Asmongold on "Dreamworld: the Scam MMO Alpha is here" | By Josh Strife Hayes

THE NEXT WoW KILLER!? Asmongold reacts for the first time to Alpha footage of the most insane and biggest Kickstarter scam of an MMO game, Dreamworld. An MMO game which promises an infinite open world, thousands of unique biomes and one single world populated by Millions of players, but is it truly so or is it just a Huge MMO Scandal?...
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[@AsmonTV]

Thank you all for watching! If you enjoyed this make sure to check out Josh's KZbin channel *kzbin.info/door/RWyPm7MrfotIYF8A8MGV3g* and if you didn't know he also streams on Twitch! *www.twitch.tv/joshstrifehayes*

[@Dindonmasker]

Bald of you to asume i haven't been watching josh before i found you.

[@plagues-haze-3987]

Tbh fk joe Biden

[@afteurinter8982]

Fun fact, the files of the alpha he's talking about at 17:50 are called "Elysium" because it's the default asset name of the buildings pack. Aaaaaaand, it's the same assets pack used in Quinfall you reacted to like a year ago

[@Skiazos]

Great game right?!? Pepper Overload!! We actually crashed their server for several hours with only 350k assets.

[@Rob2k22]

Banned from game yet?

[@Rob2k22]

Backer on kickstarter been banned from game

[@Skiazos]

@@Rob2k22 Yes actually haha

[@pixelonism5785]

Great content dude. Keep it up!

[@Skiazos]

@@pixelonism5785 thank you!

[@ErwinNieuwenburg]

Even saying this looks scuffed is actually praising it.

[@shandromand1675]

Four months of work, even with very little experience in unreal engine, I'm pretty sure most people would be able to do better than this. I tinkered with Unreal 5 today for funsies and feel confident in that statement.

[@wolfpack8005]

Roblox has better games

[@_yakumo420]

@@shandromand1675 As someone with UE4 experience. I can tell you that this 'game' would likely take an average Developer maybe a week if not shorter. So for a complete newbie, it'd probably be one month tops to learn from the ground up and that's assuming you're not a fast learner.

[@shandromand1675]

@@_yakumo420 What I am puzzled by is the 'bottom' of their world. Ice? Really? I mean, why not just find something that would reasonably be considered bedrock and use that instead?

[@lartts7483]

@@wolfpack8005 True

[@gnarl80fi]

wow killer, and you can't deny.

[@catnip202xch.]

Definitely!

[@MicDubTV]

I won’t even try.

[@udednow]

More of a Destiny killer if you ask me

[@MJ123and5]

@@TheGraveyarder Ye the graphics are soo much better!

[@michaelh878]

Asmon can't handle the truth. The copium is real.

[@fy_tv]

As a dev using Unity/Unreal/Godot engines I don't think you can have this low FPS without doing it on purpose. Maybe they'll add a cash shop with an FPS boost?

[@starblaiz1986]

...or having a crypto miner running as part of it, seeing as those benefit from graphics cards.

[@fy_tv]

@@starblaiz1986 yup

[@bea3056]

That's like EA but with 1500 doses of steroids

[@bikerboy3k]

You're a shit dev

[@fy_tv]

@@bikerboy3k sure haha

[@TheAuraRealm]

Don’t worry guys, it’s just the pre-expansion to the expansion of the beta to the pre alpha of the main storyline, it won’t be released until 2036 so don’t expect much until Microsoft and Sony both partnered together to make the PlayBox in order to take down Nintendo once and for all. Sega buys Nintendo to expand their empire to fight against MircoSony but they ended up buying them for an astounding $100B ending the console wars permanently.

[@sadpandah7597]

Playbox HAHHAHAHA holy shit man

[@Nevict]

PlayBox!!! Genius!!! XD

[@fatcat2015]

If anything Microsoft is set to buy sega any year now.

[@plaguedfrost1753]

@@jbark678 Playbox is funnier but Xstation is something so corny yet so satisfying that I could actually see Sony naming the PS10 that... (Technically the PS1 was also called the PSX... so XS would be distinguishing)...

