Death of a Game: Overkill's The Walking Dead

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@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
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@captaintalon4485
@captaintalon4485 9 ай бұрын
If you’re binge watching Death of a Game videos take a drink each time a game engine switch is listed as a clue
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
Haha drunk
@spahghettiboi4150
@spahghettiboi4150 9 ай бұрын
LMAO
@ThatDevilBrony
@ThatDevilBrony 9 ай бұрын
Take a SIP, and you’d STILL get annihilated
@Sniperbear13
@Sniperbear13 9 ай бұрын
best water down the drink then.
@fuhrerhosty
@fuhrerhosty 9 ай бұрын
For real though, was there EVER a game in which a mid development engine switch didn't absolutely fumble the resulting game?
@Chronomaton
@Chronomaton 9 ай бұрын
You're really underselling Bo there. He didn't just "leave the company". Bo ransacked the company's cash reserves and ran off to the Bahamas or a similar island nation where he couldn't legally be touched. He screwed Overkill so bad they had to start selling Payday 2 DLC again.
@The-Opium-Den
@The-Opium-Den 9 ай бұрын
Damn, sounds like he's right at home with a bunch of other crooks who like to dodge taxes and the consequences of their crimes.
@franz888
@franz888 9 ай бұрын
I seriously hope you do a vid on The Day Before, it's fascinatingly beautiful disaster of a game, where the dev basically run away never to be seen again.
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
*whistles*
@smirkingspyFO76
@smirkingspyFO76 9 ай бұрын
I can't wait@@nerdSlayerstudioss 🍿
@charlesfuzak
@charlesfuzak 9 ай бұрын
That's the little clip for the next case at the end of the video.
@LiveforHM
@LiveforHM 9 ай бұрын
They already rebranded. They will be back.
@DeltaDragon79
@DeltaDragon79 9 ай бұрын
Do I hear a "Death of a Game: Payday 3" not far away.
@lanetorty7529
@lanetorty7529 3 ай бұрын
Im not sure one can do a video on something that was already dead on arrival
@Ven-20
@Ven-20 9 ай бұрын
Starbreeze was so in dire need of money that, years after announcing how basically in a good position they were, where they announced that all future PD2 DLC would be free, they had to broke their promises by announcing new paid DLC with new storyline. Also, before PD3 launch, they updated (or broke with ton of bugs) PD2 by making it crossplay with Epic Games, but that meant now to play with friends, Epic's servers NEED to exists
@ZzVinniezZ
@ZzVinniezZ 9 ай бұрын
i swear starbreeze fuck up more than then anything. as vet of PD2, PD3 feel like a deja vu of first year of PD2 but with new coat of paint. Meh at best.
@frostsoul4199
@frostsoul4199 8 ай бұрын
honestly, my favorite video of this game's development, was when Overkill invited several content creators to their HQ in Sweden to play the game together, including Shroud and several others. and while they were playing the game crashed. the host then swapped cameras and said "man those zombies sure are deadly."
@HuggieWuggies
@HuggieWuggies 9 ай бұрын
if overkill dont make the player come back to the game, payday 3 will be the next Overkill's Death of a Game
@Nelson_Swamp
@Nelson_Swamp 9 ай бұрын
Man, the trailer where the character sits on the bench in his business attire listening to a voicemail as his appearance and surroundings slowly morph into decay had me so excited for this game.
@Lucios1995
@Lucios1995 9 ай бұрын
Aidan, he looks a hell of a lot like the The Day Before cover guy, too
@SplinteredLarynx
@SplinteredLarynx 9 ай бұрын
Just a heads up that you have a mistake in your graphics @13:06. It says Payday 3 launched in 2019, and not 2023. Love the series, keep up the great work!
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for that!
@dragonbornexpress5650
@dragonbornexpress5650 9 ай бұрын
Oh, that teaser is VERY recognizable. Sidenote: That company's history on the bird app is absolutely hilarious.
@alostbaron781
@alostbaron781 9 ай бұрын
Wait why?
