Are We In The "Dark Age" of Video Games?

For a little bit over a decade gamers have gotten quite used to disappointment. How long will this go on?
#gta #rockstargames #callofduty #gaming #battlebit

[@crajabli]

Are we in dark ages of games: >>>> posts in 2023 which is one of the best years for games probs in a decade. We had baldur’s gate 3, Alan wake 2, tears of the kingdom, lies of p, Jedi survivor, dead space remake, resident evil 4 remake, final fantasy 16,phantom liberty and relaunch of cyberpunk 2.0 and hell even starfield which was aight Would have expected dark ages to at least touch on the job cuts which is the main reason to why anyone would even think of this

[@CrackedJust1n]

You know what Buddy that is actually an EXTREMELY good point. You got me there We're probably leaving the "dark age" as I called it, but some of these practices are still being done by huge triple A studios today. Hopefully 2024 is as successful as this year when it comes to games. I loved Starfield, sunk too much time into it lol

[@GamerealityOfficial]

bro just a hater.LOL

[@bagolbones]

There's no innovation, just rehashed content and remakes. What's your point Crajabli, because that isn't a good one. Of course, graphically, things have improved. Games have slowly become a canvas to ponder about since half of the new games mechanics and gameplay are practically missing, all show and no go.

[@robadoba]

Those are interesting games if you're into fantasy/sci fi. Which not everyone is. What about racing games? Realistic open world games? Non-remake horror games? So many genres that seem to be just forgotten

[@Ziero_H]

Don’t worry we’ve been on the dark ages for awhile

[@Nikoitsromanletsgobowling]

As the gaming community, we have the power to push devs, STOP BUYING BAD GAMES. Don't preorder. Don't buy the battle pass or support the microtransactions. Force devs to meet the high requirements we ask for.

[@CrackedJust1n]

It's true, as the community that loves games we need to have enough self respect to buy what we deserve

[@neiladamson5749]

Devs aren't the issue. It's executives

[@Nikoitsromanletsgobowling]

@@neiladamson5749 My bad man, true

[@neiladamson5749]

@@Nikoitsromanletsgobowling I do agree with you too about not buying bad games or partaking in microtransaction bollocks, 100%

[@mikk.t.7824]

But some pudding faces will still buy them

[@worserose]

I just pray that GTA VI launches smoothly with minimal bugs 😅

[@ARG-GRM]

If you pray you gonna make it surpass even gta 7, dont worry gta 6 is under *good* hands

[@YTDingo]

if gta 6 is a flop then its over for rockstar as a whole, all the really have is gta6

[@TonyG8992]

And no leaks, I’m afraid the damn games story and missions won’t be leaked, Rockstar needs to step up on their security.

[@KissofDeath63]

i'm more afraid about the future of gta online inside gta 6,talking about microtransations..

[@CrackedJust1n]

In Rockstar we trust 😭🙏

[@Everyonesbuddy829]

Consumers are partly to blame in this. We are now well informed that pre orders are the greedy AAA gaming company's way to beta test their games & only start to fix it when people complain about it. But many people still preorder. Sure you can get the game ASAP but it will be with game breaking bugs & glitches. Stop supporting ANTI CONSUMER COMPANIES. Like Activision who will sell a LITERAL $1 for a red dot Support indie or low budget companies they are humble & really plans to make the experience best for us.

[@CrackedJust1n]

100%, at least when you give an indie companie company support you're giving money to a passionate team with a vision Thank you for sharing your thoughts :) I absolutely agree

[@theclaudeqc3rdone290]

I think AAA is also broken as there isn't much of the mid-range budget games. That doesn't have a big team. But they can still make some decent games. Whiteout those mid-range. The competition is fairly low.

[@farazsiddiqui1312]

Nowadays a lot of indies are also scam for ex look at dead matter id say gta 6 is the only hope gaming is dying fast i dont play games anymore but will try gta 6

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

at this point I didn't care that china made laws on microtransactions. Gamers are too addicted to give up the addiction to microtransactions and its a necessary evil to have laws on them.

[@MrComradebuttons]

To be fair battlefield 1 was amazing very nice visually I loved online , got bored of the ww1 guns but they had ww2 battlefield which I didn't love as much as battlefield 1 but I enjoyed it and thought it was safe to pre-order 2042...I even enjoyed hardliners didn't like story mode but online was quite fun. But 2042 fuuuuckkkking suuuuuuucked so bad and I'll never pre-order again.1) it's release date was my birthday so sweet I'll get home from work play my new day game...they delayed again lol and then when we got it it sucked I only turn it on when I hear there was an update but the taste is so bad after the experience piss on it

[@benzicol]

Back then, game devs had no way of patching their game, since consoles didn't have digital stores yet and didn't have the technology to update physical discs. This made them ENSURE the game had no bugs, or else the player will experience/see that bug forever on their copy. Now, consoles can update physical discs, and digital stores obviously have digital games that can be updated easily, calming down game devs knowing that they can just update the player's copy if a bug is seen, so they tend to release with more bugs. I think that's why older generations of gaming tend to be praised more, since buggy games were more rare during that time compared to newer gens. Compare buggy games with game devs slowly losing passion and just focusing on profit leads us to this "dark age" of gaming.

