Grounded: The Sad Reality of the Fully Yoked Update

In this video I discuss the Fully Yoked update for Grounded and how I would have handled it differently.
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[@dangfelton]

I’m at 330 hours and had 100%’d it before the 4 new achievements were added. I’ve put about 30 hours in NG+1 since the update. Will likely do the same and check back later to see if they make the fusion cells WAY less grindy. I did some loose math and there’s no way I’m putting in dozens more hours exclusively just to upgrade weapons to handle stronger bosses. If they lower the cost of maxing gear I’d pick it back up soon for sure.

[@Spectrum240]

I’ve put 3 minutes into ng+ and it’s very cool, but it’s loosing the realism of a bug survival game, and its decently hard to get too

[@dangfelton]

@@Spectrum240 I like that the milk molars are all in different spots. I had a lot of fun for that extra 30 hours I put in just running around finding those, opening chests, and casually upgrading my gear. I beat the infused broodmother in a few attempts, but got absolutely destroyed by the mantis, and that’s when I started thinking real hard about whether all this will be worth it. I am a day one vanilla player and would consider myself a veteran of the game but if I’m not even having fun and most people can’t even access this new content it is kind of a bummer for now

[@Spectrum240]

Yea, it is a bummer most people can’t see this update, but I really like the molars being in new locations

[@TheJoBirdTwitch]

I hate how you can't upgrade the armor, as well as how you have to NG+ 3 times just for the one and only salty weapon they added to the game

[@Khaizen10]

@@TheJoBirdTwitchthe salt chipper isn’t a requirement

[@Doomguyalsotheslayer]

Honestly the thing I hate about Grounded is that they treat the balancing like an MP game and every enemy is a sponge even if it doesn’t make sense

[@jonservo]

Didnt realize a lot of the new stuff is locked behind new game +. I guess thats a reason to do the final defense challenge and beat the wasp queen. I was just going to start a new save to do the ant queen stuff now it seems to see it all i have to go through it multiple times, which i dont think I will do 4 times lol

[@evanrude6488]

While I agree that it is a shame most of the content is locked behind ng+ cycles that only that small 2-4% of players will likely see; I would say that small group of players is who they were targeting with this update. With this being the last update to the game (unless they pull a terraria) you can’t really blame them for focusing on adding content and replayability for the diehard fans of the game as opposed to trying to attract new players to a game that won’t be receiving any more updates. Might be odd from a marketing standpoint, but I like that they threw the long time fans a bone on the way out and still made some nice changes/additions for newer or more casual players.

[@hartmannschorsch9358]

i completly agree. most of the update is done for 1% playerbase. i enjoyed grounded, played many hours. this update will not bring me back. it still was worth every penny.

[@krissiehunt319]

Agreed, but you have to understand that the update could've doubled the player count with Playstation and switch. The content was a little lacking, and the whole damn update is centered around NG+. I still play the game from time to time, play for a maybe 1-3 months, take a huge break, start a new world with friends and repeat.

[@marcusayers2711]

The 1% are either very smart or very skilled. I would know cause im skilled :p And i still die constantly...and have to deal with stupid javamatic rng. Basically i like the update but seriously why...

[@ernesto_19]

@@krissiehunt319Honestly this update has a lot more than most of the updates after 1.0

[@purplemicrodot58]

@@marcusayers2711 Smart, skilled or just plain masochists.

[@memeboi3448]

​@@purplemicrodot58markipliers favorite mix

[@sidneybennett4436]

Only thing i wanna point out is that the percentages isnt guaranteed to be accurate because if you play a custom game you lose access to achievements, like i got my achievements all from my own personal save but my dad hasnt gotten most of the achievements cause our shared world a custom world... so while probably not by that much, the number of players trying it out is probably bigger

[@spindabear]

So many of us would have paid money for a DLC that takes you into the house, but they never went that direction.

[@seiferblade9180]

Missed opportunity, huh?

[@ifs-wolves9034]

Just completely unrelated to the story they were going for. Going inside would just not make any sense at any stage of the story or progression.

[@riplix20]

Check out tinykin

[@mess3878]

@@ifs-wolves9034 They stated that they want the game to be playable on any device (including PS4, nintendo switch...) and that adding an interior zone such as the shed would destroy fps of low power console. They went for the "If not everybody can have it, no one will" mentality, which is not good imo

[@ifs-wolves9034]

@@mess3878 I'd rather a playable game like it is in its current state then an absolute lag fest due to issues out of our control. The games narrative never once gave us any chance or thought to believe the shed or house would become explorable areas one day. Maybe if they make a sequel I'm sure they'll experiment with the idea but in the games current state inside exploration doesn't belong.

[@xXEckerdsXx]

to be fair, i think most of the people that never got big (like me) were trying to 100% when all gold cards were necessary for the better ending. i plan to go back into the game and go into NG+ once i have time to devote to it.

[@zenithvesper7057]

I started playing Grounded with two of my buddies a couple of weeks before the Pond update, and since then I've obtained every milk molar, explored every nook and cranny of the map, upgraded all of the equipment I care about to rank 9, and built a magnificent base and a complex zipline network across the yard. My friends got tired of playing over a year ago but I love the game enough to keep playing. Grounded really does feel special to me and I have a lot of positive memories tired to it. So, while New Game+ sounds fun, the idea of grinding for all the things I've already done all over again is more than enough to convince me to just stick with my completed playthrough, and just go back from time to time. Then again, this is the reason I've never enjoyed New Game+ for any game in the past. Regardless, I appreciate your takes.

