PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Is A Successful Failure (The Jimquisition)

[@PhilosophyTube]

Just tried to fry some bacon and now Blue Hole are suing my kitchen

[@Theismisacrime]

Philosophy Tube How would Camus view the individual fate of a Battle Royale contestant, Ollie?

[@satanic_rosa]

Didn't know you watched The Jimquisition

[@Zee-pi3io]

You da best!

[@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII]

Synthesis: You're cooking bacon in your microwave from now on fam

[@justsomeguy8385]

Well they did invent bacon, frying pans, and kitchens. Stop ripping off their brand.

[@slickvicXLII]

What I find funny is that they're suing for games ripping off of things like energy drinks, when their own energy drinks are CLEARLY a rip off of Red Bull. Smh

[@shinji2k]

That's one of my favorite details about this whole mess. I would go as far as to say that their rip-off of a Redbull can is so blatant, PUBG may even be committing trademark infringement themselves.

[@James_Bee]

Red Bull endorses PUBG.

[@slickvicXLII]

TheBeezNeez 81 a quick Google search disproves that statement

[@James_Bee]

slickvicXLII BUT IT GIVES YOU WINGS!!!!

[@slickvicXLII]

TheBeezNeez 81 =)

[@djmuel]

Can we also please talk about how literally everything, clothing, the entire premise, and weapons (including the venerable “iconic” pan) that are in PUBG: has been directly lifted from the Japanese movie Battle Royale from the early 2000’s

[@space_mans]

which itself was adapted from Takami Kōshun's 1999 novel of the same name

[@milansmith8431]

Aye, a welcome surprise in the comment section!

[@randytyson]

It likely would've helped if PUBG didn't spend most of its time in the popularity sun doing its best to be unappealing as possible -Microtransactions were announced even though it was promised it would never have Microtransactions let alone it being in early access -It was later revealed that the mt were LOOTBOXES being as disgusting as ever. -Microtransactions made to support a esports team that was soon shown to be a scam -Promised to fix many of the online issue that desperately needed fixing -It soon got revealed that only Xbox users would get to play the game -Xbox one version is a complete fuck up worse cause it was charging 30$ -Bluehole has decided it has nothing better to do now than to sue its competitors instead you know actually improving the player experience And during all of that time, Fortnite was able to grow a community and make itself a rival to PUBG. PUBG literally dug themselves their own BLUEhole. The only thing that's unknown is wether or not they can get out of it

[@BudokaiMan-mr9tw]

RANDY TYSON This comment needs to be pinned!

[@mikeaft3585]

They said the game WILL have MTs, but they'll be put in when the game comes out of Early AAAccess

[@LA_MALA_ORDINA]

You mean their own bluehole? AHHAAHHAHhhaahhah... I'm sorry I'll go now.

[@christopher2684]

all correct, except the price tag its 29.99 still aint free thou also being released on xbox first doesnt matter AT ALL trust me, we still only have ONE map, we never get the cool game modes, its broken when you get into a firefight of epic proportions its garbage on console right now, no need to put that on PS players too. I mean dont give them the opportunity to sell this broken ass game on other platforms, they will make more money for nothing.

[@nonfickshun]

Xbox version is $30.

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

PUBG once got nominated for game of the year. Going up against Persona 5, Nier, Cuphead, BOTW, Odyssey and many others. How? The game is unfinished, full of bugs and runs like ass. Not to mention the devs doesn't even bother fixing anything because they're too busy suing everyone for frying pans.

[@thomaslefkof8589]

There's a starman waiting in the sky, and making shite cosmetics and weapon skins

[@JD-wh9pj]

Yeah that was pretty baffling last year. I mean there's no way they stood a chance up against a Zelda game. But to even be nominated really shows where people heads were at.

[@deevee5327]

Because popularity = quality according to some people.

[@dxBIGBOSSxb]

An unfinished and broken mess like PUBG had no business being a GOTY contender and instead of being humble and building off their success, the devs are burning their reputation to the ground and soiling whatever acclaim they once had.

[@weaverquest]

Lol Nier wasn't even in the nominations (fifth one was Horizon Zero Dawn). They tought PUBG was more worthy candidate than Nier Automata.

[@cowboifunk]

This PUBG lawsuit fiasco reminds me of when The Fine Bros tried to claim that they own the reaction genre and got absolutely pilloried

[@youknowyoufuckedupright3058]

The PUBG lawsuit still reminds me of EA shitty business practices and they're not even related to the BR genre....yet.

[@treemover7259]

@@youknowyoufuckedupright3058 do you see the future???

[@youknowyoufuckedupright3058]

@@treemover7259 I'm Dracula. I can't help but see bullshit.

[@doomslayer163]

I remember that, haha 😂..The best thing to come outta that was the video 'Idubbbz' came out with, slamming them for it.. Lol 😆

[@KaiserAfini]

Bluehole failed to focus on polishing their game, instead they doubled down on making money. In so doing, they lost the competitive edge they had by starting the race early and being the "top of mind" game. They had all the resources, but none of the vision.

[@GenericInternetter]

I would not be surprised if EA buy them out now. Because EA also fuck up their games and just milk them till they die.

[@night31869]

yup, that's what happens when you announce all new big updates (vaulting etc) and then proceed to be like "nah, just gonna release cosmetics for the next half year, kthxbye"

[@PandaPelley]

BR games arent even fun so that was their first mistake

[@josh885]

Exactly. The only thing keeping a lot of people playing the half broken pubg instead of Fortnite is the style. The more realistic styling appeals to a lot of people vs the cartoony style of Fortnite. I think that is large part of is what keeps pubg as popular as it instead being completely killed off by Fortnite despite all the technical problems it still has.

[@memnarch129]

Bluehole does this with ALL their games. Their console launch of Tera is riddled with problems and missing features, they are missing 4 entire classes from the game.

[@metfan4l]

10:59 "They made a Flaming Homer and didn't thinnk far enough ahead to stop the Flaming Moe". Goddamn if that isn't the perfect analogy for all this I don't know what is, good job Jim!

[@OriginalPiMan]

Егор Лысенко More specifically, in an early-ish episode of The Simpsons, Homer creates a drink by mixing the leftovers of a bunch of other drinks (plus some cough syrup). Moe then claims the drink and recipe as his own and makes a lot of money from it.

[@AndyEmerald]

Was about to comment on that too. That reference made me smile.

[@angelsapon9894]

Seriously man that was brilliant.

[@jonathanshirley4366]

I conquer, love the Simpson's analogy.

[@vaultgamer6875]

Man you're everywhere. lol

[@Cutiemuffinz]

Hey question: why is nobody bothered that PUBG is clearly using the coloring of Red Bull for their sport’s drink, and are upset that someone else is using a dissimilar can of pop in their game as part of their suit? Would they be even angrier if the clone had a tie in with Red Bull for real?

[@Khenfu_Cake]

Adrienne Sommer-Locey Would be hilarious if the devs PUBG are suing actually had gotten permission from Red Bull to use a similar design as theirs for the in game energy drinks. I doubt they did, but it would be funny if that was indeed the case.

[@MegaMapper]

They changed that months ago because red bull had problems and in this video you can see a lot of old clips.

[@ElainaMaruyama]

So they're complaining about copyright infringement when they themselves infringed on someones copyright and had to legally change it. Sounds like salty butthurt to me.

[@TheTexan83]

Think that's bad? Listen to the menu music and then go watch the Avengers movies.

[@ahettinger525]

@Mirai: As a point of order, Bluehole committed trademark infringement, not copyright infringement by copying Red Bull's branding. That said, it's still pretty damn ironic... hell Red Bull's trademark has more creativity put into it then all of PUBG combined.