[@CrackedJust1n]

If only updates were used as a tool to expand the game instead of fixing it, great comment thank you!

[@BoleDaPole]

Games were patched from the very beginning, usually they'd just update the games cartridge or for pc games they'd send out floppy discs, arcade games would get updates to thier boards.

[@pyro_lc4248]

more like we are in the dark age of multiplayer AAA games

[@CrackedJust1n]

100% AAA multiplayer has been tragic recently

[@plumbic9328]

We’re just in a dark age of life honestly

[@xletzyy]

Not necessarily. I think its a dark age of creativity. Covid had people stay at home so long they changed their tastes on everything and game companies couldnt tell. Now they wanna be greedy

[@THETINYMALEK1]

@@xletzyybingo. Protect your energy. Both of you guys. It’s a dark world out there and they want to take you under with their negative energy. Carry yourself with pride. In these times you’re going to need it. The survival of the fittest.

[@xletzyy]

@@THETINYMALEK1 thank you. Yeah I agree we are living in really negative times and people love to spread it. Your so right. If your life is going good just enjoy it.

[@THETINYMALEK1]

@@xletzyy exactly bro. Take care of your self 😉

[@DivineOrange]

“Dark age of life” lmfao the 21st century isn’t perfect but compared to the 20th century and the medieval era I’d say we have it pretty good

[@EpicCyberGamerPunk]

The only way we stop this is if we boycott them but that won't happen because of fanboys and normal people who don't keep track of gaming news and people who preorder

[@CrackedJust1n]

100%, the casual audience has no idea about microtransactions and stuff, and unfortunately for almost every video game that's the target demographic

[@PARZ90s]

Boycotting would have worked 10 years ago. They've already made their money. People want change when its too late.

[@EpicCyberGamerPunk]

@@PARZ90s right

[@Cybertron1256]

GTA 6 is gonna start the start of the revolutionary era

[@Iisakkiik]

I sure hope so. If gta 6 ends up being an amazing game, Rockstar will rake in ungodly amounts of cash, like totally incomprehensibly big piles of cash that no other game or movie or any entertainment product has ever dreamed about earning anything even close to that. IF, it ends up being amazing, that is. The chances seem good but we'll only know for sure, when it releases. Other game companies would be totally and utterly retarded to see that happen and then keep releasing almost literal virtual trash, when they could instead invest some time and money to make an actual good game that everyone will want to buy.

[@diabeticmonkey]

Yeah, I highly doubt that. GTA Online’s influence will probably ruin it.

[@Iisakkiik]

@@diabeticmonkey online will be ruined pretty much no matter what, but there's still good hope for the single player to be great.

[@russellpreston1]

What is is the fact that we are in a bubble. Video game industry. It will never crash again like in 1983, but I do foresee the Triple A gaming bubble bursting it'll just be slow and eventually we will see games with lower budgets because the current model is unsustainable. I would argue that we've been in the Dark Ages of the video game industry since about The end of 2018. A few exceptions. I will say that I don't think Micro Transactions are here to stay because it wasn't too long ago we had things like online passes More thing and they fell out of favor. Germany and other parts of Europe micro transactions and loot boxes are illegal. Eventually, gamers will get tired of broken unfinished products heck they're even starting to now. It'll just be a little while before we get to that point. To be honest, I think all of this started with online gaming back in 2003 and the problems have just evolved from there. And saying it was bad in the beginning but it laid the groundwork.

[@plutoskis1661]

Triple A games are still top selling games majority of the time

[@russellpreston1]

@@plutoskis1661 The point of this was, they are not selling in the numbers they used to. More and more you're seeing things like JRPG 's, survival horror games, and so on trounce the standard Triple A offering. Look at companies like Capcom or Atlas. Or even From Software Are not considered Triple A game developers. There's been a market shift away from what the Triple A market wants to do. Trying to push live service games hasn't been working out for them as they would have hoped. Moreover, the losing money on them and they will continue to do so.

[@embutido7210]

We are are not in the dark age of GAMES in general, we are in the dark age of triple A games, and in the gold era of indie games!

[@aiden8834]

I don't know why companies nowadays have an obsession with releasing unfinished games

[@CrackedJust1n]

Too ambitious, not enough developers or time they really screw themselves over because they'll announce a game and after announcing it WAY too early they rush it out the door

[@HollyHartwellWhite]

Because Their Ambitions are far Reached.. and Maybe they will eventually Force player to Pay DLC to fixed it.. *Money Talks*

[@rogerloger1935]

Why gamer always Buy new game and support bad costumers pratice....And console war.

