10 Downgrades WE HATE in Video Games

Not every game ends up looking like it was supposed to.
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0:00 Intro
0:23 Number 10
2:11 Number 9
3:50 Number 8
6:06 Number 7
7:28 Number 6
8:40 Number 5
10:10 Number 4
11:22 Number 3
13:00 Number 2
14:42 Number 1
16:08 Bonus

[@Chayse9134]

Hey Falcon just wanted to say how much we’ve appreciated you , Jake , and everyone else over at gameranx over the years and I just love the content

[@louisalexander1991]

Agreed, I get excited for the videos, even the silly ones.

[@4eyedwhiteguy]

For sure.. my favorite content on KZbin

[@zerooskil7161]

Yesir very true

[@klaus5686]

They're like the drunk older friend that brings up every single thing I've ever wanted to say and agreed with, but was either too afraid to say, forgot I thought was annoying, or didn't have the audience so I jusy figured it woukd only be better said to my dog. 😅

[@stoneycantrememberwhatiwas9085]

Same

[@TheBattleRabbit860]

I'll never forget my first _real_ firefight on the dry plains of African in FarCry 2. I fired an RPG I picked up at an enemy truck. I tried to backpedal away from a few enemies and ran right into a brush fire caused _by the backblast of the RPG._ That is the 1st time a game included the backblast of a launcher like that.

[@paulbryant8403]

Yea I should ho replay that

[@TheBattleRabbit860]

@@paulbryant8403 I'm kicking myself because it was just on sale on Steam, but I had already bought a bunch of other games and couldn't justify it. I also love the checking your map while driving and gun deterioration mechanic. The newer FarCry games are a far cry from where the series started (and let's not talk about FarCry Instincts and FarCry Instincts: Predator)

[@SuperBlanco7]

@@TheBattleRabbit860 isn't Instincts the remake of the first game ?

[@TheBattleRabbit860]

@@SuperBlanco7 It is and it isn't. It's an adaptation of the first game. Far-Cry was a open-world and followed US Army Special Forces veteran who uncovers a genetic experimentation plot using animals. Instincts & Instincts Predator follow a dishonorably discharged Navy SEAL who uncovers a human genetic experimentation plot & is genetically altered to have animal 'instincts' like 'scent tracking' and melee lunges/takedowns as well as removes the open-world element. If they made that game with different character names and just called it "Instincts", it would have been much better imo. It just wasn't Far-Cry as we know it.

[@gibshit4118]

The thing most people also don’t understand about dying light 1’s night mechanical that was so different and beautiful, was that even after becoming OP and destroying your legend level, night was still a risk, you could have hundreds of hours in the game and if you were careless at night you’d still get annihilated. It was a mechanic that remained immersive no matter how familiar you became with the game.

[@jeremyg6143]

i hate how night works in the second game, im not even qauter way through the game yet.

[@bauerleinjohn]

It always retained that spookiness at night even when you were op. That game in general had a great way of keeping combat challenging. Unless you decided to spam the dropkick hahaha

[@Frost4Real]

It was definitely the best aspect of that game, very unique

[@MikayaAkyo]

Am i playing a different DL2? Nights are very Dark for me and i can't go two steps before i get chased by like 6 Volatiles. Given i do 1-hit most enemies in the starting Area, however the Volatiles take like 10 hits and deplete my Health in 3. And i'm like Legend Level 120 or smth.

[@General_Kenobi1]

It might be a coincidence, but i like the fact you put San Andreas at number 9! You forgot the other number 9, the large, the number 6 with extra dip, the number 7, two 45's, one with cheese and the large soda though!

[@VOID-GRIMM_Sinn]

Lmao😂

[@treflippa2]

I wasn't expecting the second half of this comment. lol

[@4erbuks]

I was reading the comment and once i got to the number 6 with extra dip my voice just changed to Big Smoke xD

[@Nitro_Foundry]

Such an OP comment 🤣

[@AllProblemo]

Now do 10 games that looked way better than expected

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks for your suggestion

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

Does that even exist???

[@Wolfy_3878]

nice idea

[@AllProblemo]

@@lawrencetalbot8346 come one man. You've never been waiting on a release expected it to be garbage and then was pleasantly surprised with the product

[@CasepbX]

@@AllProblemo What are you even talking about? Who would bother following something that looks like garbage? I guess those with nothing better to do?

