I Think I’m Going Insane…

[@aabahdjfisosososos]

These videos have been progressively just documenting Muta’s descent into ultimately losing his sanity. Edit: People getting mad have to realize I had no clue this comment was unoriginal as this was the first video I clicked on in weeks. Calm down people, it’s just a damn comment on youtube.

[@JmKrokY]

Yup

[@eatrawskin]

Was he ever sane to begin with, though? I feel the world is just more welcoming to his true colors now, and I love it. ❤️

[@Meninem_]

I think the best thing that happened was during his last live stream where he got his fuckin mom to review some aliens.

[@Superunknown190]

It’s marble hornets, but funnier.

[@Edbrad]

I’m enjoying it🎉

[@HypoCT]

A game with no strings attach. Feature Complete, no denuvo, no "Online-Only", a launcher you can skip, no microtransactions, actual good content, a ton of replayability. I didn't buy it on Day 1 because it sounds almost too good to be true, but it is. And now I'm 42 hours in, loving everything about it, and the fact that I only have 14 achievements still, I know there's a lot left to explore.

[@mehck-gk9yn]

Any game that allows you to genocide a people with no negative repercussions is A-OK with me.

[@justshitposting8411]

I think you've convinced me, I was also in the it's too good to be true crowd

[@multitablez7825]

can you play it on 5 year old intel icore 3 laptop you think?

[@LukeP-k8g]

the replay value is great. divinity orginal sin 2 is also a game you can put 5-10 playthroughs with and have a lot of fun

[@TomoEriGoto]

@@multitablez7825There’s a setting that’s supposed to help with lower end cards, it uses a form of AI, but like any game, YMMV (your mileage may vary)

[@nebula0024]

"The bar hasn't been raised" - For someone like me (40 years old), I think this hits the nail on the head right there. That "bar" was already set long ago, but has been *seriously slipping* over the past decade. In my opinion, this is a return to more "classic" expectations, where games have been *thoroughly* tested before release and contain the complete game in one neat package. We've become so accustomed to games that release to a day-one patch with major bugs, microtransactions, always-online connectivity and a store that we've forgotten what it's like to simply receive THE GAME and that's it. I know many developers are beholden to shareholders, but perhaps they need to set new expectations and ease up a bit. Anyway, let's hope some lessons can be learned from this.

[@SluggedNugg]

Its mostly because companies are always trying to get as much money as they can, so they release half-baked games with quarter of the usual development time in the hopes that people buy them, and people do. BG3 is a prime example of letting the developers cook.

[@notsoberoveranalyzer8264]

I’m not much younger than you. And although I feel the same way, I often wonder if the change is more with us. Remember back in the day when it would take 4-11 CDs, and literally all day to download a game? Some games would literally crash if you alt tabbed? Lag ~ be it ping or CPU was acceptable. Yea, annoying - but we dealt with it, because we had to. There wasn’t a choice. We’d bitch, and laugh but we’d still play. Where as no a days, that’s a legitimate excuse for people to completely quit, and uninstall. Updates? Lol. Depending on a game, maybe you’d get them every couple of years. ( I personally miss when balance stuff wasn’t added all the time. Let things be broken. Let people solve it themselves.) But also being young, we would be incredibly happy/mind blown just when the graphics would get better. and play demos on repeat. Don’t get me wrong, since WoW’s success games ( single player games included) saw the money that could be made, and instead of companies making games to be different/stand out from each other, they’ve been mimicking each other instead. Take: FF11 vs Lineage 2 vs EverQuest vs WoW. Each one of those feels completely different, had completely different leveling experiences, class systems, gearing experiences, ways to tell stories. To now any mmorpg to each other. Using color coded gear, max level gear just being the best, quests being the only way to effective level, leveling up instantly, the lore being told to you through questing and so on. Pretty much the same PvP systems, no real punishment for dying ~ and even for games that do punish dying it’s to the complete other extreme where you loose everything. Nothing in between like back in the day, where even every games death system was completely different. Meaning, different risks. It also used to be an accomplishment to get to max level. The game was about playing it, trying to get it. But now, it’s like you get to max level to really start playing / matter. Where as in older games, a low level could raid, and be legitimately useful. If the class wasn’t popular. You could contribute, easily. But this is where gamers can be at fault too: Only wanting the best of the best. Most geared out, max level etc. People complaining that it should be easier to level and get geared. Instead of just accepting and rewarding no lifers, and those who sacrifice to dedicate more time. I’m sure we were close to the same age, you remember hearing stories of people literally dying, loosing their jobs/marriages over gaming too much. Those people should be rewarded. As, you can’t do stuff like that these days. As if someone can play 5 hours a week, get to max level and only do 10-15% less damage/healing than someone whose putting in 50. Even though I can’t be a nolifer anymore, those people ought to be rewarded. But people complain, things get made easier ~ And that’s a direct result of gamers complaining. Though the fault of companies too. I’m just trying to say, I don’t think the fault only lies with companies, but us too.

[@notsoberoveranalyzer8264]

But I wanted to get your opinion / thoughts on what you think as well.

[@pferreira1983]

The bar was low that's the problem.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Baldur's Gate 3 is such a beautifully refreshing game. The co-op is so unfathomably good, they even have split-screen! Why do more games not have this?!?

[@avengedlol6698]

Why buy the game once to play splitscreen with your friends/family, when each of them can buy a copy to play over the internet? Obviously that's not true, I hope. Devs refuse to put in the work for splitscreen, they don't want to spend time optimizing their games to run properly in splitscreen on consoles, that budget is meant for the item shop.

