So I BEAT DUSTBORN... but at what cost.

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

Thank you for sacrificing your life for our entertainment, mister Kevduit

[@ColbwasAgain]

Repent and believe the Gospel, Lord Jesus loves you

[@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies]

@ColbwasAgain 🤖🤖🤖

[@andrewmcgoblin4016]

@@SkyFIoatOfTheFloatingSkies didn’t sacrifice his life, lost part of his very soul playing this damnation

[@joefur2835]

Why, why did you do this? Kev we love you man stop destroying yourself.

[@pigeon-1A]

Can we get a moment of silence for Kevin E. duit, cause of death, inflicting himself to bad game play If you would like to say goodbye before we close the casket, please do so

[@Zeroninja-j5c]

Pour one out for the homie.

[@dakithedon3311]

I thought I couldn't stand him, but it was just the terrible games he played. For all he's worth, or was, he was always better, if only by a margin, than these garbage games. Thank you for your service.

[@filthycasual8404]

RIP gamer heaven

[@iTaLiAnCrYpTiD]

Poor guy . . . Rock and Stone Brother

[@TheUnderArmorNinja]

god speed lad GOD SPEEED

[@MaisyPadilla]

"Finally having fun in this game" while playing pong is both hilarious and heartbreaking.

[@CutestDemon]

The conversations being so incredibly bland and.... "trying to not trigger anyone" then immediately doing the worst things possible, acting hostile, and being creepy W I T H O U T Kev doing it is uh, something.

[@chriscuts7029]

Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing.

[@R3GARnator]

@@chriscuts7029 Brilliant.

[@uruloki2758]

Accurate depiction of modern liberals.

[@gormauslander]

@uruloki2758 Do you base all your worldview on what you read on the internet?

[@Jordo246]

My brain just can't comprehend that this is a game actual people made. Someone had this idea, pitched it, it was approved, they got teams together to make it. How in the fuck does that happen?!

[@Strand744]

Unironically this seems like it could've made for a good parody if it didn't take itself seriously, and had slightly less terrible gameplay.

[@SaltyDalty1801]

Think about it. A countries government funded it. Their government approved it. Lmao stomach that one 🤣

[@crash-testproductions9341]

Did they tried to make some American Persona like game ? I've never heard of this game.

[@ASolidOpinion]

It's kind of amazing, they wrote a game with absolutely NO likeable characters at all. "Oh no, my friends disagree with me?" BULLY. HOAX. "We could get past these cops without fighting!" BLOCK. CANCEL.

[@buggart]

"Let's instill infighting" RACIST. SEXIST.

[@ASolidOpinion]

It's really kinda astounding to see a game try so hard to deliver some kind of message, only to fumble it so hard they end up making most people think it's a parody.

[@chrislaurent1137]

It just feels like a PSYOP at this point

[@miguelpadeiro762]

"Hey...I don't mean to intrude, but did you eat my sandwich?" *TRIGGER* "Your parents never loved you or your sandwiches"

[@chrissawyer1484]

​@@ASolidOpinion Wait, it wasn't supposed to be a parody?

[@MaisyPadilla]

It's incredible how no one can make this game entertaining; yet here I am, watching the second Dustborn video, suffering like Kev and everyone else.

[@purlpup]

She’s summoning child support! I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna not pay child support for a child, that is not MINE! I WILL lawyer up! You will not no! OUCH Truly the speech of the century.

[@Steel-101]

Well it’s completely clear that the characters in Dustborn missed Sunday school. Because it’s painfully obvious that they don’t love their neighbors lol 😂. Seriously wow, you weren’t kidding. These characters are vile.

[@TransMascTrump]

Sunday school won't help lol

[@Torqegood]

They really hated Theo and the fact he was christian, since they didn't bully anyone else's faith, then deleted him at the end of the game.

[@miepman08]

Yeah i also found that pretty weird

[@makeda6530]

Yeah, that was weird

[@bigshrekhorner]

It's really infuriating. That other girl in your team is a muslim and you *cannot* bully her faith or interrupt her when she's praying, even though you can do so with the Christian one. Shows how inclusive they really are

[@chrimsonphantom]

Is Theo the manager, because I thought it was super interesting at the very beginning he got blamed for what Pax forced Sai to do.