[@SsnakeBite]

I find the complaint of the energy drink design being stolen especially laughable considering the PUBG team blatantly designed it after Red Bull cans. It's not a good look when you criticize someone for copying something you copied off someone else.

[@wschippr1]

SsnakeBite The who game is a copy of a copy lol. It spawned off from DayZ and that spawned off of ARMA.

[@laerin7931]

AFAIK Red Bull lawyers even threatened with legal action, and I think the actual energy drink can in PUBG is now light blue because of that.

[@Khenfu_Cake]

SsnakeBite Indeed. By PUBG's own logic Red Bull should sue PUBG. While I doubt they won't, since most companies usually have a live and let live attitude towards media imitating (not outright copying, unless it's paid product placement) their brands (emphasis on usually, of course). You could argue Red Bull definitely would have a stronger case against PUBG, if they decided to sue them over the energy drink design in Battlegrounds, since Red Bull's can design could be considered unique to their brand and probably is their copyrighted intellectual property. At least it's a better argument for copyright infringement than freaking frying pans.

[@Khenfu_Cake]

Zak Strayder Yes, just read it. I think he posted his comment while I was writing mine, since I didn't see it until afterwards:)

[@SafetySkull]

4:16 "This might be the first time in the history of the video game industry I've seen a game publisher be upset that they got free advertising" Ummm??? Nintendo copyright striking reactions to their promotional materials?? Basically slapping the ban-hammer on people trying to get their ads to more eyeballs??

[@_Piers_]

Shipping containers at a port...as if having shipping containers at a port is an unusual place for shipping containers to be. I wouldn't be too surprised if the majority of the words shipping containers are at ports.

[@jimmyokeeffe]

Pook365 some are on ships too

[@skittleserval5098]

Fact. But the dev doesn't care about the logic. He's just grasping at straws while mourning the fact that his style-less, medium-effort cash grab was overshadowed by stylish, high-effort productions.

[@KhaosKontroller]

Blue Hole are gonna try and sue all ports in the world for ripping off their shipping container idea.

[@Elenrai]

And some fall into the ocean. With some I mean...a LOT fall into the ocean.

[@sinteleon]

Actually, the majority of ship containers are on ships, not ports, I believe?

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

Moral of the story- have an artistic vision.

[@etcetera.etcetera.etcetera]

And an A+ code development team. And an A+ content development team.

[@daze3o5]

I think these things are easy to say in retrospect, but I no one really expected PUBG to be so successful.

[@2GuitarsPlay]

daze3o5 man I mean listening to Brendan Greene on the H3 podcast, I don’t think he expected it to be played by more than a few hundred people. His heart seems in the right place so fuck knows who trying all this legal shit.

[@MelodicQuest]

No. Moral of the story is; make a fucking effort!

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

Wouldn't those two go hand in hand?

[@umbaupause]

Wait, are they claiming to own... Openly available Unreal assets? Is that even like... is that okay?

[@Eudaimonium]

*Unreal assets, and no, that's fucking not OK.

[@umbaupause]

Ah, right! My bad, I corrected it!

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

It's the most backwards and moronic thing I've ever seen.

[@schribbler1592]

What makes it funnier...is that Epic owns Unreal.

[@Haan22]

That is pretty damn funny. This may well be one of the most frivolous lawsuits ever in gaming history, including all of DH's brain farts.

[@ZeroMayhemZX]

I see "frying pan" as an in game weapon and I go straight to Princess Peach in Super Mario: RPG!

[@Elonyx.studios]

I can go back farther, I think of Paula from Earthbound

[@amadea4890]

@@Elonyx.studios game&watch

[@tapman1277]

So for those who don't know, Super Mario RPG came out in 1996. Earthbound in North America in '95 and Game & Watch (Chef) in '81, though the frying pan wasn't used as a weapon in that one.

[@EGIMSL]

Princess peach, but in smash brawl, one of her side smashes is the pan and the sound it makes is so satisfying. Worst part of ultimate is the fact that they took out the pan and the tennis racket and left her with the golf club for the side smash, by far the least satisfying to whack someone with :/

[@SLKibara]

I'll give PUBG this, they have managed to somehow have lesser valid reasons than Digital Homicide in their lawsuits.

[@JayNSG0]

In The Mind of Kibara niiiice

[@joshuahopkins8747]

Here before this becomes the top comment. Congratulations, my friend. You've earned it.

[@noname-wo9yy]

But with more lawyers and money to feed them

[@ianaddyman1006]

OOF

[@localviewerofgeodes2291]

TheDragon_Fister because Digital Suicide would have been too literal

[@DarknessIsTheTruth]

Wr didn't see Valve throw a fit when Overwatch hit the scene. Just putting that out there.

[@ItsDKoda]

The community on the other hand....

[@thetrustysidekick3013]

At that point Valve was content to just gobble up money from Steam. Besides, them suing a company like Activision-Blizzard is just a waste of time and money.

[@ishmaboy]

I personally prefer PUBG over Fortnite, largely because of the Battlefield-esque gunplay, but everything you said here was *100% spot-on* I honestly can't think of a single "iconic" aspect of the game, apart from as you said, the battle royale formula.

[@iconredesign]

Judging by the lawsuits, they are salty as well.

[@JayNSG0]

iconredesign We joke about them in the office frequently.

[@LadyUsakoB]

mhm

[@Cleve_Crudgington]

PlayerUnknown's Salt Factory.

[@Chinga3000]

Fuk Blue Orifice in the ear.

[@TheLeafyo]

To be fair the mobile games in question are copied to a point where the level 3 helmet in both games share the seemingly arbitrary health value of 230. I've seen ports that fail to copy the original game as accurately as these games do. It's kinda unfortunate that PUBG is getting new content as frequently as dayZ at this point.

[@indeimaus]

i heard souls like, where is it i heard top 10 frying pans in video games list jim

[@nutmalone5527]

Indeimaus (points gun) someone has to stop you man

[@naseralsalem236]

Sue Jim, he's stealing your idea of making shitty top tens.

[@GeekEnglish]

Watch Mojo are probably already on it

[@WitchyLambGaming]

DO IT

[@kariemelhanan8878]

You know you've made it when someone says top ten and you immediately think of indimaus. Trademark top tens its the only logical step

[@WilltehGreat]

I thought the reason we didn't call them "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds clones" was because the name "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is itself a textbook example of terrible branding.

[@Tibasu]

Maybe if the PUBG devs used the money they made to improve their game, they wouldn't have to worry about people "copying" them

[@argmax110]

Tibasu YES! This is the perfect argument.

[@domaren12345]

Pretty hard to find more devs when you are based in south korea

[@FrantiC119]

This is what I was saying six months after launch. The rate at which they've added things have been staggeringly slow considering the success. My friends would tell me they were focused on anti-cheat and performance, but then that was mostly patched up and still nothing. Also early on there were reports that they were going to focus on a competitive mode which is idiotic considering how random the game is. They just needed to throw a ton of toys in the play pen.

[@crowleon6174]

"Pretty hard to find more devs when you are based in south korea" Funny didn't know South Korea had no internet or planes or boats or cars or horses. That is likely the dumbest damn excuse in the world to use these days. First, we are in the modern world which means with a bit of cash getting anyone, anywhere is relatively easy to do. Second, again with a bit of cash you can hire any person (hopefully qualified for the job) to relocate to you place of business. Third, China and Japan are not far away so they have no excuse for not being able to find good devs to increase the games "uniqueness". They had plenty of time to add "cosmetics" to the game but not enough time to devise new "unique" maps, guns, etc. for the game? I call bullshit on that. They just wanted the easy money to keep rolling in while doing little to nothing to maintain it. They tried to pull an EA and got bitch slapped to the floor for it. Mr. Greene andcrew just rehashed the genre and assets from other places and now has to deal with it being done to him. That I personally find funny. :P

[@aivreescend7945]

domaren12345 that's dastardly underestimating of south korea. Did you know that basically 70% of MMORPG used to be Korean made? Did you think they just born yesterday? How dense can you be??