[@davethescrub858]

​@@avengedlol6698you make a valid point at first though, because it seems as though these companies actually believe that when pushing out new games

[@MentaalAchtergesteld]

@@avengedlol6698i think theres definitely truth in that tho

[@DropTheBab]

Hey I saw you on a warhammer video just yesterday

[@Jayesbe]

With how far consoles have advanced and gotten better since the Xbox 360/PS3 days I'm still surprised that so many AAA Games have zero spiltscreen even though there's no time better for consoles than now to have it as an option, yet most games don't have it oddly enough.

[@1991shadowheart]

From touching grass and showing us your garden, to Gaming rant within 24hrs? Muta, you good bro?

[@leivionl3533]

Hmmmn, interesting...

[@WilliamBrwn]

Touching grass was just an episode!

[@Providence..]

Probably just a cope, Muta used to be so good years ago and now he's admitted to going insane talking about "gaming" like it's some cultural pillar of humanity that is actively being destroyed. I think humanity has collectively lost it by stressing and obsessing over the most trivial things that they forget the simple parts of life. Terminally online is a very real and frightening phenomena...

[@djaqet]

YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE GOING INSANE. Plucked the words straight out of my brain. This generation of games maybe last 5 years? have had very few AAA not fall flat on their face. The indie scene has had more bangers than the big companies.

[@MilesKiyaAnny]

Yes, I just got Baldur's Gate 3 and it giving me Ultra at first time launch to the game then I try play along with it. It actually worked. My FPS stay 75 all the way throughout the game. I have play quite many of "AAA" whatever jouranlist they said and my PC struggle. Cyberpunk as lowest as example. Something is wrong with this new modern gaming. How Baldur's Gate 3 literally give player full bug free experience 😡😡

[@thatstench5242]

I'm assuming the business models are different compared to the business models that pushed out some of the best games around 2006-2012. Most games coming out then were completed and we had 5-6 different good games to play on either the Xbox 360 or ps3 at the time. The only thing the gaming industry has going for it are basic small team made indie games so something needs to change. I am a big fan of triple A titles when they are done right, much more of a fan than indie games. Indie games won't save gaming but they'll give you something to do for a few days. Overall every single time I see anyone talking about how gaming has gone to crap there is always a giant coping comment at the top saying "gaming isn't dead we have amazing indie games!" When in reality the gaming industry has gone to shit.

[@Willowposting]

​@@thatstench5242They also didn't have the luxury of releasing a broken game then just being like "oh wait for patches!" You released a shit game back around that time and that was it. 2006-2012 you had updates and shit but it was less acceptable.

[@Catterjeeo]

@@thatstench5242 You always determine the health of an industry by assessing the biggest fish. If the big ones are rotten the small number of small fish are not going to feed the village.

[@rxm8524]

​@@Willowpostingand g.o.t.y editions

[@spencermaley4390]

Honestly, games like “Aliens: Fireteam Elite” and “Predator: Hunting Grounds” have solid foundations for games, but are limited by the fact that they’re live service games. If these mechanics were implemented in a single-player campaign that didn’t require an internet connection, they’d be god-tier IMO.

[@devilishfrost4795]

Fireteam elite is really fun with friends super underrated imo

[@snickle1980]

It's a live service? I had that on my wish list too... ☹

[@denimschaffer9439]

I think the only game that does live service right is Deep Rock Galactic ( if there’s other games that does it right let me know) because the gameplay foundation is incredible but also has a great progression system with a crap ton of cosmetics that can be earned in the game with some cosmetic bundles and A FREE BATTLEPASS and if you didn’t complete anything in it you can still get them by finding crates in the levels to me that’s how live service should be done

[@lolzforlunch]

Movie games really are classed up nowadays compared to PS1 or SNES tie-ins

[@irondoomable]

fireteam elite can be played as single player if i remember i played it offline.

[@Megaman8880]

I had 9 days off work for the release of BG3. In that 9 days I was determined to complete my first playthrough. I'm doing everything I can, completing every quest. In that 9 days I put in 130 hours. I'm not done. What's crazier is I became aware of several quests and even areas that I totally missed later on. Best game I've ever played. The replayability is unrivaled too.

[@davidmorris6254]

Why would you do that? It takes quite a while to recover 9 days of pay and the game isn't here for a limited time.

[@extermenator11]

​@@davidmorris6254man just wanted a gaming vacation

[@Megaman8880]

@davidmorris6254 I have paid days off my guy. No money lost.

[@NothingXemnas]

​@@Megaman8880 Shhhh they may be American. *They don't know what paid sick days even are.*

[@proxmitikgames]

​@@davidmorris6254Spot the american

[@remygallardo7364]

Just recently I found the kickstarter for Ratatan, a sequel to the Patapon series from the PSP days that is being made by most of the original crew. They went to kickstarter because their respective studios they worked at weren't interested in funding the project. They were asking for $140k USD roughly and were allowed to take their project public. They were funded in 47 minutes and are closing in on $1mil USD in funding. Fans want good games and are more than happy to pay for them, even significantly more so than asking price, to get them. I backed it and I am happy to wait until 2025 for it to release. But also it struck a chord with me because it is a game genre which has gone with little to no major interaction from the mainstream; a combination rhythm and command game, and I consider my pledge to their project an investment in hopefully expanding the genre itself, not just for the game. Clearly there is a demand for this game and the amount of funding that the kickstarter has raised shows their studios had NO CLUE how valuable the idea was and weren't willing to take the risk. Most studios seem averse to taking risk these days and risk is what we need. Take the chances on the weird mutations, the smaller genres, the original ideas.

[@mjgeolin6956]

Im glad you brought this up because i played Patapon games a lot and there’s something special about those games that cant never replace within modern gaming (im talking about AAA games)

[@Damnitgary]

But patapon fans are a very small percentage

[@lolzforlunch]

I'm genuinely psyched for them, but I very much believe that this is the "doomed to fail" methodology in some effect, and a lot of the passion projects really fall through the cracks because that niche specificity is a double edged sword in capitalism. Still not good, but I think it's a part of reality too.