[@Jerome18921]

nah they just want money

[@Gameprojordan]

Quick money. Lol. Release the game in a alpha state, and rake in all the cash while you the player have to wait 3-5 years for the game to fully complete and contain all the content they promised on release, if you're lucky that is. Many companies never finish the game or flounder before completion

[@ozt6503]

The problem nowadays is that several companies (Ubisoft, EA, Activision, and others) have realized that regardless of the state in which the game will be released, the important thing is the money from pre-orders, or the people who have been fooled into thinking that such a game would be good because the game's trailer was actually all CGI. Cyberpunk 2077 is a good game, but if CD Projekt Red hadn't promised countless different things and eliminated some bugs, etc., the game wouldn't be as criticized as it was when it was released. AAA games nowadays are like a crapshoot. On the one hand, you have a chance to receive a 10/10 game that will give you countless hours of fun, or you can receive a completely messed up game that runs at 1 fps on a $30,000 PC. Yes, there are games that were made with love and affection like Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, and others, but many others were made to make quick money, and that makes me afraid of how GTA 6 will launch because of some recent decisions that Rockstar has been taking, like the trilogy. But let's pray that Rockstar doesn't ruin everything at the launch of GTA 6.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you for this well written comment, when I ask for a question in the title or at the end of the video this is EXACTLY what I want! :) Regarding your thoughts, I agree that it's a gamble everytime a game is purchased. Starfield for example was advertised as a space game where you can go anywhere and be anything. The marketing was so good but of course they didn't touch on the fact that you had to fast travel everywhere, they also didn't optimize it for PC at ALL on launch. I love Starfield but they totally knew what they were doing with the marketing. I agree with you about Cyberpunk as well that they should have taken more time, if anything they should have just announced it later than friggin 2013... shoulda been 2017 or something. However I don't have any real worries for GTA 6 tbh, it's an inhouse project and from what we've seen in the trailer it looks great! Rockstar never does cinematic trailers, it's always in game scenery. Even the definitive editions didn't lie in the trailer marketing. Thank you for the comment homie :)

[@HollyHartwellWhite]

Your Statement Actually Make Me Proud More to my Pirate History.. Considering AAA Games nowadays Are Lack of Souls And Just an Empty shell of It's former Glory.. Well not Every games but still.

[@Fuckthis0341]

Rockstar is guaranteed to make GTA 6 bad. No chance it comes out even halfway good. Rockstar hasn’t focused on anything since microtransactions since 2018

[@HollyHartwellWhite]

@@Fuckthis0341 Aye Bro.. Not To Count So Many Key Figures Already Left. I Got a bad Feelings if GTA 6 Will just like Last Saint Row Game...

[@riftpowers701]

​​@@HollyHartwellWhite Considering how they have foccused a lot of marketing people talking about how it will be more "culturally sensitive" I have a feeling it is going to be, at the very least, their game with the worst writing of them all. It maybe launch with few bugs, maybe it will have a fairly interesting open world and maybe the trailer has been a good show of how good it will look, but considering how they have behaved over the last few years, I doubt it. The devs that made Rockstar what it is today have moved on and they have been riding shark cards for way too long now while completely neglecting cheating in GTA online and player security, all whilst completely killing Red Dead Online because it wasn't as profitable as selling overpriced fake money to children in an 18+ game now filled with flying bikes. The Rockstar that you know and love is dead. It went on to the other side, became part of the corpo machine where creativity dies. You will never get an entire mission dedicated to killing a lawyer based on a real life person that tried to sue Rockstar and you will never get Hillary Clinton's face on the Statue of Liberty like we did in GTA 4. Rockstar has lost its stones.

[@aseven3143]

I think the most of what you’re saying applies pretty much exclusively to the AAA area of the industry, I think the only AAA title I enjoyed in recent memory was RDR2. Personal favourite of mine from 2023 was Hi-Fi Rush, it was a AA title published by Bethesda and developed by the studio that made The Evil Within and shadow dropped right at the start of the year with zero marketing and was released right as it was announced and was an amazing game. There are so many great indie games too if you’re looking for very clear passion and direction from a development team, too. I think the AAA studios are getting so massive and so much money pumped into it that it’s going to just crash at some point soon, I think R* would be an exception to this though with what people expect from them and how long they spend making sure their projects are ready for release, they’re in a safe spot I think.

[@CrackedJust1n]

I agree with you that games like high fi rush thrive because they're indie When you got 5000 devs working on a game, the original vision inevitably gets smudged

[@gkbrickworks7924]

Yeah rockstar trully takes their time to make absolutely flawless games like a damn rdr switch port which they charged 60$ for despite looking absolutely the damn same to the original with the only exception being the option to change the refresh rate to 60 fps. Then there is take two who fucked up big time by taking down tons of pretty good mods for gta games, even an unofficial liberty city stories pc port. And then, how can we forget about the definitive editions? Broken till this day and best of all, they took the originals off sale so you cannot even buy them anymore! Also, what about tons of terrible and pointless updates to both gta 4, gta 5 and online? And what about rockstar still selling cracked versions of their games on steam? Not in the greatest spot now, are we?

[@stinky_term4866]

Just wait until you hear about valve. They just spend like a decade and a half with radio silence and then just decide to randomly announce one of the best VR games to date.

[@therealisticgamer7385]

we are in the dark ages period. everything is taking a back seat. going to shit..

