How Pixel Gun 3D Lost 98% of its Players

[@kalex.]

If u want to be in the next video, join the discord discord.gg/UG2JgYsH5f (also first 100 ppl to join get og role 😱)

[@BlueBlazeBoi]

Joined

[@VGODP]

Now thats a real reason to join

[@OfficialEagleHater]

making me join even if i dont wanna fr

[@Sl-a-d-e]

​@@VGODPfr

[@capital4]

Oh my god, you posted another video!

[@ExxotikGaming]

Sad times. I miss the days I was able to post tons of Pixel Gun 3D videos all the time. Can’t do that anymore unfortunately as few people are interested in the game nowadays. But this was a great video! I enjoyed it a lot. I highly doubt this game will ever get to the state it was 6-8 years ago, but I do know there is still a market for fun, arcade-y mobile FPS games like this. People still genuinely enjoy games like this, and you just need a better development team that’s more future-focused than what we have right now. As you said, innovation is key - don’t just hop on trends and expect massive long-term success!

[@BoredFreshman]

Lolz cool I caught this comment, but this is true

[@RjKumar111GunnerRj]

indeed... this too was my childhood... i was unable to play it back in 2015 due to my nook tablet dying on me, and then revisiting years later, it just is not the same no more

[@itzexodus9205]

I know this is off topic and all, but remember that stop online dating video you made on pixel gun 3d? Probably the most funniest stuff I’ve ever seen from way back in the day

[@ezclapslol1759]

You were my favorite content creator on this game hope your doing good 😊

[@tigerishtie883]

Thank you for your videos exxotik. You kinda made my childhood

[@BudgetBB]

This was deserved but unfair, If they kept a game at the best they could of kept a long term game but ended up leaving a salty taste of the whole community, they could of even made more money without this greed.

[@BedwarsRBLX]

I quitted it at 2019, it was so goddamn p2w that i couldn't handle it anymore, i spend too much time grinding for a gun, just for it to get absolutely nerfed and a stronger gun get added next update.

[@Awesomeflame16]

​@@BedwarsRBLX And then they made a bunch of guns that costed gems suddenly cost coins

[@SOCOM_Lyn]

Made shit too easy plus isn’t even balanced

[@pavlo5551]

Sad that most of my childhood games like pixel gun, call of mini and bunch of others just died out

[@cedlead]

I remember I played a match in pixel gun 3d and i had no fun because there was is one dude having op weapons and an op armor it was so unfair and the game wants you to pay money but i quitted sometimes later because the grind was not fun and even they force you to gamble your keys for a chance to get op weapons

[@realmjumper8154]

Played this game as a child and I’m almost 90% sure when I played it there was little to no microtransactions. I remember fondly playing the story mode, it’s a shame to see how it has fallen off since my childhood.

[@masonrose-hamby2798]

dude the story mode was so good also i remember being an absolute menace with the prototype

[@pantsshitter533]

there really was no microtransactions necessary back when gems didn’t exist, i could fondly remember back when i was a kid farming the arena all night until morning to get 100 coins in a single run

[@surake8805]

I remember i was actually too afraid to play the slenderman level when i first played it as a kid

[@minedude33]

@@surake8805 It took all of my tiny brain's courage to complete that level

[@albanesdesempregado7080]

I remember when the Brutal Headhunter was the most OP weapon in the game.

[@ilymisty_]

Worst part is they never finished the story mode 💔

[@goshbaby8531]

fr :(

[@nooo2192]

Yo yeah don't tell me they didn't published to one world the was written on for over 8 years (coming soon)

[@zer0_iz_d34d]

We waited like 5 years to get chapter 4 only for it to be horrible

[@simp_chronicles2022]

man, i didnt even think about that part, they just abandoned it

[@Avcı80-8]

Yeah... :(

[@macaronisaladd]

A thing I might add is that the game ends up being so overwhelming for newer players. As a newcomer you have a limited range of weapons, if you load into a multiplayer match you are most likely to face so many players with a ton of weapons with different effects you don't even know the counter of

[@psychomedal4146]

Sometimes you’ll hop in a match with people who are so powerful, your forced to lose cause you didn’t play the game long enough or just didn’t p2w the game. Heartbreaking really.

[@BloxFei]

hey, upload some roblox content i guess?

[@tntmaster7869]

The insane thing is I'm level 65 and sometimes i vs level 20 to 40 I feel bad for them💀

[@leonardotrujillo8661]

Another thign is the terrible balance back then every weapon was usable now it's just a select 100 guns out of a 1000

[@macaronisaladd]

@idekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk i think they gave up on making weapons actually balanced when they said "screw it" and made a sniper rifle which can hit players thru walls.

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

As a Pixel Gun OG, I remember falling in love with this. I would come home everyday from school and I would play it everyday and not knowing when to get tired of it. I had lots of great times and memories. Then, I came back in 2017 cause my cousin introduced me to it, and I started to play again and the state of the game right now, its sad to see how it fell off dramatically. Thank you Alex, Rilisoft or Cubic Games for being there for my childhood. ❤

[@disruptghst3275]

Same

[@Skokes-]

:/

[@Citschris]

Yo rs😂😂😂

[@alivetoadstool1289]

Same

[@justinshivrattan7660]

Ogs remember rilisoft

[@HaClix]

this game was my childhood I've stopped playing it for almost half a decade but the memories stand and I will always remember the good out of it

[@Praos-s9l]

Hey

[@cringusgoofysuchus]

​@@Praos-s9lhey!

[@piebit101]

I remember making a camoflauge skin and hiding in the battle royalw map and winning, it was so fun

[@ethangames5189]

Pool party is still my idea of happiness, also the mast spawn point on that one map with the two ships

[@shironium]

one thing I took out of pixel gun was my ability to make decent skins, made a minecraft skin of an anime a few months ago for the first time in years and it blew up in popularity

[@jonnykre8793]

I remember getting the weapons "Golden Friend" and "Prototype" really early in the game in some free loot boxes and my friends got all jealous, now everybody has these weapons and they are not even that good anymore

[@goshbaby8531]

exzactly and i hate how u gotta collect parts to craft instead of getting the weapon

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

Prototype really was the most OP gun for so long 😂

[@olman1760]

@@deadlybladesmith3093 i remember this green sniper everyone started to use over the prototype, i never changed. I only remember the prototype,excalibur, peacemaker, and that book that threw fire or something

[@thevasts]

⁠@@olman1760oh my god yes, i stuck to my prototype like a lifeline

[@markedcarlos6856]

I got so much of my shi when the same thing happened, those daily boxes glitched on me once and I was able to just spam them for like almost 2 hours.

[@mr_resource5099]

I remember playing this all the way back in 2014-16. There were hardly any microtransactions, the campaign was fun, and it was simple fun. Went back to the game sometime last year and was shocked. No campaign, millions of pop-ups, everything that I hoped wouldn't be there. PG3D is a sad tale of greed and I wish it wasnt.

[@heinz5119]

I still have so many good memories connected with the campaign and infinite monster waves. Good times .....

[@mr_resource5099]

@@heinz5119 I'm always going to remember playing the campaign with my little brother. If only nostalgia worked differently or time hadn't progressed the way it did

[@brunoseabra8089]

plus, they deleted a lot of old accounts. some time ago i also went to revisit the game and was heartbroken to find out my account had been deleted.

[@M7MDRX]

Aw hell nah they removed campaign? Goddamnit

[@plantherum2365]

Brroooo I remember the slenderman level they removed that shit? My like 13 year old ass was too scared to beat that one for a bit haha.

[@ColdCrazee]

Here’s my take on this: I used to play this game a TON around 6 ish years ago. I tried coming back to it years later for some nostalgia and to recreate the fun I once had, but I was overwhelmed. I got a million pop ups in my face, and once I got though it all I found a million different weapons and items to pay for, with tons of new terrible features that obviously weren’t very innovative. I played a match and got killed by sweats, partially cause I no longer had any idea what I was doing since I was playing the battle royale mode that previously hadn’t existed. This game is just boring and pay to win now, and is sweat infested. It’s EXTREMELY overwhelming for any new players to try and learn this game, as it was for me when I returned.