[@SpicyWaffle]

Dead Rising has the best frying pans. You can heat them up on stovetops and burn zombie faces off. Clearly better than PUBG.

[@theboomerpride]

SpicyWaffle was that in dead rising? Or was that dead rising 2 and onwards?

[@bluskye7899]

Conkers Bad Fur Day had a frying pan as the primary weapon.

[@cursedex]

TheBoomerPride First one. Even the barebones Wii version had it.

[@aqworldsjames12344]

Nope, best use of a frying pan as a weapon is in the film Tangled. It is consistently shown as being better than a sword and Rapunzel and Flynn kick arse with one

[@foomp]

Can't do that in Dead Rising 4 though. At least, it didn't work when I tried it.1/10 almost as bad as PUBG.

[@bocodamondo]

i always hated PUBG, so i get a sense of schadenfreude seeing them getting left in the dust by other and better competitors

[@aapocalypseArisen]

But they aren't really. Fortnite is an arcadey mess that won't every strip away the hardcore playerbase that is huddled around PUBG. Though as soon as a game comes out to offer more in that regard than PUBG, it might be curtains for them. As it stands, PUBG will remain strong.

[@bocodamondo]

yeah, but its just as jim said, theres nothing unique about PUBG, the only thing it got going for it is, it made this genre popular, so with time passing only 2 things can happen, either there will be more clones who do the whole battle royal better than pubg like fortnite, or the whole battle royale fad will die out, so either way its gonna be a lose lose situation for them

[@aapocalypseArisen]

Uhm, no, sure it doesn't have anything particularly unique, but it has a solid, very harsh but rewarding to master set of mechanics. I am talking about the way weapons control, TTK, flow of combat. It is leagues ahead of Fortnite in terms of complexity in its combat, and to be honest, its not that complex, it's just its Arma roots shining through really. I see nothing in the near future to threaten PUBG in this respect, and I fear that Fortnite is the actual fad here, the diehards will stick with PUBG because of the gameplay, but the momentary spotlight that Fortnite has as the flavor of the month for casual gamers, is very likely fleeting. I will admit, Fortnite has a great artstyle it's unmistakable, but when it comes down to how it plays, its shallow and boring.

[@Xetelian]

Just like how all those zombie/survival/crafting/sandbox games have remained strong? I remember as far back as KZbin being the minecraft video site. Sure there are still dedicated players but as far as the world is concerned its old news and they've moved onto something new. Sure PUBG will still have players for the next few years but after 10? 15? How long until there is only

[@aapocalypseArisen]

Not really arguing to the staying power, more that fortnite somehow entirely trumps PUBG in all respects. PUBG is just the better shooter, in 3rd or 1st person. People who like to be competitive will stay there.

[@Ryukachoo]

6:50 top ten frying pans in video games video WHEN

[@crownysuccubus1524]

Ryukachoo Seriously. You can’t drop that on us and then not deliver.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Team Fortress 2 And then Knack babeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@megankirk7788]

Find it funny that Bluehole is upset about someone 'stealing' their game considering they got sued by NCSoft before Tera Online was released in 2012 for stealing Lineage III assets...

[@chrisdixon4153]

I love all the different ways Jim says "PUBG."

[@k.-flynn]

Chris Dixon showing his zero punctuation ties

[@zelg.5551]

"Pubage"

[@Dirtybob23]

Tobasco brand sauce has stated anybody can make their sauce. But they own the name Tabasco.

[@octivia]

Out of purest respect, I'm going to drink a bottle with every evening meal.

[@loonachan]

Anyone can make whisky but Johnnie Walker will sue you if you try to put a slanted label on your bottle, or make a square-shaped bottle.

[@Yawyna124]

That's always somewhat amused me, because they're named after a pepper. That is, in turn, named after a Mexican state.

[@HeroicPunk]

They were making millions BEFORE the "official release." Why didn't they use that money, any of it, to hire some goddamn artists, designers, and 3d modelers to create a unique style and look for PUBG? Seriously? Isn't that the entire point of putting out a game in early access? To generate funds and build toward a polished, unique, stand-out final release? WTF did they spend those millions on instead of making their game the best it could possibly be? I don't get it. I really, really don't. ALL HAIL STERDUST, btw.

[@frankbones8349]

probably the same reason they never hired any programmers to optimize the game... company ran by someone with no business experience just an "idea". you need ppl with business acumen to run a company successfully not a jumped up modder

[@etcetera.etcetera.etcetera]

HeroicPunk - exactly. They rested on their laurels, the competition came along and ate their lunch.

[@daze3o5]

thing is the game became successful using those generic assets. changing anything risks upsetting your established playerbase. and the time required for a complete overhaul would allow the competition to take your playerbase.

[@daze3o5]

that may be the case is retrospect, but at the time they may have been more concerned with keeping the ball rolling. an example of a game that did rework a lot of it's assets after 'release' is DayZ. and it obviously gets plenty of criticism for it's lengthy development.

[@Loalrikowki]

OfficeBum Do you think they care, though? They made a janky game with no artistic vision and an obscene amount of profit. Plowing those profits back into the game to retain playerbase is unncessary - they already have that money - and trying to fight a rising tide of imitators (some of which are operating on the free-to-play model) to gain enough market share for the imporvements to pay for themselves is probably a pretty difficult proposition. You seem to assume that Bluehole actually take pride in their work, but the hack nature of the lawsuit makes it look much more like they're simply interested in extracting as much money as possible from whatever's easiest.

[@SuperGameEskimo]

I always thought the inclusion of the frying pan was a nod to the movie Battle Royale... I don't know who they think they're kidding. PUBG is just Battle Royale the video game.

[@Lyoko1309]

I dunno, I think if the game made you play as a Japanese high schooler it might make the game more interesting.

[@ChEm1cAlKeEn]

When You say. "SHIPPING CONTAINERS" all I see is Bf3 NOSHAHR CANALS.

[@ChEm1cAlKeEn]

SpitSomeThinGood 👍

[@nix2939]

That a MAG avatar?

[@Otakumanu]

It makes me think of Payday 2 instead. And good lord Noshahr was beautiful mess of a map.

[@Strategiain]

Ah, good ol' Nosehair Canals..... so much fun at 24p, so much insane chaos at 64p. Good times.

[@codyphillips3133]

That's where I fell in love with the shotgun.

[@dxBIGBOSSxb]

I now own the copyright on bandanas in video games. Anyone caught with a bandana in a video game better cough up.

[@jake7658]

Big Boss sure thing boss

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

But you took the bandana from The Boss... so I guess time for you to cough up as well

[@supertaoman12]

oh god this is giving me flashbacks to the whole fine brothers fiasco

[@Deathlygunn]

TheGoldenCaulk I always loved how Metal Gear Solid 3 gave the bandana an origin story of Snake being unable to let go of The Boss, rather than just being an accessory that both he and Solid chose to wear.

[@leonelc29]

Bandana?

[@personface1580]

If PUBG had a legal case based on gameplay mechanics, Nintendo could make a similar claim for their IPs and half the games on market since 1985 would disappear overnight. Get over it, you noobs.

[@wschippr1]

personface More than half. Atari and Nintendo would basically own everything.