[@lyndonmarquis414]

I loved Far Cry 2, for all its flaws, and there’s so much I wish had been carried forward (not the magically refilling outposts, obvs). The overheating machine guns, weapon and vehicle deterioration all made it feel more real.

[@nanach6276]

@slavelaboringkid7597 Was standing on top of a hill in FC3 where the NPCs should have spotted me like in FC but they didnt because the programmers decided that the NPC's couldnt look upward a lot any more.... FC1 was the one I really loved

[@ninjajin8788]

​@slavelaboringkid7597bro really said something that was mediocre about far cry 3??? 💀💀 why the f i exist on the same world like u wtf

[@ninjajin8788]

​@@nanach6276ah yea find a better game then bru npc

[@julesgro8526]

I replay fc2 every now and then. Yeah, the outposts and malaria missions are tedious, but there is a lot to like. To this day i am impressed with how fire spreads.

[@cookdislander4372]

I hated this game lol. Probably cause I sucked and it was too hard for kid me

[@middleagedmutantninjaturtle18]

By far the best gaming channel of KZbin

[@louie207]

True 👌

[@Ad-jl7si]

AVGN

[@not-special]

Especially considering you have to upload a video about a week before KZbin will let you put it on there after they review it

[@turbobuddah]

Suprised you went that direction with Battlefield and not the lack of destruction in the newer games. Could level entire buildings in Bad Company 2 and leave nothing behind, in the newer games you can destroy the odd building or leave craters but it's mostly just blowing a few holes in walls

[@only1dirtymouf]

Probably cas it’s been said dozens of times and definitely well known at this point.

[@turbobuddah]

@@only1dirtymouf fair shout, just feel it's a bigger downgrade either way

[@Smilifacetf]

I think it's because he already talked about environment destruction with Far Cry and didn't want to keep talking about the same things. Each entry is not only a different game but a different issue. But yeah, you're so right. I remember in the marketing that the environmental destruction was how they set themselves apart from Call of Duty 😂

[@floydthewolf2039]

He really said “Battlefield has always been known as an Arcady shooter” wtf?!?

[@LunaPPK]

​@floydthewolf2039 i mean post bf2 yes it has been more arcade like

[@Veggy1]

The GTA trilogy remaster situation was really disrespectful to the legacy of those games and the impact that they had.

[@conkerreloaded8686]

The great thing about Fallout 4 was the interior of buildings being filled like an grocery shop for example, The gameplay was also heavily improved, I loved melee combat especially in that game, the rpg aspect was bad in Fallout 4, and the voiced character was indeed annoying at some points in the game.

[@verzagen7550]

Killing Floor 2 PC version pre-release vs post console release. Most lighting on a map was destructible with the exception of some static lights, made the levels feel so much more dynamic, also made night vision and flashlights worth using

[@wilbo_baggins]

I think the metro in burning Paris is the only part it gets super dark

[@GameEsthetics]

The trailer for watch dogs was incredible… I remember showing so many people and talking about how amazing of a graphical leap the game would be. Than it released…😔 It made the game look even worse than it actually did because of how noticeable of a downgrade it was. Great video 🦅

[@GabrielM1984]

The worst part about it is that the trailer graphics were there, but locked, to make console versions look less inferior i guess

[@alexwilliams4729]

So you basically wanted the game to always be set at dawn or night, cause that’s the only difference graphically between that trailer and the PS4/Xbox1 version.

[@Eutioallan]

@@alexwilliams4729 it's DEFINITELY not tho. The graphics, details, the amount of NPCs and things happening, even the animations and npc behavior were very different from the E3 one.

[@alexwilliams4729]

@@Eutioallan are you sure or are you just repeating what everyone has said?

[@alexwilliams4729]

@@Eutioallan watch dogs has way more activity with the npc animations then what this demo showed.

[@Mitch_Feral]

The sheer sense of unbridled relief that I felt getting to a safe zone in Dying Light, especially with something horrible and screaming right behind me, is one of my favorite video game experiences. I cannot fathom what made them decide 'well, we should definitely do something completely different than that for the next one'.

[@ghostpro219]

I'm surprised The Division 1 wasn't included. Sometimes I go back and rewatch the trailer still in awe with how amazing it looked.

[@Laislebai]

This was my first thought too. Thought it was gonna be the last one.