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

Life in general feels dystopian these days

[@CrackedJust1n]

Well therealisticgamer7385 I must admit you do keep it realistic lol

[@therealisticgamer7385]

@@CrackedJust1n lol you bet! 👍🏽 💯

[@TheApostlecometh]

I mean like just put simply we’re just living in a very interesting time for gaming. Dark age may be here for now for certain genres of games but I like to be optimistic that there will be a learning curve on what to focus on for the future of gaming.

[@CrackedJust1n]

I agree that this is most definitely just a transitional period in gaming, learning curve is the perfect way to describe it

[@berkin88punk]

We are in dark ages for all media. I work for a huge media company and they basically hire ppl for race and gender and not for talent. That’s why everything is sucks nowadays

[@MC-kk8xu]

100% agreed 👍

[@-Poka-]

The fuck?

[@druvingame]

no we are not in dark age of video games but the triple AAA studio are, they just see money that why they have forget to make game that are fun. and even new game developer are doing same thing everyone is making same game loop and same game concept that why we are getting bored these days. I was a gamer and now a game developer so I understand this and i am trying to find new game concept that will actually be fun to play.

[@CrackedJust1n]

That's wonderful that your love for video games has led to you becoming a game dev, I've always wanted to get into it, learned some rough C# in the 8th grade and made some prototypes. I'm sure you'll knock it outta the park with whatever you do, you have my support :)

[@druvingame]

@@CrackedJust1n thnx♥️

[@mrbrocephus3849]

Dark age = modern gaming

[@CrackedJust1n]

Hopefully this era ends soon 😢

[@moneyong5451]

I think another reason is that unlike earlier where games were printed on discs and distributed, it created an incentive to make sure the game was polished such that the the copies don't have to to be reprinted and patched. Now you can sell a barley working game for 70$ and then release a 20gb patch which will fix nothing

[@counterclockwise4410]

Yea we unfortunately are, it’s kinda sad every major game is failing

[@CrackedJust1n]

Hopefully 2024 has something good in store for us all 🙏🙏

[@DudleyKetsukane]

This guy has clearer never lived the videogame crash of 1983.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Can't say I have 😂

[@robertorodriguez7509]

What gets me is looking back at the 2000's of all the games made from cartoon shows and animated movies, almost every major show/movie had at least 1 video game

[@MassiveMaleMonkey]

Something worth noting ( i havent watched the whole video yet ) but back in ye olden times game developers couldn't just release day 1 patches. In order to release an update for their game, they'd need to distribute brand-new discs which basically meant if their game was broken, their reputation was permanently destroyed because they would not be able to make it up to people. It's possible that big suits are forcing employees to pump the game out because they know people will buy it regardless, then they can just patch it later.

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

Sad thing is, Duke Nukem was actually fully playable from day one, it was just outdated and ugly for the time. There wasn't any major lagging, bugs, glitches or crashes like there is today. Cyberpunk on day 1 makes Duke Nukem look like GTA 5

[@CrackedJust1n]

I played Cyberpunk about a month after it's launch and I didn't get past the tutorial missions, think I stopped playing after the first Johnny flashback Replayed it last year and nearly 100% the game... what a masterpiece

[@the_grand_secgend2134]

That's hardly the reason the game failed. It's because it played like a generic COD game, and not like DN3D.

[@nickstudioshow]

The Definitive Edition wasn’t developed by Rockstar Games, it was developed by Grove Street Games. The new Netflix releases were handed over to another developer and many people say they look better. It doesn’t look like Rockstar quality because it’s not Rockstar.

[@Jiub_SN]

Cuz they've been too busy remaking 6 because they want it to be set in the modern day to milk online for shark cards and micro transactions. The original intent for 6 as far as we know was to be set across a few decades prior to the 80s Vice we see in VC (not same universe but yno) and set from Vice city to the Caribbean and South America. We can borderline confirm this because Dan Houser left around the same time as the release of Cayo Perico. As for why he left? That seems obvious

[@aldomir]

Everyone just needs to stop pre-ordering and then relying on corrupt, bribed 9/10, 10/10 reviews from these top game reviewers, and day-one patches.

[@CrackedJust1n]

The hardest part is trying to let the casual audience know what they're doing when they pre order, most people don't really care about what it does which is really unfortunate

[@_jeffy_m_]

This is my first video of your channel and this is the most relatable channel i have in my subscription list

[@CrackedJust1n]

Hey thank you :) I appreciate your support and I'm happy we agree that just means you got all the right opinions lol

[@_jeffy_m_]

@@CrackedJust1n 🤝

[@Darik_ioi]

Amazing video, you should make more of those

[@Lucas_Fidalgo]

You are spot on, I actually decided to play some really old games for the first time using a ps1 emulator and it's being much more fun than modern titles

[@CrackedJust1n]

I haven't played enough of the PS1 classics, care to recommend any? I'm looking into playing Silent Hill sometime

[@Lucas_Fidalgo]

@@CrackedJust1n Sure, so far I've played mostly Dino Crisis and Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Gran Turismo 2 are also very nice to play and with the better graphics on the emulator it doesn't look all that bad

[@GobbyMade21]

But definitive edition wasnt made by rockstar but grove street games. Take2 probably wanted this but rockstar dont cause they been working on gta VI and didnt had time