[@Lucymara48]

damn i remember playing the patapon demo a few times a day because i was poor and couldn't afford the full game

[@SluggedNugg]

DUDE FR?? THANKYOU I DIDNT KNOW THEY WERE MAKING A SEQUEL!

[@Draggobuttboi]

The amount of damage bungie did to the triple A gaming industry with that GDC presentation cannot be overstated, I'm glad people are pushing back and demanding more from the gaming industry.

[@miladrahim5437]

When I was a kid and first heard of Bungie and how they revolutionized the FPS genre with Halo I thought how great they must be, now that I've grown up and witnessed what they've done to the gaming landscape I truly believe Bungie is one of the most evil and corrupt corpos there is.

[@LiliumCruorem]

I cannot believe homie went up there and really said “don’t make the games too good or you can’t siphon people’s money slowly through your cash shop. This is what happens when Wall-Street smells money in a new industry though.

[@TheRealJayReyes]

common Bungie L

[@Cmdr_V]

​@@miladrahim5437I'd say Bethesda lol

[@BuddyIsGarbage]

@cyberdyneftw1015I blame Epic and Fortnite.

[@oriontipuna586]

Thank you for documenting your own descent into madness Muta. Psychologists will study this for decades to come.

[@padnomnidprenon9672]

He should also record his way out of madness, so us poor lads have some guidance too

[@ShockInazuma]

This honestly just goes to show how much better indie games are. A Hat in Time, Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, Terraria, Noita, ULTRAKILL, Pizza Tower, and Teardown just to name a few. Edit: My god, what have I started? I just wanted to make a point that indie games are much better than most AAA titles. I won't deny there's plenty of good AAA titles like the ones Muta mentioned, but especially now it feels like a lot of recent games as he said haven’t been good if at all.

[@seanowens3153]

I'd still rank them below most triple A's.

[@AzrealAsItGets]

Yeah there are a lot of God tier Indie games. I'd say more people are aware of the indie scene nowadays too. Which is great.

[@kaden-sd6vb]

​@@seanowens3153and here we see the "problem group"

[@oleevv]

Freedom Planet 2 too

[@FriedrichMeier0]

indie games are trash

[@ProtoDeVNan0]

Didn't finish the video yet but I fully agree. Muta is going insane.

[@kristanricketts5028]

I'm here for it 😂

[@JmKrokY]

Yeah 100% can agree

[@hellomikie92]

He doesn't sleep well. I think the 3+ million subscribers has him grasping at straws in terms of content creating. Before he had this many, he was laid back. I think it's more tired and desperate to keep his subscribers entertained than him being insane Plus with current events going on in the world it has gotten him paranoid. I can tell.

[@xx_yungbeener_xx]

​@@hellomikie92yeah fr the stress is getting to him

[@snickle1980]

True and real, chat.

[@NoName-ym5zj]

4:57 - Not just because of that, the game has almost unparalleled interactivity, player choice and variation in how to approach different tasks and the level design is just insane. I can't say it does anything new specifically that Larian hasn't already done, but it just takes everything that Larian is good at and brings it on a completely different level. I am playing this game in a solo playthrough as well as in coop with my friends and so far I have experienced two distinctly different stories, with different events and mood in general. Like in coop playthrough we had to kill one of the companions, because they attacked us and we never pursued or experienced her story while in my solo playthrough I didn't kill her and went along with her quest and it resulted in me having a completely different experience, like I literally was exploring a whole new different area, because of that. Mindblowing.

[@jag764]

This is just act 1, act 2 becomes more linear but act 3 is a buggy nightmare and unfinished, the last sections of act 3 in particular feels extremely rushed. The ai in act 3 just gives up too and is one of the worst and most game breaking ai's I've ever seen ( literally, it broke my game three times in act 3, I even missed out on one of the main villains completely because of it ). The progression also feels like it just gives up in act 1, there's basically almost no progression past that in terms of gear I struggled really hard to find anything interesting in act 3 beyond a shortsword and dagger from the MSQ and the companion storyline rewards ( the staff I got was arguably worse than the act 1 staff I had ). So many levels is just hp too it's really boring progressing your character it's only in act 1 really where it excites you.

[@NoName-ym5zj]

@@jag764 not at all, perhaps you just haven't experienced it, but yet again there is a lot of variation in act 2 dependinding on your actions and a lot of different events that may or may not happen in the Shadowlands. Progression is different for different classes, but it's not Larian problem it's D&D 5e problem and yeah I would agree if you are a martial class it's like ... more HP and extra attack if you are lucky. Can't speak for ACT 3 as of now, I heard from some they get huge lag in Shadowlands on their 3080, but here I am with pretty good FPS on my 1060 3GB. Same thing with the city, heard some people have performance issue, but most of the people I know have no problems there with subpar systems similar to mine.

[@RaptorJesus]

It's like someone looked at Arcanum & Planescape Torment and said "Yeah, let's add all that amazing shit into Baldur's Gate. Prepare the sacrifices!"

[@TheRealShedLife]

I love it when Muta goes off like this, his delivery and metaphors are hilarious, while also providing meaningful analysis.

[@憂鬱な冒険家]

You know it’s serious when Muta is sitting at his couch

[@JmKrokY]

Fr

[@ScatWilliams69]

You know you’re cool when your comment is completely original.