[@BigZ971]

And then Atari rises from the ashes fueled by the block chain

[@d0fabur5st82]

This game is getting more attention than actual indie games

[@greyngo]

This uhh "thing" is 'indie'. So I'm guessing you meant "actual games".

[@Lupercal210]

I mean that's not really surprising. There are a lot more indie games than dramatic ridiculous scam stories.

[@CarburetorThompson]

Most indie games aren’t funny or interesting

[@TheCooderix]

@@celestialowl8865 What thing?

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

@@CarburetorThompson Most i̶n̶d̶i̶e̶ games aren’t funny or interesting

[@jonngarr]

"Its only Alpha" "Its only Beta" "Its only release"

[@starblaiz1986]

"it's only been out for 10 years"

[@manny1402]

Just wait for the classic version

[@StarboyXL9]

The funny part is that if these guys wanted money so bad they could have spent less than half of the effort they have (which obv isn't much) and made a visual novel with 18+ elements and made 10x the money, with no reputational damage and probably creating a fanbase. People are so dumb.

[@Chaz1871]

Or a shitty copy paste mobile game.

[@HoHhoch]

@@TheDankFarmer Good pixel art is difficult.

[@uncreativepanda]

@@HoHhoch Pixel art is definitely easier than regular art, there's a reason so many indie devs use it.

[@lop90ful1]

God these game dev scammers are soo fucking brain dead.

[@jeffreyschwanke2310]

@@uncreativepanda You still have to be talented to make a good game, regardless of the art. The makers of dreamworld obviously aren’t that talented...

[@admiraltonydawning3847]

There's a good quote from Joseph Anderson for this occasion, regarding how it's occasionally called the most broken MMO out there. "Calling this game broken would be a disservice because saying that something is broken implies it was once functional."

[@Skartak]

This game looks like how depression feels.

[@bobpope3656]

@@yinksta121 did Asmongold play wow in this video?

[@NikooBoi]

The emptiness

[@manny1402]

A depressing dream

[@andrewmoreno9414]

Why is this so accurate.

[@dantethewanderer4989]

Umcomfortably accurate. Part of the reason voids in games, like ones where you've fallen out of the map, spook me as much as they do.

[@emgames89]

Guys, we're just playing it wrong, we're supposed to close our eyes and imagine a good game.

[@starblaiz1986]

Your fun is wrong.

[@OriNyte]

Yeah, thats why it's called dream world!

[@TheFrantic5]

I had smoother framerates on Alphaworld on a 56k for cripes sakes.

[@teeveo8511]

everyone needs to ignore pre-release game hype, wait for the game to release and then watch post-release content to decide whether its worth their money. giving money to game companies pre-release is just asking to be scammed now.

[@siddharthbirdi]

That's a good rule but even if you have a bunch of money lying around, atleast check someone's credentials before investing.

[@skinnymulligan5210]

People are just retarded, this game looked like shit in all the promotional material too

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

Not really, just get a eye and a brain, some people just pour money on to everything because they are killing themselve in hopium

[@fudgefudge8913]

@@skinnymulligan5210 Absolutely this. On the one hand.. I'm glad backers lost their money.. but on the other.. I hate that the people running this scam got that money.

[@ol-Daddy-doodoo]

Yup, wait til release or you just might get cyberpunk'd.

[@jreverie7018]

A solid 60 frames per minute!

[@starblaiz1986]

"Solid" Being a bit optimistic there aren't you?

[@pierreo33]

@@starblaiz1986 yall ever heard of something called sarcasm

[@starblaiz1986]

@@pierreo33 Nooooooo.... 🙄

[@ravenID429]

@@pierreo33you missed the joke

[@darkreddust2135]

This josh strife is awesome. He's like a Chad, Nerd and british Gentleman all at the same time.

[@ttrev007]

My high school boyfriend once asked my how i managed to always be right. I told him the secret was that i changed my mind whenever if found out i was wrong. It is surprising how people forget u were wrong when you simply change your mind and instead of digging your heals in.