[@Legion849]

That was probably a CGI trailer Ubisoft was infamous for those back in the day. The Watchdogs 1 fiasco was the one that really came to bite them in the back

[@stevenevans6798]

The dialog options are what got me into games like fallout and knights of the old republic. I really hope new elder scrolls and fallout games go heavy on the dialog role playing

[@KuueenKumi]

With Microsoft's track record of games released post buyouts I'm not hopeful. Obsidian and Bethesda are at the mercy of the greediest corporate overlord

[@mikezenox]

Far cry has been torn apart as a franchise since far cry 3. I had plenty of enjoyment from that game, but the other games have not even come close to the first two. I understand that the original far cry team eventually went on to make crisis, which had a very similar trajectory, but far cry 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. Super happy to see it mentioned

[@travismcnasty4239]

4 is still my favorite.

[@Baird1480]

Love the content as usual! Was wondering if a "Top 10 Characters we Hated... At First" video has been made. As in characters people at first disliked but after a while they grew on them. :3

[@Demolitia-2A]

Far cry 2 the fire mechanic was something amazing for the time and with the tree destruction it made fights more dynamic. Same with used weapons that can brake and probably a lot that I forgot.

[@draper360ify]

Batman: Return to Arkham should definitely be a considered. The Arkham series looked amazing from the beginning and didn't need a remaster, but somehow they managed to downgrade the graphics in the remastered collection

[@thesomethingthatisntathing514]

It also never came to PC... For some reason.

[@jsullivan2112]

Thank you! I seemed to recall it looked way better when I had them on PS3, especially Arkham City. It's awful, I gave up trying to play it again. Thought maybe my memory was bad.

[@KEVBOYMUSIC]

There have been a number of remasters that have ruined a games art style/vibe by making unnecessary changes like that. Definitely unfortunate.

[@samza9622]

Actually remastered looks like a current gen game if you tweak the brightness a bit turning it down.

[@danielalexandre89]

TES Oblivion to Skyrim -the guild system -the sewers -the magic system -the weapon degrate Also in #1 should have been all Pokemon games since gen4 Battle Revolution literaly have better graphics and animation Until that gen all games added mechanics and were less hand holdy from gen 5 onwards its just anyones guess which mechanics would prevail

[@jsullivan2112]

Just started a new play through of Oblivion after trying to redo Skyrim. Oblivion just can't be beat!

[@jammytimmy]

I enjoyed Dying Light 2, it is a solid game but it did feel like a downgrade when they removed the weapon crafting & fixing. It was the main feature that made the first game so fun so don't get why it was gutted from the sequel.

[@TheDiligentTen]

Love the video like always. Always my go to channel. Maybe 10 great games with the worst controls?

[@Nolan-dz8bv]

I hate how they changed the Dying Light series, especially the ragdoll physics. Kicking zombies off buildings was by far my favorite mechanic in the first game and now in the second game zombies just fall cartoonishly. Hopefully if they make a third game they could nail the physics like they did in the first game.

[@Case_]

And the Dark Souls downgrade wasn't just the lighting, it was also textures and other stuff. The same locations looked very different in the trailer and in the final game even ignoring the lighting, and certainly not for the better.

[@saketbakshi4235]

ds2's production hell was so bad it's marvelous we got an 8.5/10 game out of all of it.

[@equilibriumculture-everyth4000]

There is a downgrade that also bugged me in watch dogs legion, in watch dogs 2 you could listen to music while on foot, but for some dumb reason they decided to remove it from watch dogs legion

[@admiralmachine]

Very good list, and a great video as always. Thank you!

[@tibbles3]

“Falcon you are my inspiration, mentor and god like. Just letting you know as I centre my life around you” - average Gameranx comment

[@AndyLundell]

The worst thing about the Fallout4 dialog wasn't mechanical, it was the fact that the writers apparently got bored and decided to prank the players. There are so many dialog lines that take an unexpected turn that changes the meaning. Players sometimes blame this on the simplified dialog system, but there was no technical reason they had to write the player's dialog in that surprising gotcha style. I guess they did that as a joke, but the player is the butt of the joke.

[@Kajanda]

honestly many games with dialogue options do that the option you are given is x, and then what the character actually says is "1" because it is so vastly different than the option you got to pick it aint even a letter no more.

[@SkeletonPoops]

I think a couple videos of each of the gameranx crew top games would be cool to see!