[@bradmiles1984]

Ignore the people who are biased and hate any criticism of the game. Many of us enjoy your honest take on the update.

[@goofytimesahead]

bro this guy hates literally anything obsidian adds to grounded

[@bradmiles1984]

@@goofytimesahead He literally said he likes the things that were added just it''s not for him, he wasn't even negative in this vid. Did you even watch it?

[@goofytimesahead]

@@bradmiles1984 no i didn’t watch it

[@bradmiles1984]

@@goofytimesahead So how do you know what his views are without watching? The video literally says the opposite of what you are saying. His only critique in the whole video is he wished they didn't lock a bunch of the new items and content behind NG+. He says other then that he thinks everything that was added is really good. Most of his videos he likes the content added in general but sometimes what is added doesn't interest him.

[@goofytimesahead]

@@bradmiles1984 🤓

[@Cyber_Moose]

It also needed a little more variety with the new weapons, because all the stats for the new weapons are the same as previous weapons. That being said, the new weapons look REALLY good, just needing variety.

[@memeboi3448]

It's also a problem because almost every is a copy Spicy edge = pepper flake Pucker thumper = picklemaul Fresh edge = fresh flake Sour katanga = tingle tongue Fresh coldtana = breathslayer Both spicy club weapons are the same (I forgor the names 💀) The only unique weapon is the salt chipper and the vast majority of the new candy weapons are pointless to get unless you are a completionest and it still isn't worth it with how hard I hear ng+ is I only have experience with the new weapons in the grassbox bc I just killed the mantis and with how much I struggled on it I'm definitely not ready for the WQ lest alone the IBM but it doesn't really seem worth it and this is honestly the worst last update I have ever seen (not insulting the work the devs did but compared to the rest of the game its extremely disappointing to me

[@dennisjones1343]

I'm just in ng+1 because I have two milk molars left to get. unfortunately one of them is still unlocated and the other is spawned inside the green garden hose between the house and the trash heap. am currently waiting for help from obsidian on that second one because it is currently unreachable and has happened to other people in their yards as well

[@Real_Backwoodz_Logan]

With any new update the devs are definitely gonna fix it where it’s balanced so I feel this. I do enjoy the update though just definitely needs some work but it’s fine. 💯

[@krissiehunt319]

The problem i had with the update is that the new armor (strategist), centered around a summoner build, doesn't work well. I frequently find myself getting targeted over my summons even though they have "summon aggro," which makes no sense to me. The strategist armor should also always be teir 3, no matter what. It's complete BULLSHIT that you would kill stink bugs, make a gas mask, fight the infected ladybug with teir 2 armor/weapons, and recover the poison recipe. You go back to base to make it and go kill the red ant queen, pumped and ready to test the set that you've been wanting to test forever. You poison the queen and analyze the parts, only to find that it is TIER 1, ARMOR THAT REQUIRED A OVEN, but thats fine because as long as you can block well youll be fine, and the ants "allegedly" get the aggro of the bugs. No, not even close, the ants dont get the aggro, the sleek adds thorns so if you accidentally hit the ant, your fucked and the ant queen septer DOES LESS THAN A LAWN MITE. Thats how it feels.

[@Pootum4]

The update is a little buggy though because I was getting raided by wasps and the last wasp was actually invincible,but it was still able to be stunned but not killed

[@calebwoods604]

Yea that kept happening to me I’ve got raided like 3 or 4 times and the last enemy was always invincible. Does anyone know a way around this???

[@Pootum4]

@@calebwoods604 I just kept re loading the save until it was kill able

[@arielissantiago8880]

The only thing i wish was in this update was more playground stuff

[@hopingfurball9585]

Looking at the % of achievements is a bit silly in my opinion because ALOT of kids play this game with custom settings which you can't get achievements on

[@cleanshowcases7752]

If we were looking at total # of achievement earners I'd agree. Since it's a percentage and custom settings don't make you more likely to beat the game, if they were included in the sample size, the percentage should be about the same.

[@jonservo]

@@cleanshowcases7752 a clear and logical reply to a comment on KZbin!? Imagine my surprise lol

[@JunkYard12345]

The game is ridicilously unbalanced. That's why I play on custom mode.

[@ifs-wolves9034]

@@JunkYard12345 We must be playing different games if you're struggling with this. At most I'd say it's on par with...Viva piñatas.

[@TBNAfrangsYT]

I am less than 1% away from 100% the game, but I can’t because it requires the Red Baby Ant, Black Baby Ant, and Fire Baby Ant creature cards, which I already killed all of them. Now I can’t 100% the game until NG+2 (I infected the Red Ant Queen.) They need to fix this.

[@marcusayers2711]

As someone who is on new game plus 4 i do not reccomend any of yall activate the remix.r unless your 100% sure your THAT GUY. Which either way you wont be...no matter how hard you try. Basically though this update for javamatic atleast is just a game of random chance. For the bosses mantis spawns 1 mini mantis and 2 in ng+4 broodmother is just...broodmother, wasp queen is kinda painful. Mant summons a mini mant that dies eventually. Black widows spawn in the sandbox and at the oak tree. And green shield bugs occasionally spawn where stink bugs spawn. Needless to say this adventure is absolute PAIN. But you can do it if your skilled enough or just completley insane-

[@bluntlyhonest3157]

If you plug the haze, does it stay plugged in new game plus?