[@fkhan2006]

just let the man sit on his couch

[@nyxranobody3690]

@@ScatWilliams69you know you’re cool when you don’t care if it is or not

[@helloworld2054]

That's Couchahar for you

[@selunescorpio]

I appreciate these couch-side chats with Muta. Makes me feel like he’s my wise uncle who descends further into madness with each installment because the world is a cruel, cruel place

[@McSquiddington]

It's all about player retention. It used to be a good game was a game that was good enough to warrant you returning to it five, ten, forty times. A good game was something with a limited campaign, but one you wouldn't mind replaying over and over. It used to be that retention was guaranteed by narrative innovation, mechanics-based novelty or just having such an iron-clad gameplay loop that you wouldn't mind running through the same funhouse two million times. Then came World of Warcraft. Other MMOs existed before it, sure, but WoW went mainstream in ways EverQuest or RuneScape could ever dream of. WoW showed the world that another path to retention involved perpetual novelty. Instead of telling players to wait for one or two expansion packs, you could get them to stay with you for *decades* if you kept the reward circuit active - and this conicided with the development of the industry to such an extent that most games being released became one-and-done affairs. Even today, people buy games, complete them and either let them rot in their Steam library or try and sell the disc if they can. Other companies took notice and figured you could hijack's a player's interest in other genres, too - and that gave birth to Live Service gaming as we know it. It's hard to believe now, but there used to be a time where gamers at large and industry commentors were looking forward to Destiny's release, because the concept of a perpetual shooter designed from the ground up to be narratively shared with other players was groundbreaking. Now, there isn't a single AAA shooter in existence (and especially none from Actiblizz) that doesn't have aspirations of being your next money pit. Larian, on the other hand, is dead-set on sticking to the earlier understanding and application of player retention. Create a game and a world that's fascinasting enough to warrant losing yourself in, and you'll come back to it *decades* from now - no DLC required, no Battle Pass. And that's what other studios are confused about. They're of the mind that that games that aren't theoretical founts for infinite cash are a waste of time, and only really see any value-added propositions as a means to squeeze the player base for even more cash. If Larian produces DLC for BG3, it'll be because there's more stories to tell; not because there's money to be made.

[@awanderingcommenter]

I think that this is what a lot of economy-minded people miss when judging the true value/meaning of things, especially story-based things. I find that stories and life are so much more than time, money, and numbers. Stories have value that cannot just be shown with a price tag, and people are starting to realize that about the fictional stories they experience and create and the true story they live in.

[@davethescrub858]

Loved the end of that with "If dlc does come out it'll be because there's more story to tell - not money to be made" that's fucking beautiful. Put it in the headlines

[@McSquiddington]

@@awanderingcommenter Very, very, *very* well said. My hat's off to you.

[@McSquiddington]

@@davethescrub858 Thanks! I'm an older gamer now, seeing as I turned forty a few weeks back, and what always brought me to my consoles or my PC consisted of the stories I could experience - not the kill-death ratio, not the unlocks or the bragging rights. Fuck, I used to play adventure games almost exclusively until Doom first came out in 1993! What was I going to brag about, how fast I'd realized both Sirrus and Achenar were untrustworthy in Myst? I never really got the focus on Achievements for the same reason. I don't care if I ever see one-sixth of what's pressed on that disc; it'll be *my* story, remembered the way *I* went through it.

[@ItsNotACheat]

I was thinking this exact same way recently. Im glad people like you speak your mind muta, and are willing to simply do your own research, but also aren't a contrarian. its nice to see that consumers are wising up, and people like you are encouraging it. keep on keeping on muta.

[@NoJack.]

Honestly loving your content lately Muta. Hope you're doing well in your descent into insanity.

[@hellomikie92]

Even if you were going insane, which you're not. We would still support you as being the kind, chill mental patient who still makes videos for entertainment. On a serious note, go back to making deep web browsing, or even better; get some sleep for tonight. I see bags under your eyes

[@username-fo2ov]

Agreed. I missed deep web browsing Muta

[@crazypasta7749]

If he goss insane dips on his channel 😂😂😂

[@Randomperson-if4hy]

The bags have been there since day one. It’s just part of being a gamer.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

I miss deep web browsing but dude has been having those bags, since like forever

[@mattr.1804]

Man’s had bags since day one. How long you been here?

[@fry7320]

YES MUTA!!! thank you we are together descending without a parachute into madness.This video made me so happy honestly.

[@Brianna_Q]

You gotta take care of yourself man. Your a genuinely great person, don't let this world take that from you.

[@kendrickworthington1851]

I always appreciate you sharing your thoughts mutahar. Even in your frustrations I can see you cracking jokes and sharing animated expressions and that's enough to liven up anybody's days. I think it's awesome that my feeds are being populated by more and more characters who are calling out companies and streamers for certain behaviours.

[@brenfu4982]

Love the love for Baldurs Gate 3. Im 50 hours in on my first play through. You speak what we are thinking!

[@Hitokiri1912]

Youll be alright bro the insanity doesnt last forever... It only grows 🫥

[@ilikefoodoof2982]

The voices only grow louder 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Incinerator96]

Baldur's Gate 3 is one of my favorite games I've gotten in a long damn time. One of the best games. Took me about 70 hours to finish my first playthrough. I genuinely didn't realize how low my expectations actually have gotten for new games until I played it. Maybe it's because I have been starved of actual great games like it but yeah idk. I also used to be a console gamer all my life, since 2001, till this past year. I only play one game on my console now because I can't transfer progress to PC and everything else i play is on PC. I'm over the console stuff.

[@LuisOrtiz-zu3dq]

Well, baldurs Gate did revolutionize the genre, but I don't think what it did will be used in many other games. The revolution here is the D&D mechanics it's not what skyrim did with the open world and rpg mechanics. What gta 3 did to open worlds or what zelda did with physics and etc, but it did do something revolutionary and unique, which I think is more important instead of trying to make a revelutionary game like dark souls 1, last of us or TES.

[@jakubviskup977]

@@LuisOrtiz-zu3dq DnD mechanics? in BG3? where? How canu u put dice rolls in %? turn based combat in DnD? the game has nothin to do with BG series. Only stolen name.

