4Story: The End of a MMO-Gigant (explained)

[@iberia-records]

What were the exact reasons why 4Story lost so many players? This video explains it! Enjoy it dear friends :)

[@numje4story678]

Corrupt GA/GM's :) They unbanned you for money and banned for the hate of the player :) We know, we experienced we left.

[@lyllo92]

Cheaters

[@AB__AL91]

"Unfortunately, the real reason most players leave this game is that we have grown up, and this harsh life doesn't spare anyone. Some have gotten married and become busy raising their children during this cursed period, others are struggling to survive each day, and some have lost their dearest friends they used to play with."

[@1337Story]

And why there are pr servers with thousands of players? :) no. Youre wrong

[@AB__AL91]

​@@1337Story Brother, I am talking about myself and the players I was playing with

[@vllttat2475]

​@@1337Storychildish mind ah comment

[@peeratatr1492]

DEEP LOL

[@Inglorious2137]

I mean ​@@AB__AL91 have right. Fact private servers still doing "fine" but ofc not the global server. I played this beloved game when i was a kid. Now i back (i hope) to the game with my best friend. Man, one day I want "new version" of 4story when all the players can enjoy the game... or maybe we can call it 4story origin? I want call it that, but 4 years and we still don't have more info about the game ;-; placeholder for 4story origins is on the steam by the way if someone is wondering

[@ALucas-bp7mn]

Miss the good old time bring me back when i was 12 years old and pvp on doc 10 :'(

[@SoyURU_]

me too man :(

[@Itsssun]

I remember the old doc 10 man in Yesode...

[@r63o45]

this hits hard

[@abstratogvm136]

Bro, i remember golden days, wars in doc 18 T_T

[@deadbutdreaming3404]

The 2014-2015 updates really destroyed everything. Until today I haven't seen such a massive drop of players (Greek server) in such a short time in any game I have played. A P2W game where in an instant our valuable +22,23,24 items had zero value. We were not going to spend any more money for upgrades nor we did have the time to lvl up to 140. Before that, it was great. So many funny moments with my best friend that we still miss. Definitely my most enjoyable gaming years!

[@danielvarga8178]

I was stuck with +19 and lvl 89. Truth be told, I last actively played in around 2013.

[@xJ3rainless]

I played 4story DE from 2009 to i think 2015/2016 not sure on the end. Lapiris and then Xhadra after Lapiris was closed. Our guild was called Soulreaver but there was a big argument between people so everyone left. The leader Piedel and me made a guild called xpopular and we were one of the, if not the most successful guild at that time. The patches took the fun away for me and after our leader Piedel passed away the guild basically fell apart. R.I.P. Piedel my friend. I miss all the people i spent my days with in 4story and i still remember a few names. Paterno, ohitsafee, MBKbutcher, Langohr, Clamsi, DSB, iRuulez, andromeda, anderl, torwächter, Peco, Mavmagic, Xanadoo, Johni11, Mymy, biskut. I hope you all have a great life. xXkillerprofiXx

[@guilhermeribeiro6322]

Just bring old 4Story back... The beginning.. its just all we want

[@filasdrums]

Awesome video! I miss the oldschool of 2009-2012 so much. I would support any project that would try to bring the enhanced Vanilla back. Keep it simple, build on what worked in past, make the leveling journey long and enjoyable with PvP sparkled content such as Document wars. If there is anyone with the capabilities to work on such a project, let me know. Iberia Records, great job as always! Keep it up.

[@iberia-records]

Yes, the guild wars back then were just.. magic

[@prooheckcp]

They merged Portugal's server which was very active with Brazil's server... the 2 servers were not even in the same continent and started having massive ping issues making the game unplayable for thousands. That and rise of the gor is what made me quit

[@iberia-records]

Oh i didn't know that, thanks for your input!!

[@Shad_Fox]

Great, you only talked about PvP stuff though. You could have added that today farming is completely irrelevant. Back then, you could farm for PvP materials, herbs, cloths, osiris stones and much more. People who like to farm a lot also quitted the game.

[@iberia-records]

Thank you for your thoughts!

[@surikata3044]

4S is in my ❤ for lifetime.