[@marcusayers2711]

@@bluntlyhonest3157 no. You have to replug it every time you start ng+

[@namingsway]

Imagine growing a channel with tons of grounded gameplay and tips and never doing NG+ .

[@JunkYard12345]

devs' issue.

[@alexdavius4835]

Imagine doing nothing but having an opinion when someone’s does do something

[@ifs-wolves9034]

He just knows the "effort" he spends doing all of NG+ only a small minority will actually care or "benefit" from it. Anyone with a brain would use wiki either way.

[@sharkbaitoohhahha]

I loved this game, but I loathe base defense...and that is what the end of this game became. After building my base, I didn't feel like building more just to "win the game" from the attacking horde. It felt like this game had much much more potential, and it was just rushed at the end.

[@StealthyZombie]

The tower defense garbage they added really ruined the game. I get that it makes sense for this… but it’s not needed. It detracts from the game.

[@NotCharAznable]

Being a developer is such a thankless job. Can never make everyone happy.

[@sharkbaitoohhahha]

@@NotCharAznable It's not a dev's job to make everyone happy. In fact, many games of late have failed miserably because of the never-ending, impossible to complete quest of "please the minority". If devs just made a good game and stopped trying to please everyone, they'd find their gold mine.

[@thetwins6905]

Me and my friends tried out new game plus be we never got the achievements because we used recover backpacks whenever we died somewhere annoying in the beginning and we still use it too.

[@ifs-wolves9034]

Recovering backpacks doesn't disable achievements.

[@joshuaherd1015]

Every raid since the update the last bug is invincible and you have to just block it till it times out

[@Ziaxium]

I remember watching your fortnite STW videos back in the day and am glad I found you again been loving this game but was wondering why i barely saw anything change with the recent update this video makes total sense very informative

[@thatmemeguy2520]

i just got this for ps5 and the multiplayer part is complete broken cant join or host anything and my connection is fine since im hardwired.and in the latest patch notes they dont mention the multiplayer issues only microsoft sign-in and other bug fixes

[@user-qu9xs6fw8f]

The one question I do have. For the achievements, I wonder how many people did the stuff but were playing in a custom game? My friend and I were playing in a custom game because the only thing we change were turning off friendly fire. We just didn’t wanna deal with it. We’re almost done with pre 1.4 content, and don’t have any achievements. But I think the achievements are still something to go for. I know a lot of friends who started the game but didn’t play much. So it makes sense that not many have gotten big

[@bloodroar5455]

Cdinky just got to new game plus x today and he has speed run the whole thing it’s quite amazing

[@TheJoBirdTwitch]

I play on my xbox and I think new game + is pretty cool with all the new weapons, stronger enemies, etc. The sad part is that I want to be able to get all golden cards in the world I play, but as it gets harder, I doubt I'll be able to do that with the more difficult Infected Broodmother. Where I really dislike this update is that there should've been an even amount of candy weapons made. That being said, you should not have to new game + 3 SEPARATE TIMES, just for the sake of a SINGLE salty weapon. The grounded devs made too amny of the other candy weapons, or rather not enough salty. I also feel like the game in general, if you play alone like I do when I stream on twitch, it will just simply be too difficult. On new game + 1 I have to restart the battle sometimes due to bad spawning luck, or due to the fact I forgot to mention earlier, you can't even upgrade your armor past level nine. I feel like some things should've been thought through a little harder for the people who play solo, or wanted a new version for every candy weapon, without new game + 3 total time at least.

[@TGxAssassin]

Completely agree with everything you said. This update is only meant for certain people, hardcore and determined. I am at NG +5 in the amount of pain it took to get to that point is ridiculous. No new players ever going to hit that unless they balance the game. Tier 4 IS NOT worth it, I have all of them and they are mid at best. I prefer the Acid Edge or Sour battle Axe anyways. My Build For those interested: Sour Battle Axe or Acid Edge LvL 15 Broodmother helm 9 Sleek Red Fire Ant Chest 9 Sleek Assassin Legs lvl 9 Sleek Trinket is rng but use Crit Damage Best, Sour Damage Best and Vamprism. (Depends on scenario!) Mutations- Chopper, Coup de grass, Trapper Peep.R, Cardio Fan and Meat shield. (Also Depends on Scenario) Personal Recommendation is to put on dissection Expert, active luck bonus on mount and grab a loot luck trinket for maximum profit.

[@JOJO-kh9ck]

Need Grounded 2 in a new place...

[@christopherforeman4773]

I have just beaten the undershed and I'm hesitant on ng plus because I'm ok with it being a little harder but I heard the infused are ruthless and id rather it not be.

[@user-kv3vd8so8w]

I would like to point out that people who play in custom gamemode will not receive achievements. I play on custom to gain access to the helpful gnat, which causes me to not receive achievements. Also, keep in mind the percentages of people that have analyzed 15 resources or have cooked a bug on a roasting spit. These achievements only have 25.49% and 24.24% respectively. This probably means that either 75% of people have barely played the game or play in creative/custom. So, this update is probably geared toward the players that still play the game after all of this time. They want to retain the players they have. Again, to back these claims, we would have to look at data that probably only the developers have access to.