[@azmiilian2277]

Combine that with sweats who spammed 3 of the strongest weapon types (Specials, Snipers, and Heavies) like they're on Doom Eternal, and all you can do is watching as you get wrecked before even leaving spawn

[@gladiatorgamer9502]

Why would u play games when u just wasting ur time? Might as well be a sweat and try to be a pro or be a content creator

[@ColdCrazee]

@@gladiatorgamer9502 yes it is a waste of time, but it’s entertainment. sometimes people just want to relax with games, and NOT rage at their screen and sweat uncontrollably.

[@VictorSivtsev]

You know, there is a possibility we played together 6 years ago. Just randomly, you know.

[@ColdCrazee]

@@VictorSivtsev there is lol

[@novathefox3259]

I miss this game in its prime days.. I remember making a ton of my own custom skins, grinding on the 2x the xp and coins and finding hidden gems. The prototype being the god tier of snipers. Uploading videos about it, now I can see what the developers were truly after. It’s disappointing to seeing my childhood game go downhill..

[@dinanga_revert]

Prototype being able to oneshot people with adamant armour 😭 good old days

[@liamdamster]

@@dinanga_revert with all of us camping that farm map with the canyon😭

[@LuckiChico]

@@dinanga_revertbruh I hated it when they added the armor😭😭

[@idkyolo988]

man armor especially adamant armor was so unnecessary i hated going against someone with it. it would take me hours to grind coins to being able to upgrade the prototype to where it could one shot the top players

[@danielplays99]

Never did videos personally but I literally recreated my old MC skins in pixel gun 3d. I completely forgot about the game tbh

[@someweirdperson1]

I stopped playing pixel gun and I’ve forgotten about it for a while until this popped up. Thanks for making this video to remind me of it and also to explain what went down!

[@hasanravat]

I've come back to the game after hearing about it its hard to relive childhood memories, all I heard was pg3d was sold to another dev company (I think) it has more pop ups more p2w unbalanced weapons broken weapons hacks cheats many unfair lobbies and bot lobbies its hard to see such a good game as a child go down to the dust only come back is making it more f2p and more balanced and fair if you wanna try play OG there's a roblox game that copied the old style its really fun and brings back memories

[@SabGaming667]

As a recently retired content creator, I absolutely agree with everything you said. It’s kinda sad that our childhood game ended up like this… Btw thank you for using my clips at 5:30 lol

[@MacNava]

Why did you retire? Just curious, you don’t have to say if you don’t want to.

[@SabGaming667]

@@MacNava I got kicked out of the program because I was considered inactive as I only upload once a month. Devs want cc’s to upload as much as possible even if videos don’t get any views which is really stupid. I had more views than few videos combined from other content creators who uploaded on a daily basis but still as I uploaded less they kicked me. So after that I simply decided to stop making content. Tbh it’s better like this cuz I don’t have time for all that anymore and anyways pg3d content is kinda dead now compared to before

[@Navy-Glen]

hope you enjoy your time outside of youtube its better since it's getting really hectic on this platform than before@@SabGaming667

[@Jackahoo2]

​@SabPG3D that's awesome would you ever consider making content on other games or are you too busy now a days?

[@SabGaming667]

@@Jackahoo2 idk tbh 🤷

[@jamesds5016]

Hi, a pure F2P with 6 years of knowing the game here! I totally agree with some aspect of the video, where devs are only focusing only into making even more money, but they do put a little bit of efford into slightly improving the game. It’s really sad seeing my favorite mobile shooting game going down like this, from a fun and enjoyable to money-grabbing game… I can only hope for Cubic Games to realize what is happening to the game and actually have some space in their heart to put the game back to its glory

[@alexjurch6041]

Sadly and most traumatizingly usually developers quit on the games. They don't understand that the community of most of the games that go down that path still hope for a change, one day and that truly saddens me. So much games I've played before are now bad. Because of either lack of updates or the p2w. An example would be Plants versus Zombies about time. Basically the PVZ2

[@DrUnfunny]

​@@alexjurch6041True, I can only think of a handful of games that the developers stuck with, even through rough times. Sad to see.

[@YaM8Kraken]

Respawnables, pixel gun, Blitz Brigade, Guns of Boom... The list goes on, but trust me, only Respawnables went down owing to p2w and other business reasons... The rest got dead because they really brought barely anything new to the table and even if they did refresh their games that way, they still messed up immidiately after. Just because something is new and fresh, doesn't mean it can't cause the rest of the skeleton (the main purpose of the game) to rot and lose value.

[@paulboris1507]

I don’t think having to pay 4.99 to play a game filled with microtransactions counts as “f2p”

[@Krewer69]

You don't even need to be a F2P for 6 years to see how fucked up that shit is

[@state_operative]

The downfall of Pixel Gun 3D serves as a reminder of how crucial it is for game developers to listen to their player base and adapt to changing expectations.

[@pokeben4593]

same with clash royal they've been going heavy on p2w recently to

[@pearelectronics3083]

Gaijin is really bad at this, it got so bad people had to leave millions of negative reviews and boycott the game to make them listen

[@StONeROP_007]

​@@pokeben4593Clash Royale is on the list

[@petersmulders8058]

@@pokeben4593 Exactly

[@laurencedelves]

Minecraft too.

[@dragonborn0293]

1. Micro transactions. 2. Unbalanced weapons. 3. Unfair matchmaking 4. Micro transactions 5 Micro transactions 6. Micro transactions

[@Chewbakaya]

Thanks I'm not watching 8 mins for one sentence

[@JETHEREALXIV]

@@Chewbakaya Buddy ur attention span is cooked

[@vectorrondon5852]

Think you forgot micro transactions

[@rachinvocat9587]

@@JETHEREALXIVthey just add unnecessary information we didnt come for the history we came why it lost it players

[@Luoogi]

​@@vectorrondon5852yea I think so to

[@JavaKett]

As a retired PG content creator I tried to add something unique to my videos so that I could promote the game further. But after seeing the true path the developers choose to follow, I quickly stopped uploading. There is no communication between the community and the developers. All their "communication" gravitates around damage control.

[@BLET_55artem55]

It's been like that even like 7years ago

[@enocan612]

it was so obvious where the game and community were going, instead accepting that they just made fun of the one's who pointed out that. That's why I leave the game first, then the community.

[@FireChicken747]

same here. still play it from time to time but it will never be the same

[@alexjurch6041]

TF 2 be like. But its actually a good game that Valve barely cares about nowadays or any of their games tbh. The fact that they're working on CS:GO surprised me.

[@DZTWoo]

Off topic but i just love how the person above you have the same profile of a random cat

[@anotnormallizard9463]

One of the reasons I stopped playing was when they removed the ability to grind out the zombies mode for coins. You used to be able to get 10 coins a round after a certain round, which seriously helped with grinding for weapons you wanted if you didn’t want to pay the money for coins. I’d sit for 20-30 rounds and make good amounts of coins. Once they removed that, things seriously fell off. Micro transactions, lack of care from the developers, etc. I miss the game, many found memories from my childhood playing with my younger brother.

[@helikopterbojowyka-5234]

Yea that was so good remember that bridge on which everyone tried to get in inaccessible places? Or that gras arena with walls? Good times

[@nexus2493]

Same

[@m4chiavellian]

Lol i got every gun in the game grinding that zombies mode. i took shifts with my brother and we just played for hours at a time

[@lazarus9353]

THIS. I missed it so much when I redownloaded the game after several years

[@fennecfox3092]

My last big adventure playing PG3D was doing literally 999 rounds of the zombie arena mode to get the storm hammer. Man... I miss the game I played back then.

[@jillwark2782]

I was a player from 2013. The game was playable from the low class phone. No money was spent and you could easily top in rankings. Also the sniper laser was the most OP gun at that time because the name tag was visible when even behind the walls. Also the map glitches were fun exploring. I miss the old days.