[@SnowyElephant]

This may be one of the most important steps we take as a community of MMO enthusiast. With all the attention TBC and things like this is getting, its easy to see that a revolution is right around the corner.

[@jameskim1505]

Yeah more p2w setups

[@pm-5565]

"not only looks like shit, but it also plays like shit". Consistency is one of the keys to a very successful videogame

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

13:00 rest in peace Asmom, you're in a better place now

[@Yavistw]

I had to stop the video right there :(

[@Calnelth]

The "going on a crusade reaction" is one of them, but not the only one. A big issue with scams is the shame that people feel when realizing that they have been scammed. Often they keep it to themselves, which is not good for anyone. So if you know someone who got scammed, don't shame them. Instead encourage them to contact law enforcement and or speak out to warn others.

[@austinwilburn1772]

I was so hoping he went back there and pulled down a green screen with his background to reveal... his normal background room with all the collection items. (Jacksepticeye did that once and it just threw me off so much, removing a his normal background green screen just to reveal his normal background, apparently he did because he broken his lamp)

[@HermanManly]

Also a great way to not have to worry about cleaning your background everytime ;)

[@BarbokVA]

Someone needs to make a "how to make Dreamworld in Unity/Unreal Engine" tutorial, just to really show how absurd this fucking game is, seriously I bet most people that are good in unity can even throw this whole thing together in a couple of minutes/hours, I know I could as a unity beginner but I'd take a bit longer lul

[@gu244]

It's all stolen/bought code and assets so it would be pretty easy yeah

[@josephlabs]

why would you trust two guys to make what takes teams years to accomplish. I know that there are rare cases of small teams accomplishing a lot but this is insane.

[@toreole]

Also mind you that the funding goal was like 60‘000. It costs MUCH MUCH more to make an MMO, which is why amazon is so eager to monetize new world.

[@Muftaay]

​@@toreole For a 2 person developement team that's definitely a reasonable amount imo. But the thing is these guys absolutely suck at what they're doing, you could give them all the money in the world and it wouldn't change a thing. I would say an experienced unreal engine developer could recreate everything we see in this video in like 5 hours because of all the prefab assets, with no money at all even :D. For big companies that's different though you're right, because they have so many more things to pay for.

[@JerziTBoss]

@@Muftaay Even 5 hours is really generous... They just slapped store bought mechanics and probably stolen models into the first person example that UE4 has. But you are basically right with 60k in their pockets and some skill they would be able to do some small indie rpg with networking. But they have only the money but no skill. They don't even know how to setup collisions for mesh properly.

[@Trinsiic]

They targeted kids mostly.

[@josephlabs]

@@Muftaay valheim was made by a 5 man team over years and cost at least a million(i think). Anyone who promises an MMO and isn’t spending millions and have high fidelity assets and a team smaller than 100 I’ll shut that shit down real quick. If it’s a standalone game low poly assets and nice story I understand raising 60k but mmo’s cannot be made by small teams.

[@AfkHeadHunter]

16:00 Reminds me of that time I tried to fill a river in Oblivion by duplicating cheese rolls, could never load that area again lmao

[@MundaneDave]

A modernized remake of ultima online would be nice. That was a very different and ambitious mmorpg, even compared to mmos today. The closest thing fans moved onto was Guild Wars.

[@fakeplasticsoldier]

2 years later they're still at it

[@andrejoss475]

Now they can write : "SHATTERS EXPECTATIONS" on their promo page because this game is worse than anyone could possibly even imagine

[@plaguedfrost1753]

King of Fighters gonna’ have some competition when they switch to making fighting games...

[@charlesdilks3267]

No tech? I for one think it’s pretty impressive they managed to make an MMO in PowerPoint

[@TaloHed12]

The Dreamworld Cruzade... Blizzard already has their next expansion name

[@steampunkpixie2643]

I remember floppy disk, then again I also am just about old enough to remember the Amiga and the Z X Spectrum.

