The Gaming Golden Age Is NOW!

Some of my favorite upcomming games :D
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[@Gracericon]

i love when individual people and small teams are much better at making good games than huge corporations

[@LuckayyAU]

its great how small studio's and developers tend to put more passion and care into their projects unlike some triple-A slop lol

[@SinisterBlitzo9]

its right there in the name CORPORATION its corporate, safe, slop that guarantees they get their money back

[@Not_Nik0]

@@LuckayyAU it make sense though. Big companies are too big to care, as long as it makes them money. Small devs actually have to try because they don't have a hivemind that'll buy their game no matter what.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Can you share some titles too so that people who see this thread may check out the stuff that goes under the radar? Things like Blud, Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, Genokids, Cookie Cutter, Soulstice, Immortal: And the Death that Follows, My Familiair, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Harold Halibut, Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip, The Mermaid's Tongue/The Mermaid Mask, Resistor, Kings of Hell, whatever Moonhood Studio and Amanita Design are cooking up, Decline's Drops, and so many more.

[@X3RNEA5]

The last good AAA game I played was Titanfall 2

[@officialfumofeltingchannel1490]

Finally someone said it, I can’t take the “gaming is dead” crowd seriously when there is still plenty of quality titles coming out

[@Trafficallity]

"gaming is dead" - someone who has never played any game before

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

@@Trafficallity More likely people only playing AAA from Ubisoft, EA, Blizzard, Sony 🥲

[@derple8524]

I just ignore them

[@abaddon1503]

@@Trafficallity “Gaming isn’t fun anymore” dudes when I show them a single hour of Ultrakill, Blazblue Chronophantasma, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, Touhou Subterranean Animism, Sonic Unleashed, Neon White, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster, Under Night in Birth, Ace Attorney Trilogy, Ys Seven, Tales of the Abyss, and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core R

[@avery-u1w]

@@PetitTasdeBouepeople who only play nba games lmao

[@williamafton2208]

New mario & luigi is gonna be mad fun, after almost 9 years we winning boys

[@autismandgaming4532]

Alphadream may be over, but we’re so back

[@BingulonPrime]

literally SO FUCKING BACK

[@bro7496]

Okey dokie!

[@rpg6498]

Getting three Mario RPGs in a span of a year I think it’s safe to say that WE ARE SO BACK LADS!!1!111!!!

[@avery-u1w]

@@bro7496here we go

[@theonlysamman3889]

Foekoe on his way to show me 15 other cool-looking underrated games when I'm still trying to beat the 15 other games I bought but still haven't finished:

[@TheNoodlerNoodleASMR]

🍀

[@theonlysamman3889]

@@tambettammisto7423 I'm playing through Celeste so I can get to spider man so I can get to viewfinder. Purposely not buying any games till I beat them all though so I've severely lowered my backlog.

[@theonlysamman3889]

@@TheNoodlerNoodleASMR holy fucking shit is that the noodler

[@xXsillie_sil1nkusXx]

yh me too

[@Jollofmuncher2000]

i am yet to fully finish elden ring lmao

[@sivasankari9363]

I think foekoe replaced his blood with coffee cuz this upload rate is not normal

[@autismandgaming4532]

Not 100%ing games will do that to you

[@kumahollowssecondchanell6381]

I thought this comment meant foekoe drinks blood in the morning and he finally replaced it with coffee for once

[@gadulizm]

You know what color looks like gold? Yellow, you know what's Yellow? Undertale Yellow, Undertale Yellow is a game, so you should play Undertale Yellow!

[@Caketurtle7]

PAC Man

[@thegamerFOX45]

pretty sure lot of the people saying "gaming is dead" is because their favorite game is a game like fortnite or roblox and they are bored about them and dont know what else to play so they just say "yeah gaming is dead guys" either way all these games you showed look good

[@ColinJoesseppiVEVO]

The people who make those “Gaming is dead” videos are the same people who are so committed to eat up the same COD or EA Sports slop that they had kids with both

[@kroooassant9899]

Exactly, I see these people are console gamers too, it is litterally inconceivable to say that for the PC gaming galaxy. It has become so huge it is almost impossible to survey between all the different genres PC offers to gamers and it's like every 3-6 months we get a sub genre of gaming.