[@MediocreMilton]

I've done polls in the past and a very small number of people said they were playing in custom mode. The low percentages are because most people tried the game and stopped playing very quickly.

[@Clogmonger]

@@MediocreMilton trying the game and stopping play quickly soon after- they likely wouldn't be coming back for this content even if it weren't locked behind NG+. They didn't even get far enough for this stuff to matter. So really your opinion about this is just a matter of taste. And like you said in the video, you don't really enjoy NG+ modes. I normally don't enjoy them either- I'm not big on extra challenge for no reward. But there's some content there to entice me. So I'm hoping to enjoy the extra challenge because it won't just be for the sake of it. 🤷‍♂️ idk maybe my opinion will change when I get there

[@uzendayo]

@@MediocreMilton I'd venture to say that your polls cannot provide sufficient data to make these assumptions off of. I cannot imagine that the people who participated in your polls make up anywhere close to the majority of the player base. If anything it only shows that you take the opinions of a few people and assume it must apply for the rest.

[@StealthyZombie]

@@uzendayo Exactly. KZbin polls mean absolutely nothing.

[@SeamusCameron]

@@uzendayo Yeah, those youtube polls are going to be skewed towards people that are already invested in the game simply due to the channel's demographics. Definitely won't be properly representative of the entire playerbase. May still be a useful litmus for the specific demographic though.

[@EverArtz]

My hubby and I have just reached NG+4 and, I get it, the bugs are supposed to be super hard now because they're infused and all that BS, but the balancing is absolutely TERRIBLE. I would understand if we could upgrade our armours past lvl 9 in the yoking station, but I have my Acid Edge now at lvl 15 and it's barely touching the bosses that can 1-2-3 hit me faster than I can react. I absolutely ADORE this game. It's my comfort game. But the addition of NG+ has really put a damper on that for me, and I hate it.

[@MediocreMilton]

With no Public Test Server there were bound to be balancing issues and like you said you can't upgrade your armor past level 9 or weapons past level 15 but the bugs can scale infinitely and I guess NG+ 4 is where you hit the point where you can't keep up.

[@haydenbeard123]

I like the update but whenever i played last night grinding for hours and realized it take an INSANE amount fusion crystals to max weapons, u can’t even level up armor any more tho? which sucks because holy hell I’m maxed out, without fusion crystals yet, and literally beat the broodmother on remix level 1 on 4 tries and in the last attempt i had to use 22 of the granola bars. which give u like 75% health… it’s broken.

[@jordansmith-kl2vb]

How has no one told this man that if you go custom mode. The achievements are disabled. Even if you change that your bad stays on you.. you disable achievements..

[@kingkitty026]

I have a couple of problems with it but the main one is raids are buggy and makes bugs invincible or invisible but we kinda solved it in ng+ by making the base on the big tree but other than that its just some cosmetic stuff about the armor and that there is no full wizard set and no salt stafd and the ant staff doesn't get the buff from wizard mutation but that one im more ok with

[@calebwoods604]

I agree with you 100% why put soo much time and effort into something that a lot of people won’t even get to see? They should keep adding to the base game honestly.

[@LM43243]

The thing I hate with ng+ in such games is that all the work I've spent on my builds disappear. Wish you could carry more stuff over, namely your builds - somehow lol.

[@MediocreMilton]

Your builds and all items carry over to each NG+.

[@Hungry4Game]

In this game when you do a new game+ your progress is transfer? Like all your stuff, etc.

[@thesaltpope6211]

Everything transfers except story progression

[@evilsilly6795]

@@thesaltpope6211 this is great to know, I wouldnt think all my stuff would transfer. Not having to rebuild bases and gear will make NG+ better for sure.

[@shovkovskyi]

I agree that most stuff should be available in base game and then all the NG+ stuff should be available in the first NG+ (not NG+2,3 or 4), because like you said, many people won't get to experience the stuff that has been added in later NG+'s... and that's due to multiple reasons: just to name a few bigger one's - majority of player base isn't that good at this game to go past NG+1 and those who are, might not be willing to grind as hard as it's required right now just to get a new weapon or two... at the end of the day most people want to enjoy the game, not be forced to repeat it multiple times just to unlock a few things here or there and make the game even harder, which their skill level might not be a match to...

[@NotCharAznable]

I could never be a game developer. Sections of the gaming community are abysmal.

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

Grounded lost me when they borked the upgrade system. Use to be my favourite game but limiting upgrade rocks, making it bad for players who upgrade pebblet weapons later on. I want every weapon to be able to upgrade 100%. It's even worse in 4x multiplayer. Then the extreme grind for candies, armor upgrades became a chore. Valheim spoiled me because I can't go back to a game where I have to keep interrupting ehat I'm doing because I now have to go off and hit rocks or kill a bug because my tool broke. Can't stand durability in games that interrupt your exploration

[@zaraw69]

They fixed the problem with being able to upgrade the weapons a while back. I have one of every weapon (from the base game) leveled all the way up on them all. So no matter what I might need I've got one at it's peek. One of every set of armor fully leveled up as well...lol

[@thezodiacdrifter2940]

I mean most weapons that are difficult or tedious to repair generally aren't that difficult to repair due to the ability to make the tier 1-5 upgrades easy and then I believe you can just use repair glue which is really easy to get

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

@@zaraw69 how did they fix it?