@DannyGraves1775
@DannyGraves1775 9 ай бұрын
@@alostbaron781 Let's make a short list, shall we? 1) Tonedeaf "better than you" behavior; infamously captured by the introduction of flashbangs which was almost universally hated (and slated)... and then CEO Bo Andersson LITERALLY told players "your opinion, my choice" and pushed it through, even made the damned things more obnoxious. Also included lots of "well our "fans" love it" style comments, whenever they did something controversial (spoiler alert : loud people on twitter doesn't equal paying audience, something many media companies are slow to accept, much to their detriment). While nerdSlayer touched on how the CEO was a negative influence, what he failed to capture is that his toxic mindset had permeated the entire company well before development of OTWD was even announced, from the Community manager Almir Listo down to composer Simon Viklund (who acted like such an absolute Cunt to people with valid criticism that it cost him a large swath of followers on twitter at the time). Or that time that Overkill decided to fund youtube creators H3H3, who had been hit with a (spurious) copyright lawsuit meant to silence their criticism (of a videogame, I think). Almir Listo claimed Overkill was "deeply in favor of free speech"... except weeks before he'd put out a community message for Payday 2, following the inclusion of Microtransactions in the game that Overkill had promised would never happen (and shame on us for thinking otherwise!), stating that community negativity would "lead to temporary or permanent bans". _So much for "free speech" then, eh, Almir?_ I need to stop on this point, but the sad fact is that I can keep going about tonedeaf behavior for a while, well into 2023. 2) Lots of handwaving on in-game issues, and general incompetence put on display; best summarized by the arm and leg hitboxes debacle. Developers stated making enemy AI have arm and leg hitboxes was impossible... two weeks later someone modded it into the game, no muss, no fuss. Or David Goldfarb (former project lead/creative director) getting many innovative ideas he'd debut on twitter shot down by Developers, only to see them implemented after his departure from the company. Another great one is the recent switch from Steam P2P matchmaking to a reliance on Epic Online Services... something no one asked for, and which has been extremely detrimental to the game and community. Overkill's response "we're sorry to hear people aren't having a good experience, but we're working on it!". Meanwhile, six months later it's still a mess. 3) Toxic cronyism from the company, defended to the death; best captured by many, MANY instances when Fanboy "Clans" would get beta access, would be instrumental in getting (detrimental) new things added to the game, excessive kowtowing to said "Clans" in terms of game balance, getting free stuff seemingly for no reason other than their fawning over the company and game, excessive mentions and "easter eggs" mentioning these "Clans" in-game... And that's ignoring the nonsense with various Influencers (Starbreeze and Overkill like to call them "Creative Partners" or some other contrived shit) shilling the game. That was the short version (and yet still a wall of text). The long version would cover a LOT more of the previous points (think six to seven paragraphs EACH!), and would delve into Overkill outright trolling people on twitter... with community retaliation that was just such an epic bombardment of memes, gotchas and insults that it would take nerdSlayer twenty minutes just to detail what was once dubbed "the battle of the memes".
@Jedimastob1
@Jedimastob1 9 ай бұрын
@@alostbaron781 Overkill Amir had promised that Payday 2 would never have Pay2Win DLC or stat buffs through mystery boxes. Later on they implemented exactly both of those two things. The entire community for Payday 2 was OUTRAGED. I genuinely gave up the game after they did that because I was so detested. Eventually they relented and skins no longer have stat buffs for their guns, but I still have a very bad taste in my mouth over the entire saga.
@Dat_Jonx
@Dat_Jonx 9 ай бұрын
Ooh, I've waited for this one. I actually liked this game (and still do). It had potential and could've possibly reach it, if license wasn't retracted.
@Jocken75
@Jocken75 9 ай бұрын
I agree
@christopherrapczynski204
@christopherrapczynski204 9 ай бұрын
This needs to happen more, nearly every mp game comes out broken and bare and fixes itself later, some of these getting consequences could fix this trend
@Dat_Jonx
@Dat_Jonx 9 ай бұрын
@@christopherrapczynski204Overkill proven with PAYDAY 2 that they can improve game over time, as much as they proven that they are not good at launching games in enjoyable state.