[@tinsnow3442]

Don't forget ENA: Dream BBQ, this will probably be my best game of all time when it finally comes out. The trailer alone is a masterpiece.

[@wtf.is.this.new.alias.system]

finally the big catch mentioned ive been following this project ever since its inception and have never seen any mentions. How can something this good be overlooked so hard

[@danone_danone]

Yeah it’s impressive how overlooked it is

[@seggygamer485]

indie games are undeniably better than most triple a games nowadays

[@technoboop1890]

Um. Armored core 6, RE4 remake, Zelda totk, Baldurs gate 3, Alan Wake 2, I mean all of those are from last year alone Indie games are great but you don't have to beat down AAA games too...

[@daemonnewton2202]

​@technoboop1890 that's what I'm saying.

[@derple8524]

​@@technoboop1890agreed, I've played Super Mario Wonder, Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime, Crash Bandicoot 4, The Wonderful 101, Astral Chain and much more

[@abaddon1503]

@@technoboop1890 They said most not all All of your examples are the exceptions but they aren’t the rule.

[@avery-u1w]

@@derple8524Metroid prime is so amazing. I feel like it fits my personality perfectly

[@carpetincarpeton]

steam game i recoomend: the were cleaner, a stealth game about doing your job as kyle the janitor, but he`ll have to deal with his werewolves instincts for his nightshifts

[@EmoticonFull]

0:45 seconds in and you already stated something that I also said myself, Big Catch Tackle Box is crazy that it's free for the amount of fun you can have with it

[@cinnas0ul]

Rift of the Necrodancer has a free demo out and I kid you not I've already put 6 hours into it

[@Donchan1]

Pony Island 2 is going to be a banger

[@PaveltheDicer]

Fishing? Like in silk song?

[@screm5514]

silk song release date announcement comfirmed?

[@2NDSEATEROFMOTHORCOUNCIL]

Silk song isn’t real idiot, it’s a psyop made by big hollow to make you not play games to lower racism rates(aka ungamer our social order)!!!!!

[@Low_qualityKel]

hollow knight 3 when

[@elias0240]

I would unironically love it if silksong has a fishing minigame. Every game‘s better with a fishing minigame, I stand by this.

[@LeoGaming55]

@@elias0240Sonic Adventure?

[@Limbogummy]

5:55 the main composer is Andrew Hulshult who as you probably know made the DUSK ost

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

you could throw darts at a conspiracy board, and there's a 70% chance they'd all land on a game he actually composed for he's becoming the gianni matragrano of vgm

[@FrahdChikun]

@@ConsarnitTokkori And that's a worthy title!

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Andrew does a phenomenal job. If there's anybody I could ask to possibly take Mick's place for future Doom games, it's probably him.

[@kattybratt1353]

and ancient gods! i have high hopes for it

[@FrahdChikun]

I'm absolutely with you regarding Tacklebox. This _free_ demo has enough content to be considered a full-fledged indie game, yet it's only a taste of what's to come in the full game (which will have even more mechanics)! It's definitely going to be the best platformer of the 2020's! As for the people who made it, it's by the same guys who made Yo! Noid II. The whole grappling mechanic originates from there!

[@mrbellington]

We are living in a golden age of foekoe videos rn

[@rudeboyspodcast]

6:55 Thanks for bringing up UFO 50! It's been my most anticipated game for 7 years now, and it feels unreal that it's actually coming out, finally. 50 games really do take a long time to make, lol

[@Rainbonana]

The people who made The Big Catch, are I KID YOU NOT, from the devs of Yo Noid 2

[@pkzoda]

I literally just finished The Big Catch: Tacklebox a couple days ago and I am BEYOND excited for the full release, PEAK PLATFORMER

[@InTheDeepEnd.]

One game I’m excited for is cuffbust which is by the same developer as choo choo Charles and he says that it will be pc only and steam deck.