[@MediocreMilton]

When did you start playing? Old saves you likely have excess of everything but new saves you will not. My pre 1.0 save I maxed everything as well but my 1.0 save I only had one or two weapons maxed and one armor set.

[@GamingForTheRecentlyDeceased]

@@MediocreMilton I started playing since the open beta then bought the game on release. I'd usually restart every new biome that was added. Ended up having heaps of saves that I just deleted

[@xavierf6715]

i think you also have to realize that a lot. and i mean a LOT of people will buy the game play 10 minutes, and never toich it again and that can really mess with the achievements percentage

[@118Mat118]

I haven't played NG+ yet but I get why they have kept the new content behind it. Especially for alot of us who have done most (if not all) of the original content. New players still experience the fun provided from the base game. However I think when you have finished the game with all the bosses you are experienced enough to jump back into new game plus with all the content and extra weapons simply to enjoy more grounded content. I do however think that having play multiple NG+ for content is crazy.... difficulty increase is fine for people into that

[@chaze0064]

The bugs are just too strong in NG+. I actually used a trainer to get me through the default NG+ and get the pressure off me to get the achievements. Now I can simply jump back to the world use custom settings.

[@NoblePeasantGaming]

Have a good day brotha 🙏

[@stevenpommenville2563]

so i dont know what happened but i may have accidentally glitched the handy gnat in my survival i went on creative mode made a new world then loaded into my survival save then bam i had the handy gnat i dont know if they added this feature but i now have access to the handy gnat and it says on custom settings its off so i think there is a working glitch to get the handy gnat in everyones survival worlds

[@rhettsumner5127]

Once you hit ng plus 1 you automatically gain access to the handy gnat, survival or custom

[@Remnatis]

Personally, just by the sounds of it, all new game + really needs to be quite good would be new bosses, like for example at ng+1 a hole in the fence appears, that has a new type of enemy and a new boss, similar to the brawny boy bin, just so that you actually have an objective to strive to, like don't get me wrong ng+ seems like great end game content,but when you're getting better gear to kill the same bosses its obvious that it would get boring after a while

[@FaintAffiliate]

The achievements isn't a fair comparison or judge when they can only be earned on standard story mode. Anyone using custom/creative or adjusted game settings are locked out of them.

[@goonmobb5286]

I think it's in a pretty good spot

[@RossoCCX]

People still asking to go inside the house.... There's a playgrounds map, called "Welcome to your tiny home", and someone has pretty much made a full scale house, complete with a bathroom and kitchen etc. As amazingly detailed as it is, going inside the house would be boring as hell...way too many open spaces. I'm glad the devs decided not to go down that path.

[@Greatdeadpoolio]

I end up stop playing games or not even play them when I've already watched a youtuber play but I've been playing grounded before there was a koi pond and plan on continue playing

[@thorburnjschwegler]

I think the only update I would want or maybe news is that we can go in the house a new game plus is only good for for so much after that it has diminishing returns

[@targeten]

Really glad u don't have to beat the infected brood mother for new game plus. This video is very informative and I am actually more excited to keep playing the game

[@jeremiahlopez2269]

They should have just added something like the ant queens all over the map guarding key locals that contain the new update items or schematics for the items. They could have even made boss versions of most of the enemies in the game that just simply have a chance of spawning kind of like the infused bugs but instead of dropping raw science they drop again schematics that belong to the new update, new game+ should have cool items that belong to each new game plus like how they did but not that many.. it should have been 16 for base game then 4, 4, 4, 4. each new game should add an armor set and weapon that you can show off to your friends NOT tools and upgrade stations and the like. That is definitely something you do not want to lock most players out of. Keep it to strong armor and weapons that YOU DO NOT NEED or at least feel like you don't need because technically we don't need the upgrade station and other nicks and knacks but it's very crappy telling newer and even older players you have to reset in order to see anything new... Yes, you keep most of your stuff and bases but having to replay the story 4+ times to see everything WILL get repetitive. If you think moving enemy's locals and amping up their dmg and speed will help it won't, it will actually make it worse. Not only are you moving all key items to different places you are also making enemies take longer to kill which means yeah you have all your items, but they mean jack and it will now take you a similar amount of time to get everything done due to taking longer to deal with things and maybe even dying over and over trying to get used to the new speed and dmg of enemies. In all not a good idea by the devs to lock amazing content by beating their game repeatedly. Die hards exist but not even close to the casual player count.. Hope they change it and do what I said cuz yeah kinda bs lol.

[@TRESYKES]

All new content locked behind new game + is a big no from me. Basically nothing new added then for base game.

[@crimson7tew]

Just finished Grounded last night working towards the achievements. I’m glad I’m done with the game to be honest. Too many hours were put in before they had some good content. The infused bugs just on NG 1 were way overpowered especially for the JavaOMatic. I did find myself enjoying the game again running around looking at all the cool stuff I wanted to built, but stopped due to the amount of resources you needed. I had to wall up the upper yard just for the Java battle. Getting the Crystals to upgrade the weapons is a joke in my opinion.

