Exploring The Best & Worst $0 Dead Games

[@RyeGamesOfficial]

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[@A_shvartz]

I hope you one day try out a game called Zero Hour its a small community but its fun

[@jordanfourtwenty9694]

Awesome Video As Always. Great to wake up and sip my coffee to! Keep up the awesome shit.

[@skylers9804]

I'd be cool if you looked into BioShock 2's multiplayer. I played it back in the day and really enjoyed it, I'm sure it's a dead game now but it probably has hardcore players still active. Anyways thanks for the video and all the great content!

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@skylers9804OMFG I forgot about that, that's right it WAS a thing but not for long and by the time I found out about it and played it once. It was only me servers were beyond dead when I got my hands on it que'd up on a map and that was the last time I ever played that mode again. Then I just got good at the story mode, became a loot goblin and was rewarded that invisibility thing for being a good rat in the first game. Bioshock 2 Minerva's Den was my favorite at the time. I had a very good friend that let me borrow his copy of the games and all the DLC for them. I got to Infinite by 2013 graduation Highschool the same year, what a good summer that shit was. Getting drunk, smoking weed and playing vidja games on the assbox 360. That was when Halo Reach was still relevant and Bungie made their last Halo game, 343 was up and coming with Halo 4. Damn man. I'm turning 30 next month and I was a young teenager when all that went down.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Warface or maybe Rouge Company?

[@xkumanekox]

Everytime I watch a Rye 'dead games' video, I feel a certain sense of melancholy for most of these so called 'dead games'. Like you know they had a larger community and fanbase when it was released, but the community just slowly bled off throughout the years and now only a small loyal handful remains. There's something sad about that to me.

[@aeonstar293]

Its actually the opposite for me... finally, the normies are gone, the true fans can gatekeep their community properly.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@aeonstar293 Basically me when Tim and Ninja fucking left Fortnite and all the asinine trash I could finally actually play and feel good about it. I got gud and I absorbed the sweaty builder type I'm not a Creative Builder I learned that shit on the fly and then EPIC created No Build and forced everyone to not build for a LONG time just after I started to pick up turtle fighting and edit wars. "Window" shopping with a shotty and snipey. It felt like a weight had been lifted from the game, gatekeepers left so they actual normies can play a video game for once without all the sweaty people with no lives. Yes, there are still "We like Fortnite" kids in it but they tend to sound better when they are getting their in-game ass cheeks clapped than when they start in with that "Based/Cringe" two-word dialogue crap they all have. Better to hear their dying vidja game screams being drowned out by your music you are blaring and having that 6pm beer.

[@foxblaze2965]

@@aeonstar293Greatest thing for a game’s health; Losing all of the “normies” which makes keeping the servers up lose its sensibility to higher ups You just want games to die

[@Heroinexoxo]

Gatekeepers are weird. And normies leaving your game will eventually completely kill it off unless the game has dedicated servers, which of course is up to whomever wants to pay to run that dead POS. @@aeonstar293

[@TheL1arL1ar]

There are more people on average playing halo master chief collection, than halo infinite multiplayer. The community is still active just full of sweats now.

[@lemomannmusicproductions4074]

It was beautiful seeing you and Dudka having fun together despite the language barrier

[@jonvro4022]

I had that exact feeling playing Squad with a Russian dude, he could speak more English, but him trying to articulate stuff was just so funny and wholesome. These are the reason why we play lads… it’s the little things.

[@lovecheese45]

Americas Army was a game I loved and hated. When I got drunk, I use to get the M249 and kill my teammates and hide in a tree for 20 minutes while the insurgents tried finding me... the memories lol

[@L1ndd2]

Just like the founding fathers intended

[@scottbowers7431]

At least he got to play on bridge, that was one of the best maps in the entire game i think. and needing decent honor in AA2 to even play some servers

[@HockeySemp]

You and Dudka summed up gaming and why it's beautiful. Two countries, that if you watch the news apparently are almost at war with each other directly, yet there you are, playing a game and laughing away with absolutely no care for that BS.

[@Skie_blu]

It's the governments that are the problem, not the people!

