9 Greatest Comebacks In Gaming History

[@Starless85]

The tone of this is more casual and less overedited, I dig it.

[@v3n0mbrasil]

Jess seems so comfortable with her lines/script, making jokes etc. Loved it

[@ArchonScar.]

When she said "say it with me" I said "of aaaalll tiiime"

[@Lrbearclaw]

Me too.

[@MaxWeb2599]

Me too "it wasn't ready for the service land and it was OF AAAALLL TIIIIME"😅

[@nicolasgalantini6458]

Jajajajaja

[@KindredFenrir]

Cyberpunk 2077 post Phantom Liberty is absolutely insane compared to launch.

[@blakenicholls7331]

It's literally a different game From weapons and armor to the level up system. Insane how much they did to fix it.

[@Jianichie]

"Hold my banana..." ONE OF NATURE'S MYSTERIES

[@MaxWeb2599]

The words "pride and accomplishment" make me shiver even today

[@Eplay_859]

Love how fluffy your hair is jess

[@DayleDiamond]

I played the FFXIV Beta and despite all the problems, was really psyched they kept improving it. I couldn't have imagined how far they'd come. A Realm Reborn was great for a game slapped together in eighteen months. Heavenward was great for an MMORPG. Stormblood was great storytelling for a game of any genre. Shadowbringers was great compared to most novels. Endwalker wrapped it all up in a bow.

[@PinkTuskedMammoth]

I fully understood "Hold my banana," but I was also 100's of hours into SoT back when I played it still.🤣

[@MisterYankou]

Oh right, BF4 was going up against COD GHOSTS of all entries. It was less that Dice handed over the win as much as it was both of them going "no, you have it."

[@schubajo]

Love the off the cuff humor in this one. Well done, Jess.

[@m.3.3.w]

I loved that hold my banana part! So adorable!

[@Saddonghussein]

Has anyone ever tell you, you sound like Christopher Walken when you get exited?

[@MCFM88]

1:42 😂😂😂

[@kevinmitchell766]

I think you meant excited. Exited would mean something completely different.😂

[@Saddonghussein]

@@kevinmitchell766 potato, microwave, same sh t different smell

[@CoreyKaha]

Omg I hear it 🤣

[@spencercampbell1873]

Has anyone ever told you that your grammar needs work? 😂

[@CanesFan88]

I just get excited whenever Jess mentions Skyrim again 😅

[@tokiwartuthe]

Pirate Jess is my favorite Jess

[@cppblank]

Crunch happens in basically every single profession ever.

[@Canrugger]

As soon as you said error 37 i broke down crying and shaking lol

[@MsOpportunity68]

Day's before you could get a reliable connection, and then there was the auction house. On top of that initially The Weeping Hollow was initially seamlessly connected to New Tristram via the bridge, which meant I and others accidentally kited some monsters back to town and then found we were unable to defend ourselves. An early patch was required to fix that little snafu.

[@CaptPierce]

Actually Sea of thieves is now the one that has Lechuck lol

[@jaymarksthespot]

Without watching the video, I sense a pride and accomplishment somewhere.

[@Lrbearclaw]

At the beginning of the video, I am calling that number 1 will be FF14.

[@patrikdanheimer1504]

R6Siege is the only FPS I keep getting back to. One of the better MP FPS games out there

[@emerje0]

Final Fantasy XIV was always subscription based, never free to play outside of trials, not sure why you said that changed with 2.0.

[@asham868]

At the end of its life, the original FF14 stopped having a subscription. This was before A Realm Reborn was released.

[@LaNextNotchPoisonoak]

@@asham868Still counts as FFXIV and it is still not free to play.

[@jaeusa160]

@@asham868 They suspended the subscription temporarily as they were shutting down 1.0 was my understanding. And the 1.0 subscribers even got their character names in a special thanks in the game credits, as well as a few unique cosmetics if they returned to 2.0. One of many acts of humility and gratitude during the relaunch which earned Yoshi P's team a tremendous amount of well-deserved good will.

[@kyziaz8458]

@@jaeusa160Wasn't their character's name, but their own name. My name is in those credits as I played in 1.0. Still play to this day with no regrets.

[@michaelduquette87]

I was down 51-1 in the OG star wars battlefront 2 to my friend josiah. That's the greatest comeback in history lol.

