Are G2A key bundles any good?

[@OnlyVoided]

had to hit em with something different 🗣🗣🗣❗❗🔥🔥

[@NOTTIBOPPINtwitch]

Lower ur gain

[@OnlyVoided]

@@NOTTIBOPPINtwitch i had applied some filter curves to my mic in post processing and I knew it sounded off

[@Junkpusher77]

I like how Much you say fuck. I too say it often

[@SpudVenturer]

​@@OnlyVoidedcheck my comment it's important feedback on your video

[@MIOG_MIOG]

Short answer: no Long answer: no, pirate stuff instead if you don't have money to buy the actual thing

[@kidnamedfingor]

whats bad about these sites is that they are actually WORSE for devs than just pirating. the people who supply keys get stolen credit cards and buy a game as a key. then they report the cards as stolen and get charge-backs but they still have the key. they then sell the key and basically get free money, costing devs TWO sales instead of one.

[@whopperwhopperjuniordouble]

@@kidnamedfingor nah g2a will just buy the keys from the sites for extremely cheap and then sell them as "random" making massive profit

[@ninochaosdrache3189]

@@kidnamedfingor You make it sound like all keys are like that

[@STOPSYPHER]

@@kidnamedfingor that’s pretty epic

[@kidnamedfingor]

@@ninochaosdrache3189 lots of them are

[@scurrvery]

the calm narration immediately switching over to you genuinely tweaking over steam shovelware was so fucking funny to watch

[@white_man1352]

botted the likes award

[@scurrvery]

@@white_man1352 what

[@white_man1352]

@@scurrvery 1k likes and 0 comments

[@scurrvery]

@@white_man1352 be so genuinely honestly wholly fully entirely wholeheartedly for real right now. why the fuck would i bot likes on a youtube comment come on

[@white_man1352]

@@scurrvery idk

[@YoelKompithra]

Fun fact about that review for Operation Temple. The reviewer, Obey The Fist, has over 12,000 steam reviews. Because there are 100,000+ games on steam, there's a 1/10 chance that he has reviewed any game on this list. Also you really shouldn't have given that award to him. He very often spreads misinformation about games, baselessly calling them asset flips (though it seems like here it really was one).

[@whatcatwhiskers8169]

That guy is chronically online

[@UserLuigi]

I can vividly remember some guy named Parker Plays playing Gentle Moon 2 on DisneyXD. You just unlocked some memories dude.

[@dukeofspagooot]

For context on basically the entirety of the G2A random keys, DO NOT BUY THEM. At best you get some shitty asset flip, and at worse you could potentially get a bitcoin miner or some form of malware/spyware. Basically, "developers" create these copy/paste games which are usually made from free assets, pay to put them on the steam market, and then obtain developer keys for free and sell them on G2A as bundles so consumers don't know the garbage they're getting. In the description of these G2A keys, they mention that the games have to have at least 100 reviews and a positive rating, and a price of some amount (that differs from key to key). As shown in the video, to get past that review guarantee, the developers purchase reviews for extremely cheap on shady Russian websites so they can barely get past the 100 review threshold. They drastically lower the prices of these games in Rubles so that they pay less for these paid reviewers, then immediately shoot the price up so no one will actually ever purchase the game and review it, and to get past the price barrier. Additionally, people who get these steam keys aren't able to review these shitty games because people who got developer keys don't affect the review score of the game allowing them to continue this grift until they run out of developer keys and simply make a new one. Even actual game keys on G2A are still of dubious origin, G2A isn't an authorized reseller of games, meaning they don't have to play by the same rules as Steam, Gamestop, Amazon, Humble Bundle, GOG, etc. They are a marketplace which allows the sale of copies of games which are illegally obtained. Most if not all of sellers get these keys from hacked/compromised steam accounts, skimmed or stolen debit cards, or from money that was obtained through crimes. G2A basically acts as a way of money laundering for these sellers, by selling keys anonymously on a grey market, with no questions asked, and provides no support for those who've been affected by this horrible system. This is why developers will literally tell you to pirate their games instead of buying them on G2A, because at least for piracy, it only affects the developer. G2A affects both the developer (by giving them no money on sales for their game), and the person who's keys were stolen. Not only that, but buying these keys allows criminals to profit from the behavior, proving this tactic to be a profitable business model. G2A doesn't care about these shady business practices because it's making them loads of money from lying to customers about "premium keys" and getting a cut of what the consumer paid. The same goes for Steam because these developers pay them money to list the game. This wasn't harped on the video, but one of the most egregious and manipulative practices on G2A are steam keys labeled as "Try to get *some random popular AAA game*". This isn't a key for the game, this a key that *could* be the game but is at an incredibly markdown compared to said game, which in G2A terms mean it's a way for these developers to make even more money on their copy/paste asset flip game, or selling questionably obtained keys which were purchased for pennies. This is practically gambling, but there's literally no way to know if could even win, OR what the "odds" of winning are, let alone where the hell these keys even came from. The only actual way to stop this from happening is to stop supporting G2A as a whole. Don't buy actual game keys from them, don't buy game key bundles from them, and definitely don't buy random game keys from them. Hopefully business models like this become unsuccessful or just outright banned. TL;DR: DO NOT FUCKING BUY ANYTHING FROM G2A, YOU ARE SUPPORTING CRIMINALS.