[@lemeres2478]

I am pretty sure Magnavox won that case in Pong vs. everyone.

[@bryanmoberg8408]

capcom could wipe out half the tps field for copying RE4, Microsoft and Valve could wipe out first person shooters whose mechanics have been very heavily inspired by either half life or halo for the better part of a decade.

[@Comkill117]

Platinum could wipe out character action because... oh wait they’re like the only ones who make those games anymore. (Disappointed sigh) I miss character action.

[@lively2774]

Splatoon Battle Royale

[@alaeriia01]

Jim, you should grace us with a Top 10 Frying Pans video. Thank God for you.

[@PhobosDDeimos]

It should include Peache's frying pan from Smash Bros.

[@mjc0961]

Val Kilmer, the man who was the Batman, is my favorite frying pan.

[@user-vl6rt8sj6x]

Princess Peach uses a frying pan as a weapon in Mario RPG on SNES . . .

[@joshuajanssen]

And technically in Smash Bros as one of her smash attacks.

[@PowerBalladBard]

First thing I thought of when the frying pan bit was brought up. So much for it being 'iconic' in PUBG. Nintendo had them beat ages ago.

[@Comkill117]

Ever play Streets of Rage on the Genesis? Frying pan in that too.

[@joshuajanssen]

I played the crap out of that game, and yet I'm drawing a blank on that one. Stupid old age setting in. :-(

[@PowerBalladBard]

Not sure about Streets of Rage having a frying pan, but the damn 'frying pan as a weapon' thing is so common, it has a giant list of references on tropes.org. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FryingPanOfDoom

[@Wyattoons]

It’s been a year since this video was posted and PUBG has basically fallen off the face of the Earth. Meanwhile Fortnite not only had two different Marvel events in the game, but the game itself was IN an Avengers movie. Plus a Star Wars event, virtual concerts, etc.

[@mathieumarlaire]

"This might be the first time in the history of the videogame industry I've seen a game publisher upset they got free advertising" *cough* *cough* Nintendo *cough*

[@mikeaft3585]

"all publicity is good" something something triple A something something copyright claims something something jimquisition.

[@Tutajkk50]

Wanted to comment the exact same thing.

[@guyincognito7188]

Dang, i was about to say something very like this. Good show.

[@udhsids]

To be fair they don't mind, as long as you do it on their platform.

[@abuttnugget6753]

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of that.

[@Samael767]

"A cow so full of cash, its milk is green." is an expression I need to use more often.

[@JmannDX]

There are even Battle Royale templates on sale on the Unreal Marketplace, along with characters and assets used in PUBG. You can build PUBG in a weekend for 200 bucks. Not even joking. In fact, I might just do that to prove a point.

[@worldsgreatestdetective926]

You’re a bloody beast Jim. Your passion and commitment to everything you love is outstanding and I fucking love your work. Please never change.

[@clivetargaryen5014]

Eren Jaegar Sasageyo Sasageyo!

[@worldsgreatestdetective926]

For Humanity!!!

[@clarkecorvo2692]

Agreed. Jim fuckin Sterling is quite a character.

[@John.Diaper]

Super Mario RPG had the best frying pan. I cannot believe I have not seen anybody mention it during this most recent petulant temper tantrum by Bluehole.

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

The best frying pan in gaming is obviously Princess Peach's smash attack in Super Smash Bros.

[@doublex85]

In the original frying pan video I made a comment saying there should be a top 20 frying pans in games, and Peach's fry pan in SMRPG was exactly the one I was thinking of. It is indeed the best. THWACK THWOK. I've also noticed that Jim Sterling has referenced this idea in a joke in his Jimquisition. This was never discussed with me and I don't feel that it's right. I will be contemplating further action in this matter.

[@c-puff]

Or Earthbound

[@carnifexx]

the topic was about a pan in an fps, not a pan in any game ever.

[@bradford433]

Super Mario RPG immediately came to mind when I first heard of the whole frying pan debacle. I liked the parasol better though.

[@KastaRules]

"PUBG struck oil and then handed everybody a bucket... or in this case, a frying pan". *ROTFL*

[@shadowspider9]

PUBG is basically what happens when an asset flip is actually successful. On the one hand they succeeded in making a game that is wildly popular and lucrative with likely little effort or skill involved. The downside is that since nothing in it is original every other publisher is free to copy it whole sale with no repercussions, and the developers seem to lack either the skill or desire to make the game unique or simply fix the bug s the game already has. Their only desire to to make as much money as possible and thus resorted first to stuff like micro-transations, loot boxes, and now to threats of law suits over copyright.

[@Hexagonaldonut]

...Holy shit you're actually right. I'd never thought of PUBG as basically an asset flip until you pointed it out. Because yeah. It basically is. I feel even less bad about this than I already did! Which is pretty hard because I already had zero sympathy.

[@cassidy8307]

Asset flipping is not taking assets and making them to be artistically coherent with the rest of the game and making the game play decently. Asset flipping is buying assets without adding anything original and selling it on the store to make a quick buck.

[@shadowspider9]

It's known for a fact most of the environments and objects in PUGB are from an asset store and just plopped in. The difference with PUBG is they purposely went with a bland design so that so generic style assets would not clash regardless of what asset store they are from. Obviously some effort went into the game considering it works as it's supposed to (though I've heard it's also full of bugs).

[@ZexMaxwell]

agreed. matter of fact, when i first heard and saw PUBG, I thought it was a glorified asset flip until gaming sites started to talk about it @McCree, thanks for providing the vary definition of what PUBG is doing.

[@Thanatos2k]

Pubg is the example you can go to whenever someone says "GAMEPLAY IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS!" because the devs of Pubg only cared about the gameplay. They made some pretty successful gameplay too. But they did it with an asset flip, so when someone came who cared about more than just the gameplay (and had the resources to implement it) - everyone thought it was better, because it was better. Graphics do matter. Art direction does matter. Personality matters. Gameplay is not the only thing that matters!

[@myles-tc7336]

I am a proud owner of a sealed copy of Transmorphers.

[@YaserRafaelSokary]

Myles - Twin Comet How much?

[@Texelion]

DON'T UNSEAL IT ! It could destroy the world.

[@myles-tc7336]

Do any of you think I should send it off to get graded?

[@velikynovgorod4358]

I wanna see it

[@Dawnlit]

I am fairly certain you are in possession of the sixth seal of the Apocalypse. So, you know, be cool...?

[@cynictrash3814]

It's disgusting how many games copy the iconic backpacks found in PUBG. I've played loads of games and a great number of them have backpacks. Sometimes they're just cosmetic, sometimes they give you distinct advantages by offering additional inventory space for example. Those are not just cosmetic, it's really unfair. I'm not sure who at Bluehole Studio Inc. invented backpacks, and admitted... carrying larger weights spread across broad bands on your shoulders is fantastic and works well, but it does give you an unfair advantage over people without backpacks. Don't let them get away with this scumbag piece of crap invention!!111!ONE

[@ty_teynium]

There’s the one who finishes their work first, and the one who finishes their work second and does it right.

[@isidorodaviddoro1920]

Ty_ teynium bro Your comment is very underrated i agree with you i may not do everything fast but i Will do it better

[@Discoh]

4:17 “This might be the first time in the history of the video game industry I’ve seen a game publisher upset that their product got free advertising.” What about Nintendo? They’ve given content creators a lot of crap over the years.

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

#FuckNintendo ofc, but at least they are not pissed if u just mention them haha (at least not yet)

[@DeusExMachina130]

I was going to mention this. They really hate free advertising.