[@azurehaiku]

i need more people to play big catch. this game should blow up like a hat in time did

[@pabloserranogarcia7557]

You know what? I’m making a goal to play every game in this video and everything else I find even remotely fun that comes out this year. I need a serious detox of competitive games.

[@jurtheorc8117]

Mind if i give some suggestions of neat lesser-known (indie) games that are already out or have yet to come out?

[@bro7496]

Thanks for putting me on to The Big Catch. Game looks really good.

[@GardenGD]

The Big Catch's demo is so good I really wish I could go back in time to back the kickstarter

[@liotheeeveetrainer4305]

AND WE ARE GETTING A NEW MARIO AND LUIGI GAME!!!!

[@Wallatame]

I recently got addicted to this game called “My time at Sandrock” and I haven’t slept in 2 days

[@atlas16198]

5:37 I feel it's likely Andrew Hulshult will return to compose for Dark Ages considering he contributed music for the DLC. If that's the case my hopes are high because he's also an amazing composer (made music for Dusk and Amid Evil for instance)

[@pencilsandpizza]

I went through this arc involving the mayor and seeing you mention him gave me total whiplash

[@sir6311]

They need to add a $10 dlc thats just solely there to support the game. And maybe it gives you like a cool socks recolor or something

[@pokefreak2112]

The big catch demo is sooo good It's made by the same people that did Yo Noid 2 which is also worth playing if you haven't already

[@maisjaki]

'Creator! Creator! More [Obsecure Video Games] please!'

[@maskedmanpkclysm5327]

I'd say thats just Indie video games, real SLOP, real obscurity is something that you rarely find, and that usually finds you instead

[@ch5rry240]

There is also a game releasing tomorrow called “Conscript” which looks absolutely phenomenal. It has a similar artstyle to blasphemous (same studio) but it’s a survival horror game in ww1

[@astrangemed8244]

ive been saying this for a couple months now, its super exciting to see the era of indie and a golden age of video games once again

[@xavierrojas7969]

3:08 aged really well

[@secretname2670]

Big Catch feels like it has something to do with Pseudoregalia and I'm all for it. Thank you SlopFoe for showing me this amazing game

[@OctopusFlapjack]

The gaming golden age is not now, it was the 1990s and nothing can ever change that fact, because most video game studios actually cared about the games and the gamers who played them, unlike EA and Ubisoft.

[@couchpotato5657]

2 Foekoe vids in a week is crazy bro. Good job here’s a cookie 🍪

[@autismandgaming4532]

The people who say “gaming sucks” while not wrong, are genuinely ignorant

[@derple8524]

They're focusing too much on the cash grab games

[@dagobahstudios3662]

“Gaming sucks!” = “The three shooter franchises that are the only games I play have gone downhill!”

[@Man-qc1zl]

"Gaming sucks now" mfs when I show them Hi-Fi rush, Armored Core 6, Baldur's Gate 3, Helldivers 2, Ultrakill, Hades 2, Pikmin 4, and literally every other f@*king indie game out there (and some other triple A games that have genuine passion behind it)

[@autismandgaming4532]

@@Man-qc1zl Notable lack of Pikmin 4 spotted

[@Man-qc1zl]

@@autismandgaming4532 whoops, hol on let me erm

[@Joefax]

Valve actually did something about the bots they are now very rarely found

[@Universal0Life]

Since you’re talking about metroidvanias I’m surprised you didn’t mention Mio: memories in orbit, when it looks like a mix of rain world and hollow knight.

[@couchpotato5657]

That game looks really fun. Can’t wait to play it

[@jurtheorc8117]

Cookie Cutter is cool too where Metroidvanias are concerned. Not here to reinvent the wheel, but to be its own thing and a solid time throughout. Not many games set in a colorful sci-fy/cyberpunk dystopia where the inhabitants range from an amorous skeleton robot with an afro to a proper Hindu demon with a mouth on his belly.