[@xXBlackIce7Xx]

Asmongod back at it. Keep it up man. Good reactions, well finally an actual genuine reaction by a huge streamer in my humble opinion. (Asmons reacton are pretty much always like this.)

[@alexanderxyz6146]

7:20 How... how is it possible he is interacting with the green screen? Insane magic. I really wanna know how he did that trick.

[@blckkeef]

23:50 phase 1 wow classic was the break / way mmos should feel everyone remember the lines of people waiting to tag quest mobs n shit like that

[@eXvlslon]

Taquito Bandito has left the chat.

[@KenjaTimu]

22:23 'The fact that the pirate bay doesn't even appear' Use a mirror. Sometimes it gets blocked.

[@misfit4816]

i think they meant the demo world

[@EvilMAiq]

@@misfit4816 I think they were making a joke.

[@StoneAnarchy66]

Loving watching old Asmon videos....its like watching him grow....😂😅.....thanks for all the great videos over the years...keep it up....

[@nestharus]

Actually, that's the largest number you can write with a SIGNED 32-bit number : ). That happens to be 2^31 where the final bit is used for the sign more or less, that negative number being 0b10000000000000000000000000000000 (the front digit is -(2^31), aka -1*(2^31) + 0*2^30 + 0*2^29 + ...). Unsigned max is 2^32-1 where all digits are positive and the front digit is 2^31, aka 2^31 + 2^30 + 2^29 + ... ;).

[@Masterhene3]

Actually you're a stupid butt ;)

[@Tim_TheDude]

Why is asmon using a green screen to fake a dirty room?

[@aboutblank2270]

are you willing to apologize once you're proven wrong?

[@doomdude3034]

You gotta live/dress comfy to stay rich, that's just how it works

[@manny1402]

He got a good cgi team they even add extra hair to his head he is actually bald.

[@dantethewanderer4989]

Nah if you look closely you can see the air rippling due to how bad it smells, that's how you know it's authentic.

[@ghostmcgee]

this game literally looks like the "virtual reality" episode from community - Lawnmower Maintenance & Postnatal Care

[@blueberry5822]

Now just waiting for someone to make Dreamworld The Scam The Game!

[@michaelh878]

Great idea!

[@starblaiz1986]

Which will then be followed by the Hollywood blockbuster "Dreamworld The Scam The Game The Movie".

[@homer46303]

Wait what if the game keys are just hash strings for crypto wallets. And it really is a miner but for storj tokens?

[@DarthQuaint]

3:03 I'm not quite that old, but multi-disc games existed during the CD era as well. Couldn't download Command and Conquer Generals: Zero hour forever because 1 of 2 is gone, So I have copies on Origin now. Had a scare with Diablo 2 discs once. Have 4 disc games like KOTOR, Battlefield 1942, UT:2K4- oh, pardon. That last was a 5-disc game with a 6th "Play Disc". F.E.A.R. is 5 discs as well.

[@ThongorrtheBarbarian]

That's the music played at a graduation scene in an eighties movie.

[@maxtm3000]

normally when a game is trash or something to that effect, many would make the joke "this is freshman year college project level"... but honestly that joke doesn't even work here

[@69Kazeshini]

Freshman year college project level would be way more competent than this

[@kzkaa.]

@@69Kazeshini do you think an 8 years old can make better game than this? Cause I do

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Fun fact: Taquito Bandito never responded.

[@_Just_John]

18:09 - Rockstar ex-Google engineer in action!

[@lordoverflow]

I bet world PVP would still be better experiment than in WoW currently...

[@meepo4212]

“Dreamworld because you gotta be dreaming to think I’ll pay for this”

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

Looks like something thrown together in an afternoon with free versions of Unity and store assets.

[@orbitals5281]

You have to beat Amazon trail with 100% completion on every animal photograph on the floppy disk set to unlock a personal email with the closed alpha key

[@sickofthis368]

True story, backj in the old days of MapleStory, 2,147,483,648 was the cap for the in game currency known as Mesos at the time LOL.