[@mayor_elder1888]

​@@Skie_bluNo these people want this war, all you have to do is talk to them about it. They blame Ukraine and the Ukrainian people or call the government Nazi, which is nonsense and just an excuse to invade.

[@Goldenfightinglink]

​@@mayor_elder1888Facts, they def want to shoot innocent people and only cared when these innocent people slapped back. It's like a trumpie saying their the good guys, it's just factually wrong and is bad guy mentality

[@rubotok3703]

​@@mayor_elder1888 they've been told lies to believe by their government, and all their lives are never told to question them, most of them are blind to it

[@Kirusion]

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die, best quote to sum up all wars, 99% of the fighters don't want to be there but they have no choice, we're all brothers in the online space

[@Jennacide.]

Meeting people like Dudka is the reason I select all servers when doing Tarkov scav runs

[@cf8979]

Its why i love dayz. You meet some of the best people on it when you just dont take it too serious and talk to other players. Its one of my fav things to do on boring lonely nights

[@100000zombies]

I play tarkov but never tried this. Thanks for the idea ❤

[@Tompork]

Cuisine royal AKA CRSED FOUD was alpha test for enlisted. People that couldnt enter enlisted closed tests had to play cuisine royal. When enlisted was released into open beta 99% of people imidiately lost interest in cuisine royal as they were waiting for enlisted release.

[@damienirwin9102]

I knew it looked familiarly like ass

[@MidNight-rk1so]

That was my house at 14:58 lol, i was wondering why there was so much loot and deathboxes around xD

[@E_Proxy]

2:59 those are italian guys playing in group, it's incredible you walking into italians playing a dead game like that. Heartwarming

[@fentwarlord13]

Vero

[@Saymaven]

I always get caught off guard, when i hear Italian on a english video

[@E_Proxy]

@@Saymaven me too. 'cause there's not so many of us

[@Insightmovieflix]

Dudka was undoubtedly baked as hell

[@kh-ro5su]

he hit the bong immediately before beginning to laugh at the outfit

[@PhilipKerry]

I played America's Army from AA2 to Proving Grounds , in Proving Grounds I was an official Beta Tester and had to sign a US Army Confidentiality Agreement along with an Official Secrets Document . We tested new maps Weapons and features for both the game and the version which was for the Training of US Army Soldiers , I suppose I'm still legally bound by those agreements . When I played I was a member of the [NOLB] Clan ( No One Left Behind ) which was mainly made up of US players and we had our own server in AA2/3 and Proving Grounds .

[@cabriskus4700]

It’s funny cause I played this game as a child. And as of today I am literally just waiting for the next available bus in my town to get sent to Army boot camp.

[@nucleenix7762]

Man, dirty bomb was one of my favorite games and it will always have a special place in my heart. I played a lot of it growing up, and i met tons of nice people through it (including most of my internet best-friends) and just having an absolute blast throughout the years. It's an absolute shame witnessing how it just withers away. No other game has had me this emotionally invested. And i still know a ton of things about it

[@SeamanLord]

My parent couldn’t buy many games I wanted as a kid, so I spent a lot of time of Free games. Seeing Army Proving Grounds brings back so many memories. It was such a lively game back then. I stopped playing when I finally got CoD but it’s always had a special place in my heart

[@generalv.1891]

Please include Planet Side 2 on your next video. It’s also a free shooter with good rating that many people don’t know about.

[@schwipsy]

idk if its dead though, it still getts big updates

[@ArcturionX]

Not really dead. Still has several thousand players.

[@generalv.1891]

@@schwipsy considering that it has 5 huge maps but only one map at a time is open because there are not enough players, i’d say it’s pretty low pop game. Compared to the games on this video, you are right

[@rifandyadnan9501]

@@ArcturionX when compared to the golden days the player count is pretty low, it's not dead for sure though

[@Zaza-of2gx]

I used to play planet side two a bunch

[@smackers1514]

dirty bomb was such a hidden gem before the developers abandoned the game.