[@lo4tr]

Pretty sure the difference with Nintendo is that they just don't want fan-games and the like. If anybody was to reference a Nintendo game in an article they'd be happy.

[@Thanatos2k]

No, they'd immediately copyright claim it and steal your ad revenue.

[@kyotheman69]

well problem with Nintendo is they're still run by old dinosaurs that don't have clue how gaming is these days when it comes to live streaming and youtube. Only good thing Nintendo does is make games

[@HAZARDOUS88]

Flaming Homer analogy was so apt and brilliant, thanks Jim!

[@pherasabraxas]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, that is, until money is involved.

[@yusei2221]

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but sometimes, it's nothing more than a slap in the face." That slap being PUBG's devs being "Oh shit, they have a game like ours, and it's better?! SUE THEM! SUE THEM *ALL!!!*"

[@pherasabraxas]

Doctor J lol true. "SUE THEM ALL!" has become their anthem.

[@samerm8657]

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[@blackcat19]

I seriously don't get the appeal of battle royale games. It's like a standard competitive shooter where you either die immediately after the match starts or you have to wait half an hour between shootouts doing nothing. I was watching a friend play Fortnite with his team the other day and it was boring as shit. On a different note, holy shit those transitions between Fortnite and PUBG were jarring as hell. Fortnite: colorful, upbeat, a bit cartoony; definitely has a unique identity and is pleasant to look at. PUBG: gray, bland, lifeless; looks completely soulless and generic, and the juxtaposition with Fortnite makes it downright depressing to look at.

[@kudosbudo]

Give Radical Heights a try. Its surprisingly fun and tense. I'd pretty much dismissed BR games til that one popped up and decided to try it as I quite liked what Bosskey were trying to do (and failing) with Lawbreakers. To my surprise its sucked me in dammit! Oh RH is free as well. Buggy though, but still fun to mess around on for free.

[@James_Bee]

Reminds me of the good ol days of SOCOM where death was final, per round. I hate modern fps with respawning. You just run around and kill until you die. Some games try and incorporate team based mechanics and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when you only got one life to live you wanna spend it by being a winner.

[@Hexagonaldonut]

Oh trust me, part of the reason I wasn't interested in PUBG right from the beginning is precisely because it's so bland-looking. I don't judge by graphics, but I *do* judge by aesthetics, and boy does PUBG have none of that. Really, it was easy to tell right from the beginning that it had no personality.

[@miniclip1162]

watching and playing a battle royale game are completely different things. i can't *stand* to watch gameplay of pubg or fortnite (unless its northernlion because hes actually funny and the game is just a vessel) but both pubg and fortnite can make my heart pound and very little other games can do that. the thrill of not knowing where your next enemy is, is enthralling for me. i can understand that not everyone would be into that. but that is what makes it fun for so many people. plus if you go in solo, your skill alone can make you win/lose. where as in games like overwatch and counterstrike it's more about teamwork.

[@miniclip1162]

i mean pubg is a fun game, but what you said is hard to argue with. people who like pubg like it in *SPITE* of its graphics. i think if you look up the definition of bland, pubg comes up.

[@formulajuan5762]

I'm someone who likes PUBG, and doesn't like Fortnite, but only because I prefer the gritty realism in PUBG and don't care for the overly simple shooting mechanics in Fortnite, or it's cartoony style. With that said, Jim is 100% right in everything he says in this video. Fortnite's art style, while not particularly my thing, has been done very well to distinguish it from the competition, as have a number of strategic choices they made with gameplay mechanics and in-game items. If you ask me, Epic was very smart in how they went about making Fortnite. They made a game that would appeal to casual gamers, and made it a very competitive online game, complete with in-game currency geared to keep players hooked. Pure genius. PUBG on the other hand had first mover advantage in a way, which they're still enjoying to an extent (other than being overtaken by Fortnite). Apart from that, the advantages PUBG has are decent gunplay realism, and the gritty realism of the art style, which some people do legitimately prefer. But a couple of points on that: 1) As soon as a better developer, with better programmers, makes a realistic PUBG rip-off, PUBG will have no advantages over any of it's competitors, and 2) Though they chose the art style, they didn't make a lot of the assets, so they have no right to sue anyone. Basically, PUBG is fucked the moment a more competent dev makes a realistic battle royale game, as their only advantage will be the first mover advantage. Not to mention the fact that every time PUBG receives an update, it introduces new bugs, and sometimes re-introduces old bugs that were previously fixed. The game is terribly optimised, and programming for it seems to be done by amateurs. It actually runs worse on my PC now than it did in early access, that's how well they've done optimising the game since it was officially released lol. Again, as I feel I should clarify this to avoid being flamed by fan boys (let's face it, that'll happen anyway): I'm saying all of this as someone who downloaded Fortnite, didn't enjoy it at all, and stopped playing it after only handful of games; I don't like Fortnite at all. And, I have played PUBG quite a bit, and thoroughly enjoyed playing it with a close group of friends. The tension in the room when we have a lan and play PUBG gets insane, and when we win a game we all feel happy as pigs in shit. I think the PUBG formula is pure gold, but it's just a pity it's been put together by an egotistical and incompetent developer. If a competent dev released a realistic battle royale game, with all the features of PUBG, I'd jump on it immediately, as would everyone I know who plays PUBG.

[@maxheadshot3287]

Nice comment, personally i don't care about competitive online shooter (they are pretty much all the same which means run and gun) but PubG delivered a somehow realistic concept of battle, which means that camping, hiding, taking cover, getting in a better position, ressource management and even simple luck is the major part of any real battle. For me it's not boring, it's building up tension. But the market prefers plain entertainment and neverending action for no reason, that's boring as hell for me. Watching half of players going immediately for early fights without any ambition to achieve something is proving that. But this is how the games market works, it's pretty much a miracle that PubG has come so far in this childish and cartoonish environment. Fortnite looks like pure nonsense to me, but nonsense is seemingly a requirement for success.

[@Hickabooboo]

I was dreading putting my feelings down in a wall of text but you did it for me! In all honesty I feel Fortnight BR only succeeded cause it attracted kids. Free to play? 13-yr olds love that! And they also love an art style like a vat of melted crayons poured over a cave drawing landscape. But that's my preference. I'll be honest I refuse to pay for loot crate keys as I've already paid for the game once. And they are a bit too slow on updating, sure. But the game is stable for me, fun and gives a feeling of satisfaction. Once a better version comes out (and if I can afford it) I'll happily move over to it. Until then I'll be sticking to PUBG.

[@mrbambista2559]

Coffee Daemon opinions can be quite insulting can’t they ? Especially in your case

[@maskedknight93]

Hey remember when this was one of the nominees for game of the year, over games like nier, cuphead. HAHAHAHA I called it back then and will say it now. Someone will make something better in less then a year!

[@Sandity]

Radical Heights is pretty great :p janky but fun. but that's mainly because its early access but hey pubg and fornite have had a lot of jank along the way so its par for the course.

[@maskedknight93]

The Sandity not a fan of battle royal style gameplay

[@Psycorde]

PUBG is a glorified asset-flip held together by ductape and precum. Fortnite is a competently made and polished game with distinct visual design. I don't care for BR in general, but I can tell which game is better from the quality standpoint.

[@TheSerbianEmperor]

And they have. As soon as Fortnite came into the scene, PUBG wasn't the only one anymore, and the difference between quality, performance, art style, etc. became strikingly obvious. PUBG struck a goldmine and for some reason though no one is going to try digging at the same place.

[@juggmkj]

The Sandity still do

[@99Duds]

imo pubg is your typical early access mess.

[@kennycai8695]

Wow ... such an entitlement complex shown by the guys at Blue Hole.