[@everyredmoon]

what about cdkeys?

[@dankmemer1305]

I think this is only an issue if you buy the cheapest shit quality ones, or a more recent thing. I have bought a few bundles and they were usually games with 100+ real reviews and not shitty asset flips.

[@metalgearlikersupreme]

​@@dankmemer1305did you even read the comment

[@aregulargenericname8794]

Do buy from g2a, we are already supporting worser criminals (the government)

[@harmlesshawk1794]

​@@everyredmoon CDKeys isn't a market place, so you don't have to worry about the aspect of "anyone can sell anything to scam you". That said, it's still a keyshop but it is one of the better ones.

[@_ANDRE.]

Fun Fact: The Dev of Gentle Moon is actually somewhat well known, his name is Vidas. Years ago he was infamous for creating terrible jumpscare simulators called "Timore". However in recent years he actually started to become a well liked and respected Dev who creates some of the most bizarre and unique horrorgames in the genre.

[@aqlord]

OMG THATS THE GUY THAT MADE TIMORE???? LEGEND

[@_ANDRE.]

@@aqlord He actually is. He had one of the biggest glow ups and redemption Arcs in gaming history.

[@FAKELiamVickers]

Grown man gets scammed for 22 minutes

[@GnrMilligan]

An eye opening video. I use Steam a lot, and can imagine myself being tempted to buy one of these bundles. Thanks for taking the bullet for us!

[@theyellowpepper9951]

good luck on building your channel, this came up on my recommended page and ive never seen you before. Wish you luck.

[@k_pler]

Watch his skyblock videos fr

[@darioferretti3758]

And that's why I only buy keys from humble bundle, you can actually see the games + charity

[@thestreamer3513]

Cdkeys is also a really good option. I've never had a bad experience

[@alecnewman5668]

@@thestreamer3513 They also have the same problem as G2A though, where the keys aren't coming directly from the devs and someone along the way gets screwed over.

[@thestreamer3513]

@alecnewman5668 I remember hearing that they buy them from other countries where they can get the game cheaper so can't say that's the same case. I heard this from a friend who used to know a worker at cdkeys, can't really say it's fully trustworthy but who knows

[@amnoah]

I've had a pretty good experience with Fanatical bundles too. Generally they toss in a AAA title into the 10 packs (usually a generation behind, but still) and games are only like 1/3rd shovelware.

[@ClipzSan]

@@alecnewman5668who tf cares as long as you get your game

[@weapon8729]

who would've ever guessed buying from "rate for 5 free keys" at least 3 different times would warrant the same exact result

[@dankmemer1305]

Yea I think this was the issue of buying from the shittiest cheapest reseller.

[@poolsoffun]

mans hit the algorithm, best of luck

[@Saph-irrus]

This video was really fun, for a while I actually considered getting one of those key bundles, but thanks to you that will no longer be the case. Thanks for taking one for the team man, you should make more videos like this I would 100% watch more videos looking at gaming or tech scams. 🤙

[@americaonline3835]

both g2a and key bundles suck and i stay away from em i just buy steam keys from kingwin since someone recommended that to me

[@yujiitadorireal2020]

bro made the biggest switch up 💀💀

[@OnlyVoided]

nah nah we'll be right back with the craft bro

[@yujiitadorireal2020]

@@OnlyVoided ight bet

[@GameEnjoyer1-sv1ge]

@@yujiitadorireal2020Nice profile picture!