[@SahilP2648]

@@jakubviskup977 there's % hit chance in BG3 in combat where the enemy and you the player will roll dice in order to attack and defend. Then there are modifiers to this, sometimes you can 1d4 meaning an additional 4 sided die which can have additional effects like acid, fire, cold etc. Then there are saving throws affected by your base stats like charisma, constitution, strength etc. Actually the game is so hard on the middle difficulty because of the base % hit chance you get in battle, I had to start from scratch again. I was stuck in one of the Act 1 missions with no other choice than to either restart the game or go back maybe 4~5 hrs, so I just restarted the game. But this game does have a ton of D&D elements in it.

[@RDC95]

⁠@@jakubviskup977the game is based on dnd 5e. Worked directly with Wizards of the Coast. Awesome rpg with a special individualized twist. Play it. Or watch some gameplay. Educate yourself, and learn. Just because a game is loved by just about everyone does not mean you have to hate on it. It’s okay to like it or not like it, but be better. Good luck.

[@rigormortis4768]

yeah not really a revolution that game. But you can have sex with a bear so there's that, I guess.

[@KahlebKensinger]

the uncanny way this feels like a trapped conversation that elicits great anxiety and yet simultaneously I fully agree with everything said

[@dependent-ability8631]

Muta has that affect on me too

[@dependent-ability8631]

effect? i hate this language

[@mehck-gk9yn]

found footage vibes

[@WorldKeepsSpinnin]

@@dependent-ability8631”affect” means affecting a person personally like “his music really affects me” “Effect” is like a poisons “effects on the human body”. Movie “effects” etc. So you were right the first time.

[@gobelnik]

​@@WorldKeepsSpinninAs far as I am aware you can't have an 'affect' on someone, you can only affect or be affected as a verb, which causes an effect. I think that English language is pretty fair in it's base standards! Like, it's easy to get a first grasp?

[@makefoxhoundgreatagain842]

I find it funny to think of a scenario where there is someone in mutas house not aware hes recording and just think he's gone absolutely insane talking to himself

[@JebidiahJo]

Finally someone is talking about this major issue. I've lost touch with gaming here recently and it's because it feels so predatory. Hopefully the industry changes soon.

[@sparkselm173]

I never thought that "games will do well if they respect the players" would be a controversial take, but here we are. We need more like this to show the trashy publishers that this shit works and earns the big bucks.

[@coacksenmayasse5771]

Yeah, i do belicve they know bro, it´s just that their version of "big bucks" is always like more than a billion dollas.

[@desfefe]

It has been happening for quite a while tbh. Like how Elden Ring did it and people were losing their minds over it (which admittedly it is a good game, but it isnt the best game of all time). I think a major shift needs to happen to those major developpers for this to become the norm. Only way is by consumers not purchasing that drm/dlc filled crap, and rather just buy those respectful games.

[@Saxophalicious]

​@@coacksenmayasse5771this. The sad truth is that if you've ever paid for post launch content, the blame rests on you. It rests on me a little for this. I'm ashamed, but most of my money went to private Minecraft servers.

[@bdbgh]

Welcome to the club Muta, I love dragon age origins and BG3 scratches that itch (and more). I've spent a 100 hours in the game and I'm enjoying the depth of choice that's given to you, in adventure, combat and dialogue.

[@ToXiN3651]

It's beyond sad that some developers give so much pushback from the customer when all they want is a quality product, and simply want to be respected. Gamers want to know that their money was well spent and not feel robbed, nor feel like they're being treated like idiots. It should be a simple concept but clearly these companies don't understand that.

[@MetaGamingDojo]

FACTS!

[@diegomedina9637]

Actually that's really the issue. People want quality AAA high budget games every single god damn month of the year from the big guns... Heck even multiple of them even if they can't literally buy them. Some weeks after Tears of the Kingdom was released I saw a bunch mother truckers already begging for the next mainline Zelda game when the majority was still going through the game, and another set of bruhs doing the tipical "NINTENDO DOOMED!?" Post because there was no mayor release between Zelda and Pikmin. We don't need the next big thing when the current big thing just released. We can hold on a couple of months/years for a game, it's not like we don't have nothing to play. What? Do you literally break your games when you're done with them?

[@lerne3060]

@@diegomedina9637 This is just most likely a vocal minority you're looking at, most people are too busy or doing other shit to be asking for a sequel this early on.

[@Ballbroth]

No companies DO understand that. They do their best to skirt the line. "it's only cosmetic tee hee" "oh well its not p2w because it isnt really that helpful" "We need the MT money to support the game" It's all fucking lies and bullshit, just stop buying.

[@leagueaddict8357]

No people want to get robbed look at Hogwart's Legacy people actually bought that full price.

[@TT-rt9vv]

A game that isn't ruined by business decisions and monetization and is actually good. What a concept!

[@Brindil_Swiftfoam]

Hi, thank you for these content formats; I think that sure, for the sake of the culture, respectful video games are a must (as it can happen, from time to time, to expect a 3D AAA experience). Nevertheless, I find myself increasingly drawn to simpler video games (2D 8-bit to 16-bit platformers) because I feel more like "playing", "toying" instead of having an "experience".

[@wantedin6states]

Muta recording in his living room is just a whole other experience

[@MandoMTL]

You NPCs are easily amused.

[@nyxranobody3690]

@@MandoMTLusing NPC is cringe bro

[@wantedin6states]

​@@MandoMTLi wouldn't say NPC I would say some ordinary gamer

[@rielaxault]

@@wantedin6states cringe

[@thatonemajin3578]

The phrase "Gamers are the most oppressed people" become less and less of a meme every day.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

And more true....and most likely enough to pick up the Hammer and Sickle and pull an insurgency like Shining Path on corporations

[@cheefqueef6494]

First they ban us for saying the n word now we can't have a finished game without having an excuse for being live service 😔

[@mehck-gk9yn]

@@cheefqueef6494 Shit the N word was like a decade ago, now you get banned for telling someone they suck.