[@xsynxsfantasyx4536]

Gosh damn you guys are hitting 7 million y'all really made gaming your passion I'm glad you guys been making video for so long and at such a consistent rate

[@WillPaskee]

wanna say Far Cry also downgraded in the healing animations, FC2 and FC3, maybe some of 4 were pretty unique and brutal. Then they just kept reusing the animations in later games. Typical Ubisoft i guess

[@dvod3540]

Idk why it took me so long to actually subscribe. Best overall gaming channel on KZbin!

[@SpiritumTimoris]

You also have to remember that far cry was originally a powerful PC release, like crysis. The breaking of the bushes was met with nice scenery in a crazy beautiful game that wouldn’t work on consoles at the time and the easiest way to downgrade them was change textures and colors. The environmental changes were embedded in code and couldn’t be modified as easily

[@cosminstoian359]

Nice vid, can you guys do one where you talk about 10 upgrades when comparing trailers vs. games at release? Example: GTA V looked better at release when compared to the 2011 teaser/trailer.

[@mrfoxly6833]

One downgrade that really springs to mind for me is The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D. There are plenty of problems with this remake I could bring up. The boss fights were butchered, The notebook held your hand on a scale that puts Fi to shame, and for some asinine reason the game no longer saved whenever you reset the countdown. But what stuck out the most for me, was how this remake ruined Great Bay the moment I tried swimming as Zora Link. They literally took something that was a ton of fun in the original and turned it into a miserable slog that literally nobody asked for. Don’t even get me started on the ice arrows!

[@travislee4196]

I love Gammeranx so much I usually end up watching their videos for hours and forget to actually play the game i loaded up 😂

[@blakemanes3737]

Falcon you make me and my crews work day so much easier getting to listen to your videogame content keeper coming broski

[@AK-bt3in]

First time I've been this early! Thank you for our daily dose of Gameranx. You continue to surprise me with how many ideas you have!

[@CallMeZorbin]

Battlefield V might as well downgraded their scopes from Battlefield 1. They treated it as if they made physically NO advancement in scope technology from ww1 to ww2 In BF1 it made sense, but to see the same scopes in BFV was a kick in the shins

[@wolftickets1969]

Far Cry 1's Classic remaster for consoles suffered numerous downgrades due to the switch from the CryEngine to the Dunia engine (used by Ubisoft for FC 2 onwards), including the removal of physics effects from scenery objects (such as rolling barrels) the nerfing of the stealth mechanics, allowing enemies to see you through dense foliage halfway across the map, and the limitation of vehicle turret rotation angle.

[@rometherevenant8749]

Another solid list. Keep up the amazing work Gameranx!

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks

[@dustatwood]

@@gameranxTV such a deep interaction. Go hate on FarCry some more.

[@nomenclator4339]

Dying light hit hard, the night in DL1 gave me chills. In a lot of runs I would end up with my heart racing, being chased by 3 volatiles

[@justryan6480]

Going from BF1 and BF5 to BF2042 is like changing to a totally new game, new title, new dev team, its so crazy. If i remember correctly everyone on DICE are new, the old devs are either doing their own games or joined a new company. Its genuinely sad because i use to see Battlefield as a giant of a game, so unique. The features BF5 had were great and really made me think "This is gonna be so cool to see in newer games" but then they removed all of it... I know money affects how devs make their games nowadays but dont better games usually make more money, especially if they add exactly what their customers want?

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

In regards to the GTA remasters: to me, a remaster would have been use the game engine of GTA 5, build all new models for scenery and characters at modern resolutions, create 2k or 4k textures, use the lighting and effects of the modern engine, but then use the script and dialogue of the original. Same story, same quests, same characters but completely new under the hood. The remake they released looked like they just slapped a new (not very good) paint job on something trying to hide its age.

[@jamesmcdonald9588]

Don't think I've ever been as disappointed by a game as I was by this, was looking forward to getting into an upgraded San Andreas but it was like they just made it brighter! Absolutely horse shit

[@charlesh4560]

The next time you guys do a "10 game mechanics we all hate in video games" I'd like to reccomend the driving from tail/follow missions. I was doing a mission for jabroni where I had to follow a prisoner transport and every car lost their sense of direction when I drove by. Speeding up and stopping in the intersection, turning into me, driving slow,trash trucks pulling out of driveways when I get near. It's obvious and annoying that they're trying to slow you down

[@vergil1us]

9:35 "There is only so much make up you can put on a pig" I'm dead 💀

[@thecomfyshirt]

I loved watch dogs 1 but I do remember being highly disappointed in the first few hours that it did not even seem close to what they promised.