[@Naedlus]

Disappointed you didn't mention the real money auction house for Diablo 3

[@KageTact]

I made money off that system. It did ruin the spirit of the game but it put a few grand in my pocket.

[@cole9693]

​@@KageTactlol

[@SouravSatvaya]

It's a new norm for AAA game developers to publish an unfinished game.

[@psycake1310]

(looks at Jess' background) ..That a (Cyberpunk 2077) Melissa Rory statue back there? Noice.

[@alexsamaniego9061]

im still skeptical whether I should go back to those games.

[@NegativeROG]

Cyberpunk 2077 and No Man's Sky aren't #'s 2 and 1? WHAT??????

[@Aichi1138]

Because they were used as the examples to the standards which other games are being held for being redeemed They aren't podium placers they are the judges

[@emerje0]

There's really no way that #1 would possibly be anything other than FFXIV. Those other two games just kept getting updates until they set things right, FFIXV literally started over from scratch under a new team to fix all the things the first development team did wrong.

[@LaNextNotchPoisonoak]

⁠@@emerje0Sorry, but FFXIV isn't as good as you think. It may be better than when the original FFXIV came out, but it is monitized to all hell and is very boring and confusing for the first 20+ hours. An example for the monitization is that you HAVE TO PAY $10+ monthly for a game that you ALREADY paid for. Also, it is worse for playstation when you already have to pay for psn to even play any online game. FFXIV is NOT as good as people try to claim!

[@lotsathedetox]

@@Aichi1138 This reply actually makes sense. They did show Cyberpunk in the intro. And there are haters running around telling us Cyberpunk is terrible. I would love to know what these people think a good video game is. Gen Z. Blahhh 🤮 Fallout 76 is deserving too wether you agree with the concept or not. Facts are that a lot of people really like it now and it is still going strong. Last time I checked this wasn't about our personal preference.

[@writer_man5318]

@@LaNextNotchPoisonoak You don't have to pay for Playstation Plus to play FFXIV on PS4 or PS5. You just need to subscribe to the game and have an internet connection. It's a monthly subscription for around 500 hours of story content alone and basically limitless other content. The first three expansions are also free to play through their free trial. Also, any MMO is monetized because they have to pay for servers. Free to Play and Buy to Play aggressively push Pay-to-Win features in their shops with Free-to-Play especially going after whales. The subscription model keeps their cash shop as cosmetic.

[@wraithyoshidj6702]

What's the name of the background music? Someone help please

[@colinevans4685]

Why is it that we all know that Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collections will never make a list like this?

[@Valkyrien04]

"Heaven-sword" lol

[@z_zenith]

Really loved the script for this video. Despite the video ideas kind of being redundant and overdone at this point, I keep coming back for the better scripts and presenters.

[@ShaenMOGaming]

They really need to make a note in all scripts “ outro goes here.”

[@z_zenith]

@@ShaenMOGaming I think theyve just stopped some outros for certain presenters. I cant recall anyone other than Jules having outros recently, and thats because his are so special to people.

[@tubensalat1453]

I think it's the bean counters trying to squeeze the vids so that perform best with the yt algo. They really should let the presenters at least say "bye" at the end.

[@R3ldi]

This list is missing Cyberpunk 2077

[@843Bobinator]

Huge fan of y’all, and you Jess, but if there was a top 10 video of the most overused topics from WhatCulture, the comeback list would take the top spot. How about a little mixup? Like 10 accessories that transformed your experience, or the biggest game lauches ever and then some insight on what it was like at that time.

[@Chicomite]

I've left comments like this for years, there's no passion, we have no idea what these "game journalists" actaully play or grew up playing, shaping their gaming tastes. Jules used to have an awesome channel called Tiger Fucking Uppercut where they played, reviewed, and collabed with other youtubers, usually with a gaming challenge of whatever game they were checking out. So I know at some point Jules had a real passion for all things gaming. This channel is just a business like IGN or any other soulless company using games as their avenue.

[@843Bobinator]

@@Chicomite Thank you for letting me know about your own experience yelling into the void my dude, that’s a real shame. I knew they are a video list mill, but I didn’t know it was basically IGN levels of apathy they have for their audience’s input.

[@langleymneely]

I’m starting to dig the more off the cuff nature of these videos.