[@dogwaer_gaming]

the amount of banger games that are dropping and gonna drop is completly insane

[@incrediblebat]

how life feels when you get 2 foekoe uploads in one week:

[@ThatAnnoyingGuy96]

This was honestly better than every game presentation this year

[@Gnomeyboiii]

Its always weird to me how people freak out when they find a great free game,i find those quite often,if anyone wants to know some here Grimm's Hollow Sheepy:a short adventure Tadpole Tales Die in the dungeon origins Bloody hell (Not all ive found,just some examples,the weakest id say is tadpole tales and the strongest are Grimm's Hollow and sheepy a short adventure) Also foekoe if you are reading this for any reason well uhh,great video!

[@notthottie]

Gaming IS dead… _somewhat_ This is about AAA Games. *Creativity* Developers often used to have to work within extreme hardware limitations which resulted in creative problem-solving, outside the box thinking, and more innovation. This lead to more unique experiences within games and typically fresh ideas. When a new IP came out, you could expect it to feel like itself, since to make that game it likely required a lot of unique thinking and creative solutions to run and function on that days hardware. It did lead to failures, but despite that, this is where most well known and respected IP's/Studios came from as it defined their skills, great design, and unique games. Todays developers which were likely inspired by these older games, have it much easier and get to benefit from the advance tools and engines we use today. This streamlines many trivial aspects of game development but also has a negative impact. This type of hand holding (technical wise) has proved the reliance on pre-built assets and features which leads to less innovation on a IP scale, less problem solving, and less originality. Combining this with the increased pressure to release games quickly to meet shareholder expectations and keep the company afloat, has lead to the killing of once loved IP's, creativity being massively hindered, and games being seen as a much more formulaic design process than a unique one, resulting in games feeling the same. *Modern Work Environments* "Crunch time" has become a guaranteed piece in todays process for game design. This has absolutely played a roll in the poor state of recent games and certainly lead some skilled developers to quit the field. These high pressure environments that expect you to put YOUR life on hold to try and finish this game as quickly as possible have shown just how much it can affect the bottom line and gives us rushed products with poor creativity. A recent example can be Cyberpunk 2077, I've looked forward to this game for a long, long time. However when it released, it was a mess and it has been highlighted that the development team endured intense work schedules close to release and we now see how that negatively impacted the game. On the flip side, with time on their side as most people have left from the problematic launch, they slowly started piecing together the game, bringing in new tech while keeping their unique style and it is resulted in, for me, a solid worth the money game experience. *Art Design* It seems todays modern games tend to prioritize life-like graphics and aim to bring realism closer and closer. The issue is, realism by itself is boring and bland to look at. Life is typically grey. You live in a major city? You'll know what I mean. I think this goal of realism is only ever truly successful is when it is stylized. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a great recent example. It is clearly life-like, but it has a stylized take on this and the art design is carried throughout the game in all aspects. Loading screens, menus, UI, notifications, graphics. It is a cohesive experience with a unique style that speaks for itself. This leads to a game that you know it when you see it. I believe this is why older graphics are generally held to good regard in the gaming community. This is because, instead of focusing on perfect realism as it simply wasn't possible back then for the most part, games focused on THEIR art style, their art design, their story, their places for creativity. Each game became unique in all aspects, graphics, UI, stories. Examples: Skyrim, Dishonored 2, Borderlands 2, Batman Arkham Knight, Last of Us, Shadow of the Colossus, Bioshock, Silent Hill, Fallout NV, Halo. Realism isn't needed for successful games. Recent games don't always follow this though and do stand out in styles, Remnant 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring. However it does seem to be a trend that realism = good. *Microtransactions & Abuse of IP's* Publishers have had a massively noticeable shift towards DLC and most recently, microtransactions. This has changed our relationships with video games itself and brought us from escaping life in them to working to fund habits in them. This almost always directly affects how good a game is too. I mean this in the sense that games with heavy notes of microtransactions typically have horrible systems within the game to earn things for yourself and experience all the game has to offer. This ruins the players experience and overall leaves the game in a poorer state than it would have been without. The most common place to find microrotations was in multiplayer games for cool new guns, strong stats, armors, whatever it may be. However, it started to creep into single player games as well for the same type of items that you should be able to just find by playing. The bottom line isn't creating hooked/loyal fans anymore from your unique and creative game. It's milking a game for what they can and moving on to do it again. On top of all that, Publishers are also bringing back old classic IP's that are highly regarded, just to try and profit off its nostalgia. This is highly exploitative and just deplorable behavior. Instead of taking an classic IP and giving it todays technology and potential game changing mechanics, they just slap it together it seems, throw in some microrotations and get mad when it doesn't meet their expectations. *Conclusion* Gaming is not what it was. While the industry evolves, it takes steps back and while their are diamonds in the rough or games that break the stereotypes and leave other publishers mad at its success (Baldurs Gate 3) it generally is just these massive studios pumping out games for a return to please shareholders by any means necessary. Creativity, uniqueness, innovation seems to all being dying in recent titles and the perks to improved technology seem to be resulting in more lazy games with more rushed timelines, leaving developers no room to grow while monetization takes over. Gaming SHOULD be at its peek right now, it should be at its best. It isn't, it's closer to its most stale and most broken its ever been.