[@joeycoe85]

As contentious as AI is, one area where it would ABSOLUTELY help is QA! Defining what a software BUG in a game, and recognizing that, would streamline the process IMMENSELY. The scripting shouldn’t be all that difficult to define, actually. As always, it’s the NUTS & BOLTS of that software that would really determine its success, but I think it would help with game development IMMENSELY.

[@joeycoe85]

It would really shake the foundations of game development from the GROUND UP.

[@CasepbX]

Remember physics? Yeah those could have been really cool to see evolve.

[@Ricky-qq2bz]

Falcon I think you meant mario odyssey not galaxy 😂 love the channel. Keep the great content coming

[@PrechtGaebolgHades]

You guys should bring back "The deleted trailer" series. That was very funny especially with the voice and obvious one liners

[@urbanwarior3134]

I love how in firewall vr if you lean out to shoot your actually just stepping out slowly with the whole body

[@Ameerjanan]

GTA remakes were just done wrong 😞.

[@Emma_madison]

Rockstar is a disgrace

[@Ameerjanan]

@@Emma_madison excuse me , WRONG , every other rockstar game is the best of all time , sure they got somethings wrong but don't discriminate all their production for it

[@mikejr7727]

Dying Light 2 shot and missed with the nighttimes, but they genuinely felt bad and it's why we got the Good Night, Good Luck update, they actually cared to make a change that big and I'm happy. I hope the 3rd one is better too tho

[@scuppo]

You forgot Killzone PS3 E3 Demo way back in the days. They said it was in game until it released and we found out it was pre rendered just for E3

[@karelh8858]

Still the daddy of all bull trailers, I agree. The actual game was stunning for its time though, it's just that the bar was set impossibly high.

[@SaiyanBroly]

Thanks Falcon! I could never really figure out why role playing felt so off in Fallout 4 until you put it into words. Let's hope Bethesda has learned their lesson for Starfield.

[@archer3948]

I still remember playing the whole trilogy of crysis within 2 days 😅 just cause there were loop holes everywhere in the crysis 2,3 and once you get a hang of it, its actually quite easy

[@user-hc7ql6dk6p]

Yooooooo lotta love to Falcon & Gameranx. Armoredcore going to be FIREEEEE

[@geebeepman]

iirc saw a video of someone that's actually fixing the ds2 lighting engine back to how it was in the gameplay reveal but that was a while ago and haven't really kept a close eye on it so idk how that's going.

[@altothesting]

I got to hand it to mods to give us back the more expansive version of the dialogue system in Fallout 4 to be honest. It actually makes the game more immersive than just the simplified style seen in the vanilla game

[@raphaelfranciscomadeira2142]

Thank you falcon, Austin Thank you gameranx Thanks for all the videos

[@gamechaser94]

Every week y’all surprise me of the new categories y’all come up with 😂

[@GhostNinja0007]

I think it would be kinda cool if you made a video on the least bad villains or the worst villains

[@drownedharbour]

I ended up playing the first Dying Light after hearing so many good things about it from you on this here channel actually, and absolutely adore the game, even if after more than two years I’m still hardly brave enough to go out too much in the night myself ha ha! I reckon I’ll probably still enjoy the next game because I do like the general movement and fighting mechanics of the games, and have heard the factions system in the second game is very engaging, but it really is something of a shame that they messed up so badly on it, especially with how compelling the terrifying night time mechanics were in the first game. I sure hope it’s not spoilt things too much to prevent there from being a third instalment in the series, as I reckon it would sure give the developers a good chance to make right on the shortcomings of the second game, and the first game sure had some magic to it so it did! Would love for them to have the opportunity to build on that going forward.

[@deathscream4128]

they actually updated the night time in the second game so volatiles and such are very good right now. in fact i would say dying light 2 is an upgrade, only thing i like more is the story or characters in dying light 1

[@COBHC412]

I still can’t get over how badly Grove Street Games messed up GTA

[@shigarumo2263]

Btw. you could not only shoot those tree branches off individually, they even regrow over time. Which makes it a even more fantastic detail.

[@kingshadow8782]

Nice video!

[@03Grunt-arrino]

FC6 was so depressing, due to how “goofy” it was. FC2, FC3, & FC5 were masterpieces.

[@elastichedgehog6339]

Not a fan of FC4, huh?