[@CrackedJust1n]

That's what I'm hoping happened, very unlike Rockstar to greenlight an unfinished project for full price

[@randomperson9282]

as southern Ontario resident myself keep it up homie subscribed and liked

[@matildatheoboldt2261]

I think we're approaching the zenith of what is possible for video games visually, so optimistically wait times for games wont get much longer. I think we still have a ways to go for how we play games and what they can be, indie devs prove every year there is still ideas and things to experiment with

[@TheScepticalThinker]

It ´ s not only the devs fault, it ´ s also the players fault who still buys the game no matter what. Which is the main reason besides greed why the devs don ´ t even try anymore.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Of course, why would they when the unsuspecting casual audience will buy any product

[@Mappove]

I think that when you refund a game on playstation, you cant download it or play it to get the refund request accepted. Great video btw!

[@CrackedJust1n]

Ahh I see yes I have a rough idea of how the PlayStation refund system works but I'm not exactly sure cause it's been a while since I owned a PS4, thank you for the support!

[@extremestrategyyt]

As an indie video game developer this is what I want to put an end to, it's sad that these companies have 10-12 years and still can't fix a product, as for the bear minimum being an achievement, this should be for indie devs only, as make a game by yourself is a super hard task, but for a company it should be different.

[@jamesstuart4909]

You said it man!! Just stumbled upon this channel, fellow southern Ontarian so you’ve earned my sub lol. Keep it up!!

[@catwithapipe4036]

Bro is speaking fax! keep it up

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thanks for the support homeslice 💯💯

[@blumae1170]

I've played the original gta 3, vice city and san andreas, I still have it to this day. Now, I'm playing the the Definitive Edition and tbh, I'm having a blast. I know that everyone has been saying it's bad and even want everyone to agree that it's bad, but I'm actually having fun and I got no issues with it. I honestly thought that it's great that they updated its look. Wanting it to be better than what it is is understandable, but I think they did fine. I don't consider myself a fanboy of rockstar since I havent played gta 4 (graphics card not enough at that time) and I only recently (2-3 yrs.) been playing their games to completion like rdr2 and gta v. Maybe what I got was better since I bought it this year. Honestly, I do buy games (even before not just now) when they're atleast released for 1 year cuase it's cheaper and I got time to wait since I have life outside of games even if I'm excited as well for that game. My parents played the originals when I was still in single digits and it's no exaggeration that it's my very first memory of seeing a videogame. Even with all the negative criticisms of fans for The Definitive Edition, I'm happy with it for it also allowed me to bond again with my whole family cause when we're playing it, the whole family is watching any of us playing it. Pretty anecdotal I know, but it's my experience so far with it. Now for other games released today, nah I don't play then since it either is online, which I don't play, or I simply don't play games like that since for some weird reason (my family and I) were pretty picky 😅. Anyways, just giving my thoughts about the definitve edition of the first 3d games of rockstar and If you read all of it, thanks it means a lot. Even if my opinions sucks, well atleast I'm happy cause realistically I know not everyone will like want I like every single time, vice versa. Gotta have fun in life you know unless it's illegal or inappropriate which is a big no. Anyways thanks again for reading. Edit: Spelling, sorry if there's more incorrect grammar or any mispellings, I'm not really well versed with the English language. Thanks again.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience:) I'm happy to hear you're enjoying your time I will say the aiming and the general controls were improved miraculously from the originals so I understand if you're enjoying it. I've beaten all the DE games, I just think that it could have been way more considering Rockstar is a billion dollar company. They didn't have to hire an indie team Love to see some positivity in the comments

[@znqketripz]

GTA 4 is good, but its different. It is darker and serious, but a really immersive city. tbh at some point i just lived normally there and played too much pool with little jacob. Its different but I love it. Oh and the driving is kinda hard at first, not really realistic or smth but different lmao. you should check it out someday, but if you play on pc I would recommend downloading some mods. There is this one youtuber that did really good explanation on how to do that and its not difficult at all :)

[@-______________________]

>I'm not well versed in English *writes a perfectly punctualized dissertation*

[@Sl1mch1ckens]

​@@CrackedJust1ni would like to second the above positivity, i will say though i play on console and only own and xbox one so even if i did want to play gta sa for example my only other option within the hardware i own is either the DE version or the xbox 360 version and im aware both are based on the phone port however objectively the DE version is better than that version. For pc players its a bit different you can just play the older versions of the game without having to get new hardware. But for console its different.

[@znqketripz]

@@Sl1mch1ckens Lmao I have exactly the same probkem. I have a xbox 360 and a PS5. But actually the original xbox version is playable on the xbox 360. You should maybe check it out if this version is also playable on xbox one

[@AuthoritativeChadWarrior]

Part 2 bro . I love this ❤

[@seymoreazz]

I'm 33, I've been a gamer since I could operate a controller. We're definitely in the dark age of gaming. Nice video!

