbley-wobbly timey-wimey stuff erased everything you did in Chrono Trigger. I absolutely HATE it when sequels do things like that, but it was the only way the could stick 'Chrono' into the title and make Cross 'fit' with the other game, since it wasn't originally designed to be a sequel to Trigger.

[@dansmith1661]

Among other things, there were several connections. Guile is supposed to be Magus. Mother Brain(?) mentioned that Robo (not the OG) was terminated out of spite off screen. The CT kids cursing you out because of Time Kompression. It taking place around Porre which controls half the CT world or something. Ayla's mom/grandma being playable. Lucca's Orphanage.

[@antonfowler6582]

One problem with modern gaming is the over saturation of " live service & online team based " shooters the games that sell long term are single player story driven games . Look at skyrim and AC oddessy . Thousands of hours played .

[@ZlothZloth]

Thousands in AC Odessey?? I liked that game a lot, but I don't see how you put more than a couple of hundred in on that one.

[@TCPolecat]

Honestly, I have an answer for every one of those games. But the ones that stood out: Chrono Cross: I rented it and frankly hated the changes they made, so I never bought. FF 7 remake: Avoided. I didn't enjoy FF7 to the extent everyone else seemed to, and it felt overhyped to me, so pass. Prince of Persia: I want to get it, but on PC it went exclusive to Epic. Hard pass until it releases elsewhere on PC (Which is my gaming console of choice these days, given up on consoles). Mirror's Edge sequel? Sure, but only if it ditched combat... oh, they doubled down on gun-play? Hard pass.

[@PLAYER_42069]

A recent game to add to this list is the Dead Space Remake. Everybody was so hyped when it was announced (supposedly), followed every dev blog & stream, community events, etc. But it only sold 2M copies. It was expected to sell 5M. Granted, it wasn't a huge failure due to the smaller budget, but it's a perfect example of how nostalgia has its limits. Not only is the original Dead Space (2008) still playable, but the target audience for the remake has moved on/aged out of gaming. Younger gamers don't care about DS, or other aging IPs, and the lack of sales proved this.

[@gambello1195]

the original is one of ny favourite games ever, i know it inside out. I was hyped for the remake but when I played the demo it felt too different, i.e. the voices, even Isaac had a voice. I just felt I'm better off with the original. I'll give it a chance tho, when it's on sale

[@michaellane5381]

I love the concept of DS, but i had no interest if they weren't remaking the games that really needed it 2&3, a great game remade i only have interest in watching as i can't handle jumpscares well is really no draw at all when it dead ends before making the other titles better.

[@fullmetalsoldier6511]

Well they changed things People didn't want changed soo that's kinda what happens when you change a near perfect game

[@lennywright5655]

@@gambello1195 what kind of sale are you waiting for? Last year during the holidays, I saw Dead Space for $20-$30 at multiple stores.

[@roonkolos]

​@fullmetalsoldier6511 like removing the annoying turret section or making upgrade nodes actually matter and not used for blank spots? If not those, not sure what you mean since it was pretty universally enjoyed across the board

[@Bman32x]

3:44 Viewtiful Joe 2’s downfall that wasn’t mentioned was the console exclusive playable Dante. Sony once again splitting a fan base and made a lot of fans not even bother buying or playing on GC since they weren’t getting the full experience.

[@basilbrush6995]

The last guardian was absolutely amazing and emotional at times. I'm glad I gave it a go in 2018, I was hooked from the start.

[@dpedreno]

The Last Guardian is a brilliant game. It was never gonna be a best seller, but it was a victim of publishers pushing to have big reveals at E3 (and other game shows) regardless of their finished state. Games should not be announced more than 2 years before their release, and even that is a stretch. Too many people live off the hype and not the games.

[@GJPGAMESvideos]

That quick clip of Viewtiful Joe brought back so much memories!

[@ChaoticHoly]

10: Never heard of it. 9. Didn't want it. 8. Bought it. Whatchu talkin 'bout, Willis? 7. Never heard of it. 6. Why would I buy on PS5 when the previous game had been censored up the wazoo? PC+Mods or GTFO. 5. Didn't want it. 4. Bought it, but it was just too different from CT + that last hour exposition dump made Xenogears disc 2 look interactive. 3. Never heard of it. 2. God-awful controls is not a "stylistic choice." 1. Didn't want it.

[@archangel2015]

He forgot to mention the 2nd part of the final fantasy 7 remake was padded to high heaven to increase the playtime.