[@about_average8808]

Ah yes, the prototype…those were the days

[@prxmetxme]

the prototype is up there with the BO2 Ballista for me, and those top of the map glitches with launchers ruled! The OP wand that went thru walls on Aztec Temple tho...

[@skotskot3379]

prototype right? absolutely crazy back in the day

[@IDKWHAT2NAMETHISS]

I remember when the storm hammer was added, thats what killed the game for me. Really enjoyed making skins on pg3d

[@GHOST-cs5gz]

Prototype now is nothing compared to what it was

[@Pytahh]

I used to play Pixel Gun 3D all of the time with my brother. I remember those days, back when the autmatic-peacemaker was actually good. I had really good weapons and I loved the modes... I started losing interest when the monetization started expanding and growing among the lobby screen. However, I didn't mind it too much at the time. I played it almost every other day until they added the "battle royale" mode. After then I started to really lose interest as well because of the increase in monetization. I loved the game, I loved watching people like LosGaming (now 'Los'), and I will forever cherish those memories. R.I.P Pixel Gun 3D... ❤

[@periodictable118]

Man, the automatic peacemaker was truly the pinnacle of the times. Look how far the mighty have fallen

[@Pytahh]

@@periodictable118 yes.. those times are now sadly in the past 😔

[@periodictable118]

@@Pytahh so much has changed man. The golden age of mobile games was definitely the 2010s (pre 2020). Now all you have are P2W bullshit, scam e-dating simulators, blatantly sexual and/or copyright infringement advertisements, mass produced shitty ad ridden games (literally every voodoo games game). And the community that once enjoyed these OGs (us) are now well into adulthood. I cannot fathom the bs gen alpha will go through, but just like us they will find their nostalgia. It will all be ok, even if it wasn't the same as us.

[@Pytahh]

@periodictable118 YES. Remember the original Angry Birds and Plants VS Zombies? Those were great. I have to agree with everything you just said ❤️

[@periodictable118]

Yes!!! PvZ, the one game they couldnt corrupt. Even PvZ 2 too since you dont need any premium plants to beat the main story levels

[@ayellowguy9]

I remember playing this game when it was in its first early stages, maps like “Utopia, Pirates, D-Day” were huge and blew up and had everyone hooked and then they slowly started removing everything and made it consistently worse. Like when at one point the best gun was the ray gun and then you made that gun seem like nothing 2-3 months later compared to the new weapons you crush the work people do and the time they cared about giving.

[@dogwatersteakhouse9730]

I went from headshots to giving backshots on that beach island

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

Prototype on Sniper Forts was busted AF. Still my favorite gun of all time

[@crimsonraiderxv3422]

I don't think pirates and d-day were original stages, but they're definitely ancient now.

[@Jaminfor6]

@@antoniotrivelloni8191Utopia was

[@Jaminfor6]

@@antoniotrivelloni8191yea or when they dropped the laser minigun which was busted af on pool party lol. Or when you could glitch the walls in Aztec temple. Good times

[@wtfwarren]

I really got a pixel gun 3D ad while watching this video 💀

[@manimani__.]

same

[@RStheToon]

Same

[@Cutcopperslab]

FINALLY A SHORT COMMENT

[@DarthVader-2737]

Same

[@AliHussain23609]

Same at 1:25

[@plodparen8321]

As a player who played when it first released, the game early on was more fair and not full of spamming weapons every second. The concept when it released was interesting because as mentioned in the video it was a fps game that people can play on their phones. Idk if cubic games and the earlier dev are a different team or not but I'd say the downfall started when it became cubic games game (if that made sense)

[@blackman5867]

I had always thought it was the 3 cat spam trend that killed the game, alongside with hackers and the new updates messing the guns' damage. But yeah I knew something was wrong about the game when it was at the falling point. Those devs kind of deserved it. Truly tragic. I had 2 accounts and both of them had added a lot of cool friends but now everyone including me has already left the game. Rip PG3D

[@woodfaith]

It was great ngl

[@jackbraham3341]

I stopped playing beacuse I couldn't keep up with all the other players. I wasn't just my lack of skills either

[@TheScaryLord]

Yes bro the three cat spam ruined this because pros would poo on first timers or regulars

[@blackman5867]

@@TheScaryLord Donald Trump is at it again 🔥

[@itskc2261]

I remember playing this game back in elementary school grinding the zombie horde game mode and getting coins to buy items. Probably the most fun mobile game I ever played, but it’s sad to see how quick it went downhill

[@ngerks314]

I remember when I had played this game on it's early stages, multiplayer. The chat box was always really active. Interacting with other players had been a constant thing in every server you joined in. My time playing that game had been on and off, deleting and re-installing the game again and again. It had been a cycle and eventually, there came a time when no one was chatting. Not a single chat from any player even when I had tried sparking up a conversation, no matter the server and mode, the players were no longer as interactive as they had been initially. Interacting with various players had been one of the entertaining aspects of that game, so it was quite sad when that fun aspect disappeared

[@papasnackztayt7308]

Exactly, you were able to chat with other players from around the world and make new friends but now its gone

[@johnapeno7743]

i miss being able to talk on pixel gun

[@SkittyDangerzne]

I miss the roleplays on the Mansion map when that was a new map

[@frostytheiceberg1127]

Back when people would just vibe on places like slender forest and such

[@cheapnugget7939]

Once they nerfed the Arena, giving way less coins in order to encourage you to spend more. Back then I was able to get all the weapons after grinding the Arena. The most OP weapon was still that purple sniper that shoots through walls and the redstone machinegun(?).

[@SKULL.PG3D]

Purple sniper is prototype

[@dubstepilluminati1823]

miss the days when all you needed was the xm8 duel wield revolver prototype and stinger to be on top now them things are wortless

[@bruhgod123]

redstone machinegun was the laser machinegun or smth

[@oceanareuherrera2610]

The prototype was literally the flex of the gods back then, omg i remember that

[@amaridawkins64]

@@oceanareuherrera2610 facts and the bass cannon.

[@fxdefiancy]

As a max level player that had 100+ mythical craftable weapons, its sad to see what became of one of my most beloved games of all time. So many memories, lost to pay to win and microtransactions. Really sad.

[@anna-gt2mu]

Eareaeareaeareaeareaeareaeareacool.era

[@Susy1273]

I used to play in the older days it was more fun even if there was some dude running around with that sniper that one shot you with a purple laser beam (I forgot the name) but now it’s P2w pay or lose making the game really unfair and annoying and now it’s some dude fly around the map having a gun on each slot that one shots against some other people that probably don’t even stand a chance because they didn’t pay

[@him3242]

​@@Susy1273I think it was named something like "anti heroe rifle" or just something with anti heroe...

[@14.99plustax]

@@Susy1273 i believe it was called “the prototype”, i may be wrong though.

[@Susy1273]

@@14.99plustax oh yeah that's the name

[@cougar9610]

I absolutely loved this game as a kid. I watched it die right in front of my eyes, starting to see more and more pay to win weapons showing up with every update. And then came the pixel pass, which was absolutely nothing like the seasonal events for a special weapon from chests. It was all paying money for OP weapons, not a chance of getting a special, slightly strong weapon from a chest. I quit in 2018-2019.

[@yohaifishman4261]

Another main problem pixel gun had was the level system. It didn't only made almost every gun 1 shot you, it also made your guns more and more useless because it armor levels. Not only that but OG players were already in the high ranks making them fight against those overlevelled players.