@redielg
@redielg 9 ай бұрын
I love this channel. Seeing the downfall of a game I never even heard about is such a weird feeling.
@MrLrlg
@MrLrlg 9 ай бұрын
Gosh I remember when this game was so hyped. The character trailers were so cool. Could you do Space Lords? It was a favorite of mine till it died
@ZzVinniezZ
@ZzVinniezZ 9 ай бұрын
oh yes Space Lords, i love the art direction but sadly the game is annoying to play with their rock paper scissor system / MMR system and the lack of contents really kill the mood for me. aside from their 20~30$ for a skin
@RexcorJ
@RexcorJ 9 ай бұрын
I miss when it was still called Journey to the Broken Planet
@Larry
@Larry 9 ай бұрын
The problem with The Walking Dead moving over to video games are titles like The Last of Us, Days Gone and Left 4 Dead have done the genre/narrative already and far better. So they're left with something that looks like a knock-off with a license slapped on top.
@universalperson
@universalperson 9 ай бұрын
Oh hello, you
@coderaccoon6061
@coderaccoon6061 9 ай бұрын
Starbreeze are such a lazy af company. All they are doing is riding on the success of payday2 and haven't released anything worth the time since.
@TeslaChad
@TeslaChad 9 ай бұрын
I played the demo they had available at E3 2018 with a friend and we had an absolute blast. We were really excited about it but were a little bummed seeing it never came to consoles.
@Lucios1995
@Lucios1995 9 ай бұрын
Holy crap I actually asked for this! Thank you! Version 1.4 leaked back in October 2023 and while i'm incredibly glad we got any content at all, it does feel easier with zombies coming in waves now after Horde-O-Meter Level 0 instead of zombies replacing the dead ones immediately.
@Eisenthorn4179
@Eisenthorn4179 9 ай бұрын
Damn, I literally forgot this game existed. I saw you upload this a few days ago and I thought "Walking Dead Game by Overkill? When?"
@sukamadik5983
@sukamadik5983 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video and I can't wait for The Day Before video 😁👍
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
Nice detective work!
@HotPocketEnjoyer
@HotPocketEnjoyer 9 ай бұрын
Yo love the content man keep it up. Everytime i see a new shitty live service i think "cant wait to see this on death of a game"
@konradzukowski213
@konradzukowski213 9 ай бұрын
Overkill's TWD was one of those games i was really stoked about, mainly because of my great experience with PD2. I still remember watching character trailers, when i got access to the Beta thanks to my owning PD2, when i installed it to play with my friends... here's where things went down hill. Despite having a lot of good ideas, so many things worked either too slow or just badly. I'm thankful i didn't buy the game.
@LordShadowZ
@LordShadowZ 9 ай бұрын
Regardless of how bad the game was, it's also worth noting that it was likely greenlit at the peak of Walking Dead's popularity and released when it was nearing rock bottom.
@strikeforce1500
@strikeforce1500 9 ай бұрын
This game management disaster is a study case to remember, the shady financial moves, the *stupid* move of changing engines mid development for one that nobody in the team knew how to use,etc. But like people say "Common sense,is not so common"
@saschaberger3212
@saschaberger3212 9 ай бұрын
Allergic to money those guys. It can't be helped
@comradestylin
@comradestylin 9 ай бұрын
Fantastic retrospective
@themadtitan8379
@themadtitan8379 9 ай бұрын
I was hyped for this. Payday 2 was and still is one of my favorite co op shooters ever. Then it came out and almost nobody talked about it, and the ones who did had nothing nice to say about it. I wonder how badly the financial failure of this game contributed to payday 3’s lack of content at launch
@Aaron-sb6kx
@Aaron-sb6kx 9 ай бұрын
You need to do Death of a Game: Payday 3
@NN010
@NN010 6 ай бұрын
15:00 We did get the Saints and Sinners VR games over the last couple years, so... there's still some good Walking Dead games coming out... you just need a VR headset to play them.