[@ryancraig110]

I wouldn't buy too much into the capcom games they have notoriously high expectations for sales to consider something a success

[@Afroman_Gaming]

I will give you a hint at to why Viewtiful Joe 2 might have sold abismally. There was a Playstation Underground disc released with a demo of The Getaway as it's primary game of interest. However, among those demos featured was none other than, you guessed it, Viewtiful Joe 2. Now, at the time, I fell victim to a bug on the demo disc that was embedded in the Viewtiful Joe 2 game demos file. What it did was atrocious and it still makes me sick to this day. The bug was that if you played the demo of VJ2, it would delete your ENTIRE memory card(s) save data that was inserted into your PS2. I was notified of this bug after a couple of weeks by playstation via mail at the time. Way after it was too late and i was left wondering what the hell happened. So needless to say, even though it was not VJ2s fault per say, it left a bad taste in my mouth and I'm sure a lot of other people's at the time as well.

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

Since I am European, I think I can pat myself on the back for going above and beyond - I actually bought Chrono Cross back in the day (and loved it)! ;)

[@HolyHadou]

Regarding Lost Crown, Ubisoft’s rhetoric about game ownership and the fact they DRM locked a demo from multiple playthrough a soured me from buying any of their games. Rebirth I didn’t due to lacking the funds for a PS5 & the story decisions of Remake just totally killing any sort of anticipation or expectations regarding a decent story. Chrono Cross’ battle system just looked and sounded annoying so I didn’t bother.

[@hosswik]

The Chrono Cross battle system is very WTF at 1st, but after an hour it becomes basically second nature…. The problem there is of course you are having to get annoyed for about an hour before you start having fun 🤕 I still love that game though.

[@HolyHadou]

@@hosswik I have an obsessive need to level all my characters to be the same level. How does the game handle leveling the massive amount of characters that they throw at you?

[@hosswik]

To be honest it’s mixed. The leveling itself is super easy especially in a few spots… the catch comes down to 2 things. 1) You cannot get the full roster of characters in one play through. There is an A and B route in the game that is pure RNG from what I remember,… and there are certain characters that are either or. 2) Some of the characters are really unbalanced compared to others (like in Suikoden) so they can be a pain to level in certain areas.. because they suck (in combat, for some reason with the exception of 3 characters like Mojo most of the really cool characters were the worst in combat.)

[@SilverSpectre266]

Outriders is an example of a game that felt like it did everything right, and still came up short. It felt like it had everything, addressed every concern, and answered every community question properly. Numerous Q&As, and they always said the right thing. If people wanted a feature or mechanic, it was probably in the game. Numerous modes and settings to address any gameplay concerns. Yet the game just did not sell well. The shooting and everything was probably a bit mid, or it didnt execute the gameplay loop to peoples satisfaction, or maybe it was too niche for what they were expecting in the mainstream when compared to other shooters. But it felt like everything else they did right, and if you looked at reception up to release, people couldnt wait. Then the game came out and it didnt pan out so well.

[@ztothepunk]

Outriders was definitely underrated and underappreciatedm

[@StoneAgeWarfare]

What really put it in the grave was being only for an otherwise singleplayer/coop game. People lost interest when that got revealed.

[@Qwerty95ish]

Games need to come out with the ability to make your own servers. I honestly don't give games that arnt dong well a chance because if the servers go down I wasted my money.

[@Calladim]

For $130 you can preorder the ability to lease access to possibly play the game!

[@elrojojp]

Sad that onimusha 4 bombed, it was one of my favorite games in the series

[@moustachemoe]

The trouble with waiting 10-20 years to make a new game in a series is that your primary fanbase grows up. People who loved your games now have multiple jobs, spouses, pets, kids, and/or a home to care for. They just don’t have the time or money to play new (especially full priced) title. They don’t want to spend two weeks of their kid’s lunch money on a game that they can only play for an hour on Saturday nights after the kids go to bed especially if that’s the only real time they can spend with their spouse. Young players don’t want to play them when they are marketed as sequels to games they’ve never heard of and there are 100 games their favorite streamers and all their friends are already playing. The game studios write them off as failures but it’s the studio’s failure.

[@donaldfrederick501]

Max Payne 2... Jedi Academy was 4 weeks before this released and the original Call of Duty was 2 weeks later (Sandwiched between were Tiger woods PGA, EA's NHL and NBA games and Smackdown Here comes the Pain (and a dozen of games).