[@diamondest867]

Hey Rye Games, I know you probably won't see this message, but I just wanted to say that I've been here since you had around 3-4 thousand subscribers, back in the early days. It's amazing to see how much you've grown since then, and I'm incredibly proud of your journey. Your videos are fantastic, and it's no surprise they're getting such great views now. Keep up the awesome work!

[@llamaman9762]

18:45 This game is pretty popular in asia especially for kid and teen in Thailand because there are famous streamer and youtuber used to and still play it, 19:52 you can see there are many Thai names shown on the name board.

[@jonahmorgan4041]

dudka's laugh is so genuine and contagious, i love it

[@cinemahorizon5109]

These videos are so wholesome and sweet. He always meets the nicest people. Keep up the great work!

[@ReiStarlove]

It's cool how Rye just makes the same video over and over but they're all still fun to watch.

[@Valteim]

I like how you played that game with Dudka. You maybe really have fun together I believe. Sometimes we play games for such bright moments as this.

[@Cynthss]

Absolute bangin video rye, please dont take so long next time. Something about the way you script/edit these videos just feels so comfortable to me, and in a severe time of discomfort for myself, its nice to have something that can provide that for me. Love ya Rye, hope all is well.

[@RyeGamesOfficial]

I'll try my best. I'm so glad you enjoy the videos :) stay strong!

[@bubblegumgun3292]

5:10 that's what the army is all about, not being a scoreboard winner but completing the mission and making sure the team makes it all back

[@TheTaintedStudios]

I remember watching E3 2015 and they were showing this game Dirty Bomb, and at the end of it said something like: free 2 play, available right now. Instantly downloaded it and played it for a couple of days. Good memories.

[@420upinsmoke]

Your videos are amazing and have made me cry a few times. Being 17 and growing up with old and new tech/games. I experienced alpt of the dead and low pop games you explore. Dirty bomb being one, played back when i was in high school 😂. I love your videos and one day ill come back and rewatch these videos to remind myself where my life as a gamer started and what games i used to play. One day ill be able to experience those memories again. Thank you for showing love to these games, in all your videos.

[@ryanmurda9868]

Socom us navy seals was used to recruit people to the navy . And a lot of people that play it to this day have said they served or are serving and socom was a big influence on them doing so !

[@Gatorade69]

I have heard that some people still play it, I remember reading in Reddit a way to play PS2 games online. I don't know which one I have, I think Socom 2.

[@miserablew1zrd916]

I played Dirty Bomb for a while. I stopped playing over 5 years ago but I've always been curious if the updates got better. You made me want to replay it.

[@DaveWraptastic]

After 8 tries or something like that they finally made Phantom somewhat balanced. For starters he's not entirely invisible anymore.

[@TheGLORY13]

I miss the OG Americas Army (not proving grounds) it was one of the most fun gaming experiences I had solo. You had the US and basically terrorist. You had to go through "training" in order to play a certain class whether it was Medic/Sniper. Game modes were a blast. Decent selection of maps. Hell they even had cheat specific servers for people who just wanted to cheat because surprisingly Punk Buster (I think that was their anti-cheat system) was actually pretty effective I don't think I ever ran into a hacker in normal servers

[@brookieex3390]

I’ve been binging your videos for the past few days, I am so happy I found you! I love your vids and how respectful and sweet you are to the people you meet. Keep it up❤

[@colevulcan9995]

I have over 2k hours in the game Unturned. It's hay day was 2015. Had so much fun playing it at the time.

[@legallyblind393]

Still got a fairly big player base. I went thru a stint of playing factions religiously for a few months

[@zombiewarrior225]

I remember playing that first game years back. It was pretty low budget feeling but it was a lot of fun if I'm honest. Like a hidden gem of it's time

[@raresage.]

I love this series, just found you and your videos are so high quality!! I would suggest you change up the thumbnails a bit more though cause its already hard to tell which one I watched. But damn these videos are awesome great stuff!