[@inferno1749]

I was able to witness the downfall first-hand. I stopped playing around the time they started giving content creators shout outs (so well after battle royale was added). I realised my guns were doing no damage and i had to constantly spend gems i didnt have just to keep up. It started going downhill after they made the movement change and then it had a slow decline ever since then. The game was so fun and its community was so chill. You could hop in your favourite youtubers lobby and play with them for hours but no one does that anymore. An older player would easily notice the P2W changes which just makes me salty. i would do anything to bring back those times but its too late now, the greedy developers dug their game into its own grave

[@neow6289]

The guns doing no damage was the nail in the coffin for me to quit the game. It's bs that players can just one tap me while I have to throw everything at them just to kill them

[@ammarbasbous8119]

Man I stopped playing after they removed the 3 cat spam

[@Koalajoe165]

For me the worst thing they did is destroying the weapon power upgrade scaling and flooding the game with weapon craft shards

[@Koalajoe165]

My sister was literally playing in tears the day they added delay after cat switch

[@KDYinYouTube]

Same as lol, but those broken champ can be played by everyone and the player have no shamee for only playing broken champ to win

[@lefrogenjoyer]

This game really brought out my competitive side, I loved being a sniper and playing with players at slender forest/heaven garden. I left the game for a while and returned for the nostalgia. They had removed many old maps and there were a lot of new things, like event weapons and battle royale? It was a bit overwhelming and hard to compete with og players when you're at a very low level. It's sad to hear this from a game I used to enjoy as a pre-teen.

[@Rossoneri2]

The br game mode felt pointless as we already had hunger games.

[@radithpurnamas]

I know right, I miss the old maps, especially the old sandbox map (winter party isn't that fun at all) and the old players. Also, battle royale is truly pointless and the new lobby completely screams pay 2 win.

[@xenai.]

Some maps get rotated depending on the seasons. But yeah many og maps have dissapeared,

[@xenai.]

@@RedactedAnonymous10 Around 2019, they moved to servers, and if you didn't play during that time, your account was lost.

[@TerminallyOffline2]

I was a 3 cat spammer and that shit was fun on the private lobbies between 2016-2018

[@akeno6752]

My cousin and I loved this game. I would even start new accounts just to get new guns that were expensive, but did not need any real money. Microtransactions are ruining games, especially if it's a game for young people who didn't have it to begin with. It won't come back, but the memories will be there for us to cherish.

[@certifiedbruhmoment4293]

I found this game really early, and I remember getting online after school every day where there were a few available lobbies that would have mostly the same players I would play with every day. Then, one day, it just boomed, and all those players that i became really close with were just gone in the void of the massive player base. The game became a lot more fun, but it was kinda sad at the same time because I became close with that small group. I deadass still remember there usernames 10 years later.

[@q_0191]

lmao

[@lycanrocs]

I remember my friend named Chris in sandbox mode I wonder how he’s doing now

[@xenai.]

I got introduced to this game in 2017, when my brother let me play the block crash minigame he was in.

[@stray_cat87]

I remember playing this game six years ago, and getting most of the strong guns, the custom avatar feature was fun too, I genuinely enjoyed the story-mode campaign despite the story being very scatterbrained(I mean, what do you expect from a minecraft shooter game anyway). Somewhere along the way I lost my access to my original account, forgot about the game in a long time, then recently I visited again with a new beginner account, and I was met with a game I couldn't even identify.

[@lovethisvelvetry]

fr i remember searching on yt how to make cute girl skins lmfao

[@HosLoveIshh]

@@lovethisvelvetryI used to make inappropriate skins 😂

[@MisterJohnDoe]

The story really went from the usual zombie apocalypse to the MC meeting the game's creator.

[@SmokyDog29]

I played 7 years ago

[@joosyjayden.]

The days when I came home, went in my room, opened up PG3D on my tablet and using the laser cannon in Deathmatch were so satisfying. It’s crazy how now most newer gen games rely on making money instead of listening to the fans or pouring their heart out to recreate the fun

[@jacktheproslegend]

Used to play this game worryingly alot, it was basically my childhood, I remember naming myself JACKTHEPROSLEGEND and I'm still holding into this name to this day despite it being quite of a silly name, if all of my childhood has been destroyed out of greed then at least this will hold some of the sweet memories

[@Dxchx]

As a retired competitive pg3d player, this video is honestly the most accurate thing I've seen.

[@DARK100k]

[@narwhals7820]

bro said retired competitive pg3d player i'm deadddd

[@insidious8054]

@@narwhals7820😂😂like hes a well known celeb or smth

[@straytonox1492]

Im a retired Pinball 3D space cadet profesional player, all of this is BS

[@noahnoah2935]

Lol

[@Random15738]

I share the same sentiment. Played this game back in 2013-2014ish, heck maybe even a little later. Things were super fun and I remember being fairly good, too. Then I came back a few years later and found all of what you said. Pop-ups, pay-to-win, the fact that you pretty much HAD to buy in game currency to keep up or be any good, and the fact that the campaign STILL wasn't finished. Very disappointing.

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

It has a free to play gamemode, wtf

[@Random15738]

​@@Nsodnoajdjksl right and it still wasn't finished. That's what i was saying.

[@cjinworldofgaming511]

I feel like an OG watching videos like this. I remember playing it between 2016 and 2017, and occasionally played it in 2018 and 2019 for fun. Seeing the downfall was sad.

[@Kreezyouttahere]

try 2016. man i miss those days when the game wasnt bloated

[@cjinworldofgaming511]

Yeah. It was truly nostalgic.

[@jeritheweirdchild]

2016 was peak

[@MaciejSkywalker]

2015 and 2016 were the best days of this game

[@jeritheweirdchild]

@@MaciejSkywalker fr

[@glock1892]

This game will forever be a core memory from my childhood, waking up on mornings in December of 2016, with those christmas updates and that one christmas map. Or whenever I came home from school, just being so excited to play Pixel Gun 3D. And spending so much time and so much fun on the game in general, it was peak. Life was simple, this game will always be so nostalgic.

[@hybrit9881]

I remember playing this in primary school, but what made me stop was that in multiplayer games you would be placed in with players who had objectively better gear who could one hit you and would take many hits to take down, just felt unfair

[@GTAMadMan144]

That’s the exact fucking reason why I stopped playing this game. I always kept raging at it because of that.

[@anonymouslydone7683]

Same dude. Grinding is useless now since you can just buy your way up. Get demolished with maxxed out weapons and maxxed out gear players.

[@SpecOpsLOL]

It’s been around a few years since I last touched the game… I had no idea it even reached the point of p2w. This is sad for a game I very much enjoyed 24/7 as a younger adult. Thank you for making this video. It’s a shame the game will never achieve the massive popularity it once did

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

It has a f2p gamemode.

[@itzsfox]

for me personally, the game was already going downhill when they introduced gems. You could buy the best guns in the game by just playing, grinding survival arena, and it would take a lot of time but it would pay off. When they added gems, they removed the possibility of obtaining those grindable coin guns by changing their currency from coins to gems. That killed the whole point of grinding the game for me, thats when i quit.

[@jman2u50]

It got even worse when they hopped on the component/part train that all the other games were doing. Now all the guns they add are parts. You can’t even buy em with gems or coins 😒

[@crafthere3239]

Its exactly when i stopped to play this game because every mobile game with gems in it are pay 2 win and i knew it would happen for pixel gun too

[@mariomaster217]

I 100 percent completely agree. I started playing this game pretty much when it came out and I played it for way to long and I watched it die and it was not fun to watch die. It was paid to win. That is definitely one of the main reasons why pixel gun died in my opinion, what really set the nail in the coffin was them releasing the br directly when Fortnite came out and Fortnite was doing really well and you could really see the connection there and people like me. The og players at this point where just. Like alright well, there's no point in playing this game anymore and moved on to other things.

[@iamjjanimates]

Me and my friend back in elementary school used to play this, We just loved how fun and simple it was. I specifically remembered me being so excited to unlock the "Fast Death" which at the time was a pretty great pistol that you could get and which you could upgrade. It went from a normal rapid fire standard pistol, to being able to be upgraded to a cool and better diamond one. By just leveling up and earning in game money from 2 or 3 games. It was simple to level up and just have fun. When I returned to the game during 2020 I was very disappointed. Not just because I had a new account but to see how much it had changed. All those fun weapons I got were either extremely nerfed or extremely buffed and hard to get. The fast death was an extremely lame, already diamond, slow firing "rapid fire" pistol. The Golden Desert Eagle you could get by simply earning in game money was also a very crappy starting pistol, and lots of the og weapons and maps were gone. This game falling apart was very sad.