[@Lynxan]

Of what I did care about on this list: Viewtiful Joe: Got the first and it never clicked with the gameplay, so never got past the first. Mirror’s Edge, Got it, played it to where I did the whole thing death free, what interested me into the game in the first place. Final Fantasy 7.. the new ones, waiting for it to be done, I hate cliffhangers. Last Guardian: Got it, loved it, played it a lot more then the two games before it. Shenmue: Got the first, never clicked with me in gameplay.

[@jspntr]

i want a good mech game like armored core but easier.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

Zone of the Enders?

[@andrewscherman6165]

Daemon X Machina, Front Mission Evolved for multi-platform, if you are on PC then add M.A.S.S. Builder to that list. Those are only a few that I personally have that include the customization that AC has, even if they are just a bit lighter in that department than AC games prior to 6. They also feature mission structure and combat control similar to AC, hell DxM was made by people who worked on the AC series previously, so. Happy gaming!

[@CarlosXPhone]

​@@drewtheunspoken3988Second Runner is better. But yeah. Not "easy," but grows on you. That's probably what he's saying. I haven't played Armored Core 6 but I plan to.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

@CarlosXPhone fair enough. And, honestly, I liked Zone of the Enders, but it's also not the deepest or most mechanical of games.

[@hosswik]

It took awhile for me to get around to playing AC6 but it was great (I got really annoyed with people calling it a souls-like so I put it off lol.)

[@charlesshamseldin9555]

I'm glad you mentioned Beyond Good and Evil at the beginning. It is one of my favorite games of all time and is 100% wholly unique. If you are reading this find a way to play it please! It's wonderful

[@jovialnobody]

I played it recently, and while I enjoyed it for the most part, I thought it was pretty overrated. What makes it unique to you?

[@charlesshamseldin9555]

@@jovialnobody I love the art style and its overall 'frenchness' haha. Also, the stealth sections are amazing I would say the latter half of the game is 100% better than the first half. I love the conspiracy/government stuff in this game; it's well done

[@jovialnobody]

@@charlesshamseldin9555 Thanks for your answer! I was honestly pleasantly surprised that the dark room website was still up, I could imagine that being such a cool aspect of the game back in the day, it's still pretty cool to me today.

[@jovialnobody]

@@charlesshamseldin9555 Thanks for your answer! I was surprised when I found out the site to decrtypt the codes was still up, I think at that time that would've been really cool, I still find it cool today.

[@joseabundis557]

Lost Crown was so good! Highly recommend. It has a huge map and tight controls.

[@montywh]

to be fair on ME:C, sometime during the development process, it was announced that one of the consultants weighing in on the development was Anita Sarkeesian. who was public enemy number 1 in the eyes of all gamers during that time frame. so just the mention of her name would make any number of gamers decide to just not buy it for association

[@zacharypickering9202]

I hate the way video games are talked about now in days “ it sold 9 million what a bomb”. … yea, right

[@NOLAgenX]

I never realized Mirror’s Edge didn’t sell well. I bought it right away, played it to death, and even bought it again when it came to GOG.

[@VictorRobotov00]

Please, NEVER stop saying “Shenmue” like that. Gives me a huge laugh every single time.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Every single time he says it make these video entertaining

[@Rash808]

I can now never say it normally thanks to these videos :P

[@VictorRobotov00]

Haha yeah. Any in his line of catch phrases crack me up. And I also this every time too.

[@JanzenGaming]

Waaaaaaait... There was a competetive MP in Mirrors Edge Catalyst? I completed that game and didnt even know.

[@dustinmillar120]

I did play Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams and it was actually really fun

[@jeffzimmer2433]

I wanted Chrono Cross and I own the ps1 game and repurchased (though I don't like the few changes - the radical dreamer ps5 version). Very enjoyable game. No grinding really needed. You level up from bosses, not really from normal enemies and I got into the characters and their unique dialogues (since the text gave them personality with no voice work).

[@cmike123]

Rebirth will probably rebound once it hits PC, but one issue was the idea that buying the first game would give you access to all subsequent games. They put that into the aether, but decided not to follow through.

[@nekogod]

I have all the Onimusha games, one of my favourite all time series. Weird that FF7 rebirth isn't doing so well, it's absolute amazing, the combat is fantastic, probably some of the best combat in any game ever.