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

Hate to say it but Rockstar will save gaming again

[@CrackedJust1n]

In Rockstar we trust

[@xletzyy]

​@@CrackedJust1nfacts🤣🤣

[@CirculatedFragrance]

With your argument, we can see why gta 6 is taking so long to develop. Quality control and other aspects

[@CrackedJust1n]

Rockstars in-house projects are always thoroughly checked for bugs before release

[@oldnewgaming9447]

Don’t stop uploading ,this channel deserves more subscribers

[@Justinb1TV]

As a Justin myself this was dope/informative keep grinding my guy 💯

[@CrackedJust1n]

Yo thanks Justin you a real one 💯💯

[@butcherexx79]

Man great content as usual. You're gonna go mainstream which such quality of content.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you for the kind words homie :) I plan to keep pumping out content so hopefully I can improve the quality overtime as well

[@butcherexx79]

@@CrackedJust1n That's great then. You're just gonna prove my comment by doing that. Just don't forget us when you're famous. Okay I'll catch you later then.

[@deadcow59]

ngl i love the web cam in the videos. you should invest in a ring light or something like that. it would look a lot better and you can edit it after to make it darker. keep up the vids🔥

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you for the advice!! I was wondering about a good way to increase the lighting quality and that's a good idea, it will be done my friend I appreciate the support and criticism :)

[@Filippenzen413]

I always like how u can tell someone is Canadian when they say: about. Great vid btw

[@CrackedJust1n]

lmfaoo I never even noticed

[@tonyfayard4798]

I love that you’re playing bully’s walking theme that’s so sick dude

[@CrackedJust1n]

I love Bully, it's a classic!

[@riley4198]

I think multiplayer games are in the dark age, not single player. I’ve been playing video games my entire life and the past 10 years we have gotten some of the best releases I’ve ever played.

[@xletzyy]

Exactly dude. So many great racing games have been released.

[@Cybertron1256]

Rockstar didn’t make the definitive edition, it’s more of a port than a remaster

[@sosamanotf642]

Nigga do you even know what a port is?

[@plexyglass429]

DLSS has ironically screwed people over as developers are quite comfortable with not optimizing their games to run native

[@Jaywolf4]

“ You got some green homie ?” 😂

[@TheJuggerClutch]

If 2023 wasn’t one of best years for gaming in around a decade, I would agree that the dark age is already here. But BG3, Cyberpunk 2.0 and Phantom Liberty, Jedi Survivor, SpiderMan 2, and Zelda LOKR are only about half of all the good ones we got this year. The real dark ages will come with the effects of laying off talented devs that DO care about what they’re making, despite critical and commercial success on projects they contributed to. If making and launching a SUCCESSFUL game isn’t enough to secure your job as a dev in a AAA studio, why would anyone want to with in one at all? For example, the studios that laid a significant amount of people off this year have all been very successfully recently or semi-recently: CDPR, EA, Hasbro, (owns company that made GOTY BG3!!) Ubisoft, Epic Games, Microsoft, Bungie, Naughty Dog, Amazon, Activision-Blizzard, Unity, and whoever else I’m missing. These guys have had had financially successful, highly acclaimed releases in the last few years and either cannot, or will not, keep the talent that made those successes. Plus with all the crunch that companies have been forcing on these guys the past few years, not many people want to work anywhere where their weekly workload could double at any given time, for an unforeseen amount of time, before being laid off after launch. Especially if that overtime money gets taxed into oblivion like it can be in many countries or states. A C++ dev might really have a passion for making games, but will find much more stability working for a bank or hospital or mobile game studio or pretty much anywhere else where the work is not project-and-deadline based. And the industry loses a passionate dev in this case because there are hardly any incentives for them to work in AAA gaming besides the facts that they would be working on video games. Not to forget the screeching pissboys that happen to make up a lot of gamers too these days: the kind that go after the devs when a game launches poorly. Screaming at the code monkeys, DMing them on socials lambasting them for their work while the suits are the ones that chose when and how a game gets released has always baffled me, but people still love to do it for some reason. I personally would fucking hate to be a dev, get stuck crunching 80+ hrs a week, be forced to drop an actual bad game, just to go home and have all my DMs and emails spammed by angry virgins, plenty of whom probably don’t even have a drivers license, telling me I suck, my work sucks, that I need to kill myself, etc. It happens a lot, and it happens to developers who have NO SAY IN HOW MUCH DEV TIME THEIR PROJECT GETS BEFORE RELEASE. But there’s always some streamer or youtuber getting paid to rile people up over this shit and send them after the devs, instead of the suits that actually made those decisions. Constructive criticism or flat-out anger at a bad game are totally fine. But taking it out on someone that didn’t get to make those choices is just plain fucking stupid, useless, and helps nothing, yet it happens all the time and its seriously the gayest shit you could do, yet continues to happen. And finally, the leaks: not just of the games in progress, or trailers (both of which really do suck for devs when leaked). But those same leaks also usually include the developers’ employee info like banking info, contact info, their address, SSN, greatly exposing them to even more abuse from worthless entitled nerds who have too much time on their hands. Again, who the hell would ever want to make AAA games in the next 5-10 years if all these scenarios are commonplace among the SUCCESSFUL studios?? Anyone with the experience, talent, or skill to make a AAA game would have better and safer job options. So we’ll see fewer devs with the ability or incentive to create the complex AAA games that need that expertise, as the complexity, size, and scale of these games will continue to increase. Companies will promise big, expansive sequels to but will lose or stop attracting the talent with the ability to not only make the game, but make it great. THIS is what will really bring on the dark ages of gaming. Right now, the only people I see complaining that gaming sucks lately are the ones that only buy 2k and COD every year and play pretty much nothing else.