[@Peartato59]

Honestly surprised No Man’s Sky wasn’t mentioned

[@jacktaylor6253]

It's too obvious and not all the presenters wanna roll it out for the 87th time Especially when she mentioned it off the top of the video

[@Peartato59]

@@jacktaylor6253 I didn’t want it to be mentioned, I’m just surprised they didn’t go for the low hanging fruit

[@jacktaylor6253]

@@Peartato59 oh they do sometimes, i just assume she found 2 good ones and so she just mentioned cyberpunk and no man's sky at the beginning to get them over with

[@edwardkirick5690]

does the twilight imperium ever come off the shelf?

[@alamo134]

0:39 "Battlefield 4" showing giraffe neck problem of BF3 (TBF BF4 did suffer the same)

[@Clouds_RUs]

you did not just give battlefield 4 the win because it was against COD: Ghosts literally the worst cod ever

[@LaNextNotchPoisonoak]

I have never bought or played a COD game. I realized from the getgo that the main selling point, which is pvp, is the same thing every year, but with a couple "new" things. They are no different than any EA sports game. As for Battlefield, war shooters and battle royales are really overrated and don't interest me at all. The only one I enjoy is TitanFall 2.

[@ChrisOsberg]

I feel like I must have played D3 right away after launch, because I remember the auction house, which was the only complaint that I had... Once that was removed, and the drop rates were rebalanced, it was a good game. It definitely didn't take until the expansion to become good, but maybe it became great. That would depend on individual opinion.

[@jaeusa160]

They improved D3 in the first big updates, but it was still pretty boring and just replaying the main story on loop. It went from Bad to Bland. Reaper of Souls was when they added a LOT more replayable procedurally generated content that made the game massively more fun for a much longer lifespan, so I'd say RoS is when the game actually became a game worth its pricetag. Which is funny because I'm pretty sure I got it for free from the 6-month WoW sub promotion with Tyrael horse mount.

[@ChrisOsberg]

@@jaeusa160 I think D3 was the first Diablo game to have an "end game". Playing through the story was all there was in D1 and D2, unless you count meta goals. With most RPGs people are content with just the story. So I never expected D3 to do more. For me, it was a good game as soon as the AH was gone--probably my favorite Diablo game (of all time, seeing how the series is going). The rifts were kind of boring, but it did give people something to do, I suppose.

[@Rodrigo4391]

Yes these games were fixed by their creators but they don't get credit for that because these games shouldn't have released in the states that they did

[@bluegold1026]

Imagine if Sonic the Hedgehog '06 got the remake treatment. Building the gameplay from the ground up, removing or rewriting story elements (e.g. removing the kiss between Sonic and Elise) and most importantly, taking its time to iron out ANY bugs and glitches. Now THAT would be a gaming comeback for the ages!

[@itsallrigged7295]

Here’s one no one will agree with lol Since the disastrous release efootball has gone on to give you a decent alternative to fifas online mode for not even a fraction of the cost, it’s solid playable and if you’re a football fan a perfectly fine game to play

[@ZlothZloth]

Anarchy Online (which had THE worst launch I've ever seen), just about every game Egosoft has ever made, and Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines (thanks to modders).

[@TomDarkwulf87]

Too bad with Battlefront 2 that EA stopped updating or caring about the game a while ago

[@StarSpacewolf]

6:02 Hollup, ZackScottGames played Sea of Thieves??? When?? I followed him for years...

[@djnyquil4294]

Hold my banana 😂

[@frankbrodie5168]

The comedic debacle that was FFXIV 1.0 was all the more bizarre because it's not like Square were going into the MMO business as some sort of noobie devs. FFXI was an absolutely stunningly successful MMORPG for over a decade by the time they totally whiffed with FFXIV 1.0 I was (and still am) a day 1 retail account subscriber to FFXIV. But the initial release was so awful that it's no surprise you have the game as it is now as your #1 in this list. Don't get me wrong here. I can't stand 50% of the game. But the fact that I love the other 50% means there is way more than enough stuff to keep me happy and subbed for about 9 months or so every year. I just take breaks regularly to let myself miss the game before resubbing.