[@masofdas]

Dreamcast is same gen as PS2 not PS1, that be the Saturn

[@andrewcardona4499]

At 1:05 we finally see the return of " GIANT ENEMY CRAB"

[@rfitzpatrick723]

I guess I’m one of the few who bought prince of Persia lost crown 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@SlimJim58]

That makes 2 of us

[@hiro120]

That makes 3 of us

[@dannymcglynn4702]

4 of us

[@curtispattonjr8499]

5 of us😂

[@mizga69]

Lost crown is super fun

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

6:18 one of the GREATEST GAMES EVER

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

I had no idea this game sold poorly. Max payne 1 and 2 were awesome

[@seanb.6793]

So many great games - you need a career in games review to be able to play most of them.

[@misakikoko4500]

I've only played Onimusha Dawn of Dreams from this list. It had by far the best gameplay from that series. The next Onimusha and Legacy of Kain game are something I've wanted for a long time. The only other game I played the original was FF7 and FF7 Remake. I got FF7 Remake for free with PS+. I liked the visuals and the changes to the story, but didn't like the combat.

[@rosssnyder4490]

I played the original trilogy and I *HATED* the changes they made to the series. Taking a great dark historical fantasy and turning it into an anime style video game. If you liked it, cool & I am genuinely happy to hear it but I just couldn't stand it.

[@rosssnyder4490]

I played the original trilogy and I *HATED* the changes they made to the series. Taking a great dark historical fantasy and turning it into an anime style video game. If you liked it, cool & I am genuinely happy to hear it but I just couldn't stand it.

[@misakikoko4500]

@@rosssnyder4490 I did say the gameplay was better. Story-wise I like Samanosuke better as the main character. The best overall game was the third game, but the combat was better in DoD. I didn't like Jubei, so the second was my least favorite.

[@rosssnyder4490]

@misakikoko4500 I didn't mean to post that twice. I thought the gameplay for 4 wasn't bad, but the shift in tone and the fact that they all felt like bad anime stereotypes, along with a terrible plot, just killed it for me. My only issue with 2 was one puzzle, and I enjoyed it otherwise. The first one is definitely my favorite, but I highly enjoyed the 3rd one, too

[@hosswik]

I loved all 4 games, but I understand why 2 and 4 may have rubbed y’all the wrong way lol. From Software used Onimusha as inspiration when they made Demon Souls for a reason, and I am really hoping Capcom realizes it one day…. I mean look at Team Ninja, they looked at Dark Souls and went “hey wait a minute some of those animations look familiar” and then bam we got Nioh and then Nioh 2, and I couldn’t be happier lol. I oversimplified it for comedy… but I stand by what I said.

[@MrCJR86]

I love the Shenmue franchise. Such great memories of it as a kid. Haven’t played 3 yet though.

[@dannydude8886]

I love PoP the lost crown. Brilliant game, loads of fun, hope it gets a sequel

[@condemned7515]

Out of all of these, the only one I wanted was Shen Mue 2...Which I bought. A stark warning of how easy it is for publishers to remove our access to our games, though. Still, at least Ever Quest (1999) is still going.

[@LocutusOfWarborgOneOfOne]

pop has more than enough content to be worth full freight

[@randyhamm3862]

I absolutely love the Shamu games

[@My_Negrumpz]

Do a list of games everyone wanted till it released or was shown to be DEI'd to death

[@xcrack6364]

I’m not a huge Prince of Persia fan, but Lost Crown was awesome!

[@WauwautosaTufGuy]

I bought POP, Mirrors Edge, FF7 Rebirth and The last Guardian all day 1 and preordered them.

[@Rek2Chi]

I had Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2, both bangers imo

[@WhiteMastiff]

Onimusha Dawn of Dreams lover here! Heartbroken that it is was never included in the PS3 re-release, especially with its hidden multiplayer!

[@EmberMcLain87]

well to the defense of the prince of Persia game i still want to buy it, and play it.. but when other finacle obligations have to come 1st some things like the game must be pushed to the back burner. plus the only time i really buy anymore is from October - December when i have my extra cash saved up, and can rely on sales to help me get all said games.

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

D-Xhird This Forgotten Saturn Fighting Game was not terrible and wasn't that great It was In between also Eiji Shinjo from Battle Arena Toshinden was a guest character the reason I played It wish It was on modern hardware I'll play again

[@Me7oWitThaHoodie]

Glade Jules still does outros

[@ShadowVulcan]

A criticism that's missing, especially in regards to the Prince of Persia game, is that the large gaming companies have burned people too often. They generate hype/buzz/controversy about their games only for them to release them prematurely, bloated with mtxs, forcing them to always being online (even for single player games), with a lack-luster story, missing mechanics, or looking like a downgrade even against decade plus old games. This is why indie games are so popular right now, as well as their price-point, or why people seem to be playing older games. Why risk dropping $70 on a new game, assuming you didn't buy the $130 edition just to get "early" access, when you could instead go back and play an old favorite or work your way through your backlog of games you bought on sale on a whim.