[@redshift912]

a lot of people like me havent completed t he game trying to get all the dumb gold cards .ive done everything but gone big and a few gold cards. really wish they had a mutation to get gold cards easier .

[@MediocreMilton]

Gold cards aren’t needed for the 100% report card anymore

[@cameronanderson3304]

Still no crossplay. Waiting on that because my homie has the game finally on his PS5 but yesterday we found out its all bugged.

[@just___Dave]

I`m on new game plus still no achievements have popped up.PC

[@jamesdavis9737]

yeah same here, hopefully they fix the achievements soon

[@thecookiecastle5477]

I played on xbox but now that it's on ps4 me and my friend are going to get to ng+

[@Mercer263]

I can appreciate this video. I just started this game this week and can see where this game flopped. I think your analogy with the paintings is spot on with this game, it’s a great game and update it’s just that it came so late that you can’t expect the entirety of the original fan base and new players to flood in after so much time has passed w/o anything new. Overall great game though, I’m having a blast with it.

[@alexjackson6249]

I have played almost 1k hours solo in grounded i enjoyed it so much as a game preview but was highly upset when the final update came out and to see it was only about 10 hrs of gameplay and this update took so long the game didn’t have the replay value to keep up with;fornite, the finals etc. i think this update made the game to my opinion worse it is interesting however i don’t want to play the story mode 5 more times before i get the lvl 4 armor they have teased for almost a year

[@CW19941]

I like the honest takes on the update. My wife and I are very excited for it since we haven't played it in awhile and it's gonna be very fulfilling after beating the Wasp Queen since we haven't beat her yet😂. Go right into NG+ and get whooped by some more difficult enemies 😂. I also appreciate the information on the update, helps me relay the info to her easier😁

[@Sam_the-man]

I do have some dislikes about the new game bosses sometimes they get insanely overpowered buffs such as the staff power ups, which are completely broken as the sour and the spicy are the most overpowered they do tons of damage and it’s really hard to avoid them if you’re in the middle of attacking another thing I dislike is that the health is insanely high for said bosses and if they have those ridiculous power ups, that means that you could lose all of your progress, even if it was at one HP because it got one hit off you and you got Wambo combo that’s really the only thing that I dislike and I guess the amount of infused ooze I get, but that’s really not something that is hard to get when you can just go to the ant hills Edit: I just realized how much I wrote💀

[@Pudge_Button]

Yap

[@Pdasniper]

Looking for the achievements on Xbox is a bad comparison point, because this game is on GamePass. The statistics are scewed so much. I completely agree that most of this new update will never be seen. Which is a weird decision in my view, but I can probably see where the devs are coming from. Now that the development of Grounded is concluded the devs are ok with not getting a lot of new players. This is the final sendoff for new content in the game and it caters heavily torwards players who stuck around all this time. It gives a lot to do after you've beaten the game and has built all of the ziplines you can Imagine. I would've liked all of the new shiny stuff in the base game as well, but lets be honest - the base game is a great experience on its own. The new player will probably be content with what's been given to them and maybe even enjoy some playgrounds. And devs also showed a lot of consideration will veteran bored players, congratulating them on sticking around and giving so much more stuff to do

[@jamiereddy5726]

All i wanted was a BOSS so i can get new weapons and amour something related to beetles

[@christianbouchard8541]

The update is fine itself...but the update broke raids in multiplayer for me, sometimes in solo. Bugs would become invisible, or straight up invincible, or even both. Perfect blocking became extremely delayed when it worked fine in the previous update. However they finally buffed the widow dagger back to what it was which is a welcome relief. However I'm scared of saying the problems I have with the update because many creators have a holier than thou attitude towards this game and act like any criticism is blind hate. Like JadePG Crafted.

[@MediocreMilton]

You are free to say whatever you want here. Constructive criticism makes games better, especially those that start in early access.

[@ThisGuyVR]

Yeah jade is mean as hell

[@christianbouchard8541]

​@@ThisGuyVRI honestly don't know WTF his problem is- I used to be with him when the 7 days to die for Console fiasco was happening, but now he seems to just shill for Grounded where anything negative, ever so slightly is said or a minor thing, he'll just jump down the throat of you. Or if you ask him a question, he'll be like 'did you not watch the video? It literally says it boi'. Like who is he to talk to his fans like that?

[@christianbouchard8541]

​@@MediocreMiltonThanks mate I've been with the game since it's early access infancy. Been with it ever since.

[@patient_6925]

Havent played grounded since, that awful duper update. Went back to see what yoked added amd im enjoying the game for the most part. Though ive encountered a problem where bugs on the raid are invincible and i jave to reload my game. But over all, id say its solid so far. I might update that opinion once i get past the undershed

[@user-uy8ww8oz2j]

3 MINS NEW RECORD

[@W1TH3R_T_V_L]

I take a break and this comes…. I found out how to kill the infected broodmother with ease and when I do I take a break as… cmon that fight takes so much out of me 😂😂 Now I’m stoked to see what this all has to offer, my grounded is updating. Gonna hopefully get back into the grind.

[@forbidden_muffin]

Honestly? The remixed yard is a really great content update, especially since they added other candy variations of most of the weapons. The ant queen system could be better, but overall the remixed yard is a nice breath of fresh air after so long of no significant grounded updates. That being said, dont think you HAVE to play it just because you were a grounded youtuber.