[@SymbleOwO]

Realest thing I’ve read in a while

[@EdgeTest198]

We're SO winning!

[@tyne_9]

It feels so weird yet somehow nice to see a non-brit talk about greggs since i thought only brits knew about it.

[@ThanDumb]

bodycam looks like a really cool game, im surprised it's not here

[@shubaponcr341]

You should play Patapon, it is undoubtedly the most underrated rythm game I have ever played

[@Tastywaffle2008]

Not including killer bean the game is a crime against society

[@scrubbybubkinz5264]

Yo Noid 2 devs are behind big catch. Kinda wild too see a full game made out of a meme game

[@X-SPONGED]

Until Silksong or Half Life 3 is out, I'm intensely holding off my "Gaming Renaissance" hype for now (it's getting close tho with GTA6)

[@MusicComet]

Not me having to add at least 10 games to my wishlist again because of Foekoe.

[@immatheloser2401]

The garden warfare line got me sobbing hard bro, all I need is a gw3.

[@Justin-ee1mv]

I have 41,570 games on my wishlist Pog

[@Fleerix]

Objection, as we can play any game, every time is the gaming golden age so it both exists and not if you all understand me I havent watched the vid yet idk what im talking about tbh but ye

[@derple8524]

Yeah I get ya, everyday is a time to find a new game that fits you, or even experiment with. And though not all of us can keep buying games, people like Foekoe will always mention these games so I get what you're saying. I mean heck, when I hear people say a Nintendo direct is bad, I get confused

[@Pallerim]

The quality of the Hades 2 beta is what convinced me that we are in the golden age

[@enderfire3379]

rift of the necrodancer has a demo, in case anyone wants to try it out (i personally found it really hard to actually hit enemies)

[@alger_real]

bro the full fallen aces is so fire

[@romanbondar827]

Also Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood, cant forget this one!

[@lisatroiani6119]

3:15 you’re right but that won’t stop me from looking slightly miffed about it at a distance of thirty feet away from you

[@Poi_16811]

I really want to see foe talk about pseudoregalia genuinely one of my favorite indie games

[@ericwijaya2119]

Touhou Devil of Decline was localized and even though I can't afford it yet since I broke as hell rn I can confirm it's indeed the golden age of gaming right now

[@JustDenys1]

The game I'm personally waiting for is Myths are 100% true, where you can take pictures of gta san andreas myths

[@RobertoBeto64]

0:35 its the same situation with Sheepy: A Short Adventure game

[@TheKnownspy]

Finally, a zelda game where you get to play as zelda

[@MidNiteMenaceOfficial]

The Wand of Gamelon:

[@bro7496]

Spirit Tracks:

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

​@@bro7496 nah, you played as link on that one only occasionally yanking zelda around because she's reenacting heavy is dead

[@Jimijamcrafting]

yess the big catch is such a good looking upcoming game

[@cabbageable]

The doom soundtrack will probably still rock because it's made by andrew hulshult (mainly known for dusk, but also the doom eternal anceint gods dlc)

[@siennaxide]

Been playing The Big Catch’s demo and I’m so hype❗️❗️❗️

[@ASTRIAL_WONDER]

Omg foekoe say the line say it again Foekoe:we are at the golden age of games (271x)

[@búbblengg]

I agree, hello neighbor 2 is the golden age of gaming

[@supremegamingepic]

I'm quite excited for the new mario and luigi and the new mario party games.