[@darthconquerus]

Plenty are just released in a half complete state and the people that buy the game initially are basically the second round of investment for the developers who will then go on to finish the game using the money they’ve made from launch

[@jaye4157]

Was anyone else expecting comebacks in video games to like the ones from destiny? Not comebacks as in this?

[@christianporter3638]

This is what AAA gaming has become...more concerned with shareholders and profits than a complete and polished game at release - just fix it post launch

[@claytonmason174]

Remember when CDPR kept delaying Cyberpunk and people decided to send death and bomb threats to them. It's not worth the harassment devopers get to finish a game

[@LaNextNotchPoisonoak]

@@claytonmason174Exactly. All the big execs need to be put in their place and learn that the gaming industry only thrives on the people who buy the games, not the execs calling the shots. If people don't buy games, then they have a problem and will HAVE to end up listening. Not enough people get this.

[@naveepenniman8649]

I disagree with GTAO being on this list. It was always a power house.

[@fredsorre6605]

I think people over praise and over reference the come back that battlefield 4 had cause to me it was the beginning of a bad trend that DICE and Publisher EA has milked to death as it made it seem that as long as they fix it eventually the very crime of selling it in a defective state is forgivable and is acceptable.

[@adamc117]

6:06 Sea of Thieves DOES have Lechuck. Your joke fails

[@lukebernard7466]

I would also put Battlefield 5 on this list

[@tyleroutland435]

I loved battlefield 4s campaign

[@Padsuhg]

FOR HONOR?????? THAT SHITTY PAY TO WIN HOLE???????? no thank you.

[@redacted-x2d]

Cats have arms?

[@WhatTheFirstAidSpray]

I dunno, it still feels a bit icky to be praising developers for delivering in most cases what they promised to begin with. Especially when Battlefront 2 for example took legal action to force them to change.

[@dlaroc]

Game comebacks are nice, but theyre also a bad thing. Theyre telling devs its ok to release trash as long as you keep working on it. Games should be good on day one, not three years later. Best thing to do to combat this, STOP PREORDERING! The game is still going to be available after reviews.. Preordering is just enabling them to release unfinished games

[@V3ntilator]

Fallout 76 should have been on the list.

[@CallMeTheWaffle]

Screw Fortnite. I bought the Legendary Founder's Pack, then they abandoned Save The World like a month after release.

[@Zeldaboy2k2]

Kim Kardashian = Greatest cmBack 😊

[@iamskyfall]

It’s heavens-ward, not heaven-sword

[@ryandavid1277]

Look! Praise this error-catcher! Hooray!

[@BayBGoat]

Destiny should be on this list as well

[@ssmcarpediemclashroyalegam9883]

Lol HOLD MY BANANA oh God lolz

[@BaxterAndLunala]

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." Has anyone ever told Miyamoto that No Man's Sky was rushed, but it eventually turned around, and Duke Nukem Forever was in development from 1997 to 2011 and yet clearly never left the 90s metaphorically speaking?

[@BaxterAndLunala]

@PartovtheFurniture That's no excuse for releasing a game unfinished. Any minor issues can be patched out later, the bigger ones need to be addressed before release, which is why delaying a game when it's unfinished is important. The only reason to release an unfinished game is only for short-term profit.

[@BaxterAndLunala]

@@PartovtheFurniture Besides, Miyamoto clearly has passion as almost every project he was involved in was playable.

[@lady_draguliana784]

Remember: The overwhelming majority, and more every quarter, of Corporate Profits DO NOT benefit the company! Instead, they go to the Exec's and Wall St. ever since US Courts ruled that the Primary Duty of All corpos is to make money for their Shareholders at ALL costs: *Even if it tanks the company!* Game Dev's are NOT the only ones impacted by this, nor are they uniquely impacted by it. Wall St. is literally superior to EVERYONE ELSE in the eyes of the law now... and it's killing the whole world's economy... EAT THE RICH

[@martin..3700]

No cyberpunk lol?

[@ariamori]

Dead island 2

[@Matteso586]

Do Sonic Frontiers and Kingdom Hearts III: ReMind count?

[@JustaGuy2.0]

Soooooooooo..MP crap, or what i like to call "d-measuring contest games" SP FTY

[@zedtwopointo]

Why no Fallout 76?