[@yujiitadorireal2020]

@@GameEnjoyer1-sv1ge Thank you! That made my day!

[@NardView]

Already knew the answer to the title before clicking but decided to watch anyways for some laughs. I’ve done a few of these in the past, and they are all extremely simple games you would never spend money on, and will never play again after watching. Great video, keep it up!

[@TheFluffernutter12]

A hero for getting through this crap but a hero with a new sub

[@thatsombrero]

I did some research on their site and found that with the amount of money you spent on these you could literally buy Half Life 1 & 2, Portal 1 & 2, Celeste, Geometry Dash, Hollow Knight, Left 4 Dead 2 while they're on sale and still have 10$ to spare for whatever else you wanna get Also found out that there are other versions of "5 Steam Keys", those being "AAA", "Star Wars" and, uhh...the H word that represents Anime girls going wild

[@OnlyVoided]

@@thatsombrero some excellent work you’ve done well done 👏

[@elizabethdespair]

16:10 - Depression 16:30 - Bargaining 16:40 - Anger 17:55 - Denial

[@godofgrains]

real jumpscare this one, but a funny man stays funny

[@OnlyVoided]

@@godofgrains had to hit them folks with a curveball

[@dav154]

this sucks you should do it again

[@OnlyVoided]

@@dav154 maybe i will 🤔

[@CyrusChennault]

“I am 32 years old” Truly one of the people of all time.

[@virgilbeatriche9722]

You missed drift streets Japan - it’s not a mobile game. It’s cool drift game with highly customisable car parts building system.

[@mmmmm2141]

This was a good watch, you’ve earned a subscriber because of how much you enjoyed gentle moon

[@alexm.a.d892]

Wasn't expecting you to uncover a rabbit hole, also nice video

[@masterkuby]

"The happy ball" im pretty sure is just a mobile game called red ball

[@DatGuy12345]

And im pretty sure the original red ball is a flash game

[@MyNameIsNotSteve]

5:38 THEY JUST STOLE THE OFFSPRING LOGO IM CRYING

[@MythixVR]

i was looking for someone to comment this lol

[@ShrekStoliosis]

The slow descent into insanity is so beautiful

[@slizer88]

Bit weird to even think about the quality when G2A is a gray market that resells review keys that hurt small devs and are quite likely a Russian money laundering scheme.

[@OnlyVoided]

@@slizer88 I hope this video gets the word to some people out there to avoid this website

[@reallyjoyless8389]

didnt they get investigated by the russian feds for exactly that?

[@findingchemoo]

Popped off with this one. Very cool to see u consistently posting

[@fourdsimkins]

One of the sad things about this is that the keybundles actually used to be decent, once. It was usually older games you'd get for obvious reasons, but they were usually pretty good, often actual studio games or good indie games, some pretty unknown but good titles would show up too and turn out to be really fun additions, I padded my library out pretty heavily with them for a couple years when I was a poor student and only found a duff addition once or twice per 10 keys. I realise now it's a pretty terrible market in all even if the keys aren't bad, but it was certainly beneficial to my wallet back in the day lol

[@ajflament8012]

now adays the best way to pad it is to take advantage of amazon prime and linking it to twitch to get free games.

[@Nirlau61]

Id did/do the same occasionally. My guess for why these games are shovelware made by the same people is that he bought the bundles from other sellers instead of g2a directly. Although there were rarely amazing games when I bought bundles they were at least okayish with some gems inbetween when I bought them.

[@Ggfc-w9s]

​@@Nirlau61But we can actually see him on g2a, getting the bundles so that theory is a bit busted 😅

[@Nirlau61]

@@Ggfc-w9s I mean that he scrolls down where you can see different seller names, which is also cheaper than the advertised price before you open the product page. If you do not scroll down you can buy g2a made (I think) bundles as well.

[@frostyodran5893]

@@Ggfc-w9s g2a is a marketplace, not a seller. like amazon.

[@peaberry9413]

This guy's channel is going somewhere. I watched all your older stuff and you've earned a new subscriber! Absolutely golden editing and your chemistry with your friends is awesome. Congrats on one thousand subscribers! I watched it go from like, eight-hundred something to this.