[@n_dogg0052]

well I think like in history, after every depression there is a rise of quality in life. The release of gta 6 might trigger that

[@CrackedJust1n]

Here's hoping! Similar to Baldurs Gate 3 I'm hoping GTA 6 will set a standard so good it aggrivates the other companies and makes them look bad for underdelivering

[@aerniax]

Great video and such good points. I hope your channel develops quickly, I wish you success.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you for the support homie :) I really appreciate it

[@User-zzr5833sy]

I was expecting this channel to have 20x the subscribers you have with this quality video. Keep it up bro 😎

[@aircraft2]

We are definitely in the dark ages, especially when it comes to first person shooters or third person shooters (irrespective of if they're linear or open world). GTA 6 is still at least 1.5 years away. The new Call of Duty was TRASH. Open world games are TRASH look at the Saints Row reboot or Watch Dogs Legion Just Cause 4 Far Cry 6 all terrible games. At this point if you want to play GTA just go outside, this world has gone so crazy and dystopian we might as well be living in the satirized world that games like GTA 5 were portraying.

[@rememberthatyoumustdie]

The sad part is the fact that you can literally go out and play gta in real life. Same satirical world, same organized crime scene

[@dismayingmist7868]

Just give them time I am sure there well be a good game that is not rushed , I see why rockstars take their time with their games , I can’t waite to play the Sims 5

[@noobamooba]

Holup what cant you for sims 5

[@dismayingmist7868]

@@noobamooba whoops typo

[@CrackedJust1n]

Rockstar is known for taking their time, there's a reason that they've set the release date so far I trust it's going to be fantastic

[@dismayingmist7868]

@@CrackedJust1n me to I read somewhere the game needs to be polished first before it’s released and we need to see Jason’s point of view in the second trailer

[@maxzapom]

Loved the song choices

[@koi1762]

dude, this video, and battle bit, i had to come back to this video so i can find the name battle bit. thanks

[@CrackedJust1n]

Games so fire, I can't stop playing lol

[@RyanGosling-sb7ei]

I still think we get great games a lot of the time but I do agree that standards are dropping not necessarily a dark age tho

[@CrackedJust1n]

I agree there's some amazing games that have come out in the last few years, Baldurs Gate 3 is absolutely insane, thanks for the input Ryan Gosling

[@SniperJ609]

GTA 6 will bring a new golden era

[@CrackedJust1n]

here's hoping, after rdr2 the standard for gaming went up significantly 2019 and 2020 was a great year for games

[@ashyyay1779]

great video. hope your channel will grow

[@TRENDYBOIIZ]

Can’t wait to watch you grow

[@NMITOK]

Great video my G✅

[@madhunter6420]

if u want i have myself a "definitive" modpack for all og gta games, faithfully done mostly inspired by Gesha's videos added achievements and everything, tested the games by doing 100% on each one of them and they work well

[@xoraider_]

when rockstar releases gta 6 gaming companies will have the opportunity to catch their breath

[@CrackedJust1n]

Or shit their pants lol

[@xoraider_]

@@CrackedJust1n 😂😂

[@soggywafulz]

Keep putting yourself out there bro, you're doing great 🎉

[@SekenStrm]

You are chill and make good points, sub!

[@narami8702]

such an underrated channel

[@Cyannn690]

Soo good man love your content

[@808Joshh]

Great video man! Keep it up

[@alphadami3568]

Your so young but so well informed... Well done bud 👌🏼

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thanks homie I appreciate it :)

[@blackspeed6969]

I hope that on 20th anniversary of GTA San Andreas, Rockstar should remove the so called "definitive" trilogy from stores and replace it with original trilogy with the compatibility of allowing mods, I hope.......😔

[@CrackedJust1n]

Oh frig I guess it is 2024 now, the 20th anniversary of San Andreas is on the horizon... I'd love a remake but no way in hell that's happening

[@blackspeed6969]

@@CrackedJust1n First of all, The modders are playing their role for GTA SA by making dozen mods that makes GTA SA feel like a remake, And second, Rockstar are busy making GTA VI and no way they will lose their focus on making another game, The only good thing would be the bringing of original trilogy on stores, Wish that would happen😒

[@lonewolf-yu9ic]

Nice video subbed ❤️

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you for the support friend! :)

[@aeringothyk5445]

I think we are in a weird phase where games are trying to be bigger than ever, but are trying to keep costs down at levels seen prior. They are essentially doubling their project size with the same amount of people working on them. So a lot of things are getting missed or aren't getting fully realized by the time release comes around. Hence buggy launches missing features and lots of games being early access

[@quizclub_official]

Great video dude! Keep up the good work :D

[@Spheremg4c]

I find it quite funny that gamemill is trying to do cutscenes like bayonetta but still manage to fail

[@Ty-nh8gz]

Southern Ontario reference I took to heart 💀

[@AtibaVV]

🔥🔥 great video

[@betuna9487]

BULLY's soundtrak still slaps man

[@nima4025]

How does this doesn't have a million views already?