[@donventura2116]

Truth is gamers are just idiots and addicts, on average, who continually reward companies for bad products and practices.

[@syressx9098]

​@@donventura2116Hard to argue with what

[@lolzforlunch]

Im at Act 3 now and this game is awesome because it is a consistent, respectful game that will give back exactly as much as you put into it. I camt wait to dedicate my run to Selune for BG3 and finally see why some ppl just run BG1+2 atleast once a year now

[@chrisjackson7785]

Baldurs gate 3 has to be my favorite game of all time, I can’t stop playing and thinking about it. I’m absolutely addicted, haven’t felt like this in a long time. When I leave me pc tho I find my self thinking the real world has dialogue options😂

[@LordChariot]

It doesn't just respect the gamer, but also the content and lore. I'm glad they didn't just slap a crap story on top of Divinity. The quests are numerous and deep.

[@the_expidition427]

This man is saying what everyone is thinking!

[@UraniumChef]

Muta, the voice of all

[@42saram42]

I definitely agree with this. I've mostly just stopped playing AAA titles lately and most of my gaming time is spent on indie games these days. Most of them come out as a full product and the only "DLC" is a soundtrack and aren't $60 nevermind the new $70 bullshit some of the big guys are trying to pull now for buggy and incomplete games with microtrasactions for days.

[@newsciencestuff5540]

Humble Choice focuses on AA and indie games. No AAA games. Maybe I should subscribe

[@42saram42]

@@newsciencestuff5540 I have been subscribed for a long time and have gotten some real gems I otherwise would have never found.

[@workoutandread]

@@newsciencestuff5540 Just buy the new ones, humble choice is dogshit and you will never get the best. Just go buy factorio, rimworld, trepang2, bolt etc...

[@tonypringles2285]

indie games are so boring though. sure you get fun ones but most either have limited to no story or it has a great story but no replayability and boring gameplay

[@workoutandread]

@@tonypringles2285 tell that to DRG, boltgun and trepang2 and factorio and rimworld, rust etc.. Indie games mog trip A dogshit design by committee garbage.

[@JoJo_Binks_]

As a wise donkey once said, “A work of art that developers put years of their life into, $60 for that? That’s just a good deal. The joke is how many $60 games meet that criteria”

[@TippyHippy]

I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture

[@playerone7663]

Muta on BG3: "At least I can play it iin the sewer drain, next to the crackheads" 😂

[@dbbbbbbb1952]

You’re absolutely right, developers have forgotten how to make good games and as consumers our expectations have been lowered. Gamers just want an honest game. Give us an honest game and we’ll be happy

[@okuyashoe_official]

All that time sleeping in Minecraft VR has really got to him

[@atilla4352]

Lol true 😂

[@FirstnameLastname-ej4kv]

You know it seriously serious when he seriously sits on his serious couch

[@reputablehype]

Overall, as a casual game, the PS3 was the peak. Well it was for me anyway. It felt like that's where innovation and simplicity met. Everything was downhill after that, either it was too complicated or innovation was trumped by greed.

[@Orochi_REDIORI]

exactly my thoughts too, also if it wasn't for the ps2 era, we wouldn't of had that many great games.

[@Sakama98]

Muta slowly descent to madness after discovering aliens coming to earth

[@IDKWtsIt2U]

The advertising made me think the game was going to be high quality trash, but watching some gameplay actually took me back to my time in Fallout 1. It's a weird to think some kids might have never actually had fun on a PC and that BG3 could be their first time.

[@Couldnt_Be_Bothered]

This is why indie games will always be my favorite. You get a full game for anywhere from a half to a quarter of the price of AAA.

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Yep almost all my favorite games since the 2010's have been from indie devs.

[@enterprisedavidcain]

Ask Xbox players how they feel about indie games

[@hypermiraclepositivegirl2415]

​@@enterprisedavidcainmind if u can fill in the gaps?

[@deathshot2101]

Hatika is my fav game dev of all time🍷🗿

[@workoutandread]

@@enterprisedavidcain You have a computer no? LMAO

[@gavo117]

Muta wide eyed staring into my soul while talking about playing baldurs gate on the can is slightly unsettling but hey I’m down for it 😂

[@Toxtom828]

You can tell the game is good when there are so many people all around saying "I am not even a fan of crpg/I don't like turn based combat games BUT this game slaps".

[@seagullphilosopher2173]

Good take as always Muta. A good example of the insanity is Blizzard having the nerve to call the standard tier of Battlepass the "free" battlepass...as if it exists independently of the paid game. Its not a "free" battlepass its the standard battlepass that comes with the box price. Insanity.

[@mordiez-]

Even with all the bugs, BG3 is the best game to drop in over 5 years.

[@aabahdjfisosososos]

When he’s inside with terrible quality, you know shit is about to get serious.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Corporations are taking too much control

[@nyxranobody3690]

@@КГБКолДжорджКостанцаwelcome to life

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

@@nyxranobody3690 I ain't takinf a stand for it, either fight or put myself out of my misery

[@HeChemicalFe]

My biggest thing i love about bg3 is that there isn't that many fetch quest in terms of get 60 feathers to make a master bow or shit. Yeah the is probably isa fetch quest or two but its small and i think well placed

[@otame4771]

My favourite game this year is Atelier Ryza 3. While it does have DLCs, they're are mostly cosmetics and does not disrupt the full game experience. Gust (the developer of Atelier series) has improved their game since the first Ryza and their games get better with each entry graphically and technically. The series started with a typical dungeon-crawling mechanic where you can't even swim on the water surface to an open world where you can dive underwater and even find secret area within it. The synthesis, combat and exploration mechanics were all improved throughout the series which at one point made me question how is it even possible for a developer to consistently raise the quality of their games without sacrificing all the stuff they've implemented in their previous games. Ryza 3 will surely get my GOTY vote if it's nominated at all, knowing the fact that Zelda TOTK and the upcoming Armored Core game would most likely be nominated for GOTY.