[@lordpepsi7021]

so true I quit in like end of 2017/2018 and then I came back in like 2021 and the game was completely changed and I also lost my account too but the game was just plain boring

[@Gugernoot]

Fast death, rambos rife and chainsaw was a good starting load out.

[@he3004]

FAST DEATH, OMG YES FAST DEATH IT WAS MY FAVOURITE FUCKING GUN IN THE ENTIRE GAME, I FULLY UPGRADED IT MY FRIENDS WOULD TELL ME WHY ARE YOU UPGRADING THE STUPID PISTOL BUT I LOVED THE STUPID PISTOL FAST DEATH MY BELOVED

[@TheLastNoob.]

⁠he3004 chill that weapon was trash tbh

[@SealyTheSeal]

that was me with the secret forces rifle. it was so cool and strong back then, but when i played years later it was useless.

[@Tax_Collector01]

I’ve been playing the game for 6-7 years now and I’ve seen it change significantly over the years, as many others here can attest the same. Over the years I got better as I can attribute the majority of my mobile FPS skills to Pixel Gun 3D, however I temporarily left the game when they introduced OP weapons with little to no chances of obtaining them through gameplay…it frustrated me as skill didn’t really matter anymore as long the other team had more players with weapons that can knock you out in one hit. (At some point I decided I was going to rank number 1 in the survival arena, which I did with a score of approximately 800,000.) That did change when the developers made it possible to obtain those weapons of interest through ad watching, coupons, and battle pass rewards without having to spend any money…so then I was able to obtain enough OP weapons to level the playing field and I was racking up k*lls once more. It once again became the sole mobile FPS game I would always play, until the sheer number of guns and pointless updates they’re adding into the game started to take up way too much storage space on my iPad. So as of 2023, I decided to abandon my old account (it sucks the developers didn’t make it possible to transfer accounts) and made a new account on a new device. As of late, the developers also decided they were going the halve the rewards you would get from watching ads. As if they couldn’t see the writing on the wall at this point. I am still playing the game as it is probably the only game I have some level of consistent proficiency, but I am not confident about its future lest something big changes.

[@sp33dybozohi86]

Same bro. I played this every frickin day during lockdown. I sacrificed my other apps for a new update. It fell off hard

[@Mhilkos]

Just mod the game if you wanna enjoy it (theres for ios and android)

[@idontwannatypeaname]

be ready to switch to another game very soon. you should learn how to play games on pc or console. it'll be a new experience

[@imaginationtrenton]

I began playing in 2015 at the age of 13 or something... I was level 21 when I dropped off. As a guy who isn't really into FPS... The game was somehow really fun. I really enjoyed chatting with others in the lobby. The fun part about the game for me was getting killed while trying to chat with someone, or going after that one guy who was talking trash or just being annoying. What I'm trying to say is... That it was fun, because it felt alive.

[@darksidec1572]

Agreed.

[@p4igeypoo]

im on level 21 too

[@jasperschool2077]

Arguably the best game of my childhood. Had alot of fun playing it daily and grinding for good weapons for months. After quiting the game i had moments where i would remember those days and download it out of nostalgia just to remember how bad it became. truly sad...

[@thatmeme8648]

I stopped playing Pixel Gun 3D completely around 2017 or 2018, which were the final good years on PG3D for me. Safe to say, looking at the PG3D now, I miss the PG3D of old. The simple days of playing the basic story, the weapon list and customization being so good, and generally just having fun within matches or even chilling out and chatting with people between matches. But the thing that hurt most about leaving Pixel Gun 3D at the time wasn't the game itself starting to turn sour (though it still stings a bit) or the extensive amount of time put into it on my geekily named "Ohm" player. It was the friends I had left behind years ago. I promised myself I would come back just for my buddies such as Kade and Rogue. Unfortunately, by then, it was probably already too late. And now with hardly anybody playing the game anymore, other than for some nostalgia, it seems like I may never be able to replicate those good times with old friends on newer and better games. Sad to see the game become a husk of its former self, but I guess that's just how all games like this one go out.

[@WildPhoenix989]

As a former PG3D player, I enjoyed the game alot when I was younger. Ever since they started adding more and more overpowered weapons and items, I couldnt keep up anymore and I feel as the game became more “pay to win” rather than just casual grinding and having decent pvp battles with other players.

[@wretchedwendigoSot]

I remember when prototype would one shot and laser mini gun was amazing but grindy and when I finally got it it was nerfed to oblivion to make the pay to win weapons better and then later I joined back got a sniper called One Shot and now it doesn’t even do what it’s name suggests the game is beyond unbalanced

[@WildPhoenix989]

@@wretchedwendigoSot ikr, i still have the champion minigun and the champion laser sniper thing and I remember being able to one shot ppl with em but now the game is so pay2win, i dont even bother playing it anymore. But yes, I know the prototype, and I have gold for it lol.

[@plutomakesvlogs]

I used to play this all the time and even met friends on there when there was a chill place to hang out. I remembered always waiting for the story chapters to come out. It's such a shame on what happened.

[@timkiernan4366]

great video. forever will miss this games prime man.

[@dogeki113r]

Personally I think PG3D died incredibly fast once the 3 Cat Spam meta started getting popular. A lot of sweats came into the game and ruined it. The crafting parts for the weapons that were originally in the chest were now craftable, which ruined the whole point of collecting them. Getting them in the chest was super fun and had a good feeling.

[@crabulon_the_perfect_one]

3 cat spam broke one of the main weapon balancing mechanisms, keeping damage per shot inversely proportional to attack speed

[@dogeki113r]

@@crabulon_the_perfect_one exactly, it broke the damage. Literally 1 shot weapons being spammed, that’s gonna cause people to rage quit (If someone replies with “get good” or similar) well I am, you’re just using insanely OP weapons that are 1 shot, while I’m using weapons that take time to kill.

[@Mechagodzilla1315]

Pixel Gun version 8.0.0, where both 'cells' controls (which what that is) and armor planted the seed to this game's downfall. Instead of reverting the controls they made ways to "counter" this 3catspam exploit but ended up having even more ridiculous mechanics like pulling towards target and shield attributes, along with weapons with nonsensical damage. It's gotten to a point where its going to take so much to fix the damages they made on this game and theyre doing nothing about it. The best thing they can do right now is change the controls back to 'swipe'. It's a big risk but the outcome would be majority of players returning while cheesers look for a new game to exploit.

[@exhaustedBeetle]

I remember when the devs patched the ghost lantern spam, giving it a cooldown to avoid spam.

[@dogeki113r]

@@exhaustedBeetle yet it still didn’t work, because the # cat spammers found a way to bypass it

[@muricanunclesam]

Hey all, retired PG3D player here. Started playing the game at around 2015, stopped at around 2022. When I played the game for the first time I was incredibly young, and the memories made from playing the game made its way into my little treasure trove. Took a long break from the game in 2018 for personal reasons, and picked it back up in 2020, and in that time, the game had really changed. During that era, the 3catspam playstyle was meta all around, and the game devs had started to become incessantly greedy. But I played it anyways, learned the metas, got some weapons, and finally put the game to rest due to burnout, and the incredible lack of balancing the game had gained. Kind of unfortunate really, the game had so much potential. Thanks for reading, have a great day/night

[@xenai.]

I started in 2017 and my prime was in summer 2021, clan wars. I played so much during that time. I kind of got bored of the game in 2023 and became inactive. Now, I haven't played in the past 8 months, but I'm excited for the release on steam. I'm gonna try it out day 1 when its out, I just hope I can connect my android account...

[@XBOYZX1]

Danm wrote a whole essay 😂

[@SourChips]

​@@XBOYZX1 "retired" like bro go get a real job 😂🫵

[@Arctorias]

i did not read that but good night

[@SatisfyingBiz]

The exact same thing happened to me

[@loganharris7801]

Man, I remember the good old days when the game was actually balanced. Powerful weapons like the ghost launcher and one-shot had pretty large drawbacks that forced players to use them carefully. Now, it seems like every new mythical weapon brings an innovative way to one-shot your opponents with ease. It’s just way too unbalanced. My breaking point for this game was this one time when I came up to an opponent from behind and unloaded a bunch of headshots on them with an epic automatic weapon, only for them to slowly turn around and one-shot me with a body shot from a mythical sniper rifle. I stopped playing the game then, and haven’t picked it up again to this day. It hurts to see that the game is just trying to chase trendy things like Among Us and Squid Game instead of innovating on its own core mechanics, and it saddens me that this once beloved game is dying out. Still, it’s getting what it deserves for being so greedy.