[@2012gnosis]

Hey Man Great Video, and at 0:46 you did mention about the 14 years, for that Old Game Called Duke Nukem Forever, well just know that Once Gta 6 comes out it would also be 14 years, but that means if it does get Delayed, which it might because of the Hackers Lately. So yeah maybe it will come out in 2027. But I Really Hope Not, and maybe you can do a video, of Why Gta 6 has take at least 10 years to make? Thanks.

[@CrackedJust1n]

I'd love to make a video about GTA 6s development time and why it took so long, a long development time like 14 years isn't necessarily a bad thing but in the case of Duke Nukem forever, it was ported over multiple different game engines over the course of 14 years making it a really messy project when it came to the programming of it all. Thank you for the comment! :)

[@sarveshjaitpal6559]

good content brother you got my subs

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you so much! :) I'll keep it comin

[@justinhicks7814]

I’ve been playing arma reforger and that game has given me hope in future gaming.

[@oggeorgy5519]

Fr where in the era we got nearly everything too play but got nothing too play lol

[@callummenzies6711]

brother ur channel is about to blow up im telling ya

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thanks for the kind words man! :) I really appreciate it

[@sorinanghel6119]

They know what they’re doing, and in the end they’ll have to stop and restart. For now they’re just overmilking the dollar cow until big studios hit a wall and realize they need to change. Good video! About GTA 3, I still enjoy it, it’s not the same as the old one, but it’s fun anyway.

[@BrandonJamesChin]

Great video

[@muelabruno66]

This man thinks the 16 bit era and the 3d landscape from the PS1 came before PC gaming. And he also uses the frase "hot minute"

[@mantasraudonikis9930]

Good video g

[@theonlyjoe_]

The reason for this is just because of the sheer cost of development. Think about it, games are being built for years at a time by massive studios. Not only do you need to pay for every single developer’s wages throughout that time (which is the highest percentage of a total video game’s cost and compared to other software companies, devs get paid peanuts) you also have to pay for their PC and upgrade it every year. You also have to pay for a ton of licenses for software like Autodesk tools and Adobe suite which cost absolutely insane amounts if you want top of the line looking assets. Then you have to spend a lot on marketing and actually getting interest. Then you also have to either develop your own or use a physics engine, which can take a lot if you want custom physics. Not to mention that games get increasingly longer to make every generation due to the naturally higher expectations with a new generation of games so now all of these costs are even higher because you’re in development for longer. The only one of these that I could possibly see changing is companies switching to free software when it catches up. Blender will soon catch up to industry standard tools that are paid, unreal and unity are free, so needing to build your own engine is going to be less and less of a thing unless you’re one of the top AAA companies who’ve already spent decades building their own engines. Honestly if we’re accounting for inflation, games should be like £150 at this point, but they’re not, so micro transactions are the only way companies can offset the absolutely massive costs of development in a relatively risk free way, provided it’s implemented right. Do I think the market will crash? Maybe. The current situation is just too unsustainable in the long run. But I don’t think video games are going anywhere

[@Black.en_Blue]

Battle Royale was something very famous for gaming Industry!

[@r7m]

Been loving my Xbox og, ps3/ps4 and NES at bedtime!

[@viggohaardeng7819]

I love your southern Ontario reference. I live here and it is scattered with homeless people and insane housing prices.

[@CrackedJust1n]

It's like the walking dead when you go downtown here lol

[@chiccatoxic2254]

Great video. Good opinions.

[@CrackedJust1n]

Lol thank you!

[@bonnnetwork]

I don't usually comment on videos as i guess you could call me a lurk watcher on KZbin. But i absolutely agree with everything you said, im glad we're realizing we are in a BAD reccesion in the gaming industry when it comes to just a lack of Talent. There is no excuse why people who are running these game companies, who have never played or made a video game in their life should be in control of new releases right now. Hollywood is in a bad state with a similar problem, but movies and TV have a very good chance to get out of their problems. Gaming isn't so easy, because its a culture that unfortunately we still haven't been able to convince law makers its a serious hobby. So predatory transaction practices, unaffordable new game prices for the average consumer, ship and fix later mindset, and just pure incompetence in hiring people who are lacking the fwo most important things in making a video game: Passion, and a Vision

[@CrackedJust1n]

Thank you for commenting, I'm happy you did considering you don't often as you stated :) totally agree though, but on the up side. With game companies relying on these greedy business practices, once a company like Rockstar or FromSoftware releases a finished passionate project, the other companies will HAVE to limit their practices because their competition will be setting way too good of an image to keep up with.

[@firishes420]

i think we’re actually just now getting out of the dark age

[@RayelletheRogue]

The ontario comparison won the subscribe. Hello fellow ontarian