@AngelDustSimp69
@AngelDustSimp69 9 ай бұрын
Why is it so hard to make a good walking dead game?
@strafer3459
@strafer3459 9 ай бұрын
cause it was so popular companies view as easy money instead of making a compelling game they dont really see in putting in effort telltale to an extent does care but we even saw from three games there wasnt as much effort or care compared to season 1. cause higer ups thinking oh walking dead mega popular we make bad games and still get a ton of money but it backfires like overkill
@Revolt112233
@Revolt112233 8 ай бұрын
There is brilliant Walking dead game, but it is in VR The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners - one of the best VR games I ever played.
@vastos2587
@vastos2587 8 ай бұрын
​@@Revolt112233It's a GOATed vr game regardless of you like TWD or not. I had so much fun playing it
@GATOATTACK
@GATOATTACK 9 ай бұрын
The crazy part is I didn’t realize the game came out till this video. Wtf
@DannyGraves1775
@DannyGraves1775 9 ай бұрын
Death of Payday 3, coming to a KZbin channel near you Q4 of 2024! (if it doesn't flounder and die well before that time, sweet baby jesus, that rabbit hole is getting Matrix levels of deep)
@joseph2000117
@joseph2000117 9 ай бұрын
Crazy how the best action walking dead games are vr games of all things
@Scarecr0wn
@Scarecr0wn 9 ай бұрын
Next one will be fun boys
@ManinTidyWhities
@ManinTidyWhities 9 ай бұрын
It still lasted longer than The Day Before, but even then I wouldn't call that an accomplishment
@dragan7326
@dragan7326 9 ай бұрын
Payday 3 didnt fail and sold enough units to recoup developement cost within the first week of launch. Yes, the game has issues, but ýou cannot tell me its on the same level as OVKTWD.
@happymartin6778
@happymartin6778 9 ай бұрын
15:00 I'd say forever. The show ended a while ago and even then people were getting tired of the show for how it dragged it's heels. On top of it all, Zombies have been out for a LONG time. And with this extra stuff about Starbreeze and Overkill, I guess that's the end of that too. At least PAYDAY 2 is still alive and not shit.
@MrTerrorFace
@MrTerrorFace 9 ай бұрын
I know I've been requesting it for awhile, but when can you do Atlas Reactor?
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
I'll do it q1 next year
@deeps.
@deeps. 9 ай бұрын
God I cant wait for that The Day Before video
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
its out
@deeps.
@deeps. 9 ай бұрын
Bruh, I guess i didnt get the notification for some reason @@nerdSlayerstudioss
@emred4653
@emred4653 9 ай бұрын
cant wait to see payday 3 on one of your videos in few years
@Windows11Official
@Windows11Official 9 ай бұрын
Since this video is about survival game, can you make a video about The Day Before. It's such a beautiful disaster that I can't hold my tears
@charlesfuzak
@charlesfuzak 9 ай бұрын
15:25
@hieunguyenrileygekko
@hieunguyenrileygekko 9 ай бұрын
we all know The Day Before is going to be the next one
@JanJansen985
@JanJansen985 6 ай бұрын
5:30 To be fait every walking dead game is usually just called walking dead so having the developer right there solves any confusion
@DirtCobaine
@DirtCobaine 5 ай бұрын
Yup that’s why I hate when people are like “why don’t they just switch to unreal engine” when criticizing games or devs. Because A) unreal engine isn’t the best engine for every game. Just because you’ve seen tech demos doesn’t mean anything. And B) it’ll throw years of work on prior engine away.
@universalperson
@universalperson 9 ай бұрын
Huh, we're getting Halloween in Christmas.
@Hentai-and-Chill
@Hentai-and-Chill 9 ай бұрын
Honestly, it's a shame; the concept of the game seemed pretty cool. Its launch definitely left something to be desired, but it didn't seem like it would be completely unsalvageable given a few updates; it just didn't get that time, and with how things are looking for Overkill now, it seems the same might happen with Payday 3. I wouldn't be surprised to see it here sooner rather than later.