[@EvilOverlord1662]

They named the Christian character Theo...as in Theology? How subtle.

[@PokemonButcher]

It looks like it could have been a fun game, like "Route 96" or "High-fi Rush". But, the characters are written in such a manner that one can't help but get frustrated with them, to the detriment of player investment.

[@thefakecat8340]

Man i want to replay Route 96

[@00SmileTime00]

Man I want to replay Hi-fi Rush

[@chrimsonphantom]

We could get a game where a band travels cross country encountering supernatural forces and having to deal with a secret government. While the main goal is to get to the next gig in a Telltale style game. Yet why make something actually fun.

[@dillanikobe495]

The first Max Payne, but band edition

[@ImDayroom]

I like how CT just had a unbelievable amount have time to move and just didn’t, the bot wanted out of this game too

[@ivanrobinst7538]

Totally understandable, would do the same

[@matys8236]

As a resident of Europe, I would like to apologize to all 759 owners of this game and promise to fund only three more in this series. And since it's obvious that Kevduit enjoyed it (otherwise he wouldn't have finished it), he'll get all the future games in advance.

[@jiminychristmas2707]

Satin can finally retire, you just got the job.

[@nananderson7259]

5:52 is genuinely the most angry I've ever heard Kev This is a delight (for us of course not Kev) 😂

[@swimmingdrop9557]

That was real pain lmao

[@leviticusprime4904]

Kevduit will now be known as St. Kevduit the suffered one, he will go down as one of the greatest martyrs to ever live.

[@kolbywilliams7234]

If he is the “suffered one,” it means other people suffer from him, it does not mean that he is the one who suffers.

[@kylecruz6346]

Kevduit, Borne of Dust

[@just_kris]

​@@kolbywilliams7234I mean he's not the one responsible for the suffering so it would still count.

[@T1mPanda]

Omg I'm so sorry 🥺 I hope you recover from this real soon 🙏

[@ekauq2000]

I do like how a game about tolerance has a line saying only old people with dentures eat pretzels.

[@buttermanaws4693]

This game feels like a parody that never realized its a parody and genuinely thinks its telling a real and smart story Like the amount of times it seems like you are playing the bad guy by doing something horrible or even just actually do something evil while claiming to not be is staggering and the story just never acknowledges it in any way. Like the story could almost work if it did point these moments out and had the story focus around that

[@KPX01]

the same could be said about people that like this game. Dude literally said this game has deep story in the steam review.

[@RAKingsbaneYT]

It's amazing how nobody can make this game interesting; yet here I am, going through this second dustborn video, suffering along with Kev and everyone else.

[@MyAramil]

Thats the thing. People you like can make something that is insufferable at least passable for how entertaining it is.

[@nathankeene9236]

We do it so he's not alone. No one should endure this alone. No one.

[@EthanSmith-g3y]

Do we have a new best loser?? Has Gollum been dethroned!?

[@josephstewart7696]

Gollum is perfection compared to this game🤣

[@drunkwendigo2693]

Considering that dustborn was made using european tax payer money, yes. I'd say "by a mile" but it's a bit further than just that...

[@malletin]

I mean atleast this game looks good, everything else might be god awful but atleast the game has good graphics, so this barely passes Gollum in my eyes, though that bar is a few thousand feet below ground level so its not exacly a hard bar to surpass.

[@isa.7151]

@@drunkwendigo2693 As a European, I really wish they'd spent that money elsewhere

[@MonadoBoi]

Are we actually forgetting concord?

[@Ph03nix1]

You know a game is bad when I can sus out the math of how many people have completed the game with my phone calculator in less than two minutes. It’s about 147 people by the way, assuming those numbers are correct

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

I used an abacus to calculate it

[@popinder5009]

​@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716i used my fingers

[@carltontheduke2571]

If there is an option to skip combat, why even have combat to begin with?

[@dr.jasepain5944]

That is a damn good question

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

I'd bet it's an "accessibility" thing, I know how much they love that word. But somehow accessibility has leaked into general gameplay.