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

Whenever I hear of Gust and Ryza the context is censorship and metaphorically pooping on OG fans in pursuit of the mythical "modern audience", which is a bad vibe for me.

[@Jadty]

@@ordinaryhuman5645So they also censored the waifus and the fanservice for the Western version, or is it censored everywhere by default?

[@gkkk2735]

​@ordinaryhuman5645 didnt they only censor it on playstation?

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

@@gkkk2735No idea, but I'd expect the lowest common denominator is setting the standard for everybody, and past comments have suggested that there's also censorship at the source anyway.

[@gkkk2735]

@ordinaryhuman5645 that makes sense, its that esg money that big devs go after

[@ko0leA1d]

I have been waiting for someone to finally mention how it actually works!!! Like it literally has old school bugs that they release hot fixes for. It’s probably one of THE most gorgeous games, with beautiful sounds and yet the only issue I get is after a pretty lengthy session, I think quick loading drops my fps but closing out the game and giving it a fresh restart brings my frames back. It was more than playable, even during the alpha stage. Which they used to engage fans and probably save/make money for testers. Common sense game devs are incredible and it’s really showing with Baldur’s Gate.

[@thatguynar]

Muta going through the same phase as Hey Vsauce, Michael here! Just a little more time til he let's all the weirdness out.

[@wockus]

next video is him prepping a ted kaczynski to rockstar

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

I would love for that to happen

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

And a shining path style attack on gaming corporations

[@KClem777]

Im sorry you're not doing well, Muta, and I wish nothing but the best for you. Please take care of yourself and stay around positive supportive people in your life❤

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

RIP Muta's sanity

[@mickhoutveen4601]

" It ran like a retirement home on the playstation 5! " Gold :D

[@GoRideLP]

the problem is that ps4, xbox one and earlier got released in the gaming era ... ps5 and xbox one x got released in the profit era

[@epicswirl]

Watched this before Muta went full insane.

[@souptaels]

Who's to say you weren't already insane, Muta? 🤔🤨

[@MetaGamingDojo]

Mmhmm mmhmm!😂

[@aakhbaf4921]

You’re the best Muta 😂 always cracking me up in 1 way or another in your videos

[@GHO5T3DFreelance]

Day 1 .....i Kennot live on...lifes too hard..... but something sparks a fire... Day 2......i Ken pickup weights cut down my calories and run for 30 minutes every morning and decide this is my new routine only drinking 4 cups of Klean water per day. Day 3......i am in the groove all my friends Kennot believe the progress i am making..getting shredded at an almost unkenny pace Day 4......The Kenergy is off the charts as my workouts become like second nature....becoming easy i step them up , i jump into brand new scenarios and experiences without fear taking up Judo and other new hobbies my Kenfidence grows and grows as i smile more and looks good in clothes.....with new styles and brand new flows.....i get girls now , and gain strong Bro's Day 5..... i realise .......i am now Kenough.

[@Gideonrex1]

I haven’t really dived into a game for so long bc these days I only have so much time to game and I’m not going to waste it on some dog shit crack den money scheme “game”. My brother came over yesterday and for the first time since we were kids we played Baldersgate co-op all day, ordered wings, and stayed up until 4 am playing. It was truly refreshing and a reminder of what I used to love about gaming.

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

It’s gonna get better Muta. Don’t give up you have so much to live for.

[@ttdttd4211]

It wont

[@exiledPostman]

In my personal opinion, the last console to really make any big impact on gamers and blow everyone away was probably xbox 360. Even today, you can play a game from 2023 and compare it to Half Life 2 and except for the frame rate, it mostly holds up. There just aren't enough graphical advancements in current technology to impress us anymore. It seems like the developers have only really made advancements in forcing you to sign up for services and robbing you blind with DLC. It's not about exceeding expectations and impressing us anymore, and that's why people are losing interest in gaming.

[@turtlesrprettycool3379]

Back to the couch, holding the phone, and he’s going crazy. I knew this would happen…

[@filip8461]

Hearing Muta speak so many positives about one of my favourite games of all time is great. I loved BG 1 and 2 + Divinity OS 1 and 2. BG 3 is truly a game that lives to the expectations, because developers knew the hype was unreal from DD community.

[@Old_Salt]

Salutations, clone.

[@solonocphoenix]

Me and my friends talks about this everyday and i am glad muta is also pointing out this, literally there's nothing new in this generation, only remake and remastered, i sometimes wonder what's the point of that power in ps5 if there aren't many games to play, i remember in xbox 360 era we used to get new game like in every month and there were so many, even developers used to put their heart in making games, but now a days its cash grabs only, again no new games, remakes remastered thats all!

[@zachpatterson4430]

in all fairness im losing my mind too mutahar

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

I predict it Zach, you will be Zach Patterson, Corporal of the US Army, you have been drafted to war in 2025 and will barely survive and be stranded in the hot desert of the middle east but will recover in an army medic room but you will end up living on an oxygen tank but marriage is coming for you

[@Pohtaitoh]

At 105 hours and I'm still not done with my first BG3 playthrough. Funny thing is, I'm still having an insane amount of fun with the game. So much so that I'm already planning my next playthrough.

[@Vvenyaa]

I like that he's making vids in different places I wonder what area we're gonna unlock next

[@elio7610]

Bathroom

[@MetaGamingDojo]

😏

[@Enzed_]

The crack den well, he already teased us about it.