@Drowicorn
@Drowicorn 9 ай бұрын
Double Zombie Game Feature? I’m so down for this! Thank you for mentioning Project Zomboid, I think it’s a bright spot in the currently weird and scammy world of zombie survival crafting games. It’s far from perfect, especially with the long development cycles between builds, but I think a good Zomboid RP server PZ would capture a lot more of what Walking Dead fans actually want from a Zombie game. It even has several TWD mods on the steam workshop!
@patrickdmuzangi9639
@patrickdmuzangi9639 9 ай бұрын
I remember being excited for this, oh boy I shouldn't have lemme tell ya.
@cyrlangaming
@cyrlangaming 6 ай бұрын
Starbreeze has the opportunity to become like EA but nope they wasted millions of dollars for a useless technologies instead of creating high quality games.
@theverylastuser
@theverylastuser 9 ай бұрын
Wow! I never knew it even launched. Otherwise I'd be the one to know all this from inside, i planned to buy it. Waiting for the Destinies video!
@noahboat580
@noahboat580 9 ай бұрын
This game was a total shame. This game died faster then back 4 blood, even though the overkill TwD had better production value
@Swimmie
@Swimmie 9 ай бұрын
You might want to keep an eye on Payday 3
@mestre12
@mestre12 9 ай бұрын
Cant wait for the next one. That is going to be a story
@charlesfuzak
@charlesfuzak 9 ай бұрын
The video has to be at least an hour long. There is soooooo much to talk about.
@flyerboy991
@flyerboy991 8 ай бұрын
There's a very high likelihood that I'll eventually see Payday 3 on this series, and that makes me sad.
@khandimahn9687
@khandimahn9687 9 ай бұрын
Oh, I recognize that teaser for the next episode. This must be a new record for producing a video so soon after failure.
@spahghettiboi4150
@spahghettiboi4150 9 ай бұрын
Ahh yes, the day after hahahahaha
@philasifer
@philasifer 9 ай бұрын
Good vid except for one thing: the Entire Campaign could be played offline. By the time I bought it , no one was playing and I was still able to finish it. It just made the entire map very difficult because there was no bots. Other than that , you got everything right.
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
So you could play it offline but without the full features like bots? That seems so strange.
@keisar4482
@keisar4482 9 ай бұрын
GRAW and Syndicate were some of the best fps games ever released. To say they never worked on anything good is ridiculous.
@Mr.Corinthians
@Mr.Corinthians 9 ай бұрын
He was talking about Grin, not Starbreeze.
@justiziabelle
@justiziabelle 9 ай бұрын
I miss the game and had a lot of fun with it. Obviously I still got it in my library, but of course there are no players anymore and it doesn't really work well as singleplayer. Tbf they totally botched the release, but improved it afterwards, just too little too late.
@LucRice
@LucRice 6 ай бұрын
Goodness the show is so dogshit compared to the book it is actually sad
@emergency.jergens
@emergency.jergens 9 ай бұрын
You sound like you have a flu hope you feel better soon
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
I was sick I think my editor forgot to note that, thanks!
@SirIsaacClarke
@SirIsaacClarke 9 ай бұрын
Shame the only good Walking Dead games are the telltale and VR games.
@frizzlefrack253
@frizzlefrack253 9 ай бұрын
I feel this helps explain why Payday 3 has been such a disaster since launch. Starbreeze has had one hopeful recovery after another, but they've never felt like the bad guy. From the Red 5 Studios loot boxes that Starbreeze had to buy their studio back, to Payday 2 shutting down but surviving due to their fire sale. Now Payday 3 has failed to come close to expectation and there's already $40 in DLC. To me, it now seems Starbreeze is really good at making terrible decisions and killing their devs over it. Thanks for the vid! Always a pleasure seeing a nerdSlayer notification.