[@justtlalaart]

Me personally... and I feel like I'm the only one. I'm just not interested in the NG+... Doesn't really tickle my mind to wanna try out.

[@MediocreMilton]

You are not alone as evidenced by the lack of people coming back to the game. None of my friends that play survival games and put hundreds of hours into Grounded came back for NG+.

[@gh05t4]

Playing custom game disables achievements which is what most people do

[@uzendayo]

I can understand some of your points and agree with you on them. I cannot agree with you on any feedback you have provided based on achievements. There are way to many factors to tace into account. Some people take their time with the game. this game has a big focus on building bases. that takes time. Most of my enjoyment of the game comes from me building bases. getting those achievements you talk about takes time and a lot of people might not want to rush the game. Also there are a lot of people who make changes to the settings that disable achievements. one example being the handy gnat, or turning off friendly fire. Therefor I believe it is unfair to draw any conclusions based on achievements gained by people. I also cannot agree with you on your analogy of the painting being displayed in a back dark hallway. The developers did something that a lot of game devs are too scared to do. they focused on content for people who are going to stick with their game and play it beyond completion. Every other game dev focuses on making content to generate new sales of the game. I think them taking the time to make content for after the endgame is an amazing thing. Not every update needs to focus on the new player. I could actually care less about new players. Focusing more on late game content is the way to go. I also don't really agree with the views of people who provide feedback on things they haven't experienced first hand. I don't really think you're at a point where you can provide feedback since you haven't played the update. Sure you can get a general idea of what is there by watching other people play, but experiencing the game first hand is a different story. I'd be interested in hearing your feedback only after you have experienced the update for yourself. Having played the update a little too much, I can agree that there are some changes that do need to be made, but looking at the update as a whole I'd have to say this is a huge win for Grounded.

[@bipolarexpress9827]

I couldn’t imagine typing all of that to cope with the fact that people play custom games to avoid mechanics. Why don’t they make the mechanics being avoided less annoying?

[@uzendayo]

@@bipolarexpress9827 the point I am trying to make is that this guy has no idea what he is talking about. admits he hasn't even played the update yet he's full of so many opinions on it. providing "facts" that support his theories. Everyone in the grounded community clowns on this guy because he's a joke.

[@codeexze3713]

@mediocremilton Truthfully you have a point but what you do not realize is the bigger a gang gets the harder it is to find a place for it as the game like grounded gets bigger and more stuff is added do you really think there's a place for it the answer is no because in base game who in their right mind would want to go fighting bugs that can quite literally almost kill you with maxed out armor you would want time to prepare practice and yes I agree it needs balance ⚖️♎⚖️ but there's not much that can be done to balance locking stuff behind even more new game was the right choice cuz that's the only way to balance it if you just run through the game like a grinder just trying to beat the bosses that's fine cuz you're never going to get to anything else if you're just going to stay and not do a thing but build you won't experience the game the fact of the matter is not all players do everything like you or me I'm going to be blunt about it you're thinking inside the box and it's just about literally😅 Most console players take two routes grinding and building Most PC players take other routes like speedrunning never looking at everything and just doing what I see in front of them and taking it slow 🦥 And nobody want to ant Queens most of them wanted a lizard boss but where could you put it the devs are not thinking just about the players they are also thinking about the future of the game Expanding the yard is a much more daunting task than you think cuz the only way is to go outside of the map itself making it bigger a lot of people who play in creative know about the gas station to the right of the yard another lot of people know about the house that's behind the house we use and they're all fully textured my point is you could actually have made more yards More land but unless we are going to make this an open source type server run game it is not going to be that easy to add new content and as for quitting the game for a dumb reason of you don't like what's new here's some advice from the olden times don't play it you don't have to go into New game Plus to enjoy the game a lot of my friends just restart a regular game because they don't like New game Plus there is no reason for you to complain about it there are some things I don't like like the fact Black ox Beatles spawn in the lower yard but I enjoy the rest of the game Try making a game yourself before you say new content sucks and if not going to make a new game try making a mod finding a place to put it in grounded it's going to be a lot harder than you think especially with balancing

[@MediocreMilton]

Where in the video did I say new content sucks?

[@codeexze3713]

@@MediocreMilton I mean the way you talk about the new game plus makes it sound like you mean it sucks I'm sorry for the misunderstanding I'm not trying to make it sound rude sorry if it does

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

So while major updates are done the game still has a long way to go before its complete. Maybe the next update could have better weapons or armor.

[@MediocreMilton]

This is the final content update. They said that when they announced this update. Any updates in the future are going to be bug fixes or maybe some balance changes.

[@ifs-wolves9034]

​@@MediocreMiltonGame studios or whatever they are say this all the time. Unless they've announced a sequel or that they're working on another game and moving on then future content is still possible.

[@GoldenOuroboros]

Didn't realise the content was so gated, could understand it being behind one ng+ playthrough like most other games but to have to go through it 4 times to get it all O_o; It would have to get easier rather than grindier and currently I'm seeing a lot of grind comments. Friends and I loved the base game, we struggled with the infectred broodmother and a large shout of joy went out when we defeated her finally... but this... yeah dunno lol.

[@Adabulldoya]

Looks like it’s time to load up creative and just give myself all the weapons and stuff for ng plus and play regularly

[@JOSKRILLA]

the game is dead because the devs didn't add servers where anyone can join not just your friends and add more then 4 players plus the map needs to be bigger we don't want to play this game until this gets added.