[@itisabird]

I bought Shenmue 1, 2 and they're still in my list of favourite games. I purchased Shenmue 3 on their kickstarter although they never gave me my copy. After reading the reviews I didn't care too much about that. Regarding FF VII remake and rebirth... I wanted a remake, not a trilogy, so I decided to wait for all the instalments to be released and then buy them all at a discount. I am not gonna pay more than 60 euros to play the whole of it just because Square Enix wants to milk me, even if I've got to wait another 20 years.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

5:31 because people didn't want a remake! They wanted a touched up version of the original and SE never really explained that it was a reimagining during the original press rush. SE got what they deserved.

[@eletaone]

Viewtiful Joe is still one my top games of all time.

[@otisl.1422]

With Rebirth, people didn't want to have to buy a whole new console to play the next part of a game.

[@actionbastard9360]

Okay, you lost me at lawbreakers. Nobody wanted that 😂😂😂

[@LostScarf]

Bulletstorm was amazing and I'll never understand why it didn't make more. The controversy didn't help.

[@xxrehabrejectxx]

I really liked Lawbreakers. I was sad to see it go so soon.😢

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Lawbreakers had potential. It was a victim of poor timing

[@stevebest5038]

Ref: Final Fantasy Rebirth. I am a huge FF fan and I adored Remake. Absolutely hyped for Rebirth and with every intention to play it to death. But I still haven't bought it, for one simple reason (and the same reason I've not yet played numerous other AAA games): I'm not paying £70 for a game. And even when it's been 'on offer', it's still £50+. I'll wait, thanks.

[@228-Jam]

Max Payne 2 came out about 6 months after Enter the Matrix. I think given the similarities in the mechanics. Slow mo jumping through the air & how big the matrix films were it’s probably why MP2 flopped

[@Mikko088]

It was also a super short game, like 4-5 hours long. + Personally at least didn't like how simplified the story was or playing aa Mona Sucks.

[@KZRobbo]

I don’t really get the surprise over Rebirth sales, I quite enjoyed remake but it felt a bit stretched out, which probably meant a lot didn’t finish, so why would they buy the next section. The next one will probably sell less again, I bought rebirth but haven’t even started it yet as was a little ff burnt out after xvi

[@MaxSmalls]

I said the same thing as well. By the time I get to the end of Wallmarket I burn out. But now I have new lore I never asked for on how the plate sunlamps work!

[@saiyanroyalty229]

Viewtiful Joe 3 is the game I will always want. Too much fun and the replay value is theough the roof. I think the Anime hurt the chances of a sequel more than games did

[@lilkreep420]

Mirrors edge to me was to show what your new console can do

[@TheWoooojd]

Max Payne 2 was incredible and dammit, I LOVED PP Forgotten Sands…

[@roguerifter9724]

I owned a lot of these but didn't get many of them until long after they came out. I never owned a PS1 and didn't get my PS2 until May 2002 so I didn't get Chrono Cross until some point after that. I didn't get my PS3 until roughly three years after Mirror's Edge came out so I didn't get it until some time after that. While I got my PS4 a few weeks before Mirror's Edge Catalyst came out there were other games out and upcoming much higher on my priority list so I didn't get it for a while. Viewftul Joe I got pretty soon after it came out and I think I pre-ordered the second game. And I pre-ordered Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. I played my best friend's copy of Shenmue I and II but didn't get them myself until they were re-released in 2018 because I never owned a system that could play them before the re-released collection.

[@corycampbell4203]

POP lost crown May have been good but Ubisoft can’t seem to understand that all of us want a remastered Sands of Time

[@davidnakayama8671]

Prince of Persia is SO good. One of the best Metroidvanias I've ever played--don't sleep on that one.

[@bainsvain]

i remember seeing onimusha in my Video Ezy store. They had two copies, i borrowed both copies and the first level literally were bugged, game breaking wise could never continue. For a game that's at the time not online or bug fixable. I could never get past the first level, what i did play of the first 5-10 minutes was fun though.

[@mitchellpinnick5109]

10 games that didn't need to go THAT hard. But they did that for US

[@youtubehandle83]

I played the Prince of Persia demo and liked it, but the price wasn't worth it and I didn't know they even lowered it. So I'm inclined to agree with Jules that it would have done much better if it were reasonably priced on launch.

[@RainWalking]

But Nobody Bought - Sales tell a different story and facts.