[@Pistol_Knight]

I used to run a dedicated Americas Army server for a friend in the Army (UK) back in the day (Duggie264) Server, was an awesome game with a decent community, Pipeline was the map of choice. A stoned Russian a great partnership

[@sseemour]

Hey rye, i just wanted to comment on the Dirty Bomb portion. The server with the train (which is a scripted event that occurs after point 2 is taken) continuously barging through, the higher player count than 8v8, and so on has been responsible for driving a lot of the playerbase away, some with bans, exploiting things such as those scripted events, and finally the player numbers on steam. At the time of writing this majority of their servers have been taken offline thanks to your video, after months of the community speaking out against this. I'm sure you saw alot of this in the subreddit. This wasn't the best representation of the game, but i'm glad you covered it and finally helped the communities vitriol fiascos surrounding this game. The game itself means alot to the community, and actual player count has been at a better point than (what im estimating) was the time of recording. PUGs are back up, new players are confused less and less, and many veterans are returning making this an overall enjoyable experience for a lot of us. I knew eventually you'd cover this game, but wasn't sure how soon. Just wanted to say Thanks. Long live Dirty Bomb

[@enpecevonrandom3700]

its alway so wholesome when you find nice people on the games you play it gets me into a feeling of nostalgia keep up the good work pls

[@JustFeral]

What's crazy is i played a beta test for Dirty Bomb, never knew it ever released as a full game.

[@Kink3chamilian]

Dude my friend and I played cuisine royal for a couple of months and it was really one of the funniest games I’ve played with him , it was dumb as hell and difficult to get used to but I love the game to this day … crsd is pretty dam fun I just suck at using the abilities 😂😂😂 glad to see it again, thanks for the walk down memory lane my dude

[@goodisgood153]

Please do "Nox" which is basically is a game made by westwood back in the day. It is like diablo but the pvp needs no grind The community is still somehow alive

[@poorsap1598]

Really? I need to try and get that to launch again. It was equally as good imo as Diablo 2. Even the single player game was good. Sound effects were amazing, and game play during multi could be a free for all or team building however you wanted. Awesome game all around.

[@TheGuyTech42]

I love CRSD, mainly gotta play solo to get the bigger lobbies of 27-35 people. The duos and squads is pretty low player count. Been playing since it was called cuisine royale as well.

[@stinkbanana2522]

Man, I played the original at launch. It had this cool boot camp tutorial that taught you some real stuff...that never gets used in the game.

[@sognar2240]

Dirty Bomb is awesome. Sunk over 350 hours in it when it was alive - loved the sound of a headshot from it and overall a blast to play. Was really sad when they stopped development

[@Robonator14]

Oh god, Americas Army. I remember looking up the exam questions online because my english wasnt very good back then, but i really wanted to play as a medic, so i had to pass. Cuisine Royale also looks exactly how Enlisted looks like now.

[@spartanretro]

I have about 40 or 50 hours in Warmode, and I can tell it's still obscenely broken even after all these years. The biggest issues I constantly ran into back then were bugs that would randomly make you spontaneously die, spawn protection that would make you a piece of tissue paper but would make newly-spawned enemies borderline invincible, horrific weapon balancing, borderline nonexistent matchmaking, and a completely useless anticheat. Honestly, I do not miss that game at all.

[@WaldoIsMissing]

I learned about America’s Army after I had already signed my papers. My recruiter gave me a copy that allowed me to make an account with the little service member identifier beside my name. This was way back at the end of 2002. I had some fun with it. It was kind of jank, but not bad.

[@davidmacdonald1855]

One of my fav. series. Thank you for doing what you do and for sharing it with us:)

[@Zoniba]

You should check out Skylords reborn it was a old EA game remade by the community. at most around 50-80ish players on at once. People mostly only play 1 mode and its a small nice community. Peek hours are 15:00 - 22:00

[@ItsMeTheMayor]

These are my favorite videos on KZbin. Well done, bro

[@TheAsinineAutistic]

Cuisine Royal was so fun, I was never good but lobbies were always fun. Sad too see it didn’t last too long. Thanks for bringing back some memories though.