[@acewolfgang276]

It's for the game journalists and the "modern audience"

[@MyAramil]

@@acewolfgang276 Id say that journalists could at least do this basic ass combat, but considering they failed on the TUTORIAL LEVEL of cuphead.

[@ImDayroom]

@@carltontheduke2571 i understand certain games doing it for bosses in new game plus that are more focused on story then anything elde

[@Exvinnittyy-CC]

W Kev your sacrifice will not be forgotten 🙏😭.

[@mariocervantez2853]

18:01 I burst out laughing when he shot her 😂😂😂

[@NRSGuardian]

Rather accurate, if you go around busting down enough doors, eventually someone with a gun is going to be behind one.

[@miepman08]

​@@NRSGuardian Exactly

[@redrulean]

Its sad, the comic book style and graphic text overlays look really good and distinctive, especially when many modern titles look generic and homogenous. It's just that the rest of the game is....... this

[@stache_boi]

The fact that people like these characters exist irl is hilarious 😂😂

[@serbianjem_rogale358]

I genuinely believe Guantanamo Bay has to be more pleasant than this...

[@miepman08]

Well no.... but yes!

[@BlazingOwnager]

I have to say I wouldn't want to live in a world without Dustborn. It is absolutely hysterical, far funnier than any comedy game or parody could ever be. It is the finest self-parody.

[@CutestDemon]

"finally having fun in this game" while playing pong is both hilarious and soulcrushingly sad

[@BrotherCarver]

The only fun part being an ATARI game is pretty on-brand for a 2024 release.

[@Jakeoff17]

A game this victim based deserves too be overpowered by pong which has a better story and message too the player over whatever this thing is

[@qu1253]

I can't decide if Dustborn or Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a more unlikable main cast.

[@mitchellenderson7194]

Veilguard’s cast is just bland. Dustborn’s drifts between boring and actively hateable.

[@mindisfrozen]

Wait!? She is actually knocked up!? Who!? How!? Why!? Was vocals involved!?

[@makeda6530]

Right because, when and why!? 😭

[@cynicalperson161]

Apparently, it's the scientist with the "cool jacket"

[@Martaae]

Dude we love you, you didn’t have to do this to yourself 😅😂 salute to your dedication

[@Ishaan_A]

This has to be declared as self harm at this point

[@gaspump]

I think my favorite bit is those bits between chapters where it's like "20% of players got this panel" and then you realize that's maybe 3 people tops and decreasing the further he gets into the game.

[@Sh4dowgale]

I wonder is the dustborn defender from the last video will show up 🤣

[@GahlranCosplay]

There was someone defending this game? Really?

[@colinward6737]

@@GahlranCosplay yep. A summary of his argument: Right Wingers are n@zis, so since this is something against them, anyone who hates it is an in incel n@zi.

[@Sh4dowgale]

Yup.

[@acewolfgang276]

That is so sad

[@JoceBeggar]

IT/THEY found this comment TRIGGER

[@Foxador]

The worst part of this game is that the main character KNOWS that they're being a horrible human being... but they keep doing it anyways!! "Theo doesn't deserve ANY of this, but needs must when the devil drives!" Wtf? Theo is like the only grounded character I've seen. The main character is not only incredibly unlikable but they're also actively a piece of scum to everyone they meet.. especially their "friends" which they abuse verbally nonstop

[@MajesticWorld19]

"She's summoning child support"

[@ayrasimmons1607]

Feels like it was made by people who have zero idea what a healthy relationship is. All toxic relationships with the most unlikable characters.

[@chrimsonphantom]

Thought it was super interesting how after being a horrible person to everyone. The very end, they're like oh but we're like a family now.

[@beepboopbot]

Hey guys, do you think his brain went that meme "Why are we still here? Just to suffer?" when he came back to do this?

[@riibon4701]

They named the kid GIRL?! They couldn't had bothered to give her an actual cute nickname wtf

[@This-Handle-Isnt-Available-j3e]

Not even a masochist would put themselves though this

[@miepman08]

Not even in a million years

[@just_kris]

Not even markplier

[@darth_kratos_1380]

Came for nightmare fuel, stayed for GoW Ragnarok music in the intro. Thank you Kev!