[@Tolboox]

I’ve been looking forward to big walk since it was announced. We should totally play together..

[@kroooassant9899]

I might sounds weird but I am very excited for UFO50, this is so spot on to makes this era greatand what overall gamers are asking for, taking risk and showing creativity, doing it simple but doing it great.

[@isauldron4337]

Switch has had a lot of exclusive beautiful games like dread

[@FranciGitGud]

Can't believe you forgot Mario snd Luigi Brothership

[@Grayson-tk5hn]

i think this was before it was revealed

[@Uncooked_Bread]

"gaming sucks!!!" Also them with the same 4 games they play everyday like (Fortnite,valo, GTA 5,call of duty)

[@fantwise]

A game that I enjoy, and think you should review, is Corn kidz 64. its a 3d platformer that takes inspiration from and attempts to recreate the 64 bit gaming experience. it is well made and i would love to see it covered on the channel.

[@isauldron4337]

Hyperlight breaker has sweet baby inc so i'll pass That and I'm more interested in the new Mario and Luigi

[@sergiomendoza251]

I highly reccomend you Dr. Robotnik Ring Racers.

[@Nydaxe]

Anyone else hyped for Hytale to come out?

[@SoshuTheGnome]

the amount of people i know irl who have no idea what an indie game is. . . i'm dying.

[@derple8524]

Show them the way

[@SoshuTheGnome]

@@derple8524 i'm 16 lol. i can't make people double my age stop playing the same shooter games over and over again. i still remember the time they said how games like cod, pubg and gta are so much better to "this generation's interests". i almost they were joking.

[@SoshuTheGnome]

@@derple8524 and i also have people like my father criticize my interests for the 1000th time when the only "game" they've played in their life are cookie clicker type play to earn mobile games.

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

We love stylized movement games in this household

[@iminyourwallsandiwontleave]

Stick it to the stickman is amazing. I have been waiting for years for the release of the main game

[@Cybercerialdestroyer]

im surprised no one mentioned sulfur, its a great roguelike and the demo is on steam

[@Monio.]

Half the indie games are going to be expensive as fuck and I'd rather buy another knife in CS2.

[@swisscheese-394]

The long awaited Trepang2 DLC (Bladekisser) has just been announced. Releasing July 25th

[@Laikafan02]

You should talk about video game ost’s! Laika: aged through blood is a great example of a game elevated to its 10/10 status by its OST

[@oliviagamble246]

ASTROBOT 2???? I'm very hype because I loved the first game

[@wreckingeagle]

I'm super excited for Neva. I played through Gris recently and it was such a beautiful game, so really hoping Neva ends up being just as emjoyable

[@amor1064]

I can only assume people think,that the industry is falling apart,beacuse big companies don't take such big creative risks anymore and when they don't have an easy trail to follow by looking at what the big publishers are doing and middle-sized studios so often just work as subsidiaries to the same company,but still,there are so many more passionate people out there,that you can't not be excited for what tommorow will bring with it. You just need to know where to look.

[@vawkie]

Always love your content man, so much fine detail and thoughtful commentary

[@TDsponge]

5:30 (insert multiple “bad to the bone” riffs here)

[@BobsRottenHeadEnjoyer]

At this point I've accepted we're getting ULTRAKILL 1.0 before silksong

[@Not_Beandoodles]

Why hasn't he mentioned werecleaner, hell he should play that game it's kinda fun................

[@angsty_saint]

Surprised you didn't show excitement for the new rain world character dlc the watcher looks really sick!

[@levisjammin]

My faith in modern gaming has been restored