@kenelt
@kenelt 9 ай бұрын
honestly the game lauch raw as hell but it didnt look like something irreparable. maybe if they have been given the time to fix the game it could have become something great like payday. but honestly it was murder on the crib.
@mattjvr6189
@mattjvr6189 9 ай бұрын
Would you ever cover a game like chronicles of elyria?
@SwoleBenji
@SwoleBenji 9 ай бұрын
I didn't even know this game existed.
@GhengisRon
@GhengisRon 9 ай бұрын
This saddens me. I was looking forward to this game. Payday 3 was depressing, my wife, friend and I were looking forward to it and refunded it because for the first week it was impossible to play
@DipolarApathy
@DipolarApathy 9 ай бұрын
Was Raid WWII made before or after this game? Also you could mention them spending possibly millions on StarVR and doing squat with it
@NerdySatyr
@NerdySatyr 9 ай бұрын
Hope to see Atlas Reactor one day!
@freightlord8600
@freightlord8600 9 ай бұрын
cant wait for the skull and bones episode
@sasaki8765
@sasaki8765 9 ай бұрын
Death of a game : Mabinogi..... I'd like to recommend that but it would probably be impossible to make, I'm not sure there's a catalogue of changes that would have caused it anywhere. I could tell you a lot of it myself, but that'd just be one source. Also the game was pretty niche to start with.
@Ivvilon
@Ivvilon 9 ай бұрын
The first issue was the fact that overkill was working on it. If you want a game with a heavy narrative and intense character moments in a world that is built upon the interactions of the people within it, you don't have a company known for making games with minimal story writing and repetitive, arcadey shooter gameplay.
@rylanproductionsyt3080
@rylanproductionsyt3080 3 ай бұрын
im a HUGE fan of the walking dead and i never even knew this game existed until today, thats how you know this game flopped very bad
@ShootingStar1313
@ShootingStar1313 9 ай бұрын
Changing the engine halfway in development; who greenlights a boneheaded idea like this?! 😵‍💫
@MusicNationPlus
@MusicNationPlus 9 ай бұрын
Idk if you've heard of the game SOS but it could be an interesting death of a game video on it. From having Snoop dog play it live on stream to remaking the game into a PUBG clone that was worse in every way into death. Either way thanks for the series. One of my favorite series on youtube. Even if I haven't played half the games you cover it is entertaining either way. Keep up the good work and happy holidays!
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
Happy holidays
@DustyOrange
@DustyOrange 6 ай бұрын
Ngl, feels like the Walking Dead would be really suited to something like STALKER GAMMA or a Tarkov-esque extraction shooter type of game. Where faction relations, hardcore/semi-hardcore gameplay and survival elements, and scavenging would really feel like you're in the Walking Dead. The main difference between the two just being either PvE or PvEvP focused.
@SaberGW
@SaberGW 6 ай бұрын
"Fading payday 2"... 32,495 in game right now xD At least we know why PD3 sucks. They have learned NOTHING over this flop and tried again with the same model, only for established IP.
@planescaped
@planescaped 9 ай бұрын
Why on earth they made the game like... this, instead of making a story focused FPS shooter/rpg hybrid akin to Deux Ex Human Revolution or Dying Light, is beyond me. TWD's universe doesn't really mesh well with looter shooter and multiplayer mechanics like this. Not to mention it's already a super oversaturated genre. TWD's strength is in the storytelling.
@5deadspace
@5deadspace 9 ай бұрын
This was not one of the highest profile IP failures. No one would have known this game existed if KZbinrs had not made videos about it.
@nerdSlayerstudioss
@nerdSlayerstudioss 9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately not everyone lives in such a reactive world as you, some just point out facts and what the reality was...which is that this game literally nearly killed the company, so you are not just wrong...but delusionally wrong.
@daiakunin
@daiakunin 9 ай бұрын
You were right about this game not being remembered. I forgot this game ever existed.