[@Evluite19969]

Man, dudka really brought a tear to my eye

[@Asu_1034-io4by]

welcome to rye we got: - minecraft ost bgm - undertale/deltarune ost bgm - probably other ost bgm - games - ... - yeah that's all after this vid nice video man

[@enashimo]

Late comment but I really love him using the Minecraft ost, it really fits with the style of content that he does

[@luxtenax9175]

Warmode mentioned! omg I used to play that game a ton, years ago. Even back then the game was always considered crappy, but it had a charm that other, better fps games lacked haha

[@justaverage761]

You make so many unforgettable memories while playing for your videos, you're awesome

[@da3n191]

i haven't even played these games, yet i feel so nostalgic,sad and wholesome at the same time

[@jesseh.5223]

I wish I could join you, when your Discord all goes on empty games, my time zone is too different! Still I love how you make friends in empty games and your videos make me so happy

[@Daaaaaann14]

Dirty Bomb was really fun when it was very popular, when all the streamers were playing etc. Great video Rye

[@eynicsto]

I'm always excited when Rye uploads another "dead games" video. Keep exploring Rye

[@brians_brains8573]

Rip America's Army: Proving Grounds Had lots of fun but sad to see it go

[@jamesxmas8825]

I was so sad to find the sever shut down on PlayStation

[@Spamdalf91]

The Dudka arc was extremely wholesome

[@o7pacifica]

I really enjoy watching these videos. Looking forward to see more (and maybe different?) content from you!

[@PegLegManlet]

I remember taking the tests inside Americas Army 2. I enjoyed the game because it added realism to what was allot of arcade games at the time. Some of the animations reminded me of Rainbow Six 3. But you accurately checked the breach and forward assist on your rifle when you took it out for the first time. Just a bunch of small details like that. I don’t even remember if the game had a team death match game mode. I think it was all objective based which helped form actual team play.

[@AJBrinegar]

It is always a good feeling when Rye uploads a new video.

[@user-dg6lh2mt8g]

I used to play Americas army a lot when I was a child, lmao, like 14y old, amazing thing is real soldiers from different countries were playing a game, and soldiers were the "verified" players with specials emblems, met plenty of people, including soldiers, heard lots of stories, had lots of fun. I'm not American, I didn't go to the army because of it, but truly an awesome game

[@FixxxerTV]

i know this is an older video, but as someone that played OG Americas Army (pre AA2 and pre AAPG) competitively back in the day: the reason why people got kicked for high ping is because it would fuck up the entire server. i dunno the reasons behind it, but just a150 ping could bring the server to its knees. so those people had to be kicked in order for anyone to play without lag.

[@ItIsAnEllie]

I played Dirty Bomb for a bit about a year ago and it was a lot of fun. It is a unique game (hence the dedicated playerbase) while also offering a bit of something for all types of players. It made me genuinely sad to know that the game was abandoned when I realized how much fun I was having in it; could see it becoming my main game for a bit if it wasn't dead.

[@beepbeepo1542]

You should try King Arthur's Gold, I remember playing it a lot as a kid and loving it, it's community is much smaller than it used to be now.

[@macsandcheese9652]

subbed because of calming voice and calm music, love your content too! +1 humanity

[@NightingaleBrawlhalla]

Hey Rye, just wanted to give a suggestion for your next video's dead games. Definitely check out Dirty Bomb it's an FPS that over time has still got a little community, but definitely hasn't reached it's potential. The game IMO honestly is one of the most underrated FPS games there is.

[@hailsax4943]

Your videos are so wholesome they always make me smile :)

[@12brmien]

I look forward to these videos Rye! Theyre awesome!

[@nathancox2349]

Glad to see Dirty Bomb get a mention. As you said, its a childhood game for a lot, it was for me, and roblox. I've clocked in 1300 horus in the game, and for a teenager with very limited screen time and school, that could've been 10,000 hours compared to my world today. Dirty Bomb was an amazing game, with a good community, and developers. The developers were interactive to the community, you could see them playing the game. It still is my favorite game despite, at most 50 players playing the game at a time. But its a game so heartfelt to me, that I think only the game coming to 0 players would stop me from playing it. A game never dies if you never stop playing it, right?