[@bouclechocolat]

I've been pretty much out of the gaming space for over a decade now, and anytime something comes along and piques my interest nowadays, the entire thing seems so inaccessible - either get scalped on a console that's going to be used for 1-2 games, or drop a mortgage payment on a gaming pc setup to run games that look like garbage and require incredibly invasive DRM software. I have a Switch that at this point is a zelda-and-ported-PS2-games machine and leave it at that.

[@Katie-hj5eb]

I am continually shocked that people pre-order Ubisoft, EA and Activision-Blizzard games... its always the same old slop.

[@dbbbbbbb1952]

I think developers have been given a lot of tools that sizzle but there’s no steak. A lot of the best games were great because developers had some serious constraints to develop against. The newer tools have given the devs a lot of freedom to express themselves but in the process they’ve lost their soul. Also back in the day only really talented developers who were passionate about gaming and border line autistic with the tools at the time were in the game. Now with the ease of use you have a lot of mid devs which are just helping output trash

[@hovesssharedspace8490]

appreciating the respect that games like BG3 gives to gamers? truly going insane

[@YunginTV]

I used to be excited multiple time of the year for new games and now I get maybe one decent game that keeps me entertained for half the year. I’m honestly just waiting to get a new game with story and multiplayer that’s actually good and “is the game of the year”. We no longer get disappointed at a bad game because we already expect it, to get a good game is starting to seem weird, there’s always a catch now

[@TheLOMTONG]

I used to be excited.

[@thewhistler6537]

Tears of the Kingdom is a bad example... Breath of the Wild was built for Wii U, then ported to Switch for a multi-system release. Tears of the Kingdom wasn't built from scratch, it was built on top of Wii U software. To me, it feels like TotK was just DLC for BotW. 6 years for some sky islands, a mirrored half ass underground, and lego mechanics...for 70 dollars..... Then they toss in Ganondorf for a nostalgic cash grab... I watched the cutscenes on the tube and he feels tacked on. Can I have my hookshot back, thanks.

[@evilcultleader]

“Pirates” are 99% people who can’t afford the game. You’re not “missing a sale” when pirates download the game. As a teen, I downloaded bootlegs because I had no money. I wouldn’t have bought the game either way. Now that I can afford the games, I financially support good games as much as I can too. DRM is an awful idea.

[@RealJoseph123]

I think we all are going insane.

[@ParanormalTheology]

Agreed 🎉🎉🎉

[@jackastor5265]

I don't think Muta understands that the bar has been raised. BG3 has over 170 HOURS of cutscenes alone. A script of over 2,000,000 words, that's twice as many as every episode of Game of Thrones combined. The voice acting is spectacular. No in game purchases or pay to win. Feature complete on release. Rich emersive story telling. Quite frankly its the greatest RPG ever made.

[@llnnie]

on paper*

[@barrag3463]

The bar will only be raised if other publishers actually adhere to it. One game won't magically undo a decade of boardroom bullshit and it's cult of continuous profit growth overnight, or even in a year.

[@kmaromk2388]

Eventually, he'll take us to the bathroom with him.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Hmmmmm 😳

[@iDontGotIt]

The guy showed upp to a dev update in full cosplay. He's got my vote.

[@shade_steppa]

Bro I love how this guy communicates with his brow-raises and eye-popping 😂😂😂 it just makes the punchlines that much better

[@NobodySPersonalReaper]

Muta slowly will start to get further and further from his chair showing his growing insanity

[@TheItalianMiata]

I love these schizo rant videos ❤❤❤

[@bean-pod]

Agree 1000%. Its gotten so bad over the last few years that I just wait for reddit reviews on whether or not the game is actually payable

[@Smilephile]

Reminds me of Jordan Peele's movies. People were talking about "IS he the GREATEST director of all time?" No. But the movies felt like they were made for ADULTS and people are so divorced from media that isnt for families or manchildren that they were absolutely blown away.

[@Mei_Ayanam1]

You are not insane. ❤

[@hate-chan4369]

Did you even watch the video? Lmao

[@Mei_Ayanam1]

@@hate-chan4369 Pre-ordered it. 🫡

[@cozseppi]

Unhinged Muda, but also speaking truths is a gem

[@aesthral]

i love how when i see muta on his living room at night is gonna be a game rant

[@EpFiDude]

To say that Baldurs Gate 3 is this well received just because it doesn't have microtransaction is a complete insult to the game. This game is genuinely a masterpiece, it has nothing to do with "respecting" players, even if that's a bonus.

[@Tornzy]

Game Dev here. There are a ton of games that do it horrible for DLC and abuse the patch release. BUT there is a reason many studios changed to the DLC "live game" system. The DLC system prevented countless professionals from losing their jobs. The old "one and done" games saw waves of hires and fires and game devs would have to get used to being unemployed 3-4 months out of a year. There are always bad actors, but since 2008, the consistency of employment has been mostly stable compared to the ways of old. You can respect the player AND release DLC. Publishers do enslave the smaller studios and force the deadlines and make it buggy as shit. The "waiting for games" many studios can't live without funding for 6 years. I get the general feelings, I am a gamer as well. I also understand the business side and the actual cost it takes to keep a studio and employees funded. Divinity was a success, but it had just as much of a chance to be nothing but obscure and sell at a negative and the studio wouldn't be alive to make Baldur's Gate 3. Added for the amount of successes, there are exponentially higher amount of great games that release and only gain traction with a small audience and the studio up and dies or has to lay-off 90% of it's folks because they're out of money. I could do an entire Ted Talk on the subject including essentially the Death of original IPs outside small indie studios and indie studio lifestyle. In short, Live service games keeps studios open and employees hired AND bad actors found a way to abuse the system which soured it for the mass market.

[@elliotwatson3964]

Red Dead 2 was DEFINTELY above and beyond GTA V's open world. GTA V was suprisingly bare