[@larsbaer3508]

One of the best reaction Vids ever, "no chance against a Bunch of neckbeards" ,dang so man's memorable lines

[@manny1402]

Dreamworld? This looks more like a nightmare.

[@PaddyRoon7]

5:35 Exactly. People in that world are in an ivory tower above the clouds in their own bubble and are so far removed from reality that nothing matters to them. Oh, I wasted ten million on a failed mmo that had no hope of ever succeeding? I'll just ask Daddy for another 100 million to fund my new startup that makes tuxedoes for squirrels. These are the most narcissistic, self centred people you'll ever find on this Earth: the children of the wealthy.

[@tobiaspause1775]

Its actually finished, they only didnt add the Cash-shop jet where you can buy the Rest of the Content.

[@iangray9791]

Not a dev, but the white blocks you’re seeing is a part of a process in game development called white boxing. White boxing is the beginning of level design inside the engine. This isn’t pre-alpha, this is the pre-alpha of the pre-alpha stage. When white boxing you’re testing to see if the environment as designed will even be fun and functional, it’s gotta be fun before it’s pretty. This unfortunately can’t even be considered half baked as that would already be past the white boxing phase.

[@TakuyaMutsuki]

Dreamworld is pretty much VRchat but at least VRchat can make a good game with multiple worlds people created and players/friends to enjoy it with.

[@dml5121]

Ashes when it finally releases in 2026

[@unsocialchain]

The snow is just the marble texture

[@koolkat8639]

Well what’s happened here is the “devs” bought some assets on UE4 marketplace and put them in the game. I highly doubt they modeled/created anything at all.

[@HaveButOneLife]

This isn't a full game, this is a Minecraft server with extra steps

[@DrJellyFanguzzz]

Do they know the music is just legally-distinct "I'll be there" by the Jackson 5

[@bioswat96]

Wait what do you mean Biden clip wasn't fake? Didn't memology show greenscreen of someone on background CLIPPING THROUGH Biden?

[@Nano_Noodles]

I could make this in Unity engine in a day. WTH is going on with the world of Indies. I am making an RPG it's been 2 years in development and still not a playable demo i am ready to release let alone an alpha. Wanna know how much i wll charge for my RPG once it is done and updated with custom assets? A whole 5 dollars. Some dev's need a kick in the A hole. No MMO in my game. Tho i do have a playable FPS multiplayer game at the moment in ALPHA. Actual ALPHA.

[@garethrogue]

the graphics look worse than the old Windows 95 maze screen saver.

[@leviathanmaker7653]

Its weird being this early and not seeing the 800 Bald man comments

[@SABaruj]

i interested in game development and i did a game who looks al least more stable than this in my first week of learning, i have to improve a lot but i see this is maybe one month of working with not so much intention into the details or completing anything. Im not agaisnt this developer and shure put an alpha out there but at least complete something like the character view or the pickaxe. U see, to me its better to do that and put an empty realistic landscape than putting a lot of buildings, i really prefer a natural landscape instead of this.. doing cities its the last thing because it requires a lot of work

[@vegassims7]

Just subbed... I like how Asmongold talks with his eyebrows... very unique. =D

[@Rob2k22]

Ashes of creation should be very worried!!

[@69Kazeshini]

Dreamworld is gonna kill wow too

[@dantwister5106]

The biggest shit is the framerate, game is only 1% done but already a 5 fps slideshow.

[@Dashigos]

Game looks like a shitty VR chat room

[@crazymonk27]

Ffxiv item shop is still cosmetic only Also fan made games of Zelda sonic and Mario type games redone in unreal engine have made more progress in less time than this online experience you can't even chat in... People have done more using vr chat to make their own mmo worlds as well

[@HermanManly]

8:59 it's a Dream because it's... Unreal

[@cyber-dev]

Wait...if you can edit the resources client-side is it even networked? Does it even connect to a server or is it just a local-client pretending to?

[@ninny65]

When the Epic Games ue4 marketplace has a free offer for marble buildings

[@DimmuDeer]

Lol, your eyebrow game is on point my dude!