[@03Grunt-arrino]

@@elastichedgehog6339 In between for me. 4 & Primal were both really good, but not masterpieces IMHO haha

[@Ambilition]

Most developers: -'downgrade game to run well on consoles' CD Project Red: -"What is console?" -and lately "YOLO! PC master race for life! 'adds graphic options that 99.9% players won't be able to turn on'"

[@stephengrant4912]

this isn't quite a downgrade but I'll never shut up about how an ammo system was introduced in mass effect 2 and 3. Going from infinite ammo with a cooldown to basic ammo sucked. I remember reading the manual about the heat sinks and thinking it was an optional thing like "hey cool my gun has overheated I can either wait for it to cool down or use a heat sink". In universe it makes no sense to go from guns that produce their own ammo to being limited by how many heat sinks you have to be able to fire a gun

[@diamond_stardust]

Downgrade, I call that a personality change with unwanted quirks. Much love Falcon

[@gameranxTV]

🤝🦅

[@daquayatcherson]

Your videos feel more like rants now. Not that it's a bad thing. I think it would be pretty cool to have a rant based category on the channel. It's really fun to watch your passion bleed into your craft.

[@orozcocris93]

i was incredibly surprised that the destructive environment of battlefield 4 was completely skipped over

[@peterk5899]

Loved all the Fae Cry games. Trees breaking or not. Except the latest Far Cray. Just couldn't got on with it for some reason..... Love the channel.

[@TenBear]

You can do a full video on Ubisoft downgrades they lie a lot

[@videogames4life475]

I remember when insomniac downgraded Peter's face in the Spider-man PS5 remaster.

[@GreenEyePhantom]

How about 10 games that if released today would come under scrutiny.

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks for your suggestion

[@aceofspades6520]

Funny you said that about destiny 1. When D2 did exactly that. That game used to have a much different campaign.

[@Franic19]

I truely think that, when they show off trailers for games, they do not include game play footage for exactly the "Watch Dogs" reason if it doesn't look like it in the end. Rainbow Six Siege also had a gameplay trailer that didn't look like the end result either. I feel like this is really deceptive and borderline criminal what they do sometimes. If any other product you buy isn't what they advertised, you'd flip your shit and everyone would want a refund, but for games to show off gameplay that doesn't look like advertised it's ok? Like WTF? I understand that thinks can change in development, but if you have it look this good (in the case of Watch Dogs) then either release it how you showed it or don't show it like that at all. It's the No Man Sky principal all over again. If you can't keep what you say or show, then don't make those claims at all. It becomes more and more about "How much money can we swindle out of people" instead of delivering the quality you showed and we all expect to get. It's just something that makes my blood boil sometimes. I get it's hard to make games and it costs a lot, but why be deceptive and push costumers out for a one time pay off instead of pulling them in with quality and keeping them loyal for more of your games in the long run? It's stupid. It's also a reason, I don't purchase any AAA games anymore. It's not worth it. I'd rather buy a couple indie titles for the price of one AAA game that at least has love and care behind it, instead of a cash grab AAA paper weight. I also sadly know that I most likely shout into the void with this, but people need to wake the fuck up buying overpriced, under delivering games from companies that can't seem to keep their promises or rather their invisioning of the games they show off with gameplay footage.

[@EpikCarp]

Its always a good day when gameranx uploads! oh wait.

[@aj-taz_editing]

Do a list of top 10 games people thought would suck but ended up being incredible

[@LordofBabylon]

I want to give an honorable mention to Assassin's Creed Syndicate. The game was generally fun and I have over a 100 hours on it but it took away some of the most awesome things the franchise had until then. 1. Unity had a dedicated cover button that Syndicate removed, and constantly toggling crouch instead feels less smooth. 2. The parkour movement was notably inferior to Unity, and needing to grapple across streets made traversal annoying, though this could've been fixed with more conveniently placed tightropes connecting buildings that have been abundant since 1 and 2. 3. While carrying bodies, entering windows, and whistling were improvements from Unity, getting rid of tools like the cherry bomb worsened gameplay and stealth. The lockpick mechanism was similarly simplified to the point where stealth experience was incredibly boring unlike in Unity where lockpicks gave a sense of sleuth and thievery fit for assassin gameplay. 4. Speaking of tools, instead of adding sleep and poison darts that would've looked cool on the steampunk gauntlet, there was only the berserk/hallucinogenic dart and the poison gas from Unity was also removed. 5. Too many NPC allies make post-completion free roam frustrating since you can't fight enemies by yourself without unwanted aid. 6. The weapons all fight the same, making knuckle dusters, kukris, and cane-swords effectively the same thing with no gameplay variety. 7. Fewer open world events like not being able to throw money to poor people or unsheathing your weapon to stop bullies made the world feel less dynamic and took away from the fantasy of being an assassin fighting tyranny discreetly. Lack of heists was also a major downgrade from Unity. 8. This is very specific to Syndicate due to its setting and Ubisoft somehow managed to make the worst blunder imaginable here: not being able to toggle night and rain. This was a feature that has been around since AC 3, and not being able to switch to a stormy night during free roam in a Victorian setting was the icing on the cake of Syndicate's lost potential.