[@Revivalist1337]

I love the work and effort you’ve put in every video since day 1 on this channel, the detailed timeline, the voiceover, the theories, the news, the variety of videos showcasing what happened, I really love this channel and it brings back my childhood memories and nostalgics just by seeing how dedicated you are to 4story, you’ve made many many happy with your effort even if Zemi Interactive is going to disappoint us (like always) but you really have my respect. Tons of love from Egypt (One of UK’s server oldest warriors)

[@iberia-records]

What a lovely comment, thank you! :)

[@antstar101]

may I ask who you are? I used to play on uk server from late 08-11

[@JorgeAlexandre125]

I really liked those ideas! They would have some potencial. And the other thing is, no matter how good your PC is, the game is limited because of DX9, runs like crap. I would come back if they fixed at least performance.

[@iberia-records]

Thank you :)

[@SoyURU_]

Nunca he podido sentir lo mismo que sentía jugando al 4story del 2009 , es una pena yo deje de jugar a los 2 años porque mi abuela tenia un pc y me lo dejaba hasta que se mudó y me quede sin pc jajaja y luego me olvidé del juego, pero en 2018 volví y no era para nada lo mismo, ya no había gente leveleando personajes en las misiones del principio , el mapa estaba muerto, y un montón de cosas diferentes , todo el mundo que jugaba ya era lvl super alto, que tristeza me da saber que el juego ya murió , pero me quedo con la pila de gente que conocí y lo feliz que fui leveleando mi conjurador y todos los momentos dentro del juego y con los gremios :D

[@MrX-pi1os]

Pues si entraras ahora, ya no hay jugadores ni en la capital del Juego, lo increíble es que el juego siga abierto parece que lo usen para blanquear dinero

[@PanteraSooul]

4:52 my max rank :(

[@ΛεωνίδαςΠαντελής]

It would be amazing to be created a new globally server. All from zero to hero...

[@patrickducloux7523]

It used to be called Gates of Andaron in my country and it was really popular. Pretty sure more people played it here than WoW. Servers were so full that the main cities were lagging constantly. Then I quit for a year and when I came back there was nobody playing anymore. All my +24 items worthless.

[@Hunt3rGM]

1:55 I remember how long I leveled up this character to max lvl and next 6 other to get 6x 140 on main serwer PL, now i have 10 x 140, never again

[@giostat1357]

i'm not crying i just got a 4story memory in my eye

[@dener461]

4Story is in this state because devs don't care. In 2019 players got WoW Classic, in 2023 Aion Classic. They could get players again with fresh start and maybe go in another direction with development. But MMORPGs aren't mainstream anymore and you can't milk players like in the past so they are probably not interested in this.

[@bin_auf_zuendung]

So true!! The Rise of Gor wasn´t the problem, it was the Level and upgrades change

[@stepanbk]

I spent many years when I was young in 4Story with friends. The game was very p2w and grindy purchasing and reseding things if you wanted to get things without cash. PvE was very poor. The only thing that I miss about 4Story is the PvP. The docs, the world pvp in the docs, ardir battles, conquers, castles and tournaments. If World of Warcraft added in a new expansion something like conquest zones in 4Story, it would be the best game

[@Nein..]

I quit because of the Mission 10 removal and the extreme power creep on equipment. Not just the level cap and the new PVP armor made me leave, also having to get new jewlery. And how would I have gotten that? Certainly not farming, but spending more money.

[@iberia-records]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@Resk4S]

Nice video, but in my opinion the future of 4Story has been for many years the private servers. Official 4Story has shown no interest towards the game and their community so people should come back and play private servers.

[@iberia-records]

Thanks for your opinion! :)

[@kediomer3517]

which server is the best private server for you? i rly want to play in private servers but idk which server is the best. i wanna see the crowd people just like old

[@ChampioN4vision]

@@kediomer35174vision best server

[@KingCurt209]

I rememebr playing gates of andaron and even rise of gor way back in the day with my dad haha wish the game got bigger than it was

[@fushion3810]

Następny patch będzie na 20 lecie 4story, najprędzej za 4 lata😂

[@geezgod1772]

4story its not a game its an idea and we gonna continue to play until the end of our lives with all of our hearts and with our family like one

[@bahaarabjotunnkoenig2584]

My advice would have been : announce that 140 level cap at least 6-8 months before the patch. So players have enough time to farm again for their future characters without feeling betrayed for Zimi making their hard earned armors and weapons a little less useful

[@krisztian6159]

I have so many memories fighting in doc 10 and 20

[@Milan_HUN]

When open it?