[@sorsomething709]

The anger in his voice as he plays during the beginning....amazing

[@smoothtrooper781]

9:08 *Gnome* *Noam* *Gnome* Also now that you've finished Dustborn, what was worse? Gollum or this?

[@frankshaw2057]

A game created by people that like to smell their own farts.

[@JetstreamSam2018]

Your sacrifice will be remembered. You have tortured yourself and play a good game, like DMCV. It would be a good break for you.

[@GigiBranconi]

Or Ace Combat, those games are actually genuinely fun

[@YuriDundant]

This game looks like some person who was bullied, then decided they should tell others how the world works, decided to put everything that they think looks cool in a game.

[@delugesofgrandeur]

It's pretty cool that they put the staff of Kotaku into a video game.

[@regayudafitra6236]

My god man,you didn't have to,but you choose this burden,your sacrifice will be remembered

[@SirBranDon24]

Bro took one for the team. A true imperium of man

[@Chuckles3100]

This game is what happens when tourists latch onto a hobby.

[@jameswalton5733]

Alright, i know a cry for help when i see one because Kev clearly has nothing holding him back in life at this point and has absolute disregard for his own life

[@saulobravo504]

after the video I kinda wanna see a playthrough with what the devs intended because only the mean options seemed fun and that's probably what killed the game

[@mochamadarsaaditya4249]

"So I beat DustBorn" Why?

[@pietrosmusi6348]

Honestly: this game wouldn't have been saved if it didn't have politics shoved elbow deep in its ass, but it just drags it even further

[@deathnstuff]

I mean, games can be political lmao. Any form of art can-& has been since art was invented lol. This game just has DOGSHIT writing (among literally everything else 💀)

[@MyAramil]

this game would have been saved if it had an actual competent writer rather than going to chat gpt and asking it to write a game.

[@Espartano692]

​@@deathnstuffPrecisely. But you can taste the smugness and extremism with which this game's script was written...

[@deathnstuff]

@@Espartano692 ie, dogshit writing lmao. Genuinely next level how bad it is

[@TransMascTrump]

You need GOOD WRITING, POLITICS is not a problem people get it through your thick head.

[@GxddessViv]

“Hot plates coming in for a landing” Kev: “ChooChoo! 👁️ 👄 👁️

[@kieragard]

I'm pretty sure most of these sales are going to influencers who are just there to make fun of the game with their content. Who else would but this?

[@Flutter_Aeina]

I don’t understand why they felt the need to make everyone absolutely awful people

[@desolatefix]

KEV....YOU ARE A STRONGER DUDE THEN I....the torment you must have suffered is beyond reason... i salute thee good sir

[@goosegooseduck12]

dustborn actually has a kind of cool setting and story but it's like it was taken by sweet baby inc, gutted, skinned, and turned into a terrible taxidermy of what it was supposed to be

[@kotzpenner]

Band gig around 33:00 was just the Family Guy episode where Lois and Peter revive their band and are just absolute dogshit after getting high

[@DressedRunner]

Bro you could've been playing black myth wukong.. a different kind of torture

[@Maria_Banks]

Dustborn is like the ultimate progressive power fantasy. They wish their words could impact as much as they do in game

[@northvector]

Even watching this is painful, thank you for your sacrifice

[@BlazingOwnager]

Man, this playthrough was great. There's actually an immense amount of alternate scenes and stuff in this game, it's a goldmine of comedy.

[@Ub3rnoodlesTG]

I wouldn't even wish this upon my worst enemy. Godspeed Kevduit, your sacrifice won't be forgotten!

[@theunfamousone2818]

I did not expect a follow up episode. We thank you for your sacrifice.