@theblackbaron4119
@theblackbaron4119 9 ай бұрын
It was DOA just like their RAID WW2 game and Payday 3
@LazyCreepypasta
@LazyCreepypasta 9 ай бұрын
All these walking dead games should have been released at the height of the walking dead. I still never seen the shiw
@treyrandall2983
@treyrandall2983 9 ай бұрын
Here is a ez idea that'll make a week 4 u if u r sick or something, The Scam Before... Oh I mean "The Day Before". Lol
@TheMrFishnDucks
@TheMrFishnDucks 9 ай бұрын
Nice video. Had no idea this game even existed. Keep up the good work.
@claudiuspulcher2440
@claudiuspulcher2440 9 ай бұрын
lol anyone remember "Raid: world war II"? Another example of the studio trying to do the payday model again and failing
@nixielee
@nixielee 9 ай бұрын
Having a story in a game like this? That would be weird if anything
@drunkonsuccess779
@drunkonsuccess779 3 ай бұрын
I'm still so sad this flopped as hard as it did. The Walking Dead has had more bad games than good now.
@braydonturner8551
@braydonturner8551 4 ай бұрын
So people complaining because there was nothing to do in the zombie game you do realise there will literally be nothing to do if a real zombie outbreak were to ever happen
@FatalCompromise
@FatalCompromise 9 ай бұрын
i mean payday 3 can be played solo i mean theres tons of vids for soloing overkill difficulty
@josephhelgersonjoseph6115
@josephhelgersonjoseph6115 9 ай бұрын
You covering The Day Before next?
@EarthboundX
@EarthboundX 9 ай бұрын
12:18 Weren't Advanced Warfighter 1, 2 and Bionic Commando Rearmed pretty well liked? Or were those PC versions of Warfighter different than the console versions I played? That just leaves Bionic Commando Rearmed I guess. I've played both Wanted and Terminator Salvation, and yeah, I'd agree those were C games. Not great, not terrible. Pretty average.
@pedanticjase
@pedanticjase 9 ай бұрын
Your date in the payday 3 launch is wrong it says 2019
@emilysmite9356
@emilysmite9356 6 ай бұрын
A rare bad review from IGN is always a sign even if their reviews are usually trash
@Bondrewd_TheNovel
@Bondrewd_TheNovel 9 ай бұрын
A tidbit of question to anyone who happens to be up to date: beyond the myriad of problems listed in the video, how does the brand of 'The Walking Dead' hold up? To my knowledge, the series/storyline popularity peaked around 2015, and it was not what it used to be by the game launched. Could this have added to the failure of the game as well?
@dragonbornexpress5650
@dragonbornexpress5650 9 ай бұрын
It may have played a small part in the failure, but almost certainly wasn't even in the top 10 reasons. (Below engine switching from an already terrible engine that wasn't even finished, executive meddling, reckless company acquisitions one after another that ended up not paying off, take your pick.)
@gguestiongues
@gguestiongues 9 ай бұрын
they made it fucking worse before payday 3 bro
@m0nk3yg1rl
@m0nk3yg1rl 6 ай бұрын
i played this game a lot when it came out. i loved it. it wasn’t great but idk i loved it lol
@ElOsoMarino
@ElOsoMarino 9 ай бұрын
What? I thought it was cancelled and it never came out
@neverwin822
@neverwin822 3 ай бұрын
And payday 3 shouldn't be alive
@sukamadik5983
@sukamadik5983 9 ай бұрын
Oh I remember some people's initial hype for this and the disappointed that followed.
@dragonbornexpress5650
@dragonbornexpress5650 9 ай бұрын
I'm willing to bet most of that hype was primarily because of the premise: A zombie survival game set in Washington D.C made by the creators of Payday. Sometimes a concept can overpower just about everything else, especially prior to release. (Hell, even I think this concept had some potential, especially because of the setting: You can count on one hand the number of games set in the District of Columbia in the last 10 years that were even fun and still have at least 2-3 fingers left over. The number gets even smaller once you narrow it down to zombie games: At BEST one or two that were even remotely mediocre. You get the point about the power of a concept?)
@jupzter
@jupzter 9 ай бұрын
You gonna do The Day Before next...
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