[@alinalexandru6001]

Maybe if the community sign a petition or something, maybe they will explain us anything. I'm ready to donate 50 euros per year for an updated, bug free and with a new open map server. New Kapak server is worst than Nigiro... I have lv 68 there and sadly there is worst than Nigiro

[@Devil_Voidz]

The most enjoyable thing about this game is the PvP, all the tactical skills etc, but unfortunately they just wanted to farm, I'm still waiting for a PvP server to come out but I think I'll die waiting

[@TheYoutubaki]

Never clicked on anything so fast.

[@SirgorOFFF]

i think Gf in license had one job and tell Zemi what players wanted and Zemi stopped making patches as result a lot people started writing Zemi on Twitter after items lvl 44 and lvl 140 if anything this is just my view but P-Servers is mostly populated than officials and most people wanna have before patch Rise of Gor and have 3.4 feelings animations and etc in my view only one P-Server stays that way mostly but is not that much still having 80-120 population if something i will like to see somebody make vanilla server but in this times is not enought and making new server you need copy others and make something yourself better i have few friends that is developers but is harder to make new servers than in history

[@ilithielxd2356]

upgrading the gear was never fun and easy for me in 4story,, i always had +14 and nothing higher bcs of poor money and the fact that the game was heavly p2w with very unforgiving upgrade fails thats the main reason i left the game

[@RythmofficialTM]

I quitet a long time ago on the official servers Since gor ig, not sure... U spawn with all spells And u just need to buy the +16 gear and run down the hole story until 100+ just by use Fkey and aoe dmg

[@yun.mp4728]

I played 4StoryUk server and had a +22/23 full gear set and +22 pvp weapons on my feline warrior. I quit when they changed the upgrade levels to +28 it was years of sheer luck (upgrading gambling) and grinding to even get +23, it really left a sour taste in my mouth so I full quit the game. It’s like having saved ££$$ for life and suddenly your countries currency goes worthless overnight.

[@xerathotp]

damn inflation. But yea 100% understandable

[@yun.mp4728]

@@xerathotp had a pre 07 patch with +12 crit (the max you could get) dragon hunter crossbow was easily just below the tourny weapons in terms of power :/

[@xerathotp]

@@yun.mp4728 yea they f... up hard. I guess its not worth playing it nowadays. I wouldnt even know how to catch up with all those +27 gear without shopping at all

[@geezuz6572]

after GOR it went down, miss the time before that. If they would made a real remake without p2w there would be so many people

[@DarkHormazabal]

Ese juego era bueno ya como en la época del 2012, 2013 pero ya que le subieron de nivel a 140 y los niveles de mejora al 28 y armas y armaduras del nivel 50, eso malogra el juego 😮😮😮

[@emrecankarakurum]

:( ı remember lonbley little pvp

[@atlantix1060]

Sadge

[@tafedits]

memories ahhh......

[@smitesmite8640]

lvl140 28+ sux path ;)

[@skane4s]

all of this video + hacks everywhere xd

[@ozi1735]

gc

[@heheoscypek7122]

Soon 4Ozi server

[@DeyDoNN]

🥹🥹

[@iberia-records]

No, dont cry!!

[@KiritoWTF]

i think the problem is not the patches the problem is the community for itsellf ... Players crying alltime im dying and the others are guilty but not the guy who cry... toxic players toxic community and toxic childrens and p server it will be everytime funny when its closed xd and open next server and players think gf or zemi is guilty because many players left :D the only person who ist guilty from the fact 4s is broken its everybody who played this game

[@lyllo92]

Cheaters ruined it

[@Unknown-q1q3x]

You gonna make some more movies about 4s?