[@Jackie_XIII]

Mirror's edge is an absolute tragedy. I played through and beat that game so many times and I am still to this day simply in love with that world. The fact that we didn't get a proper sequel but we got a prequel reboot instead was . . . Something, but even catalyst wasn't a terrible game.

[@CarlosXPhone]

I think that Mirrors Edge would've worked better if the game actually got a good marketing behind it, because its literally a body cam kinda game. The head is like your personal camera. I just think the game came at the wrong time. It needed today's graphics to reflect the realism it was going for.

[@JamesMM1991]

Just want to add my thoughts on FF VII trilogy. While I love the Remake and want Rebirth to play on pc, it's just too high of an asking price for me to pay 70 usd for the same game over and over. Adding in that I carry over nothing to the next game, regardless of unlockables from previous installments of the series, it soon became a game I want but not really will ever need. I quickly went back to the og after beating Remake, modded it with better graphics and loved feeling nostalgic while getting a "new coat" over my beloved genre. 6:30

[@vaflexgaming1863]

I light up every time I hit play on a whatculture video and hear the kegendary eggs voice

[@IamDaBlitz64]

Cliffy B got the short end after the initial Gears run. Bulletstorm was an EXCELLENT romp in a sea of realistic shooters, but went underappreciated; like now with Sports games, all is boring realism 'coz the arcade version were phased out. Which Sucks, 'coz while folk Do Not like Sports games, I loved NFL Blitz & NBA Street/HomeCourt!! D: We seriously need non-serious multi-player games to rise up again. Oh, and yeah I doubted even Cliffy B was gonna topple Fortnite & OverWatch...

[@whitewerebear]

First, I did not expected any of these games. Second, I think the reason to Max payne 2 was a failure it is because people on the time was thrilled about games being multiplayer. Single player games already was oversaturated. In 2003 we had warcraft 3, cs and others action-filled games that were multiplayer. And single player was at the time "slow and steady" games.

[@LithNeo]

I bought and loved ME:Catalysts and i loved the first one even more. The game really needed more love to be better but the bones were there.

[@1ofsolitude]

Chrono cross didn't do well because no one knew about it, it didn't do well because it wasn't what we wanted from a chrono trigger sequel.

[@mattshark7665]

The open world of Catalyst was a killer for the game for me. It was just the wrong approach.

[@vanoroth9567]

This video had none of Jules' usual energy, I hope he's okay

[@FurianGaming]

Prince of Persia's problem is its stuck on Ubisoft's launcher store vs being on Steam on PC

[@TDBTylerable]

The Final Fantasy 7 Remakes definitely boil down to "I'm not buying a console to play one damn game"

[@stephenfiend1033]

Final Fantasy VII rebirth sales are low also because us as fans and gamers are feeling like we're being milked for our nostalgia we're literally having to pay $70 to $80 for each PS1 disc of FF7

[@JustaGuy2.0]

There are several reasons why games fail commercially, but the #1 is probably the fact that the vast majority of gamers have the attention span of a fruit fly. In other words, they might want a certain game, but if some other one comes along and spike their interest they just forget it.....forever. But speaking specially about Prince Of Persia, there are reason why it "failed" (let's be honest, it was released just 4 months ago): > It's Ubisoft > PoP was never a 2D Metroidvania since the original in the 80s, so many people were/are on the fence because it's not what they expected since they wanted something like Sands Of Time > It's Ubisoft > Price of Metroidvanias in comparison to The Lost Crown (like you said) > It's Ubisoft

[@Pulmonox]

-"It's Ubisoft and Epic Exlclusive" were my primary reasons for not buying it. On the whole I tend to enjoy innovative Metroidvanias, and I haven't really played any of the other PoP games so I don't have any kind of hard-line for the franchise. And I'm protesting Ubisoft and entirely unwilling to install the Epic Games Launcher, so... yeah.

[@JustaGuy2.0]

@@Pulmonox Personally i don't have *_much_* of a problem with it being Ubisoft or Epic exclusive (i don't like it, but it is what it is. I have more problems with it being Ubisoft's than Epic). Also the exclusivity will not last, it will go for Steam in a few months like all Ubi games. Maybe it is also one of the reasons, still not making the jump to Steam. I will get it eventually on sale (i don't fall into the fruit fly attention span of gamers, i buy games release 10 plus years or more, i just recently bought The Saboteur on GOG and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West on Steam). The reason for me not having bought it yet is that i still have to get a new GPU, until then....there is no point.