[@Pworontocokwala]

i'm still baffled people are willing to spend money for something that doesn't exist and then cry when they get scammed... it's free money

[@starblaiz1986]

Scammers prey on the vulnerable, and exploit their emotions. A scam like this exploit's people's need to be in on something big before it takes off so they can feel special and like they contributed the success of something meaningful and be part of that community. People who fall for scams are often either desperate and/or don't know any better. You can't blame sheep for being attacked by wolves because they don't know any better, but as a shepherd it is your responsibility to protect the vulnerable sheep because you are in a position to do so.

[@MCcrepperify]

it legit looks like a dev build of a game. like it haven't even gotten to the point to officially calling it an alpha build of the game

[@crackolackin3099]

What is the outro song? I listen to it at the end of every video

[@RealLife1971]

Thanks for being you and not some fake persona 👊

[@mitchellbecker610]

Damn, Amazon’s new MMO kinda looks bad. Kinda expected more from them tbh. I’m sure I’ll still try it out though.

[@lorenolive492]

18:16 look behind Asmon on the wall monkaW

[@kikoredog]

im lookin for that taquito bandito apology

[@DetaoMakesMusic]

16:03 - Le Pepper Hands

[@DesecratedTTV]

It's so weird that you can literally see when a project lacks any passion or soul at all behind it.. Like this game doesn't even hit the baselines for QoL, to pretend like they even TRIED to do anything but make a bit of money and peace out would be delusional as fuck.

[@TheHollowGloom]

that green screen comment and him just rolling him made me laugh so hard

[@HoneyBadger42]

27:16 F That completely. First impressions on the tail end of the hype train is everything. You cannot hand in an essay that requires 500 words and you've only written one sentence of 12. The teacher is going to throw that shit back into your face and ask "Why did you even bother to turn it in?" "What did you expect as a grade, anything but an F?" The communities may not like push backs of release dates, but if any developer needs a fucking wake up call. Just look at Cyberpunk, No Man's Sky, and Fallout 76.

[@xDevoureveryhour]

Can't wait for the combat

[@TheCooderix]

Only thing that genuinely surprises me here is that MMObyte didn't accept their bribe.

[@RootDen.]

Reupload??? I watched this yesterday

[@VaupellGaming]

Hay from 2022,, in response to 23:50 as you said in 2022 new world is gone.. , Sir . you called it.

[@mas0ny11]

Man this game makes star citizen looked like a finished functioning and playable game

[@trollmctrollington3693]

Nah man its the never before seen VR unreal engine 6 interactive green screen lol

[@MichaelFurnesFilms]

It's like a bad acid trip i had once.

[@שליויששכר]

my dead ass everytime i watch this guys videos: *trys to go into full screan while in full screan*

[@CarterArts]

Ey this dude repping some classics like Timesplitters in his background

[@jhanks2012]

This dude is vain as hell up here seeking attention by coming out with a video nobody will disagree with by beating up on some teenagers first video game he probably made for school ... I mean this guy not only moves his camera and desk to in front of his shelves with all his man-child toys and paraphernalia, he actually put it in a CORNER where you can see even more of his man-child toys. Think about who has ever chosen to put their desk in a corner like that .. not a corner desk which faces the corner to make use of the space. To choose that configuration means nothing else but that he is going to great lengths to make sure while you're watching his boring video you're thinking something like "this guy is some kind of MMO and Pokemon professional" and here this man-child is making a profit off of making videos to make fun of some teenage first time video game dev ... Sad really

[@MHScald]

That joe biden interview was actually green screened his hands and the mic was doing some funky shit if you actually see it.

[@dumbestyoutuber162]

shut up, alex

[@MHScald]

@@dumbestyoutuber162 no, I don't think so.

[@joeexotic9128]

This sums up mmo kick starters. EXCEPT For AoC. Did you see the new Ashes of Creation - Early Siege Gameplay in 4K.

[@knightviole6028]

This is alpha compared to Ashes of Creation which is still on pre-alpha lol