[@ovepowned1743]

32:27 This killed me, does a song so bad the crowd boos, asks them if they want one more just the same exact song just as bad

[@weslayinit6078]

Comments: Kev no, it was a prank!, Don't do this it was a Prank! Kev: I will do what I must *ignites computer on*

[@nitrokid]

'Dustborn' sounded like a highly offensive derogatory term towards something 😂

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

“Your moms so fat-!” “I don’t have to take that from a fuckin dustborn ex dumpster baby like you!” Everyone around them: 😳😬😬😬😳😳😬

[@sodreir.8666]

Rest in peace, soldier. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten

[@Sock66]

I watched the first video, I did, start to finish, when I saw this second video came up I said to myself "what's Dustborn? Never heard of that"

[@NoahGooder]

this game is 2016 identity politics simulator

[@teh_justin2860]

New Guantameno Bay torture technique dropped

[@willywitchdoctor]

Thank you for finishing the game. That first vid was gold

[@UlshaRS]

The dust we borne was the friends we burned long the way

[@ChulioRCHulio]

So on a scale from Redfall to Sonic Boom - How bad was it?

[@ArtzyZero]

I stepped away to get a drink and came back to see a raccoon sitting at a table and that's probably the most interesting thing in this game for me (not counting Kev's inputs of course!), purely because I missed the initial context. XD

[@deadbearded]

Man I can't imagine watching silent playthroughs of this game... Thx for the commentary Kevduit

[@partialsweat230]

I lOsT bRainN cElLs. How are u still functioning kev? If “the message”was a game it would be this game. Omg I’ve watched even more and “the message” is the most torturous thing thing about this game to ever exist. No way people actually live like this.

[@apocalypseapostle8319]

Thank you for making this insufferable travesty entertaining. It took a lot of suffering and loss of life force, but you managed to actually make it good. Now go and recover from this painful chapter so you can continue the good work.

[@bigsmiley713]

i could feel the absolute LOVE for Noam !! great vid Kev!!

[@SoulStarSketchin]

You did not need to make the sacrifice but someone had to be. May this bounty serve the cringe gods

[@mistermansandy]

36:25 "IT'S TITANFALL 3 AND WE CAN SKIP IT JUST LIKE EA" 💀💀💀

[@princesspupcake1269]

Why does Pax actually look kinda good with the mustache-goatee combo? Like, it suits them oddly well. So anyways, is Dustborn basically like... a Telltale game, but the characters are icky and bad and talk like they're very very online? Also I love how Sai's "special ability" is just being able to break down regular doors

[@kouroshbakhtiary3491]

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice sir

[@madnessiscool]

-83/10 Anti-pretzel propaganda triggered me. EDIT: Subbed because "DA BIG YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN!"

[@mrsfreaky6190]

Discovered your channel recently I apprechiate the dedication to bringing us the finest slop! Keep up the great work good sir!

[@morgan.m3066]

14:46 the second hand embarrassment i feel And the name “The Dustborn” doesn’t help

[@ziennsunfield1381]

You know it's bad when characters being abusive toward each others without Kev's input.

[@tarryncooper4742]

Never heard Kevin sound as irritated as he was during this video. Sometimes he sounds mad as like, a joke, a gag, but this time he actually sounded genuinely soooo upset lmao. Poor guy.

[@PhilChills]

This was sooo difficult to watch, I hope you are doing well Kev, This was a torture to watch I can't imagine how difficult it was to play it...

[@darksteelmenace595]

You can just tell the people who made this really thought they were cooking 😂😂

[@rogerfurlong1535]

We need a wellness check on Kevduit.

[@T1mPanda]

The Report is He's gone Woke/Wogue (Rogue) 🚨

[@PantherCat64]

This game makes fahrenheit look like a sensical story and a fun game to actually play... And we're talking about if you removed the first part of fahrenheit that had some actually really good ideas that were done pretty well if a bit flawed in spots.

[@MrSpartan993]

“What IS woke?” THIS. THIS is what woke is damn it!

[@A_Fringe_Wizard]

No this is satire

[@just_kris]

​@@A_Fringe_WizardNo this is not a parody game. They are serious about this game

[@dustycocherell3273]

The GoW theme song during the intro is so epic and awesome for a video about a game that’s neither of those things. Love the irony.

[@missingna404]

42:38 "I don't feel so good Mr. Stark"

[@hwpneon8801]

You know, i'm from Nova Scotia. I'm happy my home providence is the goal to reach in this game, since my home can be the blessing of this games end. Your welcome world.

[@VictorBRz]

Thank you nova Scotia 🙏🙏