[@tranz2deep]

The bonus... I agree, Falcon. The fact is, unrealistic expectations (as in trailers) lead to disappointment. That leads to fury. People doing it anyway are rightly seen as money-grubbing jerks seeking those pre-sales grift dollars (or similar currencies). Cortana had it right... *Cortana:* Don't make a girl a promise you know you can't keep.

[@FoxDie77777]

Talking about 10. The change we NEED in AAA games should be about interactivity and not graphics anymore. Games are good looking enough, but we need water simulation, enviromental damage, animation details, Zelda-like physics simulation and that kind of stuff but overall IS USING THAT STUFF IN THE GAMEPLAY LOOP. Rainbiw Six Siege wouldn;t be the same without the interactivity on the levels and the evolution they need now is upgrade that stuff up

[@AS34N]

Could you guys do a "15 or 25 must have titles for a new PC gamer" ? Or like "15 must have games in your steam library for new PC gamers" Pleaseeeeeeee gameranx♡♡♡

[@jeremyfusenliu3859]

there is one you missed which kinda disappointed me, the removal of Origin stories from Dragon Age 2. Dragon Age Origins had a lot of different origin stories and each are unique and will effect some interactions and dialogues depending on your origin, Inquisition brought back an origin selection but its not on the same level as origins.

[@Munnmaista]

11:15 It's Odyssey where you can play as Mario Dinosaur, not Galaxy. Great video though!

[@rayvintankerson6818]

everyone who loved playing overwatch growing up heartbroken at where the game is now, was so much love for the community before it felt diff than cod or apex or any other shooter it was like a ow family fr. then Jeff left and it all went to shit. finally moving forward with the story we love but its behind a paywall like everything else, sad asf fr, used to be such a player friendly game

[@henhenhen19]

Lying on your back when camping in Battlefield 5 is AMAZING! I miss that in all others FPS shooters.

[@Lisazoeytranz]

Man this video made my day this is stuff I think all the time like gaming industry needs to wake up

[@captainbumout]

I love falcons constant reference to the Shaun and Jason buttons

[@NotJayUU]

It would be cool if Falcon made a video that just wasn't top 10s, Jake really carries this channel hard

[@sourkoyote]

How tf did battle passes & loot boxes not make the list? Or non-communicating devs? Or server lag? Or physical copy games being the same price as digital copy? Like 4 out of your 10 was "remakes should be better, not worse."

[@thegameplayer125]

gta definitive edition, battlefield 2042 and overwatch 2, 3 games that became victims to the corruption of the aaa gaming industry

[@zibberebbiz]

my fqavorite downgrade is how I was extending the replay value of TOTK with cool duplication tricks and then Nintendo went on some kind of holy crusade to patch anything fun

[@bcd32dok36]

Actually the reason why watch dogs was downgraded was because Ubisoft was not given dev kits so made the game on a high end pc and showed it off to the public only for the ps4 and Xbox One specs to be revealed and Ubisoft downgraded a lot of shit just so it could run properly. Ubisoft didn’t necessarily lie they just our hopes up and realized they couldn’t achieve that and never addressed it until like much after the game release.

[@IDoubleJ]

Falcon is my favorite gaming bird on KZbin. But I wonder how he fits a TV, systems, and a game collection all in that nest 🪹 🐦🦅

[@Shatterverse]

The Super Mario question is easily answered with "Nintendo frequently makes inexplicably baffling and confusingly stupid decisions." They're also _notoriously_ IP crazy - enough to make *_Disney_* seem downright reasonable.

[@UwUOwl]

They removed weapon throwing in Dying Light 2. That was my favorite feature from DL1.

[@JordonTheo]

DUDE YOURE THE FIRST PERSON TO MENTION BREAKBLE TREES! I remember complaining that the trees didn't bend anymore and just kind of exploded. Good to know I'm not crazy.