[@s-clone8964]

First i hear you've done voice acting for "Soulstorm" and now your a playable character AND Boss in the same game? Jim... Dude... That's hardcore ^.^

[@TSLsmokey]

Now I actually want to get this game despite seeing nothing of it beforehand. Any idea where I can find more information on it?

[@brutalbunny]

pubg came out of nowhere so fast for me that for the longest time i thought people were talking about peanutbuttergamer a lot now. and thats about as much thought i put into pubg.

[@demsterclippy4252]

LOL That's actually hilarious. When i first stumbled accross footage of pubg i thought it was some asset-flip attempting to be an mmo of some sort. In a way, it's success left a bad taste in my mouth since it felt like a game that had no real form of passion, despite still getting into the trending schemes of the market like loot boxes.

[@Xetelian]

PBG! I was also left behind on the PUBG train and had no idea what the hell people were referring to.

[@kyotheman69]

PUBG does look like asset flip game, i bet in 5 years people look back in what was "in" game people mostly talk about Fortnite not PUBG they probably look and see wow this looks "generic" they be shocked to find out PUBG came out and got it popular for time being, but then got steamed rolled after

[@futurezamasu1991]

When i saw PUBG I mistook it for a Discount version of Dayz

[@wschippr1]

Future Zamasu Maybe because it started as a DayZ Mod, which was a Mod of ARMA...

[@Kenzirs]

Why was the game even so popular in the first place? Looks pretty generic.

[@sk8erbyern]

it was the best one in the genre, apparently previous BR games are somehow worse than even PUBG

[@Pikachu790]

It's kinda weird too, considering that even before Fortnite, you had at least a couple of BR games trying something unique. Poor Ark, the sods tried to make a battle-royale mode in their own game and it never really got off the ground despite being unique enough to actually BE a good BR game.

[@Lonech]

Just by popularity. Twitch streamers signal boosted the game massively.

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

People behave like sheep and deliberately ignore the fact that the game is horribly unoptimized, ugly as shit and plagued with cheaters.

[@mandarinduck]

It was a really popular mod that people played on Arma (or was it Day Z?), so that's an existing player base right there. Then they made the swap to H1Z1 but decided to jump ship and make their own game. It's kind of like Counter-Strike in that respect I guess.

[@Flipindabird23]

My boss walked by on my break to hear; “how much poo is in me?” Thank god for Jim.

[@h1r086]

So much truth packed into so few words.

[@Disasterclese]

Anybody else have to poo after listening to that?

[@Flipindabird23]

Twice

[@Lugbzurg]

I scrolled down and was able to read and hear this at once. Lucky.

[@BentNeatly]

You dont wanna be the first or the last. You wanna be number 2 or number 3. PUBG is the Myspace of video games.

[@luisseph6348]

So theres a facebook coming soon.Or is it Fortnite already the facebook of BR?

[@theguywhowentthere3346]

fortnite is the facebook for better or worse, the lawsuits on how peoples account info was leaked/hacked should start within a year or two; just give it some time.

[@MrJechgo]

Squaresoft added a Frying Pan for Peach in Super Mario RPG back in the SNES. I think that further back than what Jim stated as examples :P

[@SYNC420]

careful you will rise the SJW feminists from their hibernation haha

[@nerothos]

This video made me uninstall PUBG once and for all. Honestly I probably should have done it sooner considering their behavior but I never quite realized just how far they were pushing it. Scummy as hell.

[@christx5542]

"This plane, it's just a fucking plane". No, not even that: It's a replica of a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules, see this picture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules#/media/File:Lockheed_C-130_Hercules.jpg It's even such a faithful copy that you can tell it apart from the almost identically looking, more modern C-130J Super Hercules: The C-130J doesn't have those two isolated windows on its cockpit.

[@Gekayy]

Was gonna say you proved his point more. Its not even a generic plan they can lay claim too.

[@josh885]

Yep it's the same with all the weapons and attachments too. They are straight copies of things that exist in the real world.

[@weaponizedlizardmen360]

Well aren't you a plane nerd :P

[@miagi1337]

Christian P exactly my thinking :D Being "realistic" to absolut boring level, pubgs endgame shares the Problem of modern racing games or sim racing games. An Audi GT3 is an Audi GT3 in any racing game. Often to the point that detailed Polygone Analysis is needed to make a guess if a car is ripped from another company or simply well made on their own.

[@KoffinKat]

"No, not even that: It's a replica of a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules" // The folks over at Lockheed Martin should sue the living hell out of PUBG ;D Redbull should too, by the way, for that "totally-not-redbull" energy drink.

[@sirbossk]

As soon as you recognize that popular != good, it's easy to see that PUBG is a bad game. It's a terribly optimized pile of store-bought, unoriginal assets with an unoriginal concept and gameplay mostly consisting of nonstop running in a given direction. Oh God, and the developers are even worse than the game they made. They outright lie about not implementing microtransactions and then implementing the worst kind, fundamentally misunderstand the industry that they're in and apparently can't understand that they don't own anything other than the title and the cover art, and refuse to do what early access was made for, improving the game to make it ready for release, and instead juice it for more money and not do anything. Fuck these guys.

[@SNYPZHDG]

It’s not only that. Player Unknown claims he created BR with the BR mod for Arma but Minecraft Hunger Games predates even that so his ‘case’ is laughably non-existent

[@jellyfrosh9102]

The funniest part is how they're adding more crates and microtransactions to the game instead of fixing the problems. The last patch made performance worse and all it added was 2 new crates to the store and a 8 man squad event.

[@hazukichanx408]

But Playerunknown... sorry, PLAYERUNKNOWN... has a "cool" online gamer nickname and everything! D= In all caps! ...How could he be bad at things?

[@theR1ch]

The entire game looks like it was made with assets bought from a store. Not to shit on the parade because it looks like they actually did more than just randomly place the assets like lazy asset flippers, but the game doesn’t look unique in the slightest. There’s not a single game that looks like Borderlands on the other hand.

[@Foxtrot369]

If you mean Borderlands' cel-shaded look, there are quite a few games that also use that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cel-shaded_video_games Otherwise, games like Rage, Fallout 4, Ratchet & Clank, Overwatch, We Happy Few etc all look fairly similar bar the cel-shading.

[@wearsjorge55]

KevinRPD I agree with you on everything but borderlands. BL2 is my jam but it's art style is not unique in fact there are mods to remove the cell shading and both BL games look exactly like any other generic brown shooter

[@theR1ch]

I meant in the sense of the menus, the weapons and their brand logos, the icons. There’s a lot in BL that looks unique.

[@JackFrost-1856]

KevinRPD there are plenty of celshaded games out there but Borderlands has more unique elements than it's artstyle: the brilliant weapon designs, weird and unique characters, the humor, lore and so on.

[@sir3543]

Sid Patil There isn't much lore in Borderlands.

[@Dashx64]

Also fortnite being free and its unique art style completely grabbed the kid market, i have family who works at an elementary school and yea the 1st, 2nd graders and up are playin fortnite, not pubg. " the battle royale" format aint for me, much prefer stuff like gun game ffa

[@Titleknown]

Yeah, honestly I think the push for being "grown-up" and "realistic" ruined games aesthetics in general around the Xbox 360-era, and I think the popularity of stuff like Fortnite and the aesthetic dead-zone that is PUBG shows that there is not only a market for games with actual aesthetics beyond "Andre Bazin wet dream," but that they can be a deciding factor...

[@Dashx64]

The Great MalJabroni ESPECIALLY cause fortnite is from epic games, who damn well know how to make a cover system but for some reason opted out of that for fortnite and it drives me crazy...