[@darthzayexeet3653]

Damn my dad still plays America’s Army Proving Grounds for over 10 years lmao

[@senko9040]

Good video again man! Good vibes. Hope y'all are healthy.

[@Roak02]

I played so much AAO2 and AAO3. I'm glad i found a small group that has AAO3 up and running.

[@Napalmnate]

This is so damn wholesome. Much needed in the gaming world.

[@GrandDukeMushroom]

28:03 Do not shoot me bröther! I'm on your team brother! Do you not see we share the same bolts?!

[@Goreface69]

hope these videos revive the games just a little

[@dermob9867]

Love your respectful behaviour and this jingle is the best I have ever heard ❤

[@1EyeFrank]

Another great video my dude

[@nealwright5630]

I remember playing America's Army when it was new. Going through training and such. It was definitely a different experience.

[@ilost6031]

American army proving grounds used to be so fun, once the main community servers stopped a lot of the main players I knew stopped their servers. I was a part of a close community that would join these other bigger ones to play against. Very fun

[@Ningos1654]

This was a very entertaining video. Nice job!

[@xTaxThePoor]

I was a test dummy for the original game way back in 2002. Was ranked for Americas Army. It was the most amazing game ever.

[@trevorpringle-oaks2656]

I love that David says "...They don't speak American 😂😂" love that light hearted kinda humor in games these days

[@Bms010]

It's amazingly nice that the developer of Nomad took time to actually cater to small influx of new players. They did what every game creator should set out to do, provide ppl with a fun entertaining experience.

[@karmites]

I played AA:PG a lot back on the PS4 in like 2017. I remember when they added new guns even. I met so many chill people on it. I ran the sniper or DMR all the time. cuisine royale was also a big game I played, but I stopped playing it. I couldn't find it anymore, but the name change really does explain why. I never played Infestation Survival Stories, but I met 2 of my closest friends on Infestation The New Z and still play it from time to time.

[@boomboeditz]

dudka is a living legend fr!!!!

[@astropolski]

Oh man i LOVED dirty bomb back in the day. Played so much. Still fun to 1v1 with a friend every now and then. Do heroes and generals next! Its free!

[@ExecutorQ3]

I used to play a lot the Americas Army (thinnk it was AA2, bit not 100% sure) mainly the bridge map. Those great times are forever gone.

[@420upinsmoke]

I played CRSED back when i was cuisine royale. Was the only battle royale game i played for longer than a day. Good memories from the og updates

[@SimplySammyK]

7:45 "they dont speak American" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@J_C_CH]

I played just one game of Cuisine Royale back when it was still called that in early 2020, and then I deleted it and never played it again. Despite all that, four years and one relaunch later I still remember the desert map pretty well. I didn't think it was a bad game, I just didn't enjoy it that much.

[@legoFreak323]

hi Rye game I have a question, when is your next big series in the command similar to Raft? I love watching your Raft series, like to see something similar to that. You have a great night or day depending on what time zone you're in. Have a great night or day. and good job i like it

[@lungonion963]

single greatest youtube series ong

[@sanzharkurmanguzhin1328]

"A lot of this people are foreign they don't speak American" Made me burst out laughing

[@glitchybomb1337]

Would be cool if you included Shatterline in one of your next videos. It's kinda like free black ops 4 + pve missions which are pretty fun

[@fishinthe4126]

You should do Brink next. It was a game I used to play on my 360 back in the day and now it’s free on steam and it got a little community

[@OneTrueMink]

Aw man I remember Dirty Bomb. I used to be a hardcore Phantom main (invis guy) and always played like an assassin. I played before and during the golden era, but dropped it when it ended. People left and those that remained were just too good, and the lack of balancing shifted all the games into one sided slaughterfests. I started to resent the game for that and stopped playing completely in 2021

[@generalshadow9027]

America's Army Proving Grounds was the first online game I'd ever played on ps4. I miss it so much and would do anything to play it again.

[@Lsm865]

On cuisine royale, I remember a broken glitch that pretty much gave you aimbot when on a mounted MG. One of my best gaming memories.

[@stephenelder3162]

He cant keep getting away with this!!! Sike im glad everyone enjoys the content