[@turkey.3035]

Thats what happened to me had this good rifle forgot name but it was the best hard earned then they add some dumb 1 shot bat cannon in and i was like yup goodbye.

[@itsbritneybyotch7471]

Peacemaker and that purple prototype sniper thing were the most powerful weapons back in like 2014 or 2015, or at least that’s what i think and they carried me to the top of the server, recently (like few years ago, not too long) i went back and played it and was surprised by how easy it is to have that purple sniper… and it’s no longer a one shot weapon

[@josephmartinez6907]

the game started to go down hill when they started to add so many crazy guns, I remember you had the automatic peace maker or the prototype as the best 2 guns in the game after they added the split world looking map good vs evil and the (I think excavator) the gold pistol with the blue lazer that had wall break just like the prototype it’s started to go down, it was still playable until they added the battle royal clans and the parts for wepons. I still remember buying the big buddy (it was like a mini cannon) over the prototype or the apm and dominating lobby’s, that gun was broken for some reason especially rocket jumping and what not but they gave that gun a buff then removed it from the game but I still had it, it was show up as the apocalypse (the rocket launcher) on otheres screens but it was the mini cannon. I remember then giving it 3 ammo instead of 1 and 3 upgrades back when upgrades actually meant something, like when it would change the look of some guns like the prototype. i’ll end my rant here but I will forever miss the game, playing the space station map with my brother capture the flag is jumping across the map one with the flag the other going over to grab it the second it gets returned. memory in a game that will be forever missed

[@pyronate]

man i remember being in the olden days of pg3d where there were barely any p2w stuff, sweaty people and it wasnt repetitive, but these days pg3d is quite the opposite. i will always miss the old pg3d days

[@jim4194]

Couldn't have said it better I miss the good old days

[@w5bs]

Do you remember you can get all your money ( gold coins ) from the zombies mode

[@214memaris9]

It was always P2W in some way. The ability to buy currency is itself, P2W. But it wasn’t “required,” you could easily get by without

[@MickeyGetPlay]

same I used to play the game all the time a few years ago.

[@MickeyGetPlay]

and I used to get scared whenever I did the slenderman or school campaign

[@keegangriffith989]

I cried inside watching this the nostalgia hit me like a brick. I tried to get back into it but I couldn't transfer my account across platforms. Furthermore, after this video, I think it's time to let old things rest.

[@skotskot3379]

yeah thats a major reason i quit too, device transfers are just too difficult

[@parkappanigga]

They used to be insanely easy but once people started trading accounts and the whole account buying got huge, they started mass banning everyone who ever gave their account to anyone else. I got banned like 3 times, was never given a reason nor was my ban ever read by one of the devs. I once waited from October-May waiting for a message from the pixelgun support but they always said the same bs. @@skotskot3379

[@kiemsargis7963]

well i am coming back this year as soon as the pc version comes out it should be awesome@@skotskot3379

[@CatchTheMarmosets]

2014 - 2016 was the golden era, might’ve only played that game for 2 years but I was on it almost every day for so long. I had so much rare stuff, I forgot exactly what time I quit but it was roughly around the time Ghost Lantern was removed from the store. Either way, the OG era was amazing. Cant even remember the death match map I always played but I remember the spawn area (had a punch of white sorta pillars and a white grainy floor) and a waterfall. Many memories of this game, ants life, inside the code, D-Day. Shame you can’t experience what it was nowadays.

[@TroutVR]

Man was this my childhood. I remember me and my clanmates would share around hacked iclouds that had all the guns unlocked and have hacked skins with colors that weren't available in the skin editor. I used to pump hours into getting better at the game but stopped playing in like 2017 wild that was almost 7 years ago now.

[@thatonememe_guy]

Its so brutal that all things we used to love tragically died and the new content on any Platform make you ask why your world deserves this or why is Society so worse than it used to be

[@rend9874]

that... was already 7 years ago?..

[@interesting3981]

Damn I remember getting one of those accounts just because I guessed a passcode in private servers and met a person that actually bested me by 1 kill. Man those were good times

[@jdjGSHBFjh68827]

That was a thing before?! Damn, I missed out!

[@SkYDrive_R]

As a player (F2P) who has returned to the game recently (like a week ago), yea I completely agree. I started playing in 2017 but lost my account a lot so now I just have a lvl 39 acc now. While personally I still like and play the game sometimes, the gameplay loop does get boring after at least a week into playing the game. Great video my guy

[@alphanumeric6582]

Seeing this was heartbreaking. That was what my entire childhood consisted of for a certain period. It wasn’t just a shooter neither. It was also a social game to chill, away from all he shooting and you could even create your own skin.

[@MillieTheImp]

Oh my god, i remember So much, the campaign,the Custom skins, clan battles, So many weapons, plasma pistol. Fire Knife, Peacemaker..

[@cheezkid2689]

I miss when the story mode was the main focus and the multiplayer was a side thing to play after finishing the campaign. Such a shame. There were microtransactions back then, yes, but it wasn't nearly as obscene as it is now. I miss it so much.

[@t-rkplayzgames6737]

Actually as an old time Pixel Gun 3D Player since 2015, I remember when the game was first around I was actually a huge fan of it, but its honestly sad how it took a huge downfall after many years, but in my opinion I think it was deserved to show that Greed wont get you anywhere. What I really liked about the game was not just the weapons itself, but actually getting to have fun and cherishing those memories you made with people in the past, getting to watch some of the content like Exxoticgaming for example because I watched him all the time, having those fun times pretending and funny story some of my characters I drew up on my freetime had originated from the game itself, and I would always try to get the laser weapons to make myself like the "Powerful Sci-Fi Robot" from a Different world. Although I had started to lose my respect for the game once I started realizing there was a point where I couldnt even play against players anymore, people were hacking and it even got to the point where there was this one player with a "Slywolf Shield" and this Ice Bat that would annihalate everyone, although I would actually time my shots right and everything, it was hopeless. I was thinking I was bad but I soon noticed it was because some of these people are buying weapons to surpass everyone, but what made me really lose my respect for Pixel Gun 3D was when they banned Exxotic for no reason. It was fun in the beginning for me, but after so long I just realized that there was no point anymore and I stopped playing 3 years ago, so until it gets fixed, I may start again, but I know thats not going to happen anytime soon so its best that we say farewell to a childhood game that took a bad turn.

[@CubixTube.]

I don't watch pixel gun content but the algorithm knows what we want.

[@xtherealest]

Maaan I got so many memories with this game. I remember how pay to win it was and I remember sometimes buying the guns and stuff for money but it was alright I had so much fun playing the game. Those times were something else. Sad that the game was ruined like that. I remember that I stopped playing the game because just how you said the old weapons were suddenly useless and that took all the fun away and I wouldn't spend any money after that because it was obvious you'd buy something and next update it would be useless again. Money helped you a lot in that game but at first it was great anyway I spent a couple dollars and I had fun for a long long time. The developer was just hungry for money and instead of making more in the end he lost so much money because he totally destroyed the game just because he was greedy.

[@Reidlos1773]

I was obsessed with Cod Zombies when I was young, so the "story mode" I absolutely adored, and never really enjoyed the multiplayer aspect as much. In the story mode in the beginning, every level cleared would give you a new, more powerful gun, and you had this sense of progression. Somewhere along the lines that was removed, and it didn't feel the same. Along with when the models were changed. Early on, the zombie models and other creature models were quite creepy to child me, combined with a very creepy and dark atmosphere on some of the maps. Years later I went back and tried to get into the game again, but I dislike most mobile FPS games so the multiplayer didn't click and the story mode wasn't the same. I enjoyed hordeing zombies on cool maps with progression and everything's like minecraft, not minecraft pay-to-win CS:GO. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the multiplayer FPS mode at all early on, considering I was a kid playing on my shitty phone, there's always many people better and I just didn't have fun after like 20 minutes.