[@alexandersong5753]

6:57 ayyy that meme is a screenshot from Lichtenstein's "If PUBG was mixed with CSGO" video :P

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

I wonder if anyone has considered making an _actual_ Battle Royale game based on the movie, with explosive collars and a cast of adolescent Japanese schoolchildren.

[@lunarnocturne]

Well, Danganronpa sorta hits the mark.

[@autemsicarius]

Nah, that would be ‘controversial’ outside of Japan

[@lunarnocturne]

AutemSicarius You're right, especially with Trump blaming violent video games for the Florida shooting.

[@NoJusticeNoPeace]

The thing is, games like Fortnite and PUBG feature bad-ass shooty people being gun masters. A game based on Battle Royale would have poorly-trained, frightened, fragile schoolchildren who are more likely to shoot themselves than someone else. If you approached the game as more of a psychological horror than a straight shooter, it could be very effective, more about stalking wide-eyed, frightened teens with a knife than leaping over rooftops with a missile launcher.

[@lunarnocturne]

NoJusticeNoPeace I'd say that a game based off of Battle Royale could work as either a stealth game or a psychological horror game

[@CriticalNobody]

At this point, the PUBG devs have put their foot so far in their mouth that they're kicking their own ass.

[@666kingdrummer]

Which is an incredible feat, I didn't think they'd be able to do it with there heads already up their own asses

[@DaSquareful]

666kingdrummer dont you mean "incredible feet"?

[@phillosmaster393]

The story was called Battle Royale. It's what popularized the genre. It's been remade tons of times. It's also a pretty screwed up story. This lawsuit is ridiculous and embarrassing. All the defense needs to do is put up screen shots of Day Z, Arma and PUBG and ask people what game each screenshot came from. I've played them all and I'm not confident I could tell you the right answer all the time. That said I still enjoy PUBG. I never found Fortnite as fun. Though I will agree Fortnite is a much more recognizable brand and has way more "flavor". PUBG feels like a team lacking any artists. It is a very mechanical experience, and sort of highlights why even in an age where you can literally purchase a game engine and art assets it's still important for a brand to have it's own artistic style as Jim points out. At this point it's way too late to change that about PUBG. I think they should just give up this weak attempt at posturing and just move onto the next project having learned these lessons from their experience with PUBG.

[@MinorCirrus]

Super Smash Bros: Melee has a frying pan in it. So does the Chef Game & Watch

[@lpnp9477]

Chef: a better game than PUBG

[@amidsummernightssharpshoot860]

Don't forget Rockstar made the open-world crime thing mainstream thanks to GTA III's success, which caused a lot of similar games to be labelled "GTA clones". Imagine if Rockstar had sued Volition.

[@lpnp9477]

I'm glad they didn't. If I hadn't had the opportunity to play Saints Row IV that would have been a sad life.

[@velikynovgorod4358]

A world without Saints Row 2 isn't a world at all

[@zakuiizaki4938]

Flaming Homer. Flaming Moe. Nice reference man. Nice.^^

[@CattyMintgum]

Fartnight vs Pubejeans

[@andreirusu6998]

haha :D

[@IGVGameplayreviews]

And this is why I refuse to buy PUBG

[@Skelath]

IGV IOS and Android Gameplay Trailers Dont worry dude PUBG on mobile has no microtransactions, has no advertisements, requires no email sign ups, does not require an account, has no purchase price, it is completely Free. To. Play. So you can still play it bro. Fortnite on the other hand announced they made over $15 mill in less than a month in closed beta on their mobile version.

[@matthewshiers9038]

It says a lot about the present day when the product made by a company fails to make up for the company that's making it. EA had Starwars Battlefront 2, Bluehole had PUBG, 2K had Evolve... so much potential gone to waste because the developers couldn't behave themselves. In Evolve's case, I actually feel bad for the devs now given their efforts to fix their mistakes...

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

Huh. I refuse to buy battle royale games because they're fucking boring.

[@Wolfrich666]

amen, not my thing IMO and idk why people get so hyped about it

[@startrixgaming1723]

SlimShadyLovesPastries For me I already play the battle royal genre years ago. Back when minecraft hunger games had grown popular. I did buy the culling though and didn't have a great time with it so both fornite and pubg don't really appeal to me.

[@isaiahburns9140]

Idk where that 16-bit intro came from, but I’d love to see more of that 😂

[@YuriPRIMErpg]

Jesus Christ, the whole PUBG is an ARMA mod... come on XD

[@miniclip1162]

well player unknown made those mods... soooo... but yeah they are still being rediculous.

[@jcm2606]

And to top it all off, Minecraft servers beat PlayerUnknown to the punch by a full year. Survival Games servers popped up a year prior to PlayerUnknown's ARMA mod.

[@solblackguy]

No lies detected

[@YuriPRIMErpg]

Exactly! Still the assets, the mechanics of shooting, gathering, drops and loot, vehicles and such, even the damn plane in question, it's an Arma's Hecrules (cause a military plane...) I wonder how much they actually 're-made'? Have they re-crafted all the assets the engine uses? Have they made the entire engine from scratch? Because EVEN IF they did, it looks exactly like everything we've seen in Arma so far! Making the point of PUBG a victim of somebody else ripping them off, even more ridiculous.

[@kif1983]

As an outsider who hasn't played either but has seen plenty of footage. PUBG looks dull as dish water, cookie cutter environments and a slow pace where the best tactic is to hide and hope for luck with drops / the death circle. Fortnite, on the other hand looks vibrant and like it has a much faster pace and chaotic play style, with more room to shape tactics via the building mechanism. So, based on those external observations, I'm not surprised Fortnite took the limelight.

[@miniclip1162]

exactly

[@GamerSkinny]

The best tactic in pubg isn't to camp

[@utoobisgarbage5210]

Brandon Moss Funny how everyone does it then if that's the case

[@GamerSkinny]

Utoob Isgarbage not everyone does it. Yoy obviously got matched with a bunch of noobs

[@Babbleplay]

I'll be honest about my opinion; PUBG looks boring, aesthetically. Some people may prefer gritty realism, but, for me, I really like the colorful, somewhat cartoonish look of Fortnite.

[@lukemacys298]

Peach uses a frying pan in Mario RPG

[@matteoxuereb]

So they're basically to Battle Royale what Friendster is to social media?

[@mikeaft3585]

What is "Friendster"?

[@theguywhowentthere3346]

exactly lol

[@ItsAStuckPixel]

oh man... Friendster was the thing after Blog Rings, and before Myspace.

[@Wolvie181]

Not Epic Games fault for improving on the battle royale formula. PUBG should've done a better job to differentiate it from the others.

[@snailman7989]

please make a top 10 frying pans in gaming

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

Im waiting for sterdust to get a cease and desist letter any day now

[@ZionSairin]

skin19head69 They already tried, he's in the clear because he made enough of a change.

[@MadJackChurchill1312]

I believe you mean SteeeerrrrrrrrrrrrDUSSSSSSSST!

[@deljohnston260]

They tried, but USPS returned it as they couldn't find a way to deliver a letter to "Parts Unknown"

[@KaiserAfini]

skin19head69 Duke Amiel du Hardcore would throw the full force of parliament to defend him.

[@mrskwid1]

well he did use a frying pan

[@FalseSheps]

Left 4 dead 2’s frying pan was ace.

[@corvuscorax9028]

try kill tank with frying pang

[@mikeaft3585]

Man/ _woman_ I love taking the pan on a demoknight loadout and get those 195 *DONGS* I also have a mic to play the sound again through voicechat

[@spork8655]

Spang!