[@ifs-wolves9034]

You* don't want to play. Servers are unnecessary, go make friends. More then 4 players does not fit the narrative of the story the game is trying to tell. Map is surprisingly well sized, nothing feels to close yet to far. If you were to travel from the termite nest to the hedge it'd take you about 5 minutes. You're spoilt and lack common sense.

[@yumbo.]

Games will die, it's the sad truth :(

[@alexutzu1204]

of course the numbers are better on steam, grounded is on game pass, even core! realize theres more people installing the game, giving it a try for 15 minutes and then never touching it again than people who actually played the game.Those count towards the achievements.

[@xaviermoran6826]

If you love it you love it if you hate it you hate it

[@cellgraph]

They should just open the house map

[@santiagorocha8202]

Cant if they keep old gen

[@fergnoster602]

In the world me and my dad and my brothers play in we all got new game plus and I disagree I think it’s really good and cool

[@matttress7218]

Is this worth it on Ps5?

[@evilsilly6795]

If you have the option XSX is the way to go. Game looks and runs better.

[@quiladog9302]

I use custon games wich dont count achievements. ngp3 almost ngp4

[@habderrahmane]

the achievements are not 100% accurate of how many people did what a lot of people play on custom worlds which disables achievements

[@MediocreMilton]

A lot of people don't play on custom mode. A lot of people downloaded the game on GamePass and quit after 15 minutes, which is why the achievement rates are so low.

[@Heathens..]

Look honestly grounded not bad game but Ng+ it is literally impossible when you fight an infuse bug a ng+7 player can’t even survive a dam teir 1 bug without getting one shot if it nerf or balance it would be better and armor needs to be 15 cuz wep are but not armor they really should have us play tested fr this game just becoming Elden ring type sht

[@jgarc153]

I think having games out to play prerelease is nice and all but if someone really likes the game, they'll overplay it. I played the crap out of it since day 1 of prerelease and now I can't even play it. They really should have a limit or something for all games in prerelease.

[@sorenzzz]

I lost interest in the game when they kept releasing sandbox stuff instead of more content put into the map. And now I'm just seeing that they finally released tier 4 weapons gear as well as levels beyond 9. Sadly I just don't care now.

[@MediocreMilton]

Tier 4 weapons are all locked behind NG+ 4 so you would need to complete the story 3 more times just to get the chance to unlock them. I'm in the same boat as you. Maybe they make a sequel with an expanded map sometime in the future?

[@Airbourne-Rocker]

I can’t name my pets anymore now wth

[@circularhenry6663]

Bro why are you always so negative about everything

[@Bloxiby]

He's giving his honest opinion. Yours might be different but don't judge

[@grimsgraveyard3598]

So long story short NG+ is where the cool new shit is?

[@wdedropped7233]

This guy has to be the most unhappy man on KZbin the game is the best it could be they have plans for another game

[@boxeddoggogaming1014]

I enjoy his takes. As an avid player of grounded I like to hear an unbiased voice among the crowd. I love the update but I’m having major trouble in NG3 on mild so it does need some balances.

[@wdedropped7233]

@@boxeddoggogaming1014 I do agree but this guy always has something to say about grounded it annoys me bc the devs are trying there best and I get u I’m on ng+2 on woah and I’m struggling major I can’t even kill the broodmother anymore

[@MediocreMilton]

I said nothing negative in the video. Did you even watch it? 🤣

[@wdedropped7233]

@@MediocreMilton no I did watch it I just mean in the past but if I’m being honest I’m just biased to grounded so I hate criticism but in my eyes it’s perfect and I see others saying the same thing

[@MediocreMilton]

Criticism makes things better as long as there are solutions to the problems. I have always provided solutions to the things I criticized. Whether the devs agree with the criticism is up to them.

[@cipher4213]

What lol. 99% of people wont see endgame of any game. Thats the point. Games wouldn’t exist if they just gave people endgame gear essentially just for logging in. That’s the whole “playing the game” part of playing a game.

[@DiffuseSachverhalte]

Nobody asked for a NG+ mode, we want new areas. Recycling games like this has been a trend in recent years, seems to be a cheap way to provide something "new", without making truely new content.

[@santiagorocha8202]

Cant add new areas if they keep allowing old gen :/

[@DiffuseSachverhalte]

@@santiagorocha8202 what do you mean by this? playstation and stuff?

[@Pudge_Button]

Old generations of consoles like Xbox 1 and PlayStation 4 can't handle as much stuff as the new gen consoles. Adding more areas would slow down the old gens and make it a worse experience​@@DiffuseSachverhalte

[@The_Duolingo1]

I wish the ant queens would allow you to feed them again and they would respawn because having to start a new game+ is just terrible Im Never going to ever get the killing the ant queen items because im not planning on doing any new game+ I wish there was like a custom game configuration that allows them to respawn and give them more food

[@BigCheeZeMan]

I am not doing ng+ so it is kinda disappointing

[@kademccomas460]

Eh. To be honest I agree 100% but what I think hurts even more is the missed opportunity with the weapons. The variety in style and execution of these weapons could have been amazing. They fumbled the ball with that completely. If I wanted three different sour battleaxes, I would’ve said so.