[@TheSeabornGaming]

I definitely can see how their greed backfired. I remember loving the game when I was younger and I remember coming back after a while and really saw how the game changed

[@gochi6542]

I remember playing when it first came out. I beat the campaign several times and was constantly on multiplayer when it was released. But eventually one of the updates got rid of all my items and made it way harder to get all of the stuff I just used to have. That killed it for me personally

[@minecraftcraftingtable9270]

Pixal gun was one of my childhood games, I only stopped playing in back in like 2018/2019 because the pros had very OP guns which made me stand no chance. It’s sad to see where our childhood game has ended up nowadays being a P2W game.

[@oceanusprocellarum6853]

Good video. Would be nice if you acknowledged the update that introduced gems. I distinctly remember how much I hated that update. By adding a premium currency you can't really grind for (compared to coins), they added pretty much P2W weapons, and only exacerbated the problem with other systems like weapon rentals, a more complex and expensive weapon upgrading system (which they revamped more than a few times), battle pass, crafting, etc. Overall, problems with the game: - Skill gap: discussed in the video pretty well - Powercreep: discussed, but would have benefitted with solid examples. Like remember when storm hammer was introduced and every single lobby was dominated by 1 or 2 hammer spammers? Or the judge and nanobots rifle? Or when impulse sniper rifle and other rental weapons were first introduced (before they got nerfed)? Even the clan weapons that were so hyped up were easily rendered obsolete within a few updates. Very far astray from the days when Prototype PSR and anti-grav blaster were popular. - P2W features: directly tied into powercreep and was also discussed, but didn't tell the whole story. First gems as premium currency, then rentals, then battle pass and the loot crate/weapon fragments system, and probably more that I haven't kept up with. -Feature creep: the total experience of the game was bloated, as there was so many different systems to keep up with. Pets, armor, battle pass, quests/missions, clans, multiple currencies, powerups, crafting, limited events, etc. Maybe it could've worked if the features were better unified, but in the end they just didn't integrate well with each other, and the new features ended up making the game more of a slog than exciting.

[@gladiatorgamer9502]

Skill gap is caused by people who dont want to get good and just play for fun but end up wasting valuable time trying to have fun 😂

[@douhgremuro150]

​@@gladiatorgamer9502yeah how dare someone play for fun instead of tryharding smh

[@Atlantic_dummie]

This game will always be in my heart, it's the reason why I now play your typical shooters (D2, Halo, titanfall) and how I got into gaming. Genuinely sad to see it go down like this but what can you do, just be glad that I got to experience the golden age of this game and treasure it. Cheers for making this vid, brings back so many good (and bad) memories.

[@everglxdes]

I love the thorough detail you went in on this topic, pretty good video but I do think there are some other factors worth mentioning such as the community.

[@anna-gt2mu]

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[@anna-gt2mu]

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[@Jason_Chicken]

? huh@@anna-gt2mu

[@tntmaster7869]

That's true

[@alexjurch6041]

Never heard anything bad about the community.... Maybe its just me?

[@Owl_Hooter]

i remember first joining Pixel gun Because of a friend who introduced me to it, from then on i more and more started to enjoy playing the game with my friends and would spend up to 5 hours constantly playing, i enjoyed the game for many years, watching things like 3 cat spam or the removal of that one controlable rocket weapon, the first ever Battlepass being added to the game, Friends i made along the way of playing PG3D... i havent touched PG3D in for a few years now and i hate to see my favourite childhood Game to just be an time passer for some people, i enjoyed the game when paying wasnt really a huge factor of the game... From any POV i still love this game deep in my heart and i am glad i got to see its best sides❤

[@tinypixiebread]

I'm surprised it took them this long to die off even, the minecraft resource pack owners did talk about how Pixel Gun stole some of their texture here and there without permission, one of biggest victim was Dokucraft team, one of biggest resource pack community too.

[@zoboomafoo.]

This game was insane in its first few years, multiplayer was genuinely fun, and the story had a strange amount of depth that had me waiting months for the next chapter.

[@juliusamobi733]

Wait there a story ?

[@sacripan4425]

​@@juliusamobi733campaign mode

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@juliusamobi733Yeah there was a story mode. It isn't something I'd say had "a strange amount of depth" though.

[@ZeroCrits]

I remember dominating the space lobby with the purple laser gun and that's even before we had extras like jetpacks or even the other world story mode etc. One of the most fun game I played as a child. It's just simple and perfect, No need for other words

[@-TheUnkownUser]

True OG. The game was already P2W but not as much as it is now.

[@tntmaster7869]

​@-TheUnkownUser exactly its just too much now before it was atleast bearable💀

[@-TheUnkownUser]

@@tntmaster7869 I hated that laser... One shot and thru walls?! That thing was so OP... The 2fort of pixel gun was a nightmare if your enemy had that gun...

[@jdjGSHBFjh68827]

​@@-TheUnkownUserI remember when the Prototype PSR-1 and the Ultimate Headhunter were two of the most OVERPOWERED weapons back then. They were both a guaranteed 1 tap kill, but they were also difficult to use, which gave them a nice sense of balance.

[@GMART50]

Those were the good ol days. I remember a time when they had the survival arena. You could get around 500 coins in 30 minutes. Back when it wasn't pay to win :'\

[@armada7-rk88]

i used to play this game with my sister back when it was in its golden age. we have fun memories with it. we haven't played in years because of work and stuff. a little while back i decided to install the game and relive some of those memories, but i ended up deleting it a short time after because i just couldn't bear to see what it has become... old beloved maps gone, tons upon tons of new weapons, op weapons, too many hackers making multiplayer pretty much unplayable, and well, all that micro transactions nonsense.. i miss when this game was a lot simpler :(

[@V0RTA]

I remembered playing this non-stop since 2016 and watched my school friends playing this since 2013. It was fun but what made it stale was the P2W feature with microtransaction, unbalanced level match, trophy loss (has been removed), and mostly greedy features. Now that it's going to be released on steam for PC, I want to give it another shot whether it has changed to a better state or not.

[@kivnokai]

I first started playing Pixel Gun 3D with my old primary school friend back in 2014/2015 on our old iPads. Back then, it had a lot less features than it does now, but I remember having a lot of good memories with pretty much all the major modes there were back then-multiplayer, where I'd play a lot of TDM and actually do pretty well for a 10/11 year old kid; arena, where I'd grind the fuck out of it and get to really high rounds, getting plenty of coins where I was able to unlock some pretty cool stuff such as armour (which actually came around late 2015 if I remember correctly), and campaign, which I would frequently go back to so I could try and perfect it and get as many coins out of it as possible. I remember spending a LOT of money on the game, like an unhealthy amount of money for even someone my age nowadays, and I got the best stuff in the game. I got stuff like a fully-upgraded minigun, probably the best pistol in the game, etc., and it was awesome. It killed people so fast and I was a god in multiplayer with it. I vividly remember playing on maps such as that Heaven map, the pool map, the Nuketown map where I would wait around to see the nuke go off in the distance, as well as arena maps like that FNaF map that I would keep restarting the arena mode to try and get. I also had a blast playing that Hunger Games mode, I couldn't tell you the amount of times I played that mode and loved it. Then the years went by. I did play it for a while longer, maybe a couple of years, but slowed down in the amount that I played over the years and eventually just stopped playing it after a while, especially when my iPad started getting too old to be able to handle modes such as the multiplayer mode (which would crash mid-match). I then came back to it recently, I'd say about 1-2 years ago, and it was insane to see the amount that the game has changed, and largely not for the better. There were things like this new pet system, crafting system, a new battle royale mode, and so many new guns that made my owned guns, which were complete monsters at the time, almost completely useless. Literally The Prototype, which was an absolute beast of a sniper rifle, was fucking useless. I remember jumping into a multiplayer match and had such a bad time with the amount of sweaty kids that were playing on there, that I quit mid-match. I uninstalled the game shortly after and never played again. It is honestly such a shame to see the way Pixel Gun 3D fell out of popularity. It went from a game we all played as kids, to just being that one Minecraft knockoff game we think about once every two years because we remember that we used to play it back in primary school. It will probably never come back from the hole that the developers dug the game into.