[@JarJarBinkz68]

You forgot to mention how the Fortnite battle pass actually gives you back your money (Vbucks) and can be used to buy the next seasons battle pass. I've never seen that before in a game.

[@MeeTonToE]

John George It's worth noting that in order to get your money's worth of premium currency, you have to spend a lot of time playing to rank up the Battle Pass. It's a time investment that keeps its audience engaged. As a side effect, Battle Pass players will be more likely to show up in games and potentially influence non-paying players into purchasing a pass themselves. It's a well designed system that contributes to the game's success and the audience's approval.

[@Wildcard-Jack-47]

John George what are you talking about the battle pass didnt five me my money back

[@vgboobtube]

Fortnite lowkey has the best F2P system I've ever seen/used. It's so generous it's actually genuinely surprising.

[@vgboobtube]

@Jacky Boy: The Battle Pass costs 1000 VBucks ($10). If you earn enough of the Battle Pass they reward you with 1000+ VBucks back.

[@Shippo89]

Also worth noting, the PvE mode (Save the World) has a few daily quests for you. Each one rewarding you with 50 Vbucks. Then there's collection completion (multiple rewards, Vbucks included) and event quests that give 100 Vbucks (nearly always has SOMETHING going on).

[@UGotSerbed]

PUBG will be Blueholes biggest success ever. Because with that attitude they will NOT have another one like this, EVER.

[@etcetera.etcetera.etcetera]

I don't think they're going to have another one ever regardless of their attitude. They caught lightning in a bottle with pubg.

[@daze3o5]

it's one of the highest selling video games of all time. it wouldn't be realistic to expect that to happen again, regardless of their attitude.

[@kyotheman69]

Tera Online could of been success if they put some bloody effort into those games or gave them to better companies to host them

[@YTDeepshock]

Their success took the shortest path POSSIBLE to their heads.

[@skinhead-ej8ff]

I love how pubg players say fortnite is shit, but pubg is a copy and paste game while fortnite is unique. I dont know which is better, and i dont care but the lawsuit is bullshit.

[@HunterMearo]

I wouldn't call Fortnight unique, I'd rather say that it has personality. Something PUBG lacks, as something that looks like a mishmash of Arma assets...

[@weedblaster2125]

fortnite isn't unique at all lmao

[@BossJ03L]

Define unique?...

[@jort93z]

how is it a copy and paste game? They literally invented the battle royale genre in 2012... First there were minecraft and DayZ(the mod, not the standalone) gamemodes based on the hunger games movie. Those games spawn all players in a circle with loot in the middle of it and randomly across the map. He was inspired by that and made the battle royale gamemode (based on the movie and book battle royale) first for the dayZ mod and then arma 3 in 2012/2014. That however was very different from any similar games before. It was the first time i am aware of where they spawned players on a plane with parachutes. What game did they copy and paste from?

[@prq7846]

I strongly dislike the "building" part of fortnite though. I think it ruins the game.

[@fusionfountain]

Look Jimmy, you're wasting your time talking about small fries. In 2 months no one will even remember PUBG, they'll AAALLLL be talking about Radical Heights the most EXTREME battle royale game on PC BABY

[@chaosinc.382]

MILLION DOLLAR IP

[@kira-dk2mx]

Oh that game certainly takes the cake in the shitty online games department.

[@yamjamjam]

UPDATE: Company that made Radical Heights is closing its doors.

[@spinyslasher6586]

they've had too many BILLION DOLLAR IPs its time for them to shut down.

[@sheriffaboubakar9720]

fusionfountain Radical Heights is trash

[@Voxyld]

Fortnite just realised it could "brand" the genre before pubg even realised what does "giving your game an identity" means. Fortnite won. Enough said.

[@Ra463]

0:29 good recovery ^.^

[@55marpo]

One big point that lot of people seem to miss is that Arma 3 had an battle royale mode where people parachuted into the map by plane and it had extremely similiar themes to PUBG. And it came out before PUBG and PUBG looks closest to Arma 3 battle royale

[@andrewjones5303]

In Australia at time of typing it is currently 11:36pm. For the first time in my life I get to watch a new Jimquisition on a Monday. I am truly blessed.

[@andrewjones5303]

Aaaand now it's Tuesday.

[@TheRealTanSeeker]

Andrew Jones fark it is Tuesday now... That was quick I've been watching KZbin non stop since yesterday

[@mrtoxic5004]

did ya mum let you stay up late or somethin?

[@Bakaizoku]

We call them Battle Royal games because of the movie of the same name, that was a clear inspiration for the games.

[@Soul-fp8si]

Fábio Fraga I call them hunger-games

[@Psycorde]

Film is adapted from the 1999 novel of the same name. But the idea is pretty much as old as humanity itself. Whole world is a giant Battle Royale, just a lot more complex.

[@jort93z]

Yup. the first battle royale game was playerunknown's battle royale back in 2012 for the dayZ arma 2 mod. Shortly after that they made a battle royale arma 3 mod which was a lot more popular than the dayZ mod gamemode. Pretty sure playerunknown coined the name for the genre.

[@paulsilagi4783]

Nope the name comes from the japanese novel "Battle Royale", written by Koushun Takami and published in 1999, which has basically the same premise, shrinking battlefield and all.

[@jort93z]

Well, the movie adaption of "battle royale" was released in the same year playerunknown started developing his battle royale mod. So i believe he was inspired by the movie, not the novel. But playerunknown was the first one to use that title for a game genre. Thats why i would say he coined the name for the genre, though of course thats not his phrase. If we take music genre as an example. If someone is the first to use the word "metal" to describe music, i would call that coining that term, even though the word metal existed before. But someone was first to use that to describe music. And now playerunknown was the first one using the phrase in that context, so he coined it. The battle royale games are also fairly different from the movie.

[@tonym2786]

0:19 Buff Bagwell, lol. I never saw that before, I happen to need to pause it just then.

[@TheGrassyBush]

The unexpected Simpsons reference was pretty solid, not gonna lie

[@SuperVegitoSSJ2]

What was the reference?

[@TheGrassyBush]

SuperVegitoSSJ2 Jim said toward the end that "they made a Flaming Homer and didn't think far enough ahead to stop the Flaming Moe."

[@ACBlackJ0ck]

Radical Heights: An "X-Treme Early Access" title that it's too early for Female Models but has the time to sell microtransactions

[@sumireravenclaw8034]

after watching tadical heights gameplay i can tell you for sure that even that game is better then PHUBG's garbage

[@anthonyneville7828]

Radical Heights: Fresh to the point of being fucking Raw

[@Malidictus]

They what now?

[@SilentMott]

That Greek Guy You're not wrong, but to be fair when a game doesn't even have completed textures and female character models but its microtransactions are working perfectly fine, you can see where their priorities are.

[@exVengeance]

1:22 had me cracking up! Jim, were you just unsure how to transition into the VO portion?

[@Leeman7135]

Please tell me youre a DLC boss character.

[@ElimRawne]

"How much poo is in me!" Jim Sterling, 2018.

[@Zetheek]

Best part of the episode

[@Masquerade404]

I have been saying that for years! YEARS!! I should sue for 1 million dollars! Just kidding..

[@cloud9847]

makes a energy drink can that looks exactly like a redbull then cries about people ripping stuff off of them. Seems legit.

[@Kavasacation]

So PUBG buys and uses unreal assests( epic games engine) but wants to pursue legal action with epic games?

[@ScootaReader]

Kavas They haven't sued Epic Games, only games that look just like them. They were displeased with the shout-out Epic Games gave them.

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

yeah thats just stupid

[@frankbones8349]

they couldnt afford to sue epic lol

[@Neolabfg]

Well now they have