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

I feel like "no whammies" is a reference most people wouldn't get nowadays, but I loved it!

[@eddieking6723]

This is the first video of yours I have seen and I really enjoyed it! Keep up the great work!

[@just-arando9796]

DUDE HOW DID YOU NOT COME UP ON MY RADAR SOONER?! YOU SEEM LIKE SUCH A SICK PERSON I'D WANNA CHILL WITH HONESTLY, I cant wait to see more vids from you in my notifs to watch and enjoy, you have a great sense of humor, hope to see you around more man :)

[@Corcim]

I found your channel cuz I got this video reccomended and I am surprised you have 500 subs, you defo deserve more. (Also rip to your bank account g2a keys are always extreme gambles that have a 1% chance of a decent game)

[@POVgames]

I would like to thank the KZbin algorithm for recommending me this video

[@clarencebridges]

You're music selection us on point! Doom !

[@BMRO1115]

This randomly popped up on my recommended page and what can I say, great content. The best of luck on building this channel.

[@metrixx-]

I expected you to have millions of subs such a high quality video definitely subbing !!!

[@creamsoda22198]

Yo, actually, really quality video bro! Love the deep dive into this. Keep up the amazing content, man subscribed. :)

[@Pehmokettu]

Gentlemoon was played by many KZbinrs. And that it why it has cosmetics for Markiplier, Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye, etc. It is not a good game but it has some meme potential.

[@wild.legend-music]

They promise games over certain amount of price, with 90%+ positive reviews and you get this kind of sht, priced at $37+ with fake positive reviews that don’t even have any connection to the game. It’s pathetic. That’s how they can get away with it. Technically they are expensive games with positive reviews, so there is nothing you can do about it. This is the world we live in.

[@Nojnoj]

Ohh please more of this. I look forward to more!

[@camay8111]

Surprised this doesn't have more views, congrats man!

[@Zakkious]

You made Ivan's day, american friend. Thank you for your dollars.

[@NitroStorm07]

shovelware bundle is crazy

[@FancyFancyFancyFancyFancyFancy]

i always thought about doing this but knew it was probably going to be trash, so thanks for taking one for the team and the entertainment

[@jeremiahWilliamson-n6y]

Looks like this one struck gold buddy, keep it up. Good shit. Redlyne vibes

[@kevthecreator98]

My man switched up so fast

[@OnlyVoided]

@@kevthecreator98 I HAD TO SHOW EM IM MORE THAN JUST A RACIST 🔥🔥

[@kevthecreator98]

@@OnlyVoided You got a good amount of views from this too I applaud you

[@fishysz]

the best way to fill my steam account with games

[@coimachine8784]

So fucking true

[@Oxyenless]

Gooned to this.

[@adrianszymanski8652]

Humble Bundle, Fanatical, IndieGala, those are the answers. You know what you're buying and these are like 20$ at max for the bundle of 5+ games.

[@QU4DR4T1C1SM]

Salute fellow gamer. I hope you recovered financially.

[@caulpot]

Thank you algorithim for blessing me this video.

[@Feesssss]

Thanks for the keys, drop hunt is so much fun!!! :)😁

[@OnlyVoided]

@@Feesssss So 😐 Much 😐 Fun 😐

[@nicorovertsthesecond9069]

Absolute RIP fam. Nice vid, bit depressing but ending was clutch.

[@restlessnexus]

Shit was hilarious! keep the good work up brother!

[@stufflike5844]

As a Bosnian myself I took that last bit personal

[@BosSupes]

Fax

[@adnanmujkic6697]

same tbh

[@Super-TamamoHG]

NO WAY A game that steals Red Balls assets are in Steam 💀 6:28 this is illegal. Unity template lol 8:00 Good video btw

[@ashharazim2223]

just found your channel and surprised at only 2k subs, hoping for your success

[@milksom]

I was the 1,000th sub !!!! congratulations my man!!!!

[@MiraKewlSox]

Proud of you bro, you actually blew up

[@bigboom2438]

I was always wondering what these bundles would offer and it seems like absolute trash. Apart from GentleMoon 2. That game is honestly better than Baldur's Gate III.

[@jb3in8]

should be called 2024 game of the year nominees smh.

[@JackCattGaming]

Stunts above clouds sounded familiar so I checked my library back when I bought these keys and never played them because they all looked boring and turns out I am the proud owner of Stunts Above Clouds 2

[@Mr_SuperCut]

Thank you algorithm! Just subscribed, this was great!