[@Real-Agent-Meta]

As someone who started playing in 2014, I completely agree with you. The went from one of the greatest things my childhood had to a PTW game no different than what there is now, and don't get me started on their attempt to copy Battle Royale games

[@Lillian_6.]

I may be late, but I remembered playing the game in its good times and actually played it for a while, even in a zombie mode that was my favorite. I stopped when they started to add the p2w aspect because that was the beginning of their greed, and I personally wasn't going to deal with that. I did come back some time for the story mode, but oh jeez, what i saw when i came back was just sad. The entire p2w stuff, gambling, the game changed so much that it just left me disgusted. I ended up completing the story and then deleting the game to never come back until recently. This video shows up to me and sums up basically what happened to pixel gun. it had a good run at the start 💜

[@sleepy6849]

As a previous support team member for pg3d, I completely agree with this video, the game's been boring for the last few months, years, I'm stuck with my old and non even meta anymore weapons, against people who've got one or two weapons and completely obliterate what I have, the damage's been done I don't know what they have to do to fix this.

[@rohanpxo7516]

Same here bother 😔

[@damianraines2273]

your old employees destroyed the game I'm a og player at the beginning

[@sleepy6849]

I'm also an OG player, i understand your frustation but there's nothing we can do anymore@@damianraines2273

[@TerminallyOffline2]

This game has been dead since 2018 tbh

[@Owen1383YT]

As a current going og player. It's really unfortunate to see how this game in the early years, went from a game that pretty much a lot of players were playing to now where it's feel unbalance and unfair. I've seen everything that happened over the years. With new additions being implemented every major update per update. With almost every update having more negative opinion over positive. Even to the point of being the overall issue this game still suffers even currently. With even the community advising the devs into resolving this overall issues and for the devs, it's neglected and shrugged under the rug. I've even ask the members from r/pixelgun(tho a small amount of the playerbase) if they have any hope for the game improving over next year, with the majority responses being confirming no. Even with all these issues, the devs aren't going to do jack crap about it. All they care about is about the profits they could make frequently. With another post I've sent to the Pixel gun subreddit, some of the replies almost had the same key points(P2W aspect, terrible weapon balancing, reworking things into something different that's more terrible than the initial state, unwanted change, repetitive/cycling the same aspects every season) and which mostly the devs couldn't give a dang about it. It's really sad to see players from different social medias expressions towards the game current state but is justified due to the devs. I just wished the game could resolve its overall issues. Instead of focusing on profits, focus on improving the gameplay in general. Make every weapon versatile/viable. We don't really need a season every month. They could extend a season for improvements. Have new content that is never been seen before. Take risk and collect feedback from the community to resolve them. But these suggestions are just going to be swept under the radar and is the community's hopium. Also the part where you said in 7:57 on why a couple maps were removed, it was due to their SBMM. Removing the unpopular arenas and retain or return the populated arenas.

[@ightimmasponge2055]

I agree even though I read only one word of that long ahh thesis

[@bobfishtheblobfish3619]

@@ightimmasponge2055 he talked about how nazi germany was peak and how pixel gun represents them. not sure why you agree bro

[@ightimmasponge2055]

@@bobfishtheblobfish3619 they rejected an artist who then used that rejection for something better, now that's a Dhar Mann story, so I don't see anything wrong

[@bobfishtheblobfish3619]

@@ightimmasponge2055 nah man

[@johnathan_maximiliam]

​@@bobfishtheblobfish3619I'm not sure what you're talking about

[@ROBLOXTHANOS]

Your to-the-point style of narration earned you a new sub.

[@NeoTheKuria]

I started playing late 2021 (maybe) and stopped in 2023. I remember those days, sniping each other, slender forest, heaven garden, four somethings..

[@oceanareuherrera2610]

This game was truly my world when i was so much younger, I'd gotten my friends into it, even my dad would play with me sometimes, and it was awesome. I remember feeling kinda nostalgiac about it at one point recently, tried downloading it again to play it and wow, it was truly heartbreaking. All these things to pay for, tons of crazy weapons that I would never get unless I decided to blow off my money on it, and these events, events, events. Like said, tons of the og maps were removed, and not only was it odd trying to get used to the new ones, everyone there paid to have some, i dunno, godfist suicide (ultrakill reference) gun thing. I was literally like, "wow... this truly sucks now" and then deleted it. Really sad to see something so fun and good become so commercial and money-driven

[@bingpg3d552]

Great video! I think you hit the nail on why the game failed, but I aso think that it was worth mentioning the brawlstars update that was so successful in making the community happy, that it was reverted back so that players are forced to spend money on new guns

[@SeiyaTempest]

I played this game regularly around 7-8 years ago, sad to hear about its downfall like this. It seems like everything from my childhood has been shut down, Moshi Monsters and Binweevils too.

[@YTTA-2]

Aight Boys Lets Play PG3D again

[@cyber_nuggets8302]

It's really a shame that PG3D fell off, because there's really no other game like it Most modern shooter games tend to focus on realism, and I kinda miss the wacky weapons that pixelgun had to offer.

[@FreonSB]

This game was really something to me. I remember when I have discovered 3 cat spam, at that time there was no delay. I truly miss the old PG3D. I also remember that time when prototype was one of the most overpowered weapons in the game. Now it’s just trash. There really is a big difference between now and before. It’s just a P2W game now. I still play it, but I really miss the old game. It was a big part of my childhood.

[@Doirenzin]

I remember playing this when I was young. and honestly, I feel sad to see a game that I loved to play just going downhill

[@yifart9284]

I started playing pixel gun 3D in 2014. I soon started realizing how fun this game was, at this rate I was playing on some old phone that genuinely would die constantly, sooner or later in 2017 I had obtained an iPhone 8, wasn’t much but hey my biggest thought was continue playing the game. I loved the game a lot, even playing it during class, was fun to meet a lot of the people I was friends with, people from OG Waterfall & Commandments. At some point the game took a fall, as you started, I was still able to play but a key issue came. Lag. Lag was the worst thing to ever hit me, and I never lagged even having friends and I do the things to lag out our games. Never worked. Soon updated started rolling in and, I saw it the grinding and progress I did was pointless, for newer OP weapons to come out. I knew the game’s downfall was starting. In 2019 I soon had called quits to the game, never to return, I soon returned yesterday infact cause some of my newer friends were playing the game. Coming back to it, I didn’t expect much. Hackers this time since it was released on STEAM. I was upset knowing a lot of the system was still the same. If the game was saved before hand I would’ve never called quits. I wish it would come back to a good state, for now, just playing casually, not competitively.

[@ChiupelAnimations]

i knew sweats were a thing, but being this horrendous is insane i honestly hope that by 2025 or so the people add some kind of way to have matches without having to deal with sweats, its honestly really annoying fighting against one and not because of the skill issue, its because you CAN NOT do anything about it, the moment you appear in their sight they're either going to chase you or murder you within two tenths of a second

[@GuggleMuss]

I used to play this game with my friend on pve arena and campaigns on a old android phone. once i got my own phone we played multiplayer like crazy. unfortunety microtransactions and detachment from pve content kinda made it a pain to get the cool guns (since grinding became so hard). the final nail for me was the guns requiring parts to get. you either no-lifed duels or paid up.

[@ItzUrBoiEcho]

2013-2014 era was the most fun for me. i remember it only had coins as currency and had potions in the shop that gave you unique effects. fav weapon was the prototype, very fun times

[@tatmanperfections_gaming]

I grew up on this… prolly my first ever shooter game too… I wanted to take a trip down memory lane and reinstalled it and was extremely disappointed and sad to see how my memory was shattered by greed