[@Aichi1138]

Because it didn't redeem itself, Simple

[@lotsathedetox]

​@@Aichi1138I would love to hear someone explain why they think Fallout 76 didn't make a comeback instead of just saying it didn't with zero context. That take is so ridiculous it is borderline ignorant.

[@Aichi1138]

and you know what I would love? An actually decent character and story focused fallout game that is not predicated on repetitive resources grinding or a front for microtransactions. But I guess neither of us will be getting our wish, will we?

[@lotsathedetox]

​​I agree with you 💯 percent on what Fallout should be. 76 isn't what I prefer either, but to say it didn't turn around and never became a ​decent game because it isn't the way you prefer to play, is pretty dumb. @@Aichi1138

[@itsallrigged7295]

Because we shouldn’t encourage mistakes lol

[@MysticMikey87]

Feel fallout 76 should be on this list

[@Aichi1138]

No, It shouldnt

[@peeonthe3rdrail414]

No it shouldn't.

[@z_zenith]

no it shouldnt

[@lotsathedetox]

Lol at the fanboy/hate bandwagon replies. Fallout 76 did redeem itself. It sounds ridiculous to say otherwise. I know hating Bethesda is what the cool kids are doing and all. Battlefield 4 and For Honor, but no mention of Fallout. Ridiculous.

[@jiblitin1520]

GTA online still sucks.

[@chillgentleman]

So many EA games...

[@liamevans9353]

Hello love how are you ❤️ 0:41

[@cs1375]

Did you just wake up?

[@TheMaster77339]

😮😮

[@samuelgonzalez-tovar3936]

Let me guess no mans sky and 2077 ?

[@thesomethingthatisntathing514]

No. Neither of those are on this list.

[@lotsathedetox]

You would think so, wouldn't you? A few games on here have me scratching my head. I thought Fallout 76, Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky would be top 5. Cyberpunk should be #1 by a long shot. It kind of makes this list irrelevant without it.

[@xdan0x]

Kim Kardashian had the best comeback

[@thexerox8939]

Siege sadly will never be better than vegas but my person opinion also why is kicking simulator on this list?

[@giantnerd14]

Fortnite killed Unreal, so I will hate it forever.

[@F14foreverF14]

Here's a thought, maybe publishers should not push out unfinished games, instead give the devs more time, well except for Starfield... ...Micro$oft delayed Starfield multiple times but we got yet another Bethesda bug-fest, time honored Bethesda tradition.

[@LaNextNotchPoisonoak]

Yes, Starfield is a "bug-fest" despite launching and still with the least bugs of any bethesda game since even before Morrowind, maybe even since they were founded. The thing that people don't like about starfield is the loading screens. Other than that, it is a great game. People really don't bother even considering this.

[@gerbmcnuggets5466]

When you have a walk-of-shame at 9:00 and shoot a KZbin video at 9:15

[@jinuouslopez9069]

EA battlefront 2 better be on here

[@lotsathedetox]

So, no Fallout 76? Weird. Cyberpunk should be #1 too.

[@LaNextNotchPoisonoak]

Neither are really that great of games tbh. Fallout 76 in fact has been trash since it was even thought about.

[@lotsathedetox]

@@LaNextNotchPoisonoak Cyberpunk is amazing and Fallout 76 isn't my cup of tea. That doesn't make it garbage. If it was, it wouldn't still be active as we can see what happens to truly bad games. They don't last. Fallout is arguable, sure. I would love to hear what makes Cyberpunk a bad game though. It is better than most, if not every game on this list. Battlefield 4, For Honor, Star Wars, Sea of Thieves better than Cyberpunk? Fallout 76 is better than a couple of those even. Gaming is so weird these days. Gen Z mucking it a up.

[@duaynecollins9994]

Fortnite sucks.

[@evolancer211]

Sorry Jess but your script isn't funny. Better luck next time

[@Canrugger]

Sea of Thieves is horrible

[@lotsathedetox]

Tell us what is bad about it?

[@conandrake444]

Half-Life 3 will be 🤌

[@jaykaye594]

Somebody is rocking their sex hair. No, It is not me.

[@UNoWhoitis23]

What a pointless comment

[@z_zenith]

Well yeah you obviously wouldn't 😂 Could you just not comment at all?

[@seanwilliams5848]

I like to see Jess being a bit more human, she seemed so robotic news presenter for ages