[@aluynen]

I was so intrigued by the key bundles aswell, basically completely expecting it to be hard bullshit :D

[@drekex6767]

As an aspiring game developper on steam, I would rather have people pirate my game than buy keys from shady sellers. However, keys can be great in some cases. Let’s say a developper sells their keys on their own website, they would actually make 100% profit compared to Steam’s 70%. That’s because Steam only takes a percentage from games sold on their platform. Humble Bundle takes a similar cut, but being bundled with other games can bring attention to an indie game.

[@battlechaing6374]

Bro just sacrificed his money to make this video. Respect.

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I bought a couple of $2 bundles once and a couple of the games were not bad. This was before I knew about the stolen key issue.

[@bialpxy4456]

And to you my friend! I introduce piracy!!!

[@Vyxin2010]

From my personal experience, I bought the bundles of Premium steam keys and I got a lot of great games. When I did buy the bundles I only went for the ones that pretty much listed "Possible winnings." The cheap ones that you got, holy they have horrible games like you found xD

[@its_Adriano]

The last game feels like a Regular Show episdoe

[@derpsakry4464]

Everybody gangster until they hand you 5 smut games

[@cristiansanchezvalle5112]

Great video dude! Love that you used MF Doom and Common songs

[@orinbrim]

I’ve bought a few of these out of curiosity before. If I remember correctly, the best game I got was Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus. I’m not a huge warhammer fan, but at the very least it’s an actual game.

[@Saladin00]

i bought one of these random keys and played gentlemoon while high. 10/10

[@LilTofu]

These are really fun videos (I’m also a very big MF DOOM fan)

[@caonac]

NO WAY YOU USED ANTIDOTE AT THE START I LOVE THAT SONG

[@Batprince]

15:31 - Awah, hey - what a handsome person. Yeah, I get enjoyment from trash. Plus, it had a lovely shovelware bat! But I agree, wacky game with moustaches looks much better.

[@Ekouhz]

Ngl I have like 20 games in my steam library cause of these keys, I seriously don't know how these are not scams ._. You're reliving my steam Boredom days to a T.

[@snowpt]

Excelent video + MF DOOM = Instant Like

[@Cr0nchMaster]

Bro pulled a fast one on us lmao

[@OnlyVoided]

@@Cr0nchMaster i might have to kill switch it fr

[@RainyLevel]

Great video! Was surprised u had under 1k subs. Keep it up!

[@MichcioPL]

Wow, those random key bundles fell hard over the years. Remember buying them few times back in like 2015/2016 on G2A and while I never got any AAA-caliber game out of any of them, what I've actually got were pretty decent indie games I didn't have to be ashamed to have in my Steam library.

[@RemixedYoshi]

A tip for next time in ur steam filters you can do date added to library to find games quicker

[@Night_Gale]

great video ( please dont stop with the other videos tho pls)

[@OnlyVoided]

@@Night_Gale right back to the other videos I promise

[@Frostythecoldone]

I recognize gentlemoon actually from parker plays on disney XD there was an episode where he played it in like 2018

[@alt666]

Fanatical's "build your own" bundles are nice especially if you're trying to collect some older games you haven't played yet. Plus sometimes a newer game will be thrown in. I only get the random bundles when they give me some discount.

[@theOneAndOnlyLordArthur]

You have great music taste 👌

[@dotdoot8558]

So generous to giveout a couple of 50 dollars triple AAA games to your viewers

[@footyfrenzzy1]

for some reason i actually got some great retro games when i bought 1 of those packs lol

[@bard2874]

This isn't my usual racist antisemitic Minecraft content, but it's much appreciated. Next up, shitty horror games.

[@recluse.4331]

Yeah pal I’m subbing to your channel just bc of the fact that I knew every single beat that you had between every transition in the video 😮‍💨

[@blogdogs9462]

you know, im gonna sub keep the good work man

[@Frylock-wb7gf]

Ngl seeing an AEW meme outside of wrestling content sure is t something I expected when clicking on this haha

[@JunkyPlayzz]

Please do this again using Fanatical! They actually have better game keys in their mystery bundles

[@sketchywav7741]

This is so underrated bro

[@agar.7616]

We are the dwarves looks pretty good